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Township thirty, of range twenty-aye.

township thirty, of range twenty-five.
township ihirly-one of ranges nineteen twenty,
twenty'one, twenty-five, twenty three, and twenty
five
Townships thirty-three and thirly-four, of ranges
thihy-two and thlny-,hIee.
Lands appropriated by law for the of schools,
sale
The sales will each be kept open for two weeks,
(uniess The lands disposed of, and no lon
ger and no private entries of land in the nships
SO offered, will be admitted until after the expiration
ofthe Two weeks.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington
this 9th day OF June A. ID. 1874
JOHN TYLER.
BY the President:
Tho, II, BLAZE,
Comm y of the GeJfycl Land Office.
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NOTICE TO PRE-EMPTIoN CLAIMANTS.

NUIICE TO PKE-EMPTIUN CLAIMANTS
every person entitled to the right Of presumption TO
any lands within the limits of the townships above
enumerated, is required to establish the same to the
satisfaction OF the register and receiver of the proper
Land Office, and make payment therefor soon as
practicable otter seeing this notice and before The day
appointed for the commencement of the public sale OF
the township, embracing the tract claimed, above de-
signated otherwise such claim i'll be forfeited
THO. IL. BLAKE,
COmmr Of the General Land Office.
iune
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NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANTS.

NOTICE TO PREVENTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to The right Of pre-empton
to any lands within The limits Of the townships above
enumerated is required TO establish the same TO IN.
satisfaction Of the Register and Receiver Of the or
per Land Office, and make payment therefor as soon
practicable ier seeing this notice aud before the day
appointed for the CONNIE ncement Of the public sale
OF the township embracing the tract claimed above
designated otherwise such claim will 1e forfeited
THO. II. BLAKE,
Conmi'sionr of NE General Land Office
june ~
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n ENTLEMEN's POCKET BOOK DIARY and
VI ALMANAC for 1874.
jss6 p. TAYLOR.
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NOTICE TO PRE.EMPTION CLAIMANTS.
Every person entitled to the right of pre-empton
to any lands within the limits Of the townships ABOVE
enumerated IS required to establish the same to the
satsac ion Of the Register and Receiver OF the pro-
per Land Office, and make payment therefor as soon
practicable qer seeing thus notice, and before the Gay
appointed for the commencement Of the public sale
Of the township embracing the tract claimed above
designated otherwise such clam will be forfeited.
THO n. BLAKE,
Commissioner Of the General Land Office.
May 10.
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES

IN pursuance of law, !, JoHR TYLER, President Of
the United States Of America, do hereby declare
and make known, that public sales will be held at
the aforementioned Land Offices in the STATEOF
ARKANSAS, al the PERIODS hereinafter designated,
to wit;
AT the Lend Office at BATESVILLE, commenc-
ing on Monday, the eleventh day of November next,
for the disposal of the public lands within the under
mentioned townships, viz:
North Of the Base Line and Hest of the Fifth Principal
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from any given alIoult OF law ua,eI.al
consumed.
Without wis hing 10 tisparage the use
of other articles, | will take lhe liberty to
name potatoes, peas. and corn, as vaIie-
lies o.! food that can be cultivated to good
advantage iii this latitude, and made into
pork, Pigs should have q good pasture
III summer, aud VAIN, comfortable QUAR-
iers' aud plenty to cal during The winter.
Potatoes should he cooked either by boil.
ng or sIcaming. II they ate boiled, the
wafer takes from the root a very poison
Gus extract, called necoiin, and hence the
water 50 affected ought to he thrown a..
way, and not mixed up with the iood.-
II IS proper TO state, however, that the
amount Of necotin in good potatoes is not
large, and many think the water IN which
this DOT has been boiled, not particularly
injurious to swine.
That the philosophy or rationale, Of
cooking potatoes, corn and other grain.
may be understood, would remark that
II raw Poiaoe. or raw -four (the pola-
toe being grated be washed in cold water,
the whole, or nearl Y the whole of tLe
starch will settle to the bottom OF the ves-
sci, IN the form ofan insoIuble white DOW
DEF If the potatoe be cooked, and the
Hour be made into bread or pudding, the
neat applied to these articles of animal
food. changes the inso'uJle starch inio a.
S0iu0le gum. No, neither the heat, nor
The gastric juices in The stomach, can ell
iHeiy effect this important chemical
change. Hence, If the reader were to take
into his own stomach, quantity of raw
grated potaloe, or of raw flour or Indian
meal tar less Of the nutritious properties
OF The root and the gram will be dissolved.
and taken up by the tactical vessels int,
the circulating blood, than would take
place II the potatoes, meal and flour wors
weel cooked.
Sal performs an important office in tina
via! machinery of all warm bIooded ami.
mails Hence, all food, and especialIy
when cooked, should be reasonably salt.
ed with convenien. apparatus for
cooking potatoes, and corn (the later
should be boiled and pounded, if not
ground) and with twenty acres of rich
land, well cultivated in these articles. for
the manufacture Of pork, farmer, witt,
small farm, can turn off many dollars
worth every year. Something of ,hi.
KIND, IN connection with the dairy busi.
ness, might be made extremely proGta-
bio
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very useful Secretary, my mode Of mana

very useful Secretary, my mode Of mana
girg
For some J ears have been experiment
ting upon the apple tree, having an or
chard Of 10000 Newton pippin apple
trees; have found it very unptoh,ah!r
10 wait for what is termed lhe bearing
year, and consequently il has been my
study 10 assist nature, SO as to enable the
trees to bear every year. | have noticed
that it bears more proluselv than any 9th
er tree, and consequently requires the IN.
! lermedlate year In recover llseiI, by rX
lracIng Ir"n tie atmosphere ard earth
HE requisites to enable it to produce -
II nliasslsted by at, the intervening wear
must necessarily be lost. II, however, il
is supplied With the proper sus;enance,
1t viii bear every year.
Three Years ago in April, scraped all
tie rough bark off few of the apple trees
IN my orchard, and washed the trunks and
limbs within reach Ith set soap, trimm-
ed out all the branches that crossed each
other, early in June. and painted the
wounded part with white lead TO keep
out the moisture, then split open The bark.
by running sharp pointed knife from the
grounds To the first set of limbs, i'm the
latter part Of the same month, which pre-
vents the tree from becoming bark bound
and gives the inner wood All opportnnit,
of expanding. In July ! placed one peck
of oyster shell lime abound each tree, and
left itpIled abe ut the trunk until Novem
her. when dug the lime in thoroughly.
The following year collected from those
trees LOO barrels OF fruit, some of which
was sold in New York for 81, and the
balance in London at SO per barrel
Strange as it may appear, they are literally
bendng to the ground with the finest fruit
ever saw, a specimen Of which is before
you. The other trees in my orchard,no,
treated as above, are barren, next year
being their bearing year.
RODT. L. PELL.
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PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA


hese States vote to make Mr. Polk
reildent. lii Charleston, on the receipt
OF the news OF his success, the LocoEocos
held meeting, resolved on a torch tipht
procession, and accordingly marched
through the streets with free trade, ban
ners.
Whilst this procession was going on IN
Charleston, there might have been seen
in town in Pennsylvania, a LocoCorn
editor writing, and what lie wrote NAV be-
read in the following article which ga
take from the Sunbury American, paner
that signalIZed itself in The recent cam.
palgn as warm advocate of Mr., Polk,.
election:
"Nlr. Polk, i! is true, has no, be en- e.
closely Unidentified with the mauuC.c,,,r.
ing interests as Mr.. Clay, but it must be
recoecled that he has been sustained. and
noby sustained in This State, under many
adverse circumstances, with full conf
dence that he would sustain The mau,}ac.
turing as well as other interests of the
State, according to the promise every
where made by his own personal and in
Iinentlal friends. Mr.. Polk Is man of
high character and spolIess integrity Hc,
therefore, cannot, and we think will NOT
basely benay those who have pIoced
their confidence in him. lie will recnI-
let that without Pennsylvania he could
never have been elected. That the moo
pie Of Pennsylvania are almos, unanimor.
IN favor Of tariff, allording protection 10
her manulaetories.-Thal it was with a
firm belief that he world foster these in.
!eresis, as they had been assured Lv him
self aud his friends, that they gave him
their support. To belray them now
would be acorSe Than .4rnoH. Yrcoson
| These we know to be the feelings of ,I-
most the entire democracy of this section
OF the State, and we might ssy of the
whole State. Fhe four counties of Nor,h-,
un'berIand, Columbia, SchuylklIl and
l.uzerne, gave him majority of 46Sl
These counties possess almost boundless
wealth IN their coal and iron. and
are, therefore, deeply interested in the
'ai'if hey have given this large vote
under the most positive assurance ,bas
Their great interests would be Protected.
aud 'coe be to The man who shoul Id af,empt
to bcirny hem
IlaIs commences the storm which the
heI1&pn that was prarliced either upor
Carolina aud Pennsylvania, has
"Wo to the man who shall 81.
tempt To betray us,' says the Fennsylvo-
MA edlt'r,-wo to Mr. Polk If he dsser,
US on the laF'H ".Mcursed be the trai-
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From the New York Tribune.
TO NEWSPAPER CORRESPON.
DENTS.

Would that YOU could be made 10 re-
aIIze, gentlemen! the Importance OF your
bearing in mind and needing the follow
ing rules! Did you but know the whole
truth. if the milk of human kindness in
your breasts be not sourtr than vinegar,
you mould heed them Ilearken!
|. .Necer "rifs on both sides Of "a sheet
sent to Daily Newspaper. Your copy
must often be cut into many pieces, and
IA sheet written on both sides is tlague
and sorrow, often delaying the article
or the paper.
II. Alnays hecpa copy of your article
unless 1t be very long, it will be apt to
get lost or misIaid among the hay slacl.
OF an Editors manuscripts if not used i'm.
medlaIely, and it is better and safer for you
TO keepa copy than to rely on the Editor
to return the original.
III. Never send an article to an Editor
unfniShcdo When he hears or reads thai,
you have scrawIed it off hastily, left it full
OF imperlections, sc. he mentally resolves
to put 1t quietly in the fire the moment
you are out of the way.
". Never carry in an article other
than All advertisement, and demand tina,
the Editor read it at once, aud say wheh-
er he will publish it or not. He cannot
always spare the time at that moment.
and he does not, at any rate, want 10 tell
you that you are incaIabIe of handling
your subject, should such be the fact. BuI
send IN your manuscript. and give him a
reasonable time TO consider il.
V. Never fall into the serious mistake
of imagining that, because man writes d
sorry hand himself, he is partial to that
sort OF chirogaphy. Remember that he is
always writing, and generally q. hand to
correct any errors in his proofs. while
you will not be. Write plainly if posi-
bic; write decipherably any how, or don'l
write al all.
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SooGGAN, QUEEN ELlzAbETu's JEs-
TER.-Scoggan having once borrowed
$500 of the Queen and not being able to
return them, conlriyed to find out the time
when the Queen wen. out, as she was
obliged 10 pass by his house. He had a
coffin made and having lei his family into
the secret, he hid himself in it, and had
all his friends invited 10 his funeral The
Queen, happening to pass at the moment
they were carry ing the corpse with cere-
mony, inquired who was dead. 'Madam.'
they replied, 1t is your devoted scsvart
Scoggan. '-'W haln she exclaimed. he is
dead, and ! was not even informed Of his
being Iil' The poor man owed me $500,
but forgive him the debt with all INV
heart Scoggan Instantly rose up in his
coffin. and cried out 4 thank your Maes-
ty. The favor she beslows on me is so
agreeable, thai it has brought me to life
again --FraSer'S Magazine.
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suitable in husband, and in fact, she fre-
quenlly sees little more of him she loves
than the beauty Of his form, or, perhaps
the elegance Of his dress. Is not this.
then, the most complete condemnation of
our system OF education? From an appre-
hension of too strongly affecting the heart
we conceal from woman all that is wor-
thy of love; we allow The sense of the
beautiful that exists in them to be lost
among fuIililies-lhe outside pleases
them, " hat is thin is unknown. When.
therefore, after having been united six
months, they look for the delightful young
man whose presence charmed them, they
are often very much surprised to find in
his place only an impairment fellow, an
ignoramus. or a simpleton. Yet this is
what is commonly termed in the world a
marriage of nclnalon.-PiNSbug Ags
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THE FARMER.
How to Raise Coed Apples.

No branch Of rural industry is more
neglected than the cultivation of good
fruit, and none will pay the farmer high
err profit for the labor bestowed We
shall rejoice if the following remarks
from Mr.. X. E. PelI, of Ulster county, N ..
Y, who recently received gold medal
from the American Institute, for the l. EST
Fruit Farm, shall aid any of our country
friends to improve their orchards:
To the CommiHs on Fruit Tree:
Gontlsmen--Being DESTROYS to complete
for the premium to be awarded bv the
American Institute at its Sixteenth Annual
Fair, for the best Fruit Farm in The State,
now abide its rules, and offer, a, the re-
quest of Mr.. 7. i, w, its worthy aud
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Ehe S,gNsasse..'s Gone.

The Summers gone-and every flower
That waves lis beauties to the sun,
Has bloomcd It's brief, but lovely hour,
And shed his fragrance, and is gone.
The Summers gone-and many hope
That buddcd with the early spring,
Has seen It's blossoms brightly ope
TO wilher like brightly thing!
The Summers gone--and many an eye
That brightly shone, in tears are shroud,
ed,
And hearts that loved us. wi,hered lie.
Or worse than this, BY GOODNESS clouded
The Summers gone-but soou again,
Shall blush and breathe upon The air,
The enamored flower, and paint the gler
But those | love will not be there.
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The Alpaca.

Ladies are interested in information res
Iatlng to this beautiful and valuable AMI
NAL, and 1t appears that her mAjeslv,
queen Victoria has already commenced
The rearing OF them. A London editor
mentions having received specimen o!
alpaca wool, cut from one Of the animals
III possession Of the Queen.
he al pacca is Il wool bearing animal,
indigenous 10 South America. and is one
OF four varieties which bear general points
OF resemblance 10 each other. The lama,
one OF these varieties, has been long
known and often described; bat it is only
Wi!liIn lew years that the alpaca has
been considered Of sufficient vale to merit
particular notice.
Nine ienths of the wool of the alpaca
Is black, the remainder being partly white,
red and grizzled. 1t is of very lon.
staple, often reaching twelve inches, aud
resembles soft glossy hair, which cIlarac-
ter Is not lost in dycing The Indians in
South American mountains manufacture
nearl y all their clothing from this wool,
and are enabled 10 appear in black dress
es, without the aid OF dyer, Both The
lama ana alpaca, are, perhaps, even of
more value TO the natives as beasts of bur-
den than as wool bearing animals, and
their obstinacy when irrilaed is we'll
known. The importance of this animal
has already been considered b. The Eng
Iish, IN their hat, wooIIcn and stuff trade,
and an essay ON The subject has been pubs
lIsheC by Dr. Hamilton, OF London, iron,
winch some oil those details are co!lec-
ted.
This wool Is so remarkable, being let
black, lossy silk like hair, tina, j, is fitied
for ne production Of fabrics differing from
all Others, occupying medium position
between wool and silk.
1T is now mingled with other materials
III such singular manner, that while a
particular dye will affect those it will
leave the a pacca with its original / lack
color, thus giving rise to great diversity
The alpaca weighs, when full grown
from 100 to 200 lbs. 1t yields annually
fleece weighing from 10 to ii lbs. OF
more. The flesh is said TO be wholesome
and nnlriIrlous--,he skin may be used for
book binding and other purposes.
! The a pacca is found in large herds on
the Andes-somelimes al ar elevation oil
10000 or LOCO .eet above the sea
where eternal snow rests on the mountain,
top where frequent and violent storms
prevail, and where the scanty heritage !.
"I the coarsess kind. Fhere they pros
per, meeting with but slight attention on
the part OF the shepherds. Disease is un.
known among them; they are attached Ia
their keepers, and never stray from thci.
herds. They brave the ferrest snow
drifts: the strongest o: the herd advance
first, bend down their heads 10 NEE, the
coming storm, and lrampe down or lea,
over the hiIlocks of snow that obsliutI
their passage.
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-l,.lsleI sekly in the LOG CABIN,
81 ,. y. KETTS.


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lv in ilvlnco, or Two DOLLARS and FIFTY
Cars il not paid the end o fit heyear
No subscription viii ! BIO received TO les sthan
six months, aud NO paper discontinued unlialI
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AtI;tiissm Sqnarei edt hret
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portion. Advertising customers will pleas.
m trk OIL tho N lllscript how many insertions
ar, rsl tirei. IF no sich direction sgiven tn,
adv ,rtj',n,nt will be continued until forbid
AM charged accordingly. All ON uunication:
to the b Tito rIf Q Id be pot paid.
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Coal and Coal Wines OF orr
Country.

mere are two theories concerning the
origin of Mineral Coal.
First, that it is decomposed vegetable
enthusiastically, that it Is the result Of
chrys taIlizalion
The former theory is generally receiv.
ed BY Geologis!s-from the following
proof.
l, JET, (Which is of vegetable orign)
by being heated in gun barrel may be
reduced TO coal.
2, 1t is often CT a woody, fbrous nature
Vegetables are converted into coal By
the united action of moisture, pressure,
heat and exclusion of air. The heat is
produced by volcanic action, either by
The volcanic contents being poured upon
the vegetables, or by the internal heat be-
low. D'llerenl-degrees Of heat make diff
lerent degrees of coal. The Biiumiaous
Is made by the least degree of heat; In
i"Jdcitt may be made from the Bitumin-
Gus, and Plumbago from the Anthracite.
The coal Strata for the most part con-
tam fresh water and terrestrial plants, and
coal Is probably fresh water formation.
1t appears to have been deposited in ,lan-
qul waters. 1t occurs in regular strata
III any rocks below ole sand stone.
The Appalachian system contains the
Anthracite, and the Allegheny the Btu
mlnous, extending to the West over an
immense area.
To have the usual coal measures we
should he elevated many hundred fee,
There are small deposies IN Nassachus"
etIs and Rhode Island. No par, of the
world equals Pennsylvania in coal beds
Here are found three kinds. lst, Camel;
%, Btuminous; Sd, Anthracite. |, occu-
pies part, or the whole Of thirty out of
fifty four counties in that State
IN Pennsylvania, one bed of the An
thraclte is 6Omles long,2 wide and 100
feet deep.
The Anthracite regions lie to the
North East Of the Susquehanna; the prin-
clpa fields of this description are three in
humber, with an aggregate OF 65 miles in
length, and 3 miles III breadth, embracing
ga, goo square acres.
The Btuminous region in Pennsylva-
MIA Is still more extensive. The beds
vary from one tc twelve feet in thickness.
1t abounds in all the Western counties
except Eric, embracing field Of seventy
thousand square miles, or thirteen mil
lion four hundred and forty thousand
square acres. Two million of ions are
annually taken from these beds, equal to
one-tWellh of what is annually taken
from old Great Britain; nearly and half of
what Is obtained from all the other coun-
ties Of Europe, and about equal to that in
France.
III Marylsnd there are two fields, one
Of which embraces 400 square miles, the
other is Of unknown extent.
The coal beds in Virginia are from 40
TO 60 feet in thickness.
Nearly all the South East part of Ohio
is one vast field Of coal Some places
will yield 100000 tons to a square mile
and there are no less than 10000 square
miles Of coal.
Ii is also found IN The North Eastern
part of Kentucky, in thirteen counties in
Tennessee, and Alabama, Mississippi, In.
diana. Illinois, &c.-.Ncw York Journal
ot Commerce.
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Pork Making.

10 making pork two things are to be
carefully led:-One is, to select food
best adapted 10 the object in view, and to
prepare 1t in that way, which will enable
the digestive aud asslmlIaIing organs ri
The animal to elaborate for It's owner, the
largest possible amount oG flesh and fat,
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MISCELL ANEOUS.

9yThe following items have appeared
before in small portion of our edition,
but were taken on, to make room for
more important matter:
MARRIAGE AND Observation-Disclosures
the first choice of u girl. Amongs. all
the qualities which please her in lover
there Is, perhaps, not one which would be
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TO BRING TIE DRON NED TO
LIFE.

Immediately, as the body is removed
from the water, press the chest suddenly
and forcibly downward and back ward,
and Instantly discontinue the PRESSURE
Repeat this wilhou! interruption, until
pair Of common bellows can be procured.
When obtained, introduce the nozzel well
upon the base OF the tongue, Surround the
mouth with a towel or handk erchief, and
close it,. Direct bystander to press firm
" upon the projecting part of the neck.
(called Adams aPple,) and use the bellows
actively. Then press upon the chest, to
expel the air from the lungs, to initiate ma
turai breathing .-Con,inue this, at least
an hour, unless signs of natural breathing
come on. Wrap the body in blankets,
place it near fire, and do every thing to
preserve the natural warmth, as well I'M
part an artificial neat, il possible, Every
thing, however is secondary to initiating
the lungs. Send for medical man i'm
medla.ely. Avoid all fricllons until res
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AGENTS FOR THE CECIL WIG
John B. Yarnall Port Deposit.
J. W. AbralIams, Port Deposit.
Edwin lIaines, P. NJ. Rising Sun.
Jonas Fl eston, Jr. P. NJ. Conowingo,
John s. Everest, Rowlandsville.
Joseph Iisines, Brick Meeting House,
John McCrackcn, T. NJ. North East.
Nathan Wilkinson, Elk Iron Works
William II. Pearce, p. NJ. Cecilton,
John b. Morton, 2. NJ. Warwick.
ohm L .Clayton,P III. Chesapeake City
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pira'on shall he in some degree restored
VALENTINE Mort, Surg. Gen. Of The
american Shjpwrcck Society, .Nim York.