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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09
Forward Spring Work Now.

"Take time by the forelock" is as good a
maxim for farmers as for others While there
are some kinds of iaDOr that can only be per-
formed at particular seasons there are others
that can be done at any time, when the
weather favorS out door operations. The
Spring, in all the northern part of our country
is a very brief season, and upon the farm, it is
usually over crowded with work Slack farm.
erS especially, leave every thing to this season.
The manure is not carted uatil the ground is
settled the pIowing is put off till May, and
the planting until June; the potatoes and
oats that flourish best in cool weather, are
forced to mature in the heat of dogdayS aud
rot, rust, and smut are oftea the result OF the
late sowing and planting.
Something can be dole even at this season,
to help on the spring work. The wood house
is or ought to be already filed so that the ak
will not need to be lifted to prepare fuel from
March to December A good part of the
manure can be carted now, much better than
in planting time. The ground is now frozen
so that the cart path to the field to be Dlowed
is soon worn as smooth as a railroad. 1t will
be Il much less tax upon the strength of
team to draw a hundred loads Of manure now,
than to do it in April, when the team is press
ed with plowing and other farm work It is
pretty yell established now, that yard mt1nre
prepared in the usual way with muck and !dam
does not lose much of its value, when piled
UP in Winter in large heaps in the field where
it is to be used. From our own experience we
do not think green stable manure would he
injured by the same treatment, if it were well
mixed in the field with muck or peat The
piles should be made long, narrow, and high,
say Eve or six feet SO as TO shed part of the
rain.
/: any of the meadows are to be dressed
with fine compost, there is no better time than
the preSent to do it, The sward will net be
cut up, and the warm Spring rains will carry
down the fertilizing properties Of the manure
to the roots of plants, This must not be done
however, on rolling land, or on steep hill sides
where the rains would wash off part of the ma
nure before the frost comes ont Of the ground
A large portion of the Spring work can be
anticipated before Winter breaks up, and then
the farmer can seize upon the best time TO plant
and sow, and drive his work all through the
season instead of being driven.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09
An African Emperor's Treasury.

The Noniicar de H,ntcc gives the following
description of the Emperor of MoroccO'S trea-
sure house at Mequinez:
" In the middle Of the garden stands a for
treSS, with triple wall perfectly armed and
defended. In the central incloSare rises a stone
building, lighted ouly from the roof 1t is
entered through three iron doors, one after the
other The pavement of the interior is black
marble, and at one end is a large opening,
through which the gold and silver coin, bull
lion and Jewels are conveyed to the treasury
below. This saSt-mcntioned place is an XXten-
siye vault, divided into compartments Of equal
size, in each of which is the value of a million
piasterS. The net produce Of the taxes is
lodged in the treasury every three months
The Emperor himself, when at Mequnez, is
present on the OCCASION but in his absence ne
names three Of the officers Of his household to
attend for him. knowing well that mutual dis
trust will scarcely allow them to concert Il rob
berry and if they should do so, they would
soon bctray each other, or he denounced by
the black guardian Of the place. When the
Imperial treasury was first established, the
money was kept in large earthen jars but on
one occasion tie conteutS Of ten were abstract
"a, aud the robbery concealed by filing tue
Jars with earth aHd covering the top with a
few gold pieces The theft was discovered
Immediately but a black who had seen the
robbers ia the act, and had been nearly mnr-
dered bv them and left for dead, aftcrward re-
covered and gave information against them
The Emperor ordered the tea thieves to be
dccapitated, and directed their heads should
be placed in the ten Jars which they had emp
tied as a warning to others. These vases are
still IN the treasury, placed Oh marble pedrS
tails Muley lsmael'S successor determined TO
a different arrangement, and built the vaults
new existing, The Emperor, Muiey SoIeman
we'll known for his cruelty, was accustomed af-
ter the quarterly deposits, to have all the
blacks put to death who had been engaged in
the operation Abedicr Kahman, his success
sor, abolished that atrocious usage, bat he de
cdcd that the blacks employed 10 arranging
the money in the vaults should never leave the
building 1t would, therefore, be useless for
them to steal the treasure, as they are separ-
ated from the rest of the wo:d, and could
neither spend nor conceal it, ..
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

COINS CuREp.-Tt would be a saving Of hu-
man health and happiness, and life itself if
the periodical press would never publish re-
cipe for any human ailment, which involved
tnc taking of anything into the stomach.
Some scrap editor characterizes it as an ex,
ceent remedy for cough caused by a com
mon cold, to soak an unbroken egg for forty.
eight hours in half pint of vinegar, then add
as much honey, break up all together, and
take teaspoonful for a dose several times a
day.
If the writer of that recipe had possessed
the smallest amount Of common observation
he would have known that if a man begins to
congh at the result of common cold it is
the result of nature herself attempting cure,
and she will effect 10 in her own time, and
more effectually than any man can do, if she
is only let alone and her instincts cherished
What are those instincts? She abhors food
and Graves warmth Hence the moment a
man is satisfied that he has taken a cold, let
him do three things lst eat not an atom !;
I'd, 60 to bed and cover up warm in a warm
room 3d. drink as much cold water as he
wants, or as much hot herb tea as he can, and
in three cases out of four he will be almost
entirely we'll within thirty six hours.
If he does nothing for his cold for forty
eight hours after the cough commences, there
is nothing that will by any possibility, do him
any good for the cold with such a start, will
run its course of about a fortnight in spite of
all that can be done, and what is swallowed
in the meantime, in the way of physic, is a
hiDdrance and not good.
Feed cold and starve fever is mis-
chievous fallacy. A cold always brings Il
fever, the cold never begins to get well until
the fever begins to subSide but every mouth
full swallowed is that much more fuel to feed
the fever, and, but for the fact that as soon as
the cold is fairly seated, nature in a kind Of
! desperation, steps in and takes away the ap-
petite, the commonest colds would be followed
by very serious results, aud in frail people could
be almost always fatal.-HaWs Journal o.
| Health.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

1t is the grand comfort Of Christian to
look often beyond all that he can possess or
attain here and as to answer others, when
he is put to it concerning all his present griefs
and wants "I have G poor travellers lot
here, little friendships and many straits; but
yet may go cheerfuily homewards for thith,
er l shall come and there l have riches and
honor enough-a palace and a crown abiding
me. Here, nothing but depth falling unto
depth-one calamity and trouble Gas wavesl
following another but have hope Of that
rest that remaneth for the people of God
feel the infrmities of mortal state; but
my hopes of Immortality content me under
them. / find strong and cruel assaults Of
temptations breaking in upon me but for all
that, have assumed hope of full victory,
and then Of everlasting peaee,-LEIcHroN.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

CHARcoM-C Charcoal, says Liebig, surpas-
ses all other substances in the power which it
possesses of condensng ammonia within its
pores particularly when it has been previous
ly heated to redness 1t absorbS ninety times
its volume of ammoniacal gas, which may be
again separated by again moisteaing it with
water Il is by virtue of this power that the
roots of plants are supplied in charcoal exact
ly as in humus, with an atmosphere of carbonic
acid and air-which.i is renewed as quickly as
distracted Charcoal has physical as well
as a chemical effect on soils, which is decided
~ useful 1t renders them, as far as it is
present, light and friable, and gives additional
warmth to them by its color, which absorbs
and retains readily the rays of the sun during
the day. Wherever charcoal has been applied
rust never affects the growth Of wheat.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

WASHINGTON's APPOINTMENT As COMMANDER.
On Thursday, the fifteenth of June, two
days before the battle of Bunker's Hill, Geo
Washington was chosen Commander-in-C Chief
of all the continental forces raised or to be
raised, for the defence of American liberty"
The appointment was officially announced TO
him on the following day, and modeStIv accept
ed and on the eighteenth he wrote a touch
ing letter to his wife on the subject, telling
her he must depart Immediately for the camp :;
begging her to summon all her fortitude, and
to pass her time as agreeably as possible ; and
expressing a firm reliance upon that Provi-
dence which had ever been bOuntiful to him,
not doubling that he should return safe to her
in the fall But he did not so return. Dark
or and darker grew the clouds of war and
during more than seven years, Washington
visited his pleasant home upon the Potomac
River but once and then only for three days
and nights Mrs Washington spent the win
ter in camp with her husband and many are
the traditions concerning her beauty, gentle
ness, simplicity, and industry, which yet linger
around the winter quarters of the yenerated
Commander-in-C Chief of the armies Of the rev.
oluton. For many long years she was remem.
bered with affection by the dwellers at Cam
bridge, Morrislown, Valley Forge, Newburg
and New Windsor When, on each returning
spring, she departed for her home on the PO-
tomac, the blessings of thOusands-soldiers
and citizeuS-went with her, for she was truly
loved by all.-1U0Um Vernon and us ASSOcla-
ti0Rs.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

TINE is like ship which never anchors /;
while l am on board, | had better do those
things that may profit me at my landing, than
practice such as shall cause my commitment
when | come ashore Whatsoever | do,
would think what will become of it, when it is
done If good, will 90 on to finish it if
bad / will either leave off where lam, or not
undertake it at all. Vice, like an unthrift,
SELLS away the inheritance, while it is but in
reversion-; but virtue, husbandipg' all things
WELL is purchaser Feltbam.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09
TOWANDA: I:
Thursday Morning, February 9, 1860,
grlttteO poetrp.
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE SUNNY SIDE.

LwAYS LOOK ON THE SUNNY
Always look on the sunny side,
And though life cheeker'd be,
A lightsOme heart bids care depart, .
And time fly pleasantly;
Why sit and mourn DER faucied ills
When danger is not near,
Care is a self-consuming thing,
The hardest man can wear.
Always look on the sunny side,
And though you do not find
All things according to your wish,
Be not disturbed in mind
The greatest evil that can come
Are lighter far to bear,
When met by fortitude and strength,
Instead of doubt and fear.
Always look on the sunny side
There's health in harmless jest,
And much to soothe our worldly cares
In hoping for the best.
The gloomy path is far too dark,
For happy feet to tread,
And tells of pain and solit tude,
OF friends estranged aud dead.
Always look on the sunny side,
And never yield to doubt:
The ways of Providence are wise,
And faith will bear you out.
II you but make this maxim yours,
And in the strength abide,
Believing all is for the best
Look on the sunny side.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

HoNrLY WoHAN-We like bOmely women
We have always liked them. We do not car
ry the pccuiarity far enough to include the
positively ugly, for since beauty and money are
the only capital the world will recognize in
woman, they are more to be ptied than ad
mired but we have a chiyalric, enthusiastic
regard for plain women.
We Scarrely ever saw cne who was not mod
est, unassuming and sweet tempered, and have
seldom come across Jne who was not virtuous
and had not a good heart
Made aware early in life of their want of
beauty by the Sights aud inattentions of the
opposite sex, vanity and alfectaton never take
root in their hearts and in the hope of sup
plying attractions which q CapricouS nature
has denied, they cultivate the @raceS of the
heart instead Of the person, and give to the
mind those accomplishments which the world
so rarely appreciates in woman, but which are
more lasting, and in the eyes Of men of sense,
more highly priced than personal beauty. See
them in the street, at home, or in the church
and they are always tie same and the smile
which ever lives upon the face is not forced to
fascinatr, but is the spontaneous sunshine re-
fccted from kind heart-a flower which takes
root in the soul and blooms upon the lips, IN
spring respect instead of passion, emotions Of
admiration instead of feelings of sensual re-
gard. Plain women make good wives, good
mothers, cheerful homes and happy husbands,
aud we never see one but we thank heaven
that it has kindly created women Of sense as
well as beauty for it is indeed seldom that a
female is found possessing both. To homely
women we, therefore, lift our hat especially;
the world will extend the same courtesy to
beauty.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

Snow Corn CAKEs-Take any desired
quantity of Indian meal and add sugar and
salt to the taste Stir in with spoon twice
or three times its bulk of snow Try little
on hot griddle, if it cooks too dry to tu.n
WELL add more snow if too wet to be light,
add more meal Bake like buckwheat cakes.
Do good yourself, if you expect TO receive
any,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09
Quicksilver or Mercury.

The value Of this metal is not generally ap-
preciated. Without it no gold could be obtain
ed from the quartz rocks that now yield it in
large quantities. 1t is very peculiar metal :;
at ordinary temperatures it is a fluid, but such
is its affinity for gold that when brooght in
contact with it, mechanical union is formed,
and a different compound produced. The
mercury seems TO enter into the pores of the
gold, as water passes up through fbrous sub
stance by capillary attraction. 1t forms an
amalgam of gold and separates the gold from
the quartz and impurities, and in this manner
the precious metal is obtained. But as the
mercury and gold form an amaIgam, the pre-
ciouS metal must be separated afterwards, or
it can be Of no use. Ia this emergency the
nature of the quicksilver affords an easy solu-
luton to the problem. By placing the ANAL
gam Of gold and mercury in bag Of chamoS
leather, the mercury can be squeezed through
the pores of the bag, while the precious metal
is left behind. A perfect separation of the
two metals, however cannot be accomplished
in this manner some gold still remains com
bned with the mercury but another and GER
tain method of separation is at hand. By
placing the amalgam in an iron retort and sub
mitting it to heat; the mercury being volatile,
passes off in vapCr, leaving the gold behind in
a pure condition. The quicksilver is condeus-
ed after leaving the still, and is made to dc du.
ty a thousand times-oyer and over agan--in
rcclaiminggold. 1t requires about two lbs
of mercury for amalgation to reclaim one
pound Of gold Its avdity for gold is won
derful the quality which it possesses of seizng
upon the auriterous PARTICLES floating among
the dirt and other products Of the rocks, in
water, is surprisingly strang5.
Mercury has been known from the rem0test
ages it is chiefly found in a state of nature
combined with sulphur, and as a sulphide it is
called cinnabar There are extensive tracts
of mercury ore in California, where it is smelt-
ed and distilled and the fluid metal secured
for the gold miners It isplaced in iron TASKS
for use, and it is a singular fact that while it
has such an affinity to unite with gold it has
none for Iron Great quantities Of it pass off
in the amalgamating process; about five per
cent being generally lost at each operation
hence fresh supplies are continually required
TO restore the waste The quicksilver mines
of California are very valuable, and severe
contests at law have arisen in regard to the
titles by which the cinnabar lands are held
Although mercury is fluid and beaten gold
very ducte, yet no sooner do these two metals
combine than the gold becomes extremely brit
tie, or rather the amalgam formed with gold
aud mercury is very brittle. 4 gold ring
rubbed with quicksilver becomes perfectly rotten
so brittle as to break. very easiIy.-Scisa-
HEc \ mericaR.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09
fastening Vegetation in Spring.


Oae mode is by sheterng plants from cold
winds, aud exposing them as much rs possible
to the rays of the sun. This can be effected
by building walls or high, close fences on the
stormy sides of gardens aud orchards, also by
surrounding them with hedges and belts Of
evergreen trees. In Eagland, it has been
fouGd 10y an experiment of several years, that
chercy-tC trained against a south wall, will
ripen their fruit ten days or fortnight earlier
than in the open orchard. Ia cold, damp, and
cloudy summers. the difference is less obvious,
but even then, the favor Of the wall fruit is
superior to the other.
Skillfu gardeners sometimes gain an advan
tage of several days, by throwing up beds or
banks with slope to the south, of about As
deg, and planting thereon their earliest crops
of lettuce, radIShes peas etc; the northern
slopes being used Tor late crops
OF the influence Of mature ia accelCrating
vegetation, we need hardly speak. Everybody
knows what tropical growth horse manure en-
gendcrs in hot-bedS and forcing houses while
vet the soil of the common earth around is
cold and unproductive. Everybody knows
what wonders guauo. hen dung and other fer
tilizers perform every spring in garden and
Htiu. DuJ dSlue from Tue dCIIUE vi Itdi ma
nure there is a benefit to be derived from the
use of other substances such as sand lime on
clayey soils, of chpdirt and eafmOld, the
tendency of which is to tighten up the ground
and free it from surplus water. The use of
leaf.moid, charcoal, chip dirt, blacksmiths cin-
ders and whatever tends to make the soil dark
crlored, contributes to the same result.
Here too may be mentioned the powerful
influence of understanding, which rids the soil
of standing water, and prepairs it to absorb
the earliest rays of the Spring sun Ridging
up the earth in winter, tends in the same di-
rccton, and Tor the same reason. Faithful
attention to these two last processes often
gives the gardener gain of q week or fort
night in spring.
Here may be mentioned also. the Importance
of selecting proper seeds. The seeds of fruits
or vegetables, which ripened earliest the pre-
ceding year, are Likely to start earlier and to
mature quicker than those which ripened late.
Every gardner, therefore, should take great
pains each year to save his seeds from the
earliest matured products Of his grounds.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-09

SODA stolid Dutchman was standing at
an election precinct, one day, inquirng for
g" de regar democratic dicket" when shrewd
fellow instantly stepped up and supplied him
with the genuine thing. "Vell, now," said
Hans, vat viii do NIT i'm 2" Put it into
that box" pointing to the ballot-box, said one
and another But the cunning chap who had
Accommodated him with the dicket," whisper
ed in his ear Don't you let them fool you /;
don't put it in the box keep it put it in
your pocket; it's your own; and don't let
them cheat you out of your vote" Aud so
Hans did, ramming his ticket away down to
the bottom of deep pocket in his coat, and
walking of as mad as he could be at the
rognes who wanted to cheat him out of his
vote by putting it in the ballot box Middle
.ocn Rep.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-08-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Democratic County Convention.

A Convention of Delegates from the several
townships of the County of Ottawa, will be held
at the Court House, in the village of Grand Ha-
,on Thursday,t the 9th day of September next
at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose OF
nominating candidates to be supported at the
next ensuing election, by the Democratic party,
for the Offices Of Representative, Judge of Pro-
bate, Sheriff. Clerk and Register, Treasurer
Prosecuting Attorney, Circuit Court Commits
sioner and two Coroners also for the transac.
ton Of such other businessas may properly come
before tho convention. In making the appor-
tionmcnt reference has been had both to terri
tory and the Democratic vote of the several
townships at the last general election:
jamestown, 2; Georgetown, 81 Tallmadge,
Wright, A.; Chester, 2; Polkton, 3; Allcndalc, q
Blendon, 2; ICELAND, 4; Holland, 8; Olive, 2
Robinson, 2; Crockcry, 3; Spring Lake, 4; Of
tawa, 5.
The committee respectfully recommend that
in every instance the delegates be actual resi-
dents of the townships they represent It's cs-
pecally desirable that full delegation from
each township be in attendance.
BY order of Dem. Co. Com.
Grand Haven, July "a, 1860,
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-08-29
STATE NOMINATIONS.

For Governor,
JOHN S. BARRY, of st. Joseph Co.
For Lieut. Governor,
WILLIM M. FENTON, of Genesee Co
For State Treasurer,
ELON FARNSWORTH of Wayne Co.
For Auditor General,
HENRY PENNOYER, of Ottawa Co.
For Secretary of State,
WILLIAM FRANCIS, of Allegan Co.
For Attorney General,
CHAUNCEY JOSLIN, of Washtenaw
For Commissioner Of Land Office.
SAMUEL l.. SMITH, of Houghton Co.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction.
+. w. SHEARMAN, of Calhoun Co.
For Member of the Board of Education.
JOHN V. LYON, of Lenawee Co.
For Representative in Congress, Sd District
THOMAS b. CHURCH.
Of Kent County.