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Deep Flowing.

1t is certainly amusing, while not with
out instruction, to listen to debate OF ell
derly farmers on blowing. They are not
educated up to the time, and are not yet
freed from the influences peculiar to the
condition of the country at the time they
imbibed the rudiments of agricultural
knowledge. Virgin soil was then ready
whenever the farmer chose to clear away
the forest, and that was deemed cheaper
than to attempt the restoration Of exhausted
fields. The great object then was TO cult
vate the largest surface, and thus make up
for any deficit there might be for the want
of manuring and proper cultivation.
It is not wonderful, therefore, that there
are now amongst very intelligent elderly
gentlemen many advocates for shallow
blowing, and many who say good crops OF
wheat cannot be grown on deeply-plowed
land. The most laughable suggestion of
these gentlemen, however, is that the dimi-
mutton of the crops of wheat is attributable
to deep blowing AS there never has been
any deep blowing to speak Of amongst US,
this remark would seem to be sharp irony
If ii came from any other source.
We heard q very entertaining discussion
not long since on this subject. One pretty
successful farmer fought deep blowing with
extraordinary earnestncss and vim; an
other introduced q variation in advocating
blowing in wet land He declared that he
had seensthe water following his plows as
they turned up the ghebe, and that he
found benefit rather than injury from turn
ing up the soil in that condition. But these
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Rev. JOHN A. BRoADUs, D. D., one Of the
finest scholars in the country, defends the
use in composition of the word "hke " IN
the sentence, at looks like they ought to
qive." Not very successfully, however.
Nor very earnestly, but as an allowable
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-30

.Blackuood for November we have re-
cciyed from Messrs. WooDHoUsE PARHAM,
the Richmond agents for the American
nuhliShers.
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ON the Goth Instant by the Rev. H. Satterwhite,
If iha residence of the BRIDES father, Rev. William
Nsssic Miss HESTER q. MhSS1E, Of Hanover,
to Mr. RICHARD ". WINSTON, of Henrlco.
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DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL uF ~
~ NEW MILLIEEEY AND FAM -;
GOODS, embracing all tls noyTttltS 81 IT. -
FINISHES. ykLYE. .EENS KID Uh0'
DnEsS TRIMMINGS OF AL Ands, y --
FEATHERS, FLOWERS, SATlAo, stLis..
choice selection oE bcAutl!dl y = ~ T. Ms
GOODS, AZ Mrs. b. l.. CaHEh'S tOruery "',
3. Demelman, No. 4o2 Broad street. ...t
n. B.-LaGies Wishing 70 make .hslr "hA (. 4,
nets can DC furnished Sith materials OF IL. :.
and ali necessary Information given. h'!h
and feathers are Of The mosg exquisite QoA.s f. *
cal. from the ladies Is most rsspe"I3A2 a''
80 thai they can Judge for themselves. ...t
Country AID city orders promptly eNt'"' ~,s
Closed every SATURDAY.
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~sprCaAE NOTICES.

~-~~-r~~ ~~-~~~-s1I
smTRY BRsGsss
SUPERIOR SODA CRACKERS
l SUPERIOR WATER CRACKERS
SUPERIOR BUTTER CRACKERS
SUPERIOR CREAM CRACKERS -
SUPERIOR LEMON CRACKERS
SUPERIOR OYSTER CRACKEks'
SUPERIOR ARRowRooT CRACKERS
Fresh every day at
7o7 MAIN AND 42s BROAD STREET.
TnO oil
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MONT FORGET TO CALL

Just received
. 900 pairs LADIES' HOSE, to be sold at l2sc.,
.Ea worth 20c. az least. n ~ 3#-s
$50 HEMSTITCHED HANDKERCHlEFS at Csc,
cheap at 4oc. ,
Another big lot of WORSTED GOODS chad &c
telegraph for them the others sold too fastl as
cheap as ever, such as SCARFS from 1oc. up
BREAKFAST SHAWLS, HOODS, &C., going al
O trife.
A fresh supply Of DRESS GOODS, bought R,
great sacrifice: amongst which some very hand.
Oh enc GOODS, PUPLINs. EMPRESS CLOTH,
ALL-WOOL PLAIDS, &C., to be sold at con-
stderably below market figures.
A box crammed full Of an ction bargains In
BRUSSELS and other LACES. FRILLINGS,
EMBROIDERED BANDS, INSERTIONS. EDG-
IEGs, GIMPS TRIMMINGS DRESS and
CLOAK BUTTONS, &C., never seen rs cheap be-
fore.
Another invoice of BROCHE sHAws, La
DIES CLOAkS, CLOkKINGS, .CASSIMERFS,
and other very useful and durable materials for
gents wear.
Add to these attractions an assortment of the
most desirable goods to be found In rst-class dry
goods house, and you have a faint idea OF the adj
vantage In calling at JULIUS MEYERS
d. no 27sse.- .-a 527 Broad street. near Sixth.
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x ENERAL MEETING OF THE VIR-
VI GINA STATE AGRICULTURAL So
CIETY.-It seems to be The general public expec-
tation, and TO be deemed eXpedent by most OF the
members Of the Executive Committee, that the
Society should hold Fair on its Grounds near
Richmond during the next fall. This being so, 1t
is particularly desirable that the earliest steps
should be taken To provide the ways and means
ring heartily In the object do therefore call
q general meeting OF the Virginia State Ag1icultu-
raj Society for the purposes above indicated, 10 be
held at the Exchange Hotel on the TENTH DAY
OF DECEMBER NEXT.
WILLOUGHBY NEWTON,
no2s-ot President.
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MEETINGS.

EEASONIC NOTICE.-The mem 9
lFh beers Of RICHMOND RAEDOLPHG Ky
LJUGE, No. ~ will attend y called mcct-/V\
Ing at the MasOnS' HAL THIS EVENING Al I
O'Clock prom pity. for work.
Dy order OF the W. NJ.
WILLIAM j. RIDDICK,
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RAtLGg[D Igt,ps ~.
RICEaECn.L, husuE. !. !.9e.


AsJL@G%G t4t,ps ~
HICEGCh.G., kuau-.I l.se
edmond AND YORK BTVFR RAN.
~ hgAB LIEE.-HEw Schedule sny
I1,4A11n1,Iid0RE, THE &u2TH AND SGFrt5
y EaI. The steamer KENEEgEC. CaD.Af7 !
q. ehs1EAN commanding leaves White Hon.
every WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY NORvITG
on arrival OF The cars from Richmond. rrIcb;no
baltimore on the following morning al srYr'sah
Returning, the KENNEgEC leaves 2sItiTnos.
every MONDAY and THURSDAY g. 0'cInrI
2, d ' ''oSA
The steamer ADMIRAL, Captain K1gy 40 co,,
nandins, leaTes White House every rTrEeSS,'''5t..
and tkipAY on agriyal nr he cars from NJ
mond, reaching Baltimore :nc <nltlHfny NOR .,
ut snnTige. Returning, the AD. EG.ai, L..v.. T.-r
thnore every WEDNESDAY Gad ~ gl..,yAY a.
4o'clock Z. HI. -
PASSENGERS FOR BALTIMORE ,e,vs H.,
depot of the Richmond and York Rive RoT
roSd Company at O'Clock 4. VI. slTEfIY
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDSY ~ =.
turning they leave Baltimore on MONDAY
"WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and SATTPDLy
ut O'Clock P. u, reaching Richmond .he ;oi(6v.
ing evening.
Fare 70 Baltimore only 81
Freight received a. all times ard ior,arteJ
promptly, and through bills of lsftug yivg1 In n,
Tie PASSENGER TRAIN leaves the DEM.
EVERY AORS4NG atsA. ".
WILLIAM b, ENOs,
0c IL Freight aud Ticket lgprt
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81 % SE.ssg;
w INTER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

WINTER sCHEDULE.-RIC8N0T1
sHTd m IND VET PpEGTWElsss4BTRe RAILRoAD.oHnDD
Trains over this road VIII be run as TolIows lie
Leave Richmond 1t 4 A. H. and ?:5sPg
L.eaye peters6rrg at 1915 A. N. ana $50 Pu
car attached, viii leave Richmond an PASSENGER
NJ; ana Petersburg daily at GO 4. n $500 3 nv T.
ne ~ NJ train wiz not leave Richmond m SIM
burg on Sundays. '''' ''e te'efs-
PASSENGERS for Norfolk viii take the a.7.r 4,
train, running through daily. wac 100 L H.
Fare TO Norfolk, a. Baggage chsckaa IT,,
Inc passenger coach attached to the rngi 1 IVA,
ml ieSVe Clover Hill al 4. H., aud retn,rt..
SaVe richmond at 2:tO z. VI. on Tut2,,ays ! ~ ~
days, AID Saturdays 2. r. i.irr uU's'
~ Engineer and SuperintendrT.
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INSURANCE AGAINST FIRE, AND MA
RISE RISKS, and LIFE INSURANCE effected
on favorable terms and in large amounts.
Or senior has had large experience In the In
surance business, which enables us to prepare our
policies with reference to the wants OF our pa
irons.
All kinds OF property in town and country IN
sURED AGAINST FIRE, AND MARINE AND
places desired.
Applications By letter or IN person promptly re-
THOMAS NJ. ALFRIEND Il SON.
oc 30-lm
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No extra charge for secured seats.
The box sheet for the sale of secured sc us Will
be opened at 10 O'Clock this and every morn og.
no 25-6s
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-29
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS.

A school teacher who has enjoyed the
benefit of long practice in his profess
sion, and watched closely the influence
OF newspapers upon a family of chill
dren, states, as the result of his observa-
ton, that, without exception, those
scholars of both sexes who have access
to newspapers at home, when compar-
ed to those who have not, are:
L. Better readers, excellent in pro-
nunciation, and consequently read more
Understandings.
2. They are better spoilers, and de-
fine words with ease and accuracy.
3. They obtain a partial knowledge
of geography i'll almost half the time it
requires others, as the newspaper has
made them familiar with the location of
most places and nations, governments,
etc.
4. They are better grammarians, for
the newspaper has made them familiar
with every variety of style, from the
commonplace advertisement of the fin
ished and classical OratOry of the states
man they more readily apprehend the
text, and consequently analize its con-
struction with more alacrity.
5. They write better compositions,
using better language, containing more
thought, and more clearly expressed.
From these importint facts three i'm
portant things can be deducted:
l. The responsibility of the press in
providing literature which is both
healthful in tone and Understandings
expressed.
2. The absolute necessity Of personal
supervision of the child's reading by
the parents.
3. Having once got good, able pa
per, no matter what the price, don't be-
grudge it hearty support.
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THEORY OF PRAIRIEs.

Col. Foster, of Chicago, has submit
ted TO the Academy of Natural Sciences
of that city, a new theory of the form
alton of the great western prairies. Ii
has been supposed that these immense
plains were once the beds of lakes, or at
least swamps or marshy land, and that
the absence of trees was caused by the
prairie fires; but Col. Foster under
takes to show that it is rather the want
of moisture which has prevented the
trees from growing. The northern p0r-
ton of the basin of the Mississippi, ac-
cording 10 him, is deprived of the rain
which arises from the oceans Oh each
side of the continent, by the interposi-
ton of the Allegheny and Rocky
Mountain ranges; and thus the treeless
prairieS of Illinois degenerate as we go
still further west into desert plains.
In former number of the Home
Journal we advanced the theory that
the cause of these prairies was not on
account of large bodies of water, nor
yet from the want of it, as Col. Foster
to show, but by the annual
burning of the prairies by the Indians.
That trees will grow, notwithstand-
ing the dry weather, has been plainly
and where the fires are
prevented from burning the young
growth each year, forests spring up.
We are OF the opinion that were fins
State free FROM fires for twenty five
years, it would be a magnificent body
of timber ttGtca Home Journal.
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DIR. PARKER ON TOBACCO.

The world moves slowly. DR.. Viii
lard Parker, of New York, is doing for
the students of the New York Union
Theological Seminary what Parton re-
Gently did for the readers of the AtGan-
tic; he is delivering before them val
liable course of lectures on the laws of
physiology and health. 1t is a good
sign of the times to see theological stu
dents studying physiology, and we are
glad to notice that it meets the approx
al of the religious press. The follow
ing are some of. the remarks of DIR.
Parker:
He said that i'll all his professional
practice he had never known a man
among the employees of q tobacco man
ufactory to be perfectly sound and
healthy. To all outward appearance
they seemed strong; but let them meet
with an accident, or from any cause need
medical treatment, and it was found
their recuperatiVe power was greatly
enfeebled. The offspring of the users
of tobacco also inherit the faint of their
parents.
DR.. Z. urged upon his auditory that
the use of this weed was particularly
injurious TO studious men of sedentary
habits and indoor life. Such should
never smoke. The odor infects their
clothing, study and books, so that they
I'VE and breathe IN nOXlouS atmos-
phere of tobacco. Those who spend
most of their time in the open air are
not in such constant peril. The speak
er had known ministers whose lives
had been shortened and energies enfee-
bled by smoking. The poison is slow,
but i'll the second and third decades its
virus becomes manifest. The words of
the wise man, because sentence against
an evil work is not executed speedily,
therefore the heart of the sons of men
is fully set III them to do evil" are
strikingiy applicable to those who in
dulge i'll this pcrnicious habit. The
speaker had been himself (for years) a
and urged upon his auditory,
as ministers of the Gospel, to give up
the use of tobacco.
The amount expended on tobacco is
enormous. The ministers should set
the example III abandoning this waste
full and pernicious habit of smoking
E.cch0aqe
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THE NEW NORTHWEST.

The marvellous growth and develop
mcnt of the vast regions lying west OF
the Missouri river constitute most
wonderful problem. 1t is scarcely ten
years since Colorado, Montana, Dakota,
Idaho and Nevada were only known Is
wild and remote districts, inhabited on
~ by Indians and u few traders or pio-
neers. The opinion generally prevail
ell that even their ultimate settlement
was questionable as all reports seemed
to indicate barrenness and sterility.
And yet we now find generous settle
ments at the salient points, and all the
accessories of fiourishing and prosper
Gus communities. The Montana Her
aid, published at Virginia City, says:
The new Northwest is the title by
which the vast area of country that
gives birth 10 The two mighty rivers of
the continent-the Missouri and the
Columbia-has been christened by COM
mon consent among the members of
the press i'll the Western States, and
which is fast becoming universally
adopted. 1t is not only spacious and
productive, but III every detail or ell
emeut of power, wealth and population
will within itself soon be equal to an
empire. The area so aptly designated
may be more particularly bounded as
minus of the great plains of Dakota
which is really as it were the ocean di-
viding the old Northwest from the new
and extending westward to the east
ern terminus of the great plain of the
Columbia reaching inland from the Pa
cific. From south to north the bound
aries would stand as from the line of
the Union Pacific Railroad to the Brit
ish line, and to include the Hudson Bay
territory and VancOuver's Island, as
soon as we shall have captured or duly
negotiated for the same. Here. howev-
er, independent of the British Pos
sessions, would be room for the build
ing up of at least four great States, with
resources for commerce, agriculture,
and mining unequaled
i'll extent and richness anywhere i'll the
That Montana will become the BAN
ner State Of this new Northwest, this
young empire of the mountains, is in
evitable. Think of her ineXhaustible
mines Of coal, lead. copper, cinnabar,
silver and gold. Think of her noble
forests of pine and cedar, the quarries
of granite, marble and other useful
stone, the measureless grazing and
meadow lands. her water courses, in
lets of navigation and mill power; the
fertility of her soil. her towering
and beautiful valleys, her en-
chanting landscapes and salubrity of
climate. In contemplating all these at
fractions and advantages with which
nature herself has so bOunteOusly ELI
doWed our Territory, we have no hes
itation i'll predicting that Montana Is
destined, beyond any question, to rank
as the Star State of the new Northwest.
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MOVING EYERGREENS.

Many people lose sight of the fact
that the sap of evergreens, especially
COniferas, is resinous; that when it is
once hardened i'll tree, it cannot be
started again, or made to circulate. They
are very different in this respect from
an apple or other fruit tree the latter
may be revived by burying root and
branches i'll the earth: not so an ever
green. No doubt exists i'll our mind,
that an exposure of the roots for one
half hour to a March or April wind,
in a dry day, will kill the tree, and
thousands are dead to all intents and
purposes before they are replanted.
Another mistake is the watering OF
evergreens around the roots after plant
ing. Many trees are thus killed by
kindness. Ia ordinary seasons they
will need NO watering at all except at
the time of planting. If the season
prove very dry, let your water be tenn
pered by the sun all day, water at night,
and over head and ears, as good show
er would do it, water copiOusiy, and on
ly once in a week or ten days. a thick
mulch to cover the soil for several feet
all around the tree, tends to keep the
moisture, and will prove very adVan-
taSeous.- Ottard Home Journal.
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A Plea FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.

Don't expect too much from them !;
it has taken forty years, it may be, to
make you what you are, with all your
lessons of experience, and l dare say
you are faulty being ut best. Above
all, don't expect judgment i'll Il child, or
patience under trials. Sympathize in
their mistakes and troubles; don't rid
icule them. Remember not to measure
a child's trials by your standard. ''As
one whom his mother comforteth," says
the inspired writer, and beautifully
does he convey to US the deep faithful
love that ought to be found in every
woman's heart, the unfailing sympathy
with all her childrcn's griets. When 1
see children going to their father for
comfort, L am sure there is something
wrong with their mother.
Let the memories of their childhood
be as bright as you can make them.
Grant them every innocent pleasure in
your power. We have often felt our
temper rise to see how carelessly their
little plans are thwarted by older per-
sons, when little trouble on their part
would have given the child pleasure,
the memory of which would last life
time. Lastly, don't think child hope
less because it betrays some very bad
habits. And whatever else you may
be compelled to deny it in your circum-
stances i'll life, give it what it most val
ues, plenty of love.-EpiscopdI -Heth-
OdjH
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Our lady friends should be informed
that the liquid called benzine, which
they use so freely for removing grease
and stains from clothing, is a very
dangerous article. 1t is one of the SUBJ
stances distinct from petroleum, and is
highly volatile, infiamable, and, when
the vapor is mixed with air, explosive.
We have frequently observed a vial of
this fluid standing in close proximity
to a lamp or gas flame and the odOr
pervading the room. A very small
quantity is capable of doing irreparable
mischief. The contents of four-ounce
vial, if overturned and vaporized, would
render the air of a common room explo-
siye, and a whole family might be
seriously burned, or lose their lives
from it. 1t should never be used in the
vicinity of flame ; and it is important to
remember that, through the medium of
escaping vapor, when the vial is un-
corked, flame will leap to it through
space of several feet. BenZine is often
sold under various fanciful names, and,
therefore, any article procured from the
druggists for removing oil or grease
from fabrics should be handled with the
utmost care.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-29

A COOP MOvE.-The Wooden Manu-
facturers' Association of the Northwest
hold an exhibition of wooden factories
and f1eeces at Chicago on the first Tues
day of August next. They have ap-
pointed our toWnsman, Geo. A. Craw-
ford, member of the committee on eX-
position, for Kansas.
AT meeting of the Kansas Manu-
factorers' Association, Of which Mr..
Crawford is President, at Lawrence,
March 9th, a committee was appointed
to attend the Exposition. 1t was also
resolved ''that the manufacturers of
Kansas will exhibit their goods at the
Chicago Exposition; and, as an induce
ment to the wool-growers to send SAM
pie tieeces, the following is offered; We
will give premium, for the best fleece
of Kansas-groWn wool, one coat pat
tern of the best cloth made by the Fort
Scott Mills or the Lawrence Wooden
Company. For the SECOND best, a
pants pattern of the same cloth. The
wool to be left at one of the factories of
Kansas, by the first week i'll July, for
forwarding to the Lawrence factory,
where judgment win be pronounced by
w. &. LObenstein, &. Willemsen and
George w. Cosley, awarding committee.
The best samples of fleeces will be sent
to the Chicago Exposition. The name
of the grower must accompany the
fleece also, the pedigree of the animal,
if possible. All the wool furnished as
samples Will be paid for at merchanta-
BILE rates.
AVe hope the six factories of Kansas
will be fully represented at Chicago, and
that the movement may prove a good
advertisement for our State.-FOrt
Scott Monitor.
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To n ten or fifteen-year resident of
Kansas, the complaints of new corners
about the scarcity of timbef'are exceed
ingly annoying, and considering the fact
that a lifetime is not needed to clear
away stumps in opening farm, they
are groundless and unreasonable. A
moments consideration given to the
rapidity with which timber grows
would serve to convince ali that this
great bug-bear, the scarcity of timber, is
in reality favor of Providence, COM
pared with the ponderous stumps and
roots, rocks and useless soil which char
acterize the country where most of us
came from. During our recent absence
from home, we visited young forests, in
Douglas county, now containing hicko-
ry and oak trees over twenty feet high,
which ten years ago were patches Of
hazel brush scarcely knee high. Tim Der
is making in this country every year as
rapidly as it is passing away in the older
States. About one hundred years from
now, when our people wear out the
fields they are now cuItivating, probably
their successors will be compelled to
commence clearing, and making huge
log fires in order to get rid of timber.
AS lazy as some farmers are In this
country, we shouldn't think they would
be very anxious for more timber
Junction City Union.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-05-29

BUTTER.-At the recent meeting OF
the Dairymen's Association of Illinois,
President King remarked that he had
been a dealer i'll butter. thirty years, and
considered that May and July produced
the best, if properly made and put
down. 1t should be made dry, come
hard, and be properly cured. Most peo-
pie salt too high 1t should be sailed
to the taste and it will keep. All in
excess of this is injurious. The milk,
cream, and the surroundings of the
butter room, should all be pure, as foul
odors are certain to impart disagree
able flavor. Mr.. X. said he knew a
man to plant honey-suckles and roses
around the place where his butter was
made, for the purpose of giving it an
agreeable flavor.