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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-02

Just received, another large lot OF
COLORED BED BLANKETS, still cheaper
than the last on account OF their being
slightly damaged; .gs- ...... .
100 pair at &259 worth $3.50;
rs pair at %. rs worth -; .a.
80 pair WHITE 900 at ss.7s worth s.;
80 pair from $3.50 upwards-at less than gold
price; ...- -
$50 Ladies, BALMORAL SKIRTS at 81 cheap at
slso, at 81 worth 81, and at IS, 81, and
$k-astonshingly low;
The greatest inducements in CLOAKS and
LADIES' sHAwLs ever offered by any
other house in this city;
80 dozen more of those cheap LADIES' LINEN
HANDKERCHIEFs at 81 and Sl.as
dozen, cheap at 81;
LADIES', MISSES, and CHILDREE'S
HOODS;
IRISH LINEN,
LADIES' HOSE,
CH1LDREN,s wOoLLEN STOCKINGS,
and thousands Of other CHEAP GOODS at
JOSEPH sTRAUsE's.
The best GRAY, RED, and BLUE TWILL
ED FLANNEL for little money, and
the incest WHITE FLANNEL at lowest
price;
20 dozen best LADIES' CORSETS at 81 worth
sl.6o at JOSEPH sTRAUsE's.
s., 900 yards of the finest and best EMPRESS
CLOTH at only s7sc., cannot be bought at
any other house for less than LIS, at
JOSEPH sTRAUsE's,
1888 Main street.
Is of the CHEAPEST LADIES' CLOAKs, Just
from auction;
900 wards of the handsomest and finest FRENCH
MERINOEs at the low price of g. cheap
ats1.75;
KENTUCKY JEANS,
KERsEYs, HEAVY TWEEDs,
sATINETs, CAsSIMEREs, a
DoEsKINs and BEAVER CLOTH, aston
ingly low;
LADIES', MISSES, anG CHILDREN's
sHAWLs,
BREAKFAST sHAWLS,
CHILDREN's and MISSES HOODS;
STOCKINGS LINEN DAMAsK,
LINEN TABLE CLOTHS;
Thousands of yards Of the BEST CALICO,
of every quality and manufacture, at only
12ac.;
BROWN and BLEACHED SHIFTING at
10 and 12sc.;
100 dozen LINEN TOWELS at half their value.
Gall, one and all, st
JOSEPH sTRA USES,
No. 1898 Main street. near the Old Market,
and you can buy for IS as much as You can get at
other places for $3.50.
Be careful Of coming to the right place.
&. 8. SMITHER and j. r. HAYNES viii be pleased
to see their friends and the public at large.
JOSEPH sTRAUsE,
deB No. 1888 Main street.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
mTHE LARGE sToFE'
80 TILE GREAT BARaAIFa
THE LARGEST STOCK OF DRY GOODS.

III ~
Purchasers OF Dry Goods are becoming more
and more Satisfied that the place to buy tnei' I'M
GOODS is atLBvY BROTHERS.. the immense Immense
quantity OF goods this establishment are no" re'i
,n ,,,as ,seu, 70 offer them at lower rates Than
ever. They Offer to-day
TIL. hest MOURNING PRINTS at Isc.;
FANCY PRINTS at 81, 10, and psc.;
Handsome styles of DELAINEs at DC. worth
Bc.;
Rea, SCOTCH pLAIDs, all wool, at doc. per yard
worth &C.;
ALPkCAS at 30, "a and soc.;
Real FRENCH MERINO at 75c., eoc., ana Si'
lust soc. per yard below regulsr prices;
BAREaE for wells at 4oc. per yard worth s0c'' AZ
soc- worth 7sc.; ~ s..tgs
BLACK LACE Wells at &c. worth 7sc.;
HEMsTIpcHED LINEN HAFDKERcHlffs
at Is. 30, and Size, great bargains;
EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFs at 70 D.
and7gc.
DIMITY BANDS at Ioc. each, worth fse.;
EMBROIDERED CAMBRIA BANDS at ~, o.
and 7se.. g4s pest bargain ever offered;
BRIDk". SEs4TF large enough lof suo 40
bed - +: 'ssI il 80:
PuRE E:r..s .:jssrRT BosoMs at ssc.;
REAL astzs1T irH~VOvE SHIRT BosoMs NJ
SOC. rvesea To-;
rucKrD ,.tNEE HANDKERCHIEFs at 4s 50.
and eoc.-very cheap;
SETS OF COLLARS and CUFFS at a6, 50, and
7sc.-less than half price;
FRENCH-WOvE WHALEBONE CORsETs 81
Soc. worth SL25; s a
WoRsTED HOODS, for children, at soc., would
be cheap at soc.;
LADIES, WORSTED HOODS at soc. worthsl;
WoRsTED CLOAKs, for children, at 75c. and d.
Just one-half the regular price;
LINEN TABLE CLOTH, full two yards long at
ellsworth o.;
LINEN NAPKINS ttringedl at s1.lo per dozen
worth $l.75;
CANTON FLANNEL at lss, 20, and 2sc.-supe-
rior goods for the money;
WHITE FLANNEL, all wool, at &c. per yard
worth &c..
WHITE FLANNEL, full yard wide, st 4sc. per
yard would be cheap ut soc.
Elegant DOUBLE SATIN DAhAsK TABLE
CLOTHS, extra lengths, at low prices;
sATINETs at SOC. worth 7sc.
CAss1MEREs at 81, sL2s, and sl.st-all very
cheap goods;
BEAVER and BRoADCLoTHs at great bar.
gains; So. .-...
CH1LDREN's WoRsTED HOsF-threc pair for
Csc. .aT-fE@
Elegant SASH and BONNET RIBBONS at low
prices; .'s>
TIDES at 75c. worth sl.So;
REAL RUSSIA DIAPER at sl.so piece worth
81;
BIRD,sEYE DIAPER at asc. per yard worth
&C.,;
LARGE SIZE HUCKABACK TOWELS at "a per
dozen worth $3.50;
BED BLANKETS from g. per pair to $ls;
MARsEILLEs QUILTS at very low prices;
CLOAKs, FURs, and sHAWLs, at breakdown
prices;
JET JEWELRY at 7sc. per set worth o.;
SILK AND WOOL sCARFS at 25c. worth &c.;
CARPETS at Soc yer yard worth &c., at e5 worth
IS, at IS worth 81, al fl worth $l.25;
IRISH LINEN at SOC. per yard worth Coo.
Many other articles too numerous to mention, all
Of which will be sold at the lowest prices for cash
only. LEVY BROTHERS,
40 1913 and 1915 Main street.E
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MARRIED,

On Thursday she 18th instant at the resldenee Of
BLDG. ID. Ds,GEORGE II. T. GREER. Of Frank
lin county. to MATTE r., eldest daughter OF the
iAs sichmond, petersburg, Savannah, and New Or
leans papers please copy
December 10, 1865, in IT. Panl's CHURCH Rich
rnond by the Rev. Charles hinnigernde. d. D.,
M On aRLFS K. HARRISON to Miss LOUJsa
TRIPLBTT. daughter Of Boiling W. Hanall, Esq.
baltimore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans ma
rerx MEMS cOpy 49,
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ne 400 DUTCH CUCUMBERS.
400 DUTCH CUCUMBERS.
400 DUTCH CUCUMBERS.
400 DUTCH CUCUMBERS.
900 DUTCH CUCUMBERs.
400 DUTCH CUCUMBERS. - Z.
The people of Holland excel in putting up
PICKLED CUCUMBERs. This lot is directly
imported and is delicious.
TURKISH PRUNES. CURRANTs.
TURKISH PRUNEs. CURRANTs.
CITRON. RAISINS,
ClTRON. RA1sINs.
NEW ORLEANS MOLAssEs.
NEW ORLEANS MOLASsEs.
Direct from New Orleans.
MINCE MEAT. MNCE MEAT.
M1NCE MEAT. MINCE MEAT.
MINCE MEAT. MINCE MEAT.
A splendid article.
TEA. TEA. TEA.
TEA. TEA. TEA.
TEA. TEA. TEA.
GREEN TEA, scc., 81, $l.2s, 81 $3.50.
BLACK TEA, Soc, 81, S1.2s, Sl.5o.
COFFEE. COFFEE. COFFEE.
COFFEE. COFFEE. COFFEE.
COFFEE. COFFEE. COFFEE.
GREEN COFFEE, 7oc., ssc., &c., &c.,, SIC.
ROASTED COFFEE, &C., 2Sc., Soc, &c., Ioc.
GROUND COFFEE, 2sc., 2sc., Soc, Sc, DOC.
Coffee roasted and ground daily.
VIRGINIA TEA AND COFFEE COMPANY,
CORNER OF
MAIN AND NINTH STREETS
RICHMOND, VA.
EE fde nj
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MEETINGS.

DICHMoND GYMNASTUM.--The an
L D nusI meeting OF the stockholders OF the
Richmond Gymnasium will be held at The Gvmna-
STUN on MONDAY. 9TH instant ut u O'Clock 2.
NJ Each stockholder Is earnestly requested to be
present. ROBERT STILES President.
W E. RfNFoRD, Fecretary. j82-H*
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DRY G0ODs.
FACTS WORTH 1890

EAcTs WORTH KNoW1Na.126
-r- ru r~ r----s
rhss beautiful coLoRED FRENCH MER1Nos
can be had as rs and SIC. worth 81 and LB;
Beautiful FIGURED MERINos at siworth q. So;
Handsome shades WOOL EMPRESS CLOTHS at
10 and soc. worth 81;
MOHAIR POPLINs a. IS, "a, 30. and sac., worth
more money.
We have reduced the prices OF the remainder Of
our winter stock which Is complete in all It's
branches. EIRsH q GUG9ENHEIMER
ja2 s17 Broad street, bet. Sixth and Eleventh..
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TO TAXPAYERS.


NOTICE TO TAX-PAYERS.-In COM
IN phance with an ordinance q the city Of
Richmond we will attend at the office Of the City
Collector, at the City Hall, from A. M. TO p n.
from the 18th TO the 3lst OF December inclusive to
receive the remaining half OF the CITY TAXES,
deducting ten per cent thereon from those who
paid one-han In June.
EDMUND WINNIE. G. O. r.,
by JULIUS a. HoBsoH, D. G. G. r.
N. B.-Those persons who have not paid any
portion Of their bills win please call during the
same time and pay the amount Of their taxes, as
we viii have no opportunity OF calling ON them
before advertising their properly for sale, which
will add twenty per cent. III not soldl. Those who
have not paid their personal tax by that time must
expect TO have their goods levied on as soon as we
get out OF the office as required TO settle our
entire account in February
We would call particular attention Of the tar.
payers OF the ewly-incorporated territory as The
property Is SO !mperfectly described that II IS im-
posaIble that the Collector can find 1t.
EDMUND WINNIE. Collector,
by JULIUS A. HoRa0S. D. q.
BY resolution of the Council passed on tne siss
Of December last the tins for the cnitect!on OF
taxes 40 above has been extended until ite 10 Vi
iaa-ti5Ja by j. A. HoBSoS, ID. &.
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sg DRESS GOODS! DRESS GOODS: -
DRESS GOODS of every description. to be sold
at and below cost, at JULIUS SYCLF'S,
<I5 Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth.
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STOVES, TINWARE, &e.

A T HOME AGAiN.--Thsnkful TO q
"a friends and the public for .he very hos,
patronage heretofore bestowed on us, We would
STREsT. may be FOUND the iinest assortment
sTOVES CRATES, TlSWaSk., assl.s .-E 80,
NISHISG GOODS RANGES. fuketASs
FiEHpI.ACE HEATERS, &C.. Us. 10 ee ioY
MI any house In the city. hQUSTUaSTlsi
aeS sss 6Seaa say"
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DIED.,

At Ashland Hanover county. Va. on the LIST Of
January, lsas KATE ARM1TAGE. youngest
dauqhter c. william r. and ssllie A. Humphrey,
Ia the second wear Of her age.
Baltimore Sun, peteEsburg ITder. and Norfolk
Journal please copy, !.
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re- CLOAKS AND SHAwLs.-A large va
riety OF CLOAKs and sHAWLs tn be closed out
regardless ofcost at JULTI1S SYGLE'S,
ais Broad street. between Fourth and Fifth.
~
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STEAMERS.

PHILADELPHIA, RICHMOND cSEsa
Il AND NORFOLK STEAMSHIPSSaA&ksa
LINE. Steamers NORFOLK and VALE
every a sATUtRDiY. and Richmond every very fRs
DAY, alternately.
Freight taken for Cincinnati, Chicago, and e
for Norfolk and Boston; and close connectid
made at Norfolk. Bills Of lading signed throug3
Passage 10 Philadelphla, including meals and STATE!
room, elc. W. p. PORTER, Agent,
oc II Office S42S Dock street.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

eF GREAT BARGAINS FOR THE CONF
MEECEMEVT OF THE NEW TKkR-Fifty
pairof dns BED BLAFKETs, inst received from
fhe Iste View York auctions. to be ssld at great
sacrifice at -,s.e@ssor JULIUS SYCJE'S
as Broad street, between Fourth and Fifth.
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NTRITING UP BOOKS. Gel offer m,

WRITING UP BOOKS, Sci offer my
w services to merchants and others who have
no regn!sr accountant for WRITING UP books,
MAktSG OFF AND COLLECTING AC-
COUNTS and airy business pertaining to the du-
ties OF clerk. would prefer permanent en-
pinynent with some mercantile or other establish
ment.
refer to the citizens or Richmond generally.
left at the Dispatch ofdce, or ad-
dressed to me through the postGftice win meet at
jsa~i.# YooDBURY B. BIaELoW.
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OFFICE MUTUAL BUILDING FUND ANDl
DOLLAR SAvINGs BANK. :
TINE ANNUAL NJ e e TING OF THE
STOEKHOLDERSo OF this institution will be
held ut their office, I'm the city OF Richmond. On
TUE-DAY the 5th January. 1859. at o'clock Z.
M ~ THOMAS s. ARM1STEaD.
de as-td h. Cashier.
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T EVY BROTHERS.
OLD SOUTHERN DRY GOODS STORE,
1913 AND 1915 MAIN STREET.
is the place to purchase your
DRY GOODS.
Having the largest store in the city, buying and
selling goods I'm larger quantities than any other
house, enables them to do al that they promise In
their advertisements.
Great inducements to country merchants pur.
chasing for cash. LEVY BROTHERS.
de 90 Nos. 1918 and 121s Maia street.
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TOO BARRELS APPLES receiving per
EUS8 smer Alhemarle, for eale low 70 close
c.arstonme HULST h KING,
IA ax Tea Main street.
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nUCKWALL & ROUss,
A GENUINE VIRGINIA HOUSE.
oEcEMREB s., $3.50.

DECKMBEH s. ista,
Received on the 2eth instant per steamer Abe
marie, and again to-day per steamer Isaac Bell, \
large and handsome assortment OF BARGAINS,
the great auctiop-houses Of New York. embracing
In part Broche shawls from S2s to $50: Wooilen
sets from Soc. to 81; OYercoats. Vests and Pants
Cavalry Boots (; ladies' and misses Shoes mems
and boys, Shoes and Boots flannel and merino
Shirts and Drawers, de 70
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ISAAC HUTZLER. SAMUEL BRRNHEIM.
HUTZLER s. BERNHEIM,
= GENERAL LIFE, FIRE, AND MARINE
INSURANCE AGENTS AND BROKERS,
Ho
No. l5l5 MAIN STREET.

All kinds Of INSURANCE effected in frst-clsss
companies, local or foreign, at LOWEST CUR
RENT RATES.
Business can be effected through correspondence
with our Office rs well rs by personal application,
de 23-lm
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
THOMAS F. GO0DE,

4 ATTORNEY AT LAW
ROYDTON, MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA
practices In the courts OF Mecklenburg and adjoin-
Ing counties, and In the United States Courts at
Richmond no I'm
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w-LOOK OUT

@ LOOK OUT
FOE
CHRISTMAS
AT
ERIeGs's BAKERY,
TOT MAIN AND I28 BROAD STRICT.
The largest assortment OF
PLAIN, FANCY, AND ORNAMENTAL CAKES
In the city.
Call and examine for yourself
[de lei
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DIVIDENDS.

NOTICE.-The Board Of Directors of the
IN National Bank Of Virginia, Richmond, have
THIS DAY declared DIVIDEND OF FIVE PER
uENT. on. Of the net earnings Of the Bank during
the past six months, payable TO Stockholders on
and after the 9Th day OF January next free OF tax
j. 3. MORTON, Cashier.
December 81, 1858. ia I-st
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dor RENT, nice MARKET FARM,
IL on the Eine-nile road two and q half miles
from the city. containing ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY ACRES, forty of which are cleared and
In high state or Improvement. There is on the
place nice orchard OF choice fruit trees &c
The improvements consist OF a comfortable dwell.
ing and the usual ous-houses, with water Hesr the
dwelling. Apply to LYME q BROTHER,
Real Estate a gents and Auctioneers,
ja23t 1889 Main street.
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IN N. WALKER & CO.,
NO SUCCESSORS TO 0. F. sRzsxn, ESQ.
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS..
Once 1elk Main street.
lrEt door east OF the post~ohlce, under Messrs. B
II. Maury q Co.
Buildings, merchandise, furniture, and personal
property OF al kinds IL the city or country, In
sured against loss damage by fire 81 the lowest
rates In comparies OF the highest standing.
Losses eqIftably adjusted and promptly paid.
Marine and inland Insurance also effected at cur
rent rates u0n
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SATURDAY NIeHr.--How

SATURDAY NTGHT.--How
many a kiss has been given
how many curse-how many
a caress-how many a look of
hate-how many a kind word
--how many a promise has
been broken-how many a soul
lost--how many q loved one
lowered into the narrow chata-
ber--how many O babe has
gone from earth to heaven
how many a little crib stands
silent now, which last Saturday
night held the rarest of the
treasures of the heart! 9 .
A week is a life. A week is
a history. A week marks
events of sorrow and gladness,
which people never heard. Go
home to your family, man of
business! Go home, you heart
erring wanderer! Go home TO
the chair that awaits you,
wronged waif on life's breakers!
Go home to those you love,
man of toll; and give one night
to the joys and comforts fast
flying by! .sa
Leave your book with COM
plex figures-your dirty shop
your busy store! Rest with
those you love for God only
knows what the next Saturday
night viii bring you! Forget
the world of care and the bat
ties of life which have furrowed
the week Draw close around
the family hearth! Saturday
night has awaited your coming
in sadness, in tears and silence.
Go home to those you love,
and as you bask in loved pres
ence, and meet to return the
loved embrace Of your hearts
pets, strive to be a better man,
and bless God for giving his
weary children so dear a step
ping stone in the river to the
eternal, as Saturday night
Er. paper.
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SELF-REsPEor AND SELF-DE

SELF-REsPECT AND SELF-DE-
PFNDENoE.-Be and continue poor,
young man, while others around
you grow rich by fraud and dis
loyalty; be without place or pow
er, while others beg their way
upwards (; bear the pain of disap-
pointed hopes, while others gain
theirs by flattery; fOrego the gra-
cious pressure of the hand, for
which others cringe and crawl
Wrap yourself in your own virtue,
and seek friend and your daily
bread. If you have, in such a
course grown gray with unblench.
ed honor, bless God and die.
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EE The Port Gibson Standard
is down On the "We Can't Club.n
He says "We can'tp have any.
thing that other people have, nor
do anything that other people do.
Curses ON "We Can'tp Decay
and Death are its ministers. Desc
lated fields and ruined towns are
its trophies. m
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NEEDLEs.-Needles were first
made in London by negro from
SPAN, in the reign of Queen Mary.
He died without imparting the
secret of his art. The art was re
covered in 1865. Elias Growse
first taught the English to make
needles, but the art was again
recovered by Christopher Green
ing, who settled at Long Crendon
in Buckinghatnshire. Needles are
now chiefly made at Redditch, il
Worcestershire. Hathersageg in
DHrbyshjrh, asdinaad near Bir
mingham.
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LagcSeas I'D. SgseSJiTge,

A ttorney at Law. Address Shrevep ,rt
n La. Will practice in the Courts Of
Caddo, Claiborne and Bossier, and in the
United States and Supreme Courts of the
State. All claims for collection in Northern
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana or Mississippi
promptly attended to.
REFERENCES -Wyche & Richardson, Spy
ker & Sandidge, Hays e. Adams, Hon. II. NJ
Spofford, New Orleans; DR.. VIM. Burt
Humphreys& s. Dashiell, Harrison & Crusoe
Columbus, Miss; Sam. Mosley, Texas
Leading members of the Bar, in Shreveport
and Bellevue, Louisiana v6nl1
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70 Springfield, Ohio, claims to
have largest machine shop west
ofthe Alleghenies. Themain build.
ing of this establishment is three
hundred and sixty by fifty.two
feet, and three stories high and
there is o wing two hundred and
fifty by fifty-two feet.
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Horticultural Questions An
swered.

AS the questions asked by the
Holmes county (Miss.l correspon-
lent Of the Rural refer to subjects
of much interest in the South, it
may not be amiss for one who has
made the matters referred to a
professional study, to attempt an
answer:
1. The wild native grapes of
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
make fair wine; but, like the
Scuppernong, Catawba and Isa-
bella, their juice needs sugar to
produce the best wine they are
capable of making. At the Long
worth (Cincinnati) wine factory
rock candy is used as the best
form of sugar to increase the alco-
hOl, strength and keeping quail
ties of the fermented juice of
American grapes. To affirm that
alcohol made from candy is better
than that derived from sugar
without first Transforming it into
candy, is to assert what is not
true. In this age of chemical ex-
act science, it is folly to attempt
anything like humbug in the man.
ufacture of. wine from grapes or
other fruit. Use instruments to
measure the amount of saccharine
matter and of acids present in the
must, and be governed by the re.
suits. The useful art of wine
making is acquired, like all others,
by practice and study.
2. Wild grapes dried will sell
as fruit, not as "raisins."
8. 1t will pay handsomely to
take the pits out of our Southern
plums, dry them in houses built
for the purpose, and send them to
Northern markets. Plums are
scarce at the North ; and they may
be raised in any quantity in the
South, by keeping hogs and poul-
try in plum orchards. The same
remarks apply to peaches and
cherries. Movable shelves, made
of frames with open work, like a
cane-seat chair, Of basket splints,
willow or twine, are best to spread
fruit on in a proper kiln. The
furnace is made of stone or brick.
Where delicious blackberries can
be bought at dollar bushel,
! and for less money, it will pay to
dry them for market.
4. Of figs, one can raise from
! one to three hundred bushels pei
acre in the cotton States. They
contain much fruit sugar; and il
will pay to grow them for hogs, as
! the writer's knows from experience,
and still better to dry them for
human consumption. There is arr
in the business of making the best
boxes for putting up figs and 9th.
er fruit. Southern fruit growers
must find their mechanics, with
sample boxes, and set them al
work. The whole trade has YET
to be developed in the South.
5. 1t will pay to ship pears an6
nectarines from Mississippi tt
| New York and Boston, RUrG
NesO Yorker.
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STALL FEEDING CATTLE.-The

system of stall-feeding has acquir-
ed considerable popularity among
practical men. By many it is
regarded as by far the most econ
omical method of feeding dornes-
tic animals of all kinds, not only
because Of the smaller quantity of
food required, but because cows,
when so kept, afford more richer
milk than when pastured in the
ordinary way. In this way the
animals are supplied with an abun-
dance of green, sapid, and succu.
lent fodder; consequently the
health of the animal is better, and
the profit derived from it is great
er than when there is but scant
or precarious supply.
By introducing this mode of
feeding, it is always possible to
observe great regularity in feed
ing,S both as regards time and
quality, and also to pursuea a steady
equilibrium in all the associated
departments of domestic or rural
economy-aresult which, although
extremely desirable, is often diff
cult to obtain. The result of nu-
merous experiments has demon
stated beyond question that cattle
can be maintained not only at a
diminished expense-so far as the
actual value Of food is involved
but that they can be kept in a con-
dition of more perfect health by
stallfeeding than in any other
manner. But it il always judi
cious, however, to give them fre.
quent exercise in the open air, and
this may be done while they are
out to water.
In this country we have as yet
known but comparatively few in
stances in which stall-feeding,
properly so called, has been sys-
tematically adopted and carried
out. When any one has made
any attempt at approximating it,
it Las been customary to produce
the fodder from patches of soil
highly cultivated and made fer
tile by the application of the best
manure. Corn has generally been
the grain resorted to for this pur-
pose. 1t is usually cut green and
conveyed to the barns as wanted.
| When more is cut than is requir-
| ed for the necessaries of the day,
it is either laid by for the demands
of the succeeding day, or cured
for winter use.
Another advantage resulting
from stall-feeding is the more per-
feet economization of the manure.
1t has been estimated that the
actual cost of keeping a cow by
stall.feeding is less, by nearly
one-fourth, than by open pastu-
rage, if pursued in the usual way,
and with the very best faculties to
secure manure Exchange.
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