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ChOate,s Account Book

- A good story us ed to be told of SChoate
by Mr. Minis, who was student in his
ioffice. One day the former came into the
Office and seated himself before the fire,
began scratching his head with untisual
violence By-and-by he said I'M his most
dramatic tones ,dj 2niJov >Io@iTT9qn1
mu" wonder what becomes ofl(all my
money, Mr., Minis ~ diaons 0ta no
:, Minis stopped his writing and looked
UP at him. His face looked comical
s s,eas59loa ERaaly' hsb yentg9Hed to make
a1Why don't you buy L small 30 ok,
Mr.. Choate, 1and enter in it what you
receive, and. what you pay out and
then her ] you will know. wAerengour money
:, . 8 Capital idea, Mr.. Minis, capital idea,
W y, yea BE- good enough to go out, and
r MINIS bought him the book, and Choate
sat down and made two or three entries
lin 9@e'soi .tdEaf 5htsf4
-: "a few months afterward Minis had the
curiosity-seeing the book lying upon
Mr.. Choate's desk-to look into, 1t to see
how he got along with his accounts, when
10 there were the same entries he had
made on the day of his purchase, and all
the rest was blank . TN .,,..s.i 'sf..t 10
1 Mr.. Choate might have been rich man
if he had had any method in the keeping
of his accounts After his association with
his son in,laW, Major Bell, lately deceased,
his affairs weresmuch improved. = Hoypes''s,
MagG2ine '',l i,.., ',,-.fiiff a:5 Il
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Why isnit


That the feeble totter, with uncertain steps, over
the face of the earth in danger every day of falling
victims to the morbid influences by which we are
all surrounded, when a tested and proven vegeta-
BILE tonic, capable of endowing them with the
yigor they need, is procurable in every city, town
and settlement? 1t might reasonably be thought
that after the twelve years. experience which the
world has had of HoSTETTER'S BITTERS, ALL
would know that its effect is to prevent disease. r
Z At this season, the atmosphere is surcharged
with the seeds, of ntermittents remittents, rheu-
niatism, pulmonary disorders, bilious complaints
and the like. Persons whose nervous systems
are relaxed, are the first to succumb to these dis
tempers. Brace up the physical energies, then,
with this potential vegetable tonic. 1t is the most
powerful recuperant which the botanic kingdom
has ever yielded to patient research and expert
ment Try TT. The blindest disciple of the old
medical dogma will at least admit that tonic and
alternative, compounded of approved herbs, roots
and barlzs, can do no HARM while the testimony
of thousands invites trial of its virtues.
IN Vigor is the thing most needed in these cases,
as we'll as in dyspepsia and nervous affections, and
HOSTETTER'S BITTERS is the safest, surest,
and most wholesome Strengthening preparation
that human skill has yet iconcocted. AS tonic,
1t is both mild and agreeable to the taste, and
stimulating in its action upon the system. q
: Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all the
officinal receipts, and prescribed this harmless
tonic as a preventive and cure for all cases of
GIRLS ana Fever. p9HF t..4s [Fp-s Trt.artfsft
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IBalky2 Horses,

GOLF you have balky horsesit'is your own
fault and not the horses fofsH they DO
not pull true there is some cause. Tor it,
andi if you remove the cause the effect
will cease. When your horse ibslks he is
excited and, does. not know what to- DO.
When he gets little excited, stop him for
five or ten minutes; let him become ca I'm,
and as soon as The is over his excitement
he will, in, nine cases out of teD pull at
the word. Whipping and slaslh1ing
and swearing only make the matter
worse. After you have gentled him a;
while, and his excitement has COOLED,
take him by the bitss turn him each
way few minutes, as far as you can );
gentle him little !; unrein him = then step
before the balky horse, and let the other
start first; then you can take, them any
where you wish A balky horse is always
high-spirited and starts quick; half the
pull is out before the other horse starts;
by standing before him the other starts
first. By close application to this rule
you can make any horse pull. If horse
has been badly spoiled, you should first
hitch him to an empty wagon and let him
draw it around for awhile on level ground;
then put on q little load and increase
it gradually, caressing asGbefore, and in
9, short time you can have a, good work
horse. ~, >,
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USEFUL REGIPES, ETC. u


: MXNeRRs. should. . be- low, and Stables
well ventilated andsuwell lighted. Many
horses are made blimd by being kept in
The dark, ..istuT
1.-THE Commissioner of Agriculture says
that it, our Jsoil were cultivated one inch
deeper, $150,000,90G would be added TO-
the wealth, of the country. %
THE Hearth and Home says theT first
thing for a. farmer to find out rs what crops
grow best on his, soil9 After he has learn
ed this, it thinks he should not be discour-
aged by low prices for a year or Two.
!; THE Utica Herald gives three rules for
renovatfng old. pastures Is In winter,
lime them in the wet places. %. In sum-
mer, NOW them where bushy., B. Keep
sheep on them, and feed the sheep with
beans and eil1cake.oi 10 stpubo7q bus sq919 ia
A coRREspoND,EiN1Td 'off the C5watsg
J; GenHeavaa1 gives 81, 430, 613 as the, NUM-
der. OF seeds In a. bushel of ,eloyen seed.
81 $50, All as the number in a bushell Of
timothy seed: He does not state by Whist
process. he arrived at these conclusions.
!. LEMON SPONGE G AXE ~ =; =, AXE. ten eggs,
separate them, q pountf of granulated sus
gar, half pound of -four, the. grated peel
Of two lemons, and the juice OF, one; beat
the yolks with the. sugar. and the whites
alone; then add them, and sifta in the
-four by degrees beat WE'LL and, bake
with quick heat7s"e 81 1" 5 ,,iie ag ,"i''
CREAM PIE-Onen pint of good sweet
cream, one egg, one tablespoon even full
Of. flour, one pinch Of salt, flavor with
lemon andJsweeten to taste.da Beat the egg
light, then add the flour and stir into the
cream. The shove is for one pie in a
baking. dish, OF what suits you better, and
take like pumpkin or potato pie with
only an. Undercrust. 80 Put the lemon ON
the sugar. n
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Preparing the Soil for Apple Trees.

Few soils in their natural state are in a
suitable condition for the reception of
apple-trees. New land is certainly far
preferable. to that which is old and parT
TALLY or wholly WORKOUT but neither are
in a proper condition for an orchard, and
some thorough system of preparation
should be applied to them before being
used for fruit-trees. The method of pre-
barring soils should be varied according to
their nature, if naturally deep and rich,
then;a good, deep ploWing is all that. will
be absolutely necessary. But those per
sons who are about planting a young or
rchard should not forget that years OF time
may be gained by bestoWing a little, extra
care at the start, and that trees IN a thor
eughly prepared soilwill1 be sasf far rad-
yanced in five years. as those Gw HIGH ore
ceive but ordinary care will be in ten.
All soils, whether new or old, rich or
poor, light or heavy, should be worked
deep, for herein lies the fundamentaipf1n-
ciple ofall good and successful gardening !;
and good farming. and orchardlng Is but
gardening extended. It's not always nee
essary or advisable to invert the soil to
great depth, and thereby throw r. the poor
subsoil on the surface, but to loosen up the
soil to a depth of one foot or more is bene-
fetal to all crops, no matter now sm small or
delicate.
There are soils which do not require
deepening. but they are the exceptions
and not the rule consequently, we leave
them out of the list under consideration
at this time. We will suppose, for in
stance, that farmer wishes to plant an
ample. orchard this spring upon soil that is
rich enough for thai purpose, without ap-
plying any fertilizing materials whatever;
and. further, we will suppose that he
knows enough about apple-trees not to
plant them in a swamp, or in ground 80
Stony that it cannot be cultivated; neither
viii we expect him to turn over an Old sod
that has not been plowed for years, and
use such land for an orchard Until the
tough roots of weeds and grass have be-
come, at least, partially decomposed. But
we expect that our farmer will plant the
trees in the best soil on his farm, pro
I vided it is favorably situated and IS natur-
ally dry and good. j.
The first thing to be decided, is the dis
lance apart at which the trees arctic be
Observation-Disclosures twenty. five, thirty, or
| forty feet: the second number will afford
room enough for varieties of moderate
growth. but where the land is very rich
and not too expensive, more space may
be allowed. ~.
a Lay out the ground by driving a stake
at each end of the space to be occupied by
row of trees. then pillow the land into
beds of the same width as the rows are
apart. commencing exactly in the middle
| between the rows, and back-furrew just
where the trees are to be planted. PioW
as deep as possible in the dead burrows ;
/ going throupll three or four times will dc
no harm, but much good -, ,
Proceed in the same manner, anth the
land to be occupied Is all plowed, then
put on the harrow and pulYerize the SOL
| IS thoroughly as possible, then ploW II
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farm sn10 d 6onsebolo.
IllL-AG % 5nGJcfuJ 5.,D 49,
Wheat on Clover Ground. 4

In tiprFre ~ fTNEIGtIE ~ Z.
PROFESSOR v oELcKER, in a valuable
report recently published in the, Jo4''1a0L
RoyaI .Aqriicattsa.aE Society, England, an
rives at the following conclusions
/. A good crop of clover removes from
the soil more potash, phosphorlc ACID,
linae, and other matter which enter INTO
the ashes of our cultivated crops, than a4Y
other crop usually grown in this count ry.
2. There is fully three times as much
nitrogen in crop of clover as IN athe av
erage. produceof the grain and straw OF
wheat nor .,cro.....81id fnE1t m sGtd"A Il ~
sob Notwithstanding the large amount Of
heterogeneous matter, and ut ash constltu-
ents of plants, in the produce OF an acre.
cloveEisla an excellent rersFaory crop toF
During the,growthI of elover,a large
amount Of nitr ogenops matter laecE4maliaaFes
g. T iG accu mutation, Which Which, is greatest
in the surface. Soil, is due to decaying
leaves dropped turing the gro Wth,So clo3EEer,
and to an abundanceo of roots, containing,
when dry, from to per cent; OF OF nj 15l
trogen JZ2H 9fj hJhn Do"o'I'e"4 90" A.
6. The clover roots. are strongerstand
more numerous, and more iqeaves .9all on
the ground when cloyer is grownforiseeds
than when it is moWn for hay IN conseA
quenee, more nitrogen is Ieit after cloyer.
seed than after hay, which accounts TOR
wheat yielding better crppu after GLOVER.
seq sFfe S aeFe aoS Of
checked when the produce, 3 in apgreen-
condition, is fed off by Sheep in all prob-e
in the soil than when clover is allowed to
! get ripper, and is mown for hay+-thusj no
doubt, accounting ford the observation
made by practical men, that, notwith-
standing the return Of the produce in the,
sheep rexcrenefts, wheat lis generally,
stronger and yields betters after glover
mown for hay, than when the clover Is
led off green BY sheep. ''''t,'' '''
/ a8;iThe nltsogemotis matter in the clover
remains, on their Matural decay are t1nally
transformed into n itrates thus raffordlng
d continuous source of food on Which
cereal crops specially delight to- grove {
Ioo9. There is, strong resumptiEe tevlfence
that the nitrogen which exists IN the ar
III the shape IF arlirnonia and nitric acid,
and descends3 in these comb nations with
the rain which. falls ON the ground, salts
fes, under ordinary circumstances, the re-
quirements Of the clover crop" This crop
b causes a large accumulate onaof heterogeneous
matters, which are gradually changed In
the soil into nitrates The atmosphere thus
furnishes heterogeneous food TO the succeed
ing wheat indirectly, land, $50 asgto say,
gratis 's5aoL u 2irroM ii ,b9yga ]
Of nitroeenous food, but delivers this fo od
in aireadily available form u(as nitrates)
more gradually and continuously, and 4 COM
saequently, with more certainty, of good
result, than such food can he applied to-
e4lando in theL shape of heterogeneous
spring top-dressings.F .arois s'llohank
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Naturess Great Assistant.

GO Disobedience to the laws of health must be
inevitably followed by the penalty nature has i'm
posed. Ignorance respecting these laws is co-ex,
prevalence OF. disease, sickness and premature
death Science and skill combined have brought
to our knowledge the precise character of differ
'ent diseases. and enabled us to treat them, with
more or less Success according to circumstances.
But in the whole category of medicines or RENE.
fdes Enthusiastically the greatest assistant of ma.
ture is MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS, because il
never fails when taken in due time A treatment
which child can understand and practice is sim.
pie enough, and If the Bitters is given when the
early symptoms gof a disease appear, a radical
cure can be relied upon. This is our experience
for the past eight years in the treatment of dis
eases arising from disordered Stomach, Liver
Kidneys, Bowels, Lungs and Heart, with this pop
! ular. remedy .''-MessenQer of Health. -. IL. 4
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the effect of the wonderful pills before
spoken of has been sufficiently invigor-
ated to pass a successful examination, is
made duke by the Emperor, and sent of
with 100000 true men to decapitate the
100000 rebels. Unfortunately, his valiant
soldiers are seized with panic, and there
not being sufficient supply of pills tom
yigorate such numerous host, they run
away or are slain by the rebels, save a few,
who with LANG are shut up in noun
tain. On this, Miss Yu attempts to drown
herself, but, contrary to rule in China, is
picked up by some boatmen. Reinforce
ments are now sent to- LANG, who makes
8 sortie, and kills half million out OF
the 100000 rebels (this feat is trifle in q
Chinese novel; returns to the Emperor,
and is welded by imperial decree, first to
Miss Yao, and then to Miss Yu; after
which, to show his good will to both, he
takes the two landmarks of each as con
cubines. The moral of the tale is not
mentioned.
So much for the story, which is fatuous
enough to please the worst taste. In JUS
/ tice to the Chinese, however, it is only
fair to say that the national character Is
redeemed from the imputation of idiotcy
which writings such as these would natur.
ally fasten on it, by traits of cunning and
cruelty not to be equalled by perhaps any
other race. Some instances of these
stronger parts of the Chinese mind may
be found in the notes to this book. Sir J
Bowring tells us that the Governor o.
Kiang Su offered to him to- behead six IN
nocent men, who were on their knees
ready for execution, to make up for the
rudeness of quite a different party. In
another place he says 81 remember one
of our servants quietly reporting that his
wife had hanged herself that morning
he said it was very improper, for she had
chosen day when he was particularly
busy. To make up for this barbarous In
difference regarding those who ought te
be dearest to them, the Chinese have
number of polite phrases, with which
they are ready on all occasions to loac
strangers OF the juniors of their OWL
family they speak in the most contemptu
GUS terms. Thus, a man calls. his own wife
"the mean one inside,n or "ther family
foolish one;" and if he have but one son
| he will say, "Mine is niggardly fate;
have only one little bug !"-7he Londo'
| Athsneuna.
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again, and turn the land back ip its former
If q more thorough preparation can be.
afforded, then the Hand maybe cross
plowed in the same manner. BY adopt
ing this system Of preparation the soil is
broken up fine, and left with an even sur
face, while its greatest depth will be just
where the trees are 'toybe planted.n0H the
first blowing can bedeae in the fall of the
year, it would be better than doing both
in the spring, oor If the trees are to be
planted in autumn, let the spring blowing
Jbe done with reference so this object, and
throw up into beds accordipgly.i il Some. of
our erehsrdists recommend throwing the
land into beds and planting trees onthe
ridges, but this plan iWe,dQ not Gonside or
good one, because it necessitates the keep
ing Of the ,land, In beds, or the roots Of the
trees will Soon become exposed, Level
culture is always preferable In d climate
like that Of tie United States, and If the
land is too wet to admit Of il thehti 1T should
be aanderdraiAed, as this is far cheaper in
the end than to- be continually throwing
upgbedsfor the rains to wash down again.
IF the soil to be used for an orchard is
rheayy!j clayq othen sh bsoiiing, nas DWELL as
deep blowing unjust be oresoTted ito, sif
good results. are to be ,expecteda Digging
} deer, and wide holes, for the reception. Of
trees is,a system ALMOST universally recon-
mpe me IN this eopptrE, but in pine cases
ogt Of Ten, these olesafe but the rfseptacles
Of water, which collects from the sufround-;
ing soil, and it does more harm than good.
We like, the idea as well as practice ofldeep
culture, but we want the soil all deep, and
if we cannot secure this then a. wide,
deep fqrrow across the entire field is far
better and more. readily obtained. with, q
pfow than a little deep soil under each
tres sppsd aaaqf e fsape po1 shsa tsr b hs
first blowing, and thoroughly mixed with
the. soil at the second. This is our system
of preparing ordinary good soil for an
apple:orchard. We dkei. it, and Others
may, after giving it trial-Ho0rM aald
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i'gAta chinese Novel. Hwa Tsien XII
The E0wery Scroll. b.1

If {, people are to be judged by their
literature, we cannot be far wrong in styl-
ing the Chinese pedantic, pompous, affect
Sedand inaue.l y 1t would be easy to)prove
: Sthis from the books they regard as their
classics. But let us take the novel before
us, which, no doubt, is q tolerable reflex
Of Chinese genteel life. The plot, to be-
gin with, is the most jejune Imaginable,
with an astounding hyperbole at the end.
1t resembles a. squib that fixes disagreed
bly, for long time, and then goes off
with bang that makes the ear ache. A
= youth named LANG is sent with some
: birthday gifts to his aunt Yao, and falls in
!. I, love with his cousin, Miss Yao Sien. In
is.steadof proposing for or to her at once, he
passes months in blubbering in secret and
Iwiping his eyes with his long sleeves. The
young lady isequally given these provok
ing "waterworks,p andrepays him tear for
= tear in way which would have exaspe-
, ! sperated Mr. Sam Weller to, madness. But,
mot content with this Stiffness, the lovers
Indulge long rhapsodies about the moon,
the blossoms of the peach-tree, and SO
forth. Notwithstanding his despair, the
broken-hearted' Lang is careful "to ar
: range his garments" every time he gets
, Esup or sits down during his lamentations
81 In the meantime his father, in ignorance
| OF what is going on, engages him to an
other young lady, one Miss Yu Khing.
.s3When Liang hears this anguish-awaking
news, he falls down like a corpse, and is
% brought to his senses only by the severe,
but rather homely, expedient of admin
isteripg to him apowerful dose of pills.
The administration of the eathartic puts
an end to the cold water system on which
;! thelovers have been living, and introduces
Il the fiaring hyperbcle with which the story
O., concludes. Miss Yao Stems father, who is
ssAan9 old Mandarin on the frontier, is
suddenly attacked by 100000 sac.
cursed rebels" AS soon as this
news is brought, LANG, who by
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Quite Romantic.

S The following story, as was told to us,
happened near Lake city, Ind, where
there lived, at the breaking out Of the war,
a wealthy farmer whom we will call Blank
This man kept a large number of servants;
among them was a good and religious
young girl, possessing unusual personal
attractions. She was cOurted by an Off
Ger of some rank in the, Federal army,
while at home recruiting for his regiment,
When the day of his departure came, he
made know to the servant girl how deep
ly she had interested him, and begged to
know IT there was any hope. She con-
fessed that his attachment was recipro-
Gated, and they were at once aff1anced.
n"Should Mr.. Blank" said Jennie,
!" come to know of this, / should at once
be discharged He believes that it was
his daughter for whom your visits were
intended" af I .'.2 80 .. ID 5 i
"Should this be so,'' returned the fond
lover, only write and let me know, and
you shall not suffer" y s. ir " '9''l .
With an affectionate kiss, and a promise
that both would be punctual in their let
ter writing, they separated, he to join
his regiment among the boys of the Poto-
mac ---
lo He waited long and anxious1y for It'd
ings of his loved one, but not one word
was received to ease his troubled mind.
Finally, his own letters were returned
What could it all mean? Was Jennie
false? He could not believe it. ,.,l u
After the soldiers departure, Mr.. Blank
took Jennie into room, fastened the door,
and, with a rawhide in his hand, COM
manded her to tell him if she was betroth-
ed to Colonel 49,. When the poor girl
had told him all, he had her blindfolded,
taken to the great city of Chicago, and
there left, without friends or money.
He reported that she had died of chol-
era, and, to make the dece ption complete,
built false grave.
When the war was over, and Colonel
| - returned home ne made his way at
once to the old graveyard, and sought out
that of his lost Jennie. After bathing the
little mound with tears. he made his way
to the house of Mr.. Blank to learn the
PARTICULARS. While he was there the
guilty man ordered the tombstones for the
false grave In due time they came, and
were placed at the supposed grave with
some evergreens and flowers.
COL had been a mourner from
| two years before the war closed until
| December, 1868, when business called him
to Chicago. There, in a street car, with a
bundle of soiled clothes which She was
taking home to be washed, he found his
buried Jennie. He flew across the car
taking her in his arms and almost scream
ing with joy He could scarcely believe
his eyes, but it was Jennie, and no mistake
He had found her at last.-Kansas City
| (lMo) Journal Of Commerce. ~ -
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Use of Vinegar in Cooking Meats! =
All kinds of poultry and meats can be
much quicker cooked by adding to the
water in which they are boiled about one
eighth part vinegar. BY the use Of this,
there will. be a considerable saving OF fuel
as well as shortening of time. Its action
is very beneficial on old, tough meats,
rendering them quite tender and easy to
be digested Tainted meats and fowls
will also lose their bad taste and oder, if
cooked in this way, and if no more Vine
gar is added than we have indicated, there
will be no taste of vinegar acquired -
Prairie Farmer. 3.,.} III .'.,,.,.IIl 1is