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Grinding Hand and Moving Machine
Scythes.

Half the hard work Of cutting grass by
hand or cutting it with a machine is saved
by keeping the tools to do it with in order
The principal process by which this is done
is grinding.
The philosophy of the process is this
The sharp grit of the grindstone being
harder than the steel cuts little channels in
the metal, the particles taken out by the
process being carried away by the revolv ing
disk. After the grinding, if the edge Of
the most delicate instrument is examined,
it will be found to consist of series of
teeth not unlike common hand-saw, and
the blade will be full Of scarifications, like
alternate ridges and burrows in cultivated
field.
OF course, the smaller and finer these
teeth, the better, as the whole process of
cutting is simply using saws of either
coarser or finer make, as the case may be;
and as any one can see, the finer the teeth,
the easier the work will be done.
In grinding common hantl-scythe, the
best mode is to let the stone reyolve from
the edge the first time going over. You
can give the blade Il heavier pressure upon
the stone, and generally make the grinding
more even. When It is brought to an
edge, as the term is, i'll this way, it should
always be turned, the edge toward tho
stone, and thus the saw tpelh will be short
ened. the ridges broadened and lowered,
and the cut of the scythe will be much
easier, as well as the edge more likely to
"hold y than if left after the first process.
With regard to machine-scythes. tho
same principle holds good, and the same
process should always he repeated, The
kuife should never be touched on its fiat
side, no matter how dull or hacked by con-
tact with stones. The bevel should ALWAYS
be exactly the same, and although human
muscle does not drive it through the grass
horse muscle does, and considerations of
humanity to the animals that serve us
should make the keeping of tho knives in
the machine always III the best ordsr,
besides the fact that, when sharp, they add
from three to five per cent. to the quantity
of grass cut on any given field.
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FIRM IND OUSEHOLD.
Profits Of Draining.

At an agricultural convention, recently
held in New Hampshire, the Hon. Simon
Brown, Of the New England Farmer, made
the following statement as to the profits of
draining:
am very much surprised that any man
should doubt whether tile drainage will
pay. will relate little experience of my
own in that matter. l had about five
acres of land that occupied nearly all the
front part of my farm. twas the meanest
and worst piece of land, think, without
any exception, that ever saw. came to
the conclusion that nobody would think |
was much of Il f;lrmer if they saw that
piece of land in that condition, however
well | might do elsewhere. A part of it
had been the receptacle for small stones.
old stumps and timber, and such like for
many years, and it was very poor. We
cut small quantity Of water-grass on it,
perhaps six hundred to eight hundred
pounds to the acre. 1t was not worth cut
ting, and when it was mown, the water
would come up to the mems knees. Ten
years ago, | commenced digging through
this piece of land and putting in stone
drains, and it took all the leisure time of
three men and myself, for two years, to
get that piece of land so it was fit to lay
down. laid it down in 1861. After three
or four years, l cut very heavy crop of
hay from it. But found had been work
ing very imperfectly, and in 1866, COM
meuced to tile drain this land going as
near three feet deep as I could, and laying
the drains about 90 feet apart. The result
is, have taken the water all out of it. In
1867, planted it with potatoes, and grew
as large crop of potatoes as l over saw,
but it being bad season, they rotted cop
siderably. sowod this land the 10th day
of last March with herds-grass, and l got
a very good crop there this year. 1t was
rather a bad season for land sowed at that
time. I have got that land so that l have
moved it number of years with moving
machine, where before it was impossible to
have driven horse at all. Ihave no doubt
the land would sell for 10 times more than
it cost to bring it into this condition. I
took off grass enough to more than pay
twice over what it cost me to drain the first
time. Iput in hydraulic ram down below,
by which have had q supply of water at
a tritiing expense. If this does not prove
to any man that that job paid don't know
anything that will.
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How TO SAVE YOUR SHOE SoLEs.-I 1t
consists merely in melting together tallo W
and common resin, in the proportion of
two parts of the former to one of the latter,
and applying the preparation, hot, to the
soles of the boots or shoes as much of it
as the leather will absorb. One farmer
declares that this little receipt, alone, has
been worth more than five years. subscrip-
ton to the papers publishing it.
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Made of POOR RUM, WHISKY. PROOF SPIRITS and
REFUSE LIQUORS. docturcl, spicr, and Sw"cenrd to
please the taste. called Tonnes "AppetZers, "Rc>tor
ers" &c, that lead the tpplcr to drunkenness and
ruin, but true Medicine. made from the Native
Roots and Herbs of California, free from all alco-
holic stimulants. They are the GREAT BLOOD
PURIFIER and LIFEGIVING PRINCIPLE a perfect
Rcnovator and Invgoror of the System. carrying of
all poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a
healthy condition, No person can take these Bitters,
according q directions, and remain long unwcll.
800 will he given for an incurab case provided the
homes are not destroyed hy mineral poisons or other
means and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of
repair.
For Infahantof0ry and Chronic Rheumatism. and
Gout Dyspepsia IniigestiOn Bilious, Renifcnt and
Intermittent FtrerS. Diseases of the Blood LirGr. Hid
neS and Biddicr these BttcrS have been
full Such Diseases caused by Initiated Blood. which
is generally produced by arrangement of the Djgcstre
OrguHS
Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever you find its
pures bursting through the skin in Pimplcs. Eruptuns
or Sores cleanse it when you find oStructc and slug
gis in the veins cleanse it when it is foul and Your
feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood pure and
the health of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE and other WORMS. lurking in the system
of many thousands, etcctually destroyed and
removed.
In Bilious Remtent. and Intermittent Fcvcrs, these
BttcrS have equal For full directions read carefully
the circular around each bottle printed in four languages
English. German French, and Spanish.
j. WALKER. Proprietor, - Commerce St, n. Y.
r. ii. MCDONALD 4 Co..
Druggists and General Agents San Francisco and Sac
ramento. California. and 81 4 "a Commerce st NY
EH-SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS & DEALERS. [15lO
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NEW SPRING GOODS!

MRS. 500
Has lust filled her Store with full stock of all the
Goods in her line viz: HATS, BONNETS, FRAMES,
RIBBONS. FLOWERS. &c.
DRESS TRIMMINGS of every variety. Owing to
the decline imported Goods can sell real Laces at
very reduced prices.
lair Foils and Switches. New Styles of Collars and
Cuffs Good French Corscts, only 81 cents Gloves and
Hosiery.
Strictly Cash husiness-no books kept.
RD-Dress Making Gofcring, Plating, Pnking and
Stamping. (mar Il, 1870
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VEAL OUTLETS. outlets form a
delicate dish, and should be fried either in
veal dripping or butter. Cut them half
an inch thick, beat up an egg, and with a
whisk lay it over the outlet on each side;
after which dip it in bread crumbs and lay
it in the pan. Dress outlets slowly and
thoroughly, of light brown. For gravy,
take a half a cup full of water thickened
with flour, a lump of butter, little pepper
and salt, pinch of sweet herbs rubbed
fine, and alittle lemon juice; mix all togeth-
CT and put it into the pan; boil it up and
pour it over the outlets. 1t is usual to fry
bacon or ham with veal outlets, and serve
them in separate dish. Lamb chops are
fried in the same way.
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FERTILIZERS IN ENGLAND.-C. C. Law
ington, ESD, of Salina, n. u, in an article
on English farming says:-'I spent the
winter before last III England, almost
entirely among the farmers Of Wiltshire,
where l took every opportunity to learn
their improving mode of agriculture; and
l was astonshed to find such large con-
sumption of artificial manures. At almost
every railroad depot there was a large store
of them; and l venture to say that among
the grain farmers not one in ten ventured
to farm without them, and the most sue
cessful ones were those who made the
largest and most judicious outlay in this
direction; and it must be borne in mind
that this is done by a class of men who
have no interest in the land beyond very
uncertain tenure. 1t is well known fact
that since the repeal of the Corn Laws by
Sir r. Peel, when farmers commenced a
more general use of these fertilizers, the
fertility of the arabic land in England has
increased full twenty per cent
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To CLEANSE WATER.-If lump of
alum as large as the thumb joint is thrown
into four or five gallons of boiling seap
suds, the scum runs over and leaves the
water clean and soft and useful for washing.
We have often, in ancient times, settled
glass of Mississippi water, and made it
look as ''clear as bell - in few seconds
by tying a bit of alum to 4 string and
twirling it around under the surface Of the
water in the glass.
HaWs journal Of Health.
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A Texas BREED OF HoRsEs.-T There is
breed Of horses in Southern Texas known
as the red fox. They are the large medium
pony, being cross between the Spanish
horse and mustang pony. They are distin-
guished by streak along the back, from
the name to the tail of the doep color of
the red fex-the body being of lighter
color. The limbs are of the finest form and
finish bodies rather long and round the
whole build indicating great endurance,
activity, and speed. They are kindly dis
posed, but full of high mettle. They per-
form good service under the saddle, but
are especially valuable in harness. They
trot like dogs, and with prairie country
before them will leave eighty to a hundred
miles behind them in day.
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MEDICIN1L.

No PILES or IIEM0RRlIOIDAL TUM0RS. INTER
NAL aud EXTERNAL, BLIND BLEEDING and ITCIl-
ING positively, perfectly and permanently CURED,
without pain, danger instruments causticS, by
" 4 McCANnIESS NJ ID
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THE PROFIT OF GRArEs.-We see so
many crazy statements of the profit of GER
tain crops going the rounds Of the agricul-
tural press without comment, that we ale
sometimes at a loss to imagine what their
province is. We think that it ought to lie
their duty as well to expose error as to
spread abroad the truth. At meeting in
western New York, sometime ago, a grape
grower stated that after twenty years
experience in Niagara county, in that
State, he had found nothing to compare
with the grape for profit. While pears
would not yield him $75 as profit per acre,
grapes yielded one thousand fee Aundred
dollars profit more than apples or pears; and
that his Iowa vineyard bore 4 fair crop the
third year, and brought ocer one thousand
fonr hundred dollars per acre This is
seriously told to an association of intelli-
gent fruit growers and is allowed to pass
without comment. If any other than fools
believe it, they are in a fair way to become
Telegraph.
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No. 1926 SPRING GARDEN ST,

n,
Who refer you to Eerca Hundred of the best
citizens of Philadelphia. who have been cured. lrac
ticc of eieren Ucdrs speciality in this disease without
a failure. trdrraHtS Il cure in all cases.
Feb 26 lS1U-ly
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MEDICAL.
UPrURE CURED.-w1rH AN EXPERIENCE

DUPTURE CUREO.-WrTHA AN EXPERIENCE
HI of more than twelve years practice in the
treatment and cure of RUPTURE and HERNIA, l
will guarantee more perfect relief, comfort and Sc.
curity, and a more rapid improvement than can be
obtained Of any other person OF appliance in the
length Of time afflicted Also Instruments for the
cure of every species of human deformfty on hand
or made to order. -..-- .-.-.-
ST. c. FERRIS, office No. Is St. Charles street, up
stairs. Hours from 10 A. NJ to P. NJ my3l ~
CWEET QUININE Is A RECENT IMPROVE.
~ ment; replaces the use of the Bitter Sulphate
Qunne, with which all are familiar. Dose for dose
it is warranted fully equal in every way to Bitter
Quinine, and like it, is the one
GREAT, POSITIVE AND UNFA1LING CURE
For all diseases of malarious origin.
FEVER AND AGUE
INTERMITTENT FEVER,
CHILL FEVER
REMMTTENT FEVER,
BILIOUS FEVER,
DUMB AGUE,
And the long train of disorders following these
SWEET QUININE
Is made solely from Peruvian Bark $50 is Bitter Out
nne), therefore is of vegetable origin, and not
mineral poison but, the contrary is proved to be
of the elements found in the blood Of all healthy
SWEET QUININE
Acts as an antidote to- as well as curer for mala-
rial or miasmatic poison, the absorption of which
by the lungs causes intermittent fevers, etc. The
only advantage claimed for
SWEET QU1NINE
the of old Bitter Quinine is the entire alb
Of that intense, persistent bitterness which,
in the latter, is an insurmountabe obstacle to its
use with most persons and always with children.
SWEET QUININE
in two forms-in powder for the Of physician
and druggists, and fluid for use in the family and
for the general public.
STEARNS, FAIR L CO.,
myl5 Manufacturing Chemists New York.
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SHERIFFS SALES.



BENJAMIN J.. MONTGOMERY, Lfquidat0r, VS..
George w. Clannon, Seventh District Court
for the par ish of Orleans-No 2O62.
DY WRITE OF WRIT OF FIERI FACIAS TO
ID me directed by the Honorable the Seventh Dis
trict Court for the parish Of Orleans, in the above
entitled canse will proceed to sell at public auc-
ton, at the Merchants and AnctiOneers' Exchange,
Royal street between Canal and Customhouse
Streets in the Second District of this city OF mon
DAY August 8, 1870 at twelve O'Clock, NJ, the fol-
lowing described property, to-wit-
THE UNDIVIDED ONE. HALF INTEREST or
George w. Clannon in and to two certain lots OF
ground, with the buildings and improvements there.
on situated in the suburb st. Mary First District
of this city, in the square bounded BY Julia, Baronne
Carondelet and ST. Joseph streets designated 6y the
numbers three and four on plan drawn by T. surgi'
late Deputy Surveyor, the fourth day OF OCTOBER,
1841. Said lots adjon each other and measure each
twenty-five feet seven inches four and ion our nun
lines front on Julia street, by two hundred anu iOur
feet in depth, between parallel lines.
Seized it the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
THOMAS L. MAXWELL,
jy7 81 an7 Sheriff of the Parish OF orleans.
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sHERIFrS SALES.


Citizens Bank of Louisiana VS.. David C,
McCan. George Patterson ct al, Fourth Dis
trict Court for the parish of Orleans-No
DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF SEIZURE AND
ID sale, to me directed by the Honorable the
the above entitled cause, will proceed to sell at
public auction, at the Merchants and Auctioneers'
in fs sre this
on MONDAY, August IS, 1870, at twelve o'clock NJ,
the 1Swng DESCRIBED to with all
rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing or in any wise apperaning, situate IN the
First District Of this city in the square bounded oy
merce) streets and designated as lot number two,
ON plan drawn by C. f. Zimpel Surveyor, dated
the sixteenth of December, 1884, and deposited as
plan number thirteen in the office of Felix Grima
late notary public in this city. Said lot measures
forty feet six inches front on Deord street forty
feet four inches in width in the rear, and one nun
bred and two feet ten inches in depth.
Together, also with sixtyseven shares or the
capital stock of the Citizens Bank vi Louisiana,
secured by mortgage on said property.
Being the same property which defendants David
c. McCan and George Patterson acquired by pur-
chase from the succession of J. Berry, as per act
passed before Theodore O. Stark, notary public in
this city, on the tenth day of March, 1857.
Seized in the above suit
favor of the Citizens Bank of Louisiana, for the
sum of eleven hundred and thirtysix dollars
t$ll36) payable on the first OF June lS.i liked or
ter OF said bank. The purchaser TO assume an the
obligations and responsibilities Of stakeholder OF
the Citizens Bank and the stock note SO furnished
to be identified with the act OF mortgage passed by
J. Berry and wife in favor Of the Citizens Bank OF
Louisiana of date October 3 1886 before segners'
ton and pledge of stock by D. c. McCan and George
Patterson by act passed before Theodore o. STARK,
notary public in this CITY, dated tenth March, 1851
and with the Sherifs deed of sale in this and
the balance of the price Of adjudication, cash on the
spot in United States tT TanT.s notes MAXWELL
iyl4 % aul4 Sheriff Of the Parish Of Orleans
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Widow Madron VS.. Mrs. e. Barkdall Olive

Widow NadrOn VS.. Mrs. E. Barkdull 4Olive
Robinson, wife of EnOc Jones Barkdull)-F0urth
district Court for the parish OF Orleans NO.
DY VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF SEIZURE AND
ID sale to me directed by the honorable no 9a 'i pc
the above entitled cause, Will proceed 10 sell AZ
public auction, at the Merchants and Auctioneers'
house Streets in the Second District of this city,
SATURDAY, August 49, 1870, at twelve O'Clock NJ,
the iGST3g asseTea wRf ali lie and
provements thereon and all the rights, ways serv1'
udes and advantages thereuntO belonging or in any
wise appertaining in the faubOurg Pontchar
train OF this city making part of lot number thirty
five, designated by the number three, upon plan
daG De ar the On Of
court, notary public in this city, and measuring
thrty-one feet eleven inches and five lines front on
hundred and twentyone feet eight inches and three
lines the side of lot number four, and one hun
dred and twenty feet eleven inches and three lines
q A LOT OF GROUND, together with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, and all the
rights, ways servitudes, privileges and advantages
situated in the faubOurg Pontchartrain OF this city,
designated by the number four, upon plan made
by c. A. de Armas, architect, on the second Octo
Der 1882 deposited in the Office of A. DoriOcOurt
notary public in this city. Said lot measuring
thrty-one feet eleven inches and five lines front on
Grande Route st. JEAN upon depth OF one hun
bred and twenty-one feet eight inches and three
lines on the line of lot number three, and one hun
CrtQ anu twenty-five lttI i've luCucS duO tAlACc
lines ON the other line.
Said lot being part Of the lot number thirty five,
the original plan Of said faubourg. belonging to
the said defendant by purchase from Francois
Anne Roger by act of sale passed before A.
Dorocourt, notary public in this city, on the sixth
of April 1860.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-First: In cash to sufficient amount to
satisfy plaintiffs claim, amounting to the sum OF
two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars
(S215O with interest thereon at the rate of eight
per cent per annum, from the twentieth day OF
May, 1867 till the day of SALE five per cent attor
ney's fees the amount sued on; forty dollars in
surance and all costs of suit. Second: The purcha-
ser to assume ito the extent of the amount of his
bid) the payment Of ffty-two prOmssory notes Sc
cured by concurrent mortgage on said property
drawn by defendant to her own order and by her
indorsed dated on the twentieth day of May, 1861
each for the of fifty dollars SOY, bearing eight
Der cent interest per from date till paid, and
payable from month to month after twentieth July
1870. Third And the balance of the price of dud
cation, if any, cash on the spot.
THOMAS L. MAXWELL,
iv13 au2 % Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans
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iyl5 81 aul6 Sheriff of the parish of Orleans

Nj. Berwin W.. Louis Gimbel, E. Marquee
l. Co.. Intervenors-Fifth District Court for the
Parish Of Orleans, No. 1104.
DY VIRTUE OF WRIT OF FIERI FACIAS TO
ID me directed by the Honorable the Fifth Dis
trict Court for the parish Of Orleans in the above
entitled cause, will proceed to sell at public auc
ton, at the Merchants and Auctioneers' Exchange,
Royal street. between Canal and CustOmhouse
streets in the Second District Of this city, SAT-
URDAY, July g. 1870, at twelve o'clock NJ. the fol-
ioxns ds TE R RrTpe TL e SD INTEREST OF
the defendant, Louis Gimbel in and to the unex:
pired term of the lease entered into between said
defendant and Samuel Hastings, on the eighth day
of September, 1859 Of the property. together with
the improvements thereon, situated on Magazine
street, between Felicity and St. Mary streets, and
bearing the number five hundred and twenty-three
on said Magazine street. Said lease being for the
term of one year, commencing October i, 1863, and
ending September 3d. 1870, at the rate Of eghtyive
dollars ($S5) per month, payable monthly, in ad-
vance.
Seized in the above suit.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
THOMAS L. MAXWELL,
jyl2 10 %. Sheriff Of the Parish Of Orleans.