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How Much Grass Seed to Sow Per Acre.

As the number of pounds in Il bushel
Of seed varies in different States. | shall
designate the amount to be sowed by
quarts, instead of pounds, there being
thirty-twO quarts in bushel in every
State. No man can lay down Il rule
which will indicate the most proper
quantity to be sowed in all places. and
on all kinds of soil in different cOndi-
tions. Grass seed of some kinds mdy be
sowed too thickly, although this is sell
dom done. Red clover may be SOwed
too thick for producing good yield of
seed, as there will only be about so ma
ny spears of grass flourish, even when
the seed is sowed in great abundance
When the seed is applied so abundantly
that there is not room tor spear to
grow from every kernel a portion of the
young grass dies. the strongest spears
overpowering the feebler ones, and MAIN
tanning the pre-eminence over them.
When the country was first settled, our
fathers said four quarts OF timothy seed
was enough for one acre. If the soil is
in fine filth, fOHr quarts Is sufficient to
to seed one acre, ,reii. if the seed be SOW
ed eveEly. Unless it is desirable to raise
u certain kind of seed, land should not
be stocked down with only one kind of
seed. If the soil be in good state of fer
tility. and seed be sONn too thin. some
kinds o: grass will tiller. and cover the
ground tOlerably well. Seed should al
ways be sOwn thicker for pasture. than
is necessary for meadow, whether it IS
to be cut for seed or hay. If the soil is
rather lumpy. and not very fertile. twice
as much seed is necessary per acre, as
will be needful, when the surface is mel
low, free from Jumps and covered with
4 fine, vegetable mold. \ farmer must
learn to exercise sound judgment OH this
subject without specific directions from
books. However, | will state the proper
quantity for general seeding, which may
be varied to suit the quality of soil, or
for meadows and pastures.
Three quarts oftimothy, sixteen of Or
chard-grasS, and twelve OF kentucky
blue grass will seed any acre of ground
well.
| When early red clover and orchard
grass are sowed together, four quarts of
the former and sixteen of the latter will
be sufficient if the soil is not too poor to
produce one and half tons per acre.
When it is desirable to SOW nothing
but red clover, either early or late, six
to eight quarts per acre will seed the
ground well. il sown evenly.
When orchard-grass only is sowed. not
less than two bushels will be found suffi-
cient for one acre, as the seeds are large
Better sow three bushels per acre, than
less than two.
Kentucky blue grass seed being bulky,
and the plants inclined to spread rapid
ly, one ard half bushel per acre will be
found sufficient, If the soil is mellow,
and i'm a good state of fertility.
Hungarian grass being disposed TO
grow coarse when the seed is sowed thin,
and firm when sowed thick, when no
other seed is mingled with it, not less
half a bushel should be sowed per acre.
And one bushel will give better satisiac-
TOMS. f. T, in HQrkipg FhrD'er.
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my first love; my baby affections at
four years of age. 1 have been in
love nearly every month of my life
since; save the dark and rayless days
and years which succeeded the desc
late heart, and made the heart too
desolate. And never, sir, while re-
member my mother, long since in her
gravel remember the night she died
never, while / recollect my sister
and the abuse that might have been
theirs: never while / hold in my
memory one other; and her memory
is all that is left of me: shall | refuse
to give my voice and influence and
vote in favor of measures necessary
to protect, and cherish the .fairer and
and better portion Of creation, against
the passion, neglect and abuse of my
sex. hope the bill may pass.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-15
Shying Horses.

l.. \. d.. in the Scientific .1meTicoa.
says that horseman should never shy
himself. when the horse SHES. or show
the leafs nervousness. nor notice IL in
the horse, and far less. punish him tor it.
and adds:
Allow me. having had u great deal OF
experience in managing horses. to add
anOthe, bit of advice to nervous horse
men. Whenever they notice their horse
directing his ears to any point whatever.
or Indicating the slightest disposition to
become afra ID let them. instead of pull
ing the rein to bring the horse towards
the object causing its nervousness, pull
it on the other side. This will instantly
divert the attention of the horse from the
object which is exciting his suspicion.
and in ninety-nine eases out of a hum
dred. the horse will pay no more atten-
ton to the object from which he will
fly away if forcibly driven to it by pull
ing the wrong rein.
Mr.. L. G.. Shaw. of Durham, Me,
writes that he has Il COW which, OH
the 18th day of February, 1869, be-
came the mother of two fine calves,
and on the 10th day of January, 1870,
three IN ore, all alive and doing we'll
five calves i'm ten months and twenty
four days. The night that they were
born being very cold, one of the trio
was SO chilled hat it died the next
day. The Cow is Durham. The sire
of the twins (both bulls) was a Jersey
bull imported by Maj. Thomas Har-
wood, of Bath. Tie sire of the trip
lets g hcifers and bulD was a cross
of native and Durham: the bull cali
died. The four living are now in his
possession, March Z, 1870.
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yarnish for Burns.

The attention of medical men in
Paris has recently been directed to a
new remedy for burns, discovered ae-
cidentally by a workman. A varn:sh-
er of metals lately got his hand Sc
verely burned while at work, and, not
knowing what to do to deaden the
acute pain, thrust his hand into pot
of varnish. The pain ceased, as if by
enchantment; on the day following,
he made a further application of his
discovery, and, in few days, new
skin was formed over the burn, and
the hand recovered its wonted tlexi-
bility. All the persons burned in his
neighborhood come to get their
wounds dressed, received the simple
treatment, and went home rejoicing.
After the terrible gunpowder explo-
sion at Metz, recently, the varnisher
was summoned to the hospital to do
lis best for the victims of that calam-
ity, whose lives were despaired of on
account of the gravity of their burns.
He vanished and cured them all in
such short space of time that the
town of Metz was filled with stories
of his success. The news of his won
deriul cures reached Paris, the man
ager of one of the largest hospitals
here sent for him, and DESTROYS of
testing the accuracy of the reports, in
trusted him with two patients who
were dangerously burned. He COW
cred them over with his varnisb,
leaving a spot upon each untouched,
to be treated with nitrate of silver
(the usual remedy by the chief doc
tor of the establishment. The wounds
so covered with varnish healed rap
idly, while those treated with nitrate
of silver, in spite of all the doctors
efforts, did not close up. The servi-
ces of the varnisher were again called
upon, who accordingly applied his
remedy to the spot which the nitrate
of silver was powerless to heal. The
two patients obtained almost instant
relief, and, after a short detention
left the hospital completely cured,
thus once more establishing the super
lative excellence of his remedy for
such cases.
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rseful RecIpes

Cream cures sunburn on some COM
plexions, lemon Juice ON others and cold
water suits still others best
A little cotton batting. wet with sweet
oil and laudanum, put in the ear. viii
cure earache in the beginning oft.
Spirits of ammonia, inhsled. is good
for headache, and to healp the breathing
In bad colds. s-s9
1t soothes and eools feverish patient
p wash him with warm water in which
saleratus has been dissolved.
To prevent chilblains. keep the feet Of
children always warm apd dry. They
must wear rubbers out of doors. and
wooden hose and thick fiannel-lined shoes
from fall till spring.
For chapped lips and hands use cam
phor ice, or pure mutton tallow put or
warm, Candles are unsafe for this pnr-
pose, az they are sometimes poisoned
with arsenic.
To Hull CoRN.--Boil in weak I've un'
til the hulls begin to come. on, then rms
two or three times in plenty OF water
then add clear water, and boil until done
FRu1r CAKE--One cup of butter. tw'
of sugar, two-thirds cup molasses, two
thirds cup of sweet milk. four cups o
-four three eggs. one teaspoonful OF soda
one pound Of raisins chopped fine. an,
nutmeg. cloves, and cinnamon to sui
your taste.
SOUR MILK MUFFINs.-One and hal
pints of sour milk, three tablespoonful
| of melted butter, and one OF white sugar
one teaspoonful soda. two eggs, ant
three pints OF sifted -four. Bake in
quick oven, in cups or rings.
HARRISON PUDDING.--One cup of mo
lasses, one of sweet milk, one of suei
| three of flour, two OF fruit, teaspOOnfu
of soda, and one of cinnamon. Butte
your dish, put in, and steam two hour:
Serve with sweet sauce.
Corn BREAD.--One quart of milk. tw
eggs, one piece of butter the size of a
| egg, half teacup of white sugar, littl
salt, two tablespoonful of cream tartar
one teaspoonful of soda, half India
meal, and flour enough to make thic
batter. Fill your pans about half full
bake it twenty minutes.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-15
HUMORS OF THE DAY.
4 Watch-Wortl-Tick.

\ Watch-word-Tick.
Noisy Infantry-Ba5es in arms.
Legal Notice-A lawyers sign.
The best bread man is baker.
Agricultural Mcnding - Potatoe
patches. ,is,-+.f .s-i. a.-Hf safsfr-
New Name for WEAVING Babies
Bottle Imps.
How to get fOot-hold-Take a
boot-iack.
Hush Money-The price of the FAM
lily cradle.
How &c right .wrong--Put it on
paper. eos aEf-Ft tFf}
At what time was Adam married
Upon his wedding Eve.
Where did Joseph go when lie was
fifteen years old! Into his sixteenth
year.
Why is sugar made in the old style
preferable 10 that made in the new
style? Because il can't be beet.
"Thcre, John, that's twice you have
come home and forgotten that lard.
''Rcally, mother, it was So greasy that
il slipped my memory.
sui waters have never been so
dee i've as since the tax OH whisky.
A Dung mans affections are not
alw y wrong, but they are generally
misplaced. aa.
Ticket. SIR" said a railroad con
ducior, passing through one of the
trains the other day, to a passenger.
Ny face is my ticket" replied the
other Il little vexed. "Indeed :" said
conductor, rolling back his wristband
and displaying most powerful bunch
of livcs: "well, my orders are to
punch all tickets passing over this
road"
Ii rds little hard upon that poor
little school boy in Porter county, In
di"na. III have administered to him a
tremendous cathartic by the school
mistress who construed physicatpun-
ishment to relate simply to the bow
els. 60
Says "A Western paper of its rival
"Thc editor OF the Times has been
presented with a cabbage head Re-
torts the Times" Certainly onr
friends are as liberal W it'll us as the
Lord was with you"
AN OLD CHICKEN.-In attempting
to carve a fowl one day, gentleman
found considerable difficulty i'm scpa-
rating its joints, and exclaimed against
the nan who had sold him an old hen
for a Young chicken. ,,sss
My DEAR" said the enraged mans
wife. don't talk so mich about the
aged and respectable Mr.. b.: he PLAN
ted the first hill of corn that was
planted in our town.
4 know that" said her husband,
"and | hclicve this hen scratched il
up"
\ blushing damsel called at one of
the agencies the other day to buy a
sewing machine. "Do you want a
feller:'' inquired the modest clerk in
attendance. The ingenuou, maid re-
piled with some asperity. = No sir, |
have one
a Pennsylvania Bachelor thus get
ieth after lovely woman:
Il impeach her in the name of the
great whale OF the ocean, whose bones
are torn asunder to keep her straight.
Il impeach her i'm the name of the
peacock, whose strut, without his per-
mission. she stealthfully and without
honor assumes.
~ impeach her in the name of the
horse. whose tail she has perverted
from its use to the making of wavy
tresses to decorate the back of the
head and neck.
Il impeach her in the name of the
kangaroo, whose beautiful figure she
in taking upon herself the Grecian
bend has brought into i'll favor and
disrepute." ... .s..
Here the old fellow heaved sigh,
and heaved himself overheard.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-04-15
To Tobacco Raisers and Dealers

The Tobacco Trade of Louisville wishes Ia
call the attention OF Farmers and dealers
throughout Kentucky and other states TO the
great advantages this market Offers for the
sale ofall kinds of Leaf Tobacco.
Louisville has the largest number OF dry
ing houses, Stemmeries, and manufacture
in the West, the number of buyers Is greater
than in any market; warehouse facilities arr
unsurpassed; auctions are not temporary-Oi
a few months duration, but continue through
out the year. The Importance OF Lou Icn,li..
as the great Inland Central Tobacco Marhs,t3;
Is best shown by the fact that we nave sou -,
during the past season -, I'D hogsneaus ~ ~
public auction, and yet the supply W. nv
equal to the demand. We needed partIc1i sl :
~ large additional supplies OF cuttiuS Leu
Of all grades from Lugs 10 choiee' ~ GU
aware that the impression exis.s .liaS ou,
dealers are prefudfcee against MASON ana
Brackin county descriptions on ioaacc4, Due
take this occasion TO stale tnde We ut>ife
large Shipments of these descriptions OF Leaf
from the Farmers and county dealers direct
In assnrino oil shippers who VIII give our
market n f;tir trial, the highest possible mar
ket nrices for every description OF Leaf. We
cannot nroe TOO strongly the careful assort-
inc and nrizing o. all Tobacco-the coarse
and green to itselI, anu me me nDre, good
arate TO itself. We most cordially invite To-
h.cco raisers everywhere, and especially
those vf,o have not lately given us n trial
tn avail themselves ofthe superior adyanta,
-es our market affords. Our facilities are
much increased, and ARRANGEMENTS have
been made for larger trade than any previous
season. BY order OF
TOBACCO BOARD OF TRADE.
Louisville, KY, January LIT, $50.
vol no Smo. -
REGULAR ANSUAI TOBACCO FAIR WILL.
VIZ HID July tSrH.
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Injurious Changes In Flour.

Wheaton flour becomes white with
age, but it is at the expense of gradual
deterioration in flavor, sweetness. and
nutri:ive quality. Bergs kept various
samples of hour, and found that the sec
Ond and third qualities. which contained
most gluten were completely spoiled, at
ter keeping only nine months, though
preserved in casks in cool. airy and dry
warehouse. .uitcherlech and krOcher
showed that wheat, i'm which sugar was
showed Ia be absen: before sending it TO
the mill, yielded after being ground, four
per cent. of it. Starch was thus trans
formed into sugar, which could not be
done otherwise than by the internal ac-
ton of the gluten, aided by air and a
super-abundant moisture. The mutual
action of the gluten. and the natural
moisture of tie flour. seem often capable
at common temperatures, of slowly
bringing about this injurious change.
But when the flour comes out hot from
the friction of the stones, and is left to
cool gradually in large heaps, decompo-
sition quickly sets in, starch is chang
ed into sugar, and perhaps, sugar to al
cohol and even alcohol to vinegar; so
that the process advances rapidly to the
souriSt stage. This action always takes
place i'm the middle of the heap first, and
proceeds toward the surface, the air en-
veloped in the flour, and the heat pro-
duced by chemical action fayoring the
change most in the centre. Flour. as
soon as ground, should therefore be con-
veyed to properly constructed chambers
and quickly cooled, and if it be desired
to preserve it for some time, it should be
dried at low heat. The amount OF
damaged flour thrown int, the market
is immense. Large quantities of it are
due to careless and imperfect cooling.
by which chemical changes are COM
menced which time continues. Some
times, to separate the bran most perfect
ly and produce the whitest flour the mil
Ter m0istens the grain previously to
grinding; bnt il such flour is packed in
barrels or sacks without artificial dry
ing. it rapidly moulds and sours. From
these considerations, we infer the desira-
bleness of procuring flour for household
use freshly ground, and frequently from
the mill, where that is practicable
Iouaau's Haad-Book 81 household
Science.
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|S!lVN3SI9!||
|p|lIA|IlIlll(E|

why Is II that so many children die under
the age of five years? That large ProPol
ton Of children die under that age, n1s io as
been q subject of remark, and wltnous 50"
isfactory cause ascertained, 10 - ceftan'
Also, II Is known that worms exist ~ -. :.
human system from It's earliest INFANCY )
Therefore parents especially mothers, WHO
are more constantly with their ch1ioren,
cannot be too observing Of the nrst symP
toms of worms; for so surely as they exis',
they can be
Safely and Certainly
removed from the most DELICATE IN
FAINT, by the timely use or
FAHNESTOCK'S VERMIFUGE.
1t is perfectly harmless, contains no Mer-
curry, being
PURELY VEGETABLE COMPOSITION.
And may be administered with the utmost
safety to children of all ages.
Worm CONNECTIONS, made more for the pur-
| pose of p easing the palate than Of overcom.
ing the disease, have been manufactured AL
over the country, but their short lease or lie
Is nearly exhausted, and B. A. Fahnestock 5
vermifuge continues 10 grow in favor daily
CAUTION.
should occasion require you TO purchase
r. A. Fahnestock's Vermifuge, be particular
Nv careful to see that the initials are b. A.
This is the article that has been SO.
FAvORABLY KNOWN SINCE ls0.
And purchasers must insist on having 1t, 4
| they do not wish to have an imitation ioreeo
on them.
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Tribute to Women.

The following elegant extract is
from a speech delivered by the late
Hon. Pierre Soule. on the bill author
izing w omen to act as sole traders. 1t
does honor to the heart and the head
of the eloquent and chivalrous son OF
Louisiana. We do not remember to
have ever read truer tribute TO a
hetter portion Of humanity, at once
so Just. so discriminating. so beauti-
fin, and so affecting. Monsieur Pierre
SouIe was evidently speaking with
more than gallantry of the Frenc
man. and in the spirit of noble and
elevated man when he uttered the fol-
lowing truthful and glowing senti-
ments-scntiments which ought TO be
written i'm letters of gold, and which
we recommend TO the perusal of all
the Young men of the country:
when reflect on the conduct of
p,uy married men in California
their faithleSsness to every vow which
they made at the altar-how COM
pletelv they fail in the performance
of their duiies-how virtuous and ILL.,
lustrious. faithful and patient women
are imposed upon by " orthless brutes
of husbands, rs great tyrants at home
as drankards and debauched abroad
my respect for the sex prompts me to
do all within my power to protect hel
rights and secure her happiness.
/ love woman; have loved her al
NV life: through boyhood, youth
manhood and mature years. leXpect
10 love her all my life, and dying, tC
be found faithful TO the same high and
inspiring sentiments. For, amid al
the varied secenes, temptations, strug
rles and hopes OF existence, one stal
brighter than all Others has lighted
and guided me onward-if ever hat
any high and noble ambition, the ex
citing energy has been in the APPROX
ing smile coming from the eye of wo
man. And j judge her affection j
this upon others.
Gentle in her affection, yet might.
through her influence, her medium o
rule is as powerful as the baliot-box
and she only needs the protection o
law against those who have no law D
their habits and propensities. sil
has ruled froa, my boyhood with tn
soft and winning influence of her VII
fine. not her heanty. rememberr'
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The Rural Register gives the fol-
lowing method of breaking the habit
of kicking in milk COWS" Have a
good short whip, and at the first kick
give one smart blow commence milk.
ing again and strike once, hard, i'm
mediately after each kick. The theO-
~ is that by this process the cow soon
learns to connect the effect with the
cause, and to avoid the former by
quitting the latter.
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The Southern Farmer, (Memphis,)
in a most admirable article upon the
needs of that section, under the head
OF Investments Becoming a Farmer,
says that in other years the whole aim
of the Southern planter has been more
land, more negroes. Now it should
be and must be, less land and better
culture-improved seed and a larger
crop-tasteful residences, home cul-
ture and comfort, books and papers,
and all the surroundings of improved
and intelligent society. The 'land-
pike" hog must be traded off for the
Chester, or some other breed of equal
value; COWS that give ten quarts OF
milk day for those that give twenty ;
old farming tools for the better new.
In short. the life of the progressive
nineteenth century, instead of the life
of the dark ages, must be the goal OF
every Southern farmers ambition.
However brave these W lords may be,
we believe that the Utopia they tell
Of will some time be in a measure re-
allied and that such teaching as we
have quoted is among the means hat
will hasten Its coming.