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have, for several years, followed
the plan of oiling unexpected floors,
in order to avoid the labor of scrub
bling them, and / find it works well.
You can either oil or paint tliem, Of
course; but / consider oiling prefera-
BILE, on the following grounds:
1t is cheaper. uea ED
You can apply it yourself.
You have not to wait for it to dry.
1t produces pleasanter color.
1t dosen't show tracks of dust, mud
and such like; and therefore, floor
thus prepared does not require so fire.
quent hopping. -
An oiled floor is better than plain
one i'm the following particulars:
1t looks better. HaG
It does not require scrubbing;
which saves your back.
1t is never TO be mopped in hot wa
ter nor strong suds; which saves your
hands.
Grease spots never hurt it; which
saves your temper.
TO prepare floor, l take quantity
ofthe cheapest and least offensive oil
l can secure, and apply it with a COM
mon paint brush. putt on smooth
", SO that it will strike in equally all
over and yet not stand in spots OH the
surface. do this at night after the
evening work is finished, and find the
place ready for use again the next
morning. OF course it would not in
lure the oiled surface itself, to tread
upon it at once but grease is liable to
be tracked from it, at first, TO ada
cent portions of the house. A new
coat of oil applied once in six months,
oreven once year sometimes, is suf-
ficient to keep floor in perfect order.
One may thus prepare to great adj
vantage the floors of kitchens, pam
tries and summer dining-rooms, back
halls, stairways and porticos, closets,
bath rooms and laborers bed rooms.
1t is also good plan in children's
apartments, particularly when you
are training them to do their own
room-work, to leave bare that end or
side of the floor on which the bed
stands, ard to oil it. That portion of
the floor under the bed can then be
easily kept free from dust, the sweep
ings can be more readily removed,
and the children viii be afforded free
scope for their duck-like atlutions,
without danger to the carpet.-F. f..
| b., in WeStern Rurdt.
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How Jim WiekeP's Head Got Bald.

Jim Wicker was comical-lOOking
fellow, with a very young face, but by
reason of having no hair, he looked very
old from his eyebrows all the way round
to the back Of his ueck. He was very
sensitive about the defect, and was some
what celebrated from a fight he had with
a travelling agriculturist, who upon being
asked bysJiIn, {" What would cause hair
to grow upon his shining poll" was adj
vised to "cover the top OF his head with
guano, and plant it down in crab grass"
But Jim wouldn't quarrel with Capt.
Wild, for that gentleman was not only
the host of the Fairy Queen, and also had
the key of all the refreshments I" in his
possession; so without hesitation he ell
lIghtened his auditor after this fashion:
q You see the har always did grow
rather scarce bout my scalp, and was
always iubbing on one thing and anoth-
er to fotch it out though thar was little
to be seen above ground. I'd heard of
bars grease, and bought a gallon in Dot
ties, but l believe it was nothing but
hogs lard, SO l thought would have
the genuine article, and got old Dan to
go out and kill something for my espec-
ial benefit Dan told me it was in the
Spring, and that the bar was in bad
health end out Of season, but l believed
he was trying to quiz me, and wouldn't
tnke no for an answer. A short hunt
fotched a critter to bay, and Dan by a
shot in the vitals saved the varmint, bnt
the bar was i'm bad condition, for he
looked as scedy as an old Canadian this
tie, and he had hardly enough i'm him to
keep his joints from squeaking and what
he did have l got and used, and stranger,
said Jim, looking sorrowfully round on
the company. i'm week was bald as a
gunbarrel. Dan was right, the varmint
was shedding himself and nothing in
him but har -she(ldingile, and the cOnse-
quence was, l can't IN the dark tell my
head from dried gourd. If l depend OH
feeling"
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The Bead OF 1869.

Last year was remarkable for the
deaths of men prominent in public
life. La the United States we notice
the following: On January Sth, john
Minor Bolts and Gen. Lowell II.
Rousseau; January 25th, Ex-Governor
Francis w. Pickens, of South Caro-
lima; OH March the 14th, James Guth-
rie. of Kentucky, Secretary of the Z.
S. Treasury under President Pierce;
March the 9th, James Harper, the
well-known book publisher Of New
York; July the 30th, Hon. Isaac
Toucey, Secretary of the Navy under
President Buchanan; on September
9th, Gen. John S. RawliLs, Secretary
of War; OH September 9Th, William
Pitt Fessenden, United States Senate;
September the 10th, Hon. John Bell
October the Sth, ex-President Frank
lin Pierce; October the 18th, ex-Gov-
ernor Joseph Ritner, of Pennsylva-
mia; November the 4th, George Pea
body, the eminent philanthropist;
November the It'll, Admiral Charles
Stewart; November the 10th, Gen.
John Ellis Wool; November the
1lth, Hon. Robert j. Walker, Secreta-
ry of the Treasury under President
Polk November .he 18th, Hon. Amos
Kendall, POstmaster-General under
President Jackson; November the
Dist, Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and
OIL December the 2lst, Hon. Edwin
Macy Stanton, Secretary of War un-
der Presidents Lincoln and johnson.
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To Tell the Actual value of Cows.

Now, we can go into a dairying
neighborhood and point 10 farmers
who are losing from two TO three
thousand dollars a year by keeping
cows yielding two hundred pounds
of butter per year, instead of those
that would yield from five to six hum
dred pounds in the same time. How
many dairymen can tell the relative
value of each COW of his herd by act
ual test? There is little instrument
for this that don't cost much, but very
few dairymen know any thing about
it. 1t is called a lactometer, con-
strncted by placing a number of glass
tubes, of equal length and diameter,
in wooden frame. The milk from
each COW is placed in some of these
glass tubes; there they stand side by
side, and you can see the depth of
cream that rises i'll each tube, repre-
senting certain COW, and estimate
her value thereby. These instru-
ments are kept for sale in Philadel-
phia and other cities.-American
Stock Journal.
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The amoant of meat obtained from a
domestic animal sold by its live weight
is very variable, and experiments have
recently been made in Liverpool to as
certain the proper allowance to &c made.
From the statistics to be derived form
the public slaughter-hOuses or abattoirs
of Paris and Brussels, it appears that
the race and the condition of the animal,
besides many other circumstances, affect
the result, and that certain animals
yield as much as 20 per cent. of meat,
while others only give 80 per cent. The
mean weight ofmeat produced. howev-
err. is calculated at IS per cent, Of the
live weight i'm beef cattle, In the case
of sheep. the proportion is from 40 to 80
per cent. From experiments made. 1t
appears that the different products OBJ
tanned from oxen and sheep are a. fol-
lows: An OK of the live weight of ,322
pounds yields meat, 77l.4 pounds: skin.
i1O.2; grease. SO; blood, 551; feet and
hoofs. y; head. IL: tongue, 6.6O, lungs
and heart, 1898; liver and spleen, 20 %
intestines, 66.l5; loss and evaporation.
Matchmaking the total of ,322 pounds.
The products from sheep weighing
1902 pounds are as follows: Meat, SOL
pounds; skin. 7.74; grease, 5.5l blood
i.4OS: feet and hOofs. 2.204; head, LAOS
tongue. lungs, heart, liver, and spleen,
4 .4OS; intestines. 6.612; loss and evapo-
ration. DISSEMINATING the total Of 11O.2
pounds.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-04
The FOllies or Great Men.

Tycho Brahc, the astronomer, chang
ed color, and his legs shook under
him OIL meeting hare or fox. DIR.
johnson would never enter room
with his left foot foremost. Julius
Caesar was almost convulsed by the
sound of thunder, and always wanted
10 get into cellar or under ground to
escapse the noise. To Queen Eliza
beth the simple word ''death" was full
of horrors. Even Talleyrand trembled
and changed color OH hearing the
word pronounced. Marshal Sake.
who met and overthrow opposing ar
mics, fed and screamed i'm terror at
the sight Of cat. Peter the Great
could not be persuaded 10 cross a
bridge; though he tried to master the
terror, he failed to do so: whenever
he set his foot Oh one, he would shrek
out in distress and agony. Byron
would never help any one to salt ut
the table, nor would he be helped
himself; ifany of the article happened
to tic spilled OIL the table he would
Jump up and leave his meal unfinish-
ed.
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Care or the Watch.

|. DO not make toy of it for yourself
or the children. Never open it except
for necessary purposes.
/. 1t should be regulated to about
mean temperature. and always kept as
near the same temperature us possible.
3. 1t should not be allowed to stop.
Better that it be kept running all the
time.
I. Keep it in as Uniform position as
possible. If in the pocket, better that
the pendant ring be upright.
j. Out OF the pocket, If it hangs on the
wall, let it lie upon some soft surface.
Never allow it to lie OIL bare marble or
other hard surface. If it lie or any sur
face, let it be with the face up. and pen-
dant ring turned under, so rs to keep
the upper part most elevated.
6, let your key fit exactly, and be
kept perfectly clean. By the former
YOU NAV save breaking chains. maili-
springs. ratchets, clicks, &C.; by the lat
ter prevent introducing much dust.
Z. Wind. if possible, at the same hour
each dav.
s. While winding. hold your watch
steadily in your left hand. Turn only
your key, and that firmly. evenly. avoid
ing all quick motions or jerks.
8. Set your watch with Key; never
turn the hands by any other way. You
may turn the hands either way without
danger. ii they do not move very hard.
10. On regulating watch, should it be
going too fast. move the regulator fri-
fle toward the Slow and if going slow,
do the reverse: you cannot move the
regulator too gently at time, and the
only Inconvenience that can arise, Is that
YOU NAV have to perform that duty more
than once.
IL. Take note that your watch. even II
it be good one. will sometimes be gull
ty of irregularities in consequence OF
change Of temperature. from the effects
of which none but a chrOnOmeter Is ex-
empt; also from the jerks and jars OF
travel.
II. If you find any difficulty which
you do not understand. go at once to a
good watch maker.-Kenato's Watch
Repdre,'s Guide.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-02-04
The Risk Run by Great Eaters.

DIR. Hall says that great eaters never
live long. A voracious appetite. so far
from being sign of good health, is Il
certain indication ofdisease. Some dys-
peptics are always hungry. and feel bet
ter while eating; but as soon as they
have finished eating. they endure tor
lures so distressing in their nature as
to make the unhappy victim wish for
death.
the appetite of health is that which is
inclined to eat moderately when eating
time comes, and which. when satisfied,
leaves no unpleasant reminders. Null
titudes measure their health by the
quantity they eat. and out of ten per-
sons, nine are gratified with an Increase
of weight. when in reality it in1icates an
increase in disease, showing that the all
sorbents of the system are too weak to
discharge their duty. and the tendency
to fairness. to obesity, increase Until tx
istence becomes a burden. and sudden
death closes the painful history.
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Ths farm aud gpasthoId.



At meeting of the Delaware, Ohio,
Farmers Club, the subject Of slaughter
ing and dressing hogs was discussed, as
well as the cutting Of pork. 1t was rec
commended that the hog should be laid
on the back; that the party butchering
should stand over the hog, left hand on
nose, edge Of knife towards the hog ;
both arteries, three inches sufficient, five
better, the main thing Is to bleed well.
Scald rs soon as killed-two hogs to ore
kettle of water; blood is good test for
the water; if too hot it curdles the
blood; water should be soft; if hard,
throw in some ashes some prefer pine
tar or rosin.
Throw bucket Of cold water over the
hog as soon as scalded-it closes the
pores and whitens the skin. When hung
up. wash, scrape upwards, wash again
and wipe with cloth; should be thor
oughly washed, scraped and wiped; the
heart or liver should never be cut in the
hog; take entrails out to juglar vein,
then take the vein, heart and liver out.
The pork should be sailed for two or
three days. skin down, then turned
and covered with salt; put in brine for
80 days for medium-sized ham: brine
should be brought to scald. brought
cold; brine should be preserved, old
brine the best, but should be boiled and
SKINNED before used; salt should be
well rubbed in: coarse salt the best
not safe to use salt in the bottom of the
barrel after having stood for some time
s lbs. salt, lbs, sugar, and "a lib. salt
petre to 100 lbs. meat is the best recipe.
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out our being able to determine the
advent of either. No one knows the
exact moment when he goes to sleep,
none will know the exact moment Of
his death. It is certain that death is
generally a pleasurable feeling. Luz
can used to say that life would be un-
supporta ole to man II the gods had
not hidden from him the happiness
he would experience in dying. Tulli-
us Marcellinus, Francis Suarez, and
the philosopher La Metric, all spoke
Of the volnptuousness of their last
moments. Such are the consultations
which philosophy presents to timid
minds that dread death. We need not
say what much higher and loftier con-
solutions await the Christian who is
firm and steadfast i'm his faith, and
has before him the prospect of etern-
al life.
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sociablllty Among Farmers.

Naturally the farmer is an unselfish
man. His Iabors are out Of doors, His
calling takes him much abroad, and en-
ables him to mingle with the world.
Yet, looking through the very large OPP
Grafton of the population embraced in
his pursuit. and the important influence
exercised by it over all our public af-
fairs, it is a subject Of common remark,
even by agriculturists themselves, that
their social intercourse should be so
much restricted.
There is no other cause Of this seclu-
siyeness OH the part OF the farmers that
we cali see, than training in the foot
steps OF their predecessors" Be this as
it may, there are other causes operating
which appear to be changing this for the
better. Country fairs, bringing agricu-
turists together, from districts sufficient
ly near each other to make acquaint-
anceship pleasant and lasting, and put
ting them i'm friendly emulation in mat
tiers and things involving their agrestic
skill and success are clearly working to
form more close compansOnship between
those whose domestic comforts and fam
ily enjoyments must be greatly promote
ed i'm the future.
Little clubs among farmers OF a neigh
bOrhood. to meet once week, tn discuss
or talk over the innumerable subject;
connected with the intelligent prosecu-
ton of their noble profession, produce a
decidedly fraternizing and sOcializing
effect. While these local associations
should not be too formal and restricted
tIey should have an official organiza-
ton, as better calculated to Cause pune.
tuality at the meetings, as well as to add
to their permanency.
On these the wives and daughters Of
families should always accompany theiI
husbands, fathers or brothers, not t.
participate, of course, in the proceedings
they may take, but to increase the agree
ability of these meetings, and to share
in the pleasure of these delightful inter
changes of good neighborhoOd. Indeed
if the truth must be spoken, and we are
ready to do it on all occasions, especially
upon such one as this, there is very
little social enjoyment in the world
which is not refined and made dOubly
enjoyable by t e presence of woman
Germantown Telegraph.
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A singular case has recently been
decided in Philadelphia. A man died
leaving his entire estate for the found
ing of an Infidel Lyceum in that city.
The will was contested, and the courts
decided it null and void, Oh the
ground that such an institution would
tend to immortality and irreligion.
While the laws Of the State guaranty
religious freedom, and while Christi
anity is not a law, it is so far the popu-
lar religion of the people that it can
not be openly insulted in the manner
indicated. Judge Wood closed his
opinion in these words: 1t would
prove nursery of vice, a school of
preparation to qualify Young men for
the gallows and young women for the
brothel; and there is not a skeptic Of
decent manners and good morals who
would not consider such debating
club as common nuisance and dis
grace TO the city.
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