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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-01-28
PUBLIC SALE,

ZlAVlNG determined 10 quit farming.
"A will sell al Public Auction, TO Tho
highest bidder. nj my residence l mile
West OF B'lImysr's Mn. on The road
leading 10 Swan Pond.
On Thursday, 10th Of February,
1871. all my stock and farming utensils.
consis Jog IN part az follo~s io-wm:
5 head Work Horses.
2 Of them good Banhesr leaders, | . good
riding hor,e
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-01-28

BALTIMORE MARKET.
White wbea. cold q. So. and red from
So to 65. Yellow corn at 80 cents.
Oats Sc cents.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-01-28

Long trains TO dresses should never be
worn in the street.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-01-28
Che hlarkets.
Shepherdstown Market.

COrr,ei,d w.sk!y by d. S. R,nieh.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

WHT Don't YoU 60 ?-If you are
going TO the Salt Lake Mines. and
want 10 be in Mt the death. Won should
buckle on your knapsack and pro-
ceed hither at once. True, the eX-
citement is not as feverish as it will
be after the traps are all set to catch
the gudgeons. but then enough has
been limited mt 10 make it important
that you should get off as soon rs
Your financial condition will permit.
To encourage you to start, We will
give you some of the prices paid for
labor. A miner who. understands
his business, is paid so per month
and board inferior hands 50. Me
chanics' wages range from - % to
50 per day. The labor market is al
ready overstocked. but that nothing,
the excitement won't reach the climax
until you get there, and then, you
know. YOU can curse the whole thing
as put mp job, gotten up by
spectators. sharpers, etc. \ let
ter received by gentleman III Elko,
from an old miner IN Cottonwood,
under date of Jan. 3d, says: Not
rs good rs White Pine by a d-n
sight but let the boys come +; this is
their annual elephant, and they must
sec the length of his proboscis before
they will be satisfied" Yes. this IS
the next elephant placed on exhibi-
tion for your benefit. and if you fail
to 20 the show won't come off
Elko Independent.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25
Rates of Advertising;

One square 10 lines iirst in>ertion.....s3 90 |
Each subsequent tinsertion.................. -
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

FASHIONABLE ALLIANcE.--A New
York correspondent writes that
mention is made of an alliance near
mt hand between four-story house
with carriage and servants, and for
tune on top Of it of $3.50, 900 on the
the one hand, encumbered by 900
pounds of flesh and blood, with the
bloated countenance of widower /;
and on the other n chignon and trou-
sean, smattering Of French, and n
love of the world, the flesh and the
devil, all done up in the painted
form of fashionable young lady :
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

Too PooE.-Moore, of the Rural
New Yorker. was sitting in his Office
one afternoon. two years ago, when
a farmer friend came in and said:
Friend Moore. | like pour paper.
but times are SO hard l cannot pay
for it.
''Is that so, friend Jones? [ am
sorry 10 hear that you are so poor.
and il you are so hard run. | will
give YOU my paper.
mo. no. ] can't take it as gift. +"
"Well. then. let's see how we can
arrange it. Nou raise chickens. l
belieye?"
''Yes, few; but they don't bring
ANYTHING, hardly"
Don't they? Neither does my
paper cost anything. hardly. Now
1 have proposition to make you:
will continue your paper, and when
Won go home you may select from
your lot one hen. and call her mine.
Take good care Of her and bring me
the poceeds, whether in eggs or in
chickens, and / will call il square.
"All right, brother Moore and
the old fellow chuckled at what he
thought a good bargain.
He kept the contract strictly. and
at the end of the year found that he
had paid about four prices for his
paper. He often tells the joke him
self. and SAYS he never has had the
face to say he was too poor to take a
paper since.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

Once n negro, on being baptized
and nearly drowned in the operation.
rose from his bath and said indig-
nantly: "Some gentleman IL lose
an eighteen hundred dollar nigger
some time by dis dam foolishness. 3"
4 white man has found the verifea-
tion of what is implied III this, for
on December 1st, Kentucky cler-
gyman took convert into Crooked
Creek to baptize him. The convert
was drowned, but unfortunately the
clergyman swan ashore.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

The statement that the buffaloes
are deserting the Plains is pronounc-
ell n fiction. They cover the Plains
for miles and miles. The railroad
track bothers them. They consider
it snare and willnot cross it. They
run along by the side of a train for
miles, and when they come TO cul-
vert dive under.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

Cassius VI. Clay having come out
hat-hooted for the Democracy in n
recent speech in Kentucky, the
Pittsburg Post asks, ''What has the
Democracy done lately to deserve
this?"
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

The total number of sheets of dis
tinctive paper furnished the Govern
ment for all purposes, since it was
adopted, for printing the national
currency. is -. 500. 600. OF this
number only $4,000 have been des-
troyed as mutilated sheets.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

MINING SALEs.-We learn that the
Pocotillo mine has been bought by
L. A. Benjamin and DIR. Goodfellow.
The price paid was S25, 900 in coin.
u White Pine News.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

THE NEW SENATOR FROM DELLA
wARE.-Hon. Gov. Salisbury. who
has been elected to succeed his
brother in the United States Senate
from Delaware. is n lawyer of con-
siderable reputation, but he has
never served in Congress. 4 sin
gular feature Of this Senatorial con-
test was the fact that the three
brothers were the only candidates,
the present Senator. and the Gov
ernor of the State. and the one who
was finally elected Senator.
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25
Ghe lailn State Rcoister,
Published Daily. Mondays ExceptedJ
PERKINS & STREET.

OFFICE-Rail's Brick Building. Second
street, opposite the Capitol
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25
xIynEELER MINING COMPANY.

w Location 81 works: Pine Grove, fsmeralda
county, Nevada. Notice There are Delinquent
upon the following described stuck on account of
assessment No. 3. lowed On the 18th DAY of De.
cember, 1870. the several amounts set opposite
tha names Il the respective shareholders, a. fol-
The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-01-25

One copy. one year, by mail.-.-.........sl6 90
One copy, six months, by mall. 10 90
One copy, three months, by mali 80
NONE FORWARDED UNTIL PAID roR.
rSDelivercd by carrier To- town sub
scribers at ~ cents per week
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24

fathers absence; but, at the end Of the
period named word came across the At
lantic from that father himself, briefly ask
Ing the wife and mother to 90 at once to
New York, from whence to embark, as
directed, for new home in England.
Coming hither with her babe, she found
that the ship named had apartments plen-
dldly furnished for her use, and two
servants to ocey her every wish during the
voyage. Unquestioningly still, but fail of
happy hopes, she sailed for old England,
to be there received by her delighted hus-
band in his true character of heir to name
and estate second to none in the English
baronetsge, and to entertain luxurious
home under the title of Lady Stirling.
BY her beauty, virtues, and simple gaces
doing honor to the station unto which
she was not born," the village blacksmith
daughter passed many happy years before
following her husband. Sir Samuel Stir
ling, to the grave. After his fathers
death, the son succeeded to the title and
estate; and the mention of him in the
last "Peerage and Baronetags," as the
issue of the former MISS Folsom, OF
Sratfo,d, North America" is what incites
the Canadian paper to tell the above
romantic story of his parents courtship
and marriage.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
A Tough Story.

SQUIRE f., a we'll known barrister of
Belknap, having occasion to transact some
business at the Ossi pee Court, found few
days at his disposal which he determined
to spend in trouting in the mountain
brooks. La company with an artist friend,
he wandered several miles into the coun-
try. Night came down and the sportsmen
concluded to spend the night at farm
house, ii permission could be obtained,
and return early next morning to the vii
lage. A cherry-faced oil lady granted
permission to remain under her roof that
night. Now, as 1t was necessary that our
legal friend should be at court at eight next
day, the good dame arose early and prepar
ed breakfast by the light ola tallow candle.
The anglers were seated at the table in a
dark corner of the kitchen, while the old
lady was engaged over sciZzling frying
pan on the stove. "How's this steak, T.,
tough, hey!" asked the lawyer, soto voce.
Don't know; Why's by Joye, l cau't
chew the stuff" continued he. Wiping
the sweat from his forehead, he made
another effort to masticate the mouthful,
then shouted, MY good woman, will you
be kind enough to see why this steak is
so very tough," The pleasant faced old
lady appeared with her candle, wiped the
moisture from her spectacles, and looked
at the plate, dropped the tallow candle
into the lawyers lap ard shouted with
horror, Great State of Hampshire! I've
fried my holderr'
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
Cancer Care.

SPEAKING of the alleged new cancer
cure, the Scientific american says:
If, as is claimed, the plant called "cun-
durango is specific for cancer, the
world has received blessing in the dis
covery which will rank with the introduce
ton of an9sthesia in surgery. Where
there is such room for skepticism, we may
be pardoned some doubts that the new
remedy is all that ia claimed. If it be,
however, the pow e,ful specific alleged, it
will outlive our doubts, and establish itself
triumphantly. In a disease so hopeless,
people will catch even at the shadows OF
hope, and so the new remedy will be cure
to have ample trial.
The story is that an Indian woman in a
province Of Ecquador, attempting TO
poison her husband by the use OF this
plant, cured him of cancer of long stand
ing. This fact having become known to
the American Consul, he obtained a
sample of the plant and forwarded it 10
Washington TO have It's virtue tested. II
is further said tb-.t about fifteen cases have
been successfully treated with it, and that
a large supply is on its way to this coun-
try. Without pretending to vouch for the
truth Of the above, we will say that st.
Paul's advice TO prove all things and hold
fast that which is good, if followed, will
soon settle the merits, or want of merit, OF
the new cancer cure,
Vice-P President Colfax states that his
mother, who was at the point Of death
with cancer, has baen restored by the use
Of cundurango, and is now nearly well.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
Feeding FOw Is.

DON'T keep food always by your poultry,
because, if laying fowls, they are made
too fat, and if fattening ones, not fat
enough. To atten poultry, feed three
times in twenty-four hours all they will
eat, and remove all they leave, and they
will eat more than when cloyed and dis
gus,ed by the constant presence of food.
To keep layers in proper condition, feed
twice or thrice daily regular ration, but
not as much as they will eat Some say
feed as long as they will run for what you
throw to them and eat greedily, but that is
not right, for they will get too fat unless
they are laying freely. They will show
eagerness about as long as they can swal.
low, and will scramble for what you give
them until, in their rivalry, they stuff and
cram themselves, week after week, and be.
come mass of fat, and yet they still act
at feeding time, as if they were half
starved. Feed your regular laying stock
moderately, and be governed by their state
of flesh rather than by their greed Take
a few fowls from the perch at night, occa-
sionally, to test their weight, and little
practice will enable you to quickly decide
on the condition Of the flock. Increase
the ration as the yield of eggs increases,
and 50 long as the laying keeps pace with
the diet, you may give rich and stimulat
ing feed in any quantity. Feed the select
breeding stock more sparingly than the
rest Of the layers, so as to give only a
moderate yield of eggs for Matching pur.
poses for if you promote great prolific
ness in the parents the result will be weak
ness in the progeny. Chickens, during
the period of their rapid growth, should
be fed very often, with variety, and all
they will eat. While they are growing
there is no danger Of overlooking if they
are fed frequently and allowed perfect tree.
dom, so that they may take the exercise
that is indispensable TO their thrift
Hearth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
Pasturing Meadows, or Young Clover.

For want Insufficient pasture, cattle and
horses are often turned into the mown
meadows, or stubbles that have been seed
ed with clover. This ia, to say the least, in
judicious. Generally dry weather occurs
after harvest, during which - he clover and
grass have struggle to maintain their
existence, the young clover plants es-
pecially suffering from the heat and
drouth. Possibly for some weeks the
principal dependence of the meadows for
moisture is the nightly dews. If the leaves
are allowed to be eaten eff, this mode of
supply is arrested, by depriving the roots
of the shade which they would have af.
forded. Only weak growth can then be
made, many plants will he totally destroy
ed, and when the fall rains occur, followed
by nightly frosts, the unsheltered roots are
thrown out by thousands A promising
piece OF young clover may thus be com
pletely ruined and the next years supply
of hay be seriously curtailed. The small
quantity Of feed thus gained is dearly pur-
chased. The life of the meadows is con
sumed and their existence threatened
We are aware of the great temptation
there is to turn stock on 10 the aftermath
and stubbles, but, unless in the very rare
cases where the soil is rich and the growth
is too heavy TO be eaten nearly bare, il
would be great saving of money in the
end TO hire pasture, buy feed, or sell the
surplus stock which cannot otherwise be
fed at home. On many farms, had this
course been adopted for one season, the re-
sources for feeding in after years would
have been doubled but by carrying too
much stock on the fields during the
fall he natn off
closely to stand the winter, and were too
seriously injured to fully recover. 1t is
becoming more apparent each year, that
more stock must be fed on Eastern farms,
nay on many Western farms, too, or their
fertility cannot be maintained but IT is
bad policy to keep too many at the com
mencement, before the means OF feeding
have become equal to the demand. Ii il
something like man living upon his cap
| ital, instead of upon the interest of it
| each year in the one case he becomes
poorer by mere i'll judged use of his means
which, by proper outstanding, IN the other
case would keep him by its income, and
itself remain intact
II is question worth consideration
whether il would not be wise TO largely
reduce pasturing stock whether money
CouIu nDL NC IiulC ny oClItI2 oi, III tuc
spring, the bulk Of the stock usually pas
tured and moving. or otherwise using the
land TO produce feed for keeping stock
during the winter which should be pur-
chased in the fall, by which means more
manure would be made, the difference in
the values Of stock at these different sea-
sons saved, and all temptation to pasture
moving lands, or young grass or clover
fields, removed. AgricuLturist.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
An Accomplished Farmer.

A COMPLETE farm ia a very complicated
affair, and necessarily comprises within its
boundaries many well furnished work.
shops, and among it's laborers many thor
ough mechanics. Thus, for the perfect
deyelopement Of the labor saving methods
necessary to the profitable working of q
large, well-furnished farm, thorough
business man and well -educated farmer, as
head manager, as well as an accountant or
bookkeepcr, we'll versed in markets and
commercial matters, finance included, Is
needed. Then q gardener and florist, q
blacksmith, carpenter and wheelright, and
engineer are necessary. A well trained
hcrdsman and a shepherd are requisite, in
addition to the ordinary laborcrs, as plow-
men, etc. On many large estat in Eng
land and Scotland, as well ss some in our
own country, all these are employed, the
proprietor having general oversight
only, aid interfering personally in no de-
tails Competence in the several subOrdin-
stes being required as a qualification for
their situations, their duties are properly
performed and regular routine becomes
established. Now, if all these are found
requisite on large farm, where the work
is exactly similar, only differing in extent,
to that of small farm, it follows that q
small farmer, working his own land, will
succeed better, as he knows more about all
things necessary to be done.
As he will find occasion to perform
many Of these Offices himself, he must be
his own business man, lay out his work,
and be competent to command his hired
help 80 that he may use their services To
the best advantage. He must be his own
accountant, or many little losses will es-
cape him, and in the aggregate they will
be enough to make themselves seriously
felt. He must be mechanic enough TO
build shed, hay barrack, a wagon-rack,
or sometimes sled, or put new tongue
to wagon; he ought to be able to build
a stone fence or lay up wall, or should
know how it ought TO be done; he should
be able to cut screw on bolt or burr,
or use cold .chisel, or splice a rope, or
use hammer and drill and blast rock.
In fact, there Is scarcely any knowledge,
either in the arts, sciences, commerce or
literature, but would be a help to farmer.
A farmer thus educated has, besides the
material advantages he enjoys, a great ia
cility for enjoying the beauties of nature
with which he is brought into close and
daily contact, and will thus learn to love
bis profession. Henyth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24
Youths Department.
IDLE BEN.

DIE Be was Q naughty boy;
III you please, this story 3 true;)
He caused his tea. hers great annoy,
And his worthy rents too.
Idle Ben, in . boa tful way,
To his anxious parents told,
That while he was young, he thought he'd play;
And he'd learn when he grew old.
"Ah, Ben r. said his mother and dropped tear,
you'll be sorry for this by and by"
Says Ben, ITO me, that's not very clear;
But vt any rate I'll try"
So Idle Ben. he refused to learn,
Thinking that he could wait;
But, when he had his living to earn,
He found 1t was just too late.
Little girls, little boys don't delay your work;
Some day you'll be women and men;
Whenever your tssk you're inclined to shirk,
Take warning by Idle Ben.
The Nursery.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24

AT Cape May, the other day, rich
Philadelphian espied charming girl
struggling all alone in the breakers, and
calamity proposed to learn her TO swim.
She thankfully accepted the offer, and
quite Irritation ensued. Quoth the Phil
adelphian: "Are you staying at the Stock
ton, Miss" Murphy" with a ely
glance upward. miss Murphy-ah! You
are stopping at the" Stockton: yes,
sir" "Ah! Are your parents with you ?"
"No, SIR" "Your brother, possibly p
"No, SIR" "Ah, have 1t; you are here
with your friends" "No, sir" a very
perceptible smile breaking over her coun.
tenance. Excuse my seeming imperti.
hence, Miss Murphy, but l am extremely
anxious TO know In what capacity you are
here" am in the baks-h0use, sir"
Philadelphia retired with dignity.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24

THE Anamosa Qowa) Eureka says that,
while some men were at work in a GENE
terry near the town, they came upon a pair
of striped snakes and their young The
reptiles Immediately took refuge in a
stump, and, after time, the old ones
were dispatched, but the young ones had
unaccountably become non est. Upon ex-
animation, however, it was found that the
little fellows, twenty in number, and some
six inches in length, had "scooted" down
the throats Of the parent snakes, and
upon being dislodged, showed a. much &C
tivity as ever.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24

-" On Dit" writes in the New York
Mail: Some friends of ours, detained in
town all summer, are imagining them
selves in the country by living in two
rooms, cutting off the gas and using kero-
sene, having their meals sent from neigh
boring restaurant, and playing croquet in
the back yard. They say that it's almost
as uncomfortable as the real thing, and
doesn't cost near SO much.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24

THE average life Of sixteen printers who
are Inferred In the Printers Lot at Mount
Hope, Rochester, N. Y, is thirty-twO.
The Oldest died at fifty four, the youngest
ut twenty-five, one half between thirty
and forty.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-17
n Xo.L CoMee Market.

From the Daily Bulletin, Saturday, October IA:
The volume OF business would prooaoly oe some.
what larger were the supplies IN nrst nanos not
go much reduced and desirable parcels very oili'
cult to fud, as buyers are In very good attenu.
apce and seem to be fairly anxious even at Iiis
ruling extreme figures on al grades FROM seconu
and third hands purchases OF invoices are iIe'
ouent aud In fact absolutely necessary Wnere lo9
bers are pressed for supplies. The Jo0olng ais.Ii
button is Tot quite large as last week, put s.1
yery good and comparatively general. Braziis
in some cases are held much higher tnan currrnS nv
quotations iudIca'e and probably cou q net os
reac7ed, exc pt upon owners terms, oul as u
rule it Is safest to base figures Simply on astuai
sales though We make an advance since Iue'd
of :iaHc gold. Java Is going cut from loooers
hands in about the usual proportion and COM
manding extreme figures readily, some very nne
brown lots reaching 26Kc gold. West Indta
STYLES very stiff and buyers Tor everything deslra.
Die. win bids made at zoe for large invoices and
2Oha2lc positively Insisted upon. In fact, taken
as whole, The market presents the od 1eatures
Of sellers asking Dretty nearly what they please.
and buyers submitting because they can't help
themselves. To.day'a movement 80 far as re
ported. has been moderate, and we have only TO
note 2S72 bags Rio per adelaide Pendergast."
Other parcels, however, have been sold from sec.
ond hands, the partlc tlcHlars OF which are not made
public We quote Rio as follows: Ordinary cav
goss, gold In bond 14al4Kc; fair cargoes l41sa
I4Ic; good cargoes l5al5Ac; prime cargoes lSaa
l5kc,