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USEFUL INFORMATION.

How to lay off a square Acre oi
Ground-measure off 209 feet on each
side, and you will have square acre
within an inch.
Contents of an Aere.-An acre con-
tains 1910 square rods.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
Measures and distances-A mile is
$3.50 feet, or 1760 yards in length.
A iathom is six feet.
A league is three miles.
| A Sabbath day'sIjoprney is 1855 yards
this is eighteen yards less than two
thirds of mile.
A days journey is 333 miles.
A cubit is two feet.
A hand (horse,measure) is 4 inches.
A palm is 8 inches.
a space is 8 feet.
Barrel Measure-A barrel of -four
weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork, 200 pounds.
A barrel of rios, 600 pounds.
| n ASS VI poWoct1 ~ Poooeo'
A frkin Of butter, Sc pounds.
A tub of butter, 81 pounds.
Bushel Measurc.-Tbe following are
sold by weight per bushel:
Wheat, beans and clover seed, SO
pounds to the bushel.
Corn, rye and fax seed, Sc pounds.
Buckwheat, SO pounds.
Barley, 43 pounds.
Oats, 32 pounds.
Bran, 20 pounds.
Coarse salt, IS pounds.
Various Weights and Measures.-A
ton of round timber is 40 feet; of square
timber, 81 cubic feet.
A cmmercial bale Of cotton is 400
pounds.
A peck of wool, 240 pounds.
A section of government land is $40
acres, or one mile.
A liquid ton is 252 gallons.
A box 16 by 16l inches and 8 inches
deep contains bushel.
Under the head Of "Useful Facts for
Grocers," the American Grocer gives
the following information:
A sack Of Liverpool salt should con-
tain 224 pounds.
A bushel of Turks Island salt will
weigh from 20 to IS pounds.
A box of Lemons will average about
$50 in number, box Of oranges from
200 to 25O.
A case of preserved ginger contains
9 jars.
A frail Of dates weighs from $50 to
200 pounds.
A drum of figs, g., and 8 pounds
each.
A cask of pruues, 1900 to 1900
pounds, averaging about 1900 pounds.
A box of rasins contains % pounds
net.
Currents come in casks Of from 2775
to 300 pounds.
Citrou comes in small boxes Of about
% pounds each Tare, two to two and
a half pounds.
Peanuts are usually sent to market in
ga ks, containing about 8 bushels.
Dried apples and peaches come in
barrels, generally from l50 to 225
pounds.
Blackberries como in barrels.
A quintal Of fish is liz pounds.
Virginia peanuts weigh 22 pounds to
the ousheI. Wilmington do., 26 to 2s
pounds. African do, 32 pounds.
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IN STORE.
5000 BUSHELS CORN,
5000 Barrels -Four,
80 Barrels Pork,
90 Icxes D. s and l.. C. Sides,
so ;Ihis. D. ;. ari Smoked SIDES aad
Shoni.lcrs,
$50 Sacks Rio. Jav, anil T.araay-a Coffee.
% lIh Is. pemarara and p. L. SpSar.
$50 BIS. RcGacl >urar-a.l gIadcs,
$40 Htls. Cuba Mcla,SeS,
$50 Btls. Cnfa Nc':..>"s.
$50 Iihds. Sugar House :.o'aSscs,
loo Bols Sugar Ioase Moia-seS.
500 Bales Hay,
2,eG0 Sacks Sat,
80 Bill. and Boxes Cracker,
Is Tubs Batter,
500 Boxes Soap.
100 Cases Lye and Potash,
7j Bh!z. and TUBS Lard.
IS Ea,,S. ami Kits Mackere',
75 Goxcs Tobacco,
50 Boxes Soda.
$50 kegs Nails,
so Boxes Cheese,
For sale 0y
F. W. KE2cHNER,
o., os AMI % North Water Street,
May 10 wiliainS'on, y. c.
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The Boston Post has the following
resort: aThe person vhSssnt US copy
ofths Boston PSR with 'JaolZass' writ
zen upsnths Margin Is requested to
inform - at what stable lie can- be
fcand.n
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PLOUGHING BY STEAM.
HORACE GREELEY LEARNS A
THING Or TWO IN LOUISIANA.

What le Sow efhe Practical Opera
non efMe Steam plough on a Sugar
Psamtatioa-Aa Energetic Planter--
Tile Farce required to ron the Ploughs
-Cnt;rotiny tie Cane by Steam-M.
Crccley's Conclusions.
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of twenty.four to thirty.four inches by
steam power, and that far larger and
surer crops than those Of the past will
therefrom be realized.
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New Advertisements.
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Bites Of Animals Insects, Rou- in Poultry,
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The Gargliug Oil has been in use as Lini-
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trial, but be sure ard follow directions.
Ask Jour nearest druggist or dealer in pateLt
Mecums, and read what the people say about
the Oil.
The Gargling Oil is for sale by all respectable
dealers throughout the United States and other
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Our tes stimonals date from 1893 to the pre-
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and tell your neighbors what good it has done.
We deal fair and liberal with all, and defy
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Manufactured at Lockpart, N. 7.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1871-11-09
INSURANCE

The following Insurance
Companies have passed through
the Chicago fire, the greatest
the World ever knew, and
came out unscathed. Read the
following kilograms
ETNA-l lIARrFoRn, Conn, Oct
n, ls7l- Loss of Chicago less thar
two million dollars; will be promptly
paid, leaving a capital and surplus OF
over tour millions Of dollars,
(Ni2nod) L. |, HENDEr, Pres't
OlD lIArTFoRD-EIARTFoEp, Conn
Oct II, lS7L-'rhe Oh Hartford
meets promptly all its obligations in
Chicago and elsewhere continnc
business as usual,
lSigucd.) 5. /. CHASE, Pres't
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The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
NO. 50.
Agricultural.

Several modes are recommended how
this can be successfully done; but we do
not see how it can be more successfully
done than by the one we have frequently
recommended:
Cut out all the dying wood, and three
fourths of the suckers, scrape the trunks
of the trees completely, removing all thu
old, hard, broken bark; wash with
preparation of whale oil soap and water,
a pound of the soap to buck ct of water;
and give the orchard, not merely under
the trees, but every part of it, heavy
top dressing of good barnyard manure.
If there is any life or preductiveness left
in the trees this will bring it out.
The suge estion that the trunks of the
trees should be shorn of all tile bcughs
and'allowed to sucker, and some of these
when large enough graft d, will prove Il
failure. The grating of the ordinary
suckers growing from the trunks of old
trees can rarely he done with success
We tried This oeveral times, and tho
gratis all died at the end of the second
or third year.
Far better to graft the old trees when
ever there is any smooth barlled wood
near enough To a main hougb. They
will not only grow, but in most cases
fruit the second year, and always the
third year.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
CORN FODDER.

Mr.. +. 4. Baldwin, of Patterson, y.
", saws:
II have raised some every year for
about twenty years, and have never had
any trouble il. curing. I SOW from Nav
10th to June 10th, and commence feeding
the last days of August. 1 find at that
time the stalks have their full growth
After have fed as much green as 1
wish go into the field, and with both
IA eesv In -tis.t at tI.a
top, letting the commencement of the
stout stand fast upon the bills or drills
then cut and stout around until have
as much as can bind at the tor. l have
never lost stalk by being mouldy or
damaged in any way. The stalks on the
inside will remain green, and retain all
the sweetness, as when first cut. NV
theory in regard to putting up in this
way is this: the stalks that are hound
without cutting keep the balance of the
stout piead out, and the air has free cir
culation upward through the stout.
which prevents mold or damage.
On moving the stalks to the barn un
bind the stout ana lie up in sheaves.-
We usually make three sheayes from
one stout
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
FACTS IN AGRICULTURE.

All permanent improvements of land
look to lime for their basis.
Periodical applications of ashes tend to
keep mp the integrity of the soil.
All grain crops should be harvested
before perfectly ripe.
To manure or lime wet land is throw.
ing manure, litne and labor away
Glover, as well as grasses intended for
hay, should be moved when i'm bloom.
Shallow blowing operates to irnpover-
ish the soil, while it decreases in pro-
ducti0n.
Punctuality in engagements is as ne-
cessary to the agriculturalist as it is to a
merchant.
Deep plowing greatly improves the
productive powers of every variety of
soil that is not wet.
Subsoiing sound land that is not wet
is emineutly conducive to an increased
production.
Always provide an equivalent for the
substance carried off the land to the pro-
ducts grown thereon.
The cropping or grinding of grain to
be ted to stock operates as saving of at
least 25 per cent.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
What Don Pistt Knows About tho Art
of Advertising.

Don Piatt, in his last Washington let
ter, says;
1 went out the other day to purchase
some furniture for an office, and having
selected nay articles, I turned to the man
and said,
"You advertise in our paper do you
not?'
mo sir, we never advertise"
then quickly informed him Il at /
never bought furniture, and moved on
to another establishment. You will
think 1 am romancing, but precisely
the same conversation occurred at the
second store, tried thirt, quite a
large establishment, standing on cor
ner, kept by christian of the Mosaic
name of Moses Moses q Sons at that.
They have quite an assortment in the
upholstery line. and 1 suggested adver
tising to the senior and received an an
swer that he occupied corner, very
conspicuous corner, end had Il large sign
upon that everybody could read from
the street, and with that it was quite un-
necessary to 30 to further expense in
the way of advertising. Then said
unto Nose:
"Do you know, my christian friend,
that when man possessed of money
wishes to furnish house in Washing
ton he goes to Philadelphia, Baltim ore,
New York, and even unto Boston?"
"Yes," he responded, II know that"
"Well,n said 1, do you know the real
son for it?''
"Why of course do" he replied, with
much asperity. The people come here
from Boston and other places and other
-nlaces and ---i..i .iarastod- -ii,-ii-----.A..i,ii-
factories at home, and of course won't
purchase in Washington"
"My christian friend,' continued,
"Y0u labor under monstrous delusion.
These men do not own any manutacto-
ries of furniture at home, and if they
did they would not purchase where they
would have to pay heavily for transpor
tation if they knew they could escape
such taxes hy getting their furniture of
you. But they do not know that you
exist.
"They read the papers and they see
no mention made Of Moses. unless it be
in Sunday paper, and then the Moses
spoken of is man dead long ago; yet,
however, no deader than you are, come
to think of it. A man who does not adj
vertise is as dead as Moses. You say
you have q sign out here. This is not
the sign asked for. Few people see,
and those who do can't read it. For one
man walking idly down the street, who
reads, there are ARE hundreds who hur-
ry by with no time to read signs; for
one man who does notice your abortion
in black and white out there, a news
paper would take your business to thou
sands"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
A Fashionable WOman's Prayer.

Strengthen mi husband, and may his
faith and money hold out to the last.
Draw the lambs wool of unsuspicious
twilight over his eyes, thaS mi flirta-
tions may look to him like victorys, and
that mi bills may strengthen his pride in
me.
Bless, oh Fortune, my krmps and
rats and frizzles, and let thy glory shine
on my paint and powder.
When walk out before the gaze Of
vulgar men, regulate my wiggle, and
add nu grace tn mi CATERS.
When bow miself in worship, grant
that may do it with ravishing ele-
gance, and preserve unto the last the
lily-white of my flesh and the taper of mi
fingers.
Destroy mine enemies with the gaul
of bitterness, and eat thou up with the
teeth OF envy all those who gaze at mi
style.
Save me from wrinkles and foster mi
plumpness.
Fill mi both eyes, oh Fortune, with
the plaintive pizon of infatuashon, that
may lay out mi victims, men, as knumb
as images craven.
Let the lily and the rose strive togeth-
er on mi cheek, and may mi neck swim
like goose oil the buzzum of krystal
water.
Enable me, oh Fortune, to wear shoes
still little smaller, and save me from
all kornes and bunyons.
Bless Fanny, mi lapdog, and rain
down besoms of destrucshun upon all
who would hurt hair of Hector, mi
kitten.
Smile, oh Fortune, most sweetly upon
Dick, mi kanary, and watch over, with
the fondiess of a mother, mi two lily
white mice with white eyes.
Enable the poor to shirk for them
selves, and save me from all missionary
beggars.
Shed the light..-of th countenanco on
mi kammel's hair shawl, mi lavender
silk, mi point-lace, and mi necklace of
diamonds. And keep the moths out
of mi sable, beseech thee, oh For
tune.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
BARLEY FOR FEEDING.

In this country it is mainly used for
brewing; in European and Eastern
countries it is fed largely to horses. As
compared with oets it is more nutritious
and less heating. The product of an acre
Of barley is of more value as food for
horses or other animals, than the pro-
duet of an acre of oats Of equal quality,
The grain being harder when dry than
oats, cannot be consumed so well in a
raw state; but if fed unground, should
be soaked in wafer or boiled. When
ground or fed In conjunction with cut
fodder, there is nothing superior as food
for working teams. barley tends to
keep the system open and the skin soft.
SO long as our Amer lean farmers grow
barley, with no use for it in view but
mailing, SO long will it be subject to ex-
t-eme fluctuation in price, and the busi-
ness risky and Uncertain one for the
grower. But when Its true value for
feeding stock is recognized, tho markets
will become steadier, and tho profits
more certain.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
MUSINGS.

"Hours of sadness''-they come to us
all. Who of us have not felt, at times,
that strange, indescribable feeling-a
feeling that life is weary burden, that
we almost wish we could end our SEEM
ingly useless lives. But for all this,
there is something that reconciles us to
life. What it is we know not. But, like
some cheering spirit, it seems tc partial
ly disPel our gloom and stir the deeper,
nnhler nature within us, whispering
softly that by earnest, patient IdDor we
can, in time, make our lives worth
thing, and elevate ourselves a position
that will afford us opportunities of doing
some good in the werld-somethng that
will obtain for us the hearty commenda-
tions of ouI iellow-men, and the silent
approval of our conscience.
Then, will we not try to dispel this
gloom-to drive away these "hours of
sadness?" Can we not see that it is idle
thus to give way to dependency. We
can if we will? And if we only put forth
an earnest effort, we will at length sue
ceed, and obtain that blessed bcon-the
"Peari of Contentment'-wh the sue
cess of such efforts is sure TO bring.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
EXTRACTING A LIONS TOOTH.

The Glasgow Herald reports a re-
markable operation which has been per-
formed on the jaw of vigorous, full
grown lion in Mander's menagerie, in
that city.
A tooth had been injured by a blow
inflicted by man named Maccomo,
when the animal threatened to attack
him.
Gradually the lion became very low
spirited, eating his food with great diff
Guilty, and when, at length, gentleman
who stands high in the medical profess
the lion to a surgical operation, provided
the animal conld be properly secured,
the offer was accepted.
The fore paws of the lion were caught
and bound 10 the bars of the cage by
strong ropes. Afterwards the head was
''ldssoed," and ropes fastened round the
animals neck in such manner as TO
prevent, as far as possible, the move
ment of the head, and to folce the mouth
close against the bars.
" nen 'ne ''oi was so''.e"i"' 20 n".'a'-
GU oy s'iussies W i'eo ".'i'se'' 'i'e ooc-
'or iiiou"'eu vi, 'uo III i,"n' vi 'iie
v"se' a p,.'e Vi ""oo was P,"oe'' u inc
non . "iou,n' "n'. AZ Unoo'ne De',s' ','""e
S,'"p, a'n p'''ni'iN was neio up
open, while the inside was thoroughly
washed.
Aferwnrd the doctor, pushing his arm
between the bars into the lions mouth,
and running his hand over the teeth,
found the loose grinder.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
HOW TO BE MISERABLE.

Sit by the window, and look over the
way TO your neighbours excellent man
sion, which he has recently built and
paid for, and sigh out, 40, that were a
rich mani"
Get angry with your neighbor, and
world. Shed a tear or two, and take a
walk in the burial ground, continually
saying TO yourself, "When shall be
buried here?"
Sign note for friend and never for
getyour kindness, and every hour in the
day whisper TO yourself, ~ wonder if
he will pay that note?"
Think everybody means to cheat
you. Closely examine every bill you
take, doubt its being genuine till you
have put tho owner to a great deal OF
trouble.
Put confidence in nobody, and believe
every man that you trade with to be II
rogue.
Never accommodate if you can pcssi-
bly, help it.
never Visit the SICK or affllcted, ana
never give farthirg to assist the poor.
Buy as cheap as you can; screw down
TO the lowest mill. Grind the faces and
hearts OF the unfortunate.
Brood over you misfortunes, your
lack of talents, and believe that at no
distant day you will come TO want. Let
the workhouse be ever in your mind,
with all the horrors of distress and pow
erty.
Follow these recipes strictly, and you
will be miserable your hearts coll
tent--if we may so speak-sick at heart,
and at variance with ell the world
Nothing will cheer or encourage YOU
nothing throw CLEAN of sunshine or "a
ray of light into your heart.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22

mannmuvering is all discovered, and
further remark on your part is unneces-
sary, unless you wish your deceit to be
exposed to the world"
Daisy covered before his stern glance,
and when, two or three weeks subse-
quently, she received the wedding cards
of Mr.. and Mrs. Romney Elting, she
contented herself with saying,
"Romney was always odd; but, after
all, Belle is a very sweet girl ~
Poor Daisyl 1t was rather hard for
her to sink into old maidhood, while
Belle Loclain was happy wife; but
there seemed to be no help for it.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-07-22
THE FIsIIERMAN'S SON

A gentleman walking on the beach,
came across little boy sitting by the
road, all by himself, looking out on the
great ocean.
"You like the sea, ray boy; do you
not?"
ayes, sir. and hope TO follow it when
get bigger"
"It is a hard life, besides being dam
gerous," said the gentleman.
"Yes, sir; but jesus Christ went to
sea, and he knows the dangers; and
sometimes he preached out of ship
l am sure he loves the Sailors" said the
boy.
"But that viii not hinder you from
meeting with storms, and perhaps get
ting shipwrecked."
"Jesus Christ rules the winds and
the waves. He stopped storm
once"
"He does not, now," said the gentle
man.
"No, sir; but he will help us to trust
in him; and, if we hold on to him, moth
ing can much harm u.s."
"You might be drowned"
ayes, SIR" The boy stopped. "But,
you know, my soul would then fly up
to God; and it is all fair weather up
there"
"why, my little man, you are quite a
preacher"
"Father and 1 often talk these things
over; and when he is fishing, ana leaves
me all alone at home, they are company
for mt."
"The sweet, quiet, happy face of the
little fellow pleased me-" said the gen
tleman; land 1 felt that he had the best
of company"