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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
From Washington.

i is thought that Secretary Fish
would have an opportunity as soon as
Congress met of having his lonr-pcnd.
inc resignation accepted: but now, that
thHrc appear indications that this Gov
crlmcnt may he ere long involved in
complications with Spain, it does not
seem probable that the Secretary will
retire from his position so early. Should
al signs of possible difficulties vanish
We may look for q new Secretary OF
state by New Years day.
THE TREASURER
estimates that the total amout of coin to
be paid out in redemption of the hun
bred millions of five-twentics will be
about twenty millions. There is now
due to the Government from National
banks over ten millions in coin which
the Treasury will draw for rs occasion
requires. The disbursements from the
Treasury Department during the month
OF November on account of the War
Navy, and Interior Departments and
civil and miscellaneous accounts. cxclu-
sive of that paid on the pnblic debt
were fifteen millions five hundred and
siXty-cight thousand, eight hundred
dollars.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1871-12-07
LOYAL SOUTHERN CLAIMS.

The claimants under the loyal South
crn Claims Commission express a good
deal ofuncasinpss for fear that Congress
VIII fail TO make an appropriation of
cight or tcD millions of dollars to liqui-
date such claims as have been audited
and proven. There has never been a
very strong disposition in Congress to
pay a dollar of these claims and the
party in power there is not likely to
make so large en- appropriation in the
present year. In the face of these
doubts. however, a very earnest move
will be made TO secure IN appropriation.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04
BELFAST, MAINE THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1871.

He had sold three papers, and the little
fellow climed into street car and sold
another. He meant to step off at the
crossing, but the child was very little,
very weak, and missed his footing, and
fell under the car. In an instant the
heavy wheel rolled over hinl-and poor
little Ben never sold any more papers
Never, never more ! They stopped the
car and picked up the little, crushed body
in moment. A little feeble, trembling
life yet quivcred within him, and he OPEN
ed his blue eyes family and begged them
piteously to send for his mother They
knew the child and went instantly But
the faint, tiny spark of life glimmered
feebly and went quickly out before the
mother came And with the cold hand of
death stifl'ening his white eyelids, and
dimming his great blue eyes, little hero
Ben murmured with his last weak breath,
the words mingling brokenly with the
death gasps:
Tell my mother-rve sold four papers
-and-the-money-is in-my pocket"
A crowd of men and women, most OF
them with tears in their eyes, saw the
long, bright curls, all dragglcd and dusty,
two poor little slim hands, broken at the
wrist, one OF them hanging quite dead
and lifeless-a heart-broken women
moaning and crying, and clasping wildly
to her breast the crushed, shapeless ing
which had been golden-haired little Ben! I!
Cincinnati Commercial.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04
How to Tell Good Horses.

A long ''pot-bellied" horse will always be
found deficient in powers of endurance,
while horses that are round or ''barrel-
chested" are invariably more muscular and
enduring, having what is termed more
''bottom'' than those first alluded to. Scien-
titic sportsmen are in great measure guild
ed In their opinion of horses racing quail
'ications by his sirth just behind the
shoulders BY this test /. well-known
Jockey told the reputation and prowess of
the celebrated racer 'Plenipotentiary,' al
most from the period of his birth. Cattle
dealers and butchers, in like manner, Judge
by the chests and shoulders of cows and
pigs what amount of fat they are likely
to gam IN the process of feeding All
animals that have large lungs are remarka-
BILE for the vigor of their appetite and for
the faculty with which they appropriate
their nutriment. Such animals will feed
upon the coarsest hay and straw while their
less fortunately constructed companions
are fattened by no kind of food. An anus
ing anecdotc is told of IA siInpleton who, in
trying to sell his horse, declared that "the
animals eating was mere nothing" The
intelligence would, contrary to intention
have sufliced to ruin the prospects of sale
but that the buyer, with a rare discrimina
tion, inferred from the horses chest tha
the capacity of his appetite had been un
Willingly mlstated. He bought him on the
hazard of an opinion, and he had no reason
to repent his Judgment. Working Farmer
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04
Book Farminq.

S., Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, in the Rural
New orker, concludes an article on Book
Farming As 1ollows:-
"The farm is not the place for a man who
has been accustomed to earn his living be-
mind the counter. 1t is certainly much
easier 1o show a customer Il piece of goods
lhHu ~ dig potatoes. IL Is much easier for
a carpenter to put up the side Of Il house
than TO plough an acre of land; easier for
blacksmith to make shoes for u horse than
10 cradle an acre OF oats on rough and hilly
land We have altogether toe much book
education; we want more practice; we
want To place more dependence on our
hands; we want to learn to love hard work
and not try to shirk it in every possible
way, Us We do. IT is perfectly useless to 90
To the country with the expectation OF max
ding an easy living. Certainly there are
some who can and do make money; but
these are the exception. The very few out
OF the many who make the attempt-those
who do succccd-have natural tact for
making and saving money; they seem to be
born IN luck, making money in any circum-
stance where fortune may choose to place
them. But where ] succeeds 100 fail
The fault with such denouncers of book
tanning as S., Is, That they maniteStly fail to
aud agricultural papers and journals that are
conducted by educated and practical farm
"rS, and such as are conducted by fancy
writer's, with which the agricultural press
aboundS, we regret to say, thus furnishing
such writers an occasion ior ever and anon
dcnouncing book farming. Traditional
farming, like traditional Christianity, is
prior To books, and may mislcad before it
finds It's way into books, us well Us after,
may it n0tf Error is error, whether COM
municated by book Or tradition; books are
often but the records Of tradition, unless
based upon pure hypothesis, OF written as
lction, IA some, ay, too many are. If Il
man learn the art oi growing a remunera-
tive crop of corn, potatoes, or tobacco,
what is the difference whether one learns
his method from his lips, i. e., the lips of
the practical men, he having become SO by
practice, OF from his pen by book or paper 7
knowledge gives power, and those who
have the most of it as Il general thing, are
conversant with books and journals. There
fore we have long looked upon the indis-
ctiml!iatc denunciatiOn OF book farming, as
such phrase it. as Il TAR greater evil than
book farming can be- even rs they hold it,
for 1t is calculated to pre- udicc some, and
perhaps many, against the very sources of
knowledge, out, idc of personal experience
and observation, to wit, tradition, books
and journals. We cannot, therefore, but
wonder, that IL journal conducted and pub
lished by SO wide-awake man as our friend
Moore of the Rural New Yorker, should
publish such an article in his paper as here
referred to, without note or comment.
Boston Cultivator.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

How To RULE A HUSBAND Above all
things, if Il wife wishes to make home at
traefiye to her nlate let her keep a sharp
eye on the cook nothing makes q male
creature more diSeontented with his house
than bad dinners, ill-served if there is
anything that will make him swear (and
there generally is my dear young lady
although his temper seemed so angelic
when he was a-wooing), is Il cold plate
with hot meat, or Il hot one with his
cheese. Neglect of this sort is unpardon-
able. Again, it may not be possible to
give him dainties, but it is easy to avoid
monotony by Il careful study of the cook
cry book and it is quite astonishing how
the monster man can be subjugated and
assuaged by ~ .judicious variation of his
meals. The creature may be allcgorical-
ly pictured lightly led by fair lady with
a wedding ring through his palate In
deed, there are a thousand ways to lead
him, if women would show IL little tact
with which they are SO falsely credited.
Opposition, contradiction makes him fu-
rious; he stamps, he roars, and becomes
altogether dangerous. Whereas, treat
him tenderly, o wife, and you shall wind
him round your marriage finger. l have
seen wives miss their chance of gaining
what they have set their eyes on a thou
sand times through mere stupidity; they
know that certain line of conduct is sure
to anger him, and yet they wilfully pursue
it, when smooth and easy victory awaits
them in another direction. Tact! Such
women, say, have not even instinct
Birds OF paradise, for instance, (not to be
rude,) would act in more sagacious
manner. Chambers Journal
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04
How to Manage Him.

"lloW shall you manage your husband?'
Will tell you, my dear, if can.
Hes really wonderful creature,
That troublesome animal-nan
Yes, really wonderful creature,
inconsistent and wonderful queer,
But you'll soon know the secret by learning
The m0lus operdndi, my dear.
II he STAYS out too late in the evening
Partaking of supper and wine,
Don't prove him base iabricator
When he comes, by asking the tme,-
For he surely will tell you the town clock
But Il moment before rang out one
When it struck, he had counted it over
Just three times before it hal done'
And then if his hat in the morning,
Is smaller by far than his head,
Don't hint by the nearest alusion
That his lordship went tipsy to bed;
But rather regard the occurrence
A phenomenon puzzlingly queer,
With strange look of mystitication
In your eyes, if he's watching, my dear.
And don't fail to sew on his buttons,
And mend all his clothing with care;
Don't tease him for money for shopping,
Don't frown when he acts like a bear.
Don't tell him too often, my dreary,
That your head is aching with pain,
Lest he whisper, way down in his BOSOM,
80, l wish was single againi'
Don't tell him that Mary, the housemaid,
And Ann, the obstreperous cook,
Refuse to receive you suggestions,
With even so much rs a look;
Don't tell him how very annoying,
You so often found il to be,
To be told to "get out of the kitchen,
And don't come Il botherin of mel"
But always seem cheerful and happy,
And always look pleasant and gay,
Than frown there is nothing more potent
In driving ones husband away.
And thus you must ever keep striving,
lou will find it an excellent plan,
But whatever you do, dear, remember,
That your husband is only man.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

The Philadelphia Age, speaking of ac-
tions at law for breaches OF promise of
marriage, ,sensibly says 1.-The everypurpose
OF an engagement should be to give time
for an acquaintance that may assure the
parties of the prudence of n marriage be-
tween them. If the engagement devel-
ops an incompatability, there is no greater
wrong possible than reluctant, enforced
fulflment of it. This does more lasting
damage, causes more unhaptness, than
any breach of promise"
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

URINE. Prepare ii system of spouts
and reservoirs in your barns and outhouses
for the preservation of the liquid vol dings
OF your domestic animals of all kinds.
This is All article of great efficiency in pro-
noting the growth of plants. If allowed
to stand until it becomes putrid, its effects
are more immediate than that of any other
stimulant, not even excepting soap suds.
When applied to plants it tends to preserve
them from the attacks of insects, and also,
at the same time, imparts new energy to
the circuatory and assmilating system.
No article is more desirable for irrigating
gardens. 1t should be saved in large quan-
titles.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

EvERGEEENs. Plant evergreens around
your dwellings. Take up healthy trees in
the spring or fall carefully, and set them
with proper regard to rules of transplant
ing, and they will rarely fail 10 do well. In
removing such trees, care should be taken
to remove as much dirt with them as pos
Slble, and in transporting them be careful
that no injury occurs either to the tops or
the roots. Evergrcens have Il most splen-
did appearance during the winter season,
and in the summer months they produce u
cool and retrcshin shade.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

TUHNIP YIELD. A correspondent of the
Canada Farmer furnishes that paper some
statistics with reference to the turnip yield
in North Wellington. The yield of one lot
was l ,150 rs bushels to the acre, and
another ,237 IA bushels. These were
purple tops, grown in drills eighteen inches
apart, and the roots about seven inches in
the drills.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

SAW Dust. Spread saw dust over the
floors and stalls Of your cattle house every
morning and night, cleanse them thorough
ly, and let care be exercised to prevent the
unnecessary accumulation Of filth. Saw
dust placed in your hog stys, sheep coles
and horse stalls. will come out excellent
manure, highly salutary to most crops, anG
capacitied TO effect most favorable results
Every particle of almentary matter you
save, adds to the actual resources of the
farm.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

Admiral Washington's table that Dir.
johnson made that excellent reply to the
poet Coxcomb, who absolutely baited him
during dinner-time. "Pray now," saidhc
to the Doctor, "what would you give, old
gentleman, to be as young as l am ?"
"Why, sir, think" replied johnson, 81
would almost consent to be as foolish"
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

To KEEP BUTTER SWEET IN A CAsK. A
compound OF one part sugar, one part
nltre, and two parts of the best Spanish
salt, beat together into 4 fine powder, and
mixed thoroughly with the butter in pro-
portion of one ounce to the pound, has
been found to keep the butter in every re-
Spect sweet and sound during two years
that it was in cask. 1t is also said 10 i'm
part a rich marrowy tlavor that no other
butter ever acquires, and tasts very little
4pf the salt. 1t might be well to give it a
trial.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04
VOLUME Al.
The Condition of termination.

1t quite often occurs that seeds planted
early fail to germinate, and farmers are
compelled to go through the discouraging
process of replanting, and what they deem
Il very late day in the season. But it also
occasionally happens that late planted seeds
far surpasses, in rapid growth and vigor,
that planted earlier by many days, perhaps
weeks Many farmers are anxious to get
their seed into the ground early so that
work may be ''out of the way" as thev say :;
but our experience, observation and study
have led us to believe that nothing what
ever Is gained by depositing seed in the
ground before all conditions for germina-
tlon is favorable. We speak now of seeds
OF those crops always sown or planted
directly in the field, without the aid of any
previous forcing or stimulating process.
The termination of seeds can only go on
favorably under the influence of certain
conditions, and it is well for the farmer to
understand what these conditions are, that
he may wait until they are ready to cooper
ate for carrying on the phenomena of ycge-
tatiOn. By understanding these, he may
escape that disappointment which will be
the result of his own haste, if he tries to
force nature to work faster than she can
work. He may plant his seed early, and
think he has got along well with his opera
tions, but if the surrounding conditions are
not what the seed demands, it had better be
out of the ground than in; there is no gain,
but rather Il loss from having it there.
Many farmers have Il notion they must plant
their gardens early, but minute seed es-
pecially should not be planted until the
weather is thoroughly favorable unless
protected by glass. We have often been
obliged to replant hills of corn that the
crows have taken, and almost invariably
have found it to 90 ahead of that which
was out of the gronnd when it was planted,
simply because the conditions for its ger
and growth were more positive
then when the first was put in. Maine
Farmer.
DISTANCE TABLE. The following table
will be found useful in calculating the num-
Der Of plants that can be got Oh an acre,
also for the distribution Of manure, laying
out bed &c.
There are 43, $50 square feet in All acre of
ground, and when set at the respective dis
lance apart, will contain the numbers deS-
ignated in the table below
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

SEIZURE OF A STOCKTON VESSEL. The
brig Pomona which arrived in New FORK
Monday. from Cardenas, picked up off
Elbow Key, boat containing Charles
Haines, mate of the schooner Lillian of
Stockton, bound for Baltimore, and John
B. Caldwell, mate Of the British brig
Elizabeth Ann, for Portland. HE ves-
sells were seized at Sagua for having two
negro stowaways on board. These men
were requested to leave and stop at Elbow
Key where they would be called for,
when the vessels would be released on
showing that they were the guilty par
ties
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

WARTS on Cows TEATs. Noah Whip
pie, Jr., says in the Boston Cultivator, that
warts on cows teats may be readily re-
moved by washing frequently with alum
water made by dissolving two ounces of
alum in pint of soft water
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

A VIGoRoUs OLD STICK. A lady friend
having occasion to use a support for an ivy
plant which she was raising in a pot, took
an old grape vine cane and thrust it into
the earth. Sometime afterward, wishing
to move the ivy, she pulled up the old cane,
and found to her astonshment that it had
sent out shoots and was making vigorous
efforts to root itself by the side of the ivy.
This bit of grape vine had been used for a
long time as cane. and tor years which
no one in the family could number, had
been lying about the house. Boston
Traveller.
The Republican journal., 1871-05-04

THOI hit HE WANDERED. Carlyle re-
lates in his History of the French Revou
ton, that q wood cut was issued repre-
scnting gourmand convoking the poultry
of his barn-yard. with this opening ad- !
dress: "Dear animals. have assembled
you to advise me what sauce shall dress,
you with" To which cock responding.
1--WE don't want to be oaten," was check !
ed by the remark, "You wander from the
point"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-31

Hints FOR. WARM WEATnER.-A
little very simple knowledge would 60
a great way in warm weather. Here
are plenty Of amateur sportsmen
coming home in disgust on account of
mosquitoes, and thousands of stay-at-
home, who find life almost unendura-
bic on any terms for flies: If either
party knew it, carbolic acid is the
sovereign remedy for all their troubles.
A fcw drops of evaporated or poured
upon the clothes will keep the winged
pests at o safe distance; and if the
pure crystallized acid is used, no great
annoyance will result to human be-
ings. Restaurant keepers ought to
know this, and keep the swarms of
flies away from their windows, where
they settle and buzz to the torment of
passers. The musty taste Of the Gro
ton water complained of by those
who make its acquaintance newly
every summer, may be corrected by
throwing few scraps of sheet-iron
into tho water-tank or cooler. This
prevents water from ? decomposing,
and keeps itpure and sweet. 1t will
even prevent the water from growing
offensive and unwholesome on long
sea voyages. People are constantly
rushing about in tho. hot sun, COM
planning of headaches and giddiness,
when all they need for safety and
comfort is q wet handkerchief in the
crown Of the hat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-31
Sterling Advice.

A lady makes some sensible sugses-
tions, IN London journal, on the
snbject Of marriage or celibacy, q few
of which we annex, and say that
there is a great deal of truth in
them:
"When girl marries sho ought, to
certain extent, give up her acquaint-
ances, and consider the company of
her husband the best company she
can have. The young wife must learn
cooking carefully, if she does not al-
ready have good knowledge of it.
There are many excellent cookery
books, but she must not follow them
implicitly. My own plan, for some
time after / was married, was to take
some recipe given, and note carefully
what ingredients could be dispensed
with. Tho second time generally
managed it at half the expense. A
useful plan is to keep blank book in
the kitchen table drawer, and when-
ever deviation from the orthodox
cookery book is made, to jot it down.
DO not wait till you have wished
your hands; let tho book be finger
marked rather than lose an idea. You
will thus learn more Of household
economy than if you trust to memory
alone; and when your daughters grow
up, what a fund Of practical informa-
tion it will be for theml
ITO great extent, the celibacy of
our young men is owing to the way
in which girls are brought up
Through mistaken kindness mothers
often themselves do what they ought
to make their daughters do. Let
them. teach bouse-keeping on o fixed,
mcthodical plan, and they will then
learn their history, French and music
all the better. 1t is natural and right
that mother should wish to see her
daughters well educated and even
highly accomplished and it is q mis-
take that good and careful. education
should unfit q girl for the homely d.
tics of cooking, dusting, ctc. On the
contrary, those duties would be better
performed if mothers would, at the
same timo that they seek talented in
structors for their daughters, impart
to them some of their own culinary
talent; there would be moro good
wives and marriages. Little girls
should be taught, as early as possible,
tt perform simple household duties
neatly; and as they grow older, let
them become gradually acquainted
with the theory Of housekeeping in
such a manner that, when they are
married, they will bc able. to adapt
themselves to their circumstances,
and be useful as well rs pleasing COM
panions to their husbands"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-08-31
What the Microscope Reveals.

IIcwcnboeck tells us Of an insect
seen with tho microscope, of which
twenty-scven millions would only
equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may bo
seen in tho cavities Of q grain of
sand.
Mold is forest of beautiful trees,
with the branches, leaves, and fruit.
Butterflies are fully fcathercd.
Hairs arc hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is cover
cd with scales like q fish; a single
grain of sand would cover ono hun
tlred and fifty of these scales, and
yet scale covers five hundred pores.
Through these narrow openings the
sweat forces itself like water through
sieve.
Tho mites make five hundred steps
q second.
Each drop of stagnant water con-
tains q world Of animated beings,
swimming with as much liberty as
whales in the sea.
Each leaf has q colony Of insects
grazing on it, like COWS on o mead
ow.
Moral Have some care as to the
air you breathe. the food you eat, and
the water you drink.-Honse and
Health.