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How VARIETIES ARE IMPRovED.-Mr.
Lane, of Vermont, who has been so sue
cessful with his sugar-beet culture, sends
us an account of his processes. He COM
menced IL years ago, selecting for seed the
best six bects of those that approached
nearest to the particular type he wished to
produce. From the crop raised from this
seed the best six were again selected and
so on until the present time, when he
claims to have produced his ideal "of a
good beet to raise for the dairy--a beet that
for uniformity of shape, color, solidity,
quality, size, and yield is not excelled by
any beet or mangod that is raised in this
country. The largest bee;s raised
the past season In our vicinity weighed 10
to 81 lbs The specimens exhibited by
| NJ. Lane at the time of delivering his adj
dress weighed respectively lbs. Grown
ut Is in. 30 in Spaces roots averaging
| lbs. would make a crop of nearly thirty
five tons por acre. roots averaging 10 lbs.
would make fifty-eight tons per acre. Mr..
| Lane has also made experiments of the
same character with onions; ana he thinks
that instead of trying TO get better vegita-
bles by producing new vrietes, if we
would improve the best old varieties, we
would attain more uniformly and better
quality. lie thinks he can take the Peach
blow potato, and by selecting few spcci-
mems for seed the nearest the type he wish.
es to produce, continuing this selection for
10 or II years, ''produce Peachbows either
round or oblong, white or peachblow in
color, and uniform in either of these char
acteristics.' The same is true Of other
vegetables besides roots tomatoes and In
dian corn are examples in which we can
most strikingly see the good results of Sc
lection. So with flowers. BY choosing
for seed those specimens only that present
desirable character we can each year inn
prove upon their beauty. Many varieties
will deteriorate without this care.-Ameri-
can AgriculturiSt.
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JMpoRrANT To THE AFFLICTED.

II
l. DR. DOW continues to be consulted at his office
Nos. Endcott Street, Boston, on all diseases Of
PRIVATE OR DELICATE NATURE. BY long
course OF study and practical experience of unlimited
extent Dr. d. has the qualification of presenting
he rst introduced them failed to the most alarm
ing cases of GONoRRHEA AND SYPHILIS. Be-
meath his treatment all the horrors Of yenerea and i'm
pure blood, Impotency. Scrofula Gonorrhaa, Ulcers,
pain and distress in the regions Of prOcreaton, In
lammation Of the Bladder and Kidneys, Hydroeole,
Abcessss, Humors, frightful Swellngs and the long
train Of horrible symptoms attending this class Of ds
ease are made TO become harmless as the simplest
ailings Of child. SEMINAL WEAKNESS.-Dr. d.
deyotcs great part of his time to the treatment Of
those cases caused by secret and solitary habit,
which ruins the body and mind, uniting the unfor
tunate individual for business society. Some Of
the sad and melancholy effects produced by early
habits Of YOUTH weakness Of the Back and Limbs
Dizziness Of the Head Dimness Of Sight Palptaon Of
the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervousness, arrangement Of
the digestive functions, symptoms, &c. The fearful
flects on the mind ueh 10 be dreaded loss OF
memory confusion Of ideas, depression Of spirits evil
forebodings aversion Of society, sefdstrust tmdity
SC, are among the evils produced Such persons
should, before contemplating matrimony, consult q
physician of experience, and be at once restored to
health and happiness
Patients who wish to remain under DR.. pow's treat
ment few days weeks, will be furnished with
pleasant rooms, and charges for board moderate.
Medicines sent to all parts Of the country, with full
directions for use, receiving description of your
cases Dr. Dow has also for sale the French Capottes
warranted the best preventive. order by mail Three
for 81 ard red stamp
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taken up and carried to his mother.
The little girls were now rapidly iailing'
but Young Kicain succeeded in climbing
out on the ice and shouted for tannery
hook. One was brought, and he succeeded
in pulling out the iuanimate form oil the
Schoonmaker girl as she was sinking DC
meath tho ice.-Thomas Dent, father oil the
boy who had already fallen in in aiding
tho girls, now jumped in to the assistance
of Deseker and the rest, and ailor him went
Thomas Hanley. These two sustained the
almost exhausted and frozen Deseker and
the boys until plank and more tannery
hooks were brought, and by their aid all
safely landed. The girls, although be-
lioved to be dead, were resusctated. The
others were restored by warm fires and
clothing. The affair created quito sensa-
ton throughout this entire section Of coun-
try, and the courage and noble conduct of
Deseker, Hanlcy, Dent, father and son,
and the lads Kilcain and Brooks, is a
theme of hundreds of admiring tongues
Exchange.
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MlSCEllAN E0US,


Corn cribs-tlght boots.
A sign in Blnghampton reads thus:
"Now maid and old maid clothing always
on hand"
The "mcanest man. in Central Illinois
is a farmer living near Decatur. He dis
charges his laborors Saturday night, aud
charges them for lodging and board over
Sunday.
"A machine at New Haven performs
the whole process of making needles with
out tho manual labor of any person, and
turns out $4,000 to 10000 of them daily.
Another machine picks them up and ar
ranges them heads and points together,
and the third piece of mechanism puts
them into paper. 1t is needless to remark
that this is bringing tho thing down to a
very fine point.
Now Orleans has six establishments
with an aggregate capital of Sl,3OO,000, on
gagged in the manufacture of oil and oil
cake from cotton seed, the product being
100, 900 tons per annum. The oil Is exten-
sivcly used in the manufacture of soap and
the oil cake is shipped 10 the plantations
for feeding cattle.
The new medical bill which has passed
the Illinois Senate, not only provides that
all prescriptions shall be in English, but
also that patent medicine men shall record
under oath the ingredients of their COM
pounds with the county clerk, in book to
be kept for that purpose, open "for the in
spection of all persons DESTROYS Of eXamin-
ing the same" The penalty for a violation
of any of the provisions of this act is from
$40 to 500 fine for the first offence, and
from $50 to 5000 fine for the second.
Kansas City now claims to be the great
est beef packing point in the United States.
During the past season, 1873 head were
slaughtered there.
The domostcation of the ostrich has be-
come an important industry at the Cape of
Good Hope. Three pluckings a year yield
$50, of feathers. In 1870 s435,OOO worth of
ostrich plumes wese exported, which was
equivalent TO 10000 pounds.
"A New York man was shot through
the body during the war. The bullet on
its way casually took along gold pen and
silver pencil case and lef. them somewhere
in the body in a very shattered condition.
Pieces have appeared at the surface, every
now and then, and two or three days ago
the pen was extracted from the back of the
neck.
Forty years ago a blooming young girl
of sixteen married AN old man OF sixty for
his money, expecting that he would soon
die and leave her a wealthy young widow.
Last week the lady died at the respectable
age of finy-six, leaving husband aged one
hundred and four children TO mourn her
loss.
The people of New Hampshire have ac-
cumulatcd nearly $4,000, 900, in their saw
ings banks since the Inauguration of Pres
ident Lincoln. During the thirteen years
previous, a period of profound peace and
low taxatious the industrial and laboring
classes deposited in the savings banks less
than "a, O00, 900.
A North Stonington man buried his
wife, and inscribed upon her tomb: "An
Angel on earth-a Saint in Heaven" which
was all right and very nice. But when hi
buried his second alongside of his first, The
marble dealer inscribed on her tomb: "Au
other Angel on Earth-another Saint il
Heaven" and the neighbors want to know
how long this is going to last.
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ROLLING SToNEs.-The Scientific Amer
lean gives an account of some travelling
stones that have been lately found in Ne
vada. They are described as almost per-
fectly round, about the size of walnut,
and of an irony nature. When placed I'M
on a floor or any level surface, within two
or three feet of each other, they begin tray
cling toward common centre, and ro-
main there huddled up together. A single
stone being removed 10 a distance of three
and half feet, started of towards its fell
lows with wonderful celebrity. Tho cause
of this attraction in the stones is the mate
rial of which they are composed, which ap.
pears to be loadstono or magnetic iron orc,
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Pat had worked two years upon the Gem
trail Pacific road, aud applied at Ogdon for
pass over ii home. 81 can't give you a
pass" said the Superintendent. "You
have no ground to claim il "And haven't
! worked two years on yer road ?" said
Pat. ayes, but haven't we paid you for
II ?" sure, yer honor, you havoj but af-
ter working two years ON ii you ought to
let me go home free" ~ cannot do that,
sir. Why, look at the case in its true light
Suppose you had worke for farmer two
years and he had paid you every cent due
you, could you ask him to harness up his
team and take you n long distance for moth
ing" "Oh, no, your honor" said Pat,
"but If he had his team all ready hitched
up and it had to go anyway, as yours does,
he would let you ride, know he would"
Pat got his pass.-Cin. Com. Letter.
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CURIosITIEs OF ANIMAL LIFE.-"Thero
can be no doubt" writes Mr.. Darwin,
"that dogs feel shame as distinct from fear,
and something very like modesty when
begging too often for food. A great dog
scorns the snarling OF II little dog, and this
may he called magnanimity. Several OBJ
servers have stated that monkeys certainly
dsliked being laughed ut, aud they some
times invent imaginary offences. In the
Geological Garden I saw a baboon that al
ways got into furious rage when its keep
or took out letter or book and read 1t
aloud to him, and his rage was so violent
that, as witnessed on ono accession, he bit
his own leg until the blood flowed.
All animals feel wonder and many OK
hbit curiosity, the latter quality aflording
opportunity for hunters, in many parts Of
the world, to dccoy the game into their
power. The faculty of imitation, 40 strongly
developed in man, especially in a barbar-
Gus state, is present in monkeys. A GER
tain bull terrier of our acquaintance, when
he wishes to go out of the room, jumps at
the handle of the door and grasps 1t with
his paws, although he cannot himself turn
lUc lltnult. dlSO itIlpuhNt WIN
wonderful fidelity the tones of different
speakers, and puppies reared by cats have
been known to lick their feet and wash
their faces after the manner o. their foster
mothers. Attention and memory also are
present in the lower animals, and 1t is I'M
possible TO deny that the dreams of dogs
and horses show the presence of imagina-
ton, or that certain sort of reason is also
present. Animals also profit by expert
ence, as any man realizes who sets traps.
The young are much more easily cag%St
than the old, and the adults gain ca1tiSn
by seeing the fate of those who are caught.
Tools also are used by some OF the higher
apes. The chimpanzee uses stone TO
crack nut resembling a walnut aud the
Abyssinian balloons fight troops of other
species, and roll down stones in the attack
before they finally close in hand to hand
encounter. The idea of property is com
mon also to every dog with bone to all
birds with their nests, and notably in tho
case of rocks. No. can certain kind o
language be deniee to the brutes. The dog
communicates his feelings by barks o
different tones, which undoubtedly raise
in his fellow dogs ideas similar TO thost
passing in his own miud.-Fr0m the Fdin
burg ReUieW.
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ga Every instrument Fully warrante
|1re YSANMyAs
NlE[ng;|S7liIli1

This is an age of inquiry and people are
beginning to realize the magnitude of tho
Evil caused by the use Of injurious compounds
Tor the hair, which are prepared and forced
into market, by men who are not practical
physicians, and who may not be aware of the
injury they are producing. These prepara-
lions have been analysed by competent chem
lists, and shown to contain poisonous sub
stances, causing Nervousness, Headache, Par
alysis, and often fatal results.
In contrast with such injurious articles, we
call attention to the Hair Rcstorcr prepared
by DR.. r. Greene, Superintendent Of the Dos
ton Medical Institute, who has been n sue
cessful physician in Boston for moro than q
Quarter Of n century. DR.. Greene uses Veg
etable Remedies only, and can assure the pub
lie that this Hair Rcstorer will do all that is
claimed for it, without possibility of injury
al have tested sample Of DR.. Greenes Hair
Restorer, and find that no poisonous metals or
Injurious matters erist in il.
c. T. JACKSON, State Assayer."
The use of this Hair Restorer for twenty
five years has tested its superiority as dress
ing, and its power to preserve the hair and
scalp in healthy condition. 1t removes
dandruff, prevents the hair from falling off,
preserves its natural color restores it when
prematurely gray, renders it soft and glossy,
promotes its healthy growth, and is the best
dressing ever discovered. While other prep
arations are sold at almost any price, Dr.
Greenes Hair Restorer has sustained its good
qualities, its price, and its reputation. II is
prepared by DR.. Il. Greene at the Medical In
sttute, "a Temple Place. Boston, and sold at
81 per bottle, or six for So or sent by ex-
press to any part of the country. Pamphlet
sent free. Address DR.. Il. Greene, "a Tenn
pie Place, Boston, Mass.
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BOSTON
M { DICAL.
INSTITUTE,
No. "a Temple Place,
BOSTON.
D. Il. RUSSELL, Pres't.
W. Il. WILBUR, secr'y.
Il. GREENE, NJ. D.,
supt. Physician.
Office Hours, 0 to 2.

The object in establishing this Institution
was TO attain the greatest perfection in the
preparation, practice and use of Vegetable
Remedies, and to secure permanent place
where Families, Invalids, or any person could
obtain the best medical advice, and such rem
edies as each might require, without the use
of poisonous drugs.
DR.. Greene has been Physician Of the lnsti-
tute since its foundation, now more than
twenty-five years. Few men have had SO
large experience in the treatment of chronic
diseases. DR.. Greene is in his fifty-fifth year
and has devoted his life to this branch of his
profession, and his success, we believe is with
out parallel.
Among the diseases to which he gives cs-
pecial attention may be noticed Cancer, Scrof-
ula, Catarrh, Bronchitis, Consumption, Heart
Disease, Neuralgia, Asthma, Nervousness,
. rheumatism, Paralysis, Spinal Diseases, Dys-
pepsia, Liver Complaint, Female Complaints,
Faint Stomach, Erysipclas, White Swelling,
Salt Rheum, Canker Deafness, Kidney Dis
eases, Seminal Weakness, &c.
DR.. Greene's Medical Pamphlet, descrip,
tive of diseases and their proper treatment, will
be sent free to invalids.
Address, r. GREENE, NJ. D.,
81 Temple Place, Boston, Mass.
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uIcmLY IMPORTANT TO FEMALES

IL IN Delicate Health. Dr. DOW, physician ana
Surgeon, No. Endcott Street. Boston, is consult
ed daily diseases incident TO the female system.
Prolapsus Uteti falling of the Womb Fuor Albut,
Suppression aud other menstrual arrangements are
all treated upon pathological principles, and
speedy relief guaranteed in few days. So Invariably
certain is the mode Of treatment that most obsti
nate complaints yield under it, and the ahicted person
soon ejoices in perfect health.
Dr.. DOW has no doubt had greater experience in the
cure Of diseases of women and children than any 9TH
err physician in Boston,
Boarding accommodations for patients who may
wish 10 stay in Boston few days under his treatment
DR. Dow, since lb45 having confined his whole atten
ton to an occ practice, for the cure of private dis
eases aud female complaints Acknowledges superior
in the United states.
N p.-An letters must contain four red stamps, or
they will not be answered. Once hours from A. NJ.
to0P. Nj
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A young theological student, not far
from Boston, recently invited young lady
to attend concert. "If you come as a
'lempory supply must decline the invi-
taton. l am only hearing regular candi-
dates.'" lie didn't supply.
"A lady in Barnet, VT, says she means 10
have "pattun Of husband" but VOWS
she'll leave him if he Zines any sekrit
'siety." She says she "goes agln all kinds
of sekrl and sich."
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TgB BRBIvr.vG OF sO.u.f.


The fagots blazcd, the caldron's smoke
Up through the green wood curled;
"Bring honey from the hollow oak,
Bring milky sap, the brewers spoke,
In tho childhood Of tho world.
And browed thcy well or brewed they Ill,
The priests thrust in their rods,
First tasted, and then drank their I'LL,
And shouted, with one voice and will,
''Behold the drink Of godsl"
They drank, and lol in heat and brain
A new, glad life began;
The gray Of hair grew young again,
The sick man laughed away his pain,
The cripple leaped and rae.
"prink, mortals, what the gods have sent,
Forget your long annoy"
so sang the priests. From tent to tent
The Soma's sacred madness went,
A storm Of drunken Joy.
Then knew each rapt inebriatc
A winged and glorious birth,
Scared upward, with strange Joy elate,
Beat with dazed head, varuna's gate,
And, sobered, sank TO earth.
The land with soma's praises rang;
On Gihon's banks Of shade
Tie bv,nns the duskv maidens sang;
In Joy Of life or mortal pang.
Anne, ,o sor,o pravcd
The morning twilight of the race
Sends down these matn psalms;
a., .,u, ,,.,,,, ,,o,aor,rr .,os v,o troce
tn .,,,,,,, ,,-o,ors 90 eor,o,s o-oco
T,,, VT ,,crso o,,,,,,,rns
Each after ace has striven
nv music. incense. yipils drear.
And franco. 10 bring fbe skies more near.
OR lift men IN to heayen!-
Some self-exalting spell,
The scourgers keen delight of pain,
Re The dervish dance, the orphic strain,
The wild-haired Bacchant's YELL
,,.
The sanor brute below:
The naked santon, harshish-drunk,
The cloister madness Of the monk;
The fakir's torture show!
And new doth old fulfill;
In sensua' transports wild as vain
We brew in many Christian fame
The heather Soma still!
nr,.n, r.,hor n, mankind
Forgive our foolish ways!
Reclothe us in our rightful mind.
In purer lives thy service find,
In deeper reverence, praise.
... III. rho ,oor,
n..iia a., o,r,a,, %.
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Fresh Garden Flower, Tree and Shrub,
Evergreen, Fruit and Herb Seeds, Pre-
paid by Mail, A complete and judicious
assortment rs sorts of either class, 81.
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Also, an immense stock of one year
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Fruit, Ornamental and Evergreen Seed
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Border Plants, &c, &C., the most COM
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by mail. Priced Catalogues to any ad-
dress, also trade lists, gratis Seeds on
Commission. Agents Wanted
B. M. WATSON, Old Colony Nurseries
and Seed Warehouse, Plymouth, Mass.
Established 1912.
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G,ERTAIN CUREIN AL GASES, OF

CERTAIN CUREIN ALL CASES, OR
l no charges made. DR.. Dow Ia consulted daily
from A. NJ to p NJ. as above, upon all dihicult OF
chronic diseases of every and nature, having by
his unweAried attention and extraordinary success
gained reputation which calls patients from all parts
Of the country to obtain advice,
Among the ply scians in Boston, none stand higher
in the profession than the Celebrated DR. Dow, No.
Fndioott street. Boston Those who need the service
Of an experienced physician and surgeon should give
him call
Ps-Dr Dow imports and has for sale anowarti
Gle called the French secret. Order by mail. TwofoI
81 and rsdstAmp,. apr 76,ls7i'--lyle
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