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Experiments Among Farmers.


The idea experiments among far
mers has very vague meaning, and has
more often been subject of ridicule
with many of our practical men. It
should not be so. We see no reason
why farmers shouldnot experiment In
reasonable way, as well as mechanics,
chemists, or those of other useful pro-
fessions.
A great advantage would result to
agriculture, if every intelligent farmer
would pursue some systematic course of
experiments on such scale and variety
as his circumstances would justify, and
give the results, if successful, to the
community. 1t is with experiments in
farming as was said by Franklin of a
young man owning wild lands g. It is
well enough for every man to have
some, if he don't have too many" They
should be his servants, not his masters;
and if intelligently managed and kept
within due bounds, they MAJ be made
greatly subservient to his own interest,
and by their PRONUNCIATION, eminently
promotive of the general good. It is
fully in accordance with another maxim
OF that wise head. that when it is not
within our power to return favor to
our benefactor, it is our duty to confer
one on the first necessitous person we
meet and thus the circle of good Offices
viii pass around.
The mutual communication of i'm
provements of any kind in agriculture.
has the effect of benefitting not only the
community generally, but even the au-
thors themselves as they frequently
elicit corrections and notifications
which materially enhance the value Of
the discovery. These experiments
should embrace the whole subject of
American agriculture soils and their
amelioration manures OF every kind,
alkaline, vegetable and putrescent, and
their effects on different soils and crops;
plants of every variety, and their adap-
tation to different soils, under different
circumstances and with various manure;
and their relation to each other, both as
successors In rotation, their value for
conversion into animals and other form,
and their comparative ultimate profit ;
the production of new varieties by ny
bridizing and otherwise draining, both
surface and covered the improvement
of implements and mechanical opera
tions, etc, etc. They should also ex-
tend to the impartial and thorough trial
of the different breeds OF all domestic
animals, making ultimate profit to the
owner the sole test of their merits,
crossing them IN different ways and IN
der such general rules as experience
has determined as proper to be observ-
ed their treatment, food, management,
etc. Although much has been accom-
pIished within The last few yeans, the
science and practice OF agriculture may
yet be considered almost In its infancy.
There is an nnbounded field still open
for exploration and research, IN which
the efforts Of preserving genius may
hereafter discover mines Of immense
value to the human family.-Amerfcqn
Farm Book,
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The French People.


The French people, high and low,
have a love of country which is uncon-
trollable. They have an intense devo-
ton to the soil itself. They almost
never emigrats They are poor colon
lists, because their chief thought it to
get home again as soon as possible. So
the glory of France is with the French
the paramount idea; and it has been
well said that, while the Englishman is
proud because so fine a country belongs
to HIM, the Frenchman is proud because
he belongs to so fine a country. The
French are vivacious, animated race.
They abound in sentiment, but not In
romance-that is, the deep, spiritual
romance of our northern race. They
spend no time in introversion; they
think rather than reflect. They are
thoroughly material. This is the repuI-
sive side of their character. They dis
sect an emotion as a botanist does a
flower, to explain its fragrance, when
we only wish to enjoy it. It is by rea-
son of these qualities they excel In
chemistry, in physiology, in the exact
sciences. Their works Oh engineering,
gunnery, architecture, bridging, and so
on, are the best. Ladies' know the value
Of French oolors. They excel, too, in
the highest grades of manufactures, and
in the petty intrieacies of the cook
room. They lead the world in all mat
ters Of taste, where those matters appeal
strictly to the senses. We can scarcely
term such people "yolatilc. They
are perseveringly industrious, which is
not consistent with what is volatile.
They show their material side, and we
should add, their good sense, IN the
way the very poorest indulge in recrea-
tions. And while the religious senti-
nent is very strong with large class,
they certainly cultivate the habit of
making the most Of life, as if here were
the snd-all and the be-all For the
rest, France is feminine. Outside of
the characteristics we have given, her
qualities are feminine qualities. She is
philosophical in the sciences. She Is
philosophical in all that relates to ma
terial life. But, touching the question
of the hour, she is carried clear away
by impulses which to us are inexplica-
bic. Caricatures, ieu d'esprit, tell
ing play, a story Of suffering or wrong,
in fact whatever appeals to the senses
or the sensibilities, have an effect which
it Is utterly impossible for an Anglo
Saxon to comprehend. Further, they
are exceedingly sensitive, their amour
proprs is easily wounded, and the slight
never forgiven. I am forced to add,
they have a national vanity exceeding
that of any other people, which is dis
played on every occasion. ~ GALAXY.
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Manner Is a more important acqaisi-
ton than is generally thought. The
best and kindezt people destroy their
own Influence, and, what is worse, Of
ten create a prejudice against goodness,
by a hard, dry, diseouraging manner /;
more especially as, after al. manner Is
generally on the whole a tolerably fair
index Of the mind. Those who are
.eourteous and genial probably feel
kindly towards US at Che moment, even
though they may forget rs directly af-
forwards; and certainly such people are
infinitely preferable 70 those who are
equally careless Of us, and are rude
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nIoHE44


knew q mar, he lived in Jones'
Which Jones' i county Of red hills and stones
And he lived pretty much BY gsttine Of lo1nEi
And his hogs Wsrs Is hat O. lis corn-brsad pones,
And he had bout thousand ecrea o. land.
This raan--ard his nar,s Il vas also Jones'
he 5uQre that he'd leave them cd red hills and
Tor e co3ldnr nazls nothirs but yeiiovsn cotton,
And lfssls Of that, and his fences were rottens
And w1at little corn he had, that was boughten,
AID be couldn't get 4 living from he land
And the longer he swors thu madden he GOT
And hs ross and he walked to The stable lot,
And he halIoWed 20 Tom % come there and hitch,
For to migrate somewhere vFnere land vas rich
And TO quit raising eock-buTrs thistles AID sichB
An wasting their tirns on barren land
Be him ard Tom they hitched up the mules,
That nd stay IN Georgia thir lifetime cut,
Just scratching living when sll Of them mought
Set places IN Texas. where cotton would sprout
By the time yen could plant it in ths land.
And he drove By house where a man named
Was living, not FAR from the e sgs e1 tEs8 town,
And he bantered Brown for to buy ais psace,
And said that seeing money was sksls,
And seeing a. shsrifs were hard to fact,
Two dollars an acre would get tie land.
They closed at dollar and fftyscents,
And Jones he bought him wagon and cents,
And loaded his corn, and his women, ilIfd truck,
His entire Pile, with the best Of luck,
To get there and get him little land.
But Brown moved ont On the oh Jones farm,
And he rolled mp his breaches ana barred his arm,
And he picked ali the rocks from on p the ground,
And he rooted 81 mp and plowed 1t down,
And soHed his corn and wheat ia the land.
Five years gid by, and Brown, one day,
fWho had got 50 fat that he wouldn't Weigh,3
Was s sitting down, sorter lazilY,
70 the srandest dinner yo1 ever did sec,
when one Of She children jumped On his knee
And says, Vans Jones, which you bought his
land
And there was Jones, standing out ct the fence,
And he hadn't no wagon, nor mules, nor tents,
For he had left Texas afoot and come
Re Georgia to SEQ If he couldn't get some
Employment aud he was looking as
Humble a. II he had never owned any land.
But Brown he asEed him in, and be sot
Him down 10 hts yictuals smoking hot,
And when he had filled himself and the doOr,
Brown locked st him sharp and rose aud wore
hat " WHISTLER mems land was rich or poor,
There WAS more IN the man than there was in
the land
Macon {Ga.) TeEeg-aph.
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Experience of a German at the South.

The following bellies many of the false
impressions created by interested par
ties in regard to the South. Whenever
laboring man comes South and goes to
work he is pleased, but if he enters the
stormy field of politics and is defeated,
the South, to him, becomes a most out
rageous country that ought to be guard
ed by a police of Federal soldiers.
Read the following from the st. Louis
Illustrated Journal Of Agriculture:
The subject of immigration to the
West and South is one that occupies
the minds of very many persons, and is
one also that nearly every day; either
by personal application OF letters OF in.
quiry, is presented to as with a view of
eliciting information thereoa. Recent
ly, Mr.. Averbeck, an intelligent, OBJ
servant German, called at our Office,
and In conversation with him we gather
ed few facts in connection with his
experience In this country, that may, to
some extent, prove useful and instrue-
tive to. others who contemplate a change
of habitation and look in this direction
to settle. As viii be seen upon further
reading, the gentleman in question has
had quite a varied and protracted ex-
perienee IN America, and, unlike most
of his nationality who adopt farming as
their profession, has been quite a wan
derer, embracing in his endeaYors al
most the extremes of latitude, and
crossing more than one-haf the degrees
of longitude of this country.
Il is about twenty-five years since he
landed at New York city, from whence
ne proceeded Immediately to Wiscon-
sin, where he engaged in farming Tor a
period Of nine years. At the expiration
Of that time, not realizing the return
for his labor that he thought his efforts
entitled him to. he determined to leave
and make a trial Of New York city,
which he did for four years. Leaving
there he went to West Virginia, and
again engaged in farming The war
coming on after q residence there of
three years, he again determined on a
move, this time selecting Ohio as his
home. Two years spent IN farming IN
Ohio led to another movs-further west
ward, into Kansas. Farming aad mer-
chandising there occupied him for two
more years, after which he came to this
city and remained for several months.
Finally, leaving here, he located in
Mississippi, near sidon, point up the
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The TarantuIa.

Horrible and loathsome as the rattle
snake is, and though, on the whole, no
As, Of course, more feared than any
other creature in America, yet, on the
western frontier, he is not dreaded 80
much as tho tarantula spider. This is
an enemy against whom none can guard.
and for a bite no remedy has been
found. Such alarm do they inspire,
that have known a large party Of men,
who had eamped out all through a
snake country, and in the midst of hos
tile Indians, driven from a desirable po-
sition by discovering That tarantulas III
Tested the spot. The tarantula spider
commonly grows 20 the size of half a
large walnut, being thick and rounded
something like the half-shell, and has
eight long legs, two at each corner. It
is covered with long hair, and is, indeed,
as ugly and disgusting reptile or in
sect, or whatever it is, as can easily be
seen. The people who dwell where
these spiders most abound, declare most
stoutly that they attain a size equal to
the cleDched fist of a man, but / think
this is a great exaggeration at any rate,
1 have never seen any approach this
size. I do not know If there are sever
al varieties Of the tarantula, but some
are said to haunt the marshy borders
OF Streams, while others are found in
cry, rocky places. Last summer a wo-
man was bitten near Visalia by one,
lust above the ankle; the poison acted
9uise as quickly Is serpent poison, and
she was carried to the nearest town for
surgical advice. I have not heard
whether she lived or died. but her leg
was al enc uniform size from theinsien
p 70 ABOVE the knee-I should think eiob-
teen or twenty inches rouva- -s,5
shoelnnsly discOlored and iuaamea
knew one or two men who rera sloo,,
ing IN q tent when tarant,,la foun5 Is
way IN. They we're both bitten bv tbo
same spider; one died, the other was
searred Tor life. The tarantula "a NOR
dangerous than other venomous cree
lures because light attracts a and 4
vail always crawl into q tent II nossi,,lo
, sisre light is burning. They ina;ct
80 Wounds with their mouths. aud nj
t'peFs o. claws, Nv
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-15

No estimate can be made Of the value Of n hu-
life. II is heyonda ppraisement. The wealth
OF the world weighed against it would Kick ne
beam. Yet how many precious lives are thrown
away unwiltngly. The laws OF health are simple
enough. but they are not generally understood.
and when understood are too often dlsregarded
At this season, for example, when it Is ezpedient
that the physical system should be toned. regula
ted and purified to eaabie It to endure without
injury the intense heats OF summer. how many
thousands. OF the feeble and delicate, neglect
to fortIfy themselves IN this way against known
danger. Who IS so ignorant as not 70 b. aware
that Hostetters stomach Bittsrs, II when taken
regularly, a sure protection against iniermit-
tents. remittents, and ali ePidemIcs engeEdered BY
the vapor-Iaden atmosphere OF spring: Who does
not know thet the same Whslesome tonic aud al
terGtive, II taken at proper Intervals throughsut
the summer, Will prevent fevers, bilious attacks,
headache, coke, nervous debility. indigestion, and
all the long catalogue Of MS to which heat and
malaria give rise. Whoever wants Z clean bill Of
health for the most enervatins season OF the year
should take time by the forelock and commence a
course Of this unequalled vegetable invlgoraHt o
The Late Gov. Geary wrote as follows
EXECUTIVES CIrAMBEF
Harrisburg, February q, HI
81 DR.sHALLESBEEGEa:
Dear SUI regard your Anridote as public
benefaction.
In the fall Of 1854 1t proved itself in my case. as
well as In many others that came under nay OBJ
servaticn, most invaluable remedy for fever and
ague, not only prompt and powerful in curing the
disease, hut sinsularly pleasant and beneficial in
its general effects upon the system.
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Or. Ptercc's Pleasant PHrgafive
Pellets or Coated, Concentrated Root
and Herbal luce, AEfi-l3isS.alz CifauEies-fhc
. Lifsie Cant Czthzrtic. or taslffssH - fas7s
PhYsics aearcc1y larger thEu u1sls-
ard 1loy5zfszt, yrs Eenfiy - ktL-gty sssgisfisfg
Being cntt<eIY vcFsiabEcs no p1rsic-
JaHndlce, EBeadnclie, Impure
Hood Colf-ipatfou, Pain la
Shoulders EiEafncss OF Cheat,
Dizziness $fItsP ErszcfnliOnes Bad
taste Gn NOAH, Bilious attacks,
Internal FeS&r, E1Esis OF Hood
Colored Urine, gloomy EoFebsd-
tsigss take DR.. E'isree's Pellets.
Cne Or two, taken dali for q time, Niii cure
RimDlcs, Ez1OdFfaz-zs EFuEsgfofsss
Boiis, scrofsflous ssltree and Ffru-
lent Affections OF lixiu. Ilsroaf
and Bones. No cheap Wo4 a or paste board
boxes. jut Kept flesh and reid Bic IA si1is %
cents, by dElsyEis.s, er s. fdosen. AizH..fie-
fused al tie Worlds EffI1e ttanrx, t.es
So "a e AID s. y csi Sc1c1fsl. BuFFsLos =. T.
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HAVE you infammatory sore throat,
stiH ioiute. or lameness from any cause what
eyer2 Have you rheumatism, or other pains
in any part Of the bOdy7 If so. use Johnson's
AnodS ne Liniment. Our word for it. it is the
best pain killer in this country.
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UTmHISa CAReAssEs. in answer to
the question how is the best way to dis
pose Of dead animals, the Massachusetts,
Ploughman says: The most economical
way is to cover the carcass six Of eight
inches deep with musk, and let it lie
and decompose. 1t may take six months
or more. It is better 70 put it within
sight of the house, If possible, so that it
may be watched little to keep the dogs
and crows of The muck or loan viii
absorb and retain the gases which are
given or IN the process of decomposition.
After It has lain through a summer,
fork over the mass and throw out the
bones, add half bushel Of plaster or
gypsum and another load Of earth /:
let K lie a month or two longer, when It
viii be st for use. The bones can be
broken up as much as practicable, put
into a easlrand covered with ashes. 70 be
kept moistened from time to time till
they are softened. Every dead animal
IS worth saving, and il is very poor
economy to haul II Otto one side of the
farm and leave it for the dogs and the
CROWS.
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The Concessions OF an Invalid,

Published a warning and for the benefit Of
young men and others who suffer from nervous
complaints debility; loss OF manhood, etc.supply-
ing the means of Self-Cure- Written by one who
cured himself after undergoing considerable quack
cry. and sent free on receiving postpaid directed
envelope. Sufferers are invited address the aus
thor Nathaniel Mayfair, Box lAS. brooklyn. Kings
Co.. n.
A DOSE every two days is the way TO take Shall
lenberger's Fever aud Azue Antidote, One dose
stops The chiiis. and cure Is certain.
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TAKE DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets. or Tasteless, Coated. Concentrated
Root aud Herbal Juice. Anfi-bilious Granuies,
for jaundice, constipation, biliousness. infiam-
nation or irritation Of the bladder accompa-
MED by pain or frequent calls to urinate and
TO break up attacks OF colds and feTers. Pleas
ant, harmless, and only twenty-five cents a
vial by druggists. B3S
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-15

Public speakers and singers win ana
browns Bronchial Troches beneficial in
clearing the voice before speaking or singing,
and relieving the throat after any exertion of
the vocal organs. For coughs and colds the
troches are eRectuaL
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a DEATHS HAD AND CRoss8oNEs
ought to be the trade mark OF every
dealer In rsln bltsers. But no, TO pro-
claim their real mission world ruin
them. 50 they SAL under false colors.
and do their deadly work surrephbous-
~. Fortunately their triumphs over
creduiitv are nearly at an end. Ever
since the introduction of DR.. Walkers
California Vinegar Bitters the sale of
all the burning fluids advertised as
sstonics" has been rapidly declining.
They are still the unwhoiesome solace
of individuals who wish to stisfy a NOR
bid appetite for strong drink, without
compromising their responsibility; but
the sick are everywhere discardlng them,
and adopting the Vinegar Bitters. The
success of this wonderful vegetable
remedy astOnishes Dr.. Walker himself.
He believed, when he gave It to the
world, that 1t was an anequalled tonic,
free from the objections urged against
the medieated fire-waters and decisions
of strychnine, quinine and other power
full alkaloids employed IN modern prac-
tiee; but he scarcely expected that 1t
would prove a specific for chronic dys-
pepsia, liver complaint, incipient con-
sumption, confirmed rheumatism, govt,
scrofula, nervous affections, general de-
bility, and all diseases that disorders,
without destroying, the vital machine
~. Yet this, unless thousands of wit
nesses have conspired to deceive the
public, Is actually the case.
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MANY persons suffer with sick head
ache usually induced by costiveness, indiges-
ton. etc. Such persons VIII find relief If not
cure, by keeping the bowels open with small
doses Of Parsons PuFgatiye Pills
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FeR loss OF appetite, dyspepsia, indigestion,
depression Of spirits and general debility,
in their varions forms, FERRo-PHosPoRATE
ELTxTR OF CALIs8YA, made by CAswELL, HAz-
ARD & Co, New York, and sold by all druggists,
is the best tonic As { stimulant tonic for pa
tents recovering from fever or other sickness,
It has no equal. If taken during the season It
prevents fever and ague and other internlit-
emit feYers- Com
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soHBNcK's MANDRAKE PILLS.

These Pills are composed exclusively or rerefa-
bic ingredients ard although they entirely s.ipsr-
sede she ~ mercury. DO not leave any uf its
iufurflls effects. They ef directly uSuis she lIrsF
and valuable remedy Ia al eases ef aeranEe-
meat resulting from dlsasierod state q that or
ton siek headache typhoid and other leFeEs. etr
al succanp 70 TIE iree use or SCH AsuE'4 dAS-
i-i Fss ale % s. All druggists ana dealers.
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Curious Census Record.

The census Of 1870 gives New Eng
land an increase in population of $780,
SAT, say II per cent, or half the rate
(22.22 per cent. of the increase of the
country. OF this, 1ss, 10 was 3 immi-
grafton, and 1s2, 677 by births. Where
the increase by births is largest, the
number of foreign-born persons is great
est. New Hampshire actually loses
7,77S, while Rhode Island gained PAY
per cent. Massachusetts,, with a for
eign population of 353, 319, and $50, 352
persons both of whose parents were for
eign-born, added 227, 2S5, or 1888 per
cent.
The birth-rate is least in Massachu-
sets, where foreigners and their de-
scendants are in the largest proportion.
The birth-rate has gone down all through
New England, and the average family
fell from s. 10 in 1850 to Al in 1870, in
New Hampshire; in Massachusetts,,
from SIC in 1850 to 4 81 in 1870; AMI,
in Vermont, from $50 in 1850 to 1853 in
1870. This decline is rs positive in
Maine, whe there are only 1871 per-
IONS to the square mile, and in Vermont
where the population is rural, as It is in
Rhode Island with log. 43 to the squars
mile, and in Massachusetts, with 1S6. 81. "
An element of interest not named in
the immense immigration from New
England to the West-but the ad COM
ment to be made is in the fact not so
much of the positive. falling of Of the
native population rs IN the reduced
number of children from parents born
elsewhere A table Going back forty or
fifty years would show the relative re-
duction to be much greater than is stated
above.
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VERY valuable on plantations as
for fever, chills, etc. simmons
so they may lose no valuable tims during the
busy sickly season
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'sYoU know how it is yourself. If
you have not found it out yet try the ELM
wood Collar that has created such S furore
and made all the men look so handsome.
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AND what greater measure can We
have than that We should bring 10Y to
our brother, who, with his dreary eyes,
looks to heaven and round about, and
cannot find 50 much rest as to lay his
eyelids CLOSE together-than that thy
tongue should be tuned with heavenly
accents, and make the weary soul to
listen for light and ease. and when he
Pereeives that there is such thing in
the world as comfort and JOY to begin
to break out from the prison Of his sor
rows at tho door Of signs and tears, and
by little and little. melt into showers
and reireshment? This Is glory to fbv
voice, and employment TT for the bright
nest agel,
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TNTOEDElEUL--A new method or curing Con-
w SUN ptfun, Azt1nla- ets. sent free. Permanent
cure Enaraul-sd- address, with return stamp, a.