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than expense of feeding them. SO with the
land. 1t costs to improve it, but the i'm
provement is a perpetual benefit. Every
year it pays something towards the expense.
Suppose a case. farmer has meadow
containing ten acres of good land with the
exception of being cold and wet. Because
it is wet it is cold and because it is wet and
cold both it will produce only a very in
ferior quality of hay. 1t is not suitable for
other crops. All that he does with the
land is to NOW it once year. He obtains
about ton of hay per acre and when we'll
cured it is worth about fourteen dollars
The land he calls worth about fifty dollars
per acre. Now let him dig large bitches to
take of the surplus water-let him eXpend
in this way two hundred dollars on the lot.
The dirt thrown out of the bitches will be
worth at least fifty dolars-probably more
to put into the barnyards for compost
This will leave one hundred and fifty dollars
as the cost of the Improvement of the ten
acres. The land will now he in condition
to bear grass or any hoed crop and will be
worth one hundred dollars per acre. 1t will
produce from one to two tons of hay per acre
worth twenty-five dollars per ton, and the
labor of obtaining the crop will be much
less than it was before the land was drained
Now apply manure and large and valuable
crops will be obtained. The increased
value OF the crop will in two or three years
pay for all the work, while the land will
be worth double the price it would sell for
before it was improved. In some cases the
cost of draining will be three times rs large
as the figures we have given. Even
these will pay. But there are a host of
farmers who can improve their land at the
above rates Others still can do it cheaper.
Others have upland which does not produce
all it ought Occasional ploughing and
heavy manurng will immensely increase
their crops. The Working Farmer.
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Cucumbers on TreIlises.

Wherever we go we see cucumber in the
open air suffered to run on .he ground.
This is no doubt relic of Eurol can culture.
There it Is necessary. The climate is not
hot enough, and the plants have to be
started, If not grown altogether in low,
fiat glass frames. But where cucumber
grows wild, it spreads over bushes and
trees, and the growth and product are
enormous. All plants with tendrlls prefer
to rambe in this way. The grape vine, it
Is we'll known, seems fairly to rejoice when
1t can find Il large mass of twggy brush to
ramble over as it Wills, and so does the
cucumber. Nc one who has not tried can
have any idea of the luxurious growth OF Il
cucumber when trained to stake which
has set of stubby side branches left along
its length Some which the writer saw
might be taken at a distance for some Wig
orous kind of ornamental gourd, and the
crop was enormous.
A great advantage in this style of culture
is that the plants occupy far less ground
than when permitted to spread over the
surface in the usual way. This is a great
gam to small gardens, and to large ones,
for that matter, for if we have land enough
and to spare, few of us have time to waste
in preparing more of it than is necessary
to the perfection Of a crop. Gardeners
Monthly
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OiIing Harnesses.

Harnesses should never be used over SIX
months without oiling. take my harness
apart, OF unbuckle IT as much rs tonyen-
lent, and put it into the soap suds OF the
last washing, giving it good soaking, then
take it out upon Il bench OF the proper
height Tor convenience, and remove all the
dirt and gummy substance With the assist
ance of a stiff brush and the soap suds. |
then lind il just the time to make necessary
repairs. BY this time the water has dried
from the surface, and then apply the oil
and little lampblack mixed, With a com
mon paint brush, and dry III the shade; if
frozen, al the better. When dry, wipe oil
with a cloth and put together.
1t is my opinion, founded upon a forty
years experience and close observation,
that a harness treated in this manner viii
last twice as long As it will without proper
oiling and care. The more leather is neg
lected, the darker il will become inWardly ;
and the darker, the less life remains, and
the less good will oil do when applied 10
recuperate it
Ammonacal fumes arising in the stable
have strong tendency to eat up the oil in
the harness; hence the desirabilty Of
storing harnesses out of the reach Of this
influence. Prairie Farmer.
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Cost of Food for Hens.

1t is very often asked what is the cost
of feeding 4 hem There are, of course,
differences according to the breed namely
the size, activity, &c, and particularly
generatlve activity. An egg represents 4
large amou t OF nutriment, OF the most
condensed sort, and hen that lays 200
eggs per year will need, say, some sixteen
or seventeen pounds more of pure nntri-
ment, for this purpose alone, than one lay
ing half that number And, of course
every additional ounce OF fat laid ON your
fowls ribs must go in at the bill, (aS well
a. telling in your billS,) so that tattening
breeds consume more than non fattenin9
ones under equal circumstances. Again,
other things being equal, a very active fowl
uses up entirely, without accounting for it
in eggs or fat nutriment enough, in excess
of quiet one, to pay for her livelinr%si.
Every flap OF your turkeys wing costs =
grain of corn.
But from series of painstakiu9 ohSer-
vations we can say that the average fowl
at large consumes not far from Il bushel of
corn per year. If at large, she supplies
herself with green food, ana picks up in
sectS, larvE, &c. If kept confined, animal
food must be artiticialy supplied, such ~
crushed chandler'S scraps, chopped sheep'S
lights and liVers, and house scraps. La
summer you must add to this short, tender
grass, and in winthr raw cabbage or boiled
potatoes or other green vegetables. This,
for year, brings the estimate for the cost
OF the food of the confined fowl up to the
equivalent of bushel and a half OF corn
IL will generally be found that when corn
varies IN price, the cost of vegetables and
animal food varies with it, so that this
estimate is generally correct. P"n!try
World
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Small Cheese Dairy.

| give my way of making, with three or
four cows, a cheese that will weigh from
ten to fifteen pounds: Take milk that is
sWe' t. Do not remove much of the cream
from the .ht's milk, then warm it so that
it shall be of the same temperature as the
mornings milk fresh from the cows. and
mix nights and mornings milk together.
A piece of caf'S rennet should have been
soaked in pint of water over night. Put
one-half or more in the milk, adding more
if not sufficient. Then after it turns, take
your ladle or knife, and cut through and
through, dividing the curd into small
squares When the whey separates, pour
it all off; then take boiling water and pour
over it; let is stand ten minutes in the
water; this is to give it a toughness and
prevents it being "crumbly"; now let it
stand in some kind of vessel in Il cool place
until it gets entirely cold; then chop it up
and salt it to taste, and put it into the
press, pressing moderately hard for three
hours; then take it out aud turn it; then
press about three hours; again take it out
ana place on clean shelf; rub little but
ter over 1t, turning it once day. [Cor.
Cincinnati Gazette
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which of us is correct, I publish him to the
people OF New Orleans an unmiigated
calumniator, deliberate and willful falsiter.
an artful dodger, and witha 2 Thoroughbred
braggart
This ''card" was followed by prompt
and peremptory challenge from Rhett.
which was as promptly accepted by Judge
Cooley. with this condition-that the
meeting should be postponed to Tuesday.
because of an engagement of Judge
Cooley's to argue the rule for new trial
before Judge Hawkins, which came up
Monday. In opposing the motion for a
continuance, and in the course of the
argument, he remarked that il the case
went over until Wednesday he might not
be alive to argue it, and so it has sadly
turned out.
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Chamber Scene.

She rose from her untroubled sleep,
And put away her soft brown hair,
And in tone as low and deep
As loves first whisper, breathed a PRAYER
Her snow-whiie hands together pressed
Her blue eyes sheltered in the lid.
The folded linen on her breast
just swelling with the charms it hid;
And from her long and flowing dress
Escaped bare and slender foot,
Whose shape upon the earth did press
Like new snowflake, white and mute,
And there from slumber, pure and sweet,
Like young spirit fresh from heaven,
She bowed her slight and graceful form,
And humhly prayed to be forgiven.
o God, if souls unsoled as these
Need daily mercy from Thy throne
If she upon her bended knees
Our loveliest and purest one
She with her face so clear and bright
We deem her some stray child of light
II she. with those soft eyes in tears,
Day after day in her first wears.
Must kneel and pray for grace from Thee,
What far, far deeper need have we:
How hardly. il she win not heaven,
Will our wild errors be forgiven:
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NUMBER l.

place and date and sometimes few de-
scriptive words ATTACHED g.
June 2-Took chronometer at Captain
Jink's'
august Took fine old snutf-box at
Madame Blaise's."
There also were noted in their true Or
der the express aud post-office :obberies.
This unique trophy the officers took away
with them, thereby depriving the archives
of c. Of what might have been their
brightest ornament.
Slowly the mind of G--opened to the
full beauty and complexity of the arrange
ment indicated above. The mans too
explicable skill as a locksmith, united to
his unimpeachable life and amiable
character, had given him access every
where, He had literally had the run OF
everybody's penetralia for three years
Tomost of the locks he had mended he had
fitted skeleton keys, and in one OF two of
the houses he had Oftenest visited some
one window was found supplied with an
ingenious contrivance which enabled the
artist, by the insertion of a case knife and
the pressure of a spring, silently to re-
move the sash entire, and enter at Will
1t Wa, aWesome TO think Of the range Mir
Herrck had had. In the express office
w night in the post office at al hours of
the day-in the best ch;tmher-ihe back
shop, the wine-cellar where not The
ladies who had trusted him so implicitly
were seized with a strong retrospective
terror, and saw his fine face in every
dark corner tor many months The in
lured father and son We're restored to
post office with the next change in the
administration, and the expressman was
doubly lowered with confidence and com
munitv. but Mr. Herlick, after the Novem-
Der night when he literally vanished in
smoke, was seen in the flesh no more.
Ii il needless to say that man OF his
wit never jumped ont Of a fourth story
window. He had only TO hide adroitly
among the packing-cases of which the
factory was ull-perhaps in the very
room where he was so valiantly guarded
and then depart at leisure after the
search Tor him had been abandoned. A
legend there was that 4 man in Il tweed
coat, with IN open face and simple, at
tractlye manners, WAS observed next day
upon one of the northern railway trains
but no more authentic trace Of MIR Her
rick was ever obtained A certain mys-
terry also involved the proceedings ot the
! men who came to arrest him Tie fact
that no effort had ever been made to dis
pose OF any of the stolen articles in the
neighborhood seemed to point to distant
accompices, and there have not been
wanting those who believed that the self
styled officers of Justice were of the mum
ber In any case there is good reason tC
suppose that Mr.. Herrick may yet be eX
erc'sin@ IN other parts his original anC
| highly cultivated gifts.
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Value of Lime.

A writer in the journal Agricultural
Society, describing the permanence of the
action OF lime, says he knows Il piece of
land containing l66 acres which formerly
grew nothing but heath. A good dressing
of lime was applied on the surface of the
sWard, which has nearly doubled its value.
This was done several years ago, and totally
eradicated the heath. The lime this day
appears in full condition, as it's effects usu-
ally testify, from the richness and sweet
ness of their herbage, the texture of which
has been entirely changed by the applica-
tiOn of lime.
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The Dog that Kept up with the Train.
From the St, Paul Press.


Wednesday last was IA good day for
the race'-thc canine race is referred to
as the following true tale OF Il Minnesota
dog. related hv n reliable eve witness
shall prove. On that day, as one OF the
Trains ON the Lake Superior and NHssissip-
pi railroad stopped at Centrevile, a few
miles beyond White Bear lake, a lady
took Seat in one of the passenger
coaches, and the tram started When it
stopped al White Bear station a doc of
medium size, and with rather a shaggy
coat, came alongside upon the platform
and was noticed 20 be very warm. and
painting heavily; :. halt was made to take
water, and conductor Bond called the
attention of the passengers to the fact that
thai dog had followed them from White
Bear lake, as lie SUI posed. The train
was again of, and shortly doggy was
seen close behind, Passengers became
interested, and crowded to the rear of the
car to watch the race. Occasionally, at
some pool beside the track, doggy would
dash down, take Il few drops OF the cool
ing fluid varying this sometimes with II
bath, and then, with a sharp yelp or two,
rs i! IN pan at the idea of being left be-
hind, dash ON. In this way an even race
Wa5 maintained until Il down Grade was
reached, when the train made a long
swift dash 10 gain impetus tor rising
grade beyond, Doggy now fell behind !;
he tried hard, but it was too much for
him; his little body was, however, lust
full of pluck and perseverance, and to the
delight OF the passengers, whose sympathy
Wa@ fully aroused lor the canine hero,
when the up grade was reached doggy
made good hi7 loss and caught up to the
train. Conductor Bond said that he
would stop and take up the weary runner,
now showing signs of exhaustion, but
there was no one to take care of him or
To deliver him to at the journeys end.
BY this time the lady passenger, from
Centreville became interested to know
what it was which so excited the passen.
gers, and as she saw the little racer, she
immediately recognized him as the pet OF
the friends with whom she had been visit
ing at Centrevillc He had followed her
to the depot and CALAMITY attended her
on loot on her Journey. until within about
four miles of St. Paul. Conductor Bond
seized the bell-rope, the train was quickly
stopped and doggy was taken on board,
where he was given tirst-class quarters
and II free ride, which he had amply
earned, by fairly running a fourteen mile
race with passenger train making its
usual time. 1t is needless to add that
doggy was us delighted as his weary little
body would allow, to regain sight of the
TREND he had followed, and that he was
the hero of .he hour with all on board the
train.
In 49, l. 5>f+l +l>.
says the London Court Journal, the church
service is read every Sunday morning.
On that day, the muster-roll of the crew
IS called over, and they attend service.
A gentleman said to one of the sailors
"Are you obliged to attend public ser
vice? ?" "Not exactly obliged, Sir" replied
Jack, "but we should lose our grog if we
didn't
A Poughkeepsie clerk loves the very
ground Highland widow walks upon
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A correspondent of the Western Rural
gives the following directions: A horse
that is full between the eyes will be true
and kind unless he has been fooled, for a
balky driver will spoil any horse. A horse
that is concave between the eyes, or fiat
and narrow between the eyes, has a fretful
disposition. A bump between the ears, on
top of the head, denotes life, if it rises
abrupt and high on the sides next the ear
if low the opposite temperament. If you
want a horse with good disposition, select
one with full or convex head, wide be-
tween the eyes, and you can depend upon it
he will not balk with proper treatment.
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Old Hickory's Notion of Weighty Tes-
timoniaIs.

From Forney's Anecdotes of Public Men.
| was talking the other day with an
old Ohio Wing, at present Republican,
when he related an anecdote of Old
Hickory which | had never heard before,
and which think worth preserving.
After Jackson's first election, in 1928,
a strong effort was made to remove Gen.
-, an old Revolutionary soldier at that
time postmaster in one OF the principal
New York towns. He had been so fierce
an Adams man that the Jackson men de-
termined to displace him He was no
stranger To Jackson, who knew him well,
and was conscious of his private worth
and public services; but as the effort to
get his place was a determined one, Gen.
--, resolved to undertake a journey to
Washington for the purpose of looking
over his case Sias Wright had Just left
his seat as n Representative in Congress
from New York Never was the Empire
State more ably represented. Cool honest,
profound, and subtle, Mr.. Wright was
precisely the man To head a movement
against the old postmaster His influence
with Jackson was houndless His force
III debate made him a match for the giants
themselves and rs Mr.. Van Buren, was
then .Iackson's Secretary of State, the
combination was powerful The old post
master, knowing that these two political
masters We're against him, called upon the
President Immediately upon his arrival,
and was most courteouslV received and
requested to call again, which he did
several times, bat nothing was said about
the Post Office.
Finally the politicians finished their
protest, and sent it forward to Mr.. Wright,
with the request that il should be delivered
NJ the inSt opportunity. The old post
master heard from his friends at home
thal the important document was on its
WAY. 50 he resolved on Il coup de nl0in.
'Ihe next day there wa !. Presidential
reception, and among the early visitors
W04 Gen. -. After \ cordial greeting
by jackson, he quietly took his seat, and
waited until the long train OF visitors had
duly saluteI the nations Chief and passed
through the Grand East Room on their
way home 'rhe President turned to his
venerable guest with some surprise as he
noticed him still seated on one OF the
sofas. and entered into familiar conversa-
ton with him, when, to his amazement,
lhc old soldier said
"i'cn. jackson, | have come here to
''N - Wv" ''"'' NY '''''0' nc Polr
r'''I9 want - Ii'he IL ,i"ill me al" then
ND,'N ND.',N nave "oli'i''S e'Se 10 l,Ne upon
ii'' te9'ot"' 'l'itae no feply, tiii the
.g'.' P"''''Ia9lel o7}S''' To 'ahe OH HIS coaI
! Hickory broke ont with the inquiry
"What in Heavens name are YOU going
\" =" Wh y" %" tihe on Your coat IN
| lhiH l'Hplir Pla't
~ Nit' | ~ 2o'i'9 70 snow YOU my
""'''"S' N"ioi' ! itte'Et,' u IlgnllhS iof
MY r"uit' against the EnSllsh
ut II OH ~ once 9lr was lile reply ;
"tl '"FP Piiseu tilaI man OF Your age
sh"u!" h,'h' "uch a'i eNhioitlon OF NM
| 9'H' th'i llt eyes "i me if"h lfesiueht
/ N''t '"i'uNtu Wilh tears a' "lthout
''Ao',leI ""F0 i'e h'd" ms ahfirht ioe good
7Frm'h%-
ne Eti} heNl hight lie crafty and atIe
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A Dissatisfied Man.

A Dissatisfied Man.
The Washington Star says that Mr.
Henry Watterson, of the Louisville Cour-
ler-Journal, is writing letters from Lon
don, and a more dissatisfied man you
don't often see. He rakes down the
Brtishers in a way calculated to pay Oft
our Indebtedness to Basil Hall Marryat
lrollope, Dickens, ard the rest of our
detamers, with compound interest and
bonus over. The London Sunday he de-
clares to be too dismal for anything. All
the wicked people 90 out of town to enjoy
themselves on Sunday, and there are not
enough good people left to give any show
of life to the city. Louisville is liYelier
than London on Sunday.
There is not Il WeIl-OrdeIad and fairly
equipped barber shop in all London. A
clean shave is simple butChery. The bar
Jers excuse themselves on the score that
they have so little practice The nobility,
they say, are shaved at home; the gentry
and plain people shave themselves. None
out Americans need Il barber
The English hatttr themselves that they
are the best Travellers and that they have
the best conducted lines OF travel in the
world; vet there is no such thing as a
baggage used or any OF the raj
ways in England2 You get no guarau-
tee whatever for your baggage It is
your busines, to see ii on The cab, to see
it to The depot; ia see ii aboard the train
Then it is your business to oct it again al
the end OF the journey
ne EngilSh Wohtn' Mf. WatterSoh
ralhef uh&aIiahllY declares are the poor
est ofeS7efS IN Europe; anu vet tnghsh
So'IetF = Slh@'ilafIN tNlrt!hg. a Iady
G"e9 10 common h(titd concert ~ St-
Ja'neS nan happens w wear l9ht
ans p'"'le'' "'i' ~ required 10 t'Re 1t on
III Il "tesS'fiS-fooih' paying thr walting-
woman NiNPthce u keep H. before she Is
ai'o"e" 'i 10 lah' lne 7e''I7 Silr mas pa," ior.
0'e S"e9 III ana i''a"7 tht haIt h,le1 win
'crlo"y' !,i-'lie77'" women, each having
a OIL OF tloooh SturEE ~ htr haIr ahd each
cohSl'erlhg hefNeI IN ioII drc'S. VI
CouiNe ~ 2ent'eml'n aulh'tteu NJ
NoNriit ''afoe'l or pr"rV Zane without
S"'li""-'alie,, c"a' ana :, While eraVat
~ men "htII ny ''S Ptl" 9'Npehte u u
nay VINO lllFl7 uo"n ms sea Tor MN or
opens 'ile "oor OF i Don. "o Wiere yon
W'l' lhl9 pellE 'aN Is encountered, why
i'','u9c l'i' country - 10" l'i "i PeoPle
an" itVlllS mas To ne got at hN the over
piQs III some way.
1t Il London caboy cheats you ont OF
slNpence' ne lh'nkS ne ha9 done a good
5hinS' ont II ne does you i'r half crown
he .eels proud Oh himself OF ms vocation;
ana OF ms country. \ pretty oar-malo
sWlhaied me cut OF hap-pennY on
grass ol 'hefry me othef daV' ana | Sa"
10y nhSPeaNaoiy 9eam out OF her lovely
theNlnS eyes. as turned away ana she
lel sure OF haVln9 oaE@ed hef plunoer'
lhtY 40 their robbery ON small scale
In London penny Is = hl@ thing. / asked
an oEs'efman t" open me a dozen OF ms
oysters "A dozen S'r5 SAYS ne. ~ es,
'ald, "a dozen, DO you know. SIR,
says ne, what they cost ~ ''Nn,' SAID
l. - con what ao tleT cost lhen.
rather lnei'orana''rt,,Y' ~, ar Na',l ""
ana e'9hiPenee. heR nag eaten lhe
oysters 'hd P2'o h''a tne money, nc rang
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A pocket boot jack has been invented.
You put your foot into your pocket, give
a spring into the air, and off comes your
boot.
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A Poughkeepsie clerk loves the very
ground a Highland widow walks upon.
1t is worth 5000 an acre.