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Funeral Reforms.

A stronghold of the advocates Of change
i'm the burial customs IS the great expense
and the distasteful publicity accompanying
funerals, especially among that cla7s who
can least afford ii. All are familiar with
the long line of carriages of the laborin@
mans funeral and the quiZZical demean0r
of relatives, for whom bereavement and
the luxury Of q ride are associated IN
manner ludicrOus 10 the public, however
sad to- the subject. OF course. 1t Is not for
us to say that the indulgence is not =" salts
fying" to the full amount of money, but
we doubt not that equal satisfaction would
be obtained from more rational method.
The French. who certainly excel all other
mOderns in the knowledge of how to per-
form disagreeablc and delicate offices taste
fully. walk to the grave. AprOpOs of this
subject we find in the London News the
cards of two TefOrmatOry associations,
which read rs follows:
TNTNERAL REFORM.-TIIE LONDON NJ
i CHOPOLIS COMPANY conducts Funerals
with simplicity and great economy. Prospectus
chief Offices, Lancaster place, Strand,
W. C.
rINHE REFORMED FUNERALS COMPANY
L (Limited) was established IN 1870, IN con-
formlty with common seLse, good taste ana econ
omy Offices, II Langbam place, Regent street,
W Book, scale of charges, on application
Should be consulted whenever iunefai Is ahucI-
pated.
The ''CrematiOn Society" has its adver-
tisement, or rather its call, in the London
Athen6an1. simply saying that I'VE, the
undersigned, disapproye of the present
custom of burying," and adopt cremation
until some better substitute is proposed.
The New York society has applied to the
Legislature for charter. An actual case
of cremation was reported very circum-
stantially from Philadelphia. as having
taken place last Friday, but it is now as
serted to be a hoax. The ready assent of
the Bishop of Manchester to cremation as
involving no damage to the dogma OF the
resurrection of the body will quiet the
scruples of those who were troubled ON
that point. A committee is investigating
the feasibility of cremation in Vienna.
The era of ridicule has come in this
''cause" early, and a great deal of coarse
wit and caricature are being expended
upon it. 1t is hardly proper field, how
ever. for sweet and healthful humOr.-
Springfield Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07
Paddle Your Own Canoe.

Judge s. gave his son $1,000, and told
him to 90 to college and graduate. The
son returned at the end Of the freshman
year without a dollar, and with several
ugly habits. About the close of the yaca-
ton the Judge said to his son:
"Well. William, are you going to college
this year?'
'Have no money, father
''But gave you $1,000 to graduate on.'
"That's all gone, father"
Very well, my son; gave you all L
could afford to give you; you can't stay
here; you must now pay your way In the
world"
A new light broke in upon the vision OF
the young man. He accommodated him
self to the situation, he left home, made
his way through the college, and gradu-
ated at the head of his class. studied law,
became Governor of the State of New \ ork,
entered the cabinet of the President OF the
United States. and made record for him
self that will not soon die, being none 9TH
er than William II. Seward.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07
Farm Roses.

Among the adjuncts of the farm which
require attention at this season of the year.
the flower garden should by no means be
forgotten. The dreary notion that farm
is to raise something to eat or to sell, and
nothing to enjoy, has nearly died out, and
many farmers garden, in its small way,
is us worthy of admiration in these days as
was the garden of the city merchant ort the
mere floral amateur OF days gone by.
Among the flowers that always give plea
sure, there is nothing like the rose. Other
things come into fashion only 10 be re-
placed in a few years by some new favor
ite; but for two or perhaps three thousand
years the rose has commanded the worlds
admiration, and will no doubt TO the end OF
time.
The old roses known as the Hundred
leaved, the Maiden's Blush, Provence roses
of various kinds, and the Old-fdshioned
things known as garden roses, are stlll
good enough to be generally grown; and
not the least of their advantages Is that
they will take care of themselves without
much trouble from the gardener. Still
there are among the new Improvements
among these good old kinds, that are well
worth growing by those who can obtain
them.
What are called by florists hybrid per-
petual roses are of this class. They are
called perpetual only by comparison with
the common summer-blOOming kinds. The
Hundred-leaved, the Cabbage, and Others
like this only bloom once, i'll June; but
these hybrid perpetuals (marked IL. L. in
the Rose CatalOgue) bloom again more or
less in the fall. but never as freely as i'll the
early summer time. They bloom, how
ever, more freely when the first crop of
flowers are cut off, soon after expansion.
If the seeds are suffered to mature, it in
terferes with the production of fall flow
erS. This class of roses is very nearly
as hardy as that of the common garden
roses. In very severe winters they get the
tops of the young branches nipped. That
is all.
The real perpetual blooming roses are
those known TO florists as daily roses.
These are technically known as BOurbOns,
Teas, Chinas. and NOisettes. When they
once flower they keep on continuously Till
frost comes, and these also the more they
are cut the better they bloom. They are a
little tender in severe winters, and i'll some
localities will not live out without some
protection. But they are as well worth
| this protection as Dahlias, or other things
which all know must be taken care OF.
| The best way to take care OF these roses
seems to be to partially bury them i'll earth.
| As soon as the frOsts of autumn come dig
the roses, and take the green leaves and
sappy branches off. Then lay the plants
slanting on dry piece of ground. and
cover roots and branches with the earth.
In spring take out and replant. 1t is not
much trouble; and in this way even the
tenderest roses NAV be grown in any farm
er's garden as well as if he had regular
greenhouse in which to keep them during
| the winter season.-FoTnsv's Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07
Why a Child Loves Sugar.

The craving of children for sweets IS
well known to be one of the most imperi-
ous of their appetites. 1t has reference
probably to that ceaseless activity which
characteriZes the age of childhood. IL
may be that sugar performs in their sys-
TENS the part enacted by fatty substances
in the bodies Of adults. As it undergoes
OxidatiOn-is burned up circulating with
the blOOd-it may be the source OF the
power which enables them 10 keep in mo-
ton from morning to night. Besides this
it is known that il renders easier and
more perfect the digestion of the albumi-
nous food upon which their growth de-
pends- In respect to these offices it Is
therefore, nearly essential TO their we'll
being. And yet how strong, for genera
tiOns, has been tbs prejudice against sugar
Under what difficulties, and in the face oil
what discOuragements and protests, have
eur children obtained the luxury!
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

ONE-HALF of the world does not know
how the other half lives There are peo-
pie in Danbury to-day who have not
Sheet OF monogram paper to their name.
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determination of Rats.

Hon. NJ. L. Dunlap, in the Chicago T1'l
baae, says: The common Norway rat
will not trouble cOrn-cribs that are SET
well up from the ground and kept clear
from underlying rubbish, for he burrows
in the ground and never makes his nest
in the corn. Or. if a colony should locate
near it. a few minutes work with a spade
will dispose of them; or, by watching the
burrows and shooting few of them, they
will leave the premises.
The rat is troublesome customer to the
shiftleSS farmer, for he delights to hide
and burrOw under his old rubbish heaps
and badly-conStructed Stable-flOOrS; but
he avoids all places where he is exposed to
the spade or the shotgun. Any one can
have rats if he wishes, for pile of old
boards, barrels, or heap of stone, will
invite them to you. | once thought a
good ratter necessary in order to be rid of
them but experience proved that to be a
folly. \ good, clean, sharp spade, and
clean premises are worth more than dOZ-
en- of the best rat-terrierS in the country.
have seen the time when | would not
have parted with good rat-terrier for tit-
ty dollars, for | supposed them TO be the
charm that kept the rats off the farm
but since have learneda cheaper method.
would not take the best dog as gift
much prefeIring to give the waste of the
Kitchen to the chickens. for in that there
lies one of the secrets of a supply OF
eggs.
Rats infest corn in the shock, for they
make their burrows underneath them. \
rail-crib is also good place for them, as
they are safe from both dogs and spades.
They used TO annoy me about the stable
but made the floors of solid clay. well
rammed down, upon which the plank
was laid, and no rat gets under this plank
ing. The urine tends to presery. the
plank, and, after eight years use, they
have not been replaced, and look as though
they would last several years longer,
There is not rat about the stable, mol
any rat-deg to worry him if there was.
Then the hog-pen is up two feet from the
ground, which has spoiled all their hiding
places, and we are rid of them. So much
for rats. in which an ounce of prevention
| is better than pound of cure
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

Mrs. HAYDEN, of Sharon, VT, has a
peony which she has watched blossom for
seventy consecutive years,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

The number of hares and rabbits pro-
duced annually in Great Britain Is said
to be 30,OOO,000, supplying 10000 tons OF
food.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

ST. PAUL's Episcopal Church Is one OF
the very prettiest of its kind in town in
the West. The rectory formerly had a
large and imposing dOor-plate inscribed
st. Paul's Parsonage" One day wag-
gish friend of the rector rang the bell
fiercely and asked if St.Paul were at home.
The rector enjoyed the joke, but called for
a screw-driver Immediately, and the door
plate has since been missing.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

An, necklace Of melody old,
With apples and walnuts Of gold
That danced to the ;iorscs' feet
The mother bell in the middle hung,
As big as =" Golden Sweet -
Then small each way tin the string was strung
And two hbert bells did meet,
And two rhyming hearts did beat.
All, the string is dumb, and rs green with rust,
As the dimplcd graves of the maiden 5 dust
-SCribnel' IS for MGy.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

They lsugh and they leap 10 the ground,
In wooden, all mirtened and gOwned,
Lit up with ribbon blue,
With breath Of cloves or of sassafTas
Faces like Ruth and as true
As ever smiled in a looking glass,
And CHEEKS with the roses through
All look like flowers that are nearly blown,
In the ZOneless grace of their d" London brown, 3"
Not a charm in bonds, nor beauty laced,
Ces,us of Venus would girdle the waist.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

\ charming crew comes last
In the Family Ark of the past,
Packing it full, and in pairs
The rude Old sleigh, SO rOOmy and red,
All stTewn with straw, like POverty's bed,
Millenial lambs in their lairs
Like an emigTant ship is the numbering craft,
Crowded aud laden both forward and aft,
With wooden heart surmounting the stern,
Where the teamsters of old gave the reins a turn.
An, the hearts that thrObbed with their youthful
blood
Were as free from care as the scuptured wood.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-05-07

March 18th, 1874. a H
For this document hurriedly exchanged
nv fifty dollars two twenties and a ten,
lest Mr.. CreSap should repent him his
generous action, and after thanking him
for his advice not to fail to "call on Mr..
Wilson Tomorrow" we bade him good
afternoon and started homeward.
As may well be imagined, Patty and |
hardly waited till Mr.. Cresap had gone be-
yond ear-shot, before we began to exchange
congratulations. -....
'sOnly to think of our having been so
delightfully."- fortunate" cried Patty. ITO
think of our meeting Mr.. CreSap so near
his own house,"
"And the rent so exceedingly reasona-
ble," continued. "But do not wonder
that he is panied to see strangers step in
and occupy place made so dear TO him
by memories of the past"
But what shall we do if Mr.. Wilson
refuses TO confirm the bargain - queried
practical Patty.
go TO the st. Eustace and state the
case TO Mr.. Cresap. There is plenty of time
to have the matter satisfactorily settled be-
fore he starts for Europe. If it were not
already after business hours, | should be
tempted to call upon Mr.. Wilson at
/ once"
There were two very tired and very
hungry people who sat down TO Patty s
tea-table that evening. But. revived by
the cheering Influence of an appetZing
meal, our spirits rose with our good
fortune, and we fought again with re-
The New York herald., 1874-12-06
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.

A LBANY AND TROY SUNDAY BvkNING BOAT
"A Citizens line. leaves pier 40 North River foot Of
Leroy street r. M connecting with the railroads
North and West Fare 81 50.
LNALL RIVER LINE TO BOSTON. VIA NEwPORY
and Fall River.-The steamers NEWPORT and Old
COLONY pier 28 North River foot Of Murray street.
daily Sundays oxcepted) at 4 p. NJ Through tickets
sold at Ali principal hotels in the city.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

CroN1NGToN LINZ PoR BOSTON AND PRovI-
= dsnce -steamsrs NARRAGANsErT M I every Tuesday
Monday Wednesday and Friday, from pier - North
River foot Of Jay street, at4 r. M
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

ID ED STAR LINZ
Ii Appointed TO carry the Belgian and United states
Mails.
The following steamers are appointed to sail
For ANTWERP
From Philadelphia. From New York.
vADERLAND. Nov 10 COLINA. ........ Oct 20
NEDERLAND. Dec 4 SWIlZKRLAND.. Nov. u
From ANTWERP.
For Philadelphia. For New York.
NEDERLAND. NOV. 10 sWITZERLAND-. Oct g
YADERLAND.......D Dec 4 COLINA. ...........Nov. q
PRICES OF PASSAGE IN CURRENCY.
First Cabin, S90 Second CABIN, $6r.
Steerage and intermediate tickets ~ and from all
points At the lowest rates
Passenger accOmmoda lions for all Glasses
Ample attendance provided Every steamer carries
surgeon and sewardess.
Through tickets and through bills Of adng issued be-
tween all prominent points.
For passage rates OF freight and other information
GEO w. COTTON Agent q Broad vt, New York.
JOHN MCDONALD, Passenger Agent,
No. Battery Place. Now York.
PETER WRIGHT AND SONS, General Agents.
3U7 Walnut street, Phade lphia.
b. WONDER BECKE
General European Agent, Antwerp.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

NORFOLK. PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND-OLDs
IN Dominion Steamship Company.-Steamers leave
for above ports from pier 81 North River foot Of Beach
street. Tuesday Thursday and Saturday, at T. M.
Also intermediate steamers.
Through bills of lading and passenger tickets issued
to all points in the interior. . -.
ware and Eastern Maryland every Monday and Thurs
day. at p. NJ.
0f,ce, corner Fulton and Greenwich streets
The New York herald., 1874-12-06
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY 1o74-uUADKUPE
EUROPEAN srEAMsHYPs.


II NO. SSifEg STATES 1T MsIh srEAssHIrs
The elegant Ciyde-out iron steamships will sail from
keT GrsF,,es YoFx ss follewsn nsr,s;n r,.c,s, nr
from Eagle Lps ys pier C0t q s,ss. s5sst HOOoKsn
PLYMOUTH, LON DON, CHERBOUR RG and HAMBU RG
cabin-sss saloen sloo r9Id' id sscend saloon ss gold
,,xor Per freight apply 70 PUNCH, EDDY co. q South
For passage apply TO KNAUTH. NACHoD KUHNE,
General Agents. liS Broadway
ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE.
The GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC COMPANY's
MAIL STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND
HAvRE
splendid vessels this tayorite Con.
pef N 81 soS es as xy o'nef WIN SAL
VILE DE PARIS. Daure. Saturday. Dec p
~ NisE rrndas 1sn is7S
FKIcs OF PXssXGR IN ooL6 einoiudhs Si winei .''
Escarsca % nc tickets sssaG * reduced s S rats.
american traysierS BY taking 'h,s line avoid both
ing tho Channel besides saving tme trouble ami ex-
GEORGE MACKENZIE, Agent. IS Broadway
TINTED STATES NAIL LINE-sTRAM TO QUEEN
-1 Sailing every Tuesday
SsSS SsHsa ssasss rss
Prep Prepaid tickets at lowest rates
passngers Booked 70 and from an pa Trean HamoHs Nor
France and Germany WyLrs {. lSsss Is
CPEcIAL NoTicE-rHE SPLENDID MAIL STEAM
ship MINNEsOTA sailing for 9ueensto wn anu Liver
ber OF intermediate passengers at SO each the rooms
S nbs @
GuIoN. 20 Broadway.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

(NROMWELL STEAMSHIP LINE FOR PORTLAND,
~ Me.-Steamshp GEO. WASHINGTON leaves every
Wednesday and the GEO CROMWELL every Saturday
A. P NJ, from pier No . North River, connecting At
interior and the East. Freghts reduced Passenger
commodanons unsurpassed. Passage including state
ioo'A ~ ABBY TO CLARK 4 SEAMAN Ss West street.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

S,TkAMsHIP COMPANIES USING LARGE QUANTI-
- ties OF printing will fnd II advantageous al with
the NIT RoroLITAN fEINTIk0 ksTABLIsHMREri
work unsurpassed while In prompnsss neatness
and cheapness il offers special inducementA Bills OF
Lists. Circulars, Posters Cards wayb,lls and every
special form used In the ransacon Of business care
fully prepared and printed.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

NATIONAL LINE
IN NOTICE.
The most southerly has always been adopted by
this company to AVOID ice and heAdlaDde
From piers A. and ~ North River.
TO QUEENSTOWN AND LIvgRPOOL.
ENGLAND. Deo 81 r. n. hELvETIA..........D Dec. 10
FOR LONDON DIRECT.
GREECE.
Cabin Passage $60 $40 currency StecrAge at greatly
reduced prices Return tickets at rednced rates Pre-
paid stee rage tokets from Liverpool the lowest
Apply at the mpanys Office No; GO Broadway.
F.W. J. HURST, Manager.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

LNOR NEW ORLEANS DIRECT.
The Cromwell steamship Line.
The Steamship KNlCKERBOCKER Captain Kemble
will leave pier No. North River on SATURDAY pecem
ber T. r. NJ Freight received daily Through rates
given to Galveston Indianola, RockpDrt or Aranzai
Wharf. Brazos santiago, ST. Louis and Mobile Cabir
passage S5 steerage 425 For freight passage apply
to CLARK h SEAMAN, 80 West street.
The New York herald., 1874-12-06

NvO RENTAL SACRIFICE, ELEGANTLY FUR
i nisbed high soop brown stone house, West Forty
second street; perfect order; immediate possession
Address OWNER No. East Forty secono street
The New York herald., 1874-12-06
COAL AND WOOD.


dc OK GENUINE LOCUST MOUNTAIN AND
PO ~. ehigh Coal from S6 rs TO 81 per ton Of
ZUW pounds delivered THOMAS THhDFORD
pwenv seventh s and Ninth av aud IA Madison IT.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-10

The Grayenstrin is the best apple in the
world. as all pomologists agree. The
other day we met the man who set The
first gratis of this variety Of apple In
America. Mr.. Gorham Parsons of the
Fatherland Farm. Byfeld, received from
Europe a package OF the gratis from the
seeding tree. They were left at his count
ing room In Boston, and he sent them TO
his country place in Brighton, but his
oyerseer, having no spare stock for them,
sent them to Byiield. Our informant, Mr..
II. ID. Rogers, was grating over the Old
trees a, Byfeld when the gratis arrived,
but the foreman of the place, seeing that
they were little shriveled, owing 10 their
long voyage, and that they were rather
small specimens of gratis at best, refused
to have them set. declaring that he
wouldn't pay for the work. Mr.. Rogers,
nothing daunied, carried the poor gratis
TO his father, a somewhat celebrated fruit
raiser, aud proposed TO set them in his
trees. But Rogers, Senior, didn't believe
in new-fangled apples in general, nor in
I Aucct W anu hS
would have none of them. As last re-
sort, Rogers carried the scions TO James
| Peabody, who favored every thing new and
fancy, and who gave him permission to
set them, with the understanding that they
! would 90 halves on the profits. The third
year the trees came into bearing, and Mr..
I Peabody carried plate of the apples to
the cattle show, where they attracted much
attention, though the committee could not
name them. They were cut up into minute
pieces and distributed among the connois-
seurs, all of whom pronounced it the
champion apple. The next year, Mr..
Peabody carried plate to the Fair OF the
Massachusetts Society, where he met
Marshall Z. Wilder, the President. VIII O
had just arrived from Europe with bask-
ct of apples, a bunch OF the gratis, and the
name which has always been spelled
wrong, Graf Stein-Count Stone-beine
The name Of the proprietor Of the estate OIL
which the apple originated. All the graft;
in this country came from Mr.. Peabody;
tree, which took pity on the poor. imported
scions. after they had been refused every
where else.-lNewburyport Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-10
Domestic Recipes.

CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-The old style of
laying cucumbers down in brine and then
when wanted for use, soaking them out In
a brass or copper kettle 70 make them
green. is tedious and l think dangerous.
Now had nice solid pickles in May that
put down last summer and the following
is my method q preparing them: ! take
them from the vines, wash carefully, and
put them in good ctisr vinegar. Fix a
paper over the jar, some seal them, but l
have not. Ichange the vinegar once in
the season on mine. 49,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-10

FALL GRAFTISG.-Fall grating is chiefly
anpljeable under the following conditions:
/. Where buds have failed, and the
season for inserting them successfully has
passed.
,. Where buds are apt to fail, either by
heine broken. as the projecting buds OF
sweet cherries, or by proving mere bios
SONS buds, as often happens with piums.
The scion having several buds, and one Oh
them terminal, affords greater security
against this sort of failure. ts Il
q Where il is desired to see the fruit
sooner. Because the scion, especially II
partly of two-year-old wood, will blossom
a wear or two sooner than mere single
he'd which can only yield single WOO a
shoot.-fLewiston Journal
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-10

Land from which early crops have
been taken should be sown to grass as
early in September - possible. Ai<-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-09-10
From the Morning star,


Frea the Csnsresaiisnaliss & Recorder,
BosToN, MARCH 2, 1871.
The HENRY +. MILLER PIANO FoRTEs.-
The instruments from this establishment
are rapidly coming into public notice
and favor. ana already occupy foremost
position among nrst class pianos.
Mr.. Miller Is himself a practical mechan-
ic, and thorough musician. and the SUI
periority which these pianos have over 9th
ers, is owing in large measure to the
careful supervision which each instru-
ment receives from the manufacturer be-
fore 1t is allowed to leave his establish
ment. The award Of the contract to fur
nish the public schools Of Boston with
pianos must be very gratifying 10 Mr..
Miller, and is = testimony Of the musical
public to the high position which these
instruments occupy. The serere test that
they have received at the New England
Conservatory OF Music. and at many 9TH
er public institutions where they are In
constant daily use, is guarantee Of their
many excellent qualities, and especially OF
their durability. They are used and rec
commended by most Of the leading musi.
ians 0 I Boston.
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