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Effects OF Ashes and Lime.

Place piece of iron or steel in damp
ashes, and 1t will soon corrode with rust.
Place the iron or steel in lime mortar.
and the rust will disappear. Sow small
grain where brush pile or log.heap has
been burned, or where liberal dressing
OF ashes has been applied, and there viii
be q rank growth that will probably fall
and never mature. Sow the grain where
the lime has been applied to the soil, and
the grain will grow with stout, stiff straw,
and plump, hard heads that mature we'll.
Ashes cause a rank growth of the
herbaceous part of the plants, such as
leaves, straw and grass; lime induces a
growth of the woody part of plants, and
the grain or fruit Ashes stimulate heavy
muck, and rich or virgin soils. They
appear to disintegrate or make available
what is already in the soil. They seem
to act specially on vegetable mold and
manures from the barn.yard. Apply
them to the most offensive pile of com.
post and they will render it inodorous
and worthless as fertilizer, their effect
being that of releasing the ammonia from
the compost. Ashes used with a com:
post heap of decaying vegetable matter
would be wasted-wOrse than wasted
as they render the compost inert as q fer.
tilizer. Applied to an offensive sink,
sewer or cesspool, they serve an excellent
purpose as disinfectant. They promote
the growth of grass and forage especial.
ly, proving very valuable on low lands:
will stimulate trees, ETC., to vigorous
growth when the soil is strong. They
exhaust strong soils and injnre poor
ones.
Lime improves poor soils, especially
sandy ones, by rendering them more com.
pact and capable of retaining fertility
when applied. As a promoter of health
and vigor in apple trees it is one of the
best applications that can be made to the
soil. Under its influence trees mature
we'll, the fruit is finer, and trees are freer
from disease. Lime may be applied with
benefit on most soils and many plants,
but 1t Is of special value to the apple
tree and strawberry plant, while ashes
are valuable on heavy or rich soils for
the grosser feeding Of plants, such as our
native plums and currant bushes.-Cor.
Horttculturist.
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sense Of fear at being harnessed. It NAV
'oe quito light blowing BY the side Of
course, the long end Of the drawbar.
Whatever.the propagation to amer the
driver should keep cool. At least: donot
get angry until the colt has forgotten the
cause Of the anger. if it cons1mes the
whole days for when both horse and
driver get angry at the same time the
twolegged brute is almost sure to give
the quadruped partial lesson by teach.
ing 1t its own strength, and the lesson
will never be forgotten. Patience and
nrmness are the powers that can make
horse or mule subservient to man.
III the horse is fine one, or likely to
become valuable as a driving horse, it
should never be put to drawing heavy
Loads at all, but must receive very diff.
ferent course Of training from that prac
tlced on the ordinary horse. Its farm
education, however, Like that of any colt
should be commenced during the first
winter of its life and should proceed thus
up to the time it is two years past. It's
real training should be commenced bv
exercising in the biting harness, driving
to light vehicle beside q steady horse.
never, however on long journeys, but
only sufficient to harden its flesh and in
duce muscular development.
At three years old and until it is four
it should be driven with exceeding care
only enough for exercise, since It is a
critical age for the colt for the reason that
it is the period when the second dentition
takes place, and as consequence the
young animal cannot eat hard food so
we'll as at more advanced age. Indeed,
all young horses should be used carefully
until they are six years old, and no horse
should be put to fast and exhaustive work
unit! after that period. II properly used
until this time they will increase in stout.
ness, ability and speed until they are en-
or even twelve years Of age.-Westerp
Rur0l.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27
Training and Driving Colts.

The warm days of spring usually put
the youngsters of the family in mind of
breaking or training colts. The animal
passions are aroused in those who have
seen them subdued by literally breaking
their spirit, but not in those who have
been taught that gentleness and patience
are the most potent powers in subduing
any of the domesticated animals. If the
animal has been handled from the time it
was a colt, it will usually submit to the
biting harness quietly. 1t may then be
turned into some safe yard, and allowed
10 wander about at will for an hour, care
being taken at first not to check the head
too high, but slightly above the natural
position in which it is carried, or it may
be exercised for time at the end of a If
teen. DOT cord or strap, until it. be some
what tired. 1t may be checked up more
and more each day, being gradually COM
pelied to carry It's head higher and
higher.
When 1t will walk or trot at command,
OF even before, the colt may be hitched
alongside steady old mare and driven.
II heightened, it will, if the driver keeps
calm, soon recover, and usually proceed
quietly enough; and, whenever it does so,
1t should soon thereafter be taken from
the harness. As soon as it overcomes the
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27

From Philadelphia to South Pueblo 1865 90
From Cincinnati to South Pueblo -. ........ AZ 90
From Chicago to South Pueblo. Is %
From st. Louis 70 sourh Pueblo. ........... % %
From Liverpool to South Pueblo.
These rates are per centum reduction
on the full fares, and will change from
time to time as these fares change.
HEALTH.-Al the world now visits
Colorado to find health. Health Is the
poor mans capital.
scENERY.-The scenery is the grandest
and most beautiful on the continent:
So1L.-The valley of the Arkansas raises
fifty bushels of wheat to the acre.
Social CHANCEs-Every mans chill.
dren start equal and with even chances in
the West.
COLONY PLAN.-South Pueblo is being
settled by the Denver g. Rio Grande Rail.
way, In regular course of their plan for
the systematic development Of the coun.
try along the line Of their route. under
the same plan of colony which has
proved so successful in the case of Col
orado Springs, the great pleasure and
health resort.
This plan secures to the individual
settler all the advantages and reductions
OF colony emigration without subiectinq
him to the ordinary limitations OF colo.
MA! enterprises, !. g., moving with a large
body, or at a given time.
Full details of this plan, with pamphlet
ana map, will be furnished by either
DENVER & Rio GRANDE RAILWAY Co..
216 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia,
THOMAS G. PARRISH, Treasurer, ''"'
NELSON Il BoL1Es, Cincinnati, o.
AoLBRooK Fox, Boston, Macs
". y. BUCHANAN, Montreal Canada.
GEO: +. MCFARLAND, Harrisburg Pa,
A. RGDELHE1NER, Kansas Pacific Depot,
r no Kansas City.
AlsAa1R HAY HILL, London, England.
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they will. Indeed, we call attention to
his work not so much for what it amounts
to in itself, but as an encouraging ex-
ample of patient, laborious and consci-
entlous investigation. Moreover, it is
not merely fancy question in science.
Like SO many of these investigations
which seem purely speculative, twill
probably prove to have it's practical value.
If the law could be laid down with pre-
cision that the remains of a person will
indicate sanity or insanity, it would have
trials and Wii qp cases an fhe me n
sanity dodge" in murder trials seems to
be as yet safe from exposure from this
source, since the, brain of living person
cannot be submitted to the microscope
without personal Inconvenience not less
embarrassing than hanging ITSELF
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
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DR.: R. '. PIERCE, of the Worlds Dispcnsary
Buffalo, n. Y, whose Family Medicines have
won golden opinions and achieved worldwide
reputation, after patient study and much ex.
pcrimenting, succeeded in perfectine a Com
pound Extract of Smart Weed, or Water Pen
per, that is destined to become as celebrated
as his other medicines. It owes it's efficacy
not entirely to the Smart: Weed, which, how.
ever, is sovereign remedial agent, but largely
to happy combination of that herb With
Jamaica j, Ginger and other vegetable agents.
The combination is such as to make it q ycrv
pleasant remedy to take. Taken internally,
It F,,, cures Diarrhga, Pysentery Cor Bloody
Morbus, Cholera nfantum, Collie, Cramps and
Pain in the Stomach, breaks up Colds.
Cramps, Febrile and Infammatory Attacks,
Rheumatism and Neuralgia Applied extcr'
Daily nal it cures sgrains and Bruises, Frost
Bites, Chilb]ains, Fe]ons, Rheumatic Aztec.
tons, Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Neuralgia, Pain in
Bask S; Soreness or Stiffness Of Joints. stings
ana Bites OF Poisonous Insects and Reptiles,
Caked Breasts or "Ague in Breast" and En-
larged Glands; in short, is an unexcelled Lin.
iment for Man and Beast. 1t is sold by drug
gi6ts 80
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Accomplishments.

SO CALLED accomplishments are a sort
OF Mansard roof clapped on the sounder
structure of the average English educa.
ton. Why they are thus denominated
when IN the possession of them so little
IS really accomplished, it is dificult to
determine. Their material is generallv
as substantial as that of the thing to
which they have been compared. and
suo)ected to the fiery tests of life and ex.
perlence, hey are almost as readily de.
stroyed. The requirement of a little
knowledge of music, certain rules of draw.
ing' Inc process OF mixing colors. and q
few foreign phrases are oftenest the result
OF much misapplled industry. If music.
drawing and painting were studied and
cultivated as arts, with the intent of be.
coming thoroughly proficient in them.
that they might stand if need be in good
practical stead, then the time devoted to
tnem would not be wasted. Instead of
nelng mental folfols in which to deck
their illclothed minds in public, these
attalnments would be of deep and lasting
satisfaction to their possessors, even
though not put to any severer trial.
rev girls care enough for music and
craving to pursue them after being freed
from the restraint of masters. and MANY
would never begin such study were it not
for the ambition of parents, guided bv a
society that demands all girls to be nodded
atter one model. This idea is so obviously
impossible as to be absurd. Countless
good gardeners milliners, dressmakers.
housekeepers have been spoiled in poor
piano players, simply because knowledge
OF the piano was considered an elegant
acquisltioni while an understanding OF
me other things was regarded as some.
1mlng that only necessity should require.
Inc hours OF stunning on unresponsive
instruments (unresponsive because
touched by no sympathetic fingers) which,
otherwise employed, might have made
capital cooks are incalculatle.
The original design was good-to ena.
Die women to impart pleasure and inn.
provement to themselves and others: but
1t s'gnally fails Seldom are girls willing
to play or exhibit the work of their penci}
TO critical ears and eyes; and when good
nature lmpels them to, what have thew to
oner? Ordinarily the merest smattering
more repellant to ripe Judgment than total
ignorance would be-.
IL Is evident that an acquaintance with
the alphabet of many branches is not 40
great an aid to intellectual improvement
as being thoroughly versed in one. In
this short life it is much to know even
one thing we'll. If thoroughly understood,
everything, from steak. br0iling to oratorio'
composing, should be considered an
accomplishment. Pupils apt at figures
should be taught book. keeping in place
OF minims and semi-breves; and natural
nurses given an insight into bottles and
bandages. in lieu of curved lines and
neutral tint. Thus the training of the
mind in direction ut once natural and
useful contributes tn its healthiest growth,
and rebounds to individual advancement
ana general advantage" Home and So.
ciety," IN Scrt6ner's for June.
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The Growth of a Feather.

In the skin of bird where a new
leather is to grow there is little pit, and
at the bottom of this an elevation or pvr-
amid; extending up one side of this
pyramid is groove, or furrow, deepest
at the base, and gradually growing shall.
Lower until it disappears near the TOP {:
from each side of this furrow q great
many smaller grooves extend around to
the other side of the pyramid, and these
also decrease in depth, and at last disap-
pear just as they are about to meet on the
SIDE opposite the large furrow.
The whole pyramid is covered with
SKIN, and the surface is made of the same
scales, or f1attened cells, that are found
over o the rest of the body; but, instead of
falling off when they are pushed out by
me new ones below them, they become
united or welded to each other, so as to
form horn coat over the surface of the
pyramid, with ridges on its lower or inner
surface corresponding to the grooves on
me pyramid; and, as new cells grow al
Inc base, this coat or cast Of the surface
IS pushed upward till it breaks at it's
thlnnest part, which is, of course, the
smooth part without ridges opposite the
large turrow; and then, us it is pushed
onward and flattened, it assumes the form
OF feather. the ridge formed in the main
inrrow being the shaft, while the casts of
me sac grooves form the separate barbs
of the vane. ~
when all of the vane has been formed
ana pushed forward, the pyramid loses
Its grooves and becomes smooth. and the
wall now formed on its surface, being of
the same thickness in all parts, does not
break, but remains tubular, and forms the
quill, which is attached to what is left Of
the pyramid. A fnger.nail OF a hair is
formed from the same kind of scales. in
the same way, the process differing onlv
IN those features which give to each or
gan its special character. Feathers.
scales, hair, claws and nails, all are made
ai'ke from the dead, flattened cells crowd.
e n 10 the surface by the process of growth.
Popular Science Monthlv.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27

TIE Haywood (Cal.) advocate tells of
an English sportsman who was up that
way the other day with the inevitable
ga,me'bag, eyeglasses and cloth shoes
who' alter assassinating helpless buzzards
which he found asleep on fence. re.
turned to town and reported that he had
shot "heagle" and had been pursued bv
wolves: The wolves were harmless Gov.
otes, which, after their habit, had been
uottlng after the terrified hunter, in the
nope that he would drop something for
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27

WnHoFT's TONIC is not panacea-is not a
cure TOR everything, but is a catholicon for
malarious diseases, and day by day adds fresh
iaurels to its crown of glorious success. En-
gorged Livers and Spleens along the shady
banks OF our lakes and rivers are restored to
their healthy and normal eecretions. Health
and vigor follow it's use, and Chills have taken
their departure from every household where
Wilhoft's Anti-Periodic is kept and taken
Don't fail to try it. WHEELoCK, F1NLAY &
Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE By ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27

A SCHOONER with cargo of $4,000
bushels Of corn recently sailed from Chi.
cage tor Cork, Ireland. One would nat
urally suppose that she had to make a
long and tedious land, journey through
Canada, but this she avoided by taking
to the canals of that country.
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ToorHAcHE proceeds from ague in the face
cayed tooth. Rub the gum thoroughly with
the finger wet with Joknsoa'x Aaodg,ae Lini-
n,tnt, heat the face we'll and lap flannel
wet with the liniment Oh the face, also put
little OF the liniment into the cavity Of the
tooth on cotton.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-06-27

GoDEY's LADY's BooK.-The illustra-
tons in the July number are: A handsome chro.
mo picture, The Cottage Door," q beautiful
colored Ash|on'plate; an extension sheet, con-
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The system frequently gets out Of order
and should be at once regulated, else other
troubles will ensue; when physic is needed
take Parsons FIraati'e lflx; they are safe
wholesome and natural medicine
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Tom, what in the world put matri.
mony in your head?" "Well, the fact is.
l was getting short of shirts.".
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-Iexas promises US larger harvest of
Raaln tnls season than she has yielded for
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THB NORTHWESTERN H0RSE-NAn Co.,
Finished " Nail Is the best in the world.
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WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTlSEhe
w please say You saw the AdVertisemen
In th19 DRnors
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~AsTHAA can be cured. See Hurst's adyertt
nent.
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Profitable Employment.

Work for Everybody. Good Wages. Per-
nanent Employment. Men and Women
vAntehs Full particulars free. Address
WA. HENDERSON & CO.,
Cleveland. O.. or St. Louis. Mo.
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SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETc.-Laree res.
ervatlons have been and will be made for
purposes. f@''Ao
EXPENSES OF Observation-Disclosures
holding certificates of membership. who
apply at an early date, will secure passage
and freiGhts on household goods. from the
East to South Pueblo, at greatly reduced
rates.
These prices non are about as follows
tor Jsst-elGes tickets:
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JOHN EDGAR THOMPSON, Philadelphia,
Eres'dent Pennsyluanta 4, +. CO.
SAMUEL n. FElToN, Philadelphia. "
LOUIS Fl. MEYER. Banker Now w. ~
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29
tFoR THE oRAsGEDuRe TiMEs.l
The Approaching Fair.

The good people of OraGgeburg and
the region round about can scarcely
need to he reminded of the pleasure in
store for them ON the 3rd of November
when the Orangeburg Fair will open;
but we apprehend that persons. Mt
distance are not aware how rich treat
may be expected. If the last Fair,
though held during the worst period
ofa great financial panic, was such
success, what may not be anticipated
of one held now. The able and irde-
fatigable Board of Directors have
spared no effort 10 add to its attractive
ness, and the people of Orangeburg
have lost none of that fine spirit,which
rose superior to the paralysing influ-
ences of money panic. The spacious
Fair Building-the finest, it is said,in
the State-will presents display which
will feast the eye. The preparations
for it have, we learn, been extensive.
Tho products of'human industry and
skill in thousand forms will be there.
The useful, or the beautiful, or both.
will be seen on every hand, and in al
most bewildering variety, and profu-
sion. And not within the Building
only, will tho eye be gratifed. Out
side oft, on the spacious Fair Grounds
these will be enough to repay the Wis
itor. Each day will furnish its amuse-
ments. Among them will be witnessed
Tournament, in whicn not less than
twenty-five superb horsemen will couch
the lance, like the knights of the ;oldsn
time, to bear off the Ring,a full speed.
A match game of Base Ball, by pick
ed players, will give, in another form,
fine exhibition of skill, and endu.
rance. And from time, to time, during
the progress ofthcse, and various other
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-10-29
TO TIE CONSERVATIVES OF
ORANGEBURG.

This is the last opportunity we will
Aave before the election to urge upon
you your duty, to come ton the Bird
of November with ye..r se..r. iall strength
for Green and Delaney. It is your
only chance for good government,and
if they ara defeated, it WILDE through.
your apathy Ifathe Conservatives
give the Independent Candidates 81
600 votes, which they gave to Carpeni
ter, they will be elected; for while Car
penter carried but a handful of colored
votes, Green and Delaney will, ir all
probability carry 10000 or more (which
added to the $4,000 Conservatives will
elect them. It depends in the main
then upon The Conservatives, and if
they ut this late hour. whsa fraud and nd
corruption are rife in the land, com.
mence to stiokle about petty considera
tions of party and color, they ensure
the election of Chamberlain, and fasten
the Ring upon us indefinitely. h.
Let Orangeburg give Green and De
laney 1000 votes, and if every County
will do as we'll in proportion, they will
be elected by a handsome majority.
Let every Conservative como out, and
do his best for good government. Y g,
It is worth the effort, and when we
consider the era ofgood feeling as we'll
as good government which thesuccess
of the Independent party will usher in,
we ought to be willing to sacrifice some
of our. ease and comfort for the result.
Remember Tuesday is the day of
election. Don't stay at home, and
when oppression comes blame every
body but yourselves. Our prospect of
success is brighter than it ever was in
this State, if we but do our duty. Let
,us then not fail from our own indiG-
ference. 3?