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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

Many farmers do not seem to see how
clover can be regarded as a fertilizer.
They think all crops require manure and
that all are alike exhaustive.
Now we have often recommended the
extensive cultivation OF clover, partly on
account Of its intrinsic value as a forage
crop, but especially because. in addition
to this, it may be regarded as a means OF
increasing the fertility and the productive
capacity of the soil 1t IS curious fact
that some plants have the power of assm-
lating and storing up in their roots, in
their leaves and IN their stems, a large
amount OF nitrogen, and if such plants
are allowed to remain and decay on the
soil in which they grow, they thus gather
and retain this most important substance
tor the use of other plants which follow
them, and which may require large
amounts OF this constituent.
Clover is one of these plants. 1t pos
sesses this property OF storing nitrogen in
its roots to very large extent, and as the
roots always remain in the soil, and as the
roots amount in extent or weight TO two
thirds Of the stem and leaves, it is easy to
see that good average crop of clover
will leave in the soil from one hundred
and fifty to two hundred pounds of nitro
gen to the acre, an amount quite sufficient
to meet the wants of almost any other
crop which may follow it. and which may
not possess the power to extract troln the
soil sufficient quantity Of this material,
as wheat, for example.
Clover therefore, should hold Il very
prominent place in every rotation OF crops
on the farm, and we ought not to grow
weary of cultivating it, 1t is regeneratol
of the soil and digs deep for its supplies
of food Mass. Ploughman.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28
About the Potato.

We were asked the other day whether
on the whole the potato was not the best
and most profitable crop the farmer could
raise. That of course, depends on cir
cumstances Formerly, when our soils
were comparatively new, when the seed
was healthy and vigorous and subject to
no disease, when three hundred bushels
to the acre was no uncommon crop, and
when the potato bug let us alone, the po-
tato was a staple crop. 1t was always
highly eXhausting crop, but in those DAYS
nobody minded that
1t may be true that where somewhat
similar conditions prevail, that is on new
soils farmer may grow a larger amount
OF human food per acre in the form of po-
tatoes than in any ether. The potato forms
an important part of the daily food of
most OF us and we must continue to raise
il tOr that reason.
We want a dry and rather warm soil
tor this crop 1t can be grown in muck,
hat to cook dry and mealy, it wants
good new soil, and quality nowadays. is
rs important a. quantity. Strong, fresh
ammonicaI manures are not the best II
is a good plan to slake lime with salt
water or brine and miA il with muck. 4
cask of lime to a cord of muck, and use
eight cords to the acre. AS soon As the
shoots break the ground, a small quantity
OF some good fertilizer applied renders
material aid in Fastening the crop. Another
cheap and profitable manure has been
found by using one cask of pure bone
mead 10 the same quantity of unleached
ashes thoroughly mixed together; let the
heap remain upon the barn floor tor a
wcth or ten days. shovelling it over once
IA 4 day OF two apply this compost in
the hill or drills at the rate of four on five
casks per acre, using care to throw n
small quantity of earth upon the seed be
fore applying the compost. This has been
found 4 valuable manure, costing only
ilye-eights as much as that of superphos-
phate. the best now in use, and producing
quite As good results As all fertilizers
act quickly upon plants. compared with
barn manure, it is plain that the whole
quantity should not be applied at once or
At the time Of planting, but one half at the
time of depositlng the seed, and the re-
mainder at the first and second hoeings.
thus keeping the crop constantly supplied
with plant food during lis growth. Plow
man
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

rhi~ j., the season. among GOOD house
wives for cleaning. whiteWashing. paint
pg repay,,y .rd ..thar,vi-o renoIating
The domleile
After The cleaning, WhlteWashlnS' ana
painting + accomplished. comes the pro
ress OF papennog fh@ walls o{N the hfsI
thing, frequently, to be done Is the removal
ot the old papeE |" do tins successfully
wet the wall thoroughly, ana, when well
soaked, the old paper can be stripped eli
very quickly After the paper is removed,
wash The wall 70 Get Oft the particles OF
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

The B4inkly divorce suit is again eX
citing great interest in New York. where
it is being retired before a Judge and jury.
The action is brought for a judicial separa
ton on the plea that the defendant has
abandoned the plaintiff, who claims that
he is her husband He denies this, but
admits that he lived with her. Whether
she is his wife or not is the question which
makes the trial so interesting. No person
ever either sanctiied or legalized the mar
riaoa between the two. They entered into
a verbal contract to be to each other man
and wife. The proof that they did SO is
found in the fact that both for years public
lv carried out the conditions such a con-
tract calls for. Mr.. Brinkley introduced
her everywhere as my wife, Mrs. Brink
lew He dwelt with her in such hotels as
the Fifth Avenue and the Hoffman House
as her husband. He was understood to be
such by the proprietors OF these hotels.
The same he did in first-class boarding.
houses, and the lady looked upon herself
as lawful wife She was poor, the daugh-
ter of an old comedian. He was and IS
rich, the son and heir of a Memphis mil
lionaire The contract became irksome to
him. His family urged his marrying an
heiress. He neglected the woman, and
now she sues for the setting aside Of the
verbal contract and an alimony proper
tionate to his means. He resists the suit !;
and thus the law is called to put asunder
a man and woman whom none of its
] officers ever joined together
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28
We Lay Us Down to Sleep.



We lay us down to sleep.
And leave to God the rest:
Whether to wake or weep.
Or wake no more, be best.
W ny NeN our souls with care:
The grave is cool and low:
Have we found life so fair
That we should dread to 60:
We've kissed loves sweet. red lip-.
And left them sweet and red.
The rose the wild bee sips
Blooms on when he is dead.
Some faithful friends we've found.
But those who love lis best.
When we are under groun |,
viii laugh on like the rest.
No task have we begun
But other hands can take:
No work beneath the sun
For which we need to Wake.
Then hold Us fast. sweet Death.
Ii so it seemeth best
70 Him who gave Us breath
That we should 90 to rest
We lay Us down To sleep,
oar weary eyes to close:
" neither 10 wake and weep.
Dr wake no more, lie know,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

NEW Postal RATES PEorosEn The
House postal committee on Friday, agreed
upon rates for the prepayment of printed
matter. including all regular issues of
newspapers and other periodicals. Upon
books and magazines the rates We're fixed
at three cents per pound, and upon all
newspapers at one and u halt cents per
pound, payment in all cases to be made
at the time the matter is deposited in the
mailing office. These rates apply to news
papers sent to regular subscribers as well
rs to printed matter, so that if the bill
becomes a law, no printed matter OF any
description whatever will be received Tor
transportation through the mails until
prepaid.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

The girls of a California seminary lately
developed a singular fancy cruising three
one-cent stamps, instead of the regular
kind upon their envelopes. The letters
were SO very plain and matter-of-fact, and
the attempts at evading surveillance in the
old-fashioned way grew SO scarce that one
inspecting teacher investigated this whim.
And 10 the cunning creatures had taken
to writing tender, emotional little epistles
to their lovers under the stamps
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

rrennsylyania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
ne Young fish Matched were in every instance
SeI at liberty lis soon Il, the yolk -ar WIS all
aofDcd. Ihc whole number thus turned out
was So,0oo. The present season the number
oi i eggs distributed will probably exceed 2,200.-
ooo, ahd' unless some extraordinary mshap in
terlcrcs, tilc number Of young fish will bc more
is so wide that hardly any river receive, an
adequate stock. but in some instance the mum
Der will be sufficient 10 produce decided I'M
prCsslOn.
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NUMBER AZ.


here Is 50 cold that the same stage of growth is
not reached lndertWo or three months, and the
young fish Matched here, for the most part
leave the shell i'll April and May: about six
months after the eggs are laid
lhe water used for Matching is very cold,
though not quite as cold as that used by Mr..
Leonard at the Sebcc Samon-brceding Works
| Where the temperature ha. been above SO deg
but three days since November II. AT the
| b"ehsport Matching house the temperature
ranges from ~ II to 81 deg. f. through most
OF the winter. When the earliest eggs are first
! deposited It Is about A deg. f.. and before
| me last OF those Kept here hatch out. early in
May it rises again TO the same point The low
est tenperatnrr of the whole season is expert
| 'nceu iii Npri. when the snow and ice are
! heltmS.
development goes on very slowly. and the
| eggs are not generally in the proper state for
transportation. according to the common stand
ard-thc coloring OF the eyes--lnt February.
AT which time they are divided among the
several patrons of the enterprise. OF those fall
| ing to the share of Maine in lS-i il portion were
| Kept and Matched 1t BurkSport The most
| forward Of them began t. hatch in March. hnt
nnl in,li,- =.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-05-28

RICHES 1t is strange delus;on for men
to suppose that happiness consists in riches.
Contentment is not to be found in splendor
and magniiicence or why is it that princes
have sometimes exchanged the grandeur
of a palace for the more simple employ
ments of a private life? Why is the coun-
tenance of the rich man furrowed with
thought and anxiety, while the poor 60
on their way shouting and exulting in the
blessings which God hath given them !?
Why does the man who has grown in
wealth look back to the days of his power
ty, and ask himself why he cannot now
rejoice as heartily over the much as he did
over the little?
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
Railroahs.
PENNSYLVANTA RAEE. ROAD.
PHILADELPHIA & ERIE It. r. DIVISION.
SUMMER TINE TABLE.

On and after Sunday, June 2Sth. 1874. the
Trains on the Philadelphia 4 Erie Rail Road Diri-
sion will run us follows:
w EST'lV 4 RD
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
HOUSEHOLD.

VALUABLE HISTs.-BOiled liuseed oil will keep
polished tools from rustng if it is allowed to dry
on them. Common sperm oil will prevent from
ruSting for short period. A coat of copal is
| frequently applied to polish tools exposed to the
/ weather. WoOlen materials are the best for
wrappers for metals. Iron and steel goods OF
| all descriptions are kept free from rust by the
! following Dissolve half an ounce of camphor
| IN one pound of hogs lard, take Off the skum
| and mix much black lead as will give The
mixture an iron color. Iron and steel, and ma
chlnery of all kinds, rubbed over with this mix
ture and left with it on for twenty-four hours.
and then rubbed with a linen cloth, will keep
clean for months. If machinery is for exporta-
| tion it should be kept thickly coated with this
during the voyage.
To BAKE TURKEY.-Let the turkey be picked
signed, washed and wiped dry, inside and out
joint only to the first joints in the legs then cut
a dozen small gashes in the ieshy parts of the
turkey, and press one whole oyster in each cash
then close the skin and flesh over each oyster as
tightly rs possible; then stuff the turkey leaving
little room for the stuffing to swell When
stuffed sew il up tightly, rub over lightly wish
Hour, sprinkle little salt and pepper on it, put
somewuter in your dripping-pan, put in the
turkey, baste it often with its own drppinUs
bake to nice brown, and thicken YOUR gravy
with q little -four and water Be sure and keen
the bottom of your dripping pan covered with
water, or it will burn the gravy and make il Bit
ter.
SHIN OF BEEF SoUP.-Haye the shin well
cracked up; put it to boil in five or six quarts of
water; boil it five or six hours skim il very
often; cut up very fine half white cabbage
chop two turnips and three onions put them ali
into the soup with pepper and salt, and boil it
two hours take the bone and gristle out before
serving. If you have some raised dough make
up q dozen balls, the size of II nutmeg, drop
them into the soup and let them boil half an
hour.
STUFFING FOR TURKEY OR CHICKEN.-Take
some bread crumbs and turn on Just hot water
enough to mosten them put in piece of but
ter not melted, the size of hens egg, add a
spoonful of pulyerized sage, spoonful of ground
pepper teaspoonful of salt there may be some
Of the bread crumbs that need to be chopped;
then mix thoroughly and stuff your bird.
Hoe CHOLERA REHEDY.-Take out the core of
an apple, insert in it 10 to 90 grains of calomel
plug up and feed said To cure without fail.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
COAL! COaI!-GR.STRPOs

I2l Bowery, \. i. Post Office Box, l5St
Jan, "A, lsT4-Iy.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
Eles u OR STO RE!
CHRISTIAN EEFF-

Second Street, opposite the Court House, SUN
BURY, Pa,
Respectfully invites the attention of Retailers
and others, that he has on hand, and will con-
stantly keep all kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS,
Consisting of Pure BrandieS: Cogniac. Cherry.
Ginger, Rochelle and Otard.
WhiSkies Pure Rye Copper Distilled. Mnn"u-
"ahcla, Apple and Nectar.
PURE HOLLAND GIN!
Wines: Champagne Wine, Sherry, Port and
C.Gret.
Crab Cider, Champagne Cider, y. /. Rum,
Brown Stout and Scotch Ale.
STOMACH AND BAR BITTERS,
And ali others Liquors which can be found in
the city markets, which will be sold at Whole
sale and Retail. Every article guaranteed az
represented. Also, large lot of DENIIJOHNS
and BOTTLES, always on hand.
- Orders promptly attended TO, and public
patronage respectfully solicited
q NFFF.
SunbUry, July 3. 1S1}.--ly.
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& Reading Railroad.
NOVEMBER 9th, 1874.

NOVEMBER 9th, 1874.
TRAINS LEAVE HERNDoS As Follows (SUNDAYs
ExCEPTED.)
For Shamokin, 1910, 100 a. N. and $40
p. III.
For Mt. Carmel Ashland, Tamaqua, Pottsyille,
Reading and Philadelphia, 1910 a. III.
TRAINS FOR HERNDoS. LEAVE AS Follows
(SUSDAYs EXCEPTED.)
Leave Shamokin nj SEQ a. III. 1.50 and 3.55
p. N.
Leave Philadelphia, 9.15 u. rn., Reading IL. 80
4. m, Potsville, 12.10 p. M, Tamaqua, 1.20 P IN.
Ashland, :. 2.35 p. m, Mt. Carmel, 3.2l p. III.
TRAINS LEAVE HARRISBURG, AS Follows:
For New York, 500, $40 Il. IN. and 200 %7.40
p. m.
For Philadelphia, 5.2O, $40 945 u m, Q 90 and
3.5C, p. III.
SUNDAYS.
For New York, so a. m.
For Philadelphia, .45 p. IN.
TUAGSs FOR HARRISBURG, LEAVE AS Follows:
Leave New York, 900 q. m, 1910 and $50,
*7.45 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, 9.15 m. $40 and 7.1j
p. IN.
SUNDAYS.
Leave New York, $50 p. ID.
Leave Philadelphia, 7.15 p. III.
VIA Morris and Essex r. r.
J. f. WOOTTEN,
General S"pt.
Rpadiup Pa Soy 10 1874
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
WINTER STORES.
THE KING BARBER SHOP


Is THE SHOP OF THE TOWN - and long
Il has been ask history and she will tell you
Men have grown old in our patronage
Babies on Their mothers breast
To bouncing boys at play
And youths by maidens fair caressed,
To stalWart men with cares oppressed,
And old men silver gray.
And among the honOred and lasting impress
siOns of time, and the crash of revolutions in
circumstances, stand living monumental
memento of the ingenuity and perseverance ap-
pertaining 10 the identity of progression. plying
our vocation with the highest style Of art and
perfection, and aspiring to achieve the highest
reward Of merit attainable in our humble capaci-
ty, and the sentiment of respect and appreciation
which the presence of superior appliances and cs-
tablshment are always wont to inspire.
Always to please
We shave with ease
Cut and comb with taste the hair;
Shampoo the head with soothing care,
And color the whiskerS black or brown,
To suit the people about the town.
Then allow ME politely request you to stop,
And not go past nor from around our shop.
To get shaved on the basis of abilty-nor as
some have done for our use of the ballot for prin-
ciple--sacrcd and right-nor under the common
secret and myidiOus guise Of enmity to complex
ion for the cut OF n mans coat, or the color of
his skin, ought not 10 affect his usefulness nor
his qualifications. \ fair chance is all that We
demand, to give the proof to all the land.
JAMES W. WASHINGTON.
Proprietor.
sunbHry, April >, 1878; No. 81, Market st.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
Building Lots For Sale.

NINETEEN LOTS, 25xI00 feet, fronting on
~ Vine street, in Sunbury. Price 1925. Also
shirty lOts, 25xl37, fronting on Spruce and Pine
treets. Price SIS per foot. Also eight lots 25
I9O, fronting on Fourth street between Walnut
and Spruce. Price $3.50. Also 81 lots, 25xll0,
fronting on Third and Spruce streets. between
Walnut and Spruce. Price S400. Also ) lots
24x230 on the north side of Spruce street. Price
5000. Also Is lots in Caketown. The above
prices do not include corner lots. Persons de-
string TO purchase will do well to cali soon
Terms easy. IRA L. CLEMENT.
ian 90
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04

TOAL! COAL! COAL!-GRANT BROS,
~ Shippers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
WHITE AND RED ASH COAL, SUNBCRY, PA
CLOVER wHARF.)
Orlrrs will receive nrnmnt artentinn.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04

Mail East connects east and west at Erie with
L. S. tS VI. s. K. W. and at Irvineton with Oil
Creek and Allegheny R.R. ".
Mail West with east and west trains on l.. S.
Il VI. s. r. W. and at Cory and Iryineton with
Oil Creek and Allegheny r. r. W.
Elmira Mail and Buffalo Express make close
connections at williamsport with n. C.. r. W..
trains, north, and at Harrisburg with \. c. r.
! W. trains south.
WM A BALDWIN Gpu,I Sun't
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
NEW GOODS
for
SPRING AND SUMNER
Miss Kate Blacks.

Nlss Ante bIacks.
Market Square, Sunbury, Pa.
LADIES DRESS GOODS of every style ano
quality.
FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS AND
Trimmings speciality.
TOILET SOAPS AND PERFUMERY.
The finest assortment of Ladies' goods.
Everybody is invited to call and see them and
buy cheap.
Nav s. 1879
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04
1 Few Good Reasons

IA new invention thoroughly tested and Sc
cured by Letters Patent.
2.--Makes perfect Lock Stitch, alike on both
SIDES, on all kinds of goods.
Runs light, smooth, noiseless and rapid
but combination OF qualities.
4.-Durabc-runs for years without repairs
J.-Will do ali varieties of work and fancy
stitching in superior manner.
6.--Is most easily managed by the operator.
Length of stitch may he altered while running,
and machine cad be threaded without passing
thread through holes.
design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, form
ing the stitch without The use Of cog wheel zeal RS,
rotary cams or lever arms. Has the Automatic
Drop Feed, which insures uniform length of
stitch a any speed. Has our new thread con-
troller, which allows easy movement of needle
bar acd prevents injury 10 thread.
S.-ConstructiOn most careful and finished. II
is manufactured by the most skillfu and ex-
pcricnccd mechanics, at the celebrated Reming-
ton Armory, lion, Y. Y. Philadelphia Office,
$40 Chestnut street. Oct. =. 1S14.-2m
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HAVE YGE' TRIED
TTsFN fYT -aA ~zzT %111 IN
~ %S .aG ~ IT, k.s rs -

WAX, NERVOUS. OR pEHILiTNTED
he you RI" lanEuid rl, anj ,A,.., r.uues I.,lr. Di
a. ehoTl than yuu frsl caIairr maj sr.r.
Then try JwUheba, lue voi,dp5 fIi tonne. ID m ,a-
pr, which acts so ienenciay ou fla -.fsr. or,.5. .-
impsrt yIgoT 20 al vital I0rc,-
Ii Is no alcoholic aVr e;fEr. whl.H -rlmu.gtas for .
hort time unl3 ." Jet the sUrJcr fan toa lower d,-l
u misery but II j. vegetable tonic arig directly on
the liver and spleen.
u regulate tue bow"ls gGIr. 'r" rrT'e, H.G gives
such hcalliy tone 10 thr1rup sysl.rt - 20 -,,, nah
the Invalid feel like . new us.sor
Its operation j. r"' violent. iut j. c.rastrzfd i,
great Fenil'n'aa; fh" patient oS rrtc.e pss sudden
"hagf no marked results, hJi gradual. A.- troula
"fold tno.r gcu's. hb. t'ia Ar.t-.
Ana silently steal away
This Is no new and uutrei discovery IlI. l.s h.rr
long used Wih wonderful remedial rc-lt- aud is mo
uounced 10y the highest medical au;npr.trz "c most
powerful tonic and aIterBatiN, known
Ask your druggist for IT,
tOr sale hy JOHNSTDE. HOLLOW ,S S..t
Nov. l3. 4w. lhEl.G,.f l,i- -,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04

Manhood: How Lost. How Re
stored!

Just published, new edition of Dr.. culver
WELLS CELEBRATED ESSAY on the radical cure
(without medicine) of SpermatOrrhUa o: Semi
nal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, In
potency, mental and Physical Incapacity, lmpe-
dement's to Marriage, etc; also. consumption,
Epilepsy and Fits, induced by self-indulgencc or
sexual extravaganza, &c.
.-qs Price in Il sealed envelope. only six cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable Es-
say, clearly demonstrates, from thirty years
successful practice. that the alarming conse-
qucnCeS of sclf-abusc may be radically cured
without the dangerous use of internal medicine
or the application of the knife; pointing out
mode of cure at once simple, certain, ard effect
ual, by means Of which every sufferer, no mat
ter what his condition may be, may cure himself
Cheapy, privately, and radically.
ef5 This Lecture should be in the hands of
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, to any
address, post paid, receipt of six cents or two
post stamps.
Address the Publisnerg.
CUAS. H. &. KLINE, d 60.
l27 Boeery, y. l. Post Offc- Box $50
Han
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-12-04

WORK TOR All It nome, male female: go Per
week, day oI evening. No capital. We send valuable
package OF goods by mail free Address with six cent
return siaInu. u. Toln:C, l-3. Greenwich ST y \
Sur.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-05
Gar Principles.

The AMERICAN CITIZEN while
earnestly advocating the principles
aud doctrines Of the Republican
party, VIII be equally Jealous in
urging retrenchment and reform in
all branches of the government.
Il Will expose and denounce dis
honesty aud extravaganza III all
public officials.
1t viii labor to sustain itself a. :,
respectable journal, eschewiug bill
lings@ate, ridicule, and cprrobrlous
epIthets, employing in place thereof,
arsuDents appealing to the wisdom
and inFelli gence of the people, be
Heviug that by 50 doing it will mer-
it aud receive the sup port Of all
good citizens.