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stock Hints.

Cows.-Thc irouth now prevailing widely
in ihty dairy districts should induce every
dairylnan 10 provide extra food for bis COWS,
that they may keep up their flesh and iiow OF
milk. 1t has been repeatedly proved that
when COWS have been suffered to decrease
largely in milk for want OF food, even for a
short pellod, no extra feed afterwards Will re-
c'v"I tie loss It is much better to purchase
feed 60" a shor, tune than TO lose the flow OF
milk for The latter part Of the season, and the
H.sh of the COW at the coming OF winter.
Some are 10th to feedl literally, their sowed
corn at this season, fort fear they may be short
in winter but this is shorteC-siShied policy,
for green corn is worth more to feed than ii
will be when dried, will produce more milk
ann more flesh Much Of its value is lost in
dryag; it shoald therefore be fed literally
when green, and only the surplus kept for
winter, Do not forget that the extra TODD
you give now is putting on flesh to assist in
carrying the cow through the winter It is
al. put in profitable savings bank.
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In i. rilng horses, we breed for trotters, rae
crs, CO, Do' never for walkers, which is a
very srea, mistake particularly if the horse
is wanted Tor the farm What the plowman
wants is good walker, also needed for the
harrow, aud IN fact for almost any kind of
work on the farm, the road included.
Let Us look little at this. A good walker
will with ease 20 four miles per hour. This is
done with as much ease as an ordinary walker
will make three miles his, III ten hours
work. will make difference Of from ten to
fifteen miles which Is clear gain as the one
horse will use no more eXerlion to do this
than the other horse. 1t IS the mechanical
s,ructur. in!the gait, and this is US susceptible
OF transmission as the trotting or racing cle-
ment.
Take the ten or fifteen miles gain in day,
and make the estimate for the year and The
sum will aggregate an amount that must sur
prise those who nave never reflected on the
subject The one horse will do from one.
quarter to tw0-iths more work than the 9th.
or, which is a consideration not to be ignor-
ed. RccOllcC; it costs no more more to keep
such horse. He walks with ease, while the
other horse lahors, or must be on small trot
10 keep up. This every one Of Us must have
seen, and it irritateS one to see it. 4 good
walker will walk sixty miles in day, allow
IlS tNCi'C HpNlS ibi lHC NdS, Nv INC llllcS
per hour. Win the trotting horse do it and
come out at the end o the day rs well as the
walker? Your walker will walk every day
brskly Gour or five miles per hour, and it
viii be bat play Tor him, for 1t is the natural,
therefore the easy gait Of the animal. have
had such an opportunity for testing this
tAiug that | cannot be mistaken. The thing
may be stated even stronger than this. The
natural fast walker will do his four to five
miles per hour easier than to- be forced to do
but three or less. 1t will worry him to go
slow il ne has any me'tle in him; and good
walker = Hot generally lazy horse. But
there Is "ut the eClat attending the walk
tha, there is about the trotter or racer, or
evyl tie ga@-r We therefore are Indifferent.
Il is u .n at error; u great reform is needed.
What 'n" farmer wants is, to breed for walk
cr>. .br country wants this, with few eXcep-
iDIe 4 ia regular trotters and racers
kept expressly for that purpose; for let 1t be
understood that for the ordinary roadster, the
walking property will not hurt the trotting|
benefit it-Couat!y Gentle
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WuAr LIME DoEs.-We agree with

NuAT LIME DoEs.-We agree with the
.t"crlroa Fdmr in the opinion that the
chi,i value Of lime as fertilizer consists in
lis chemical action upon compounds contain
in@ plan, food. 1t says:
~, ind from analysis that lime, IN some
Of it,, combinations, forms Il constituent part
in nearly all plants, but varying much IN
quantity in different plants. BY direct ABSORB.
iipn II is necessary to the perfect development
OF vegetation. It's chief Office, however, is in
as,ilni.ejng the properties already in the soil
to me plant Vegetation Ewes only on di-
gystuu or dcCOmposed food in the form of liq-
uids and gases. The soil may contain all the
constituent elements of the crop intended to
be raised, and yet it may not be in II con
dltlon to &c appropriated Most soils. do
Certain carbonates, sulphres, AID phos
p.,ys Ct potassium, sodium and magnc-
>iUw i'm combination with Silica IN the
form OF earthly rocks, teldspar, etc,
but in such It condition us to absorb only as
tn,y are slowly dGcompossd by exposure TO
the GASES Of the atmosphere and tho rays OF
the sun. Many Of the manufactured iertll-
izors make Il fair showing by analysis, and
attain the clements which should sustain
tie plant and yet tney may be in such com
bndliOn as to prove inert, on account OF
heir insolubllty. This is one of the benc-
icln properties OF lime. 1t breaks up,thesc
combinations, and forms new compounds
which are nlore soluble, and are thereby
made available nourishment. This result of
limin" is more per "entible on land contain
Iag luminous or vegetable mold which is con
rorltd into plant food
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Or IN animal becoming Chokcd with any
hard Substance that can not pass The gu.ia,
harsh measures should never De used until
all othcrs iiave'l failed
The practice Of placing Il GlocN against
one side Of n,u lhro;h ami cn,.cayor to break
the obstruction with mallct as Is some
times pgncticcd, Is simply brutal. One Of
the, simplest, and at the same time most eff
cacioua rcmcdios, is to give q hall pint Of
lard OIL or melted lard, by draw inc out the
animals tongue, raising the head, and admin.
isterug from Il thick bottle. This lubricates
the gGllri, sickcus he stomach, rclaXe5 Tho
muscles uf the throat, and in coughing lhg
lodged substance vii! generally pass up or
down.
If the Choking has existed so long that i'm
famation OF the throat has cnsucd, res II
must be had 10 Ike probing, any hcXiblc rod
either Wha!cbOne, YulcaniZed rubber, etc,
with sponge or soft substance affixed to the
end. Introduce the soft end inlo The throat,
holding the animals head up, and, the Oh.
struciiun icing reached, press it firmly down
at any risk-iUr il POW Is case Of life or
death.
To relieve the inflammation, apply a slip.
pery.cin louljice keeping il in close contact
with tn" throat by securing the folds in
which ii is placed by meas of cords to the
horns; keep tie animal on light food, assisted
with linsecd tea, until the inflammation is
sUbdUcd.
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In the breeding Of poultry as in all other
pursuits Il little care and forethought inyaria.
bly, return an apparently disproporronate re
suit In the rearing Cf poultry, where the
expenditure on each foul is small and the
material provided comparatively inexpensive,
we are apt tooverlook the small wastes which
occur in the Transformation Of the different
grains into ponltry, but which aggregate
quite Il respectable sum.
The opjaion that corn is very uourshing
food for fouls is 50 universal that no further
thought /, given to the matter. If any one
should sUrge8t that corn would be easier of
digestion if soaked or boiled he would be
very likely receive the answer that corn was
nothing hard to digest for birds, which sWal-
low stones and other hard Substances with
out dctrimcnts T. moments tho ight, how
ever, will convince that the millStoncs and
the grSt are very different things and feeding
hard grain although not exactly like feeding
the mi,lstomcS with pebbles, bcars Il certain
likGnesFto if. The trouble attendant on the
preparitiop of food, il it is to be cooked may
indeed seem very lispyoportionate to the al.
vantage II be derived from such treatment
but in reality littlc time need be spent, As be
fore gelnC 10 the rounds of the nests 1t little
hot water may be poured over the stove,
where, by the time your rounds are compile
ted, the corn viii have become steamed and
mellow and have lost none Of its good quail
ties. Remember each hen has certain
amount Of animal force 90 bG expended every
day in sone direction an the less she has to
give 90 GIgesiing her food the more she will
have to be expended ia cggproducing. The
adv l,tageS of the warm food in winter when
much food goes toward producing animal
heat to withstand the cold are twOfOid J. from
the direct action Of the warmth and the slow
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Life Not Essential to Muscular Norton.

Dr., Brown-Scquard, in recent lecture, said
that muscular motion by 30 means indicated
life. lie referred to well-known cases of
suahcs, tortoises, and other lower forms of
animals, moving GA the slightest stimulus
several days after decapltation. He says he
has seen the iris Of an eye contract on expos
ure 10 strong light sixteen days after death.
He had also witnessed pulsationS in the heart
ot Il dog forty-eight hours after its removal
from The body, and the human heart thirty
SIX hours after decaDitation. An arm four
teen hours after amputation was injected with
fr"sh blood, when il immediately contracted
and extended The muscles, giving every sign
of life. The doctor startled his audience by
recounting the case OF patient Of his in New
Orleans, who died of the cholera, and whose
arms, long time after the vital spark had
Enthusiastically fed, continued to rise and clasp
the hands as if in prayer, falling and rising
i n a sort of rhythmic beat 1t must be great
consolation TO people who have disinterred
the bodies Of their friends, and found that
their positions had changed since burial. to
know that such phenomenon does not midi
cate living intermcnt.
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Few people are SO constituted as 10 CON
template being themselves dismCmbcrgd by
the surgeons knife with any degree Of sercn.
ity or satisfaction, and even when the victim
Is other than themselves the surgeon is often
looked upon as "a man of blood, without sym
pathy for others or scnsibility of human sui-
terlng. This IDEA is well illustrated in a case
which has quite reccAlly been brought 40
pubic notice. Peter lIOCngr, u Wcl!-t0-dG
farmer residing near Quincy, ILL.,, had long
suffered a rupture for which lie wore truss,
out from an accidental breaking of the truss,
when distant from home the hernia proirudcd
and became siranglaied His physicians was
summoned, bur was unable 10 restore the
parts, and fearful of modification, tele.
graphrd for DR.. q Btcbc, a.'.:, S:.-. . g.
sist him ny surgical operation familiar 10
all medical men. Arriving al the bedside OF
Hoener, DR.. Beebc was surprised to find that
the injured intestine had slingcd back into
the abdomen under the use rhot anDlica-
tions, bat without aHOrding any relief to the
strangulItiUn or threatened modification.
Indeed, there had already passed from tn
bowels from one To two cu"r'S ~ hlaol, 10
composed blood, anl the attendant symptoms
pointed cleaT'r 10 fatal issue \ few hours
more and Peter would be food for worms
What could be done: was question asked
by the suffering man and by his weeping
friends, and the question must be answered
by tie surgeon on the spot. The question
was So answered, and DIR. Becbe was directed
TO proceed as he thought best The man was
placed upon a table and cElOroiorm admins
tered until he was wholly unconscious. Then
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n. PA AND GARDEN.
The Red CurranG

Ny 70 ,na apple, Tor everyday wear cum:
the red CurrtIl.
Thos ate almost az necessary and com
MOI "meatS in all well regulated
fam ~ ii IL for breakfast
Tn grow on u low bush, and they grC
so thicE thu yu couldn't stick another 0nl
on without knocking oil two
They &re about the size VI duhble = shot
and when they are ripe they are NJ red AZ the
eye Of wild pigeon.
They are AZ sour AZ the blood ov a lemon
but plenty ot White sugar cures them OF this
malady.
One pint oy ripe cGrrants for tea, well pikt
over and washed of gently with ice water
and mkt up with about az mulch lite brown
sugar aI thare IL currans, are just about
as free from guile az any nourishmcnt kno
0V.
Currant& are good green, half ripe, or dead
ripe, and are cheaper than herring, and a
good deal .reer from bones.
CuIrants make good pi too and the man
who halnt ct them mulch, ana often, haZ NV
ed a good deal in vain.
Ripe curranrs, rite oph from the bush, are
as healthy to eat NJ rice IL, and the man who
don't lIy them, either raw or cooked, IL NJ
gentleman.
Thare IL CRATE menny things i had rath-
or do, IL hot day, than to pix currants, but
i have dun it all day, when waz hey, and
got nine pence at nighl for the job.
l am more than haif century old now,
but kan look bak, and remember just how
bright aad how big one ov them nine pcnces
nsed to be-
a hupdrci dollars now amt half so mulch
mummy az they waz then
l wish waz boy again, and knu ov life
what kno now, would bind myself, if i
could alwaSs be a boy, to pix currants for IL
nine-pcnce day, az long azthc currants
held out.
Curraat jelly IL another smart thing that
currants can do. This delikasy IL az well
known az the 10 commandments, and II Il
good deal better relished hi menny folks
JOSH E3Hi&qs, i@ n. Y. JEeekHN.
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ArtSI'l<' =; -i.sr rEoF DANIEL CoSpON. DECKAsEp.
" Notice l. hereby given, that the UNDERSIGNED admin
traitor the estate DAlr Gordon, ajc OF the county
OF La Sale Hud ,C OF irus deceased will appear b. fore
the County Court OF said the third Monday beng
the G day. Of November sit at the Court House In
Ottawa IN SAID county when and where AL persons hay
ing claims demands against said estate notified TO
attend or present the same IN whiting Tor adjustment.
Dated Ills I'D Day oi HcI cWSer D. 1871
JOHN CONDOR,
sept2GGw Administrator.
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Illegal.

NO,EICE oF ADAM Fay, DEug $40
Notice Is hereby gwen, that the Undersigned. AtmG
israors Of the estate II Adam Fry, late of tie county OF
Sale and State of Illinois, deceased, Will appear before
the County Court Of said county on the third MuIda lee
ng the sixteenth day OF November 1871 AZ the Court
House IA Ottawa IN said county, when aud where All ~
having csins demands ssanst said estat" uo
Ned to at ana and present the In writing TO- ads
ment
Dated this "a, day OF Cc,ute: A. u. 1874
JOANNA FRY,
JOSEPH FRY.
oct3-6w Adm,ni traitors.
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E.-EsrArg OF MARY RoRHDGE, DKu'r-
Notice IL hereby given that the undersigned Exc IT,
tor or the last Will ana testament of Mary so bds,
late Of the county of La Sale and OF Gle! deceased
will appear BEFORE the Coanty Court OF said count, % the
third Monday behs The 10Th day. OF November 1874 at th
Court honse In Ottawa In said county when ad win re al
notified 10 attend pr sent the same writing ir- 10
Jusmcnt
. Dated this I'd day of October A. u. 1874.
SlLAS ". CilEEVEa.
Oc'1-bW Executor.
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Il was lady of fashion who sang, and
friendly critic said: You may say Of Mad
anne as they did of Albonl-ihat she has
swallowed a nightingale" YES" was the
answer, "but you must add that she has not
digestea it"
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NcIIC t..-EsrAlg OF HENRY X BOYIH. DECD
~ Notice IL hereby given, That the undersigned. Admin
!srarE Of The estate OF Henry X Bsyle late OF
OF La sale and state of Illinois, deceased win appear before
the County Court OF said county the third Mont be
Ing the l6 day. of November Si ut tie Court Hon IN
OTTAWA. In said county when and where all persons havr.
claims or demands against said estate notified lend
and present the same In writing for adjustment.
Dated this 18th day of September A. II. 1874.
LiNSlE NJ BOYLE,
0ct36w Admins trariy.
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EX ECUTORs,' SALE. Notice ia hereby
~ given that on Thursday, the 2ed day OF october next
between the hours Of 10 O'Clock In the forenoon ocS
In the aite noon of said day the late residence Of John
Green decreased the personal property Of said deccdent
Will be SOLD consisting OF twenty thoroughbred sor, horn
cows and ets, five Thoroughbred Shorthorn bulls, ard
twenty-five hlgh-glade cows, steers and heltrrs.
TERMS OF SALE-Purchss.s of less than dollar to I've
paid In hand for that and over credit oi nine
months the purchaser giving with approved security
without interest paid at maturity, otherwise be"rng In
eiest At the rate OF ten per cent. per annum. -
JESSE GREEN.
DAVID GREEN,
Dayton, Sept. ~, lS1l.-5w Executors.
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CTA'TEi or !I.IISssIs-I. ~ SALE 70 SIS
- ~ Tie CgtuM C0nL Aaele u OeLVber i1hl a. D. 1873

CI'A,TEi or !i.HI SssIs-'. IA SALE 70 SIS.
- M the circuit C0'Ht G7e, 10 OclvGer ia1a a. d. 1874.
In CHoHcc7Y.
Josephine Owen ~ lpmar Owen.
II appearing from aldavit nle in the OlCe OF the
clerk sf sad court that said defendant, Lmar owen IS
not resident OF said STATE and said complainant having
hled her bill OF compan, said court. on the clancery
side thereof rc 18th day Of September u. 1914 here
iR summons having been issued thereon according
law;
Notice therefore Is hereby given to said defendant Lemar
Oven that unless you shall rsonay be and appear be ore
said court AZ said TEN .CgcU:, 10 be held NJ the Court
House In Ottawa In said county the second Monday OF
October next A. H. 1871 (when and where said summons Is
atd plead answer except TO sai
bill the same VIII be taken fesed against you and the
matters and thn-s therein prayed Tor derrecd accordingly
CHARLES Il. HOOK, Clerk.
uEO. W. W BLAKE, solicitor sept96
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soIssoRINGs.

Cash on delivery is the custom
adopted by popular lecturers.
A post, master ii Pennsylvania ein.
ploys her husband as head Clerk.
A writer wishes to know why
people always spell Jiiils without
anh aG odH af1Mif.q8 8nE
"Monoy is worry Tight said d thief
who was trying 10 break open d bank
vault.
Time cuts down all, both great
and small" How abotit provision
and grocery bills?
"Transactions in Hair" is the
heading by q Detroit editor to an
account Of a street fight.
Smirkins looEed 1T a painting of a
pig and pleasantly asks, WHO is
that pigment iot2'
When policemen finds 1 man full
he takes him to the station house and
his friends bull him out.
A Philadelphia paper has ascer
tanned that Noah Webster used 10
play euthre and steal eggs.
A lazy editor in Ohio reads all bis
exchanges in bed. flo finds it the
easiest way to fill up lis sheet.
The nihnner of advettising for
husband in Java is by placing an
empty ilowor-pot on the portico
roof.
One advantage of living in Troy IL
that one can so to any hydrant, any
day, and get an eel for dinner, andno
extra charge.
Georgia Item, -"Bill Bridges, of
Dooley County. attempted to knock
down apine tree with his horse, and
killed the latter"
California papers won't publish the
Governors message on account Of
It's length. II makes nine columns Of
solid nonpareil.
II Is suggested that in building
railroads, the rails should bo heated
red.hot, SO that tue wotkmen will lay
them down rapidly.
Tho following is from the Lynch.
burg, Tenn, Pioneer Of tho aStl:
"Tlo weather for tho past few days
has been splordid for killing hogs,
and d great many have taken adyan.
tage Of II Z
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ALBANY BATH HOUSE!

HyHE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RESPECT
fully inform the citizens Of Albany and Vi
6nitythat he has taken charge Of this Establish
mthi, and, by keeping clean rooms and paying
ttrict attention TO business, expects to suit all
those who may favor him with their patronage.
Having heretofore carried on nothing but
First-Class Hair Dressing Saloons,
ho expects to give entire satisfaction TO all.
as5-Childten and Ladies' Hair neatly cut
and shampooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
vouQgtf
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"Hcr Faco Was Her Fortune ="
will soon bo followed by "Ilis Check
Was What Made Him"
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Mr.. Stewart said that some of the
assertions were incorrect, but he
would not take the trouble to deny
them, A long debate followed rs to
whether the usual form Of letter
was q commentator Of q migrating
pastor, and it was decid6d that it
was. Itwas then votedto give Mr..
Stewart such u letter, thus asserting
bis good standing in the church, and
before adjournment the psalm COM
m6ncing with this verse was sung:
Behold how good thing is,
um9ti And how bccolnlngwen, lHo
,.st, Together such as brcthrch are ,,f.....
In unity to dwell.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-02-20

A Texas editor, whose midnight
oil must have failed him just as he
was going to press, prints tho follow
ing energetic opinion: tlhe man who
would water petroleum and sell II,
would sneak into tho palace Of the
king Of kings, and steal tho gliding
from the wings otangels"
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According 70 The Lexington Press,
the Kentucky Legislature was sworn
in tho other day upon d handsomely
bound copy of "Hiteheyck's hnaly
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Ayoung lady Of Logansport recent
ly sent a yourg man four quarts Of
butternuts as token Of acknowledge
mont for having sayod Her from
drowning.
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and calls, he finally broke open the
door. "Mon Dieu the mad English
man has made tomb of my premises,
and buried himself in it 4" was his first
exclamation. And Heritier looked with
a shudder into the pit which yawned in
his courtyard. Nothing was to be seen
there but the rusty shells of three iron
boxes. But on his table he found a
rOuleau of old French crowns addressed
to him, and note saying:
"My Dear NJ. Hertier:
"Many thanks for your courtesy in
accommodating me in your courtyard.
L came to seek the little sum left me
some time ago by one of my ancestors.
find the old ecus of very fine pattern,
and leave you rouleau in testimony
of the distinguished consideration with
which / have the honor TO be, ETC."
The Frerchman's state of mind was a
study for psychologist for the rest OF
that day. But Harry Waring was al
ready safe at home in England, leaving
no address behind him.
That very evening he called on Geor-
giana Belassys to tell her the story OF
his romantic good fortune / think old
Lady Waring was right about that
young lady's preference for Harry. Al
any rate, their betrothal was announced
few weeks later. They were married
in September, and 1 have always be.
lieved that it was union of hearts as
well as of fortunes.
Harry became an admirable domestic
man, and has not been to Mount Athrs
or Constantinople once since he was
married. He haunts the British
Museum at intervals, for he is still fond
of genealogy. But old Lady Waring has
grandchildren now, and Harry is Their
father. And he is so fond of them that
old Lady Waring has never again urged
him to think less about his ancestors,
and more about his posterity.-Har,
per'S WeeklV.