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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

sa- A little girl happening to hear her
mother speak Of going into half mourning,
aid-"Why are we going into half mourning,a
mamma? Are any of our relations halfdeadY<
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

BIRD GHosTs.-Birds have great fear of
death. In illustration of this, Madame Buist
in her new book on birds, relates the following:
A hen canary belonging to the author ut died
whilst nesting, and was buried. The survl-
wing mate was removed to another cage: the
breeding cage itself was thoroughly purified,
cleansed, and put aside till the following
spring. Never afterward, however, could any
bird endure to be in that cage. The little
creatures fought and struggled to get out, and
if obliged to remain, they huddled close to-
gether and moped and were thoroughly un-
happy, refusing to be comforted BY any
amount of sunshine or dainty food. The ex-
pertinent was tried of introducing foreign
BIRDS which were not even in the house when
the canary died, nor could, by any possibility,
have heard of her through other canaries.
The result was the same; no bird would live
in that cage. The cage was haunted, and the
owner was obliged to desist from all further
attempts to coax or force bird to stay in it,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

and the astringent matters with which it is
combined. Such tea produces nervousness
and fretful temper, and cannot refresh any
one who drinks it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05
PRESERVING SHINGLES.

The house in which the writer was born,
was covered with shaved pine shingles in the
year 1906, at which time the roof received q
generous coat Of oil paint made of linseed oil
and Venetian red. After twenty years had
elapsed another coat of paint, nearly black,
was applied. Since that period no paint has
been applied, and it is now good roof for an
old one. 1t does not leak, and the only re-
pairs on it have consisted of shingle added
here and there where a portion of poor
shingle was worn out. If the roof had not
been painted, the butts Of most of the courses
would have been worn entirely away; and if
such long periods had not been allowed to in
tervene between the times Of painting, the
roof would have been good one, even after
the lapse of 100 years. The true way to
paint roof is to apply paint Of some kind
to both sides of the shingles. It is quite as
important that the under side of every
shingle be covered with paint as the surface,
to prevent the water from being drawn up
between the courses by cal Hilary attraction.
If good shingles are painted on both sides,
and good paint be applied to the roof once in
10 years, it will continue leak-tight for more
than hundred years. When it is desirable
to save the water for drinking, coal.tar is an
excellent and cheap paint for preserving
shingles, and it will pay we'll to smear roof
with this material once in four or five years.
When roofs are not painted, moss is liable to
collect at the butts ofevery course of shingles,
which promotes their decay more rapidly,
than alternate rain and sunshine When oil
paint is used for painting shingles, it is al
ways better to employ some light color rather
than black, as the apartments Of the attic
story, beneath black roof, are liable to be
uncomfortably hot in the summer; and besides
this, as black paint absorbs more heat than
any other color, neither the paint nor the
shingles will endure as long, as if the roof
had been covered with lght-colored paint. A
metallic roof covered with light.colored
paint will last much longer than if it had
been painted with black paint The most
economical paint for a roof is a generous coat
of coal.tar once in few years; but coal-tar
will color the water for five years after coat
is applied to the roof-Industrial Monthly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-08-05

nag~ Tea should never, under any circum.
stances, be boiled. Put the leaves in we'll
warmed (scalded ouD teapot; pour fercely
boiling water directly over them, and drink
the fresh infusion almost Immediately. If
left stewing on the fire, the aromatic qualities
are boiled away-the very qualities that en-.
liven and inspirit the wearied body, and sup
plement, as it were, nutritious food-and there
remains concentrated decoction of theme
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
SOwn Crops for SOi,ing.

The practical diaryman in the
West will not only provide in sea-
son a supply of forage for carrying
his cows through the drouths Of
July and August, but also will pro-
vide early food for pasture before
the meadows of Spring are flush.
For the latter, there is nothing
better than rye, sown in the latter
part of August and fed close dur
ing the Autumn months. This will
come forward early in the Spring
and furnish feed until the pastures
become flush.
Hungarian may be sown about
the first Of May. If other feed
fails, this will furnish excellent feed
to be cut and carried TO the feeding
yard to be fed literally at night
until the early sown corn is ready
to be cut. For generally feeding
we think there is nothing so easily,
nor cheaply raised in the West, as
corn. 1t should be sown the first
of June, on clean ground not less
than three bushels per acre three
and one half is better, covering
about two inches deep,and harrow
ing It just as it is coming up, to
kill the young weeds as they start
Other pieces should be sown fol
succession once in ten days unit
the middle of July, the last sowing
to be cut and bound before frost an,
cured in shocks. 1t will maxi
admirable feed for the early Win
ter-indeed it is the best fodde
we know for cows and calves durinI
the whole Winter, If enough b
provided, and If sown thick enoug
it is easily cut and raked with
strong reaper.
In sowing rye for Fall and earl
Spring feed, not less than tw
bushels per acre should be sow
and so with any crop sown for fol
age the thicker the seeding IL
finer and more succulent the fee
If this be supplemented in Il
Winter with a daily supply
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

The method of picking is Two
boys take bushel basket and pick
two rows at once, picking only the
large or merchantable ones, leaving
the small ones on the ground, which
are picked up by one boy with a
half bushel basket. BY this meth
Cd the potatoes are assorted in the
field, the merchantable ones going
either to the cars for market, or
into the cellar. The small ones
are drawn to the pig pens, for the
pigs, or to the COW stables for the
milch cows.
Last season had four acres OF
potatoes harvested in the manner
here described. A laborer who
assisted at the digging requested
the privilege of following the plow
and picking what he could find ;
this was granted him, and the re-
suit to him was one and half
bushels when the land was plowed
for the next seasons crop (all kinds
small and large) from the four
acres.
Iconsider | each horse, and the
plow, as good as a man each, at
digging. My trouble is to get q
sufficient number of boys to pick
up. l would as soon have boys
as men they will pick as many
bushels as man, and their labor
does not cost over one-third as
much.-Country Gentleman.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

carrots and mangold wurtzel or
OF other sugar beets, the dairyman
will find himself amply repaid in
the prime condition of his cows
and ample return of milk, especial
ly if his Winters milk be sold for
city use. At all events, every
dairyman in the West who would
make his business profitable, must
provide adequate forage to tide his
cows over the drouths Of Summer
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

Bedbugs are said to be the most
readily destroyed by nux vomica,
in the form Of tincture, combined
with liquor ammonia, which mix
ture is to be freely applied to the
Joints and cracks of the bedstead'
It is equally efficacious against
cockroaches, waterbugs and other
vermin, and if applied to the har-
ness of horses the animals will no
longer be annoyed by flies.
1t is often from economy that Q
woman washes meat, because some
part of it does not look clean. an
stead of washing it, done,s buy 1t
or If bought, cut % o thin slice
and throw it .aw.y;; it is more econ
omical tho. washing tho whole
,,;ooo~ Mich you partly destroy by
p,o' i,,o bcess.
W., I'd y is cabbage rendered more
Hsome and nutritious by being
Nd in two watersl 7 Because
oo ding to DR.. Paris) cabbages
'"o.o, an essential oil, which is
'oa'"" ,duce bad effects, and he
ap' U 7 ds that they should be
recomme
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
The Feet.

There is no part of the human
body that needs more assiduous at
tention than the feet. II the eyes,
ears, lungs or other more delicate
organs become deranged, they give
warning by ailment. 1t is other
wise with the feet. They may be
neglected, or even abused, without
any bad consequences being i'm
mediately felt. But, then, though
not Immediately lelt, they will to
a certainty be eventually felt, and
felt very sorely, too.
An excessive flow Of blood to
the head, extreme liability to cold
disordered digestion, and other
numerous evils, are the results Oh
inattention to the feet. The feet
should be regularly washed and
wiped every day.
Stockings should not be put on
while there is the slightest moisture
on the feet. The stockings absorb
the moisture and gradually return
to the feet, thereby causing them
to feel cold and uncomfortable, and
what is worse, when the feet are
cold, circulation is interfered with
and the whole symtem, especially
the brain, is thrown into an abnor
NAL state.
Keep the feet clean and warm
the head cool and the bowels open
and then it makes no difference tc
you whether the physicians b'
skillful or not. If you wish tC
preserve your whole system in gooc
working order, be sure to attend
to your feet.
Let all our readers profit b.
these remarks, and they will fee
by experience that we are not ex
aggerating the consequences c
proper attention to the feet.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

boiled in two successive waters till
they are soft and digestible.
To prevent hard soap, prepared
with soda, from crumbliDg, the bars
may be dipped in a mixture of re-
sin soap, beef tallow and wax.
A little camphene dropped be-
tween the neck and stopper Of q
glass bottle will render the latter
easily removed if jammed fast.
To make silk that has been
wrinkled appear like new, sponge
on the surface with a weak solution
of gum arabic or white glue, and
iron it on the wrong side.
If you get fish bone in your
throat, and sticking fast there,
swallow an egg raw /; it will almost
be sure to carry down bone easily
and certainly. When, as sometimes
by accident, corrosive sublimate
is swallowed, the white of one or
two eggs will neutralize the poison,
and change the effect to that Of =
dose Of calomel.
Spots can be taken out of mar
ble with finely powered pumice-
stone mixed with verjuice. Cover
the spots and allow the stuff to re-
main for twelve hours, then rub
clean. dry and rinse. Gug 1Ta
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
Potatoes i'm Drills.

NV method is-plow in the Fall,
as early in the Spring as possible
draw on barnyard manure, twenty
two horse loads to the acre, spread
ing from the wagon harrow well;
then with a two-horse hoe drill the
land, thirty inches apart; into
these drills drop the seed (cut
some time previous into two eyes
to set) twelve inches apart
cover the seed with the two-horse
hoe, by splitting tho ridges turned
up in making the drills, using no
hand labor unless the end OF the
drill comes up to the fence. In
that case, the end of the drill must
be covered by hand for a distance
equal to the length Of the team; !;
should the potato patch be away
from the fence, there will be no
necessity for using any hand labor.
So much for the planting. Now
for the process of cultivation Use
a one horse cultivator once week,
as soon as the potatoes appear
above ground, which will be in
about three weeks. Cultivate as
close as possible to them, removing
with a hand-hoe the weeds in the
rows between them. When large
enough to hoe, take a two-horse
hoe and hill up moderately, not SC
high as to cover the potatoes al
the same time, let man pass along
the rows, and wherever they are
covered, let him remove the eartf
from them, and if there are any
weeds between the potatoes in th'
row, clean them out also. Thi
does for the first hoeing. Whei
they require second hoeing, re
peat the process, this time brint
the earth we'll about them. Afte
this, do not touch them till harvest
ing.
This is done with a pair o
horses and small double mold
hoard plow. Run the plow onl.
low enough to get below the pota
toes, which will turn them out @
. the ground and bring them to tn
surface. Plow out only ever
other row, and pick up the potO
toes from these before plowing ou
the alternate ones. After all ar
|, plowed and picked up, towar
evening harrow over the groun
aud pick up those that are turne
out with the harrow, which will b
few, II the plowing is thorough
done.
}. I neglected to mention that b'
fore I begin to plow I pull th
tops, If they are large, but II 'ma
they are not in the way, and wi
not trouble you.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
Answer 10 the Bible Riddle.

Prs-Adamic your being was,
Consistent with Eternal laws,
As doth your sage enigma tell,
Complete without soul ia we'll.
A mammal hugh, from oceans slime
Created in the first of time;
For locomotion swift designed,
Yet legs nor feet adorn your kim;
One peerless, pondcrous, powerful tall
In lieu suftices Mr. Whale !
A living soul possessed your frame.
And sin in you the Lord did blanc.
When once, TO Anatolia's coast,
A prophet fed from duty's post,
God frovn'd upon the ocean wave,
And naught the fugitive could save.
Three days and nights deliveranoe sought
TIE man of God "a victim caught;
From out thy bowels, in dark despair,
Assembled up the voice Of prayer.
God heard thou could'st not such retain,
Thus went from thee that soul again.
Great light, moreover, it is plain,
Bequeathest thou to 'fallen men;
Extended hours Of useful toll,
Were not, but for supply Of oil
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
L you are eighteen years Of ago,

If you are eighteen years Of ago,
you have 160 bones, and 500 mus
cles 25 pounds of blood; your
heart is 5 inches long and 3 inches
broad it beats 70 times in min
ute, 1900 times an hour, 100000
times day, and 36,722,200 times
year. About two ounces OK
blood are thrown out Of it at
every beat 30 that it disburses
about seven tons of that life-nour-
ishing element every day. Your
lungs win contain gallon Of Air,
and you inhale $4,000 gallons .
day. The weight Of your brain is
something over three pounds, and
the number Of nerves upward OF
100000 in numt-r. Your skin
is composed Of three layers, and
varies from onc-eight to one
fourth Of an inch in thickness, and
is subject to the pressure Of fifteen
pounds to the square inch. Each
square inch contains $500 pores,
each about one-fourth Of an
inch in length, making an aggrr-
gate length Of the entire surface
Of your body Of 20l,l66 feet. A
tile ditch for draining the body
almost 40 miles long.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12

We copy the following useful
table from the seed catalogue of
D. NJ. Ferry & Co., Of Detroit,
showing the quantity of seed sown
per acre of the different grains,
grasses and vegetables:
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1875-05-12
ADVERTISING RATES.

Business Cards, one year, one dollar for every
line.
Local Notices, ten cents per line each Insertion.
and all notices continued for three months or
longer, "a discount Of 20 per cent
Advertisements unsccompanied by written or
verbal directions will be published three month .
Advertisements, under contract, ordered out be-
fore expiration of time, viii be charged full rates
No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid, except at the option Of the Publisher.
Transient advertisements must be paid In ed
vance. ~|
Rs- Terms, CASH, payable quarterly.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-27
Conflict Between a Colonel and a
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The Republican journal., 1875-05-27
The GrasshOpper a Burden Again.

grave question now agitatlng portions
of our western country is that touching
the duration of the grasshopper plague.
1t was almost taken for granted by the
people whose fields and farms were devas-
tated last year, that new season would
surely bring them immunity from the de-
stroyer. But already in various parts of
the west it is found that the choppers" OF
last year made abundant provision for the
perpetuation Of their accursed species,
and speculation is alert as to the probable
operations of the rising generation. 1t is
beginning to be apprehended that at least
two years are needed to complete the
cycle of this formidable pest Where the
work OF devastation was only partial the
first year, the chances seem to be that the
following season will see it carried to its
ultimate, and that the enforced migration
Of the devourng armies to fresh fields and
pastures new furnishes the only respite
for afflicted regions. The course of the
grasshoppers seems to be from the arid
interior plains of Colorado and Arizona,
eastward. Last year, after ravaging parts
of Kansas they moved east as tar as to the
border counties of Missouri, and there is
every prospect that the coming summer
will see them active on this new ground.
They may even, like the potato bug, cross
the Mississippi, and in the course of years
find their way to the eastern states. OF
course accidents of weather are liable to
put stop to their progress, and the pres
ent hope of escape for the country now
occupied by them lies in the occurrence
of cold weather and heavy rains.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-27
Centennial Preparations.

A Philadelphia despatch states that General IIaw-
ley has gone to Hartford to make final preparations
10 take upon himself the active direction of the Cen
tennlal, which was assigned him by the unanimous
vote OF the commission on Saturday.
As soon as he can arrange his affairs at Hartford
he will return and make Philadelphia his residence
until after the close of the centennial In the action
taken by the commission i'll calling Gen. Hawley to
this new and important duty there has been no in
tent or desire to cast reproach upon the director
Gen Goshorn who heretofore has had the sole charge,
of the executive business Of the centennial
Gen. liawley states that the commissi in G ON
mon with every else had reached the concusion
that the time had come in this affair when there
could not be too many hands at the bellows AS
president OF the commission he would hereafter de
vote his whole attention to the great celebration
but he should in no way interfere with the functions
OF Mr.. Goshorn. Gen. Hawley was glad to know
that the American people have at last taken real
interest in the centennial commission 1t has 1T
present ample funds to meet all the needs of the
next two months, and large additions are expected
before the expiration Of that time, to meet further
requirements. He added that all that is now ncces
sary to make the centennial assured success is
an ample supply of money to furnish the reouisito
bindings. In few days Gen. Hawley will have the
details OF the centennial in hand and be prepared
to speak to the country with authoritative dafa m
on the subject ~
The Republican journal., 1875-05-27
Democratic State Convention.

The Democrats of the several Cities, Towns and
Plantations. of the State of Maine, requested to
meet III Convention by their delegates at Granite
Hall, in Augusta, on TUESDAY, JUNE 22d,
at 10 O'Clock n to nominate candi date for GOV
ernor, TO elect State Committee for the political
wear commencing January l. 1876, and to transact
any other business that may be deemed eXpedient.
Every City, Town and organized plantation will
gate for every seventy five cast for the Demo-
cratic Candidate for Governor the State election
for 1872, and fraction of forty five votes will be
entitled to all additional delegate. The State Com
mitee will be in session the night previous at the
Mansion House, and on the morning of the Convel-
ton at the Adermen's Room, under Granite Hall,
and determine all cases that may come before them
subject 10 the ratification of the Convention.
Arrangements have been made with the different
Per Order of the Democratic State Committee
+. +. PII.LsBJRY, Chairman. kennebec.
DARIUS H. INGRAHAM, Sec. Cumberland.
DANA GoFF, Al4roscoggin.
j. {. MADIGAN, ArooStOok.
l.. Il. PILLSRURY, Franklin
A. A. BARTLETT Hancock.
j. ii. MARTIN, Knox.
X. +. RI NDLETT, Lincoln
A. ). kIMBALL, oxford.
HENRY HUDSON. Pisca taQuis.
WYATT WEED, PenobScot
:. NJ DUNNELL, Sagadahoc.
w. ID. HAYDEN, Somerset.
l.. II. MURCH, Waldo.
w. 5. PEAVY Washington.
JOHN BENNETT 1ork.
The Republican journal., 1875-05-27

A curious instance of the contagious
ness OF tear was shown on large scale in
Strauss corset factory at New Haven
Tuesday. A number of the girls employ
ed began talking about the frequency Of
sudden deaths, and became quite sober in
their conversation, when one OF them,
more lively than the rest, TO change the
subject, placed a small land turtle, which
she had found somewhere, upon the bench
OF her neighbor, who, seeing it, was so
startled that she tainted away. This CIR
cumsuance, coupled with their former CON
versation, had such an effect upon the girls,
that one after another they fell into a death
like stupor, until seven Of them We're
stretched upon the floor. One Of the men
too. though evidently struggling against
the contagion, also succumbed, and the
foreman, becoming alarmed, sent all hands
from the room and shut down work for
the day.