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Aeritultural.
The Pen and the Plow.


We envy not the princely man,
In city or in town,
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines
Run up the hill or down.
We care no. for his marble halls,
Nor yet his heaps of gold:
We would not own his sordid heart
For all his wealth thrice told
We are the favored ones of earth,
We breathe pure air each morn.
We sow, we reap the golden grnir,
We gather in the corn.
We toll, we live on what We earn:
And more than this we do:
We hear of starving millions round
And gladly feed them, TOO.
The lawyer lives on rrincely fees,
Yet drags weary life;
He never knows peaceful hour;
His atmosphere is strife
The merchant thumps his yard stick DER,
Grows haggard at his toll
He's not the man God made him for
Why don't he ill the soil
The doctor plods thro storm and rain,
Plods at his patients will:
When dead and gone he plods again
To get his heightened bill.
The printer-bless his noble soul :
He grasps the mighty earth,
And stamps in words our daily sheet,
To cheer the laborer's hearth.
We sing the honor of the plow.
And honor of the press;
Two noble instruments of toll,
Each with power to bless
The bone, the nerve, of the fast age
True wealth of human kind
One tills the ever faithful earth.
The other tills the mind.
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FOR SALE.

TINE subscriber offers al Private Sale his
i very complete FIXTURES FOR THE
'DiSTfLLATION OF PEACH BRANDY-ca-
pacitystwo thousand baskets per day.
EDW'D. WILKINS.
Riverside, Nd, Nov 5, ls75-2m.
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$40 REWARD.

T WILL give Ten Dollars for any informa-
i ton that will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of the scoundrels that split up and
tore down my tobacco sign on the night of
the 9th inst. =. b. RICE.
November 10th, 1875.
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A wonderful scientific. young man
has had occular demonstration Of a
sound. He has seen his bed tick.
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BLATCHLEY'S

cracks, scales or r,sts and will last a life time
In order to he sure that von gel B.aichl-y's )
Pump, lie careful and see that il has my ilade-
mark as above If YOU do mol know where
to buy, descriptive circulars, together with the
name and adt ress of the agent neares, YOU,
will he promptly furnished by addressing,
with stamp, CHAS. g. BLATCHLEY,
MANUFACTURER,
mr 6-9m. 500 Commerce ST., Phla, Pa.
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Mtdhal.

u.e. and every family should have them on hand
for their protection and relief when reqmreo
at "s uresR and best Of an the Fflle with which
The market abounds By their occasional uees
the blood is purified, the corrupnom q we ~
whole nnachinery Of life restored 70 IT. hsalfl1y
sctiyitv. Internal organs which become elogyeo
and sluggish are ceansed ny Aysr,s xuss a..es ssa
Is changed into health the value q yhif9 ehsnes:
when reckoned ON the vast mnihtuds wno en}oy
IT. can hardly be computed. 1nen sueer y ccxta1e ~
%1ss gi,ss t9s% Rssssdn' ss % ess
Although searching, they are mila, ana .,e ae
without disturbance to the consutuuon' o1 49, "
Full directions are given ON the wrapper e
each box, how to use them as fam,Y , ~,
and for the following complaints wnicn tness
For Dyspepsia or hdlgestaons LaesAsse- -
ness, .Languor, and Loss Of ApRsed&fss & .ty ttny
ach, and restore its healthy tone and scticm.
For Liver Complaint and its various ymP-
toms, bilious Headache, Sick He'd -,
ioms Colic and Bilious Fevers, they should
he iudiciously taken for each case, to coEFee !ne
diseased action or remove the obsfructious wn1en
For Dysentery or DiarrhDa, but ons
mild dose is generally required.
For Rheumatism, Gout, Crave! 1.1-
gidsp gide. paek. and Lolns. they skould BE-. eoatia
nously taken, Is required, to change the died
action Of the system. With sucn cnanee NO.
For Dropsy and Dropsical swe!1ingns
they should be taken in large snd hequenf aoees
to produce the effect Of q drastic purge; ..s
t.tem q suPPTssdSa produce. the dssred sss y w
pathy. =. ,.,,.s: -
promote dieestion and relieve the stomach.
An Occasional dose stimulates the stomaeh and
bowels, restores the appetite, and inytgorafee the
svstem Hence it Is often adyanfaeeoue W1e!o
no serious dersngement exists. One WHO lee|1
tolerably well. often finds that doee Of ne.o
Fille makes him feel decidedly betoo4y 9gD 0e1f
cleansing and renovating ehect on ne @eeeaye
apparatus.
DR.. @. AVER 4 co, Prscsseas Chsstisss,
LOWELL, MASS, q. 8. A.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS EvERYwAERE'
Dec l2-ly.saa.e
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WINNING WAys,--A good story is
told on Judge George Miller, of Jeifer-
son city, which, we believe. has never
been in print. The Judge is very
successful politician, and at one time
knew every voter in the district. Time
however, has faded the Judges memory
a little, althoug b he will not admit it..
He shakes hands with and pretends to
know everybody. ~
He was holding a court in Miller
county short time ago, and was ap-
preached BY a long. lubberly specimen
Of the Usage hills, who held out his paw
and said:
"How dye do. Judge; sou don't
know me, do yous'
oh said the Judge How is
your father!''
Osager--"Oh. he's been dead eleven
years.
Judge-"Sure enoagh but how is
your mothers"
!, Osager-.' Why, she's been dead
eighteen years.
| Judge" Well, how the devil are
you? You amt dead, / know p
This brought down the crowd, which
soon adjourned to the nearest grocery
to drink to the live mans health.
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Peterson sMagazine
Postage pre-paid on all SubscripiiOns

@ Epery subscriber for 1876 sciU be pre-
sented ,cith a superb large-sizsd steel engraving
of TrumbuVs celebrated picture Of "The Sign
ing Of the Declaration Of independence" Thu
uiH be "Peterson's' Centennial GW.-@
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Hen Manure.

1t should be kept in boxes or barrels.
perfectly dry, and will tlen lose none
Of its valuable properties Neither
lime nor ashes should ever be mixed
with it while composing it, which is
best done by adding a.out double the
quantity of dry earth in the mixture,
mixing well with the shovel. moisten-
ing it moderately aud shoveling it over
three or four days until ready to use it.
1t should be moistened sufficiently to
allow being broken up and we'll mixed
with earth, but when so moistened it is
apt to heat, and the sboveling over is
necessary to prevent this and conse-
quent loss of valuable properties. A
handful of this compost in hill of corn
will give it powerful start. A bar
rel Of hen manure SO composted will
often double the yield of an acre Of
wheat. A correspondent in the Maine
Farmer says: II have used hen ma
nure, and found it to be very valuable.
In the first place | would select dry,
warm piece Of land, plow it deep. har-
row and cultivate it we'll, so it will be
light and easy to work, and furrow it
about three and a-half feet apart. Then
put about two large tablespoonsful in a
hill in addition to fair shovelful Of
6ne barnyard manure placed on top Of
the hen manure and leveled down and
covered with half an inch of dirt drop
the corn in straight rows both ways.
l think one can get more in this way
than by spreading the barn manure and
planting the corn on the hen manure
alone.
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siPETERsoN's MAGAZINE contains, every
year, 1000 pages, IA steel plates, IL colored
Berlin patterns, IL mammoth colored fashion
plates, "a pages Of music, and 900 wood cuts
Great Improvements ~iH be made in 1916.
Among them will be series of illustrated
articles on the Great Exhibition at Philadel-
phia, which will alone be worth the subscrip-
ton price. They will be appropriately called
The Centennial in Pen & Pencil
The immense circulation of Peterson" en-.
ables its proprietor to spend more money on
embellishments, stories, &C &C., than any
other. Hsires more for the money than any IN
the ,corld It's
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PHILIP NOLAN'S FRIENDS,
A Second Farmers Vacation, >
CENTENNIAL LETTERS,

Edited by John Vance cheney
A rare collection Of Revolutionary Letters,
mainly from stores in the hands OF the de-
scendauts of Col Joseph Ward. They are
full of interest, and will be read with rare
relish in connection with the Centennial eel
ebration of the year.
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Thrilling Tales and Novelettes

Are the best published anywhere. AU the
most popular scriters are employed to acrite orgi
nally for "Peterson. In 1876, in addition
to the usual quantity of short stories, FIVE
ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT NOVELTIES
will be given, by Mrs. Ann s. Stephens,
Frank Lee Benedict, Mrs. F. II. Burnett, and
othorc
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AMERICAN COLLEGES,

Written respectively by their friends, will ap-
pear during the year. The revived interest in
college life makes these papers especially time
". and will secure for them snusual attention.
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UNTRUE TO HIMsELF.-He is a second
hand clothier, and holds forth in South
St. Joseph. 1t was about the hour of
ten yesterday morning when he. reeled
into an adjoining establishment, fell into
a chair, weayed his hands into the tan
gled locks of his gray hair, and rocking
back and forth, moaned out:
.Oh! dear, oh! dear, / ish ruined. .
"Vat is der matter, Jacob" asks his
sympathizing brother in the trade, bend
ing over him. q.g.f $50 44a
"You remember dat coat vot paid
six bits for on yesterday?
eyes, Isremembers him
Just now a man from the country
comes in and asks me how much for dat,
tells him drec dollar; and would you
believe it, Moses, he putshis hand right
into his poke. and pays de full price
without a word" Here he lowered
bis voice TO the lowest whisper" SO
help me gracious, Moses. | believe he'd
paid me FIVE dollar. just the same"
Jacob, how you vas swindle your
self" - = E-A~J - II -
"Dat vas vot makes me hate mine
self so much as never vas"
And the old man limped back into
his own establishment, and doubled all
his goods at first call.
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A youth who had been away TO a
boarding school for about two years at
tempted to astonish his friends with the
polish he had received during his alb
sence One day his mother said to
him:
Tommy. my son, fetch me in some
wood. -
The precocious hopeful at once re-
piled +" Mother, how sadly your edu-
cation was neglected! You should have
said, Thomas, my son. transfer from
that recumbent collection Of combusti-
bles material wherewith to engender a
sufficiency of caloric to cook the cereals
that a bouuteous Providence has be-
slowed upon us
The fond mother tainted outright.
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sThe very best ladies' magazine published. - Senec1
FausJN ~ Courier. y
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Mammoth coIored Fashion Plates

These are printed from steel plates, and
colored by hand, in the highest style of art.
Patterns Of the newest bonnets, hats, cloaks,
jackets, etc., ETC., appear in each number.
Also the greatest variety of children's dresses.
Also, Patterns for Every Day Dresses, in
Calico Delaine, &c, &c. Also diagrams. by
which dresses can be cut out. Peterson" is
unrivalled as guide for the fashions. You
do not know what to wear till you see ''Peter-
SON },
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WILMINGTON, DELAW ARE.
Conveyancers, Survey ors. Real Estate Agents,
Collectors of Accounts, Bills, &c.
Houses and Lands rented, and rents collec-
ted; Loans negotiated; Titles examined /;
Deeds, Bonds, Mortgages, and other Legal
papers carefully drawn, and supervised by
counsel permanently retained. Correspon-
dence solicited
Reference furnished.
REl NOLDS l. CO.,
No. 832 MARKET STREET,
Jan lily Wilmington, Del.
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TO FARMERS.

A SOBER and industrious single man, and
~ who thoroughly understands the busi-
ness. desires a situation as foreman or over
eeer on a farm. The best of references given.
Address GARNER" Wing Office,
Nov i3-n Elkton, Nd.
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MS
TOWN AND COUNTRY
(i'|l|||l!|l!
p a INTs

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IN GALLONS, HALF GALLONS, AND QUARTS.
Require No Thinning For Use.
Made only from Pure White Lead or Oxide
of Zinc tinted with the purest and finest pig
ments and thinned with perfectly pure Lin
seed Oil; prepared TO dry quickly with beau
tifnl gloss. Get sample card Of
j. B. FENIMORE T. CO.,
Opposite the R. R. Depot, Middletown, Del,
Dealers in Lumber, Hardware, and
GENERAL BUILDING MATERIAL,
Agents for Middletown and vicinity.
Jnl lily
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CLOVER TURNED UNDER-Tbe Rural
Southland says that Mr.. J. Gregory.
few years ago, moved from Tennessee
and bought a plantation 10 Murray
county, Georgia The land at the time
be purchased it, with good season.
would produce ten bushels Of wheat per
acre. In October. Mr.. Gregory, sowed
broadcast fifteen acres of white Bough-
ton wheat, one bushel to the acre, and
in February following, he sowed the
same ground in red clover, sowing
broadcast in two ways, one bushel to
eight acres. He harvested ten bushels
of wheat per acre, e,and cut fine crop Of
hay the same season. The next year
he moved two crops Of good clover bay.
averaging two tons per acre. The
third crop grew up from four to eight
inches high. and in October be plowed
the clover under. blowing deep and
subsoiling; sowed one bushel Of white
Boughtou wheat per acre The result
was an average of thirty and one-half
bushels of choice wheat per acre. Thus
you will see that the only manure used
to improve the land and get thirty and
one-half bushels of wheat, where be
could only raise ten, was to plow under
deep good crop of clover, and subsoil.
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A GENTS WANTED for the best and fastest
IA selling book ever published. Send for
circulars and our extra terms TO agents. Ma
TIONAL PUBLISHING CO., Philadelphia,
Pa. Nov 27--4t
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caflisftllanrous.
Seribler's Monthly for 1876.


The publishers invite attention to the fol-
lowing list of some of the attractive articles
secured in Scribner's Monthly for the coming
year. In the field OF fiction, besides numer-
Gus novele,ies and shorter stories, there will be
Two Remarkable Serial Stories,
BY AMERICAN AUTHORS.
The first of these now complete in our hands
GABRIEL CoNRoY,"
BY BRET HARTE.
Begins in The November number.
and will run for twelve months. This is Mr..
Harte's first extended work. The scenes and
characters. which the author has chosen from
his favoriie field, California, are painted with
characteristic vividness and power; and the
work is without doubt the most graphic rec
ord Of early California life that has yet ap-
peared We shall also begin in the January
number,
PHILIP NOLAN'S FRIENDS,
Or. show Your Passports,''
By EDW ARD EVERETT HALE.
The scene of this story is laid in the South
western territory, now forming the States Of
Louisiana and Texas, at the time OF Aaron
Burr's treason. The characters lived in
section which was now American, now French
and now Spanish, and this record of their
adventurous lives makes story OF intense
and unflaggin interest throughout.
A Second Farmers Vacation,
BY Col. g EO. e. wARING. Jr.
Col. Waring is now in Europe, visiting, in
row-Loat ride Of two hundred and fifty
miles, one of the most fertile and interesting
of the yne-growng valleys OF Europe This
second series "i p,pers promises IN he even
more interesting than that with which our
readers are already familiar.
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TERMS: ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.

TERMS: ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
Remember we prepay postage to all mail
subscribers. Formerly the subscriber had 10
pay il at his or her post-office, at an expense
Of from twelve to twenty-four cents each, ex-
ira. Now that we prepay the postage,
Peterson is cheaper than ever
ONE Cory, ONE YEAR. Postage Free, So.
CHARLES J. PETERSON,
No. BOG Chestnut ST., Phila.
Snecimens cant IN thoeo w;eh;nu n, rot nm
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r4e CHEAPEST AND BEST !-A
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IN and after Monday. OCT. 2ath. 1875, Sundays
u excepted Trains will leave as follows;
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Short G,,t Chances for ALI Male and fe
O1iOi Ouu male Agents and Canvassers.
10 w ealth. pies with every rp order. P. o. Box
$685. HILTON & CO., asa Worth St., n. r.
Oct II3-Sw
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TA dialogue Of New Books on BUILD
VA l. ING, free. BICKNEI.L 4 CO., ~
Warren street, N. Y. nov 27-4t
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Ayers Cathartici Pills,

For tie rellef snd
sure Of Ill deranee-
ments IN fhe st0In-
ach, liver, and bow.
els. They are 3 mid
apeTlent. and m
excellent pllryalive.
Being pnrely veG-
table they contain
NO mercury or min.
ef11 whatever. Mu1h
serious sickness and
suffering is prevent
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mss.. ass ns., New PICTORIAL BIBLES
1900 Illustrati0ns. Address for new circulars
A. j. HOLMAN 4 CO., $50 Arch st., Phila
Oct II3-4w
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sWlisfrllanrous.

BEAUTIFUL NEW SONG <
s.NO Friendly Voice to Greet Me- by II.
P.DANKs. Sent post paid for 35 cents. Order our
catalogue for 1875. WIN. II. BON Err y CO,
Music Publishers, 1102 Chestnut Street, PhiIadef
phiH. Pa. nov 6-twt
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CEDAR FATS AND TANKS For
Brewers, Dyers Chemists. Manufacturers and pri-
vate dwellings GEO J. BURKHARDT co But
tonwood Street beoy Broad ang. 84S
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01
Sar Francisco Items,

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3lst.-About
10 O'Clock last night Frank Melville, a
young man twenty three years of age,
was assassinated on Dupont street,
near Pacific. Some party, unknown,
stepped behind him and plunged O
knife into his back. He died in few
minutes. 1t is believed that it was
done by man named White, who
had shortly before been knocked down
and beaten by Melville and some other
roughs on Pacific street. Both men
are we'll known to the police. No ar
rests as yet.
About P. NJ. yesterday there was an
affray in saloon at 2l0 Post street,
near Dupont, between James Sullivan
and Thomas Carroll, resulting in the
instant death of Carroll from a pistol
shot fired by Sullivan. From what can
be learned from witnesses, Carroll en-
tered the saloon and fired on Sullivan,
who was sitting in chair. He missed
his aim. Sullivan clinched him and
in the struggle placed his revolver
against CarrolPs breast and fired, kill
ing him instantly. Sullivan was
locked mp for the murder. The trouble
grew oui pf family matters. Sullivan
is married AID is a blacksmith next
door to the saloon in which the trouble
occurred. He is said to be steady
and respectable man. Carroll bears q
rather hard reputation.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01
He Speaks at Last.

WASHINGTON, May 30th.-President
Grant has written letter to General
Harry White, President of the recent
Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
vention, defining his position on the
third term question. He says he con-
sidered it beneath his dignity to an
swer the question until presented by
an authority competent to nominate.
He never sought the nomination for
either the first or second terms, but
accepted, being led to believe that it
was for the public interest. He does
not want the third term any more
than the first. He would not write or
utter word to change the will of the
people. He considers that the ques-
tion of third term can only come up
fairly in the shape of proposition to
amend the Constitution. Until then
people cannot be restricted in their
choice. 1t may happen in the future
that to change the Executive because
he has been eight years in Office
would prove unfortunate if not disas-
trous. He is not and never has been
a candidate for denomination, and
would not accept the nomination if of
fered, unless it came under such cir
cumstances as to make it his impera-
tive duty. The circumstances are not
likely to arise. He concludes by con-
graduating the convention on the
harmony which prevailed and the ex-
cellent ticket nominated, with hopes
for its success.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01
Funeral Of Gen. Redington.

From the Sacramento Record we
condense the following:
The funeral of this esteemed citizen
took place at l P. NJ. yesterday from
the Congregational Church, and was
marked by it's touching simplicity and
the general exhibition of mourning
throughout the country. During the
forenoon many citizens viewed the
remains at his residence, corner of HI
and Ninth streets, and very many
brought rich floral treasures to deco
rate his coffin. The day was warm
and a hot wind prevailed, rendering
appearance on the streets in carriages
or on foot more than uncomfortable;
yet the attendance at the church and
in the procession was very large. At
Z O'clock the hearse reached the door
of the Congregational Church and the
casket was borne into the building
and placed in front of the altar by the
pail bearers, consisting of Hon. r. c..
Clark, Hon. G. III. Swift, P. w. Bur-
nett, Henry Miller, Hon. j. l.. Eng
lish, Julius Wetzlar, Samuel Cross
and r. B. Norman. Rev. DIR. Dwinell
pronounced an eloquent eulogy over
the remains of the deceased, and the
procession to the City Cemetery
where the body was inferred, number
ed "a carriages.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-06-01
"OverW0rked Brains" !"

Reading the remarks of an ex-
change that JAMES w. NYE is the
victim of overwork-that his brain
has softened beneath the great toll it
had been forced to undergo-reminds
us to say that the result of an i'm
mense amount of heavy drinking and
other dissipation is covered up by this
mantle of charity, San overworked
BRAIN" A politician, a public officer
or an editor loses his mental power and
dies and we are told he is the victim
Of overwork-that the tax on his brain
was more than it would bear-and the
light which had blazed so brightly
and so long flickered and then went
out in endless darkness. Was it in
tense and ceaseless thought that
brought about the wreck? We doubt
1t. Thought never softened the brain
of Nevada's Ex-Governor. We knew
him well, and those alike familiar
with him will bear us out in saying
that had he practiced temperance and
moderation with half the zeal that he
plunged into every species of excess
we should not now be called upon to re-
cord his mental death. NYE possessed
fine mind, and his is one of the many
fine minds that have been eclipsed
by species of overwork which may
be expressed in the single word-dis-
sipation. Thousands of other equally
great thinkers and alike overworked
writer's are going the same way. We
are no great believer in the theory
that brains soften under heavy and
constant labor. The normal brain will
stand an immense draft, because its
resources are immense. 1t must have
rest, and when relaxation is necessary
the bank is closed and for the time
being no checks are honored. How
true this is those publishers of news
papers well know who require that
their editors shall write given guam
tity of editorial each day for three
hundred and sixty-five days in the
year. The brain does not soften, but
when it is weary nature shuts up the
shop.and until the required rest is had
calls upon that establishment are tar
Oily and unsatisfactory answered. 1t