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WILD TURKIEs.-Captain Flack gives
the following: The wild turkey cock is
never fairly seen but in the forest. The
war horse of Job, and the sorriest hack
would present scarcely a greater contrast
than does the wild bird to the tame;
nothing alive shows more points of health
and purity of blood than does this fine bird.
His clean game head is fully four feet from
tie ground, and his bright hazel eyes are
full of intelligence and suspicion, SO differ
ent from the dull expression Of the tame
bird"
Audubon says: "The great size and
beauty of the wild turkey, its value as a
delicate and highly priced article of food,
and the circumstance of its being the origin
of the domestic race now generally dis
persed on both continents, render it one of
the most interesting of the birds indigenous
TO the United States. The flesh is of ex-
cellent flavor, being more delicate and
juicy than that of the domestic turkey
Under domesticatlon, wild turkicS, though
kept separate from the domestic, lose the
briliancy of their plumage in the third
generation, becoming plain brown, having
here and there white feathers intermixed.
An infusion of wild blood has made the
tame bird much more hardy.
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THE GRANGE AS A SEPARATOR,

1t is to be feared that too many of our
Oranges lose sight of its educational adj
vantages in devoting too much time to
business and to mere routine work, initia-
tons, ETC. Much time must necessarily be
taken up in initiating, but. all reasonable
efforts should be made to have that part of
the work done in as large classes as posi-
BILE, to give time for the improvement OF
the members in discussing questions of
practical interest. An exchange in allud-
ing to the Importance of this part of our
Grange work, very properly remarks that
almost every farmer has time to prep at
his leisure his experience i'll some specially
of farm work, so that when lie comes to
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an hour would soon shake freight cars to
pieces and batter the track tenfeld as much
as at one-third the speed.
Thus, although tracks and machinery
| and the management of railroads generally
have been constantly improving, the speed
! that of the first engaged in general traffic
more than forty years ago.
So, in the working OF manufacturing
machinery, although in most branches an
Increased speed has been attained as the
result of recent improvements, it is bad
I practice to run it up to its full capacity.
The additional strain soon wears out and
racks to pieces machinery that was capa-
BILE of a good production for years.
The best horsemen know best the neces-
sty of making haste slowly when on a
/ long journey and Of never over working
their horses. Moderately used a greater
amount of work may be had out of them
in the same length of time than if hard
driven, and leave them fit for years of SER
/ vice after the more hardly-used animals
are broken down.
/ So, too, in business. Grasping for larger
profits than are safe, OF more extensive
/ trade than can be handled, may often win,
but an occasional loss of the entire outlay
will swallow up at once the precarious
/ gains of many ventures, and make ship
wreck of fortunes that might, with pa,
/ thence and caution, have been conducted to
sure and successful issue.
But most of all in the conduct of life
itself, it Gehooves us to avoid going too
fast. The corroding influence of fast liv,
ing; the wear and tear of hurry and ovel
exertion, and the irremedial disasters re-
sulting from hasty decisions, strew our
streets with human wrecks, who bear III
their faces the marks of how they were
lost.
Yet in many ways the tendency of oul
times is to stimulate to greater exertions
to foster emulation, as in the lately imam.
glrated inter collegiate literary contests.
The late revulson in financial affairs has
been damper upon fast living as well as
over-trading, but it's effect will only be
temporary, checking but for a while the
secular acceleration which as yet shows nc
signs of coming to an end. Therefore
''make haste SLOWLY
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Amounting with Cocoa Butter for Scarlet
Fever.

Upon the recommendation of Scheeman,
the amounting of the body with fat has been
extensively practiced in Germany during
the past ten years, with the view of lower
ing the temperature and Fastening the
desquamaton. DR.. Bayles suggests in this
connection, the employment of cocoa but
ter, as producing more cooling and re-
freshing effect upon the patient, and emit
ting more agreeable odor in the sick
chamber. This agent, on account of its
solid consistence, is more readily applied
than either fat or oil, and is more easily
absorbed by the skin. Furthermore, it is
thought to afford the system certain
amount of nourishment.
In severe fevers, the entire surface of the
body should be rubbed with this substance
every hour, or at least once every four
hours. Its application is also recommended
in typhoid fever, in cases where the pa
tients manifest dread of water, or where
the application of water is impossible; like
wise in other inflammatory diseases, espe-
cially the severer forms of inflammatory
rheumatism and tuberculosis Herald Of
Health.
Some years ago an acquaintance Of ours
had several children very sick with scarlet
fever After their recovery he communi-
Gated his recipe, which was published at
the time i'll this paper; he had kept his
little patients well anointed with the rind
of smoked hams. He believed his treat
ment to have saved his children; and we
remember to have received at the time
number of letters from persons who had
practised the method after our publication,
commencing the ham remedy as important
to the COMMUNICATIONS Scientific Amer
ican.
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the Grange he may have something to say
which shall be of practical profit to his
brothers, and in turn will be repaid by lis
| tening to the experience of others. 1t is
thus that the Grange may be employed as
"separator;' to winnow from the chatf
of impracticability and secure the pure
wheat of sound and valuable facts. Con-
sultaton and comparison will enable the
Patron to reject what is unsound and mod
! ifv what is extreme
| In agriculture there are very few if any
trade secrets discovered and jealousy guard
ed by individuals. When the farmer has
! discovered some new and useful fact, he
generally hastens to make his brother
! farmers acquainted with the knowledge.
Especially is this the case among Patrons.
This fratcrnal feeling, which cannot be too
highly recommended. should be encour-
aged by our Order. Let every subordinate
Grange become an agency for such work.
Let discussions be everywhere inaugu
rated and encouraged. They will soon be
promotive of good in many ways. Every
Grange should find ample scope and time
for free and fraternal interchange of
opinions on practical subjects, at least
once IA month. Some of the Mississippi
Changers, in the furtherance of this idea,
have adopted the plan of appointing one of
! their number at every meeting to open the
| discussion, either by short speech or
! written essay, on some given question at
! the next meeting. He is expected to study
I the question during the interim, and his
! ideas, crude, perhaps on the whole, can
never fail to contain some wheat from
( which the chaif is sure to be winnowed by
his brother Patrons, during the discussion.
which follows his reading.-Pacifc Rura!
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PERILS OF THE PAVE.

Jumping over cutters,
Wading thro' the flood,
Flowing thro' the slush,
Tumbling in the mud,
Squatting in the puddles,
Bless me! this is nice,
Stopping thro' the water,
Slipping on the ice.
Men of every class,
In such falling weather,
Find it very easy.
Tumbling down together;
Pillars of the church,
Servants of the devil,
Here they very quickly
Find a common level.
Very sharp young fellow
Makes perfect fiat;
Rusty fusty bachelor
Tumbles on his hat;
Strictly temperate man
Who has ne'er been fuddled,
Staggers here and falls,
Dreadfully be-muddled.
Smiling little girls,
Charming little tlippers,
Slip along the pave
As if they had on slippers;
Skipping over streams,
No wider than their thumbs,
Show their pretty teeth,
And horrid ugly guns.
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/ LIVELY CONVERSATION At TIE DOOR,
A Life Drama.
Scene, Conner Of Sixth & Market Streets,
Time, One O'CLOCK

Whatsh prneo of that coat?
DooRKEER-The
what O
would have marked There price
Of
single working
STRANGERIsnt that
O a on stp
and stick o Small buyers rule have good chance
STRANGEE-Ne ell purchase and don't fit?
HALL DooRKEPER-ang back
STRANGER-Yes, and perhaps n exchange
HALL DooRKEEPERNo, back
SrRAN mean of oucantf
DooRKEEFER like
changes
mifomed,
purchase money We guarantee to that effect
a I'll
every purchase
Us a Of z~aaynt~s
3D. 7hHh On
he qmEyg a @rhdoa
~ " $ | yz %"~ 9ss ~ .%% ard
wAA4A4xERa BROWN
STRANGE What S rsnarkabo the quality o goods?
OAK HALL that the ACTUAL NAME and the good
only
HALL DooRKEEpEsW do and shall
business The people who don't believe easily
SrRANeER-Wen try you once anyra
of
OAK HAL
curl of
fuller o Clothing
fare be saved getting Clothing the Low Prices selling good
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DEACON JONES' EXPERIENCE.
Arkansas Conference, 1874.
BY BRET HARTE.

Yer right when you lays it down, Parson,
That the flesh is weak and a snare:
And to keep your pillow in the furrow
When your cattle begins to rare
Amt no sure thing. And between us,
The same may be said of prayer.
Why, stood by the jokes, on the river,
OF the boys, when the critters found
Thet I'd ined the church, and the smoker
Thet, may be We mind went round
The day l set down with the mourners,
In the old camp meetin' ground.
stood all that and reckon
| might at pinch stand more
For the boys they represent Baal,
And | stands as the Rock of the Law,
And it seemed like moral scrimmage
In holding agin their jaw.
But thars crosses christian suffers,
AS bezn't got that pretense-
Things with no moral purpose
Things eZ hez got no sense;
Things ez, somehow, no profit
Will cover their first expense.
Ez how! l was .iist last evenin'
Addressin' tile Throne of Grace,
And mother knelt in the corner,
And each of the boys in his place
W men tnaJ SiIedklh pup ol AeZlan S
To Jonathan's cat gave chase.
/ never let on to mind 'em,
| never let on to hear,
But drove that prayer down the furrow
With the cat hidin' under my cheer,
And Keziah whisperin' sic her.'
And mother sayin' "you dare
/ asked for light for the heather
To guide on his narrer track,
With that dog and that cat jest waltzin,'
And Jonathans face jest black.
When the pup made rush, and the kitten
Dropped down on the small of my back
Yet, think, with the Lads asst stance,
| might have continered then,
If gettin' her hold, that kitten
Hedn't dropped her claws in me-when
1t somehow reached the "Old ADAM
And l jumped to my feet with an Amen
So, yer right when you says it, Parson,
That the flesh is weak and a snare,
And to keep yer pillow in the furrow
When yer cattle begins to rare
Amt no sure thing. And, between us,
| say it's jist so with prayer.
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ST. VALENTINES DAY.
HARRIET INGALs.
IAN old frump.)

In England the day was once observed
with much interest and fervor; but of late
the celebration there, as in this country,
has dwindled to the mere anonymous send
ing of epistolary pleasantries in prose or
verse. Valentine parties have recently
come into vogue here, and when the guests
enter into the spirit of them, these are
really entertaining. They are conducted
in two ways. The hostess invites her
| friends, expecting each to send at least one
valentine, original verses of humorous
or bantering sort being most desirable.
| The writer, who need not reveal his or her
name beforehand, even to the hostess must
| indicate whether the missves are intended
| for gentlemen or ladies, the hostess, ad-
dressing them as she chooses, without
knowing their contents. The other way is
for the hostess to furnish to each of her
guests list of those expected, thereby
giving them an opportunity to write their
valentines to particular persons. The val
entines should be sent to her before the
party and she should be careful TO provide
herself with a few extra ones for such of
her guests as may have been overlooked.
When the guests have assembled, the lady
Of the house produces the valentines, and
delivers them, one at time, the recipients
being compelled to read them aloud for
the benefit of the company. Some of the
missives will be SO pertinent, and others SO
inapt, that they cannot fail to be amusing.
If one guest finds himself good naturedly
laughed at, he has the satisfaction of laugh,
ing at others in turn, so that any petty
feeling of annoyance that may be exper-
fenced will be dispelled and forgotten in
the general merriment.
Persons sometimes in sending valentines
make the innovation of inclosing gifts of
small value, coupled with such graceful
phrases as will insure the acceptance of
the gift. Others take advantage of the
occasion to give presents of considerable
worth to people in humble circumstances,
to whom charity could not be offered.
Thus the memory of the genial St. Valen-
tine may be perpetuated, not only by social
pleasures, but by positive practical good
"Home and Society," Scri5ner for Feb.
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Perhaps love is never so potent as
when il seizes upon those who have passed
their first youth, or even those who have
passed the prime Of life. The choice made
is then likely to be thoroughly suited to
the nature Of the man; and any intelligent
gifts on the part of the woman are likely
to be more attractive to a man of this age
than to a young person. Besides, there is
a feeling that, as life is not likely to be
very long, this last love is the last thing
to be chung 10, and that after it, should it
be lost al will tie desolaton
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The 0rerwOrhed Man of Business.

The London Sanitary Record, in an in.
teresting article on "Overwork," gives the
following graphic picture of the business
man who is everlasting his powers:
"Sooner or later he finds that his day s
work has become an effort, toll rather
than delight; the last hour has become a
strain only maintained by determination;
4 sense of exhaustion and fatigue envelopes
his closure of the days work, and the last
columns of figures have presented difficult
ties hitherto unknown, and the last pile of
letters has seemed more trying than of
yore. Anything new, of an uuwonted char
acter, making special demands upon the
higher faculties, becomes arduous and dis
TASTEFUL revealing the fact that the higher
lowers are first commencing to give way,
to announce their inability; while the more
routine matters, which have almost become
automatic or even habitual, can still be
effectively discharged. But in "a time even
these lower processes are affected, and the
last half hour at the office is distinct
trial, and is followed by new sense of
exhaustion. There is certain amount of
irritabillty combined with the sense of ex-
!.austion, that irritability which is ever
found along with the exhaustion of nerve
matter; this irritation, sometimes almost
amounting to exaltation, marks the com
mencement of nervous exhaustion and fail
IRE. While work seems to become more
irksome, the usual sources of pleasure no
longer afford their wonted solace and salts
faction. There is a heightened susceptible
ity to any trivial annoyance, domestic mat
tiers are felt more keenly, the dinner is not
SO satisfactory, the children are noisy; the
more necessity for rest, and the more dis
tinct the craving for comfort and quiet, the
less seems forthcoming. There is an emo
tional exaltation which reveals the irrita-
bility Of the exhausted nerve centres; the
newspaper is stupid and uninteresting, the
piano wants tuning servants are deteriorat-
ing, children are less obedient, and wives
less sympathizing than of yore. The mind
is as sensitive as is the skin after blister;
the slightest touch produces pain"
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SIGHT AND OBsERvATIoN.-The differ
ence between sight and observation is the
perpetual distinction which turns up among
lower or the higher wisdom. Many go
through life as the figure of a ship goes
round the world, and end the voyage with
no gain from it, but that they return more
battered and weather beaten.
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s" What you been do n >" asked a
boy of his ,hum whom lie saw cominp o, t
of the house with tears in his eyes. 1--we
been chasin' birch rod round my pap
was the shifting reply.
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sY- The young folks say, if 1 live until
| am gray will never use any but MOORE 5
Wilmington City Soap" l
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oIe Nolnfnn, sloo per lncn Tor l year: Tor 9 and
Months. 20 and % per additional Three changes
all wed to yearly advertisers without additional charge
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
A Good fine to SELL Wheat.


Our Tennessee farmers may be con,
gratulatcd upon the material advance
in the price of wheat from eigh:y-fve
cents and a dollar to a dollar and
half. And while it is an item Of no
iuconsidcable importance to the
producer it is indirectly advantageous
TO every business interest of our cur
rency drained State An unusually
large crop was raised, and a. good
deal of it remains on hand unsOld.
The farmers wisely held for better
prices-those wbo were able toAold-
and an appreciation Of fifty cents
upon every bushel of the thousands
aud millions of bushels raised and
secured makes an improvements IN the
monetary condition of the State that
must be benefciaily felt in every
avenue Of trade. The probabilities
are that wheat will maiDtain steady
balance at present fsares for several
days, if it does not 90 still higher.
Yet. upon the safe principle that ga
bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush - it would be best perhaps 20
profit by the advance already made
than risk the chances of break.
Whenever farmers venture upon the
ticklish ground Of speculation they
depart from their legitimate sphere,
and il disaster overtakes them. 1t /,
their own fault. Tennessee would
do we'll to turn al her wheat into
grceubacks at one dollar and hall
per bushel. .-NaShri'e Banner.
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Sights i'll London.

Rev. John S. Lindsay, brother
ifi-law to DIR; Bunting of this town,
is now in London and writes to the
Southern Churchman the follows
ing interesting account of some-
things he saw in that great city
ED. NEws:]
Westminster, St. PauYs and the
Tower of London. What a delight it
is to see them.
In estmInister one never tires OF
the tombs of kings aud knights and
the effigies of poets and philosophers.
of the exquisite marble tracery Of
that perfect piece of architecture
the Chapel of Henry the Seventh,
and the solemn, shady cloisters, where
one might mediate forever. In st,
Paul's the cenotaphs of great capo
tains, With their high flown inscriP-
tions, will engage the attention, and
the tombs of Wellington and Nelson
will call up the glorious achievements
of Bngland's two leaders on the land
and on the sea. There is preserved
there the funeral car of the Iron
Duke-made of the cannOns which
he had captured in battle. In the
Tower we were much interested IN
the crown jewels OF Queen Victoria
and her predecessors, and IN the
armcs, reaching back as far as history
itself But when we came to the
block All axe by which SO many true
and good men had perished, ouf
whole party paused, and silence set
tied down upon every one, and each
face grew serious, as if We were IN
the presence of the dead. There on
the block wefe the very gaishes oi the
axe. Hard by was the cell in which
Sir Walter Raleigh was confined and
where he had written his history OF
the world. One of the most striking
objects in London now is the great
palace in which the two houses OF
Parliament sit, and where you see the
vast Westminster Hall, the place OF
Warren Hastings trial. The build
ing covers eight acres Of g'ound' has
! TWO miles of Iobbies, and has already
cost st.about $4,000, 900 +.
BY piece OF good fortune We Sc
cured a ticket to one, Of the fittlngs
of the House of Commons. The hall
IS chas,e and elegant, but not hne.
! Compared with our hall of the House
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-08-17
An Elegant Extract

Brother Hicks, of the Holston
METHODIST, has photographed the
following word picture from the
pencil of DR.. Munsey
What shall we say Of him? It were
folly to attempt a pOrtraiture of the in
descri oable. For this we must wait
till we can fifty describe, or paint. the
rushing cloud, as it sweeps the hidden
ceruIean. borne on whirling and hove
ling storm wings, while a thousand
fiery tongues issue from the black and
terrific cioud-head, TO lap in river, lake
and foaming ocean, or to lick tue
mountain-peak, and dusty thorough
fare: amidst all, the eagles wild
scream is heard, as he lifts hlmselt
from his mountain -crag. and, by few
ascending CITATIONS, plants himself
above the terrible storm and tempest,
where. on broad and muscular wing,
he hangs in undimmed sunshine, far
above the warring-elements mean
while. serpents hiss and blow along
their sIiny rock-paths, and hasten %
their granite fOTtresses !; the non, teE-
rified and thunder-driven, makes the
forest shake with his deafening roar :;
mercy, what a scene for the descrlp-.
tive ben. or the painters brush OF
widest sweep, and most delicate dell
neations! Now see the storm SUP
side the lion proudly walk from ms
rock-ribbed den the eagle gently iall
TO his crag-built home the Wild fury
of lake and ocean sink into sweet
calm, as they fold their arms in peace,
and smooth every wrinkle on their
faces. and wait the sums sweet ana
mellow kiss the fleecy cloud, all goT-
geous and glowing, rainbow crowned;
and laden with fatness for man anu
beast, now comes gliding up n the
wake of the angry cloud ano storm storm
lust past and Heavens blessings come
to earth, the more to be apprecistsi,
because. as'in the case of Elijah, tne
"strong wind" that rends "the noun noun
tains. and breaks in pieces the ROCKS 3
before the Lord" IAN earthquake,
and a devouring fire." precede the
"still small voice"
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the West figure away up among Il e
miIliOns-Say from segenty-fve 10
one hundred millioES-it can readily
be imagined that the general crCp
must fall materially short.
The situation opens up a gloomy
prospect for the business interests Of
the country, for, although the enhanc-
ed price Of cereals may benefit a class,
nevertheless there has been 4 deStrIC>
ton of capital and positive Grip
pling of important sections of the
country. If the damage to crops is
not overstated, there will be, in many
places, great destitution, and over the
whole country a deepened depression
of enterprise. Doubtless we shall
have enough of the cereals for home
consumption. especially since the
South this year is large raiser of
grain. but we shall miss that abund-
ancc which was to set going again
the wheels OF expansive enterprise =
NoShUHe Banner.