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Inflammation Of the Eyes In Horses
Its Cause and Treatment.

This organ is subject to three species
Of infammation-simple Inflammation,
opacity of the lens, and paralysis Of the
nerve, commonly called amaurosis. &"
The first, or primary inflammation, is
the most common, and invariably pre-
cedes all others. It is most assuredly
caused either by blow or injury of the
part, or from a cold. The symptoms
are: first, intolerance Of light, weeping,
the eye half closed, presenting an idea
that one eye is smaller than the other.
sometimes is closed as If glued together
at the corners, and, upon opening the
eyes, the whites of the eye or eyes are
seen to be streaked or bloodshot. and
the lids are swollen. After a day or
two Of neglect, the cornea, or transpa-
rent substance, will lose its clearness,
and become Of q muddy color. Some
times the whole cornea is involved, and
other times only parts, or specks. If
this disease, through neglect, should be
allowed to run its course, and the cor
nea become involved, and q secretion of
pus takes place in the chamber, or the
cornea liberation ensues, and the con-
tents Of the eye escape, it results in to-
tai blindness.
The treatment should be as follows:
Bleeding to the extent of six or eight
quarts is essential; next give a good
physic ball, and add drachm of tartar
emetic to the ball. with view to nau-
seate the stomach and lessen the arterial
action. Keep the eye bathed with po-
ton composed of sulphate of zinc and
morphine, Of each one grain to one
ounce of rosewater. The balls should
be given every twelve hours. If the eye
still retains the bloodshot appearance,
bleed again the following day, and, il
the case be a severe one, put seaton in
the cheek about two inches below the
inhamed eye. This time q little NOR
phine lotion, applied with camel's hair
pencil to the eye, will tend wonderfully
to allay the Inflammation, and hasten
the curing of the disease.-Cor. Chicago
Field.
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apparent order which is only q witness
to the fact that things are never used.
I do not know how better to state the
golden mean on this point, than to tell
the story Of an old temple which was
once discovered, bearing on three Of its
sides the inscription, "Be bold" On
the fourth side the inscription, "Be not
too bold"
1 think it would be we'll written on
three sides Of q room, "Be orderly"
On the fourth side, but not too order
ly."-St. Nicholas for June.
, 1876-07-14
A Peculiar Case Of sslf-slaughtor.

The Tennessee papers describe re-
markable love tragedy that took place
in the village of Pennington, in that
State, last week. About a year ago q
young man named Hurt came to Farm
ington in search of employment, and
being needy and destitute was kindly
treated by a worthy family with whom
his mother had formerly lived. After
a lapse of several months it was dis
covered that q little love affair had
sprung up between the young man and
the youngest daughter Of the family
beautiful and accomplished young
lady-whereupon her father gave Hurt
his walking papers, with peremptory or
ders not to come on his premises again.
However, letters were passed and few
clandestine meetings were had. Finally
the young Missourian got q revolver,
hired horse and boldly rode down the
pike towards Pennington. He told sew
eral persons on the way that he was 60
ing to "see his girl, and then and there
kill himself; that if he could not live
with her he would die with her." He
arrived at the house at about ten
o'clock in the evening, hitched his horse
at the gate and walked into the house.
When he knocked at the door the moth
er of the girl, thinking it was the doc
tor-some Of the family being sick
opened it, and was greeted with the
words "You are the cause Of" and
then came the report of q pistol. The
mother thought Hurt shot at her. Her
husband thereupon seized double bar
relied shotgun, loaded with bird shot,
and getting q glimpse Of the intruder,
who was still in the hall, fred upon
him. Hurt then staggered out of the
hall and was found lying dead in the
orchard. It was now seen that instead
Of shooting at the mother he had shot
himself in the right breast. The force
of the shotgun discharge was broken
by his clothes, but twentyPthree shot
were extracted from his side.
, 1876-07-14

VALUABLE FKRTnIzRRs. = Leached
ashes have an especial value on sandy
soils, and produce most effect on onions.
potatoes, corn, and the root crops. On.
leached ashes have q most marked effect
when applied broadcast over onions
partly grown; for all garden crops they
are valuable, potatoes, turnips, beets
and peas deriving most benefit next to
onions. Hen manure, when mixed with
enough soil to work it fine, has special
fitness for the onion crop, as it can be
applied to the surface where wanted.
and has no weed seeds. Lime is Of most
value on rich, old soils, its effect being
to unlock and release fertility already
in the soil, but inactive or insoluhle.
Hence, upon poor soil It may sometimes
do more harm than good, but used upon
rich, old garden soils, its use occasion.
ally will produce astonishing results.
, 1876-07-14

An ADRoTF SwMDLR.-A we'll dressed
gentleman, who passed himself of as
lord, recently astonished two Paris
bootmakers with new swindling trick.
BE called at fashionable store and or
dered Q handsome pair Of boots. The
boots were to be made without any re-
gard to cost, and to be sent to his hotel
at eleven o'clock the next morning. A
like order was given by him to another
fashionable bootmaker, who was told to
bring his boots at three o'clock the next
afternoon. On the following day, when
the first bootmaker appeared, the noble
lord found the boots satisfactory, with
the exception Of the right one being a
little tight. The left boot could be left,
however, and he would postpone his de-
parture another day, and meantime the
tight boot could be stretched. On its
return he would pay for the pair. The
bootmaker was pleased at his success,
and withdrew with the right boot. A
similar interview took place later in the
day with bootmaker No. 2, who was
asked to take away the left boot of his
pair and leave the other. Not suspect
ing anything wrong he did so, promis-
ing to return with It early in the morn
ing. At eleven o'clock the next day
two disconsolate bootmakers, each hold
ing an odd boot, might be seen in the
corridor of the hotel, each seeking in
vain for his noble patron.
, 1876-07-14

PRRcocrrY OF RoBxRr HALL.-Rob-
ert Hall, the most eloquent preacher in
England during the last century, was q
precocity was such that, before he could
we'll speak, he learned TO read from the
inscriptions on the tombstones in the
graveyard into which his nurse used to
carry him. An English magazine gives
these illustrations Of his wonderful pre-
cocity:
When about Ave he was sent to q
dAme-school, and soon showed. great
love for books. He set up Q library Of
his own, and in the old chapel grave
yard would spend whole evenings with
his books around him, until darkness
drove him home.
The first boys school 10 which he was
sent was four miles of, and the daily
journey proved too much for him; COM
planning Of pain in his back, he would
often lie down by the roadside, or his
companions would carry him, kind
ness he repaid by telling them tales.
At this school he was subsequently
placed as . weekly boarder; and, not
content with his prescribed lessons, took
with him from his fathers library what,
even TO older people, would have seemed
tough reading. Edwards on the Will, I"
and " Buffers Analogy" are not often
inquired for ct modern lending libra
ries; and the very titles would frighten
school-boys Of this generation. But TO
Robert these and similar works were
choice intellectual food.
His eagerness and aptitude in acquir-
ing knowledge may be judged from the
fact that, before he was eleven years
old, his schoolmaster informed his
father that he could teach him no more;
that, in fact, he had for some time
found it hard work to keep pace with
his pupil, and had been obliged often
to sit up all night to get ready to hear
the boys lessons next morning.
, 1876-07-14

SILK WoRN Dnr.-The experiment
has been made in Germany, thus far
with remarkable success, Of substitu-
ting lettuce for mulberry leaves, as an
article Of silk worm diet. The cocoons
of The worms experimented upon were
Of the usual good quality, but of course
time will be needed TO determine whether
q continued diet of this kind does not
bring about degeneration.
, 1876-07-14

SoAR men will keep dog or doks-
that's settled question. Now, let those
who desire to keep sheep also keep dogs.
but Of breeds which win protect their
focke. A good, wen-trained shepherd
dog is an animal worthy of the affec-
ton of mankind and especially valu-
able to the farmer, as he can usually do
more work Of q certain kind than a mar.
and viii guard hocks against intruding
ours Of low degree.
, 1876-07-14

SIXTEEN years ago Tom Kenyon went
to Kansas City with q cent, and the
other day he signed q check for sixteen
thousand dollars. He signed with
another mans name, however.
A PHYSICIAN boasted at dinner that he
cured his own hams, when one of his
guests remarked: Doctor, I'd sooner
be your ham than your patient"
, 1876-07-14

To YoUNa MEN, The young man
who has an ambition to make q great
noise in the world should learn boiler
making. he can make more noise at
that trade than anything else he can en-
gage in.
II he believes q man should "strike
for wages" he should learn blacksmith
ing-especially II he is good at " blow
ing"
II he should embrace profession in
which he can rise rapidly, he should be-
come an aeronaut. He couldn't find
anything better "for high"
He certainly could do 9 staving land
perhaps starving) business at the cop
per trade.
II he believes in measures, not
men" be should embark in the tailor
ing buslness.
II the one great object of his life is
to make money he should get position
in the United States mint.
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Chances Of Life.

From some elaborate tables drawn up
by DIR. Farr, it would seem, as far as
can be made out, there are certain very
critical periods in our career. A baby,
for instance, has o very small chance
indeed Of growing up. But, on the
other hand, the period between the
tenth and fifteenth years inclusively, is
that in which the death average is the
smallest. At about thirty-hve we must
begin to take care Of ourselves. At this
period constitutional changes set in;
our hair and teeth begin to fail us; our
digestion is no longer what it used to
be; We lose the Vigor Of youth, and neg
lect outdoor exercise; above all, the
cares Of life begin to make themselves
percep6bly felt. It Is ct this time that
deaths from suicide take marked place
In the returns Of mortality, and there is
also considerable reason to believe that
habits OF intemperance are apt to sud-
denly develop themselves. The picture,
however, has its sunAhiny side. It
would take, Of course, 9 professed aot-
uary to deduce from DIR. FAIRS tables
their exact result. It appears, however,
that If man tides over his fftieth year
he may make tolerably certain of living
to seventy; while, if he reaches his sew
enty-hfth year, there is . very strong
presumption that he win either turn his
ninetieth birthday, or very near il. A
still more interesting question is
opened by the series Of tables which
show the average mortality in different
professions and pursuits. Gamekeep-
ers are, for obvious reasons, the health
lest class Of our whole population; cler-
gymen and agricultural laborers come
next, and are followed by barristers; So
hcitors and business men are less for
tunate, while at the extreme end Of the
scale come unhealthy pursuits, such as
printing and file grinding.
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Tm Boston Globe says that the year
2O16 viii be the next centennial year.
II that paragrapher was clerk in store,
we'd go four blocks to buy of some
other house. He'd think nothing of
adding hundred dollars 10 q bill of
eighty cents.
, 1876-07-14

THERE IS growing feeling among the
American people that the man who can
hear fellow-mortal complain of a cold
in the head, and abstain from telling
him what to do for it, is the man should
be the next President.
, 1876-07-14

TIE nutrient property of many of our
most delicious fruits Is lesa than one
per cent, and yet the most perfect
health and strength may be maintained
upon a moderate diet Of brown bread
and fruit World Of Scisaee.
, 1876-07-14

PoTAsH IN FRUIT GRowNo.-Failure
Of fruit crop may result from . variety
of causes, prominent among which are
attacks Of insects; but unhealthfulness
in the tree itself indicates that the soil
has lost some fertilizing substance es-
sential TO the growth Of the tree. Most
manures applied to orchards are mainly
carbonaceous; but, excepting for their
influence in ameliorating the soil, it is
doubtful il carbonaceous manures are
Of much value. Carbon is supplied by
the atmosphere in unlimited quantities,
and it is probable that the carbon which
composes most Of the wood comes to
the tree through the leaves. Not so
with the ash; the mineral substance
which remains after burning can only
come through the soil, and, as the tree
becomes larger, the soil gradually loses
in this element until it becomes nearly
barren. Possibly the injury of trees to
soil, aside from their shade and abstrac-
ton from moisture, may be remedied
by supplying these mineral elements
potash, lime. sulphuric and phosphoric
acid.
, 1876-07-14

JOHN RANDOLPH met q personal enc
my in the street one day, who refused
to give him half the sidewalk, saying
that he never turned out for q rascal.
81 do" said Randolph, stepping aside
and politely raising his hat. Pass on. !"
, 1876-07-14

WEY is the grass on which the COW
feeds older than yourself? Because it
is past-ur.age.
, 1876-07-14

HEN-HoUsE VERlnN.-To drive out
lice from the hen-house, keep tobacco
leaves crumbled up in the nest among
the litter where the hens lay and sit,
Also wash the roost poles with q solu-
tion made by boiling the leaf stems Of
tobacco in soft, or rain water. If this
is done, there will be no trouble with
the fowls in this respect.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-10
The Best of the New Potatoes.

I have tested some two hundred varieties
of the potato during the past five years, and
at least one half of the number have proved
to be good and worthy of cultivation, if one
needed that number of sorts. Rose are prob
ably as near perfection as we shall be able to
reach in the way of early sorts, and there is
very little difference between the Alpha, EX-
ira Early Vermont, and Early, all three being
excellent in quality and prolific. In some
soils the Early Rose has little too much of
the pink color in the face to look well when
brought upon the table, especially to those
who delight in mashed potatoes and cream,
as snowy whiteness is one of its attractive
and appetizing features.
Among the second early" sorts there are
many noted for their excellence; but 1 am
not disposed to run the risk of giving an
opinion of their varied merits except in two
instances, and in this 1 may be accused of
drawing the point too fine, but the reader
should remember that there may be better
sorts outside nv two hundred than within,
which of course are not included in the pres
ent decision. For quality alone, vote I'M
hesitatingly for Compton's Surprise. 1t is
by far the whitest fleshed potato that I have
ever seer, and the flavor is unexceptionable.
The growth, yield and health of plants are
also all favorable, but the color of the skin is
decidedly Objectionable, being a dark purple,
almost black. For baking it answers very
well, and if carefully peeled before boiling,
will do; but if cooked whole they are like a
SNOWFALL in an ink-pot, and one trial would
be enough. The color of this potato is bar
rier against its ever becoming popular sort,
either for market or home use. although iJ is
the best potato for quality alone that have
ever seen.
Next to Compton's Surprise in quality, with
the addition of beauty without and within,
must say that the Snowflake comes nearest
to filling the bill for perfect potato. of any
variety that has found its way into my
grounds. used last years crop until long
after the new crop was in condition for the
table this year, for they were sound, dry and
nearly up to the last, showing keeping quail
ties rarely excelled even in the latest sorts.
The form is also model, being globular,
slightly fattened and heightened to an oval in
large specimens, eyes small and prominent,
not sunken, as in the Peach Blow and many
other similar sorts. Skin white, thin, smooth
but of firm texture; flesh white, floury, with
no decided or distinct flavor. 1t ripens a
few days later than the Early Rose, but it is
far better keeper. In my grounds it does not
Weld as well as some other sorts; still, after
two years. trial, put it down as the best of
all the new sorts tested, and that is saying
enough in praise of any one variety.-Rural
Nelo Yorker.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-10
Mortgages Sale of Real Estate

DY virtue of a power of sale contained in and of
ID the provisions of certain mortgage deed given
by job K. Duran, of Portland, Cumberland County,
State of Maine, to George L. Wescott said Port
land dated 18th October 1862 recorded in the regis
try of deeds for said county book $685. page 3d. which
said mortgage was duly assigned to me, Ira P. Far
Iington, the 2Sth October, 1875, by assignment re.
corded in said registry, book 422, page 43O, will be
s0ld for breach of the conditions of said mortgage
at public auction, the premises hereinafter de-
scribed on the eighth day of February next
o'clock in the afternoon, certain lot of land, with
all the improvements that may be thereon, situated
in said Portland on the northwesterly side Of Lin
coin street, and bounded as follows; Commencing
on the northerly corner of Lincoln and Elm street,
thence running about northwesterly by the north
eastery side of Elm street. twenty feet and seven
inches to the centre of the partition wall between the
block OF two houses numbered thrtyone and thirty
three 31 and 33 Elm street, thence through the
tire of the partition wall of said block about north
easterly. seventyfve feet, to land or formerly
owned by Charles @. Clapp thence southeasterly by
the line of said Clapps land, twenty feet and seven
inches, to stake on the northwestery side line of
Lincoln street, thence southwestery, by the side line
of Lincoln street, seventy-ve feat, to the bounds
begun at Said lot has, since said mortgage given
been mortgaged by said Duran to Nathan HILL OF
Rollinsford State of New Hampshire and the light
to redeem is now owned. or supposed to be owned by
George R. DAYS., OF said Portland.
Terms cash. !. P. HARRINGTON.
The Portland daily press., 1876-01-10

milk. It will in very short time, kill the
| offensive odor that is always present with
such curds. In using the vinegar, it should
| be thoroughly mixed with the curd and what
| little whey remains in the vat. The curd
| should then remain in the vat, until it is has
the right degree of acidity. This way of
handling tainted milk, appears the most prac
tical and makes better favored cheese than
any other process; but no process will ever
make strictly fine cheese from damaged
milk; and the object should be, how to pre-
vent it, instead of how TO cure it.
BY whatever method you may set milk that
is now commonly practiced upon the farm, as
in pals set in water, or watts cooled by water,
or in shallow watts set in the open air, or in
the common pan; this one point should be
observed-to skim as soon as the milk is
sour.
The point put forward by Prof. Arnold,
that the foot of the dasher should fill about
three-fourths Of the size Of the churn, and de-
crease the motion; is very valuable one, and
one that will help us to improve our butter
and lessen our labor. A very unphilosophi-
cal way to churn is, to whip the cream with
such dashers, bored full of holes, as we have
been using in the past.
Those who always make good butter, and
who always use very clearly drawn and we'll
strained milk, can still further purify it by
beating up to 120 deg. or 100 deg. and the
butter made from it will be little less firm
in texture, a little yellower, with delicately
fine, delicious taste. By heating, it appears
to have lost its peculiar animal flavor. 1t is
probably better suited to the digestion Of peo-
pie in delicate health, than butter made in
the ordinary way, and will in future form
distinct branch of dairying. The discovery,
at any rate, that heat does not injure sweet
milk and sweet cream, has helped us to
solve the disputed milk setting question.
Stones combination butter package, was
presented for examination, and stated to be
superior to wood or stone for the preserva-
ton and transpo rtation of butter. This is
made of tin, or other sheet metal plates; the
inner surface is chemically treated, and then
covered with coating of parafine, which re-
sists the action of the strongest alkaties and
acids. This metallic package will preserve
butter and other articles of food, without oon-
tamination or injury from contact with the
walls of the package containing it. The pro-
cess of preparing the tin is one of compare
lively little expense, and so simple that it can
be readily understood and applied by any one
of ordinary intelligence. 1t was stated that
in general the lining or coating would not
have to be renewed at each use. In cleans
ing, however, the use of boiling water would
dissolve the parafine. The committee of ex-
animation reported, that it was step in the
right direction, and worthy the consideration
of dairymen and the trade. 1t claims to be
alright, non-conductor of heat, and the
metal non-corrosive. If these claims can be
substantiated, if fulfls the requirements-and
the probabilities are highly in favor of its
proving an excellent package in practice.