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repair damages.

repair damages. ~,
It happened the very next Sunday Miles
was entering the grounds OF the Soldiers
Home on visit to Col. Pitcher. He had
driven in his buggy when Zach dashed up.
The sergeant in charge closed the gate,re.
fusing him admittance. Zach had a
friend with him to whom he was DESTROYS
of showing the Soldiers Homeland MOTTO
ing the military gentleman on the inside
sang out:
Il say, Colonel, tell this fellow who 1
am, will you2"
Miles dismounted from his buggy,went
back through the gate, and said slowly
to Zachariah:
Can you read, slr?"
Certainly l can,'' roared old Zach.
well, sir, read that" and Miles point
ed with the end of his whip to the sign
on the gate mo Admission on Sunday
"Good morning, sir" said Miles, as ne
drove away. The Sergeant on duty heard
stout old party in the carriage say:
'Well, I'll be blamed"
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LITERARY
A Very Good Story.

Don Piatt tells the following good
story about eX-Sec'y Chandler and Gen.
Miles:
Miles was in Washington while Zach
ariah was in the Interior, and the first
named being appealed to by clerk&ss
discharged from the Interior Office, wend
ed his way to that interesting locality to
use his influence to have the discharged
restored Miles felt in his military soul
that he had influence. Was he not a rel
alive of the great Sherman and Ewing
families? Was he not a rising West
Pointer, with record behind and a
career before him? He thought to find the
doors fly open of themselves as he APP
preached the high old Michigander.
He sent his pasteboard and was babe to
take seat No, it was not worth while
sitting, and our military rooster walked
to and fro, expecting every moment to be
summoned. Bnt moments went by on
leaden wings without summons. There
must have been some mistake. He
sought the messenger. The messenger
reported that he had placed the pasteboard
D.. fore the Secretary. Miles sent in an
other. and yet no doors flew open. He
walked In, patiently until tired, and then
he hinged on his military center and wait
"a fretting his military soul at the de-
Law.
He sourht to pass the time by study
inc the people about HIM. They were
motley group-running from we'll
dressed men and wemen down the COM
mo, lahorers. AT last the messenger re-
t,rned Miles started forward. Here
was his call. Not bit of it. The stupid
fellow nodded out one of the crowd who
had preceded Miles, This went on fol
TWO hours. and Miles would have aban'
doned the business but tor the tenac'ty o
nurpose his late Indian business lndlcates
At last he was called into the presence
of the great Michigander, who wa
worn down bv the troublesome demands
and was in a bad humor. Miles help
nd himself to a chair and Zach SAID.
grutfy:
well. sir. what is your businessF
i came. Mr.. Secretary responded
Miles. smoothly. "to get a poor "oiha'
restored to her clerkshlp.'
What" exclaimed Zach, with am EN-
phasis that gave the force and explosion
To the word as if shot from the deadi.
level Of gun.
Il came" repeated the distinguishes
relative. ito get discharged clerk re
stored"
Zachariah rose solemnly from his chair
stalked to the door at which our frien'
entered, and pointing to aprinted placar'
thereon reared
Gan YOU read, sirs'
certainly" responded the military re-
alive. with a good deal of the spunk tai
en- out of him.
Then read that"
Miles reads:
..No Vacancies in this Department
Good morning. sir, growled Zach an
the Sherman Ewing relative hauled OH
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POETRY
VAIN WAITING.
BY BISHOP BOURKE MARTIN.

BY BISHOP BOURKE MARTIN.
One waits and watches all his days away
For what may never come So looks alone
Some man upon desert island thrown
For sails that pass. not, TILL too faint to pray
He folds his hands and waits the eventful day
When death uninterrupted claims his own,
Bids hope lie down by fear, stills the lohS
moan,
And bids the weary feet no more 10 stray, -,
None knew of the sad life and death, till, 10.
Men voyaging from afar, by fierce WINDS
driven,
Cast anchor on that isle where, tempest-rlven,
They see a tree-b built house, by when thcs
know
That one has lived and died there, hoped ana
striycn,
They she'd their unavailing tears and go.
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JACK SPROUTS CONVERSION.

Jack sprout swore a terrible oath. In
fact he swore quite number of oaths,
for he was very angry. 1t was nothing
wonderful for Jack Sprout to swear, even
in the presence of his wife, Tor ne was
sadly given to the habit OF proIaDe i.n-
guage. And yet Jack was q gooo nus
band an indulgent father; an industrious
man; an accommodating neighbor; ana
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A boy came along to one of our neigh
boris houses holding very dirty dog,
and asked the gentleman of the house
tDon't you want to buy dog. mister!
aWhat kind of dog is it, asked the
gentleman. The boy looked puzzled.
aWell,' said he, '.it is part terrier
And what is the restl,'' askedthe gentle
man. The rest" answered the boy, why,
the rest is-is-just dog"
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You may talk as much as you please
about man being able to accomplish any
thing he under takes if he sets about It IN
earnest-we demm. When It comes to
scratching the back dead square between
The Morning herald., 1877-08-28
LONG FINGER Nails.

Chinese and Siam aristocrats invariably
wear long fiji ger nails. The Disagreement
. supposed to add to the Importance Of tie
..lviiual, :. as it is evident that the
scarcr cannot do any work, and must,
-harofore, be person of elegant leisure
backed by fortune corresponding to the
length of his nails, The hand Of an Anna
mite dandy has nails four or five inches in
length. The thumb-llail has a characteris
tic Shape, and that CT the first finger is cut
aAort to enable the person to pick up small
objects. Without this slight alteration
the hands would be nearly useless. Nails
Of still greater enormity may be seen
rhey are said to have attained the extraor-
t;nary length Of thirteen inches, and in this
nstance the nail Of the first finger IL not
Entirely cut OF,
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----.-.o%A>~--

70 Khadijah, wife of .Mahorlet, his
crians trace much that is noblest and best
n.tle Koran and the Mohammedan relg-
en- The prophet was twenty-five and she
solty years old-a rich, powerful, intellec-
oaal woman when she married him. She
Tos .ho first convert, and embracing tie
.r2w belief with all the Gery religious zeal Of
'lor sex, for twenty five years she was the
backbone of Tslamis,n. She stood by he,
lAsband and poured out oil tie resources at
.lcr conmand-wealth, enthusiasm, intel
lcct and affection. After her death li;..
homet was inconsolnble, and married az
other wife in two months after she died.
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erionnut Colonel Baker says that on

lieutenant Colonel Baker says that on
first arriving in Turkey q stranger is very
much puzzled by the affirmative and ncG"-
tive SIGNS Of the natives. a decided ahaha
OF the head means eyes," while a nod OF
sle head means "No." The waiter of the
Pera hotel or Bosphorus steamer, another
tells us, usually accompanies the negatlon
with click produced On the right side
of the mouth, ard apparently among the
back teeth.
Although the body Of the whale isso very
bulky and soexceod;ngly SO fat, the swallow IS
not much larger than an ox's; but the
fnned-back whale has larger swallow, Tor
he lives upon the smaller fish-as mackerel'
herrings, etc., great shoals of which he runs
through, and with q short turn causes an
eddy Or whirlpool, by tho force OF "n'cn
the small fish are brought into cluster, SO
that this fish with oper mouth will take ~
some hundreds Of them et Q time,
-Stss
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',A compliment --"Cartain," said q
.l'o(inS parsonage, Il don't wish to
il",f feelings, but you surely stole that
VI VI Hour" Up to the latest account
pam vas ini'lirins OF his friends
ttrf the a1ront Or the apology were the
H. re- ING qefatisable Shell collector, Mr.. G,
hatcher, has returned to Great Brit.
I. '""' ms tiye iSeiyy yearN' psychological ex.
"s "TRIP in tie far East. lie Ea,
|'5"' home an entireIy nev genus,
D... ES' the A'o'dsj9al a.c'e;y, Laa,iug,
E|f~s Y gall ylAtsAssis 10 nlss Aoeov, ,
.sz ..-ss.z.
The Morning herald., 1877-08-28

Many people are puzzled to understand
what the terms ''four-penny," "six-pcnny,"
ten penny mean as applied to nails.
"Four-penny" means four pounds to the
thousand nails, "si4-pcnny" six pounds to
the thousand, and so Oh. It is an old En-
glish term and meant, at first, 'ten pound"
nails (the thousand being understood); but
the old Englishmen clipped it to 'ten-
pun;' and from that ten-punny and SO il
degenerated, until penny was substituted
for pound" So, when you ask for four
penny nails, nowadays, you want those a
thousand of which will weigh four pounds,
but in these degenerate times, we question
whether you will get as many as thousand
in that weight When thousand nails
weigh less than one pound, they are called
tacks, brads, etc., and are reckoned by
ounces. -
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NHEElFt'S SALE.

SHEElFfS ALE.
By virtue # a writ OF Levari Faci - +,
me directed, Nii b" exposed to Pub. .ic sale
| at the l.rf yette Hotel, 81 rhip,ey sire ct
KEEP by Geo I" "a Rip in he city Of Wi =
| mingtnn New Cssle Cvuuty, Delaware,
| WEDNESDAY, 'hp 5th d,v Of sept, 1877
|. at O'c ock. p. N
'he fo' o'iow'r g de-crintd .eal Estate viz:
| All hose two It's ri.ces. or ra' els ,f
'and sitna III the City Of hilmi"C..n
acre said, bon" ded e f,l',w.. to wit: No.
,t.eet, helw ween r icl tn a,d Moth streets
| NJ d a. tbs distance Cl i44 #. from t.e south
| erl, side "f Ninth StEfeI in the middle Of
~ q IeN.& il. G'n. in wild h separai"g thi>
from that If rubelt RI. Jones Oh hen tn;
leNce westerly through he middle OF said
alley, and parallel to Ninth street, so H.
! !l.G i, u ID >la e: 'henca s. uherIy par !:
."i 10 Tahiah street. lS it. 10 u sta1 e.
| .nence cast rly' p.ss ne III uuRll he sou H..
ely gab' wa'lnt he IL idd @ OF this house,
| a d rara' el TO Ninth s., ,eet, oft. o d 2in..
| 20 ;he S i'd side of IA Da'l.t ee :a"d helce
| 20 lherIy is fs u. the placs "f heginning,
| Ei,h a 'h te-story irick Owe ling house
/ 'hnreO e oC ed, q.
no I, begin itg at the norther,y side OF
'"v"n h street between WiisO *pd Pop
lar stree s. at the distance of 20 IT, -frcm the
u.,t.t+,, y siur OF " lIrou street. AZ II. Is ~ei-
I4i's line AT the ynidd o"fttle division wall
be ween hi and ~eidals brick dwAlling (;
hence no", hery psunI!et with wills II
| ~ eet throueh The mittd Of said divi,inn
val G2 #. 70 The Sou'hrr'v SIDE ofh3 f..
y Il alley, luHh!ig faSIer'y rs :, to he
>''l'i"r Y end ct ~ 81 q tt. wide, run
iAa Ot .hery about II fJ lotto another 4
( wide ~ ey. running from Ni'spu to Pop
iw street the ce with the S uihally side
f>aid iir>i mentioned alley 26:t 10 j seph
! . EWoDd's inc: h"i.c by the anne south
r!y parallel with Wilson street, and pas :
| /" 'hrnugh Me idle Of the party VOL
be-! eN lhe TWO houses 6! It more or l. IS,
10 The afOtc>"i side Of seventh street and
ho"ce dong ih' salle, Wester .I6 t 10
he place Of beg mig, with tw" b lex
dwellings cree Cd there II. ..
Seized ard ttNen in eX( cu'ion as the
;Tope " Of Mos. $ eint'u and Marg u
,nnn his f; Ca .b &. Hood and Mary j..
lis VIII ;J rH,ui 'h starr, .!r.. and u, becra
:. hi> VII; and ! Jaenh EalioWe '"''
= ~ h"th a., his wife, and IT,. $. I'D 20 be
sold by
I'AA" GEUBR Sheriff
shsritl'S NtIlce, New Cas- le Aug. 6, 1877.
allgt7-'S
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ounces.

AN improvement "a dynamite is said TO
lave been effected by M. Cahnehjelm, OF
Stockholm. For the inflsorial earth used.
il making dynamite lie employs kind Ct
wood charcoal, which not only absorbs the
ntro-glyceriue, but serves as an important
factor in the explosion of the composition.
In order to give a speodieraction to thenew
explosive, which is called "sebastin," hi
trate of potassa is added; The nitro
glycerine, charcoal and nitrate of potassa
ere combined in various proportions to suit
the purposes for which the sebastin may
be intended
The Morning herald., 1877-08-28

The effect of the SUN on glass has been
found by investigation to vary under the
following circumstances: If the glass has a
Grccnish tint, the suns rays give it gol-
len color, and the blue tends to disappear;
# tho exposure is continued, the yellow
color increases, the glass becoming yellow
ish brown, and finally violet A white
glass, containing no manganese, made with
white sand, sodic, Or potassic carbonate,
and lime, assumes yellowish cast in the
sunlight with. moderate rapidity. Glasses
containing plumbic oxide do not appear
to be affected by exposure to the sunlight;
crystal glasses, with blush cast, also do
not appear to be affected. Glasses colored
from yellowish brown to violet brown, by
means of iron and manganese oxides, vary
in color according to the portions of the
oxides present. Glasses colored violet,
by manganese, may be rendered colorles5
by heating in mut1le, but an exposure to
ghe suns light restores the violet color; an
edition Of COG per cent Of lead, however,
prevents this phenomenon. These are
among the most interesting of the changes
Known to be produced by the action of sun
light on glass, but they by no means con-
1rise all that may be named.
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'GBA pIo

ABM PIU
eq4 uuVl pue epp pu! 1edusVo pue Ie4leq 4nq
:eA!suodxe G1oA S! puu 'seocld qSno4 G1oA
GJuo III poHoIdm9 es1noo 10 s! poWou s!VL
.so51vqo ep 10 q4dep eql o. peAoNeW
ION s! punoa5 oqL 'G4!o!GoeIo Gq HIsnoouu1
-Iniu!s popoIdxo pue p94oouuoo so51oVo 7Vl
III! and e9Eu1uuip 1vqMo1o Vl!A puno15
eql u opuu o1u doop so19oW oM4 o. JIuV g
pup QUO mo1J seIoH 'sesod1ud Su!qSnold
IoJ e!lvpsnV u! pesn uooq seq e4!uvuAQ
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co,rr Interesting observations on

so,rr interesting observations on solar
radiation in Egypt have been made by M.
pictc. His approximation this purpose cou-
listed Of q sort Of boiler of two thin plates
IF parallel sheet iron, filled. with water,
placed in chest full Of black cotton, ahd
,}osel over its face, which was turNcd TO-
war.ltho sun, by g comparable number OF
plates Of glass. As result, he finds that,
i, that region, a surface of one square meter
exposed normally to the rays Of the SIM, IN
he middle of the day, absorhs very nearly
,y,,lye ca!ories or units Of heat PEI minute.
Other observers also operating in Egypt,
h,ve fo,,ua about tgn calot.esi. 1t appeatS
rom these various experiments, tlat the
;ur,al evaporation pro 'ncea by tle act on
# tle sun is about one-siXth CT an inch CT
yator. The evaporation whicH'iss due tothe
o ubipsd effect of tho wind asld the d:ynes,
}: the a.r is much gseatqr, iap|Esey oAD
laid c. a. iGGl, NJ. M ~ ssa34 sijitsa i
The Morning herald., 1877-08-28
A MUsCOVETE BRAVE.

There is a well known story Of the
bd;nc upon the battlefield of 1nkerman
the corpses Of an English guardsman
ID q Russian grenadier, lying breast to
last, each with his bayonet driven to
very shank in his opponents body.
|ch proof of hardihcod might have
listed Leonidas himself; but still more
emorablc example of II 8 qualities which
eracterizc the Russianlincsman occurred
ring the ahsost, unknown siege of the
titled town of Kitab, in Central Asia.
story is hest told in the words Of the
sian officer who related it to our in.
manU- ii, D.r. &o5
fhs1 town of Kitab lies in a deep, narrow
L. surrounded on every side by steep
is, so that we could only bring small
Zee to bear upon any one point; and the
though build OF dried mud, in the
iatic fashion, was quite high and
pn, enough to he tough morsel for
stormiug party, However, it WAS de-
mined to try it by escalade (for, you
we had beaten these fellows 50
b. that we un'lervalued them for once),
I wa, with The detachment that was
& to do il. Bat Il e whole th!ng was
kisue of bunders from bayinriar to
as bad az the assault Of NarS under
|urayi, L in 1855, which WIS my nrS.
c # Sighting. First AMI foremost, the
b.. for the f,rio"n hope to 'aararcc
;yen, by some horriA mi~t,kc, Oe eCoIe
lpports were raa ly - follow up; 50
Ecgd We went, uudcv a smashing ftc
the SllckGi-GeJzianS can shoot and no
EtHe) without man to back us. And
b., when We got to the wall, 10 and be-
d our ladders were too short, just as
)arpcncl At Klrs, and there We were
b. shot Gown ike partsidgas Without
lcr Of do ny anything. Our men be-
eI splenIldly, must say; some tried
lice the ladders together, while others
Pmptcd to scramble up over each
er'> shoulders, with the enemy pep
ng right down among Gtlem rs hard nv
coull pcIi. Bat it was all of no Use.
(y !c.I one upon another, just lika f;,b
of Il net, AMI our colonel vas lit in
side and got q bullet in my shoulder,
tie rest dropped ono BY one.t;lI there
hardly an olicer left. 1t last we
i the signal Of recall, bat our n"n
50 mad with the rcpulse AMI the
Ps am! what not that they wouldn't
Fe eTcn when tIcy were ordered, and
then Tie enemy, seeing how few We
b, came rushing. out upon US in
oY it happened that in my company
two young fellows who we're like
nI edition Of the "Corsican Brothers."
.ar mSrparables, in fact, and one
pen having got through the fight with |
I he caIrd slight wound q should
UpdSht lta pretty sharp one my
was just turning to retire. when lie
ms comraJc lying on the ground help
with ball through his leg. In an
pnt he had Lin on his shoulder and
carrying him away, when eight Of
enemy came running upon them at
lherenpon the rough fellow laid his |
ldcd iricNd on the ground rs gently as
Ptocr, and Standing astride of him club
I!> muSkct and fought the whole eight
BEN sin 5lehanlel, AMI when the sup
came up they found one Shekri-
|'aN ylng with his skull SMASHED like
F"g-Shell, and the Russian, with five
d wounds in him, keeping the other
p ra>calS at bay. But when We praised !
'"1 called him a hero he looked at |
"'te surprised like and said, "What
| to do, father? l couldn't forsake
(omrade!"
The Morning herald., 1877-08-28
ITEMS Of INTEREST,


julius Caesar was born 100 B. c., of ths
ancient Julian family. '...,. ." .,.....
White ink to be used on dark paper is
I one Of the novelties in stationery.
There are 1000 lodges of Knights of
l'ythias in the United States, with total
membership Of 100, 900. ..... ..
A man in Chambersburg, Ill.," has been
sued for destroying property by splitting
tobacco juice on the floor of a church. ,.
A young French soldier was persuaded
LATELY by his lady love to cut off three of his
frGe-s that she might keep him at home.
The pass of Thermopyle is five miles
loH5, aud fift'> yards wide at its narrowest
Iart, where Leonidas and his 800 Spartans
Ncro slain. ........t
The Russian naval flag is purple St. An
erew's cross On white ground. The
Turkish, white crescent on q red
ground.
Eoys are engaged by farmers in the
rotthcr:! and western portions Of tlle State
q Now York to pick potato bQss, al i've
Cvnts a hundred.
: Tho correct English pronunciation Of
The wosl Danube is "DaH-yo01." I'll.
GeIrlan name CT the river is 'ponau,"
W.,.tch IS pronounced "Do-now." ..
4 man in Cincinnati has son whose hair
cu-ls Just laforo rain. He Says he has
noticed this phenomenon for the last two
years and has never known it to fail to in
d;ca,u rain.
California has 3,eOO,O0 fruit trees and
%,GO0,o00 grape vines, and havests from
500, ,O0o,0 900 to 800, 100000 pounds of fruit
yearly. Her prosperity is not therefore a
matter Of SURPRISE.
Instead Of the usual heading of "Dirths,
Marriages, and Deaths" the San Francisco
N,vs Letter has Cradle, Altar, and Tomb"
1t also dcvotes q page to what it calls "Tho
lies Of the Day"
A Texas court has decided that the Old
law against the intornlarriage of the races is
obsolete, the Judge holding that it was sim
ply intended for the support Of s,ayory, and
ceased to exist when slavery ceased.
In Sonoma county, California, near the
Gcyscrs, is spring called the Lemonade
Spring." which is said to be q veritable
bath Of beauty, the water being so strongly
i,Sprcgnatcd with mineral acids as to re-
move all tan, sunburn and freckles from
the complexion, rendering the cuticle soft
and white.
Philsdelphia's vagrant dogs are kept q
few days in the pound, and then, if no one
claims and pays for them, they are thrown
into small two-story brick building in
which charcoal fires are started, the doors
and windows are closed tight, and in three
Or four minutes they die of asphyxia.
A man arrived in Buffalo recently who
Lad come l4g distance to place his
mother in an as YUM for lunatics. He went
to bed in hotel, saying that he had been
20 nervous about his mother that he could
not sleep for many nights, and in the morn
ing was found to have become raving
maniac. ......r
The Cinnamon in San Francisco have
had u religious trial-that of the Rev.
Swang Bung, for lleresy. He characterized
his neighbors' joss as horse thief. This
excited the leaders of the abused congrega-
ton, and, amid loud explosions Of fire
crackers and bombs, the Rev Swang Bung
has been SUSPENDED from The ministry. /
The Morning herald., 1877-08-28
''NGAhCAR CAVITY YTIlEgOUGN
TF1N EARTH.

H. Am2T:c"s Symmcs, the advocate Of
o.y tat a navisable cavity extends
n Ii! .artA from pole to pole, has
''"'ed 800 toward the Howgate Arc
fp''"'on, Symlnes says that al the
'n ~ the previous expeditions Justify
f'-Vi' and he is confident that Howgato
~ able to enter the cavity. In a let
70 The Louisville Comicr-Journal he
Did not Capt. WGddcll so upon a
] exploring expedition few years ago,
-'"1a an opca Polar sea, as in the
I and when entering it found lis CONF
!; 4laa reversed its position, and was
s.Li5 north when he thought he WAS GO
and became alarmed md
- !: oack, when. if he he'd followed On,
Is compass directed, lie would hav,
o0' at the north roe, and woJd
?tC'cG The theory true, which says IT,
h. y y yI'o!lo", a"l, 10 doubt, hab.tab.e
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-05-31

You SHALL HAVE Tiff your grocer or
DooLEY's YEAST POWDER for you, send 2Oc, for
quarter pound, Sc. for half pound, or Coo. for
one pound can, direct to DooLEY & BROTHER,
New York, and you will receive it, postpaid,
by return mail. It is absolutely pure, and
every can full weight
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able. Pork ought to be the standard by
which to ascertain the price Of corn and
not by what they will give At the railroad
station. We have said, frequently, that
most farmers do not know whether they
are making or losing money, for thcrea-
son they do not make any effort to know
what their wheat corn, pork or beef costs
But when they have the raw material on
hand they should carefully ascertain what
is best to do with it. And the rule which
we here present to them will solve the
question Of what to do with their corn
In these calculations we make no allow
ance for poor breeds Of hogs, or for care.
less or Indifferent quarters for the comfort
and improvement of the animals: All
these must be taken into account. Some
men, by slip-shod system of feeding and
bad treatment, do not get five cents pc,
per bushel for corn. Of such we are not
writing or calculating. We are figuring
for the careful and prudent man, who un:
derstand his business.