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as much Growth the first season as the

as much growth the first season as the
dormant eyes do in the second season.
By placing some tomato-leaves around
a peach tree to protect it from the hot
sun, the discovery was accidentally made
that the curculio, which had commenced
its ravages upon the fruit, was entirely
excluded from the tree, and that ants
also were kept back. On sleeping some
fresh leaves of the tomato in water, and
sprinkling with this infusion other
plants, roses, oranges, etc, in two days
thev were also freed from the innumer-
able insects that had previously covered
them. 1t is believed that some active
principle in the tomato-plant, like helle-
bore, is destructive to insect life, and
that this might be isolated and used to
destroy the insects and beetles that prey
/ upon our fruits and vegetables.
! NEW YORK World: At a meeting of
the Western New York Farmers Club a
member reported that in 1874 he used
one hundred and fifty pounds phosphate
to the acre on field of barley, and Sc
cured Al 40 bushels per acre, against
% II bushels where the phosphate was
not used. In 1875, on two-rowed barley,
he raised 42s bushels, against 25 Sc on
land not so manured. He believes in
special fertilizers, and proposes the COM
ing year to use five hundred pounds
sown broadcast on potatoes; then to mix
one hundred pounds with wood ashes
and apply it in the hill. Another mem
Der said: :" We ought to know what we
buy the special fertilizer for-if for po.
tatoes, buy fertilizer rich in potash; il
for wheat, one rich in phosphoric acid. y
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Domestic Hints.

Barley Water.-On two spoonfuls of
crushed barley pour one quart of boiling
water, cook ten minutes and strain.
Then add glass of calf's foot jelly, or,
if not to be had, add lemon favoring.
Kisses.-Beat three fresh eggs to a.
stiff froth and stir in five spoonfuls finest
powdered sugar flavor with lemon. But
ter pan and lay in white paper; drop
the mixture ON it in cakes of teaspoon
full each. Sift sugar over and bake in
slow oven for half an hour.
Cold .Lamb.-Cut up the lamb in small
pieces, place in skillet with one chop
ped green onion, salt, pepper, one bay
leaf, and peas in quantity with the meat,
little of the cold lamb gravy, -four and
butter and water just sufficient to cover
it evenly; let simmer one-half hour.
When done add the juice of a lemon.
Chocolate Cake.-One cupful butter,
two cupfuls sugar, three cupfuls milk,
one-half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoon
full cream tartar, five eggs, leaving out
two of the whites, three and half cup
fuls flour; bake in a large sheet-iron pan.
The cake should be about one and half
inches thick when baked. For frosting,
two whites of eggs, one and half cup
fuls pulverized sugar, two teaspoonfuls
vanilla, six tablespoonfuls grated choc-
olate; spread on bottom side of cake when
taken from the oven.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05
GradatiOns of Guilt.

The wisdom of many people, and of
all ages, ordains for the punishment of
the same act various degrees of severity,
according to the influence of circum-
stances, or the guilt of the offenders.
Thus, homicide may be only killing by
misadventure, or willful murder, or high
treason, according as the case may be.
1t is, therefore, strictly ON principle that
the act of converting to ones own use
the money of another, exhibits, in the
light of our lofty civilization, various
gradations of guilt, which, after the
manner of criminal statutes, are signi-
fed by appropriate names, the amount
of the spoliation being in this case the
principal criterion. Thus:
Taking s., 100000 is called a case of
Genius.
Taking 100000 is called a case of
Shortage.
Taking $4,000 is called a case of Liti-
cation.
Taking s25,OOO is called case of In
solvency.
Taking $4,000 is called case of
Irregularity.
Taking $4,000 is called a case of De-
falcation.
Taking 81, 900 is called a case of Cor
ruption.
Taking $500 is called case of Embez-
element.
Taking 500 is called a case of Dis
honesty.
Taking $50is called a case of Thievery
Taking $25 is called case of Total
Depravity.
Taking one ham is called case Of
War on Society
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Life Rescue,

The following simple directions are
from st. Nicholas for July: The true
plan to follow, when safety is the call,
is to swim, everything below the chin
we'll down under water, the head well
back and resting centrally on the float
ing power of the lungs. But what will
you do when your comrade is tired out
and drowning? That depends. If he is
cool and reliable, get in front of him,
let him place his hands on your hips (not
your shoulders) and you can carry him
quite distance. That supposes that
both parties, rescued and rescuer, under
stand this. The weaker party is the one
that ought to drown, if he shows any
disposition to drown his friend by mis-
erable, cowardly death-clutch at the only
floating thing around him. In the case
of the death-clutch, go to the bottom
with your man and leave him there.
There may be an unpleasant wrestle, but
the real drowning man is ready to quit
his prey when he strikes bottom. The
better man has a right to come to the
surface and swim ashore.
But in considerable swimming ex-
perience, and some rescues, there comes
one absolute rule: Never face a drown
ing man. He welcomes rescue SO eagerly
that he will hug you around the neck
and take you down. The safest and best
thing to do is to get behind him, and,
unless you are left-handed, put your left
hand under his right arm-pit. The lift
you give him will be enough in ordinary
water. He can be coaxed to help him
self, and if he is reasonable being you
can bring him to shore. If he is insane
with fright, recollect that you are to be
both prudent and heroic. Get away
from him, clutch his ankle with one
hand and tow him ashore. If the bank
is near, he is not likely to drown on the
way. If he does, it is not your fault.
But brave swimmer is master of his
element.
l once saw two young fellows rescue a
drowning comrade in a way that was re-
markable for its neatness. The poor
fellow was in mid-stream, cramped and
exhausted, and barely able to keep afloat
Which was first was never decided, but
in the critical moment each was behind
him, each with hand under an arm-pit
he was almost dead weight on their
hands, and they swan him ashore, more
dead than alive. 1t was struggle, but
they were the masters of the situation.
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Farm and Home Brevities.

THREE pens, three hogs, each nearly
full grown and about equal in weight
and thriftiness, were fed four months as
follows: One pen, soaked corn one pen,
cooked corn meal; one pen, dry corn. At
the close of the experiment those fed on
dry corn had the most weight.
A AVETERINARY surgeon of Prague is said
to have discovered that strong coffee has
wonderfully reviving effect upon de-
crepid and overworked horses. In very
short time it renews their vigor, smooths
their skin, and restores their full ca
pacity for work.
IT is said to be an absolutely demon
strated fact that by laying small piece
of charcoal on burn the pain will sub
side Immediately, and by leaving it on
for an hour the wound will be COM
pletely cured. Try it, somebody, and
report.
THE London Gardeners Chronicle ad-
vocates the grating of roses by the in
sertion of growing eyes in the early
spring instead of dormant eyes in the
summer. The growing eyes are inserted
in the main stem, one on each side, to
form symmetrical heads. These make
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

THE project of draining the Zuyder
Zee for the purpose of reclaiming land
for agricultural purposes has stimulated
the civil engineers to make up some
curious estimates in connection with the
enterprise A dam twenty-four and
three-fourth miles long is to be carried
across the gulf, and upon it engines are
to pump 1,7l6,000,0 600 gallons a day.
Sixteen years will be consumed in empty
ing the enclosure. The area is 50O,0 900
acres, and the estimated cost of draining
is SCI, 100000 The engineers are con-
fident that 430, 900 acres will be suitable
for agriculture. The price for an acre
will average $500.
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FERROw.
BY IDA W. BESHAM.

A little brown seed in the furrow
Lay still in its gloomy bed
While violets blue and lilies white
Were whispering overhead
They whispered Of glOries strange and rare
Ot glittering dew, and floating air
VI beauty and rapture everywhere-
And the seed heard all they said
Poor little brown seed In the furrow,
- close To the lilies feet
so far away from the great clad dav
where life seemed all complete.
IN her heart she treasured every word,
Ana she longed for the blessing Of which she
heard
For the light that shone and the airs that stirred
In that land, 10 wondrous sweet!
The little brown seed in the furrow
Was thrilled with strange unrest;
y warm new hope beat tremblingly
In the tiny, heaving breast;
With her two small hands clasped close in PRAYER.
She lifted them up in the darkness there;
Up. up through the sod, toward sun and air,
Her folded hands she pressed.
. little brown seed in the furrow.
AZ last you have pierced the mold
And, quivering with life intense,
Your beautiful leaves unfold,
Like wings outspread for upward flight;
And slowly, slowly, in dew and light,
A sweet bud opens-till, in Gods sight,
You wear a crown Of gold.
~. Nicholas.
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Fancy Farming.

Beecher last year raised about fifteen
thousand bushels of onions on his Peek
skill farm. They cost him 81 so a bushel,
according to estimate, and as the market
in New York City was one dollar, any
one can see how much he made Beecher
can send beef to the New York market
at fifty cents a pound, and can raise
oats at as low mark as two dollars a
bushel. His butter is reckoned at $1.25
a pound, and his eggs at seventy-fve
lecturing last winter, and if he main
tains such an income he will be able to
continue farming.
Cough lectures five times a week, his
fee being 5000. He has a farm in Wor
cester, which at one time contained one
hundred and seventy-five acres. He has
no children, but his expenses are very
heavy, and to bring matters to a snug
shape, he sold a part of his land, and re-
duced the farm to one hundred and
twenty-five acres, which is as expensive
as his income will admit. A few years
ago his wife, who was Yankee girl, un-
dertook to raise fancy fowls, which some
say are very profitable. She got up a
very nice variety, and at rather reason
able expense, for the Shanghais did not
cost more than $75 pair. The Cochin
Chinas were little cheaper, and Ban
tams could be raised at from $25 to $40.
After stocking the place with these rare
birds, Cough, it is said, found that if
they were to be kept up he would "be
obliged" to lecture on Sundays as well
as on week days to make living. When
it costs SIS to winter a chicken a man
needs good income. The system was
therefore, changed; the fowls were
abolished, and regular crops were tried
with decided success. As long as Coughs
rye cost more than five dollars pei
bushel, and the other crops are kept al
an equally reduced rate, his present in
come will enable him to live in a very
decent manner. There is nothing like {
farming life for men who have plenty o
money.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-07-05

ONE day last week Schenectady man
cashed draft for seven hundred dollars
at a bank and received three hundred
dollars in small bills, which he put in
his pocket, thinking by its size that the
was leaving when the cashier handed
him out the balance, four hundred dol
lars, in new, crisp five dollar notes.
The man took them, and supposing they
were advertising notes, distributed them
among his friends. He was astonished
at the eagerness of all to receive them
and was stunned when attempting jok-
ingly to pass one in store he was in
formed that the bill was good. He spent
all that night and the greater part of
next day rushing around collecting the
bills he had given away.
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A VIRGINIA paper records that at a
late meeting of the Riding Club at War
rentown, Mr.. Ludlam's horse Murad, in
clearing one of the hurdles, made a
jump Of thirty-six feet from where his
hind feet felt the ground to where they
reached the ground again.
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The Surc Witness,

"The nineteenth century is the age of
novels" remarks literary historian-he
might have added with equal truth, "and
novel impositions." Studied politeness has
been passed off on us for native refinement,
the forms of devotion for its essence, and
speculation for science, until we look
askance at every new person or thing, and
to an assertion of merit, invariably exclaim,
"Prove it," In brief, Satan has made him
self so omnipresent, that we look for his
cloven foot everywhere-even in bottle of
medicine. Imagine a lady, having COM
plexion so sallow that you would deny her
claims to the Caucasian type if her feature
did not conform to it, purchasing her first
bottle of the Golden Medical Discovery.
The one dollar is paid in the very identical
manner in which Mr.. Taylor might be ex-
pected to purchase a lottery ticket after his
experience with No. 104, 163," with this
difference, his doubt would be the result of
personal experience, while hers would be
founded on what certain practitioner (who
has been whole year trying to correct her
refractory livery has said concerning it. AT
home, she examines the bottle half sus-
piciously, tastes of its contents carefully,
takes the prescribed dose more carefully,
and then proceeds to watch the result with
as much anxiety as a practitioner would
count the pulse-beats of dying man. She
takes another dose, and another, and shows
the bottle to her friends, telling them she
"feels better" Her skin loses its bilious
tint, her eyes regain their luster, her accus
toned energy returns, and the fact that she
purchases another Bottle is sure witness
that she has found the Golden Medical Dis
covery to be reliable remedy for the
disease indicated. The lady wisely resolves
that in the future her estimate of any medi
cine will be based upon a personal knOwt
edge of its effects, and not upon what some
practitioner (who always makes long bill
rhyme with pills) may say of it. DIR
Pierce is in receipt of letters from hundred
of the largest wholesale and retail druggist
in the United States stating that at th
present time there is a greater demand fO
the Golden Medical Discovery and Purga
! tive Pellets than ever before. In affection
of the liver and blood they are unsur
| passed.
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If your hair or whiskers grey they can be in
stantly changed to a beautiful black by TUTTs Hair
Dye, and deceive the closest observer This article
possesses qualities never known before. lS Murray
Street, New York.
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A MAN may buy spool of thread,
put it in his coat-tail pocket and forget
it for a whole week, but he can't do that
way by bradawl.
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Mrs. Cox, of Holderness, N. H., one
hundred and one years old on the 25th
June, is now enjoying for the first time
in her life the delight of whooping-
couch
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THE VICTORY CORN MINI

Will grind every grade of corn-mcal shelled or on
the cob Capacity, 10 to - bushels of feed per hour
Is made entirely of iron, and very strong. When
desired, will furnish extra perforated grinding
plate for grinding apples for cder-whch il grinds
very rarly lis speciality is grinding corn, cob and
all. Price of MILL $40, cars here. Apple plate
81 extra. Address TllOS. ROBERTS ~ CO..
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PerpIeX i'm the Extreme.

Easton Free Press.
A tramp sat on door step back in
Pine Street yesterday afternoon, tenderly
caressing his head and shoulders, when
his "pard" came up.
"What's the matter with you, Jacobw
"Pm in doubt, I'm in doubt
"In doubt; what about@'
"Well, Henry, went into that alley
gate up there to get something to eat.
| might a-knowed somethin' 'ud hap
pened, for there was dead book agent
layin' on the fower-bed, and liniment
man with the side of his head caved in
leanin' up agin the peach tree"
"Well|'
"You see, I alters wuz ventursum,
an 1 asked a woman standing there
would she give me rhubarb pie and
piece of fresh shad.'
"Well, what happened then?'
"Now, Henry, that's what 1 am in
doubt about. l don't seem to make out
whether the back porch fell down on me,
or l stepped on keg of dynamite, and
it bursted under me. Why, Henry, I'd
sooner work half an hour than 20 into
that yard again.
THERE were two of them hanging over
the front gate the other night She was
standing within the yard and he on the
sidewalk outside, both leaning on the
top rail, and apparently as happy as two
pigs in a corn-field. He was saving,
"Now, my own little darling, sweet idol
of my soul whose image is ever on my
heart t"-when he saw the old man COM
| ing down the front walk and continued
in a different strain: The potato bugs
haven't destroyed our crops so much
since we purchased Paris green, and you
will find also that cabbages can be raised
better on rich soil" The old gentle
man heard it, and turned back, saying,
as he entered the house, "These young
people take more interest in agricultural
affairs than people generally suppose"
FULTON Times: Mr. Benson was out
in his garden Monday, daubing a coat
of tar on the trunk of choice cherry
tree, when his next-door neighbor, with
whom he is not on very good terms
came out and industriously set to work
mailing lath between the pickets on the
line fence. az thought I'd fix this tree
so that your dog wouldn't be able to get
into it when the cherries are ripe
sarcastically observed Benson, as the
work went on. eyes, / see," was the
reply, "and it reminded me that if the
space was reduced, your cat couldn't
reach through and pick my raspberries. ,
A deep and profound silence followed
THERE are two hundred and fifty
species of living animals.
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THE Ponds Extract Co., SO Maiden Lane,
n. Y, publish small book free, telling
what the people use Ponds Extract for, be-
sides being good for pain
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For a Good breakfast or Tea.

you often have to make rolls, biscuit and
such de1icacies, in about ten minutes. It's
easy and certain with DooLEY'S YEAST
POWDER, the best of them all. Troubled
housewife, here is one cause of your annoy
ances swept away. Full weight and the
best material are the watchword of the
ra nfactnrers
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THERE are two hundred and fifty
species of living animals.
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ances swept away. Full weight and the
best material are the watchword of the
manufacturers.
AFTER an experience of over twenty-five
years, many leading physicians acknowledge
that the GRAFENBERG MARSHALLS Uterine
CATBoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases to which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERG VEGETABLE
PILLS, the most popular remedy of the day for
biliousness, headache, liver complaint and
diseases of digestion. Sold by all druggists.
Send for almanacs. Grafenberg ,Co., New
York.
INFORMATION worth thousands to those
out of health. Self-help for weak and
nervous sufferers. Facts for those who have
been dosed, drugged, and quacked: The
new Health Journal teaches all. Copies
rec. Address, Electric Quarterly, Cincin
natl, Ohio.
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NIYHEN WHITING TO ADYERTISEESy
w pieasc say that you saw the advertise.
uaent In this paper.
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SETTER APERIENT

Sion 81 ihs cody ssmrk3hiaes pitb tht scat o.
the disorder. Nhau she stomach fElis % per.
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Gee wrtl 10 SOAR swu iowa Terms e. and
DDD eefti tree u Htf1ET Co. ,f'aftisnd ~.
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Nos. oures Cents
Ftsefs uenrestish, tnnsmmstlon .,. ~
a oFma Norm Fever. Nefm Calie %
s. CrvinF-caiie or fsrthing q iRlants IS
4 nsanhssA. n Chiiascn y Admits IS
s pyseuisgy, Qripeg, hlesas Cello 3
g. cholsra Mnreas, fumiiine p
I. coasks Col H. hrouehius s. %
g. Neuralgia, TeothAcbe, fAeuAchs. t-...+ 70
=. HesAscAss. SICK HrsAache, Vertigo 81
%. Dyspepsia, h.lieas stomach ~
NJ. Suppressed, or Painful Periods AZ
~. Whites. loo Profess reftods. .,,st,. g5
rs Craap nv0gh, nifacnt ntesthieR ss
a. Sah mieuni Erystpeias. EruptiNna Is
as. KheamAtsm. Kheamtiie Pains t, IS
ia fsytr and Aaue, Chill fcTnr, Aqurs ta
~ Plea, blindoF hieeding e..ss 90
rs ophthaln,y, and Sure OF weak Eyes o.
10. CAtArrh, acute or ehronic. fnhuenKA -
~. Wheoping -Coagh. violent congks. ,ts ~
~. AsihpA, oppressed hrealhng ,..+,.,, 60
~ k&F Discharges, impaired hearing ,. 90
"a scfafaA, enlarged glanas, swalAaks o
~, Genrrsl Debility, phyacL Weakness %
IS. nfoPsy aad seAhty SecscttenE s..,+. 90
%. Sea sickness. siekness from riding ,sst -
~. Kidney Disease, Gravel ~ .ss.sss.,t.t 20
~. Navoea pslality, Vital Weakness .,.si 60
~. Sore Meuih Canker ..,. ...4.,,ts.,.s. 80
le uriaarY wsaa ness, wstting the bed b
| 81, PAinhil Feriosls, OF with SPANS ,ssts.. ~
So DiseAst o. Heart, palpitAtiona &c. i GO
rs. Epilepsy, epaanA, 81 Nttus' Dance. 60
81. niphtheriA, ulceraied sore throat .,,ss 50
IS. Chronic Cangestions and EXCEPTIONS ..,s. 90
FAMILY CASES.
Case, Moroeoo. 9th above Sc large iah aud
Manual Of directions. 4. st.,.s..t .t.., so 90
Case Morocco, OF 30 large viAls aud Book 90
Thsse rgnedies are sent BY The case, single
box or vial, 70 any part OF the country, Tree 81
charge, on fectapt q price. Address
EINpHGETy HeAEaPAlEE NEpletAt e0APlM
ofiee aud Depot 100 Fulton st.. Nes York
FOR SALE ny WAIT HARD, MANCHESTER, VI
AND BY ALL pRuaoisrs SHY
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CLLREMoST, N. H., Sept. 1875.
DIR. FLAGG-DtAr Sir: Your Cough and Lung
Syrup has proved o great benefit to me, giving
relief from severe Coughs and Soreness of the
Lungs, when all other remedies and physicians
had failed. l have never taken medicine more
pleasant TO the taste or more satisfactory in its
results. Mrs. LYDIA WILEY.