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THE BRIGHT 4SIDE.-Look on the
bright side. 1t is the right side. The
times may be hard, but it will make
them no easier to wear gloomy and sad
countenance. 1t is the sunshine and not
the cloud that gives beauty to the flower.
There is always before or around us that
which should cheer and fill the heart
with warmth and gladness. The sky is
blue ten times where it is black once.
You have troubles, it may be. So have
others. None are free from them and
perhaps it is we'll that none should be-.
They give sinew and tone to life, forti-
tude and courage to man. That would
be dull sea, and the sailor would never
acquire skill where there was nothing to
disturb its surface. 1t is the duty of
every one to extract all the happiness
and enjoyment he can within and with
out him; and above all, he should look
on the bright side. What though things
do look little dark? The lane will
turn, and the night will end in broad
day. In the long2run the great balance
rights itself. Whatappears- i'll becomes
well-that which appears wrong, right.
Men are not made to hang down their
heads or lips, and those who do, only
show that they are departing from the
paths of true common sense and right.
There is more virtue in one sunbeam
than in whole hemisphere of clouds
and gloom. Therefore, we repeat, look
on the bright side. Cultivate all that is
warm and genial-not the cold and re-
pulsive. the dark aud morose.
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The PIG FOR THE SOUTH Black or
slate-colored pigs are freest from skin
diseases in hot climates. The choice is
practically between the Essex and Berk-
shires for males with which to improve
the native stock of hardy grubbers of
the root-or-die variety. Those who have
tried the former have been delighted at
first, but after few years begin to recall
with longing the lean hams and thin but
solid and favorous bacon of the old race
horse breed. The trouble with the Essex
pigs in the South is that they are not
active enough. They are not the
eat. and d-sleep, and wake-to-eat kind,
and their grades are of course like them.
The side fat is superb, and so is the leaf
lard, and so far the breed is all that could
be desired; but the hams and shoulders
are too fat for profit, and the ham is not
marbled with fat like the Berkshires.
These (the Berks) are much more enter
prising, more wide awake, less easily con.
trolled, but good foragers. The grades
are wonderful improvement upon the
original stock, may be made very fat, and
yet the proportion between, fat and lean
in the hams, shoulders and side pork or
bacon is such as to develop and preserve
the excellencies of the meat The hams
are large and rich, and juicy with difused
fat. Berkshires are not quite 80 easily
fattened when penned and systematically
fed as the Essex grades, but they will
take much better care of themselves in
the woods, and when penned for fatten-
ing may be finished off with half the feed
the original ''land-pikes" would require.
[-American Aqriculturist.
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WHERE DRIVER SHOULD S1T.-The
Scientific american says: One of the an.
omalies in American customs is that of
the driver of wagon sitting on the right
hand side, while he always turns out to
the right when passing another team. It
matters not whether on the broad, safe
thorough fare or on o narrow lane or
crowded city streets, his seat is the same.
Thus seated it is very difficult to see the
exposed wheels in passing those which
require the eye of the driver. Doubtless
this is a prominent cause of the many
collisions between passing teams, and the
wonder is that more do not happen. The
custom was brought over by the Pill.
grims, but like Dutch sentence, the
parts got transposed in the translation.
Across the pond the driver sits on the
right, but always turns to the left. In
copying the practice we retained the use
less part and changed the essential for
some unexplained reason. Possibly our
fathers thought to be consistent in the
matter. and rather than be right-handed
in the driving changed the latter to suit.
At all events, the thing as now practiced
is every way inconvenient, and is a wor-
thy subject of reform in this year when
reforms are so much in favor. And
since it is easier to change our position
on the seat than alter the custom of turn.
ing to the right. let us henceforth hand
our friends u to the right side of the
wagon, while we as driver take the op-
posite side.
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TILDEN AND WHEELER Char
lesion Ne,os and Courier answers the
question as to how the election of Tilden
and Wheeler could be evolved from the
new electoral bill as follows:
The Constitution requires that the can
didates for President and Vice-President,
to be elected by the Electoral Colleges,
shall receive the votes of majority of
the whole number of Electors appointed.
The whole number of Electors that could
be appointed was 1853. Now it is certain
that there were two sets of candidates for
Electors in Florida and Louisiana, a1d
that one set or the other was elected, !. c.
appointed. In no State was there fail
ure to elect. But the Commission may
decide that it cannot tell which of the
two sets of candidates, in Florida and
Louisiana, was elected. In that case
neither set of votes will be counted, and
Mr.. Hayes, with the whole Oregon and
South Carolina vote, will have only 179
votes, or twelve less than a majority,
while Mr.. Tilden would have one vote
less than a majority. The election of
President would then devolve upon the
House, aud that of Vice-Prsident upon
the Senate. Any decision that Electors
were everywhere appointed, but that, in
any one State, the Commission connot
say who they are, will result in Tilden
and Wheeler.
Per contra, if the Commission decide
that, in any one of the disputed States, no
Electors were legally elected, then .rilden
and Hendricks are elected, their 184 votes
being a majority of the whole Electoral
vote, if any one disputed State be ruled
ont.
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A Walking Miracle.

MR. II. r. STEVENS:
Dear SiT-Though stranger, want 10 In
form you what VEGETINE has done for me.
Last Christmas Scrofula made Its appearance
In my system-large running ulcers appearing
on me, as follows: One on each OF my arms
one on my thigh, which extended % to tie ta' tseas'
one on my head, which eat into the Skull pohe,
one on nv left leg, which became so bad that
two physicians came to amputate the limp,
though upon consultation concluded not TO 40
30, as my whole body was 80 full OF Scroiuia;
they deemed 1t advisable to cut tie sore, which
was painful beyond description, and there WAS
q quart Of matter run from this one sore. :,
The physicians all gave me up to die, ana
said they could do no more for Inc. Bolh OF my
legs were drawn up to my seat, anu IL was
thought II did get up again would be a Grip
pie for life. ,c,,r,,,n
When in this condition saw FEGETlNE
advertised, and commenced taking 1t In March,
and followed on with 1t until had used SIX
teen bottles, and this morning am going to
plough corn, o we'll man. All my townsmen
say It Is miracle to see me round walking anu
working.
Ing such great suffering. from that dreadful
disease, Scrofula, prayed to the Lord above 70
take me ont Of this world, but as VEG has
restored to me the blessings OF health, desire
moro than ever to live, that ! may be OF some
service to my fellow-men, and ] know OF no
better way to aid suffering humanity, than 70
inciose YOU this statement Of my case, with an
earnest hope that you will publish IT, anu II
will afford me pleasure to reply to any COM
munication which may receive theretrom.
am, sir, very respectfully,
WILLIAM PAWN.
Avery, Berrien Co., Mich, July 10, 1872.
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Now is a very good time to resol,

= Now is,a very good time to resolve
to plant more corn, and less cotton.
Didn't she return your love ?" I" Yes,
she did she said, she didn't want it.
That's what's KILN me"
"A rural lady at the Centennial asked
to be shown the leather building, and
when she found that it was built of wood,
and not of leather, she manifested con-
siderable disappointment, and remarked
that she couldn't see why the newspapers
lied 50 about it.
- The New York Journal Of Commerce
estimates the total value of the personal
property of the late Commodore Wander
bilt, invested in railway and other secu-
rites, at SCI, $4,000. This is smaller
total than the wealth with which the
Commodore was generally credited at the
time oil his decease; but it is probably
the largest fortune accumulated in mod
ern times in lifetime by man who
had no foundation left him by his ances-
tors. The accumulations of the Roths-
childs in one year, or in series of years,
far exceed those of the late Commodore
Vr-derbilt in corresponding time; but
their ancestors began the present century
with large sums to their credit, and the
present members of the house were born
heirs to many millions.
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THE SIIN.
1877, NEW YORK. 1877

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next year will be the same as during the year that
has just passed. The daily edition will on week
days be sheet Of four pages, and doS on sundays
the weekly edition will be sheet q eight pages OF
the same dimensions and character that are already
familiar to our friends.
THE SUN will continue to be the strenuous advo-
cate of reform and retrenchment, and of. the sub
stitution of craftsmanship wisdom, and integrity
for hollow pretence, imbeclity, and fraud in tho.
administration of public affairs. It will contendi
for the government of the people by the people snd
in the ballot-box and in the counting Of votes en-
forced by military violence. It will endeavor to;
million Of souIs~with the most careful, complete,
and trustworthy accounts of current events, and
will employ for this purpose numerous and Gaze
fully selected staff Of reporters and corresnondent
full, accurate and fearless and It will doubtless
continue to deserve and enjoy the hatred OF thoser
who thrive by plundering the Treasury or by
usurpng what the law does not give them, while It
will endeavor to merit the confidence of the public:
by defending the rights of the people against the
encroachments Of uDiastifed power:
The price of the daily Sun will be IS cents D.
month OF Sc so year, post paid, or with the Sun
day edition S7.70 year.
The SUNDAY edition alone, eight pages, sl.2o u
The WEEKLY Sun, eight pages Of IS broad col
umns will be furnished during 1877 at the rate OF
81 year, post paid.
The benefit Of this large reduction from the pre-.
vious rate for The WEEKLY can be enjoyed by In
dividua subscribers without the necessity Of max
ing up clubs. At the same time, If any Of OH
friends choose to aid in extending circulation,
we shall be grateful to them, and every such pesson
who sends us ten or more subscribers from ono
place will be entitledto one copy Of the paper for
himself without charge At one dollar year, post
age paid the expenses Of paper and printing are
barely repaid; and, considering the size Of the
sheet and the quality of of its contents, we con-
fdent the people will consider The WEEKLY Sun
| we trust also one of the very best.
Address, THE SUN, New York City, n. Y.
Ian. H. 1877 26
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COmDOSt.

"I have four head of mules and six
head of cattle, with any quantity of old
leaves near at hand, with lime and plas-
ter cheap, and cotton seed at fifteen cents
per bushel how shall Ismake ascompost
heap, with these advantages that will pay
me BEST"
The question is more easily asked than
answered. We advise, however, if you
have shelter, land if you have not, you
should have, stall your COWS as we'll as
your mules, and litter the stall once
week, turning the litter, as far as practi
cable, every day, so as to thoroughly ill.,
corporate it with the droppings of the
animals Once week empty or clean
out the stable and compost the manure
under shelter. Use neither lime nor
plaster on the heap until it is to be carted
to the land, then sprinkle each load with
plaster.
Sprinkle the lime broadcast on the
lank; it should never be used on the
compost heap. The effect of the lime
will be to set free from the heap many
elements that are contained in and re-
tanned by the compost. The plaster has
an opposite tendency. When it is
sprinkled upon the CARLOAD of manure it
absorbs the escaping gases and carries
them with the cart to the field. The
lime will disengage them, and let them
loose in the air.
Leaves spread broadcast over the land
and sprinkled with lime, and then
ploughed under, will add vegetable mould
to the earth, but it is a very slow and al
most imperceptible manure. The lime
in this instance hastens the decay of the
leaves, and sets free the gases created in
the process of decomposition, which are
in turn again readily absorbed by mother
earth and held in that peculiar state that
makes them fit for plant food.
We question the economy of trying
cotton seed at fifteen cents per bushel,
when cotton is only worth nine cents per
pound. In practice, we have usually
found thirty pounds of cotton seed to be
worth about US much as pound of cot
ton. And yet, We have often found them
remunerative at twenty-five cents per
bushel. 49,
We would not recommend composing
cotton seed with stable manure, simply
because they, like the stable manure,
contain a sufficiency of one ingredient
and not enough of the other to constitute
perfect plant food. Cotton seed applied
alone will furnish all the ammonia neces-
sary for any crop, but the phosphoric
acid is lacking. Hence, we prefer to
compost seed with acid phosphate in
about equal weight, and in doing so we
have never failed to get plant food that
would produce a good crop, other things
being equal. And these other things
needed are dry, we'll drained soil, fire..
quent showers at the proper time, and
elbow grease enough to keep the crops
trclear.-Nelcs and Courier. '-' ''--'-' -'--''-'
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A FRIGHTENED JANIToR.-
Holtkamp, the janitor of the First Dis
trict School, started to make his fires in
that building Wednesday morning about
five o'clock, when, as he approached the
house, he heard the sound of bells from q
sleighSc coming down the street. It was
still dark, and thinking the time unusual
for sleigh riding, he stopped and waited
for it to pass. The horse come along at
moderate pace, as if the driver was not
in the least hurry, and halted in front of
thereyidence of Mr.. J. B. Gilbert, before
which the janitor was standing. The
driver sat perfectly still, holding the
reins, and after waiting for some obser-
vation from him, Holtkamp called to
him, but received no reply. Then he
inquired what he wanted, and still no
answer; where he was going, with no
better success. Holtkamp advanced out
into the road and spoke again. The man
sat quite composed, but said nothing.
Holtkamp put his hand on him and found
the man perfectly stiff. He was startled
by this, and going to Mr.. Gilbert's home,
aroused him, saying there was man
frozen to death in the sleigh. Mr.. Gill
bert came out, and they lifted the man
out and carried him into the school-house
and deposited him on the floor by the
fire. There was no indication of life in
the body, and in carrying him it had
been necessary to grasp him by the hair.
They were deciding as to whether it was
best at once to call the Coroner, when
groan came from under the blankets with
which the body was covered. DR..
Daugherty, who lives near, was called at
once, and in an hours time the limbs of
the man we're Strengthened, his blood set
in circulation so that he could walk about,
and was in condition to 60 home. He
said his name was John Iams, and that
he had been to a dance the night pre-
vious, and after taking home his lady was
returning home himself, when suddenly
he fell asleep, he thought, in his own
bed. He felt very comfortable, and knew
nothing more until awakened before the
fire. John lives in "Texas." He had
taken nothing, he said, but two glasses
of beer that evening, but he will be care
full next time he takes girl home. In
few moments more he must have been
frozen beyond recovery.
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How TO cupE s1rEp1EsssEss.

How TO CURE SLEEPLEssNEss.--
Thousands suffer from wakefulness who
are otherwise in good health. To some
of them this becomes q habit, and too
often growing one. Some resort to So
phori6c drugs, and this is how the opium
crave is often initiated. Others find wine
or spirits occasionally effectual, and are
thus induced to take alcohol every night,
and not few, it is to be feared, have in
this way laid the foundation of intemper-
ance. There have, however, never been
wanting people who have found way of
going to sleep without resort to such
measures. The mesmerists at one time
were popular, and from them host of
people learned that looking at any fixed
point steadily would often succeed in in
ducing sleep. In the dark, however, this
is not so easy; but this difficulty was not
felt in Braidism, which consisted merely
in closing the eyes and trying to think
they were watching attentively the stream
of air entering and leaving the nostrils.
1t was asserted that whoever would will
to see this stream as if it were visible,
would infallibly soon fall asleep. We
have known the plan succeed, and it is
evidently the same in principle as fixing
the attention on any single visible object.
Another plan has just reached US pro-
posed by an American physician, DR..
Cooke, who tells US that in numerous
cases of sleeplessness it is only necessary
to breathe very slowly and quietly for a
few minutes to secure refreshing sleep.
He thinks that most cases depend on by
peremia of the brain, and that in this
slow breathing the blood supply is less
ened sufficiently to make an impression.
Certainly, when the mind is uncontrolla-
bly, active, and so preventing sleep, we
have ascertained from patients whose OBJ
servations was worth trusting, that the
breathing was quick and short, and they
have found they became more disposed
to sleep by breathing slowly, This sup
ports DIR. Cookies practice, but at other
times his plan quite failed. tits certain
ly worth any ones while, who is occa-
sionally sleepless, to give it trial. In
doing so, they should breathe very quiet
ly, rather deeply, and at intervals, but
not long enough to cause the least feeling
of uneasiness. In fine, they should imi-
tate person sleeping, and do it steadily
for several minufes.-iRsd'eal Etdmaser.
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LIVE SrocK,-Regular attention to all

LIVE SrocK.-Regular attention to all
live stock is very important. If an ami
NAL is only half fed, it is better that it be
half fed regularly, as it will suffer less
injury than if attended to one day and
neglected the next. But it is poor econo-
nv to stint food. "The liberal soul shall
be made fat" To see ones stock conten-
ted, comfortable and happy, is not only q
happiness to a good farmer, but money in
his pocket. Regular hours of feeding,
regular watering, regular rations, and
regular rest, are conducive to comfort
With regularity there is no haste, no
waste, nothing is forgotten, and nothing
is done twice over. Animals then digest
what they eat, and thrive.-Agricultural-
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SPREADING MANURE.-For some years
we have spread manure during the winter
upon meadows, clover sod to be plowed
for corn, and ground plowed for spring
crops. The practice is economical of
labor and convenient, and we have no
reason to believe that the manure loses
any valuable constituent. The ammonia
of fresh manure is in nascent or inac-
tive condition, and is not wasted during
the cold weather. Those who may find
it convenient to use manure in this man
ner, can do no harm by making the ex-
pertinent. Dairy farmers can not do bet
ter than spread manure upon their
meadows and pastures as fast as it is
made
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