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Little Strings.

You may have amused yourself with a
face made of gutta percha; pinching it one
way, and pulling it another, and remarking
what different expressions it will assume.
When you left off pulling it, it returned to
the same face it was before. Now your
faces are softer than gutta percha, and they
are full of little strings called muscles and
these muscles pull them one way or another,
Just according to your feelings. You feel
sad the little muscles pull your face into a
doleful expression We can tell, by looking
at you, how you feel, Or, you feel merry /;
then the muscles pull your face into smiles
and dimples. But often there are wicked
passions at work at the strings. Anger
pulls, and O, what a disagreeable look the
face puts on in minute Pride pulls the
strings, or deceit and elch brings its own
expression over the face. The worst of it is,
that when these passions pull very often, the
face does not return to what it was before,
but the muscles harden and retain that ugly
expression. BY indulging in evil passions
people may work their faces up into such
awful faces, that sometimes when you meet
a man in the street you can tell, Just by
looking at his face, what his character is.
A face that was very lovable when it was
that of child has had the passion of anger
pulling at it SO often that it always wears a
sullen, cross, dissatisfied look. Now, dear
children, do you want to have pleasant faces
that everyone will love to look at Then
don't let the ugly passions get hold of the
strings. Put them into the hands of love
and charity and good will and truth and
honesty, and then they will be beautiful
! faces. have seen faces without single
handsome feature, that were sweeter to look
at than the most perfect features that were
ever formed. And why? 1t is the expires
sion. And what makes the expression o,
it all depends upon whether the bad passions
or the lovely graces get hold of the little
Standardization at Work
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The Aged Dog.

But however healthy and happy a dog
may be, there comes a time at last when the
gladness fades out of his life. see with
sorrow my poor old Tom feels obliged to de
cline to follow me when | go out on horse
back. This is one of the first symptoms of
old age, aud he does not hear so well or see
so well as formerly, Still, on bright morn
ing, when we go out in the wood together,
he is "quite himself " again. apparently,
and the old activity revives. 1t is that last
renewal of summer which precedes the frosts
of autumn that afterglow in the western
sky which is so swiftly followed by the
leaden gray of night. One of my neighbors
has an old dog that can neither hear nor see,
and passes the dark, silent days in an arm-
chair which has been given to him for the
comfort of his age. One sound is audible
to him still, and one only-a little shril sill
yer whistle, that he has obeyed from puppy
hood till now, 1t is one of the most pathetic
sights | ever witnessed, when the master
comes and sounds the piercing call. The
inert thing in the armchair becomes galvan-
lied with sudden life, tumbles down upon
the floor, craws toward the sound, finds the
beloved hand, and licks it, They pass whole
evenings together still, that gentle master
aud his poor old friend. Aud still in that
dark decrepitude beats the heart of inextin
guishable love.-Ch0pterS on animals
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of red color. The almond sucker support
ing the peach scion removed, as soon as
the graft had taken, to separate place
The marked difference this stock created on
every part Of the peach was at once aston
ishng and interesting. The leaves assumed
larger size and darker and glossier green,
and the blossoms changed to semi.double.
The fruit, which it produced freely, grew
very large and Of an abnormal shape; 1t
was long, of the form of lemon with
protuberance on the end, one-sided, the
suture so deep and prominent as to expose
the stone, with a skin and flesh of deep
purplish red, and firm cling-stone. 1t
tasted puckerish and sour, and was not fit to
be eaten"
Coles american Fruit Book" a standard
work, says awe have never conversed
much with an intelligent cultivator, who has
not acknowledged, directly or indirectly that
the stock affects the fruit of the scion. 1t
affects the size form, color, quality, time Of
ripening, production, time of bearing, year
of bearing, and as to health and perfection,
or defects and decay. And the higher up
the stock is grated, the greater will be its
effect on the scion"
Mr.. Cole, who was an old and experienced
fruit grower and nurseryman, uses num-
| Der of striking instances in proof of the
above statement, for which, in order to save
space, we must refer the reader 10 the work
itself (page fifty-nine)
Mr.. Thomas Rivers, of the Strowbridge-
worth nursery, England, says Some pears
that are worthless on pear stocks are i'm
proved and fine on the ounce" Downing
our great American authority, author OF
"The Fruit and Fruit Trees Of America,
says: "There are Seeding trees, the fruit OF
which is very fine, but loses quality when
grated on other stocks"
j. j. Thomas, author of " The American
Fruit Culturist "a work of high repute-
SAYS, of the effect of different stocks: " Be
sides increasing the productiveness of some
varieties, the quality, too, is changed.
Again. " Stocks may hasten or retard ripen
ing; they may effect the size color and
quality of the fruit"
Cole in his American Fruit Book" alsc
says, The nearer the stock and scion art
allied the more hardy and longer lived the
tree will be-"
These statements are confirmed by such
eminent authorities as Hon. Marshall p
Wilder President of the American Pomo
logical Society; p. Barry, Esq, of Rochester
the most extensive nurseryman in America
Hon. 5. l.. Goodale, nurseryman and fruit
grower of long experience, and for many
years secretary of the Maine board of agri
culture Andrew S. Fuller florist anC
fruit grower of high reputation, author Of
THE American Grape Culturist," The
Small Fruit Culturist, etc. etc. and editor o.
the Rural NeW Yorker; Thomas Mehan
editor of the Gardner's Moahiy, and one o
the centennial jury on horticulturei and in
deed we might go on indefinitely quoting
the authority of the leading minds of ;h'
profession in Europe and America, all to thu
same effect.
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The Sanford Corn.

We have lately received several letters
to SOW for fodder. Most of our correspond
ents seem to favor the idea that sweet corn,
of some rank growing sort, like Stowell',
Evergreen" or the "Asylum," would be best.
This has been our opinion, as well as practice /;
but this year we propose to try the kind
named at the head of this article. We have
seen it growing, and believe it to furnish
more fodder than any other we know of, from
the same area of land. As to its quality
for feeding purposes, we have the authority
of many experienced dairymen that it is
equal to the best varieties of sweet corn, to
say the least. The following letter from
DIR. F. b. Hathaway of Milton, gives the ex
perience of an intelligent and trustworthy
experimenter. DR.. Hathaway says; Z" |
plant one acre for fodder and ii you will put
it on good ground you will get from eight
to ten tons of fodder, dried, and every ton
worth more for dairy purposes than the same
amount of hay. On the first that raised
from four quarts planting, kept two three
years-old steers from the first of November
till the first of April, five months. | fed
them one month on hay and meal, and then
sold them for No. |. beef. 1t grew on one
fourth acre. The best way is to plant
rows four feet apart, and drop one kernel
every twelve inches in drills. 1t will grow
ten feet high and has the greatest amount
of foliage of any kind that | ever saw you
can hardly walk through between the rows.
For forage, cut it when the ears are fit for
kind of sweet corn that ever saw. At this
stage it is in its fullest bloom, and what
sugar and starch has not got into the ear is
in the stalk and leaves. The pith of the
stalk is as sweet as sap from maple tree,
Cattle and horses will eat it all clean, so
that you will not have any refuse. Dairy
men can make as much butter, and as good
in October, November and December, as in
May, June and July. In harvesting, cut
bind and set in large stocks around stake
set firmly in the ground, say seven to eight
feet on the base, and tie at the top. If fed
green it should be cut two weeks before
feeding, to let the water evaporate, so the
COW will fill with nourishment, not water
Plant the earliest day possible; it will take
one hundred days to mature for fodder II
you know of any dairymen that wants to
get the best results from their labor say tc
them, try this corn. You cannot get any
darymen to raise roots now, here; they al
say that the Sanford corn is the cheapes
and best fodder that they can raise, anC
they should not know how to go through
the fall and fore part OF winter without it
in making butter"
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A ToPER's soLILooUy.
Humorous Waits.

"WoMEN," remarked the contemplatve
man, care as deep as the blue waters of yon
bay" "Aye, sir" rejoined the disappointed
man, and as full of craft"
A KENTUCKY editor remarks that ninety
nine out of hundred people make great
mistake when they cut off dogs tail, by
throwing away The orong end.
A POOR young man remarks that the only
advice he gets from capitalists is to live
within your income;" whereas the difficulty
he experiences is TO live without an income.
Az Irish gentleman, hearing of a friend
having a stone coffin made for himself, ex-
claimed By me sowl, an that's good
idea Shure, an stone coffin nd last a
man his lifetime"
! A MARLBOROUGH young man promised to
take the affirmative side of discussion before
the lyceum if he could choose the question
| This was agreed to, and he decided on will
gunpowder explode ?"
THE matchmaker who gave dogs tail a
twist, under the impression that the animal
was stem-winder, carries his arm in q
sling, and is reading what the medical books
say about hydrophobia.
A JUDGE in Charleston, few days ago
asked the old darkey at work in his room
what made him so slow about building the
fire. The aged African replied Fact is
Judge, dar is no coal down stairs. Use beer
up and down de alley and stole all de wooC
| could find and in de present demoralized
condition of society, cant do no better"
A FEW days ago fend in human shap,
displaced some rails on an Iowa railway anC
threw passenger train from the track
4 81.
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As some of our readers seem possessed
of the idea that the views we have ex-
pressed on this subject are peculiar in our
self, we will lay before them the opinions of
several of the best authorities in reference
to what we regard as a matter of no minor
Importance in oreharding;
The Rural New Yorker recently gave, from
correspondent, the following case in point
"With this | take occasion to relate to YOU
curious instance of stock changing the
graft Some years ago, when repairing a
picket fence, was obliged to cut down a
peach tree which grew through it in such a
way a. 10 interfere with the repairs of said
fence ! wanted 70 preserve the variety of
this peach, which was a seeding of rather
fair quality. But it being winter time, bud
ding from it was out of the question there.
fore put few gratis upon another peach
tree, in order to raise some budding stems
to bud from in proper season. Not far off
stood Towering almond bush, on which al
the same time inserted graft, Just fol
curiosity's sake, to see il it would take. All
grew, and in due time bore fruit. Those
that had put on peach stock have pre-
cisely the same fruit as the scion tree
medium-sized, round, yellow-heshed anG
ell-havored free-stone peach, with a yer,
slightly marked suture and without a sig1
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Wit and Wisdom Of Little Ones.

A LITTLE fellow who wore striped stock
ings was asked why he made barber.poles of
his legs. His pert reply was, Well, amt
a little shaver?"
"PApA, ought the teacher to fog fellow
for what he didn't do 2" Certainly not,
my boy" "Well, then, he logged me to-
day when | didn't do my sum"
lN giving geography lessons down east"
teacher asked boy what state he lived in,
and was amused at the reply drawled through
his nose "a state of sin aud misery"
"MAMMA," said little girl to her mother,
edo you know how | get to bed quick 2"
No" was the reply, "Well," said she, in
great glee, " | step one foot over the crib,
then say rats and brighten myself in."
CELIA, my child, said prudish old maid
to pretty niece who would curl her hair in
ringlets, !" if the Lord had intended your
hair 10 he curled, he would have done it him
self" So he did, auntie, when | was
baby but he thinks am big enough now
TO do it myself.
A LITTLE girl who was sent to the pasture
TO drive home the COW, fell and was severely
scratched and bruised. On returning home,
she was asked il she cried when she fell,
"Why, no." she replied "What would
have been the use There was nobody to
hear me-
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9ur Me Nonng.


Little lad, slow wandering across the sand, yellow,
Leading safe lassie smal-o, tell me, little fellow.
Whittier 30 you, lettering In the summer weather.
Chatering like sweei-yoced birds bough together ~
e" am Robert you please, and this Is Rose my sister,
Youngest Of all he bent his curly head and kissed
her
Every day and walt here TIL the sun is setting,
Waiting for fathers ship for mother dear is fretng
Long ago he sailed away ont Of sight and hearing,
Straight across the bay he went into seerngi
Every day look for him. and hope for his returning;
Every night my mother keeps the candle for him burning
Summer goes and winter comes and spring returns. hut
never
Fathers step to the gate oh is he forever
The great grand ship that bore him off, think you some
tempest wrecked herr"
little Roses eyes upturned to her protector
Eagerly the bonny lad went on, sir, look yonderl
In the ong the sails that east and westward wander
Every hour they and CO. the misty distance throngng
while watch and them fade with sorrow and will
longing"
" Little Robert little Roser The strangers eyes wer
glistening;
At his bronzed and bearded face upgazed the children
listening;
lie tneit upon the yellow sand and clasped them to hi
bosom,
Robert brave and little Rose as bright as any blossom.
Father fatherl Is 1t you2' The still air rings witt
rapture
All the vanished Joy Of years the waiting recapture
Finds he welcome wild and sweet the low matched cottag
| reaching
But the ship that sunset steered upon the rocks lie
bleachingi - wide Acate.
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Small Farms.


We take the following from late issue OF
the CuhiUdor Believing the prosperity of
the farming interests of our old states de-
ponds upon a more thorough system of cult
walton applied to smaller farms, we are al.
ways pleased to chronicle any success in
this direction, especially as an encourage
ment for Others to do likewise, Mr.. George
S. Roper is the owner of small farm in
Sterling, and received the first premium for
raising corn, at the town fair held by the
Farmers Club. From one acre he raised
one hundred and fifty bushels of shelled
corn, from a second acre one hundred and
twenty-eight bushels also five tons of stalks
from each acre. The corn was the Carter
eight-rowed yellow, and very handsome the
soil was deep loan, though somewhat
rocky, and was MANFRED with forty cart
loads of slaughter-house manure. Who
doubts Mr., Roper's ability to sustain his
family on a ten.aore farm, with product of
two hundred and seventy-eight bushels OF
shelled corn and ten tons of stalks from
only two acres of it The desirability of
more of this thorough culture will be evi.
dent when we consider that the average CROP
of corn on two acres in Massachusetts, is only
seventy-three bushels, aud of the whole
United States only fifty-six bushels. W.
wish there were more ten-acre Sterins
| farms"
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NOTICE.
Special T0Tes,
May l, 1877, to April 80, 1878.

The Revised Statutes of the United States Sections 3232,
323 1928 and $780, require every engaged in any
business avocation, employment which renders him liza
BILE to a SPECIAL TAX, to procure and place con
spicuously In his establishment or place of
business a STAMP denoting the payment OF said Slt-
CiAL TAX for the Special Tax Year beginning May l. 1877,
before commencing continuing business after April 49,
ISL RETURN prescribed Form H. also required
by law of every person liable Special Tax, above.
The Tares embraced rihn the proroas Of the lac ADORE
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Any person liable, who shall f, to comply with the
foregoing requirements. will be subject penalties
Persons firms liable pay Of the Special Taxes
named above apply to CHARLES 5. DANA. Collector
of Internal Revenue Montpelier, and pay for and pro-
the Special Tax Stamp Stamps they need prior to
May |, 1871. and WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE.
Special Tax stamps will be transmitted by mail only
receipt the person ordering the Of specific
directions do, together with the necessary postage
stamps the required pay the postage The
postage stamp three and two stamps six
cents II desired that they be transmitted by registered
mail ten cents additional should accompany the application
GREEN Is. RAUM,
Commissioner Of Internal Rernue
WasiiHgtcn, b. e. January 49, lsi7.S 75-76a7s-sO
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WHERE TO PUT THE MANURE.-,Joseph
Harris e. Walks and Talks y says, in the
CultiUator 81 put manure where think it
will pay best. And as a rule, it pays best
TO manure those crops which require the
most labor per acre. For instance, corn,
potatoes, mangel-wurzels, carrots, onions and
cabbages require far more labor per acre
than hay, wheat, barley, oats and buckwheat;
and while we should aim TO make all our
land rich enough to produce a maximum
crop of whatever is grown, still our first
effort should be directed 10 the most i'm
portant crops"
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II pays to make people happy, and it can
be done ON small capital.
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National Republican., 1877-09-27

wood cofln, with silver ornaments, and laid
priessly vestments. Early yesterday morn.
ing two Masses were rccitcd by Rev. Father
Brady, tho provincial, assisted by Fathers
jenkins and Lancaster. At 0 o'clock the
funeral service proper began, and Rev. Father
Boyle, Of st. Peters preached a short and i'm.
pressive sermon. Over twenty clergymen
were present, among them being Rev. Fathers
Brady, Of Baltimore; Boyle, Fortune, jenkins,
Haley, Clarksou, Clamp, Lancaster, Reville,
Alig. Schoitcr. Water, Mccarthy, Gafrcy, Ba-
rotti and McHugh. The pall-bcarers wore
Caspar Offcnstein, q. Jucnneman, r. Blcrfies,
II. Neff. +. W. Rest aud A. Rrtholomac. The
remains followed by a long cortcgc, were
taken to the cemetery in the Georgetown Col
lego grounds, where they were inferred.
National Republican., 1877-09-27
70 ORDER.
To ORDER.
Suits SO. same as elsewhere at s2j.
EISEMAS Bios, corner OF Seventh and +.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
CONCESSIONS MADE BY THE CIVIL CON.
TRACTORS

CONCESSIONS MADE BY THE CIVIL CON.
TRACTORS
Messrs. johnson Bros, contractors for fur
nshing coal to the District government, under
date of Sept. 90 addressed a communication to
the District Commissioners, In which they say:
In answer TO your letter of the 18TH In which
you have seen III In spirit Of equity 10 allow us
additional my cents per ton on al coal delivered
subsequent to our application for Gn advance on
our original contract, we beg leave to say that not
wlthstnnding we were actuated BY Just motives In
asking for the advance, and while In Justice we
are entitled TO the same, we have concluded TO
leave the fulfllment Of your offer to yourselves.
That has been source OF annoyance to you we
very much regret, but whether this should be con-
sldcred sufficient for you to think proper
to review your action In making the concession to
lis remains, OF course, for you 10 determine. We
are too sensible Of your conduct as gentlemen and
business men to allow the matter TO further annoy
you.
In response to the above, the District Com
mssioncrs say:
With our present understanding OF the fGcts we
deem 1t best to accept the offer to return the allow
amce Of $50 made under the impression that
double that amount bad been, or would be, aCtu.
ally lost as the direct result OF the riots.