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81 Wish l Had Capital"

We do not know the author of the fol-
lowing, but he breaches one of the best
practical business sermons to young men
that we have read this many day:
wish had capital !" SO we heard q
great strapping young man exclaim the
other day in our office. We did want to
give him piece of our mind SO bad, and
Well just write to him. You want CAPT.
tai, do you2 And suppose you had what
you call capital, what would you do with
ltS You want capital2 Haven't you got
hands and feet, and bone and muscle and
brains and don't you call them capital ?
what more did God give to anybody g.
"Oh, but they are not money" say you i?
But they are more than money, and no one
can take them from you. Don't you know
how to use them If you don't it is time
you We're learning. Take hold of the first
pillow, or hoe, or jackplane or broad-axe
that you can find, and go to your work.
Your capital will soon yield you large
interest. Ay but there's the rub. You
don't want to work; you want money on
credit that you may play the gentleman
and speculate, and end by playing the
vagabond. Or you want plantation and
negroes, that you may hire an overseer to
attend to them, while you run over the
country and dissipate; or you want to
marry some rich girl who may be foolish
enough to marry you for your good looks,
that she may support you.
Shame upon you, young man! Go to work
with the capital you have, and you'll soon
make interest enough upon it and with it
to give you as much money as you want,
and make you feel like man. If you
can't make money upon what capital you
have, you could not make it if you had
million dollars in money. If you don't
know how to use bone and muscle and
brains, you would not know how to use
gold. you let the capital you have be
idle and waste and run out, 1T would be
the SAME if you had gold; you would only
know how to waste.
Then don't stand about like q great
helpless child, waiting for some one to
come In and feed you, but go to work.
Take the first work you can find no matter
what it is, so that you be sure to do it as
Billy did his acknowledgement. Yes, what
you undertake, do it well always do your
best. If you manage the capital you al
ready have, youwill soon have plenty more
to manage; but if you can't or WON'T man
age the capital God has given you, you
will never have any more to manage
Boston AgriculturiSt.
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A TOMATO .FARM,-Mr. J. M. Lewis of
King William county, Va, writes to the
southern Planter, that he plants his tomato
seeds in February, in hot-beds made ofrich
earth. He seldom waters, as they will stand
otouth better and bear transplanting more
successfully ifnot too succulent. The early
plants are set out in five feet squares, from
the goth OF April to the 1st of Nav, each
square receiving good supply of manure.
For late crop the seeds are planted in
these squares, burrows having been run
hve ieet apart each way. The yield is an
average ola peck to the hill. The great
est enemy to the plant is the tobacco worm,
but he grows large droyes of turkeys,
winch act as great scavengers in this re-
spect. de is preparing this spring to
plant seven hundred acres in tomatoes,
and has now seed planted in hotbeds COW
cred by six hundred sashes, contain
ing seventeen thousand panes Of eight by
ten glass.
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VOL. XXI---NO. 10.
farMers' Column.
Speed the E'IOlC."
Crows Pulling Corn.

The Country Gentleman recommends the
following method of preparing seed corn
to prevent depredations of crows:
Take, say half bushel of shelled seed
corn at time, and having put it into an
ordinary tub or cask, pour on boiling
water enough to cover, it, Pour the whole
Immediately into basket, which allows
the hot water to drain out from the corn.
linen pour the corn back into the tub, and
stir it well with paddle OF flat stick.
winch has been dipped into bucket of
Tar. Or couple ofspoonfuls of tar can be
put On the hot corn, which is then to be
stirred rapidly. If well and thor
oughly stirred, the two spooniuls of tar
VIII coat every kernel of the seed with
'hin varnish. Lime in POWDER gypsum,
or even road dust, must then be put in,
ana the stirring continued until each ker-
mel is completely coated with the dust,
and no two kernels will adhere to each
other. The seed can then be spread out
on floor and allowed to cool, when it is
ready for planting. After the crows have
tried stalk or two in different parts of
the field, they cease their experiments and
trouble the field no more. 1t takes corn
two or three days longer to terminate and
come up. If due care is taken not to al
low the hot water to remain too long on
the seed, no injury to the terminating of
the corn need be apprehended. The ap.
pllcatlon OF tar to the seed seems to have
no effect in preventing the attacks of cut
worms; but when the wire worm is troub-
lesome, it is not quite so bad on tarred seed
as on ordinary clean grain.
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The following anecdote is related apro-
pos of the Russian Emperor Nicholas,
father Of the reigning Gar, whose fondness
for the stage and artistes led him to insti-
tute Theatre Francois at St. Petersburg.
He always treated the actors with great
kindness, almost bordering on intimacy.
The Emperor often took long solitary
walks, and to prevent troubling the tran
guilty of his promenade, it was strictly
forbidden to address word or present a
petition to him under pain of fine or i'm
prisonment. One day comedian met the
Emperor, and removing his hat, bowed re-
spectlully. 1t happened that this actor
was a particular tavorite of the monarch,
and on this day in question was to appear
in new piece.
"Ah ! is that you 2" said Nicholas.
"Well, my friend, hope you are going
to make us laugh tonight"
"Sire, ! shall do my best to please YOU"
was the reply.
"Well, well, trust to you" said the
Emperor.
Some steps further on, as the actor con-
tinued his way, he was accosted by two
officers.
"Come with u.s." said one of them, TAX
ing the artist by the arm.
$50 with you where to ?"
"Where to 2 Why to prison, of course"
You have just spoken to the emperor"
"Not at all, !" said the actor sit was his
Majesty who spoke to me-"
"Come, there is no use arguing
march," and the poor actor was dragged
off to prison and locked up.
1t is eight o'clock. The Imperial Thea
tire is crowded with Russian nobility
The Emperor enters his box, and is re-
ceived by his ministers and generals. He
bows several times, then sits. 1t is Gus
tomary in Russia, on the seating of his
Majesty, for the performance to com
mence.
Nicholas, like Louis XIV, disliked
waiting; but the performance does not be-
gin. An aid de-camp is dispatched to in
quiro the cause of the delay. He soon re-
turns and announces the comedian has
failed to put in an appearance. A useless
search is instituted-the actor has disap-
peared. The Emperor summons the gen.
eral of police. Questioned by his Males
ty, he knows nothing of the whereabouts
of the actor.
SIT yoar business, to know everything"
says the Gear, with lowering browa. II
give you five minutse to find cut, and pull
up the curtain. Co."
Thereupon all the agents of police are
set to work, and with success that, at the
end of three minutes, the general ofpolice
comes and announces to his imperial Ma
jesty that the actor has been incarcerated
for having dared to address him in the
street. The Emperor laughs long and
heartily.
$50 sir, and order the performance to
commence, and after the representation
you will bring the helpless prisoner
here"
When the actor found himself prison
er, his fury had been uncomfortable. But
by degrees he had Gained down and had
determined to abide the course of events,
making no effort to regain his liberty
When he appeared on the stage, the EN-
peror himself gave the signal for the ova-
tion which greeted him. The assembly
had learned the whole affair, and was lit
orally convulsed with laughter at the Sc
rious face the comedian wore. At the end
of the performance he was conducted to the
imperial boz. M
"My dear fellow" exclaimed the EN-
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Pc tic al.
"The Face of MY Angel Mother"

My childhood's home reared its grand old wall.
Near woodlands peaceful shade,
Where birds and brooks and whispering winds
The sweetest music made;
And my rpturous heart thrilled day by day
To the blssful joy around me;
For the love was tender and pure and sweet,
That guided my daring, jubilant feet,
And close to that homestead bound me.
And though to-day | am standing alone,
With no hand waiting to clasp my own,
| still seem to list the familiar tone
OF the voice of my Angel Mother.
| see her toling that may reap
The fruit of her busy days,
And the precious seed she has sown will bloom
Adown all my pilgrim ways.
The golden stairs by which she climbed
To heights sublime are still shining
One stair upon earth, and one on the sky;
And though hard and bare at the base, on high
Victor-wreaths are around them twining.
Though all must strive, while but few can basll
In fortunes sun, yet bend to my task 3.gsfSt
For all the gain or reward ask,
Is the smile of my Angel MotherI
| think of her just as she used to stand
Beside the homes tead gate,
10 be the first to welcome the child,
For whom she loved to wait.
She is waiting now by the jasper door
For an unending meeting,
And though, youths freshness and vigor past,
L reach her, trayel-stained at last
She will give me q kindly greeting.
Death came for her; he will come for me-
And the Joy of my going home will be,
mat go once more, once more to see
The face OF my Angel Mother.
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Fighting the CurculiO.

AS most people know, the chief reason
why the plum is not raised is from the at.
tacks OF curculio. 1t punctures the fruit
to deposit an egg, and just before the time
OF the ripening the plum rots. Where
olums can be raised they are very profta-
'e, just because so many cannot have
them.
Last year the writer of this enclosed
about the sixth of an acre of his orchard
IN which were his plum trees by fence
and kept the chickens enclosed therein !.
and this season there was a good QUANTITY
of plums. Still there was enough dana.
ged to cut down the profits very consid-
erably. If only the birds could be kent
closer at work under the tree, no doubt
there would be greater success.
correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
states That he kept plum tree from cur
culios by, sprinkling the ground under the
tree with corn meal. This induced the
chickens to scratch and search. The meal
was strewn every morning from the time
the trees blossomed until the fruit was
large enough to be put out of danger
The consequence was that the fowls picked
up the curculios with the meal, and the
tree, being saved from the presence of the
insects, was wonderfully fruitful.
There seems to be grain of good sense
In this little item, and for this reason we
have plucked it from the great sea ofex-
changes where it has been floating about
and would have soon been lost.-Pbjla
Press.
The above is an important matter to be
observed the coming spring and summer;
and an additional item may be observed
ana practlced with advantage; this is, let
d lot OF small pigs run in the plum and
other orchards; they eat the fallen fruit
ana thus destroy insects which escape the
chickens-lHd. Farmer.
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POTASH IN WHEAT-Why is it. when
growing wheat or rye is being struck with
rust, that little spot here and there where
stumps, logs or brush have been burned to
ashes, will be bright and free from rust 2
Because the growing plants employed pot.
ash and silica not only to give stiffness
ana rigidity to the straw, but to form.
as 1t were, CLASSY coat of mail over the
surface of every leaf, plume and straw, to
iortiiy the delicate parts against the at
tacks OF spores that are floating in the at
mosphere and are turned away when tbev
come IN contact with CLASSY substance.
Potash and sand are the essential clements
OF glass. The roots of growing plants
nave the power to employ the sharpcst
sinu ana potash to form thin, elastic,
CLASSY covering, which IS spread over
the surface to exclude moisture and to re-
pei any attacks of iungus.-P Practical Far
mer.
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"GoINe BAIL."-An exchange has this
to say about going BAIL" and there is y
good deal in it;
More men have been financially ruined
by becoming security for others than in
any other way. The system is wrong
one, and it should he abolished No man
should be required or solicited to make
himself liable for the obligation of another
in which he has not moneyed interest,"
That he should do SO is not business. 1t
is wrong in principle and disastrous in
practice. 1t makes a third party equally
liable with the second without any COM
pensation for so doing. G insures b for
AS benefit without any percentage for his
risk. If an insurance company were to
undertake to do that sort of business it
would last just as long as its original capt.
tai held out, and no longer. There are but
few men in any community that can afford
to do that sort of business even for short
time. lnsuring the obligations of other
people, without consideration, is very
poor business when we'll followed.
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A Mr. Fellows, of Kentucky, grows onion

A Mr.. Fellows, of Kentucky, grows onion
sets as follows:
He selects dry piece of ground. His
ground is rich alluvial loan, but the char
acter of the soil is ofno special Importance.
Beds are formed two feet wide, with
path of one foot between. The beds are
excavated to the depth of two inches
or, In other words, the path or allev be-
tween is two inches higher than the
beds; the bottom of the beds is nicely
smoothed with the back of spade, so AS
to present level surface Wherein to sow
the seed. The seed is sown so that from
hiteen to twenty seeds will cover II square
inch. 1.-THE surface of the beds was sprin.
killed. with plaster or white sand, the seeds
which are black, could be sown more
evenly. After sowning, the seeds are COW
cred with two inches of pure clean sand.
which brings the beds and paths to the
same level The whole is then rolled with
light roller, or patted down with
spade. The advantages of this plan are,
that there being no seeds of weeds in the
sand, the labor of wedding is entirely saw
ed, and the sets when matured are far more
easily gathered.
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1MAaINATIoN.-A contented citizen of
Milan, who had never passed beyond its
walls during the course of sixty years, be-
ing ordered by the Governor not to stir be.
yond it's gates, became Immediately mis-
cradle, and felt so powerful an inclination
to do that which he had SO long contented-
ly neglected, that, on an application for a
release from this restraint being refused
he became quite melancholy, and at last
died of grief The pains of imprisonment
also, like those of servitude, are more in
conception than in reality. We are all
prisoners. What is life but the prison of
the soul?
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peror, who could not help again laughing
at the pitiiul mien of the actor, 81 am real
ly very sorry for your misadventure, and
to make you amends, grant you, before
you ask it, any favor you desire of me-"
Sire" said the exasperated comedian,
still prey of nervous irritation, 81 have
only one favor to ask, and that is, that you
neoer speak to me again."
The next day he received in casket,
which bore the imperial arms, a superb
watch, studded with diamonde.
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A CASH TRANsACTIoN.-A gentleman
living on Second street, yesterday hired a
boy to walk home beside him and carry a
bundle, having first promised the lad IS
cents. Reaching the house the man found
he had no smaller change than quarter,
and he said:
l." If you will call at my Office at 2 o'clock
III have the change"
"But it was to be cash down." protested
the boy.
so it was; but l haven't the change
you see. You'll have to call at my office"
"I'll call, "growled the boy, as he turned
away, " but know just how it will work.
When knock on the door a cross. eyed
clerk will yank it open, ask me what
want, and when tell him he will yell out:
"That man went into bankruptcy last Sep
TENDER, and now you git" That's the
way they allus play it on me, sir, and
druther lose fifteen cents than to call the
clerk dodo and have to dodge coal scut-
ties all the way down stairs"
The gentleman walked with him to the
nearest grocery and made the change.
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For Tile 4Egis Dc MteRtgenccr
BE Kind TO the Poor.

All, be kind to them We who have never
felt the bitter pangs of hunger; who have
never passed through dreary winter with
chattering teeth and limbs palsied with
cold who have never prayed for the sweet
forgetfulness of sleep, to shut out for a
briet season the frost whose icy breath
struck chill to your heart, and who have
never been prey to the canker-worm of
grief and misery which all these sufferings
entail. We pray you, be kind to the
poor.
Be kind to the poor. Yes, for the bless
ing OF prosperity which Heaven has show
cred upon you will yield you no true hap
piness if Others are starving. Heaven has
placed you upon earth, has exposed you to
the chances of want and wretchedness. In
a pharisaical spirit, then, thank. not God
THAT you are not as other men," but rather
with the publican sue humbly for mercy,
and enhance the efficacy of prayer by char
ity and kindness. A satisfied conscience
sheds peace and comfort through the
heart and soul, without which the immor-
tai spirit cannot he satisfied. Follow not,
then, after tue selfshness of the world
around you, like Dives if thou would not
hereafter reap his fate, and view from amid
thy torment the poor man in Abraham's
bosom. Be kind to the poor, earth has
more sorrow than the heart can contain,
more of suffering than frail nature can
bear. The widow left to toll and struggle
alone amidst the desolation of bereavement
appeals in tones more eloquent than words
for your sympathies and aid. The helpless
orphan, brought into the world and left
alone by the relentless hand of death claims
their guardianship and protection. And
as you expect continuance of the mercies
and blessing of Heaven, so in this wise be
merciful to others; then shall the gates
of plenty and honor be open to thee, and
the pillow of peace kiss thy cheek. And
l beg again, readers, be kind to the poor
the fatherless-- the homeless. All be
kind to the poor. BELLE s. NORRIS.
C0optoaoR, Md.
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A CONSCIENTIOUS JURY.-An old story
is well retold in recent issue of south.
ern journal, as follows: "a Jury in
Alabama had been impannelled in the case
of Mr., Johnson, charged with killing
his wife. The evidence was positive and
conclusive, leaving no doubt OF his speedy
conviction. TO the Management of all, the
jury, after short absence returned YER
dict, Guilty Of horse stealing The Judge,
astonished, asked an explanation, stating
that the indictment was not for horse steal
ing, but for manslaughter. The foreman,
with his hand upon huge law book, and
with an amusing dignified air, informed
the Court that 1T was not case of man.
slaughter, but womanslaughter' for which
the law made no provision, but being sat.
isfed the man deserved to be hanged, they
had brought in a verdict of horse stealing,
which in that country would be sure to
hang him."
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The Man who Stops his PAPER.

Philip Gilbert Hamerton, in his admira-
BILE papers of"Intellectual Life" thus talks
to the man who stopped his paper :"
Newspapers are to the civilized world
what the daily house talk is to the men,
bers of the famly-they keep our daily
interest in each other, they save us from
the evils Of isolation. To live as a men,
Der Of the great white race that ha filed
Europe and America and colonized or
conquered whatever territory it has been
pleased to occupy; to share from day to
day its thoughts, its cares, its inspirations,
it is necessary that every man should read
his paper. Why'are the French peasants
so bewildered and at sea. 1t is because
they never read newspaper. And why
are the Inhabitants of the United States,
though scattered over territory fourteen
times the area of France, so much more
capable of concerted action, so much more
interested in new discoveries of all kinds,
and capable of selecting and utilizing the
best of them 1t is because the newspa-
pers penetrate everywhere, and even the
lonely dweller on the prairie or in the for
est is not intellectually isolated from the
great currents Of public life which flow
through the telegraph and press"
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-"dentleman, l can't lie about the
horse. He is blind in one eye" said the
auctioneer. The horse was soon knocked
down to spectator who had been greatly
struck by the auctionecr's honesty. After
paying for the horse, he said; "You were
honest enough to tell me that this animal
was blind in one eye-is there any other
defect z" "Yes sir, there isl He is also
blind in the other eye" was the prompt
reply.
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o II C III y

II Hurts the Old Fogy Dealers
THEY SQUEAL AT THE LOW PRICES AT
WHICH WE SELL OUR STOVES.
MEssRs. EDITORS Gentlemen-We want
YOU to proclaim that we are ahead in LOW
PRICES.
Our foundry is right in the Coal and Iron re-
gions of Pennsylvania; therefore we can make
Stoves cheaper than any other foundry and we
will sell them at RETAIL at WHOLESALE
PRICES.
We are ahead in QUALITY. We use none
but the best No. Iron and employ the best
mechanics we can procure.
We are Ahead in our "TIMES COOK" for
quick baking. 1t took the Gold Medal over all
competitors, baking III lbs. of Bread in Al
minutes from the time of lighting the fire
and only used lbs. of wood.
If you rant the Best Baker, the La,yes Oyen,
The Heaviest Iron, the Best Fitted Store, bug the
"TLlHES COOK.
We guarantee every one. lit does not bake,
cook, draw or give satisfaction you may re.
turn 1t and we will refund the money.
The only place TO buy them is at SO n. Gay
st., just above the Bridge.
~ DO not forget the number, 90. 1t is be-
tween Front Street and the Bridge.
s5y"The No. is 96. 96. 96.
w. j. H. GLUCK,
SO N. GAY STREET, Baltimore.
?. S. AS the city of Baltimore is being
flooded with stoves made in our Pcnitentiary
by Convict Labor, we would particularly warn
and caution our friends to be very careful
where they deal, and where they buy to ask
who makes the stoves. In fact come direct to
No. 81 N. Gay Street for explanations. sells
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TRANSIENT ADvERTIsEMENTs.-0ne Square, two inser-
lions, Sl00 Each subsequent insertion 20 cents Lon
ger advertisements in the same proportion. space
equal to six lines makes a square.
So Yearly advertisements at special rates.
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Bark Wanted.

TNHE subscriber will pay the highest Cash
l. Price for Good Well Cured Black Oak
Bark, in the woods or at the Mill, near Con-
owingo. b. GILPIN SMITH.
Address Castleton, Md. ap6.2m