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Grating Grape Vines.

A correspondent Of the Fruit Recorder
.oro. at is well.known fact that
rrspes w that are success in one locality
sre entirely worthless in another. Hence
= il often desirable to change few vines
~ even whole vineyard with as little
Io,s as possible. This eau be done by
arafting, and have the new vines come in
bearing the following year. Keep the
ccious in a cool place where the buds will
otart as little as possible, until the first
flow of sap is over. This will be when
the first leaves have pushed out of the
size of your thumb nail on the vines to
he grated. Then dig down beside the
vine; selecting root of suitable size, say
as large as your finger, cut it off four
inches under ground and cleft-graft the
same as for apples; tie the graft snugly
into the cleft with cotton twine, using no
wax, as that would form cup to hold
the sap which would sour aud kill the
graft. Brace it up straight with stick
or anything which will hold it in place,
and fill up the hole with earth, The two
or three eyes in the graft, leaving the up
per one as near the top of the ground as
possible. The cotton string will rot off
during the summer and leave the graft
free to expand as it grows. The main
vine may be left the first year by prun.
ming it back or training it away so that it
will not interfere with the graft. have
grown Delaware on an Isabella root
twelve feet the first year, which cannot
often be done on its own root. Right
here comes in the question as to the in
huence the stock has ON the graft, or
whether it has any on the quality of the
fruit, or its time Of ripening If it does
this can be easily remedied by layering
the vine the second year after grating
(which | usually do) and as soon as the
cane is we'll rotted it can be cut from the
old vine, thus establishing it upon its own
new healthy root. This process Of graft
ing grapes is fully as sure as grating ap-
pie trees.
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SHAMoY skins are, as every one knows,
largely used for many purposes-for in
side Innings Of gloves, ETC., and for clean
ing purposes in many departments. 1t
is not derived from the skin of the cha
mois, as is sometimes ignorantly sup
posed from the sound of the name, which
results from the process, but from the
flesh side of the sheep skins which have
been split. The skins, after having been
passed in the ordinary way through the
earlier processes of washing, etc, are
soaked, first in lime-water and next
in mixture, of bran and water, or in
a weak solution of sulphuric acid,
after which they are beaten IN a
mill till no moisture remains in
them. Fish-oil is then poured over the
skins, which are again beaten till they
are thoroughly impregnated with it. This
is done over and over again until the
skins can receive no more oil, aud then
they are hung for short time in room
heated up to a certain temperature. They
are then carefully washed in solution
of potash, which removes any oil that
may still remain about the leather; and
thus we have the shamoy skin of daily
use.-GO0d Words.
, 1878-07-25
Edison's PhOnOgraph.

In these days, one invention very Otter
leads to another, and the telephone has
an offspring not less wonderful than it,
self. 1t is called the speaking -phono'
graph. 1t was invented by Mr.. Edison
Evidently, Mr.. Ellison said to himself:
"The telephone hears and speaks; why
not make it write in its own way; then
its record could be kept, aud any time
after, the instrument might read aloud
its own writin.." Like great genius as
he is, Mr.. Edison went to work in the
simplest way to make the sound-recorder
he wanted. You know how the dia-
phragm Of the telephone vibrates when
spoken to. Mr.. Edison took away from
the telephone all except the mouth.picce
and the diaphragm, fastened point
of metal, which we will call "style,"
to the center of the diaphragm, and then
contrived a simple arrangement for max.
ing sheet of tin-foil pass in front of the
style. When the diaphragm is STILL the
style simply scratches a straight line
along the foil. When a sound is made,
how yer, and the diaphragm set to vi.
brating, the mark Of the style is not a
simple scratch, but an impression varying
in depth according to the diaphragm's vi.
bration. And that is how the phono.
graph writes. To the naked eye, the rec
ord of the sound appears to be simply a
line of pin points or dots, more or less
close to each other but, under magni-
fer, the line is seen to be delicate but
exceedingly complicated series of marks.
Now for the reading. The impression
on the foil exactly records the vibrations
of the diaphragm, and those vibrations
exactly measure the sound-waves which
caused the vibrations. The reading sim
ply revcrses all this. The strip of foil is
passed again beneath the diaphragm, the
point of the style follows the groove it
made at first, and the diaphragm follows
the style in all its motions. The original
vibrations are thus exactly reproduced,
setting up sound-waves in the air pre-.
csely like those which first set the ma
chine in motion. Consequently, the lis
tener hears a minutely exact echo of
what the instrument heard it might have
heard it a minute, or an hour, or q year,
or a thousand years before, had the phon-
ograph been in use so long.
What wonderful result is that As
yet, the phonograph has not been put to
any practical use; indeed, it is scarcely
in operation yet, and great deal must
be done to increase the delicacy of its
hearing and the strength of its voice. 1t
minics any and every sort Of sound with
marvellous fidelity, but weakly. Its
speech is like that of a person long
way off, or in another room. But its
possibilities are almost infinite. - ST.
Nicholas
, 1878-07-25

Poison LITERATURE.-From the Ara
bian Nights Entertainments, Robinson
Crusoe and Gulliver, to the sickly trash
now current under the name of dime
novels, and which also filters through
tiashy weeklies into the family circle, is
descent which none would willingly
take at leap. 1t is descent that none
would be able to take at leap even if
willing. The old story books first named
are, of course, an appeal to the imagina-
tion, but they are in themselves so gro.
tesque, and 80 notoriously devoid of the
probable, that even the youthful reader is
always aware that he is being chated for
his amusement. A gentleman having put
the Arabian N lights into the hands of n
boy of ten who had an Unsuitable thirst
for books, asked the youthful student
what he thought of the stories. "Oh," "
said the boy, "they are wonderful-won-
derful; but, then, don't believe . word
of them The charm of the old eXtraya-
ganzas lies in their amusing without un-
duly exciting and perverting the imagi-
native faculty. The danger that turks
in the modern dime novel is that it uses
bad boys and bad men for its heroes, and
by keeping always within the curriculum
of crime as it may be derived from police
annals, gives strong realistic cOloring
to the events recorded. Philadelphia
North american.
, 1878-07-25

Who UNDREssED HER.-Last winter a
Boston lady sent an order to Worth for
an evening dress, with instructions that
it should be made tres dGcollette. The
great man cabled back that he wasn't
making dresses that way at present, to
which milady returned: MAKE it as low
as possible" The gown arrived all in
good time; it was tres decOlLette, and it
was worn at large entertainment, where
it at once attracted the attention of a
noted wit, to whom the lady was well
known. After quiet survey of the
premises, the gentleman turned to her
with the alarmed whisper, "My dear,
who undressed youi" Calmly raising
her eyes, she responded, "Mr. Worth un-
dressed me, Mr.-."-BOston Letter.
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Some Mexican Deities.

Master NJ. had much to learn about
deities. At the head of these stood one
infinite, supreme ruler, "the unknown
God" and next beneath him came Tex.
cotlipOca, the "son of the world" sup
posed to be the creator of the earth,
Huitzilopotchli was the god of war, a
sort of Mars, but with much more name.
Then there was the god OF air, Quetzat-
coat, who controlled vegetation, metals,
and the politics of the country. Here is
something Master NJ. was taught to be.
lieve of him:
When this god, whom we call q, was
on earth, vegetation was so wonderfully
prolific that single ear of corn was all
a man could carry. Everything the peo-
pie needed grew spontaneously. Cotton
grew more beautifully tinted than the
dyers of the present time could color it.
Richest perfumes loaded temperate
breezes, and everywhere the gaudiest col
ored birds filled the air with most en-
trancing harmonies. Q had some little
difficulty, however, with the rest of the
gods, and was obliged to leave his little
paradise When he embarked in his
wizard snake-skin canoe on the shore of
the gulf, he told his friends that his de-
scendants would one day return and bless
the land as he had done, and that thsy
would be like him, tall, fine looking,
with dark hair, white skins, and flowing
boards. Alas! this belief was in no
small degree the cause of their ruin; for
the invading Spanisrds quite nearly
answered this description of Q's descend
ants.
There were thirteen of the principal
deities, as Master NJ. learned, each of
whom required sacrifices more or less
horrible.
Master NJ. learned that there were
many other inferior gods, each of which
had festivals, sacrifices, ETC., proportioned
TO his rank and power; that nearly every
hour of the day was dedicated to some
god or other.
He studied the history of the temples,
and learned why they were four or five
stories high, with the stairs on the out
side; and all about the everlasting fire
which burned on the tops of these tenn
Piles, and that there were 80 many of these
that the whole country for miles around
was always brilliantly illuminated.-St.
Nicholas.
, 1878-07-25

THE Moffett bell-punch bill was very
ably discussed in the New York Assem-.
bly, the other day. One member objected
to the punch on the ground that s. there
would be danger of an earthquake from
the ringing of the beells when everybody
took his II o'clock drink" This is, in
deed, very serious objection, though it
is believed that by compelling the people
to distribute their drinks evenly along
throughout the day the danger mig ht be
greatly lessened, if not wholly averted.-
Louisville Courier Journal.
, 1878-07-25
SOFT EeGs.-The cause of the laying of

SOFT EGGs.-The cause of the laying of
soft eggs is want of sufficient calcareous
matter and the stimulating effects of
pepper and warm feed. Some wheat
screenings should be given in place of
50 much corn and potatoes, which are too
rich in starch and defective in lime and
other materials needed for eggs. Give
every day to sixty fowls one pint of the
following mixture: A peck of ash OF
burned bones or oyster shells, finely pow
uered, one pound Of flowers of sulphur,
and one peck Of wheat bran. This should
oe mixed with some scalded meal, used
moist, so that the mixture will adhere to it.
, 1878-07-25
Hide Bound Trees.

The practice of Sitting the outer bark
of fruit trees perpendicularly has its
friends and enemies. We are of the lat
ter. Il deals with the effect instead of
the cause. The cambium layer is that
from which zone of growth Gin exogen-
GUS plants is annually added both to the
sap-wood and to the inner bark. The
outer bark is finally exfolisted or rent in
fssures and scaled of by the action of
the weather. Trees that are starved in
crease in growth slowly and the outer
bark becomes so indurated as to resist,
to certain extent, their growth by re-
tarding the upward passage of the crude
sap from the root to the leaves and of the
elaborated sap from the leaves downward.
Butwe think 1t may be questioned whether
it is not we'll that its growth should be
retarded. Surely if it is true that tree
becomes "hide- bound" because it is
starved, increasing its size is not going
to remedy the evil, since we do but fur
nish more mouths, so to speak, to be fed
by the same amount of food.
We have seen many trees thus treated
The stems would notiCeably increase in
size the next year or so, but there was no
corresponding evidence of vigor appar.
ent. In most instances it has seemed
to us their vigor was impaired. These
perpendicular Sits, moreover, afford con-
venient Judgments for water or moisture,
and insects seek such crevices for shelter
or for depositing their eggs. 1t seems to
US that the natural remedy for hide. bound
trees is to enrich the earth as far as the
roots extend, and that then the cambium
layer, increased in quantity and in nutri-
ment, will so form new liber and albur.
mum that the outer bark must expand
and the stem soon become evenly and suf-
tcently deveIoped.-RuraI Nslo Yorker.
, 1878-07-25

A GERMAN statistiCian has compiled,
from official sources, an abstract of the
average production of grain in the more
important countries of the world. Ac-
cOrding to this statement Russia is ahead
OF all other nations in its yield of cereals,
leading the United States by 370,050, 600
bushels, or nearly one.fourth of the entire
production of this country. Germany
comes next, with less than one-half the
amount produced by US, and is closely
followed by France, while Great Britain
yields less than halt the production of
her industrious neighbor across the Chan
mel, and Austro- Hungary holds position
nearly midway between the two.
, 1878-07-25

By flowers, understand faith; by fruit,
good works. AS the flower or blossom is
before the fruit, So is faith before good
works; so neither is the fruit without
the flower, nor good works without food.
-QudrLes.
, 1878-07-25
COMPRESSED COFFEE,
ABSOLUTELY PURE.


re-
10 SAM price w h
and handsome
aes snlonYI | 8 u p o II
, 1878-07-25

CABBAGE AND CAULIFLowER.-In the
tOWer South, cabbage, cauliiower and
Sfocoli seed may still be sown; but in
!; va middle region and upper country it
~ 100 late for the two last named. Fur
S snef south, and especially in Florida, the
Oest cabbages aud caulihowers come from
SEEDS sown in August, Cauliflower plants
are much improved by transplanting
Shen two or three weeks old, into another
"cu, setting them three or four inches
part Stronger and more stocky plants
Soth Ie thls secured. 1t pays to treat cab
'age' In the same way.-Semi- Tropical.
a.. ~ you act with a view only, you de-
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Nr. 4. p. adams :

WF. II, T, IUHNIE'
Sb:-Ihave tried your Com pressed Coffee, ard with
out qualification whatever pronounce II d,ItcoB. !
consider IL the bHchelOrS bOOn for II Ia Arrays teddV,
tdIly and quickly mate, and win not deterorate by
c. D. PLYAPToN.
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 8, 1876
NF. 4. p. adams:
have used your Compressed Coffee and md ith
delicious article and as soon rs get my loI OF old
coffee used up (rhch S IN ths beJH) will use your
Compressed as II Is economical. and Of most dell
clous flavor GEORGE f. BUNKKR
- De Boom Street
, 1878-07-25

a., II you act with a view only, you de-
, 1878-07-25

a. p, adams, Esq.
Having given your Compressed Coffee thorough
trial, with the happlest results would say that In
richness and decacy Of flavor, II passes anything
we have ever used IL is cheaper than other coffee
because Of ts greater strength and Its extraordinary
keeping qualities, which would make II very deslra
bic 10 snail consumers. WhIethe Compressed Coffee
can be had we shall use no other.
Respectfully, 2. BEAMIsH,
N30 Howard Street
, 1878-07-25

NITttT
SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 1876
Mr.. 4. p. Addnls!
Having been lover and user Of coffee for the past
twenty years, and having tried nearly everything In
the line Of coffee during that time, can safely say
that consider your coffee superior to any that have
ever used there Is delicaCy uf flavor and richness
10 your coffee that have never been able to obtain In
other brands Uf coffee. Yours respectfully
THOMAS j JOHNSTON.
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03
Break OF Day.

Cmei white waves in sad under tone
Break at my leet with deSoate moan.
Far lN the distance as eve can reach
bnlr a long strip Of sandy beach
Bd'kwaFd and forward 10 left, 70 right
Blar6er the darkness upon the night
hagged ana silent the mountains loom,
Plulcss shadow Of coming doom
l> there no herald Of dawnng day
nrrI tile ocean 50 cold and gray
" NMtiu-. watch On the shore in vain
F4Nt tArohS my heart with its bitter pain
faru from the desolate moaning sea:
!; HaA uo part in thy life or thee
hreaIy the path where no h0werS bloom
BY rugged shore through the mountains gloom.
Ihlne is the burden with weary feet,
Brave. not deSpajrug thy Fate so meet.
From pain no longer a coward shrink
Though the emp is bitter. thy lips must drink
farthwarI no more turn thy fearful gaze
Die works IN earnest in earnest praY>
The roagh dark road thou woudst tain forget
tpw5ri and onward The end is not Vet
L. tie mountains crown, on tie ebony night
U.owS with glory OF rosy light
Dark Is the valley: the sea Is gray
But the hilltop burns the beacon OF dav
4 hery shaft from the golden East
tnAni4eS the altar where God Is Priest
Rosy light, creep down The mountain side
Flushing the slow heaving, swelling tide
EalGhow of promise high overhead
Tells oi Day coming with silent tread
slowly HE curtain Of night i turled
>'ttll me Light OF COD bieSses the world
Through the shimmerins gold OF b-eakins aay
Vltc winged SAL is speedirg its way
Ma blessed lay. full ot hope new born
lHat brings my Love In its happy dawn
Shine oUt in the SKY . glorious sun
lAe end is uat vet Life has lust Deeuu
EN$ tirav III Harpers Magazine for january
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03
Here is A Baltimore tramn's +ale

Here is a Baltimore tramp's tale "At
Perryville | went to house with brick
in ny hand, and asked the lady if She
would please he 50 kind as to but some
butter on it, The request excited her
curiosity, and She asked: Why do YOU
want to put butter on a brick" / told
her was gong to eat it. Surely She
said, YOU are not 50 hungry as to eat a
buttered brick Come into the house
and viii give YOU food. bagged a
square meal for which had set so slick
a trap. In the western section of the
State | asked for something to eat at a
house and was refused. | then begged for
looking glass, which aroused curiosity
to know what | would do with the mirror.
replied, i want to see myself starving
to death. They then gave me what i
wanted
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03
Jewels OF Thought and Devotion.

.u..r the c, !. dies lis but a tagl
ga iucuta. huo.r or of careless speech
That shows il otherwise The harrow vault
Hold, but deaths >cnt1apce Far ba,-.tr8 I'll q
reach
-: ra.,L.r .ret tn.. live, WHO .3jsaunear
From mortal recosrltia, NaveT h.~.
ior,.vegmore the, deal with veal or woe.
Bat Watca and love us stilI What seeluerl SO
n ..ar tb,. actual death HI. Hos ind.ad
Nao. al4i. anal needless wastes IN. IirtI. 4.v
I. lille u4.ttA aid tAousat.c,. roun.I..a,-
--artar no. .r,.,lrI tl.lt TIL. world NAV r,t4
N.t4 reverence. y,t. that mar, /, ,i0nbty .j.et
taI uev,I- lib ,to., Il, san d. a.,r LI. be,d
I-,st ) C.r,tgru
.r.r.ur rtrlor stil that tb ii,.t ,'hrj,t,,,as p,r
aa~ o,l...tp.-l> II. birr1 tbf s9yIor
r'o- r. III et.llrrE sometime, ana never
a"i'Nf ,4aI- A, 5f otiAa~ wien ~ mighty founder
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03

During the evil in England the Universi-
ties gave their plate 10 be melted down for the
King and now ii is proposed that the churches in
Russia shall If need be, disgorge the contents of
their plate chests for the same purpose. Some of
them are very rich in silver and silver gilt vessels
bat probably these would be bnt as drop com
pared to such an ocean of expense
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03

". B. Grindell Of Bucks Mills, Bueksport, died
very suddenly Friday morning He arose in the
morning feeling as well as usual and while en-
gagged in dressing he fell to the floor and died in
stantly. He was about forty years old and it is
disease.
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03

When the owner of little house in Cleveland
went to collect the rent he found that the tenant
had put it on wheels and moved it away. The
landlord fingered about the premises two days
with the expectation of seeing the tenant return
tor the cellar-bnt he didn't. [Norristown Herald
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03

In the case of Howe and wife of Norway. vs..
Town of Woodstock. for alleged injuries received
a year since from defective highway, a verdict
has been rendered for the plaintiffs damages be
ne assessed at 500 and 500 respectively
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03
Belfast Savings Bank.

Have REMOVED to their new Banking Room
i in Custom House Square are prepared to re-
ceiye deposits, placing the same on interest the
first days Of june July, August and september, aud
December, January, February and March. Interest
being computed on same, the first Mondays Of June
and December.
Deposits received daily, Except on Sundays and
Legal Holidays from to II A. NJ. and to 4 p. NJ.
Saturdays Bank closes at ~, noon
JOHN II. QUIMBY, Treas. ASA FAUNCE, Prest.
Belfast June 9Th 1874. tt
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03
COmmiss siOners' Notice.

THE undersigned having been appointed Commits
sioners by the Hon Judge Of Probate for the
County of Waldo, on the 18th day Of November A.
d. 1877, TO receive and examine the claims Of the
several creditors of the estate of George f. Iunt Of
Belmont. in said County. deceased, hereby give
tice that they VIII meet for that purpose at the house
of W A. Morrill, at Belmont Corner, on Saturday,
the 18th day Of January and the 18th day Of May A.
d. 1873, at ten o'clock A. NJ. And from the appoint.
ment of said commissioners, six months allowed
the creditors for bringing in and proving their claims
q. RICHARDS, Commis-
j. NJ DICkEY, soners.
Dec. Is, A. ID. ls77.-3w25
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03
THE BEST
SHIRT PATTERN !
IN the WORLD!
TO Horse Owners.

"E will send you recipe for taking off wind
w gals permanently in 10 DAYS costs nothing
scarcely, and we warrant it to give entire satsfac
ton The recipe is worth $500 to any horse owner
but we will send ii for only 80 cents Address
Inns A. POTTER & co, RtslfaIo, NJ
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03

in the County OF waldo deceased, bv giving bond
as the law directs he therefore requests all persons
who are indebted to said deceaseds estate to make
immediate payment, and those who have any de
mands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement
to him. LILLIAN + MITCHELL.
The Republican journal., 1878-01-03

in the County Of Waldo, deceased, by giving bond
the law Directs he therefore requests all persons
who are indebted to said deceaseds estate to make
immediate payment, and those who have any De
mands thereon, to exhibit the same for settlement
to him DANIEL SULLIVAN.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-06-27
Positive. but Mistaken.

Many person recalling something he
intended to do, feels and expresses the
utmost certainty that he did it. We
should always allow the possibility of
our own mistake. The Evansville
(Wis.) Independent tells of clergyman
who illustrated this in the case of mis-
directed letter:
Rev. Mr.. -p put ten-dollar bill in
letter and directed it to a distant
Office. Days, weeks, and months passed
away, and the letter did not reach its
destination. The good old clergyman
naturally mourned his loss. A year
passed. He came into the Office. Said
Mr.. N, "Have you heard from your
lost letter yetF'
No, SIR"
"Well, think 1 can get your money
for you. There is a new regulation, by
which, if a man can swear positively
that he directed his letter to the in
tended place, the government will make
good his loss. Can you make the re-
quired oath?''
Most certainly 1 can," said the
clergyman, and gave his reasons for be-
ing positive.
Mr.. N. then produced the lost letter,
which had been directed to an Office in
different State from the one intended
and for year had been travelling in a
search for the right office, and at last
been retured to the sender. The old
gentleman looked over the letter in mute
astonishment. He at last took in the
whole situation, and raising his hand, he
said, "Well, / should have perjured
myself before GodI
Moral: Don't be too positive.