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can never be taken the dclthl,ss laurel, we'll
WON nv sacred sacrifice and Glorious victory
for fine Union. the Constitution. and freedom
rcculatcd NV law. From Il, who survive, all
that they cave Ef, for may VET he taken. Our
part i, to preserve the Union which they
! saved to uphold the Constitution before which
/ they caused rebchous armies to submit 10
! defend and maintain those constitutional
! guarantee, and restrictions which make Amc1i-
can freedom better than Mexican license.
| Their duty NJ, led bullets: our, need, only
/ ballots. if east I'm time and faithfully. They
/ cave their hfc-b.ood. but We need only Weld
that parry spirit which J.. "a wan with patriotic
dutv. !, il SO then that u, "h, live c.Luo,
ehcquly keep an that ti.y died To Siyel
Only thirteen year, have passed since the
last brave man. slain in defence of thc Union
was placed beneath the sod. Yet men are a.h-
/ in BOW, more eraycly than IN 1860. whether
thi, people +, it to keep the priceless heritage
left it by the dead. Then the current e.
patriotic ir,iu. flowed hot aud strong. Now
there are those Who t'inh that the Cou.tiru-
ton can be violated, duly iuaacuatcI
/ President ou-tod and the Government
OF thu, country MoIcazd, and that The
! public viii look on, clI.r-,, cold and Gallons.
! hen the presence IN t"n-Ic,, OF a single
man, whose bands were yet red With
/ the blood ol / mon soldiers SIAM Nd-
Thought mtol'rdpic. No" siNi}-h'' 'on'cd-
/ crate hHEadlcio oi tate 10 caucus
! OF Democratic members, ANA even the
late Nicc-Ir'Sldrui Of the Ooni'dcIac' j.
/ h0Wicd down u, viii IJI-sc'mG H.Uoi' m,
hc opposes 10 evolutionary designs. Them,
/ IN IL tfI
IN arms was better 49, sell as hi",r' than "a
Northern C"rprrh'f'. Now Northern Cop
( pplc@d> are m'',hdHhS all th1t D. Danger
onS, base or dl-hon"i"mr I"T new assault
upon TIE Nations poa'c-thc defeated, VII"
are still YlndIcuvc, the hungry Southern
claimants and spoll>mcn, the HvcHou,
wolves OF party at the North, the
Communists, rioters and tiamps, who
used the pistol III the coal regions and
the torch at PIt'thmg-dnd yet they expect
that those VINO decorate the graves oi patriots
dead, VIII hit 40 hdnd to strike down traitors
living.
On tlri, day, palilsanship should be damb.
But patriotism should think, resolve and
speak. Any form Of partl'an,hip which
waIs against the Constitution, ana threat
ems 10 subvcu free institutions Is sum
moncd tins day into the presence OF the sacred
dead, and there branded As treason. Against
it must stand arrayod, not another party, but
the whole body OF INTERVIEWING and law
obeying men and women OF this land. We
di~honor those who fought for law, If we fail
TO mark as traitors those who resist law. Ii is
not time to mnce words. Could decorated
graves tins day gave up their dead, what words
would the Nations heroes have Tor such men
as Mr. Tilden who insiigatcS, and Mr.. Pot
ter who excuses the new rcbcIlIonf Would
they not say, ">ou are to-day what you were
" IN 18G2'Y What the dead would say, every
living patriot, OF whatever party ought now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

as an evidence OF plety tidn VI '"i'y' Inv
influence of YoltaIre on his age, accordingly,
was as the champion of mental freedom, OF
the uncmbarrassed pursuit of truth, OF the
rights of man, to use phrase which was then
coming into vogue, and which has since
served as the keynote to pregnant move
mcnts of public policy.
The methods of VOltaire also took their
| STAMP rs much from the character of the age
as from his own intellectual traits and tenden-
cies II was a period when the grave aspect
of the scholastic philosophy WAS softcned down
INTO the unwrinkled visage of modern vlvacity.
Voltaire was essentially the royal jester III the
court of literature. He did not undertake 10
Z" sap solemn creed by solemn sneer;" but
tried to undermine the faith OF ages by gay
ribaldry and light persihage. He courted inquiry
with some sorry joke on his lips, and laughed
off the stage what ne could not destroy by
serious discussion. He seemed to have no
carncstness of character, to play with his
strongest convictions, to prefer sparkling
repaitee to lucid argument, and IN
his most strenuous combats to rely
more on the flashes and flOurshcs OF
his sword than on the temper of the blade.
His attacks on religion paltOok OF the shallow
make brilliant point against the priesthood
hc took little care to verify its truth. lie held
Christianity responsible with it's life for many
antquatcd theories which since his time have
part with much of the prestige that had
cmbalmcd them in the Odor of sanctity, and
which are now by no means considered as es-
sential elements of an orthodox creed. His
famous or rather infamous, watChword, which
has usually been thought to apply to the
founder of the Christian religion, was more
probably directed against the prctenslonS OF
pontllcal authority; but he was always
too hasty and careless thinker to seek out
an essential difference under apparent rc5eln-
banccs.
still. in his airy, mocking way, Noltairc was
no doubt Il lover Of humanity He had keen
! sense of the evils of modern society, and
certain half rOnical hope that they were not
past redemption. He felt FOX the "opprcs-
" sion. that were done under the SUM- but 1t
WAS less Il feeling of love Of the oppressed
/ than hatred of the opprcssor. In his applic1-
/ ton Of Icmcdlc, for the mi>cIics OF the race,
| he is like the Mcphi,tophclcan surgeon in the
wards of hospital who approaches his patient
with dcmonic gr,n instead of Il cheerful
smile, and handles the limb which Is
rachcd by rheumatic acouics with a cynical
laugh at the pain rather than Il tender sym
pathy with the sufferer.
With al his remarkable gifts Of brilliant eN
ccuton, the nature Of Noltaiic was essentially
mcagrc aud thin, never rising 10 the lO'uc>t
! hci9ht, of feeling or descending 10 the pro-
ioundc-t depths of thought Both ms moral
and mental qualities were viua,cd 10y an in
/ rlr.ilir FAINT of friyplltV His convictions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE" Humpty Dumpty's Dream
SIpIo's GARDEN" The Gascon.'
PAIN THF ATRR-" Sweethcarts."
STANDARD THEATRE" Fritz" c,,,
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" The BOheinlan uhl
WAIIACK's THEATRE" Diplomacy"
ACADEMY OF DEsIGS-Annua Exhibition IT
FIvTu AVENUE HAIL. and 5 The PhOnOgIdPh'
CIR NORE's GARDEN-COnCert. Thomas
JEROME PARK-SpriDg Racing Meeting
NLw- YORK AoUARIUN-Ddy ana EVchlhe'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

Persons k0riag torn for the SEASON. end Summer
frduellers, can hd,e The DAILY TRIBUNE mGle{ 10
them postpaid. for 81 per MONTH, The adircss Jeiag
CHANGED as often desired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

Cardinal McCloskcy's formal reception yes
terday rendered in cOngratuatiOn upon his
safe return from Rome, was the occasion of
an interesting address by the Cardinal, giving
some personal account of the Pope.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

1t is just little phaIisaical of the British
Copyright Commission to repudiate the prin-
ciple of retaliation" even if Americans re-
fuse to do justice to English authors. If British
publishers did not habitually reprint American
books without compensating the authors, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

forbearance Of the Commissioners would be
more laudable. Moreover, it is not clear how
British authors or publishers could "retaliate."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

chusetts. The defaulting paymaster of one of
the great mills has been condemned to twelve
years Imprisonment-nearly year for every
$4,000 he stole. This ratio, applied to Fall
River, would result in few sentences for
life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

Mr.. Fernando Wood IS the astute parliament
tary leader who calls up party question
when his own ranks are thin, and the OppO-
sition is present in force. and then has to
fihbuster against his own motion. Mr. Wood
is too sudden at one time, and too slow at
another, and the Democracy may conclude
that Mr.. Potter would be better man in his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-30

BrltlSh autIl0lS OF puOIlShtrS COUIU IVIdIHIt'
On some important points, at least, the
House scheme to squeeze a round hundred
thousand dollars out of the diplomatic service
has been defeated. The salaries of the four
principal ministers are left at their present
figures as are also those of Il number Of the
missions of lower rauk. In all, the House
has been compelled to rc!inquiSh two-.iftls, III
amount, of the reductions proposed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04

and hard times follow = a natural
consequence. The seal growing
poorer and poorer every year. AID
so is the f rmer. The elements OF
abundance ana prosperity are with
in reach Of all-why not grasp
them:
Farmers make a grea mistake
in attempting 10 make q quantity
Of manure spread over TWO large IN
area. While a little ! better than
none. vet 1t Is economy to use 1t
literally. We 30 not know that
any limit has been aScertalned-
certainly there IS no danger that
the average farmer viii err by ex-
c~essive use.
The compost heap under tn, ma
nure shed should be a prominent
feature on every farm, and nothing
that contains within itself the ele-
ments Of decay should be suffered
TO run to waste.
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pay to let chickens shift for them
selves. living on what they can pick
up. with, perhaps, a handful OF
grain occasional Y, and roostlng
wherever they can find a place. an
easy prey for owls, foxes and other
midnight providers. Get some Of
the improved varieties, give them
comfortable quarters and plenty Of
proper food and drink, and, my
for it, they will put money IN your
pocket. If you DO not feel able to
get pure-blood fowls to begin with,
| can tell you how TO improve your
present stock of common hens at a
trifiing expense. Send to some
reliable poultry breeder aid get a
cock of some of the large breeds; no
matter if he IS not combed and
feathered according to the stand
ard" if he is young, vigorous and
large-boned, that Is all YOU want.
Mate this cock with d dozen of your
largest common hens. The chick
n raised from this cross Will be
half-breeds, and, at maturity, will
weigh from two TO four pounds
each more than the common varie-
tv; YOU "a figure for yourself and
see whether it would pay or not.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04

timothy. when orow1 p-eth,r,
For soIling tyre n food u>e~), or
chard grass i the best | ! %.
Sow in the spring Of the year. Two
bushels L the acre.
Another advantage for orchard
grass i it earluess. n Wei n latc-
ness. for pasture. and it harilhopd
and duratiou IN the soil. 1t vii
not run out sooner than blue grass
tPoa pratensIs)-at least | have
had them together for forty years,
and they look equally good now Is
ever. ANY good. frlable soil, no
matter If tenacious or clayev II
cempoSition-not loan, grayclly or
sandv-will Weld orchard grass IN
perfection. | admit 1t does not
make a marketable hay. as most
men who buy hav don't know any
thing but tImothy-a very common
sort. IN my opinion. for farm stock
uses, and quite the inferior 10 the
mixed grasses usually grown. An
other advantage orchard grass has
over timothy j. its not running
ont" which the latter III most
cases does in five or SIX years after
seeding, when the land requires
breaking up, and an Attenuation of
two Il three grain crops before re-
seeding to timothy. If | were
some years younger, and lived on
my farm myself, | would have i
hundred acres of orchard grass
meadow in two Years from this
Couatry GcHtlem4H.
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Remedy ror Weevils.

Eear Rural: | enclose the fol-
lowing receipt IS taken from FL
NaciOual, of Buenos Ayes: BY
placing a bag of hops as large as
ones two fists in each bin or store
of grain (even if Is by 20 feet
square, not a grub Or weevil will
touch it. If the grain is already
weevily the insects remaining alive
will leave it in great haste, and may
be swept up each morning at the
edges of the pile. The dead ones
can be removed by tanning.
Not being a subscriber to your
valuable paper, but often a reader,
and being a miller | enclose the
above which is novel to many, and
perhaps may be of great benefit to
yournumerOus subscribers. -Rural
Messenger.
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Orchard Grass.

EDS. COUNTRY GENTLEMAN: On
this 18th day of June, 1873, | am
cutting a piece Of orchard grass of
about one acre, which has stood III
the lawn of my dwelling for the
past thirty years. 1t averages fully
three feet high, and portions of 1t
run to four feet and upwards. 1t IS
in full bloom, and to let it stand
some days longer would deteriorate
it in quality for hay purposes. 1t
is more or less mixed with red clio
vel, now in full bloom, and both IN
perfect condition for the best quail
itv Of hay. The soil in which the
grass grows is a strong clayey loan.
It has had little stable manure for
wears past-none at all for several
successive years-and last year a
liberal dressing Of unleached wood
ashes on the stubble after the grass
was cut. To appearance, the grass
now yields fully two tons or more
to the acre.
The real value of orchard grass is
not well known. Cut when IN
bloom, and the stalks full Of sap, it
is an excellent hay for all classes of
farm stock; and mixed on the
ground with red clover, as it should
be (for they are both in cutting
season together, and the clover fills
in the spaces between the tussocks
Of orchard grass, as the latter
grows IN compact bunches), both
together form a thorough mating
over the ground, and the clover.
with occasional top-dressing, will
STAY on the soil as long rs the or
chard grass remains. People not
experienced IN the growth Of or
chard grass, suppose 1t will run out
after a few years occupation Of the
ground. To confute such idea, |
have about an acre of it on my
farm, sowed BY myself about
forty years ago, mixed with
red and white clover, timothy
and blue grass; soil clayev loan. 1t
has been moved and fed closely
every year since, with no manure
at all, or scarcely SO, that | can re
collect, and It IS now a heavy crop
for hay uses. | admit that the
present season is an uncommonly
early and favorable one in this VI
cinity for grasses. Yet the orchard
grass IS always as good and pro
ductive as timothy, wi,h the ad-
vantage Of being nearly two weeks
earlier for hay purposes, coming IN
exactly with red clover, the latter
| maturing for cutting too early foI
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04
Poultry Papers.
NO. l..

Does it pay to raise poultry for
market" Of course it does; that
is, if you understand the business.
| speak from experience, for l have
been IN the business several years.
| blundered a good deal at first,
but | have made a success of it.
Last year | raised over two thou
sand chickens for market, and the
result was very gratifying from a
pecunlary point. There IS no Sc
cret about 1t; any farmers wife or
daughter can do what | have done.
1t don't pay to keep the little, old
fashioned, barn-yard fowl; it costs
nearly as much to raise a four
pound mongrel as it does to raise a
ten-pound Brahma ; and it don't
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04
Green Food and Grass.

Green food. in some form. i ab-
solutely necessary for the health OF
fowls, and must be given Literally
and often to enable the birds to do
as well as possible and keep IN a
healthy and thriving condition.
When fowls have plenty of liberty,
and have the free range OF the place
or farm. they can readily obtain
their own supply Of green food from
the convenient fields and pastures,
but the birds which have very
prescribed limits, or are kept con
fined in a small yard the year round,
must depend upon their owner for
their grass and green food supply.
The most convenient thing thing
to give is a head of cabbage. This
can be hung up by a string for the
fowls to pick at, and when they
have cleaned that up, which they
will soon do, another Il can be
put in It's place. During this SEA
son of the year grass is more reall-
lv obtained than cabbage, and
should be given without stint. 81
many breeders cut the grass when
short, and give a supply every day.
This is we'll enough, if you have
plenty Of time feed IN the evening
so the grass will not wilt 50 soon,
tt ough it soon gets trampled under
the feet Of the fowls, and they re-
fuse to eat it. A better way titan
that, during the eason when grass
is plenty, is to put several thick,
fresh, green sods in the yards for
the fowls to pick vel. 1t keeps
| green and fresh for several days,
| and keeps SO until the fowls have
eaten all up. Besides this, it brings
earth into the poultry yard, which
helps to keep it fresh and free from
unpleasant smells, which latter we
often find in small pens where
fowls have been kept any length OF
time.-4m. Poultry Journal 0no
Record.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04
Patching.

A Massachusetts woman
the following useful HINTS
patching: A round or cr"'h
patch viii inevitably thru.t 3--
into notice as it Is Impo--.". -
match the threads. Then il all.
should never be laid Oh, .- 3"
ways ''set in." TO tins cid. t..
cut away carefully Nv Il thread
that 5 in the least worn, aaIr...
back and haste down an even .e.4
all around. The corners ma
slashed slightly in i d.agona H.
rectIon to Keep them s4''aI@'
to TINS opening ut the I1'o-
~. Win the cages tuIh'o 81.
ed; ana sew 1t IN over am
on the wrong SIDE Win -..'
the precise shade ana ''..
sewing alternate opposite -..-
avoid trouble WITH III.
ners. The extra t-..
caused by the fo!deo co Jo-.
OF the patch ltaeI all0"-.
out after sewing, ana 4 ".-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04
Collie.

Ed. Messenger: Please tell the
readers of the Messenger hat if
their horses or mules have the collie,
to drench them with a half or a
full tea cupful Of kerosene oil. |
have tried it often, and have never
failed to give relief III from two to
five minutes. If the animal IS too
much p in to stand up rub the
fanks and breast with it and spirits
of turpentine. -Rurai Messenger.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04
Waste and Wants..

The farmer who would suffer
his grain to rot in the field, who
would sit tamely by and see his stock
taken from his pastures by thieves,
or his barn fired by incendiaries,
might we'll be accounted insane, and
be treated accordingly.
The man who places his money IN
bank for safe keeping and checks
against this deposit as needed,
knows full well that the supply will
sooner or later become exhausted if
no new deposits are made.
The farmer who suffers fertiliZ-
ing materials, of the very best quail
ity, and abundant IN quantity, to
be wasted, year after year, without
anr desire or attempt to utilize
them, must be accounted foolish If
not insane.
The farmer who plants and sows,
year after year, and gathers his an
nual harvest without returning to
the soil some of the constituent ele-
ments taken from it, will soon find
that his drafts are dIshonOred. He
has stolen the original deposit Of
the Almighty, and would cheat him
longer were 1t possible.
Thousand Of tons of plant-pro-
ducing food are annually suffered
to 90 to waste under the farmers
very nose and he does not lament
bis loss. The rank growth of weeds
and grass by roadsldes in neglected
corners and IA score Of other places
testify, in the strongest manner, O
their fertllizing qualities. The
manure from his horses, hogs, cat
tie, sheep, swine and poultry, is
suffer to go to waste; drenched bv
washing rains, and dried up by
burning heat. His land is calling
for it and should have it. 1t is
II of the first lessons IN agricul-
tural economy to return to the soil
Is much or more than it has ex-
pended in our behalf. And as the
beneficent giyer of all good has
wisely provided the meaEs for us
to do so, if we will, it is the sheer
est folly 20 neglect SO well-defined
a duty, and for such neglect there
can be no reasonable excuse.
Farmers in the vicinity Of large
cities pay large prices for horse
manure from stables and sheds.
and haul it sometimes as many a.
ten miles, and it pays them to dc
SO. Cannot the country farmer
also make it Fay to collect and util-
lie those equally-yaluable fertilizers
which are everywhere around him,
especially when they are furnished
without money and without
price, Most certainly it will pa,
and pay handsomely, too, and he
who neglects or refuses to avail
himself Of the opportunities extend.
ed him, may be reckoned a sloth OF
a fool.
| Farmers complain of short crops,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04

DO not forget the garden.
Make 1t rich; put it in a fine, mel
low condition and plant a good as
sortment OF vegetables. Prepare
for a succession of peas, sweetcorn;
beans, cucumbers, squashes, rad
ishes, etc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04

Southern Sleep Eusbandr-,

The statistical report Of tfa h~.
mess of the United >ta a--.
ne last I, elve 4ou..s .......-
r Wool aud Wo" goods a......-
try imported n e4.u. 81 ....-.
rlIll4on dollars, which .... ....-
ultimate purchasers -
mass o the American
round sum OF
oIAIA MILLION uOL. Axis
These figures are >t,-. >..,
singular mI>dlrccuon %
anu mercantile energy. 3, ....
considered that million, If
the United States are a..
better adapted for >he-u--
than the most fayorc.
which supply the WOO. y. a.... ,...
foreign breeders; that !n 1.,.
alone the grass on
HUNDRED MILLION A,.s-
blooms in protitless beauty AMI -.
III fruitless decay Year .4.er,u-
u%ntrodden by Il single .a- II
tifty-million sheep that a~1-.t,...
ture on It's richness and .an,e-t w..
green blades into the warm a.
that makes the homes o. The r..
pinchtd Northerncrs |enluiab,a
That We should buy from IT,.
foreigner and saddle with = i..,.
taxation goods that Nature ...
given Us lavish means fur p....
ing ourselves, Is a pre- len ....
solyable on the assumption
we
DON'T KNOW OUR own ,ol\...
Acting on this idea, ", w... .....
before our readers some h-.r.-. ...
the subject, which the able ,....
tary of the Wool MaualaDu...
Association hass collected ar3..
mented on IN the association, ...
BUllefin.
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This is equivalent to a 1clt

This is equivalent to 4 'cIt a-.
premium IN favor Of sheep-..-.
raising IN the Southern Stat.
glance at the following tj4ua.R .
show how little store has be-. H
upon this privilege. The ".a.
number Of sheep in the ".
States at the beginning Of a. .u.
rent year was estimated a' ~.0'.
80, 0 900. OF this tota. aa.
about one-siXth, or somcwAa. "N.
5000, 600, are found III the >'...
scattered over aSurfacc Of +,'.'..
900 acres.
But it Is a further reproaca I'd
a large proportion Of this nDH..
suffer from neglect and care.r-
that the average yield Of ""@o
about two pounds per head %. .e
wool, instead of three and ioI.r III.
fine grade.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-07-04

In all the Northern >,..,c> 81
can only be pastured for d lo.
Of the year. For the res tho 81
be fed, and sometimes ,h,..
the feeding alone addIn4 m....
ly to the cost and labor yuta..e
rearing a flock. The to..u
table gives the number II h..
and the localities IN Which 81
require artificial supports: