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Year: 1869

Management Of Incubating Hens.


On no account allow your hens
to incubate in the room In which
Your fowls rooet. It ID surprising
what . great quantity of fvermin
are generated in warm weather,
in the nest Of a sitting hen, and
any one who has ever paid the
least attention TO his fowls knows
what o pest said vermin are. and
uses every precantion to keep them
out of the poultry.house. Some
may use portable boxes, but even
these do not answer, for although
they can be taken out and burned,
still some of the vermin will find
their way out of the box, and like
as not, the head of one of your
fowls will be their harbor. The
other fowls will greatly annoy
those incubsting, and they also
take up nests that the other hens
should have to lay in.


Before ] had any experience
whatever in the poultry line, I
once set hen in the chicken house.
About ten days before her time
had expired. / noticed that che had
become exceedingly thin and
weak, and that she was scarcely
able to walk /; also shat she came
off her nest FIVE or six times a
day. She grew weaker and weak
er, until at last one morning on
going into. the hen-housc l found
her dead on her nest, the eggs
cold. and she, poor ching, was
completely covered with lice, the
the eggs and nest also full. This
accounts for her coming off so Of
ten. She would &c on her nest
and stay there until fairly driven
off by vermin.


Set your hens in some place
where they will not be disturbed,
and give them plenty of food and
fresh water. Some say that some
days before hatching, the eggs
should be washed, but this is all
moonshine. The hen, in getting
off and on her nest, turns them as
much as is needed, and what pos.
sible good can washing do them
1t is far more apt to prevent them
from Matching. Sometimes a hen
may want to cit when you are not
Of her mind. In such a case put
her in a coop and feed very spar
ingly for q week or ten days, and
she will be effectually cured Of her
incubating desires. ...-


LEWIS HooFr, JR.


Fairfax County, Va.
Year: 1869

A barrel, box or an ash hopper
will do to dissolve bones in. The
bones should be broken into small
pieces with an axe or sledge ham.
mer. by laying them OH a fat
stone or a piece of iron, they can
readily be broken into small par
tlcles. After being broken, place
q layer of them in the vessel pro
vided, about three inches deep,
c"ver them with good hard wood
unleached ashes, to which should
be added fresh lime IN proportion
Of half a bushel of lime to a barrel
Of ashes. Put on enough OF ashes
to cover them thoroughly, and 90
continue alternately until the ves-
sci is full. Add enough water to
saturate the whole thoroughly,
though not enough to make the
lye run. Let it remain about three
months, taking care to dampen il
every two weeks with enough wa
ter to start the iye If the lye
should run, catch it for dampen.
ing the ashes in future use. In
three months the bones will be.
come soft and ready to crumble.
Much of it can be broken mp with
tho shovel by throwing ont the
mass and working it over. Those
bones that do not work up can be
picked out, and reset again, and
by the time they 60 through the
process again they will be thor.
oughly decomposed, and ready for
use on grain or other crops.


. E- Farm Journal.
Year: 1869

A correspondent in New South
Wales gives the following particu.
lars Of q remarkable accident:


e "On the night Of the solar
eclipse o great deal Of electrical
disturbance was observed, and all
through the month meteors, have
been almost nightly. Just after
the eclipse one ct the most singu.
lar incidents probably that ever
occurred took place. As the
schooner Urania was passing
Crowley Head about half an hour
after midnight on the 18th ult., q
a meteor, described as being like
a ball of, FIRE, fell Immediately
over the vessels stern, exploded
with q loud report like that Of a
heavy piece Of ordnance, and
killed the sternsman, q man
named Sales. Every one on board
felt violent shock, like that Of q
volcanic battery but no one ex.
cept Sales was seriously injured.
Sparks of fire were scattered all
about the deck, and the fash of
the meteor was so brilliant that
the steward, who was ly ng in q
berth below, saw the fire through
the caulked scam of the deck
His cabin was at the same time
filed with smoke, which blacken.
ed some papers lying about. The
paint on all the aft part Of the shir
wac discolored, similarly to what
1t might have been had the ship
been smoked with charcoal A
peculiar, indescribable smell was
perceived for some time after the
explosion, and quantity Of flakes
like the SCOT from q steamers fun
mel were scattered about the deck.
The meteor apparently travelled
with the wind, which wac from
the south. The body of Sales, the
man who was killed, appeared to
be blackened, but showed no other
marks of injury. Sales was q
young man about twenty-three
years Of age, and is described as q
smart seaman.
Year: 1869

A SHoRr LECTURE FOR YoUNo
MEN,-Keep good company or
none. Never be idle. II your
hands cannot be usefnlly employ
ed attend TO the cultivation of your
mind. Always speak the truth
Make few promises. Live up to
your engagements. Keep your
own secrets, if you have any
When You speak to o person. look
him in the face. Good company
and good conversation arc the very
sinews Of virtue. Good character
is above all things else. Your
character cannot be essentially in.
lured, except by your own acts.-
IT one speaks evil of you, let your
life be such that none will believe
him. Drink no kind of intoxicat-
ing liquors. Always live, misfor-
tune excepted, within yonr in
come. When you retire to bed.
think Of what you have been do
ing during the day. Make no
haste to be rich, il you would
prosper (; small and steady gains
give competency, with tranquility
Of mind. Never play at any kind
OF game or chance. Avoid tempt
alton, through fear You may not
Withstand it. Never run into debt
unless you see a way to get out
again. Never borrow if you pos.
sibly can avoid it. Never speak
evil of one. Be just before you
are generous. Keep yourself in
nocent, if you would be happy
Save when you are young, to spend
when You are old.


[Hunt's Magasiae.
Year: 1869

A NORTHERN exchange says :
Last week sleigh was returned
to one of our livery stables with a
lady's fur collar in it. The livery
man sent it to the residence Of the
man who hired the team. The
lady of the house said it didn't bs-
long to her, but she would keep it
and ask Mr.. how il got
into the cutter. There was trou-
BILE in that family. ...
Year: 1869

GRECIAN BEND STYLE OF WALKING.
=" How can woman SO sensible as you
adopt such piece of affectation as that
Greeian Bend style of walking ?" asked
a gentleman the other evening, of an intel
hgent lady with whom he was familiar
1t is not affectation," was the answer i.
I" look at these heels" she added. exten-'
ding her foot, "and tell me how | can
walk any other way" And sure enough.
how could she. poor thing, There from
under her skirts peeped foot, naturally
pretty, but dreadfully deformed by high
and narrow heel that, with vulgar imper-
tinence, had pushed itself beyond its prop
er place, until it rested fairly under the
instep, and threw the body inevitably for
ward In standing Certainly she must
wear such shoes; for are they not the
style and wearing them, there wss no
escape from the awkward and constrained
manner of walking which is so ridicuLd
in cartoon and caricature II don't bend
any more than | can help" she exclaimed
plaintively; and | am sure I don't carry
myself in such an absurd style as many of
the ladies you see upon the street" No
doubt many are merely initiating the fash
ionable walk, and like all imitators, over
do; but the origin of the Grecian bend is
in the present style of fashionable shoes.
" So this only have found that God hath
made them upright, bnt they have sought
out many inventions
Year: 1869

No CHANGE-Things do not change in
the East As Abraham pitched his tent
in Bethel, so does an Arab sheik now set
up his camp; as David built his palace on
Mount Zion, so would Turkish pasha
now arrange his house in every streetmay
be seen the hairy children of Esau, squat
ting on the ground, devouring mess of
lentils like that for which the rough hun
ter sold his birthright; along every road
plod the sons of Rechab, whose farthers,
thousands of years ago, bound themselves
to drink no wine, plant no tree, enter with
in no door, and the children have kept
the oath; at every Khan young men around
the pan of parched corn dip their morse
into the dish; Jobs plow is still used, the
the seed is still trodden into the ground by
asses and kline; olives are shaken from the
bough as directed by Isaiah; and the graf
ting of trees is unchanged since the days
of Saul The Syrian house is still as for
merly, only stone tent What is seer
now in Bethany may be taken as the exact
house of Lazarus, where Mary listened and
Martha toiled, or as the house of Simon
the leper, where the precious box of oint
ment was broken, and whence Judas sci
out to betray his Master.
Year: 1869

An OREGON CoURTsHIP.-A couatry school
master near Corvallis, Oregon, recently at
tempted to chastse one of his pupils-a
young lady with well developed muscle
An exciting contest ensued, and the young
miss finally surrendered. She fell in love
with her conqueror, and the happy pair were
united in matrimony a few days after the
encounter. The Oregon style of courtship
has not yet been adopted by California
eachers, and it Is not likely that such a
method of wooing will ever become popular
in this country. The girls all have big
brothers here. and the young ideas are
I" on the shoot
Year: 1869

casa Hartz" sends the following orr
ginal signs and omens, which he vouches
for as correct, to the New Orleans Times !:


/. To walk along the street at midnight,
and find pin pointing towards you, sig
nifes good luck To turn corner sudden,
at the same hour, and find pistol pointing
toward you, signifies the necessity, that you
should Immediately "get up and git" be
hind something. A big tree is preferable.


2. To buy tripe on Friday is bad luck.
To buy it on Monday or Tuesday or any
other day of the week, on credit, is worse,
because the tripe man will make you pay
for it out of your salary on Saturday.
Tripe isn't good at al, unless you make it
into hash, and put onions into it. Wethers-
field onions are the best.


3. If you leave home in the morning
and forget something you wanted to make,
something you wanted to take down town
with you, it's bad luck to turn without
making an Y mark and splitting in the
center of it, But it's dog-on'd sight
worse if your wife got Up mad that morn
ing, because she might fire breakfast
plate at you for coming back when her
mad was up. In short l wouldn't go back
at any time on any occasion. Wait till
next morning


4. If you see a spark in candle wick
at night, it is a sign you are going to get a
letter. For fear the letter might be dun
for your last board bill, it is best to sleep
in house where they use gas, Candles
are good in the country; but gas is best
in the city if you pay your gas bills regu-
larly.


When black cat comes into your
room, it is a sign of death. In order to
make it certainty, should advise the
killing of the cat This will probably avert
catastrophe in the family that might
cause grief, and won't hurt the cat much
only one ninth.


6. If lady puts on her stockings
wrong side outwards it is a sign OF good
luck, if she does it unintentionally. 1t she
does it on purpose, it is a sign that the other
side of the stockings are not as white as
snow In view of the fact that ladies do
not wear stockings unless they are as white
as snow, this sign applies only to blue
stockings"


I. TO have your cup of tea handed you
with two spoons in the cup or saucer, is
sign there is to be a wedding. But such
signs, it is said, never occurin places visited
by Gen. Butler.


8. If you dream that you are dining at
a first class restaurant upon the choicest
viands, it is sign you went to bed hun
cry 1t is supposed that the patrons of
free lunch houses only, have dreams of this
kind.
Year: 1869

To REMOVE FREcLEs.-Take tincture
of benzoin, l pint; tincture of tolu, pint !;
oil of rosemary, o. Mix. One teaspoon
full of tincture to gill of water Apply
with towel night and morning.
Year: 1869

Established expressly to afford thu afflicted
sound and scientific Medical Aid, in tho treatment
and cure of all Private and Chrenc Diseases, Cases
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders.
Year: 1869

lie IL a sort of aster0d in the social system
He and his move in widely elliptic orbits of
large inclination, cutting society at certain
nocal points like those hundred and odd va
grant humps of cosmic matter that if uut to-
gether would hardly make up the mas, ol "a
respectable planet. Perhaps. equally ike
them, be may serve ID demonstrate some vet
80 be discovered Bllcan law ruling tie li.tle
universe OF which hc forms SD numerous vet
SD trivial a part. Perhaps he may have a
use. as all things have; but then tie design.
Of heaven are inscrutahle and not to be found
ouI by searching. lie j. boy of the period.
but not ne boy Of the period. for. unlike the
periodic girl. whose generic and specific types
have been somewhat ungeucrousv determin-
ed m the able monograph Of the Saturday
Rer7r, the boy is a Tro-ean and belongs to Il
class rather than species. The girl can
hardly he looked upon as a mere makewcight.
like printer leads that serve to space out
the leading article more prominently, that
high distinction being reserved for the soci-
ETY. boy and unhesitatingly accepted by
him.


The society makeweight if not always
such by virtue Of brains, wealth. or family.
weak and inane gcntilitv Of dress and man
ner being about all that is wanted to separ-
ate him from the herd that lies huddlcd To-
gether one grade lower. lie is manifestly
step above the urbane shopkeeper and. as
things 90 with Us, equally removed, contrary
wise, from the fast Young man who inherits
a well-cTammed deed-box. lie is most fire.
quently professional and Of professional ances-
try. His college course. by mixing him with
young men Of money. gives him his first in
sight into that complex and unsocial scheme
misnamed society, in which it is speedily bis
aim to reyolye, although Insignificant. in any
orbital lacuna that may be open to him. lie
dances and this enables him to fill up
German = in fact, dancing well is about
half his social capital. He can talk, if not
brilliantly at least intelhgibly, and this
brings him into demand to help FL parlor,
and perhaps save from wall-fowership some
poor thing around whom the cold blasts that
hurtle in the zone the wrong side Of thirty
have blown roughly.


He is not always fortunate enough to loll
IN the tropical luzuriance Of society in its
teens, for he is generally understood not to
be a marrying man-his means being limited
This keeps the social makeweight out of the
model domesticity and model viciousness in
fashionable way. With him CHEEKY wife
and a fast nag, costly club and a chubby
curly-pate to fondle on bis knee, are equally
remote objects Of ambition. He would be
Year: 1869

been submerged The Great Eastern has not yes
come in sight When she arrives the splice VIII Do
made with the deep-sea cable and the work OF iay-
ing the line direct to the Island of St. Pierre, Mi
quelon, will commence.
Year: 1869

LONDOHt oHIuIuaYI Juuo 10 I0OV-I'OV o. In'
The debate in the House Of Lords tonight on the
Irish Church creates intense interest There is a
determination to force division, but it is not ex
pected before o'clock in the morning. The Cham
Der is crowded with spectators Among those present
are the Prince Of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge
and it is apparently their intention to sit out the
debate. The best calculators reckon the pass
age of the bill to its second reading by twelve
to twenty-five majority. The general belief is that
the House of Lords will strip the bill of its olsen
dowment features and leave disestablishment only.
This is likely to prove more embarrassing to the
Ministry than direct rejection of the bill.


ATTEMPT TO UNsEAT JOHN BRIGHT.


Rumors are revived here Of an attempt to drive
John Bright from the Cabinet.
Year: 1869

THE Liberal MOVEMENT IN SPAIN AND THE
CHURcH.-There are signs that the provisional
government of Spain Is coming to open blows
with the clergy. The news to-day showing
the claims Of the government to all the
archives, libraries and contents Of the churches
is sure to kindle the spark of revolution in the
jealous defenders Of church prerogatives II
Is evident that Spain will never emerge from
her present troubles until she fully overturns
the domination Of the clergy, and the quicker
she sets herself to the task the better for her
liberties.
Year: 1869

REDISTRIBUTION OF NATIONAL BANK CIR
oULATToN.-It appears that the Comptroller Of
the Currency has been called before the Con-
gresssional Committee on Banking and Cur
rency for evidence relative to redistribution
Of national bank circulation. We should
think little evidence is needed on this subject |;
for everybody knows that the South has
scarcely any currency, while the Eastern
States. are flooded with IL. In fact, there is no
equality at all in the banking privileges and
circulation among the different sections Of
country. A remedy for this evil Is necessary,
and Congress ought to provide one at once by
law. Let each section have fair proportion
Of circulation, according to Its population and
business wants
Year: 1869

ANECDOTES OF GRANT.-A correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune furnishes number OF
anecdotes Of General Grant, illustrative Of his
character as military man. They differ from
the jokes Of the lamented Lincoln, for the
reason that, while the latter would make one
laugh from their ludicrous and yet pointed ap-
plcation to serious subject, the anecdotes Of
the former impress one with the peculiarly
sagacious and common sense mind Of the man
which united the power and grandeur Of real
genius.
Year: 1869

Our special dispatches from Havana to-day,
received by way Of Key West, throw flood
of light upon the recent news from Cuba and
give us cause for the intense excitement in
Havana during the past few days. The insur-
gents had captured the important city of
Puerto Principe, the city Of second rank in the
island. Curiously enough this event occurred
on the same day on which Count valmaseda
entered the abandoned town of Bayamo,
which had hitherto been the headquarters of
the insurgent government. The cunning In
surgents led him on his march without
serious resistance, he believing all the
time that he was striking fatal blow
at the revolution, and when he was well
within the tolls they suddenly turn upon Puerto
Principe, and Colonel Mena, with his reported
garrison Of fifteen hundred troops, an equal
number OF volunteers and eighteen cannon
fall into their hands. 1t is not strange that the
excitable Cubans should be demonstrative and
the Spaniards revengeful on the discovery Of
this intelligence. BY mail we have our cor
respondence from Havana to the 23d instant,
which will be found In another column. II
gives, among other important news, the fact
that committee Of Cubans had presented to
General Dulce the resolutions In favor Of
free government in Cuba, and asked him to
proclaim II. His reply was that he had not
the home government which he would do.
Year: 1869

AssAssNATIoNs IN SPArN.-Spain has got
on pretty well throughout this revolution with
out bloodletting. A little bloodletting there
has been; but not much, all things considered.
The assassination Of the Governor Of Burgos
Is new feature. II assassination becomes at
all common there is no saying how far II may
go. Assassination is the last resort Of the
desperate. How much Of this desperate feel
ing now exists in Spain we have no means Of
knowing. It Is, perhaps, more general than
we believe.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER ToM.-The distinguished man who
IL supposed to have carried that letter is caught.
We congratulate the police. lie may not know
anything Of the murder, but bis capture, as
that was the point aimed at, Is success for
the detective force.
Year: 1869

PULLING CARS IN WASHINGTON. The ire
pressible Mrs. Swisshelm Is out In peppery
letter in answer TO what Washington corre-
spondent has stated to be her conduct toward
Minnie Ream, the Congressional sculptress.
The bones Of Old Thad Stevens are made to
rattle In the controversy. The whole affair Is
characteristic illustration Of the spice and
pungency that will attend lobbying In WASH
ington when female suffrage b the Law Of the
land
Year: 1869

ALTOGETHER Too HONEST. Old Glen, Of
the State Legislature, appears to be fool of
honesty. He voted against his convictions
lest men should suspect him OF having been
bribed to vote as he thought was right Rogues
are as good as honest men Of that stamp.
Rogues have mostly Convictions" too; but
they do not insist upon them. They win vote
the other way for reason; so will Old Glen,
Il seems. The difference In the reason makes
no difference in the result
Year: 1869

WHEN Is MAN PAUPER ?-There is q trial
in progress in Connecticut the point Of which
is the inquiry whether or not man is pau.
per. He says he is not pauper; somebody
else says he is, and meantime he is kept ID
prison in the almshouse. Who says poverty
Is not crime2
Year: 1869

TURKEY AND GREECE.-Our latest news
from Europe regarding the Eastern question is
to the effect that Greece Is not willing to fol-
low the recommendations Of the great Powers,
and that Turkey Is hopeful that peace win be
the result Of the Conference Rumors for some
days had been In circulation to the effect that
Turkey was heavily arming herself These
rumors were, no doubt, largely encouraged by
the announcement that, in the event Of war
breaking out between Turkey and Greece, the
yiceroy Of Egypt would furnish contingent
Of fifty thousand men. The Sultan denies that
Turkey is doing anything beyond what is alb
solutely required by the circumstances. All
through this trouble the government Of the
Sultan has comported itself with dignity and
propriety. It has been the reverse with
Greece. Now that Europe has deliberated
and given advice, the best thing that can be
done is to leave Greece to her fate. Turkey,
by the course she has taken, has the sympathy
Of the nations. If Greece will not take advice
let her learn the lesson of experience. A little
whipping might do her good.
Year: 1869

KEROSENE MURDER. The Board of Health
has taken vigorous action in regard to kerosene,
and now the Fire Commissioners discover that
they are the only ones who have authority In
that matter. As they have only made this dis
covery since the Board Of Health has taken
steps against an Illegal and dangerous trafic
are we to suppose that the traflckers opened
their eyesa
Year: 1869

The following suggestions are taken
from Mrs. Haskells Household Encyc-
lopedia, and may be read with profit by
every houskeeper:


Coffee, tea, pepper and spices are left
to stand open and lose their strength.


The cork is left out of the molasses
jug, and the flies taken possession.


Vinegar is drawn in tin basin and al;
lowed to stand until both basin and Vine
gar are spoiled.


Dried fruit is not taken care Of in sea-
son, and becomes wormy.


Potatoes in the cellar grow, and the
sprouts are not removed until they be-
come worthless.


Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef,
because the brine wants scalding.


Bones are burned that would make
soup.


Clothes are left on the line to whip To
pieces in the wind.


Brooms are never hung up, and soon
are spoiled.


Carpets are swept with stubs hardly
fit to scrub the kitchen.
Teapots are melted by the stove


Water is forgotten and left in pitchers
and allowed to freeze In winter.


Stops for COW or pig never saved and
in many other ways ii careless and mex
perience housekeeper will waste, without
needing, the hard earned wages of her
husband.