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Year: 1869

or all the sneers which beSet the path OF
an improving farmer the commouest and
mcanest is: "Will you ever get your money
back %


Let him build large and commodious barn,
large enough to accommodate not only all the
stock and store he has now, but all he hopes
to have in years to come, aud with shelter
for all the manure he will make during the
season. too, with every convenience for scon-
omizjng labor and With such general arrange
ments as he feels sure cannot tail TO make
his work profitable some carping neighbor
will throw cold water on his hopes by sug-
gestiug that he probably ''doSen't ever expect
to get his money back"


Let him deeply plow and subsoil one Of his
fields at an obvious cost OF S25 an Scre-this
same comment will greet his improvement.


Let him thoroughly uuderdrain ten acres Of
his heavy, cold land, at an outside cost Of
81 goo, fud fancy that he sees his account,
in doing the vork-the same question will
jar upon his ears.


For a moment this view Of the ease may
shake his hopes, but it is not at all a fair view
to take of any permanent agricultural im~
provement We do not build barns for the
purrose of getting back the money they cost,
nor can we always count on an extre sos an
acre from the crop that we raise after expen
s:vc cultivation. 1t is too much to expect
that $1,000 invested in draining would come
back with the first year after the work was
done.


Who cares that it should come back at all
We cant have our cake aud eat it too
man does not buy farm to get his money
back he buys it to get the farm. and having
it he tries to make it worth to him more than
the money


If barn costs Sc 900, it ought to add $500
year to the income Of the farm in lighter
work, better manure, better kept fodder and
more thriving stock.


The money spent in deep and thorough
cultivation ought to let the roots of our crops
so far into the ground, and give them 50
much wider feeding surface that their yield
will be worth permanently two or three more
dollars per acre. Generally the result will
be much better.


The thousand dollars expended in draining
brings easier cultivation; the ability to do
work that ought to be done, a more complete
mastery over weeds a greater independence
of wet and dry seasons; and partly because
of these things. aud partly tor the increased
productiveuc>s of the land, the crops ought
to be very much better than before the work
was done II they are ten dollars an aero
better, our Investment has been good one
agricuIturaIly considered, remarkably good.


Any man whose Investments on his farm
will one year after another, bring him a re-
turn Of ten per cent may rest satisfied This
allows six per cent. for his skill in placing it
judiciously


Let no one then be deferred from improving
his farm to the highest point of which it is
capable, and which his means can compass.
To be II successful farmer, he must give hia
time aud attention to his business.


The more capital he prudenty invests on
the real improvements, the better scope ho
will have for the exercise of his talents and
the better chance for being amply repaid.


American Agricuiturtst.
Year: 1869

Place the hive on u table or level spot of
ground in the shade, tack square yard Of
muslin or linen to the top side of the alight-
Ing board, aud spread 1t out as a carpet on
which to place the bees then, if the limb
on which the bees have settled be worthless,
gently cut it of carry and lay it on the cloth !;
with large spoon place few bees near the
entrance and they will all soon crawl in
Should any remain outside under the portico.
thev should be brushed down with quill
feather until al! have entered, as, if the queen
should remain outgid. the bees would soon
leave the hive when all have entered, tho
hive should Immediately be removed to who're
it is designed it shall permanently remain
Great care should be taken to have the sides
of the hive level with each other, while the
back end should be raised about three inches
higher than the front, thus forming Cot the
bottom board) an inclined plane, and render
ing it easy for the bees to clean their hive of
moth and dust. When the swarm alights on
the body or limb of Il valuable tree, they may
be very quietly and gently brushed with a
quill feather into box or open basket, and
then quickly covered, carried to the hive,
shaken out upon the cloth, aud induced to
enter. as above directed. Bees dislike TO be
brushed with hairy OF wooly substances.


.NuryidHd Farmer.
Year: 1869

MARKED CHANGES At NIAGARA FALLS
The Utica Observer, says:


Various accounts agree that there has been
marked change in the appearance of the
falls since last year. The theory in regard to
the cavlng IN or wearing away of Niagara has
never had stronger confirmation before. The
Horse Shoe has evidently given way some
thirty feet in chat part Of the cone where the
green water is seen. so that the horse shoe
appearance is uetamorphosed to that of
triangular shape 1t is thought that about
one hundred tons of rock must have fallen in
on the Horse Shoe alone. and old habtues
are taking land marks, to notice the recession
that may take place before another year.


The American fall has evidently given way
mt points to IL considerable extent. There is
no doubt but that Niagara is always crumbling
away and falling back. but the present re-
ccsslon is probably the greatest ever witnessed
hI a:y one generation. The heavy ice fields
winch pass over in the spring. the strong
currents and censeess wear and tear of them,
and the mighty. laundering cataract. must
inevitably tell heavily upon the rocky crest of
the grand old shrine hut of course its falling
away must be so slow as not to be observable
to the eve except when. from time to time,
some Of the immense bouIders arc torn from
their place.
Year: 1869

- The japanese have pretty fable res
pecting the Night Moth, very beautiful in
sect. so beautiful say they that all other night
flies fall in love with it; and to get rid Of
their opportunities, it maliciously bids them
as a trial of their devotion and constancy, 10
90 and fetch it fire. The lovers. obedient to
command. fy to the nearest lamp or candle,
and never fail to get burnt to death.
Year: 1869

The Terre Haute (Ind. Journal tells this
highly veracious story


A few nights since the residence OF a prom
inent citizen was entered by burglar, and
some valuable jewelry and other property sto-
len and carried away, But before leaving
the house, it appears, he paid visit to nearly
every apartment in it. Traces of him were
found above and below stairs wherever, in
deed, it was probable any yaluables could be
obtained Il so happened. that one member
of the family belonged to that much abused
and very excellent class of socety called "old
maids" She is free>hearted generous
lady, intelligent and refined, and the only fear
that her we'll balanced mind has ever known,
is the apprehension that in evil hour
Satan will lure her affections into the keeping
of that abomination of her mind. man. The
good lady prays every day that no such evil
may befall her, aud that she may live and die
in maiden meditation fancy free. Now,
whether the burglar knew Of this pecuIiarity
of the ady's miud or not, he at all events de-
termiDed to play her very practical joke
To this end he carefully removed from the
chair on which she had neatly folded and laid
it, all her wearing apparel, and substituted,
from another room, complete suit of gentle
mans clothes. Then taking off a huge pair
of false whiskera, he carefully adjusted them
to the face Of the sleeping lady. Of course
he could not wait to see the denouement, but
that pleasure was reserved for the family the
next morning. Awakening at an early hour,
the good lady proceeded to the mirror Gan
invariable practice with ladies) to enjoy
look at her face. The first glance petrifed
her with horror. Was she indeed man p
The latent superstition of her nature reviving,
she imagined that Satan had been playing her
a horrible revenge for her aulmosity to the
male creation. She staggered to chair, and,
almost broken hearted concluded to dress and
send for barber. But now she noticed for
the first time that her clothes, too, we're gone.
and Il gentlcmau's outfit were substituted in
their stead. She was certain now that the
metamorphOSls was complete, and, resignlng
herself to the situation, tried to don the ap-
parel. But having no experience in the adj
justmcrt of this new tangled apparel. and
habit being stranger than instinct, she found
that every time she put the pantnloons over
her head. she encountered an impediment
that deied all her Efforts to overcome. In
short, the pauts would no, 90 over her head.
At last, in despair, she rang for assistance,
and, her maid appearing at the door, she
cr!cd out:


Don't come in, Retty for I'm man nov;
but just please step in aud ask my brother if
he usually puts his breeches on over his head,
or commences feet foremost"


It is needless to say that tie message
tonished the household. l. was some time
before the lady would admit to her apart nlcnt
any one Of either sex, tor fear she night make
a mistake but fuulIy one more adventurous
than the rest pushed open the door, and cuu>
vinoed the sore y-tred maid that she had not
forsaken her estate, but was yet Que Of the
angels OF earth.
Year: 1869

To keep clear of bed bugs, take the
whites of four eggs and ten cents worth of
quicksilver; pu. them into bowl and beat
10 perfect froih. Take feather and dip
into the preparation. and apply to every part
Of your bedstesd where bugs conceal them
selves; do this once year. and you will never
see bed bug IN your kouse.
Year: 1869

REMEDY FOB RHEUMATIsM.-The follow
ing is recommended as a valuable remedy for
rheumatism Boil small pot full of pota-
toes. and bath the part affected with the water
in which the potatoes were boiled, as hot as
can be applied, Immediately before going to
bed Il is said TO be good remedy.
Year: 1869

a young gentleman accusing lady of
his acquaintance with having broken his peace
of mind, she.in return gave him piece Of
her mind but he did not consider the dora-
ion as . substitute.
Year: 1869

A COOP W1FE.-Tn the eighty fourth year
of his age. DR.. Calvin Chapin wrote of his
wife as follows:


My domestic enjoyments have been, per-
haps, as near perfection as the human condi-
ton permits. She made my home the pleas
ATTEST spot to me on earth. And now that
she is gone, my worldly loss is perfect"


How many poor fellows would be saved
from suicide, from the penitentiary and the
gallows, every year, had they been blessed
with such a wife. "She made my home the
pleasantest spot to me on earth" What
grand tribute to that woman's love, and piety
and common sense Rather different was the
testimony of an old man few years ago, just
before he was hung in the Tombs yard in
New York:


81 did not intend to kill my wife, but she
was very aggravating woman"


Let each wife inquire, (Which am 1 ?"
Year: 1869

RESPECT THE BoDY.-A writer in the
HearA and Home says:


Respect the body. Give it what it re-
quires, and no more. Don't pierce its ears,
strain its eyes, or pinch its feet; don't roast
it by hot fire all day, and smother it under
heavy bed-coverings all night don't put it
in cold drift on slight occasions, and don t
nurse or pet it to death don't dose it with
doctors s;uaS, and above all don't turn it into
a wine cask or chimney. Let it he war
runted not to smoke" from the time your man,
hood takes possession. Respect the body ;
don't over work, over rest or over love it, and
never debase it, but be able to lay it down
when you are done with it, well worn but
not mSused thing. Meantime, treat it as
well as you would your pet horse or hound,
and, my word for it, though it will not jump
to China at bound, you'll find it a good
thing to have-especally in the country.
Year: 1869

A father sits by the chimney post,
On a winters day enjoying roast
By his side maiden-young and fair,
A girl with wealth of golden hair;
Aud she teases the father, stern and cold,
With a question Of duty, trite and old
Hsay, father, what shall maiden do
When man Of merit comes to wOof
And, father, what OF this pain In my breast "
Married, or slngle-whieh is the bestf
Then the sire of this maiden young and fair
This girl with the wealth of golden hair,
He answered. as ever do fathers cold,
To the question Of duty, trite and old
ushe who weddeth keeps Gods letter,
she who weds not, doeth better"


Then msekly answered the maiden fair
The girl with tho wealth Of golden hair
~ viii keep the sense Of tho holy letter


Content to do well, without doing better"
Year: 1869

RIVER FARM FOR SALE.


| have for sale
A Very Fine Farm of SO Acres.
On the River Delaware three miles above the City OF
Wilmington, in Brandywine Hundred


THE LAND Is IN GOOD ORDER,
Year: 1869

Port Said the terminus on the Medi-
terannean sea of the Suez Canal, is de-
scribed by a recent visitor as full of
active life, engines of all kinds being
either constructed or repaired at that
place. Port Said is surrounded by wa
ter, being built on an artificial site,
formed of sand, with the sea in front
and a shallow lake on the sides and
rear. The French have secured the
broad streets, and have kept the Arab
quarter of novels at a distance of two
hundred yards from the rest of the
town. The only tolerably good houses
are in line fronting the sea beach,
and consist of public offices and con-
su1ar residences. For the convenience
of the inhabitants, pathways of coal
ashes, which give a firmer footing than
the sand, are laid down in the princi-
pal streets. Not a Vestige of vegeta-
tion exists for miles around, all the
surrounding country being under salt
water and the town being supplied
with drinking water, by means of
three pipes laid from the new fresh
water canal fifty miles off, commune
eating with the Nile.
Year: 1869

The headlight on q locomotive on
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
was suddenly sxtinEuished, one night
last week. The train was stopped, and
the engineer, on examining the bead
light found living iaCksnipe crouch
ing beside the lamp it had shattered IN
swift-aight. The bird is unhRFmed, ana
has been adopted by the fireman Of the
train,
Year: 1869

There seems to be a diversity of opini-


on about one of Cleopatra's breakfasts,


It was the most costly breakfast that


has ever been served to a single human
being. I will, therefore, tell what I
know about it. After having partaken


of Cleopatra's necklace, Mark Antony


determined to devise the costIiest


breakfast ever given. After several


days of gastronomical meditations, not


having found what he was looking for,
he summoned his cook to his presence,
and told him that, if he could get up a
dainty breakfast tor lady, which
should be composed of as few and as


small dishes as possible, and at the
same time, be most costly, he would
reward him accordingly.


Several weeks afterWard, the cook
entered Mark Antony's study, and
told him that he was ready to serve the
dainty breakfast asked of him, and that
it was composed of one olive only. At


the appointing mt hour, the cook enter


ed the dining room, followed by one


hundred men carrying the olive lin its
artificial enVelOpe) on their shoulders,
They deposit q it on table made for
| the occasion, and fifty carYers were set
to work on il. After several hours of
hard work the triumphant cook placed


the olive before the Egyptian Queen,
who looked at it with amazement, still
with perfect delight.


The olive had been prepared in the
| following WaV: After having been
stoned, it was stuffed with a rich custard
then put inside of boned canary,
which was used to stuff an ortolan.


The latter was placed inside of boned
oriole, which was used to stuff thrush
which thrush stuffed a bOned lark. a
boned snipe was stuffed with the lark


and placed inside of n robin, which was
used to stuff ployer, and which latter
| bird filed quail, which was then
placed inside of a pigeon. The pigeon
| filled a WOOdcOck, the Woodcock a
partridge, the latter a grouse, the
| grouse a pheasant, the pheasant achick-
| en-, the chicken guinea fowl, which


was placed inside of a goose; the goose


filed a turkey, the turkey a swan, the
/ latter an ostrich, which was used to stuff
a sheep, the sheep a calf, the calfan ante
/ lope, the latter pig, the pig deer, the
deer q bear, the bear heifer, the latter
an elk, the elk an OK, the OK a hippo
potamus, the latter an elephant. The


olive was then roasted in its envelope,


which enelope was thrown a way and
| the olive only was served.-PIERRE


BLOT, IN March GALAXY.


! a-------


Henry Ward Beecher pities the Devil,


thus 81 am informed that before the


communication system was abandoned


by the ferry company, men of property


and good standing in society would
! boldly declare that they had a commu-


tation ticket in their pocket when they


had none, for the sake of going through


without payingl They did this when
the ferriage was but one penny. They
lied for one centl pity the devil


do not know what he does with such
menl It is awful to be chief magis-


trate for a parcel of men like theml


cannot understand how these exiguous


thrice squeezed men can be managedH'
Year: 1869

AN CNwELCOME VIsIToR.-Hr. Editor: With
your permission, i will relate circumstance
that occurred AZ my house last night which may
interest some of your readers, "a well as suggest
a caution that may be of use. We have had in a
cage a valuable canary bird, which We some
times placed on the window sill, inside the win
dow, when night came on, with the window
down. 1t was in this situation last night, in the
second story of the house, with dim light in
the room. About O'Clock a slight noise, as of
something thrown against the glass, was heard
and was supposed to be boys in the street,
throwing at the bird. AS it continued at inter-
walls for an hour, probably, a close watch was
observed, and it was discovered that bird out
side was darling az the window. The sash was
then raised, with the view Of letting il fiy into
the room, as it was supposed to be some harm
less bird, only seeking perch with the one in
the cage. Soon there was another dart at the
cage, and in q second the canary was in the
claws OF vicious night-hawk. The screams of
the little victim evnced the effects Of the attack
upon il and upon fastening to the cage IL was
found lying weltering in blood and in the ago
nies Of death. The hawk, after pausing an in
slant On the top Of the cage, dew away.


AIS.
Year: 1869

A DIsGRACEFUL PRACTICE To DE BEOKES


CP-Now that strangers are commencing To
gather IN the city, and the public buildings
curing the winter will be crowded with visitors
particularly the Capitol, steps are being taken
nv the officers in charge there to break up the
oiSgractfui habit which has so long prevailed
"lthout restriction. that of young men (and old
men TOO, locating themselves in positions at the
Ieot OF the many stairways i'm and about tbat
building much 10 the embarrassment of the lady
visitors Saturday afternoon. a young man
whose name We withhold, Was caught indnlpiup
IN the practice at the foot Of one the stairways
hlgh up I'm the dome OF the building by one of
The capitol police, and taken before the Sergeant
alarms OF the Senate, who ordered him to III.
taken before Justice Plant for a hearing
As there was no law bearing on the case the
Justice administered severe lecture to the Of
lender, who, In presence of the by-standers
said rather than 90 through the same ordeal
ne would willingly pay fine OF SO The
Sergeant-at-ATms OF the Senate and House of
Representatives contemplate altering the rules
governing the Capitol Police, making such An


tuon hreeafter mistlemeanor. the offender to
pe ioeked up IN an appropriate place for a few
houIs OF more, according to the nature of the
ohtbce- we nope row that the good work has
been commenced that the Metropolitan Police
Will he instructed to break up the assemblages
ei nice young men, who annoy Ladies leaving
our places OF amusement, not only by their inn
IudeHt staring. but often with vulgar remarks
loud enough To be overheard BY the obiects "a.
Their impertnence.
Year: 1869

LARCENY OF TAX RECOEDs.-A few days ago
IL was discovered that some OF the old tax books
in the office Of the tax clerk have had the leaves
torn out and carried of, leaving nothing but tie
empty covers.
Year: 1869

THE RAILROAD PASSENGER TRAIN The
enormous travel which will 60 over the rail-
road, says the San Francisco Chronicle. may
be in a measure appreciated by the fact that
during the year 1868 the passenger business
between California and the Atlantic sea
board by steamers both ways has been at the
rate Of 10000 per annum, and that the rum
Der overland and by sailing vessels will in.
crease it to 100000, or about 800 daily; SO
that this through passenger trade already
amounts TO an average sized train load each
way This amount will doubtless be doubled
during the present year by emigration, the
visits Of tourists, and the passage of large
number Of Cali 'ornians, who, design 10 visit
their old homes in the Eastern States and
have never been able to spare time for an
ocean trip, and that their friends who will
visit them here in return.
Year: 1869

COUNTY OFFIcERs.-rDuriDg the late can
vass considerable was said about the term
for which county officers were to be elected,
some persons taking the ground that in the
absence of any action by the Legislature the
officers would hold for the full term of two
years. As we read the act of Congress, the
term is limited to one year, but can be ex>
tended if the Legislature is so disposed
The following is an official copy of the act,
as it received the Presidents approval


BE it re,olred by the Senate and House Of Repre-
seHtGfires Of the United States Of america in Con.
gress dssembled.


That elections in the Territories Of Washington
and Idaho for Delegates to the House of Repre-
sentatiyes Of the Forty second Congress shall be
held on the first Monday Of June, ammo Domini
eighteen hundred and seventy, and afterwards
benuially on the first Monday Of June and
such officers in said Territories as are elect
ed at the same time with their Delegates shall
be elected for Offices thereafter to be filled at the
times herein specified, unless otherwise provided
by the laws of said Territory.
Year: 1869

THE New York World thinks that Nor
monism will be banished from the United
States 10 the following manner: The Paci.
&c Railroad will give to the multitudnous
wives of the Mormon patriarchs an idea of
the manners and customs Of the ladies of the
East, and in particular of their style Of dress
and living. When the Mormon wives begin
to dress like the ladies Of Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, or New York, no Mormon husband, be
he as rich as the best of them, can afford to
keep more than one help-meet-ergO, the
question is settled.
Year: 1869

OLD Jessie Grant, that poor old leather
head, who is responsible naturally for having
inflicted this country with Ulysses the first
is also an occupant in the White House at
Washington. He and Dent bore all visitors
who call upon the unhappy smoker. If the
caller lives through the ordeal Of these two
Augerdrivers, he is likely to get out alive.
Year: 1869

A BAD BREAK.-We see that a great
deal Of dissatisfaction has been created
among the democracy of San Francisco, on
account of the action of the county central
committee, iu the unjusti6able assumption of
authority in appointing delegates to the
State convention, without giving the masses
Of the party an opportunity to have voice
10 the matter.
Year: 1869

A TYPO IN OFFIcE-M. G. Mcbride,
our newly elected County Assessor, is an old
typo who several years since retired to his
farm and life Of Independence. The craft
will unite with US in rejoicing over this ex.
preston of confidence in an old typo.