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Year: 1877

WHITEwAsH FOR 0UTBUILDINGs.
The following is from the proceedings
Of the New York Farmers Club; The
chairman said that, in response to an
INQUIRY for the best whitewash for barns
and outbuildings, he had received the
following Takea busheI Of well burned
lime, white and unslaked, twenty pounds
Of Spanish whiting. seventeen pounds
ofrock salt, and twelve pounds of brown
sugar. Slake the lime and sift out any
course Jumps and mix it into good
whitewash, with about forty gallons OF
water, and then add the other ingre-
1ient and stir the whole together
thoroughly, and put on two or three
coats with common brush. To make
a cream color, add to the above three
pounds Of yellow ochre fawn color,
four pounds lumber, one pound Indian
red, and one of lampblack if gray
or stone color is wanted, add four pounds
Of raw umber and two Of lampblack


DR. Smith said that be was Of the opin-
ion that sugar was Of no service IN the
making of whiteWash. It was nonsen-
steal to use it 10 such mixture, as it
would do no good, and its use would be
simply waste Of money. The rock
salt mentioned be supposed was course


He could not say whether or not the
latter would improve the mixture. Mr..
FIv said that he had found in his ex-
perience that talloW was a good ingre-
dent for whitewash, but DR.. Smith did
not agree with him, as be thought that
talloW would not mix well with lime.
Year: 1877

CHARCOAL FOR SICK ANNALS
Nearly all sick animals become 50 by
improper feeding in the first place
Nine cases out Of ten the digestion is
wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient
and rapid corrective. It will cure
majority Of cases, if properly admins
tered. An example Of its uses. The
hired man came in with the intelligence
that one Of the finest cows was very
sick, and kind neighbor proposed the
usual drugs and poisons The owner
being i'll and unable to examine the
COW, concluded that the trouble came
from ogereating and ordered teaspoon
full Of pulVerized charcoal to be given
in water. It was mixed, placed in a
junk bottle, the head turned upward,
and the water turned downward. In
FIVE minutes improvement was visible,
and 10 few hours the animal was in
the pasture quietly grazing Another
instance Of equal success occurred with
a young heifer which had become badly
bloated BY eating green apples after q
hard wind. The bloat was so severe
that the sides were as hard as barrel


The old remedy, saleratus, was tried
for correcting the acidity. But the at
tempt to put it down always caused
coughing and it did little good. Half
teacupful Of fresh powdered charcoal
was given. In six hours all appear
ance Of the bloat had gone, and the
heifsr was well.-Raral Ne,0 Yorker.
Year: 1877

attention now its future culture will be
rendered both easy and agreeable. Nor
should the garden be over-large Many
make the mistake Of preparing and
planting large surface in tie spring,
when more pressing farm work com
ing on the garden is too often neglected.
and the weeds thus allowed to take un-
disputed possession. Better properly
prepare aud make rich half the quantity
beforehand than to wait until spring
and then hurriedly prepare and plant
an acre or two in a sloVenly manner,
only to see it run away with weeds and
its cultivation perhaps given over as a
hopeless job.
Year: 1877

The GARDEN-Now is the best time
Of the year to begin the garden. By
blowing or spading it deep now the
earth will not only be lOoseusd and
the worms and insects thrown up to be
destroyed by the winter frost, but if the
work is accompanied with liberal sup
ply Of manure the frosts and winter
rains will the more readily pulverize
and mix together the soil and manure,
and make ready the plant-food by spring
Comfort, health and economy all de-
mend that the garden should not be
neglected, and By giving it the above
Year: 1877

A man who prided himself on his
morality, and expected to be saved BY
It, was constantly saying Il am do


ing pretty we'll, on the whole.
sometimes get mad and swear, but
then I am perfectly houest. I work
on Sunday when am particularly
busy, but give good deal to the
poor, and I never was drunk in my
life. This man hired a csny Scotch
man to build fence around his pas
ture lot. Ho gave him very particu-
lar directions. In tho evening, when
the Scotchman came 10 from work,
the man said : We'll, Jock, is the
fence built, and is 1t tight and
strong T Il Gamma just say It is all
dght and strong Jock replied, but
it's q good average fence, anyhow.
If some parts are a little weak, other
parts are extra strong. I dom know
but may have left little gap here
aud there, a yard or 80 wide but


then made up for it by doubling
tho number of rails on csch side OF
tho gap. I dare say that the cattle
will find II q good fence, on the
whole. and will ike it, Joanna just
say that IL is perfect in every part. ;"


what cried the man, not seeing the


point do you tell me that you
built . fence around my lot with
weak placss and gaps In it. Why
might 90 we'll have built no fence at
all II theres one opening, or place
where an opening can be made, tho
cattle will be sure TO hnd II, and will
60 through. Don't you know, man
that o fence must be perfect, or it is
worthless !" 4 used 10 think 30,
said the Scotchman but I hear
you talk 80 much about averaging
matters with the Lord il seems TO
me that We might try it with the
cattle. II an average fence will not
do for them. I am afraid an average
character will not do in the day Of
Judgment" ~
Year: 1877

THE Statesman says that everybody in


Austin are in favor of female suffrage.
1t argues that if the negro and Mexi,
can are allowed to have voice in the
municipal government that it would
be well TO infuse in the mass the leaven
OF woman's honesty and truthfulness.
Woman's honesty and trutbfulness are
very good in their proper places, but Il
was never intended that they should
sacrifice them in an election. What
would the editor of the Salesman think
70 see his grandmother mounted on a
mule electioneering to rush her choice
candidate through red hot campaign.
Year: 1877

AN effort viii be made this winter to
induce congress to abolish the Office of
pension agent, and provide for the pay.
ment Of pensions by check directly
from the treasury of the United States.
II this could be done we doubt not il
would be much more economical than
the present system, and therefore much
more satisfactory to the country AT
large. The movement to effect such a
change can scarcely succeed. for the
pension agencies have proved in the
past very convenient positions for the
yindications OF christian statesmen.
Year: 1877

THg late rains stagnated business
throughout the state besides doing
great damage TO the unpicked cotton,
yet trade is again looking up and Texas
will soon outgrow thsse petty losses.
Year: 1877

Now that slavery is dead and the
union restored in fact as well as in name
the tie that unites the solid south has
ceased 70 be n living one II is histori.
cal aud sentimental. The same il true
of the solid north
Year: 1877

An incident that would suggest mate
rial for play or novel took place in
the Quarter Sessions Saturday. His
Honor Judge Kirkpatrick was dispos,ng
Of the complaints of matrons whose hus-
bands had deserted them. So many
cases Of an aggravated character had
been brought up that it began to look as
If the man biped in domestic state was
a great and constitutional offender. The
sympathies Of tie audience were grow
ing in favor of oppressed women. This
tendency was heightened BY the en-
trance OF a very pale, spare, benign
looking lady. apparently of culture and
refinement, dressed in a neat, dark fab
rie. She was accompanied by a sweet
young girl Of about fifteen. very taste
fully dressed in the latest fashion OF hat,
onyx ornaments, and also some dark
texture, and a little child of three or
four. in a light and also tasteful dress.
Great was the sympathy for the LADY,
like mother when she arose and in low
voice and refined language told how she
had been deserted by her husband, how
he had failed TO provide for her support
and that of her two interesting children.
An old and accomplished lawyer. her
counsel drew her statement with an ef-
feet almost dramatic. His Honor va.
affected. ANY man. with sympathetic
nature would be. His Honor called
upon the husband to stand up, and all
eyes turned upon the culprit.


He was tall. thin Irishman, aged,
perhaps, fifty. gray-haired, and with
mild, careworn features. His boots
were too large: his coat hung about him
IN folds that suggested be had once been
4 stouter man: he wore no collar, his
sh'r' at the neck was frayed, bu, clean
Year: 1877

RUSSIAN DIsCiPLISE.-Al,caiy the
Russian soldier, with hazv notion of
right and wrong in war, begins to ask
whether he ought not TO massacre ali
Turks, whom he thinks of As unclcan
animals. Their officers restrain them
now; but how long will they be able e.
do so. For, understand, Russian d;sci-
pline is very different from Prussizu
Here the man, within certain bounds, is
accustomed TO do as much As he plcascs.
The officers supcrintcnd the men very
little. have seen nothing like a reg
ular attendance at stables. There was
no roll call Yesterday, and during the
whole night men wandered backwards
and forwards in and out Of the camp.
Al two in the morning they began TO
cook: with the earliest light hey were
drinking milk from the captured cows


The commander OF battery is de-
barred by their customs from entering
the park unless ten or dozen of The
men, at least. are there before him. and
altogether there is a freedom for tie
soldier unknown to the English army.
The other day some of the men OF DRAG
omirors Division who were in the boats
crossing were told by their officer 20
open FIRE. "No, no." said they. Our
old man. meaning Dragomirof, told
us not TO shoot till we were out of
the boats" And they would not shoot
because they love Dragomirof and be-
lieve IN HIM.


Being anxious to avoid mistake into
which those have fallen who have only
one model for an army, am anxious I,
say that the Russians have discipline
which suits them and is strong enough,
but it is the discipline of the Thirty
Years War rather than the time of
Frederick, and the soldier will be car
ried forward by enthusiasm and the hab-
it of looking higher than himself rather
than driven.-Cor. Loadsn Times.
Year: 1877

The peace Of the nation rests with the
whites OF the South. II they viii make
justice, humanity, moderation and order
the guiding principles of their conduct al
will rebound to the prosperity and happi-
ness Of that region, and also affec. the whole
country with its benign influence: hut If
they practice outrage and prescription and
Acknowledgement of the blacks. then for
their folly win come desolation. CONNER
cial ruin and hopeless anarchy.
Year: 1877

We take the liberty to predict that in
less than thirty days the Russian army VIII
have crossed the river Pruth and secured
an armed conflict with the Turks: and We
further prorhesy that when the war is
ended the map Of Europe will be consider.
ably changed. The Russian army wiz 60
to Constantinopls before its commander
will be satisfied, but ii viii wade through
q sea of blood On the march.
Year: 1877

THIS country needs first peace, and then
lively getting back to where thousand
dollars looks like large sum and ten thou
sand Is q comfortable fortune: and these
things are in store for America, to be real
ized bt no distant dsy.
Year: 1877

OFFICIAL figures show that last yesr
one in fifty seven firms In the Middle States
failed; in the West, one in every seventy
two; In New England. one in every fifty
nine; and in the South, one in every sixty
four. This ruinous rate OF failures was
caused by trading on risky credit Il will
be a lesson for large firms, but one rather
late for those who had TO learn it from
experience
Year: 1877

The Democra,s, 10 their estimation of
the vote for the Speaker OF the next House,
claim thirteen majority. This estimation
will grow beautifully less by degrees as
the time approaches for the election.
Year: 1877

of plaster made him nil right again. save the Wenk
ness ensuing from the loss OF 80 much blood.
What ia most singular about the Alfair Is that
Mciicw refuses to prosecute, most probably be-
cause there is some eecret ut the bottom which ne
does not wish to reveal.
Year: 1877

SALT FOR Cows A correspondent
in the Country Gentleman says that
his experience in the milk business
is decidedly in favor of free use of
salt for cows giving milk both sums
mer and winter. One winter he fed
hay that had been salted when it
was put In, and fed no salt in addi.
ton as it was unnecessary. After
that hay was gone he fed hay that
was not salted. The milk decreased
in quantity day after day for a cou-
pie Of weeks, causing him to wonder
what was the matter, when suddenly
he remembered that the cows were
having no salt. He then commence
ed to feed salt regularly. and in a
few days the flow Of milk was up
to its usual quantity. Farmers
should not neglect to give their ani>
mails salt II improves their appear
ance, gives relish to their food,
keeping up q hearty appetite, i'm
pro YES the quantity Of milk +; hence,
butter Of better quality and flavor.
Fattening animals need salt, and in
feeding it should not be neglected.
Salt helps digestion, keeps the AMI.
mails in healthy condition, and ena'
bles them, by making the food more
palatable and nutricious, to lay on
flesh faster and more solid
Year: 1877

Two men yesterday went into a liquor saloon on
Forue,h street. and, after calling for Two glasses Of
lager, rendered a ten-dollar bill IN payment Tho
change was returned, aud the man, putting a five.
dollar bill in his pocket. gave back the other "a %
with ten cents ho had borrowed from his fricnd asking
for another s5. The clerk handed HIM one and while
the latter was counting tho money tho man pushed
back the hvedolar bill again and said he would rah ,r
have ton. The unsuspccting barkccpcr, not seeing
the ruse, gave the man q ton dollar bill for his
change and the bill that he had just handed him. and
lost bis place In consequence
Year: 1877

The Chinese have custom well
worthy Of imitation. They endeavor to
make each year Of life bear its own
burdens and complete its own work.
AS the old year goes out and the new
one comes In, every man makes special
effort 70 pay his debts that be may
once more begin square with the world,
Year: 1877

a strange discovery is reported from
the lake of Geneva. a tourist having
lost his trunk, two divers were employ
ed to search for it. While they were
below water they found what they sup
posed to be n village, since covered by
the lake. Their statement led to an in
vestigation of the spot by the municipal
authorities, who took measures TO ascer-
tain the truth of the extraordinary ac-
count of the divers. On covering the pla-
cidsurface with oil, these latter were able
to distinguish the plan of town,
streets, squares, and detached houses
marking the bed of the lake. The rud-
dy hue which characterized them led
the observers to suppose that the build
ings had been covered with the famous
vermillion cement which was used by
the Celts, Cimbri, and the early Gauls.
There are about two hundred houses
arranged over an oblong surface, near
the middle of which is a space more
open, supposed TO have been used for
public assemblages. AT the eastern ex-
tremity lies large square tower, which
was taken for rock. A superficial III
vestigation seems to indicate that the
construction of these buildings dates
from some centuries before our era.
The Council of Vaud has decided to
have the site of the dwellings inclosed
by jetty stretching from the land,
and TO drain of the water, SO as to
bring to light what promises to be one
of the most interesting archaeological
discoveries of our day. London Tele
graph.
Year: 1877

At social gathering at Meriden,
Conn, young man proposed the form
alton of a Shakespeare club. But his
ardor was somewhat dampened by the
discovery that there was only one per-
son in the room who had ever heard of
Shakespeare, and that was a young wo-
man who thought IL was something like
parlor croquet.
Year: 1877

Miss Adelaide Nelson visited the Vir-
ginia Legislature recently, and was the
target of many admiring glances shot by
the Solons of the Old Dominion. As
she turned to depart, one of the delegates
was speaking. Although he was address,
ing the Speaker, he managed at the same
time to hear that the actress was leaving
the House. He looked around to see
her before she left, and as his eyes fell
upon her he stopped in the middle of a
sentence. in the midst of the most con-
vincing part of his argument and in the
most eloquent portion of his speech. He
forgot Speaker, House, and Common
wealth. "Mr. Speaker-'er-'er-'er !;
yes, Mist-'er-'er-Speaker," but he
could get no further on. 1t was evident
that he could not speak and look at Miss
Nelson at the same time. This wander
ing of mind and eyes was more than even
the sedate, stately, and grim House
could stand. The House of Delegates
of Virginia roared. This restored Mr..
Clarke, and, like man who had walked
from a dream, he went on with his
speech. When the fair Juliet was at the
Boston Theater, three or four years ago,
one of our most accomplished Legislators
at that time took front seat every night,
and when the lady left here and went to
Providence, he, too, was there to join in
her enthusiastic welcome.
Year: 1877

The proverb that many things fall out
between the cup and the lip is a literal
version of one in Latin" Multo inter
pocula libra cadunt," the origin of which
was as follows: A king of Thrace had
planted vineyard, when one of his
slaves, whom he had much oppressed in
that very work, prophesied that he
should never taste of the wine produced
in it. The monarch disregarded the
prediction, and when at an entertain
ment he held a glassful of his own wine
made from the grapes of that vineyard,
he sent for the slave and asked him
what he thought of his prophecy now !;
to which the other replied, "Many
things fall out between the cup and the
lip" and had scarcely delivered this
singular response before the news was
brought in that a monstrous boar was
laying waste the favorite vineyard. The
king, in rage, put down the cup which
he held in his hand, and hurried out
with his people to attack the boar; but,
being too eager, the boar rushed upon
him and killed him without his having
tasted of the wine. Such is the story
related by some of the Greek writers,
and, though evidently apocryphal, ii
certainly is productive of good practi.
cal moral.
Year: 1877

A SIMPLE way to make long dress
short for wear in the streets is to place
small brass rings on the back breadths in
a manner to slope like the train and then
raise it by means of linen tape or cord
which is run through them.
Year: 1877

is to youth, and the stern truths of phi
losophy are as fatal to the fictions of the
one as the chilling testimonies of ex-
perience are to the hopes of the other
Cotton.


$50 there's another rupture of Mount
Vociferous," said Mrs. Partington, as
she put down the paper and put up her
specks; +" the paper tells us about the
burning lather running Down the noun
tain, but it don't tell us how it got on
fire."


LAY your finger on your pulse and
know that at every stroke some immor-
tai passes to his Maker; some fellow
being crosses the river of death and if
we think of it we may well wonder that
it should be SO long before our turn
comes.


FORTY millions of people, dedicated
from infancy to alteration of the palla-
dunn of their liberties, will some time or
other flop over upon the inventor of
"bulldozing" and mash him down,
down, down into the night of ofeyerlasting
nothingness.
THE murmuring moonbeams their music are mix


ing;


The wandering wombat is watching the wave;
The frolicsome frog his finances is fixing,


And the grasshopper gropes in his grandmother's


grave.


Yet dark are the dangers and doubts that distress


me,


horrible heaviness hangs on my heart;
Come, Caroline, come, calm, console and caress me,
And tickle my taste with turnover tart.
Then vanish, ye vain and voluminous vapors,


That buzz in my bosom and bother my brain;
Or promptly I'll publish your pranks in the pa


pers,


And lay up my lutte till I'm lucid againI


NJ Y. Evening Mail


DANBURY Neans: A back-woods chap
sent an Iowa editor a poem. The next
day the paper poured out half column
of scarcasm against the young man, and
said that the poetry was not worthy of
an eight-year-old school boy. Then the
rural lad sent the editor a copy of
Horace's Odes, with the leaf turned
down whence he had copied the trashy
poem."


A MAN noted for his close-fsted pro-
pensities was showing an old coin to
neighbor, when the latter asked, "Where
did you get itT' az dug it out of my
garden" was the reply. "It is pity
you didn't find it in the cemetery" said
the neighbor. "Why so?" asked the
coin.owner. Because you could have
saved the hole to be buried in" was the
somewhat unexpected reply.


Worlds interview with a millionaire: {:
81 tell you, sir, this winter is awful hard
on the rich man. He doesn't even eat
his dinner in peace. How can he, when
there are forty thousand who are dinner
less? His money gets to be reproach
to him, and he feels as if he'd like to
give the whole of it way in one lump,
and try the luxury of being poor for a
while. But you needn't say anything
about that, or Tll have fresh battalion
here tomorrow, and half the idlers in
town will be writing me letters. In fact,
1 wouldn't say anything about it if l
were you; but it's fact, the rich man
suffers in hard winter good deal more
than the poor man. You take my word
for it. And the poor don't pity him a
| hit -
Year: 1877

The work Of the sun Is slow,
But as sure as heaven, we know


30 wen not forget


When the skies are wet
There's green grass under the snow.
When the winds of winter blow,
Wailing like veices Of woe,


There are April showers,


And buds, and flowers,
And green grass under the snow.
We find that it's ever so
In this life's uneven flow,


We've only to wait


In the face of fate
For the green grass under the snow.
II our paths must diverge, be it so;
For whatever betides US, we know


II we'll only be strong


We shall see before long
The green grass under the snow.
Year: 1877

It's stated in the Turf, Field, and Farm
that the farmers in Nebraska have COM
menced the domestication of the buffalo.
The wild animals, while young, are in
troduced among herds of the tame stock,
only one or two at a time. Half and
quarter breed are found to be very hardy,
and in the yield of milk the cows raised
of mixed stock give even more than the
average yield of rich milk. The expert
ment promises well, as the endurance of
the wild animals is impaired to the do
mestic stock. In this way the extermi-
nation of the species will take new
form, and when wild buffaloes become
legendary creatures the progeny of the
race will still exist in modified, though
probably more useful form.
Year: 1877

WHEN young man encircles his
partners waist for dance, he will do
wisely to keep his fingers still. Nothing
aggravates young lady more than to
imagine you are trying to count the
whalebones in her dress.
Year: 1877

THE WAR.
Mastery Strategy Of the Russian


Commander.
NICOPOlIS A BLAZING RUIN.
The Great Question of a Crossing
Point Undecided Until the


Last Moment.
A CORRESPONDENTS NARRATIVE
Use Of the Electric Light by


the Russians.
Year: 1877

There is said to be a young man in
the Missouri penitentiary whose parents
at their death left him fortune of $50,-
00O There is where his parents made a
fatal mistake. If they had taken the
precaution to invest that sum in small
dog and shoot him, and then had simply
left the young man jack-plane or
wood saw, with printed instructions how
to use it, the chances are that, instead
of being in the penitentiary, he would
to-day haye been gradually but surely
working his way up to handsome and
honorable old age. But ever since the
days of Adam and Eve, parents have
made it a point to toll and struggle all
their lives in order to realize a
sufficient sum of money to purchase,
when they are dead and gone, their sons
each irst-class through ticket to the
devil, and it is not so much to be won
dered at that so many of their sons,
reared in vice and idleness, as too many
of them are, have no higher ambition
than to invest their inheritance in just
that sort of transportation