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Year: 1874

CHAPPED HANDS "A lady sends
the Cincinnati Gazstts the following


remedy TOR chapped hands l send
herewith the best aGd cheapest that l
ever found. l have used it success
July upward of 40 years. Get good
river sand (for the white sandstone is
the best) /; pound it up fine; get your
washing water ready as usual, warm
or Geld. Dip your hand in the water,
then use good soap freely; now take
a small lump of white lead, sufficient
TO cover your ban S, and with this a
large teaspot niul OF the sand rub
well with only sufficient on your hands
to raise good lather after good rub


blng wash eff the lead and sand. then
repeat the operations one or tive times
more. The next day give them an
other such treatment. In this way
you will have good, clean, soft hands.
Year: 1874

There is a very radical article in
December number of FrGzer's Mdga
zine upon farming. The writer's be-
lief is that in the time to come. a farm
will be an immense food factory car
ried on by company. The companies
will be JOINT stock concerns, issuing
shares OF from $50 TO $3.50 each aid
working from 5000 acres. The build
ings of the farm (such is the scheme J
must be placed upon the highest point
of land, so that water and manure
may be conveyed over the surface by
gravitation. Machinery is among
other services, TO shear the sheep. A
whole staff Of butchers viii be en-
ployed TO kill ard cut up bullocks and
transmit the meat INTO pieces suitable
for the London market stIsight to the
salesman, without the intervention OF
dealer. The salesman will be in the
company's employ and only sell their
meat. The company will mske an
effort to get more than one crop in a
year But the most surprising of the
results which await the future OF farm
ing will be the Iipening of crops by
means of an electric current passing
through the plants, or by some other
kind OF artificial heat.


One poiut of which The writer makes
much is the impossibility of profit In
England from the cultivation OF 'heat.
Wheat is almost the only agricultural
product which has not risen since 1870
The only sort of corn which is much
dearer now than then is barley, the
reason being That barley is used III dis
tillation and brewing. la the last fifty
year meat and dairy products have
greatly risen in price. Wheat remains
the same, notwithstanding the rise in
the price OF labor and the increase in
rents. No increase OF demand has any
important effect upon the price of cora
A rise in wheat will bring any quanti'
ty of it TO England. The importation
OF wheat by England IN 1859 was ) =
100000 Of quarters, or 10000, ,OOC
bushels: In 1871 the importation wa
10000. 900 quarters. Yet the price o.
wheat in 1871 was lower than in 1860
1t is very plain, says the writer il
Frazer, that wheat cultivation can N
longer be profitable, and it would b,
better to use the land thus occupied {,
raise produce, which must be importe,
to England at loss. 0se of the dit
ficulties which the farmer must NEE
is TO find some green produce Thicl
will take the place OF wheat in th


rotations of crops. This obstacle tn
author of the article thinks yer
, serious one.
Year: 1874

Yesterday morning, about 7:SO, while . seoW
loaded with sand was being polled across
the Eastern brahch from the Uniontown side
an accident occurred which resulted in the
drowning of a eolored man named Philip Mere,
dith, about so years Of age, aud resident Of
HoWardtoWn. II seems that when the scow
got near the draw in the navy yard bridge the
current carried it against the bridge, and the
deceased put his pole against one Of the piles
ana tried to push the scow of, but the pole
slipped and he fell against the bridge, cutting
his face, and sank in the water to rise no more
alive. A short time after the body was re-
covered by boy named Willie Hutchinson
and taken in charge by Sergeant Hollinburg
and Officer Philip Harbin, who bad it conveyed
to shed near the bridge.


The coroner was notified, but after viewing
the body and hearing the statements of those
who were present when the accident occurred
he decided an inquest unnecessary and gave
the usual burial certificate.
Year: 1874

To a criminal neglect Of preventive medication
may be ascribed majority Of the ailments which
affect humanity. 1t Is q Well-asceTtained fact,
resting on the experience Of twenty years, that q
course Of Hostetter's Stomach Bltters will put
even q naturally feeble system in such q state oil
defence that It will be competent to resist the
most prevalent causes of disease, such as the
malign influence Of miasma, unwholesOme water
excessive heat damp, cold, sudden changes Of
temperature, sc. Yetthere are thousands OF per.
sons living in perpetual peril from one or more OIL
these causes, who recklessly omit to avail them.
selves Of the absolute protection which this fam.
bilious remittent fevers rheumatism, general de.
bility, nervous weakness and irregularities of the
STOMACH, bowels and liver would be compare
universal use in the districts where they princi
pally prevail.
Year: 1874

At this final Concert everything will be upon .
scale corresponding with its increased Importance.
The music will be rendered by orchestra con-
sistng hundred performers selected for their
fame in different lands, and the unprecedented
of
Year: 1874

A PARsoN, who was not over
promptly paid by his parish
toner's, on entering the church
one Sabbath morning, met one
of the most wealthy of his
flock and asked the loan of a
sovereign. Certainly said the
man, at the same time hand
ing over the coin. Dominic
put it into his pocket; and
preached his preach in most
capital style, and on coming
down, handed the identical
sovereign to the man from
whom he borrowed 1t. why
exclaimed The lender, you have
not used the money at all.'-
1T has been of great service to
me nevertheless replied the
parson; Il always preach so
much better when I have mon
ey ID my pocket The hint
was taken, and the rest of his
salary was got together the
following afternoon.
Year: 1874

If all business men would
use the "return' stamped en-:
velope, there would be scarce:
ly a possibility of letters being
accidentally lost or mlscarrled:
If the letter shonld be put In
without any address at all, as
is frequently the case, it would
be Immediately returned to the
sender, if his card was printed
on it.
Year: 1874

A GOOD advertisement in
sures a business connection on
the most permanent and indei
pendent basis, and is in a GER
tain sense a guarantee to the
customer of lair and moderate
prices. Experience has shown
that the dealer whose wares
have obtained a public celeb:
rity is not only enabled to sell
but is forced to sell at reasona:
BILE rates, and to furnish a good
article.
Year: 1874

The general stock speculation at the opening of
the new week and month is dull and devoid of
interest as well may be, and in view of the ap-
preaching warm season, it is difficult infuse any
life or activity iuto dealings Tue market now pre-
scnts appearance of being sold down not so much
for speculative purposes for the purpose of getting
out of stocks rather than carry them over the Sum-
months So the leading shares were weak and
lower, notably Lake Shore, which, with Erie led
the market. Next to these in point of interest were
Wabash Northwest. Pacific Mail, Telegraph and
Union Pacific. In none of these stocks was there
any special interest. The general market closed
weak The opening, highest lowest, and closing
nricns of htocks were as fnllnws.
Year: 1874

Money has been abundant and easy at about per
cent as the ruling rate on call. prime discounts NOV
ing on the basis of and per cent.


Government bonds were dull, but in a general way
maintained their late degree of strength We annex
Year: 1874

A LARGER APPROPRIATION ASKED FOR IN ORDER


THAT THE POLICE FORCE MAY BE INCREASED


The following is the estimate of what 1t Will
cnst 10 carry on the Department OF Public Parks ID
Year: 1874

| The extreme sensitiveness of the


mammary functions in cows to the inf1u-
| ences of cold, fatigue, excitement un-
pleasant Odors, &c, is indeed surprising.
| We have been greatly interested in OBJ


serving the effects of cold upon the milk
| secretion as seen in the herd of COWS


upon the farm.


| During the summer, in hot days in


July and August, the animals restorted


to the lake to drink, and after shaking
their thirst, they would wade into the
| water and remain sometimes an hour or
two with the legs half immersed. This
| habit it was found invariably diminished
the How of milk at night, and In order


to learn the extent of the diminution
careful observations were made. It was


ascertained that standing in the water


an hour diminished the flow to the


amount of eight or ten quarts in herd


of thirteen cows. The loss was so great


that whenever they resOrted to the


water they were driven away to the


pasture at once. We have learned that


from simply turning the herd into the


yard upon cold day in winter, and al


lowing them to remain fifteen minutes,


the flow of milk was diminished to O
serious extent, and consequently the
animals are not allowed to leave the


warm stable during the entire winter
except for a brief period upon warm,
sunshiny days. Water is brought directly
from a well into the barn, and the
drinking vessels are arranged SO that
the animals have to move but step or
two to supply their wants. The nature
Of the water supply, and 'conveniences
OF access, are most important points in
the management of milch cows. A
draught OF ice-cOld water, taken by a
cow in winter, cuts short the milk yield
for the day from one to two pints. Well
water drawn into vessels, and allowed
to stand few hours covered, in the
warm, bran, has it's temperature raised
several degrees, and this practice should
be adopted by all thrifty farmers. 1t
would undoubtedly pay well to slightly
warn the water, but this is attended
with considerable Inconvenience where
large herds are kept, unless steam ap-
paratus is used. The influence of a cold
current of air, and cold drinking water,
upon cows in milk, is not of transient
nature; it extends for O longer period
than day or week. Many fine ami
mails are ruined by careless exposures
every year, and self-interest and feelings
of humanity should prompt all cow
owners to keep diligent watch over their |
welfare and comfort journal of |
Chemistry. - ..a. ats.l ..s.
Year: 1874

What have you been doing all the
day '" said father to his boy, who had
been set to husking corn in the barn.
and had husked only half O basketfnl'
Il am catching rats, sir" "Catchinr
rats; How many have you cauehtYs
when get the one I am now after
and two more it will make three ~
Year: 1874

GRASS AND P0RK.-Feed more grass.
These three words contain and exDlain


the entire theory of that practice by


which any one can make hog raising


barring the cholera-as profitable as the
raising OF any other Kind of stock, il
not more SO, on account of their ready
sale IN any market every year, When


say feed more grass, ] do not mean to
advise you to turn your soWs and pigs,
sn0ats and stock hogs upon short crop
OF any kind of grass, or upon an old
field In which the noxious weeds and
bTlers luxuriate, OF from which the
cream of the best and richest heritage
has been cropped by your bunch of
mules, cattle or horses, and then, expect
your, hogs to flourish, grow and fatten
tor the market, without feeding the corn
at all. BY no means; for hogs.
Kept on such pasture must have
corn, and that in ample quantities
every day, it you would realize anything
from their growth. @ ...iI -


A small but excellent hog raiser fol-
lowed these rules: He fed about sixty
i've acres in clover and rye; while the
clover was growing rapidly, he turned
IN the smaller ones, and when it bios
sOmed, he turned them all in until the
rye was ripe enough, turned them all on
rye to eat it down, and in this way the
clover and the rye reseeds fields for
years. Before the clover came, there
was always a. good blue grass pasture.
The frst OF October they were put IN
and finished on corn. On this plan his
hogs were alawys healthy and his pork
cheaply made,
Year: 1874

Here is the most beautifully bad
oonullrum which we have ever
met with, and we have rarely. met
with a good one: What is the
difference between a gauze dress
and a drawn tooth? Answer (but
really, We hope it will be we'll un-
derstood chat we didn't guess it !;
and still better understood than the
conundran is none Of ours) z Be-
cause one is tooth in and the other
is tooth out. ji
Year: 1874

It is certain that active and intelligent mill in Pima county, for the reduction of gold and silver ores Careful examina- tions of mines and late discoveries of ledges are now being made with reference to thls enterprise. It is not, we under stand, question of means to construct, but of the best locality in which to con- struct the works. That there is an op- portunity to operate one or more mills profitably in this county at this very time, we have no doubt, There has not been so much work upon mines in this county within the memory of men living here, as there is now, and prospecting parties are out In every direction and are constantly bringing in specimens which if found in California or Nevada, would set the mining operators wild with ex- citement.

 It is beginning to occur to some of our leading men that the true and certain prosperity of themselves lies in stock. io1oiAS aHu ulul1S, huQ IL lS Ouc Ol Lue most hopeful signs of the times, locally speaking, to observe this turn of affairs. Scrambling for and even the getting of government contracts are uncertain in their results. One successful mining and milling operation in a community is worth much more than a military post, and the man or men who secure it have no fear of being busted or of failing to control it beyond single year. The pro- ducts of miners are available at all times, and often government funds are not to be had for long time after earned. It will be happy period in Arizona's history when agriculture, stock-raising and min ing shall be our chief supports; and instead of figuring for another govern ment contract, the figuring will be to open and put in paying condition another mine, or collect another herd of stock, or bring into cultivation another piece of land. With a couple of years more of Gen. Crooks war power over the Apaches, we think this happy period will be nearly if not fully reached,
Year: 1874

In the bound of mine own inclosure The flowers are fair to see; But the rose in my neighbours garden Is fairer than all to me. So white and slender and stately, So gemmed with sparkling dew, This rose, that blooms for another, Is the sweetest that ever grew. My heart to Its grace and beauty

 Goes forth as to shrine; And sigh to it's mystical fragrance "If it were only minen' And yet, if not my neighbor

 But I, in fee and thrall, Held all that marvellous glory

 On the other side of the wall, might, perhaps grow weary Of it's royal pomp and grace, And love with my love some daisy With shy, uplifted face. For since the gates of Eden

 Were shut on Adam and Eve, The flowers we have are never

 So sweet as the flowers we leave; And rich within my garden

 Though many a flower might be, The rose that bloOmed for another Might seem the best to me,
Year: 1874

V operation, we are prepared to furnish the market with quality of Flour, which we guarantee far superior to any manu- factured in the Territory, and fully equal to the very best imported from California. We will keep constantly on hand at the Mill, and at our several agencies
Year: 1874

The kernels of peach pits will cure
heartburn: Eat two or three day un
til relieved.


One drop of the spirits of turpentine
Ii applied immedistely-wil generally
deaden the pain of an ordinary bee sting
and stop the swelling \


Asthma is sometimes cured with a
mixture of two ounces Of honey and
one ounce Of castor oil Take tea
spoonful night and morning.


Alum water is good for frosted feet
Bathe with every night before going
to bed. 1t will generally remove oil
pain and soreness ia three or four days,


A simple cure for hoarseness is tbiss
I s'False the whiie of twp eggs ard sbsat
them, ard two spo6nflHs or wiiste NJ
gar, CRATE in a little nutmeg, and then
add a pint of lukewarm water. Stir
well and drink often


A poison of any conceivable descrip-
tion may be rendered almost iustanta
neously harmless. to most persons, BY
swallowing two glls of sweet oil. An
Individual with very strong constitu
ton should take twice that quantity
The oil will neutralize every form of
vegetable or mineral poison with which
doctors are acquainted
Year: 1874

A lady, while engaged in the pursuit
of her domestic duties, encountered q
mouse in the -four barrel Now, most
ladies under similar circumstances would
have uttered few feminine shrieks and
sought safety in the garret But this
one possessed more than the ordinary
degree of feminine courage. She sum-
moned the hired man and told him to
get the shot gun, Call the bulldog, and
station himself at convenient distance.
Taen she climbed haif way up stairs
and commenced to punch the -four bar
rel vigorously with a pole, Presently
the mouse made its appearance and
started across the floor. The dog at
once went in pursuit. The man fired
off his gun and the dog fell dead The
lady tainted and fell down the stairs, land
the hired man, thinking that she was
killed, and fearing that he would be ar
rested for murder, disappeared aud has
not been seen since The mouse es.
elped.
Year: 1874

The discontented woman" says the
Saturday Review, 'swouid seem sto be
becoming an unpleasantly familiar type
of Character. A really contented wo-
man, thoroughly well pleased with her
duties and her destiny, NAV almost be
sal to be the exception rather than the
rule in these days of tumultuous revolt
from all fixed conditions, and vagrant
energies searching for interest in new
spheres of thought and action 1t
seems impossible to satisfy the discon-
tented woma. by any means short of
changing the Whole order of nature and
society TO her benefit And even then
the chances are that she would get
wearied Of her own work, and like
Alexander, weep for more worlds to re-
arrange according to her own liking,
with the power to take or to leave, as
her humpr might decide, the duties she
had voluntarily assumed, as she claims
now the power of discarding those
which have been given her from the
beginhing."
Year: 1874

NS "A OHIIIUTHIa WTHtF, IUHU Uf WHIo-
Ky, attempted TO obtain a drink sarrep-
titously from a soda water bottle which
the foreman had in box in the wagon
Watching when the overseer had turned
away for a minute, he slipped up to the
wagon, slyly inserted his hand, took out
the soda water. bottle and swallowed the
contents: hu, Just then the foreman dis
covered him, and saw that he had drunk
bottle OF quicksilver instead of the
coveted whisky All the window glass
in the neighhorhood was collected, and
that miner WAS kept busy for two days
breathing on the pancs to convert them
into mirrors.
Year: 1874

SONG OF THE DECANTER.
A LITERARY AND TYPOGRAPHICAL CURI


osITY


There was an old deoan-
tor, and its mouth was


gaping wide; the


rosy wine had


ebbed away
and left


its crys-


tai side;


and the wind


went humming


humming;


up and


down the


sides it flew;


and through the


reed-like


hollow neck


the widest notes on it.
blew. placed it on the
window,where the blast was
blowing freeand fancied that
its pale mouth sang the queer
est strains to me. They tell me,
puny couquerors! the Plague has
slain his ten aud War his hundred
thousands of the very best Of men;
but T"-'twas thus the bottle spoke
"but have conquered more than all your
famous couquerors. so feared and famed Of
yore Then come,ye youths and maidens, come
drink from out my cup the beverage that
dulls the brain and burns the spirit up:
that puts to shame the conqueror that
.slsy their scores below, for this has
deluged millions with the lava
tide Of woe. Though in the
path Of battle darkest
waves Of blood may
roll,yet while I kill


ed the body have


charmed the very


soul. The chol-


era. the


sword,


snrh ruin never


wrought, As I, in
mirth Or malice, On the
innocent have brought And
still l breathe upon them, and they
shrink before my breath; and year by year
my thousands tread the dismal road to death
Year: 1874

1t is evident that q church has pow
er with men just in proportion as it is
pure. Not that any church is to be
composed of perfect men, but that all
churches should be made up of men
who refrain from habitual wrong-do-
ing and repent sincerely of all lapses
from the path of holiness. At present
the various denominations, little and
large, are full Of coyetous men; that
is, O f idolators. Hundreds have a
name upon church rolls who have no
worship of God in their homes and no
prayer in their hearts. Men are kept
in one church, because if turned out
they will pay to another, and when
too bad to wish for any church they
are dropped, as pastor lately said,
''to avoid discipline That it is,
which has given us our gospel OF sen
timentalism, and filed our churches
with theatre.going, wine-drinking,
card playing, dancing, money-worship-
inc Christians 1t is an attempt to
serve Satan and get to heaven, to fear
the Lord and worship idols, to yoke
Christ and the Devil to sect on
which sinners may ride to glory.
Bad as our case is, there is light as
well as darkness. There are more
than seven thousand who have not
bowed to Baal. There are earnest,
humble, praying men and women.
There are pastors who rise by night
to weep over the desolate city of God
Let them have faith and courage.
Let the alliance between the saint and
sinner in religious matters be broken.
Cast societies for the support Of the
ministry to the moles and the bats.
Let us trust in our God and quit our
selves like men. Let us as Christians
be more er-hearted, honest, liber-
al, and faithful. Then will Zion put
on her beautiful garments, arise and
shine.--[Cynosure.
Year: 1874

IT is said that we are ''creatures OF
habit" Of course we will not deny the
truth of this maxim, for we see too
clearly that habit rules the world. The
boy who stole the pin did not hesi-
tate, after he had got into the habit of
stealing, to rob bis masters cash-box.
The little boy who tooE delight in
torturing flies as they sported on the
window-pane, did not scruple in after.
life to take the life of his fellow.
And this is the way that the prison
gets its inmates, and the gallows its
victim. The culprit does not arrive
at the gallows by single bound it
is not his first sin but he has become
emboldened by habit, and by his i'm
munity from punishment, until at last
he reaps the harvest of his sin-death.


And it is by such small beginnings
as these that the great destroyer gets
his spoil, years before due, not alone
by crime, but by the sins of habit.
Look upon the world, and note the
evil consequences of the indulgence in
morbid habits. Look at that pale,
puny youth, as he walks Ian guidly
along with the cigar in his mouth.
Did nature give him that dread pale
ness ? No; it is acquired by long
course of habit, until at last he is left a
mere shadow. Thousands there are
who find out, only to late, that they
have destroyed their health, and
shortened the term of their natural
life by injurious habits Science of
Health.