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Year: 1866

Il was glad 10 have it in my power to DC
anything my husband wanted me to do,
vas the beautiful reply Of a vile long mar
ricd, Of wealth and position when .sked
her why by ovortaying herself, she indac-
Ell great bodily suffering.


\ man was terribly injured; muslin
bandage was essential to his safety; 1t was
not mt hand, and there was no time to run
for it. \ young woman present disap>
peared, and returned thenext instant with
the requisite article, taken from her under
garment, and the poor man life was saved.


My dear wife, | am hopelessly bank
rnpt,' said merchant, when he entered
his fine mansion, at the close Of day, all
frultess in his endcayor to save himself
when men were crashing around him in
every direction. Tell me the particulars
dearest" said his wife, calmly. On hear
ing them, and his wants to sayc himself
us that all?' and aosenting herself u
moment, she returned with a book, from
between the leaves of which she took bank
note after bank note, until enough was
counted to fully meet all her husbands
requirements, This she said, in reply
to his mingled look OF admiration and as
tonshmcnt, is what have saved for such
a possible day as this, from your
princely allowance forlressing myselfsinco
We were married. >


IF every mother made it her ambition to
mould her daughters heart in forms like
these. who shall deny that many suicide
would be prevented-that many MOBILES
hearted man would be saved from life OF
or drunkard's dreadful
death.
Year: 1866

When Portland was burned by the British
in Its, an infant but a few wee ks old was
removed from house on Fore Street, and
out Of town for safety. The house was burn
ed down. During the conaagration on the
Fourth, tn It same infant was removed from
h.u+e erected on the spot where stood the
one burned by Mowatt. from which, ninety
years ago. she had been removed, and she
was once naore taken to place of safety 1s
was the venerable Miss Hanna Thoro.
Year: 1866

and poor soil. This season is the scaEci-
~ of provisions these crops become spe-
ri*lly important. A large Oat crop
should b. put in so as to afford as early
check as possible next season to the
ruinonS draw upon our resources in pur.
chasing corn f stock. g..


Wheat. The same reasons should in"
fuence US TO rai>e large crops of Wheat.
Owing to urp prutracted summer droughts,
corn is always liable to make failure as
in the past season. The earlier varieties
of heat supply US with food early in
June. The crop can be putin now and
there will be no further trouble in plough"
ing or hoeing. At harvesttime it is safer
from negro thieves than most crops as
they are too lazy to steal anything they
would have to thrash. The wheat crop
is one of the most suitable for receiving
the application of commercial manures.
Two hundred pounds of Peruvian guano
on fair land will generally secure twenty
bushels Of wheat and be followed the
next summer with such a coating Of
grass and weeds that when turned under,
the soil is considerably improved. Reese'S
Pacific guano is also used largely in
Maryland upon this crop to which its
analysis shows it specially suitable. 1t
will be well tQ follow Mr.. Hull's practice
and thoroughly prepare and enrich with
domestic or commercial manures few
acres for the wheat crop and sow clover
seed with the wheat and thus get seve-
raj good crops from one seeding. If it
turns out we'll enlarge the crop another
year and then Reaping and Moving
Machine can be purchased which will re-
lieve you somew hat from depending so
much on freedmen. If the seed is at all
foul wash and soak some hours in strong
brine, Skimrning off the 'smut balls and
light floating matters. Draw off the
brine and roll in lime recently Stacked.
Smut can be prevented also by diss0lving
one pound of bluestone in water enough
to cover five bushels Of seed and soaking
a few hours .-


Clover and Grass Seeds This month
and early in the next are the best for
sowing clover and grass seeds. They may
be SoWn alone but it Is usual to sos them
with winter grain. Wheat and barley
are the. best crops in which to seed.
though they are also sown with oats and
rye. The objection TO the latter crops
being thatthe growth does not
give The clover and young grass enough
light and air, they being always more
vigorous if Sown with wheat or b riley.
Year: 1866

TIE Gravel ensueS from neglect or improper treat
ncnt of the kidneys. These organs being weak, the
water not expelled from the bladder but allowed to
remain it becomes feverish and sediment forms. TITS
from this deposit that the stone is formed and gravel
ensues
Year: 1866

In the natural way Of things the
leaves decay where they fall, and thus
return to the earth more of organic mat
ter than the tree takes from it. In cul-
tivation we do not allow things to go
on in their natural way, but wish some
portions of earth to be unnaturally fer
tile, and we accumulate manures. Be
sides, in our civilization we have certain
ideas Of neatness with which fallen
leaves conflict, and we gather them up
because they have slovenly look that
ofends us. Every leaf should be saved,
and if not allowed to decay and enrich
the ground where it falls, it should be
made to do good service elsewhere. In
our country towns and villages, so gen.
orally planted with shade trees, the crop
OF leaves is blown about and usually
goes to waste. The careful gardener
will be on the lookout for these Nscat-
tered treasures" and gather them all for
preservation. Gathering the autumn
leaves is excellent work for children,
and men and women need not be
ashamed of it, for it is merely accepting
one of the gifts of bountiful Proyi-
dence. Leaves are natures own winter
mulch for the wild flowers of the woods,
and we can have nothing better for our
beds and borders. For bulbs and all
herbaceous plants, strawberries, and all
things requiring winter covering, the
otherwise wasted leaves will be found
most useful Then when we come to
make hot-beds in early spring, they
serve to mix with manure in the pro-
portion of one-fourth to one-half, and
make better heating material than
manure alone. And after having served
this purpose, their vitality is not ex-
hausted. The old heating material,
mixed manure and leaves, thoroughly
rotted, makes a manure that every gar
dener knows the value of. Save the
the leaves then, there is money in them
Year: 1866

Some months ago a country clerical
friend of an NJ. D. came to the city, and
was invited by the doctor to go home
and stay with him over night. After
supper, the guest was shown to his
room, the gas lit, and he left to retire.
Some two hours after, the doctor "snelt
a MICE" and soon discovered that gas
was leaking somewhere about the prem
ises. His first thought was of his coun-
try friend, and so to his room he went
Sure enough, the gas was leaking
The gentleman, upon being awakened,
asked what was the matter. He was
informed that the gas had not been shut
off, and had been leaking. With an
air of sorrow, he rose up and looked
over the foot of the bed at a spot on the
floor under the burner, and asked with
great innocence, did it spoil the car
pet much, doctor?"
Year: 1866

into the most enormous of all corrup-
ton funds an impossibility.


But the character and necessity of the
amendment are too well understood to
need explanation, enforcement, or de-
fence. If it, or some more stringent
one, be not adopted, the loyal people
will be tricked out Of the fruits of the
war they have waged at the expense Of
such unexampled sacrifices of treasure
and blood. 1t never will be adopted
unless it be practically made a condition
Of the restoration of the Rebel States !;
and for the unconditional restoration of
those States the President, through his
most trusted supporters, has indicated
his intention to venture coup d'etQt.
This threat has failed doubly of its pur-
pose. The timid, whom it was expect
ed to frighten, it has simply scared into
the reception of the idea that the only
way to escape civil war is by the cleo
ton of over hundred and twenty Re-
publican Representatives to the Fortieth
Congress. The courageous, whom it
was intended to defy, it has only exas-
perated into more strenuous efforts
against the insolent renegade who had
the audacity to make it. Everywhere
in the loyal States there is an uprising
of the people only paralleled by the
grand uprising Of 1861. The Presi-
dents plan of reconstruction having
passed from policy into a conspiracy,
his chief supporters are now not so much
his partisans as his accomplices; and
against him and his accomplices the
people will this autumn Indignantly re-
cord the most overwhelming Of yerdicts.
Year: 1866

As the wintry weather is with US
once again, and fires are necessary to
domestic comfort, few hints, condens-
ed from diffuse scientific article, will
be found OF interest. Some house.
keepers, in the management of their


fires, seem to suppose that an addition
Of fuel will insure increased combustion,
and deyelOpe additional heat. No idea
can be more mistaken. Coal, and es-
pecially anthracite coal, should be al
ways furnished with a sufficient amount
Of oxygen to keep the fire bright. 1tis
only smothering and retarding the fire
to put in thick layer of coal, or, as
some do, fill the fire. box, from layer
of two inches of ignited coal, to its ut
most capacity, with fresh fuel No
more coal should be put upon fire at
one time than will readily ignite and
give off pure white blaze-not blue
flame, which denotes the presence Of
unconsumed gases-and the fire should
be undisturbed on the top. Another
point in coal economy I'm clearing the
CRATE in the morning there is quantity
Of unburned coal, which has been exter-
nally subjected TO combustion 1t is
covered with ash, and looks like cinder.
1t is often dumped into the ash-box.
The fact is, that the lump is only roasted
on the outside, not even cooked, and is
in better condition for igniting than
the green coal. Never waste it. At
tention to these few hints viii save
many dollars in winter.
Year: 1866

At the battle of the Wilderness a gal.
lant young Mississippian had fallen al
night. Just before burying him, there
came letter from her he loved best


One of the fearful group around hi:
body, a minister, whose tenderness was
womanly, took the letter and laid it up.
on the breast of him whose heroic heart
was stilled. "Bury it with him. He
will see it when he wakes" 1t was the
sublimest sentence of his funeral service,
Year: 1866

As one single drop of black ink
will tinge and pollute a vessel of crystal
water, so one little act of faithlessness
may irredeemably poison whole life
time of the purest friendship and conf
dence. .s.., r..-a
Year: 1866

Have a screw with an eye or ring on
its end; this can be screwed into the end
of the handle of each successive new
broom. 1t is handler to hang up by
than string, though the latter answers
if always used 1t is bad for broom
to leave it standing upon the brush. If
not hung up, always set it away with
the stick end down, 90. Il"


-4D,sric1u Aoriculturist.
Year: 1866

The editor of a country paper says
that he felt called upon to publish Father
Lewis's sermon on the Locality of
He'll" as it was a question in which
nearly all his readers were deeply inter-
ested. IS -
Year: 1866

A LESSON FOR DAD.-An old gen.
tleman farmer, who had two or three
pretty daughters, was SO very anx-
ious of his charge that he would not
permit them to keep the compa-
ny of young men. However, they
adopted the following expedient to
enjoy the society Of their lovers,
without the knowledge of til cir faith
or. After the old man had retired
to rest, the girls would hang a sheet
out of the window, which was quite
distance from the ground. and the
beau would seize hold of it, and
with the assistance of his lady-love,
who tugged Justify at the end above,
would thus gain entrance. 1t so hap
pened that one evening the girls
hung out the sheet rather early; for
the Old gentleman, by some i'll wind,
was blown round the corner, spying
the bed-covcring lie could not coa-
lecture the meaning ofits being
there. lie took hold and endeavored
to pull it down, the girls, supposing
it to be one of their beauX, began to
hoist, and did not discover their
mistake until tho head of the old
man was level with tho window-si'l,
when one of them cried 90 lord, it's
dad!" and letting go their hold,
sousc came the old man on the hard
stones and ground below, dislocating
one of his shoulders, which convinced
him that his efforts to make old
maids of his daughters was not a
matter so easily accomplished and,
withdrawing his opposition to their
keeping company, he was soon ia
ther-in.law.
Year: 1866

nT- Norwcgians are excited over
the state of the oysters found in the
northern latitudcs. Queen Chris
tiana ordered the most eminent men
of the medical profession in the
realm to inquire into the cause. An
investigation revealed the startling
fact that the deaths were produced
by the eating of diseased oysters.
suffering from "pestilential con-
SUMPTION which disease readers
their flesh poisonous
Year: 1866

THE loss of the ill-fated ship Lon-
don, from London to Australia,
occasioned some terrible pictures.
Here is one:


cat that moment, those in the
boat were pitiously called upon by n
lady about twenty-three years of
age, who, with face which was, it is
stated, livid with horror, shrieked
out an offer ofa thousand guineas'
ifyoull take me in." But in that
fearful hour, millions of money
would have been accounted value
less to return would have resulted
in destruction. One Of the seamen
has stated that when the boat was
pnshed off, and the Captain had
wished those in her q God speed,
the men resolved that no danger
should be allowed to accrue to them
from further crowding, and that
some of them drew their knives with
the determination of cutting off the
hands of those who might leap from
the ship and endcavor to cling to
the boats gunwales. 1t is also
stated that long before this, when it
was first made known that the vessel
must go down, passenger brought
on deck carpet-bag, and that on
doing 50, the captain give a short
melancholy laugh, and then smiled,
as one of the passengers expressed
it, sat the preposterous idea of a
mans thinking at such time of his
property"
Year: 1866

A LETTER was mailed in one Of
our post offices the other day that
had no stamp on it, but in place Of
the stamp had the following written
on the corner Of the envelope: "Mr.
Postmaster, don't charge no postage
on this; the stamp wouldn't stick, -
| tore the darnei thing up-"
Year: 1866




4 WORD FOR WIvEs.-IIttle wives.
if ever half-suppressed sigh finds place
with you, or a haif.unloving word escapes
you to the husband whom you love, let
your heart 90 back to some tender word
in those first days of love! Remember
how you loved him then, how tenderly
he wooed you. how timidly you respond
ed, and if you can feel that you have not
grown unworthy, trust him for the same
fond love now IF you do feel that thro'
the many cares and trials of life you have
become less loveable and attractive than
you then were, turn-by all that you love
on earth, or hope for in heaven-.urn
back and be the pattern of loYeliness that
won him; be the ''dear one your attrae-
tions made you then. BE the gentle, low
ing, winning maiden still !; and doubt not
the lover you admired viii live forever in
your husband. Nestle by his side; cling
to his love. and let his confidence in you
never tail; and. my word for it, the hus-
band will be dearer than the lover ever
was. Above all things do not forget the
love he gave you first. Do not seek tc
.'emaneipate" yourself-do not strive tc
unsex yourself and become Lucy stone,
or Rev. Miss Brown; but love the pur-
er, higher honor ordained by our Savior
of old-that of loving wife. A happy
wife, blessed mother, can have no high
er station, needs no greater honor.
Year: 1866

A RAT SToRY-There is living In
St Louis at the present time man of
fine education, loug past the meridian of
life, who has seen better days, whose fine
sensibiIities have been mellowed rather
than blunted by the adverse circumstan-
ces through which he has passed, and
who makes it his special duty to place a
large bowl of fresh water, every evening,
at the time of dusk, in his room, for the
express benefit of the rats that live in his
immediate precinct. He then eompla-
Gently places himself in an old armchair,
and silently enjoys the scene before him,
as one little animal after another appears
at his feet shaking their parched throats.
In his own words, 'he eontemplates them
with indiscribable pleasure as they sip
their drink and look up into his face with
an expression of gratitude J" What an
enigma life is, to be surel Here is a
man who for many days scarcely finds
means to provide for one substantial meal
too proud to make his necessities known
to a cold, uncharitable world, he struggles
on yet in the nobility of his humanity
he provides for the wants of the rat, an
animal which all creation naturally
loathes. Sterne, in his fine conception;
of humanity, does not present anything
superior to that picture.
Year: 1866

WRITING FOR NEwsPAPERs.-It is not
enough to think and to know, says the
North British Review. 1t requires the
faculty of utterance, and o peculiar kind
of an utterance. Certain things are to
be said in certain manner; and your
amateur article writer is sure to strength
en- in any manner but the right. Perhaps
of all styles of writing there is none in
which excelleney is so rarely attained as
that of newspaper writing. A readable
leading article may not be work of the
loftiest order, or demand for its execution
the highest attribute of genius; but, what
ever it may be the power of accomplishing
it with success is not shared by ct GUS
ands of clever fellows" Thousands of
clever fellows, fortified by Mr. Thacke-
rays opinion, may think they could write
the articles which they read in the morn
ing journals; but let them take the pen
and paper, and try.
Year: 1866

SEEING THE WIND.-Take polished
metallic surface of two feet or more, says
the Scientific American, with a straight,
true edge IA large handsaw win answer
the purpose. Take windy day, whsth-
er hot or cold, clear or cloudy, only let it
not rain, or the air be murky-in other
words, let the air be dry and clear. 1t is
better if the wind be steady, but this is
not essential. Hold your metallic sur
face at right angles to the direction of the
wind-e. e., if the wind is ncrth, hold
your surface directed east and west, but
instead of holding the surface vertical,
incline it about forty-fve degrees to the
horizon, so that the wind striking, CLAN
ees and flows over the edge (keeping il
straighD as water flows over a dam
Now, sight carefully over the straight
edge at some minute and sharply-defned
object, and you see the air flow as water
flows over dam. Make your obserya-
tions carefully, and you win hardly ever
fail to see the air, no matter how cold the
result is even better when the sun is OBJ
scured.
Year: 1866

Many years ago celebrated French
author Of an excellent work on
the effect of Imagination, wished TO COM
bine theory with practice, in order to con-
firm the truth Of his propositions. To
this end he begged the minister Of jus
tice to allow him to try an experiment on
a criminal condemned to death. The
minister consented and delivered to him
an assassin of distinguished rank. Our
savant sought the culprit and thus ad-
dressed him:


"Eir, several persons who are interes-
ted in your family have prevailed on the
Judge not to require of you to mount the
scafold and expose yourself to the gaze OF
the populace. He has therefore commu-
ted your sentence, and sanctions your
being bled to death within the precincts
Of your prison your dissolution will be
gradual, and free from pain"


The criminal submitted to his fate
thought his family would be less disgraced,
and considered it favor not to be com
PEELED to walk to the place of public execu.
ton. He was conducted to the appointed
room, where every preparation was made
beforehand. His eyes were bandaged ;
he was strapped to the table, and at a
preconcerted signal four of his veins were
gently pricked with the point of a pin
At each corner of the table was small
fountain of water, SO contriyed as to flow
gently into basins placed to receive it,
The patient, believing that it was his
blood he heard flowing, gradually became
weak and the conversation of the doctors
| in an undertone, confirmed him in this
opinion.


''What fine blood p said one. "Wha
pity this man should be condemned Il
die he would have lived long time.
"Hush !" said the other Then approach
ling the first. he asked him in low voice
Ibut so as to be heard by the criminal
Is'How many pounds of blood are there il


the human body ?" ''Twenty four. Yol


see already about ten pounds extracted


that man is now in a hopeless state. =
The physicians then receded by degrees


and continued to lower their voices. Tht
stiffness which reigned In the apartment


broken only BY the dripping fountains, tn
sound of which was gradually lessened. S


affected the brain of the poor patient that
although man of strong constitution. h
tainted and died without losing drop Q
: blood
Year: 1866

FoR THE LADIEs.-A Paris political
economist has written an essay upon the
means of augnenting the quantity of
bread for human consumption The
treatise Wanders learnedly over the mat
ter, and winds up with suggestion that
ladies' should not use powder on their
faces which could be converted into
bread, and gives the statistics Of what
would be the result. Of course it is only
a ieke.
Year: 1866

SALT AS MANURE-A correspondent
of the Canada Farmer experimental with
salt this season as manure. He sowed it
on barley and oats at the rate of one hun
dred and fifty pounds per acre. leaving
strips of unsown grain in each field in or
der to test the efficacy ofthe salt. He is
confident that it added one third to his
cron.
Year: 1866

To FIND THE WEIGHT OF SHEEP.-A
good way to ascertain the weight Of sheep
that you wish TO sell for mutton, is to take
it alive and weigh it, and divide the
amount BY seven. Thus, a sheep that
would weigh 14s pounds, divided by seven,
would give twenty pounds Of dead weight,
equal to the weight Of one quarter, or
eighty pounds for the whole mutton
The pelt and rough tallo# would make
about twenty pounds more, thus making
what is called in the Boston market four
quarters to the animal. OF course sheep
poorly or.extra fattened, viii go above or
below this average, but on the whole [ ask
our farmers to test it, and see if it is not
correct.
Year: 1866

MARRYING TwIN-A correspond
ent writing from Arkansas Springs, de-
scribes wedding which took place be-
tween two persons who had never seen
each other until the day before. The
next morning two or three waggish fell
lows informed him that his wife had
twin sister, that they were 50 much alike
it was difficult to tell them apart, and that
he had married the wrong one. The
poor fellow, without saying anything to
his wife, went directly to the magistrate,
and wished him to s.undo what he had
done, and marry him to the right gal. -
The worthy Squire told him that if he
had known this the evening before, he
would have fixed it right, but too much
time had elapsed, and it was too latel