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Year: 1874

APPLE TREE BoREK We have followed
This insect with Il sharp wire for over
thirty years, and ii there is any better
remedy for the creature after he has begun
10 throw out his chips, we have not dis
covered ii With a sharp-pointed knife
aud bit OF Wire few inches long, it is
not very difficult task to dislodge the
enemy He should be attacked as soon as


he makes his appearance Young apple
lrees should be examined at least twice
year The sooner the borers are destroyed,
the smaller the wounds that will be made
around the collar OF the tree. Generally
Ihe worm can be reached with the point
u The knife If this cannot be done, fol-
tuw him with Wire. As a preventive, we
nave found oil cloth, OF stiff, thick paper,
iJ answer good purpose Remove the
earth an inch or two around the collar,
then bind on the cloth or paper with a
-tring We have seen fine, thrifty, young
apple trees, worth five dollars apiece, de-
-troved for the want OF halt hours at
trntion in the spring THE Agriculturist.
Year: 1874

EGG SAUCE. To serve with boiling fish.
Take small cuptul OF butter, and rub
into it half tablespoonful OF flour, then
pour upon it about gill OF boiling water,
stirring it fast Let it BOIL up once Ii 1t
is allowed to boil long, it will become
oily. Pour it over two eggs boiled hard
and cut fine
Year: 1874

Mr. T.. +. Scott writes the Country Gen
tleman that ii the milk stands in cool
TRY AIM room Dy Itself until the cream is
taken OF, 1t Is not SO essential that the
rream be kept at the exact temperature
%! 10 deg, provided the cream is taken
-o 4 cool place (about so deg as soon as
--hen III and remains there until churned.
Neither is II essential that it be churned
d "a Blanchard OF Eureka churn There
-- nu cAurn that makes better or more
uIlter thau the old dash churn, or one on
mat principle A crank is a little easier
rr mere natural To use but it is necessary
tu avoid all doubie-geared crank churns,
which agitate the cream III an unnatural
degree and make oily butter The longer
the churn is kept going in the same tenn
perature the more solid the butter. 1t is
not the churn alone that turns the cream
to butter in given time, everything
must 5e done correctly and systematically
from the first,


He IS not in favor OF deep setting, but
prefers large common tin pan, set in a
cool, dry. airy room,-the milk all to be
SKINNED before it sours
Year: 1874

10 remove the woody taste from casks,
I'LL the casks with lime water, and add
about one-halt ounce of potash for each
bucket of water. Allow il to remain for
six or eight days, then empty, and wash
ont with clean water. The liquid may be
used repeatedly, especially if little lime
and potash be added.
Year: 1874

The best advice that can be given about
a small matter is given by correspondent
ia The Country Gentleman, namely, that
every person should save his own garden
seeds 1t Is a narrowing thing to pay
vour dime tor a paper OF six melon seeds
and consider that You could have saved a
pint of them the fall before for nothing


Peas seem to be the only exception to the
rule that home saved seeds are superior to
sale packages. Our home grown peas are
apt to be wormy in the spring, therefore
Canadian OF English grown seed is better.
Year: 1874

How TO ExCLuDE THE AIR. The Bos-
ton journal of Chemistry SAYS that tin
tube made like a siphon, driven into the
vent oi barrel of wine or cider and the
other end inserted into IL vial OF water,
viii prevent the air from entering the
barrel while the gas escapes through the
water Make the barrel otherwise tight.
When the CIDER OF wine is done working,
the water in the bottle will cease bubbling
IL requires. no filling up, as there is no loss


That plan is none the worse for being old
Year: 1874

AMONKEl n TROUBLE. sam NllcrNpN
Of the Eagle Brewery has a small men
agerle of monkeys, badgers, foxes, coyote,
and the like. he also has Il large New
toundland dog, ON whose back he some
times places one of his pet monkeys whpu
he is going for walk about the town, the
monkey fastened to the collar Of the dog
by a string, As a general thing the mon


key enjoys his ride, but we saw him day
or two since when he would willingly have
traded himself off for some less privileged
specimen of his species. His canine steed
being allowed to roam the streets At viii
saw another dog that he thought he coull
whip, and forthwith Went tor him like i
hairy hurricane, In moment both dogs
We're on their hind legs, and going for each
other like two sausage machines This
made times very lively for the monkey, a
the stranger dog evidently considered him
as part and parcel OF his antagonist Such
walls of despair as that monkey uttered,
and such hldeous faces as he made We
never heard or saw. He would cImh
down the sides of the dog he bestrode.op-
posite to where che war was going on, ami
thence peep over occasionally, his jaw
quivering, visage distorted. and his eve
starting from their sockets with terror
AS the dogs We're constantly changing
sides. it made times awtully lively with
the monkey. When he jumped to the
ground the string held hin, and he found
himself tramped under the feet OF both
friend and foe, and he was glad to get
again upon the back OF his steed and face
the battle. The poor monkey was in
worse fix than the boy who stood on the
burning deck, and had not the dogs been
separated he must soon have been ren
dered fit subject for the Stockton insane
asylum. As it was, he did not get over
examining the end OF his tail for wounds
for tour hours after the battle; perhap-
he had fears of hydrophobia Virginia
City Enterprise.
Year: 1874

Cicero, who was born LOG years before
Christ, wrote; IL consider this world Il a
place which nature never intended for my
permanent abode; and look on my de
parture from it not as being driven from
my habitation, but simply as leaving al
inn"
Year: 1874

An Easton (Pa..) editor growls because the
water company or that place 'giTe with every
gallon Of green water half dozen fish, He
wants dozen fresh oysters with that quantity of
water. Some persons can never get enough for
their money
Year: 1874

The silver and copper excitement in
this region has not yet died out by any
means, as many suppose it has; on the
contrary the explorers are diligently
at work prospecting with a plausible
show for success. Mr.. j. 7, Mitchell,
one of the principal explorers, brought
into our office last week, some very fine
specimens of silver and copper ore
found not great distance from Pine
City We were also shown some very
rich specimens of iron ore picked up on
the Snake river. These specimens
were considered as good as any which
have been taken from Penoka Iron
Range in Wisconsin. Some Of the
specimens were FLOATS" and some of
them were found in place.-Pine
County 'News."
Year: 1874

70 GAIN YoCR HEARTY APpRoBATIoN.


You my send the INSIDE MEASURE Of ycur
bed and receive SPRING Tor two weeks Irlal, at
the end Of which rIme you may forward the pay or
return the SPRING If you are not wholly satisfied
that It is the hes thing You ever ~, aud worth
more TO you than s price
Year: 1874

We clipped the following extract from
an exchange q week or so ago, falling at
the time TO note the name Of the pa
per, which has escaped our memory:


We hold that II Is tho duty Of every
individual TO take an active part In
politics. The interest of every man de-
mands il. If You want good govern
meat you must elect good sensible, hon.
est meu to Office, who will legisale for
the general good of the people. you
do not take interest enough in politics
TO vote intelligcntly and patriotically
you deserve to be made rs II were
"hewers of wood aud drawers Of water"


If you, the people. took more interest
in the selection Of the rulers OF the
government thon what you do, there
would be comparatively few corrupt
men in Office, and they would be told to
stay at homo as soon as you could have
a chance to speak TO them through the
ballot. box. Every man should feel n
great interest in the politics Of his coun-
try, aud know for himself what action
to take upon the great questiohs that are
up for discussion. ii Is duty every
good citizen owes to himself postcrity
and his country, TO keep himself posted
upon the political issues of the day /;
10 foster those men aud measures that
are best calculated TO promote the vel.
fare aud happiness OF the people.
Year: 1874

The New York Times ranks as one OF
the foremost Republican prints, and its
utterances always attract attention both
from friend and foe. For some weeks
past ii has been talking to its own FOLKS
in pretty plain language, and in its issue
of the 30th ult. We find the follow.
ing:


Senator Carpenter, while disclaiming
any intention of making speech, began
a very able speech yesterday, on what
we regard as one of the greatest qucs-
tions of The day--namelv the condition
of Louisiana. lie declared that he new
er could reflect on the position Of affairs
in that State "without mingled emotions
of shame and sorrow"--and we can not
doubt that every intelligent man who
has examined the subject fully shares his
feelings. Look at il in what way you
please, no one can deny that, under such
Government as ours, il is terrible
scandal TO have great State kept in
the condition in which we see Louisiana
at this moment There are other South
crn States which are more or less unfor-
tunatc, but perhaps Louisiana is the
most TO be piticd. Senator Carpenter
warns the Republican party that it can
not march under this heavy load much
longer For this he wiil probably be
accused OF iuiidelity to his palty--for
we have apparently arrived al that very
dangerous point at which any honest
and independent criticism Is regarded
us an act of treachery. There are fool
ish members of Congress, even in our
own State, who think that II is the duty
of public man or n public journal to
register the DEGREES Of clique, and if q
word of protest is uttered they threaten
to ostrac;ze the man or abolish the jour
nal. We should like to see these idiots
begin their work-at.prcscnt, everybody
of any sense can see that the Republican
party must deal with the great question
of the day in frank and liberal spirit,
or be destroyed. Absolute freedom of
opinion has hitherto been the salvation
Of the Republican party. Some Of our
own precious Congressman would turn
over n new leaf, and go in for unlimited
despolism. We know what will be
their fa,e--but we are not prepared to
believe that the Republican party will
consent to snare il.
Year: 1874

Professor Proctor says that " an in
rant were born having g,r arm Of tho
length OF 0l, 100000 milbs. so as TO reach
the sun, aud IL In the cradle he were 10
stretch out bis arm aud touch tho sun,
that infant might grow TO the three
score years aud ton allotted TO man, but
he never would bo conscious OF the fact
that the tip Of bis finger was burned he
would have TO i've one hundred and
,hirty.Gvo before he would DO cxpe-
rienCed. Some infant ought TO just try
this TO SEQ whether tho professor is
right.
Year: 1874

The Hartford Courrant says: Daniel
White, New York boy, studied SO well
that his teacher promoted him 10 n class
where he could not master the lessons.
Then after trying fora while he gave up
study and tried TO leave school, but his
mother refused TO lei him go inio store
or for any purpose abandon his books.
lie kept up his attendance as required,
but ceased to display tho talents which
had been rewarded by the undesired
promotion. Eventually his teacher
wrote his name on The blackboard as an
"inperfcct" student. This was too much
for him, and coming homo from school
to his room he hanged himself with his
book strap. IL is an open question
whether ho studied 100 much, or whcth.
or, on the other hand, n little more oc-
cupation would not have kept tho boy
from the sort of literature that makes
the various forms of cowardicc appear
heroic.
Year: 1874

A RIVAL To STEAM AS A MOTIVE Pow
ER.-Of the many motors which their in
ventors have fondly believed were to SUI
persede steam the latest is the discovery
ola Mr.. John w. Kelley. 1t is a method
whereby water is transformed by a me-
chanicAl process to vapor, without the ap-
plication of heat, and yet the transiorma-
ton results in the production of a motor
far more powerful than steam. Alter
many experiments Mr.. Kelley succeeded
in making an engine whose motive power
was compressed air on one side and vac
uum on the the other, while water was
the agent for holding the vacuum in sus-
pension. This was in his opinion a vast
improvement on the steam engine but
the inventor saw by the working of his
model where he could better it by simpli-
flying it. This he proceeded to do, and he
now has a motor which is merely a cold
vapor produced from water by mechanical
means, yet so powerful that it can produce
a pressure of 10000 pounds to the square
inch. In fact the tremendous results of
this process quite astonished its discoverer.
1t is also peculiarity of this vapor that it

can be used at any rate of pressure desired
from ten pounds to thousands of pounds
to the square inch it can also be general
ed and preserved in receiving vessels for
an indefinite length Of time without losing
its force. Mr.. Kelley has proved this by
repeated experiments, sometimes keeping
the vapor for a fortnight without apprecla-
BILE loss of power. This process is simple
and inexpensive, and its working models
are so marvellous in their operations that
not only many scientists but capitalists al
so have become converts to the new mo-
tive power. Already stock companies
have been formed which have purchased
the right to use this new and strange mo-
tor in various states, and an entire revolu-
ton in steamships, railway engines, horse
cars, and in fact in evey department Of
mechanical operations Is predicted.
Year: 1874

The Detroit papers tell about a young
man who put bottle of oil of vitriol Ia his
Locket, with which TO destroy the beauty
of young lady who rejected him. He
asked TO see her alone and had Just got
ready to draw the bottle from his pocket
when 'something bit him." He thought
II was dog, but 1t wasn't. The cork had
worked out of the bottle, and his coat-tails
were turning brick color at the rate of a
yard a minute. The acid wasn't content
with the coat-tails, but struck out for flesh,
and in about minute the young man was
dancing around the house as II to escape
bullet. Shouting and Whooping, he got
out of doors and threw of most of his
clothing and rolled in the mud, and 1t was
some time before any one could find out
whether he had snakes in his boots or had
sat down on brad-awl. He was so badly
burned that two men had to help him to
his bOarding-house, where a physician
dressed bis burns. The fellow will prob
ably take his food standing for some time
to come.
Year: 1874




Much has been said in America about
Mr.. Holman Hunts miraculous pic.
tire of the Shadow of Death" and it
has been praised as a reyel.tiou of new
capacities in art. l saw a solemn per
son on the street with an advertisement
Oh his back telling where the picture
was to be seen, and a shilling passed me
into the solemn show. A more absurd
picture was never painted. The partic.
ular pretension of this picture is its
literalness, but the litter OF shavings on
the floor of the Saviors carpenter shop
seems to account fully and exclusively
for that. The "Shadow Of Death -
could not fall across the light OF the
window as represented. Such a jewel
box as Mary, the mother, is looking into
was nevel seen in a carpenter shop.
Such silken drapery as is trailed among
the shayings was always impossible in
an association like that, and the Young
Carpenter, the Christ of the piece, is
the funniest fellow / have ever seen il
picture. His only garment is what
the Indians call breech.clout. It has
the advantage of being fine article of
figured silk, and though the Savior has
been toiling with plane and saw, and is
in the act of throwing up his hands with
a sense of relief, having accomplished
his days work and earned his bread in
the sweat of his face, there is no trace
of possible perspiration Mr.. Hunts
Savior has a finely developed Jewish
nose. which is all well, no doubt; but
his hair seems a shade too yellow, and
his eyes a degree too blue for one of the
young men Of the place and period !;
and we have to account for those hues
by considering his complexion, which
is a fine, bright copper color, producing
a most grotesque effect. If it is the OBJ
iect of art to make Christ ridiculous,
Mr.. Hunt should step to the 'front.'
LO410R letter Of ", HdlHcdi.
Year: 1874

MORE CERTAIN THAN PHILosoPHIoA1.
One OF the students at Davidson
College, who was too lazy to do any.
thing right, was in the habit of cleaning
out his lamp chimney by running his
finger down it as far he could and twist.
ing it around. After he had cleaned il
out in this partial manner, one day not
long ago, fellow student took it up
and carried it to the residence of one Of
the Professors, with the inquiry, "Why
is il that this chimney is smoked up to
this point and no farther" The learn.
ed gentleman entered into an elaborate
scientific explanation of why it was,
arguing with great lucidness, and citing
various authorities to show the correct
ness of his reasoning. When he had
finished, the student said to him, "No,
sir, you are wrong" Why is it, then p


inquired the Professor. "Because the
fellows finger wasn't long enough to
reach any farther, replied the student.
Year: 1874

PERHAPS love is never so potent as
when it seizes upon those who have
passed the prime of life. The choice
made is then likely to be thoroughly
suited to the nature Of the man; and
any intellectual gifts on the part Of the
woman are likely to be more attractive
to man of this age than to a younger
person. Besides, there is feeling that


as life is not likely to be very long, this
late loveis the last thing to be clung
to; and that after it, should it be lost,
oil will ha- -aasalaLiaaaA - -
Year: 1874

SOMEBODY told us the other day that
if you will put little syrup and water
in a bowl and set the bowl on your ia.
bic, with a small piece of wood extend
ing from the table to the rim of the
bowl, to serve as a sort of bridge, you
can catch all the reaches in the neigh
borhood in a single night. We tried it.
The reaches went to the syrup and wa
ter by companies, battalions and brig
ades, but when you gave them small
scare they shot up the sides of that
bowl faster than a lightning express
train can travel an upgrade of three
feet to the mile. A more diabolical
fraud upon a confding and unprotected
orphan was never perpetrated. Courier
Journal.
Year: 1874

VERDICT OF THE CoRoNER's JURY-IT BIAMHs


THE AUTHORITIES MILDLY-ASD MAKES


SOME SUGGESTIONS.


FAIL RIVER, Mass. Oct. 8.-The coroner
verdict on the Granite mill disaster was rem
dered this evening. The jurors fisd that the
fire department was as promptly on hand ss
could be expected, from the confusion Of the
alarm caused by the striking OF four different
boxes ~ about the same time, but that the hooks
and ladders included in the fire department
were insufficient in an emergency of This kind
reports concerning the other branches
of the department are unfounded. IL il
apparent that due precaution WIS not used in
story. Had such an alarm been given and dus
care taken the lives OF all the persons in that
story might have been saved, Notwithstanding
there was but one escape therefrom, viz: the
tower stairs. 1t Is remarkable that the fire being
discovered in the mule room, in the fourth
well as those in the firth story, 70 whom there
can be no doubt the alarm was general, they did
warn their s feiiow operators nd In iRe sixth
story TO fee from their fiery fate,
and had even the male operatives in the sixth
story not become panic stricken at the first
alarm of fire that reached them, they might
have led all the women and children in their
charge down the tower stairs in safety. The
evidence fully shows that al the appliances fer
extinguishing fires in all the stories, such az
tanks pumps, and pipes and horizontal pipes
and hose in the various rooms, were in this mill
apparently ready for use on the morning Of the
fire, but apparently water was wanting in them.





story at this time. In the construction OF
the mill the Jurors believe IT TO have
been the aim of the corporation to furnish every
facility that money could purchase, and the les
sons Of the past furnish for the escape of help
from their mill in case of fire. but it was proved
conclusively that there were not ample means
of escape from the attic. Had there been. the
loss OF life would have been avoided, and the
Jurors suggest, as an additional means of safety
and escape. that in case OF fire it should be so,
arranged that an alarm struck in any story
should reach all the Others in the mill.
From the evidence taken, the Jurors say
that it clearly and indubitabiy appears
that the means of escape by doors from every
story was free and uHobstructed except by the
smoke and flame, there being no locks or bolts
on any door communicating with any room ex-
cepting the tower door leading to the tower, and
that is always open during the time the helyfs
employed. The approximate cause OF the death
of James Turner and the twenty-five Others on
the morning in question was the bur- Ing
of the mill, they either being de-
stroyed by the fire inside or killed by
leaping To the ground from the mill. The jurors
conclude the verdict as follows: "I1et the lesson
not pass unheeded either 10 mill owners or the
public in general, that human life is precious,
and all means that tend 10 save, either parficsl-
larry or generally, the precious boon TO The
poorest mortal have the sanction OF all man
kind and an example in Him who died for all"
Year: 1874

SIR would suggest that at those points
where United states troops are or may be sta
Itioned in your district some prudent and fear
less person in whose Judgment ycu have conf.
dence and whom the people respect may be APP
pointed as deputy marshal TO act at once In
the arrest of parties committing outrages in the
vicinity. so that IL may not be necessary IN such
cases 10 send for you before troops can be used
of course, will not be necessary where you are
EASILY accessible, but where troops are placed at
remote points, before necessary communication
as to crimes committed can be made the Offend
ers, as general rule, have an opportunity to es-
cape. You Will give the deputies the necessary
need not repeat that it is important that you
should delegate this power to none but careful
and responsible persons. Very respectfully,


tf GEORGE II. WILLIAMS, Attorney General.
Year: 1874

pa- The tide ofimmigration is steadily set
ting in, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They say there Is no
mparson between the two. 21&o
Year: 1874

We have to dispose of our immense
Stock of Clothing, Dress Goods, etc, etc., to
make room for a very extensive Stock of Fall
Goods, just purchased in New York, and en-
route for us. We have reduced the prices, and
you will find 1t to your advantage to call
the
Year: 1874

The Salem Record gives the follow
ing: ave receive information of the
results of the harvest in this vicinity
which are very encouraging,and show
that the average yield is little if any
behind that of last year. The largest
weld we hear of is on the Ike Durbin
place, where thirteen acres of fall We're
threshed out of 675 bushels,o or 81 hush
els per acre.