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Year: 1874

The SCISSORS EDIToR.-Some people
estimate the ability of newspaper and
the talent of its editor by the quantity of
original matter. 1t is comparatively an
easy task for frothy writer to pour ont
daily column of words, words on any
and all subjects. His ideas may flow in
one weak, washy, everlasting flood, and
the command of his language may enable
him to string them together like punches
OF onions, and yet his paper may be
meager and poor concern. Indeed, the
mere writing part of editing a paper is but
a small portion of the work. The care,
the time employed in selecting, is far
more important, and the tact Of q good
editor is better shown by his selections
than anything else; and that, we know, is
half the battle. But as we have said, an
editor ought to be estimated, and his labor
understood and appreciated, by the gen.
eral conduct of his paper; its tone, its uni
form, consistent course, its aims, its man
agement, its dignity, and its propriety.
10 preserve these as they should be pre-
served is enough to occupy fully the time
and attention Of any man. If to this be
added the general supervision of the news
paper establishment which most editors
have to encounter, the wonder is how they
find time to write at all.
Year: 1874

Come boys" must be the motto of the
farmer who employs much labor. He must
be with his men. But, unless he is re-
markably vigorous and healthy man, he
ought not to try to do as much work as
his men and superintend his farm besides.
Work occasionally, and put new vigor in
to the men. Show them how to do the
work to the best advantage. Pan, direct,
be quick to see the weak spot and prompt
to lend helping hand. Steady work,
like plowing, will almost do itself. 1t is
the odd jobs that require brains. You
must do the thinking. A good boy will
often do as much work as man. But YOU
must know how to treat him in order to
make him useful. Give him the best tools,
the best plow, the steadiest team, and the
newest harness. If he breaks anything,
do not scold, but help him to repair dam
ages and encourage him to do better.
Above all. do not let the men impose on
him. If you breakfast early. growing
boy that is at work in the field should have
a lunch at half-past or ten o'clock. No
one can work long without eating, es-
pecially growing Observation-Disclosures.
Year: 1874

One Of the most valuable eonsign-
ments that ever passed "across the
continent" arrived in Chicago yester-
day afternoon. One freight car con
tanned goods whose value exceeded
100000. The enormous cost
would be itself circumstance worthy
of note, but the peculiar character of
the goods gives to the affair addition
al interest. The consignment was q
car load of silk worms eggs, en- route
for France. They were purchased
in Yokahoma by the French Govern
ment, and arrived in San Francisco
December 18th. Only three days
were lost in transferring them to the
freight car, and December 18th the
precious packages commenced their
trans-continent journey.


In this country very few are famil-
lar with the silk-worm, and can have
no idea Of the appearance ofthe eggs.
In England, where the climate is less
subject to extremes of temperature,
the silk-Eorm is as common q pet as
the canary. Boys and girls all boast
a box Of thriving silk-worms, and
take as much pride in winding OF the
golden thread from off the cocoon
as the youth of this country in the
possession of marbles and suel toys.
The silk-worm's egg is about one
quarter the size of a pins head and
the reader may gain an ides. Of the
number of eggs on their way to
Paris, when he learns that on this
car there was nine and hall tons Of
eggs.


The eggs are packed in leaves,
layer upon layer, and placed in air
tight tin boxes, which are in turn
covered with mating. The car is
kept at a temperature below freez-
ing point, and no light is admitted.
The matting-eovered boxes are piled
on either side. There is nothing to
be seen there but mating, and the
appearance of the boxes is certainly
not Indicative Of the value of the con
tents. This is the first attempt yet
made to import silk-Worms via the
United States, and if human fore
sight aYails anything there is every
reason to look for success.
Year: 1874

BoTS IN HoRsEs.-In the Popular
Science Monthly, there is a short
article relative to the power of en-
duranee manifested by the Larvae of
some insects, and among them of the
Bot Fly. 1t mentions a case where
a piece of the stomach of a dead
ho-se, which was covered with bot
worms, was spread on a board and
spirits Of turpentine poured on the
worms, and yet after an hour not one
was detached from the flesh. Then
whale oil was poured on them, when
they all let go their hold and died
almost Immediately. Hence the in
ference that whaleoil should be
used to detach the worms from the
living horse, when attacked by bots.
Year: 1874

An enraged traveller once
writing home from the far West,
says Descending to the bar room,
/ took my turn at tin wash basin
with a cake Of yellow soap, and
dried myself on a musty towel hung
on a broom. A bootjack and lean
dog lie in the middle of the floor,
the chairs long ago ceased to be
quadrupeds-discomfort is king, and
dirt is prime minister"
Year: 1874

Thou blossom bright with autumn dew,


And colored with the heavens own blue.
That openeth when the quiet light


Succeeds the keen and frosty night


Thou comest not when viOlets lean


Der wandering brooks and springs unseen,
Or Columbines, in purple dressed,


Nod Ger the ground birds hidden nest.
Thou Waitest late and cOm'st alone,
When woods are bare and birds are flown,
And frosts and shortening days portend
The aged year is near his end.
Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye,
Look through Its fringes to the sky,
Blue-blue-as if that sky let fan
A flower from its cerulean wall.
Iwould that thus, when I shall see
The hour of death draw near to me,
Hope blOssoming within my heart,
May look to heaven as 1 depart.
Year: 1874

A San Francisco church having
lost the goblet used in the commu-
MON service, the sexton applied to


one of the neighbors for the loan &C
beaker. After the service, q churci;
member looking closely at the vessel


found that it had been awarded at a
county fair "for the best stallion" ="
Year: 1874

CURING A MANIAC.-That men are
not always ready to carry out the desper-
ate resolves made at safe distance, is il
lustrated by the following incident in the
experience of Mr.. John Patton, now con
ductor on the Napa Valley road but at
that time occupying a similar position on
the Knights Landing route. When the
train was going up one morning, crazy
man, or pretended crazy man-for Mr..
Patten was never fully able to determine
whether he was genuine Mnatic or only
a fraud-made his appearance on board,
and announced determination of jump
ing off. SO strongly did he impress 9TH
ers with his determination, that he was
seized and secured, and finally as a meas
ure of safety locked up in a baggage car.
Here he continued to struggle and rave,
requiring two men to hold him, and stout
ly reiterating his resolution to make way
with himself, until finally, Patton, get
ting tired of the nuisance, hit upon a
happy expedient to test his resolution,
and put an end to the deception, if decep-
tion it was. The train led by the swift
Marysville," that now does duty on
this route, was fast nearing Cache Creek
crossed by long and high bridge, and
at that time of the year running with
such food of water us to give it an ap-
palling appearance from the train.


Now" says Capt. Patton to the men
who were holding the would-be suicide,
let go of him, and let him kill himself
if he wants to-" The men let go, and
left the car.


Then to the crazy man " Now, if you
want to kill yourself, just wait minute.
We will soon be at the Cache Creek
bridge, when you'll have the most beau
ful chance to take one jump into eternity
that you'll ever get in your life. lt'll
only be one step, and you're in hell in a
second"


AS he spoke he threw the door wide
open a quarter Of a cars length, and
the train dashed on the bridge. The
poor wretch gave one look at the seeth-
ing torrent below, the whirling mass OF
timbers and the sil9J hishV, ana sank
terrified and completely cowed at the
sight. He crouched down in the remot-
est corner of the car, and was heard from
no more during the trip.-Napa Regis
| Ter
Year: 1874

ABOUT NAILS Every farmer who has
occasion to drive a nail into seasoned oak
posts knows its liability to bend and
break. If the point be moistened in the
mouth, it will drive more kindly. Oil is
better, but then it is inconvenent to dip
each nail separately into it. Another
point is, that boards become loose event
ually from the rusting of nails, which
communicating to the wood, causes not
only an enlargement Of the rail hole, but
the wearing away Of the nail itself, rem
dering the fence or building shaky or in
secure. This may be prevented by heat
ing any rough grease until it smokes and
then pouring it over the nails to be used.
The grease will penetrate the pores OF
the iron, and cause the nails TO last with
out rusting for an indefinite period. Be
sides this no difficulty will then be ex-
perienced in driving them into the hard
est wood. The reason is that the coating
Of grease prevents contact by air, and
consequently oxidation. Oxygen is the
great destroyer of iron, and moisture
is the inducing cause. Anything which
is kept from air is preserved indefinitely
and if it is kept dry the effect is measur-
ably the same. Paint upon buildings
prevent the contact Of air and moisture


If the whole fence cannot be painted
the heads, at least, OF the nails therein
should be touched. .-NelOark Baatder.
Year: 1874

A WARNING TO HoUsEKEEPERs.- -
The following story is but too well cal
culated to alarm careful housewives who
have left home for the summer holidays.
A lady who lately left Berlin for Wes-
baden with her maid, gave her landlord
her keys to keep. She had not been
away many days when he received a tel
egram from his lodger, requesting him
to give up his charge to her maid, who
was coming to fetch some articles of
clothing which had been left behind
Forty weight hours after this dispatch the
maid arrived, and the landlord immedi-
ately handed her the keys, Of which she
made no little use. Having collected her
mistress best dresses, linen and plate in
to a bundle, she sent for a droschky,
shut up the apartments, handed the keys
to the landlord, and drove off to the rail
way station. Presently the lady return
ed home, and was much surprised at be-
ing received with with polite inquiry
whether her maid and the clothing had
arrived at Wiesbaden in good time
The whole plot then came to light the
maid servant had been dismissed for in
subordination very shortly after her de-
parture with her mistress from Berlin,
and had sent forged telegram to the
landlord in order to obtain possession OF
the property of her employer, and escape
with her booty to America, in company
of her lover and accomplice.
Year: 1874

FEARFUL.-A young man patronized
the female barber in st. Louis, and this
is what he says about her shaving the
"off side " of his face "Then she leans
your face over toward her to shave the
other side +; your face lies against her
throbbing heart, and it eleotrGes you
SO that you want to jump, or put your
arms around her neck, but you can't do
it with that keen razor at your throat,
and SO you lie still and suffer-"
Year: 1874

Don't be too sudden about it. Many a
girl has said "no" when she meant Eyes, +"
simply because her lover didn't choose
the right time and pop the question gem
tly.


Take dark night for it. Have the
blinds closed, the curtains down, and the
lamp turned most out. Sit near enough
to her SO that you can hook your little
fingers into hers. Wait until conversa-
ton begins to dag, and then quietly re-
mark


"Susie, | want to ask you something"


She will fdget around little, reply
YES" and, after pause, you can add :


"Susie, my actions must have shown
that is, you must have seen-I mean
you must be aware that-that-"


Pause here for while, but keep your
little finger firmly locked. She may
cough and try to turn the subject of by
asking you how you liked the circus, but
she only does it to encourage you. After
about ten minutes you can continue


81 was thinking as l came up the path
tonight, that before l went away would
ask you-that is, would broach the sub
ject nearest my-l mean l would know
my"


Stop again and give her hand gentle
squeeze. She may give yank to get it
away, or she may not, in either case it
augurs we'll tor you. Wait about five
minutes and then go on:


"The past year has been very happy
one for me. But hope the future years
will be still happier. However, that de-
pends entirely ON you. l am here to-
night to know-that is, to ask you'll
mean | am here tonight to hear from
your own lips the one sweet"


Wait again. 1t isn't best to be too
rash bout such things. Give her plenty
of time to recover her composure, and
then put your hand on your heart and
and continue:


" Yes, | thought as was coming thro >
the gate tonight how happy | had been,
and said to myself that if | only knew
you would consent to be my-that is,
said if | only knew-if | was only GER
tain that my heart had not deceived me
and you were ready to share"


Hold on-there's no hurry about it..
Give the wind II chance to sob and moan
around the gables. This will make her
lonesome and call up all the love in her
heart. When she begins to cough and
grow restless, you can go on.


Before | met you this world was a
desert to me, didn't take any pleasure
in going blackberrying and stealing ripe
pea, nes, and 1t didn't matter whether the
sun shonc or not. But what change in
one short year 1t is for you to say
whether my future shall be prairie OF
happiness or a summer fallow Of Canada
thistes. Speak, dearest Susie, and say
and say that-that-"


Give her five minutes more by the
clock, and then add:


That you will be-that is, that you
will mean that you will be anime ~


She will heave sigh, look up ut the
clock and over to the stove, and then as
she glides her head over on your vest
pocket she will whisper:


You are just right, | will !"
Year: 1874

A cold IS simply q developer Of a dis
eased condition which may have been
latent or requiring only some favoring
condition to burst out into the flame Of
disease. That this is usually the cor
rect view of a cold as q disease produ-
cling agent under all ordinary ciroum-
stances may be made plain by reflection
upon personal experience, oven 20 the
most ordinary understanding. When
the human body is at its prime-with
youth, vigor, purity and n good consti-
tiOn on its side-no degree Of ordinary
exposure to cold gives rise TO any un-
pleasant effects. All the ordinary pre-
cautions against colds, coughs and
rheumatic pains may be disregarded
and no Ill effects ensue. But let the
blood become impure, let the body be-
come deranged from any acquired dis
order. or let the vigOr begin to Wanes
and the inhrmities Of age, be felt
by occasional arrangements in some
vital part, either from inherited or actual
abuses, and the actionSl cold will ex-
cite more or less disorder of some kind,
and the form of this disorder, or the dis
ease that VIII ensue, will be determined
by the kind of pre-existing blood-impu-
rity, or the pre-existing fault Of the or
ganic processes. It follows from these
facts and considerations that the secret
of avoiding the unpleasant consequences
thought to spring wholly from the ac-
tion of cold upon the body has very lit
tie dependence upon exposure, but q
great deal upon an impure and weak
condition of all the vital processes. In
other words, with an average or superior
constitution and an intelligent obsery-
ance Of ali the laws Of health, men and
women could not take cold If they wan
ted to they might be exposed to the
action of cold 10 3 degree equal 70 the
beast Of the field, and with like impu-
nifty. But in case of persons with feeble
constitutions, and who disregard know
ipRly or otherwise the conditions Of
healthy existence, no degree of care
will prevent the taking of cold. as It is
termed. They may live in houses regu-
lated with all the precision OF q hot
house, they may cover themselves with
the most highly protective clothing the
market provides, and yet they viii take
cold. I don't think the cOnHumptiye
person lives, or ever viii live, even u
kept in g temperature absolutely uni
form. and clothed in a wholly faultless
manner, In whom the well known signs
Of one cold after another viii not be APP
parent. But, on the other hand, there
are those Who, like the late Sir Henry
Holland, of good constitutions and iiv-
ing in accordance with the laws Of
health, may travel as he did from the
tropics to the areticB sgain and again,
clad only IN an ordinary dress coat, and
vet scarcely know what It is 70 have .
cold or sickness Of any kind. The truth
is, TO avoid taking cold from ordinary
or even extraordinary exposure the vital
processes must be made strong enough
TO rise above'the untoward influence Of
external conditions.
Year: 1874

It is trite, but true, that for a fatten-
ing animal shelter and warmth are equi-
valent to so much food. The fat OF q
hog is carbon mainly, the wallis of the
cells in which the fat is stored consist
ing only Of nitroFen0us matter. Car
bonaccous food is therefore mostly re-
quired for fattening animals. Starch Is
a earbOnRceous substance as much IS
oil OF fat. The composition OF starch is
twelve atoms of carbon, ten of hydro
gen, and ten OF oxygen. Oils and fats
(the latter differing from the former
only in the degree of solidity) differ
very little in their composition from
starch. In the process of digestion
starch is decompOsed, and its carbon IS
made available, first TO sustain respira-
ton and the animal heat, and second to
increase The store of fat. Oily food
serves the same ends IN the animal pro-
cesses, but il is found that rich food in
oil is enabled 90 add more rapidly TO
the store of fat than that Eich in starch
A very oonside rable portion. OF oil from
food rich in that element is directly as
simulated, and it is found in practice
that to give the best results a foot, roh
in fat or oil must be mixed with the
starchy food. Thus corn is a fcod
which fattens more quickly than wheas
or barley, and cotton seed or hnseed
oil cake produces fat faster tnan corn.
The choice of food for fattening hogs
depends, however, mostly upon its re-
lRtive cheapness and convenience. But
it is more to the purpose here to notice
the fact that no fat is made until the
needs of the animal TO furnish its ami
nal warmth, aud the carbon to be used
Up IN the process Of breathing, are sup
piled. When these needs are met, the
surplus goes 70 make fat. III there IS
no surplus, no fat is made. III the de-
mnnds upon the animals physical syH-
tenn are excessive, by reason of expo
sure TO cold, and the waste of heat is
great in consequence, the production OF
fat is propOrtionately lessened IL may
be then either very small or stopped al
together, or it may be that the animal
is obliged to consume more food to
supply the greater demand upon it's
system. Herein lies the secret Of the
waste of food by exposure to the cold,
and the economy OF warmth and COM
fort. The pref ent year corn is scarce
and dear. It viii therefore be more
than usually necessary 20 see that fat
teDing hogs, as we'll as store hogs, arc
comfortably housed and kept warm
The earlier, too, that hogs can be fat
tened, the less will be the waste OF iood
in maintaining the animal heat.-Nei0


York Tribune.
Year: 1874

It is with regret that announce that
no further payment has been received
from the government Of Venezuela on
account of awards in favor of the citi-
zeps of the United States. Hopes have
been entertained that, if the republic
could escape both foreign and civil war
for q few years, its great natural re-
sources would enable it to honor its OBJ
LEGATIONS. Though it is now understood
to be at peace with other countries, q
serious insurrection is reported to be IN
progress in an important region OF that
republic. This may be taken advan-
tsre of a. another reason to delay the
payment of the dues Of onr citizens.
Year: 1874

The strife in the Argentine republic is
to be deplored, both on account of the
parties thereto and from the probable
effects on the interests of those in the
trade in that quarter, of whom the Uni
ted States are among the principal. As
yet, so for as I am aware, there has been
no violation of our neutrality rights,
which. as we'll as our duties In that res
pect. It shall be my endeavor to main
tain and observe.
Year: 1874

ment added. Hence high prices act as
a profession to the foreign prodHce~ -
VINO receives nothing in EXCHANGE for
the product of his skill and labor. exeeTt
a currency good at a stable vaiue the
Year: 1874

governments. The Importance of hay
ing our citizens competent and familiar
with the language of Japan, to act as
interpreters and in other capacities con
nected with the legation and consulate
IN that country, cannot be readily over
estimated
Year: 1874

BRAINS FOR HALF DOZEN ORDISARY MEN-Th
New York Tribune must be given the credit ol
saying many sharp things, and among them is this
That amid the gloom and encouragement and the
sadness of the political situation, two characters
have peered forth conspicuously before the world,
and in connection with sadly deranged govern
mental affairs-Gen. Butler with his cussedness,
and President Grant with his luck. This is one o
the ways the Tribune has Of putting things. To
be more Just, it should have added that back Of
Buffers cussedness there is a sufficient amount OF
brains to make half dozen men, and, properly
directed, to render him the most useful of on:
public men. Bot they not thus dTected-tha
more's he pity. OF Grant, too, it might have sal /
that something more than luek has attended his
career. Luck simply is not unVarying-it goes an |
comes with the wind. To favoring fortune h,
dds the strongest common sense lofty devotion u
his country, purity of motive, and the sIblimest
patriotism. Those who charge that he is sphinx,
a riddle Casar do not know the man, or II they do
their purpose simply is l. maign him. he has his
faults; attachment TO friends and stnbburnness of
will are carried by him to excess; but even
these faults vFuous through their fearless exer-
else in most affairs pertaining to bis duties as Chief
| Magistrate.-7yOy Times.
Year: 1874

DOVER, July 9th, 1874.


This town celebrated the Fourth of July in
the presence of as large concourse of people
as ever assembled at the Capital perhaps
celebrated it that is if buresque frolc, the
exhibitions Of prize fighters and the chasing of
creased pigs has any thing to do with the
Birthday Of American Independence. The
ehrong had representatives from all parts OF
the State and goodly number from Mary land.
In the morning onesided game of base
ball was played between the Resolute Club Of
Dover and tho Milford Club, which was all or
the side Of the latter, as the score will show,
Indeed the Miltords complain that they haC
to do all the playing The game lot interest
because it was so unevenly matched. The
Year: 1874

THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Contrary
to what seemed to be the general sentiment of
the Republican party of this State. and in
face of the unanimous advice of the party press
to the contrary, the Republican Convention is
to be called for July 2Sth, at Georgetown.
Whatever may be intended by this movement
will be revealed at the proper time.