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Year: 1874

Madam, allow me to prescribe for you. have
had a long experience in the management Of de-
licate women, and believe can give you some
important advice. For the present prescribe
only for your feet.


l. Procure quantity of wooden stockings
not such as You buy at the stores under the name
of lambs wool, that you can read a newspaper
through, but the kind that your Aunt Jerusha
in the country kints for you, thick a board,
that will keep your feet dry and warm, in spite
of wind and weather.


2. If you want to be really Thorough, change
them every morning, hanging the fresh ones
near the fire during the night.


3. Procure thick calfskin boots, double uPpers
and triple sOles, and wear them frum the first of
October till the first of May. Make frequent
applications Of some good oil backing.


4. Avoid rubbers altogether, except a pair of
large rubber boots, which may be worn for a
little time through snow drifts flood of WA
ter.


S. Hold the bottoms of your feet in cold water
half an inch doep, just before going TO bed, two
or three minutes, and then rub them hard with
rough towels and your naked hands.


6. Now, madam, 60 ont freely in all weathers,
and, believe me, not only will your feet enjoy
good circulation, but, as a consequence of the
good circulation in the lower extremities, your
head will be relieved of all its fnllncss and your
heart of its Falpitatons. Your complexion will
be greatly improved, and your health made bet
ter in every respect.
Year: 1874

Go through the whole country at this season,
and you will find Dinety-nine gardens ont of
every hundred the most unsightly spots on the
farm and about the village dwellings, and so
they will be all through the winter Here are
standing mutilated stalks of plants-too many of
them weed stalks-there is a mess of potato
vines, literally "lying around loose" Here are
cabbage-leaves, corn STUBS onon-tops, etc. there
ging beets, carrots, and other roots Only deep
snow will cover the garbage, and gives a plea
SAINT look to the spot which was attractive du-
ring the recent growing season. In the spring
all this trash will be gathered, and the ground
leveled and raked, aud the gardens will look
cheerful again, though not plant or leaf has yet
appeared.


But why not do the "clesnIns-up" no,r! 1t
will take no more time than in the spring, and
how much better the garden will appear all
through the cheerless winter Just try the ef-
feet of gathering the rubbish and putting it in
a heap in an out of the way corner; OF laying it
evenly over strawberry or asparagus plots; rake
off the surface of the beds smooth and level nm
less you ridge the ground, rs recommended else
where; fix up the walks and alleys little, and
leave the whole with the appearance of having
been recently prepared and planted. few
hours work of this kind, done now, will save so
much time in the spring; the ground will dry
out earlier than if partially covered up with
leaves and rubbish; and the cultivated look will,
even in winter continually afford kind of plea
sure, similar to that experienced when one has
finished making garden in the spring, and look
ing for the coming crops.-4merican -igricRitu-
Year: 1874

HINTS FOR COLD WgATHER.-In feeding farm
animals, remember that when you place food be-
fore animal, it is eaten for three purposes: to
give muscular strength, to supply heat, to make
fat or butter. The more cow consumes to sup
ply muscular waste, the less goes TO milk. The
more she needs to keep herself warm, the less
she can yield of milk or of flesh. Coarse, rough
food, as swamp hay, butts of corn-stalks, and
straw, yield some starch or carbon. This is the
reason why an animal in an open shed will eat
trash which it would reject in warm stable.
Yet there is nothing gained by starving them to
rough fodder Good shelter would be cheaper.
The richer the food in albumen, the more vigor
and muscle it will make. The farmer gains more
by few high-fed animals than frsm much half
starved i'll l-boused stock
Year: 1874

To CLEAN LOOKING GLAssEs.-Wash thorough
ly piece of soft sponge, and remove all gritty
particles from it; dip it lightly into water,
squeeze it out again, and then dip it into some
spirits of wine; rub it over the glass, dust it
with some powdered blue or whiting sifted
through muslin; remove it lightly and quickly
with clean cloth, and finish with a silk hand
kerchief. If the glass be large one, clean one
dry before it can be removed. If the frames are
gilt, the greatest care must be taken to prevent
the spirits of wine from touching them. To
clean such frames rub them well with little dry
cotton wool; this will remove all dust aud dirt
without injury to the gliding. If the frames are
vanished, they may be rubbed with the spirits
of wine. which will take out all the spots and
give the vRrnish a superior polish.
Year: 1874

GRATING WAx.-Take three pounds rosin, one
pound beeswax and four ounces tallow (mutton
tallow is best). Put them in kettls and set it
on the stove TO heat, adding little water to
keep the materials frem burning; stir well until
the articles are all melted and mixed except the
water. When cooled little stir in a small quan-
tity of linseed oil. Now turn the wax into .
wssh-tub of cold water, grease your hands with
a mixture of lard and tallow, and work the wax
until it will stretch well. If it proves too hard,
melt and add more oil
Year: 1874

THERE are people, chiefly quite young folks
who have an impediment in their speech of a
peculiar kind. They can't pronounce the letter
ar" If they were to try ever so hard, though they
have no difficulty with the rest of the alphabet.
We remember boy at school who always read
q certain passage in tine New Testament thus
"Wo unto you, sqIibcs, phGOisees, hypoqEits!"
Year: 1874

SOME one posted in hogology says it is as easy
to drive hog, as "whistling after you know
how" To the end of q strong cord tie an ear of
corn, place it in front Of the pigs nose and COM
mence walking away slowly in the direction you
wish him to propel. If his pigship shows evil
dence of blighted hopes or alteration ofmind from
the singular conduct of the corn, seduce him into
the belief that it is all right" by letting him
have brief nibble at it, and then resume your
line of march
Year: 1874

To STRENGTHEN AND IMPROVE THE VOICE
Beeswax, two drachms; copaiba balsam, three
drachms; powder of liquorce-root, four drachms
Melt the copaiba balsam with the wax in a new
earthen pipkin. When melted remove them from
the fire, and while in melted state mix in the
powder. Make pills of three, grains each. Two
of these pills to be taken as a dose three OF four
times q daY on alternate DAYS.
Year: 1874

the ladies that if they would have eorned beef
juicy, after il is cold and not as dry as a chip,
they should put it into boiling water when they
put it on to cook, and they should not take it
out of the pot, when done until cold.
Year: 1874

BLCEING FOR CLoTHEs.-Take an ounce of soft
russian blue, powder it and put it in bottle
win one quart of clear rain-w ater, and add one
Ioar'n ounce OF oxalic acid. teaspoonful is
sufficient for large washing.
Year: 1874

A lady, writing 10 the Count5y Gentleman
thus recapitulates some Of the valuable sugges-
tons she has had Inc good seuse 10 learn from
her servant girls. She says:


The other day Mary was ironing and asked
for piece Of sand-paper to rub her irons on,
was as;onished that never thought ON it before;
it il SO nice removes every bit OF starch or any
thing else and makes them so smooth.


One girl taught me that old corseis make the
best stove cloths. Just one half at a time is a
convenient size. They are ready made and much
better, when unfolded, TO take hsld Of anything
with, Than a made holder, and much easier to
wash lust throw them in with the brown tow
els, as many as you happen 10 get during the
week, and they come out clean and ready TO use
again.


Another girl pours hot water on the blades Of
steel knives only and they wipe easily and do
not need drying.


Another one told me the best way 10 keep
hams and dried beef was to pack II in dry salt.
We have tried it several years. with perfect sue
cess An old salt barrel is convenient. Set il
iu some cool, dry place; put quite thick lay
er Of salt in the bottom; then pack in the hams
using the pieces of dried beet, if you have any
for chinkng; cover with salt, again, till the bar
rel is full There is not the least danger from
insects, if the hams are smoked and the bee
[ dried and put away early, before the flies cont
| around, aud they are much nicer TO handle thar
| when put in ashes or OATS, or any anything O
| that kind
Year: 1874

We hope that above all men the inter
ests OF the Democratic party of Tennes-
see will be held paramount, and
that no matter what Msrplots-
who desire nothing so much as the
breaking up of the party-msy
saw or do, the members of the legisla-
ture lust elected will regard it their spe-
cial duty to see to it that they are not
driven by their likesor dislikes Of men,
who are candidates for the United
States senate, into the crestion OF
elioues or the formation of rings, or are
forced into attitudes that may make
them inimical, each to the other, to the
ruin of measures vitality concern
ing the best interests Of the State
We have this to say, reinforcing
what we have already said upon the
subject, in view Of letter which we
copy to-day from the New York Herald.
1t is a letter possibly written in the
interests of Mr.. johnson, the general
tenor of which is s blow at Governor
Brown as the representative OF an ele-
ment in the Democratic party in Ten
nessee that is most influential If not the
strongest in it. We do not believe that
Mr. Johnson desires to make the dis
tinctions this correspondent draws and
we believe this letter was written with
mischievous purpose that bodies no
good for Johnson or the Demo
cratic party. AS for Governor
Brown, we have to repeat that he
hiss made q reputation in public
life that the Herdld's correspondent
cannot touch, and we believe that we
can say, and say Il IuthfuIly, that he has
no connection, nesr or remote, with
Colonel Savage. We reiterate that this
letter is 8 mischievous production, for
which we find space only the better TO
call public attention to it, that it may
receive the universal leondemnationit it de-
serves. The Democracy Of Tennessee
bqve a great work before them,
and they must devote them
seIveN to that work earnestly, and
determined to "stand like an anvil"
Whatever their individual preferences
for the United States senstorship, let the
good Of the Democratic party be upper
n,ost in alI mems minds. We must inn
itate the men of l776, to be ready to
achieve the crowning victory in 1875.
Year: 1874

We point with pride to our city
schools. They are not all We would
have them, but they are all We can at
present make them. Well governed,
admirably managed and conducted by a
corps OF teachers of approved attain
ments. we should regret the occurrence
OF ANYTHING that could interfere TO close
them. Without anything else around
which to rally united public opinion,
We should regaId Memphis disgraced
should she be compelled to close the
doors Of her schools upon the children
rho are her wards. We need not here
and now, at this late day, enter upon
any discussion OF the merits and bless
fngs OF free school system, ours particu-
larry. We have already done so to the
point Of exhaustion of the subject.
Every man confesses it all we have
painted It who sends his sons and
daughters to Market street, the Pea
body, the Alabama street. the Court
street, or the Clay street public
schools. We ask them, then, without
clrcumloCution, how they would feel
and what would they do should these
schools be closed upon their children,
and what they would think Of and
what would they do for the public ser
want who would step out Of his way to
aid. abett or assist a covert movement
TO close them? Why, they would think
a. we do-that the man who would at
tempt to close the public schools, OF
black or white, was attempting to make
q criminal or an idler Of his child, and
that he was unfit to represent in any
capacity a people who desired TO be free
T., soul and heart, as we'll SIS body; and
+bav would mark him as one who in no
case could hereafter hold Office in Menu
phis. as one utterly unworthy Of their
confidence, unfit to be counted as
worthy of citizenship in city whose
pride and glory is her public schools.
We trust there is no such one amongst
rs. fthere is we have not heard of
him. and when we do we shall not scru-
Ole nor hesitate to gibbet or impale him
as an example OF traitorism to duty be-
yond any words Of ours to characterize
There may be technical flaws in the
g ehOol charter. II there are, it is credit
abe that SO far they have never been
take. I advantage Of to the possible ruin
81 ave,, one child. We trust they viii
not he IA Zen advantage Of now. II so,
we want TO know the name Of the man
or men who would SO LUX their names
with infamy aud earn the curses Of the
children now mo wing to man and wo-
manhood, and upon whose shoulders
must rest the burdens We must shortly
l,.y down who have passed the meridian a.
of lie. stop all elre but the public
schools; close even your police and nre
department ere you take the step that
will go far to recruit She classes l9I our
protection against whom t2ese depart
-,,ar,fu are iusiffntpd
Year: 1874

1t is now definitely settled that the soldiers'
and Sailors Monument will not be sold. Mr.
Eli Crozier has obtained subscriptions sufficient
70 cover the whole amount Of the Indebtedness
and to partly reimburse him for his loss in his
November benefit. II now only remains to OBJ
tain enough additional subscriptions to make up
the deficit in his lose, to collect the money, (a
large portion Of it is already in HANDY, to pay OF
the debt gather in the amounts subscribe by the
residents along the Avenue to complete the or
namentation, perform the work, and then-the
monument begun come years ago will be COM
pleted. But to whom will the credit belong
Let us not forget the preseryer Of the monu-
ment from Disgrace. To this end we suggest
that to the inscription wherein the monument il
dedicated to the dead of the rebellion be added
Redeemed by Eli Crozier from Public Dis
grace"
Year: 1874

Only a short time ago, we were assured by a
resident Judge of the Lehigh coal region that
good order and respectful obedience to law
prevailed throughout that district, that the news-
paper reports were greatly exaggerated, and that
life was Az secure there as in the most peaceful
rural districts. To-day however, the telegraph
reports, additional to those which have from
time to time been published, the wanton mur-
der of another citizen who has incurred the die
pleasure of the outlaws who seem to infest that
region, and we are growing curious to know the
extent OF the safety with which human life is
invested in that country. 1t seems to rival the
metropolis in outlawry.
Year: 1874

In moral point of view, the life of
the agriculturist is the most pure and
holy of any class of men; pure, be-
cause it is the most healthful, and
vice can hardly find time to contami-
nate it; and holy, because it brings
the Deity perpetually before his view,
giving him thereby the most exalted
most fascinating and endearing view
of benignity.-[ Lord John Russell.
Year: 1874




Inside of two years in every State that
has held legislative elections Except two
States in which the Democratic majOrities
are overwhelming there has been an OPP
position gain of from one to siXty-siX votes
on joint ballot, six States which had Re-
publican Legislatures in 1912 now have
opposition Legislatures, and the eight
States in the above list in which the OppO-
sItiOn now controls the Legislatures are at
present represented in Washington by ten
administration Senators.


In the presence of these figures extended
comment is supertuOus. They demon
strate more than many words can do it that
President Grant and the Republican party
have lost the confidence of the country, and
that the revolution now sweeping over
State after State will eliminate in the
autumn of 1876 in the restoration of the
Democratic party to power in the General
Government.
Year: 1874

1t was an unfortunate idea making the
new ten-cent scrip so much like the fifty.
cent scrip. 1t is no pleasant sensation, at:
ter hurrying from store and all the way
home under the impression that you have
beaten somebody out of forty cents to find
you have the right change after all. We
may be little prejudiced, but it strikes us
this is taking an ungenerous advantage Of
trusting nature.-Danbury Net0s.
Year: 1874

BEEF TEA.-Cut some of the lean OF
uncooked meat into pieces about half an
inch square, put them into bottle, wrap
around the cork piece of muslin, then
stop the bottle closely and put it into a
kettle of cold water. Place the kettle
over the fire, and let it boil until all the
essence is extracted from the beef; then
pour it out and add a little salt,
Year: 1874

Now that we have this interesting ami
NAL known as American Girl under the
microscope, we must take occasion 70 Ut
ter caution against morbid attention
TO her case, and against arousing in her a
morbid attention to herself. Nearly all
the moral and physical doctors OF the DAY
have sufficiently denounced the reckless
ness of girls, and their willfulness III gong
i'm thin shoes and snug cOrsets, but these
habits are not whit more offensive than
the affected invalidism of girls OF more
than thirteen years. This habit Is more
nauseating in social intercourse than all
the crimes against physiology and hygiene,
and is becoming more and more prevalent;


Many girls take it from the perpetual


whining of invalid mothers, who connoe
I to their family an altogether unnecessary
amount of their own ailments. and infect
/ them with their own morbid tone ol


thought. How enlivening to meet one OF
these Miss Nancys: How ar" you, Dol
Ilv?" "Oh, quite miserable. l woke


with terrific headache, and went with
nv head in camphor all the morning.


Going to the concert. to-night?' mo


ma thinks it isn't prudent. After the last
/ concert | was sick all the next day. l an


so delicatel" And if we would stop tC


hear she would tell US all about her nerves
I her liver, her digestive miseries and so on
I like the most accomplished old Betty
-SriagfsLd Republican,
Year: 1874

"A useful novelty has been introduced
at Partisan dinner tables. On the back OF
the menu is given a list of the persons pre-
sent. with short account Of who and
what they are. BY this means many
awkward mistakes in conversation may be
avoided.
Year: 1874

The outstanding legal-tenders have been
drawn upon to the extent that only SIT I,O0o.-
900 are left in the reserve. What is to be
done when that is exhausted cannot now be
seen. Secretary Richardson seems TO be de.
pending upon Congress, and Congress upon
the Secretary, for relief. The end Of the re-
serves at the rate which they were drawn
upon to-day would be reached soon after the
1st Of February.
Year: 1874

Two propositions were debated by the
Military Committee of the House on the case
of General Howard-one to continue the
Investigation by the committee, and the other
TO direct the President to institute court
of inquiry. No final action on either propo-
sition was reached.
Year: 1874

VINO TO PLEASE Try as diligently as
whipped school boy, TO please every
body and you cannot. The world Is toe
exacting. Even dearest friends will pick
flaws, when you exert every faculty to
please. In fact. it is poor business TO
attempt to obtain the commentator OF
anybody but yourself. and God.


Consult your own conscience and Set
tie accounts there Elm Orlou.
Year: 1874

Ep- An Iowa lady concludes an anti
suffrage letter as follows "fou may
look at this matter in whatever light you
will, but simmer it down and 1t is but n
quarrel with the Almighty that we are
not all men.
Year: 1874

NY child, you are now entering
upon llfe's stormy sea, and I beg you
to be prudent you are prone to
vanity, l fear; but do not let that
silly head be turned by the aatteries
you will receive from the dwellers
in the booths Of Vanity Fair.


Dearest mamma, pray do not fear
for me; l hope have proftcd by
the good advice You have always
been careful to bestow. Now, dar'
ling mother, do bc good, and let mc
pass my last day at home pleasant
Year: 1874

In Congress the Senate bill allow
ing soldiers who enlisted under the
proclaim alton of May 7, 1864, and
prior to August IL, 1861, a bounty of
800, is now pending before the
House Military Committee. It is
the desire of the committee to pass a
bill which will meet the cases of as
many of this class of volunteers as
possible, and the chances are that
such bill will be reported the present
week.
Year: 1874

GRAIN IN GEORGIA. gentleman
who has travelled over the State of
Georgia in almost every direction
and conferred with the farmers, says
that there will be about twenty-five
per cent. less of cotton grown this
year than last, and that there will be
a large increase in the area devoted
to corn and other grains. The Pa
irons have had something to do with
this change, for the State Grange
recommends third cotton to two
thirds corn, and such cereals as are
needful for the support of man ant
the domestic animals.
Year: 1874

Temperance people generally look
with great favor upon Judge Vests
proposed amendment to Constitution,
which we published recently, and pc
titions for its adoption are being cir
culated and numerously signed in
many parts OF the State. The amend
ment does not put any prohibitory
clause in the Constitution, but saws
that no liquor shall be sold except as
provided By lao, which amounts
practically to prohibition unless the
Legislature shall legalize the traffic.
But should the Legislature pass a
license law. then the amendment
gives the power to towns, cities,
townships and villages to prohibit
the traffic if a majority of the voters
SO decide.


A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette takes this view of the matter.
We copy:
Year: 1874

draw no fancy picture but simply
refer to what is constantly occurring,
not only in Ellsworth but in nearly
every village and city in the country.
and is the logical result of the laws of
the land.


Young women will be engaged in
business which they are not willing
to torsake for a married life. Some OF
them will believe that they possess
abilities, which will place them in high
political Office in the future"


1t seems to Inc in this paragraph
which with many others is draft from
the imaginatIon-is dimly shadowed
forth the principal cause of the oppo-
sitlon to female suffrage, and a more
extensive and more widely difused
range of female education. There
seems TO be kind OF jealousy or fear
that woman will take too high a stand ;
that she will rise above her sphere
that she will come up from her present
inferior state in government and socie-
ty and take place as the equal of man.
Hence comes the effort to crush every
movement made for the expansion of
her intellect and political influence.


If there would be no danger in an
extension of female influence let her
come up and take any position she can
fill. If her influence is dangerous or
hurttul; if it Is found necessary to
thwart her aspirations, let US turn Turk
at once, shut her up in the harem, and
join the Boston School Committee in
their decision that she is not a per
SON. NJ


SE>L Cove, March 1874.