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Year: 1877

Care for ones self and his own, though
it be SELFISH is the law, and the law is
life, and life is duty. Neglect may be
disaster and death. 'If any man pro-
vide not for his own, especially those of
his own house, he hath denied the faith
and is worse than an Infidel." The
subject is but just opened; a sermon lies
before. Most reasoning men can, how
ever, see the leading and most sugges-
tive points. There is a tremendous
scope in the unfolding. And as you
take up life and its vast responsibilities,
and consider here little and there a lit
tie out of the whole field of human pos
sibilities, we beg that you will not make
the fatal mistake of overlooking the
precious gifts indicative of good judg-
ment, thoughtfulness for the future, and
wise regard for the comfort and happi-
ness of the family circle.
Year: 1877

SPEAK KINDLY.-Speak kindly in
the morning; it lightens the cares of
the day, and makes the household and
all other affairs move along more
smoothly.


Speak kindly at night, for it may be
that before dawn some loved one may
finish his or her space of life, and it will
be too late to ask forgiveness.


Speak kindly at all times; it encOur-
ages the dOwn-cast, cheers the sorrow
ing, and very likely the earnest resolves
to do better, with strength to keep
them.


Kind words are balm to the soul.
They oil up the entire machinery OF
life, and keep it in good running order.
Year: 1877

An Eastern paper says: "Miss Ellis,
the young lady at Wesleyan University
who was forced to resign her post as
class poet because her brother students
thought woman ought not to hold it,
may comfort herself with the reflection
that it was all matter of prejudice,
and not of brains"
Year: 1877

Such is the productiveness of the cas-
sava plant from which the tapioea of
commerce is manufactured that it has
been calculated that one acre will yield
more nourishment than six acres of
wheat.
Year: 1877

The following is from the reveries
of Il bachelor. by Ike Marvel: IA
poor man without some sort of re'
li9ion is at best but poor reprobate,
the football Of destiny, with no tie
linking him to intinity and the won
drous eternity that is even wo-se-a
flame without a heat, q rainbow with.
out u color. flower without perfume.
A man may. i'll some sort. tie his hope
and his honor to this shifting ground
tackle, to his business or the world.
but 4 woman without that anchor
called faith is drift and a wreck
A man may have some sort of moral
responsibility out of relation TO man
kind, but woman in her compare
lively isolated sphere where affection
and not purpose is the controlling
motive can find no basis i'm any other
system or right action but tEat of
faith. A man may craze his thoughts
to truthfulness in such poor harborage
as tame and reputation may stretch
before him, but woman, where can
she put her hopes in storms. if not IN
Heaven? And that sweet truthful.
ness, that abiding love, that enduring
hope mellowin9 every page and seems
in lie, lighting them with radiancs
when the worlds storms break like
an army with cannon. Who has en-
joyed the love of Christian mother
but will echo the thought With energy
and hallow it with tears!"
Year: 1877

Conrad, the Emperor OF Ger
many. was remarkable for his un-
sparing punishment of all who
crossed his purpose. A quain'
but true legend recites that Ger
tain Count Lrpold. who was one
Of those fearing death. fed into a
remote forest and lived in a hut
with his wife. It happened that
while hunting, Conrad came to the
spot. and passed the night with
them. That pight the counts wife
became the mother of son. and
the emperor dreamed that the
child then born would be his heir
AS the same dream required twice.
he was greatly troubled and the
next morning he commanded tw"
If his servants to kill the child
They took it away; but being
moved to compassion by its smiles.
they placed it under tree. and
brought back a hare's heart to the
emperor. A certain duke, passing
by soon after, found the child, and
took it home to his wife, and
adopted it as his own. Afterward,
the emperor being with this duke.
and hearing him relate, as a forest
adventure. the history of this boy.
who was then present, began to
suspect that the victim had es
capped. Being confirmed in the
opinion, he took him into lis ser
vice as a page, and then sent him
with a letter to the enpress, IN
which he charged her upon pain Of
his displeasure, to have the bearer
put to death. The youth set out,
and after seven days came to a
certain priests house. who received
him with great hospitality. The
priest was struck by his comely
air, and by his travelling SO far
While he slept he looked at this
letter. and discovered the hcr,ible
fate that awaited him; SO erasing
the writing, he substituted these
words


This is the youth whom I have
chosen as the husband Of our
laughter. l charge you to give
her t" him quickly"


Next morning the lad awoke re-
freshed. and said


"Adieu, dear host"


The priest replied


Remember me when you are
emperor


The boy only laughed, esteem
lug it jest; so they parted. On
arriving at Aix-la Chapelle he de-
livered lis letters. and so wei! did
the strafagem succeed, that when
the emperor wlote soon after, to
ask if his orders had been oheyed
the empress assured him that the
nupiials bad been celebrated with
great celerity. rs he desired. The
emperor hardly believed his eyes
when be read her letter. Mnrnt'
ing his horse, he rode off immedi-
ately and with great speed to AK
la Chapelle. On his arrival the
empress presented their danghte:
and son in law. For a long time
the emperor seemed lost IN aston
iShment and uncertain what to do.
A. length nature prevailed and he
exclaimed


The will of Heaven cannot be
resisted y


Then he compelled the two
sqnires to reveal what they had
done and the count to come from
The Black Fon est and receive back
his son with peace from ihe EN-
peror, who left bim as heir, and
who succeeded him as Henry II.
On the spot in the forest where the
child was born WAS erected after
wa:d DIS the noble manastery OF
Hirschua
Year: 1877

AT a recent meeting of the
Scottish Society of Arts, DR.. Mac


Adam read a paper on butterine
from oxen, in which he claimed
that it was quite as pure as butter
He said the original or raw mate
rial now used was the best * suet,
which was taken in a thoroughly
fresh state, aud, lhe mambranous
parts being cUt away, was gently
heated in IL steam pan until the
finer and pnrer part OF the fat was
lidnified. This was then run off
and while still warm was skinned
repeatedly, aud thereafter was al
lowed to cool. The semi solid tat
thus obtained was pressed through
bags for further purifcation, after
wards churned with some milk,
and kneaded aud salted in the usn-
al way. In chemical properties
the butterine which WAS thus OBJ
tanned was almost Identical with
ordinary butter, the only difference
being u few per cent of volatile fat
ty acids forming butterine in the
true butter. Fully 60 per cent. of
both butter and butterine consisted
OF more liquid fats. which were
common to both; in fact, the but
ter was practically the animal fat
which the COW had passed through
the udder in milk, from which it
was manufactured, and the butter
lue was the finer part of tie AMI
NAL fat, which the OK had stored
up In the suet from which it wa
manufactured.
Year: 1877

We have a'statute in force, giving the
City Council power to fixed the price of
gas. This law was enacted to protect
citizens against exorbitant charges by
what might be considered monopoly,
and so far as the rights of the public are
concerned, it is undoubtedly proper.
But, when difference in agreement be-
tween the Council and the gas company
arises, then the former has a decided
advantage The power of the Council
is arbitrary at least in this instance they
assume to make it so they can fix the
price of gas at whatever they please /;
the gas company must either accept the
rates fixed by the Council or refuse to
manufacture. While the refusal of the
gas company to supply gas may not dis
commode members of the Council, it is a
serious matter to private consumers and
the public, who desire to have our streets
lighted; but the gross injustice of this
movement on the part of the Council is
upon the rights and interests of the gas
company. They have a capital of some
$4,000 invested in the gas works, 1t
will not be denied but they are entitled
to a just compensation and fair profit
upon their investment, as that Of any
other manufacturing establishment in
our city The gas works are a credit to
the city. They manufacture an excel>
lent quality Of gas, and are entitled to
protection and encouragement, and not
oppression,


For several months our City Council
and the gas company have been labor
ing to fix price that would be satisfac-
tory to both parties but, as they were
unable to agree, the Council, at their last
meeting, by the authority vested in them,
passed an ordinance fixing the price at
81 IS per thousand feet, which is much
less than the average price of gas in

towns of near the population of Canton
in this part of the State.


Before this ordinance was enacted
the gas company informed the Council
they could not accept, and proposed to
submit the question of price to disinter-
ested experts, not owners of gas stock,
but familiar with the manufacture of gas,
and abide their decision, but the Conn
Gil declined the proposition.


That the course of the Council in this
matter has been arbitrary and unjust
must be conceded. Let justice be done.


Let the Council, or their champion
member, or their sneaking outside advi'
sers, meet this question. Give us the
data on which they based their action,
and explain their course to the public.
Year: 1877

Boston, October Is.


Wendell Phillips, in lecture at New
ton tonight, took up the cudgels in be-
half of Sumner, and claimed that Grant
was drunk when he had the converse
ton with Sumner in which he charged
the Senator with lying. He eulogized
Sumner, of course, and gave the following
account of the affair:


Sumner received from the hands of
Grant the treaty Of San Domingo, and
after examining it for one day returned
it to Grant and urged a reconsideration
of the action of The administration. Grant
listened in sullen silence A gentleman
who was present, and who has been in
Washington for forty years, and who
came away with Sumner, said, as they
came down the steps of the Executive
Mansion: "What is the matter with
Grant2 Do yo uthink he understands
you ?" II should think he might" re-
piled Sumner. "No, he does not" was
the response "he is in no state to under
stand anything" If Grant never heard,
continued Phillips, that Sumner took
back the courteous pledge that he trusted
to have the pleasure of supporting the
administration in the chamber of the
White House, it was because his brain
refused to perform its Office. He is no
Judge of the veracity of the Senator from
Massachusetts,.
Year: 1877

SENATOR Bayard said last week that
the man must be blind who doesn't see
that the whole DRIFT of public opinion is
against party scheming. Yes, against
the party scheming that eliminated last
winter in shameless fraud and political
felony. The man must indeed be blind
who does not see that the people re.
member, with hot indignation, the theft
of their highest office, and that they in
tend having reckoning with the thieves.
If this is what the Delaware Senator
meant, he showed the perception Of a
statesman. .--ExckaHge.
Year: 1877

The Republican papers are consoling
themselves upon their defeat in this State
with the fact that their vote was not out,
and this.they call general apathy, What
brings about this apathy? When man
does not vote, it is 4rima tacfa evidence
that he is dissatisfied with his party, and
is willing to let go by default. Major
tiles are not fixed and immutable. Let
the Legislature do up their work speed
lily and satisfactorily, a nd they will be
sure of a continuance of power.
Year: 1877

THE President and other leading men
of the Cubau cause have been captured.
and reports show that there are but a few
thousand of the patriots left to battle
with the Spanish troops,
Year: 1877

Coon ADVICE In the pocket book
of the Hon. Stephen Allen, who was
drowned when the Henry Clay was


burned on the Hudson several years
since, was found printed slip. appar-
sutly cut from newspaper, of which
the following is copy. 1t is worthy
to be engraved on every young mans
heart: "Make few promises. Always
speak the truth Never speak evil Of
any one. Keep good company or none
Live up to your engagements Never
play game Of chance. Drink no kind
of intoxicating liquors Good charac-
ter is above all things else. Keep your
own secrets, if you have any Never
borrow if you can possibly help it, Do
net marry until you are able to support
wife. Keep yourself innocent if you
would be happy. When you speak to
a person, look him in the face. Make
no haste to be rich, if you wsuld pros
per. Ever live (misfortune excepted)
within your income Save when you
are young to spend when you are old.
Avoid temptation, through fear you
may not Withstand it. Never run into
debt unless you see a way to get out
again. Small and steady gains give
competency, with tranquil mind
Good company and good conversation
are the sinews of virtue. Your char
acter cannot be essentially injured, ex-
cept by your own acts. If any one
speak evil of you, let your life be SO
that no one will believe him. When
you retire to bed, think over what you
have been doing during the day. Never
be idle; if your hands can't be employ
ed usefully, attend to the cultivation of
your mind Read over the above max
inns carefully and thOughtfully at least
once a week"
Year: 1877

A SAFE BUSINESS. "A young man


from the country who had recently


come into possession of few thousand


dollars, visited an uncle in the city, an


old merchant, to get his advice about


investing his capital in business go


back to the country, young man, /" said


the merchant, "and invest your money
in land Buy farm, settle down on
it and do a safe business I have been
in business here nearly forty years, and


have accumulated fortune, but it has
been done by fearful risk. heavy res
possibility, constant toll and worrying
anxieties. A dozen times / have been
on the verge of bankruptcy, and twice
I have been sorely tempted to take my
own life OF ten men who commenced
business here when I did, only one be-
side myself succeeded. The rest all
failed, one after another, some dragging
their families down to poverty and dis
grace. Take my advice Keep away
from the city aud its delusive business
avenues. Quiet contentment on a mod
crate competency in the country is the
best fortune l could wish you" This
advice, from one who had made trade a
success. ought to have weighty iufu-
ence on young men who contemplate
abandoning the farm for a business life
in town. 1t ought to have much greater
influence than similar advice from one
who had failed of success, for obvious
reasons. The old merchants conclu-
sions are corroborated by the expert
ence of thousands, and by facts obtained
by investigation A recent statement
in an eastern paper says that out of
every one thousand traders. but seven
succeed Of one thousand one hundred
and twelve bankrupts who took the
benefit Of the bankrupt law in Massa-
chusetts, only fourteen were farmers,
and of two thousand five hundred and
fifty in New York, only forty-six were
farmers That is, less than two per
cent of all bankrupts were farmers. and
over ninety-eight per cent. we're traders
The difference is largely increased when
the large excess of the farming popula-
tion over that Of trade is considered.
Year: 1877

To raise melons successfully the most


important things to be taken into con-


sideration are the selection Of soil, its


preparation, the distance between the


hills, the time of planting and the after
civilizations.


And irst, rich sandy loan is nm


doubtedly the most suitable soil in


which to grow them, although a still


gray soil will produce them perhaps
as sweet, if not SO early; but if too


thin; the more manure will be requir-
ed. that from the hog pen being con
sidered best.


In preparing the ground it should
be deeply plowed the fall or winter pre-


vious. or as early in the spring as pos
sible, and in either case reploWed and


finely pulverized at the time of making
the hills, which should be done some
two or three weeks before planting.
To make the hills. the land, if for wa
termelons, should be first checked off
at distances about eight feet apart
each way, running the plow once up
and down the furroW to make it as deep
as possible. Then at each intersection
of the burrows scrape out with s weed
ing hoe hole about foot deep and
some two or three feet in diameter,
into which throw as much as peck or
more well rotted manure, and draw
thereon as much of the surrounding
soil as will form a goodsized hill.


In the Middle States the most suita-
Bile time for planting is the first of May,
replanting the hills as often as occa-
sion may require until a good stand is
obtained. On going to plant the hills
should be first chopped down, the
earth and manure thoroughly mixed,
the hills reformed, and five or six seed
planted in each hill. As soon as the
plants are fairly up the one-horse bar
share plow should be introduced, and
the plants sided" both ways, BY
running the bar side Of the plants and
throwing the earth away from them,
following the same with hoes to brush
round, and thin out the plants to three
or four. In the meantime a sharp
lookout should be kept for the striped
bugs, the only efectual way of guard
against the depredations of which is
to visit the vines early in the mornings
and destroy them by hand.


After the siding" is completed and
the plats brushed around with the hoes
and thiuned, the furrow should be re-
the dirt thrown towards the
plants, and the whole space between
the bills plOwed out, repeating the lat
ter operation every eight or ten days
until the vines have attained such
growth as to interfere with the further
use Of the plow.


The cultivation Of the canteleup is
similar to that Of the watermelon, ex-
,ept that the distance between the hills
md quantity of manure need not be so
great.


If hog manure is not accessible the
nexe best thing is compost made of
table manure, woods, earth and ashes
two parts earth, and one part ashes, :.
% which add = sprinkling Of plaster.
mixing the same well together and al
owing it to stand in heap for a
week or two before applying in the
ill.


After all, the production Of good
Melons will depend on the seed. It
will not do merely to save seed from
rood melons. but it is also necessary
hat the good melons should have grown
where no other variety grew.
Year: 1877

SwAGaER.- eswaggerer and brag-
gart never works. He talks loudly Of
what he can do and has done, and tries
TO impose upon bis Deighbors by boast
full manner But be amounts to moth
ing after all How much of his silly
swagger and sWash is to be seen on all
sides! Nature, somehow, made a spe-
cial provision, however, for keeping her
favorites quiet and concealed. The
great thought is the one that comes to
its birth in silence The large man
knows too well that the moment he
stopped to brag be would loose his real
advantage. Never mind about these
trifes, says nature to him 81 will do
far better by you if you will come to
me-" And in thus going to see how
lofty is humility, how modesty helps to
put all obstructions out of way, and how
tranquil.that reserve which goes with
genuine power recruits his strength
continually. On the other hand, pre-
tension and humbug go but SO far at
the farthest They are sure to be found
out Let windbag alone long enough,
and it will collapse at last, no one cares
when or how.
Year: 1877

The BETTER EDUoATIoN.-You can
train the eye to see all the bright places
in your life, and so slip over the hard
ones with surprising ease. You can also
train the eye to rest on the gloomy
spots. in utter forgetfulness Of all that
is bright and beautiful. The former is
the better education Life is too short
to nurse ones misery. Hurry across
the lOWlands. that you may linger
longer on the mountain tops.
Year: 1877

When you see him driving his, in
stead of bis work driving him, it shows
that he will never be driven from good
resolutions, and that be will certainly
work his way to prosperity.


When you always see in his wood
house a sufdciency for three months or
more, it shows that be will be q more
than ninety days wonder, in farming
operations. and that he is not sleeping
in bis house after a drunken frolic.


When he has house seperate from
the main building, purposely foE ash
eS, and an irsn or tin vessel to trans.
port them, it shows that he never
built bis dwelling to be a funeral pile
for his family, and perhaps himself.


When his sled is housed in summer,
and his implements covered both in
winter and sunmer, it plainly shows
that be will have a good house over
bis head in the summer of early life,
and winter of old age.


When cattle are properly shielded
aud fed in winter. it evidence that be is
acting according to scriptures, which
says that "a merciful man is merciful
to bis beasts.


When be is seen subscribing for
newspaper and paying in advance, it
shows that be is speaking like a book
the latest improvements in
Agriculture. and that be never gets his
walking papers to the land of poverty
Year: 1877

OLD LETTERS. burn kindly
written letters it is so pleasant to read
them over when the ink is brown, the
paper yellow with age. and the hands
that traced the friendly words are fold
ed over the hearts that prompted them
under the green sod Above all, never
burn love letters. To read them in
after years is like resurrection to ones
youth. The elderly spinster finds in
the impassioned offer she foolishly re-
jected, wenty..years ago foundation of
rejuvenescence. Glancing over it, she
realizes that she was once belle and a
beauty, aud beholds her former self in
a mirror much more congenial to her
taste than the one that confronts her in
her dressing-room The "widow in
deed" derives a sweet and solemn con-
ISOLATION from the letters of the beloved
one who has journeyed before her to
the far-of land from which there comes
no message, and where she hopes one
day to join him. No photographs can
so vividly recall to the memory of the
mother the tenderness and devotion of
the children who have left at the call
of heaven, as the epistolary outpourings
of that love. The letter of true son
or daughter to a true mother is some
thing better than the image of the fea-
lures it is a refux Of the writer's soul.
Keep all loving letters. Burn only the
harsh ones, and in burning them for
give and forget them.
Year: 1877

TO the Farmers Of Cedar Co..


The greatest want of the farmers of
Cedar county at this time is uniform
ly dry land. There has been consid-
erable open ditching done, which an
swers very well for heavy sloughs.
But there are great many small
sloughs, or arms running up into the
arabic land-more or less of them on
every farm. These are a great incon-
venience and annoyance-more, per-
haps, than the larger ones. No one
wants the farm cut up in every direc-
ton with open bitches, and to avoid
this the gopher or mole ditch was in
troduced. But these, in most cases.
have proved unsatisfactory and tenn
porary. They do we'll for season,
but finally fail in part or altogether.


The burned drain tile is the thing
that has proved success for under
ground draining in the old country
and iii the Eastern States: and there
| Is every reason to believe that it will
be equally so here. The only question
Is, can it be obtained at price which
VIII permit its use? The only way to
get the tile at reasonable rates is for
the farmers to unite in shipping and
buy by the car-l,ad-as in small lots
the freight would be enormous-or
else get some one to take hold of tho
trade. 1t would be well for the farm
ers OF this county to talk this thing up
and get ready to take hold OF 1t In due
time. A FARMER,
Year: 1877

In calling our Republican State
Convention, the worthy chairman OF
the Central Committee might just as
well, and in fact, great deal better,
have omitted the thread-bare rhodo-
montade about slavery, loyalty and
treason, the shackies of bondage and
the flag Of the free, which he hung on
as tail to kite that was already well
balanced,