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Year: 1877

WEATHER PRoGNosTICATIoNs.- The
storm last Saturday was heavy one for
the time it lasted, nearly an inch of wa
ter falling. Tuesday the sky became
overcast and had every appearance of


snow. 1t commenced raining during the
night and still continues. If Anything is
TO be foretold from the experience ofform-
er seasons, the outlook for good mining
winter is very favorable. Two years ago
the storms commenced on the 9th of the
current month and 10 ono could complain
that the season following was not every
thing that could.le asked. Last year our
heaviest rains fell in October and through
the two months following the sun rode in
cloudless skies. There is a more promis
ing outlook now for favorable season
than we have had for several years, still
We would give little something to have
a satisfactory interview with the "clerk
of the weather."
Year: 1877

CHEAP MUsIC.-In our advertising
columns is noticed .StOddard'S Musical
Library, serial publication, now under
way from its extraordinary cheapness will
effect revolution in the music publish
ing interest. Messrs. Stoddard & Co.,
ngree to give for the low price of one
dime. collection Of the most popular in
stFdmental and vocal music, printed on
full size music paper, of the best quality.
The same amount and quality in fact as
would cost 81 so if published separately.
This is a step in the right direction, and
one which will find instant and hearty ia
vor with those whom it is intended to
benefit.
Year: 1877

the people, who have no sympathy with pro.
fssssonal spoils-seokers, do not arise In their
1hwtr and sustain tho President In bis nob!o
effort to crush them and break up tha!r no.
farious business: In this work the Repub-
licans Of the Presidents own State should be
Year: 1877

the conclusion that there is an alien
alton in the affections of some of our
people too deeply rooted ever to be
appeased or eradicated. 1t would ap-
pear that their magnanimity is forever
destroyed, "gone glimmering amid
the dream of things that were," and
with repetition Of past events would
entail upon their government name
allied with and linked to the dark,
despicable and horrible associations
doomed to bear through the portals
and dpwnthe aisles of all coming time
the most frightfal cognomen ever be-
slowed by vulgar hatred or deserved
by human guilt. CAROLINA.
Year: 1877

We say therefore that once these
gardens" are compelled to hoist their
blinds and do businsss according to law,
exposed to the public eye, that it will
divsst them at once ofthe charm and also
Of the profits Of novelty. Such an ex-
PO'ure will prevent almost every man
who has any character to lose from being
seen inside such places.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the California Ag1i-
cultu9ist claims that the cause or origin of
smut in wheat is cracked grains, which have
just vitality enough to germinate and grow,
but not enough to mature the grain. Very
few scientists or scientific farmers, we think,
agree with him on this point; for it will re-
quire very little observation and but few
experim ents to show that the theory has
no facts for its support. He also says:


"Wheat threshed on the ground by the
trampng of horses, and sown without the
application of any preparation to it, does
Lot produce smut. Wheat that falls to the
ground in the field and makes volunteer
crop does not produce smut. Such wheat,
like any other, may blast-that Is, black
substance is found in the place of the grain,
which blows away before harvest; but the
real smut remains in its sack till after
threshing. Probably the cause of blasting
is high winds during the time the growing
grain is in blossom"


The author Of the above paragraph could
never have read anything of wheat culture
before the introduction Of ''threshing' ma
chimes, else he must have known that smut
in wheat did not make its appearance with
the implements in question.


The ancient Romans trampled out their
corn with muzzled oxen, and still their ag-
ricultural writer's inform us that wheat was
soaked in the urine of animals to prevent
smut; just as thousands of farmers of the
present day soak it in brine, and for the
Year: 1877

This comparatively new clover, known as
alfalfa, is lucerne, slightly modified by the
climate of Chill and California. It is per-
ennial plant--that is, it continues more than
two years-and in the State of New York,
fields Of it can be seen where the seed was
sown over fifty years ago.


The common red clover is biennial, short
er lived, and therefore better suited for a
systemlof short rotations. Alfalfa is equally
as hardy as red clover, and is peculiarly
adapted to rough, hillside lands, rocky, ETC.,
that cannot be cultivated to advantage, the
long tap-root winding among the rocks un-
til it finds moisture, and, once established,
it improves yearly.


Sow the seed broadcast OH very clean land
as soon as possible, from ten to twelve
pounds of seed to the acre. At all events,
fit Immediately half acre or an acre of
clean land near the barn, and give it n fair
test as green food for horses and cattle.
There is no risk, however, in sowing an
hundred or more acres.


Never pasture it or cut it closely the first
year. Dut lct IL grow cnouSu III 1iie A.ii w
make good winter protection for the roots.
Do not pasture it the first year, when the
soil is wet and muddy.


The seed of alfalfa, when fresh and good,
is yellow, glossy and heavy. If the seeds
are white, it is an indication that they are
not ripe. This clover is particularly relished
by swine, both in summer and when made
into hay, which they greedily eat during the
winter. Try half an acre, and you will sow
more next year.-Rural World.
Year: 1877

sne purpose. The salt in the urine Or the
SIT dissolved in pure water, acts not only
aa stimulant and fertilizer, but at the same
the destroys the spores of the smut plant
VIII which it comes in contact.


lime and bluestone (sulphate of copperas)
ar of later Introduction, and at present
mre generally used for preventing smut
TIM salt.


he writer, however, of the article already
retired to throws out d few good hints to
farmers in the following:


I have known farmers to sprinkle wheat
wit a solution of sulphate of copper and
Immediately apply lime. This method will
noprevent smut, because the sulphuric acid
unies with the lime Immediately, forming
sulhate of lime (plaster of Paris), leaving
the copper in a metallic state, and the last
chemical arrangement renders the whole in
ert. Lime may be used in the following
manner: Pour the wheat into trough,
sprinkle, and stir until well wet; add lime,
and 'tlr well. If properly done, the lime
adhees to the grain like plastering. Lime
applied in this way not only prevents smut,
but also stimulates the young plants. The
dust from lime in sowing is very offensive to
the eyes, nose and mouth, for which reason
most hrmers use bluestone, my method of
using which is as follows: Dissolve three
pounds Of bluestone in wooden bucket,
using hot water. Put fifty or sixty gallons
Of water in trough and pour in the solu-
ton. Take sacks Of wheat and divide them
into other sacks, to make them convenient
to handle. Immerse them in the trough for
three or four minutes; then lift them on a
platform where they will drain into the
trough. Add bluestOne and water from
time t1time, SO as to use four to six pounds
of bluestone for each ton of wheat.


"The cracking of wheat by threshing ma
chimes can and should be avoided. If the
cylinder and concaye teeth are adjusted SO
as to pass at a proper distance, and the CRATE
bars made smooth and free from sharp an
giles, and the speed kept down so that the
grain is not hurled, as if shot from a gun,
against the grate-bars, the grain would come
out in perfect condition for seed. Unfortu-
nately, steam supplies the power, and job.
work the temptation, to make one-twelftll
of the crop unfit for that purpose"
Year: 1877

received favorably the facts and called it
Hardee's theory of concussion.


Your petitioner is perfectly sanguine that
IL taxes out little conclusion of the ground
TO destroy all the eggs of the locust, and
That II an experiment of heavy concuss,on
OF the atmosphere is brought about when
the atmosphere is dense and humid* X that
miles OF the dense clouds of grasshoppers of
the west can be destroyed by one concus-
sion. Your petitioner also claims that in
seasons OF great drought he can produce
ram in twenty-four hours by conclusion,
and for proof of this will state that in near
~ every instance after great battles in the
late war, there were copious showers with
III twenty-four hours, and in every instance
ltralned in less than forty-eight hours. Your
petitioner also claims that if he can prove
that concussion will destroy insect Or para
site life, then if the theory laid down by
scientists that yellow fever and all conta-
gious or infectious diseases are caused by
animalcula is correct, conclusion will de-
stroy these diseases. In proof of this will
state that no yellow fever or other contagion
appeared in any of the Southern cities SUBJ
Jected to heavy conclusion during the late
war.


Your petitioner claims that in a very re-
cent experiment of conclusion stone lar
was broken some three hundred feet from
the cannon used, and panes of window glass
We're shattered at a great distance, and he is
led to believe that any concussion that will
do this will certainly destroy the thin cause
wings of the Western grasshopper, and
again begs of your honorable body that he
be allowed to use heavy conclusion against
the great plague OF Tie vvtsJ, tho 1onnst or
grasshopper, all of which is respectfully
submitted, and your kind action in the prem
ises earnestly solicited.


From the above it will be seen that Col
Hardce claims much, but if one-half can be
accomplished it will be worth far more than
tile cost of making the experiments neces-
sary to establish the fact in regard to the
truth or falsity of the theory advanced. We
hope some Of the Western States where
grasshopper eggs abound, will give our vet
eran concussionist chance to show what he
can do in the way of destroying insect life
as proposed.


*Col II seems to overlook the fact that the atnos-
phere is most dense when dry.-[ED.


Rural Neu Yorker.
Year: 1877

The correspondent of the Daily
News at Kischeneff, writing of Gen.
Nepokoitschitzky, the Russian chief
Of staff, says:


General Nepokoitschitzky's hair,
whiskers and moustache are snow
white; but there is a flush of hale
color on his cheek ; his eye is not
dim, neither is his natural force
abated. He wore a simple undress
uniform, with the aiguilettes, which
distinguish the staff officer, and his
only decoration was the Gross of ST..
George.


"The General has seen more SER
vice than most of the Russian lead
ers, and his experience of staff duty
in particular has been long and con-
tinuous. He joined the army as an
infantry officer, and first saw active
service in the Caucasus, where his
merit was so conspicuous that he
speedily received a staff appoint.
ment. He held an important and
responsible Office on the general
staff in the army which Russia sent
to cooperate with Austria in quell-
ing the Austrian insurrection in
1S49.


"In the Orimean war, or rather
in the war which we know conyen-
tionally by that name, he was chief
of staff to one of the corps compos-
ing the army with which Gortscha-
koff occupied the Principalities, and
took part, under Paskiewitz, in the
memorable siege of Silistria. Since
1856 the General has seen no active
service,s ,sbut has been continually in
military employment of one sort or
other.


although chief of the staff of
the Army Of the South, for which
position he was chosen because of
his acquaintance with the region of
the Danubian Valley, derived from
his experience in the campaign of
1854, he is not the head of the great
general staff of Russia. That high
Office is filled by Count Heidan.
Before his appointment to the Office
he now holds, General Nepokoit-
schitzky was at the head of the
Commission for the reorganization
of the army on the new system,
which has replaced the old Russian
system, and the operation of which,
although its institution is so recent
that its full value is as yet not real
Year: 1877

Letter in the Irish World.l


Providence seems to lave kept
back from men until now a knowl-
edge Of the most powerful agent in
nature. | refer to itro-glycerine,
or rather the su5limated essence of
that agent, known as dynamite.
This wonderful agent is now used
instead of the old plow by scientific
farmers, to plow up their fields.
All the dangerous properties Of
dynamite are removed by kneading
it up with brick dust or some such
mineral powder, while at the same
time all its valuable properties are
retained. In this form the COM
pound is quite harmless, if only
kept free from spark of fire or a
sudden shock, either of which will
explode it with terrific force. The
Duke of Sutherland uses it in the
following manner:


A certain number of cartridges
are sunk in the soil at regular dis
tance in a straight line from side to
side of the field, and, by means of
an electric wire, connected all along
the line with the sunken cartridges,
the whole are exploded in an in
slant. There is then a terrible
roofing up of the earth, and a
deeper furrow is formed than was
ever made by horse or steam plow.
The great submarine exploit at
Hell Gate, l am told, was carried
out by the application of this new
power, without a single hitch or
accident, Notwithstanding that
millions of cartridges Of the explo-
siye were hauled about, and driven
home into the submarine rock,
which, at the proper moment, was
broken into atoms, though deep
under the surface of the East river.
Year: 1877

nice to look at, and pet, and put
on exhibition, but so tender and
weak that they are fit neither for
our climate, our work or our cir
cumstances. Our fathers worked
twelve or fourteen hours a day and
never thought of getting tired. We
are used up when we have worked
four or five hours. Our methers
made butter and cheese, fed the
pigs and chickens, did the milking,
raised a dozen children, made the
clothing for the family, and when a
shower was coming could rake or
load hay. Our wives want maid
to tend the baby and another to do
the housework, boy to do the
chores, and if we keep more than
one COW, cheese factory to keep
the milk from spelling. 1t is safe
to say that ten farmers wives to-day
cannot do as much hard work as
would two fifty years ago. AS a
farming people wo are played out.
II the young New Hampshire
farmer, who wants a wife to help
him get living instead of one to
hang ribbons on and pour patent
medicines into, would Just 60 down
to your city and find good, strong,
vigorous, industrious and frugal
Irish or German girl, he would find
his farm would pay better than. it
does now, and his children would
be likely to be worth ten times as
much as farmers as will be any of
the next generation of pure-bred
Yankees"
Year: 1877

A New Hampshire correspondent
of the Manchester Mirror expresses
his views on the deserted farm
question thus bluntly; If farms
have run down the people who oc-
cupy them are a long way ahead in
the race. We have got on our
farms to-day a class of people who
can cipher through the algebra,
play the piano and boast of an ac-
quaintance with fine arts, but they
can't work. They have got fine
minds, but their bodies are sickly,
puny and weak. To talk the mat
ter plainly, we have bred the bone
and muscle out of our families
until we have got a kind Of human
Jerseys, fne-boned, mild-eyed and
Year: 1877

Horses can be educated to the extent of


their understandings as we'll as children,


and lean be as easily damaged or ruined
by bad management" We believe that
| the great difference found in horses as to
vicious habits or reliability. comes more
| from the different management of men,
| than from variance of natural disposition
| in the animals. Horses with high mettle


are more easily educated than those of
less or dull spirits, and are more suscepti-


BILE to ill-training, and consequently may
be as good or bad. according to the edu-
cation they receive.


Horses with dull spirits are not By auy


means proof against bad manage ment,
| Tor in them may often be found the most


provoking obstinacy and vicious habits of


different character. that render them al.


most entirely worthless. Could the COM
ing generation Of horses in this country be
kept from their days of colthood to the
age of five years in the hands of good,
| careful managers there would be seen q
vast difference In the general character of
the noble animals.


Ii colt is never allowed to get an ad-
vantage, 1t will never know that it DOS.
sesses power that man cannot control.


and If made familiar with strange objects
1t will not be skittish and nervous. II
horse is accustomed from his early days to


have objects bit him on the heel, back, and
hips, he will pay no attention to the Civ
ing out OF a harness or wagon running
against him at an unexpected moment.
We once saw an aged lady drive high
spirited horse, attached to q carriage,


down a steep hill, with no hold-back straps


upon his harness, and she assured us that


there was no danger, for her son accus-


toned his horses to all kinds of usages


and sights that commonly drive the animal


into frenzy of fear and excitement.
A gun can be fired from the back of q


horse, an umbrella held over his head, a
buffalo robe thrown over his neck, a rail-


road engine pass close by, his heels bump
ed with sticks, and the animal take 1t all
as natural condition of things, If only
taught by careful management that be will


not be injured thereby.


There is great need of improvement in


the management Of this noble animal; less


beating wanted, and more of education


YanahiH Comfy (Oregon) Reporter.
Year: 1877

WINDOW CURTAINS A correspondent
says, Any lady who understands the use
of the needle can manufacture window
curtain which is certainly more desirable
than the costly sale ones, that require so
much care and skill in doing up nicely.
Take fine bleached cotton cloth, the width
and length that you wish; draw vine OF
some pretty design upon one side of it,
and work it in satin.stiteh embroidery
have Il netted fringe Of II fingers depth
upon the same side. FaSton the curtain
by cornirc or rod ut the top, and loop it
back at one side with Il curtain pin or hook.
The work and fringe have u beautiful ef-
feet festooned back and look equally well
upon the outside of the house OF the inside
of the room. They are the prettest ar
rangement for window that have seen
for long time, and will last for years, are
easily done up, and give II chance for the
display of much taste. The overshot EN-.
broidery is an art that ought to be kept up
for it has been the pastime of ladies fol
many generations, and is always beautiful
and available for many purposes it is the
same as satin stitch.
Year: 1877

that we are in the way of our duty and are
not neglecting the labor that lies nearest
our hand, although it is not delightful?


we do not doubt that drunkenness and
the crimes that grow out of it were what
brought destruction upon the Cities of the
Plain. We see its disastrous effects in our
own day. How eagerly all should strive
to destroy the destroyer. An obligation
rests upon citizens TO do so, for in this
free connIry its citizens make the laws by
which they are governed. With Chris
tlans in our Lords ministry on earth, how
different! They were subject to the RD-
man empire, the ordering of social sys-
tens was in other hands Is not Christ
church of to-day worthy His denunciation
seeing that it slumbCrs while the crime of
rum selling goes on2


1t is Il most debasing crime. If it were
not crime why should it be necessary to
obtain license in order to sell? If it is a
crime, why license it any more than other
offences against law and order? The farm
er need not get n license to sell the pro.
ducts of the soil the countcrfeter dnres
not apply for u license to circulate his
''''t'A N'iiN LIT INC lUlllSGllGI U;lIUS
and does obtain license. 0, shameful,
shameful and inconsistent


Let no one say that his or her help would
be of no account, for the humbtst soul
exerts in influence upon its fellows; and
this influence is certainly thrown into one
side of the balance or the other. We all
are marked, either us temperance helpers
or hinderers. 1t has been APPLY said that
we are all cogs Gu the wheel and when one
refuses to move the rest have to work
much harder TO overcome the resistance.


In conclusion, let me say to our valued
veterans in temperance work. fnin not.
Hold the fort. Look about you and take
courage. Pray, ask Gods help. Work,
ask Him not to do 1t all Effort in good
cause never is wasted. Though we obtain
not the object for which we strive, every
attempt helps to hasten on II brighter day.
Also our own hearts and lives are enrich
ed by each good thought and action, BY
every effort in u good cause.
Year: 1877

Don't DRINK.-The New York corres-
pondent Of tine Boston J0uruuJ gives the
following salutary advice:


The short run Of players, rilemen, bill
lard champions and men of sporting life
generally, is remarkable feature of New
York life. Drink is at the bottom of this
Men who indulge in the cup can't control
their nerves, and men who can't do this
60 to the wall The bad shooting of some
men, of whom so much was expected, re-
suited from their cup indulgence. One of
the best marksmen in the city said yester-
day that "in rifle shooting the variance of
II hairs breadth at the muzzle made the
difference of one foot in one hundred
yards and IL man must have absolute COM
mand of his nerves. A man who could
win must not stcam.' Dan Mace, when
he was in his prime on the road, drank
only lemonade. | heard him say: "a
single glass of whiskey affects my nerves.
Men wto drink on the road would not
trust their valuable teams to me if was
not in the driving season u teetotaler y
When the billiard congress was in session
the champion player said 1--WE can't drink
and do anything. We have to abstain to
tally from all stimulating beverages while
we play. We have season of prepara-
ton We have to be clear and cool, or
we fail. The reason 50 many eminent
players pass out of sight, is, they will
drink Then the nerves grow unsteady
and the eye fails, and all is up with the
player. The drinking grows deeper and
the playing worse"
Year: 1877

Neal Dow was called into the Portland
police station Saturday night to confront IL
tipsy book agent who insisted that they
drank brandy and water together on a
Sound boat together recently, When the
irate apostle Of temperance got there, the
fellow explained that he drank the brandy
and Dow the water
Year: 1877

BAND OF AALCONTENT6 WANT TO ''SHELVE


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR wALxER-rHE DEBT


QUESTION.


By TELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALp.1


HARRlsoNsURG, Sept u. 1871


The revolutionary movement in the party politics OF
Virginia is RAPIDLY gathering strength and momentum
The feeling OF determination on tho part OF the
servatves Of this stronghold OF the party TO throw
General James Walker, their nominee for Lieuten.
ant Governor, overheard ana 10 no inmate somebody
else In his place Is Increasing A mass meeting OF
the great counties Of Rock, CHAM, shenan and
Frederick has been called ut Harris nburg for Saturday
next TO discuss the ways and means OF getting rid
OF General Walker kicking the platform from be-
meath his ieet and TOR the further purpose
oil nominating somebody mora In accordance with tho
views Of the Of the people of Virginia on the
subject OF the State debt The people Of Shenan.
doah are almost unanimously against Walker, and
for new man for Lieutenant Governor; so 10 Rock
ngham, and so 10 Is represented 10 Frederick. II this
Is true IN the tenth legion where they have never
been known to bolt what may not be looked for else
where, where party ties are not SO binding
Tho head ol the ticket nominated at Richmond may
not Le attempted to DO cut OF, but that Lieuepan
Governor Walkers place will be supplied by some-
body else there 10 but little question. Tho Attorney
Genera, james g. Field, v known to DO In accord
with tho readJusng element OF the State, and he Of
course will not be mOlested this par
m0vemant. But tire party here swear they won Z
stand and support any nominee who rejects the plat
form OF readustmept and kicks II from bsneath his
feet