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Year: 1874

Eds CLARION: Herewith | enclose
YOU post-otfice order for the CLARION for
one year from the 4th day of this month,
which | hope will reach you safely and
be satisfactory. [ had forgotten the time
of the expiration of my former payment,
or the renewal payment for my subscrip-
ton would have been forwarded prompt
ly.


| should be greatly disappointed not to
receive the paper regularly every week,
and regret that it is not issued tri-weekly
instead of weekly.


Very respectfully and truly your friend
and obedient servant now in the sixth
monthof the eighty-third year of his age,


JAMES WHITFIELD.
Year: 1874


An experienced correspondent Of


the Practical Farmer, from Eastern


Pennsylvania, after enumerating a list


Of very tempting profits Realized from


sheep, advises that farmers do not


rush headlOng into the business but


that those who have sheep retain them,


and that those who have none procure


and try a few upon their farms, and


see if there be not profit in keeping


them. A few sheep can profit ably
be kept on almost any farm, as they
will feed upon some things that other
stock will not touch, will entirely erad-
icate some kinds of weeds; and what
they thus consume will not be missed
at the end of the year. As TO grazing
sheep and COWS on the same pasture
the writer says "I will conclude by
giving a summary of my own expert
ence in sheep husbsndary. l have
been farming and keeping sheep nine
teen years. During the last seven
years / have been keeping thorough
bred SouthdoWns, carefully selected
from some OF the best focks in the
country. My lambs have averaged /
me SO a piece, and the wool 90 for
each sheep. think can keep one
sheep aud one COW TO every acre, on a
given amount of pasture land, Just SIS
well as to keep the COW alone. In
regard to alleged Injurious effects af-
frmed by some, of keeping sheep and
dairy COWS in the same pasture, / will |
state that l have never observed them. |
And il there were any injurious effects
from the practice, it would
De confined to the short space of time
between first turning to
posture, and harvest, say from the
middle of NAY to the FIRST or middle
# July. Sheep prefer, and will cling
o the old pastures, while COWS are
Reeking and longing for
lew."
Year: 1874




We would let them alone until the
latter part Of February, or a little
longer, if still quite cold, then prune
as follows: Leave the most central
and strongest branch as leader, to
grow as nearly straight as may be and
pro!ong the trunk, shortening it lit.
tie if required. Subordinate to this
all the other branches by cutting out
and shortening in so that your tree
will grow With one main stem from
which all the other branches diverge
as nearly as may be at right angles, but
no two of them close together. This
kind of tree will break down less, viii
protect itself from wihd and sun long
er and be more enduring than trees
with a croch at a given point.
Year: 1874

PAID For FRUIT STBALING.-The
owner OF a vineyard in Berlin county,
Iowa, it is said, set spring-gun among
the vines last fall, and a man named
Hooker, was shot by it while attempt
ing to hook grapes. He brought
suit Tor damages, which were awarded
him, and the Supreme Court Of the
State has decided the award to have
been properly made, This and similar
decisions hitherto made are not TO be
construed as making it a small offense
10 steal, but against measures which
may cause death, even Of innocent
persons.
Year: 1874

EARLY EGGs.-It few light Bfah.
ma pullets are kept in warm, roomy
clean coop, and are fed upon coTn
meal wetted with warm water, with q
change to boiled potatoes fed warm,
some chopped cabbage, scraps OF
meat, bread, etc, with plenty of pure
water to drink and occasionally some
powdered oyster shells and crushed
pepper given in their feed, they will
lay continually through the winter.
Half dozen fowls thus cared for will
provide a family of moderate size
with sufficient eggs.
Year: 1874

dishonest purposes which actuate their tribe
in Indiana and Ohio. Gold in their opinion,
is too good to be paid to any description OF
creditors-public, private, foreigners. or ma
tiyes. Wise craftsmanship demands, they
think, that banks and all others to whom
money is under contract to be paid. should be
cheated out of part of their just dues They
profess that contracts created by law should
be carried out in accordance with the letter OF
the law. The law which authorized the i've
twenties provided that the customs should be
paid in gold, and the receipts therefrom
sacredly applied to the payment OF interest on
the bonds and the maintenance OF sinking
fund for their purchase or redemption. Yet
these Missouri sticklers for the law would
have the customs paid in greenbacks. The
law declares, and for five years has declared,
that the five-twenties are payable in gold, anu
three hundred million dollars OF them have
already been redeemed at par in gold; yet
these worshipers of the law call the act Of
1859 for the support of the public credit "an
"utterly unjustfable usurpation OF power"
We thought Congress had right to pass
laws, but it seems the power is disputed when
the object is to pay the debts of the nation in
honest coin. To tho lost tribes OF Israel add
the tribe of Benton.


The resolutions of the Pennsylvania Demo-
Gratis and the New-Jersey Republicans are
short and plain-spOken. There is no comfort
in them for inhatiOnists and pay-the- e-bonds-in-
greenbacks men. The Pennsylvanians declare
in favor of such measures as will raise tne
value of greenbacks to par, thus recognizing
the fact that the greenbacks are deprecated,
and that the thing 70 be done is to raise their
value No fault is to De found with their
resolution. 1t is honest and it Is Ineligible
If the infatiOnists dislike it, by all means let
them vote the other ticket


The Illinois Independent Liberal-Democratic
movement starts out with clearer and more
earnest declaration in favor of q sound cur
rency and the honest payment OF the five
twenty bonds in constitutional coin than has
yet found utterance in the platform OF any party
in any State west of New-England. There is
no sop for the inhati0nists, PendletOnians, and
those who would take away from the banks
the privilege of issuing circulating notes IN
order that the Government may double its
issue of greenbacks and seize the profits which
the banks have the right, under their char
ters, to enjoy for twenty years, and for which
they rendered valuable services to the United
States Treasury.


Is it not about time for sincere men and
sound minded people generally, to cut loose
from the dismantled hulks called parties
Year: 1874

Perhaps the best way to interpret the resO-
lutions relating to the currency in the various
platforms is to suppose the words to be ut
tered by q private individual whose opinions
we are desirous of knowing.e Making use of
this test, the declarations will be found. to
range themselves in three classes-thOse which
favor initiation, those which oppose 1T, and
those which, whether from lack of courage or
lack of sense or lack of both, have no opinion
TO express. These simple rules we shall apply
to the various platforms adopted yesterday
and the day before.


The Ohio Democracy are in favor of infa-
ton, in favor of running the Treasury like
country bank, to make the most possible out
of the circulation of its promises to pay, and
in favor of paying the fve-twenties in green
backs. They stand side by side with their
brethren of Indiana. The succession to the
administration of the affairs of the nation of a
party acting on the principles they profess
would be death to the cOuntry's credit, and
the destruction of all hopes of return to the
use of real money, except through repudia-
ton, partial or total, of the paper substitute.


The Michigan Republicans. like most vOlu-
BILE persons, have really very little to say.
They approve the Dawes compromise imitation
bill as a wise and timely measure. While ap-
parently not endeavoring to find favor with
infationists, and still less with the Pendleton
faction, their views have no definiteness and
no substance. There is nothing in them to
tie up to.


The Kansas Republicans "point with pride
to the financial achievements of their party,
and lift up their voices for imitation, for that
is all there is in the regulation of an ire
deemabie currency by free banking and the
laws of trade. The mills of trade are always
grinding out lame ducks, bankrupts, greedy
spectators and unlucky individuals of every
description, but all resembling each other in
this that never in any age, or any country,
was money plenty enough to satisfy their
needs. The volume of the currency must be
regulated, if it is regulated at all, by the laws
of value. To talk of regulating money.by the
laws OF trade is to put the cart before the
horse. 1t is the business of traders to regulate
their operations by the laws of money, and if
the money is genuine the competent business
man will have no reason to find fault with it
because he cannot regulate it, Genuine money
needs no regulating.


The Missouri Democrats profess the same
Year: 1874

Private accounts from all country quarters
show how unusually economical and sensible
bave been the popular modes this Summer OF
pleasure seeking. Neither panics nor the fear
of panics could suffice to keep towns-people at
home to have the last dregs of vitality br0lled
ont of them, but these causes did drive them
into more rational methods of seeking health.
Chief among these methods, as we notice, was
the cooperative plan, by which two or more
families united to take seaside cottages or
vacant farm-houses for the season, dividing
the expenses and labor Of housekeeping. The
plan may be adapted to all degrees OF outlay,
and, provided the matrons are blessed Win
eyes fnr-si2hted enough to overlook IN
door trifles, and tempers which will bear the
souabbles of cooks and children as the mother
ducks feathers take rain, is likely to be sue
cessfu.


Camping out, too, is becoming favorite
experiment with families, as it has always
been with sportsmen and artists, and may be
made the cheapest, most healthful and
pleasurable mode of life for the Summer
months large tent with fly to insure
ventilation can be easily bought or hired, and
ground on retired quarters OF the sea coast
costs nothing If there be a sportsman in the
party half the provisions are insured free; the
remainder costs little for transportation; while
il the men and women take the part OF their
own cooks and chambermaids for few weeks
they will find their outdoor cookery has a
flavor unknown to French cuisines, and pro-
vide, too, an interval of peace and blest
repose to look back to from the purgatorial
kitchen wars of the next year. The most
pleasant atteptts at prolonged camping out
of which we shave heard this Summer were
made by wointn-poOrly paid teachers and
shop girls, wkFa out in mind and body
and unable t3 pay the prices of boarding at
any place Of resort. They Joined together
to hire tents, and had them pitched directly
on the beach, but within the limits of some
of the semi-religious Summer villages on the
Jersey and Delaware coasts. This insured
them daily supplies from baker, milkman,
&C.. together with the stringent social regu-
lations which rendered their experiment safe
aud practicable. The expense was reduced to
a minimum. They had a month or two of
complete and rare enjoyment, and went home
healthier and happier.


We doubt, however, if these cheaper and
more healthful ways of seeking enjoyment
will prove successful to people whose only
motives are cheapness and health. There
ought to be some of the unreasOn and love
of adventure of youth to leaven discomfort
and turn occasional cold, wet, or hunger into
fun. In fact it needs drop or two of vaga-
bond blood to give spirit and zest to camping
out, as well as to all the rest of life.
Year: 1874

position midway between that of the house.
servants and the animals that they tended.
At one time when the agitation for an i'm
provement in their condition was strongest,
we received deplorable accounts Of their
low estate. Gradually the matter was less
warmly discussed, and a short time ago it
became evident that the strike must soon
cease. Mean as are the wages offered, it
seems certain that there are labOrers enough
eager to work for them. Under such cir
cumstances the efforts of the Laborers' Union
were destined to fail. 1t could no longer be
matter of doubt to the friends of these
men that a persistence in the effort to force
the farmers to pay higher wages would In
jure the laborers without any prospect OF
final benefit We are not astOnlshed to learn
that the Council of the Union has announced
that it's funds will no longer suffice for the
distribution of the customary allowance to
the locked-out men. 1t is fortunate that tho
contest in the direction hitherto taken has been
abandoned if it had been continued the
money consumed would have been squandercd.


There is another resource which the Union
appears inclined to adopt with greater
promise of success, and that is emigration 10
America. A telegram from London has an
nounced that five hundred laborers were to
depart for Canada the other day. We lack at
present any positive information in regard
to the amount of wages paid to farm laborers
in many parts of this country; yet there can
be little doubt that, in certain districts, the
rate is much higher than these English lmmi-
grants, most of whom are probably men OF
capacity and spirit, would be inclined to de-
mand. If there is any real need of them in
the United States it would be well for our
farmers to agree upon some methodical
arrangement for preventing the Immigration
from being confined to Canada.
Year: 1874

For many months the agricultural laborers
of England have been engaged in a struggle
to free themselves from q kind of moral deg
radiation. The money paid to them for their
work was probably not far below that which
the law of supply and demand prescribed.
But it was ridiculously small in amount COM
pared with its capacity to provide liveli-
hood for the wOrkmen and their families. 1t
was scarcely sufficient to secure more than the
coarsest necessares of life. The laborers had
little time and absolutely no means to edu-
cate themselves or their children to higher
standard of usafulness and many occupied q
Year: 1874

The excursion Of the new American steamer
City of Peking to Newport brought together a
distinguished and agreeable company, and
will attract general attention to the energy and
skill that have given the Pacific Mail Company
Year: 1874

The Widows Fight at the Pile.


One night at late hour, DR.. Bsntly,
well known among the clergy of the
olden time, was disturbed at his studies
by q rattling sound among some wood
which, sawed and split for his study fire,
had been left by the teamsters the after
noon previOus-too late to be properly
housed. He rose, went cautiously TO the
window, and saw \ woman filling her
apron with wood, which she hastily
carried away. He resumed his seat and
recommended his study. Shortly after
the same noise occurred, and on looking
out second time he saw 4 similar op-
Grafton, the woman filling her apron to
the utmost capacity. When she had
gone he returned to his book with q
tender pity in his heart for destitution
which sought relief in this lonely,
dreary, not to say sinful manner. BY
and-by he was startled by crashOf fall
ing wood, and hurrying to the window,
beheld the poor woman casting the very
dust of the wood from her apron. He
remained motionless, his gentle heart
filled with commiseratiOn.


Sheswiftly departed and soon returned
heavily laden with wood which she
threw upon the pile as if it were in
deed the "accursed thing" The DOCTORS
compassion and curiosity were now in
tensely excited. He followed her re-
treating figure until he discovered her
residence, and thus ascertaiued who she
was. What she was, was no mystery
to him. The last hour had plainly
shown him her virtues lofty height.


He called early the next morning on
Mr.. B., the wood-dealer, and directed
him to send half-cOrd of his best
wood, sawed and split, TO Mrs. -, but
by no means to let her know from
whence it came, which was readily
promised. Mr.. B. teamster, who hap
pened TO be within ear-shot, though out
of sight, was not so bound, and when
he tipped the wood into the widows
yard, replied to her eager inquiry who
sent it, by relating the conversation he
had overheard.


The conscience-striken woman, feeling
that her sin and her repentance in the
lonely darkness of the midnight hour
were known and understood by another
heart besides her own, fastened without
delay to the benevolent man to express
her gratitude and her sorrow, and with
deep humility and bitterness told him
the temptation to which her extreme
poverty had reduced her of breaking the
eighth commandment.


"Sir,u she said, Though my house
was dark and cold, though my heart was
wrung with anguish at the sight Of my
poor shivering little one, ! could not
keep it, I could not keep il. Ny con-
science would not let me, "


"Say no more, my good madam" P" said
the good man. ''I saw it ALL saw you
you conquer the devil in two fair tghtl."
Year: 1874

The following eXpedicnt for catching q
thief was adopted in provincial town in
England some thirty years ago:


A miller residing near place called
Beverly. whose place had been entered for
some time previously almost every night;
and considerable quantity of grain abb
stracted, hit upona very ingenious expedient
for the detection Of the offender


The means Of ingress was by putting
finger through Il hole in the door, which
uplitted the latch. On the night in qucs-
tion the miller set large box trap, and
hung it inside the door, so that the thief
would be obliged to touch the spring in
opening the door.


Having taken this precaution, he left it
for the night, and on going the following
morning his expectations were realized by
finding fellow suspended from the door by
his finger! The miller, after severely ad-
monishing the thief for his crime, and
taking in consideration the suflerings the
poor wretch had undergone, gave him the
choice of abiding by the law, or receive q
good horsewhipping.


1t is needless to add that he preferred the
latter alternative, which the miller admin
istcrcl, with the full power of stalwart
man.
Year: 1874

There is no more prolific source of disease
than bad water; but to distinguish W neither
the lluid is unfit for consumption or not is
somewhat difficult. Water from certain
river, spring, or well, may be repulsive to
the senses, and vet harmless to the stomach,
a much more attractive appearance. Per-
laps the best mode of determining the ques-
ton is TO examine the condition Of the or
gani-ms dwelling in the proposed source to
be utilized. II, for example, an industrial
establishment or collection of dwellings
empticS refuse into the stream, and as re-
suit fish disappear or are found dead upon
the surface, it is certain that the water is
strongly and injuriousy affected. The grad
ual infection may be noted by the fsh first
rising 10 the top, apparently i'll at ease, and
subsequently dying. In vitiated water also
moluskS perish, and their bodies deconpose
rapidly In the air they merely seen to dry
up and retain life, though torpid for some
time, becoming revivifed BY return to water.
ITtSStS tauilbt i've III CoIlupt "utei anu
their existence is sign of purity in the
luid, while alga deprived Of their green
color indicate absolute corruption. Nj. Ger
ardin, in reference to this subject, in a re-


cent note to the French Academy, states that
the best method Of measuring the degree Of
purity or of infection in the water is by de-
tcrmuing the amount Of oxygen in a given
quantity. Water containing q large per-
centngc Of the gas is pure and good; but
when little Of the latter is present, the water
is decidedly delecriou- to health.
Year: 1874

Professor White, champion swimmer,
recently consented to drown himselfin order
that his theory of resuScitation might be
tested for the benefit of the London Humane
Society, who were present to witness the
experiment After laying down certain
rules for holding drowning person in the
water, he plunged into the rlyer-the Ser
pentine, probably, in Hyde Park--and re-
mained long enough under water to be
partially drowned. His son then dived
after him and brought him to the surface in
mn apparently lifeless condition, adhering
strictly to the principles laid down by his
parent The breathles, body was then
turned over to one of the Humane Society's
officers, and put through the course of treat
ment recommended. The Society had the
satisfaction Of seeing Mr.. White revive, and
in short time return to the water without
apparent unpleasant consequences, thus
proving his theory by illustration at the
risk Of death.
Year: 1874

WHAT is true friend? \ true friend is
hc who not only shows himself so when the
frowns of misfortune fall upon us, but even
when we treat him as foe builds friend
ships altar higher and frmer with the very
stones cast against him by our Jolly or
perverSenesS.
Year: 1874

There has something gone wrong.
My brave boy. it appears.
For see your proud struggle
10 keep back the tears.
That is right. When you cannot
Give trouble the slip.
Then bear it, still keeping
A stif upper lip
Though you cannot escape
Disappointment and care,
The next best thing to do
Is to learn how to hear.
1t when Tor liies prizes


You're running. you trip.
Get up-start again.


Keep stiff upper lip"
Let your hands and your conscience
Be honest and clean.
scorn to touch or to think OF
The thing that is mean.
But hold on to the pure


And the right with firm grip.
And though hard he the task.


Keep stiff upper lip"
Through childhood, through manhood.
Through lite to the end.
Struggle bravsly and stand


BY your colOrs my friend,
only yield when you must.


Never" give up the shif,"
hut fight to the last


With stiff upper lip"
Year: 1874

About daylight one morning recently, says the Denver NesOs, the machinery in the Pueblo Mills began gradually to slacken, until at length it almost stopped. The miller. rightly supposing that something had become entangled in the turbine water wheel which fur nishes the power for the mill, shut of the water and proceeded to inspect the wheel. On examination, he found that piece of machinery filled to it's utmost capacity with catfish. The wheel was opened, and about one hundred pounds of fish, varying from two to fifteen pounds, were taken out. The oriices in the wheel are sufficiently large to al- low fish under two pounds in weight to pass through, and how many more members there were in this plscatorlal exploring expedition it is impossible to tell. The fish seem to have come down the mill ditch in school, and their voyage of discovery was brought to a sudden termination. by the turbine, which seems to make an excellent trap for large-sized members of the finny tribe. As soon as the news was spread abroad in the neighborhood,. Alderman Baxter had numerous visitors, and a fish feast was indulged in by good many of his friends. Catfish are a luxury there, as it is almost impossible to catch them with hook and line in the Arkansas. This is the second time that these mills have been stopped by fish, similar occurrence having taken place last summer. f,-