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Year: 1875

Farmers have but little patience with their


ignorant and unskiled workmen, and were
one of them to insist upon giving some wrong
or unheard-of name to the comm on tools and
implements of the farm, his employer would
regard it as sufficient cause for his dismissal
No class are so ready to ridicule the mistakes
made BY those who are not familiar With the
many things which belong to farm and its
management; and yet many of them are en-
tireiy unacquainted with the name and nat
ure OF the common plants of their fields, and
to use familiar phrase, only know them by
sight. Such ignorance We think should be
regarded as inexcusable. 1t is the principal
business OF the farmer to raise plants from
the soil; and who ef all men upon the earth
should possess or be able to communicate to
others more information respecting them?
Who better than he should be able to distin-
guish the good from the bad, to describe their
properties, TO show the best methods for the
cultivation of the one, and the extirpation of
the other? Granting that farmers may have
general and indefinite knowledge of the
vegetable kingdom, the weight of censure
which rests upon them is mainly on account
Of its inaccuracy and inexactness. A very
loose and uncertain nomenclature is apt to
exist among them not only in relation to
weeds, grasses, and ordinary plants, but also
to field and garden products. At almost every
agricultural exhibition samples of fruit,
grain, or roots belonging to some well-known
or long established variety may be seen bear
ing some other name, dictated by the fancy,
or the ignorance of the exhibitor. Some
towns or neighborhoods also frequently have
botanical vocabularies peculiar to themselves
which have been transmitted from sire to
son without the slightest regard to anything
laid down in the books. Such irregularities
we cannot approve, so long as some standard
Of comparison and control is absolutely essen
tial. Had our language or literature been
subjected to similar lawlessness neither
would to-day have been in existence.


We express, therefore, the opinion that all
farmers, whether educated or not, should
have some knowledge of botany, and this has
been defined to be the science which teaches
us the arrangement of the members of the
vegetable kingdom in certain order or sys.
tenn, by which we are enabled to ascertain
the name ofany individual plant with facility
and precision. Botany, in its most compre-
hensive form. teaches us the name, arrange
ment, parts, functions, qualities and uses of
plants.


We do not thereby assert that it is essen
tial, or even practicable, for adult farmers to
become learned in scientific botany-this
may be left to their sons and should be re-
quired OF them-but they should learn the
Year: 1875

than discontented one. We have per-
formed the experiment ourselves, and know
that feeding boiled corn does pay and it is
as the result of experience that we offer this
plan to our friends.-Farmer (England,)
Year: 1875

1t is of the highest Importance then, that ndivid.
uas should be able to judge for themselves by theft
own feelings if and to what extent they attacked
even life itself if left to run its course unchecked by
the early and prompt application of curative RENE
dies.
Year: 1875

home; and then, after months trip,
got back one day, to find her father
there, for he'd joined another troupe,
and the old chap had got the news be-
fore did, and he shook hands with me,
and then broke down crying like child.


But couldn't cry; couldn't believe
it / couldn't think that it was real as
all this-that she was gone-gone for
ever. 1t seemed something / couldn't
understand, though they told me again
and again as she was dead, and had been
put in the cold ground two days before.


AT last, though, it seemed to come
home to me, and sat there, think, for
three days, doing nothing hardly but
look at the three little ones that were
left me. But Mt the end of those three
days my manager came to hunt me up,
and took me back with him and he
always was a trump to me, though L was
never the same man again while
p'r'aps it was all for the best that poor
Mary went, for it saved her many a
heartache, and no end of poverty.


1t was about year after she died that
| was doing clown for the trip, making
faces and saying the same funny things
over and over again, night after night,
while L was doing half dozen summer
sets running, | put one foot on a piece
of orange peel.


can't tell you any more about it, sir,
only | left that town a cripple. get
soft if think about it, for am afraid
L was very proud of what was as a man.
Year: 1875

REPAIRS TO THE NILL.--Colman' mill
opened up this morning for good.
Every portion of the machinery has
been removed, and there is now nothing
of the old mill left except the building.
Among the most noticeable improve
ments is the introduction of new
boarding machine, his own invention
and upon which he has applied for a
patent. The main improvements in
this machine are i'll the guiding of The
saw and the carriage. This cne i'm
provement will add one-third to the ca
pacity of the mill Mr.. Colman is we'll
known as the most enterprising millown
er on the Sound. When running the
Port Orchard mill, several years ago, he
first introduced the. scantling machine,
which is now in use in every mill ON the
Sound. The mill has not yet secured
the entire gang of hands but will do as
soon as possible, and resume work on
full time.
Year: 1875

New BUuDING.-eMr. W. n. Bell is
going to put up another building in his
row on Cherry Street, for the use of a
firm from Portland, who are going to
start large boot and shoe store at this
place. Every house in town at all sui-
table for business stand, is occupied
and there are t 20 or three newcomers
waiting for buildings to be put Up be-
fore they can start 'ur.
Year: 1875

.CLYMER MINEs.-The Seattle Coal
Mining company will to-day set up their
horsepower, at the Clymer mine, and
commence operations. They are at
present engaged mainly in prospecting.
and will open new tunnel at the most
likely place. The coal is of the same
general ch aracter as the Kenton and
Talbot coal, but from its proximity to
the river it can be worked at a much
less expense. A small qrantity of the
coal has been brought to town and is
now on Atkins wharf, at the foot of
Commercial street.
Year: 1875

MATRIMoNIAL.-Prof. Mcdonald will
lecture this evening upon courtship,
happy and unhappy marriages. At the
close he will ma ca number of Young
ladies and gentlemen, showing tho true
principles of wedlock. Look out for lots
of fun. As the Professor will leave soon
to visit other towns on the Sound,
those desiring to know their Phrenolo.
gy should see him before he goes. DR..
Rice will remain several days get and
can be consulted free of charge at the
Occidental Hotel in regard to the vari-
Gus ills that affiict humanity.
Year: 1875

The basin formed by the breakwater in Sayville har.
bor constructed by Mr. John Terry last year. is now
being dredged out with the purpose of making shell.
ter for large we'll small craft during the winter
months dock Is to be made the shore side OF the
basn the mud drcdged from the bottom is used for
in
Year: 1875

The Staten Island police Monday arrested six or
eight men who struck for higher wages at the Great
American Cotton Docks ut Tompkinsvllle. They were
arraigned before Justice Newman the charge or
rotous conduct and put under bail to keep the peace
Year: 1875

The stock market to-day has continued to develop
weak tone, although only noticeably in few of
the leading specialties. The opening at prices
equal to or higher than the closing quotations of last


night, which were followed by q decline and sub


.equent reaction, with a shafp rally in Pacific Mail


Later, when it had become reported that the long


talked about contract between the Panama Com
pany and Pacific Mail was not only unexecuted but
that further disagreements between the Companies
had been developed, the dealings in the Pacific Mail


stock became quite excited and the price rapidly de-


clined - cent on large TRANSACTIONS Panama
at the same time dropping IL T. Ger cent.
1t was reported after the adjournment of
the Board that the railroad company had finally
threatened to withdraw entirely from the contract
proposed and to insist upon even better terms than
had been offered in the then pending contract. Erie.
which opened e. per cent higher than the Last sale
Yesterday, quickly sold back again. and after q
subsequent rally continued steady for the REMAINDER
of the day witlip the range OF a per cent lhe
sustaining power TO this stock was the general
covering of shorts, Oh the report that the Company
had succeeded in providing for its interest due June


Jabouf $sO0OO0) by ass gnment Of its coal lands
10 the Del, Lac. and Western Railroad Company.
Whether the report is yet true not that the con-
tract has been signed it seems that negotiations to
that effect have been in progress, and that the Com
~s.v bsys IN rsise tbe money tsw this "' some
Year: 1875

SH9ULD not be regarded as trifiing
ailment-in fact nature demands the ut
most regularity of the bowels, and any
deviation from this demand paves the
way often to serious danger. 1t is quite
as necessary to remove impure accumu-
lations from the bowels as it is to eat
or sleep, and no health can be expected


where cOstive habit of body prevails.
Year: 1875

KALAKAUA's CoNTRIBUTIoN.-A
forthcoming contribution to the
harmony of the occasion is thus de
scribed by an exchange:


"King Kalakaua, Of the Sand
wich Islands, will senl his feather
coat to the Centennial Exposition
at Philadelphia. This article will
represent more Labor than any other
that will be on exhibition. Its
manufacture was commenced over
a hundred years ago, under the aus
pices of some of the ancestors of
kamehaha, the first king of the
Island, and upwards of fifty years
Of time were required for its COM
pletion. 1t is made of the feathers
of a peculiar species of bird, each
bird only furnishing two feathers,
one from under each wing. In size
the cloak is little over a square
yard, and its color is a golden yellow.
1t used to be worn by the King on
state occasions, hut of late years it
served only to adorn the reception
room of the palace"
Year: 1875

void, if the work designated, be not
done within that period. No one
can take advantage of the non.per-
fOrmance of condition annexed TO
an estate fee, but the grantor or his
heirs or successors; and if they do
not see tit to assert their right to
force a forfeiture on that ground,
the title remains unimpaired in the
grantee. Tie rule equally obtains
where the grant upon condition
proceeds from the government. The
manner in which the reserved right
of the grantor, for breach OF the
condition, must be asserted, so as
to restore the estate, depends Oh
the charter. If the grant be a pri-
vate grant, that right must be as
serted by entry or its equivalent.


If the grant be a public one, the
right must be asserted by judicial
proceedings authorized by law, or
there must be some legislative as
sertion of ownership of the proper
ty, for breach of the conditions,
such as an act directing the posses
sion and appropriation of the prop
erty, or that it be offered for sale or
settlement. When the title to land
remain III the State, timber cut on
that land belongs to the State 1t
constitutes part of the reality. Be-
ing severed from the soil, it's char
acter is changed. 1t becomes per-
sonalty, but its title is not affected.


1t continues, as previously, the prop
erty of the owner of the land, and
can be pursued wherever it is car


RED. All the remedies are open to
the owner which the law offers in
other cases of the wrong of person
and personal property. Where logs
cut from the lands of the State with
out liens, have been intermin gied
with logs cut from other lands, so
as not to be distinguishable, the State
is entitled, under the law of Mime
sofa, to replevy an equal amount
from the whole mass. The remedy
offered by the law of Minnesota in
such case is held to be just in it's
operation, and less severe than that
which the common law would au-
thorize. When in an act of replevy
the complaint alleges property and
right of possession in the plaintiffs
and the answertraverSes directly the
allegations under the issue, this form
of evidence is admissible on the
part of defendant, which goes to
show that the plaintiffs have neither
property nor right of possession.
The evidence of title in a stranger
is admissab ble Affirmed.
Year: 1875

AMYsTERIoUS CLoCK.-W have
says a Paris (ky,) paper, hereto
fore noticed the construction of an
electric clock by Edward Clark,
the ingenious silversmith of this
city. 1t requires no winding, but is
moved slowly by electricity. II
unobstructed it will run continuous
ly for an indefinite period. A sim
gular fact in connection with 1T was
recently discovered by Mr.. Clark.
Pointing the finger of his right
hand towards the dial of the clock
it was observed suddenly to cease
running. After close and unavaila-
BILE scrutiny to detect the cause, Mr..
Clark pointed the finger of his left
hand toward the dial, when the
clock instantly renewed its time
keeping The experiment has been
repeatedly witnessed by many of
our citizens. No cause is apparent
for the strange phenomenon. Even
at the distance of six or eight feet,
with large plate-glass window in
lervening, the effect is the same
The solution of this singular mys-
terry will prove an interesting sub
ject of investigation TO scientific
minds.
Year: 1875

a gentleman who has travel
ed extensively through Tenn
essee, Kentucky, West Virgin
ia, Maryland, Indiana, Ohio and
Southern Illinois, informs the
St. Louis Democrat that the
winter wheat in all regions is in
excellent condition. Some far
mers suppose the broadcast SOW
ing would prove a failure in
such States as Tennessee, Ken
tucky, Virginia and Maryland.
where the snow did not lay long
on the ground; but examination
the plant proves the reverse.
Not only is the growing wheat
in excellent condition in these
States, but the area put in is
large. In the more northerly
portion Of the winter wheat belt
the earth has been very steadily
covered with snow, and there
can be no doubt that when a
thaw comes it will be sudden
Spring viii be skipped,and sum-
mer will begin. The weather
will lie hot and forcing, and the
growth of the wheat plant will
be rapid. Another thing seems
to be pretty certain, and that is,
that there will be a big corn
crop in 1875. Corn is now
bringing price that will in
sure a large profit to the farmer,
and hogs are high also. Thus
there are two incentives to pro-
dnce corn largely. If the crop
should be so large as to force
prices down, it can be fed to
hogs and made to pay a good
profit that way.
Year: 1875

There is not a drinking saloon
in IIutchins, Iowa. There used
to be four, but the widow Of a
man who froze to death after
getting drunk in them sued the
proprietors, and gained YER
diet of $1,000 against each
The liquor business is becom-
ing Improbable in Iowa since
the passage Of the civil damage
law. a similar law exists in
New York, but is seldom en-
forced.
Year: 1875

An Ohio youth is to be hanged
next March for killing a small
boy to obtain possession Of pound
of brown sugar. 1t was the prin-
ci pie of the thing, not the sugar,
which influenced the jury.
Year: 1875

An exquisite transparency may be
made by arranging pressed ferns, grass
es and Autumn leaves on a pane Of
window glass, laying another pane of
the same size over it and binding the
edge with ribbon, leaving the group
imprisoned between. Use gum ira
gacanth in putting on the binding. 1t
is we'll to secure a narrow strip of paper
under the ribbon. The binding should
be gummed all around the edge of the
first pane and dried before the leaves,
ferns, ETC., are arranged; then it can be
neatly folded over the second pane
without difficulty.


To form the loop for hanging the
transparency, paste a binding of gal
loon along the edge, leaving two-inch
loop free in the center, afterward to be
pulled through little split in the final
binding. These transparencies may
either be hung before window or, if
preferred, secured against pane in the
sash.


In halls, a beautiful effect is produced
by placing them against the side-lights
of the hall-door. Where the side-lights
are each of only single pane, 1t is we'll
worth while to place single transpar-
ency against each, filling up the entire
space, thus affording ample scope for a
free arrangement Of ferns, grasses and
leaves, while the effect of the light pass
ing through the rich Autumnal colors
is very fine. Leaves so arranged will
preserve their beauty the entire Winter.


An exceedingly pretty stand for
lamp can be formed of eight oblong
transparencies Nmade of glass and
Autumn leaves as described) tackled
together with strong sewing-silk, so as
to form an eight sided, hollow column.
To hide the lamp of candlestick, the
screen should be lined throughout with
oiled tissue paper either white or deli
cate rOse-color.


A better plan still is to get the effect
of ground glass by rubbing each strip
of glass on fiat paving-stone plenti-
fully covered with white sand. This
grinding process, of course, must be
performed before the leaves are insert
ed, and then only upon the inner side
of the glass.
Year: 1875

Speaking of the ice-works of the
manufacturing company at Montgom-
cry, Ala, the Advertiser gives the fol-
lowing interesting account of the man
ner In which the great frigid luxury is
made:


Seventy thousand gallons of water
are used daily in the manufacture of
1000 pounds of ice, the cost of which,
when placed in the ice-hOuse, is about
of cent per pound, which is cheaper
than the freight from the Lakes if the
ice was put on the cars gratis, besides
the advantage of getting it in small
quantities when desired, and being
much cleaner and purer than Lake ice.


The distilled water is put in tin cans
80 inches long, 81 inches wide, and q
inches thick, which leaves the ice in
convenient shape for handling. These
cans are then placed in rows in tanks
filled with salt water (though of course
the salt water does not come quite to
the tops of the cans so as to mix with
the distilled water which they con-
tain), through which the iron pipes
conduct the ether. The ether is made
in another room, and after being puri-
fed is pumped into receiver and
brought under a pressure of 20 to ITO
pounds to the square inch, which liq-
uidizes it. 1t is then forced through a
small tube to larger tube which opens
into all the pipes in the tank (about 100
pipes in each tank); it then expands
into a gas and fills all the tubes tits Ca
capacity for expansion being as to
600.) --...-.


The ether extracts the caloric from
the water which surrounds the tubes,
thus equalizing the temperature, and
bringing the whole below the freezing
point; the distilled water freezing very
readily, and the salt water being
brought down several degrees colder
than ice, yet without freezing. The
gas passes on through the pipes and
into the receiver, from which 1t is
pumped into an ether holder and again
reduced to liquid by pressure, which
is facilitated by passing 1T through a
long coil of pipe surrounded by cold
water. 1t is then forced through the
tubes again and performs the same
work over. Some of the other gas pipes
were covered with snow TO the depth
of three-quarters of an inch, collected
from the surrounding atmosphere. 1t
is very difficult to confine it, but if not
allowed to escape the same quantity can
be used continually. 1t is said to be
much better than mercury, as the lat
ter eSts out copper pipes in ashort time
and iron pipes in about two years,
while the latter ldoes not affect the
metals.


The cans are taken out one at time
and dipped into a vat of hot water,
thus loosening the cake of ice, which
then slips out, and the can is again fill
ed and set in its place. This is done
three times day. These slabs of ice
weigh twenty-five pounds each, and
four of them are piled on top of each
other and allowed to freeze together,
making 100 pounds to the block. These
blocks are kept separate by placing
small sticks between them.
Year: 1875

A NEGRO being asked what he was in Jail
for, said it was for borrowing money. But,
said the questioner, they don't put people in
Jail for borrowing money Yes said the
darkey, but had to knock the man down
free or fo' times before he would lend it to
me-
Year: 1875

SITES FOR BUILDINGS ON THE JERSEY COAST


NEGLECT OF THE COMMISSION APPOINTED BY


GOVERNOR BEDLE.


TRENTON, N. j., Dec l, 1875.


The Legislature of 1872 stimulated by act OF Ccn-
gress passed act to provide building sites for life
saving stations the coast Of New Jersey OF which
the following is the first and most vital section:-


Be it enacted, &c, That the Governor shall nomi-
three citizens OF this State who shall be confirmed
by the Senate, who shall be commission with author
ity TO procure for the State, by purchase, the
title TO any land selected by the Secretary Of tho Treas
ury his agents, for the purpose OF erecting any
buildings connected with the life saving stations and
not TO exceed one-half of OF land any one
point the New Jersey coast, at such prices said
commissioners, or majority Of them, may decree fair
and just and the title TO the be taken the
of the State Of New Jersey.


Congress had made appropriation for the building
OF additional life saving stations the coast of New
Jersey, and in consequence OF difficulties having
arisen procuring from the owners Of lands proper
stes &c, deemed necessary for the Legislature
TO pass the act Governor Parker appointed Messrs.
Charles Haight Charles Hendrickson and Sidney Fur
man as Commissioners to carry out the act These
gentlemen have failed to perform their duties in tact
they have never taken any step that direction Con-
sequently mariners, sea arng men and citizens living
along the coast have been complaining about the neglect
of the Commissioners, and OF the inadequate number
Of life saving stations. They say the coast
is devoid Of proper TO protect and
save life, and they justly clamor for the carrying
out Of the provisions Incorporated in the act
OF the Legislature. Governor Bcde having been ap-
pealed to In the matter and the grievances having
laid before him. he is about to adopt measures to
mind the Commissioners Of the duties for which they
appointed and in order 70 have the much needed
work OF philanthropy carried out he will also call the
attention OF tho coming Legislature to u in his animal
Message The tardness and indifference OF the Com
missioners widely censured The Secretary OF the
Treasury has already performed his duty in the prem
ises but IL amounts to nothing as long as Messrs
Haiu fail In act
Year: 1875

Robert Graham, lately compositor on the New York
World while under the influence Of liquor, In Jersey
City on Tuesday night, attempted 10 commit suicide
bv innictinr deep cash In bis throat with knife He
was taken 10 the Charity Hospital by Officer Kngsland
Of tho Second precinct
Year: 1875

The members OF the Ladies' Charities Ard Society Of
prisoners in the county Jail placed adjoining
cells and that holes through the separating
walls, that the prisoners have free converse also
that liquor Is supplied TO the prisoners BY the keepers
committee from the society will with the Board
Of Supervisors to-day to solicit the interference Of tho
Board In the matter
Year: 1875

The body Of male infant was found last Saturday
morning in Brunswick street, Jersey City Captain
McKaig Of tho First precinct arrested young woman
named Mary Sullivan, yesterday on Information thas
she was the mother Of the child. The replies Of the
satisfactory and she was committed Tor
examination