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Year: 1874

To buy all the land one can is like u
merchant paying all his money for a
building.


AN unusually large demand for
short horns, particularly for young bulls,
is reported in Wisconsin.


Before the " fall of man" the only
occupation was farming. All other
pursuits have been introduced since.


If every milk pail in the country
leaked so much as to lose half it's con-
tents. the loss would he no greater than
the loss arising from bad butter.


Josiah Smith says :-:' Pass strap
around the COW just forward Of the nd
der. and buckle it just as tight as you
can, and then look out that the COW does
not fall on you when she attempts to
kick. She will try it but few times
and it will cure without hurting her.


AS persistent and profitable produc.
ers of eggs, hens which are cross be-
tween gamecock and black Spanish hen
are strongly Recommended by an Eng
lish breeder. He Says they are small
and black, but they yield average sized
eggs never desire to sit, and seldom cease
to lay even for a day except at moulting
time.


There is one especial advantage in
keeping farm accounts. By knowing
what corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye and
roots cost, or what they bring in market
or how far they will go in feeding, it can
be ascertained which will pay best. Not
to keep accounts is good deal as if a
merchant should sell his goods without
knowing what they cost.
"A foreign savant asserts that 1.-THE
decay of wood arises from internal and
not external moisture, and'so long as
| free evaporation is allowed decay will
not very readily set in. It would be
very absurd to say that no paint ought
to be used in the interior Of house
but it is certain that piece of wood
painted on both sides will not las,
nearly so long as one not painted at all
The reason is evident"


The deterioration of the potato anc
its diseases has attracted good deal O.
attention in this country and Europe
and it has been suggested by expert
enced 1fen in both countries that thu
plant needs regenerating and that thi.
may be done by seeking for healty na
tive plants in those portions of South
America where it is indigenous: bring
them by cultivation in their native
habitat to good degree of perfection
and bring the earliest and best of then
hither and thus obtain seedlings of orig
inal health and vigor. Almost simultan
eously have these suggestions been made
in England and America.
Year: 1874

Lord Colerldge, an English Judge,
On recent trial, was compelled to ask the
counsel to explain what was meant by u
perch OF rod, as the defects of his OK
ford had left him ignorant Of it; the
barrister, no wiser than his Honor, re-
piled that the length of the rod varies,
but in most cases is l6 feet. Our
schoolnaster declares that in the edu-
cation of this judge and his lawyer the rod
was used too sparingly.


MIR. D. W. Herstine, of Philadel-
phia, very successful strawberry grow
er, practices seeding down his strawberry
beds to oats as mulch for them He
sows oats broadcast over his strawberry
patch in the fall. After it has made
considerable growth it is checked by
frost and falls down over the plants,
making complete and sufficient cover
ing till spring. 1t may be we'll to make
a note of this in your memorandum book
that you may act upon it the coming au-
tumn


Some timely hints relative to the
sowing Of clover were given at meet
ing of farmers club in Scotland. The
speaker said that owing to the small size of
the seeds a large proportion of them are
buried too deeply and fail to germinate.
1t had been found by experiment that
the greatest success with red clover is
attained when the seed is covered with
only half IN inch Of soil when covered
one and a half inches deep so per cent.
of the seed germinase, but a depth of
two inches not single plant appearedk
White clover will not show above the
surface if the seeds are covered one
and half inches deep, and at three
quarters of an inch only so per cent. of
the seeds produce plants It is neces-
sary, therefore, to prepare carefully
soil Tor clover, and to sow and cover it
with discretion. Rolling helps to secure
a fine seed bed, and consequently an
even distribution


New York wants the last drop Of
blood II he West it can get The West
wants justice. 1t will have it: and no
empty clustering can prevent 1t. AS to
its threatening to risk war in order to
protect the exorbitant exactions of Wall
street, it is all humbug. It has been
we'll said there is no such coward in the
world as 81 ,O00,0 except $2,O0O,0OO.
John Logan, with one brigade of West
ern boys, would scare Wall street out of
its boots. Think Of those voracious
misers fighting! 1t is simply ridicu-
lous. They may clutch their gold closer,
and stare and storm at the community
that has resolved to free itself from their
grasp, but they will never fire gun or
endanger their cash.-ludustriol Age.
Year: 1874

We recently heard rather good
story on one of our city ministers.
During q revival in progress in one OF
our country churches near the city,
among the regular attendants on the
meeting was a beautiful and estimable
but rather unsophisticated young lad y
whose friends were very anxious to
have her united with the church.


She seemed, however, reluctant to
do so, and the minister in question
was requested to "talk to her." This
he did several times, on one occasion,
saying, in q jocuIar manner:


"Miss M, if you will join the
church I'll marry yOu," meaning he
would perform the ceremony.


Some few weeks after this the min
lister preached at the church, and after
the services met the young lady.


"BrOther -," said she, you know
you promised to marry me If I'd join
the church. Are you going to do so
don't want to wait any longer"


The minister saw his dilemma, and
attempted to explain.


:" meant i would perform the cer-
emony," he said, "that's ali. | can't
marry you myself for i am already
married, and love my wife too much
to desire to swap her off for another"


The young lady become indignant ;
declared she'd leave the church and
that she ''neYer did have much faith
in these town preachers"


Our minister friend declared that
he Willneyer again use any other than
plain Scriptural argument to induce q
young lady to join the church.
Year: 1874

1t don't require an astrologer, me-
dunn, or gipsy with direct pack OF
cards. 1t is very simple-lies in a
nutshell, and can be expressed in a
very few words. They are these
The last person you would naturally
think OF.


If girl expresses a fondness for
majestic men with large whiskers,
make up your mind she will marry a
very small man with none. If she
declares that s'mind" is all she looks
for, expect to see her stand before the
altar with pretty fellow who has
just sense enough TO tie a craVat bow.
If, on the contrary. she declares that
she must have a handsome husband,
look about you for the plainest person
In her circle of acquaintance, and de-
clare "that is the man." for it will be.


Men are almost as bad. The gentle
man who desires wife with mind
and mission, marries a lisping baby
who screams at the sight of a mouse,
and hides her face when she hears a
sudden knock at the door. And the
gentleman who dreaded anything like
strong -mindedness, exults in the faei
that his wife is exactly everything he
declared he detested.


If girl says of one: 'eMarry him
I'd rather die," look upon the affair
as settled, and expect cards to the
wedding of those two people.


IL a man remarks OF a lady, "Not
my style at all 70 await patiently the
of his name in the mat
rimonial column in connection with
that very lady's.


And if any two people declare
themselves 6 friends and nothing
more" you may know what will come
next.


There is no hypocrisy in all this, and
such matches are invariable the hap
piest. People do not know themselves
and make great mistakes about their
Love is terribly perplex-
ing when he first begins to upset ones
theories; and when his arrow first
pierces the heart there is such flut-
tering there that it is hard to guess
the cause. Besides man proposes and
God disposes, and it is the '1 don't
know what" with which people fall
in love, and not those peculiarities
which could be given in a passport.
Year: 1874

SALT IN SIcKEEsS.-I am satisfied
that have seen patients die from de-
privation of common salt during a
protracted Illness 1t is a common
impression that the food for the sick
should not be seasoned, and whateYer
slep may be given, it is almost inno-
cent of this essential of life. In the
milk diet that / recommend in sick
ness, common salt is used freely, the
milk being boiled and hot. And if
the patient cannot take the usual
quantity of food. have given it in
his drink. This matter is so import
ant that it cannot be repeated too often
or dwelt upon too long. The most
marked example I have ever noticed
has been in surgical diseases. especial.
.ly in open wounds. Without sup
ply of salt the tongue would become
bread, pallid, puffy, with tenacious
pastry coat, the secretion arrested, the
circulation feeble, the effusion at the
point of injury serious, with an un-
pleasant watery pns, which at last be-
comes q mere sanies or ichor. A few
days Of free allowance would change
all this and the patient get along we'll.
Dr.. ScHddeF.
Year: 1874

in enc Of the small towns near our
| city ifola taking arsenic. She mad
eontraeted the habit Of 50 doing for
the benefit of her complexion, and an
overdose, at time when she desired
to look remarkably well, killed her.


The habit of taking arsenic, how
ever, when once contracted, must be
continued for life, as the omission
brings incredible torture, causing the
/ individual to waste away and slowly
die, consequently victim to it will
make any sacrifice to obtain a supply.
Women have been known TO walk a
score of miles, and sell the earrings
out of their ears, the rings from their
! fingers, and even the crosses from
their necks, to procure some arsenic.


A gentleman, who at an early age
| began to take the drug, states that
when nearly 30 he resolved. because
of an illness by which he was attacked
to discontinue its use, but his health
failed him, he became wan and ema-
ciated, had racking pains, and after
trial Of some months had to return to
his pills. This he did by beginning
with very small dose, and gradually
increasing it until he had reached his
usual quantity.


Ten years after he had resumed the
taking of poison, he gave his expert
ence. He was in good health and
spirits, but he was the slave of arsenic,
and expected to be to the end of his
life. He carried it always about him,
and if the usual time passed without
his taking his pill, he Immediately
felt weak and depressed. Sometimes
he was filed with horror at the idea
of being so situated that he would be
unable to obtain it.
Year: 1874

The doctor with whom I talked
about these things said: "Women
will not acknowledge that they do
these things; they will persist to the
last that they are guiltless. I once
called TO see a woman whom myself
and the other attending physicians in
attendance knew perfectly well was
dying from the effects Of opium, but
we dared not so much as hint it. She
was highly respectable, aud was just
getting into practice. could not
afford to tell what knew, and the
other doctors would not. The truth
is it would have nearly ruined US, for
it would have aroused her family. and
all the women IN her cirCfe-some of
whom were pdTticepS cgiDainis-
against us, SO we gave the disease a
hard name and kept STILL"
Year: 1874

JAILoR MCKENNA continues to keep clean streets by use of the prisoners. We underStand the prisoners prefer to work on thestreets to being constantly confined. If they were to labor as much when free as now when prisoners, they could live comfortably ana be independent to go when and where they please without the disgraceful irons.
Year: 1874

THE weather during the week has been variable. The air has been warm and the sky clouded much of the time. Wednes- day ipin fell occasionally and in the night following, ram come down quite freely and continued till the forenoon of Thurs day. Yesterday was cloudy but no rain fell At nine a. m. to-day, the sky IS clouded and atmosphere mild.
Year: 1874

B. D FAIRBANKS this day advertises his new hay and feed yard. It is in fine To- catiOnsf and those wanting accomoda- tions in his fine will do well to give him a chance to serve and please them.
Year: 1874

We have often spoken in these mi
nor Tropics" of the new African sea,
which will eventually be made by
turning the Mediterranean into the
upper part of the Great Desert, near
the Bay of Tun;s.


It is French plan for the better
protection of Algeria. The water can
be easily let in, as only narrow
stretch Of sand separates it from the
desert, which is Iowa lower level
than the Mediterranean from the sea
coast. 1t will carry the French right
into the interior by water.


From these advanced posts, says
the author of the French report of this
scheme, we should watch the nomadic
tribes of the South. The numerous
and rich oasis of the Sorf and the
Oued, only nominally subject to us,
would fall completely into our power.
Our colonization would extend to the
south of Constantine as surely as it is
established OF the Mediterranean
coast. A benefcient change of eli
mate is also not the least OF the advant-
ages promised by this bold scheme,
the first step to the realization OF
which has already been taken, the
Bay of Tunis having been requested
by the society to allow a survey Of the
country to be made.-BaltiAtorc Ga
5Cftc
Year: 1874

forwards large body Of men
marched to the Jail. Tho bell
at the gate was rupg, and upon
the appearance of Mr.. Crump, he was
commanded to open the gate. In the
presence of such formidable force he
had no alternative but to obey. The
gate Was accordingly opened and a
portion of the crowd proceeded to the
cells of the Murrells, took them out
| lad carried them off in the direction of
Bassford's brick yard. Just before
we went to press last night it was re-
ported that nothing had as yet been
done with either of the men, courier
| having been sent back to the city for
an important witness.


Tie impression seemed to be that
the guilty party would most certainly
be hung. The men composing the
crowd were cool and determined. They
were all armed.


Gabriel Murrel, it is said, was con-
siderably under the influence of liquor
at the time the shooting took place,
while Michael also seemed to have
taken a drink or two.


This terrible tragedy has created a
deep feeling throughout the communi-
ty. So -blooded and unprovoked
a murder was never before, perhaps,
committed.


Capt. Butler was gentleman highly
esteemed and respected by all classes
of our citizens. A devoted husband,
a fond father, and useful citizen,
he has left void which cannot be
filed.


3 O'CLOCK, A. M.-Just as we are
going to press we learn that the crowd
decided, upon the sworn testimony OF
a witness who saw the deed commit
ted, that Michael Murrel was the
guilty party, and accordingly shot him
to pieces. Gabriel was placed in the
Guard House. Our information OBJ
tanned early in the evening was as
| stated in the premises
Year: 1874

trine upon the manufacturing section
of the North. It was for no such wild
purpose that this Federal Union was
established, and such an one no de-
fender of that Union would have dared
avow in the late struggle for its exist
ence. These elections should tell the
party in power that it Is time to pause
in its destructive career with the South
ern people. They demonstrate the
abiding determination of that people
to resort to the last to the baliot-box
for the establishment OF local gov
ernment, and in every sense they are
full of hope and of admonition. Now
let the rest Of the country come to
the rescue on this fundamental issue
of elf-government and constitutional
guarantees, and command henceforth
peace between the sections and peace
between the races. The dangerous
path of this Administration can be
pursued no further. Post.
Year: 1874

Fourteen hundred dogs killed thus far in the
New York summer campaign not merely home
less ours then, for Constantinople itself could
not furnish canine yagrants to that extent so
many family is the poorer for the loss of an
affectionate friend as the offset to the gain Of a
canicidal half-dollar. The great majority of the
slain, it is understood, are poor, underfed ours
of that indefinite breed which a little boy of our
acquaintance proudly claimed for his dog, ''pure
mongrel !" so dog-fanciers may think it very
well to have that much trash put out of the way
But dogs of pure blood and high descent are too
costly possessions for the poor, and experience
shows that ''worthless cur may have as low
ing and faithful dog-heart, be as true pro-
tector and as jolly playmate to the family cir
Gle of ragged children whose best possession he
often is, as the finest canine aristocrat in the
land.


1t may be this slaughter was a necessary one
though it is notable fact that three out of foui
of the cases Of hydrophobia which have shocked
tho community into panic, have been owing to
bites given by petted and well-cared for dogs
which never roamed the streets, Instead of the
poor NANCY yagabonds of the fourteen hundred
1t may be, too, it is well for the "puir beasties
themselves to leave life which brings then
mostly hunger and hard usage but it ia sorrow
ful to think of boys tempted by that ptiful bribc
to drag an old playmate aud fliend to the sham
hlas
Year: 1874

suspicion. But just here interviewed one oi
those accidents against which the most astute
schemers cannot always provide. The Joo nad
taken longer than anybody expected; II was
after one o'clock, and Mr. Alexander did moi
wake up The bell was rung again and again,
but there was no response, The burglar went
to the basement door, and rang there with no
better result. At last the Chief OF Ponce'
afraid of losing the man. refused to walt any
longer. and made the arrest. Harrington was
forced to acknowledge that there was nOthlng
to connect Mr.. Alexander with the ROBBERY,
and so the whole plan fell through. The Chiet
of Police. in his examination before the Com
mittee. made no secret Of his belief that the
burglary was prearranged though he refused
TO say whether he suspected Mr. Har-
rington of having anything to DO with lt
We can all make up our own minds ON tnat
point, and we can perhaps imagine with SUM-
cient distinctness what took place when
tbe chief members of the District Govern
ment met the next morning after their anxious
night. For it is in evidence that while these
things were doing at the District Attorneys
office and in front of Mr.. Aiexanders mousse
nice little party was waiting at tho CiuD
House on New-YOrk Avenue. 1t comprised
Gov. Shepherd, Mr.. John 0. Evans. and
number of other persons connected with the
Board of Public Works. and it was arranged
that Harrington and the Chief of Police
should meet them there as soon as the JOB
was over, And "bave little something to
"eat.r Evans stayed until morning, but 1t does
not appear that the Assistant District Attor-
ney felt like keeping his appointment


OF course this matter must not rest here
We do not know what opinion the Committee
will express upon it, but as soon as change
can be made III the Office of Attorney for the
District an investigation should certainly DO
Instituted by Grand Jury. Somebody has
evidently been concerned in dastardly con-
spracy for which the punishment should be
swift and severe.
Year: 1874




Nine years after the close of the war and
eight months after the panic, the Senate of
the United States has passed third bill for
the manufacture of more paper money, and the
House of Representatives stands ready to con-
cur in the act. The President, by using the
veto power, will save the country from the fatal
consequences which otherwise would follow.
BY generations to come President Grant will be
remembered not only as the victorious Gen.
eral, but as the man who did services as great
for his country by arresting this insane legis-
lation. lie may do even more. Twenty six
millions of Greenbacks have been issued above
the legal limit. Even Richardson himself did
not pretend to regard these as other than a
Reserve If such be their character, now,
with money at two per cent and q drug at
that, is the time to "reserve' them. II, as we
have always held, they are simply an unwar-
raDted and illegal issue, now is the time to
get them into the cremation furnace in the
Treasury basement. These twenty-six millions
can be got out of the way, during the present
plethora of money, without raising financial
ripple and no better means for stimulating
the revival of business could be taken.


But, while for the present the prospect is
favorable, while the country is slowly recov-
ering, while the lookout for honest business
and industry is steadily frightening, we must
Year: 1874

In all the sermons which we shall hear
preached in the city pulpits tomorrow, there
will be but two themes, God and our brother
and by Monday morning, if we have listened
to preacher of our own creed, we shall have
digested and accepted the dogmas laid down
concerning our Maker; but with regard to our
neighbor We shall, most of us, have our own
opinion, in spite of the sermon. just as before.
The mysterious awful Presence, behind Nature
and human life, we are usually humble enough


to be willing to look at and believe in, through
the prophetic vision or faith OF other men
tho preacher is qualified to instruct us in His
mercy and power But when II comes 70 lay.
Year: 1874

remember that great and difficult work is
before us. As long as the present ignorance
and confusion in regard to the nature and
uses of money exist nothing is safe. The Ia
bor of years may at any time be lost in q
month. The question OF currency reform
must be kept alive.


The present course of Congress, since it
tends to keep alive the popular interest in
this supremely important matter, is cause for
great rejoicing. We, speaking for all the ad-
yocates of a fixed quantity OF gold or silver as
the only standard of value. court the fullest
investigation of the principles of science.
of the facts of history, and of the
moral laws which should govern the
dealings between debtor and creditor.
We take it as no reprOach, but the highest
praise. to be called "bOok fnanciers." The
| truths of history and of science are to he
learned only from books and the students of
books. The innumerable evils which follow
| the debasement of the currency will never be
discovered by those who draw their insDra-
ton from the noisy labor unions and patrons
of busbandry crying for "mOTe money" like
four-y year-old children for green fruit. Give
ia agitation, discussion, inquiry, research, and
Difference to the opinions of those who have
taken pains to get at the bottom
of the matter, and we fear neither
the Judgment of honest men nor
the sophstry and assurance of ten thou
sand MortOns and Logans. Our reliance il
ap5h The good sense and integrity of the
great mass of farmers, mechanics, laborers
and professional men. Never, in the history
of these United States, has faith in the ultimate
honesty and intelligence of the people been
| misDlaced,
Year: 1874

Our Washington dispatches say that the
certainty that the new imitation bill Will be
vetoed seems to take the life out OF those
who would like to be its friends. captious
bystander once remarked of a man On bis
way to the galows that "he did MT seem to
" take no interest"