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Year: 1877




WASHINGTON, D. c., April ID.
The daily Nation which has heretofore
been an independent journal announces
In its issue of this morning, that it will
hereafter be an orgen of the Wing Re-
publican party, under the following plat
FORM


Flrst,a National currency founded on a
bimetallic standard and sufficient for the
wants OF healthy trade; second, a. system
Of internal Improvements such as private
capital is powerless to contract, but
which is essential to the development of
the country's resources: Ell
Third, a tariff sufficient to keep en-
ployed such manufacturing establish
ments as are already in operation and
put in operation such new industries as
will tend to develop the natural wealth
Of the country and create balance of
trade in our favor.
Year: 1877

The Triumph Truss is a marvel of
mechanical ingenuity and accuracy and
hence if properly adjusted will hold any
Hernia in practice, when the Triumph
Rupture Cure, will infallibly and speedily
cure it. These wonderful appliances are
sold at 1915 Chestnut street, Philadelphia
and 334 Bowery, New York where the
Truss is warranted, and the Cure Guar
anteed. Send 10 cents for Descriptive
Book, to either office. If,
Year: 1877




WASHINGTON, April 12.-There IL moth
ing new here this morning. Advices
from the Commission, setting forth the
difficulties they have encountered In
Louisiana, will bo considered by the
Cabinet to-morro W. The statement is
made that supplementary instructions
or suggestions will be given to the Com
mission to meet the difficulties that
have arisen.


tt La safe to assume that the Admins
tration will agree to a reorganization OF
the Legislature on the basis Of the
original parish returns without regard
to the protest which Packard is under
stood to have made against such action.


The delay Of Pinchback's hegira with
seven colored members from Packard
to Nichols Legislature disappoints the
expectations raised at the White House.
The President and Cabinet believe that
if this could be accomplished, giving
Nichols Legislature a quorum OF the
Returning Board MEMBERS, the whole
trouble could be adjusted upon that
basis. and no further effort to fuse the
two Legislatures need be made. Pinch's
movement is anxiously awaited at the
White House, and those who 60 with
him will earn the lively gratitude OF the
Administration. BUELL..
Year: 1877

good in this world. 1t serves me right,
though. It's only the consequence of the
frghtful profession in which take so
much pride. To think Of my doubling
Noel, my adopted son, my heir-a young
Fellow to be proud of, who is honor and
virtue personifed-Noel, who for the ten
years ! have had the happiness of know
ing him, has taught me to esteem and
love him, as the incarnation of true
friend and devoted son."


He argued with himself thus, forcing
himself to repel the doubts that beset him.
Yet an inner voice kept whispering with
an irritating persistency, "But SUPPOSE it
is Noelg'


The old man shuddered with nervous
dread.


Suppose it was Noel7


Why, then there would be an arrest, of
course, and shame would follow. The
old man went over the possible scene
like one in a nightmare. Suppose it was
Noel? He saw the Indifferent officers in
the background, the stern official in front,
and the young mans old friends clinging,
bowed with grief, to the erect form of the
man whom he had loved and trusted.


The Daddy had reached the Rue st,
Lazare.


Before the door of his residence, a neat
little brongham was drawn up, harnessed
to one of the most splendid bay mares it
had ever been the fortune of the old man
to look upon. ...


"What a beautiful creature" said tho
Daddy, unable to resist stroking the
arched and glossy neck. cit appears I
have got some respectable people amongst
my tenants"


He had some of exactly the opposite
description ALSO; for he had hardly made
the tiattering reflection recorded above,
than he saw issuing forth Monsieur Du-
e-honest Monsieur Ducroe, who has
already been introduced to our readers as
the friend of Miss Nelly Nicholson, and
whose presence in any house announced
ruin, as plainly as mutes at the door an
nounce death.
Year: 1877

A reader of the Tribune wants to know
(which is the best and cheapest feed for a
butter dary-wheat bran at Sl.25 per cwt.,
buckwheat bran at 81 per cwt., or oats at
fifty cents a bushel, in either case to mix
with corn." Either kind of food will make
an excellent accompaniment Of corn meal,
and the difference between their respective
values, by weight, is not very great. Oat
meal will be the best, but the dearest, rea-
tive values considered. The nutritive val


ue of the two kinds of bran is very nearly
in accordance with their respective prices.
A good many farmers place higher value
upon buckwheat bran than the above remark
accords to it, but it has not proved, either in
my experience or observation, to be equal to
wheat bran. Buckwheat bran varies great
ly in quality. That which is made up
chiefly Of the capsules or shells of the grain
is of little value. The shells are about like
chips in porridge. They serve on.
ly to fill up space, and are, moreover, a very
harsh substance for the lining membrane of
the almentary canal, often scratching it so
much as to produce serious irritation. In
their natural condition they are indigestibe
and useless, and pass the animal in the same
condition in which they were taken. If
scalded they are readily dissolved and d..
gested. When the hulls are silted out,
buckwheat bran is considered more valuable
than the bran Of wheat, but owing to differ.
ence in grinding, it has not the uniform val.
ue OF wheat bran.-PrOf L. B. ArnOld.
Year: 1877

The WEALTH OF BRAZIL.-All intelligent
travellers who have visited Brazil, speak in
the most glowing terms of the country. Pro-
tessor Agassiz regarded it as the most pro-
ductive and interesting country on the globe,
and the one in which it is the easiest to OBJ
tain livelihood. Some who have sailed
upon the Amazon declare that a vessel can
beioaded with Brazil nuts at an expense of
only few cents per bushel. These consti-
tute valuable article of commerce, while
the oil extracted from them is very desirable.
All the tropical fruits are produced in Brazil
almost without cultivation The soil in
many parts of the country will produce
twenty successive crops of cotton, tobacco or
sugarcane, without the application of manure.
No country in the world approaches the land
of Dom Pedro in the variety of its forest
productions. Professor Agassiz states that
he saw one hundred and seventeen different
kinds Of valuable woods that were cut from
piece Of land not half a mile square. They
represented almost every variety of color,
and many Of them we're capable of receiving
high polish. One tree furnishes wax that
is used for candles; another pith that is
used for food and still another yields a
juice which is used in place of intoxicating
liquor. There is IA single variety of palm
from which the natives obtain food, drink,
clothing, bedding, cOrdage, fishing tackle,
medicine, aud the material they manufacture
into dwellings, weapons, harpoons and musi-
cal instruments. Doubtless the day is not
far distant when the valuable woods of Bra
zil will be used for various useful and orna-
mental purposes.
Year: 1877

With April, farm work, nearly everywhere,
begins in earnest. In some of the Middle
and Western states, much of the spring
work is done, and corn and root planting
only remains. But in the more northern
states, summer follows winter without a
spring, with rush, and the farmer who is
not well prepared, finds his work "all of
heap" and pushing him, instead of his
pushing the work. To hurry over work
is to throw away labor. No hurry
is needed, when work is well laid out,
and every job is foreseen and planned for.
More thought must 90 into our work. AL
though the times are mcnding, and farmers
have felt but little of the general distress
that business men have experienced, yet we
may confess that times are still hard Prices
are low and profits are small. Hard times
quicken invention and when men arc press
ed, their intelects are wonderfully frightened
Most OF tho great inventions that have rev.
olutionized labor, have been forced into
men's minds by pressure OF unfavorable cir
cumstanccs. The alternative has frequently
been "a new and cheap method or ruin"
Just now We seem to be on the eve Of some
needed discovery for cheapening farm labor
or making it more effective. The whole
world is striving against US, and so far we
have beaten it. But now other nations are
using our tools, implements or methods, and
all that is left to us is cheap land and an in
domitable energy that never gives in. We
shall still maintain our position. When the
time was ripe for some great innovation, it
has always come; the mother necessity"
never yet failed to find the child "inventon."
No great staple can long be produced at
loss, OR even at less than living profit, and
now that we see c!3arly the dawning of
promising day in business, there is certain
ty that the farmers labor will be as we'll
recompenscd as it deserves. But we shall
have to work for it, not SO much with our
hands as with our brains.-American Agri-
cutturiSt.
Year: 1877

In spring time, if ever, eggs may be freely
eateu, for now they are abundant, cheap,
and Of good quality Fortunate for the
farmers family is the change which often
takes place in early spring from the steady
use Of salt pork, to dish composed largely
Of eggs DR.. Edward Smith says at would
not be possible to exaggerate the value Of
eggs as an article of food whether from
their universal use, or the convenient form
in which the food is preserved, presented,
and cooked, and the nutriment which they
contain" Again he says, "there is no egg
Of bird known which is not good for food
or which could not be eaten by hungry
man." There is in the egg of every species
division into white and yolk. The white
of egg consists OF nearly pure albumen and
water the yolk, of albumen, oils, sulphur,
and water. Abumen is considered the
most important single element Of food. 1t


IL found in all compound animal structures,
and IN the vegetable productions most vau-
able as food, though in modified form.


| There is great difference in the value Of
different eggs, as there is in their size and
flavor. Well-ied domestic fowls yield far
richer food in their eggs than common wild
fowls. Many suppose that raw eggs are
more easily digested than those that are
cooked, but for most persons this is not the
case, if the eggs are not cooked improperly.
| DR.. Smith thinks it is a mistake to give a
mixture Of raw egg and new milk to inva-
| lids, such mixture tending more to hinder
than to promote digestion. Dyspeptics often
think that they cannot eat eggs at all, and
! it is the case that delicate stomachs do some-
times suffer greatly from eating any but the
freshest Of eggs. When we can not be sure
of the age of the eggs provided, it is always
most safe to break thom before cooking.
For invalids the very safest way is to drop
the egg from the shell without disarranging
its form, into water boiling in shallow dish
A few minutes boiling is sufficient, and no
dressing is really necessary except trihe
Of salt for those who eat everything salted,
though Of course good butter aud pepper
may be added, or the egg may be carefully
laid upon slice of toast. For family Of
children it is often more convenient in all
respects to serve eggs in scrambled form or
in omeettes, than cooked separately. Some
children are notional, and will not cat the
white Of the egg others think they dislike
the yolk, but when they are both cooked to-
gother, they think nothing about it, but eat
with pleasure all they eau get In most rec
ipe books the directions for scrambling eggs
advise "good piece Of butter" with which
to cook the eggs, seasoning them with salt
and pepper and with chopped parsley if you
choose and eau. But if for any other reason
you prefer it, you can use milk instead of
butter and for children this is best. The
proportions used for an omelette are very
good, "a cup of milk for six eggs" This
increases the quantity. The eggs are broken
but not beaten, aud are stirred simply to
mix we'll aud prevent burning while cooking.
American AQriculturist.
Year: 1877

1t will depend upon circumstances. Some
cows it will not pay to feed any way; and
some men will not make it pay to keep
cows let them feed what they will. The
man who has no system or regularity in TAX.
ing care Of his cows will not make it pay
The man who does not feed his cows from
he time they can get enough in the pasture
to keep them alive, until the snow drives
them to the barn in the fall, will not make
it pay. The man who makes butter that he
gets but 20 to 20 cents pound for when
his neighbor gets 80, will not make it pay.
The man who does not begin hayiug until
the middle of July, certainly will not make
it pay unless he does feed concentrated
food.


1t is conceded by every one that there is no
better feed for cows than good sweet pas.
ture in June THE best pastures have ev-
er known are those that have northeast
cant.) Now claim the nearer we can keep
our feed like this the more butter we shall
make.


The FIRST thing we should do, and with the
best economy is to cut part Of our hay from
June Goth to July 10th. | would have
the meadow where l cut thus early so highly
cultivated that could cut second crop in
August, except land too moist to cultivate.
The next would be to SOW, in drills, corn or
some other crop to feed when the pasture
begins to fail. With the best of pasture, l
am satisfied it will pay to feed at the barn
every month IN the year but June, for in
order to keep up good flow of milk, COWS
must have good supply of good succulent
or concentrated food.


Then we should raise some kind of roots
Il have the best success with potatoes) and
grain to feed in winter and spring. Some
can raise grass cheaper than grain. With
such it will pay better to sell hay and buy
grain aud | belive oats are better to cut
when they begin to turn, and feed on the
straw. The best grain feed have used is
oats and corn ground together, two bushels
of oats to one Of corn. l suppose wheat
bran is as near like grass as any grain feed !;
l am Of the opinion that bran and corn meal
make superior feed. How much to feed
depends some upon the quality of hay used,
and the price of butter would be q consid-
GRAFTON, also the comparative value of hay
and grain. l think ton of hay is worth as
much for feed as ten to fifteen bushels of
corn, according to the quality of hay, and
oats and bran are worth as much as corn by
weight, to mix with corn to feed COWS. Tho
way to feed meal is to pour boiling water
upon it, stir, let it cool until about blood
warm and mix with chaffed hay. Every
thing else being equal the nearer we can
keep our feed like good pasture in june will
give the most profit with milch COWS.


We should never keep more COWS than We
can feed what they will digest, aud keep in
healthy condition. Some claim that if We
feed meal cows will not do as well when
turned to pasture. Change of diet should
always be gradual, and If we have not good
pasture we had better adopt the soiling sys-
tenn, in part at least When nine out of ten
that use concentrated feed claim that it does
pay, if l were the tenth, should feel that
perhaps the trouble might be somewhere
else.


hyde Park, March 81 ~ ~ rAhRAND.
Year: 1877

WE HAVE always sYmpathzed with Eve
in this matter aud have never been able to
acquit Adam Of doing mean thing in try
ing to throw the blame Of his temptation on
her. 1t was his business, being the stronger,
to resist the curiosity to taste the fruit, and
he had no right to hold her responsible be-
cause he also took bite. The probability
is that he was just as anxious to Investigate
the fruit Of the tree Of knowledge as she was
and that hc deserved his punishment as much
as she did hers, no fair man who looks at
the transaction after this long lapse of years
will deny. Still we advise women to leave
preaching to men aud content themselves with
praoticiDg,-N Y. Sm.
Year: 1877

TnE Way OUT OF DRBT.-Farmers must
bear in mind there is no way but hard one
out Of debt. Signing and wishing to be out
OF debt will never get one out. Ii man is
in mire he will remain there till he dies,
unless he struggles to get on hard soil. To
get out Of debt, one must sell more than he
buys. lie must make his incomes greater
than his Out.goes He must earn more than
he spends. lie must receive more than he
pays out. lie must so manage as to lessen
his indebtedness somewhat every year. lie
must be economical and not extravagant. He
must certainly know at the end Of the year
what his receipts and expenses have been.
He can then tell what the future prospects
will be OF becoming free man. A man who
is in debt is not free man. He is a slave.
He belongs to his creditors, and the deeper
his indebtedness, the worse his slavery. lie
is not happy man. His mind is harassed
to meet his obligations. If he fails to do it,
he suffers indescribable misery So, farmers
be on the safe side. Manage to get out Of
debt Keep out Save. EconOmize. Mar
ket everything you can when it is in its best
state for market. Sell this year more than
you buy.-RlraL World.
Year: 1877

GEoRGE f. WARING, the author Of the
ogden Farm Papers," in the Agricultural.
ist gives this direction relative to the
treatment Of COW For at least month
before calving she should have only hay
land hay of ordinary quality at that
during the last two weeks the poorest hay
and straw should be substituted, and after
the calf is dropped she should have for twen-
ty-four hours little more than air ITSELF and
then warm bran mash. After this she
may have little hay, and after another
tweuty-fOur hours it is safe to begin grad.
ually increasing the food until at the end
Of the first week she is up to her full ratiOns
again.
Year: 1877

A LAW Of New York state ruls as follows
Any inhabitant liable to highway tax who
shall transplant by the saide Of the public
highway any forest shade trees or fruit trees
of suitable size, shall be allowed by the over
seers Of highways, in abatement of his high
way tax, one dollar for every four trees set
out; but no row of elms shall be placed
nearer than 70 feet, no row of naples or
other forest trees nearer than so feet, except
locust, which may be set 80 feet apart and
no allowance as before mentioned shall be
made unless such trees shall have been set
out the year previous to the demand for
said abatement of tax, and are living and
we'll protected from animals at the time Of
such demand.
Year: 1877

Blue glass may or may not be a "big
thing as a curative. Doe thing is absolute
ly certain. Effsctual ventilation or moisten-
ing OF the air Is the greatest thing as a pre-
ventive. Ventilation by windows, however,
is attended by more or less danger of giving
colds. Therefore to avoid the risk, purify
the air in the room by process of moisture,
such as placing several layers of water one
above the other equally distanced, aud al
lowing the air Of the room TO have free course
in rushing between these layers. This pro-
cess preserves a golden mean between the
two extremes.-Maa.
Year: 1877

HYDRAULIC RAMs-A correspondent Of
tho Maine Farmer gives this advice: Don't
try to use the ram useless your spring af.
iords continually four times as much water
as you wish to raise. Again, if your epring
is on fiat ground it will not be economy to
purchase ram, because you will be obliged
to dig an expensive stall race" as Califor-
mans would say, for the surplus water re.
qulred to work the ram, to pass off in, as
your ram must be few feet lower than the
spring. Now if your spring affords boun-
tiful supply Of water constantly, aud it is
situated on side hill or a gentle decline so
that you can get the requisite fall without
too much digging it will work first rate,
do not use iron pipes unless you know they
will not rust under any circumstances what
ever. If you do your patience will be ex.
hausted, your money lost, for your water
will not be fit for use. When you think OF
laying an aqueduct get a small piece of the
SO called galvanized iron pipe, and try it
both under and above ground, aud satisfy
yourself that it will effectually resist oxyda.
tion. Don't take any mans word for it un-
less he Is practically using it.
Year: 1877

A correspondent wishes the recipe given
some years ago for the whitewash used on
the east end of the White House. For her
benefit and the benefit of others, it is re.
peated. Take one-half bushel of nice un.
Stacked lime, slack it with boiling water
cover it during the process to keep in the
steam. Strain the liquor through a fine
sieve or strainer, and add to it peck of salt,
previously well dissolved in warm water ;
three pounds of ground rice, boiled to thin
paste; one-half pound of powdered Spanish
whiting, and one pound of clean glue, which
has been previously dissolved by soaking it
well, and then hang it over a slow fire
in small kettle within larger
one filed with water. Add FIVE gallons of
hot water to the mixture, stir 1t well, and let
it stand few days covered from dust. 1t
should be put on hot, aud for this purpose it
can be kept in kettle on portable furnace.
1t is said that about pint of this mixture
will cover square yard upon the outside Of
house, if properly applied. Fine or coarse
brushes may be used, according to the neat.
ness Of the job required. 1t answers as well


as oil paint for wood, brick, or stone, and is
cheaper. 1t retains its briliancy for many
years. There is nothing of the kind that
will compare with it, either for inside or
outside walls. Buildings or fences covered
with it will take much longer time to burn


than if they were painted with oil paint
Coloring matter may be put in and made of
any shade desired. Spanish brown will make
reddish pink when stirred in, more or less
deep according to the quantity. A delicate
tinge OF this is very pretty for inside walls.
Finely puIverized common clay. we'll mixed
with Spanish brown, makes reddish stone
color; yellow ochre stirred in makes yellow
wash, but chrome goes further. and makes a
color generally esteemed prettier. 1t is
difficult to make rules, because tastes are
different; it would be best to try experiments
on shingle and let it dry. Green must not
be mixed with lime; it destroys the color,
and the color has an effect on the whitewash
which makes it crack and peel-M YTriB.
Year: 1877

We make speciality Of high grade Of Family and
Pastry Flour, and are using the best improved ma
chinery we'll skilled help, aud but Extra White
Winter Wheat and in fact all the necessary requisites
for making such grade Of Flour. Samples sent free
st all times when requested and correspondence solicit