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Year: 1874

We are never so old or so wise
that we are beyond learning, and
in view Of this fact l have prepar-
ed few hints to farmers, which l
presume will be of untold value to
them, if carefully studied and act
ed upon.


July is the best month in the
year in which to plant apple barrels
and SOW log chains. The planting
should be done in the morning. Hoe
them often, and you will be aston
ished at the yield.


After cutting your marsh hay,
see that it is well dried before you
pack it away in your cellar for pies
during the winter months.


Dig your wheat when it is ripe,
bury in a potato-pole, being care
full that the soil is moist. You will
not be required to give it further
attention.


Feed your hogs on black ash
bark, seasoned with Mrs. Winslow's
soothing syrup.


When you go to town and visit a
friend, manage to eat more and
stay longer than any other man in
the county.


Pick your pumpkins carefully
from the trees, and run them two
or three times through the tanning
mill before putting in bags for the
market.


Thresh your onions and melons
in September, and then bury until
the next spring, when you may dig
and grind them for head-cheese.


Always plant your rails with the
top end down if you desire a
healthy and bountiful crop.


Never cut any wood. Always
leave that pleasant task for your
wife to perform. She may also
light the fire in the morning, and
call you when breakfast is ready.


Shell your potatoes in November,
and place them in bin in the barn,
always placing them with the little
ends down.


Never kiss your servant girl in
a room where there is o newspaper
Remember that there is not a pa
pers printed without "eyes."


Should your neighbor's big dog
show a disposition to chew your
pigs ears, feed him with drag teeth
and shovel handles for two weeks,
Year: 1874

and then cut OFF his tail just back
of his ears. This is certain to ef-
feet a cure.


Gooseberries are much better for
pickles than turnips, and they are
more delicious when sliced.


Hemlock bark, oat meal and corn
husks make an excellent hash.


If you sell milk to city people, /
need not advise you to pay strict
attention to all the cows that come
within two miles of your residence,
and to keep your pump in good re-
pair.
Year: 1874

III we would but check the speaker
When he spoils his neighbours fame,
II we would but help the erring


Ere we utter words of blame;
If we would, how many might we
Turn from paths of sin and shame.
All, the wrong that might be Iighted
If we would see the wayl
All, the pains that might be lightened
Every hour and every day,
If we would but hear the pleadings
OF the hearts that go estray.
Let us step outside the stronghold
OF our selfishness and pride;
Let us lift our fainting brothers,
Let us strengthen ere we chide;
Let us, ere we blame the fallen,
Hold a light to cheer and guide.
An, how blessed-ah, how blessed
Earth would be if we'd but try
Thus TO aid and right the weaker,
Thus 10 check each brothers sigh,
Thus to talk of duty's pathway


To our better land ON high.
In each life however Iowly,


There are seeds of mighty good;
Still, We shrink from souls appealing
With timid, "If we could :"
But God who judges all things
Knows the truth is, "if we would"
Year: 1874

Dr. Haswell, of Sacramento, held
forth last evening at the M. +. Church,
on Fort street, on the topic of temper
ance, to a select number of ladies and
gentlemen. He reviewed the action
of the Legislature of this State in re-
ference to q number of laws passed for
the purpose of lessening the spread of
intemperance, and showed that before
the Local Option law had been con-
sidered statutes had been adopted sus-
tanning the principle of prohibition.
He cited the Berkely University law,
which prohibited the sale of liquor
within two miles of the State Univer-
sity, as a complete concession to the
principle of prohibition; for if it was
conceded that the principle was good
in one place, it was good in all places.
He claimed that Local Option had not
suffered defeat wherever it had been
tried, for where even a majority of
votes had been carried against it, the
effect of the showing of hands had
been beneficial to the cause Of moral
ity and temperance. He believed in
the duty of the churches, the temper
ance people and of all who held I'll Q
moral welfare of the community as
paramount, to take advantage of the
opportunity now offered under this
law to restrain an evil which has done
so much to demoralize society. He
will lecture again this evening, at
Good Templars' Hall.
Year: 1874

Young man ahoy! Fitzpatrick is
the man you are looking for. He Will give
you the incest fitting garments TO be had in
the city; cloth OF the best material; work
done upon honor, and tho best satisfaction
generally. Call on him and have q full suit
made at once, jy2tf-3
Year: 1874

The Los Angeles and San Pedro
Railroad now wants the city to de-
liver up the seven hundred and fifty
shares of their stock, according to con-
tract entered into on the building of
the road.
Year: 1874

His honor, Mayor Toberman re-
fused to sign the contract approved by
the Council for the employment of
Messrs. Thorn & Ross as associate
counsel in the water suit now pending.
Yesterday the City Fathers authorized
Mr.. Sabichi to sign the contract in
question, and now all will move along
serenely, despite his honor.
Year: 1874

ns- The tide ofimmigratlon is steadily set
ting In, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one of DESMOND. They soy there Is no
comparison between the two. 2ha
Year: 1874

CURE FOR THE BITE OF POISONOUS SERPENTs.-
According to MericOurt in a communication before
the Academy of Medicine, in Paris, the only effect
i've means of cOuntcracting the bite of poisonous
serpents and which should be generally and popu-
lary known are those which prevent the absorption
of the poison Immediately after the bite, namely,
lgature above the part bitten, suction, lotions,
cauterizatiOn by means OF white hot needle OF OF
small heap of gunpowder placed on the wound and
ienited, the application Of some coagulating
caustc. If these means have been neglected, or
have been applied tardily and Intellectually, hot
alcoholic drinks should be given gradually and in
methodical manner so that sweating and the emi-
nation of the fluids by the kidneys may be induced
rs freely possible. The action of the new sudorifc
"Jaborandi" may be tried If, i'll consequence of
violent vomiting, the introduction of medicine by
the stomach he prevented and any confidence be
still retained by the practitioner in the use OF ammo
MIA he may practice its injection, as 1t is at least
harmless.
Year: 1874

THE Supreme Court of Illinois, in re-
cent decision, has affirmed the principle
that an express company cannot be held
for the value of package of money lost
while in its possession as a common car
rier, unless the value of the package he
truly stated before the contract for car
riage is entered into. aa,s
Year: 1874

"I conversed,7 says writer, "with
a racist to-day. He told me how he won
a race in New Haven. For four weeks
he mixed soft rubber with the horses
oats, and every day he hitched that
horse to a post and opened blue cotton
umbrella in his face, making him pull
back, stretching his neck awfully. Then
he'd shut his umbrella, the horse would
stop pulling and his neck would resume
its original length. He got the horses
neck very elastic, and on the day of the
were ON the home stretch, side by side,
just at the finish, the driver struck this
mans horse a blow behind his ears, and
his neck shot out almost rod, winning
the race by neck. It is said to be the
biggest home-stretch on record. / be-
heve the story to be true, because the
man is the only son of deacon?"
Year: 1874




Article 1st. Never buy any stamps
Hand your letter to the postmaster and
tell him to put stamp on it. If you
are out of change tell him you will hand
it to him the next time you are in. II
wouldn't be necessary, however to do so
as three cents are worth nothing.


Article I'd. When you hand in youl
letter, do not forget to tell the postmas-
ter to be sure and have it go. If you do
not g We this warning, he may keep it in
| the office.


| Article Sd. Always remember to call
the postmaster and hand your letters to
him and not put them in the letter box.
1t you do the postmaster will not have
soSmuch to do, and you would thereby
encourage laZiness. Remember that the
postmasters would consider it quite un-
kind to have your letters stamped by
any one but himself. He will be pleased
also to put wrappers on papers and back
them for you occasionally or oftener.
Especially when he is busy distributing
mail.


Article 4th. When you put in letter
it is well to ask how long before you
will get an answer to it. Of course the
postmaster ought to know, or he is
not tit to be postmaster.


GETTING THE MAIL.


Article 1st. If you have box, do not
call out the number Of it, or your name
but stand there and rap. This will oblige
the postmaster to take good look at
you.


Article I'd. When he hands out your
mail, don't fail to ask him if that is all.
(POstmasters are in the habit of holding
back part OffOne?s mail which of course
they will not do after this question is
asked)


Article Sd. If an expected letter or
papers does not come ask him what he
supposes is the reason, and tell him it is
mighty curious. A postmaster ought to
know what is wrong in such cases after
being in the business a few months. It
is well to tell him where you are ex-
pecting, it from, and what it is about,
&c. This kind of story is calculated
to interest postmaster and render him
good natured. You might hint to him,
also, that your letter must be in the post
Office somewhere. That kind of insin-
uatiOn always makes him feel so iubi-
liant. .r., 49,:


Article 4th. If the man of the house
does not get a letter, it would be well to
send the rest of the family, one at
time. There is no telling which might
be the lucky one. Each one should be
instructed to ask the postmaster if he is
sure there is, nothing. This will tend to
create an angelic disposition in the most
cross grained postmaster. ... ..... +
Year: 1874

'.' From Halls Journal of Health.


In it's essence, and purely for its own
sake, neatness is found in few. Many
a man isneat for appearance sake; there
is an instructive feeling that there is
power in it. When a man consults a
physician or lawyer for the first time,
or comes to rent d house or borrow mon
ey, he will come III his best dress lady
will call in her carriage. A man who
means business and honesty comes as he
is, just as you will find him in his store,
his shop, his Go1nting-house. The most
accomplished gamblers dress we'll; the
most enteFprising swindlers are fault
lessly clothed, but countless multitudes
are but Whitewashed .sepulchres. Too
many don't care, so long as it will not
be seem" Washington Allst0n, the great
artist, the accomplished gentleman, sud
denly left his friend standing at the
door of a splendid Boston mansion as
they were about entering for a. party,
because he had just remem bered that he
had q hole in his stocking. It could not
be seen or known, but the very knoWl-
edge of its existence made him feel that
he was less a man than he ought to be :;
gave him a feeling of inferiority.


- AS persons are less careless of personal
cleanliness and tidy apparel, they are
infallibly and necessary less of The angel,
more, OF. the animal; more under the
domination of passion, less under the
influence Of principle. Said q poor ser


want girl: s" can't explain what change
religion has made in me, but I look more
closely under the door when
sweep, than | used to-" Intelligence,
culture, elevation, give purity of body
as well as purity of sense and sentiment.


Where you see q neat, tidy, cleanly,
cheerful dwelling, there you will find a
Joyous, loving, happy family. But if
filth and squalor, and a disregard for
refining delicacies of life prevail in any
household, there will be found IN the
that is low, degrading, ,unprincip1ed,
vicious. and disgusting. Therefore, as
s4We grow in years, we ought to watch
eagerly against neglect of cleanliness in
person, and tidiness in dress.
Year: 1874

TARLE EMoUET.-See that those
about you are helped before you CON-
mence eating yourself.


Do not eat soup from the tip, but
the side of the spoon.


On passing your plate to be re-
plenshsd retain the knife and fork.


Wipe tue mouth before drinking.


Remove the teaspoon from the cup
before drinking tea or coffee.


Use ths,,s.:ifc only in cutting the
food; do nos'raise it to the mouth.


Eat slowly, as eating rapidly is un-
healthy.


Ifyou find anything unpleasant in
your food avoid calling the attention
Of others to It.


Close the lips when chewing your
food,


Keep your elbows off the table al
vavs.


Do not speak with food in the mouth,


When asked to hel your neighbor,
do not shove but hand the plate to
him.


Do not turn your head and stare
about the room.


If any one at the table makes a
take the last possible notice
of it.
Year: 1874

Some time since complete ency-
copndia Of useful knowle ge in hu-
man form became an inmate Of II fam
lily. When this learned guest came
amoas then, lie was constituted as an
oracle in many cases, and was asked
enc morning "Would he tell or show
them better way to cook the steak
for breakfast?'. He took the thin long
handled fryingpan from its nail, and
putting it on the stove heated it quite
hot. In this he put the pieces Of
steak previously pounded, but to
their surprise did not put particle
Of butter IN the fryingpan, and did
not salt the steak. He allowed the
steak to merely glaze over and then
turned it quickly to the other side,
turning it several times in this man
ner until it was done. Four minutes
were not employed in the operation,
but jucier steak was never eaten.
1t was, when done, laid on the plat
ter previously warmed, and was but
tered apd salted and set moment in
hot oven. Allowing the steak to
heat but moment on each side,
hel ped it to retain all its sweet juices;
putting the salt on at the last moment
after it was on the platter, drew out
its juices.
Year: 1874

Oh, Autumn Leaves!


My spirit grieves
That you 30 soon should fuds
The beauty bright
That charms our sight


On the earth cold breast be Laid.
Oh, leaves So fair!


Your colors rare
A sweeter memory bring


Than all the flow ers
OF summer hours,


Or all The buds Of spring.
Your naughty pride


Could not abide
The summers's changcless green,
But you must wear
Those garments rare


Like mantlcs of Il queen.
You rob the skies


OF sunsets dyes
And mornings crimson flush


And then by day
Your trophies gay


Bcdeck each tree and bush.
But by and by


Tie wrathful sky
Will lay your beauty low.


And DER your forms
December storms


Sweep wide the drifting snow,
Then praise be still


To artist skill,
That spite of wind or storms,
Gives to our sight
In colors bright


The beauty Of your forms.
Year: 1874

TIE PuLsE-Every intellectual
rersop should know how to ascertain
the state Of the pulse in health, then,
by comparing it with what it was
VIXEN he is ailing, he may have some
urgency Of bis case. Parents should
know the healthy paise of each child,
as now and t'.en person is born
WITH the peculiarly slow or fast pulse,
and the very case IN hand may be
that pcceiiarlty, An inf,uts pulse is
one hundred and forty; child of sew
ell aleu-: eighty and from twenty to
sixty years it is seventy beats min
ute, declining to sixty at four score.
A lleslthfpl grown person spulse beats
seventy times a minute; there may be
good health down to sixty; but ii the
pulse always exceeds seventy, there is
dlsease--the machine is working toe
fast, it is working itself out, there is a
fever or inflammation somew here, and
the body is feeding on itself, as in
consumption, when the pulse is quick


that is over seventy gradually ia
creasing with decreased chances ef
cure until it reaches one hundred and
twenty, when death comes before lia


ny days. When the pulse is over
seventy fer months, and there is a
sliqht cough TIC l,;ncs are affected
Year: 1874

IMPORTANT PROPOSITION BIZ THE DIRECTORS


At special session of the Wilmington i Wes-
tern Railroad Directors, held, yesterday, resolu
tion adopted, offering to the holders Of the float
ing debt claims amounting to some $4,000 or
100000 payment in bonds of a new second mort
gage, at par, The amount of this new second
mortgage not to exceed 100000 and not to bear
interest until such time the of the road
will enable the Company to have surplus after
paying interest on the first mortgage bonds.


This proposition will probable be accepted by
nearly all the holders of the floating debt claims,
with the provision that it will be made part
tlement with the first mortgage bondholders.
Year: 1874

ToRTUNATR.-Those in charge of the recent
supper at the Union NJ L. Church, have reason
to rejoice at the good fortune which attended
their efforts. About T23 people were provided
with supper, and yet the only articles in the dish


line lost or broken were two saucers, one tea cup
and one tea spoon. The supper Hetted over 500
clear profit which will be applied Tor the benefit
of tue Church and Sunday School.
Year: 1874

cost of supplies is much less than at any

 other reservation in the Territory. He

 recommends moving the Tontos to the 1 White Mountains, where there is a great

 abundance of unoccupied land. General | Crook Objets to these recommendations lest the Apaches and Mojayes might think | they have gained a point, inasmuch as | they returned to the Colorado river in de- fiance of orders. Dr. Tonner thinks they

 have been sufficiently punished, and he says he will insure their good behavior. | General Crook also objects 10 the removal of the TOntOS to the White Mountains, on the ground that they are not friendly with the White Mountain Indians. Dr.. TOnner says he is assured there would be

 no trouble, and demands the change for humanity'S sake. Gen. Crook recommends that the Indians be set at work making ditches for irrigating. Dr. Tonner says if they are not removed next Summer it will cause the death of the rest and there will

 be no need of ditches or an appropriation to construct them. Or the Colorado river the Indians can be taken care of at very little cost, and can be made self-sustaining very soon.

 This is the telegraphic summary of special agent Tonnor's report to the Indian office, referred to in THE CITIZEN last week. Before making definite comment on it and it's author, we shall see the full report and let it and our remarks go out in the same paper and be judged together. Ifthis summary ofthe special agents report be correct, but few of our readers will pass wrong judgment upon it. The agent pays very high compliment to the ef- fectiveness of the troops-we fear an exag gerated one. His talk about the Apaches being sufficiently punished, is refreshing indeed at this time. His insuring their good behavior is fine flight of the imag ination, to call it by a very soft name. But and by we shall get his report in full and probably a reliable statement of the num- Der of Indians on the several Apache res ervations.
Year: 1874

sacred relation without knowing whether they are suited to each other or not. Unhappy marriages result from various causes. In compatibility of temper. is one great cause, and very often naturs al cussedness, in one party or the other, and sometimes both. Some writer has said that if men exer- ised the anne amount of care in .hoosing wife that they do in auying a horse, there would be fewer unhappy marriages. Some of our readers may think it sim gular that we have chosen this subject for a leader. Ifthey don't like it, or the manner in which we treat it, they needn't read it. We consider it one of the most important subjects that can he presented to the minds Of civil ized people. For all the hope of our country and of civilization, the world over, depends on the marriage relation. if

 There has been considerable mating in this section of the coun. try lately and more is expected soon. This is as it should be. We sincerely wish that happiness peace and prosperity may attend them all through life. The fact cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of those entering upon this holy relation, that theil happiness is, in a great measure | in their own hands, and by culti vatfng the affec tions, and keeping alive that regard that they had for each other before marriage their union will be pesceful ano beautiful. They can say to eact other in the beautiful language of the poet:

 Thus hand in hand through life we'll go

 It's checkered paths of joy and woe

 With cautious steps we'll tread

 Out its vain scenes without tear. 1 Without trouble or fear,

 And mingle with the dead.

 While conscience, like faithful friend

 Shall through the gloomy vale attend.

 And cheer our latest breath

 Shall, when all other comforts cease,

 Like a kind Angel. whisper peace, And smooth the bed of death.
Year: 1874

''It Is not good that man should be alone" We read that those words were uttered by the Al

 mighty, immediately after He had created man. Infinite wis. dom saw what a poor fist man would make of it if he had to go 1t; alone; and he created woman, the grand crowning work of crea- ton. And those words of wisdom and truth have sounded down through all the ages, and are as true today, as when first uttered. "It is not good that man should be alone" Any man with good mental and physical constitution who purposely pursues a life of celibary, rebels against one of the first laws of his being. perverts the order of nature and sins against the Most High, .'There. fore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be one fesh." esl

 Beside the command from Hea- ven, all nature and all history at- test the truth and wisdom of the admonitien. We know that there are many men, and have been iu all ages, who have avoided ma. trimony, but, however they may seem 10 flourish, their lives were wrong and unnatural. There is no true peace, there is no true joy on earth, outside of the vel ordered family. The welded state is the foundation and main stay of civilization. Without i there would he no home, no vir tue, no progress. All that wt have on earth worth living for all of purity, all of peace, all o truth, all of civilization and re finement, have proceeded direct ly from those holy association that are inculcated in and radiat' from the sacred precincts of vel ordered and virtuous homes There around the domestic heartf all is peace and purity and truth There the prattling infant is frs taught at its mothers knee to lisl those halIowed words, "Our Path CT who art in Heaven" And di' a bachelor e yer make a true home No; never. Re may have enjoy ed the pleasant associations or oo mestie life, in the eh leracter or re lative or friend, but he co. .1tr'nute nothing to make that ht me, ! the true sense of the word.

 We know that fnatrimony bringl maey cares and responsibilities and that is the principle reason that 90 many men avoid it. Blu no man has a right to avoid it fol any such reason. We are al bound by the laws of God and na ture to doou part in sustaining civilization, and helping along tht car of human progress. But we will be told that there are many unhappy lmaHiages. This is Ia mentally true. And there IS nc hell here or elsewhere equal to 1t But most of the unhappy unions that take place might be avoided if man and woman would be z little more rational about It, and not rush bIindly into this most