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Year: 1875




Bright and early in the spring-times
just before the dawn OF day.
Did / hear the first gay robin
Striking up his tunefnl lay
aWarbling forth in sweetest accents
Praise upon the ieaAess bouGh,
With soul SO full OF music
That I cen can hear him now.


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I%ondered why he sat and sung
In the darkness and alone,
:. And why he left the sunny South
And his little friends to come
Why the otSnge grove he quilted
For the bleak and barren tree,
Why be left their fragrant blossoms
To ebme hither INTO me.
Then he filed my soul with gladLess.
at Which lie bore. on fitting wing
From the balmy South TO giT6.me-
Echoes of the coming spring;
For he told of bud and blossom,
Told of leaf and bud and flow,r,
And of gentle fragrant zephyrs
That are fastening to nv bow'r.
Said the night so dark and dreary
Win give place to brightefday,
That the cares of life are lifting
Aud will vanish soon away,
That thousand tongues will greet me
Sweet as his and,sVeeter too,
That the cold and dreary winter
Is fast vanishing from view.
That all nature viii be radiant
With her robes of brightest green,
Aud be decked with jewels rarer
Than e'er decked the brow of queen;
That the flowers in al their fragrance
viii be shOwered on hill and PLAIN,
And their perfume rise responsive
To the Father Of the rain.
That the earth will bloom like Eden,
And a paradise will be-
On tie mountains. by the rivers1
From the-ocean to the sea;
That the drapery of heaven


Will be gorgeous to behold.
That earth's rlch and rarest treasure
Are it's treasures not of gold.
Then a thousand times ten thousand
Are the blessings bestow
Ever on thee, gentle robin.


Wheresoe'er thou chance'st to go;
Come again on every morning
Aud Ghy tuneful lays, oh sing,
That have filed my soul with blessing
Thou blest messenger of spring.
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Year: 1875

"prETy,' remarked an Arkansas
preacher to his congregation recently,
"docs not consist in noise. The Lord
can see you give to the needy just as
easily AS he can hear you pray the
roof Off
Year: 1875

~One of the remarkable men of
the Alabama Constitution Convention
is Colonel Bethea. He is q lawyer, but
has had only one case in his life. 1t
was his first and his last. The case in
volved large amount of property, and
his fee depended upon his success. He
won; his fee was sec, 900, and with
this he gracefully retired from the bar.
A legal career so brilliant has probably
been the lot of no other man since liti-
cation Eegan.
Year: 1875

PRINrER's GREEK.--The following is
an acknowledgment of wedding notice
and generous allowance OF cake, by a
classic rural Professor Of Typography:


"We make our most respectful bow
to the happy twain, and the oppor-
tunity to return our thanks for this al
most unIed act of liberality. May the
matrimonial chase which now locks the
form OF our brother typo, justify oil his
preconceiyed Impressions. In whatever
5 of the country he may roam, whether
called upon to face the ling waves of
adverse fortune or stand before the ri
and II of enemies, may his life be such
that when the ss7-s of death shall be
laid on him and the of existence draws
to q close, he may produce q clean
proof and claim clear title to an hon
ora6le 4 in the page Of history, as well
as to an earthly inheritance beyond the
y "Ef8 eETN WGffe f+44Ft ffaaf8st 4 j
Year: 1875

EE The sure road to specie pay
ments is through industry, economy,
and public and private honesty. The
first step toward the end is to reform
every branch OF the Administration, so
as to stop official swindling and public
robbery. s-ii 49,
Year: 1875

pT An old bachelor upon reading
that "two lovers will sit UP half the
night with one chair in the room, y
said glowing must be convenient for it
could not be done unless one of them
sat on the floor"
Year: 1875

sE The fortune of Gen. Grant is
now no less than million dollars, and
is still growing. In 1860 it was less
than nothing, and he was drinking poor
whiskey out Of his allowance of 500 o
year. His present wealth might per-
haps be used by moralists as q text to
illustrate the benefit of honesty and
economy.
Year: 1875

SENsIBLE.-The most sensible people
to be met with in society are men oil
business and of the world, who argue
from what they see and know, instead
OF spinning cob-web distinctions oil
what things ought to be.
Year: 1875

How KENTUCKIAN Took THE BEES
Enoch Royalty, of Anderson county,
discovered bee tree few days ago, a
large poplar. The bees had found ho'-
low 107 feet from the root of the tree,
which they had taken possession of and
filed with honey. Enoch thought it
wonld be rich prize, SO he adopted the
following mode of securingit: Common
cling at the ground, he bored a large au.
CUR hole at height he could reach, in
which he put a strong pin; on this he
sat and bored another hole at a conven-
lent distance above, in which he drove
another pin, and proceeded in this way
until be reached the height of 107 feet,
where he deliberately cut off the top of
the tree. He then possessed himself of
he honey, rich in quantity and quality
secured the bees, and descended safely
to the ground. He proposes to make
another similar and more adventurous
conquest in short time. Above Oregon,
on the Kentucky river, there is cliff
200 feet high, and at the height of 100
feet there is evidently an immense bee
home, where the bees have been at work
from q time to which the memory of
man runneth not back to the contrary.
Enoch says that's his meat. and before
the season is over he intends to have it.
-Springtield Ke,,tuckian.
Year: 1875

INCH BY INcH.-Observations regard.
ing the growth of man have determined
the following interesting facts "The
most rapid growth takes place immedi-
ately after birth, the growth of an in.
FAINT during the first year of its existance
being about eight inches. This ratio oi
increase gradually decreases until the
age of three years is reached, at which
time the size attained is half that which
it is to become when full grown. After
five years the succeeding increase is
very regular till the sixteenth year, be>
ing at the rate. for the average man, of
two inches year. Beyond sixteen the
growth is feeble, being for the follow
ing two years about six-tenths Of an
inch year; while from eighteen to
twenty the increase in beightis seldom
over one inch. Al the age Of twenty
five the growth ceases, save in few ex.
ceptional cases.
Year: 1875

untrue. A corps of invading volunteers
compelled the Christian inhabitants of
Grahahovia to revolt. A fierce fight
occurred on Wednesday with the Turk
ish inhabitants in which the insurgents
were defeated. All frontier posts have
been strengthened and provisioned.


SAN FRANc1sco. Sept. 1.-THE recent
lively feeling manifested in the stock
market has caused considerable pressure
to be exertsd in favor of opening both
the Pacific and San Francisco stock ex-
changes. At meeting however to-day
nothing was done except to appoint a
committee to confer with similar COM
mittee from the San Francisco board in
regard to the settlement of outstanding
business. There is evidently strong
feeling among many members of the
Pacific Exchange in favor of renewal
of business in the San Francisco board.
On the contrary the sentiment of mem
bers generally much opposed toit, which
may be accounted for by the fact that
members of the San Francisco board
are to great extent involved in the
suspension of the Bank of California
and consequently ale in bad condition
for resumption until that institution
opens its doors again for business. The
re-opening is now mainly dependent
upon the pending arrangements with
correspondents-Eastern and Foreign
and Consequently it is impossible to
give any definite date for resumption.


MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. II. The
constitutional convention adopted the
bill Of rights to-day. The following
section was adopted unanimously: The
people of this State accept as finally
established fact that from the Federal
Union there can be no secession of any
state.


OMAHA, Sept 1.-THE Democratic
State Convention at Frem ont yesterday
was the largest ever held in the State
and composed of the most influential
men in the party.
Year: 1875

ornamental vase, frail and useless. In
another, she will be laboring vassal,
a bond-slavs for man. 'Tis said the
mere helplessness Of woman is her
darling charm. Away with the idea |;
It's as false as superficial. Woman's
potent influence stepped in inertness
is part of LIES brightness dimmsd and
shadowed. Her efficacy of power
could be made to cope with the sway
of the Caesars, and her dignity WELD a
swath extended as the sunlight. In
lieu of power though. she is to Orna-
ment, to amuse, and to obey, bury her
proud influence under mans proteo-
lection, and yield to him every attrib-
ute. herself an elegant tool. She must
relinquish literature to surrender more
time to the household machine. Take
the light of literature from a woman's
life, and you leave it ioyless and ray
less. 1t is her majestic wand, her
staff of power. She can gain a more
signal victory, trow, with her pen,
than hundred of our lords could do
with glittering swords. Still they dis
arm her (the best sample of their pen
etration on record). and doom her to
servitude and silence. To enhance
her beauty is the great mission set
aside for her, and to make herself a
charming toy for her yoluptuous ador-
ers. The grand, lofty subjects Of life
she must not dare to approach. Tame
cede malls. Live as your heart die
tates-yield your freedom to noEs.-.
Submission crushes and tyranny blinds.
Cultivate originality, whether sane
toned or denounced, and bring your
self-reliance from the gloom of lethe.


To an c0NrINUED
Year: 1875

UNDER the head of Who shall /
pay first" the Henderson Advocate
says:


This question frequently comes up
to the mind of every man who owes
more debts than he has money to pay
promptly, and he has to discriminate
between his creditors as to who is the
most in need of funds. Our own opin-
ion is, that in times Of strlngency in
the money market, the merchants. as
a class, should be paid first, for the
reason, that they cannot continue bus
mess without meeting their liabilities
ut distance and if they are neglected
and forced to wind up. they necessari-
ly wind up" more people than any
class in the community. Keep your
merchants going ahead and the crisis
will be easily passed. Modesty forbids
our naming the class that ought to be
paid next"


flour cotemporary means that print
ers ought to be paid next, we will
second the motion" Ifit is possible
tofind another class that needs it worse,
we would say let them have precedence.
Year: 1875

An exchange very sensibly remarks
"YOu who have been in the habit for
many years of giving the birds cold
shoulder, if not actually destroying them
and frightening them away, for this year
try the opposite plan. Encourage the
robin and blackbird to build in the apple
orchard, and put up few boxes about
the yard and garden for the wren and the
martin. Don't let the boys rob the nests,
nor the town marksmen slaughter them
murderously. Take little extra pains
to watch your strawberries and cherries
during the few days that they are ripen-
ing; and let the birds have fair sweep
at the myraids of insect pests that work
destruction on every hand. Make the
birds your friends, and, our word for it
they will more than repay you for the
slight trouble and the few berries they
eat, by the check they will place on the
ravages of the insect pests and of the
farm and the garden.
Year: 1875

Getting up in cold room and making
a fire is like getting up in life. If you
crawl t:m;dly out of bed, go on tip toe
to the stove, and allow the shiverings to
get control of you before the kindliLg
starts, your fire will probably be failure
and you will half freeze in the operation.
But if you jumped out brasely, hustle
around, pull on your clothes, knock over
a chair or two. and pitch in the stove
wood, you will probably be too warm by
the time the fire gets to burning and
have to open a window.-So in life
Attack it timidly and you will fail.
Grapple with it, hurry up things stir
around, conquer fortune, and you will
be success. Boys,-aye, and girls too
who get up early in the morning, and
attend to every duty, in time will, as a
rule, become wide awake and worthy
men and women-ere long realizing
prosperity and happiness.
Year: 1875

KNOWLEDGE OF COoKERY.-At q
social gathering of gentlemen. held re-
Gently at the residence of one of the
number, on Murray Hill, says the New
York Express, the conversation turned
on the lack of knowledge of the practi-
cal details of housekeeping, which is said
to be displayed by the majority OF young
ladies. The daughters of the host de-
clared that much that is asserted on
this subject is incorrect; and to prove the
statement offered to provide dinner,
composed of the usual number of courses
each dish to be cooked by the ladies
themselves without aid from the servants.
The offer was accepted. The dinner was
provided day or two after, the young
ladies acting as mattresses. The cooking
was declared to be excellent. Each of
the young ladies has been presented
with q pair of handsome bracelets as a
mark of appreciation Of the culinary skill
displayed.
Year: 1875

The following is simple method Of
cleaning brass, which will be valuable
for the housewife to remember: If very
much oxidized or covered with green
rust, first wash it with strong soda and
water. If not so very bad this first pro.
cess may be dispensed with. Then ap
ply a mixture of one part of common
sulphuric acid and twelve parts of water
mixed in an earthen vessel wash well
first with clear water, and then with
water containing some ammonia, after
ward securing well with oil and rotten
stone, using a piece of soft leather and a
little dry rotten-stone to give a brilliant
polish. In subsequent cleaning, oil and
rotten-stone will be found sufficient.
Year: 1875

OMELErs.-The whites and yelks of six
eggs, beaten separately and we'll, then
stir together and add ] teacup of sweet
cream, little pepper and salt. Melt a
large tablespoonful of butter in skillet.
or As the Yankees say. a ''spider when
it begins to hiss, pour in gently the
omelet, (havins stirred il hardy set over
a clear fire, and slip under it occasionally
a broad-bladed knife to keep it from
sticking, set the dish upon which you
wish to serve it in the oven to get hot /:
do not cook too long. As soon as the
omelet is "set," slip it partly off on the
hot dish, and by dexterous turn of the
skillet, fold it over like a turnover pie.
Year: 1875

All explosions of coal oil lamps are
caused by the vspor or gas that collects
in the space above the oil. When full
of oil, of course q lamp contains no gas,
but Immediately on lighting the lamp
consumption of oil begins, soon leaving
q space for gas, which commences to form
as the lamp warns up, and after burning
q short time sufficient gas will accumu-
late to produce An explosion. The gas
in lamp will explode only when ignited.
In this respect it is like gunpowder.
Cheap or inferior oil is always the most
dangerous.


The fame is communicated to the gas
in the following manner: The wick
tube in all lamp burners is made larger
than the wick which is to pass through
it. It would not do to have the wick
work tightly in the burner on the con-
trary, it is essential that it move up and
down with perfect ease. In this way it
is unavoidable that space in the tube is
left along the sides Of the wick sufficient
for flame from the burner to pass down
into the lamp and explode the gas.


Many things may occur to cause the
flame to pass down the tube and explode
the lamp:


First-A lamp may be standing on a
table or mantle, and slight puff Of air
from the open window, or the sudden
opening of door, causes an explosion.


Second-A lamp may be taken up
quickly from a table or mantle, and
instantly explode.


Third-A lamp may be taken in an
entry where there is draft, or out of
doors, and an explosion ensues.


Fourth-A lighted lamp is taken up 9
flight of stairs, or is raised quickly to
place it on the mantle, resulting in an
explosion. In all these cases the mis-
chief is done by the air movement
either suddenly checking the draught or
forcing air down the chime y against the
fame.


Fifth-Blowing down the chimney to
extinguish the light is frequent cause
of explosion.


Sixth-Lamp explosions have been
caused by using chimney broken off at
the top, or one that has piece broken
out, whereby the draft is rendered vari-
able and the fame unsteady.


Seventh-Sometimes a thoughtless
person puts small wick in large
burner, thus leaving considerable space
in the tube along the edges of the wick.


Eighth-An old burner with its air
drafts clogged up, which rightfully should
be thrown away, is sometimes continued
in Use, and the final result is an explosion.
Year: 1875

The experience of the past year ha'
given rise to the question of the merit.
of corn sown in drills, for feeding pur
poses during the drouths which frequent
ly occur, and with less the hay crop to
such an extent as to render a substitute
for it necessary. The practice of sowing
corn as a reserve crop for feeding pur.
poses when needed, is too much neglected
by the majority of farmers. Few crops
yield a greater return for the labor OF
producing it, and in no other way can SO
much wholesome and nutritious feed for
stock be produced, as by sowing corn.
We have already alluded to Hungarian
grass as a reserve crop, but for dairymen,
crop of sowed corn is just the thing for
midsummer and winter use.


The corn crop may be sown from the
first of June to the middle of July. The
yield varies from five to ten tons per
acre. The quantity of seed required is
three and one half bushels of the large
Dent corn to the acre. This crop like
the Hungarian, requires that the land
should be we'll enriched. 1t is good
plan ordinarily to plow the land twice
oncevery early, then again early in June.
Harrow we'll and mark out in furrows
with a shovel plow, frow two and half
to three feet apart. Cover with the har-
row, running first lengthwise and then
crosswise. But little after culture is
needed. 1t will be well up in eight or
ten days after planting, when the shovel
pillow can be run between the rows, and
if done again about two weeks thereafter,
the corn will completely cover the
ground, and no after cultivation will be
necessary.


As soon as the ears (nubbins) begin to
get hard, cut and bind the crop in small
bundles, shock them up together and tie
the tops we'll. This crop may be cut
with common scythe. A cradle having
q short scythe like the one for brush,
with two strong fingers of corresponding
length, makes good implement to cut
it with. If we'll put up it can remain in
the field until wanted. In this climate
it is better to have plenty of shed room
in wich to store it, so that whatever the
weather may be, there will always be a
liberal supply on hand for immediate use.
All kinds of stock eat this crop with
avidity, and eat it up clean, and thrive
upon it better than upon any other kind
of dry feed, and it is much cheaper.
Farmers would do we'll to SOW at least
two acres annually. If sown to feed to
cows during drouth in mid summer, of
course much larger area should be sown
convenient or adjacent to the pasture or
feeding lot. 1t is one of the crops that
will nav.
Year: 1875

In removing grease spots from clothing
with benzole or turpentine, the usual
way is to wet the cloth with the deter
gent, and then to rub it with the sponge
or like. This only spreads the grease,
and does not remove it. The proper
method is given by the Scientific Amer
ican: Place soft blotting-paper beneath
and on top of the greasy-spot, after the
latter has been thoroughly saturated
with the benzole; then press we'll. The
fat is thus dissolved and absorbed by the
paper and entirely removed from the
clothing.
Year: 1875

An experienced chicken grower states
that he has been very successful! in cur
ing gapes in chickens by the use of air
Stacked lime. He put the fowls, one at
a time, in a box just large enough for
one and placed coarse piece of cotton
or linen cloth over the top, on which he
placed pulverized lime and tapped the
screen sufficiently to cause the lime to
fall through. The subsequent sneezing
of the fowls caused ejectment Of the
worms from the windpipe and smaller
vessels.
Year: 1875

LAMp-CHIMNEy CLEANING.-It is,
perhamps, not generally known that
cleaning lamp chimneys with a rag, on a
table-fork or wire, or something of that
sort, will cause them to break on lighting
the lamp. The best way is to put the
hand OH top, then steam them inside
with your breath. then rub with clean
paper.
Year: 1875

HEAD WAsH.-Sage tea is one of the
very best washings and dressings for the
hair. The hair should be carefully
brushed and braided in two firm braids,
then the roots rubbed with sponge dip.
ped in lukewarm sage tea, after which
the braids can be washed and dried with
a towel. This preserves the color of the
hair and keeps the scalp clean.
Year: 1875

TEA CAKEs.-Rub a quarter ofa pound
of butter into quart of dried -four, then
beat up two eggs with two teaspoonfuls
of sifted sugar and two teaspoonfuls OF
yeast pour this mixture into the mid
die of the flour, adding pint of warm
milk as you mix it. Crate it up with
the hand until it comes off without stick
ing, and let it rise before the fire, cover
ing with a cloth after an hour make
into cakes about an inch thick, set them
on tin plates to rise before the fire for ten
minutes, and then bake in a slow oven.
Year: 1875

oA d W. bTODOAHO.


'And they went out and preached that men
should repent.-Aark ", u.
While silent muse on the eIories Of yore,
Where truth 10 the seeker imparts bright store,
Where forth the apostles by Jesus were sent,
To preach unto all men that they shonld repent
How many among us are oftentimes found,
Proficient in language, in precept most sound;
The fate ofa brother they sadly lament,
And wall that they cannot lead him to repent
But what is repentancef Not merely form,
For it stirs the souls depths and keeps the heart


warm;


While II crowns the whole life with the boon of
Thus they preached unto all men that they should


repent.


Yet many among rs we daily may see,
Whose tongues in the light OF the gospel are free,
Yet selhshness crowns every act and intent,
And yet they believe they were led to repent.
In the height Of excitement-s most solemn hour,
The Holy Ghost came down upon them with pow


er,


Ard fearfnl lest they to perdition be sent,
You say that they were made to freely repent.
Yet what the great change that is thus made in


them,


Are they more just in their dealing with their


fellow menl
Are the hours Of their daily life more nobly spent
That leads you to think they were led to repent ?
can see ne great change. and imagine the theme
Is merely formal and false, fading dream;
OF the poor still as thoughtless, they take the last


cent,
And vet you win say they were led to repent.
As though true repentance could thus be deAled,
Oh. sure your conceptions Of truth must be wild
To drive good bargain, they misrepresent-
1 doubt ii they ever were led to repent.
Though sobeFness has settled over the brow,
And the face may appear quite elongated now,
Does such proof establish nobler intent,
And show You that they did most truly repent
tell you, repentance is something divine;
Its forces with daily employments combine,
And its light will disperse every evil intent,
For justice will govern the souls that repent
To church and to prayer though profusely iuclin-


e6,
Yet the evidence that you may here seek to find,
Is wanting, though they may in sorr W lament
For our dealings with others show when we re-


pent.
A turning nom evil and intricate ways,
That marked our course in all previous days;
A striving for right, with higher intent;
Thus they preached unto all men that they shoald


repent.


Winslow, ILL.,, Dec. 81, 1874.