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Year: 1879

In letter to the Rochester Express,
Seth Green, who has wide fame as a fly
fisher rs well a. a fshcul .urist, gives the
following hints TO anglers, which are
timely, rs the trout season will soon
open:


Il am asked a great many times what
il Ihe secret of hy-csstiDg, or how it is
that / take the prize when / throw
There are three principles: First, quick
out of water; second, give the line time
to straighten behind you; third, throw.
! will explain these principles more def
iDitely.


Rsise your rod to an angle of about
forty five degrees back of you then make
quick stroke forward; make the stroke
without carrying your rod forward,
When you take tD line from the water
it should be done with jerk then give
your line time 10 straIghten behind ;
then give it the same stroke forward that
you did to get il out OF the water.


Why 80 many fail in fly casting is,
they throw the rcd backward too near
the ground behind them, and when they
make the forward stroke when the line
gets slaughtered out, 1t is some distance
above the water and kinks back, and
when 1t falls upon the water it lies
crooked and is some distance short OF
what it would have been il it had struck
the water as soon as it wa Strengthened
out.


IF fish should strike at your flies at
this time, you are pretty sure TO mis-:
| him Rv vnnr rod tar l.
more than on an angle Of iorty-fye de-
gees, and making the stroke forward
your line goes straight out and the hies
20 to the point you desire.


Great care should be taken when you
| have thrown the line behind you that
the line is given time to strsighien be
tore making the stroke forward. I have
thrown seventy feet of line against s
strong wird, first by giving my rod 4
quick, strong back stroke, carrying NY
rod not iurther back than an angle o
orty-fve degrees, and giving the lin,
time TO straighten behind me, an,
making the same stroke forward that
did TO get il back OF me.


" nearly forget 10 mention that it /
more important TO have your line Fl
your rod than it is to have your coat f
your back, unless you are a Top, ana i
you are, my advice il to not 60 a fishing


You may think it strange that
should tell you three or four times owe
in the came article, that in order TO d.
good fy-casting you must not throw
your rod back only just so lar, and thei
wait for your line 70 straighten behin
you, and when your rod is up 10 max
a quick stroke forward, without csrryin
your rod forward even a little, hefOr
you deliver your line"
Year: 1879

The value of COW depends much more
upon the length of the milking season
than upon the quantity OF milk given
Tor lew weeks.


Roll all the grass lands as soon ss dry
enough to get on. One hundred pounds
of land plaster to the acre on the clover
fields will give big money reward.


Worms at the roots of plants csn bt
exterminated by watering with a solu-
ten made o fresh lime and water, used
after the lime has settled. 1t will inn
prove the plant.


The National Live Stock Journal very
emphstically says: "And every editor
who has three grains of common sense
ought to know that burnt corn Is no
more cure for hog cbolera than il il for
smallpox. There is no specific for this
disease and the man who relies upon
any OF the nostrums that are sold, or
any OF the sure cures, like the above,
that go the rounds Of the papers, will
find himself disappointed"


Orchard grass aud clover should be
sown together, and as they mature about
the same time, at least two crops a year
can be cut from the same ground, max.
ing an abundance of feed. Quantity of
seed To the acre, one bushel orchard grass
and one gallon clover seed time of s,w>
ing, ps early in the spring ss will sdmit
on the land heavy brush or light har-
row.


Fresh manure produces but little effect
when applied to crops, but when 1t is
well rotted it then contains much vslu.
able soluble matter, sbsorbsble by plants
in fresh msnnre the most important con.
stitutent of its soluble rortion is potash.
and 1t contains but small portions OF
ammonia and phosphoric acid Rotten
manure on the contrary. yields to the
solvent action Of water large amounts OF
nitrogen and phosphoric acid.


Root crops have done much to redeem
the agriculture of England. The supsr
beet is doing wonders for France. 1t
may be that in the west we can not stand
the labor necessary Tor raising and seed
ine TO is to our live stock for their nutri.
men, while corn and hay are 40 chssp
ana ABUNDANT, yet 1t is possible that IS a
condiment, and for variety, roots would
pay as well Is any crop we can raise.
Have any of our readers isirly tried the
experiment


At q recent meeting of the Farmers
club at Mercer, Pa the following recipe
for making grating was given: Three
ounces of tallow, two ounces of beeswsx.
one pound Of rosin Melt the tsllow.
then add beeswax, and then the rosin.
finely powdered and stirred gradually
into the mixture. Work it well, a. the
children do their tafy. and put it away
in convenient pieces. When wanted for
use, put piece in hot water and work
1t over, when it will become pliabe


The top ofs fruit tree, TO secure the
best result In color and favor of the |
fruit, should be kept open to the admis. |
zion If air ard sunlight. If some
branches grow too fast for the harmonious
balance OF the tree pick out the buds at
ne end and thus force the growth into
the sther branches that are not 50
thrifty. Five years Of cultivation and
wntoh'ui Sning and you will never
~ seeaa = ynovs large branches.
Year: 1879

Russian baggage cars do not carry
bsggsgemen. The car is sealed when
it leaves and the seal broken when snv>
thing has to be taken out or put in. At
least, that is the explanation OF some
very ingenious stealing which went on
Furnishing month after month on the
Kursk, Chsrkov and Azov railroad, un
al last December when it WAS detected


There were several scoomplices, who
used great trunk or chest. One Of
them was put in this and shipped in the
baggage car. AS soon as the car was
sealed he crept out, broke open the best.
looking trunks OF the other passengers,
sci, cied the most valuable articles and
put them in his own chest until there
was only room enough left for himself.
when be shut himself in. At the next
station his sccomplices received the
,hest, and unpscked the thief and bis
booty.
Year: 1879

The edge of journalism is begirt
with innumerable aspirants. Every
man and a great many women
think that the only qualification
for journalism is that which is nee
essary IN writing a private letter.
1t is the commonest thing in the
world for people who have never
once welded the pen professionally
to imagine that they would make
first class European correspondents
for influential journals. 1t is the
commOnest thing in the world for a
young lady who has never indited
anything more weighty than a note
of invitation or acceptance, to think
that book reviewing and editorial
writing can be picked up in a mo-
ment. The truth is, that even in
different writing in these respects
is not the result of a weeks study;
and that excellent writing in any
important sphere of journalistic la
Dor is the slow-coming consequence
of years of trial and development.
Few things are more sadly amusing
than to watch the dreary failures
that are made. 1t is hard to i'm
press upon those who tremble on
the edge of journalism that, after
all, the ladder they would climb is
a steep one, with many rungs.-
They will not be persuaded, though
one rose from the dead to convince
them, and sooner or later are swal-
low ed up in the pitiless vortex of
bohemia.
Year: 1879

Every man in the Legislature
who fails to vote for the reduction
of his own salary in that body, at


ter cutting down the salary of
everybody else, should be remem-
bered in future by Uhe"dear people"
whose money they are pocketing.-
We don't think as a matter of right
that the salary of sOlons ought to
be reduced; but we do think they
ought to ply the pruning knife to
tn emselves as well other officials
T TClarksville Tobacco Leaf.
Year: 1879

Nashville Banner: 1t is a rema rk-
able fact that during the present
term of the Criminal Court more
lawyers have been admitted to the
bar than there were criminals con
victed. Nashville is full of old and
young lawyers, and how til ey all
manage to make a living is ne of
those things which nobody c. an cor
rectly ascertain.
Year: 1879

In the language of brother Nc
Nelly "The times are hard. an'i
particularly so with the printe r.
In short time we are going to
economic, by falling bak on turnip
greens and hog jowl. If we don't
make much we won't spend much.
With such economy we think we
can stand the storm till the wind
blows OYer'n
Year: 1879

Many women complain a great
deal, and not without cause, that
they have so much to do that the
days are never long enough; that
the darkness finds them with sun
dry duties undischarged. One
reason is, no doubt, that they are
not trained, as men are, or ought to
be, to concentration and continuity.
Another reason is, we suspect, their
habit of writing long letters to one
another, not on matters of conse-
Quence, but of no moment whatever.
A large number keep up correspon
dence with a dozen or more of their
feminine acquaintances-or friends,
if the term is preferred-and de-
vote a dozen or more score OF
hours a week to it. 1t is not as
tonishing how much the average
woman can write about nothing;
the endless details she can give in
regard to trifes, gossip, and the
like. 1t is not the young unmarried
alone who do this. The sex fre
uuently adhere to the time con-
suming custom long after they
have reached middle age and
become mothers of large fami-
lies. They will neglect things that
ought not to be deferred to inform
their country cousin of how they
enjoyed the last party or the new
opera, and sit up half the night TO
describe the final shred of the gown
just received from the modiste.
Men, as a rule, never write to one
another except on business, and are
usually very briefly. Women might
do the same-if they were not wo-
men. The typical woman can no
more be brief than she can be pro-
fame. Both brevity and profanity
are wholly unnatural to her. If she
wants to write letters; it is purely
her affair; but she surely might
save much time by making them
shorter n. Y. Times.
Year: 1879

Ed. Martin, one OF the best hair
cutters in the State, opposite the
Linden House, has new hair tonic
that IS really delightful. He gives
you a good hair cut and then makes
your head feel like a ball of glory,
with his rubbing and tonic. Our
head is on exhibition as proof of
what we say.
Year: 1879

The pencil ma rks You see around thi
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
scription Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit TO our friends and patrons. but
cash alone win way our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere TO a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such a
course, and renew your su scription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


CS- We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advance
Year: 1879

Some men talk so much about the
scarcity of money that they cannot
find time to try to make any. If they
would work as necessarily as they
talk, they would have money enough
to do them, and some to loan to
their needy neigtbors. Try it on,
and see if we are not a prophet.
Year: 1879

Until the Legislature passes a
bill reducing be salary of its mem
bers from four dollars per day to
some lower figure, we shall never
believe that there is anything but
genuine demagogry and pure cuss-
edness in their action toward re


ducing the salaries of other state
officials ClarksvilleTob TobaccoLeaf.
Year: 1879

At last, nearly year after the close of the Legislature, we have received a copy of the Journals of the Tenth Legislative Assembly. It is quite voluminous book but its value has not been enhanced by the delay ill publication.
Year: 1879

The appeal in the case of Samuel J. Tilden
aga nst the Government has been perfected United
states Commissioner shields is engaged In making mp
the record be certified TO by the Clerk Of
the Circuit Court Uuited States Supreme Court.
The suit against Mr. rllden is in this position. The
Government gan the action in the District COnr NJ
common law and the defendant set up two defences.
He claimed the first place that he had not received
the mount Of income alleged ia the complaint and in
The second place that the Government was bound by
ne action Its assessors who had enforced the penalty
for Mr. rldens refusal TO return tile AMOUNT Oi his ill.,
come The OF TACT raised by the nrst defence Is
stlI awaiting trial. To the second defence District
Attorney WOOdiOrd took a demurrer before Judge
Choate and was sustained. The present suit the
Eqtv side United states Circuit Court then
begun by Government fling bill of discovery ana
alleging that the Government was unable To prove the
allegations Of the comp by any other testimony
than that called for by the bill OF discovery TO this
the defence demure ed and the demurrer Oyeruled
by Judge Blatchiord. From the decree overruug the
demurrer tnr appeal Of Mr.. Illden against the United
states mas been taken Meanwhile the the Dis
rc Court still stands. and whatever the decision OF the
Supreme Court may be, the Issue oI idct AS to the
amount OF income may be tried
Year: 1879

Everybody needs after the exhaustion of tho
strnulant thar IL nourishng well warming Moth.
suited for this purpose Cocoa Chocolate
prepared by Walter Baker Co has the highest
ton OF any In the market
Year: 1879

How fat, stale and Improbable this world
is, when we recollect that one great essential
OF society is lacking. How men and women
can go calmly on with their daily avocations
when it is well-known fact that fashionable
society is divided on vital points Of etiquette,
is mystery to all who have given this import
ant subject serious thought. Supposing that
you were suddenly confronted by person who
wanted to know whether the left or the right
arm should be given by gentleman to lady
on going down to dinner what would the an
swer be? In Detroit it would he either: in
Washington, the left: in New York, the right !:
in Philadelphia, left; Chicago, right Boston.
either; Brooklyn, left; Oshkosh, right: Kala-
mnzoo, left; Muggns Corners, right; Buffalo.
left and 80 Oh right left, right, left, like a
company on drill. Now this is an awful state
of things just imagine New York man in
Philadelphia offering the wrong appendage to
his partner OF course he could never show
himself in that city again. Hundreds OF match
es have been broken up on this very point, and
such disasters will continue until this solemn
matter can be forever settled. OF course. no
right-handed young lady can trust her happi
ness with young man who believes in offer
ing the left arm at the critical moment we
speak Of; and then again, no young gentle
man who has taken sides on this point Of
etiquette can promise to love and obey young
lady who boldly announces her belief that It
don't make any difference which arm is offered.
They do these things better in England. There
the Junior Warden OF the Inner Door Post has
consultation with the Chief Keeper OF the
Second Landing on the First Flight at Windsor
Castle, and the matter is finally settled, unless
the Grand Deputy Commander Of the Cpper
Waxed Floor chooses to interfere. NOW tnis
is what we need in America. On account OF
the hard times one official would 90, with
power to call in consulting physician IN case
OF emergency. We want High Cockaiorum
OF Etiquette, q sort OF Akhoond Oh owat on
Manners, who will decide at once ana forever
these important social problems and save
fashionable society from the mental wear and
tear that these weighty discussions involve
Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1879

From the Lansing Republican.


Vacancies in the board of trustees OF graded
school district are filed by appointment Of
the board until the next annual meeting; but
vacancies in any one Of the offices Of a primary
school district are filed by appointment Of the
other officers, or by special election OF the dis
trict, for the unexpired portion OF the term.


10 district employing more than ope
teacher st the same time, it is necessary that
all the teachers have certificates Of qualifca-
ton, as the law requires, from the proper
authority, in order to secure to the district its
share in the appointment OF public schoo'
moneys.
Year: 1879

The ten ladies who are county school super
intendents in ILLINOIS have managed the fn,n-
cial part OF their business particularly well
Not one cent Of the large sums over which
they have had supervision has been lost. In
many Of the counties the school finances were
in state OF confusion when the ladies' came
into Office. They have Strengthened everything
and put al school Affairs on the most prosper
Gus bass.
Year: 1879

Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cosmetics
OF France, or beautifers Of the world, while in
poor health, and nothing will give you such
good health, strength and beauty as Hop
Bitters. A trial is certain proof See another
column.
Year: 1879

DAN in the right side, under the


| edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe-
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of men,
cry, accompanied with painful SEN
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
\ Slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant The patient complains Of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of prickly sensa-
ton of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up lortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex-
listed, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
Year: 1879

In paper read at the Micro
scopical Club, MIR. Hunter states
that fertile queen bee will in four
years lay million eggs. Twenty
one days are required for the pro-
duction of worker bee; but the
same egg that produced the worker
in twenty-one days could, had the
bees been so minded, have been
bred up to "a queen when necessity
calls for them, either from loss of
either from loss of their old mon
arch or apprehended swarming. If
| remove queen from IL hive, the
first of these contingencies occurs,
and after few hours stir, the bees
select certain of the worker eggs, or
even young larvae two OF three DAYS
old. The cell is enlarged to five or
six times its ordinary capacity, u
superabundanee of totally different
food is supplied, and tue result is
that, in five days less than would
have been required for u worker, u
queen is Matched. The marvel is
inexplicable. How a mere change
and greater abundance of food, and
a more roomy lodging, should so
transform the internal and external
organs of any living creature! The
case is without parallel in all the
animal creation. 1t is not mere
superficial change that has been eff
fected, but one that penetr,,tes far
below form and structure, to the
very fountain of life itself. 1t is
transformation alike of function, of
structure, and of instinct.-Er.
Year: 1879

A farmer writing to an exchange
says: II had a mare some years
ago that had a large wart OH her
side, where the harness rubbed and
kept it sore. In summer the flies
made it worse. To prevent this I
put on q good daub of tar, and in u
few weeks the wart was killed and
disappeared. l have frequently
tried it since on cattle and horses,
and seldom had occasion to make A
second application. The remedy is
simple and effectual."
Year: 1879

How To Cur THE NECK OF BoT-
TLE-With a strong twiue, yard
or less in length, make one turn
around the neck, rapidly move the
bottle from one end of the string to
the other, SO that the friction may
heat the part. while hot. dip i'll cold
water, and the glass is chipped off
as clean and smooth as if cut hy u
diamond.
Year: 1879

To KEEP CLEAR OF BED BUGs.-
Take the white of four eggs, ten
cents worth of quicksilver; putthem
in bowl and beat them to q per-
feet froth. Take feather and dip
it in this preparation, and apply it
to every part of the bedstead where
bugs conceal themselves. Do this
once a year, and you will never see
a bed bug in your house.
Year: 1879

As he sat upon the steps in Pitts.
burgh last Sunday evening he claimed
the right 10 kiss for every shooting
star. She at first demurrcd, as became
a modest maiden, but finally yielded.
She was even so accommodating as to
call his attention TO the flying meteors
that were about to escape his observa-
tion, and then got to "caIling" him on
lightning bugs, and at last got him
down to steady work on tho light of
lantern that a man was swinging at a
depot in tho distance where trains
were switching.
Year: 1879

The Directory of the Board of Transportation
met at II a. m to-day for the reception of the an
nual report of the Secretary, Mr.. Vim. r. Sowden,
and the transaction OF the routine business OF the
Board.


The action of the Chamber OF Commerce in ref
erence to the Trustees of the Southern Road was
indorsed by resolution that was adopted unani-
mousy.


The following resolution was also adopted


Resolved, That we protest against any legisla-
ton looking to the repeal of the law creating the
Board of Public Works of this city, or any modif-
cation that will materially affect the same"


Adjourned.
Year: 1879

PERUsAL of the following. clipped
from the New York Tribune, will
serve as conclusive evidence to the
minds of the generality Of men that
its editors are not easily surprised:


1.-THE Democrats are so repentant
and docile that the country would not
be surprised to see the Joint Caucus
resolve itself into q Sunday School,
with Beck as superintendent, and
meet every Sunday afternoon to re-
ceive instruction from Hill, Black
burn, and Chalmers on the beauties of
Christian meek uessn
Year: 1879

Time and physical suffering cause the
creases about the eyes more than anything
else. Therefore. with proper attention to
your health, you have it in your power to
avoid many of those Nervous suffering
often gives a hard look To the mouth, and
sometimes pulls it out of shape. We all of
us that are worth anything must 90
through more or less of it. But the spirit
in which we bear il will be sure to leave
its impress about the most mobile of all
the features of the face. Pain of all kinds,
anguish, agony, care, wrinkle the fore
head from temple to temple. Thought and
passion increase it perpendicularly
between the brows. All these outward
manifestations of the internal conflict that
goes on in every one of us from day to
day are, to some extent, within the control
of our will but they do not yield one iota
to all the cosmetics in the world. You
have a certain feeling, and your face takes
on certain lines, and in proportion to the
recurrence of that feeling those lines
deepen. But you may, by the exercise of
your willpower, keep that feeling in check
to a certain extent, and to a certain extent
also control the lines of your face. This
is all the preventive or cosmetic that
there is for wrinkles. So save the money
you have put aside for any other socalled
cure of them, and use it for a better
purpose. There can be no real and lasting
beauty without truth. Try to be true TO a
noble ideal all through. This is the foun-
dation. the corner stone to true and beauty.
An attractive face is not a made-up one,
it is the face of one on good terms with
his or her own soul. Yes, that is the grand
secret OF all efficacIous cosmetics for the
face. Be on good terms with your own
soul; and secondly, treat your body with
all the respect and reverence that are due
to the temple of the soul.-[Domestic
Monthly.