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Year: 1878

and tranquility, I'VE would see her Premium
Bond system" completely triumphant and
rapidly appreciate In value as o favorite se-
curity, and this improvement, in the natural
course Of events, would rebound to the ad-
vantage Of those who, ceasing to be litigants


would become Interested in q common scheme
beneficial to all. l..
Year: 1878

[Chicago Trihune.l


nent breach between President Hayes and
the factions of politicians who are seeking to
drive him out Of the party, the fact must not
be lost sight of that, in leaning on the Demo
Gratis tor support President Hayes would only
be following out the cardinal principle OF par
constitutional governments except our own.
1t is the very essence of responsible govern
ment, as understood everywhere except in
the United States, that the policy and person
the majority sentiment Of the popular
branch Of the Parliament or Con-
gress, because the latter directly
Year: 1878

sensitive girl was Mary Holiday, of How
lex, Canada, for unable to withstand the i'm
portunities of two suitors to whom, liking
them equally, she thoughtlessly engaged her
self, she took strychnine and died. She was a
woman of unusual beauty, and of happy but
excitable disposition.
Year: 1878

Who would throw away barrel
tull Of soft soap ora box of hard soap?
Were it not otherwise useful it
would be of great value as a fertilizer,
If spread, in its raw state, about our
fruit trees or berry bushes. But, after
being dissolved in water and passing
through the wash tub, cleaning the
impercoptible clements Of the best
manure from soiled linen, its tertiliz-
ing power is vastly increased. In
deed, we may almost say, that the av-
erage soapsuds from the kitchen and
laundry is worth more than the soap
which produces it. Do not, then, al
low your soapsuds to run away,
-Asasted, while Sou have trees which il
might benefit. t.-Er
Year: 1878




A Charleston man claims to have
invented a machine by which cotton
can be picked at the rate Of one dollar
bale. While there seems to be no
limit to the inventive genius Of man,
We confess to considerable skepticism
in this instance; and the following
description of the machine does moi
serve to strengthen our faith in its
merits:


1t IS SO arranged that ebe driver,
leaning back in bis seat. can stop tie
picking in order to drigo away 20 the
unloading place. The machine is des-
oribed as having the SIC and weight
of . two-horse wagon. and is upon
three wheels, the center one running
bctU two rows, and the other tvs @
outside Of them. The two driving
wheels, from which j, worked the
machinery, are high enough to carry
everything above the cotton The
front wheel is about half the height,
and works on pivot ioint, to which
are attached the horses, which walk
between the rows The picking ma
chine consists Of two hundred finger
shaped cards on India rubber, work
ing up and down through the stalks
as the machine advances. These cards
will not take hold of anything but the
lint Of the open cotton, and takes that
whether it is on the ground or on the
top of the stalk. Leaves, twigs and
hulIs will not stick TO them, but the
cotton touched in ever SO little de-
gree instantly adheres, and will not
let 60 until pushed of the top by the
brusher 1t is taken on an apron of
bands, and deposited in receptacle
in the rear in light straight fern,
entirely I5ee Ir2n- digt. r -
Year: 1878

The value Of clover as a renovator
of the soil is well understood. There
is no trouble about restoring fertility
to . field, if it can be once we'll set in
clover. But on the light lands of the
South this IS impractieable; aud even
on those soils which are adapted TO
clover, where they are SO extremely
exhausted, as is the case with many
Of our lands in the cotton States. it is
impossible to get growth Of clover
The soil must be comparatively rich
to make clover sod We have,
however, in the COW Pea, substitute
for clover which will grow anywhere
in the South, and on soils too poor to
grow anything else, and this is the
great resource Of tho Southern farmer
for green manuring. Tie pea has,
moreover, this advantage, that it will,
the first year, make a much heavier
crop than clover, and there is thus a
saving Of time.


There are three modes Of using the
pea as manure crop: 1st. By plant
ing in corn land at the second plow.
ing Of corn, about q peck or a peck
and half to the acre, On land very
much worn, the spockled or whippoor-
will pea is most reliable; on soil of a
better character, those varieties
which produce more vino would be
better. Cultivated in this way, the
peas cannot be turned under green,
but the vines afford a covering to the
soil, and if allowed to rot upon the
ground in the fall, will furnish valu-
able coat ofmanure. I'd. P!antin drills
tive and Q half or three feet apart, in
May or June, about half bushel OF
seed 70 the acre and give them one
good plowing when they are large
enough to work. Sd. Break up the
land broadcast, and sow Gown two
bushels ct seed to the acre, and at the
same time two hundred pounds super.
phosphate Of lime and three bushels
Of land plaster, covering the whole
with a light plowing In the'fau turn
the whole crop under, ana sow down
in small grain


The pea, like the cloves, is a broad
leaved plant, and feed largely from
the atmosphere. 1t is, also, a deep
rooted plant, ike the clover, and
Year: 1878

Do not bees carr! horty il. their
stmoachs: If not where do they carry
it


:s: ::ssc:Becs carry the honey il sack in
the upper part of their abdomen, next
the small ligament that joins that or
gan to the body.


How and from what substance do
bees produce waxI?"


They make wax from pure honey;
it is secreted between the rings on
the under side Of the abdomen.


elias the queen bee any more
rings:on her abdomen than the work
or ~


Ihayc counted the rings on great
many queens as we'll as workers, and
have never discovered any difference
III the number.


"Will it pay to put crooked combs
from box hives into frames p


If the comb is crooked from top to
bottom, it can be cut in strips, and
set into frames. If it is put in the
centre of one, and on one side Of two
others, it will induce bees to make
straight combs. Set the hives per-
fectly level, raising the back two or
three inches.


1t is hardly worth while to cut the
old combs from box hives unless they
arc good straight ones. New combs
arc rather tender to handle until
person has some experience in manip-
ulating combs. If they are tolerably
old, three or four wooden pins may
be driven in to hold the comb i'll the
frame. I often make hole with an
awl through the frame, and, cutting
the sulphur off from matches, sharpen
the latter, and drive them into the
conbs to hold them in place.


In answer to the inquiry as to how
/ prepare my hives for spring, pro-
ceed as follows: | usually deprive the
bees Of all the combs they cannot
cover, and prefer to feed the bees in
stead of having much honey in tie
combs, giving them extra combs as
they increase in numbers. | use q
cushion made Of loose sacking or thin
cotton, filed with cat chaff, to sup
ply the place Of the combs.taken out,
with another on top Of the frames.-
These confne tho heat and absorb
) the moisture thrown off by the bees.
When this expedient has once been
tried, it will be practiced ever after.
This method cannot be adopted with
the box hive, but the top of the hive
where boxes are put On can be filled
with cobs or cushion to absorb the
moisture, and will prevent the ico be.
ing found on the inside Of the hives.


1t will be noticed that the bees
| breed faster when there is o good, full
hive. that the combs are well 4iIled
with brood, and if boxes, or small
frames, or sections, are used, that the
bees store more surplus, and that they
store it faster. One Of the secrets OF
getting 4 good surplus is to get the
brood chamber well filled with brood;
also to get the bees started in the sur
plus boxes, or wha,ever is used
When the bees are gathering honey
fast, the queen las more eggs than
when honey is gathered slowly. #
Year: 1878

The DIFFERENcE.-Dr. Prices Extract
of Vanilla is made from the true Mexican
Vanilla bean. and possesses in a eoncent-
rated form the 6ne favoriug principle of
this fruit. Consumers should remember
that most of the so-ealled extract Of vanilla
in the market is but an imitation made
from the tonqua, or snuff bean many
pounds of which can be purchased at the
cost of one pound of the true vanilla bean.
While DR.. Prices Vanilla has the fine
delicate flavor of the fruit others will be
found to havethe bitter, rank taste of the
snuff bean.
Year: 1878

We refer in this connection to the
calling upon the troops by the
railroad company before the power
of the civil authorities had been
exhausted, and to the communica-
tion Of Colonel Scott in the North
American Revieto, in 1877, after
the riots, where he suggested that
the military power of the United
States be placed at the disposal OF
the railroad authorities. The la
boring element with its ballots
are not strong enough unsupported
to overcome this opposition. VIII
1t act in time in the only direction
left open? If it does. the lesson OF
the late campaign has not been
lost.
Year: 1878

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26th.-A
Virginia City dispatch represents
that to day the whole face of the
cross-cut on the 1900 foot level of
the Sierra Nevada is in porphyry,
with the exception of a small
streak of ore near the top. The
north drift from the station is be-
ing turned west towards the ore
bOdy.
Year: 1878

My daughter, be thou timely warned.
Waste not thy days in visiting thy sick
and impoverished neighbors. Go, rather.
aud dress myself in fine array, and de.
vote, 40 the least, six hours Of thy time.
between the risingof the sun and the 90
ing down thereof, 10 thy pet canary bird
that pincth for thy tender care.


Ny son, learn not thou ev the hum
BILE art Of baskct-making or other skill
with thy hands, for by 80 doing thou
mightest at some future day be- enabled
to provide thyself with honest bread.
Nay, rather improve myself i'm those
ancient games yclept polo and base ball.
the exercise Of which shall furnish thee
much muscle whcrcwith to break stone
when i'm prison.


My sister, be- thou wise past under
standing and when thy husband shall
die and thou shalt have secured to thee
al Of his possessions hio thee with
haste io the diamond merchant and
part with all thou hast in tn purchase
Of one precious stone, thus doing good
withal, for when the genial burglar shall
enter thy dwelling and purloin thy
treasure, he will rejoice that his burden
is not greater than he can bear.
Year: 1878

IN the cornice over the Utica court.
house is a large colony of sparrows.
Last week one of the number committed
some oflense and was brought up before
one OF the older birds and q large Jury.
The offender must have been guilty be-
yond doubt, ~ the trial was brief one.
within an hour the wicked bird was
seized by four Others and in spite Of it's
struggles a cord attached to bracket
was twisted around it's neck; when all
was secure the bird was dropped and il
quickly strangled. The victims BODY
still hangs from one of the pillars of the
temple of justice, a warning 30 all
other offenders against the laws of the
sparrOws- utica Hlr0H
Year: 1878

The business people breath freer
now that Congress has adjourned
without passing any Of the worst of
the wildcat measures calculated to
unsettle values that were proposed.
The New York Post has a congratu-
latory article in this connection, and
says that business will now have a
breathing time until next December,
and before Congress resumes the
work of financial tinkering the Sec
retary may be able to execute what
is left of the resumption act"
Year: 1878

Is caused by a sudden wrenching of the
spine, and produces violent and acute
pains, making it very difficult for the
person to move. 1t should not be neg
lected, as the curvature of the spine is
often brought Oh by neglect Of this com
mon complaint
Year: 1878

A chip canal through the peninsula Of
Florida from Matanzas Inlet to the head OF
navigation Oh the 5uwanee river, to unite tho
Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico. Is pro-
posed. The length Of the cut Is seventy-five
miles. The distance by this route would be
about 1900 miles less from New York to New
Orleans than the route now sailed.
Year: 1878

A justice Of the pence brought suit against
The New York Evening Post for alleged injury
done to his character by the publication OF an
Associated Press dispatch which gave his
name as one Of several criminals examined by
him. Informed Of the mistake, which was an
oasy one to make tho Post promptly corrected
the error, thus showing that it was entirely
without malice. But The Justice was not sat-
astied. He commenced suit for libel. and Is
awarded dix cents by way Of damages, The
court held that as there WIS no malice in tho
publication and no actual Injury the plaintiff
was entitled to only nominal damages. But,
thrilling as 1t might appear, an award Of six
cents was too much, for 1t carried the costs
which, ordinarily, are not inoonsiderhblo.
Year: 1878

TODAY is the one-hundredth anniversary Of
the birth of Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot.
Not yethas the time come for his epitaph to be
written; but the Irish people still keep in
memory the brave words with which he
closed his death-song: "Let no man write
my eptaph for as no man who knows my
motives dare noao vindicate them, let not pre-
judice or ignorance asperse them. Let them
and me rest in obscurity and peace. and my
tomb remain uninscribed until other times
and other men can do Justice to my character
When my country takes her place among the
nations of the earth, then, and not till then,
let my epitaph be written. have done."
Year: 1878

THAT would be huge joke TO pay off Con-
gressmen in their own coin. Nothing kills
like ridicule, and the whole country will fall
to laughing at the plight of the silver repre-
sentatives loaded down with several thousand
dollar-pieces.
Year: 1878

T We do not read anonymous ettsrs ana communi-
cations, The name and address Of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used = --
Year: 1878

A Libarty-ssreet boy, on being asked by
his mother to explain the absence of certain
cookies from the pantry, said she would find
them credited in next years account.-Ronae
Sentinel
Year: 1878

making the roads necessary for taking the
foreigners' relief from the ports of the en-
pire to the wretcbes who so terribly need
1t. There are distinct tracts of shame in
the manifesto of the Emperor on the awful
famine. In an edict of the 22nd March he
says "We, whose duty it is to watch over
the millions of our people with fostering
care, feel that the loss of one of our sub
jects is the result of our misdoing;" and
yet not only one, but S, 900 900, are said to
have periehed already. While the Gov
ernmeut is in this healthy condition of
not updeeerved remorse, it might be poasi
BILE to get 1t to improve the roads by which
the relief can be despatched to the suffer
ers. To do 30 would indeed enable the
Chinese Government to establish relief
works of the most useful kind-if, at leaet,
any of the sufferers have strength enough
left for such work as this and the roads,
when once made, weuld diminish the
danger of like horrors in the future.


Bot however little we may be able to
accomplish a calamity to which the records
of the world hardly offer any authenticated
parallel either in scale or in moral horror,
ia surely one which Englishmen should do
what they can to check, even after the
efforts they have made in India, where
they justly felt that they had share of
responsibility for the calamity such as no
one can charge upon them in the case of
China. Five millions of dead--more than
all the souls in London and Calcutta to =
gether-and> thousands upon thousands in
danger of what is worse than death, should
not cry out to us to alleviate the unspeak-
able horrors of the moment in vain.
Year: 1878

As our friends, the Adams Bros, continue q
startle ladies by inviting them into their elegant
pleasant emporium, sg4 Magazine street. and ooOg
Offering them dry goods at such low prices rs Woa
make even New York auction men open their eJe
wide in wonder we have nothing more to say on thA
branch Of tn subject We did think that it was wro
to starte people in such weather, but as the


s ocoasioned by finding cool store and extremely ni
prices we not only withdraw obj 'cions, but adv
our lady friends to call and enjoy the treat thaf
assured to all who spend half hour at ssi NAEasn
street.
Year: 1878

In these tables lead is rated twice as high IN 1870 s III
1877. Valued the same, there would be gain III
the product in the latter year OF 2,oo'rooo
which in n total Of 6,500O00. Is large
percentage The increase is chiefly IN silver. There
are now sixteen smelters and quartz mills running
and anding the low prTce OF Lead comparative
w. n prosperous season mining industry Is looked for
The steadily increasing product OF metals since the open
ing OF the overland railroad is shown by the shipments
from Utah over the Utah Central road, which have been
tnIIo
Year: 1878

the productions Of the plantation to
market, and the commodities of the mar
1,et back to the doors of his .1ds0,1o. The
great river rand its tributaries have very
promising future and it is quite likely
tbat within generation or two her
providence may become among the rch-
est and most productive OF the great
South American Empire
Year: 1878

EUREKA, July Is. ISIS.


EDITORS JOURNAL: This is question that
has been frequently asked, and about which
there has been much dispute. Naturalists do
not agree upon it. One party says it is one Of
those poetic fictions that have no foundation
in fact, while others say it is an established
fact, that they do hiss. l have been incline
to doubt it, but do so no longer. My dog WAS
barking at something in the garden this morn
ing, and went out to see what 1t WAS
found large bull snake coiled up, with his
head raised II to Is inches from the ground.
His neck was inflated to two or three times its
natural size, and he was kissing so loud that
he could be heard five or six rods. As he
swayed himself around IL confront the dog. he
was the most formidable looking snake I ever
saw. returned to the house and got my gun
and shot him. He measured live feet and four
inches in length. WV. PETTEs.
Year: 1878

That nuisance to commerce-the Mexican
dollar Is likely to cause trouble. After the
eastern banks hsd sent them west at about
95 to SO cents on dollar, they issued . circular
stating that they would not allow over 90 cts
per dollar for them. There are many thous-
ands OF these dollars In this county and those
holding them will lose crnts on the dollar.
where they have taken them for 100 cents-as
many have. Should the merchants agree TO
receive them for 100 cents, there will be little
trouble at present, but the time will come
when the American silver will crowd them
out OF circulation Is the latter can be disposed
Of away from home. Then there will be con-
fusion and quarrelling over the discount.
Business men should have some understand
ing so that one man will not pass them out at
their ia,e to be accepted by another at only 20
or s. cents.
Year: 1878

MIXED BY A FOX. For some days st A. J. Freeman became satisfied at his COW, being pastured on the ts above the village, is daily milk

 by some one, as he scarcely got a

 art at milking. A watch was |, when it was discovered that q was the q predator. He would me up to the COW, and, getting up 1se to the ulder, would sit and get { as haudy and naturally as calf. le COW seemed to like these visits m hie foxship and stood perfectly Ill for him to get his isdinner.-Md eburg Gazette.
Year: 1878

X large proportion of the Amercnn people are to-day dying from the effects of Dyspepsia or disor,lered liver. The result of these diseases upon the masses of intelligent and valuable people is most alarming, making life actually q burden instead of d pleasant existence of enjoyment and usefulness as it ought to be. There is no good reason for this, if you will only throw aside prcjuthoe and skepticl,m, take the advice of drug giSts and your friends, and try one bottle of Greens August Flower. Your speedy relief is certain. Millions of bottles of this medicine have been given away to try its virtues, with saaslac- tory results in every ease. You can buy a sample bottle torl0 cents to try. three doses will relieve the worst ease. Positively sold by all Druggists oil che Western Continent. For sale by I. M. Harkey & Bro.
Year: 1878

A Washing special TO the New York
Tribune states that John Il. Carter, the
Greenback candidate for Congress from the
With Virginia District, is out in card
TO the voters of that district, in which he an
nounces that he is in favor Of settling the
State deb! of Virginia, Of calling a State
Convention at the earliest day practicable
for the purpose of remodelling the Consti-
tuition, and of a lbsral system Of free
schools as the safest aud surest guarantee
for the preservation OF free institutions He
attacks General Hun.oD, the Democratic
nominee, and charges that the General is
opposed to practical and permanent relief
10 the people OF the United States, and that
he was one of those who got up at the
close OF the last session OF Congress bill
known as the Potter Investigating bill, for
the purpose OF giving certain politicians an
airing they would not otherwise have had"
Mr.. Carter closes by saying that General
Hunton and himself were members of the
same regiment and brigade during the war
and that he is ready TO meet the General at
any point in the district that he may ap-
point for argument.
Year: 1878

Those who cultivate house plants are apt


to put. off preparations till cool nights,.if not


actual frosts warn them to bring the plant.


under cover. 1t is great mistake thus to
delay this work, and those who haye heed
ed our monthly Notes" do not need our
present reminder to attend to it without de-
lay. Plants that have been turned out Of
their pots and have been in the open ground
all summer. often become overgrown, and
too large TO take up and pot fer the window
garden; hence We have at various times
during the season, advised starting new
plants from cuttings, as vigorous young
specimens are usually more satisfactory
than older ones. Still, there will be
some that it may be worth while to
take up, and these should always be a.
tended to at once. When a plant is changed
from pot to the border, the heretofore
crsmped roots soon take new start, spread
ing as ii they enjoyed Their new liberty, and
room occupy several times their former
space. while the upper portion of the plant
soon grows proportionately large. When
such plant is taken up in the tall it will
have mass Of roots, not only far too large
Tor its former pot, but too large for any pot
that one would care to give it. The roots
must be cut away to a convenient size, and
the top must be reduced also. Here is the
point where novices fail they dislike to part
with any OF the luxuriant new growth, but
set the plant with all of its top and only
part OF Its roots in pot, and expect it to
flourish. 1t may be taken as a general
rule in all transplanting, whether with
house plants or with trees-the top must be
reduced in proportion as the root surface is
diminished. Plants taken up from the
open ground must be placed in the shade
until they recover, and they must also be
sheltered from the drying influence Of the
wind.
Year: 1878

4 subscriber in this county, not far from
the city, writes to complain q the practice
OF city iJlks going into the country on
hunting expeditions, On Sunday, invading
the fields of the farmers, and disturbing
the quiet Of the Sabbath by shooting. The
writer says that the fzrmers Of his vicinity
intend to organize shooting club Of their
own, and whenever they find hunter in
their fields, without permission, they will
consider him game" and act accordingly.
Hunting is very fine sport, but It probably
makes greet deal Of difference whether
one IS the shooter or the s5ooiee.