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Year: 1874

Too low an estimate is apt to be set on the
domestic value of newspapers. After reading
them, and putting ourselves, through their
agency, In mental correspondence with the
world, they are thrown aside and forgotten.
But to suppose their usefulness bounded by
their news columns and the waste-bag, is q
thriftless mistake.


In the first place, there are household re-
ceipts to be found in the stray corners, often
excellent, and deserving refuge on the hy-leaf
of the family cook book. Then come in the
pretty verses, the strange and droll stories, the
brief biographies and "reminiscences which,
pasted in scrap book, are source of never
ending pleasure, not only to those who do not
care for richer intellectual food, but to those
who have only odd minutes for reading.


Notwithstanding the sQuibs jocular journal
lists have penned on the use of newspapers for


bed clothing, we know from experience that


these are not to be despised. They may not


be as comfortable as your blankets, but GER


tainly they keep out the cold. Two thick


nesses of paper are better than a pair of blank


cts, and in the case of persons who dislike the


weight of many bed clothes, they are inValua


BILE. A spread made of double layer o.


papers between a Governing of calico or chlntz
is desirable in every household. The papers


should be tackled together with thread, anC


also basted to the covering to keep them from


slipping An objection has been made on &C


count of the rusting, but if soft papers b.


chosen the noise will not be annoying, espe


cially should the spread be laid between
} blanket and the counterpane.


As protection to plants against cold, both j
and out of doors, nothing is better. If news
} papers are pinned up over night at a windo'
) between pots and glass; the flowers will nc
} only not be frozen, but will not even get chill
> ed; as they are so liable to be at this season
In the same way, if taken to cover garde
q beds, on the frosty nights of early autumn
: they will allow the plants to remain safely OF
e doors some time later than is common.
S One of the oldest services to put our jou
b nails to is the keeping of ice in summer. A
a ingenious hOusekeeper recently discovered th
s her daily lump of ice would last nearly twit
e as long when wrapped in newspapers, al
a placed in any kind OF covered box, as wht
d trusted solely to a refrigerator. This is We
a convenient, since it is possible to have the be
II and cheapest refrigerator constantly at han
sr To polish all kinds of glass after washin
Ie except table glass, no cloth or flannel is h;
1f so good as newspaper; and for baker
I. dozen of other uses. quite foreign to its prim


purpose, it is without rival" Home al


Society,"" Scri0nerS TOR March.
Year: 1874

sixty years through shine and shadow
sixty years. my gentle wife,
You and have walked together
Down the rugged road of life.
From the hills OF Spring we started
And through all the Summer land,
And the fruitful Autumn country,
We have journeyed hand in hand.
We have borne the heat aud burden,
Toiling painfully and SLOW;
We have gathered in our harvest,
With rejoicing long ago.
Leave the upiands for our children
Tnsy are strong to SOW and reap;
Through the quiet Winter lOwlands
Our level way We keep.
It's q dreary country. darling,
You and are passing through;
But the rosd lies straight before Us,
And the miles are short and few;
No more dangers to encounter
No more aIlls to climb. true friend;
Nothing nOT but simple walking.
Till we reach our journeys end.
We have had our time of gladness;
Twas proud and happy day
All the prOudsst of our journey
When we felt that we could say
Ofthe children God hath given,
Looking fondly on the ten,
Lovely women are our daughters
Our soni are noble men"
We have had our time Ct sorrow
Our time OF anxious lears,
When we could not see the mils-stonss
Through the blindness Of our tears.
In the sunny summer country,
Far beh nd US little AAT
And Willie, too, grew weary,


And we lett them on the way.
Are vuu looking backward. mother.
That you tumble in the snow!
am still your guide aud staff. dear;
lean your weight upon me, SOL
Our road is growing narrow


Aud-What is It, wife you say!
Yes, know your eyes are dim. dear,
But we have not lost the way.
Cheer thee! cheer thee faithful-hearted
Just little way before
Lies the great Eternal city


Of the King that We adore.
can see the shining spires;


And the King, the King my dear,
Wehave served him long and numbly
He will bless us. do not fear.
An the snow falls fast and heavy,


How YOU shiver with the cold,
Let me wrap your mantle closer,


Aud my arm around you fold.
Weare weak and faint and weary


And the sun low in the vest.
We have reached the gates, my darling,


Let US tarry here aud rest.
Year: 1874

One who has the reputation Of being q
great philosopher, an experienced man of
the world, profound thinker, al ed an acute
observer, with deep insight into human
nature, has left on record the expression of
his firm conviction that no man, however
gifted, however fortunate in his domestic
relations, however successful in his public
undertakings, can be pronounced happy
whose trousers bag at the knees.-Puaeh.
Year: 1874

We are authorized to state that this gen.
tleman will offer binselt as candidate,
before the Republican State convention, for
nomination for the position of Congressman
from the second congressional district of
Louisiana. Mr.. Stamps is well knowl to
this community. His popularity, especially
in the Sixth District, is proverbial. In the
State Senate, as well as in the lower house
of the General Assembly. he has rendered
the State good service, and furnished abun-
dant proof that he is an honest workm an
and able statesman. In announcing his
proposed candidatuce for so prominent a
position as Congressman, we must add our
belief in his capability to discharge satisfac-
torily the duties of that high office
Year: 1874

The jurors for the July term put in their
appearances in the criminal courts yester-
day. Judge Abell let so many of them off
that he had only seven left to run his ma
chine; nevertheless there were four jury
trials in his court.


In the Superior Criminal Court Judge
Atocha did not obtain full panel, but he
got enough to try Captain McCann and
Sergeant Gray, who were charged with
false arrest, and the jury came to the con-
clusion that the officers we're right, and
showed it's appreciation of their conduct by
bringing in verdict of not guilty in about
ten minutes
Year: 1874

ABOUT five weeks ago son of Dr. W


H. Eldridgc, of this district, suddenly
disappeared, and was not heard from IN
Ill last Saturday The boy says that on
the evening Of Oct. l9 as he was leaving
the aporhecary store on Bunker Hill
street, where ne was employed, he was
approached by man who informed him
that q fire Was raging IN the vicinity of
Chelsea bridge, and asked him to go
down and see it. Arriving at the bridge
no fire was 10 be seen, and when Just on
the point of returning he was seized
around the neck by the man, who Choked
him until ne became unconscious. robbed
him. and then threw him over the railing
into the waters Of the Mystic. The chill
which the plunge into the river gave to
his system restored him SO that he was
able 10 attempt to save himself. The
tide was running out, and he, being i
SKillful swimmer, kept from drowning
and tiuutcd down the stream until OppO-
site East Boston, where friendly spar
which was floating in the water came
near 10 him, and gaining this he tlOated
out 10 SEA. He subsequently became un-
conscious, and when he rallied again he
was out OF sight of land, still clinging to
the log After remaining in the water
nineteen hours he was rescued by brig
bound for Greenland, and as he did not
csre to visit that country he was placed
on board an English steamer, the name
of which he states Was the Norman, and
carried to Liverpool. He improved the
first opportunity to return home in the
steamer Smyrna, which arrived at this
port last Saturday-BOSt0H Globe
Year: 1874

Cure for Ringworm.-A simple and
harmless application, said unfailinglv 10
cure this Troublesome eruption, is found
by washing with a solution made from
the root of the common narrOw-leafed
dock, which belongs 10 the botanical
genus Runner. Use vinegar as the solvent.


AS persistent and profitable pro
duceTs Of eggs, hens which are p cross
between a game-cOck and black
Spanish hen are strongly recommended
by an English breeder. He says they
are small and black, but they Weld
averagc-SiZed eggs, never desire 10 sit.
and seldom cease to lay even for a day,
except al nOlting-time.


To Cure Hoarseness.-When the
voice Is lost, as Is sometimes the case,
from the effects of cold, a simple,
pleasant remedy is furnished by beating
up the white of one egg. adding To it the
juice of one lemon, and SWcctening with
white sugar TO the taste. Take tea
spoonful from time To time Ii has been
known etiecrually to cure the ailment.


One poultry-fancier cured chicken
cholera by feeding every other day for
two weeks bran mash, in which was
liberal dose of the common garden pep
per. One old biddy was determined to
die. She was crOuched in an out OF the
way spot. He sought her, gave her
whole pepper in doses an hour apart,
kept her in warm place, and in the
course of 4 fc1S isys she gave notice
that she could take care Of herself.


The London Gar5cu speaks Of the
small and wretched specimens" Of
watermeIonS at Covent Garden, and of
the steamer which brought 10000 Of
them 10 Boston from the more Southern
States-some weighing forty pounds
and remarks that good watermelOns,
which the editor never saw in England,
have a delicious flavor and are almost Is
bright inside as full-blOwn rose. The
truth is, that while the English garden
ers possess prc-eminent skill in raising
whatever is suited TO their climate they
cannot obtain good watcrmelOnS simply
because their summers are too cool. No
skill can obyiate the difficulty.


If one will weigh 100 pounds of
Indian corn soon after the crop IS husked
and then weigh the same grain after The
expiration OF SIN months he Will be sur
priScd to learn that there has been Il
Shrinkage, varying from Onc-fOurth to
one-ti.th from the first weight. OF course
the amount of shrinkage will depend on
the condition of the grain when first
weighed. i series of experiments, in
Stituted 10 test the average loss in weight
by drying. shows that corn loses one
fifth and wheat one fourteenth by the
process. From this the statement is
made that farmers will make more by
selling unshclicd corn in the fall at sew
enty-tiye cents than the following sum-
mer at 81 huShel; and that wheat at
Sl.32 in December is equal to $3.50 for
the same wheat in the June following


This estimate is made on the basis Of
interest at I per cent. and takes no ac-
count of loss from the dcprcdatiOns of
vcrmin-N !. Herald
Year: 1874

For a general mulch there is nothing
equal TO the soil itself. \ thorough pull
yerization of the surface is the same as a
coat of Sawdust, cut straw, or any similar
fine application. There is some fertility,
it is true, in these latter; but then there
is some enrichment secured also by work
ing the soil, the labor in the TWO being
about equal though the latter can be
increased; but then its benefit from
increased fertility viii balance and more
than balance this,


Our corn fields, therefore, are mulched
to advantage by the use OF the cullivatOr-
Whether ii would pay when this ceases
To apply special mulch is a question.
Il will with potatoes The mulch, if
thick one, will keep moist, will prevent
weeds and the crusting OF the surface,
thus giving access TO air, which it is now
understood Is a benefit Besides, 1t will
keep the ground COol-What the potato
wants.


The best mulch for this, rs well rs for
shrubs and young trees of all kinds, is
one of green grass or weeds, applied i'm
mediatcly after the last stirring of the
soil, and Sprinkled well with leached
ashes The ashes will draw moisture
from the air and protect the soil below.
This will also add fertility. We have
used it for several years with the most
gratifying results The SevereSt drought
has but little effect: there is a fine
growth, seemingly in defiance of the
weather. We also apply it to grapes,
and with benefit.


This for summer mulChing. For
winter there needs equal protection.
Grass must have itself or the snow TO
protect it. 4 good aftermath or we'll
drained soil is sure 10 do this. IL will
lessen the heaving; and there will be
considerable fertility furnished by the
plant itself, which is not lost, but goes
at once TO form pabulum for the roots.
the plant thus reproducing itself, being
IN addition to the usual growth where
the ground is fed close.


Straw is a good mulch for winter wheat.
In some parts it Is rule to apply il. You
protect the strawberry by evergreen
boughS, the best protection, among the
many, that can be applied. 1t prevents
smothering, and II keeps of the cold.
The roots of grape-yines, shrubs and
small trees should be covered with leaves
held down by little soil. Ii Will lessen
the frost both in intensity and depth
The winter OF lS1l-72 was a test Be
sides, the leaves Will add manure in the
spring, and of the right kind.-C1lTe-
syoRdeEt CticI Uerul6.
Year: 1874

poor, and Mrs. Gray and all the officers
Of the place saw boy who in 1913 had
been caught while trotting along upon
All'fOurs by the side of the wolf Tie
could never he made 10 speak, and at
last ran away into the jungle.


i fifth case rests on the evidence Of a
respectable landholder Of BankeepoOr,
in the estate Of HaSunpOor tcallcd Zool-
tukar Khan Here, too, the boy, who
had been six years old when carried off,
and was ten when rescued, could net be
brought to speak, although il was easy
TO communicate with him by signs. An
other statement Of a wolf-boy Is given,
bat as il rests on native evidence only /
Will only add that this boy also when
caught walked on all-tOUrs, ate raw meat,
and smclt ike a wolf He WAS treated
kindly, but though he learned TO behave
better and walk uprightly he never
could understand or utter word, though
he seemed to understand signs One
witness states that he uttered the name
of a iIyIle girl who had been kind 10 him
.Abo0decl, and that he showed some
kind of attachment TO her; but this
sentimental trait is not confirmed by
other witnesses. There are other cases,
but those which | have selected are to
mymind the best attested. They all share
one feature in common, which i more Of
importance 10 the student of language
than even 10 the student Of mythology,
viz, the spcechlessness of these wolf
children II was this fact, more than the
bearing of these stories on a problem OF
mythology, which first made me collect
the evidence here produced.-Waz MI
Ter. ~ I.a8g4 4-fIszay
Year: 1874

lent way TO bank them is to draw mel
low earth that can be handled readily
with a shovel, and build conical mound
around every tree. Then during the toi-
lowing spring let the earth be spread
evenly around about the trees. The
practice of going 10 every tree and tread
ing the snow down tightly close to the
body is frequently recommended. But
this plan IS not always reliable, as nice
will often form runs beneath snow that
has been packed firmly as one can tread
it, Besides this, it will be an eXpenslye
job TO tread the snow firmly around only
a few hundred trees several times during
the winter. Il will not be sufficient TO
pack a small quantity about tree; but
if snow is two or three feet deep II nlusl
be packed firmly on the ground, then
more snow hauled up to the tree and trod
down. and so uu until a firm bank mas
been formed as deep as the snow has
fallen on a level. There is danger OF
injuring trees by applying tar OF any
sort 10 the bodies, as coal tar is so POI
SOnOus that only thin coat OF 1t VIII
destroy the vitality of the bark. Nhen
il is desirable 10 protect trees from the
ravages of rabbits, as well as ileld-mlce,
the most satisfactory way Is 10 procure
heavy brown paper, wrap piece around
each tree, secure it with tWine, then
apply coat of coal tar TO the paper
Neither mice nor rabbits viii gnaW
through tarred paper.-N. \. Herald
Year: 1874

N sections OF the country where field
mice are liable to gnaw off the bark of
fruit trees near the surface of the ground
small mound of earth should be raised
around the body Of every tree. Mice
seldom gnaw the bark so long as there is
no snow on the ground, but soon after
snow has fallen to the depth of only
three or four inches the pests will COM
menCe forming runs beneah the snow on
the surface of the ground. Strange 10
relate, the runs VIII always extend from
tree TO tree and in numerous other di-
recJiOnS When there is not a liberal


supply of such feed as tield-mice are
fond OF they will attack the bark of any
sort OF fruit tree. When there Is grass
and rubbish around trees mice viii often
gnaW the bark, even when the ground is
not covered with snow. In localities
where deep banks have formed about
trees mice have been known TO gnaw all
the bark off for a distance of three feet
from the ground We have in mind
farmer having large orchard, more than
900 of whose trees were completely
girdled by the mice during short period
in the month Of March while the ground
WAS covered with snow. 1t is unsafe tu
allow fruit trees to remain during the
winter without q mound of earth OF some
other protection around each one. When
the mice work along beneath The snow
and encounter g mound of earth they
viii run around the base and nasS By the
tree This explains the philosophy OF
banking fruir trees. Where the ground
is mellow 4 labOTeT can throw up con
ical mound twelve 10 fifteen inches high
in less than one minute. Its always better
TO pack the surface of the mounds with
shovel than 10 allow mellow earth 70 re
main not smoothed of. Nice Will often
cr5Ie --s=s that SIS s-E - rec inches =
diameter When ITses are srsrSing -
Ezass ground he essler and more coc7tc-
Year: 1874

\ WIsCAssET Me. grocer recently sold
a peddler lot Of soap for four cents 4
cake. On going home al noon our grocer
was astonished to find that his wife had
purchased few cakes Of the same soap
Of the peddler for fifteen cents q cake
paying for them in ashes,
Year: 1874

The political squabble that has given
Arkansas double headed Government has
been going on good while and had its
origin in the last election for Governor
there. This election took place in 1872,
Baxter being the Republican and Brooks
the Liberal Conservative candidate. Ac-
cordiug to the declared return Baxter had
1866 majority, but in making up this re-
turn the votes of fourteen counties, cast
ing large Conservative majorities, were
thrown out for alledged frauds.


Had they been counted, Brooks would
have been elected. Upon this he founded his
claim to the Office and contested the cleo
tion in State Circuit Court, the decision
of which in his favor was so speedily avail
ed Of on Tuesday by taking possession of
the State House and ousting Baxter. This
is the Louisiana case over again in one
way. and just the reverse of it in another.
Both parties have appealed to Washington
for support.
Year: 1874

President Grant had two friends
who we're faithful to him; one was
Henry Wilson, the Vice-President
of the United States, and the other
was the editor of the New York
"Times." Both these friends pre-
ferred to tell him true things rather
than pleasant ones. They told him
the third-term project would never
do, and they warned him against
other dangers ahead, which were
apparent to them, but which he
was not far-sighted enough to see.


The President, however, prefer
red those around him who told him
pleasant things in place of true
ones. Promises of the third term
we're sweet to him, and he delight
ed to listen to them, while he was
so dissatisfied with the "Times"
that he procured the establishment
of new organ-different from the
ordinary street organ, in that in
stead of only one, it had several
monkeys attached to it-and he was
so angry with Vice-President Will
son that he would not see him the
last time he called at the White
House.


Now what has the result proved :?
Is General Grant as we'll off to-day
as he would have been if he had
listened to the admonitions of Mr..
Wilson and the "Times 2" He did
not understand that independence
and fidelity to principle are essen
tial to give paper power and In
fuence. He preferred a servile
press, of no more value than the
coward service of a slave.


Possibly, some day, it may dawn
upon the mind of the President
that sycophants are not always the
safest counselors, and that the in
dependent friendship of robust,
strong and faithful men is not
lightly to be cast aside.
Year: 1874

DESERVED IT.-A gentleman some
what eIated at the turn he had re-
Gently made in the stock market,
had a good deal to say about the
state of our sidewalks last evening.
Drunken men tell truths.
Year: 1874

The eye can wink twice in second, but this
could not be continued FIVE minutes. The
hands and feet must have rest and so with
the muscles of the stomach; they only rest
when there is no work for them to do-no food
in the stomach to digest. Even at five hours
interval, and eating thrice day, they are
kept constantly at work from breakfast until
the last meals disposed Of, usually ten o'clock
at night. But multitudes eat heartily within
an hour of bed time thus, while the other
portions of the body are at rest, the stomach
is kept laboring until almost daylight, and
made to begin again at breakfast time. No
wonder is it that the stomach is worn out
has lost its power of action. Many girls be-
come dyspeptic before they are out of their
teens, in consequence of being about the house
and nibbling at everything they lay their eyes
on that is good to eat.-Halps Journal Of
Health.
Year: 1874

The mouth is the frankest part of the face.
1t can the least conceal the feelings. We can
neither hide ill.temper with it nor good. We
may affect what we please, but affectations
will not help U.S. In wrong cause it will
only make our observers resent the endeavor
to impose upon them. A mouth should be
of good natural dimensions, as we'll as plump
in the lips. When the ancients, among their
beauties, made mention of fsmall mouths and
lips, they meant small only as opposed to an
excess the other way, fault very common in
the South. The sayings in favor Of small
mouths, which have been the ruin of so many
pretty looks, are very absurd. If there must
be an excess either way, it had better be the
liberal one. A pretty, pursed-up mouth is fit
for nothing but to be left to its complacency.
Large mouths are oftener found in union with
generous disposition than very small ones.
Beauty should have neither, but a reasonable
look of openness and delicacy. 1t has an ele-
gance in lips, when, instead Of making sharp
angles at the corner of the mouth, they re-
tain certain breadth to the very verge, and
show the red The corner then looks painted
with free and liberal pencil.