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Year: 1874

AN ORIGINAL LETTER FROM MONSIEUR CHARLES


BLANC-MRs. DOGGETT's TRANSLATION.


fFRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.l


BosroN. June 29-I have made honorable
mention In a former letter of Mrs. Kate N Doggetts
translation from Monsieur Charles Blanc's Grammar
Of the Art OF Design" II appears that Mrs Doggett
sent TO Monsieur Blanc a copy Of the volume prepared
in the most sumptuous manner OF the Riverside Press,
with which the French author was much pleased He
communicated his pleasure in the following letter. Of
which send you a translation, because it not only
presses that unusual thing authors perfect sasiac-
on with his translator also hints at plan for
giving u.s. through Mrs Dogget yet more OF his valu-
able notions about art


PARIS April 3, 1874. PALACE OF THB INSTITUTE.


MADAME: Nothing could be more agreeable to me than
10 he translated into English. and assure you that
dd NOT think so perfect translation OF my book could
be made had scarcely read ten or dozen pages,
taken at random here and there before was struck
dered whoehe sprit Of the words the turn Of the
thought the sentiment and even the color Of te style
Although l am far from being familiar with your
language as you with ours, sufficiently so to he
able to give you my warmest thanks both as author
and reader Permit me TO add, Madame, that am not
less delighted by the beauty OF the type the paper and
tue press-work. The famous printer, Ambrose Frmin
Didot, who has Just called on me, and to whom
showed the beautiful copy for which l AIN indebted
to your kindness. exclaimed with sort Of
melancholy ah, my dear friend, how well people do
ihs ork everywhere now" My publisher. Mr. LOvnis,
TO Renouard Is very anxious that the entire
lie proposes open negotiations with London pub
Usher which shall lead to an arrangement with him and
with you that shall complete translation OF the
Grammar of the Art Of Design, The business part Of
this enterprise interests only very indirectly since


sold the work without reservation TO the house
Of Renouard But the moral proprietorshp OF my work
remains my own and you have greatly increased It's
value TO me by a translation which does much honor
to me as IL does TO yourself Receive, Madame, the
suance OF my gratitude and OF my most distinguished
regard ShAhLhs bLAso


The more works Ike those OF Monsieur Blanc can be
circulated among the better haA be able to under
stand the real merits OF the artistic asDrants for
favor. who are becoming more numerous with every
wear. When every man, woman, and child is to be
taught IN free schools the mysteries Of art 10 s quite
worth while for be able to measure by some stric!
canons Of criticism the Of the experiment.
Year: 1874

A writer in Laad and Hsster gives some
curious instances Of the sensibility Of
ducks to colors and musical sounds. He
once had in his garden border OF China
asters of the most brilliant colors. The
ducks would congregate round these and
lie there for hours. They never pecked at
them as If they found snails or slugs
amongst them. They appeared simply
gazing at them, as il attracted by the cay
colors. Another time he had large
clump Of very brilliant violet flowers, which
by their brightness shone out from the
rest Of the border. This clump was Ikea
magnet to the ducks; some Of them were
always around It, One evening the writer
had party Of friends 1t was summer
time, and the doors Of the sitting-room
were open to the lawn. One Of the com
pany commenced playing on the piano.
No sooner was there pause in the music
than two ducks, which had by some means
got into the room, rose from under chair
and waddled all over the apartment, quack-
ing loudly. On the music commencing
again the ducks crouched down, perfectly
silent while it continued. The experiment
was made several times, with the same
result. That it was not surprise or fear
which induced this behavior was after
wards proved, for on subsequent occasions
these same ducks would, upon hearing the
piano, leave the field and come into the
room % listen.
Year: 1874




The Mercantile Journal gives sensible
editorial on this subject, which We copy IN
part as follows:


The true question for an employee Is
not how much he can get forthwith, but
how he eau keep steadily employed, The
men who got rich are not usually the
strikers who refuse to work for particular
wages Strikers are apt to waste in idle
ness, in the course Of year or two time
wherein they could have earned more than
the amount for which they strike. Those
who increase their income are the men
who accustom themselves to regular in
dustry, who keep steadily at work for such
compensation as they can set, live within
their means, save money, and invest it.
Thus they keep up good income and
Increase il from year TO year quite as
fast, 10 most cases, as they become able to
manage it with Judgment The employees
who takes the most pains 70 find out
exactly what service his employer wants,
to render that service carefully and gener-
ously, and who, having mustered the
details Of his work, does not leave il 10 90
into some other employment where larger,
but uncertain compensation is promised, is
the man who is morally certain to rise.
n


When hard times come, or when his EN-
ployer Is unfortunate ana is compelled To
retrench, he is the man who will not bo
dismissed, and who win not lose time in
seeking work, when he would, Of necessity,
be eating up his savings till he finds il.
When vacancies occur III the establishment
he is the one who viii be entrusted with
the most valuable work, which commands
the highest pay. When his employer
wants partner, he is the man likely 10 be
chosen. When others are discharged for
incompetency, he will be retained for his
knowledge Of the work and his known
reliability make for him good position in
which he IS sure to be able to DO well.
True, this way Of life Is not always easy,
it requires sclfeontrol, conscience and
steadfastness; but it is the way to self
respect, honorable standing, legitimate
wealth aud happiness.
Year: 1874

The Amateur Rifle Club Of this city has re-
celyed a challenge from the Amateur Rhe Association
OF Montreal for simultaneous match their respec-
tive ranges. The match will probably take place on
Friday next There will be IS competitors from each
club The team from the NewYork Club will shoot at
CreedmOor, aud the Canadian team at the range near
Montreal. Both viii shoot IN the presence OF umplres,
Who will be selected for the OCCASION and whose names
are guarantee Of their fairness and ability 10 I'll the
no.l
Year: 1874

HoNEY-DEw.-In recent letter, adj
dressed to an English horticultural
journal, DR.. Hooker takes the ground
that the formation of honey-dew may
take place independently of any insect
agency, although there seems little doubt
but that, by the action of aphides, Il
more cOpious secretion is often obtained.
Having carefully watched the forma-
ton of hOney-d dew upon the leaves of
the lime, he discovered that during hot
and sunny weather The upper surface
speckled with honey-dew, and yet a
careful examination of the leaves 80
marked disclosed no aphides. Hence
the conclusion that its formation is a
function of the plant itself.
Year: 1874

FIRE AND WATERPROOF PAINT
Slack stone line, by putting into a tub,
covered to keep In the steam when
Stacked, pass the powder through a fine
sieve, and to every six quarts add a
quart of rock salt snd gallon Of water !;
then boil and skim clear; to every five
go1lOns of the fluid add pulverized
copperas, half-pOund, and stir slowly !;
add powdered potash three quarters of
pound, then very fine sand Of hickory
ashes four poundsi then use any color
ing matter desired, and apply with a
brush. IT looks better than any ordi;
nary paint and is durable as slate; will
stop small lsaks in roofs, prevent moss
bustible, and render brick imperyious
to water.
Year: 1874

The now general use of the word
gushing" Us a sneer for sentiment and
enthusiasm, is of sufficient significance
10 warrant Il moments attention. The
term was first employed for all excess
sive expressions of admiration or appre-
clatlOn, but is now applied to every
body who, for moment, permits warm
feeling to enter into his judgment of
men and things. In it's now popular
use it illustrates the spread and diffusion
of that spirit of nil Odmirdri which
holds itself aloOf from the impulses and
natural delights of the human heart.
1t stigmatizes eager and hearty sympa-
thy as weakness, and implies that cold
reserve is superior to generous appre-
citation. A term better calculated to
repress impulse and encourage spirit
of captiOus faultfinding could scarcely
be invented. No mans courage could
long endure the advice of mot to gush.'
No enthusiasm could survive many
repetitions of this plunge into what We
may venture to call a lingual cold bath
To be accused of "gushingn is to be
accused not merely Of foolishness, but
of very, adolescent, infantile, catfish
variety OF that Offcnse, such as no one
could endure to think himself guilty Of
1t would be better in popular adnira-
ton to be thought ignorant, or insen-
sible, or even stupid, than to live for an
instant under the suspicion of "gush-
ing" Words are potent things, and
there is scarcely virtue that would not
succumb to the power of q good sting
ing eplthet.-( AppletOn's journal.
Year: 1874

A comic fellow down the river says
The State of matrimony is one of the
United States; that it is bounded by
hugging and kissing on one side, and
babies and cradles ON the other. Its
chief products are population, broom
sticks and staying out late at nights.
It was discovered by Adam and Eve,
in trying to find northwest passage
out of Paradise. The climate is sultry
till you pass the tropics of housekeep-
ing, when squally weather generally sets
in with such power as to keep all hands
pal roads leading into this interesting
state, consult the first pair of pretty
blue eyes you run against" Queer fell
low, but pretty accurate in matrimonial
geOnraDhy
Year: 1874

MILK IN W1NTER.-A great many far
mers have plenty of milk In summer,
but run out of the article in winter or,
rather, their COWS run out of it. They
fail to supply the article when called
for. Now, milk is good thing, good
article of diet, good for infants and old
folks, good to furnish cream and but
ter, and any one who pretends to be a
farmer ought to have plenty of it all
winter. But to have it there are GER
tain requisites. One of these is warm
shelter; another is plenty of nutritious
food and another still is regularity in
milking and feeding, and kindness for
caring for so good an animal. Why, o
good cow is one of the family, almost


Every body should have a Kind word
for her, She should be looked up to
with respect: II q good big quantity of
the rich tactical fluid is wanted she should
be regaled twice day with some nice
slOp OF bran and corn meal. You can
no more get much milk from dry food
than you can get blood from turnip.
We want every body to have plenty of
milk, and we want cows to have warm
shelter and plenty of food to furnish it
Year: 1874

The subject ofimpressions at first sight
was being talked over in q family circle
when the mother of the family said


81 always form an idea of Il person on
first sight, and generally find it correct"
Mamma" said her youthful son.


"Well, my dear, what is it ?"


g want to know what your opinion of
me was when YOU first saw me.n
Year: 1874

RELATIVE WEIGHT OF MEN AND Wo-
MEN.-A recent writer offers certain
interesting facts regarding the relative
weight of men and women, from which
we condense as follows: The average
weight of boys Mt birth range a little
over six pounds and half, while girls
fall little below this figure. For the
first twelve years the two sexes increase
i'm weight in about the same ratio, after
which time the boys take the decided
lead-the result being that young men
of twenty average about one hundred
and forty three pounds, while the aver
age for young women of the same age
is twenty three pounds less. Men reach
their heaviest bulk at the age Of thirty
five, their average weight at that time
being about one hundred and fifty-two
pounds. The maximum of weight is at
tanned by women at fifty years, and is
about one hundred, and tWepty-elght
pounds. The weight of the average
man or woman at full growth is about
twenty times that at birth.
Year: 1874

A boy living on the Sugar Hollow
road ate twcnty-One buck wheat cakes
one day last week, and so distressed bis
stomach as to cause his death in three
days after. The last words he uttered
were Of modest triumph. He said: "I
slung' em.r
Year: 1874

Run Down HoRsEs.-Mr. Harris, in
the American Agriculturalist, tells the
following -" This summer my horses
got badly run down, We fed them lib
orally, but they did not eat well. They
had no appetite, no digestion, and no
strength and spirit. They came home at
noon and night tagged out. and their
nights rest did not refresh them. I
sawed barrel in two and placed. the
ends on the platform of the pump. These
arc for watering the horses. Into one
of them We put q pailful Of corn meal
and mixed it with water The horses
at first did not like it and would only
drink little when very thirsty. After
they had drank what they would they
were allowed pure water In few
days, however, they drank this corn
meal soup with a relish, and in less than
a week there was decided change for
the better in the appearance OF all the
horses, We do not let them eat the
meal, bug merely let them drink the
water. 1 have no doubt it is good for
them as plate of good SOUP is for a
tired and hungry man before dinner.
It seems to stimulate the appetite and
aid digestion"
Year: 1874

GROWING ASPARAGUS-One OF the


vegetables which every farm might have
at, very small trouble and cost, and yet


which is one not often found in the
farmers garden, is asparagus. 1t is at
the same time one of the most desirable.
1t is very rare to find Il person who
does not like it. 1t is probable that
the reason 1t is not more grown is an
Idea that 1t is costly thing to start
There is some reason for the prevalence
of this idea. Almost all the works on
gardening would indicate that great
deal OF labor and trouble was necessary
to start an asparagus he'd properly.


They say that the earth must be dug MP
two feet deep, that load on load OF ma
nule must be Incorporated with the
earth; and possibly they will urge the
Importance Of some rare and costly fer
tlll2er as an essential ingredient in n
proper asparagus bed.


But all these are unnecessary. Anv
rich garden soil is good for asparagus.
1t need be. planted only as other things
are planted. Some say set the roots q
foot deep, but Tour inches beneath the
surface is plenty. 1t is not we'll to plant
them too thick, or the sprouts viii be
small. Twenty inches or two feet apart
is a good distance. Plants one year old,
or two if they can be had, are the best.
II one be at a distance from stores to
get roots, seeds may be sOwn and the
beds made the next year. These can
be sOwn in rows like peas.


An asparagus bed once made will last
for years, with no trouble but an an
nual manuring and fOrking over every
year, and one or two hOeings during the
summer to keep the bed clear of weeds;
but. except ON the score Of neatness and
this is scarcely necessary
where an annual spring forking over
is given. Almost all other crops have
to be reset and otherwise cared for
every year, while this is an enduring
crop; and we are quite sure there is
nothing which will give one so much
pleasure and satisfaction as a good as
Dapapus he'd
Year: 1874

The wreckers finished their work on che
ship Ailsa yesterday. Both of the ships an.
chors. with 29OO bales of cotton saved were
the result of their labors. The chains were
too much tangled with ballast and wreck
stuff to be cleared. There is ten feet of water
over the bow Of the ship. while aft OF the
forerlgging the upper portion of the wreck
is destroyed. The last sale of cotton TO-
gether with the anchors will take place
to-day, when the Wrecking Company's
claim will 90 before two arbitrators already
chosen, and if necessary an umpire will be
named agreeable to both.


The ship Prussia sails to-day for Europe
with full cargo of cotton. She is the
first to sail of the feet that was obliged to
summer at this port for want of business.
Year: 1874

The Picdyuas's startling rurnos that
dozen or go of the principal Republican
club. Of the parish Of Jefferson had boited
the Republican ticket. and arranged to sup
port Democratic combination ut the COM
ing election, is set at rest by a statement.
signed BY gentlemen representing the clubs
in question. To the effect that the statement
is utterly without foundation in truth or
probability. Next.
Year: 1874

n The editor of the Eldorado Times says he
voted for Lappin in the Convention, but has sincc
heard reports derogatory to his honesty, which
if not disproven, will compel him to repudiate
the nomination. Would it not be simply fair for
the Times to tell what the reports are, that it
may be known what to clear up' We know some
of the Opposition papers, and some of the disap-
pointed Republican papers, have made mysteri-
GUS intimations, but have never seen them put
into definite shape Mr.. Lappin is a banker, do
ing a legitimate and honorable banking business,
the same as all other genuine bankers do; and
in regard to this business, it is favorite theme
with some to talk of usury, expressing the poor,
and all that. The most honorable banker that
ever lived never escaped it. We have known
Mr.. Lappin from the day We first stepped on
Kansas soil; and if he has ever been guilty of
dishonesty, we have not heard of it, except in
the shape spoken of above.
Year: 1874

STRUCK HIS GAIT AT LAsT.-we have always
heard it said, that no animal, being or thing was
created without an object; or, in other words,
that ali things created for some special use.
Even the facetiOus grasshopper, since we gave
the account of the girl who unfortunately ate the
eggs, has been decided by eminent scientific men
and learned divines to have been sent into the
world to deter people from eating clay. But it
has still remained a mystery what old man Stew
art, or the Wathena Reporter, was created for;
but at last We have found out He is q writer of
Romance. He fills the whole first page of last
weeks Reporter with what he calls a report of the
proceedings Of the late State Convention. 1t re-
ally reads better than the old fellow usually
writes; and as there is scarcely word of truth
in it, except that the Convention was held and
the candidates nominated, it might be regarded
as an advertisement of Judge Price; but as the
Judge said nothing which the old man attributes
to him, and as no persons said anything with ref
srence to Judge Price which the old man attrib-
utes to them, the old man has evidently gone in
to the romance business. Henceforth We may
look to see his name regularly in the New York
ROsOer and other great literary periodicals of the


day, (for sale at all news depots,) in which field
We predict for him unbounded success.
Year: 1874

AN OPINION AT LAsT-All this time we have
been waiting for jones' of Nevada. We knew
be would come. Silence was impossible TO this
soaring statesman from Table Mountain and
Rooster Gulch We knew that we should have
a memorandum in time, and it comes from Neva-
da The Territorial Enterprise, an excellent Neva-
da newspaper. by the way, and with inspiration
from the Rocky Mountain Daniel Webster, who
now sits in the seat of the lamented but unfor-
gotten Nye, informs us:


"A great deal of unnecessary ink and great
deal OF unnecessary anger are being expended
nowadays in the proof that Gen. Grant proposes
to run fora third term, which is to be followed
by a dictatorship for life and the founding of
royalty in the United States. We said above
unnecessary ink and anger, because we happen
to know positively that Grant has no such in-
tentions."


1t is long way TO go for an official statement;
but when We remember that il comes from Ne
vada Jones, who shares with Congress the con-
stitutional privilege of receiving communications
from the President on public affairs, our readers
will know its value.-NeW York Herald.
Year: 1874

Papers devoted to the business and financial
interests, tell us that better times are surely
coming, but have merely been postponed. 1t
would rejoice the people of the West to be assur-
edthat the postponement is not indefinite. At
the present outlook, gloomy Winter is ahead
for Kansas. The wheat and other small grain
crops were generally good; but the drought and
the grasshoppers have cut off the crops fully
one-half: Our people have generally depended
upon their hog money to ease them over the early
part of the Winter and tax-paying; but now
Kansas is almost depleted of hogs, and that re-
source will fail Tens of thousands of hogs have
been shipped to Iowa and other places to fatten,
and have generally gone at a low figure. What
remain are being rapidly bought mp, as buyers
are securing the country in every direction.
With good corn crops to fatten these hogs, they
would have made easy times for Kansas. When
We had good corn crops heretofore, immense num-
bers of cattle were wintered in the northeastern
Counties, making a handy Market aud bringing
good prices. That resource will be cut off the
coming Winter.


Added to other drawbacks, it is feared that the
grasshoppers have deposited their eggs in large
numbers, which will hatch out in time to destroy
the early crops next Spring. The chinch-bug is
still rioting in the fields, and doubtless providing
for an army of depredatOrs next Summer. If We
ever have sufficient rain to admit of blowing and
sowing farmers should take the risk of putting
in as much Fall wheat as possible. If it does
come through the Winter, there is less chance of
its being destroyed in the Spring than Spring
wheat.


But blue as things look, We are much better off
than some other sections. There is no prospect
of suffering, and people will not be compelled
to call for relief. The best course is to keep
stiff upper lip, and shove right along
Year: 1874

rF1 viii the Chief tell for Gods sake what crime a
would have be guilty Of unworthy Of its sup
pOrti We seem to hear an echo saying nest hiding
only this, and nothing more Fdtheld Reporter


With the whole town of Wathena gossipping
about the open and notorious practices of the ed
itor of the Reporter, we should think that COM
mon decency would suggest that he be cautious
about even mentioning "nest-hiding." We think
we hear an echo saying, that if he don't quit his
notorious licentiousnesssone of these fine nights
he will totter home in fit condition to take his
feed off of the mantle piece, if, indeed he is left
in a condition to take his feed at ALL
Year: 1874

The Lincoln Journal states that farmers in that
vicinity comenr in the opinion that grasshoppers
can not well deposit their eggs raw prairie.
They always seek hard, bare surface, like a
road track or new breaking.


They make hole from an inch to two inches
in depth and leave a cluster of eggs in the bot
tom of it. If this hole gets filed up, as would
be likely TO be the case on old plowed ground,
the newly born hopper cannot dig his way to the
surface, bat dies. Hence the instinct that seeks
hard, imPacted surface, where the little per-
foration will remain till spring.


This being true, it will be seen that deep plow-
ing will effectually destroy the brood. The eggs
can stand any amount of rain and frost. But
the young grasshopper is not a burrower, and il
he is covered with two three inches of dirt, he
must finish his brief existence without air or
motion. The few that would survive the plow-
ing, by remaining on top of the gronnd, might
be easily destroyed with little attention after
Matching.