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Year: 1874

If the honest inquirer after truth will ask
fifty practical farmers for the proper time to
cut timber, their answers will probably ena-
BILE him to cut in any month Of the twelve;
and yet all cannot be right. At recent
meeting of the Experimental Farm Club lat
the Eastern Pennsylvania Experimental farm)
an interesting essay was read by Thomas
Wood, who seems to have taken great trouble
to collect the experience of others, as well as
retain the results Of his own. A careful pc.
rusal of his essay leaves strong impression
on the mind of the reader that August is a
safe month in which to cut down timber. I
agree with him that hickory wood cut during
the winter will be badly eaten by worms, and
I am now hauling hickory cut in March
which is badly bored and covered with worm
dust. All the results given by the essayist
point to the summer months as the proper
time to cut timber for all purposes when du-
rability or hardness is the object, and to this
1 would like to add one amendment, viz:
that the tree be cut off at the stump and in
stead of being trimmed up at once, it be al
lowed to lie until the leaves fall Of, or until
they are deal and dry, having extracted all
the sap from the wood. Boards cut from
timber felled at this time and treated in this
way are for many purposes seasoned as soon
as sawed out. Mr.. Wood claims that in re-
moving a fence set in 1888 he found that
those posts which had been placed in the
ground in position the reverse of that in
which they grew in the tree, were compara-
lively sound, while those placed in the usual
manner were entirely gone. He also states
that he fenced seventy-five acres in 1872
and not having enough rails cut a few in May
the others having Eeen cut in the winter
previous. Those cut in May were good forty
years after.
Year: 1874




Line upon line, precept upon preeept, here
little and there little, so that knowledge
accumulates until we poultry men now find
that broken bones in our poultry may be
as successfully attended as those in our own
structure. The most frequent occurring frac-
ture in poultry is that of the shank, or lower
portion of the leg. The bone will always
knit itself but not always in the
most approved manner, therefore must
we splint it. Ifthe patient is chick of two
to six months old, wrap the injured member
well up in thoroughly wetted paper; put on
this coat of gum Arabic, and allow it to
harden, and nnless unforeseen matters
arise the bird will be cured in few weeks.
But if the patient is an older birl-one say of
a year or two, we'll developed and grown
then wrap the leg up in wet pasteboard, and
put.on it coat of glue. Very seldom is it
necessary to redress the injured member As
soon as the paper or paste dries, it, being
nodded when moist to the form, will con-
tinue to act as firm binding splint, which ex-
ercises perfectly even pressure on every
point of its contact. Thigh fractures are BY
far more difficult to treat. The best plan we
have yet seen tried is to put the feathered
sufferer in a quiet place, SO that it will not
have much inducement to move about. For
splints take two small pieces of soft green
wood, and shave them down. Place one on
the forward part of the thigh and the other
opposite. Now take strong well-waxed
thread, and bind them firmly, the firmer the
better, as it renders the bird ind:sposed tc
make much movement. Now, during the
process of all fracture -mending, be careful of
the feed the patient receives-boiled meal,
mixed with broken bone, or any of the phos-
pilates is excellent, as it assists the mending
bone. Broken backs are difficult to set We
have never yet seen one; but if the fowl is
very valuable one the experiment might be
tried, splintering tightly at the sides. Broken
toes can be very readily healed by binding on
a thin chip and placing the bird in coop, or
where it cannot get ON roost. Broken
wings are easily set. The chief point in set
tings is to keep the fowl from moving the
wing. Lewis Wright explains the treatment
so thoroughly in his new work that it is use
less to repeat it here.-Poultry Journal
Year: 1874

An editorial in the British Medical Jour-
nal, on catching cold, concludes thus;


"The practical considerations which are the
outcomes OF this review of the pathology of
colds these: Never to wear wet clothes after ac-
tive muscular exertion has ceased, but ochange
them at once; to meet the loss of the body
heat by warm fluids and dry clothes; to avoid
long sustained loss OF heat which is not met
by increased production of heat; to increase
the tonicity OF the vessels of the skin by cold
baths, etc, SO educating them to contract
readily on exposure, by partial adoption in
deed Of the hardening plan; to avoid too
warm and debilitating rooms and tempera
lures; to take especial care against too great
loss of heat when the skin is glowing; and to
prevent the inspiration Of cold air by the
mouth by some protecting agent, as respir-
atOr. We can readily understand how
respirator should be an effective protection
against winter bronchitis in those so dis.
posed
Year: 1874

Farmers do not use enough poultry on
their tables. 1t is too much the case that the
staple is pork the year round. II would be
well if poultry was substituted in great part.
In proportion to the nutriment they afford,
fowls furnish cheaper diet than swine. If as
much pains were bestowed in housing and
feeding fowls as hogs, there would be large
ly increased production of the former, and
very appetizing, nutritious diet might be af-
.nishes food suited to the demands of the
hard-working laborer in the field, and il is
equally adapted to the women and children.
1t IS crying shame that in so many farmers
families, even ''well-to-do" people, the grow
ing children have so little set before them
that is not too gross and coarse for their
needs. The farmer and bis sons frequently
feel above any such bother as attending to
chickens, though it is not considered beneath
their dignity to take care of litter of pigs.
Yet the fowls that are despised as 'ssmall po-
tatoes," may bring in more money in propor-
tion to the outlay, than pigs. Indeed, from
careful experiments, we are satisfied that if
attention and fair degree of skill are used,
a lot of poultry may be marketed with double
the profit that would be derived from raising
the same value of pork. Fowls digest grain
more thoroughly than swine do; no portion
capable of being assimilated is wasted. If it
will pay to produce poultry for the market, it
will pay the farmer to raise it for use upon
his own table.-Lire Stock Journal.


Two Wrinkles.


Very often a screw hole gets so worn that
the screw will not stay in. Where glue is
handy, the regular carpenter makes the hole
larger and CLUES in large plug, making
nest for an entirely new hole. But this not is
always the case, and people without tools,
and in an emergency, often have to fix the
thing at once. Generally leather is used, but
this is so hard that it does not hold well. The
best of all things is to cut narrow strips of
cork, and fill the hole completely. Then
force the screw in. This will make as tight
job as if driven into an entirely new hole.


Another hint of a similar character now
may be useful. One often desires to put a
staple into a block Of stone, The hole is
made, the staple inserted, and lead melted
and run in. But unless the hole is made
with the bottom larger than the top, the
lead will in time work out,if there is much jar
or side strain on the iron. Beside,
the Head itself is liable to some COM
preston, which admits of looseness, espec-
tally after being subjected to very hot fires.
A much better article is sulphur. If this be
melted and poured in around the staple in
stead of lead, it makes much more durable
job. Besides, it is oflen more easy to procure
sulphur than lead, as every store keeks it that
deals in general variety.-Americdn Builder.
Year: 1874

No Po1lcE CAsKs.-Policc business was duller
than ever this morning, and not singe case has
been up fer trial since yesterday morning.


There were thirty five Lodgers al the City Hall,
last night
Year: 1874




Judge Poland writes to the Boston 4dssrtissr
that he never thought of newspapers in con-
nection with the Congressional bill increasing
the jurisdiction of the courts Of the District Of
Columbia, and he presumes no one else did, for
he Wcan see no possible effect it can have upon
them or their conductors" He had no com
munication with any Senator on the suoleet,
and has no doubt that they were as innocent OF
any design on the press as he was. In explain
ing the object of the bill the Judge says that
the Supreme Court Of the District had inti-
mated that the Police Court Of the District had
been granted unconstitutional privileges by
Congress, and since the trial Of certain cases
was confined TO this court, It was feared, should
the intimatioD of the Supreme Court prevail


that large class of offences could not be tried
in any court. To remedy this possible defect
the criminal courts were granted the same
Jurisdiction as the Police Court. Another pro-
vision of the new law merely extends to the
courts Of the District the same privileges in re-
gard to the reclAiming of fugitiyes for trial as
are now allowed 10 other courts of the United
States. Under the old law q person indicted in
district court, should he escape into any Of
the States, could not be arrested again there.
Year: 1874

We shall during this week render to every per
son indebted TO US "semi-annusl" statement o.
their indebtedness. To such as make prompt
payment Of their accounts we purpose giving the
benefit Of the lowest possible prices.


Our wish and intention IS to increase our busi
ness during 1874, and we fully recognize and ap
preciate the general desire Of all In these times 4
economic in personal expenditures; We feel thai
we must meet and satisfy this desire as far IS We
can, in order to accomplish that which We set out
to do; and, further, We propose 70 sell only tC
those who have tho means and inclination to pay,
and TO suoh ut the lowest possible profit aud moi
10 charge them an d5dtfioHdl percentages TO eo'IeI
losses made in dressing 9 class Of dehnquents who
have neither the means nor the Wikh 70 pay, and
who appear firm 10 the belief that tailOfSf bills
should be paid only Shen IL Is entirely convenient
be that time however distant.


Failing to see, BY the light Of past experience
any use that we can make Of thk class in ouI
present undertaking, We cheerfully part company
with the few we have on our boOkl, and we cor.
daily invite all Of the same way Of thinking who
have intended to favor Us with orders the coming
season not forget to CALL believing that in thii
sentiment we have the approval Of our paying
customers, and that II viii surely result In good
to them as well as ourselves we propose to carry
II out practically from this time on.


A. SAKs Co., $40 Seventh street.
Year: 1874

Herbert Spencer, whose psychology is
so inadequate to account for religious emo
tions, declares that contact for counties,
generations with the unknowable has pro
duced Il hereditary awe Of the ultimate
cause, so that men are now born with an
aptitude for religious feeling, and that this
native religious sentiment is ineradicable.


But this sentiment, which Spencer con
fesses to be, in this generation, Unborn an /
of the highest value, can not possibly hay,
the form assigned to it by that ingenious
writer, of Il mere awe of the unknowabIe
The unknown and unknowable can not ex-
cite awe, for they can not affect our feeling.
in any manner-a conclusion which would
not be affected by conceding Spencer's and
Maudesley's doctrine of the hereditary ac-
cretion of our mental and moral powers.
What is wholly unknown and unknowable
to the race can not affect the consciousness.
of an individual.


Were Spencer right in making all relig-
lous emotion CONSIST In awe of the ultimate
cause, that awe would not arise from the
contemplation of the unknowable. but o
the known. In recognizing the existence
OF II cause, we just SD far know it as q
cause. This is precisely the way in which
we know all that Is known-as the causes
of phenomena; we know the causes in the
effects. Spencer says that our belief in an
omnipresent eternal cause of the universe
has a higher warrant than any other beliej
that is, that the existence of such a cause
is the most certain of all certainties: bu,
asserts that we can assign to it no attribute.
whatever, that it is absolutely unknown
and unknowable. Yet in his ycry state.
ment Of his existence, he assigns to the
ultimate cause four attributes, namely: be.
ing, causal energy, omnipresence, and
eternity. And afterward he implicitly AS.
signs to it two other ttrbutes-repeated div
expressing his faith that the cosmos i.
obedient to law. and that this law is OF
beneticent result; which is IN implicit as.
cription OF wisdom and love to the ulli
mate cause. By his own principles, it could
be shown readily that these six attributes
are absolutely known attributes, and that
therefore, the being of God, in the Jewish
and Christian sense of that sacred name
Is the most certain of all certainties. For
when we have arrived at the generaliza.
tion that the whole universe is moving by
Ineligible law to the fulfillment of beney.
olent ends, it it impossible to refrain from
assigning its origin to a Being Omnipre-
sent, Eternal, Almighty, All-wise, and All.
good.


1t has, indeed, taken long course OF
culture, aided by the sublime word OF
Genesis, which Spencer ignorantly calls 4
Hebrew myth, to lead men to this clea,
perception of the presence of God in the
trsauon but this does not show that the
Year: 1874

SPIDERS AND THEIR WEBs.-The gar
den spider generally constructs Il we'll
shaped perpendicular web, and on this
circumstance some naturalists btsed a
characteristic distinction between this and
other families of spiders. But it is often
found that the garden spider can vary the
form and structure of its web according to
circumstances. This is well shown in an
experiment made by a German observer,
and for an account we are indebted to Die
Nature. The writer inclosed two spiders in
II prismatic pen case. with a view to see
how they would behave in this abnormal
abode. In the course oftwo days the COW
er was raised and one of them was partly
devoured by the other; the vicious animal
had woven over its body and on the inside
of the cover. a rectangular web one-half to
one millimetre thick, ten centinnetres broad
and three or four long, with the threads
lying mostly parallel with one another. 1t
had no room for well-shaped web. the
inside height of the case being but little
greater than the spiders length. Hence
she must perforce spin horizontal web
on the floor or on the cover of the case.
Year: 1874

Connecticut papers record the death
at Preston, in that State, of an eceen-
trio man named Rix Rude, at the age
Of eighty. He had lived in almost to.
tai seclusion on farm which had been
in the possession Of the family since
1862, and the original deed OF which,
given by Oneca, son Of the Indian
Chief Uncas, is still preserved, bear
ing for its signature a rough picture Of
a turkey, which was Oneca's sign man.
ual Rude would never sell any hay,
and there are several stacks upon tho
market place scores Of years old,
through Lome of which trees have
sprung up, and in the barn was a
quantity of hay fifty-fye years old,
which was fresh and excellent, and
met with ready sale at auction. He
was man of remarkable freedom with
his money, and lost thousands of dol
lars by dishonest borrowers, but in
paying a debt he was so exact that he
once went two miles to get exact
change, when only one cent was re-
CURED to complete the bargain. He
left fortune Of about $4,000.


A gentleman caught cold by kissing
i a lady's snowy brow,
Year: 1874

MEMPHIS, August 27.-There is an intense
feeling of indignation here against the nir-
press OF tae city denounce them for their
cOwardly butchery. The Bluff City Battal-
lion, State Guard, rendered their services
to the Governor to bring them to punish
Year: 1874

THE BASE BALL SEASON is closed, and
summary Of the principal events will be found
elsewhere. The reputation of the professional
players has not been improved this year;
charges Of selling out games to make money
by outside bets have been made against sew
eral clubs, and in some cases have been sus-
tanned Professional base ball, in fact, seems
to be surrounded by corrupt and vulgar at
mosphere, and the disgust of the public has
been plainly shown by the comparatively
small attendance at the matches. The amateur
clubs have commanded more confidence, and
if the game is to be restored to the respectable
position it once occupied among our outdoor
amusements, it will probably be by their Of
forts Another season like that of 1874 will
probably make professional base ball as un-
profitable as it is discreditable.
Year: 1874

We cannot too highly commend the spirit
shown at the meeting of Brooklyn citizens the
other evening in reference to the suppression
of the trade in obscene literature. 1t is pos
sible that the agents of the society who have
this matter in charge may be needless and in
discreet in some of their acts, with tendency
to 60 beyond the law and do extreme acts like
Mr.. Bergh occasionally. 1t is SO easy for
earnest, fanatical men to be carried away be-
yond any respect for the rights Of person and
property that well meant movements are de-
stroyed. No one objects to the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals nor to
the purposes underlying it but every one
objects to the attempts of its agents to super
sede the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and
the Declaration of Independence in their
efforts to enforce the law.


The Society for the Suppression of Vice will
fulfil its mission when, within the range Of
law, it suppresses the loathsome traffic which
now defles our city. The extent to which
this traffic has grown surprises and pains US.
We do not dwell particularly upon the
offeusiveness and indecency the violation of
social law and good taste involved in the dis
semination Of obscene literature; but we
think we can see in it the destruction of the
corner stone Of our social system. The minds
of children are tainted and poisoned, and no
discipline, no after care, can purify them.
From this poisonous influence come other
crimes-all other crimes we may say-so that
in striking at the dissemination of obscene
literature this body really makes its highest
contribution to q sound and wholesome So
ciety.
Year: 1874

Won Arnim's Relations with Bis


marck.


The postponement of the trial of Count
in his case; for, after all, it is likely that he
will be tried by public opinion, and that Bis
marck also must answer to that tribunal.
Already the principal facts in the case have
been made known; for, as it was impossible to
arrest a man of Won Arnim's position without
making definite charges, SO, when those accu-
sations were published, it was inevitable that
explanation should follow Our dispatches
from Berlin, which recently appeared in Ger
man and English, told Count Won Arnim's
side of the story, and were written by friend
who stands high in his confidence They
thus anticipated his defence, and indicate the
policy that will be pursued in the trial To-
day we print letter from Berlin
which throws additional light upon the
affair, and gives strong reason for
the opinion that the offence of Won Arnim
was not really against the State, but
against Bismarck. The Empress, the Crown
Princess and the Crown Prince appear to have
resented the iron rule of Bismarck and to have
aimed to curb it by advancing Won Arnim as
his rival. So our well informed correspond
ent says, and his views of the case have been
confirmed by the liberation Of the Count from
the strict confinement which Bismarck en-
forced. Had he committed crime against
the State the severity with which he was
treated would never have been relaxed, and
that he is now at liberty indicates that it
is not with the Emperor William that this
war is waged, but with Bismarck. The char
acter of the approaching trial may be, there
fore, inferred from the facts we have pub
lished in advance of even the German press,
and it is safe 10 form the conclusion that,
whatever may be the result Won Arnim's con-
viction of treason to the German Empire is in
the highest degree improbable.
Year: 1874

The amusement season grows better and
better. The opera did not begin well. In
the first place, Mr.. Strakosch made mistake
in his announcements. He told us he would
have star troupe and made merit OF this
AS we remarked at the time, star troupe
generally means q troupe without star, ana
music-loving people care as little about opera
Of that kind as toothsome children DO about
a plum pudding which has no plums. Then
the season began too early and failed, and 1t
seemed as if our opera was to give way 10 the
panic, like the Northern Pacific and other
railways, when Albani, o star, came to the
aid of the struggling impresario so thal
now we have good opera, or what bids falr
to be good opera, for we miss the support
that an artist like Albani should have We
are glad to note this success. Mr..
Strakosch is an honest manager, who
tries to keep his word with the people
and the artists, and who seeks to give us
all the novelties of the European stage. In
this respect he does not resemble some of our
former mpresarios-quacks in their way
who trifled with the public and did not really
serve them. The stockholders Of the Academy
and music-loving people generally should
thank Mr.. Strakosch for what he has done and
encourage him in his hopes of doing better.


The theatrical season is also brighter and
more prosperous. Miss Cushman plays her
farewell performances to the largest audiences
that have ever crowded Booths Theatre,
and on Saturday she will play for the
last time to as splendid an assembly
as that which recently waved the illus
trious Dejazet from her throne as the queen
of the Paris stage. Miss Nelson closed her
engagement last evening, and will probably
60 to the provinces to attract thousands with
her beauty and genius. The other theatres all
seem to have their share OF success.
Wallack, who seems to wear, by general
consent, the blue ribbon of American
stage management, continues on the
even paths of uninterrupted prosperity. His
name has passed into our speech as the
synonyme for perfection in dramatic art We
speak of q ''Wallack piece" as the highest
measure of stage art and acting, and of
s'Wallack audience" as the most fashionable
and appreciative of audiences. This comes
from the care and study which Mr. Wallack
devotes to his work. and his success only
illustrates the maxim that success never aban-
dons care and study.
Year: 1874

IT LOOKS Now AS IF GENERAL JONES will be
elected Register. This would have two results.
The Office would fall to worthy man, who
would fulfil its duties, and who, unlike his op-
ponent needs the revenues. The defeat of
Hayes would be the defeat of Morrissey At
the same time giant John is working as eagerly
as Samson did when he took hold of the pill
lars of the temple. II he does not win there
maV be o smash