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Year: 1877

LII Farmers insist upon strunplinp alone
'''iooS'i lie without stopping to give a
moments thought to their business. or to as
certain what their crops cost them and
"lhch crop pays the best see but littleiH-
provemcnt or advancement for them. four
merchants did as loose business the Sheriff
would nave their stock in his hands before
SIX months time


My plan for keeping an account Of this
KIND is to furnish myself with a blank book
& few sheets of letter paper sewed together
is good-and [ would open All account with
all the grain sown. Charge it with the seed.
plowing and dragging, at just what it is
worth ut the time. If you work all week
on your field of oats. it is All easy matter to
turn to that account and charge it with six
days, work, with team. You will be rather
anxious to produce your oats as cheap, if
not cheaper, than yonr ncighbor, to do bet
ter and more work in a given time, and if
yon cannot get any more for your grain YOU
have the satisfaction Of knowing that YOU
are doing losing or paying business. No
man is going to pursue q losing business
very long, / care not What it is, and the only
way to find out what you are doing and
best and easiest way, is to keep ''flrm
account" UNo.
Year: 1877

NEVER. III the history of agriculture iE
Montana has q season opened with brighter
pro spects to rhe farmer. We have delight
ful growing weather, ard no grasshoppers
10 NOW the young grain as soon as it peeps
shove the ground the frequent showers
promise WE'LL and the crops win get good
start before there is necessity for irIigatn@.
Ihe market for the coming tall also prom
ises to be good. Besides lively demand in
our mining camps, which now are becoming
mere brisk than usual, there will be a
large demand from the north, which our
farmers may reasonably expect to supply.


Last year this country was supplied from
t,le States, but we think that we can furnish
grain and flour this season at such rate as
will make the speeIlutor, who ships from
the States, weaken. There is also a good
prospect sor good demand on the Yellow
stone: the building Of the new posts, and
the supplies tor troops operating in that
quarter, will make u marked difference in
the consumption Of this years crops, pro-
yided sufficient quantity is raised to war
rant reasonable prices.


But we should not calculate too far ahead.
We already begin to hear gruAhImg about
the low prices expected to be realized the
coming fall. Now, we cannot see but what
large crop will prove vastly beneficial to
the country. Nota 4 granary in the whole
Territory but what is in q manner empty,
and prices are as high as the country will
stand-a greater degree of prosperity would
be enjoyed with larger supply and lower
prices. In view of these facts we would re-
peat again that farmers should use every
exertion to produce large crops. We do not
mean by this that they should hire all the
help they can get, at the present high wages,
but we do say that every farmer should do
all he can within his own family. There is
no economy in idling away ones time and
putting in only q few acres, simply because
the season gives promise of an abundant
harvest.
Year: 1877

Pour 2 quarts Of boiling water onto /,
pound of unslaclled lime, in an iron kettle.
Put pounds Of washing soda into 4 quarts
OF boiling water; add this to the lime: boil
for five minutes. Remove from the stove.
and when settled pour the clear part into a
Ja@and cork tightly. Use / pint of this
mixture to s gallons OF water and pint Of
soap. Soak the clothes in warm water
over night; Wring eat, soap the soilel
places; put the clothes into the boiler con-
taining the hot water, soap, and fluid; Joi1
tor 10 or Is minutes (no longer). Take
them out and examine, rubbing any spots
that may not be quite clear ;; rinse through
2waters and then blue. For the second boil
ing add a little more water. fluid. and soap
to that left in tie boiler, being careful to
prese,pe the above proportion, as too great
strength would injure the clothes. The
same water will answer for flannels, and
will make them soft and white, and used
prudently improves dark calico. Clothes
washed in this manner will last quite as long
as if rubbed to pieces on board. and half
the labor of washing is done away with, as
they will require little more than a thorough
rinsing after being boiled. This fluid is in
valuable for scrubbng stone steps and white
wood, but must not be used OH PAINT.
Year: 1877

a correspondent of the Pacific Rural Press
writes:


About two weeks ago White Poland
hen, i'll searching for place to make nest.
got INTO the store room, where was left for
the treatment OF rats an uncovered can of
squirrel poison. She had gorged herself
with the wheat, and when discovered late in
the evening was in spasms. Thinking she
was past recovery, we placed her under
coop for final disposition in the morning.
The next morning, however, we found her
alive, but with distended crop. I suggested
that the crop should be cut open and the
Wleat'extracted, which was done by remoy-
ING few feathers, an incision made about
one inch i'll length, and carefully extracting
the contents with the handle Of teaspoon.
spoonful Of melted lard was inserted
through the opening, the wound sewed I'D.
and then she was placed in a coop, where
for two days she received nothing but water,
afterwards for q week she was fed with
smalITuantities of soft food, when she was
turned out completely cured, and is now
laying again.


year ago we had brood of half grown
ducks that filled their crops with the scurf
and bristles of hogs just killed; being lln-
able to digest the matter they all died. Had
we extracted the contents, as above, | think
we should have saved them.
Year: 1877

WIN grassy run Tor fowls, the grain
ieeu may be reduced somewhat, Whatever
grain is fed may be given iii the morning
and at night thus obliging the hens to for
age in the middle of the day for themselves.
Some stimulating conaiment, such as Aliens
Imperial Egg Food, will improve the health
and prevent disease. Ducks should be shut
up IN the morning until they have laid, as
they are very careless about their eggs.
Geese may be set now, and should not be
disturbed on their nests. The less fnssinre
there is over sitting fowls the better. Keep
water and food near the nests. Young fowls
of whatever kind need little feed often, but
overfeedng is unwhoesomc.
Year: 1877

YOUTHFUL FoLLIEs.-Times like these
not only present to the people the necessity
of economy in dress, table fare and other
over taxed luxurics, but they also present
to parents the power and law they should
exercise in regard to their children Some
idea, in particular, should be included in
the minds of the older sons or hopcfuls, in
regard to the needless expenditure of mon
ey for cigars, strong drinks and unnecessary
outlays, which are considered by many as
necessary to hold ones place in society s
fashionable foolishness. Many promising
son has been bereft of considerable for.
tune, a home and friends, by the social glass,
excess in tobacco, and over-dress beyond
ones moderate income. TO such We would
give brief advice. Live within your in.
come; abandon the foolish and unnecessary
cigar; give over to less wise brains the hon
or (O of performing in society that which
is beyond your means to do; live the life of
honor guard against temptations in all their
minutest forms, and when success has
crowned your efforts you will have the sat


staction of knowing that you honorcd the
parents who ushered you into existence; and
when the lamp Of life has burned out, the
honor of a sons most noble aim will furnish
peace and happiness to his relatives and
friends. He who has lived temperately, du-
tiially and honorably, however low his
sphere may be, has accomplished much in
tho. way ofguiding other men aright-of
showing them the path of rectitude and
| houop --BOStOn CuLtUdtOr.
Year: 1877

To FEED Corn SrALKs.-In this paper,
last week, allusion was made to corn stalks,
as being half as valuable as the grain
This is the way the american Agricultwist
says they must bs fed "Cut up in fodder
cutter with rollers that bruise them-gct
with water and sprinkle with meal" But
stock will not cat old dry corn stalks, such
as Southern farmers may take up by wagon
loads in their fields during the winter, no
matter how they are prepared To be util-
izcG, they must be cut and cured well, while
there is juice in them.
Year: 1877

A s.edy old chap, says the Norrstown
EeraN, thinks it very strange that the num-
by Of men who are willing to lend you five
dollars is so outrageously small in compari-
son with the number who want to borrow
that amount
Year: 1877




FIGnrINa QUALIrYtaSF THhf TURKS
sAItliough Russia has two. million armed men
she will not find her road to Constantinople
strewn with roses. Every stream of water
will be thorn and every hamlet a thickct.
The Turk may be cruel and vicious and un-
civilized, but it cannot in truth be said that
he is a coward. During the famous Crimean
war, the bravery and dash and brilliant
fighting of the turbaned infdels challenged
the admiration of the world -AIi through
the insurrectionary struggles of the past
two years the fighting material of the Turk
has been thoroughly tested, and has been
proven to be of superior and remarkable
quality. The religion of Mohammedan
makes him warrior. From infancy he
is taught to hate bitterly the Christian and
fight to the death for the Crescent The
Mussulman faith opens wide the gates of
eternal joy to those who die in defense of
its cause. This wonderful 81 stem ofsensual
fatalism led the Turk across the Bosphofus
in an attempt to make the Mohammcddm
faith of universal sovereignty. 1t has steehd
his heart in war, and made him for nearly a
hundred years rcsistlcss against armies whose
hosts outnumbercd his five to one, and his
| sword conquered in his westward march until
Eugene of Savoy checked his onward 60
reer at Ienta.


The Moslem has gradually deterioraMl
since the Crimean struggle until it has b..
come not only effeminated but conceited AMI
brutal. Still this decline in the elemenA
of its greatness has not made it by any
measssa nation of towards. Ihs Turk.
will fight the Russians they will fight tl,cu
with all the glory of their mourning The,
realize that it is veritablc struggle for tn,
existence of the empire and their religion
and as they are devoted to the former, an,
love the latter as they love life, the conAic
will roll its bloody surges through ever,
province in the empire before they will sub
NIT to their conqucrers. Lynchbmy Press
Year: 1877

GApEs IN YOUNG FowLs.-In q recent
conversation with an experienced chicken
grower, he informed us that he had been
very successful in conquering gapes in
young fowls by the application of air slaked
lime. AS soon as a manifestation appears,
he confines his chickens in box, ono at
time, sufficiently large to contain the bird,
and places coarse piece of cotton or linen
cloth over che top. Upon the top of this he
places tho pulvcrized lime, and taps the
screen sufficiently to cause the lime to fall
through. This lime dust the fowl inhalcs,
causing it to sneeze, and in short time the
cause of the gapes is thrown out in the
form of slimy mass or masses of worms,
which had accumulated in the windpipe and
smaller air vessels. This remedy he con-
sidcTs superior to any he has ever tried, and
he seldom fails to effect perfect cure.
Year: 1877




How TO SELECT GooD FLoUR.-In Sc
lecting flour first look to the color If it is
white, with yellowish straw color tint, buy
it. If it is white with blush cast, or with
white specks in it, refuse it. Second cx-
anime its adhesivness-wet and knead lit
tie of it between your fingers if it works
soft and sticky, it is poor. Third, throw
little lump of dried -four against smooth
surface if it falls like powder, it is bad
Fourth, squeeze some of the flour tightly
in your hand if it retains the shape given
by the pressure, that, too, is good sign
1t is safe to buy flour that will stand all
these tests. These modes arc given by all
old -four dealers, and they pertain to mat
ter that concerns eycrybody-the staff of
life.
Year: 1877

which I am prepared to soil for
Cash or on time with well approved
securities OH u money basis, OF with
a cotton option if parties desire.
All parties in want Of Fcrtiljzcrs
will do well to call on mo before
purchasing.
Year: 1877

1t is very curious to observe the regularity
with which we are told in the autumn that
''the first frost will change the color of the
leaves" whereas the frost has nothing to do
with the change. 1t has, Indeed. sometimes
happened in New England that the foliage
has changed, as if by magic. in a single night,
so that. upon looking out of the window in
the morning the eye was surprised with the
spectacle of the world wellnigh on fire and
since this transformation took place in con-
nection with the mercury at q low point, the
whole affair is referred to the agency Of Jack
Frost. But why not refer to this prestidgita-
tor the glowing tints of the apple, the rich
crimson of the velvet peach, and the purple of
the plum? Many years ago this error was
pointed ont by an eminent botanist, who
showed that the gorgeous colors of the autumn
/ nf came in the regular process of ripening;
and, though botany is generally studied in
;hools, the old notion com s back with the
beavers every year showing that error, in
common with truth especially when support
ed by the r0r lhOpuh will rise again, howev-
er deservedly crushed to earth.


Leaves find their parallel in man, as already
observed, and, like the human species, they
rpen suddenly. If, however, any one chooses
to make mystery of the iRteasity Of the au-
tumnal colors, there should be no great diff
Guilty in explaining the rdriety. Indeed, the





or in the foliage on the Continent of Europe
may be attributed chiefly to this variety. In
Great Britain the climate is evidently unfavor-
able to the production of bright forest-tones,
but in parts of Germany the brilliancy of GER
tain kinds of leaves is quite eeqal to that of
the corresponding variety in North America.
At the same time the greens of Europe are
quite different from those of our own land,
where, beginning with burnt green in the
South, We pass northward along the Atlantic
seaboard, reaching the true green of the great
est of the hay-producing States, the State of
Maine Every one has noticed the unparal-
leled green of the Emerald ISLE" which be-
comes pale sea-green in Scotland, q whitish-
green in the south of England and in France
only to change to an ashen-green in Ger
many and sombre olive in the Italian
states


But we were remarking upon the variety of
the autumnal tints in our own country. This
is explained by the fact that while in Europe
there are only forty trees that attain to n
height of thirty feet in North America there
are no less than one hundred and forty-henee
our forests fash like the plane-tree that ''the
Persian adorned with his mantles and jewels" "
-AppletOnS Journal.
Year: 1877

A MUSICAL MOUNTAIN IN NEVADA gem
tleman of this city who has been taking long
look among the old abandoned mines of
Truckee district made a critical examination
of the musical mountain, of which good deal
was heard some years ago, when the mines
were first discovered. Some of the early
miners pitched their tents at the foot Of the
mountain, and were not n little surprised and
puzzled at hearing, during the quiet hours of
the night tinkling sounds that seemed to per-
wade the whole atmosphere, coming from
they could not tell where. The sounds were
not unlike those of small music-box. At
times they supposed that the sounds were
caused by the wind playing among the twigs
ON the side of the mountain, but they found
that this solution would not answer as the
same bushes were found everywhere, while
the musical sounds were heard nowhere else
than on the side of the mountain, at the foot
of which they were eamped. They spent
much time in scouting about and listening of
nights and quiet hours during the day, and at
last tracked the strange sounds to great bed
of small pieces of rock that covered the slope
of the mountain. These bits of rock were
found to be quite sonorous, and the miners
concluded that the sounds they emitted were
caused by the action of the wind among them.
The gentleman who recently visited the
mountain says he went to it expecting to fnd
it good deal of humbug, but found it much
more of a curiosity than he had anticipated;
the mingled tinklings much resemble the
sounds of an @olian harp and frequently at
tain startling degree Of loudness and dis
tinctness. The sounds seem 10 rise and fall,
approach and recede, as though caused or
governed by the wind. On close examina-
ton it was found that the small flakes of rock
covering the face of the mountain contain
large per cent of iron. This iron is supposed
to be magnetic, and there appears TO be a con-
slant motion among the chips of it, which APP
pear to cover the ground to the depth of sew
eral feet in many places. The whole drift of
broken rock seems to be moving down the
slope of the mountain with the slow, creeping
motion of glacier and the slipping over
each other of the fragments composing the
mass is thought to cause the tinkling sounds,
which are SO numerous az to mingle and rise
into single strong musical murmm.- Viz
ginia (NeD.) EateTprise.
Year: 1877

SOUTHERN CLAIMS. The Memphis Tenn.
Avalanche of the 10th devotes more than three
columns of its space to the subject of claims,


made by southern people upon the national
government for property taken from them by
the United States army. and used, during the
rebellion for Its support and benefit. From
the statements made to the editor by Colonel
Gilbert Meyers, somewhat noted claim agent,
who resides most of the time in Washington.
We obtain an idea of the grounds upon which
these claims will be presented and urged, and
the line of argument that is to be used in fur
therance of the scheme to reimburse, from the
national treasury, the value of rebel property
used or destroyed .by the national army. Al
ter quoting the various acts of Congress upon
the subject. during and after the war, and the
various proclamations of the President, this
persistent claim agent seems to find his best
hold" in Presidents Iancoln's proclamation of
Dee s. 1868, granting full pardon and amnes-
ty to all persons who should take the pre-
scribed oath. and keep and maintain the same
inviolntl with restoration of all rights of
properly, except as to slaves. In his view of
the case. as the war is over and every oue's
civil rights are restored. all that is now need
ed is that the nation shall reimburse the South
loyal and disloyal alike-for the property
used and wasted by our armies. Quoting
from Grotius the statement that private prop
crty shall not he taken for public use without
due compensation, he prufesses to believe
that under the precedents, laws and customs
of civilized nations founded in the highest
Justice. our government will do what is right
in the natter Undoubtedly it will, but it is
strange that it never occurred to n man so as
tute and capable. 10 make some suggestions
as to when and 10y what means the people of
the North are to be reimbursed for their losses
and sacrifices in saving the country from the
hands of the spoilers. whose efforts to destroy
the government justly brought upon them
selves the calamities for which they now seek
recompense Boston HtrdM.
Year: 1877

LOVE BEFORE THE MAsT.-A British sea
captain lately arrived at San Francisco, re-
lates an interesting episode of the voyage
thither. Two days out from Liverpoola little
nd-faced stow-away was dragged from his
hiding-place before the captain, and after the
usual nautical cussing on such occasions the
youngster was set TO working his passage in
doing light chores about the ship. young
and likely sailor turned up as an acquaintance
of the stow-away, and they were much to-
gether and their relation finally became the
occasion of much speculation among the ships
crew. One day the far-faced waif fell from
the mast to the deck and was instantly killed,
and then the mystery was solved-the stow
away was n young woman and the sailor her
husband. The latter was inconsolable over
her death. He sat by the corpse all one night,
and when next day it was shotted and sunk in
the sea the husband with cry climbed the
mast and plunged overheard and never more
was seen. From letters found in the young
sailors chest it was learned that the couple
Were of good family, but had married against
much opposition. and as the old folks refused
to be reconciled the young pair, scarcely
more than children, and with not n sixpence
between them. resorted to the quiXotic and
romantic expedicnt of a sea voyage to Cali
fornia.
Year: 1877

CHINA seems to have caught little of the
progressive inspiration that has been work
ing in Japan of late and is making more prog
ress in one year than it used to in fifty. Half
a dozen new ports have been opened for trade
with the world the postal service has been
extended and extensive preparations are be-
ing made to secure fine exhibition of the
arts and industries of the country at the Paris
Exposition. The Viceroy, Ii-Hung- Chang,
is a progressive man, and under him China is
making immense strides in prosperity. If he
could assume the Imperial honors of that
mighty Empire it would be all the better for
China and the rest of the world.
Year: 1877

Paris Correspondence London Times-1


Some very interesting experiments
were made few days ago at Cherbourg
with the little submarine vessel called
the Thorneycroft. 1t was the first occa-
sion of testing in French waters whether
a torpedo could be launched against
ship in full sail. Accordingly Admiral
Juarez, who commands the squadron,
ordered disabled ship, the Bayonnaise,
during rather rough sea, to be towed
out by steamer belonging to the navy.
Second Lieutenant, L. Lemoinne, was
sent for, and informed that he had been
selected to make the experiment of
launching the Thorneycroft against the
Bayonnaise while both were in full sail.
He accepted the mission without hesita-
tion, picked out two engine men and a
pilot, and went down with them into the
interior of the Thorneycroft, of which
only small part was above water-this
visible portion being painted of grayish
color, so as to be easily confused with the
sea. The torpedo was placed SO as to
project from the bow of the vessel, at the
extremity of which were two lateen sail
yards about three metres in length. The
towing steamer then took up its position
in front of the squadron, and the Thorney-
croft also assumed the position assigned
for it; an interval of three or four ma
rine miles separating the torpedo and the
Bayonnaise. On signal being given,
both were set in motion, the steamer ad-
vancing in direct line, and the Thorney-
croft obliquely, so as to take the Bayon-
naise in flank. The steam-tug went at
fourteen knots an hour, going at full
speed in order to escape the Thorney
croft. The latter went at nineteen
knots an hour, a rate not attained by
any vessel in the squadron. The chase
lasted about an hour, the squadron keep
ing the rear. so as to witness the opera
tions. At the end of that time the dis
tance between the Thorneycroft and the
Bayonnaise had sensibly diminished,
and at a given moment the former, in
order to come up with the latter at the
requisite distance, had to slacken speed
to eight knots an hour. The whole
squadron watched this last phase of the
struggle with breathless interest, and the
people asked themselves whether the
shock of the torpedo would not infallibly
destroy the little vessel which bore it.
1t was feared that the lives of the Sec
ond Lieutenant, Lemoinne, and his
three companions were absolutely sacri-
feed. However, the two vessels got
visibly nearer. All at once the Thorney-
croft put on last squirt, and struck the
Bayonnaise with its whole force on the
starboard bow. The sea was terribly
agitated, deafening report was heard.
and the Bayonnaise, with rent as big
as house, sank with wonderful rapidity
As for the Thorneycroft, rebounding by
the shock about fifteen metres off, even
before the explosion accurred, it went
round and round for few moments, ano
then quietly resumed the direction O.
the squadron. No trace remained OF
the Bayonnaise; it was literally swal


lowed up by the sea.