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Year: 1876

Hon. o. JACOBS is understood to de-
sire reelection as delegate. This is
question in which the people east of the
mountains will take little interest. The
Sound country has almost uniformly
claimed the delegate, and If Judge
Jacobs suits that section We know OF no
good reason why he should not be book
ed for second term. In point of abili-
ty he is fully up to the average. and the
tine has long since passed when dele
gate was expected to render any special
service. Let Judge Jacobs be put down
for second term. WaAa Wala Slates-
man.


We second the motion that Judge Js-
eobs be put down for b serond term. His
ability is conceded, and we have every
reason to believe that no man could have
labored more faithfully or effectually
than he he has for the general benefit of
his constituents. An election year is
unpropitions for any Delegate represent
ing constituency without vote for
President, when all efforts are being
made to propitiate tie votes Of the sew
eral States. The position of Delegate is
q thankless one at best. and especially
30 at such time. The best policy for
. Territory is to keep a Delegate in
sufficiently long to establish personal
relations and a standing among the
members and with the Administration
10 give him a personal influence which
Is alone of any avail in securing favors,
or even justice, unless he forfeits his
position by his own misconduct. We
have heard no complaint against Judge
Jacobs for any act he has committed,
and he certainly cannot be accused Of
neglect OF any interest of the Territory.
for his labors have been cnremittant
from the day he took his seat in Con-
Aress.
Year: 1876

fisherman would Il trout. and showed Il
great deal of science. keeping IL modcr-
ately taut line but running along ucaI
enough to the hired girl to prevent too
great Il strain on the tackle. They
would have landed her sumcw here.
probably, but that she had presence OF
mind to snatch up Il hay knife on ex-
hiblti"n i'll front of ii hardware store
and cut the rope with it. No sooner
WAS she set free than she dartcd for II
Street-car and went home again. She
wouldn't meet hen Young man with IL
flat hustle, aud the loss of her clothes
line had left her absolutely without amy
style whatever. When she got home
she had Il high fever. and it WAS in her
delirium that she gave to Mrs. Dinglc
all the details of the distressing occur
Ienct-.St LOuiS RrDHbIicdH.
Year: 1876

We are in the habit oil fertilzing our land
in the spring for our summers crop, aud If
it is iudiciously done, it is a success. But
there is another principle which have ex-
perimented upon, that | am pretty certain is
of greater advantage; it is the application
Of manure in the fall rather than in the
spring or summer, and for the reason that
it favors the plant during the winter, when
it 80 much needs IT, IL serves not only as
protection, which is considerable, but helps
in the vigor which it imparts to the plant.


Plant growth must continue during the
winter or the plant dies and it frequently
dies from what we call exposure, when, un.
der the same circumstances (of exposure),
the plant, with the aid Of a stimulaut, might
have survived. My experiments lead me
to this conclusion. The vigor Of the plant
is increased, and according to the extent of
the increase will be the capacity Of resistance.
A plant in poor SOIL having little growth,
must have corresponding small measure Of
growth during the winter, which reduces it
at the best to very low state, and little
beyond this destroys the plant.


Hence our poor and exposed knolls suf-
fer most If rich, there is less effect from
the frost and the drying winds. To feed our
grass lands and wheat fields in the fall,
therefore, must be benefit and this we 6ud
to be the case. The best time to feed u
meadow is after the crop is removed or any
time during the fall so that it is early enough
to start the growth. Once started, the
stimuant will not yield its hold till it has
accomplished its purpose with the plant,
which will be done the following summer,
in the meantime favoring it during the win
ter. 1t is our rich or 'wel.mauured soils
that are the warmest soils, the live Soils
that have the most vigor they will stand
tho most abuse, aud life is tenacious in them.
Let us, then, manure our land not only to
grow our crops, but to keep them through
the winter. II is benefit to our grape
vines, our berry bushes, strawberry plants,
shrubs, trees, &C., as well as our wheat
fields and grass lands. Impart the fall
feeding and forcing the growth then will
be established, and with the first chance in
the spring will put forth, little earlier for
the stimulant, aud bearing up the better un-
der the first severe weather; it is help all
through, aud loss nowhere il the manure
Is on hand, as IL certainly may Us Well 10 Us
work on the land as to DO in pile, or scat
tered about around the farm. But even if
a fertilizer is purchased, there is but the
slight loss of the interest on the investment,
the benefit, hold, being much more than
this. | have seen some fine effects on late.
sown timothy, the stimulant sustaining the
young plant against severe weather, which
it seemed almost impossible to withstand.
In all cases the application should be made
early enough, so as to have its influence on
the plant 1t will be sure not TO relax its
grasp however severe the winter may be.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1876

The season Of moultiug, that is, the time
when birds discard the old plumage and take
on the new, is the most critical in their ex-
isteuce, both because Of the time of year in
which it occurs, and the demands which are
made upon the system.


The frequent losses Of birds at this season
have caused the experienced fancior to give
the extra care, both in food and shelter the
case seemed to call for; and he always re-
CARDS it as a season Of rest from egg-produc-
ing.


The extreme heat of summer is in itself
debilitating. The system of the bird is re.
laxed, and scarcely more food is taken than
is necessary to sustain life; so it is notice.
able that birds beginning early in the sum
mcr to mout, are long out Of plumage, and
it often happens if an epidemic prevails
among poultry, they are the worst sufferers.


In the early autumn the worst foe Of the
moulting bird is dampness. The poultry
keeper is apt to forget that the extra ventila-
tion the heat of summer made imperative,
is now not only unnecessary, but injurious.
lie forgets that the muggy days of autumn,
with the heat so dcblitating, the damp so
penetrating, and the cold so chilling, are felt
as keenly by his fowls as by himself


Many poultry men advise the addition of
a tea spoonful of the douglass mixture"
daily, during the mouting period, to the
drinking water Others think the simple
sulphate of iron sufficient; others again pro-
vide water in iron vessels at this time. All
unite, however in advising more than the
usual allowance of meat plenty of lime,
bone dust, or burnt shells and bones, and an
occasional feed of hemp seed.


The douglass mixture is simply the
solution Of one ounce Of sulphuric acid and
ons.half pound Of sui phate of iron in two
gallons Of water. 1t is used by those fan.
ciers who consider "the ounce of prevention"
necessary, as some people take a regular
course Of medicine spring and fall "for fear
they might be ill.,"


For our poultry, no such dosing is needed.
Give fowls pure air. quarters clean and free
from vermin, runs sheltered from sun, rain
and snow, pure water often, and in shaded
place, with good nourishing food, permitting
them always to have free access to lime, or
burnt bones, or shells, and our word for it,
fowls are better without than with mix.
lures" of any kind.-FancierS' Journal.
Year: 1876

Fowls in confinement, when carelcssy, or
overied, often suffer from an enlargement of
the crop, sometimesIto thrice its ordinary size.
The Fancers' Journal says the remedy is
very simple, and where the fowl is a valuable
one it should be applied, seasonably. An at
tendant should hold the afflicted subject
firmly, while another person should make an
incision at the under edge of the crop skin,
transversely, and of sufficient length to clear
the crop out clean. The trouble is caused
by undigested food that has caked in the
crop. After emptying the sack, the skin Of
this opening should be closely sewcd up again
with fne white mot coored) silk and if the
bird be placed by itself afterwards for a
week or two, and fed upon soft food, it will
usually recover without further trouble. If
neglected beyond certain time, this stoppage
in the crop will destroy the fowl, Of course.
But the suggested remedy Is 50 easily man
aged, that if the hOn is worth saving, the ex'
pertinent may be made successfully by any
one who can use needle and silk handily.
Year: 1876

The Rochester Express tells "cock and
bull story" Of a lot of eggs packed in salt
and thus kept over winter, by the wife of
John w. Coming, sergoant-at.arms of the
New York senate, which upon opening in
warm weather were found to have made
some advance towards incubation. They
were sent away and deposited amid an ao-
cumulation of coal ashes, contents of straw.
beds and other debris at roadside Now
Mr.. Tappenden who lives near, milks his
cows close to this place, and one morning,
while 50 engaged, heard chicken crying,
the cry coming from the rubbish. On going
there he found little fellow calling for his
dough, which he took home and fed. A few
mornings after he found several more, aud
for a week thereafter went regularly to the
place and carried away newly hatched chick
ems, until ho had procured large brood,
nearly all of them doing well.
Year: 1876

Mr. b. f. johnson, rcgulnr Illinois cor.
respondent of the Country Gentleman, in
dulges in prophesy sometimes, and shows a
good hand at it, Here is specimen,


If it were permitted me to look into the
future, md repeat what | saw, | should say
Within twenty-five years, perhaps in half
that time or less, | should be able to report
that found vast majority of iattening cat
tie to be full-boOds of some wel-recognized
race that they were fed from their birth
up to the highest point consistent with health,
fat and growth; that they were mature at
from twelve to fifteen months, having live
weight equal to the best two aud three. year.
olds Of the present time-that they were
slaughtered on, or within a few miles, lis.
tancc Of where they were fed that the
quarters were packed and transported in such
a way as to require no exposure until they
were ready to be offered for sale in the mar.
kets Of the old world that the tallow, hides,
horns, hair and eatable portion Of the vis-
cera were utilized to the utmost and finally
that the remaining ofa was manufactured
into fertilizers and returned to the soil from
the product and herbage Of which these cat
tie were made. No more feeding for three
or four years in succession; no long driving
in the heat or through the mud and miro
no brutal carrying; no more jamming in
cars no more hunger and thirst, pain aud
fright, for days in succession, the horrible
close of a short but peaceful, useful and in
nocent life; no more excessive charges to
carry that which useful and valuable at
home, becomes nuisance, filling the gut
ters Of the crowded slaughter houses in tho
suburbs of populous centres, and finally a
general recognition of those humanitarian
truths in regard to the handling of domestic
animals intended for food consumption, which
are found singuarly in accord with econ
omy and profit.
Year: 1876

holds in solution certain mineral substances
like lime, while in ordinary boiling, where
we simply wish to cook the meat in the best
way, and not to remove the juice in which
the flavor and richness consist, hard water is
the best.


From what has been said, it will appear
that meat is composed Of water colored with
blood, 6brin aud fat. A thin piece Of lean
beef may be washed in clean water till its
color is entirely pure, only white. mass of
fbres being left. These are the muscles of
the living animal and the whitened mass is
called fbriu, and with its mixture Of fat con-
stitutes the substance of the meat. In highly
fed aud fattened auimals the fat is often col
lectcd by itself in various parts of the beef
as the suet in and around the bones, Or de-
posted in large masses under the skin, in.
stead of being evenly distributed through the
fbrous mass Of muscular tissue, producing
what is called wall marbled beel.-MaSsa.
cduSettS Plougbman.
Year: 1876

SETTING RAspBERRIEs IN ATUMN,-Purdy's
Fruit Recorder gives the most successful
planting of raspberres as in autumn, by the
following mode The young plants were care
fully set, the roots well spread out, and the
mellow earth which covered them beaten
with the hoe over the plants to show where
they were. AS soon as the ground frozc in
winter, wagon load Of manure was driven
over the plantation, and a shovelful placed
on each beaten spot Early in spring the
whole surface was narrowed which scat.
tered the manure and mixed it with the soil,
This melowed tho soil, and destroyed tho
weeds that were just ready to come up,
leavinga clean surface till the young rasp-
berries were half foot high.
Year: 1876

TnE VALUE OF AN EXpERrNENT.-Mr.
Conrad Wilson, well-known agriculturist,
tells the following story in the Rural New
Yorker "When l was little boy on my
fathers farm, once made little experiment
on my own account, and carried it through
secretly, for the purpose Of enjoying the sur.
prise it might create. With this view, as
soon as father got through planting his corn,
| selected and marked off. unknown to him,
a small space near the center OF the field.
To each stalk of the corn planted on this
space gave special attention, for the pur-
pose Of finding out how much each grain
planted could be made to produce by giving
it extra manure aud extra hoeing. When
the corn was gathered, the difference between
my pet stalks and the rest Of the field at
tracted my fathers attention, and | re-
member how puzzled ho was in trying to
account for it. When at length disclosed
the secret he instantly inquired how much
extra work and manure | had applied
Tell me this exactly, said he and | can
tell the value Of the experiment. l told
him had simply doubled what he had given
to the rest of the field. After comparing
the result with the rest Of the field, he
found that his yield was at the rate of a
bushels to the acre, and mine at the rate
Of SO bushels. Now, said he, if extra
culture and extra manure are good for the
single stalks, it must be good for the whole
crop. So the next year he adopted my
plan for the whole crop, and found that
the gain was even larger, by several BUSH
els, than in my experiment; and he also
found that the cost of each bushe was
reduced to six cents"
Year: 1876

Apples are scarcely worth picking for the
manufacturer Of cider except to be used for
vinegar. The cider will not sell for enough
to pay for the labor and cost. But there is
way in which farmers can realize a good
result from cider apples, by feeding them to
stock. Begin with small quantity, say
four quarts per day, and it may be increased
gradually to all the animal will consume,
dividing the daily feed into two or three ra.
tions
Year: 1876

Do not let the stock come to the barn be.
fore their winter quarters are in readiness
No money or labor is expended on the farm
with moro profit than that devoted to maxim .
stables and sheds warm, dry and comfortable
Stables should be so warm that the manure
will not freeze. Open sheds, When used for
night shelter for stock, of any kind should be
air tight on every side but one, and the open
ing there not too broad and high. Ther
with good bedding animals will rest there
with comparative comfort.
Year: 1876

CUTTING BACK TREES Es-Probaby the i'll
success OF most Of those who fail in getting
fruit-trees well started arises from the mis-
cradle way in which they are set out. No
young tree should ever be set in grass, nor
should the land be seeded to grass until the
trees are in bearing. The holes should be
large enough to let every root lie straight
Where the roots were bruised and cut by the
spade in taking up they should be cut off
smooth with a sharp knife Fine dirt should
be carefully worked among the roots with
the fingers, so that when job is done no air
holes or cavities are left around them. And
finally, every branch should be cut back,
at least one.half of the last years growth,
in order TO maintain balance with the
shortened roots. This last is a thing very
rarely done, yet it is essential to success. \
Western paper says, where a farmer had set
out one hundred apple-tree in autumn, and
was advised to cut the shoots back to coun-
terbalance the necessary cutting Of the roots
in taking them up, he declined In the win
ter a COW broke in and cropped the tops of
twenty-five or thirty aud the winter being
severe, these and few others were the only
trees which survived. The others had more
top than they could carry and they did not
grow. We do not, however, recommend the
eow-prunug for general adoption.
Year: 1876

Why NOT CHOW MORE BARLEY ?-The
successful growth of barley is only possible
with good farming, Just as large crops of
roots need the best culture. TO admit that
one cannot grow barley is admitting himself
a poor farmer Our poor farming is then the
reason why several million 1900 ,OOO) BUSH
els of barley are imported into the United
States every year. Barley is certainly a
crop subject to much risk in marketing, but
there is no better for horses; when ground
it is excellet food for COWS producing rich
milk; it is probably the best food of all
for poultry, and when barley meal is mixed
with boiled potatoes and fed to pigs, it makes
the very best favored pork more rapidly
than any other food We have used, With
all these advantages why not grow more
barley2
Year: 1876

Gfape.(Iat0erlnS Damsels.


The war correspondent OF the Lon
don Telegraph writes: "A"prettier
sight presently came beneath my no.
tice, one forming a stranger contrast
to the heavy saddening spectacle l had
lately witnessed. Il have mentioned
the vineyards of Turkey and Sertia.
Those of the last-named country have,
wherever we have gone, been very eff,
fectually cleared of whatever grapes
they ooasted; but in Turkey the. har.
vest has now come, and as in the times
when Horatius kept the bridge Sin the
brave days Of DID, so new the girls of
the country have to gather the vintage.
The sres have had to drive the wagons
of grain, forage and ammunition to the
army; have had to take back into Nisch
the wounded soldiers who have fallen
in the fight; have been told off to bury
the dead out of the sight of the living,
and aid in moving the tents and ma


terial Of the army. Thus to tsiesa
young maidens has been entrusted tbs
task of gathering in the wheat and
barley, and TO them also has fallen the
labor Of bringing in the grapes. Isup-
pose that even in better times this has
been their work, for the harvest of the
vineyard has many pretty custom
connected with it which surely cannot
be the outgrowth of a devastating war.
1t is when the grapes are purple or
transparent that the Bulgarian damsel
dops new attire, plaits her hair with
gaudy ribbons, fastenes to her head
dress pieces of gold if she be rich, or
copper if she be poorer, and sallies forth
to pluck the rich fruit. We met a lit
tie procession of these youthful danes
going out to the vineyard on our way
to Nisch. Seated in the rough wagons
of the country, with baskets on their
arms, gay in bright dresses and radiant
with smiles, they were being slowly
drawn by bullocks, which, being lazily
attended by boyish drivers, rolled first
to one side and then to the other of the
rough, badly-made road. Every now
and then one of the party would break
out into snatches of song, and then
there would be peal Of laughter, SO
careless were they of the passing hour.
To one just fresh from the horrors OF
war it was strange TO see such merri.
ment so close to so much devastation
and misery"
Year: 1876

Nobody should go to church or public
meeting hacking away and disturbing
the preacher or orator with their cough.
Use DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup at once (; it
only cost % cents q bottle.
Year: 1876

A gentleman informs us that some
time since swarm of bees took pos
session of a portion of Mr. Thompson's
dwelling, between the weather
boarding and plastering, obtaining
access through knot hole. A day or
two since he managed to get at their
deposits and gathered in about forty
pounds of first class honey. The
swarm was furnished with new and
more suitable workshop. 41ha


AS we have had occasion to state
several times recently, the fruit crop
of San Bernardino County promises to
be very fine this year. In this con-
nection, We desire to state that a gen.
tleman who has resided in this city for
about twenty years or more, Informed
us yesterday that, during all that time
last year was the first time be ever
knew the fruit to be injured to any ex-
tent by the frost. We should like to
have all the facts bearing on this SUBJ
ject. Will our old residents please
furnish us with them.
Year: 1876

From the Austin New Reveille.l


There can now be no doubt that the
exhortations of Moody and Sankey
are extremely powerful, and that the
means used by them for the conver-
sion of sinners are efectual, for they
have actually converted a bull-whack-
er. The convert is man who drove
an OK team in this section for mahy
years, and who has just returned from
visit to his friends in the East, hav-
ing left this place last Fall for that
purpose. We met him in the street
this morning, and, among other sights
which he related having seen, he men,
toned Moody and Sankey. "Did they
convert your" we asked, jokingly, not
for moment supposing that bull
whacker could be converted "You
bet your life they did," he replied.
"When first l went to hear them /
went for the fun of the thing; but
when heard the preaching and sing
ing it made an impression on me. L
began to consider that had soul to
save. went every day to hear them,
and before three days had passed I
wish l may be d. to h in minute
if they hadn't made a Christian of
me.u
Year: 1876

The Antioch Ledger of May 9th
thus speaks of new coal mine in
that vicinity. The first schooner
load of coal from the Empire mine
was shipped from the Granger wharf
last week. The proprietors have con-
tracted to furnish $50 tons daily. Some
eighty men are employed at the mine,
and fifteen six-horse teams are re-
quired to transport the necessary
amount of coal to the water front.
The coal continues to be of excellent
quality, and its success is assured. A
railroad from the wharf to the mine is
a necessity, and various other mines
In the vicinity which will doubtless
be opened within few years, will
contribute to its support.
Year: 1876

The following extracts are from Republican
papers which have opposed Mr.. BIaine's nomi-
nation for the Presidency:


Mr.. Blaine, in the sudden and alarming III
ness that has come upon him at the very crisis
OF bis political fortunes, has the sympathy and
good wishes OF all his countrymen, with insig-
nifcant exceptions. Political opposition or
doubts as to his fitness as q candidate for the
Presidency do not imply personal hostility nor
diminish the respect Universally felt for his
great talents, and admiration for his splendid
qualities as parliamentary leader. No man
has made so conspicuous figure in our recent
politics, and there are probably very few who
after career so long and active, would have
borne with less discredit the fierce and search
ing light which is turned upon candidate for
the Presidency Worcester Spy.


For the last few weeks Mr.. Blaine's nervous
system has been subjected to q fearful! strain.
His terrible tussle with the Confederate House
would have entirely exhausted the physical and
mental energy of most men long before this.
He has been the target of the envsnomed ar
rows OF slander for months One grain of truth
in the accusations against him has been used
to scent whole cart loads of mud. Ever since
he showed up the ex-rebels by his noble and
courageous speech early in the session, the
whole pack of Confederate hounds has been let
loose upon him. He has met the attacks,
hurled back the accusations, exposed the con-
spiracy and dragged Mr.. Knott into the light of
day for suppressing evidence in manner that
has lost the ex-Speaker no friends.-Albany
Journal