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Year: 1875




THE HERALD next week will be worked
off upon its large dsuble-cylinder Hoe
press, which has a caoaciy of thirty-fve
hundred copies an hour. THE HERAII
is now prepared for accidents as it will
always have second press in the event
the other should break down. The erec.
ton Of the new press room into which all
the machinery will be moved, enables US
to devote the room formerly used for that
purpose to mailing and folding. This has
all been occasioned by the increasing de-
mand for The HERALD and the large
circulation to which it has already at
tained
Year: 1875

It was pleasant and right sociable lit
tie party that sat around a little pine
table in the rear of a c street grocery night
before last, says the Virginia (Nev.)
Chronicle. There were five mon in the
party, and they sat on candle-bcxes, ends
up. A candle illuminated the board,
enabled the reporter (who had dropped in
to get pound of sugar to see that each
man had a number of white beans in front
of him. They were playing cards, and
kept pushing from one to the other big
jack-knife which they called "the buck"
probably from the fact that it had buck
horn handle maybe, perhaps.


One man seemed to be doing most ofthe
talking. His name was Sam Griggles.
He talked like philosopher, and the re-
porter set down on the beer-keg and listen.
ed to him.


II tell you there's no use talking. The
best thing man can do is to git married.
Gimme three, and bet you five beans.
Bein' single has its advantages. See it
and raise you six. But the comfort man
takes in havin' wife and home of his own
can't be told Raise me ten, eh? See it
and call. Dammit, you've got the pot
agin. Jim, put Bit Of ice in mine an a
dash Of bitters. Yes, boys, a wiie's a good
thing, you bet yonr bottom dollar. Whew
Ten to come in. All right Jim, straddle
your blind. Now, when man gets
through his days work an feels tired an
worn out, and what's nicer'n to go home
an find good little wife waiting fur you,
ready to throw her arms round yer neck
an'-Oh Lord"


\ hush fell upon the corner grocery as
she walked in with shawl over head and
brought him one on the side of the head
that sent his cards flying and upset bis
cocktail. Neither Of them spoke a word,
but he looked as if he had lost one foot Of
his six as he followed her out.
Year: 1875

A JOKE is very good in its place. But


sometimes they may be carried too far,
Now the Cincinnati Commercial nominates
Dana Of the New York Sun for the presi-
dency in the centennial year. There are
no special grounds that the former paper
can take for this suggestion to the nation,
only that Mr.. Dana was 50 rash as at one
time to ndIz:=-.ee S.4. 4l;,ls.e.u, lue editor


Of the Commercial for the position, and
lie has his revenge by making the nomina-
ton mentioned. Both gentlemen have
positively declined, and they are now
about to pitch upon Sam Bowles of the
Springfield Mass RepuJu5Hcan, who has
nominated so many men for Office, that he
is called the ''boss," nominator. But as
they all say that they would rather be
right than be president, we are to take it
for granted that it is impossible OR incon-
sistent with what is right to be president.
There seems to be an aversion upon the
part Of newspaper men to Offices. The
editor Of the W'illiamsport Pa Gazette
and Bulletin has just been nominated for
Comptroller. He says he is sorry the
people take him for a thief, and as he
wishes to save his character he declines to
Year: 1875

The question is asked: Docs it pay to
feed turnips to cowsY Yes. Feed them to
dry cows, but not to them while in milk. In
winter the cow gets only dry teed-hay, corn,
fodder and straw. 1t may be that some feed
meal and bran in small quantity. This is a
great change from grass, therefore think
the COW should have something to keep the
bowels loose, and turnips will not only do
that but will keep the animal in good health.
l do not know that there is much food in the
turnip 50 as to save hay or other fodder; but
there Is something in them that seems to keep
the COW in fine condition, and if any one Will
feed his cows few messcs and look on and
see them eat, certainly think he will say
Yes, turnips are good for cows am only
speaking of dry cows in winter.


Any farmer who grows three to five acres
of corn may have 800 to 500 bushels of flat
or field turnips if he will take the trouble to
save the seed. If any one wishes to try it
next season, and will follow the directions
here given, will guarantee them full crop
every time,


Get good seed Sow half pound per acre
IN among the corn any time in July when
working the corn the last time; be sure and
put the seed down broadcast before you plOw
or cultivate the corn, no matter if you are
marking with the plow you will not get them
in too deep. The seed will come up sure.
For e,good of your corn and turnips keep
the weeds down-W00re's Rurdl.
Year: 1875

Every person should know how 10 treat
a flesh wound. Every one is liable to be
placed in circumstances away from surgical
and veterinary aid, where he may have to
save his own life, the life of II friend or n
little common sense. In the first place close
the lips of the wound with the hands and
hold them firmly together to check the How
of the blood until several stitches can be taken
and bandage applied. Then battle the
wound for long time in cold water. Should
it be painful correspondent says, take
painful of burning Goals and sprinkle upo,h
them common brown sugar, and hold the
wound part in the smoke. In minute or
two the pain will be allayed and the recovery,
proceeds rapidly. In my case rusty naii
made bad wound in my foot. The pain ana
nervous irritation we're severe. This was all
removed by holding it in smoke fifteen min
ates, and | was able to resume my reading
in comfort We have often recommended 1t
to others with like result. Last week one OF
my men had fingernail torn out by pair
of cetongs. 1t became very painful as was
to be expected. Held in sugar smoke TWEEN
~ minutes pain ceased and promised speedy
recovery '-Erchdhge.
Year: 1875

JANUARY WoRK.-Fill the ice house il you
have one, and if you have not build one be-
fore the Centennial-lS16.


See that the stock are all well sheltered
and fed


Interest the boys and girls in your plans,
and get their cooperation in carrying them
out.


Wcstern farmers, to reach the highest sue
cess must use more hea3-work, read and
think more. In this day and age farming is
not the routine work of bygOne days.


Have fences, barn and out building re
paired good supply of summers wood
cut up, and everything done that can be done
before work comes on.


Look at the tools and machines. See If
the plows are all in good order, tho planter
ready for work and the reaper repairs looked
after and order now.


Farmers, begin the new year on a new leaf.
Complete all your plans for the season. Map
out your work; but first of all commence
the wear with a farm account book, or record
of transactions.


Prepare for big years work but carefully
arrange and mature all your plans, that you
can carry them all out Don't map out too
much and then find yourself unable to com.
plctc 1t all. Practical system IN farming will
make money and save labor.


Start the year 1915 on the cash basis and
so arrange the crops that you will have some
thing TO sell all the time, Feed up the
cows and hens to have butter and eggs TO the
spring market, which, with an occasional
steer, sheep or hog, will grease the wheels of
progress till the crops come in


Note down the lessons ofexperience of the
past year, and give them to the world through
your agricultural papers; and, if you have
not already attended to it, secure good sup
ply of papers devoted to the interests OF the
farm. Every mechanic and manufacturer
has his papers-devoted to his business, and
farmers have their papers, and every far.
mer's home should be well supplied with
them, both for their financial benefit and for
their social and intellectual influence to in
tcrc>t and entertain the young folks.
Year: 1875

TIuEIs MoNEY.-Pracical men sometimes
advance queer ideas and advice. Mr.. Thomas
is a sound, sensible writer, but lately he gives
this advice to those who have to get some
one 10 prune their trees for them. They
must procure piece of chalk and mark the
eXac, spot for the cut on each limb to be re-
moved BY fastening the chalk to long
pole this will become an easy task, and er
ior, on the part of the help will thus be
avoided. We can imagise how carefully anil
medltatively hired man would walk
around the trees 10 liking for the chalk marks,
so a, ~ be sure and not miss any. Nothing
woula be easier to find than chalk marks in
the tops of trees, not ever birds nests If
your man with saw and chlsel don't accom-
plish as much us you think you could 90
Yourself YOU must remember that he had TO
hunt up the chalk.marks Another thing
would make trouble with this performance
If a shower should happen to come over af
ter We had got our trees nicely marked it
would be apt to leave very little 10 show for
our work. A better way would be to go with
your man into the orchard and direct the
work right along, using the pole to point out
the work To be done as fast as the workman
could use his toois By this plan double the
work will be accomplished, and you will not
have 10 pay man for time spent IN hunting
cha K marks
Year: 1875

A Hanging Garden of Sponge is one of the
latest novelties in gardening. Take white
sponge of large size and sow it full of rice,


oats and wheat. Then place 1t for a week or
ten days IN shallow dish in which little
water is constantly kept, and as the sponge
Will absorb the moisture, the seeds will begin
to sprout before many days. When this has
fairly taken place, the sponge may be sus-
pended by means of cords from hook In the
window where little sun will enter. 1t will
thus become a mass OF green, and can be
kept by merely immersing in a bowl of water.
Year: 1875

PLASTER AND AsHEs.-A Minnesota cores
pondent of an agricultural journal says that
once, while riding in the ears, he noticed on
either side of the track for some distance a
tract of almost barren sand-the only vegeta-
ton seen being now and then sickly white
birch and little, sorry-loeking sorrel. Two
gentlemen, evidently farmers, were talking OF
manures, when one SAID: DO you know
what would clothe those lands with good
crop of cover% The other gentleman look.
ed incredulOus and shook his head. We'll, con.
tinued his interrogation, plaster and ashes will
do it, for have tried it on just such land, and
at the end of the third year there was a heavy
sward on it, He did not forget the conver
satlon, but went home and sowed barren
knoll over with plaster and ashes, and to his
astonishmenl good crop of clover came in
though he did not put in grain OF seed. lie
then tried the experiment on his pasture
lands with marked success, so much so that
he recommended it to his neighbors whose
pastures were thin, and in three years the
pasturc.lands in that section would feed near
ly double the stock that fed on them before.
Ashes in the neighboring village rose in
price, and the farmers today buy all they can
get at sixty and seventy-five cents per barrel
and find it pays well at that.
Year: 1875

How to deal with wet boots: When they
are taken off, fit them quite full of dry oats,
which will rapidly absorb the least vcsti &c
of dam pness from the wet leather, As ii
takes up the moisture tswclls and fills the boot
with tightly fitting last, keeping its form
good and drying the leather without harden


ing it. In the morning, shake out the oats
and hang them in bag near the fire, to dry


ready for the next wet night, draw on the
boots, and 90 happily about the days work
Year: 1875

CoIIc IN HoRsEs-A correspondent took
a thick bed comforter, bound it round the
horse, went to the well and drew water, and
poured it on till thoroughly soaked. 1t
steamed like a pot boiling. In less than fit.
teen minutes from the time he commenced
the watering process, the horse was up and
eating.
Year: 1875

An experienced dairyman says that after
trying several plans Of preventing turnips,
when fed to milch cows, from imparting an
unpleasant taste to milk and butter, he at last
succeeded perfectly by cutting good slice
off the top and another off the bottom OF the
bulb, taking care to remove all roots by the
last slice The centre Of the turhip IS given
to the cows, sliced as usual. If this plan is
strictly followed, both milk and butter will
be perfectly sweet.
Year: 1875

The rapidity with which females
adapt themselves to the circumstances
and fashions with which they are
surrounded, and especially the fash
ions, is simply marvellous. On Mon
day last, a lady, who employs several
domestics, got new table-girl, just
arrived in the city from rural dis
tricts,-a bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked
damsel, who blushed whenever any
of the male members of the house
hold looked at her; a girl whose hair
was combed smoothly back from of
a tanned forehead ; whose dress had
sleeves to it, came up to her throat
and down to her feet. On Tuesday
her hair went up on to the top of her
head. and was coiled up over a.
something; on Wednesday she cut
the sleeves off her dress; turned it in
at the throat, pinned it back, and
bumped it out behind, and could look
all the men in the house square in
the face for half an hour without the
hue Of modesty showing through he1
prepared chalk complexion. Yester'
day she completed her degradation
by cutting off all but an inch or two
of her front hair.
Year: 1875

nOW IS tnls great power OF music
to be controlled and brought to bear
most directly, most: efficiently, on our
people? That nation is the best-edu.
Gated in which knowledge is most diff
fused, in which the results number.
Only SO far as any art or science be-
comes a part Of popular education can
that art or science become power,
and influence, in a land. Of the
growing desire among our people for
a higher musical education we have
many signs in the frequency of festi-
walls and choral unions and the num-
Der of musical associations. We
Americans are a conglomerate race,
made up Of the best of every people
under the sun, so transfued that the
origin of even a single family can
scarcely be traced without an ele-
ment of Celtic or Teutonic race dis
covering itself. Perhaps this is the
source ofthe musical taste so widely
spread among US as a people. We
say taste, not culture; we are not yet
a cultivated people in any true sense
AS national characteristic to be
song and music lovers belongs to the
Irish and German races rather than
to the Saxon. It is rare to find. q
German or an Irsih girl without an
ear for music. In our Western States
and centres Of population the Ger.
mans instinctively gather, in remem.
brance of the father-land, into Sang.
vereins, preserving: the songs and
musical traditions of the old land
while they welcome gladly any thing
fresh and worthy from the new. The
marvellous achievements of the school
festivals in the Music Hall in Boston
are largely due to the fine voices, the
quick perception, of the Irish, either
by birth or descent, who constitute q
majority Of the pupils in our public
schools.


No one thing has done more fol
music in the past twenty years than
its introduction as an integral part oI
of our common-school education. Ir
the large cities and suburban towns


little seems left to desire in that di'
rection. From the time children al
the age of five enter the primary
school till at the age of sixteen OF
eighteen they graduate from the high
or normal school, music is as much 8
part of their training as the multipli
cation-table and spelling-book. Tht
next generation will see what we fore
see, and reap the harvest this genera
ton is so wisely sowing.


If, as we contend, music is in ihel1
purifying and elevating, if it can dis
place and crowd out baser pleasure
by giving innocent recreation and ex
citement to a people that must b.
amused, people who must be busy
for good or for evil, we can not hav'
too much oft. It can not enter to-
largely or too deeply into the system
of common-school education.-Har
per;s Magazine for October.
Year: 1875

The Bridgeport Comm Earme,
says that city possesses wonderful
materializing medium. The story is
as follows: ut was only few weeks
ago that the person to whom we refer
became conscious of his peculiar pow.
era, but since the discovery he has
continued to exercise them and they
have rapidly developed. Thus fa1
the seances have been held in the
presence ola small party of his ac.
quaintances, in a darkened room
which, with the exception of small
table, is utterly destitute Of furniture
No believer in spiritualism had yet
attended these sittings, so that it can
not be said that any of his audience
were unduly prepared to give cred
ence to the genuineness of the mani
festation, and yet all the spectators
with whom we have conversed are
convinced that there was no collision
or trickery in the effects produced.
One of the remarkable feats perform
ed by the spirits is the bringing upon
the table a supply Of fresh tropical
flowers. The flowers exhale beau
tiful fragrance, are fresh with dew,
and of varieties which cannot be pro-
cured in this vicinity. The members
of the circle the other evening were
also sregaled with splendid cigars
dropped upon the table by spirit Wis
itors, and the medium himself was
refreshed day or two ago with a
plate of ice-cream furnished BY the
same mysterious agency. The me-
dunn can also materialize the spirits
SO that they become visible to those
in the room. The spirits also play
on musical instruments and write
messages on the wall and table, which
to the ordinary observers are mere
hieroglyphics, but to the spiritual
vision Of the medium are really intel
llgible."
Year: 1875

The philadelphia Press com.
plains that children are sent to school
when too young, and deprecates the
blunder of allowing them to bring
the school home with them. It says !:
"When the doors of the schoolhouse
close in the afternoon upon the school
children they should literally close
out from them all that pertains to
school until the opening next morn
ing. A teacher should be a teacher,
not simply mere hearer Of recita.
tions. Lessons should be learned and
taught at school at home


The teacher has no right to impose up


on parents the most annoying part Q,
her work. She has no right to tax,
from the child d single moment Of tht
few hours it has out Of school, y =s55
Year: 1875

The Grand Duke Alexis, third
son Of the Emperor Of Russia. who
some years ago, owing to q secret.


marriage with lady Of the Court Of


the Empress had incurred the dis
pleasure Of his father, has. now been
divorced from his wife.
Year: 1875

Specially for the ladies. You can buy ,
first class sack coat or cloak from Mr.. F
z. Frank for less money than you can buy
the goods by the yard and make them up
you also save time and labor and the doubt
whether they will 1t. If Mr.. Frank has not
one to fit, he will take your measure and
guarantee it to suit, charging you no more
than if you bought one ready made. He
has also full line of ladies' popln and
alpaca suits, ready made, of the very best
material which really do look nice and made
in the very best style. You will find him at
51l Market st .eet,
Year: 1875

a Liverpool tailo. was arrested recently
just as he was about to throw his three
children into the river. He said his pur-
pose was to to give them to the Lord, and
was put under restraint as a religious
monOmalliac,
Year: 1875

A very searching investigation was
carried on few years ago, in the north
of England, by two families who were
searching up their respective ancestry.


The strife was great between them,
each one determined to look back into
antiquities farther than the other.


One of the families, whose name was
Spencer, employed an artist to paint
historic scene representing the building
of the ark, and the loading up of the
ship by Noah and his sons with its null
tifarious and various cargo.


On the gang-plank leading to the deck
of the ark two men were seen rolling up
a large box, ON one side of which was
painted in large letters, "Relics, insignia
and papers belonging to the Spencer
family"


This was considered coup d'etat hard
to beat, but the other family, determin-
ed not to be outdone in the antediluvian
pretenses of their name, prepared at
great cost and research a record Of their
antiquity.


In describing the exploits of one of
their ancestors, at very early day, who
was represented as man Of some au-
thority, this remarkable passage occurs:


During this year Adam and Eve were
driven out of Paradise"
Year: 1875

The Kingston Freeman says: There
is lady in the upper part of this city
who is fine subject for scientific in
vestigation. She is born pin swal-
lower. We don't mean that she swai-
lows belaying-pins, ,hair-pins or clothes
pins, but small pins so necessary for
women in making their toilets. And
the strangest part of it is that they
agree with her, so she is waxing healthy
and fat. ..el4t


The lady like all other women, formed
the habit of holding pins in her mouth,
and one day accidently swallowed six.
She was terribly alarmed and expected
to die, but day after day passed away
without any trouble being experienced
from this strange diet. A month later
nearly a dozen slipped through her lips
and also moved on gracefully down
her throat.


No trouble whatever came from these
either, and then it seems the woman
acquired an irresistible liking for pins.
She swallowed half dozen or so every
now and then, and as this diet has
been continued for very near a year,
she must be pretty well lined with
brass.


When this lady took her first meal
of brass she was slight, fragile being,
in very bad health. In few weeks
she began to improve, and, as we have
before stated, the more she swallows
the healthier she becomes.
Year: 1875

friendship Is good deal like china
II Is very durable and beautiful as
long ss'it is quite whole; but break it
ana all the cement in the world will
never quite repair the damage. You
may stick The pieces together so that,


at distance, it.looks nearly as well
as ever; but 1t won't hold hot water


1t is always ready to deceive YOU IL
you trust it; and it is, on the whole.
very worthless thing, fit only to be
put empty upon shelf, and forgotten
there Tue tuer> and more delicate it
Is, the more utter the ruin. A mere
asq qnaihtance, which needs only lit
tic lli-humor to break it up, may be
coarsely puttied like that old yellow
basin in the store closet; but tender
ness, and trust, and sweet exchange
OF confidence, can no more be yours
when angry words and thoughts have
broken them than can these delicate
porcelain tea-cups which were splin.
tered to pieces be restored to their
original excellence. The slightest
crack will spoil the true ring, and you
had better search for new friend
than try to mend the old one. And
all this has nothing to do with for
giveness One may forgive and be
forgiven, but the deed has been done
and the word said; the flowers and the
gliding are gone. The formal


'making-up," especially between two
women, is of no more avail than the
wonderful cements that have made
cracked ugliness of the china vase
that you expected to be yonr "joy
forever" Handled delicately, washed
to purity in the waters of truth, con-
lided to no careless, unsympathizing
hands, friendship may last two lives
out; but it ''does not pay" to try to


mend it. Once broken, it is spoiled
forever. Do