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Year: 1873

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A curious incident occurred o few
days since a short distance from this
city. One of our well known mer,
chant had gone out on visit to a
friend, Mt whose house there was O
bright little boy, and one day, to
please the child, no manufactured
a very large kite, and as tho wind was
strong enough, it was raised at once
After it had gone up nearly half @
mic, a large crowd of country
people collected to admire it, as such
q magnificent toy had never been
seen in that section before. While
the spectators were admiring it, a
very large hawk was seen to fly slow,
ly ont of a neighboring grove and
go directly toward the kite. The
hawk approached within a few feet
of the gtranse looking object, and
then circled about under it for per
haps five minutes, when he flew Just
above it and again circled around for
several times.


Suddenly he lowered directly over
the kite, and looked at it intently for
a short time, darted downwards, and
striking the paper, passed directly
through the kite, coming out on the
under side, after this strange ex-
perience, which no doubt puzzled
the hawk vastly, he few off q short
distance for reflection, but still keep,
ing the kite il view. Not being
disposed to give it up so, he quickly
returned to the charge, and this
time fastened on tho long string Of
rags that wers used as q tail to the
kite, which he tore and scattered in
the air in savage manner. Finding
however, no resistance on the part q
the kite, he became disgusted OF
scared, and few away toward the
woods from whence he came. The
gentleman says that whenever the
hawk made an attack he would re-
treat o little, as if he expected the
strange bird was going to return the
ssault-Baltimore american.
Year: 1873

When you meet with one suspected


OF some secret deed ofshame,
Aud for this, BY all rejected


As . thing Of evil fame,
Guard thine every look and action


Speak no hesrtless word Of blame
For the slsnderer's vile detrsction


Yst may spoil thy goOdly name.
When you meet q brow that's awing


With its wrinkled lines Of gloom,
And q naughty step that's drawing


To q solitary tomb,
Guard thine action some great sorrow


Made that man spectre grim,
And the sunset OF tomorrow


May have left thee like 10 him.
When you meet with one pursuing,


Paths the lost have entered In
Working out bis own undoing


With his recklessness and sin,
Think " placed In his condition,


Would kind word be In vain 7
Or look Of cold suspicion


Win thee back 10 trut b again
There are spots that bear no aowers--


Not because the soil Is bad,
But that summers gentle showers


Never made their bosoms glad.
Better have q look that's kindly,


Treated sometimes with disdain,
Than. by judging others blindly,


Doom the innocent TO pain.
Year: 1873

Do not stop to tell stories iu bust.
ness hours.


If you have place Of business, DO
found there when wanted.


No men can get rich by sitting
round stores and saloons.


Never ''fool' in business matters,


Have order, system, regularity,
liberality and promptness.


Do not meddlo with business you
know nothing OF.


Never buyan article you do not need
simply because it is cheap, and the
man who sells it will take it out in
trade.


Trade in nmoney.


Strive to avoid hard words and
personalities.


Do not kick every stone in the
path. More miles can be made in Q
day by going steadily on than stop.
ping.


Pay rs you 60.


A man Of honor respecs his word
az his bond.


Aid, but never beg.


Help others when you can, but
never give what you cannot afford
simply because it is fashionable.


Learn to say mo- No necessity
of swapping it out in dog fashion,
but say it FIRMLY and respectfully


Have but few confdents the few-
wer the better.


Use your own brains rather than
those of others.


Learn to think and act for your:
self.


BE vigilent.


Keep ahead rather than behind tho
times.


Reader, cut this out, and If there
be folly in the argument let us know,
Year: 1873

Tho incomple teness and imper-
fection Of the noblest part of men,
compared to the finished work which
creation elsewhere presents, affords
ground for the presumption that
that noblest part has not yet reach
cd tho development it is intended to
attain. The green leaf gives no
promise of becoming anything but
Q leaf, and in due time it withers and
drops to the ground, without excit.
ing in the beholder any sense of dis
appointment. But the flower bud
holds out O different prospect. If
the canker worm devour it ere it
bloom into q rose, we are sensible of
grievous failure and garden in
which all the buds should SO perish
would be more hideous than any
desert. The body of o man grows
TO its full stature and complete de


velopment but no man has ever yet
reached his loftiest mental stature, or
the rlepitude Of moral strength and
beauty of which he is capable. II
the simile be just which compares
the physical nature to . ssaffolding,
and the spiritual to the temple built
up within, it, then we behold the
strange anomaly Of a mere frame-
work made so perfect that it could
gain nothing were it preserved to
the fabulous age Of the patriarchs,
while the temple within is never
finished. and is often an unsightly
heap. The "City Of God" cannot be
built of piles never to be completed,
nor his Garden Of Souls filed with
Aowors destined all TO canker ere
they bloom.-E Fosoer Cob6e.
Year: 1870

This little sentence should be written on
every heart, stamped on every memory. It
should be the golden rule practiced, not
only in every household, but throughout the
world By helping one another, we not only
remove lhorns from the pathway, and ankle
ty from the mind but we feel a sense of
pleasure in our hearts, knowing we are
helping a fellow creature. A helping hand
or an encouraging word is no loss to US,
yet it is benefit to others. Who has not
needed the encouragement and aid of kind
friend How soothing, when perplexed
with some task that is mysterious and bur
densome, to feel a gentle hand on the shoul-
der and hear Kind voice Whispering" Do
not feel discOurased-I see your trouble
let me help you" What strength is inspir-
ed-what hope created-what sweet graft
tude is felt, and the greatest difficulty is dis
solved as dew beneath the sunshine. Yes,
let us help one another by endeaVOring to
strengthen and encourage the weak and lift
ing the burden of care from the weary and
oppressed, that life may glide smoothly on
and the fount of bitterness yield sweet
waters and he whose willing hand is ever
ready to aid US, will reward our humble en-
beavers, and every good deed will be as
bread cast upon the waters, to return af-
ter many days. if not to US, to those we
love
Year: 1870




Every farmer, gardener, dairynan' and
stock raiser should read with care the fol-
lowing strong testimony from one of
the best agricultural journals IN the Jnited
States of the great value of cotton seed meal
for feed


1t is the universal experience of all who
use cotton seed meal, that 1t is by far the
best and cheapest feed known: 1t is half
cheaper than corn or corn meal:


Cotton seed cake meal, now to be found
IN our markets, is the residue left after
pressing the oil from the cotton seed ground
for feed The cotton seed, as it comes from
the gins, IS covered with a hull or she'll
which IN the upland variety is clothed with
short down of cotton fibre. The seed
makes more and better oil, and better feed
if it is deprived of this hull; nevertheless,
there Is, or has been, considerable seed
pressed which has not been thus decOrtica.
ted There are several patented processes
for this hulling or decOrtication- After
pressing, the cake Is ground for feed, as we
find, and sold at considerably lower prices
than taose of hnseed cake aud neal Its
actual value for feeding purposes Is consid.
eSable higher. Prof 5, w. johnson, in a
report made to the, Connecticut State Agr5-
cultural Society, 1857, says "Cotton seed
cake Is much richer in oil and albuminOus
matters than the linseed cake. Three
pounds of the cotton seed cake are equiva-
lent to four of the Hnseed cake of average
quality. The value of the article as a
manure is obviously very considerable
The dung of the cattle fed upon it viii be
greatly richer, both in nitrogen and phos-
pilates, than shat of animals fed on hay
alone. Where stock is kept probably the
best manner of asipg this as q fertilizer Is
to iced it to the cattle, and carefully apply the
manure they furnish. In this way, what
ever is not economical as fat or flesh will be
available as manure"


We have tested IN the manger, the sound
ness of these views from the labratorY and
have no doubt of their correctness. q
We OYeTeame a prejudice IN using the meal
for feeding milch COWS, and found it a very
valuable article. All animals will not eat it
at first If 1t is not Felished at once, II may
be mixed in small quantities with corn meal
and sprinkled with it over cut feed. The
most reluctant animal will soon come to it
greedily. We would use the meal in con-
nectiOn with both roots and hay IN the win
ter, feeding not more than four quarts day
1t is said to be dangerous to feed it to young
calves while living In part upon milk
There are well attested cases upon record
of its having killed them Whether this
was owing to some defect in the preparation
of the meal, we are not able to say. 1t is a
safe article for COWS, increases the flow of
milk, and keeps them In good condition.
1t stands at the head of all kinds of fodder
in producing manure rich in nitrogen. As
the value of manure depends mainly upon
the food from which it is made, farmers
ought to look a good deal more sharply at
this matter than they have been accustomed
to-AmeTicGR Ag7 cultwast
Year: 1870

1t was not matter of surprise to the peo-
pie of this county that Gen. Brown was
made President of the Constitutional Con-
vention now in session at Nashville. He is
certainly the man for the place. We agree
with the Nashville Banner that he is, per
haps, the most popular citizen of the Com
monwealtb, and certainly ore of its ablest
and truest Learned in the law and Ia lit
erature, fre-tried in the erucible of war, and
in the not less trying political situations Of
peace, cultivated by travel, familiar with the
governmental and political institutions Of
bis own and other countries, and withal de-
votedly attached to his native State and its
people, a filter presiding officer could hardly
have been chosen. We congratulate the
Convention on the selection. The Presi-
dents speech, on taking the chair, was in
admirable taste and spiIit. Taken as a text
for the programme of its deliberations, in
future, the people, irrespective of condition
or party, need have little apprehension Of
its want Of nationality, iberality and jealous
watchfulness Of ahe interests of the hum
blest or most exalted citizen-PalGski Citi-
zen atEF
Year: 1870

readers will recOllect an account
published in these columns about six
months ago, of lucky Fort Edward,
IN. Y. milliner, to whom her atfian-
cied lover, q young English nObleman,
had left the marvellous fortune of sew
enteen million dollars. We further
stated that she had gone to London to
look after the little bequest, but were
unable at that time to give her full
name. for the reason that her friends
in this city requested us not to do so,
until after her return. She has come
back, after seeing that everything was
all right in the English courts, and
has been waiting all this time on the
action of those courts which have
been trying to etaside the will. They
have. however, abandoned the at
tempt. and little news item in the
New York World of Tuesday tells us
that she has been informed by her
agent in London that an installment
of S.. 900, 600 of the snug little bequest
will be forwarded to her the present
month.


We are, of course, now at liberty to
give something of her history. She
halls from Glover, Vermont, and is
the niece of Mr.. Daniel Gay, of that
town. Those who knew her in this
city say she is quite a sensible girl,
and not at all likely to be upset by
this staggering freak of fortune. The
story of her Acquaintance with the
young Englishman is known to but
few in this country. He came here to
recruit his failing health, and while
wondering among the pleasant re-
treats along the Hudson, they met and
low, d, but a rapidly failing health
called him back to his friends in Eng
land, where about a year ago he died,
having first proved his affection by
leaving her his vast wealth. She,
however, steadily attended to her
business, that of catering to the fash
ions of the ladies of Fort Edward, un-
til called to London by the attorneys
of the estate. Now, with more than a
princely fortune, she will probably
give up her business, and we shouldn't
be surprised if her trace became pop
ular with ambitious, young ladies, for
few years to come, and perhaps with
some of our Davenport Beauties
Davenport Democrat.
Year: 1870

One of the most exquisite wonders.
of the sea is called the Opelet, and is
about as large as the German aster,
looking, indeed, veey much like one
tipped with rose color. These lovely
petals do not lie quietlyin their places
like those of the aster in your garden.
but wave about in the water, while
the Opelet generally elings to q rock.
How innocent and lovely IL looks on
its rocky bed! Who would suspect
that it would eat anything grosser
than dew or sunlight? But thOss
beautiful waving arms. as you call
them, have another use besides look
ing pretty. They have to provide for
q large open mouth, which is hidden
deep down among them-sO well hid
den that one can scarcely find it.
Well do they perform their duty, for
the instant foolish little fishIet touch
es one of the rosy tips he is struck
with poison as fataltOhim as lightning!
He Immediately becomes numb, and
in a moment stops struggling: and
then tbs otbzF beautiful arms wrap
themselves around him and he is
drawn into the huge greedy mouth,
is seen no more. Then the lovely
arms unclOse and wave again in the
water, looking as innocent and harm
less as though they had never touched
q fish. la. LID f.-1
Year: 1870

A great deal of character is often
impaired and received at the table.
Parents too often forget this, and
therefore instead of swallowing your
food in silver silence, instead of brood
ing over your business, instead of Sc
vereIy talking about others, let the
conversation at the table be genial,
kind, social and cheering. Don't
bring unpleasant things to the table
in your conversation any more than
you would in your dishes. For this
reason, too, the more good company
you have at your table, the better for
your children. Every conversation
with company at your table is an ed
ucatOr of the family. Hence the intel
ligence, and the refinement, and the
appropriate behavior of family which
is given to hospitality. Never feel
that intelligent visitors can be any
thing but blessing to you and yours.
How few have fully gotten hold of
the fact, that company and cOnyersa-
ton at the table are no small part OF
education.
Year: 1870

Bleeding from the NOSe.-Puta a piece
of paper in your mouth, chew it rap
idly, and it will stop your nose from
bleeding. This remedy has been tried
frequently, it is stated, and always
with success.


Physicians say that placing small
roll of paper or muslin above the front
teeth, under the upper lip, and press
ing hard on the same, will arrest
bleeding at the nose, checking the
passage of blood through the arteries
leading to the nose.
Year: 1870

Never enter a sick room in a state of
pTespiFation, as the moment YOU be-
come cool your pores absorb. Do not
approach contagious disease with an
empty stomach, nor sit between the
sick and the fire. because the heat at
tracts the vapOr. Preventatives are
preferable to pill or powder.
Year: 1870

After Dinner Naps.-Many persons
are in the habit of sleeping for half an
hour or an hour Immediately after din
ner. This is a bad practice. Ten
minutes sleep before dinner is worth
more than an hour after. It rests and
refreshes and prepares the system for
vigorous digestion. If sleep Is taken
after dinner it should be in sitting
posture, as the horizontal position is
unfavOrable to healthful digestion.
Let those who need rest and sleep
during the day, take it before dinner
instead of after, and they will soon
find that they feel better, and that
their digestion will be improved there
by.-HerdJd Of Health.
Year: 1870

BY and by! We say It softly,


Thinking of tender hope,
Stirring always in our bOsOms,


Where so many lodgings group.
BY and by! Oh. love shall greet us
In a time that Is to come,
And the fears that now defeat US.
Then shall be all stricken dumb.
By and by! The mOurnful sOrrows
ClOuding Ger our sky to-day.
Shall be gone i'm glad tO-mOrrOws-
Shall be banished quite away.
BY and BY We say 1t gently,


Looking on our silent dead.
And we do not think of enrth-life,
But OF Heavens sweet life instead.
BY and byl We look in yearning
Toward the harbOr of the blest,
And we see the beacOns burning
In the ports OF perfect rest.
BY and by! Our ships shall anchor,
If the tide and wind run fair,
Some day in the port of Heaven,
Where our lost and loved ones are
BY and by! 'Oh, say il softly,


Thinking not of earth and care,
But the by and by of Heaven,


Waiting for US over there.
Year: 1870




And our hearts though stout and brave,
Still like mufied drums are beating,


Onward marches to the grave"


Yea! "art is long," the destroying
finger Of time leaves but little impress
upon the works of art, fashioned by
the skillful hand of man.


The beautiful chiseled marble stands
a lasting monument to the undying
genius of a powerful mind long after
the hands that wrought it are folded
over the silent heart. The canvas, al
though now faded, has traces of a
master mind; those once glowing col
ors shadow forth the beautiful fancies
of one whose earthly life is over. Gen
erations have passed away, and his
name, were it not for the frail work of
his own hand, would long since have
been forgotten.


The poet weaves his brilliant
thoughts into verse er sonnet. He
wins the esteem and applause of his
fellow men; not only those with
whom he associates, but his name is
loved by all who have feasted their
souls upon the beauty of his verse.
Though all may not be blest with the
gift of poetry, there is not one heart
but has at some time felt the beauty
the power of poetry. Who could fail

to admire the sweet songs of a Moore
or Morris. The writers may slum-
Der, but their works will be handed
down to pOsterity. For ages to come
those sublime sentiments will gladden.
the hearts of earth's weary children


The philosophers = the statesmen
of old-have all passed away, yet they
are not forgotten. They live ia the
hearts of greatful people. The world
is wiser and better that they have
lived.
Year: 1870

Most people like to be handsome. No.
body denies the greater power. which any
person may have who has good face, and
who attracts you by good looks, even be-
fore word has been spoken. And We see
all sorts of devices in men and women to
improve their good looks-paiuts and
washes, and all kinds of cosmetics, includ.
ing a plentiful amounting with dirty hair


Now, not every one can have good fea.
lures. They are as God made them; but
almost any one can look WELL especially
with good health. It is hard to give
rules in a very short space, but in brief
these will do:


Keep clean-wash freely and universal
" with cool water. All the skin wants il.
leave to act freely, and it will. care of itself.
Its thousands of air holes must not be
plugged up.


Eat regularly and simply. The stomach
can no more work all the time. night
and day. than horse it must have regu-
lar work and regular rest


Good teeth are help to good looks.
Brush them with soft brush, especially at
night. Go to bed with the teeth clean.
Of course, to have white teeth, it is need
full to let tobacco alone. Every woman
knows that. And any powder or wash for
the teeth should be very simple. Acids
may whiten the teeth but they take off the
enamel or injure it.


Sleep in cool room, in pure air. No
one can have clean skin who breathes bad
air. But, more than all, in order to look
well-wake up the mind and soul. When
the mind is awake, the dull, sleepy look
passes away from the eyes. I do not know
that the brain expands, but it seems to.
Think, read-not trashy novels, but books
that have something in them. Talk with
people who know something; hear lee.
lures and learn by them.


This is one good of preaching. A man
thinks and works, and tells US the result.
And. if We listen, and hear, and under
stand, the mind and soul are worked up.


IF the spiritual nature is aroused, so
much the better.


We have seen plain face really glori-
fed by the love Of God aud man which
shone through it.


Let US grow handsome.


Men say they can't afford books, and
sometimes they don't even pay for their
newspaper. In that case. it does them
little good, they must feel so mean while
they are reading it.


But men can afford what they really
choose. If all the money spent in self.
indulgence Tin hurtful indulgence), was
spent in books Gin self.improvement), we
should seea change. Men would grow
handsome and women too. The soul would
shine out through the eyes. We were not
meant to be mere animals.


Let us have books and read them, and
lectures and hear them, and sermons and
heed them.
Year: 1870

tar The fare in the Pullman Palace car
from San Francisco to New York is $3.50
in grcenbacks. Board on the cars-break-
fast and dinner--is 81 so per day. West
of Omaha the average speed is about IL
miles per hour. A correspondent says no
lady hesitate to take journey overland
alone. For this journey she requires an
ordinary suit and single wrapper. A
heavy sack is preferable to shawl, as it is
more convenient. All the baggage a lady
requires in car with her is single hand
bag, anything more is worse than a nui-
sancc. No lady should neglect to take her
own soap, glycerine and rum. There is
plenty Of towels afforded, and plenty OF
water. You have to change cars and get
your baggage checked but once on the
road-at Omaha. t.-,. f..
Year: 1870

Tn alluding to the manner of propogating cuttings, the Ner EagiaHd Fdrmer says that it has been ascertained that cutting will de- velop roots much sooner in moist sand than in rich soil But the sand cannot maintain

 it's growth for any length of time. To pre- pare pots for raising cuttings they should be filled nearly to the brin with rich garden loam-dark and porous, not clayey and soggy; then pour in one inch in depth of securing sand-sea sand will do as well as the yellow sand. Wet this thoroughly, and place the cuttings, from which all but the three or four upper leaves have been removed, close to the side of the pot; the contact of the ware against the stem of the cutting pro notes its growth. Press the wet sand firmly around the tiny stem. Agreat deal of your chance for success in raising slips or cuttings depends upon this. Plant as many cuttings as the pot will hold, from six to a dozen, ac- cording to the size of your pot; when they are firmly set in the sand two or three can be inserted in the middle of the pot. Set them away in dark, warm place lof twenty four or thirty-six hours. Thus, cuttings will grow quickly in hot bed, because the tem- perature is not dry Their growth depends a great deal upon light, heat and moisture. | IT bud is close at the base of cutting it will strike root more easily-is not so apt to decay. The roots shoot from bud, and the lower down it is the surer your success

 When the leaves drop, the plant is commenc- ing to grow if they wither on the stem, ii has begun to decay. By following these di- rections no one can fail to grow all kinds of house plants. Roses and all the rarest flow CTS of the green houses are propagated in | this manner.