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Year: 1873

The farmer who buys commercial
fertilizers and stimulates his land with
them is every year growing poorer /;
the farmer who sows clover, pastures
il, and plows it under, is every year
growing richer. The latter may not
make such large crops this year or
next, but at the end of twenty or even
ten years, his farm will be worth more
than now, while that of the former
will be exhausted. No guide for
manuring Is SO accurate as that which
nature herself gives. She made the
rich soil by adding vegetable matter
to it, and we may not only keep up
its fertility but add to it by the same
course. 1t is a singular fact that in
the two extreme sections, New Eng
land and the South, are the greatest
amounts of fertilizers used, and in no


other two sections of this country is
there so much dissatisfaction with farm
lite, and so prevalent a desire for
change to a new region. In one may


now be found thousands of acres of
abandoned lands, exhausted by con-
tlnuous cropping with one plant or
grain, or by the use of intensely stim-
ulating fertilizers; in the other hun
dreds of farms for sale, whereon the
owners say they cannot make living;
and in neither case has any Of these
lands or farms been taken hold of by
newcomers but with success and
profit. New England can show many
farm abandoned as proftless on
which thrifty Germans are now max.
ing money, and the South is being


dotted over with verdant fields by
immigrants whom a mild and even
climate has induced to seek It's bord-
ers; while the former owners in each
case are now pursuing their course of
exhaustion in some fields more fresh,
some pastures new, but of which,
twenty years hence, the old story of
sexhausted' will be told. Robbed
should be the word.
Year: 1873

executed in the most faultleSs and artistic
style, and pOTtrdytRg dccITdteiy and JnilU all
leading freIltS 1OiEtiR tUeHfy-(OttT hours after
HleiTOccltreTlce. Those who have made jour
naltsm study, and fully appreciate the great
enterprise manifested in the collection and
publication of news by the aid of the tele-
graph, steam presses, and the development
OF journalistic talent. have been fond of adj
vanclng the theory that the next advance in
that field would result in a newspaper fur
nishing in its regular issue pictures of all
current prominent events That theory is a
theory no longer: the newspaper of the fu-
ture is the newspaper OF to-day, and that pa
per IS THE DAILY GRAPHIC. The processes
which render this marvellous achievement
an existing fact are the result Of the most
careful study and an endless variety of cXper-
imentS, gradually perfected during the past
twelve years They depend upon improve
ments IN Hthography and the application OF
the Photographic camera By their aid pic
ture Is engraved and made ready TO print in
from twenty minutes to two hours. Costly
aud elaborate plates, works OF art, scenes of
interest, are reproduced and pictured forth
with equal facility and the most ScrupulOus
fidelity. Illustrations OF leading events are
engraved and prepared for the press even be-
fore the accompanying written narrative or
description leaves the hands Ofthe cOmDOsitOr


For the proper practical working Of 50 great
an enterprise. THE GRAPHIC COMPANY
was formed with
Year: 1873

Ahorse weighing from ten to twelve
hundred pounds viii eat about six tons
of hay, or its equivalent, in q year.
And we suppose the real point to get
at is, whether one can keep his horass
cheaper on some other product than
hay. This is an exceedingly difficult
question to answer-it depends SO
much on circumstances. We shall not
attempt to answer it fully at this time,
but will merely say that, in our opin-
ion, three and half tons of corn stalks
and two and half tons of corn would
keep a horse a year il fully as good
condition as six tons Of good hay.


We may estimate, also, that it viii
take three and a half tons of oat straw
and two and halt tons of oats, to
keep horse e year. A bushel of oats
weighs thirty-two pounds, SO that it
will take over 155 bushels and three
and half tons of straw to keep a
horse year. 1t would take about
two acres of good land to produce this
amount.
Year: 1873

WHEAT AND OATS TOGETHER The


Western Farmer says: The plan OF
sowing some oats with spring wheat
has beer practiced to a considerable
extent in some parts OF Wisconsin. and
probably more this spring than ever
before. James Gills, Cooksville, Wis,
inforus us that in his vicinity but lit
tie wheat was sown alone, most farm
ers sowing from fourth to third of
q bushel OF oats per acre with the
wheat, The attacks of the chinch bucs
are thought to be prevented to agOod
degree by this method. There is lit
tie difficulty in separating the wheat
from the oats. ya.. e -af
Year: 1873

TUE Philadelphia Press offers sug-
gestion to housekeepers which might
be acted upon to advantage in other
places. The plan our cotemporary
proposes is something like this: The
lady housekeepers of each precinct in
a ward shall meet and form an organi-
zation, and appoint one of its mem
bers delegate to a ward association,
which is to open an Office in some CEN
tral locality. This office is to be
placed under the charge OF an intelli-
gent woman, who viii keep a regular
intelligence Office under the control
of the association. The members
viii leave their orders there, patronize
no other institution, and accept no
servants except such Jas come IN this
way. By these means housekeepers
can obtain perfect control of the mar
ket, fix the prices and regulations, and
be no longer at the mercy of the ser
wants. But the movement must be a
concerted and general one, otherwise
It is certain to fail.
Year: 1873

IHE wholesome order of Chief Cock
rlll' requiring the members OF the police
iorce to pungle out their dime when they
order their drink, will meet with the
nearly approval Of saloon-keepers; but
doubtless murmer OF discomfort will &c
up from the guardians OF the peace, like
mat which went up in Judea when the
decree Of Cesar Augustus went forth


mat oil the world should be taxed
Year: 1873

One reason for the opposition of
orthodoxy to liberty is the danger of
its abuse. This danger equally beset
all liberty. The right use of person,
al freedom is probably the most diff
tlcult of all things to learn. 1t is not
merely that men are liable to abuse
1t, but that multitudes are certain to
do SO. But we do not, therefore
oppose civil liberty and advocate
despotism as the only means of pre-.
venting abuse. We believe it is
better to have liberty Notwithstanding
the great perils attending it.


SO, In religious matters. there is
great danger OF an extreme use of
the right of private Judgment. But
IT does not follow that men should be
deprived of religious liberty for fear
they will abuse it. They must rather
be taught that it is theirs of right, az
gift of God that they are account
able to Him for the use they make of
1t, and may not, therefore, abuse it
with impunity. Admitted that
many will ruin themselves by abusing
their liberty, yet there can be no
doubt that many would be ruined by
an intolerance that drives them out
of the church into a hatred of all re-
ligious truth.


Orthodoxy cannot keep men from
thinking, nor can it keep the thinker
within the prescribed limits. Mind
is inherently free. 1t cannot be
chained nor kept 10 ignorance of its
liberty. Sooner or later men will
find out that they have an inalienable
right to freedom. The question is,
shall orthodoxy recognize their free.
dom and encourage it by making
them feel that Christianity, the great
liberator of mankind. is not the
enemy but the friend and foster m 9TH
er of freedom, and thereby hold
them under its influence, where it
can teach them how to use their lib
erty temperately, reverently, in the
fear and service OF God I? Or shall
orthodoxy continue to teach men
that free thought sHd investigation
are wicked and lie 20 hell, and that
if they persist in the exercise of
their liberty they Inust be turned out
of the church, and deprived of it's
sympathy and help; and thus force
them into opposition to Christianity
and hatred of the very name of
orthodoxy as a synonym for bond
age? If SO the result will be impious
defiance instead of reverence, con-
tempt instead of investigation,
license, instead of liberty, and utter
recklessness instead of the fruits of a
holy life.


The church has no right to drive
men from its altars by Incidence, for
in 80 doing it loses its power to ben
eft them. The church was not es-
tablished to deprive men of their
liberty, but to teach them how to use
it. But in order that men may
know how to use it rightly they must
have it. 1t is only by theIpossession
and exercise of liberty that men can
learn its proper use. 1t is therefore
the duty of Professionalism to win men
to its affairs and keep them there, by
guaranteeing perfect freedom of
thought and conscience, that it may
be able to benefit them, and guide
them out of their doubts into higher
faith beyond. BY "An Orthodox


Minister" i1a Scri6ner's for July.
Year: 1873

[We publish below Will S. Hays latest sons
Tor the good it ought to do-hoping young ladies
will learn to sing it for the benefit of such gal
lants as talk of marriage without any visibl
m cans of support:l


I'll sing little song to night,
And ev'ry word is true,
You'll find that every line is meant,
Young gentleman, for you
I've no intention to offend,


In what is sung or said
The sum and substance of 1t is,
To go and learn a trade.


CHORUS.


The looming man" is he who lives


To see his fortune made,


Whom ev'rybody will respect,


Because he learned a trade.
Your education may be good.
But time is fitting by,
Instead of working don't be fooled;
The old man may not die;
And if he should, the chances are,
His will may be mislaid
Or you cut off without a cent,
So go and "learn trade"
The country's full of mice young men,"
Who from their duty shirk;
Who think 'twould crush their fam ly pride
If they should go to work;
Take off your coat (your father dio),
And find some honest maid,
Who'll help you make your fortune VIII en-
You've learned an honest trade.
Be temperate in all you do,
Be faithful to your ''boss;"
You'll find the more you do for him,
Will never prove a loss.
Yol'll find in fifty years from now,
When fame and fortunes made,
The best step that you ever took
Was when you learned trade.
Year: 1873

To TIRE EDITOR OF THE HERAID:-


1t may be interesting TO your readers to know
that the Bowery branch OF the Young Mems Chris
tan Association have fitted up their Kitchen at a
large expense, preparatory 10 furnishing 1000
meals daily to men who may be unempoyed The
object IL not to give free meals, but rather TO pro-
vide meals at a very small cost to men who may
have but little money. We have issced tickets at
the rate OF 10 for dollar, In order TO place the
hands OF business men and others the means OF
aiding the worthy applicants Tor relief who may
cali upon them. There is great danger OF money
being bestowed upon unworthy men, who VIII
take advantage of times like these to
pursue their trade oil begging with great
Ell zeal than ever. Professional beggars are
now appearing III better clothes, and
thrive better than In prosperous times. BY the
use oil these tickets much OF the success OF 'beat
lng,n 50 popular among this class, may be pre-
vented Iu the month of October 200 meals were
furnished and many men have preferred 10 pat
ronlle our table, at tue small cost per meal, than
20 where meals were given Tree. For breakfast
we furnish a halt pound OF bread and pint OF
colee, with milk and sugar. For dinner the same
amount OF bread ana a pint OF go0u soup For
supper the same as breakfast or dinner, the
person may prefer. These tickets are offered for
sale only at the "Bowery Branch, 134 Bowery or
Association hall, Twenty-thrd street and Fourth
avenue. Business men who Wish tickets sent TO
them may apply by letter, when tickets will pe
sent aud collections made.
Year: 1873

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-


IL has been customary for some time for persons
OF different religious belief TO accuse Catholics OF
never was greater calnmny than that. The Cath
olics have no such desire. They know that such q
thing would be impossible, and ir they could des-
troy them they would not, for it would be a wrong
and an outrage. The common schools have existed
so long that they cannot be dispensed with. They
are a fixed institution, ana must continue so for
the following good reason. The tendency or the
education impaired in them is Indifferent TO all
forms OF religious belief or as 1t is called indirer
entsm, and can hardly see any difference between
the latter term and atheism. To compel the
children OF the city whose parents were educated
in these schools TO attend church schools OF any
denomination whatever would be az useless as il
would be wrong. They are the surest and the
steadiest means that could be invented OF under.
mining religion, and yet the evil cannot be stopped
as the people have grown into IT, and il win take
them generations to grow out ofit II they ever do.
Religion has TO grow up with children Ike trade,
and when tney are OF age tDey Will continue
members OF and take An interest In their churches.
IL is entirely out OF the question that religion can
be acquired at the Sunday schools, because chill
dren regard the time they spend there reluctantly
AZ a general rule as an innovation on their sun
day recreation. Neither can 10 be taught by the
1reside, because the man who works from early
morning till night requires rest and quietness and
IL not In frame OF mind Tor any eDort Whatever


The pubic schools are n necessary evil. AZ lor
the Protestant Bible being read IN them Catholics
regard that as Of no consequence, except tpat ~
Year: 1873

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Seeing you devote SO much OF yonr valuable pa
per 10 religious subjects on Sundays, will you be
KIND enough to insert this A few sundays ago
visited a church in New York, known as Saint Al
bans. Now, ON truly puzzled TO find out to what
denomination or sect said church may belong. or
course, they do not call themselves Epscopalians
or Romanlsts. Now. want to know how a man
believing in one God, maker OF heaven and earth,
to whom alone should alteration be given, can
reconcile himself that it Is right to bow to wood
and stonef / noticed tnat at u part OF the
service called the introit the gentleman bowed
10 and kissed the altar, and then read the
commandments, which, Of course, he cannot be-
lieye, for we are told thou Shalt not make to thy
sell any craven image bow down 10 tnem and
worship them, ana that the Lord our God is a
jealous Cod Then, announcing tire service Tor The
next Sunday, he has cruciix held In front of hlm
by boy VINO holds 1t In view oi the congregation
during the sermon. Now, am rather inclined 10
think this idoatry. ] always imagined a clergy
man went 10 church with clean hands not To have
to wash them at the altar curing service. as that
gentleman dld, and the eievatlng Tor alteration
round piece Of bread about the size OF silver
dollar Now. should like to know where they get
all these dolatrous forms FROM and what sect they
really call themselves Also. what authority tney
have for such actions. PROTESTANT.
Year: 1873

The news from Japan is of more than
ordinary interest. The Chronology of the
Empire is made to nearly conform to that
of Europe and all Christian nations.


Not only do the japanese of rank adopt
the European costume, but the Mikado
receives guests on alternate days at dinner
served in foreign style, excluding political
topics from conversation. Marriages here
after will be within legal regulations.
Idleness is to be discouraged, the national
top-not is to be clipped, and the japanese
head otherwise to be made level. When
ever the japanese come to this country to
remain as students, the quickness with
which they slide into American clothes
and clip the scalp lock is surprising. An
intelligent student said not long ago
"Your way of dressing is far better than
ours. 1t is dress fitted for an active, res
olute people who have much work to do. -
He was discreetly silent about the dress OF
the other seX.-San. Fran. Bulletin.
Year: 1873

CHAPPED HANDs.-In healthy condi-


ton the skin is kept supple by an oily Sc


cretion, which answers the same purposes
as oiling leather. During warm weather
this secretion, in common with all the 9TH
er secretions of the skin, is more abundant
than in cold. When it is insufficient the
skin becomes dry and harsh and in those
parts of the body where the skin is thick
and subject to much motion, as on the
hands, it readily cracks or assures. The
amount Of this secretion is so much reduc-
ed in cold weather that the frequent wash
ing of the hands with soap causes them to
chap readily, and this the more certainly
if the soap is not thoroughly washed off:
The alkali in soap is usually in excess, and
this combines with the oily secretion, and
SO deprives the skin of its natural lubrica-
tor. To prevent the hands from ehapging,
then, be careful to wash all soap from them
thoroughly in clean water. This will or
dinarily suffice; but if not, twill be neces-
sary to make good the removed oil by the
use of glycerine, honey, mutton tallow,
Year: 1873




SENATE.


A bill for the distribution of the Geneva
award occupied the day.


Mr.. Howe, from the Senate Committee
on Claims, made an elaborate report upon
the Presidents veto message in the case o
the bill relieving j. Milton Best, whose
property at Paducah was destroyed for wal
purposes.


The Committee recommend the passage
of the bill notwithstanding the veto.


In reviewing the reasons of the Presi-
dent for the vetoe, the Committee admit
that i'm some sense the destruction was the
ravages of war, but in their opinion the
house taken from the claimant was for the
use of the Government.


The message asserts, as a general principle
of both International and municipal law,
that all property is held subject not only
TO be taken by the Government for public
uses (in which case, under the COnstitu-
ton of the United States, the owner is ell.
titled to just compensatory but also to be
temporarily or even actually destroyed in
times of great personal danger and when
the public safety demands it, and in this
latter case governments do not admit a le-
gal obligation on their part to compensate
the owner.


The Committee taking issue with the
President say they have not found any
such general principle affirmed, either in
international or municipal law, but have
found the very reverse to be affirmed by
all law, both international and municipal.
They quote numerous legal authorities and
several Congressional precedents in sup
port of this view, and in reply to the Presi-
dents caution that the payment of this
claim would invite the presentation of
demands for very large sums of money for
necessary and unavoidable destruction of
property by the army, they say the act for
the relief Of DR.. Best does not provide for
the payment of property unavoidably de-
stroyed. On the contrary, it clearly dis
eliminates against and disclaims. liability
for such payment.


Morrill,, of Maine, reported adversely on
the bill for the international copy right.
On motion of Norwood, of Georgia, the
bill relieving certain persons in Georgia
and other Southern States, of polical disa-
bilities, was taken up. The bill was
names, when Flanagan, of Texas, moved
10 insert the name of Jefferson Davis, say
ing that if rebels were to be relieved, so
freely he wished to relieve the chief one
and get done with the business. He de-
manded the yeas and nays on his amend
ment but they were not ordered. A vote
was taken on the bill which resulted ayes
%, nays Z, no quorum voting.


HOUSE.


Private bills were discussed. During
the discussion of Professor of the Spanish
language at West Point, Butler spoke of
the acquisition of Mexico as a thing that
would take place in this generation, and
Coburn predicted that the American boy
was born that would issue proclamations
from the Moor Castle in Havana.
Year: 1873

Some one has written beautifully to the
boys in the following manner. Here is a
whole sermon in few sentences: "Of all
the love affairs in the world none can sur
pass the true love of big boy for his
mother. 1t is pure and noble, honorable
in the highest degree to both. L do not
mean merely dutiful affection. [ mean
a love which makes boy gallant and
courteous to his mother, saying to every
body plainly that he is fairly in love with
her. Next to the love of her husband,
nothing so crowns woman's life with
honor as this second love, this devotion of
a son to her. And never yet knew boy
turn out bid who began by falling in
love with his mother. Any man may fall
in love with fresh-faced girl, and the
man who is gallant with the girl may cru
ely neglect the worn and weary wife.
But the boy who is lover to his mother
in her middle age is true knight, who
will love his wife as much in the sere-
leaved autumn as he did in the daisied
spring time"
Year: 1873

MOLD ON PREsERvEs.-Miss Lydia
Becker gave valuable hint during a re-
cent discussion of the British Association
upon the "Germ Theory" in which she
showed its bearing upon the making of
the preserves, land from keeping mold from
settling OH the jam. According to the old
practice of leaving the pots uncovered for
several days, time was allowed for the
germs in the atmosphere to descend and
settle Oh the jam, which was a capital soil,
and the result was plentiful crop of mold.
She therefore advised the ladies in the
section, when making preserves, to cover
up the pots while the sweet-meats were in
heated condition.
Year: 1873

To make court-plaster, soak isinglass in
little warm water for twenty-four hours;
then evaporate nearly all the water by a
gentle heat, dissolve the residue in little
proof spirits of wine, and strain the whole
through piece of open linen.


/. The strained mass should be stiff jelly
when cool. Now, extend piece of silk on
wooden frame and fit it tight with tacks
ply it to the silk thinly and eavenly with
a hair brush. A second coating must be
applied when the first is dried. When the
whole is dry, cover the surface with two or
three coatings Of balsam of Peru, applied
in the same way. Plaster thus made is
very pliable, and never breaks.
Year: 1873

DR. THRALL, of Philadelphia. has
made very unpleasant discovery.
In about seven years Jupiter, Saturn,
Uranus and Neptune will approach
nearer the earth than they have been
in / $50 years, aud the result will be
q pestilence. When Congress has
the manliness to make astronomy an
indictable offense, then we shall have
relief, but not before. 1t was not q
long while since that some one pre-
dicted. that the earth would be
swamped with q deluge. and you
couldn't borrow an umbrella or
pair of rubbers from any one. The
next idiot said that o comet would
strike and demolish the earth in o
twinkling. Whereupon many excel
lent people tied their beds and car
pets about their premises, and put
cotton in their ears. and sat down on
their cellar bottom in dreadful ex-
pectation of the shock. Hardly had
this alarm passed off when another
astronomer came around to tell the
people that the Niagara Falls would
be dry in less than $4,000 years, and
nothing would do but that people
should hurry out there for farewell
look, and in less than twenty-four
hours there weren't people enough
in Danbury to entertain q Japanese
hermit. And now here is Thrall
with four planets and 30 vaccine
matter. All the tobacoo-ehewers
are to be killed. and young ladies
who wear stays, and men who bet on
the wrong horse. If we understand
the old scoundrel correctly, the only
people saved are those who drink
lemonade out of a dipper and play
Copenhagen with their aunts. s.-Dan-
bury Ne,cs.