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Year: 1873

POPULARITY OF THE POSTAL CARDS.
The postal card manufacturers at Spring
field, are now shipping between seven
and eight hundred thousand postal cards
daily, and will soon increase the number
to 100000. There is an ample supply
of paper on hand TO turn out million and
a quarter daily and OF better quality
than previously. The late note of tho
Postmaster General was to the effect that
about one hundeed millions of cards
would be purchased this year Up to this
time, less than three months since they
were issued, over fifty millions have been
ordered, and the probabilities are that tho
consumption this year will double the es-
innate. Thus far, none of the small
towns in the country have been supplied.
it being as much as the Department could
do to satisfy the demand of large cities.
Year: 1873




HARD WATER. There is n popular
prejudice that hard water is dangerous tc
the health, and on that account we are
constantly warned by physicians to be-
ware Of it but in England one of the
leading authorities upon this subject,
DR.. Letheby, after devotng many years
to an investigation into the properties of
the water introduced into the English
cities, and to the study of the sanitary
reports on the subject, comes to the con-
clusion that moderately hard water is
safer and more healthful than soft water.
Hard water is not only clearer, colder,
more free from air, and consequently
moro agreeable to the eye and to the taste
than soft water, but is less likely to abb
sorb organic substances, to sustain the
life Of zymotic organisms, or to exert sol
vent properties upon the salts Of iron or
upon leaden conducting pipes. The limo
salts exert beneficial influence upon the
animal economy, and even protect the
system from dangerous outward influen-
ces. DR.. Wilson, Of Edinburgh, has also
collected much valuable information on
the subject, and comes to the same con
clusion as DR.. Letheby. lie takes the
ground that the human body requires fol-
its proper nourishment and support q
supply of certain mineral salts, among
which carbonate and phosphate of lime
play an important part in building up
the compactness of the bones and in oth-
er functions. We usually obtain phos-
phate Of lime in our animal and vegcta-
BILE food, but not from the water We
drink. Carbonate Of lime, however, is
not contained in adequate quantity in
our solid food, but generally obtains in
spring or well water. 1t has been incon'
testably shown that in mountainous dis
tricts, where the water is more or less
hard, the inhabitants exhibit the bes
physical development. On the Other
hand, it is believed that in large cities
the mortality is inversely as the hardness
of water supplied to the inhabitants. A
water which contains about six grains o
carbonate Of lime to the gallon is suita'
bic for use in all household purposes. As
a drink and for cooking food, such wa
ter offers the necessary carbonate of lime
for the support of life in the simplest
most natural, and most easily digestcd
form, and is at the same time more agree
able, fresh and sparkling. 1t is evident
that our prcconceived popular notions or
the subject of hard water need revising
and that it may be better to use such wa
ter than to have recourse to rain or ice
water,
Year: 1873

ENocH ARDEN IIUMBUGs.-I there Is
any class of citizens that are an unmiti-
gated nuisance, and ought to be shut up
in an iron cage, it is these same "Enoch
Ardens," who go off and stay until their
wives are comfortably married to some
body and take care of them, and then
persist in turning up and making trouble
in the family. One appeared lately down
in Maine and the second husband had to
retire To private life, the labors and trout
bles of some ten years of married life be-
ing thrown away.
Year: 1873

WHAT SIZE saba colored man
living ON Macomb street, having long
admired coolcd widow living in the
next block above, but being afraid to
come out boldly and reveal his passion,
went to white man Of his acquaintance,
the other day and asked him to write the
lady letter asking her hand in marriage.
The friend wrote, telling the woman in a
few brief lines that the size of her feet
was the talk of the neighborhood, and
asking her if she couldn't pare them
down little. The name of the colored
man was signed, and he was to call on
her Sunday night for an answer. Yes
terday the writer of the letter met the
negro limping along the street, and asked
him what the widow said. The man
showed him bloodshot eye, scratched
nose, lame leg, and spot on the scalp
where a handful Of wool had been vi0-
lently jerked out, and he answered in SOL
emn tones: "She didn't say muffin an
/ didn't stay morn minute !'-DetrOit
Free Press.
Year: 1873

" BE not among the wine-bibbers, among ri
otous eaters of flesh for the drunkard and
glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness
shall cothe man with rags" - Proverbs
XIII, ~, II.
I'll tell you two fortunes, my fine little lad,
For you to accept or refuse;
The one Of them good, the other one bad
Now hear them and say which you choose.
| see by me gifts, within reach of your hand,
A fortune right fair to behold
house and Il hundred good acres of land,
With harvest field yellow as gold.
l see great orchard with boughs hanging


down,


With apples, russet and red
| sec droves of cattle, some white and some


brown


But all of them sleek and we'll fed
| see droves of swallows about the barn door,
See the flaming mill whirling so fast;
L see them threshing wheat on the floor
And now the bright picture has passed
And | see rising dismally up in the place
Of the beautiful house and the land,
man with n iire-red nose on his face,
And little brown jug in his hand.
Oh, if you behcld him, my lad, you would wish
That he were less wretched to see;
For his boot toes they gap like the mouth of a


fish,


And his trowsers are out at the knee !
In walking he staggers, now this way, now


that,


And his eyes stand out like a bugs;
And he wears an old coat, and battered-in


hat,


And think that the fault is the jugs
Year: 1873

ALITTLE six year old was asked by
his teacher to write a composition on the
subject Of water and the following is the
production "Water is good to drink,
to swim in, to skate on when frozen.
When l was a little baby, the nurse used
to bathe me every morning in water. L
have been told that the injuns don't wash
themselves but once in ten years. L wish
/ was an Injun."
Year: 1873

The power of love is shown in the case
of a girl in Iowa who went over three
miles from home to pasture lot belong
ing to her father, and there cut the throat
of calf, SO that when theold gentleman
heard of the matter he might hasten
thither and thus give her n courting spell
with a lover who had been warned not to
appear on the premises.
Year: 1873

The Camden Democrat tells the follow
ing story with u great deal OF sclf-eatiS-
faction ut originating a genuine sensation
1t seems that some time last simmer Il
pain-looking and apparently care-worm
man was passing gentleman'7 dwelling
IN or near Beverly. His little daughter.
remembering that her father wanted help
to pick berries, hailed the stranger and
asked him if he was seeking employment


He replied in the affirmative, and at once
had an interview with the proprietor, who
set him at work. He proved to be active
and Industrious and made himself useful
in many wayS-so much so, that his en-
ployer retained him afterwards. 1t was
discovered that he had more than ordinary
intelligence, was quite polished in his
manners, and equally unpresuming As
time progressed it was discovered that lie
was master of five different languages.
and was at home on any subject when
drawn out in conversation. He was.
nevertheless, an efficient and faithful
worker, always obedent and obliging,
winning the esteem of the entire family


His employer finally came to the con
clnsion that he was not what he eonmod
and surmised that from some cause or
other, whether reputable or disreputable,
he was an exile from his native land, and
sought concealment 1t was noticed that
he corresponded with parties in Russia;
but as he kept his own counsel, and was
too dignited to admit of "pumping,"
there was no clue to the mystery. This
Winter, however, his employer, having
nothing for him to do could not keep him.
He left, and went to Newark. where he
was working as Il laborer the last heard
OF him. Nov comes the mysterious part
of the story. Some days since the gentle
man who employed him at Beverly re-
ceived draft for EGG ,O00-about 213O. 900
OF our currency in favor Of his mysterious
workman


The gentleman has gone to Newark in
search OF him, for the purpose of deliver
ing the draft in person. The affair he's
made quite II stir in the little circle f;,mil-
lar with the facts, and all sorts of specu-
lations indulged in. The last conjecture
is that he is = Russian nobleman. who
fought duel-such an occurrence having
taken place, some time previous to the
strangers arrival-and that he was forced
to precipitate departure from his native
land, but has been pardoned; others, that
a relative has died and left him the for
tune, as he had often spoken of a wealthy
aunt in his own country. He was always
pleasant, but was often absorbed in
thought, at times showing melancholy
cast OF countenance, as if oppressed by
some secret sorrow. He was too amable
in disposition. however, and wore too well
on further acquaintance, to admit of the
suspicion of crime
Year: 1873

To fatten horse that has fallen off in
deed, the work Of months The following
suggestions to accomplish it, however,
though without paternity, look to us as
wise and to the purpose: Many good
horses devour large quantities of grain and
hay and continue thin and poor; the food
eaten is not properly assimulated If the
usual food has been unground grain or hay,
nothing but a change will effect any desr-
able alteration in the appearance Of the ami
NAL. In case oatmeal cannot be obtained
readily, mngle bushel of flax seed with a
bushel of barley, one OF oats and another
bushel of Indian corn and let it be ground
into fine meal. This will be fair pro-
portion for all his feed. Or the meal, or
the barley, oats and corn, in equal quanti-
ties, may first be procured and fourth
part Of oil cake mingled with it, when the
meal ls sprinkled on cut food. Feed two
or three quarts of the mixture two or three
times daily, mingled with a peck of cut hay
and straw. If the horse will eat greedily,
let the quantity be gradually increased un-
I'll he VIII eat four or six quarts every feed
ing, three times day. So long as the
animal will eat this allowance, the quantity
may be increased little every day. Avoid
the practice of allowing horse to stand at
a rack well filled with hay In order to
fatten horse that has run down in flesh.
the groom should be very particular to feed
the animal no more than he will eat up
clean and lick his manager for more.
Germantown Telegraph.
Year: 1873

Strict attention should he paid to all
parts OF the COW house; sound fee6, clean
llness III the stalls punctual feeding. like
wise place the cows according to their
temper, not two evil disposed animals
together, also as the one or the other loves
warmer or cooler spot The COW house
should be airy, but not exposed to draft.
The strewing of straw should be well
attended to, the more the better for the
cows, particularly in winter. when cold.
1he stalls must be cleaned three times a
week, aud the feeding floors or troughs
swept twice day. In fact, everything in
the COW house should be calculated to
make the animal feel comfortable in it,


Perfect cleanliness throughout the COW
house, to keep out the stencil, should be
the rule, else the milk will suffer from it,
even during the milking. And here !
would call attention to an objectionable
neglect so often met with at COW houses.
l mean the perfect disregard of the valuable
manurlng fluid which is produced in cow
houses and from dung hills, and which 50
often is left to run into ditch or creek
near by, instead of being caught in some
vat or vessel, and used as most valuable
manure. Yet every farmer knows that
without manure worn land cannot be culti-
waited. One must have seen European
lhTlhs. Wnere tney cannot afford to waste
anything, to make this great error in some
American farms right glaring


Currying cows as an act of cleanliness
would recommend, and the daily washing
the udder must be attended to by all means
All this has considerable influence on the
health of the COW, as we'll as on her pro
ductiveness of milk


1t now and then happens that a cow,
heretofore good, suddenly shows decrease
in her milk. This never should be a reason
for neglecting her; on the contrary, she
should have very comfortable, clean.
airy but warm place, and the best of feed
She will soon recover, provided an actual
| disease has not set in. In the tending of
calves in the cow house, special regard
should be paid to those which show the
marks Of future great milk productiveness,
and rs such are intended to be added to the
stock of the dairy farm.
Year: 1873

There are persons who think that the
spirit and temper of a horse must be broken
TO make him valuable. Prof Wagner. in
his work the education of Horses, SAYS
81 would caution those who train or use
horses against exciting the il-wil of the
animal. Many think they are doing finely,
and are proud of their success in horse
training, by means of severe whipping or
otherwise rousing and stimulating the
passions, and then, from necessity, crush
ing the will, though the resistance is
prompted No mistake can be greater than
this; and there is nothing that so fully
exhibits the ability, Judgment and skill of
the real horseman as the care and tact dis
played in winning, instead of repeing, the
action Of the mind. Although 1t NAV be
necessary to whip sometimes, it should
always be applied judiciousy, and great
care should be taken not to rouse the
passions or excite the will to obstinacy.
The affections and better nature must be
appealed to in training a horse, as we'll as
in training a child. A reproof may be in
tended for the good of the child, but if
only the passions are excited, the effect is
depraving and injurious. This is n vital


principle, and can be disregarded in the
managementofse sensitive, courageous horses
only at the imminent risk of spelling them


nave known horses of naturally gentle
character TO be spoiled by being whipped
once, and one horse that was made vicious
by being struck with a whip once while
standing in the stall. ] have referred to
these instances to show the folly and dan
ger of rough treatment, and the effect that
may be easily produced by i'll usage, espec-
tally with fine blood horses and those of
a highly nervous temperament. Many
other cases might be cited, as such are by
no means uncommon. Sensitive horses
should never be left after they have been
excited by whip or other means until calm
ed down by rubbing or patting the head
and neck, and giving apples, sugar, or
something of which the animal is fond.
Remember, the whip must be used with
great care, or it is liable to do mischief, and
may cause irreparable injury.
Year: 1873

This disease, by exposure Of the feet
and then neglectins to take care of them,
sometimes assumes chronic form, and
becomes so obstinate that a cure is really
difcult So far as we have observed it
commences in the fetlock, but Mayhew
says that the earliest symptom of the dis
ease is an enlargement of the legs. If the


hair Is then examined. it will be discovered
loaded with scurf about the roots, while


one hind foot will be frequently seen en-
ployed to scratch the back of the opposite
| leg.


On applying the hand to the heel and fet-
| lock, the parts will be found hot, and the
animal will show signs of pain The parts


have greasy feel, and the morbid matter
which comes out, has q fetid, unpleasant
smell. As the disease progresses, the


parts become swollen, inflammation in
creases, and the disease is quite liable to
extend above the heel, into the leg. 1t
is then likely to assume a malignant charac-
ter, is very loathSome, to those in atten-
dance, and Is quite painful to the animal
1t then affects the general health. the
appetite is impaired, and the horse is in a
bad way.


In a late number of the Live Stock Jour


nal we find the following receipt, which


seems to have been perfectly etfectua in
| curing this troublesome disease. The arti-


cles used are so readily obtained, and the


application of them SO easy, that the re-


ceipt becomes of great value, if it proves
successful in many cases.


Having pair of horses badly affected


with scratches on hind feet, | tried the
remedy recommended in your paper some
months since; first cleansed the parts
affected, with CASTLE soap, and then took
carbolic acid, reduced with twenty parts


of water to one of acid, and applied with a
sponge. covering the heel with dry band
age Three applications produced Il per
fectlv satisfactory cure. Shortly after
ward advised this application for neigh
bor's horse, and it worked in an equally
satisfactory manner, In the last case the
odor was quite offensive from the diseased
part, and the carbolic acid corrected this at
! once. n E. Farmer
Year: 1873

In st. Louis last Sundaya gentleman sit
ting in a barber's chair, while being lath-
cred, observed the knight of the razor
every now and then throw some soap-suds
out of the mug upon the floor and set his
foot in them. The barber explained to him
that there was q lot of little snakes in the
mug, and that they kept crawlingup on the
brush, but the gentleman thoughthe would
go out and get morning paper before
being shaved, and he went.
Year: 1873

The profits of farming should consist, In
large measure, in the improvement of the
farm itself and its belongings, and there
can be no better investment than this. That
Is very poor farming, if worthy to be called
farming, which, though it may nominally
show cash balance, leaves the homestead
in a worse instead of better condition
than it found it.
Year: 1873

copy Of the premium list will be sent to
the several persons selected as superintendent
and judges. We hope that all will be able to
serve but il any persons cannot, they will
please notify the secretary at least two weeks
before the first day of the fair. a
Year: 1873

New York, july 49, A corIe-
spondent of the World, under date OF
Berlin, June 20, makes public most
remarkable conversation with Prince
Bismarck, in which the Prince, .afie~
giving expression to his weariness OF
spirit, is made to say: "The truth is,
there are not half dozen men in Ger
many on our side. I mean those who
clearly comprehend the real meaning
of the conflict in which we are engaged.
and in which, Notwithstanding our snc-
cess thus far, I now believe We shall
he beaten. The Emperor does not
understand it, and if he did he would
change sides in moment. The Crown
Prince, perhaps does understand it,
but he will put himself on the other
side, if, indeed, he is not already there
The fight is the Empire agrinst the
Church. It is fight of the State,
Empire, Monarchy, or republic against
God, and in the fight the State will get
the worst Of it, unless it succeeds ia
destroying the idea Of a God and ,pla-
cling itself in His place. Men say that
they must have something to worship.
Well, then, let them worship the
State; let it be all in all; let il take tho
place of the family as of the Deity;
let it be the Deity. In two genera
tions, if We had The field wholly to
ourselves, we could so obliteraEe the
idea of God and of imaginary rights
bestowed on man by Him as their
Creator, that the substitution of Tho
State in His place would be effected,
and the State, as in pagan Rome, be
all in all"


The correspondent, giving, in his
own language, the spirit of the continu-
ed conversation with Bismarck, says
that the seminal idea of the whole
was that the aspiration for liberty grew
out of a belief in God; that it would
be impossible to make perfect sub
servient people out Of men imbued
with dogmas of Christianity, and that,
while all forms of Christianity We're
alike fallacious, he cared to war
against none but that of che Roman
Catholic Church, for the reason that
it alone was formidable. He said:
Nothing has amused me more than
the praises which | have received from
the Protestant Christians of England
and America. I have wished to crush
Christianity. They praise me for my
services in the cause of what they call
reformed Christianity" IF anything
could console me for the chragin which
foresee | am to endure for some time
to come, it would be to witness the
amazement Of these good friends nl


nine whea they understand tbs truth
But understand 1t they never will"
Year: 1873

Every person receiving copy Of the rrs-
mium list is particularly requested to act az
one of special committee to solicitco-orera-
ton and attendance at the fair. Let lis all
pull together to make the Nineteenth Animal
Fair OF Jefferson county successful, and one
of which the people Of this section of the
State may justly be proud.


~ On the last day Of the fair will be hsld
sa e day for the disposal by exhibitors, of
animals and articles placed on exhibition.
Year: 1873

Scarcely had the words of praise which
celebrated the career of Ethelbert s. Mills been
uttered over his grave when the bright story
of his usefulness, his enterprise, his charities,
his probity and his enlightened love of art was
supplemented by the dark tale of his crime
The whole seems horrible mockery of every
thing that is good, and no man will envy him
the seeming success of his life in recalling the
disgrace which covers him in death. II is the
was too much trusted No one doubted the in
tegrity of Ethelbert s. Mills. He was one of the
few men who were honest in a dishonest age
but the treacherous wave swept him from life
into death, and at the same time
washed away all the green memo
grave. Death calls for settlement of the
affairs of every man even in this world, and,
unfortunately, death found Ethelbert s. Mills
a defaulter. AS President of the Brooklyn
Trust Company he had appropriated its funds
to his own use. Unfortunate speculations by
which he lost large sums and the payment Of
extortionate interest made him poor, and, like
the burglar, he turned to other mems savings
to repay his own losses. He was enabled to
do this because the trustees of his company
had too much faith in him to do their own
duty. These worthy gentlemen, among the
most prominent in Brooklyn, did not even
know that he had negotiated two hundred
thousand dollars worth of the repudiated
bonds issued by Governor Bullock, of Georgia,
at seventy-fve per cent of their face value.
Neither did they know that he had negotiated
a large amount of almost worthless railroad
bonds. Under these circumstances it was
scarcely to be expected that they should
know he had overdrawn his account and, per-
haps, ruined the company. After his death
the investigation into his affairs was con-
sidered mere matter of form, and its results
were surprise-as great surprise to the
trustees and the stockholders as to the deposi-
tors and the public. All this has its lesson
but reprehensible as was the crime of the de-
ceased defaulter, it was not more reprehen-
sible than the neglect of their duty by the
trustees of the company. When they penned
their resolutions of testimony to the virtues
of their former President they condemned
themselves, for they almost simultaneously
discovered that he had robbed the company it
was their duty to protect We care not to
moralize on this remarkable transaction, and
we can only deplore that public confidence in
our moneyed institutions should be shaken
because such outrageous abuses of public con-
fidence as this are revealed.