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Year: 1873

The war cloud, which had assumed pro
portions much larger than . mans hand,
seems to have blown over, and most fer
|vently and devoutly do we thank the God
of battles therefor. From war, pestilence,
and famine, Good Lord deliver u.s.. The
bitter and bloody memories Of our late civil
war are yet fresh in every mind, and thou
sands of hearts then wounded and crushed
still bleed in agony For them, life is a
| dark and dreary night whose sun forever
| set in that terrible conflict. Let us not
plunge into another war without it is an
absolute necessity.


Atrocious and bloodthirsty as the con-
duct Of the Cuban Spaniards undoubtedly
was toward the unfortunate wretches
taken with the Virginius, still, this alone,
would not justify declaration Of war by
our Congress against their inhuman butch
ers: As well say that because a party of
our citizens had gone out to capture wild
beasts in the jungles of Asia or Africa, and
had unfortunately been destroyed in the
attempt, that it would justify the United
States in fitting out an expedition to 90 and
clean out the savage wild beasts.


Captain Fry and his men well knew the
character of those men they had deliber-
ately gone out to contend with. The re-
peated atrocities Of these Spaniards durine @
htat Ia ct faU oI, Oh ~


turers Of the Virginius that if taken by
them, instant butchery would be their fate.
With these facts staring them in the face,
| they took their lives in their hands. went
forth on fillibustering expedition, were
captured, underwent farcial trial, were
! condemned, sentenced, and shot. Now we
believe in strictly maintaining our national
honor, and in making high the standard of
that honor, but we cannot see how the very
incest sense Of honor can require national
| protection for every reckless dare devil
| who goes out to take q hand in the conflicts
of other peoples. If our country is to be
| plunged into war by the imprudence. in
discretion, or reckless folly of every adven-
turer who gets into trouble by meddling
with other peoples business, we might as
we'll prepare for perpetual war. Even the
wars of the Roses had an end, but in this
| respect they would have the advantage of
| ours, which would be interminable. if we
are to be at the mercy of every would be
Champion or Liberator.
Year: 1873

While at Oronoco the other day we visit
ed the new Touring mills at that point and
found Mr.. Gooding in charge of the office,
who politely showed US through the build
ing. The Zumhro at this point affords
first class water power, and the firm of
Allis, Gooding & Hebbard, are making this
power useful by the erection of a first class
mill. The building is seventy-two feet
front, by sixty-two' feet deep. They are
putting in four water wheels, three
Of which are to run two runs of mill
stones and the fourth one run, making sew
en- run in all. The mill is to be furnished
throughout with the most improved mill
machinery. While we were there we saw
them engaged in furrowing the stone with
one Of '''Hoyt's Mill Stone Dressers.' %
This machine is run by the water power
that is to run the mill, does its work by
means of hard grindstone, about the size
Of grinldstones used for sharpening razors,
which moves back and forth over the mill
stone, not swerving the widthio of the finest
spider webb from a straight line The
stone is: so placed as to make it impossible
toldo its work in any other way than evenly !;
the work is done with rapidity and certain
ly with ease and we believe we'll done. 1t
struck us rs being a great Improvement
over the old method of pecking out the fur
row by hand. The proprietors expect to
have their mill in operation about the lst
Of January. The bins of the mill afford
storage capacity of twenty thousand bush
els of wheat. The projectors of this en-
,terprise certainly deserve we'll Of the dwell
lers in the region thereabout.
Year: 1873

Whenever our government again desires
to protest against the barbarous, inhu-
man and cruel treatment" of prisoners by
the Cuban authorities, wouldn't it be
good thing to have some one besides the
unconvicted assassin of Philip Barton. Key
to present the protest?
Year: 1873

on the Sabbath; and, beside this, there
is moral effect which is no less bane-
full than the physical one. ''God blessed
the seventh day and sanctified it," that
is ''he set it apart for holy, sacred, and
religious use' but how very small a part
of it do we make more sacred than any
other day, when we deprive ourselves of
Gods appointed means of grace by la
boring on the Sabbath as we have done
all through the week!


A widow lady says she has ''made
cheese from the milk of twenty-five
COWS for years." and she has ''never
made one on Sunday, and there is no
need of it," She adopted, long go, the
above mentioned plan, and she has but
ter for her own use and to sell, SO that
she is not always in a ''pinch" for money,
and she can rest on the seventh day.


Now, farmers, let us remember" the
commandment is not ''six days shalt
thou labor and do all thy work, and
make cheese on the seventh" but "The
seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord,
in it thou shalt not do any work, etc.


''M. D.
Year: 1873

The New York Herald has for long
time worn the belt for sensational jour
nalism. They have sent their commits
sionres, as they call their reporters, all
over the world When the war in Cuba
assumed proportions to attract attention,
the HeraM started their commissioner,
O'Kelley, to get into arrest and create
sensation with the Spanish authorities,
and the deeper O'Kelley could get into
trouble the better his employers liked it.
Their Commissioner Stanley made a
good thing in finding Livingstone among
the iungles in Africa, and to cap all
they sent a commissioner up in bal
loon, and startled their numerous throng
of readers with black letter heads, an
nouncing that Science and Literature
were dangling between the earth and
the heavens But it would appear that
in this the Herald Overreached them
selves, for they started rivalry. Re
porters were scarce who were willing to
be beheaded by a Spanish inquisition,
or wished to be roasted and eaten by
the black cannibals of Central Africa;
but there were plenty of professional
balloonists who were anxious to do that
kind of service, and the GrGph5c goes
for them.


One Professor Wise was found who
could do anything. The Grdph5c fur
nishes him with four thousand three
hundred and sixteen yards of unbleached
sheeting, gives him the command OF
score of pretty sewing girls, under the
supervision of a woman who has been
making balloons for twenty years, and
they 60 to work to sew up one hundred
and two seams, one hundred and seventy
two feet long, with third added for trans
verse scanning, giving about eight miles of
solid seam work; and when this is all
done a representative of the Graphic will
step aboard basket, and with ever so
many thousand feet of hydrogen gas, as
motive power, will start with the pro-
fessor on trip across the Atlantic. The
| destination of this aerlel trip is not an
nounced but the Graphic will send it to
Dublin, st. Petersburg, the moon or
Egypt, as shall be deemed most feasible
when the ponderous machine is ready to
rise, and all we can do is to open our
mouth, cape, and say, what oft. We
should preferto be an O'Kelly and face
the burly Captain-General of Cuba in all
his pomp and majesty. a
Year: 1873

calmly discussed from the standpoint of
a broad and catholic love of country.
Sectional partizanship and religious isms
should be forever discovered from the
subject of public education Where the
general duties and responsibilities of
citizens are alike, as in this country,
and where they create public sentiment,
make and execute the laws, it seems to
be of the utmost importance that they
should be, not only all educated, but ed
ucated under circumstances as free as
possible from all surroundings antagonis-
tic to free republican institutions.


G, P Z,
Year: 1873

The Lawrence American tells of
merchant who is always happy when
trade is dull, because, he says, when
trade is dull, you may always be sure
that it will soon take an active start.
The same gentleman is always miserable
when trade is brisk, because it is sure to
be followed by dull spell. a
Year: 1873

The point which determines mans


comforts or his misery may often Gen.


ter in the position of his dwelling. OF


almost equal importance to a farmer


is the relative position of his barn and
stables. buildings generally last q


lifetime, and therefore the selection OF
their sites should be matter of ma
ture deliberation and study. The
healthiness Of a site first; then its con-
venience and then its picturesqueDess
and the beauty of its surroundings
should be considered. An elevated
site with ground gradually sloping in
all directions is the most desirable. II
should be sufficiently distant from the
road to afford privacy and freedom
from dust and noise also that room
for intervening shade and ornamental
trees may be secured, together with
the most pleasing and grateful of all
houschould accessories, a green,
smooth-shaven lawn. The out-build.
ings should then be placed SO that the
milk-pail can easily be carried to the
dairy, that the horse stable may be
within hearing distance, that the dairy
may be convenient of access, that the
lanes separating the buildings may not
be cut up into mud in spring or fall,
or drifted full of snow in winter. In
short. a man should not blindly copy
his neighbor's plan without considering
its adaptability to his own surround
ings, and confguration OF his own
Y. Tribune.
Year: 1873

A writer in Coleman's Rurdl World
urges farmers to put in patch of sun
flowers. The yield, he says, is about
equal TO corn, and they require about
the same attention. A little occasion
ally mixed with horse feed gives q


fine coat. Every farmers wife, es-
pecially on the prairie, will be pleased
to see gOodly lot of the stalks stack
ed near the kitchen. For kindling
these have no superior, and are easily
prepared, for a feeble child can break
the largest stalk across the knee. The
stalks make splendid bean poles. Plant
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground, and when it comes time to
plant the beans the sunfowers will be
knee high. Then thin out to q single
stalk, and plant the beans at the root /;
you will thus get two crops. Chem
lists tell us its ashes contain four fold
more alkali than ordinary wood. 1t
is also a splendid protection from cold
winds when they are set against the
north and west fences. Cattle take to
it, and do not pull 1t down as they do
straw or stalks. Again, if a man
lives in a malarious district and owns
an acre of land, it would pay him well
to devote half of it to the sunfower,
which is an acknowledged absorber of
noxious exhalations.
Year: 1873

Drinking wine is a habit; so is
drinking spirits, ale, cider, coffee and
water. The last is thought necessi-
ty; but to drink much is q habit.
Some people drink little, not because
their constitutions require less than
others; it is their habit. These peo-
pie never perspire SO much as those
who drink more. The more that is
drank, the more water passes away,
or the system would suffer. As it is,
the strain affects it. The skin, the
( kidneys, bowels, ,lungs, ARE all drawn up
The result is, as may be naturally ex
pected, exhaustion. For this reason
the man who drinks much water, par
ticularly during the summer and in the
hottest weather, is less able to endure
fatigue. The water is of no benefit to
him-that is the excess. 1t must pass
away, and this requires an effort of the
system, which is the sweating process.
Had he not the excess of water, he
would not have perspired so; it would
not have been there for the system to
expel. By the habit of drinking, SO
much false thirst is created. We should
drink only what is needed. The hs bit
ofdrinking more will soon be over
come, and the person will feel much
stronger, and more capable of bearing
fatigue. In winter, little fluid is need
ed beyond what our food furnishes


in summer, some more, but not much
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1873

Nothing is more agreeable 10 mos,
COWS than the operation of milking,
except, perhaps eating, and COW with
a distended udder will usually prefer
to be MIXED. Nevertheless, beifers
are generally nervous about it, fire.
quently kick, and never stand still at
first. Kind treatment and a gentle
hand are essential. A rough man
will be sure to make the heifer a kicker.
The best way to begin is to sit by the
heifer, on her right side, ofcourse
make her place her right foot back,
then grasp the cord above the back
of the left leg with the left hand and
hold on. She can not lift the hind leg
well and will not try ; but she will try
to step over your arm with her right
foot. This is easily prevented by rails.
ing the elbow, and she is absolutely
forced to stand as she is. Meanwhile
you can first clean and manipulate her
bag and teats with your right hand
with entire safety. When she stands
quiet you can use both hands, but be
ready on the least suspicion ofa move
ment to replace the left. The heifer
should be tied in a stall and have
something to eat,perhaps, and, if very
wild, it may be Necessary to begiu by
handling her, rubbing, brushing, or
carding her gently, and gradually get.
ting her accustomed to have her udder
handled; but all this ought to have
been done before she calVed.-COr.
Nes York 7ribuns.
Year: 1873

Many so-called model farms are


not worthy Of the slightes, notice,


mucb less Of imitation. Any farE.


which is TO do credit to cultivation.


or management, or general results,


should be self-supporting, for ifit is de


pendent on manure which is purchased,


i. is evident this is a system which


cannot be general The majority oi


agriculturists are not in position to


be buyers Of fertilizers, ana the ap-


plication Of livery-stable and city


manure generally can only be used by


those who are near to towns and vities.


and who market hay, vegetables, e0.,


grown On their land. These farmers


and market gardeners can of course


farm in a way to deserve genuine


credit, but to farm on a system for
general adoption, the management
must be such as 10 sell such kind Of
products as will increase the plant
food, and act in such way that the
more there is produced the more there
will be returned to the soil This ex~
ceedingly essential desideratum has
not sufficient importance attached to
it in America, at least not IN the 1
United States, though in Canada the
best stock farmers are approaching |
this salutary management. There are
many crops which could be secured
for food which would be more palata-
bic and more fattening if not allowed
seed, yet this extra drain on the land
is suffered, while at the same time
cattle find this old straw-like food dis
tasteful. 1t is not only hay which is
treated thus, but there are numerous
parties who manage grazing So badly
as TO permit half the grass to seed
and rot on the ground, although it is
seen year after year that the stock
reject all this old stuff, and will only
eat where the grass has been kept
short.


In some of the older States it is q
well known fact that there are more
farms which would not sell for the
cost of their improvements than there
are of the opposite sort. This is evil
IDENTIFY owing TO system of cropping
which has gradually but surely sapped
every particle of fertility which plows
and cultlvators can set tree TO act on
vegetation. This method puts one IN
mind OF the word "subdue," which .
some are SO fond of using in regard to ,
and, for large parts of these States 8
are most relentlessly subdued, so much ,
10 that the soil is "subdued,' p disabled, I
crushed and destroyed And yet,
because an occasional farmer exists ,
Who exports corn, grain, pork or I
;heese, the whole community claims (
'redit for the champion Cor Goa,s-
ru Gentlexlan. I:
Year: 1873

One of the most striking and OBJ
servable features about the honey bees
this year is their failure to accumulate
honey. 1t is worthy OF note that the
common or black bees have failed to
collect a sufficiency of honey to feed
themselves on during the coming
winter. John Richards, Esq, who
has had considerable experience in
handling bees of different kinds, in
formed us that none of his black bees
were accumulating honey as is usual /;
the italian bees were doing better,
and would make money and support
themselves, and probably have little
TO spare. He further started that, in
conversation with a Mr.. Brown, one
of the principal bee men in the state,
he learned from that gentleman that
in one hundred and sixty hives owned
by him near Paducah, there was not
more than that many pounds of honey
In them; that he was preparing to
move them to Wisconsin, where the
honey-making season is not far advanc.
ed The complainant, as above spoken
oi, seems to be general throughout
Middle and Southern Kentucky
Eliz0JethtO,cn Neous.
Year: 1873

When people feel the need of an
acid, if they would let vinegar alone,
and use lemons or apples, they would
feel Just as well satisfied and receive
no injury. A suggestion may not
come amiss as to good plan, when
lemons are cheap in the market. a
person should then purchace several
dozen at once, and prepare them for
the week days of the spring and sum
mer, when acids, especially citric
and malic, or the acid of lemons, are
so grateful and useful. Press your
hand on the lemon and roll it briskly
back and forth on the table to make
il squeeze easily; then press the juice
into a bowl or tumbler, never into a
tin; strain out all the seeds, as they
give bad taste. Remove all the pulp
from the peels, and boil in water,
pint for a dozen pulps, to extract the
acid. A few minutes boiling is suffi
cient; then strain the water with the
Juice; boil ten minutes, bottle it, and
your lemonade is ready. Put table
spoonful or two of this lemon syrup
in a glass of water and have a cooling
healthful drink.
Year: 1873

In many parts of thS country there


is a scarcity of water during two


or three months Of the year. At


that time the ground has become


parched, and all the rain that falls be


comes quickly evaporated by the heat


and dry winds, and none of it finds It's


way INTO the springs or wells which


are very often dry. Rain water, then,


becomes the only dependence. This


with those farmers who cannot afford


the expense of a cistern, is gathered


into casks or barrels, and soon becomes


foul and unfit for use. BY little


contirvsnce, this water saved from the


roofs OF buildings may be kept per


iectly sweet. 1t will be a mstter OF
great importancein the cases referred
to that tight spouss should be proVld-
ed, so as to secure all the water that
falls on the roofs. This should be
conducted into barrel or hogshead
provided with close-ftting cover
Another cask or hogshead should be
placed by the side of the first one,and
both should be raised from the ground
on some suitable support. The two
casks are connected together by a
short pipe fixed in the bottom or low
er part of the side of each. A board
about twelve inches wide is fixed
across the lower part OF the second
cask, and on each side of 1t filter is
arran ged, which consists OF, first lay
er of gravel, then a layer OF small
charcoal, then i layer fine gravel,
with some coarse gravel on top. The
water from the first cask passes into
the second through one side OF the
filter. and when drawn off by the tap
or faucet, passes through the other
side of the filter, thus being discharg-
ed perfectly clear from all impurities,
and free from any unpleasant taste
which may haxe been gathered from
the roof. The casks should be paint
ed, and, if possible shed or shade
should be built over them to protect
them from the SUMS heat. When not
needed, it will pay to take them in to
The barn or some convenient dry place
Tor future use.-Americdn Agric@Itotr-
il.
Year: 1873

The effect of under draining is to
pulverize the soil by natural means II
nearly or quite the depth of the
drains, and by this deep pulverizatiou
the soil is enabled successfully to with.
stand droughts SO severe as to ruin
crops upon similar lands undrained.
where the drains beneath the surface
form a ready means of escape for the
surplus water of wet seasons. In the
adoption of thorough system Of
under draining upon all heavy soils
will be found the most effectual rem.
edy, and the one most general in it,
application against such extremes a:
those of the past three seasons.
Year: 1873

If q man is wounded so that blood
flows, it flows either regular or by
Jets or spurts. If it flows regularly, a
vein has been wounded and a string
should be bound tightly around belOW
.he wounded part, that is, beyond 1t
from the heart. If the blood comes
out by leaps or jets, an artery has
been severed, and the person may
bleed to death in a few minutes; to
prevent which apply the cord above
the wound, that is, between the wound
and the heart. In case string or
cord is not at hand, tie the two op-
posite corners of a handkerchief
around the limb-put stick between
and turn it around until the handker-
chief is twisted sufficiently tight to
stop the bleeding, and keep it SO until
a physician can be had.
Year: 1873

To BRoIL Observation-Disclosures to-
matoes make a delicious dist; select
those that are not over-ripe, and cut
them in halves crosswise: dip the cut
side into beaten egg and then into
wheat flour, and place them upon a
gridiron, whose bars have been greas-
ed previously. When they have be-
come well Drowned. turn them over,
and cook the skin side until thoroughly
done. Then put butter, salt and pep.
per upon the egg side, and serve upon
platter.
Year: 1873

Western merchants have uadoub.


ed!y had hard time Cf it during to-


al s.X month. Farmers have f.!


exceedingly POOR, and have beeT


obliged 70 Practice economy 70 q


greater ex,cu. t#an for some tine


.a,t. Notwithstanding the great value


Of wheat per bu-heI. corn Is the great


item in the prosperity Of the " est


and the activity Of trade. Minnesota


and Northern Iowa have been more


PROSPEROUS than other sections this


ear, because tE,ir great product Is


wheat, which hzs been sustained at a


comparatively iair price, but the
other sections, whose great staples are
corn and pork, have been much de


pressed. We believe, however, that q
better time il coming. The export
demand for corn is increasing, and
the revival OF the export trade in
highwines and alcohol 10 a degree
that will exercise an important in.
duence on the price of corn seems
more than probable. In regard TO
the crop of wheat in the Northwest,
every report confirms the opinion that
The exportable surplus of wheat in the
will be much greater than
ever before known. In Southern
and Northern Iowa aud
amount of wheat raised this year is
nearly three times as much as in any
previous one. The area of land plant
ID was much greater than usual, and


he yield throughout that section will
,e at least 80 per cent, greater than
or some years. The present aspects
# the foreign demand afford the pros |
'ect that the exportsble surplus will
meet with a ready market at fair prices,
hus making q substantial basis for
and active trade in the
Vest this fall and next SPRING
2hicGgo Tribune.
Year: 1873

PARsNIP STEw.-Pare and slice
together,in theproportion ofone large
parsnip tc three or four medium sized
potatoes. Cook 80 or 40 minutes in a
small quantity of water, so that when
you have put in a little -four thicken-
ing it will be nearly as dry as hash :
though some might prefer it more
moist. A little cream improves it,
With no other addition than a little
salt. this forms delicious food,
Year: 1873

You may ventilate a bay, or NOW,
where damp hay would be apt to get
musty, by making q pipe of old nail
kegs along the bottom from the CEN
ter to an opening in the side, and pull
ing ND -four barrel in the middle, as
the hay is filed in.
Year: 1873

GuTTA-PERcHA CEMEET.-Dissolve
as much gutta-percha in a mixture of
10 parts of bisulphide of carbon with
/ of oil of turpentine, so as to make a
thick mass. Clean the leather to be
united, from all grease, heat the sur
face before applying the cement, and
dry under pressure.