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Year: 1875

[ heard good story the other day.
We were commenting on the outward
man of a certain Senator, saying, in
addition, that we found him very
agreeable, though now and then un-
comfortably frank


"Yes, | should think he was. y
laughed our mutual friend; Il asked
him why he didn't bring his wife to
Washington, and he answered, Fact
is, Captain, the old woman is so NOR
tai homely I'm ashamed of her p


Make your own comments, dear
friends. If the lady in question were
younger Washington society would
soon metamorphose her. but l know
in her case there is no such hope, so l
forgive the Senator, and find double
amusement in the exclamation heald d
him make as beautiful woman passed
during reception Said the honor
able Senator by Jovel B
ought to thank God every day for the
pleasure of owning such a beauty !"
That mans aesthetic tastes walked up
too late, but they are correct.-Bos-
ton Globe
Year: 1875

A church -warden's wife went to
church for the first time in her life
when her husband was male church
warden. Being late. the congregation
were getting up from their knees at
the time she entered, when she said
with a condescending smile. Pray,
keep your seats, ladies and gentlemen;
l think no more of myself than l did
before"
Year: 1875

A young woman in Troy pointed al
her head a pistol that was supposed
to be unloaded, and was about to pull
the trigger, when her sister told hel
that she was setting a bad example
for the younger children. Thereupor
she pointed the weapon away and
fired it, sending bullet into her sis.
ter's leg.
Year: 1875

sign underlay this fooling ? Will
you see? F?


The next night, just before the
scene was to be enacted which we had
planned, stole down under the stage
and unbolted trap on the spot where
l intended Smithers should stand.
In the midst of his harlequin play /
resolved to push him on this pitfall,
that he might precipitate himself
down and break his limbs or neck.


Cautiously | stole back again, and
our interlude commenced. After al
lowing him to quiver and wrlggle in
his spangles while | shook my baton
over him, / placed my hand to his
chest and pushed him on the snare


He did not fall To my amazement
the trap held.


Unsuspectingly Smithers then repos-
sessed himselfof the wand and pushed
me back. With a sudden gasp and
cry | suddenly felt myself plunging
down in the dark, striking my elbow
and chin on the edge of the open trap.


L lay there under the stage with a
broken leg and fractured ribs. / had
unbolted the wrong trap and fallen
into my own snare.


The audience, as l heard afterwards,
clapped and laughed, ascribing my
disappearance to a coneocted part of
the business. An apology had to be
made. Luckily for the manager, q
fellow happened to be in the company
who was accustomed to go clowning
in an amateur sort of way, and he Of
fered to finish the harlequinade, tax
inn MI A fnP u
lay, filled up with dancing, he was
ready for his business.


They took me to the hospital, and
here | have lain for weeks and weeks.
What my feelings have been in the
long night watches | can never de-
scribe. The remorse, the conscious
ness how well / have deserved the
doom l intended for another, the bitter
repentance when George Smithers
came to my bedside, full of kindly
solicitude, and burst not confess then,
though l aOiU confess, please God,
when have regained my strength, he
shall know all. But all this alterna-
ton of sorrow, regret and self-reproach,
of desperate doubt and wild prayers for
forgiveness, is only known in Heaven
and to me. 1t has been filter pas
sage, but it has done me good. | am
calmer now. If l get better l shall
give up all thoughts Of Mary and re-
sign her to one who never assailed
fellow creatures life.


III.


Tom Pudson, however, did not give
up Mary-first, because Mary declined
to be given up; and secondly, because
George Smithers, alias Signor Tomato,
gave her up first. The harlequin was
a gay spark, who soon tired of fancy,
and a new face drove Mary out of his
heart So Mary returned to more
constant attachment, and Tom mar
ried her, made clean breast of it to
George and received his pardon. They
are now doing very well, for though
Pudson's career as a clown is spoiled,
he has taken to singing with his wife
in the music halls, and prospers COM
fortably.
Year: 1875

The time is drawing near when fall blowing should be done. We believe it is a good time to plow, and would begin with sward land, that on which we propose to put field crops next year. We prefer to turn over sward land early in the fall, for it is in better 'condi- tion generally in the spring than that which is just turned over In the early fall there is generally plenty of time for such, while in the spring all is hurry. Much will be turned under in the au- tumn that will decay and add to the fertility of the soil. The frosts and rains will act upon the soil so turned up, and if it be a clay soil, will do much to render it light and friablc. Later in the fall, and just before the ground freezes up, we would advise the blowing of all the old garden land, both to turn under what may be on it's surface, and to turn up the noxious insects that they may be destroyed by freezing. It is ob- jected that the soil, if plowed, will be likely to be blown off in winter. It is true that sometimes, when the ground is bare and dry, the wind will blow off some of the soil but it will do it to some ex- tent on lands not recently plowed. The loss in this way is small, how ever, and not equal to what is often turned under when the land is plowed. We think that most farmers do more or less fall blow ing, and believe in it more than formerly. This work should be done. We believe in pretty deep blowing, add in going a little deeper each year, until the land is worked and made rich to a good depth.
Year: 1875

privileges, but the man is made by having self denial and sprinkling of hardship enter his life. Trlals beget character, and work is tho parent of strength. Farmers sons need not deplore their lot and look with wistful eyes at the wonderful advantages and easy times of their city broth CTS, for a glance at statistics will show that their chances of sue cess are many per cent. higher than those of the most favored of city boys. It is not intended to urge the country boys to follow the vocation of their fathers if they have talent for trade or me chanics or the professions; far from it; the best advice is let them follow their natural inclinations; but never feel because you are a farmers son and must needs work hard and exercise self-denial and fairly work your common school education on, that you are down trodden and abused. These trials are your advantages and will make sterling men of you if you only make the most of your op- uortunities.
Year: 1875

Glancing through our list of successful business men, we find that a large propotion ofthem re- ceived their early molding for

 life-work upon the farm. Our leading professional men were trained in the common schools of the country, and there were taught

 habits of industry and frugality

 which are at the foundation of their success.

 Country boys, farmers sons, that work upon the farm sum mers, attend school winters five days in the week and work at home Saturdays, may think their lot pretty hard when compared with their favored friends in the city. But did they but know it, this discipline of labor and self denial gives them an appreciation of education and advantages that city boys never possess. Country boys invariably love to go to school; city boys hate the school room; and in this very fact large ly lies the cause of the ranks of successful men in all walks of life being filled by men whose early boyhood was spent in the country.

 Boys verging on manhood in the city feel that they have more than the farmer boys. They spend more money, with no real benefits accruing from 1t, and the result is the form alton of habits that act diamet- rlcauy opposite to success. Four generations away from the farm spells this stock, and there must be new importations direct from the country to give strength to business and brofes- ssonal life. Men forget to what they owe their success and in their desire to give their children the best of advantages do that which enervates rather than strengthens. They may stuff with
Year: 1875

Has the largest circulation of any paper in the State. outside of Little Rock, and is not surpassed by any other paper in the South west being circulated in nearly every town and city in the south and west. and read by an intelligent, epterprising people.
Year: 1875

Grosyenor likens imitation to pouring gallon of water into a gallon of whiskey; the result is two gallons of drink but only one gallon of drunk. An argument drawn from the Colonels' true inwardness.
Year: 1875

4 strange clock is said to have belonged
once to Hindoo prince. In front OF the
clocks disc was gong swung upon poles,
and near it was pile of artificial human
limbs. The pile was made up of the same
number Of parts necessary to constitute
twelve perfect bodies; but all lay heaped to-
gether in apparent confusion. When the
hands of the clock indicated the hour one,
out from the pile crawlcd just the number of
parts needed to form the frame of one man,
part coming to part with a quick click, and
when completed the figure sprang up, seized
mallet, and walking up to the gong struck
one blow. This done he returned to the pile
and fell to pieces again. When two o'clock
came two men arose and did likewise. And
at the hour of noon and midnight the entire
heap eprang up, and, marching to the gong,
struck, one after the other. his blow, making
twelve in all; then returning, fell 10 pieces as
before.
Year: 1875

There is an old patriarch living in the
neighborhood of Carrsville, Kentucky, whose
primitive goodness furnishes refreshing
contrast to the average condition of man. He
can neither read nor write, this relic OF a
gospel-loving generation. but he IS fond OF
hearing the Bible read, and his son. boy
who has enjoyed advantages OF education his
father didn't, is called upon to do the reading


The other evening the boy. who was doing
his customary duty stumbled at a hard word


The old gentleman asked him what was the
matter? The boy, somewhat huriiedly, said
something about typographical error, when
the good old gentleman blnrted ont: ''Take
the id thing out of that Bible. have been
wondering what has been eating the leaves
out of that hook. and you have found it at
last Take the id thing out and kill i'll"
Year: 1875

The most perfectly shaped man or woman
is nsymmetrical--that is to say, there is
marked unlkeness between the two sides of
the body. The two sides Of the face (Which
is most seen. and. therefore. permits Of more
accurate study will be found always to ex-
hibit considerable differences Probably no
two sides of any human face are precisely
alike. 1t is the same with every limb. No
pair Of limbs is shaped alike. One hand is
almost always larger than the other; so with
the foot; SO with the leg and arm.
Year: 1875

Last evening a newsboy about ten years
old ran after pedestrian and urged him
vehemently to purchase paper The man
made no answer until the boy had followed
him whole block, and then he halted and
said: boy. if you don't stop annoying me
III call policeman. Don't go to any
trouble" replied the lad. Buy paper Of
me and III call q policeman for you. de
trot Free Press
Year: 1875

Each monthly part will contain six superb
plates, with accompanying descriptive matter,
and whether for binding or framing will be
tic character. Every impression will be most
carefully taken on the finesttoned paper and
no pains will be spared to make this the
richest production OF press which has won
in q marvelously short time, worldwide
reputation.
Year: 1875

An-incident occurred at the Treasury
Department, to-day, which illustrates
among other things, the perfection to
which the system of checks and bal
ances in the Bureau of Printing and
Engraving has been brought. One ol
the female counters in that bureau yield
ed to the temptation 10 steal twenty
dollar greenback. Knowing that the
deficit would be ascertained without fail
before 3 o'clock, she made haste to
shield herself by reporting that she had
discovered deficit Of that amount. AT
once the most vigorous examination was
made, but in vain, to find who was re-
sponsible for the loss. The excitement
that prevailed in the cash-room when
the S47 900 loss was announced was re-
peated on small scale in Mr.. McCar-
tees bureau. Finally the woman who
had stolen the bill arose from her seat
and passed out Of the room. In doing
so the stolen bill slipped from the place
where it was concealed on her person,
and fell to the floor, leading to her de-
lection. She confessed her crime. but
told such pitiful story of poverty and
destitntion and the pressing wants Of a
family dependent upon her for support,
that she was permitted to retain her
position, upon promise not to do 30
again. Subsequently notice was served
npon the employees of the bureau that a
repetition of the ofense by any one
would certainly meet with the severest
punishment.
Year: 1875




It would be by no means improbable
that some scier ti6c and inventive mind
should adapt means to do away with the
need for rain. Good farmers already
do this now in part by mulching newly
set trees, keeping the soil moist and
light by deep and thorough pulveriza-
tion. The air is always charged with
moisture, as we can see on the dTyest,
hottest day by the drops deposited on the
surface Of an ice pitheher. All that is
needed is that the air should freely cir
culate so deeply in the soil that its
moisture will be condensed by the cold
er particles of earth. Or some substance
having a strong affinity for water applied
to the earth would answer the same pur-
pose. A French chemist, NJ. Paraf, has
found this in chloride Of calcium, which
he has successfully applied in time Of
drought TO sand hills, road beds, grass
and all kinds Of soil. lie claims to be
able TO irrigate land more cheaply than
by means Of canals or pumping waters.
One application will condense and re-
tain moisture three days, while If APP
piled by irrigation the water would
evapOrate in an hour.
Year: 1875

As warm weather has come at last,
the following by a writer in the n. Y.
Times will prove both seasonable and
serviceable: There is no good reason
why farmers and their families should
eat so much salt pork, leaving all the
fresh meat to the inhabitants Of cities
and Villages, when the following method
will keep meat fresh for weeks even in
the warmest weather. l have tried it
for several years. As soon as the ami
NAL heat is out of meats, slice it up
ready for cooking. Prepare a large jar
by scalding it well with hot salt water.
Mix salt and pulverized saltpeter Cow
er the bottom Of the jar with sprin-
kle of salt and pepper Put down a
layer of meat, sprinkle with salt and
pepper the same as if it was just going
to the table, and continue in this man
ner until the jar is full. Fold n cloth
or towel and wet it in strong salt and
water in which little of the saltpeter
is dissolved. Press the cloth closely
over the meat and set in cool place.
Be sure and press the cloth in tightly
as each layer is removed, and your meat
will keep for months. it is a good plan
to let the meat remain over night, after
it is sliced before packing. Then drain
of all the blood that oozes from it. 1t
will be necessary TO change the cloth
occasionally, or take if off and wash it
frst in col water, then scald in salt wa
ter as at first. In this way farmers can
have fresh meat ali the year round.
have kept fresh beef that was killed the
18th of February till the Dist of June.
Then / packed large jar Of veal in the
same way during the dog days, and il
kept six weeks. This recipe alone il
worth the price of any newspaper in the
| land
Year: 1875

An amusing story is told of the late
Governor Brough by an elderly gentle
man of this city, who formerly resided
in Marietta, and who was a companion
of the governor IN his younger days
when he (Brough) was an apprentice in
a printing Office. the gentleman who
relates the story vouches for its truth
fuIness, and as il has never been in print,
We produce it.


The gentleman who relates the story,
says that, many years ago, when Govern
or Brough and himself were boys to-
gether, at Marietta, there lived over on
the Virginia side of the river an old ne
gro, who was famous far and wide
throughout the country for the excel
lence of his watermelons; and the old
darkey was the fortunate possessor of
very savage bulldog, which was like
wise famous throughout that section for
his ability to get away with anything in
human form that had the andacity to
invade the sacred precincts of that mel
on-patch, and the boys Whereabouts view
ed that dog with a feeling akin to awe,
and respected far more than they loved
him. Bnt there was one boy in Mariet-
ia who wasn't afraid of that dog, and
who made his boast that he'd fix him,
and that boy was Johnny Brough, and
was then the printers devil, but future
governor of Ohio.


One night, in the height of the water
melon season, the boys came to the con-
clusion that they would like to have
some of the old darkey's melons. 1t was
an easy matter to get skiff and row
across the river, but the great difficulty
was how to get that awe inspiring dog
interested in something else than watch
ing the melon patch. The boys put
their heads together and went into a
committee of the whole to devise ways
and means of getting that dog ont of the
way. Finally Johnny Brough announc-
ed to the boys that he'd fix him If they
would only go along to carry the melons
to the skitf. All efforts to find out the
exact plan by which Johnny was to close
the mouth of the dog were unavailing,
and finally the boys consented to go and
trust to the ingenuity of their leader.
The skifi was procured, and ere long the
boys were on the "Aacred soil" of that
melcn patch. When 10! the dog came
towards them with fire in his eye and
thunder in his voice. The boys were
greatly alarmed at the prospect, but
were warned by their leader to keep mp
their courage and trust in him. When
the dog was near enough Johnny pro-
duced from his pocket a pistol loaded to
The muzzle with snuff, and let fly square
in the dogs face. This gave him some
thing to occupy his attention, and while
he was working with both paws TO get
the snuff out of his eyes, the boys Sc
cured all the melons they wanted, and
got the river between their enemy and
themselves.
Year: 1875

RowelPs new Newspaper Directory
shows the failure of over one thousand
newspapers in this country during the
past year, the loss to publishers, adver-
tisers and subscribers amounting to over
$S,0OO,000 the Republic of New York
alone losing half million.


1t is the testimony of others also that
the past year has been the hardest that
our newspapers have ever known. A
mong other causes, a prominent one has
been this: As payments have not been
easily made, people reason that a news
paper subscription is but small amount,
and the publishers cannot be greatly in
convenienced for the want of such a
mere trifle. They forget that there are
thousands of subscribers who reason in
the same way. Consequently while the
neglect of one or two to remit would be
no great damage TO a publisher, yet the
failure of thousands to do so, is simply
disastrous to him. His weekly pay
ments are large, and must be met. His
sOuiSO VI SuPPhes oeAhS thSSO AAN"'clS,
when they dry up he must close his of
fee. He cannot even afford to wait for
better times. In what condition would
farmer be, whom say three thousand
persons were owing for as many barrels
of potatoes? And what would be his
thoughts of the honesty of his debtors
each one of whom neglects to remit hii
small amount, and by such neglect caus
ing the farmer-with money enough due
him to meet all his liabilities-to fail
- Church Journal.
Year: 1875

The Rnral New Yorker says that July
and August are probably the months in
the year for destroying weeds. The
simmer heats are at their fercest, and
all annual weeds cut down at the root es-
pecially wither and die. The tougher
perennials have their growth for the
season, and have nearly perfected their
seed. The root then has least vitality.
and if the top be cut of feeble effort
is made to reproduce it, especially if the
woods grow in a tough sod of grass. We
have known frequent mowings Of this
ties in sod to reduce the vitality of the
patch so much that it would produce
only here and there a stalk until the
neld was again plowed.


In the growing corn August is, of all
months, the time to destroy Canada this.
ties and quack. Keep the plant down
as much as possible early in the season;
then, as the corn begins to tassed out,
go through with light hoe and cut out
every spear of thistle and pull up every
blade of quack, with all the root that
can be got attached. The quack should
be put in heaps and burned, but the
thistle roots will seldom if ever start
again, and pulling up at this season of
the year, or even cutting of, is fEal and
certain destruction. The cost Of doing
this is not large, varying with the price.
of labor and abundance of weeds; but
we are satisfied that it is always a prof.
table operation on all land foul with
thistles. We have repeatedly had the
cost more than repaid not only in the
corn crop, but in the succeeding oats
and barley. besides leaving the land
cInnnor fnr rnn ~ thorna ftor
Year: 1875

The recent discovery of extensive iron
deposits in the San Gabilan range OF
mountains, in California. and the known
existence Of vast iron fields in other
sections of the State, will it is thought
create new interest there in the manu-
facture Of this metal Last year Cali.
fornia paid about Sl0,0O0,000 for iron,
and nearly half a. much more for it,
transportation from eastern and foreign
factories. The chief obstacles in the
way Of the manufacture Of the metal on
the Pacific coast have been the lack OF
suitable coal and the high price oflabor
The latter trouble is likely to be remov-
ed by skilled laborers, who are crowd.
ing thither from the idle furnaces ofthe
east.
Year: 1875

PIE CRUsT-The most healthy pie
crust is made of thin, sweet cream and
-four, with little salt. Don't knead
thin. Bake in a quick oven. Another
way is sift quart or two Of -four in the
pan. Stir in the center a little salt and
a half teaspoonful Of soda well pull
verised. Now put in the hole a cup Of
soft mot liquid) lard, or butter and lard
mixed, stir it thoroughly with the -four;
next add two scant cups Of good sour
milk or buttermilk. Stir all quickly
with the -four, in such n way that You
need hardly touch it with your hands
till you can roll il out. Bake quick
This will make three or four pies.
Year: 1875

Boston bar-room scene on Centennial
week, according to the Boston Herald:


A friend had invited one of the
South Carolina soldiers into the saloon
to put another turf on the hatchet.
While standing at the bar a stranger
came in. The South Carolinian sud-
denly dropped his glass and closely eyed
the stranger. His gaze was so steady
and peculiar that the friend began to be
alarmed and to fear that the hatchet
was about to be dug up again.


Directly the Carolinian asked the
stranger if he knew him. There was nc
recognition, whereupon the Carolinian
asked him if he was not in the late war


eyes," was the reply.


"And were you not stationed at such
a placer"


"Yes."


"Well, l thought so," replied the
Carolinian, and raising his hat, showed
large scar on his forehead, saying:


"There is your sabre mark, my boy
come up and take drink"


And SO then and there they decorated
the grave of the buried hatchet.