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Year: 1872

The Germantown Telegraph SAYS
"Sprouting white potatoes will advance the
crop two weeks. They should be cut so
that about two eyes are allowed to each
piece, and these should be planted in hot
beds with thin covering of soil; or 1t is
better to plant Ia boxes and set these in a
hot bed, 80 that after they are properly
sprouted they can be at once carried to
the place of planting. If the nights should
be anyway cold, protect with thin cover
ing of straw when the plants make their
appearance above ground. Some persons
who want large quantity sprouted, cut
the potatoes as desired, and spread them
on boards, boxes or crates, in dark place,
and when sprouted say from an inch to an
inch and q half, expose them to the light


noistening two or three times week with
lepid water. They should be planted out
so that here is not more than two inches
ot soil over the top Of the sprouts.
Year: 1872

| From the Evansville. Ind, Journal, April q.
! A worthy citizen undertook to trim his
| beard short time since, and by a slip of
| the scissors, spoiled his cut He trimmed


little more, and still more, but it would
look lop-sided; so he went to the BARRIERS


and got shaved for the first time in twelve


years. He was very busy, and business


detained him in his office until late hour


of the night, and when he went home he
found that his family had retired. This
was not an unusual occurrence, So he
| silently entered by means Of a pass KEY,
sought his own room, and undressed


without lighting the gas He got partly


into bed, when his wife astonished him bv


uttering a loud and prolonged scream.
| He was very much alarmed for her, and


feared she had lost her reason He i'm
| plored her to tell him what was the mat
| ter.


| At the sound OF his voice she screamed,
"Oh! Edward, come quick and save
| me-


II am here, dear" said he, but she only
screamed the louder at the words.
| He sprang out of bed, and had lust


struck light, when his brother-iu-law a
| muscular six footer, rushed into the room
and fired revolver at his head. Luckily
it missed, but his fist did not, for in a
minute a pale-taced man with long white


robe, staggered under blew that doubled
the size of his organ of comparison.
"My Cod" exclaimed the husband,


''are you all crazy ?" ..


"Bless my heart ~ exclaimed the mus


cular brother-in-law, ''if it amt Ned HIM


self! Why what on earth tempted you 10


get yourself up in that style ~
"What style?" asked the much abused


husband, as he rubbed the growing Jumps


on his forehead


"Why, when did you shave ?"
1t was all clear to him then. His wife
had put up her hand in the dark, and
meeting the shaved face of man, took
her husband for an intruder. She rocog-


nlzed his voice first, but the second time
he spoke her terror was too great, and
she tainted. When the brother-in- law


rushed in he saw a thin faced man with a
slightly bald head, in long white night


robe, and in a rage at the supposed out
rage, fired at him, missed. and then knock
ed him down with his fist Fortunately
his voice saved the husband for second
shot. His wife recovered from her faint
only to faint again at the recognition of
her husbands shaven face, and the pistol
shot. He finally got to bed and slept very


well until morning, when ''the baby" a
child about two years of age, approach
ed the bed, as he had been used to do,
and, frightened at the sight Of stranger,
ran screaming from the room. Tripping


on the carpet the poor child received a
severe bump on its little head.
Matters were finally Strengthened up at
home, but on the street his friends passed


him without speaking, and at the bank lie


was not only refused payment of draft


but threatened with arrest for signing his
own name in endorsing it. Of course


little explanation brought the various af-


fairs all right, but it took so much time to


explain, and for the confusion on his fore


head to get we'll that the aforesaid citizen


vows he will never shave again, as he


considers it habit dangerous to peace,


and even life.
Year: 1872

In answer to inquiries about raising
carrots, l would say, select piece of good
dry land suitable for corn, either corn
stubble or greensward. Plow in the fall. If
possible, or early In the spring. Pulverize
thoroughly with cultivator and harrow.
Plow again just before planting; manure
and work in with cultivator aud harrow
mark, for seed, twenty inches apart, leav-
ing drills two inches deep. Soak seed over
night In water as hot as the hand can be
held in; drain and mix with dry ashes un-
Till the seed will separate. Sow about the
10th of May. After sowing, brush a little
dirt on the seed. The row should be rolled
or stamped hard, leaving the spaces be-
tween as light and loose as possible The
carrots (if seed is good will appear in
about ten days, or about TWO weeks sooner
than by the ordinary manner of planting.
They should be hoed as soon as they begin
to come up. The previous rolling in the
row will hold the small plants so that the
hoe may cut close without disturbing them
Repeat the hoeing in about week. The
weeds and surplus carrots may now be
easily pulled from the rows. Stir the
ground often, either with the hoe or cult
vator, and dig them out with a good pillow,
turning them out every other furrow After
twenty years experience think 900 bush
els per acre an average crop. Rural New
Orker.
Year: 1872

A party of gentlemen in saloon, dis
putting oyer the question whether the
American system OF treating or the Euro
pean system OF not treating was preferable.
couldn't settle the matter by talking. 50
they went to work testing it by practice.
First, each man took Il drink by himself
Then each man invited a single friend TO
drink. After that, each single friend re-
turned the compliment. And finally, each
man in the party-there We're six of them
asked all the rest to drink. When all
that was accomplished, not a soul in the
room could tell where the discussion orig
mated, or what it was about.
Year: 1872

A small iron box inside the vault was
forced, and whatever valuables it con
tanned. which could not be ascertained at
the time, We're stolen. as well as the trea-
sure In the larger vault outside the burg


lar-proot department This department
contained the greater part of the treasure
stored In the bank, and, having a combi-
nation lock, could not be opened by the
robbers; Mr.. Martin, it is presumed, be-
Ing shot because of his refusal to open it
for them. The exact amount of the money
taken could not be ascertained when our
informant left, though it is not thought to
be more than a few thousand dollars. The
desperadoes were greatly disappointed in
not being able to get in the main vault
Year: 1872

ediu. at the Spring cleaning, the la
bors. of the women folks are increased by
whitewashiug, the picket fences Soap.
making comes in March, before the care
of the garden begins topress. Here sue
cess is so uncertain that it is deemed a
matter of luck and chance. The SOAP
must always be stirred in one direction
and sassafras stick is thought to pos.
sess sovereign virtues for the process
A smart housekeeper can make a barre
of soap,in the morning and go a visitin
During the harvest season the house
hold labors are frightful, but the broilins
and baking in the hot weather are cheer.
! fully done for the menfolks, who are swell.
tering in torrid fields and stifhing barns.
Four meals are the rule at this time, and
'ta piece is sent out as early as nine
o'clock in the morning A "Dutch", girl
thinks nothing of making fifty pies in a
week, and with pie at every meal, they
are sure to come to good market.


q Apple butter, as a sauce made ofap-
piles boiled in cider is called, has been a
great ordinance with the robust Germans
though falling of in late years, on account
of the scarcity of fruit. Two bushels and
a half of cut apples are enough for bar
rel of cider La few hours the apples
will be all in great copper kettles, and
then you are obliged to stir for dear life,
until, on taking out little on dish, you
find the cider no longer collects round
the edges, but all forms simple mass
The work is then done, and you have on
ly to dip it out into earthen vessels, and
when cold, store it in the garrett, withth
hard soap and bags of dried apples and
cherries, perhaps with the hams and
shoulders, that are there waiting for ''the
good time coming" The writer speaks
of specimen of apple butter preserved
in the Lancaster Museum, which dates
from the time of the Revolution, pro
dizzy as wonderful as the blood of St
JaDuarius, at Naples.


The whole impression of the book, Of
which the authors name is not given
though it is evidently from the pen of q
woman, is that of sequestered rura
landscape, remotely surrounded with the
turmoil and heat of modern civilization
but free from all vital contact with its in
fuence. The entrance which it opens 20
the primitive homes of those simple peo
pie is like leaving the reeking purlieus
of the city for the rude and wholesome
freshness of the mountain forest
Year: 1872

Some idea Of the immense exodus Of
people from the United States to Europe
this season may be had from the fact the
number of cabin passengers who have left
this season for Europe is estimated at up.
ward Of $4,000, the majority of whom
were ladies'.
Year: 1872

THE latest and certainly the most orig
inal reportorial dodge to gain informa-
ton where the facts sought for had been
inaccessible, is that adopted by a New
York Tribune reporter who desired to
learn something about the internal work
ings of the Bloomington Insane Asylum,
the management whereof has been the
subject of severe criticism of late. The
persevering -gatherer, Chambers by
name, obtained the certificate of three re
spectacle physicians of New York City
to the effect that he had become insane,
and, armed with this document, our hero,
IN charge of an utter stranger named
Townsend, applies and is admitted to the
Asylum as non c0z1pOs n1671t s. NOtwith-
standing the fact that the officers of that
Asylum have declared repeatedly that it
would be impossible for person of sane
mind to gain admission TO that institu-
ton as patient, he remains, and is treat
ed Tor lunacy for two weeks, during which
time he is slyly ''takin" notes "and faith
he'll prent 'em" At the end of the period
above mentioned, the Tribune authorities,
thinking information enough had been
gained. applied for writ of AG6e0s corpus
in order to secure his release Thereupon
the managers of the Asylum, fearing a
thorough investigation would result If
this proceeding were allowed to take its
own course, posted off to the tribune
office, and induced them to sign papers
for the discharge of Chambers, when our
sham Iunatic was set at liberty.
Year: 1872

Sometimes he loses his hold of the strap
IF the poker is handed him, he uses that
with some Skill; for the recovery
of the strap. When this Is drawn
in, he secures his food as before
Here is an act of intelligence which
must have been originated by some mon
key, since no lower or ancestral type of
mammals possess the hands necessary for
its accomplishment. Whether originated
by Jack, or by some ancestor of the forest
who used vines for the same purpose,
cannot be readily ascertained


After punishment, the animal would
only exert himself in this way when not
watched; as soon as an eye was directed
to him he would cease. In this he dis
played distrust. He also usually exhib-
tied the disposition to accumulate to be
quite superior to hunger. Thus he always
appropriated ali the food within reach
before beginning to eat. When different
pieces were offered to him, he transferred
the first to his hind feet to make room for
more; then filled his mouth and hands,
and concealed portions behind him. With
a large piece in his hands, he would pick
the hand of his master clean before using
his own, which he was sure of.-scaentlGc
American
Year: 1872

THE rich blue color often seen in
masses of water is to be accounted for
by the action of the suspended particles
in the fluid on the light traversing it. To
understand how the color may vary it is
necessary to recall for moment the COM
position of sunlight. When such light is
passed through a triangular column of
glass or optical prism it is broken up into
the seven prismatic colors, gtz., red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
violet.


When the light falls on water of suffi-
cient depth it is also decomposed or
broken up, the red rays of light are
absorbed near the surface of the water
and disappear, while the other colored
rays pass to a greater depth, one after the
other being lost in their proper order, 012.,
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo,
until at last there is complete extinction
of light if the water is free from solid
particles.


The presence of minute particles, how
ever, causes part of the light to be re-
1ected, and according as this reflected
light has come from various depths SO
viii its color vary. If, for example, the
particles are large and freely reflect from
moderate depth, while they prevent re-
Election from greater depth, the color
will be green, while if they are minute
and the reflection is from great depth,
the color will be blue.


In the experimental examination OF this
subject Professor Tyndall reports that
while making trip in the steamer Urgent
he caused his assistant to cast white
plate attached to cord into the Waterfront
the forward part of the vessel, while he
marked its color when it reached his post
of observation at the stern. In every in
stance the plate appeared of green color
although the water was of deep blue,
Year: 1872

In Lackawac, Ulster County, n. Y, a
few days ago, dense black cloud, reach
ing from the earth to the zenith, swept
through the town. The stoutest trees
were twisted off at the roots like pipe
stems; barns were demolished; buildings
unroOfed and the roofs carried bodily for
miles. Stone heaps and fences were
drawn into it's spiral depths and blown
away life chaff. In the neighborhood of
Mr.. W. H. Wagons place it spent its
greatest fury. His barn.. which lay. di-
rectly in its track, was demolished in
tWinkling, and the air made black with
floating debris. In the barn several
children had sought shelter, and when
the building was swept away, one OF
them, Johnny Cone, was killed outright,
and several others were fatally injured.
One of the children was blown from the
barn, and carried along with the debris
several rods, alighting in field with Sc
we're bruises An old sleigh which was in
the barn was taken up like chip and
carried full half mile. It's ironwork was
twisted and bent as though made of
straw. The large doors of the barn were
lifted one hundred feet in the air and
blown quarter of mile away. The
cyclone passed between two buildings,
barely ten feet apart, but, strange to say,
without injuring them in the least. The
space between them was swept bare OF
every particle of grass, and the ground
was as hard as though it had been rolled
with a roller A team of horses were
blown down and detached from the
wagon, and the horses blown in one di-
rection and the wagon in an opposite one.
A large apple tree was torn up bodily by
the roots, carried to field several rods
off, and left standing upright. A bee
house Oh tho premieos of Elijah Nance
was wrecked, and bees, honey, and hives
were scattered in every direction. The
course of the whirlwind is as plainly
marked as the swath of mower in hay
field. The branches of one-half of some
of the trees are cut off as smoothly as
though done with knife, while those on
the other half remained untouched. In
some places the earth was swept bare of
every particle of verdure, and as smooth
as though it had been burnt over.
Year: 1872

PROFESSOR COPE describes monkey
in his possession. He is an admirable
catcher, seldom missing anything, from a
large brush to a grain, using two hands
or one His cage door is fastened bytwo
hooks, and these are kept in their places
by nails driven in behind them. He gen
orally finds means sooner or later to draw
out the nails, unhook the hooks and get
free. He then occupies himself in breaking
up various objects and examining their in.
terror appearances, no doubt IL search of
food. To prevent his escape, Professor
Cope fastened him by strap to the side
of the cage, but he soon united the knot,
and then relieved himself of the strap by
cutting and drawing out the threads that
held the flap for the buckle. He then
used the strap in novel way. He was
accustomed to catch his food DREAD, po-
tatoes, fruit, ETC. } with his hands, when
thrown to him. Sometimes the pieces
fell short three or four feet. One day he
seized his strap and began to throw it at
the food, retaining his hold of one end.
He took pretty correct aim, and finally
drew the pieces to within reach Of his
hand This performance he constantly
repeats, hooking and pulling the articles
to him in turns and loops OF the strap.
Year: 1872

THE instinct, observation, and expert.
ence of civilized society have led to the
practice of eating three times day
morning, noon, and night. Circumstances,
habit, necessity, have caused the appoint
ment of different hours for eating in some
cases without demonstrably hurtful re.
suits; but the great general rule, as to
those who work, is as above stated, and
for them the best time for breakfast is the
early part of the morning, before they go
out to their daily labor. A habitual com
pliance with this single, simple rule would
almost exterminate the greatest scourge
of the western hemisphere, fever and
ague; and this would of itself be a bless
ing of inconceivable value. Any reader
who was in the habit of spending a night
now and then with the hOspltable old
Dutch farmers around New York forty
years ago will remember it was custom
among many of them to breakfast by day
light, especially in the winter time. and
very early in the morning in summer.
Who were healthier and lived longer than
the old Knickerbockers?


The longer the interval between eating,
the weaker does the body, as a whole,
become; and so with each individual
member and organ. Five or six hours is
the usual average between breakfast
and dinner and between dinner and
supper; and the reader is conscious of a
weakness or faintness commonly preced-
ing the eating hour, especially ii work OF
body or brain has been done.


Another observation has been made,
that after a meal in health, we feel better,
stronger, more vigorous. But from sup
per to breakfast there is an interval of ten
or twelve hours, about double that be-
tween the other meals; and although there
may not have been as much thought or
work as between the others, still there has
been enough to leave the body more or
less faint or languid, as witness our own
sensations, when we are about getting up
in the morning; witness, too, our lndls-
position to activity or labor for some time
after rising.


Men have been able to discover the laws
of action of the poisonous ingredient of
the early morning air upon the debilitated
body and the unresisting stomach; but
every effort has hitherto failed to discover
any of the physical properties of that
ingredient. 1t has been so subtle that a
bottle of the air has been taken and ana
lyzed by the chemical tests known, and
the air so taken has not been found to
contain any other ingredient than portions
of air of the healthiest regions. This
proved, not that there was not an addi-
tional element in this disease-producing
morning air, but that human skill and in
genuity could not detect it, at the same
time, the laws of it's action were deter
mined, and also the agencies by which
that action could be antagonized with uni
formity and certainty. Here it only
concerns us to know that in tenn
perate and tropical latitudes the i'll effects
of early morning air on the human sys-
tenn are measurably avoided by taking an
early breakfast, warm and nourishing;
the theory being that food, or whatever
drink causes a healthful stimulus or
stimulating action in the stomach, does,
at the same time, give the system power
to resist the i'll effects of the agencies in
question. Hail.
Year: 1872

The plate had thus far reflected the light
from moderate depth and showed the
tint of light reflected from this depth,
while the indigo tint of the remainder Of
the water represented the color reflected
from mintt6 particles at great Depths
iScnibnfrS for iSenteGabeT.
Year: 1872

THE Japanese carry their manufacture
of paper to high degree of perfection,
and apply the product to many uses for
for which our article is unavailable. A
principal reason for their superiority in
this respect is found in the qualities of
some plants indigenous to Japan, which
furnish very excellent fiber. The one
most in use is a species of mulberry, and
is extensively cultivated. The plants are
annually cut down to the root until the
fifth year, by which treatment the wood
becomes dense and strong. From the
fibre pulp is obtained by special pro-
cesses, which is mixed with paste made
from the root of the tororo, a plant re-
sembling the cotton plant From this
mixed substance a very superior article
of paper is made.
Year: 1872

Society has again chOked a man to death in
order that murder may not be committed.
1t was according to the law; and we are glad
that, being tue law, it was vigorously enforced.
But does this law best accomplish the desired
endf


Henry Rogers, who was hanged yesterday in
the Raymond-st. Jail i'll Brooklyn, for the
class of men who infest our metropolitan
society, several of whom have been hung al
ready without any perceptiblc diminution Of
the number of the street banditti. He was
not thirty years of age when he did the deed
for which he has suffered, yet such men be-
come saturated with criminal instincts at an
earlyage. "The Battle Row Gang TO which he
belonged consisted of fourteen of the toughest
of the rough, all with passion for drinking
TO drunkenness and for slaughtering some one
when they were drunk This sum of their
sins is simple one, and perhaps we should
add that these creatures not seldom develop
liking for robbery and even for rape. Their
mildest recreation is TO knock innocent
and inoffensive wayfarers into the ken
mel Ii must be mOurnfully confessed that
they seem to be well nigh incorrigible. Good
counsel might have reached them when they
were very young, but they ripcn rapidly in
wrath, and when they have once taken their
degrees in te danee-houscs aud the spirit
shops, and have thoroughly tasted the swceis Of
stabbng. lad 'ano ,ng. Of rape Of


...
Year: 1872

The amount received by the Treasurer of Harvard
College to make good the loss of a quarter Of a
million destroyed by the Boston fire. now amounts
to $4,000. The officers and professors of the College
have contributed WITH liberality which is remark
able considering the small salaries they receive. The
College is still much sntencd In spite Of these sub
scrptious and the alumni and Others interested in
its welfare have decided to hold a meeting at Del
monico's, this evening. at o'clock, TO con-
slider what can be done for it in New-York THIS
action comes little late. Let us hope shat il will
DO tho more effective.
Year: 1872

Judge Curtis's case has not taken much time.
The defense closed yesterday with some evil
dence in rebuttal of that previously offered by
the prosecution and further consideration
goes over until January This takes the bust
ness out of the hands of the Senate as now
constituted; and that body has accordingly
adjourned sine die.
Year: 1872

law has given you; and government worid
come to pretty pass if we should all refuse
to 90 into court unless we were sure OF q
verdict in our favor. And if you dIstrust that
tribunal, to what viii you appea! Oh, you
say, we know that we are right, and we SHAH
decide the matter i0r ourselves. This OF
course is revolution; and it is significant
comment upon the condition of affairs in Ala
bama that 50 radical a proceeding does not
arouse the indignation OF the whole State.
Year: 1872

Another survivor Of the company ON The III
fated Missouri has come out OF the depths.
This man h0ated on the bottom of capsized
boat for three days then righted her; then,
seven days out, landed a barren sand-key.
The story is one of great hardship and marvel
9us escape from death by sea and starvation.