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Year: 1872

There are two ways of raising fowls,


both very simply, one for warm wealth


er and one for winter. In the first
case, you start with friend about III
O'clock on SunhRer's night, not later,


because in some Sostes-especially in
/ California and Ore9on-chicken al


ways rouse up just at midnight and


crow from ten to thirty minutes ac-


cordlng to the ease or difficulty they


experience in getting the public walked


up, and your friend carries with him


sack. Arrived at the hen-roost (your


neighbors not your own, you light


match and hold it under first one and


the other pullet's nose, until they are


willing to go into that bag without


making any trouble about it. You


then return home, either taking the


bag with you or leaving it behind, ac-
cordlng as circumstances shall dictate.
N. b. have seen the time when it


was eligible and appropriate to leave
the sack behind and walk off with con-
siderable velocity without ever leaving
any directions where to send it. In
the case of the other method mention
ed for raising poultry, your friend
takes along covered vessel char
coal fire in it, and you carry long
slender plank. This is frosty night
understand. Arrived at the tree, or
1ence, or other hen-roost (your own if
you are an IDIOT, you warm the end Of
your plank in your friends fire vessel
and then raise it aloft and ease It up
gently against slumbering chickens
foot. If the subject OF your attention
is true bird he will infallibly return
thanks with sleepy cluck or two, and
step out and take quarters on the
plank, thus becoming so conspicuous
accessory before the fact to his own !.
murder as to make it grave question
in our minds, as it once was in the
mind Of Blackstone, whether he is not
really and deliberately committing
suicide in the second degree. (But
you ehter into contemplation ofthese
eegal refinements subsequently-not
,hen). When you wish to raise fine,
arge, donkey-voiced Shanghai rooster
Iou do,it with lasso, just as You
would bull. 1t is because he must
De choked effectually, too. 1t is tho
'niy good, certain way, for whenever
le mentions matter which he is cor.
ilally interested in, the chances are
ninety -nine in hundred that he SO.
ures somebody else attention, too.
it he night or day.
Year: 1872

Nature will be reported. All
things are engaged in writing their
history. The planet, the pebble,
goes attended by its shadow. The
rolling rock leaves its scratches on
the mountain, the river its channels
IN the soil, the animal its bones in
IN the stratum, the fern and the leal
their modest epitaph in the coal
The falling drop makes its sculpture
in the sand or the stone; not foot
steps into the snow, or along the
ground, but prints in characters
more or less lasting, a map of its
march; every act of the man in
scribes itself in the memories of his
fellows and in his own face. The
air is full of sounds-the sky of tok-
ems, the ground is all memoranda
and signatures, and every object is
covered over with hints, which speak
to the intelligent
Year: 1872

Samuel Lee, Professor of Hebrew
at the University at Cambridge,
England, was seventeen years of age
before he conceived the idea of learn
ing foreign language. Out OF the
scanty pittance of his weekly earn
ings as a carpenter he purchased a
book, and when this was read he ex-
changed it for another, and thus he
he advanced in knowledge. He had
not even the privilege of balancing
between reading and relaxation, but
was obliged to pass directly from bod
ily fatigue to mental exertion- Dur
ing the six years previous to his TWEEN
ty-fifth year he omitted none of the
ohurs usually appropriated to man
ual labor, and he retired to rest
regularly at ten o'clock in the even
ing, and yet at the age Of thirty-one
wears he had actually taught seven
teen languages. This illustrates that
Where there's will, there's q
way"
Year: 1872

BY c. B. LE ROW.


Cloud shadows lie
Upon the soft grass underneath my feet.


Gods grea. infnity
Wraps around in blissfuI rest complete;


Like angels breath
feel the air of Heaven which seems so near


No thought of pain or death.
No want of woe can grieve my spirit here.
- Gods hand holds mine.
lean on him in loving faith secure,


And read in every line
Ofnature' book, His mercies shall endure -


look above
In thankfnIness Of all the good I've seen.


And trusts the Fathers love
Who led my feet within these pastures green.


The day will end
And Eight fade slowly till the west is gray;


When He az last sh 81 send
Cold winds and savy dews upon my way,


Can sill trust His love
And wait until the morning breaks again?


In darkness look above
And in the sunshine. when feel no pains


Lord, help my child
To be as hopeful in the heavy night


When skies are dark and wild,
As in the happy day when all is bright.


Let me hold fast Thy hand
In deaths dark valley as in pastures green,


SO at last may stand
In that dear country which my faith has seen.
Year: 1872

If l were to give you a motto TO
go through life with, one that would
stand you for warning and counsel
in any strait in which you might
find yourselves, / would give it in
this one word, "Now,"


Don't waste your time and your
strength, and your opportunities. by
always meaning to do something
do 1t! Only weakness comes of in
decision. Why, some people have
so accustomed themselves to this
way of dawdling along from one
thing to another, that it really seems
impossible for them to squarely
make up their minds to anything
They never quite know what they
mean to do next, and their only
pleasure seems to consist in putting
things off as long as possible, and
then dragging slowly through them,
rather than begin anything else.


Don't live a single hour of your
life without doing exactly what is to
be done in it, and going straight
through it from beginning to end
Work, play, study, whatever it is,
take hold at once and finish it up
squarely and cleanly; and then to
the next thing without letting any
moments drop out between. It is
wonderful to see how many hours
these prompt people contrive to
make of a day; it's as if they picked
up the moments that the daWdlers
lost. And if you ever find yourself
where you have SO many things
pressing you that you hardly know
how to begin, let me tell you a se-
cret: take hold of the very first one
that comes to hand, and you will
find the rest all fall into file and fol-
low after like o company of we'll
drilled soldiers; and though work
may be hard to meet when it charges
in squad, it is easily vanquished
when brought into line. You may
have often seen the anecdote of the
man who was asked how he accom-
Eplished SO muca in his life. "My
father taught me-" was the reply,


"when I had anything to do, to ga
and do IT," There is the secret-ths
magic word Now."-Erchange.
Year: 1872

Some thirty years ago / lodoed


from Saturday TO Monday with An


inn-keeper in the country. who was


also farmer. On the table for Sun


day dinner there was q nice piece a


picked pork, boiled the day before


On tasting it thought it the most


delicious I ever ate. / requested


mine host" to give his recipe for


curing pork. He replied as follows:


"As soon as my hogs are dressed
and cool enough to be cut, 1 pack
the side pieces in a barrel or cask,
with plenty of salt ON all sides Of
each piece, and when my barrel is
full 1 Immediately roll it to my
pump and pump in water until | can
see the water cease to sink In the
vessel or to moisten the salt on top
of the cask. I then lay fat stone
as large as the vessel will admit on
the contents, so as to keep the pork
always under the salt or pickle. l
put it in my cellar, covered so as to
exclude the flies, and there it re-
mains until a piece is wanted. Care
must be taken to keep the meat
under the pickle, otherwise it will
rust"


Here is the whole secret of MAX
ing go9d picked pork for family use.
We have used the above method, and
we want no better, easier, or more
economical plan. 1t has often hap
pened that when we wanted to put
down new pork there remained some
of the old pork in the bottom of the
.cnsll. that case We poured OF
this pOce, took the undissolved
salt, packed the fresh pork on top of
the old, using the salt which had
been in the cask, with the addition
of fresh salt if necessary, and then
poured on the old pickle or water.
In this-way we have had pork three
or four years in the bottom of our
pork barrel land when used it was as
free from rancidity as it was three
weeks after it was put down. In
deed we seldom emptied our pork
barrel, except when it wanted hoop
ing. We believe that boiling pickle
is useless, if not injurious. Pork
ought not, if it can be prevented, to
be frozen before it is put down.


The best pork that we ever saw
was that from some pigs under the
charge of lad, who took as much
care of them as some people do of
their children. Every day he used
to give them a dinner of hot pota-
toes, for he said that he didn't see
why his pigs Shouldn't have their
.taters hot as well as himself" Then
he used to scrub them several times
week with brush and soap, rinsing
them well with clear water. The
animals seemed to enjoy their lava
ton, and used to press quite eager
" toward him as he came In sight
with his pail and scrubbing-brush'
Their sty was also kept perfectly
clean, and their troughs washed out
In consequence the
pork was perfection.


As a general thing it is a good
plan to reject pork made from hogs
that have been kept by distillers or
butchers; but, if possible, get pork
that has been bred and fed by a
dairyman and finished off with corn.
.C Country Gentleman.
Year: 1872

appear, it is the singular history OF
laborsaving machines that they have
always increased the demand for la
Dor. may also point all cavilers to
the New York Central and Hudson
River railroads, which run through
their whole length side by side with
the Erie canal and its natural exten-
sion, and are yet the most flourish
ing and prosperous roads at the
Norih. s.
Year: 1872

''That you may find success" :"
said the Rev. Charles Brooks in an
address to boys, "let me tell you
how to succeed : Tonight begin
your great plan of life. You have
but one life to live, and it is most
important that you do not make q
mistake. Tonight begin carefully
Fix your eyes on the fortieth year
Of your age, and then say to your
self: 'At the age of forty l shall be
a temperate man, / will be an IN
dustrious man, a benevolent man,
a well-read man, religious man
and a useful man. viii be such.
[ resolve, and l will stand to it."
Year: 1872

IT IS said we are creatures of hab-
it, and it should be remembered that
good habits are quite as easily form
ed as bad. Persons who complain
of being unable to break themselves
of bad habit may be assured that
the same difficulty will exist in
breaking a good one, when it is
formed.
Year: 1872

A VEIN of gold ore is reported to
have been discovered in stone
quarry at Ballingspittle, near Kin
sale. county Cork. The police are
Guarding the quarry, and work has
been suspended for while.
Year: 1872

The provisions of nature are
strange Climate forces upon ami
mails different habits Towards the
end of December the female white
bear places herself in a position
where the snow viii drift over her
Lying still upon a rock, the snow
falls thickly upon her, and "a cell IS
formed for winter habitaGon. In
this cell the animal resides during
the period of accouchement. The
cubs are produced, and the mother
remains secluded with them until
the month of March. The young are
very small at first, but as they grow
the heat of the bodies melt the snow
and thus enlarges the cell. The
warm breath ascends upward, and
sslSos ssE aPcraturc for the l.dInis-
sion of pure air. Before hiberna
ting, the bear eats enorm ously of
nutritious food, and becomes very
fat, ON which fat she exists during
her winter retirement. The phe-
nomenon is all the more singular, as
the female bear is compelled to give
sustenance TO her young as we'll as
to live herself, and the surplus fat in
her own body her only store of food.
Pertinent to this, Dr. Wood re-
marks: "It is worthy of notice that
in the bears of the Old as well as the
New World, is found the curious
phenomenon of the 'tappen, hard
concreted substance, which plugs up
the intestines and seems to be of
service in retaining the animal in
condition. In Scandinavia, where
the bears of both sexes retire to
winter quarters, and remain IN their
hidden recesses for five full months,
the tappen is very seldom cast until
the bear leaves her den. In the rare
instances where such an event has
happened, the bear is said to have
become miserably thin and weak "
The snow packs closely, and makes
a warm bed. The caloric exhaled
from the body is not swept away by
the wind, but is conserved around
the animal, and sensation is pre-
served. Imf, Fteid and Farm.
Year: 1872

LIFE on the American side Of the
Rio Grands is not as pleasant as it
might be, il four or five hundred Of
the greasers, niggers and Kickapoos,
who infest the jungles and h.les on
the Mexican side, were hung up to
dry. Scarcely a week passes but a
party of these Mexican cut-throats
cross and run off stock, or shoot
down one or two mericans in the
act of defending their property. The
real old Texan bull-whacker would
at any time rather fight a greaser
than cat, but men of this class rare
ly fall victims to the treachery of
these robbers; it is generally the
merchant visiting his outlying
rancho or the new conner who sue
cumbs to the ambush rifle, or the
assassin's knife On either bank of
this famous boundary men carry
small armories about their persons,
ready for action at moments
notice, and lits is a luxury which
men enjoy after fashion as if de
termined to get as much out of it
as they can in a short time. Cards,
whisky and the fandango, horse
and a squaw make up the dolce
fdTniteRte of The Rio Gran de.
Year: 1872

The Dubuque (owa) Telegraph vouch.
es for the iolIowinz singular horse story:
Recently, a man, whose name we could
not learn. was seen vending his way up
Julien Avenue. leading mare by the
bride. lie was badly intoxicated, so
mitch so that he staggered, and it was
sometimes more than he could ~lO TO
maintain his equilibrium. The mare kept
close watch on his movements, and
whenever hc would come near falling,
she would grab his coat collar between
her teeth and hold him up. She did so
no less than dozen times in the pres
ence oi several interested spectatOts.-
The drunken man tell down in the street
once more, hut no sooner had he done so
than the animal grabbed the back Of his
coat and set him on his ieet again When
little beyond McNulty's house. the
owner of the mare met an acquaintance
who was also drunk. They entered into
conversation, and, while talking,
bumped against each other, and tho man
first alluded to fell He was Immediately
picked mp by the mare. and. just as soon
as she had finished her Job. she turned
around and let her heels lly in a savage
manaer, at he man who had knocked
her master down Fortunately her heels
missed the mark.
Year: 1872

What, no further said tho minute
hand to the hnur-hand of the time piece.
why, have been all around the dial
since we parted, and there are you just
one Ggure from the place where ! left
you" "And yet have done as much
work in the time rs you haye." answered
the hour. hand. ''Iow do you make that
out ?n asked the other. 49," was the
reply. "Ysur journey all around, and
mine from figure TO figure are each IN
hours value; all are not able 10 arrive at
the same conclusion with the same ease
and readiness. But this is no fault on
either side only when they who fancy.
because they are always in hustle, that
they are doing the work OF the whole
world. are mistaken, and plume them
selves on an Importance and superiority
by 10 means belonging TO them, i yQl
were to creep like me, the day would
last nobody knows how long, and ii !
were to galIop like you, 1t would be over
before it had well begun"
Year: 1872

Two Young men have recently been
expelled from Harvard university for dis
graceful conduct some OF our eX-
rhanees are moralizing over the cXpul-
ion and assuming that il i misfortune
because il is likely to change The current
n their lives. We trust il will Up TO
this lime The current seems To have beeu
flowing in th" wrong direction. From
This current. out of which they have now
been thrown. bruised and bleeding. but
moi hopeless, they may no get into the
current that will bring them back to tho
position from which they have been
swept. There was 10 hope for them
where they were, but now there IS
chance which they may improve TO adj
vantage; and il any other young men,a
collage. at the desk. behind the counter,
beside the bench. or driving q cart, have
got into the wrong c"rrent, the quicker
they get out of il. or are pulled out oI it,


The better: Anything is preferable than
the current that is sweeping to ruin so
many who might be among the best OF
our young men.


Are there not many in danger, though
it is not realized by their friends or them
selves, who might be saved by being
thrown into new current ?-B0ston
Trdreler
Year: 1872

Perhaps there is no period so pleasant
among all the pleasant periods OF love-
making as that in which the intimacy be-
tween the lovers is so assured, and the
coming event SO near as to produce and
endure conversation about the ordinary
little matters of life; what can be done
with the limited means ut their disposal;
how that ife shall be begun which they
shall lead together; what idea each has
of the others duties what each will re.
nounce Tor the other. There was true
serse OF the delight of intimacy in the
girl who declared that she had nevel low
ed her lover so well AS when she had told
him how many pairs of stockings she had
got. Ii is very sweet to gaze at the stars
together, and it is sweet to sit out among
the hayeocks. The reading of poetry out
of the same book, with brows all close
and arms all mingled, is very sweet the
pouring out Of the whole heart in written
words, which the writer knows would be-
ridiculous 10 any one but the dear one to
whom they are sent, is very sweet; but
tor the girl who has made shirt for the
man she loves, there has come moment
in the last stitch of it, sweeter than any
stars produced. .-AnthOny Trollope.
Year: 1872

The man who stood half an hour
in a church vestibule, and then
twenty minutes in the aisles. with
out being offered a seat. is decidedly
opposed to having God put into
the Constitution at present. He
thinks that it would be better to try
the experiment of putting little
more godliness into the churches
first,
Year: 1872




How A PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
Each State is entitled to as many electors
of President and Vice President as it has
Senators and Representatives in Congress.
In each State the electors are chosen by
plurality vote. That is if there are three
sets of electors voted for, the set having
the highest number of votes is chosen.
But candidate for President, in order to
be successful must have a majority Of all
all the electors. 'fhe electoral college, as
now constitute, consists of 3l7; there
fore l59 are necessary for a choice. If
there be three candidates for Presidency
and neither of them receive majority of
the electoral college, then there is no
choice and the election goes to the House
Of Representatives. The House must
conGne their choice to the three highest
candidates voted for by the electors. The
Representatives vote by States, and each
State has but one vote. Tho majority of
the State delegation cast its vote. A eau
didate, to be successful, must receive a
majority of all the States, or nineteen
States. If the delegation is divided, the
vote of the State cannot be cast and is
therefore lost.
Year: 1872

Il necessary TO say what Merrimon has
tlore for Conservatism in North Carolina.
we have his most emphatic assurance that
to-day lie is as true as bo was only few
months ago, when every Conservative
paper and every Conservative voter IN
the State advocated his election, a true,
tried and trUsty exponent Of Conser-
vative principles that to-day he is as true
as Wien ut little more than half year ago,
he was chosen by delegates of the patty
from al. parts Of the State in Convention
assembled at Greensboro, as the candidate
Of the party for the highest office in tle Sit
cf tha people Of Moth Carolina.


The fact cannot be denied that Judge
Merl;mon il a Democratic and not Rad
ical Senator elect, notwithstanding the 1ict
that his elevation was brought about ii Il
way that i'll accolds with our ideas ot party
discipline and party organization anu as
a Democratic Senator we do not consider
it to bc our duty to impair his usefulness
or cripple his intiuence.
Year: 1872

Serenade at New Hayen-Speech Of Gov"


ernOr BrOwn-His Arrival at New


York.


New HAVEN, Conn, July 12.-The fol-
lowing is Gratz Browns speech in response
to a seTenade:


Fellow-c -citizens--It gives me very great
pleasure to address an audience in the City
of New Haven. 1t is now five and twenty
years since / went forth as a lad from the
academy halls of old Yale, aud am sure
that If a compliment of any kind could
come to me with satisfaction, it would be
more grateful here in your midst, after 80
long an interval, than anywhere else. Zap.
plause. have been crowned with one OF the
most distinguished honors that the peoples
representatives can bestow, and / feel that
that honor is one that may be shared be-
tween us. A Voiee-"GoOd enough" and
cheers. 1t belongs as much to you aud to
my alma mater as to myself [Applause. !
do not propose to detain you long tonight
with an extended political speech. There
are, however, one or two points upon which
l wish to speak to you, and 10 speak
most earnestly and emphatically. The
first point is the Endorsement of the Gin
einnati platform and candidates by the
National Democratic Convention at Balti-
more. Great cheeringl You know that
/ have ever been a Republican from the
hour the Republican party was formed.
have stood by the cause Of freedom IN its
darkest day, and can say without arrogance
that have labOred for il and fought for it
manfully and we'll. Applause You know
that have never performed one act nor
uttered one word, nor harbOred one thought
in derogation Of the divine right Of every
man to human freedom. lCheers. / say,
hen, that when | speak to you I speak
with the frankness and fearlessness of one
who is sSonsciOus of having been undevi-
ating in devotion to the great and sublime
principle. 1Cheers.I And now say to you
that when ia the course Of human events it
becomes necessary for great party which
has heretofore opposed the Republican
cause, and some of the chief aims Of the
Republican organization, to come forth and
say, I'VE believe the nation is in danger
greater than ever before; we believe the
nation can be saved, but only BY the saeri-
nee on our part of much that we have
cherished and that is dear to us we be-
lieye and know that we can offer up every
thing but principle itself for the salvation
OF our cOuntry--then, / say, that party
gives the highest evidence that has ever
been given in this country Of self abnega-
tion and patriotic purpose. tGreat cheer
ing 1t Is not my intention to make you
much of political speech [eries Of @Go
on 20 on!"l but can not torbear calling
your attention to the contrast between
the two conventions. The convention
at Philadelphia Cheers Governor
Brown said: That's right. / am glad 20
see that there are few who have the inno-
eenee to think that there IS stiH a Repub-
Year: 1872

If any Of our readers are hesitating about
their selection of a place where they viii
spend the summer vacation, we would ad-
wise them to make up their minds at once,
pack up their baggage, and take the train
this afternoon and go to Barnes Hotel,
Mississippi City. 1t is beyond comparison
the best kept hotel in the South, and the
locality is as pleasant as could possibly be
desired. A table, with which Epicurius
himself could find no fault; rooms at once
cool and quiet, and an establishment afford
ing every possible means OF amnsementwin
leave nothing for them to desire.
Year: 1872

We learn from private Sources that Mrs.
Myra Clark Gaines, the most energetic lit
tie lady in the country, is about to termi-
nate her widowhood and embark on new
matrimonial career with an estimable gem
tleman of this city, amply competent to at
tend to her financial complications.