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Year: 1875

A thresher in Story county gives
his ideas on stacking grain, as fol-
lows:


wish to say few words to the
farmer through the Inter- Ocean in
regard to saving small grain. Much
has been said about preparing the
land for a crop and how to raise it,
but ! have never seen one word in
print as to how to save it after il was
raised. AS a general thing, farmers
are careless how their grains are
stacked, and | believe my experience
would justify me in saying that
enough grain is spoiled in the stack
yearly to pay the threshing bill,
which would amount to large sum
of money. own one-half Of
thresher, and have been threshing for
five seasons, and many OF the stacks
would have been better turned over,
or the other end up. We often find
stacks huddled together SO close that
a machine cannot get in until forty
or fifty dozen of bundles are taken
out, and the farmer will grumble be-
cause it takes SO long to set the ma
chine. Ten feet is enough for bot
tom for stack and wide enough for
a rick, and they should be far enough
apart to leave seven feet span be-
tween them at the bulge. The in
side courses should be laid down
closely and solid, in order that the
center will not settle, and the outside
course laid loosely, that it may settle
more than the center. All stacks
should have good bulge. In stack
ing fax, never tramp the outside,
but stand or walk around in the CEN
ter, leaving the outside to settle.
That is the way | find grain keeps
best.
Year: 1875

instruments is not positively known
He may use them to help build his
house, and no doubt he does push
himself out of his door with them
since he has no feet. But | should
think three or four hundred spears
were a toierable supply of weapons
for peaceable little worm at the
bottom of the sea.


We might never hav We known much
about the Golden Combus Worm up
here on dry land but for machine
called dredge, which men drag
along on the bottom Of the ocean.
This is sort of bag with an iron
edge, which scrapes up thousands of
these strange and wonderful little
fellows, who live quietly there, and
who don't fancy being dragged out
to the light and air, ! can tell you.
Nor could we see how they did live
when we did get them out but for the
aquarium. When We can get them
to feel at home in one of those we
can study them at our leisure. The
little fellow l have told you about is
not often found, but one fell into the
hands of Mr.. Gorse, an English gen
tleman, and after week or two,
when it got used to the light and be-
gan to feel at home in the aquarium,
he studied its ways with his micro
scope, and told us all have told you.


Those little Tube Builders are the
oldest masons known in the world.
Long before men built their houses
of brick and stone, clumsily cement
ed together, these insignificant little
worms at the bottom of the sea built
their beautiful houses in that way.
In truth, there's hardly an instrument
or tool that man can invent, or any
way Of doing things that they can
contrive, that we do not find, in
greater perfection than men ever ar
rive at, in tiny atoms of insects and
other living creatures.
Year: 1875

Good judgment and care should be
exercised in selecting heifers for be-
coming good mixers. Mr.. Summer
ton says the teats and udder should
always be of good size, and in four
distinct quarters. Should all four
cluster together, the calf must be
discarded at once, as good COW
must have room for the milk, and
convenience for obtaining it. We
should be little particular about
this. as it is the foundation in ma
king a choice. A keen eye is as
much to be admired in a calf as in a
horse, and also symmetrical and
fawn-like appearance from head to
tail. 1t is not safe to select calf
because it is large, as such will not
always make large cows. One that
does not cut up we'll in the throat
shonld not be selected. 1t would be
we'll to notice this in selecting bull
calf for breeding, as an animal that
one could not keep halter on With.
out choking, no one wants.
Year: 1875

nice quiet spot under the sea, where
there's plenty of sand is good enough
for him.


But | must tell you about the body
of this interesting little worm, for he
is a worm, and belongs to the family
of tube builders. Back of his droll,
cork shaped head he has pair of
scarlet gills, shaped like those on
fishes. When he feels well, and
sticks his head out of his house, he
keeps those pretty gills in lively mo-
ton, huttering back and forth, like a
pair Of fans. And that is not ALL
Down each side Of his little soft body
he has row Of knobs which look
like warts as much as anything, tif-
teen on a side. When studied
through a microscope, the curious
knobs are found to be the most won.
derful things about him. Each one
is divided into two parts. The back
part swells out into soft sort of a
mop or spongy cushion, which is sup
posed to be used to scrub out and
polish the inside of his beautiful
house-theugh that's only guess
by the way, for he was never caugh,
using them, of course he never tells
anything about it. But the front
part of the knob is the strangest. 1,
contains bundle of spears, or Ian
Gets, that can be pushed out to .
great length through hole in the
top, or drawn in entirely out of sight
There are about twelve in each bun
die, and they are long and slim ant
elastic, like bristles, but having sharl
Blades at the ends. Some are like
knife or sword, and others have slit
in the edge, but all are Of grea
beauty.


| What he does with so many sharl
Year: 1875

He "went about doing good" This is
the Sayiour's record. He was not content
with staying at home, or in His own city,
and with doing good to those who were
brought to Him; but He sought the sick,
the distressed, the ignorant, and the needy,
that He might heal, enligbten, and succor
them. St. Matthew says of Him that He
went about all Galilee," teaching, and
preaching, and healing among the peoples
And they who are followers Of Jesus will do
likewise. They will not wait for distress, or
physical, or spiritual want to be brought to
their knowledge or sight; but, at the cost Of
time and comfort, and self-sacrifice, will
seek out aad fad those who need aid or
counsel This is love- For true love can
not be inactive, or indolent, or apathetic
while the world around US is lying in dark


ness, and in dire need of aid in thousand
ways. 1t must be said of Christians as it
was of the Saviour, that they went about
doing gCod-not waiting for the opportunity,
but making it. Lost sheep must be sought
with toll and travail. Distress which hides
itself or is unable to make itself known must
be searched for. Ignorance which shuns
the light or which loves darkness must be
brought under the rays of the Sun of Right


eousness. The inactive, slothful, stay-at


home Christian, who feels that he has done
his duty if he feeds the beggar or clothes
the naked who come to his door, while he
neglects the sick, the erring, the poor, the
fatherless, and the naked who abound out


side of his immediate ken, initiates the un-
profitable servant in the parable of the tai


ents, rather than the example of the Master
Year: 1875

In the olden time the father of the house
hold was it's prophet and priest. The father
of the present fast age can hardly find time
to make the acquaintance of his own chill
dren, to say nothing of decent and devout
attention to the proprieties and sanctities of
family religion.


1t is sad fact that in many households,
nominally Christian, there is no family altar
and no household recognition of God. The
Bible is an unopened book, and there is no
open acknowledgment of allegiance to God,
the Father in heaven. A goddess, prayer
less household is terrible spectacle, espe.
cially when there is an outward profession
of better things. The evils are magnifed
many fold where there are young children.
What can compensate for the sweet and ten
der Influences of wellconducted family wor-
ship on the minds and hearts of the little
ones? Parents who omit it not only provoke
the wrath of the Lord, but neglect the best
and most natural means of religious educa-
ton, and thus put in fearful jeopardy the
souls of their children. 1t was not an idle
superstition that bade the s'mple-minded, de-
vout Norwegian girl flee from the house
where she had engaged service, because there
was no "prayers in the house" A prayer
less soul is fearful anomaly. But home,
where children are born and nurtured and
reared, where loved ones sicken, and suffer,
and die, where in the eyes of the children
the father should be the type of the "Our
Father in heaven" and the mother the ideal
of all that is tender and affectionate and de-
yout, where all precious memories should be
garnered like hidden treasures, and where
all holy and pure influences and associations
should pervade the very air-with no open
Bible and no vOiceo song, prayer or praise
what shall we say Of tbat home! One can
hardly conceive it possible that such home
could exist in a Christian land. No wonder
that the curse of the Lord hangs in dark
relief over the fapilies that call not on His
name.
Year: 1875

Professors Of religion often talk of giving


their property for the support of the gospel,


as if the Lord Jesus Christ was beggar,


and they were called upon to support his
gospel as an act of almsgivingl A mer-
chant in one of the towns of this State IN.
Z wss paying large part Of his minister's
salary. One of the members of the church
was relating the fact to minister from
abroad, and speaking Of the sacrifice which
this merchant was making. At this moment
the merchant came in. "Brother," said
the minister, "you are merchant. Sup
pose you employ clerk to sell goods and
se-tesssh h--ssEc.1eeld,en. You.
order your clerk to pay your schOOimaster
out of the store such an amount for his SER
vices in teaching. Now. suppose your clerk
should give out that he had to pay this
schoolmaster his salary, and should speak of
the sacrifice he was making to do it, what
should you say to this?" "Why" said the
merchant, I should say it was ridiculous. =
Well" says the minister, "God employs
you to sell goods as his clerk, and your min
lister he employs to teach his children, and
requires you to pay his salary out of the in
come of the store. Now, do you call this
your sacrifice in thus paying this minister's
salary? No; you are just as much bound
to sell goods for God as he is to preach for
God. You have no more right to sell goods
for the purpose of laying up money than he
has to preach for the same purpose. You
are bound to be just as pious, and to aim as
singly at the glory of God in selling goods
as he is in preaching the gospel. You and
your family may lawfully live out of the
avails of this store, and so may the minister
and his family, just as lawfully. And
man who sells goods upon these principles
and acts in conformity to them, is just as
much in the service of God as he who preach
es the gospel. Every man is bound to serve
God in his calling, the minister by preaching,
the merchant by selling goods, the farmer
by tilling his fields, the lawyer and the ply
sician by plying the duties of their profes-
sion."
Year: 1875

So am watching quietly


Every day;
Whenever the sun shines brightly,


rise and say,
Surely it is the shining of His face;
And look unto the gates of His high place


Beyond the sea,
For know he is coming shortly


To summon me.
And when shadow falls across the window


OF my room,
Where am working my appointed task,
I lift my head to watch the door and ask


If He is come;
And the angel answers sweetly


In my home,
Only a few more shadows


And He will come.
Year: 1875

HELP ONE ANoTHER.-This little SEN
tence, should be written on every heart and
stamped on every memory. 1t should be
the golden rule practiced, not in every
household but throughout the world. BY
helping one another we not only remove
thorns from the pathway, and anxiety from
the mind, but we feel sense of pleasure in
our hearts, knowing we are doing duty to
fellow creature. A helping hand or an
encouraging word is no loss TO US, yet it is
benefit to others.
Year: 1875

JOHN BUNYAN was once asked question
about heaven which he could not answer,
because the matter was not revealed in the
Scriptures; and he therefore advised the in
quirer to live holy life, and go and see.
Year: 1875


I am dying-is she coming ?-throw the


window open wide.
Is she coming? Oh! love her more than


all the world beside.
In her young and tender beauty, must,


oh, mnst she feel this loss?
Saviour, hear my poor petition, teach her


how to bear this cross.
Help her to be calm and patient when l


moulder in the dust.
Lether say and feel, my Father, that thy


ways are true and just.
Is she coming? Go and listen-I would


see her face once more;
would hear her speaking to me ere life's


fevered dream is o'er;
1 would fold her to my bosom, look into


her soft, bright eye.
1 would tell her how love her, kiss her


once before 1 die.
Is she coming? Oh! it's evening, and my


darling comes not still.
Lift the curtain-it grows darker-it Is
sunset OH Iuc Hllls
All the evening dsws are falling-1 am


cold-the light is gone;
Is she comeing? Softly, softly comes
deaths silent footsteps on.
1 am going-come and kiss me-kiss me


for my darling wife;
Take for her my parting blessing, take


the last warm kiss Of life.
Tell herI will wait to greet her where


the good and lovely are.
In that home untouched by sorrow, tell


her she must meet me there.
Is she coming? Lift the curtain-let me


see the failing light;
Oh! want to live to see her, surely she


will come tonight.
Surely ere the daylight dieth, will fold


her to my breast;
With her head upon my bosom, calmly l


could sink to rest.
1t is hard to die without her; look, think


she's coming now;
I can almost feel her kisses on my faded


check and brow;
can almost hear her whisper, feel her


breath upon my check.
Hark! hear the front door open; is sshe


coming? did she speak?
No. Well, drop the curtain softly; VIII


see her face no more.
Till | see it smiling on me at the bright


and better shore.
Tell her she must come and meet me in


that Eden land of light;
Tell her I'll be waiting for her where


there is no death, no night.
Tell her that / called her darling, blessed


her with my dying breath;
Come and kiss Inc for my Lizzie; tell her


love outliveth death.
Year: 1875

Down ON THE DRoNEs.-The Wythe-
vile Dispatch says: There is regl-
ment of loafers loose around town that
might find some employment If they
would make an effort so' to do. How
such fellows get meal and bread to eat
without working for it, is something
we don't understand-it is a great mys-
terry. They always look fat, dress well,
and are apt to make unbecoming re-
marks about those hard6sted men who
work for an honest living. We would
not have a word to say if these pests
would emigrate West-the sooner the
better, tor they are worse than the
sseyen-year itch in hot weather. A
vaunt! we say;..go West, or some other
place where yo1r laziness is better sui
ted. The idea of a stout young man
saying that he can't get employment
has splayed out 1t is entirely too
thin. BY honest industry you are
compelled to thrive and get anything
to do.
Year: 1875

WHAT YOU DO, DO WELL-To those
who require counsel we should say


When you undertake to do anything be
in earnest about it, do it with your
might. Fortune and fame are often
lost by not being in earnest. This Is
real world-a world of real work, real
success, real conflicts, real failures, real
triumphs, real defeats. And let no one
be so over-confdent in his own abilities
as to look with Indifference upon the
difficulties before him-the danger and
trials that he must pass in order to
reach the goal upon which the eyes is
fixed. Full and glorious success never
yet did crown the languid and inditter.
ent exercises of the power and mind OF
the body. 1t requires effort to push
ones craft against the current OF rivalry
jealousy and vice; and if one would
have his progress marked by complete
triumph, his efforts must be well dlrec-
ted, constant and unrelaxing. But he
who feels that he has only to lie mac
tive and wait for wind of fortune to
drift him in the haven of wealth and
fame, has lost every promise of success,
and is in far more danger to ultimate
disaster than the tempest-tossed mari
ner, though his mast be gone, and his
vessel shattered and torn by the raging
sea. BE in earnest; meet the difficulties
which daily arise with determination to
conquer aud rise above them. Let not
your adversary find you sleeping or
dreaming of an easy conquest. loo
much confidence in one spowers is fatal
to success, and often brings defeat most
disastrous. Be faithful, be true, be kind,
be firm, be earnest.
Year: 1875

While his failures were human, his sue
cesses were almost divine. With some
of the weakness with which men fall,
he had much Of the power by which
man masters man. The knell nov
tolls. His career on earth is ended.
His voice no more Will he heard in the
councils Of the nation. But his memory
will long be cherished by his many
friends; and even his enemies will for
get his faults when they remember the
good he accomplished and the diffiulties
ne surmounted. To his ashes, peace.
Richmond (Va) Whig.l


Andrew johnson was undoubtedly q
man Of mastery brain. And he had q
sturdiness Of nature, q self-assertiOD, and
an indOmitable defiance OF difficulties
that seldom fsll short Of success.
Whether the southern people owed him
any gratitude or not at the expiration Of
his Presidential term, is question which
will perhaps never be settled among
themselves. But he is dead, and it is
due to his memory to say that he de
serves TO be classed in history among the
great men of this country.
Year: 1875

The convention has been called in
hlabams by fifteen thousand msjority.
The people Of that State have now an
opportunity u making a constitution 20
suit them, and of putting themselves
en- rapport in every respect with the
spirit OF the egp.
Year: 1875

CRoUP-Almost daily we are called upon
to chronicle the death of some loved one. ty
this dreadful disease, which often takes its
victim away from loving parents, with only
very short notice Every mother should
supply herself with Goes Cough Balsm.
for it is no exaggeration to say it will cure
niuety-nin cases in every hundred, il
taken in season. There are very many
mothers who will tell you they owe tine
life of some dear one to this wonderful
medicine. One verv desirable quality is
that it leaves no bad effect. it being per
fectly harmless. In case of cough,
hoarseness, or tickling in the throat il
has no equal.
Year: 1875

The cures made every uay Dy Freligh' s
Remedy are really wonderful Magic is
the only word to express the action of this
truly invaluable medicine. Everybody
that once uses it experiences relief, and not
only continues to use it himself. but recon-
mends it to his friends. If you are suffer
ing from Neuralgia or Rheumatism, send
at once for bottle and try it. Druggists
generally sell it.
Year: 1875

tracied ihiiber in great measure, hare no


doubt, by the high reputation of the Ladies


of Bethel and Summit in such matters. The


tables were spread in the basement Of Bethel


Church, covered with all the deicacies of the


season soon supper was announced as ready.


Had you been there Mr.. Editor, think you


would have agreed with me, that every one
was intent on enjoying themselves to the full.


There being good things in abundance it was


determined by the ladies to continue the next


evening. But 10 when the evening came, it


was rain. Not willing that anything should


be lost, few of the friends met and resolved


to try it the next evening-no time for public


notice, few of the friends went around and
gave notice Of the continuation. The even
ing being more favorable there was quite
good turn out, all seeming determined to
make the occasion success. There was quite
a nice little sum raised by some mischievous
ones, beside the fun of the thing. Mr.. C.S.
E. being desirous of presenting bis friend J.
A. ]. with a cake, went around without his
friend knowing it and collected funds for the
purchase of the cake, and so it went on un'il
there was quite number of cakes raised in
the same way. Now comes the joke, all being
ready, the pastor Rev. G. R. Brist.r calling
each one forward in regular order and pre-
senting them with cake about the size Of a
biscuit, each recipient receiving
their cake with thanks, stating their belief
that the best goods always come in small
bulk, last, though not least of all, the man who
was broke by his liberality was called for
ward and was presented with big apple.
The ever ready Brooks being on hand, the
was soon disposed Of to advantage.
Thus ended Mr. Editor, one Of the most plea
,ant occasions of the kind that has ever been
my good fortune to attend. Now Mr.. Editor,
'or the financial result, $500 nett, which tax


ng the unfavorable weather into considera-


ion, think is hard to beat. MANOR.
Year: 1875




A citizen of Lexington has in bis
possession quill which has a remark
able history. 1t was given to Henry
Clay in 1924. with an injunction not
to cut it until be was elected President,
when he was to write his first message
with it. In case be was not elected it
was not to be cut until constitution
al President wrote constitutional
message for all the States" After
Mr.. Clay's death it was given 70 Mil
lard Fillmore. but be was likewise un-
able to use it. During the last cam
paign. the owner determined to give
it to Mr. Greeley should he be elected.
The quill. which is still uncut. is over
three feet long. and is as large round
as mans thumb. 4r
Year: 1875

SHERIFF OURY has appointed Charles A. Shibell deputy assessor, and we believe the appointment good one. We under stand that he will make the entire assess ment of the county, and we are glad to ob- serve that he is determined to strictly en- force the law
Year: 1875

TERRITORIAL LIBRARY books in the hands of attorneys and others must be returned on or before April l, as per Librarian's notice in this paper. The Librarian finds it necessary to have the the books all returned and not permit their being taken out again.