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Year: 1876

1t may not be generally under.
stood why there is an apparent op.
position TO Gov Porter's re-nomina.
tion in accordance with the time
honored usage of the party. Op.
position does not always make its
appearance in bold and open hos
tiIity, as it does when we'll ground.
ed. But when it is founded in some
personal pique or disappointment,
it more frequently comes with a
concealed dagger. by finding other
most excellent and worthy gentle
men. self-made, extremely honest
and men who are gifted in finances
10 sneh an extent that they can rid
the ship Of State Of it's heavy and
depressing debt without any aid
from taxation. with financial ability
that will tighten her up and put her
afoat with mere skill.


All this sounds we'll, and is akin
to the production of the s'quack, >
when penning his advertisement to
catch some poor dyspeptic, worried
and wasted with the ravages Of
disease. He does not care whether
his medicine kills or cures, so he is
enriched. 1t is not prudent that we
tell all we believe or know about
this matter. The gentlemen whose
names have seen mentioned as Gov.
Porter's successor are all known to
me. They are good men; but will
any one say that they will do more
TO protect the interest of the whole
people Of the State than Gov. Por.
ter. When sifted to the bottom
venture the prediction that it will be
found that the opposition is not so
much on account of higher appreeia-
tion of others, but because Gov.
Porter has stood like an s'iron man"
against the manipulations of rings,
and for the whole people of the
State. l have known him long and
well in the hardships and trials of
war, and in times of peace. He is
as pure az woman, and there is
not in the broad limits Of Tennessee
a man possessing better judgement
or nerve, and who viii sooner saeri-
fee every personal ambition and
interest TO discharge his whole duty
to the people, than Gov. James d.
Porter. III
Year: 1876

HOW TO IMPROVE FARMING.


1t is wise provision of nature that what
ever is largely wasted shall be produced in
enormously superfuous quantities. Mill
ions of seeds fall to the ground in the forest
for every one that produces a full grown
tree. 1t occurs to us that the enormous
quantity of good advice bestowed on farm
ers with regard to their business, fall within
the same category. Great progress has been
made; but not one farmer in the country fol
lows all the wise or otherwise directions
which agricultural journals shower upon
him. On the whole, it is probably quite as
well that this is so. A great deal Of the adj
vice is worse than useless, and practical
farmers can judge what to accept and what
to reject.


One Of our correspondents who has not
philosophical on this subject as we have, re-
marked to us the other day that it was
strange so many farmers who took and read
agricultural papers continued to plod on the
old-fashioned ruts of poor farming. In many
cases the advice they read produces no effect
whatever. Clergymen are used to this, and
our brethren of the Agricultural Press must
fall back on their philosophy for explana-
ton. A shreWd old clergyman was once
baldheaded. The retort was quick and pat.
$ ou know Mr.. e. sits in one of the front
pews, and all the time am preaching he al
ways has his head bowed forward, and the
gospel has hit the top ofhis head and glanced
off so often that il has made him entirely
bald" In very many cases the readers of
Agricultural papers seem to have suffered
in the same way, and we would not wonder
if hundreds of them were as destitute of hair
on the top of the head as Old Uncle Ned =
i'm the ancient negro rhymes.


g Line upon line, and precept upon pre-
cept 2 is doubtless good in it's way; but for
practical effectiveness there is nothing quite
equal to example. One good thorough farm
er will revolutionize the farming methods of
a neighborhood, and make every acre in the
vicinity worth higher price. We have
known some such cases. Where it is shown
by practical experience that undertaking
thorough manuring and cultivation, i'm
proved stock and implements will pay, there
is no lack of farmers who will gladly imi-
tate these improvements. The trouble has
been that seeing anything recommended il
"the paper" is not conclusive evidence to
most farmers that it is even practical
less that it will pay them to adoptit When
the thing is tested in their own neighbor-
hoods and proved a success, there is no diff
ficulty in securing initators. IF one man il
town grows onions, broom corn, castor
beans, hops, or some other unusual crop
and makes a success OF it, one by one hi;
neighbors take up similar methods and The
old ruts are effectually broken. Go through
the country, and you will find if any unu
sual industry has succeeded that a number
of farmers in neighborhood are engaged
in it. 'rhis is notably true of hop-growing
dairying, apple, pear or peach culture, o.
Year: 1876

We may live without poetry !, music and art;
WE may live without conscience, and live without


heart;


We may live without friends, We may live without
ii books,
But civilized man cannot live without cooks
He may live without books--what s knowledge but


grieving9


He may live without hope is hope but deceiy-
He may live without love--what is passion but pin
E# ing? i#is @
But where is the man who can live without dining?


The surest remedy for chapped hands
is to rinse well after washing with soap, and
dry them thoroughly by applying Indian
meal or rice powder. ti5
ToCLEAN britannia metal, usefnely pow
dered whiting. sweet oil and yellow soap.
Mix with spirits Of wine to a cream. Rub on
with q sponge, wipe off with soft cloth,
and polish with chainois skin. b


THE best way to clean the inside of old
iron pots and pans is to fill them with water
in which a few ounces of washing soda is
dissolved, and set them on the fire. Let the
water boil until the inside of the pot looks
clean.


ScoRcHEs made by heated Hat irons can
be removed from linen, by spreading over the
cloth q paste made Of juice pressed from two
onions, ! OF. with soap, 2ozs. ftlller's earth,
and ] pint vinegar. Mix, boil well and cool
before using.


RICE PUDDING.- one cup of rice d lit
tie while; beat well together three eggs and
one-half cup sugar; and one cup raisins,
one quart sweet milk, and the cup of boiling
rice; any seasoning preferred can be added,
Bake in moderate oven one hour. TO be
eaten cold or hot, with wine sauce or sweet
cream.


TO REMOVE fresh split ink from carpets,
first take up as much as possible with q
spoon. Then pour cold, sweet milk upon
the spot, and take up as before, pouring OH
milk until at last it becomes only slightly
tinged with black. Then wash with warm.
water and absorb with cloth without too
much rubbing.


$ AUNT PRUDENCE writes In the Amer
icas Grocer :----s's If we Drowned our coffee,
which we confess that we do not, weshould
certainly adopt plan which we see spoken
of in Halls Journal, and which carries con-
viction OF its excellence to the mind of an
old housekeeper. It Is this: When the
coffee is roasted, and before it is quite cold,
while you can hold the berries comfortably
in your hand, add to every pound Of coffee
the white ofan egg, and stir the mass well,
SO that every berry will be wet with it.
It has two advantages the first is one
spoken of by the writer Of the article, OF
settling tile coffee without the addition of
anything but boiling water, and the second
would be to coat the berry with the egg 80
as to preserve the aroma, which will pass
away in measure from the roasted berry
We feel morally certain that coffee prepared
in this way, with the addition OF cream,
would be a beverage fit for the Gods.
Year: 1876

INvIGoRATING FLUID FOR PLANTs.--Four
ounces sulphate ammonia; two do. nitrate
potassa; one do. white sugar; one pint hot
water. Keep corked. One tablespoonful
to gallon OF water, twice a week. We find
the above written in the back of an old flori-
cultural book in pencil. II tstrikes us rather
favorably, but never having tried its effects
we give it for what it is worth.
Year: 1876

1t is Naid that on certain oeea-
sion. a somewhat celebrated EDgi'sh
divine discovered, but only when al
ready in discovered, but only when
already in the pulpit. that be bad
forgotten his manuscript where
upon be called TO the clerk. Jonas,
| have left mp sermon at bone, 50
hand me up the Bible and III read
them chapter from job worth ten
of IN
Year: 1876

A MANUFAcTURING arm in Massa-
cbusetts bas secured the patent right
of a noisless sbeo A shoe that
doesn't ereak like barn door snd
wake up the whole family when q
man goes home late at night should
be worth millions.
Year: 1876

A debtor severely questioned as 10
the reason Of bis not paying = jnst
debt replied Solomon was a very
wise man. and Samson a very strong
one but neither Of 'em could pay his
debts without money
Year: 1876

The London Lancet says: There is


good reason to believe that disease is oc:


casionally disseminated through the


medium of funerals. We have at least


one fairly authenticated instance in this


country of diphtheria being diffused


broadcast through the crowding inciden-
tai, occasionally, to the last ceremony.


In America this question is beginning to
receive much attention, and several
cases have been reported of late where
the transmission of the disease from the
corpse seemed highly probable. The
Suffolk District Medical Society sent
out 400 circulars to medical practitioners
with view to ascertain the opinion of
the profession on the alleged danger of
permitting public funerals of persons
who had died from diptheria. Two
hundred and thirty nine answers we're
received; of these 143 writer's express a
belief in the possible danger of conta-
gion at such funerals, seventeen believe
that there is danger from funerals in the
houses of the dead, but none in
twenty-nine fancy that in the
present state of knowledge there is no
justification in prohibiting public fune-
rails, and eight record circumstances
which occurred in their own experience
confrmatory of the proposition that
peril may ensue, but the testimony these
latter advance is not quite satisfactory.
The society after due consideration re-
commend that funerals at the houses of
those who have died of diphtheria should
be private, owing to possible exposure
to the poison of the disease,
Year: 1876

Ravel out the suspected cotton fiber
from the wool and apply flame. The
cotton will burn with flash, the wool
will curl up, carbonize, and emit burnt,
disagreeable smell. Even to the naked
eye the cotton is noticeably different
from the tilaments of wool, and under
the magnifer this difference comes out
strongly. The cotton is fattened, more
or less twisted band, having very
striking resemblance to hair, which, ir
reality, it is; since in the condition OF
elongated cells, it lines the inner sur
face of the pod. The wool may be rec
ognized at once by the zigzag transverse
markings on its fbers. The surface of
wool is covered with these fulrowed and
twisted fine cross lines, OF which there
are 1900 to 1000 in an inch. On this
structure depends its felting property.
Finally, simple and very striking
chemical test may be applied. The
mixed goods are unraveled, little of
the co: ton fiber put into one dish and
the woolen in another, and a drop of
strong nitric acid added. The cotton
will be little or not at all affected; the
wool, on the contrary, will be changed
to bright yellow. The color is due to
the development of picrate.
Year: 1876

The air was still DER Bothlehem's plain,
As II the great night held It's breath,
When life eternal came to reign


Over world OF death.
Tho pagan at his m dnight board


Let fall his brimming cup Of gold
Ho felt the presence Of his Lord


Before His birth was told.
Tho temples trembled to their base,


Tho idols shudder rs in pain;
A priesthood in its power Of place


Knelt to its gods in vain.
All nature felt thrill divine


When burst that meteor on tho night,
Which, pointing to the Savior's shrine,
Proclaimed the newborn light
Light to the shepherds and tho star
Glded their silent midnight fold
Light to the wise men from afar,


Bearing their gifts OF gold
Light to realm Of sin and grief


Light to world in all it's noeds-
The light OF ljfe-a new belief


Rising DER fallen creeds-
Light on tangled path Of thorns,
Though leading to martyrs throne
A light to guido till Christ returns
In glory to His own.
There still it shines, while far abroad
The Christmas choir sings now, as then:
"Glory, glory unto God!


Peace and good will to menu
Year: 1876

Young men in the country imagine


that if they conld only manage to get a


clerkship in New York, or some other


large city, their fortunes would be


made. The New York clerk does not


have so feat cry bed to lie in as


many imagine. A correspondent writ


ing on the subject says. Take, for in


stance, the dry goods clerks on Broad


way. Some OF the establishments like


Stewards, Lord & Tay lor's, Jaffray's,


otc., have as many as two hundred


clerks in their employ. They are ex-


pected to dress we'll, to keep up with


the fashions, go as to be in keeping with


the general style of things about them.


They must be at business promptly at


eight in the morning, strict account


being kept of any failure to do SO,


which is reported by the head of tho de-


partment to the general manager. All
the day long they are kept on their feet,
under watchful eyes, and with multi
tude of details to attend to; and at noon
they must hurry out for hasty lunch
and be back as soon rs possible, flying
the day through until seven or eight
o'clock at night. In the busy season
they are liable to be worked until eleven
or twelve o'clock at night; and in the
dull seasons, which come on the city
often enough, they are just as liable to
be discharged at weeks notice, even
though they have been years in the
house, and been faithful in every way,
and all this for from So to $15 per week.
The head bookkeeper of prominent
Broadway house gets o salary of thir-
teen thousand dollars. while under him
are no less than six men, having the
brunt of the work to do, who are paid
three dollars day. There are men in
other houses who enjoy princely in
comes, because they have drawn ono of
the prizes of trade; they have trade of
their own which brings in large sums to
their employer; they are paid for their
work with unstinted hand. But all
around them are men without this spe-
cial advantage, though competent, who
are barely getting living. A large tea
house that employs sixty clerks has only
five who receive over $40 per week.


How city clerks live considering
the meager condition Of the salary mar
Izet. Living any way, in New York, is
as living in great city al
ways is. Ten, fifteen, twenty dollars a
week in some places gives man all the
comforts of modest expectation; nay,
often gives one trife for the saving
Tund, or the luxurious. Not so here.
Decent board will range up to ten and
fifteen dollars; decent board-which
means narrow, close room, clean food
very plaiu-and nothing more. And |
hen you come down peg by peg to the
horrors and misery and slack and dis
comfort of New York boarding house
cheapest and meanest being
i've and six dollars week.


Clerks pack themselves away in these
loles, making them just sleeping and
'ating places, cast out from all amuse-
nent and society upon the town; or else
hey hire lodgings in some obscure
quarter, and "live by the card Of
heap eating houses. They make all
orts of shifts to keep stylishly clothed.
Year: 1876

the fountains Of charity that have been


unsealed and the rich tide OF beneiac-


tions that has already begun to flow so


freely, aud that is destined, we truet, to


deepen and gladden. as it runs, until it


shall give life and gladness to many n


destitute and darkened household-for


these let us be grateful to tho Giver Of


all mercies.


God grant that our people may do all


they can to heal the hearts of Ihe sor-


rowing aud the signing. And above all,


may He, Himself, vouchsafe the conso-


.atiOns Of His word and grace to all the


bruised and broken hearted and LIT


them up ont of their darkness into His
own marvellous light, calming the fear
full, chec ring the sad, projecting the
helpless, and loving and blessing all.


What an impressive lesson it is that we
are to take with us as wo now go our re-
speotive ways! Silent and still, these
forms of the dead lie before us, and
peaceful DO their slumber while tho
wintry blasts shall sweep over their rest
ing place, or summer breezes shall play
over the consecrated spot. Yet with
what impressiveness and eloquence and
pathos do they preach to us the sermon
we need, admonishing lis as we go
hence to live as knowing that our time
is short, to foraake every evil way and
cleave to that which is right, to dedicate
ourselves to each other veal and to tho
serviceof God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
W hat shall turn us from our evil courses
and seal us to the life Divine if it bo
not this tremendous voice that warns us
to day. Oh, by the thought of the holo
caust, of the pride and beauty of hun
dred homes, be it ours to retire from
this scene only to enter more actively
than ever before into the great work of
life, to comfort the weary, to aid the
poor, to heal the sick, to succor the
tempted. and to save the young. Yon
who are IN the high places of power and
trust-you who are n inisters of Christ,
citizens of Brooklyn, one and all, hear,
let us all hear, the loud and affecting
of the hour to hasten to the
young nen who swarm our city, and to
keep them from the evil that is in the
world. Encompass them as with wall
of fire that shall not harm them, but
that shall be effectual to guard aud de-
fend them against every foe of their
purity and peace. What we have to do
we must do quickly. In the grave
whittier we 60 there is no work, nor
knowledge, nor device, nor wisdom.
Behind us is the solemn past; before us
the vast eternities. "Be thou faithful
unto death, and I will give thee crown
Of life,"
Year: 1876

bound, was across the room, standing
beside superb pianoforte.


ooh, Henry, where did this come
FRONT What q perfect beauty Is il
really for me oh, how can I ever
thank youa"


"One question at q time, my dear;
but will answer your last one first.
You have no right to thank me for this
Christmas present. Here is the giver. "
replied Henry, going up to his mother,
who had stood quiet spectator Of
Mary's pleasure, and putting his arm
around her.


"Mother is it possible Oh, you
darlingG how can ever thank you9"
cried Mary, throwing her arms, too,
around Mrs. Grey, and giving her q
sapturous hug.


N 81 am we'll surrounded, see," said
tshe, smiling on them proudly.


~ am glad You are pleased with your
piano, Mary, and you shall repay me by
getting all. the enjoyment from it that
you can."


"It is something I have wanted ever
since we were married." said Mary,
"but Henry could not quite afford it,"


"And now you have your hearts de-
SIRE" said Henry, "but ut the expense
OF II little SHINING, am afraid. Do you
remember one evening, about two weeks
ago, when you found the parlor door
lockedl Mother and were holding
consultation when you came, and sent
you after the cigar case to give her time
to run away. I came very near telling
fb that night"


eyes" said his mother, "such plan
ming and plotting as we have had. The
other day, when the man came to make
tho final arrangements about bringing
the piano, you were down town, and I
was 30 afraid you would return unex-
pectedly; and this afternoon they came
and put it up while you were out driv-
ing; but knew Henry would not bring
you home too soon."


Mary felt herself turning sick and
faint. This, then, was the secret which
had tormented her so; these innocent
plots and plans prompted by loving
hearts What monster she was to
have suspected this noble woman of any
wrong She felt like humbling herself
in the dust before her.


"How white you are, child! The
excitement has been too much for you,"
said Mrs. Grey.


But Mary knew better. Still, she
kept her secret locked in her own
breast; not by a word would she let this
gentle woman know how she had been
tempted to doubt her.


Mary has gradually dropped Miss
Susan SINNERS acquaintance, and that
worthy spinster often complains how
dreadfully uppish some folks have
grown" but Mary is only too glad to be
able to keep cut of the reach of her
tongue; and finds her greatest comfort
and delight in the society of her mother
in-law, than whom she thinks there is no
better woman on earth.
Year: 1876

prepared offer great inducements those about
furnish their dwellings during the spring Awe selected
stock of


PARLOR CHAMBER. LIBRARY AND DINING


ROOM FURNITURE
always hand to the demands Of the spring trade
AND AT PRICES THAT ARE LOWER THAN ANY IN
THE MARKET
PARLOR SUITS from $50
SOLID WALNUT BEDROOM SUITS from S45.
ENAMETIED BEDROOM SUITS from $50
OTHER GOODS AT PROPORTIONATELY Low


PRICES.
Year: 1876

WILL BE OFFERED in ALL DEPARTMENTS, AS WE
ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE THIS of the most
ATTRACTIVE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY. AND
GREAT CARE HAS BEEN USED in the selection OF new
and desirable GOODS for this opening.
Year: 1876

Mr.. Blaine's recent magnificent defense
of himself by charging boldly upon the
enemy has challenged the admiration and
applause of true Republicans everywhere.
His eloquent defense of the sacred charac-
ter Of private correspondence, and its i'm
munity from search, seizure or publication
for political effect, cannot fail to illicit COM
mendation from all sorts and conditions of
men. We, in common with all good citi-
zens, join in the full need of praise of Mr..
Blaine for these distinguished services to
party and country. Neither are we one
whit behind the foremost in praise of the
brilliant talents of the Maine statesman as
an executive and administrative officer.
He is endowed with genius of high order;
with a tact AID readiness to adapt his
policy to circumstances which are rarely
excelled; with an eloqueuce, born of
earnestness and magnetism, which captures
the senses before it conVinces the judg-
ment and with a pleasing address and
courtly manner that render him accessible
to all classes of people. All these are
elements of popularity in this country and
age that are not to be lightly esteemed in
Presidential candidate.


Perhaps in most of the qualities above
noticed Mr.. Blaine excels all "known"
competitors, while there may be other re-
quisites and qualifications in which he is
deficient, and in the enjoyment and exer-
else Of which he is surpassed by others.
If this be true, it is no disparagement to
MIR. Blaine to say so, for perfection in all
respects may not be looked for in all of
our public men, even in the present days
of progress. Neither is it to be expected
that we can all agree in our first choice of
o standard bearer. The Republican party
abounds ia men "f superior talents as
political leaders. is rich in materi4l for
Presidential candidates. And herein lies
one great difficulty. Almost every grelt
State has its favorite candidate for the