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Year: 1873

Tifr PossiBtLirirs or THE FutrRE.--lf we are sure that the other life is life, and no, slumbcring hole in the ground if death is but the opening of the gate; if dying is translation if passing from sentience here we reach higher sentience there, one can almost bear anything in this life. "Chrst, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame ;n and the joy that is set before us, ii fully revealed Co Us, would enable each man. methinks, to endure the cross and despise the shame. It is the unknown life to come that cheers and blesses the known life that now is For this an or phsned life. Here we are helpless, or like stumbling children, with little strength and little experience, but we are living toward our manhood and every year that we leave behind us is one station on tue road over which we have passed; and every day the dust that snnoys us, and the very cinders that vcN our summer eyes, are so many wit neSscs of the speed with which we are cross ing that territory which separates between us and ours between our seeming life and OUT real life; between the life that now is and the life that is to come. Every one of us will know each other in Heaven. Every one of us will be nobler in Heaven than we are here. The sensibilities of this poor, dim earth are no interpretation of the sensibili ties of Heaven. The great march of men through tbis life is scarcely hint of the vol. tune, the vsstness, the magnitude, the gran deur of the march, in procession, of soul with soul through eternal ages. Whatever we do not know, one thing we do know, and that is, that we shall go 10 Heaven, not to shrink with age, to find poverty, and to find deser- ton, but to find riches, and symetery, and to develop into all the glory of everlasting youth. All that populates our fancy with ideal per Cectness, and more, will be there. The no- | blest conception, tho most rapt vision of the | most extatic saint or seer, will be more than outdone. Heaven will be larger, Heaven will l be richer, Heaven will be happier, and the | glory of God will be more transccndent than | it ever entered into the heart of man to con- | ceive. Toward it we are being swept with an irresistible impulse. For I believe this

 besides our own life, there Is q great current of forces in which VIC are swinging upward and onward toward the invisible sphere. A | the traveller on earth has double journey

 as in addition to the journey which he i

 himself making, he is swept along by tht earth in its revolutions so l believe that th human race is being swept in vast aerial cir cles toward better clmes and nobler socie

 ties. Whatever may be done by tears, by sor

 rows, by temptations, by weariness, by study

 by toil. there is something better than al

 that. The irresistible power of God is car

 rying the universe upward and onward to it

 final perfection and glorifcation.-[ Henr

 Ward Beecher.
Year: 1873

in tlc nrst place, 10 make good bay, the n'Calfa should bc sOwn so thick on the ground that its stalks win crowd each other, and Thu. Le forced to grow somewhat spiudlng. X single bunch ot alfalfa grown from seed placed in the ryouud SO as Co have plenty of roora Co stool will produce large, coarse stalks. and iC allowed to stand and mature it, -ycd these stalks become almost like dry sticks. la this condition the hay becomes comparatively of but little value. Therefore thc seed should be sown SO thick as to create pretty even growth all over the ground and tO create a pretty strong sod The stalks will then be thin and slender, and the leave, will bear good proportion to the stalks themselves. Alfalfa should bc cut as soon as it has fairly commenced 10 blossom, and should be allowed to remain spread upon tbe ground as left by the mower only long enough to wilt it well. It should then be raked into winrows and allowed to remain in ths condition only long enough 10 guard against heating when put into the cock. lt should then be put into the cock and dried SO AS 10 prevent heating and mildewing when in the stack or mow and no more. When packed in the stack or mow 1t should be sprukled with salt pretty freely-say two or three pounds to a ton. Alfalfa hay cured in this way is among the most valuable varie- ties of bay we have for horses, cattle or sheep Those who have fed their working teams upou it have found 1t to be fully as nutritious as tue best of cat hay. When horses have become accustomed to eating 1t they will prefer it to all other kinds. For milch COWS good alfalfa hay is next to green grass in value. and sheep will eat it when they would leave oat or barley bay. Our own experience in feeding stock of all kinds has been consid- ersble, and we do not hesitate 10 pronounce good alfalfa hay more hearty and nutritious than the other varieties of nay now in thi' State. While we make this assertion we art fully aware that there are those whose expe rience has been equally as great as our own who differ with US. The reason of this diff ference arises more from the manner of cur ing and handling the hay than from any oth CT circumstance. II allowed to be dried 1T the sun as spread out on the ground by tho reaper, the stalk not only becomes dry snt brittle and loses much of the gluten anC sacchaIine matter that 1t naturally contains but the leaf also almost entirely drops of even while handling it sufficient to transfer

 it into the barn. If then it is handled ove

 to bale and send it to market there is noth ing but dry sticks left, and it is justly con demned. The great secret in making goo' alfalfa hay is in the time of cutting and man ner of curing.-Sacramento Record.
Year: 1873

A Troy paper compliments upon her
good memory 3 woman who identified on
the street dress stolen from her four
months ago. Considering the frequent
changes in the style, il was rather singu lar
that she could keep it in mind.
Year: 1873

SOMETIME. 1t IL the sweet, sweet song of the
heart, and filling this whole air with such ioy
and gladness as the songs Of birds do when the
Summer morning comes out of darkness, and
day is born on the mountains; we have all our
possession in the future, which We call "Some-
time Beautiful flowers and singing birds are
there, only our hands seldom grasp the one, or
our ears hear the other. But, o. reader, be OF
good cheer, for all the good there il a golden
Something = when the hill AMI valleys OF
time are all passed; when the wear and fever the
disappointment and the sorrows of life are over
then there is a place and the appointed of God
o, homestead, over whose roof fall no shadows
or even clouds; and over whose Threshold the
voice Of sorrow is never heard; built upon tn,
ete,nal hills, and beauty among the palm tree
! of the city on high, those who love God shall
rest under thy shadows, where their is no NOR
sorrow nor pain, nor the sound of weepin
Somewhere
Year: 1873

The estimates for the cost of the new water
reservoir and distributing pipes is stated to be
S5OO'l4S. That is heavy sum considering we
have just expended about 100000 on the water
works.


Next comes Water street with another outlay
oil about S5OOOOO We suppose. In connection with
S262,OOo for expenses, will show that we are to
raise about one million this year
Year: 1873

One of our City COuncimen, at the meeting last
evening. said the tax rate would have to be raised
to % per cent on the total value Last year it
was thought enormously higA at II per cent ?
Year: 1873

NEWPORT, r. L, August II, 1879


We have had lovely weather to-day commencing
with pleasant northerly breeze that dying away
at two p NJ. was succeeded by light air from the
southwark that again gradually gathered strength
and settled down about southwest. On shore the
sun was rather oppressive, and the saints plodding
their way to church beneath It's scorching rays
had rather o hard time, compared to that
enjoyed by some sinners lying OF In the
cockpit OF yacht under the shade OF
an awning and famed by pleasant breeze.
do not for one instant mean to insinuate that all
the yachtsmen were sinners, as shortly before
eleven A. N. at least dozen gigs went ashore
carrying those who designed attending divine
service. All Saints church appeared to receive
the patronage Of the yachtsmen; but, whether the
attraction was the handsome ladies, for which the
congregation Is famous. or the prospects of ser.
mon from the Bishop OF Rhode Island am unpre-
pared to say. The church, however, was crowded
with the beauty and fashion Of Newport and, as
the Bishop Of Rhode Island did preach very ex-
cellent sermon, the yachtsmen had no cause to
complain. a


In the afternoon the piazza OF the Ocean House
was crowded, and friend Bates wore satisfied air.
more especially as he had the pleasure OF replying
to the demand for rooms made by some OF the
passengers on the morning boat 'All full; not


The "German" at Mrs. Kernochan's last evening
proved very charming reunion, lasting from
nine O'Clock until twelve, and was attended by the
upper ten OF Newport.


1t would be impossible to present more beauti-
ful nautical spectacle than that presented by the
New York Yacht Club squadron, lying quietly at
anchor in Newport harbor.


the fleet at present comprises the following
Year: 1873

the Delaware, Lackawanna and western Railroad
Company, for the property along the projected
route OF the new tunnel through the hill In Jersey
City, very few Of the property owners came to me-
gotiate a sale. Many transfers have already
taken place, however, and the railroad
officials say that the property owners thus
Many OF the owners are ready to dispose Of their
property directly to the railway company, but they
who proclaim themselves in league with the rail-
road authorities, and say that no one can get
good price for his property except he sells 1t
through them. The money involved being about two
millions, It Is of importance, both to the stock.
holders and property owners, that 1t be expended
In an open handed manner.
Year: 1873

Cars example, have also left and the
villa on the other side OF the Lain
stands empty and neither sweet mystery nor
mirth and laughter are to found any more in the
shady walks Of Its gardens. Poetical ideas seem
to have left Ems with the Emperor; but q very
sober and uncomfortable reality the rich Russian
aristocracy have LEFT behind them.


HIGH PRICES FOR PRINCE AND PEASANT.


Ems Is, these Summer months, probably the
most expensive place in this world. The enormous
prices which the hotel keepers charged, seemingly
In celebration OF the Emperor's presence, they
have also kept up persistenty after his departure
Yesterday. while paying my weekly bill, took the
liberty OF expressing to my landlord my astonish-
ment at the stupendous prices charged, and told
him that living was considerably cheaper In
Vienna, even during ana Immediately after the
opening OF the Exposition. than 1t is at present in
Ems. .


~ quite believe that" he replied. 'They can do
it cheaper In Vienna for they have strangers all
the year round. while here in Ems we only have
few weeks. Besides this, we have to bear the mis-
fortune Of the stopping Of the gaming tables. In
former years our prices were lower and we could
well AFFORD it; for then we had no rooms. no
closets free-an attic was paid for like saloon
and we could do better. The gentlemen who came
to play to pay homage to Dame Fortune paid US
without demonstrating or grumbling whatever we
asked them. and hence we could charge the respect
able people who came here for their health less.
But now only health-seeking patients come here.
and at that we have sometimes even rooms empty,
and hence we must try to make up the damage
done rs by the closing OF the tables"


The remark which an acquaintance made to me
on my arrival here came to my mind. He asked =
"who Is really rendered happy BY the abolition Of
the tablesr And inwardly answered, Certainly
not the purses OF the patients"


With pr0saic reflection will close this letter.
promising to speak to you next time Of royal
poet who is staying here-namely, Prince George
OF Prussia. LOUISE MUHLBACH.
Year: 1873

"strong and beautiful are with the Egyptians ex-
pressive Of the very highest admiration.
THE IMPERIAL ADJUTANr GENERAL SUB ROSA.
Well. II the German ladies do not do homage to
Count Lehndorf with rosewater they do 1t in a
more genial manner, with roses. remember that
last Winter, while driving with the Emperor. the
latter said to Count Lehndorf that he wished to
drive to the picture gallery.


Count Lehndorf looking somewhat concerned on
hearing this, the Emperor remarked his embar-
rassment and asked him whether he was other
wise engaged. Lehndorf confessed at length that
under the supposition that he could that morning
dispose of his time, he had made an appointment
for an hour with his agent on important business.


"Keep your appointment and do your business" "
said the Emperor. sand when you have finished
come to the picture gallery to meet me."


An hour had hardly elapsed when the Adjutant
General appeared before the Emperor IN the gal
lery, looking very happy and contented. This the
Emperor remarked, as we'll as the fragrant rose
bud which Lehndorf. on his return, wore In his
buttonholc.


|
OF his handsome Adjutant General, who looked
down embarrassed; and, shaking his nnger, the
Emperor remarked. ''The man with whom you
have transacted business just now SUB rosa must
be peculiarly practical"


now TIE EMPEROR TREATS HIS FAvoRT1.


Count Lehndorf was, until within the last few
years, In some what straitened circumstances He
does not come from rich family and is too much
OF nobIeman to bother himself much with
economy and calculation. He likes to spend money
grandy and strew it ont by the handful, and there
are only too many who like to pick 1t up but never
TO return It, AS soon as the Emperor heard Of
this dinlculty OF his Adjutant General he released
him from 1t In truly imperial manner, quite in
contrast to his habitual economy which Is
hereditary virtue In the House OF Hohenzolern.
and which the present Grown Prince possesses in
even higher degree than the Emperor.
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND THALERs EASILY MADE.


In this case the Emperor totally discarded this
tendency to economy which manifests itself some.
erai the first choice Of buying piece Of land-the
Emperor's private property. Count Lehnd0rf
bought it for 100000 thaers and the very next day
resold it for 100000 thalers after reserving for
himself lot whereon to erect splendid palace.


THE COUNT WANTS A WIFE.


Not long ago the Count said to me -


"When my house Is finished l have only one more
wishn


'fWhat wish ~ demanded.


''The wish for son and heir"


"Ah! but for that" replied, at is necessary
that you should marry first, Count; and, allow me
to ask, why do you not do soY
"You are right; why do not do so'" he retorted
smilingly. ~ ask myself this very question often
enough; but am in the opposite position to those
who do not marry for want of ladies' acquaintance.
have an af1uence Of that and do not know how
to choosen LOUISE MUHLBACH.
Year: 1873

Lurlne. PnOenlx... .N.Y.Y.C.


The good people OF Newport must evidently be
impressed with the opinion that the members of
the New York Yacht Club are very great sinners,
as not satisfied with the presence ofa larke number
OF the yachtsmen In church, they deputed one OF
their sanity fathers to make pilgrimage around
the yachts and distribute tracts. This person,
although overnOwing with religion, was not an
and in the course OF his voyage succeeded in
knocking the paint OF number OF yachts, and
also, by well directed shot for the cockpit OF the
Alarm, upset an inkstand, staining decks, &C., and
on the whole his mission was failure.


The feet start tomorrow morning for Martha's
Vineyard and in the evening the yachtsmen will
go on shore and accept the invitation OF the pro-
prietor OF the Sea View House to the ball given in
their honor.
Year: 1873

yet pleased that his face ever retained Its sad and
gloomy expression, and that he never regarded
nor recognized even the most marked advance"


MYSTERIOUS BEAUrrPuL FEMALE.


And then she went on whispering to me Of a
romantic story which had Its origin here in Ems In
lonely villa In a sylvan retreat, Of fairlylike
ngure, which had only been seen from
distance and always deeply veiled whose name
even the Russian gentlemen did not know and who
never appeared on the promenade, but which could
be seen every afternoon in the shady arbor Of the
garden with gentleman Of high and imposing
form, bearing marvellous resemblance to the En-
peror Alexander, who. at that time, never ap-
peared on the promenade. This gentleman was as
jealous as q Turk and guarded his treasure with
Argus eyes, and always went unaccompanied to
the mysterious villa on the other side Of the Lain.
Even when he walked with her In the garden the
tall figure OF the lady was enveloped In what
seemed cloud Of laces and wells, while her face
was shaded by large ian. No one could discover
who this strange beauty was, and the gentleman
guarded "the sweet mystery OF his house." as the
Turk calls his beloved wife, successfully against oil
curious and idlo looks.


THE GLITTER MYSTERY AND BEAUTY VANISH


But all this romance has now disappeared since
the Emperor Of Russia has left to visit the Empress
at Jugenheim. All the beautiful Russian ladies'
and their aristocratic cavaliers, following their
Year: 1873

CHARMING MOUNTAIN VIEWS


But they possess one beauty which gives them
peculiar charm and fascination, that is, the magnf
icent view which one enjoys from their windows,
and which extends from the garden that surrounds
the hotel to the high and steep mountains which
on all sides surround the narrow Lahn valley.
Exactly facing my windows stands very fine old
weeping birch, from whose slim and long branches
are suspended long, pretty green leaves,
which, with their pedcles several feet long,
remind me Of the wonderful fox tails
to be found In the gardens Of the La
teran, the so-called trent al curdfnau with
the difference that the leaves OF the latter are
red but as Berlin slang saying Is 1T Is the same
shade In green" Around the stem OF this tree
trail Wild vines, which are almost as dense as
wall, and above these are the long, tender
lghtgreen umbels OF the "trent di cardtnalfv OF
the weeping birch. This tree makes q splendid
and poetic impression, which gladdens the heart
however much care and sorrow may weigh It down
at other times


VISIT FROM PRINCE GEORGE.


Yesterday Prince George visited me. and his arst
look was directed to the small easy chair in the
window recess, when his generally clear and bright
eyes took Q sad expression.
Year: 1873

Chester County, Penn, has long en-
joved high reputation tor excellence in
dairy products and the question has often
been asked how is No. Philadelphia butter
made? Dairymen and agricultural editors
have repeatedly visited Chester County TO
learn the grand secret of the superiority
OF the products of its dairvmen, and have
reported all they saw and heard, but those
who expected the revelation of some
great thing have read these reports with
disappointment. Some have ascribed the
excellent flavor and fine taste of the ''Phl-
adephia butter to some supposed pecu


liarity of the grasses, &c, Of Chester
County. But we believe facts do not war
rant the conclusion that this section enjoys
any superior natural advantages over other
good dairy regions of the country.


The editor of the journal of the Farm
has recently visited one Of the best lairicS
III Chester County for the purpose of learn
ing Just how this butter is made He
makes Z lengthy statement of his visit
with comments on what he saw and
heard; but the following summary en-
braces all the facts stated:


The COWS are mostly thoroughbred ,lel-
seys; particular care is aiken that the COWS
should eat nothing to impart a bad taste
to the product; the milk is strained into
large Jewett pans, and cooled by water
from cold spring; the milk room is Ven
tilated, and is closely partitoned from an
adjoining room where butter is churncd
and worked care is taken not to work the,
butter 50 much aS to iniurc its grain. and
salt is used in careful proportions. The
printing OF the balls is done bN an in@cui-
ously contriyed machine which does away
with nearly all the labor necessary in the
old hand method. The butter is printed
in halt-pounds. Just twice as long As wide,
and marked across the middle 50 that it
may be divided by one smooth cut OF II
knife, and he in a square cube, printed and
ready for the table Two of these half
pounds, laid together, make Il square.
which is one-half as deep as ii is in length
Throughout the whole process, from the
food of the COWS to the delivery of the
butter in market the most ScrupulottS neat
ness is enforced by both example and pre-
cept No odor is allowed to enter the
milk-room or the one adjoining it, Sowcd
corn, hungarian grass and roots are raised
As adiuncts to the pasture and meadow ON
which the COWS feed, from whose product
is manufactured No. Philadelphia butter.
Year: 1873

Neither Grant nor his Secretary of the


Treasury gave the heavy financiers who


waited on them a profound impression of
their financial knowledge. One of them
tells me that Grant seemed to have hardly
any idea of what they were talking about ;
and though he hardly said anything, he
never opened his mouth without showing
how obscure the mysteries of finance were
to his understanding. ''As for Richard
SON." said the gentleman, when a body of
agitated bankers, who felt the Immediate
perils of the situation, We're imploring him
to devise or consider some policy by
which the banking system might be tenn
porarily relieved, he replied by some long
winded remarks about the boundless re-
sources of this country; said that our pop
ulation was greater than that of France,
which has got out of her financial Difficult
ties, and was about to refer to the "strong
box of gold which Grant once said he
believed was concealed in the Rocky
Mountains, when one of the financiers in
terrupted his remarks by question, which
was a puzzler to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and they retired. New York
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.


Kansas highwayman who didn't md
any greenbacks in farmers wallet, made
the farmer eat thistles and lectured him on
the meanness of going about strapped
Year: 1873

70 PRESERVE GREEN GRAPES. Take
the largest grapes before they commence
to turn ripe; stone and scald them. Take
three-quarters of Il pound of angar to each
pound of grapes clarity il as for aprirots;
then boil the grapes in it until soft, but
not to Jam; skim them out and put into
jars with the syrup.


TO PRESERVE PEARS Take pears not
quite ripe and peal off the skins. Prepare
a syrup with thrce-qnalters of II pound Of
sugar to each pound of fruit. Melt it and
boil for half an hour, removing all the
scum which rises. Put in the pears. and
let them boil for ten minutes, or ust long
enough to soften a little; then take ont,
and cover tightly with paper wet IN
whiskey on alcohol, and cover with an
other paper placed over the mouth Of the
jar.


SrICED CANrELorE We prefer the
rough skin, firm fruit, though ripe, We
tried the large California citron this year
and found them very good. Take out the
seed, cut and pare, then cover the whole
quantity with good cider vinegar. We
used large earthen crock and let ii stand
over night Next morning measure the
vinegar and throw away the half of it,
Then to every quart that is left add three
pounds Of sugar, and put it on the stove
with the fruit and let il simmer until you
think it done | think we did ours over
two hours. Don't forget to cook with il
| half an ounce Of cloves and one ounce of
cinnamon. | suppose that amount Of spice
TO every quart Of juice is the right way,
but only put that quantity to five pnts Of


Juice or vinegar. ! also used white sugar,
and think it cheap as any. | know good
cook who does the most OF her spicing and
preserving in tin pans, and followed her
example with my spicing and had no
trouble; there is more danger Of burning
preserves