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Year: 1873

60 large portion OF the fruit tree


IN the nurseries are found to be irj jur,


ed by the winter that much apprei.eE


sion Is felt by those Who wish TO bay


trees Tor planting this sprIug, or @ho


have already engaged them to be de


livered by dealers, that on the arrival


Of the trees they Will prove to he in


jured so as to prevent their growing


The question is naturally asked wheth


er persons who have given orders or


signed contracts for trees are bound


to take them if found to be damaged


TO which reply, that if the trees can


be shown to be injured, so as to render
it probable that they will cie, or from
any other cause are not in tair mer-
cLantable condition, no one is bound
to receive them on an order or con
tract but care should be taken 10
have some dislnterested person, who is
known as good judge ofsuch things,
examine them and be prepared to
testify Il suit should be brought.


Peach, pear and cherry trees are
the kinds most injured, Apple trees
ofsome kinds, In some localities, have
their buds and twigs injured, but
rarely SO as to endanger their growth
and some kinds of pear and cherry
have escaped. In most cases the
amount of injury can now be discoV-
cred by cutting through the bark with
3 knife-if the inner bark and the
wood are discolored, especially on the
stem or trunk Of the tree, 1t is not safe
70 plant it, although it may live by
being cut off nearly to the ground
and shoot coming up from hestump
still such trees are not commonly |
worth the planting and care. If only
he top or young wood of the tree is
injured, as is the case with some apples
md pears, the damageis not material


Grape vines aud raspberry and black
berry bushes are pretty generally kill
ed nearly down to the ground, but
hat is not material, if the roots are
sound and good, for the tops should
lways be mostly cut away at planting.


All honorable nuyserymen will, of
be careful not to send out trees
hat they have reason to believe will
lot grow. 1t will be more for their
interest in the long run to burn them
md manure their ground with the
Ishes. M. B. BATEHAM.
Year: 1873

/ Hunt up every implement'that will
be wanted for use on the farm, and
and see if it is in good order. Ifit is
not SO, it is q better time to have it
repaired now than when the men and
teams are waiting for it. If you have
o bench and tools and how can you
get along without them ?-you may
be able to do the job yourself, and
thus save time in carrying it away and
bringing it back, and save the money
required to paythe mechanic. Besides
this, as there always broken tools, the


mechanic may have SO many on hand
TO repair that there may be a week
Of anxious suspense in waiting for
them.
Year: 1873

Another pretty arrangement is the
Window Garden here represented.
This consists OF broad shelf, as long
as the width of the window, with the
sides and ends Of open panel work,
and supported by strong brackets
The cost of these things can be learn
ed by consulting the Guide, which
every grower of plants should possess


The ivy is one of the most tractable
and nseful plants we possess for in
door adornment. Its leaves are clear,
bright and glossy, it will bear heat,
dust and partial absence of light, and
still grow with yigor and give evidence
of health, and can be made to assume
almost any form with little trouble
/ give several modes OF training.
Year: 1873

A BALTIMORE EpiscopaIian suggests
that it would not be a bad plan If
convenient rooms were provided III
all churches where AIDES and gentle
men who go to tbs honze of worship
merely to talk over the last German
or the last masquerade could discuss
those topics in peace without being
troubled by the reading Of the service,
the sermon, etc.
Year: 1873

A STRONG alum water is sure death
to bugs of any description. Take two
pounds of pulverized alam, and dis
solve in three quarts OF boiling water,
allowing it to remain over the fire
until thoroughly dissolved. Apply
while cot with brush, or, what is
better, usea syringe to force the liquid
~ the cracks of the walls and bed
stead. Scatter all the powdered alum
freely in all those places, and you will
soon be rid OF these insect nuisanees
which fill one with disgust.
Year: 1873

Washington, the Capital Of this great
nation, is hard, stony, chilly, unfeeling
place to be in. 1t is made up mainly of
political and social sharps, male and female,
who lie in wait like spiders setting their nets
to catch unwary flies that may hover around
the danger They crowd, crush and kill.
if needs be, while sucking the blood of
their victims. Mercy might as well be
looked for in tophet as for fair dealing
among the average Washingtonian sharp
ers. if anything is to be made by foul play
This is the habit of the people. Whoever
goes among then, whether in an official ca.
pacity or as a visitor, is looked upon as their
prey and they will pluck-him if it will pay to
do so. Poor Cclfax, their long time pet,
was torn to peices by these bipedal wolves
the very moment they scented his blood
And now, that tie tired, tmid hunted hare
has escaped from the hounds and reached
his native den at South Bend, his friends
and neighbors come forth in vast numbers
to greet him and with warm hand, true
heart and loving eye, take him as Of old
into their confidence and say to him
"However the ouside world, who know you
not IS we know you, may, for sinister pur-
poses, traduce and condemn you, we, know.
ing you best and longest, rest our faith up
on you as implicitly as ever.-SacramentC
Bee.
Year: 1873

a REMEDY.-The Quartmaster's Depart
ment OF the army has sent instructions to
the military department of San Francisco
to use the following remedy in case the
horses are attackted with the epizootic =
Chlorate Of Potash-A solution of one
tablespoonful In a pail of water One
fourth OF this quantity to be given twice a
day TO each horse.
Year: 1873

1t is not little singular that Senator
Schurz has preserved such ominous silence
upon the most important topics of public
policy during the present Winter session
of Congress. Heretofore he always had
an opinion on every subject that happened
to come up.-Omaha Bee.
Year: 1873

At medical examination a short time
back question was put to the student as
to the meaning of the word hypothesis. "
One candidate replied that it was "a ma
chine for raising water" another gave the
answer that it was something that happens
to man after death.
Year: 1873

An absurd thing recently happened at
Troy, 10 New York State. The wife of a
prominent citizen, supposing her last hour
had come. called her lord to her bedside
and unburdened her mind by saying that
she had been false to her marriage vow,
her paramour being near neighbor, whose
name she gave. She did not die at all,
and now DISAPPOINTMENT citizen is making
things quite ivel, for the near neighbor.
Year: 1873

An urchin having found a cartridge tie
other day, rubbed it on the stove to see If
it was good for anything. As his mother
knits icft-handed nttens for him now, it
is generally supposed that the cartridge was
a GOOD one.
Year: 1873

The Olympia Tribune contains the
following:


We have recently learned some
thing further concerning those very
Masons who SO abused us the other
evening, and We will relate the
circumstance right here, without
more ado. It seems that an unfortu-
nate woman in this place last Fall
became very destitute. She had
large family of small children, to
support whom, without means, in
come or assistance, was more than
she could do. Becoming indebted
to grocer to the extent of $50, and
being perfectly honest and anxious
to pay what was due from her, she
sent her furniture, bedding and
kitchen ware to the auction room.
with directions to sell, and turn over
to the grocer enough of the proceeds
to satisfy his claim. Now this poor
woman was not herself q Mason,
nor was ever her husband, brother,
or other relative; in fact, she was
under no obligations whatever to
them, nor they to her, and there was
not the least excuse for any officions
interference on their part. How
ever, the Society met in their hall, as
usual, precisely as they did on Satur-
day evening, and, without solicita-
ton or excuse, as said before, Que
brother stated the case, about as we
have, and appealed to those around
him for help. Pocket books were
brought out, and contributions freely
made, until there was enough and to
spare. Next morning, without pub
fishing to the world how he had ac-
compiished his object, this brother
paid the grocer, and sent the furni-
ture home, with purse of money
for the widows future assistance.
How we obtained this information is
neither here nor there; it is all true,
and we are prepared to prove it.
We are hungry for just such items,
and, in our crusade against Masonry,
we will not hesitate one moment in
publishing others of similar charac-
ter. We propose to uproot Masonry
and stand proudly on its ruins.
Year: 1873

From L. b. Britten Esq. :, who now
lives at Gold Hill, Nevada, we re-
ceived few days ago the following
extract from the Virginia Erening
Chronicle Of FEBRUARY 18th, giving an
account Of the death of Mr.. Slosson,
formerly a resident of this city, where,
for some time he was in the employ
OF Hon. q. w. Crafts. one Of our prom
inent merchants. Mr.. Slosson had n
wide circle OF personal friends in
Idaho, who receive with sorrow the
sud news of his ubtimely death.


DgAD.-Mr. Slosson, who was so
badly injured short time since in
the Savage mine, and who the Enter
prise says "is in fair way to recover,
though he still has before him many
a long day Of confinement and pain, !"
died this morning at the boarding
house Of Mrs. Plum on South Z
street. The accident which caused the
death Of Mr. Slosson was the caving
OF the clay wall while he was at
work in the Savage mine, and which
tore the flesh off the right side of the
body and caused some very painful
wounds from which his recovery has
always been considered doubtful.
The Masonic fraternity of Virginia
City will send his remains TO the Ma
sonic Lodge in San Francisco, of
which he was n member. The day
before the one on which Mr.. Slosson
was injured, he received letter
from brother in Phoebe in which he
related dream that he had the night
before. The letter says: II saw
you as plain as / ever saw you IN my
life, working in a mine a great many
feet underground, and saw the earth
slip away from its foundation and
cover you entirely, and that you
were almost killed when taken out.
| have been very uneasy in my mind
ever since then" Slosson took the
letter to the mine with him and read
it 10 several of the miners, who eau
toned him and told him to look out
rs it might come true, for the place
he was working in looked n little
dangerous. He however, paid no
attention to them. aud on the follow
ing night was caved upon and injured
in the same manner that his brother
stated in the letter.
Year: 1873

A LADY's SEAT ON HORSEBACK. "A
lady's horse, to be perfect. should be
all over handsome, and we'll upon it's
launches. If slightly hollow in the
back, so much the better, for it gen.
orally tends to ease in action, aud to
less motion to the saddle. A lady
should never be heard upon The sad
dle-that is, there should be no
humping noise, not even in trot.
She should sit so closely and, when
rising to the trot, possess such
elastic motion from the foot to the
knee and the waist that her return to
the saddle should seem as light as
q feather. She should sit "square to
the 'front.' and her horses ears Ito
speak as soldier) ought to dress
we'll with the buttons on the bosom
of her habit. Nothing is so bad as
to sit with lean to one side, and,
when admirers are following after,
to let them fear that q very little
would cast her off from the stirrup
side of her saddle. Her hands should
be down. but light, and her arm, as
we'll as every inclination of her figure,
should harmonize with the motions
of her steed, as if both possessed the
same volition .-Grantley Berkeley.
Year: 1873

The following is said to be q sure
test of u horses age; After horse
is nine years old a wrinkle comes
over the eyelid, at the upper corner
of the lower lid, and every year there
after he has one well-defined wrinkle
for each, year of his age over nine.
If, for instance, horse has three
wrinkles, he is twelve years old.
Add the number of wrinkles to nine,
and you will always obtain the exact
age. "a
Year: 1873

Recently proof-sheet of the list
of members of the Michigan House
of Representatives was given out on
which corrections were to be made if
any errors We're discovered. Soon
after, the compiler of the manual re-
ceived the following note from one of
the single men: I'm proof-sheet of
manual in House, I see you say am
married. Please correct, or send the
woman around, and oblige."
Year: 1873

In olden times children were early
taught that the instant they woke in the
morning they must bounce out of bed,
not waiting for a moments considera-
ton until they were safely landed on
the floor. Some wide-awake children,
whose eyes naturally opened with the
coming dawn, could easily accomplish
this feat but alas for the poor little
creatures who found it nearly impossible
to shake off the drowsiness that per-
vaded their entire systems In a pitt
full state of semi-sleep they dragged
themselves from bed and tried to dress.


Those who retain vivid remembrances
of such experiences of childhood will
be gratified to know that DIR. Hall says
that up to eighteen years every child
should be allowed to rest in bed, after
sleep is over, until they feel as if they
had rather get up than not that it is a
very great mistake for persons, old or
young especially children and feeble
or sedentary persons-to bounce out of
bed the moment they wake up that
fifteen OF twenty minutes spent in grad
ually waking up, after the eyes are
opened, and in turning over and stretch
ing the limbs, do as much good as sound
sleep, because the operations set the
blood in motion by degrees, tending to
equalize the circulation; for during
sleep the blood tends to stagnatiOn, the
heart beats feebly and slowly, and any
shock to the system sending the blood
in overwhelming quantities to the heart
is the greatest absurdity.
Year: 1873

But little is known in this country of
terra Gotta, which abroad enters so
largely into ornamental architecture.
In its manufacture, clay, flint, glass,
and fossils containing phosphate of lime
arc powdered and mixed with water into
paste, which is then ground and
beaten until all the air bubbles are ex-
PEELED. It is then modelled directly by
the artist and burned, having first been
glazed and colored to suit the taste.
The material TINS formed is both cheap
and durable. Neither heat, cold, nor
moisture affects it. And there is this
further advantage in its use, that it can
be nodded by the artist as if it were SO
much clay whereas stone must be cut
by the hand of an intervening workman.
There seems to be no good reason why
terra Gotta should not come into general
use in this country for building mate
rial, and it enters largely into parts OF
the elegant Albert memorial hall, as
! also Of the South Kensington museum.
American architects have SO far had a
prejudice against it, which it is hoped
will soon yield before enlightenment as
| to its many admirable qualities.
Year: 1873

During the early part of the fight
every precaution is adopted to prevent
leaving a heavy trail, or one easily to
be followed; to this end, instead of
moving, as is customary, in single file,
thereby leaving a clearly defined path,
each warrior moves independently of
his fellows, until all danger from pur-
falls into single file, and, with the chief
at their head, moves along in almost
unbroken silence. If during an attack
upon the frontier settlements the In
dians should encounter unexpected and
successful resistance, necessltGt1ng a
premature withdrawal and flight op
their part, they still resort to stratagem
in order to secure THEN safety. In ac-
cordance with plan previously formed
and understood by each member of the
party, and specially provided for an
emergency, the war party finding them
selves about to encounter successful re-
sistance of the part of the frontiersmen
beat a hasty retreat but instead of
taking their fight in a single direction
and in one party, thereby leaving an
unmistakable clue for their pursuers,
the entire party breaks up into smaller
bands, each apparently fleeing in an
independent direction, few of the best
mounted usually falling behind to at
tract the attention of the pursuers, and
give time to those of the party who are
burdened with prisoners and captured
stock to make good their escape. In
such an emergency as this rendezvous
for the entire party has been previously
fixed upon. Its location is usually
upon. or near some water-course or
prominent landmark, distant perhaps
thirty or forty miles thither all smaller
parties direct their course, each by
separate and usually a circuitous route.
Should either of these smaller parties
find themselves closely pursued, or
their trail being followed and all efforts
to throw the pursuers off prove un-
availing, they relinquish their plan of
uniting with the others at the estab-
Hshed rendezvous, as that would i'm
peril the safety of their comrades, and
select a new route leading neither in the
direction of the rendezvous or of the
village, in order not only to elude but
to mislead their pursuers. Then en-
sues long and tiresome flight, until,
having worn out or outwitted their pur-
suers, of whose movements they keep
themselves thoroughly informed, they
make their way in safety to the vii
lage. At the latter outlooks are con-
stantly kept on some prominent hill to
watch the coming of the absent warriors
and give notice of their approach. A
war party returning from a successful
raid into the settlements, and bringing
with them prisoners and captured
stock, is an event of the greatest i'm
portance to every occupant of the vii
1age. Having arrived within a few
miles of the village, and feeling safe
from all danger from pursuit, the chief
in command of the war party causes a
signal smoke to be sent up from some
high point along the line of march, well
knowing that watchful eyes near the
village are on the alert and will not fail
to observe the signal and understand
it's meaning.-Ge1a. Custer, in GALAXY
fin. Dpceg1boT
Year: 1873

Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Brown were
having very comfortable afternoon to-
gether. Mrs. Smith, WHO was an in
valid, or thought herself one, which is
just as bad, was reclining in an easy
chair, and Mrs. Brown, who had run in
with her knitting work just to see how
she was, had been persuaded to spend
the rest of the day with her friend.


Yes, Mrs. Brown, I consider it very
provideutial;: That poor, poor niece Of
mine was left an orphan on the cold
charity of the world, and as I was the
only friend she had, she came right
here, of course. Well, here I am in
such delicate health, needing constant
attention, and / couldn't expect my own
girls, poor dears, to be fussing around
their sick mother all the time. I want
them to enjoy themselves while they
can. This poor thing needed a home,
and give it to her at once. l said
'Of course, child, come right here and
live with us. You can make yourself
useful, no doubt, and it'll all be right.
She's been here six months now, an6
has been a wonderful help to me.
keep her busy from daylight until darl
to keep her mind off her troubles, yoT
know, and nights when can't sleep it''
dreadful handy to have her where she
can rub my back, soak my feet, battle
my head, and read me to Sleep"


"Do you pay her wages ?''


"Bless me, no She said something
about it one day as if she expected t.
be paid for her work, but I told her w
couldn't think of hiring our own BLOOD
relations to work for us. I told her t,
just be easy about that, whenever sh
needed anything we'd see about it. Sh
gave me kind of queer smile that
didn't qiite understand or like !; but ol
the whole, she is wonderfully quiet an
gentle like, and consider it a res
providence


"Where is she now ?"


"I sent her down to the back pastt1r
Year: 1873

The case of Rodman will come before the
Grand Jury to-day, aud is the opinion OF his counsel
that sufficient evidence will be produced TO secure
Indictment They stated, however, that II the case
goes their defense will be sufficient to secure Ms
acqutta What their line Of defense viii be they re-
fuse state except general terms that Mr. Rodman
is not guilty Whether others implicated they refuse
20 state


Mayor Powell yesterday expressed bis opinion thal
every effort should be made TO punish I2dman ana
sprsgue and to have the fact developed Who else II
any one, Is connected with the theft Mr.. Ropes told
TRIBUNE reporter that he had begged Mr. Sprague 10
tell him whether he believed any one beside Rodman
and Mills had been connected with the stealing, and
that Mr. sprague had answered him that he had no
knowledge that any one else connected with the
deialcatOns, and that he thought il RDdmau had any
Information duplicating others should. IA justice to
Year: 1873

Restitution is the order of the day. On Sat-
urday, Fire Commissioner Mclaughlin said that to-day
or tomorrow he would turn the 5000 interest TO
the City Treasury that he had at time any intention
of Withholding it, and proposed to hand it over TO the
city when be made his report.


Messrs. Pylon and Thursby the late Commissioners Of
Excise determined TO return to the city their por
ton Of t2O0O which the Excise Commissioners retained
out OF the department fund for personal expenses and
10 recover which suit has been begun by the city.
This by way OF compromise. The suit has been set
down for trial in November.
Year: 1873

THE TRUST COMPANY'S STATEMENT.
THK COMPANY MAKES A BAD SHowING--ovERDRAFTs


OF MILLS AND RoDMAN COUNTED AS AssErs-


SEWING MACHINE AND GEORGIA STOCK AID


MrTrrD loN HAND-A "BLIND" REPORT AN


ALYZED.


Profound excitement prevailed in Brooklyn
on Saturday when OF the true condition
Of the Trust Company read in THE TRIBUNE and the
facts embarrassment Of another concern In winch
the Treasury Ring was involved snd by which It was be-
levod that the Trust Company had lost the persons
most familiar with the true condition OF aSirs Of the
Trust Company correboraed the statements Of The TRB
uNE while the officers dnd persons connected With the
management OF the institution made haste to deny them
Foremost OF these Alderman Ropes President Of the
bank who Immediately set to work to make up state
ment Of assets and liabilities OF the Company August
81 ls7S and furnish contradictory statements to the
papers which had failed TO publish the This state
ments given below and 1t is pardonaOe only the sup
position that it very hastily prepared.