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Year: 1873

NINE NILSSON -RoUzAUD refuses to sing
in Berlin, out of patriotism for her husband S
country. The people of Berlin are, ia con-
sequence, beginning TO think that Sedan was
lot quite such nice battle as they at first
believed it to be.
Year: 1873

a correspondent of the Country Gentle
man writes: have u plan that seldom
fails to start the unruly animal in a few
minutes, and if perseYercd in, generally
effects a permanent c'Ire, but it is too diff
cult OF application to become generally
useful Have with you a small quantity OF
whole corn, and when remedy is needed
90 gently to the horses head with hand
full and coax him with carcsses while he
eats from the hand. Attempt to lead him.
holding the corn a little way before him,
and when he goes quietly and shows that
his temper has subsidized, leave him with
his mouth full of corn, get in the vehicle
and speak to him to 90 on, using quiet
manners just as if nothing was wrong; and
if he refuses, apply the same treatment
again. and again if necessary. until success
attends Perhaps it may not be clear to
the reader what the difficulty is in apply
ing this remedy. 1t is in the worse than
balky disposition of the driver, who would
rather succeed once in twenty times by
passionately whipping, than nineteen times
IN twenty by gentleness. Only IA gentle
man can manage ball>y horse, and while
there are plenty Of gentlemen in society,
lhere are not so many gentle men III the
treatment of animals.
Year: 1873

Why l. ii that one farmer viii raise
nearly every turkey-chicl that comes out
of the shell, and do this nine Years ont OF
ten. without much respect to wet on dry
seasons, while another loses from half TO
threc-'IuarterS with about the same uni
tormitN2 We know of men with whom
success is the established rule They are
very systematic in this. as in all their other
business, We visited one Of these thrifty
farmers who raised one hundred and
,Nty-tive turkeys last year from nine hens
and upon inquiry found that he did about
the same thing every year. We wanted
to know Just how he managed to secure
this uniform result. and found him com
municativc. He insists upon good stock
to begin with-thc best always selected
to breed from. Then he places GREAT
reliance upon regular feeding during the
fail and winter. so that the flock becomes
very gentle, and the hens make their nest,
Immediately about the sheds and barns In
places prepared for them. This is a great


safeguard against toNe~, >kum>~, crows
hawks and other creatures thlt destroy
the birds or their eggs " hen the young
first come of the nest they are confined in
pcn~ for a few day until they are strong
enough to fly over a board inclosu1r one
foot high He feeds Frequently with coarse
corn meal and sour milk until four o'clock
in the afternoon He found in his expert
rncc that he lost a good many chick from
the food hardening in the crop. There is
danger from oyerlecding \, the chicks
grow, the sour milk diet is increased, and
during the summer ii j. kept constantly in
a trough for them. They are cNcprlin@ll
fond of sour milk and buttermilk, and they
grow Very rapidly upon this diet. An
incidental advantage. and i very impol-
tant one he thinks, is that the Young birds
are prevented from StraNin@ very far
from the house They return many time,
during the day TO the buttrrmilk trough
for their tayorite food. This with Indian
meal. constitutes their principal iooduntil
midsummer when insects are more album
dant, and they wander farther from the
house This method can ea~il Y he tried on
dairy farms [Agric'ltmi~t
Year: 1873

ENJOY THE PRESENT. Ii conduces much
to our content if We pass by those things
which happen to our trouble and consider
what is pleasing and prosperous, that by
the presentation of the better the worse
may be blotted out. Enjoy the present,
Whatsoever it may be, and be not solicit
Gus for the future for if you take your
foot from the present standing and thrust
il forward to tomorrow event, you are
in restless condition; it is like refusing
to quench your present thirst by fearing
that YOU shall want drink the next day.
If tomorrow you should want, your sor-
row would come time enough, though you
did not hasten it; let your trouble tarry
till its own LAY comes. Enjoy the bless
ings of this days, if God sends them and
the evils Of it bear patiently and sweetly,
for this day is ours We are dead to yes
tertlay, and not yet born to the morrow.
TJeremy Taylor.
Year: 1873

barley and rye, the application should be
the same as upon Spring wheat, after they
are well up, and about one hundred pounds
to the acre.


POTATOES. tpon potatoes plaster should
be sown upon the hill soon after the plants
are up, same as upon corn, about a table
spoonful or more to the hill, scattered up-
on the leaves as much as possible, and
then should have at least one more liberal
dressing upon the vines after hoein@, and
when we'll advanced i'll growth


Com Various opinions are emtcltain-
ed hy farmers as to the best mode ot ap-
plication of plaster to corn; OF the benefits
resulting from its use there is no doubt
Year: 1873

Dr. Bell of Louisville, Ky, maintains
that no case of cholera has ever yet occur
red, except as the result of sleeping at
night where the cause is, and no amount
of exposure in the day time, without sleep
in the night, in the locality, ever gave the
disease. No mere sojourner during the
past three hundred years, has ever slept at
night in the malarious season, in the Pom
tine marshes, near Rome, without dying
The AbruZZi mountaineerS, who put in
such crops as are raised there, sleep in the
day time but never at night All testimo-
ny that has spoken on this point, in refer
ence to yellow fever testites that no
amount Of exposure in day time is peril
Gus, but that the only danger is sleeping
in the locality at night
Year: 1873

There is a proverb which runs: "Civ-
ility costs nothing" and the point made
is, that every one who has business to
transact can afford to add civility to his
stock in trade. AS it costs nothing, it in
wolves no increase of capital, while it
vastly and pleasantly facilitates trade
and profit Sometimes on entering a
store or counting-room the customer is
met with manners which seem to say,
''Now then, be quick, your coming is an
interruption which must cease as soon as
possible" So actions speak, while words
are few, and every desire on the part of
the customer is met as something which
should be frowned on and repressed. The
unfortunate would-be buyer feels that he
is put at disadvantage; that he is an
unmannerly intruder on another mans
premises. If he is at all of modest dis
position, he feels very much ashamed of
himself that he should dare to want
anything. He either retreats with an
apology or accepts something he does
not want, with an inward resolution nev-
er to be caught in such dilemma again.


There are business men and women
who make fortunes simply by their civil
ity. Their wares or their services are no
better probably than the stock in trade
of their crusty neighbors. But, having
undertaken business or adopted pro-
fession, they are wise enough to know
that whatever is to be done successfully
must be done with good grace and with
a good will. They do not show by their
behavior that they consider everybody
an intruder, but act in the persuasion
that everybody may be friendly. They
do not treat people as though they were
in hurry to be done with them at once
and forever, but as though even a casual
caller may be cultivated into an acquain-
tance and made constant customer.


To neglect the small courtesies of life
is to ensure neglect for yourself, And
the reasons that some persons are sue
cessful and others not, is often found in
in the fact that the successful invite
strangers to become friends by civility,
while the others repel even friends by
the want of courtesy
Year: 1873

The Prohibitionists of Jackson county
have entered the field as a political or
ganization. Their object, the suppression
of intemperance, is a worthy one, but let
US apply a few practical thoughts to the
movement, and thus learn what the
outcome is to be- If it win be evil, in
stead of good, then there should be a
turning back movement rather than a
forward one The Frohibitionists have
nominated good temperance man nam-
ed Scott, for Representative. The Re-
publicans have nominated equally as
good a temperance man by the pane of
Harrison. The Democrats have not yet
named their candidate, but he will be
presented in due time, and when presen-
ted, he WILL without doubt, be found with
his party upon this question. And what
is that? We will let Hon. John G,
Thompson, the Chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee, explain
it, as he is authority in all such matters.
In his place in the Senate, a year ago last
winter, in a discussion upon this very
subject of temperance, we heard from
him this utterance: Tire Democracy Of
Ohio favor free trade in all things, and
especially ia Egu0p. We are sure we do
not misquote him, for it startled others
as we'll as ourself.


Now, what IS to be the practical result
of this Probationary movement in
Jackson county? We presume it will be
agreed to by every one, that either the
Republican candidate or the Democratic
candidate is to be elected. The Republi-
can candidate will be elected if the Re
publican vote is not divided. But sup
pose it is divided between Harrison and
Scott, what then? The result IS as plain
as the nose upon a man 5 face-tree trade
IN liquor, so far as Jackson county can
make it.


This is the practical working of this
movement in jackson county, and it is
wrought out by the indiscreet policy of
men, who, we doubt not, sincerely prefer
a totally different result They act from
pure, good motives, but their plans lack
that wisdom which works good results


This question is in like manner serious
ly complicated in other counties besides
jackson, and, as it is a question of vast
Importance to the good of the State, and
to the people thereof we ask for this
| view oft the careful and oonsiderate at
tention of all friends of progress and re-
| form. We all desire lessening of the
evils of intemperance, the result of the
present unlimited sale of that which in
| toXicates, and which makes demons OF
| intelligent souls, but that lessening can
never be reached by division Of the eff
| forts of those who seek such a reform.
| In union there is strength, but house
| divided against itself must fall. Failure
| in a movement of this character means
misery and pauperism to millions. What
a responsibility ! Think of it, and then
! be wise.
Year: 1873

Reader, look around you for moment
and answer these questions; Among
those whom you are in the habit of call
ing intelligent and educated men and
women, how many know anything at all
of punctuation How many can tell you
the rule of three? How many can tell
you where Afghanistan is, and why Eng
land should be interested in preventing
Russian aggression in that direction
How many can properly capitalize the
letters they write? How many under
stand book-keeping2 How many write
readable hand? How many can com
pose ten lines without glaring grammati-
cal errors? How many can spell twenty
words you propose without making ridic-
ulous mistakes 2 Yet all of these intelli-
gent, educated refined gentlemen have
studied at school the higher branches
can exhibit a light acquaintance with
Latin, and mayhap have not forgotten
the Greek alphabet. They are not the
kind of educated people we believe in.
We want the body of the people to have
a good, honest, complete English educa-
ton; after that, whatever you please.
We believe that one Horace Greeley, un-
derstanding English and having ideas, is
worth more to the country than a million
Of the superficial scholars who are SO nu-
merous in all walks of ife.-Los angeles
ErpreSS
Year: 1873

Those who cling to the good old ways
of their childhood, and who will not be
lieve in the superior utility of anything g
new. Those who believe that teacher
who can read, write and cipher, can
teach the elements of an ordinary educa-
tion as well as one who is thorough
scholar. Those who think it economy to
send their children to cheap schools.
Those who believe that good teachers
and thorough instruction can be had at
low rates of tuition. Those who are too
busy to visit the schools where their
children are attending. Those who
think they have done their whole duty,
when they have furnished their scholars
with books and sent them to school.
Those who always lend ready ear to
the most trivial complaint of their chill
drcn Those who animadvert justly or
uniustly upon the conduct of the teacher
in the presence of the children. H


Those who employ teacher in whom
they do not place confidence. Those who
labor under the impression that a child
should never be sent to school if the said
child dislikes the teacher.


Those who are chagrined and show
their chagrin if their children are CEN
sured; and who without examining their
own conduct lay the blame of their chill
dPen's backwardness upon the teacher.
Those who imagine, because they have
brou 4ht up a family of children and been
with them every day, that they know
more of the character of children than
the man who has hundreds of them
under his care, of every variety and
description. Those who are too busy TO
watch and train and mould the charac-
ters Of their children in the right way.
Year: 1873

How often have we heard business men
| censured for tardiness in keeping their
| appointments, or for failure in keeping .
| their engagements for the delivery OF
| goods, etc. Tailors, shoemalzers, millin-
| ers and dressmakers seem to receive the
! lions share of this censure; but it is by
no means confined to. them, being appli-
cable, more or less, to parties engaged in
almost every branch of trade.


The lack of punctuality is seemingly
one of the least excusable evils to which
humanity is addicted 1t is astonishing
after all the bitter experiences to which
people have been subj ed and the an
noyances which associations, and even
whole communities have suffered through
the lack of this one quality, which seems
so necessary to the smooth running of
the machinery of every day life that it
should receive SO little attention in daily
affairs. Its value cannot be estimated
by a single occurrence, or by one days
duration, but by its constant recognition
in the innumerable transactions of life
time


Every man is to some extent depend
ent upon his neighbor, let his position in
life be what itsmay- 1t will be thus seen
how important it is that his every en-
gagement should be promptly met, in





placed in one another. On the other
hand, the failure of, or delay in the per-
Torrance Of his duty, in this respect, not
only possibly inhicts injury upon those
with whom he deals but also upon him
self by indulgence in SO pernicious a
habit Fse


Punctuality is of the utmost Importance
to the success of every one, and the only
reason for the lack Of it in some persons
is a want of energy or earnestness. They
make rash promises without due oonsid-
Grafton as to whether they can fulfill
them; their procrastinating spirit makes
them late in everything they attempt to
do. Besides being source of continual
annoyance, such persons seldom rise to
any eminence in life; we lose confidence
in them, and thus the reverse of emil
nenee is generally the result in their
case. This fact, together with the record
of many distinguished men, who have
attributed their chief success to the OBJ
servance of punctnality, should be eau
ton to all to make no promises OIL en-
gagements which they have not at least
reasonable prospect of fulfilling. By
the observance of this suggestion they
will establish for themselves a reputation
that will be at least pleasant, and can
but be beneficial. -..,.
Year: 1873

We were in a family not long ago
where there were several children of va
rious ages, who all seemed to love each
other very much. but where the elder
ones appeared in taking delight in teas
ing and veXing the little ones. For in
stance. John took up little Nellie in his
strong arms and made believe that he
would throw her out of the window, just
on purpose to hear her scream and see
her terror As he went to Lucy's chair
he gave one of her curls a tWeak that
brought tears to her eyes, and with one
sweep of his hand he scattered the pieces
of Freldy's disseeted map, which the lit
tie fellow had nearly put together after
half an hours patient working. But bad
as he was he was not the worst. Anna
who besides being a girl, was old enough
to know better, had discovered a little
secret Of Lucy's which she told to the
others in such way as TO make the SEN
sitive childis face burn and to give her
heart such a hurt that it was long time
in healing. And it was all in fun r.
Now there is no doubt that John and
Anna both loved their brothers and sis
ters dearly. John would have fought
anybody who tried to injure them. Anna
would, and did often, put herself to great
trouble and inconvenience in taking care
OF them and dong things to please them.
And she did it cheertully, too. And that
made seem ali the more strange that
they should be willing to grieve and an
noy them just for the sake of sports.
And, after all, we could not see where
the fun came in. Terror and anger and
tears are surely anything but funny. And
it occurs to US, now we think of it, that
there is no fun which is not funny on
both sides. Play ON one side and pain
on the other is not at all the genuine ar
ticle And another thing strikes us as
being very curious about the matter, and
that is, that those who delight in doing
such things always play their tricks upon
somebody who is younger and weaker
than themselves. And we know the
name for that. Yes, these inveterate
teasers may be pretty generally set do6n
as towards. There is teasing which is
altogether pleasant and proper, and caus-
es nobody suffering; and very safe rule
to go by in all cases is to put yourself in
the other persons place and ask yourself
if you, being in their circumstances,
would like the same thing to be done to
you.-Ad0ance.
Year: 1873

From all that we are able to learn, the
habit of chewing tobacco is much more
difficult to reform than that of smoking;
but in most instances smoking can be
substituted for chewing without serious
inconvenience. If a man who smokes
wishes to rid himself of the habit, let him
diminish week. by week the number of
cigars or pipes smoked daily. If he
smoked regularly six cigars day, it does
not seem to us that it would be any very
great hardship to bring down the num-
ber to five. After smoking FIVE cigars
daily for week, let him reduce the num-
Der to four, and after the lapse of anoth-
er week to three; and so on, reducing
the daily allowance each subsequent
week by one cigar, until he comes down
to none at all.


If the subject be chewer of tobacco
instead of a smoker, let him quit chew
ing and take to smoking for a month, or
such length of time as may be necessary
to make him feel quite as comfortable as
before the change was made. From this
point let him proceed as in the first ex-
ample.


But suppose the offender ohews and
smokes both. This is truly a bad case,
still not quite desperate. To such one
we should say: First stop your smoking;
then, after few weeks of chewing only,
quit that and substitute smoking in place
of it. This accomplished, you can pro-
ceed as in the first example.
Year: 1873

A man can give his neighbor promis-
sorry note moistened by fluid just in
vented by French chemist, and in
month afterwards the holder will have
nothing to show for it but a little dust.
If this fact becomes generally known,
short credits will become the rule, in
order that the borrower will come down
with the dust before his note does
Year: 1873

A GENTLE SNoB-He is very genteel
and amiable young man, but he is not
sane, He parts his hair in the middle. The
other day in combing his hair he ohanced
to get two more hairs on Que side than on
the other. This destroyed the balance
of his head and overturned his brain,
He makes very gentle lunatic, how
ever
Year: 1873

A Florida alderman sold his vote for
an oroide chain and a circus ticket, and
his friends are naturally ashamed and
indignant They know that he might
have obtained a jack-knife in addition by
simply asking for it
Year: 1873

Kiss woman, if you will; tread on
her corn, if it makes you happier; stay
till eleven o'clock when you call, if you
prefer it, or even critioise her bonnet
with severity; but, as you value your
peace of mind and her happiness, let her
back hair alone.
Year: 1873

We hear of consultation of eminent
physicians having been called TO decide
upon what is best to be done for young
lady, fashionable of course, who has rem
dered her complexion almost black by
the use of poisonous cosmetics.
Year: 1873

The "fool-killer" announces that here
after he will not travel round the coun-
try carrying club, and looking for a
job, but get the list Of lecturers from the
Boston literary bureaus, and do most OF
his work right at home.
Year: 1873

On retiring from business, a wise old
man said to his son and successor; Now,
my boy, remember that common sense is
the best thing you can bring to bear on
every concern of life except love max
ing"
Year: 1873

Even the din of the Congress Investigations
have not covered up the prepoterOus attempt to rake
toeO from the Treasury under the specious guse Of
aiding agricultural colleges Albany correspondence Of
THE TRIBUNE, recently, showed how some OF the egs-
laors had enlightened by the details OF the scheme
as published in these columns. The EUening Post is glad
that York. at least, is not reduced TO the
sbasement of holding ts hat for this sort of aims
II thinks that the project IS dead for this session, and
adds:


Concurrent resolutions passed the State Senate last
ming requesting Congress TO oppose
this Subsidy bill. It will TO most persons that the
Legislature is little slow in taking action on this que
tun although glad that the state Senate Is put
on the record as opposed bills OF this character The
College Land bill proposed TO range the states IKE
moneys at Washington II s refreshing To that our
own State does not intend remain in this contemptble
posture, at least without protest.
Year: 1873

The Albany Knickerbocker is of the opinion
Congressman have been corrupted by the general
drift OF commercial opinion. which is toward stock
gambling rather than toward honest and legitimate
business. 1t says:


Railroads and the war, Wall-st. and Tammany have
demorazed not ALL by any means but some OF the most
eminent public men in tho country-Repubcans as well
Democrats. Cupdty in all those affairs long ago IN
vented ways for overlapping the limits OF honesty.
Gambling in stocks in wast. made gambling popular.
Overreaching the Government during the war made
overreaches in private transactons popular. The I'M
mense fortunes made In that way by Vanderbilt Drew,
Smith, Could and jim Fisk turned the heads and the
conscience thousands OF others who thought them
selves be and who doubtless previously honest


1t is true that the eversh desire to get rich rapidly
has its victims in the Credit Mobiler scandal Men
have. however, gone to Congress because there was


money in IL" ofener than odme statesmen have sue
cumbed to temptation after long years OF usefulness
Every body that of the biggest rascals In
Congress so escaped being caught These are
the who not only want great deal OF money but
making IT, The reform must begin with the people,
not with the congressman