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Year: 1871

For want of sufficient pasture cattle and
horses are often turned into the mown
meadows, or stubblea, that have been seed
co with clover. This is, to say the least,
iniudicious.


Generally dry weather occurs after har-
vest, during which the clover and grass
have Z struggle to maintain their existence,
the young clover plants especially suffering
from the heat and the drought. Possibly
for some weeks the principal dependence
Of the meadows for moisture is the nightly
dcWs. II the leaves are allowed to be
eaten of this mode of supply is arrested,
by deprlyih@ The roots of the shade which
they would have afforded. Only a weak
growth can then he made, many plans will
be totally destroyed, and when the rains
occur, followed by nightly frosts, the un-
sheltered roots are thrown out by thou
sands. promising piece OF clover may
thus be completely ruined and the next
wear 5 supply OF hay be seriously curtailed.
The life Of the meadows is consumed and
their existence threatened.


We are aware of the great temptation
there is 10 turn stock on to the aftermath
aud stubNlcs, but, unless III rare cases,
where the soil is rich and the growth is too
heavy to he eaten nearly bare, it would be
Il great saving Of money in the end to hire
pasture, buY iced, or sell the surplus stock
which cannot be otherwise fed at home.
On many farms, had this course been adopt
cd for one season, the resources for feeding
in after years would have been doubled ;
but by carrying too many stock on the fields
during the fall months, they were eaten of
too closely to stand the winter, and were too
seriously injured to fully recover. IL is be-
coming more apparent each year that more
stock must be fed on eastern farms, nay, on
more western farms too, or their fertility
tJ keep too many at the commencement,
before the means of feeding have become
equal 20 the demand. 1t is something like
a man living upon his capital, instead of
upon The interest of it each year; iii one
case he becomes poorer by mere ill Judged
use Of his means, which by outstanding in
the other case would keep him by its in
come and itself remain intact. 1t is a
question worth consideration whether it
would not be wise to largely reduce pastur-


NJ stock; whether money could not be


made by selling OFF in spring the bulk OF
the stock usually pastured, and moving or
otherwise using the land to produce feed
for keeping stock during the winter, which
would be purchased in the fall by which
means more manure would be made, the
difference in the values OF stock at these
different seasons saved. and all temptation
10 PASTURE moving lands or young grass OF
I cloyer-lields removed. Agricuturist.
Year: 1871

1t will not be considered impcrtinent to
tell the ladies that the habit of wearing
low-necked dresses is sometimes lnadYlsa
bic. 1t is especially so when artificial aid
is required to enhance the perfection Of
grace and the mold Of form, as illustrat
ed u few evenings since at q social gather
mo at Carrolton 1t seems that Il very
pretty lady had become the cynosure of u
good many admiring eyes, and she dane
ed and tlrted necessarily. 1t was very
warm, and when at late hour she got
ready TO 60 home, "a crowded car was
the only conveyance) She took occasion
to have her stays loosened before starting,
II the proceeding augmented the size of
her waist it, nevertheless, increased the
pleasure of breathing But as she walk
ell out Of the lady's dressing-room to
meet her attendant, she stopped to pluck
u flower (scarcely more beautiful than
herseli) from the conservatory. Her es-
cort and Il number of gentlemen friends
were in waiting.


''Nhat do you call this she said; ''at
exotic 2" as she stopped over to inhale the
fragrance OF the flower.


But as she did so, her dress, already
loosened for freer respiration, permitted a
wide rift between the snowy bosom and
the dress itself, and something in the
shape and of the size of a large turnip
rolled out on the floor. 1t was made of Il
gauzelike substance. and very light, and
bounded when it struck the floor like In
dia rubber


The gentlemen were appalled, 1T the
circumstance, the lady was confused and
blushing, which was not diminished when
her escort picked up the Chinese fixing,


Formed to deceive, and in disguise had lied,
and said, AS he handed it to her; Eyes,
I'm decidedly of the opinion US an ca Z
tie ~


If q glance could have killed him he
never would have survived that moment
IN. o. Picayune.
Year: 1871

ct bis side, while the action of the horse
with pleurisy is more sudden. agitated,
spasmodic The cOuntenance of the one is
that of settled distress the other bright
ems up occasionally. The pang is severe,
bat it Is transient, and there are intervals
OF relief. While neither will lie down or
willingly move and the pneumonia horse
stands fixed as a statue, the pleuritic one
Shrinks, and crouches almost to falling. Ii
he lies down, it is on the affected side when
the disease is confined to one side only.
The head of the horse with inflammation of
the substance of the lungs, hangs heavily;
that OF the other is protruded.


Here, as in pneumonia, the bleeding
should be prompt and copious Next, and
of great Importance, aperient medicine
should he administered-tha the effect of
which is so desirable hut which we do not
dare 10 give when the mucous membrane
of the respiratory passages is the seat OF
disease. Here we have to do with serous
membrane, of either cavity. Small doses
OF aoeS should be given with the usual
fever medicine, and repeated morning and
night until the dung becomes pultaceous,
when it viii always be prudent to stop.
The scdative medicine is that which has
been recommended in pneumonia, and in
the same doses. Next should follow Il blister
on the chests and sides. 1t IS far prefer
able to sctons, for it can be brought almost
into contact with infiamed surface, and eX-
tended over the whole of that surface, An
airy, but a comfortable box, is likewise even
more necessary than in pneumonia, and the
practice of exposure, uncovered to the
cold, even more absurd and destructive.
The Blood, rcpeled from the skin by the
contractilc, depressing influence OF the cold,
wond rush with fatal impetus to the neigh
boring membrane, which it was before dan
gerously determined. Warm and cOmfor
table clothing cannot be dispensed with in
plcurisy.


The sedativc medicines, however, should
Ne omitted much sooner than in pneumonia,
and succecded by diuretics. The common
turpeniinc is as good as any, made into a
ban with linseed meal, and given in doses
of two or three drachnls twice in the day.
If the constitution is much impaired, tonics
may be cautiously given, as soon as the VIC
iencc of the disease is ahatPN. The spirit
nitrous ether is Il mild stimuent and u
diuretic. Small quantities OF gcntian and
ginger may be added, but the turpeutinc
must not hr omitted. The American Stock
journal
Year: 1871

There are many fruits which never
turn sweet until the frost has lain upon
them. There are many nuts that never
fall from the bough of the tree of life till
the frost has opened and ripcned them.
And there are many elements Of life that
never grows sweet and beautiful until sor-
row touches them.
Year: 1871

Bought, NOT from second hands, but directly
nom the manufacturer, and on cash terms.


They are therefore both able and willing TO
offer ali the Inducements which can attract
the patronage OF the good and solvent deal
ers of the Southwest,
Year: 1871

Their goods and their prices speak for them
selves, and only need examination for full
confirmation OF these statements


Buyers alive TO their own Interests should
not fail to cali on or address
Year: 1871

Never sendest thou an article for pub
location without giving the editor thy name,
for thy name oftsntimes secures publication
TO worthless articles.


Thou ahould'st n not rap at the door OF
the printers office, for he that answereth
the zap sneereth in his sleeves and loscth
time.


Neither do thou leaf about, ask questions,
or knock down type. or the boys will love
thee like they do shade trees-when thou
leaveth.


Thou should'st nevea read the copy on
the printers case, or the sharp and hook
centainer therefore, or be may knock thee
down


Never inquire thou Of the editor for news
for behold, it is his business at the sppsiu-
ted time. to give it thee without asking,


tbs not right that thou shouldst ask
him who is ths suthor Of an article. for his
duty requires him to keep such things to
himself.


When thou dost enter into his Office.
take heed INTO thyself that thou dost not
look At what may be lying open and con-
ccrncth thee not. for that 10 not meet in
the sigh, Of good breeding.


Neither examine thou the proof sheet
70, is not ready to meet thine eye, that
thou msysst under stand.


Prefer thine own town paper to any
other, and subscribe for it Immediately;


Pay for it in advance, and it shall be
we'll with thee and thine.
Year: 1871

The Augusta Constitutionalist has
a narrowing story ola young girl who
in passing through that place on her
way homo from school, was found at
the depot and inveigled into an assig.
nation house by some seroundrel,
where she was kept until search was
made by her parents, who lived in
South Carolina, and who became
alarmed when she failed to arrive at
home at the time designated. Her
seducer, finding that her father was in
town looking for her, put her on a
train and sent her of to Atlanta. Her


father, with several excellent six


shooters and detective, was in hot


pursuit at last accounts.
Year: 1871

A Hard Shell Baptist Minister, liv-
ing some where on the frontier OF
Missouri, was in tho habit of saying to
his family and TO his church: "Fricnds
you need not take any unusual care Of
your lives; the moment Of your death
was written before the foundation oi
the world, and you cannot alter it."
His wife observed, when he left on
Saturday to meet one Of his frontier
missionary engagements, that he dres-
sed the flint Of his rifle with unusual
care, put in dry po WIDER, fresh tow, and
took every pains to make sure that the
gun would 50 of in case he camo upon
an Indian.


1t struck her one day as she saw
him in the saddle, with his rifle on his
shoulder, that his conduct contradict
cd his teachings, and she said to him
"My dear, why do you take this rifle
with you? If it was writ before the
foundation of tho world that you
were to killed during this trip hy an
Indian, that rifle won't prevent it; and
if you arc not TO be killed, of course
the rifle is unnecessary; SO why take
it with you at all 2"


eyes," he replied, "to DO sure, my
dear, of course you are all very right
and that is a very proper view; but
sec here, my dear--now-really-
then, you see, my dear-supposc I
should meet an Indian while / am
gone, and his time had come, and l
hadn't my rifle with me, what would he
do! Yes, my dear we must all con-
tribute our part toward the fulfillment
of the DEGREES of Providence.
Year: 1871

A gentleman just from Florida
states that the orange crop upon the
trees about Jacksonville, and for some
distance above on the St-Johns river
were totally destroyed in the recent
cold weather. The fruit was frozen
solid. The trees, he thought, were
not killed, though much injured. All
the other tropical fruits were also lost,
and q large part of the sugar cane.
Year: 1871

The most convenient and satisfactory
way to keep eggs fresh is to punch i,il-
merous holes in a tin pail, fill it with
fresh eggs into kettle Of melted tai.
low, which is as hot as can be without
burning ones finger when thrust into
the liquid; then lift the pail out quick
ly, and the melted tallow will flow out,
leaving thin coating over every egg.
Let the eggs be removed as soon as pos,
siblc from the pail, and be placed on thS
ends in keg or barrel, which sholld
be kept in cool cellar until wanted for
use. Eggs have been kept in this man
ner more than six months, so fresh that
expert judges supposed they we're fresh.
AS the eggs are so much colder taai ths
melted tallow, thin pellicle of coldtal-
low will be formed almost instantly,
which will render the shell impervious
to air. 'tsc
Year: 1871

Those parents run the risk of losing
their children's esteem, who put aside
their trivial questions as of no conse-
quence. An interrogation point SYM
bo.izes the life of childhood. "Why p
and What? p are the Keys with which
it tnlocks the treasurers of the world.
The boys numberless questions seem
trivial, but the wise parent will never
put them off il he can beip it. 1t is his
rich opportunity of teaching. He is
met halfway, and there 10 the difference
between impressing the truth on an ea-
ger mind and an uninterested one. The
little fellow helping you at your work
and plying you with endless questions,
may learn as much in half an hour there
as he would in a week when his body is
a prisoner in the schooI-room,, and his
thoughts are out Of doors. af.g a.
Year: 1871

Home is the one place in all this world
where hearts are sure of each other. 1t
is the place of confidence. 1t is the
place where we tear off that mask of
guarded and suspicious coldness which
the world forces us to wear in self-de-
fense, and where we pour out the unre-
served communication of full and con-
fiding hearts. 1t is the spot where ex
pressions of tenderness gush out with
out any dread of ridicule. Let a man
travel where he will, home is the place
to which "his heart untrammelled fond
ly turns" He is to double all pleasure
there. He is to divide all pain. A hap
py home is the single spot of rest WHICH
a man has upon this earth for the cult
vation of his noblest sensibilities.
Year: 1871

The terrible scanning and pilting of
the face, neck, and other exposed parts
of the body, consequent upon the Sc


we're attacks of the smallpox, are well
known. 1t is noticeable, however, that
the scalp is always exempted from


marks, even after the severest form of
the disease, the covering afforded by
the hair preserving it from pit;ing. Re-
memheling this fact it recently occurred
to an English physician, while watching
a photographer using cotton-wool to
shut out light in the process Of 'svignet-
ting" photographs, that the material, if
applied to the face and neck Of small
pox patients, might give protecting
influence somewhat similar to that ai-
forded to the scalp by the hair, and
thereby prevent or modify the subse


quent pitting. Having under treatment
a couple of cases of convalescent small
pox, he therefore applied cotton wool
to protect thesfacs. The disease in
each case was of the distinct form. One
of the two, girl, aged fifteen years, had
an abundant eruption, which, in the un,
protected parts of the body, went
through the usual consecutive changes.
In both cases the parts covered by the
wool were left without res.ige of
marks. The mode of application was
as follows: On the first appearance Of
the eruption, patches of skin about an
inch square were washed over with col
lodion, and Immediately covered with a
thin uniform layer of fine wool the
wool readily adheres if applied before
the ether of the collodion evaporates.
When the whole of the face, ETC., was
thus covered, the wool was brushed over
with solution of starch or gum. The
starch or gum was occasionally reappli-
ed to the edges of the wool to prevent
any shifting by the movements of the
face. This covering was kept on until
the dry crusts fell off the other parts of
the body. In view of the results of the
experiment, the mode Of treatment
would seem worthy Of further trial.
Year: 1871

A farmer went with his son into a
wheat field, to see if it was ready for
the harvest "See, father" exclaimed
the boy, show straight these stems hold
up their heads. They must be tie best
ones. Those that hang their heads
down, I am sure, cannot be good for
much"


The farmer plucked stem Of each
kind, and said, "See here, foolish child
This stalk that stood so straight is light
beaded, and almost good for nothing,
while this that hung its head so modest
Year: 1871

g"Florence the comedian tells cap
ital story of waiter at one of the Lon
don taverns who was sadly given to
drink. A party Of young men deter
mined to reform him, and one day read
an imaginary paragraph from the paper
relating terrible accident, in which an
inebriste, in blowing out candle, was
killed by the fame igniting with the
fumes Of his breath. Jerry pricked up
his ears at this, and requested that the
paragraph might be read to him again,
which was done,to the evident horror of
the poor man, who Immediately went in
search of the cook to borrow prayer
book. Returning with this, he express
ed desire to take solemn oath upon
| it, bemoaned the fact that he had been a
sorry tippler, and was bringing himself
to ruin. and then swore that never again,
so long as he lived, would he-attempt
to blow out candle !-Ne,v York Ec
press.
Year: 1871

We must consult the gentlest manner
and softest seasons of address; our adj
vice must not fall like a violent storm,
bearing down and making those to droop
whom it is meant to cherish and refresh.
1t must descend rs the dew upon the
tender herb, or like melting fakes Of
snow; the softer it falls, the longer it
dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into
the mind TO probe the wound to the
bottom with all the boldness and reso-
luton of good spiritual surgeon. and
yet With all the delicacy and. tenderness
of friend, requires very dexterous
and mastery hand
Year: 1871

There are great many kind of sticks
in the world, some big and some little.
Some are sticky, and some are not
There are large sticks of wood, and that
is one Kind of sticks; and there are lit
tie bits of sticks, and that is another
kind of sticks, Some people when they
are handling money, it sticks to their
pockets,so that is another kind of stick.
Sometimes when boy is doing an ex-
ample he gets stuck, and that is another
kind of stick. Sometimes when horse
is going along in muddy weather. he
gets stuck in the mud, that is another
kind of stick. That is all can think
Of now, so that is another stick.
Year: 1871

Senator Pomeroy, it is said, gave away
a quarter section of land the other day
He is the land subsidy Senator from
Kansas who manages to get more of the
public lands through his official position
than all of the other Senators together
". Y. World


s@No people under heaven can excel the
Americans in the manl y art of sitting
on the fence and seeing eighteen men
play ball.


What is that which he who has it not
does not wish for, but he who has it
wonld not part with it for any money
A bald head.
Year: 1871

well enough if he could have its use at fair
price; not so for most of us, who want to
econOmize time by hurried rides to half a
dozen different places in the course of busl-
ness day. We want the use of one horse, a
cOachman, and q light vehicle; we are COM
PEELED TO pay for two horses, a big, four
seated coach, and coachman. 1t is as though
we dropped in at restaurant for snack,
and were charged for a roast turkey, when we
only wanted OF could use q leg. We are
willing to pay a fair price for what we want,
but not an exorbitant price for twice what we
need


There was never a better opening for making
money than is proffered right here Give us
light, handy. one-horse vehicles that Will carry
but two passengers; carry us for twenty-five
cents per half mile or less for a single passen-
ger and thirty seven for two, and we will pay
four times as much for riding as we now do
TO the profit of the carriage owners and our
own intense satisfaction. Thousands viii come
here to trade and enjoy themselves when they
shall have learned that they can he carried
from the Battery to Madison-square for no
more than the cost of a ride hence to Albany
in a floating palace more magnificent than
Cleopatra ever imagined.
Year: 1871

Can il be possible that the City of New
York is about to be blessed with a supply of
cheap, serviceabe Cabs, such as her people
need and are willing to pay for? The report
seems too good to be true; and yet we can
not wholly discredt it. Let us live i'll faith
and hope.


The fault with our dreary old twO-hOrse
carriages is only in part the atrOcity OF their
charges though that is a great One Few of
the many who want ten-minutes' ride choose
TO pay for 1t what would buy a good dinner
at Delmonico's. They can pay 81 for be-
ing carried mile; but they know it
is a swindle, and they mean to permit
the fewest possible repetitiOns of it, Hence, a
carriage is not called in our City once where
i is needed twenty times, and our retail stores
and places of amusement suffer in consequence.
A cOuntryman comes TO town with his wife
and one OF two daughters for little pleasure
and to make some purchases He takes car
riage, uses it half an hour, and is charged So
This he pays, but concludes that he can't af-
ford 10 repeat the experiment. So he dens up
a day or two at his hotel, mOpes about wea-
rily, and goes home sooner than he intended,
in good part owing to his inability to obtain
reasonable conveyance from street to street,
while walking on stone pavementS Will lame
women unused to theG so that they must
hold up after an hour or two.


For this countrymau, the New pax hack Is
Year: 1871

They have room in Boston which is used as
place of resort for young women for the purpose OF
reading and recreation, and it is called " "Botiin's
Bower Among other pleasures the lassieS indulge
in debates and the other night discussed this rather
intricate question: Does Wealth Consist IN
Worldly Possessions" Wear sure that we Thought
it long ago settled especially by the poets that 1t
does MT Lord of himself though not of lands, He
having nothing yet hath ALL But it is presumable
that both the poets and the fair ladies of Bofin's
Bower find in practice a well-funshed pocket pref
cradle to an empty one.
Year: 1871

"a Baptist Democrat" at the South complains
that the Northern religious press is exclusively Re
publican and this he thinks il @ not exactly fail"
We do MT see what can be done about it. Some Of
the religious newspapers Democratic and the
Others are generally independent; but if on most
public questions the great denomnatonal organs
sympathize with Republican rather than Democratic
principles, we are inclined TO think that the Democ-
racy must be moro in fault than the religion. There


is a story about well-nown journalist in this city
TO whom it once suggested that the editorial
page of his paper could be improved by putting into
it a little good sense and good English. "Oh dom
your editorials he replied; " The Bhtherskib is
written for men fhat can't read" If we should have
a Democratic Church Weekly, a state Rights PresJy-
terian and New Departure Baptist, We fear they
would have to depend upon the same class of pa
irons; still the experiment might perhaps be tried
We are curious to know what efecta few Out-and-out
religious journals, conducted on strictly Democratic
principles, and supported by the public purse like
The Transcript for instance of this city, might have
upon the morals of the party. We should like to
read their views on repeating and naturalization
mills on New Court-HOnses considered with refer
ence to the Ten Commandments on Col. Fisk a
man of prayer on reputation, free rum Supreme
Court references, and Erie. To be of any use, of
course they would have to discuss all these matters,
and we should really like to see how they would
look interpreted by purely Democratic Bible.
Year: 1871

The mining disturbances in AmadOr County,
California, have broken out afresh. The riot
crs who surrendered at discretion on being
surprised by the militia, were refused work by
the proprietors OF the mine, who declared that
NOT one of them should ever be again en-
ployed Taking advantage, therefore, OF the
withdrawal of the military, they are copying
,be example of the Pennsylvania strikers,
and threaten with death any man who
works in the lode. 1t turns out
that the strike was not so much for higher
wages, as the same rate of pay has been con
tinued for ten years past, but because the
owners of the mine, to stop constant theft OF
1ch specimens that had been going on, had
established a stripping ROOM" in which the