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Year: 1873

This advice needs TO be repeated
daily. Every farmer knows that .
hill of corn or potatoes will not amount
to much unless cultivated, and yet
there are many who will neglect to
give the same care to tree which is
worth a hundred hills of either of
the former. In rich soils, trees may
grow rapidly without cultivation, and
no amount otgrass or weeds willretard
them but there are other things be-
sides growth to be looked after. IF
the weeds and grass are allowed to
grow mp around the stems Of apple.
peach, or ounce trees, the bark viii
become soft near their base By being
shaded, and thereby be in a suitable
condition for the reception OF eggs,
which will eventually become peach
or apple borers. Takeany dozen young
apple trees in sections where the ap
pie borer is abundant, and allow a
portion to be choked with weeds and
the remainder well cultivated, and
then watch the result; we believe the
chances are nine to one in favor of
those cultivated being exempt from
this pest.


The same is true in regard to many
other trees which are liable to the al
tack of various species of insects.
Young ,vergreens should never have
their lower branches shaded with
weeds and grass, and the soil as far
as the lower branches extend should
be stirred at least once in two or three
weeks during the entire summer, or
else spply some kind of mulchiug that
viii 'efectuahy keep down the weeds.
When the trees become very large
and strong, these precautions viii not
be necessary. Every blade OF grass
or small weed that is allowed 10 grow
about the stem of yorng trees will
rob the soil of moisture, and this fact
alone ought to be sufficient to make
every one practice thorough and
careful culture.
Year: 1873

Aiew days ago we published a par


sgrsph announcing The Introduction


into Philadelphia Of the American dis


trics telegraph system, whidh has


been in successful operation fos some


time past in New York and Boston.


For the purpose of applying the new


system, the city has been divided Up
into districts OF small ares about the
center OF each is located a offce,


which is provided with the necessary
apparatus, messengers, policemen,
and fireman furnished with extinguish-


ers. For the annual subscription OF
$50 q beautiful little telegraph signal


box is placed in the dwelling or store
Of the subscriber, with printed direc-
tons for operating the same. A certain
signal will be transmitted forthwith
to one Of the district stations, and will
summon q messenger to any erran6 !;
another signal will instantly call 8
policeman to protect one from burg
larry, assault, or insult third signal
will conjure up one or more frsmen,
equipped for instant service, each
with q fire exeinglisher, and will
alsrm the fire department at the same
time. For such services the sum of
thirty cents an hour for each person
in service is charged. This will give
an idea of the nature OF this new pub
lie convenience.


The Press says that to illustrate the
uses Of the new system q practical
test was made last Tuesday evening.
a lady was visiting far from her
home and was pressed by the COM
pany to spend the evening. This she
could not do, she said, without appris-
ing her husband of her whereabouts.
Il will arrange" said a gentleman in
the company, and proceeded to sum
mon q messenger from the American
District Telegraph Office, who arri-
we'd in three minutes, and was sent to
the lady's residence in West Phila--
delphia with note. He returned in
less than an hour with a letter ad-
dress to the lady from her husband,
stating that all was well at home and
hat he would call for her shortly be-
ore midnight and accompany her to
ler residence. The employees of the
company are neatly uniformed, and
ave on their caps the letters A. d.
!. In few days they will be seen
II over the city, six offices having
cen already established.
Year: 1873


An engineer on the Detroit and
Lansing road named Frank Dolan,


saved q mans life Monday in rath-


er singular manner. He was coming
il On q wet track with heavy train,
and soon after leaving Howell put on
more steam to make up for lost time.
The train was running at the rate OF
about twenty-five miles az hour when


Dolsn caught sight OF man on the
track about half q mile ahead. He


was certain that the man wss deaf
from the way he walked, but he open
ed the whistle and rang the bell
The man paid no attention to the
sounds, and Dolan whistled for brakes.
They did not take well, and although
the engine was reversed, it was plain
that the pedestrian would be run
down unless something was done
promptly. Dolan ran forward over
the engine and down on the COW
catcher. BY this time the pedestrian
was not three hundred feet away and
was trying to walk one of the rails,
swsying this way and that, but ap-
parently not feeling the rumble Of the
trains as it would naturally be expect
ed be would. Dolan, leaning for
ward, reached afoos beyond the cow
catcher, and as the train came close
upon the mans heels struck him in
the back with both fists. The victim
wss not on the rail st that moment,
and he caught it with his feet as he
went over, so that he was whlrled
around lengthwise of the track and
was cut in tho scalp by some portion
of the first pair Of trucks. He was
houndering in the ditch when the
train stopped, and when he ascertain
ed what the fuss was about he squared
on and wanted to whip somebody.
He was so deaf that the railroad em-
ployees had to scream in his ears to
make themselves heard, aud so mad
that be would not let them examine
his wound or do anything for him.
he was recognized as farmer living
near Plymouth, but would not even
accept q free ride home.-Dstroi:
Fres Press.
Year: 1873

4 CORRESPONDENT of the National


Bee Journal gives his plan OF hiying
bees thus:


Some say that some swarms come
out, and go direct from the hive to
the woods; but in the time that have
kept bees, 1 never had such an instance.
In the first place, l prepare my hive.
l generally put piece of comb into
the hive to attract them. l keep the
hive in the shade and, when the bees
come out, they will a!igit on some tree
near by them. Take the hive and
rub the inside with lemon balm, or 1t
viii do without; put in the shade of
the tree, on the table; tip the hive
back enough to let the bees enter, put
a board eighteen inches square, or a
cloth, in front of the hive, and take
the bees down and put them on it.
Then take cold water from the well,
and with hand broom brush sprinkle
cold water on the ground and a trife
on them, and they will soon go up.


Repeat this in twenty minutes and
continue till the hottest part of the
day is past. As soon as they are
nearly all in, remove the old hive,
and put the new one where the old
one stood, and put board over to
keep the sun and rain off.
Year: 1873

THE EPIzooTIc IN CALIFORNIA
The Pacific Rural Press of the 10Th
of April says This disease in mild
form has become quite general
throughout the State. We hear of a
few if any serious causes and no deaths
from the disease. As yetit can hard
Iy be said to have appeared in San
francisco, or if it has, is of so mild a
type as to cause little or no mconve.
nience. At any moment, however,
it may show itself more marked in its
effects, and perhaps cluse suspension
of the running of our street cars AID
the larger part OF our livery stock -
But we do not apprehend any very
serious disarrangement ofthe business.
The disease seems to have become
very much modified in intensity In its
progress westward from the Atl1ntlc
States
Year: 1873

This question is often asked by
those who are about to commence
breeding the better sorts Of poultry.
The most desirable fowls are always
high priced; and to give from twenty
10 fifty dollars for a single pair OF birds
seems q pretty large investment of
capital. The eggs are cheaper, though
still dear in comparison with market
eggs. The question is a fair one, and
worth looking at In starting a
flock of pure bred-turkeys. if We com
mence with eggs, they will cost $12
dozen at least,if you can find breed
er who is willing to sell them. They
then have to go through the hands Of
the express man. and it is. currently.
reported that eggs are sometimes bro /
ken or damaged on the passage. But
if they arrive safely, and are put i'm
mediately under setting hen, You
may get half dozen chickens, and
with fair attendance, raise them. At
the end of the season you have only
halt turkeys enough to start flock


with, if you have a good range.
Twelve dollars will buy a pair of


pure bred turkeys, if ordered in the
early part Of the season. The hen
will lay Tor the first setting about Is
eggs. If the eggs are taken from her.


and put under hens, she will very
soon lay a dozen or more for the set
ting. If the eggs are properly cared
for, and turned daily while they are in
the house, they are quite sure to hatch.
1t is safe to calculate upon thirty eggs
from good bird, and 8 flock OF q
dozen or more the first season. The
balance is altogether in favor Of buy
ing the fowlr. There il little shance


of getting cheated /; for if the birds do
not suit you, you have your remedy
at once. But you do not know what.
is in the eggs TIL the end Of the sea


son Tne best safety package for
the transportation OF eggs, yet invent


ed, is the ovary OF the mother. Its
quite rare for fowls, properly boxed,
TO be damaged in transit They csn


be sent across the continent with
about the same safety as across a coun-
ty. It costs but little more to buy


good fowls, and you can generally
gain one season-Cor. Poskry


f0rtd. -----
Year: 1873

executed in the most Taultless and artistic
style, and DOrtrdyin0 docurufeiy and Jutty all
LecdtSl0 eUefLS tDtitin tLe7ttyIOtfT hours after
their occurrence. Those vino nave made jour
nalisn a study, and fully appreciate the great
enterprise manifested IN tile collection and


publication of Eevs by the aid of the tele-
graph, steam presses, and the development
of Journalistic talent, have been fond OF ad-
vancing the theory that the next advance in
that field would result IN a newspaper fur
nlshlng in its regular issue pictures OF all
current prominent events That theory is
theory no longer: the newspaper of the fu-
ture Is the newspaper OF to-day, and that pa
per is THE DAILY GRAPHIC. The processes
which render this marvellous achievement
an existing fact are the result of the most
careful study and al endless variety OF exper-
iaents, gradually perfected during the past
twelve years They depend upon improve
ments in Iithography and the application of
the Photographic camera. By their aid a pic
ture is engraved and made ready to print in
from twenty minutes 10 two hours. Costly
and elaborate plates, works OF art, scenes of
interest, are reproduced and pictured forth
with equal facility and the most serupulOus
fdelity. illustrations OF leading events are
engraved and prepared for ihe press even be-
fore the accompanying written narrative or
description leaves the hands OF the cOmDOsitor


For The proper pTact. cal working OF 30 great
an enterprise. THE GRAPHIC COMPANY
Was formed with
Year: 1873

Having visited some OF the fruit or.
chards ia the neighborhood of Muske
goB, we find them all to be more or
less injured by the severe winter
except,perhsps, cherry yandapple trees !;
aud some variety of apple trees seen
to be little affected. The peach
crop will be comparatively no crop
this year, though there viii be few
peaches in Western Michigan, if any
where inthe northwest. But even in
the fruit belt of the lake shore region
some of the trees are killed down to
the root, and many are killed back to
the extent of last year's growth OF
limbs. In examining halt a dozen
small orchards of from 100 to 1900
trees, very rarely did we find buds
that will blossom, and more rarely
buds that will develop fruit. In two
of the largest orchards we do not be
ieye there will be bushel of peaches
this season. In some others a few
trees in sheltered positions Shove
some buds apparently healthful; but
they are very few. Indeed, long ago
the people living along the shores
should have known that the severe
freezes of the past winter, producing
such an unprecedented extent and
depth OF ice in Lake Michigan and
the little lakes and bays along shore,
could not leave the peach trees un-
hurt. Many pear trees are also killed
outright. We think nearly one half
the peach trees OF Western Michigan
are destroyed, and shall be surprised
if by the middle OF June the evidence
Of it is not sufficient to convince the
most increduloas OF course the
"peach belt" viii suffer less tha, fur
ther inland.


The pear is suffering IN many places


more from "the bright" for which


there seems to be no certain remedy


than from the severe cold.
Year: 1873

When the names of subscribers are required
to be ewritten upon each paper OF the Club at
one Post ONCE address, ten cents for each
copy additional to the above rates.


Additions to Clubs may be made any time
during the year at Club rates.
Year: 1873

The question of shortening the hours of
study in the common sChoolsiS being extern
siveiy agitated in the Eastern States.
Sooner or later the discussion will reach
oul own doors. People everywhere are
beginning to reflect that there is such =
thing as overstraining the tender mind of
childhood. Many an ambitious scholar
who is weaker than his or her companions,
has been permanently injured by over stu
dy, out Of determination not to be dis
tanced by others, and not to be put back
into an inferior class. A modification Of
the present system in this particular is
probably needed as much in other parts
ofthe country as in New England. Take
care Of the children, and the future win
take care Of itself.
Year: 1873

against them. They were put on trial
Lutte in the afternoon and by the verdict
Of drum.head court martial acting xn.
der your orders. all were hung until
dead before breakfast the next morning,
without benefit of clergy. Are you not
a beautiful specimen to assail Candy on
the score Of brutality. I can think of
nothing so suprcmely ridiculous, unless it
would be for you and your friend Capt.
Jack to write a treatise on civilization for
distribution among the kuklux of North
Carolina. Indeed, if I did not know
that yon were in North Carolina, should
infer from the brutality of your assault
on Candy, Thomas and others, that you
were in the lava beds when 10 was written
and that the article was the joint produc-
ction Of yourself and Captain Jack.


Your sumption that the death of the
noble George II. Thomas, by appoplexy,
and the sudden deaths of Lincoln and
other loyal men are retribution of the
Almighty for the side they took in the
late war, could be inspired only by the
malignant spirit which possessed the
Devil, the founder Of Secession Democra>
cy. Of preference to ruling in hell to
serving in Heaven. ..


l am happy in tie belief that many
thousands Of the honest masses in Ten.
nessee, North Carolina and elsewhere, who
we're misled and coerced into rebellion
by just such men as you, Gen. Hill, now
repudiate your leadership and loathe your
teachings.


If | were disposed to initiate you
could give a long list of men in civil and
military life supporting the rebellion
who have come to sudden and. in many
cases, dishonorable deaths, but / prefer
not to do so.


You rejoice over my paralysis as pun
ishment Of God, because as you say,
"cast my lot with the Abolitionists."
recognize the hand of God in my case
but regard Him as interfering i'll my
behalf. Probably not one man in {
thousand would survive the exposure ant
hardship to which was subjected while
driven hy rebel cavalry into the noun
tains and incarcerated in rebel prison il
mid winter. Willie I ami now in improv
ing health with clear conscience, nearly
all the men who were instrumental in ny
Imprisonment, and who insulted me Will,
in prison, are dead. Most Of them diet
with desiri,sn tremens, or in some othe
unnatural way. I would not parade thei
names before the world, as you would, 70
when God lays his hand on a man l TAX
mine off, and mention the fact in defend
ing myself from your attack.


l have noticed that you and others
who have assailed Candy and Thomas
since their deaths. never insinuated


charge rejecting upon their personal char
acters while they were living. To max
accusations against man after his dealt
which you dared not make while he wa
living would indicate to unprejudice,
minds that you are falsifers or cowsrds


As to myself, | shall 60 on in the eve
tenor Of my way and, at the expiration O
my term in The Senate two years hence
| expect to revive the Knorville Viii
for the especial benefit of men of you
stamp. I am &c,
w. e. BRowNLow.


Knoxville, Tenn, May 26th, 1873.
Year: 1873

FLOODING THE MEADOW AND THE PREPARATIONS


FOR THEIR REMOVAL = some OF THE BOATS


AFLoAT,


Greater progress seems to have been made in
the repairs to the canal at st. Georges than at
the Railroad crossing. Here the breaches have
been partially filed in, and the roadway has
been replaced by solid dam, with sluice under
it. By the removal OF the surface dirt at the
railroad crossing where the canal was complete
ly buried, channel has been made for the water,
which is gradually pumped in from the ohesa-
peake City end, and running down through the
canal, is admitted to the meadow, at st. Georges,
in which the boats were lying high and dry The
water had been raised, yesterday, some four or
five feet, apparently, and those boats which were
down in the bottoms were atloat. The cargoes
are being removed preparatory to floating out all
the boats, and in few davs they will all be re-
moved passing through the locks and then out
into the Delaware.
Year: 1873

The peach shipments are growing very feeble,
and few more days will wind them up alto
gether. In all probability We shall not be able
to make but one more weekly summary, so that
the presentsone will show the extent of the
crop The following is the summary:


ruur,nrranAv
Year: 1873

led by Prof d. F. Tally supplies the music and in
Robinson Hail. which is a neat and cheerful place. fur
nished with COSY stage the Marionettes suitably
and elegantly housed They gave their first public
exhibtion on Monday night the sth inst 30 numerous
assemblage Their stay in New-YOrk should be long,
and their prosperity should be ample-for they give
great deal innocent pleasure and refresh the mind
with gentle and sautary satire OF the more pretentous
Year: 1873

The fact is this back pay business is not a
parry measure, and the common sense OF the people VIII
decide that il be made Both parties shared
in the outrage and is as deep in the mud as the
other is In the miTe though the Republican party has
thus far made much greater effort TO got out OF the
slough and cleanse itself than their opponents. The
individuals who voted for II will settle with their
stituents best they can, and probably By this time
most them think IL will be pretty hard settlement
The people take Of this part Of the the
thing for Congress to do Is to repeal the law.
Year: 1873




THE TRIBUNE states what is obvious to all
weuformed readers, that repeal OF the salary bill
would restore the back Increase To the people,
in anywse effect the forward increase OF salaries
10 the OF the passage or repeating since by
clause smugged into the appropriation bill In the clos
ing moments Of the last Congress- authorizing Members
and Senators TO draw their pay monthly from the
fourth Of March TO the beginning OF the next session.
they all drawing s25 per month"; and will have
drawn each $3.50 for doing nothing before Congress
In December. We have urged the repeal OF
the saarygrab act because supposed would restore
the increase. the forward increase accrung
before the repeal Of the act There Will be many mil
lions taken under the law In spite OF the people as
have all the time understood. AS far as the repeaug
act applies TO the salary Of the President, would not
affect II till the end OF this term because the Constltu-
ton provides that shall neither be increased nor dmn-
ished during his term The Of the hot
passing the late infamous act was because the President
entered upon term the Attn OF March, and Con-
gressmen wanted the increase In his head the list
and sweeten the pill 10 him and the people, knowing that
II IL went over Till after the 4h, such opportunity
would not again In four years this bill OF Drb-
cry bought it's way through the third day Of March
few hours only before the change OF Presidential
Year: 1873

Sooner or later the storms shall beat
Over my slumbers from head to fcet
Sooner or later the winds shall rave
In the long grass above my grave.
shall not heed them where lie,
Nothing their sound shall signify;
Nothing the headstone fret of rain;
Nothing to me the dark days pain.
Sooner or later the sun shall shine
With tender warmth on that mound of mine;
Sooner or later in summer air
Clover and violet blossom there.
/ shall not feel in that deep-laid rest
The Sheeting light fall over my breast,
Nor even note in those hidden hours,
The windblown breath OF the tossing flowers.
Sooner or later the stainless SHOWS
Shall add their hush 10 my mute repoSe;
Sooner or later shall slant and shift
And heap my bed with their dazzling drift.
Chill though that frozen pail shall seem,
Its touch no colder can make the dream
That wrecks not the sweet and sacred dread.
Shrouding the city of the dead.
Sooner or later the bee shall come
And ill the noon with its golden hum;
Sooner or later on half poised wing
The biuebirG's warbieS about me ring.
Ring and chirrup and whistle with glee,
Nothing his music means TO me;
None OF these beautiful things shall know
How sound their lover sleeps below.
Sooner or later far out in the night
Tie stars shall over me wing their fight;
Sooner or later my darkling dews
Catch the white sparks in their silent ooze.
Never a ray shall part the gloom
That wraps me round in the kindly tomb:
Peace shall be perfect for lip and brow
Sooner or later-oh, why not now?
Year: 1873

The Warren, II. J. Gasetfs has made
physiological discovery that Is bound to
upset all our established ideas on the sub
ject of love. II says


As the head does NIL the thinking, how
silly Is our talk about heaFts-winning
hearts, losing hearts and breaking hearts.
Why not say that We have won head, or
that such young lady has lost her head,
or that such lover has had his head
broken? II would be a thousand times
more sensible to connect sentiment with
the liver than the heart, for It has more to
do with our feelings. If we could win
liver we would risk the heart.
Year: 1873

Appropriate provision is made for the
entertainment Of the following classes, by
special arrangement For the sporting
men, steaks; for the wood-cutter, chops
for the tailor, goose for the bill-colleetor,
a cold shoulder for the lawyer, suet for
the sailor, duck for the carpenter, plane
food for the barber, hare and the team
ster-well, the teamster can take the choice
of the "carte."
Year: 1873

A girl Of the season comments thus on
Mormonism: "How absurd Four or
five wives to one man, when the fact is
each woman in these times ought to have
four or FIVE husbands. 1t would take about
that number to support me at all deceutlyl"
Year: 1873

The striking difference between a young
man and young woman is illustrated by
a croaker, who says that the first thing a
young man does when he sees a friend with
a new hat is to take it off and serenely try
il on his own head but when young lady
sees one Of her acquaintance with new
bonnet, she Just lifts up her nose and
serenely wonders where the thing got that
fright.
Year: 1873

A German, speaking Of a severe head
ache he had the previous evening, said to
his companion: "Mine got mine head ii
ached so pad l couldn't raise it off mine
pillow until gets up and walks around a
little r.