Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 23, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 February 1869 — Page 4

(irant am! Stanton. TIip coafiwwsy which li row in progress relative t" the opposition bv Mr. smntnn to Gkntf A Grant, when the latter had crnrrnni in th West. rrrall, to onr mirvl ereats which transpired after Gen- ' Qrant took command of the Eastern n'-t'iirs. Whatever may tc the truth in regard to Mr. Stanton desiring to supersede Genera Grant and plare the "Western ar'-r, vier the command of Mr. Banks, there i loilenvinir the fact that subsequent action of Stanton furbishes at least circumstantial proof that .hose charee aretrnp Still further events nrove that

-,rr rra v-o t,i firjint tho full as3:t.tncr. of the War Department until he was obliecd to. Soon nfter General Grant took command of th? Army of the T"otomaca controversy look place b itww him ard Secretary Stanton, in refcrc-r.ee to the former ordering the troops, which were stationed around Wash? igton and Biltimore, to the front, to sstisl in the active operations igainst G i. . A large aranbei of troops were lying idle at Washington, which Grant -'eeired to add to his army then lihtin in the Wi'derness, and ordered them to the frort. Secretary Stanton, still clingine to his. id nightmare about, the danger of the capital, which he used for the purpose of weakening General McClellan, insisted and demanded that ; -ner vi Grant should order those tronpf hack to the Washington fortificavons. Grant re f'tsed. Stanton r Iterated bis de mand, finally declarini that be outranked Grant, a nil would ord them bick him self. Grant appealed to Lincoln, and the latter sustained him. The details o. this controversy wrrc published in the Herald at the lime, and extensively copied by the pre throughout the country. After the close of the war, and during the winter of 0ö and 180(1, when the extreme Radicals fa Congress were working up their fight and laboring to widen the breach between them and President Johnf n, they became al irflud at the prospect of Gen nü Grant taking sides with the President. To prevent fbis, and for the pvpOM of seeming a breach between these two officials, an xt.ensive intrigue was commenced to get up a quarrel. Almost nightly caucuses were hel l at the rooms of i w U-known politician at the Xvi l i Hotel, where a programme was mo et 1 to secure this breach between Grant and Johnson. These caucuses were attended by such Senators a9 Chandler, Wade, Crsjatwell and also by members of the House. A programme was marked out for certain parties, who had the confidence of Grant, to poison his mind against the President and at the same time to prevail upon him t commit some act or issue an order that would enable BiltW SO I -vanton, who had been selected for tii.it purpose, to use with Johnson .Tiin-t Grant. At this period Butler was at sword's point with the present President-elect, and was only too anxious to m t him lato a muss. The scheme of the intriguers worked well until the point was reached when an opn rupture appeared inevitable. Grant and Johnson bad commenced to denounce each other, and the time arrived when it only needed some overt act to insure a public breach that could not r.e easily neaicu. At tnis juncture Grant w s prevailed upon to issue the order suppressing the Richmond Ex-

: ii tu r. debt bearing interest has increased both in This set was taken by those in this in- the gold and currency bearing obligations, trigVS as: the turning point, and certain to that portion which beat! no interest has insure their triumph. They became so been decreased. It la not possible to conLit. 1 r the success of their plot that irol the increase of interest bearing inthcy were nnable to keep it to themselves, ; debiedness durine: a single month ; but the

and commenced talking about it publicly. The remit wis that the details became known to Senators Dixon and Doolittle, who Immediately called upon 'he President and uave the facts to him. The President for' Invi'h lent for General Grant, and related the circumstances as they had come to his ears. The latter saw at once the trap that had been set for him, modified his order ia reference to the J&M miner, joined hands with the President against the plotters and thy were foiled. Mr. Bennett, of the Herald, has the details of Lhifl intrigne among his private pipers unless he hi.s destroyed them, iroos whom, we hace no doubt. General Grant can o" tain a copy if he desires to relreih ::: - mind in regard to who wtrc engaged in the plot. Tt da acbeme bein? frustrated, another was started, and as a part of the programme Secret. ry S:;nton i"Ued orders over Grant's head, and held back somecf those which Graut issswd through tlu Adjutant General's Department. The General was annoyed, and submitted as long as he conld, when he demanded of the 1'rts:d r that Stanton should be compelled to stop h? htterfef ring or go out of theCabiana Stanton placed in this ab( i native, as a matter of course, yic ded and remained at his post. Tbese f'cts g to show the probabilities of the truth of the charges that Stanton tried to supersede Grant when on the Mississippi and place his commend under Banks They also show that .Stanton never yielded Grant his full support, except when he was obliged to either by t bs emtSSjeaCSSI of the campaign, or through the intervention of the President. Still farther, tal if lie had been allowed his nxvn way he would have encompasae 1 the Overthrow of Grant just MS he did McClelftHI. -A" r Y,rk Citizen Spi-modie Virtue. Wukn a chronic drunkard inveighs a?ain?t intemperance, or the devil begins to rt büke sin, the majority of hone et peop4e are apt to suspect a trifling inconsistency betsmen tlv: preachers and their praeth-e. When Kit Iturns and John Vllen have piayer meetings on Tneadayi and Fridays, an 1 rat Worries and whisky dances ' ! t ol the week, even trie , most charitable persons ar forod to believe that the grace of sincerity does not bdaag to the extensive catalogue of Christian virtues which Kit and John so happily and brilliantly illustrate. Common politene-s requires that those individuals who profess to hate liars should themselves stick to the truth; that they who denounce thieves should nt themselves pick pocifcels. and that the enemies of ra3c ility d! Mild at least, n t out;couadreliz: all the rest of mankind. Yet the Radical party, in anl out of Congress, are just now exemplifying their confidence in " the higher law" by ignoring these ordinary principles of morality, md attacking with the heaviest artillery of voice and pen the twin vices of corruption and extravagance. The nursing father of the President elect, Mr. Washb.trn, ol I'linois. rises in his place in the House of Representatives and fires a ponderous columhiad, loaded with shot, shell and pig iron, straight into the ranks Of that party of which Mr. Washburn is an honored and honorable member. Thi-, modern c imbination of Cato and Aristidea tells his gaping colleagues and constituents, that vast empires of the national domain and untold millions of national bonds have been given away as subsidies to certain Pacific railways; that the whole thing is little less than a gigantic fraud, a monstrous swindle, which is draining tne country ol its substance, con- 1 trary to liw, justice and common sense. Other coumunicants in the same immaculate p o'Pical church follow the same ! track. Frauds In the Revenue Department, frauds in the Indian Hurtau, frauds in the amy, IrmauS in the navy, frands in the franking privilege, frands in Senatorial elections, frauds at homo and frauds abroad, frau ds anywhere and everywhere, arc revealed by the calcium light of these latter day reformers, ami the concen irate i roueuuess en American pontics as : at present administered Is shown np for J a a a a. a m a 1

the adattiraftk n of present and future generation. Leading Radical organs, such as the New York Tribun and Time, the Boston Aitertiter and Springfield (Mass ) Republican, pat their suddenly virtuous Representatives on the back and bid them clean out the augean stahlcs as speedily and thoroughly ks possible A Joreigner would imagine that these Contresamea and editors were a regiment of spot! saints, who had scaled the shining battlements of heaven and emigrated into the territory of hell on a missionary tour. This innocent foreigner would soreJj never suppose that these spouterd and

scribblers were simply repudiating their 'vn fict3, and ondeavorintr to atone lor a ; lonjr lifo ol political iniquity by a very 1 questionable death-bed repentauce. When Washburn A Co. beat their breasts, rend j their garments and mourn and howl over I the desolations of our Zion; when the Irihune and its cotcmporaries, clad in sackcloth and ashes, chant the sura ' mi were, let it be clearly understood who , these prophets are, and what they represent. They arc the chosen champions of the Radic al party ; a party which for eight long years has had the reins of govt rn ment completely in its grasp, and wielded with absolute power both purse and sword. 1 That party has made war and conclude 1 peace, levied taxes and collected revenue, abolished gold and silver and given us paper instead, made citizens . of slaves and slaves of citizens, overturned the Federal Constitution and mozi zled a President. Neither king nor k&ta r ever waved a more, aristocratic sceptre than this n:rtv. It has done what it pleased, when it pleased and how it pleased ; despising alike warnings and protests. If corruption and extravagance ran riot through the land, if swindlers and scoundrels are in high and low places, if tlx; people are brine: robbed by organized plunderers, if they are groaning under a Weight ol taxation unexampled in history, if the Republic is bleeding at every pore and drifting swiftly and surely toward ruin let the weight of execration and of infamy f ill upon the heads of the cuihy, and upon the guilty nlone. Tell the truth and cist aside glittering generalities. The South with all her faults and follies, is free from this crime. The Demor racy, with all their mistakes and misfortunes, have neither part nor lot in the matter. The Uadical party, the party of " progress," the party of "God and morality," the special and peculiar exponent of whatsoever is lovely ami of good reportthis party, and this alone, is the criminal whose friends are now turning state's evidence. Let us value their testimony accordingly. Missouri RepuUicon. The Public Debt Statement. Tut: statement of the public debt, on the first of the present month, shows an increase of something over fifteen millions of dollars. On the 1st rif January, the clobt, less rash in Treasury. wa? ft.StO,? 7.201 i.") On the 1st of F-'brnarv, it was. . -2 ;-, i s Inerea f 15, US.tö. S-J The February statement as compared with that of January, shows that the d V bearinccoin interest has incrnuti $11,700. The debt bearinir currency interest has increased 5tö. 000. The debt bearing no interest has tleercuw! '.), 178 088.10. It is noticeable that, while the general policy of the treasury seems to be directed, when the matter is within its control, at aiming to decrease those Obligation! which bear no interest, and which are, then 1'. rc, lesa ft!' by the people. If the intere't-beariug debt could as regularly be contracted as the non interest debt, we should soon begin to feel the bmefi: of the policy. On the 1st of February, the' amount of cin la the treasury was less by $10,0l0,688 17 than it was on tau 1st of January. The amount less in currency f-r the same time was $ 4,-108210 54 It is thus teen that, while there has been a decrease f the amount in the treasury of $5,052,419 02, there has been an increase in the public debt to the amount of $15,418, 457 S3. These public debt statements arc anything but encouraging. They demonstrate that neither sagacity nor economy is engaged in the management of the finances. There is always shown the policy of en deavoring to increase the value of the in tertst bearing debt, already usurious in the character of much of its inten st, and the cfut to lessen that which bears . no interest and upon whose continuance 1 at its present dimensions the business of the country depends Cot its healthful exist ence. The lack of economy is equally marked. In the February statt ment, it is shown that something like $8,000,000 was issued for the War and .Navy Departments ; and this at a time when the nation has no war save an insignificant difficulty with a few half-starved Indians. Alongside this statement of a payment of $ s,000,000, in a single month, for departments which ought to be approximative shut up, there is the statement of f.0.- ; 000,000 paid out as interest on the public debt. There is no reason whatever, save in the obstinacy of the treasury depart ment, backed by the demands of bondholders and national-beak interests, together with a policy that ncces3itatet the support of an extensive army and navy, to prevent a material reduction in expenses, and a reduction in some cases, of rates of interest, and, in other cases, their entire abrogation. The payment! fr civil, miscellaneous, and foreign inbjrr-iirsp, for January, amountcd to s .me $45,000,000. Who can doubt that either repudiation or bankruptcy must follow a policy in which lavish expenditure is the invariable rule? It is not enough that the nation must pay a round bonus to national banks for the privilege of allowing them to issue their notes without interest; that we must support armies and fleets in time of peace; that we must ha;c a civil service which is twice or thrice as expensivc as that of any e-ther nation of equal size; that our circulating medium must be contracted, and the interest on our de bt be constantly matle more burdensome. In addition to all this, the nntion is called upon to afl rel more outlay, to grant more subsid.es, to endure a larger burden of taxation. If the next Congress and the next administra'ion be no more wise or economical than the present one, then will the people have good reason to fear the worst. CMcoff Ttues, Sth. A " Loll " Expose. The Republican newspapers in New York are yet busy in proving that Governor Fenton is a very bad man, and that Senator Morgan is no better man than Fenton. The success which thev meet in this enternrise is really surorisine. The fact3 and circumstances daily Dresented to prove mat tnese men ought to be in a penitentiary are so numerous and convincing that he who may believe worst of the official corruption now prevailing in this country, will hardly have imagined it to have attained such proportions as are diselosed in the Morgan-Fenton war. Tile political opponent! of Senator Morgan, a few yearä ago, gave him credit for Integrity lie has grown corrupt in tfe I'nited States Senate. He could not with stand the temptations to which, under Jt cobin pronigncy, lie was expeiseu oy in oftlce. Hs but followed the custom of

fellow-Senators of the ruling party. They boucrht others and sold themselves. All of Moron's political associations since he became Senator have helped to debauch him. The proof that he has resorted to bribery to retain his seat is proof that, as Senator, he has sold his office when he could gain by so doing. Exchange.

farm anö )0U5cl)ölö.

Deep Plowing Should be Done Gradually. A correspondent of an exchange, who baa one of the finest and most productive farms in Western New York, which he keenfl in a hieh state of fertility by thorough cultivation and the growth of red clover, makes the following remarks in regard to deen plowing : "A sudden bringing up to the surface of many inches of clay, that has never been punctured by the roots of plants, and this too in the spring of the year, would probably injure the first crop. ( day subsoils are best brought to the surface two or three inches at a time, and that in the fall, so that the frosts of winter may mellow them down. The next spring plow, s iy twice as many inches as the clay subsoil is thick. Tnis wculd mix things np so that even a crop of corn would be much imoroved by the deep fait plowing. If we had the power and tools necessary to go on with this process of brincring up the subsoil to, and mixing it with, the surface soil, until we had one fc )t or more of mellow soil that had been enriched by turning under repeated clover crops, and then under this foot cr more of soil, we could run a subsoil plow two feet deep, and so break the clay to a depth of three feet, the clover roots would have a chance to bring to the surface the fertility that now lies dormant under the for&ce of our lands. This is the theory that I have constructed on the experience of a life time as a farmer ; and I have no doubt of its applicability on our lands here. I do not think it would do on all lands, but it is t ract icable here, or at least will be when we get the Steam Plow that can do the subsoiling for us. In the meantime we are doing the best we can in the direction I have indicated." Locating an Apiary. A connEsroxoENT of the JItssac7tii8ctts Ploughman., who keeps bees for profit, says, in locating an apiary" I would rather have it in a valley than upon a hill, so that the bees returning laden could the more easily and quickly return to their homes. And I would have them artificially or otherwise protected from the north and east winds. E ich hive may also, at certain seasons, receive protection from the same quarter with a thin board attached to that side of the hive extending in front sufficiently for that purpose. I would have the alighting boards l.ng and broad, so that when they arrive in the busy sedson, they can easily alight without being blown to the ground before entcriag. How often is this the case in windy weather ! I would have a cover ing over each hive sufficient to protect from severe rams and storms. The ground, too, should be broken around the hives, the weeds and grass kept down and clean around them. I thiuk it is an English writer. Huish, that speaks of a firmer in East Irinstead, who had his hives placed over his pig stye, and when expostulated ! with, said his bees had got used to it, and were e to remove them it would be of much injury to them. His hives stood towards the north, he I Iso thought that point of the compass the bes But I think most apiari.ins will still prefer ! clean, ness and a southeasterly aspect. " I would, in the gathering season, have ! my entrances so that the early anil late rays of the sun should s-'rike upon them, for the early hours are tiie hours in which the bee gathers the fu-t -t, and I believe it would make quite a difference with two swarms alike every way, if on one the sun struck upon the entrance one hour later than on the other, iu the amount of honey gathered in a season. Above all I would have trood pasturacre. I find it m-ikes a great difference even in the same town. It is of more importance than many arc aware of." m lilting Horses. Biting is one of the worst habits a horse can have. The habit, once learned, grows stronger aaJ stronger, and seldom, if ever, gets cured. Mr. Stewart, in his M Stable Economy," says, ' I have seen biters punished until they trembled in every joint, and were ready to drop, but have never, in any case, known them cured by this treatment, or by any other The lah is forgotten in an hour, and the horse is ready and determined to repeat the offence as before. Be appears unable to resist temptation, and iu its worst form, biting is a species of insanity," Mr. Youatt says. " Kindness will aggravate the evil, and uo degree of severity will correct it." He, however, recommends the Itarey system for training vicious horses, with straps, fcc. After the horse is down, he says the operator should confine his treatment to lifting the head, bringing it close down to his own body as lie sits upon hi3 shoulder, and forcing both of the jaws into immediate and repeated contact. Anurican Firnur. rreTcntlng Weevil in Wheat. It is said by those who have trieel it, that they never lost any wheat by weevil alter salting it. The wheat should be allowed to stand in the field in shock ten or twelve days, when it should be threshed, fanned and salted. Half a pound of salt is the quantity generally used to a bushel of wheat. If the room, or granery, in which the wheat is put away, is dry, by following this method of salting, the wheat i3 ure to keep well. Wheat, when put up in the usual way, will slwsjS diimph in bulk as it gets old, and many persons consider that it will not yield as much, or as gooel flour, as when it was fresh frem the field. Be this as it may, the diminishing in b- -k, to which wheat is subject, ia prevented by salting, in the mauncr above stated. The best salt adapted to this purpose is that brand known as the " Kanawha Salt." This salt is preferable on accouat of its all dissolving, and being soon absorbed by the wheat. Fo- the first eight or ten days after silting, the wheat, if examined, will bo rmnd somewhat damp ; but if examined a few weeks later, it will iu all cases be found perfectly dry, having kept cool till the time. The advantages claimed by those whe) practice this m .de of salting and saving wheat, are as follows i L It preserves the wheat with mors certainty than sunning. 2. The wheat does not lose in volume, or weight, by long keeping. 3. It makrs more and better flour. 4. It costs much less labor 5. The wheat is better for seed, because it is preserved in a perfect ttate. There is not enough salt in it to prevent it from germinating ; but there is enough to stimulate tt to sprout vigorously. Rural American. Children as a Help to Enjoyment or Country Life. A LADY overflowing with love for flowers and iruits writes a pka for the children : " We talk of adorning our houses and oar grounds, but never mention thotedaaf en aturss without whom no home is eomte. one may spread '.he velvet lawn around thi hou.ie, but It looks naked and

cold ; may set up gleaming marble carved '

in the human form, but never can chisel give it life; and the pretty nooks among the greenery are ever unfinished ; the vine clad arbors have empty seats; smooth gravel-walks show no little footprints, while the house, that should be a home but is not, is alwavs in order painful order. Not a book that you can take up readily, for they are all behind glass, bought for show and not for use. When all is carried out, as far as the architect and landscape gardener can go, and the precise woman of the house has placed each litt!? statuette on its appropriate bracket; straightened each chair and curtain ; hung all blank spaces with furniture with nice regard to size, and no regard to litiht or shade ; then matter and mistress survey their house and grounds, with an inward satislaction at having displayed tneir money at to nice au advantage, but take their seatd at the table, looking in eacJi othci's eyes, each asking with silent lips, Why this chill' why this unfinished look in e verything? If one were to tell them it is little children needed to complete this picture, how their eyes would open. " Just put a troupe of little, rosy-cheeked, fat-figfed ones in such a house, let them pull a table-spread a vay, leave doors open, throw picture books on the carpets, ami pull flowers to pieces on the door steps, then there would be some comfort for the wife, lor she would have something to occupy her mind and hands too. Oh! those women know not what life is, with no silvery voice ringiug through the house ; no little feet pattering on the stair ; no little one to hug and kiss; no happiness ; no home I almost saj', no heaven." Urliculturit. Clover How It Benefits the Land. The reason generally given .for the Deneaciai eliect ol clover is tnat it receives most of its nutriment from the atmosphere, and that, consequently, when either the whole crop or the heavy roots and stubble left alter mowing are plowed under and allowed to decompose in the soil, this matter, taken from the atmosphere, adds to the resulting fertilising elements. Tnis is perfectly true, but it is also true, and true in almost equal degree, of every plant that grows. In " How Crops Grow," the number of pounds of earthy matter in 1,000 pounds of different crops, coming under the head of " green fodder," is given as follows : Meadow era.-s V, Wheat ...SI ....SSj Wheat SI (Clover lPeas !!!"tt lfye jras Timothy Oat Bailey ii lttRye fodder 10 ....22. All of the rest comes cither directly or indirectly from the air, and the difference in the amount of atmospheric matter assimilated by meadow-grass and by clover is the difference between 977 and 987. Obviously then the argument in favor of clover, that it derives most of its nutriment from the atmosphere, applies with equal force to every other crop. The beneficial effect of clover must be night in some other circumstance attending its growth, and, so far as science has been able to discover the difference between it and many of our other crops, its advantage lies, first, in the fact that it has exceedingly strong tap roots, which strike deeply into the subsoil and extract from it mineral food which is either out of the reach of the roots ot many other crops, or exists in t M soil in a condition not easily available by them: and second, in the supposed, perhaps in the demonstrated, power of ck ver to absorb nitrogen directly from the atmosphere. Whether clover does really absorb the pur" nitrogen ol the air or not, it is a weu-estahhshed fact that from some source, even when not manured with nitrogenous tmgenous manures, it very readily takes up large quantities of r 1 1 r, ...(. nn.l c T ,Wt .n o ri K c . I . . f.i ! . I i T T" i 1 A Y . tion of it iu its roots. Therefore, when clover or clover stubble j is plowed under, the roots and what is l ft Of the plant itself, being mixed with the j soil on its decomposition, yield ammonia and miueral matter in a form and in a sitnation best suited to the needs of succeed- I log crops grown, n addition to this, the long, stout root3 have a very great effect In ameliorating position oi tne lower encis oi me roots, below where they are cutoff by the plow, opens inviting channels and new fields of exploration to the more delicate roots of those plants which succeed them. AmeriMN Agriculturist. Pruning iu Winter. SeMK farmers seem afraid to prune their fruit trees in winter, lest the frost should enter by the wounds and damage the tre( a They need not fear any danger from this cause, as the frost enters into every part of the trees and thaws out again. Large limbs cut off in winter or at any ether teaeon give a considerable cheek to the vigor of the tree for Ike ensuing season, but if the wound is coated with gum phellac dissolved in aleoho) no danger will result. If pruning ha3 been neglected last spring and fall, it is better to perform the work now than to run the chance of having it adjourned again sinedie next spring. It i8 better to prune gradually, bringing the head into proper shape and letting In the sunshine among the branches, than to allow the trees to form a thick head and then to cut away large branches. Suckers are very injurious to apple trees as they absorb the ingredients which are reguiredfor bnildingup the stems, brandies, foliage and fruit. They should be grubbed up; merely cutting them down level with theoü will do more harm than good as they will grow up again stronger than ever. tome tanners say taey leave on tne suckers to keep rabbits from barking the trunks, but this is only a weak excute for carelessness and neglect.-HVvre m Anita. .gleet 1 m Orchard and Nursery. TnE first thing to be considered is the care of youni? trees alreaely planted. Domudie Animals, if allowed access to a young orchard, will .do much damage. Have fences and gates in goexl repair to keep out all intruders. Mice A. mound ef earth a foot high should have been formed at the base of each young tree ; if this was not done, see that there is no litter ne'ar the tree to afford them shelter. After a snow fall, j tramp the enow down solid around each tree, whether it has a mounel of earth eir I . ...... not. Ibis is seunc trenime, out 11 you plant a tree it implies a contract to take care of it Those having little trouble with their trees are seldom bothereel with fruit. Rabbits are often worse than mice. The old notion that rabbits would not touch a tree that had been rubbed with the flesh of one of their fellows has its foundation in the fact that the animals have an aversion to blood. The blood of pigs or any other animal, sprinkled on the lower part of the tree, will answer as well as rabbit's blood. Cloth or stiff packing paper wrapped around near the ground and as high up as a rabbit will reach will keep them off; this is slow work where there are many trees. What to Plant, if a new orchard is to be set in spring, is worthy of serious consideration. Many think that they have only to determine what are the best varieties and eirder them. The real question is, What are the best varieties yem c in groW t Get the experience of neighbors who grow fruit, or of the nearest intelligent and reliable nurseryman. If about to plant for market, rccolleet thatproductiveiicss, regularity in bearing, ahowinesp. of fruit, ant) an ability to bear transporta- ! tion, are all of as much more importance j than Quality. Do not betaken with the '

highly colored pictures shown by travel-

ing salesmen Inserts. Look over the trees, and if there appears to be a swelling just below the end of a twig, there will probably be found a cluster of the eggs of the tent caterpillar securely glued around i. Cut off and burn every one of these that can be found and there v, ill be few nests to destroy next spring. Pruning.--Winter pruning, except on j oung trees and i ursery stock to bring them into shape, is not generally approved. Still it is better to remove the useless and crowded limbs of an old tree at this season than to neglect it altogether. ' Make a clean cut and cover it with melted grafthsg wax. iW Grafting is done at any lime during the winter, the stoek and cions having been stored in an accessible place. Do grafting at the ''collar" of the stock. Bits of roots should not be used. Manuic, Cart out Bad spread upon the orchard. American Acrirulturixt. Alsike, or Swedish Hour. Tifoil'im ITybrirtrvn. A Perer.niat. Aiike Clover is a hybrid between our common Red a&ei Whit "! Clovers. It has of late attained a very high reputation as one of the best clovers lor forage and is (juite an acquisition to our pasture plants. The blossom of this clover is half white ! and pale red, and about half the size of i Red clover blossom. Mixed with grass, j it is cultivated wi'h great advantage on ! permanent grass land, whether cmpltor pasture or mowing. Alsike has derived its name from the parish of AJaike in upland Sweden, where if. was first dis covered, and where it rowy in great abuudance lt is found growing Wild in hweden productive. It was not until the beginning oi tne present century tnat tins clover was brought into cultivation. It was introduced into England in 18:f4, and since then has spread into the different German states and other parts of Europe, and this country. From the experience I have had wih Alsike in Pennsylvania, I consider it the best clover grown for hay or pasturage. It has pale red and white flowers ; a long, lajik stalk, and oval, obtuse leaves, which are smaller and of a lighter green than those of the Red clovers. The blossom, growing from the upper leaf joint, is globular, and formed of fragrant blossoms supported by stems. These blossoms are at first whitish and unrisht. and turn errada- ! 10 a Pa red, which, when flowering nas passed, become brown and somewhat bent. The calyx is smooth, and has thcrs of equal length. Alsike clover does not attain its full luxu riancc until the second year after sowing, and during the first rear seldom arrives at any great degree of growth, unless on 1Hß-' CTew; from sown about the firs. of .ATC., u- tn-nr,tv.f,mr i. a rich, moist, clay soil. in hight. The snrine was verv wet and 1 . . m. warm, and clover of all kinds grew extraordinarily and lodged very much. Thi Alsike or Swedish Clover is best adapted to mixture with other grasses. For permanent grass land, Orchard grass and Al" sike clover mixed. I consider the best and most nutritious fodder that can be grown for al kinds of stock. Orchard grass and Alsike flower at the same time, and can be mowed as soon as in fl wer, or as soon as the flower commences wilting. Alsike clover flowers ripen very slowly, and can stand a long time after coming in flower. It is the best clover to sow with timothy, as it docs not die off and get black. If the farmer wishe-3 to let his timothy stand until after harvest, as a great many farm en do, the Alsike will still hold a fresh green color, and give the dry, over-ripe timo'hv frci, a;,i hniiti.tr nranl and wiU ajf) make timoth y tl be ( . ... . ' as stock relish timothy, especially if it be over ripe, where there is a mixture of good green clover in it. Alsike yields on suitable soil, when mixed with grass, two tons per acre. It loves clay sop, especially marly clay. It also thrives on almost any kind of soil with a clay mixture. Alsike clover docs not grow as rank as common clover after mowing, therefore no second crop I an ho pV.,.,i fr, u QC in unaa j Rva dover ft, great advantage lies in hardy than any of the Red clovers, and can be cultivated on moist soil and land that is flooded at, certain times of the year, on which Ited clover will not grow. Farm Journal. Alsike clover will stand more hard freez ing than auy ether that is cultivated for feed. It has a long tap-root, with side roots which take fast hold in the soil. It is best adapted to mist rich soil, and grows luxuriantly in wet loamy meadows. The seed podf hare, 1, 2, o and sometimes 4 grains of seed, which extend out of the calyx surrounded by Uie withered crown. The seed is about eine third the size of that of the COOM&On Red clover, and similar in shape; its color i a tark green, verging somewhat to a violet. One pound of Alsike seed contains 000,000 grains, whereas a pound of Red clover seed has only 200,000 grains ; 1 pounds of Alsike are JmfBcient teisow an acre. m A Cheap Stump Puller. Tukue are a good many stump-pulling j machines. All e.f those which are manuj factured for sale', being secured by patents, are very expensive. One of them, how I ever, is so simple that its construction is within the means of every farmer, and if we wanted to use it we should take the i risk of the patentee's giving us trouble. It consists simply e)f a long, stout pole, say twenty five or thirty feet long, with three j strong chains attached to it one at the butt end, one shout three feet farther up, the third about three feet above that. tach of these chains should be tifteen or ' we!lty Rrm',d Wlt.h B00 hoeiks. At the smaller end Of the nole there is another chain to which to attach the team. In use it is laid upon the ground with the fastening of the second chain opposite to the middle of the stump, the beam lying, say five or ten feet distant from it. The middle chain is then secured firmly to any tree r Mump within reach behind the beam, and the chain at the butt is fastened arouml at the back side of the stump to be drawn. The team is then hitched to the smaller end of the beam, and is tlriveu forward so as to produce a strain upon the stump. When they have gone as far as possible, the third chain is carried around the other side of the stump and made fast, and the direction of the team's pulling is reversed. When they have pulled as far as they can ha this direction the first chain is drawn taut and made fast, and the strain is applieel to that. In this way, by successive pulls, first on erne side and then on the other, a very large stump may be drawn out. When there is no object sufficiently near to which to attach the second chain, the fin t and third are 6imply secured as directed above, and the team is made to rack the stump, first in one direction and then in the other, until it is loosened. JW c York Evening rost. An exchange remarking'on the chafing of the breaats of horse , says : " The common practice of us'ag pads or eheepskin under the collar is objectionable, especially in warm weatlier, because it accumulates heat auil make Hie breast tender. A better way i- to take a piece of thick and smooth leather, cut it out jut tho ize of the collar, or a little wider, and let it lie Hat on the neck and ihoaldsri of the horse. Thh will lip smooth on the neck. v. hile the collar itself moves about, and so it will prevent ehaling. In addition t.i this, let the breasts of working horses be wehptf off rvery night ltheWp wfttr '

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. Ax exchange says to prepare Japan tea properly it should be nearly boiled. The Rural World recommends giving stock, especially those confined to stables, a sod cf earth a foot square once a week, or vvhat they will eat up clean. Thp; celebrated Mr. Wesley remarks to this effect, that frei ting and scolding seem like tearing the fleshy from the bones, and that we have no more right to be guilty of this sin than we have to curse, and swear, aud steal. To prevent lamp ch'mneys breaking by the sudden contact with heat, the bet way is to cut or scrateh the base e-f the glass with a glazier's diamond. Another Bsethed i to put the glasses in water and boil theus. The fftta England Firmer taysthst in the hands of careful and patient persons, experiments the past year have satisfied

many that bones are an exceedingly valuable stimulant of vegetable life and ought to be preserved and prepare 1 for use on the soil. Ami Fnurr Cakk. Two caps of dried apples, soak over night ; in the morning chop tine, ard boil ore hour in one cu; sugar, (me cup molasces; when coeded, add one cup sweet milk, one teaspoon soda, one cup butter or sour cream, three cups lloor ; flavor with all kinds of spices ; bake in a slow oven. Tin: death of Robert Bonner's Auburn horse induces a New Yorker to send the Tribune a remedy which he has never seen GUI to cure colic in hor.-cs. It is simply to drench them with a preparation of chlorine and permanganic acid, which can be procured at any drug store. He has used it and seen it used repeatedly, and hp.s so much confidence Vn it that he would be willing to insure the recovery of any horse if it was admin stored in time. A coin:i;si'oNLKNTof the ifiine Farmer, in answer to an inquiry es to the cause anel cure of worms in pigs, writes: "If the writer will take the paius to give his pies a handful ol go;)M rock salt at least t .vice a week in their food, until killing time. I think the pigs wiil thrive, provid- ' ing he gives them enough to eat. The cause of pigs having worms is, I think, the want of the preventive salt. Pigs hardly ever get any salt except what they get in the slops frem the kitchen. " A oonnsaroninuT of the New England Warmer says: I eiftcn make use ef ashes around my tree, certainly as often as once a year, .suel believe it to be of great benefit to them. But, like some of your ;hcr correspondents, I have learned not to apply it in routed with the bark of the trees, as they become moistened and form lye often too strong for the growing wood. I generally ue about one quart of a&hes to a tree, scattering it around them as fir as the roots are supposed to extent! underneath. My large trees, in be aring ten or twelve rears, receive an application of from six o eight quarts of unleached ! ashes to each tree, scattered in same manner. I never permit the sshes to lie upon the ground in any place more than one' inch in depth. The old adage of " a stitch," etc., is applicable to every orchardist at this season of the year, and he who heeds it in regard to mice is a wise man. A very little e?are and time taken now to examine and remove all mulching material, grass-turfs, bunches of weeds, en other rubbish that s may be around or near to the bexlics of apple and pear treesy may perhaps save them from beiutr destroyed. If anv arc found injured, get a spade and earth up around and over the wound, so ss to keep ( it from drying; for many a slight wound will heal over if kept from the air, when, if left open and exposed, it would crack, absorb moisture, rot, and in time destroy the tree. Don't forget the old adage, again we repeat, and at once look ever your orchard trees. Horticulturist. Tiietu; is a story, forgotten by nil bot men who were students at a certain college near thirty ears ago, of an enthusiastic professor of entoinenVgy not celebrated f.T his exercise of hospitality, who was so delighted at the arrival of an eminent pursuer of insects that he invited him to board and bed in chambers. Next morning Dr. Macfly greeted his guest, 44 And hiTw did ye sleep the nicht, Mester Ilechemoth? " Net very well; stranee bed, perhaps! But" "Ah,"' quoth the doctor, eagerly, yg were just bitten by something, eh V" "Well, to tell you the truth, doctor, I was." 44 Just think of that I Bitten, war ye ? Now, can you say it was any thing at all noteweirlhy that bit y.u? Peculiar, eh ?" 44 Fleas, I th ink. But such devils for biting I never met in my life." 44 1 should thiuk o, indeed" (with great gleel. "They're iSicilian llcas ; IStported them mgodfr i A Boston paper says a Boat m boy, twenty years of age Pairi West has within the ye-ar, purchased at Calcutta two cargoes of merchandise; at Rangoon two cargoes, and in China two cargoes ot teas, and shipped to lioston, without the aid of any resident merchants exceptional in the case of Calcutta, but at Rangoon and China, the first time it has ever been accomplished by one of any nation. A POLITE philosopher once thanked a lady who had been singing te) a party for an hour, by s lying, 44 Madam, you have wasted our time charmingly." Do not Trifle with Danger. A siigle pp.nrk may kindle a flame tt. U mny consume a city, and small ailments neglected, may end in fatal disorders. Bearing this fact in mind, 1st the first Symptoms of debility or nervous prostration be met promptly with invigorating treatment. Foremost among the vegetable tonld of the agepttnds HOSTE TTtR" STOMACH BITTKKS, and whennver the vital powers eeem to languish, or there is any reason to suspect that he auimal functions essential to the sustenation and purification of the holy are imperfectly performed, this invaluable invigorant and autiseptic shonld at once be resorted to. Indigestion always produces weakness Nomet'me-. it happen-- and this is more frequently the case in winter than at any other eea-on that the appetite demands more food than the Ptomach can digest : IfeMMgfe not more, perhaps, than ;s required to BSSp "p the full strength of the frame. The object, under such circumstances. Is to increase the digestive rapacity of tho assimilating organ, so as to make it equal to the duty imposed unon it by the ap;' tite. and capable of supplying tne building material of t!i nyst,rn as fast as it is required. Thi object is fully accomplished hy the use of the Bitters. They tone and gently stimulate the cellular membrane which secretes the gastric juice, and the result is that tho solvent Xr- mingled with the food in sufficient quantities to convert all its nourishing particles into pure and wholesome element. If. on the other hand, there is a deficiency of appetite, without any corresponding deficiency ol due-tive power, the edict of tho tonic is to t;m uhite a desire for food. In nineteen cases out of twenty, headache, nausea, nervousness, faintu -fits, spasms, and, indeed, most of the casual aches and pains to which humanity is nhject, proceed primarily from indigestion complicated with biliousness; and for both these complaint- HOfl TETTER'S STOMACH BITTSRS are recommended as a speedy and certain remedy. Advertising In the United States. Men ot buiineaa hav diacovered that nothing can be done on a large scale without advertipin, but they are not contented with the newenapert alone. Along the line of every railway and turn pike, the Inside of omnlbna, the cablna of river and lake teamer, all boardlnpt where building work ia going rn, and the thousand and on tarfacea wh:ch great cltlea and large town poeaet-r, are covered from one end of the year to the other, in characters not to be misunderstood, with the legend. 14 ÜBE MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS " Every newspaper we open contains a condensed paragraph, atntJnp forth the virtues of this really meritorious article, and everyboty's eyes have so wearied hy perpetually seeing this "celebrated Household Re med spelled out lwfore them, that In obetllenco ti the doHi'ii of tho advertisemcrte the minds of the people have acted as desirest answered the announcement, and thn tint value Of MI8HLER S HKHIt HI I 1.KS ne known, tad its sale grown tx be so immens. ADVERTISEMENTS r- for thU ana one hundrfil other Wemtntt piiper at ike loin-xt mt httm, bu A.S. KKLI.WG. Auriltory PiMither,

AO BN TS WANTFD In -tctj- mn to U the -e brated f. 'uf-f 3fwrr iw R -, L1tl tei Irmft :inl niot duranie machine1 msÄf. ei for rr-nr. OkSrvSB Mower xV Kkapkb Co.. lCUfl bu,Kcw York. V ANTED SO YO! NMIHEN A KD ILA Dir.ft immediately, t." Irarn the wt of Teleerapliv. FITTATIOS GUARANTEED TO GRADI'aTK For fall nartlcnlar send 8tmp for !lrnlar to th I'nlon TWn. i!tn?p, owrtf . OSf . TtATItMYN THOKWLRSS RAiM'BKKK 1 PLANTS. For slr hv the niece, doie. hundred or thousand. For pa- t'rnlar nefdreca. JOHN o ok a eoV, VlneUnd. N f l' ANTED. -l.!V At. i ererr lown and y V ill .is, to o-ll what every lad will 'i.arcxiae at slzht. Address Mls Ml liltil, ljfAFu.ton-st.-N. V. BBDfTIWI Pf 1 All TTsi TTjalfcit b:icä jiay, p iy lor lost hor.s ration, prize navy pay, everytHinfr: "'t u.te hy mhm no m-atT. It tit" clai-n Ik Jut. vr.te me, with rtWBM, I u m tlWW. Also do a Oe.pM-al Law anrt Luid Bwtnew. at JAKYIS & b.VFKORD'S. No. , I lLalh . ON B OI.LAS 1 SSI lioi.l A it : MS t?KRVE tt t o.. 39 bodtrary h-reft. Boston, a-" sole proprietors am liivitifartörers ol the neu iy i. Tented Perleai Donh f Pen Fondtain. Prio ten em.; ench. With each ton tain soid. wh'ther s'fie e f,,r specimen, or to ciuh. tltv Hid lip WIT BO CI CSAtee. (lesrrihlnr non.' article th y will II for H e Dollar. 1 hey snpp'y f-ii ;!'.e w.th thomarta of n t m!. ornamental ano nercsa y articles of xwqualt t naalttT, flefy;ne eoSfMtHtoa :n tlu trade, o n nlss'ols fl to ort), m cord ins to the .' of c!' - Many

mrentR mae K20 per day. Aff 'nta wauled . very w:i'-re. circular bent free on ipp!:cat!on. VELOCIPEDES. Wood Brothers, BBOADWAY, NEW YORk, ! Manr.'aeturcrs of f.;,c pfMNTC CSTrilfsW. are now prepared to leceive order for the ce.ehrau d ! PARISIAN VELOCIPEDES, ofilielrown mannfaeture, wv!ch f.r durability anl beMty o!' Aatoa. are not exiuilcd. These velocipedes are held I', thehiglie-tteein.and US MSSrjr Mkt after by experts. Th v ate madon tne nest ParS ian inodx-l, and luve U-'en tented In every possible way. Circular a eat free on application " THE SONG QUEEN!" BV H. R. PAL7IER, Revised and Enlarged, a mew bock roK sürgneq classes. It conM'ns j'.i-t what is want-ad and no more. Tht elements are divested of wordy explanations. 1 he exercisea are progressive. It contains a thorough treatise on Vocal Cultuie. It eo tains on. clees. duets, trlus, av.axtcu ard church mn;c and en rases for ail occasions. Uy exe'udiiiir unnece-oa: v lurk 'I'm: .rniN can he atloriol for üs Tuikj Tri Pkici oi'oa;n'. si:mi::- book-. ii-it : Sti:i paper eorer aa cbU each; per Sozer. si.OO. Ii-ard cot er cents ach : p-r . 7.50. BOOT & CADY. 7 Wastriij .... v o. T7Ht KtniF.S OM.V.-F .-an a'tlcl naviog i I re n irk iV it.re-s Mr. WILSON. 1 .1' Fulton street. New York. abac; Pa fd II itrv-Vroof Pujhv I Rooli it if, Sid in Ce ih ni. Eavc Gutters. frc Äddretsm 0. J. FAY & SONS. Camden. New Jersey. H TREE SEED! : SOW in winter rr early sprine. For .p rof lafbrmat on antut IM t. most djrabic, rap d griwiox Fore-: 2Cax TrMI to HUM from seeds, for ' IV1 pr'.celtstso' Tr-'esand ursery mock, send po-'-wc itami'Evergreen ttvec. Ac, at vtry low rate. S'-nt by express. BKS s of a'l kinds oi tree, veectsblrs and tl .went -ent by Mr.. IrT" nler erly. HEN It Y H. WILBUR. Omni .'apida, Mlrh. Vr. Burton's Tobacco Antidote Varraxted to kf.motk all nr-iRr roa Txacco . nflkry rfgrtnMt iml hnrmlrm, and is also an excrllpy ap ptiw. Ii yirtnr anil enriches the blood, invixroratA tb--f i-iV possesses ereat r.out:-!iinr a:wl stmiphfriirrcr, enaobes the stomach to digest the heart w-Bt ftxsLniiakx v Bleep ret'hinc, and establishes robnst health . yRwotrr and caiHTlfill njety utari cured. Price Kiftfnu per box. 7orte. An Fiter stiuir treatise on th irlnrions effects f touScco, with ?ts cf tc.-UxTwnialardacoct, etc.. sr T FRdS. Airoiits wai ted Addressi UK. l. i. acbuii, Jtrse inj. v -r. A!f Ey'N'kvt nYsiriAs's Test:mos-t I hare tbroehly te ted Bnrin'i Antidote, and ranot say too much ic i - rrsi- ' ' . I rt xiPf enrnd fitm. csiifi 'l bv i Me use ol v uliixcco, to tnat gooa Hjetion Uta, robxsl health. H. G. M ai j Cor. CottaseVirove and J id m 1 hicagc, in. ff, t lsrW Street, Cblcspo. tit. TVr. Barton' Antidote Aas perftfry cured me of netng to bacco. Send two toxes r tjfr.,!s w! o iai;gLx.xi at tbe idea bef.TC tefinx; its wonArftün effects rn me. V. A. McELRÄrMichürsn fkiuthern R R. Fkox till t. S Tt;rxsrJt, Frrrlary-i Ofirf Pleaso M 1 a Bmpply of tbe AMIiWtV The out rerireJ hastUme iu teork SCRELT. f X O. T. Kix.ar. Faot New H UBHBf StatV rKtoy. GcDtlcmen cf Influence here haxinxr fen C'iielf the rpeiite for trhiir co by OMiig Dr. BiatoVs Amidoteke desire a supply las the prisoners of this irftit i;iien. L w arden cf ll. state J nsoc. A Bather's TrsyMOW. Hr. Pncr."s Antidote fjr Tobacco Ali acniMiithtd nil rliiin I ' M A, 1-t Nat. BaLk. NeV Albarr, lad. A l"1! FROTH A! TeSTIWOS T. OjfF Btor AXTIDllTL eared my Hiothp- astel i.:v,f. It m or rXi Kex-Vl. W. Snot maker, K-::ey station. Pa. Frc lufroun Ufapmcabtfrs, LtsAmam.-; KsMW gfk'mfjr thirty (rf SMHassb i,f fr'h ti tire tawtf&f by uinc' lr X-'loi. AuliJoix and uti 4etre for tobacco ks removed via U, ait. Jr. Fromthe PorTnrnx IlextF Jora.fAU Mp box of Burton's Ai.iidote rrmoreo: nil dtA lha ! f, tu rr.e. I take I lcaure in reccunr xx. . A reaiiera. T MiTt. FOR SALE DY ALL DRUGGISTS. fTrafetnork X Copyrighted. CAUTION ' Kkwsre ok m-Mnr. ivitatiov. .1 fr Ul'RTtiX'S. TuKe uo other ; .T:"i MUX Til und . M-s. -.s V articles. II. . SH W. Alfre l. M new aine. ;kxts. KAKints. GAasimiH ; A N I FRUIT OROWER8. ?end fxir particulars of ' BfnPx ttnptrorrO Fruit Tit ord Ytrtr. Innpnrot, , and f;i-t f(,y ." Samplost " tc -t will be fxxrwarxlel to any p xrt of tlie I'nl e,t Sta'e .. jtrfoi mitt fet -tion ipt'tro'itt'fd. t.'.xxf tjjent av r,i uteri in ttw couuui vi (he Vnitrt Stolen. Address .1 AH K.M.S, 1:1 Secoad awreet. Baltiaet US. IUUI 'APr ie latent MAOIC I I'M H U'J rontali.s no poleon. will eol "ri. .... ' or ,r v ;iir a I- nnaaen IIIIIlMlilHl r.lack or Brown, fnt by mail on receipt -t S1.-i-3. A.i ti M PA1 l N' Treasurer Majtic C.rat (.';:. pa:. y, S?pr'v.sf.eT l. Msv.. fS W WIS Knox Co , . I LWIMVTT nHBWI.L Dear Sin . I re.v.oi v-i your second Bed Jacket Ax per extrea, ant now a-know!jrt-e Mie same. For i. benefit of all wax ileslrea or iiT- xlUe make It tlx hnslness to chop with an axe, I won M say : Ttyfho Red ,la ket ; aril, as the Stierem Court have h id iht' a IK-ctxT's oplnli.a without his rc.vona la of 11" i value, I will tive my reasons: ttrt 4 Ue Kel .Ts'- tei cuts rterper t'ian tne common bit. Sentmet 't ' . round on the cut. It does not sitck in tL- wool. Tf'hd fSenr choppier with the comn.on ae r i'.stdlscover that there is as much labor and stretijrtn exjei exl In talsinctne aae ont of the cut as in mUt' tl -blow, ftwtft This with the Ked Jacket ts all avoM ed, anI frin one-third t one-hall fl.e laN r i- s-xx cutting tlie same quantity. rtV Hy pnUlnr nt' same labor that ts necessary with a common a e. you can easily mak" at least thlrtvwood tn the same time. You honest man try yonr Red Jacket il In letting anv T.ese iet.ta, ard It latl. iTtund ht"i his money. Hespecttnlly, yours, HARKT BALDWIN For sale by all resnonstMe dealer, and 'be tranafac-turer-, LÜ'- IN "tt A B AKJ.WLl L, Pittsbthoh. Vx . tfole owners or Coltrorn's ar 4 Vr Jacket Patents IKjD QO Winchester .lepealini?: Kiflts

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FI rix; two shots a sf.com AS A KKPF ATKlt. AM) mUM Y NiioiN nm n: AS A SINGLE BREKC'll LOaUBB. Thea power nl. :iecirnt. and wonderfully elTectlve weapons, carrying eighteen t barges, which cat fired in nine seconds, axe nw r. svly for the - an. I are for sale hy all the responsible Gun lelera throughout ttie country. For fell l.ifui 'uatleiv, true, t-'r circilar and pa-mpt'let to thf WM :xtTEi;i;KPxaTLNi. aüms co . fcew Baven, Oisa.