Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 24, Plymouth, Marshall County, 18 February 1869 — Page 4

The Radical Dilemma. It is some consolation for honest people to know that sooner or later the sins of wilful miszovernment recoil with a double power upon the headl of their authors. Viol itins of laW and of justice are like the IP boomerang which, flung into the air, returns to wound the hand tint sent Iba weapon on its errand of mischkf. When a Radical Congress passed the T "ure-of Office act, which tr.r-! nni ! fhe President of the United Bl " into i pcr3onaee of less political importance thai one of his own clerks, the wh Radical party approved and applauded the deed as eminently wise, ben um patriotic In vain did the Demo r iCf point out the palpable unconity of the measure, and the disistrous i nseouenres which were sure to

follow ' he establishing of such an unnceeas&ry and dangerous precedent The voice of a helpless minority was drowned in the shouts of the triumphant mob, and : : 'Elative fetters were riveted about the limbs of the Executive, fools ad Eanattci cheered the miserable device to the very echo, and thought they had astonished the world with a feat of wondrous statesmanship. B i I r as we arc aware, no single prominent Radical leader, no single prominent Radical journal, had the discernment and ' nrage to face the storm of manufactured public opinion, and declare the Tcnurc of Mlice act had no foundation in the Constitution, and was the mere ercal ;rc of blind prejudice and bitter passion. Within the last three months a change has coine over the spirit of their dreams, and the vicious seed so lately planted is beginning to bear its legitimate fruit. General Grant is ahmt entering the Presidential char. He sad his particular friends naturally desire him tc same the reins of government outran ed, but there npon the statute book stam.s this Tenure-CM-OfS e act, ready to drop over his devoted head like a huge extinguisher, and assign hiai to the same nonenity as his unfortunate pn-Ieccssor. Nearly four weeks have gone since the troublesome law was repealed in the House and then and to the Senate for similar action. There it was referred to the Committee on IJ j'rcnchment, whatever that may mean, and hiw since been reported bad by Senator Edmunds with a decidedly important amendment. Thn amendment proposes to strike from the House bOI aH after the enacting clause, and virtur.llv insert the Tenure of-Officc act over again, with a provisD to prevent President Grant from either appointing or retaining Gen. Schofield as Secretary of War ! Her'' i a diroct refusal to rereal. OOQpIed with an equally direct personal basalt. Should the Senate sustain Edmun.la and his committee, it is tanta mount to a declaration of hostilities, and will be so regarded by Grant himself and the nation at large. IKroly more than twenty d lyi will elapee before thenew administration begins, and yet the party which elected the incoming President have thus far flatly refir I to trust him with the appoiutment o ?s subordinates ! In this crifie.il emcrf y our Radical contemporaries are .-inning to open their mouths, and astoaiah themselves and the public by teliing the truth. The ChicifO Tribune eriej pecavi, and eats dirt in admirable style, as the following extracts from a recent editorial will show. There are two ways to look at the present law rt -iiNTinz the tenure of civil office. Ixokiii2 at kl M Kcpnb'icnns (that is as partisans, we lind that it wa ptSM I as a lt?pcrHte remedy for the disc..- known an Andy ;ohnonim. Wuh many BalsctYtaae and with mucli pr'eyinr ketweea the wo Honse, the Tenure-of-Offlce tow was parsed. Its expediency was doubted by many; Us constitutionality by more. Whatever may have been the intention of those who Mated it, the law ha given us the worst set of offlcen we ever hnd. and. what is even more scan.lV.ou. Bebody is ro-ponsible for them. The 'oroner vernier. " Nnhoriv to hlsme "" covr :he waiak r::)'. and Col actor Smythe. and Reeerdy Jehaeeau and all ktatfi of "rascality and dr; v.-llinjr. Congseaa having as- imed the appointiac power T that i what is signified when they take from the President the p jwer of removal), j '..r :-r. -- is answerable for the non-cxecnf ion or I Imperfect execauoa of the la' This fict was lost - rht of during th? recent olltica! campaign la the turmoil ar.d contention over other matters, i II ta now ctntTL'in:' from the depths and averting Its prerogatives as a di-turber of the jaiace. Precisely the 3ame charges have been ; urged by 'he Democracy against the Tenure -of Qdh act from its inception to the! pr sent time, but of curse, emanating from suea a source, they were merely ! Pperhead lies " unworthy the slightest attention. Now that the bull which so effectually need President Johnson levels its irate hornfl at the sacred person of President Grant, and threatens to toss him equally ' high, tne owners ot the beast suddenly discover thai it ought to be slaughtered. and denounce the Senatorial butchers : t not doing the bloody business at ouce. Whatever may be the result of this pleasant iamitj quarrel, the country is iadebtcd to it for a charming illustration cf I.vlical consisterey, and an appropriate standard by which we can faiutly appiximatc to the full measure of iladical rascality. As a satisfactory d naatfatot of morbid pofitica analomv, we ae not sure but What the Ttnun : of-Office act is a blessing in disguise. Mixtonri Republican. Feb. dtk. The Inauguration Hall. (iuu. Grant finds himself more compliant than he thought he was. He consents at last to put in a personal appearance at the inauguration ball to be given in his honor on the fourth of March. And it is distinctly announced that no negroes of cithe: gender are to hu admitted. TVis is strange indeed, am' it may cause the inauguration ball to be the inauguration of grave Ridicil trouble. Whether the neJEfOea are excluded in compliance with the wi!l of Grant is not announced, but the exclusion, no matter by whose will, is eafftaialf at war with thv whole spirit of BarfHeal legislation in regard to negro rights and privileges. We all know that it i3 a penal -dense in the South to make any social discrimination between the whites and blacks, and is it not the hight of inconsistency auel absurdity for the Washington Radicals, whilst holdmg such legal provisions in the South rimLfninr:nti um nrvem .States, to shut out n-roes from ali participation in Radical fe-tivitieg at the capital upon the rccasion of the inauguration of a President whom they themselves have aided to elect ? What apology have the Radicals fordoing at Washington what they woul l severely punish white men for doing in Lousiana, Arkansas, Alabama, or South Carolina? LeMMitKe Courier-Journal. The Row In Congress. To say that there was a row in the joint convention of Congress, on Weelneaday, fur counting the electoral votes, is to exactly and truly describe the character of the proceeding i There were disregard of Parliamentary rules, violent and menacing language, shruts, clapping of hands, un roarious lauehttr. anirrv calls to order,

and contempt of the rulings of the presid- ! " Well, well, that is funny, isn't it, iog officer, it is not nnfrequent y the case girls?" that in nominating conventions I here arise " Really laughable," exclaimed all presbitter contest, which are ended Dy tramp- ent, pressing so close around us that we

ling upon wnai usage nas decreed to be the rights 01 minorities; but there can hardly be found in the whole political history of the country an instance in which a convention has conduced itself in a more disgraceful manner than did the United State Senate and House of Representatives, acting together, on Wednesday. Congress, by joint resolution, had, some two weeEl ago, declared, the precise meth od by which the vote ; orgia should be counted That resolution was intend ed to be imperative Ii Hing the ac

tion of the convention concerning the counting of the vote. Notwithstanding this, when the Vice-President handed to the tellers the Electoral vote of the State, objection was made to counting it, and, when the objection was overruled, an appeal was taken from the ruling:, although the joint rules of the convention declared there should be no appeal from the President of a joint session. Speaker Colfax several times stated such to be the rule, but he could do nothing toward restoring order In contempt of the rule, and in contempt of the joint resolution, to whic h we have referred, and of respect for the reputation of the National Legislature, the

House, headed by Botkr, began and continued a row a row which the disp itehes to all the newspapers say was the most disgraceful one which has ever occurred in Congress. No one ought to have been surprised that there WSI a row over the question of the counting of the vote of Georgia. Congress ar.d the ruling party had for years been pursuing a systematic course of villainy to get the vote of the State in a form which world serve the purposes of that party. It came in another form. It came in the shape of a protest against the villainy. Could it be expected that the men who had thus wrought to degrade and bind a State, would hesitate to do any wickedness required to attain their purpose? The row was the natural result of the various agencies Congress has set in motion in the enforcement of the reconstruction infamy. Bad men, and vulgar men, and mean men, when placed in positions of lienor and responsibility, are ft antimes observant of the duti. s and dcCOTCft I of their station. Men of real dignity of characier are always observant of pr priety. A row in Congress is proof of the predominance of a rowdy clempnt there. It is the outward manifestation of inward filth and c undrelism. Will the men who sell themselves and buy others ; whose palms itch for hribemonev: who are so ir sensible to shame that they do not even blush under conviction of perjury ; who take advantage ot their trust as representatives of the people to defraud and rob the people: who count among their number drunkards, gamblers, thieves, political prostitutes, and, worse than all and meaner than all, hypocrites and dealers in cant and snivel will they, who do not hesitate in the commission of any legislative infamy, be expected to heed mere points of form in their conduct as legislators? If any Republican supposes that the majority in Congress is here spoken of more harshly than is just, he may be assured that amnio warrant can be found for it in censures which Republican newspapers have themselves pa anil upon that majority. Ch ieago Timm, ISfA. Cincinnatlan's Experiences in Chi case. A COMMNHNNOn of the Cincinnati Tiitc relates his trembles during a late visit to Chicago : At Home. February G, 18G9. For the first time, strange to say, we 41 the subscriber" visited ,the evangelical city of Chicago last wee c, and " hung up our hat" with our esteemed friend, John B. Drake, Eeq. of the Tremont House. We were courteously received, assigned a oomtortable room, and, being eoaaewhat fatigued, retired at an early hour Sunday evenintr, to dream of suicides, divorces, and such utile incidents for which the city of virtue is notorious. AI er considerable effort, owir.g to the disturbed state of our mind, we succeeded in finding M tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." Arisine at an earlv hour Mrnday morn ing the early bird c itches the worm," and we were after it,) we sallied lortn for a mornir tr walk, wending our way tow ird the lake shore having heard of the efficacy of the lake breeze and had proceeded but a few steps when we were accosted by a wt!l-dresed individual who sported an elegant nose glass of pure gold so we thought and carried in his hand a hmre bundle of apparently legal documents. " Mornin i sir," exclaimed our legal friend, extending his hand. "Good morning, sir; happy to meet yon." " Out early, sir ; best time for business" I opening a memorandum book " sup1 pose you have your points all arranged." " Perhaps you are mistaken, sir. I am not in need of legal assistance at present." " No n et-psity for being reticenf, my , friend. I'm ready to serve you, and can furnish your papexi in a short time."j Waat papers do you mean, sir f I know ; nothing of papers." 1 " Come, no foolishness ; you arc certainly the gentleman " (opening the memorandum) "gentleman from Ohio, stopping at the Tremont House, wants divorce " " Divorce ! the devil ; I never thought ot I such a thing. What do you mean, sir ?" " Ueg pardon, sir ; no use getting txcited over so light an affair. 1 assure you it's very singular gentleman from Cincinnati : five feet seven, light complected, dark hair, sandy whiskers, and " Expecting to hear our name called next, we endeavored to pass on, but were de tained by the stranger, who'seized our arm and exclaimed. " Dang it, if you are not the man, you look like you wanted, or at least ought, to be divorced." We are diepoeed to be peaceable, having been raised in a Quaker neighborhood, but must admit that this last remark got our dander up, and before we could regain composure aimed a blow at our tormentor's nose, which he wisely dodged and permitted us to measure our length upon the sidewalk. Picking ourselves up, as best we could, we hurried on, thankful for our escape. We had proceeded but a few steps from the scene of our adventure when we were again accosted, this time by a gentleman whom we took for a member of the tonsorial profession. " Pass right in this way, sir ; you'll find everything all right." A glance at our wardrobe suggest t d that a little attention was necessary in order to regain our former respectable appearance, "." g, were iru iuio a gorgeously furnished parlor, where sat half a dozen beautiful ladies, ranging in summers from sweet sixteen to thirty-five. We were immediately surrounded, when one, a bewitching, smiling, devilish little creature, who8Ccmcd to have been chosen as interrogates, addressed us affectionately : " You have had them properly made out, I presume." " What do you mean, my dear Miss? I do not understand you." " Didn't you get your papers m What papers f I have ordered no papers." "Just like all the Ohio people don't want to acknowledge." 4iI mustconle8s, Miss, that this whole affair is a mystery to me ; and. reallv. I would like an exnlanation." were perfectly nanipereei " Yes, it 'langhable, but the laugh is all on your side," I exclaimed. "Ain't you, or have you not been, a married man T "Most undoubtedly I am a married man, and, beside, am the father of numerous children." " Well, haven't you applied for and obtained a divorce Y4 Here I bezan to. feel my temper risine again, but, being in the pre.--uee t ladies;, suppressed my indignation and replied : "No I and if I had, what has thk a:.

ray of good looking girls to do with the matter?" " Why, sir, as is usually the case, we

supposed that you would be an immediate j candidate lor matrimony, ana nave presented ourselves that you might, if agreeable, make a selection ' for better or for worse.' " This was a stunner, and it was with considerable difficulty that we were enabled to convince our mysteriously (they do things mysteriously in Chicago) made acquaintances that our domestic relations were all that could be desired, and that our mission to their sensational city was of an entirely different character. We were politely bowed out, leaving an assurance that should we at any time obtain a divorce we should call again, and hurrying to our hotel partook of a hasty breakfast, rushed out, transacted our business, took the first train for home, and bade Chicago adieu, impressed with the idea that Chicago is the place to obtain a speedy divorce and a bran-new" ( ? ) wife. Miami. PACTS AD FIGURES. San FbamcSBCO supports fifty-five churches. Hi ffai.o, last year, paid $58,570 to the drama. Amklicax bald heads yearly expend $500,000 on wigs. The city advertising costs New York about $500,000 a year. ' A wildcat eight feet in length has been captured in Connecticut. A student was expelled from Cornell 1'niversity the other day, for lying. Twenty prisoners now in the New Vork Tombs are charged with murder. Theue are 10,000 citizens in Vineland, N. J., and not a liquor .shop there. Last year nearly $:C0,000 were raised in New Hampshire for school purposes. Female laborers on the suburban farms, near Boston earn from $1 to $1.50 per day. Dir. . II. Iyno, forty-nine years ago started his first Sunday school in Quincy, Mass. Boston is able to support seven theaters, besides concerts, oratorios and lectures. Fifteen million fish hooks were made at a single establishment in New Haven during 1808. The keeper of a groggery, in Hartford, killed his bar-tender because he snored so loudly. A Camfokxiax has built an "agricultural locomotive " that runs thirty-nine plows at once. Tub first printing press set up in New Hampshire was in Portsmoath, in lT-'j.'i.by Sam Fowle, Esq. TuFiiK are two establishments in Maine for hatching fish artificially, one at Augusta and one at Alna. A full length statue of Fitz Greene Halleck is to be erected in Central Park, New York, at a cost of $15,000. Twodkv-goods clerks in New York are reported to have each received salaries amounting to $25,000 the past year. The lumber trade of Burlington, Yt., for 186b amounted to :),000,000, as 112,000,000 feet of lumber were received during the year. A. T. Stewart, this season, sold twenty $ 5,000 shawls, and one worth $4,G00. One lady ran up a f 20,000 b 11 in two months at his store. Velocitkije caml v " is now sold. The manufacturer tin fi it necessary to give notice that it is Lot, worked with the feet. Titirty thousand acres of public lands were disposed of to actual settlers during January, ia Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin. A skvkn feet long cigar, one foot in circumference and weighing thirty pounds, has been twisted out of leaf tobacco in a New Haven (Ct.) factory. Jonx M. Laxe, of New Hampshire, has beep awarded a verdict of $1,150 33, ag lint his mother in law and her son for enticing his wife away from him. Thk Cincinnati papers- report $50 counterfeit greenbacks in circulation which are so nicely executed that it is almost impossible to distinguish them from the genuine. NkabLt 500 persons live by selling the 36,000 oranges elaixy consumed in New York. One hawker, besides earning a subsistence, has $3,000 in the Savings' Bank. A Ci.e vELAXD-nuiLT schooner, "Wirralit'," has successtully breasted a severe storm OB the Atlantic, and reached her destination at Liverpool safely with a cargo of coal. Tin. New York Wodd estimates that 30,000 persons nightly attend the theaters of that city, a great part of whom come from the floating population, which numbers 70,000. a r w . .a. ei (jus iiowaj leacner, wno received $10 as she was eating dinner, reduced the national debt that amount by unconsciously emptying the green roll into the stove along with the other fragments on her plate. Thk amount ot interest paid on the public debt of Massaehusetts, exclusive of the railroad debt, during the year 18G8, was $1,150,307 01. The premium paid for specie to pay the interest was $336,000. A London (N. H.) citizen sports a coat Bade of cloth spun and wove by his grandmother when she was " sweet sixtet n," and which his mother, now in herninjtysixth year, first wore as a cloak when seventeen years old. Queen Victouia owns the Koh i-noor, the large. .i diamond in the world, and thought to have it cut recently. A fourhorse power engine was constructed to do the work, and the diamond has been spoiled in the process. Maktin Haley, of Albany, indicted for obstructing the mail by knocking down a letter carrier, has been acquitted in the United States District Court, the Judge deciding that a letter carrier is not a mail carrier. The Massachusetts papers say that a few years ago a young man residing at Miflord, in that State, after a few years of married life, was divorced from his wife ; the divorced wife immediately went to work in a factory, saved $1,000, returned to her husband, was " forgiven," and they were remarried. Within the United States the names of towns are duplicated to the following ex , tent, mere are 24 r airchilds, 80 Adamsi es, 12 Bostons, 45 Rich lands, 47 Centers. 57 Perrys, 52 Waynes, 27 Van Burens, 07 Harrisons, 83 Franklins, 80 Jeffersons, 120 Jacksons, and 134 Washingtons. There are in the Union 99 towns named Union, I and 65 called Liberty. Some Minneapolis mercnanta reeently ! rusticated a month in the woods. Seeing a fine deer they were greatly excited and 1 shot at it in the most reckless manner pos sible. They were somewhat chagrined ' upon discovering that it was a fine deer J skin stuffed for the occasion by some of the lumbermen, who enjoyed the "joke on the city chaps" hugely. A curious lawsuit is on the tapis in England. A Liverpool merchant, sud(fc nly called to New York on urgent busi ncss, took a cab to the steamer, and in his hasto forgot to pay the driver. On his retarn, three months afterward, he found the cabman and cab hist where he had left them, sheltered bv a little wooden y shed, and was met by a bill for coach fare ; for 1 ,080 hour by day, and 1,080 hours by 1 night. The cate Ii still on,

farm anö Cjouscljoli.

Salt as a Fertilizer. The pages of the Bferal have repeatedly spoken of the advantages of using salt as a fertilizer lor nearly every variety of fruit crop. Its use as destructive of fungoid growths, and therefore a preventive of blight in the pear, has been freely touched upon, and we know of many dwarf pear orchards whose immunity from blig'it is by their owners entirely attributable to its use. Landscape gardeners of late have used it pretty freely because of the vigorous green to the grass from the niter, and also because of the additional absorption of moist ure that its use brings to the ground, and hence immunity from drouth during summer. The use of salt and plaster sown in conjunction, forms a certain chloride of sodium of ready solution and absorption of vegetath n, and, to a certain extent, may be considered in vegetable life much as the use of alcohedic stimulus is to animal life, whether by means of lsger, native wine or whisky to man, or corn and oats to the horse ; and although not a lasting support, yet one that enables the plant for the time to resist the checks of heat and drouth, or the acrency of fungoid atmospheric matter affecting its life-bearing principle. It may be that in so receiving the use of salt as applied to plant life, wc shall be accused of a desire to create inebriety in the pear and grape ; but we are willing to take the odium provided our readers use the salt and obtain satisfactory results. The winter months are the best for appl) ing salt, and it may be sown brondcas-t at this time to advantage, as follows: On sandy soils that have had no animal manure, say at the rate of four bushels to the acre: on the same character of soils that have been, during the past one or two years, heavily dressed with animal manure's, at the rate of eight bushels to the acre ; on heavy, poor unmanured clay soils a dressing of fourteen bushels to the acre will not be too much ; while on clay loam3 that have been occasionally dressed with animal manures, four bushels to the acre will produce just as good results as double the quantity. In all these uses, the addition of one bushel of gypsum (pla.stcr)to four of salt will be found practically to add from two to four hundred per cent, to the value of the salt as applied above. Rural New Yorker. The Drying Honse. I 4 Among the conveniences of a large farm is a good drying house. Beans, which are sometimes very difficult to cure, may be dried in a few hours in a splendid manner. So a farmer tells us who has tried it. A farmer in Franklin county who has a large orchard dries his apples on a large scale in this wary. Corn never need to mould when a dry house is at hand, and the good housewife can have the nicest of dried pumpkin and dried herbs. Those who have built hop houses need not tear them down, though hops hav3 no sale, for they will in --wer all the purposes required. For t le rapid seasoning of short lumber it is excellent, so that on a large farm it would seem to be a mo;t convenient building. Such a building may be made to answer a double use, as a receptacle for the small farming tools during that season of the year when the house is not wanted for any other purpose. Maine Farmer. Lime as a Pres Tver. Ant slaked lime has been frequently recommended a3 a preservpr for vegetables when storeu in cellars or pits. Recently we heard a gentleman state that he was in the habit of sprinkling it among his apples in barreia and bins, aud he thought delicate fall varieties could thus be kept much beyond their season. The lime dust could be easily removed from the apples by using a cloth or brush, and it imparted no flavor to the fruit. The use of lime in the cellar, as a preservative agent, is a gooel idea. It acts by absorbing moisture, and if one individual in the mass decays, the lime arrests the spread of the disease to others. It is well to hint to our readers that cellars should be overhauled at this season, and all decaying matter removed; the "sweating " fctage with stored vegetables isover, and specimens most prone to rot have developed disease. Sort them out, sprinkle some lime on the remainder, and purify your cellar from dangerous auxiliaries of disease Rural Nt r York r. Makkg Poultry Profitable. Tin: place to which your chickens rt tire ought to have a dry floor, and be kept scrupulously clean"; and ns the floor in the coolest part of the room, their roosting ought not to be more than twelve inencs high, and to be slanting, which will keep the warni air in the roost. Bitting hens can be cured by putting water in a vessel, to the depth ot one inch, putting the hcu into and covering the top of the vessel fur about twenty-four hours. Tne vessel should be dem enough to allow the fowl to stand up. This is the best remedy we have ever t ricd. Earth-worms are greatly relished by coclinc 1 fowls. Take a spade once a day and turn over the ground for your hens. They will soon run after you when they sec you with the spade, and will amply reward you lor the extra trouble to accommodate them, by an increased supply of eggs. Car.ai 1 Farmer. Feeding Horses. The system of manger-ieedlng is becoming general among farmers. There are few horses that do not habitually waste a portion of their hay ; and by some the greater part is pulled down and trampled under foot, in order firt to cull the sweetost and best locks, and which could not be done while the hay was enclosed in the rack. A good feeder will afterwanis pick up much of that which was thrown down; but some of it must he soiled and rendered disgusting, and, in many cases, onethird of this division of their food is wasted. Some of the oat9 and beans are imperfectly chewed by ail horses, and scarcely at all by hungery and greedy ones. The appearance of the dung will sufficiently evince this. The observation of this induced the adoption of maut r-feeding, or of mixing a portion of chafl (i. e. cut feed) with the grain and beans. By this means the animal is compelled to chew his food, he cannot, to any great degree, waste the straw or hay ; the chaff is too hard and too sharp to be swallowed without sufficient mastication, and while he is forced to grind that down, the oats and beans are ground with it, and yield more nourishment ; the stomach is more slowly filled, and therefore acts better on its contents, and is not so likely to be overloaded ; and the increased quantity of saliva thrown out irr the lengthened nnceration of the food, softens iV and makes it more fit for digestio u. Chaff may be composed of equal quailties of clover or meadow hay, and wheaten, oaten, or barley straw, cut into pieces of a quarter or half an inch in length and mingled well together ; the allowance of oats or meal Is ifterwards added, and mixed with the chaff. Many farmers very properly bruise the oats Of corn. The whole oat ia apt to slip out of the chaff and be lost; but when it h bruised, and especially if the chaff is a little wetted, it will not readily separate ; or, should a portion of it escape the grinders, it will be partly prepared for digestion by the actoi bru ising. The prejudice against bruising the oats is, so far as the farmer's horse, and the wagon horse, and every horse of small draught, are concerned, altogether un-

founded. The quantity of straw in the chaff will always counteract any supposed purgative quality in bruised oats. Horses ! of epaicker draught, except they are natur- i ally disposed to scour, will thrive better with bruised than with whole oats; for a greater epuantity of nutriment will be ex- 1 tracted from the food, and it will always be I easy to apportion the quantity of straw Ot meal to the effect of the mixture on : the bowels of the horse. The principal !

alteration that should be made in the horse of harder and more rapid werk, such as the driving horse, and the stagecoach horse, is to increase the quantity of hay, and diminsh that of straw. Two trusses of hay may be cut with one of straw. Some gentlemen, in detiance of the prejudice and opposition of the coachman or the groom, have introduced this mode of feeding into the stables of their carriagehorses and hackneys, and with manifest advantage. There has been no loss of condition or power, and considerable saving of provender. This system is not, however, calculated for the hunter or the race-horse. Their food must lie in smaller bulk in order that the action of the lungs may not be impeded by the distention of the stomach ; yet many hunters have gone well over the field who have been manger-fed, the proportion of grain, however, being materially increased For the agricultural and cart-horse, I eight pounds ot oats and two 01 meai should he adJed to every twenty pounds of chaff. Thirty four or thirty-six pounds of the mixture will he sufficient for any moderate sized horse, with fair, or even hard work. The dray and wagon horse may require forty pounds. Hay iu the rack at night is in this case supposed to be omitted altogether. The rack, however, may remain, as occasionally useful for the sick horse, or to contain tares or other green feed. Horses are very fond of this provender. The majority o! them, after having been accustomed to it, will leave the best oats given to them alone, for the sake cf the mingled chaff and grain. We would, however, caution the farmer not to set apart too much damaged hay for the manufacture of the chaff. The horse may be thus induced to eat that which he would otherwise refuse ; but if the nourishing property of the hay has been impaired, or it has acquired an injurious principle, the animal will either lose condition, or become diseased. Much more injury is elone by eating damaged hay or musty oats than is generally imagined. There will be sufficient saving iu the diminished cost of the provender "by the introduction of the straw, and the improved condition of the horse, without poisoning him with the refuse ( the farm For old horses, aud for those with defective teeth, chaff ia peculiarly useful, and for them the -grain should be broken down as well as the fodder. While the mixture of chaff with the grain prevents it from being too rapidly devoured and a portion of it swallowed whole, and therefore the stomach is not too loaded wih that on which, as containing the most nutriment, its chief digestive power should he exerted, yet, on the whole, a great deal of time is gained by this mode of feeding, and more is left for rest. When a horse comes in wearied at the close of the day, it occupies, after he has eaten his grain, two or three hours to clear his rack. On the system of mangerfeeding, the chaff beiug already cut into small pieces, and the corn and oats bruised, he is able fully to satiety his appetite in an hour and a half. Two additional hours are therefore devoted to rest. This is a circumstance deserving of much consideration even in the farmer's stable, and of immense conseriuence to the sportsman, the stage coach proprietor, and the owner of every hard-worked horse. A'nerican titoek Journal. Accounts with the Farm. There is no farmer who has tried the practice of keeping accurate accounts with Lis farm, who has not been benefited thereby. By carefully entering intheac count book every item ot income and expenditure the farmer not only enables himself to see at all times his financial condition, but the practice fosters an economy and regularity which must necessarily be at'ended with the happiest results. In view of the obvious advantages of the practice, we earnestly urge every farmer to provide himself with a well D3und book, and commence to carefully and accurately enter every item of receipt and expenditure connected with his farm operations, striking a balance at the end Of each year. In connection with this farm account should be kept a journal of the farm, in which should be noted every event of the farm, such as the commencement of plowing, the time of planting, cultivating and harvesting the several crops ; the time of planting trees, with their varieties, etc., etc.; a journal of the stock not being neglected. Give the practice a fair trial, and you will never abandon it. Southern Rural ist. The Thk front of the horse's chest contains his lung, by which he breathes. Behind them, separated by only a thin kind of skin, is the tmaeh, destined to receive and dicejtthe food. Each of these orrrans becomes larger when in use ; the lungs oc - cupying more room when the animal is moving about and breathing more quicaly. The space they occupy is then so filled that only one of them can be distended at a time. The horse can swell out his lungs, and breath hard, trot or gallop fast, provided his stomach be empty ; he ein fill it with safety when at rest, or nearly so, till the food is digested. But if they are both full, the greatest danger is to be apprehended ; the horse is sure to be " blown " almost immediately, because he has no room to breathe, and apoplexy may cause the animal to drop dead in a minute. No horse should be allowed to getan unlimited supply of food. A proper quantity should be given, and no more enough to satisfy his requirements, and then to allow proper time for him to di gest Many a horse has been killed from a lit brought on by the corn bin having been left open at night, thus giving him an opportunity to gorge himself to death with the tempting food. London Ilorw Book. A Novel Method of Catching Mice. A correspondent of the Journal of rharmacy says : " Having on several occaaioua noticed mice in our seed barrels. I bethought me of some method how I ! might trap the little intruders ; they bav- 1 ing gained an entrance by eating through ! the chime. To kill them with a stick was ! impracticable, as the little fellows would 1 invariably escape as soon as the lid was raised to any night. I then thought of saturating a piece of cotton with chloro- 1 form and throwing it in, then closing the i lid. On raising it again in a few minutes, Z would find that life had almost or quite , denarted. Havimz on one occasion left the piece of cotton in the barrel, on again returning, I found three mice with their heads in close contact with it, and dead. In the evening I saturated another piece, and placed it in the barrel, amion openit the next morning, to my surprise I found nine deevA mitt ." A i-a DYinAubi.ru, N. Y., the other day, threw her pet black cat into the stove, supposing the coal scuttle contained coal. The lady was not so much surprised as the car was MipBr-rV Wl lr?at"

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. If you want your cows to look well and thrifty, and yield generously their milk, you must remember that they wili prosper in proportion as they are cared for during the inclement weather of winter. The bee-keeper must not judge of the state of his hive in the spring by its weight alone, because at that time the number of young bees and iarm in it weigh heavy, and may impose on the unwary for real wealth, when the stock of honey is nearly exhausted. Wtidmnn, A CORKKspondknt of the i"-?r K-n'.-'am1 Farmer does not approve of growing grape vines on trees. He snys he planted a grape vine close to a tree and allowed it to run on the tree As long as the tree w as small he was benefited by the grape?, but when the tree b( came large the birds lodged in it and devoured the grapes. A WBTfll in the Germantown Tdegraph concludes, after having had three years experience with storing manure in the cellar of a barn and under the animals, and the hay and grain stored in the barn, and when special care was devoted to ventilation, that it is a very objectionable arrangement, and unhesitatingly condemns it as very iojodicioas. Nkvkii feed your fowls iu haste, throwing down the corn and runniner. Watch

the peculiarities of your dock. One fowl may starve while the others are fattening Fowls have their likes and dislikes as well as people, and their tastes mut be studied. And no kind of feed that they dislike should be forred upon them. If you do, your fowls will suffer both in condition and plumage. Cure for the Itch. Take fresh butter, one pound ; put it in a skillet, b i! all the pickle out, skim it well, then add one ounce Venice turpentine and one ounce of ro; precipitate ; stir till cool or the precip itate will settle to the bottom. This will cure the seven year itch, I think, if persevered in a short time. It has not the disagreeable smell of preparations made with sulphur. Sterol aem Yorker. Those who have plant houses, frames, fcc know how difficult it is to remove old putty from sashes without injuring the sash. I have seen it stated in some journal that it could be removed very easy by applying a hot iron to it. I tried the experiment a few days ago for the first time, and was quite surprised to find how easily the most indurate old putty could be cut out afteT being well warmed up by the application of a red hot iron. Try it. Gardener s Monthly. A correspondent of the JfotJM Farner writes : " If I have a cew or a heifi r which is inclined to kick, I take my stool and lit down, with my milking pail between my knees, with my left hand hold of one hind teat and my right one hold of a fore teat. I thcD commence milking, and if she tries to kick, hang on to the teats and keep on milking, as she can neither hurt me, the pail nor herself, nor prevent me from milking. I keep on milking until I get through. By thus persevering a few times, she will see she can do no harm, and will abandon the idea of kicking." A poor farmer cannot conceal the fact that he is a poor farmer. All his surroundings proclaim the verdict against him his horses, cattle, wagons, harness, plows, fences, fields even his wife and children bear silent, but unmistakable evidence against him. On the otherhand, all these things will testify favorably on behalf of the good farmer. Every passer-by can lead the evidence pro or con. Thh fact, alone, ought to stimulate every furnier to do his best, for the sake of his own charac tcr, as well as interest : for he may re-t assured that every passer-b3r will pronounce judgment according to the evidence. Ohio Fitrnur. To coLon black use one and a half ounces of extract of logwood ; one ounce of vitriol to four ounces of extract this is for one pound of woolen goods dissolve the vitriol well, then put in the goods und leairp tHpm in iirtr linnr stir fiei-jicii-innllv , to k from spotting ; have tbe water nn5te hot -. thrn have vour ex ,ftrA ,11 dissolved in plenty of water to cover the goods well. Take out of the vitriol water, püt it in your dye, stir and air it well f r one hour. Then take out and add one pint of salt and one pint of soft soap, to the ooze ; put back your goods, let it come to a scald. This will set the c Mor so it w ill not crock. Wash well in cold water, and hang out to dry. Rural N York r. Exolish writers say the system at pa king eggs small end down is wrong; and their reasons have the appearance of right. We quote : M Most persons will have observed that when an egg is boiled t hevacuum is at the large end of the egg, and that it is more or less extensive according to the age of the egg. Now, this is the part of the egg where the shell is m"4 porous, and where the air is admitted most freely. This air chamber is of the atmdtt importance to the chicken while hatching, as it seems to equalize the supply of the necessary air under the variations of the outer temperature ; and it will be found that the chamber enlarges as the hatching proceeds ; therefore when cegs are packed with the small end up, the liquid presses on the most porous part of the shell ; consequently, for the air to penetrate the eggs, it would have to lift the weight of the fluid." M What are you doing there, Jane V" " Why, pa, I am going to dye my dollf ! pinafore red." j to dye it? " " Bat wliat have you got Beer." "Who on earth told you that beer would dye red ? " Why ma said that it was beer that made your nose red, and " " Here, Susan, take this child." The Ioeleiiieut Se-asoa, And U effects on the Weak and Fttble. The draft? which MMlCfclngeaM inakt !' upon ihc vital powern of the debilitated and delicate are not less severe than the drain upon their stieii'Mh cansed by excessive heat. T8 vasl d -parity "between the temperature of over-heated rooms and oftires, at thlc season, and the frigidity of the outer air, is a fruitful source of sickness. To fortify th body against the evil consequences of the udden alternations of heat and cold referred to. Die ita) organization should be strengthened and endowed with ertra resistant jiower by the u.-e of a irholcsome invitrorant : and. of all preparations forth' iiuriui t, whether mhraceu tu the regular pharmriinr' nr advertised In the ttnblle journals. there is none that will compare in purity and excellence with BOSTETTEU M SToM At 11 HITTERS. Aetiwr directly upon the onraa which converts tbe food Into the fuel or life, the preparation impMrti to it a tone and fifOf which i communicated to every fibre of the frame. The digestive fnnrtion be lag accelerated by its tonic operation, the liver regulated by its anti-bilious properties, and the waste matter of the system carried off punctually by Its nuld aperteW action, the whole organization will Bacoaaaiily be in tbe best possible condition to meet the -hocks of winter and the sudden changes of temperature. The weak and sensitive, especially, cannot encoBBtl i these vicissitudes with safety, nnle?s their tender systems are strengthened and braced by artificial means. Every liquor sold a a rtaple ot trade is adulterated, and. were it otherwise, mere a'cohol is simply a temporary excitant, which, when its first effects have subsided, leave the physical powers (and the mind as well. in a worse condition than before. HOSTETTEK 9 BITTERS, on the other hand, contain the essential properties of the most valuable tonic and alterative roots, barks and herbs, and their active principal ia the mellowest, least exciting, and mott Ieocuous of all diffusive stimulants. The Danger of Delay. But few diseases require more attention than Colds and Coughs, and few are more generally neglected. How many persons, wxen they take cold, consider if of no impoitance, and let it run on, without refiocMng a moment on its consequences. Remember that neglected colds are frequently dangeron". and often rrsnlt in dieKes most difficult to cure. A cold in the bead produces a cough, then comes pain in the si,ic lever, difficulty in hreathlncr. and finally ends in Consumption. Who tvonld stiff r from ti cold, with the probability ol i -erious attack il Catarrh, Bronchitis. tnOoear t, iolhnnmation cf ibe Lang, I when that efficient preventive. MlMlI EH -HBKB BITTKHs. can be had al a moeaenCeno ticeT It will remove the tickling sensation which precedes a cold, prevent hoarseness, check coughing, expel the mucous gathered In the bronchia, and resist uccrtsfnUy that I

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I ' !P-Clill ty. a -z .!;) -'namM-. 1 or money returned j-y the inventor ot tio Celebrate 1 Patent Invistuie Onran e Vibrator for toeenfetc Deafneaa Send lOe. f r T--.'i.' on iv it ( -., Cata-rh and HeroftTa, Dr. T. H. STILWELL, 1 S Bleecker fct . 'ew York. AGKN TS WASTED i:i every towi to neu the en. tr:itcd ' 'iititer H-mn i llmper Lallten! draft am! nwt durnt-'e bmcMmi ma-ie. S" d tor etrralsr. CLieeJCR M v. t: ft Kkapkb Co., M Cite BU.Wew Yorknr.d fets lte!f oaielc a It' name iudtente-i. re irar au'l V rm?oas;rn8enr bvexireM ' on receipt of one ('.'. lar. A'ldre-? LiouTMNo Ti: p t:.., f. Mercer St.. Sew York. vors; i.v.T -Won'd y.-e eport a luxuriant I MoiHtacti? If. j've IHon'ü American i i-nt a trial and vo i wili ) v Oi:n ;-4-h-d with th.' recult. Oalf AS t en's, p edpi'd. Address, LOlilHU M il ls'. Aent KIsie. Mleli. UAVIHIN THOR.3IL.KS8 K APHKHK Y X9 I'l.A TS. Foi le ly th" n'eie, dzen, huLditd or UKHwaad. Vor pa-tieufars addre. .IOI1X GAGE A BUK, Vineland. N. .T. Farms & Fruit Lands. Th" mino'a Central Kailroal In tr:etsof 1 1 :fres and upward )iuianv have for fiale :V.no0 aer.. of eh 'JkCH d l t ent thelrroadand every pnrpovot farming and fruit ianla. ail IjMnji For rrun-crnvlBC, itock-ralslu?, pr titah'e arieulnir.', the e lun-it p -t every no';isitc of soil and el in: ate. THE FatVIT REGION of Sofern HUno! notei for St wonderful fertilit itv afl in the iToduetioti (,i an:Ies. near-, oeaehe n: d kintlj of nuts. I urinz lie' seas in of i-T7, the Sj ecial Fruit Ex'pr-s truui hnvigM ovr Alo.udJ box of p aches a:e! .' ), I bu '.; of tr;wi-rne. t CiilcaM alone, and from thence farnidiine the first r tts f Ji season to all t'ie northern markets. :.000 aeresof these fruit lands are now offered for sale cti favorable terms. Title In Fee from the Sintc. All Sta'1.n Airnts are p-ovi.lel with plals, .-'.o v:'. : the land for sate In 'heir vieinlty. Info-mation given npon ail pdnr t the office of the Land De; artaent, .IS Michigan avenue, ChJesjo, or a descriptive pamphlet, wit it. v. ? "W ag M fiart locality of ail the Ian U, seat o any p 'r-on writing for the same, iu any language, to JOHN B. CALHOUN. Land Cmmisionkr. Ciir A;o. THE SONG QUEEN!" BV 13. !t. PAUWBaV Revised and Enlarged,1! NEW BOOK FOB SIJT0IW0 ( L issrs. It contain jut what I wanted and no more. Tht elemeuu -ire divested of w rd y cx;::''.ioa. The 111 1 1 1m a;-e progressive. It contains a tMoronjrh bMttM on Vr.cat Culture. It co"tins gl-o. du-?, trto, Quartet and Church Pi lc aa 1 Ch -r".- ! r a I OCCMtoaa. Uy e.o ' ticlintr nnwec-wy bu k Tin: s.ivm cjcmn ran he aflbrd ! tat ose Tiued Ti;i'iu: afMaaaaoa paicK : Stiff paper cover ."0 c - VS. 00. nurd eover . cent eac 1 ; ; t Aor. , KOO r A: CaDV. ty W ih'niM-i Hr. ieao. PaVd II a tor-Proof Paper Hoofing, Siding, Ceiling. Carpeting. Water J pes. 1 Eave Gutters, Vj 0. J. FAY & SONS, Camden, lew Jersey. ,Dr, Burton's Tobacco Antidote, VAKRANTrn T REMOTE AM. frsl.'E FOB ToflA( (i petir. It pmrißiet aul wmrieku the blood, inviforam ih ysteiKk po-.f-sf' tfreat nourishing ani Mrrnhi.irpowe, cnai the ti.uiat h to dipM the hearttnu axxlmalte ileop rethin. tuni establishes robust health . Jfmokerx awl ri'ifV'f tixty y'r cured. Price Fiftenti per box. PmCMML An fnUTtrting trra'i'-e en t it inn eSVctS f toB.-i. with lists of testirneriRlsrvftreiKCr, etc.. SI II rim tgenta wanted. Addret IR. T. K. API TT, .Iirset tT. J. TEBTIMON IA1 Af E-.rt-.rvT IvivMriAN's Testimony I hap ra-' !y t. i lturüWs Antidote, and eJtx t av IM n.uch in i;- Draie. It hiraiJ me Jrrrr.i a drdoraUt ccd.ti"n. caused by the uae oMfubacco, t. :!.' f digeaxon ami tvbutt tttalth. Cor. Cotu II. O .inr.i M P IroTe and 2id m , hieairo, 111. 55 Clarl Street. CkieHn, Dl Dr. BtSTt'T- Ar.ti'I'ite oat verfm'y Wc 1. S- I hM boxes Xp tripnm I10 laughed at the ilcA before seeing its wnaWi fJr Recti r V. A. M( Bl itrMiehipan Southern It. K. Fan Tnr. I". S. TnrtsrÄ. 'efarj, (Jer Ft 'id a Tjpplr of ths AmimtV Z'ht ' ; ' its Kork munVKm M X O. T. LbCAk. Trom N'tw HtMrsntai! PtatV rrte Cendcrnen cf Influence here having bdtn cured af the m-P'tite for tobacco by using Dr Hnno-Jn Antidotee uisne a mpply f,.i the prisoners of this idstitut ion. a JosEt'HMy , Waroea of a R. State TiitcW. iBiHrn' TtjAiiTT. Dr. Hwrn'M At.t.iict TuUaceo haf asronrft nil riiimH 1' ' W. l. 1-t Nat. Nef Albtry, Ind. A Cirnr.YHAifn Tktihomv.- m B(,or Axmvrt ei..- i u v tirotlur end nj Mf It m vi k rr ilcvI. W. PiiDtaAikB, Kelley'a totion. Pa. Trom TnTVucK llEAtirAi;TrR, LtsAm-I har p tt.i-JTf'in ly r found nf ße'h in thtt VtuA' by Or rfartou Autldote, aiid ati drirr for tcro ia rcmoreil W . L. WArV Je. kkomtuf. Remm riowr In n i . rtAitoeE, Md. in bor ' f B'irtor's Antiilote r.n.r nil .e.Vr for the wWed frcitu u.e. 1 take pleasure in reeoniruet.'hrtcAit tu all eir readers. T V. Hi.atir. IvJi'c FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Timdmorh x Otn&HakitdA t At I I'N -ltsw ;--,, r n'-vnrc. IMITaTI 'T. 1 at for III 'STXiyS. Tike 1,0 other I W.r NTS. FA KM BKS, t: A U II K M.K " JX. AVO KKI'IT tiKOWKR". Send fr pa-t1en!ar of f! .i'x fmpr-irva fttii T and I " nr(r.'. r 'ina in vert Dcifr : " Bampta I teet vUllN fo'warded to any part of to 1'id.ed States i 'id 1 "" t mtifin Hon ijii'ininteta. f?.orf agentM art 1 ' ' fa rr'ry rouiit 11 in the I'tnteil .-. Adorer J . AU .-A11K, 63 Second Street, D:tltlm.re, Mrl. Hf! Tbs Patent MAGIC CHUB OtaMataBM poison, will col or t.r'v h v'r a nerrrianen 1 nil 11l.il Ha.. r.lact or Pro-!. Sent he ma!l on reee'nt o 1 l Adtr- WM. PAT. ON Trenstirer Mhjic iei 't-ninany. Sprl ..I. Nf . rKsniRiesTrOWJ. Kt-t Co . O.. November I, Wm. LePPUUUCT A BvKtiwst.L , , . Jte.tr Vir. I received yonr second Uetl Jacset Al1' Eer eiiress, aid now eknowlUre 'he same. V or tbe enent ol all wtio.se deal: es or neeeasilles raaketttheir . mh to ehop with an axe, I wonld say : Try the Bad .lacket; and. as the Supreme Court have held .hat a D octor's opinion without hl reaa..ns 1 of little value i will give my reasons : ri' The VL Jacket cuta deeper than the common bit. Serrmd It being round on the cut. It d.es not stick in the w oa. 'Paul- Kvery choprn-r w!th the common are m'tst-dls-cover lhat there 1s as much latior and strength eiended in takl:g the axe out of the en as In making the blow, fimiik -TMs with the Ked .lacket is aJ! avoid e1. and from one-thint to one-h ilf the tahor 1 - ! Ii cutting the same quantity. ff:f By putUu tn the same labor that is neeeasary with a common aie. you can easily make at least Udrty-.hree per cent, more wood tn the same time Tou axe sate In letting any honest man try yonr tied Jacket on taeae lasts, aud, it fails, refund him his money. hepecUully, jours, . For sale by all resnonsiMe dea'ers. and tha n-anuiuC turer-, LIPerKCOTT 4 BAKEVTOI.L, Pi TTSBrT.n, Fa , bole owners ot Co;bnrn acji Reu .Tar ret Paten . 13 -D 0 Winchester Repeating lUfles FttLVHQ rY0 SHOTS I SKt OM) AS A KgrRATKU, AND TWGsTTf HHOlTfi MHUT A A PIN'.V PUVM Ii 1. ADBR. i . ul. aect:rst and wwelftnity vhe t. weano.t. earryliif e: ; en charges, whicn tan Area in -due seconls, are nr r ady for the r,'rK and are for sale by all the responsible Oun ials throudhoat the rounüy. For full liiformatl-JO, sei h-r ouxalarsaod nam pb leu to the W ! M H14TKB KaPXAT I S O AHMS CO., r ,.v !a.. c

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