Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1869 — Page 6

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The Public Finances.

A. few day* ngu General Garfield, » statesman of the moat undoubted veracity, made a speech at Columbus, in which he fare a reeume, more particularly in a financial point of view, of the first four months of Grant’s administration. That exhibit has been before the country, and has challenged Democratic criticism without eliciting it. We have yet to see any attempt even to analyze and hold up to reproach or ridicule this Garfield demon stration of the falsity of copperhead cal umnies. Bare assertion is all that the railers bring up against it, and mere say so is of no account when opposed by facts and figures that cannot be gainsaid. General Garfield first touched upon the corrupt rings which, under Johnson, gained snob mastery of public adminlstra tive attain. Take the whisky ring for example. He ssys that in May, 1848, the total manufactures gave to the revenue but |1,500,000, whereas last month it produced |4,800,000, with thirty six collection districts yet to be heard from. The other . branches of the revenue service exhibit proportionate improvement. Although the first three quarters of the fiscal year yielded but $250,000,000, the current quarter will yield not lesethan f 100,000,000, or $20,000,000 more than was received in any single quarter under Johnson. That the receipts of the Government have been greatly increased is beyond controversy. Turn now to the expenditures. From the same source we learn that the first three quarters of the present fiscal year the expenditures amounted to $256 000.000, or an average exceeding sß2,* 000000, which, for the current quarter, will not exceed $60,000,000, or $25,000,000 less than in any other quarter of the year. It is safe to conclude that, unless some extrsordinary tvent occurs, the appropriations made by Congress, reduced though they were from the estimates ol the Johnson Cabinet, will be more than enough to meet all expenditures. Garfield estimates the surplus at $37,000,000. This, however, is conjecture, the other figures we have given are not based at all upon guess work. As a result of this increase of receipts and decrease of expenses the National debt is being steadily reduced. There is to-day (July 1) due interest on the public debt, inclusive of the Pacific Railroad bonds, thirty-two millions in gold and three millions in currency, or thereabouts. The Government will be able to meet these claims and still have a surplus, estimated by a Washington dispatch of yesterday at $3,000,000 It is not claimed that the plan of weeding oat rascals and imbeciles has been fully carried out, but this much is certain, the progress made has been greater than those who knew the difficulties to be encountered in reform anticipated. We may confidently expect a steady increase in the income fiddecrease in the outgoes of the Government (luring the present Administration.— Chicago Journal.

The Parties.

The Republican Conventions of Maine, Ohio, and Pennsylvania have lately made their various state nominations, and their action was of the kind that shows great party unanimity. The present Governors of the three States were renominated, and the manifesto of each Convention is mainly a resolution to hold fast by the ttatu quo. Upon the pending Fifteenth Amendment the Ohio and Pennsylvania Conventions are very emphatic, urging its ratification 4- while Maine, having already ratified, has sufficiently expressed its opinion. Simultaneously with the wise action of the Republican Conventions we have the pathetic hope from the Democratic journals that the managers of their party are about to show that sagacity which for many years they have not shown, and the prayer that some things may be considered settled even by a Democratic Convention: In the light of experience such a hope and prayer are wholly unreasonable. The instant that the Democratic party drops the appeal to ignorance and prejudice which the agitation of the negro question furnishes, the simple inquiry for every voter will be whether the Democratic party is likeiy to offer a more faithful treatment of the reconstruction policy, and a more generally economical and discreet administration than the Republican party. This is a question to be decided by experience and comparison, and is one from which the Republican party will certainly not shrink.

It is difficult to speak of Democratic principles and policy; for what are they ? Kentucky is a thoroughly Democratic Bt ite, because of the disfranchisement < f part of the population, which is indeed a Democratic policy. But is there any thing in the condition of Kentucky that is so superior to that of Ohio, for instance, that the people of Ohio should wish to exchange ? New York is an exceedingly Democratic city, and Chicago it Republican. Is Chicago anxious to fall into Democratic care? Do the people of Ohio and the citizens of Chicago suppose th*.t their taxes would be lighter if they wen delivered over to the supervision of Tam many and of Meaira. Sweeney. Twtxd, and Hall ? Has the Democratic party, &» such, ever been renowned for superior honesty and economy ? Is* the character of the great mass of its supporters such as to promise a higher tone in politics ! Are the antecedents and training of the party such a* to inspire confidence in its devotion to the principles that have triumphed to the war and at the polls ? The very appeals of whfich we have spoken answer all such questions The moat strenuous and excited exhorter to a change of the tactics of the Democratic party is the New York Worid. Yet, for obvious reasons, that paper is not a fair representative of the party, and. is therefore not trusted, except with great reservation. However clever and sparkling its treatment of political questions may be, it lil felt not to express the average feeling of thojmrty. -Bat its position is stronger than 1t was a year ago. Then it advocated a concession of certain settled points and the. nomination of Mr. Chase, with an anti repudiating platform. In every point Us advice was disregarded by the steady old managers, and the Worid had ita re venae by seriously urging the party to to fawum&oirto

final charge. That advice, of course, recoiled upon it' In the corses of its party leaders and associates: but as the rout of its party at the polls was prodigious, despite of tbe diligent frauds in this State, by which its candidate for Governor was apparently elected, the World had clearly gained the advantage of (he position of I-told-you so. Notwithstanding this, however, tbe World this year goes no further than it went a year ago. It advises its party to assent to the colored vote since it cannot prevent It, and to try and persuade some of the new voters to its own side And it ssys that If the party can only gain power under the present system it can probably retain it; “so that, after a national victory, the party may not derm It ex pedient to deprive the negroes of a franehite which U found to be not incompatible with Democratic ascendency.” It tben proceed* ?to speak of recruiting hosts of former Republicans. But is there any Republican who supposes that the country, nnder the present circumstances, can gain by the ascendency of a party which “ may

not deem it expedient" to undo the whole work of reconstruction 7 Is there any conceivable advantage In Intrusting the Government of tbe country to a party which opposed the war and reconstruction upon the principle of equal rights, and which will take into consideration whether that principle shall he set aside or not? So uncertain is this Democratic guerrilla of the sentiment of its party that it merely hopes tbe managers will not harness dead horses to the Democratic coach. But if this party cannot even now be trusted not to reopen the question of re construction, is there any especial reason why it should be trusted even if it do Clares in Its Convention that it regards Ike question as settled ? Is it. as we asked, a more economical party f Is the character of the men whom it has trusted with office hitherto such as to inspire confidence in those whom it may choose to call to position hereafter ? Is the political career of Mr. Hoffman, for instance, from his proclamation as Mayor of the city making election frauds easy, to bis signature as Governor of the State to the Erie bill, such as to persuade any voter who has hitherto distrusted him tha’ he is worthy of confidence and support, or that he has the least part of that firmness which can resist questionable counsels ? Or what is the Democratic financial policy except an outcry against taxation and incessant vibes at the Secretary of tbe Treasury 7 What is its position upon Free Trade ? Wait, and see if the Pennsylvania Democratic Convention declares for it; or whether Its cry is not still substantially “ Polk, Dallas, and the tariff of” any con venient year. If the most elaborate slanders against every word and act of the President; if the most amusing air of affected pity for the weakness of the Cabinet, in which one -uemher alone, the Attorney-General, outweighs in real force most of the latter Democratic Cabinets together; if the most industrious perversions and sneers could bring the Democratic party into power, its advent might be near. But it is only necessary for all honest voters to reflect that tbe leaders and the mass of that party are what they have been since 1860, and are the heirs of the old traditions, chaDging their expressions a little to suit the changed exigency of tbe times, to retain the dominant party in the ascendency which it has so honorably won, and which, upon the whole, it has thus far justified. Not in this generation can the •treat principles for which three hundred thousand brave men died upon the field of battle be safely committed to the hands of those who denounced the war, encouraged the rebellion, and supported the dogmas by which it was excused. Parties have deeper roots than temporary policies. But since immediate issues and considerations are always persussive, let every earnest Republican take care that the character of the party does not suffer by any connivance of his. Harper's Weekly.

Wants.

[Many people are in perpetual fear that they will “come to want;” but when is there a time in any one’s life that he don’t want something ? some want one thing and some another. The baby Wants to stick his thumb in his eye, kick over the teapot, and wants bis three meals a day. Tne little boy wants

a top, a rocking horse, ar.d a picking at. regular intervals. The little girl wants a doll, and wants to play out doors with the boys. A little older,"the girl wants a beau and the boy wants a bow and-a-arrer The young lady wants a piano and a Grecian bend, invitations to the opera, and exclusive use of the front parlor Sunday nights. The young man wants a fast hon-e, a diamond pin, credit at the tailor’s, a moustache, gin cock-tails, and no words from the ’ old man.” Mature matron wants a select circle of society, car riage with a liveried driver, the best pew in church, presidency of some fashionable benevolent society, wealthy matches for her daughters, and no foolishness. Mas culine maturity wants safe investments, credit at the bank, few friends, plain clothes, daily paper, an eleven o’clock, “tod,” a prompt dinner, slippers and a “night cap.” Old age wants to get up a pretence of being young sometimes, but only wants a quiet place to die in.

There are millions of wants on this earth, without considering whether or not the other planets are inhabited. A vast multitude want “situations,” while another horde, finding themselves in a “bad situation,” want to get out of it. One woman wants a new bonnet, another want a divorce; instead. Grant wants peace,” and Mrs. Dr. Walker wants a government office. Thousands want lodgings at night, and other thousands want aoriuk in the morning. Thirsty loafer knocks at a saloon door at 5 p. m.; he wants to get in. Captured covey in jail; he wants to get out. Some want glory and enlist at thirteen dollars a month to get it; some want hair on the top of the head, some want a leg or an eye; thousands want to get married, a few want to die, many want a club, and all want mo ney. —Fat Contributor.

What a Man Must Endure Who Has a Steed For Sale.

It is safe to conclude from “ Cornelius O’Dowd’s" reflections under this title in Blackwood's, for June, that he has lately had a little trying experience of the heavy redaction in price to which horse flesh is invariably subject when the owner wishes to part with it. There are some touches from the life in the following picture : “ You bear up tolerably well at being told that it is a pity he is not gray, or black, or bay, or roan; that the purchaser bates chestnut; that chestnuts are hasty, fretful, hot-tempered, and so on; and that he would not take a present of a chestnut; then from another that he is too tall or too short, without exactly saying for what; that he has something treacherous about his eye, or that his tail is not set in some peculiar fashion which the buyer admires: but at length you come to more touching censures than these. “ * Shows a deal of work. Those fore legs won’t stand it much longer—back tendon knotted a good deal!’ cries one. * A leetle bit too straight in the pastern for my taste,’ says another, ' and feet a trifle too small; bad shoeing would soon contract that heel for you/ “ ‘ What’s this here ?—capped hock—ah! and a threat of blood-spavin, too. That’s fliwßfh for me/ ““Aie you rare his wind is all right?’ reka a third. T thought he flanked a good deal after that caster. Would you ? -•.v..' .i." '

mind letting y.ror servant give him a sharp gallop ? has he carried a lady 7 will be run leader? how does he jump limber?’ are ail poured In {upon you by people who have no thought of a deal; > and once more come in the ilnubts upon ‘ that eye, or that tendon, or that frog.’ Now, with a fall conviction of your beast's soundness, and a thorough belief in your critic’s igno ranee, these suspicions are so many insults to your understanding, and wounds to your pride. Had there been no questions of sale, you would have resented those impertinences as personal injuries. The converse of ‘ Love me, love my dog’ is, ‘Abure my horse, abuso me.’ “ Last of all comes the fellow who walks around your beast with his eyes ranging from the pastern Joint to the knee,—never higher, and, with a jerk of the head to the groom, says, ‘ Take him in.’ That wretch I could fire every barrel of my revolver at.

“Although you are well aware that the animus of these disparagements is to knock something off tbe price; that in every censure of your beast’s ears or mane, or tail, there la the question of a ten-pound note, tbe insolence is not dlmish ed by that consciousness. Yon Arrive at last at the fact, that where money cMpes in courtesy goes out, and that he who has to dispose of anything, eaters the field as a dealer, and must look for no other civilities than such as’ arc common with his craft “Where a man’s love for his horse has Become a sort of family ass( clion; where the honesty of the animal has made itself a place, like a trusted quality, in his regard ; where you feel that sort of attachment that it is no abuse of terms to call friendship for your beast, it is a sore trial to hear his points discussed by ignorance, and his powers descanted on by flippant insufficiency. /‘For my part, I have to own that I have never figured in the position without feeling like a slave dealer. It was ai thohgh I was setting up for sale, n't onlv the strong thews and smews that had served me, hut the sterling qualities of temper, courage and endurance; the brave intrepidi’y that had carried me nobly through danger; the dash and spirit that had rallied my own heart to daring, and the loyal obedience that had yielded to iny will, even when that will had been little better than a caprice, if not half a cruelty.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

An object of attraction—a magnet. Who is the slave of.old ocean? The surf. The “ bump of destructiveness” a railway collision. Tub most steadfast followers of our Jar - tunes—our creditors. The man who was wrapped up in his own thoughts had a very thin covering, and took a violent cold in consequence. “Jim,” said one youngster to another, on the Fourth—“ Jim lend me two cents, will yer ? I got uo so early that I spent, all my money before breakfast. I didn’t think the day was going to be so long ” An attorney, on being called to Account for having acted unprofessionally m taking less than the usual fees from his client, pleaded that he had taken all the man had. He was thereupon honorably acquitted. A tiiree year old boy of a Pittsfield clergyman, watching his mother making biscuit one Sunday for lea, asked her if it was not wicked to work on Sunday. Of course she said it was, and the logical little chap continued, “ Oo’ll catch it when ’oo get to heaven!” A clergyman was one day much anil iyed by those wh > drip, elinas er the service had commenced, invariably closing the door after them. He bore the vexa tion with Job-like patience, but at length, b ing fairly exhausted from beat, he vociferated to au offender: “ Friend, do for goodness sake, let the door be open. I believoif I were preaching in a bottle, you would put the cork In.” The Sandwich Islands must be a cheerful place for horses and donkeys. According to a correspondent these animals are used as shark bait The plunging animal, whose head is fastened to a buoy, attracts large shoals of the shovel-nosed monsters, which ravenously tear th< haunches and flanks of the poor beast, and they are heedless of the Kanakas in canoe?, who spear them. • The Springfield Republican says that it is of a member of the Railway Committee of ihe Massachusetts Legislature, Anno Domini 1869, that this story is told: Being'on a visit, with other members of the Legislature, to Lowell, during the winter, they were called to see a beautiful new steam engine in one of the factories. The visitors, impressed, not only with the beauty, but with the silent majesty of its movements, walked slowly about it, or stood in quiet admiration. The first one to speak was our hero. Turning to his neighbor, he said : “ Pretty, isn’t it. Does the thing go by water, or steam ?” Many years ago, in London, a ciever detec ive of the period hit upon a very ingenious trick for trapping watch-pullers He made himself up like a respectable old gentleman from the rural districts, a very conspicuous item of his outfit being au immense bunch of seals that hung by a ribbon from the watch-pocket under his waistband. In this guise he ‘‘mooned” about the streets, gaping at everything, and looking into shop windows. It was not long before he felt a sharp tug at his watch-ribbon, followed by a yell of agony. The astute thief-catcher had interspersed among his seals a lot of fish hooks, and so it came that he landed the first thief that pounced upon his bait.

TnEßfc was a “ run” recently on a Brooklyn savings bank, and the directors found that they had not money enough in the vaults to meet the demand, and sent a messenger to New York to gets fresh supply. They were afraid to get out, ana instructed the teller to count very slowly in order to gain time. The next ruse was to send one of the clerks into the line of depositors, and have him present his account and get into a row with the teller. lie did his work to perfection, complained that the money was not all right, compelled the cashier to count it several times, and made so much noise that policemen had to be sent for. Ths rest of the depositors were amused at the row, and forgot that they were being detained. When the messenger arrived with a fresh supply of money, the teller apologized to the fictitious di post tor, the quash-1 was made up, and the work of paying went on. A Scotchman and an Irishmam happened to be journeying together through a most interminable forest,, and by some mishap lost their way and wandered about in a pitiable condition for a while, when they fortunately came across a miserable hovel, which was deserted save by a lone chicken. As this poor biped was the only thing eatable to be obtained, they eagerly despatched and prepared it for supper. When laid before them, Pat concluded that it was insufficient for the support of both himself and Sawney, and therefore a proposition was made to his companion that they should spare the chicken until the next morning, and the one that had the most pleasant dream should have the chicken, which was agreed to. In the morning Sawney told his dream. He thought angels were drawing him up to heaven in a basket, and he was never before so happy. Upon concluding his dream, Pat exclaimed, “ Och, sore, and be jabers, I saw ye going, and thought ye wouldn’t come back, so I got up and ate the chicken myiel£”

Farm and Household.

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. Bum ent in 0< tbe opinion that where fowls are fed tin corn or barley it pays Well to “boil It. Oata and buckwheat should be fed raw. Always loosen tbe check-rein before giving the horse water. Even if the pail is held so high that the rein is not drawn tight, the position is not a natural one in which to drink. The Stock Journal says the time to feed poultry is not in the morning. Let them do the best they can for themselves in the early part of the day, but just before they go to roost fill their crops with nudding. Active digestion nan go in the crop and gizzard of tne chicken while Itis asleep.

Liquro manure should.be made weeks before applying to plants, as experiments here have proved that when applied too s'rong it causes the plant to wither, and stops its growth, and those plants watered with a weak solution of liquid manure grew finely and made one fifth more growth than those that were not thus «vaExperimental Farm Journal. It is said (hat a cup of coffee is a sure barometer, if you allow the sugar to drop to the bottom of a cup and watch the bubbles arise without disturbing the coffee. If the bubbles collect in the middle, the weather will be fine; if they adhere to the cup, forming a ring, it will be rainy ; and if the bubbles separate without assuming any fixed position, changeable weather may be expected Try it. One would think that a kind-hearted man, when he sees how grateful this operation is to a cow, would be willing to Spend a few moments carding her. It pays as well to clean a cow as a horse. All who have fairly tried it find great benefit from the operation. And not one farmer in a hundred makes it a practice to use the card or curry-comb in.the cow stable. We know stupid men who laugh at the idea as a mere notion of some fancy farmer. But in point of fact, no cow can give the best results at the pail unless this matter is attended to, especially in winter. —Stock Journal. Fob the preservation of 'he luster of articles of silver or plated ware, when not needed for actual use for a considerable ti me, a coating of collodion (to be had at the drug store), may be employed »o great advantage. The articles are to be heated and tbe collodion then carefully applied by means of a brush, so as to cover the surface thoroughly and uniformly. It is used most conveniently when diluted with alcohol, as for photographic purposes. Articles thus prepared exhibit no trace whatever of their covering, and have stood for more than a year in shop windows and in dwellings, retaining their white luster and color, while other pieces not thus prepared become seriously tarnished.— Exchange. The Journal of Applied Chemistry condemns, in strict language, the practice of putting up articles or diet in envelopes of tin foil. The tin foil, it contends, contains lead poison, and is very injurious to the health of those who. eat articles that have been inclosed in it. The warning given to tobacco chewers against the use of “ fine cut ” put up in this style is worthy of attention. By oxidation the nicotine of the tobacco becomes nicotic acid, which acts on lead, producing a salt which is very poisonous, and not unfrequently shows its deleterious effects among consumers of “ the weed ” in the form of paralysis of the facial nerves. We often see, ana perhaps in most cases without realizing the cause, persons who are in the habit of chewing tobacco, afflicted with a nervous twitching of the muscles of the face, and a certain, though almost indescribable, wrinkled expression of the countenance, and which, as every reason to believe, has its sole origin in the use of to bacco which has undergone this reaction with lead. The tobacco alone was never known to produce this effect, and although its inordira'xusJ is undoubtedly injurious, the symptoms are quite of a different character. Foreign cheese is brought to this market in tin foil; so are bologna and other sausages, dried fruits, etc. All these are more or ies made poisonous by their action upon the lead which surrounds them.

Summering Young Calves.

The first summer is the important one for calves. If they come through it in good, sound, thrifty condition, their future rearing is easy. If they get pot-bellied, out of shape, and stunted, a year will be lost in their development and growth, and they will never be »o good as they would have been had they kept growing from their birth. The secret of success in raising calves is to keep them thrifty from the very start. Let them never get a check, and they will pay in the end for the extra care, A frequent mistake is to turn calves out to grass too early. Thi y have to eat a large amount of succulent food, to supply to their imperfected digestive organs a sufficient amount of such nutriment as they can use, and they develop enormous paunches, out of all proportion to their frames. By frolicking they expend, in muscular waste, material that should go to help their growth, and by becoming over heated they disarrange their entire systems. Later in tbe season, on stinted), draught-parched pastures, they are often as much starved by the want of food as they were earlier by the want of ability to make complete use of what they did eat. Calves should not be weaned on grass, unless constantly with their dams,., and receiving a bountiful supply of milk late into the season. Good rowen hay, (or cured grass,) which contains.a large proportion of nutriment that the young stomachs can easily appropriate, and & liberal feeding, twice or three times a day, with skim milk— withholding water, so that they will drink the more milk—is the best bill of fare for at least four months. At the end of that time, they may, unless the weather is excessively hot, be gradually accustomed to a short and fine pasture, until they will thrive on that alone. —American Agriculturist.

Learn Something Thoroughly.

The trouble with the young people of our day is, that that they skim over a great many things, but do not know anything positively. They catch at the sound of words, as did the lad, who, when asked if he had studied German, answered, “ 1 have not, but my cousin plays the German flute.” They study mineralogy, botany, and ornithology, but how little do they really know about the rocks, the flowers, and the birds 1 For this reason they find but little pleasure in them. When a stranger comes to the place where we live, we feel very little interest in him, but after we are introduced to him, and become fully acquainted with him, and. find him very agreeable, we wish to be in* his society ak olten as possible. Professor Agassiz once placed a grasshopper upon his lecture table before a class of young men, and told them that this insect wodla be the subject of their conversation for the hoar. The class smiled at this, wondering wfrat new thing could be told of of this familiar little skipping fellow, urnping about their feet every summer. But they found the hour to be only too short, and wished for another, as the Professor opened before them all the curious and interesting facts about the grasshopper which his careful observation had revealed to him. We may have an active business, employing us daily, and still find time, if we are in earnest about it, to become no*

attainted with at least one cf the branches of natatol science. One of the mo*V active physicians In the Connecticut Valley collected a cabinet of inseoU and birds that was valued at fIO,OOO when he died, and a college coneidered l'self very fortunate in securing it, while the work of collecting It was the Joy of his life. Another,

in the same Valiey, became the most thorough scholar in the fossil tracks made In the sandstone formations of the vicinity. The writer well recollects the great pleasure exhibited by an eminent medical K* sor, who is also a very busy and nt writer, when shown a large elm tree; be whipped out his tape measure in a moment to learn its exact size. It proved to be a giant in circumference. All the facts about it were noted in his diary. He was acquainted with nearly every large tree In his native State, and every tiling of interest connected with them. It was delightful to hear him recount the incidents which he had gathered about them. We have often met a charming old gentleman, who wore a plain and neat Quaker dreas, and, until his l&mcutfd death, was interested In the charitable institutions of the State in which he lived He made a large fortune by economy and diligence. Wherever ho went he carried with him a convenient little fl iwer case, and whenever his quick eye fell upon a new blossom, or even an old one, if attractive, he gathered it as a great prize. He knew each flower by its own name, had learned alt its habits, and seemed almost to hold conversation with it. • What a pleasure to recognize every different bird by its form and note, to call them all by their appropriate names, and to know all their wonderful instincts shown in making their nests, gathering their food, and caring for their young! Choose one of these branches—the rocks, the flowers, the trees, the insects and fishes, or the birds, and then from books, from conversation with those who have information, and, above all, from careful observation, learn all about them; and thus an inexhaustible source of enjoyment will be discovered. —American Agriculturist.

Sheep after Shearing..

After a sheep has lost its fleece, the skin of the animal becomes very sensi ive to the heat of a searching sun, or the cnill Of a cold storm. To be convinced of this, and the importance of making some extra exertion for the comfort of the ani mals, it is only necessary to visit the field where the flock is kept, when the day is hot or immoderate, and witness the discomfort manifested. In either case the sheep will be found seeking shelter, panting or shivering, and of course suffering severely. Probably the most economical mode of protecting the flock is to turn them into the woods, or into a field, a part of which is covered by forest trees. Here, in a hot day they are shielded from the sun, and iD a cold storm get some protection. It is better, however, when a cold storm approaches, to drive the fl >ck up, and keep them in the barn until the weather is suitable for them to go out again. It will be remembered that but a few years ago, thousands of sheet) were kiiled in Northern Ohio, by a cold storm some time in June Farmers at that time who were thoughtful enough to care for their flocks saved them, and the lesson learned them should be remembered. It is not frequent that we have summer storms severe enough to kill sheep outright, unless, perhaps, it be a few old “pel ters,” yet that is no argument against giving them protection, for when an animal suffers from any cause, it declines in flesh, health and strength. At this season it is particularly important that ewes with lambs be given aH the advantage possible, for they have two lives to support, and the draught upon their systems is heavy enough, without being subjected to endurances which might, with care, be averted.— Ohio Farmer.

Improvement in Grain.

Experiments have demonstrated, and analogy has shown, that the finest and btst samples of seed, continued for years, will improve the quality and quantity of the product. A better wheat is thus raised ; even a variety may be established. On this principle, in farm stock, we have the short-horn, the blooded horses, and the different breeds of sheep, swine, poultry, _ &c. ~ We plant and sow “as it comes.” We take the seed of the same grain that we use in the aggregate, and sow it. Is not this the case almost always ? Corn is an exception to some extent—but why do we except corn? Because it is handy to select. But why -select at all ? Because it is understoood to be good. Analogically, then, it is good to do the same with wheat, oats, barley, &c. But this is less easily done; we therefore neglect it. How long will it take a farmer to go through his wheat and secure the finest and ripest heads sufficient to sow an acre, or half an acre, or a quarter—or even a pint of seed ? This pint sowed will be sufficient to form a test crop. The best heads taken from this again, and sowed, willl yield another test crop, from which should be taken as before; and so on lor a number of years, say half a dozen—more still better. But three or four years will work a decided difference. But the thing should be continued from selected wheat every time. way grain can be improved and crops enlarged. There will be larger grains, earlier maturity and better growth. —Rural World.

Sowing Corn for Green Fodder.

Corn for green fodder should be sown, not broadcast, but thickly, in rows three feet agart. so that it may be readily “ tended ”by horse power. At this width the cultivator will pass through the rows without danger, and if the seed is thick in the drills, (not less than twenty-five kernels to the foot,) it will, on rich land, form so bushy a growth as to nearly occupy the whole space. The sowings may be continued, at intervals, until nearly or quite the first of August The rows being marked out, by chaining, or with the plow, the corn may be sown quite rapidly by hand, and covered with the feet, as recommended by Peter Henderson in his “Gardening for Profit,” and then well rolled down. Or, which is much better, it may be put in with a wheat drill by taking out all but the middle and two end teeth, and stopping the discharge from the hopper except over these. This will bring the rows at about the proper dis tance apart, and the quantity of seed may be easily regulated so as to give the requisite thickness in the drill., Corn sown in this way needs no additional covering beyond what a roller will give it. Should it not be needed for feeding in its green state, it may be bound in smalt bundles, and cured in long shocks made around a rail supported by crotches or stakes. When cured, it forms a nutritious fodder. —A ffri cul turi st.

—The Ohio Legislature has passed a bill for protection to the lives of railway passengers, by which it becomes unlawful for any Company in that State to heat its cars by any apparatus otherwise constructed than that the fire will be immediately extinguished when the cars are overturned; and by which no pars run 6n tne roads shall be illuminated except by candle a properly protected. Every Company violating the provisions of this act shall be liable to a forfeiture Of not more than SSOO nor less than SIOO, half the penalty going to the complainant, and the other half to go to the State common schools. The Mt takes effect Hot. 1.

The District Attorney of Sacramento, California, waa -recently called off from the trial of a murderer by forged telegrams slating that his daughter waa dying. :ie left the case ia the hands of a grlbn lawyer, and hurried Jkoma, only to find bis child well ani hear of the acquittal of the prisoner.

—Two years ago we called attention to the excellent qualities of Q. A. Prince A Co.’s Organs and" Melodeons, manufactured in their extensive establishment in Buffalo, N. Y. Since that time the re sources of these enterprising manufacturers have been so vigorously developed, that with the facilities now at their command, they have improved even upon those superior qualities of their Instrument to which we then bore witness. This im provement is particularly discernible in the appearance of the articles they l now offer to the public—their splendid finish, their elegance, and that exquisite symmetry arid beauty that render them desirable as parlor ornaments. For the use of small churches, Sunday schools, Academies, and for private residences, where the attri butes most valuable in such instruments can be appreciated, the Organa and Melodeonsmf Prince A Co. are unequaled, as the extraordinary demand for them Attest: Mr. M. A. Stowell, of Indianapolis, is the agent, and can always exhibit a fine assortment.

Th« But aicd Original Toma or Ison.—Ptaos phorus and Gallaaya, known at Kerro-Phospbated Elixir of Calluya Bark. The Iron restore* nolor to the blood, the phnephorna reeewa wnatn of the nerve tlaine. and the caltsaya give. nataral, healthful tone to the digestive organa, thereby coring dyapepala In tta various forma, wakefulness, genera] debility, depresalon of spirit.; alio, the beat pravsstlve agalnat fever and ague. One pint contttna the vlrtnea of one ounce of callsay*, nnd one teaapoontal, n grain ot Iron and phosphorus. Manufactured only by Caswell, Hazard * Co., sacoesstTs to Cstwell, Mack * Co., New York. Bold by Druggists.

Get the Best.

This Is sound advice, especially, since we give It In reference to medicine, nnd In order to learn which is '• the best," let merit be the test. The American market Is flooded with all sorts of vile and dangerous nostrums, and tbonsands of human lives are constantly placed in jeopardy hy them. Bnt there are several really invaluable medicinal preparations which every family in the land ought to possess at all time'. Foremost among them is MISHLERB HERB BITTERS, which has fully established its claim as the most efllcaclons compound extant for purifying the blood and eradicating diseases arising from a d sordered stomach, liver, kidneys. Intestines, etc. It Is nsed In many hospitals, asylnms, dlsKnsatories, prisons, etc., and recommended by a ■ge number of acknowledged leaders of the medical profession, and hat conquered an immense field solely on the strength of what It can and does do in preventing, checking and caring disease. Everybody should use It for Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Fever and Agne, and Bilious complaints generally, Kidney diseases, Liver complaint, Ac.

Words of Weight for Wives and Mothers.

The superiority of HOSTKTTER’S BTOMACH BITTERS over all other tonics and correctives, as a remedy for dyspepsia, biliousness, nervous affections, and all complaints of the visceral organs, and as a preventive of malarious disorders. Is proverbial; bnt porhapt It is not sc generally known that the Ingredients of this famous invlgorant and alterative exercise a powerful and most beneficial influence In that numerous and distressing class of ailmentg. of whieh so many thousands of delicate women are the patient, uncomplaining victims. The special troubles of the sex, commencing with the dawn of womanhood, and extending over a period of from thirty to thirtyfive years, are as readily and certainly relieved by the operation of this admirable vegetable preparation, as any of the complaints common to boib sexes, for which it it recommended as a specific. The attention of mothers is Invited to Its balsamic effect In those pecnliar case* of functional irregularity and irritation, which, when neglected or maltreated, destroy the health and shorten the lives of so many invalids. Thera is no need for the powerful and dangerous drugs too often resorted to In snch cases. The mild tonic and restorative action of the BITTERS is all the assistance that nature requires in lta straggle to overcome the dilflealty, and a vaat amount of suffering would be spared to the sex. If they placed implicit faith In this wholesome vegetable lnvigorant. corrective, and nervine, and discarded the pernicious nostrums advertised by Ignorant and mercenary charlatans. Dr. Scott, the proprietor and editor of the Is banon Star , Is a prominent physician. Perry Davis' Psin Killer, the old and well known remedy, which has acquired a world wide renown for the cure of sodden colds, coughs, etc., weak stomach, general debility, nnreing sore mouth, cankered month or throat, lfvercomplaint, dyspepsia or indigestion, cramp and pain in the stomach, bowel complaint, painters' colic Asiatic cholera, diarrhea and dysentery, has lost none of its good name by repeated trials; but continues to occupy a prominent position in every family medicine cheat.— Lebanon Star, Dec. im, 1859. _ Agents are wanted by the American Life lna. Co. of Philadelphia. See advertisement elsewhere. Bee advertisement of J. 1. Case * Co„ Racine, Wta.

A GOOD FAMILY MEDICINE. ALLEN'S CELEBRATED LUNG BALSAMCures Colo*, Houghs and Conaumptlon. ALLEN'S CELEBRATED LUNG BALSAM— Cnres bro> chltis. Asthma and Croup. ALLEN’S CELEBRATED LUNG BALSAM— Imparts strength 'o the system. ALLEN'S CELEBRATED LUNG BALSAMIs pleasant to take. ALLEN’B CELEBRATED LUNG BALSAM - always gives satisfaction or the money will be refunded. it Is recommended by prominent Phy.lc’an*; and while It Is pleasant to take and harmless In Its nature. It Is a powerful remedy fbr curing all diseases of the Lungs. Sold bt all Dxuooists. SUMMER TONIC! Dr. S. 0. Richardson’s sm mi bittmsi The Celebrated New England Remedy FOB HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, Jrfandtce, Fewer and Ague, General Debility, and all Diseases arising from a Disordered etomanh, Liver or Bowels, sack ns Acidity of the Stomsch, Indigestion. Heartburn, Loss oi Appetite. Costiveness. Blind and Bleeding Piles, Disgust of Food. Sour Emotions Sinking o- Fluttering of the Pit or the Stomach. Dimness of Vision, Yellowness or the Skin and Eyes, Pain In the Side, Back. Chest of Limbs, and In all cases where s TONKJ >s necessary. J. N. Harris & Co., Sole Proprietors, ipIHCINWATI, OHIO. IT For Bale by nil Medicine Dealers.

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DR. RANSOM S HIVL STROP iHD TOLD! Dr. Ransom's Htva Byre* knit Tolu, in addition to liwredlanta for ordinary'Hive Bvimn, jonUlft* Balaam of Tolu, Ib-coctlon of Skunk Cabbage Root; Lobelia Bpd Hop*) a combination That (bust connand it to everyone as a superior remit-y for Crnfip, Whoplng. Cough, Asthma, bronchitis, Oonglia Slut Colds, indt-od. for all affections oi the lnruai and I.unga whore a cough medicine la ivVtmtsry This Syrup la carefully prepared under the pmvonsfdlrectlouqr a regular physician of over twenty year.' practice, whose signature la attached Id the. direction* on Ut* bottle. Ita very pleasant taste make, it in agreeable medicine tin not only an » unlvarsatGouah Medicine, but Mamin mod for sudden attack* of Croup auiout Keratinb«r that. Connumptlon la caused, i n mo# i cam, by neglecting a alight cough.

Greatest Discovery of the Age! DR. /I 4 ‘pßA.SlC’* Magnetic Ointment ! This remarkable and most lntereatlag remedy Is composed of tit* concentrated .lulces or the m ..t powerful and the moat soothing Plant, and Root, Li nature, chemically combined and In-elated in well sealed glass bottles, and charged by a powerful Battery: Thus possessing In addition to Its superior medical virtues, strong MaonrTio AND Klrotrvi properties, profoundly penetrsUng, and eminently quieting and soothing. It relieve. Pain and Inflammation at once, (when frequently applied.) relaxing (lie <trained muscles sod nerves, giving new life and vitality by its life giving qualities, to Paralysed parts and Chronic or tong standing Complaints and Weaknesses, allaying Nervous pain. (Neuralgia.) Irritation, and Removing Obstructions like a charm. Indeed all who have used It, speak of it as trnly a wonderful medicine, and esteem It by for superior to any and all ether external remedies In ose. If applied In seasanltls an unmillng remedy for the Group, Diplherla, Bore Ibroat, Inflammation of the Lungs, Bowels, Liver, Kidneys and other Organs, Rheumatism, Spinal Irritation, Ague in the Breast, and at all times cures Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, Bore Kyea, Ktr Ache, Tooth Ache. Ague In the Face. Pimples and Kruptlous of all kinds, rile*. Bruised and Sprained Limits, Burns, Frozen parts. Chilblains, Indolent and long standing Sores, Wounds, Ac.. Ac. It will also restore the Hair to the Bald Head, and prevents the Hair from foiling.

Prof. H. Anderson’s DERM ADOR! In A Liquid; Liniment for ftxternal Application, FOR MAM OK. BEAST, A Valuable Combination Discovered bv a Celebrated Ohemiat. Its free application to Inflamed wires, and surfaces, on both Man and Beast, in a very short time relieves the pain and soreness, snd the hos, angry and red surface becomes cool, moist and natural, and by oqutlnued application and attention, (he part Is soon restored to health. IMPORTANT TO HORSEMEN Prol Anderson’s Dermador Is the best Liniment In qse tor horses. This foctlsshown bynumerous letters from all part* Of the country. A late one reads as follows: “We have been experimenting with your Dermador on horseflesh, snd find It a very su rlor remedy; much superior to the famous •• Gargling Oil," or any other liniment we ever used In our Livery stable. Please send us two dozen la-ge bottle* by express 0.0. D. Yours respectfully, “ W ATSMN A COOPER. Waverly. Ind." DR. J. R. MILLER’S Universal Magnetic Balm Curs*, as If by Magnetic Influence, Neuralgia and all pain, and Is tnerelore very properly termed “Magnet to Ba m.” It Is purely a vegetable preparation. It has no eqaal as a remedy for CHOLERA, CHOLERA Mo3IUB, DIAURIKKA, DYakNFERY, COLIC, and all BOWEL OOMPLAINTS. Its timely uso will cure Colds. Croup, Dtptuerfa, Quinsy, and all Throat affections. _ j . When properly nsed, Fever and Ague, -ud other complaints Incident to our western aim joulhern climates, are easily broken up. FEVER AND 4«ITE. Cleanse the system; then, as the time forachll draws on, cover warmly in bed and take a cupful ol hot water, with one or two teaspoonfnls of the Magnetic Balm sw etened with brown sugar, also baths the back and stomach with the Balm and remain quiet. Repeat, If necessary. IV All the above Medicines are Mold by Druggists Everywhere. D. RANSOM & CO., Prop’s, = BUFFALO, IV. 'V. CHINE. Price The f-implest.tffteaefrt nnd best Knitting Machine ever Invented. Will imnuhj. LlberaU»u!ueemiintsto Agents. AdwriwAMKRTPAN KNILTINO MACHINE CO.» Boston. Murk., or St. Louts. Mo. . Musket MIIOT BUNA Warranted To shoot close and kill 60 yards. Price, ol.'lll. Wanted.—Army Guns and Revolvers. Bend stamp for price list ll.flKS, Shot Guus, Revolvers, to JOHNJTO.vauUN WORKS, Pittsburgh, Pa. Health’s Delicious Elixir. It Is nlmost worth while to have a touch or Dyspepsia, or a biHbns hoAdnche, or a twinge of bilious colic, or a feeling of debility, in order to realize the delightful effect of Tabkaet’s Bffkkvbscent Seltzer Aperient. The renledy, as it bubbles in the goblet like champagne, is so pleasant, so refrenhing, that it is positive enjoyment to drink it, ana as,a tonic, evacuapt ami anti-bilious preparation, it is Tar more efficacious than any of the .sickening drugs usually prescribed ' BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

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