Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1870 — Page 4

CURRENT ITEMS.

WAB»A»-Army TWtIOM. TnOMKM ok tkb War-Uniforms. McOlxllah’s income retain is >BO,OOO. Tn only persons who really erjoy bad health are the d<xtore. Ik Pittsburgh, r couple, aged 18 and 15, hare recently got a divorce. It makes a great difference whether glaisee are used over or under the nose. Tan letter-carrier* of Nashville, Tenn., deli Vend ®4,M& letters tn August. Tn million heirs of Anneke Jans are likely never to be millionaires. A Jnanr former offers to dig potatoes against Weston, 100 miles in M hours, up and down the rows. Tn yield of this year of one man’s orchard, near Tampa, Florida, will be 36,000 pine apples. •' An Illinois gardener has a garden of five thousand acres, on which he raises seeds. It is corn-seeds that he raises. On of the amusements at Long Branch is Said to be watching the New Jersey mosquitoes open dams with their bills on the shore. Louisa Murray (colored), of Mobile, goes to the penitentiary for dvo years for the abduction of the Digby child in New Orleans. Dubikg the past year, 45 men have been killed, six wounded, and 500 head of cattie driven off, in one county of Arizona. Tonne lady physicians are multiplying rapidly throughout the country, ana consequently the young men are decidedly more sickly than they used to be. A Nevada man was bitten by Mcorpion, which didn’t hurt him much, but he nearly died of the delirium tremens from drinking whisky to cure it. A Chicago music publisher has issued a song entitled, “ Father will Bettie the B11L” All the young ladies in the city practice it at home as well as at the stores. A California lady took a big rattlesnake out of her baby's cradle with two canes, and dropped him into a kettle of boiling water, which took the bite out of him.

Thbrb are twelve brothers and four sisters in a New York family named Frost, and five of the brothers were christened as Winter Frost, White Frost, Sharp Frost, Jack Frost, and Snow Frost. The longest railroad bridge in the United States is the Cayuga bridge ten miles west of Auburn, N. Y. It is one mile and fifty yards in length, and twentytwo feet wide, and cost $150,000. Mark Twaib'b nsw book, which is to be published next spring is to be an account of travel at home, describing in a humorous and satirical way, our cities and towns, and the people of different sections, A well-known old citizen of Sangamon County, 11L, residing near Loami, has for many years past been exceedingly deaf. A short time since, he was struck by a alight streak of lightning, and now hears perfectly well. ■ Thb editor of the Jonesboro, IIL, Gaaette suggests to some of the Union county dairymen to comb their butter before they bring it to maiket. Perhaps, ■area Cairo paper, they want to sell it for Thb Mrs. Thurston who believes that she owns the State of Maine has made a will relinquishing the State to the Governor and 1 : s successors in office, reserving for her heirs a prvate residence in Portland, and some funds in bank. A recent storm passing over Granbundten, in Switzerland, uprooted the old oak under which, in 1412, the constitutional oath was taken. But already from the debris has sprung up a vigorous young shoot. A label, with his name upon it, which is attached to the coat of every German soldier, so that he may be recognized in case of death, is of tin, and not of parchment, which would soon be destroyed by perspiration. An old toper, who had attended the Polytechnic, where the learned professor caused several exp’esions to take place from gases produced from water, eaid: “You don’t catch roe putting water in my liquor after this. I had no ’ idea before that water was so dangerous, though I never liked to take much of it.” Thb thigh bone of a mastodon was ex humed on the farm as Henry Muzzy, near Aurora, 111, a few days ago. It is in a perfect state of preservation, measures tour feet in length, and one foot in diameter at each end, and weighs fifty seven pounds. Search for the remainder of the monstei’s skeleton was being made. A little child 4 years old, son of Mr, George W. Dexter, of Dan'elsonvllle, Conn., recently fell backward from a second story window, sixteen feet from the ground, and turning a back summersault, alighted upon the ground entirely unhurt. He immediately got up and went to playing as if nothing had happened. A PBiBST, the other day, who was examining a confirmation class in the south of Ireland, asked the question, * What is the sacrament of matrimony t" A little girl at the head of the class answered: “ 'Tis a state of torment into which souls enter to prenare them for another and better world.” Thb Postmaster-General has issued an order requiring the name and address of the sender of a registered letter or package to be affixed to the same, and in case of non delivery, the registered letter or package will be returned directly to the office from which it is sent for delivery to the sender, without, as now, being returned through the Dead Letter Office. In case the sender of a letter or package thus returred cannot be found, it will then go to to the Dead Letter Office and be treated as other mail matter. “ Gbt money honestly if thee can, but get money,” said the old Quaker to his son. . Acting upon the principle involved in this advice, a woman in Philadelphia has adopted a novel pursuit. She faints in front of one cf the large hotels or a store. She is carried info the place and receives proper attention. Everybody sympathizes with her, a small purse is made up to pay expenses, and she is sent home in a carriage. The business has netted her a good income. A young fellow in Nashua, N. IL, recently got angry with his sweetheart, and for revenge took her to ride and left her on the steps of a country hotel, several miles from home, to find her way back as best she could. The girl one evening afterward induced him to drive her to visit her sister, twenty miles distant, and while ■ he was out or the buggy endeavoring to decipher the name on a door-plate, she drove off and left him to go home when The fun cost him twenty Wb have tidings from Boston of a clergyman of Massachusetts who, on exchange, preached in a brother’s pulpit. Taking up a note which he found when he opened the Bible, he read that Brother —— requested the prayers of the church that the loos of his wife might be blessed to him, etc. The preacbei prayed most fervently. To his amazement and mortification he found afterward that the note had lain in the Bible a-year, while the bereaved gentleman was on this B*bbath sitting with a new wife in the conjoint OnxßitY, of Cairo, HL, formerly Mayor of that ffitf, being slightly bald, recently purchased a bottle of 41 hair res-

torer." He subsequently mistook a bottle of petro oil for that which he had purchased, and applied some of that very volatilq substance to hiajMad. Prebently he lighted a match' tor the purpose of having a amoke, when the flame set his head on fire. No more serious injury occurred than singeing all the hair off his head, which, although before only slightly bald, is now as bcre as a billiard bail In all policies of life insurance these, among a host of olh< r questions occur: "Age of faltnr. if livingt” "Age of mother, if living?" A man in the counawho filled up an application made his er’s age, 44 if'living,' one hundred and twelve years, an ! his mother's one hundred and two. The agent was amazed at thia showing, and landed he had got an excellent subject; but;' feeling somewhat dubious, remarked that the man came ol a very long-lived family. 44 Oh, you see, sir,” replied the applicant, “my parents died many years ago, but, 4 if living ’ would be aged as there put down." “ Oh, I see," said the agent. Orb morning, Just before dawn, the guardian of the Paris Morgue was called to the door by a rap, and saw there an habitual drunkard of the better sort—if such a classification is possible. 41 What do you wish ?’’ he asked gruffly. 44 1 sit I?'inquired the inebriate. ”1 came to see if I am not at the Morgue, for it is now eight days since I have been seen at my lodgings, and I am getting uneasy.” His uneasiness was quieted, for, a few hours afterwards, through the intervention of a sergeant of police, he found himself at home.

Thb San Francisco Bulletin gives the following account of an Italian organ grinder who recently died in that city: *‘He had traversed the streets for many years with an organ and monkey; and probably ground out as much dolorous music as any one of that vagabond fraternity. Ami j irity cf the people no doubt inferred that he was miserably poor. What other than the direst necessity could drive a man into such a wretched pursuit ? Ard what beside the very pinch of famine could compel small children to become tenders for these mendicants J Or gan grinding, while taking on a very squalid aspect, pays handsomely in Ban Francisco, in some instances at least It turns out that this defunct musical mendicant, who looked up so abjectly to second story windows for a dime, and fobbed the five cent pieces which children bestowed for the antics of his monkey, died leaving an estate estimated to be worth not less than SIOO,OOO. He had no heirs in this country, and we presume the public administrator will take charge of his property.

Self-Reliance.

Thbhb is nothing more likely to result in the successful career of a young man than confident self reliance. It is astonishing how much more a youth will accomplish who relies upon himself, than one who depends upon others for assistance. Having first ascertained the direction in, and the means by which his object is to be reached, let him put his whole energies to work, and with unflagging industry press forward. The young man who, instead of rising at five, sleeps till seven or eight, and who spends his evenings on the corners, or in the companionship of those who are wanting in laudable ambition, rarely ever wins a position of honor or achieves a reputation above that enjoyed by the common masses. J In a country like ours, where the avenues to honor and wealth are open alike to all, there is no reasonable excuse that can be offered for a man’s failure to achieve one or the other, or both. 11l health, or extraordinary misfortune may keep him dawn, but these are the exceptions that establish the rule. Few men know of how much they are capable until they have first thoroughly tested their abilities. The amount of labor, literary or mechanical, which a person in vigorous health can perform, is almost without limit if a systematic method is adopted Bad the proper spirit incited to the effort An hour of each evening rpent with some good author, or in the study of some branch of useful science, will in the course of a few years give to a young man who thus devotes this small portion of his time an amount of information, literary or scientific, which can not fail to fit him for positions to which he could never properly aspire withou this attention to study.— Exchange

A Legal Anecdote.

In the early days of Vermont jurisprudence the strict decorum which now very generally distinguishes the New England bar. was comparatively unknown. Nothing was more common than sharp altercations between the bench and the bar; such wranglings, indeed, as would now be termed “contempt of court,’’ were they to occur only between the lawyers themselves. On one occasion Judge Turner, who was then plain “Esquire/’ had addressed a sound argument to the court and sat down. The Judge, who chose to srgue the question rather than decide it at once, replied in a feeble argument, which the lawyer in his turn demolished. The Judge rejoined by repeating, without any material variation, his first reply, and then “closed the pleadings” by an adverse decision. “Your Honor’s two arguments,” said Turner, addressing himself partly to the Court and partly to the bar, “remind me of a story. A foolish old woman in Connecticut, being one evening at a party, was greatly at a loss for something to say. At length she ventured to inquire of a gentleman who sat near her, whether his mother had any children. The gentleman politely pointed out the absurdity of her inquiry. T beg paMon,’ exclaimed the old lady, perceiving her mistake; ‘you don’t understand me; I meant to inquire whether your grandmother had any children.’”— Harper's Drawer.

Cooling Milk.

During the intensely hot weather which we experienced during July and a part of last month, persons who were not prepared to cool their milk quickly have suffered a good deal of loss. There are families that have no cellar or springhouse (and there are hundreds such) who can hardly make butter enough from three or four cows, even to supply their own families. Milk, if it is suddenly cooled from its natural blood heat at the time it leaves the cow, to about 62 or 63 degrees, will keep sweet, even in the hottest weather, from 16 to 20 hours. This gives the cream a chance to rise before the milk turns. The point we wish to get at isj that every farmer ought to have some kind of an apparatus by which the milk can be cooled quickly. Even a cellar does not accomplish the whole object There is a patent cooler somewhere, which is very simple, and yet accomplishes the whole object It consists, simply, of a coil of tin-lined lead pipe, set in a washtub, the upper end soldered to a ten-quart tin paiL The lower end of the coil terminate in a spigot The tub is filled with water from the well, the-, warm milk poured into the pail, and by the time the milk issues from the spigot it is of the same temperature as the water? This arrangement is equally serviceable in win ter, to bring the cream to the proper temperature before churning, as the heatuan be more thoroughly equalized than far any other plan. Farmers, haven’t yqifl got inventive genius enough to getup something to answer the same purpore? —Kansas Farmer.

Floral Emblems for the Days and Months.

Thb floral emblems of the days of the week and the months of the year are as follows: » Monday. A loaf of the lotus, or waterlily, half represented light, half dark, the lotus being considered in the East as “ 1 he emblem tad cradle of creative Night. ” Tuesday. A leaf, half light, to signify the heavens, and half blub or sea-green, meaning the Waters, in reference to the second day’s work of creation. Wednesday. A leaf divided into three colors—light, for tils heavens, blue, for the water, and green, for the earth. ■ Thursday. A green lotus leaf, on which is placed a flower figurative of the sun, created on the fourth day. Friday. A leaf on which an insect Is feeding, symbolizing, “Let the earth bring forth the living creatures." Saturday.' The leaf for this day is filled with fruit, for “ I have given you every herb, bearing seed, and every tree, in which is the fruit” Bunday. Simply an olive leaf, sacred to peace and rest. January is represented by a robin; en circled in a garland of sweet-scented tussllago; since the one cheers our dwellings at this season with its presence, while the other regales the early month with Its fragrance. February has a wreath of snow-drops, surrounding a pair of goldfinches; this being the month in which these flowers appear, and also birds begin to couple. March is distinguished by the hieroglyphics of a bird s nest, encircled by a branch of the almond. April For .this month we'have a linnet on her nest in the midst of a bush of ’• The vernal furze, with golden baskets bung.” May. A nest of young birds, clamorous for food in a hawthorn bush in full flower, symbolizes this month. June has a wreath of flowing grapes, encompassing a branch of ripe strawberries. July. A bunch of red cherries, enwreathed with the fragrant purple thyme. August is represented by a coronal of wheat, barley and oats, encircling ripe p lurns. September has a cluster of purple crapes, with a wreath of hops. October is represented with various colored China asters and clusters of hazelnuts. November has a garland of flowing ivy, with turnips and carrots in the center. December is woven with a garland of holly, with its glossy green leaves and vermilion berries, from the center of which hangs a branch of mistletoe.—J. 8. Ingram, in Appleton'» Journal.

The Carpenter.

BY THB “ FAT CONTRIBUTOR.” Bbsidbs being a very useful, we might say an indispensable, man in the community, we look upon the carpenter as a soother and a peace maker, for after the architect has formed ofttimes wicked designs upon your house, and puzzled you with the Corinthian, the lonic, the Doric, proto Doric and hunki-Doric; bewildered you among porticos and columns, and foliated capitals, and entablatures, and architraves, and flutes and cornices, and pilasters and facades, and exasperated you with his sprandrils, and traceries, and cinque centos, and corbels, and trefoils, and pendentives, and other architechnicalities you don’t know anything at all about, the carpenter steps in and puts your house in a good frame—makes everything plane, as it were, with the addition, perhaps, of his square, chalk-line and scratch-awl, ads, saw and a few other trifling articles from his tool-chest Without the carpenter to plan and put together, your house would be in no-frame to receive the joiner and the paper-hang-er, and various other representatives of the mechanic arts, who are dependent upon his movements. Bo you see the important position he fills. Although nothing but a mechanic, yet the carpenter is admitted into our very best houses, and is often consulted regarding their arrangements. The rich and the proud, who live in “stuck-up" houses, have to get the carpenter to stick ’em up. The carpenter gets up a great many stories on such people. We have known him to get up five stories and a Mansard roof. Carpenters have a knack of accumulating. There is a Carpenters’ Shavings Bank back of nearly every carpenter shop, where they deposit" their shavings. The poor are often allowed to draw on that bank (if they don’t draw off a wagon-load), and no interest charged. Little shavers are not considered of much account among carpenters, as this is a profession in which a workman is known by his shavings. , ' The carpenter is charitably disposed toward his fellows. He is not looking for a mote in his brother’s optic, because there is usually a beam, or at least a scantling, in his own eye, so, if by chance he should discover the mote, he would simply remark, “So mote it be." * Several distinguished men began their career as carpenters. There was the “ Carpenter of Rouen.” We don’t know how he happened to be in ruin, but think it was through drink. Then there is Mr. Carpenter, of the celebrated and wellknown firm of Carpenter & Joiner, whose Joint transactions are carried on all over the world; and there is Matt Carpenter, Senator from Wisconsin, who don’t frame buildings, but who helps frame laws. Carpenters are a hard-working, industrious set of men, and probably do more than any other class, unless we except the bricklayers, to build up a city. Don’t carp at the carpenter.—Cincinnati Times

Terrible Adventure.

The Paris Patrie tells the following story: “An adventure truly horrible, and which, if made the subject of a melodrama, would certainly be denounced as improbable, has just occurred in the environs of Viterbo, in the Pontifical States. A cattle dealer stopped at an inn on the road not far from the city. He seemed very well satisfied with the accommodation and with himself, and he related to the inn keeper that he had just made an excellent bargain about some .cattle, by which he had netted a sum 0f5,000 francs. After supper, he started for the city, but had not gone far before he was attacked by three men, who tried to get him down. He defended himself bravely, and succeeded in making his escape He returned to the inn and related what had happened. At the same time, he said he would sleep there, as he did not wish, for fear of another attack, to resume his journey until the next morning. Accordingly, a room was prepared for him, and he retired to bed and soon fell asleep. In the course of the night he awoke, and heard some one speaking outside the door. What he heard filled him with horror. The inn-keeper was saying to some one : “ Dig the hole deep in the garden. I will throw him out of the window, and you can bury him at once." The traveler understood the situation at once. They were gping to murder him, ind the innjxaper was in league with the murderers to share the plunder and conceit* his body. He immediately rose and dressed himself, and, arming himself with a spade which was standing in a corner of the room, he waited. It was rfbt long before he heard some one approach the door. It was opened softly, and the cattle-dealer saw the inn-keeper about to step into the room. He immediately struck the wretch dead upon the floor with the spade. The cattle-dealer

then lifted up the body, and, opening the window, beneath which he could perceive by the dim light three men, and a Elt dug for himself, ne threw the body ito the yard. Tne three men took up the body, which they did not recognize, and set to work to bury it. The cattledealer, without losing a second, crept down-stairs, opened the door of the inn, and hurried off to give information to the Papal carabineers. They toon arrived at the scene of crime. The three accomplices of the would-be murderer had just finished their dismal work. They were immediately arrested, and lecognized as the sons of the innkeeper. It was they, doubtless, who, at the instigation of their father, had attacked the cattle dealer on the road.”

Management of Clover after Haying.

A second or seed crop of clover should not be taken from a field of clover that Is cut or pastured the first year after it is seeded down. If it is cut for seed the first year, the clover will not last more than one or two yean, while if it is not allowed to ripen reeds till in its second year, having then well established its roots in soil, it is likely to last longer and yield better crops. After clover has been cut the first year, the field should be shut up, and allowed to regain a tolerable growth before being pastured, but If it is a second year crop, and to be cut for a second or seed crop the same year, stock may be allowed in it for two or three weeks after haying, before it is shut up. A dressing of plaster or ashes, or superphosphate, at the rate of a bushel per acre, given about the Ist of August, will be a great help toward making a growth of second clover crop. After a crop of seed has been taken from a field of clover 1 it is seldom worth cutting for hay again, so that it is rarely done except where it is intended to turn the land to pasturage, or break it up the following season, as the clover usually shows signs of running out afterit has been so severely taxed to produce a'eeed crop. Clover seed at best is a very troublesome and uncertain crop, rarely yielding more than three bushels of seed to the acre, and costing nearly all it is worth to obtain it. On farms where there are a number oi grown-up boys, and very little stock is kept, it rosy pay to cut a second crop of clover for the seed alone. But the best farmers would rather buy what seed they need than deprive their stock of so large an amount of autumn feed. If it is cut for seed, it so ripe that the stalks are es little value as fodder for stock, but when it is cut’early and cured properly for hay, a second crop of clover makes excellent fodder for cattle and sheep, and is much less exhausting to the soil and the plants than if allowed to ripen its seed.— Canada Farmer.

The Apiary in September.

Whbre plenty of buckwheat is in blossom there is little danger of robbing, but when that fails, weak hives will be plundered at once unless protected. Make the entrances to them .narrow, so that the bees may guard them, or remove them without delay. No one should complain of bees being robbed now, as prevention is in-his own hands. Lefive no refuse honey near the apiary. Such may be carefully fed to light hives. Remove diseased stocks now. There are too many chances that they may be robbed to the detriment of others. The bees of such may be given to queenless stocks, but not until after having been confined 36 hours in an empty box, as a precaution against infection. That portion of the contents of diseased hives which consist of brood and honey mixed, should be buried in the ground—not a particle of such honey should be fed until it has been well scalded and skimmed. The portions free from brood may be strained, scalded, and saved for use. Condemned hives that are healthy and strong enough to defend themselves, may stand until next month. Time will thus be given for the young bees to mature and leave the combs clean for next year. Italians seem almost exempt from disease. A heavy hive, though queenless and having but few bees, if not infested with worms, may be saved by supplying queen and bees. Bees of two or more hives will unite more readily if moved a mile or so. Where there are few bees and no sealed brood, it is strong evidence that there is no queen. When it is desired to winter light stocks that have but little comb, they must be fed freely, that they may build comb and rear brood. If attended to now, this may be done, but it is not always the best economy. Where there are plenty of bees and comb with a lack of stores, feed in October.— American Agriculturist.

Farm Work after Harvest.

Afteb the labors of gathering in the hay and grain crops have been finished, most of the farmers have before them a season of comparative respite, lasting until the time comes for harvesting fall cereals, roots and fruits. During this season of relaxation from arduous dutu s, there are many things connected with the pursuits of the husbandman which do not require any great amount of physical effort, but those which will prove very advantageous if attended to. We mentioned some of them last season, which will bear repeating at this time. Particular attention should be given to the condition of meadows. All the obstructions of the mowing machine may now be seen and removed, and the spots least productive marked by sticking stakes or otherwise, for future attention. The present is a good time to note the effect of underdraining, and what advantage io crops has been gathered by it; the advantage or disadvantage of drilling in wheat; the differeifee, if any, in corn planted by hand or with the planter; covered deep or shallow, sprouted or dry. Note the growth of different kinds of crops now in the ground, and the effect of the several kinds of manure used. It is a well-known fact that different kinds of soil require different kinds of fertilizers; and also that the various kinds of grains and vegetables seek in part different elements to make up their growth, and by noting now the effects from certain treatments, knowledge will be gained of value for future use. Note the progress of cions set from cuttings made in the winter, as compared with these taken off at the time of setting; the growth of vines and trees where differ ent mulches have been used; the effects of different liquid fertilizers applied, etc. Note the result of feeding whey to milch cows, and the profits as compared to giving the same to hogs; of frequent salting of stock and the opposite; of soiling milch cows with different kinds of feed; of keeping swine in clover fields, eta, etc. Making notes of observations as we have suggested, and others similar, will amount to more in real profit to the farmer than he would suppose, if bare in this particular direction has never been exercised. It is a noticeable fact, that our wealthy and prospering farmers are those who keep their eyes wide open, and are continually watching the result of different modes of farm operations, and adopting such as are seen to be most profitable. An exchange wisely suggests that farmers at this season mow the roads, rank places in pastures, fhc unsightly places that were not mown in with the hay. Thir rough fodder will be gratefully received by stock now and again for a change; also it will be useful, and very profitable for bedding. Brakes, tender young bushoo of this year’s growth, woods,

rushes, rank growing roadside planta—*ll fill a useful place, when applied to thia use. They not only serve for bedding, making stock clean and comfortable, but they add to the manure resources of the barn. Several loads may be obtained on each farm, that, year.Sftt-r year, have previously fallen down uncared for. i. Glancing over the country, we nee many farms on which there are rowa of bushes, brakes and weeds, lining the walls, fences and roadsides. This ought not to be. Year by year, these now uselets, unprofitable things, encroach more and more upon the cultivated portions of the field, driving out the grasses, shading the* crops, and yielding no return for the damage they do. Eradicate them; burn those unfit for bedding or the compost heap, and exercise vigilance in their utter extermination in future. Let no opportunity to get hay. fodder or bedding pass unimproved. Too little attention is paid to this, too little effort expended in this direction. An excellent time to apply top dressing to grass lands, and perhaps the very best, is directly after haying. Whether it be old, well de-** composed manure, ashes, superphosphate, lime or other fertilizing agent, it forms a protection to the shaven field, from the rays of a burning sun; the fall rains carry it away to the rootlets; it forms a protection to the grass from ice and frcst.— Ohio Farmer.

Food Promotive of the Growth of Wool.

The food required for promoting the growth of wool differs but little from that usually given under any liberal system ol feeding. The special requirement is a supply of sulphur, which it usually secures from such green crops and corn as clover, vetches, beans, peas, lentils, etc. The influence which these have on wool has been frequently observed, and we have in this fact an explanation of much of the softness of texture which is then produced. Wool appears to require other materials for growth, but only such as are necessary for the production of food and fat. We shall therefore be perfectly safe in promoting the growth of wool—so fit as food is concerned—if, in addition to our ordinary supplies of food, we give the animal some variety of the leguminous crops already named. We have already noticed that the wool has to penetrate the skin in its outward growth. The condition of the skin has for this reason a most important influence upon the character of the wooh It acta as a sort of gauge, regulating the size’of the fibre. Any circumstances which enlarge this gauge produce an opening for the growth of coarser wool, and the opposite result is secured by any agency which decreases the size of the apertures, thereby producing a finer fibre. It is essential to the character of a good wool that there should be an evenness of staple. Irregularities in the size of the fibres is always undesirable, causing weaker por tions, which do not withstand equal tension, and, consequently, decreasing the general strength of this wool for manufacturing purposes. This arises from the influence of the skin in contracting, or expanding the pores, and usually originates in great changes of temperature. Excessive heat naturally opens the pores, and favors the production of coarse wool; and great severity of cold contracts the pores and makes the wool small in the fibre. It is therefore clear that, to secure an even growth of wool, we must shield the animals from extremes, both of heat ano cold, and, as far as practicable, moderate by shelter their respective influences. The value of wool is also materially influenced by the softness of the skin, and this is, in its turn, very much a consequence of sufficient supply of good food. It has been very generally noticed that, when the growth of wool is rapid, and of a healthy character, there is not- enly an abundance of yolk in the wool, giving it a soft or greasy feel, but the skin has, much the same condition. This is never found upon sheep which, are badly fed, and in poor condition. Under such circumstances the blood is naturally free from any oily matter, and, consequently, the roots of the wool cannot get their supply; neither can the skin maintain its soft and greasy condition. A liberal supply of good food is therefore an essential for the production of the best quality of wool. The influence of food does not end here, for a regularity in the supply is almost as important as the quality. Any period of short supplies or of inferior food leaves a clear record in the flbro of the wool, producing a harsher and weaker structure, which is readily distinguished from the growth produced when the animal is well fed. These portions are of necessity less able to stand the strain of manufacturing processes, and the value of the wool is decreased. Large quantities of wool are thus injured by a short supply of food, which would have been materially increased in value if some additional food had been given so as to supplement the ordinary supply. These cases unfortunately occur more a time of the year when the severity of the cold increases the damage; but on every principle of economy they should be very carefully guarded against.— Mark Lane Express.

Music for Invalids.

An exchange says: "It was the celebrated German physician Hofeland, who first fully recognized the curative power of music. Frequently the life of a dying man may be saved by gentle music not too near his bedside. It is only to catch his attention and hold it with something that imparts pleasureable feelings in order to sustain him beyond the moment of supreme exhaustion which marks the crisis of the disease. Usually, however, the ears of the dying are regaled with no sweeter music than the sighs and snifles of their sorrowing friends. Of course they are troubled, depressed, and when the critical breath comes, fail to catch it, and so die. There is much in this theory.” Music as an agent for promoting health is of high value. If invalids would devote an hour or two daily to practicing vocal music, it would often restore them to health. Persons with weak lungs may thus ward off fatal lung disease. The effects on the body and mind are excellent. The census of Cincinnati is to be retaken by authority of the City Council. Every Saturday.—The engravings in N 0.137, September 10, are: The Baden Prisoners. taken at Nlederbronn; Portrait of Mademoiselle Sessl; Sammer Days, by J. W. Hennessy; French Soldiers Bathing, at Nancy; A PruselanJOatpost; Morning In the Desert; Baarbruck; Some Recruits for the Boulh German Army r A Picnic in the Woods; On the Beach at Long Branch. “The Mystery of Edwin Drood ” Is continued, and a large amount of fresh miscellaneous reading matter is given. Fixlds, Osgood a Co., Boston. J 6.00 per annum.

The Shivering Season.

The loes to the laboring daseea oftEe United States caused by ftsver and ague, has been estimated at upwards of two millions of dollars per annum. Whole settlements are sometimes prostrated by the disease, ard It la regarded in some localities, as one d these visitations of Providence which cannot bo avoided. This la a mistake. As certainly as any of the evils which are Invited by neglect mey bo forestalled by precaution—•» certainly may an attack of Intermittent (or remittent) fever be prevented by invigorating the system with nostotter’s Stomach Bitters, In advance of the season, at which this malady pro valla. Frcveutirm, it la Mediate to say, is the wiacflt policy;

tat it is consoling to know, that whore Um. tai not been thn. taken by the forelock, and tbs paroxsyna tare actually commenced, a complete cure nay, in all eaaea, bo rapidly effected by the me of this powerful vegetable tonic. The reputation of the Bittern aa a speclflc for dyspepsia, liver complaint, constipation and nervous debility, has In some measure thrown Into the shade it. merits as a preventive and cure of other ailments, but all who have ever taken It, either u a protection against or a remedy for malarious fevers, will admit that It surpasses in efficiency all the so-called speclflcs (Including quinine), urnally prescribed fcr there maladies, while it la at the same time entirely harmless and decidedly palatable.

U numbers there J safety. it was u ion thia principle that the formula o! Jodtom s Mousraik Hm Paia was prepared Dr. Judson, intending to spend a fortune in advertising his pills, submitted hla recipe to the revision of the meet Intelligent and'learned physicians of the age, and the result la a simple but most efficacious medicine -the Juneon’s Houarain Huu Paia. They purify the blood, remove all obstructions, cleanse the akin of all pimples and Notches, and are perfectly sure and sate In tholr operation. The Junson’a MovßvaiM Hna Pou cure Biliousness, Female Irregularities, Headache and many of the diseases arising from Impure blood and a deranged digestion. Use the Juneon'a Moumvaim Hras Para, and when you have proved their virtue recommend them to your Mends. They are both eugar-ooatod and plain. For sale everywhere. Cheaper than Before the War. Epicures, are you aware that you c»n enjoy the luxuries of the dessert at a much cheaper rate than ten years ago ? Science has converted a wild product ot the Irish coast ■into an element of Immeasurable dainties of the most wholesome, nutritious and delicious character; and the price of this new staple Is less by one half than that of any other article of the same class containing a like amount of nutriment Heed we say that By* Moss Fxi'irx Is the article referred to. The wealthy and enterprising Hew York company engaged In Its manufacture are entitled to the thanks of every philanthropist for Introducing this new source of excellent and agreeable food, at a prloe which places It within the reach of all. One experiment will convince the most skeptical that with Bus Moes Fsanra they can produce unequalled custards, puddings. Jellies, Charlottes, creams, sauces, 4c., at less cost than before the war. The depot of the Company Is at 5S Park Place, New York. Alum's Ltnto Balsam causes the lungs to threw off the matter that Is collected over the air-cells, and makes the patient breathe more freely and fmrillee the blood, gives strength to the body, and one to the digestive organs, heals the irritated parts, ano gives life ar.d health to the system. For sale by all druggists.

Ona A WEEK.—CIrr-nlv. sent fri*. safnp’.es f“ a stamp. Addrcsi W. 11. HARBISON, Jr., Toledo, lowa. “ Box 301.” TEN WORD MARCH. Shows us untold riches and beaut'es in the Great House, with It* Blooming flowers, Slngtag birds. Waving palms. Rolling clouds, Beanti. ul bow, Sams d mountains, Delightful rivers. Mighty oceans. Thundering voice*. Blaring heavensand vast universe with countless brings in millions of worlds, and reads to urin each the Unwritten Word. E<Sse-tinted paper, ornate engravings and superb binding, Intelligent men and women wanted to Introduce ihe wo r k in every township and village- Light business. Good pay. Send for circular, descript on, endorsements and terms to agents. ZEIGLER * McCURDY, 69 Monroe-sti, Chicago, 111. zihtaWer A DA Y.—IO new Hrticl»A for agents Kampies sem free. H. B. SHAW, Alfred, Me. Tbe Most Popular Medicine Ex'ant. 18401 Thirty - Tears 11870 Since the Introduction of PERRY DAVIS’ - PAIN KILLER. Thirty years it has boon before the public, and in that time has become known in all parts of the world, and been used by people of all nations It remains, to-day, that same good and efficient remedy. Its wonderful power In relieving the most severe pains has never been equaled, and it has earned its world-wide popularity by Its Intrinsic merit No curative agent has had so wide-spread sale or given such universal satisfaction. —Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS <Jk CO., Bole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sold by all Drnxulste.

SOMETHING NEW! will all those Afflicted with Cough or Consumption Read the following and learn the value of ALLAN’S LUNG BALSAM. DR. LLOYD, of Ohio, Surgeon la the army during the war, Hom exposure, co ntractcd con«u m ption. He says: “I have no hesitancy in stating that it was by the use of your LUNG BALSAM that 1 am now alive and Of Missouri, says: “ recommend J -our BALSAM In preference to auy other medicine or Coughs, and it gives satisfaction. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM Is the remedy to cure all Lung and Throat difficulties. It should be thoroughly tested before using any other Balsam. It will cure when all others fall. Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. HARRIS & CO., Bole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio. (W~SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. You Want It I Everybody Wantsit! M to total Should be In every finally in the North, West and South. It is equally as good as Eastern papers, and Cheaper.—Only $2.50 per year. fflhe PrcpriatWJ arc offering groat Mucunsnti to Cinto ul J, Canvauon. Seal for ipocunen copy with Inducoßonti to Qutl Ul Casvaswra, to SHEFFIELD A STONE, 421 Hosts Sixts Btxiit, St. Lotus, Ho.

Railroad Gazette. V. ——— —— t The Railroad Man’s Paper AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY QUARTO JOURNAL, OT Twenty-Four Packs, Devoted to News and Law. R' Operations. Engineering. Mechanics. A II B*W Policy. • Advertising. TERMS: $3 per Annum; Single Copies, 10 cents. A. N. KELLOGG, Publisher, 101 Washington St., Chicago. ASK FOR THE “ORIENT” FLAVORING EXTRACTS—The Purest and Best in use. L. J. HITZ A CO, 3U Btate-st, Chicago. Drouin g P the Atlantic. It reaches thia country “ stale, flat, and unprofitable. 1 ’ But in Txnaairr'a KrmravuaosuT Baurebb Apsuimrr, this matchless natural remedy for uyu pepsla. biliousness and constipation. Is ™P'2 d 2„* „ all ths sanitary perfection of the orfgmal spa m freshly drawn and drank foaming at the fountain sMe. It requires but an instant to , lrn P r ?y, l ' e ,, t ™ a ch bowdranght. and for all the disorders of the stomacn, now elsa" liver,prevalent at thia ion of our ablest physicians-a safe aM.scmiram. specific. BT AKLDBUGGiSTe. rWflLn I ‘ Iso. PERFORATED CIRCI’LAS AST LONG SAWS, vr Bend tor ramptlet. AMERICAN SAW CO., No. 1 Ferry at, cor. Gold, New York.

A (BEAT MEDICAL DISCOVER? Dr. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS Hundreds of Thousands ; , Baar uglmo^ 11J 15 a WHAT ARE THEY?B JB P /C?\ m :r> Xgß Hi F * ° a © 2.t> S 1 J THEY ARE NOT A VILE w 5 | *i*FANCV DRINK, 111 Mads of Poor Rum. Whiskey, Proof Bplri’ s and Refuse Liquor. doctored, spiced And sweetened to please tbe taste, called " Tonics," “ App.'Lxera," “ Restorers," Ac., that lead the tippler oa td drunkenness and ruin,but are a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are tho GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER nnd A LIF.I GIVING PRINCIPLE a perfect Renovator and Invlgorator of the System, carrying off all poisoners matter and restoring tho blood to a healthy condltl. J. No person can take these Bitters according to dlrcttlon and remain long unwell. SIOO will be given for an incurable case, provided the bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organa wasted beyond tho point of repair. For inflammatory and Chronlcjtheuma' flam nnd Gout, Dyspepsia, or Indigestion, Bilious,Remittent nnd Intermittent Fevers Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys un* Bladder, these Bittern have been moat aucce-/-ful. Such Diseases are caused by Vitiate* Blood.whlch is generally produced by derangement of the Digestive Organs.. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head ache, Pain In the Shoulders, Cougha,Tightness of tie Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad tasto in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks', palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation ot the Lungs, Pain in tho regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are tbe offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the stomach, and stimulate the toe pld liver and bowels, which render them of unequalled efficacy In cleansing the blood of all Impurities, and Imparting ne,w life and vigor to the whole system. FO R BKIN DISEA SES, Ernptlons.Tctter, Salt Rhuem.Blotclica, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils,Carbuucles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head.Borc Eyes, Eryslpelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humor, and Diseases of the Sklu, of whatever name or nature are literally dug up and carried out of the system in » short time by the use of these Hitters, Ono bottle In such cases will convince the most incredulous of their curative effect. • Cleanse tho Vitiated Blood whenever you And Its Impurities bursting through the skin InPlmples.Emptions or sores ; cleanse It when you And It obstructed and sluggish In the veins; cleanse it when It is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep tho blood pure and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurkingln the system of so many thousands, arc effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read carcu-; the circular around each bottle, printed iu four languages—English, German, French and Spanish. J. WALKER, Proprietor. 11. H. MCDONALD &-,CVDrnggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, CuL and 32 and Si Commerce Street, New York. Iff* SOLD UY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEAI-I-IIIS. TllhlL TRIP. TUE NYACK MONTHLY GAZETTE. JL 10 CENTS will nay for this Interesting paper for 3 months. Address C. A. MORFORD, Jr., Nyack, N. L• Liberal term a to Agents. ■ BLOOMINGTONNURSERY. fIOO Acres. 19th Year. 10Greenhou.ee. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Nursery Stock, Evergreens, Rootgratts.Tledge Plants, Tulips, Hyaclatbs, Crocus, Lilies, Colored Fruit and Flower Plates. All at Wholesale and Retail. Pend 10 cts. for Catalogues. F. K. PHCENTX, Bloomington, 111. Get the Best, Celebrated, Genuine CONCORD HA.KNEBB. All ktuds and descriptions conatantly on handland made to order, from tne lightest Buggy to the heaviest Team Harness, and In every variety and style of mounting. None genuine unless name and trade mark. Price lists and circulars on application. Address JAMEH B. HILL Concord, N. 11., Bole i roprletora aud only Makers. We have arrangements by which goods are dollverod by R. R- Fast Freight at lowest rates. DR. SHALLENBERCER’S Fever and Ague ANTIBOTE Always Stops tbe Chills. This Medicine has been before the Public fifteen years, and is still ahead of all * other known remedies. It doos not purge. does not sicken the stomach, is perfectly safe in any dose and under all circumstances, and is the only Medicine tha t w ill CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of L over and Ague, because it ia a perfect Anti* dote to Malaria. Bold by all Druggists. HOW TO GET PATENTS IS FULLY EXPLAINED In. Pamphlet of 1« pages Just Issued by MUNN A CO., 87 Park Bow, New York. PENT FREE. - - -- --- MUNN A CO., Editors Sdcntlflo Amerlean, the best mechanical paper in tho world, (»5 Yxxra Exrarntosrhave PATENTB.~taken More P.tentaand exainlned More Inventlen. than any °thm agency. Bend sketch and description for opinion. » NO CHARGE. PRUSSING’S Chicago City Fair. Largest works of the kind in tne CRAB. Ask vour grocer for Pressing** Vinegar North Louisiana Labor Agency. T A BORERS WANTED to do farm work/ro™ L Ist ol October till Ist of March Good un< ! comfortable quarters, and healthy location. Refirences riven. Ageuta wanted. Coirespondenc;- wUclted. Ad--sk. NORTH LA LAbtmAOMCY, rear "I would not hesitate to m?Ku. phyriclan,« might even answn a nrrran JrB?o» than the luraoma ven or Tnn pirrranrr WARRANT A CO., B7N Greenwich M., N.¥., Xox-cr. yon Uxrran Statu, xto. __ THE ■ Weed Family Favorite As now perfected and manufactured by the Weed B.M Co., of Hartford, la the beat and moat reliable FAMILY SEWING MACHINE For all kinds ofllsmlly work tn use. Responsible Agents wanted to every county. A liberal discount to th. trade. Bend for price Hat and terma to GEO. C. THOM ABU,I LakAat., Chicago, Agent for th. Northweat Stale where you see thia Ba4rffla»nsfl3afflax?r