Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1879 — Page 3

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•• SPEAK NO ILL." N»v, speak no 111; a gentle word Can never leave a sting behind; And, Oh! to breathe each tale wove heard Full est wbetief arid J By cho<4i|ia tKiuiJUin IfihifcK plant 1 / For if hut littleF<.*d lie Known, . > Still let na »i>eak the beet wo can. Give mo the heart that fain would hide— Would fain another's (suite enaoo. How oan it y leaarae putnau pri® To prove humanity hat t>as«/ • ■ Now let un reach a higher mood— A noble cat. mate of man; He earneMln the Kgarch for good, . And Bpeak of ail the beet we can. Then speak no ill, but lenient be To other's failings as your own; If yoßlw tho first a fault to soe, B«v not the first to make it known. For life is but a passing day, No lips may tell how brief its spiui, Then, Oh! the little timmwe stay, Let's speak of all the best we can. Mix* A. G. Jivant, in Locomotive Viremen'e .VayaUn*.

THE CRASH OF WORLDS.

Moons Hailing; into Planets, and Planets Into Suns. The ringed planet Saturn is generally supposed .by astronomers to proaent tt picture of planetary existence in its earlier stages. Although the planet already has eight moons, the matter forming the rings constantly tends to shape itself into new satellites. The attractive force of the great central mass as constantly overcomes this tendency, and is believed to be drawing the rings closer and closer. The Russian astronomer, Otto Struve, has predicted that in less than two centuries the inner ring will reach the planet and be united with it. While his views are not accepted by all observers, the fact is conceded that great changes are going on in the girdle of Saturn, and there ai'e strong reasons to conclude that the matter of which it is made up once moved in a larger circle than it now occupies. This conclusion is the basis of a paper contributed by Prof. Daniel Vaughan to the last number of the Pojmlar Science. Monthly, in which some interesting if not startling propositions are advanced. Various opinions have'been entertained as to the construction of the Saturnian rings. While they can hardly be wholly gasoous or liquid, there is ■ difficulty iu regarding them as composed of solid matter, since' but few solids are known which wofild endure the violent convulsions that frequently disturb the great circles. It is suggested in this paper that tho principal constituent may be water, at a temperature near the freezing point. In that case, the constant tendency to freeze w'ould slightly overcome the destructive forces and would account for such changes of form as are revealed by the telescope. Of course these changes could not go on without lidat from some source, but it is assumed that n sufficient quantity is evolved mechanically by the commotions themselves.' There seems to be no doubt, however, that the rings of Saturn are such stuff as moons are made of, but the question is whether this material is to form moons in the future or has already performed its function in this respect by forming moons iu the past? Prof. Vaughan adopts a view which indicates his belief that the planet has already entered upon the latter stages of its life. He thinks the two rings were formerly two satellites revolving about Saturn in a wider zone. A dismemberment and a conversion into a ring, he says, must be the general fate of every plane tarybody (and a moon is a planetary body) which, by a slow contraction of the path in which it moves, revolves at least too close to its primary - that is, too close to the larger planet around which it travels. But what causes the orbit of a satellite to contract so as to bring it thus dangerously near to the central mass it revolves about? Evidently some obstacle to motion would be sufficientsomething which retarded velocity, very slightly, it might be, but still somewhat. An influence of this nature must bo exerted by any substance, however tenuous or tetherial, which pervades all space, or that part of space, at all events, to which the stars and planets belong. Like many other men of science, Prof, Vaughan assumes the existence of a rare medium of this sort disseminated throughout all the known stellar regions; and to its action of retardation he attributes the transformation of the lost moons of Saturn into the mighty rings which now encircle that planet. Evidence that a resisting medium really exists has been supplied by the recent discovery of the satellites of Mars; and our author declares that not many million years can el nose before the inner moon, Phobos, will, have its path so shortened as to be brought within the atmosphere of the 1 planet. Then, he says, its career as a small secondary world will close with a meteoric exhibition. And why may not our own moon come to an end in the same way ? Indeed, is not such a result extremely probable? The same-cause muet be effective to check its rate of motion, and the chief difference between the two cases would be in point of time. The few millions of years requisite for the absorption of the l’liobon.would have to be multiplied by several hundreds to make up the period which will elapse before the moon Is similarly destroyed. The occasion wMI be a grand one, however, for wo are told that it will be signalized by a far greater display of meteoric effulgence. Dilapidation will begin before the moon actually touches the earth; innumerable fragments will be hurled off as meteors into our atmos■■phere; and the brilliancy of the scene will rival the light of the sun. Prof. Vaughan thinks that only a portion of the moon will bo appropriated by the earth at tho first near approach. Tho part that is left will haul off, as it were, into space, to give rise to a similar magnificent outburst some millions of centuries later, when it again comes too near. < . . - It is’ worthy of note that nothing whatever is said as to the probable effect of this gigantic convulsion of Nature upon life on theeqrth. This omission may be du,e to the fact that mankind pan hardly be said to have a vital presept interest in the event. Just as a moon may fall into-a planet, so a planet may fall Into a sun. The chief differencejs in the splendor of the spectacle. Twenty-three temporary stars have appeared in the heavens within tho last 2.QWI* of them within the present century. What has caused them to kindlo, in thp sky with sudden brilliancy, and then grow dim and constantly decline in brightness? An obvlous’aniwer is suggested by the» facta we have already considered. The mysterious effulgence which £ . I 1 J** 1

flashes nerosß the universe an th«*rtu»sitory glory of a temporary star ts the b%le tiro of a dying planet But it may be asked,' Why have we not seen the star before? It is not strange that the planets of other,, solar sy*teni«, which revolve around stars as their own suns, should be invisible to us here on the earth, since they do not shine by their own light; but ought not the stars themselves to be seen, since we suppose them to resemble our sun in character and constitution P The difficulty htrjfe preaeiftafllpeans fcdMldflNJtfftf hut ■itji simply.nm(. /There are/supposed to be vastcentfalbodfbs‘presiding oVer the movement of unseon planets, and yet totally dark- Black suns they may well b« called;. Their existence's revealed 1(6, uli, and tjo qnly know their places in the universe when they become luminous as temporary stars, through the destructive dismemberment of some orb in their own planetary family. The twenty-three temporary stars, then, indicate that twenty-three planets have been destroyed in 2,000 years. Prof. Vaughan estimates the entire number of primary and secondary planets in the universe as equal to half the population of the globe. This would make from 600,000,000 to 700,000,000. The average mortality of mankind is believed to be ons death a second. If we regard tho appearance of a temporary star as the record of the death of a planet these .facts enable, us to compare the length of human existence with the' duration of planetary life; aed it appears from suoh a comparison, that a' 'century is as small a part of the career of a planet as two seconds are of the life of a man. The period embracing,the history of the human race hardly equals two minutes of the vast age through which the earth will endure from the beginning to the end; and the observed facts of astronomy lead Prof. Vaughan to believe that a possible age of Sve hundred billions of years may be attained by a world. It seems most probable that when thfe earth falls into the sun, it will be in the form of innumerable meteoric fragments rather than as one gigantic meteor. As the shower of terrestrial matter rushes through the solar atmosphere, the sun will blaze outinto a glow such as astronomers have witnessed and wondered at in remote stars; and the earth will have passed away, with no more effect on the inhabitants of those distant orbs whence the light may be viewed than similar spectacles have produced upon us. The contemplation of a unality like this, however far removed, naturally leads to reflection upon the fate of humanity which it involves. And the thoughts thus induced are scarcely satisfactory unless one cah say, with Campbell's Last Man: “ Thin spirit shall return to Him Who save its heavenly spark; Yet think not, son, it Bhalt grow dim When thou thyself art dark! No—it shall live again, and shine In bliss unknown to beams of thine. By Him reoalled to breath, Who captive led captivity. Who robbed the Grave of Viotory And took the sting from Death!” —Chicago Tribune.

Lax Marriage Laws.

We are glad to see that the press generally are taking up the discussion "of the lax marriage laws which prevail in many parts of the country, and notably in this State. We have in mind a case which occurred not long since in oue of the eastern counties of the State, and which illustrates in a striking manner the ham that flows from this condition of things. A poor widow living on a farm which yielded her and her only daughter a meager subsistence employed a young man to work for her as a field hand. He won the affections of the daughter, a girl less than fourteen years of age, and proposed a secret marriage. She, with childish heedlessness of the grave nature of the compact, consented, and one Sunday moaning they boj> rowed a conveyance from a farmernear by, and crossed the mountains, ostensibly to go to church, but actually to seek a minister who had a local notoriety for careless practices. They found the gentleman at borne, resting from the fatigues of the morning's sermon; he left his sofa to answer the call, summoned as witnesses his son and a villager who was passing, hurried through the ceremony, pocketed the fee of fifty cents, gave his visitors a little fatherly advice as to mutual forbearance and fidelity to their vows, bade them good-by and stretched himself put ageun to,finish his nap. The couple returned home, resolved to keep tho affair private for a while. Some days afterward the bridegroom found leisure to repent of his rashness and decamped. The! girl, for whom the whole business had had little significance, shed a few tears at his sudden departure and then settled herself down to forget all about him.

Another yodng man came along In search of work, was engaged, ana in the cdurSe of three months wooed the deserted bride and Suggested marriage. In the ignorance of the law, and supposing herself,to all intents a widow, site assented, and they repeated the escapade we have described, even to the point of going to the same clergyman. This time the mother overheard some conversation between her daughter and the hired man a day or two after the wedding, and discovered their secret.' She was very angry and reproached the girl, who admitted what had been done, innocently confessing the former marriage at the same time. In her dismay the mother hastened toaneighbor’fi house to ask advice, and the story soon spread all over the surrounding country. A’^ahcl6us“wH£cßr"wßo r hoped, by driving the widow to the wall, to obtain possession of her little land at a lpw price, went to the District Attorney and laid the matter before him, to bo brought to the notice of the next Grand Jury as the foundation for a criminal action for bigamy. The prosecuting otlicerpigeon-hoWa the aflidavit and allowed it ta.pass from his recolleotion for a time. The second husband, fearing lest the pienalties of the law should iu some way attach to him, and generally discomfited by the turn matters were tajting, fled as incontinently as his predecessor. The widow, rather than stay irrtfaw neighborhood as a bait for current gossip, sold her farm for a mere pittance and removed to a village in the West The soandal followed, close upon her track, and'ohe flight the fW6 women disappeared together, never to be heard from more.— Syracuse (N. Y.) Herald. —Mr. S. Angier Chace, the Fall River defaulter, is no longer engaged in the disagreeable work of straightenibg hoop iron at the Massachusetts .State Prison, but has been’ appointed to' the more agreeable occupation of cutting out pasteboard for Uml>bxes. much far hia whistle when he has to wet it fifteen or twenty times a day.

PERSONAL AND LITRARY.

—The moat graceful skater in Washington ia Mias Harlan, daughter of Justioe Harlan, of the United States Supreme Court " —The venerable Elihu Burrltt of New Britain, Conn., the “learned blacksmith," la again in very feeble health, and it ia feared that he oannot live long. —Thomas Crapo, pf New Bedford, Maas., who made a voyage across the A tlantio in a small sailboat ia now planning for a trip next summer up the Mediterranean, by way of the Suez Canal, into the Indian Ocean. —Vice-President Wheeler, for years past, has been accustomed to give SSOO to home missions, but this year, on account of the debt of the board, he doubled tne amount and sent a eheck for a thousand dollars.— N. Y. Earning Post. —The Marquis of Lome and Princess Louise devote an hour to family devotions each evening, half an hour In the morning and a quarter of an hour at noon. Tho Marquis reads from the Church of England service, and the Princess responds. —Mrs. Mary Holbrook, who died In Massachusetts, a few days ago, aged ninety-three years, was a remarkable woman. When seventy-five years old she began the manufacture of tidies, Which found ready sale in Boston, and were so much sought for that she was obliged to employ several old ladies to do the coarser work while she filled in the fiber parts with her own hands. In this way, up to her ninetieth year, she netted $6,000 from her sales. —Henry Wentworth, once one of the most celebrated trapeze performers in the world perhaps, is now a policeman at Eash Saginaw, Mich., with a salary of fifty dollars a month. His last appearance was at San Francisco, in 1868, when he and his partner in the double trapeze act the Spanish female athlete Aldernado, fell to the around, a distance of thirty-five feet. The girl was killed, and Wentworth had one leg, one arm and his collar-bone and several ribs broken, and he then left the dangerous business. —Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, according to a London correspondent, occupies an elegant suite of law chambers, and has a practice which yields him $150,000 annually, for which reason he would decline a Judgeship, which only pays $25,000. Mr. Benjamin is represented as saying that he could easily secure a seat in the House of Commons, several constituencies having given him very flattering invitations to represent them, but he has no desire to go into Parliament for the same reason that he would decline a Judgeship —it involves too many sacrifices. Mr. Benjamin has a house in Paris, and always spends his summer vacations there.

—Mrs. Ann Hinman Kellogg, *of Fairfield, Conn., who has just died at the age of ninety-two, was a daughter of the woman who so nearly took revenge on Arnold for his treason. Mrs. llimuan was the only woman who remained at New London when Arnold burned that town, in 1781. He knew her, and, saluting her, offered to save her property if she would point it out. She indicated several neighbors' houses as well as her own, and they were not burned. The sacking of the town followed, incensing Mrs. Hinman so greatly that she took a musket from a closet, leveled it at Arnold as ho sat on his horse in front of the house ‘ and pulled the trigger, but the piece missed fire. Hearing the snap of the lock, Arnold turned and asked what the noise was, but with great presence of mind she dropped the gun out of sight and said it was the breaking of a chair.

Business vs. Sentiment

While a family from some one of the hack counties of Ontario were in Windsor yesterday, on their way to this side, a citizen of that town, who was never known to smile on the outside, looked over the family wagon and the longhaired ponies, and beckoned the wile aside. She was the driver of the team, and it was easy to see that she run the family. *♦ “ Going over to America, 1 suppose?” began the citizen as she followea him to the walk. “ Yes, going right over now,” she answered. “ You have heard of the new law, of course? You will have to set a value on your husband and pay a duty of 10 per cent on him.” “No!” - “ Fact The law just went into force yesterday. How much do yon value him at?” “ Well,” replied the wife, after some hesitation, “Johnhain’t of much account, and that’s a fact. He’s lazy, and he can’t plan, and bargain, and get along. If I’ve got to set a price on him, I shall put aim in purty low. Let me call him. The lathy-legged husband came down oft' the wagon at her call, and she explained the case to him and added: “ Now, John, you know you wouldn’t bring six shillings if you were put up at auction, and you can’t expect me to put you in for any great sum.” “ Waal, Helen,” he slowiy answered, “ I know I’m kinder sick, and tired, and lazy, and 1 don’t suppose I’d bring much of a price these hard times, but yon can’t say I was ever cross and mean to you. I kinder hate to be valued same as a scrub calf, and yet I hain’t worth as much as a good colt.*’ The woman seemed to turn the whole case over in her mind, and finally said: “John, 1 kinder like you in spite of all, and the children all like yod, but when it comes down to business and 10 per cent, that's another thing. I’ll split the difference with you; I’ll put tne price in at three dollars and add twfi more for seutiment. Isn’t that fair?” “ That’s plenty—more’n I expected,” he thankfully replied, and there was a sweet smile of satisfaction on his face as he drew his long legs into the wagon over the tail-boara.— Detroit Free Press.

A Hotel Patron.

“ Yes.” said the affable clerk at the Palace the Other day, as he selected another tooth-pick, “ they are up to all sorts of dodges—these hotel beats—and we fellows have to keep a very sharp look out for ’Cm; bet your life. ’ '* ' “Do—ehP” “Now, for instance, about four months ago a nice old gentleman came in with a rather fast-looking young man, who had just arrived from New York, he said, and who engaged a handsome suite on the fifth floor. The old man took me aside, and said he was forced to run over to Hong Kong himself oh the next steamer, nut that he wonld leave his son with ns. The latter, he confidentially explained, was just then-sowing considerable wild oats by the way-side. ‘ln fact,’ said the gentleman, with much feeling, ‘bis is so

dissipated 1 dare not, leave any money with him, and I especially desire that none be furnished Mm by your oashler —not one single oent, remember. For fear, however, he gets into any real trouble during my absence, I will deposit In your hands this package of Said notes. Use it freely if iiqperavely necessary, but do not let him suppose you have any suoh deposit, as he would be all the more reckless and dissipated.’ If anything should happen, we were to Write to tho old party, care Rothschild's Hqng Kong Agency.” “ Well—and th«nr” “Well, the young fellow raissd merSold Ned round this edifice for about ree months. He beat Smith and I out of four hundred dollars fit pedro; ordered all the wine ir the house; gave queer little supper parties lu his room; get drunk, and tried to hold the elevator man’s head overboard so that the next landing would cut It off; was chased round the corridors by some enraged man with a pistol nearly every night of his in fact was a regular snorter in every way.” “ Should think so.” “ Of course, he never paid any board —we didn’t expect that, having his Governor’s bundle of securities looked up all right in the safe. Bnt one day he did something so blamed outrageous that we couldn’t stand'it—had a chicken fight in the ladies’ parlor, or something—so we wrote him a warning note.” “ What did he say P” “ Nothing but ‘ ta-ta,’ and left the hotel that very day; vamosed—disappeared. As we didn't get any remittance from Hong Kong we opened the package last week, and what do you suppose was in it?” ——•——— “Dunno—counterfeit money?” “Not such luck. Something can be done with real good—Ahem! Why, there was nothing in that bundle but a couple of old newspapers,” and the genial hotel official went sadly in to his fifth meal. —San Francisco News Letter.

A Test of Good Breeding.

One of the sure tests of good breeding is a thoughtful regard to the convenience of others in a crowd. An illbred man or woman will stop in a church aisle to talk to a neighbor, at the close of the service, without stepSing aside to allow those who are beind to pass on unhindered. And the same fault will be shown in blocking the passage-way of a railroad car, while gathering up luggage from the seat, on arriving at a station: or in standing in the doorway of a public hall, or a place of business; or in taking more than one’s share in a streetcar, or on the sidewalk, or at a streetcrossing, or in an exhibition hall, or at a ticket office. A person of true refinement and of really good breeding will always have others in mind while with others. The average refinement in any crowd or gathering of people is plainly marked by the ease with which all get along together. Twenty persons of good breeding can find comfortable sitting or standing room in a car, or hall, or street, ana be good-natured all the time, when ten ill-bred persons would be jostling each other ill-natur-edly. And this is more than a matter of good breeding. y lt involves a regard for the rights as well as the comfort of others. It is selfishness which makes one willing to block a passage-way for one’s own convenience, when others want to move on. It is dishonesty which leads one to take more than his or her share of time or space while others are waiting lor their turn, or are wanting their place. Whoever would be counted well-bred or refined, ought to have this truth always in mind; so ought all those who would bo and do right. Children ought to be trained to a proper course in this regard. They and their parents ought to learn to keep out of other people’s way, when other people are entitled to the way.— S. S.

A Dog Thawed Back to Life.

A family residing in the southern part ot the city had a pet dog, and said dog was provided with all the comforts his canine nature required. But one day during the late cold visitation he had got out of doors without its being discovered, and then he was found on his back and frozen stiff in death, as was naturally supposed. The lady of the house, on ascertaining the pet’s condition, and satisfied of his death, directed her little son to throw the body over the fence, when the boy suggested that they should place it by the fire and try to thaw it back to life, and, placing the apparently defunct dog on a rug, the little son commenced chafing tne paws and nose. The mother, forcing open the dog’s mouth sufficiently, soured down his throat some hot whisy toddy, and signs df returning animation began to be manifested, and in due time tne little animal was on his legs again, and is now, it is claimed, as successful a live dog as can be found anywhere. This may seem rather a tough story, but the bead of this family, a gentleman well known on’Change and of undoubted veracity, says it is a fact.— St. Louis Kepublican.

Plaster of Paths. —Plaster of Paris may be made to set very quick by mixing it in warm water to which a little sulphate of potash has been added. Plaster of Pans casts, soaked in melted paraffine, may be readily cut or turned in a lathe. They may lie rendered very hard and tough by soaking them in warm glue size until thoroughly saturated, and allowing them to dry. Plaster of Paris mixed with equal parts of powdered pumice stone makes a fine mold for casting fusible metals; the same mixture is useful for incasing articles to be soldered or brazed. Casts of plaster of Paris may be made to imitate fine bronzes by giving them two or three coats of shellac varnish, and when dry applying a coat of mastic varnish, and dusting on fine bronze powder when the mastio varnish becomes sticky. Rat holes may be effectually stopped with broken glass and plaster of Paris. The best method of mixing plaster of Paris is to sprinkle it into the water, using rather more water than ik required for the batter; when the plaster settles pour off the surplus water and stir carefully. Air bubbles are avoided in this way.— Germantown Telegraph. 1 It is said that the real estate on Manhattan Island has been so taken up that there are not over 400 building lots for sale above the lower end of Central Park. Land is being held very firmly in that part of the town. Even if real estate has gone down, the taxable value of New York City has gone up in spite of it. In 1872 the assessment was §797,126,115, but in 1878 it was §900,865,700. Stop that coughing; it you do not ft nay kill you. A Bottle of Dr. Bull’* Cough Byrup only cost* you 85 cent*, and Its timely use ifliy save your life. -•,

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Moat ol the items which follow are takeq from the «Agricultural Department of the lowa Blate Register: It is reported that at least half the potatoes stored away by farmers are frozen. He has fat cattle who feeds them. And he has fat acres who feeds them with a liberal hand. The home training of the farmer’s children should convey honest oonvie., tions of the true dignity of agriculture. Yellow ivory-handled knives may be restored to their original whiteness by being rubbed with sandpaper and emery. Nutmegs and mace possess narcotic properties. They should be used with caution, especially by persons of an apoplectic tendency. It should be known generally that a solution of borax is of great use where a mild alkaline wash is required on any part of the body. A large proportion of the aliments and feeble constitutions of girls of the present day, are the direct results of ldlenesa. Work is better than doctors’ visits, physic or alcohol. The general recommendation is to sow ten pounds of clover seed to the acre. But fifteen pounds is decidedly better. Sow on wheat, rye barley or oats. Rye is the best. Sow in Maroh or early In April. This is the season for lousy calves and colts. A weak solution of carbolic acid or coal oil, applied three times a week, has been found effectual. But be careful of these articles, for if used too strong they will injure the stock as well as lico.

The love of flowers in many cases is having an important mission. Otherwise idle young ladies by this refinement of sensibilities are driven to action, which brings, in many cases, the blessings of health and renewed vigor. —The wealth and strength of a country are its population, ana the best part of that population are the cultivators of the soil. Independent farmers are everywhere the basis of society and the true friends of liberty.— Andrew Jackson. —There are dozens suffering in health for want of occupation to one who is crippled by overwork. “ Oh, while yon feel ’tin hunt to toil. And sweat the lona day through, Remember 'tie harder still To have no work to do.” —ln the animal kingdom every animal has to stick to his family race. But in the human race it is easy for a bear to become a bull, or vice versa. So long as fat hogs are in the hands of farmers, pork packers are veritably bears. But, so soon as the stock is all sold by farmers, the same packers suddenly become bulls. —Mrs. Read says, in Dr. Foote's Health Monthly for February, there are conditions of the system Where there is more genuine rest in a cup of sage tea than in anything short of sleep itself. It should be made as gnickly as possible and drank immediately—for if it stands long it becomes bitter—with sugar and milk for aooompaniments.

How to Have Tomatoes in June.

The tomato is, without question, a decidedly original character. He is an individual of taste—of very rare taste, indeed. Upon a first introduction he seldom makes a favorable impression. In fact, the majority of people will tell you he is nauseating than otherwise; but persistent cultivation of his society always makes one his warmest friend. Somewhat of a recluse, he only makes his appearance during the summer season, and at the first touch of frost disappears, sometimes in a night It is, therefore, a study with his legion of friends to bring him hither as soon as possible; and in this brief article I shall give you plain and concise directions, which, if followed to the letter, will bring our eccentric friend into society at least three weeks in advance of the usual time. The true principle of growing early tomatoes is to raise but few plants, ana those of the very best. If you start with a large hot-bed full early in the season, you will need a half-dozen more beds in March to accomodate your growing family, making endless labor, which only the market-gardener cares to court And now to our task. On or about the 20th of February, the hot bed must be called into requisition, which will need for its manufacture a small load of . manure and a wheelbarrow full of gooasollj not too wet. The manure is better fresh from the stable, providing it is well mixed with bedding straw, as it will hold heat longer. Select the north side of some convenient outbuilding, and pile the manure on the surface of the ground, in a space say four feet long by three wide. Tramp every layer down with the feet and keep as near level as possible. When completed, it should stand two and a half or three feet in height. Have some scalding water at hand and moisten the manure thoroughly. Now put on the earth — right on top of the manure. Spread it on thick. My first mistake in making a hot-bed was in putting on three inches of soil, when it should have been hve or six. As a natural consequence, one-half my plants were burned up. Manure fresh' from the stable, bunt after the manner described, will generate a powerful heat, and the roots of the growing plants mustn’t get too near it.

The frame and glass comes next. A common sash, with six Bxlo lights in it, will answer. Use whatever comes handiest. Make a frame to fit jour sash and place it on the bed, settling it firmly in theZoil. The sash most aULt toward the south, of course; and tout frame must be made to that end. Now pile hay or straw all around the bed and frame, leaving the sash only ex* posed, and your hotrbed is done. But it must stand thus three or four days before Bowing the seed. Having now selected the variety you deem the best, you will sow the seed in shallow drills, three inches apart. Bat down the earth well, moisten thoroughly with tepid water, and keep a strict watch that the soil does notgdt too hot. Everyone who proposes to make a hotbed should haven thermometer, Plunge it in the soil, and if tho mercury does not go higher than 85 deg. all is well; although a lower temperature is far better for the plants. £ In five days your family will begin showing themselves., Go through the bed at once and pull put every other plant, as they should not stand nearer tnan two inches apart Give plenty of warm water, and air when the day is bright At night cover the glass with a piece of carpet or old matting—anything to keep out the oold. In this way your tomatoes will grow, even though the mercury may be in the neighborhood of xgro outside. <■ By the middle of March you will make -soother, hot-bed, using a full load of manure and making the pile large

enough to accommodate a frame six feet long by three wide, for which yon must have a sash in readiness. By the 20th you will be prepared to traoafer your tomato plants to their now home. Any day will do, providing the mercury is above 40 deg. Set the plants precisely five inohes apart each way. If you crowd them nearer, they are ruined. The framo should be made rather deeper than the other, to accommodate the growing plants. Above all. do.not neglect to put six inches of earth,on thisDed; for the roots of the plants will often extend, down three inches or more, and are liable to be injured. And here your plants are to grow until the middle of April, when they must again be transplanted; for by this time they 'will have filled the frame almost to bursting. * The third hot-bed is one hardly worthy the name. Indeed, in some seasons the plaints might be put in cold frames at once. But let us be on the safe side in the matter.. Eight inches of manure will prove an abundanoe; but a foot of soil should cover it. If you prefer to transplant all your stock, yon will need two beds; for the plants must be set ten inches apart. This you can do at your leisure. When the plants are too tall, cut them off. It will not hurt them in the least. The tops will make first-rate cuttings, if you want more plants. As a rule, tomatoes should not be set out before the 20th of May in latitude north of Ohio. The grower, however, generally becomes very uneasy before that time, as the plants are away out of the boxes, many of them boasting tomatoes as large as a walnut. Do not transplant in very rich soil, and take up as much earth with each plant as possible, that they may not be checked in the growing. Follow these directions, and have ripe tomatoes the 25th of June, as I have had time and again. — Cor. N. Y. Independent. ,

A Valuable Musical Discovery.

German papers announce a discovery of much interest to the musical world. The treasure-trove consists of a large portion of the missing works of Johann oebastian Bach. The discovery was made by Herr Robert Franz. Convinced that the long-lost Passion music and Christmas oratorios might yet be brought to light, Herr Fr anz com menced a systematic reStrhrch in every place the great master had been knoqfn to reside. After much fruitless labor he arrived at the seat of the Witzhun family, and passing one day down an alley in the garden noticed that the young trees where they were tied to their supports were bound round with strips of paper to prevent the bark from being scored. A closer inspection showed that the paper bore the beautiful handwriting of Bach, and turning to ! the gardener Herr Franz besought him to say whence the precious MS. had come. The reply was to the eft'ect that in the loft there had been several chests full of the paper covered with old notes and as it was or no use to any one he had made it serve instead of leather for binding up the saplings, adding that he had done so for some time ana

found the result highly satisfactory. Herr Franz hastened to the loft, when he was rewarded by finding a chest yet untouched and filled to the brim with MSS., which on inspection proved to contain no fewer than 120 violin sonatas. His joy was dashed, however, by the; certainty that the precious music had long ago gone to bind up the trees and hauirrecoverably perished through exposure to the weather. It is probable that the works now discovered will not be received with such favor by the general musical public as was accorded to the symphonies of Schubert unearthed by Mr. Grove and produced at the Crystal Palace concerts by Mr. Manns. Herr Joachim, however, will find in them “freshfields and pastures new;” while everyone who has the least pretense to a love of music must admit the discovery to bo one of exceeding interest— Pall Mall ( London ) Gazette. A mere suggestion is sometimes as satisfactory as a detailed statement “ How much did you pay for that hat?” asked a gentleman of a colored brother. “I really don’t know,” was the reply. “ de shopkeeper wasn’t dere jess den.” A resident of North Troy, Vt., has been held in SI,OOO bail -ior drawing caricatures of prominent citizens.

Remedy for Hard Times.

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Advice to Consumptives.

The celebrated physician, Dr. Paul Memeyer, gives the following valuable suggestions topersons suffering from lung affections: “The patient must with scrupulous conscientiousness Insist upon breathing fresh, pure air, and must remember that the air of doted rooms is always more or lees bad. * * * No man, however uncleanly, would drink muddy, dirty water. A party which occupies a room for hours, breathing the same air,, might be compared to a party of bathers drinking the water In which they bathe. The patient must keep the window of bis bedroom open. Night air is fresh air without daylight. In close, crowded rooms, the patient suffering from lung complaints breathes consumptively.” By taking theAe precautions and using Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative Pellets, fully one-half of the cases of lung complaints would be cured In six months. Tor cough and irritation of the lungs do not always indicate the presence of consumption, although It may result lu that disease, and if consumption has not already become deeply seated in the system, this is the most efficient coarse of treatment that can be pursued outside of any institution that provides special facilities for tb< treatment of this disease. Dr. Pierce’s celebrated Invalids’ Hotel Is such an institution. Send stamp for descriptive pamphlet containing also a complete treatise upon consumption, explaining its causes, nature, and the best methods of treating it, together with valuable hints concerning diet, clothing, exercise, etc., for consumptives. Address Faculty of Invalids’ and Tourists’ Hotel, Buffa--I°, N. Y. , Cnw Jackson’s Beet Sweet Navy Tobacco.

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