Perrysburg journal., November 27, 1868, Image 4

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Farm and Household.
Striking or Interfering.
A onM rtflmVcr nf linrsos are In the
liablt olMrlklnB ntielrR !rMnft annthiT;
ami a grcM dml of tnpotiulty tms fcpcn at
different time exerclsrd In nenrcli of a
remedy for thin very troublosorne prac
tice. Bolh the fore end hind lout are sub
let to enttlnr. the Utter, rterhan. nifnt
trcqnently i hut in them H Is ronrtned to
tne fetlock lolnL whflross In the forelnrs,
the horoaj TnV bit wither the fetlock, the
left, Jus' bova the riwtnrn, or Jnst nmlrr
the ant; where It It fulled a peody cut.
ironi lit orgurrln chtellr in lust action.
to ascertain, it n"lbl, the cause, and the
part wblch strikes, whether the shoe or
the root, nd, if the latter, what part or 11
Many tnrocs striae from weaknep, and
cease t4 do so- when ther'psln atrencrlh
nd colUlon. i JThli (I more particularly
observable with young horses ) other-cut
from a Anlty conformation of the limbs.
'which are tomotlmet too Close to curd
other : and oracUrae the toe is turned
too niucli out, or too much In. When the
toe Is turned in, tho horse usunlly cuts Just
under the knee.
The objects to be kept in view, in shoo
ins suck hones, mint le to remedy, as
much aa we can, the faulty action, and to
remoye, if possible, the part which cuts.
The part of tbe foot which strikes, is ccn-
erallr that between tho toe and the Inside
quarter sometimes the insldo quarter it
self, but very rarely the heule of the shoo.
If the horse turns his toe in, in all proba
bility ho wears the inside of tho shoo
most; and if to, it should he made much
thicker than the outside; if tho contrary,
the outside heel should be thicker than
the inlilo. Tho shoe should bo beveled
off on .the Inslilo quarter, which should
also no tree from nails.
In the hind lees we often find that a
three-quarter shoe will prevent outline,
when other plans foil ; for hero the part
wlitcu cuts is not situated so lurward as
in the fiirelcpH, so that the, removal of the
iron altogether from tho inside quarter
will often accomplish our aim. It somo
times happens that every plan we ran
adopt will not prevent riittlne, and then
the only recour.se is tlio adoption of boots.
Prairie Fanner.
Some Cracks to Stop.
Tttoxa in the barn and stable immedi
ately back of where tho cattlo and horses
arc to stand this whiter, need stopping
badly, and It U an ensy matter to tin so.
Bee that the nulls in all the outer boards
are driven in tightly ; then make battens
of laths or pieces of siding and put them
on with shingle nails. Or, make a. ni'ii tar
of lime and sand or ashes, using hog's
bristles In tho place of plastering hair, to
give it greater tenacity, and fill this into
the cracks with a trowel. Those cracks iu
the hay-loft should then bo treated iu tho
same manner.
Those .cracks iu tho poultry -house, hard
ly wide enough to let n feather through,
are still of sutlielcnt width to let In snow
and raiit and wind, which will wet end
chill the Cowls .so that they w ill not bo
likely to-lay during tho whole winter ; or
if, by chauce, some enterprise biddy
should get up courage to drop tin occa
sional egg, it would bo sure to be frozen
while she was yet cackling over it.
Those about tho outer doors. Heat will
crawl out through an exceedingly small
place; therefore great pains must betaken
in the matter of fitting tliosedoors to their
frames. rJomc tack a strip of list or sel
vedge on tho door owing, being careful
that there aro no folds or wrinkles in it.
Others recommend working out pieces of
wood abiftit an inch square, covering this
with cloth and fastening it to tho door it
self, close where it comes ngalust the
casing. If this way Is adopted a good
lob must be mado of it, otherwiso it will
look badly from without. It would be
better to fasten on these Btrlps with small
screws rather than with nails, as a nicer
fit could bo made and the screws taken
out and used again without injuring tho
deor.
Those in the walls and door of tho room.
The former can best bn stopped by paper
ing tho walls; tho latter by using such
carpets as any farmer's wife cnu make.
These keep.out tho cold, diminish uuise,
and give tho room a genteel appearance.
Under tho carpet should be placed several
thicknesses of newspapers or onu thick
ness of tho coarse paper which is some
times used hack of clap-boards in covering
the walls of houses.
Effects of Heat upon Meat.
Profilsrou Johnson, in his " Chemistry
of Common Life," says, that a well cooked
piece of meat should be full of its own
juice or natural gravy. In roasting,
therefore, It should bo exposed to a quick
fire, that tho external surfaco may be
mado to contract at once, and tho albu
men to' coagulate, before tho Juice has had
timo to escape from within. Tho same
observations apply to boiling ; when a
piece of beef or mutton is plunged Into
boiling water, the outer part contracts, the
albumen which Is near tho surfaco coagu
lates, and the Internal juico is prevented
either from escaping into tho water by
which it Is surrounded, or from being dilut
ed or weakened by the admission of water
among It. When cut up, therefore, tho
moat yields much pravy, and is rich in
flivor. Hence, a beefsteak or mutton chop
is done quickly, and over a quick flro, that
the natural juices may be retained. On
the other hand, if the meat be done over
ft slow fire, its pores remain open, the
i'lice continues to flow from within as it
i as dried from the surface, and the flesh
pines and becomes dry, hard and unsavory.
Or, if it bo put in cold, tepid water, which
is afterwards brought to ft boil, much of
the albumeu is extracted before it coami
late, the natural lutccafortho most nart.
flow out, and tho meat served is in nearly
ft tasteless state. Hence, to prepare good
boiled meat, it should at once bo put into
water already put to boll. But to make
beef tea, mutton broth, and other iheat
soups, tho Ucsu should be put Into cold
water, and this afterwards very slowly
warmed, and finally boiled. Tho advan
tage derived from simmering a term not
unfrequcnt ill cookery books depends
very much upon tho eltecu ot slow turn
ing, as above explaiued.
Care of Cows in Winter.
I havb wintered from twenty to forty
cows on marsh hay for twelve years, and
have lost but ono cow and have never had
to help one up. If any of your numerous
readers have been more successful, 1 would
like to know how they managed them.
In the first place 1 nut up a very cheap
table, 64 feet long by 21 feet wide, that
would accomodate 8(5 cows. 1 used 14 feet
boards sawed in two lor sides, ana also tor
floor. Kor the alley to feed on. I divided
into three equal parts of seven feet each
and feed on the middle space. I take two
by six Joists; set them four feet six inches
from stanchions against stakes, drive Uiree
feet in ground and till up level with it and
the joist of my feed Moor.
Some use plank floors, for their cattlo to
stand oh ; I would not use one at all, as
dirt is far preferable I then put down a
plank sixteen Inches wide, the wholo
length of tbe stable to catch the droppings.
If I had but six etttle I should build four
and a half feet wide and nine feet long.
A stable of this kind will pay for itself
every year, even lr one had to pay oo per
cent lor money. - I nave used one or this
kind for twelve years and I think it will
last as much longer. I used Mxtecn feet
hoards for roor, battered with common
fence boards. I have a door at each end
of the alley, io I can drive team to the
door with any thing I wish to toed, and
what they do not tat I carry out of the
other door into the yard for manure.
I milk my cows from ten to eleven
monUjs in the year. I always feed them
something Wde. hay while they give
milk. I put to an acre of corn m drills
dose to my stable, and when the grass be
gins to fail I cut this p and wheel it Into
table and feed, lean grow on one acre
all twenty cows wlilcu from harvest until
frost. I mako .the drill f ,ur feet apart
and sow very thick, plow often and keep
clean.
1 use the comb and card freely, while my
oows stand in the aubii. i kir. n. ,..f.
in one hand and card in the ot her and give
hem all a atiorougli, K-rntchinR. If m.
hlr'0 fel ls tig!)!, a It frequently will, I take
hold ot it wttti my hands and loosen n
along tho who'ft length of bck bone. If
the hide Is kept looso, cattle will always
do well. I ati tribute much of my success
In keeping my stock In good condition to
the nip of the comb and card. for. WfU
mi llural.
Milk.
Is some countries., as Switzerland, It is
the chief diet of tho peasantry ; and
overvwhere, if easily obtained. Is largely
consumed, 70 per cent, of the laboring
classes of Knglitnd make use of It. !iH per
cent, takn It as buttermilk t anil o.J per
cent, as skimmed milk. In Wales, the
average consumption of It by farm labor
ersls'i pint 4 per adult weekly South
Wales averag'ng only 8 pints; whlln in
North Wales it is tt. In Holland the
(nnnmptlon unions; tho laboring ctamrs
la still larger ; for It amounts to (H. pints
net head weekly, and In Ireland It reaches
8V pints. Tli wo who take least of It are
the In-door operatives of London! the
weavers of Piiltalflelds, for example, use
only about 7 il or,, per head weekly, and
those of Hot! nal Green only a fraction
above 1 1 or. per head. When examined
under tho mi.iroacope, milk Is found to
contain myrl urn of little globules of but
ter floating in a clear liquid. On stand
ing for a few hour, the oily particles rise
to the surfaco r.nd form ft cream, the pro
portion of 'ileli is the test of quality,
(lows' milk Is heavier than water in the
proportion of from MM or 1032 to 1000.
Asses' milk l tho lightest, for Its gravity
Is only about 1019; then comes human
milk, 10'JO; M nd, lastly, goat and ewes'
milk, which M the heaviest of all, from
1(M to 1042.
The quality of milk varies with the
breed of the Vow, tho nature of Its food,
and tho litn" of milking; for afternoon
milk is a Iwim'b richer than morning, and
tho late dra n than the first. Taking,
however, the n verago of a large number of
samples. It in '.y bo sum that cows milk
contains 11 per cent, of solid matter, 4.1
of which are casein, B 3 sugar, 8.0 butter.
and 0 8 sulir t matter. The relations of
nitrogenous 1 1 the carbonaceous Is 1 to
3.2 ; but as fii' Is 2. times more powerful
than starch, tho relation may bo said to be
as 1 to a.u. J mine Farmer. '
Care of Stock.
Tiik farmer! object should bo to mako
everything pny. Mock poorly kept never
pays. If you' aro growing stock keep It
growing; H should weigh moro next week
than lt'docs this week ; if it does not, yo
aro not prlllno; paid tor Its' keeping, there-
lore you aro losing money by tt, ana the
fault is vonr own. Proner treatment and
caro will mn'.o a growing animal weigh
more each siii cccedlng week. An soon as
it attains its i.rowth and cannot bo mado
to advance in welaht If it is erown for
salo, sell it. Alwavs remember that your
grass, hay, grain, or other stock food is
worth money, a part of your working
capital, and v turnover you cannot make a
profit on it by feeding one animal or lot of
animals, sell Diem and buy others that will
Improve on tl o food that vou are wasting
on mo iormcr.
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T here are certain conditions always re
quired in growing, feeding or using stock
lor lauor or pleasure, anil unless you can
make up your mind to comply with these
conditions, you had better not engago in
the business. It must have enough to eat
of tho right kind of food. Just enough and
nnnoiowasu); must nave this at regular
intervals, not less than three times a day;
must have wn'cr as often ; must bo kent
clean ; iiiUHt he kept comfortable not too
much exposed to heat in summer, nor cold
and utorms in winter; have access to salt,
or bo salted not less than onco a week ;
not bo driven about by other moro power
ful or ill-natured animals; must bo looked
after every day to aeo that it is in good
health, and these conditionscompllcd with.
American Hock Journal.
Salt for Grass.
A coniticsi-osuKNT writes tho American
Institute Farmer's Club on the subject, as
lollows; " when 1 was in Australia 1 no
ticed that the tracks mado by tho drags
loaded with suit hides were always green,
even in tho severest time of Hie long
buckllolders,' or hot winds charged with
dust, that destroy everything they pass
over. This led me to think that hero was
a solution of tho question as to tho best
dressing for grass hinds, and it was here I
found it. Vat twelvo seasons I havo scon
it tried upon a variety of lands and
grasses, nnd always with tho same results.
In the spring, tho re In so salt and sweep
ings from the shins and wharves, where
wet-salted hides have been stowed, is
spread over tho sward, tho young spring
grass is strong and grows quickly. Tho
cattlo are fond of it. and cat it evenly, and
tho fields so dressed keep green when all
around is parched and dry. From the
absorbent qualities of tho salt, moisture
is attracted and retained.
Collect the Leaves.
Now that the leaves iff deciduous trees are
pretty much all fallen, it is a good time to
collect tho samo for garden purposes. Ev
ery gardener knows their value, nnd
where manure is scarco. can make an ex
cellent use of them, either for covering
up half hardy things, or for furnishing a
means of obtaining gentle bottom heat
for forcing. Drawn together into heaps
and allowed 1o decay it is Just the mate
rial for'drcsBing flower beds. Near exten
sive woods ot course this is not so
material, as nature has supplied an abun
dance there that can readily be collected
as wanted.
Many plants grown in pot delight In a
oil composed largely of decayed leavts ;
such plauts as the Chinese l'riiuroao, the
Calceolaria, and tho Cineraria are very
partial to such soil. Their tine eoft roots
are in such a soil ablo to penetrate freely,
and quickly form a perfect mat of healthy
roots.
Where hot beds are wanted in tho
spring to bring along early tomatoes, cab
bage and hosts of other things, and horse
manure is a scarco article, dry leaves are
a capital substitute. Hut to bo suitable
for such use they require collecting now
w hen quite dry and kept so until wanted
for use. '1 hen by wetting them and build
ing into a bed, they quickly get into a
state of fermentation, not so rank as hore
manure is apt to do with the Inexperi
euced, and hence often even preferable.
Unrdeuers from choice will very often
use part leaves 'ven when horse manure
is plenty, simply because the heat la more
gentle and lasts much longer.
The fallen leaves are nature's own coy
erlng fbr many pcrenulat plants and ai
they decay furnUh them ft gnod soil to
root into.
This should not 1 lost sight of In the
flower garden, as quite a number of plants
that w cultivate, if not protected by some
material or other, often net winter killed.
which, with a few leaves thrown about
the stools, would winter nerfuctlv safe.
Some people patl er this valuable mate
rial together and burn it, which is a mur
derous practice, as it should he dug or
plowed luto tho land undecayed rather
than this, for tho land is rich, indeed, that
will not fiuallv wear out if not added to
as well as tukeu from. Monthly Hose.
e en as fur north as this, can be kept out
oi doors oy covering wuu leaves, then
two boards laid together on them to shed
the rain.
So fine a protector U leaves, that we are
told, up in the l'ine regions even fkr
north where tho suows also tails early
and remains, Dahlias and potatoes often
keep out all winter quite sound. Yatrw
Farmer.
Grass vs. Cultivation for Orchards.
Tub practice of permitting the grass
to grow and form a sod on tbe surface of
the ground devoted to orcharding is ad
vocated by some quite intelligent writers
while others, equally aa intelligent and of
long experience, oppose It, and maintain
that in order to have good, fair, and well
grown frult.it is necessary to keep the sur
face of the ground loose and free from any
exhausting crop. Both are undoubtedly
correct, in part, lor we havy seen orchard's
tlrnl while yearly cultivated produced fine
and perfect fruit, but as soon as, or with
in three years after being left in grata, the
fruit became knotty and imperfect ; and
again after tultlvatlou produced fair and
perfect crops. Atralui woJuyescenMor-
eh arils In many 8tatt that have had no
cultivation for iyeara, and yet prodnoa
crop of fair and handsome frnlt. We
know cherry-trees that have had nothing
but turf beneath their branches for many
years, and yet their fruit annually fair
and good. And, again, we know of cherry
trees that were kept cultivated ten or more
years, and then gave yearly beautiful fruit,
but afterward neglected and left in turf,
the grass not even mowed t since then
they nave not for several years produced
fruit equal to former seasons or np to the
same erown on trees of like varieties well
cultivated, not half a mile distant " One
swallow does not make a summer," nor
does one man's success In growing a crop
In a certain manner entail any certainly
that that Is the beat way. That deep cul
tivation, with a plow going near to the
bodies of the trees and breaking tho roots
yearly around the crown, and six to eight
inches deen. occasions inlury and may be
counted as a bad practice, we have no
doubt : bnt that a vounir or bearing or
chard is the better for being let alone and
the irrass nermltted to stow, rather than
havo the soli annually stirred and kept
loose, free to the action or air, neat, and
moisture at a depth of three to four Inches,
we do not yet believe. There is undoubt
edly a medium dosirablet too deep and
too frequent stirring of tho soil or too late
In the season would unquestionably be
detrimental ; but If a young or bearing or
chard has the surfaco soil to a depth of
three Inches well cultivated in all the
growing portion of the year, we have not
a doubt that nlno times out oi ten it wouiu
present a more healthy appearance, and
elvo better fruit than one left in sod, even
if all the grass be left to decay upon the
spot where it grew. Certain deep rich
soils thore undoubtedly are which have
In them a superabundant food for vigor
ous and rapid growth of trees planted
therein for many years; but those are the
exception rather than tho rule In all our
host fruit growing sections. Locations of
this sort on tho prairies, and in rich val
ley bottoms, are to be found; but they
are not generally counted as most to bo
valued for fruit-growing ; and to prepare
orchard ground by a first thorough deep
trenching and enriching, if thought ne
cessary to success, would check progress
In orcharding to an extent that where
now there are hundreds, there would not
lie ten acres planted yearly. We are de
cidedly In favor of progress, and if we
could believe that neglect would grow
young orchards and produce equally good
fruit as Judicious, careful, intelligent cul
tivation, we should advocate it most
heartily, on account of labor-saving,
which Is a heavy Item In tho way of get
ting an orchard Into, and keeping It In,
a healthy, vigorous condition; but at
present we are not sufficiently advanced
to do other than advise every owner of a
young orchard to keep tho surface of the
ground stirred annually in the early part
of tho summer to a depth of threo or four
inches, repeating the stirring up to
August, as often as the ground appears
hard or packod by heavy rains ; and espe
cially do we advise all owners of young
orchards to keen all grass or litter from
around the bodies of or near to the trees
during tho winter season bocauso of prob
able depredations from ndco that may
harbor therein, and in timo of heavy
snows eh till u their food from the bark of
tho young treos. 7Ai Uorticulturitt.
To Cure a Cold.
Tun following is from Hall't Jturnal of
Health i " The moment a man is satisfied
that ho has taken cold, let him do threo
tilings : First, cat nothing ; second, go to
bed, cover up, in a warm room; third,
drink as much cold water as he can, or as
he -wants, or as much herb tea as he can,
and In three cases out of four ho will be
well iu thlrty-slx hours. To neglect a
cold for forty-eight hours after the cough
commences is to place himself beyond
euro, until the cough haB run its courso'of
about a fortnight. Warmth and absti
nenco are safe, certain cures, when ap
plied early. Warmth keeps the pores of
the skin open and relieves it of the sur
plus which oppressed it, whilo abstinence
cuts off the supply of phlegm, which
would otherwise be coughed up.
The Story of a Jilted Lover.
Turn Fcorla TWiiMfripl tells the follow
ing Btorv of a true love whoso current ran
unusually rough :
" Several years ago, a young lady in
Tarewell county was wooed by a young
man. Ho obtained her consent, and the
consent of tho old folks, but three days
before the wedding she took a freak into
her head and went off and married
another. The young man was heart
broken, end packed up his effects and
went to New York city. There he hid his
grief, buried himself In business, and en
gaged in speculation ; was successful, and
became wealthy. A younger sister of tho
girl that Jilted him, moved by sympathy,
began a correspondence with nun to miti
gate his sorrow. The correspondence be
came interesting. The young girl grew
up, and, as years rolled on, ripened luto a
great beauty. The sight of her photo
graph awakened in tho young man bo
som the love that he had supposed crushed
iorevcr : he proposed to her and was ac
cepted. Her father was a widower and
was anxious to get married himself as
soon as his daughter was out of the way,
so he "Urged tho match forward. The
means of the lover now admitted a
brilliant wedding and preparations were
made for It. They were to bo mar
ried last Wednesday In stylo, and
depart immediately for New ork city.
" A few davs auo, the expectant bride re
ceived a letter from her betrothed, stating
that he had entered into speculation that
would keep him in tuectly so that he could
not possibly be with her at the time ap
pointed, and asking her to aciay me cere
mony for a day or two. He also referred
to the time when be expected to oe unued
to her sister, rrovoked that ne sun re
membered his former love, the young lady
wroto him in passion, and silting down
at the same timo wroto to a cousin of hers,
a farmer In Iowa, who had long loved her,
telling him that she had broken iier en-
agemeut, relating the circumstance io
iin, and ended by aaylng that she was
ready to be married, and if he would
come and be thore at the time set for her
wedding sho would marry him. He com
piled.
"ller betrothed in new ion, asvon
Uhed to receive her letter, closed up his
bjaluoss as best he could, and came to
TazRwnll connivhv the next train. He
reached the little village where she lived,
and was hartcmi a UD to the house to lul
fll his engagement, when he was met by
some of his friends aud told that bis bride
had just been married to another man.
He fainted away on the spot and was
taken up to the hotel When the bride
was told of it she was overwhelmed with
remorse, bui it was then too late. 8he was
legally married to her cousin. The New
Yorker, twice heartbroken, left for his
home without seeing ber, and the passed
through this city yesterday on her way to
an Iowa farm, looking very dejected and
anything but like a bride
Horace Greeley at Work.
;
A whiter in iifir1r Monthly gives
the following pen ami iuk portrait of one
of the most distiagulshed editors, as seen
in his private room, preparing articles for
the press:
Mr. Greeley's back It towards us. He la
seated at his detk. His head Is bent over
his writing, and his round shoulders are
iuile prominent. He is scribbling rapidly.
. quire of foolscap, occupying the only
clear space on his desk, is melting beneath
his pen. A glance at the manuscript re
veals two dozen knotty flgmes. You may
be sure of a leader on the national debt
to morrow morutne. The dek itself is a
heap of confusion. Here is Mr. Greeley's
straw hat; there la his handkerchief In
front of him la a rack of newsoaot r clirt-
pings, not neatly rolled up, but loosely
sprawled over the detk. At bis left a
rickett) pair of scissors catch a hurried
nap, and at kit right a paste pot and a
half-broken box of waters appear to have
had a rough and tumble Fgbt. An oca
looking paper holder is Just ready to turn
ble on the rloer. An old fashiouod taud
box. looking like a dilapidated hour glass.
is half hidden under a slashed copy of
the New iork HiWJ. Mr. Greeley still
licks to wafers and sand, instead of uaiag
nvicllage od Wotting paper. X sun!
drawer, filled with postago stamps and
bright steel pens, nas crawled oui on ins
drsk. Packages of folded missives are
tucked In the pigeon holes, winking at us
from the back of the desk, and scores of
half opened letters, mixed with seedy
brown envelopes, flop lazily about the
table. Old papers He gashed and mangled
about his chair, the debris of a literary battle-field.
A clean towel hangs on a rack to
his right. A bound copy of the Trlbnne Al
manac from 1 KM to 'M, swings from a small
chain fastened to a staple screwed Into the
side of bis desk ; two other bound volumes
stand on their feet In front of his nose,
and two more of the same kind are fast
asleep on the book rack in the corner.
The room is kept scrupu
lously clean and neat. A waste-paper
basket sonata between Mr. Greeley's legs,
but one-half of the torn envelopes and
boshy communications flutter to the floor,
Instead of being tossed into the basket.
Pen, ink, paper, scissors,
envelopes are In unfailing demand. The
cry, " Mr. Greeley wants writing paper,"
creates a commotion in thoconntlng room,
and Mr. Orecley gets paper quicker than
a hungry fisherman could sktn an eel.
Mr. Greeley can lay Virginia worm
fences in ink faster than any other editor
in New York city. He nsea a fountain
pen, a present from some friend. He
thinks a great deal of it; but, during an
experience of thiee years, has failed to
learn the simple principle of suction with
out gottlng his mouth full of ink, and he
generally uses it with an empty receiver.
lie makes a aasli ai tho ink-Dotiie every
twenty seconds, places the third finger
and thumb of his left hand on his paper,
and scratches away at the worm fence like
one possessed, lie writes marveloualy
fast. Frequently tho point of his pen
pricks through his sheet, Tor be writes a
heavy hand, and a snap follows, spreading
inky spots over tho paper, resembling a
wood cut portraying the sparks from ft
blacksmith's hammer. Blots, liked
mashed rpldcrs or huckleberries, occa
sionally intervene; but the old veteran
dashes them with sand, leaving a swearing
compositor to scratch off the soil, and dig
out tho wordB underneath.
Are Our Feet Properly Clothed.
It la somewhat surprising that, with all
our boasted Improvements, wo have not
as yet produced a proper covering for tho
feet. Uarbarous people, if their climate!
admits, go with hare leel, or wear sanuaia,
covering only tho sole of tho foot. We,
however, encase the whole foot, and a por
tion of the leg, in a nfalerial almost im
pervious to air and moisture, and gener
ally uncomfortably hard and rigid. The
color and polish of our boots aro directly
calculated to attract the sun's rays ; and
tho enamel on pntent leather, and the
blacking on calfskin, tenda to harden and
solidify tho substance, closing tho pores
and making air-tight cases lor a jiortiou of
tho Dixly which exudes more perspiration
than any other, and is subjected to greater
strain.
Our boots in summer parboil our feet
In a warm bath, and in winter freefe
them in an icy envelope. It is doubtful if
wet feet are, in themselves, very conduct
ive to dieciiHo, somo medical men to tho
contrary notwithstanding; but cramped
confinement of tho feet, in an Icy cold en
velope, generated by perspiration and
chilled by the external atmosphere, thus
shutting tho Imprisoned teet almost air
light, is as unhealthy as it is uncomforta
ble.
For hot weather there Is hardly any
shoo so agreeable as that introduced with
in tho past threo or four years, known as
tho army shoo, and extensively used by
base-ballplayers. It is of a heavy canvas
and unblacked leather. It is cool and re
markably easy to the feet. The texture of
tho canvas allows the escape of tho
perspiration, and the color ot the shoo
does not attract the heat of the sun.
It would seem that tho plan of covering
other portions of our bodies with material
pervious to air might advantageously be
extended to our feet. There is no natural
reason why our feet should bo so much
less sensitive than our hands. They De
como indurated and deprived of their
natural activity by long, close confinement.
The peoplo of warm climates, who use
their toes as we do our fingers, and the
bare-footed schoolboy, who picks up and
throws pebbles with his feet, show that the
foot of civilized adults in our climate is a
much abused member.
A more llexiblo and porous material for
our boots and shoes might save us lrom
many of those terrible annoyances, which,
in the form of corns and buuions, mako
our pilgrimage one of pain. Scientifl
American.
The Story of Blue Beard.
DONE BY THE "FAT CONTRIBUTOR.
A lomu timo ago, before tho invention
of hair dye, when a man bad to wear his
beard tho color that nature made it,
whether be would or not, thore was a man
who had made himself enormously rich
as a whisky inspector, or something of
that sort. I don't know precisely where
he livod, but thiuk he lived mostly in the
imaoination.
He run a erat castle, on tho European
plan, had horses and run them, and in fact
run about everything in his neighborhood,
Including running for oltlco and with the
girls, lor at the time of which I Write ho
was a gay widower. He had great quanti
ties of greenbacks, corner lots, oil stock,
bonds, and things, but he was hideously
ugly, and had withal an enormous blue
beard, frightful to contemplate, which
gave to him the cognomen ot Blue Beard,
by which he was known to the country
round-about, as well as to the country that
had laid off its rounti-about, and conse
quently was in its shirt sleeves.
lllue Heard efew weary of livlne in sol
itary magnificence in his lordly castle,
and finding that he was getting bluer and
ntuer every day, ne determined to marry.
Having been married nail ft dozen times
taken half ft dozen raw, as ono might
say ho was naturally quite miserable
when deprived of the gentle influences of
the sex for any length of time.
One of his neighbors was a widow lady,
who had two very beautiful and highly
ccomplished daughters. They could
play the piano, harp, and seven-up, and
work embroidery and Planchetto ele
gantly. To this widow lady Blue Beard applied
for the hand and general anatomy of one
of her daughters, leaving her to decide
which one she would give him. Although
the " stamps" he had pleaded loudly In
hi favor, as .they do yet, although this
was a great many years ago, yet that
dreadful beard was against liim, and nei
ther of the young women desired to have
'it against her. lllue wasn't fashionable
for beards; if it had been -it
might have been ditlercnU One of them
wept bitterly because it would be several
hundred years yet before hair dye would
be discovered so that he could have his
whiskers colored.
Another circumstance rendered them
shy of him. He was having wedding
every once in a while at the castle, but no
tineriU$! wedding cake had been or
dered from the confectioners several
times, but nn undertaker had had a Job
there yet.' No matter how many times
man is left a widower, if ne correspond
lngly patronize some respectable owner
of a hearse, but repeated wedlock without
ninerats is certatuiy ft suspicious circum
stance. Blue Beard cunningly Invited the faml
ly and their friends to the castle, where
they passed a week so delightfully that
the youngest daughter began to think
blue was a pretty good color for whisker
utter all. particularly when their possessor
could keep such an establishment as that,
where they had three men's a day, beside
a . lunch every morning from ten o'clock
until eleven. She locked with contempt
on a red whiskered beau of hers, she used
to ihlak "per-fectiy splendid." and actu
ally asked him why he didn't " rub Indigo
into 'em 1" The upshot ot the business
was, the contented to become Mrs.
Beard, and the wedding wc celebrated
who treat mat.
At the expiration of the briney-moon,
Blue Beard pretended to bis wife that butt-
neat of importance called til m away to
ditiaut city, lie would be absent tor lev
eral weeks, and in the meantime she could
invite company and enloy herself as much
ft possible, lie gave her ftbuuch id' key,
enabling her at any unie to open bit tte,
DJ frat ber tje upon. Uj0 diamond (fca
loaned money on " collateral," some
times), greenbacks, seven-thirties, revenue
stamps and recelptedgM bills deposited
there also giving access to the wine cel
lar, store room, picture gallery, billiard
room, ten pln alley, corn iiouse, &c, &c
Hut one little key opened a room In the
basement that she must not approach ave
upon her periL She promised, and he took
street car for tho depot.
From the time that Mother Eve disre
garded the Injunction against a certain
tree In Kden's orchard and partook of a
Khode Island pippin, thereby Introducing
various things Into the world never before
dreamed of, curiosity has been an absorb
ing passion with the fair sex, and we need
hardly Inform tho Intelligent reader that
her husband was tcarcelv out of sight be
fore Mrs. H. U. had unlocked the door of
the forbidden room.
Hut what a spectacle met her affrighted
gac I There, suspended on hooks like so
many gowns in a clothes-press, were the
bodies of the murdered Mrs. Blue Beards,
whose funerals had keen Indefinitely post
poned, while the floor was clotted with
their blood 1 Hho would have swooned,
but the phrase wasn't known at that time.
Terribly agitated, she dropped the key on
the floor, staining It with blood, which she
was afterward unable to wash out, even
with the aid of a patent wringer.
lllue Heard returned unexpectedly, as
everybody might have expected, anil the
blood upon the key told the story of his
wife's disobedience, for blood, you know,
" will tell."
" Must I," ho cried, wringing his hands
in anguish, "must I again become a wid
ower, and so soon? After one short
month of wedded bliss (drawing his
scimetcr and carefully feeling its edge)
must this latest and dearest ono oe torn.
from my arms and I left alone alone 1
Bohohoool"
" Not If I can help it," remarked Mrs. B.
to herself.
" I never nursed a dear gazelle. Blue
Beard blubbered, as he proceeded to whet
his sevthe on the stove hearth. " to glad
mo with its soft black eye, but when it
came to know mo well "
' Now Blue Heard, I don't want to dlo."
" Prepare t" yelled Blue Beard, enraged
that sho did not at once accept tho situa
tion.
" Since I must die," said she, " gTant me
a quarter of an hour in which to write a
farswell letter to tho press."
He could not refuse so reasonable a re
quest, so he granted It, although he was
not ordinarily ft Urant man. Uolng to ner
room she told her sister Anna to ascend
to tho top of tho tower and Bee if her
brothers (who, supposing Blue Beard was
away, were coming to smoke up his cigars
and drink up his whiBkv) were yet in
sight. Thero was a cloud of dust in the
road, but it was only a flock of sheep on
their way. to the State Fair.
"Time a up 1" shouted Blue Beard, who
didn't think much of writing letters to
newspapers, anyhow.
"Only one moment more. Anna, oh,
Anna I Bhe softly cried, " do you see any
body coming now?" ,
" I see two horsemen. They see me
wave my handkerchief. It is it is Sam
and Bill!"
Then Blue Beard rushed in with his
drawn sword (he had draxrn itatagift
show), and was about to dispatch her to
tho happy crokay-ing grounds of her sex,
when her brothers Sam and Bill dove in
and blow old Blue Beard's brains out with
double-barreled bowio knives.
The widow B. inherited his money, to
gcther with tbe remains of his other wives,
with which the was enabled to set up
Museum of Anatomy, finally marrying
Bldo Bhowman. Her sister Anna was
united to a gentleman by the name
Dominy, becoming Anna Vominy. though
what year this was I cannot say. Blue
Boards went out with ti e eminent and ex
cessivo widower of that name, and haven't
been in sinco to my knowledge. Cnm'
tiati lima.
A QUAKER WEDDING.
a
B.
'Or marrying and giving In marriage
thero Is no end. The present season
seems to be uncommonly fruitful in wed
dings, and the goddess Hymen has turned
tho hearts of many fair women and brave
men to the consideration of those tender
relations which end, oftentimes, in a union
lor lito. J? ashionable woddlnes, and mar
riages in high life, have for a long time
been tho order of the day ; described at
lengtu in the columns oi all the newspa
pers, until they are as familiar to the pub
lic aa the names of the late aspirants for
mo White House. Wo all know how
those Trinity Chapel and Christ Church
affairs are conducted, from the length of
the trains ot Bixtecn bridesmaids to the
number of the policemen who stood guard
on tho sidewalk. Uow much we have
read of puffed tulle, en train, en panier,
diamond rings, brilliant receptions, iur
nished houses for the bride, chartered cart,
and special steamboats ; of silks, laces,
satins, India shawls and orange blossoms
Amid all this fuss and fashion, gayety and
brilliance, weddings now and then, take
place among well-to-do-people which are
rcmarkablo for their simplicity. They are
as strictly severo as the cut of a l'biladel
phia Quaker's coat
A Quaker wedding is a novelty to the
world peoplo, and as such we present
our readers with a detailed description
ono which recently took place in the en
terprising town of Harrison, Westchester
coun'.y. In spite of the persecution which
me Quakers sintered in early timet at the
hands of the Puritans, New England and
tho border land still retains many of them,
who exactly resemble their ancestors in
every particular save that they have larger
and better filled purses. But there Is the
same aimplicity of dress, language and
manners, and when a young Friend mar-
net a voune Friend (loss?) maiden, he
doe it In the simple style which prevails
among Frleads and Quakers, in other
words, he marries huaaelf.
Last Tuesday evening, at the residence
of Friend John Beman, in Harrison,
Westchester county, Mr. Eugene V. Lor
ton, of 'his city, married himself to Mis
Amy T. Moshcr, of Greenwich, Ct. Be
it known to all of our readers, then, that
this was a regular, old-fashioned, demo
cratic. New England Quaker wedding,
which took place at grandfather' great
squaro country house, in the midst of all
the relations on both sides, from the oldest
grandparent (o the youngest baby with it
thumb in his mouth. The relative of the
young friends who were to be married
came together from all part of tbe com
pass, even from the towns oi JNew Jersey,
the hills of Orange county, the city
New York, New England, and Westches
ter county. Some of the wealthy and
highly respectable broadbrim from this
city dignified the occasion with their pretence,
accompanied by their wive in
lace caps, with silk half handkerchief
shawls, aud the plainest and thickest
(ilk dresses. There was a plentiful sprink
ling of the world' people, too young
ladies in'pompadour wabts, and young men
in swallow-Uiled coats and fancy neck-lie.
But to all intents tnd purposes the wed
ding was of Quaker origin, conduct and
conclusion.
During the day of Tuesday guest were
arriving upon every train, leaving the
car at Port Chester. Coaches and car
riages were at the depot to convey them
to the house, some four or five miles dis
tant, and one four in- hand team wan loaded
down with something like ft score of men
and women. Grandfather he man came
down to the station in his family carriage
for the special accommodation of particu
lar friends from the metropolis. Such
heapt of boxes, trunks and traveling bags,
with nurses, dressing maid and Babies,
was a sight to behold I
Arriving at the mansion, the guests were
ushered into the parlors, where bright
tire of wood were blaxlng in the great
open fire-place. A scene tit to fill Donald
G. Mitchell with joy and call up a thousand
memories of childhood in the breast of
who had ever tat before the cheerful blare
and crackling log. The young people as
sembled in the back parlor, while the near
relative and aged friends were comforta
bly seated In the front parlor. The Semen
family i remarkable for the tlx of
aged men and women, and a It la a long
lived family, many erav-headed folk were
present Many of the men were almost
glgautic in stature, with broad chest, and
a rotundity which would well become
Alderman. In strength oi constitution
and development of physique, the women
were fully equal to the men, aud when
a
a
of
contrasted with the lithe and petite city
belle of the present dry, Scorned to be of
another generation. The past and the
present, the old and the new, the out going
and tbe In-cemlng, met and shook hand at
this wedding. It will be a long time be
fore we shall ever behold such a sight
again, and we roust say that tbe pawing
away people were superior in many re-spft-ts
to the in coming,
he ceremony was to take place at 8
o clock In the evening. Long before that
hour, the parlors were crwded with the
exception of a passage way left through
the center of each. tTha Friends, in their
peculiar and well known costumes, were
seated In the front parlor, in solemn si
lence. The gentlemen were, for tho most
part, dressed In black, with white peck
ties, while the ladles wore small lace cr ps
with little peaked crowns, and buw nnw.
handkerchiefs. The prevailing colors of
ineir oresses were urowrr; deep, rich,
mulberry, snd black. 'Whenever a Friond
entered the room, he or she shook hands
with each one present, tainting them by
their given names.
Beneath the mirror in the front parlor a
sofa had been placed for the bride and
groom, and upon eitber tide were chairs
for the best man and woman. The friends
and relatives being assembled, the best
man and woman entered tho back parlor,
followed by the bridal pair. They walked
tbe entire length of the parlors, and amid
a profound silence took the seats designat
ed for them. For about five minutes, dur
ing which a silent prayer is supposed to
have been offered, no one spoke or moved.
Tho bride sat like a statue, with downcast
eyes, but blushing perceptibly. The whole
scene appeared more like a tableau than
an ordinary wedding ceremony. After
enduring the silence as long as teemed de
sirable, tbe bridegroom and bride arose.
taking each other by the right hand, when
ine nriuegroom said :
" in the presence of the Lord, and these
people, 1 take thee. Amy. to be my wife.
promising, oy the uivtne assistance, to be
unto thee a loving and faithful husband,
until death doth part us.
Then Amy said the same words to Eu
gene, stumbling a little at the word " hus
band." At tho conclusion of this part of
ius ceremony me company was again
seated, and silence reigned profound. The
onue was aressed alter the ordinary fash
Ion, in a white satin cashmere, en train.
trimmed with white satin, pompadour
waisi, lace unoerwatst, veil, orange now
ers, etc., etc.
During the silence succeeding the cere-
mony an opportunity was offered for any
of the friends to address the couple if the
rpinr moved. Alter waiting for some
time a quiet, motherly-looking lady made
me louowmg ejaculation :
" This is indeed a very solemn ceremony
and we all need the Divine assistance in
living up to its requirements.
Another period of silence, and the bride
groom arose and kissed the bride, where
upon the best man and woman did the
same thing.
At this stage of the proceedings, the
Dest man, with an assistant, broueht
small table into the room, upon which was
a marriago certificate in -tho shape qf a
scroll, a pen, ana an ink-stand, and placed
it in front of the bridegroom. He feigned
his name to the contract, and then the
bride assumed lor the first time tbe name
of her husband. Immediately after the
signatures naa ncen affixed to the docu-
ment, a gentleman took the certificat
and read it aloud to the company, as fol
lows :
WnKHVii, Enjtene, of the city, county, and
mate or Mow ork(son a snd tali wlf
and Amy (danKhtur of and his wire), oi
Ureenwlch. Fatrflald county, stata nf Cnnnprt!
cnt.bavlnr declared their Intention of marrlai-a
with aach other, and having obtained the consent
ui ineir parenta :
Now tii as! are to certify whom ltmaycnnrarn
that for the full accomDlloliment of their said In.
tentions this tenth day of tbe eleventh month of
ine year or our i.ora, one thousand elht hnn
urau auu Bixiv-eiKDi. mey.
the said Rlirena and
Amy. anneared in a meeting held at tha home nf
jonn i man, or Harnton, and the said Kugen
maiuK ine aaia Amy oy im nana, aia on tme ioi
etna occaalan openly declare that he took her,
the eald Amy, to be bl wife, pronilalne with Di-
Tine attitlance to be nnto ber t loving hatband
nntll death ehonld separate them; and then the
into. Amy aia in uae manner declare that she too
the aa!d Eugene to be her bnaband, promlalnr.
with Jtt'lna cututanct, to be unto him a toying
and faithful wife until death sbould separata
them.
And moreover they, tha eald Amy and Engena
(she, according to the custom of marriage, assum
ing the name of her haaband) did, aa a further
conurmatiou tuerool, then and there te these
presents act ineir hands.
Evamm
A
And we. whose names are also berennto anh.
scribed, being present at the solemnization or tbe
said marriage and subscription, have aa witnesses
thereunto aet our hands, the day and year above
wriueu. i-KTia ,
John ,
Naomi ,
Kir
,
And scores of others.
of
of
The contract having been signed and
read, it was now taken to the back parlor,
where it remained throughout the evening,
during which time the signatures of all
wno witnessed the marriage were stllxed
i ne people now pressed toward the newlv
married pair, the nearest relative going
first, and others following in their appro
priate order. At the uncles and elderly
gentlemen relatives kissed the bride they
slipped a fifty dollar bill into her hand, at
part payment for the kiss ! Immediately
iter tue congratulations ine aining-room
was thrown open and the wedding supper
announced. This was much like that at
any other wedding, only the bridal party
- o i,.i tVi -a .uu.iV f i
notctit '
was not cut
The whole ceremony consumed about
ore hour. Between fifty and sixty signa
tures of the relatives of the bride and
bridegroom were appended to the parch
ment This is a good custom, and servet
to call to mind each one present at the
wedding. It is littlo curious that the
marriage certificate has to be procured in
Philadelphia. It is afforded at the reason
able price of $5. A' new gold pen and
case is always purchased for the signing
of tbe contract. This may be presented
by the husband to hit wife.
Before the final performance of the cere
mony, several rehearsals are gone through
In private. Old Friends shake their heads
and say that usually the woman goes
through her part of the ceremony with
more grace and correctness than the man.
Some women break down, or speak only
in a whisper.
1 ne r riends receive presents like other
peoplo, but no cards are issued. Beside
tne usual presents oi silverware, jewels,
laces, etc, they give household goods, such
blankets, counterpanes, linen, etc.
These are displayed with the rest
ine ceremony itaeciaedly pleasing. and
commends itself from it sweet simplicity.
um li aoet teem a mue nam io oblige a
person to marry himself. However, such
is the custom at Quaker weddings Jatt-
ern i'aier.
Some Suggestions on the Burning or
Coal.
of
til
an
Tub toason when closed wlndowt and
doors and glowing coal firet have super
seded well-aired apartments has arrived,
nd as the price of fuel hat Increased, any
method of preventing the waste of to
necessary and valuable a commodity must
be useful. We give, therefore, a few brief
uggetlions, drawn from experience, in
regard to tne care oi ranges, beaters, cook
ing and parlor stoves, and grates.
it Is false economy to be chary of the
use of kindlibg for anthracite flree. Char
coal it probably the best kind'.er, bnt is
not ajways to be obtained, end then, U
costly. In this and other cities, kindling
wood, of pine, tawed short five or six
inches in length and split fine, Is told in
convenient Utile bundles, one or two of
which it sufficient to start en anthracite
fire for ny household purpose. It may
be obtained also in barrel or boxes, or in
quantity. In the country these conve
nienses do not exist, but every house
holder prepare his own kindling. One
great mistake In its preparation is in not
cutting It short enough, or splitting it fine
enough. More heat can be obtained by
using fine than coarse kindling. This pre
paration Is to the stove, what mastication
la to the stomach, an assistant to combus
tion or digestion, in this case convertible
terma
After the kindling U lighted, it thould
be allowed to burn until It it all enveloped
in a light blaze and portions have become
live coals before a particle of coal U put
on. If the coal U heaped upon the nulg
niled wood the process of combustion Is
delayed by chokine. and much oi the car
bon that would otherwise produce heat it
carried on in tne iorm oi acute tuinxe or
Udpoitfipr))fiJ4 carboy eudgat,
nst " an alive, anu cracs u so as to ex
s IPe the interior, it will be found to be
the greatest enemy to Inflammability.
Most persons have seen this wnen an ap
parently well kindled fire has been extin
guished and had to be re made.
The coal pui on mo smuimm ""'"
new coal, not the screenings of ft former
re ; and it should be careluny sprewi in
thin layer. The practice of filling the nre--pot
or rurnace will materially delay the
process of combustion. In such caset we
have teen an hour elapse before a bed of
incandescent coal could be formed tuffl
clunt to broil a tteak or a fish, or to emit
any sensible heat, while with a decent
draft cood coal tire, with judicious man
agement, may be obtained in mieen min
utes. Where a fire Is kept all night, or for
days and weeks together, as is now so fre
roientlir the case with base burning stoves,
and pvn the common cylinder etove, the
first thing to do In the morning is io piu
on fresh coal, witnoui aisiuruing m m
Lhn atrtva nnstl tha draft and the damper,
and do no raking nntll the new coal Is well
limited. Tlipn the ashes may be rattled
down until the eparkt drop through the
grab?. Boon at these are seen the raking
should cease. Never poke a coal fire
anthracite at the top. This rule, at mill
tarr men lay. la ' s-eneral."
- Bat a greater fault than any other and a
very common one Is choking a fire ny
piling on ft grate or filling up stove with
coal when the fire is low. In All cases the
coal ehould be added in moderate, even
email, quantities, and it should be placed
or spread evenly. In some cases it is well
to deposit the lnmpt piece by piece by
band. When aumpeo on in masses me
coal wastes rapidly without giving out
heat, a larirfi uronortlon of the carbon
escaping up the chimney in the form of
visible soot or as thick smoBe. nu an
thracite fire should ever be allowed to
emit a visible smoke. The gases in tne
form nf a bluish flume carry off enough
of the heat nrod ucine products It would
b wpII If all this ctiu'd be retained and
consumed; but we almost despair mat
this will ever be an accomplished fact
Drafts and dampers are too irequenny
used without Intelligent reference to their
respective offices. Many leave me stove
doors open, and close the damper. The
effect , to be sure, to retard combustion,
but at the same lime ine gases evmvcu,
finding noscape by tho natural draft, are
forced out Into the room, poisoning the
atmosphere and rendering the apartments
unhealthy, inducing languor and neadacne.
If the chimney damper is closed, or the
passage to tbe chimney, the door or aper
ture above ine nre snouiu aiso do cioecu,
while tho draft at the bottom of the fire,
oAgnder tho grato, may be opened ; for If
the gassee escape through this opening,
they will have been neutralized by passing
through the fire.
In oncn crates the draft is frequently
found to bo insufficient This is because
too largo a portion of the fire is exposed,
A sheet of boiler plate covering a portion
of tho crate bottom will in many caset im
prove the draft, reduce the consumption of
coal, and, at mo same time, increase iue
available heat
Somo persona, especially inexperienced
help, do not know how to otstinguisn oe
tween unconsumed or coked coal and value
less clinker, as tho former may be coatod
with ashes. It may be accepted aa a gen
eral truth that in a grate, or stove furnace,
or fire box, the clinkers, being ot a semi
metallic nature, sink and the unconsumed
coal be left on the top. We have found
it to be economical to rather the top
lumps by hand before disturbirg the mass,
Thus, most of the unconBumed por
tions will bo recovered, and can bo used
again. In many cases this will prevent
the necessity of sifting the ashes and
picking out the scoria.
In sifting it is a good practice to drench
the ashes in the sieve with water. Much
that would otherwise be rejected will be
found to be pure coal, the water washing
off the coating of BBbes, and exposing the
" black diamonds," which are frequently
in fine particles. These saving are valu
able to be used when the requirement of
cooking or if particularly sharp airs do
not demand a brisk fire. Even the ashes
that escape through the sifter, when made
into a mortar with water, are tervicable.
They may be used as advantageously in
preserving the fire in a grate, and it is sur
prising how much of what might be other
wise condemned as waste can be made
thus to yield available heat
Coal should be kept under cover, ex
posed neither to the sun, the rain, or the
frost Insensible combustion and waste
by the action of the element rapidly di
minish the heat producing qualities of ev
en the hardest anthracite coal. By tome
this possible waste is estimated as high as
fifty per cent This may be an exaggerat
ed estimate, but that it is considerable the
observation and experience ef twenty
years warrant us in confidently affirm
ing. Even the fine dust left in the coal
bin is valuable. Mixed into a mortar, as
we advise with the ashes, it gives out an
intease boat, greater than that of lump
coal because of the more readiness with
which the oxygen of the atmosphere can
permeate the mast ; and here we may
give a few words of advice. Small sized
coal is more economical than large coal,
especially for household purposes, if the
grate is adapted to the size, for the reason
just stated. To prove this let one take a
lump of anthracite as large as a man's
entirely black inside and undisturbed by
the heat
These practical suggestions and facts.
unaccompanied by scientific reasons, are
submitted for the consideration of our
readers. We might have given the philoso
phy of combustion as applied to anthracite
coal, but preferred to make a few simple
statements, leaving our readers to trace
the truths back to their source, we are
confident, howeve", that an observance of
these rules will result In a valuable saving
or coal. acunttjie jimertean.
A Shrewd Italian Brigand.
Evrryhody hat heard of Fra Diavolo,
the brigand. His daring waa only equalled
by his wit The following is the ingeni
ous mode by which the celebrated robber
escaped for a time from the bands of Col.
Hugo, the. father oi Victor ' Hugo,
who was in pursuit with a large force of
soldiers.
Escape teemed absolutely impossible.
Ou one tide of the road was a precipice
which no man could scale; on the other
Hugo waa advancing toward the road.
Flight toward Apulia would throw him
into the toils of his unwearied hunter,
nit Inventive genius supplied a remedy
for this net of difficulties. He turned to
hit men, and said : " 1 le my handa behind
my back. Do the tame to my lieutenant"
The men were astonished, but obeyed
in tilence, using handkerchUfs instead of
cords.
" Now." said Fra Diavolo? " let us move
down the road and meet this cavalry.
They will ask you who we are. You will
answer, "These are two brigands of the
band of Fra Diavolo, whom we have
taken and are conducting to Naples in or
der to obtain the premium."
But suppose tbey thould wish to take
you tnemaeivee? -
Then you will Tetlre, protesting against
tbe injustice they do you. You, at least,
will be sate."
The stratagem was excellent Fra
Diavolo't men figured at the militia of the
district The premium offered for the
brlgandt atNapleawata capital pretext
for asking permistion to past on their way,
nd to gain tbe rear of the cavalry. The
artifice tucceeded.
Whoever hat heard of Neapolitan im
nrovlsatore, can imagine the affecting tad-
- t ; I . .1 v : 1 .- . . . . .
nest OI u j-'iavmu auu uta lieutenant,
the serious and solemn vivacity of the
spokesman of the false militia. A ttory of
te capture was invented on the instant, to
probable, and to perfectly consistent in all
lit details, that one mujt have been dead to
truth and innocence to distrust it.
Xoi Much Hurt ArTt a Ail. A Mem-
Bhte paper, la chronicling tu; accident to a rail
load conductor, aaya lhatha waa knocked eff tha
li.ia by ale bead coming In contact with taa
bridge, hta thigh broken, throat badly cat, tnd
smashed ap gauerally. Be waa uksa to Colombia
and I le t tatr way to recover.
An Undisputed Remedy.
It needs no argument to prove that Constipation
of the JJowela la on of lb moat dangerous com-
pUinta which can befal mankind. Notblug
mora common aud fatal, and everyone afflicted
with eigUt Hubert immedjtw roceane tg t ttfe
la
na .r.A. tthaMtailLBR'8 HKHB BIT-
TKR8 1 for each It la, as la proved by tatlmonlals
wtthont number, and la admitted y an menn-ai
men who know anything about its nature, par
poea and operations. Ita effect sra wonderful In
caeca of mental and physical depresalon, arising
from Indigestion, eoatlvavwae, ot fellloaa aecra
Mons. It will positively enra th worst form of
cbronle constipation, and splendidly fortify tha
patient against future attacks. Bold by .MI oraf
glste ind storekeepers.
JTature's tfreat Ally,
it took the world nearly two thousand years to
discover and remedy one of the moat fatal error
that mankind hai ever believed in. rrom in
time of Oaten to s comparatively very recent data.
It was inppored that, la order to car a disease, it
waa necessary to wcaaen ine aireany m..
patient by artificial means. Bleeding, blistering,
violent purgation and salivation were tha main
reliance of the faculty, not more than fifty yesrt
ago. Restoratives were only administered aa sup
plementary tgenta, after the lancet, cantharldee.
Jalap and calomel had done their depleting work.
Modern science his effected t salutary reform In
medical treatment. In place of tba nauseous
doaea once administered In " of Indlgeetlon,
biliousness, constipation, slcVtfeailarhe, nervone
nese. Intermittent fever, Ac, HOSTHTTKH'S
BTwMACII BITTERS are now given with the
utmost confidence and tb happiest result. Tba
reason why this admlrabia botanical preparation
has enperseded the debilitating poisons of the old
mnlerin mr1ra are these: Itcomhlneslheproper
Ilea of a wholesome tonic with those of a gentle
cathartic, an antl-bllious aeent. a nervine, and a
blood depurent. Thus, while It keeps the howela
free, regulatea the liver, and poritlea the rurrent
of life, It sustains the physical strength of the In
valid, and by this means the expulsion ot disease
and the restoration of constitutional vigor go on
together.
At this season, when Intermittent and remittent
fevera, with other compltlnts arising from a damp,
mephltlc atmosphere, are prevalent, a course of
the BITTEHS la the beet means or protecting tha
system from an stuck.
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'TflHih!,
Waetatnjtton Street,
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having live Departments. Kach Depsrtment com
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Writing, Alr-Llne 1 elerraph, I.ectnrea. .,
The Chicago City Telegraph Line In connection
with this Institution Is hiny Milt In extent, and siin
porte Fifty lifflca wherein students tny earn their
board after two months' practice, and before graduat
ing may earn back their entire Tuition.
TUB
AMERICAN
TYPE
WHITER.
nw tAnehin fr.v. iik a Pi.nrt ttilff machine pro
duces letters fuller than lh mwst rapid penman. Ita
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Telegraphers wllhont regard to their penmanship.
vompeling re-egTapn Ljinca nre lnureawj
mand tot OperMora. Young Men and LaiMea anouia
consider tho advantage of a Telojrrei.hlo k.,tlicailon.
rorType Writer ana college circulars. aa "
K. PAYSOfl PORTER,
Principal Porter's Tel. Col- Chicago. HI.
Farms & Fruit Lands.
The mi noli Central Railroad Company bare for m1
In tntcta of 40 acres and upwards, TW.we acre of cnolca
fannlnn and fruit lauda, all lying adjacent to their road.
For graln-growlne, stock -raining, and every purpoae of
prontaoie agriculture, tneee .anas
possess every reqnl
lteof soil and c 11 mala.
THE Fill' IT
of Southern Illinois Is noted t
In th nrrvl tip firm ttf annlM.
Its wonderful fertllUy
kinds of fruits. Darin the season of if!, the Special
ars. Dcacnea. ana an
Fruit Express Train broufrht over 600,000 bozw oi
peaches and 90,000 bushels of strawberries to Chicaeo
alone, from thence furnlihlnt: the first frail of the
season, to all the northern market. 900,000 acres ol
these fruit lands are now offered for sale on favorably
terms.
Till In Fee from tb State.
All Station Aeents are provided nith plats, enowlns
the lands for
saie in i
istlon r
ppartme
their vicinity.
Information (riven upoi
on KM r
1 points at the office of
the Land Department,
apartment, AM Mlcnlgan avenue, jntcaco,
uve pamphlet, with mane, sho wins; the)
exact locality of all the lands, sent to any person writ
or a aescri
ntlve n
Ins for the same. In any language, to
JOHN B. CALHOUN,
LaUTD COMM1B8IOMSB, CHICAGO,
WATCH FOU SI. -The Magnetic Pocie
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oem, posi-pniut
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lar, to Do dub Munn. 4tfij?tn-BtM Washington, D. C .
ni'WlNKHS MAN WANTED In this town to
1 keep on exbibUlonad lor sate, our Sowing Ma
chines. To the rigtit party we will offer cxtraorolBary
inducements. Ad ireas.
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143 LaSallest. Chicago,
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193 Washington -St.,
Chicago
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sells It, Prepared by
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ST" Pemp.e bottle sent free on receipt of 11.
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Trill rtm.!y Inv.H.Mr .iwt.jt .ill .
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agenta wauled. AdUtiWur. T. It. JkaaoTT, Jersey
A Ci.aRoviijnf'a TrrmoHv?v-On, Box ov Aim-
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Hav. 1. nuuav.aEa, KeiW's Statiui.,
IUalth i ijXs-raiMO-ni OanntT.. V"'" tltrt
ft y-V"nl am restored to stmarf aXt hy nslna
Taaxsra
d
. T. Edoa
jraaoBiMaToivx. Knoi r,0,
iMar Sir I raceWed yoar second Red JaeM Aza
aar eiareas, And bow arrnowledae tha atme. Tar taa
fconent of all whou dealrsa or neeeMllies make It th.lr
bu.lneM to chop with aa ate, 1 wo-jld r : Try the
tied Jackeli and. as tbe Supreme Court have held that
a Doctor's opinion without a la reajone te at lime
vaJaaTl will five ml raaaon.. r-Th. Red Jacket
cuts deeoor then tba eounnoa Kit. Ataxm-It being
wuod oatbirVttt, u does aot eilrk la tha wool
Tiiijvyrv chopper with the coaimo. axe mut die.
eovertti at there la u maca taaor aua
i. as macB laoor aua .tren-u aipena
era out of tbe eu aa In toliii ua
ilow. flJrrt-ThU "ita tb. km Jaejtet is all ayold
ai and liomoae-third to onf half tbe lahor Is saved la
eultltil the same .eantlly. IrtAwBy puttlL la tha
eme labor th.t la aeceMarr with a cemaioa aia. yea
fu,eeliy ik Ml IraH thirty. three per cent, mora
wood la tbe ..we time. Tuu are safe In letting any
kuotnt man try roar hod Jacket oa tbeae laete, abd (t
U iei!a,leiuid Mm ht. money.
HuBoeuifuily, yara.
, , HaHHT BAUJWRf.
For sale by ail raewull.le ilclers. and the tiianuao
tnrera. lfUilXilT 3aK kw kU,
rtrruaaea. go,eo,uer ! twourn's aud Bad
Jacket f,tf ai. ft! g
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