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POS-ITP.Y.
"HOW BEAUTIFUL iS EARTH."
FY MF.S. SI'IOCRXEY.
Oh God! how beautiful is earth,
In sunlight or in shade,
Her forest with their waving arch,
Her flowers that gem the glade.
Her hillock?, white with fleecy flocks,
Her fields with grain that glow,
Ihr sparkling rivers deep and broad,
That through the valley flow.
Her crested waves that clash the shore,
And iitt their anthem loud,
Her mountains with their solemn brows,
'I hat woo the yielding cloud.
Oh God! how beantiful G life
I hat thou dost lead Us here,
With tainted hopes that line the cloud,
And joys that jeui the tear.
With cradle hymns of mothers young,
And tread of youthful Get,
That scaire in their elastic bound,
Bow down the grass-flowers sweet.
I
With brightne-s round the pilgrim's staff,
Who, at the set of sun,
Beholds the golden g; tes thrown wide,
And all his works well done.
But il this earth, wii.Lh changes man,
This life to deatn that leads,
Are made so beautifully by Him
From whom all good proceeds.
How glorioLS must that region he
\\ here all the pure and M-st,
From chance, and fear, and sorrow free,
Attain eternal rest.
DANGER AS TO 01 R SAHEATH.
The fact t!i-< -'mem .1 r I.i a unrcprsat '
Bath for the poor as well as the lieh, sa\s the
Home Journal, Is in the most instructive con
trast to the following picture of Europe, given:
by a correspondent of the Times.
After a cart ful observation and experience in ;
foreign cities, I am justitied in this conclusion. 1
The Sunday is a day of leisure to the moneyed 1
classes of societ}', to whom all must be made'
easy, and at toil to the po mi r. To the richer !
classes il is a gala day but to those who provide
tbe dress, pleasures, and excursions of those a
bove them, it is a time when their labors are
more in demand than any other day ol tlie week.
Sunday is the day tor the finest performances at
the theatre and opera. It is a day lor sumptu
ous dinners ; lor evening assemblies, concerts
and balls. You may easily imagine, therefore,
what an amount of labor is required, and
especially when indifference to the day excludes
all forethought. Young persons are playing
their needles en Sabbath morning. Laundress
es are commonly seen earning through the
street articles of attiie. Printers and billposters
are engaged in announcing the amusements for
the evening. Shoei: nkvrs are finishing dress
boots ; boys carrying them home. Tailors are
bending over broidem! vests. The chief market
ol the week is held on Sunday morning. Cooks
in the public kitchens, are busier than usual.
—Confectioners and decorators are pressed with
labor. A carpenter in Nice said Le would be
grateful lor any law that would exempt him
from toil on Sabbath. An eminent physician in
Boon told me, that so numerous were the pri
vate and dancing parties on the Sunday even
ings in that city, that in hundreds of houses
the servant gtris were s) hurried that they
could only catch a moment to eat their food as
they stood. The most painful ihtug about this
is, that there is i:ot the most distant conception
of any injustice hem? done to the suffering toil—
PIC by this state of things. The amount of it
all is, that the no-rcst principle works well
enough for the selfish aristocracy, but terribly
for the poorer classes. It would be so here, only
that here, as in Europe, there can be no sound
slate of public or private morals, among rich 01
poor, without a da\- of sacred rest.
THE MOTHER 3101 EDS THE MAN.
That it is the mother who moulds the man,
is a sentiment beautifully illustrated by the fol
lowing recorded observation of a shrewd writer:
" When I lived among the Choctaw Indians,
I held a consultation with one of the chiefs res
pecting the successive stages of their progress in
the arts of civilized life ■ and among other things
he informed rr.e that, at their start, they fell into
a great mistake—they only sent their boys to
school. These boys came home intelligent men,
but they married uneducated and uncivilized
wives—and the uniform result was the children
were all like their mothers.—The father soon
lost all his interest in both wife and children.
"And now," said h •, "If we could educate
but one class of our children, we should choose
the girls, for when they become mothers they
educate their sons.'' This is the point, and it
is true. No nation can become fully enlighten
ed when mothers are not in a good degree qualifi
ed to discharge tlie duties of the home work of
education.
ICP*The world is for the working hour: but
home is the place of refuge. \\ e tome to it
when we are weary or weak; our refreshment
is there, our rest is there; we reflect there, we
recover from sickness there, and when we die
in peace, we die there.
fll isc cll anco it s.
THE OUTPOST.
A TALE OF FRONTIER LIFE.
i Towards the latter part of tlie year 17") I,
■ the French, aided 03' vast bodies of the Huron
: and Jroqucis Indians had begun to them
! selves very disagreeable neighbors tothe Biitish
and American colonists in northern Virginia
and Ohio and the northwest portion of .New
York State—the French by their encroachments
on the frontier, and the Indians by their numer
ous forays and savage baibaritv to a!! who were
unfortunate enough to fall into their hands.
To put a stop to these aggressive proceedings,
numerous bodies, both of the "regulars*' and the
colonial militia, were despatched to lire several
points assailed: and among the rest, Col. Henry
Inncs, with a company of thirty men, among
whom were a party of some dozen V irginia rifle
men, was ordered to occupy a small outpost, or
log tort, which at this period stood within a
lew miles from the north fork of the Alleghany
1 iver.
Having arrived safely at their quarters, the
little company set about righting up the old
outpost to make it as comfortable as ciicumstan
ces would permit; and this b> ing done, and or
der once restored sentries were placed at all the
advanced points of tne station, while the strictest
vigilance was both enjoined and exercised by
day and by night.
Among the Vijg.'nia riflemen who Lad vol
unteered into the company, was a tall, manly
locking fellow, who from his fatal, unerring
skill as a marksman, had received the non <!c
plume of Death. But with whatever justice
the name had been a;q lied to him for skill, his
disposition certainly entitled him to no such
terror spreading epithet. On the contrary, he .
was the very lile of tlie company.
..."
His rich tun of mother wit, large social pro- ;
pensities and constant good nature rendering j
him a general favorite with the men; while his !
pever failing stock of game which his skill ena- ]
*4er' film to the mess table of the officers ;
with, not only recommended him to their good !
graces, but caused many a little "short coming" j
of his to be winked at and passed over in silence,
which otherwise perhaps he might no! have got
ten over so easy.
The companyJiad not been stationed at the
fort much more than a week, ere Death, in one
ot his excursions for game, discovered that at a
small farm house, some three miles or so distant
from the fort, there lived a certain .Miss Hester
Stanhope, whose equal in beauty and amiable
qualities he had never .eon before. And to ren
der himself still more certain of the fact, he
called the day follow ing under cover of a pre
: tence of having forgotten his powder flask.
Death was muted to come again; by Fanner
Stanhope, happening to be from the same paiisli
j as the lather of our hero: and we need scarcely
say that the invitation was Loth eagerly and
: joyfully accepted, and as often as circumstances
would permit, complied with.
The second week after the occurrence took
place, v\as marked by two events, which, though
| both affecting the welfare of the little coinmu
• nity at the foil, Were widely different degrees
j of imp >2lance.
The first wris, that Death had either suddenly |
lost all his skill as a marksman, or that the game i
had removed to a safer and more distant neigh- 1
bcrhood, lor the oliiceis' larder had been sadly j
wanting in the items ol wood-corks, Xc., lor
the week past, and the second and most impor
tant of two events was, that in regular succes
sion, four sentinels had disappeared from the
extre me left line, without leaving the slightest
trace to elucidate the mystery of their disap
pearance.
The lut circumstance struck such dread into
the breasts of the rest of the company, that no
one could be found willing to volunteer to take
the post well knowing that it would be only like
siguiug their own death warrant to do so: and
Z> '
Col. Lines, nut wishing to wilfully saci dice the
lives of his men by compelling them to go, en
oini.ng double caution to the rernaimder of the
sentinels, and left the fatal spot unoccupied for
a mght or two.
It was on the third night of the desertion of
the post, thai our hero, Death was returning to
the fort, after paying a visit to Stanhope farm.
The moon was up, but her light was almost ob
scured by the dense mass of clouds which at
every few minutes were driven by a pretty stiff
breeze over fa r face, while the huge trees, now
in full leaf, cracked and groaned, aud bent their
tall forms to and fro, and the heavy gust rushed
whistling in among their branches.
Our hero had approached within a hundred
yards of the termination ofthe forest that skilled
the small open space in which the fort stood,
wlier. suddenly he paused, and crouching down
on his hands and knees, ciept cautiously for
ward a few paces. Having remained in this
position several minutes he again quickly re
treated in the manner he had advanced at a
point considerable lower than where hTiaJin
tended to leave i! before.
Col. Inaes sat reading alone, in hisWivafe
apartment, when an orderly entered the room
and informed him that one of his men vAhed
to speak to him.
"Send him in," replied the Coloneljand U-.
next moment our friend Death had enured and
made his best bow to his commandin^lficer.
"Well, what scrape have you Led Xgljfij:
into now!" said the Colonel; when he saw who
his visitor was.
"None Colonel," replied Death; "but 1 have
come to ask a favor."
'•Let us hear it," said the Colonel, "and \\>
will then see what we can do."
"Well, Colonel, il is simply this—if you wiil
put the "rifles" under my orders to night, anil
let me occupy the deseiled post, I will not only
clear the mystery of the disappearance ol ~foe
four sentries, but make the post tenable in iu
ture."
"But how ?" said the Colonel, in the most
intense surprise.
'•I guess, Colonel,"an were J Death, "You had
better let me have the men, and order us off,
and I'll tell ycu the whole affair after. I prom
ise that no one shall receive a scratch if trie*'
follow my direction implicitly."
'•Yes, you are a strange man," said the Colo
nel, "but I think I will let you have your own
way this time. When do you intend to start ?"
"In about an hour's time,"answered Death.
"Very well, i will give you the necessarj
orders so that you can start w l.Ai you think
proper. And what is more, if you perform all
you have promised, an 1 don't cause me to re
pent having humored you, youohall have pu.J-
Campbell's place."
Hector Campbell was a brave, but very head
strong young Scotchman, who ha I occupiai
the post ol Lieutenant at the fort. In a suddei
freak 0! daring he had voluntered to stand ser
try at the fatal spot from which three sentrit.
had already so mystetiously disappeared, atji
he paid for his lasbness with his. life.
rny lads," said Death, an in ob-if
hour alter his conversation wan Col. Innes, he.
approached the des-Tted post, at the head ola
dozen riflemen who had been temporary placed
under his orders.
'T will tell you what we are going to do.—
The long and short of the affair is simply this,
it's a gang of them cussed, thievin' lioquois thai
have circumvented and carried off'lour of our
men—shooting theyn with their arrows and then
decamped with their bodies.
"To-nighras 1 was returning to the foil, I
sudden!v thought 1 heaid the sound of several
voices. Creeping on my hands towards the]
spot, I got nigh enough to tee and inar that,
about a doz-n ol Iroquois were there ar
ranging their plans to surprise the fait to-night
—intending to steal in upon it by the point
which their cussed deviltry bad rendered so
easy ol access. J only stopped to learn tins,'
when I hurried to the Colonel, and asked him
to lace you at my disposal, and here we are.
I did not say a word to him about what 1 had
learned, being determined that if possible, the
'rifles' sliouid Lave the honor of exterminating
the vai lets. And now I ask you, are you wil
ling and ready to follow my orders ?*'
Every man cheat luliy answered in the affirm
ative, and with quickening pulse and sanguine
hopes, the little company again moved lor ward.
The post consisted ola long, narrow space,
bounded 011 each side by a rocky bank, while
its extreme end was closed in by a dark and
impenetiable looking forest. The batik on each !
-'.tie of the pass was thickly covered with brush
and underwood. Death now concealed his men,
taking care to arrange them so tiiat their fire
would not cross each other, and bidding them
| not to fire until he gave the signal; and alter
| they had fired, not to stop to re-load, hut club
bing their rifles, tojump down and finish the
struggle in that manner.
With steady alacrity each man took up the
• post assigned him, and in another minute the
spot presented the same lone, still and solemn
'.appearance it had worn previous to their arri
val.
The little company had begun to grow very
! impatient and Death himself to leai that the
.
I Indians had either rued their attempt, or else
| had changed their plan ol battle, when sudden
! ly his quick eye delected the form ofhis crafty
: loes issuing in a crouching position from the
| deep shadow which the lolty trees threw far
! up the pass.
•'Three, six, nine, twelve, thirteen," counted
| Death, as one after another they imtnerged in
single file from the wood, and, with quick, cat
like steailisiness of movement advanced up the
pass, their frits in trail, and their faces and
bodies were rendered still more ferocious look
i ing by the grotesque marking of their war paint.
! On they came, swiftly and silently, and all un
conscious ol the fate that was in store for them.
The foremost of the hand, w hose commau
'
ding stature, wolf teeth, collar and eagle turf at
| once proclaimed him as chief, had advanced
until he was opposite the bush in which Death
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA.. FRIDAY MOUSING, MAY 14, 1858.
was hid, when the latter with startling distinct
ness imitated the cry of an owl and discharged
his rifle.
Eight of the Indians fell by the volley which
the riflemen now poured upon the remainder of
them : but strange to say, out of the five who
did not fall, was the Chief whom Death had
aimed at. This unusual event was owing to the
following cause ; the branch on which he had
steadied his arm in filing had suddenly yielded
at the moment he discharged his piece, thus
rendering harmless his otherwise unerring aim.
: Uttering an imprecation at his ill luck, Death
sprang down the bank with the rest of his com
panions, and with one bound he reached the
side of the Iroquois chief. They grappled and
itdi heavily to the ground and darting glances
of savage hatred at each other beneath their
knitted and scowling brows.
"Keep off," shouted Death, as he saw one or
j/vvo of his companions in the act of stooping
rlown to assist him, "keepoff! and it he masters
fie let hiin go."
Over they rolled, and writhing and straining,
bit seemingly neither obtained an_v advantage
in the other. At last the head of the Iroquois
Hidden!}' came in contact with the point ot a
big rock that projected from the bank, stunning
him so that he relapsed his vice grip of Death's
i;ro:r and the latter thus released, springing
b his feet finished his career by bringing the
jeavy breech of his rifle, with sledge hammer
i>rce down upon his head. The remaining tour
jndians had been likewise dispatched ; and the
'ictorious riflemen (none of whom had recei
ved any wound worth mentioning,) now sent up
s\ch a shout of triumph for the victory that the
d woods rang with it for minutes after.
As Col. limes had promised, Death was pro
nut al to the vacant post of Lieutenant ; and
new, dear reader, we beg to inform you that
our hero and uncompromising veteran Genera]
Morgan of the revolutionary celebrity was the
one .and the same individual.
About a fortnight after this eventful night,
Stanhope Farm was the scene of much mirth,
duYing'the"uvenly-fdur "hours,' ah'd W
(think il superfluous to do so, we will aud that
fiie course ol this "merry making" was the
n jfriage of the beauteous Hester Stanhope with (
Lieutenant Henry Morgan.
BLACK VERSION.— The legend concerning
the col r of Adam and Eve's skin, and the cause
f lh- different varieties ol shade and complex
ion now observable among men, are more num
ji-rcu.- than the varieties themselves. Ihe fol—
I iowing w liich takes il lor granted that all the
inhabitants of the earth before the time ol the
,de!u"e were black, and attributes these varie-
ties to the son of Noah, is new to us, and may
tamuse some of our readers, "Noah," says the
[black Maiabouts, "was entirely black. His
.three sons were also quite as black as their fa
ther. One day, when Noah knew his life
jvvould soon end, be showed his sons a pit pait
jly filled wit It water, which he said had the
rworiffel I'ul jitf perty of completely transforming
jan v one that leaped into it. for a moment
; fiey all hesitated, but J abet I) suddenly rose and
sdunged into it, and as suddenly reappeared from
Jlhe magical water under the form ola liand
s 'ne v- ung Caueasion. Shem, seeing this,
• ageily toll iWi vl his example; but to bis aston
ii.-iimcnt, the water had disappeared and only a
ih-w ripe lemons were at the bottom. With
-tlie juice ot these be rubbed his skin, and issued
from the pit, not black, but ol an Indian cop
per color. Ham then took courage, and with
jne bound readied tlie bottom ot the pit, on his
lands and feet. Frantic at the disappearance
1 J! the water, he even put his lips to the ground
10 suck up the few remaining drops ct lemon
Lice; thence it happens that the palms of the
hands, the soles of the feet and the lips of tlie
negro race are ol the same color as the skin of
Shem.
TAKI.NO IT COOL. —The Episcopal Mission
church, at Brooklin, N. Y., was the theatre of
an exciting scene, on Sunday evening last, the
1 Sth inst., during the services. A young man
walked leisurely up the middle aisle, and, alter
viewing the congregation for a while, walked
up to a young lady in the choir, anil, draw ing
a daggar, made a desperate thrust at her breast.
Th/lady shrieked, and the stranger was about
making a"second thrust when the organist . in
terposed between the assassin and his trended
victim. A policeman was called in, and the
man was conveyed to prison. - . .
It turns out that the name of the assassin is
I Josiah Newman; that ol the lady 1 ranees J.
Bennett. The fellow, according to his own sto
jrv, was desperately in love with her, but she ,
not being disposed to reciprocate, and naung
Uivr. him notice that she did not desire a con-
Unuaiice < f his acquaintance, he grew exerted,
and determined to kill her out of revenge; tho
when informed that he would have to go to the
State Elisor), lie said, "well, 1 love her just as ;
much as ever!"
The affair created great consternation in
church. Newman, it is said, hitherto has borne
a good character.
A tubful of soapsuds, farmers should remember
is worth as much as a wheelbarrow of good
manure. Every bucket of soapsuds should be
thrown where it will not be lost. The garden is
a trood and convenient place in which to dis
pose of it ; but to the roots oi grape-vines, young
trees, or anything of the soit, will do as wel .
CRUBS AMD WIRE WORMS IN CORN FIELDS.
Sward land, plowed in the Spring lor Corn,
is often found filled with worms which are sure
to make great havoc with the seed unless they
are exterminated. The following is an excel
lent remed}': After turning under the sod, sow
broadcast a bushel arid a half of fine salt to the
acre, and harrow it in, following with the roller.
Soak the seed in tepid water about eighteen
hours. Dissolve two ounces of salammoniac
and add it to the water. This amount will an
swer for a bushel of seed. Plant the corn soon
after sowing the salt. The seed will germinate
quickly and the plants will come forward at
once. Between the rait and the ammonia, the
corn will suffer little from the worms.
CHARLIE, THE DUTCHMAN.
Charlie the Dutchman, arrived at Seaford
some time ago, "struck down his stake." Ma
jor, who is very fond of a joke, and seeing that
Charlie had his gun and was quite fund of <ruti
ning, proposed to him one evening to go out
and shoot crows in the pines belonging to Gov
ernor Boss. Charlie the Dutchman accepted
and was in great glee at the prospect of shoot
ing a half dozen Yankee crows. The moon was
shining sufficiently to make it a good crowing
night. Now, Major was aware that there was
a iarge hornet's nest in one direction, so he sent
Charlie towards the hornet's nest, and he took
another road with the understanding that the
one who first discovered a crow's nest should 1
whistle. After a few minutes Charlie whistled,
and the Major went to him.
"Major, here's one tarn crow's mst as pi<7 as a
pushel." 0 1
"It probably has young ones in it Charlie, '
go up and clap your hands on it and catch !
them."
Charlie defied his coat, hat and boots climbed
up the pine, while Major took the precaution to ;
cover up. Charlie claps his hands on the nest, j
"Mine Cott, Major, Je nest is full of de little
crows. Major, one little crow bite me. Major j
detain little crows bite me all over. Mine Gott!
how dey bite. Major, I'm coming: 1 tell yon
I'm a coming.
And sure enough, Chailie the Dutchman
dropped to the ground and ran about a quarter
ot a mile without his coat and hat to get clear
of'H'e tam little crows." *
Charlie retui tied to <ret his coat and-bat. while
ing bitten.
Charlie put on his hat and a little crow which
had taken refuge in the hat, took that opportu
nity to bite him 011 the head, and when he
picked up his coat he found it covered with little
crows.
"Mine Gott Major, everything is covered mil
dese tain little crows. Fin oil', Major, I sa}-
I'm off," and away wpnt Charlie, and did not
stop so long as lie could hear the buzz of a
hornet.
Alter Major had received breath sufficient to
speak, he explained to Charlie, and Charlie,
saw the force of the ioke.
"Now Major, if you don't tell dis when you
go home, I give you one five tollar, and if \'OU
tell it you is one rascal ami I you."
But notwithstanding Charlie's bribes and
threats, Major was engaged nearly all night in
relation of Charlie's adventure with the "tam
little crows."
[Gr""I wish my portrait taken," said a young
man from the country to a daguerreotypist.
"Ycrj' well, sir; just take a seat here,"
"You warrant a resemblance?"
"Certainly."
"For many vears, and even when old age
overtakes you, there w ill be some traces of}'our
features left."
"But suppose I catch the small-pox, how can
you warrant a durable likeness?"
"Just bring it back," said the artist, "and J 11
punch a few holes in it."
[CP" A WOMAN'S ANSWER.— A gentleman,
after great misfortunes, came to a ladv he had
long courted, and told her his circumstances
were so reduced that he was actually in w ant of
five guineas. "I am glad to hear it," said she.
"Is that vour love for me ?" he replied in a tone
of despondency : why are you glad ?" "Because,
answered she, "if you want five guineas, I can
put you in possession of five thousand."
[EP*The mongrel : hall spaniel, halt wolf.
Lash it often, and, when you require it, a whistle
will bring it to your feel ; show but the slight
est symptom of fear, and it will turn upon and
worry you even unto death.
tEPThe Detroit Tribune says, a loving cou
ple were married at Albion, a few days since,
and having no money, they paid the preacher
with Iwo bushels of black walnuts!
(JJ?=""NOW Ceoige, you must divide the cake
honorably with your brotlier Charles." ''What
is honorably, mother 1 " It means that you
must give him the largest piece." "Then
mother, I'd rather Charley should divide it. '
coroner's jury, New York States, late
ly returned a verdict that the deceased person
'•came to his death by excessive drinking,
producing apoplexy in the mind of the jury.
fill a green-room with envy, speaks
well of a young actor. With the exceptions
of rattlesnakes, it is supposed that creature
possesses more venom than a third-rate Ham
let.
{CP*YY 7 bat is the difference between a cat and
a document? One has claws at the end of its
paws, and the other has pauses at the end of
its clauses!
03r*Please, sir, I don't think IMr. Doei in takes
his physic reg'lar," said a doctor's boy to Ids
employer. "Why so?" "'Cause vy, he's get
'ting veil so precious fast"'
WHOLE ALU BE It 27.
F.armers' Column.
To MANAGE A REARING HORSE. —In the
"British Sportsman," we find the following hints
respecting the management of reai ing horses
which strikes us as being worthy, as it is easy of
a trial :
"Whenever you perceive a horse's inclina
tion to rear, separate your reins and prepare for
hun. The instant he is about to rise slacken
one hand and bend or twist his head with the
other keeping your hands low. This bending
compels him to move a hind leg, and of necessi
ty brings his fore feet down. Instantly twist
him completely round two or three times, which
will confuse him very much, and completely
t.irow liim off his guard. The moment vou
have finished twisting him round, place his
head in the direction you wish to proceed, ap
ply the spurs, and he will not fiulto go forward.
I! Ihe situation be favorable, press him into a
gallop, and apply the spurs and whip two three
times severely. The horse will perhaps be
quite satisfied with t/ie first defeat, but may
feel disposed to try it again for the mastery.
Should this be the case, you have only to twist
him, &c., as before, and you will find that in
the second struggle he will be more easily sub
dued than on the former occasion ; in fact, you
will see him quail under the operation. It
rarely happens that a rearing horse after having
been treated in the way described, will resort
to this trick a third time."
ABOUT PEAS. —I think farmers would do welj
to pay more attention to the culture of the pea.
I think from what experience I have had thev
are very profitable to raise. I have grown six
ty bushels per acre and down to thirty; have
laised them with a bug in every pea. and every
P'° a without a bug; if I want bugs, I sow them
early ; if not, sow in June, plow them in four
inches deep, harrow well, and when they are
fit to cut, take a horse rake when the dew is on
and rake them up ; pass the winrow four fee[
before emptying the rake ; that will leave each
rakeJul by itsell ; take a fork and put them into
over once a day until dry. iao nor Know any
name for the pea I raise. They have a bluish
look u hen ripe, are not early, are good as green
peas, or good to cook dry ; I have seen them
split and hull for sale in New York. I have
never sold any ; have always fed them to my
hogs think they pay better than corn. Pea s
and barley ground will faten hogs very fast. I
have none to sell ; wish I had more to sow.
—I have only three bushels.
Moths in Carpels.
An experienced housekeeeper writes: "Cam
phor will not stop the ravages oi moths after
they have commenced eating. Then they pay
no regard to the presence of camphor, cedar or
tobacco —in fact I rattier think they enjoy the
latter, if anything else than humanity can.
Nor will the dreaded and inconvenient taking
up and beating always insure success, for I tried
it faithfully, and while nailing it down found
several ol the worms 'alive and kicking,'
had remained under the pile unharmed. I con
quered them wholly in this way: "I took a coarse
crash towel and wrung it out of clean water
and spread it smoothly on .the carpet, then
ironed it dry with a good hot iron, repeating the
operation on all suspected places, and those least
used. It does not injure the pile or color of the
carpet in the least, as it is not necessary to
press, heat and steam being the agents ; and
(hey do the work effectually on worms and
eggs. Then the camphor will doubtless pre
vent future depredation of the miller."
GALLS ON HORSES. — An ounce of preven
tion is worth a pound of cure. It is bad econo
my to use poor harness. The collar, especially
should always be in good condition. It should
be frequently washed and oiled: an occasional
pounding will keep it so It and in shape. When
ever it becomes thin and broken, pads should
be worn underneath it.
Calls are occasioned, oiten, by putting hor
ses lo hard work all at once, after a period of
rest, as in the spring, after the winter. As a
means for preparing the horse for such work, it
is well to bathe his breast and back with a solu
tion of alum and whiskey for several days be
fore the labor begins, it is well to use this
preparation also at any other time when the
skin becomes tender. We have known small
sores lo heal up entirely under the use of this
remedy, even though the horse was kgpt at
wot k.
It is another excellent preventative of galls
to bathe the shoulders of a working horse once
or twice a week, at night, with salt and water,
washing off the same with pure water in the
morning.
When the skin becomes badly broken a
horse should be allowed a few day's rest, or if
the work is very pressing, the harness should be
padded as not lo irritate the sore; otherwise, it
would be vain to expect a cure. Some of our
neighbors use white bad, mixed with linseed
oil, (common paint,) to cure galls. And they
often succeed with it; at least they get a hard
incrustation over the broken skin. Hut we
hardly fancy this tanning a horse's hide while
he is yet wearing it.— American Agriculiur.
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