The Fluntlm_doL' Journal, farm anb finitsepoib. The happiest men wh. ;,• toil Are tho-e who eultivat. the soil Keeping up the Farm. What is the moat efficient and cheapest mode for the general farmer to keep up the fertility of the farm ? This question seems every year to be• come more and more important. Our farms is the older States, according to each succeeding census, give reduced amount of grain per acre, notwithstanding the vast increased amount of phosphate and other artificial fertilizers sold to the farmers. Plants must have the necessary food to live on, the same as animals, as they cannot create an atom of any sub stance to support themselves. Hence, when there is a falling of in the product iveness of the soil, the farmer should first ascertain what element is necessary to re store it and that substance in a definite quantity, because it is only a waste of money to apply what is not required. Such a course would lead to an economy both of the money of the farmer and also of the elements of fertility. How many farmers buy expensive manufactured manures when perhaps the very things they need lie waiting at their own doors ? The applications of marl, lime, muck, wood and coal ashes are sometimes attend ed with better results than the most ex pensive phosphates. When these expen sive manures are applied where anmethin else is needed, the termer loses th mon. invested, the labor of applying them ntid ofientimes.the crop, by not using the sub stance really required. The question seems now to arise. How shall we know what particular substance this or that soil needs to enable it to grow any particular crop ? Farmers alone are expected to know their business witheu• instruction, while men of all othor prott,.- sions and callings— the state swan, the soldier, jurist, physician, orator. &c—are educated for their special calling. slue ..1 whom spend years in qud)iag. Homer and Horace, aid in solvine the abstract problems of mathematics, in 1111 raveling the marvelous mysteries era, r o omy, and in acquiring the grace aed flourishes of rhetoric. But where are the schools and colleges for the special instruc ton of the farmer in the mysteries per taining to his calling ? In not one of our common schools or colleges has the science of agriculture been taught its a distinct study or co ordinate branch of education. Yet we all know agriculture is the great fundamental interest upon which all other interests depend. It feeds and clothes the whole world, and without it commerce would perish and mechanical industry would cease to exist. It is, therefore , highly important that the farmer be edu cated in all the mysteries pertaining to his calling, as it would enable him to judge and labor intelligently and ben: fit man kind. The farmer should know what each of his fields needs; he should know how crops grow and how they feed. Through the soil alone can he influence the amount of vegetable production, for the atmos phere and the light and heat of the suit are altogether beyond his control. Agri culture is the culture of the field The value of the field lies in the quality of its soil. No study can have a grander matt rial significance than the one which gives us a knowledge of the causes of fertility and barrenness, and a knowledge of the means of economizing the one and ever coaling the other. A knowledge of the natural laws enables the farmer to so mod ify and manage his soil in order that all the changes of atmosphere and the vicis situdes of climate may riot deprive him of proper reward. The best of our farm, are susceptible of being made to double the present product; and - the demand fer increased knowledge and skill in the sci ence of agriculture will ultimately bring it about. I would therefore ree , rereend farmers of Eastern Pennsylvania to adept the "soiling system" with cattle as one of the best modes of keeping up the fete flit) of their farms, as this would double the amount of manure and increase the pr. fiis of our stock ; and instead of buying largely of doubtful fertilizers, to pay half' the amount for extra labor in the soiling of stock and applying the manure. This would insure for us a better reward in the increased fertility of our farms, as well as the increase of crops.—Germantown graph. Feed for Horses. A correspondent of the Country Gen tleman, writing on the subject, says : I have also experimented with barley as a feed. When ground, the hoses like it and it puts a glossy coat upon them. If fed whole they do not chew it Pufficientl) or relish it as well. Corn, barley and bran in equal proportions make a whole_ some and palatable food. I consider barley a better feed for work horses than oats, and on my land it can be raised more cheaply. During the winter, while my horses are idle, I feed a little grain once per day, giving them all the cornstalks they will eat, with occasionally a feed of hay. In this way they hold their flesh, or gain a little, and go into the fields in the spring in good condition and well able to stand the severe strain of early spring work. I have never found it policy to let them get poor, but try to keep them in good working condition all the year round. COLIC IN HORSES.—One fruitful source of colic in horses is cracked corn. If corn is to be fed use whole corn ; it is much more likely to be perfectly masticated than cracked corn, and its imperfect mas tication causes the colic. It is also un wise to feed grain to a hungry horse, for then a large portion is apt to be swallowed without being properly masticated. This can be seen in their voidings. Always let the edge of a horse's hunger be taken oT with a feed of hay before feeding grain. Half an hour extra spent before feeding when on the road will bring you home half an hour earlier at night. SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL. Aroutth the Making a Father's Grave. The Sandusky. Ohio, Register relates he lb . !. wi g pr It. !it' e sti, y : '•A little girl with tangled locks ptep ing from under a calico hood, clad in a dress of chintz, loitered behind as the great dusty crowd moved out of the gates of Mount Adna the other day, after they had scattered their flowers and done honor to the dead. Dreamily she gazed after them, her eyes filled with a far-away look of tenderness, until the last one had die appeared, and the rattle of the drums had died away. Then she turned and scanned the mounds that rose about her, clutching still tighter the fading bunch of dande lions and grass that her chubby hand held. An old man came by and gently patted her curly head as he spoke her name, but she only shrank back still further, and when he told a passing stranger that the little one's lather had died on shipboard and been buried at sea, there was only a tear-drop in the child's eye to tell that she heard or knew the story. When they were gone she moved further to a neglect ed, empty lot, and kneeling down she piled up a mound of earth, whispering, as she patted it and smoothed it with her chubby band, "This won't be so awfully big as the others, I guess, but maybe it will be big enough so that God will see it and think that papa is buried here." Carefully she trimmed the sides with the grass she plucked, murmuring on : "And maybe it will grow so that it will be like the rest in two or three years, and theta may be papa will sometime come back and--" "But she paused as though it suddenly &wood upon her young mind that he rest ed beneath the waves, 'and the teardrops that sprung to her eyes moistened the lit tie bunch of dandelions that she planted among the grazes on the mound she had reared. When the sexton passed that way at night as he went to close the gites, f.u..d the little cue fist asleep with :ier head pitl.,vved on the wound." "Now I Lay Me." From the Churchman j I presume that., except tlit, Lord's P,a3er, the:e is no f of petition as r.quently used throughout Christendom ,s that beginning, "Now I lay we down to sleep." Nor is it confined exclusively to the days of infancy and childhood. I knew a dear old man in Philadelphia, for tinny years a warden in one or the chief pinches there, who was heard, almost up to the time of his death, at di age of 84, repeating these same words as part of his daily evening devotions. And yet lam inclined, as well from observation as from inquiry, to believe that the majority of persons teaching and using this familiar prayer make a very serious mistake in one of its most important particulars, thereby deputing from its original intent and form: As usually said, it is as follows : "Now I lay me down to sleep ; I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take." Whereas it ought to be: "Now I lay me down to sleep ; I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take." One needs but compare the differences to see a most pregnant distinction between the two In the one a mere declaration is made ; in the other a direct prayer is addressed to the Divine Keeper and Saviour. Continue In Prayer. A tree does not always drop its fruit at the first shake you give it. Shako it a:zain, man ; give it another shake ! And -ometimes, when the tree is loaded, and is pretty firm in the earth, you have to shake it to and fro, and at last you pl int your tett, and get a hold of it, and shake it with might and main, till you strain every muscle and sinew to get the fruit down. And that is the way to pray. Shake the tree of life, until the mercy drops into your lap Chre4 Iv s men t.l beg hard. You cannot be too importunate That which might be disagreeable to your fel low creatures when you beg of them, will be agreeable to Christ. Oh ! get ye to your chambers, ye that have not found Christ ! To your bed sides, to your little closers. and "seek the Lord while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near May the spirit of God constrain you to pray Jesus must hear you The gate of heaven is open to the srurdy knock er that will not take a denial The Lord enable you so to plead, and that at the last you may say, "Thou bast heard my voice and my supplication ; thou bast in (dined thine ear unto me ; therefore will I call upon thee as long as I live." Charles Lamb to Young Men. The waters have gone over me. But out of the black depths, could I be heard, I couid cry uut to all those vibo have but set a foot in the perilous flood. Could the youth to whom the flavor of his first wine is delicious as the opening ace es of life, or the entering upon st me newly dis c ivered Paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will—to see his destruction, and have no power to stop it, and yet feel it all the way emanating from himself; to see all godliness emptied out of him, and yet not able to forget a time when it was otherwise ; to bear about him the piteous spectacle of his own ruin. Could he see my fevered eye—feverishly looking for to night's repetition of the folly; could he but feel Cie body of the death out of which I could cry, hourly with feebler outcry, to be delivered—it were enough to make him dash the sparkling beverage to the earth in all the pride of its mantling temptation. $5OO Reward was for years offered in every paper of the land by the former proprietor of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy for a cese of catarrh it would not cure. It cures by its mild, soothing, cleansing, and healing properties Snuff or dust of any kind dries up catarrh and drives it to the lungs. This remedy has stood the test of time, having been a ppular remedy for a quarter of a century. Sold by druggists at 50 cents. New Ad-, erlisentents. ~,~,,,;:; .ti 11 -. ....Cli. &5.6 G .:-. -1-- .:. : , ~, 1/1 - -- ,- ;; Aron . . 51 _ I:ROW '!1•7!-'7.!P, c,:i _ 7: - 711.11r7:47; 0;;":...1 - ..i, c., ..; .•;:-., t,{1) . .....q. : . i.. ::.:2,.: , .,: zi:- . .. 4. ii; - .41, ~ .0 ii. (GCI, i'IIINTS, PERCALES, p i 7.:Nrni3 ftyiel COTTO.I".",:ii, , :i DitESS 17.111£.111C, MANTLES, . , CLOAK, Sljl'lN, SHAWLS, ANTS INF' "%MAI?, BOYS' WEAR, GIRLS' WEAR, CIAIAICE"i't:S, i 1 ate, _1 IV43 1 .1 nu 7.;53'. 1 .1% I,;i:FTI.CIrI ,I 7TS, T' 7.. -1,- rtn r.47cfm, March 19, ISBO-lyr. n.r.m r z"'.l I -- ' 3 4 CF fi 't; : ;; C'; : 4 ••1 ) ; * - s z t,i4 '1. ' l-, 4.. ',.. ,•••.,..._ . ;:!,•'' .lk !:• 5 74:0.1% k t: -. T: i: ~ -- • ' :... • : .. • • ,_~_~, ~ may_.. ; - •;eivi for TllnstrifrA Circular au,l prices, until Most Elegan! . ., Simple and Easy Running Machine in the Market.---The Evzr Reliable VICTOR. --VICTOR SEWINC. MACHINE COMPANY,-- Western Brquch Office, 235 STATE Sr., CLUEAGQ, MIDDLETOWN, CONN. S. S. SMITH & SON, Agents, HUNTINGDON, Pa March 12, 1880-limos. THE RTA-NDLILD of excelltatoe throughout th,t7r..in- Pa;,....ti." , •r1d. !MATCHLESS for Grain-Saving, Time-Saeln.;, Perfect Cleanift,", Rauid and Thorough Work. iN174.1M1 . 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Steam-Power outfits and Steam-Power Separators t specialty rum sizes of Soparal ors, from 6to 12 bur:w.f....or also 2 steles Improvtot Ilountt,l Horse-Powers. 82 Yearn of Prosperous and Continuous II Wan,. a it houi change of mane, loco, an, or maim,. 4), at. fara , alles a strong gua - antee for superior goods and hoLorabfe CAUTION 1. h„...chitteo to the wall; home N ariotts makers aro 141NV.11, 1./ SUM and palm off inferior and mongrel irultr.ii. our laufons huodc, BE T DECEIV'E.'D m rneh experimental anti wortllle,s mtLetiit,ery. if . ' • at all, get the ..•011.1411AL" and tae from it. • Ci? Fur full portlrolm , earl on n , lr tl,hra, or o• r • • It; i,a,rat .ti rire,tlars, w 11101 ck fr,e. Atittr— • UICHOLS, SHEPAIRD & CO., Fiattie Cruel , , Mich March 19, lsal-22t. z. ; - I - ill VECETABLE - , t _ m .. . • . MAe' . iV, ~_ :: : F 6 ; r 21;111 1(111. ,_......., lsis v. -Cal ---I A / j• ~' \1~.~... r-r-. :z . PERRY DAVIS & SON, Providenc , :";‘, R. I. PrQprietors. Marchl9,lBSo-26t-eow-nrui. Smiths' Maie Store—Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. PENN STR E ET Music and Sewing Machine Store, We have the largest and best assortment of 'ORGANS and SEWING MA CHINES ever brought to Huntingdon, and would respectfully invite all who desire to buy a Musical Instrument or Sewing Machine to call and see our stock.. We have styles and prices to suit everybody, and will sell low for cash or monthly payments, and the rent allowed if purchased. We have a wagon running constantly delivering Organs and Sewing Machines. All kinds of Sewing Machines repaired. Piano and Organ Corers and Stools. Don't forget the place, west end of Penn street, near Fisher & Sons' Mill. Apri126,1878. S. S. SMITH & SON. THU D Dollars A MONTH guaranteed. 812 a day at home by the industrious. Capital not required; we will start you. Men, women, Lightning, Wind and Rain. you will never have boys and girls make money faster at work such ii. chance again. We have the best large size • t;_ir un than at anything else. The work is improved RUBBER ROLL Clothes Wringer in the light and pleasant, and such as any one can world, selling at less than half price. Good ref- go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will erence guaranteed. Everyl.mly ''red hot" to get send us their addresses at once and see for themselves. one ! No competition ! The best chance of your Own) , Outfit and terms free. Now is the tinie. Those lifetime to MAKE ONEY. Samples, 2 50. Cir la ready iItUE & CO., Augusta, Maine at work are laying up largo sums of money. Ad $ fir . culars and full particulars free. Agents willing -- - -- - to be convinced. Address, MINING STOCK FOR SALE. PARAGON WRINGER CO., The Carbonate Gold and Silver Mining Compa- Iny of Leadville, Col., own more valuable Gold and Silver Mines than any other Company in the State. The stock is ten dollars per share, fully paid up, and nonassessable. They now offer a limited number of shares for sale through the un dersigned, at $2.00 per share. References and infJrmation cheerfully given. Direct all orders and eommunications to S. M. BOYD, 144 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., P. 0. Box 1001. [f6 ly• apr.l 6-3 m PENSIONS ! Obtained for disabled Soldiers, from date of dis charge. if application is filed before July Ist, 1880. Pensions increased. Send postage for new laws, blanks. and instructions. Address W. C. BERINGER t CO., Pittsburgh, Pa., or Washington, D. C. 701 - Oldest Claim Agency in the United states. apr 1 6-2ru. t INS-..,.i....-::: 4 t..z:,-, i l l,„ ~,i,. ritmit. L E_4 ?:BY :111.21 . ., REll:PRI1S.:".:. 47.1 ., :711. 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A - ; • 4 21 fo rf , ge,.._ z PWr- 54 V tr 6121 r6li , 71 gE 6 I ti atti I :illprov3nrients Sc.)pternher, I 87a. the VICTOIL has ton't ' , con ' AL:chine in the rnarket•-- :•:: t, of volunteer witnci-,es---wc: nov.. claim for it greater silnpliet:y, reduction of frietion and a r:r ,• , •ff,),i:r.c.ion of duAirablegnalit ius. ~, I,autiful specimen of mechani,in, u.,•t with the liighef:t achieve/I , !,th ive genius. :Kole.— clo hot 1,15,) thercf•)ro, hay o It.. ( , ! , 1 (,:acti 14 patch up and re- - ..arui,h for VIII' '7) ; -1 • - We Sc New Machines Every Time, Liberal terni3 to the Don't buy 14 ES' & Claattici 'd CRICINAL AND ONLY CENUIWE and Traction -Engines. A PUBELY VEGETABLE REMEDY FOR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL USE, Is a St, re cure for all the diseases for which it is recomnio,leet :Ind is always PERFECTLY SAFE in the intm:4 of even the most inexperienced persons. It is a sure and quick remedy for COUGHS, sar.,: . THROAT, CHILLS, and similar troubles: affords instuiii. relief in the most malignant forms of DIPHTHERIA, is tho best known remedy for Rheumatism and Neuralgia. The Ckiest, Best, and Most Widely Krcwrs Medicine in the World, Famil It ltas been used with such won4erful sure:. in al' parts of the world for CRAMPS, CHOLER A, DIA ti RIICEA, DYSENTERY, anal all BOWEL COMPLAINTS that it con,i,lvred an mintiling core for these Has 5t0 , .. Al the test of Forty Years' Constant Use in ail Countries and Climates. It. is RECO n3IE:MED by Physicians, 3lksionari,i, Ministcrs, Managt .16 of Plantations, NV ork-.-hops, anti FactorieH, Nur-es in lio,pitals—in sin - on by Everybody, Evcrywhere, w!lo cv,r given it a trial. IT IS WITHOUT A RIVAL AS A LINIMENT. It should always I.e wed for Fain in the Back and Std.-, and brings speedy an.l permanent relief in nil cases of Cuts, sprains, Severe Burns, Fenlids, No 1 - ,..intly can salt iy be without it. 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