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When I am Old.
When I am old—and 0, how soon
Will life's sweet :nornlng yield to noon,
And noon's broad, fervid, earnest light
Be shaded in the solemn night!
Till like a story well nigh told
Will seem my life—when I am old.
When I am old, this busy earth
Will lose for its voice of mirth—
The streams will have an undertone
Of sadness not by righ,t, their own;
And spring's sweet power in vain unfold
In rosy charms—when I am old.
When I am old, I shall not care
To deck witlitlowers my faded hair;
'Twill be no vain desire of mine .
In rich and costly dress , to shine :
Bright jewels and the bright est gold
Will charm me not—when I am old.
When I am old, my friends will be
Old, and infirm, and bowed, like me;
Or else, their bodies 'neath the sod,
Their spirits dwelling safe wh,h God :
The old church bell will long have toll'd,
Above the rest—when I am old.
When I am old, I'd rather bend
Thus sadly o'er each buried friend,
Than see them lose the earnest truth
That marks the friendship of our youth ;
'Twin he so sad to have them sold
Or strange to me—when I am old!
When I am old—O how it seems
Like the wild lunacy of dreams
To picture in prophetic rhyme
• That dim, far distant, shadowy time;
So distant that it seems o'er bold
Even to say—" When I en old !"
When I am old—perhaps ere then
I shall be missed from haunt of men ;
Perhaps my dwelling •ill be found
Beneath the green and 'quiet mound,
My name by stranger hands enrolled
Among the dead—ere I am old.
Ere I am old—that time is now,
For youth sits lightly on my brow :
My limbs are firm and strong and free;
Life has a thousand charms for me—
Charms that will long their influence hold
Within my heart—ere I am old.
Ere I am old—O let me give
My life to learning how to live!
Then shall I meet with willing heart
An early summons to depart,
Or find my lengthened days consoled
By God's sweet peace—when I am old
Emancipation in Poland.
A ukase of the Czar of Russia has re
cently been promulgated, ordering a
complete emancipation of the serfs of
Poland. In its general provisions it re
sembles the measure which was adopted
for the release of the Russian serfs, but
is more immediate in its operation. On
the 15th ofApril of this year, it is de
clared that every peasant in Poland
shall become the possessor of all the land
and the buildings upon which lie holds
from his feudal superior, or the lord of
the manor, and cultivates. On the same
day he is exempted from the personal
services which lie has hitherto owed to
the ownerof the land. For these priv
ileges he is to pay to the Government a
small sum, which the Government
pledges itself to hand over to tho form
er proprietors as a compensation for any
losses they may incur by the change.
Whether this important edict is issued
in pursuance of the general policy of the
present Emperor in the matter of the ab
olition of serfdom, or whether it assumes
to be issued, like .. the similar edict of
President Lincoln, as a "military meas
ure," designed to "aid in the suppression
of the rebellion," we are unable to say
But, in any event, the identity of th"
measures adopted by the two Govern
ments under this head, illustrates the
degree in which the executive policy of
each has been assimilated during the
last three years. So true is it, Thu
cydides says, that 'war is a hard master
and assimilates man's tempers to the
condition in which it places theni.".
A WompALT..—A Miss Hester Con
ner Loughey, of Indiana county, was, a
few days ago, very unexpectedly made
the recipient of the snug little sum of
$50,000. A distant relative, a very ec
centric old gentleman, bequeathed her
nearly the whole of his fortune. Ills
alleged reason for so doing was that
she, by her kind, gentle and affection
ate manner towards him, had won his
hearL He lived in almost perfect se
clusion in the northern part of the coun
ty, and it was during a recer.t visit of
the lady in that section that he first saw
her.
Gr. Marius, a blacksmith, was Empe
ror three days, or, as was said, they had
an iron rule for three days. The first
day he was made emperor ; the second
he resigned ; and the third he was kill
ed. The wags likened his case to that
of the man who was tonsal six *Mrs
in the afternoon, and of whdfn Cicero
said.: 'We had a consul sb severe, and
so stern as a amen; that during his
administration not a;ningie man in all
itomendineill„ napped, or slept."
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1864.
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12iiiS
Curiosities of the Ocean Bottom.
. Mr. Green, the famous diver, tells sin
gular stories of his adventures, when
making search in the deep waters of the
ocean. He gives some new sketches
of whathe saw at the "Silver Banks"
near Hayti : The banks of the coral on
which my dkings were made, are about
forty miles in length, and about ten to
twenty iu breadth. On this band of
coral is presented to the diver one of
the most beautiful and sublime scenes
the eye ever beheld. The water va
ries from ten to one hundred feet in
depth, and is so clear that the diver can
see from two to three hundred feet
when he is submerged, with but little
obstruction to the sight.
The bottom of the ocean, many
places, is as smooth as a marble floor ;
i n o th ers it is studded with coral col
' umns, from ten to one hundred feet in
height, and from one to eighty feet in
diameter. The tops of those more lofty
support a pyramidal pendant, each
!brining a myriad more; giving the
reality to the imaginary abode of some
water nymph.' In other places the pen
dants form arch after arch; and as'the
diva. stands on the bottom of the ocean,
and gazes through. these in the deep
winding avenue, he finds that they fill
him with as sacred an awe as if he were
in some old cathedral, which had long
been buried beneath "old ocean's
waVes." Here and there, the coral ex
tends even to the surface of the water,
as if those loftier columns were tow
ers belonging to those stately temples
that are now iu ruins.
There were countless varieties of di
minutive trees, shrubs and plants in
every crevice of the corals, where the
waters had deposited the least earth.—
They were all of a faint hue, owing to
the pale light they received, although
of every shade, and entirely different
from plants lam familiar with, that
vegetate upon dry laud. One in par
ticular attracted my attention ; it resem
bled a sea fan of immense size, of va
riegated colors, and the most brilliant
hue. The fish which inhabited those
"Silver Banks" I found as different in
kind as the scenery was varied. They
were of all forms, colors and sizes—
from the symmetrical gohy to the globe
like sun-fish; from those of the dullest
hue to the changeable dolphin ; from
the spots of the leopard to the hues of
the sunbeam ; from the harmless min
now to the voracious shalk.
Some had heads dike squirrels, others
like cats and dogs; one•of small size re
sembled the bull terrier. Some darted
through the water like meteors, while
others could be scarcely seen to move.
To enumerate and explain all the vat
ous kinds of fish beheld, while diving
on those banks would; were I enough
naturalist so to do, require more than
my limits will allow, tbr I am convinc
ed that most of the kinds of fish which
inhabit the tropical seas can be found
there. The sunfish, starfish, white
shark, blue or shovel-nose shark, were
often seen. There were often fish
which resembled plants, and remained
as fixed in their position as a shrub;
the only power they possessed was to
open and shut when in danger.
Some of them resembled the rose in
full bloom, and were in all hues. There
were the ribbon fish, from four to five
inches to three feet in length ; their
eyes are very large, and protrude like
those of the frog. Another fish was
spotted like the leopard, from three to
ten feet in length. They build their
houses like beavers, in which they
spawn, and the male or female watches
the egg until it hatches. I saw many
specimens of the green turtle, some five
feet long, which I should think would
weigh fiord 100 to 500 pounds.
A startling event took place re
cently, in Albany, N. Y., in one of the
Legislative Committee rooms. The
apartment was very much crowded, and
the subject under. discussion—the tax
levy—was debated with warmth. Mr.
W. Drinker was speaking with much
earnestness and at leangth the muscles
of his fltce became, contorted as is some
times the case with Speakers suffering
from over-excitement, and his hearers,
attributing it to this cause, were much
amused. Suddenly, • When in the act
of gesticulating, Mr. Drinker fell for
ward, and to the consternation of all
present, when he was taken up, it was
found that he was dead.
FANCY FOR ANKLEs.—A Massachu
setts judge on circuit, as he rode to the
door of an inn, saw the landlady's
daughter jump over the fence. "Do
that again Sallie, and I'll marry you."
The girl again leapt the fence. The
judge was as good as his word, and a
year from that day married the light
heeled Sallie.
ei-The President and Faculty of
Yale College have sanctioned the or
ganization of a rifle company among
the students, who ,are to be instructed
under Col. Rowland's plans.
a-On Monday and Tuesday of last
week, 2,842 mug . ' rugs arrived at New
York.
apcitratm Victoria has given 815,000
to aid the mese of Christianity among
the poorin Lontket. .
The Cultivation of Sorgho.
There are two varieties of the North
ern sugar-cane—the Chinese mid the
African—‘‘Sorgbo" and "Trophee."—
The former excels for syrupy and the
latter is the only variety from which
sugar has been (so far) extracted. The
cultivation of both is the same. Only
two quarts of seed to the acre are re
quired. The seed is soaked in warm
water for 24 hours or longer. then roll
ed in plaster and planted in hills, in
the same manner and about the same
time as corn, with the exception that
an excess of fertility must be avoided
in the soil, as this gives the plants a
tendency to sucker, and gains nothing.
The after cultivation, until harvesting,
is identical with that of corn. The
growth is at first quite feeble and slow,
. and is very discouraging to a beginner ;
but as the warm weather comes on
apace, it gains vigor and grows rapidly,
attaining an average height of from ten
to fifteen feet, and on some land grow
ing as tali as eighteen or twenty. It
needs to be cut and stripped as soon as
the seed begiusto turn, and then, if
protected from sudden changes of the
atmosphere, will keep for months un
til an opportunity to work it up, al
though nothing is gained by this, and
probably the sooner it is worked up the
better. The juice is pressed out by
very heavy iron rollers; three of which
weigh neatly half a ton apiece, for un
less rollers of sufficient weight and pow
er are used, much of the juice is wasted.
The juice is then treated the same as
maple sap, being usually boiled at the
same mill where pressed ; although
some take the juice home and boil away
in kettles. But the large flat copper
evaporators used by manufacturers, are
undoubtedly the best, quickest, and
cheapest. This is the whole process;
- now for the result. One acre of fair
cane will yield on an average from 150
to 300 gallons of syrup, (depending
somewhat upon The land, season, &c.,)
worth 60 cents per gallon. The cost,
giving extreme figures, and including
interest on cost of land, will not ex
ceed fifty dollars an acre.
If by any mischance the cane is over
taken by severe frosts, it is not lost ;
for it has recently been discovered that
juice extracted from frozen cane, if dis
tilled, yields a superior article of alco
hol, Which now commands a high price,
and the profits would be marly the
same if treated in this manner. Let
not our farmers pass this matter by
without a trial. If any of them doubt
these statements, let them experiment.l
on a small scale ; but let ail give it a
fair test.
A new variety of seed named Ota
heitan will be found advertised by
Messrs. Corey & Sons, Lenia, Indiana,
the well-known manufacturers of Cook's
evaporators for sugar cane. In a pri
vate note they say :
"Our hopes of success in the sugar
enterprise from these Northern canes,
centre almost wholly around this one
species ; and such; indeed, are its
known sugar-making properties, that
we are disposed to commend its seed as
a valuable substitute, in the present
emergency, for rho regular sugar-cane
cuttings in the damaged and destitute
sections of the South."
Horrible Death from Wearing Hoops.
Among a party who had gone on a
visit of inspection to a biscuit factory,
was Miss Mary Nelson, accompanied by
Mr. Burrows,
to whom she was to have
been married within a few weeks.—
The party had not been more than two
minutes m the mill, and were still ex
amining the basement story. when a
piercing shriek from Miss Nelson, who
had tarried slightly in their rear, made
them pause in terror. Her attention
had been attracted by ?in Archimedean
screw which was fenced by a brass rod
breast high—but when she stopped to
look at it, her expanded skirts were
Caught by the machinery and when her
frienes turned to look at her it was rap
idly drawing her within its grasp.—
Mr. Burrows clasped his betrothed
around the waist, and, strove to draw
her back-but the steel of her hoops
had been clutched by the wheels, awl
all his efforts were powerless. The en
gine di-lowed her out of her love's arms,
,
and whirled her around and around
bethre his eyes; all her limbs were shiv
ered into fragments, and her body was
lacerated and mangled almost out of hu
man semblance.—London Star.
How to stop Blood.
Take the fine dust often, or the scra
pings of the inside of tanned leather,
and bind it close upon the wound, and
blood will soon cease to flow. The ar
ticles are at all times accessible, and
easy to be obtained. Alter_ the blood
has ceased to flow, laudanumn may be
ttdvantageously applied to the wound.
Due regard to these instructions will
save agitation of mind and running for
surgeon, who would probably -make uo
better mescription it present.
During the examination of a wit
ness as to the locality of stairs in a
house, the council asked him—
" Which way does the stairs run r•
The witnans,v,ery innocently replied
"One way they, run up stairs but ths
other way they rutedown stairs."
Tke learned a:Anil 'hikes' bath
eyes and then took a look at • the ceil-
Statistics of the War.
Prom the commencement of the war
) . armary 1, 1563, tire loyal States flu.-
nished the followinn number of troop s
respectively, to wit : Maine, 33,105, of
which 7,493 were nine months' men,
776 three months', and 262 enlisted for
defence of the State. New Ilampshir e
17,738, of whom 2,023 were nine
months' men, and 800 three months'
men. Vermont 19,006, of which 4,777
were nine month' and 782 three months'
volunteers. Massachusetts 71,038, of
which 16,96 were nine months' and 3,-
736 three months' men. Rhode Island
14,626, of which 2,001 were nine
months' and 3,147 three months' men.
Connecticut 28,219, of which 5.697
were nine months' and 2.310 were three
mouths' men. New York - 222,836, of
which 30,131 were two years' and 1:5,-
922 three months' volunteers. New
Jersey 30,211, of which 10,741 were
nine months' and 3,105 three months'
men. Pennsylvania 200,336, of which
15,100 were nine months' and 20,979
were three months' men. Ohio 170,-
121, of which 26,893 were three months'
men. Indiana 104,315, of which 3,-
191 were enlisted for State defence, 2,-
587 were twelve months' and 4,698
were three months' men. Illinois 135,-
440, of which 4,901 were three mouths'
men. Michigan 45,670, of which 780
were three months' men. Wisconsin
40,646, ofwhich 491 were nine months
and 810 three months' men. Minneso
ta 12,266, of which 1,200 were nine
months' and 930 were three months'
men. lowa 48,842, cf which 959 were
three months' men. Missouri 37,947,
of whicklo,s4o were for. State defence.
The above is prqpared from official
eeports, and is as complete as it can be
from the records in the War Depart
ment. There may he some mistake as
to the class of service to which the
troops belong, for some of the reports
are very imperfect, and the returns from
Deleware, Maryland, Virginia, Tenn
essee and California are so incomplete •
that even the number of troops furnish- '
ed by those States cannot be ascertain
ed. Excluding the last mentioned
States, we have an aggregate number
of soldiers furnished by the loyal States
up to January Ist, 1863, of 1,276,246,
of which 15,863 were enlisted for State
defences, 91,561 for three months, 67,-'
335 for nine months, 2,587 for one
year, 30,131 for two years, and 1,060,-
76.9
for three years. There have been
added to the army since January Ist,
1864, by voluntary enlistment and con
scripts, abont 200,000 men.—Army and
Natv Ledger.
Circumstantial Evidence.
As a judge, Bushe was merciful, and
owing to an incident in his early career
as a lawyer, he was somewhat slow to
convict on circumstantial evidence. A
short time after he was called to the bar
he was retained at the Wexford Assizes
to defend a prisoner accused of murder.
The victim's name was Walter Meyler,
and it was supposed that he had been
killed by a party of rebels, of whom one
lice-ante an approver, and was the chief
witness for the crown. Like most appro
vers, the witness was comet and careful
in all his details. Be stated that the
body of Meyler had been buried close
to the shot e, wrapped in a coat of the
same texture and color as that stated to
have been worn by the deceased.—
Bushe neither cross-examined a wit ness
nor called evidence upon the part of
his chant ; and before the judge com
menced his charge, the jury stated that
they were prepared with their verdict.
Bushe said, "Wait a moment, gentle
men—did any of you know Walter
Meyler, the deceased?" The reply was
that the jury knew him wall—and im
mediately Bushe shouted, to the dis
may of tile auditors, "Walter Meyler,
come into court." The supposed de
ceased rushed upon the table, and point
ing to him, Bushe exclaimed :'.'There,
gentleman, is my defence'"—hi:it Qth
telly Review.
The Palm Tree of Scriptures.
Paint tree, a tree remarkable tir lofti
ness, straigtness and productiveness, and
hence, made an emblem in. Scripture of
uprigittn , :ss, 111E41)th - toss and victory.—
/18 frnit is the date, very sweet and
nourishing, and a large portion of the
inhabitants of Egypt., Arabia and Persia
subsist almost entirely upon it Camels
are fond of the stone.. This fruit is at
the size of an olive. Palm branches were
signals of joy and triumph. The leaves
are six or eight feet long, and porportion
ably broad when spread out, and are
used to cover houses, and make couches,
baskets, bags, fences hats, etc. From
the fibers of the branches are made thread
ropes,
rigging, ect. Indeed the natives
(says Gibson) celebrate, either in prose
or verse, three hundred and sixty uses
to which the trunk, branches, leaves,
juice, and fruit are applied. The palm
tree attains maturity in thirty years from
planting the. seed, and continues in full
strength for seventy or eighty years,
bearing annually three or four hundred
years old. From its sap. palm 'wine is
made. called by the natives snaky. It
is a beverage which easily intoxicates,
and is thought by Bishop Loyal) to be the
"Wong drink" mentioned by. Isaiah.—
Jewish Chronicle.
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IfirA litthik boy disputing v.ith his sister
on some subject, I do not . cow renwuber
what, exclaimed,, 'lt's true, for ma said so,
fusel if ma says Ws 80, it is 30, ur
st).'
Unseemly Extravagance.
The Post calls attention to the Mad
extravagance of the day. A man
builds a marble stable on the rear of his
private lot, at a cost of eighty thousand
dollars, and tits up a private theater
over it.. Another pays eight thousand
dollars for a pair 01 to drive on
the road for his pleasure ; and many
give from fifteen hundred to three thou
sand dollars for the same oliket. An
()tiler provides a dinner for a dozen
friends, rejecting the old superstition of
the unlucky thirteenth—and tliis simple,
giinner Costs one thousand dollars.
A childr , _)n's party is glVefl, in an up
town house, where every child is clad
entirely in dresses imported from Paris.
These are gins of the times—are
they not evidences ()I' a state of things
unhealthful, feverish, threatening to the
honest simplicity of our political life :
and threatening not less evil to the
ideas and the principles of which that
In has hitherto been a iltir exponent
Is their nothing worthier than per
sonal adornment? One man spends
two hundred thousand dollars upon a
dwelling house; but he might build
with this sum a long row of decent
cottages, to rent to people in moderate
circumstancesi loe might enable fifty or
a hundred flunilieb of working men to
live cleanly and respectably iu New
York, and thus make himself a public
henefnetor—and that without sinking
his money where he can never recover
it.
Or, instead of dressing a few chil
dren in silks and jewels. and robbing
them of the freshness and charm of -
youth by these vanities, why not spend
the money m sending homeless chil
dren to comfortable farm houses in the
West. •
In England, during the French war,
useful enterprises of all kinds were orig
inated and prospered. There was then,
as with us now, an inflated currency ;
great fortunes were made by specula
live ventures, as here now. No doubt,
there was extravagance; but there
arose at the same time a spirit favorable
to useful enterprises of many kinds—such
as we wish could obtain amongst us.—
The citizen who wastes his gains upon
ostentatious houses, furniture, dress 'or
food, commits a crime against his coun
try.
American Mineral Lands.
As the resources of the country are
now being so actively called into the
service of the• war, consideration fbr
the future has been of late directed to
the mineral wealth and growing impor
tance of the vast Territories owned by
the government. Sonic account of the
mineral fertility of these lands will prove
valuable and interesting,.
According to the admirable report of
Ron. J. S. Ruggles to the Statistical
Congress, the great gold-bearing re
gion in the west embraces portions of
Dakotah, Nebraska, Canada, all of New
Mexico, with Arazonia, Utah, Nevada,
Calitiirnia, Oregon, and Washington
Territories, comprising 17 degrees of
latitude, or a breadth of 1,100 miles
by nearly an equal length, and making
an area of more than a million square
miles. This vast region is traversed by
amorous mountains, which divide it
into five great basis, each of which is
surrounded by mountains, mid watered
by their streams and snows, • "thereby
interspersing this immense territory
with agricultural lands equal to the sup
port not only of the miners, but of a
dense population." All these moun
tains are -literally stocked with miner
alt, gold and silver being interspread
in profusion Over this immense surfiee,
and daily brought to light by new dis
coveries." Nor do they abound only
in gold and silver, but "various sections
of the whole region are rich in precious
stones, marble, gypsum, salt, tin, quick
silver, asphaltum, coal, iron, copper,
mid lead : together with mineral and
medicinal, thermal acid cold springs and
streams." The yield of this region in
the precious metals alone, fur the year
just ended, will not fall below $lOO.-
000,000, and the *Commissioner of the
General Land Office, in his last report.
expresses the conviction that "ii will
atignient With. the increase of I'K/1.1111:V1611
fltr years to Como.” H Q further adds,
that, "with an amount of labor rela
tively equal to that exp en d e d in Cali
fi wilts; applied to the goltl-tielps already
known to exist - outside of that State,
the production . of this year. including
that of Calitbrnia, would exceed
000,000." "Lt a word," he says, "the
value of these mines is absolutely in
eftleulable."— XeiN Lt (to'. •
No Good Deed. Lost
Philosophers tell us that since the creation
of the world not one single particle of matter
has been lost. It may have pasAed into new
shapes—it may have been combined with
ot her elements—ii, may have floated sway in
smoke or vapor—but it is not lost. It will
conic back again in the dew-drop. or the rain
it will spring tip in the fiber of the plant, or
p t aint. itself on the rose-leaf, Throng , all its
transformations, Pt l ovideueo wattles over
and directs it. still. Even so it is with every
holy thought, or heavenly desire; or humble
aspiration, or generous and self-denying ef
fort. h may .escape our'observation—we
may be. unatile to follow it—but it is an ale
asii.4 of tke Moral world, and is not lust,
, • ,
ogrA, twelayn pi.. Y.) raipister
it is said, .$40:1 1 900 speo,lll.4pg
NEW SERIES.---VOL, 5, NO. 46.
une of the greatest errors irrovercorn
int!, cows that are unquiet while being
milked is to whip..lient. kick, and bawl
at them. This is generally done, And
the cow bee, ones afraid or angry,- and,
instead of beeounin:!; bet ter,grows worse.
Mitch cows cannot he whipped or tuPrri
tied into standing quietly, 'gently, during
They dislike to be milked,
for they know that hard words and hard
blows always attends the operation.—
They dread to F:ee the milker as fi little
urchin dreads to see the bireli rod in the
hands of the angry pedagogue, when he
expects to teel it applied to his back.--:-
A cow kindly and properly treated, is
pleased to see the, gladly awaits her or
his niiproach, and subunits with pleasure
to the operation of being milked: Every
one having experience with cows know
this to be true. lint, the Cow is oppos
ed to a change ofmiLkerS ; she soon. lie
comes attached to one person whoe.r
fonns the operation, and does .not wil
ling-13, and freely give down her milk to
another person ; therefoku, have one
regular milker to certain caws, and bear
..
in mind if you change milkers it
,is at
the expense of a loss of milk and of an
injury to the cow.
All animals are appreciative of kind
treatment, and resent abusive treatment
Therefore, if you would have them gen
tle and kind, treat them gently and kind
ly. See that those who. milk them can
control themselves, govern their passion
speak low and kiudiy under any provo
cation, and soon the cows will learn that
they are not going to be abused, and
will submit to the" Operation. Milking
should be performed at regular . hours
not varying fifteen minutes from one
day to another. No talking or laughing
should be permitted at the time, and it
should be done as speedily as possible.
Raspberries will grow on almost any
good soil, but flourish best on a moist
soil .containing considerable vegetable
mould. For garden culture, atter spad
ing in a good coat of well rotted manure
and ashes, mark off your rows four feet
apart, and if you have plenty of roof],
five is better, setting the, plants two or
three feet apart in the rows, in e,idter
case they will if well mulched (which 1
consider almost indispensable) soon fill
all the intermediate space. A plants
tion of raspberries will need br.t little
care fir five or six years ; except thinn
ing out, so that 'the plants shall stand
about a foot apart—tying and heading
in about one-third the length,of,
canes in di. spring; laying down and
covering the stalks in the fall with ever
greens, leaves, or anything that will
shield them from the effects of the sun,
when they are not covered with srthw.
If kept well mulched they will produce
much better fruit and require but little
weeding, and that can anti ought to be
done with the hands, on account of the
roots running near the surface of the
oruund
Signs of a Good Ox.
A proiniiie.n t stock breeder gives the
li_dlowing as his role tbr jinigiiieg the
points of an ox
"Yon should stand before him rind
be sure he has a fine hakel eye, large
nostrils, long from the eve to the nos
tril, broad at and above the eye, rather
slim horns, toes straight ont him,
straight in the knee, bosom full, •haek
straight, and ribs rotund and Wide at his
hips. if on tind these points ; yott'need,
not ask of what 'breed he is, but if you
want. one buy him. A little black-eyed.
ox - is not to be depended on, as he v, ill
kick and be ugly, while a short-headed
OK will start from the whip, but he will
soon forget it."
liEsT Tun.. TO PAINr liou3Es.;---...Ei
perhnents have indicated that paint on
surftees exposed to the situ will be
touch nv/re ,Inr:11.1e ifapplied in autumn
or sprili2; i lean if put, on during the hot
weather. In cool weather it. dries
slowly, 17,01iv4 ft hard, glossy coat,
tough, like glass, while; ii applied in
warm eather: the tel strikes into the
wood; leaving the faint so dry that it is
ripidly driven off by.yains. .
Tf I I \ ENT Fl ayr-UOT IN SJ itIEP.
The North British Agrieultitrali4t says
that, thirty years ago, ProfessOr" Pick
showed that, in the great Majority of
eases, the disease results frOm the 1164
not being properly worn dowd. (Jr i
hard, graVelly pastures the foot-rot sel
dom °CCU Ou soft or rich pastures
the disease may be prevented by paring
the feet of the - whole flock every six or
eight weeks
M Win 1 I 100.-31 r, Berritt. Havers,
of \Vantage, N. J., has a hog four years
old, whidi is estithated to weigh abOnt
1:100 pols. He is of imported Entr
lisli stock, raised by the Earl of Selton,
and resembles the Berkshire breed: . it
is the largest speeimen of the Eiwinitit
Species ever bred in Sussex county,
and perhaps in the State. 414. Reg
trr.
p it oi,o•ft SI I l aw. ,ditti et Somerset (N.
.J.) Unionist says Isaac .1- Pittenger; of
Bainchburgh towushit), in f1ap:94114 ;
owuer of seven ewes, ,9Cting3ethit t i
welt' broeil, which are. now Vie mot crA
tifteen flue ttnifty; he4tliiir; -
littht.W.'"the - fiiit - gm - 411'6 e'svp-' • d';
had twins. what. titt;iliaatiaidfillikteri
tartittl'.
Unquiet Mulch Cows
Raspberry Culture.