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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1860)
t j s- 1 at jr ! . ) , 5 i THE ADVERTISER, ri-BUSIIED EVERT THtESDAT BT FURNAS & LY ANNA, 3ond Story Strickler's Block. Main Street, I 1IR01TXFIIXB, IV. T. " TERMS: ri'uWof l"or m-re wHI be furni-hed al fl 60 per j . ' v;.deibe c.U .cccptnie. tie order, do. j iS-rwie. J! A3' 44 KrX' i i 1 1 lift i i r (fir 1 Ay Ay V A3 THE ADVERTISER,' 11 RA.TE3 OF" AD' :kt:3iito? "Free to Form and Regulate ALL their Domestic Institutions In tliclr oira iraj, subject only to the Constltntlon of the United States." ae square (10 lines or !c) o e Insertion, -Kh aJJU loiia! insertion, ------- Oue iijre, ne month, -------- Btt.sineiCjrlof t-.x lineaor l,one year, - oneC ilumn oti r?r, -...-- One-half Col umaur.e year, Ouefonrta Column uue year, OneeUhtb Column oiie year, ....... Ou4culumn:it riontlu, One bait Column six month, ..... One fourth Column! months, ..... One eighth Column ix nionibs, - - - . - One Column three months, j Oue h.tlf Culumn three months, - - -: t)ne fourth Column tbreemonthf, - - - -j UQeeibth Col t'.nin Ifirf c moulL. .... .jaouuc:njjcnUiJitetforcC;ce(ia advance,) t f t to c S3 03 . IJ l 1 t XS CO 19 CO . S C is co 19 CO ta i 0 VOL. V. BUSINESS CARDS- m m nrnrnon 'JOHNSON & BEDFORD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SOLICITORS iV CHANCERY, Comer First and Main streets. Irotrnvllle, - - - Nebraska A. D. KIRS, Attorney at Law, and Agcat and Notary rubilc. tfuio, Richardson Co., A. I. 1Vil!prctieeinthe CenrUof iitedXcl)rwk UrdijiaodBeBBttSebraikaCttJ. J. B. 77ESTON, ATTORNEY AT LAV , DrownTlll. Nebraaka. rf-OSCeoa Main Street, one door above tbe Post Ace. ' Brownville, Prcember 1, lw- fTwrffPTON, Attorney at Law , JJR 0 WXVILLE, JV T. DR. D. GWIN, Hariri? permanently located in BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, For the practice of Medicine and Surgery, tea ri Jii professional services to tbe afflicted. Office on Vain Htreet. "o23t3 A. S. 110 L LAD AY, M. D. Be'peftJr.nyinforninia friends In Brownvllle and 'mcaiatevJclnltythatbehae resumed tbe practice of Icdlclnc, Surgery. & Obstetrics, a hopeo.br atrtct attention to hi profusion, to receive H Kcneroua patronaw heretofore eatended to him. In I cafci -ere it ta powihleor erpedient, a prescription iueH will be done. Offlce at City Pruj Store. Feb. 34, '69. 5.1y LTlIOHNS ON, IiL D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OJTlce at U. C.J'-LDRon'i Law Office, First Street, between Main and Water, 1IT LITERATURE NEWSPAPERS, AND Poriociicals, Of every description, for sale at SCHIITZ k DEUSER'S LITERARY DEPOT, South-east corner Maio and Second, BROWNVILLE. N.'T. Sept, 223,1559. t-ntU , . L. H'OtlT. ' 0. HEWfTT. E. W. THOMA IcGary, Hcwett & Thomas, ; ATTORNEYS AT LAW -SOLICITORS IX CIM.YCERY. BrownvlUe, Nebraska. -Xill practice ia the Courta of Xebraska,anl North it aliftoart. REFERENCES. fnara. Crow.McCreary fc Co. Hun. Jameic M. Uwrb, Hon. Jolm B. Sheply, Hon. Jama Cralp, - . Slon, Silu Woolson, Ho. Samuel W. Black, S. F. NnrtolU.Ksq., r betc-T Sweet U. Co. , Jl. M. Fnrnaa St. 1-oniF, Mo. lo f Do St.Jooeph, Mo. Do Kebraska City,N.T. Do do Brownrllle jiron-nville, X. T. Oct. 2S, 186S. E. S. DUNDY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HCHtl. UICnARDR05 CO. IC. T. Til 1 MirilMln h Mtral Pnnrtaof the id Judicial trtct, and attend to all mattera connected with the 'enMa. Ti. McLevkak, ,aq.,oi NeoTa vuj, i aniM me in tMproecuuonoiimporiuouii.. pt. 10, '17-lt-tf 3. A. GOXS. TABLE, . IXPOKTEm AKD DEALER III J HON, STEEL, NAILS, ( STINGS, SPBINGS. AXLES, FILES 33 XI I41 Xj o w a f LACKS MIT II S TOOLS Also: Hubs, Spokes, 'and Bent Stuff. Third Street, between Felix and EJmond, fjAINT JOSEPH, JNIO. , -Thicb be aeila at St. Louis prices tor cash. Eifthett Pvioe Paid for Scrap Iron. ?ecemer 1, 1S69.-1J-. it. r. EISNCT. CHAB. P. BOLLT. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1860. NO. 9. To Ladies of Brownville, MRS. MARY KEVETT Announces that she haa just reeeircd from the East a magnificent etock of MILLINERY GOODS Consisting of STRAW, TRENCH CHIP, GIMP LEGHORN, SILK, & CRAPE ' . BONNETS. French Flowerf, Straw Triniming. W, eU To wkioh ahe fnritee t attention of the Udiea of Urownrille and vicinity, feeling asaured tbej cannot be better suited ia itjle, qualitj or price. April 12,1860. PIKES'S PEAK GOLD! We will receive Pike's Peak Gold, and adTance money npon the aame, and pay over ba.ance ot proceeds r.Zn.iMlnt return, are bad "c"' 7 exhibit the printed returns or tho Lnlted States Mint, or Asay offlce. rtvnv BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKERS BKOWNVIUE, HIBKASKA. no20v4 Clocks, Watches & Jewelry. J. SCHITTZ tt 'rouldsnuouticctothecitiien of Brownville V and vicinity that be has located kimaelf In cWlBrownville, andintends keeping a ful 1 assort. JLenttf everything in his lineof business, which will be sold low for cash, lie will also do all kinds of re pairing of clocks, watches and jewelry. All 8wr-ranted. CITY LIVERY STABLE, WM. ROSSELL, BROWNVILLE, N. T. Announces to the public that he is prepare ! to cojn modate those wwhing with Carriages and Buggies , to gether with good safe horses, forcomfortand easeintra velling. He willalso board horses by tbe day, week or month. . . n . June 10, '68. 60tf 1859. 1859-. IIAXXin AS & ST. JOSEPH R. R. ES. OSSEINS FALL ARitAXG-EMEXTS. Morning Train leaves St. Jo?cr" at - - 6:00 Evening Train leaves do do - - 6:40 c i. r -htA hr the "Western Stace Line. Pasengers savetime and tiresome staging by thlsroute. Daily connections made at uanniDai wun iii.wciu and Southern Railroads and Packeis. J T D Hatwood, bup t., Hannibal. D C Sawix, General Agent, St. Joe. P B Groat, G. Ticket Agent, Han'bal Tnto." Hill, G. T. Ag't, Brownville. Xovember 24, 1859. - U ii li u it iy- lnu.;i ' i II BIITDERY , j jJUUil COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WILLIAM F. KITER. May 17, 1SG0. Planter's House JOHN M'MECIIAN PROPRIETOR, Corner of Fourth and Com- Stree TvJoTorfvffsls- City, TVoTo. KINNEY k HOLLY, lTTORNEYS at law, M:iUUSK i CITY, If T. iUrractireinheCovrtsot this Territory. Collec- anl rttnnal business attended to throughout Xe tks, Western Iowa and Missouri. Will attend the ru at Brownville. v3nSJ-m FRANKLIN TYPE & STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY No.168 Vine Bt..bet.Fourthanct Fifth, Cincinnati, 0. C. T. O-DRISCOL.L. & CO Man ufactnrer and dealers i n News, Book and Job Type, Printing Presses,Caes,G&liies, Ac. ,4c. Inks, and Printing Material of Every Description, STEREOTYPING of allkind Books,Mujic. Patent Medicine Directions,Jobs,VoodEngrevings, Ac., f e. Brand and Pattern Letters, various styles, Merchant Tailor, JACOB LIARHON, . BROWNVILLE, N. T. Adopts, this method of returning thanks ti the gentlemen of this vicinity, for the liberal patron age bestowed nptn him heretofore, and to announce that he has just returned from bt. Louid witb.a FRESH STOCK . , .Of every article of GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, . Consisting of ,. FLN.E. CLOTHS,, OTTIXr-TZ2XV GOODS, COTTC, LlNXKIT AND SlLK GOODS, : F0R,MEK'3 WEAR. Woolen, Cotton, and Silk Undershirts, drawer?, Veatinirs, Half Hofc, Suspenders, 4e. In short, ev ery thing a gentleman could desire to array himself in the gayest attire, lie wiJl soli thegoods, or make suits to order in a style eqnal to any other IIouie ttny where, He asks bat an examination of his goods and work.. " ' Xrioossf Correspond with! the' Present Hard : , . . 1 Times. April 12," I860. : MORTON HOUSE, i ' 1LAJN STREET, NEBRASKA CITT, NEBRASKA. . T. I. GODDIN, Proprietor. September, 29,1859. tf. . Pubilthcd March 17th, , . Another New Work by the Distinguished American' Authoress. . E3I3JA I. E. Jf. SOUTI1WORTII. XXn.-ixxxtocl. Xlorkadfiitoa-ci, With an autobiography or the author, by Mrs, Emma D. E.N. Sodthwoeth, Author ot the Lost Heiress, Deserted Wife, Missing Brido, India, Wife's Victory, Retribution, Curse ot Clifton, Vivia, The Three Beau ties. Lady of the Isle, etc. Complete inone large duodecimo volume, neatly bonnd In cloth, for one dollar and twenty-flve cents, or in two volumes, papef cover fvr one dollar. ; Save Your Money and Go To . ; WM T DEN, m mmwm. Wbolef ale and Ba:il dIer In BOOTS AND SHOES. - Brownville, JV. 7V HAS KOW OX HAND a larpeandwel! select ed stock of Boots and Shoes, Lady'i and Gent.'s Gaiters and Slippera of every variety ; also, i 11 Uses and Chlldrens shoes or every kind that I will sell cheaper for Casb or Produce than any other Louse westof St. Louis. All work warranted; orders respectfully solicited. i The Highest Casb price paid rot maes, reus ana t urs, at the City Boot and Shoe Store. Cut Leather kept for sale ' BrownvilicJuneSdea. . , nir- m AIIEBICM, MOUSE. BROWNVILLE! NEBRASKA. VP. J. HENDGEN, Tlcrcby notiflesthe public that he has purchased the Nebraska House in Brownville, N. I., formerly kept by T. J. Kdwards, and has remodeled, renovatca anu enti rely changed tbe whole bout-e, irom cenar 10 garrci, w ith an especial view tc neatnps, comfort and coiive niene Having had many year experience as hotel keeper, be f oels safe in warrantingtheboardinp patron age of Brownville, and tbe traveling public, that, wbilo at tbe American, they will have no reason to complain of tbe fare in any respect. The Hotel is situated immediately at tbe Steamboat Landing, foot of Main street, and consequently affords J ' IT 1. U ll.l .U1.llk.kUD T....et - j - proprietor asks but to be trisd, tnd If not round worthy,. discarded. : . , January, 19. I860. 28-tr A SAINT JOSEPH Female College , sr. JOSEPH, MO. WILLIAM CAMERON, A. M.. Principal. yT ' r !V.".!'f11 NEMAHA LAND AGENT, SURVEYOR "& 1VOTARY PUBLIC, Willselect lands. Investigate titles, paytases, fcc. either in Kansas of Nebraska; buy, sell, and enter landson commission; invest in town property, buyer sell tbe same, and will always have on handcorrect plats pf townships, counties, &c, showing alllandssnb ivf in pntrv. and where desired willfurnishpartiesliv- Ingln the states witb tbesame. Being tbe oldest settler in tbe county win in an cases be ableto give tull and reliable information. Address A. L. Coate.eltbei'at Br6wnvlllcor Nemaha Clty,Neb'afkaTerritory. ' 6ro-4S-vg j L. m ones. ALEXIS MVDD. JCKSE HOUADAT. Ill GIIES K HOLLADAY, Ne. I, City Buildings. IXT LOUIS - -.- MISBOTJEI. - 3irDD.fi llOLEADAY, No. HO, Pearl Street, 3J"ovr T"orlx., roducc and Commission ANTD. wc REira t rcaaiistion to Powell, Levy h. Lemon, - - St. Joseph, Tootles fc Farleifh, - - T. & t. Cnri Nave, McOord It Co.. - - . pnnnel . Saxton . . ' . lUnt v a - mora Island Jlhiad of ihr UnrLI f t LOOK HERE! LOOK HERE! HIHGLESH SHINGLES II nemj4rsirnd Ukes tiis method of informing citiiens of Nemaha County, and the rest of man id that he has, and willkoepon hand a superior t of Cottonwood Shingles which ho wiirsellchcap wxv A511 UU rilUUUUE, .ii sBiaeia Haebwe is ontha Sonera Island.near 1 I inrt Via f'ti . i . - . ' -uui,wncrebemay be found when he . - , ... i"w'C3"'nai ousiness. .uive bim a nu Dew1(iK,Teyou satisfaction. prili2,UC0. (6m) MEttlDITH HELVV. T. M. TALKOTT, DENTAL SURGEON, M.vT.-t , .... ..... - ... BT,ea nimselfin urowtville, X. T., tcu . ... i-roieiobai services to the community. ' juli warranted. Completely organiipd as a first classTemale Boarding and Day School. Number limited to U5, Including 25 boarders. Scholastic year commencing first Monday .In September. For Catalogues, with full particulars, ad dress tbe Principal. August 4th, IS59. ... v4n4tf , Tike's Tcali, or Bust." V srw PROVISION STOBB, ... A.5D DRY GOODS HOUSE. 3Mo. 11, IVXaln stroot, BROW 1? VI LIE, IT. T. J.BEKEf Ss Co Have inst completed tbeir new businens bouse on Main Street, near tbe U.S. Land Office, in Brownville where they have oneucd out and are offering on the most favorable terms, Dry Goods, Provisions, Of all Kinls, FLOUR, CO N FECT 1 0 N ARIES, GREE AXD DRIED FRUITS, - Choice Liquors, Cipars, And a "thousand and one," other things everybody needs. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK Brownville, Arril 26, ly Mrs. Ilcndgcn & Miss Lusk, MILLINERS ASD DRESS MAKERS, First Street, bet. .Main' and Water, HHOAVNVII,!.!-:, NKBUASKA, Bsn.lf.'f, Ucad-IrtsictcJ Tilmmint alu-amon hand The Nebraska Farmer. 16 PAGES QUARTO MONTHLY. SUBSCRIBE FOR IT. J it the only Journal devoted exclusively io the Agricultural and Educational inte rests of Nebraska, Kansas, Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa. i . : Try it--Aid it. Four Copies, 3, months for SI Twenty Copies, ! year $15 One Copy, 1 year, '61 Address; . FURNAS & LYANNA, Brownville, A'ebratka. THE IIELVIIT HILLS. NEMAHA' CITY, NEBRASKA. Th nronrintor returns thanks for the renerous - - patronage thus far extended him, and hopei by re newed efiorta to merit Increased favors. Farmers and Others Will do well to have their grain in as soon as posei- . .,. . i cie, as spring iresneiswiu soon do upon us, wuea more than likely it will be impossible to ran the mil) for several weeks. Come Along Now! Meal and Flour of ' Superior Quality Constantly on II and. We will pay 75 cents cash for wheat. Feb-22, I860. J. O. MET.YIN. Peru Chair Factory AKD 0XTDlT.Q-t SllOPa The wndersipned, bavins; pnirhased the Chair and Cabinet shop lately owned by T. H. Marshall, take bis method of informing tbe public that thevare now pre pared to fill orders for all kinds of fnrnitme, sucb aa ;nirs, tables, stands, bedstead, bureaus, safes, cribs, cradles, lounges, etc., etc., either at wholesale or re tail) as cheap as can bebonght at any other establish mentlntbe west. Die best of coffin lumber and trim mings constantly on hand, which will enable us to nil orders for coffins at short notice. We have attached to our sboD a rood Horse Power and Turnip; Lathe, and we are prepared to do any descrip tion of turning from a diairlnrnnto Snfirilill. Chain ai.d Furniture ot all kinds repaired m tt best K. B. Corn, Wheal, Flour, Dry Goods, Groceries. Lnm beraud imnluce of all Kinds, Money not excepted, ta Km in exci,;mge for worn or K.His. Wc hope by strict aweiiu.n 10 eusincss to merit a share or pnhlio p.itron ?e. BRKKDtCT & BL1S3. Peru, Xofcrazka, November 24 IS5. ' . . Farclicd Corn and Honey for Hozs. A correspondent of the Highland Dem ocrat, published at reeksmll, New York, furnishes that paper wi:h the following communication. : A feifv Years ago I chanced in Albany to meet a farmer who is noted for raising unusually heavy hogs. The year before he had brought to market one weighing over 700 pounds, and said tLaf' year he should have one. of S00, cr near that mark. As there always feems to be cause for every efiect, I was 'anxious to know the course he pursued. ' Well," said he. you mast lect the right kind of a critter, right breed, and then pick out natured ones from the litter, I ford to feed a cross critter: I first se Get the the good can t af sell them a . wnen tuey are pigs." "How can you iude:e?" said I. "Well if vou watch them when they are feeding, you will hnd that some pigs -are allers lighting about their feed, and some go in for eat ing. There is as much difference between pigs as there is in folks." "Well, when you select the right kind of a pig what next is important?" "Well, then you must have a nice place for the critters to live in and feed them on the right kind of victuals." "What kind of food?" ; "Well, the best and cheapest kind of food 1 have found when it comes time to put on the fat is parched corn. I gener ally manage to buy a barrel or two of Southern honey it is cheap enough as it is somtimes. When it is not over four cents and pork is six, it pays first rate and sometimes you can get it for two ; it costs me about three cents on an average, or it went, do' to risk it. About half a pound a day is enough ; it must not cloy their stomachs, but a little of it with their corn or meal will make the critter gam more extra than the weijht of the feed." "Are these things all ?" "Well ves, pick out the right kind of a critter, keep it in a good place, give it plenty of the right kind of victuals, and have a jrood humored hand to take care on't, and it's just as easy to raise 600 weight hogs as it is to raise little scaly runts that wont weigh two, and it wont cost no more, and I don't believe it will as much." . Now there is much sound philosophy in that man's experience. I remembe when riding in Northampton county, Pa., with a Yankee acquaintance, he remark ed "that it was singular the farmers of that vicinity did not keep a better breed of hogs. "Why that remark?" said I. "See those hogs over there fighting," said he : "such dispositioned hog3 can never be fattened on any quantity of corn." That parching corn is the most eco nomical way of preparing it, many ex periments testify. The application of moderate heat for some time, has the effect to change a part of the starch into a sweetish substance, called dextrine, which is more easily digested into fat than starch ; that is, part of the making of fat is accomplished by the agency of heat. When parching is done in a proper way, and upon a large scale, it is a cheap way of cooking corn. Let any man who is inclined, try the experiment this fall upon two pigs as nearly alike as possible; feed each the same quantity of cofn, in one case parched, in the other not, and observe the result at the end of a week, or better at the end of a fortnight. The more slowly the corn is parched the better. It is not necessary to hare it "pop," perhaps, the word roasted would be better, but in this case it is to be un derstood that the corn is not to be black ened, burnt, or even browned but slightly. As respects the importance of having a good natured attendant, I have become convinced for many years, (see Lambert's Physiology,) for I have never met an ex ception to the rule, that ho who produces fat cattle, horses, hogs, or any creature, is always good to them at:least. It is a physiological fact of no little interest. The first two or three hundred pounds of a hog can be produced from corn alone, but to produce pork above that weight, good nature must be added to the corn, and the percentage of good nature rises rapidly as the weight increases. The Borer and Crooked ipplc Trees. H. S. Hamilton, of Marysville, Ohio, in a late number of the OAto Culiivatort says: I have observed that most of the young orchards planted in this part of the State are much injured by the borer, and I have myself lost a hunJted trees by them, and have several more that are so much damaged that they are not worth preserv ing. In my observations, which have ex J tended over more than a thousand young trees, I nd the following facts : I. The borer begins his ravages on the southwest side of the trees. In litis I and your correspondent agree. 2. Every tree damaged by the borer is either croohed, or leans toward the north east. ; 3. Every tree damaged by the borer furnishes unmistakable evidence of having been damaged before the borer began his work. How can these be explained ? My explanation is this : Every one is familiar with the fact that if any given surface be so adjusted that the sun's rays will fall at right angles upon it, that surface will be come hotter than a similar surface so ar rauged that the sun's rays fall upon it ol libuely. The sun shines holiest from noon to 9 o'clock, p. if a tree lean m. At 2 o'clock p. m., u a tree lean a tew decrees to the northeast, the ray3 of the sun will at right angles upon the southwest side of it. If a tree be crooked, portions of its body will be in the sane conditicn. I have found that -this intense heat loosens ror blush of the corona ; but k was white and no red prominences were visible. On shipboard they were more fortunate. During the totality, a momentary rift in the clouds revealed the spectacle to the sailors. They saw the corona. ar.J de scribed it precisely as if they had read a tionsof the bark; these loosened portions description in an astronomical work. The in a few days dry, and split open, and in drawing taken from their statements he these oDeninrrs the ecrrrs which produce considered in every sense reliable. It the borer are deposited, and there they exhibts the corona with unequal shoots of are hatched bv the same intense heat to Hht. which they are indebted for their house. As soon as they are hatched they begin their depredations upon the nearest green portion of the tree. cf tb Dr. F. A. .Bernard a member expeuiuo, gave t lew results wmca are no reauy very interesting, ine phenome non known as "JJaily's heads" was dis- My object is only to give the results of tinctly seen. This consists of a series of a a my own observation and to incite otners to investigate this subject. If I am right in nvy notions of the first cause of the mischief, the whole trouble can be pre vented by planting none but straight trees, string round dots ot light, like a great of beadi, which- immediately succeeds total obscuration. .. He attributed to them a similar cause to that which i3 attributed for mirage. -The passage of shadow and keeping them in a perpendicular po- created the same inequality of density in ine atmosphere as that on the principal of refraction produces mirage. Dr. B. stated some interesting facts connected with the voyage. . His ideas of icebergs were entirely incorrect. He had had no conception of their enormous stake on the southwest side of the tree, hight. This, too, was in latitude 52 deg. and fastening if to the stake. off the cost of Belle Isle. Other re- It ts well known that rouch faces, of markable features of these hih latitudes dark color, become hotter in the sun than weie the great number and. brilliancy of smoother ones of a light or green color, auroras, and great disturbance of the Trees may sometimes be damaged by the magnetic needle. What was quite as sun's heat, by allowing the bark to be- remarkable, too, the latter became quiet sition, or slightly inclined to the south west. Ia this country most of the winds blow from the southwest, and this gives young trees, in all exposed situations, .a set toward the northeast. This should be guarued against by plantmsr a strong come rough and black. This can be pre vented by rubbing with a rough cloth saturated in weak lye or sopesuds. In am inclined to the opinion that the Dane on trees is sometimes loosened m during the totality of the eclipse. - The almost total absence of animal life, with the exception of mosquitoes, was also re marked. The eclipse was also observed by a spots, or split open, in the winter, while company or Britise saaans at Santander, the air is so cold that the south side is suddenly warmed up by the sun in the afternoon. But I have little doubt the trouble is mainly traceable to the summer sunshine. These views suggest that trees should be miowea to put out their tops as near the ground as possible. . They are much in Spain. The following is a thrilling extract irom the journal of one of their number: The totality at 2h. 58m. 24s., and lasted until 3h. lm. 44s. At 3h., most of the thermometers laid upon the crass had fallen from 71 deg. 1 min. to 64 deg. 5 min., and there was a nercectible chill position by the winds, and the branches will shade the body so as to break the power of the sun's heat. less liable to be blown out of their proper n &Q ar increased, perhaps, by the wind naving veered almost due north at 2h. 9m. During the totality the following phenomenon were also observed : At the moment ip which darkness began to de scend rapidly -consternation seemed to seize nature ; - pigeons flew about in clusters, confused and scared ; poultry sought their roost ; my dor? whined at my teen; small birds fluttered and twitted excitedly, as if a hawk was in view; a cow moaned loudly, and the dew gathered But its near relation, the rcrtulacca, i3 cno or our most beautiful and showy arnuals. In a warm, sunny situation, a bed of th-j mixed varieties is as brilliant and beauti ful as any one could wish. The colors are white, yel'ow, rose, crimson, scarlet," with some striped varieties. Toad Flax, or Butter and Egs, is an old acquaintance of many cf the readers ot the Country Gentleman, if one may judge from the many inline. frcrn dif ferent correspondents a$ to the meao v bo adopted to get rid of it.: Ths Antir rhinum, crSt.ap Dragcs, belongirj to -the same family, is a favorite border and bedding flower. " The Onion is a near relative of the fragrant Hyacinth and Japan Lily, all be longing to the same family. The common Vervain and the favorite Verbetji. are brethren. The Wintergreen and the. Azalea and Rhododendron below to the same family. The Thistle, another great', favorite of our farming friends, and the' Aster, with its variety cf most beautiful flowers, are blood relations. .... And so the list might be continued. Many oj the insignifiient wild flowers and weedy plants to be found by the way-' side, and in the fields and forests, are by patient and skillful cultivation sctaltered and improved, as to bear but slight re semblance to the original varieties, no more, in fact, than many of the plants above named resemble each other.: Country Gentleman. - Tne Late Solar Eclipse. The American Scientific Association held their Annual Meeting at Newport, IiUe 8weat on the flowers as the dropped during the first week of the present month aad cIosed their .But thg and the closing hours were marked by the arrival of the Expedition sent out by our government for the purpose of astro nomical observations upon the eclipe at Labrador. Officers and members of the Expedition were presented to the Associ ation, and we quote the following from their remarks, as given in the New York Evening Post: Prof. Alexander rose under much agi tation. He was overcome by the kindly reception which greeted him the moment he set foot on shore. Contrasted with the monumental desolation of the scence which he had witnessed, this sudden in troduction to the midst of friends and social intercourse was most affectin?. Without beginning with an apology, he simply alluded to those circumstances to explain what want of unity of ideas he might manifest in his remarks. ihe expedition had been fitted out under the patronage of the Coast Survey and its enlightened Superintendent, Mr. Tigris Iris nacne. never in nis wildest areams naa Everlasting- he conceived of scenes of such wild gran deur and desolation as greeted them as they approached their fanal destination. The shore was skirted with an almost un broken range of mountains, seeming like cast iron. They were beyond arbores cent vegetation, and but little except mosses grew anywhere. Along the base of the mountain-chain towards the sea, lay a bank of mist. It was necessary to get on the opposite side to be free from danger from this source. The difficulties seemed to be very great ; a sort of ter race on the western side of the range was found, which promised to be suitable ; hither with great difficulty we transport ed ourselves and our instruments. The weather, when clear, was very clear, bat lasted never more than two days. The day we had looked forward to with great ' . a a anxiety was overcast ; still we could see the disc of the sun : the ciouas served pe impressive moment was vet to come : as darkness descended, and the winds and the deep grew hushed, man and beast were struck dumb with awe. Such might well seem the last day, as indeed it did to many; but the prophets of science had foretold the event, and deprived it of the terror of a surprise. IS evertheless, during those sinister, ghastly and absorbing three minutes, enlightened- spirits prostrated themselves before the power of God, and the sceptic whom the radiance of the sun could not convince, nor the regularly of the seasons convert, was forced at that supreme moment to own the influence of the first great cause. - During the totality the bits of blue sky in the northwest and eastern horizon as sumed the. same appearance as they do at dawn on a cloudy morning, with the ex ception that the former was the brighter. The flowers closed as follows : IT. O Saffron M. 10 15 20 50 s. 0 4 0 0 Blue Hibiscus Africanus The youngest flowers felt the influence of the eclipse soonest, the old ones, the everlastings especially, yielding slowly and stubbornly. Owing to the cloudy state of the weather, only Venus and two other stars were seen for a moment. Of three thermometers laid on pieces of copper, blende and calamine ore, the former preserved the highest temperature. The return of light was hailed with a murmur of satisfaction by the spectators the cocks crowed in the neighboring farm yards, and nature all at once became resonant. During the totality bats were seen flying about. At 4h. 30m. the heat of the sua's rays were intense, is if they hastened back to earth with redoubled ardor. our eyes for colored glass screens. The most interesting rexuu u ux anfl Jmr Near RelaliVeS. Hons are : I 1. The moon broke the curve of the Stramonium, vulgarly Stinckweed, is a sun with an enormously rough edge. plant known to every farmer, and the 2. A phenomenon which 1 was the first rest of mankind, as a troublesome weed, to notice some years ago, viz: a belt of with nothing in the world to recommend light around the moon, brighter than any it. There are several varieties of Datura other part of the sun. (to which the Stramonium belongs,) 3. An appearance, which but one of which are cultivated as border flowers, our party saw. which was observed in and which possess much beauty. Datura 1820, and once later, and has been called Wrightii is a plant almost precisely like an optical illusion, but which the photo- Stramonium in appearance, but bearing tographic plate had not forgotten to record, flowers of immense size, of a bell shape, Thus it was real and not optical. The four to six inches in diameter, and over phenomenon in question was a bluish eight inches in length, white bordered light on the side of the moon, close to the with lilac in color, and sweet scented ; in edffe projected on the sun. These three results; Prof. A. considered amply justified the expenses of the expidition. As the eclipse progressed, and when there was only a bit of ragged, intensely brilliant silver wire of the sun's disk left, bloom from July till November. Datura Humilis flare pleno is another variety, with deep yellow flowers, very large, and double, sweet scented, and continues in bloom until frost. These are large, coarse growing plants, and should be planted it seemed as if the sun was melting away either with the shrubbery or in the back and dropning point by pointv till m a minute all was gone. During totality, glaces they will be found quite ornamen the sky was overspread with the most tal and desirable brilliant colors. We saw through the Purslane, or as it is usually called deepening mist, just as the last fragment "pursley," is quite as extensively known of the suns disk melted away, a single and as little admired as the Stinckwecd From tbe Boston Cutiratvr. Should the Ground fce Stirred da-" rins a Drought. The question whether crops are iniur-". ed or benefitted by stirring the soil and keeping it light durinja time of drought is one which may very naturally arisu ia. the mind of the farmer at the present time. Reasons may be advanced which possess a degree of plausibility upon ei ther side. borne farmers tell us that stirring the earth when it is very dry"in- jures the root3 of plants by severing them. . and loosening them from the soil: also ' that by frequently stirring the earth and exposing it to the hot sun and air, it be-' comes dry, and therefore unfit to sustain 1 vegetation by conveying proper nourish- ment to the roots. The former idea rnay : be correct, that . is, as far as it goss ; though it is claimed by seme, that to ev ery root broken off, several lesser ones branch out which arc more serviceable to' the growth of the. plant than thef.rst; this, however, I think, somewhat ques-. lionable, but the latter I consider, untrue, and not in accordance with the ualural proof. Hence, for argument's sake, and, if possible, to add a single ray of light upon the subject, such as may tell practically for the interests of the farm- er, i take the latter yiew of the question that both ' soil and vegetation are im proved by frequent cultivation at a time, of drought. First, then, . by. frequently stirring the oil it is kept light, and of course more porous, consequently -in a better condi tion to convey moisture from the atmos phere by way of fogs and. dews, as well as from the wet subsoil, below, for the more the Foil is worked, the more porous or spongelike it is eept ; and the jnore spongelike qualities it possesses, the more readily will it convey moisture- to the plants. To illustrate ; it has often been remarked with us, during the lastfew weeks, that all cultivated vegetation, t such as corn and other grains, appear much better than Srass, that' while the , one is thrifty and growing, the other is suffering severely, from the effects cf the : drought, which seems to be a very clear demonstration of the correctness cf the foregoing theory. . . , And again : the lighter and more por ous the soil, the less its capacity to con duct heat, or, in other words, the poorer conductor it becomes. Every school-boy knows that a stone will become hotter f . exposed to the rays of a hot sun than a sponge or bunch cf cotton or wool. And upon the same principle we may say the i less the soil is tilled, the harder and more stone-like it becomes, and the great-, er its capacity to conduct heat; conse quently the more is vegetation affected 1 thereby. Every tiller of the soil has un-' doubtedly noticed that the tender blade of corn, newly hoed, shoots up much faster than before the soil was stirred around it. The reason is very apparent; he soil is made light, and the moisturo : both from the atmosphere and the earth . is brought more readily in connection with. roots. Hence, in . accordance with this, principle, we. see the necessity of remov ing or breaking the surface earth from the hills of corn in particular, when hoe- 0 t ' 1 ing, beiore any new earth is drawn up to the hill. The same is true with cultivation gen erally. The more the soil is pulverized and worked over, the better 13 it r rent ed to convey the sustaining elements ta ' vegetation. There can be no doubt that crcp3 cn . all soih should be kept clear cf weeds, . and that soils which tend to become com pact should be cultivated with reference to this tendency that is, it should le " prevented as much as possible in the ear ly stage of the crop. At a later period it is not always safe to stir the sou to a great depth. What is called "firing" cf Indian corn at the South and West is sometimes crused by breaking too ninny of the roots after the corn is "tasseled." Within the last ciht years Ireland has lost one-tenth cf its population. - - The man who wears pegged bcota has always "mucic in his sole."J - .