L ' THE ADVERTISER, . ' - ; FUKNAS'S: L7ANNA, . eKxd Story Stricter'. Block. Main Street, j THE JLDYIiRTlSI I ! 1 oo 3 00 rorenfr'y-1 pl.dattlieenJyf Cinema ' , , I. rr it tl 50 Iff' " -"V.acl uecU accompanies tbe order, not , t f T :.: 1 1 I i i '! rfxiV t 1 rl 2 I f " Ay Ay Ay Ay Ay -5, "Free (0 Form ana Regulate ALL their Domestic Institutions la tSdr.oTra xraj, ssnjeet only (0 the Constitution of tlic United Slates, j ratiAj or- advkktic; Jne;aare(I01iT:erlei;c!iei3serUoa, !viith . j i:i ,n h :i - r t it n, ...... J Una j.qiire, ui:e " '' fith. - - - - - J ouf Ci'luiij iXie ycr, ------- j One-bu:f Cfl ami; oaeyear, - - - - - one lourth ('.liuTiin ore year, - - - . I Onee;;r.itb CoUiim re year, - - - - j O.10 hilt Column nix 7nontJs, - . . . 0 fo'irtii Ct:r.uin it pit.r.i)i, - - - -J Oae eijrilh Cu!uu;a s:i rbist, - - -I One Column three l-i r.tLa, , J Oa h!f t'u!tai three laoctbs, - - isieioarth L.)!ui!a threetr.cn'.ai, - - - ooe eiiitb toiinn sp'et moots. - . .-jjuacmK csaiiJatf f orotic e ('.affs: :rc - . - - 1 . - 4 - o . :i - ! lt - SS - i e - 19 . . I ll - S3 C - II 9 . DM vol. y. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31,1861. NO. 30. 2"IT- Acivniicocl on PIKES PEAK GOLD! " " " 1 H- 111 I " "NO.-L. CARSON, -rLLlOX AM) EXCHANGE BUOKEB J.ROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. no20r4 tWI'S S. BEUI'UUU, ATT0UNKY AT LAW, AND Master tafiisstoner In Chancery. r, c. johmv. . . . Johnson & fcciiocnneii. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A; SCHOEKnEIT A X D SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, Corner First And Main rirownlllp. . DR. I). GWIN, Having pprmancntlv located in BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, For lie practice of JIMicine iDi Surgcrj, ten- hi, profional rvice. to the "' 0 ffic -n ?Jin Street. no'T, A.S.HOLLADAY, M. D. vicinity that be ba. reamed tte pr.ct.reof Icdlcinc, Siirpory, & Obstetrics, pntronao t.rretufore rTtcnrtcd tobiin. In 'rlf whrri it i u.Ki.li-ur Mveiient, I. prescription '"r,utM..n. oake.tfity.DruR Store. . Fh.2.'ft- 3.')ly T. AV. TIPTON, Attorney at Law, an 0 wyriLL e , X. t. L. LI JOHNSON, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, O.1U0 at U. C. Johnson's Law OOJcc, First Stxpot, between Main and Water, 11 RoirwHiiJ:, xcnitASKA Clocks, Watches & Jewelry- if : ' ' ' J. SCIIITTZ rMMinnoiinrftothroltlpnw of Brnwnvin VVS and ricinitf that he hat located himself In RrftirnTlllB. an4inten-i keeping a full sort. i.,n t everj-tbins! In lineof bminet,, flitch will .e .M 1w f..rcU. He will also 3o all kinds of re rl'n of clock, watches ar.3 jewelry. All work war ranted. v2nm7 To Ladies of Brownville, M3S. imY HVETT Wr. W Annnnrrf thnt she Iihh jnst reecirel fromtbo r.at a niii'j infi?ent ptaclt r.f TT'nll &5 Winter MILLLXliRif GOODS Conistin j of FRENCH CHIP, LEGHORN, CRAPE STRAW, GIMP. . BILK PONNETS. Fren?h Flower?, traw Trimming, Tlllbons, eto., To whiohshe inritcsthe nttcntion of the Ladies of !ror.ri!1e and iciaty,fi-cVmj assured hcj cannot e hetternitoJ la tjle, auality cr irice. April llfilT LITSMTl NEWSPAPERS, AND Uf every description, tor sale at SCIIIITZ &. DEUSER'S LITERARY DEPOT, Soaih-eStet rurnfr Main and Second, EEOWNVILLE, N. T. Sp.;;.l,is;t. f-ntll . E. S. DUNDY, ATTOltNEY AT LAW, ARCHtR, RICIIAKDW3K CO. N. T. ILL practice in the several CourtF cf the id Jndic'al V"ict. anfl .ttend tn all ,ntter cntmected with the 'e-si.m. Wm. McLennan, Esq., of Nebraska City, I iMtmp,n the prosecution olimportaulSuiU. l 'It. 10, 'oT-u-tf . . HI'GIIUS & 1IULLADA1, 1, City Buildincs, -aai'IjOU1S - - - MISSOURI. Mi nn & IIOIXAD.VY, K6. 10, Terl street, oducc and "Commission 3VI ETIOII ATTS. WK R f ER ar PK.UlSSIOX TO T 1 wl Levy :J0n, - - St.Jofeph. To,.tle Firlngh, - - . . ' T. h J. rnrd - Nave. MeOTlkCo:, i . -Donnr 1 4i Saxtan - - . 37-6 aj 11 A. C O X s T A RON, STEEL, NAILS. ASTIXns, Sl'RIXGS. AXLES, FILES Tike's I'cali, or Bust." NEW PROVISION STGPiB. DRY GOODS HOUSE. JNJo. 11, IT-i3a. otrootf BR0WKVILLE, II. T. J. BBBSES Y c& Co nave Jnst completed their new buine boese on afain Street, near the T.8. Land Ofrice, in BrownvlU where they have opened oat aud areoffericg cn the mast favorable term, Dry Goods, Provisions, Or a!l Kinds, FLOUR, CO N FECT 1 ON ARIES , GRCEXAXI) DIUED TIILITS, Choice Liquors, Cipars, And a "thousand and one," other things everybody need. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK Brownvilie, Apri' 2G, ly siflMi? lies BIIIDERY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WILLIAM F. KITER. May 17, 1S60. AMERICAN HOUSE. KTo"V7" Hotel BROWNYILLe! NEBRASKA. P. J. HENDGEN, ITcrfhy notilletthe public that be has purchased the Nebraska Houke in llrownvi lie, If . T., formerly kej't cy T. J. Kdwards, and haa remodeled, renovated and enti rely changed the whole. hone, from cellar to Karret, with an especial view to neatness, comfort and conve nience. UavinR had many years experience as coiei keeper, he feels safe in warrantinptueboardinjj patron age of Urowcvil le. and the traveling public, that, while at the American, they will have no reason to complain ofthefare in any respect. Tbe Hotel is srtnated Immediately at the sieamuoat Landing, foot of Mainstreet, and consequently affjrda peculiar advantages to the traveling community. Tbe proprietor asks but to bo tri jd,snd if not found worthy, discarded. January, 19 1SC0. 29-tf THE NEBRASKA FARMER. Dcvofcd io Jlgricvliurt, Siock Raisin UortiruUvrt, .Mechanism, Education. Published at Brotvnville, . T. On the Cr?t of everv month it $1 nyear for sii plo copies: Six eojties, $5; Thirteen copies, $ll Jwenty copies, ?15. The volume bega n Oct. l.t, 1850. Specimen nnn ers furnished gratiron application. L'acknuinbci; can he furnisLeJ. Will every frien.l of ArTica!turo nnd E-lncatiot in Nebraska, Northern Knnsas, Sonl hern Iowa, and Northern Missouri, lend a helping hana, to establish and maintain a journal devoted exclusively to the interest above named. Thero is not a post oGce within the region named but can and ought to furnish a elub of at least 10 subscribers, fiend along without delay. Terms in Advance. Oneopr, one year, $ 1.00 Six cupics, " fi 00 Thirteen copies, one year, 10 00 Twenty copies 15.00 Four copie, three rionths 1.00 Katei of Advertisements. A Card of 6 lines or less, one insertion, $1.00 " " eacn adUit'nlinsertion 75 " " oneyear GOO One Fonrth Column, 10.00 One Half Column, " 20 00 One Column. 35.C0 Payable quarterly in advance. Yearly advertisers are Ilowed to cbancetheir advertiiiements qnarterly. T. 31. TALB0TT, DENTAL SURGEON, Having located himself in Brownville, N. T., ten ders his profes'ionalsnryices to thecoinmunitj. All jobs warranted. J. D. N. THOMPSON, Justice of tlic Peace and Convoynnccr, JjROW'XVJLLE, XEBRJSh'J a kncwieprniects of Pefds, Harries People Or.lce fret Joor south of Maun Cu's &. Uru Takes tre. Brownville, Jrme Clyt, 8 C3, AND L A C KSM ITU'S TOOLS Uso: IIuTks, Spokes, ad Rent Stuff.' Third Street, between Felix and Kdmcnd, 5AINT JOSEPH, MO. w"hieh he sells at St. Louis prices for cah December 1. iR',9 .ir 359: - 1859. IVYIRAl, JOSEPH II. II, Itlcrcliant Tailor, JACOB r.IARHON, BROWNVILLE, N. T. Adopts this method of retnrnirg thanks to the gentlemen of this vicinity, for the liberal patron age bestowed uprn him heretofore, and to announce taatue ha: jest returned from M. Louts with a FRESH STOCK . Of every article of GENTLEMEN'S WEAR, Consisting of F I N E CLOTHS, OTTrwSIUEHrt. GOODS, Lottos, Lissfn asd Silk Goods, FOR MEN'S WEAR. Woolen, Cott .n, and Silk Undershirts, drawers esting?, Hall Ilorc, Suspenders io. In short, ev ery thieg a gentlemun could desire to array hlmscif Ksjf" ature. ne wuiseil the goods, or make suits to order in a st vie equal to nv other House ny where. He asks but an examination of his goods 2?riccs. Correspond with the Present Hard Times. April 12, TRflO. . I will eive especial attention to buying and selling ex change on the principal cities of the United States and Kurope, Gold Silver, uncurrent Bank Bills, and GoM Dust, Collections made on all accessaWe points, and proceeds remitted in exchange at current Tates. Deposits received on current account, ana interest al lowed on special deposits. OFFICE, UIAIX STREET. BETXTEEX THE Telegraph and tlie U. S. Land OfHces. TALL AF.RAKGEVEvts lit Train ieaves St. Joseph at - - .aa vPn(nf Train leaves i0 oo - 6 4(J J.ephii reohdbr tlie TTeotern Stare Line u!n.,t!rtvUme!1(5 tiresome staginir by thUroute. .k s m:ae at mniubal t . nn ,1 ""iroads and Packets. with aliEastem J i iJ liAvwijoD, Stjp't., Hannibal. iJ CSahjx, General Ajeat, St. Joe. I L Oboat.G. Ticket Aeent, Han'tal ro. Hill, G. T. A?'t. Brownville. Land Warrrin tn. !or Casli xilcI on TImo jn r are prepared to loan Lml tt'arn.uU of ail MXesto se. tiers on such lime as they may desire long or short at rhe usual rate. A constant supply of XTarrsnta will be ept on band town " P Uey Can be b0UEM le-lreja Buy or rrnlar dV.e-. n4 w,re of bopua warrants. All w trrnf i a ,t,l f. . ... . r,..,( us win iruarantet to be ...1..1c ntif rtJjJtci aaa i;i te cxcbangel if de fective. Brine permanency located in Brownville. th mn l. way be found at the old ataud a few doora easr. of the Brownville House. LUSIIBArGnat CAIl?OK, BnVer. and Dealers in Land Wartanta. J. B. WESTON, ATTORUEY AT LAW, tl"0Sreoo yin Street, one door above the Post BrwnvlMe,Drrcm'rer I, CHARTER OAK Life Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Incorporated by the State of Connecticut. Capital Stock $200,000. TVi th large and increasing surplosreceipts,seciire- y invested under the sanction and approval of tbe Comptroller of Pablic Accounts. OFFICERS ANI DIRECTORS: JAMES C. WALKLEY, President, S . JO IN L, USCE, Vice President. " ELIAS GILL, Secretary. .- ' , E.D.DICKEUMAN,General Agent. DIjrIECTOnS: Alfred Gill, Daniel Phillips, JohnL.Ttance, H.Ulodget, J. A. Cutler, E. D. DicVerman X.WLeaton, Sam. Coit, Nelson llollister, James C.Walkley. 8.B.I3eresford,M D, ConfnltiDgPliysician. A. S. IIolladay,M D, Medical Examiner. Applicationsreceived by R. 'W.FURNAS. Ag't, nS-tf Brownville, N.T. Dissolution. The partnership heretofore existing tinder the name and style of Lnsbhauga & Carson at Brownville, Ne braska, was, on the first day of November, dissolved by mutual consent, by the withdrawal of B. Lusbbaugh. John L. Carson will settle the unfinished business of the old firm and contine the Banking and Real Estate Agency business as heretofore at the old stand. B. F. LCSHBAGH Nov. 1st, 18C0. - JOIIX. L. CABSOIT. In severing my business connexion with my late part ner, I deem this a proper opportunity of expressing my thanks for tbe patronage bestowed upon our firm, during tbe period in which we were engaged in businss. It a (lords me much pleasure also to commend to the favorable consideration of the friends of the old firm my successor in business, Mr. Carson, a gentleman in every way worthy of the confidence and support of a discrim inating public. B. F. LU5HBAUGH. JOHN L CAES01T (Successor to Lusbbaugh It Carson, B.ra"is.SH., LAND AND TAX PAYING Dealer in Coin, Uncurrent Money, Land Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust MAIN STREET. CROYt A VIEI.E, NEBRASKA. REFERENCES: Lind k Brother Philadelphia, Pa. J. W. Carson & Co., Hiser, Dick. & Co. uaiumore, Jia. Youns is. Carson. " " Jeo. Thompson Mason, Col'r of Port, " " " wm. T. Suiitnsnn, tsq., Hanser, wasuingion, v.k,. J. T. Stvena, Ksq., Att'y at Law, " " Juo. S. Gallaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S. T. " ' Tarlor &.K.riech, Bankers, Chicago, 111. iicL'leiiand, Fve & co., oi. ioi:ia, j. - . , t ,1 Hon. Thomas u. iratt, Hon. Jas. O. Carson, MercersbnruPa P. B. Small, Esq., Pres't S. Bank, Hagertown, Md. Col. Geo. Schley, Att'y at Law, ' " loi. Sam. Hambieton, Att'y at i,aw, fusion, m.u. Judge Thos. Terry, Cumberland, Md Prof. H. Tutwiler, Havana, Aiaoma. jsov. o, lew-ir. N E BRAS K A Carriage and Wagon Ditoirmiix, t. S. E. & J. T. BERKLEY, that they have commenced the Manufacture of CARRIAGES, WAGONS, BUGGIES, SULKIES, In the City of Uro-mville. They liave both had many years experience in bnstern Jianutactnnes, and aatterthemscTcs they will be able to please the public both in work and prices. All kiuds of repairing promptly attended to "A7o jO&lx. 33vxt , Trixl. T. E. & J. ii, BERKLEY. Brownville, May, 3, 1360. CITYLIIlYSTllBl AND BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ROGERS & BROTHER, AK!COrXCKS to tbe public that he has purchase-1 the Livery Stable and Stock formerly owned by William Bouse. I and adJel thereto fine stock, aud is now prepar ed to accommodate the public with. Carriages, - Baggies, Sulkies, Saddles ITorscs THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC Can f nd at tils Stable ample accommodations for horsei, mules or cattle. BKXJAM1J, & JOSITCA E0GZB.S. Brownville, Oct. 18, 1S60. nI5-yly Lime! Limo!! Lime!!! The undersigned whofekilnsaresituated nluemlles westof Brcwnvine, 0n the road leading tFt. Kearney, keeps constantly on hand a Tery snperior article of lime, to wtich he invite the attention of those winh- in? tu urns wuibeieiiTerp3 atthekiln or at any other point in theconnty, asdesired. rek.$, isaae e. m.loxs. omtjnTsciiooirhr From Commissioner Harvey's Annual Report made to the General Assembly, January 8, 1S61, we extract the follow ing statistics in regard to the condition of educational affairs in Nebraska. Very handsome progress has been made the past year under the excellent School system of the Territory. ABSTRACT OF C0UWTT REPORTS. Number of counties reported . 19 11 townships or precincts rep. 84 41 sub-districts 139 Number of youth between 5 and 21 years: Males Females Total Number of Public Schools : High Primary -- Total Number of private select schools 3763 3278 7041 4 104 108 23 Total number of schools 131 No. of scholars enrolled (high schools) : Males 247 Females 149 Total 376 No, of scholars enrolled (primary sch's): Males 1377 Females 1177 Total . 2554 Grand total 2930 No. of teachers employed (high schools) Males ' 2 Females , 2 Total 4 No. of teachers empl'd (primary schools) Males 36 Females ,74 Total ; 110 No. of teachers empl'd (select schools) : Males 8 Females 17 Total . . . .. 25 Number of school houses - 34 Valuo " $9183 22 . of furniture 5C0 00 Amount .paid for teachers wages, high schools, Males , . . $905 00 Females 195 00 Total . 1100 00 Amount paid for teachers wage3, primary schools, Males $ 886 61 Females 1795 74 Sex not reported 9S9 81 Total 3672 16 Grand total for teachers wages $4772 00 Am. paid for school house sites S 50 00 building and repairs 67 82 rent of schoolrooms 296 60 fuel, &c, 114 75 furniture 262 48 contingencies 185 85 On hand and unnaccounted for 2454 44 Aggregate of expenditures $8214 00 APPORTIONMENT. The apportionment of Territorial School Funds for 189 and '60, made June 4th, I860, is as follows. The statement em braces the condition of the Territorial School fund account of the several coun ties with the Territory: Burt county. To levy of Territorial School Tax! for 1859 (per Auditor's Report) $280 54 By apportionment for 109 youth 242 61 Balance due school fund Cass county. To levy, &b. By app't for 1074 youth 3S 03 $2192 15 23S9 54 Balance due county 197 39 Cedar county. To levy, &c. S37 14 Ccry county. By apportionment for 54 youth $120 14 Dakota county. To levy, &c. $241 11 By apportionment for 295 youth 647 33 Balance due county $406 33 Dixon county To levy, &c. S 64 46 By apportionment for 104 youth 231 39 . Balance due county $166 93 Dodge county. To levy. Sac. $407 76 Apportion 't for 87 youth, &c. 497 76 Douglas county. To levy, &c. $6398 85 By apportion for 916 youth 2033 01 Balance due school fund Johnson county. To levy, &c. By app't for 151 youth Balance due county Jftmaha county. To levy. Sec. By app't for S97 youth Balance due county Otoe county. To levy, Sec. By app't for 1240 youth Balance due county Pawnee county. To levy, &c. By app't for 243 youth Balance due county $4360 84 $135 90 335 96 $200 06 S 9S7 63 2173 72 S11S6 04 $2375 85 2753 89 $3S3 03 $ 83 12 540 65 $457 53 Platte county. To levy, &c. By app't for 153 youth Balance due county Richardson county. To levy. &c. By app't for 803 youth Balance due county Sarpy county. To levy, &c By app't for 357 youth $ 47 89 340 41 $292 52 S 403 79, 17S6 59 $1377 80 1069 60 794 29 Balance due School Fund $275 31 Washington county. To levy, &,c. $1053 80 By app't for 414 youth; &c. 9S2 62 Balance due school fund $ 76 IS In jBurl county, owing to an error in the assessment, no taxes were collected. In Clay county an enumeration of youth was made, but no taxes were levied. In Cedar county the Clerk failed to make any returns. In Otoe county the county commission ers reduced the Territorial School tax to 1 1-2 mills ; the full amount was, how ever, charged to the county. REVENUE tor 1860-61. Territorial School Tax, levied for the current year, is charged to the several counties, according to the equalized as sessments, as follows: Burt County $ 153 68 Cass 1000 00 Cedar 38 10 Dakota 156 30 Dixon 30 43 Dodge 80 64 Douglass 1000 00 Gage 47 12 Johnson 61 43 Nemaha 700 00 Otoe 1491 35 Pawnee 106 65 Platte 55 25 Richardson 500 00 Sarpy 500 00 Washington 431 33 Total ENUMERATION Of youth for the current year Maiet 60 10 $6520 23 is as follows Temalet Total Burt County Calhoun Cass Cedar Clay . Cuming Dakota Dixon Dodge Douglas Gage Johnson ' Nemaha Otoe Pawnee Richardson Sarpy Washington Platte Total 601 42 42 14 170 35 44 452 9S 73 491 625 12S 336 197 253 92 55 7 504 36 32 15 130 42 43 437 32 51 426 597 121 293 196 200 61 115 17 1106 78 74 29 300 77 '67 6S9 120 124 917 1 ooo 249 629 393 453 153 3763 3278 7041 s Spontaneous Vegetation. . It is a well known fact, that on the first clearing up of a new country, a new spe cies of vegetation springs up; new woods, new trees, shrubs, vines, grasses, all ap pearing as if they had been sown and planted by some invisible hand. . Burn over this land, and still another set of plants come to light, as if the Are had brought them into being. Then again, dig up marl for manure, out of the earth 10 or 15 feet deep, moisten a lump of it and cover it with glass bell so that no floating seeds can light upon it, and soon white clover and other plants will be seen starting up from its surface. In some regions, the SinapU arvensis, a kind of Mustard, generally grows up from clay taken from very deep wells. Facts like these have led many persons to suppose that the earth has power to bring forth certain products without the sowing of seed upon it. Else, they in quire, how could seeds lie buried so deep and so long-, and not perish ? Vegetable substances, as a general rule, decay ra pidly, and why should seeds be an excep tion to this rule? And what agency has fire in promoting this vegetation ? We dot believe that nature has the power of spontaneous vegetation, either in the animal or vegetable kingdom. In the cases above referred to, we believe. these plants were the descendants of oth ers like them, growing at some former time on the same soil, or in the immedi ate neighborhood. The seeds may have been deposited there by floods or freshets, by the winds, by animals or birds. We have seen rice taken from the crops of pigeons which had flown a hundred miles since eating it. Some seeds wiU germi nate only under certain conditions. In the cases first alluded to, these conditions may have teen wanting, until the seeds were brought up from the deep soil of the well, or until the forest was cut down or the fire cracked the hard and flinty shell. Every body knows that vheat and ether cereals taken from Egyptian mum mies several hundred years ago have ger minated. They could not vegetate as Ion? as moisture and other favorable con ditions were wanting. So it is in all cases with seeds and plants. American Agriculturist. The fluidity cf the Berlin iron, from which the finest and sharpest (although not the strongest) castings are made, it attributed to arsenic in the iron. Cnrlcg Beet and Turnip Tops. In seasons ct short hay crops for fod der, and also upon farms whero large quantities cf roots are raised annually, the following method of curing beet and turnip tops may ba found serviceable in adding to the supply of fodder. It is de scribed by an English farmer in the Mark Lane Express, and is said to be regularly practiced in France and Belgi um, where root culture is extensively fol lowed. The plan may be good, and we give it as v:e tind it. The roots are taken up in dry weather, the tops cut off close to the bulb, and carefully laid in small heaps. Trenches, twelve or flffteen wide, are opened, as for storing potatoes or turnips, and as deeps as the dryness of the soil will ad mit. If the land bo quite wet, the tren ches should be dug quite shallow, and the ridge or heap of the leaves raised above the surface. When the trenches are ready, a layer of lops eight inches deep is put in, gently pressed down, and salt sprinkled on at the rato of three-fourths of a pound to every four cubic feet of tops; then another layer until a ridge is formed at the top above ground. Earth is then thrown over the whole, and beaten smooth and hard with the spade, and a drain is dug around the trench to carry cfT the water that is shed from ths sides. As the moisture evaporates from the tops, they will settle, and cracks will be open ed in the earth above them, which must be smoothed over, to shed rain perfectly. The lower layr of leaves should be thicker than the upper ones, to prevent their becoming too salt by the drairage from above.- No straw is used, it would retain moisture and rot the leaves. The evaporation and curing will be complete in about six weeks, when the fodder is ready for use, and, it is said, will remain good until late in spring. When thor oughly cured, the foliage is quite dry, and hastho appearance of dead leaves. It is said to be particularly valuable for milch cows, increasing both the quantity and richness of the milk. The usual quantity fed is about one bushel a day to each cow. All animals relish and thrive well upon it. When fed green, especial ly daring wet weather, the leaves are apt to scour animals that eat them. Decline of fiome. On the gradual disappearance of "love in the cottage," and the' disuse of the "midnight lamp," "old oaken bucket," and other nuclei of old associations, in consequence of the substitution of new in ventions, a writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer thus discourses: "If we go on at this rate, all sentiment and simplicity will vanish from the house hold. Our homes will be woven together into one immense hotel, drawing light, heat, and rrater from the same source, and it may be from the same material. The whole domestic picture will have an air of labor-saving contrivamce and ele gant mechanism, with cushioned car3, noiselessly gliding from, cellar to attfc; locomotive dumb-waiters circulating with stiff gravity through the table ritual; steam calliopes discoursing musical asth mas in the parlor, and nimble sewing machines performing miracles of fancy needle-work. The genius of improve ment will have driven out the spirit of romance from its last refuge and birth place, and home itself be left disenchant ed. In the meantime, however, let us be consoled with the reflection that what we are losing in poetry, we are gaining in comfort and elegance ; and that as phy sical conveniences are multiplied and dif fused, the means cf domestic refinement and social amelioration will be propor tionably increased. The masses now live as luxurioiu-ly as their rulers of a century airo. it LMIe Children Dresses. A distinguished physician, who died a few years since in Paris, made this state ment: "I believe that during the twen-ty-six years I have practiced my profes sion in this city, twenty" thousand children have been carried to th? cemetaries, a sacrifice to the absurd custom cf exposing them to the weather with their arm3 naked." I have often thought if a mother were anxious to show the soft, white skin of her baby, and would cut a round hob in the little thing's dress, just over the heart, and then carry it about for observation by the company, it would do very little harm. But to expose the baby's arms, members so far removed from the heart, and with such feeble circulation at best, i3 a most pernicious practice. Put the bulb cf a thermometer in a baby's mouth ; the mercury rises to 99 degrees. Now carry the same bulb to its little hand; if the ar.m3 be bare, and the evening cool, the mercury will sink 40 degrees. Of course all the blood which flows through these arms and hands must fall from 20 to 40 degrees below the temperature of the heart. Need I say that when these cold currents of blood flow back into the chest, the child's gen eral vicinity must be more or less com promised? And need I add that we ought not be surprised at the frequently recur ring aflection3 cf the lung3, threat and stomach. I have seen mere than one child wuh habitual cough and hoarseness, or choking with mucus, entirely and permanently relieved by simply keeping its arms and hands wafrn. Every observing and pro gressive physician ha3 daily opportunities to witness the same simple cure. Monotonous noises favor sleep. Stimulants, The Louisville Journal beautifully says : "There are times when the pulse lies low in the bosom and beats slc-.v in th veins; when the spirit fleepi tLa 's.'oep, apparently, that knows co waking in its house cf clay, and the window shutter are closed, and the door hung with the invisible crape of melancholy; when 175 wish the golden sunshine pitchy darkness, and very willing to fancy cloud3 when no clouds be.' . This is a slate cf sickness when physic may be throvrn to ih? dogs, for we will have none of it. What shall raise the sleeping Lazarus? What shall make the heartbeat music "aain, and tha pulses dance to it through ail the myriii thronged halls in our hous cf life ? What shall make the sun kiss the eastern hills again for us, with all his owo awaking gladness, and the night overflow witij moonlight, music, love and flowers? Lore itself is the great stimulant, the most into xicating of all, and performs all th?53 miracles;" but it is a miracle itself, and it is not at the drug store, whatever they say. The counterfeit ia in the nirkst, but the winged god is not a money chaa ger, we assure you. . "Men have tried many thingsbut still they ask for stimulants. The stimu lants we use, but require the U30 cf more. Men try to drown the floating dead of their own soul3 in the wine cup, but the corpses will rise. We see their faces in the bubbles. The intoxication of drink sets the world whirling again, and " the pulses playing wildest music, and the thoughts galloping but the fast clock runs down sooner ; and the unnatural sti mulation only leaves the house it fills with Avildest revelry, mere silent, more sid, more deserted, more dead. "There is only one stimulant that never fails, and never intoxicates Duty. Duty puts a blue sky ever every man, up in his heart may be, into which -tho skylark. Happiness, always go singing.',' i't UnlQCky People. It is a part of the great fact cf luck the undibutable fact that there are men, women, ships, horses, railway enginos,' whole railways, which are lucky, and others which are unlucky. I do not b lieve in the common theory of luck, but no thoughtful or observant man can deny, the fact of it. And in no fashion does it appear more certainly than in ' this, teat in the case of some men cross-accidents-are always marring them and the. effect: they would fain produce. -The system of things i3 against them. They are not iu ; every case unsuccessful, but "whatever; success they.attain is gained by brave fighting against wind and tide. : : At college they carried off many hon ors, but no such luck ever befel thern as that-some wealthy person should offer,., during their days, some special medal for essay or examination, which they would have gained a3 of course. There was no extra harvest for them to reap; they could do no more than win all that was to ; be won. They ro to the bar, and they gradually make their way ; but the day! never come3 on which their leader i3 fud denly taken ill, and they have the tppor-. tunityof earning a brilliant reputation by conducting, in .his absence, a case i.i which they are thoroughly prepared. They go into the church and earn a fair character 33 preachers, but the living they wo jld like never becomes vacant., and when they are appointed to preach' on some important occasion, it happens, that the ground is a foot deep with snow. . Frazer's Magazine. Larsc Yield cf Wheat. The American Farmer gives & State ment from Mr. M. T. GolJiborough, of Eilenboro, Md., from which we learn; that a field of 27 1-2 acre3, on the farrr. of his father, yielded this season Co bushels of wheat to the acre. Nine of the best acres yielded 61 1-2 bushels to the acre. The field had been subject to a rotation of corn, wheat and clover fora numler of year?. , The entire corn culti vation bad also been repeatedly manured, with barn-yard manure, s-.varnp-rauck, wood's mould, marl or lime, and especial ly wih large quantities cf calcareou3ir.a ' nure, obtained from the Indian cyster.. shell banks. The field was ploughed sis inches deep, but once, and harrowed and- roiled'till tin earth was loose, and net a' clod could be seen. The teed was drill ed in with a nine-inch drill. For 13 1-2 acres, only 23 bushels cf seed was o?ed, of white wheat. The straw averngrd 0 feet and six inches in height, but n.227'' specimens six feet four inches Icrg wr3 found. The field waj carefully rueasur-:. ed. In 1557, a bad wheat year in Msry- ; land, the. same field gave a yield cf twenty bushels to the acre. - :Thfl lark rsf nietv show if.lf in rvif ' day, in straining after popularity. . On " 13 truly popular by the force of his talents and the fervor cf his piety; another, b?- cause he seeks it a3 a main end. One is simple and solemn; the other is nagni- 1 loquent and affected. Tha one impresses. : by his thoughts; the ether by his izzzzzz ' and words. The cne attracts by tha so- , lemnity and power with which he pre- ser:t3 and applies divine truth; the ether bv his newsnacer notice. hi3 cuaint s:h-' '' 1 jec.3 and texts. hi3 odd illustration. Tha. one wins converts to Christ ; tha ether, admirers to himself. The one preach?3 , boi.'ily the doctrines cf the cress; tha,' other withhold and modifies them, lest r they should effend, and blunts every ar- row, lest it should penetrate, emubus cn- : ly of the reputation cf a popular preacher.