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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1881)
nww'.titt'MJuiLtvjiiMJ!tvmiiiJujiuiiUMmHimJVtM.imniLuALJmacBitxjiuimiiiLi wvun mgjiiiiBiwu luhmjut jLiJtM.VlMMllltUUJVU'Jn K'VIIXJM i.i n ijnj,ijuuui,nwTiii Air uiyl, lValor. Tlio two substances everywhere mot with on the flurfiico of thin globe which rocoivo the lousL nopulnr tittontion nro nlr mill water. Tlio hitter especially Ih oho of tlio most roiimrkiil)lo substances In nature, nml exceeds in its pervasive ness ovon tlio uir. (Jo whoi'o wo will, on tho most nriil desert, tlio mountain top, tho froon polo, in tho deepest cavern, wo incut with water in somu or all of Uh forms. Tho coldest, hottest, or driest air found in nature contains ttrjiictous vapor. Water forms a largo portion of many minerals, in which by the giant power of chemical nihility it Is directly combined or is locked up oh water of crystallization. To adequate ly discuss all the natural phenomena in which hoiiiii form of water is a factor would require a volume; to enumerate anil describe all its industrial applications would require a number of volumes. lioth air anil water are essential to tho existence of all known life. Our bodily health can only bo supported by our taking quantities" of both at short intervals." lloth may and often do be come tho vehicles of deadly poisons, which in densely populated countries and towns are liable to contaminate them. It is of essential importance that supplies of each needed for tho sup port of animal life should be pure. Air and water are tho j;oat natural distributers of boat ami cold. Tho climates of dillerout parts of tho world aro very materially all'ectod by tho hot or cold currents of air which ilow over thorn, and by tho analogous currents of water established by the action of heat in the great sens. J'ro.xiinlty to largo bodies of water also has a very import ant oll'ect upon climate. Water slowly absorbs tho .summer heat in very largo quantity, and slowly gives it oil again to the colder ajr of winter, thus temper ing what would otherwise be cold and froezing winds, and retarding frost. Air and water are the great natural distributers of mechanical energy. Tho currents of rivers ropieseut a portion of the mechanical equivalent of Kolar boat expended in raising the masses of water that Ilow through thoir channels to I he clouds. Tho winds that propel our ships and wind motors are tho prod uct of solar energy also. Tho chief anil most economical means by which the heat generated in tho combustion of fuel can be converted into mechan ical energy for the propulsion of ma chinery is water, which this heat con verts into steam. Tlio envelope of aqueous vapor which .surrounds the "lohu, and forms a nota ble part of its atmosphere, is, as lias been well shown b' 'lyndall, the great conservator of terrestrial heat. Should this aqueous envelope bo removed by any cause tho heat of tho earth's mir faco would so rapidly radiate into tqmeo that every living thing would shortly perish. The ice cover which forms upon the surfaces of lakes and rivers protects tho life which exists in such waters. Were it not for this provision of nature those wator deposits would become solid masses, is which all their teeming life would be immovably imprisoned. Tho snow blankets which have spread this year over a large portion of our land perform a similar service for the vogetablo life which lies dormant be low. Without this protection the ground would bo too deoply frozen, the frost would be too late in leaving the earth in the soring, the growing fioason would be shortened, and many of the plants that now thrive in tho temperate zones would cease to exist in latitudes whore they now abound. Air and wator vapor aro tho groat dlllusors of light. Wore it not for our atiuosphoro no solar light could pene trate our houses whore tho suns rays do not, directly enter, except such as might bo rolloctod from solid objects. J'iVory thing not directly illuminated by tho sun would lie in deop shadow. In tho mid-day many of our apartments would require artificial illumination. Out of tho direct sunshine only tho low est forms of life could exist. Uut the enormous dill'using, transmitting and vollecting power of our atmosphere compensates almost wholly for disad vantages of position, causing light to ponotrato almost as universally as tho air itaolf. Thus Is illustrated the wondorful character of theso common substances air arid wator so important to all animated existence, yot so heedlessly regarded by tho mass of mankind. Scientific .. I merican. l'crsoiial Taste ami Skill In Dress. Woman's given by tho droHinakcr Is put into tho lady's own hands by dners marks, notches and other unmistakable printed directions showing just where ami how the forms aro joined, all of which nro easily followed, and advice is ovon given as to tho selection of material and trim mings. If a lady chooses, however, she can exercise hor own tastonnd ingenuity in drapery and garnishing her toilet. This will, of course, make thegarmeutall the more novel and attractive, provided the lady has an artistic eye for combi nation and oiled, but she would bo safer, provided she were not absolutely certain as to her powers, to listen to ad vice than to irivo scopo to bad taste, al though glaring and inharmonious toilets aro now tlio exception and not the rule, American l.idios aro noted for their de velopment of great skill and taste in the art of dress, and thoy not only show skill but wisdom, for this is a seniblo generation, say what tho grumblers will to the contrary. The vogue of cramped waists and thin-soled shoes has happily passed away, and gone to bo numbered witli the vain and foolish fashions rclig giously followed by our grandmothers, who, though wise In their generation in countless ways, were yet slaves to tho Jicklogoddess; and it is a matter of con gratulation that the grandchildren have come to bo independent, reasoning bo ings, with minds and tastes and toilets of their own. A lady need not be rich to dross in taste anil oven elegance. She need not try to make a (iieen Eli zabeth or JCmrenio of herself, but ono "best" black silk dre-s will keep hor j in a ladylike and refined appearance as ' long as the dress lasK 1'lioro aro a . thousand and one ways of making pret ty and fresh tenets, with one rich dress to do duty as a foundation for varying I toilets; for much of the attractiveness and elegance of a lady's dress is made ' up of trilling accessions in the shape of pretty mil's and frills, delicate and fresh ribbons, dainty laces and charming lit- j tie overdresses, fichus and cans, and j last but not least there i. a whole Kden I of flowers which may bo converted into hats and capes, porures. garlands and wreaths, wherewith to transform a dull, gravo toilet into a bright beautiful dress lit for Queen Morn herself. Cor. N. '. 1'ont. Manner. Ono of tho most prominont public men of our time said, lately, "1 have lived sixty-throe years in tho world, and have como in contact with all ranks and quality of men; but I have novor mot ono who when I spoko to him with sincerity and courtesy, would not re ply to me in like manner.11 This testimony is the more valuable as it comes from a man who probably possesses more personal popularity than any living American, and who owes it to tho magnetic charm of his sincerity and courtesy of manner. Dorothy Dix, who visited almost every prison in the United States, said that she had never received once u rude word from a convict, no matter bow degraded ho might have been. "I showed them that I trusted thorn by my manner,'1 was hor secret. There is no personal quality which young people aro so not to neglect as this, of an attractive, magnetic manner, which is so much more potent and en during a charm than tho beauty of faco and figure which thoy prize so highly It is not like tho art of danc ing, a charm to be learned, for it not attractive when artificial. All tho world, down to your dog, knows by in stinct when tho suavity, tho genial smile, tho friendly word, aro assumed. The basis, the absolute essential, in a thoroughly well-bred manner is that total lack of solf-consciousncss which not tho most export actor can assume, llouco all tho awkwardness, the diffidence, tho social mistakes of boys and girls. Thoy are usually in tensely self-conscious. Egotism be longs to their ago. The world, their knowledge, thoir very solves, aro all so now to them; their opinions and thoughts, and tho part thov moan to play in lifo, aro so important to thorn sol vos-that thoy are apt to thrust thorn on others. Aftorawhilo.whenthoyloarn how insignificant thoy aro, thoy will begin to bo considerate of others, easy and unembarrassed. "I ceased to be awkward," says Sidnoy Smith, "as soon as 1 discovered nobody was looking at mo.1' Hut sometimes a man most anxious to ploaso novor finds out during a long lifo that tho manner which attracts is that Which shows that its possessor for gets -himself, and is generously in terested in his companion. Youth? s Companion. Novor did fashion give such pcopo to individual fancy and taste as at tho present. In studying the past, each century and epoch shows a charactoris tio stylo of dross appropriate to its time and peculiar to its people. At tho pres ent day there exists no longer stylo in dross, and it is almost impossible to be out of stylo, as eccentric, old fashioned and oven ugly garments aro In tho height of favoi provided thoy aro put on in an artistic manner. And in order to bo conspicuous now-a-days, a lady has to bo a downright dowdy; and a dowdy in this day and generation has not tho shadow of an excuse for horsolf. Tlio surprising ratos at which beautiful and fashionable dress goods can bo pur chased puts it in tlio power of any lady who dresses at all to dress well. She cannot ovon plead as an oxeuso the high rates of tho dressmakers, for she can be lior own dressmaker. Stylish and grace ful patterns of every description, from a sllppor ton sweeping cap, can bo pur chased for u mere triflo. Largo agencies aro constantly sending out tho latest and most desirable modols of drosses, wraps and indeed of ovory article of ap parel worn. Those patterns aro easily adjusted and simple in construction", uud tho envied and peculiar twist'1 A Teutonic Argument. In tho Logislnturo of Ohio, somo years ago, thoro was a warm dispute whether a cortain proposed railroad should commence at a given point down or at a certain other up the rivor. " Who over hoard," said a down-tho-river advocate, "of beginning amthing at the top.' Who over hoard of building a chimney from the top downward ? Who over saw a houso begun at tho top?" Up jumped a Dutch member from an up-tho-rivor county. Meestor Hrezi dent, do ioutlomans .ay dat does bocz nos oes all von hoomboog, pecauso veo vants to pogoou our railroat mil do top ov do Shtate, und ho make somo seoly combarisons apout do houzo und do schitnnoy. 1 veol also ask do jontlo inans von questions. Eon boos bart ov do Shtate, von dey pogins to built von veil, do dey pogins ini't do bottom ov do veil, or do dey pogins mit do top ov do veil? Veol do iontlomans bloozo an swer mo dat lectio von question?'1 Tlio laughter which explosively fol lowed this Teutonic retort showed who. in the opinion of tho legislators, had the hotter of tho argumont Harper's Drawer. Making a Small Lawn. How to make a lawn which shall bo satisfactory is a question which troubles n great man v. Digging, plowing and sowing grass seed often prove most un satisactory in results; the grass is often course, vory unlike what wo buy tho seed for; the sod is very uneven; hum mocks of grass roots occur here and there, with lower places between, as unlike a good sod as can well b . At tho best it takes several ears toget any thing like a fiir sod and lawn where wo depend upon seeding. There may bo, and probably are, faults and mis takes in attempting to make the lawn, which could be well overcome and a very dillercnt result be obtained. Wo may novor expect to obtain satisfactory results unless the nature 'and compos! tion of tho soil is evenly alike over the whole lawn, and then it must bo worked and treated evenly alike. J'oor spots must have extra treatment to make them nearer equal to the best, either by extra fertilizing, better working, or by adding now and better soil from somo other source. The soil must bo of like depth, richness and composition, and bo worked equally thorough in all parts, making tho surface well pulverized. Then tho seed will start and grow oven and alike, and, it treated annually to a top dressing of manure, and frequently cut during the growing season, a good and permanent sod is casdv obtained. Tho most satisfactory result that 1 ever obtained was from tho following course in tho ease of a small lawn or door-yard," as called in former days: The ground was evenly and well worked and made as near uniform as possible. Then from tho roadside L cut sods of even slzo and thickness and carefully laid them over the whole space, being careful to match and lay close up whore tho pieces joined, so that whon tho whole was finished ono would hardly bolievo it to bo a new-laid sod. Of course great pains were taken in select ing tho sod to have it all alike well sot with grass. This was done in tho spring; perhaps fall would have done as well. After laying tho sods the whole was well watered with a sprink ler, the result being that wo had a good, handsome, smooth sod, well sot with just the sort of grass desired, anil likely to last, probably, for a lifetime, always provided it is properly treated. If one has only a limited area this will prove ono of tho most satisfactory meth ods. Sods from an old pasture aro as good, and oftentimes better, if ono can obtain them; thoy can be cut by horse power with an implement adapted for tho purpose, cutting tho turf in strips of even thickness and width, and leaving it in its plneo ready to bo cut to lengths and carried where needed. Perhaps I should have said that my experiment was made on a rather light sandy loam. Cor. Country Gentleman. Increasing tho Corn Crop. This wintqr has been a very unfavor able ono for preserving corn ih common cribs. There nas been much snow and rain, and thoy have blown in tho cracks of tlio cribs and rendered tho corn moist. Whon the grains and cob have been wet thoy have frozen, and tho freezing, most likely, has destroyed the germ of the seed. This fact can only ho satisfactorily ascertained by testing some of tho kernels. This may bo readily done by placing them botwecn layers of cotton batting, or in loose cotton, moistening them, and placing tho vessel that contains them in a mou oratoly warm place. If experiments show that a considerable proportion of the corn relied on for seed will not gormiuato, moans must bo taken in season to procure a supply that is relia ble. This matter should not be deferred so late as to put oil' the time of plant ing till beyond tho usual period. In this latitude it is necessary to utilize tho entire growing season if wo wish to obtain a largo crop of corn. It is vastly bettor to givo hvo dollars a bush el lor reliable seed corn than to plant that of which there is any doubt. Many persons who aro careful in thoir selections of seed corn make up ior tneir want ot prudence and lore sight by replanting tho "missing hills." Common observations show, however, that replanted corn, like chickens that aro helped out of tho shell, novor amounts to much. If it is of tlio samo variety as that which was planted in the first place it is not likely to mature fl' tho season is short. It is a source of troublo during tho season of cultivation and harvesting. If an early variety is selected for tho reason that it will ma ture quickly, tho product of tho hold will bo mixed corn, which will com mand a lower price in tho market than a lot that is of tho same kind throughout. After procuring an ample supply of roliablo seed corn of a good variety, attention should next bo given to tho preparation of tho ground whoro tho crop is to bo produced. It is not enough to plow and harrow it well. If thoro aro low places in tho Hold pro vision must bo made for draining them, and for pro venting water from collecting in thorn during the season. Moro corn is lost by wator standing on tho ground than by any other cause. Land intend ed for corn should novor bo plowod whon it is wot. Tho soil should bo in a condition to bo pulverized as it rolls from the plow. If tlio soil is quite damp whon it is plowed it will not bo in a condition to work well at any timo during tho entire season. It is a mistake on tho part of many farmers to suppose that corn is not an exhaustive crop. Its growth does not exhaust tho soil of a low elements, as wheat does in u fow soasons, aftor which it cannot bo raised in paying quantities. Neither does it quickly ap propriate tho olomonts of plant growth, as is tho caso with flax and most of the I small grains. The reason of this Is thn the plants occupy but a compara tively small amount of the foil in the field where it is planted. As the hills aro generally about Jour feet apart, the roots do not extend through all the soil occupied by the crop, as is the case when seed is sown broadcast, or plant ed by a drill. Still the roots draw the fertility from tho soil thov occupy, and in the course of a few years' the change in the location of the hills will cause all the ground to be occupied by roots at least for one season. Our prairie land is rich in I ho matonal required for tho production of corn: but crops grown several j ears in succession will cause it to become poor. In many of tho ricl'est portions of tho West the d -crease in tlie yield of corn has been great during the past few years. No crop shows the effect of high manuring bettor than corn. Tho easi est and perhaps the best method of ap plying coarse farmyard manure to eo'rn land is to spread It over tho sur face and to plow it under. Treated in this way, it benefits the crop during tho entire season. Its elleets will also bo seen on several following crops planted on the samo laud. In the East and South, where farmers seek to make a Miiull amount of manure "go a long wav," thov apply the manure in tho hill. Only that which is thorough ly decomposed is employed, as new ami rank manure would be likely to destroy tho seed. A furrow is made for hold ing the manure, that is dropped at proper intervals, or an opning is made for the manure with a hand hoe. This method of applying manure is labori ous, but it is productive of excellent results. Finn, well-rotted manure in tho hill gives tlio corn an early start and causes its growth in the lirst part of the season to bo very rapid. The largest corn crops in tho country are produced where this manner of ixpply ing manure is practiced. Lately it has become fashionable to run a light smootl.oning harrow over land planted with corn as soon as tho plants aro a few inches high. Uy so doing tho first weeds that appear aro killed, and no groat injury is done to the growing corn. Somo hold that no lasting injury is done the corn. Its ap pearance is bad for a few days after tho harrow is used, or till a rain occurs, but it then improves and generally grows rapidly. Very careful farmers go through a lielil of corn as soon as tho plants are a fow inches high, and with a hand boo work tho soil immediately about the hill. If stones or lumps of hard earth aro over tho young plants they aro carefully removed. All weeds and grasses aro killed and the soil is loosened about tho plants for a few inches on all sides. If thoro is a defi ciency of light soil some is drawn about the hill. Caro is also taken to kill cut worms that aro likoly to injure corn in the earlier stages of' its growth. The frequent use of tho hand hoo in the corn-Held is strongly commended to all who take pride in raising superior crops. No matter what improved implement is used in doing the eliiof part of tho work of cultivation, the hand hoc should be used in connection with it or after it has been employed. Uut little soil may be stirred with a hoe, but it is moved exactly as it should bo. The plow, har row and cultivator aro all excellent for stirring the ground between the hills, but for treating that in tho hill itself thoro is no Implement like the hand hoo. In cultivating corn with any horse implement somo hills aro likely to bo injured, and tlrj hand hoo is nec essary to repair the damage. Tho in stances aro rare that premiums aro awarded to crops of corn that were not tended in part by tho uso of the hand hoe. If a hoo is made of good material and is kept sharp and bright it is easily handled. Its uso, since tho introduc tion of labor-saving implements, has been too much neglected, and. as a consequence, our corn crops have been reduced. Chicago Times. Tho dome erected by Sir Henry Uossemer for the reception of his now and powerful telescope, is now nearly Hnishcd. Tho tolescopo itsolf has ar rived from tho makers, and is now ready to sot up. It has been construct ed on a plan devised by Sir Henry Uossemor, which it is believed will per mit of telescopes boing made on a much larger and more powerful scale than ovon tho present one, which is tho largest ono in tho world. Tho present instrument is capablo of boing directed to an) part of tlio heavens at tho option of tlio obsorver. Tho upper portion of tlio doino is made of glass, with win dows facing in ovory direction, and within there will bo placed mirrors of silvered glass, which is part of tho now invention, silvered glass being used in plaeo of metal. Tho room and domo with its windows will rovolvo and keep paco automatically with every motion of tho telescope, and the upper end of tho instrument will roach a height of about forty-live feet.' Tho list of edibles for the consump tion of civili.od nations is gradually ex tending. Asses1 meat is tho latest addi tion to tho menu of the unprejudiced gourmet. It has lately been tried, dished up in a variety of forms, by a circle of enthusiasts at Uroscia, similar in character, wo take it, to tho well known Societo I'llippophogio, of Paris, and pronounced highly satisfactory. Uut this can scarcely bo called a new discovery, if, as gonorally understood, tho meat of tho samo animal is tho chief component in tho genuino Uologna sau sage. Wo may note hero that tho Hun garian dish, Kolosh, which figures on tlio bills f many city restaurants, chief ly Gorman, is only an imitation of the real plat, which, in its native land, is niado of horcUcsh, while hero it is counterfeited in cccf. 1 BIS lillflllld nui.i mi. inn iimim n iiniiiiiv iinra MM I!!liii8 jjpli:i'll!l!litlllj 1 llillill!liiiiii!iiHiniiiiiin18 'I' ' llllllllll 1 1 iIIIm nniiuuuiiiniiiii lilB 1 E V',""'iiiiiiii,i"ll"i I I I I UIMlllilllilll!' 1 1 I'll ill!! Pl:im,,mi,IIIIi' H j I I U'i j'lffliininv 18 II iiM.ii Iim fill! """"""I"l,l,ui ' unci 1 i i uiul uiuuuuuu y i"ii m iPiiiiill JIM ' BkH Tina GREAT GERMAN REMEDY roil . RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, BACKACHE, SORENESS Of TUB CHEST, MW llliii:iiiil!l!iitilllltlt: tiiiri!iiHi!niii!im j ppiii """"nilijl jSORETHRO AT, SWELLINGS AND SPRAINS, FROSTED FEET AND EARS, 33TJXT3XTJ3 AND General Bodily Pains, TOOTH, EAR AID HEADACHE, AMD ALL OTHER PAINS AND ACHES. 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