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Volume 8.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Thursday, May 2. 1872.
Number 5.
THE NEBRASKA' " HERALD.
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SEYBOLT& BROWLEE,
ED. 1. SEVII'il.I
J. (i. fcKOWSLKS.
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On I story.
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or "r'.'O if not pa i d in advance.
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JOHN I I r.tii:U.LI rro:.r;..a.,-r
Main Street. IJ-tween .r!h atnl t'-ili.St
PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE
K. II. SCH UTT. I'rui.ri..-;or,
Cirr.rr M-ii.i an-1 I'l urth Streets. Piatt.uiouih.
decl-iw if.
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roriXEIi MAIX AXL TlilHD S,TS
BiU:..l) FALL AN - - l'ltprirtor.
J ii -t cpr-nrd ti th pn'olii", for I'f th -lay and
we- K loar-liTs. 'lul-ifi. .ii.t wi.h the 'iKt tiie
uiarkt-t isTior-i.-. Aecornvdatu .- M:in!i'l to '-.one
in l!iL- city. ucL-l'i.iit sv tf
"TH'Ci'IIaiicoti s.
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u,fr of
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harness, ;tIcs, griblrs,
CDL1, 1 IS, W E I IPS.
Blankets, Bru.-hes, &c.
jm oc jstiz .Ji. zss: ri as. Tar cs
rromptly Executed. All work M'arrented,
ira FINE HARNZ35 A SFC1 ALlTY.'i
Nov. a.wtf Piattsiaoutb, 2el
iriitcliaijroiisi
Jos. Sch later
V'k , ESTABLISHED IX 1861.
DKAI.Iilt IN
iVArrCE2i:, CLOCKS
JEWELRY
EILVKR AXI I'LATKI) WA II E,
0IULf 1'KXS .PCTaCM-Jo.
ViOLIN SThI.t;s AXU
1'AXCY tit 'UUS.
AVatcTie. Clock and Jeweliy repaired ceatlj
ind with liisi-alvh.
.Ki'iuove i to oiipo(tte Platte Valley Hoar
Maiu iMre'-t. nov. lnwtf.
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Plattsmontli Ciyar Factory
on Main street, otipositc Court House.
Plattsmouth, - - ."Nebraska.
We have on hand a largr assortment of
('Hi A US & TOHACCO.
Consisting of the hett gualities of
CKJAUS, FINK-CUT, I'LUG AM
SMOKING TOliACCO.
As we deal exclusively in Tohueco we can sell a
!aea;. il not fheajier than ottier store in the
3-ty.
uive n s a call brforc you urehaso eUowherf.
. wc- lion you will i,'o away MtLisiied.
L !'roir x Co.
.-'ebruary 11. l.So'J.dtf.
SHOO FLY
MEAT MARKET
The i'n lTinc'l having retito l the Shoo Fly
Meat arkft. i r-a 'y to serve ail
cu.-toiiiurs ivhu may luror hiiii
n.lb m .tttl. wilU tb ,
J3G3t S ZfJ&2.XZ5 j
SM0KF.D SA'JftAGE ete. at tho
l)vi:st PRITE POSSI-
i rontrael- will n!-o he made for furni.-bins
ireat, in larste inantitic.-, and dtliveik.if it in
any iart ot ttie eiTy.
liiGiiEST price n;:Kirue
li. D. AiiXuLU.
Feh2:.K-tf.
II. J. STKEIGI1T,
isooK-snLLZi:,
AND PAPcR DEALER.
PL ATTSM3UTK, NES.
eSej.ts t. d JSlmband w tf.
LAT MFiGP R. BACuN & CO.
Wholesale Dealers in
building r.latsrials,
Lumber, LatSi, Ssingls-!,
Sash, Deo s, Blinds
&c &.C &.C
Bills cf Lumber
Ce!iv:red at Whclesals
Rates at all Points on the
B & f.l. R. R. b.R. in Ne
Buildings Erec ed by Con
tract. II. L. Johnson, Lathrop R. Bacon.
Corning, Iowa, Lincoln, Neb.
n n t m . T" v LS
.I'latlMnoHtii, iVe?.,
Rer'aircr)" cf Steam Engines. Boiler?, Saw and
liriet .ii!K
tiaa an 1 Statn Tittin??, Vroneht Iron Pipe,
Force and Tift Pumps, Sfam (.iauges, a!an
Valve Governors, and all kin Is of
Brars Engine Fittin s,
furaished on short notice,
r ARMING MACHINERY
i.eitu-iv- ca short notice.
aur5
OUR GREENWOOD LETTER.
Gbf.enwoop, April 22, 1872.
Kds. IIehald: Iu this locality we
are all very busy with our spring crops.
Wheat that has been town is corutnar op
and looks fine, and nature is putting on
it f'prinj: parmenti ; trees arc LuliJing
and I noticed soiue of the earlier flowers
are in bloom, and we as a community
are happier in hopefulness of an abund"
ant harvest.
Mr. Simpson, the enterprising owner
of the New London Nursery, has te-
ceived and is distribi'tiiitr a car load of
fiuit trees at this point. lie is starting
a nursery on the Wahoo. The farmers
are seiting out a great many fruit ttee3
tin season.
31. D. Abbott set out, on Arbor Day,
o.OOO forest trees, and pror)0:-e. to c-et
out fifteen acres more of fruit and forest
tree. lie says also that he has six and
one-half acres of winter wheat that is
prowing finely und will yield at least two
thirds of a crop.
Our little town is quiet, but busy,
with some changes. Mr. Detbel has
sold out his ttot k and store to Geo. W.
Mayfiold, who will continue the business
at the old stand.
AVe have abo received a very gratify
intr acqui-iticn in the shape of a tele
graph operator, instrument and all, for
which we thank the officers of the B. &
M. R R. Co., in which everybody here
was agreeably surprised, although we
believe that it was not with a view to
our interest or gratification, but because
the po-tmaster refused to carry the mai
to and from the pot-oiuce to the train
for a i;is from Lincoln to IMattsnioutl
once a month. Mr. Rethel has got the
right kind of grit, and vervbody savs
.-core one for Fe'hel. The R R. Co
rets pay fjr carrying the mail, and so
onabt the postmaster. We wih it dis
tinctly understood, we go in for railroad
and telegraph lines, iu preference to ox
teams or pony express; but we do not
want to pay too dear for our whistle.
We want the Trunk RailroaJ, but we
do not propose to give enough to grade
and tie the road, nor do we propose to
rive one cent toward building any road
that is to be built by the U. P. or any
other road. whoe interests are not an
tagonistic to any road running eat and
west, north of St. Louis. It was aptly
.-aid in the railroad convention at Lin
coln, that all the road that the U. P.
built they would control, and farther.
we wnot uii.J trill linro the oipny vre
vote bonds enter into a solemn contract
that they never will consolidate with any
other cat and west road, on pain of
paying back to the county in cash every
dul'ar and the interest they may receive
I am fully aware that railroad companies
are powerful organizations, and carry
their schemes to their liking; and like
Boss Tweed, of Tammany notoriety, say'
with their thumb to their noses, "now
what are you going to do about it."
Well, if the railroad bomis carry with
out conditions, I will say what we will
do: we will make an issue something in
this fadiion : we will elect Lcgi-la tors
who will reulate the freights and fairs
of all railroads in the State and, by the
powers, they shall not have over three
cents per mile for passengers and
freights in proportion, if-they do con
solidate the road with a road running
east an-1 wer, unless this same
road
company shall cause to bo constructed a
continuous line east or west, to be owned
and controlled by said company. I
know something of railroad companies,
ami I earnestly recommend caution and
deliberate action by every one interested
in the general well being of the State.
We . have no objection to the U. P.
building a north and south road, but we
want them to build it themselves, with
out our aid, and then w? will be willing
they should control it without our aid
What we want is competition! We
have enough monopolies in the shape of
consolidated railroad companies !
1 have before me a Harpers weekly of
April 20th, 1S72, and on page 313 is a
representation of Chatles Summer, a
Robinson Crusoe, with the ni in Friday
as a nesrro, with the inscription under
"Will Robinson Crusoe (Sumner) for
sake his man Friday?" Carl Sehurz i
trying to lead, and the distinguished
Tipton trying to pu h him into the boat
that is j-oing over to the Democratic
ship. Sumner is seeming to hesitate
he has gone down to the water but will
not go in ; and well he may, his dislike
to the President ni3y cause him to op
pose the nomination, but the election I
believe never at leat I hope never.
I believe Mr. Sumner's patriotism, and
the confidence reposed in him by the
loyal old State of Massachuseets, will
carry him safely over the stormy sea of
personal dis!il e or selfi?h ambition. I
expect to see Mr. Sumner, like John C
Fremont true uian that he was repu
diate the mongrel concern that is to
meet at Cincinnati, a3 Fremont did
withdraw from the Convention that
uominated him at Cleveland, in the same
State; and if Grant is nominated, like
tho lamented Lincoln, will be re-elected
to fall the highest office in the gift of the
people, not to fall by a Democratic bul
let, but to live and execute the laws and
the will of the nation, and in the future
to receiv.- a nation's gratitude.
Yours truly, ' A. B. M.
The President has signed the bill for
the erection of the Farragut monument
ia Washington.
"Webster Co. Neb., April 10, '72.
Lds. Herald : It is truly surprising
to note the rapidity with which the
beautiful prairies between Plattsmouth
ane ebster are being settled up. We
noticed, while en-route for this place, im
inense tracts of prairie land that one
year ago was a "howling wilderness,"
are now mostly all settled. As far as
the eye can reach can be seen the claims
of the homesteaders looming up on every
side. The fertilij prairies of Webster
county are also being settled with aston
ishing rapidity1. A few more years and
Uncle Sam will have no more laud to
give away.
The citizens of Red Cloud and vicinity
have formed themselves into a Vigil
ance (.ouimittee for the protection of
their property. They propose to dis
pense justice wiih a high hand, and on
short notice to ull offending persons, and
especially to that class of gentlemen
whose business is to appropriate Jiorse
flesh without rendering to tho owner a
due compensation for the same. The
aforementioned town is improving very
fast. Several new frame store houses
have been constructed during the past
winter. They are still building as fast
as they can procure the necessary mate
rial. The route of the Omaha & South
western railroad has been surveyed up
the Republican valley. When that road
is completed, (which will be in a very
short time), we will he enabled to re
joice with "exceeding great joy," as did
Ahaz, of Fillmore, on the advent of the
li. & M. in that county ; but we hope
our joy will not so soon be changed to
giief.
W ebster county, when added to Irs
natural advantages, the advantages of
railroads, will be second to none in the
State. Immigration is constantly pouring
in. We can but say in the language o
the pott, "come and welcome, rich and
poor." The following lines from the
pen of Whit tier we think would not be
entirely inappropriate here :
"Behind the Squaws' light birch canoe,
The steamer roeks and raves ;
J nd e.ty lots are Etukcd for sale.
Above old Indian graves.
"I hcr.r the tread of pioneers.
Of nations yet to bo ;
The firt low wash of waves
W here soon .-hall roll a human sea.
"The rudiments of empire here
Are plastie ret, and warm;
The chaos of a mighty world
Is rounding into form."
Yours, &c., M. L. Thomas.
The Year of Wonders.
A corrcspondet of tho New York
World writes as follows:
When, a few months ago, M. Villc
me.ssant, edito-of the Paris Vyoro, call
ed on the Count de Chambord at the
Schweitzer Hot", Lucerne, with tho view
of inducing the personage to make a
fasion with the Orleanist, hj ws an
swered with a lirauihceut wave of the
hand and a royally empathatio denial.
"Mine is the whitu flag forever, and the
bl ies will bloom immortal on my escu
theon," proudly exclaimed the last of
the IJourbons. He must have forgotten
tiiat Hemie v'omte de Chambord, is the
man of destiny; that to him all the pro
phecies of tho Iat 500 years point ar
the great king, and that he cannot com
promise his cause by allaying it iu'any
way with the revolution. It must have
escaped him. more especially, that this
is the holy year of fulfilment, and that
at length, alter forty years of weary wait
ing, the grandson ot'Cliarlas X. is to be
rewarded lor his fidelity to principle by
entering on the enjoyment of his crown
Yes, the year 1872 is to be the glorious
year ot the modern world.
lhe vaticinations to which the writer
refers at some length, point to the
speedy occum-nc of the following ap-
pe irently ho'd prophecies.
I A fritrhtful civil war will be wsg-
ed between the three g:eat .parties of
branee Legit mists, Republican anil
LJonanaitists. 'lhe war will ccrttianly
take place in the year 1S72.
II. Paris will be destroye-l after ter
rible sruggles, wherein blo(d will flow in
streams,
III Count de Chambord will b de
clared King of Francs nnder the title of
Henry V.
IV. There will be civil war in Eng
land, Italy, and other State of Europe.
V. The Popo will be restored to his
dominion- by Henry V.
II. Alsace and Lorraine will be re
stored to France.
VIII. Thu French under the com
mand of Henry V., will march through
Europe as conquerors, and even pene
trate a portion of Asia.
1A-. ltland and i'olan I will be lree 1:
Ividanl and Germany will return ti
orthodoxy and lalamisui will be destroy
ed.
X A great battle called "the battle
of Birch Tree." will be fmght, in which
Henry V. will annihilate lhe armies of
Russia and Prussia.
It is not ascertained at what precise
date some of the latter events will tak
place but it cannot be very long after the
accession of Henry V., because that
prince is now 52 years of ag, an I al
though the prophets give hiui multitud
inous victories, they do not 6eeui to
have accorded him unusud longlviity.
Kurljr I'.luibarb.
A very simple plan to obtain early
stocks of pie plant is to set over it a
barrel with one end knocked out, and all
of the other btit one piece across to hold
it together : then fill fresh stable manure
round outside to about half its height,
and also for some distauee, to say two
feet, over the ground round the roots of
the plant. The heat generated will
start the growth early, and by keeping
the op of the barrel covered with mats
at night, and during the cold day, the
stalks will grow up inside of it, and can
be pulled.
Since ladies have taken to wearing
newspapers for bustles publishers com
plain that their fair subscribers are more
;n "arrears" than ever.
TKl .K KA1L1KUU.
Col. t'urutit'M Account of IiIm Mission
Tiie 1'rOHpects of the RomI.
From the Brownville Advertiser.
Knowing tho anxiety the people of
this county, particularly, feel in tbe sue
cess of the riter road, I submit the fol
lowing for their information:
As chairman of the Nebraska State
Rail Road Committee, and with other
members thereof, in compliance with in
structions, vq visited St. Louis on the
lith to place before the business men ot
that city th enterpiise of buildintr the
St. L mis and Nebraska Trunk Railroad:
beuiir really an extension of the Missouri
Pacific Rajioad, following as practicable,
he west bauk of the Missouri River
The committee met with a most cordial
reception, and kindly greeting from all
quarters. Were formally received by
the Mayor, "and afterward euteitained
by the Board of Trade and Chamber of
Commerce. Th! enterprise was more
particularly and definitely laid before the
Board of Directors of the Missouri Pa
cific Railroad Company, believing that
organization more closely interested than
any other in the matter under eonsidera
tiou. It is not expected, of cour.-e,
that I give your rea leis in detail, the
conve sations and discussions which took
piace. at the several meetings with the
Organizations relet red to. SulhVi it to
say, that alter an exhibition of maps,
pre-entatioti of statistics, and sequent
exi.l in itioi s, all saw, fjlt and acknowl
edged the importance to tlmt city, as
wed to Nebraska, of the project and
gave most cheering assurances that aid
could be obtained, and Will be given,
correspondingly with what we along the
line no ourselves.
The Nebraska Committee made three
pr.-.po itiotis substantially as follows:
Fir-t. We would furnish aid in the
shape of County, Precinct and City
susidies in bonds to the amount of four
huiidn'd thousand dollars an 1 the ribt
of way, an ! give that ns ti don't t ion to
tiny company or corporation who would
c uij lete a running line of road giving
direct conneciion between Omaha and
St. Louis and intermediate points in Ne
braska Second. If theyvoull furnish
a I ke sum as stock subscribed to the
road, we would budd the road. Third,
That we in Nebraska would raise five
hundred thousand dollars in cash and
Bonds, they to furnish a like sum in
cash, and j intly build the r- ad. All
the propositions providing for a runn'ms;
roal within twelve months from date i"
contract. ''To make a lotiir story short,"
one of these three prqtn!t!t)it icill he nc
crtt'd. as soon as the counties, precincts
ari I cities a'ong the conteinpla-ed line,
art mill rote tha amount;! r-q iir d.
This county will not likely be asked to
vote anything additional. It will simply
be asked to exfen the time on the
amount .already voted. It is believed
that iu Richardson county the road can
be extended from a point to which it is
.vjv com n'e'ed, to the tioutn line to. Ne
maha county, under an existing vote.
In 0''-e C tuu'y the people have already
vnt"d aid in the sum of five thousand
dollars per mile from the north line of
Nemaha County to Nora-ka City. The
unprovided for gap, is that between Ne
braska City and Plattsmouth, a distan ce
of about twenty five miles. At Piatts
mouth a connection would be made with
th B &M roa l now running to Omaha
Frnu Omaha north, O. & N. W. road is
rum in? over forty miles up the river,
and is being rapidly pushed to the north
erti State line.
The Committee appointed by the
State Convention remains in existence,
and will arrange to build this road, or
exhaust every possible efTVirt to that end.
A sub committee yet remain in St- Lou
is, in order to definitely consummate
some plan by which the enterprise may
bo successfully executed.
This question of the Trunk Road is
now, and 1 believe for the la-t time,
sgain before the people of Nebraska, for
their consideration, aud then? is no use
attempting to disguise two important
facts. F;ist, that this enterprise has
not, heretofore, reeived that attention,
or more particularly, aid, that its merits
and importance demands. Second, The
river counties, more particularly the
river town- owe and ill to use a not
very classical quotation are much "like
the boy tifier the wood chuch. out of
meat"' without this road I "elf-pres
ervatien" is said to be, and properly is,
"the rir-t law of nature." If the peo
ple along the r'ver do not take cate of
tliemsi lve-, they alone are at fault,, not
others. Timoras when "natural thor
oughfare."' and "roek bottom landings"
were desirable, and in fact all important.
But "temp-ira unit int ur, vos et mutn
wnr in Mix" "times change and we
change with them." We thoucht in an
early day, the Missouri river could never
be superceded. But the facts are, rail
re, id developm nt have rendijied the
stream rather a curse than a blessing to
n, and to-day, lands are higher, and in
better demand, prices better, business
more brisk, and all tbitiits more de-irable,
sixty miles in the interior, wet of us,
than immediately on the river; all in
consequence of Railroad facilities.
But, Mr. Editor, I will not further
consume yottr space but indulge in tin
hope that our people in Nemaha, will
vote affirmatively on the proposition
now pending to extend the time, and
that other conn tie will speedily do their
duty. In which event, before the frosts
of another winter, we wiil be connected
by direct rail with St Louis, where our
commercial relations really belong
Root. W. Fijrnas,
Member of Com. from Nem. Co.
Many young orchards that arc growing
where the sod is thin, having a complete
substratum beneath, are often root
pruned to their serious injury when the
ground i plowed. Young fVuit trees
seldom have any roots to part with, con
sequently every rootlet that the plow
severs tends to retard the crowth of the
tree. But where the soil is so porous
that most of the roots strike deep and
and spread out below the ranie of the
plow, that implement may be employed
for working the soil.
Charles Living, a convict at New
Albany who had seven years to serve,
tried to get out by packing himself into a
box filled with spokes. Unfortunately
he forgot to mark the case "this side up"
and was placed head downwatd in the
wagon The pain finally compelled him
to shout for help, and he was unpacked
and shijTfcd fecrk to durance rile.
A Story About Professor .11 o rue.
From the Washington Capital J
We happened to meet Colonel Stroth
cr. tho famous Poite Crayon, and the
talk turning, as usual, upon Morse, tho
Colonel said : '
"1 knew him well. I took lessons un
der hiui in drawing and painting. I
first saw hiui when he was a competitor
for the remaining panel in the rotunda
of the Catitol. I thought then he
ought to have had it. I think so yet.
He was not a great artist, but he was
enough one to save us from ridicule.
The job was given to Mr. Powell. Gen.
Schenck did that. The general did not
proda ly know one pi turefiotu another,
but Mr. Powell was his constituent, and
he believed, uil cchenek, that some
thing in the way of art should be done
ior the Miami bottoms so he woiked at
it till he got the commission. "
"And one day." said we, "Congres
will give General bchenck permission to
remove that terri'-le pn d iet of tho Mi
ami botto -'s. L'ut a out Morse."
"Well, 1 engaired tobcoine his pupil,
aud subsequently w.oit to New Yoik and
fount htm in a tunu on L n versity
Piace. He had tim e other pupils, at;d
I soon found that our rr d -ssor had very
little patronagi. I paid my fifty dollars,
that settled for one quarter's instruction.
Morse was a faithful teacher, and took
as much intcre-t in our progress, more.
indeed, than we did outseiv. -s. But he
was verv poor. 1 remember that when
mv second quarter's pay was due him
t did not come as soon as expected, and
one day th- Professor came in, and said
courteously :
"'Well, Strut her, my boy, how are
we off for monev '(
"'Why, Professor,' I answered, 'I
am sorry to say I have been di-appoint-
ed ' but I expect a remittance next
week '
"'Next week,' he repeated sadly ; 'I
shall re deid bv that time.'
" 'D ad, sir?'
" 'Yes, dead of starvation.'
"I was distressed and astonished. I
said hurriedJv. 'Would ten dollars be of
any service :
" Ten dollars would save my life ;
that is all that it would do.'
"I pai l the money, all tint I had, and
we dined together It w.-s modest meal.
but good, and after we had finished he
sai 1,
'This is mv first nica' for twenty-
four hours. Strother. don't be an artist.
It mean begjary. Your life i depend
ent upon people who know nothing ol
your tut. and care nothing lr you. A
house dog lives better, and the srnsi-
tiveness that, stimulates him to work
keeps him alive to suffering.'
-1 remained with 1'rolessor Morse
three year, and then we separated.
Some years after I met him on Broad
way one day. He was about the same
'if t it l i
as hetorc a trill.i older an t perhaps
somewhat ruddier. I a-ked bo v he vas
getting on with his paititiritr, aud he told
me that he had abandoned it; that lie
ha 1 something belter, he believed, and
told me about his proposed telegraph.
L aceorc narked hi:?; o hi room, and
there ibu-d several miles o" wire twisted
about, and the barterv, which he ex
piained to me. His pictures, finished
and unfinidicd, were lying covered with
dust. Shortly after, Congress ma le an
appropriation, and Moise was on the
high road to weabh and immortality.
IottHl Items.
From the Louisville Com ier-Journal.
Revenue stamps will not prepay post
age, although the ffTrr to do so is made
by a score or more of our citizens every
week.
A letter having once reached its desti
nation, and been delivered according to
its address, cannot be remailed and for
warded without an additional postage
of three cents t'or each half ounce or
fraction thereof, prepaid at the mailing
office.
Printed matter cannot be sent in sealed
envelopes, with elipp-d or notched ends,
at the tran-ient (two cents) rate of post
age. Tho proper way to mail such mat
ter as circulars is to leave the flap of
envt lope unsealed.
A business card printed or impressed
upon the wrapper of printed matter is
iiloable, but in cases where such cards
are writieti, letter postage is charged.
Writing of any description, other than
the address on mail matter passing at
h ss than letter rates of postage, sub
jeers nil such matter to letter postage.
Letters addressed to initials or box
numbers are not deliverable.
Liquids or glass are not allowed to be
sent by mail.
. The weight of a package of mailable
matter i limited to lour pounds.
Post-masters are required to examine
all printed matter to prevent fraud, and
to rate with letter postage all package's
that cannot be examined without de
stroying the wrappers.
Post-masters aie not required to re
ceive mutilated notes in payment for
postage stamps ; nor are they required
to receive notes so much soiled or d.
faoed that thuir genuineness cannot be
cleai ly ascertained.
Circular inclosed with newspapers
subjects the whole package to letter
postage.
Tea, coffee, rice and flour, not being
cl i-sed as mailable, must be. prepaid at
letter rates of postage when sent by
mail.
Frriili Urnpcs tkt nil Scnsonn.
The Stockton (CA.)IicpulJicnii say3:
"Wo once knew a gentleman who sup
plied his table with freh grapes from
on season to another. His plan was to
gather when quite ripe the largest and
finest bunches and pack them in saw
dust, using, instead of boxes, common
nail kegs, which he purchased for a trifle
at hardware stores. After cart-fully-packing
the desired number of kegs, he
buried the lot in a trench, dug in high
ground beneath i shed, where the water
could neither fall nor soak in. Before
using the saw-dust he carefully dried it
either iu the sun or in an oven until it
w s free from moisture. We never wit
nessed the packing process, but we know
he always had tha grapes, and in this
wiy he told us he preset ved them. Af
ter being buried for months, the grapes
were as sweet and finely flavored as if
just gathered from the vines. The pro
cess i.s cheap and may be easily tested.
If it will preserve the grape, a new and
profitable business might be built up.
Bunches of fresh grapes in the spring
would be a novelty, and being that,
would command a hish price. We
hope that sonic of our grape growers,
will try th thi- experiment.-"
Trent Itlllcd by Valerius:.
To succeed well in tree planting and tree
culture, it i.s ihdi-pc nsabio that a few im
portant facts be well understood. Trans
planting trees is attend .d with little loss
or disappointment, where the condition
are favorable to growl h and the wotk
properly done. Veiy many trees, both
fruit and ornamental, are lost, as well as
the time and money require 1 to procure
them and place them in the ground.
Where ground i wet and cold, and im
perfectly drained, it is sheer folly to
plant trees. In a good loamy, porous
sii!, tri es scarwly ever fail if l hey have
half a chance to grow. After being suc
cessfully transplanted very many trees
are lost by neglect or injudicious manage
ment.
An experienced fruit grower and agri
culturist ha. given his experience in wa
tering trees during a hot and dry season;
and it is wortli S !m;thiug to every one
who has fruit or ornamental trees especi
ally those of little or no experience upon
t his subject. He say, before he had
learned what not to do, i i pomology and
arboriculture, in oid.'i- to make trees
thrive luxuriantly and bear abundantly
iu hot at d dry weather, h de-t toyed
-ovar ii fine evergreens simply by pueii.'e
management. This occurred during a
seve.o drought, before he knew how not
to water trees Every evening several
pairsf'ul of tepid water was poured on the
dry uround around each tree, and the
parched e rth drank up th-j scaniy sup
ply without seeming to have been even
spiinl: led with water. During the day
the soil around those seemed harder and
dryer than where there wa no water.
The more they were watered, the more
t he leaves and branches and tho hard
soil seemed to need a generous drenching.
No effort was made to save any except
tlose valued most. But every one that
was watered liberally died before winter.
'l-l : i . l 1
i ne trees were wen root ei in gra.w grnuuu
having been planted two years. If some
one had told the inexperienced youth to
spread straw or shaving around those
tre s over an area often feet in diame
ter, before nD'dvincr th-; wafer every one
e.iiiij have I ecu saved. If the giound
were mellow and not mulched, the true
way would have been to draw back a
few inches in d pi h of the surface, wa
to- bbetal y, after which return the mel
low soil. I h: is the true way to water
any plant if we would pr-vent diegrouul
fioui becoming crusty. Mulching is bet
ter. If bearing trees can be mulched
during the hot and dry weather, the fruit
will grow much larger for it.
Tit r
This simple word had its oricin, it is
said, from ihe little town of Tarifa, nam
ed in honor of Tarif an Malik, a Berber
chief, atid situated in the narrowest part
of the straits of Gibrahrir, and which com
manded the trade of the Mediterranean
pa-sing through those straits, and where
the Moors in centuries past levied tribute
on the passing vessels of other nations,
at fixed rates.
As the feudal system, with its pecu
liar .system of government, disappeared
o i the Continent of Europe, toid a self
supporting military personal service and
aids and taxes in kind began to give way
bef re the estabhsbiu -nt of armies and
siibsi les and taxes, this cn-to:n of the
Moors brought to the minds of tw sov
ereigns of Europe a very easy method of
raising a very considerable revenue. Up
on trial it was soon diseove;cd that it wa
the easiest way of raising revenue, g vine
little or no di-co-.tc'tit. because with the
mass, oft ue people, then, as even now,
in this more cultivated and enlightened
day, the tax or taiilf, when piiid upon
an article, is not. separated in th -u-jht
from lhe reai value ot the article itself,
but till i mixed up in the price paid for
it. 1 he article i only dear or ch"ap m
thi mini, as it hat pens to be win n
bought, without a t bought or comment
as to the amount of the tattlt ipoo it, or
whether theie beany ujioti it at a.I
The tariff since its origin has been ap
plied to many purposes, and sit times di
verted aim. 1st eiirirely from its original
purpose. When t lie Moor levied this
tribute, and thus pave rise both to the
custom and ihe nauie, it was lon; sou
p!v for the tribute money; an 1 so a!-o
when it was first imposed in Eirope, it
was simply an-1 purely for revenue; it
was to raise money for the State. No
idea of protection was at all in vol veil in
it; in fact no other idea than that cf
money.
Piotet tion in these caily day stood
upon another fooling, particularly in Eng
l:m I. It wa no mixed i lea then, of rev
enue and incidental protection, or of pro
tection jit-r se iu laying a tariff ostensibly
for revenue: but the Parliament of Eng j
land came to the point at once ; it forbid
exportation?, prohibited importations of
special articles of manufacture or of the
raw material, as it suited teigning infer
ests, or was disposed to protect or nour- J
ish rr encourage them. Ascarly as Ed
ward III it prohibited the export of wool
and corn, and cattle; and aga'n prohib
ited the itnpo; tation of woolen manufac
tures silks, eotton. corn, and salt provis
ion. Protection was then regarded as
an independent proposition, notcouncct
el with the raising of revenue in ony
wise. rtiid sul jeot to the ccn'rol of the
legislation of an oianipitent Pailiament.
A while aeo Mr. Sam. N. Pike sold
an nmph:l'iou Jersey building lot to a
Duterm.a'i. The Dutchman, in turn,
sold it to a brother flat-speculating
Dutchman as "nice, arable land."
Dutchman No. 2 went to look at it, and
found it covered with salt water, eels,
and leaping frogs. He came back in a
great fury, and sued Dutchman No. 1
for swindling him.
'Did you sell this land for dry land ?"
asked the Judge of tho sharp Dutchman-
"Yah! It vasch goot "laud," replied
the Dutchman.
"But was it dry land, -sir?"
"Yh yah ! It vasch goot try land.
Ven I sold it do mine fiiend it vasch
low tide !"
The ordinary peace footing of tho
Russian army is 577, S50 men. Yet at
this time it ii reported to have sixteen
hundred thousand men under arrns.
So says the Chicago Journal, and it in
timates that Russia is "going for' the
English positssious in the East I ml ies.
We don't profes to know anything
about the fact. But if Russia con get
500,000 men into India, site will take it
And it would be a good thing lor India
sf she were to do so.
A Minnesota athlete, known as
"Wild Dave," challengs Mr. Weston
to walk around the world for the cham
piousliip thereof.-
Jlotoorolojjlcnl.
This being the season of planting, aD'l
many persons beliveing in doing Bucb!
things by signs, and almanaccaleulations
for f avorable results, wo give below for
the benefit of such, the calculations frouf
Josli Billings's almanac for last moiitLf
which cut out w 11 do for any year:
APRILE.
A sloven firmer wa old Snider,'
lie Hpi-nt hiii (mm m drinkin fi ler.
Toiri-i her ho worked a cow and a mule,'
And outer cnt his buys to tkewol.
Wednesday 17th, Now bury leans.
Thursday lKth Bury some more bcar.sT
Friday lSth, Beans are a
Saturday 20'.h, joyful krop
Sunday 21st,- Bob for eals.
Monday 22d, Thou thalt
Tuesday 23d. not steal.
Wednesday 21th, Plant picklas
Thursday 25th. for ally
Friday 2otli, kukmubcrs. ,
Saturday 27th, Sow yure Loss red-'
dish.
Sunday 2sth, Now lend urubre.llor'i.-
Monday 2'oth, Bill Kurtis had a!
woolen leg.
Tuesday 30ih. Now jerk lettiss".
By following closely tho above calou-'
Iations in planting, large crops may b'
relied open.
V.'orK forllie I'lowrrUardrn,'
May is usually a busy month in tho'
flowergarden, for this is. the time when'
beds have to be laid out, walks made,
box edgings planted, and new shrubs
and perrenni als obtained and set out,"
Beds that are cut out of grass lawns and
covered with plants that will bloom near-'
ly the whole season are gems, and re
quire less labor than those surrounded
by gravel Walks and edged with box;
But the lawn must Lo cut every two'
weeks, or as often as tho grass is long'
enough to cut, and care must be taker
t hat i he russ or white clover does not
overrun tho be Is. Such bods cm ba
made at a more a lvanjed period of the'
year. The first thing to do in spring is
the tri iu tiling liui piuiong, u mis is ilou
cssary, an 1 almi reoioveitig all tho dead
sta.ks and leaves of the last season. ,
If the box cd'.'ing are to be planted
or replanted, thu sooner it is done tho'
better. If the beds are new and the"
walks not yet made, the soil from the"
litter should bo removed for the pur
pose of tilhng io with gravel. We would,
however, prefer not to lay the gravel an-,
til afier tho b x is p'a ited, especially if
the person is not a professional garden
er and well t.c juaiutcd with wt rk, as
otherwise a fair proportion of the soil
wiil get mixed with the gravel and thus
spoil the walk. Dig a trench about a'
loot deep, into which the box may be"
set, spreading thefioer of the roof, and
leaving about, an inch an i a half of the',
lips of the plants above the the level of
th" bod. If you have an old box" edg
ing, plants can be taken from if, divid"
ing them and re-planting. If the plant'
are brought from the nursery, and bough
bytheyarl, every yard should stretch
to thiee when planted. When vcrj
good, even to live. After (!! are planted
cut t!p;tu even with shears The soil
sliouili e good naturally, or else brought
up to that standard artificially.
When making, if well done, requires'
labor. They must be made at least wide"
en-nigh for two person to walk abreast.
Dig out not !e s than six inches, remov-'
ing the soil; if this is good it may bo
spread over the b 'Is. If gravel can bo
obtained, fill in with it, the larger pub-'
bles at the bottom. If scarce, ud in
wit h a layor of broken stone or brick,
finishing with gravel. . Some persons
think that it is necessary to keep the
giavel loose but thi iA a mistaka ; the
sootier it becomes consolidated the but
ter; and this is best secured by putting
the finer portion at the surface.
Piaht shrubs und pereririltis with re-"
ferenee to their ultimate growth, tho
larger nearer the center of the bed, or'
the furthest iu the back ground tho
sin ;l!esi near the edge. Pay attention,",
a so, to the disposition of color, for if
this not done, the effeetinay be far from?
agreeable. A lady with a good taste icf
l:es wi'l scon learn to group flowers in
such a ma om r us to producl tho best
fl'et t ; b it this requires time an! study.
Toe first spring flowers will soon np-"
pear, sn twdrops and crocus, soon to ba'
followed bv narcissus and hyacinths.
The three first require little care, but the'
ast should receiue more attention: and.
it is advisable to tio up the flower stalks
to little stakes to hind-'r them from be
ing blown down or broken by winds and
i :iins.
If it L necessary to manure the flower
beds, apply that which is well rotted.-
If leaf Willi is attainable, it i tho very
thing. So is the manure from an ex
hausted hot bed of last year If is iui-
-it . i . . . ' :
possitde to grow plant to peneeuori irr
poor
oil; a hftle lcding is very ofWD'
essential.
Ohio I'trr.xcr.
Ben But! r is no fool if he docs havet
cock-eye. He has Lept reasonably quiet
during the pre-ei,t session of congr 83,
and wo may look for him to let on t-teatn,
before a -Tretit while, in eon-equcnco of
hi singular serenity so far.
Bt rj unin f mts in a rrood shot occasion
ally. The other day Beck, of Kentucky
was rs'.i the 11 ior talking on the army ap-.
propriation bill, and making an as of
himself as he has alway done since he
he told the country, awhile back, when
answering I .Jrownlow that, "nomanshoud
strike him (Beck) and live."' and that
hi "children are the great great grand
children of (Jeorge Washington's broth
er," ad ntiuxcom.Z On this occasion
Beck took occasion to say that ho rather
suspected that Butler had been induced
for money to remain loval to his country
during the late war. He didn't know'
what had k-pt him loyal, but rather'
thought it wa money.
Then up spake Benjamin : "I will tell
the g ntleman what it cost to make mo
loyal it was the first gun fired on tho
American flag at Fort Suci'er. Then,
without counting the cost, I took the
field. I wish that. I had met te gentle
man from Kentucky there, si4e by side
with me, or I would have been equally
wi II pleased if he hud been on tle other
side !"
The valiant Beck resumed hi3 scat.
A wretch broke off an engagemeLt for
the following cogent reasons: "You know
a case is a fearful nuisance, and I always
carry my cigars loose in my vest poc ket.
The necessary amount of affection toward
Molly was awful rough on 'cm. Never'
cime away from that houa but every
one of 'em was smashed. Couldn't cx-"
pect a feilow to waste good tobacco- tha
way,- oouid you'?"
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