THOUGHTS FOB THE MONTH. t Any one, who expects to farm successful- f ly the present yoar, must be ready to push s work vigorously now. The blacksmith's 1 motto is, striko when the iron is hot?tho i farmer's should be, plough whenever the g ground is dry?and only then. If land has q dot becu broken heretofore, lay off rows nud g bed up now, with a view to reversing beds beforo planting time. If this provisional :bcdding in advance was universally adopted, c it would prevent the formation of mauy a t gully. Defects in layiag off rows could readily be discovered aud remedied whilst re- ^ > boddiog. But if rjrtbiaro permanently laid it first, and manure put indefects are j I uvi?> wiiwnu igBiu Uiubjfunr, HUU, Py LUC j. lend of the season, a permanent wash ia cs- ^ Itablishcd. The proper time foirrebedding determined by the nature .of soil?if very light and sandy, it is best to do the work |ome timo in odvanoe of plaating, to allow . ;1 "settling" and compacting of the soil? . f ifherwise the surface dries off so rapidly, ^ Hi beoomcs vory difficult to obtain a "gtand/' Articularly of cotton. If the land is "stitf," *' Bis better to delay the operation longer. PUTTING IN MANUBE. ; This, of course, ought to be done whilst . ftodding. By plowing out the water fur- * qf the first be$*?ry deep, 'the manure , 5^ JPy be put in very cleep also, if deSlWd.4- .a e^The proper depth is to be detertniued^by ^ circumstances. In day lands, where both ^ the soil and olimate are unfavorable to early maturity of cotton, it is best to put manure ^ in rather shallow, say 3 or 4 inches below ^ the surface. Bat where there is no difficult . ty about the crop maturing*,^ the land is broken deep, it is well to put the fertiliser ^ is still deeper, as thqbrop istben less liable ^ to be "burned up" by it? WWbere it is/put ' in deep, however, a small portion ought to ^ bo deposited witji the seed when plantod" to | ^ push the crop forward at onoe. It is an ex- ^ oellcnt plan to distribute ananuro, cover with to diffuse tbq adjacent soil. Commerciftt fertilSl^,?ny,be put in last, their Bmalt'^lfc requiring little water ? . to wet them thoroughly#- There" is ogt we much danger of l6aohing,<*?xcept in casgpf P' very light safldy*lands, and where M applied is a mtraie?this phould uover ^ $ J applied long io advance (St tsho crop wbio|U ai is to bo fed on ik Tie same te mark applies [*u also to highly niliuioniuted manures, for tbM"0 ammonia is constantly disposed to chat^?^ into nitrates. PREPARATION POE COjtN. P Inasmuch as fertilizers adapted to eorto ^ aro highly ammooiated, it is Dot a good po- ot licy to apply the burger portion of tbera.m li advance of the planting- A little put io tie jv . . drill.apd bedded oo, probably answers a good ol purpose in making the youug; ?on* strong a and vigorous, but an abjmdance of fooi in. (I tho early stages of growth, enooura'ger tjyp ? formation of too' much stalk?a tendency ^ ^ already too strong in our hot climate , and jj long sumuiefs fdghe larger portion cf the 3manure applieJf at the second working, or 'U when the corn is bajf leg Uy'faoo high, ^ seems to prod use the heaviest eating. At that stage, the corn may bo nihil very oloee- aj ly without matorial damage, the spar or U brace roots, which form soon after, repair- n ing any injury done, ami taking up, as P needed, the manure last applied. We |j should be very glad to haye reports of 0 ' the big crops of oorn made last year?mode h tiff, burying off, sowiug seed aud lightly ' larrowing .them in. It uiay be done either n spring or fall. None of the cultivated jrasses grow well on poor land?they rc|uiro a soil as rich ns that required to make ;ood wheat. BERMUDA GRASS. As many are seeking in for in at ion conerning this grass, we devote a paragraph o it. The plant bears flowers in this counry, but doe9 not perfect seed?hence must o propagated by [tortious of its underronad-stem^ . ? to rop pieces of these at short interval*. in arrows' three feet apart and list on them, ly the second year it will be*?lfc to tako osession of the land. Wo l^fld remind. 10 incxperieuccd tha? it Is Tory difficult to radiooto, and should* only'be put on ^asd i tended for pcrpianent paaiures. In its lace it is very good,tjfttes,) and 2 fectdeop, id about the BjCTv 4? Jdoreh ill if to 1 spth of OikvQo&lfa a mixture of-stable anuro and latfjpa^ftaoisten these lightly id tramp th^^oderatclyiit' TCice upon ' lis a ftycr of riqh, friable curth G Inchon ith those obtained in tlio usual method. *\ , , uvlakdricr. This is a' valuable crop, ond'Wortby. of ore extended cultivation than it has redved^' With pfoper management, rice rodjitoes ?U?d matures well as far north and ratf jwpatelcvation' as this locality?about ftimm ve the'eea. It is* planted in | rills 2$ to 3 foot apart, and tyills left at itervablref a foot, <3ottbu sued and stable anurearo excellent fertilisers for it.? [ust be ploughed and hoed sufficiently to gep down orab grass, which is its greatest Southern Cutkbator. TK*^^Eomao?ck 0? FIQUBE8.?If OBS ;nt was set out 4$fttoaipoft&d interest iu io year: 1 at par oent., to the 1st 832,000 trillions ' ' dollars, tako 1,1'8 SUU1 as 7Q*rly>U)rcst our per cent,,) tfcdfc the income tax we aW .tO pay of one per cent., ould be 480 quadrillions 583,320 trillions I dollars. If we paid the tax collector til earn in lflVta;rh? would need 8,004,46,<>00,000,000,00^000 wagons for its wosportatioa. Provided the whole earth's trfiioe, both bad 'dad Water, was peopled rtsloaely as possible;. w/Mhould have but the I rtwnJUionth: J^.W^jf-dtiTers .repaired, A? mjXiidm wi h??? u.o ar?2IlraKig er second, nnid^fc wquljkb* ?43,600 years rmost wagon, wbicb Wdoldjaotbe discrtvcd ?ur globes,) this capital Wcr<^^tWbntetl mong the people of the earthy each one of ta 1,000,000,000 of Inhabitants Would rocive about 1,200 trillions ofdoltors to live a, ribd could every, seoond use 02,000,000 or 38,006,000 years, without reaching the >otton> of his puree.. A Good Ckmxnt.?A good cement for nendiog almost anything may be made by ailing together litharge and glycerine to &e consistency of thiok cream or fresh puty. This cement is useful for meuding tone jars or any other coarse earthenware, looping leaks in seams of tin pans or wash Mjllors, cracks and holes in iron kettles, &o>. [ have filled holes an inch in diameter in cettles and U3ed the same for years in bo ling wster and feed. It may be used to^ fosten oil lamp tops, to tighten looso belts whose nuts are lost, tighten loose joints of irood or iron, loose boxes in wagon-hubs, ind in a great many othors. In ail cases the article mended should uot be used till the cement bss hardened, which will require from ouo day to n week, according to the quantity used. This cement will resist the action o?. water hot or cold, aoidn, aud almost any dcgrco of heat.?./. H. V. Franklin, in ff. F Tribune. '!ik *C > ' *#' BEN HILL'S GREAT SPEECH IN FAVOR OF THE ELECTORAL BILL. j Washington, January 2G.?The feature, to-day, in the House was tho'-ten-miuutc speeches of members on the Edmunds bill, and there could have becu giveu no better evidence of tho truth of Mr. Conkling's paradox when ho apologized the other day, in the Senate, for the length of his speech "because he had uot had tiuic to shorten it." Nearly every speech was a model in its way of taking Judge Elack's celebrated plan of "coming at onec to the middle of things," of terseness and directness to tho point desired, and in several iuafenoes opete appKuiae both ?uka?~oJi tho ^louso greeted the member as the Speaker's hammer fell. irr..v tllliLi ? ISlill^LjlA?IX Sl'fcfcUU. Especially was this so in the case of . "Ben" Hill, of Georgia?ho who hn9 always been knuwu as representing the firoeating element of the South. .W.hcn he started off the noisy House calmed down to listeu as they thought to a repetition of last year's intemperate madness?to call it by a mild name?*4>ut no, the man whose aspiration to the high?* seat in the Senate of the United States' was at that very moment gjphlihg iu the prcseuco of realization or Uttcred the most patriotic sentiments in * few of th* most thrillingly beautiful periods thit probably ever were spoken in chamber. Bofore lfe' saf | down everybody was convinced, even the most partisan demagogue*, toward whom he was looking oh the other side of tho house, that be was bidding for no votes, though the snarling pessimist might say so, but simply giving in a few . burning words his adhesion to tho uieasuro. His sentences describing w condition of tho South, speaking lis he uid of himself as the product of Southern institutions, created aij ."jjffusion," to use a FrcncHfWord, among tho listeners i>f a full hou8o*tlnd crowded galleries, which btoke out in applause so sineere and so well merited that liuudall had not the hcort'tcr eurb it with his generally iudustrious gnvelPEACE!PEACE!PEACE! .Ml rJr lit- ... * ? I her cry is Peace ! PeaCe ! Peace ! wlth'one voice?civil war redresses no^wi^ng, preserves no"right'?if yfou di look here audi 6e Convinced !" and iHtrb . hft 'camo to his peroration, the whole ifouso by this jtimc standing mentally a-tip-tj?o to jicjir his^pords ?"My country, my *#holc c&iutry. - * * ffiessed is he that bJysseth thec^ and cursed be lie tlrtd. cursethlthoo 1"- HjflVe he closed amid solid applause and uiado aruioj^oii-to sit down, but a Ijttlo telegraph $joy handed him a dispatch. ''Ho brokp. t?b sapl and read what had ^b at moment- tj^en received, for l* horc the private mark cf M1 30''showing tho miuuto it had been received: ^ Atlanta, Ga ?Hon. B. IJ. Ilill : You aro olected Senator. Hill, s' Kbnnon. if * So that literally whilo he uvns uttering his patriotic words, the bnW^ werc falling which would give him as a, reward the object of his fifcBast ambitibii?a ?*tfc4n the TTnltod States SsrnotM. ' ' . ' * v^di i. , , ^ Probably evorj uiau in the House in tbo next hour; liepubKcaas and democrats alike, shbok bis haud in congratulation, both for his speeoUf and for hissuflCdss over Norwood, (h*>present {Senator.JWye, ofM^e, one of the most Radical metnhjif. expressed the general-feeling when ho Mid : "I^ivo you J$jr JSOtt sinccro congratulation:/' Hill was as (ieesod with his telegram as * child with a new toy; smiles flooded bis somewhat ruggod face, which, ;ay what jon please, is not the ideal fspe or heed of au nblc man, but rather suggest a narrow soul and a soured life. But hi* words do not thus slander his heart, if from the heart the mouth speakoth. Ho renisrked to a qucstion^Kpliuding to his election, "I^thought it wai powiblo this morning but 001 probable. " wnr* :? . A Ciirk poa Diputiieuja.?Dr. Chcnery, of Boston, has lately discovered that hyposulphite of soda is the spccifio remedy against diphtheria?that so much dreaded ailment, which of late years has carried off many valuable lives. Ho reports a very ! large number of oases(158 within his own practice) saved by the use of this remedy, The doee of the hyposulphite Is from 5 to 15 grains.or more io syrup, evcrg^vyo <*" fbur hours, aosording to age and clrcnmr* stances, ft V>M? douehfi; but If too pfujth is giveti H will purge; as much as tho^-' tiAntf oun tioni* uit iinnt niiniina iah nAAit I ? ?"" b ""(*> " 6 ruleintbe severer cnscs. The solution pj\ minors osn bo osod in dOMs. of five drops to half a draohw in milk. The ^ amount for thorough stfiWstion is fcr*w|li jhan can be teUui in water. V Tbe doctor usually gives it in such dottifcfthroan be easily taken in milk using milk,' besides as food for small children." One fact, however, needs to be borne in mind, namely, the hyposulphite provert the digestion of milk, andit should not be given in less than an hour alter taking the medicine. They may he used alternately, however, without interference, in sufficiently frequent doses. ? MdT* " 0 ' % ' ' . 4^^ ' ^ -1' >' ? r rTH$ scene during senator conkling's great speech. Washington. Jan. 24.?Senator Conkling finished his speech ou the Compromise Electoral bill to day. It has been the greatest oratorical* cff.rt of his life. History i will rank it with thobest efforts. of Webster, Calhoitn and Clay. Yesterday it was Ferry?the embodiment of tbo infamous proposition that to tho President of the Senate belonged tbe right t)f counting thd electoral ] v?te?who foty.before Coupling's critical an- 1 alysis of the Conptitutinn and precedents.? , 'f'.. i*cn ... ?J.. .uuiiiig iiuu oiieriuau us propagators of that fallacy, promoters of factions, partisan oppositk>Q, and instigators of the 1 direful tfceessi'.y which would fojqo-ono nran t ^nyer, aud j trato'uudt^Conkling's complete refutation ^ of their .assertions and his scathing denunciation of their methods. The cobwebs of 1 doubt thoy spun lie bus swept away with his i resistless logic, llo has fortiGed the find- t ingsoftho committee by the opinions of j the greatest jurors and lawmakers this country has produced. Ho has smitten the con- ( spirators hip aud thigh with their own re- ' cords. ? 1 . Words would fail to paint, to portray the ^ dramatic power which the New York Senator displayed to-day. Morton, brazen faced, sat through it nil iu his place, almost 2 within reach of Conkling's sweeping ges- 1 turos; but the angry Hook in his eyes, the t affected SDCcr about his mouth, and the au- , gry tone of his occasional interjections, which j would not be altogether suppressed, showed plainly how terribly the chief of the bloody 1 shirt ^rigado was suffering uuder the biting 1 sarcasm wlItST fBTTfVoui Conk1tug*D Hps;-?^ Every phrase was sugar-coated in language i uioat perfectly parliamentary; hut the sugar- . coating only made more bitter the gall and wormwood underneath. Sherman, livid I with anger and baffled Hate, sat next to J Morton, his eyes cast down, his fingers toy- 1 iug nervously with poKOtl and paper.? ( Above these two Coukltng's toll form tow- , crcd. Toward thorn lu; liued almost constantly, and through! voice and gesture * there scorned to run ti threat of* triumph I and defiance as thought the favorite son of ( New York was cuuscityns bt last of having c routed the oAjpet-taggers who have sought . to make ^Viifwa 'Prodigal .Son in his own party. Thd ^ecue iu the Senate Chamber 1 while Mr'Conkling-'was speaking was a i more interesting evetit than yesterday.? l The galleries were again packed full at 10 fi ol clock, and a mow brilliant assemblage, if jfgsgible, bl tokened the floor of the chant- ' : KRhself behind bis brother, and aut through the long session. Kroui the Diplomatic Gallery "above his hend Sir Kdwaid Thorn- 1 ton, the British Minister, looked down an * observant and interested spectator. Grand- a pa Taft'v obese form aud PecksuifBan face c occupied a conspicuous place in tho front 1 row cn the Republican side. Tho cynical c Edurunds, with chin on chest, sat hugging himself with delight, and smiled with a sort of sardonic satisfaction at every telling sontencb: Tiuiid Ilamlin left his seat at Conk- o ling's right, and his ntlcuunted form paced a slowly back and forth behind the Senatorial a bonches^Nenrly every Senator sut with c bowe^ bead and in an attitude of profuuud i attention. .The galleries had listened to a ' wearisome harantrue of three hours from Sar gent'byforc. Conk ling began; but lie held j them in rapt attention fioyi 2 o'clock until i nearly GX A.CnA.AuJS.rr-Tbcre is a disposition shown dflirtfre port of sotnc of the Republican leaders to advocate tlio abolition of negro suffrage when it becomes apparent that the colored vote can no longer be controlled by themselves. Iu a recent number of tho New Orloans Republican tho proposition was distinctly stated, that, if ?ho Republican party should, from any dtitbc, bo brought to believe "that the roprestitution of tho colored people cab' no longer ku directed by th'ein in the manner that tjffnt hearts and Consciences would dictate"-?mcanin^ if thoy should refuse to vote en n&nse according to the orders of their self-flLustitntod leaders?then the very object oJ|/auting that representation would be best '\romoted by suppressing a power oaptnredSid turned, against its defenders. To this Picaycnereplies thut, though the Deuinjratic party opposed uuiverSnl snf fraire ten years ago. beoaus y^r cini.im>r,a * slaves were not prepared fdir* it, vet that par ty has never countenanced the disfranchise- , ment of oidxeus already possessing the snf- , frage, and is not l>My to countenance it I' now. Thus we aco a leading Republican ' newspaper in Louisiana suggesting that it may be neccsnrtjr to deprive the oolorcd citiaens of his Tight to vote, and a still more , prominent CooBorvolive journal declaring ( that the Derooofats will not accede to such i a change.?EorlJiern Ex. ( ~f$ * tail Methodists on Moody.?New i Yodk, January 29-?At a meeting of the Methodist ministers to-day, the question Jthere atiy cause to have evangelists amongst uswas discuss.'<1 at great length. , 1 Many poworfb} addresses Were made, and (the room vtdterowded with anxious listeners. argued that there was no necssi * for either Wvivols or evangelists, and that th?y-dtll?rt Mrm than good. The idea eCrSadtlfradfrCtitioation lie regarded as nbstird. y^'^endder held similar views. Dr. Cro*** * -^4 XK>vinn**nr TLA Mflrvljiiifl * ine" preserves its true and pure blood, even r u the perilous and turbid political atnios- '' )hore of down-trodden Louisiana, and Gov. " Nicholls shows himself a worthy son of Mary- y and ancestry. During the late civil war 0 jrov. Nicholls commanded a regiment in Gen. w Dick Taylor's brigade, and lost an arm in ^ jattle. So soon as able to report for duty ^ ie was promoted to the rank of Brigadier ^ jcneral, and lost a leg. When convulcs:eut he tendered his .service in the field, >ut the authorities declined to subject hiui 0 further exposure, and nssiguod him to duty l' u (jouiuiund of the military post at Lynch- ^ >ytrg, Va., then one of the most important 11 tr^egic positions in that region, because of m lmuicnso commissary resources that were c .here centred for the usfi of the Confederate a irrny. ' ' * '* ; * ' Hoo Cholera.?For the prevention of ?og cholera, and other diseases, nothing is j. uore necessary than the giving to hogs, & 1 K<\ii f f uri/W) an ill nno timnc n waaL aw a.*?aa tvvuv VH ?W V? iUI V.V blUIW0 U II Vy^lV , UII UUlltU ^ ?ach of hypo-sulphate of soda and copperas. j. . would roconiniend the following as suffi- ^ rioul for sixteen hogs : ^ Hppo-sulphatc of soda, 1 pound. Copperas (sulphate of iron) 1 pound. ? Dissolve in about three gallons of water iud add bran or meal to make slop. This hould^bo given twice a week in the ah- j* enetr'of disease, as a preventive. If dis- j autyshould manifest itself, give to the sick ] ujjjgslhe following: j fypo Sulphate of soila...l lb..(Anti-septic) Sulp'te iron (copperas).1 lb.(Tonic & astri'gt) w ?o\viler May apple root..! lb..(Purgative) e 'owtlored ginger 1 lb?(Stomuchio) a 'ayenne pepper f lb..(Stimulant) ' n For ten bogs.?Ex. Hots ClloLEtu..?I get my Uogs into tl dose pens, make n mop or awab, nod with fa hat anoint them thoroughly. The anoiut- u ncut consists of two-thirds good soft tar, * me-third hog's lard, with four ounces sul- n nhur and one-half ounce carbolic acid, ad- o led to every gallon of tar and lard, nil well I birred up together. After anointing once, s you will have no more trouble with cholera t ivhilc the smell of the tar and sulphur rc- y mains ou. thorn, which will be several 1 nonius. au? me disease is aoveiopca, i t jse as a core the above ointmcut, carefully d lpplied to the akin, and a drench consisting 1 of a table spooniul of Sulphur in butter- s milk, (they will mingle readily) repeating i bho dose eycry twenty fonr hours, two j irenches will be sufficient if the case is not t very severe. Every raiser of ewinc ought i bo notice them frequently, and not allow u parasites to accumulate on them, for even j if they do not become so numerous and vo^^. -ir^roduco cholera^ they do ~rcat damage if allowed to become very numer- ' ons.? C. H, McCall in Buena Vis/a Ar- 1 pus. ? ' Tho minor's sweetheart had jilted him. t lie loaded his six-shooter and wrote to his t landlady this little missive: "I nin tired of life, and will blow out my brains in the t cemetery ta flight. My rent is paid up to the 8th. 1 do this because life has become f a burden to me." He then sot out for the cemetry, which lie had fixed upon as the < scene of his blood. On his way he took a short 1 cut acros a chicken ranch and waH attacked k. m. L..II J rm._i.:? ?i?. L. - vj n cuTugu L'uii'uu^. jl 11111 k i ng mail nc ? had enough in Ms six barrels for self and I dop, be Opened fire on the animal, but in a twinkling of an eye the owner of the rauch ( covered him with a shot-gun. He fell on his knees, begged for his life, and mado the > most abject apologios for his preseuce there. His life was spared! Instead of hastening i to the cemetery and blowing out his brains, he returned to the city, and after lunching f on beer and sandwiches, told his landlady ?' that ho had changed his mind, and then took another girl to a Virgiuia City theatre. 44 Young man, do you ever drink ?" ask < ed a mild-looking man, accosting Jones.? 4- Well, yes, thank you, as it's a cold morn- ing 1 don't mind," replied Jonc3, removing his quid of tohacco. 44 Don't do it any , more," rejoined the mild man, 4