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& BiarjuB-uuKE ros ^imroFHWHrr*' The evidence appears to be convincing that there is a certain cure for hydrophobia. Several years ago thoro was floating through the papers an account of some cures that had been effected by the use of elecampane root boiled In sweet milk. Recently Mrs. Jane G. Swisshelm has published a long letter, giving farther accounts of the remedy and relating a number of cures effected by it. Mrs. Swisshelm writos as follows : "In Chester County, Pa., lived a German named Joseph Emory, who used to bo sent for, far and wide, whec any one had been bitten by a rabid animal. He went to his patient carrying something, understood to be a root which ho himself dug in tho woods. Ho milkod a pint of milk fresh from the , :_L. !i. L.ii-J ii mu", jjuv Luo row |uueu' it, guru it to tbo paticut, fasting ; made him fast after taking it; gave a second and third dose on alternate days^and never failed in effecting a cure. In some way the secret transI ^ pirud, and the root, was known to be elecampane. "The story eurront in the country was that an old German made the discovery in the days of Fenn, and applied'to the Pennsylvania legislature for a grant of $300 for making his secret public. His offer was treated with contempt, and he resolved that f his knowledge should dio with him; but a drunken son knew it, wrote out a recipe, making a number of copies, and tried to sell them at one dollar apiece. He only succeeded in selling two, one of theso to the man who made such effective use of it. So well did he establish tho local reputation of his specific, that in his neighborhood folks wore not afraid of mad dogs. His reputation was parallel to that of Dr. Marchant, of Grceosburg, to whom every one in this part of the couDtry used to go or send for when bitten by a mad dog."The integrity and intelligence of my informant arc beyond question, and I regret _ that her love' of privaey should prevent her _ giving the weight of her name to her conviction that it is, an unfailing specific for hydrophobia. "The people of Chester Valley are not as a olass likely to be misled by superstition, and it was a general or universal bolief that .^jfe^blSmory nej^er failed to prevent or cure begun before the first dose was given, and. the patient recovered. "The medical properties of elecampano are very powerful. Milk itself is a specific for many poisons, aud while the medical faculty kuow no cure for this tcrriblo diseaso, wo should open every avenue of light into the dark suLiftftt." J Mrs. Swisshelm says she has forgotten tho exact quantities to be used, but thinks it was two ounces of elecampane root to be boiled in a pint of new milk, and to be taken in the morning after the patient has fasted all night. He is to continue fasting after taking it, and the dose is to be repeated three tiinos on three successive mornings, as soon as possible alter the person has been bittoo. . ' The following letter, from a well known citisen of Columbus, Ohio, appealed in the* Dispatch of that city, recently : "The communication of Mrs. Swissbelm in reference to .the Chester Valley cure for p hydrophobia, and printed in the Dispatch of Friday last, deserves more than ordinary attention. Permit mo, therefore, to supple. xnent it by stating the following facts: I "Several years ago a dog afflicted with B hydrophobia was Been to bite a number ol hogs and cattlo belonging to a farmer then xosiutng in easiorn unio. A neighbor whe formerly resided in Chester County, Pa. prevailed on the farmer to try the identi xal remedy?elecampane. It wus an oasj matter to administer it to the hogs in milk It was given to the oattle by drenching.? JVol one of the animaZt to treated becanu Afflicted. If the same dog had not bittei 4 large number of animals belonging t< ceighbors, and which, receiving no treat ment, became rabid in a few days, it migh be assumed that the dog was not afflicte I with hydrophobia. "The plant mentioned is indigenous t thin rnnnlrir and nArinn ?tin nan j > -? v r ? v"" land should have tufts of it growing upoi their premises, and the rooWehould bo kep by druggists everywhere, for it appears t be a speoifio for rabies." To Fkko Cork Stalks.?In this paper last week, allusion was made to oorn sulks as being half as valuable us the ^rain.? This is the way the American Agricultural says they must bs fed : "Gut up in a fodde cutter with rollers that bruise them?ere with water and sprinkle with meal." tin stock will not eat old dry oorn stalks, sue us Southern farmers may take up by wngor loads in their fields during the winter, n matter how they are prepared. To be uti ized, they must be cut and cured well, whil there is juioo in thqm. *w 1 you ever notice this remarkable pi deh*St^Abcir expanding pow< ECONOMY OF SOILING. Editor Southern Cultivator.?Ti large outlay of capital for work-stock, ai the unavoidable heavy expense of fccdii and inaintainingtheui, is probably the gron est obstacle to the profitable, successful ct ture of cheap cottou. This fact will bo s Uuowlcdgcd by all practical, experience planters It is safe to estimate the cost ot fccdii an ordiaary niulo or horse, at one hundri dollars a year, if kept exclusively upon co and corn fodder?the great reliance of me planters for food for work stock, with ve little variation the year round. One pc< of corn aud six lbs. of fodder daily, (ti usual feed,) will reach the above figures^ the present prices of these articles. Th at the average yield pet ac^e,* biTP'ur -ri?( impoverished cotton lands, is the total pit duct of ten or tweke acres of a well-cul vated crop. 'Tis about the average cas valuo of the animal himself, and alrnc twice the amount rationed in nibat ai bread, to the hand that follows hiui. The is doubtless no greater extravagance, if n aotual waste^ ih airour Southern agricult ral System, than this exclusive corn and fo der feeding, net to speak of the' iujui and cruelty to the work animal, and in tl end it absorbs the mnrjin of profit in the pi duction of a money crop. Whilst these articles of food are absolui ly necessary to be produced, and it is safe to have them in abundance, as sure ai ccrtuiu for a provision supply, they can 1 greatly economized, and alsoMispofcd of good prices, by a judicious uso of green so ing, which will also add inuchtothe and longevity of stock, and enable them aCCOinnlish as much if nnfc more tcnrlr To tho great assistance of the planter our favored warm climate, comes the loi list of perennial and annual plants, thatl up ncurly the whole year, reducing the dra upon tho corn-crib'to just one-half if n less, and making the planter a seller inste of a Luyer of corn. Commencing with L cerne, which can be profitably cutforgrc food the latter part of February, and f lowed with Rye in the month of Marc with Oats succeeding, this, wc have tho v ried millets in quick rotation, all roquirii no cultivation, only the labor of tho nai dcrlul. With a continued feed of a ve little corn per day, stock will be, must 1 healthier, and endure equal hard work.Mixing food in this way gradually at fir with free access to salt aud pure water, t writer for many years can exhibit a healt ier record, and u reduced mortality amoi hii work animals that will compare with t 00 BACK! he To the young man with his hair part* id in the middle who is about to put his cc ig lege cducatiou and his sole-leather trunk ( it- tho Texas bound train we say, stop! 1 ll- the clever artisan and the honest median ic- who thinks he will fly from the hard tiun sd where lie is, to imaginary well-paid cmplo mcnt in the Lone Star State, we also sayJ6 stop ! To the adventurous rustic who wisl ^ C8 to leave hoeing the turnips of some No ru York farm to find a soft thing in this lac l8t of prairies, we emphatically repeat?str ry where you are! We would that we inhabit*: the earthly Elysium that some Texas papc lie flow U-n <1a Kii> inn n?.. ?? v? '-iWj uuu nw UIU U1IUIU WU VIV/II It" nt From the bottom of our hearts wc shou! !&4'?d *9 thmbT that.thoro ww plouty at prosperity for every.'one who seeks to sett auiong us?but ^11 the same, there isn't.tl* Wc do possess something of an approach I 'h the eternal summer and the marvcloi growth the.Fast is so'tired of hearing i ld brag about, but that is all. Sooth to sa rc there is no chance here for m^n withoi ot money, all the new, eager, new arrivals I u_ the contrary notwithstanding. In plai d* English, the paper that speaks of the uiaj ry nificcut opportunities this State prescuts I the new-comer, lies, aud lies in a very gr '?* tuitously criminal way indeed. The uuva nished truth is that our labor marked e" stocket to overflowing, aud every fresh a !8' riving train but adds to the miserable uiu 3(* titude in our midst that waits, suffer starves and finally fights its desperate wn a back East again. Before the door of nca ly every house in this city, there daily be; a hollow-eyed swarm that would saddcu tl *? heart of a satyr. Men of brains aud ct ture, good clerks, excellent accouutaut 10 business men of undcuiublo energy, m chanics of ability, walk the streets in duu despair, and finally take tboso that lead 10 the chain gang aud the work h mse. Tl | ^ writer of this cannot rot^cmber one eveuii for very many that be has not been ask< U for money to buy a meal, or a bed, bv m< C.n who would have sooner died on the rar 61- . . ^ tnau have asked alms in ihe light of da 5 And some of them do die on the rack?tl rack of cou'iuucd 'disappointment and bi ter misery. Ye? still some joirruals calt . same old siron song> and st fatal persistence as the proper Mecca of tl ' American youth. We beg the journals iu the East at North to copy this article. We ask th 'ie the truth aud the whole truth be told the as a simple duty to humanity. Iu the nan of the distress we see around us aud a 'ie powerless to relieve, in the name of tl ier tramps and vagrants that fill our cities ai ar' towns, we solemnly warn iutondiug imu ea grants of all classes, except farmers and un 18" with money to invest, that wo are on stocked with labor, and will bo for the tie four or five years. Though his ticket t0 purchased and his truuk packed, wo say ec the man looking hither for employment Go Hack !? Texas lnteUig ence. op- ?: Fioiitinq QualityTurks. rATtlihogh llussilhastwo mlHTon'tfrmed m er she will not find her road to Constantino] tcr strewn with roses. Every stqymi of wai , will bo a thorn and every hnuuet a thick jQg Tbo Turk may be cruel and vicious and i ak c'1Ti'lze^> but lt canuot iu truth be said tl , uf- he is a coward. During the famous Crime or war, the bravery and dash and brillii fighting of the turbaned infidels challen^ *ow the admiration of the world. v'Ali throu l,e the insurrectionary struggles of the p irm lwo >'eara '',e fighting material of the Ti ght has been thoroughly tested, and has b< lich ProVcn t0 bo of a superior and reinarku ;c|,. quality. The religion of a Mohammet se|1) uinkes him a warrior. From infancy is taught to hate bitterly the Christian t qc fight to the death for.the Crescent. ure Mussulman faith opens wide the gates tj)e eternal joy to those who die in defense its cause. This wonderful system of sens pro. fatalism led the Turk across tho Bospho levc in an attempt to mako the Mohauimod faith of universal sovereignty. It has stcc |. his heart in war, and made him for near * .hundred years resistless against armies wl ! sc> hosts outnumbered bis five to one, and it i^ ?word conquered in his westward march u u r a _i i 1 l:_ i rju^uiiG ui ottvujf uiicu&vu 1119 uuwaru rser at Zenta. The Moslem has gradually deteriort .. sinco tho Crimean struggle until it hus arts 000,0 uot on,y effeminated but oonceitcd ^ brutal. Still this decline in the elemi ^ of its greatness has not made it by j m?MM 4. nation of cowards. Xj , . will fight tho Russians ; they will fight tl . with all the glory of their mourning. 'I realize that it is a veritable struggle for ^ existence of tho empire uud their relij ajj and as they are devoted to tho former, ^ " love tho latter as they love life, tho cot 10,1 will roll its bloody surges through c ^ ?f province in the empiro before they will mit to their conqucrcrs.?Lynchburg f V -V* {* PRESIDENT DUNCAN'S SPEECH IN CHARLES;d T0N. Wo copy tlic remarks of Hon. D. 11. _ Duncan, President of the Spartanburg and jj )n Asheville Railroad, made in Charleston on jj Co lust Thursday, ou the occasion of a reccp}c tion given by the Chamber of Commerce to the company of Western merchants who s nrc ou a tour through the South Major n y* Duncan was called out at the meeting by 0 ? the Vice-President of the Chamber of '' li- Commerce as the "representative of one of w the great routes from Cincinnati to Charles 0 ton," and spoke as follows : v Mr. President ami Gentlemen : t t Having just arrived in Charleston on bus- d iness connected with the work which I have >'? the honor to represent, an invitation was cx- c ? tended to me to be present at the welcome > |j given to the solid men of the West aud -j , Northwest who honor us with their presence t AoAw-,% It isjp plcaure as unexpected as it 'c is gratifying. To look into the facOs of so ? many of those who largely represent the to commercial and manufacturing interests of 1 ... those crcat sections, the Stnt.es nf Ohio v Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, is an np- t port unity we heartily enjoy and the value ( y> of. which we all, I am sure, fully appreciate. 1 it While looking over the register at the to Charleston Hotel this morning one of your s [Jj party enquired of the clerk if anybody was s in the city from Spartauburg, statin that he c 3* and his brother left there in 1819, nearly t twenty years before your humble spearkcr s a- was born. Both of these gentlemen desire to j r. visit the old land. What changes, sir, have been wrought since 1819 ! Not a foot of railway iron was then laid in the United * r* States, uor for years after that period.? 1 |1- Among the earliest started was in that day ? jj, known as the old Charleston, Cincinnati and 1 *? Louisville Railroad, a link iu which line we 1 r arc, now struggling to build. This was over 1 forty years ago. Since tlieu, sir, thousands s 7s of miles of railway have been constructed, 1 i?S and your great West and Northwest has ( d- become a net work of iron roads. Your s cities have been rising up like giants, and ( ' many of thcni quadruple in population aud c" wealth any ol those on our Atlantic coast, b For these forty years we have been travel- s to iug over the two sides of a triangle to our i ie suioko houses and corn cribs in the West ( and Northwest. Other lines from other , ^ sections have been built and iu operation for : years at enormous outlays of money nua ef- 1 JD- fort. Words arc good enough and, well 1 ;k apokcu, are cheering; but you business uicu i well know the greater value of pocketbnoks ( in acccomplishing great works. There is uo ,e substitution for them. We thank you for d* your congratulitions that we are free ou 'e 1 a- more, even though our freedom has come ' ill through an ordeal that has made us too poor < jc come. . Poor as we aro, wo arc nearly vcr the mountains which have separated us like an ' id insuperable barrier, and although wo ' have climbed slowly and feebly, yet what I w?> h.'ivrt hns linnn iv??11 ilmn* niwl tin* rC most gratifying thought is that thus far our I1C work is about paid for. We have not tcutre ted for help from your great States. In our ' ho weakness we liave shown strength enough 1 3Cj to scale the llluc ltidgc and offer you a line that passes that uiountuiu range without a , Jl" single tunnel and at a cost per mile not en equalled, the topography of the country coair sidcred, on this Continent. Nothiug, genxt tleuieu, would give me greater pleasure than jJC to have the gratification of returning you home through the centre of our Statu, via to Ashcville, direct to the City of Cincinnati. We cannot do so to-day, but we confidently pledge you, if you devote a sixteenth of the co*t of your g.eat and creditable "CiucinuatvSouthern" line to our project through cn the Cumberland Gap. or via Knoxville, wc pie will invite you to repeat this visit, before lcr the close of 1878, to the City of Charleston, not by the way of tho Chcsapeuko aud c ' Ohio, hut by the cheapest, most direct and in* practicable route from your groat and growlat ing section to the South Atlantic Coast, that !au can or ever .till be constructed. [Great ,nt applause.] >e Youthful Follies.?Times like these 'gh not only preseut to the people the necessity ast of economy in dress, tablo furo and other irk over taxed luxuries, but they also present to parents the power aud law they should oxcrcise in regard to their children. Some idea, in particular, should be included in lan the minds of the older sous or hopefuls, in he regard to the needless expenditure of moniud ?y *or c'J?ars? stro"3 drinks and unnecessary ,,, outlays, which are considered by many as necessary to hold ono's placo in society's fashionable foolishuess. Many a ptomising i of son has beeu bereft of a considerable formal tunc, a home and friends, by the social glass, excess in tobacco, aud over-dress beyond one's moderate income. To such we would give brief advice. Live within your in ju conic; anauaon ino iooiisn and unnecessary liu cigar ; give over to less wise brains the lionloic or (?) performing in sooiety that which kjg is beyond your menus to do; livo the lifoof honor; guard against temptations in all their nt minutest forms, and when success has crowned your efforts you will have the sat4 istuction of knowing that you honored the itilll parents who ushered you iuto existence; and y. when the lamp of life bas burned out, the T, honor of a son's most noble aim will furnish TT peaoe and happiness to his relatives and 8 v friends. He who has lived temperately, dnanjK tifflly and honorably, however low his t*pj'cro accomplished much in licui bHfcniding other men aright?of shiwilg them the path of rectitude and 10y houoA ?Boston Cultivator. tho , ? ;ion. A iL-cdy old chap, says the Norristown and 1, thinks it very strango that tho numirfict b*/ ?' u,cn w'10 arc w?H'ng to lend you five very dollars is so outrageously suiall in compnrisub son with the number wlio want to borrow Vess. thit nuiouut, ) J DOMESTIC RECIPES Calves' Feet, Jelly Cheap.?Oct a lackagc of gelatine anil follow the directions riven. Ymi will find the i.-llv o.nsv to make ? v J nil delicious iu quality. Fish and Meat Sauce.?Six tablcpooufuls water, four of vinegar ; put into , saucepan and warm ; thicken with yolks >f two eggs; do not boil it; add juice of one emon. Peppermint Drops.?Mix one pound f powdered aud sifted loaf sugar with the whites of three or four eggs ; add ten or welve drops oil of peppermint; beat well; Irop ou writing paper. Condensed Egos.?One tcaspoouful of oudsuscd eggs is equal to one fresh egg. *o salt is needed iu usiug these eggs.? .'hey uiust be tliiuned with a little hot waer aud beaten up with the butter and su;ar. * ' '* ' To Cook. Prunes.?Put one pound iruncs into a stew pan, with four ouiucs of rhitc sugar, a smr^l stick of cinnamon, and hree cloves ; cover with water, let boil gculy for three-quarters of an hour, or uutil he fruit is quite soft. Tiet them cool. Plain Fruit Cake.?Oue cupful brown ugar, one cupful butter, one cupful molases, one cupful milk, three cupful* flour, four iggs, one and one-half tcaspoofuls crcaui artar, one teaspoonful soda, one pound raiius, chopped fine ; oue pouud currants.? Jake in a slow oveu. Macaroni Soup.?IJoil three pounds eal knuckle or scrag, with bones broken, n three quarts of water for three hours; :ook one-fourth pouud of macaroni, broken nto inch pieces, in water in a vessel by itself ill tender ; add little butter just as it is lone; strain the meat out of the soup, sca011 to taste; put the macaroni and the wacr it was cooked in in the soup, let boil mce and serve. Tomato Catsup.?For four or live marts of catsup boil one peek of ripe toma :ocs fifteen miuutcs without removing the skins, and strain through a sieve ; put into i little bag one tcaspoonful of whole cloves, )uc tablespoouful of ground ciuuauion, al?picc, and black pepper, and put these with i pint of good vinegar into the struiucd tojiatocs, and boil the whole carefully from ;hrce to five hours; when sufficiently boiled and condensed, stir in cnc tablespoonful jf ground mustard and one tcaspoonful of ground caycuuc pepper, salt to taste, and keep in well corked bottles. This catsup will keep for years. In "spring'tho'"more profit they ^ivc. The difficulty iu briuging off early chickens is in the want of warm quarters for nesting. Those who make a specialty ;?f poultry breeding arc careful in this matter, and such facilities arc so easily had as to be within the reach of all. In relation to setting the hens the Poultry IForWsays : We always choose the evening?after dark?as the best time to set hens. If they arc young fowls you cannot be assured that they will be steady sitters upon their first attempt at this undertaking, however earnest they may seem at the outset. They should therefore be placed upon artificial or valueless eggs at the begiuning, say three or four days, to ascertain if they really "incau business" when they appear inclined to foil >w the motherlv instinct. then give them the eggs you desire them to hatch, and you will be more successful, generally, than if you neglect this kind of trial at the o itset. Gai?ks in Young Fowls.?In a recent conversation with an experienced chicken grower, lie informed us that lie had bccu very successful in conquering gapes in young fowls by the application of air slaked lime. As soon as a manifestation appears, he confines his chickens in a box, ono at a time, sufficiently largo to contain the bird, aud places a coarso piece of cotton or linen cloth over die top. Upon the top of this he places the pulverized lime, aud taps the screen sufficiently to cause the limo to full through. This liiae dust the fowl inhales, causing it to sneeze, and iu a short time the cause of the gapes is thrown out in the form of a slimy mass or masses of worms, which had accumulated in the windpipe and smaller air vessels. This remedy he con siilcrs superior to any be has ever tried, and he seldom fails to cifcct a perfect cure. . Feeding tiie Old World.?New York, May 19.?Five steamers sailed for Europe to-day, viz : City of Richmond and Euglaud for Liverpool, Cauada for London, Anchovia for Glasgow, and llheiu for Bremen.? All the vessels go out full, nud the czpor tation of food is about equal to that of for' mer Saturday's shipments. It is stated at the shipping offiejs that a quantity of freight offered will have to lie over until next week for want of room. The shipments of grain aggregate 1C8,00( bushels ; of cheese there is nearly 25 00( boxes. The exact number of pounds of frosl beef cannot be obtained from the lists o cargoes, as somo have been shipped by tou in weight, aud others by tens in measure ment. On one vessel 100 tons in weigh have boon shipped ; on others 1.500 tons i measurement, and on another 2.000quartors averaging 200 pouuds each. The aggrcgat shipment of beef, however, fully equals thii of last Saturday. , HARD TIMES iNTfioTiiAM/^ToyTJhirl ton," who is evidently a close observer, says in a letter from New York to :he DauburV Nirtci: I wandered two uiilcs along Broadway.? I noticed that men walked less hastily than they did two or three years ago. They were not rushing from store to store with fat wallets and importuunto accounts. They slouched easily along, with a sort of sailor's roll, and seemed to have little to do. 15nys were uo longer tacking to avoid brusque men. Clerks stood in store windows twirling their whiskers Windows of gun and pistol stores were not patronized by gaping crowds of countrymen. There was much moving out of tenants, and a few pretty damsels stood hesitating in front of photographic galleries, wandering which artist they would patrouizc. Vrctty wagons-were displayed, but few were there to buy. In front of some of the ribbou stores there were lady gazer dra ?'nz from putc curiosity.? Stewart's bad no jam in front of its wide doors. Men's clothes seemed poorer; there were ragged edges to vests, aud boots, once shiny, were greyly ovcrlaping their soles.? Perhaps girls flirted more, because they had nothing else to do; but the men who bad time to ogle theui had no money for ice cream saloons. The bars were uot so bustling, aud the cheap restaurants contained a greater number of people than the dearer ones. I thought there were fewer apple stands. Button hole bouquets brightened fewer lappels, and the picture and music stoics were racaut. Where crowds wero most to be expected, in the carpet and furniture stores, there was a lack of people.? The old street, once crazy as bedlam, was almost as quiet as the streets of a Southern city. No grass grew among the stones, but the sparrows had uo ouo energetic enough I.. ...u it ?1.:I - .1 ' ou uimuiu iiii'in nunc nicy were stealing stray bits for their nests. It was cvideut that we arc living in hard times. UoIjD Thick.?The "swell uiob" of London perpetrate robberies with the most singular ingenuity and address, and appear never to be at fault. A lady alighted at a bank, ascended the steps and entered the vestibule and presented a check to the paying teller, received a very large amouut of bauk notes, which she deposited in her purse iniiAu?a.d iu her cajuaatto. just as aho . had taken her sfcat a gcnlTouinrt"eftin6 trowff " ? the steps ol the bank \ftthout his hat, wearing spectacles and leaving a pen behind his ear, said : "Madam, we have fjrgottcn to take the number of those notes. Will you , allow me to take them off?" She lidded \ him the notes and he ascended the stSP^of / the bank and entered the building. Tho lady having waited some time, finally rjturucd to the bank and soon ascertained that no person had been authorized to ask for the notes. Affecti.no Sioiit.?A correspondent, who writes from Vigo. Spain, says: In the neighborhood of I\iuisterrc, between the fishing villages of Bayona and Corunna, after stormy weather, pieces of wreck arc nnntlnnnllir Kninrr nrv *??,! VVV.W V.V.. .j nuouvu up, UIIU OUIIlt'llUlt'S the bodies of the drowned. A notable instance occurred after the storms of January, when a quantity of bodies were thrown out by the waves at Muros. Among them were the corpses of two ladies, one poor creature still holding in her arms her dead child.? The fishermen say they were well dressed and fair, aud supposed them to be English. Accounts of the wrecks nrc rarely if ever published in the native local papers, and where all on board have perished arc never heard of iu England. , Advice to Young) Men.?Never affect to be other than what you arc, cither richer or wiser. Never be ashamed to say "I don't know." Never be ashamed to say, when applied to for time or uioucy, "I cannot afford it." Once establish yourself aud your niodo of life as really what they arc, and your foot is on solid ground, whether for the gradual step onward or the sudden spring over a precipice. From these maxims we may deduce another?learn to say "No," with decision, whenever it meets tcmptatiou. 'Yes'; with caution whenever it implies a promise. A promise once given is a bond inviolable.? A man is already of some consequence iu the world when it is known that we can implicit} rely upon him. How frequently iu life have we seen such a man Dreferrcd to a ' lung list ot applicants fur souio important I charge; he has been lifted at oucc into station and fortune, merely because he has this reputation?that when ho says that ho knows a thing, ho knows it ; and when he says he will do a thing ho will do it. ' The latest bore, and a gigantic ono he is, 1 is the know it-all chap who has "thoroughly studied the situation in Roumnniu," and can tell you to a dot just whore the Russian I armies have got to cross the Danube, just ' whom all the Turkish eg n bouts ajid fort/es> ses are, just how far it is from KoTarasn to f Shumla, and all that sort of thing. R "Pat, did you iver see a black eyed Irislit man?" "Fair, Dennis, u plinty ov'eot. a Whin we had that bit ov a scrimmage, on i, St. Patrick's evening, down on tho uiarsh, e 1 think yc had a black eye yerself, Dennis, it an' 1 know that Tiddy U FIannn had a pair ov 'em, bodad " treatment of any good grain and stock rah ?kocping my animals up tho whole ye aud giving them the greatest variety of grc food, instead of tho great risk of pasturii My stock is not ouly healthy aud frco fr< disease, but more tractable and more eas caught nnd coutroled?no disposition break fences or roam at large. In conn tion with these valuable green crops, I 1 to suggest to my brother planters one ci i from which .can be obuinoU .tha yield of grebn forage or gOod hay for Win food. 'Tis upon the principle of the G man and English mixed crops of win vetch and oats. Prepare a rich piece land by thorough breaking in early, spri and about the first or middle of May br< again, broadcast two bushels per ncr< some good running pea, (Clay-bank ' others), broadcast over this six pounds ' sore of Egyptian or cat-tail Millet, hari 1 in well, nnd smooth or roll for the scyl 1 They both start together under' the wj 1 sun. The millet is dwarfed, but of the ri size to cut, and it supports the pea wh ' clambers over it. This produces the ri est mass of vegeMfftle matter I've ever s< and can be cut till the vines arc too wo 5 and hard, extending evon to middle of 1 tober. Tho othe^aaristies of millet mat } too oarly and arc too feeble to support ' vines. Hovif never estimated the uuui 1 of tons per acre this mixed crop will ] * duco on rich soil thus treated, bat beli it will eclipse anything yet fairly tried, a W. B. JONES s Birdsvillet -G|p. ] Aniil 2d, 1877. 9 How to Select G?ood FLOua.-^-In 6 looting flour first look to tho color. If 9 white, with a yellowish straw color tint, it. If it is white with a bluish cast, or i , white specks in it, refuse it. Second, i amine its adhesivness?wet and knead i " tie of it betweon your fingers ; if it w< soft and stioky, it is poor. Third, thr( 4 little lamp of dried flour against a sm it surface ; if it fulls like powder, it is ha< h Fourth, squcese some of the flour tig in your hand ; if it retains tho shape g 1? by the pressure, that, too, is a good sig u It is safe to buy flour that will stain these tests. These modes arc given b B old flour dealers, and they pertain to a ,r tor that concerns everybody?the sta i? life. Ito-v