Show ONE OF THE DUELS I 1 the reply of mr prentice of the louisville ky journal some months since to a person who had c challenged him while on a business visit to little rock arkansas has been much commented upon by the public press north Nort hand and south in that reply mr air prentice said sald presuming that your notes are written to me with a view to a duel I 1 may nay as well say here that I 1 have not the least thought of accepting a challen challenge 9 e from you there are many persons to whom my in life is valuable and however little or muy much value I 1 may attach to it on my own account I 1 do not see fit at present to put it voluntarily against yours 0 1 I dont want your blood upon my hands and I 1 dont want mine upon anybody 8 I 1 have pot the least desire to kill you or to harm a hair of your head and I 1 am not conscious of having done anything to make you wish to kill me 57 ac when we first saw the correspondence in the daily newspapers we called to mind a ver vey very yo laug laughable hable hatle circumstance said to have occurred in in albany durin during a session of the legislature at the capitol several years ago of course before the prohibition of duelling buelling du elling by statute in this state it was an exciting political time and owing owing to some words spoken in in debate by a heated heated member during the heated term 11 touching somewhat upon the private character of a bronw brother member a challen challenge 17 wa atch ed to the offending member by a friend as such a messenger is called in the language an ua 0 e of the code of honor X the challenge was at once accepted pleased with wil this promptness the second said when can we expect your friend dont want any friend 11 said the challenged party 1 I waive all such advantages lie he can have bave have a dozen if he wishes 11 this is magnanimous but it is not according to the code well sarif sir if larato lam iam to confer colfer with you directly what weapons broad swords the time day after tomorrow morlow to morrow at twelve at noon precisely 7 C at what place placey at 0 on the st lawrence your principal shall stand on one side of the river and ivill I 1 will stand on the other and we will fight it olit out 11 the second frowned this bisno jesting 0 matter sir you are not serious why yes I 1 am too the challenged party a right to the choice of weapons and place well yes sir but not to unusual deap ons ong in unusual places very well pistols will not be objected to of course assuredly not the gent lemans weapon 11 very ivery good then we will meet tomorrow to morrow in in the little village of B and at twelve precisely we will fight on the top of sugar loaf hill standing back to back marching ten paces then turning and firing will that arrangement be satisfactory it will we shall be there and the parties separated now sugar loaf hill at the place aforesaid was exactly what the name imports a sharp conical pillar of ground remarkable all the immediate country round for its peculiar formation the time arrived and the parties appeared on orf the ground but the state of the case leaked out very quick sir said the second as he arrived with his big almost breathless principal at the apex of the sugar loaf and surveyed the ground isial sir this is another subterfuge what kind of a place is this for a duel with pistols back to back and a forward march often of ten paces why sir both parties would be out of sight at eight paces let alone ten and in turning to fire you must fire into the hill sidel so much the better for both of us answered the party of the second part we are on terms of equality then which is not always the case in modern duels ll 11 0 Out e the challen challenging 7 in C 11 principal aily ally then in words too o plain to be misunderstood sir rily rill rl he said to the second principal ll 11 at the same time looking daggers at him sir r r you are a co coward well weli sp osin I 1 am you knew I 1 was or you would not have challenged betl me they do say that the wo two Part parties lesly 5 that W went ent down the steep sides of sugar loaf hill on that memorable occasion were as difficult of reconciliation as when they ascended its sides and moreover that they were as different in temper as possible one party was laughing and the other breathing br breathing eathin out threatening threat threatening enin 9 and slaughter but bothin nothing came of it after all this was the last of that duel knickerbocker er HAVE you GOT axt ANT nalls NAILS A tall gawky looking countryman during the height of the business season last fall walked into one of the tile largest whole wholesale sole sale dry good houses on broadway and entirely entire lV disregarding the invitations ef the numerous salesmen to inspect their latest patterns he strode into the counting room where the leads of the establishment were sitting bitting jn in solemn conclave after taking a cursory glance of the room and surveying attentively the faces nees of its occupants he asked with an unctuous yankee nasal twang say you got any nails nalls nails sir air ii ails alls repeated the tile most dignified dombey of the lot no sir air what should we do with nails nalls wal wai I 1 dunno danno thought thou glit may by you might t H faint aint got no nails eill eili eh IN asir Ns ir replied dombey again with an emo pil asis and pointing to the door the individual in search of nas nals took his time about it but left the counting room in turn lie he asked every clerk the same question and received the information from all that nails nalls formed no part of the stock of the tiie establishment well said he going towards the ther door dono idona k nai nal rs here the principal salesman whose dignity was hurt by the idea that any one should suppose that an establishment where lie he held a prominent pl place ace aoe siou should I 1 id keep nails headed the countryman off as lie he was proceeding toward the entrance and asked him abruptly what he wanted there want said sald the countryman as cool as a cucumber ll 11 1 I want vant to know if you ve got any nails nails no sir air youve been told again and azain again that weve got no pails palts so you had better go haas but you really aint got no xi nails ails no fir ive lve got no nails 3 thundered the principal sd salesman lesman 40 aint sot zot no nails eh well then jest laok albere mister alister if you aint got no nails what an awful fix been hr iff if happen to have the itch CLEANING axi ANI CARDING WOOL WOO L T ie wool is not always clean when it is washed white cie Cre cleansing ansing wool IS 1 by gir far a more difficult operation than carding those who have wool to card had better belter take lake it to tide the machine to ve b s cleaned and carded when chias conveniences for doing doll igl igi it properly oberly never grease wool till the tile day if is carler carded d carry the grease to the machine with the wool grease on wool soon becomes rancid and then it is as bad us as the gum and dirt of the tiie fleece I 1 As some bome will cleanse or attempt to cl cleanse nse their own wool it may not be amiss to give some directions upon the tile subject ten years experience J qualifies qu vilifies me to say that the tile following recipe will work well with proper care to four pails water add four quarts of silt wilt heat beat the solution as hot as you can call bear the hand in it put in the wool loosely say 2 lbs ibs at once in ten tell minutes it will be cleansed squeeze out the liquid which is better than before lor for the tile second lisp tise and while wllie the wool is warm rinse in plenty of water many diany use soap pound the wool wooi or rub it on a washboard wash board this is all wrong as such a course fulls the llie wool wooi like a felt hat and fails to remove the gum itis ilis difficult to convince such euch i a practitioner tit ioner that cleansing wool is a chemical process not mechanical soap renders wool sticky no one need fear of having his wool dropped if it be well cleansed cleal wool is perfectly white and free from gum again wool must not be left lell in a pile while wet till tilt it musts or mildews mil mii dews jews if so no machine I 1 ever saw will card it well isay I 1 say again pick out all burs sort your wool as you aou you want it and take it together with the grease to I 1 lie the machine and say to the carder cleanse and card if you do so the chances are you will have good rols rolls perhaps others mav may know of i better recipe than the above wool grower and stock register PROVERBS FOR PLANTERS never keep animals on oil short allow allowance auice atice if it you starve them they will sil all surely rely raly starve you although in draining land thoroughly your li purse arse may be dral drai drained ned yet nettlie the full crops that fall follow ow will lil ill soon fill 1111 it again I 1 trying to farm without capital is like trying to run a locomotive without fuel money aloney and wood must both be consumed if they are to move th the machine of the farm or of the rail always give the soil the first mehl meal if bilings well fed with manure it will feed all else plants animals and man if it you wish to give an eller eiler energetic getic movement int to all your firm farm machinery and keep its huni hundred lied wheels in rotation be sure not to be without a good lood rotations of crops i eryou if you allow your animals to shiver your fortune will be shivered in consequence that is the farmer who leaves ilis liis cattle to the tile w winds inas will find his profits also given to tle the winds heavy carrot crops for cattle will soon return carats barats of or gold I 1 did you ever hear bear the musical notes of a starving herd of hogs extinguish by food those notes speedily if you would avoid even moie mole more annoying notes after payday pay day has passed fences operate in two ways if good they are re a defense if poor an offense many diany a far merby farmerly farmer by too sparingly seeding his liiv new meadows has had llad to cede his whole whole farm every farmer should see daily every animal he has and inspect its condition weekly visits as with some soon result in weakly animas animals elme elje life illustrated I 1 I 1 ANALYSIS the following is a simple method of f analyzing soils for ordinary agricultural est test weigh g a convenient quantity of the earth to be anali analyzed ed say 1000 grains friedin oried m the open air dry I 1 the lle same before a fire oil on paper so 0 o as not to scorch coc i the paper reweigh reweigh and the diffee ence will be the moisture roast the residue reweigh and the difference difre rence will be the organic matter pour a convenient quantity of acid on the remain remainder when stirred and settled pour it off and add oxalate of ammonia the precipitate will be the he lime mix remainder with water and stir it well when a little settled pour off the turbid mixture and tiie HIP suspended contents are argillaceous and the dero it iou lou life illustrated CASTOR caston OIL A mechanical LUBRICANT the there i e is considerable cond erable advantage and arid economy economy in the use of pui e castor oil as a lubricating atina for machinery for this purpose purpose it will go at least twice as far as any other oil the cause of this gain are that this oil does not run out of the bearing whilst it does docs not r loh log from viscidity and itis it 11 entirely entirely nt irely free from acidity of every kind kidd experience peri ence has shown that bearing hearing which formerly required oiling twice or thrice a day are kept in perfect order by one dail dall daily daliy afe application of fine castor cator oil As to the cost the present market price nce leaves under the circumstance circumstances a saving of 50 per ceat diec niec Alec mechanics hanics journal TEMPERING Xi kiesser klesser esser of switz switzerland erland jre pro pares admirably hardened razors penknives and kindred articles from english caststeel cast steela steel by plunging ming ring the blaies blades at a cherry red heat into a bath made of fourteen parts by measure of yellow rosin in fine powder two parts fish oil and one part hot melted tallow they are then allowed to cool perfect perfectly iv and without wiping them are re heated to a low red heat and immersed in water in the usual way wak of tempering such articles the edge of the blade treated in this manner is said eaid to bevery be very fine london artiman Art izan substitute FOR BREWERS YEAST boil one ounce of hops in four quarts of water vater un until til the hots hops heps fall to the bottom of the pan pan s strain it and an when milk warm add six ounces of flour and five of sugar sugary set the mixture by the fire stirring it frequently in forty eight lpuis 8 add four pounds of potatoes boiled and arid bruised eine fine next day bottle bottie the yeast it will keep a month one four yeast and ana three of warm water is the proportion for forsaking blaking 0 lite lif life e il directions FOR SLEEPING the greal journal says that in sleeping that fos posture should be chosen which is pro motie motle of deep and full inspirations because nature renders the latter deeper when we are asleep than awake except in action hence a jibb high head by c crampitz cram r a in pime pite bot botolf I 1 if t the if e w windpipe i n d and ana an d flip lip blood vessels is bad ad the liea kead sipe should ifa tild rest resi 8 04 oja 11 line tine with the bady body i |