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THE IRRIGATION AGK 



way as to make life considerably less 

 worth the living. The query is as to 

 what the agitators of the discontinuence 

 of employment on the part of these indus- 

 triously disposed persons intend to substi- 

 tute as a means of furnishing the objects 

 of cheir dissuasion with that which they 

 now secure by honorable labor. It can 

 hardly be expected that any enthusiasm 

 which can possibly be excited in favor of 

 the abstract proposition that wives and 

 daughter? should not work in factories 

 will, all alone by itself, satisfactorily fill 

 the place of substantial clothing and 

 nourishing food. It is philanthropy or 

 selfishness that is engaging this crusade 

 against female labor in Southern mills? 



SPOILING A HORSE. 



The following satirical suggestions are 

 made by the Journal of Medicine on 

 "Kow to Spoil a Horse." 



If you have occasion to stop on the 

 street either do not tie the horse at all, or 

 tie him to something to take with him if 

 he wants to get away. If the weather is 

 chilly it will toughen him to leave him 

 uncovered; but should you choose to 

 blanket him, throw the blanket over him 

 so loosely that the first breeze will turn it 

 over his head. 



A cold wind blowing on the chest of a 

 heated horse will refresh him greatly, and 

 if he stands in the gutter with melted 

 snow and ice running around his heels, so 

 much the better. 



When you return to the stable let the 

 horse cover the last few rods at the top of 

 his speed, and pull him up with a loud 

 triumphant "Whoa?" 



And now don't miss the glorious oppor- 

 tunity of trying the disposition of the 

 animal. Unfasten all the attaching straps 

 but one hold-back, and start the horse out 

 of the shafts. When you see the result 

 yell like a fiend. The strap that remains 



unfastened will first make the shafts 

 punch him in the stomach. 



Then pull all the harness off his back. 

 If he does not kick it is a sign he is a 

 good horse there is no wild horse in 

 him. 



If it is winter and the horse much 

 heated, either leave him in the stable 

 unblanketed, or put the blanket on at 

 once and leave it on. wet, all night. 



A draught of cold air from the opening 

 above the manger to the door behind, 

 blowing the whole length of his body, will 

 help to season him. If it is summer slop 

 his joints with cold water and give him a 

 couple of swallows to drink a couple 

 means any number, from two to a 

 hundred. 



If the horse is tired and exhausted do 

 not forget to feed him at once. He might 

 starve to death if you left him for an 

 hour. A heavy feed of corn will please 

 him greatly, and a generous allowance of 

 corn meal will make him look nice and 

 fat probably before morning. 



A liberal dose of ginger, pepper or 

 "condition powders" will scare away any 

 evil spirits that may be hovering about, 

 and make everything all right. 



[f the horse is not dead by the next 

 morning you can fix him up at your 

 leisure, and thereafter conscientiously 

 recommend him as "tough." But should 

 he be so unreasonable as to die during 

 the night, you can console yourself with 

 the reflection that it was not your fault 

 the animal was constitutionally weak. 



LARGEST MACHINE EVER SHIPPED 

 OVER THE OCEAN. 



The largest piece of machinery ever 

 exported from this or any country, has 

 just been shipped to one of the principal 

 iron works in Germany. 



It is a boring machine, capable of 

 boring cylinders no less than 20 feot in 



