FARM, GARDES AM) HOUSEHOLD.
How John Johnston Applies Manure and
Grows Corn.
John Johnston of Geneva, N. Y. (now
eighty-seven years old), is acknowledged
to be the most successful, oonimon sense,
practical farmer in the United States.
We notice that the Elmira (N. Y.) Husbandman
has an account of a late visit
to this venerable farmer. The farm, on
which he has lived since 1821, was purchased
soon after reaching this country
from Scotland, and the land at the time
was not thought to be valuable, as the
crops that grew on it were light, " But
it was fortunate for me," said Mr. Johnston,
" that I had learned in the old country
the value of manure, and how to apply
it. It was fortunate also that I
understood the advantage of draining, for
I soon found that was the first great want
of mv farm. I sent to Scotlaud for
samnies of tiles and had them made here.
My improvemt nts, through draining, soon
attracted great attention. I drained my
farm as rapidly as I could meet the ex*pense,
and applied all the manure I could
make. I grew splendid crops of wheat
and corn. Corn I found was a very profitable
crop. The stalks make excellent
feed for animals. My wife always
thought she could make better butter
from cows fed on stalks than from those
kept on hay. I wintered a good deal of
stock, feeding up my staltt, hav and
grain, and working my large product of
straw into manure. The best crop of
wheat I ever raised was forty-two and a
half bushels per acre on sixty-four acres;
but I have several times raised an average
of forty bushels. I aimed to have
my land kept clean and rich, and alwats
to use pure seed. My rule is to apply
manure several months before it is plowed
under. I pile my manure in the
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uuu iu UUO mil J. spicou 11/ l/u outu
land as I intend to plow for corn the following
spring. One great object I have
in piling my manure, is to destroy all
weed seeds. If the manure is handled
enough, all seeds will be destroyed. I
have raised 187 bushels of ears of corn
to the acre (equal to ninety-three and a
half bushels shelled corn). This was a
little more than an average, although I
have had large crops all the time. I
plant my corn in drills three feet four
inches apart getting as near as possible
five kernels to a foot. I have not planted
in hills for thirty years. A good hand
# will plant seven acres a day with a drill,
and the yield of corn will be larger and
the stalks vastly better.- The last time
* the corn is plowed, a skillful workman
will turn a furrow so closely upon the
row, as to perfectly cover up and smother
any weeds which may appear."
Remarks.?It must be remembered
that the kind of corn grown in New York
State is the small kind, and hence the
rows of corn can be placed nearer together
than it would be proper to place
them where the larger varieties of corn
are raised.
r M.riu iioir9?
Subsoiling, like surface plowing,
should be done for every crop. Clover
roots are a good subsoiling agent, thej
mellow and enrich the ground, aud give
it porosity.
To eradicate quack roots, plow twice
before planting, and the roots will be so
cut up that an ordinary horse will have
no difficulty in pulling the cultivator,
without a rider to keep it down.
The most successful fruit growers,
East and West, have decided that there
is no better remedy for the coddling
moth than to pasture hogs in the orchards,
to eat the wormy apples and the
worms therein. If the orchards are too
large for the number of hogs kept, sheep
are turned in. If we will all unite in
this system, we shall soon see its good
results. There is no doubt about its
being effective.
To prevent saddle-galls, the saddle
should be lined with some smooth, hard
substance. Flannel or woolen cloth is
bad. A hard, finished, smooth rawhide
lining, similar to those of the military
saddles, is preferable. Then, if the saddle
is properly fitted to the horse's back,
there will be no galls unless the horse is
very hardly used. Galls should be wash
ed with soap and water, and then with a
solution of three grains of copperas or
blue vitriol to'one tablespoonfnl of water,
which will harden the surface, and help
to restore the growth of the skin. White
hairs growing upon galled spots cannot
be prevented.
The Norwegian method of making hay
is as follows : The grass, when cut, is
hung up on poles to dry, where it remains
until the wind and sun cure it.
The sun does not burn it; on the contrary,
it is as bright and green as when
growing. In some fields strings of fences
are seen, bearing thin loads of hay,
several rods in length. Some farmers
plant posts in the fields twelve feet apart,
and in the upper part of these posts pegs
are inserted about one foot asunder. On
these pegs poles are laid, and on them
the grass is hung, where it remains until
it is thoroughly cured. The result is
the very best of hay.
Household Hints.
T 1 1 J i A _ V _ 1 _ A
uara or Dutrer do oe usea ior pasiry
should be as hard as possible. Tf left on
the ice for a while before using the pastry
will be lighter and better. It needs
only to be cut through the flour with a
chopping knife, not rubbed.
A tablespoonful of ground horse radish,
added to every quart of catsup orJ
pickles, will keep the mold from the
top.
Take out the steels of a corset before
wasliing; use one teaspoonful of borax
to a pailful of hot water. Spread the
corset on the washboard, and scrub with
a clean brush and a veiy little soap.
Bleach in the sun if yellow, but do not
boiL Rub in starch, and when dry
sprinkle thoroughly and iron while
damp.
A rough towel or a piece of flannel is
better to wash the face with than a
6ponge. The roughness cleanses the
pores of the skin, and if a little soap is
applied will remove those little black
specks, which trouble many people.
A mole on the face may be removed by
repeated applications of colorless iodine.
To Clean Decanters.?Roll up some
small pieces of soft brown or blotting
paper; wet them and soap them well.
Put them into the decanters, about one
quarter full of warm water; shake them
well for a few minutes; then rinse them
with clear, cold water; wipe the outsides
with a nice dry cloth, put the decanters
to drain, and when dry, they will be almost
as bright as new ones.
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Mount Vesuvius.
Italians are unusually excited about
Mount Vesuvius; and strange stories
are told of the sounds emitted from its
interior which are likened to the roar of
a disturbed sea, amid which is distinguished
a crackling as of many burning J
logs of wood. These noises are heard,
it is said, at a distance of two miles from
the crater; and fears have been expressed
lest a continuous discharge of lava
should effect a passage which would
place the observatory in danger. Some
thirty persons, ladies included, made a
nightly ascent of the mountain to witness
the magnihcent spectacle presented, ;
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COMTEK'S MALADY,
"Wood t'#r Nothing but a Port "?A Ketni"
nUcence.
4 From the age of twenty-three," remarks
Oowper, in a letter to Lady Hesketli,
441 was occupied, br ought to have
been occupied, in the study of the law.
At the age of eighteen, being tolerably
I well furnished with grammatical knowl1
T 1.1 P TIT L 1.^
euge, i was i?keu irom vy esuuiuster
school, and, having spent about nine
months at home, was sent to acquire the
practice of an attorney." It was at this
time, it seems, that he became acquainted
with Thurlow, who afterward became
lord chancellor of England, and who, in
that capacity, more than once bullied
George the Third and his youthful prime
minister (Pitt) after a fashion the most
extraordinary. Well.it was with Mr.
Cliapman, a solicitor in London, that
Cowper was placed; and in the same
j office young Thurlow had become a stu1
dent about the same time. The conjunction,
to say the least of it, was a remarkable
one?we can scarcely, indeed, conceive
of one more so?and the description
Cowper affords to Lady Hesketh of
the doings between himself and the em#
bryo clianceilor are quite as amusing as
thev are remarkable. It appears Cowper
took no pains whatever to qualify himself
for practice in his profession (his
poetical faculty was already becoming
troublesome), which sufficiently explains
t he ominous speech he addressed to young
Thurlow on one occasion of theirtakingtea
together at the house of the lady above
mentioned. "Thurlow," remarked Cowper,
"I am nobody, and shall always be
nobody, and you will be chancellor/ You
shall pro vide for me when you are." Thurlow
smiled and replied: "Iwill." "These
ladies," said Cowper, "are witnesses."
The future chancellor still smiled, and
said: "Let it be so, for I certainly will do
| it." By this time, obviously, Cowper's
constitutional malady begun to manifest
itself, and he was becoming " good for
nothing" in the estimation of himself
and the world. Thurlow, on the other
hand, forcibly reminds us of the Irishman's
horse, " Botherum," whose owner,
: in the exuberance of his pride (thougli
Botherum was finally distanced in the
race), could not help exclaiming: " Botherum
forever?see how he drives them
all before him!" Well, the poor, despondent
Cowper?and estimating himself
in comparison with his friend Thurlow
as a being of no account whatever?
continued to feel more feeble, while
Thurlow, by sheer force of talent, reached
the highest position in the realm. He
was hurled from that position eventually,
and though his name is inscribed on
the roll of fame with the names of other
distinguished men it is more than likely
rliofnrvf rwflfiirifv TtTI 11
tiiUt JLlUb iai Uiovcuiv ia/oWi.*VJ ham ik/v
apt to forget it. But the name of Cowper
(who in his own estimation, was a
" nobody " and " always would be a nobody")*
that same distant
posterity have to say with regard to this
enchanting poet of modern times ? Of
course the writer can never know, but he
can well conceive that when centuries
will have elapsed and when Thurlow's
name will have been forgotten that of
Cowper will be held in enthusiastic remembrance.?
Woonsocket Patriot.
Queen Victoria's Horses.
The following is Jennie June's description
of Victoria's horses: I am very
fond of horses, and the queen, or her
equerxy-in-chief, Colonel Maude, has
both judgment and taste. Nothing
could be finer than her stud of light
gray, some of which accompany her
wherever she goes, and nothing prettier
than the mouse-colored and milk-white
?some used for riding, others for garden
chairs by the royal children, Leopold
nd Beatrice. A dozen or more superb
bay horses were shown as the stud that
the Prince of Wales had recently taken
to Ascot, and two fine horses?one light
bay, the other chestnut?occupied small
stables by themselves, and were named
Nimrod and Alma, the horses formerly
used for riding by Prince Albert and the
queen, but now grown too old for service,
and only carefully exercised and tendered.
There are many more magnificent
private stables than those of the queen.
The distinguishing characteristics of
them are perfect order, cleanliness and
fitness. There is not a particle of display,
only the names of the horses being
placed over each, and in some cases over
the harness, each set of which shines
brightly in its place, in a room as free
from smell and as neat as a well-kept
parlor. One of the queen's horses is
named Parepa, others Fancy, Puss, Riot,
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-Uesuny, r aggoix anu rui^iuvo. -a. ^tua
of Arabian ponies, sent as an imperial
present from the emperor of Russia,
were not only remarkably beautifnl and
alike in color and general appearance,
but also in the very spots and marksupon
the limbs and body. The similarity
was indeed wonderful. The carriages
are generally light, handsome and
perfectly plain, finished no better and no
worse than those of any quiet, modest
lady or gentleman. In fact, good sense
and good taste were shown throughout.
Russian Names.
A young man in this city, says the New
York Dispatch, recently sent a letter to
a friend who is traveling with the Russian
army, asking him to send on the
names of the principal Russian generals.
The friend tried to telegraph them, but
had only sent two over the wires when
the cable refused to work. Thousands
of dead fish appeared on the surface of
the ocean, and finally the company refused
to send any more. Then he mailed them.
Every office through which they passed
was demolished. When they reached
New York the envelope containing them
was badly shattered, and everybody who
touched them was stricken' with the
paralysis. The post-office roof caved in. (
Postmaster James soon after issued his
famous order. They finally reached the
young man. He was a bank clerk, and
he has never been heard of since that ,
day. In a coat pocket that he left behind
was found about a peck of ashes,
and a small piece of paper that evidently
escaped destruction. It bore this word:
" Petrokogxtmonohtx "?. Just as this
syllable was read it went off. The authorities
have ordered more, and will ,
use it for blasting purposes. P. S.?
Sinoe writing the above it has been ascer- ,
tained that $10,000 of the bank's money
left when the clerk did.
Down in a Well.
A hunter in the woods of northern
Michigan fell into an old mine hole or
well, recently. He was badly bruised,
but his cries attracted attention and he
was drawn out with a rope. An examination
of the hole was made the next
day, and a human skeleton was found at
the bottom in a sitting position. Investigation
left no doubt that it was the
skeleton of a man who had fallen in and
had perished of starvation. Marks on
the side of the excavation showed where
he had tried to cut steps, and his rusted
gun was found near the top. An old
almanac for the year 1866, taken from
the remains of his clothing, rendered it
probable that he met his fate in that
year.
BATTLE OF BENNINGTON.
A C'entenninl Brittle of tlie Revolution
Graphically Dexcribed-FlgbtinK Pur*on
Allen?General Stork's Famous Address.
Burgoyne and his confident army had
matched down from Quebec, compelled
early in July, 1777, the evacuation of
Ticonderoga, acknowledged to be the key
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to new Uiiigianu ana new iuia, iuiu
proceeding to unite with Sir William
Howe on the lower Hudson, and thus
cut off from the rest of the colonies and
capture and subjugate this whole eastern
country. All this would have been accomplished
but for the defeats at Bennington
and in the Mohawk valley, ending
in the surrender of Burgoyne at
Saratoga. A writer in the New York
Herald gives an interesting and graphic
account of the battle, which occurred
one hundred years ago on the fifteenth
of August. He says:
Saturday, the day of the eventful con- 1
diet, is said to have been a rarely perfect
day, with nature fresh washed and 1
dewily fragrant. General Stark got his I
1,600 men?the New Hampshire militia,
Green Mountain boys and Berkshire
1 farmers, all fresh from the hay field?
early in motion, but did not commence
the attack until the middle of the afternoon.
Parson Allen, of Pittsfield, is 1
said to have begun the day by a prayer '
of inspiration, asking the God of battles I
to "teach their hands to war and their
fingers to fight," and it is at this time 1
that General Stark is said to have made i
the following famous address to the
Berkshire soldiers:
*' Boy8, there are the red coats, and 1
i-"l.nniwi /-?? tliia ninrVif Afnllr Sfflrlf <
Ullcjr OIC UIUO) Ul Ulio rnguv iuv?.j
sleeps a widow." i
The militiamen went stealing behind
Baum, the Hessian commander, in their
shirt sleeves, mistaken by him, 'tis said,
for the loyalists of the region seeking
the protection of his lines. Stark was
uearing the Tory hill on the front, ready to
open fire, when slender, youthful :
Parson Allen stepped to the front to j
exhort his Tory neighbors in the name
of the Lord to desist from giving battle 1
to the American forces. That they re- J
plied with bullets so justly incensed the
man of God that ho borrowed the gun of
his brother,Lieutenant Joseph Allen, i
and fired the first return shot of the battle.
The attack of the American forces
in the rear of Baum's camp quickly fol- ^
lowed, and General Stark officially says: <
" I pushed forward the remainder with ]
all speed; our people behaved with the '
greatest spirit and courage imaginable. ]
Had they been Alexanders or Charleses, ]
of Sweden, they could not have behaved 1
better." The Yankee farmers stripped <
for the fight, and, enraged at encounter- 1
ing their Tory neighbors, soon made the 1
intrenchments too hot for the loyalists, (
and the poor wretches, attempting to 1
scale the steep and slippery height to the 1
main camp, were shot down remorse- 1
lessly. The Indians fled early in the I
battle, and the Americans advanced like <
veterans against the terrible fire of the i
Hessians, "mounting the breastworks 1
that were well fottified and defended 1
with cannon." "It was the hottest (
tight," said Stark, "I ever saw in my
life. It represented one continuous clap 1
of thunder"?two hours of it, before 1
Colonel Baum, attempting a gallant sally, '
was mortally wounded, and his Tories 1
fled and surrendered. 1
The prisoners were filed into Benning- 1
ton, and the wounded of both sides ten- i
derly cared for. The dead enemies were *
buried with no ceremony. Colonel
Baum had been taken with Colonel ,
i rn J ^
-fteter, a notea ?ory wno awxieu ? uj?^nificent
house in Hoosac, to a house
about a mile away, and both died within
a day. Baum, by his self-sacrificing
bravery, inspired a cordial liking among
the Americans, and was devotedly administered
to in his death. The hundred
and fifty Tory prisoners were much
more roughly treated than the Hessians.
They were marched into the village two
by two, the women taking down their
bedsteads to get ropes to hang them
with. They were made to tread down
roads in winter, kept guarded at the
meeting-house, put upon the limits of
their own farms or banished under penalty
of death from their own town, and
some were even sent down to the Simsbury
mines. The Hessian dead are
buried in the village cemetery, and visitors
here view their graves with interest
and curiosity. Of the American dead
Bennington mourned four of lfei most
respected citizens?John Fay, Henry
Walbridge, David Warner and Nathan
Clark. John Fay was firing from behind
a tree, and his last words, as he
raised his musket to fire, were: " I feel
that I am fighting in a good cause," and
a ball struck him in the very center of
the forehead. Theory: "John Fay is
shot!" roused his comrades to fury, and
they sprang from behind the trees, fired
tlieir guns in the very faces of the enemy,
and pressed over the breastworks.
Leonard Robinson, who was a dead shot,
said: " I prayed the Lord to have mercy
on the poor victim's 6oul, and then I
took care of his body."
Adrianople.
Adrianople, which lies in the way o
the Russian advance to Constantinople,
is situated at the confluence of the
Timdja, the Maritza and the Arda, and
is about one hundred and thirty-five
miles distant from the Turkish capital.
Its population has been variously estimated
at from 80,000 to 110,000 inhabi- [
tants. According to the most trustworthy
accounts, about half of these are
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1'UrKS, 3U,UUU -DUlgOTianB uuu wccae,
and the remainder Jews and Armenians, f
Adrianople was taken by the Turks 1
from the Greek emperors m 1362, and
was made the capitol of the Turkish
empire, remaining so until Constantinople
was seized in 1153. It is at
present virtually an open town. The
old part is surrounded by a wall, and t
contains a citadel; but these are now i
useless as defenses. Recently more i
modern works have been constructed by t
the Turks, but these are only of a field, r.
or at the most of a provisional type. e
In the opinion of Von Moltke, the 1
hollow roads, ditches and garden walls 1
without the town afford great facilities 1
for its defense, and the approaches may 1
be covered by troops drawn up so as to 1
rest upon the rivers, but only in corps i
of not less than thirty thousand or forty 1
thousand men. The town is, however, <
overlooked by heights on every side, !
^naomiAnflv it, won Id be hardlv ]
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possible to hold it against an army pro- 1
vided with modern artillery. The first i
view of Adrianople is described by Yon <
Moltke as being wonderfully beautiful, i
the white minarets and the lead-roofed ;
cnpelas of the mosques, bathes and cara- i
vanserais rising in countless numbers :
above the endless mass of flat roofs and
the broad tops o? the plane trees.
The country around is also exceedingly
lovely. From the valleys of the rivers
hiils rise up gently, but to a considerable
height, covered with vineyards and
orchards; and as far as the eye can
reach it sees nothing but fertile fields,
groves of fruit trees and flourishing villages.
Within, however, the streets are
narrow and irregular, the shelving roofs
of many of the houses projecting so as to
meet these on the opposite side of the
^ay.
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A Representative American.
The New York Times, in noticing the
recent death of William B. Ogdcn in
New York, has this to say concerning the
deceased:
The life of William B. Ogden, which
closed at High Bridge yesterday, not only
covers a large portion of American history,
but has been closely identified with ,
wurn. Ul UC\ibBUAblUU. OUU iUiu nmvu
night well have undaunted the most
jtoical of men. When the American
Defoe shall arise to i elate the details of
;he Chicago fire and the jpet unrecorded
lorrors of the more ternble flame that
iwept the pine forests of Wisconsin, the
lame of William B. Ogden will have a dis;inguished
place among the men who
;vere first to remember in that double
ruin the American spirit of hopefulness
md self-help.
rhc Highest Monument in the World.
The new cast-iron spire of the catheirs
1 at Rouen has just been completed,
rhe Semaine Religieuse publishes the
following particulars relative to the comDarative
heights of the principal monunents
of the globe as contrasted with
;his new work. The dome of St. Peter's
it Rome, the marvel of modern art,
;hrown up to the skies by the genius of
Bramante and Michael Angelo, is 452
'eet above the ground; Strasburg, the
lighest cathedral in all France, reaches,
vith its celebrated clock tower, 465 feet;
kmiens, 439 feet; Chartres, 399 feet;
Sotre Dame, at Paris, has only 222 feet,
rhe Paris Pantheon, considered one of
the boldest edifices, does not exceed 308
'eet, the cross included. On another
tide, the highest pyramid, that of
Uheops, measures 478 feet according to
lome travelers,'465 feet according to
>thers, and this latter calculation is the
>ne generally adopted?a height which
10 human construction has hitherto exxxA/lod
Tlia rurramid of Oheohrem has
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L36 feet, that of Mycorenus 177 feet.
Lmong more modern edifices, the dome
>f St. Paul's, London, has 860 feet; that
>f Milan, 375 feet; the Hbtel de Ville
>f Brussels, 352 feet; the Square Tower
>f Asinelli (Italy), 351 feet; the dome of
he Invalides, Paris, 344 fee; St. Sophia,
it Constantinople, only rises to 190 feet;
he leaning tower of Pisa to 187 feet;
he Arcde Triomphe, Paris, to 144 feet;
he Pantheon of Agrippa to 141 feet;
he Observatory of Pans to eighty-eight
eet. The dome of the Capitol at Washngton,
including its statue, reaches 307
eet in height, Trinity church Steeple in
!few York being 284 feet. From these
igures, which are given in round num>ers,
it will be seen that the spire of
itouen, which has a height of 492 feet,
s the most elevated monument in the
vorld. The old one, commenced in 1544 .
>n the plans of Robert Becquet, deitroyed
by the fire of September 15,
l872, and wliich was justly considered
me of the boldest and most perfect
vorks in existence, had a height of 433
eet. It was, therefore, fifty-nine feet
ess than the present spire.
Russian Uniforms.
A noticeable feature in the uniform of
he Russian army is the manner in which
he several regiments- and brigades of a
livision are distinguished from one
mother by the color of their facings, etc.
die dress of the infantry of the line conlists
of a single-breasted dark green
;unic, in cut somewhat similar to a
douse, with trousers tucked in long
:>oots. On the shoulder strap of the
;unic is the number of the division to
vhich the man belongs; while his brigade
is shown by the color 01 tne strap, mis
Latter being red in all the.first brigades
?f divisions, and light blue in all the
second brigades. ' The order of the
regiments in a division is indicated by
the color of the collar, both of the tunic
ind of the cloak. In the first regiment
of a division the collars are red, in the
second light blue, in the third white, and
in the fourth dark green. The head
dress of the line is a chapka, with the
number of the regiment on it. In fortress
battalions the color of the shoulder
strap is always red, having marked on it
the initial letter of the fortress to which
the battalion belongs. Men belonging
to the field artillery also wear a dark
green ^tunic with red collar and shoulder
straps, on which is marked the number
of the brigade. The regiments of the
guard wear a double-breasted tunic, and
are likewise distinguished* from one
another by the color of theijr facings, etc.
The head dress is a helmet, excepting in
the Paul regiment, the men pf which
wear the grenadier cap.
some of the most important lnausinai
developments of the last half century.
Born at the beginning of Jefferson's
second term, he reached man's estate
when John Quincy Adams was President
of the United States. He was buying
land at and near the present site of
Chicago when the place of the future city j
was marked only by Fort Dearborn and
a few huts, and when the land which 1
bears some of the costliest buildings of
the metropolis of the West could be had J
for a few dollars an acre. His observing ;
eye took in the future development of
the great Northwest while as yet the Indian
paddled his canoe on Lake Michigan,and
the traveler had to pass through
the villages of populous tribes of red
men to penetrate into Wisconsin or to
reach the banks of the Mississippi. He
looked over the Western country with
the perceptive faculty of a trained man
of business when there were little more
than 5,000 persons between X?ake Michigan
and the Pacific, and he lived to*see
the population of that portion of tho
country increased more than two thousand
fold. He was, in one respect, the
Astor of Chicago, only his practice differed
from our great holders of real
estate in selling whenever he had the
chance, and buying back again at
greatly enhanced figures when he beii/jtto/1
if. in V?a nrnfitable or eroedient.
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Mr. Ogden's career was full of suggestive
contrasts to an extent which is found
in the life of but few men of business.
He was the first major of Chicago, and
lie was one of the chief sufferers from the
fire which threatened to terminate the existence
of the city over whose development
lie had watched so sedulously. We know
of nothing more dramatic in the history
of commercial trials and triumphs than
bis experience in the great fire. He
reached Chicago to find not only that his
great lumber yard had been burned out,
but that every vestige of its contents had
been blown away by the hurricane which
followed in the track of the fire. The
ex lent of that disaster, and its accompanying
losses from the destruction of
buildings which he owned in whole or in
part, had hardly been realized before the
news of the forest fire of Wisconsin broke
suddenly upon him. Peshtigo was the
center of that great conflagration, and
sras also the seat of Mr. Ogden's saw
cnills and lumber business. Thus'' at
one fell sweep " went a large part of his
property and his wealth, but these accumulated
misfortunes fell upon a man who
tvas something more than a mere moneygrabber,
and whose practical instincts
combined with his feelings of humanity
aervod him to the effort of repairing a
L J?Win tpKi/ili
Rats Setting- a Ship on Fire.
While the Pacific Mail steamship
Granada was beating against a heavy
wind and running sea about forty miles
off Point Conception, some Chinese sailors,
who were asleep in their hammocks
over the forward hatch, were awakened
by smoke. At the same time the watch
on deck discovered dense smoke issuing
from the hatch. An agile Mongol ran
abaft and informed First Officer Hart that
the ship was on fire. Simultaneously
the boatswain, also a Mongol, violently
rang the fire bell. First Officer Hart is
afraid of fire. He has been burned out
several times, and was on the Japan
when that steamer was burned off the
Chinese coast, about two years ago. He
has for years made it his habit to liave
the hose placed on the deck every night
at eight o'clock. Bushing forward, he
found that the ship was indeed on fire.
The captain was instantly notified, and
Hart, seizing an ax, chopped a hole in
the hatch, and called for a small-sized
volunteer. A Chinaman sprang forward,
and }Hart ordered him to take the hose
and go below to extinguish the fire. The
almond-eyed tar bound a wet towel over
his face, and obeyed with alacrity,
and Hart, who is a large man, enlarged
the aperture and followed.
Seven Chinamen went down after
him like monkevs, and the pumps
were manned. The engine was stopped,
and, ceasing its task of driving wheels,
commenced forcing water. By this time
the passengers, alarmed by the unwonted
tumult And the clanging fire-bell,
were huddled, half naked, on the deck
in a panic. The Women shrieked and
the sterner sex felt decidedly shaky. The
exploring squad below deck groped their
way through the suffocating smoke, to
the store-room in the fore hold, where
thev found the fire. The pumps were
already working, and in three anil a half
minutes after the alarm, water was playing
on the flames, and in three and * a
half minutes more the blaze was extinguished.
The origin of the fire was certainly
very curious. In the store-room
was a barrel of matches in paper boxes.
Rats are remarkably fond of phosphorus.
This outre taste caused the fire. It was
found that rats had gnawed their way
through the walls of the store-room and
into the matches, and in their nibblings
at the lucifers the attrition of their teeth
ignited them and created the blaze. Insurance
men state that the majority of
the instances of fire by " spontaneous
combustion " are really caused by rats
nibbling at matches.
What Ailed Him.
One of our dry goods clerks called
round to see his girl the other evening.
She observed that he appeared very restless,
and as he had been paying her
pretty sharp a'tention she sniffed a proposal.
She determined to assist the
young man.
"George, dear,"she said, in a sweet
voice, " what's the matter with you this
evening ?"
" There ain't nothing the matter," replied
George, twisting uneasily in his
chair.
"I think there is," she said, with
great interest.
. "Ob, no, there ain't," returned
George, " what makes you think so ?" j
"You appear so restless," she explaiu-!
ed; " you act as if there was something ;
Western?Firkins 11 in i
Cheese?State Factory 08 @ 09
State Skimmed 03 @ OS
Western 07 #? 09
Eyes?State and Pen nsvlvania 16 ft 16#'
BUFFALO.
F!onr 9 75 ?10 26
Wheat?No. 1 Milwaukee 1 69 ft 1 70
Corn?Mixed CI ft 61
Outs 40 ft 60
Ryo...r 9' ft 98
Barley 89 ft 68
Barley Malt 100 (4 110
PHILADELPHIA.
Beef Cattle-Extra 06 *(4 06#
Sheep 05 ft 01
Hoga?Dressed 08 V" 09#
Flour?Pennsylvania Extra 7 fO ft 7 62#
Wheat?Red Weatern 1 40 0 1 40
Rye 68 ft 68
Corn?Yellow 61 ft 62#
Mixed 69 ft 69
Oats?Mixed 38 ^ 88
Petroleum?Crude 09#?0J# Refined, 13#
Wool?Colorado 24 ft 80
Texas 37 ? 80
Calliornla 27 ft 86
BOSTOH.
Beef Cattl 06% ft 09#
Sheep 06#? 06#
Hogs 06 ft 09
Flour?Wisconsin and Minnesota... 8 00 ft 9 CO
Corn?Mixed 68#? 66
Oats? " 68 ft 62
; Wool?Okio and Pennsylvania XX... 60 ? 60
California 18 ? 20
BBIOHTOH, MASS.
Beef Cattle 06#? 07#
8heep 06 ft 09#
Lambs.. 07 ? 10
Hogs 07#? 03
WATERTOWTf, MASS.
Beef Cattle?Poor to Choice.. ...... 6 76 ?1000
Sheep 6 76 ft 8 00
Lambs.,., 7 00 $960
? .i
I
on your mind." i
"It ain't on my mind," observed
George;" "it's"?and then he suddenly
caught himself, and stopped.
" "What is it?where is it, dear?" entreated
the young miss; " won't you tell'
your darling ?"
"It's on my back," blurted George,
with an effort.
"On your back?" repeated the young
miss, in astonishment
"Yes," said George, desperately;
" it's a porous plaster, and it itches so 1
can't keep sti'L"
The young lady fainted.
Physicians of high standing unhesitatingly
give their indorsement to the use of the Graefcuberg-MarshaH'n
Catholicoa for all female
oomplaints. The weak and debilitated find wonderful
rolief from a constant nee of this valuable
jremedy. Sold by all druggists, tl.50 per
bottle. Send for almanacs, Gracfenberg Co., |
New York.
iv..ii.RaU<>il Rrrad. Riscnlfs,
1HHHI9 ftw v?-J. . . ? r
Cakes and pastry, digest easily and conduct) to
good healtli. Good health makes lat>or of all
kinds easier, and prolongs life. Dooley's Yeast
Powder will always make all these productions
light and wholesome. It is warranted to make
better, lighter, sweeter, more toothsome, and
nutritions biscuits, cake, bread, etc., than any
other baking powder.
CHEW
The Celebrated
" Matchless "
Wood Tag Plug
Tobacco.
The Pioneer Tobacco Company,
New York, Boston, and Chicago.
I nm Rtllous.
Quirk's Irish Tea will runko a new man of
you. Sold by druggists at 25 cts. & package.
The Markets.
m you.
Beef Cattle?Native 10*? 11*
Texas and Cherokee.... 10
Milch Cows ?.....esoo ?esoo
Hogs?Live C5 A 06%
Dressed.- ;.... 0 %A 01%
8heep ; 05 Vs? 08*
Lain be 06*? Of.*
Cotton-Middling 1 11*? 11*
Flour?Western?Good to Choice.... 6 25 (4 1 CO
State?Good to Choice 6 0 ? 6 25
Wheat?Red Western HI ? 1 <T
No. 2 Milwaukee 1 70 e* 1 7i
Rye?State Ml A t6
Barley?State <8 ? 52
Barley Malt 125 ? 1 25
Oats?Mixed Western 84 A 34
Corn?Mixed Western f?*w 63*
Hay. perewt 65 A 70
Straw?per cwt 65 ? 60
Hope 76's-OS ?15 75's 06 ? 10
Pork?Mess 13 75 ? 13 75 ^
Lard?City Steam 11*? 11*
Fish?Mackerel, No. 1, new 24 00 ?26 00
" No. 2, ne\f 13 CO ?14 01
Dry Cod, per cwt 4 75 ? 4 76
Herring, Scaled, per box 22 ? 55
Petrolenm?Crnde 07*?07* Refined. 13*
Wool?California IHeece 25 ? 35
Texas " 21 ? 31
Australian " 43 A 45
Butter?State 23 A 28
Western Choice 26 A 26
Western?Good to Prime,... 23 ? 25*
What C'nn be Cared
Need not be endured, Although what can't must
be. Among the bodily ilia susceptible of complete
removal by that benign tonic and alterative.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, are general
debility, malarial fevers, constipation, dyspepsia,
liver disorder and nervousness. Its remedial
capabilities are. however, by no means limited
to these maladies. Its properties as a blood
denurent render it extremely serviceable in expelling
the acrid impurities which produce
those painful disorders, rheumatism and gout,
and its invigorating and mildly stimulating
effect upon the kidneys and bladder constitute
it a useful medicine for impelling those organs
to a complete performance of their functions
when they are weak and inactive. In fact, there
is scarcely any disease of which weakness is an
accompaniment, in which this admirable medicine
cannot be used with advantage.
Pond'* Extract*
for varicose veins, hemorrhages or any pain.
Physicians?allopathic, homeopathic ana eclectic?recommend
it. Ask of them. 0
Proouredor NoPaf.forererj
X -Dill OX vJll O wounded.ru ptared .evident
ally injured or diseased Soldier. Address, Cfol. H. W
FITZGERALD, U. 8. Claim Atfy, Washington. D. 0.
VIOLIN STRINGS!
Genuine Italian Violin Strings, also for Banjo o* Got
far. 15 and 2(>o. each,or jtl.-jOand 92 ados. Sent
0/ inai Ion receipt of price. Ditalers! Send card for catalogue.
J. NAEMiER* Importer of Musicalljwtrument*
and Strings. 1QO Chamber* St.? NewYf k<
BOSTON WEEKLY TRANSCRIPT
The beet family newspaper pub'i*hed; eight pegs#; fifty
six oolnmns readme.
Terms?92 per annnm; clnbs of eleven, 916 P*
annum, in ad ranee.
SPECIMEN COPY GRATIS.
$46
PAYS ALL EXPENSES fer 14 WEEKS AT
CHAMBERLAIN INSTITUTE,
Randolph, N. Y.
This is one of the oldest and beet equipped Seminaries
in the State. Term opens Aim. 21. Students received
at any time. Addreee for Catalogue,
Pnor. J/T. EPWARD8, P. D.
BITEBTIEV AC&DEHT,
POUCH KEEPSIE, N. Y.(
OTIS BISBEB, A. M., Principal and Proprietor,
Nnmbers its alumni by hundreds in all the honorable
walka of life. Pupils range from twelve to twenty years
in age. Next eeesion opens Sept. 13th. Those wish
ing to enter gpoaig tnaae an eariy apmicanuii.
The Beet Truss without
Metal Springs ever invented.
?K?E"ftrin ' No humbug claim of a certain
radical cure, but a guar
ante? of a comfortable, securH
an,l satisfactory appliV
' ance. We will take back and
whF panful I price for all that do not suit.
Price, single, like cut, *4; for both sides, 9B. Sent by
mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. N. B.?This Truss
will cure more Ruptures than any of those for which
extravagant claims are made. Circulars free.
POMEKOY THU88 CO.,
74B Broadway, New York.
NATURE'S REMEDY.^V
TCGEHKE*
the oh eat blooopurinf
AN EXCELLENT MEDICINE.
Springfield. p., Feb. 38, 1877.
This is to certify that I hare used VEGETINK. manufactured
by 11. R. Stevens. Boston, Mass., for Rheumatism
and General Prostration of the Nervous System,
with good success. I recommend VEGETLNK as an
excellent mnlirine for such oomplaints.
Yours very truly, C. W. VANDKGRIFT.
Mr. Vandegrift, of the firm of Vandecrift A Hoffman,
is a well-known business man in this place, having one
of the largest stores in Springfield, 0.
Vegetlne la Sold by All Drawlsti.
^ Pa?
* n
Mothers who Dose their Darlings with drastic
purgatives incur a fearful responsibility. The gentle
moderate (yet effective), laxative, alterative, ami antibilious
operation of Tarrant's Seltow AfeJUXXT
peculiarly adapts it to the disorders of children.
THE
AAAA Al A
auuu ulu
STAND-BY.
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINIMENT
FOR MAN AND BEAST.
KSTABUSHZD 3d v*'" Always ears*. Always
ready. Always handy. Has norar failed. Thirty
million* hare tested it. The whole world approves the
glorious old Mustang?tho Best and Ohsspsst Liniment
in existence. 25 oenta a bottle. The Mnstang liniment
cares when nothing else wilL
SOLD BY ALL MKDIODfR VENDERS.
U' TOaa ft
NITED STATED
T.I
insurance company.
IN THE CITT OF NEW TORE,
261, 262, 263 Broadway.
?4KANHD 1840?
ASSETS, $4,827,176.52
SURPLUS, $820,000
EVERY APPROVED FORM OF POLICY
ISSUED ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS
ALL ENDOWMENT POLICIES
A*0
APPROVED CLAIMS
MATURING IN 1877
will BE 5ISC0UHTBD *T
ON PRESENTATION.
JAMES BUELL, . - PRESIDENT.
ADVERTISERS
Are invited to investigate The American Newspaper
Union List of {Jewspapers?the larger combination of
paper-in the Uni'ml State*?and compare the prices with
other 1 ists. It i* the cheapest and best advertising medium
in the country.
/
The American
NEWSPAPER UNION
List .of 1085
Weekly Newspapers,
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iMIIWannee nrwipHpvi VMin uim
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Southern Newspaper Union list.
The price* of advertising ere now eboat one-half of
lest jeer's re tea end ere es follow* :
ONE INCH OF 8PA0E?14 AGATE LINES-WILL
BE INSERTED ONE WEEK IN THE
New York Newapeper Union List for. fjl.OQ
Chicago Newspaper Union List " 24.50
Milwaukee Newspaper Union List " 8.00
8t Peal Newspaper Union List " 7.00
Cincinnati Newspaper Union List * 16.00
Southern Newspaper Union List " 12.00
Or in the Entire List of
1085 newspapers One Week ier $87.h0
A One Inch edrertisemeot will be inserted one
year in the entire list of 1085 newspapers for
$2,278,
Or about 92.00 per peper a year.
IV Send for Catalogue. Address,
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(Tin*.a Building),
1 41 furk Hon kJBJV IOBK,
2
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Kmm* G. Conklin, Editor, z'i2 Broad'jr. Wk. P?r rear.
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r*nce liat, Gro. K. Smith * Co , P.O. Boi MSlW, N.Y.
A A A WEEK. Catalogue and Sample
HU rALTON A PP.. 119 Numo St.. ? - t ^ ^
&"f O a day at bom*. Agents wasted. Outfit as/
tarsia free. TRUE* CO., AnKunt*. Maine.
$66 g >77 p ^^VICK&KY,' Ansu^tj.^MAineT*
>5 tO $20 ^^TiysO^OO^F^aSlMAmr
Sfifi f 7??r own town. Term* and 85 ostfl*
^PPftsa. H. HALLETT * CO.. Portland. Maine.
% Made by 17 Agents lnJaa.77wMfc
i h?l 4 1 my 1.3 new article*. Sample* free.
J W lIU f AddreM c. M. Lininytan, Ckicmgo.
REVOLVES Free SSTiSUSSKr
\dd*a J. Bown A Boo. 1W A 1? Wood St.PtttebnntPa. *
lA*4MTrn-TnTeliiur Salaam an. f85 a month
life .1111 tl/,nd 4? expenaee paid. No Peddlln*.
W W Addreaa Own City lamp Work*, Cincinnati, O.
A All A A Month.?Axenta wanted. 36 beat eall\
<All in* article* in toe world. On# eacipl#/* ?.
f VVU Addreaa JAY BRONSON, Dthoi?, Mich.
0II1EPfl#l*7ear to Ajrenta. Outfit awi g
S/fill II*23 Skoi 0un *" - For *enn? adyfclHIUdfeM,
J. Worth A Co., 3t.lomU,M?.
OWARTHMOttE Collece-For both mo: nnd* r
O oare of Friend*. All expaoaea covered b* 9350
year. XPWP. H. liaonx, A. M-. Pree^., 8 wart h more. Pa.
A Good Well dhr 4-foot Will Attoxaf Send
for oar anger book. P. 8. A pan Oo. St Looia. Mo.
AfA I* AT AAA Invested tn Wall St. Stock* makes
$10 tO $^000
Vddnee BAXTER A CO.. Banker*, 17 Wall St, N. Y.
IMl A UTrn An to travel and take order* o
WA IU I CI! Merchant#. Salary 81900 a year
V V fl 11 and all traveling azpenae* paid
Addreaa OEM ManTyOo.,Si.Lonla,Mo
ft HI I 111 HABIT CURED AT hum.
UrIUH ITopublicity. Time short. Terms naodvi
iwhi 1,000 Teatfaaooiala. Dw
scribe oaso. DR. F. K/MAB8H. Qatacy, MA
t,awfittttfi Prmnvm. bounties 4
la w d u11d sad PenMrai collected. No
charge anl? raoeesafoL T. FRANCIS GIBBONS,
AtVrnay and Connaelor at Lav, Notary and Commia?
niooar. No. 12 Weat 4th St., aaar^roadway, N.Y. City.
A SUBURBAN MPI &*:
axr Dm. 8HKAB8, Rector. offers to ?z boys, 6 to 11
ears old, it* adTaatages well-known 84 years. School
now open. 8eo Reference Oircalars.
given away.
A "TYPE-WRITER" sent free to each of tbo
CV first 10,000 persons sending name end address to
pype-writer agency, ithaca, n. Y.
(in fn (9R
OlU ID 40D *
worth SA, sent, post-paid,
for 85 Cents. IUostrated
Catalogue free. J. H. BI FFORD'8 SONS,
Uowlon. [Kstabliahed 1830.]
ho! farmers for iowa.
SEND A POSTAL CARD for description and maps of
1,2(*>,000 Acres R. R lands for sale on R. R.
Terms, by the Iowa r. k. Lnnd Co. Climate and
soil first-claae, and adapted to grain, corn and grazing.
No Grasshoppers. Tickets free to landboyers from
Chicago and return. Address j. b. calhoun,
f^nd Commissioner, 92 Randolph Street, Chicago, or
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
HEADACHE.
or. c. w. benson's celery and chamomile
pills arc prepared expressly to
eare sick hfaimche, nervous headache,
dyspeptic headache, neuralgia,
nervousness, sleeplessness,
and will core any cane. OfHee, 106
n. Entaw St.. Baltimore, Md. Price 50c., y
postngr Tree. Sold htrii arnavfatNand conntry
store*. reference?-Howard Bank,
Baltimore. Md.
BUTTER COLOR.
The best Mould Color in the world, and the ooly 00s awarded
Centennial Prise Medal. It sires to butter a golden yellow color
like June grass batter, producing better talcs mad at higher
price, besides Improving batter in color sad flavor and keeping.
Is far superior to Annetto, carrots or any other color manufbotarsd,
and the only fluld-oolor that will aot color buttermilk, if
added to cream before churning. 1 poind will color 10M powtds
of butter. The beet and cheapest to re-color whits batter. 1 will
wad, oa receipt of mosey, free by aspreon, to say efltoe Kaat of
Mississippi River, 1 lb., $3.00; 1 lb., $3.to. Formers elub
together tod try It. A genu Wanted. Cat oat oad preoerre.
MS. B. WUTH. M7 Arab fltroot. FhilaOitphla. fa.
$1.00 $1.00
fl-oAAilV Uolintvno fnorfltfinoc
UdgUUU O IICIIUl/pO MlfjlHflllf)**
The choieeet household ornaments. Price
Onq Dollar each. Bend for catalogue,
JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.
$MQB0yr0*'KAM' $MQ 1
IN VINO VEBIT18.
After Bin* rewi experience we have decided to offer
our pan California Wines and Brand/ to families bt the
ration or single oaae at /noUj redaoed prices. There
Wines an delicious for family nee, whue their strict
lunty renden tbsra invaluable for medicinal and eaeraaental
purpose* Atrial ia O' ly Mrteein to show their
upenority over ad alter* eo foreign good*. 44 Crown
1'rlnre," the ohoiceet American champagne, a
ipeeialty. Send for otrcnlar and price lint to
OHAMBKRLIW A CO., 4fi Mtmray St. New York.
I7~ EEP'S HHIBTH-enly one quality?The Beet
JtV. Keep*> Patent Part Ir-inadeDneeShirta
'lan be flmohed ae assy ae hemming a Handkerchief.
The rerr beet, aix for $7.00.
Keep'* Custom Shirts?made to meaean,
rbe rery beet, six for 99.00. 4
I In elegant sat of genuine Gold-plate Collar and
Users Buttons /inn with eaoh half doe. Keep's Shirts.
Keep's Shirte an delivered FREE on receipt of priee
tn any part of the Union?no expnea charges to pay.
Samples with fall directions for self-meaaaren.eat
lent Free to any address. Ko etemp required.
Deal directly with the Mannfnotanr and get Bottom
Price*. Keep Manufacturing Co., 165 Mercer St., WlT
HmiH m not easily eexnod in tbeae tune*,
Mil a a a bat it oan be made in three months
wL m a m by any one of either rex, in any
|h a m a part of the country who ia willing
111 towork steadily at the employment
mIf III that we furnish. ?66 par waek in
your own town. Ton need not be
away from home ever night. Ton eon gin roar whole
time to the work, or ouly yonr spars nsomonts. We hen
sgents who en making ever |KO per day at the bwsiaees.
All who engage at once oan make money fast At
the present time money oonnot be mode so easily and
rapidly at any other business. It soota nothing to try the
business. Terms and 15 Outfit froo. Addrem at oaos,
H. HALI.ETT Be CO., Tnrtlnnd, Mntnw.
OR, WARNERS HEALTH COESET
. ' With Shift lifffftif ami
A 8elf-A4j?ntiii* Paffg.
MM* I 8?earMHiAZ.TH aadCoKronof
xl Uwtw ?4?H n..ra .ni ks.nrr.if
jinL Form. Three Garment# in oocii
IQLjLtBl Approved by all nhyslclana.
iw&SjfaEL AGENTS WANTED.
blitWlUML dam plea by mall In OontiUfS;
niriyn 8attean, to 76. To iiente at
/ //? UK V4 38 ceata ,eM- Order sue tw*
I ^ LfW J incbea smaller than "aiatmear
f nWr Js tare erer the dreaa.
fflasjmm w?. ?m.86iBr?*fyjr.Y.
ONLY FIVE DOLLARS
FOR AN ACRE!
Of the Beet Land in AMKK1GA, neer the Greet Union
Pacific Kailboad. x
A FARM FOR $200.
In easy Payment* with km retee of Interest.
SECURE rr NOW!
Fall information ten; 'rcc, edJreee,
O. F. DAVIS,
Lend Agent, U. P. R. R., Omaha, Xrb.
"The Best Polish in the World."
BABBITTS TOILET SOAP.
E^OiiSI
wmam
eWEJIEE?2f?J??&?'
hnl? b?, e?Ulaia? I mkm tt I am. tack, Ml fraa to ?J *
Sandal-Wood:
A poattif* noNdi (or all diessaai et the Kldaeya
Bidder ead Uriatry Orgu*; tho'iood in'.Dr#p leal
CaaplaiaU. It Mar prodooee siofcnaie, is
oertaio end speedy in its action. It is (sat superseding
all other remedies. Sixty cspsnles owe in six or eight
days. Ifo other medicine can do this.
Bewarelsf Imitation a, (or, owing to its grea?qo?ass,many
hare bean offered; some are most daagrrt
one, tmri-f piles, stc.
DUNDA8 DICK 6c CO.'S Snuiw Soft Captultt,
containing (HI of Sandalwood, told mi all drug
ttor ft. Atk for circular, or toad for out to K oad 87
Wootifr Street, Ifrm York.
K. T. H. U. Ws 33.
WHIN WRITING TO ADTEBTI8BIU4, 1