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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 onritinr on<l in ^V*a ?a11 T %4* /\r? 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. ===== == 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, ; * 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, t\ a* -n xx i n A -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 -r-l l 1 ? J "VT 17 s. 1 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 ??? T-? 1 J 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 ] x J ? -- ? 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. i 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 /W\4V\?? A mv ? .. ? ? 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. UVTVV4 *v vw ? 4 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, COMPRISES New York Newspaper Union List, Chicago Newspaper Union List, iMIIWannee nrwipHpvi VMin uim St. Paul Newspaper Union List, Cincinnati Newspaper Union List, 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, BEALS & FOSTEB, (Tin*.a Building), 1 41 furk Hon kJBJV IOBK, 2 - I .ndleu' Paper, Sample C*09 frge-V Y. Paixaput*. Kmm* G. Conklin, Editor, z'i2 Broad'jr. Wk. P?r rear. VATCiniAKEKM' Tel. 'nd MateAele. Send foe 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