Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, May 01, 1873, Image 4
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Farm, Garden and llousehold.
Farm Notes.
It is proposed in Iowa to establish ?
compulsory education with regard to -j
the planting of forest trees. u
The saying that any man can be a 0
good farmer is just as true as that any o
man can be a good lawyer. I
A Maine farmer thinks that where o
ten acres are required to pasture one tl
cow it is better to have the land grow r<
up to wood. o
Sweet apples can be grafted on sour, J1
and vice versa, with perfect success.
The important points are to have vigor- P
ous stocks and scions taken from j1
healthy trees.
The best time to remove arbor vitse, ?
yhite pine and hemlock from the woods n
is just as soon as the frost leaves the c
ground. They should be dug with
Sades, saving as many roots as possi- ?
B.
Eggs may be preserved for some
months by keeping them in a barrel of c
tank of strong lime water or milk or ^
limo Tf nnf Ko orlriaoKlo fa aata.
i*uiv? xw n viuu uvv i/v uu i iouuiv iv vvui j^
mence preserving them until the cool ^
weather of the early fall months occur.
According to Mr. Dunlap one of the h
chief problems for the future to reveal n
to Western farmers is " whether the e
world will stagnate on 20-cent corn, or n
move forward at the rate of 3 cents a
a mile, with all unjust freights thrown
out of the list." j,
What is the reason that young far- p
mers do not branch out a little in the g
nursery business ? They might just as n
well as not. Start with half an acre, s
growing apples and pears, and budding tl
or grafting in due season, and, giving tl
good cultivation, they will be certain to 11
make sale in any part of the United o
States. Of course they must have sense a
and learn how to do it, but t here, need s!
be no trouble if the inclination exists. a
I noticed that my colt would not M
drink with the bridle-bit in without .V
pushing his nose into the water, below t(
the bit. On this hint I acted. Having ?
a self - milking cow I made a small tin
tube for a bit, passed a tough piece of b
No. 12 wire through it and fastened the 81
wire back of the horns for a head-stall. I
It proved a perfect preventive." Of ^
course an ordinary bit with headstall
would answer t'ao same purpose. ?
CorrcKtif.iidc.rit. d
English farmers are admonished by ,
The World of Science that the best '
means of destroying the larva of the r
cockchafer, which is so injurious to the s
roots of grass and wheat, is by deep
plowing and encouraging the rooks to
follow the plow and pick up the grubs.
This is a seasonable hint for us to refrain
from killing or interfering with the
crow blackbirds or the crows, birds 0
which eagerly search for and devour all u
. sorts of injurious grubs, and notwitli- c
standing their sable color are not so ^
black as they arc painted. ],
Practical KectpcM. ll
Watering House Plants. ? " How ^
often should house plants be watered ?"
is & question frequently asked by those "
who have had little or no experience in :
their culture. There certainly cannot
be any particular rule given in regard *
to time, for some species require more ^
water than others, and plants in large f
pots will need it less frequently than ^
those in small ones. The temperature T
of the room has also a powerful effect ?
upon the evaporation of moisture; if j
very warm, the plants will require more j1
than if it is cool. There are, however, J;
two very essential things relating to
house-culture of plants which should not '
be overlooked : First. Never apply 8
cold water from a cistern or well, but let 11
it be somewhere about the temperature ^
of the air in which the plants are grown. l'
Very cold water is sure to check the j5
growth of the plants. Second. When ~
the plants are watered, give the soil in "
the pots a good soaking, and then omit j*.
watering again until the soil shows that
it is needed. A little at a time, and
very often, is too generally the practice J3
with the novice.
Polish for Furniture.?One third of s
spirits of wine, one third of vinegar and
one third of sweet oil, or rather more of ^
the last. Shake the bottle well daily for (
three weeks; it is then fit for use, but j
the longer it is kep1, the better it is.
The furniture must be rubbed till the ^
polish is dry ; use every two or three
months, and rub the furniture over daily ?
when dusted. For dining-room tables s
and sideboards use it every week; it .
makes them beautifully bright.
Car? of Cow*. g
One of the members of the Hampden s
Harvest Club stated that a storm would ii
affect the flow of milk so as to make a 1
reduction of a quart from each cow per i
day. The effect of cold in winter upon r
the milk secretions is very perceptible, t
If cows are turned out of a warm stable t
and suddenly breathe the cold air, get 'J
chilled, or take a draft of ice-cold ?
water, it will reduce the flow of milk, 1
not only for that day, but for a longer
p ?riod. The influence of drafts of cold
penetrating through the stable, the
standing or lying down in damp litter, ^
has the same effect. Too much care ; ^
cannot be (riven to the uniform comfort ^
of cows iu order that they may produce 1 <,
the largest amount of milk. Gentleness j*"
in their management, system in feeding i
and milking, so as not to excite, and the ! j
other attentions named, will more than ;
repay for all the pains in the extra (
amount of milk the cow will furnish. (
It liriimnti?m in Hok>> t
In answer to a correspondent, the 1
Prairie Parmer says : ' t
Keep tiie hogs in a dry, warm, well- '
littered place, and feed soft food, such '
as cooked potatoes, mashes, &c. Give ]
once u week a vomitive, such as the fol- 1
lowing, mixed and thrown dry on the ! f
root of the hog's tongue : Ten grains ; i
of the powdered rootof white hellebore, ! (
and ten grains of tartar emetic. The j
back and loins should be rubbed twice j;
daily, with a mixture of oil of turpen- . s.
tine and spirits of camphor, equal parts, t
If costive, give warm linseed tea. j
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Jews in Palestine.?There are now ',
about sixteen thousand Jews in Pales- : j
a mil.
ture is much below that of their fellow- ;
religionists in Europe, fliey liave no
visible means of support, spend their i
time in idleness, praying, Talmud-reading,
and foolish pining and sighing on
the ruins of the temple, eking out a miserable
existence by the charity of the
Jewsof Europe, America and Australia."
This extract is taken from a report of
some English Israelites, who have lately
been to Palestine to inquire into the
expediency of encouraging the emigration
of Jews into that laud.
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Stringent.?Lafayette, Indiana, has ]
a Sunday law excitement. A very
stringent Act was passed by the Legislature,
and the first Sunday night after
it went into effect, the Mayor had ar- '
rested the city editor and five composi- 1
tors of a morning paper, a milkman,
and twenty-four railway hands, and
notified the sextons of the churches not
to ring the bells, on pain of arrest.
Retired from Public Life.
Brigham Young has resigned his
flice as Trustee of the Mormon Church,
lying to the throng assembled in the
'abernacle at Salt Lake City that he
as going to Arizona, beyond the reach
f mails and telegrams. He had previusly
ceased to be President of the
teseret National Bank, the Zioii Coperative
Mercantile Institution, and
ie Utah Central and Southern Rail3ad;
and in retiring from the control
f the Church he completely severs all
is public relations. It is also stated
bat he has made a will dividing his
roperty, wnich is popularly estimated
t eight or ten millions, among his sixjen
wives and sixty children. This relarkable
man was born at Whittingam,
Vt., on Jan. 1, 1801, and is now
early seventy-two years old. He was
onverted to Mormonism in 1832, two
ears after the first organization of the
Ihnroh. and beeamo one of the twelve
Lpostles in 1835, in which capacity he
ras exceedingly successful in making
onverts,especially in the Eastern States,
iter the death of Joseph Smith in 1811
e was chosen first President of the
Ihurch, and led the great emigration to
be Great Salt Lake in 1817. There he
as since presided over the developlent
of Mormonism, ruling h s f llowrs
with a despotism to which the
lajority have always been submissive,
nd building up a simple, ignorant,
ut energetic and industrious people,
uto a community of extraordinary proserity.
As long as Utah, by its georaphical
position, was isolated from the
est of the country his power remained
ubstantially undiminished ; but since
lie opening of the Pacific Railroad and
lie great silver discoveries have brought
pon the Mormons an immense inroad
f gentiles, with a flood of hostilo ideas
nd customs, his control lias become
haken, and in his old age ho abandons
conflict which he can no longer wage
rith a hope of success. Were he a
oung man, he would doubtless adhere
o the idea of emigrating to some island
f the Pacific, suali as Papua, which
cmpted him so greatly fifteen or eightsen
years ago. Then his plan was to
ell out the Mormon possessions in
Itah and to move his whole people to
hat vast, uncivilized, and almost uninabited
region in the Pacific, where
hey might, for an indefinite period,
efv the antagonism of the world. But
e is old and broken, and will doubtless
ie contented if he is able to spend the
est of his days undisturbed alike by
chisms in the Mormon Church and by
rocess from the courts of the United
itates. ?JSxch a ngc.
A Cruel Hoax.
The most scandalous hoax perpetrated
n the first of April that has yet reached
s, comes from New York. A boy made
omplaint at the stution house that n
urglar had attempted to get into his
louse, and lind fired at the boy. The
<oy returned the compliment and
rounded the burglar, who escaped, &c.
l squad of policemeu visited the house
nd discovered a pistol-bullet hole in
he headboard and a hole in the wall
behind where the missile had lodged,
.'his shot the boy said had been fired at
iim. Under the skylight was a table
overed with what appeared to be fresh
flood, and there were traces of a thick
ed fluid on the woodwork of the scutle.
The skylight had apparently been
orced from the outside and the staple
lolding the catch-liook had been forciily
drawn. Almost underneath the skyight,
which was about eight feet from
he floor, was a window looking into a
ide yard. In the centre of one of the
ipper panes of glass a bullet had cut a
ircular jagged hole. On the wall unler
the scuttle was blood also. In fact
very indication existed to point to a
lurglarious attempt, and to a gallant
lefence on the part of the boy and the
erious if not mortal wounding of the
hief.
The house was occupied by two woaen
and two boys, and the fright of
hree of these parties was great. It was
earned by the police, after they had
earclied the neighborhood in a drenchng
rain storm for the burglar, that the
rhole thing was an April fool hoax, set
m foot by the boy, and mo6t ingeniffusy
carried out. The stuff on the table
md walls was the worst imitation of
flood imaginable. It was a sort of
freasy transparent paint, and betraved
tome manufacture at a glance. The
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Kylignt was iorcea irom me msiue, mc
mpression of a stove-shaker near the
atch being very apparent, and the latch
taple had been hammered over the outide
where it was clamped so as to renler
it easy to draw. The bullet at the
lead of the bed and the bullet picked
ip under the window in the yard corresponded
with each other and with
hose in a box of Smith & Wesson's carridges,
avowedly the boy's property.
The boy acknowledged the whole thing,
md the indignatiou of the police wus
jeyond any attempt at description.
Fell Among Thieves.
Sergt. Green, of the London Detecive
force, who was made famous by
Charles Dickens as the smartest of the
London detectives, came to the United
states two weeks ago, with an extradiion
warrant and other legal papers
lecessary to bring Alf. Bidwell, the
[iauk of England forger, from Havana,
vhore he had been arrested. Sergt.
ireen desired to see the sights in the
;itv, and of course the New York deectives
agreed to show him around,
mt to leave Ins jewelry bemna, as me
hieves iu the eity were very smart.
' Oh, nonsense," said Sergt. Green,
'they can't steal from me, you know "
3e was shown all of New York by gasight,
and was left by his New York
riends at '21 o'clock. At 5 he woke up
n Union Square, and found that his
extradition papers and warrants, his
irivate memorandum-book, his watch
ind chain, and a gold snuff-box, presented
him by the London merchants
or his brilliant detective genius, were
?one?stolen from liis pockets. Sergt.
xreeu was astonished. He had been
nvited to have a bottle of wine by a
>erfect gentleman who wore large dinnonds,
and asked the Sergeant to have
i drive on the lane the following day.
So trace of the Sergeant's valuables
;ould be obtained until last Tuesday
veniug, when a large package was
brown through an open window into
he Twenty-sixth Precinct station-house
.. ?i,? fit,, it,,u tim micknorc con
II II.IT V...1 .. X- -o
ained the Sergeant's papers, his jewelry,
including the famous snuff-box, and
iie following short, but expressive
tote :
" Give this stuff back to that English
hump who says he is a detective. He
s a duffer. * One of the Boys."
Sergt. Green has changed his opinion
regarding American thieves.
At a wedding in Glen's Falls a short
:ime since, among the bridal presents
was a broom with these lines attached :
Accept this from one who knows the art.
And with it yourself defend;
In sunshine use the brushy part,
In Btorms the other end.
Stories of Florida Alligators,.
While I was at Lake Jessup, says a
Florida correspondent,* I went alligator
hunting with Judge Emmons of Jacksonville.
We found a twelve foot alligator
sleeping on top of the water about
twenty feet from the shore, near a small
gTOve of palmettos. The Judge put a
rifle ball directly through the alligator's
skull. The bail made a terrible hole.
The 'gator was as dead as a mackerel.
We slipped a rope around his shoulders
and towed him ashore. While the monster
lay in the water and we were debating
as to how we would get his head
off, I jabbed a stick through the bullet
hole down into his brain. A colored
man who was passing by said: " Boss,
you done be careful with dat ah gaitnh.
He no done gone dead yet. You better
stick your knife in he fore paw to see et
he dead. Ho done do you some mischief,
Boss, suah, if he no dead." I
took my knife out of its sheath and ran
it into the alligator's fore i uw. The
monster lashed the water with his tail,
almost knocking -the Judge into the
lake, and nearly putting out my eyes.
When I recovered my* eyesight, I saw
th? .Tn dee. but not the alii eater. The
amimal had Bailed off, stick aud all, and
left no track behind him.
The largest alligator in the State of
Florida can bo found near Pepper Hammock
on Banana creek, at the head of
Merritt's island. This animal is known
all along the Indian river. Capt. Dummitt
told me that this alligator is certainly
over twenty feet long. Dummitt
says that he has seen him in his present
quarters, off and on, over twenty-five
years. The captain thinks him at least
100 years old, and probably more. Over
a dozen hunters have spent days in trying
to kill him, but though some have
got shots at him hone have been successful.
His hide turns the bullets as a
duck sheds rain. His hole is under a
high bank and covered with a growth
of moss and rushes. I camped four
days at Pepper Hammock, and this alligator's
roar kept me awake at night.
It sounded like distant thunder. One
morning Dr. Fox, my companion, ran a
wounded deer into the shallow bay
fronting the alligator's hole. A large
yellow dog called Buster was on the
trail of the deer, and ran into the water
after him. When the alligator heard
the baying of the dog he gave chase.
The Doctor reached the bank and took
in the situation. As he had wounded
the deer, and was chasing it, and expecting
it every moment to drop, his
. rifle was not loaded. Ho began to shout
loudly at the dog, and then ran into the
water after the alligator.. The monster
heard the Doctor coming, dropped the
chase, and fled into his hole. The Doctor
was much excited. He thought the
world of the dog, and said that lie had
almost rather have lost a leg than have
lost Buster.
If there is one thing in the world that
"" n 11 i1/^troa mnro tlinil (HIT ntlier
one tiling it is a dog. The bark of a
dog will frequently bring a dozen alligators
to the surface of the water.
Hunters occasionally take their dogs on
horseback while crossing the shallow
water or very swampy places. When
an alligator hears the baying of a hound
he always puts for a ford, if there is
one in the vicinity, hoping to catch the
dog when he comes that way. Young
colored children are also said to be rare
dainties for alligators.
The greatest alligator hole in Florida
is on the ocean side of the Indian river,
about twenty miles above Fort Capron.
It is situated in a fresh water swamp,
back of a dense growth of mangroves.
This hole is about sixty feet wide at the
mouth, but it extends a great distance
under the ground, and appears to be a
paradise for alligators. It is about a
%nile from a little Pnlmetto hut, where a
Georgian, named Estes, lias lived alone
over fifteen years. Estes protects these
alligators and will allow no one to shoot
them.
Some years ago the father of Capt.
Watson of this place visited a marsh at
the lower end of Ltfke Monroe to hunt
stray hogs. The captain is a little man,
with sharp, gray eyes, and quick of
foot. While roaming about over the
marsh and hallooing for the hogs he
was suddenly seized by an enormous
alligator and hurled in the mud. The
alligator caught him by the leg and
Stripped tile nesii 10 me uuuc. xuc uiu
man was terribly wrenched, and for a
long time his recovery was doubtful.
It was six months before he left his bed.
This is the only well authenticated case
that came to my notice in which an alligator
attacked a. man Some people
think that while Watson was walking
over the marsh he took the alligator for
a log and jumped on him. It is certain
that the animal seized Watson by the
leg and nearly broke the old man's back
by a blow from his tail.
Alligators frequently fill their stomachs
with ducks. Tliev find the spots in the
marshes where the ducks huddle together
at night and make a descent upon
them. Frequently, while flocks of great
fatrnft ducks are swimming in thedeepest
part of the river or lake, an alligator
will glide under the ducks and select
those that suit him best. They are
drawn under the water so quietly that
the flock is not startled for some time,
and the alligator manages to secure a
square meal before he is suspected.
On summer nights the alligator
crawls to a chosen spot in the marshes.
The air is filled with millions of mosquitoes.
The monster opens his enormous
mouth and keeps his jaws apart
until the inside of his mouth is black
with the insects. Then he brings his
jaws together with a snap, runs his
tongue about the inside of his mouth
nii.l im-nllnwn Ills winced visitors. He
will keep this up until his appetito is
satiated.
Laying Out a Half-Mile Track.
Lay off two straight sides, GOO feet
each (parallel), and 402 feet 4> inches
apart, connected ut each end with a perfect
semicircle (radius '22G feet 2 3-16
inches); place your fence exactly upon
a line so formed (which is the inside of
your track), and your track will measure
exactly half a mile three feet from the
fence ; the outside fence to be placed
according to the width of the track desired.
If not convenient to obtain an
engineer to run the curves, it can be
done in this manner : Place a center
stake midway between the parallel
straight sides at each end ; take a wire
with a loop at the end, loose enough to
turn upon the stake, and measure upon
this wire 226 feet 2 3-16 inches (the radius
of the curves), which, from the
center stake, will exactly reach the ends
of the straight lines; then describe
your semicircle, beginning at the end
of one straight side, putting down a
stake every twelve feet, if that is the
length of fence panels desired.?Turf,
Field and Farm.
. A man at North Adams, Mass., took
hydrate of chloral enough to kill ten
| men lately, for the purpose of counteracting
the effects of -whiskey. It
thoroughly cured him of intemperance.
Custom may lead a man into many
errors; but it justifies none.
A Princely Gift.
Professor Agassiz recently delivered
an address to the Legislature of Massachusetts
on the occasion of the visit by
that bodv to the Museum of Comparative
Zoology at Cambridge, and in the
course of his remarks expressed his
views regarding the establishment of a
summer school for the instruction of
school teachers in natural history. Ho
also suggested the holding of the first
session during the coming summer at
Nantucket. The publication of the
programme and details of this proposed
movement-attracted the attention of Mr.
John Anderson, of New York city, the
wealthy tobacco merchant, who considered
that the island of Penikese, which
he owned, and which he had used as a
private summer resort, would be admirably
adapted to the purposes of the
proposed School of Natural History. On
the following day he deputed two gentlemen
to proceed to Cambridge and to
tender to Professor Agassiz the title to
the island, with all its improvements
and buildings, as a permanent location
for the school. Of course, the generous
gift was at once accepted, and Mr. Anderson
has supplemented that act by
the munificent pecuniary donation of
$50,000 as the basis of an endowment
fund for the institution, which permanently
establishes it.
The island of Penikese, which will |
become the future domicile of the proposed
institute, is one of the Elizabeth
group of islands, situate at the entrance
of Buzzard's Bay, on the southern coast
of Massachusetts. It contains about
one hundred acres, and presents advantages
which peculiarly adapt it to the
purposes contemplated by Professor
Agassiz. Its situation in the ocean,
within easy access of the mainland, secures
privacy and freedom from intrusion,
while its wondt rful fertility will
enable the institution to maintain itself
almost within its own domain. Mr.
Anderson, since his purchase of the
island some years ago, has expended
large sums in buildings and improvements,
and the commercial value of the
whole property may be considered a little
short of 3100,000. His endowment
may therefore be considered as equivalent
to $150,000.
English Sports.
An English paper called the Sportsman,
gives the following description of
an otter hunt, where the horrid torments
inflicted on a poor animal appear
to have given unmingled delight to
some hundreds of beings, bearing the
human form :
Every minute increased his distress ;
he could no longer keep under water,
but swam up and down gasping anil
gnashing his white fangs above the
surface in the utmost fury of rage and
despair. When overtaken or met by
any of the hounds, he would, for a
second, conceal himself beneath, but
being unable to remain, he would again
rise above, and bite and grapple with
them with the deadly fierceness of a
serpent. Twice in this manner he
swam the length of the pool, followed
by the whole pack baying at his tail,
and hailed by the united thunder of
some fifty gazers. At last, S , thinking
it time to close the scene, in order
to spare his dogs, advised everybody
but himself to fall back from the lower
shallow. The poor wretch soon discovered
the deserted quarter, and made
towards it. But before he could escape
he had to clamber over the top of the
net, which extended across the river at
the point, sunk to the bottom by heavy
loads, and attached to each of the banks.
A moment afterwards, in making this
endeavor, he was raised from the stream
to writhe in death upon the barbed
spear. There he hung wriggling and
twisting, and his eyes flashing the red
sparks of rage, until all the party had
collected around him ; he was then cast
into the midst of the hounds, upon
whom having wreaked his vengeance
by the inflictions of some heavy gashes,
and, in return, having every bone within
him ground and smashed almost into
pulp, he, otter-like, without a cry, without
a groan, returning wound for
wound, and torture for torture, at length
yielding his life, but not, however, till
his enemies had paid for it at a most
costly price."
The English Sparrows.
Nothinsr is more remarkable than the
rapidity with which the English sparrow
has multiplied since its introduction
to this country. The city of New
York is literally alive with them, and in
many of our inland cities they seem to
hare thriven quite as well as in New
York. We have, therefore, at last, a
pretty fair opportunity of judging of
their value and of placing a just estimate
upon the objections that have been
made to them.
Thus far our observation leads us to
believe that the sparrow is not an insectivorous
bird. In New York they feed
chiefly upon grain which they find in
the droppings of the horses. In Great
Britain they are known as the most mischievous
of grain destroyers; so far
they bid fair to sustain the same character
here. We have watched them by
the hour, and killed and dissected numbers
of them, and could never find that
they fed on anything but vegetable
matter. If, thererefore, they should
multiply and spread through the rural
districts to the same extent that they
have done in the cities, they would
prove very aesirucuve tu uur gituu
fields.
A few years ago the city of Paterson,
X. J., and its neighborhood, abounded
with bluebirds, orioles and wrens. A
box put up in any yard or garden was
sure to have a pair of bluebirds or
wrens for its occupants. In an evil
hour, however, a wealthy Irishman imported
a quantity of sparrows, put up
thatch covering on the end of the house
for them, and did everything to make
them comfortable. They took to their
new quarters with great relish, multiplied
until the city is alive with them,
and now there is not a bluebird, wren
or oriole to be seen ! Gardens, in which
three or four bird boxes were always inhabited
by as many pairs of bluebirds,
are now deserted, and the worst of it is,
we have not got rid of the- insects.?
Exchange.
Three Per Cents Caleed In.?The
Comptroller of Currency of the United
States notified the Secretary of the
Treasury of the issue of $600,000 national
hank notes during March, and the
Secretary has called in the balance of
the three per cent, certificates remaining
unpaid, which will finally complete
the retirement of the whole of $15,000,000
of three per refits as provided in the
act of July 12, 1870, which authorizes
the issue of $51,000,000 of national bank
notes.
Sewino Machine Statistics.? In
1872, there' were sold 851,736 sewing
machines of 21 different patterns and
manufacture. It is said that the profit
accruing to the manufacturers on the
sales were over thirty-seven million of
dollars. Can industry stand such taxes ?
In the Dark.
As a great luxury, the ancients, wl
knew no method of refining theoil whi<
burned to give them light, mixed it wil
perfumes, such as essence of roses nr
sandal wood ; but this rather detract*
from, than added to the burning pro
erties of the liquid, and all that was o
tained by the process was an increase <
fragrance and diminution of light. T1
dwellings of wealthy men, who expem
ed extravagant sums upon scented oil
whould not have borne comparison
point of lighting with the grimiest ta;
room of a gas-lit public house. T1
gold and silver lamps, hung by slende
well-wrought chains to marble pilaster
only yielded at their best alund, tape
ing flame, that gave out an enormoi
deal of smoke, fluttering in the slig
brfeeze, and went out altogether at
gust of wind. Neither was it poBsib
to steady the light by closing the ape
tures through which the air came, I
had Roman or Grecian houses bet
fiossessed of glass windows they won
tave soon become uninhabitable. T1
fresco-paintings of Pompeian villas, tl
delicate colors on the walls of urbi
Ealaces would, in less than a mont
ave been hopelessly coated with lan
soot. At the end of an hour's confe
ence of an evening, a party of nob
Romans would have resembled a co
gregation of chimney sweeps. A tun
dyed in Tyrian purple would have a
quired a mourning hue in no time.
Traveling on Sunday.?For near
two years the widows and orphans
those who were killed by the Westfie
disaster in New York on a Sunday ha
been trying to obtain some kind of coi
pensation for the irremediable wroi
inflicted upon them. Their tale h
been told in every court, and the Got
of Appeals will soon give final decisii
so far as damages are concerned. T
company have made the same excu
throughout. They were common ci
riers, they claim ; they had, thereto]
no right to carry people on Sunday
but if people persisted in coming
their boats on Sundays and happened
be blown up they could not be he
responsible.
Spontaneous Hydrophobia.?A m
died the other day, of what the doctc
called "spontaneous lipdrophobii
He was attacked by a dog about fc
months ago, but succeeded in drivi
him away without being bitten. N<
withstanding this, he had every syn
torn of hydrophobia, and died in t
most frightful convulsions. This Beei
to verify the assertion, mado by ma
writers, that hydrophobia may be <
casionally developed spontaneously
man, as it is in the dog and wolf.
A Georgia clairvoyant revealed i
whereabouts of 810,000 recently stol
in Savannah, and the ungrateful owi
promptly had her arrested for the the
And she confessed her guilt, too.
The Browns and Blacks produced
that sterling preparation, Cbistaooro'h Exc
sior Hair Dye, cannot be excelled by Natu
its tints challenge comparison with Natu:
most favored productions, and defy detecti
?Com.
For Loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, 1
digestion, Depression of Spirits and Gets
Debility, in their various formB, Fehro-Pi
forated Elixir of Calihaya made bv Caswe
Hazard A Co., Now York, and sold by all dr
gists, is the best tonic. Ah a stimulant t<
for patients, recovering from fever or ot
sickness, it has no equal. If taken during
season it prevents fever and ague and ot
intermittent fevers.?Com.
FlAoo's Instant Relief has stood tw
ty years' test. Is warranted to givo irnmed
relief to all Rhoumatic, Neuralgic, Head, ,
and Back aches, or money refunded.?Com.
Luxury, Health, Economy insured
using Dooley'H Yeast Powder. Elegant Li
Rolls, Biscuits, Ac., prepared in ten minu
Try it.?Corn.
An Extended Popularity.?Et
year finds "Brown't Bronchial Troche*"
new localities in various parts of the wo
For relieving Coughs, Colds, and Throat I
eases, the Troches have been proved reliabh
Com.
We have heard recently of seve
nevorc cases of spinal disease curoa oy jo
ton'I Anodyne Liniment; one case of ai
forty-five years old, who bad not done a di
work for four years. Tbe back should first
washed, then rubbed with a coarse towel,
ply the Liuiment cold, and rub in well with
Land.?Com.
" Horsc-men," and others who p
tend to know, say that the following dirocti
had better be observed in using Sheridi
Cavalry Condition J'oicders. Oive a bore
tablespoonful every night for a week; the st
every other night tor 4 or 6 nights; the si
tor a milch cow, and twice as much for an
The addition of a little fine salt will be an
vantage.?Com.
Inadequate Compensation.?The
rest of Lucetta Meyers reveals to w
destitution the workihg women of ft
York citj are reduced. Three to t<
dollars per week were the wages she
ceived to. support herself, child t
others, and yet she was pronounced
her employer to be the best worker i
had. Men receive as much in one d
and yet threaten to strike for more p
A CUBE FOB
OONSUMPT ION,
For tbe cure of this distressing disease there
been no medicine yet discovered that can s
more evidence of real merit than ALLEN'S LI
BALSAM. This unequalod expectorant for ctn
Consumption, and ail diseases mumn iu u, aui
affection a of the throat, lungs, and all disease
the pulmonary organs, is Introduced to the su
ing public after its merits for the cure of such
eases have been fully tested by the medical face
The Balsam is consequently, recommended by i
sicians who have become acquainted with it* g
success.
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAT
Drs. Wilson tWard. physicians and druggl
write from Centrevlllo, Tcnn.: "We purch:
Allk.v's Lu.io Balsam, and it sells rapidly,
are practicing physicians, as well as drugg
a.'d take Pleasure in recommending a great r<
dy, such a* we know this to be."
Dr. Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon in the artnyglu
the war, from exposure, contracted consumpi
He says: " 1 have no hesitancy 111 stating tut
was by the use of your Luxo Balsam that 1 am
alive aud enjoying goad health."
Nathaniel Harris, of Mtddlebcrry, Vt., says:
hare no doubt it will soon become a classical ri
dial agent for the cure of all diseases uftho Thi
Bronchial Tubes and Lungs."
Amos Woolly, M. D.. of Knsciusca Co., Ind.. s
" For three years past I have used Allkw's L
Balsam extensively in my practice, and i am a,
tied there is no better medicine for lung disc
in use."
Physicians do not recommend a medicine wl
has uo merit. What they say about
ALLEN'S LCNO BALSAM
- - - *?? ' - .11 .Mi-tod teat t
ran be ta Ken > >?>. ?*> ? .?. .
once, anil be convinced of ita real inerita.
A* an expectorant tt haa no equal.
It ia harmlcai to tho moat delicate child.
It contatna no opium lu any form.
Dlrectiona accompany each bottle,
CAUTION.?Call for
ALLEN'S L V NO BAL8A1I.
J. H. HARRIS A CO., Cincinnati,O.
Proprirtorb.
PSRRT DAVIS A BON, General Agenta.
Providence, R. I.
Sold by all Medicine dealera.
for aau bt
JOHlf P. HRNRT, Hew York.
GEO. C. OOODW1H A CO., Beaton.
JOHNSON, HO LOW AT A CO., Philadelphia.
Hunted to Heath.
\? There is intense excitement in Milwaukee,
as -well as among the inmates
j of the Soldiers' Home, in regard to the
tragic death of Gen. John Woolley,
formerly in charge of the Milwaukee
P" branch of the National Asylum for DisI
abled Soldiers, and the persecution to
which he was subjected previous to his
ie decease. Gen. Woolley was esteemed as j
a generous, chivalrous and noble-heart- <
,8> ed gentleman and soldier, and public '
in opinion censures severely officers of the 1
P" Asylum Board, as well as certain parties i
ie in the Asylum, for the share they had J
r' at the efforts to humiliate and degrade
^ the lamented soldier, whose loss is so sin- i
' " cerely mourned.
I . Gen. Woolley was a native of Dutchess
Co., N. Y., and enlisting in an Ohio
. regiment as a private was promoted
rapidly to colonel and brevet brigadier <
." generiu. He was in command of the 1
National Asylum at Milwaukee, but was !
ordered to Hampton, only to find the
order countermanded and he relieved *
from duty, as charges of dishonesty had 1
been preferred against him. He felt
Jn himself seriously hurt by the manner
' in which he was treated, but returned
*P at once to Milwaukee that the charges
?' against him might be investigated. He
found his family turned out of doors
?" from their quarters at the Asylum, and
10 went to a hotel nearly broken hearted.
lC" The night before his death a disabled
soldier desired lodging at his hotel.
The proprietor distrusted his statement,
ly As he turned to leave and was passing
of dowu the stairs of the main entrance
Id be met Gen. Woolley coming up and
ve addressed him. The General rememn
hered him. listened to his storv. took
Qg from his pocket one dollar in fractional
a8 currency?the laat and only dollar he
irt possessed in the world?and gave one-half
on of it to his old comrade-in-arms. Onehe
half of the remainder was used to purse
chase an ounce of chloroform, which he
*r- took, causing his death, and twenty-five
re, cents yet unexpended was found in his
a ; pocket after death.
on
to
jld A. Catholic priest sat in the pulpit of
the Congregational Church in Kenosha,
Wis., at the funeral services over Lieut.an
Gov. Milton H. Pettit.
>rs
i."
illr Never Too Late to Mend. *
Qg . Whan the itomach 1* In a atata of chronic rebellot
'on against every ktnd of food, and the attending
ip- physician with solemn and portentous gravity dehe
clares that such cases of confirmed dyspepsia defy
ms an remedies, do not put faith In his iptt dixit. Inny
digestion of this obstinate character may be incur~>.C~
able by his prescriptions, but it Is not therefore an
irremovable fixture in the system. The fact Is that
the great vegetable lnvigorant and corrective,
ihe Hosteller's Stomach Bitters, is radically curing
ien cfcscs of this seemingly desperate nature every
day. Indeed It la in those malignant phases of
' ' dyspepsia which no ordinary medicine can control
that its remedial properties are most wonderfully
by manifested. We say to the long-suffering martyr,
?L- whose stomach is a source of perpetual torment to
him, that by the persistent an J daily use of this
on. glorious tonic, he can not only restore the digestive
organs to their full vigor, but can keep them
. in good working order through life. If there is
constipation, the gentle aperient operation of the
-Bitters will remove all obstructions and keep the
'?8* bowels in a regular and healthy condition. Tho
,LL' grand characteristic of this vitalizing and purifytug
vegetable preparation ts that It acts beneficially
ly upon every organ, controlling the liver, rclnthe
forcing the nerves,toning the coats of the stomach,
licr promotiug a healthy habit of body, relieving the
body of all impurities, clearing the brain and reviving
the spliits.
pnBest
and Oldest Family Medicine.?SanJr
c ford's Livsr Invtgorator-* purely Vegetable Catharb&r
tic and Tonic-fur Dyspepsia,Constipation, Debtl'ly,
Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements
of Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask your
Druggist for it. Beware of imitations.
glit To lbt a Cold iiave its own way Is to assist In
tea. laying tho foundation of Consumption. To cure the
most stubborn Cough or Cold you have only to use
Judlclouily Dr. Jayne's Expectorant.
tea
in ~ *
rid. The Markets.
)i8. NEW TOBK.
, Beef Cattle?Prime to Extra Bullocks! .13)^a .14 V
'* Fiint quality 12>i? .13*
Second quality.. ll^a .13)4
. Ordinary tliin Cattle 11V*
ral Inferior or lowest grade .OS^a .10
An- Milch Cow? 60.00 aSS.OO
nan Hoge?Live 06 a .06V
...... Dresaed 07?.'a .07*
\ " Sheep 05xa .OS*
.De Cotton?Middling l?Va .20,V
AP~ Flour?Extra Western 6.75 a 7.15
the State Extra 6.95 a 7.30
Wheat?Bed Western 1.81 a 1.81
State 1.80 a 1.80
ire- No. 2 Spring 1.62 a 1.70
one 82,Va .85V
ln.. Barley-Malt 1.10 a 1.52
Corn?Mixed Western 63 a 64
Oats?Mixed Western 52X? .63
tme Hay, per ton 20.00 a30.00
imo straw, per ton 12.00 a24.00
OX. Hops "72s, .40 a .60?"71?, .10 a .15
ad- Pork?Mesa 14.00 al7.37X
Lard .08Va .08>;
Petroleum?Crude WVa 9Jf Kehned 20X
or- Butter?State 37 a .40
i . Ohio Fancy 30 a .32
" Yellow 15 a .20
few Western Ordinary 15 a .20
Pennsylvania fine 30 a .35
Jur Cheese?State Factory 15J4a .ifl
re- " Skimmed 05 a .10>4
mil Ohio 14 a .15
uv Eggs-8tate...'. 20 a .20*
, J BLTTiL*.
she Beef Cattle 5.50 a 8.50
ov Sheep 5.50 a 7.00
J' Hogs?Live 5.30 a 6.60
ay. Flour 7.50 alO.OO
__ Wheat?No. 2 Spring 1.45 a 1.65
~ Corn 62 a .52
Oats 40 a .41
Rye 85 a .85
, Barley 80 a 1.00
Lard 08 a. 00
hai
how ALBAICT.
JN0 Wheat 1.70 a 2.12
ring live?State 90 a .90
hai Corn?Mixed 67 a .68
? of Barley?Stata 82 a .83
?"r* Oata?State 52 a .62
dtsllty.
PHILADELPHIA.
pby- Flour-Penn. Extra 5.75 a 6.50
reat Wheat?Western Red 1.80 a 1.85
Corn?Yellow 61 a .42
Mixed 61 a .62
Petroleum?Crude 13}^ KeflnedI9>('
Beef Cattle 05 a .07
lata, Clover Seed 8.00 a 9.25
tsej Timothy 3.50 a 3.75
Wn
BALT1MGRR,
' Cotton?Low Middlings 18t^a .18#
Flour?Extra 6.50 a 7.50
Wheat 1.60 a 2.10
Corn?Yellow 65 a .65
rlng Oats 47 a .60
.Ion.
it it
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Only *100 cash required. Bor propprrtus and Information
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|A [KntaklUhed 1830.]
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> Manufacturer* of 8awa.
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EVER Y SAW W ARltA NTED.
?5p files, belting and machinery _
LIBERAL DIHCOUNT8. ^*^1
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MOTHERS!
'1
Don't fail to procturo MBS. WINSLOW
SOOTHING SYBUP FOB CHILD BEN TEETH
ING.
This valuable preparation has been nsed with
NEVER-FAILING SUCCESS IN THOUSANDS Of
CASES.
It not only relieves the child from pain, bat
vlgorate the stomach and bowels, corrects acidity
and Hives tone and energy to the whole system. It
will also instantly relieve
Griping of the Bowels and Wind Colie.
We believe it the REST and SUREST RENEDT IV t
THE WORLD In nil cases of DYSENTERY AND
DIARRHCEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from
teething or any other cause. Is
Depend npon It, mothers, It will give rest to
yourselves and
Belief and Health to Yonr Infants.
Be snre and call for
" MBS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYBUP."
Having the fac-stmlle of " CURTIS A PKRKIN'S,
on the outside wrapper.
I Sold by Druggists tbroughont the World.
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Monroe, lllpon, Berlin and Oshkoah.
Embracing more Business Centres and Pleasure
Resorts than nnv N rthwesteru line.
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MILWAUKEE DEPOT-Corner Reed
and South Water streets.
Connecting in St. Paul with all Railways dlvsrg- I
lug thence. "
N?.w Yoiik Orrica?319 Broadway.
Bosnia Orrice?1 C< nrt street.
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