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ARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. |
Potatoes as Food for Stork. I
Potatoes in many localities distant 1
From market are this season so abundant \
and cheap that they can only be used to 1
advantage for feeding out to stock. It J
is true that certain agricultural writers .
have of late endeavored to show that this 1
rahiable tuber wa? of little or no valne 1
for such purposes, but it is very proba- 1
- ble that the gentlemen who advance such ,
theories are not practical agriculturists.
The value of the potato as food for man
and* many of our domestic animals is too
well known to be discarded at this late 1
day in consequenoe of anything which j
may be written by theoretical chemists
or agriculturists.
" But while tkepotato has been a bone .
of contention*mumg agriculturists for J
many years, its practical and specific !
value as food for stock has never been
disproved when put to test. The oele- 1
brated veterinarian, William Youatt, in
speaking of the value of the various
kinds of roots as food for stock, says of
the potato : "Among the various vege- i
table productions that have been appro- i
printed to the stall-feeding of cattle, v
none have occasioned greater discussion i
than potatoes They furnish an excel- '
lent supply, particularly when cut and c
r teamed, they appear adequate to the a
fattening of neat oattle in combination a
with comparatively small portions ?f J
bther food." Mr. Campbell, of Charl- e
ton, England, observes that 100 bushels 8
.> of potatoes and 700 pounds of hay are ?
generally sufficient to fatten any animal t
that thrives tolerably well. They should 3
at first be given in small quantities and
gradually increased to one or two bushels
per day ; dry food being alwavs^intermixed,
and the proportion of hay being
uniformly regulated by the effect which .
the potatoes produce on the bowels.
The nay should always be cut in order ^
that it may be more readily mixed with 0
the potatoes. {
f f We might give almost any amount of ,
testimony from practical farmers and
stock raisers to corroborate the above, c
but think it entirely unnecessary, as it is ?
quite likely that a majority of our readers
know from experience that potatoes 1
are valuable food for stock. At the pre- f
sent price of beef, cheese, butter, or ?
pork, we think our fanners would do *
better to feed out their potatoes than to .
sell them at twenty cents per bushel and
less, prices at whicn they have been sold ?
in many localities this season. Potatoes *
are too heavy and bulky a crop to send :
to a distant market, but they are readily \
tnrnfwl infcn haaf. pTippka ni?hntfcAr. anrl
in these forms the cost of transportation I1
is greatly reduced. j
DoBMtic Recipes. C
Victoria Pudding.?Take of grated 5
bread, mashed potatoes, grated carrots,
finely chopped suet, sugar and currants, *
each half a pound, four eggs well beaten,
a little salt, grated nutmeg and lemon ,
_ peal, with a very little cinnamon ; mix J
J alt well together, put into a mold, and ?
- boil four hours. SerVe with sauce. ?
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Exhibition Padding.?Take a quarter o
of a pound * of suet, chop very fine, a o
quarter of a pound of raisins, stoned, h
kahJespoonfuls of flour, two table- ii
^ fepoonfuls ?f sugar, the peel of a whole f
lemon grated, a little nutmeg and three t
eggs; mix all together, put into a mold o
and tbo& for four hours. Serve with
BrjUp Siwas.?Slice some white bread
very' fEm, and without crust, boil it in
milk with a sliced onion and some white r
/ whole pepper; rub through a coarse ?
sieve, return it to a stewpan, putin a 1<
small pieoe of bntter, salt to taste, asd t
a little cream if you ha\e it, to make it i
of a proper thickness; warm sufficiently, L
and serve.
Dessert op Cold Rice and Stewed s
ob Grated Apple.?Cut cold boiled .
rice in slices, and then lay in a buttered 1
pudding dish alternate layers of rice and a
I* grated apples. Add sugar and spice to
each layer of apples. Cover with the 11
rice, smooth with a spoon dipped in cold r
water or milk, and bake three-quarters
if the apples are raw. To ~
be served with a sweet sauce. *
Carrot Soup.?Take two quarts of ?
s?ock, and to this add from six to ten
?.Ratals, according to size, three turnips,
three or four onions, and lot them stew ?
till tender. Then take out the vegeta- <?
bles, strain the soup, and with a spoon h
take off the red part of the carrots from
the yellow center, and force it through
a ooorse sieve ; add the pulped carrot to h
the soup, till it is as thick as good n
cream ; warm it and serve at once.
Baked College Puaawfa.?'Take half
a' pound of grated bread, three ounces ,
of well washed currants, one ounce of *
candied peels, half an ounoe of citron, a
two ounces of moist sugar, half a nutmeg,
three eggs, a pint of milk ; boil
the milk and pour on the bread crumbs,
put in an ounoe of butter, and then mix
in the other ingredients. This quantity si
will fill six cups; bake in a moderate lc
ovc&, turn the puddings out of the cups, is
sift pounded sugar over the tops, pour h
sauce round them, and serve. ii
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f X. T? Peed Cora and Oil-Cake.
.j A Mount Vernon (Ohio) oorrespon- p
dent writes ; " You will oblige by ii
giving some information in reference to it
the best method of feedincr corn to cat- ol
tie that are being fattened. Here the aj
practice is to feed it in the shock; and Is
what I desire most to learn is, whether it p
would not be better either to grind it h
with the oob, or without the cob, and k
feed it then? Of what value is oil-cake, ji
used with corn, and if used, in what ix
quantity should it be fed ?" d
Reply?Whether it is cheaper to feed k
corn m the ear whole, or ground, de- tl
poods upon circumstances. The saving tc
in grinding the ears and feeding meal is tl
fully one-fourth, if not one-third. If ai
the cost of husking and grinding the k
<?rs is greater than the saving, it is s(
clearly cheaper to feed the corn in the w
shock. The husking might cost four T
oents a bushel, and the grinding may be fi:
done fbr three cents a bushel. Where * tl
corn costs thirty oents a bushel (seventy i h<
v.
>ounds of ears) it would just about pay
o crush it. Where it costs more it
rotrid pay better, and where it costs less
t would not be profitable. There is
oine little nutriment in the cobs. Oilsake
is worth a little more than corn; as
n addition to corn meal it is worth even
aore for its good effect upon the bowels
ind skiOk Two to four pounds a day
night be profitably fed to fattening aninals,
along with tWioe as much corn
neaL The manure from an oil cake fed
inimal jit very rich, and would repay, at
east, half the ooet of the cake. It is a
)ity that all the oil-cake made in the
sountry is not fed here instead of being
sported.
Acorn Coffee.
In Germany " aoorn ooffee " is used,
ind greatly lied, as a substitute for ordinary
coffee, and is considered to L every
strengthening for consumptive people
ind delicate children. The acorns are
gathered in autumD, when they are ripe,
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luuircu, auu. fuwi wuig cut iutu pitn-w
>f the size of coffee berries they are fchor>ughly
dried in front of the fire, or in a
sool ov??n. They are then roasted like
jrdinary coffee, until they become a cinaamon-brown
color. Immediately after
roasting the acorns are ground or poundid
in a mortar, to prevent their becoming
tough. While the coffee is being
ground oar pounded a very little butter
is added, and the coffee is then placed
in air-tight bottles. For children, prepare
in the same way as ordinary coffee,
ising a quarter of an ounoe to a pint of
rater, adding milk and sugar to taste,
foxing children should take it with two
>r three parts of milk. For adults, half
in ounce of the coffee to a pint of water.
\corn coffee and ordinary coffee are frequently
mixed, and the docoction is
:ottnd Very palatable. In their raw state
morns are known to be powerfully astringent,
but they lose this quality in
he process of roasting. In some roipects
acorn coffee is preferable to oofee
proper, having none of the drying
properties attributed to the latter.
Use froa Shells.
A J., Stamford, Conn., asks whether
t would pay to cart lime from shells four
niles aud pay three cents a bushel; also
rhether it will suit winter grain or
neadow land best
Reply?Lime from shells is the purest
>f all kinds of lime, and is very valuable
is a fertilizer. Lime is worth twelve
ud one-half cents per bushel for this
>urpose, and if it can be procured cheapir
than that so much is gained. The
hells are easily burned in pit% with
rood or coal, much in the same manner
hat oharooal is burned.?New York
Vimes. " ' *
Sudden Wealth. '
The Helena (Mon.) Herald has the
ollowing story: For the past five or six
'ears there has been around the streets
t Helena a dirty degraded looking
pecimta of humanity, Robert Nelson
>y name, yet universally known as
' Mountain Dew." He could not be
ailed a vagabond, for he was always
eady to clean streets, saw wood, or any
abor wherd a dollar was in sight. He
r&s suffering from a chronic disease, yet
te managed to earn enough to keep
lunger from the door. Many wondered
hat long ago he did nor fall back upon
he country for support. His chief amotion
seemed to be a desire to be known
a the "dirtiest man in Montana."
itobert Nelson is now wealthy. It seems
bat in early days Robert found himself
a Boise, Idaho. Times were flush,
1 Mountain Dew " was lucky, and from
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q Missouri, $8,000 to invest for him.
juck turned, Nelson got broke, and
amo to Montana. For several years be
ias been trying to realize something
rom the money he sent to his father,
et he never could get any satisfaction,
nd he was too poor to go East to see
bout it. However, a short time since a
atter reached him, stating that 'his
ather had died, and that real estate and
ther property to the amount of $50,000
lad been left for him. A draft of $400
ame on for the heir. He bonght a suit
>f fashionable clothing, took a bath, got
is hair cnt and his mustache dyed, and
b is a fact not one in ten knew the transormed
figure and features of " Mounain
Dew." Nelson left Helena for his
Id home in Missouri, v. . ,
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fs that ? on, Cbarli el
John Henry had been off on a busitess
trip, and had got home at three in
ho morning. He found the doors all
ocked, and tried to get in at the back
window, in the course of which proceed g
a policeman nabbed him for a burgeut.
"Why, you big idiot, I live here,"
aid the injured man.
" No, you don't, cully; that dog won't
amp. k\e had the nippers on yon
fore. You're a cnnnin' cove, you are."
" But I tell you, you blasted fool, that
ay name's Henry, and I live hero. Just
ing the bell and ask my wife."
So the guardian of the law rang the
>ell, purely as a matter of form*, for he
new his man.
Mrs. Henry stuok her nightcap out of
he window, and asked; r;
" Is that you, Charlie P'
" Who in the bine blazes is 'Charlie ?'"
nougnt joud Menry, ana wnne msneart
ras boiling over with jealousy, the poceman
asked:
"Is your husband -at home, ma'am?"
" No, he's out of town, and won't be
ome for several days/' and then slamled
the window down in a hurry.
So the bewildered John went off to
ae station house, and found out next
lorning that " Charlie " was a brother
ram the country who had come to make
few days' visit.
That Stick of Wood.
The Danbury man says that just as
ire as there is a stick in the wood-box
>nger than its fellows and the stove, it
i sqre to turn up when the head of the
ouse is replenishing the fire. You
ave seen him put that piece in the
?ve. He is invariably in a hurry when
e does it. He lifts off the front, and
okes the stick in. It lacks about two*
. .1 3 ^ a TT 1 1 J
lcnes 01 gorqg aown. ne wiggles, dui
doesn't go down. He takes ofif the
ther lid, and sees that the stick is plump
^ainft the end of the stove, and jet
tcks an inch or more of taking its
roper position. The glory of a man is
is legs. He lifts his foot and gives it a
ick. It is still there. The stove is
ist seventeen inches in length, or one
ich shorter than the stick. Still that
ifferenoe has no weight with him. He
icks it again. The heat is blinding,
le delay is maddening, the defeat is
>rtnring. His wife comes in, as oil npon
le waters. Then he kicks, and sobs,
id kicks again, and still kicks, and
tcks madly and passionately, and
. reams at the top of his voice that he
ill do it, and lalls to kicking again,
hen he lus to be led away, gently but
rmly, while the patient wife, throws
le stick out of dodrs, and fixes the fire
srself.
. A FABLE.
One time there was a good old man of
snch meek and lowly disposition that
the people made him a judge, and
they brought their disputes to him to
decide. His decisions were ever just,
and the people said :
" Great ia Aboud El Bishen; he is
never wrong."
" One day a stranger came to the office
of this good man and said ;
** A man owes me a just debt and will
not pay."
" Does he give reasons!"
t " He gives a dozen of them. He says
my bill against him is a blasted swindle
and a fraud."
" You have asked him for the
ducats ?"
" I have, and he says he'll knock my
head off if X ever ask him again !"
Then the good judge was puzzled.
He chewed at the end of a three-cent
penholder for a long time, and finally
asked:
" Did you furnish this man food for
his camels or a robe for himself that he
is your debtor?" ^
"Not by a jugful. The bill is for a
job of plumbing 1"
Then the meek and pensive smile
which had covered the faoe of Aboud El
Bishen faded away like a boy sliding
over a milldam, and in its place came an
expression of malignant evil.
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in a voice as cruel as a cross-cut saw.
" J doth plumb," answered the man.
Then the wise judge chewed up the
rest of the penholder, dug his heels into
the floor, and in a low, shrill whisper he
inquired :
" Did you ever know a plumber to get
a job done within fourteen weeks of the
promised time f"
"No, sir, I never did!" promptly replied
the plumber; " but let me explain.
Now suppose you want a small job done
at the house?a little saldering, a faucet
put in, or something of that kind. You
leave your order, and I say day after tomorrow.
I send the oldest apprentice
to your house, and when he gets there
he sits down and takes a look at the job.
Then he stands up and looks at it. Then
he squints his eyes and looks at it. Then
he walks all over the house and comes
back and looks at it. Then he figures on
how much the house cost, wonders if
there is a mortgage on it, sits down and
talks with the hired girl for a couple of
hours, and oomes back and reports. Day
after to-morrow oomes, and I can't send
a man up there because they are finishing
another job which ought to have
been done a month before. Something
happens the next day and the next, and
it's two weeks before I can send a man."
" Or two months," put in the wise
judge.
u Well, split the difference and call it
six weeks," replied the plumber. " I
send two of the boys up. They walk
around the job, go down cellar and up
stairs, sit down and figure on the cost of
| the front steps, aud go home to dinner.
When they return they take another
look at the job, and Thomas oomes to
the shop after some solder. He gets it,
and then Henry comes after his tobacco
box, and then Thomas comes, and wants
to know if it's gas pipe or water pipe.
They knock off then for the day, and
about noon next day get around there
and dig a hole in the pipe to put in the
faucet. The next day they get the faucet
in, and some time during the week
that job is nicely finished."
"And you charge $20 for it!" exclaimed
the eL raged judge.
"Just about that figure, O wise judge!
But it isn't my fault. The oldest ap-;
prentice says he had to take out one
hundred and fifty feet of pipe, and the
youngest apprentice said he had to put
m two hundred feet, and between them
they mix me up, and I have to average
it. It isn't us plumbers?it's these apprentices
who are to blame."
" put aou i yuu imuw ?uwy ure lyixig
to you?" s -i
" I sometimes suspect them; but how
it would look for mo to say unto Thomas:
Thomas, thou art a liar!' How that
boy WbUld feel !H
44 Don't people ever stop at your shop
and call you a liar and a cormorant t"
44 They do?-3ome one coming almost
every day?but they shouldn't do it.
When the bldest apprentice says that
the job is worth $20 and the youngest
apprentice agrees with him I have to
make out my bills accordingly. I desire,
O judge, that my debtor may be
forced to pay me my honest due."
Then tne meek and pensive Abond
El Bishen bobbed up and down in his
ohair as if he were on red-hot springs.
His face grew black, his eyes became
bloodshot, and he yelled out:
44 The guard! The guard!"
And when two cross-eyed constables
entered in response to the yell he continued
:
"Outoff the man's head, and let it
be borne around the city on a staff, while
the bearer shouts :
44 Behold, he has plumbed his last
plumb!"
And when the judgment was carried
out the people threw up their hats and
shouted:
44 Aboud El Bishen forever I We'd
like to see the chap who can plumb it
over him !"
And from that day to this no plumber
has ever dared charge half what a job is
worthy and all plumbers finish a job at
the time agreed upon or perish beside
it,.?M. Quad.
Hurricanes and Earthquakes.
We have intelligence, says the New
York Herald, of a severe hurriaane
which visited the Philippine islands, i
causing the loss of many lives and destroying
the houses and crops of the inhabitants.
Such a calamity cannot fail <
to produce great distress; but the Phil- :
ippinee are not alone in suffering from <
AlAmAVtla \X Arnitn'na
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once more threatens an eruption, and &1- <
though the horrors of Herculaneum and
Pompeii oonnot be repeated, a direful
calamity is imminent. An earthquake i
has just been felt on the Atlantic coast, ]
extending all the way from Weldon, N. 1
0., to Washington, and almost simulta- ]
neously the Pacific slope was similarly
visited. In Porto Rico, too, earthquake 1
Bhocks have been experienced, and it is (
only a short time sinoe the terrible '
floods devasted France, England and i
parts of this country. No foresight can <
provide against accidents like these, and 1
the terrors they inspire increase with J
their frequency. *
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Opium Smoking.
The Ban Francisco Chronicle says
that, in addition to the numerous opium ]
smoking dens kept in that city for the <
Chinese alone, there are, within three '
blocks of the city hall, eight opium j
smoking establislimentskept by Chinese ,
for the exclusive use of white men and 1
women. These places are patronized 1
not only by the vicious, but are resorted '
to by yteong^aen and-women of respect- ,
able parentage ; and* the habitues of i
these resorts inhale the fumes of opium ;
until a state of stupefaction is produced.
An ordinance has been passed prohibit- \
ing opium smoking in dens, bHt of course 1
it is evaded. ]
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A Serpent Show.
An incident of the "quiet day" of
the Prince of Wales' stay at Bombay was
one which is de rigueur with all visitors
to India?namely, an hour or so with
the Hindoo conjurers and snake charmers,
of which Bombay possesses many
skillful and extraordinary specimens,
and no doubt the priuce saw something
to astonish him. even after the puzzling
performance of the Houdins and Maskelyncsof
Europe. The men themselves,
always of low caste, possess an amazing
command of the deadly varieties of
reptiles, which they bring in flat wicker
baskets to the door of any one who will
pay a trifle for the exhibition. They
lift the lid and out glides the dreaded
cobra; but at a pluck of his tail or a
light touch with a stick "the living
death" rears his head and neck, puffs
otft his hood and dances time to the
sound of the tumbi, a rude instrument
which the " sampwallah " blows upon,
being a gourd stuck over with the red
and black seeds of the abrus precatorilis
and fitted with a double reed.
The gray, horrid eyes of the serpent
fix themselves steadfastly upon the
man's gourd or turban, the creature nods
backward or forward, this way or that,
with an obedient movement which follows
every bend of the charmer. The
majority of cobra3 carried about by
these men will be found not only fangless,
but with the fang gum cauterized,
so that the poison teeth cannot grow
again. Mr. Nicholson, in his excellent
book on Indian ophiology, has very
truly pointed out that even the deadliest
snakes may be taken up with impunity
by those who have nerve and quickness
of touch. Unless frightened or hurt
they are remarkably slow to exercise
their power. The great thing is, in
fact, not to terrify th6 terrible naga;
and half the mystery of the business
stands explained when this odd amiability
in the deadly cobra is understood and
the perfectly collected manner of the
charmer is also observed. It is considered
rather lucky to have a cobra in the
chuppur of the hnt, and the children
put out milk and eggs every night for
" their uncle," who keeps down the rats
and will live a'whole season about the
place without doing any kind of harm.
Religion and legend combine to protect
these reptiles in India, and, besides all
the mythology which clusters round the
serpent of Vishnu and its antique worship,
Hindoos believe that cobras guard
all kind of underground treasures.
"The juggler,having no other garment
on him than the lingouti, chooses a serpent
of a harmless species and places it
in a basket, which he covers with a lid.
He then nses and flings his arms about,
the while muttering some cabalistic
words which his companion accompanies
oh a tamborine. Suddenly he arms
himself with a flexible wand, which he
whirls for some minutes above his head,
and then suddenly throws down at our
feet, where it arrives in the form of a
serpent. In spite of the closest attention
on two repetitions of this feat, I
could not detect the moment when the
wand was exchanged for the serpent"
That is an example of the marvelous
adroitness of these Hats and Madari, or
snake people, who are thought by some
authorities to be identical with the gypsies
of Europe. Mr. Nicholson, for
example, points to the word surpengro
in the Roman language, which means
the same thing, and is almost identical
in spelling with surpendrcn, one name
of the great serpent Vasuki, in the Indian
mythology. It may, therefore, be
that in the Bombay snake charmers, the
Prince saw the relic of a nation and of
practices infinitely more antique than
Agha Khan's ancestor, and certainly it
is carious how religious myths have
made the serptnt as little dreaded by
the Hindoo people as he is detested and
feared by the European races, who believe
that in Eden, as Burns puts it, "he
gave the infant world a shog maist
ruined a'."
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H?w a Vegetable T)e*troy? an Insect,
To a pane of the window before which
we write there is fastened a dead fly,
which lies with legs sprawled wildly,
with head bent awry, the proboscis
thrust out, and the wings standing up
unnatually. It has the appearance of
having suffered a miserable death, its
members being twisted and contorted as
though with spasms of pain. Examining
its body closely, we discover that a
white mold is growing luxuriantly between
the rings of the abdomen and on
the surface of the wings, and that joints
of the plant hare fallen off upon the window
glass, covering a space surrounding
the insect of nearly an inch in length
and a half inch in width. What is the
meaning of these odd circumstances,
and what brought the poor fly to its vio-'
lent death!
It is a dear case of murder. The fly
was consumed by a vegetable, a fungus
that ate out its vital organs, and is now
fattening on its remains. The fungus is
called Emputa Muscce, and is in the
habit of attacking house flies in the
aptumn. The germs of the plant, floating
in the air, or lurking in places
visited by the insect, settle upon its
body, and, finding congenial soil, take
root and develop rapidly. The wretched
victim, helplessly yielding to the drain
on its vitality, becomes sluggish, and
when at last it is exhausted and overcome,
fixes itself to some object, and,
incapable of further action, it perishes.
Instances are often seen like the one just
described, where the fly settles on a
window pane and there suocumbs to the
cannibal feeding of its vitals. "The
whole of the interior organs of the
abdomen," says a writer in Nature,
" are consumed by the plant?nothing
remaining but the chitinous envelope,
on which the mycelia (filaments) of the
fungus form a feltlike layer; the fructification
showing itself externally as filaments
protruding from betwe< n the rings
of the body."
Grace Greenwood, writing from Paris,
gives the following anecdote: A gentleman,
calling on a distinguished foreign
minister a short time ago, was told that
no visitors were reoeived that day,
" But, you see," he said to the domestic,
"I have a lettre d'audience, and I
come on a matter of importance." "I
un very sorry, monsieur, but it is quite
impossible to admit you. His excellency
is burying his mother-in-law to-day,
ind when his excellency buries his
mother-in-law, he does not like, to be
disturbed." ,
"Throw Physic to the Dogs; PI! None
of it."
We do not in the least feel like blaming !
Macbeth for this expression of disgust ; iniced,
we are rather inclined to sympathize
with him. Even nowadays most of the cathartics
offered to the public' are great, repulsivelooking
pills, the very appearance of which is
sufficient to " turn one's stomach." Had Bfaobetk
over head of Dr.Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets be would not have uttered those
words of contempt. It is really encouraging,
when one is ill, to tind that a little, sugar;oated
pellet, no larger than a grain of mustard,
will as promptly produce the desired
effect as a dose of great, nauseating pills.
rbeBe little pellets, unlike other cathartics,
are really nature's physio. They do not debilitate,
but tone and invigorate the system. No
family should be without Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
Purgative Pellets.?Com.
SUMMABI OF NEWS.
Iubi ml IitffH trmm H*M ud Abread.
While Dennis Daly, a farmer of Ledyard,
Caynga county, N. I., was removing potatoes
from a pit, a heavy mass of earth fell upon
him, and when taken oat he was found to be
dead The training ship Goliath at Gravesend,
England, was destroyed by lire. There is
reason to believe that twenty boys perished in
the flame? The hog disease is prevailing
to an alarming extent in Warren and other
counties in New Jersey About seven
o'clock in the evening a gas main running
under Federal street bridge, in 8outh Boston,
exploded from some unknown cause, and
wrecked everything for some distance about,
killing a number of people. The pavements,
which were crowded at the time, were torn up
for one handred and fifty yards, and many
persons buried under the debris. A large
portion of the bridge fell, carrying down with
it several persons who were crossing at the
time. Four or five wore killed and a number
wounded. A large grain warehouse in the
vicinity was so racked by the explosion that it
will have to be taken down Considerable
alarm was felt in Richmond, Va., on account
of an earthquake, which lasted ten seconds,
and was quite severe.
Sonora, Mexico, is in a state of anarchy,
and Governor Pesquiera levied a special
tax to carry on the war Montenegro has
negotiated a ban of $1,000,000, and has contracted
for arms. It is believed she will join
Servia against Tnrkey A battle recently
oocurred between the Russian troops anl a
body of insurgents in Khokand, in which
three hundred of the latter were killed......
It is announced in Cairo that the Khedive
is negotiating the sale of Egypt's founders'
shares in the Suez canal and that a representative
of the British government and an agent
of a combination of French capitalists are
the bidders, the latter having offered $9,000,000
The Prince of Wales has arrived in
Calcutta The earthquake was felt generally
throughout Virginia A Louisville
(Ky.) grand jury has indicted ten persons for
betting on the late elections?among them
two of the city oouncil The town of
Winona, Minn., having subscribed bonds to
the amount of $35,000 for the Green Bay railroad
company, and then refused to pay them,
claiming that the company did not fulfill all
the conditions agreed, the company brought
suit, and have received a verdict by which
they can reoove* $35,000, with interest, from
wealthy citizens of Winona George H.
Decker, of Liberty, 8ullivaa county, N. Y.,
shot his wife and then cut his own throat,
causing his death shortly afterward. His wife
was dangerously injured. Financial troubles
led to the act......The freights west on the
Pennsylvania railroad have been redaced fifty
per cent.
A severe tornado passed over the Bermuda
islands, destroying considerable property,
with some loss of life Charles Knowles,
nine years old, was found dead in the window
of a schoolhouee at Guilford, N. H. He had
attempted to olimb in through the window,
and the sash falling upon his neck suffocated
Him Helmbold, the ex-buchu man, has
again been pnt in an insane asylum.... ..The
royal palace at Barcelona was nearly destroyed
by fire A Mr. Reenz was arrested in Hew
York city for sending a challenge The
entire businees portion of Avon, H. Y., was destroyed
by fire, involving a loss of $70,000.
Heavy importations keep the price of corn
down in the English market, and wheat in
some of the .French markets has dropped.
The sugar refinery of Messrs. Kattenhorn,
Hopke, Offerm&n A Co., at Hastings,
N. Y., was boned, the loss being estimated at
1600,000....A boarding house on the Cincinnatti
Southern railroad, near Harrodsburg,
Ky., was fired into in the evening by unknown
persons, killing Martin Crum and wounding
a man named McCarty Town Marshal
Chandler, of Lebanon, Ky., attempted to
arrest a man named Northoraft, when he was
set upon by roughs, and a general fight ensued,
dating which many shots were fired.
Chandler killed Korthcraft, and>as almost instantly
killed by the friends of the latter..,...
A coroner's jury at Westerly. B. L, in the case
of the child who was killed by the kicks of
a dranken father while in its mother's arms,
have returned the verdiot: "That the person
from whom the father purchased the liquor
which mad^ him drunk is guilty of murder."
The father, Philip Gallagher, was held in
11,000 bail to answer before the supreme
oourt A dreadful calamity occurred in the
little village of HelUkon, in the Canton of
Aarg&u. Christmas festivities were being
celebrated iu the schoolhouse m that place,
when the flooring gave way. Eighty persons
were killed and fifty more or lees wounded
Ex-Queen Isabella of Spain is sick with the
measles.
The British now hold all the important
positions in the neighborhood of Penang,
Malacca. The Maharajah Lei a has fled and
taken refuge in Siamese territory A terrible
hurricane occurred in the Philippine
islands of the Indian archipelago, with dis&ejr'ous
results. The damage was most severe
in the provinces of Albay and Camarines, on
the island of Luzon. Two hundred and fifty
lives were lost and 8,800 dwellings destroyed.
Great numbers of cattle perished, and the
crops were completely ruined Harvard
will not withdraw from the ooliege rowing
association Francis D. Moolton h s sued
Henry Ward Beecher for 150,000 for malicious
prosecution Canal Auditor Thayer, of
New York, has been removed by Governor
Tilden, who acted on the recommendation
of the' commission era of tfie canal fund. At..
The gas explosion in Boston was caused by
tho drip-oock being left open through carelessness,
and the gas accumulating in qoantity
under the bridge Nine passengers were
severely injured on the Vermont Central'TOilroad
by an expyeea train running off the track
and down a ten-foot embankment near Middlesex
By an explosion in the Hutchinson
coal mine, near Kingston, Pa., three men were
killed and a number injured Mr. Hagabone,
of Mackey'a Corners, Schoharie county,
N. Y., shot at three men as they were harnessing
hie valuable team of horses at night*
wounding one of them. The man's comrades
carried him off, and the next day a dead man
was found in a neighbor's barn. A coroner's
jury exonerated Mr. Hagabone The estimated
expenses for New York city for 1876 are
$34*808,205.64.
The excuse of the third man," said
Mr. Moody, illustrating the parable of
the guests who were backward in coming
forward, " was more absurd than any?
41 have married a wife, and therefore I
cannot oome.' Now, why didn't he take
his wife along with him ?"
If any of our readers have not tried
Dobbins' Electric Soap (mader by Cragin
& Co., PhilaA we advise them to give it
one trial, for theft owh sake. Have
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A larger volume would not contain the
mass of testimony which has accumulated in
favor of Dr. Wisiar't Baltam of Wild Cherry
as a safe, efficient, and reliable remedy in
curing coughs, colds and pulmonary disease.
Many of .he cures aro truly wonderful. Fifty
cents and one dollar a bottle, large bottlee
much the cheaper.?Com.
Cliapped hand*, face, pimples, ringworm,
B<rheum, and other cutaneous affeo-'
tiooH cared, and rongh skiu made soft and
smooth, by using Juxiroi Tas Soap. Be oarefill
to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard*
Co., New York, as their are many imitations
made with common tar, all of wbich are worthless.
? Coin.
SCHENCU'H MANOR IKE Pfl.L3
WU1 be found to possess tboee qualities necessary to
the total eradication of all billona stUohs. prompt to
start the secretions of the llrer, and gfr* a healthy tone
' to the entire system. Indeed, ft Is no ordinary dlaoovac
in medtual science to bare inrented a remedy for these
stublwrn complaints, which develop all the results prodnoed
by a heretofore free nae of oaiomal, a mineral
mstly dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged to bo ,
destructive In the extreme to the hnman system. That
the properties of certain vegetables ooaprioo all Um
rlrtnee of calomel without Its injurious ten den dee, la
aow an admitted feet, rendered indisputable by scientific
researches; and tboee who use Use Mandrake PlUe
will be fully satisfied that the beat medicines are those
provided by nsture In the common herbs and roots of
the fields.
Thefte pills open the bowels and oorrect all batons derangements
without salivation or any of the Injurious
effects of calomel or other poisons. The secretion of
bile is promoted by these pills, aa will be seen by the
altered oolor of the stools, and disappearing of the
sallow complexion and cleansing of the tongue.
Amjlle directions for use aooompany each box of pills.
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Common to Good Texan* 07** 07%
Milch Cows 89 00 *8)U0
Hogs?Live hi 07** 07%
Dressed CO * 09%
Sheep 09 * 07*
Lambs * 08 * 08
Cotton?Middling II** II*
Flour?Extra Western... M * 9 00
State Extra.... 65 * I 90
Wheat?Red Western 1 10 * 1 80
No. 3 Spring 1 23 * 1 34
Rye?State 99 * 95
Barley?State 95 * 99
Barley Malt 1 10 * 1 4 >
Oats?Mixed Western 49 * 10
Corn?Mixed Western.............. 79 * 74
Hay, per cwt 99 * 1 19
Straw, per cwt '70 *139
Hops 79s 11*19?olds 04 * 09
Pork?M^es 89 *31 00
Lard IS * 13
Fish-Mackerel No. 1, new 39 00 *96 00
" No, 2, new Ill 00 *19 00
Dry Ood, per owt 9 00 * 9 25
Herring, Sealed, per boil.... 83 * 89
Petroleum?Trade 7)4(7* Refined, 13'4
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Texas " 2J ?? 38
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Wheat?Red Western J 89 * 1 8a
Bye...................... ...m. .... 80 * 85
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Oats MWrd 43 * 44
Petroleum _ 07 * 07*
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