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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Domestic Recipes. ,
Haohis de Yiande.?Take a piece of
cold meat, chop fine, adding sufficient
onion to flavor, also chopped fine, a few
bread crumbs, an egg, beaten, a little
salt and pepper, and a teaspoonful of
mixed herbs,?thyme, summer savory,
and sweet mar jorum. Put your hash
into a stewpan, with gravy or water
enough to moisten it, and a bit of butter.
Let it stew very gently for a few
minutes, stirring all the time.
Then place it in a flat dish and put it in
the oven till it is crusted to a fine brown.
Pound Seed Care.?One pound of
butter beaten to a cream, one pound of
sifted lump sugar, one pound of flour
(well dried), eight eggs (yolks and
whites beaten separately), and caraway !
seeds to taste. Mix the ingredients and
beat all well together for one hour. Put
the batter into a tin shape lined with
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papci} auu vuewivMi ? ? ? - ? ?
ate oven.
Dark Fig Cake.?Two cupfuls of
sugar, one of butter, one of cold water,
with a teaspoonfnl of soda dissolved in
it; three cnpfuls of raisins, chopped
fine; cinnamon and nntmeg, four eggs,
one ponnd of figs; use the figs whole,
oovering them well with the cake to
prevent burning. Bake in layers, frosting
between each layer. Make as stiff
as pound cake. Gut with a very sharp
knife to prevent crumbling. This
recipe makes two loaves.
Alderley Pudding.?Two tablespoonfuls
of ground rioe, the same quantity
of arrowroot, the yolks of tvo eggs,
a little grated lemon peel, sugar and a
pint of milk. Lay a little orange marmalade
at the bottom of a dish, pour the
mixture over it, and bake.
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Salmon salad.?une can 01 saimou,
six eggs boiled hard and chopped fine,
one pint of chopped encumber pickles ;
add vinegar and pepper to taste; before
mixing drain the oil from the salmon
and do not use it if the piokles are sharp
and brittle.
Fig Pudding.?Take a quarter of a
pound of figs, pound them in a mortar,
and mix in gradually half a pound of
bread crumbs and four Ounces of beef
suet, minced very small; add four
ounces of pounded loaf sugar, and mix
the whole together, with two eggs beaten
up, and a good teacupfnl of new milk.
When all these ingredients are well
mixed fill a mold and boil for four hours.
Fruit Cake.?One cupful molasses,
one pound of flour, one of sugar, threefourths
pound butter, two of seeded
raisins, three of currants, one of citron,
half pound blanched almonds, half
ounce mace, ten eggs; cream the- sugar
and butter ; add the eggs beaten separately
; stir in the flour, spices, then
the fruit.
To Make a Corn Marker.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
gives the following method of making a
simple corn marker: Take a plank seven
feet long, sixteen inches wide, and one
and one-half inches thick. Pin this on
three blocks, five by eight inches thick
and sixteen inches long, putting one
block at each end and one in the middle.
With this length the marker is
easily turned at the ends. For a
tongue, get a smooth, tough pole, and
fasten it to the center of the plank in
such a way that, when the team is
hitched up, the marker will stand level.
Now take a lath, one by two inches thick
and ten and one-half "feet long. Drive
a staple into the plank at ^ach end of
the marker and one in the middle. Pass
the lath through one outside staple and
the end just through the center staple.
Fasten a chain to the outer end, and the
marker is completed. The chain marks
where the middle block or marker must
fellow the next time across. The lath
must be shifted at each end so as to keep
the chain on the unmarked land. When
using it, stand on the middle of the
plank and keep the tongue directly over
the chain mark. If the first mark was
made straight, all the rest will be so,
and equally distant apart. If desired,
the lath may be fastened to the middle
of the plank with a bolt, so that it can
be turned from side to side without lifting.
Secure it in position by another
bolt, passed through the lath and plank,
near the ends of the latter.
Orchard and Nursery.
All ground in which young trees are
set should be cultivated, so that they
may have a chance to grow vigorously
and ripen their wood properly. If any
* trees set last fall are found to be bent
by winds, these should be straightened
up and the soil pressed down firmly
around the base of the tree. A few
large stones placed over the roots will
keep trees in their proper positions, and
this is often a good way to dispose of
surplus stones; but care must be used
in cultivating around the trees, else the
weeds will grow rapidly among the
stones and rob the trees of much nutriment
Grafting may be done this month at
any time provided me cions were cut Defore
their buds started, and well kept.
Trees bearing only inferior fruit may be
grafted, and made valuable.
Transplanting seedling trees from the
seed bed to nursery rows should be done
early, so that they will be well established
by the time droughts come on.
Some means of shading should be used
for all young evergreens and other tender
trees.
Set root-grafts at once in nursery
rows at a sufficient distance to allow of
horse cultivation.
Insects must be fought, and tentcaterpillars,
canker-worms, bark-lice and
borers kept off, and destroyed in some
way as soon as they appear.?Agriculturist.
Born Ins Rubbish.
Whether this is the best time to burn
garden rubbish is a question susceptible
of considerable discussion, but it is the
popular season. Great care should be
taken in the composition of the burning
heaps. If there are no old rubbers
handy, a length of oilcloth makes a very
good substitute. There is, of course,
nothiDg that emits the peculiar flavor oi
burning rubber, unless it is hair, but
hair is too costly to be considered for a
moment. A piece of old oilcloth about
three feet or so in length, subjected to
a slow flame, can be smelled by the most
ordinary nose the distance of four gardens,
and to many it is just as satisfying
as burning rubber. It is best that the
man should gather the rubbish. This
is so evident as to be not worthy of
any discussion. A woman with a long
handled rake is more dangerous than a
wet cellar. What rubbish she gets together
scarcely compensates for the
damage to the rake or to herself, or to
any one who happens to be in the same
yard at the time, and is too gallant or
too helpless to take the nearest fence at
a flying leap.
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^ At the annual convention of gypsies,
held at Joliet, 111., the chief laid out the
route to be pursued by each band during
the year.
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THE MEXICAN MUSTANG.
Ills Woncerlul Powers of EnduranceHow
They are Trained lor Racing.
Thirty of the mustangs lately brought
from California were entered at the race
in Fleetwood park, New York, each of
them being expected to run ten miles in
half an hour to make the wagered three
hundred miles in fifteen hours. They
are small, light horses, averaging fourteen
handi three inches, and weighing
about one thousand pounds each. All
are about five years of age and as wild
as so many buffaloes. Prettier animal b
were never seen, xxi spite ex iud uiuwiir
and crosses, poothooks and letters that
their various owners have burned in
their flanks, and although their shaggy
coats are strangers to the currycomb
and brush the natural beauty of their
well propoitioned bodies, muscular and
finely fashioned legs and proudly held
heads, is still apparent. They have been
shod for the first time in their lives
and resented the performance of tht
operation so lustily that some of them
had to be thrown upon their backs,
others were slung in midair, and still
others were held by as many men as
could gather around them. When all
were shod, Reilly, the blacksmith of the
settlement, looked as though he had
been worsted in a prize fight. His nose
was torn upward, his shoulder and shins
skinned, his cheek gashed and one arm
terribly bruised. " Thank God 1" said
he, when the thirty were shod, " they've
left me so I can stand up."
The Californians and Mexicans with
the animals were brought up among the
fiery creatures, and understand them as
they do each other. At the training,
after the animals were lassoed, each
rider buckled on his mustang a great
cumbrous Mexican saddle, weighing
forty pounds and looking like a leather
cradle, hung his long check rope in a
coil at one side, donned his cruel longspiked
spurs, fitted a great, curbed and,
sharp-blated bit in his horse's mouth, ]
and watched his chance, while the ani
mal reared and plunged ana snortea, to
leap upon its back. Once on, the ranchman
rode like mad, the animals starting
with a series of frantic leaps, then subsiding
into a steady, rapid gallop, tossing
mud and stones behind them, and
disappearing rapidly below a hill. In
a moment they returned, panting from
exertion and bleeding at the mouth
from the wounds their bits had inflicted.
A rider threw away his bit and bridle
and trusted to a halter. After a race of
ten minutes, he was glad to be rescued
from his unmanageable steed by another
horseman, who fastened the end of the
runaway's halter to the pummel of his
own saddle, and brought the horse to a
sudden stop.
In the zaoe at four o'clock in the
morning Francisco Peralto vaulted into
his place on the back of the initial
broncho, rode like mad until the creature
wavered, jumped then upon one of four
saddled steeds, and so continued riding
and exchanging horses until seven
o'clock in the evening. Fifteen hours
on the backs of vicious mustangs, without
rest, food or drink ! The endurance
of the man seems to dwarf the bottom
and speed of the horses. To win the
wager, the animals, each in his turn,
had to oover ten miles in something less
than thirty minutes. The fearful rack
and strain upon the Mexican can be
imagined.
Troubles of Newspaper Life,
Custer City ha9 reached the third stage
in Western metropolitan progress ; it has
passed from being a " city " and having
a blacksmith's shop to the possession
of a newspaper. The first number of
the Black Hills Weekly Miner, a
journal, whose motto very appropriately
is " Hew to the line, let the chips fall
where they may," has appeared. It has
not been printed witnout aimcuiues.
In the first place, the intelligent compositor,
who is also pressman, pnt the
first page where the fonrth should be
and vice versa, thus producing a newspaper
which reads like the Hebrew,
from the end backwards to the beginning.
The editor suggests, with a jocularity
which perhaps he did not feel, that?
and here let it be said that unhappily
the Miner 8 font of type was short in
the two essentials of capital "T's " and
all "W's"?"all those who wish to
read the Miner will do so without
trouble if they will only stand on their
heads."
The Miner contains a valuable commercial
department; its price list, its
readers are informed, is "corrected
weekly." Some of the items are appended
:
Whisky, per gal., $17.50; flour,
per lb., 15 a 16 ; bacon, per the pound,
$00,60; wagon wheels, per each,
$20.00 ; sugar, brown, 37c. per lb.;
mules, per span, $150 a $200 ; revolvers,
$6 to $9.25 ; vinegar, 1.20 cts a gal.
Even in advance of the appearance of
his first issue, the editor seems to have
provoked local jealousies. Thus he says
in a local item*:
A being whom it were gross Flattery
to call an idiot talks of starting an opposition
newspaper. Which of hi3
i wives will this GREEN young man
bring to ouster city as his womanaging
editor, the one which he used to beat
at Newburyport, Mass., or that woman
he deserted at Creston, Iowa? We
know the raskal.
the Sidney Clarion says there is no
gold in the Black Hills, the Sidney
Clarion may be right, though we think
it is wrong when it says so, but whose
feet are so big that he is tallest when he
is Ivinc down? Will our contem
poraryreply ? We never were mistaken
for Big-Foot Wallace. Let us liave
peace.
Chinese Wash Houses.
More Chinamen are employed in San
Francisco in laundry work than in any
other kind of labor. In all parts of the
city their wash houses are to be found,
every square block containing from four
to six establishments of the kind.
Nearly all the hotels, and many of the
public institutions employ them, and
the washings of nine-tenths of the fami,
lies in the city are performed by them.
A system prevails among these Chinese
1 laundrymen whereby the item of shop
1 rent is reduced to the most economical
' figure. Two wash firms occupy the
same premises, and use the same tubs
' and materials, one firm working during
daylight, and at dark surrendering the
shop to the other, who occupy and use
it until morning. By this system there
! is also a saving in water and fuel. As a
general thing Chinese laundrymen are
better ironers than washers. The prices
' charged by these laundrymen are of
course less than those fixed by the
American and French. All the work
. is done by hand, the average Chinaman
not caring to meddle with the mysteries
of steam or complicated machinery.
All bundles are collected and returned
in clothes baskets, and not one of these
establishments runs a wagon. Most of
the wash houses here are jrab-agencies
i for the different lottery schemes maintained
by the Chinese, deriving a small
percentage on all ticket sales.
Centennial Facts and Fancies.
The Centennial commissioners hold
private meetings daily, and almost as
often discuss the liquor and Sunday
questions. They are disposed to annul
some of the regulations made by the j
board of finance, and a majority has :
been counted upon as favoring the <
opening of the grounds on Sundays.
A resolution before the board of com-;
missioners provides for a committee of- i
three Americans to confer with representatives
of foreign countries for the purpose
of devising and recommending a
Dlan for a uniform basis of coinage.
More than one case on the Exhibition
grounds is filled with relics of Washington.
In these can be seen the clothes
worn by him on the most memorable occasions
of his life?his swords, camp
furniture, tents and other objects of
great interest connected with his campaign.
Cattle said to be the heaviest and best
in the world have arrived at Philadelphia
for exhibition?among them an ox
weighing 4,000 pounds and a heifer i
weighing 3,300 pounds.
There is a Centennial medical department
to which those suddenly taken ill
may be carried. Thirty or forty cases of
exhaustion have occurred on the grounds,
with others of laceration, fracture and
bruise.
The "official catal gues" sold on the
Centennial grounds are stigmatized by
alias "wretchedly careless and useless
compilations."
The Centennial fire department consists
of 169 men, divided into three
companies, one of which continually
patrols the buildings, while the extinguishers
and fire-plugs are numerous
enough to meet any possible demand for
their use.
Complaint in Philadelphia has begun
of extortionate prices. An indignant
bre&tfaster avers that he was charged
$2.05 for one little beefsteak, bread and
tea; and another asks the sympathy of
the public inasmuch as he was bled to
the tune of $1.25 for "a very plain
lunch."
One of the interesting features on the
grounds to American untraveled eyes is
the Arab family from Tunis, consisting
of a father, mother and two children.
They are located at the Tunisian bazaar
on the grounds, in charge of an Oriental
! coffee house, which will offer the attractions
of Arab music and dancing. The
woman is only eighteen years of age
and is a fully developed specimen of
Oriental beauty, with large and voluptu
ons eyes and a perfect form, enhanced
by the brilliant costume of the Orient.
Tnnisian bazaar, be in cr in strong
contrast to the elements of Western
civilization, will undoubtedly become a
popular resort
In order to repay the money contributed
by the United States, Pennsylvania,
and Philadelphia and private subscribers
to Centennial stock, the Exhibition
will have to net $8,000,000 over its
running expenses. To earn $8,000,000
the receipts must average more than
$50,000 for everyone of the one hundred
and fifty-nine days of the show. This
will require a daily attendance of 100,000
paying visitors.
An African Duel.
Capt. Bob. Danlap related to me the
circumstances of a duel which he once
witnessed a little ways inland from the
town of Juba, on the river of the same
name, upon the eastern coast of Africa,
and nearly under the equator. It was
certainly not such a duel as our heroes
of lighter complexion would delight in,
nor yet such as they could feel pride in ;
but, after all, it evidently yielded entire
satisfaction, and was full as sensible as
shooting with pistols, or chopping and
stabbing one another with knives and
8 word 3.
In the case of these sons of the Afric
shore, as is not unusual elsewhere, a
woman was at the bottom of the difficulty.
At the appointed time the duellists,
two stalwart savages, nearly naked,
appeared upon the field of honor, each
armed with a stout rawhide cat, or
triple-thonged whip, capable of inflicting
the most tremendous blows?blows
that might make an ox bellow. Having
arranged the few necessary preliminaries,
they pitched three ostrea shells
each at a given mark to decide which of
the two should reoeive the first lashing.
The unfortunate loser immediately took
his stand, and received, without flinching,
the given number of blows?flveand-twenty.
Then came the turn of the other, who,
with heroio firmness, offered his back to
the sufferer, whose arm was not made
lighter by the pain and the loss of the
pitch. Thus they alternated until one
gave in; and, had the umpires judged
that the twain had suffered sufficiently
before either would give up, they were
at liberty to stop the duel, and award the
victory to him who had borne the greatest
number of blows without flinching.
And ever after the scarified backs of
these heroic men were displayed in
token of their honor and their bravery.
A Grecian Brigand.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : The rereturn
of a retired brigand to active
professional duties is announced
from Greece Petko, one of the most
eminent robbers of his time, who had
amassed sufficient wealth to enable him
to lead the life of a peaceful citizen at
Athens, has become disgusted with the
ennui of respectability, and has betaken
himself to Trace?the scene of his
former exploits?where he is roving and
plundering with great success, and with
all his former activity. He has lately
captured a young woman, for whom he
demands a heavy ransom, and has also
announced his intention 'of murdering
some intimate friends, who have, in his
opinion, mismanaged some property he
left under their care. His proceedings
excite unusual interest and admiration,
because they are conducted from a pure
love of brigandage and not from necessity.
Petko the other day nearlv lost
his life while scaling the wall of a house
in which lived a lady whom he much
admires. A Circassian zaptieh seeing
Petko ascending the wall, fired at the
venerable thief, who, however, was happily
untouched by the shot, and, sliding
to the ground, took to his heels and
fled with really marvelous activity.
To be Beautiful.
The late Dr. Harriet R. Hunt was
once asked how she managed to keep
plnmp and fair in March and April,
when everybody else was green and
yellow.
" Oh, I should look like other people
if I didn't take care of myself," she
said.
" And what do you do ?"
"I eat dandelion greens," was the answer.
"I buy the first that come into
market, and I eat them every day. I
have them boiled in water, settled a
little, and all the spring I make my din<
ner of them and a bit of potato, and so I
{don't get bilious."
SUMMARY OF NEWs.
(team of Intefeet from Home and Abroad
By the failure of the Johnson Gingham
Manufacturing Company of North Adams,
Mass., two hundred hands were thrown out of
woth George Yon Hollern, city collector
of Chicago, has gone to Europe?being a defaulter
to the amonnt of $100,000. Gambling
was his ruin Thore teems to be wellfcora
tlio* tlm Mnaunlmana nf Tiirtor
tlCUt Legislature CO nu cue uuuxpirou leim w
the late Senator Ferry The third game of
the Philadelphia billiard tournament was won
by 81oeson, who made three hundred points to
Rudolphe's 266. The score of the fourth game
stood: Daly, 300; Foster, 150. The fifth
game was: Bessinger, 300 j Shaw, 229. The
sixth game scored: Joseph Dion, 300; Garnier,
260 Five of the children of Charles
Irwin, of Vevay, Ind., were drowned by the
sinking of an old skiff in which they were paddling
on the Ohio river. Three other children
were rescued with great difficulty By the
explosion of a "giant powder" manufactory
at Drakeville, N. J., two men were instantly
killed and $12,000 damage done Twentyfive
illicit distilleries and forty thousand gallons
of mash and liquor were seized by the revenue
authorities in Virginia and North Carolina.
FOBTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. *
The Business of General Interest Transacted.
BZHATZ.
Mr. West (Rep.), of Louisiana, from the
committee on appropriations, reported favorably
on the House bill appropriating $9,000 to
pay the expenses of the select committee apEointed
to investigate the Federal offices in
onisiana. Passed.
Mr. Sargent (Rep.), of California, introduced
a bill to restrict the immigration of Chinese to
the United States.
The House bill to amend the act of March
13, 1874, to encourage the growth of timber
on the Western prairies, and the House bill to
extend the time to pre-emptors on the public
lands were passed.
Mr. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, from the
finance oommittoe, reported adversely on the
Senate bill to reduce the interest upon the
public debt, provide for a safe and elastic currency,
for the speedy appreciation of the value
of treasury notes and national bank notes to
that of coin, and to guard against panics and
inflation of bank credits, and the oommittee
was discharged frOm its further consideration.
Mr. Edmunds (Rep.), of Vermont, from the
committee on the judiciary, reported, with
amendments, the Senate bill to amend the
second, fourth and fifth sections of the act to
enforce the right of citizens of the United
States to vote in the several States of the
Union.
HOUSE.
The House theq went into oommittee of the
whole on the Post-office Appropriation bill,
the question being in regard to abolishing the
letter carrier system in cities of less than 40.000
population. The discussion having closed,
the vote was taken on the motion of Mr.
Mutohler (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, to strike
out of the bill the provision referring to the
aKnlttinn nt nnn-AatflhlinhmAnt nf th? frfifi
delivery system^in cities of not less than 40,000
inhabitants. The motion was agreed to?125
to 29?and the provision'waa struck out of the
bill. "
Mr. Fostor (Rep.), of Ohio, moved to insert
an item of $350,000 additional for the letter
carrier system in cities of less than 40,000 inhabitants.
Rejected.
Mr. Holman moved an amendment increasing
an item for in'and transportation from
$14,500,000 to $15,000,000, specifying it as follows
: Transportation by railroads. $8 862,149;
by star routes, steamboats, and all other than
railroad routes, $8,237,851. He said that the
plan was to allow five mills per lineal foot of
car room, when the mails are carried loss than
twenty-five miles an hour, and six mills when
over that rate of speed. Adopted.
Mr. Payne (Dem.), of Ohio, moved to suspend
the rules aud pass the bill directing the
secretary of the treasury under such limits
aud regulations as will best secure a just and
fair distribution of silver coin throughout the
country, to issue that now in the treasury, to
an amouut not exceeding $10,000,000, in exchange
for an equal amount of legal tender
notes, and that tne notes so received in exchange
shall be kept as a separate fund, and
be reissued only on the retirement and destruction
of a like sum of fractional currency
^lVUUUOU U WU14W lilV . _r * MA iiwj
may rise in a body and massacre the Christians
The Prince of Wales was received
in England with enthusiasm on his return
from India The West Virginia Republicans
passed a resolution in favor of Sir.
Blaine for the Presidency Prom April 10th
to April 22d there were 836 deaths from plague
in Bagdad A resolution passed the British
Columbia House declaring it expedient to the
government to take steps to prevent the province
being overrun with Chinese to the detriment
of white labor.
Oxford College will not s^nd a crew to the
Centennial regatta Reports from Canada
and the adjacent States this side of the line
are to the effect that the spring freshets are
the most damaging known for years. A number
of logs and much valuable lumber has been
swept away. Several bridges in the Connecticut
valley, Vermont, have been carried off by
the overflow, and many more are in imminent
danger. Railway communication in that portion
is entirely suspended on account of bad
washouts At the Lexington races the
three-quarters of a mile dash, open co all ages,
wae won by Billy Bruce in ?being within
one-quarter of a second of the fastest time
ever reoorded The war in Central America
between Guatemala and Salvador resulted in a
victory for Guatemala after a few trifling engagements.
Salvador sues for peace.
A party of young men serenaded a young
married couple at Dahlgren, 111., and on being
ordered away by the bridegroom and refusing
to go he shot at them, killing one and woundiner
two others. All were of the highest re
spectability A half-witted man was caught
firing a lumber yard at Wiliiamsport, Pa., and
was captured after a severe struggle, during
which he was shot three times, fie is undoubtedly
the incendiary who has caused all
the immense fires the town has suffered from.
Ellen Jackson was arrested in Brooklyn,
N. Y., on a charge of murder?having thrown |
her agrd husband down stairs and broken his
neck....Cholera is raging disastrously among |
the men who are laboring on the fortifications
at Mandalay, Burmah Three children in
a boat were swept into tde rapids of the Sault
au Recollet river, Canada, and drowned.
The Manchester (N. H.) calico mills, employing
five hundred hands, have closed on
account of the low price of goods The
Senate bill to allow the khedive of Egypt's
diamond gift to Gen. Sherman's daughter to
pass the custom house duty free, has passed
the House A military excursion train
was thrown from the track by a broken rail
near Biohmond, Ya., and a number of persons
killed or wounded Information from
Laurel fiill, La., states that a poaee of colored
men went to the store of a white man, and
calling him to the door, riddled him with bullets.
A party of white men demanded the
body, and on the negroes refusing to deliver
it a fierce fight ensued, resulting in the killing
of four white men and eight oolored men.
Four negroes were also oaptured and hanged.
The excitement increased, and whites and
blacks were oongregating in large bodies. The
sheriff has asked for military aid The
British navy will simply blockade the porta
of Dahomey, and not bombard them
Two oolored men were hanged in the presence
of three thousand persons at Springfield, Ga.,
for the murder of two ladies.
Nevada Demoorats favor Mr. Tilden for the
Presidency, but send their delegates to the
national convention unpledged Representative
W. H. Barnum (Democrat) has been
elected United States Senator by the Conneo
received in payment of duties to the United
States, and that such fractional currency when
so substituted shall be dostroyed and held as
part of the sinking fund, as provided in the
.act of April 17, 1876. Rejected?yeas, 185;
nays, 73.
The House went into committee of the'
whole, Mr. Sp.inger, of Illinois, in the Chair,
on the Post-offioe Appropriation fcilL
On motion of Mr. Cannon (Rep.), of Illinois,
the section as to postmasters' compensation i
and as to box rents was modified so as to provide
that at offices where the boxes are not
supplied and owr.ed by the postmaster, he
shall, at least, receive $700 per annum of the
box rents, if so much shall have been collected.
On motion of Mr. Rolman (Dem.), of Indiana,
commissions of postmasters on all other
postal revenues were limited to $1,200 instead
of $1,300, and the compensation to railroads
for carrying mails was fixed at five mills per
linear foot when run at a speed not exceeding
twenty-five miles per hour, and six mills when
running at a rate of Bpeed exceeding twentyfive
miles.
In the Fields.
A curroopuiiutjiii traveling m x CLLUBJ'Ivania
says that it is common to see farmers'
wives working in the fields in certain
sections of the State. The writer
adds: "Lately we noticed a young
single lady handling with wonderful
skill a large cultivator, to which three
heavy horses were attached. At another
farm we noticed several women planting
corn and potatoes, and at another place
a young and newly married woman was
spreading lime?one of the ugliest jobs
on a farm. Such and many other jobs
are dene by country women?feats that
would astonish some of your city
ladies."
Training a Boy.?An old detective
at Troy (N. Y.) says : " If I desired to
train my son for a detective, I would
first make him a newspaper reporter.
That, beyond any other business, is the
business that makes stupid men smart,
ordinary men able, and capable men
brilliant; and what an experienced reporter
cannot detect is not worth detecting.
"
Chapped hands, face, pimples, ringworm,
saltrheum, and other cutaneous affections
cured, and rough skin made soft and
Tn\rmvt> 'Pah flnin Ra earn.
QLUWbU) UJ UDUig VUtliXAi* AOit wvoi. ayy vwt v
ful to get only that made by Caswell, Hazard <k
Co., Now York, as their are many imitations
made with common tar, all of which are worthless.?Com.
The Scottish Team.?Scotland will
be represented by a team at the Centennial
rifle match, and twenty of the best
shots in the country propose competing
for the honor of coming. The hardy
Scots are generally good marksmen.
Xantippe.
It seems that the memory of this woman,
like that of her renowned hnsband, is likely to
be kept alive to the end of time. She is said
to have possessed a very irritable temper and
her name has become a synonym of "vixen,"
or " scold." Is .is more than possible, howover,
that the judgment passed npon her by
mankind has been too severe. more charitable
disposition wonld undoubtedly have discovered
in her many good qualities, and have
attributed her failing more to physical infirmities
than to moral obliquity. The party
moet intimately acquainted with her, and
therefore best able to form a correct opinion,
gives her credit for many domestio virtues. It
is now well known that many of the diseases
to which women are subjeot have a direct
tendency to render them irritable, peevish,
cross, morose, unreasonable, so that they
ohafe and fret over all those little ills and annoyances
that a person in health would bear
with composure. It is fair to infer that most
of the tantrums of Xantippe were due to these
causes alone; and oould Socr&tee, as he returned
from the Senate, the Gymnasium, or
the Atheneum, have stopped at Pestle & Mortar's
drug store and carried home a bottle
of Dr. R. V. Pierce'j Favorite Prescription,
now and then, no doubt he might have evaded
many a "curtain lecture," allayed many a
"domestic broil," made it muoh pleasanter for
the children, and more enjoyable for himself,
and rescued his wife's name from the unenviable,
world-wide and eternal notoriety it has
attained. Thousands of women blees the day
on whioh Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
was first made known to them. A single
bottle often gives delicate and suffering women
more relief than months of treatment
from their family physician. In all those derangements
causing backache, dragging down
sensations, nervous and general debility, it is
a sovereign remedy, its Booming ami neanng
properties render it of the utmost value to
ladies suffering from internal fever, congestion,
inflammation or ulceration, and its
'strengthening effects tend to correct displacements
of internal parts, the result of weakness
of natural supports. It is sold by all
druggists. *
Nellie' H. H. H. Fork and patent method for
mowing and stacking hay or straw will save the
farmer its cost every season. Pamphlet free.
Address A. J. Nellie & Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.*
There are several kinds of worms which
trouble horses; the pin-worms (pointed at
both ends) are the most common and most
dangerous. Sheridan's Cavalry Condition
Powders will, in a few days, eject the worms,
and the horse will begin to thrive. *
Factories and machine shops should
not be allowed to run a day without Johnson's
Anodyne Liniment. In case of a sudden aodent
an immediate use of it may save weeks
of suffering and perhaps a limb, or even life.*
Don't Throw Away Your Monov.?To the
Public.?For over 28 years Dr. TOBIAS' VENETIAN
LINIMENT has been sold: every bottle has been warranted,
and not one has been returned. Thousands of
certificates of its wonderfnl cnrative proper ties can be
aeen at the Depot, tO Park Place. New York. It will
do all, and more, than It is recommended for. It is per,
| fectly safe to take Internally. It cores Cholera, Cronp,
Dysentery, Colic, Sea Sickness, Chronic Rheumatism,
Sprains, Old Sores, Cuts, etc. Sold by the Druggists.
To all, particularly invalids, spring Is a trying season.
Indications of sickness should be at once attended
to. Fatal diseases may be caused by allowing the
bowels to become constipated, and the system to remain
In a disordered condition, until the disorder has time to
develop Itself. An ounce of prevention Is worth s pound
of cure, Is sn old and truthful saying. Therefore, wt <
?ii im tmnhlad with the oomnlainta now
very prevalent?headacne, indirection, disordered liver,
want of appetite, nausea, or feverish skin, to take, with
cnt delay, Scheack's Mandrake Pills, We know of no
remedy so harmless and decisive in its action. It at
once strikes at the root of the disease and produces a
nealthy tote to the system. People need never suffer
from any disease arising from a disordered oondltlon of
the liver if they would take this excellent medicine
when they feel the first' Indications of the malady.
Families leaving home for the summer months should
take three or four boxes of these pills with them. Thej
have an almost Instantaneous effect. They will reilevi
the patient of headache In one or two boon, and will
rapidly cleanse the liver of surrounding bile, and will
effectually prevent a bilious attack. They are sold bj
all druggists.
6y ?? Snowflake Cards, four tints, with name, 20c.
&f) Add'g J. B. HU8TKD, Nassau, Renss. Co., N. Y.
50 Calling Cards, name neatly printed, for 15 eta. Samples
for stamp. Waterbury A Inman, Ballston, N. Y.
A QWPfTVT A The only sure remedy. Trial package
xiO 1 .dlllii. frtt. L. Smtthnioht, Cleveland. 0.
2 k FANCY Cards, 7 Styles, with Name, 10 etc.
>) Choice. A. Traver A Co., North Ohatbam, N. Y.
OA Extra Pine .Mixed Cards, with Name, 10
hj\j eta., post-paid. L JONES A CO., Nassau. N. Y.
6 VERY desirable NEW ARTICLES for Agents.
Ml'r'd by J. G. Capxwell A Co.. Cheshire, Conn.
Profitable, Pleasant work; hundreds now employ* i.
hundreds more wanted. M. N. LOVXLL, Erie. Pa.
?>OAA A.MONTH. Agents wanted. Excel. Mfg.
Oo.. 151 Michigan Avenne, Chicago. III.
& A 4k to gGO a Week and Expenses, or 9 too
forfeited. All the new and standard Novelties,
Ohromo*. etc. Valuable Samplee isee witn Circulars.
R. JL FLETCHER, 111 Chambers Street, New York.
* Madame FOY'S
Corset Skirt Support
Increases in Popularity etery
For HEALTH, COMFORT and STYLE if
acknowledged THE BEST ARTICLE ol
the kind ?v?r mad*. -i
For ial* by all kaduu jobbsn and r*tailara.
Bowar* of imitationa aad lafring*Maitcfactcbkd
solely by
FOY ds HARMON, ,
NrwHarta, Ccan. |
Axbcfltoii RmAok-with Light G?at Fimi Pnooi
eubetitute for tin. In use by all of the Labqxb r MaktjtacAibritM
Paints* *11 oolort, ready for use, rnexcelled
iisbriioa Mteaa Pipe and Roller CoTerlnn. '
Asbestos ."team P?Ckln??Indestructible, selMnbi
Asbestos Root Contlng.fur restoring and presort
Fnlnt, for fin Roofs. Iron Work. e?c. Fire-Proof
Jheaihlnn*. Vermin Proof Lining*, etc.
Send for Pamphlet, Prion List. Samples and list of parti
factory lndnoomenta and exolotlTs right of sale will he gi'
where onr goods are not kept for sale. IT tar
Established 1968. Patentee and Mannfactnmr.Al* W ?
The Markets.
raw tori.
Beef Cattle?Prime to Extra Bullocktf 09X<S UX
Common to Good Texans 08*? 0fe*
Milch Cows 30 00 970 00
Hogs?Live C8X? 08X
Dressed 09*? 18X
Sheep 04*? 06*
Lambs 09 ? 14
Cotton?Middling u*? 13*
Flour?Extra Western 5 68 ? 7 00
State Extra 6 60 ? 7 00
Wheat?Bed Western 1 g? ? 1 30
e Ho. a Spring 1 26 ? 1 24
Rye?State 90 ? 92
Barley?State 1 10 ? 1 10
Barley?Malt 1 00 ? 1 46
Oats?Mixed Western 41 ? 44
uuru?uuieu wwveru 013(19 d*
Hay, per cwt AO 9 1 f6
Straw, per cwt CO 9 1 15
Hopn 76's?18 ^19 ....old! 04 9 08
Pork?Mesa 21 25 921 50
Lard 12X9 "X
Fish-MackereL No. 1, new 28 00 928 00
" No. 2, new.......18 CO 915'0
Dry Cod, per cwt 4 00 9 8 25
Herring, Scaled, per box.... 24 9 24
Petroleum?Crude ...08X9C8X Beflned, 14
Wool?California Fleece 28 9 28
Texas " 20 9 28
Australian " .. 40 9 48
Butter?State 20 9 80
Western Dairy 28 9 28
Western Yellow...... 20 9 25
Western Ordinary 18 9 20
Cheese?State Factory. 08 9 18
State Skimmed... 04 9 08
Western 06 9 12
Eggs?State 14 9 18
iuin
Wheat 1 9 1 87
Rye?State...... VI 9 98
Corn?Mixed 69 9 80
Barley?SUte 90 9 90
Oats?8tate 38 9 50
surrano.
Flour 6 26 910 00
Wheat?No. 1 Spring 1 24 9 1 ?4
Corn?Mixed 62 9 56
Oats 87 9 81
Rye 78 9 7?
Barley 84 9 90
baltimobb.
Cotton?Low Middlings 12X9 12X
Flour?Extra ? 8 76 9 S 75
Wheat?Red Western 1 20 9 1 20
Ryo 75 9 78
Corn?Yellow 50 9 60
Oats?Mixed 45 9 45
Petroleum 08X9 06X
PHILADELPHIA.
Reef Cattle?Extra 00X9 08
Sheep 05 9 01X
Hogs-Dressed 11 9 1*X
Flour?Pennsylvania Extra * 6 10 .0
Wheat?Red Western IN i|l SI
Rye .9 85 9 '6
Corn?Yellow.. 62 9 6i
Mixed 6U 9 el
Oats?Mixed 85 9 W
Petroleum?Crude 10X910X Defined, 14
WATXSTOWH, MAM.
Beef Cattle?Poor to Choice 4 75 9 8 75
8heep 2 CO 9 6 CO
Lambs 2 00 9 5 50
Y17 ANTED AGENTS. Sample* and Out/U/r*.
TV Brtter than Gold. A. <X)ULTEB A (X>.. Chicago.
<? C f n SDH & day at heme. Samples worth 91 seat
JOtOiD^Ufn,. 8TIN8QN A CO.. Portland, Me.
CI 9 * day t home. Agents wanted. Outfit and terms
?PA^ free. A drew TRUE A OO., Angusta. Maine.
T A ? & Q Losr day. Send for Chrome OwaJf
&JZ%f H. Bxttfoed'sSoot, Bosvw. *lt
WINTEB.-An Active Aceat to manage the
exclusive sale of Cigars la every county. Address
N. Y. TOBACCO CO.. 38 Renwick Street. New York.
a mrxrrna 73 rubecriber* in on* day. Bart literary
iHTHili AO pnper. Only 91.60 a year. Three S10
ohromos free. Mchyow A Spohsleb, Pube , Phila., Pa.
dirt PA A Month.?Agents wanted. 36 beet sell
\lnrr articles in the-world. One sample free
WUUU Add'ss JAY BRUNftON, Detroit,Mich.
ITO AGENTS. S5'^oVM3?S|
IA ttbubn .Publishing Pomp ant, Anbnrn, N. Y. |
qqaa per month guaranteed.
UUVl" Business first-class. Aq*nt* tcanled ev?rywhere.
Address, with stamp, T. 8. PAGE. Toledo, O.
A Irenes Wanted.?Twenty 9x11 Mounted Ohzoaoa
H. for 91. 2 samples bv mail, post-paid,zOc. OOSTIwxwtal
Ohbomo OOl, 37 Nassau Street. New York.
nil I mm HABIT OUBBD AT HOME.
M CIII IVI No publicity. Time short
6 mff Terms moderate. 1,000 testimonials.
Describe case. Dr. F. B. Marsh. Qulnoy, Mich.
\KT A ThTfTlIjl TV?Salesmen on fair Salary to in"
XX IN J.. JCil / troduce our goods In every
county in the U. 8. We mean Basin ess. Address Olir.
Novelty Itotria Co., Box 1344, Cincinnati. O.
/fkPyn A WEKK guaranteed to Male and He
\k M M male Agents, In their looaUty. Ooet*
(Dig NOTHING to try it Particulars Pres.
T P. Q. VIOKKRY a OO.. Angurta. Ma
I whmma All Want It?thonsands of lives and
A P rM *Pv millions of property saved by it-fortunes
fl IT Pi I! 1 U made with It?particulars free. 0. AS.
UUfliUM LnmrQTOW A Baa JtewYorkA Ohlcs-u,
n > .iim and Morphine Habit absolutely and
fllDIIllI speedily cured. Paluleee; no pubudtj.
II s I 11 In Bend stamp for Partteulars. Dr. OablV*
mitt TOW. 187 Washington St., Chloago.Ill.
aaa A MONTH ? Agents wanted evsryU:
0 PVII where. Business honorable end flrmteh/llll
class. Particulars sent free. Address
q/AJ W WORTH A OO.. St Look. Mo.
fTiTTi A O ?The choloeet in the World?Importers'
X JDi iliji prioes?Largest Company In Americastaple
article?pleases everybody?Trade continually
increasing?Agents wanted everywhere?best Inducements?don't
waste time?send for olroular to ROBT
WKLL8, 43 Vesey St., N. Y. P. O. Box Ig87.
Agents Wanted! Medals and Diplomas Awarded
Pictorial BIBLES.
1800 Illustrations. Address for new circulars,
A. J. HOI,*1 AN dc CO.. 930 ARCH Street. Phila.
mg mm Nssly Printed Bristol Visiting
Cards sent post-paid forSSets. Bend
Htm**
CAPSICUM PLASTER &
mstio Pains, Bolls, Carbuncles, Stiff Neck, Lumbago,
Headache, Asthma, Colic, Sea Sickness, Etc. Relieves
pain in ten minutes. Samples by maiL Address J. A I.
COPPiMOTQN, 1183 Broadway (Sturtovant house)Jf.Y.
MNBO Your Name Klepintlv Print
u'Ln ed on 11 TxassrABsnrvkams*
lifdlr Caids, for 15 Cents. Each card contain*
&mm which is not visible until held towards the tight
othHigUV. them ever before offarsd in America Biginduoemants
to Agents. Novbltt Pxistisq Co, Ashland. Masa
A BOOK for the MILLION.
MEDICAL ADVICE
Catarrh, Rupture. Opium Habit, Ac., SENT FREE on receipt
otitamn. aaanu.
Dr. Butta' Dirpenaary No ? y. ath ?t. 9t. Lotria.
"pSFcnOMAJfOT, or Sonl Chmrmhu>.W
9 How either eex may faacinate end fain the lorWeod
; Affection ofanypenon they ebooee, I natantly Thla art all cet>
ptascaa, free, by mall, B?nU; tofether with a Lorer'a Guide,
KfyrH'an Oracle, Dreama, Hlatato Lad Ire, H l^M.eMcold. A
eobarMok ti?r-e< V ACQ.. PnVe. PilahjpMa.
ANN , afflPBYttBSWtSR
ELIZA SEB^WBFS&sS
YOUNG. g."m 1 jl^cln^auvotilo, iuci uo^-l. v?
REVOLVERS^ MQ(j
New Buffalo Bill Re-rolwer MVIVV
Seat with 100 Cartrldftie for S3. Full Nicxui Plat*.
SatUfaction guarantied. Ultutraiod Catalog** TRMM.
WESTERN GUN WORKS, Chicago, JUM
>9 Dearboni-et (McConalck Block). P. 0. Box &4Q.
* PORTABLE
SODA FOUNTAINS.
$40. $50. $75. $100.
CHEAP & DURABLE.
Will yield 400 per cent profit.
SHIPPED BEADY |6R USE.
8?od for Catalonia. AddrM.Th.oaW Kaaofaetame
fffAMfAW ft m *? <>?,
WMHttflfl ? WWi ma.
U r 1U lift Intemperance
Speedily cured by DR. BECK'S onlv known and
sure Remedy. NO CHARGE for treatment
until.cured. Call on or address
Dr. J. C. BSCS. 112 John St., Cincinnati. 0.
Agent* wanted for a new, permanent, and rcpMta*
ble I Muinew, in which any active man or woman can ???i. w**T^9
ly make A5 to $10 ad.'r. One who had n.Te^^-WYwa
ranraised before made I7.50 In l_^-mwR*A?Va3?
lour; an experienced iro^^tV Par.
made $re.*5J^'rf7W>mzA+*. ucuiart free. C.
16 lea W^mT'A CLEtrtt, Manager,tt
rtaraiidAfcr*"^0*04 v-* "?? k**Vc. A.
to be reaponalble and rellaand
think be offer* Agent* extraardl*.
ary inducement*."?-V. Y. Wttllf Sun, April 1?, 18TJ,
SAVE MONEY
ij tending 94.75 for any 94 Magnate* and TBI
A'KKKLY TRIBUNE (regular prion 86), or 95.76cr
the Maculae sad THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRI
JlsN (regular pries 98). Addreee
THJB^TRLBNNB, Naw-Y?rk.
stm '
HALS. V
' Coating for stoop or flat Roofs. The only
run KM i;dR.R Oo.'s. Reedy foroM. Really tpyAs
in rlohneea of color end besot y of nosh.
rhe cheapest end moot effective non-condnctors In nse.
testing. Well wxab T*5 TIXZ8 as long ee any other.
lng Roofs, (.'entente, for Leaky Roofs, etc. lloof
CskUbii for fchingle Roofs, eta Felt Koeflsx,
ee using onr foods, end compare wtth ell others. Setts*
ren to responsible parties. Special prices to oobtobms
JOEPfST 87 Maiden Lane, N. Y.
CENTENNIAL
BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY
of the greet men of the
FIRST 100 YEARS OF OUR INDEPENDENCE.
The glory of America is her great men. Everybody
wants to read their lives at this Centennial season.
At?ENT!<i WANTED. Agents selling histories
snonld sell this book also. Everybody boys It. The
greatest success of the jeer. fSend lor circular, r. n
21EGLER A CO.. 518 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
THE SUN
FOR TEE CAMPAIGN.
The erenU of the Presidential campaign will be eo
fatthfolly and folly Illustrated in TUe SkW YOKK
H(JN as to commend It to candid men of all parti? 1
We will send the WEEKLY EDITION (eight paces),
post-paid, from J one 1 st till after elefHon for 60 eie.;
the SUNDAY EDITION, same size, at the same price;
or the DAILY, four paces, for #3.
Address, THE HON, New York City.
100 YOUR OWN PRINTINC!
4TWOTGLTY
.M JLH PRINTING PRESS
iSSSFSS?SSS"VS:SS^^
IBSYnTS: ?}>SjSl?tf??X?
g'jgasittgaL'
Can do eo In the CHSAPKIT aid BlfT bmbm
by using one or more sections ore j A BEAT CO-OP*
ssti mites address a a. piatt,ti jseason ilcbiciw,
"Screw the flsger as tight aa yea eaa*
that's rheumatism; one tarn mote, that's goat," Is a
familiar description of these two diseases. Taoagfc
each may and"does attack different paru or ma ijbii,
the caoae to be'ieved to be a poisonous acid In toe Mood.
Purify this by the nse of
Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient.
It will do its work peedL'y and 'horonghly. It is the
great friend of the sufferer from rheumatism and gout.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
?
IT PAYS
Any smart man who wishes te make filOOO a year cz. ?
small capita , to oommenoe in our line of bostneM.
Rselas is a Specialty. There is no one la your
ooonty who carries on the boslnoas. Yen can lean It
in one week by studying our Instructions, wblob we
send to all who ask for uem. Any man baring 8100
capital to start with, can purchase enough material ?
roof front ordinary houses. The sum realised from
sale sad profit on this supply, added to the regular psiy
for Mbor at Roofer, should amount to not less thru
9200. An expert man oould easily do t:e work 'in
nine working days. Two pereors of small mesne can M
join together U sd rentage: onk canvassing, while the '
orHEB attends to the work. Send for our Book of
Instructions (raz* If yon write at once), sad STCDT
it. Ask for terms. If you are unable to adranoe the
money, present toe muter to toe pnaniwi wun>s?|m
in TOCB placx, end Ulk it over with htm. He will
be 0LAX) to furnith the stock end divide the profit
with you. We will faemntee the territory to the nasr
responsible epphoent. Address Iff. T. 8LATK ROO.YISG
OO., IjMiTiD, 7 Oeder St.. N. Y.
IM9PSI ,
STANDARD
mm I
COUNTEB,PLATFORM WAGONAIFACK,
swam
N????? ?#
qjGAGENTS WANTEDS
^?ND FOI^ PI^ICE LIST
MARVIN SAFE SjSCALECO.
265 BROADWAY N. Y.
72/ CHESTNUT ST.PHILA.Pk.
i .108BANKST.CLEVE.O.
Jl- -J
HALE'S^
Hone^of Horehound and Tar
fob the cube of
pougms. Colds, Influenza, HoarseKb83,
Difficult Breathing, and .
all Affection 8 of the Throat,
Bronchial Tubes, and Lungs,
leading to consumption.
This infallible remedy is composed of
the Honet or toe piam norcnounu, m
phanicalunion with Tar-Baih, extracted
from the Lira Principle of the
forest tree Abies Balhawca. or Balm
ofGilead. , .
The Honey of Honjhotmd soothes
and scatters all irritations and inflammations,
and the Tar-Balm cleanses
and heals the throat and air-passages
leading to the longs. Five additional
ingredients keep the organs cool, moist,
ana in healthful action. Let no prejudice
keep yon from trying this great
medicine of a famous doctor, who has
saved thousands of lives by it in his
large private practice. .
| K. B.?The Tar Balm has no BAD
taste or smell ;
l prices, 60 cents and* $1 per bottm,;
I Great oaring to be jiaigo ilia
JJold by all Druggists.
; "Pike's Toothache Drops''
enre in 1 minute* "
Vf T*P ' " No gQ
avhicn writing to advbrtimuus
"* -wUi *i 5C=