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AGRICULTURAL

SOAKING SEEDS There is al exc pm u IL
he oG-rebeated directions TO soak seeds before
planting. Ii is when the ground is so dry as IL
ar;ra CT the moisture from the seed. Then II de
lays rather than hastens Vegetation. if ind ed it
does no, kill the seed In all other cases ii is o
great benefit 10 steep, even 10 scald the seeds
have tried all methods. from soaking hou,
to sprouiing various seeds. aud the above is the
suit. During the severe drought last spring steep
ed seeds generally died m the ground, aud those
only, vegilated, that were planted dry.
Soar WITHOUT BoILING.--Take one gallon oil
I've, strong enough to bear up an egg. 10 every
pound of grease. Put the I've into your barrel
and strain the grease hot, thiough sieve ar cul
Louder stir this three or four times day. un-
ill il ihickens. BY this process you may have
clean soap with much less trouble than Ia The old
way.---A griculturist.
To INCREASE THE GROWTH OF PoTAToEs.--
The flowers being cut off as they appeared on 'hr
plants, the number produced was much great Z
than where,he blossoms had remained untouched.
Early in October. the stems and leaves of plants
which had not borne flowers were stfongaud green
the others yellow aud in a state of decay. The
plants which had been stripped Of fnwers produ
ced ION the same scrape of ground) about four
times the weigh, Of large pot a,oes. very small ones
being found. Those which The flowers and
fruit were left, produced but small number Of
middle sized potatoes, with great number of lIt-
tie ones, from The size of common fiibvrI 10 thai
of walnut.-Neur Genesee Farmer.
PorAToEs.-A gentleman in Virginia has tried
the plan of cutting the potatoes in the middle aud
planting the two ends separately. The result has
been that the sproul or 'poinl" end has produced
most. but the "stem" end has given potatoes ofihe
best size and far superior to the "poiul" aud for
table use.
HINT TO HousE-KEEPERs.-Ho How often do
our fair house keepers dolefuliy exclaim, lifting
their bright eyes in great perplexiiy, "Wha. shall
we have for dinner p The question is easily set
tied for once, but the constant daily repetition OF
it drives them into quaudary which it is difficult
to avoid and extremely vexaIious TO endure. We
believe our fair friends allow that change and
variety OF dishes al different meals, give greater
satisfaction than mountainous continual &c OF the
same food however excellent il may be. Sci you
down, however excellent il may be-. Set you
down, therefore, pen IN hand, and compose la
bic of the meals of each day for two weeks. en-.
deavoring ifpossibe not TO have the same article
repeated more than once or twice during that time
/ In selecting your dishes the season must be some
what consulted and those most appropriate chosen
Follow strictly this table; when finished com.
mence it again, and pleasant variety of dishes
will compose your meals, wi hout The unpleasant
perpIexiiy occurring each day as 10 the selection
ofthem.
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For the Ypsilanti Sentinel.

DETROIT, April %, 1916.
Mr.. Editor:--Sir-I snatch few moments, from
the haste Of journey by steam to communicate
few things in relation to this place. Of its location
early history, &C., you and your readers are proba
bly, well informed and that il is destined soon to be-
come the emporium of the west, cannot fail to be
SEEM when reviewed in connection with the fact that
the nexhaustbe resources of our state are but just
beginning to be appreciated. 1t is the opinion Of
those best qualified to judge, opinion too which
every developing interest of the State seems fully to
justify that Michigan will long be second to no
sister state, of equal size, in wealth the mpor-
lance of her commercial interest. This city, stu
ated as it is on the highway of western commerce,
will necessarily become the grand depot for all i'm
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NEWS ITEMS.
PUBLIUS.

NTThe departure o another of the old jersey
Blues is announced in the death of Leonard Fish.
er, Of Gloucester Co. aged 90. He was with
Washington at Trenton. aid bore par, in most
Of the prominent engagements of the revolution.
Just as we conclude this note, our attention il
arrested by the death of still another of the veter-
ans of The Jersey Lne-J acob Jonsou, of Hun.
terdon Co. who died at The age Of SO. leaving a
widow one year older. The venerable old coup.
lie have lived together in love more than 70 years.
He has been ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church, nearly ever since the Revolution.
MALT LIoUoRs. Professor Brande. in an ar.
,icIe on malt liquors. describes the manner they
are adneraed 10 the beer shops and public hou
ses, and some of the bteueries of London. The
Eoplish are remarkably fond of malt liquor; 1t
serves MANY of them for meat aud drink, and lodg.
,nps ALSO l. must be racy. piquan'. and nulri.
tive article of diet, if what the Professor says is
true. He tells that green ritriol is used to make
the beer frolhy, treacle sweeten it, coculus in
deus TO in,oxicate. pepper To sharpen 1t. grains Of
paradise to warm il, aud salt to prerent quench-
ing thirst. One Of the most common. and at the
same time most perniciOus narcotic additions, is
tobacco, which being IIceused at the pubcan's is
not tangible by the officers. This not, it is said
an exaggerated account OF the compost ion of the
trash, which under various sedu cite names. is
pumped up from underground laboratories, aud re-
tailed at the bar and tap; and that 1t is which the
hborer because il is stimulating and supplying
considers as strengthening aud comforting. Eng
gi,h Paper.
WoNDERFUL OCCURRENCE. very remark.
able phenomenon is announ ced by the gazees Of
Consa ntinople, which all agree in the report
i. e.-tha, in Asia Minor, in the District of Jen
ischehir and those of Siwrihissar. E-ki Schehir
Seicl Gaz, mamma has fallen from heaven. The
Courier OF Consiantinope contaIus This notice -
IS Letters from Jenischewir inform Us that. for q
time past, mama has been falling from heaven, d
has supplied the inhabitants with nourishment.-
They grind il to -four, and bake it IN the same
way as bread, nor is il inferior 10 what we usual
ly eat
II appears, from the testimony Of persons OF al
modes of religious faith, that after season OF par
,ial famine, The same marvel that happened IN ihs
behalf of The children Of Israel has occurred again
| A shower has fallen from Heaven Of substance.
| about The size of haislones, no; unlike the tear
form mamma, and pleasant TO the taste. IL fell IL
such quantity as to lie three or four inches thicl
ON the ground, and served The people for food a
many days" -Schneupost.
OREeoN NOTICE. The following is the copy
of the Oregon Resolutions, as they finally passes
both Houses of Congress. Af'er promising M
conditions of the treaty, Congress proceeds:
And Whereas it has now become desirable
tina. the respective claims Of The United States &
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Great Britain should be definitely settled, and
that said territory may longer than need be, re-
main subject 10 the evil CONSCIOUSNESS Of the dvi-
ded allegiance of its American and British popu.
iation, and o: the confusion and conflict of nation
al Jurisdictions dangerous TO the cherished peace
and good understanding ofthe two countries
With view, therefore, that steps be taken for
the abrogation Of the said convention of the sixth
of August, eighteen hundred aud twenty seven. in
the mode prescribed IN its second article, aud that
The attention Of the Govern ments of both countries
may be the more earnestly directed 10 the adop-
ton of all proper measures for speedy and ami.
cable adjustment of The differences aud disputes 10
regard to said Territory,
Resolved By the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatires, Of the United States of America. tn
Congress Assembled, That the President of the
United States be, aud he is hereby authorized. al
his discretion, to give to the Governmen, of g reat
Britain the notice required yihe SAID second ar
'icle of the said Convention of the SIKH of August
eighteen hundred aud twenty-seven. for The abro.
CATION Of the same.
la The Senate. the Resolution passed with but
fen dissenting voices. among whom Mr.. Cass.
In the House, the vote stood 142 TO 46 the
nays being all Locos.
THE NATIONAL ARMoRY.--From the report
Of the Ordnance Department, il appears that the
Armory at Springfield has manufactured, the past
year. more .han flee times as many xaskefs and
other articles in proportion. as the arrnory AT IIar
per's Ferry, and the expeDdIu es at The furner.
were less than $4,000 more than at the lauer.--
Leaving out the miscellaneous articles. The cost of
a musket at Harper's Ferry. vas, serenity one dol
lars, and at Springfield only fourteen. itis Just
so with The Southern Mints-ihe expense of CON.
ing is Immensely greater at the South than at Phil
adelpeia.
TEXAN F1NANuEs. The Comptroller. Jamss
B. Shaw, in answe r TO resolution of The House
of REPRESENTATIVES. furnishes the following stat.
mon, az the probabIe annual exnense of the State
of Texas. in m. administration ef the Gcvernrrnl
Legislative sac. 1911 4s
| Exoc.,;vo Sal mn M
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VALUABLE COPPER REGIONS IN
PENNSYLVANIA.

II has come our knowledge within a day or
two that company of gentlemen in this city have
been recently engaged IN exploring lands on the
Allegheny range, IN Pennsylvania, and have dis
covered very valuable despOss of Cnpper. They
have have secured all the lands upon which any
ild cations of copper percep,ible 10 that qusr.
er, ard are now mining aud preparing TO enter
/ t, smelling operations.
The geuIog cal formation Of the country ir which
these deposits have been found, we are told close
" resembles the famous lands Lake Superior,
isle Roya and Eagle-river,) where the richest
mineral desposits have been developed.
We learn from the Reports Of the experienced
Geologist and Mineraogist who had been engaged
by these gentlemen in making their locations,
that among the mountains, especially on the ives.
tern side, " here these mines are situated. appear
thick but regular strata of quartz rock, which are
mixed aud covered with strata Of crystalline lime-
stone. Among these mountains are extensive
ilaeaus surrounded by steep hills of limited height
that comprised Of stri Of d f.rsui formations,
vz:-hormheud slate. magnesia slate, and quartz
slate, all mixed with small veins of sdbor dlnate
strata of serpeuilne, asbestos and quartz.
These strata are Irrrgnlir; thrown from their
original position by the upheaving Of The green
stone and so bent aud broken Ia manv directions
as to be diicult to trace for auy great distance.
The green stone which has raised the superin-
cumben. strata bears the strongest similarity to that
OF Isle royal. and includes The richest deposies Of
copper n veins. as in The mineral regions Of Lake
Superior; except that here the vei,-stone con-
'ans quartz mixed with mineral empho,id and
serpentine.
This is likely to be- from all we can learn, ono
o: the most valuable discoveries of the present day
beng so near the Atlantic and our own markets.
Pittsburgh Gazette.
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LRsrsLAnvE.-we find little in the drivelups o

LRersLArvB.-We find little in the dwellings of
our Legislature to repay any mans time in the Pc
rusal, but that er readers, may have some data to
judge of its proceedings insert, part Of one DAVIS
work, embracing IT'S deiiberation on two most iu,-
portant acts-one giving the right of sufaage-right
dear to every American heart-to portion of our
fellow citizens the other exerting direct influence
on the fs of eve individual In the Stat ,-Th, right
OF suffrage and the pun sment and Ie-vers;on of
Murder :. Look. readers. at these subjects, then
read the letter u fuesius and imagine the gravity
and wisdom of the holy TO which you have intrus
ted them Heels the air, paper pellets flying, oh
scene caricasures passing from hand to hand, and
non aye, rn the question, shall an oppressed
part of our fellow citizens be restored to right which
we hold sacred AMI inalienable Shall the life of
The innocent be exposed ungulrdcd to the murderer
aim
The following We extract from the proceedings of
the I'd inst.
The House in Committee of the whole considered
and reported back.
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the
constitution by striking ont the word "white," as
to extend to right of suffrage to colored persons.
The committee of the whole made an amendment
by striking out the word "malc" also.
The question being on concurring, Messrs Groves,
Ames, and Peck advocated this amendment.
Mr.. Groves urged very strenuously that females
had good right negroes to vote, and that for
egners should be admitted to all the rights of citizens
soon as they would take the oath of allegiance
The House concurred, and adopted the amendment
by the following vote:
The question then being on ordering the resolu-
ton to be engrossed.
After some debate in which Mr.. Blair showed up
the dishonesty and hypocrcy of the movers of this
amendment The Resolution as amended was order
ed to a third reading.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House resolved itself into com. of the whole
Mr.. Davis in the chair-and considered and re-
ported back "a bill to establish board of Sale.
Title 80 of the revision being under consideration
and the question being on receding from the disa-
greement to the Senate amendment striking out
the punishment Of death and inserting Hsolitary
6nement in the State Prison for lfe." The House
receded, as follows:
Z YEAS-Ames, Andrews, Barbour, Barrett, Blair,
Chubb, Edmunds. Gddings, Gen, Graham, Groves,
Jones, Kennedy, Ord Patterson, Peck, Thomas,
Wakeman, Wing, Speaker-2o.
NAYS-Cole, Cook, Davis, Hand, Leland, w.
Lewis, Palmer, Pierce, Ransom, Scott, Sprague,
Sweeny TOLLS.
Mr.. Blai, moved to amend the Senate's amendment
by adding Eat hard labor" adopted, ayes-25. nays
%.
The question being concurring in the Senate
amendment as amended.
Mr.. Cook moved to amend further, by moving that
the jury giving in their verdict may award Death
or imprisonment for life-ayes Is, nays-2O.
The question of concurrence in the Senates a.
mendment as as amended, decided in the aiirna-
native as follows. ayes-2l, nays-l4. The House
then adjourned.
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THE QUAKER'S PRAYER

THE QUAKER'S PRAYER.
y Lord, let not wars standard be unfurId.
Our motto is, thou know'st, aPeace with all the
world"
But still If fight We must for Oregon,
IN ths' as In all things, s'thy will be doner'
AND then, wheneer the bomb of war shall burst,
" nelP the Englishmen-but help U. s.. first!
Charles Fox said, that restorations were the most
bloody of all revolutions; and he might have added,
that reformations are the best mode of preventing
the necessity of either.
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CRUELTY IN THE POLISH INsURREcTIoN.-The
story has very generally gone the rounds of the
American Press, that the government of Austria en-
couaged the outrages Of the peasantry upon the no
bility in some of the Polish provinces, by the offer
of certain per head, for each noble taken dead
or alive. The mproability of this tale, to those
quanted with the state of the facts renders it HARM
less, it is however doubtless believed by many and
as we cannot see any advantage in the propagation
of error however little soever We may be concerned
in the subject of tive transcribed pant of the Speech
of Mr.. Guizot in the French chamber of Deputies,
where this was made subject of inquiry. Other
accounts confirm his view and unite in representing
the conduct of the peasanty to be precisely such as
might be expected from ignorant multitude viii
ling to take advantage of the turmoil of an insurrec-
tion to plumber and destroy without regard to friend
orfoe nsome numbering the pro2rietors in their
vicinity, for the purpose of obtaining arms, to join
some neighboring body of Insurgents.
The MINISTER OF FoRErGS AFFAIRS said that a
mongst the questions that had been put to him by the
honorable deputy, that which he most particularly
insisted, related to the policy and acts of foreign
Government and not to those of the French Govern
ment For that reason he should confine himself to
the line of conduct he had always adopted in that tri
bune-to speak Of what he knew. Hear, hear,] Il
the acts which had been reported were true he would
not hesitate to designate them deporable and gull
ty. To provoke social overthrow as defence a.
gainst political danger would be criminal act
RevoIutionsts were sometimes guilty of such acts,
but regular Governments never. depreciation from
the Centres.l From the information which had
however reached him, he had seen nothing to confirm
the facts of which he spoke. and, far from admitting
them to be true on the faith the journals and the
correspondence whah had been quoted, he should be
more inclined TO deny them. In order to explain the
part which the peasants of the Grand Duchy OF Poser
and of Gallica had just been playing, there was nc
necessity to bring forward guilty suggestions and
hypothesis of prices being placed the heads of
tain artes which the honorable deputy has alluded
to. Since the Grand Duchy of Posen and Gallici;
have been united that one to Prussia and the othe
TO Austria, both those Governments have used thei
utmost exertions to ameliorate the condition of thu
peasants. In the Grand Duchy Of Posen, as In al
the provinces of the monarchy, the Prusssn Govern
ment had constantly endeavored to improve the con
dtition of those people, and they had right to ho
land; teYhad obtained special Jurisdictions Instea
of those under which they had been formerly pla
osd. When, therefore, an attempt was made to ex
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cite them to join in the revolt they had refused be-
cause their situation was now better than it had
ever hitherto been.
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Of MI forsy'h and Mr.. Webster, OF Mr." uPshar
ana Mr.. Calhoun, acting through successive adj
mIniS'rations as our Secretaries ofSate. Among
the Mexican treaty Of 1881, Mr., Ellie, Mr.. ThomP-
son. and Mr., Shannon, have made similar state
ments The result Of MI slidslls mission Is kno~n
His language on the subject, already before Com
gress, will soon be before the country Our
Committees Of Foreign Relations in both houses Of
Congress, through their respective ehsrmen at diff
ferent umes-Mr Buchanan and Mr.. Riyss in the
Senate, Mr.. Howard and Mr. Gushing In the House
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THE DEL NoRTE THE TRUE BOUNDARY
NJ I..,........- OF TEXAS -.... .. n.

BY the organic law Of 1896, the republic Of
Texas fixed her boundary at the Rio Del Norte,
and with this boundary her independence was recog
Missed by the United States and by England, France,
and Holland Afterthe battle Of San Jacinto, the
Mexcans retired. beyond the Del Norte, and have
never reoccupied the country between that river and
the Nuecss. IL was organized into county OF
Texas, running from the Neoces to the Del Nort.,
and has been constantly Represented in the Congress
Of Texas, in their convention, end now In the Con
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MARRIED..

In Winchester, Virginia, on Thursday evening,
the 9Th instant, by the Rev. Mr.. JoNEs, JOS PHI
F. BROWN, esq, of Washington city, ID. c., to
Miss MARIA VIRGINIA SINGLETON, dsugh-
ter of w. @. SINGLETON, esq, of the former place.
On Thursday, the 7th instant, at Winchester, vir-
ginia, by the Rev. Mr.. Jones, JOSEPH r. BROWN,
esq, Of Indiana, to Miss VIRGINIA M, daughter
Of w. O. SiN CT Tos, esq. .lr. 81. '.a1 E1lt +.
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The extensive menaserie Of Messrs. Raymond &
Co. made its grand sntres into our city this morn
ing. This is a species of amusement in which in
struction is combined with pleasure and from visit
to which the old and the young, the grave and the
gay, of both sexes, may derive lasting benefit
For nearly four thousand years the study of nat.
ural history has employed the mind, the talent
and he pen Of the student, the traveller, and the
historian Goldsmith, Button, and others, have
toiled for months and years, and written volumes
on this interesting subject; but they scarcely though
that all the numerous animals they wrote of could
ever be seen at one time. But time and enterprise
have worked wonders, and visit to the exhibition
Of Messrs. Raymond & Co, will convince the most
ncreduous that they may there, behold at one
glaDoe---and that, too, free from danger--,almost
every animal mendonedoin natural history. The
noble lion presented by the emperor of Morocco To
President Van Buren,, but which, by our laws, he
was not allowed to accept and which Mr.. Raymond
purchased for this menagere, can there be seen,
transformed from being one Of the most ferocous Of
his race, into perfect lamb-ke docility.,l This
great change has been effected by the courage and
CONTAINING qualities possessed by Mr.. Pierce, who
performs in the cage with his lonship and four OF
five tigers and panthers. Much has been said Of
the opinion pronounced by the nobility Europe on
the performances of Van Amburgh and Herr Dries
bach; but Mr.. Pierce-who is an American--s will
ing to risk his fame on the Judgment of his own
countrymen. His fcats of daring are full as sur
prisng and incredible those of Driesbach or Van
Amburgh. The animals in this exhibition too
numerous to be mentioned in detail visit will
afford an instructive lesson to old and young,
Teachers should take their pupils, fathers their
wives and children, the exhibition is conducted in
the most proper and decorous manner. 1t will re-
main in 7th street. just south Of the canal, until
Tuesday evening. On Tuesday there will be three
performances afternoon, and evening.
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Alexandria Piano ware room.

III professor of music, King street, near Wash
ington street, Alexandra, has constantly on HAND
an assortment Of superior Piano Fortes, msnufac
tured by Nunns & Clarke, Of New York, withou
and with Coleman's beautiful Eolian Attachment
all richly finished, with harp pedal, completes sew
eral in both rosewood and mahogany, just re
ceiyed and for sale on the most eligible terms olt
pianos taken in exchange, .-r ...... "a. .'..
Nav n end0vuI HH .. ... ..N. VIZ
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wARr!-To ARMS, TO ARMsn

The steamship Galveston arrived this morning,
bringing the certain intelligence that the United
States army under Gen Taylor is oompleteiy SUR
rounded, and his communication with Point issbel
entirely cutoff. b Despatehss have been sent 10 the
Governor Of Texas for snyimmsdiats reinforcement
OF 2, 400 men; and special nesssnger, Col Dcsne,
10 new in this city, whh requist'ons upon Governor
Johnson for four reEimentss The stnsrgsncy 10