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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
Destroying Rats-A Novel Trap.

The premises of good many farmers are
infested with rats, and we are often asked
for modes of destruction. A resident of
Brooklyn is vexed with an increasing family
of rats that seem to grow fat on arsenic and
rat exterminators. He doesn't like rats. and
refers his case to the Sunday Tines. That
journal recommends trap made as follows:
take mackerel barrel. for instance, and
fill it to about one. third It's height with wa
ter. Then place a log endWise in the water.
30 that one end of it will just remain above
the surface. Make the head of the barrel
q little too small to ft. and suspend it by
two pins to the inside of the top Of the bar.
rel. so that it will hang as if on pivot
and easily tip By touching either side. On
this head. thus suspended, secure piece
Of meat, which will attract the attention of
the rats. The first rat that scents it will.
to get the meat. leap on the barrel head.
The head will tip. preeipitats him into the
water. and resume its position. The rat in
the water will swim to the log. get on tn g
end of it. and squeal voci ferously. His
cries will bring other rats, all of whom will
be tilted into the water, and all of whom
will fight for the only dry spot in it-viz..
the end of the log. AS only one rat can
hold it. the vi,tor will drown all the rest.
and can. in the morning. be drowned him
self. We have seen twenty rats caught in
one night by such trick"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
Sheep for Mutton.

The Chicago Christian Times thus dis.
courses upon the merits of mutton and pork
Chicago and the entire West are deluged
with pork-about the worst description oil
animal food which enters into the consump.
ton of the human race. The hog is con-
fessedIy foul feeder, and foul in all his
habits; while, on the other hand, the sheep
ia one of the cleanest of all the animals that
are devoted to the shambles. The English
understand these things better than we do,
and beef and mutton are their great staples.
But then they breed sheep expressly for the
tables. Why may we not as well? The
long wooded or mutton variety of sheep are
Lardy. easily kept, and will do we'll and
prove pro6tabis in almost any part of the
country. What with the wool and carcass,
and the peIt, the entire animal is salable;
and there is an increasing demand all over
the country for mutton. It is growing ev-
cry year more into favor with our people,
and will soon become staple article. taking
the place now occupied BY beef and pork,
aid much to the benefit of the consumer in
a sanitary and pecuuiary point of view. Ii
our farmers would grow the first quality Of
mutton. as they do in England. they would
not fail to find a ready market and remuuer-
atinp prices.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
Care and treatment of Geese.

AS no one has replied to the request, ir
the Rurol. of A. A. of Michigan. for the
care and treatment of geese, will give the
method my mother has followed for many
years with success. Geese should not be
picked before the first of May, unless the
weather be unusually favorable. when it
will do no harm to pick them some two
weeks earlier, after which picking every
six weeks is sufficient until cold weather
There is woman in this vicinity who picks
her geese once month during the year
rather sparingly in the winter, I'll admit;
but in the summer they do present beauti
full (?) appearance, minus the feathers
Early goslings may be picked twice during
the summer; late ones but once. Pay DO at,
tention to ''the moon" Geese should be
we'll fed, and kept in warm place, during
winter. They cannot live on SraveI. as I
have heard it asserted. - Molly BRANr,
Ur5ono, " y
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
How TO SHOVEL Corn FROM A Waco,

How TO SHOVEL Com FROM A WAGON
In unloading corn in the ear from a wagon,
it is generally found necessary 20 take out
a few basketfuls by hand before the shovel
can be used to advantage. This difficulty
may be easily overcome by placing board
few feet long, slanting from the bottom OF
The wagon to the top of the tailboard. Along
this board the shovel can be used at once,
and those who have never tried this simple
plan will be astonished to find how much
labor and time are saved By it.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
FARMERS DEPARTMENT.
Cheap Summer Food for Hogs.


The editor of the New England Farmer
says he has practiced the following plan FOL
summer feeding Of pigs for many years, and
finds i: to be an excellent one. To those
who keep their hogs penned the year round.
the item may be of interest:
"a few rods of grass-plat convenient to
the pen liz reserved for this purpose. and is
MANFRED By the weekly suds from the wash
room. Commencing at one side of the plat,
q large basket of the thick. short grass is
moved each morning while the dew is on,
and part given to the swine at each feed
ing, three times day. By the time the
last portion of the grass is cut, the first is
ready to cut again. and in this way the
ground is moved over many times during
the summer, while the grass is kept short.
thick. tender and sweet It keeps the logs
III healthy, growing condition-they are
fed with as much as they will eat every day.
and little additional food is needed besides
slops from the kitchen"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
Sitting on the piazza of the Cataract wa

Sitting on the piazza of the Cataract was
young. foppish-looking gentleman. his
garments very highly scented with min
gled odor of musk and cologne. A solemn
faced. old-looking man. after passing by
the dandy several times, with look of aver
sion which drew general notice. suddenly
stopped, and in confidential tone. said /:
''Stranger, know what'll lake that scent
out of your clothes. you
''What What do you mean sir ?'' said
the exquisite. fred with Indignation, and
starting from his chair.
"Oh. get mad, now-swear. pitch round.
fight. just because man wants 10 do you a
kindness !" coolly replied the stranger.
''But tell you do know what will take
out the smell-phew! You just bury
your clothes-bury 'em a day or two.
Uncle Josh got afoul of skunk and he
At that instant there went up from the
crowd q simultaneous roar of merriment.
and the dandy very sensibly s'cleaFed the
Coop" and vanished up stairs
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
Cure for a Baking Horse.

j. r. s.. writing to WiLkes.s Spirit from
Pittsburgh. Pa, thus describes an occur
renee to which he was a witness:
81 noticed novel cure for fit of .balks'
applied to horse yesterday. A fine iron
gray horse, about sixteen or seventeen hands
high, and weighing probably 200 or 800
pounds, with a fine, large, open forehead
and bright. clear eyes, showing no signs of
vice or stubbornness, was coming up street
harnessed to light, open express wagon,
and at corner suddenly baked, and could
not be persuaded to move. His driver then
tried the useal remedy of careless, brutal
drivers, viz, tremendous fogging, with
barrel staVe. The poor animal evidently
showed no sign of vice, but stood still, with
his head turned back, and his ears put for
ward-starting at each blow, but not rear
ing. The brute who was driving him kept
up his cruelty for at least ten minutes, un
til bystander stepped forward aul offered
to start him, and the driver rather surhly
consented. The gentleman went up to the
horse and quoted him hy patling and sooth-
ing, and then stopped down, and gathering
a handful of dust from the roadway thrust
it into the horses mouth. and then taking
him by the head, the animal, whom coaxing.
pounding. and fogging failed to move. step
ped of as quietly and docile as a lamb. The
cure was entirely new TO me. and thought
il quite valuable one. The almost uni
versal mode would have been to fog, and
hammer, until either the tWo-legged or four
legged brute got tired"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28

TINE FOR CUTTING TrxBER.-We have
bsen long satiied. says the Country Gentle
man. that the best time to cut timber is in
summer. if it is not left in the log, but is
immediately worked up into boards, rails. or
whatever is intended. It dries rapidly. and
becomes hard and sound. Cut and saw
Eastwood in summer, and in few weeks
it will become thoroughly seasoned. and
will finally harden so as to almost resemble
horn. Gut it in winter. and il will be so long
in seasoning as to become partly decayed
before the process can be completed. No
doubt the presence of the water or sap in
great abundance in winter. and especially
towards the latter part. hastens this incipi-
ent decay. Rails cut and split in summer,
and the bark peeled to hasten drying. have
lasted twice as long as winter cut rails. A
correspondent of the Ne0 England Former
says he cut and split chestnut tree early in
summer. aud sit dried the best and bright
est wood he ever cut" Il is the practice to
cut nearly all timber in the comparative
leisure of winter; but there is no doubt that
it would be better to pay higher price to
have it done in summer. We would espe-
eially invite observation and attention 70
tseEubjsct.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
AFTER AL.


The apples are ripe in the orchard.
The work of the reaper is done,
And the golden woodlands reddsn
In the blood of the dying sun.
At the cottage door the grandsire
Sits pale in his easy chair,
Will. the gentle wind of twilight
Plays with his silver hair.
4 woman is kneeling beside him,
A fair. young head is prest,
In the first wild passion of sorrow,
Against bis aged breast.
And far from over the distance
The faltering echoes come,
OF the hying blast of trumpet.
And the rafting roll of drum.
And the grandsire speaks in whisper:
"The end no man can see;
But we give him TO his country:
And we give our prayers to Thee"
The violets stir the meadows.
The rose-buds fringe the door.
And over the grassy orchard
The pink-white blossoms pour.
But the grandsire's chair is empty,
The cottage is dark and STILL
There's q namelees grave in the battle field.
And o new one under the hill.
And a pallid. fearless woman
By the cold hearth sits alone,
And the old clock in the corner
Ticks on with steady drone.
WILLIAM WINTER.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
Cure for Scratches.

Sometime last year. I noticed in the Pal,
ley Farmer, cure for scratches in horses
(the use of lime) which the writer said he
had never known to fail.
Permit me to say that haze seen lime
fail in different instances. and also permit
me to recommend cure which have ne0-
er known to fail. and which is much easier
used than the lime: First, wash the parts
affected with soap suds. Then apply mix
ture consisting of gunpowder. spirits lur-
pentine and hogs lard, in as nearly equal
portions as they will mix we'll together.
Apply twice a day. and unless in very Sc
we're cases two days will effect cure.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
NEW REMEDIES FOR

PERM ToRRHGA-
HOWARD ASSOCIATION, PnLAgELPHIAJ,
IL a BeneooLeHt Institution established byspeetGy1
Endotcment for the Relief of the Sick and D'STssS.
afflicted seith ViTuLent and Chronic Diseases, ana a
pecidIy for the Cure Of Diseases Of the Serua' "
cams. A..
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, By the A''
ing Surgeon. -,
VALUABLE REPORTS on spermatOrrh3Ga.,
and other Diseases of the Sexual Organs, ana V
the NEW REMEDIES employed in the plsPsn ~
sary, sent in sealed letter envelopes, tree NJ =.
charge. Two or three Stamps for postage aSc oW
able. Address DIR. j. SKILL1N HOUGh IS;.
Howard Association, No 2 S. Ninth Street PnH'
adelphia, Pa. AS'
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28

To CURE SHEEP SK1Ns WITH THE Woo1
oN.-Sheep skins. properly cured, are val,
liable and serviceable on the farm. Clark
Sellers, in the Prairie RFornser, says, the
best method to cure them is to take one ia
blespoouful of alum and two of saltpetre;
pulverizs well and mix together thoroug hly,
Sprinkle this powder on the flesh side of the
skin, and fold together with the wool out;
hang up in cool place. In two or TIN ee
days-as soon as dry-take down and scrape
the flesh side with blunt edged knife I'LL
clean. This completes the process. Such
skins make excellent saddle covers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28
SWEET PorAro CorrEE.-J. Brown of

SWEET PorATo COFFEE -. Brown OF
Washington County. Illinois. informs Us
that he has partaken of sweet potato coffee
prepared in the following manner. which he
prefers to Java coffee. Pare the sweet po-
tatoes, slice them. and then cut in small
pieces, put on dish in the oven, dry. and
parch the potatoes until they become crisp.
but do not burn them; prepare precisely as
coffee is prepared. But little sweetening
will be required.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28

The old Stuyvesant pear tree. standing on
The corner of East Thirteenth street and
Third avenue, in New York,-said to be
over 200 years old.-was this year laden
with blossoms. The relic of the Knicker.
bockers. though presenting many signs Of
decay, bids fair to stand yet many years.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1862-06-28

The very best investment farmer can
make, is in fruit trees. If properly plan ted.
they will thrive aud grow, and produce gol-
den harvest. They will enhance the value
of the farm far more than any other invest
ment of the same amount.
The New York herald., 1862-05-09
THE VERY LATEST.


Arrival of tho Divisions OF Gems. Frank.
lin and Scdgwick mt West Point--Gen.
Porter's Div ision Embarked for the
Same Destination-Rapid Pursuit. OF
the Flying RebeIs-Thefr Retreat Sup
posed TO be Cut on, &C., &c.
WASHINGTON, May 8, 1862.
The Washington Sdr says;-Ths Secretary OF War has
he folio wing taken from the special correspondence of
the Baltimore American:-
Tho divisions Of Generals Franklin and Ssdgswick nun.
bsring about twenty thousand men, have been landed
At wsst Point, twenty miles above Williamsburg tho
head Of York rvor and the division OF General
Porter "a now emssrking steamers for the
destination, together with the Rhsde and and
other batteries and the river Yorktown up lined
with steamers and transports No doubt IS entertained
but that thoy will intercept and OF the fleeing rebels
unless they escape across the James river.
The dispatches received at the War Depaltme today
relate chiefly to movements Of army the PENN.
sula, and are for this not made public. They
bring that General Mcclellan 10 sner ecay
taxing to follow up tho splendid victory he has
won by the capture destruction Of the whole q Jen
Davis force between Richmond and Yorktown.
IN the absence Of authentic information from tho psnn
sula, the city ID filled tonight with all o. eras
Grated rumors but they longer doofu There ara
stories Of defeats rspuses Of the federal army but
victory 10 piled on victory and success upon success.
The New York herald., 1862-05-09
HIPPIN G NE VS..
ALMANAC NEW YoRx-rHrs DAY
sUE RISES. 5i Moos sRrs...... morn I 81
W HIGH WATER. ....norn H
Port or New York. May 9, 1904.

CLEARED.
Steamship Northern Lghs, Tinkepaugh. Aspnwsl-D
SHIP Golden Eagle. Swift San Francseo--wm r Coleman
ship David Crockett Burgess. rrancscosuton Co
Excei,iur, Swift, Lverpool-S Thompson's
sap Sutana tBr Hall, Llyerp 'ol-Brcay Livingston
Ship Artc, lsrcgA, An,werp-Jer ,gaA Co.
BARK wineIrnns McEwen. Por, Princc-H Becker
0iae,es. -
Brig A Reedsstrsne Barba os-E r Smith,
Frig t'tsco Gardner, Triniat--G Stephenson son,
Brig Havriock, Dexter. Berinuoa-Srih. Jones Co.
Brig Henrietta. Croweil, Bslh hoe--J Phillips Co.
schr G II Cook, Sparks Jscmel-E Is Arh
echr care lc, RelylOransda-MiddI ton 4 60.
Schr Nigan Leighton, Nassau--M strr
Erhr J ] Finlayson stuart. Easssu--i X Bacon.
scr Ocean Wave (Br,, Lockhart Newfound and-D De-
schrJ Marsh, Marsh. Baia nore--E ID Iiuribut 4 Co
scbr ~ rr hrla 81 am Baltmu e. Iakef h Dayton.
Scar ~ NJ Tayer. Ls n b, snow Hil--A Hnycns.
schr ga La \, snsad, snow Iiii-A :, iiayena
scnf Caro- n, Fox, PM atHilhis--J Mckee.
Sthr Ph,nii. Hamilton, For land-,l Frye Co.
Srhr Bacon, Baker, Bospn--H Racket
Schr 10 ,rpAine, DAVIS Fan Kiyer-ii Rlcke,t
Srhr r. praineri, Cha man HsrttOrl-If s Racket
echr Honesty, -. Shclltown--Mas,es
Sloop D. egop Rhodes Proviience-L Kenny.
Steamship Georges Creek ~ transpor) Mott waah.
ingion, rs hOars. 10 u QuarteriDas,r.
bark Guerilla, Commander Feais' Hateras Inlet,
days.
SUP BAkley. Ross Havre, April q with mdse and 2,7
10 Geo Bulkley. Uai rths eath
no date 75 miles s OF Cape Race saw large cebergs and
a arge quantity Of irt Ice. -
SIP chares 81 prague (of Kenaebunk), PIKE a,erca
March Gibraltar April o. In talast to m u Rlysr
smith
SLIP WIN Chamberlain. Jenn nes q b-al,ar Arr, a.,
ballast 70 Jas kobinsvn. Apri 81, Lat - 49, lon "a ts sis
The New York herald., 1862-05-09
THE cuNBoATs At WEST POINT,
Our York River Correspondence.
Uwrxp STATES SryAxzR Srs PING srovRs.
Xau nura Va Mn. a

UMrsp STATES srxAxzR srs PING STOVES
YoRxrpws, Va, May 9, 1907.
1As Run Of h< 0untoofs West Peins- IVhis Fgags An
Aiono the Fork Rirr-Dearrction Of h< Railroad
Bridge Acrossthe Pamunkey, &C., &c.
On Sunday, on the arrival Of the boats al this
place the Choeura, Lieutenant Commanding raiter son
and tho Corwin were sent further nm
the river. All the way up to wes. Point, twenty five
miles above Yorktown, white flags were displayed on
both banks Of the river On passing Bigiows wharf
twelve miles from hero, both ends OF the wharf were
seen 20 be 10 flames Zsnzingcrs coal wharf opposite
was broken down iu several places.
On reaching West Point the frames OF two runboa,s on
sand bank, little way mp short distance
from the point, were seen to be nrc boat Wa
seen the pont, upon which sho, was fred from
the Chocura TO bring her 20, with the view
Of obtaining Information, when = white Gag was i,s
played from abandon Vi battery and tho
fring. while these matters were progressing train
q advancing to the right In The direction
~ williamsburg but u not whore II wan,
70, whether contained troops. Both banks Of tho
river seemed 70 have been deserted by all save women
and negroes Not white man TO be sscn The ran
road bridge Pamunksy has been DESTROYED
but was not ascsaiusd whether by tho rebels or tho
rsonss. Orders had been given 70 tho csmmandsrs Of
ths gunooas to set on nre Thersfers h not mprobs
bic that II done by tho commander or tho Curruck
Yesterday afternoon the gunboats Marblchead and
Msratanza west up Queens creer Thsv hsvs No, "a
tsrued.
Heavy and 'ncessant cannonsdns. with s.ch.r... :,
muskstry, was heard the whole OF yesterday
'no"alns 'na' ? pa'ue Wa being fought. The sounds
seemed 70 come from the direction Of WILLIAMSBURG
The New York herald., 1862-05-09

nazed Br ship Pa,rcian days a,ena for Que
be- ls a. IS u a. os q 50 % 70 O.. spoSs S bar. T. o
ba bound s. ssosisg blue and red dag with white dis
Sris Van Horn tBr or Parrssoro. Ns, Msrr,raan
bex b A % So 0aa oS ass .pcs. 81 rs
d,, from West indies or Boson
al, and 81 eays fsom Prrnaspa ao. win gar As' to
Swift "a iust at 81 lon 72 20 sigma ed bark Nav Queen,
trg tunasrstood) "Cla.anoosa, from BALTIMORE bcunoi
big Ring, coroett, cardenss II days. with sugar
schr Leo lsrl RICE Gornwais, u days. with potatoes
shr Plcaes tBr,. Mcclellan Windsor, Ms 20 days. with
plaster. 70 Y Nevius son.
70 McCreasy. Mott I'd inst of Cha,est6n. board
sunboat A. al 4th, OF Hseras saw the U6
ssP s'ar Borroapss Bro% Swan raland days
scrR Hawkins Ware, Pc osin River, Va days
Sur DeIes, d. ar ., Vrpina. 5 days
sehr ehr Syg- LAWSON, lawson v'rs,ni.. days :
sehr Fos ~. sa ,s g,rs ] nia I'D days ,as,.
scnr J vansant, surrh yirsinls 5 days.
sss ssr Ia. n.yo ras Sis' . son. ss%s'
sehr 8 .sals Rcna 2. .. eotero%n nc odayA
sehr shawnee, f6rk, PhIiadelph
sc1r b Kahn Min r. Elizabethpori for Portland
sesr vn s s s grsSpS or Sr pro asnss
Ser cheviet, GAN #, Machi.s 10 days.
ssSr hr faaey a ~. 80 -n11' Ros 4, d, Avs
Sclr Giliaan Crove.., 30 on days
Steamer GEORGE Peasody a. transort, Winders, Hate
ras met Eotirefs No 70 N ballast
Steamer Anthracite. j'ues. PhiiadeipniA
Steamer Faicon. wnhams. Provideucs.
BELOW.
Steamship Northern Light, Aspin wall.
Wind at slnsetEw.
The New York herald., 1862-05-09

Great Rejoicing Over the Yorktown Vic
tory-The slcirmish with Ashby's Rebel
Cavalry, SC.

tory-The slcirmish with Ashby's Rebel
Cavalry, &c.
NEWMARKET, Va, May z, 1892
There 81 great jubilee In the army to-day At noon
to-day hundred guns fred honor Of tho York.
town victory. Consolidated bands visited Generals
Banks Williams and Hatch, and played patriotic airs
through the They also visited the camp Of the
Ira Harris cavalry, mark OF honor v tser gallsn,
charge yesterday.
The details Of that affair show that the rebel cavalry
had battery which they opened mcn. The latter
dsployod ana waited iii two Of guns placed in
position, when the snemys battery was soon driven
back and the Ire Harris cavalry dashed the reb
with yes and drawn sabrss, driving thsm back 10 the
suburbs Of the town. Our cavalry commanded by
MAJOR vought. OF The Third battalion
Aduani Hasbrouck, Of the Harris cav airy was tassn
prisoner by the enemy.
The sneuny o force was four hundred; ours less
The Of the victory at Williamsburg was received
this Afternoon and read dress parade In all the rex
men,s. The news recs ivcd rapturous cheers.
NxwnIxRT, Va, May s, 1882
Yesterday afternoon the rebel pcke,s above Column.
oiana bridge on tho eat side Of The Shenandoah were
driven back by dstachments under Colonel Fosss- who
was subsequently ambiscadsd By two rebol rcgiments
Tho action lasted an hour when Foster withdrew In
good order TIE enemy did mot pursue. A company
Of Vermont cavalry was cut of and nurroun ed,
bat escaped BY swimming the river. Tho ensmy's lass
IL not stated except seven prisoners belonging TO the
Sixth virginia and Seventh Iouisiana which md Gates
that the euemys force o. Ewes brig adcs This
morning twelve OF our men reported miss ng
II ID reported here that skrnisb occurred yesterday
near stanton, between Mnroys advance and Edward
Jchos ns c9nmand. Tue latter was rspaIsed and re-.
treated.
The New York herald., 1862-05-09
Alleged Attcmpt to Murder by . South
Negro.

EARLY last evening two negroes, named Thomas Cant
and Joseph Chamberlin became engaged In . dispute Ia
store corner Of Broome and Clark streets, which
very resulting fatally TO oae OF ths party seems
that Can't who is Southern negro and upon whose per-
son was fornd number Of Confederate notes has II s
alleged since his arrival in New York been consider.
ably annoyed by Chanbsrin sleeping with his wife, and
last evening determined TO have revenge He accord
ingly, While In Q dispute with Cha nbsrn seiz d a large
cheese knife and made plunge at his Antagonist a
would have inflicted fatal blow had not Chan, bsrn
made sudden jump from beyond the weapon. He then
ran out the street followed by Gant when oaco H.
r. Jones OF ths Twenty eighth precinct over
ha' led Cant and Knocked the weapon ot OF his hand
He then aeized him and colveys him 70 the stat N
house, where Chambcrlin .de charge against hifn
attempting TO taxa his lifo Ho accordingly lock.
cd up