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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-08-28
The Curry-Comb, Card, and Scrubbing-
Brush.

These stable instruments are not used as
often and regularly as they should be used
by the generality of farmers. A good
dressing down of the horse each morning
with the curry comb and brush is fully
equal i'll health giving power and elasticity
of movement to two quarts of oats. 1t is
a grateful attention, repaid many fold by
the animal which is the stated ccipient of
it.
But. willie bestowing this care upon the
horse as most persons do. knowing its ben
eiicial effects, they very generally seem to
forget that oxen and cows are equally ben
Gifted by daily application of the card
There is no room for doubt on this subject
with those who have been accustomed to
beStow this attention on their dairy and
working stock. \ free use of the card
gives reposc to the animals enables them
to enjoy and digest their food in quiet in
stead of raking their bodies against posts
trees and fences as opportunity offers FOR
allaying the irritation produced by an accu-
mutation of dust, hay seed, and other irri-
tants common to the stable and barn yard
Even young colts, calves, and yearlings are
greatly benefited by the use Of the card,
while its daily use is a step i'll the breaking
or training process by which the services of
the animal are made more readily available
when properly matured for labor.
1t may seem absurd to wash and scrub a
fattcning porkcr, but those who have prac-
ticed it concur in its utility. One reason why
hogs are fond of emersing themselves in
pools of stagnant and filthy water is found
i'll the fact that their bodies get cncrusted
with dirt. causing an itching which the
pool they seek allays. This irritation rem
dcrs them restless and retards the fattcning
process very materially. This can be pre-
vented by an application of soap sids aided
by splint broom commonly used for clean
ing stables and crosS-walks \ liberal ap-
plcation of suds and good scrubng daily
will allay irritation, and give that rcposc to
the animals which is essential to steady
and rapid accumulation of flesh and fatty
matter. Tie labor of preparing and apply
ing the wash, at least once day during
the milder portions of the season, will be
amply remunerated in the increased weight
of the animals when the Strengthening sea-
son arrives.-lMtss. Farmer.
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FOR SALE.

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F. lot Of 80 feet front and $50 feet deep; on
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-08-28
TO Make Cider.


Pick all the apples, rejecting those not
sound, wash them clean, and afterwards let
them lie and get dry. Grind and press
them, using no water or straw, or any sub
stance that will give the cider an unpleas-
ant taste, and on the purity and cleanliness
of the apples depends the quality of the
cider. Strain the juice through WOODEN or
other close bag, put into clean barrels, and
set i'll a moderately cool place, keeping the
barrel full all the time, so that the impure
ties may work off at the bung. After it
has done fermenting, carefully rack it Off,
let it stand few days and bung it up. AS
the air tends to sour the cider, it is Il good
plan to provide bent tin tube, one fasten-
ed i'll the bung and the other to drop down
into bucket of water. This will let all
the gas pass off, and not let the air get to
the cider. The quicker the pomace is
pressed after being ground the lighter will
be the color, and darker if not pressed for
twenty-four hours after being ground
The cider from the second and third press
ing will be the richest. The reverse is the
case in making wine, as a severe pressure
on the must makes sour wine. Cider-mak-
ing should be conducted with all the care
that wine-making is.
Most any good sour apple will make cider,
but more generally an apple full of juice,
and not very good to eat, will make the
best. The Virginia crab perhaps excels all
other apples for cider-making.
When bottled up with little rock candy,
and wired, it will, after standing some time
sparkle like champagne when opened.
TO get cider very strong, expose it in a
tub in extremely cold weather, and remove
the ice that forms. AS this can be only
water, it leaves the cider that remains of an
additional strength
Any substance put in to arrest the fer
mentation is of doubtful value, as all good
cider must be perfectly fermcntcd to be
healty. You had better depend rather on
careful and clean making, and bottle tightly
at the proper time.-UicEok.
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NATURES GREAT RESTORER.
- II L L It US
Celebrated Bitter Cordial.

This medical preparation offered to the public
reliable substitute for the worthless compounds
which HOW iiuol the market 1t is purely vegetable,
Of various herbs gath red from the great store
house Of nature. aai selected with the utmost care 1t
not recommended rs tCEE ALL. hut by its direct and
.alutary influence the Heart Liver. kinevs Stomach
and bowels. il arts both preventive and for
many the diseases which those organs subject.
1t is reliable Family Medicine and 10 taken 10y
infant adult with the SAME beneficial results 1t is
certain. pr"npt and speedy remedy for DIAREHEA. DrsES
ItwEI COMPLAINT. DYSPEPSIA LOwNEss SpIEIT<
PAINTINGS Sex HEADACHE, &c. For CHILLS and FEyEPS
IF all kinds. il is far better AMI safer than quininc. with
any II it's prrnr"us effects 1t appetite
proves powerful d%c.tcr Of food and will countcract
til. effects Of liquor in few minutes.
PREPARED
JACOB SIiEETI. SOie Proprietor.
\. W Fifth and Race Streets, Philadelphia Pa.
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About Drilling Wheat.

A correspondent in the Journal eff 1gri-
and cross-drilling, Cthe latter rracticed to
some extent in Southern lllnois,) concludes
as follows:
| never could hear of a sensible reason in
favor of cross-drilling. Besides being a
lamentablc loss of time and labor, it is a
positive injury as have shown. 1t cannot
be argued that it is necessary to cross-drill
in order to get the grain thick enough. If
the drill is set to distribute the same
amount of grain by single drilling that you
would put per acre by drilling both ways,
why will it not be sufficient? and that too,
by going over the ground but once. Then
your grain will stand in rows and the roots
will spread laterally, and you need have no
fear of their not occupying all the ground.
The wheat will have Il better opportunity
to stool out in the spring, and the heads
will fill better by not being too crowded.
The right way to SOW wheat at all times, is
to put it in just as you hope it may stand
at harvest time. One of my neighbors said,
81 always SOW peck more per acre than |
expect to have stand upon the ground, for
some of it will not come up (why, if it is
good seed and is put IN rightO "and some
of it will winter-kill, and one thing and
another, so that by the time it comes to
blossom, there will not be too much.' But
suppose it does come and don't winter-kill?
Then you have the additional disaster of its
being too thick, which is a much greater
calamity than some might suppose. One
of the most successful wheat growers in
the world, Mr.. J. J. Mech, of Tiptrec,
grain is national calamity; that more
crops fail to yield well from too much seed
sown, than from too little manure; and
adds, that Liebig justly says, that the great
est enemy to wheat plant is another acAeat
pIant for the very obvious reason that both
require the same food: small heads and
kernels and weak tlaby straw are the nat
ural consequences of this competition
For several years I tried one bushcl of
wheat per acre against two bushels per
acre, both drilled The difference in favor
of the one bushcl amounted to scren doUars
and fifty cents per acre. Thus it will be
seen that the question, how little wheat
shall be sown, is quite as important as the
question how much? Another matter too
lightly considered is the quality of the
seed. Well matured plump, full grains,
and not withered kernels that will bring a
constitutional plant, and certainly not
cheat, should be planted. Spend as much
time as you can afford in preparing the
ground for planting, but none in the un-
pardonable folly of cross-drilling.
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THE MlSSISOU0I POWDER

L uctruIly cure, Cancer "anl Scrofnluu. diseases of
the -. II. Report to l.. l. Medical Society and state
. Of Physicians in circular. sent free application
10 CHAS A. DUBOIS, General Agent,
70. Box 1859. Isl Pearl St, New York.
july To- 1858 mo.
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FARM And HOUSEHOLD

GSs" To any who will contribute an coca
sional article to this column-once n month
or oftener if so inclined-we will send a copy
of Tie Whiq free.
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SOLD by ALL DRUGGISTS
nov 81 lS6S-Iy
MARSHALL'S ELIXIR

DYSPEPSIA and constipation til" hourly foes Of the
restless excitalc American, and with them ineY
orahe headache, heartburn and train Of small diseases.
MAr>H.LLs ELIXIR has hecn prepared with special refer
to these constitutional troubles of many Of
c"untrymrm, and far the preparation has proved
decided success. The pr"rrietors feel that. in
mcndins it after the tried experience of years. they
but fulfilling humane duty towards tho general
communy.-Forney'S Press.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-08-28

SQUEAK1NG BooTs.-lTave you squeak
ING boots or shoes? Saturate the soles
with woodchuck' S oil, and you will step as
softly as 4 kitten.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-06

5 N. B.-DR. FLATTERY will appear srgpa q vi
DAY Of every month, TO cure the sich n0D y
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-06
The BANK OF CALIFORNIA.

n, as..s.g AGENCY
Gold Hill Nevada.
WIN. SHARON. ?. !. GENERAL AGENT
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Notice

16Y WIFE, LOUISA tTAdBLYN, HAVING
Nl left my bed and board, this is TO notify ali
persons that will not be responsible for any
80 JAS: Z. TAMBLYN.
Gold Bin, December 50. sisceg ) dos0lwsn !
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-06

1,HIs AGENCY IS NOW PREPARED TO
receive deposits Of coin or bullion. either on
OPEN ACCOUNT or to issue CERTIFICATES
therefor payable (at the option OF tho holder In
nurchase Bullion at the most favorable rites, or
advance coin thereon when forwarded to the
Parent Bank In San Francisco; sells Bills OF
Exchange, and transacts q General Banking Bus
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-06
GENERAL SUMMARY.

II will thus be seen that OF one hundred pa
tients treated by Homeopathic physicians eight
will die, while n the same number are treated
by Allopathic physicians, thirty-four viii die;
and OF tho myriads who die under old school
treatment the world over, homeopathic treat
mcnt would Ravc scyenty.six of every hundred.
Virginia. December l, 1868. del
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TO MILLMEN.

yxYE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE GOLD
) wv Hill NEvs ONCE, half q ton Of superior
type metal, for journaling purposes IN quartz
mills, hoisting; works, etc. VIII be sold at re
duced pricos Tor ease.
Y Geid Hnl, 5uns 3o-f cin 90 ,Iy F
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-01-06
ERY.

.f'r|s ffr7 "a.
Il Us one OF the greatest triumphs OF Homn-
opathy to dispense with the operation OF ampu-
tstion and e1clslon In more than two-thirds Of
the cases, , Sy me radical eurc Of INC diseased
10 INC knlo.
Fnctures ana serious wounds are healeo IN
lese time ana Win Iess pain tnan unoer any
otner mode Of treatmsnt. ,si, u u. !,
Homeopathy is luInlInS mission Wnose end
Is tho overthrow OF all other modes OF cure,
and the estaDishmont OF It's own complete ana
permanent rule. g-o 3E3s ed. e. SCI
HoxGorArHT AND Liys AssuRAScl:.@Ihe
directors OF aLondon Lie Assurance once
the General ProNdent at its recent meet.
Ing, have placed on record their opinion "tnAt
persons treateo oy INC homGopatnic ystoin en-
Joy more r9oust ,healin, Sre icss frequently ~
tacKed " Gsease sna Wnen sttSckeo recoser s
more rapidly tlan tnosc treatcd Dy any ONE.
system that Win rcspect 70 tne more istn
classes OF diseases tns mortanty under homo
opathy Is small IN comparison win tnat o. AZ.
l1Pathy; mat tncro arc dlseases not curaple ~
al unaer nc lauer system W9icn arc pcnecty
curaple unoel INC iolWeri ana nnaIy, tnSt tns
medicines prcscnoed oy hhom@oPatnists 40 mo-
by Allopaths not unfrequently entail the most
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BOOK-KEEPlNG!
i SPENCERlAN lPENMANSHIPi

instructions given IN this popular system Of
Penminship every day and evening.
Regular writing school will meet evenings OF
every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY.
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CURED AT HOME,
To THE PUBLIC.


It IL important TO those who are afflicted, or
to those who arc interested In the welfare OF
their friends, to be careful ofthe many pretended
doctors who infest all cities, publishing their
skill In curing all diseases In few dAyr. and
imposing upon the public BY using the nsu,cs Of
eminent physicians from Europe and other
places. gsf l,efl lfaHY l,tdN f8I Fd'
DIR. FLATTERY does not deceive people by
exhibiting bogus titles. pretended patienIs' lei.
all persons who mny call at his ONCE, OF his abii-
ity to treat all diseases he proposes tocure. Il
win cost you nothing, and may saye you many
regrets fora advertising physicians In eight
trusting any OF them tn you know who and
what they arc. He docs not guarantee all csscs
lees are cxacted only where cures can be ef-
feetcd. Where doubt exists as to the possibIity
OF cure II 10 freely stated believing this u the
only course for physician to pursue. -
Address, DIR. J.FLATTERY,.
t.,,e. :, -. Sacramento, Cal
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-23

ANTICIPATED TROUBLE WITH SPAIN.-
A Spanish man of war recently captured
the American ship Mary Lowell, in British
waters, within mile of Ragged island. In
doing so they trampled on the American
and British flags, and insulted them.
These facts were laid before the state de-
partment, and the owners of the Lowell
we're assured that instat reparation would
be demanded aud enforced The next day
the telegraph announced that the Mary
Lowell had been declared legal prize by a
Spanish admiralty court. All these facts
having been reported to the president, it
is understood that he has ordered the com
mander of the Gulf squadron to demand
the immediate sure nder of the vessel and
cargo, and if the demand is not complied
with, to take the vessel by force. 1t is
said these orders is entrusted to Admiral
PORTER, of the navy department.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-23
John Morrissey-James Brooks.

The Washington correspondent of the
Rochester IN. Y Chronicle, a radical
sheet, writes as follows regarding these
gentlemen;
Barly John Morrissey, who represents
the fifth district, has more friends in Wash
ingtoa than the outside world would natur-
ally suspect. Nearly everybody has good
word for him. He IS one of the most affa-
Bile and charitable of the members. The
doorkeepers say that whenevar a poverty
stricken soldiers widow, who has come to
Washington to look after areas Of pay,
bounty or pension. having exhausted her
meagre purse, comes sadly about the corri-
do-s of the capitol to beg money enough to
take her home, while most congressman
who give at all keep within the denomina-
TONS OF our fractional currency, John
Morrissey always contributes IS or $l0 l
could tell number of stories of Morris
sey's fairness and generosity, of the sensi
BILE advice he has given young men anxious
to tight the tiger" the protection and
when business or curiosity has drawn them
and so on. But | need no more to point
that honor and manliness are not the pro-
ducts of circumstance, but are inherent in
thC Souio Va utCu "ho POosCoS thCus "uCtu~
er cradlcd in imperial purple, or unlettered
prizeightcr, risen from tie slums of cities.
Mark only this, trained minds may simu-
late nobleness, the uncultured cannot.
Brooks, who represents the eighth dis
trict, Is pretty we'll known, not only to the
readers Of the Chronicle, but to the coun>
try generally, as one of the leaders-per-
haps it would be safe to say the leader of
the democratic minority in tho house of
representatives for several years past.
He is journalist of distinction and large
experience, a cultivated politician and an
elegant and accomplished gentleman. He
is personally one of the most popular men
in congress is cordially indorsed as man
by the most fastidious of the Correspon>
dents club, of which he IS one of the Sc
ect dozen who have been admitted to hon.
orary membership; drives handsome
cream coored team, and makes one of the
best Of after dinner speeches. In addition
to his congressional duties he gives intelli
gent attention to his paper, the New York
Ecpress, one of the ablest straight demo
cratic newspapers in the country He is
SO years Of age, looks fully ten years
younger, wears muttonchop whiskers, and is
quite handsome, though spectacled and
might easily be taken for an Englishman.
He is an elegant and forciblc speaker and
good tactician, fully able to make the
most of his adyersarieS mistakes.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-23
NEGRO BRIGANDS.
A Bold and Cunning Leader-Attempt
at Abduction-Eforts 10 take the

"A
Band.
From the Memphis Avalanche.
On the shore of the Arkansas river,
above Napoleon, gang of atrocious me-
gro-highwaymen and house rob ers is con.
gregated, and performing deeds of violence
and pillape that are alarming the citizens
throughout that district Swoopiug down
when least exp scted, these men clear out
house, stable, or farmer riding home,
with a dispatch. ingenuity, and skill that
calls to mind the deeds Of Dick Turpin.
mingled with the daring and rapacity of the
italian brigands in their mountain haunts.
From the Richmond Headlight Of Satur-
day last, we learn that the success Of this
band is owing to the acuteness and bold
ness of its leader, whom they call MED"
He was once roustabout on the steamer
Belle Lee, is six feet high, we'll made and
very ready of speech, qualities that have
given him unlimited control over his black
followers. He LETT the Lee at New Or
leans two months ago and commenced COL
lecting his men, said to now number about
thirty desperadoes, who never dispute his
commands. The band are armed With six
shooters and bowie knives, and have no
lack of stolen horses. When the Rich
mond last passed up, the news at Napoleon
was that the country above there had been
thrown into CONSERVATION by Ned's having
seized the daughter Of an influential citi-
zen, with whom he would have got safely
off but for the energy of the young lady's
father and bis Reighbors, who pursued the
abductor, and attacked him and the pOr-
ton OF his band that we're with him, and
compelled them to relinquish their prey.
Ned rides white horse. finely caparison-
ed, and is himself generally dressed in fam
tastic colors. He handles his animal with
the skill of Texas ranger, and seems new
er to shirk fight On one occasion he
was surrounded by six men in log cabin
that he freauented during his hours Of leis
ure. A surrender was demanded, but Ned
knowing capture TO be sure death, declared
he would fight it out on that line. Prep
aratiOns were commenced for the fray. A
second demand was made, and in reply,
shot from the cabin, severely would
one of the attacking party. After this an
attempt was made upon the door, bursting
it OPEN but on entering it was discovered
Ned had effected an escape from the rear,
having crept under the logs and in look
ing from the cabin window he was seen
galoping rapidly through skirt of woods
over 800 yards distance, shaking his hand
in defiance at the chagrined party in the
log cabin. He has had numerous similar
escapes. Application has been made to
Gov Clayton, and it is expected that re-
ward, offered by him for the leader, Ned,
dead or alive, and concerted action of the
residents of the neighborhood making
common pursuit after him, will put stop
to his career. Such is his astuteness, how
ever, that many believe that before prepar
atons can be organized, the bold outlaw
will be far away, carrying on his desperate
deeds at the expense Of another and distant
community
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-04-23
Talk of the Expedition to Cuba.
NeWOrleans. Anril

ANO" OiiSohSt 4Ap Ao'
Preparations are actively on foot in this
vicinity for formidable and we'll organized
expedition to aid the insurgent Cubans,
and no doubt it will be OF serious char
acter Men are being engaged rapidly
and sworn to secresy, and number of
brass howitzers have recently been pur-
chased here and sent to some unknown
destination. There seems to be no lack of
money, but there is so much blowing at
street corners, and 80 much publicity and
gasconade, that the matter may drop
through from sheer mismanagement.
Government officers either cannot or will
not take steps to prevent the movement,
and no definite instructions can be obtained
FROM Washington. 1t is stated that the
command has been rendered to Henry
Hays, cx-confederate Major General, who,
through his personal popularity among old
soldiers, and his knowledge of Spanish
warfare, could collect around him in a
day notice 1000 or 5000 veterans. Very
considerable pecuniary inducements have
been held out to him, bu: he declines on
the ground that he is too old and has too
good a law practice to give 1T up. Gen.
Stecdman remains the probable leader. He
is brave, but wanting In prudence and dis
cretion. If he gets off he will make either
a stirring success or most complete fail
ure.
Collector Casey, who is brother-in law
to the president, says openly that he does
not want to hear anything about expedi'
tions of any kind and District Attorney
Morgan says his appeals to Washington
for definite instructions are answered only
with vague generalities. Marshall Heron,
who recently returned from Washington
hihts that he shall keep up appearances, but
do little.