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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-13


gives Geary II majority; Republican
gain 63. Doylestown gives Packer,
Democrat, 50 majority; Democratic loss
of Il.
York county-York borough gives
Packer $50 majority; Democratic gain
of 154.
Wayne couuty-Howard borough
shows Republican gain of IL. Texas
borough shows Republican gain of IS.
Northumberland borough shows Re-
publican gain of Is.
Cumberland county-The First ward
of Carlisle gives Geary 45 majority;
Democratic gain of ;. MELVILLE district
gives Packer 800 majority; Democratic
loss of -.
Schuylkill county-Cressome gives
Geary 81 majority; Democratic gain 9.
Schuylkill couDty-Treverton borough
gives Geary lO7 majority. Port Carbon
borough gives Geary lO7 majority, Re-
publican loss 10.
Palo Alto-Packer - majority in tive
wards.
:, Allentown City-Geary l35 majority,
Republican gain 40.
Northumberland county - Sunbury,
pehocratlc gain OF about 100.
ousquehanna county-Jackson town.
sup gives Geary - majority.
Leoahoh county-Lebanon borough
gives Geary - majority.
>, South C0Fnwall-Packer's majority
Philadelphia-First ward gives Geary
697, Republican gain 4Ol: ssconS 80
Packer CSC, Democratic loss 2ea. or
ward, Geary 303 majority, Rennb,ioa gu
gain l52; 18th ward, Geary lO44, Repnh.
lican gain l04: 18th ward, Gearv loo
Republican gain III.
Schuylkill county-Port Carbon Dor
ough gives Packer 81 majority; Demo
cratic gain 9.
Montgomery county-Bridgeport gives
Geary u ma ority; Republican loss of B.
Chester OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gives
Geary ADD majority. Republican loss
of 6S.
Pbiladelphis-Fifteenth Ward report
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
The Little Indian Girl.

nope my readers will listen to my short
account OF the happy and trium plant death
OF an Indian girl, whose name was Jane.
ABOUT HNe veg rs ago Jane was received
people. Like nany others of her tribe. had
you seen her at that time, you wO uld have
Ihought she was a wild Indian, and would
nave asked such questions as these: What
odH you do with her? Will she learn, like
white child rem, to read and write and sew !!
Can she be come Christian? Read on, and
you Will IN id an answer TO all your questions.
Jane proved TO be very tractable, obedi-
ent and good girl. 1t was very seldom ne
cessary TO reprOve her. Her lessons were
well studied; her sewing neatly done. Not
only could she write in English, but many
TIM is has she acted as an interpreter for us.
Turing her stay at the mission she show
eCs symptoms of disease which more or
lsss atfiicts nearly all the Indian tibes. The
doctors call IL Scrofula. In time 1t proved
to be severe form, resulting in consump-
ton. Although all care was taken of her,
while at school, her father thought the In
dian doctors, with their roots and pow
vows, could cure her. So she went home.
where she rapidly grew worse. y week be-
lore her death she requested her friends TO
carry her over to the mission. She felt that
death was fast approaching. She told them
she desired to die there and be buried in the
cemetery.
Now, children, 1 am about to answer the
last question: Can she become Christian?
Upon the Sabbath preceding her death
she suffered much pain. During the hour
OF Sabbath school she sent for Mrs. B..
who, administering her medicine was often
with her. She became more easy, but in
the midst OF her severest pains she would
cry out, 20, do love Jesasr' The succeed
ing day and night she appeared to be in a
stupor. On Tuesday, although so weak as
only to speak in a whisper, she retained
her senses, and continued exclaiming. 20.
how / do love Jesus!" She instructed those
by her bedside to tell absent friends, II
love Jesus" Whilst her schoolmares were
mournfully, yet sweetly singing, a bright
beam of peace and Happiness spread over
her countenance, and her soul departed to
Him who gave IL Thus died Jane.
Did she die like q Christian? Then
charge you 70 live as she lived, causing
every one TO love her.
Can you say with her, Is do love Jesus =,
" 1 want to be like Jesusp' My earnest
prayer Is that all may meet Jane, the little
Indian girl in Heaven.--Visitor.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08

1t is said that Mrs. Charles Sumner,
formerly the widow Hooper, and now
grazing somewhere in the Alps as the
widow of the Senator from Massacbu.
sets, has sent a handsome cash present
across the water to the relict of the
late Preston S. Brooks. Mrs. Sumner
declares that Brooks deserved the
thanks of the public for having drub-
bed her consort, and that during her
brief stay with him as her matrimonial
partner she was only prevented from
repeating the same scenes in the Sen
ate by Charles abject cowardice. The
two widows, Mrs B. and Mrs. S.. cor.
respond regularly. In the meantime
Charles, in his lonely bachelors attic
in Washington, is annotating his ia
nous speech on the "Barbarism Of sla-
very" with his "reminiscences of his
welded weeks with widow Hooper.
He learned in suffering what he
taught in slang. "-Exchange.
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This mixture is made by dissolving
one bushel of salt in the least water
possible, and then Stacking with this
three bushels of lime hot from the kiln.
This is all the salt that can be used by
this method to slake the lime. The
most valuable lime for agricultural
purposes is shell lime, or that made
from oyster and clam shells. Another
method recommended by c. w. John
son. is to mix one bushel of salt with
two of lime, dry under cover, and al
low it gradually to decompose, and
unite the chlorine of saltwith the lime.
1t may be turned occasionally for two
or three months by which time 1T will
be wen united together. And what
ever way is taken to form the mixture,
it should not be used Immediately, but
should remain incorporated, at least
six weeks. that the chemical union may
be well formed. The chemical changes
that take place are-the chlorine OF
salt unites with the lime and forms a
coarse chloride Of ime-the soda Of
the salt is mostly set free, and proba-
bly, slowly attracts carbonic acid from
the air and forms carbonate of soda.
This mixture has a remarkable decom'
posing power, and if you mix three OF
| four bushels Of it with cord OF swamp
muck, leaves or any vegetable matter
it will soon be reduced to powder. II
is most excellent TO mix with coarse
manure for the purpose of decompos
ing it and rendering it fine. After the
sour muck from wet places IS decom
posed by the salt and lime, it is then
in ripe condition to be composted with
barn-yard manure, and compost be-
comes as valuable as the parn-yard
manure alone. Almost every farm
has a supply Of muck which might be
turned into valuable manure.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
Kew 10 Prepare the OLra Plant for
the Manufacture Of Paper.
From the Enterprise Star.
MOBILE, March 90, 1869.

MOBILE, Mafcn ~, 1908.
Col. III. HARDING,-Dear SIR =
Your favor of the 18th inst, making
inquiries about the okra plant is duly
at hand and / improve an early oppor-
tunity to reply. / will answer your
| questions separately.
/. The yield of Okra per acre will
of course depend much upon the char
acter of the soil, the mode of cultiva-
ton, dc. 1t is claimed, however, that
rich soil and we'll tended, it can be
made to produce as high as Z to s tons
per acre, it can hardly fall below 3
tons on fair land with any sort of Gull
tivation.
2. We propose to pay $50 per ton
of 1000 pounds, probably we may pay
little higher. At present we are the
only parties prepared to purchase the
stalks. The seed are in demand and
will readily bring in New York IS to
Sc per bushel.
3. Preparation of stalk, After the
seed commences to ripen, the stalks
should be pulled, the dirt Knocked off,
and laid out in rows, to cure in the
sun. The rows should not be too thick
and the stalks ought to be turned occa-
sionaly, to permit the sun and air to
strike through them When well dried
so that there is no danger of mildew,
they can be gathered up and packed
IN bales very much as hay or fodder
would be-hickory withs or old rope
would suffice for binding only
object being to hold the stalks together
for transportation. The labor of cur
ing and packing is very light.
4. | am able to furnish seed in linn
tied quantities at cost { say Sets per
pound } but presume that in almost all
neighborhoods a good deal of seed
can be procured at moderate cost.
). Extent of the demand. [ expect
that we will be able to use within the
year about one thousand tons of the
stalks at our mills. The better way
would be for planters to make con-
tracts with us to furnish all given
quantity or the product of so many
acres, and we agree to purchase all
they raise at a great price That
would make the cultivation safe for
them, and we would be able to Judge
n advance something of the quantity
we would be likely to have.
Very Respectfully,
w. G. CLARK.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
ST. CLOUD HOTEL.
NEW YORK CITY.


NHHIS new and commodious house. loca-
IL ted corner of Broadway and AID Street
possesses advantages over all other houses
for the accommodation of its guests. IL was
built expressly for 4 first class Family
Boarding House-the rooms being large and
en- suit, heated by steam-with hot and cold
water, and furnished second to none; while
the culinary department is in the most ex-
perienced hands, affording guests an un-
equaled table.
One of Atwood's Patent Elevators is also
among the modern improvements" and at
the service of guests at AL hours.
The Broadway and University Place Cars
pass the door every four minutes, running
from the City Hall TO Central Park, while
the Sixth and Seventh Avenue Lines are
but short block on either side, affording
ample facilities for communicating with all
the Depots, Steamboat Landings, places OF
Amusement and Business of the great metro
polls. MORE Il HOLLEY,
marl6-6m ProprietorE
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
a Wan in "a zpcssdier,.PacI..

FROM the Joliet (lll.) Signal.
short time since, lust at dark. a
peddlcr carrying a large pack, APP
peared at the door of wealthy farmer
III the town of Green Garden, in this
county, and requested the privilege of
remaining over night. The farmer be-
ing away from home, he was informed
by the hired man that he could not
stay. He then requested the privilege
Of leaving his pack until morning, os
he was very tired and could not car,r
1t further that night. This We o,ro,,tad
and the pack deposited j., one corner
of the sitting room. nrinC tho even.
ing some OF the fer -, nf Tbo bonso.
hold had ocrasiC tId4Ss VI 'hS 44ouoe-
80. Ia Ia oc - IN to move it, and tax.
1nS ~ ~ q discovered that there
aon3a-,t. ming suspicious about the
80 5. The hired man was called
:. upon taking hold of ii, found that
contained a man. He quickly step
ped into an adjoining room and return
ing with n revolver, motioned the fam
ily to stand aside, and at once proceed
ed to fire three shots intoit A pierre
ing shrek issued from it, and on rip
ping oil the outside covering, man
with large bowie-knife and revolv-
er clinched in his hands, was found
weltering in his blood. Two OF
the shots had proovod fatal. The
neighbors were alarmed, but no
traces Of the peddler who left the pre-
cious pack could be found. Thus, by
mere accident, doubtless a shocking
case Of ROBBERY, and perhaps murder,
was prevented. 1t was doubtless a
plot to rob the farmer, as it was known
that he had large sum of money in
the house. An inquest was held over
the body the next morning, and the
verdict was, that the killing was justi-
fable homicide. No clew leading to
the discovery of the name of the vic
tim, o. his accomplice, has, as yet, been
ascertained.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
From the New York Times.
Management Of NEarI.

Mari supplies, usually large quaint
ty of potash to plants. There is no
uncertainty on this point. Another
thing is, grass Of all kinds, cereal grain
fruit and vegetables Of every descrip
ton, appropriate large quantities OF
potash, not only TO the growth and de
velopment of the stems, but in the per
lection Of the fruit. For this reason
mari, on light soils, is an excellent fer
tilizer to be applied to all kinds OF
fruit trees, vines, and bushes that bear
fruit. There is DO danger of applying
too much mari to the land for any crop
When mari is applied to fruit trees the
better way is to spread it round about
the tree or grape vines, ana work it in
with a spade or hand-hOe. Mari
should always be kept as near the sur
face of the land as practicable, so that
the alternate freezing and thawing OF
winter viii disintegrate and dissolve
the large particles, and thus render the
material which forms plant food more
available TO the requirements of grow
ing plants.
Apples, pears, and grapes, all need
potash. For this reason. where large
quantities Of ashes are applied to the
soil around pear trees or apple trees,
the fruit is always larger, smoother.
and more abundant than the fruit
that grows on trees standing where the
soil lacks potash. There are also ma~
terial qualities in mari, all of which
rendez it an excellent fertilizer for i'm
proving the productiveness of land,
even when the crops are nothing but
grass.
Mari is an excellent fertilizer for
promoting the growth of winter wheat.
If it be dug before freezing weather
comes on, it can be carted and spread
on the growing wheat at any period
when the surface of the ground is fro
zen sufficiently hard to bear up a wag-
on and team. In some localities, mari
is hauled and spread over the fields
while the snow is on the ground. As
the tertilizing material is all of a miner
al character, there is no danger of any
part of it escapeing by evaporation. !
Mari should be spread on grass land |
in the winter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
Deep Flowing should be Done
Gradually.

A CorrespondentWho has one OF the Ilnest
and most productive farms in Yesterr New
York, which he keeps in high state OF Ter
tilitv bv thorough cultivation and the
growth Of red clover, makes the following
Sensible remarks in regard To deep blowing !:
"A sudden bringing up TO the surface or
many inches of heavy clay that has never
been punetured by the roots OF plants, ana
this. too. in the spring of year, would proba-
bly iniure the first crop. Clay subsols are
best brought to the surface two or three
inches at a time, and that in the fall, so that
the frosts of winter may mellow them down.
The next spring, plow. say, twice as many
inches deep as the clay subsoll Is thick.
This will mix things up so that even crop
of corn would be much improved by the
deem fail blowing. If we had the power and
tools necessary to 90 on with this process
of bringing up the subsoil to and mixing it
with the surface soil until we had enc foot
or more of mellow soil that had been en-
riched by turning under repeated clover
crons. and then under this foot or more OF
soil we could run a subsoil pillow two feet
deem. and so break the clay to depth of
three feet. the clover roots would have
chance TO bring to the surface the fertility
that now lies dormant under the surface OF
our lands This is the theory that have
constructed as the experience of Lifetime
as farmer, and have no doubt of its APP
plicability on our lands here. / do not
think il would do on all lands, but 1t Is
practicable here or at least will be when
we get the steam pillow that can do the sub
soiling for us. In the mean time we are
doing the best we can IN the direction We
have indicated. American Agriculturist.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
Carlyle and Byron.

The last number of Hearth and Home
contains an article by Grace Greenwood
entitled persons / have Missed Seeing"
One of these is Carlyle whom she says she
failed to see, although letters Of introduction
were afforded to her, because she was
afraid of Mr.. Carlyle and justifies herself
by relating a batch of anecdotes, OF which
the following are specimen:
Still in the case Of Mr.. Carlyle, might
have rashly moved on the enemy's works,
had nv courage not been dashed by the
reception which very respectable Amerl-
can. a gentleman. scholar, and a Bostonlan,
had lust met with in that cottage at chelsea
On the morning his visit Mr. Sarlyle may
have been in particularly bad numor' or
there was something IN the cool boSOon al
ofhis visitor that didn't agree with him, or
he NAV have been indulging in little
bluff pleasantly, but at all events, his greet
inc was little calculated TO put stranger
so You are from America" he said /;
then added. Il don't like Americans; they
&c q hot burrving uncomfortable race.
Now. | like your Russian-he Is a COOL
contemplative animal, that minds his own
This was almost as royal piece of snub-
| hing as obout quarter OF century before,
| Rvron had given another Bostonlan. mat
most patrician poet seems not TO have been
without certain curious interest IN amer
| lea and Americans. Had he lived In the
| davs of steamships, he would probably nave
/ brought his '-Childe HAROLD or his don
Juan TO the United States. be often e1-
DresSed n sTrono desire to see the cataract
| Of Niagara, and was always interested in
descriptions of it. So when, at an evening
4 nartv in Genoa, he was told that young
/ American tourist was present, he readily
consented to an introduction, hoping to re-
ceive some new impressions OF the IAIls. .
Almost his first words, spoken with great
| earnestness, were: -,
PRAY, tell me something of Niagara
| The Young Bostonian did not redden-are
B0stonians apt to?-but he stammered
! slightly, very like high-bred young Eng
] lishman, as he replied:
II regret to have to acknowledge TO your
1ordshiD that have never seen Niagara"
Never seen Niagara and travelling
abroad! Good evening, sir."-Harper
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
Curiositie. of Omr Language.

The English language must appear fear
fully and wonderfully made TO foreigner.
One of them looking at a picture of num-
her of vessels, said See what flock OF
ships" He was told that flock of ships
was called a fleet, and that fleet of ducks
was called a flock. And it was added, for
his guidance in mastering the intricacies OF
our language, that of girls is called bevy,
that bevy of wolves was called pack,an
a pack of thieves is called gang, and that
a gang of angels is called a host, that host
of porpoises is called shOal and shoal of
butfaloes is called troop, and troop OF
beauties is called a galaxy, and a galaxy OF
ruffians is called a horde, and a horde OF
rubbish is called heap, and heap of oxen
is called drove, and drove OF Dlackguards
is called q mob. and mob of whales is called
a school, and school of worshippers is
called congregation, and a congregation OF
engineers is called corps ana corps Oh
robbers is called band, and band OF
Iocusts is called a swarm, and swarm of
people lie called a crowd.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
Clippings from Agricultural Pa
perS.

| Pers.
| The Model Farmer, Corinth, Miss, says
A horse has the power of swelling out his
lungs, of breathing hard trotting or gal
Looping, without inconvenience, provided his
stomach is not gorged with food"
The Massachusetts Ploughman says: San
orchard in Massachusetts which has been
used as hog pasture for twenty years, has
never failed to produces large crop of fruit
A worm-eaten apple is rarity in that Or
| chard."
The Northern Farmer, Fond du Lac, Wis,
says: 1.-The smallest bits of bone should not
| be allowed to go to waste about the house.
while the soil of the orchard, garden OF
| field is in great need of such fertilizer"
| The Ruralist and Ohio Valley CuItivator,
| Cincinnati, Ohio, advises everybody to
collect all the toads of the country into
! their gardens to deVour the noxiOus in
| seetS.7
The Field and Fireside, Raleigh, N. c.,
says: "Stagnant or foul water is well known
to be I'M furious to all animals and to most
growing crops"
The Rural American, New Brunswick, n.
j.. saws 'When the cattle are fed on straw,
the bows on skinned milk. the old men on
tat pork, and the hens are obliged to scratch
for living, the breath of the beaux of the
girls will smell of whisky"
The National Agrlculturlsi OF Pittsburg,
Penn. says: Sheep should at all seasons
have tree access to clean soil or clay"
The American Stock Journal, of Parkes-
burg, Penn, says: The front of a horses
chest contains his lungs. Hence the import
ance of protecting the beast when the AMI
NAL is warm.
The Philadelphia Practical Farmer says:
- If you would have your trees grow luxu-
riantly they must be mulched.''
The Scientific American, New York CITY,
says: A system of mixed husbandry is the
only correct way to maintain the fertility of
the SOIL"
The Maryland Farmer, Baltimore, Nd
says: THE best food for fattening fowls is
ground oats mixed to a dough with milk"
The Farmer and Mechanic, Baltimore, Nd,
says: The offal of peanut crop is more
profitable in feeding stock, fattening pork,
&c, than that of cotton"
The Southern Planter and Farmer, Rich
mOnd, Va. says: Before Peruvian guano
is covered in the soil it loses large proper
ion of its ammonia"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08

Orchards should be cultivated as
carefully as cornfelds. Laying down
In grass is injurious to the trees. Hoed
crops may be raised between the rows
of trees without damaging the trees.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08
WANTED.

WANTED.
A GENTS for the American Ear-
IN mer's Horse Book,
IN both English and German,
BY ROBERT STEWART, V. s., of Mississippi.
THIRTY-THIRD THOUSAND now in
press, and the demand continues undated.
The work covers the whole ground of the
Breeding and raising, and the treatment Of
Horses and Mules both in sickness and i'm
health. Ii has 1oOn its Oton 1edy TO popular ia
vor, and Is to-day the most popular and
best selling horse books out
cE Send for our Circular Illustrated Pos
ter, and long list of practical Tests, or cx-
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the book, and you cannot fail to be con-
WINGED of its great intrinsic value and great
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GB-We give exclusive territory.and The
Largest Commissions. Address,
{. F. VENT, Publisher
marls-w2tI Cincinnati, O.
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A Voluntary Tribute 10
CHAR TER OAK STOVES

~ - ~ - u - OfAEN - n ~ n -
To EXCELSIOR MFG Co., st. Louis
have for number ofyears been a dill
gent inquirer into the relative merits of
Cooking Stoves, and find the CHARTER
OAK an incompatible one, which, with very
little trouble, furnishes a family with thor
oughly baked Bread" biscuits" and well
done Roasts.' a PROOF of its utility"
ECONOMY" and durability. ! send herewith
a piece of a TWELVE POUND FRUIT
CAKE baked by me in a number six
CHARTER OAK bought of you. and which
has been in daily use in my family for six
years. For any and every species OF cook
ing, | find it the most convenient eco
nomicar and reliable STOVE / have ever
used. Having recently increased the num-
Der OF wOrkmen on my farm, and requiring
larger size, have put up one of your new
patents, No 50, and must say that | regard
it as being beyond the pale of success compe-
tition. The time | now save by nv hired
men getting their breakfast 20 minutes ear
lier each morning than formerly, not only
makes it invaluable to farmers. but will save
the price ofthe Stove in one year.
TIE. TATE.
Osyka, Miss, Nov. IS, 1865.
SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY
Excelsior Manufacturing Co.,
ST. LOUIS.
RICE BROS a. Co,
NEW ORLEANS.
Sole Agents for the State Of Louisiana.
feb33mtwl
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-04-08

Try "COstStS" Cough Remedy.
THAT Cough will Kill you"
TRY "CeStaf'S'' Cough Remedy.
.@Colds and Hoarseness lead to DEATH"
Try ''COStaf'S' Cough Remtdy.
For -Whooping Coughs, &c"
Try ''C0StarS" Cough Remedy.
'sCostar saws it is the best in the wide
world--and il He saws so-its True-its
True-its True: and We say Try it-Try it
Try it, Morning Paper, dug. 26.l
All druggists in JACKSON sell il.