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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08
EXPLOSION OF AN OIL REFINERY.

CLEVELAND, June THE clearinghouse of
Alexander scofed & Co.'s oil refinery exploded, this
morning, about LOO barrels OF oil and the cOmpanys
office being destroyed. Adam Kehr, employee, was in
stanty killed. and three others seriously burned
Loss $4,000; insurance. The Of the explosion
is unknown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08
SPAIN.
TO BIZ A CABINET QUESTION.

THE NEW LOAN TO BIZ A CABINET QUESTION.
MADRID, Wednesday. June :, 1871.
The Committee of the COrtes on the Budget
to-day discussed the ACCESSIBILITY of postponng the loan
until the budget adopted Minister Moret opposed any
postponement and declared that he should make 1t a
a Cabinet question The Committee then rejected the
uroposal 10 postpone the loan by vote OF l6 tOs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08
THE NEW DOMINION.
TIE VOLUNTEERS IN CAMP.

NIAGARA, N. Y, June IA camp of vOlun-
teers has been formed here for the annual IA days drill
Between 1000 and 5000 troops the ground Strict
military discipline will be maintained. The bands OF the
regiments on passing the American forts played Yam
kee Doodle" which responded to by loud cheering
from the United States troops.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08
GENERAL PRESS DIsPATCnl
WAsHNGTON, wednesday, June 7,


The act of March 1867, provides that upon all mer
chandlse gaugeable by law, withdrawn from a bonded
warehouse for export there shall be levied and collected
by the Collectors of the several ports ten cents per cak
brisk trade has sprung up in the way of Importing re-
fined petroleum I'm casks from Canada, which pass
through 10 New-York In sealed for importation 10
Europe This oil Is not gagged either at the frontier
port or at NewYOrk but is shipped immediately from
the the importing vessel carryng't 10 Europe
There has lately been several mportaons OF this article
upon which the Collector at NewIOrk eXacted fee or
ten cents per cask of gallons each under the above
mentioned law. The Department has decided that such
fee was legally eXacted under the circumstance
and ordered the refundng OF the money where 1t had
been paid under protest.
The Printing Bureau to-day delivered to the Secretary
of the Treasury s25OOOO Of the bonds OF different
denominations Holders of coupon bOndss are eXchang
ing them daily for registered bonds
The POaris started at noon to-day on trial trip down
the Potomac and returned TO her dock TIM evening She
will not be ready sail for NewYOrk unk Saturday
Tie Ku-kluX Investigating COmmlttfe, to-day eN-
amned Deputy T. S. Marshal Joseph j. Hester OF North
Carolina, S. T. P0inler L. 5. Commissioner at Spartan
burg South Carolina and Charles d. Oheefe, VINO was
formerly collector in South COrOlina but who was
driven from that state by unlawful combination.
Ex-Gov. Parson, Of Alabama, will bel examined to-
mo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08

LOSS OF THE BRIG KENTUCKY WITH ALL ON
BOARD - GREAT FLOOD IN NEW-souIh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08
FOREIGN NEVIS.
FRANCE.

TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENI-TWENrY-FlV
WOMEN KILLED AND FIFTY INJURED-A
COMPROMISE IN THE CASE OF THE ORLEANS
PRINCES-THE DAMAGE CAUSED By THE COM
MUNISIS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-06-08
NETWORK, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1871
UNITED STATES ACADEMIES,
WEST POINT.

TIE GRAND PARADE POsTPONED-THE ExAMINA-
TON OF THE FIRST CLASS STILL GOING ON
THEIR COURSE OF STUDY.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07

made between growing pigs and fatten-
ing pigs is in the character of the food.
A fattening pig requires rich, concetrat-
ed food "a growing pig, more bulky
and less nutritious food but, in either
case, the zig, to do well, must have all
il will eat. If you have small-boned,
well-bred pig, such grade as Essex, or
Berkshire, or Suffolk, we think it would
be far more profitable, as rule, to fat
ten spring pigs than to winter them
over. Let them have the run of a clo-
yer pasture, all the milk and slop from
the house, and soak all the corn and
other grain in water twenty-four hours
before feeding. If well bred, such treat
ment should give you pigs that will dress
800 pounds by the lst of December. On
the other hand, if you have "a coarse,
large-boned breed of pigs, the better
plan will be to winter them over. In
this case, give them the run Of a good
clover pasture, plenty of water, what
waste from the house you have to spare,
and little grain to keep them growing
as rapidly Us possible"
The true northerner., 1871-04-07

hundred years unvisited by an invading
army. In the reign of Louis XIV. the
mere idea of the foreigner venturing
into the heart of France had come TO
appear so preposterous as to lead to the
razing of the old Notifications. Louis
XIV. in 1926 again encircled the city
with a wall, which, however, was not
intended to serve a military purpose.
As an open town, Paris underwent the
storms of the Revolution. When, in
1914, the allied armies arrived in front
of it to avenge the deeds of Napoleon
l., few redoubts, hastily thrown up,
were all the impediments' in their way.
Twenty-Five thousand regulars, under
Marmont and Mortier, and $4,000 Ma
tional Guards, with $50 guns, held the
place for day against 10000 Prussians
and Russians. When Montmartre had
been taken by storm, and the Cossacks
and Uhlans were swarming La Chap
pelle and La Villette, the proud capital
surrendered. On March 81, Frederick
William III. of Prussia, the father OF
William |. of the present day, and
Alexander |. of Russia, made their way
into the city.
The following year witnessed the rep
itition of the feat. On the 2d of July
1915, the Prussians, under Butcher,
took Montrouge and Essay 10y storm
while Wellington forced his way into
the northern and eastern suburbs. On
the 7th of July the English and Prus
sian Guards once more trod the Boule
wards
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
Odds and Ends.


YoUNG lady went into music store
and asked the clerk if he had Loving
Eyes He replied, " I'm told so by the
girls"
WATER is the strongest drink; 1T
drives mills. It's the drink OF lions
and horses, and Sampson never drank
anything else. The beer money would
soon build a house.
MARK TWAIN is said to be writing
tmvestie on the spectacular play OF the
Forty Thieves" He changes the
number to -Four Hundred and Eighty
and lays the scene in the New York
Custom House.
MUSTARD does not 90 we'll with apple
pies, nor, indeed, with ice-cream.
Neither will sugar do on raw oysters.
These are the dicta of recognized culi-
nary authority.
GREEN COUNTY, Tenn, has undertaken
to build railroad eleven miles long,
with track thirty inches wide, and to
cost only $4,000 The rails are to be OF
wood with iron strips on top.
A LAW SUIT for the settlement OF the
estate of a deceased citizen of Troy,
which has been in the courts for two
years, was ended on Saturday by the
discovery of his will in the false bottom
beneath a bureau, which had been sent
to cabinet-maler for repairs.
A CLERGYMAN in the West seeks
damages Of journal which published
a report of his lecture, mind and Mat
ter under the head of - Wind and
Water" 1t is alleged by his enemies
that he is likely to recover, if the old
English law be sound, that the greater
the truth the greater the libel.
A YOUNG lady at indianapolis was en-
deavoring to impress upon the minds OF
her Sunday school scholars the sin and
terrible punishment of Nebuchadnezzar,
and when she said that for seven years
he ate grass like COW, she was aston
ished by little girl who asked, " Did
he give milk ?'
Two boot-blacks were passing up
Chatham street, New York, when one
accosted the other with, - say, Jack, 4
Is you I'd be ashamed o myself, pick
ing up old secondhand chaws terback.
er!" -" Tend TO your own business" re-
torted Jack, Il guess this is good
enough to learn on"
A DEPUTATIoN of the Maine Legisla.
ture, on visit to the Insane Asylum at
Augusta, while walking through the
corridors, were greeted by one of the
knatics, who was peering through the
gratings of a cell door, with, Well,
declare, if here amt the animals from
Noah's Ark =
WHEN a lady condescends to a practi-
cal joke, it is generally very neat one
NJ Boncort tie rich inancer, was very
stingy to his wife in the matter oil
pin money. One day a lady, closely
yelled, and very anxious not to be re-
cognized, called upon him and borrowed
a large sum, leaving her diamonds as q
pledge. 1t was his wife.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
Throwing Lighted Match into Gaso'
meter-A Boy Blown Thirty Feet.
From the Elm City New Haven Press.
q A. -. d.

From the Elm City New Haven Press
On Sunday number of boys were
playing on the old gas holder in Fair
Haven, out of use for over year. The
capacity of the holder was about 10000
feet but at this time there were only
about 1900 or 5000 feet of gas in 1t.
John O'Brien, aged fifteen, opened the
main hole, and proposed to light the
gas. One of the boys warned him OF
his danger but o. Brien replied that he
would do it if he did get killed. He
lighted match and threw it into the
hole. An explosion followed, causing a
shock which was felt all over the city.
Young O'Brien was thrown some thirty
feet into the air, and fell, striking the
heavy iron frame work and then the top
of the holder. He was instantly killed
The holder was tipped toward the west,
and the body rolled down nearly to the
edge, stream of blood marking its
course. Two spans of the iron frame
work were broken and thrown TO the
ground by the force of the explosion,
the rivets of the holder were nearly all
torn out, and the holder itself was blown
into a shapeless mass. The other boys,
it is supposed, got out of the way before
the explosion, though fears are are en-
tertained that one or two may have been
blown into the river.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
Alice Cary's Last Poem.
NO RING.

No RING.
What is il that doth spoil the fair adjoining
With which her body she would dignity,
When from her bed she rises in the morning
To comb, and plait and tie
Her hair with ribbons colored like the sky?
What is il that her pleasure dscomposes
When she would sit and sing the sun away
Making her see dead roses in red roses.
And in the dewfall grey,
A blight that seems the world to overlay?
What is il makes the trembling leok of trouble
About her tender mouth and eyelids fair?
All me, ah me, she feels her heart beat double
Without the mothers prayer.
And her wild fears are more than she can bear,
To the poor. sightless lark new powers are
Not only with golden tongue to sing
But still to make her wavering way toward
With undiscerning wing;
But what to her doth her sick sorrow bring?
Her days she turns. and yet keeps overturnng,
: And her flesh shrinks, as if she felt the rod;
For 'gainst her will, she thinks hard things con
cerning
The everlasting God,
And longs to be insensate like the clod.
Sweet Heaven, be pitiful, rain down upon her
The saintly charities ordained for such -
She was so poor in everything but honor.
And she loved much-lovcd much
Would, Lord, she had thy garments hem to
touch.
Haply, it was the hungry heart within her,
The woman's heart, denied its natural right,
That made her be the thing men call sinner,
Even in her own despite.
Lord, that her judges might receive their sight!
Atlantic for April.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
Does Raising Calves Pay lV

OF course not. A calf drinks milk
when it can get it, and milk being cash
at the cheese factory or in the general
market, here is so much loss. If milk
is withheld, something else must be
substituted, and this involves expense -
another loss. 1t takes time to feed
them, and as :" time is money!" here is
another item to 90 down in the debtor
column. Now, is it not clear that rails
ing calves does not pay? But, says one,
the calf will make a cow or an OK the
one makes cheese and butter and finally
beef the other works several years and
then goes to beef also. These facts
must be taken into account by way of
balancing the debtor column. If this
is so, the question is n frivolous one, and
about as reasonable as it would be to
ask, docs il pay to eat or liver
This everlasting iteration 4" does it
pay p ought TO be consigned to the
tomb and be denied the promise of a
resurrection If calves are not raised,
milk, butter, cheese and beef must soon
be expunged from the astronomical
vocabulary. An interrogatory with re-
spect to sheep, swine and poultry would
be as pertinent as the one about calves,
and must receive kindred answer,
while the human family, following the
example of Nebuchadnezzar, would all
90 to grass If this alternative is to be
avoided, we must raise calves, sheep
swine, and poultry, passing 10y the stale
cry of will it pay 2" as impertinent
and out of place.-AmGrican Farmer.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
How to Commence Bee-keeping.

There are numbers perhaps who
would be pleased with from one to three
colonies of bees if they knew how to
do it without much trouble If they
could have two or three hives that would
give them an average 100 pounds, with
no trouble Of hiving swarms, and little
trouble with their bees but to put the
surplus boxes in the hive in the spring,
and exchange them as filled for empty
boxes then remove them in the fall and
fit their hives for winter, they would be
glad to keep one or two hives or more.
Do not imagine that twenty large
hives can be kept, and each give a hun
dred pounds of surplus, in a field where
but twenty swarmers in small hives
have been kept, and some of them
have starved to death in the winter. If
the field has given to the swarmers an
average of ten pounds OF surplus and
their support, twenty non-Swarmers
hives could only get what the fields
yield.
Begin say with two hives the first
year, or more. according to the number
of bees in the neighborhood around you.
Build or buy as many large hives, with
boxes of an aggregate capacity OF l4O
pounds or more; take them 10 q neigh
Dor who keeps bees; agree with him to
transfer one of his best colonies to each
new hive in the following manner:
When the first swarm issues, hive it
in the new hive; then set the new hive
in the place of the old one. Take out
all the comb from the old hive, driving
out all the bees; the will 90 into the new
hive. Put all the worker brood in box,
and place it in communication with the
new hive, so that they can easily pass
from one to the other; they will hatch
out all the brood, and make a very large
colony. The queen will go into breed
ing with all the activity evinced in new
swarm. All the brood that was left to
support the old colony, with the force
that was left in the old hive, will gather
if in a field, 100 pounds of surplus. Fill
each of your new hives in this manner
with bees, and they will fill your boxes
with honey, if the season is favorable
one.
If you prefer it, you can have comb
and all transferred from the old hive to
your new hive. But it will be safe, and
! | think safest, TO wait for swarming and
| lHen transfer llleIH tS ABOVE NtlltClct
If the boxes are all on at the time Of
hiving the new swarm, the queen may
injure one or two of the top boxes OF
honey by depositing brood in them. If
the colony is quite large, there will be
very little danger of it. If the colony
is below medium, ii will be best to re-
move the top boxes, covering the breed
ing apartment with brood. After the
first season, the queen having cstab-
lished her nursery in the center Of the
hive, there will be little danger of brood
in the box. In this way a man can Sc
cure a hive and colony of bees for say,
including boxes, about eighteen or
twenty dollars, that will give him from
$25 to $40 worth of surplus honey an
ually, at % cents per pound. ! am
aware that this is new way, but
think it is a good one, and a very easy
one.-Ja&per Hd-en, in Country Gentleman
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
" Golden quoits and Stomachers
Enr ~, lnl. % o,it.n Ia ni,. Il On -

FOR my ialS 10 give tnelr uealS.
In ancient Greece pretty birds were
generally love gifts Gagged birds were
sold in the market at Athens for that
purpose. Among the Romans rings were
exchanged and this custom seems to
have prevailed in all ages and every
country. Chaucer describes Cressida as
giving Troilus ring with "posy," and
received one from him in exchange, and
Shakespeare frequently alluded to such
tokens. The rings that " Portia" and
Nerissa" present to their betrothed
husbands play a conspicuous part in
the last act of "The Merchant Of Ven
ice," and in "The Two Gentlemen of
Verona" Julia says;
This ring gave him when he parted from me,
To bind him to remember my good will.
Swinburne, in his "Treatise on Spon-
sails" gives the following reasons for the
ring being the chosen emblem Of true
love "The form of the ring being cir
cular, that is, being round and round
without end, importeth this much, that
mutual love and hearty affection should
roundly flow from one to the other as in
a circle, and that CONTINUOUSLY and for
ever In the most remote ages the ring
or circle was used as an emblem of eter-
nity in Egypt and Greece, usual form
OF emblemat'c circle was the serpent
with its tail in its mouth, and this form
has been frequently adopted in rings
and bracelets.
The custom of breaking gold or sill
yer coin between lovers is also very
ancient and may probably have been
derived from the old Athenian symbol.
A piece of metal or wood was cut into
two parts, one half being retained 10y
tho native of Attica, the other given to
to stranger whose acquaintance he bad
made. The bearer of the symbol, wheth-
er one of the original parties or only a
! friend, was entitled to all the rites OF
! hospitality from the owner of the other
! half. Not to acknowledge this duty was
considered scandalous and a crime
Coins were no doubt subsequently used
because of the facility Of recogizing
the token by the device. A bowed
or crooked piece of money was preferred
rs a love token, being considered more
lucky. These broken coins, pledges OF
love. are frequently referred to in poem
and story.
Strut mentions small embroidered
handkerchiefs among the love favors in
vogue in England in the olden tim
They were about three or four inche,
square, wrought round about" with {
button or tassel at each corner, and an
other in the centre. Some were edgec
with narrow gold lace or twist, and ther
folded so that the middle might b,
seen they were worn by accepted lover
in their hats or at the breast. Thest
were so fashionable in Queen Elizabeth
days that they sold in the shops at from
sixpence to sixteen pence apiece.
Camden, in his Ancient and Moderi
Manners of the Irish," speaks of lover
presenting their mistresses with bracelet
of woven hair; and among northern
nations a knot was symbol of love anc
fidelity. The origin of the expression
true love knot" is not from true love
as might be supposed, but from tn
Danish Trulofa .ttdem do plight m,
troth.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
Different MayS Of Making Tea.

The Chnaman puts his tea in a cup,
pours hot water upon it, and drinks the
infusion Of the leaves; he never dreams
ofspoiling its flavor with sugar or cream.
The japanese tritulateS the leaves be-
fore putting them into the pot. In Mo-
rocco they put green tea, little tansy
and great deal of sugar into a teapot,
and fill up with boiling water. In Box
hara every man carries a small bag OF
tea about him, certain quantity Of
which he hands over TO the booth-keeper
he patronizes who concocts the bever-
age for him. The Bokhariot finds it as
difficult to pass a tea-booth as our own
dram drinker does to 90 by a gin pal
ace. His breakfast beverage Is Schitschaj
that is, tea favored with milk, cream,
or mutton fat in which bread is soaked.
DUring the daytime, sugarless green
tea is drank with the accompaniment of
cakes of flour and mutton suet. 1t is
considered an ineXcusable breach of
manners to cool the hot cup OF tea with
the breath; but that difficulty is over
come by supporting the right elbow in
the left hand, and giving a circular
movement to the cup. How long each
kind of tea takes to draw is calculated
to the second and when the can is
emptied it is passed round among the
company, for each tea-drinker to take
up as many leaves as can be held be-
tween the thumb and finger-the leaves
being esteemed an especial dainty.
When Mr.. Bell was travelling in
Asiatic Russia he had to claim the hos
pitality of the Buratsky Arabs. The
mistress of the tent, placing large ket-
tie on the fire, wiped it carefully with n
horses tail, filled it with water, and
threw in some coarse tea and little
salt. When this was near the boiling
point, she tossed the tea about with a
brass ladle until the liquor became very
brown, and then it was poured off into
another vessel. Cleansing the kettle rs
before, the woman set it again on the
fire, in order to fry paste Of meal and
fresh butter. Upon this the tea and
some thick cream were then poured,
the ladle put into requisition, and after
time the whole taken off the fire and
set aside to cool. Half-pnt wooden
mugs were handed round, and the tea
/ ladled into them-a tea forming meat
and drink, and satisfying both hunger
and thirst. However made, tea is a
blessed invention for the weary traveller
Chambers Journal
The true northerner., 1871-04-07

lT is A GREAT MISTAKE to suppose that
the cause Of rheumatism, neuralgia or
gout exists where the pam is experience
ed. The source of these diseases is gen
orally urea in the blood, and it is one OF
the special properties of DR.. WALLER S
VEGETABLE VINEGAR BITTERs to neutral
ize this deposit, while it renovates the
relaxed kidneys and thus prevents them
from permitting portion of their secre-
ton to escape through improper chan.
nels. Torpidity of the stomach has also
much to do with the vitiation of the
blood, and upon this organ the Btters
act directly as stimulant and invigo
rant.
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
Farm.HOrses Without Shoes.

A correspondent of the Io,ca Home
SteGd writes:
"The late DR.. Beebe, of Dubuque,
Iowa, whose untimely death was great
loss to the State, published an article in
the Homestead on this subject, several
years ago, that has been worth good
many times the subscription cost Of the
paper TO me. Mr. b. took the ground
that horses engaged in plowing and or
binary farm work, and hauling on un-
paved streets or roads, did not need any
shoes at all, and were better off without
them. | had always been bothered
with having horses shoes changed at
least six times year, and, after reading
his article, | took his advice, and left
them off altogether. Except for heavy
hauling in winter time, this is much the
best plan, both for horse and the farm
er's purse. In wet weather an unshod
horse slips somewhat, but he is much
more sure-fOoted in winter than with
smooth shoes. Twice year my horses
feet are trimmed off square and even,
where they wear unequally, and this is
all that is done TO them. They are now
in better condition than they were with
shoes. | have saved at least $50 in cash
by pursuing this course, and | am sure
the horses are better off. After thor
ough trial of this plan, it is recommend
ed to every one owning horse as eX-
actly the thing"
The true northerner., 1871-04-07
CRUELTY TO SnEEP.-Dr. Randall write

CRUELTY TO oSHEEP.-Dr. Randall writes
to the RlUal Ne0 Yorker:
Many of the wool-growers wintered
their hocks poorly last winter, on the
ground that they could not afford to
feed them well, and probably have done
the same this winter. This, in our opin.
ion, is a cruel and suicidal policy. Less
returns are thus obtained from given
amount of food. Thirty half starved
sheep will produce less good merchant
able wool than twenty properly kept
ones will lose twice or three times as
many by death and will not raise hal
as many lambs. And what farmer, pos
sessing spark of humanity, is willing
to see these poor, defenseless animals
slowly growing thinner and weaker-all
of them tottering before March closes
many of the in.lambed ewes incapable
of raising with their burden, and dying