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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

ACCORDING to the Niagara Falls Ga
zette, one Of the night engineers In the
New York Central yards, at Suspen.
sion Bridge, experienced two radically
different sensations In a very brief Pc
rlod Of time a few nights ago. While
running his engine, he observed a man
on the track in the immediate front,
but too late to give the signal Of warn
ing before passing the spot. Tho pom
derous machine was stopped as soon
as possible, and the trembling engi-
neer took the back track, with gloomy
forbodings. to look up the corpse. His
feelings can probably be better imag-
ined than expressed when he met the
object Of his search coming to meet
him with fists double up, and other in
dicatlons not favorable to bodily CON-
fort of the engineer. A speedily exc
cuted, right-about-iao movement WAS
made, and tho engineer understanding
his wrathful pursurer, reached his en-
glne, and fled ingloriously from the
scene.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

Ar the hospital In Fort Wayne, In
diana, q few days ago, there died a
man named Bartaz, q Polander by
birth, who had an altogether remarka-
able experience. He fought against
Russia when his countrymen revolted
against the tyranny Of the Car. He
afterwards became a priest, and served
in that capacity In several different
countries. His last settlement was ut
Laporte, Iud. lie vas n Of the finest
lingulsts in the Catholic Church, spoke
fourteen different languages huently,
aud ut last died In poverty.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

The Army Register for 1872, which
will soon be published, contains a list
OF all the officers Of the United States
army. The full number OF officers au-
thorlzed by law is 225l, but the names
Of only 2O79 are now borne on the rolls
30 that there are 1s2 vacancies. OF
the vacancies the most important are a
Colonel In the Adjutant Generals
Department, three Colonies In the
Ouartermaster Generals Department,
one Brlgadler General tPaymaster
GeneraE in the Pay Department, a
Colonel Of Engineers, a Colonel OF
Ordnance, and q Chief Medical Pur-
veyor. There are now thirteen gen.
eral officers of the army, to-wit: Gen.
eral Sherman, Lieutenant General
Sheridan, Major Generals Meade, Han
cock and Schorsld, and Brigadier Gen.
erals Mcdowell, Cooke, Pope, How
ard, Terry, Ord, Candy and Augur.
These Generals are named In their Or
der Of seniority, there being three
Major Generals and eight Brigsdlers.
BY existing laws It Is provided that no
promotions are to be made to the rank
of Brigadier until the number Of that
rank i, reduced below six.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

Tue public educational establish
ments Of all grades In Germany are
Gl,G72 In number, with 6,l97,364 pu-
pills and studsnts,o or about one-seventh
of the population. The public primary
schools In the German empire number
60, 900, each with accommodations for
100 pupils, the ratio OF primary pnpils
to the entire number Of inhabitants
being 10 per cent. The public secon-
Diary schools prepare pupils for the
universities, for the polytechnic
schools, and for distinct trades and pro-
LESSONS. There are $50 gymnasiums,
2l4 pro-gymnaslums.1+ practical gym
nssiums and 4S3 secondary schools.
Tho pupils In the secondary schools
number 1880. There are 10 poly
technic colleges, and an academy for
architects and engineers which en-
ploys 800 teachers, and instruct' 4i2S
students. There are also 20 universe
ties, which employ 1921 teachers and
lecturers. and instruct 1851 pupils.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

A rooR negro, named Harris, who
had been smltten by the smallpox, en-.
tered the town of Flint, In Michigan,
and, instead Of meeting with humane
treatment, was thrust into q railway
car going South. Having no money
to pay his fare, and admitting to the
conductor that he had the smallpox,
he WAS put of the train to perish in
the cold. He set out In the night,
through bitter cold weather, for the
village of Holly. but was driven away
by an officer at the muzzle ola loaded
pistol. Sick, starving. freezing, and
exhausted, he made his way through
the snow to Pontiac, where he was
graciously permitted to die In an old
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

A COMMITTEE of officers, recently In
session In Berlin, to inquire Into the
results ofthe employment Of railways
during the Franco-Germsn war, has
reported that, when the distance to be
trayersed Is short and q considerable
force has to DO conveyed, an army
corps will proceed more rapidly on
foot than by railway. Thus, q force
Of 3 5000 men will, it Is stated, 90 a
distance Of 81 miles In less time than
fit were conveyed by a double limo Of
railway, and a distance Of % miles In
less time than II It were transported
over q single line. A saving Of time
in forwarding large bodies OF troops
by railway, it has been calculated, Is
only to be- obtained when the proper
tion Of men to miles is six hundred to
one on a double line, aud four hun
dred to one on n single line. The
French, it Is said, frequently suffered
great losses from not observing tie
above rule in the conveyance Of troops,
but surpassed the Germans in the en-
ployment Of railways for the transpo!-
tation of provisions. For this purpose,
movable magazines, each containing
ten days provisions for an army corps,
were always kept ready to be dis
patched wherever wanted.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01
A NEW INvENTIoN.-ln these days

NEW INvENTIoN.-ln these days
Of progress and woman's rights one Is
not surprised to hear Of feminine In
ventions. Mrs. J. G. Woodruff of this
place has earned the plaudits of all
houseksepers, and especially Of deli
cate young ladies who pride them
selves upon soft white hands, by the
invention Of n dish-washlng machine.
Wire baskets are so arranged as to hold
each dish separate from the other. The
baskets containing the dishes are set
into the machine, which Is a rectangu-
lar box lined with sheet iron, contain
ing two apartments, one for washing.
the other for rinsins and drying, tho
latter process being done by steam.
By turning q crank, attached to which
are paddles on the inside box, the wa
ter Is thrown upon the dishes In the
baskets.-AntioM Ledgor.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

CALIFORNIA stands fifth In the list Of
States contributing to the relief of the
Chicagoans after the great fire. New
York leads, her donation being 1924
57l 80. Next comes England, which
gave $780, 50; Massachusetts, Is the
second State, having given 1886, $50 81;
next Pennsylvania, which gave sl75,-
O9i 70; next Maryland, which gave
$l79, 7O3 IS; next California, which
gave $l59, 1863 80. The least amount
contributed was By the State Of Ala
bama-$5.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

THE Geneva Board Of Arbitration Is
composed as follows: Arbitrator on
the part Of the United States, Charles
Francis Adams; OF Great Britain. the
Right. Hon. Sir Alexander Cockburn,
Baronet, Lord Chief Justice Of Eng,
land; of Italy, His Excellency Sena,
tor Count Sclopls !; Of Switzerland, ia
cob Stampfi /; Of Brazil, Baron d'Isa'
juba. Agent on the part Of the United
States, J. C. Bancroft Davis; Of Great
Britain, Right Hon. Lord Tenterden
Counsel for the United States, Calet
Cushing, VIM. NJ. Evarts and Morrison
r. Waite. Counsel for Great Britain
Sir Roundell Palmer. Solicitor fol
the United States, Charles c. Beaman
.Ir
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

FROM ProcHE.-Among the notables
In town, says the Sacramento Record
Of Wednesday, Is Pat Holland. form
erly ar active member Of tho Fire De-
partmeAt Of this city, and now the pub.
Usher Of that very live paper in that
killing place, the Phoebe Record.
Pat shows that the printing business
Is good in Phoebe, and he says it Is the
best town he knows Of for the cemete-
~ business.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

PHILADELPHIA thinks OF restoring
Independence Hall to Its original con-
dition. Most of the ancient furniture
can be recovered, 1t Is said. The city
also has eighteen portraits Of signers
of tho Declaration, and intends to get
those of the others, or copies Of them,
as far as possible. or the ifty-six
sicners, all but six sat for their por-
traits.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

A CANADIAN farmer, named Paquet,
70 years of age, was accidentally killed
In a singular manner tho other day.
He was Mt work with some men pre-
pairing firewood, when, finding a piece
that could not be split, they placed
some %gunpowder In 1t to blow 1t up.
Paquet took a match to light the pow
der, when the plug covering the hole
was blown through his head, causing
instant death.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

JouS McCARrnAY, a lion tanner, was
torn to pieces by lions on the 9th
ult., while performing with the beasts
at Bolton, England. He was with
much difficulty rescued before life was
quite extinct, but he Immediately died.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

I'VE old Cadwalader mansion, which
was burned at Trenton, N. j., a short
time ago, had been In the possession
of the Cadwalader family for four gen.
erations. It was purchased by Colonel
Lambert Cadwaladsr during the Rev
olutionary war, and was frequently
occupied by General Washington and
other officers Of the Continental army.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01
PIPER'S OPERA U
Monday Night, March a, 1872.
BURNED OUT by THE TERRIBLE
FIRE WHICH DESTROYED PIOCHE,
NEVADA, SEPT. 10, 1871.
DR.. D. VIRGIL GATES

LAS RETURNED TO HIS OLD HOME,
IL VIRGINIA, Nevada, aud will resume the
practice OF medicine as soon a. no raises . little
money necessary to start on. He trusts the OBJ
Jet In view will DO sufficient apology for asking
his friends and the ladies' and gentlemen Of VIZ
ginia, Gold Hin. and vicinity. to DO present at
PIPRR'S OPERA HOUSE. MONDAY EVEN
ING. March 4th, or which occasion your hun.
bic servant will ondcavor to give a equivalent
for tho half Dollar invcstod-whioh is the price
Of tickets-by presenting Tragic, Comic, Seri-
Gus, Humorous. and Pathetic Readings and
Recitations from Favorite Poets, limitations
Of Celebrated Orators and Actors, and Dellnea-
lions OF Yankee, Irish, Dutch, Scotch, French,
and Pike County Characters, tho ent'ro form.
ing q pleasing variety OF Gaietlos and Grayitiss.
LDr Several Volunteers will assist.
TICK CRNTS.
Front seats reserved for ladies and their es-
corts. Doors open at 7. Xcltsment TO com.
mence at 8 O'Clock. mari I'd
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01
A VOICE FROM THE SCHOOL

With spirit weary and worn,
With aching, throbbing head,
Ateacher sat at close OF school,
And these are tho words shs said:
"'Tis teach, teach, teach.
Through the hours Of sunny light;
IT'S think, think, think,
Far into the quiet night.
"Ohi to DO q slave
In the land OF the barb'rous Turk,
Where woman has mover Q soul 10 s1ve,
lfthis 10 Christian work.
"Teach, teach, teach;
Teach against guile and sinl
No backward glance on q happier past,
No sigh for what might have been.'
Teach, teach, teach,
From morn to quiet oven
Time, and thought, and brain, and soul,
For q pittance grudgingly gtyenl
mo rest In . life o fweary TOLL
Nohope! hush !! . CHEEKY voice rings clear
Faithfully work; hopefully work;
You are moulding the 'Country's future
heror"
The palo brow flushed, the thin lip curled-
Twas less Q smile than sneer-
"What mould tho future, give faithful toll,
For four hundred dollars q yeart"
Third Grade.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

The grain crop Of California will
be enormous this year. More ground
is being cultivated than ever before,
and the yield per acre promises to be
the largest ever realized.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01

TIE coinage in the United States
Branch Mint at San Francisco during
January was $S40,750. There were :
Double eagles. s6So,OO0; half dollars,
$4,000 half dimes, 10,730.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-03-01
NOTICE.

DURING MY ABSENCE J. P. MARTIN
~ ESQ, at the Bank OF California. virginia
a authorized 10 transact business for the Pa
cidc Mutual Life Insurance Company.
J. A. BRUMSEY,
,.so I'm ned General Agent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
m!ste 8ar,w+
SeasOnable Items.

Celery should all be transplanted into
the burrows or trenches made for it last
month. If late cabbages were not all set
out this work should now be completed
Celery, cabbage, tomato, egg, pepper and
other plants can be procured from almost
any of the nurserymen, if home supply
has not been provided. They can be safely
transported, by express, for thousands of
miles.
Celery and late set-out cabbage plants
require much water. This important duty
must be attended to if you would have
good crop.
A hogshead sunk in the ground two
thirds its depth should be kept on all prem
ises in the country, and kept filled with
water, for the use Of growing plants, when
needed. Half-pe of guano or super
phosphate, half-peck of flour of bone, or
common SCOT, in hogshead of water, will
make a liquid manure that will be found
of great advantage to garden plants. If
the hogshead at any time becomes empty,
or nearly so, refill it, and add only half the
quantity of fertilizers above named. In
watering with this mixture, be careful not
to wet the leaves of the plants.
In watering flower-beds, first hoe the
soil as deeply as you can with safety, then
pour on water, in moderate quantity, CIV
ing it sufficient time to soak away before
repeating the application. When the sur
face has partially dried rake it smooth.
When it is not convenient to have liquid
manure, light sprinkling. from time to
time, of some of the solid fertilizer named,
well raked in, will be found of great advan-
tage.
1t is we'll to be remembered that, during
the months of July and August, the wealth
er is usually more dry that at any other
season of the year, and consequently
more frequent watering is necessary.
Ruta-bagas and yellow Aberdeen turnlps
should be sown this month. Broccoli and
endive may be transplanted if the plants
are sufficiently we'll grown. Weeds will
flourish, and must be kept down, if good
crops are desired. Keep a sharp lookout
for noxious insects, and slaughter them
without mercy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
Preserving Fruits.

As the season for preserving fruits is at
hand, we print the following which we find
in one of our exchanges, for the benefit OF
our lady friends:
Our native fruits, both wild and Guilt
waited. furnish an exhaustible supply of the
proper ingredients for the making OF all
kinds of preserves. We give few tried
recipes for their manufacture, and trust
that they may be used extensively to the
exclusion of the unhealthy compounds that
we are SO prone to patronize:
7ellies of Strawberries and Blackberrtes.-
Bruise tho fruit, put in thin cloth, and
allow to strain over night. Next morning
add half pound of sugar to each pint OF
juices; boil twenty minutes.
Grape Jelly.-Bruise and boil tho fruit,
then strain; add half pound of sugar to
each pint of juice, then boil from ten to
twenty minutes.
Wild Crap Apple. the fruit with
water and boil until soft, then strain; add
one pound Of sugar to each pint OF juice;
boil from fifteen to twenty minutes.
Siberian Crop Apple.-Proceed as fer
preceding, but add only one-half pound Of
sugar to each pint.
Haw.-Cover with water, boil until soft.
mash, strain and add half a pound of sugar
to each pint of juice; boil twenty minutes.
szoe Jelzy.-Mash, boil, strain; half pound
of sugar to pint of juice.
Pgum.-Mash, boil, strain, as above.
Peach JeAy.-Wash, without removing
skins or pits; cover with water, boil until
soft, strain, add half a pound of sugar to
pint of juice; boil twenty minutes.
Canned Fruits.-Make syrup with sugar
and water, averaging quarter of pound
of sugar to each pint of juice; boil the fruit
until done, fill the jars boiling hot, seal up
Immediately. Keep jars warm before fill
ing with the fruit.
Brandy Psaches.-One pound of sugar to
each pound of fruit; boil fruit until soft,
make the syrup with as little water as pos
sible. Take the peaches and lay separately
on dish, boil the syrup again until the
right consistency; put the peaches in the
jar, then add one part brandy to two parts
of syrup, stir and fill up the jar.
!Saoeet Pickles.-Twelve pounds of fruit,
six pounds of sugar, and a quart of cider
vinegar, cloves and cinnamon. Let the
fruit boil in above until soft; take out, put
carefully on dish, let the syrup boil down,
then put on fruit again and boil a few min
utes; fill jars and seal with tissue paper
dipped in white of an egg.
Plum Preserye.-Plums are equally good
done in molasses as sugar. If sugar is
used, take an equal quantity of fruit and
sugar. Make clear syrup and boil the
plums gently forty minutes. They will
require heating over once if to be kept
Beech plums are very excellent prepared
in this way, as well as for pies.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
A WORD ABOUT GRAPES.

Let our readers not forget that this sea-
son of the year is time when the grape is
particularly thankful for little attention
in the way of cutting out its superabun-
dant punches, or in pinching back or thin
ming out some of its hayward sprouts. In
many cases three punches will have formed
from side shoot, but two and very often
one is enough to be permitted to remain.
In regard to thinning branches people are
SO apt to run into extremes, and when one
says summer-prune, though but one word,
they 60 to tearing off the leaves without
mercy, frequently to the utter ruination of
the vine. But it is only where they crowd
one another closely that any should be
taken out altogether. Another mistake
people often make in trimming, if they
have to choose between two shoots, is to
t.ke the weaker one away. This is right
in winter pruning; but in summer the
reverse of this should be the rule. The
effort now is to equalize the growth all over
the plant, and if the stronger ones are
checked, more force is impaired to the
weaker ones.
Sometimes one may not wish to take out
a vigorous shoot entirely; in this case
merely pinching off the tender growing
point will give a sufficient check.
AS general rule the strongest and most
vigorous shoots are at the top of the trellis;
and if one does not care to take time to
understand the difference bet ween strong
and weak shoot, we might say that he
would not 60 far wrong if he made regu-
lar practice of piuching back all the shoots
at the top of the trellis and letting all the
lower weak ones alone.
Germantown Telegraph.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06

THE Growing CANTELoUPEs.-In thin
ming out the number of plants in a hill to
about three, be careful to allow the strong
est to stand; and in removing the weeds
and hoeing the beds, do not disturb the
vines after they have commenced running.
A very large proportion-indeed much the
greater proportional the nourishment of
the vines is derived through the roolets
attaching themselves to the soil as the vine
grows. Place small piece of slate, which
is the best, though a piece Of single or
board will answer, under each canteloupe
when half grown, and it will prevent the
earth from extracting the flavor from about
one-fourth of the fruit, as we commonly
find it to be the case with the purchased
canteloupes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
MEDICINAL.

gloss and freshness OF youth. INN
hair is thickened, fallen hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stlmu-
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
Of fouling the hair with a pasty sed-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
It's occasional use will prevent the hilr
from turning grey or falling of, md
consequently prevent badness. me
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the toma-
ton of dandruff, which is often S, un-
clearly and offensive. Free from;hose
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous am ln]u-
rious to the hair, the Vigor cal only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESlNG,
nothing else can be found so dslrable.
Containing neither oil nor dy, it does
not soil white cambria, and ret lasts
long on the hair, giving it rio, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfum
Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aye q TO"
Practical and Analytical Cem1sts'
LOWELL, MAS.
Jupe % ls72-Iy
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
BLACKBERRY WINE.

To DRIVE WEEvILs FROM BAENs.-A
writer in French publication asserts that
his father had, a long time ago, his grana-
ries and barns infested with these insects;
(cuculio granarius) so much so that they
penetrated into all the bins and grains
stored therein. He placed an open cask,
impregnated with tar, in the barn and then
in the granaries; at the end of some hours
the weeyil were seen climbing along the
wall by myriads, and flying in all directions
from the cask. On moving the tarred ves-
sci from place to place, the premises were
in few days completely cleared of these
troublesome and pernicious guests. The
farmer who is troubled with these insects
may, as soon as he perceives their presence,
impregnate the surface of some old planks
with tar and place them as required in his
granarics; care must be taken to renew the
tar from time to time in the course of the
year to prevent their return.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
MEDTCTNAL.
Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable:
healthy, and
ehectual or
preserving the
hair. 1t soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to its original
color, aoith the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06
Drying Herbs.

"Herbs for drying for future use should
be cut just about the time they are coming
into flower. Dry them ia the shade, and
after sufficiently dry to put away, tie them
in punches and hang in a cool shed, or
place them loosely between paper, and
stow away in cupboards or drawers; the
last mode is by for the cleanest and most
approved plan with the best housekeepers;
indeed, powder the leaves at once after
drying, and put away in bags ready for
use.''
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-07-06

To KEEP IcE.-Make double pocket of
strong wooden cloth, no matter how coarse
and faded it is. Have a space about two
inches or so between the inner and outer
pockets, and pack this space as full as pos
sible with feathers. You have no need to
use geese feathers; hens feathers are just
as good. With pocket thus constructed
and kept closely tied at the mouth, few
pounds of ice may be kept week.