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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-07
Spring and Summer Goods,

stock OF
Spring and Summer Goods,
Consisting Of Hack, Blue, Brown, Olive
and Green Cloths, GRANTEES, DiagonAls and
Tricos.
A full line OF English MELTONs, suitable
for Suits and spring OvefcoatL
Scotch CHEYIOTS Of every Color and
Style.
Also a complete stock OF French, English
and Domestic CASHMERE Also a full
line Of yESrINGS, consisting Of SILK, Cas-
zimere, Velvet, White and Fancy Narseilles.
will guarantee q at, a. 1 employ none
but the best workmen- 1 also Invite At
tention 70 my large stock OF Gents Fur
nishing Goods, embracing AL the latest
novelties, such a White and Fancy Shirts,
Merino and India 6auxe UnderShirts,
White Jeans Patent Pantaioon Ora vers,
Suspendens, Hall Hose, SILK and Linen
HandkerchIeis, Bows and Ties, the Latest
Style Paper Collars. White Shirts msde 20
order and fit guaranteed. Call and zee
me at my new and handsomtly arranged
store, % Main street, Centre Wheeling.
1narA e. W. EEABRl0RT.
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wilson, of Massachusetts,, for
Vice President.

speeches and Resolutions.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-07
1872. Spring & Summer. 1872.
c. W. Seabright,
Merchant Tailor!
We. % Main Street,

CENTRE WHEELING,
The attention OF my customers and the
public generally II invited 10 my extensive
~ nf
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The LaborExcItcinrnt.
CONGIsESSIuNAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 8.
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nn4Dni. Grand Master.

Christopher G. Fox, Of Buffalo, New
York, was to-ley elected Grani Mas
ter of the Masonic Order o. the Safe
of New York.
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To John ". Forster, Of Lnd;hna
Accept for yourself and delegation
my sincere gratitude for your gallant
contest. l support your ticket cheer.
fully. Men are nothing, principle is
everything. Nothing must arrest the
Republican triumph uatil equality,
under the law, like the liberty from
which it sprung, is universally scknoWl.
edged, and the citizenship OF the hum
blest becomes sure protection against
outrage and wrong, as WIS Roman
citizenship Of old. - a.rar r
(Signed) ScHrYLEg CoLPAx. -
The Chair thanked the Conventlon
for their courtesy, and at AS P. NJ,
pronounced the Convention adjourned.
An immense ratification meeting
took place tonight on Broad street, in
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25
Fall Planting Of Seeds.

Those who have no bot.beds will find
IT advantageous to SOW many vegetable
seeds IN autumn. Lettuce, if sown now.
and then given a slight protection by
covering with hay or straw, will come
forward very rapidly in spring. and be
in condition for the table weeks be.
fore that sown next spring. Every per-
son who has a garden must have noticed
that selfgrown tomatoes come forwar d
much earlier than those sown in the
usual way in the open ground; and we
have known them to give ripe fruit as
early as plants started in a hotbed.
Few persons, however, seem to think
that tomato seeds can be sown adyan.
tageously in autumn, but the plan is
perfectly practicable, and should be
tried by those who have no other way
OF obtaining early plants. The seeds
should not be sown until the soil has
become so cool that no growth will oc-
cur before winter; then cover the entire
surface OF the seed-bed with coarse ma
nure to the depth of one or two inches.
a part of which may be removed in
spring. A warm, protected situation
should be selected for the purpose.
Spinach for early spring use may be
sown now, and in the richest soil at
command. When the ground begins to
freeze, cover the plants at least two
inches deep with dry, clean straw. If
the weather should be favorable, a Dor.
ton OF the plants will grow large enough
Tor use during the winter, or as soon as
hey can be obtained in spring.
Horse-radish roots that will be wanted
or use next winter should be lifted be. |
ore the ground begins to freeze. and
stored in sand where they can be reached |
when wanted. All the small crowns |
md side shoots not large enough for
'se may be planted again this fall.
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Drying Pumpkins.

We do not know the origin of the
following, or we would credit IT,: Take
the ripe pumpkins, pare, cut into small
slices, stew soft, mash and strair through
a cullender, as if for making pies.
Spread this pulp on plates in layers not
quite an inch thick; dry it down in the
stove oven, keep at 80 low tempera-
ture as not to scorch it. In about day
il will become dry and crisp. The
sheets thus made can be stored away in
q dry place, and they are always ready
for use for pies or sauce. Soak the
pieces over night in little milk, and
they will return to nice pulp, as deli.
cious as the fresh pumpkin-we think
much more so. The quick drying after
cooking prevents any portion from
slightly souring, as is always the case
when the uncooked pieces are dried
the flavor is much better preserved, and
after cooking is saved. This plan is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25

A practical correspondent of thu
Ionntry Gentleman writes:
In passing through the country
nave been surprised to see what amount
OF weeds run to seed is occupying our
gardens. Do the people know that tAe
seeds Of these weeds will trouble tber
next year? So much the more labor is
sure to result, when a very little work
now would remedy the evil.
something may yet be done. Pull
up carefully all the weeds that will
readily yield, and remove TO some place.
either to burn when dry, or TO rot. Cut
the rest and remove also. Then shade
Inc ground deeply, not bringing up apy
raw soil from below. Cover with what
manure and what other material re-.
CURED. Of course, long, green manure
Is not wanted in a garden. Cover well
and even, and you will have an even
fertility. Do this as soon as the ground
is unoccupied SO as to give the fall yains
= chance to wash down the strength
INTO the soil. In the spring the groand
VIII work admirably. By spading the
soil again, and leaving the top ground |
where 1t Is, mixing the manure into il |
ior several inches, you will nave what |
you want-a rich, mellow surface, start
ing the seeds at once, and continuing
their growth. If the manure has beer
we'll rotted when applied, and the
weeds removed, there will be a good |
prospect for the summer. 1t is an ad.
vantage to occasionally use ashes. either
cached or unleached, in garden also
ime. Apply in the fall. | find it an
advantage to mix these caustic mineral
substances with the soil slightly if ma
lure is to follow.
II garden is not we'll drained, now
the time to do it. Remember it can.
lot be too thoroughly drained; the
more the better. Have the drains deep
nd close together.
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To Make a Sheep own a Lamb.

A correspondent writes: " Sometimes
IT is desirable TO make one sheep own
the lamb OF another. but often II = a
dlficult task. AN experiment that we
tried few days since proved perfec,
success, and was ess ly conducted and
for the benefit OF those who NAV be
similarly situated we communicate il 10
your columns. One of our sheep lost
her lamb. In few days a yearlinS
dropped lamb which she did not OWE,
and, IN fact. had no milk for il. We
took the lamb immediately after il was
dropped and sprinkled it with fine salt
and placed it with the sheep that had
lost her lamb, and in a short time was
as fond OF it as she was of her own.
She Is now taking the greatest care of
her adopted charge Western Rral.
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A few weeks ago two horses were
drawing each load of coal up a rising
ground in the suburbs of our CITY. The
hinder horse had the bearing.rein swung
loosely on his neck, and the animal was
hanging his head forward, and by throw.
ing his weight into thu collar, was drag.
ging his load steadily and without un.
due strain on his muscles and Joints.
The foremost horse, with his ton of
coal, was braced up with a tight bear.
ing.rein, his head cramped and raised,
his mouth fettered, and every Joint and
muscle starting and straining at each
step he took. The two men were talk.
ing to each other, and the carter of the
hinder horse was heard by the writer to
say, /" Bill. 60 and give thy horse his
head; he'll pull that load easier" Bill
went and slackened the bearing rem.
"Give him more" said the other. Bill
went and gave him all he wanted. The
horse Immediately did his work in a
way which conveyed the relief he felt
as clearly as il he had said, "There,
thank you; I'm all right now" We
would commend to every one who has
charge OF draught horse, when he is
at work, the advice Bill received and
followed" Bill, give thy horse his
head he'll pull that load easier."-
Neo York Paper.
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Custom-house swindle under Buchanan in
1850. $50, SCI "a: Cnstom-house swipdle under
Grant in 1871, s65.si22l. Excess Of swindle
under Grant over the swindle under Buchanan.
s35.3ll.61, or nearly 1l6 per cent.
Il this reform? Il this economy? WHY il
this swindle kept up, and why is 1t even ex-
ccedcd by 116 per cent. under such . pure,
virtuous Government a. We are told We enjoy
under Grant?
HdrpT's Weekly, in an elaborate article on
the campaign. sets forth how the great deeds
OF the Administration indicate ii against the
trivial charges brought to aesail il. Among
other things II SAYS that the Democrats and
Liberals cry out, Yes! here is immense saw.
ing IN the collection of revenue, but Mr.. Casey
IL still Collector at New Orleaus.-
As great scandal ~ the retention of Casey
-. HdTpers Weekly misstates the position OF
the Democrats when it represents them a. adj
uniting an Immense saving in the collection
OF revenue" The Democratic party does not
rely Tor financial facts on . Civil-Service Re-
form Commissioner. II 1t did il might perhaps
De - TAR from the truth as IL Hdrper's Weekly.
But relying on oficial returns, II hnds that the
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25

Mehay maintains the entire s,sc~.s
OF his method of so preparing the
leaves OF the beet as TO render them
capable of preservation for seye-.I
months - fodder, and at the same tire
greatly improving their qualities as food
for cattle. The method consists simnlv
in placing them in baskets and immers.
ing shem in tank containing diluted
hyirschlorje acid of four degrees of
Beaune. The result of this is 10 great
~ condense the volsme of the leaves.
and to render il necessary to add more
fresh cnes to Sill up she basket, which
has to be again immersed, and finally
allowed TO drain of. The leaves NAV
then be placed in beds, in dry earth.
and kept until needed for use. Ac.
cording % report of committee who
examined the results Of this process.
domestic animals become extremely
iond OF the leaves thus prepared: anu.
indeed, mich COVE ted with them ar.
SAID to give large increase of milk.
with decided Improvements in the
quality of abe butter. The tendency of
iiarrhea in cattle produced By the fresh
beet leaves seems not to be developed
oy this prepared fodder, and for this
md many other reasons it is strongly
recommended 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ifc american.
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The Care of Winter Apples.

A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
writes:
The way that most farmers save their
winter apples is to haul them up like
potatoes, or pile them up in a cave or
cellar. By this method you not only
lose much valuable time, but lose yery
many apples, and what you do keep
over winter are in a bad condition.
Apples may be kept in barrels that are
quite open, but the best and cheapest
way to keep them is in crates or boxes
made in the following manner: The
ends or head pieces should be ten or
twelve inches wide, by fifteen or
eighteen long; they can be sawed or
split; nail your clapboards on the bot.
tom and sides, leaving pieces for ventila-
ton. Have your clapboards all the same
length-about three feet.
When you gather your apples from
the trees, put them in these boxes (be
careful to not bruise them) and lay the
boxes on each other in your apple
house. Two men will handle these
boxes with ease. You can look your
apples over in these boxes at any time
with but little labor. When YOU are
ready to ship, just nail board over the
top and you are ready. in this way YOU
get your apples in market in good con-
dition and handle them at once. Keep
your house as cold as possible at all
times without freezing.
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Cur of all weeds and put them in
heaps, and when sufficiently dry, burn
them. 1t cut now, you carry all their
seeds with them. and so save much
labor next year.
IT is stated that 3.COO grains of oats
have been produced from a single oat.
GEORGE O'REAR. of Morgan county.
ILL.,, received Sl3,s,O for leo head Of
cattle.
W. II. HESDRrcksoN. of Morgan coun-
ty. III, owns hog that weighs LILO
pounds.
OSE firm in Benton Harbor. Mich.
has this year manufactured nearly 400.
600 pounds.
A NUMBER Of Kansas farmers are rails.
ing small areas of cotton in the southern
part OF the State. One man in Mont
gomery county raised 800 pounds on
one acre.
SWITZERLAND has 26S head of cattle In
every 1000 acres, and 557 to every l.OOO
inhabitants. In Spain, there are oulv
thirty-nine head of cattle to every 1000
acres.
IHE silkworm was discovered in
China, and its utility first developed
more than two thousand years prior to
the Christian era, by the reigning En-
press. who, to this day, is regarded bv
the Chinese as the titular divinity and
protectress OF the silk industry.
Ar an agricultural meeting at Keene.
\. H., four years ago. Hon. John Prem.
tiss, then over ninety years old. advo-
Gated the planting OF peach trees in that
vicinity. and told the meeting that he
should yet live to peaches from
trees be was intending 10 plant. The
next year, accordingly the old gentle
man set out peach trees. and this year.
when he Is ninety .five years old, his
trees are bearing him fine crop of
fruit.
coon, convenient and very efiectual
remedy for the sting of wasps, bees, etc.
is simply tohold any hollow key over the
place stung, press it hard into the flesh
Tor minute or so, and when taken off
the poison will be on the surface of the
fiesh and do no harm. A thimble with
tight top will do, but not so we'll.
For removing greasy spots from any
abric, use ammonia nearly pure, then
ay white b'otting paper over the spot
md iron lightly. In washing lace put
about twelve drops in a pint of warm
uds. To clean silver mix two teaspoon.
uls OF ammonia in quart of hot suds.
ut In your silverware and wash, using
N old rail brush or toothbrush for the
purpose.
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quite as little trouble AZ the Old noa.
70 say nothing of the superiority in the
quaii'y OF the material Obtained. TRY
IL and you will not return 20 the old
method, we are sure. and you will also
oecome great lover of pumpkin pie,
Ill the year round.-
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Salt as a Fertilizer.

The Office OF salt as an agent in the
culture of the soil IS to make the earth
moist and cool. Hence its effect is more
clearly seen on light. sandy soils. On
wet, heavy clays and in damp season
1t will do noperceptible good. The pro-
portion to apply is about one pound per
rod, OF about one hundred ana sixty
pounds per acre. This is the substance
OF the Gardeners NoatAly's reply TO a
correspondent on the subject.
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:, Ihls bit OF civil service will probably gratify
Mr.. George William Curtis. a. it is evident
that II you pay collector Il, 09o. l6. a deputy
collector sl.2Oo. and an occasional inspector
sI,z'z per annnrn salary for collecting q reye-
nue. OF less than $1,000. these officials will
have plenty Of leisure time to improve their
minds In history. mathematics. astronomy.
ana ABOVE all grammar. In the ewes OF civil
service Ieformers and competitive examiners
TINS pro hciency might atone for what other
wise would be considered by the general run
o. mankind an impudent, unmitigated. bare
ueorgetown. in the District Of Columbia. il
sport Of entry. with custom-house which il
NOT very handy for marine commerce or tide
wAiers On ship-bcard, but is very handy for
.ne less reputable commerce Of political tide
waters, a. We proceed to show.
Inc commerce of this port for The year
ending March 81. ls72, was ~ follows:
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WIFE asked her husband for a
new dress. He replied: "Times are
hard, my dcar-so hard can hardly
keep my nose above water" whereupon
she retorted: You can keep your
nose above water easy enough If you've
mind to, but the trouble is you keep
1t too much above brandy
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III this statement were a fiction il would be
properly pronounced clumsy and incredible
fiction. What is to be said Of it when il Il a
statistical fact {!
Beaufort. in North Carolina, is a port of
entry The foreign commerce OF the place
was. for the twelve months from 3lst Of
March ISL. to 3lst March. 1872, imports.
Sz,lt., which at an average tarlff of 10 per
cent would yield revenue Of S564 So To
cohect tnis revenue the following officials are
employed at the following salaries:
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b
Ia New York it would take about half an
hour IN the Custom-house and half an hour
more in ths Appraisers office to dispose of
.l2,o6l worth of goods. In Alexandra, as we
see. il takes the labor Of five men for q whole
wear. and costs nearly half what the goods are
worth This IL cheerful; but this is not ali.
The salary Of the Collector, readers will OBJ
seyye, Is sl3l.20. while the salary Of his dep
uty Is 81, 500. Obviously this means that the
Collector Is person who does no work At ali
Tor his wages. While competent man could
be got to do all the deputy does for $50 in
stead OF the 81, 500 which the deputy gets for
doing 1t. And also "janitor" ~ required 10
take care Of the extensive Offices and ware
houses which so vast trade necessitates.
We have published series of exposures Of
she expenses OF the small Custom-houses.
proving that they are incurred for political
purposes and not for revenue purposes We
had hardly published two Of them when the
DUAL Tunes received orders TO write ms down.
IL made feeble attack few weeks ago, which
we forthwith took the trouble to answer, and
so effectually that we heard no more from il.
II seems, however. an imperial ukase issued
that the apologist shall advance once more to
the breach and keep up the fight. Having got
ITS orders aud some statistical ammunition,
the Times opens fire taCs: The exposures OF
the swindles in the Apalachicola and Aiexan-
dr1a Custom-houses. il says, are all fudge, and
proves statl-ticAly the swlDdle existed under
Pierce and Buchanan. Therefore il cannot be
. swindle under Grant. It Is very good Of the
Tunes to assume that what Democratic Ad.
ni'nis,ration did cannot be wrong. But we are
not concerned to know whether we or our pre-
decessors were swindled twenty years ago, but
whether We are swindled now.
But II we we're swindled under Pierce and
Buchanan, rs the Times implies. and the swim
ding practices continue under Grant, what |
becomes Of the oratory Of Dawes. Wilson, |
Kelley. Conkling, Morton, and the scores of |
speakers who now nil the air with the cry OF |
Grants economical Administration, Grants |
purifying Of conuptions, and Grants rigid !
honesty? What folly it il to plead in exfenu- |
alton OF knavery chat is has existed before.
And now let rs see the relative waste, even |
it to be equally waste, in 1860 and |
1871, and then strike balance. The follow. |
ng are the Custom-houses we have exposed;
.e now give the amount they have cost in |
1850 and 1871 respcctiyelv:
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A RASH orator addressing a colored
audience in South Carolina, the other
day, remarked, my friends and fellow.
citizens, my skin is white, but my heart
is as black a. this audience ~
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VI. IN other words. the collection OF internal
revenue under Grant has cos, ovar IN ,sa.
cent. more than under johnson. These facts
ana hgures may even startle a Ciyi-SeryIoe
isedorm Commissioner, who il would seem
sadly requires another supervisory board
over the supervisory Board OF which he il An
ornament. ="
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Grants BeCf-Eaters in the
CustOm.Houses.
civil service Reform as Carried Out
by the Present Administration.
Tho Way the Public Treasury IL
Robbsd-A Mighty Interesting
Chapter Of Reading.


Few Of the forty millions Of people who in
habit the United States have heard or know
anything about Edgartown. Mass. yet it il a
port Of entity. and no doubt supposed to be
OF great IMPORTANCE by the authorities. Its
commerce is. nevertheless. in a sort of coma
II may a. well be called dead. During the
year ending Sis' OF March, 1874, the foreign
trade OF Edgarsown was:
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Foreign imr0rta
Foreign exports-

10 superntend the above foreign COM
merce OF nal and collect the consequent duty
OF no dollars and no cents were required the
following officers:
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Now, what in the world can keep these beef
eaters on pay an place which has been dem
onsrated for four successive years to have
no commerce:
Middletown. in Connecticut. is very pretty
and very thrifty little place /, is hard 70
have TO lind any faul, with Middletown. But
Middetown has a custom-house which seems
20 be rather Federal alms-house. And as
Middletown doubtless takes good care of its
poor one is at a loss TO know why there should
tie Federal alrns-house there For the year
ending March u. 1872, the foreign trade of
Aliddietown was
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~ Maine. The whole foreign trade Of that
district for ls7l-2 uas: - '.A'

Perhaps George William Curtis will explain
TINS piece OF civil-servics reform, and Row
bad 1t was before he reformed il.
bai unstable 10 port Of entry in Massacbu-
sets In 1868 We find that its total foreign
commerce was imports $5,492. and exports
oil Since then Birnstable has gone down in
the commercial scale. During the wear end.
ing Slst March. 1872, the latest period re-.
ported, its commerce was:
Foreign imports-............. Nh
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In order to superintend this lucrative bust
ness. winch during four years has been mix.
nj, nothing. and blank, the following beef
caters are required:
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The imports In 1868 came within $50 of
those OF Is7l-72. being s2,Ii2

The foreign commerce of Alexandria. in
Virginia. amounted last year to imports of the
value OF Sl2061. Yet Alexandra is a port of
entry, with CI=tom-houses and officials to the
following extent:
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amount OF and cost of collecting the in,ar,.,
f T Tor three years under johnson and
Grant respectively were: o" anu