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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-09-10
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.

NATIONAL GaANGE-BUslNEss OFFICERS
pUDLkr ". ADAMS, Master, Wauikon, Iowa.
%. III. kELLr. sec'y, Georgetown, u. T..
KANSAS STATE GRANGI--CFFICERS.
n. 4. HUDSON, Master. Napoleon.
6. W. STURGEON, See'y, jacksonville.
ii. II ANGEL, Treasurer, Sherman City.
JOIN BOYD, Lecturer Independence.
w. 5. Hanna, Chaplain. Emporia.
j. q. OTIs, State Agent, Topeka.
Exccut Conn.,. II. DUMBAULp, Jacksonville.
r. Ii. SHAEFFER, Grasshopper
W. Z. PoPESoE, Topeka.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-09-10
How Farmers Can Ship Their Own
Stock.

oIOCh.
\ great many farmers DO not have a
full car load of stock to ship or sell of
cattle, hogs, or sheep of any one kind at
any one time, but by mixing loads
could ship their ewn stock.
The railroads, however object to
mixed loads being shipped in the same
car under certain conditions, and have
strict rule TO this effect. The reason
Of their objection is brought about and
given rise TO in their embodied rules
and regulations in this wise: Shippers
oftcntimes. heretofore, have loaded
three car loads of cattle, and under
these cattle run one or two car loads Of
hogs TO save ghts--thcreby shipping
in this way four or five car loads Of
stock upon their bill OF lading, call
ing for freight on only three cars of
stock. Hence the necessity of this pro-
hibitory rule. Its enforcement is in
sisted upon only in the above attempt
ed efforts of imposition upon the
freight tariffs Of live stock.
All the roads admit of stock being
shipped into the Union Stock Yards,
and those loads may be mixed as
much as they can be by the farmer, but
must be separated by partitions in the
car at the owners expense, which cost
but trific Odd steers, bulls and cows
can be tied TO the side of the car with
strong short rope, while hogs and
sheep and are kept apart by partition
being nailed from one side of the car to
the other. The partition can be made
Of three or four rough stock boards.
The freight then charged will be for
the greatest amount OF stock repre-
scnted in any one partition. BY this
simple and cheap fixing at the time OF
loading stock in the country farmers
can lunch and ship their own stock
themselves for no more expense than
it costs them now in cash TO pay for
NtiS mig IL W epctui"toio'
part of the farmers seem to under
stand this railroad rule and its mean-
inc to the wants aud demands of the
shipper, and are profiting thereby in
the shipment of their own odd ends.
One of the best things about the
grange movement is the effort TO make
the American farmer remember that
his house is not q tent in the desert,
but home. and should have all the
surroundings which should make
home agreeable. 1t is strange fact
that the nearer one comes to city the
more delightful he finds the gardens.
The fact is that the denizcns of the
city appreciate the pleasure afforded
hv ivy and shade trees and flowers,
while the farmer does not. He looks
upon his land as something TO scrape
living from, and chop down the
growing shade trees for cord wood.
With a very few days extra trouble
each year, farmers could live in houses
embowercd by roses and evcrgrcens,
and surrounded with flower gardens.
-BaaRer.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-09-10

MISCELLANEOUS.
q. E. . = A N u ,
i SUCCESSOR TO
| CHARLES +. PIERCE & CO.,
wholesale and Retail Dealer In
Il IT M 3 = r !!
The largest assortment of the best grades Of
KILN DRIED LUMBE
! 7obs found IN tis std,s.
I Also keep an immense stock Of
GIL "A FED s Al Ell
And a complete assortment Of
Best Finished a1d Seasoned Doors!
NORTH SIDE OF DOUGLAS AVENUE,
NEAR DEPOT,
w ICHITA A.
NEW DRUG STORE !
LIST door North LIST National Bank,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-09-10

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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-09-10
RAILROADS.
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
r AILROADl
RAILROADS.
Completed from ATCHISON 10 GRA-
NADIA, Colorado.
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The Direct Line 10 c AREONDALE,
OSAGECITY. NEWTON WICHITA,
EMPORlA. HUTCHINSON, GREAT
BEND, DODGE CITY. and connect
I ing ut GRANADA with BARLOW.
SANDERSON X cos STAGES Tor
PUEsLo. LAS ASrNAs. TRINIpAp.
LAS VEGAS. SANTA Fs, ETC.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
/ A One Cent Business.

There is man in New York who is
amassing handsome fortune by buying
and selling pennies, two and three cent
pieces, and five cent nickels. In many
of the newspaper Offices, news depOts,
ferry Offices, retail houses where cheap
goods are sold, bakeries, and other places,
the accumulation of small coin very often
becomes 80 large as, to be cumbersome.
team not be disposed of, for coin is SO
plenty that customers object to taking it
in change in any great quantity, and in
the business houses where it is needed
the regular sources of supply are always
ample. The coin might be sent to the
Philadelphia Mint for redemption, but
the requirements of the redemption de-
partment are enough to discourage any
business man. To send pennies to the
Mint, they must be sorted and wrapped
in packages of five dollars each. Coins
of each separate mintage must be put
together. 1t will not do to mix the old
fashined coppers with the bright or
bronze-colored nickels, nor can two or
three cent piece be mixed with the pen
MES. If they are packed in this way they
are not even counted at the Mint, but
are shipped back to the sender without
delay or notice of any kind. The law
also prescribes that the coins shall be
packed in iron-bound boxes, and shipped
ut the sender's expense. AS coins are
heavy, the cost of transportation is con-
siderable. The officials count the money
at their leisure, and some times the
sender does not hear from his consignment
for nearly year. He thus loses the use
of his money for that length Of time.
The combination of vexatiops details
prevents those who have an accumulation
of coin from sending it to the Mint, and
it seems as though the officials at Phila-
delphia intended that they should not
be troubled with it. Every day man
rides to the newspaper and other Offices
in buggy and buys the coin which has
been taken in from the newsboys and
the customers. For the pennies and
two-cent pieces he pays ninety-seven cents
a hundred, and for the three and FIVE
cent nickels he gives ninety-ninc cents
for dollars worth. The sellers are
glad to dispose of the coins at this dis
count. The man then rides to about the
only tradcsmen in the city who desire a
quantity ofpennies-the pawn-brokers-
and to them he SELLS the coins at par,
taking their notes for three months in
payment. The pawn-brokers who have
shops among the poorer classes say that
they need small denominations of frac-
tional currency or coin, rs many of their
loans do not exceed ten or fifteen cents.
Many poor persons pawn their articles
of wearing apparel or trinkets only
when driven to do so by the want of a
single meal of food, and such are not
particular as to the denomination Of the
money they receive. The pawn-brokers
give their notes without interest, thereby
gaining the use of the money for three
months. Ittf so
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
American Woodlands.

In discussing the distribution of Ameri.
can woodlands, Prof Brewer says that
though Maine is the great source of pine
and spuce lumber, the hardwood species
predominant in that State. The wooded
area Of New England is not diminishing,
but the amount ofsawed lumber is lessen
ing-an indication that the trees are cut
younger. In the Middle States the
wooded area is scnsibly and rapidly be-
coming smaller. The New England and
Middle States furnish hardwood trees /;
in the Southeastern States, from Virginia
to Florida, is belt of timber which sup
plies the hard and yellow pine; and the
Northwestern region contains immense
areas of common pine.
From the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic
Ocean stretches trecless area three
hundred and fifty miles wide in its mar
rowest part, and eight hundred and fifty
miles wide on our Northern boundary.
West of this region is the narrow wooded
Rocky Mountains region, and West of
this Is the barren region of the Great
Basin. On the Pacific coast are some of
the noblcst forest regions Of the world I;
and official Government reports say that
the forests in some parts Of Washington
Territory are heavy enough to "cover the
entire surface with cordwood ten feet in
height"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
Extraordinary SWIMMING Adventure.

The Cork Constitution of u late date has
the following:
"On yesterday most extraordinary
feat was performed by an American
gentleman named Paul Boyton, who, by
the aid of a newly-invented swimming
apparatus, has swum a distance of up
ward of seventeen miles, Mr.. Boyton was
a passenger from America by the Ma
tional steamer Queen, and it appears he
Joined the steamer at New York with the
intention of lowering himself into mid
ocean, u couple of hundred miles off
Sandy Hook, in lifc-saving apparatus
which had. been recently invented by a
Mr.. Meeryman. The apparatus consists
of trousers with steel spring bolt and
tunic covering theupper portion of the
body. There are air apartments in the
machine, the object being to keep the
wearer afloat. The position which the
wearer is to assume on reaching the
water is to float on his back, and the APP
paratus is then worked by pair of
paddles, one at each side, on the principal
of a canoe. Equipped in this apparatus,
Mr.. Boy ton intended, as we have already
mentioned, to enter into midocean about
tWO uilICS tuC Il uotHVb, Uub
when the Captain of the Queen became
aware Of his intention, he point blank re-
fused to allow him to carry 1t out, but
promised to allow Mr.. Boyton to make
his experiment on the Irish coast. The
steamer arrived off the Irish coast on last
night about nine o'clock, when, in OPP
position to the Captain and all on board,
Mr.. Boyton equipped himself in his APP
paratus, and set out seven miles off the
Fastnet. The sea was ut the time
running very high, and the wind blowing
very strongly, rain coming down in tor
rents, so that frequently before Mr.. Boy
ton had performed his task, he had to
shade his face with his hands to protect
it from heavy rain that was falling. He
worked away with his paddle for some
time, floatcd and drifted alternately, UNI
til he had been about six hours at sea,
when seeing an opening betweentwo great
rocks, he steercd for it, and drifted ashore
on sand spit. lie lit signals with n
view of attracting attention, but they
were not responded to. He, however, by
the aid of their light succeeded in gain
ing high ground, where he lighted three
signals more, but still receiving no re-
Spouse, he broke off on road, and soon
after arrived in Skibbereen via Baltimore.
In both places he was treated most kindly
by the coast guards"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
From Me Chicago Time.


"The name Of DR.. r. v. Pierce has become
as familiar to the people all over the country
as household words. His wonderful RENE
dies, his pamphlets and books, and his large
medical experience, have brought him into
prominence and given him a solid reputa-
ton. The Times, in the present issue, pre-
sents whole-page communication from DIR.
Pierce, and our readers may gain from II
some idea Of the vast proportions of his
business and the merits Of his medicines.
He has ut Buffalo mammoth establishment,
appropriately named The Worlds Dispen.
sary,' where patients are treated, and the
remedies compounded. Here nearly hun
dred persons are employed In the several
departments, and q corps of able and skilled
physicians stand ready to alleviate the suf
ferings of humanity, by the most approved
methods. These physicians are'in frequent
consultation with DIR. Pierce, and their COM
bined experience are brought to bear on the
successful treatment of obstinate cases. The
doctor is a man of large medical expert.
ence, and his extensive knowledge of mate
ria medica has been acknowledged by pre-
sensations of degrees from two Of the first
Medical Colleges in the land. How merito-
rious his works are may be inferred from
the fact that his pamphlets and books have
been translated into German, Spanish, and
other foreign languages, and have been in
neaNy uemdnd. AS uu tNldtnce OIL the
business of the Dispensary, IL is only neces.
sary TO state that for the quarter ending
March 81, 1874, the sum. expended for post
age alsne, not TO speak of that paid on
newspapers received, was $2,Os0.70. A pc.
risal of the communication will be found
interesting reading, and will show to what
proportions medical institution can grow
under able management and well-directed
effort"
If you would patronize Medicines scienti.
fically prepared by a skilled Physician and
Chemist, use DIR. Pierce's Family Medicines.
Golden Medical Discovery is nutritious,
tonic, Alternative, or blood cleansing, and an
unequaled cough remedy; Pleasant Purga.
tive Pellets, scarcely larger than mustard
seed, constitute an agreeable and reliable
physic; Favorite Prescriptions remedy
for debilitated females; Extract of Smart.
Weed, a magical remedy for Pain, Bowel
Complaints, and an unequaled Liniment for
both human and h0rse-fesh while his DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is known the world
over Us the greatest specific for Catarrh and
"COld in Head" ever given to the public.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
A Sad Case.

On Saturday evening, about nine
o'clock, two boys, one an Irish boy named
Johnnie McGarrigan, and the other,
name unknown, went into the Lake Shore
Campany's round-house, to find place
to sleep. But the watchman discovered
them and sent them away. Shortly after
Johnnie returned, probably slipped in
through window, and lay down to sleep
near stove used to dry sands, which
stands beside the track on which engines
come i'm from the main track. this time
escaping the watchman's observation.
There was a good fire in the stove, and
upon the warm sand where he lay,
soon little Johnnie was as soundly asleep,
and as sweetly as If wrapped in the rich,
warm coverings of home, which he,
poor boy, never knew. About 3 o'clock
in the morning the engine of train No.
6 came in, and in backing into its place
in the round-house, ran over both Of the
little fellows legs, which, in his slum-
bers, he had thrown across the. track,
crushing them terribly. The Waterman
heard his cries, and at once picked him
up. He was speedily conveyed to the
Bethel, where he received every care
which could be bestowed, but he died
about six o'clock yesterday morning.
While suffering at the Bethel he was per-
fectly conscious, and able to tell that his
parents lived at Ashtabula, Ohio, who
were tclegraphed to as soon as he died.
His father replied that he was very poor
and unable to pay the expenses of ship.
ment, and the body will be forwarded
to-day in box furnished by the city If
the railroad company will furnish trans
portation, which some of the officers last
evening assured. The boy was about
fourteen years of age, and through the
scanty bundle of rags which he wore APP
peared TO be bright and intelligent. The
case Is particularly distressing, in view
of scores of others similarly situated -
except the terrible death, who shall say
was not a God-send p 7olalo Commercial.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26


for three hours, add salt and pepper to
taste before removing rom the fre-a
Scotch recipe.
flashed MUTTON.-Two ounces but
ter, two ounces -four, put into a stew
pan to melt, then add half a pint Of stock,
few chopped gherkins, and little
Harvey or Worcester sauce, or instead OF
these last two a little currant jelly and
port wine to fancy. Put the mutton,
previously cut in slices, into the sauce;
allow it to simmer for quarter of an hour;
season according to taste. "''a v,''
LEMON CHEEsECAKEs.-The juice of
a dozen lemons, the grated rind of eight
lemons, four pounds of lump sugar. the
yolks of two dozen eggs, and the whites
of sixteen, one pound butter; the rind
of the lemons to be grated put all these
ingredients into saucepan, and stir over
a slow fire till it be of the consistency Of
honey. Put into small jars, and when
cold cover it like jam. 1t will then al
ways be ready to put into small tarts.
PIcKLED ONIoNs.-Choose small but
ton onions; rs they are peeled, throw
them into milk and water, drain them
from this when they are all done, put
them into a jar, and pour strong brine
of salt and water and small piece of
alum (boiling h0D over them, cover
close, and set them aside till the next
day; drain and dry OIL cloth, put them
into cold, distilled vinegar, with few
blades of bruised ginger, some whole
pepper and little mace; keep always
covered with vinegar, cork the jar close,
and put in a cool, dry place.
APPLE BREAD.-Weigh one pound of
fresh, juicy apples; peel, core, and stew
them into pulp, being careful to Use a
pOcelain kettle or stone jar, placed in
kettle of boiling water; mix the pulp
with two pounds of the best -four; put in
the same quantity of yeast you would
use for common white bread, and as
much water as will make it fine,
smooth dough; put it in pan, and place
it in q warm place to rise, and let it re-
main for twelve hours, at least. Form
it into rather long shaped loaves, and
bake in quick oven.
OsrERs SCALLerED IN PAN. -
Mix well the Afinely-chopped yolks of
six hard-boiled eggs, six ounces of
bread crumbs, three saltspoonsful
of salt, and one each of ground
cloves, mace, and white pepper. Blanch
one hundred oysters, put them in deep
pudding-dish, in layers, alternately with
the eggs and crumbs, finish with the lat
Ter, and on the top spread two ounces of
butter, cut into small dice. Bake in a
quick oven from twenty to thirty min
utes. They are also very nice, the oysters
being chopped with the bread and eggs,
and baked in small scallop-edged cake
pans. ftr-r E!sIT
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26
A New Use for Tom Cats,

A correspondent in Washington coun-
ty has sent us an account of a wholly
novel and extremely valuable invention
for the education of working cattle. An
intelligent young farmer in that county
recently went out to try a three-yoke
team of steers. The nigh steer in the
middle yoke lay down right in front of
Mr.. Jones' house, and nothing which
could at first be devised was of any use
at all. All the appliances with which
the agricultural interests are already IA
miliar were exclusively experimental
with upon that steer. Mr.. Jones himself
came to help, and between them they
got the steer out of the yoke, so that he
should not strangle himself, but he only
lay down the fatter for all that. He
became rs fat as a comic newspaper.
"Confound him." said the iratc owner |;
"Pd like to drag a cat across him "
"The very thing" exclaimed the neigh
borly Jones: GIVE got the biggest cat
you ever saw" In less than few min
utes Jones was back from his house,
bringing with him large, fne-looking
Thomas cat, well known to possess a
powerful and cultivated voice, of more
than usual compass and unsurpassed
timbre. The cat was put on at the
shoulders of the steer and drawn steadily
and carefully backward and downward.
The steer kicked some, but he did not
get up, although the cat seemed to know
very well what he was put there for.
Again the cat was planted well forward
and drawn aft, but the steer paid him
no manner of attention, and this or some
thing else aroused the wrath of the cat,
for, Just as he was putting in his claws
for the third drag, he gave tengue-if
that's fair word for tin his best and
loudest music. The effect was marvellous
and will be of great value, for the steer
not only sprang to his feet with unex-
pected agility, but his tale was as stiff as
his horns as he dashed wildly away home
ward. No trouble at all with him since
that, for at any signs of balk you have
only to begin vocal imitation of that
tom cat, and the strength of the yoke and
chain is tested instantly. We do not
think that any attention need be paid to
objections to this operation based on the
idea that it is an appeal to the super
stitious instincts of the lower classes. 1t
is rather to be regarded in the light of a
musical triumph. We have never heard
of any extensive employment of the cat
as an incentive to cxertion except in the
navy, and even there the one important
element of success seems to have been
omitted. Beyond doubt series of care
full experiments with refractory mules
would be very interesting, the prospect
of favorable result being very cncourag-
ing with Il race who have so great an ear
for music.-PitSburg Gazette.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

Katie, whom she had caught, back to her
place.
eyes; only does wolf go on always
"The old 'shepherdcss' becomes the
wolf" said Fanny. at is my turn now,
and Philip will be lamb. l will let
you have good frolic before l catch
you"
Katie soon knew the game, and so
think will you, If you try it.
If there are any very little ones among
the party of playfellows, the wolf must
be careful not to howl too loud, for fear
of frightening them. A good boy or girl
will always take care not to frighten or
hurt the tender little creatures who are
allowed to join them in their SPORTS
Chilciren's Hour.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-26

WORKING in one of the laundries of
the city Is man who is said to be de-
posed Bishop of the Church of England.
He has brother in the English Parlia-
ment, and other relatives in good circum-
stances who would willingly give him
assistance should he make himself known,
but he prefers his present mode of life,
for the reason that he can occasionally
indulge i'm that which caused his de-
position, viz: strong drink. He Is sud
to be a very learned and intelligent man,
but with an unconquerable desire for In
toxicating liquor.---& Louis Dpatch.