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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-14
MORE ABOUT THE NATHAN MURDER MYS-
Terry

What Mr.. Isaacs, the Undertakes, Says
About II.
Captain Irving, Chief OF the Detective Corps
has received letter from Mr.. Lew J. Isaacs, the
undertaken who had charge OF the remains OF the
murdered Nathan, dated at Baltimore, in which
the writer states that he dsrobed the deceased and
afterwards turned the shirt over TO the Coroner.
but that 1t would be simply impossible Tor him
TO identity the garment recently discovered as the
one worn by the deceased on the fatal night. The
Coroner has already stated that he does not rec
ollect ything about 1t. Probably there is not
one who can positively Identity the disputed night
GOWN as Mr.. NatnaniS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-14
THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE PACIFIC.
Special Order for . General Rendezvous
At Panama.

Special Order for . General HeMdezvOus
At Panama.
From the Panama Herald June 81
special despatch by cable from the English
Admiralty announces that the vessels composing
the British naval feet on the Pacific are ordered
to rendezvous forthwith at Panama for special
reasons. The FIRST of the Meet, the Tenedos, an
chOred in our port on the 2Sth ult., from Mexico.
The others may be expected to drop In in due
time. Admiral Cocnrane r. NJ, was at Calla0
when the OrOya lett there, the 21st ult, and will
there receive his orders, which arrived here
in time to have been forwarded south by steamer
OF Gath ult.
Her Britannia Majestys feet in the Pacific, now
ordered to rendezvous at Panama, consists OF the
follow vessels :-Screw steamer Repuse, nag
ship, IL guns, Rear Admiral Arthur A. L. r.
Cochrane, @. b. Captain Joseph r. m. wilson;
steam STOOD TeDedos, guns Captain Edward II.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-14
A Prompt md Generous Offer.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Having noticed an article in your paper Of the
10th inst, headed "A Steamboat Trip and q Tum-
BILE in the Waves at Rockaway for the Working
Girls" we hereby, through your paper, offer the
steamer Twilight to the Women's Industrial Asso-
catlon of No. At East Tenth street, free Of charge
70 convey the working gris ron tne pier S o. tne
North River to Rockaway and return. The boat
VIII be ready to leave at nine A. Nj. Mr.. Henry
Eckert has kindly consented TO give them the free
OF his bathing houses, and will furnish sixty gal
Ions Of chowder free. Messrs A. ID. Failing and
and Mr.. Louis Hamme, OF still another house, aud
p. Mcguire will do the same as the others. Now,
we say, let them all come and have good time.
LEWIS, SMITH Il HlLLYER.
NEW YORK, July Is, 1874.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-14
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA

Guatemala Relieved or the State sf
Siege-Generai Prosperity and Peace
Exploration ON the Line OF the ANA
ION.
PANAMA, July s, 1874.
The affairs OF Central America in general seem
10 have subsidized into comparative quietness.
In Guatemala the government had decreed the
adjustment OF the state OF siege In which the
country had been temporarily placed II will also
contribute towards the celebration OF the Cen
tenary IN the United States.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-07-14
Colombia.

PANAMA July s, 1874.
The Fourth of July passed OF very quietly in
Panama. The United States steamer Richmond
fired salute at noon.
THE WEATHER.
The heavy rains so unusual at this time of the
year in Panama continue undated. The weather
during the past two months resembles more that
Of october and November than May and June.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

Many valuable animals from diff.
ferent causes annually die, entailing
great loss upon owners, many ol
whom are lily able to sustain it. OF
the various diseases that attack horses
and mules none are so prevelant or
so generally fatal as the different
forms of collie Although every
horse owner has heard of certain
remedies for this complaint, yet very
few indeed have them at hand when
needed. The consequence is that
after futile efforts to relieve the suf-
fering beast, the owner too often has
the cbargin and disappointment Of
seeing it die. While medicines are
at this time easily obtained from the
numerous druggists throughout the
country, it would seem wisdom to Sc
cure such as from trial are of known
efficacy, and thus run no risk of want
at time when, from lack of knowl-
edge or from any cause, the most
serious consequences ensue.
"An ounce Of prevention is worth
pound of cure" and the following
recipes, which are given with full
belief in their excellence, are instru-
mental in saving, to those who util-
ize them, the lives Of their animals,
it will amply compensate the writer.
One of these prescriptions should al
ways be at hand. OF the first the
writer has no personal value, but its
author says of it, ut has stood the
test of seventeen years actual expert.
ence without case Of failure, and l
will bind myself to pay $50 for every
horse that dies from this treatment if
the owner agrees to pay $40 for cur
ing the animal. Laudanum, ! OF /:
chloroform, ! OF; gunpowder, /! OF /;
whiskey (good), / pint; water l
pint. Mix, and drench through the
mouth once in two and q half hours
never oftener. After one drench the
horse will eat in twenty minutes"
The second remedy is known to be
all that is claimed of it. 1t is Colo
cynth, homeopathic medicine, used
in the form of powder. One half tea
spoonful thrown into the back of the
horses mouth, which is accomplished
by holding the tongue, viii generally
cure inside OF half an hour. If it
does not relieve in that time it may
be repeated. Let the horse roll and
have free use of his limbs. The au-
thor says that be always carries q
small package in muslin bag which
is always convenient and easy to car
ry and use.
A Friend OF Horses and their
Owners.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
YSung A0erica In California.

The girls of a California semipary
lately developed singular fancy for
using three-one-cent stamps, instead
Of the regular kind, upon their envel-
ops. The letters were so very plain
and matter-Of-fact, and the attempts
at evading surveillance in the old
fashioned way grew SO scarce that
one inspecting teacher investigated
this whim. And lol the cunning
creatures had taken to writing tender,
emotional little epistles to their lovers
under the stamps.
A Sacramento gentleman lately
saw little boy leaning against q
post in the eastern part of the city,
putting energetically at q full-grown
cigar, and succeeded in drawing from
it quite volumn of smoke. He felt
such evident interest in the job he
had undertaken, that the citizen con-
cluded to interview him, and, accord
ingly, drawing cigar from his pock.
ct, went up and asked for q light.
The boy acceded to the request with
an assumption of manly courtesy
which be probably had studied care
fully, and seemed to feel gratifed at
attracting attention. Then ensued
the following conversation: "Wen,
young man where do you buy your
cigars" IL buy 'em down town;
|psy ten cents apiece for 'em." do
you buy many ats time ?" "No not
many; buy one ut a time most
ogtenest." Does your father know
you smoke 7" "Oh, yes" "How old
are you ?" "Six years. "And how
long since you learned TO smoke?
about Eve years, / guess"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
Iron md Pear Trees.

Several years ago we planted q
number of standard pear trees. The
trees were patterns of beauty, but
during the drouth of the summer sue.
ceeding the planting, thanks to the
chickens Of the neighborhood, who
scratched away all the mulch, they
Jagged behind and with a single ex.
ception, q ..Sheldon, seemed going
into q declinc-the leaves lost their
freshness Of color-the bark became
rough and seemingly corrugated,
while everything indicated a speedy
dissolution Of the trees. On this /
concluded to give them dose of iron.
having seen it recommended as a
sort Of specific for pears, whereupon
/ procured lot of lathe turnings a,
one Of our machine works and gave
to each tree at least a quart of the
material, working it into the soil
This was done last spring and the re.
suit was wonderful. AS by magic
the bark regained its lively, fresh
and natural color, the buds pushed
vigorously and in earnest and the
color Of the leaves was all that could
be desired the trees continued their
growth during the entire season,
rlpening their wood up to the very
tips, as cheering and invigorating O
spectacle as can be longed for by the
most enthusiastic amateur. We gave
our trees another dressing of iron
this spring and propose keeping on
with light doses annually.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
Pneumatic Graiu.Tube.

A Minnesota man has patented q
pneumatic tube for the transport OF
grain. The machinery of propulsion
is fan, worked by steam, revolving
in an air chamber which consists Of
two double-concs, put base TO base.
The axle OF the fan is hollow. A
tube runs through it. perforated at
the sides and bottom. This tube
connects with two pipes which enter
the apics of the cones. The grain to
be transported is poured into the en-
trancc-pipe. The revolution Of the
fan sucks it into the connecting tube,
and then blows it ahead into the
main pipe. At the same time the fan
of the next station, twenty miles
away, begins to whirl. Thus the
grain is hurried forward by suction
ahead and compressed air behind.
The trouble with the theory seems
to be that the grain can not readily
pass under the influence of two di.
rectly opposite currents af air in the
same tube. At some point they
must neutralize each other. Still, as
the inventor has secured patent, it
is fair to infer that his model works
satisfactorily, SO that he may have
met this difficulty. He thinks bis
tube can carry 5000 bushels ofwheat
$50 miles an hour. Mail matter can
make forty miles more in the same
time. The expense of constructing
a tube between Chicago aud New
York, with a carrying capacity Of
40, ,O0o, 900 bushels a year, is put al
81, 100000. A charge of twelve
cents bushel would pay the cost Of
construction in year and leave $780,
600 for operating expenses. Among
the calculations it is said the saving
to farmers, even when the company
got such remunerative rates, would
be great. Grain would be tarnspor.
ed from Minnesota to tide-water fol
fifteen cents instead of fifty. This
would save that State alone about
$40, 100000 Q year.-ChicagO Trtb'
L
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
About Cabbages.

There is a great difference in the
quality of cabbage Some varieties
are invariably large and coarse-grain.
ed, of strong flavor, and more or less OF
q woody texture when cooked. For
market purposes the large varieties
are more saleable than the small, be-
cause few persons know anything
about the different Sorts A cabbage
is cabbage to them, and its value is
measured by its size, quality not be-
ing understood or thought of by those
who depend upon the market for a
supply.
We remember when the still "a
nous Winningstadt cabbage was
introduced, and the high recommenda-
ton which accompanied it-all true
without doubt, as there was no refer
enee to quality beyond that it would
come to maturity early, and the heads
were very firm and solid. This is
very true, and this old favorite holds
its own for market purposes; but, in
our opinion, it is far from being a
first rate sort on account Of the ex-
treme frmness and compactness of
the heads approaching too near a
ligneous character. The Early York
and old Early Drumhead are, to our
tastes. far better sorts for home use,
and when well grown, answer equal
ly well for market
For late market sorts the Marble
Head, Mammoth, and Late Drum
mond still lead; but when one wants
O good, fne-grsined, sweet and rich
cabbage, the mammoth sorts must be
laid aside.
For cooking, the Savoy cabbage
are unequaled, and there are both
early and late sorts possessing simi-
lar good qualities.-They require a
richer soil and better care than other
varieties, and do not grow TO as
large size but they make up all this
in excellency of flavor and tender
ness.
For picking, the red varieties are
usually preferred; not because they
are any better, but the deep, rich
color adds something to the appear
ance Of even a dish OF picked cab
bage. Those Of our readers who are
fond of this vegetable should try the
various sorts and see if we are not
correct in saying that there is a
great difference in the flavor of cab
bage.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
Hsw the Indians DUN

The Hartford Currant evolves the
following theory: There has been
some pathological doubt as to the
phrase" After him with q sharp stick
1t may have occurred to many that
the sharp stick referred to is the
much feared January BILL And il
would seem there was some GROUND
for this. The Neeshenan Indians
Of California have not the brutal and
disagreeable habit prevalent among
US Of sending danning bills. When
one Indian owes another, it is consid.
cred bad taste (as itis) for the credit
or to dun the debtor. He proceeds
with more delicacy. He procures q
certain number of sticks, according to
the amount of the debt, and paints
u ring around the end of each.
These he carries and tosses into the
debtors wigwam, and then goes
away without word. The debtor
pays the debtand destroyes the sticks.
1t is considered reproach to have
the dunning sticks thrown into the
wigwam, and the creditor never uses
them except with hard customers"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
The Unesttsnated lneome Of the
Farmer.

There are many blessings which
all enjoy, the value of which it is
impossible to express in the ordina.
ry representative. of value, money.
There is a real value in pure air and
pure water in preserving the health,
thereby saving the loss of time and
power, and doctors and nurses bills.
There are few occupations in which
there are so many receipts difficult to
record upon the ledger as in the
farmers. With many, We doubt
not the real profit derived from farm
ing is contained in these unestimated
incomes. Some have kept what they
considered accurate accounts of their
crops, and the receipts therefrom, and
found them pretty nearly balanced,
and yet they were not running in
debt. The reason was probably be-
cause their families were enjoying 30
many benefits from the farm, of which
they made no account. Let US con-
slider some Of these sources of in
come.
l. The rent Of bis dwelling. If he
lived in town, and occupied O tene-
ment suited to his position, provided
he retained the same relative posi-.
ton in the best society, the rent
would amount to several hundred
dollars year. a.
2. The use Of his horses and car.
riages. Every family in easy cir
cumstances expects, of course, to 70
to church, to visit friends, to attend
places Of instruction, amusement, or
trade, and many or these are too dis
tant for convenient walking for
townsmen as well as farmers. The
farmer who uses his own horses and
carriage saves q large livery, omnibus
and car fare. This amounts to sever
oil hundred dollars a year with fami-
lies Of affluence in the city.
3. Family supplies. We wish
every farmer could know the entire
value OF the food which his family
consumes annually, estimated at the
prices that townsmen are obliged to
pay for similar products. 1t would
60 far towards reconciling many dis
contented farmers to their lot. The
single item of wheat -four, at retail
er's prices, consumed by an average
family, would amount to over hun
dred dollars Then there is corn
meal, buckwheat -four, garden and
field vegetables, fruit, cream, milk,
butter, eggs, poultry, pork, beef, NUT
ton, lard, tallow, and many other
items which help to feed the family,
and which amount to q considerable
sum if purchased.
IL farmer, after balancing debts
and credits, finds but little left to
compensate him for bis lsbors, he
need not consider that be has labored
for nothing. If these unestimsted
items Of income could be properly
appraised, we think they would
amount to very fair salary.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
I.-cs .sr Fertilizers.

1t frequently happens IN country
places where bones are quite piehu'
snI (and where are they notD that
,bere arc no mills 10 grind them,
and if applied to the land as they
are thew decompose so slowly as to
he of comparatively little use. In
sueb cases, chemical means, which
are always on hand, are to be brought
into requisition.
or ali various means that can be
employed for the decomposing and
dissolving of bones, the best and
most practicable is wood ashes. They
are generally plentiful in country
places they prevent an unpleasant
odor from being given of, and above
all, cause a rapid and complete de-
composition. The bones are convert
ed into a fine powder, which, mixed
with the ashes, furnish an excellent
fertilizer, very rich in potash and
phosphoric acid. The method of u.s.
ing them is as follows: A trench
three or four feet deep and of any
desired length, is dug in the earth,
and filed with alternate layers of
ashes and whole bones, each layer
being about six inches thick. The
lower as well as the top layer is OF
ashes, and each layer of ashes is
thoroughly saturated with water. AT
distances of three feet, poles are
rammed down to the bottom Of the
ditch, and every eight or ten days
they are taken out and enough water
poured in the holes to saturate the
ashes. At the end of two months the
whole heap is thoroughly stirred up
with q fork so as to mix the ashes
and soften the bones, which are then
left to ferment again, watered as often
as necessary. In about three months
more, the heap being worked over
twice or three times, the decompo.
sition of the bones is complete, and
only a few of the larger ones remain,
and these are taken out and put in
another heap.
This method of using bones comes
to US from Russia, and is very highly
recommended. The action of the
fertilizer upon crops is said to be
something extraordinary. 1t seems
as if the salt in the bones and those
in the ashes unite to form very solu-
BILE saltz which can be at once assim-
Hated by the roots Of the plants.
Where wood ashes are scarce re-
course must be had to horse manure.
The bones arc soaked few days in
water and then placed in rectangu-
Jar pits, with alternate layers of horse
manure, each layer being drenched
with the water in which the bones
were soaked. The strata OF bones
are three inches thick, and those of
manure foot thick. The pit is COW
cred with earth so as to be tightly
closed. The decomposition of the
bones will require, in this case, about
ten months, when the mixture is
ready for use as a fertilizer.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

The Cincinnati Times thus hu.
morously goes for Agriculture:
The best frssd Of earth is Agri
culture The deadliest ;gais fatu.
that ever glittercd to beguile and
dazzle To betray is Agriculture. |
speak Silh feeling on the subject for
/ have been glittered and beguided
and dazxled, and destroyed by this
same arch deceiver.
No wonder Cain killed his brother
He was a tiller Of the ground. The
wonder is that be didn't kill his fa
ther. and then wept because be
hadn't a grandfather to kill. Nc
doubt his Early Rose potatoes fol
which be paid Adam 81 a barrel
had been cut down by bugs from the
hesdwsters of the Euphrates. Hi,
Pennsylvania wheat had been winter
killed and wasn't worth cutting
His Norway oats had gone to straw
and would not yield FIVE pecks pei
acre, and his black Spanish water
melons had been stolen by boys, who
had pulled up the vines, broken down
his patent picket fence, and written
scurrilous doggery all over his bach
gate. No wonder he felt mad when
he saw Abel whistling along with
his fine French merinoes worth eight
dollars head, and wool going up
every day. No wonder he wanted to
kill somebody, and thought he'd
practice on Abel.
And Noah's getting drunk was not
at all surprising. He had become a
husbandman. He had thrown away
magnificent opportunities. He might
have had monopoly of any profes.
sion or business. Had he studied
medicine there would not have been
another doctor within a thousand
miles to call him "Quack;; )" and every
family would have bought bottle Of
Noahs' Compound Extract of Gopher
Wood and Anti-Deluge Syrup" As
politician, be might have carried
his own ward solid, and controlled
two thirds of the delegates to every
convention. As q lawer, he would
have been retaind in every case
tried at the Ark High Courtrof Ad.
miralty. But he threw all these ad-
vantsges and took to Agriculture.
For long time the ground was SO
wet he could raise nothing but
sweet flag and bullrushes, and these
at last become a drag in the markets.
What wonder that when he did get
half-peck Of grapes that were not
stung to death by Japhet's honey
bees, be should have made wine an d
drownded his sorrows in flowing
bowl"
The fact is, Agriculture would de-
moralize q saint. l was almost a
saint when l went into it, Pm q de.
mon now. l fight myself out of bed
at four o'clock, when all my better
nature tells me to lie till seven.
fight myself into the garden to work
like brute, when reason and instinct
tell me to stay in the house and en-.
joy myself like a man. l fight the
pigs, and chickens, the moles, the
birds, the bugs, the worms-every-
thing in which is the br cath of life
/ fight the ducks, burdocks, the
mulleins, the thistles, the craps, the
weeds, the root-the whole vegetable
kingdom. l fight the heat, the frost,
the rain, the hail-in short, l fight
the universe, and get whipped in eve
~ battle.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
The Sea NOuse.

The sea mouse is one of the pref
test creatures that lives under the
waters. 1t sparkles like Q diamond,
and is rsdient With all the colors of
the rainbow, although it lives in the
mud at the bottom Of the ocean. 1t
should not have been called O mouse,
for it is larger than big rat 1t is
covered with scales that move up as
it breathes, and glitter like gold
shining through a aocky down from
from which fine silky brisles wave
that constantly change from one
brilliant tint into another, so that, as
Cuvier the great naturalist, says, the
plumage on the humming bird is not
more beautiful. Sea mice are some.
times thrown upon the beach by
storms.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20
Cultfvating Fruit Trees.

Dig the soil around your trees
fruit and ornamental, as also cnrrants
and ornamental shrubs regularly
every spring and keep the soil mel
low and loose during the entire
season. Dig as far as, and beyond
will do no harm, the spread of the
branches. The result will astonisb
you, compared with the growth Of
trees in grass or hard stiff soil.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

WHAT is heavens best gift to
man 7" asked q Dover young lady,
smiling sweetly on q pleasant looking
young clerk. "A hoss," replied the
young man, with great prudence.
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A gentlemen Visiting an Ir;sbmar

A gentleman visiting On Irishman
noticed q monstrous pig strutting
about the house, and asked how they
got such brute up those two stairs
May itplaze your honor" said pad.
dy. " it wa never down to be took
up"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-20

A FRIEND Of ours remarks, that the
reason the softer sex call the men
bears is because they hug the girls
SO tight. There's logic by the
armsul.