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LOST AND FOUND,

EOUND-SCH0OL MEDAL, with inscription,
q winch the owner will receive by calling at No.
o4o street southwest. lts
STRAYED AwAY-On 18th of septe nber. ls74.
~ BLACK cow, with long horns and bIi lid
OF the right eye. A reward OF IS will be paid NJ
northwest, sar1o,t.
a UMBRELLA WAS TAKEN THROUGH
a mistake from Ford's Opera House, on -
Wednesday evening, September IL. 1t has the6N
name Il; ROCHE on the INSIDE, The gentle-
man will please return IL to Ford's. 1t
OsT.0n Wednesday or Thursday last, q
- BUNCH OF KEYS. Any one
hnding Them will please leave them Sx-IE
with THOS. BOWLING Gal Louis = W
lana avenue or with the Postmaster in Georpetown
suitable reward for them. It's
ZANE TO MY PREMISES, No. lI4s SEW
~ enth street southwest, Saturday, the 12,h in
SAINT, a small black GOAT, with white spots The
owner, by proving property and paying charges,
can take the same away. MARTIN BECKER.
sepl7-3t'
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PROFESSIONAL.

A CAEn.-yUsTICE THOMPSON has rarooves
~ his Once from No. la 7th strset northwe
70 NO, llS (beiDg -four doors from his Old STA q
His residenoe h No l203, corner Ell stree afd N
northWest Business brOus ht before htm as Ma
lstrste, Notary Public OF General Agent VIII be duly
attoLuto 10. n
~ NJ. DANES, DENTIST,
- No Ios, p.HhaAIs EEMoVED 49,.
18th sis., over &. Levin JeEelry Store sepIi-lms
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BOARDING.

EOrR Oh FlNk GENTLEMAN CAN Bg
scfo1 m datt . with BohbD aud Rooms in .
private tsU tly. Bot ard cid Wa'er IA tao hsuse;
elso use OF bsih ROOM At No. 1872 SIN sresi r. a.
west, betwes q G and h sapi9 81
k'bC TBRKE TO FoUR Young GkEFLx
y men can be acc mn % sted with Board and
- ons, al No. l22S 9th street northwest, tetween
d aud n. serl7-st'
EOB RENT-FURNIsHEp ROOMS, Wits hoard
u Communicating or single. 1885 street, ~ door
iron t4ib street. House with sl modern improve
mt nts. saulSsf~
CHcICE TABLE BOARD ASD ELEGANT
" hOche, tHgetteT or separately, N he best To-
CARLY ~ the city. hefer 20 n IN. Il. Boariman
smith. Hon. A l., Barber, Hon. A. B. MnIlett, aid
Dr. Nerdi. krnlI ~ l2i3 street n sarl -sm
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TISI RECEIVED.
Embroidered POionsse;
Embroidered and Beaded Jackets;
Green aud Blue W DOL Pisids;
Black Ctshmeres and kerinos;
Atwood Die gonsl Cloths
Color cd HC hairs and IebeEes,
navy Blue Waterproof;
Atwood Plaid FIsunsls, &C.
Ons Price Only W. NJ. sBUSTBR kBRO.,
1t GIG PenusV lvauia avenue
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It s.IhGI6EER OFFIOE,
u. IAtrd Story Union Bank BWiidlng,
fdysfte, nsgr ChGTigS street,
BALTIMORE, MD, September IL, 1874.
PROPOSES for dredging Wicomico river, ND, will
be received until noon of OCTOBER IL, 1874, aag
opsntd Immediately thereafter.
Blank forms, specifications and any desired in
formation can be had On application at this office.
NM, p. CRAI0HILL,
seplg OF MAJOR Of Engineers, o. g..
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FOR RENT AND SALE.

FOB EEST-A larse BUILpIsG su,tNhle fer
SVSFrLfcent nSH Cr printing ssice, sitnssec o.
SD street. ee-wesn PeunSy ivssfa avenue sd y
s'.tet northuest, Nc. SIS Inquire on the sre-
nllses. se.s I'm
4 CHOICE BUILDING SITES
GAKDkH LOTS
KEkyAEDs SUBDIVISION
w0opLKY PhRK,
W hs Feodies ho1d- kaif y nsis rem "a hsaF a
lisa Stirred, aaS oaig Sftsen rqtsSiss tr4ik frsa4
fcgafoS efstrdTfS HoHSc
Lots from hsn Al scFe ten scres =, $50 20 $50
pei sore, 90 easy Ierms. Ground 81 To1s thfs side
and no better, Is held 81 80. 100 per acre.
tart OF the land - covered with lag Oak. Hick1-
~, std Ches'i vi Trees Numerous nne spriug- ant
several Strains Of water are the piaco -.
moetly RCCd. Probably there l. better iavpst-
mept IN the strict than the W oodley Park lots
the above price,. For sale by
THOMAS x. WA9gAMAS.
AcgH-eolm 91S nh stree; nurthSss;.
E'uR SALAD elegant HOUSE % n street. be
u tween 9th AMI VI, STREETS.
hne RESIDENCE on Pennsylvania avenue,
between Nth and 18Th streets, and = large list II
Bopses aid Lots in al parts 81 TIE city.
Ua-u FL SWEET, All Tth street.
Eps REsI-EkpEhAI, BOILrINss, sOrDeT
y enS IT'D streeta Lorttvesf OFFICES and
thfbhh1SHED Rooms, siagly snd n suits.
,EoT IS 70 sN. q. PRKsTiss, Agent, keOH
sos isni9-tT
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NOTICE ALI Yacht owners who wish to enter
their Yachts in the Rsgatta October 5.h, -
are requested to stter d meeting TUESDAY, "
eeptemher 22c. 81 Ia O'Clock p. M, at Ferry
Wharf, foot of I'm street.
sepI9,St [BepI GEO. A. sHEKELs.
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Household Hints.

RASPBERRY CREAM.-Rub quart of
raspberries, or raspberry jam, through
hair sieve, to take out the seeds, and
then mix it well with cream; sweeten
with sugar to taste; put into n stone jug
and raise a froth with chocolate mill
as your froth rises take it off with a
spoon, and lay it upon a hair sieve.
When you have as much froth as you
want, put what cream remains in adeep
china dish or punch bowl, and pour
frothed cream upon it as high as it will
lie on.
SAcTETs OR Scent BAGS CORE
spondent of the Country Gentleman
writes Various powders, etc, placed
in silk bags, or ornamented envelopes,
are agreeable to smell of, and also eco
nomical for imparting a pleasing odor
to linen and clothes as they are packed
away in drawers, for theyprevent moths
For heliotrope powder, take half a
pound of orris-root, one quarter pound
of ground rose leaves, two ounces pow.
dered tonquin bean, one ounce vanilla
bean, one half dram grain musk, two
drops otto Of almonds mix IL all by
sitting through coarse sieve. This is
one of the best sachets ever made, and
perfumes table-cloths, sheets, pillow
cases, and towels, deliciously.
For lavender powder, take one pound
of powdered lavender, one-quarter
pound Of gum benzoin, and one-quarter
Of an ounce Of otto of lavender.
For patchouli, use one-half a pound
of patchouli ground fine, and a very
little Of otto patchouli. This herb is
often sold in It's natural state as import
ed, and is tied upiu half pound bundles.
Sandal wood sacAet powder is good,
and consists Of the wood ground fine.
Cedar wood, when ground, forms a
body for other sachet powders, and will
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The Great News. yender Of England.

A London letter to the New York
Times says You will know, long before
tins letter reaches you, much more than
| could tell you as to the composition
OF Mr.. Disraeli's government. Perhaps,
however, the telegraph-that deadly
enemy OF the correspondent by letter
Will not think fit to inform you that Mr..
W. III. Smith, one of the members for
Westminster, to whom, il is said, the
presidency of the Board of Works will
be offered, is the great news-vender of
the metropolis, and, indeed, of the
whole kingdom. All the country editors
OF our morning and evening papers--or,
to speak more accurately, all copies OF
these papers intended for circulation in
the country-pass through Mr.. Smiths
hands. To him belongs the right of
selling books and newspapers at all the
railway stations right which carries
with 1t that of charging so many thou
sand pounds year to every newspaper
whose advertisements and placards he
exhibits. Newspaper proprietors have
an idea that unless they paid this spe-
cies of tribute, their journals, without,
perhaps, being absolutely excluded
from the railway book-stalls would at
least not be put forward very conspic-
uously for sale. Mr.. Smith, in fact,
without being able either to make the
success of bad publication or to mar
the success OF a good one, is in the po-
sltlon to restrict or extend the sale Of q
paper along the lines of railway under
his control. OF this we had O proof
when, some years ago, Mr.. Grenville
Murray was publishing his very ugor.
GUS, but somewhat scurrilous journal,
The Queens Messenger. Diplomatists
and the chiefs of the foreign office were
the chief objects of Mr.. Murray satire
and MIR. Smith, as a Conservative and a
worshipper Of that aristocracy whose
members Mr.. Murray occasionally ridi-
culed and blamed, refused to give The
Queens Messenger place in his book
stalls. He thus assumed the functions
of censor, for which the whole press
should have condemned him, though,
as matter of fact, not one word of
blame was directed against him, except,
OF course, by Mr. Granville Murray
himself, who, in a very sharp attack,
spoke of the control exercised over the
press by "this Spectator who cannot
spell. Mr.. Smith can probably spell
quite as well as Mr.. Granville Murray.
But he cannot speak, except to utter
the most conventional platitudes; and
il is probably ON account of his evident
unftness for the discussion of politics
that the journals, with only too much
unanimity, declare him to be first-rate
man for some minor office. He doubt
less knows how to keep accounts, like
any other successful tradesman; but
the fact of his being proprietor of sew
eral hundred book-stalls, at which he
will only allow newspapers to be sold
ON certain profitable conditions, does
not by any means prove him to possess
administrative capacity for political
purposes.
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keep moths at distance. Dried fennel,
when ground, is also used for scent.
bags, and ground nutmeg is liked for
the purpose.
REAL PUFF PASTE. -This recipe, al
though too rich for ordinary family use,
should not be entirely discarded, as il
is an indispensable finish to many ele-
giant dishes, and not unwholesome as
an occasional indulgence for persons in
good health. Allow one pound of short
ehing TO u heaping quart of -four, viz,
hall pound of butter and half pound
OF lard; season with teaspoonful of
salt; mix half the -four with quarter
OF the shortening and enough cold wa
ter (let 1T be ice-water in summer) to
make 1t just stiff enough to bear rolling
put with well-houred rolling-pin and
with knife cover the dough with bits
OF butter and lard alternately; then
with dredge-box sprinkle thickly with
hour double over and roll out. Again
stud the dough with bits of butter and
lard, sprinkle with flour, etc, until the
proportions allowed of all are exhaust
ed. 1t is very desirable to have mar
bic slab for pastry board, but failing
this, a common biscuit board answers.
A low temperature is best suited, for
success in the art of pastry-making.
Good pastry should be white, light and
tiaky, which result can only be secured
by careful attention to each step OF
the process, by light handling and
baking in moderately heated oven.
Experts say that the rolling out should
be repeated at least five times, and
seven times if the paste is expected to
be superlativelY nice.
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COntertment.

will. S. HAYS, the distinguished
song-writer of Louisville, KY, is re-
sponsible for many good things. The
following pen-picture of contentment
was suggested to him on seeing little
picture of an aged couple seated in O
log-cabin before wood fire at bed
time. 1t will bring tears to eyes un-
used to weep
The banks is all Dustin, Nance, an things Is coi
ter smash, " gu"
Fho people sold fur credit whar they'd oughtcr sell
An winters bringin poverty to evervbodv's door
The rich kin stand il pretty well-hit's orfal on the
poor. -
The workin' mans the sufferer, Nance he's got no
An folks are COIN to suffer whar they sua'rin'
An them that's always "showin' OFT to poor fo,s.
what they've got,
YouI hnd perhaps, that they'll turn out the poorest
Of the lot.
I've Just been thinkin' Nancy Jane about the awful
muse
How folks had better live an raise tlSw. children
jist like us
For, as told oid Deacon smith, he sed it all was
true:
He never In his life had seed two folks I,e mo an
you.
Our homes an old log cabin, Nance, half hidden in
the woods; -
Our familys rich in life and health. but moor in
"worldly goods"
We haint no fine lace curtains OF no carpet on III,
floor,
But the sun is always smilin' through the window
an the door.
Our farm is small--weve got spring, an horses
hogs an COWS,
We've gals to milk, an cook an sew, and boys to
tend the plows
We've got no gold in hanks thot bust nor owe M
man a cent
tell you, Nance, the Lord is good an we should
feel content.
We're plain an honest country folks, an know nc
"city airs /; "
We read the Bible every night before we kneel il
prayers
We go to church on Sundays, Nance an walk iis
like the rest,
An live like Christian people ought-we try to dc
what's best
Our boys don't do like city boys,' who from thar
duty shirk,
Whose parents raise EN- up to think tbs disgrace
to work
Our gals amt them city gals you viii 20 often meet
Who ought TO help thar mothers more an run less
on the street.
You don't see Thomas Henry pushin billiards every
Or ioain' bout the tavern gittin' treated till he.
tight
You don't find him runnin round to catch some
.damsel's eye
Or courtin' Of some gal that's rich, whose daddy's
bout to die.
All Nance, the time has come at last when pride
must have its fall
The folks II find the workin mans the life and prop
of all
The farmers independent, Nance his trade viii
never spoil
so long as he is able with his sons to till the soil.
The proud, aristocratic folks who sol in Fortune's
door,
Who thought they'd never come 10 want. are
"busted up an poor
Their servants gone, their horses Sold their houses
an their lands
An everything except their lives in the sheriff s
hands.
Old woman, put yer knitln' up. it's gittin' purity
late;
I'll read about two chapters i'll the Bible, il youn
wait
Wen pray 10 God before Sleep as every christian
ought;
An thank him, not for what we rant but what
we've had and got.
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OF bark separated from the trunk by
his strong bill are only so many useless
excrescences upon its surface. They
are dead and afford shelter for whole
tribes of insects. The woodpecker re-
moves the bark flakes in orderto obtain
these insects, and in destroying the
insects he does the trees a service.
When the bird makes its nest in a
tree 1t selects some decayed member of
the forest, for the reason that ordinarily
It's bill is not strong enough to excavate
sound wood. 1t does not iniure the
health of the the tree by tunneling in
the soft, spongy portions of it. Trees
frequently appear sound to the eye up
on which the hand of decay has been
laid. Mr.. Wood writes:
Oftentimes a large fungus will start
from tree, and in some mysterious
manner will sap the life-power of the
spot on which it grows. When the
fungus falls in the autumn, it leaves
scarcely trace of its presence, the tree
being as healthy as before the advent
OF the parasite. But the whole charac-
ter OF the wood has been changed by the
strange power of the fungus, being soft
and cork-like to the touch. Although
the eye of man cannot readily perceive
the injury, the instinct of the wood
pecker soon leads the bird to the spot,
and it is in this dead, soft and spongy
wood that the burrow is made. Mr..
Waterton, who i believe, was the first
to point out the fact, has shown me
many examples of the fungus and it's
ravages among trees; several fine ash
trees and sycamores having been re-
duced to mere stumps by the silent OPP
Grafton of the vegetable parasite. y"
Sometimes the wind displaces a
branch, leaving small hollow where it
was torn from the trunk or stem. This
hollow constantly acts as cup to hold
and catch the water which descends
from the clouds in the shape of rain.
Slowly the rain eats. its way deeply into
the stem Of the tree, carrying with it
destruction. Water thus admitted to
the center of the oak fills it with decay.
and its fall is but question of time.
The poor woodpecker often makes his
nest in these rain hollows, and igno-
rance is quick to credit him with des-
tructive agency which he does not pos
sess. He is made responsible for the
work of Natures elements, and is shot
down without thought or mercy. Let
us be just to the woodpecker, and not
drive the notwithstanding bird from
our forests by wanton slaughter.
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TalIow asa Cure for Gnpe..

One day l noticed a flock of eleven
pure-bred Creve-ceus chickens very
bad with what is generally called gapes.
| remarked to the man who had them
in charge that he would not have many
chickens out of that lot. go! never
mind" said he, 81 have cure foi
them from neighbor woman, which is
common half-penny tallow candle
melted and mixed into about a quart OF
oatmeal stirred about. The remedy
was resorted to and the Creve-nurs
have every one recovered and grown
into finely developed chickens. / have
since tried this cure, with invariable
success, with Brahmas, Dorkings, etc.
Cor. London Field.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Effect Of Manure on Weeds.

The application OF manures suited to
particular kinds of cultivated plants
appears to have an excellent effect in
checking the growth of weeds, which
would otherwise prove injurious. In
regard to clover, it WAS found that
when the land was wholly unmanured
the weeds formed 81 per cent. of the
entire yield; but that the application
of gypsum reduced to the proportion
of weeds to per cent. heterogeneous
mapures had very slight effect, and
phosphate manures but little more.
We must not from this, however, con-
slider gypsum as an antidote to weeds is
general, since it is specific manure
for clover, and gives it power to strug-
gle successfully with the weeds, and
crowd them out.
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The Literal Boy in the Blue. Coat School

Among the scholars when Lamb and
Coleridge attended was a poor clergy
man son by the name of Simon Jen.
nings. On account of his dismal and
gloomy nature, his playmates had nick
named him Pontius Plate, Onemorning
he went up to the master, DIR. Boyer,
and said, in his usual whimpering man
ner, " please, DIR. Boyer, the boys call
me Pontius Plate" If there was one
thing which old Boyer hated more than
a false quantity in Greek and Latin, il
was the practice of nicknaming. Rush
ing down among the scholars from his
pedestal of state, with cane in hand, he
cried with his usual voice of thunder,
" Listen, boys; the next time 1 hear any
of you say 'Pontius Plate. I'll cane
you as long as this cane will last. You
are to say Simon jennings and not
'Pontius PLATE. Remember that, if
you value your hides. Having said
this, Jupiter Tonans remounted Olym-
pus, the clouds still hanging on his
brow. Next day, when the same class
were reciting the catechism, a boy of a
remarkably dull and literal turn of mind
had to repeat the creed. He had got as
far as suffered under" and was about
popping out the next word, when Boyer's
prohibition unluckily flashed upon his
obtuse mind. After a moments hesita-
ton, he blurted out, Suffered under
Simon Jennings, cruel" the rest of
the word was never uttered. for Boyer
had already sprung like tiger upon
Ii a,,1 4IA
his unfortunate shoulders like a Nor
wegian hail-storm or an Alpine ava
lanche. When the irate doctor had
discharged his cane-storm upon him,
he cried, "What do you mean, you
BOBBY. by such blasphemy?" Il only
did as you told me, f" replied the simple
minded Christie hurchian. "Did as
told you?" roared dBoyer, now wound
up to something,above the boiling point,
"What do you mean?" As he said this,
he instinctively grasped his cane more
furiously. "Yes, doctor, you said we
were always to call 'Pontius Plate
Simon Jennings Didn't he, Sam ~
appealed the unfortunate culprit to
Coleridge, who was next to him. Sam
said naught; but old Boyer, who saw
what Ounce he had to deal with, cried,
"Boy, you are fool. Where are your
brains 2" Poor DIR. Boyer for time was
floored; for the scholar said, with an
earnestness which proved its truth, but
to the horror Of the learned potentate,
In my stomach, sir" The doctor al.
waps respected that boys stupidity ev.
er after, as though half afraid that q
stray blow might be unpleasant.
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Benefit of Laughter.

1t is said by good medical authority
that there is not the remotest corner or
little inlet of the minute blood vessels
of the human body that does not feel
some wavelet from the convulsion occa-
stoned by good hearty laughter, and
also that the central man., or life
principle, is shaken to its innermost
depths, sending new tides of life and
strength to the surface, and thus mate
rally tending to insure good health to
the persons who indulge therein. The
blood moves mere rapidly-probably
caused by some chemical or electric
modification occasioned by the convul-
sion-and conveys different impression
to all the organs of the body as it visits
them ON that particular mystic journey,
when the man is laughing, from what
it does at other times.
For this reason every good hearty
laugh IN which person INDUCES tends
to lengthen his life, conveying, as il
does, new and distinct stimulous to the
vital forces. We doubt not that the
time win come when physicians, con-
ceding more Importance than they now
do to the influence of the mind upon
the vital forces of the body, will pre-
scribe to the torpid and melancholy
patient certOin number of hearty
peals of laughter, TO be undergone al
stated periods, and believe that they
will, in so doing, find the best and mos
effective method Of producing the re
quired effect upon the patient. Gu
advice to all is, indulge in good, hearty
soulful laughter, when the opportunit!
offers, and if you do not derive materia
benefit therefrom, charge us with utter
ing false principles of materia medica
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Cold as n Stimulant.

Excessive cold, as q general rule, like
all Others, has exceptions, and in
Asiatic Turkey, where the cold has of
late been intense, the wolves, so far
from becoming preternaturally torpid,
have become active and energetic to
quite painful degree. They seem to
have a particular fancy for railroad
employees, whom they gobble up with
an avidity only TO be equalled by par
sengers deyOuring their luncheon at a
station in momentary expectation of
being requested 10 "take their seats "
in the train. Two unfortunate worlSmen
employed i'm the construction OF the
railway from Broussa and Mondania
we're the other day made the object OF
ca light supper by flock Of wolves
who descended into the plain on the
night Of n severe snowstorm. The
workmen were sleeping ia tent pitch
ed at short distance from Mondania.
The next morning there were only
conspicuous by their absence, the
wolves having completely devoured
them. A similar fate has befallen a
tchaoush employed on the telegraph
service nj Erzeroum. Having been
sent to repair some telegraph poles
broken down by the wind, the tchaoush
WIS overtaken by "A snowstorm, and is
supposed 20 have lost his way. When
discovered, the only remnants left OF
him were some buttons, some bones,
and few tools. The wolves in the
neighborhood had made a clean sweep
Of him, and il is strongly suspected
that his horse also formed part OF their
banquet, for no trace whatever can be
found Of the unfortunate animal. Pal
Man GazCtte.