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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22

close to-day. The Jury was instructed
70 find verdict for the defendants,
which thev rendered without leaving
their seats. The case will likely be car
ried TO the United States Supreme Court.
Address by the citizens sofVicksburx.
JACKSON. Miss, December 2l.-Forty-
nine Conservative members of the Leg
stature have signed an address to the
nn,nle of the United States, vindicating
their action is dissenting from the ma
;oritv in calling on the President for
troops. and in order TO preserve the good
name and fame of the people Of the State
from the calumnious and wicked charges
in the message ofthe governor, ann re-
iterated and endorsed in the proceedings
of the Legislature. They claim that psr-
,.ct peace and order now reign in
Warren county, and that there has
been no violence or bloodshed there,
evccpt what was occasloned
bv ,he manly defense of the people of
VicLsburr against armed bodies of men,
who were by the connirance OF the Gov
ernor OF the State marching on that city
for the purpose Of bringing about con-
aict Of the races. They affirm that never
in the past history Of the State has there
prevailed among its people a stronger
love OF law and order, more patient
submission to wrong, and frmer de,erm-
ination under all circumstances admitting
nf LEGAL redress. TO seek for il only through
the proper means. The action of the
Goyernor is based on no evidence what
ever. No testimony was taken, and the
resolution calling for troops was concoc;-
ed and adopted as party measure under
the operation Of the previous question.
They assert that the Governor who in
ycstirated this action Is not even citi-
zen Of the State, and is an utter
stranger to our people and wholly
iqnorsnt and unmindful Of their
Interests; that in no single instance, so
far as they are able to learn, has he, in
sny official act or expression of private
sentiment. been betrayed into an cxhi-
bition of the slightest concern for the in
terests and welfare of the people of the
State.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22
Suit Against a Railroad.

CINCIYNATI December 2l.-Suit was
entered in the courts of Lexington, KY
Saturday, for the recovery Of 10000
shares of stock of the Big Sandy railroad,
valued at $2,600,0O0, by the city of Lex
ington and the counties Of Fayette, Clark
and Montgomery, on account of alleged
fraud in obtaining subscriptions.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22
New Suit Against Tweed.

New YORK, December 21.-A new
civil suit has been commenced against
VIM. NJ. Tweed, in which Edward Mar
rener is joined as defendant on behalf of
the city, to recover from both S55000O,
alleged to have been fraudulently charg-
ed by Marrener for supplies to the street
department and fraudulently certified to
by Tweed as Deputy Street Commission
er for payment. There are thirty-one
bills of Marrener alleged in the complaint
to be in this category.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22
West Virginia Appointments.

WASHINGTON, December 2l.-T. NJ.
Harris was, yesterday, appointed pension
agent at Wheeling, West Virginia, and
j. NJ ~Borcman postmaster at Parkers-
burgh West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22
A Veteran Burned 10 Death.

EVANSVILLE, IND, December 2l.-
A fire occurred at Petersburg, Pike
county, at o'clock on Sunday morning,
which consumed the dwellings Of Elias
Osborn, Sr., and Elias Osborn, Jr. Elias
Osborn, Sr, veteran of the war of
1872, was SO badly burned that he has
since died. He was 7G years old, and
was one of the pioneers Of Pike county.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22
The Great Ejectment Suit.

PITTSBURGH, December 2l.-Thc
orest eiec,ment case. which has been on
trial in the United States Circuit Court
for the past two weeks, WAS brought to
close to-day. The Jury was instructed
TO find verdict for the defendants,
which thev rendered without leaving
their seats. The case will likely be car
ried 10 the United States Supreme Court.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-22
Reward for a Murderer Offered.

PITTsBURGH, December 2l.-Thc
county commissioners offer reward OF
81, 900 for the arrest Of the murderer Of
superintendent Oatman, Of the Duqusue
coal works.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26
Tinc Tor Cniling Cien..

"MD writes the Maine Farmer that fall is the
best time for cutting ciOns for the next springs
grating, and we are not sure that he is wrong.
He gives his experience as follows:
For many years have practiced cutting cions
for grating in the spring of the year aud insert
ing them the same day, and thought it was the
safest method to insure success in grating. U.s.
.ually about three fOurths of the ciOns amputated
and inserted in the spring lived and thrved well.
But l find the old adage that we are "never too
old to learn" is true. Last fall l received re-
Quest from Mr.. p. NJ. Gideon, q hOrticulturist in
Minnesota to send him a few ciOns of the hest
apples originated in Maine, and to cut them of
as soon as the trees had shed their leaves-which
request complied with, at the same time in
forming him that thought spring was the best
season of the year for cutting gratis to insure
success. In few days l received in return a
package of cions of the Wealthy apple, fsyorite
in that section. These cions were covered with
damn sand i'm my cellar during the winter, and
grated on the native tree early in May. of for
iy-two cions inserted, thirty seven lived and are
growing fnely-and / now think the season
named by NJ. G. the best for emitting ciOns.
Probably many gratis amputated in the spring
are winter-kiled their Vitality injured by eI-
IRENE cold the previous winter, and are nearly
dead when inserted. When inserting gratis l
usually examine the pith and iffound ola brown
color they are rejected dead, but if the pith is
of light color they were not injured by frost the
previous winter,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26
p,aa,.r,-The Trick. OF the Trade.

~
The following is from the Io"S Homestead
rhsrs ara MANY honorable exceptions amongst
tbe tree psddlers, to the narration gwen above,
-vat the tree planter would do Well 10 heed
what the Homestead says
What western farmers premises has not al
some time been invaded by the brush peddler,
a daDDrr little fellow trimmed IN tight pants,
hob. tail coat patent leather shoes, plug hat and
HkiIlingist" kind of q neck tie. Armed and
eouipped with half dozen fruit tree catalogues
of popular nurseries, and one of those beautiful
Frnit Piece Books and an order book, he is pre-
pared to "fOrage on The enemy" He Is wonder-
full smooth talker, always represents the identl-
cal nursery you want to deal with, and can nil
orders for any variety of frnit you are partial to-
He seldom fails to get an order for something,
often for large bill Of fruit, shrubbery and or
namenial trees.
When spring or fall comes, and the trees come,
the buyer almost invariably finds that he has
been most shamrfully swindled. You have no
redress, for yOu have taken the bare assertion of
an irresponsible tree peddler, who has no local
habitatOn, no character or responsibility, moth
ingunder heavens to Recommend him to the pHblic
condolences, but a smooth oily tongue, fashionable
clothes and nicely painted fruit book.
Thousands of " estern farmers have been vic
timized by these "bummers" Now we have on
ly to say in conclusion, that il the people will
still continue to give orders these peddlers
after repeated expositiOus of the tricks of the
trade have been published, they do so knowingly,
and have no excuse for grumbling when swim
died There are plenty of reliable nurseries in
the Western States whose prOprietors have rep
utation built mp by long years of industry, ex-
perience and honest dealing that they will never
forfeit for temporary profit; they advertise in
the leading agricultural papers; they know what
varieties of fruit adapted to the different local
titles and there is no risk in sending orders di-
rectly to them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26
Fan PIan,;,g ar s,ravberrie..


The following we take from the catalogue Of
William Parry:
The ground should he prepared the same as for
other crops; If not rich, make il SO by manuring.
Mark out the rows the desired width, and set the
plants twelve or sixteen inches distant in the
rows; if set twelve inches in four feet apart
an acre will require 10 800 plants, same as if set
sixteen inches in rows three feet apart, fN- pre-
fer the latter-Ed.l which latter plan We have
adopted here, giving us beds two feet wide with
alleys one foot between. In early winter when
the ground becomes frozen, cover the whole with
long manure, which should not be removed in
the spring, but allowed TO remain a mulch, to
keen the berries clean the following summer.
When strawberry plants are set out in the fall
tbsv should be left until November or the latter
mart of October, as they grow most vigorous du-
ring September aud October; if they are NOV ed
too early many runners and Young plants will be
destroyed and lost, which by the former time
will become good plants. For this reason it is
more expensive to move plants eraly in the fall
than after they are done growing, consequently
higher rates have to be chargec for them. Be-
aides the plants themselves are not SO likely to
live: the roots are soft and spOngy, and will
not bear exposure so well As after they become
mature.
The only alterations made in this are what
deem necessary for our latitude. NJ.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

There is, perhaps, no season OF the year when
western hogs are so badly managed as in the
winter. 1t is a very common mistake for Wes-
tern farmers to suppose that because a-hog Is a
hog, he can stand any kind of treatment, and yet
yield q large profit to his owner Ii is no I'M
common thing for the poor animals to be turned
into the street or road tn shift for themselves,
without particle of bedding or shelter, except
the fruzen ground in some fence corner. and YER,
small allowances of feed careessly thrown into
the mud, under the impression that it is pleas
nre or at least no displeasure for a dirty hog
IN he obliged to root in the cold mud up to his
ewes for his scanty meal
Is this reasonabiei Think of it, farmers, and
if reason does not satisfy You, try taking your
breakfast six or eight inches below the surface of
the mud, some cold morning, and Try sleeping on
The gronnd in a fence corner some night, with
the thermometer below zero, presume you VIII
not want to repeat either experiment.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

Capt. Ranch, who, while reporting the Legis-
lative proceedings last winter, had several severe
attacks of intiammatOry rheumatism, has struck
upon a remedy which mas proved very effective
in his ease. He obtained relief by taking wine
of colchcum, tincture of hysocamus and iodide Of
pot assiun, but the remedy was as terrible as the
disease. "When we entered on our present du-
ties (lucal editor of the Lancaster Rcrie'r) five
months ago." says the captain, "Ietirng gener
ally after midnight, and feeling that solid food
would aggravate our old complaint, We COM
menced drinking milk-abont pint every night
before going tn sleep. For the last three months
we have used daily about three pints, and since
then We have been almost entirely free from
rheumatism and enjoyed good health generally.
OF course, we cannot say to "a certainty that milk
has effected permanent cure hut we firmly be-
lieve il has, and all who afflicted as we have
been might give milk fair trial. 1t is certainly
more agreeable to take than such outrageous
stuff as colchicum and iodide of potassium, or any
other poisonous misunderstanding, Pd Pat
riOf.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

A HOME MADE BARoMETER.-What is known
as Bahinet's barnscnpe, is simple and conven-
lent instrument for foretelliug a Storm by change
of atmospheric pressure. To construct it, take
any bottle, and pour colurrd water into it to one
fourth its depth, insert in il a glass tube, from
three to four feet long, and passing air-tight
through the stopper, which must also be air-tgh'.
Let "A paper index, divided according TO any scale
of division, say into inches and fractions of AN
inch be glned to the glass tube. Blow into the
glass tube, so as to the water to rise IN il
a few inches say ten inches, and the instrument
is constructed. The bottle must be placed in an
other vessel. and protected by sawdnst, or some
oi her material, from the influence OF change in
the atmosphere. This very sensible instrument
records faithfully any changes in the density of
the external air, and he approach of storm
will he Indicated by sudden rise of the water
in the glass tube.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26
Very slight Difference.

How one of our gay young brokers was recent
ly furnished with new wrinkle, Is tOlu ny MS
friends on the streets as thus:
Fellow came, riding fair-enough looking
horse TO the front of the office ut which Joseph
does the needful trimming for his fellow cltizens,
and hallOwed:
"Say, understand you want to buy horse
here, at this shop" :,
Banker leaned against the side of the door, half
opened his eyes, shut 'eIn again, gazed sleepIly
at the bipedal aud then ut the quadrupedal anl-
mall and at last
How muchf
"a hundred and fifty dollars" was the reply.
"Caut give IL, my friend You're good fellow,
| l don't Doubt, but can't give that price. Some
| Judge of horse flesh, myself"
| We'll, say what you TiH give" exclaimed the
| horse-merchant; g. want to sell"
"Tell whatw-I'll give you tceHty.fre dollars
| for that horse"
Hes with MORE" said the jockey, tossing his
| leg over the saddle and sliding slowly to the
ground; but, / Rcrer the man 10 let a hundred
and TeHty fire dollars split me in boss trade. He'
yourup
| Banker took the horse and has him yet, having
utterly failed in dozen efforts to gire him array
| His last trial to bcstow him on Prof Snow
Veterinarian, to he used living illustration .
| all the diseases to which the horse is subject il
this climate. But the Professor steadily objrcts
| on the ground that several of the beasts aiment
may possibly be ontagIous.-MoHtgOmGy Ala.
| Nail.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26
for the farmer.
CIDER MAKING.

There has been great improvement Of late years
in the operation of making cider. Formerly, the
old style cog.mill which would make, if hard
pressed, from i've to ten barrels day, was the |
only mill in use, and farmers had to secure their
..day for making cider. week or tive weeks |
beforehand, perhaps, and it, by any circumstances,
they weTe prevented from using the mill that
GRy, they must take their tuu" In the regular
way again. All this was inconvenient. But
now, cylinder machines, with regular horse pow
er, are everywhere introduced, and the farmer
may choose his own ''day" for making cider, anu
will not be all day, either, in turning out Ien,
fifteen or twenty barrels. Besides, there are re,
great many hand machines that do tne moiN
very well, with the advantage OF having u uoh UNI
at home, right in the orchard, which Is no silAl
matter when the cider mill is located seSeiai
miles away. lila
making uroper that it is unnecessary 10 repeat
instructions here. We wish to call attei rr,:
one poiut-the gathering OF the apPies' t
nov the tedious IabOrious process, ana the onIS
80, 80 ba raaIIy dreaded as usually performed.
IN ali ,he old orchards of the country, the cider
aupIes" are usually the small, nat'e Irul', anu
tbe onerstion of shaking them from the trees 10
The gTonnd and then picking them pone by one,
80 slow one and as friend of ours terms
e 80 hsck-ache Job" This same friend has
wsv of doing the Job that all farmers onght to
adopt. as it overcomes, to great extent the
tsdfousness and back-ache. Here are his dlrec-
tons for making the cOntrivance: Get twenty
four wards of the best drilling, It Is the cheap
est in the long run. Cut into eight equal pieces
these will each be nine feet Oug. Cut each piece
obliouely from end to end, starting in four inch
"a from one corner, and Coming out the same DIS
lance from the opposite corner on the other END.
You will now have sixteen pieces, each thirty
two inches wide at end and four inches wide
at the other. Put the wide ends together, SOW
the strips together, hem the edges around the
small hole in the centre, bind the onter edge WE'LL
and fasten small stout cords at each OF the SIX
teen corners. 1t is now ready for use. with
these small Cords tie it to the lower branches OF
an apple tree, wherever it is convenient. The
tension yOu give il in tying will determine the
sag in the centre, that you can accommodate IL
10 the height of the lower branches from the
ground Drive the wagon under 1t, and shake
all the branches Immediately over the canvas
AS the apples roll into the wagon, a boy can cas-
ily pick up the stems and leaves. When ont
side of the tree is finished, the canvas is moved
to another. In this way the apples are all ID tn
wagon when the shaking is done, except lev
that drop outside of the canvas If preferred
the appIes can be delivered in basket and thei
emptied into the wagon. Such a device save
half the labor of gathering apples, ana II W mei
made, of good material, will last for years.-oh'
Farmer.
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atsefnl aud Curious.
now TO AVOID TAKING COLD.

cold is simply a developer OF diseased c"n-
dition, which NAV have been intent on requiring
only some favoring condition to burst out I'M"
the fame of disease. That this Is usnaly ihe
correct view of cold as disease producing
agent under all ordinary circumstances, may
he made plain by reflection npon personal eA-
p.ri,uc. even to the most ordinary understand
ing. When the human body is at its prime
with YOUTH purity, and good constitution on
its side-no degree of ordinary exposure 70 colo
piyr, rise to any unpleasant effects. All the or
din,ry precautions against colds. coughs ana
rheumati, pains may be dsrrgarded ana ID" vi
effect ensue. But let the blood become impure,
let the body becnme dersnged from any acqnlreo
disorder or let the vgor begin tn wane, aud the
iniirmities Of age he felt by occasional derange-
m.uts in some vital part, either from Inherited
or acquired abuses, and the action OF c"id VIII
exct. more or less disorder OF the disease when
will ensue, will he determined by the KIND III
pre-existing blood impurty, or the pre-existing
fanlt of the organic processes 1t follows from
these facts and considerations that the secret Oh
avoiding the unpleasant consequences thought
to spring wholly frum the action of cold upon
the body has very little dependence upon expos
| ure but a great deal upon an impure and weak
condition of all the vital processes. In other
words, with an average or superior constitution,
and an intelligent observance of all the laws Of
| health, men and women cnuld not take cold u
| they wanted to; they might be exposed to the
action of cold to degree equal to the beasts Of
| the field, and with like IMMUNITY. But in case
| of persons with feeble constitution, and who
disregard, knowingly or otherwise, and most ire
quently otherwise, the conditions OF hralthy eN-
istence, degree of care will prevent the taking
of cold, as it is termed. They may live in houses
| regulated with all the precision of hot-h0nse,
| they NAV cnver themselves with all the most
highly protective clothing the market affords
| and yet they will take cold. do not think the
consumptive person lives, or ever viii live, even
| if kept in n temperature absolutely uniform, and
1 H. i'm
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Transcript.

Gov. BRADLEY of Nevada got on the train at
Elko, last week, to go to Palsade The was
crowded. and he was compelled to perambulate
the entire length of the car to obtain seat.
GOOD morning, my son; how-d'ye do today
sari" said the Governor in his gOOd-naturcd way,
to big Missourian, who had generously given
up half of his seat to a gentleman who had thus
aecosted him. That's all right, my friend"
said the stranger, but don't make yourself quite
SO familiar with me, if you please; l have heard
of yeu b.fore-you're one of them Ihree-cart fell
Iows-but you can't come it over me, not much.
I've been thar myself, bayer'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

SPICE BEADS FOR CROUP.-As the fall and
winter season comes on, parents will find their
children disposed to croup. We have a simple
remedy, backed by learned theory, which we
will give to all for what il is worth. String
lot of spice, making beads of it, and tie round he
child's neck Whether there is virtue in it we
cannot say, hut we do know that when we keep
it on our children, they show hut little symptoms
of group; but let them lose it off, and we have
trOube.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26
THE THOMAS CAT.

How doth the busy Thomas cat
Improve each shining hour,
And test his vocal organs at
The utmost Of his power.
Aow neat he punctuates his yell,
How well be rounds each claws,
While other tongues harmonious swell
Feline do IA mi fas-
When others come within his reach,
How neat he spreads the whscks,
While myriad voices yowl and screech
In vocal cataracts-
Full oft his happy song is marred
By wrathful mani attacks, =,
And morning shows the whole backyard
Productive of boot; jacks.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

"THAT's where the boys fit for college, said the
professor to Mrs. PartingtOp, pointing to a school
house. aid they Z" said the old lady with AMI.
nation. Then. if they fit for college before
they went, they didn't fight afteward." "Yes,
said be, smiling, aud favoring the conceit, " bni
the fight with the head, not with the hands,
"Butted, did they Z" SAID the old lady.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

To MAKE HAIR CURL--The method employed
by professional workers in hair is as follows {:
Wet the hair to be curled, wrap it smoothly
around a cylindrical stick or tube of proper size,
tie it in place, then pnt it III water and boil il
two or three hours, remove it from the boiler,
wrap il carefully in newspaper and bale it in a
moderate oven for an hour. Thus treated, it will
stay in curl permanently.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

THERE is probably nothing else on earth that
vii! roll like a hat. A gnst of wind gets under
your tile and before you realize the extent of the
catastrophe you see it strike bee line for the
nearest puddle of water, into which 1t settles
with an Indifference that is highly exasperating.
No man yet ever CAUGHT his hat until il got ready
to stop, which is when it brings up under wag-
on wheel, or when he drives it into the mud with
hIs fnof
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

IT is well known that the bark of the slippery
or red elm, HlmHs fHlra, possesses many valuable
medical properties, but it is not So well understood
that it contains large amount nf human nOur-
ishnIent 1t is an excellent substitute for wafer,
and an ounce of the -four will be sufficient to al
lay thirst for ten days. The sailor in danger of
shipvreck, the soldier in hot climates, and the
a sufficient supply of il.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-11-26

MARIA is very popular name in Illinois
When cat climbs back fence in well popu-
lated neighborhood and plaintively calls ON " Ma
riar" twenty or thirty windows are hastily
thrown up, from which protrude twenty or thir-
ty female heads wildly answering, "Whstr'-
BrooklgR Argus.