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Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-25
mileage markets.
Af. Lanfs HArkefl.

81. LOUIS, Dec. 24.-Flour quiet and
unchanged; superfine winter S4.24a4.35;
extra do. s4.50a4.60; Xxx do. $4.65a4.65;
xxx S4.sOa5.0O. Wheat dull and lower;
No. 2 red winter S1.0 5sa1 .07; No. spring,
soft, 9Oc. Corn dali and lower; new Ga
&c; old, 6s3s69e.. Oats quiet at 563a57c.
Barley unchanged. Rye unchanged.
Whisky steady at CSC. Provisions entirely
nominal. Lard 13e for February delivery.
Hogs active and firm; packers 64a7c. Cattle
firm; good to choice native steers 44a64c.
Hogs-receipts 2,O0o. At the Brokers
Board this morning mess pork was offered
at $3.50, and $40 bid. Shackled bacon
clear sides S11; clear rib SILICA; no bids.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-25

York and Liverpool throughout the day:
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Dec. p, 1925 A. M.-CottoD
Futures firm. January delivery 14d
IA Lice; February I4lf14 9-l6c; March
IA l5-16d15e; April 15i615 7-16c May
15sG15 13-l6c.
NEW YORK, Dec. "A, 1855 A. M.-Cotton
Ordinary life; good ordinary 13c; low
middling 131c; middling 14kc; Alabama
14ss Orleans 14se. Market quiet and
steady.
NEW YORK, Dec. p, 11:10A. M.-Cotton
Futures 6rm. January delivery IA lie
614ic; February Il 9-16G14sc; March
Is l-l6c; April 154d15 9-16c; May 1556
10 I5-16c; June 10 16A164G July 163d
10 9-16c; August 10 l1-19dl6ie; Deem
Der 14d141-16c. Sales 10000 bales.
NEw YORK, Dec. "a, 1918 p. M.-Cotton
Futures steady. January delivery IA l.
16a14tc; February 143fl4 9-16c; March
15fl5 1-16c; April Is 7-16dl5ic; May
155c. Sales p, 800 bales.
NEW YoKK, Dec. "a, 1922 P. M.-Cotton
Ordinary 11tc; good ordinary 1Sc; low
middling 1870; middling 14!c; Alabama
14sc; Orleans 14sc. Market quiet and
steady. Sales for exports 100 bales; for
consumption LOG bales; for speculation 3S
bales; last evening for exports 100 bales;
for consumption 20 bales.
NEW YORK, Dec. "a, 200 P. M.-COtton
Futures steady. January delivery IA lie
d141c; February II 916d14tc; March
Is I-l6c; April 15kd15 slice; May 15Ic.
Sales $500 bales.
New YORK, Dec. "a, 2:15 P. M.-COttoE
Ordinary life; good ordinary 1Sc; low
middling 1870; middling 143c; Alabama
I4sc; Orleans 14sc. Market quiet and I'M
changed. Sales for exports p bales; for
consumption POI bales; for speculation 6S
bales.
NEW YORK, Dec. "A, 2:25- P. M.-COttOn
Futures steady. December delivery
IA 1-16R14tc; January IA 1-1o614tc; Feb |
ruary IA 9-l8a14sc; March Is 1-l6G15te;
April 154c; May 155c; June 10 3-16Gl6te;
July l6ic; August 16sfl6 11-l6c. Sales
$1,000 bales.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Daily cotton re-
port for 5 days at all United States ports:
Net receipts 141, 1913 bales; exports to Great
Britain 5,199 bales; exports TO Continent
1898 bales; stock Of all classes 7S6, S53
bales; exports TO France 6,63l bales; ex-
ports to the channel $3.50 bales.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-25

LOUISVILLE, Dec. "a Flour, quiet
and unchanged; fancy $500. Wheat firm;
red $1.OO; amber sos; white $1.10. Corn
firm at 69a70c. Oats 6Oa63c. Rye $1.15.
BacOn-none. Sugar-eured hams 143c.
Bulk meats M;Fhoulders &c; clear rib
9.c; clear sides 10tc. Lard, 144a15tc.
Whisky 0Rc
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

should empty the fish at the gills; then
stuff it with bread and herbs, forced
meat balls or oysters, just as you prefer.
Season the outside with pepper; turn
the tail into the mouth and tie it. Lay
it on sticks in your bake-pan and flour it
well. Lay some pieces of butter on it;
half an hour will cook small one.
CLEANING KNIvEs.-It is not gener-
ally known that for securing knives,
forks, spoons and tinware, the common
water-lime such as is used for plastering
cisterns, cellars, ETC., is one OF the best
materials. 1t does not scratch and will
not injure your very best silver. Apply
with damp cloth. The more often such
things are cleansed the more easily they
are cleaned.
CHOCOLATE BLANC NANCE. Crate
one-quarter of pound of chocolate into
a quart of milk, add one and half
ounces of gelatine and one-quarter pound
powdered sugar; mix all in jug, and
stand it in saucepan of cold water over
a clear fire; stir occasionally till the
water boils, and then stir continually
while boiling about fifteen minutes. Dip
mould in cold water, pour in the blanc
mango, turn out when set. (ProveO.
BEEF TEA. e crape or cut up very
finely two pounds of lean beef---steak
preferred--fr which all fat and skin
have been removed; put it into very
clean saucepan with one quart of cold
water, let it boil, skim we'll, add little
seasoning, salt, whole pepper and a Glove,
simmer gently for three-quarters of an
hour, removing any scum from the sur
face, strain through a hair sieve, leave it
to get cold, and then remove every particle
of fat.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
The VagabOnd Sage.

An old man of very active physiog-
nomy, answering to the name of Jacob
Wilmot, was brought to the police court.
His clothes looked as if they might have
been bought second hand in his youthful
prime, for they had suffered more from
the rubso the world than the proprietor
himself
"What busness?"
None; Pm traveller"
A vagabond, perhaps"
You are not far wrong. Travellers
and vagabonds ere about the same thing.
The difference ia nat the latter travels
without money and the former without
brains"
"Where have you traveled?"
GAIL over the Continent.
"For what purposo?"
Observation.
"What have you observed?"
"a little to commend, much to cen
sure, and great deal to laugh at"
"Humph! what do you likeY'
"a handsome woman that will stay at
home, an eloquent preacher who will
preach short sermons, good writer that
will not write too much and fool that
has sense enough to hold his tongue"
"What do you censure D
A man nat marries girl for her
fine clothing youth who studies medi-
cine while he has the Use of his hands,
and the people who will elect drunkard
to Office"
"What do you laugh at?"
81 laugh at man who expects his
pOsitiOn to command that respcct which
his personal qualifications and qualities
do not merit"
He was dismissed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
A Telescope View OF the Moon.

By means of good telescope a very
distinct view may be obtained of the
moon. With power of 1000 we are,
as it were, brought within two hundred
and thirty-nine miles of its surface, and
on very favorable occasions, a power even
higher than this has been applied. With
the highest power, however, yet en-
ployed, no trace of any inhabitants has
been discovered, though any large town
must have been seen, did such exist on
the visible side. Even to the naked eye
the moon presents the appearance of a
rugged and uneven surface, and telesco-
pic observations confirm the same.
We find that in many parts of its sur
face very high mountains exist, and the
elevation of many of these has been
measured by observing the shadows cast
by them when the sun shines obliquely.
At the time of full moon these shadows,
that have hitherto been so conspicuous,
disappear, as the sun then shines verti-
cally upon them. Very accurate maps
have now been drawn Of the moons sur
face, ON large scale, and the principal
mountains have received names, usually
those of celebrated astronomers. One
peak, named Newton, is found to have
an elevation of nearly twenty-four
thousand feet and several others are
very lofty.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27

A PHYSICIAN WHO HEALED HIM
sELF.-If railroad director were lashed
to every locomotive, there would be
fewer railroad accidents, and if doctors
had to take their own physic before add
ministering it to their patients, fewer
people would be poisoned. DIR. Joseph
Walker, of California, took this course
when he first compounded the famous
Vinegar Bitters which now rank as an
inestimable household remedy in all
parts of the United States He healed
himself with this specific before he of
fered it to the world. He introduced it
with simple statement of the manner
in which he had discovered its vegetable
ingredients and been cured, while wan
dering, sick and poor, among the Cali
forni., tribes. He stated what the prep
aration had done for himself and a few
sufferers from dyspepsia, biliousness,
rheumatism, lung diseases, and many
other prevalent disorders, believed him,
tried the new restorative and were more
than satisfied with the results. In this
way the sale of the Vinegar Bitters be-
gan, and we mention the fact as an evil
dence that in this age of intelligence and
inquiry, nothing that is really valuable
to mankind can prove pecuniary fail
ure-evel though it may lack the help
of capital, and have to fight its way
against powerful opposing interests.
Within two or three months after its in
PRODUCTION, the article became selfsup-
portin@, and it now yields magnificent
annual revenue.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Better than Whisky.

"Bill Arp" writes: Gentlemen,
there is one thing about drinking. / al
most wish every man was reformed
drunkard. No nan who has never drank
liquor knows what q luxury cold water
is. / have got up in the night, after
had been spreeing around, and gone to
the pump burning with thirst, feeling as
- the gallows and the internal regions
we're too good for me, and when ! took
up the bucket i'm my hands, with my
eyes shaking like the shaking ague, and
put the water to my lips, it was the most
delicious draught that ever went down
my throat. / have stood there and
drank until I could drink no more, and
gone to bed thanking God for the pure,
innocent, and cooling beverage, End ours
ing myself from the utmost for ever
touching the accurscd whisky. In my
torment Of mind and body have made
vows and promises, and broken them
within day. But If you want to know
the luxury of cold water, get drunk and
keep at il until you are on fire, and then
try bucketful at the pump in the night
You want a gourd full-you'll feel like
the bucket amt biz enough, and when
you begin to drink, an earthquake
couldn't stop you. / know men who
will swear to the truth OF what / say !;
but you see it's thing they don't mean
to talk abou.; IFS too humiliating."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
The Yernacular In Edinburgh.

Speaking of the names of things, this
morning | asked a conductor (no person
here could possibly understand what
such term means, so | will say guard)
three times, "Will this car go through
to Durham without changer Each
time he said, "Beg-pawdon," in such a
way as to express, Explain what you
mean" when young New Yorker said,
" He means carriage" Then the intelli-
gent guard said, "Oh, yes, if you go
right through" In Dublin ! asked a
policeman if he could tell me whether 1
could find drug store near by, and he
said, ooh, yis; plenty of 'em about !;
nothing so pleantayful;" and he directed
me to shop which, having entered, l
found to be "gin-shop." With the
same success, asked very respectable
looking old gentleman the question, and
he pointed out shop licensed to sell
"spirits." When ! told him that |
wanted to get some soap, he said, " Per-
haps you wish to find a medical hall %
So did. After an early breakfast on
Sunday last, in Glasgow, l wished to
look around the city some time before
morning service at the cathedral. Not
cab or vehicle of any kind was to be
found, but near the hotel discovered a
horse-railroad track. Seeing no cars
coming, l asked gentleman passing
whether the "hOrse-cars" ran on Sunday,
and he said, "Not much; that one could
get one now and then if he wished it
very much" Wishing one very much,
| watched the road for about a quarter
of an hour, and not car came in sight.
Then came policeman, whom / asked
the same question, and he replied that
"horse-cars" were rarely seen on the
street, but if / had necessity for one /
might get one, not on the street, but at
the livery stable! "What do 20 meang'
said 1; "do not the cars run on this rail
on Sundayg' "Oh, you name the car
riages on the tramway. Nay, mon, the
cawrs dinna run on the tramway on
the Sawbath p These benighted Scots
thought meant cabs, or something of
the kind.---Letter in ST. Louis Democrat.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
AnecdOte OF Sydney Smith.

The following is related Of Sydney
Smith, and that it is founded on fact
there can be but little doubt, exemplify-
ing, as it does, that peculiar and match
less humor for which Sydney was so re-
markable.
The thing occurred in Edinburgh,
when Jeffrey Brougham, Sydney, and the
rest of that brilliant constellation OF men
of genius, were shedding so great lustre
upon "Auld Reekie" and the world.
There was, at the ,ne, literary pre-
tender and bore in Edinburgh, whose
everlasting subject of discourse was
"The North Pole" and whose delight it
was to infict his theme upon every
patient listener. He met jeffrey in the
street one day, and, after the usual salu-
tation, at once introduced his favorite
subject.
Blast the North Pole" vocferated
jeffrey, and extricating himself from the
bore's grasp, pursued the even tenor OF
his way.
The former, wincing under Jeffrey's
abrupt treatment, also went his way,
when, encountering the good-natured
Sydney, he related to The latter, with
much chagrin and disgust, what Jeffrey
had said.
"Ahi" says Sydney, al wouldn't
mind il. We all know jeffrey. You'll
hardly believe il, but N conversation
had with Jeffrey, the other day, he ac-
tually spoke Unexpectedly of the
Equator"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Narrowing Distinguished Foreigner.

A fastidious man from abroad and
local mine owner sat opposite each other
at dinner, in Virginia City, and the
Enterprise gives this version of their con-
versation: Dundreary-"Deah me, this
is disgusting (holding up his knife and
gazing fixedly at its point). This is
eithaw the second or third hair-I think
it's the third-that I've found ia mis- but
tab |" ComstOcker-" You've not been
here long, judge otherwise you would
not have complained of hair a the but
ter" Dundreary-" Not complain of
hair in the buttah! You surprise me,
sir. How could do otherwise Com
stockcr-" Those hairs, sir, are just as
natural to Washoe butter as butter is
natural product of milk. They are just
as good and just as clean as the butter.
All our butter comes from the great val
leys of our State, where fourishes that
most nutritious and truly wonderful
plant, the white sage. On thir IT cattle
feed and fatten. This white sage has
many virtues. Strange as it may appear
to you, sir, from the white sage = man
featured most wonderful and very pop
ular hair restorative. Well, sir, il a
country where all the cows feed on the
white sage do 20 think i likely that
the butter will bald-headeo."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
The Good One Little House Plant Did.

Beauty is always teacher, and when
thing of beauty comes as gift of
sacred kindness it is very likely to be
the beginning of a better life to those
who receive it.
A plant was given to sick girl, and
in trying to take care of it the family
made changes in their way of living.
First, they cleaned the windows, that
more light might come to its leaves;
then, when not too cold, they would
open the window so that fresh air might
help the plant to grow strong, and thus
purified their own lungs as well. Next,
the clean window made the rest of the
room look so untidy that they used to
wash the floor and walls, enc arrange the
furniture more neatly. This led ..,e
father of the family to try to mend a
broken chair or two, which kept him at
home several evenings. After ne work
was done he still stayed at home instead
Of spending. his leisure hours at the bar
room, and the money thus saved went to
buy comforts for them all. And then,
as their home grew attractive, the whole
family loved it and each other better
than ever before, and grew healthier and
happier with their flowers. Thus the
little plant brought moral as well as a
physical blessing.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Honor Your Calling.

1t is good sign when man is proud
of his work. Yet nothing is more COM
mon than to hear men finding fault con-
stantly with their particular business,
and deeming themselves unfortunate be-
cause fastened to it, by the necessity of
gaining a livelihood. In this spirit men
fret, and laboriously destroy all their
comfort i'm work.
Occasionally, a man fails in life because
he is not in the place fitted for his pecu-
liar talent; it happens ten times oftener
that that failure results from neglect and
even contempt of an honest business. A
man should prs his heart into everything
that he does There is not a profession
in the world that has not its peculiar
cares and vexations. Norman will escape
annoyance by changing business. No
mechanical business is altogether agree
able. Commerce, in its endless varieties,
is affected like all other human pursuits,
with trials, unwelcome duties, and spirit
firing necessities. 1t is the very wanton-
ness of folly for a men to search out the
frets and burdens of his calling, and give
his mind every day to consideration of
them. They belong to human life. They
are inevitable. Brooding, then, only
gives them strength.
On the other hand, man has a power
given him to shed beauty and pleasure
upon the humblcst toll if he is wise. Let
a man adopt his business, and identify it
with his life, and cover it with pleasant
associations. For Heaven has given us
imaginations not alone to make some men
poets, but to enable Ell men to beautify
homely things Look at good things.
Accept your lot as a man does piece of
rugged ground, and begin to get out the
rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow
the soil, to enrich and plant it. There is
something in the most forbidden avOca-
ton around which may Irvine pleasant
fancies, out of which may be developed
an honest pride.
A man can impart to business a
flavor of honor by h own conduct,
which shall make il hereafter more credit
able to any o he who enters it. Franklin
left upon te printing office an impress
which has benefited the profession OF
printers ever since. Blacksmiths love to
speak of the uncanonized Elihu Burritt.
Once let man convert his business into
an instrument o. honor, benevolence and
patriotism, an. from that moment it is
transfgured, and men Judge its dignity
and merit, not by what it externally is,
but by what it has done and can do. 1t
is better to stick 10 your business, and by
patient industry and honorable enterprise
to crown it with honor, than to run away
from it, and to seek prosperity ready.
made to your hand. 1t is not what a
man finds that does him good, but what
he does,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
Important TO Pensioners.

Two important changes in the pension
laws were made by the last Congress.
First. That ell persons now entitled to
pensions, who have lost an arm at or
above the elbow, or leg at or above the
knee, shall receive twenty-four dollars
per month.
Second. That all soldiers and sailors
who may, in the line of their duty, have
been so totally disabled as to require I'd e
attendance Of another person, by the
loss of the sight of one eye, the sight of
the other having been previously lost, or
by the loss of both hands, or by the loss
of both feet, or by any other injury To-
sulting in total and permanent helpless
ness, shall be entitled to pension Of fifty
dollars per month, instead of thirty
one twenty-five as heretofore.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-27
GENERAL INFORMATION.
CHIcAao's valuation $4,000, 900.

CHICAGo's valuation $312.000.000.
ST.. PAUL produces over three million
barrels Of flour year.
ARIZONA has population of 10000
whites and 10000 Indians.
THERE are seven insane asylums, with
5000 insane persons, in Massachusetts,.
In the city of Boston there are twenty
one savings banks, with more than &c.
100000 ON deposit.
AT Lowell, Mass, slaughter-house
party of six consumptives are expert
menting with the beefblood cure.
THERE is a movement to have all the
Soldiers Homes, three or four in number,
merged into the Dayton, Ohio, institu-
ton.
SOME of the finest marble ever seen in
Europe or America has been found near
Pacific, on the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road.
THE Chinese Government has issued
an edict to prevent deterioration in the
quality of silk manufactured for export
alton.
THERE is refreshing sign that Justice
is not entirely dead in the fact that a
Niagara Falls hackman has Just been
fined for overcharging.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY is great rem
devious on Sunday afternoon for Ameri-
cans in London. During service they
employ their time by copying inscrip-
tions from gravestones.
THOMAS BAILY ALDRICH (and he ought
to know says that the New Englanders
are very pleasant people among them
selves, but whenever stranger comes
among them they climb their genealogic-
al trees.
AMONG the graduates of the State Nor.
NAL School Il Salem, Mass, the other
day, was one young lady, standing at the
head of the class, who has earned money
to pay her expenses during the two years
by iunning sewing machine.
WE learn from Western newspaper
that of four millions of trees planted
along the line of certain railway COM
PAW, less than three per cent. have failed
and the rest are doing well. This is good
news from prairie country, and goes
far toward solving the problem of tree
planting on the open, wild and endless
reaches Of prairie land in the West.
TOMATOES were first used in this coun-
try as an edible in the year 1919, by the
Hon. Bailey Bartlett, of Haverhill, but
they did not come into general Use till
more than twenty years subsequent to
that date. In letter to Joseph HarrOd,
Esq, of Portland, Maine, Sheriff Bart
lett said, "Cut up and dressed as you
would cucumber, the tomato makes a
very good salad"
PROF. RICHARD A. PROCTOR makes
an appeal through the London Times for
an unofficial expedition to be fitted out
in England to observe the transit of We
nus, in order that the country may take
q better position in this matter than
sie is placed in, under the somewhat
meagre arrangements a present adopted"
He saws he can not 60 odtwill subscribe
toward the expense. On previous occa-
sions he has highly complimented the
preparations for observing the transit
made by American astronomers.