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Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

The House of Representatives
on Tuesday voted an appropriation
of 800, 900 to enable the President
to extend relief to the sufferers by
the recent overflow Of the Missis-
sippi river.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

THE sailors of the rescued ship
Amerique claim $500, 900 compen-
sation, which is half the value of
the ship and cargo. The case will
be tried in the British admiralty
courts.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

The President will doubtless
learn with regret that he is to be
personally lmportuned by delegA-
tions to interfere in the Arkansas
troubles He rcfus,8 % 40 so
in inc case of Louisiana
until the decree of a United States
court of competent jurisdiction
compelled the recognition of the
Kellogg government, and in
the case of South Carolina, one
of peculiar hardship, positive
ly declined to interfere on the
ground ofspecifc constitutional re
strietions. A majority of the
House Judiciary Committee take
the same view of the matter, hence
it is hard to see what either the
President or Congress itself can do
in the Arkansas quarrel.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02
INDEPENDEN
Published Daily and Weekly BY the
INDEPENDENT PRINTING co.
Biondeps Suiiding Corner Queen q mnrtInSf
The financiers Of Enplan ]

The financiers Of England,
France and Germany give Grants
message vetoing he initiation bill
their heartiest approval. Some Of
the London papers regard II in
the present financial uncertainty
as of equal importance to Grants
victories during the war.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

May has been fixed as the
time When the national house of
representatives will vote ON the
three million appropriation to the
centennial exposition.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

The federal council of interna-
tionals which had its headquar-
ters at New York, has determin-
ed to dissolve, the organization
howing proved a complete failure
ia the United States.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

The Baltimore people are still
discussing the inevitable Jones
Falls Improvement.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02
New York Notes.


New YORK, April 30.-This
morning, James Jones, T. Gibney
and f. Campbell, laborers, were
drowned while at work on the
steamship Ocean Queen, at the
foot of Ninth street, East River.
Their bodies have not been recov-
cred
New YORK, April 30.-A morn
ing paper says it is reported that
the New York EUeaiag Express
has been purchased by company
and will be run as Republican
paper hereafter.
SPECIE PAYMENTS The Hon.
George Bancroft, writing from
Berlin under date of December %,
1873, says s'the seemingly indefi-
mite postponement of the epoch
when they(the United Statesl in
tend toremove the use of force
in keeping their notes in circula-
ton seriously affects financial
opinion" and he adds that it is
the absolutely unanimous opinion
Of all financial men that return
to specie payments can be effected
with less difficulty and with less
delay than are anticipated. This
is matter which affects not Amer
lea alone; all commercial countries
intimately connected with the
United States have an interest in
the question.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-02

The wave on which many a
poor fellow has been carried away
is the wave Of a lace edged hand
kGrchief.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
Fiub,iur Potato Rup..

farmer in Dodge County, Nebraska, commu-
nicates the following method of fighting the pota-
10 bugs:
The best tool to cultivate the crop with, is the
two-hOrse, fOur-shOvel corn cultivatOr. Go
through often enough to keep the weeds down
and the plants well supported by killing. Soon
after the plants put upf the potato bug will
appear. lOu may well take some notice of
him, as he is of more Importance than the crop.
Last year interviewed the rascal and learned the
following facts: He comes ont of the earth in
the spring full grown, of yellow color, with ten
black stripes; he does not eat, his sole business
is to produce eggs. These soon hatch into a
small reddish brown slug, very vOracious, and
easily Ostled from tia vine, but unable to travel
on loose earth till sufficiently mature, when they
60 into the ground and are transformed into the
beetle. These slugs do all the mischief, and it is
useless to fight the beetle, as it flies by night.
and recruits after any amount of slaughter. Ac-
ting upon this information, kept my two acres
perfectly clean up to frost. While the plants
were low narrowed the patch Often-the beams
knocked them off and the teeth ground them in
to the earth; when too high for the harrow
hung ladder made of sticks of wood and rope
just under the double tree of my cultivator; this
dangled against the bushes and knocked off the
hugs while the shOves buried them-and al
ways did this in the heat of day. Omit this du-
ring the period Of blOsSoming, and only practice
IT afterward often enough to keep down the
bugs. BY this process two acres can be effectu-
ally nd of bugs in two three hours, without
handling them, and far better DONE
Dig the first dry day after the vines are dead;
put in heaps in the field; cover with hay three
or four days, to sweat; sort into three or four
sizes-fOr pigs for family, for seed and for sale;
pit them, and add covering gradually till hard
frosts, then secure for the winter. For seed Sc
lect the finest, fairest and most perfect, all one
size, which must be that you wish to grow next
wear,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
Care of Ponder I'm Hor.e..

Having had little experience in curing the
founder in horses, take this method to give you
a fact, that you may give it to others through
the columns of Your valuable Journal" 1t may
be of great service to some, and save many a
fine horse from premature death and much suf-
fering.
The fact shall give You, is of horse worth
three hundred dollars, because of his heetness.
He came to my hand in August about eight
s'clock in the evening, after being driven only
twenty-nine miles in a very hight and easy bug
w. The horse for GONE time had been fed all
the grain he would eat. For two or three DAYS
he had not liked his grain, but the night before
he came to my hand he had eaten to the full of
all he had liked; and when he came he was so
stiff he could not step over a six inch pole, and
nearly fall. put him into water nearly knee
deem, and kept wet blanket on him all the time
for four hours: then put him into the stable, and
mt another blanket over him and left him for
The night. The next morning l found him
sweating; took him to the stable and rode him
mile; led him back, and put him into the brook
again for an hour. During the day / exercised
him about five miles, and about sunset let him
stand an hour i'll the water, and again the next
morning.
About nine o'clock he started on his journey of
forty-twO miles, aud performed it with ease be-
fore sunset he laid over one day, and went home
the next, forty-five miles, and was returned TO
his owner, and he, being a farrier, sold him in a
few days, perfectly unable to describe any diff
Guilty or damage done to the horse, being igno-
nant of what had happened. The horse was al
lowed all the food and water he wanted, as usual.
He was not blcd in any part, neither was there
anything given to him except his usual food.
The second day he was as Timber as he ever was,
and showed no injury from founder since.
If You think this worthy of Your notice. and
wish it, / will give you my opinion of the foun-
der and its cure Udter Cure Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
Marn Entiuu Ashcs.

Mr.. Mechi, of Tip Tree Hall, England, has dis
covered that pigs, when shut mp to fatten, are
very foud of cinders and improve in condition
by eating a certain portion of them every day
Some persons are unable TO account for this sin.
gular propensity in swine. Poultry are very
fond of egg Shells lime sand, etc., and it is we'll
Known these substances necessary in order
10 form the shells of eggs, and to furnish mate
rial for the bones of fowls.
Now, it is reasonable to suppose that swine eat
ashes and cinders for the purpose Of supplying
the material for their bones, and this singular
instinct i'm animals low in the scale of intelli-
gence is truly wonderful, for ashes contain the
ingredients which are necessary to form bones,
viz: esFbonate and sulphate of lime aud magne-
STA, clay, silica gelatinized and made soluble by
the fire.
When hogs at large, thoy take in clay and
silica with their food, and eat bones and roots,
which contain the necessary ingredients; but
when they are pent up, they endeavOr to supply
their frames by devOuring ashes and cinders.
Let them have plenty of them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
Health and Houses.

1t does not express the whole truth to say that
some houses unhealthy; it is nearer the fact
in reference to many dwellings that they are
deadly. Sometimes certain rooms in house are
so impregnated with poisonous emanatiOns that
their occupants become i'll in a few days |
know of a capacions mansion formerly now a
boarding house) on Walnut street, Philadelphia,
which has in it a certain room, known to make
the parties sick within few days after they
move INTO it. Within year, man in perfect
health was placed in room in London, and in a
few days died of putrid fever. The next, and
the next, and the next occupant, were noticed to
become ill. 1t became SO notorious that the au-
thOrities took it in hand to examine the premises
and it was found that the man who papered the
rOOm in order to fill mp cavity in the wall, pu
i'll bucket full of paste and pieces of the glazed
paperng, which in time hogan to ferment and
rot, throwing into the room steady supply of
the noxious fumes of decomposed lead and other
hurtfnl ingredients employed in the sizing of
wall paper: 1t is known that the sizing on a
visiting card is enough TO poison a child if put
in its mouth; being little sweetish to the taste
it is rather palatable.
Another English house became so notorously
unhealthy that the common people reported it
to be haunted; it soon gained snch reputation
that nobody would live in it free of rent. In
vestigatiOn discovered that it was the result of
FASTING new paper on old.
Lesson-ln repapering a room or house, first
pull off the old paper and scrape and wash the
walls.-HaHs Journal Of Health.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
Asefnl aud Curious.
KEEP AMMONIA ,n THE HOUSE.

NJ ho,.al.,.. -, ..,. . L.t,I :.
s,;r;,a os e,e snouia De "hno"s 1919 %. n
y - = ;,,ninI' ior, besides iIs u'e va
- rear,r .a ,sse, ior housenoiI PSsesI.
hr;nos I; ,.;,h;,. as soap, anu i'o D.. te.
o.us s'nih tne reach OF ali. rut yea
spSs S;,, =; a n 70 quart VI Ss IN al al
I'D a. snaoie. s s ciotD, anu NuPe on ~. =,
81. 81, any see lot yourseil ~" Ia
T. ,,';I, .in.o So No scrupoing viii 20 80 =.
VII vrealse ana brighten silver wohuenul, 70
P'n' vi suus mix teaspoonful OF the sPir,Is,
up ~ your orer spoons, forks, etc, ruo VIII
oiTsn' anu Pohsn Win chamois SKINS.
roI issuing mirrors and WINDOWS u Is very
$4,000, Pu' q Few drops oil ammonia Qua PIeee
VI pspeI, anu u VIII readily take on every spoI
Oh nueer marx on the glass IL VIII take our
grease Spots from every fabric; put on the ail-
lnonla eear lay plotting paper over the place
anu press not nat iron ON it for a few moments
lev uIoPs 10 quart OF water VIII clean iaees;
ana whiten them as well; also muslins. Then II
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11

AN English scientist claims to have discovered
one of the causes of typhoid fever. A family in
his neighborhOod was attacked with a severe
type of the fever. On careful search of the
premises a spout in the family pump was found
to be covered with a sort of gelatinous matter.
Submitting this to microscopic investigation, il
was found to be fungoid growth, frot, which
spores were constantly washed by the flowing
water. He followed up this discovery by min
ute examination of the outlet of the sewer
through which the drainage of the town flowed,
and his scientific zeal was rewarded by finding
fungoid growths of a similar nature to those in
the pump spOuts. In the vicinity of this outlet
the fever had also prevailed. Having cases of
the fever in his own family, he followed up his
by the family, and found in it minute spores of
the same fungus. His conclusion is that the fe-
yer had its origin in the fungus matter taken in
to the system where it ferments as yeast in beer,
and pOsOns the blood.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
The Parson In the sus..

An English paper tells the following story:
certain vicar, who has long been remarka-
Die for his love of church rates and good cheer
lately called npon poor woman residing i'm the
neighborhOod of which the reverend gentleman
mas Tor many years held the cure of souls. The
old lady, who was engaged in the vulgar employ
ment OF washing, had deposited the puncheon in
which she was performing this very needful op-
approach of her clerical visitor she hastily Threw
napkin over the clothes and the vessel contain
ing them, that she might be more at libery TO at
tend to SO esteemed guest. The old gentleman,
whose sight is somewhat defective, after the first
sanitation, sat down in 'the old arm chair and
speedily found that his reception was too warm
to be over agreeable; suddenly starting up. he
cried out at the top of his voice, ooh! a rag and
private room directly" The good dame hav-
ing no private room on the ground floor EXCEPT
the pantry, speedily conducted the reverend gen
tleman into it, aud having supplied the necessary
stufiing TO make him comfortable soon curteseyed
him to the door, no doubt laughing heartily sin
her sleeve at the humid mishap she had so mad
yertently OccasiOned.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
a s.h.,i,g,c for Pen R-,.h-

In cases where pea brush is not plentiful, or
where something more ornamental and compact
is desired it may be worth while to adopt the
method described by The London Field. few
romyh stakes are driven into the ground on both
sides of the row. abOut twelve feet apart. Tie
strong cord or tar Irvine TO the end stake and
pass it along the line, making turn on each
stake within a few inches of the ground, and as
growth progresses, raise the next turn little,
advancing in succession until the plants attain
their full height. These lines being run on at
the right time, the tendrils clasp firmly round
Them and are sufficiently supported. 1t is though
tLat this way of training has the advantage of
giving better circulation of air, and of permit
ting the pods TO be gathered with more ease and
with less tearing of the haulm than when the
ErrSh is used
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
for the farmer.
D;.ease. Of Hog,.


sore neople seem to think that the reason
vhv we Fave so much hog cholera is owing to
tbp Introduction of improved breeds of pigs. /
p tI,iuk IL is precisely the other way. What do
We mean by an improved breed oil pigsf Usually
we mean a breed that has fine bone and little
ofaI A breed that is very quiet and that will
tur,, the food il eats into flesh and fat. 1t is q
breed that will eat and digest a stomachfnl of
rich food and assmlate it. As rule, the weak
s,,nt in all high bred pigs is that their digestng
mowers are not as good as their assimiating
powers They can assimilate more food than
they can digest. On the other hand our COM
mon coarse, unimprovcd hogs eau usually eat
and digest more food than they can assimlate.
They are accustomed to forage for themselves.
They have plenty of exercise and comparatively
Iittle food. Now, then, if you take such breed
of hogs and endeayOr to push them forward Trap
idly with rich food, it is easy to see how their
blood could be poisoned by the excess of material
which the animal is not able to convert into
flesh and fat.
sYour remedy, then, says the deacon, rs not
to feed so high"
Rather. nv remedy would be TO raise a better
class of pigs. | would raise such pigs as would
stand high feeding until they were fat enough to
go to market and then wOuld dispose of them
Without delay. If you take pigs that are not ac-
customed to mature before they are three or four
years old and endeavoT TO so feed and force them
that they shall be fit for market at twelve months
old or less, what can you expect but hog choleTaf
On the other hand, a breed that is accustomed,
and has been for generations, to mature early can
be pushed forward rapidly without injury l
should expect the best success from pigs raised
from a large, healthy, common SOW sired ly a
highly refined, thorough bred boar of breed
distinguished for its gentlenss, fineness of bone
little Offal, carly maturity and fattening quail
ties. The mother would furnish the digestive
powers and the sire the assmilating powers.
These qualities combined with early maturity,
fineness of bone, and high quality of meat, would
give you precisely what good feeder wants.
Harris, american AgrieHitarist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11

Chatting OF INFANTs.-BIsMUTH PREvEx-
TIvE.-Q. C. Smith, NJ. D., writes to the Pacific
Medical and Surgical Journal that he values bis
muth very highly as a preventive of chatting, and
says: Take snbnitrate of bismntb, in fine pow
der, and put in thin flannel bag, and use as the
old nurses use the old style "starch bag" in dns-
ting over the chafted parts. or those parts that
are likely to or have already become sore from
any cause whatever. Should the parts be too
tender for the use of the powder in this way, it
should be sprinkled plentifully. The good
effect will, many instances, manifest itself very
quickly after the application. have found his
muth an excellent external remedy for raw, bis
tered sufaces, and many other or less superficial
liberated surfaces.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
A Thrilling speeeh,

The following is literal report of speech de.
livered in Bowling Green, KY, by the candidate
for the office of jailor:
FELLOW CTTIzENs-Where are my opponents
Why, gentlemen, they are nowhere. feel nv
sell as much above my opponents as 'possum in
in persmmon tree does above the ground he
crawls Oh. call on you in the name of the shay
gy-headed lion, which whipped the American
eagle; call on you in the name of the peacock
of liberty, which flowed over the Rocky Noun
tains-to come to my rescue. Come on Monday
next, and promote Dick to the Office to which he
perspires. When yOu shall have been dead, end
the green briers shall have entwned themselves
around your graves, then will your sons come to
me and say, Dick, some years ago our fathers
voted for You for the office of jailOrshp of War
rem County; then will say, Roll on, thou silver
moon. will be with thee till the last day in the
evening,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
The Value OF suraower..

In the first place the flowers abound in honey,
ard furnish food for bees. The seeds contain
oeaginous matter and yield oil at the rate of one
gallon TO the bushel, which is but little inferior
70 olive oil. One acre will produce fifty bushels
of seed. 1t is also valuable food for horses and
nouItry. 1t has been used for bread by the Ame-
rican Indians, and also il Portugal. The leaves
are excellent for cattle. The stalks, while they
re,rrowine. NAV be utilized as bean-pOles, where
tb,S are scarce and difiicnlt to Ice obtained, and
y 6en dry may be used as roofing, or set mp
a,,ainst the fence to form wiud-Lrake. They
contain large amount Of potash, and are excel
commended for fuel The reputation of growing
suufioyer TO absorb miasniatic vapOrs and pre-
venting fever and ague is well known.-AmericdR
Farm Journal
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11

WHAT is IN THE BEDRooM.-The Importance
of ventilating bedrooms is a fact in which every
body is vitality interested, and which few pro-
perly appreciate. If two men are to occupy a
bedroom during a night let them step upon
weighing scales as they retire, and then again in
morning, and they will find that their actual
weight is at least pound less in the morning.
Frequently there will be loss of one or two
pounds, and the average loss throughout the
year will be more than one pound; that is du-
ring the night there is loss of pound of mat
ter, which has gone off from their bodies, partly
from the lungs and partly through the pores of
the skin. The escaped material is carbOnic lid
and decayed animal matter, or poisonous exhala
tiOns,
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11
DR., WHITTIER,

617 st. Charles Street, st. Louis, Mo-,
Has been longer engaged in the special treatment of
all venereal, sexual and Chronic Diseases
than any other Physician in St Louis, city papers
show.
Syphilis, Genorrhea, GIeet, Structure,
Orchitis, Hernia, or Rapture, all Urinary
Diseases and syphiiitic or mercariaI nace-
tioa. of the throat, skin or bones, are treated
with unparalleled success on latest scientific princi
Piles.
spermaforrkaa, sexual Debility and
1mPotency, the result Of self-a6use in YOUTH
sexual excuses in maturer years, other causes
and which produce some Of the following effects:
nervousness, seminal emissions debility dimness Of
sight defectire memory pimptes the face physical
decay dreTsion TO society Of females confusion Of ideas
loss Of seruai poscer etc, rendering marriage inn
proper or unhappy, are permanently cured.
Pamphlet C36 pagesJ relating to the above sent in
sealed enrelope, for two postage stamps.
Disease. peculiar 70 women, such as Amen
orThed, Dysmenorrh9d HeaorrhayiG. Leueorrk0d OF
whites, ChLorosis Diseases and dispGreRents Of the
Womb. Stertty, etc. successfully treated. Descrip-
experience can be relied upon 1t is selfevident that
Physician treating thousands of cases every year
acquires great skill. Physicians knowing this fire.
quenty recommend persons to my care. Connden-
vited When it Is nconvenient to viss the city for
treatment, medicines be sent by express or mail
exists it is frankly stated. Office hours: IA NJ to7
p NJ Sundays IL N. to P. N. Persons drTiriRg IN
nc ty az arg hgI,S a4ay TO the Office. lat
The establishment "a whole house Of twelve rooms)
Is the most extensive in the country, embracing Re-
ception and Consultation rooms, Boarding and Sleep
ing apartments; Medicated Vapor Baths; a compre-
hensve Laboratory, where all medicines used in the
establishment are prepared; and most important of
all the Library, where the old and latest standard
works Of all the schools Of medicine found; also
Anatomical Plates life size and colored to life Illus
trating diseased conditions which have been procur-
ed from Paris France regardless Of expense and
to be found in any other Library in the city. The
Library is thrown wide open to all callers 1ddress
az doore- novi3.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11

MULTITUDEs of women lose health, and even
life, every year by busying themselves until
warm and weary, and then throwing themselves
on n bed or sofa without converting. or in a room
without a fire, or by removing their onter gar.
ments after long walk, and changing their
dress while in q state of perspiration. If yon
have to walk and ride both do the riding first.
on all your wraps until Your forehead is dry.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-06-11

was much struck lately with the wonderfully
peautInl enect produced by simply placing q
handful of heads of wheat in n vase of water
Each grain sent ont bright green leafet, and
continued to replenish the fading ones for weeks
together. Some have doubtless seen This pretty
fable ornament, but to me it was new, and per-
haps would be so to many Others.