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Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-21
A Remarkable Feat in Surgery.

A correspondent writing from Birdsbdro to
the Reading Eagle says
L want to tell you something of most re
markable feat recently accomplished by Prof
Paucoast of Philadelphia. Those readers Of the
Eagle who knew Mr.. Samuel Harrison, of Birds
boro, several months ago, will remember the
very ugly hare lip that gentleman was dshgur-
Ell with. Now, matters have entirely changed;
Mr.. Harrison has most perfect hp, a line mus
tache growing on 1t, and the entire structure
presents SO natural and perfect an appearance
that no one for moment would think 1t had
ever been otherwise This is how 1t happened:
Mr.. Harrison was in Philadelphia and one day
he met q gentleman there. The stranger stop
ped, begged pardon and asked the name and
business Of Mr.. Harrison. 1t was told. The
stranger said he could cure that lip. 1t was Dr.
Pancoast who was talking. They talk over the
matter. Finally IL was agreed to undertake it.
MIR. Harrison was sent home TO prepare his sys-
tenn for one week for the operation. Then he
went down. He w?s strapped on boarli and
the doctor commenced work. Twenty two min
utes were consumed. Part of the flesh from the
iuslde Of each cheek was cut away and lapped
over, and tins new section OF lip was sewed
on the remaining or natural portion. A tube
was then placed in his mouth, ard the operation
w?S plaStered shut. lie was feed for one WI eek
ON Cruel, beef tea and the like, and finally when
the Doctor thought that the cut had settled
and healed no told his patient to visit a ne.
gro shew and laugh as much as he could; II
lha: did not bIeak the healing wound, moth
lug else would. Mr.. Harrison did So laugh
ed, he'd good time, and returned. 1t did nc
harm. The wound healed up very nicely
and hnaily when thebandages werere taken
oil, most complete and perfect lip Mas seen
Soon a'torward healthy crop OF hair COM
menced growing and MIR. Harrison now has
a very nice mustache.
Everybody who has SCENT is OF the opinion
that 10 Is of tho most remarkable feats IL
surgery they have ever seen. MIR. Harrison
sent tho Doctor his check for 500, and Tho
doctor returned $50 of it by the noxt mail
The above story is all good enough If the
writer had but left the last sentence of, II
alone excites suspicion. ED1
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-21
GOLD TINES

There's beautiful song on the slumberous air
Chat drifts through the valley Of dreams;
II comes from the cline where the roses were
And tunetui heart and lighebrovn hair
That waved in the morning beams.
Soit eyes Of azure and eyes of brown
And snow white foreheads are there
a giimmering cross and glittering crown,
throny bed and q couch of down.
Lost hopes and leaflets Of prayer.
A breath of Spring in the breezy woods,
sweet waits from the quivering pines
Blue violet eyes beneath green hood
A buble of brooklets, a scent of buds
Bird MARBLES and clambe ring vines.
A Iosy wreath in diinpled hand,
a ring and slighted VOW
Three golden links OF a brok en- band
tiny track on the snow white sand
A tear and sinless brow.
There's a tincture of grief in the beautiful song
That sobs on the slumberous air,
And loneliness felt in the festive throng.
sinks down in the soul as il trembles along
From cline where the roses were
We heard it first at the dawn of day,
And 1t mingled with matn chimes.
But years have distanced the beautiful lay,
And its melody from for away
And we cali it now "OLD TINES"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-21
Natural Gas in Iron Making.
| From the PtttsJ,Uq Iron U-oyld.l

lFfoW Me ftNSDtOy IRON " 0ifd
AS We have intimated from time to time. the
mil men in this section are Thoroughly in earnest
IN their purpose to use natural gss IN the manu-
factcre oil iron, and the prospect for their cue
cess Is most tatteriug. 1t is well known to the
iron trade that Messrs. Rogers Il Birchield are
using natural gas from 4 well they have sunk
most successfully. Not only do they save the
cost oil iuei, which Is no small item in pudding
anu heating, but the product is much better in
quality NO sulphur can possibly be added to
the iron from the fuel In this case. The only
change that is necessary in the pudding furnace
Is simply to brick up the crate, and in case the
gas supply should fail the brick can be removed
at once aud coal substituted at a very slight ex-
pense. This makes the experiment an easy one
TO make, the heaviest item being the sinking ol
the well.
From what We can learn there can be no doubt
but that gas can be found at moderate depth in
all this section. We have mentioned its existence
at Leechburgh, up the Allegheny. At the sal,
works further down the river Ii is used in abund
ance. short distance back OF Graf, Bennett s
COS mill 1t was struck few years since at q
depth OF POI feet. Lower down the river il is in
use at brewery, and as We stated last week II
has been IN use for years at works in Manchester
There Is also at Mckeesport an old we'll that was
sunk for salt a number of years ago which ha.
gwen steady flow Of gas ever since. Thi.
would indicate that in this Immediate neighbor-
hood an abundance of gas could be got.
Ii Is also no secret that it has been used 70,
manufacturing, cooking, and Illuminating pur.
poses IN other parts Of Western Pennsylvania
AT Erie 1t Is used for many purposes. A gentle
man described 10 us the process OF firing boiler
with it day or two since. 1t was simply to turn
on the gas, light a newspaper and throw It in anu
the tire was stocked for tho day.
AT North East It is used in ranges in cooking
IN the petroleum reiineres; and q public spiritet
Individual has lately carried a pipe to the top o.
his derrick, and by allowing the gas to escap,
around the rim OF a circle has thus lighted tn,
whole town.
Gas has also been struck at 400 feet in one o.
the suburbs of Cincinnati. A gentleman who
has seen 1t described the flames as large as A stoy,
pipe and twenty feet long. These statement,
Will give some idea OF the extent OF territory il
which gas can be found, and also some Idea of III
utility. II the antcipallons of our iron men art
realized in this direction, Plttsburg undersel
the world In iron.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-21

The LATE Chicago fire seems to have aroused
the Insurance Companies, and through them the
authorities and business men of Chicago. to a
sense OF duty. Had the lesson been appreciated
and acted upon after the first fire Chicago would
have been spared the loss 1t means and reputatisn
inflicted last week. Now the lire department is
to he reorganizsd. larger water mains laid, adii-
tional and improved apparatus furnished, and the
old wooden buildings forbidden place in the city
limits.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-21

A block Of buildings In Summit, Mss, was
destroyed on Sunday by an incendiary fire
Loss, $4,000.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
DO Chinch Bug. Eat Each Other,

]. Cade, an intelligent and observing farmer
living near QuenemO, informs that chinch-
bugs, at certain stage of their existence, at
tack and devour each other with the same char
acteristc nervousness that they do the young
stocks of corn and other grain. Going into his
field one day when the chinch-bugs were mil
lions in number, Mr.. Cade observed that they
were unusually active. On close inspection he
found that the bugs were engaged in a terrible
hand hand fght-the older and stronger ones
literally catching and devouring alive their
younger and weaker brethren. Mr.. Cade states
that he watched this strange sight until he was
fully satisfied that the chinch bugs do really eat
each other. On examining the ground he dis
covered that it was literally covered with the
pelts of the murdered bugs.
He says that the larger bugs-those that have
been commissioned with wings-would seize the
plump, half-grOwn little fellows aud suck the
skin dry, throw it away, catch another ''lamb of
the flock" and repeat the same operation until
their unnatural appetites were fully satiated.
This story presents the horrid chnch- bug to our
mind in an entirely new role, and before we ap-
ply for a copyright on the discovery, we should
like to know whether other farmers have obser-
we'd the same thing in connection with this their
worst enemy. We knew the chinch-bug was
capable of most any meanness; that he has bad
breath; that he is half brother to the bed-bug /;
that he reaps when he doesn't SOW, but we were
10th to believe that he is lost to parental affec
tion and the ties of consanguinity as to eat his
own species. Horrible, blood -curdling idea that
it isi-OsGge Chronicle.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
Msefnl aud Curious.
Remarkable rre.,u.,, Of g

Remarkable Treatment Of q make bite.
DIR. Ashbel Smith, of Galveston, Texas, was
recently bitten in three places, just shove the
ankle. by a snake. Swelling began in less than
hve minutes from the biting, and in fifteen min
utes the pain had become so excruciating that ne
could not bear his weight on the limb, and be
was obliged to lie down, having previously
reached home. He had purposely delayed treat
ing the wound in order to observe the effects OF
the poison unmodifed by medical agents he
now took, in wine glass of water, hall tea
spoonful of saturated tincture of iodine About
fifteen minutes afterward he repeated the iodine
about twenty drops. A short time afler, per-
hsps fifteen or twenty minutes, third dose OF
lodine-hfteen drops-in twenty-five or thirty
minutes after the third. The orifces OF the
wounds were several times touched with the
tinctnre of iodine, and the leg. which was now
swollen from the ankle to the knee, was painted
with iodine. The pain was excrnciatlng, but IN
two or three hours abated sensibly. Three hO"rs
later, about l:30 in the morning, he fell asleep.
He awoke at sunrise with complete stiffness and
superficial soreness of the limb on touch, now
swollen to double its former size, but with no
pain worth mentioning. Nor has be since had
any suffering further than complete disease OF
the leg, and being obliged to have it all times
elevated. The foot participated in the swelling,
and If the leg hung down it became in few min
utes perfectly livid. The interest in the matter
lies in the efficacy of iodine remedy for yenO-
nous bites, in which DR.. Smith fully believes.
No other remedy whatever was used. and he is
confident that the bite was sufficiently poisonous
to have caused death.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
priII;1r "a. Rroa5co,, sovi,,.

The last monthly report of the United State;
Department of Agriculture summarizes the fact;
received from its correspondents relative to drill
ling or brOadcasting seed wheat, as follows:
l. Fifty-twO per cent. of the winter wheat and
thirty per cent. of the spring wheat, or about
forty per cent of the aggregate of both kinds
represent the proportion seeded with a drill.
2. Nine-tenths of the testimony given asserts
the superiority of the drill for winter wheat.
3. An average increase of one-tenth in the
yield is assured by the use of the drill.
4. large majority of observers declare that
in moist soils in which injury resulting from fos
sls is liable to occur, drilling prevents or redu-
ces the loss.
5. The majority asserts that in certain clay
soils with rolling surfaces, some advantage ac-
crues in surface draining by use of the drill;
while in some heavy soils with flat surfaces the
water freezing in the drill burrows does positive
injury.
6. The broadcast seeder predomcates in spring
wheat regions, because better adapted than the
drill to seeding in unplOwed corn fields, on rough
surfaces, and in weedy felds.
Z. About One-seysnth of the seed wheat (or
five million bushels for the crop) might be saved
by the exclusive use of the drill.
6. The drill is used for seeding in connection
with thorough culture, especially in winter wheat
growing; the broadcast seeder for imperfect cul-
ture and rough surfaces, and sowing by hand is
the method adopted for small patches and first
efforts of impecunious pioneers.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
Making Honey.

An English writer asserts that "honey proper
is not found in flowers; that the sweet inice
found there collected by bee sand afterw ard made
by them into honey prOpsr-marketable and
pTesentabe." He claims that the sweet mice
gathered by bees and deposited during the day
IN the comb is re-swallowed ere it is manufactn-
red into honey; that the juice is not honey when
gathered more than cream is butter before it is
churDed. He adds:
"FOr the sake of others who may wish TO see
for themselves, let me suggest a very simple ex-
pertinent. Some warm summer morning put n
strong swarm into a hive-full or half fnll of
empty cOmbs-say at o'clock A. NJ. Weigh
hive and bees before the latter begin to work
This swarm will probably collect five pounds of
crude honey the same day before o'clock p. NJ.
Remove the bees into another hive and extract
the honey. 1t will be found crude still, and as
unlike honey as cream is unlike butter. No pro-
cess or amount of evaporation will remove its
crudeness. 1t will mould; it will become sour
have never seen it crystalline like proper hon,
ey.
"If this is not conclusive evidence put another
swarm into another hive with empty combs. 1t
may collect the same weight of crude honey in
the same space of time; but let it remain in the
hive, and If the bees be prevented from gather
ing more by raiu artificial means, for thirty
six hours, all the crude stuff will be changed in-
to honey proper, and slowed away on the out
side of the combs. When bees come home from
the fields they empty their in the first emp
ty cells they can find, and go back to the field
for more; hence, on lifting and examining hive
at the close of a hard days work. we find the
clear limpid but crude fluid gathered that day
among the brood combs; there, for convenience
to be re-swallowed, and stored away at night"
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
How % STACK sheny,. er Grain.

Unless a stacker is an expert, it Will always be
better to set pole firmly in the ground and
build the stack around it, A pole at the centre
will aid the stacker to carry up his work true;
and it will prevent a stack from leaning. When
commencing a stack bottom, the Ohio Farmer
says, set up two bundles against each other aud
others against these until circle is formed sop-
ing from centre to circumference, each row half
the length of sheaf further out than the one be-
fore it. Garry out the foundation in this way
until it is of the desired size and then at outside
lay q double row of bundles and press them down
we'll. The foundation being now prepared build
upon it by laying the tiers of sheaves from out
side toward the centre, each row tapping butts
TO bands. Gradually lay out until the stack has
attained the height desired-that is, let each
row of butts project trihe further than the one
beneath, so that the circumference of the stack
will gradually increase in size as it is carried up
20 a half way point, and then gradually draw in
until the top is reached. Caution must be used
not to make the stack to flaring. We have found
it good plen to let one teir of bundles project
some four inches at the point where it is decided
to begin drawing in for the top; this furnishes
what may be termed caves. If the stack is to
stand an indefinite time before threshing it will
nav to give considerable attention to thatching
The top. At all events it should have a topping
out of bog grass or hay.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30

A long-legged Lincoln County rustic suffering
with thirst, sauntered into Wilson & Aliens ice
depot the other day, and seeing pitcher contain
ing sulphur water standing on the counter, help,
ed himself to glass of that OdOriferous fluid
without going through the rather unnecessary
formula of askiDg anybody's consent. Upon re.
tiection however, he didn't appear TO be sati.tie
with the drink, for an indescribable expression ot
alarm swept over his features; his nose curled
upward and snuffed the air furiously; while his
mouth assumed such protuberant pucker that
it threatened to run away with the rest of his
face. Charlie Wilson, who loves a Joke better
than feast, happened to be standing near, and
he cast an inquiring look at the agitated rustic.
who responded. to it by unscrewing his mouth
and blurting out:
Take me up for skunk, if that water amt
spilled"
"Good Heavensw exclaimed Mr. Wilson, with
well simulated horror, lyon didn't drink any of
the water in that pitcher, did you!"
"Fm busted if didn't, thoughr gasped the
Mortified rustic, turning white as baby's night
gown. whats in itf"
"Well, replied Mr.. Wilson, with great gravity.
"there's a difference of opinion on that subject ;
but between you and l, to go no further you
know, it's all that vas left of rat that died here
about two weeks ago."
ais that all ~ quickly retorted the gentleman
from the rural districts, now thoroughly relieved;
"welS I'll be cussed if wasn't afeerd you'd been
blowing yOur breath on itm-FdyetteriUe Tenn }
Express.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
:for the farmer.



Mr.. Gold, of Connecticut, said at the VermOunt
Dairymen's meeting:
s.Tbe most natural food for stock is grass in
the summer, and dried grass in the winter; moth
inc else is necessary if there be plenty of that;
bnt we are under the necessity of varying it
somewhat Grass fails sometimes. The pastu-
rage has to be supplemented even in mid-sum-
mer. and the sowing of corn Is the most common.
This crop should be sown in succession so that it
NAV be used from time to time, as needed, and
shculd be cut when IL is in the bloom, in order
70 make it of the greatest value for feeding.
Formerly he was accustomed to change bis cows
from one field TO another, but be found that they
became uneasy and looked as though they were
bankeriup for still other green pastures, and
shrank in their milk His neighbor kept his in
one pasture and they were quiet and contented,
and the milk product always good. Feeding
should he regular. This was OF more Importance
than frequent feeding We feed our dry stock,
he said. twice a day, but milk stock should be
fed oftener and will do well on poor hay, oat
straw, cut and pnt into feed box, wetted, and
with portion of salt, meal or bran to Law with
this addition over night, and fed the next day.
Cattle should have free access to salt. Author
tiles decided that it had some influence on the
secret organs, precisely what was not well un-
derstood, but especially upon the milk secretion
Meal unless mixed with water does not increase
the flow of milk, and yes, some cows will thrive
well under its use, and seem to require IT, and il
will increase their milk. Meal may be fed to ad-
vantage in the spring, bringing the cows to grass
in good condition. Quality of milk is affected
by the food used. Bran makes good milk, but
should not be fed alone, but in connection with
cut feed and neal Bran costs $40 to s25 per ton
Its manurial valne is $14 per ton, making a cheap
fertilizer for the soil. ton of meal does not
add as much to the value of manure as bran.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
Autidote for Hydrophobia.

SOMETHING OF INTEREST AT THIS PARTICULAR
TIME.-At this time, when the country is filled
with mad-dogs, the annexed may be of interest
to many. 1t is furnished by Mr.. Jack Goulding,
who has had large experience with dogs, and whO
has been bitten by rabid animals no less than
three times, and been cured by the following
means:
After being bitten take, Immediately, warm
vinegar and wash the wound well, then dry il
thoroughly, and pour upon the wound few
drops of muriatic acid, which destroys the poi
son of the saliva. Then take one and a half
ounces elecampane root, and boil down to a
half pint OF this decOotion take small guam
tity every morning, eating no food until after
noon, and then sparingly. This treatment should
be kept up one week.
The earliest symptoms of hydrophobia in dog
isrestessness and constant desire to turn round.
The eyes become blOodshot, countenance anx-
ions; objects in the air, and frequently snaps
at imaginary things; has a depraved appetite,
displays an unusual fondness for his MASTER and
an intense desire to lick his hands and face. The
sooner such dog is killed the better.-Kdnsas
City Times.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
DR., WHITTIER,

617 st. Charles Street, st. Louis, Mo-,
Has been longer engaged in the special treatment of
all venereai, sexual and Chronic Diseases
than any other Physician in St. Louis city papers
show.
syphilis, Gonorrhea, GIeet, Structure,
Orchitis, Hernia, or Rapture, all Urinary
Diseases and sypkiiitic or Mercuriai nnec-
tions Of the throat, skin or bones, are treated
with unparalleled success, on latest scientific princi-
Piles.
spermatorrhqa, sexual Debility and
Impotency, the result of selEdbuse in youth
sexual excesses in maturer years, other causes
and which produce some Of the following effects
neruousness seminal emiSsions debility dinness of
sight defective memory pihnpLes the face phusedI
decay, drersion % society g females Of ideas
loss Of serual poIcer etc, rendering marriage inn
proper or unhappy, are permanently cured.
Pamphlet (36 pagesl relating TO the above sent in
sealed enreope, for two postage stamps.
Diseases peculiar 10 women, such as Amen
orrhoa, Dysmenorhed Menorrhagid LeuoorTh9a or
whites, ChlOross Diseases and dispL1eemenIs of Lhe
Womb, Sterlhty etc. successfully treated. Descrip-
i've pamphlet sent sSatsd for two stamps Age with
Physician treating thousands of cases every year
acquires great skill. Physicians knowing this fire.
quently recommend persons to nv care Confden.
teal consultation persopally or by letter free and in
vited When il is inconvenient visit the city for
treatment medicines can be sent by express mail
exists, it is frankly stated. Office hours A. NJ to
P NJ Sundays IL n 10 l P. N. Persons drriUing in
e ei'y az any hgSS May come direct 70 the cee. fiat
The establishment IA whole house of twelve rooms)
Is the most extensive in the country, embracing Re-
ception and Consultation rooms Boarding and Sleep
ing apartments; Medcated Vapor Baths; a compre-
hensiye 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
tratng diseased conditions which have been procur
ed from Paris France regardless Of expense and not
70 be found in any other Library in the city. The
Library Is thrown wide open to all callers Address
as dooue novl3.
The Weekly Kansas chief., 1874-07-30
Canned Pears.

To obtain the Bartletts in perfection they
should be placed between flannel to ripen, and
when not quite mellow enough for eating they
are ready for canning. Do not attempt more
than one jar at time, for in cooking sufficient
for two or three at once one is sure to break the
fruit and spoil its appearance. To every quart
jar allow seven medium-sized pears, a scant pint
of water, and quarter of pound of fruit sngar.
Cut the fruit in two, remove the core, pare and
throw them in cold water to prevent discolOra-
ton. Put the sugar aud water in porcelain
kettle, and put over the fire; when scum arises
remove it, and as soon as the syrup boils hard,
add the fruit; boil all erthree minutes. If the
jars are of grass, wet cloth in cold water, fold
several times and put under to prevent breakage.
Lay in few pieces of fruit, then some juice, un-
til the jar is full; run spOon-hande down the
sides to allow the air bubbles to escape, and seal
tightly while all is hot.-Bazar.