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IA Terrible sisuatserl."

I
Mysterious Island" now appearing
serially in Scfibnsr's Monthly,
gives sn idea Of the apparently
hopeless plight in which this sathor
delights in placing his heroes:
A terrible situation, that Of these
unfortunates! They were evidently
no long masters Of the balloon.
Their endeaeors were fruitless; the
'envelop Of the air.ship decreased
more and more. The fluid escaped
without any possibility Of retaining
it. The descent was visibly accel-
Grated, and, All hour after mon, the
car was suspended not more thar,
six hundred feet aboye the ocean.
1t was, in fact, impossible to pre-
vent the flight Of the gas, which
escaped through large rent in the
sack Of the balloon.
by tightening the car Of all the
objects which il contained, the pas.
sengers lad been able to prololg
their suspension in the air for some
hours, but the inevitable ca,as-
trophe could only be delayed, aud
If some land did not disclose Itself
ere nightfall, passengers, car and
balloon would have finally disap-
peared bereath the waves.
The OILY manpuyre still left to
perform was accomplished at that
moment. The balloon passengers
were evidently energetic people,
who knew how to look death in the
tace. Not a single mnrmur had
been heard to escape from their lips.
The car was only q kind OF wicker
case, unfit to float, and there was
no possibility Of maintaining it on
the surface Of the sea it it tell there.
At two o'ch'ck the balloon was
scarcely two hundred feet above the
water.
AT that moment, a manly voice,
that Of one whose heart was irac-
cessibh to fear, made itself heard.
To that voice responded no less ell
ergetic voices.
"Is everything thrown out?"
mo, there is still ten thousand
francs in gold"
A heavy sack fell at the same in-
stant into the sea.
SIS the balloon rising again?'
"a little :but it win not be long
in falling back." !" e.
"What is there left 70 throw
away?"
"Nothing."
"But there is! The carp
"Let US cling to the net, and into
the sea with the CARP
: II was Indeed the last and only
means Of tightening the air-ship.
The eOsdswhiCh held the car were
cut, aud after iss Eali the balloon a.
two thousand feet.
The five passengers had hOisted
themselves into The net, above the
ring, and supported themselves in
The labyrinth Of meshes, looking
down into she abyss. a7
Every one knows with Whist
static sensibility balloons are endow-
sd. To throw out, The ligbtest
objects i sufficient 70 provoke ,
topping from . vertical line. The
apparatus, floating IN The air, is
like baIaEce, ofmatbematical pre-.
CisiOn. One Comprehenda, then,
whO, Vhep.it il lighsaned Of arpls-
tiYely cCasiderAble weight, the top
pling will be important and abrupt.
That is what happened % this OcCs-
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

An inventive genius, with more
brilliant daring than most Of his
predecessors, some account of whose
pan we have given, has proposed
the adaptation of the pneumatic
tnR idea to tie transportation of
grain from the West to the Fast,
ny means Of a long pipe running
between the Northwest and the
seahoard. Tie claims to have dem.
onstrated that a pressure Of two
pounds to the square inch eau he
maintained, which will prupel wheat,
corn, oats, ETC.. at the rate of $50 or
200 mi es an hour. The expense
of this tunnel to be about $1,000 a
mile.
With men Of small understand.
ing, the things they do not ulder-
stand make the deepest impression.
Said a pompons husband, whose
wife had stolen up behind andgiven
him a kiss, "Nadam, I consider
snch an act indccoro7s." "Excuse
me-" said the wife, 81 did not know
II was yon."
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04
FOR SALE.

TWO LOTS ON CORNER OF WATn8
1 and Ellsworth streets, In this city, on
which there il good dwelling. house cor
tanning Ave rooms there IL large WOOD
sled and other oHfbuildings, o spleAdlA
well of water, etc. The property ID for sah
on Reasonable terms. For further parties
lars inquire, on the premises, OF
MIaS. ~ ssUHGlaGissS,
Albany, February II, Taft
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

A delqded man speaks Of the
''intoxicatipn Of labor" he must
have been taking . turn at q cotton
80
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

/ Mary Powell is being painted BY
two men. She is . Poughkeepsie
boat. IA 98.
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NOTI6m.

vTNHE C0PARTNERsHIP EIERETOFOnh
J. existing between the undersigned, D
this day dissolved BY mutual CONSENT
Messrs. L. h. BIaIn and j. Barr0Es rptirtnA
The business viii hereafter becondusteG
by 8 ", Young. p.x
All persnns having unsettled business
with the undersigned, will please ealA "A
their earliest con Venience.
teU3s5#ts N4 j. BARROWA
s. 3. YOUNG
tKihany, Dr., ,VSUsuarY s. INA 0SYR' >
alitu l5l
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04


At q meeting III London, to re-
ceive a report from the missionaries
sent to discover the lost tribes Of
Israel, Lord Hwas asked to
take the clair, Il take" he re-
piled, "a great interest in yonr
researches gentlemen. The fact is,
| have borrowed money from aIlthe
Jews now known, and it you can
find a new set I shall feel very much
obliged" "
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

The Gar Of Russia has sentenced
his nephew, s Grand Duke Nicholas,
who stOle his snBtlsr'st diamonds,
to baniahment foE life to Caucasus.
and has deprived him Ofths Cross
Ofst. George, bestowed upon him
for achievements iAthe Khiyan
h. NJ as&k 4 W hS&k ~
campaign.
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Hereafter che charge for letters
fOqr Ftaps " ehe United States
will be ten ceOts for . third Of IN
Odns iium shS Ualla ssases y
FEsE 80 en aB unos;
unpaid letters Eve cents additional.
FL = w 12.sSA- ~ " = Gzss.ssaL-2 s'Tt
Oa she 2Oth ulk, Governor
TslhOiy Ot Masasbutss. ysaoed
the license law recently passed
By the Il islsfarsl u dat ststs.
= ,aeU ETx 5qsx'1 asstvIaqpls
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04


A friend Of ours, a bank clerk, is
dead in love withs pretty girl on
Pine street. The other evening he
called upon her with the air OF q
man who had hit upon q happy
idea. 'H
"Do you know Jennie," said he,
shat in q dream | had Lost night
you allowed me to kiss your pretty
check" hr&
swell, your dream must come
true, Tsuppcss," !" and she presented
her snowy face tOhis lips.
! "And nov, Willie, had . funny
dream last night" n 'rd
"What was il, dear"
an"l dreamed that you brought me
. diamond bracelet" g , 2f
80 thmldeF,'. exclaimed the
frightened clerk, "yOu dream to
strong sOr me-" ~e.t ~ t
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

We notice By our late exchanges
thss "PrOtOsOv Appel 10 lsCturing
ON the moon.,' How be got On the
moon 10 oiIecture b nG& statsd. dl iu
MI. Frppk Bswley bss bset ".
ectSi Is rad tie bsCtarssiOn Cf
Independence silysfOr. EIit'i
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-07-04

Dp ths stags of Gie The voEl
pOPs, Az often cassia ths bert
PlaCss NON yIlfr,3ita tf 8IlI
"n,ddgis1 s8r 4lu4Ti aIirA
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
Singular Effects Of Thunderstorm.

THE following story, told by Cali
fornia paper of Mr. o. ii. Burnham, of
Oakland, illustrates one of those strange
mental phenomena which have so long
puzzled the scholars of the world: One
morning few weeks ago Mr.. Burnham
visited San Francisco, crossing over in
the nine m. train, and returning at
noon. For the rest of the day he was
actively engaged in business, and at six
p. m, during the prevalence of thun-
der, lightning and rain storm, he drove to.
the depot to meet some ladies. AS they
did not arrive he returned to the station
at half-past six, at which time his horse
took fright, and he was dashed against
tree and rendered senseless. Now comes
the singular part of the story. On re
turning to Consciousness II was found
that not only was he unaware of the ac-
cident but that he had no recollection of
anything which had occurred after nine
O'Clock q. m. He remembered starting
for San Francisco and being on board
the boat-nothing more. He knew moth
ing of returning; nothing of transacting
business in Oakland during the after
noon; nothing of going to meet the ladies,
and had no knowledge whatever of the
occurrence of the tremendous thunder
storm. Loss OF consciousness had ap.
parently antsdatsd the accident about
nins hours.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
Odd Ants.

UPWARD of a thousand different spe-
cies of ants have been described by ento-
mologists, and yet it is by no means sup
posed that the whole family have been
enumerated. New species are from
time to time turning up in different parts
of the world, and, as they are all won
derfully int lligent, and addicted to the
strangest habits, we may expect to be
entertained with new and curious stories
about the race as long as life shall last.
DR.. Gideon Lincecum, of Long Point,
Tex, has been cultivating the acquaint-
ance of a species of sweet-scented ants
which live in his vicinity. Each individ-
ual ant seems to be vial or vase of pre-
cious perfumery, sweet as the altar of
roses. Crush it between the fingers and
it yields fragrance of exquisite quality.
These ants are extremely scarce, but no
doubt the day will come when they will
be cultivated, as the Orientals cultivate
gardens of roses for the rare odors they
distill. Imagine a bouquet of these
sweetscented ants impaled on separate
pins and emitting delicate and delicious
aromas with every contortion, Scien-
lists are trying to prove that the lower
orders of animals do not ache from stabs
and wounds, and they tell us that insects
will TRANQUILITY feed when transfixed with
bodkin; therefore, we might refresh
the dainty sense of smell with nosegay
of bleeding and quivering ants without
suffering any twinges of conscience.
But this treatment of the ants would
be no worse than that which the various
species unscrupulously accord to each
other. We are indebted again to DR..
Lincecum for the details of a wholesale
slaughter of one tribe by another, which
occurred under his observation. A col
ony of the smallest species of black
ants, which dwelt in his yard, discovered
one day quantity of sirup that had
been spilled ON the ground and imme-
diately swarmed out and began carrying
it to their magazine. The vessel in
which they transported it was the little
sack in the abdomen. But they had not
long been engaged in the work before
larger species OF black ants learned what
they were about and began to rifle them
on their way hOmeward. The big black
butchers would seize the little fellows
toiling along under their burdens, and,
biting open their abdomen, draw out the
full sacks and swallow them. Then,
casting aside the mutilated carcass, each
would seize upon another and repeat the
murderous operation. The bloody brig
ands greatly outnumbered their helpless
victims, and, when the ruthless massacre
was over, the peaceful, populous colony
was eRtirsly extsrminAtsd'--OhIeoSo Irse
Hna
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
HOME.

IT l. not by walls, be they humble or grand,
That the dearest of words in our tongue we dc
fine;
No measure, or lesser or larger of land
Can hold by its frman thing so divine.
Homel sweetest of places beneath the broad sun
Who is 1t thy sweetest OF sweetness has wonf
Nay--the lord in his palace, though smooth acre,
sweep
To the verge of his vision, his own-all hi,
Though sunshine his senses delightsomely
steep
Thy beautiful grace he may never have known
Home brightest of places beneath the broad sun
Who is it thy brightest of brightness has wonS
And the cotter who rests him on Saturday night
when the snow-sheeted world wins a glow
When thrift all about him is smiling and bright
:, Not always for rim is there crowned his desire
Home rarest Of places beneath the broad sun,
Who IL 1t thy rarest OF rareness has wonS
Alb the hamlet and hall may he equally blest
With comfort that welcomes, with welcomes
And better than any may each be contest,
Yet home that is home finds no anchorage
Homei subtlest of places beneath the broad sun
Who is it thy subtleness truly has won'
They only have won thee-they only have known
What thy four little letters express of pure
bliss,
That dwell amid sweetness whose seed has been
In a region above, ere transplanted to thisl
Home Eden that blesses, though veiled be the
1t is love and love only thy essence has won.
The flowers of thy garden may all fade away;
Through exile, loves landmarks be mistiy lost
But the spirit of home is not mortal as they,
And 1t lives howe'er sadly our longing is
crossed
Home rest of the soul under shadow or sun,
Whoever has won thee, forever has wont
The Akdine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
A ChicagOan Lodged for Six Months In
Lunntic Asylum.

Lunntic Asylum.
In that intensely interesting and
dramatic story, Hard Cash." in which
Charles Reade depicts many of the out
RACES which were practiced toward
patients in some of the leading private
lunatic asylums of England, there is held
up to general eXecration system-which,
although not supposed to ramify through
out all similar institutions, yet obtained
in all to a greater or less degree-at once
the most horrible and disgraceful to any
country or humanity in general Those
who have perused the pages of that book,
| whereon is told the story of man CON
signed to living tomb within the walls
of a lunatic asylum, associated with
madmen and treated like the average in
sane person who is presumed to be
| dangerous, know how awful must be the
experience of q man in such a situation
who, possessed of all his faculties intact,
has been thus incarcerated by designing
people, either through motives of revenge
or hopes of defrauding him out of
property.
A case has recently come to light,
wherein resident of Chicago was the
principal actor, which bears a strong re-
semblance to the incidents in the asy-
lum life of the hero of Reade's story and
which, taken altogether, is one of the
most remarkable in American annals.
Mr. James IL, Weed, who resides at
No. IL West Grove street, is tanner by
trade, and quiet, orderly, intelligent,
well-disposed gentleman. 1t is of him
that this brief story pertains. The facts
might be drawn out at great length, but
close synopsis is sufficient to illustrate
the wrongs to which he has been subject
ed. Nearly year ago he went to his
former home at Darien, Conn, where he
has brothers residing, for the purpose
securing an interest in an estate left by
his mother. While eEdeavoring to secure
his rights in this direction he alleges that
his brothers and certain other relatives
formed conspiracy against him, and
procured certificates from two physi-
clans that he was insane. This was on
the 23d of last March AS soon as the
certificates were made out he was taken
to the insane asylum located at Middle
town, Conn. On the 27th of that month
he managed to escape, and returned to
his native heath to trouble his brethren
He was at once rearrested, and although
he procured bondsmen who were willing
to vouch for his sanity, and who did sign
the bonds necessary TO procure writ of
hGbedS corpus, still, for some peculiar Tea-
son, The application for the writ was, by
some unique process known only to Con.
nsctiout magistrates, suppressed, and Mr.,
Weed was again committed 10 the tender
msreiss Of the asylum,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
THE MARKETS.
NovEMBER 16, 1874.
Nov
NEW YORK.

NOVEMBER 16, 1874.
NEW YORK.
CoTToN.-Middling upland, 14M014%c.
LIVE STooK.-Beef S1O.OO012.5O. Hogs
Dressed, $s.5OGs75; Live, $6.691i06.s71s. Sheer
Live, S4.5Od6.25.
BREADsTUFrs. s.-Flour-Good to choice, $500
05.75; white wheat extra, s5759615. Wheat
No. Chicago, S1.O6G1O9; Iowa spring, s1Ot
01.OS; No. Milwaukee spring. S1.12G1.17. Rye
Western and State, 93095c. Barley-S1. 900
1856. Corn-Mixed Western ahoat, SS4SSJ5c
Oats-Western, 641a6165c.
s.-Pork-Mess, S200O92025. Lard
Prime Steam, 15M015Sc. Cheese-12H 015xc
WooL.-Common to extra, 45GI6sc.
CHICAGO.
LIVE ESTocK.-Beeves-Cho S5.50G6.O0; good
S4.756t525; medium, S4.0014.50 butchers
stock, $2.2513.75; stock cattle, S25OG3.6O
Hogs-Live, S6.4GG6.75. Sheep-Good to choice,
S4.0O14.50.
PRovIsIoNs.-Butter-C 9O03sc. Eggs
Fresh, 23924c. Cheese-New York Factory
15016c; Western Factory, 14615c. Pork
New Mess, S1SOO01s.25. Lard-l3isdl3Sc.
BREADsTUFFs.-FlOur-W Winter Extra
S5.o0@6.25; spring extra $4.2505.00. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, S90S9hc. Corn-f,o. ?, 74A
075Ac. oats-No ., 49049Hc. Ryc-No. 3
s60s7c. Barley-No. 2, S13 @1.S2.
WooL.-Tub-washed, 45G157c.; fleece, washed,
40947c.; heece, unwashed, 27GI;4c.
LUMER.-First clear, S5O.O0l152.O0; second
clear, $46.OO04s.00; Common Boards, S11.OOa
1900; Fencing, s11OO912.OO; "A" Shingles,
s3.0Ol1325; Lath, S2.OOl3225.
CINCINNATI.
BREADsrUFrs.- --Flodr-s5.OOG55O Wheat
Red, s1.03@1.O6. Corn-New, 6i965c. Rye
94@95c. oats-53356c. Barley-S1 .2501.S0.
PROVISIONS o.. Lard-13G
13hc.
LIVE STooB.-Beeves-Far to choice, S6.251
100. Hogs--Live, S6.5OG7,3O.
BREADsTUFFs.-Flour, Xxx Fail, $4.2594.5O.
Wheat-No 2 Red Fall, 81 .O3H@1.OI14. Corn-No.
2, 69lD7Oc. oats-No. 2, 58954c. Rye-No.
?, s79SSc. Barley-S1.1S01.2O
PRovIsIoNs.-Pork-Mess, Sl9OO919.5O. Lard
-12h@13c. -
BREADsTUFFs.-Fl Flour-Spring Xxx, s5.2565.5O
Wheat-Spring, No 1, $1.OOH01.O1; No. 2, 9O1i
0sOac. Corn-No. 2, 75075Kc. oats-No. 9, 4s0
acc. Rye-No. l, 9O09lc. Barley-No. ,, s1.23
01.M
DETROIT
BREADsTUFFs.-Wheat - Extra, S117h01 .1S.
Corn-S00s1c. Oats-51@52c.
TOLEDO.
BREADsTUFFs.-Wheat- Amber Mich, sl.17h
0117ai; No. ? Red, s1.O501 .O5h. Corn-Mixed,
6SG6sl4c. oats-5a052Hc.
CLEVELAND.
BREA EADsTUFFs.-Wheat-No. 1 Rcd, s1.116
LIZ; No. Red, s1.0+11O5 Corn-New, Is
Q66c. Oats-5OQ151c.
BUFFALO.
LIVE STOCK. Beeves - $4.2516.5O. Hogs
Live, s6.25G6.sO. Sheep-Live, S4.5O0512h.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE STooK.-Beeves - Best, $6.0006.75;
medium, S5.O005.50. Hogs-YSrkers, $500
6.75; Philadelphia, S7.1O@73O. Sheep-Best,
s5.OOG5.25; good, S4.2504.50.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
A Bear Story.

IT is notorious fact that itinerant
circus companies pay very poorly, and
that the man who does not get his money
from them in advance is not very likely
to get it at all, Col. Bangs, of the Argus,
has suffered good deal from these con-
Germs, and when "The Great European
Circus and Metropolitan Caravan" tried
to slip off the other day without settling
its advertising bill he called upon the
Sheriff and got him to attach the Rocky
Mountain bear for the debt. The bear
was brought in its cage and placed in
the composing-room, where it consumed
$l5 worth of meat in two days (the
Coloners bill was only $12) and scratched
one trousers leg off the reporter, who was
in front of the cage giving the foreman a
lecture in zoology. On the third day the
bottom fell out of the cage, and, as the
Rocky Mountain bear seemed to want to
roam around and inquire into things, the
whole force of compositors all at once felt
as If they ought to go suddenly down
stairs and give the animal a chance With
that mysterious instinct which distin-
guishes dumb animals, and which goes
far to prove that they have souls, the
bear went at once for the door of Bangs
sanctum, and it broke in just as the
OOlOuSl was III Ine nluule Ol tearing
editorial upon "The Third Term and
Our Tendencies Toward Cesarism." The
Colonel, however, did not hesitate to
knock of. He stopped at once and
emerged with fine airy grace through
the window, bringing the sash with him,
and then he climbed up the water-spout
to the roof, where he sat until hook
and ladder company came and took him
off. The Argus did not issue for a week,
for although the Colonel bombarded that
bear with shot-guns pointed through the
window, and although the fire.engine
squirted hot water at him, he got along
very comfortably until Saturday night,
when he tried to swallow composing
stick and was choked to death. When
they entered the room they found that
the animal had upset all the type, and
had soaked himsolfin ink and1hen rolled
over nearly every square inch of the
floor, while the Colonel's leader on the
"Third Term" was saturated with water
and perforated with shot holes. After
this circus advertisements in the Argus
will be paid IN advance-MdG Adeler.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20
TO insure the election Of J. d. White, Repub.
licnn tn Cnnrrnss hr. shnalf ZOO tnainriiv

TO insure the election Of j. d. White, Repub.
lican,t Congress byaSout 800 majority
A Supervisor Of Registration and Court-C Clerk
have been arrested In St. James Parish, La.
charged with being engaged in altering cleo
tion returns. They were bound over in 81 ,00C
each. Arrests are being made in other locali
ties. ... The Alabama Legislature met at Mont
gomery on the 10th. Anderson (Dem.) was
chosen Speaker Of the House. The
Nerth Carolina Legislature met on
the 10TH Col r. f. Armfeld was
elected President of the Senate.
dispatch was received at Washington on the
10th from Henry NJ. Cooper, Secretary of the
Republican State Central Committee OF
Arkansas, stating that considerable excite
ment existed throughout the State; that many
editors of Republican papers had been ar
rested without warrant, charged with treason,
and imprisoned and refused bail; that the Re-
publicans were organizing for self-defense,
and unanimously sustained the claims of
Smith to the Governorship, and that the peo-
pie did not sustain Garland. All this is en-
phatically denied by the Associated Press dis
patch from Little Rock on the 10th, which
states that only one arrest had been mede,
that of Price, of the Republican, charged with
conspiracy, and he had been discharged,
the Judge holding that while the evidence
showed a conspiracy it did not sufficiently
connect Price with it to hold him. The
Sheriff had been unable to find Smith or
Wheeler. The most perfect quiet prevailed
throughout the State, and there was no talk,
as reported in Washington dispatches, about
Smiths establishing a Government at Pine
Bluff, Helena, or elsewhere. If Smith had
any adherents they did not make themselves
known. Gov Garland had sent communi-
cation to the Legislature stating what action
he had taken, aud asking an amendment to
the law to enable him to offer a larger reward
than $500 for the arrest OF Smith and Wheeler.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20

firing on Sumter. The great popular
heart is as true to the Union, as incor.
ruptible, and as devoted to the principles
of the Republican party as it has ever
been, and holds the Democratic party in
as great detestation now as it did when q
Democratic-rebel army, bearing hostile
flag, threatened the integrity of the
Union.- Chicago Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20

The balance in the Treasury June 80
was $3.50, ,731 ,533 SO, against $131 ,178, ,137.-
81 June 30, 1873. The net receipts of
the Postoffice Department were $11 $780,
815. So; expenditures, $11 $3.50, ,216.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-20

The following recipe recently re-
ceived prize at London, Ontario, as the
best method of keeping eggs over win
ter: whatever excludes the air pre-
vents the decay cC the egg. What
have found to be the most successful
method of doing so is to place small
quantity of salt butter in the palm of
the left hand and turn the egg round in
it,. so that every pore of the shell is
closed; then dry sufficient quantity of
bran in an oven (be sure you have the
bran well dried or II will rust). Then
pack them with the small ends down, a
layer of bran and another of eggs, until
your box is full; then place in cool, dry
place. If done when new laid they win
retain the sweet milk and curd of new
laid egg for at least eight or ten months.
Amy oil will do, but salt butter never be-
comes rancid, and very small quantity
of butter will do a very large quantity
of eggs. To insure freshness / rub them
when gathered in from the nests; then
pack when there is a sufficient quan-
tity."-E. Alexander.