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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09
startisg II Newspaper.

Mr.. Bob Burdette, now publishing the
Burlington Ha,ckeye, in Illinois, noticing
the sale of a Peoria paper, INDUCES in lit
tie journalistic "Reminiscences which reads as
follows:
The Peoria, Illinois. Revier is to he sold
at sheriff g sale this morning. to satisfy a
mortgage We are under obligations TO a
Peoria friend for promptly ad Using US of
this opportunity to regain an interest in
that excellent paper cheap, but We don't
want any. We have loved the Reciep so
did the gods; hence it has died young, less
than year and a half old 1t marked an
era in our journalistic career which we love
to ponder over with tears. 1t was the onlv
daily paper we helped to start. Il precious
soon got the start Of everybody connected
with it. We had the little twilight wing.
Ter for yearly quarter of year Then it
had us the rest OF the time. The insatiabIe
NAV that pretty deceitful little sheet.
in its nobby metropolitan dress Of
minion and nonpareil, had for coupons,
the wild, ungoverned appetite it bad for
shekels. the excellent voice it had, which
1T retained to the last, for louis doris; the
aviditY with which it reached out for base
bullion, aud the equal avidity with which
1t didn't get il. Such a fearful old IL flation-
ist IL was on the DR.. side; such "a terrible
contractionist it was on the Or. side We
hope it will sell well. We hope tide mort
gage will be satisfied. IL it Is it Will be tha
first thing the Rericw ever satisfied We
hope some good man will buy it aud run il
successfully, though We doubt If II can be
made to do better than it did under Mr..
Cutiinberry's excellent and Careful mana re-
ment. But with all due regard ana tender
feeling for the journal of our earliest love
and highest aspirations, we do not wish anv
more OF the fruit, if you please. Lie i. 100
shost TO throw away on such holox vanity
as Peoria evening daily. We
would much rather not kind Of try
to have anything to do wiki i
hardly any at all. II at any time we desire
to renew the fierce excitement of those
sweet days, we can wait till baryes9 and 90
up IN the country and crawl into a tarashinp
machine OF In city where 50 many saw
mills ply the busy buzz saw as in Birling-
ton, we can find pastime of less exciting
and arduous character than running the
Reciew, it is true, but still sufiicientjy or.
hiarating for man Of rather OH egina-ic
temperament. We do not wish to run anv
evening dailies on our own hook. That is
not just at present.. We may alter a while.
along some time after the millenniu u. nav
be, but we are too young for such nnerous
duties now. And then, since we arne to
Burlington we have become SO DIRE adfully
addicted to telling the truth that we ara
about ruined for Peoria newspaper work,
any how.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09


land that, in itself, seems now only minor
part Of the penalty the nation is TO pay for
it's transgression), SO, in the bondage and
oppression and wrong the sailor labors IN
der, there is certainty of punishment fall
ing, not alone, unfortunately, on the wrong
doors, but on the innocent as we'll Every
life lost at sea through under-manned yes.
sells, deficient seaNanship, want OF skill
and professional and personal manhood, Is
part OF the inevitable penalty that people
must pay who forget, in the ordering OF
their affairs, that .'the judgments of the
Lord are true and righteous altogether
And this is not the less so that the cOnnec-
ton is not always clear between the crime
and the punishment which in the Divine
logic, is its memorable result; for
Though the mills of God grind slowly, they grind
exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands Judging, with
exactAess grinds He all.
-Ne,c York Nautical Gazette.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09
A WOMAN'S BIRTHDAY.

II is the summers last great heat,
II IS the falls first chill they meet.
rust IN the grass, dust in the air
Dust i'll the grave AID everywhere.
AL, late rose, eaten to the heart;
An, bird, whose southwark warnings start ;
The one may fail, he o. her fly.
Why may notI; Why may not I!
Oh, Life that gave me for my dover
The hushing song, the worm-gDawed flower,
Let drop the rose from your shrunk breast
And blow the bird to some warm nest;
Flush out your dying colors fast;
Tie last dead leaf-will ue the last.
MOI Must l wear your pteous smile
little while, a little while
The witbering world accepts her fate
OF MS. and moaning, soon or late;
She had the dew the scent, tie spring
And upward rapture of the wing;
Their time is gone. and with it they,
And am w0Oing Youth to say
IL these dry days that still would be
Not fair 10 me, not fair 20 mel
If Time has stained with god the hair,
ShOud he not gather grayAess there
Whatever gifts he chose to make.
II he has given shall he not take
HIS hollow hand has room for all
The beauty of the world to fall
therein give my little yart
With aching heart, with aching heart.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09

the bed, only to fall asleep the instant he
was left by himself, Dr.. Stout, the county
physician, gave it as his opinion, that the
effects OF the poison were now over, and
| that he only suffered from exhaustion. A
quantity Of beef tea, with an ounce OF
brandy and fifteen grains of ammonia was
then pumped into his stomach, and he
showed more sign of life than previously
At quarter past seven yesterday evening
his pulse was beating at the rate of l06 per
minute and his condition gave more reason
for hope. though not sufficient to warrant
decided opinion as to the probability of his
recovery.
He was first noticed about eight o'clock
yesterday morning, snoring very loud, and
on the jailor trying to awaken him it Was
discovered that something was wrong. On
Deputy Tailor Ryerson being called, he
found small bottle having traces of
laudanum beside the bed, and Immediately
summoned medical assistance. As this
could not be procured for some time, the
poison had time to take effect, and it is
even probable that it was taken on Friday
evening when he went to bed. On the ar
rival of the doctors an emetic was admin.
i-tered and the treatment above described
commenced.
Captain Lees of the San Francisco detec-
tive force, who is here in the capacity of
United States marshal and made the arrest,
does not believe he intended to commit sui
eide. but that be must have been in the
habit of taking laudanum, and on this oc-
casion took an overdose without intending
it. He accounts for his having the lauda-
mum by supposing he had it in a bundle he
had with him when arrested. Captain Lees
thinks the cheerfulness of disposition
evinced by Van Eeten the day before the
supposed suicide is conclusive evidence of
the absence OF any wish to kill himself. He
explains his expression about going before
a Judge tomorrow that would give him a
lair trial. by his satisfaction at the pros
pect of being tried in United States court
rather than in State court, against which
ne entertained a strong prejudice.-Ney
YOrL. Her071
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09
rHE GREETING ON THE KYNAsT'

THE GREETING ON THE kYNAsT
IFrom the German Of Ruecker.j
She spoke: will not stay in my cnAA 'ei oil '"'
The LADY Kunigunse of Kynas';
will 20 ont a-hunting anu iioe "HoAe '''
The Lady Kunigunde.
She spoke who comes to WOO me must be a horse
tn. I Iady KuIirdnde of Kypsst,
who win ride around the Kynast and his neck and
bones can save
There came noble horseman, and he rode around
the wall,
The Lady Kungunde of Kvnast:
And she hited not finger when she saw him head
long fall
And again another horseman rode around the tur
rets high,
The Lady Kungunde;
The Lady saw him fail, and size uttered not sign
And borseman after hoIseman came hunting for
Who, without shudder, saw them down the preci
pces slide.
But the horsemen came no longer when this lasted
many year.
The Lady Kunigunde;
Not one would ride TO win her, Tor they tnou2h'
the ride too dear.
She stood upon her tnrrets high, and looked into
The Lady Kurlgunde of Kvnast;
0u6t stay mere III yso.ltuuc9-~iii ~ oho NOV y
my handa
Is there 10 one that viii risk his life to win so fair
The Lady Kunigunde of Kynast;
oshame We coward hOrsemen, who are AFRAID 10
Tidel
Then spoke, from fair Thurngia's land, the Land
grave AGelbert-
The Lady Kunigunde of Kvnast;
Sure to win so fair lady were well worth to risk
a hurt.
Then his horse he taught TO step on the slippery
mountain stones
The Lady Knnigunde of Kynast
The Lady shall not see us either break our neck
or bones
Fee here noble Lady, am come to ride for
The Lady Kunigunde.-
Who became 50 grave and still when the horseman
she did see.
She saw him getting re ady, and she looked she
The Lady Kunigunde:
o that the gallant horseman should have SO hard a
Then round the Kynast rode he, but her eyes she
turned aside
The Lady Kunigunde
All mt! the gallant Lorseman he will never win his
bride.
Then he rode around the Kynast up to the castle.
The Lady Kunigunde,-
chance to fall
Then he rode around the Kynast up to the turrets
The LADY Kunigunde,-
Who, tor fear of his great danger. hardly dared to
breathe sigh.
Then he rode around the Kynast and to her at last
The Lady Kunip unde of Kynast
Now to God in heaven be praise, who to thee hath
mercy shown!
Praise unto God in Heaven that He has spared thy
The Lady Kunigunde;
tined wife.
Then spoke the noble rider from his horse he bent
The Lady Kunigunde;
That knight knows how to ride, to thee I've
plainly shown.
But wait until another comes who knows as well
The Lady Kungunde of Kvnast;
i have both W fe and children-thou canst not be
my bride.
Then the knight be sp,rred his horse aid returned
whence he came
The Lady Kun gunde.
The Lady saw him ride away, and sank in rage and
shame.
A maid she lived and died, in atonement for her
The Lady Ksnigunde,-
AND into wooden image was at last transformed
beside
An image without hair, covered with hedgehog's
The Lady Kunigurde of Kynast,-
Which the traveller must kiss, if Kynast he venture
ID.
We bring him up to kiss; hut, if he shrink aside
The Lady Kungunde Of Kynast-
We make him pay toll il he will not kiss the
The Lady Lady kunisunde.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-08-09

she had come to the conclusion that for the
sake OF us both it had better be broken.
II know every word of that cool, heart
less letter now. One remembers such
things. Very soon after heard OF her en-
gagement to Mr.. Pierson. l was a gentle
man. and he was snOb; but he had money
and hadn't"
whats gentleman born ! Is it shillins
an pence :" quoted the doctor softly.
"Eh what's that"
only quotation from the Yorkshire
Farmer; 60 on"
We'll, of course wac curious, but what
good did that do me ! thought If | only
had money l would find some means Of
revenge; but money was just what hadn't
got. About that time met man calling
himself ST. John. He was clever and we'll
educated, and seemed TO read ali nv wild,
restless longings at a glance. He led me on
from bad to worse, till it ended in forgery:
then he turned kings evidence and | was
locked up. l was always very strong. and
finding one OF the bars loose l wrenched it
out and dropped from my window one
dark night and escaped. On my way
to the sea l met this man st. John. I
might have got off if l could have LET him
alone, but couldn't. l stopped him: he
tainted me with my disgrace; told NE that
Mr.. Piersen had known of the plan laid to
ruin me- The young lady throwing you
oNSi w as pilmC III uduu, ne
added with a leer. I warned him to be
silent, but he, as if blinded to his danger,
exasperated me in every wav possible. i
grappled with him, and rememb ring a
trick had learned at school, soon threw
him. My hands were on his throat A half
minute more and the earth would have
been rid of one sordid wretch; but his cries
had been heard by some men in a neighbor
ing field, and was overpOwered. This
mana ruined gamester, once a gentle
man-had changed me from an honest, nom
orable lad to felon, and then. disregarding
the honor which is said to exist even
among thieves threw me over to save him.
self. l would be content to give five years
OF my life-nay, more, would be content
to add five years to my life-could it pur-
chase that one-haf minute of which ! was
robbed. .lrs
MY family disowned me, and made no
attempt even to procure counsel for me.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

GIVE WATER FREELY.-Horses and oxen
ut work need water often. The plowman
carries his jug OF water, or leaves his team to
rest while he goes to the house for drink.
But the team works harder than the driver,
and probably needs drink rs often yet many
teams are taken out early III the morning, to
the field where there is no water except in
the drivers jug, and worked five or six hours
before they can get drop. Is it any Won
der that they are injured by drinking too
much when led to the spring at noon! As
an act of kindness TO the horses and oxen that
serve man 50 faithfully, and as Il matter OF
economy, we recommend thai in all cases
where water is not in or very near the field,
in which the team is at work, IA tub or barrel
DC furnished, and hllcd with water rs regu-
ly us the plowman's jug. This, with bucket,
may easily be set IN the wagon and taken 10
thctie!d
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

EPICUREAN tOFFEE.--Thcre l. such a
thing as science even in cotlec-making, and
the French understand ii better, perhaps, than
any other people in The world. They can
combine different Coilccs, like the paris of a
tine WINE, To produce certain rare bouquets or
arenas for the epicurc. Not more than halt
4 pound Of coffee should be roasted at Il time
Tor domestic use it should be ground jus,
before going into The pot; an ounce should be
allowed for every three cups; in It's mixture
with the white OF egg To clear it there should
be some warmth before the water is added
and it should never be allowed to reach d
boil. Observe these rules, which are based
upon scientific reasons, and you may make
from an inferior Coiicc-bean beverage fan
superior TO what generally gocs by that name
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

CUT Your Hay EARLY.-The RuTdI World
SAYS: Experience has demonstrated the fact
that drl,u grass is not unlike dried herbs
That is, that when either are cut and dried
when in blossom, and decoction made there.
from, it will invariably be stronger than when
the plants have been allowed to go to seed
before being cut 1t is an inevitable law OF
vegetation that when the plant is matured, the
powers that have brought it to maturity have
fulfilled their mission, they are withdrawn
and dispersed among their original elements
The true principle Is to cut the grass as soon
as It reaches its perfect state, and the one best
adapted tor feeding purposes. This is just
before the starch, sugar and gluten OF the
plant have gone to the formation of seed, oG
have been converted into woody fibre
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

As the heated term is rapidly approaching,
says the Syracuse J0UTndi, we give tho fol
( lowing specific FOR sunstrokc, which may
save from illness or death many whose occu'
patton compels them to be in the field or on
the street:
About Il year since l saw in newspaper
an account of II case OF sunstIoke, written by
the party himself After suffering long
time from the attack, and having to consid'
enable degree recovered he experienced sui
tGring from the rays of the moon.
THIS led him TO the reflection that II wa
not altogether the heat of the sun that pro
luced prostration After much research he
discovered that the injury came from the
chemical ray, and not from the heatray. He
WAS guided 10 this by observing the fact that
photograph could not be taken through
hollow glass Accordingly he lined his hat
with two livingstone Of orange yellow to
arrest the chemical ray, and one OF green to
arrest the heat ray. Thus prepared he went
where the rays Of the sun were most intense
with perfect impuniy.
1t is well known that the negro Is seldom sun
struck. The color OF his skin the over skull
being OF the orange yellow may assist IN &C
counting for the fact. 1 practiced upon this
suggestion all last summer, lined my hat with
green and orange yellow paper, and had con
iidencc enough in the truth of the theory to
neglect my umbrella, which had never done
before mentioned it to many, who tried it
also, and in many cases, that came under my
observation, they uniformly asserted that the
oppressive heat Of the sun upon the head was
much rclieSCd."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

CHAFING OF INFANrs.-Q c. Smith, NJ.
d., writes 10 the Pacific Ko35cd' aud snigtraL
as preventive pre- We Of chailas, and says: Take
subnitratc of bismulh ia .nc powder, and
put in thin flannel bag, and use as the old
nurses use the old style starch bag in dust
ing over the chaicd parts, OF those parts th@t
are likely to or have already become sore
from any cause whatever. Should the parts
be too tender for the use q the powder in
this way it should be sprin>Ied on plentiful
ly. The good effect will in many Instances,
manifest itself very quickly after the appli-
cation. have found bismuth an excellent
external remedy for raw, b,istcrcd surfaces,
and many other more or less superficial Ill
cerated surfaces.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

IMPROVING WHEAT FOR SEED.-On this
subject a correspondent of the RurW Men
Yorker expresses himself thus: Sow none
but the largest and most perfect kernels. 1t
has been my practice for the last sixteen or
eighteen years to run my wheat for seed over
a very coarse screen, 50 as to SOW none but
the very largest kernels. BY so doing have
sold nearly all my wheat at home for seed.
But in 1871 hit upon new plan. | had a
piece OF Ireadnel wheat that was injured by
insects in the previous fall and killed by
freezing in the winter, SO that there Were
spots not worth cutting. After harvest OBJ
served Il few scattering heads of unusual
size. 1t occurred to me that there was wheat
that had withstOod the ravagcs of the insects
and the rigOr of the winter | gathered
enough to SOW one rod square, from which
realized twenty pounds OF wheat, OF unusual
ly large, even berry, which was at the ratio
of over fifty bushels per acre; last harvest
had twerty-siX bushels which weighed sixty
six pounds per bUshcl. 1t is my opinion that
we realize the best crops from the best and
most perfect seed in the vegetable as we'll as
animal kingdom.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

Treat ielons with hot water No cuttings.
no blistering, no anything, but immer5e the
finger, hand, or even the whole arm if neces-
sary, IN water rs hot as can he borne, until
the pain Is gone and the core = loosCncd and
drawn from the bone. When rusty nails have
produced wounds the same course ha, been
pursued
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

In kerosene lamps the light 0 ftcn is unsat
isiactory, willie all i apparently in good or
der. 1t should be borne in mind that, though
the wick is but very gradually burned,
il Is constantly becoming less able 10
conduct the oil The result is that the wick,
though it is Of sufficient length and looks a.
good Is ever, has il conducting power great
ly impaired, "a its pores, 80 10 speak, or the
minute channel, By which the oil reaches the
place to be burned, become gradually OBJ
strucled. Il Is often economy 20 substitute u
new wick Tor an old one even it that be plen-
ty long enough To serve tor some time 10 come.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

Tie Lawrence county Rural, of the 10Th,
says: Every farmer we have seen says his
wheat IS up to his shoulders and filling out
well. They begin to walk light already over
the better times coming. Corn, too Is in
good condition, but oats will be light BY
our peXt Issue we expect to hear of wheat cut
ting
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

~ correspondent writes to the Scientific
ImeriCaD that the worst toothache or neural
gia coming from the teeth may be speedily
and delightfully."- ended by the application OF
small bit OF clean cotton saturated in a
s.rong solution OF ammonia to the defective
tooth. Sometimes the late sufferer is prompt
ed TO momenlary nervous laughter by the ap
plicatlon, but the pain has disappeared.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

Ordinary stains in sheet zinc may be re-
moved by washing it with solution of di'
luted sulphurc acid and water-one part of
acid and three parts of water. After using
this preparation, the acid should be thorough
ly cleaned off with soap and water. To scOur
or brighten zinc use glycerinc mixed with
sulphuric acid.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

The settlers in the Iowa grass'hoppor in
fected districts have reason to fear that their
crops may again be devoured. 1t is stated
that at present they abound at the rate of ten
to one over last year. These insects have but
just hatched, and have not commenced cat.
ing the crops, There is Il general belief and
hope that they will reach the winged state
but in that case some other locality must suffer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

Al inexpensive but durable method of
painting old buildings is as follows: First
give them a coat Of crude petroleum, which
Is the oil aS it comes from the well. and car
be procured for 81 or s. barrel in aImos;
any town or city Then mix one pound of
metallic paint" which i brown or rcd he
MATTE iron orr finely ground, 10 one quart of
linscCd oil, and apply This over the petro,eum
coat. The petroleum sinks into The wood and
makes a good groundwork for the iron and
oil paint. The color of the IRON paint is a
dark reddish brown. and j. not Al all dIsa-
grceablc, it 3, - color no. readily ,oilcl. v,.y.
durable, and Is firc-grocf
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

Mr. James Young, farmer living about
three miles north Of Metamora, informs us
that he has lost quite number of young hogs
lately by some disease for which he has no
name. A nelghbor of his lost over one hun
dred within two days The animals are taken
with sort of chill, then weakness, and fall
down il the agonios of death Down in Ma
con county We learn "A similar disease prevails
among the porkcrS.- W00dford Sentinel
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

The Bloomington Pantogroph wishes US to
put our readers on their guard against gang
of strangers hailirg from Rochester, n Y,
who are tormcnting the people with a hum
bug known As Bakers Convertible Scoop,
Sitter and Drcdgc Combined" The Ponto-
graph recommends ain application of hot
water when they call at houses. Look out for
them
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-07-04

a farmer who had a calf of value and nc
milk TO give it was advised to give it hay tea
He did 50, and the calf is reported as doing
finely, though 1t has neither received hay nor
meal since lie got it, He cuts the best and
finest hay he has, about two inches long, and
pours boiling water over it; lets 1t stand I'M
til cooled to about the heat Of milk from the
COW, when the tea is given to the calf and
hay to the COW. Both calf and COW thrive on
thcir feed.