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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

The Emperor of Brazil has been sued for
his hotel bill. Stopping recently at the
Grand Hotel du Louvre, in Porto, he was
presented, upon leaving, SO extravagant q
bill that he refused to pay it. ARio de jan
GIRO court will now have to settle the diff
Guilty between the Emperor and Hotel
keeDer
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

The strict enforcement of sanitary regu-
lations in Memphis has resulted in great
reduction of the rate Of mortality. The
Board of Health are cooperating with the
police authorities, and the streets and
alleys are thoroughly and Systematically
cleansed. The dreadful lesson of last year
has not been lost.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

A distinguished French physician suggests
that the annoyance of hiring wet nurses may
be happily obviated by making infants take
their nourishment direct from COW, with
out the intervention of a bottle. The tri-
fling inconvenience of keeping a cow III the
nursery, especially If one has an apartment
GU quatrieme, is, Of course, scarcely worthy
of mention.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

~ fear" said q country minister to his
flock, "when explained to you in my last
charity sermon that philanthropy was the
love Of our Species you must have under
stood me to say specie, which may account
for the smallness of the collection"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

The Treasury Department has prepared
as complete list as possible of the casual
ties on the great lakes of this country with
in the last teE years, from which it appears
that in that period the number of vessels
lost were ASH. The loss of life amounted
to 1341 persons, and the loss of property
aggregated 81 $40, O62.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

One of the first journalists who INDUCED,
in this country, in tho vice Of lecturing, was
the late James Gordon Bennett. Nearly
fifty years ago, while he was trying to make
a living by various shifts, such a. writing
and teaching, he delivered course of lee
lures on political economy in the Old Dutch
Church, then standing in Ann street, New
York. His efforts were not appreciated.
"Ahw said the old lady, the Pic, adjust.
ing-ier spectacles upon her rubicund nose
there's no telling what we are coming TO-.
Who would have. believed any one belonging
to the Rebfrn party could commit this
crime of investigation that the Pullet in
her columns speaks Oft Who'd have
thought Of it p
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

Five of the most eminent doctors of New
York were interviewed recently on the effects
of alcohol. Two of these maintained that
it was useful for medicinal purposes, and
that workingmen were greatly strengthened
by a mug of porter daily; while the other
three looked upon it very much in the light
of an active poison, unless when taken
under peculiar conditions of the body.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

During last year the New York post Office
received 10000, 900 foreign letters.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

Miss Anna Dickinson is lecturing on Tho
Social Evil" She says the world considers
her as unfit to lecture on the subject, be-
cause she is unmarried. She therefore pro-
poses this conundrnm: care married women
to enjoy monopoly of all the wicked doings
of their fathers, husbands and brothers ~
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

There is ladies' cooking club in Boston,
the members of which aim at proficiency in
the management of their kitchens. Meet
ings are held every week, and the ladies con-
tribute cookery of their own for condemna-
ton or approval. Original dishes are re-
warded with official recognition if they are
palatable, and the recipes for making them
are recorded for general benefit.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

The fatality which attends the families
of great men has often been noticed. In
many cases they have had no descendants at
all, while in others the line has become ex-
tinct in the second or third generation.
Already there are indications that the name
OF Bulwer Lytton may be of short duration.
His only surviving grandson, the son of
"Owen Meredith" recently died at Paris
before completing his second year.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

Says the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: Mr..
Willingham, of Southwestern Georgia, this
year plants three thousand acres Of corn
and two thousand acres of cotton. A gen
tleman who was ut his residence a few days
ago, says Mr.. w. is surrounded by all the
comforts of Georgia home. His cribs are
filled with corn which he raised-his
smoke-house is stocked with home made
bacon, he has hundred mules, a thrifty
flock of sheep, including forty lambs, plenty
of hogs to make his meat next year, fine
cows and plenty of milk and butter pro-
duced at home. Go ahead, Mr.. Willing
ham.
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

During social evil revival, recently, it
was the custom for clergymen to go about
the streets at night, and to invite any poor
unfortunate who might be wandering amid
the lonely echoes to a midnight tea party,
where prayer was mingled with hospitality.
On one occasion, a respectable and portly
old divine found young woman standing
at the corner of a street in rather an unde-
cided attitude. Young woman" said he,
"will you come with me to the house of
prayer' l would save you from a life of
misery here and damnation hereafter" go.
if you please, sir" replied the unprotected
female, al amt social evil; I'm only
waiting for the last car"
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-04-08

Judge Curtis, the Democratic candidate
for Massachusetts, Senator has at no time re-
ceived more than seventy-four votes. 1t is
not likely that he will receive so many
again. Certainly he is not likely to receive
more. But that vote will probably be the
decisive vote in the joint convention. The
Democrats, therefore, instead of being with
out responsibility, because in the minority,
find themselves in an attitude of increased
responsibility. 1t is in their power to name
the man who shall fill the seat of Daniel
Webster in the Senate of the United States.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
Calves and Cattle.

4 writer says, " The calf should never
be allowed to suck the COW. 1t will save
sore teats, good deal of kicking and at
times good deal Of bad language, both
in milking and teaching the calf to drink.
The calf will learn to drink almost as
readily as to suck milk the COW and feed
the calf the first thing; then take it out
Of the sight Of the COW and the trouble
will soon be over Feed new milk the
first week after that skim milk. Calves
should be kept in the barn through the
warmest of the season and fed milk and
the best Of early cut-hay If the calf
should scour, steep a little hemlock or
white oak bark; a very little put into it's
milk will make it all right Cattle in
winter should be furnished with good
warm stables. I believe as general
thing, people do not expect stock to gain
much in winter; at least they do not in
this vicinity, but this is wrong; they
should properl ly gain more in winter than
in the summer. If provided with all
the early cut hay properly cured they
can eat, and are we'll cared for they will
gain more in winter than in summer
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

sbing his burnt face and bowling like q
disappointed luna attic. But it cured the
boy and as that was what the parent
got up for, he is probably satisfied.
All little boys are not Indifferent to
the needs Of their little sisters. There
is an ingenious lad on Pine street, who
snow balls obese pedestrian is With q }iew
to making them dodge The Strain
they are thus subjected to breaks of
more or less Of their buttons, which he
industriously gathers after the victim's
departure, and gives to his sister to put
on q string.
One OF our citizens met with singu-
lar mishap, Sunday evening while at
tending the Methodist church with his
wife. In passing through the brightly
lighted porch, he saw the end of a
thread on the side of his pantaloon leg,
and taking hold of it gave it smart
pull to break it off, when to his un.
bounded amazement and terror, the
thread unwound to great length, and
the whole side of the pants opened at
once, revealing shrinking leg to sew.
eral very hysterical people. With a
brief but hearty malediction on single
thread machines, the mortified individ
ual fled homewards.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

There is time for all things. The
time for boy to run away from school
and go fishing is when his folks have
company to tea.
Composition by Little Boy.-Sub-
ject: The Horse" The horse is a
very useful animal it has four legs
one on each corner"
-The coming poet in Napoleon,
Ohio, thus warbles:
'Tis midnight, and the setting sun
10 rising in the wide wide west;
The rapid rivers slowly run;
The frog is on his downy nest;
The ensive ghost and sporting COW
hilarious hop from bough to bough.
The Pail Mall Gazette puts nations
in four classes: first, Great Britain,
which is always understood to pay when
called upon; second, such nations as
France and the United States third,
Italy and that class of countries that
have excellent intentions, but fail to
carry them out; and the fourth, the TO-
tally insolvent nations like Spain or her
old colonies in America.
-Wm: b. Astor is eighty. He is
worth $100;000,000, it is said. Most
OF his property is in the city of New
York. His name has not figured on a
subscription paper, for the relief of the
81, 900 poor in New York. this winter.
He will leave the world soon as re-
spectacle, but relentless miser, and if
at his death his estate is to be cut UP
and distributed. the sooner that event
transpires the better will it be for the
world.
"A sanitary committee has been
sitting upon the tea of China in the
city of London, and pronounced it a
teetotal fraud of the most desperate
character. There are in the ware
houses Of that metropolis no less than
10000, 900 pounds Of tea so utterly ad-
liberated as to be unfit for human food.
Whereupon on exchange thus sadly
moralizes: $50 passeth away the glory
OF all earthly tea-parties; gone is the
scandal of our youth: departed the
cup that cheers, but does not inebri-
ate The voice of the tea-kettle shall
sing no more in the sacred home Of
splnsterdom, and the Mr.. Quilps of a
coming age may return to their peace
fuI dwelling-place without the fear of a
smattering Of gossips rejoicing over their
welcome absence"
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

not staad the tanptatiea. The secret
was there. I wanted to know it. I
opened the door, and out popped that
taknsi critter right into my face. I
thought the old boy had me, aud I broke
for the door with the critter butting me
at every jump. fell over tFerub, and
got down stairs, as you FOUND is, all in
a heap" ~
"But, madam" said the dodrkeeper,
:you are in possession of the great Sc.
cret of our Order -apd>5ou must 90 up
to be initiated and sworn, and then 90
in in the regular way"
Regular way" exclaimed the lady,
and do you suppose am going near
the tarnal place, and ride that ar tarnal
critter without bride or lady's sad.
die? No, never! Idon't want nothing
to do with the man that rides it. I'd
look nice perched upon bllly-goat,
wouldn't I? No, never! I'll never
60 nigh it again, and if can prevent
it, no woman shall ever join the Odd
Fellows. Why, I'd sooner be Free
Mason, and be broiled on gridiron as
long as the fire could be kept under it,
and pulled from garret to cellar, just as
my poor dead husband. And he lived
over it, but I never could live over an.
other such ride as I took to-day"
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
From the st. Peter Tribune.
How to make Evergreens Grow.

DEAR SIR AS requested by ybu a
few days since, I will endeaSof3 to give
you my plan Of raising evergreed rees
that, following, / have never been \un-
successful in enticing them to grow.
| In the first place, get Hve trees any
size. The reason l say live trees is, that
trees taken up in the fall and left in a
cellar, having all the appearance of life,
may possibly live set out the following
spring, and may not. Let the hole in
which to set the tree be ample, broad
and deep, that when the roots are spread
out fiat they will be a years growth
from the sides,-drive stake in the
center Of the hole to support the tree
from wind. If the ground is clayey
put in bushel or two Of we'll rotted
compost, sand, rotten wood, or few
ashes will do no harm. Fill up with
this to the depth the tree should be set.
Pulverise thoroughly the necessary
earth to put in, around and over the
roots. Set in the tree, spreading out
roots: carefully avoiding bruising or
breaking. Cover with earth to the
depth Of six inches ; puddle by throw
ing in as much water as the ground
around the tree will absorb. Fill up
with earth to the surface of surrounding
ground, and pour on more water. The
object attained by the watering is, to
settle the earth evenly and uniformly
around the root and fibre, leaving no
vacuum or air holes under them. No
amount Of pressing or tramping can ac-
complish this result, besides it is hurt
full to the roots, breaking or pushing
them ont Of position. Fasten the
tree to the stake with strong rag
bandage. Strings are apt to girdle the
trunk. Mulch with compost. DONE
put warm manure around trees. Don,
put any a0ater on. Water through
sprinkler, upon the top Of the tree and
over the limbs, with water that has been
exposed to sun during the day. Cold
we'll water is Objectionable This is all
important and is the real secret in rails.
ing handsome trees. The reason is
that when an evergreen tree is removed
from the ground, the flow Of sap, which
is resinous, is stopped, dried, and from,
its nature adheres to the wood beneath
the bark, becoming as it were glued to-
gether, and unless softened by rain OF
sprinkling stops the flow caused by the
growth of the roots when they start te
grow-the reason why the tops of Sc
many fine young trees die whilst the
bottom branches live.
Watering, initiating nature therein
from the top, softens the bark, ASSISTS
circulation, opens the buds, promotes
t1ss vitality and 'nsuFss the sf?}rtp of the
Watering the roots Of the Tree only
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
FAMILY GERGEE

.;::;ss :s: 81: Ii Ss.: :;:::
Those cheese must %i 5; - " ~ :: y.
1ne ee9t i1 sain q1 the milk and put tn. in
Ana everything must be in its place:
naen 31nd r;!d OF work will come in its turn
Ana Ill DO it all up with good grace.
Nov will do the churnipg white it's cool,
. AND must hurry a. fast @ can,
Nov I'll stir up the cream inst for this is the rule
Oh dear; there is a rat got in the milk pan.
never can eat this butter know,
But can sell it to be sure;
SO this very morning to the village I'll 60,
The thought OF such butter can't endure
The butter has come and must be on my way soon
Eor it I wait till the sun ia up high.
Ny butter wont be worth one picayune
Now to get there early must try
Ny butter is sold. and I've got the more too.
rh.9 Aeo no 9Hne win ever be tho wiser that es.
And hard to get butter to beat it. y:
I guess I'll call and rest at Mrs. Obrin
sand wait till it is cooler towards night
Perhaps they will ask me to dine,
If they do I'll stay, for the sun shine 50 bright
Good morning Mrs. Skinner, CONE In and sit down.
AN glad to you, and YOU "a come to stay,
At least till it's cooler, until the suhis down.
And then you can 60 on your way.
Dinner 10 most ready, please excuse me-,
For must zee to the pufdn2-,
Now which Is your choice coffee or tea,
Betsey take them out Of the tins
81 drink both 90 no difference to me-"
Now lay by your knitting and have something to
eat
Take this seat by the window, it's cooler, you see.
Will you have some bread and potato and some
meat?"
Mr. Obrn pass the butter and mufins to.
And don't be afraid some of it to take
For It looks clean and think it is new,
Yes, they told me to-day, it was some Of your
make"
Caught in my own trap, as I've heard it said
And the like again will never be done by me-,
If never get butter for my own bread,
And will do to others as I'd have them do by me
This fron, Aunt Dtnah.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
OUR YOUNG PATRONS.

A4%We have devoted this column to our
young in order to interest and improve
them, and we hope that the boys and girls
who write for The GRANGE ADVANCE will
try to see how nicely they can write, and
how much better they can write each time.
Remember that the boys and girls Of to-
day will soon be the men and women of our
country, and in their hands will be the
farms, the homes, the schools, the interests
and welfare Of the State and Nation.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

capillary substance on the legs Of our
friend, mounted up his body like a
Hash OF lightning, and reaching his very
luxuriant whiskers almost instantane.
ously, burst out into a cloud of fame
and instantly disappeared. The move
ment was so rapid that the man was
stupefied for second. In the next he
fell to slapping his Scared limbs. rub
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
Bay CRY, April 18th, 1874.


DEAR EDITOR My father has ta-
ken the GRANGE ADVANCE this spring.
and have read it and l thing it is very
very good paper. Welive four miles norh.
east from Red Wing on the bank of the
Mississippi. We have farm here Of
two hundred acres Of which one hundred
acres are broke. We are now putting
in our crops. Mr. Colyer from Tren ION
has taken, as Deputy Sheriff, young
man Of twenty-fou years, Knute Por.
ter by name, to Madison to the Insane
Asylum. Yours Respectfully,
HENRY MAILER.
BLOOMING GROVE, April Goth, 1874.
Editor Of the Grange Adrance
| was g lad to hear from Danelia again
and from that little girl in Wisconsin
l hope that they will write often for
like to get letters from all the little girls
around. Danelia, I would like to have
been at your exhibition the last day Of
your school. think you must have
had good time. Our school commences
next Monday. We are agoing to have
a good teacher. I will write about ou1
studies next time. Have you found any
flowers this spring? I found one Il
you will come the first day of May We viii
have you for our queen. J
Now. Elma, must write = few word:
to you. You said them ugly Granger<
came to your house one night and broke
your doll. Now, they-rame here one
night but did not break my doll.
think that they must be better Grangers
here We have seven little lambs and
three little calves, two little ponys. ono
We call Lion the other Tiger. Good
night, Danelia and Elma.
NETTIE J. WALKER.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
Money in Poultry.

A farmers daughter in Concord,
Mass, made money in the poultry bust
ness. She commenced with abont six
ty fowls in the spring, from which she
raised $50 chickens. When young she
fed on cracked corn, but when fstten-
ing them gave whole corn /and Indian
meal. During the season she sold aggs
to the amount of $50. and from Sep-
tember Goth to january 18th she got
ready for market $50 pairs Of chickens,
which she sold for $3.50, making in all
$3.50. It will be seen from this state
ment what may be done by proper
attention to poultry, the profit being
perhaps greater than almost any branch
Of farming. It also shows that the
business is one in which females may
ngage with success. The time occu-
lied in caring for sixty to hundred
ens doesn't average more than an
our or two day. The exercise is
.ght and pleasant, and the change
ROM household duties rather agreeable
han otherwise.
Immigrants are now transported
rom New York to Chicago for 81 EACH
This low price is owing to fight be-
ween railroads.
. There is some virtue in almost
every vice except hypocrisy; and even
mat, while it is a mockery of virtue, is
It the same time compliment to it,
Hazl,n.
The voluntary system of weather
observations, which has been maintained
or many years under the direction of
he Smithsonian Institution at Washing
on, has recently been transferred to the
ontrol Of the United States signal SER
ice.
"A surprising statement concerning
offee has been made by the Able
@1oigno Les Mondes to the effect that
utritious as coffee and milk are known
be when taken separately, a mixture
:both produces compound which can
1t be digested Or assimilated.
"A darkey was once attempting to
cal a goose, but dog raised an objec-
IN, and Sambo retired. The next
ght, during thunder shower, he at
mpted it again, and just as he was on
le point of getting away with the fowl
'e lightning struck close by, and the
oise nearly frightened the poor fellow
)death. Dropping the goose, he started
way, muttering, 90 Peers to me der am
mighty lot Of fuss made bout COM
mon goose"
- "A small boy arose at/ Sunday
School concert and begin Quite glibly !:
"A certain man went dAwn from Jeru-
salem to Jericho, and) felE< <and fell -
(there his memory hkgan to fail him.
and-and fell by the roadside, and the
thorns sprang up and choked him"
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29

On the same month, my only sister died
in her 18th year. So you see I
have not been without my troubles the
two past years. l try to look on the
bright side, as my sister often told me
that "every dark cloud had a silver
lining" Yours with respect,
LILLE BOUSTEAD.
The Grange advance., 1874-04-29
BLOOMING GROVE. April Goth

BLOOMING GROVE. April Goth.
DEAR EDITOR You told Nettie
that all the little girls that wrote for
your paper were your little girls.
asked mother if we were all your little
girls, if you bought our new dresses and
new shoes, and mother said, ask the ed.
itor. Now, Mr.. Editor. if we are your
little girls why don't you come and see
us: Good bye, Mr.. Editor.
EMMA L. WALKER.
TRENTON, WIS.,, Apri! 21st.
10 The Editor:
AS you were very, kind as to publish
my first letter I thought I would write
again have just burnt over my straw
oerry-oed' so as to make them grow.
think they will be ripe about June. I
should be very much pleased to have YOU
come over and have feast of Strawberries
and cream. I see the young folks are
sending their photographs to you
When | get mlne taken will send il
also. [ live on the prairie facing
Barn Bluff: The first day of last Au.
gust our house was burned down. ]
lost most all Of my clothing and a great
many other things. The year before
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14
PERSONAL.

Joseph Waltz, who murdered poor Albany
scissor-griuder on the night of May 2, 1873,
was hung at Hudson, n. Y, on the lst The
day before his execution he assaulted Charles
Ernst, his keeper, with an iron bar, and
wounded him so seriously that he would
probably die,
1t was reported in Washington on the 9Th
that Hon. Elhu b. Washburne, Minister to
France, had been offered and had accepted the
position of Secretary of the Treasury.
The present number of about 2,400 en-
ployes in the Treasury Department at Wash
ington is to be reduced about 800 by the LIST
of July next, and notice has been issued to
the effect that all of such employees who will
now send in their designations shall receive
leave of absence and pay from the date there
Of until July l.
The United States Supreme Court has re-
Gently rendered decision confirming the act
of the National Government in confscating
the property of Slidell, one of the Confederate
leaders, under an act Of Congress.