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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

Tho following Central Committee
was appointed by the Republican con
vsntion Of the Fiftieth senatorial dis.
trict, held at Mound City, August 10
1874;
Alexander county, Il. 4. Walbridge;
~ Jackson, Ezra 3. Pellet;
Union. 4. II. PHILIPPE.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

At the Democratic congressional
convention, held at Anna, September
3, 1874. the following Central Com
mittse for the Eighteenth district was
appointed:
aa Randolph, Beverly Wiltshirej
Perry, Z. B. Rusber;
Williamson, q. w. Goddard;
Jacksop, q. w. Andrews;
Uhion, Hugh Andrews;
&a johnson, l. N. Pierce;
1assac, j. w. Thrift;
Pope, ID. B. Field;
Pulaski, Obed Edson;
Alexander, John II. Oberly;
Al Large, Judge +. Bross, Cairo.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

LUNCH EVERY DAr.-George Lattuor
corner OF Fourteenth and Washington
avenue, will furnish hereafter, every day
to his patrons No. l lunch, between the
hours Of ten and twelve o'clock. Fresh
Milwaukee beer and fragrant Hav,
ana cigars to be bad at his bar at al
times.
q oQ,f
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

vas appoinicdby the Democratic-Lib.
eral convention that met at Anna,
September a, 1874, and nominated
candidates for tho legislature in the
Fiftisth Senatorial District 2
Alexander, Il II Blake, J q Lynch.
Jackson, L Disbon, Joseph Gully.
Union, Oliver Hill, I M Ferine.
At Largo, I r Bouton, Of Union.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

BEER GUzzLERs is the name the Re-
publicans have given 10 the Germans.
Psrson Luce, the editor of Mr.. Clements
home organ, says they are drunksrds
Call of your man, friend Isaac, or he will
kick all your fat into the FIRE.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

The following executive committee
for Union county was appointed by
the Democratic county convention that
mot in Jonesboro, August "a, 1874;
a, Judge II. y. Crawford
". Oh. Kroh;
.. p. Hill.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

HrsRr wARD BxEcHER's assistant edi-
tor, Rev. George s. Merriam, declares the
doctrine Of endless punishment to be an
exploded idea. How thankful Mr.. Beecher
ought to DO that there Ia nothing in the
idea of fire and birthstone.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

Gov. HKspRIcKs, Of Indians, will
speak in Tsylorville. Christian county
this state, on the 27tb inst We ought 4
have him come TO Cairo. A speech from
| Hendricks would be good thing for
LII
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

oLp AypREw JHossoS Is raising q
great rumyus in Tennessee, and viii In all
probability DO returned to the United
states Senate.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

Mr.. CLEMENTS friends are damning
the Germans. While the Germans voted
with the Republican party Mr.. Clements
though, they were good citizens.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22
POLITICAL DIRECTORY.

The following Central Committed
was appointed By the Republican con
grsssional convention that met o
Mound City, August 10, 1874:
,Alexsnder county, q. w. McKesig;
Jackson, Benz. l.. Wiley;
johnson, A. !. Alden;
Massao. Henry Armstrong;
PRsy, 9. j. Parks; II,
Pope, II. d. Baker;
Pulasbi, George w. Mertz, ST.;
Randolph, d. Il. McMAstsrs;
Union, r. b. Stinson;
Williamson, Milo Erwin.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

Mn. CLEMERTs. after the election Will
lament like the whangd doodle mourning for
It's irst.born, and he will gnsw . hle.,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

For State Treasurer
CHARLES CARROLL.
For supsrinsendent Of Public instruction
<, asL s. n. ETTER.
For Congress-Eighteenth District,
.1.s WILLIAM HARTZEL.
8sr aspssssussssvss--Frnfs District
., FOUNTAIN Il. ALBRIGHT,
CLAIBORNE WINSTON.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-10-22

The f0llswjeg Central Committee
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
sowing wild Rice.

In Minnesota the wild rice thrives
best in lakes where the water is from
two to three feet deep, and grows to
an average height of four OF four and
a half feet, ripeniDg toward the mid
die Of September. 1t is gathered by
bending the ears over the side of the
canoe aud wiping of the grain with
sticks. Then the grain, still in the
hull, is placed in kettles over a brisk
fire for fifteen minutes and stirred
rapidly to prevent burning. When
parched it is thrown into blanket
lined holes and trodden out by foot,
then winnowed.
The Indians esteem it highly as
food, considering a bushel of it equal
for nutritiye purposes to FIVE or six
bushels Of wheat. They Use it to
thicken broth, boil it with pork like
bominy, make mnsh of it, and bake it.
During the summer Mr.. Collins has
used it as a regular article Of diet,
and esteems it highly. Experiments
made with the prepared meal showed
that the bread or pudding was much
darker in color than that made from
rye. 1t had a peculiar but pleasant
flavor. and was abundant in gluten.
There have been made attempts to
seed down to wild rice lakes where
it had not grown. These succeeded
best when fall sowing was fesorted
to. A notable difficulty here was
found in the fact that in these lakes
frequently was found at bottom q
large amount Of unrotted vegetation,
which prevented the seed from ger
minating and taking root.
Wild rice does not ripeu equally,
and the heaps are very loose. Mr..
Collins, who has Interested himself ia
the matter. believes that BY scientific
aud Intelligent culture the heads will
become compact, and all the grain
viii ripen atthe same time. lie also
believes that By selecting the grains
FROM the lower part Of the heads,
where they are The largest aud best
matured, a much more productive
grain may be produced. Wild rice
only averages ten or twelve bushels
10 The acre, while Southern rice
produces dfiy bushels.
The enthusiastic expcrimentaIist
has secured dhy bushels Of wild rice,
which be intends TO sow in New
York State. lie proposes preparing
a large field according to the South
err plan, sowing the seed on dry
ground. aud flooding j, as occasion
demands.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

On the Proper Care 70 sheep.

II treating upon this subject, the
Liue Stock Journal says that, to
remedy the complaint that sheep re-
quire green food, and will not do well
if kept on dry food for six months in
the year, all we have to do is to grow
roots-turnips, beets and carrots
and keep our sheep growing, in
winter as in summer.
Our own experience in sheep breed
lag has been exclusively with the
long-wools and Downs, and we are
much interested ia the success Of
these breeds. But 10 justice to our
readers, we are bound to confess that
in our Judgment they are not more
profitable than good Merinos. In
deed, unless the fleece Of the long
wool yarities commands a higher
price in the market than the Merino
woods, the growing of the latter must
be the most profitable. We have be-
fore argued that Merinos will bear
confinement in winter ON dry feed
better than the l~ong-wools, and for
this reason, as our winter feed must
be corn and hay, insmost Of the stock
growing States where hocks Of any
considerable size are kept, We must
expect; in the future as in the past,
that the Merino VIII be she prevail
ing breed.
Where smaller hocks are kept, aud
especially where sheep are bred for
the farmers own mutton-the cheap
est and best meat he can proyide-it
ought to be the best breed for this
special purpose. Here it will pay as
we have heretofore shown, to keep
the Downs, though their fleece is
less profitable than those of other
varieties.
II is also true that for early lambs
for city market, any of tie English
breeds and their crosses are more
profitable than the Mesinos. The
officially here is &c get suitable ewes
to breed the lambs. The pure Downs
or long-wools viii cos too much,
while most Of what we call common
sheep are largely ofthe Meriao blood,
and do not furnish milk enough for
our purpose. Bat ewes, a4if South
down or half Cotswold, would answer
admirably if bred 10 full-blooded
rams of.these breeds, for the produc-
ton Of early lambs, which would sell
in New York at seven to ten cents
per pound.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
UsefnI Hints.

A lady writing to the Country
Gentleman thus recapitulates some of
the valuable suggestions she had the
good sense to learn from her servant
girls. She says:
The other day Mary was ironing.
and asked for a piece of sandpaper
to rub her irons on. | vas astonish-
ed that l never thought Of it before.
It is so nice; removes every bit ofdirt
or any thing else, and makes them so
smooth.
One girl told me that old eorsets
make the best stove cloths. Just
one. half at a time is 8 convenient
size. They are ready-made and
much better when unfolded, to take
hold, and much easier to wash. Just
throw them in with the brown towels,
as many as you happen to get during
the week, and they come out clean
and ready to use again.
Another girl pouFs hot water on
he blades only Of steel knives, and
they wipe easily and do not need dry
Jag.
Another one told me the best way
to keep hams and dried beef was to
pack il in dried salt. We have tried
it several years, with perfect success
An old salt barrel is convenient. Set
it in some cool, dry place; put a thick
layer in the bottom; then pack in the
hams, using the pieces Of dried beef
if YOU have any for chinking; cover
with salt, then hams and salt again
till the barrel is full. There is not
the least danger from insects, if The
hams are smoked and the beef dried
and put away early, before the flies
come around; and they are much
nicer to handle than when put in
ashes or oats, or anything Of thai
kind.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
warm Food and Tep.d water.

/ have made Numerous careful ex-
periments with feeding COWS, when
dry, with warm food and by taking
the chill from their water, and have
always found il very profitable
and satisfactory. l formerly advoca-
ted steaming stalks, straw aud coarse
hay for cows, but my late expert
ments with boiling a thin Stop OF
proper proportions of corn-meal, OF
oil-cake meal and bran, (using steam
for Goodnight and applying the hot
slop to such chopped forage and al
lowing it to steep for twelve hours
before feeding, have satisfied me that
it is much less expensive and more
profitable.
] have also learned that it is better
to supply the cow with rock-salt al
all times and to put none in the food
nor in the mows. | have known an
excessive quantity of salt in the food,
which is very liable to occur, to
cause such excessive thirst that toe
cow gorged herself with cold water
to that degree that she did not re.
cover to a normal condition for sever
al weeks.
| might add a volume Of relevant
matter, but know you do not like
long articles, and / love to please
you; so | will sign myself once more.
your friend.-GermantolCn 7els
graph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
How to Make an Omeret

One Of the last articles from the
pen Of Pierre Blot is given TO the read
Of Harper's Bazaar. We copy so
much oft as nav assist in preventing
the appearance Of those denominations
ofthe table, poor omelets.
1T Is Of the FIRST Importance 20
have an omelet pan, and never to use
Il for anything else. When the ONE
let is made the pan should be put
away in a dry place upside down;
when needed put il on a slow FIRE,
and as soon as il gets heated a little,
take a kitchen towel, wipe it well,
but never wash an pmolei pan, unless
something unclean happens 10 get in
% Dc.
Proportions: About one ounce Of
butter for four eggs, and a pinch Of
salt
Process: Salt the eggs and beat
them well with a fork. Have a
brisk Gre; put the butter into the pan,
aad set il over the FIRE. Shake aud
move the pan every way so as to
melt the butter as fast as possible,
and without allowing any Of it to turn
brown.
When melted turn the eggs in, aud
by means Of q fork stir so as TO heap
up the part cooked, allowing the other
part that is liquid TO come in contact
with the pan, and so on until nearly
the whole is solidifed. Then it is
doubled up; that is, one-half is turned
over the other with a fork, eommenc-
ing on the side Of the pan to which
the handle is attached. Then have a
warm dish, which you place on your
left hand; take bold Of the handle Of
the pan in your right, the fingers IN
derneath and the thumb on the top;
raise the left side of your left hand
so as to have the right side of the
dish inclined, and then turn the pan
upside down right over the dish, the
side o. the pan opposite that Of the
handle touching the edge ofthe dish,
and the right hand moving from right
to left so that the upper side Of the
omelet when in the pan will be the
under side when on the dish, and you
have a soft, juicy and tasty omelet,
as smooth as the dish on which it is
placed.
An omelet cannot be made too
quickly. Many cooks fail in making
omelets because, by their process, it
is made too slowly, and it IS either
dry OF burned and tastcless."
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
A Pncunatic Tnbe Four Hundred
Miles Long.


The following extract describes
the operation Of a pneumatic tube
between Glasgow and London. Prob
ably few Of our readers are aware Of
the existence offhe process by which
messages and packages are almost
instan;aneously transmitted between
these SO cities:
~ occasion to send q telegram
to Isa lon the other day, and IN a
few H.nutes received a reply which
lea Ise to suppose that q serious error
had been committed by my agents,
involving many thousand pounds. /
Immediately went to the telegraph
Office, and asked 10 see my message.
The clerk said, 1--WE can't show it to
Won. a. we have sent it to London. .
But, . I replied, you must have NY
original paper here, ! wish to see
that" He again said, mo, we have
not got it; it is in the p%ostofice IN
London" What do you mean ~ /
asked. Pray let me see the paper
! left here half an hour ago"
"Well.p said be, 'if you must see
it. we will get it back in & few min
utes. but it is now in London He
rang a bell, and in five minutes or
so, produced my message rolled up
10 pasteboard.
il seems that for some months
there mas existed a pneumatic tele-
graph betwixt Glasgow and London,
and betwixt London and all the other
principal cities Of the kingdom, into
which The messages ere thrown and
sent to their destination. inquired
If | might see a message sent. ooh,
yes. come round here. He slipped
a number Of messages into a paste
board scroll, popped it into the tube
and made a signal. put my a to
the tube and heard a slight rumbling
noise for seventeen seconds, when a
bell rang beside ne indicating that
the scroll had arrived at the General
Postofiee, tour hundred miles OF
1t almost took my breath away to
think Of It. If / could only go to
Boston with the same relative speed,
you might count on my spending an
evening every week at No. l2i Bea-
can street, and returning home TO
sleep. Who knows but We may be
conveyed in his marvellous manncr'
before many years!
Perhaps you are aware that there
has been u large tube between the
General Postofice in London and
the stations in Euston square, in op-
Grafton for Q number of years. The
mail bags for the north are all sent
by this conveyance, so that the Post
Office receives letters up to a few mo
ments before the train leaves, three
miles of. The transit take less than
two seconds Surely, this is an age
Of wonders.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

The eel season is now at hand; the
recent rains having started them in
the Sasquehanna and all the creeks
and streams on their fall journey
back TO tide-water, and the coasc-
qneace is that large Numbers have
been caught ia d.asfent parts Of the
country within the past few days.
The eel travels up stream IN the
spring, aad returAs down 10 the salt
waters ia the fail. always going Ia
large schools. There are a great
many peculiarities conntc-ed with
The eel that but few people knew 81.
For instance, there are semc eight Or
leu kinds Of them, Of which several
never enter Into fresh water. Some
OF The varieties are, when full grown.
ten or ~ elye feet in length. weighing
cue huadFed pounds. The kind here,
the common fsesl ana salt water eel,
is usually iron. Twelve to twenty-four
inches in length. Eels. it has been
proeen. have both sexes in one, aad
spaMa somewhat after the manner Of
other lsh. Like the turtle, they can
travel ouL OF water for some distance,
from stream to stream, 50 that IN al
most every rivulet, however small,
they can he found. The glls, or
breathing organs, are covered up by
a most delicate curtain, which acts
Ike a value and a reservoir for water,
so 10 speak, to keep its gilis moist
during the time it's out Ofthe streas
Ii has a heart in its tail, the same as
is known TO exist IN the salmon, with
pulsations At about ninety-foar TO the
minute.-Aew YORK. Paper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
Fattenins Hogs.

The hog IS accustomed to a great
variety Of food. He will eat animal
and herbaeeous food alike-there is
nothing that comes amiss to him, and
be thrives upon all. To select food
for him, then, is not the thing.
Though you can fatten them on one
kind Of food, you cannot do it econo-
mically. Take what breed you like,
and it is economy, in producing the
greatest results from a given amount
Of food-that is The point that
gives the profit in hog husbandry.
The cheapest food then, is to be
sought if it answers the purpose. BY
the cheapest we mean also that
which be relishes and thrives upon.
Corn alone, though the great hog
feed-msde a spsciality-is not the
most advantageous. The exception
to this is 10 the West, when corn is
very cheap. But even here, other
gain and feed added, win produce a
better growth Of muscle and Eat. Al
animals require a variety Of food, and
the hog is no exception. His appe-
tite viii be satisfied, and all the wants
Of his system supplied. Grass in
summer suits him; he reyels in a clo-
yer field. Milk contains a great va
riety Of elements in solution, and i.
an aid 10 the dipesfion 10 the NOR,
solid food. He likes vegetables. bot
for the most, concentrated and richer
food. Though a hog" be is gov,
eTned by the same physiological
principles as other animals, aud il
therefore. Liable to disease-to many
ailments; but most of these are eaus-
ed by abuses in management. When
be is well attended to. and supplied
with a variety Of good feed he sci
dom saflers from disease.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
O7dE.oIafoes.


Potatoes 10 be good should never
be exposed to the light, but be kept
ia as dark a place as possible. After
they begin 70 sprout in the spring
they should be taken Up from the
bins or heaps and kept III boxes or
barrels. ii you have Il few barrels
saved out for iemily use, instead Of
picking them over anO turning them
over and spreading them every few
weeks, put them into enough barrels,
so that YOU can turn from one to
another. Have one extra barrel, and
once every week turn them all out
from one barrel to another. This
keeps them moving so often that the
sprouts cannot grow enough to do
much harm. The sprouts which
come out from the potato use up the
nourishment it contains, and leave il
soft, watery and insipid. BY treat
ing theta as proposed above they
may be kept in condition for the table
several weeks longer than by sprout-
ing them. and at the same time save
q deal OF work.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09

Boys, did yoa ever think that tbs
wosld, with al lis wealth aud wee,
With all It's mines aud mountains,
oceans, e al and rivers, with all its
shlpping. It's steamboats,, railroads and
magnetic t~eiegraphs, with all its
millions Of grouping men, and al the
science and progress Of ages-will
soon be given over to tho boys ofthc
present age-boys ike you? Believe
it and look abroad upon your inberi-
lance, and get ready to enter upon
ITS possession. The presidents,
kings, governors, statesmen, pbiloso-
piers, ministers. teachers, men Of he
tuture-all are boys now.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
The 8iue-eyea Daughter OF Ohio with
Feet like TeaTIinE Shoafs.

How is this for a picture Pretty,
bright blue-eyed country girl sitting
in TIE rear Of a market wagon, beside
a barrel ofbig red apples, which the
same her cheeks resemble, munching
at a fall pipin in maiden meditation
fancy free, swinging a disiracting
pair Of round ankles hitler and yon,
while "lhe feet beneath her %oeticoat
stole in and out1-not exactly like
little mice" but say like yearling
shoats. A little brother wallowing
in the straw beside her Ike a good
natared Newfoundland pup, paving
her and teasing her. and giving fur
tive kisses between bites, ed the ripe
and ravishing red lips. 1t is such
piety as this teaches us to be con-
tented with our lot, even If is has
several mortgages and special assess
ments on it.-Ohio State Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
Baked Peach Pudding.

Make boiling hottwo pints ofsrcet
cream or new milk, and pour upon
one pint and a half Of bread crumbs;
when halfcold, add the juice Of q
lemon squeezed upon one half pound
Of sugar, and The vel whisked yolks
Of eight eggs. mix with two quarts Of
canned peaches; pat q border Of rick
paste around a baking dish, and
bake from D BALI 70 three quarters
OF an hour have ready. whisked 70 a
foam, The wife. Of the eggs. and
when the pudding is done. spread
over is top and return 10 the oven
Tor q moment % slightly brown the
Ton
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
A man caIled nnan a lawreI

A man called upon a lawyer the
other day and began to state biz ease
in rather an abrupt manner.
"Sir, ! haze come 10 you FER ID
vice: I'm a huSband-iB-law.p
"A whei?p spoke u the learned
counsel.
"HusAand-in-isw, siils
j have never-seen that defined 10
domestic relations
Don: yol know What a husband
in.law iss''
"Sir, yoa're no LAWYER; you're no
ignora mus.-I AMI a huslland-in-lam,
but not in fact. sir-my wife's run
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-12-09
Frank Sipe &c Co..
ocS
Save Doctor Bills !!

Many dollars can bc saved annually by using
schmidt Compound called Mans Friend OF
ed by l. f. SCHMIDT, at No 30 Penn avenue.
Pittsburgh, Pa. This compound Is composed OF
roots and herbs, and strictly pure wine; tits pleas
ant to take and invigOrates the whole system: Il
Is a valuable family medicine; il will cure all dis
eases Of the bowels; Il Is a preventative OF ChoL
era, and as a blood purifier II is unexcellcd. The
demand for this popular medicine IS 50 great that
heretofore It has been Impossible to al all orders
Mr.. Schmidt has lately increased the facilities for
preparing il. The price Is 81 per bottle. Salts
faction guaranteed. Try n bottle and it viii then
need no recommendation to continu its use. We
have used the bitters in our OWE family AMI know
whereof We speak.
Try It. reader, IL iciH do you good.
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