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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-02
science and Industry

During the year 1874 there were 1s7
gessels Of different classes launched on the
Clyde.
Several railroad ears for Cuba have
been ordered from the iron works in Rich
mond, Va.
"A California wooden mill has received
an order to the amount OF SlOs, 900 for the
Eastern trade.
The largest circular saw in the world
sin use at Trenton, n. j. Ii Is seven feet
four inches in diameter.
California aspires to be a great cotton
manufacturing State. and hopes to supply
NINA with cotton goods more cheaply
han England can.
Last year 1872, l95 toms of produce and
other commodities were brought BY river
. ~. Lcnis-a lesser quantity than in
s'5. when sol 900 tons we've received in
hat way.
,--Ship-buildlng made fair progress in
Maine last year. There were POI ships
Quilt there. making 1872. 800 tons. while in
80 thenumber vas 235. aggregating about
10000 tons.
The iron region Of Alabama has with
y ue past month or two been visited by
W. Mellor, Messrs j.. Lowthian Bell.
MOTIFS and Crossley, all of whom are from
england, N are more or less connected
with Industrial enterprises.
-chloroform-vapor has been lately
"und, by a chemist In Antwerp, to act
slth great rapidity In extinguishing the
aaine OF the vapor of petroleum. Com
ousuble gases mixed with chloroform-
'spor Immediately lost their explosive
properties, and even their combustibility.
rs suggested that ch~loroform might be
I~vsntageously employed upon a large
Saie for ex~tinguishing fires In petroleum
Nores and on board ship.
On the LIST of February NJ. Leverrier
announced 10 the Academy Of Sciences the
ascovery. by M. stephan, the Director OF
We Marseilles Observatory, of Encke's
oinet. On the Sth he announced the de-
@cuon, by NJ. stephen, of Winnecke's
olnet, which Is a more notable object. and
en % observed with a finder. II Is neccs
Ny TO employ powerful instruments to
~ fncke's with certainty. Both comets
we're seen at Marseilles for the first time,
1919. -
The uccess which has attended the in
vvoduction of English trout and perch into
sew Zealand and Tasmania has suggested
amilar action on the part of the ~colonists
= the Cape Of Good Hope. and subscrip-
uons are now being made for the purpose
meirrying out the project. Nature sug-
$50 that the only obstacle seems to be
we temperature Of the water, the latitude
u,hc Cape ranging from - to 80 deg. S.,
.nicn Is much lower than the correspond
" portions OF the northern hemisphere,
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In which tIgut and salmon are generally
found. still the practical test will be after
the transfer OF the eggs. The actual cost
will be- trifling In comparison with the ben-
eft TO be derived should the effort be sue
oessful.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-02

TO Clean White Ostrich Fsathers.-
ounces Of white soap. cut small. dissolved
in 4 pints OF water, rather hot, IN a large
basin ; make the solution into a iather.
Introduce the feathers. and rub with The
hands for 5 or 9 minutes. After this soap
ing. wash IN clean water a. hot as the
hand can bear. SHAKE until dry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-02

In England they compound felonies"
also. The Earl of Dudley has paid the
thieves who stole his wife's jewels $4,000
and recovered the jewels.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-02

The cotton mills OF columbus, Ia,
are reported to have orders Tor more goods
than they can produce.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28
OTTAWA FREE TRADER: SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 1878.

bed and abandoned as worthless, because
very few farmers have understood, or can be
made to understand, how they can raise more
produce on 100 acres than they got off of
1000. 1t can be done, however, at Infinitely
less expense OF labor and to the continual
improvement of the soil while the yield is
making. We II ave few model farmers who
have found GU this agricultural secret and
apply the know ledge; so the art of farming
will prob. OF be lost. Even if it is, ne
cessltv ay force upon US Its recove-
ry,
nd nearly oil the tillers Of the soil
a mpelled to be model farmers They
III st be for selfpreservation. But there is a
class of model farmers above these, who are
engage in the effort to do the very best
that ca be done with land, and their results
are su rprising. For example, gentleman
named Mechi works model farm, TO which
he latel y invited few members OF Parlia.
ment rep resentng agricultural districts, and
thus got his results fresh before the public
He bought his farm of 175 acres for 20 an
acre thirtv-two years ago 1t was then cold,
heavy clay land fenced into small fields and
undrained He took off the fences and
hedges, drained and plowed 1t all over cigh-
teen inches deep. He cultivates every acre,
and plants siXty-two acres in wheat, nineteen
in barley six in oats, nineteen and half in
peas for market, twelve in roots and thirty in
grass, ana so on He keeps twenty-five cat
lie, 200 sheep and work horses, all of which
are kept up and led all the year around. He
raises forty bushels of wheat to the acre,
sometimes in successive years on the same
soil, but he pursues generally an irregular
rotation. After ueducting the interest on
the investment, he makes a net income from
the farm of $2,250, which is Is per cent. net
on the Investments large return from CAPT
tai in England. We have millions of acres
of worn out land that would do as well if
farmed.-St. Louis Republican,.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28

Sulphuric acid, oil of vitriol, is the usual
and probably the best substance to dissolve
bones for use on land But 1t will not dis.
those which have been merely pounded and
broken up. Thorough grinding into meal,
the finer the better, is the most reliable means
of getting the bone into good condition for
dissolving by acid. In many cases burning
the boxes and then grinding the charred re-
mains would be advisable. Some nitrogen
is lost by this process, but the more impor-
tant phosphate Of lime is as valuable after
burning as before. Some may think that when
bones are burnt and groand fine further treat
ment is unnecessary, but we have not found
it so. the sulphuric acid divides the small
particles Of bone far finer than we can grind
them, and, what is more, it leaves the phos-
phate Of lime in good condition to be readily
taken up by the roots of the plants. Part Of
the lime in the bone Is left in the form of sui
plate common gypsum while the balance
is a super phosphate, the most valuable form
Of mineral fertilizers.
1t Is frequently recommended to compost
bones with ashes or with manure. II ground
finely enough these will dissolve the bone TO
a considerable extent; but the action OF bones
treated thus will be much slower and less
certain than where the true Superphosphate
is used. There may be cases where 1t would
be prOtlablc 10 compost ground or pounded
bones with stable manure, as the sulphuIic
ACID is Il bad stuff to handle except with the
greatest care, but we would not advise the
us. OF ashes, which can be applied separate
iy--RUyCI Nee Yorker.
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Crnn BrnSnPCtS.

We print this morning dispatches from all
parts of the district covered by the recent
heavy rains and disastrous floods IN the
states OF Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Ken
lucky. Especial attention Is given to the
Wabash and Ohio valleys, where the damage
done was supposed to be greatest. 1t will be
observed that in but few localities Is the in.
jury done 10 the harvested and growing crops
Us great as was first reported. The subs,.
dence of the rivers and the week of fine wea.
ther that has ensued, have revived the grow.
ing grain and dried the shocks already har.
vested in such manner as to leave it IN very
fair condition. In southwestern Ohio there
will probably be two-thirds of an AVERAGE
yield: in southern Indiana there will Lo
nearly three fourths of the usual cron ot
grain; along the Wabash there will be n lii.
lie more than half crop, while In southern
Illinois the damage done is little more than
nominal. In Kentucky everything indicates
full crop of all the principal products
1t Is shown that the Times was right in
predicting that the first reports OF almost
complete ruin to the crops Were very much
exaggerated. The farmers, although they
will not realize their expectations earlier in
the season, are far from the verge of bank
rHptcy, for they will not only have plenty OF
grain for home consumption, but Will be able
to export nearly the usual amount To the EaS'
and Europe This i gratityinU-uncNpec;
edly so in view Of the unprecedented rainy
season we have eXperIenced.-CEicrg3 ytm.s
lith
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28
Winking Oxen.

Of course we can drive the oxen home, we
told the farmer. The idea Of doubling our
ability when we have seen them handled
every day for the past month! He handed
over the long whip and started them, we TAX
ing the proper position just in front. 1t was
easy enough, though rather monotonous, Till
we met team coming the other way; then
we "geed" these oxen into a dich, and, run
ming against a tree, came to a stand still.
We received pleasant smile from the team,
ster, as we had given him the whole road.
But there we were We hollered "gee, ""haw"
and back" and swore till our throat felt
rough. We couldn't get anead until we Dor,
rowed an AK and cut the tree down, and when
we tried to back them they spread out from
the pole, and stood face to face nearly chok-
ing themselves Then our patience gave out
we kicked the near one in the ribs; he play
fully retorted by switching us across the face
with his fly dispenser. We lit pipe, and
pulled smoke into their nOstrlls. This was
q happy thought; they sneezed over US, and
backed, but forgot to stop till they got a
stone wall between them. We went home TO
borrow a steam derrick, but before the ar.
engagements were made the oxen came in
view, and calmly stopped in front OF the barn
You may think there is nothing human in an
OK, but we are ready to swear that both wink.
ed when they saw us, and one had a positive
grin on his face. We refrain from express.
ing our opinion of oxen.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28

II is an important and interesting question
with all the thorough going tillers of the soil
whether it is better to spread barnyard ma.
nure on the surface or pillow it under Many
scientific writers contend that surface manur-
ing is preferable. The two modes each have
their advantages. The preponderance goes
with surface manurng; ii meets more requl-
sitions. Particularly with leachy sol! is this
the case. You want your manure on top, so
as to be longer retained in the SOIL longer in
working through. Turned down. it will drop
lower and the upper soil receive no benefit.
But pass 1t through the upper soil from the
top, either by spreading it broadcast or by
narrowing 1t in, and you will get all the bene-
fit that can be secured on such soil. If ma
nure could always be covered with light
shrinking of soil, no doubt it would lose less
of the fcrlilzing clements than if left on the
surface or if turned under with pillow. Top
dressing.wlth manure is frequently practiced {;
but in a drought with no benefit. But plow-
ed in shallow, the best results have been OBJ
tanned. Ii my soil is not SO rich as | wish,
fine manure is sprinkled with my seed and
narrowed in. Wheat, barley, oats, almost any
grain, will thus be benefited. Corn not, or
not so much this wants the strength below,
where the tOp.dressings are feeding 1t, sward
turned down. Thi. being the case, why
should we pillow in our manures? Shall we
pillow them in at all Aye, for corn this is best
For clover this is best, though good at top to
start the young plants. For rough, badlyrun
SOIL heavy coat of unfermented manure
plowed in is as good Thing as can be done,
perhaps. This done at the beginning of sum-
mer, and plowed and worked aiterward,
when sod and manure are thoroughly Gecom-
posed, the manure and the soil almost con-
worked and mixed, made one
homogeneous-thls is what Is wanted. The
heat will help, will do much good; so will
the rains. We tried this on yellow knobs
that yielded nothing, having lain in common.
The effect was magical. What yielded moth
ing before had now IA crop of rye that filled
the fence, and produced equally with the best
solls-Agric0Ld, IN N. Y. HeruLd.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28

.Iy%tsI.p'sS. "a MO x Tp'Ss AEI CAP
y TER WHITING INKS ArD FLUIDS. -
,-vAN e. HAPPEN
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IF YOU WANT

TO doctor Toursei. have az the Patent Med cUrs IL
good tOs anything and 5grs that cn 10 1Hrs All d.
eSee. L. y. GRIGGS.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28

Last year everybody said that c. NJ. CRANDALL had
beat the world when he invented the "ACROBATS"-and
so he did and every who has not had them must sure
y have box OF ACROBArS this year. But now this same
G. NJ Crandal has "been and gone and done 1.-THE has
Beat Himself thus lie has invented a McnaGeric
OF A nimal =, and he paints them In many colors and
constructs them In 90 pieces curiousy that every
piece will easily en TO every other piece quite strongly
and thus you can change and change and change them
into hundreds and thousands of different animals and
a,nusiag fyureS that will produce ENDLESS FUN. II
you spend 1000 DAYS over them, you cannot
make up all the curious things that are in single me-
nagerie box.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-08-28

ZINE POCTN ~ rEOOI>-, I'OItT-
nsHAN ) HAIEMAN
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LtsR SAL Es.-Thesu riNer offers for sale. on rra
suGabe terms, the following lands and lots, sIua.
ed IN La sale county, to wit:
LANDS.
10 Acrcs--WH SWL OF EH NE1 Sec. ? T. So T..
az ACre--- u. ofcaaaD E:H MEX sec, II, 49, T.. s.
80 ACrss--W4 SW = Sec. ~. I. 81, RIB.
100 Acres-SWj< Sec. %, I. 81. 81.
TOWN LOTS
;o-s5 < Blocks, States Addition 20 Ottawa.
i-rl. OF n, Block 6, states Addition 20 O'tawa.
LOS q. 70 In Block 25 States Add 10 ottawa
0ts d. IL r. r. q, y, Block q, states Addition.
L6t $ Rlocg IS. states Addition TO OTTAWA
Int IN Block -. ottawa Centre.
Tie above Will 5e soldier part cashdown, and che rgus
thine suit purchaser For further particulars apply
10 Ain n 2. DOW. Canal O.ice, Ottawa Illinois.
Ottsva Nav ls5s.-u r. 4. GOODELL.
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LIME IcNGIsISsII AMI E'iSE1NC Ii
OsMAN & HAPEMAS's
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MnleI InrIIninm

Ii is quite likely that we have TOO many
acres in this widespread country for the best
interests Of farming. We have only raided
upon the land and worn ont the soil till it is
las barren as Sahara, then attacked new fields
with the same result. and thus the track Of
I;ettlemehis Is almost desert The time may
lcome when We shall return 70 waste unprC-
Iuetiye lands and pillow. menure-ln short,
go to farming them. They have been rob
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-18
SiGssSas I5l.rlttS.
grr. aa,ar.i,s baltimore speech.

NOTHING Is I)sfY Bur cjiS--INfLtfioS VIII
DHIso a CURSE UPON tuE COUNTRY lie FL uFs
THE ONO DEMOCRACY.
From the Baltimore suns report Of Senator
Blyatt'a speech at tic Baltimore meeting, last
evening, We tAko tho p5r.ions referring to
finance;
EIr BayarJl gaid he had alndel to tho worl, to
ba done BY thu American people to restore thelr
lost wealth and prosperity he world now speah
OF our money jhete i mouse OF hard WORK, ne
said unleps We RTe to have etabi9 value Tor T.
Tint there waa no warrant for any law outside
Of tic c6n4ii1nl1a was eijnple rule of tie
democratic party. Power l. tnited by the CON
atitutlnn, because til sc who hold 1t VIII abuse
it, The constitution authorizes Congress TO
coin inoHcy, regulate its v4lne, and fix stan
dlrd uf Wei.nf4 and mea-Hre3. by coming
money was meant coming metal. IL cannot
regulate credit, or that which las no value. lf
had a- vel tryt, regulate she weather as to Try
to regulate laper money.
If Congress fixes - standard OF weights and
meanures il was equally ia duty to lis tlio salae
Of that which is To be paid for that which ia
weighed OF measured 4 inan eels IL pound ~
tea for one dollar, anG When yoit give HIM gti-
ty cents Ton it Won have NOT dealt any more loi-
is IL with him Il an il J o had given you twelve
ot1nues for u pound. [Naplluse Tho value
tllat lmys for tie comnoluV should he as rrne
Va Iiie co,niaudtr ltactf. ~ lsh! every democrat
- Congress WIS opposed b. tte government l5-
al areelhneha. a tDAli 'lJUt inhN lilll5 hh7
nnfr.s .uea for speaking dspatasin4iy OF the
carfcnc, Jshs cAalnilil Of the u y. Senate
France ,inuHtteo nscd las, winter similar terma
oar fathers in ended that III 1ney in tllo pocket
Ahaull be nouey everywhere. lApplanse
Whom Tie commercial word touches the curfeh
cv 1t wilt. lie the leaves Of autnmn. The cu'-
rency the ruuntry deald witlld9peld4 wholly on
credit Ii tae people could uG.lefstatlh that the
price of thor pro iaeti is liked III Europe IN
gold, and tiiat they are pad IA pap r.they would
yuto To remove this clr4e, aela-un and suare.
TIE uecces tv of tbs abolition il PLAIN, The peo
ple wanted Lard 1noney ior hard lah n, tle value
Of wileh can ba regulated. The lill .iioni-ts op,
pasr.l haVing tleir railroal etoekA and values
based upJn credits cpntracsed Ill vAln5 by te-
tnrn TO gon Nnncaease Of vulnma viii make
lp the unaIjty clpiJal is startled By the nropo-
5tinn TO inilite AID foreign capital has ceased
to ilaw to nHr shores.
Nj. Bayarl bog gea the hhorins man, as he
valued li- own i1terests. not to aid tho capital
lst i'll increasing his inflated wealth by voting
70 increase the volume OF paper money lnnt-
ton would eventually bring 4 curse nponthe conii
try before which former panica were nothing. ne
dny vas Il sad one When Congress by single
| vote decided that paper fnJney colld pay dep3s,
| The present administration has intensllei .he
| evils entalled by departure from standard oil
| com, The 50utll lad suffered, lie said, Tor want
| Of capital and bad currency, and by the admin
| istiarion which had made Ire anI property L.
| secure in those States.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-18
,un.ninr1nn,. s.rrngli,.

! writer ut tue Arlington House, in 1871, asked
MIR. Custs if Washington could, like Marshal
SAKE, break horseshoe, and the reply was'
he had no doubt he could hal he tried, for his
honds were the largest and strongest he had
ever soen. Mr. CnH'i then gave evorai INSTANCES
of the generals strength ot Which ne re-
calls the following
When Washington was young man, ne was
present on one occasion as looRef-eh ~
wrestling game then the fashion IN Virginia
rirel OF tile sport, ne had retired - tlle nhAu"
OF a tree, whore lao WAS peruslng pamphlet hii
challenged to q bJas Ly the hero ot tlln dtY ana
the stronge-t wrestler Of the Stlte. Washn5tlh
declined, until tauute by the remlrk LlAt no
feared Co t,y coucili-ions with tho Elaittaf-ii ne
came calmly forward, and, without removing ms
cost, grappled wlGh his antagonist. Ihafe was
b, ii ,rca stlu 9ls for bret spa;a oi tihe, Wh'H
tho ch lmpun was hurled tl tIa Sfonn VIA
such tremendous force a1 20 IL the very mar
7oW ofhls bones.
Another instance of his prolgi1ns power wa4
Ms riltO wing u 81 across tie tpaAltih4 44A'
NJ Ftel 3rlGs4blsS feat tAA. has htF5t bs9A
performed -iuGH.
Ilsar IN life, u number Of ylung jgenllemei
6t Mount Y5rn u wpru uonins lhtii7 eNet
tlse of Throwing the bar. Washington, httel
looking on a while, walked forward raym-
'lllw me to ttyi and gra ping the btf' Fel,
tho IRON flying tuoug the AZ twenty iccs "
Yud lt- usual limits.
Still later in his career, washington, ,".!'s
age WAS like usty winter, FROSTY pnt klilis'
observed threa of his workmen at Mount Ns,ho
TIinly enleavoring to raise u large stone "hel
tired OF witnessing their unsuccessful ui htteihPt'
he pint them ssda and taking IT IN his Ioh St"si
litetl 1t to its place, reln1unted4 ms horno, "i
Tuda oil.
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ntitac IL Il.

Ten thousand dollars of the $50 00o which II
is intended to raso has already been raised Ds
Now York merchants for professional hrsV'
class base ball nine for 1876. Tho elnb IS to DC
called the New York base ball ellb. a c9ln.
uittee of three win manage mo ct'to, Al.u ~
will be run entirely on the Boston plan.
There is story ailoat that the AmafGHs G.lp,
OF PhlladeIphla, has subscribed 'oOj7 70 i2lu'
base ball ou0, and has engaged me Cih,e,l
na grounds for next year. They ihtehu 20
offer the position Of pitcher to Mcbride.
The Chic tgo and ~ Louis cabs VIII yer
the East again II, d ioN weeks ana heish t"e''
games with tho llirtf1lAs and Dosto'is'
The clubs tor next yhar are iAtt ofsal'la ~
All of the members of tho Hartford hihe were
re engaged some time ago for reS5 seAsa,, z,
This is tho only instance OF the hia9 ~ lli'
profession The New liavcne clNiin 10 hsNe re-
eng4ged McGnlsy S3mmerville, Ntch2ls an an
Gaer Chapman viii manage AMI Psatae q
tain tho nov professional nhe al L3hhSi.
next year Hicks beins thu catcher. IL IL pget,.
cartain that the Athletics vii laXt 3Af llaY'
G!spp. sutton, McBAd., Fisler, G.ANef, Fur1S
iIll! and ,gler. Anam gha4 West, mo ~, ~
has engaged Knight and Clnns, tha "hs'ent y GU.
who won the gains with tho u ions on o"ut
day. The lirat two named get 90 ~ II s1'''
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-18

The rain has so nterfered with tho pro
gramme that it is doubtful il all the gumes ar
ranged can be played. The Philadelphia ys.
Canada has alone been fnlshod, tho second OF
the four games. Canada Va Officers, still strug
Cling at tins writing with the intermittent show
ef5. This is the lasting trouble with crlchot-
tie time required for the game. Ihe PmIada.
w. All Corners which was to have concluded the
tournament will most likely be abandoned, but
il the rain is not too persistent the Inladtpfa
Va Officers, from which tic greete~t lnpo : I en-
tartainment is expected, VIII hn played to NOR
row and Monday. The Canadians NJ rheir game
with tho home club showed zone very pretty
play but their bowling and lieliiug was wesk as
compared with the Philadephians, who through
these causes, mainly won the game by the large
odds of 81 llns. In batting the Canadaas
proyed superior to tho Philadelphia team.
I.pTy
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-18
psiicats s,r@icaI operation.

THE Mu4eULtR TISSUE or LSpY4 BRFA4I RE-
MOVED For A oAyo eGJu4 AFFECTION.
A surg cal operation of a yary delicate nature
wa, performed at Marcus Hook, IL day or two
ego. Mrs. Hampson, Of that to@n, had been
troubl1i with cancer for some tune, and until,
in fsc5, tho whole mltcuar tlsHae ot one side OF
tho breast became Involved. Many other rene
dies hayiug failed, an operation was determined
upon, and Dr.. q. NJ TA2mas, OF Philalelphia,
was clled il to perform it, who nd 20, a3tlttah
ty Dr. bawrenc,,, also OF Philadelphia, ahd j. 1,
Frantz. of tlis city. Tho patient WAS A'st put
under the influence of ether, and IN lnc!si9h
was mado winch wNs continued 1ntl tie whole
muscular tissue OF ono sds Of the breast
was removed from the lowef border OF the ribs
10 the upper angIe o. tho axlllarg space, Eish'
teen separate llgltufe3 weto nAEe, hu7 hat.
tylthstandlng this nlnb1r tho pltien5 Oh not
loose more than a bali pnb OF blood. Tho Or
eraton was entirely successful, it ID believed
that all traces Of tho cancer have bcoh des-
troyed, and the patient ii getting along Foiy
uinply.