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Supplement 10 The 81. C0H Avis, September lib 1875 No. Il.

cornless desert of sand, salt, and stone,
right up to the higher land, whence the
Niger, after its northernmost bend, trends
sharply south. The sea certainly reach
ed there once, for there are the Atlantic
shells to prove it, and probably in very
recent times, hat is, times within reach
OF the rumours on which ancient geograph-
ers based their maps. This dream may
OF course be a dream, and nothing better.
The floor of III Jutf may prove to be many
yards higher than g~eographers think it is.
The bar may be fifty miles across, instead OF
only eight. The expense OF cutting only
eight miles may turn out 10 be impossible
without the assistance of rulers WHO want
all their revenues to improve their power of
killing other homicrles but syill the
evidence has been studied Ivy experts, who
are not prepared to reject it, and the posi-.
biIity is amply sufficient to Justify deter
mined exploration, aud that is all that we
are at present advocating. Grant that
the idea Of reiIIing the inland sea is
fantastic, that no engineering work worth
doing can be attempted in the Sahara, and
that Sir A. cotton, who pledges himself to
the physical practicability OF the scheme,
is influenced by his permanent belief that
water, as we'll as faith, can remove noun
talns, still tie Mackenzie Expedition is
thoroughly worthy the active support of all
interested in understanding the planet they
live on. Suppose some millionaire makes
it his own, supports the expedition HIM
self, and 50 links his name into modern
history He will not, it may be, get
any percentages, though percentages are
possible through the enterprise too; but
he will acquire a reputation, a separ-
ate place in the world, which many
men value more, and a new and per-
manent interest in lite. 1t is some
thing to make a hidden continent %accessi-
BILE to Europe, though only by caravan,
and he may be the means OF enabling his
successors to accomplish much more. A
direct water-route into the heart of Africa,
that is d dream on which Kings might
spend fortunes, and never be tainted
either with ignobIe or fantastic expendi-
ture.
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or traders may die of want of water, but
they will not die of miasma, or the fcvers
it produces. The traveller landing at the
Old mouth Of the Bella, between Cape
Boiador and Cape Judy, has before him a
straight and practicable road across the
desert to Timbuctoo, in the very heart of
the West-Atrican continent, but only 500
miles away. Suppose, merely for argu-
ment, that a railway existed from the
mouth of the BeIta to Timbuctoo-twice
the length, that is. OF the railway from
London to Edinbur
would be within seven days Journey
1900 miles by water an'i SEQ by land
Of the heart of West Africa, and Of
Timbuctoo, 4 city from which the trader,
# he Were protected there. could trade by
caravan with three-tourths of the continent,
and 1escend the Niger. at will. That is
not an e%nticing prospect. as far as COM
merce is concerned, though they talk of
indigo, anA cotton, and oiIs-except to a
few firms which like lite trades and 100
per cent prQis better than great trades
and 5 per Cent.-and there will be no
railway, but the explorer, once on the
Bella, will recognise two geographical
possibilities, 1t IS more than probable,
AFTER the experiments OF General Daumas,
that the sinking of fifteen or twenty
a%rtesian wells would turn the way from
Cape JUDY to Timbuctoo into a safe, easy,
an not very tedious caravan rou'e, by
which the people ot the great region
which looks to Timbuc'oo as its centre
would %habitually communicate with
Europe. They now pass through Morocco
by a pah 1000 miles long, but This is
a tar shorter, much easier, and much safer
WAY, t 0 ! water could be rcadi ! and
certainly obrained, aad the probability
that it could IS very great. Thcre are
no tribes to stop them, 70 kings ia tax
NJ" ~, ana atlantic at HE end Such
aArar1 .e, with 10 safe c'maa1ica-
t'1 It "' - ensure NouId cost Z acre
emile, Wo"tt attract a trade Whlca j:#9ht
baImPof'ant among thIfd-C'as' tfa"..' ana
would De a regular door OF communication
with the tar interior OF NeStern Ai'cL-
"','lhe httI2 NAoWn .Hlds where, .'om
t"a iIjtIe t",ieHce ~s zee ooia'0c., the
y gro seq % have 'tached some cipa-
city Of understanding that ? ace WI pay
him u great deal better than wa; ana
tins speculation WHlcA IS net "diy@Ay,'
Or "Wlid," o. eve" Ioo.a4rdy' IS wei worth
the cost aad trouble a.I danger OF m
o"peIlIon. L. IS worn Whlle to spend
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Dairy Statistics,

Reports of one hundred and seventeen
cheese and butter factories in the State
of New York for the season of 1874, show
the following particulars: Aggregate of
average number of cows for the season
employed by these factories, 35, 429; milk
received 118, ,O93, 222 pounds; average
per COW, 3,241.7 .73 pounds, or 377.42 gal
Ions; lowest average number of COWS for
the season employed by a single factory,
IS; highest, 800; general average, 81;
average length of factory season, averag-
ed on the number of factories without
regard to size, ga months; regarding
the average number of cows in each,
6. A months. OF the III factories five
are exhibited as devoted wholly or III
large part to butter, 112 show an aver
age of 331 pounds of cheese per COW;
average amount of milk required for one
pound of cured cheese, 9.S2 pounds.
These 112 factories also report Sc, l41
pounds of butter, averaging L. O2 pounds
per COW. -Four factories, averaging a
season of 9.4S months, exhibited /. 3SS
COWS as the average number for the
season, and 4, 4,S56.8 pounds, equivalent
to 507.25 gallons of milk per COW; each
COW averaged 451. 8 pounds of cheese and
8 pounds of butter These averages of
milk and cheese must be somewhat
above the true average per COW for the
season, since the number of cows con-
tributing to the factory is always largest
during the largest flow of milk. The
factories rarely open with their full
quota, and in the Fall part of the COWS
are withdrawn for butter-making on the
farm
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The following extracts from proceed
ings of the Elmira CN. " Farmers'Club
are of interest:
Mr.. Comstoek then spoke briefly of
the following insects: The ground beetles
(CdrGbieG), the black beetles with long
legs, very common under sticks and
stones. They are very active, can run
very fast. and destroy many noxious in
sects.
The Iady-birds (CoccineIIid0), the lit
tie hemispherical beetles, generally red
or yellow with black spots. They are
common Oh all plants, and feed on plant
lice and the eggs of insects.
The aphis lion, an insect which always
feeds Oh plant lice and the eggs Of in
sects. This insect places its eggs on the
stalks, so that the first Matched larva can
can not destroy the remaining eggs.
The speaker then drew the following
conclusions:
Great care is necessary in the destruc-
tion of noxiOus insects, to avoid destroy
ing those that are beneficial. From this
il follows that one should study a spe-
cies carefully before waging war against
il.
Don't destroy caterpillars that have
small white or yellow cocoons attached
to them. Such caterpillars are harmless,
as they are sure to die before arriving at
maturity. And each little cocoon con-
tains an ichneumon, which, if undestroy-
ed, may destroy many caterpillars.
Collect chrysalides of noxious insects
and put them in n box covered with
gauze; an old sleeve will answer. If a
sieve or wire-netting is not at hand, a
box can be prepared in a few minutes by
driving tacks around its edge, and pass
ing a cord back and forth, thus making
a net. The netting should be coarse
enough to allow the small ichneumOn
flies and chalcis to escape, but fine
enough to retain the butterflies or
moths.
The cocoons and chrysalides of many
| Of our noxious insects may be found
under boards, and attached to fences or
buildings in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the infested plants. He recon-
mended placing boards between the rows
in a cabbage patch. The cabbage worms
will fasten themselves to the underside
of these boards, to undergo their trans
formations The chrysalides can then
be easily collected and placed in boxes
as recommended above.
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gome, farm and garden
Raising and Fattening Hogs.


]. G. Brown, of Marshall County,
Iowa, who, II is said, raised the heaviest
hogs in the State in 1874, communicates
his method of raising and fatteniDg hogs
to the Register of that State He says:
We breed young sows and have the
pigs come in April, May and June.
Would like to confine them to the first
two months, but cannot always do 50.
Each SOW is put in a separate pen, on q
floor or dry ground, few days before
farrowing time. When one sow has a
large number, and one small number
Of pigs, we equAlize them, but always
put older pigs with younger, and do it
as soon as the SOW has farrowed. The
sows are fed ear corn and kitchen swill,
with little bran or ground feed in it.
When the pigs are two or three weeks
old, the sows and pigs are turned togeth-
er in n lot, or the pasture, If the grass
has started sufficient for feed. As soon
as the young pigs take to feed, we shell
and soak corn for them, and give them
swill with as much milk in it as the farm
affords. The corn or swilI should not
be allowed to sour until the pigs are six
weeks or two months old. The sows are
still fed ear corn, and run to grass or
water. We wean the pigs at three to
five months old, by turning the sows in
to another pasture, with the stock hogs,
where they get only grass and water.
The pigs are fed soaked corn until the
new corn Is hard enough to pull, which
they are fed for while, and then gem
orally, they are put after cattle.
In the following spring, as soon as the
timothy starts so that the shoats can get
a mouthful, they are turned to pasture,
and get only grass and water till the new
corn crop is ready to feed, unless dry
weather late in the summer should make
the grass. very short, when they are fed
a little old..corn once a day. We feed
new corn sparingly until it is dry. The
latter part of October the hogs are shut
from the pasture and the feed increased
to full feed by the last of November,
which is continued till February, when
they are ready for market. In the win
ter the fat hogs have good shelter, with
dry dust nest.
Many feeders make a great mistake by
stufiing their poor hogs with green corn,
expecting to fatten them in a few weeks.
1t is a great waste of corn, as a bushel
will not make over five pounds of pork,
while later, when it is dry, it would
make double that amount. Hogs that
are intended for market before Decem-
Der, should be fattened on old corn, as
a change from old TO few weeks feed
ing of new corn, will be of little advan-
tage to them.
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Onions Sown In Fall,


Last year we published an article by
Peter Henderson, in which he gave the
experience of a Long Island market
gardener who sowed his onions in Au-
tumn. We gave the plan a trial in our
own gsrden last Fall, but the sowing
was not made until the very end of Sep
tember, and the young plants did not
all make sufficient growth to stand the
very severe Winter, even though they
were well covered. Still the success,
though only partial, was sufficient to
show that this method is worthy of con-
sideration, and from the amount that
came to maturity on our bed this Sum-
mer, have no doubt that it will answer
wherever sets are used; but where on
ions can be raised directly from the seed,
there will be no advantage from Fall
sowing except for such as are TO be mar
keted green or very early. The idea is
to SOW the seed i'm the Fall at such a
time as will allow the plants to form a
bulb large enough to stand the Winter,
and yet not so large as to run up to
flower the next season; in fact, to raise
onion sets, which instead of being har-
vested, are 10 be left in the ground,
where they will be ready to grow as soon
as Spring opens. On Long Island the
middle of September is found to be the
best time to SOW; further south it should
be later, and north of that earlier Sue
cess will largely depend upon the time
of sowing, and this for any particular To-
cality can only be ascertained by exper-
iment. The covering should not be put
OH until cold weather has stopped the
growth of the bulbs, and may be of
leaves, straw, marsh hay, or other litter.
Leaves applied while it is showing will
not blow about.-AmerieGn AgricttItE-
TiSf
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Partition Notice.

nAytu EDWARDS and Margaret shaw, of
/ fnrif,x county Nebraska, will take n'iice
H., :, ,,"t5tion was filed against them ON the
2sd day OF August. A. ID. lS75. in the Conrt OF
H.,,al,lI ,Dd STATE of Ohio, by Winfield X
SEMI and IS now pending. wherein said Nln-
field : scott demands Partition OF the follow
IND, 'r.ai sstate to-wit: The southwest quarter
NJ IN, scufIl- east quarter Of section twenty
fyVo in township two. south, range eleven,
east in Hancock county Ohloexceptins theie, mere,
t &C., acres of OF the sOIth side of said
,I,.scriI,.I tract and at the next term "i stlu
1,,ITt lie said Winfield \. Scott will apply InT
an order that PARTITION may Ds hi''d" VI ''''''
WINFIELD :. SCUTr, Petitioner
HENEY BROWN, All y: n ,y-- c-
Dated this 2;d day OF august A'D' io''-""
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TRAINS GOING EASE

AIltrains run daIIy, Sundays excepted.
Close connection made at Fremont with
trains on l.. ;. q NJ. =. Ry. TO and from all
points East and West.
At BurgOon with trains on 4. 7. q F.. Ry
At FOstoria with trains on baltimore, Pitts
buTgh a Chicago Ry.
AT Lima with trains on ID. VI. & G. II. q ID
R.R 10 and from all points South. Also with
trains on r., TT. WA e.. Ry 10 and from all
points East and West.
W II. ANDREWS. Gen. Ticket Agent
/. IL. BURGOON, Receiver and Sup't.
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WATERING PLANTs.-The Providence
Journal very correctly remarks: Seeing
the other day very intelligent person
sprinkling-not watering-a bed of flow
ers at ten o'clock in the morning, under
a bright sun, we were moved then and
now to say that not only was the time
and labor lost, but in case of delicate
plants, with surface roots, actual injury
might have been done. The theory of
watering plants is this The roots are to
be thoroughly wetted without leaving
any standing water; this, well done, will
answer the purpose for several days
where the plants are in the ground. 1t
should be done on cloudy days or at
evening. The mere sprinkling of water
on the surface does no good; the water
does not get down deep enough, and
besides, in a hot sun the evaporation
cools the ground so as to threaten, if not
iniure, the most sensitive plonts. What
is best is to mulch plants with the short
o'00 SNe AoAA 1io Ao"h' VI uEg uuSL
from the street will answer; give so much
water and such protection that there
shall be no quick evaporation. So far
this year we have had no severe drought
for plants having deep roots, but in this
and next month we may expect dry
weather. 1t is below, and not on the
surface, that water is needed and bene-
fleial.
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How TO GEr RID OF STUMPs.-A sin
gle fact given by General Colquitt, of
Georgia, in his speech Saturday last, will,
we hope, be Of practical benefit to the
farmers OF this section. He said to re-
move stumps from a field, all that is nee
essary is to have one or more sheet-iron
chimneys, some four or five feet high.
Set fire to the stump and place the Chin
ney over it, SO as to give the requisite
draft at the bottom. 1t will draw like a
stove. The stump will soon be consum-
ed. With several such chimneys, of diff
ferent sizes, the removal of stumps mag
be accomplished at merely nominal Ia
Dor and expense.
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Thirty Years Experience of an
Old Nurse.

Mrs. wfnsIOW's Soothing Syrup f. fhe
prescription Of one of the best female
Physicians and Nurses in the United States,
and has been used for thirty years with never
falling safety and success by millions of moth
eIs and children, from the feeble uiant o; one
week old TO the adult. II cOrrects acidity of
the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest. health ana comfort to
mother and child, We believe IL TO be the
Best and Surest Remedy in the World in all
cases OF DYsENTERY and DIARRHGA IN
CHILDREN, whether II arises rom TeethinR
or from any other cause. Full directions ioT
using Will accompany each bottle. None
Genuine unless the fac-simile of CURTIS n
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. Sold
by all Medicine Dealers. July 2)-lv
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DYSPEPSIA DYSPEPSIA /.

That hyd-a-headed disorder with its sad De-
preston OF Spirits, Sice Headache, Sour StOm-
ach, Scaldng EruptiOns, Oppressive FullneSs.
Loss of Appetite, Wan, Wasted Appearance,
and Nervous Debility, all indicating imperfect
digestion and assimilation of food, and there
10y lack of nutrition, 30 necessary To the sup
port OF the bOdy, can he efiectually cured by
the use of fHOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITrER5.
the favorite prescription of that eminent Ger
man physician, Christoph W. HoOfland, of
Langan-SalZa, Germany, the efficacy of which
won for him many marks of distinction by
the crowned heads and nobility of Europe. 1t
tones the stomach to healthy action, regulates
the bowels. arOuses the torpid liver, promotes
natural perspiration. lnvigorates the nerves,
and restores all the functions OF Nature 10 Wig
orOus health. The efficacy OF this remedy is
daily acknowledged by the happy subjects Of
its treatment, who now enjoy robust, glowing
health.
HOOFLANDiS PODOPHYLLlN PILLS are
recommended when brisk purtsative is re-
quiTed. They operate thoroughly, without
gripping. They are the best Anti-BiliOus Pills
eXtant.
JOHNSTON, HOLLOWAY a CO., PrOprie-
tors, Philadelphia. Sold by all Druggists.
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The Bee Season Of 1884 Favor
able Report.


The year 1875 has almost everywhere
been a most unfortunate one for the
apiarian. A dry, cold spring retarded
work and the still more important
breeding and Matching. There were
much fewer fruit blossoms in early
spring than usual, and those were kept
back so late that they only lasted a few
days, instead of two to four weeks, as
usual. Cherry, plum, apple and pear
trees were all in blossom at once, and
though some honey and more pollen
were gathered then, it did not amount
to much in the aggregate. Then fol-
lowed cold, dry weather, the most unfa-
vorable possible for white clover, and
almost as soon as it was fairly in blossom,
continuous wet weather followed, which
was quite as bad. Many bees perished
in the rains and colonies were enfeebled.
Honey also seemed to be washed out of
the flowers by the wet wherever it pre-
vailed. This is a rather blue, but main
ly true, picture of the misfortunes of bee
keepers in most parts of the North. At
the South, however, we judge that it
has been different. Better reports come
to us from there, and the following from
Louisiana correspondent of Moons
Bee World for August is probably as IA
able a report as we shall see for this un-
fortunate year:
my barrels are molasses barrels, and
contain from Al TO A gallons, instead of
81, as you say. They wsigh 500 lbs, on
an average. All the honey l have ex-
tracted this year was taken from 40 col
onies, instead of 300, as you write. 1
have taken my 149th barrel to day. 1
have extracted "a, 500 lbs. of honey
since April ~, or an average of US lbs.
per hive, counting weak and strong. l
will have 60 barrels before this appears
in the World, as am taking G barrels,
or 5000 lbs. per week. The colony
which gave 16 gal. from April IL to June
>, has thus far yielded 33 gals, or 1896
lbs, and cannot fail to give me 5OOIbs.,
before the end of the season. Hosmer
had better look out. The same colony
has raised two queens this season. l
have hives that have yielded s GAL, or
S6 lbs, at a taking. l hope to make
between 80, 900 and 40, 600 lbs of honey
before October. now give notice that,
unless some one steps forward with a
bigger report than mine, will claim the
championship of the South for honey
raising. C. PARLANGE.
Point Coupee, La, Aug. G."
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SpeeizI saotirf Column.
OBSTACLES TO MARRIAGE.

Happy Relief for YOunK Men from the
effects OF ETrOTs and Abuses in early life. Man
hood restored Impediinents to Marriage re-
moved. New method Of treatment New and
remarkable remedies. Books and Circulars
sent free, in sealed enveloEs- Address HOW
ARD ASSOCIATION, 5l9 n. Ninth ST., Phila-
delphia, Pa.-an Institution having a high
reputation for honorable conduct and profess
ional skill.
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COLUMBUS, ,SPRINGFIELD d CIECEE
NATI LINE.
COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI TO COLUmBsIS.
Findlay Branch.

FINDLAY TO CAREY.-TTains leave Fnday
SIS am, 20 m, arrive in Carey at lOl5 am,
l.50 pm.
CAREY TO oFINDLAY.-Trains leave Carey af
1915 am, and 300 pm, arriving in FindlaS al
IL As am. and 40 pm.
"MealS. Nos. .. and 10 run daily. all other
trains daily except Sunday.
ParIor Coaches on Nos. and G. between san
duSky and Cincinnati. Sleeping Coaches Un
Nos. and 10 between SanduSky and Cincin-
natl. Through Coaches on Nos. 5. 8, Is and 81,
between Sandusky and Columbus; on Nos l3
IL, l6 and Is between Columbus and Cincim
natl and on Nos. o. 80. II and II between
BeIlefOntaine and Columbus.
CHAS. HOWARD. Super rntendcnt.
II. NJ. BRONSON, Gen1Ticke Agt.
DEWITT &. BROWN, Gen1 Manager.
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.6,,inistrator's Notice.

NOTICE j. hereby given that the ~
n - t,sen duly appointed and gn,tlinen a.
= : - - i,sfor of the estate OF John NJ Steker.
I.,t.. 81 1,ass township, Hancock county ONO.
deceased
atz n T-1-J
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Notice.

(MOYSR WILSON, whose place Of residence
- is wholly unknown, Is notified that Mary
J. Wilson his wife, on the 10Th Gay OF August.
A. d. ls.5 filed her petition In the Ofiace of the
Clerk of The Court of Common Pleas, within
ami fnr the county Of Hancock. Stale OF Ohio,
charging tine said Clogs Il. Wilson with wiiful
allSs.urq from his said wife for more thar five
years last naSt and asking that She may be di-
yOrced rom said Clogs b. Wilson. Also, for
the custody Of their children, and other equit-
able relief said petition will be for hearing
at the next term of said Court. 10 he held De-
tofer I3fh. a. u. 1875. MARY ]. WILSON.
j. Il. R.3PF, Ally. aug Z'-oW