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City Hall Market yesterday and cngr eci
a colOrcd man 10 do a job OF whitewash-
ing. Az noon, the whitewssher not hay-
ing appeared. the man made second call.
and finding the delinquent he exclaimed:
You, sir. are a bold liar ~ {" OATS fact,
boss. replied the negro as he slid OF the
bench. ." greed 10 be dar by ten, but
Hst a. war ready 10 20, along comes a
lot Oh niggers and begins 20 talk politics
and when dcre's "A political discussion on
dc floor I'm going 10 BE- right dar il
don't make "A cent"
One Of the Detroit newsbOys was SELL
ing out his route, and when the financial
arrangements had been perfected he con-
tinued; Now, look out for No. ~ on
that street. The fellow who lives there is
awful on "A boy If he misses paper. No
81 Is all right; you can sell the paper
twice week. No. 81 is bad man looks
right through YOU and swears like pirate
No. 60 IS %. X; woman pilies you and
chucks you ten cents every Gay or two.
No. 20 Is fearful; woman comes out and
calls you liar and then runs down TO the
Office, aud If you make faces at her she'll
jump two feet high and holler for the
dog
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Hsps and Mfshaps.

-Signor Waudanna, sword-swallower,
while performing last week at Calais.
Maine, cut himself internally. lnflamma-
ton ensued, and he died soon after.
Colonel Richard III. Gaines, represent
ing New Orleans house, shot and killed
DIR. VIM. prominent hotel-keeper AT
Hope, in Hampstead County, Ark, the
other day, in a personal difficulty.
AT Louisville, KY. the other day,
George Deef.ng, of Cincinnati, deliberate
ly laid his neck acrsss the railroad track,
and was run over by a freight car, which
severed his head from his body.
AT Clinton. Wis. recently. one arm
ed soldier named George Miller shot John
MONIES, proprietor of the New Hostein
hotel, and Hetry kuehls, ostler, and then
proceeded TO the cemetery and shot him
self. OF the three only kuehls can recov-
er. The cause was a quarrel about a
board bill.
Charles Ramien. prominent mer-
chant of Milwaukee, was few days ago
shot through the body by Capt. IIirSe-
berg. his brother in-law. Hirseberg ap-
preached him from behind, as he was
walking on the street, and fired the shot.
His motive was alleged interference OF
Ramien between him and his wife. RAJ
mien was in critical condition.
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Foreign Notes.

The skin of a shark recently caught
on the English coast weighed one ton and
quarter.
The spire of Strasbourg Cathedral is
no longer the highest in Europe. The
Church of 81. Nicholas, just completed at
Hamburg, has "A stecple 472 feet high-six
feet higher than that Of Strasbourg.
New and stringent orders have been
issued TO give "A wide berth 10 curious
spectators hanging about the new for
tiiicatiOns of Paris. There are wonderful
stories current of German spies taking
plans OF the forts with a newly-inyented
and almost microscopic photograph appa-
ratus.
Melbourne, Australia, depends upon
the iron-clad turret Cerberus and on the
old line OF battle ship Nelson for harbor
defense. The Nelson does not venture
outside the roads, as her crew. principally
boys, cannot be trusted TO work her in the
open sea. and the entire War Department
Is said 10 need thorough reform.
When Gambetta was waging war from
Tours in October, 1870. he fell short OF
money. All he had 10 do was TO send
across the channel, into Lombard Street,
and the great bank Of Morgan & Compa-
ny cashed his checks tor 100000 900
sterling. The Paris Treasury has notified
the holders of these checks that they will
be paid off next October.
In reply To a recent anti-Papal mani
fest0 OF Karl Blind, Garibaldi writes: =.
believe there is not in all the world "A
country less Catholic than Italy. Govern
ment and the upper classes affect Catho-
tic devotion they do not feel. AS 10 the
masses OF the people. they neither 90 be-
lieve in Catholicism; and in the Popish
churches one only sees bigoted old wo-
men"
SO very numerous were the appllca-
tons for admission to the Albert Hall on
the occasion of the installation OF the
Prince of Wales a. Grand Master Of the
Freemasons of England. that the man
ayers OF the ceremony were Obliged TO
limit the entrance TO one Master Mason
from each lodge. in addition 10 those who
were entitled by rank in the craft TO at
tend.
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Science md Industrx

The uses of mineral silk are hardly
more varied or ingenious than those OF
me pine leaf or needle. This vegetable
product Is now woven into coarse fam
nei, said TO possess curative properties.
" Is also used instead of hair in uphol-
stery. medicine oil is extracted from il.
and from the refuse lighting gas may
ee made, or IL may be pressed into bricks
tor fuel.
DR.. Holm communicates to an Upsala
paper upward of twenty cases of arsenic
poisoning from the wall paper, lamp
screens, and curtains OF dwelling houses.
~ these cases the etiology was evident,
ana the symptoms very distinct and char
a.eteristic. The author IL Of the opinion
ulat arsenic Is present I'm the air of such
IVons IN the form OF arscniureted hydro
yen and that IL Is more probably absorbed
.l'o me human body by way Of the skin
u'An oy the respiratory organs.
The increased longevity Of later times
Iees owing TO improved therapeutics
man improved hygiene. DIR. Lyon Play
,a,r says. in a late paper read at Glasgow {:
Mhen the Egyptian. Greek and Roman
civilizations expired. with their baths and
ulvIne maxims about additions and puri.
nncations, dirt reigned for thousand years.
not man or woman in Europe ever took
a bath; hence the spotted plaques,
lne black deaths, the sweating
asicknesses. the dancing nanias,
.he mewing manias. and biting maHias
mat ravaged the people, and cut of, in the
Middle Ages, one-fourth of the entire pop
.uiation. Religion came TO the aid of dirt |;
we more filthy saint was, the more saint
y he was considered. Some Of the her
lnits never changed their clothes and only
..omDed their HAIR once a year. st. An
nony never washed his feet, and st.
ihomss Becket's undergarments ac-
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Odds and Ends.
From the Detroit Free Press. !


A blunt old lady of fifty attended an
auction sale at a private house on Mont
calm Street yesterday. and when bed
stead was put up she created a feeling of
awe in the entire crowd by turning 10 the
lady Of the house and asking: Did this
beds,ead ever have any bugs In it!''
"Ish dere some ledder here for me ?"
inquired German at the general delivery
window Of the Postoffice Saturday. No
hone here" was the reply. "Vhell,
dot Il queer" he continued, getting
his head into the window: my
neighbor gets sometimes dree ledders in
one day. und | get none. bays more
daxes as he does, und hat never got one
ledder yet. How comes dose dingsW
As two school girls were posting a
letter the other morning one of them said !:
" As was telling you. ma and | are GO
ing TO the White Mountains, To be gone
all summer. I'm going 10 have gray
dress and a green dress, and blue dress
I'll probably find beau; and she says |
have got to commence being digniiied,
and left my gum nj home and shan't
chew another bit nor carry any more jaw
breakers to school,"
They were married last fall and they
hadn't one cross word or sour look,
when, the other night, he moved the
cook stove into the shanty and called her
to hold the pipe up while hegently knock
ed the joints together. She smiled swcctly
IA she replied " Yes, my DEAR" but five
minutes hadn't passed before he yelled
out: "Durn IL thought you knew
something!- And she threw two Joints
OF pipe at him and replied 81 want Won
to understand that we are as strangers
from this hour ~
"A Second Street man called at the
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have been unjust. They have born,
black Republicans In the House OF Repre-
sentatives, and they want 10 see Conser-
yaiism illustrated TO the country I'm a
policy. 50 far a. the House can accomplish
IL, so far above the miserable measures Of
the men who have heretofore controlled
In H. councils as L. command the conf
dence, and enlist the support, OF tens of
thousands OF the Republican side who
have not yet ceased from following the
false gods of the Administration.
The course of the majority in the next
House of Representative will. IN all
probability, 90 far toward settling the
question as TO the rCsult OF the Prcsiden
tial election. There will be a heavy re-
sponsibility upon the shoulders OF the
strong party there. Having Just come
iHtO power, il will nave 70 exercise self
control. repress all preiudices. show 10
revenge. and prove 10 the popular mind
everywhere in the Union that It's mean
ing is moderation. and lis mission the
rescue Of the republic by bringing back
goodwill and fraternity throughout the
length and breadth of the country. The
South will have an important part 10 play.
Her representatives will be watched with
eagerness by Radical leaders. They can
accomplish great good by initiating the
example Of such men as Ransom. Cor
don and Lamar; and we believe they will.
But each of them must remember that a
single sentence iniudiciously uttered by
him might be used by the other party,
like fire-brand in a prairie, 10 infiame
the Northern mind
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Broad Yorkshire.

Theer wor once mason at Guiseley gat
IL intov his head 'at he wor just cut aht
for preycher. so he went TO see Metho-
dy parson, an asst him If he couldn't get
him job as "local somewhear: he
wor sewer if they'd nobbut give him a
reight chonce he could convert sinners
wholesale. Well, after good deal o.
bother & parson gat vacant pooilpit for
him l. some ahtside country place, an
theer one fine Sunda' mornin' in q mason
went, reight weel suited wi hizsen. Up
into { pooilpit he mahntid, like one nj wor
weel used { Job. All went ON quietly eniff
Who'll { time come for him TO begin his
sarmon, an theer wor a rare congregation
to listen tut him.
Nah, my friends" he began in STAN
merin' soart OF way. ~ text Is this, am
& leet OF world He then waited bit,
an after thumpin' { pooilpit top toathree
times, he gat on n bit farther. Firstly,
my friends" he says, Z" firstly, III am
Z leet o. Z world" an then he COM to
another full stop. aud thunpt the pooilpit
AEGEAN a bit. YES" he went en- aegean.
lin & first place I-l-I-I am g leet o &
world" but he couldn I get word farther,
dew what he would.
At & last, hahivver, theer wor an owd
woman ameng q congregation sang aht-
:" tell tina what II Is, lad. IL tha'rt z leet
o. & world, thah sadly wants snuffin'."
An & poor mason hookt IL aht o &
chapel rs IL he'd been bitten wi mad
dog. He wor nivver known TO enter a
pooilpit at after.-Ones A Weet.
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The South In the Next Congress.
TFrom the Richmond whig 4

From the Richmond Whg.l
When the next Congress comes togeth-
er the arrogant majority that has so long
dominated i'm the House. will have dwinded
into a minority, and the sccpter will be
swayed by the vanquished at last made
victors by the prosecuted over those who
prosecuted them. by the defenders OF the
Constitution who, I'm virtue Of the sover-
eign power Of the popular will Of the
country, have been entrusted with the du-
ty and responsibility of conforming the
acts Of that branch OF the National Iegis-
laturc. at least. to the true principles OF
the Government, the organic law OF the
Union, and the best interests Of all men,
OF all parties, except the envenomcd poll
ticians who hate the South and hold Rad
icalism above patriotism. But the scepter
must not be swayed in the hands of the
Democrats, Conservatives, and Liberals,
as il was i'm the hands Of the vindictive
and proscriptive party that has been
Obliged, i'm obedience to the people. 10 sur
renderit. The victory that has effected
this transfer OF power from Radicalism TO
Conservatism was victory won upon
high principles of justice, impartiality
and moderation. There must be no retail
iation Of wrong for wrong. The people
expect an observance and enforcement of
the Constitution fearlessly and fully. with
out regard to sections, 10 partisanship or
to prejudices. They want jus
tice done even to those who
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quircd N additional sanctity from the
vVrmin they continued. Nervous diseases,
the pCBult of superstition, Were frequent,
and IN attributed to demons"
-A malady called Ia s,eheresss, or dry
r0t, has attacked the lemon-plant, and
threatens great loss on lemon plantations.
Nseizes the extremitles OF the plant. SOME
timfs the root. sometime The branches,
and, gradually spreading over the whole
free. dries up the sap as ii goes along. All
attempts 20 stay the progress Of the dis
0se have been unayalling. The lemon Is
comparatively hardy Tree. much more
easi y cultivated than the orange. IL has.
therefore, been carelessly treated. and
.doubtlcss 10 this fact j. owing the present
disease, rs well rs 10 the habit OF forcing
II beyond its capacity. The tree il ma
tive of the dry and hot soil OF Persia, but,
trnn sfcrred 10 various climates, il has been
made To yield largely-incieased harvest.
IL Is suggested that by grafting.cuttings of
the healthy lemon-pant on the wild
,1vangs-tree a new stock of sound and Wig
0rous plants may be obtained, and BY care
w cultivation the disease may be avoided.
IL l. said that symptoms of the malady
are appearing In orange plantations.
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A correspondent Of theScienfyfe Aneyi-
can has been trying TO arrive at a practical
test of the value Of the nominal horse
power of small steam engines. He COM
municafes the results as follows "Some
time agv | tried an experiment with a
TWO horse power engine. in order 10 ascer-
tain how il compared with the power OF a
horse. The latter. working in tread
mill attached TO - inch circular saw. was
two hours in saving cord of pine wood.
making four cuts and five sticks. The
engine attached 10 the same saw PERFORM
ed the same amount Of work in just forty
five minutes: the cylinder was IT inches
in diameter by 8 inches stroke. Steam
pressure was 70 10 40 fbs.. and the reyolu-
tions of the engine about 800 minute.
The power was transmitted Though
4 inch belt running from 10 inch balance
wheel on the engine directly 10 ihepulley
on the saw. The horse could stand the
work only part OF the day 3. time; but
the engine was good for evey hour In the
day and every day in the week.
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ITEMS OF lNTEREsT.
Personal and Literary.

Personal AID 1<eeerary.
--Iomualdo PachcD, successor of Gov.
Rooth. l. the first native Californian who
has reached the Gubernatorial chair.
Miss Anna G.. senmes, daughter Of
me x-Conf.derate Commodore, was mar
rei in Mobile lew days ago TO Mr.. q.
B. Bryant.
DIR. Frank Liszt has been appointed
nv the Austrian Emperor President OF
ne new Imperial Acacemy OF Music, ut
Pesth. -. 80 4
The London Morying Post sqys:
China has engaged the Confederate Zen
eral Ripley TO construct works on an ex-
,en.iye scale for the def,&E0of the cookt
md principal rivers. General Ripley sails
or the East in few days.n A
Edward G. Marshall, son o. Chief-Ius-
ice Marshall. 20 years of -, u clerk i'm
the Pension Office at 81 70 eelary. Dir.
Marshall resides in the cityG8 alexandria,
lost all his property during the war. k
delicate in health, and assemblies his
lather. 4
Grace Greenwood never said better
,hsg than when, in explaiuing that she
was not the wife OF one ofthe publfshlng
house OF Lippincott ~ o., OF Phiadcl-
phia. she added, "and | hereby warn all
persons not TO trust me % ~ raccount.
Captain Sherard Osboox ofthe Royal
Navy OF England. has recS1t)y died, aged
hfty-three years. He served In the seargb
for sir John Franklin in the Arctic seay,
in the Crmean campaign, In the war w}h
China. and was a member of the ezDe4i-
touary force 10 Mexico in lS;l. h ~hs
also the author to several wSlks. ~
The two largest individual tax-pay-
ers in New Haven. Connecticut. are
Joseph 4. Sheffield. founder of the Yale
Scientific school, WHO'S assessed for S5G4,-
90. and Ex-Gov. James l.. English. who
!. assessed Tor Sili,0O0. What they are
not assessed for constitutes quite another
part Of their fortunes.
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school aud church.

The Russian University Commission
report in favor Of depriving universities of
their present privileges of self government,
and submitting the appointment OF pro-
fessors. the regulation OF spadies. and the
control Of the students directly 10 the inn
perial authorities. 49,
The Sheffield Scientific School has Just
received very important addition. 10 its
physical apparatus n an immense 0ectro-
magnet. together with the accessories ne
cessary for the study and illustration of
magnetic phenomena. The magnet weighs
altogether nearly half ton and Is capable
Of lifting, IL j. said. twenty times that
weight, or over ten tons, when in full ac-
lion.
"A Wesleyan missionary In the Island
Of CeylOn has bought an idol-temple and
the grove in which Ii stood. a. well as the
IDOL itself. Having completed the pur-
chase from the Brahmin owner. the mis-
sonary put the idol into his coat-pocket
and walked away. instead of dropping
dead a the Mortified worshipcrs expected
to see him do. Ii happened TO be the God
Nyrayan. who l. the guardian of the other
gods, and the seizure of his image. re-
moyal of his temple and grove. aud the
erection OF school ON the sacred spot has
created an unusual stir among the people
Of Calalty.
The demand for the taxation of church
property has led in Massachusetts, TO an
examination, by authority of the State, OF
the amount OF such property now exempt.
The State Commissioners have recently
nported it To be- $50. 2i2 800. which l. thus
distributed among the various denomina-
tons:
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IN addition to the above church property,
there Is also exempted from taxation
property OF literary and scientific institu-
ions 10 the amount Of Sl6.7l2 100. of
charitable institutions To the amount of
ss.JOs,9O0. agricultural societies 10 the
amount of SiSl, 300-total. S23, ZOE. 300.
Inc aggregate OF property i'm Massachu-
'eits exempt from taxation is over fifty
millions.
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I'm the eneral's-recently-is-
sued repert OF the various religious de-
nominations Of the British Isles and their
places of worship. new sect appears Tor
the first time. The members call them
selves the Christadelphians."
The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-13
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN.
ORPHANS, COURT.

The STATED MEETINGS of the Orphans Court Of
Cecil county will be held the SECOND TUESDAY
in every month. Executors Administrators and Omar
dians wanting their accounts stated will please bring
in the vouchers q fow days before Court
REUBEN D. JAhAk
Nov 80, lSs7-y RsStstsr.
The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-13

corn, oats, wheat, or whatever grain is
hunting for worms and insects gener-
ally. | have never as yet discovered
that permitting hens to help themselves
to grain had any effect upon their wan
dering habits or made them disinclined
to eat insects or make raid upon ripe
tomatoes or other fruits and vegetables
Then, again, throwing out grain at
stated periods to number of fowls
tends to increase the somewhat natural
disposition of the strongest to over
power and drive away the weaker, and
portion will gorge themselves to ex-
cess while others obtain little or none.
70 keep fowls healthy, good natured,
and fat, food in abundance should be
placed where they can obtain it at any
time desired, never emitting a supply
of fresh water near by In Winter,
meat and vegetables may be added to
the usual supply of grain with benefit
to the health of the fowls, as we'll as
tending to increase the quantity of eggs.
1t is always best to supply variety OF
grain, such as wheat, millet, corn and
buckwheat, and allow the fowls to take
their choice, which they will frequently
do in manner not laid down in the
poultry books. Disease among fowls is
the result of mismanagement and moth
ing else, no matter how much science
may be mixed in as preventives or cures.
Cleanliness is of the first Importance =;
next, an abundance of good food, al
ways accessible and in variety; also,
fresh, clear water, Summer and Winter.
where the fowls can get it when de-
sired. In Summer, with wide range
over grass and cultivated ground and
the above requisites, no hardy, healthy
breed should ever become diseased, and
doubt if they ever will.
The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-13
GOOD DAIRY.
From Maryland Farmer.

From Maryland Farmer.
j. 3. S., of Newportville, Bucks CO.,
Pa, asks for the average yield of a
good dairy of cows. The best record
in our possession is that of the dairy of
Amos House, near Chadd's Ford, Della
ware county, Pa. The cows numbered
thirty, and were selected according to
the Guenon test by one who under
stands it thoroughly. Their monthly
yield was as follows: January, 7,l3l
quarts; February, 1901 quarts March,
1888 quarts; April, s,937 quarts; May,
9,946 quarts June, 9,O74 quarts; July,
9,l32 quarts; August, 7,77S quarts !;
September, 1924 quarts; October, 1880
quarts; November, 500 quarts De-
cember, 6,202-making a total of 49,
SIS quarts per year. This is certainly
good record, and we have not noticed
any which exceed it. OF course the
cows had the best of care and plenty of
food Summer and Winter
The extraordinary yield of this Della
ware county Pennsylvania dairy of Mr..
Amos House, is really encouraging
1t shows that a knowledge of the Cue
non system on which to select cows is
worth knowing, and that dairy pro-
perly kept and managed is capable Of
yielding a profit far exceeding the aver
age of farm production We should
always bear in mind that nearly all is
returned to the land in dairying and
nearly all removed in most other sys-
tens.
The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-13
FATTENING FOWLS.

Here is the plan recommended by
a correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker:'
Shut up your fowls to fatten, says
one authority-a thing | never would
do if | desired their flesh for nv own
table. Moderate exercise is as neces-
sary to produce healthy meat in fowls
as it is in larger animals, and those who
want diseased meat of any kind are
welcome to their preference, but should
not attempt to force it upon others.
Fowls which are permitted to have a
good, wide range in pursuit of variety
of food are as much superior for the
table as the fat Texas steer is superior
to the swill-fed cow for beef. Another
writer says fowls should not be per-
mitted to help themselves to food, else
they will not hunt for insects when
allowed to run at large But this has
been, and still is, my system of feeding,
and from long experience l am con-
vinced that it is the most economical
and best plan by all odds. My fowls,
when they come from the roost in the
morning, will take light breakfast of
The Cecil Whig., 1875-11-13

The natural shrinkagc of the COWS
with the waning season, and the low
temperature during the last week,
would probably make up for all the
difference in yield"