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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-01-21
Separate the CHAT From the Wheat

Separate the CHAT From the Wheat
The suggestion made by the execu-
tive committee of the Iowa state
grange, that it would be well for each
grange to discuss subjects of interest
to the members during the winter
season, seems to have met with uni
versal favor. Missouri and other
states, through their representatives
in the state oranges, have adopted q
series of questions, which, if freely
discussed, will result in much good to
the members Of the order who partici-
pate in, or listen to them. An ex-
change takes occasion, IN alluding to
this matter, to remark that 'fOr the
next ten or twelve weeks there will
be gathered throughout the land, at
their local centres, almost every farmer
of intelligence, all having ample leis-
ure to prepare and narrate their ex-
perience, to listen TO the opinions and
experience of others, and to winnow
from them the chaf of impracticabil-
ity, aud secure the pure wheat of
sound and valuable fact. Consultation
and comparison will enable the Pat
rons to reject what is unsound, and to
modify what is extreme. In agricul-
ture there are very few if any trade
secrets discovered and jealousy guard
ed by individuals. When the farmer
has discovered some new and useful
fact, he generally hastens to make his
brother farmers acquainted with his
knowledge. This fraternal feeling
(which cannot too highly be commend
ed) should be made by the ties of the
order, and in such agencies as the dis
Gu ssions inaugurated by the Patrons
of Missouri aud Iowa, should find am
pie scope for exprcssion.-Spirit.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-01-21
Thick Milk.

Beat up a new-laid egg, pour on. 1t
one-half pint of boiling milk sweeten-
ed to taste, and favored with lemon
peel, nutmeg, or vanilla. Serve cold
in a glass.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-01-21
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1875-01-21

100000 ACRES In The Finest psr-
tion In KANSAS for sale ON Ef.EffS
ton To Settlers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
LONG ISLAND.

There are sixty-soven persons and estates In the
town Of Southold which paid tax for the year 1870
to the amount OF $50 and upward. The hlghesp
tax was paid Dy sn0 estate OIL the late Robert Fo1
(Fisher's lsland), $44S
The next regular meeting Of the Suffolk County
Temperance Society VIII be held IN Greenport on
Tuesday and Wednesday, 10th and 18th inst. AZ
the meeting held at East Marion last week strong
resolutions In favor OF prohbllory legislation were
adopted.
The Right Rev. Bishop LittleJohn visited Graoe
Church, Jamaica, yesterday forenoon and admins
tered the rite of confirmation. In the afternoon
he visited the Church OF tine Resurrection, at Rich
m0nd Ill., Tor tho same purpose.
A projected channel across the South Beach, ~
Edgarton. for which an appropriation was made
by Congress, has been abandoned. as II was found
would cost more than It would We worth.
Northport has been considerably exercised ovep
the question OF site for new school house. One
was selected some time ago, but 1t proved unsatis
factory to q number OF taxpayers, who finally sue
ceeded In having another meeting called last
week. ut whicn The former action was rescinded:
The discussion which followed was quite lively aud
somewhat personal, but II was at last voted to
purchase tvo-acrc site offered by the widow
Scudder Tor $500. A letter was read from the Hon.
Henry J. Scudder, member oil Congress, offering
site Tor $3.50 and to contribute SEQ to ward the cost
OF grading 1t. (.
number OF dogs, the owners Of which are I'M
known, q few nights ago got among valuable
mock OF sheep on the farm Of Mr.. Daniel N. Thomas
at Arshamomoque, near Greenporl. wounded
which has not been found, and bit and mengied
numoer OF others, beside worrying add distress
ing inc entire nock. M. Thomas, being unable 10
the town authorltlss OF Soutnnoid for compensa-
ton out OF the dOg-tax fund. Managing sheep ~
dogs Is frequent occurrence In Suffolk county
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
NEW YORK CITY.

Four persons were reported BY the police yester'
DAY to have been injured through falling on the
sidewalks.
The East and North rivers were comparatively
free from Ice yesterday. AL Of the ierryboats
made regular trips. and no detentions OF any &C.
count were reported.
The intermediate examination OF the classes Of
Columbia College wiz begin tnis evening and con,
tnue throughout the week.
Hannah Logan, Is years OF age, OF DO. 262 Mott
street, was beaten about the head with q club by
Ann Conway and badly injured.
fencing, sparring and athletic entertainment
Will this evening be rendered Colonel Monastery by
his pupils at the academy. oio sixth avenue.
The ninth regular meeting OF the New YORK
Neur0loRIcal Society will b. held this evening m
the corner oil Fourth avenue and Twenty third
street.
A preliminary meeting OF young ladies win be
held AZ Association Hail this evening Tor the
purpose Of forming Christian association. Dr..
ers will address the meeting.
Rev. Father John J. DUFFY, D. D., lectured las:
evening In st. Andrews Roman Catholic church
corner OF Duane street aud City Hall place. OF
sThe Catholic Church, Notwithstanding the
severity Of The weather the church was we'll filled
marked attention: The PROCEEDS u the lecture
the charge Of st. vinc,nt de Paul's society.
The New YORK Free Medical College for Women,
No. 81 ST. Marks place, seems to be growing
rapidly In numbers and influence. II at present
numbers about nifty students, and at Its last com.
mencement conferred the degree OF doctor Of
medicine on fourteen ladies. Instruction ID this
college Is entirely trees ana has already engaged
the attention OF many noble and educated ladies'.
few days ago lady presented the surgical dc.
partment with over sou worth Of valuable tnst' >
mentS.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
BROOKLYN.

James McAllister, I'VE years old, living at No. q
Green street, was bitten terribly about the face,
so as to be disngured for life, by Newfoundland
dog yesterday. The ANIMAL which 10 said to nave
been mad, was shot BY policeman.
Patrick Kennedy, who lived at No. I'll Paclno
street. was found dead on the sidewalk In Bond
street. near Bergen. Saturday p,sht. Deceased.
who mad been drinking very haru Tor several
days, was ,nirty-eight years OF age. The Coroner
was notified.
Jane Carboy. an infant twelve months old, wss
fatally burned at the residence OF her parents, No.
e75 Filth avenue, on Saturday night last. the
mother Ellen Csrboy, went out, Il appears, and
lett the injured little one In charge OF another
cnlld OF seven years. The latter set IRE to the
clothing VI the infant with o pleco oil paper In
play, and with the result set forth. The baby can.
not survive the burns which 1t sustained.
The nurse, Goreman, who was IN charge OF the
ward Of the Flatbush Lunatlc Asylum in which tho
patient Stiles Middleton killed Mr.. Bennett q
fellow demented inmate, will be discharged by the
Board OF commissioners OF Charities &C their
meeting to-day. The Commissioners say they are
determined to investigate this affair thoroughly.
and DO all that human foresight can effect to
guard against q similar occurrence IN the future.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
STATEN ISLAND.

Ex.County Treasurer Abram d. Wtnants has
been appointed clerk OF the legislative Committee
on villages, OF which MIR. stephen D. stevens 10
chairman.
rrotracted meetings have been held during the
past fortnight In the Methodist church at Krescn-
erville, and the aCceSsl0ns to the churcn have
been quite numerous.
Anew house Is being erected for the Medora Hook
and Ladder Company OF New Brighton, on Castle.
ton avenue. The company propose to have .
housewarming on the ed inst.
Mr.. P. J. Herman. principal Of the district
school, will open q night school on New York
avenue, Clifton, this evening, for the accommods-
tl0n Of oOys who cannot attend the day school.
panel OF grand and pc tit jurors will be drawn
at the County Clerks once, In Richmond, on Tues.
day. the 9th inst. to serve at the County Court
and Court OF Sessions, which will convene on
Tuesday, the ZSd inst.
According to census of the school children II
District No. 1 Of Edgewater, just completed BY
MIR. II. +. Standerwck, clerk, there are 300 be.
tween the ages OF eight and fourteen years. The
average school attendance In the district Is go
daily.
The committee OF the Edgewater trustees ap.
pointed to investigate the charges made by ex.
Chief Engineer Brown against Rescue Engine
Company No. for disobedisnce or orders Ia re.
fusing 10 lend their hose At a fire In I0mpkins
testimony aud VIII make their report to the Board
oil Trustees tomorrow evening.
The village OF Edgewater has paid the following
amounts on mandamus since the 1sU OF last
November ITO Edward Boyle, $1.O95 70; W. q.
Ward, 50. 72s SO; L. II. Meyer S2,140 Is; N. Conk.
John f: Armstrong, $7i SO; August schmid.
sl02 a. Total, So,023 is. About $500 still 70.
mains to be settled in the same way. About
$4,000 OF taxes are yet unpaid, most OF wnicn
will probably be collected b. fore the list Is adver.
tIsed In March next.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
NEW JERSEY.

The Elizabeth Board OF Education estimate
their expenses tor the ensuing year at es1,o4o.
The trial OF Colonel Potter for alleged arson ID
still In progress In Elizabeth, and continues to ex.
cite unusuai interest
The nrst instalment Of the 100000 voted BY the
Legislature OF 1874 to the Centennial fund has
Just been paid, the amount being $4,000. or ono.
nIth Of the entire appropriation.
The Grand Jury, al the present term Of the
Monmouth County Court, brought in thirty.nve
bills OF Indie ment. ono Of which was against 4
woman for being ~ common scOld and nuisance"
The funeral OF the late Rev. Dr. Clark, OF st.
Johns Episcopal church. Elizabeth, Will take place
tomorrow, ana the remains will be inferred in
Philadelphia. The mombers OF the vestry, In =
body will attend the funeral as mOurners.
The Second Adventists In Gloucester county are
holding series OF meetings, and have calculated
pretty closely. They predict That the world Will
positively come to an end on the 10th of April
next. One man las 50 mucn Iatth In the predic-
ton that he has concluded not to WORK any moro
OH the strength OF II, and the people IN Some por
lions OF the county are much excited.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
CAPITAL INVESTED.


CAPITAL INVESTED.
The amount oil capital engaged IN the business
this year In New York Is about So, 500,0 900, DIS
triDuted as iOllow5:-
Knickerbocker .S20J0U00
All other coinpanes v"VW
Total. '..'..S % oV'Vu
When 1t 10 known that eight or ton years ago
the aggregate capital invested In the business
was but ST. 10000 some estimate can be formed
OF the profit IL must yield: Tor IL
was not lucrative enterprise would caplta.
lists continue mus to lnvestf In the year
1860 the Knickerbocxer had but capital
OF $900.000 and the Washington 100000
only. Then the knckerbocker consolidated with
the New YORK. Company, and, adding $500, 900 To
their combined capital, brought IL up TO the pres
cnt standard The Washington, awnlle afterward.
then launched out in true business style and aug
mented their capital TO 81, 000,0O0
The additional amounts likewise lnvestcd by
smaller dealers amounted to $b0OOO AZ That time.
$40 wing difference as between 1866 and 1878 as
foliows.-
Capital tor the year 1873 ...............$so 90 CD
Excess OF 1873 over 1885.
As to the paying charactero OF the business moth.
Ing can he said In addition to the above statement,
for the reason that when figures are not allowed
20 lie comment IL unnecessary. Tine Thousand ana
one carts that 20 around New YORK IN the season
OF not weather bedding ice under the names or
various companies are owned Dy lndlviunal
spectators They get their supplies from bigger
dealers, and may swIndIe IA price and cheat IN
weight to their hearts content.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
OTHER REMEDIES AND REFORMS.
n any Increased aXactiQla nnnYA fanAA

FOr any Increased eXdCtlO0S ABOVE LnU60 Ievle0
IN December, 1873, which are the result OF err
the courts are Of coui Sc open; but Tor those
by Congress. even unt0tentionaliy, the courts can
Afford no reileI. introduced INTO the House NC
the beginning OF this session u JOINT resolution,
which u now before the Committee ON Ways aud
Means, and wnlcn hereafter would con1ne the Ex-
ago last Decor Der. II wouId bring order ont Of
the existing CONFUSION ana probably give salts
faction, but only temporarily; Tor the whole sys-
tenn neeus immediate overhauling. There Is now
before the WAYS ana Means Committee bill from
the senate which looks IN that direction. The
from customs the Executive ought to he aIie TO
estimate with reasonable certainly, and then
provision should be Immediately MADE by
law, on conference with the different cham
bers OF commerce In the country, ior
q commission to take up the work
OF preparing q tarin levying that amount, and
macnInery Ior Its prompt, economical ana ssus-
factory collection. In TINS commission there Is
needed the best faculties IN the country Tor ac-
curing, testing, c0llating and reproducing facts
ana statistics Tor tbe Information vi Congress- It
should be a coInmlsslOn OF n lew among Tile best
business men IN Congress or out, whether mer-
chants, manufacturers. lawyers or officials, and,
land, should call before II and examine every one
capable of afIording assistance by MS Information
and experience, ana NJ element OF par isan pol
tics should We permitted to distorL or tnwarL Inc
single inquiry how the needed money can De best
raised from Imports. Facts and figures are what
these facts and ngures IN the form OF evidence the
country should gladly make an adequate expendl-
ture Of time ana money. Very respectfully,
FERNANDO WOOD.
To the PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER or CON
NBEcE, NEW YORK CITY.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
OTHER LARGE DEALERS.

In addition to the above there are the houses OF
many other companies on the river, whose bust
Knickeroocter. yearly em~Issss ice trsnssctions
In the trade and Is steadily growing. They build
additional houses from season TO season, while ut
IN the business.n Instance the erection1at Ver-
planck's Point and Coxsackie Of two new and enor-
entcrprising rival OF the old giant Knickerbocker
IN your city, with : respective capacity Of 1000
management are not troubled with scruples OF
consclence when. IN the lace OF these facts, the
ssocknolders a,sers sney would ,KaaIy ges ous !
with their houses and the capacity Of EACH Will be
found below
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01

The amount Of capital engaged IN the business
this year In New York Is about So, 600, DIS
triDuted as IOllows:-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-01
KNIcKKRBocKER COMPANY.

To this quantity OF new Ice stored there must DO
ADDED 10000 tons or Whereabouts OF Ice purchased
OF Eastern parties, whicn was left over, and we
have the grand aggregate OF nearly sos, 900 IONS In
POSSESSION OF this one company alone. To do The
work OF gathering tins Immense quantity Of Ice
there were employed ct the various points the ol-
lowing men and boys, making an industrious army
OF hardened muscle, which obtains aid, no wcver,
from tue number Of horses and steam engines
brought into requisiti0n 10 facilitate the work -
HELP REQUIRED.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-25

Col. L, r. Toole, of San Francisco, has
perhaps had as varied and romantic ex-
perience as any man of his age in this
country. Though scarce forty years OF
age, he has Travelled, and is made up OF
episodes and catastrophes. When the
war with the South broke out, he was a
| clerk in the Custom.bouse at New Or
leans. Imbued with Union sentiments,
ee refused to join the Southern army,
and he was placed in prison as a spy.
He was a guest of the St. Charles prior
of wealthy planters daughter. Soon
after his imprisonment the young lady
gained access to his cell. She brought
with her female suit, which Toole was
not long in putting on, and the next
morning the prison guard was sur
prised to find a young lady in the cell in
stead of the Yankee. ToOle. worked his
way North and entered New York reg
iment. He remained in the army four
years, rose to the rank of Colonel, and
was mustered oub in New Orleans.
Soon alter he made an engagement with
a circus troupe which started from that
city to SCUM. America, and was ship
wrecked en- route. But few were saved,
and Toole was one, making his escape
ON an unnhabited spot. He went in
land, for toou, and was finally arrested
as spy By band OF insurgents, who
were then at war with the government.
He joined their forces and did good sery-
ice, and was promoted to a high position
in their ranks. There he remained until.
1870, when ne left and started nome ward =
He was again shipwrecked and cast
away on the island of Cuba. There ne
again fell into the hands OF the insur-
gents and put in prison, but was re-
leased, after several months imprison-
ment, by the interposition OF the Amer
lean Consul. lie came home for a sea-
son, and again set out for tour and fell
into the Japanese army in the attack ON
Corea, where he lost leg. About three
months ago he arrived in San Francisco,
where he was called to take the place he
now occupies.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-25

The Alta California says: The sale OF
an undivided hall interest in the Palace
Hotel lor 81, 100, 900, which sum has al
ready been paid, according to the ae-
knoWled cement made in the briet and
simple deed, it Is an event OF sufficient
magnitude to arrest the attention of the
multitude, even in such city of mil
lionaires as San Francisco. Scarcely
year has elapsed since the public first
heard of the project OF erecting the
structure, and now it stands seven
stories high, q mountain of solid archi-
lecture, the largest, most costly, most
complete and best arranged hotel in the
universe. AS to the other planets, we
must depend upon presumptions; but SO
far as our telescopes have penetrated
space, they have discovered no signs OF
buildings beyond the limits OF our earth.
And wnen single mine owned in San
Francisco pays u million of dividend
monthly, with fair prospect that
it will next year double that sum, and
that others will reach 1t, and when a
single house worth three millions and a
haltls owned by man who came to Cal
iiornia twenty-five years ago with not a
dollar to spare, how shall we convince
people at u distance that the streets OF
San Francisco are not paved with gold
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-25

There are many Duisances encoun-
tered by the farmer in this part Of the
world which do something to counter
vail the surprising loneliness OF the eli
mate. or these, ants are one. Ere.
quently food can be be preserved only
Dy being suspended in sacks, or placed
in cupboards with their legs standing
in vessels of water. The native Calitor-
mans scrape all the grass out OF their
wards and tramp the ground down hard
to keep the ants away. Choppers are
sometimes driven from tree by the
amazing multitude and the stencil OF
grass seed into their holes, leaving the
chatf on the surface. and those chat
heaps become quite resource for stock
in the winter. The fleas have given rise
to q fashionable folly known as the "Cal-
iiornian wriggle," which even young la
dies practice in the presence OF Their
lovers. In the high mountain regions,
strange to say, and around the salty la.
goons of the bay, mosquitoes are SO in.
tolerably bad that men often wear mos,
quito bars on their heads. On the p0r.
ton of the plains oyerflowed in the wei
season, gnats are SO thick that many
people live for weeks in a smoke, with
| their hands and faces lacerated by them.
selves to a bloody blotch. In the coasl
valleys and the interior basin, ground
| squirrels swarm in countless hordes
honey y-combing all the surface of the
! earth, and devouring every green thing
unless the farmers make banded wal
on them with strychnine pot, shot gun
trap, sulphur smoke, water and al
other conceivable devices. Summer
! brings plague of impalpable dust which
penelrates even into watch; winter, {
plague of fathomless mud and a mirint
down.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-05-25
Jer. Davis as He Is.

After the sermon of st. Lazarus the
vestryman came down the aisle with
the contribution box. While / was
tumbling In my pocket for the fractional
currency, 1 happened to note him
closely. He was slightly above the aver
age height, of erect figure, and bore him
with what might have been termed a
military carriage, but that somehow IL
was too spruce, and suggestive rather
iron-gray hair is carefully pushed off a
tall, high forehead. lie has keen obser-
want eyes, an aquiline nose, high cheek
bones, and his lower face was covered
with an iron-gray beard, short-cropped
and pointed. His face might once have
expressed fine nervous energy; but its
habitual expression, evidenetly--cer-
tainly his expression then-was, IN ev-
cry lineament, that of the spared monu-
ment, whose life and hopes ended in the
past, but who was still content to live,
and found very grateful to his vanity the
incense offered by the other spared
monuments to his praiseworthy torti-
tude in enduring with equanimity all
that spared monument endures with
so much equanimity. AS we passed out,
my companion introduced me to him.
He was Jefferson Davis, ci-devant
President Of the Southern COniederacy,
and evidently as harmless specimen
of the class OF retired gentlemen, who,
Tor the admiration OF the devout female
worshipers, ofiiciate as pillars in the
church, as one would find anywhere. he
was apparently 30 far mistaken as to
apprenend that in your correspondent he
had encountered an ''interviewer," and
after exchan ging The ord nary eivl les,
excused himself. But even all fnJer-
viewer Of the veritable pod-auger scnUol,
alter being here few days, could have
little reason to interview Jefferson
Davis. In all my Intercourse wltn peo-
pie of all sorts here, l had not once
heard his name mentioned; and, but Tor
seeing him at church, might have forgot
ten that he resided hero. He has no
more part in the affairs or this day, III
this city, than If, when lie ceased TO
have part in the affairs 0l life. he had
been quietly inferred, instead Of being
left to figure as a spared monument.
Memphis, notwiths tanding the present
depression, is quite Yankeefied sort
of city, ana with Yankee-like thrift
and foresight, the merchants and busi-
ness men are making ready to profit by
the good crops hoped for, ana give 81
little thought to Jefferson Davis as do
1--we anywhere to a spared monument.
To have interviewed him must needs
have been very like Interviewing d
tombstone; and tipping my hat, took
my leave.-[ Memphis Cor.