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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-01-06

either had to do that or let the civil rights bill
come up. He gave notice that he for one would
YILLIBUsTER TILL THE 4TH OF MARCH
before he would permit the last mentioned bill
to pass.
when interrupted, that he had aseertained that
the documents referred to had not been placed in
the hands OF all the members. He thought that
in all fairness they should have them before Vot-
ing. and he would, therefore, move that the COM
mittee rise.
The motion was agreed to, and the committee
rose.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
Dogs and Sheep.

AT recent meeting of the Farmers
Club, of New York, this subject coming
under discussion, at the request of Dr. j.
V. c. Smith, excerpts front several news
papers on the subject of the killing OF
sheep by dogs were read by the Chairman.
According to one of the excerpts it APP
pears that in the monthly reports of the
Department of Agriculture for the month
of January the loss of wool and mutton
through the sheep-killing propensities of
dogs was $1,000,0 900, and indirectly a
larger sum in the repression of sheep hus-
bandry, and a consequent waste of a large
percentage of the annual grass crops. In
the stock returns for January 00counties,
representing one-fourth of the territory
and one-fourth of the sheep of the United
States, report that 1926 sheep were
killed during the past year. In some of
the States the loss is not less than 4 to II
per cent. of the whole value of the sheep
kept. In Massachusetts, with an efficient
Dog law, the percentage of loss is COM
paratively small, and yet it is much too
great. Another of the excerpts read con-
tains the following statement:
A Missouri farmer, after long calcu-
lation, presents the following facts con-
corning dogs In thirty two counties 10,-
OUS SucGp nave UCcI klIlCIl ny Jugs. ne
estimates the number of dogs in these
thirty-two counties to be 100000; that a
hog will thrive on the food necessary to
support an able-bodied dog and at the end
of a year weigh 200 pounds; therefore, if
the food for the 100000 dogs went to the
hogs it would make 100000 pounds of
pork, worth, at six cents per pound, 81, :
$780, 00-nearly twice the value of all the
schOol-houses in the State and more than
twice the amount used by the State for
school purposes"
Mr.. Ely said that the " efficient Dog law
in Massachusetts, referred to was, he sup
posed, similar to the Dog law in Connect
cut. Owners Of dogs in that State were
required to pay tax, which, as nearly as
he could remember, was the sum of two
dollars for males and one dollar for fe-
males Under the Connecticut Dog law,
when sheep are killed, the owner can re-
cover damages for the sheep lost If he can
bring the necessary proofs before the
courts.
Mr. Wolf and Dr. Trimble were of the
opinion that dogs might be trained, with
some trouble, not to kill sheep; and the
former said that the mixingof goats with
a flock of sheep was a good thing, these
animals being able to drive the dogs away.
The general opinion of the members APP
peared to be that the dogs should be ex
terminated sooner than that sheep hus
bandry should suffer. Nd Y. I7depe1o0e7lt
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
Destruction of Our Forests;

The rapidity with which our forests are
being swept away by commercial greed
and o shor-sighted economic policy is
startling indeed The great Wisconsin
forests are in process of rapid destruction.
No less than 1000, 100000 feet of lumber
were cut in that State during single year.
From 1860 to 1870 oyer ~, 100000 acres of
forest land in different States were cleared
for the purpose of cultivation, the timber
logged or burned on the ground, and the
land farmed; and the annual decrease. of
forest by logging and burning is still over
100000 acres, or twice as much as the
entire forest lands of California, while the
annual demolition for all purposes reaches
the enormous figure of 100000 acres.
Over against this, tree planting covers but
100000 acres yearly; and at this rate it is
computed that the forests of the three great
lumber States of the Northwest-Wis-
consin, Michigan and Minnesota-will be
exhausted in twenty years. 1t is also
represented that rich abundance in game,
as well as timber, has led to correspond
ing reckless waste and evil re-
suits. Thus, in the Northwest, "thou-
sands and thousands of prairie hens,
sage-hens, snipe, and many other
kinds of birds are shot at every sea-
son for no other purpose than the sport
ofkilling them;" and the ravages of the
grasshoppers are largely due to this
wholesale destruction. Many farmers
whose crops were destroyed, and who
found themselves without meat, had
wasted frequently a thousand pounds of
good buffalo flesh for the sake of hide
worth a dollar Government should make
haste to conserve and make the most of
these rich treasures, whose squandering is
a national reproach. lineage Joag7aah
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
City Bee Culturee

A manufacturer of summer drink,
Which seems to be quite popular. during
the present heated weather. has taken a
store in the neighborhood of our offices,
and placed in the show-window a bee
hive, in which, in full view of the crowd
which constantly gathers, the busy insects
make the honey which, it is asserted, is
mingled with the cooling beverage The
window is open at the top, and the bees
are allowed to collect their materials from
the street refuse. The honey seems to be
of excellent quality, and the bees require
no further care nor attention than if for
aging among their favorite clover fields.
At the fair Of the American Institute last
fall very fine case of honey was exhib-
tied, the contents of which, we were in
formed, had been obtained by the bees en-
tirely from the swill barrels, the sugar
house waste, and the flowers in the public
parks of the city. There was nothing
about the material to distinguish it from
the best honey made from clover, and it
should and probably did find a market
just asreadily. Thequantity of such honey
yielding refuse wasted in the metropolis is
enormous. Why then should it not
be more widely utilized through the
bees? Private agriculture can be car.
ried on just as we'll ON house-top or in a
back yard as upon a farm, and anyone
with such space at his disposal might
easily manage few hives and build up a
paying business, and it would afford
amusement to the experimenter and his
friends. There are many people out of
the thousands seeking work here just at
present to whom some such new Occupa-
tion-for such bee culture would be, thus
carried on in the city-might be of con-
siderable assistance in eking out sup
port during the stagnation of business
peculiar to the heated term.
A contemporary suggests bee culture as
an excellent employment for women, an
idea with which we fully concur. A case
is mentioned of a lady who started with
four hives purchased for $40, and in five
Yeas she declined to sell her stock for
81 500, it not being enough. Besides real
izing this increase on her capital, she sold
twenty-five hives and 436 pounds of honey.
Another instance is on record of man
who, with six colonies to start with, in five
years cleared 5000 pounds of honey and
fifty four colonies. Fine honey readily
fetches, at retail, from twenty-five to forty
cents a pound. -Scientafc american.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

THE science of advertising is one which
can be learned by experience only, and, like
everything else requiring study and Skill is
best understood by those houses whose sole
business it is; hence we regard that adver
tiser as peculiarly fortunate who is enabled
to secure the services of a reliable agent con-
versant with the whole subject, and able, by
his experience, knowledge and general repu-
tation with both the public and the publish
ers, to offer all the advantages and emolu-
ments that can only be possessed by q
frst-class house. Among those houses of
known solidity and promptness whose mer-
it's are universally recognized and whose
reliability and skill remain unquestioned
perhaps that of Geo. P. Rowell IL Co., Al
Park Row, New York, is most deserving of
mention and confidence A close attention
to business, watchfulness ovei the best
interests of their customers and prompt
ness in the execution of all orders intrusted
to their care have been the characteristics of
the firm from the outset, and have done
much to ingratiate them in public favor.
They have always possessed the best facili-
ties for doing work both cheap and well, and
by promptness and fair dealing succeed in
procuring from publishers, in all cases, the
lowest cash rates. and by so doing distance
their competitors in a majority of cases
when figuring upon large estimates. -Frank
LeSEie'S Illustrated.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
FARM AND HOME.

a
= To Prepare Fruit for Dessert.-Beat
well the white of an egg with little
water; dip the fruit in and roll it lmme-
diately in some fine crushed sugar; place
it ON dish and leave it five or six hours,
then serve. A more slightly and exquisite
dessert than a plate of currants thus
dressed cannot be had.
To Keep Ice-Water Cold.-Place be-
tween two sheets of thick brown paper a
layer of cotton batting half an inch in
thickness; fasten the ends of paper and
batting together, forming cylinder like
section of stove-pipe Place this over an
ordinary pitcher filled with ice-water,
making it deep enough to rest on the table.
Put over the top a circular cover, made in
the same way as the cylinder. This will
keep boiling water hot, as well as ice
water cold, as it excludes the air from
either Z. Tribune.
While almost all farmers keep hens
there are but very few who give them any
special attention during the summer
months. There seems to be very general
impression that in warm weather hens can
take care of themselves. While it is true
that they will generally manage to pick
up food enough to keep them alive, it is
also true that they need something more
than they can obtain by their own exer-
tons. If obliged to run around all OF the
time in order to get enough to satisfy their
appetites they will not and cannot do as
well as they will if properly fed. A great
scratching in gardens would be avoided il
the owners would feed their biddies and
not compel them to scratch for living.
/ hon HOY
and plenty of thick milk. When these
things are provided they will have time to
do something beside run all over the barn
in search of food.-N. b. Homestead.
The life of a farmer is not necessarily
hard or slavish. Thought, skill and care
have their reward here as surely as any
where, and in as large measure. Men
who lack these find any business hard and
slavish enough But the fault is in the
man, not in the occupation. 1t is rare to
find men honest, enough to see and con-
fess the cause of their failures. Were
they to do SO the unskillful and therefore
unsuccessful farmer would be compelled
to say: Farming is not bad business.
1t is, when rightly conducted, honorable
and profitable. Money has been made in
it by men who have the faculty of making
money. AlnOSt any HlaL, Will average
skill and industry, can make comforta-
BILE and honest support by farming. 1t is
| who, am a, failure for undertaking a
business which demands thought, skill
and labor, when / have them not or
am not willing to give them as the price
of success. - When we have men in any
business talking to themselves thus plain
ly of the cause of their failure the world
will have the first and most needed ele-
ment in doing away with incompetency
and it's natural result In failure-Rwal
NeD Yorker.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
Hints ON Stacking.

The uncertainties attending the produc-
ton of small grain, especially wheat, in
most parts of the West, make it important
that farmers take every precaution to Sc
cure and protect the grain from damage
by rains, which so often occur about har-
vest-time. A very critical period is past
when the harvest is put into the shock in
good condition, but the danger of damage
does notcease until it is put into the stack,
and then the danger may be greater than
at any other time, unless the stacking is
well done.
The straw should be as dry as possible
when stacked, for, in whatever condition
it may be, there is degree of dampness
or " sweat''iit passes through, more or less
marked in its effects. If any part OF the
bundles are saturated with water, the
stacks become permeated with mold,
which does more or less damage to the
straw and grain. But if stacked when
seemingly dry, there will be enough
dampness developed within few days to
take it through what farmers call a
"sweat," which improves the condition of
the grain in appearance and prevents heat
ing in the bin when threshed. hA3I
After grain is sufficiently dry to be
stacked, farmers often let other work OF
less importance interfere with the final
gathering in of the harvest, allowing
much of it to be damaged or destroyed by
a little neglect just at the time the work
ought to be done.
Two teams with wagons, if the gram is
not to be hauled to exceed one-half mile,
with four men-or boy may do the load
ing-can perform the work with the greatest
economy. = Select a high point of ground,
or one well drained, and place, if possible,
rails, brush, straw or other rubbish for a
foundation. If none of these are con-
venient, commence in the middle of the
stack by standing the sheayes upright at
first and inclining the heads downward as
the foundation enlarges. When much
grain is raised ricks are the most con-
venient. Place them north and south,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20


PINEAPPLE SHORT CAKE.-A couple of
hours before bringing the cake on the
table take very ripe, finely favored pine
apple, peel it, cut as thin as waters, and
sprinkle sugar over it literally; sthen
cover it close. For the short-cake take
sufficient flour for one ie-dish, ofbutter the
size of a small egg, tablespoonful or
two of sugar, the yolk of an egg, two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder, a very little
salt, and milk enough to make very soft
dough. Do not knead the dough, butjust
barely mix it, and press it into the pie
plate. The baking powder and butter,
sugar and salt should be rubbed we'll
through the flour, and the other ingredi-
ents then quickly added. When time to
serve, split the cake, spread the prepared
pineapple between the layers and serve
with nothing but sugar and sweet cream.
n. B.-Do not butter the cake; it would
destroy the del cate 1avor.-Harper's
Bdzd3 ~ Us
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
The Intelligence of Ants.

= M. AUGUSTA FoREL, a gentleman who
spends his life in studying ants and their
habits, and who tells some astounding
tales about them, has just received the
Thore prize from the Paris Academy of
Sciences. In his report upon these~in-
sects nj. Forel first examines the different
species and their. peculiarities and treats
of their distinctive features as regards
their capabilities for labor or war He
then treats them anatomically, and then
speaks of their wonderful instincts. If
all that he says be true the word instinct
would be too feeble by half, and all should
believe in the intelligence of ants.
Among other things M. Forel says
:" They render each other mutual services /;
when an ant has got besmeared with mud
it's companions set about cleaning it most
methOdieally. M. Forel had, by way of
experiment, dirtied and deformed some of
the silken cOcoons that contain the ants
nymphs; on the following day he found
them all perfectly clean, dressed and
brought in shape again. What has been
said by Huber as to the precision with
which an expeditionary column of ANA
zones (polye7gus q'utesce11s) proceeds on its
march is only partially true, for when the
insects are laden with heavy cocoons they
cannot mind any order, but go on as they
can. Under such circumstances many
lose their way, but when they get into the
right track again they evince the greatest
selfcontidence by their steady step; they
consequently are endowed with memory.
The battles of ants have been often de-
scribed, but even here M. Forel has some
thing new to say. Some species are timid
and cowardly, and always seek safety in
flight; others are exceedingly brave and
seem to enjoy fight above all things.
But then there are others whose courage
requires exciting; they hesitate. at first,
but gradually become. holder, and ulti-
mately display foolhardiness-in parox-
ysm of rage they will let themselves be
Auselessly killed. When an ant thus loses
its elf-command its companions will try
and keep it back by its feet until it has re-
turned to its senses. The architecture of
the nests has received much attention
from the author, and he shows that the
same species will build in different ways.
The locality, the season, the extent of the
population-all these circumstances re-
quire special arrangements. The ants
will quarrel among each other about con-
structions that are not equally convenient
tOsall. When ants find habitation unoc-
cupied, or have driven the inmates from
it, they will retain the old arrangements,
making only slight Improvements in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

WILHoFT's Tonic !-UNFAILING AND IN.
FALLIBLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the intervention of doctors
and their bills. No consulting yisits-no
prescriptions to be flled--no huge bills, en-
failing pecuniary embarrassments, added to
loss of health. 1t is the friend of the poor
man because it enables him to earn a living,
enjoy his wealth. This great boon to man.
kind is cheap, safe and prompt. cWHEELocK,
FINLAY Il Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
Fox SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20
A Train-Boy Goes Up Head.

/ A train boy, named j. III. Murphy, has
done thing which ought to redeem his
whole class from the reproach of "rowdy-
isl" ~ incivility," or whatever other
word may be hurled at them by travellers
to whom they are often disobligingly pert
and saucy. Murphy was train-boy on a
train running in and out of Milwaukee.
He met S. G. Berry, a tourist from Jersey
vile, Pa. Berry was an invalid, journey
ing for the benefit of his health. He
wanted companion and care-taker on
his travels, and asked Murphy if he would
go along with him. His intention was to
travel north for awhile, and then strike
across the continent for San Francisco.
Murphy agreed to 60, and began to take
care ofhis new friend on the same train on
which he was train boy Arrived at Ocon-
omowoc, Murphy saw that his friend was
growing rapidly worse, and that it was
necessary to remove him to some
place where he could get medical aid.
They accordingly left the train and went
to the hotel. In few hours Berry was
dead. Now, almost anyone would sup
pose that train-b boy engaged under such
circumstances would leave the dead man
to be cared for by others-probably1 the
town authorities. Murphy did not do
that He assumed all responsibilities,
provided a casket, accompanied the corpse
to the young mans home and delivered
it to his friends. This is one of the rare
acts of devotion to duty which forbid the
suspicion that any selfish motive had any
thing to do with prompting it. 1t Con-
firms ones belief in the integrity of
human nature, and makes one feel that
the world is worth living in evenefor it
self We like to be treasured now. and
then that lifeis not quite a shadow and
such disinterested' acts are its substance.
Even train-boy can teach his betters
how much there is to do, and how to do
it.-St. LOUIS Republican.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

AT this season of the year cramps and
pains in the stomach and bowels, dysentery,
diarrhea, ETC., are quite common, and should
be checked at once. yo1amso7s's Aaodyne Lin
i84eatt is the best article that can be used in
all such cases, and should be kept in every
family.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

WITH a most cadaverous countenance
and Grape on his hat he waited at Paris
station for the coffin to be lifted out Of the
train; but it was heavy, for it was lined
with lead. And while the people looked
on with sympathy and wondered if it was
his wife, his mother or his father, the
well-informed police invited him into a
private room, where they opened the coffin
and emptied it of its load of Brussels lace.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

A DAY or two ago, when young col
ored man living in the city took a pepper
mint lozenge in his teeth, leaned over the
gate and motioned for his girl to bite off
the other half, she gave her head proud
toss and replied: No, sab If you wants
to marry me jist swaller dat candy and
spoke up like a white manr-- Wctsburg
Herald Esf IL
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

AT late meeting of the Royal Hort
cultural Society of England Mr.. Darwin
certain experiments in producing hybrid
plants by grating. In the summer OF
1874 Reuter-, the head gardener at the I'm
perial Palace of Potsdam, cut out all the
eyes in long white Mexican potato
Then, cutting a wedge-shaped piece con
tanning an eye from dark, gray-black
kidney variety, he grated it into the eye:
less Mexican potato. The ttbers produced
by this union combined the characters OF
the two original species in numherless
varieties Similar experiments were per
formed in 1872 by Dr. Max Hillmann with
similar results; also, in Stuttgardt, DR.
Neubert has recently met with the same
experience in like attempts.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

Fort BARRANcAs, Fla, where the yell
low-fever is prevailing, is nine miles west
of Pensacola, and separated from the lat
ter by dense forest, through which all
communication is said to be cut off by
sanitary cordonn
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

"A rather stylish lady, upon asking a
handsome youth as to his occupation,
was informed that he was an "adjuster of
movable alphabets." 1t was some time
before she discovered that he meant he
was simply printer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

GREAT harm and discomfort is caused by
the use of purgatives which grippe and rack
the system. Parsons Purgatiye Pills are free
from all impure matter, and are mild and
health-giving in their operation.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

"A South Carolina woman took pair
of number seven shoes because she could
get them for the same price as number
threes, but you hardly ever find a woman
as sensible as that
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

-Keely, the motor man, has "looks,"
and this is the way they are described: " He
is tall, nearly six feet high, with black,
glossy hair, curling in short, loose ringlets
over big head dark complexion, a large
nose, and form somewhat STOPPING. He
dresses in dark, greasy looking clothes,
like mechanics, and uses a scanty assert
ment of tools in his shop" All of which
is of no account unless his new power
turns out a powerful sight better than
most people suspect.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

HE told the girls that he had rare spec
linen of the b1attG oriestalis which he
wished to show them, and they nearly
tainted when he let loose gigantic cock
roach os4ex4as4 ~
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-08-20

THE State Lunatic Asylum at Utica, N
Y, contains 744 inmates.