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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-04
Cargo of Salt Poisoned.

New York, April 3O.-The discovery
has been made that considerable Dor.
ton of the cargo of salt of the ship Mag
ara, recently arrived here, became i'm
pregnated with arsenic from barrels Of
the arsenic which were broken during a.
tempestuous voyage and considerable
quantities Of the salt had been sold bnt
have been returned. Some Of those most
interested in the cargo are much dissatis-
fed with DR.. Dremus' analysis and have
submitted many samples to another
chemist, hopeful that at least seventy-fve
per cent. of the salt may be yet be pro-
nounced saleable. 1t is certain that very
little if any of the poisonous stuff has &C.
tually entered into consumption. The
presence in the city Of poisoned salt was
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Poor Mrs. Tilton.
itors Delaware Signal.

l was sorry to notice the tone Of an
item in this week Signal in reference
to the ''great scandal" Permit me to
remind you that the whole charge against
Beecher rests primarily entirely upon
known to be false. Mrs. Tilton, the great.
est sufferer, who could throw more light
than all others upon the subject, is not
allowed by man-made law to testify.
She is obliged to sit there in
that court room and hear her husband
and that other man swear her to infamy
before the world, while the law, made and
administered by man, closes her mouth.
What cruel injustice, that gives the hus-
band and his confcderates all the advan-
tage? As wife she has been at the mer-
cy cf husbands boosted mesmeric pow
ers for years. 1t is we'll remembered in
the west by some, how, in a certain lee
ture, he (Tilton) boosted that he ''could
keep his wife under this influence for
hours ''There this poor woman must
sit in that court room, facing this
pitiless storm Of accusation, with
two cruel men and one wo-
man pouring out their terrible words
that cover her with shame, and yet there
is no provision in our boasted civilization
(?) for her to make reply Oh! God.
how long must these things be? This
affects not Mrs. Tilton alone, but all wo-
mankind.
This is sample of the protection that
is claimed by those who oppose woman's
enfranchisement. This is a sample Of
the protection woman has under the laws
Of to-day. Women of Ohio, I entreat
you to enlighten yourselves. and soil not
your lips again with the words, II have
all the rights that WANT in the light
Of these damning truths, brought to the
surface by this great trial, which will at
feet for veal or woe the civilized world.
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Farm and Household.
Charcoal and salt for Ptx,.

A farmer writes: "In managing hogs,
use as preventive of hog cholera coal
slftlngs from the coal pits. 1 first throw
down three or four. scoop shovelfulls Of
coal slftings, then throw small handful
Of salt. giving this amount to six hogs
that is, in this proportion to the entire
drove: My hogs have never been troubled
with the cholera. l prefer the Berkshire
to any other breed, but I am also quite
partial to cross Of the Berkshire with
the Magic breed. ''-Michigan Farmer.
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Etery.ofs etropolisville, q he.=soenes=of
:! whlch are in Minnesota, and the ssHoosier
Schoolmaster.' - for ,instances-have gain.
ed wide reputation and had . large sale.
Is: Although he calls his new church one
xitno y, = creed, it in reality belongs to
That liberal form Of Congregationalism Of
which Plymouth and other sbroad''
churches are examples, and, while the
change in his religious position may no:
excite surprise, it will be regarded with
interest by his friends and acquaintances
in this State. - -: ~G-,.E '',,>
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Watering Flowers i'm Pots.

Many who have the care of window
plants seem to think that the operation
OF watering is one Of the simplest stems
incident to their care, and will hardly
thank US for advice on this point, and vet
we may safely hazard the assertion that
more plants are injured and more fail to
reach their greatest perfection from an
improper mode of watering than from all
other cases combined
10 water the various varieties that
their different wants shall all be supplied
and no more, is an art acquired bY but
lew, and the credit which some receive
tor fine collections is often due to the
proper observation of this one item.
1t should be kept in mind that the duty
OF the water is to dissolve and convey to
the roots of the plants the food which
they need; some plants must have sea-
son of comparative rest, and if such are
watered literally during this time they
WILL Keep on growing, and the necessary
rest IS not obtained. When any of my
lady friends tell me that they succeed
very well with certain classes of plants,
such as the fuchsia, Gala, lobelias, and
lvles' and fail with others. at once set
them down as being profuse waterers,
who by too much water injure or destroy
such plants as will not bear it. On the
other hand, there are those who fail with
this class Of plants and succeed we'll with
ohters. tecause their mode of watering
does not supply enough for the wants Of
one class, but is about the proper amount
for another.
Man, plants are permanently injured
oy water remaining in tie saucer; others
often suffer from bad selection of soil.
Some Of our amateur florists fail with a
certain class of plants, of which the bego-
ma may be taken as type, because they
shower the leaves with cold water. but
lot this very reason are eminently sue.
cess1ai with another class. Of which the
cameilia will serve as type.
AS general rule, from which there are
1e" exceptions, the texture of the leaf
may De taken as an index of their power
10 resist the application Of water. Plants
having porous, open or feshy leaves COW
ered with soft down should be seldom, if
ever molstened, while those having glossy
or hard leaves will do all the better if
washed frequently.
Our ives, hoyas, and cobeas seem to
laugh at US after a good dashing, but the
oegonlas, coleus, and plants of the same
Glass; 90 not appear to appreciate it.
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The Davenport & st. PaulR. R. Co..
Sold by a Joking Contractor.

A little story is going the rounds about
the Davenport & St. Paul railway com.
pany that has never been published.
which is as follows: Last winter during
tho snow blockade, their road was badly
blocked, and some of the officers of the
road were at Fayette, Iowa, trying to
make arrangements for freeing their
track of the snow. A gentleman present
approached these officials and offered to
open the road if they would give him
81 900. They asked him ifhe could give
security for the performance ofthe work.
He SAID he could give all the
security necessary, and suiting tho
action to the word pulled
out roll of greenbacks from his poke +
and smiling ~ intimated that he thought
he was good for any amount himself. The
show of wealth seemed to have great in
fuence with the railway officials. who at
once drew a contract for him to sign.
binding the company to pay him $1,000
If he would clear their track Of snow. He
signed it, after perusing the important
document, the officers of the road sought
their hotel highly elated with their bar
gain. About two weeks after, the gentle
man with the roll of grcenbacks above
mentioned, received letter from the COM
pany wanting to know ''when he was 90
ing to commence work." for AS yet moth
ing had been done BY him. He replied
by saying that che thought he would
commence about the first Of June" Upon
looking at the contract more closely, it
was found that no time had been specified
for him to commence work, and in order
to use their road at once, it would be
necessary to let the contract to some one
with less money and wit. 1t now remains
to be seen whether the man of green
backs will put in claim Of $1,000, &C.
cordlng to contract, or whether he con.
s'ders he has value received by his little
joke on the company.
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,sa4 -.-~sss. Iowa. ID eas-@ssr
The Western Weeklys published at d.
venport, is busily engaged IN discussing
the question of organizing prohibition
party in the State. It claims to have ono
Of the best liquor laws in the country but
thinks party pledged to its enforcement
should be behind it. It says:
"More and more are We convinced that
tho surest and swifteet way to bring about
oil which is desired by the friends Of pro.
hibition is to organize > party which shall
give to prohibitlon the prominent place
in its platform. and the members Of which
shall be pledged to vote only for prohibi-
ton men. That the suspicious time for
formation Of such party, L. right
at hand must be evident to every one who
stud les the signs of the times. The old
parties are rapidly falling to pieces tho
old, important issues which ence kept
them together have, many OF them, lost
their vitality; and these parties seem to
be kept in existence largely for tho Phr--
pose Of gratifying the ambition Of Office
holders or ef6ce-seekers, Who, having no
regard for the general good, shout. the
praises Of their respective party. and de-
clare that it has high mission to fulfill
just because they are hoping that the
continued existence Of their political or
ganization will put 4 large number of
feathers into their own nests.
1T is true enough that some. Of tho
sterling temperance advocates are still
c'ingins tenaciously to these old, dying
organizations; but geodly number aro
opening their eyes to the fact that moth
ing hopeful can come out Of them for the
temperance cause; and the conviction.
everywhere is deepening. that there mnst
be party which shall talk and vote in
favor Of total abstinence.
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made known through asMarms discussion
in the custom house, between officials and
the interested importers.
Two Officers Killed for Attempting 4
Levy Upon Property. -

Levy Upon Property. -
Constable Michael Casey went from
WiIkesbarre, Pa, Thursday morning the
10th, to Plymouth township in the same
county to levy upon the goods of James
Connell. Being resisted be returned for
assistance and police officer, Reibcennier
went with him. When the two appeared
at the house, they found the whole Con
nell connection, comprising ten or dozen
men, assembled in the house and the
doors and windows barricaded. At once
the officers were fred upon, Reibcennier
receiving three balls which fatally
wounded him, and Casey being critically
wounded by fourteen buckshot. The
news of the affair caused intense excite
ment in Wilkesbarre, and Sheriff Kirken-
dale at once collected posse of one hun.
dred men, armed with aarbines and mus.
kets, proceeded to. the scene and sur
rounded the house. ThenfDeputy Sheriff
Rhoods and Chief of Police Kelley ap.
preached the house and demanded the
surrender Of the Councils. They refused,
and the old man threatened to shoot any
person who approached with hostile in.
tent. Three men were then placed at the
window to cover Cornell, when an at
tempt was made to break in the front
door, which was heavily barricaded. Sew.
eral volleys were fred from the inside
while this was taking place, but no one
was hit. Everything being in readiness,
the door was battered down and a portion
Of the posse rushed in and overpowered
Council before any one had time to fire
except the father, and his shot did not
take effect All fought desperately, but
without avail. All were handcuffed and
brought to Wilkesbarre. When the pro.
cession entered the city the whole popu-
lation were in the streets. and the excite.
ment was intense. Lawrence and Ed
ward, who fred the shots from the win
dow which struck officer Reibcennier,
were held for that cause, and the others,
III default of bail, were also sent to
prison.
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Prohibition NO Failure 1. vipsla.a.

The liquor advocates continually cry
out that prohibition is failure, and
there is no use passing prohlbitory laws
Ii it is failure why should they fight it
so viciously! The fact is. it is ! success
wherever tried. In Maine, where tho
law has been in force for some twenty
years, not one-fourth as much liquor is
sold as before it was the law to prohibit.
Vineland, N. j., is perhaps the most
thorough example in the United States,
OF the power and effect Of not
allowing liquors sold or used
in city. This following. from tho last
annual report Of Mr.. T. T. Curtis, con-
stable and overseer of the poor for Vine
land, shows that so far from being . fail
ure, prohibition is just what villsave the
nation. MIR. Curtis says: -
Though We have . population of TO-.
900 people, for the period rf six months
no settler or citizen of Vi,.ela1d has r.
ceived relief at ny hands as overseer Of
the poor. Within seventy days there has
been only one case, among what We call
the floating population, at an expense of
$500.
During the entire year there has been
only one indictment, and that q triAing
case Of batter among our colercd popula-
ton.
So few are the fires in Vneland. that
We have no need Of q FIRE department.
There has beeen only one house burned
in year, and two slight fires, which
were soon put out.
We practically have no debt, and our
f2YnC 0r,1v
nation.
The police expenses of Vineland
amount to $75 per year, the sum paid to
me, and our poor-expenses mere trifie.
I ascribe this remarkable state of
things, so nearly approaching tho Golden
Age, to the industry Of our people and
absence of King Alcohol.
Let me give you. in contrast to this, tho
state of things in the town from which I
came in New England. The population
of the town was $500, little
less than Vineland. It maintained
forty liquor shops. These, kept
busy police judge, city marshal, assis.
tant marshal, four night watchmen and
six policemen. Fires were almost con.
tinual. That small place maintained a
Pala nre department. Oh 1our companies,
of forty men each, at an expense of
$4,000 per annum. I belonged to this
department for six years, and the fires
averaged about one every two weeks, and
mostly incendiary. The support of tho
poor cost $4,000 per snnum. The debt
of the township was 100000. The con-
dition of things liz this New England town
is as favorable in that country as many
other places where liquor is Sold
Woman s Journal.
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Cleaning the Cellar.

Inc spring brings it's annual cleaning,
at least to the house, but not always to
the cellar; and yet the cellar is the most
important room in the house, so far as
cleaning is concerned. There can be no
health In the household when the cellar
IS IS, lett with mass Of .decaying vegetables,
f"s'emains Of the winter store. Many
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sFoaFsfulPeoPFetresaeve even the po-
tatoes from the cellar rs soon as danger
Of freezing is over; and, If there be good
barn cellar, or other place where thew
may be kept cool and dry, and fromie con.
tact with the air, it is 4 good plan. II
not, sort them carefully over, and raise
them up from contact with the ground.
ri All other vegetables should be taken
out, and the cellar Is thoroughly cleaned
and whitewashed as any other part Of the
house. II this be done and proper ventil.
alton is secured, there is no better pface
to keep milk for butter making, unless
one have dairy house made specially for
the purpose.
One Of the most pernicious practices
we know is to have lot of loose boards
about the cellar, winter and summer, con.
tracing mold and fungous growths.
When the cellar is cleaned, everything
movable-and the cellar should not con.
tain any fixtures that may not be taken
down-should be carried ont of doors,
thoroughly washed and scrubbed, and be.
come we'll aired and entirely dry, before
being taken bac:s. If everything have a
coat OF zinc or chemical paint, SO much
the better. There IS nothing pays better
than thorough cleanliness everywhere. but
the rule will especially apply to the cellar.
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AT Bcsten, on the morning of the LIST,
Rose Swell, the white wife of negro. was
found dead in her bedroom, with her
BODY badly burned. Several colcred men
we're arrested on suspicion that they
killed the woman and then burned the
body to hide the crime.
Fires are raging in the woods along
the line Of the Manchester G Lawrence
road, from ''anchester to Londonderry.
which burn so holly that railroad trains
could not pass through the woods.
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THR@se1L 4THE FOUNDATION OF
AMERICAN. PROSPERITY. =.
These words were spoken by Barnum,
the ether day, in his inaugural address
Is Mayor Of Bridgeport. There is moth.
ing new in the sentiment, but it is not
every one who has the manliness and the
plain common sense. in these degenerate
days, to speak the truth, the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth. The soil is
not only the foundation of American
prosperity, but it is the source and parent
of all prosperity. All We are as mortals,
al We possess, all the adornments Of So
ciety, Ill the works Of art, all of the
paintings, al of the grand domes point
ing heavenward, al the wealth Of per.
sons, Of States, and Of nations, are the
products of the soil of the
earth out of which man was
created, and into the dark and
gloomy and cavernous depths of which
he Is sos Don to return.
1t is true that the electricity Of genius
has animated marble with life and painted
on the cold, earthly forms the very in
spiration of heaven. But after all it is
the earth that supplied the materials,
and without its bounty life itself would
become extinct. The soil is that
out Of which man was
doomed in the sweat of labor to earn his
bread. 1t is the source of all wealth, the
almoner Of the human race-not only in
America, but everywhere on its peopled
surface.
So it is that good men everywhere have
laborei to release those who seek in the
soil living from the shackles Of oppres.
sion. All labor should be free. The Ia.
borer is worthy, not only of his hire, but
Of his living all over the world. 1t is q
universal truth-truc as to the arts and
sciences, true as to the vast field of mech
anism and invention, but more especially
true as to the farmer, and as to him who,
as in primeval times, in the independence
Of manhood, delves in the soil for his liv-
ing.
''It is PAINFUL says Mr.. Barnum, to
see so many loungers about the
streets and such multitude
whose highest aspirations seem to be to
waste their time in idleness, OF at base
ball or billiards. Yes,i is painful; it is
not only painful, but it is dishonor to
the civilization of the age. There are
thousands of boys and young men grow
ing up to worthless lives-to what is
worse, often the victims of crime or the
criminals themselves. There are
thousands more standing on street
corners, lounging and loafng away
existence, who should be made to work.
Society cannot afford these miserable,
lazy, worthless drones living. They
should be taken care Of and made to work
As all other brutes capable Of being put to
good use. There are thousands more,
as Barnum again says, with soft hands
and heads waiting for light work and
heavy pay There is where the trouble
may often be found. Too lazy to work,
they want pay for doing nothing.
Look ut the boundless wealth Of Amer
ica living hidden in viroin SOL. Sec the
waving forests with inexhaustible resour.
ces to repay the pioneer of the wilder
ness. Consider the purposes Of life-its
tremendous obligations and sacred duties,
and then how can man, or being wear
ing the form of man stand idly and seal
his life with the badge Of worthlessness.
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Ashes for Orchards.

The Scientific American says: "The
point to which we now call attention is,
that our farmers and fruit-growers have
ignored, or rather have been ignorant Of,
the importance Of wood ashes as a vege:
table st'mulsnt and as the leading con.
stituent of l.ants. Even coal ashes, now
thrown away Is useless, have been shown
both by experiment and analysis to DOS.
sess fair share of alkaline value. We
will relate only one experiment: Some
twenty-five years ago we treated an old,
hollow pippin apple tree as follows: The
hollow, to the heieth Of eight feet, was
filed and rammed with compost of
wood ashes, garden mold and a little
waste lime (carbonate.) The filling was
securely fastened in by boards. The
next year the crop of sound fruit was
sixteen bushels from an old shell of a
tree that had borne nothing of any &C.
count for some time, and for seventeen
years after filling the old pippin tree con.
tinued to flourish and bear well.''
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The wild Goose.

The Wild goose, when his wings are free,
is one OF the most cautious of birds. He
has sharp eyes in his head, and t., get
near him with gun man has to resort
to strategy. He can come as near seeing
through milestone as anything that flies.
And yet the wild goose loses his timid
character under the gentle process of do.
mestication. Sever the first joint of one
Of the wings and you incapacitate him for
Tying. Keep him in pen awhile and he
Will learn to feed out Of your hand, COM
ing even at your call. In month Or so
set him at liberty, and he will make his
home in the barnyard with other fowls.
In tanning the wild goose man asserts his
dominion over all the birds of the air.
However, it often puzzles him greatly to
find out the best method Of rubbing lit
tic salt on some of their tails. -1urf
Field and Farm.
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Exclusion Of Religious Orders from
Prussia,

DR.. Falk, minister of public instruc-
ton, introduced into the lower house of
the Prussian Diet, on the LIST inst, bill
which provides that all religious orders
shall be excluded from Prussia. Existing
establishments are forbidden to secure
new members, and their present organi-
zation must be dissolved within six
months after the passage Of the bill. Par.
tial exception is made in favor of religious
bodies engaged in the work of education,
which may prclong their existence for
some years. Those whose obje,t is the
care Of the sick may continue their organ.
ization, but are liable to dissolution at
any moment. The associations continu-
ing are to be subject to supervision of
government officials. The property of
converts IS not to be confscated, but will
be temporarily a !ministered by the state.
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Beginning We'll.

II boy has gumption and pluck, two
good qualities common to Yankees and
to natives of the United States, he can
surmount any difficulty. A boy in Iowa
is bound to make his mark in the world.
A COY only fifteen years old, in Black
Hawk county, Iowa, whose father died
three years ago, leaving his widow and
son an eighty-acre farm. burdened with a
" 1000 mortgage, has taken the whole and
sole charge of the farm, hiring help onlv
in seed time, harvest time and threshine.
paid OFT the mortgage, purchased har.
vester, sulky, pillow, a wagon, and A
set of harness., besides sewing machine
for his mother, and is now out of debt
He is member of the Cedar Valley A.
rlcultural Society. and attends school
three months each winter.
TIE Shakopce' Argus reports con oood
authority" that at the end of the nres-
ent term the Minnesota Valley Acadcmv
there. and the only school +
has Tor boys in advanced studies-will ha
closed. 1t therefore favore
a cent? al high school for the benefit of
the three school districts of the city.
The engineering corps Under FIJI
Douglas, for the survey Of the Minnesot.
river, have resumed operations from st.
Peter, where they left off last fall: and
will continue up as far as Yellow Med;.
cine or Granite Falls. Congress- .nnro.
priatcd ten thousand dollars to def:av
the expenses.