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BLUE SLEEP.

The sleep Of perfect rest IS dreamless a
kind OF sleep 10: procured by laudanum,
chloral, or any other drug. Remember
this young people, at the beginning Of
your lives. Do healthy work enough to
weary you, and you will sleep healthy
sleep, and be doub!y sure of good old
age. The New York Times remarks;
One Of the pleasantest of the quaint
fancies that Sir. Arthur Helps scattered
freely through Rsalmuh was that of buy
ing sleep. In that strange country where
''tired natures sweet restorer' could be
bought, there were three grades oft, OF
corresponding prices, of which the cost
'iesst was Of a pale-blue color. This
plunged, or rather sank, the happy buy
or into profound and dreamless sleep !;
whereas the cheapest kinds only procured
the lighter form Of rest and iorgetCulness
which we call slumber g.:
Like almost all Helps fancies this
shows an intimate and sympathetic
knowledge of the everyday need and
craving of the civilized human nature.
Strange as it seems, sleep is the greatest
need Of man, next to air. lie can live on
a very little food and drink, any continu.
Gus reduction of his hours Of sleep. even
IN moderate proportions: results in insan-
ity or death. We have said that this is
strange: and is it not so...that the great
est boon and the greatest need III life
should be absolute oblivion ?...that to en-
JOY, indeed to endure, two-thirds of life
we must pass one'third, or nearly that
proportion of it. in state of absolute un-
consciousness! For sleep to be perfectly
refreshing should be dreamless.
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Fcrtilizers.--.Liquid manure can be ap.
Piled to all growing plants with great ad.
vantage. Manure from the hen roost or
barn yard can be utilized in this way.
Guano, when obtainable, is one of the
best kinds to use to make liquid appli.
cation of. Land.plaster and wood ashes
are among the best and most easily Oh.
tanned fertilizers, and pu. on the ground
during moist weather will do much good
Sawdust for Celery.-.-The editor of the
London Journal Of Horticulture, says
sawdust is good thing for ear' hing
celery, placing it between the rows and
around the plants, after the leaves and
stalks have been brought together, press
ing the sawdust about them, SO as to lie
compact and insure bianchlng perfectly.
1t IS better, he thinks. than soil, not
being so liable to cause the stalks to rot,
and is good protection against frost.
Rye for Cows.-Rcferring to its use as
so'ljng crop, the N. E. Farmer says:
we have grown rye feeding green to
mulch COWS for several years, and with an
increasing estimation of its value for this
purpose. Our course is, to SOW grass
seed with the rye, and then cut one
or two crops Of good fodder after The
tirst crop ofryc. One not used to feed.
Ing green rye to COWS, would be likely to
delay beginning too long. The earlier
it is cut the larger will be the second
crop, and The better the cattle will cat it.
1t Is not fit to feed after it comes into
blossom.
The French mode Of stacking wheat in
the field is thus described by CORES.
pondent: THE farmers of England
place the cut wheat in shocks, to BE-
blown down by wind or wetteo with rain :;
the farmers Of France put it in viottes -
.. e., they double up sheaf, round which
they range ten OF more sheafs, then tn "
tie large, straw band around the bot.
tom of largs sheaf, which they turn up
side down over the rest, so that it fails
all around as tEatch. These VOTES
stand firm against the wind and rain, and
the cars of the covering sheaf shoot off
the rain. The wheat thus packed will
stand firm for weeks, 1.-THE stubble he'll, as
holdfast<), and the millers declare it is all
the better for it. The fields have a beau
tiful appearance. as if covered with little
bell tents of corn. "-Paris Correspond
e7lcc.
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PURIFYING CIDER BARRELS.

y correspondent Of the Boston Guilt
Gator accompfishes it this way:
cleansed cask that had boiled cider II.
it; it is as sweet as new one. put
about two quarts Of lime in it and filled
it with water and let it stand "a hours,
then turned it out and ,insed thoroughly
with water. Then took piece Of sheet
iron and1nade a funnel shaped cup that
would go into the bung hole, riveted a
narrow piece Of hoop iron to it, about Is
inches long, then put red hot bolt into
the cup and filled with. sulphur, and put
into the barrel and cleansed the vents
and bung. let stay about five hours
then rinsed we'll and twas all right.
The handle to the cup makes it easy to
fumiga,c barrels.
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WHISKY FOR AN HOUR.
SD:a~l NV ~


He was poor and proud, wore a sad
look on his noble brow, and saddle:
looking hat careened at an acute angie on
his bu>hy head. lie entered 4 Main
street saloon, strobe up to the bar.looked
at himself in the mirror, and smiled. His
open. work red flannel shirt displayed a
manly breast covered with numerous
scars, sanguinary tokens of many fiery
fray. He viewed himself in the mirror
once more and, beckoning to the iulep
jinsler and punch preparer, said, Friend.
am athirst; the sight Of those cooling
ice and that juicy pile of lines hath
reused in me an inward desire that
fain would satisfy SCOT any moncy!''
questioned the. man of liquids. Alas
no; | am bereft of coin, but I would
gladly do thee some. mcpial office in re.
quital for a cooling draught." There
laid large sack Of grain in the corner.
and, winking al. tho, assem- led, loung-
ers,, the BARK cepcr said: ''Shoulder that
sack and carry it across the room, and
never lay it Gown. and will give you all
the whisky you can drink in an hour. :
The imfecunious one closed his left optic
and silently. surveyed the sack, at the
same time requesting the contract to be
repeated. His eye cleaned with a sud-
den animation and, selling the sack and
giving assent he,swungit as high as his
knee; then Staggering to the other side
of the room, with mighty effort he did
leave it suspended on the unnoticed hook
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of her orbit, and beyond which she never
passes ; that the orbit of the earth being
eccentric to these two circular limits, our
vision may allow itself to be surprised By
deceptive perspectives, and thereby as
sign to- the; movements of the moon, which
are constantly uniform and always in the
nlane of the ecliptic, inequalities that do
not exist; in fine, may subordinate the
judgment to the error of a system of false
appearances. -.
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DESTROYING WEEDS,

ANYBODY who has taken, the trouble to
observe the tendency of weeds to spring
up Immediately after a shower, has also
observed the, fact,if the ground is loosen.
ed after rain no weeds will appear. This
is due mainly to two causes. First, weed
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Mr.. Parsons, a lawyer in Chicago, was
trying case before jury, being counsel
for the prisoner. The Judge was very
hard upon him, and the jury brought in
verdict Of guilty. Mr.. Parsons moved
for new trial. The judge denied the mo-
ton, and remarked ;,;fsIhe court and
the jury think the prisoner knave and
a fool The counsel promptly replied
''The prisoner wishes ms to say he is per.
fectly satisfed-he has been tried bv a
court and jury Of his peers!''
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Death Of Charles Wheat.tOnc. the Dis.
linguiShed Electrician.

Charles Wteatstone, F. r. S., the dis.
tinguished electrician, died at Paris on
Wednesday the Goth. He was born in
Gloucester in 1902. He invented the
telescope in 1884. and was one Of the sew
eral persons who, in 1887, claimed the
honor of the invention of the electric tel
egraph. Wheatstone and his partner,
Cooke, obtained in 1887, a patent for ap-
paratus which they invented for sending
signals by means of electric currents:
They were successful in the practical an
plication Of their invention, which soon
came into extensive use. Prof. Wheat.
stone afterward invented several improve
ments, among which is the ma gneto-
alphabetical telegraph. He was Vice
President of the Royal Society, and was
a corresponding member OF the French
Institute, as we'll as Of several Of the lead
ing academies of Europe.
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Of the law. It seems rather TO have been
intended in favor Of life 20 give the Jury
the right to express this opinion in their
verdict, which but amounts 10 a recon-
mendatiOn to mercy, that the court may or
may not regard. In determining whether,
in their opinion, there are mitigating cir
cumstances, the jury are left entirely to
thei' own discretion. They are not told
by the judge what would be mitigating cir
cumstances. It would POSSIBLY Be error
for the Judge 10 attempt 10 DO it, as thi
would be to limit the jury on this point
TO such circumstances as the Judge might
indicate, whereas the statute leaves the
matter 10 the jury without restriction.
We think the idea that the statute
creates a new grade Of Otfense, is incOn-
sistent with the holding that the court may
disregard the finding Of the jury. If It be
a separate grade Of crime, the acquittal BY
the jury Of the higher grade should be
conclusive upon the court by the terms Of
the Constitution itself.
Nor do we think it can be maintained
that the finding Of mitigating circum-
stances in the first verdict, with the iudg-
ment Of the court thereon, was conclusive
upon the court in rendering Judgment
upon the last verdict. If the court, in the
first instance, might have disregarded the
recommendations, we think, when that
judgment and verdict IS set aside, and a
new trial bad before a different jury, and
possibly upon different testimony, the
court must pronounce its judgment upon
the last verdict alone. So we hold that
there is no error in the record upon this
question.
Justice Turney delivered a dissenting
opinion, in which he held that the finding
by one jury Of murder in the first degree,
with mitigating circumstances, and the
cOmmutation by the court Of the punish
ment from death to imprisonment for life,
operated as a bar 10 a conviction Of murder
in the first degree by another jury on new
trial, and sentence of death by the court.
This view was so ably maintained by Judge
TuTney that the court finally agreed 20 re-
commend that Greer's sentence be COM
muted to Imprisonment for life.
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CONNECTICUT.
Republican State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tiOns Endorsing Grants Course in
LOuFsInua

| Republican state convention -heSOlu
tiOns Endorsing Grants Course in
Louisiana.
NEW HAVEN, January 20.-The Mayor
/ ordered a salute Of one hundred guns il
honor Of the Presidents course in Louis
lana affairs.
The Republican State Convention to
day nominated for Governor, James Lloyd
Green, Of Norwich for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Charles English; for Secretary OF
State, Col. Augustus Fam; for Treasurer,
o. B. Arnold for Comptroller, Gen. r. B,
Crawford. The resolutions adopted ex-
pressed adherence TO the principles Of the
Republican party and in favor Of hard
money. The following are the resolutions
relating to Louisiana affairs:
Resolved, that we have undiminished
confidence in the integrity and patriotism
Of President Grant, and we heartily en-
dOrse his recent special message to the
Senate on the Louisiana question and prin-
ciples therein contained. We unite with
him il declaring that any military inter
ference with the organization Of Slate
Legislature or any Of its proceedings, or
with any Of the coordinate departments Of
the government, is repugnant to our ideas
VI EohcL4ALucA1lf dAlu " lt1 LllLif VIC Nei4 NuLA-
ceive Of no case not involving rebellion or
insuuection, where such interference Of
the authority Of the General Government
ought to be permitted or can be justified;
and at the same time we thank the Presi-
dent for saying that: "TO the extent that
Congress has conferred power upon him to
prevent it, neither ku-Klux Klans, White
Leaguers, nor any other associations using
arms or violence to execute their unlawful
purposes, can be permitted in that way to
govern any part of this country" We urge
our Senators and Representatives to adopt
early measures for securing the peace and
welfare of the people Of louisiana
Resolved, that we utterly condemn now,
as we did during the war, those unwarrant-
ed denunciatiOns Of the General Govern
ment which, while subserving only politi-
cal purposes, tend to keep alive an insUr-
rectiOnary spirit in certain States in this
Union.
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D. G. ELLIS, State Superintendent
Of Banks In New York, makes a lengthy
and interesting report to the Legisla-
ture. He says the present national
system was based on the old bank law
of his State, and derives all its good
features therefrom, while every depart
ure has proven a mistake. He makes
a lengthy argument IN favor of restor-
ing the control of all banking to the
State, which the NelC York Tribune
rather favors, saying: after the re-
cent fOOlhardy experiments engrafted
by Congress on the banking laws, peo-
pie will be more inclined than ever to
give favorable hearing to the propo-
sitions of Mr.. Ellis, the Bank Superin-
tendent, for restoring to the States the
control Of the banks"
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DR.. J. W. HOyte. After the devotion Of a
short time to miscellaneous business, DR..
Lindsey will deliver an address in favor Of
Normal Colleges in Tennessee. The after
noon viii be taken up with the discussion
Of the subject. At night, addresses will be
delivered by DR.. B. Sears, General Agent
Of the Peabody Education Fund, and DR..
H. A. NJ. Henderson, State Superintendent
Of Kentucky.
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FOREIGN.
The Spanish CauIdrOn Beginning
to Boil.
War Imminent Between Monte
negro and Turkey.
Defeat OF the Government in the
French Assembly.
SPAIN.
The CauIdron BesinhIng to Boil
Troubles Hafehing for Alfonso.

The CauIdron Beginning 10 Boil
TrOubIes Hafehlng for Alfonso.
PARIS, Jan. 20.--Statements are made
that Republicans have left Barcelona and
other towns in Spain for a conference with
the Carlist chiCftain Sabals, regarding a
general rising against King Alfonso, and
that should the project succeed, it IS pro
posed by q plebiscite to decide between a
monarchy, with Don Carlos as King, and
a republic. There is considerable agita-
ton among the Republicans in Barcelona.
Not without Honor, save at Home.
LONDON, Jan. 20.-The prompt action
Of Spain In the Gustav affair has had an
excellent effect on the northern Powers,
who are ready to acknowledge AlfOnZO as
soon as they are officially notified Of his
accession 70 the throne. The Spanish fleet
viii probably lombard Zaranaz tomorrow.
EnrOute 60 the Front.
MADRID, Jan. 2O.-King Alfonso has
arrived at Jaragossa, on his way
to The northern army. Bodies Of Calists
are in the nsighbGhUod Of the railway be-
yOnd. Troops are concentrated at Alhamo,
aRd-the line is strongly guarded. A train
Of cars filed with soldiers precedes the royal
train.
A New r-in-Chtef for Cuba.
Count Valmazeda viii probably 60 to
Cuba as COmmander-in- Chief in the Island.
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WHAT'S In THE WIND?
Big Guns. Wanted for Coast
DefenSes.
Are We to Have a War with
Spain?
Grant Urges an Immediate Arms
ment Of the Coast Defenses-

Grant Urges an Immediate Armas
ment Of the Coast Defenses-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The following
message was sent to Congress to-day:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives: In my annual message Of Dec. l.,
1873, while inviting general attention to
the recommendations made by the Secre-
tary of War, your special attention was
invited to the importance of a preparation
for war in the armament of our seacOast
defenCes. Proper armament is of vastly
more Importance than Notifications. The
latter can be supplied very speedily for
temporary purposes when needed;
the former cannot. These views
gain increased strength as years roll by. l
have now again the honor to call special at
tention to the armament of our fOrtifca-
tiOns, and the absolute necessity for Imme-
diate provision by Congress for the pro
curement Of heavy cannon. The constant
appeals for legislation on the armament
Of Notifications ought no longer TO
be disTegarded, if Congress desires to pre-
pare important material without which the
future wars must inevitably lead 10 dis
aster. This subject is submitted with the
hope that the consideration it deserves may
be given it the present session.
U. S. GRANT.
Executive Mansion, Jan. 20, 1873.
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SENATORIAL ELECTIONS.

Massachusetts Elects Mr.. Dawes.
Boston, Jan. 2O.-Henry L. Dawes was
elected United States Senator by the Leg
tIature on the second ballot to-day. The
vote was as follows: Dawes 40, G. F.
! Adams 9S, Abbott 10, II. L. Pierce l, G.
r. Hoar 9, y. P. Banks l, c. Devens, jr.,
10. Number of votes cast 269. Necessary
/ to a choice 135.
Little Delaware Sends Mr.. Bayard
Back.
DOVER, Jan. 2O-Thos. F. Bayard has
been elected United States Senator.
Indiana Sends Mcdonald TO Succeed
Pratt.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 20.-The Joint
| convention of the General Assembly to-
| day elected Hon. Joseph E. Mcdonald
| United States Senator by ten majority.
The vote stood: For Mcdonald Y, Pratt
IS, Buchanan Is, Holman 3, Thompson 6,
| Curry 2. -Four members were absent.
PennsyIvanIR Sends q Democrat TO
the senate.
HARRISBURG, Jan. 20.-The Legisla-
ture on joint ballot to-day elected VIM. A.
Wallace United States Senator by 125
votes to 116 for Mr.. Allison.
The Empire state VIII be Represented
by q Democratic Senator.
ALBANY, n. Y, Jan. 20.-BOth houses
in joint convention elected Francis Kernan
United States Senator to succeed Reuben
E. FentOn.
Little RhOdy I'm Travail.
PROVIDENCE, R L, Jan. 2O.-Two un-
successful ballots for United States Senator
took place to-day.
Minnesota Fires Again but Fails.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 2O.-The Legislature in
Joint convention to-day voted as follows
Ramsey 81, DOnnelly 81, Davis "A, scatter
ing 10. In this vote Ramsey gained one;
DOnnelly lost two, while Davis held his
own. Mr.. Merse, a Democratic representa-
tive from Stearns county, changed from
Donnelly TO Ramsey.
The Nebraska Republicans I'm Trouble
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 20.-BallOting for
United States Senator was resumed to-day,
with the following result:
First ballOt-Thayer Is, Dundy IA, Pad
dock s, Mason 5, scattering 5.
Second ballot-Thayer IL, Dundy IA,
Paddock s, scattering 10.
Third bsllOt-Thayer IA, Dundy 10, Pad
dock 9.
profound sensation. II is probable the Re-
publicans will now 90 into caucus, which
they have hitherto refused to do, and bring
out new man. Excitement at Lincoln is
intense.
OMAHA, Jan. 20.-It is stated on good
authority that Gen. Thayer has withdrawn
from the Senatorial contest, and that Judge
Dundy will be elected United States Sena-
tor tomorrow.
BIOOd.IettIng Chandler Finds = Hard
Road 20 Travel
LANSING, MICH, Jan. 2O.-First ballot
for SenatOr-Chandler "a, gain Of 1; La
thrOp most of the balance.
The result Of the Democratic caucus last
night, and the subsequent conference with
anti-Chandler men, is kept entirely secret.
II is thought that the Democrats, after
uniting on some candidate Of their own, if
unable to elect, will unite with the anti
Chandler men on some such man as Judge
Christiancy or Cooley. The anti-Chandler
men stand firm. Chambers friends say
they are confident of ultimate success.
New Jersey.
TRENTON, Jan. 20.-The Democratic
caucus tonight nominated ex-GOv. Ran
dOlph for United States Senator.
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STATE OF THE WHEAT MARKET.

new 40EA 4LlUAues uaAs 10
Our wheat market since this day week
has been characterized by much heaviness
and depression, and only limited inquiry
has prevailed, due largely to the unfavOra-
ble advice from English ports; orders
thence have been withdrawn, OF their limits
greatly reduced, hence this, coupled with
the absence of any considerable supply of
tonnage, has made the business of the
week very unsatisfactory, and much
Of the time values have been entirely nomi-
nal; our adyices from the Continent have
not proved as satisfactory as hitherto; de-
Cided change in the weather and favorable
reports Of the growing crop in Germany and
Austria have eXerted a more conservative
influence, as with mild weather there the
supplies from the Adriatic, Black and Azof
Seas, would no doubt continue liberal, and
consequently the supplies at English ports
via the Straits Of Gibraltar would prove
larger this and next mouth than had
been counted on, provided the supplies
were not taken up mainly by the Italian
and French markets on the Mediterranean.
The limited arrivals of California wheat
COf July and August shipments) at English
ports has, up to the latest advices thence,
proved quite a disappointment TO them, and
we learn they are holding back for those
overdue supplies, which consist almost en-
tirely Of white wheat: hence we find in this
market no demand for white
wheat, and the article is much de
pressed, and the same is true of all
kinds Of winter wheat. Our millers
owing to the depression in -four, have pur-
chased sparingly, and hold very small
stocks Our receipts have been limited,
mainly Of winter; this has been difficult of
s-le, even at a considerable decline. From
the West we learn the movement in wheat
has been quite large and stocks are increas-
ed at all the principal markets, but the
shipments TO the seabOard have been eX-
tremely limited. The exports of the week
are 307, 800 bushels, against 71S6j7 BUSH
els the corresponding week last year.
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Executive Mansion, Jan. 20, 1875.
A formidable Army Of Witnesses.

MUsCOGEE, 1. T, Jan. 20.-Maj. j. A.
Williamson left here tonight in a special
car with twenty-nine Indian witnesses from
the Cherokee, Creek and Seminole nations
to appear in behalf of the United States Us.
JnO. W. Wright. Wright was appointed by
Secretary Harlan to pay bounties, as per act
Of Congress Of June Is, 1866, to members
of the First, Second and Third Indian reg
iments. He is now accused Of having
forged the names of Indians, drawing the
funds and appropriating them to his own
use, and will be tried at the present session
of the United States District Court a. St.
Louis.
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HOIIRE..

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 20.-The
Speaker presented a letter from Richard r.
Irwin, the recuSant witness in the Pacific
Mail investigation, statinT that he was now
ready TO answer any question asked, and
to purge himself Of his alleged contempt;
also, stating that he has been suffering from
malarial fever, and that, unless he is soon
released, his testimony would be lost for
ever. A resolution was adopted resembling
so much of the resolution Of Jan. @ as re-
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THE Jackson Whig and Tribune is
prancing on It's tin auricular because
we scout the idea that ''female lob.
byists" are taking a hand In the Sena-
torial contest. Some few ladies
at the hotels may possibly feel
All interest IL behalf of this or that
candidate, but the statement that they
have actually invaded the lobbies for
the purpose Of buttOn-holeing members
is utterly without foundation.
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THE General Assembly decided yes
terday to elect a Comptroller and
Treasurer this morning. For both Of
fees there are numerous candidates,
and the bOlloting seems likely to tread
close upon the heels of that for United
States Senator.