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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-22
Madison Wells Before the House
Committee.


New ORLEANS, December els p. NJ.
House Committee, morning session.
S. Madison Wells, President oil the Re-
turning Board, testifed: In canvassing
the returns We compared Supervisors
report with the tally sheets OF the Com
missioners; where they did not agree We
deducted, hut considered principally the
tally sheets; sent for tally sheets when
parties Interested in the election asked
for them; sent for the boxes of Concordia
parish al the instance OF ex-senator Har-
riG did not know then, don't. know
now that he had an interest as
candidate at the lale election; found
on examining the tickets that all
electors had been voted for but the votes
were not properly counted. We counted
tho tickets and included them in our
comparisons. The votes omitted were
on the Republican aide; haven't made an
estimate Of the aggregate vote thrown
out; will furnish the committee with such
statements; can't tell the number Of
votes thrown for each party without re-
ferring 10 the books; did not consider
what party would be affected by the
votes thrown out;think they threw out
East or West Baton Rouge, don't
recollect which; declined to furnish the
original papers to the committee be-
cause they belong to the State; the papers
are still in control Of the Board. Tho
law requires the supervisors to seal up
and forward returns by mail. Some re-
turns came by hand aud were counted.
The returns from Grant parish were not
sent by the supervisors. When superyi-
sors' reports are sent they should be ac
companicd by the tally sheets. Don't
rccollect that the law requires the
Board 10 canvass from the statement
Of commissioners instead OF supervisors.
We received the boxes from Concordia,
although they did not come through the
supervisor. We refused to consider the
vote Of Grant parish, because il did not
come through the supervisor.
Mr.. Jenks-If the supervisor was
knave enough not 10 forward the returns,
and you had the returns made by the
commissioners Of election; did you can
vass such vote?
Governor Wells-No, air; We canvassed
no votes not received through the super.
visors.
THE PROBABILITIES. ..
From present indications neither Of
the investigating committees will com.
plete their work here before the 1st Of
February. The testimony taken before
the House committee to-day was very
lengthy and tedious. While the Demo.
cratS are elated over the testimony Of
President Wells, the Republicans claim
that it did not injure their cause. There
la considerable apprehension OF trouble
on the sth OF ] anuary, when the Governor
is 10 be inaugurated. Both Packard and
Nichols will be inaugurated,i rs the Be
publicans will not oppose the Inaugural
lion OF Nichols, but should he attempt to
exercise the functions OF the Office he will
in all probability be resisted and a call
bo made for troops, 400 Of whom are
hnH atatinnn1 harA
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In the Court OF Commissioners OF Ala
bama Claims, the claims Of Geo. M. Robe.
son, Secretary Of the Navy, for Sl50, 900 for
the loss OF Hatteras, destroyed by Ala.
bama, and for $2S,50O for the loss Of
Greenland, destroyed by Florida. were
'dismi sscd.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
THE TURKISH QUESTION.

LONDON, December 22.-The PaNl pub.
fishes in an official form summary OF
the result OF the preliminary conference
ut Constantinople. According TO this &C
count when Russia forbore insisting on
occupying Bulgaria herself, successive
proposals for a Romanian and Belgian
occupation Of that province were brought
forward by Italy and France respective
ly. The objections to both being obvious,
the idea was at once put forward
OF employing force which should
not paftake OF the character OF the army,
but merely be an escort TO the European
Commission, which may have to watch
the execution Of the reforms. It was pre-
sumed that this force need not exceed
5000 men, who might be obtained from a
neutral country like Belgium, not as
soldiers, but aS volunteers. The pIeni.
potentiaries ultimately agreed on :his
outline project.
The Marquis Of Salisbury assen,ed to
II to avoid war, which would instantly
have ensued il he had Withdrawn frol,
the conference. The proposal ensures
the peace Of Europe for the moment, and
may admit of further adjustment in full
conference.
A special to the Daily Ners from vi.
emma says it is reported that Russia is
considering the necessity Of mobilizing
two more army corps. There is no in
tention at Vienna Of employing very
severe measures with Servia in conse.
quence Of the Maros outrage. Although
the dismissal Of the Ministry is consii.
cred insufficient satisfaction, the Netas ap.
nounces that the Queen will open the
next session O. Parliament in person.
FoRcIBLE INTERVENTION DEMANDED.
LONDON, December 22.--The Standards
special from Pesth reports that the
greatest irritation prevails there over the
Maros affair.
None OF the Hungarian journals are
satisfied with the dismissal OF the Ristic3
Cabinet. They demand the occupation
Of Belgrade.
Addresses are being sent 10 the Hun
garian Minister urging the Aus'so:iinn-
garian government to forcibly intervene
for the protection Of Turkey, r''
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FoLIuolL MNoRlsDA.- A Delao.
''a''c County Convention is called 10
meet HSI. ClainyiIIO on The GOlh--sAt.
''d,y veek-one object Of which ia to
SEND delegates to tho Democratic State
January. ~ "
u l0' Nouud'vilIe Republican. will Rre
-, y guns this afternoon from the top Of
@s' Mound. Capt Geo. CrumbackerI. gun
''A' d'"a yesterday to do the honora Of
i've occasion, lisa vigorous speaker for
tlye' Il aNl Wheeler. The Hon. A. b.
.AlaSelI i.'hia city, will address the
E TsopI. At the Court House some time in
~. lex" lam and West virgini. having a.
%, ' p'.ai, 'usl.A.d a statement of their vote
%s 'ps p. pFe'Ideat, We have now The vote Of ali
~. ,a. ) States Counting the vote in Colorado
wv Governor a, that for President, The
aSSteg1tes ara a. f,I.
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PLEDGED To HAMPTON.

AZ an immense meeting Of conserya.
tive tax payers tonight, a resolution
was unanimously adopted, recognizing
Hampton and Simpson as lawfully elect.
cd and pledging them moral, financial
and material aid.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31
Women IL the Garden.

However agbast some .'fine ladies"
may regard the idea of working in the
garden, l consider it one of the most
Wholesome means of exercise within our
reach. Wholesome especially, because
We have an object-and an interesting
one in taking this sxercise-which is the
growth of flowers and plants.-Before
commencing work in the garden, put on
a pair of worn out leather gloves, a broad
brimmed sun-hat, and a pair of good
stout boots-if NOS stout, then wear a
pair Of thin gum over-shoes. The damp
ness of the soil is very liable to produce
a "cold." Don't be afraid that the labor
will hurt you, even if you should become
very tired; Oh the contrary, it would
strengthen you, give you rosy cheeks,
and NAV add years to your life There
is not Spring that l do not spend two
weeks at least at work in the garden,
and tell that to me there is nothing so
agreeable, may say fascinating; and
this feeling is doubled when l see the
line flowers and good vegetables grow
ing and put them upon the table from
my own handiwork.-[ Margaret, in
Germantown Telegraph.
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VIA. to Do With Men. Heading cahases.

A writer in the American Agriculture
ist says: Last Fall | was mourning
over an unusual number of haf-devcl-
oped cabages, which were only fit to be
led to the cows, and mentioned the fact
TO Dutchess County farmer, who is in
business in New York. and has lately
bought farm near us, asking il his crop
turned ont badly. His answer was,
that he had no more soft heads than he
wanted, or to the effect that he would
feel disappointed if he had not a con-
siderable number. Now we, neither of
Us. raise cobboges for market. bu; for
our own consumption mainly, aud was
utterly at loss 10 know what lac could
do with quarter OF his crop, that failed
TO make heads
lie told me that he dug a wide trench.
so deep that alter some top soil was
thrown in he conld set the cabbages out
IN the trench as close as they could stand,
and their heads would not come up level
with the top of the ground. when
planted, he covers The trench with boards
and some brush. corn-stalks, salt hay
and earth on the top, keeping il open
on the ends or elsewhere until cold
weather, and then covering it in cl,ee.
lie said they would all have firm, solid
heads in the Spring.
| tried it, and ut the time | write
(ApriD we are enjoying the best cab
bages we ever ate. They are rather
email 10 be marketable, saw four aud "A
hall 10 SIX inchcs in diameter, solid aud
sound, crisp and tender, as delicate a,
caulliiowers, and what is more remark
able, never know when we are going
10 have cabbage for dinner until see il
upon the table. The great objection
have to this most wholesome and delic- |
ious vegetable is, that il usually fills the
house with its detesiabla odor. 50 10 have
cabbage without thi. draw back is worth
all tho trouble it costs. Ii these winter
headed cabbages could once become
known in the market, | an confident
that their merits would command for /
them ready sale al through the Spring I
The cabbages in market at this season
are very poor. They are very apt TO be 4
slightly decayed, will keep but a little /
while, as they wilt at ouce, and soon
alter rot Iwish now that lad enough /.
to test the market with, but ] have not. !
and write this partly in the hope that I
somebody will do il next year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31
Multiplying Plants.
t.. 5. +

The simple method of propagation by
layerius is usually adopted for all low
growing or slender plants, those which
cannot readily be multiplied either by
division, cuttings, or seed. The opera
ton i one Of the simplest: A branch
or stem OF the plant is bent down and
pcgged or otherwise fastened below the
surface of the soil, while its growing
extremity remains above the ground.
The cara alton Is easily propaga,ed in
in this way. Select the outward, strong
est, aud lowest shoots for the purpose.
Trim of a few of the under leaves. and
shorten the top ones even, with knife;
then cut slit in slanting direction on
the under side of the shoot This slit
should be about an inch long, in an up
ward direction towards the next Joint.
Loosen the earth and make a small OBJ
long hole one or two inches deep. Lay
the part of the stem where the slit is
made in the earth, keeping the cut open
and placing the head of the layer upright
and one or two inches ont of the earth.
Hold the layer in position by pegging it
down with little forked twig. Now
cover to the depth of one inch, pressing
the earth over it gently. Water imne-
diately, and in dry weather give light
watering every evening. This is best
done in a cloudy day. In about two
months the layer will be well rooted.
Carnations and all kinds of pnks should
be layered in June or July.
Propagations by cuttings is very
popular and expeditions mode, and one
which, like division and layeripg, exact
ly reproduces the parent plant. Nearly
all soft wooded planIs-such Is fuchsias,
lobelias, pelargoniums-are best multi.
piled from cuttings of the stem: while
thick leaved begonias and gloxinias are
readily multi. 'lied by leaf cuttings, the
fully developed leaf being inserted in
sandy compost. A cutting may vary in
size, but it is generally from one to four
inches long. 1t consists of a young
shoot taken of the plant with sharp
knife, and afterwards cut off at an acute
angle below q joint. This fresb-cut end
is to ba inserted in the earth if hardy, or
in a pot of sandy soil # tender. Lobe
las and fuchsias will root freely if sew
cred between the joints, anywhere in
fact; while gersniums will frequently
rot off unless trimmed beiowa joint
1.-THE American Garden.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31

The Michigan Farmer ha. this good
advice. Almost OF more importance
than the form III which food is given,
are the frequency and regularity of
meals. The horse. digestive organs
are not constructed for long fasts-
Long Intervals without food produce
hunger, and hunger begeis voracity;
food is boiled, and indigestion and collie
follow. This is doublv true and dan
gerons with horses doing hard work
They come to their long deferred meal
only is the food bolted, but the stomach
is in such state as to be incapable of
thoroughly active digestion, and is over
powered by half the amount OF food il
could otherwish digest. the prevention
Of waste is almost attained when we
give proper form, but there are TWO
points ~ which it is right TO devote some
attention-the form of the maugers and
attention TO the wants of the individual
animals. The managers should not be
less than three feet long, eighteen inches
wide, and twelve inches deep. They
should have an upper border of wood
projecting inward for two inches and a
traverse bar of half inch iron across
the middle. A piece of two-inch hoop
iron on the top Of the manger, protects
it from damage by the horses teeth.
This simple arrangement prevents the
horse from throwing out his corn, and
the provender il not set in SO thick
layer as in the ordinary narrow and
shallow mangsr.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31

Barley is invaluable for fattcning
fowls, those fed on it readily bringing
two TO five cents per pound more than
those fattened on corn. Ii is, however,
open to the same objections as corn as a
Summer feed.
Wheat bran is fine Summer feed,
and if one can get that from which but
one grade of middlings has been taken,
it is the more valuable.
Corn and oat meal, mixed. takes The
place Of corn meal as feed for young
chickens and other Young fowl.
But the feed we prefer TO all others is
as follows Boil two bushels of pota.
toes in barrel kettle, and when the po-
tatocs are done SO as 10 crush easily.
mash them well and add forty pounds
Of bran and twenty of mixed corn and
eat meal. The heat of the potatoes will
cook the meal and bran well, and when
cold il will cut like mush. IL is the best
possible feed for young fowls, ana Tor
old ones also.
Turnips NAV take the place of pota-
toes, and any medicine or stimulaut re-
quired may be put in it, usually give
red pepper once month in winter, and
oitener ii they flag in laving.-ICOr. in
Rural New Yorker
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farn' a''n houstboIO.
4 Rare Plant.

Mrs. +. 5. Fish of Broeklin has a Csc-
tus OF the variety called The Night
Blooming Cereus, Of five wears growth.
II began TO bloom al four wears of age,
and produced three blossoms, two in
July and one in September.
This year it has been very productive.
and added its most sweet smelling SAVIOR
10 our great national Centennial.
On Monday evening, July Sd, it pro.
tuccd a most beautiful flower, as if to
ioresEdl the festivities of the glorious
Fourth. Ga the evening of the Fourth
it exhibited two blossoms as lovely and
beautiful as ever mortal ewes beheld.
and were witnessed by large number
OF visitors. But not disposed to have
it. glory all exhausted on the Fourth, il
gave on the evening of the fifth another
splendid flower; andi to show it's
stiil continued vitality, on the even
ing OF the sixth it was again in its
glory in the exhibition OF two more
beautiful specimens. Thus six lcrfect
flowers were produced in tour successive
days, and were witnessed aud admired
by as many as one hundred pers ons, all
as one exclaimiDg, chow beautiful"
But the July exhibition did not ex-
haust the blooming qualities Of plant
On Saturday evening, August 18th, an
other most lovely flower opened, filling
the house with its pure fragrance, pro-
ducing a holy incense for the morning
IN honor of the Lord of the Sabbath.
And at the close of the sacred dav two
other flow er. appeared, as splendid and
lovely As any that had preceded.
Surely IL the perfection OF elegsnce.
beauty and fragrance exhibited in these
flowers, we may learn something ofHim
who is the Maker, not only OF all the
sweet and lovely flowers Of earth, but
also OF all the transcenden,ally beauteous
PROJECTIONS that exist; and while we adj
mire the srork, we ought TO become
more aud more sensible OF the power.
the wisdom and the architectural acu-
men Of the Great Workman.
Z. ST.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31

We have at this season to consider the
feed for our fovls. Corn lie usually the
standard with farmers and amateurs.
like it in cold weather, but in warm
weather L cannot get as many eggs by
its use as L can with wheat. wheat bran,
or even oats.
Wheat is splendid feed at any season.
| have often found that when had fed
wheat for some time and began to feed
corn again that the chickens would, af-
ter picking . few grains, stop ard come
up to me, and when I went to the next
yard they would follow to the gate, rs
if thew wanted something else.
Oats make fair Summer feed, and
are worth per bushel, perhaps, half ~
much as wheat. Wheat screenings,
when from q merchant mill making .
crack article of -four, are worth all they
cost, but those from custom mills are
not usually Of much vaine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31

STrNGs.-If the bees have stung YOU,
press the hollow part of your watch-key
or Q small tube ever the sting to extract
it, and bath the place with aqua-ammo-
mia, or moisten saleratus and put on it /;
for the poison is acid, and must have an
alkali to neutralize it. Soft soap will
often prove the best antidote for bee
sting.
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4oefrp.
BY ALICE CARY.

BY ALICE CARY.
Children, who read my lay,
This much have to say:
Each day, and every day,
Do what is right
Right things In great and small:
Then, though the sky should fail.
sun, moon, and stars. and all,
You shall have light.
This further would say:
Be YOU tempted Is yeu NAV,
Each day, and every day.
Speak what is trne.-
True things in great and small.
Then though the sky should fall.
sun, moon, and stars, and al,
Heaven would show through.
Figs, as you see aud know.
DO not out Of thistles grow:
And though the blossoms blow
While on the tree.
Grapes never, never yet
On the limbs OF thorns were set;
So, If you 3 good would get,
Good you must be.
Lite's journey through and through.
Speaking what is just and true,
Doing what is right to do
Unto one and all.
When YOU work and when you plav,
Each day, and every dav:
Then peace shall glide your WAY.
Though the sky should fall.
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AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS
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Scientifically

prepared articles in t h G
market. The disease is
treated externally by means
OF the Linimcnt, which.
when properly applied, re-
duces the swelling. relieves
the tension and removes
the inflammation, the cause
of pain, in a very short
time, thu. restoring free
dom Of movement and elias
ITCHY to the joints. The
disease being a blood pois-
on, of a peculiar nature, is
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UNDOUBTED INDEMNITY

] call the careful attention Of the busiaes.
men OF Ellis orih and vicinity to the facts and
hSures Let not the In suring public be longer
lcluded, but look iulo the matter for them selves
Csrvtnl and Candid Investigation VIII tell the
1klE STORY. This l solicit and urge. Tn.
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The sire Of a COMPANY Is no criterion o. its
siren sth.
The largest companies have larger HsbiIItie.
nuaily writing lager lines aud Accepting a
larger amount of undesirable insurance. d..
ket pins ny the volume OF the business. The tr
iaoLhlrs ior Reinsurance are therefore large
ana t1cY are liable to heavier losses by eAtra-
sire coufA gfations.
IA aim is 10 furnish only
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