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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-12
House and Furniture For Sale

VNlE SECOND HOUSE FROM Nm
the corner of Clark and Spring kMliI
streets. together with the furniture, tElI
Is offered for sale on reasonaoie H,awu,
terms, as the owner is about leaving AK tyRs'
inquire of f9tf LOUIS Loo
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-02-12

THE Eureka SENTINEL pays a mer-
tied compliment to State Controller
Hobart, and says it wishes that all our
State officials we're as efficient and
worked as faithfully for the interests of
the State as MIR. Hobart. 1t is true
that the gentleman is one ct the best
and most conscientious officers our
State ever possessed, but he made a
mistake when he meddled with the
State Prison business-and he has got
his fingers burned q little.-Reuettic.
The only mistake he made in med
ding with the State Prison business
was that he didn't give the cinch a turn
sooner than he did. He knew the boil
was ripe more than sixteen months
ago, and should, perhaps, have caused
It to be pricked at that time. Perhaps
he deseryesto have ''his fingers burned
a little" for his delay in bringing OF
the crisis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

various places where they were known
to be grown freely. Old authors de-
scribe a kind known as Ascirlonitides, %
a name said by Gerarde to be "of a
towne in Judaa, otherwise called Pom
peiana." Singularly enough, however,
the English name of this kind is given
by this latter authority as "Scallions, y
and along with it is given an illustra-
ton and the following stateme nt:
"This hath but small roots, growing
many together; the leaves are like to
onions, but Jesse. 1t seldom bears
either stake, foure, or seed. It is used
to be eaten in salads" Both Thophras-
tus and Pliny refer to this, the latter
in the sixth chapter of his nineteenth
book, where he says, "The one serving
for sauce or to season meate with"
Can it be, then, that in Pompeii of old,
chives, as we know them now, were
used popularly .-Gardener's Chronicle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
BuyinE a Farm.

When business is depressed and
times are hard, city people are apt to
wish themselves settled i'll the country,
and seriously think of buying farm.
It is the universal panacea for pinched
pockets and metropolitan misfortunes
Let merchant fail, and the first thing
he proposes is to save money enough
out of the wreck to buy farm. If a
broker suspends, if a fnancier's pretty
bubbles break or float away in the air,
if lawyers clients withdraw their pat
ronage and leave him without briefs
in short, if anybody experiences bust
ness collapse, he Immediately turns his
thoughts countryward, and as the last
and unfailing resource proposes to buy
a farm. 1t is assumed that anybody
can run a farm, as anybody can edit a
newspaper, and it is also taken for
granted that farm is a sort of horse
that not only takes care of himself bat
feeds and clothes his rider. 1t does
not seem to occur to any of these nen
that farming is a business requiring
special knowledge, experience and
skill for successful management, and
that the average city man is quite as
much out of place and at his wits end
on a farm, after he has bought it, as he
would be at the head of manufac-
tory or in command of man-of-war.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
A Snake Duel.
From the Home and School.


The rattlesnakes of our country have
a dangerous enemy in the common
black snake. In one of these duels,
which are both spirited and deadly, an
eye witness, Mr. VIM. Kincaid Davis,
Of South Carolina, says the rattler was
compelled to commit unintentional sui
eide in a moment Of temporary insan-
ity. When first discovered, the rattle
snake was coiled with head erect and
ready to spring. The black snake cir
cled around him repeatedly, being care
full never to approach near enough to
be reached by the fangs of the RATHER,
who, turning his head to watch his an
tagonist as he circles round, became
dizzy and crazed, and finally struck
blindly and Strengthened himself his
whole length. The black snake now
ran across the Strengthened form of
the other, who, feeling the contact,
struck, missing his foe, but biting his
own body, died of the venom from his
own fangs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
The Culture of Asparagus
From the New York Times.

Asparagus is one of the most valu-
able, yet one of the rarest vegetables
in the farm garden. No plant is more
easily grown when properly cultivated,
and no plant is easier or more simply
cultivated. The key to the successful
culture of asparagus is light and moist
soils and plentiful supply Of salt.
Then the natural habit of the growth
of the plant is to be considered. This is
by long spreading roots, which do not
penetrate deeply but radiate widely
and soon fill the ground, and from
these the stalks sprout and appear
above the surface. The soil needs,
therefore, to be made mellow and rich
in preparing the beds, and in planting
the long roots need to be carefully
spread out and extended. The prepar-
alton Of the soil is now seasonable
matter for consideration. A bed of
two square rods or about five hun
dred square feet if we'll managed will
supply a family month at least. The
bed should be deeply dug over and
thoroughly and deeply MANFRED with
rotten stable manure, two horse load
being required for a bed Of this SIZE
The surface having been leveled should
be laid out into low ridges, five feet
wide with alleys between them of two
feet in width. The plants should be one
year old when planted, and the
cheapest plan is to procure them from
a market gardener who raises them for
sale, and generally has them large,
well-grown, and in fine condition.
The sub-beds are marked out in rows
one in the centre and one on each side,
foot apart from the edge, and the
plants set nine inches apart in these
rows. Care must be taken to spread
the roots well, and leave them six in
ches beneath the surface, with the
crowns of the plants covered not less
than two inches. The planting should
be done as early in the spring as the
condition of the soil permits. A week
or ten days after planting, the surface
should be raked over with a sharp steel
rake to destroy weeds, and at intervals
of week the raking should berepeated
until the plants begin to grow, when a
hoe should be used instead of rake.
AS soon as planted the beds should re-
ceive dressing of salt at the rate of
three pounds to the square yard. The
third year after planting full crop
may be expected, and the bed will con-
tlnue to yield crops for twenty years If
1t is properly fortified.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Manure for the Garden.

Hen manure, when mixed with
enough soil to work fine, has special
fitness for the onion crop, as it can be
applied to the surface where wanted
has no weed seeds and is exceedingly
valuable, being little less than guano.
Leached ashes have an especial val
tie on sandy soils, and produce most
effect upon onions, potatoes, corn, and
the root crops. Their value is lasting,
and the effect of liberal application
will be noticed for years, and if not to
for this crop, and isworth for this pur-
pose twice the amount paid by soap
makers. For all garden crops they are
valuable; potatoes, turnips, beets, and
peas deriving most benefit next to
onions.
Lime is of most value On Itch old
soils, it's effect being to unlock and re-
lease fertility already in the soil, but in
active or insoluble. Hence, upon poor
soils it may sometimes do more harm
than good, but used upon rich old gar
den soils its use occasionally will pro-
duce astonishing results.
Super-phosphate cf lime produces a
very quick effect, and besides the fer
tility it adds to soft soil, the rapid de-
velopment it adds in plant life enables
the roots to lay hold Of much food they
would not otherwise. In the garden it
is of special value to hasten growth
while plants are still small and unable
yet to reach coarser manures, and also
to touch up and bring forward any por-
tons of crops which seem to need fur
ther help. While depending chiefly on
stable and green manures, we always
find profitable use for super-phosphate.
In the garden land plaster is exceed
ingly variable in its effects. Some of
the most marked benefits from it's use
have been noticed upon vines during
drought. If applied over the surface
of the hill and vines during a drought
so severe that the leaves droop at mid
day, they will, in a couple of days,
show no signs of dropping, but exhibit
unusual vigor.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
History of tine Onion.

Very few members of the vegetable
kingdom exist that can boast an older
record than the onion. Theophrastus
alluded to it as follows: "Tbere be di-
vers sorts of onions which have their
syrnames of the places where they
grow; some also lesser, others greater;
some be round, and divers others long"
This is ample proof that, even in his
early days, variety of sorts were
grown, and in many places. Pliny
adds the questionable information that
"none grow Wild The onion is also
spoken of in Holy Writ, where, in con-
nection with the leek and other vegeta-
bles, it is referred to as luxury belong
ing to the Egyptians, at the earliest
date we possess any history in regard to
them. Though Theophrastus shows by
his statement above that distinct sorts
existed, we are inclined to believe that
there were not more than two or three
distinc ct types then. They derived,
however, a variety of names from the
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Things Worth Knowing.

Keep tea in close chest or cannis-
ter
Keep coffee by itself, as it's odor af-
fects other articles.
Keep bread or cake in a tin box or
stone jar.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrap
ped in soft paper, and if possible laid
in drawer.
The Standard adopted by the United
States is the Winchester bushel, 1S!
inches in diameter inside, s inches
deep and contains $3.50, 22-100 cubic
inches. 1t is the legal bushel of each
State, having no special statue bushel
Of its own. A half bushel measure
should contain 1,O75, 21-1OO cubic
inches.
To find the contents of cylindrical
measure, multiply the square of the
diameter by 1881 and then by the
depth. Example: 49, and 1Sa-342, 25;
342, 25 x .7S5, 39S-24S, 1903 So, $50
42-100.
The United States standard gallon
measures 231 cubic inches.
A barrel contains 10 gallons Or 6, 24O
cubic inches.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

violently, but was taken up just as
easily as the others after it had been
provoked to a great rage for several
minutes. A korite, proverbially dead
ly, had been played so many tricks be-
fore that it was slow to take part in the
fun: Once or twice it struck viciously
at the keeper, but without any effect,
and at last ceased to make any effort
to bite the Hindoo. There was no need
TO play pipe or tom-tom to awe that
snake: 1t was only too glad to get
away into his blanket and box again.
The exhibition was ended by the show
ing of biscobra, or small guava.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
A Pigamy Graveyard in Tennessee.

An ancient graveyard Of vast pro-
portions has been found in Coffee
county. It is similar to those found in
White county and other places in Mid
die Tennessee, but is vastly more ex-
tensive, and shows that the race of pig
mics who once inhabited this country
were very numerous. The same pecu-
liarities of position observed in the
White county graves are found in
these. The writer Of the letter says:
Some considerable excitement and
curiosity took place a few days since
near Hillsboro, Coffee county, on James
Browns farm. A man was blowing in a
field which has been cultivated many
years, and plowed up mans skull and
other bones. After making further ex-
animation, they found that there were
about six acres in the graveyard. They
were buried in a sitting or standing posi-
ton. The bones show that they were a
dwarf tribe of people, about three feet
nigh. It is estimated that we're about
$4,000 to 100000 buried there. This
shows that this country was inhabited
hundreds of years ago."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 80, 1876.
THE LOVERS,
BY ELLA V. JOHNSON.

BY ELLA V. JOHNSON.
The lamp is burning DINNER,
The fire is growing low,
IT'S hard upon the daylight,
And darling, / must go.
The stars are slowly paling,
Within the wintry dawn;
But still your eyes are brighter
Than sunlight in the morn.
And on your cheek the roses
Are blooming sweet and fair
AS any that in summer
Bloomed in open air.
While on your lips caresses,
Seem like charm to dwell
Fit were they made for kissing,
And being kissed as well.
And still your hand is clinging,
So fondly to my arm,
AS though within my bosom
You'd nestle from all harm.
But while your cheek is resting,
Dear love against my own,
| scarce can think of going
Out in the gloom alone.
But soon We'll ne'er be parted,
Whatever time will bring
Be it the frost of autumn,
Or sunshine of the spring.
So, while the stars are fading,
Before the coming day.
TIL kiss you once again love,
And hasten then away.
My. Weekls
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Seeds, Per Acre.

The following table, from the seed
catalogue of D. NJ. Ferry & Co., Of De-
troit, shows the quantity of seed rec
commended by them to be sown per
acre of the different grains, grasses and
vegetables. Such tables are valuable,
although circumstances much vary the
quantity best for a crop, IN different To-
calities:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
AGRICULTURAL.
Seasonable Information for Farmer
and Gardener. Useful House.
hold Hints and Recipes.
Hog Cholera.

The disease can be wholly prevented
by feeding plentiful supply of wood,
Goals and ashes, and giving copperas
in their drink in proportion of one-half
pounds to ten hogs. Farmers will find
hogs will leave any feed to eat Goals
and ashes, and when treated in this
way can mingle with cholera hogs
without danger. It will be necessary
to keep them from all drinks until
they partake of the copperas water
freely.-From an Ohio farmer, who
speaks from experience.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
The after treatment sho11!d be care

The after treatment should be care
fully attended to. After q months
cropping the cutting should cease, and
the sprouts be allowed to grow and ma
ture. This is necessary for the growth
and development of the roots, which
would otherwise perish. In the fall
the withered stems should be cleared
off and the beds cleaned from weeds
and rubbish, and some coarse manure
Of forest leaves should be spread to a
depth of three or four inches over the
bed, as a protection from the frost.
This should be raked off and removed
in the spring, and a moderate dressing
Of fine rotten manure spread upon the
surface and raked in. Nospade should
be used under any circumstances nor
at any time. A digging fork may be
used to stir the bed and loosen the sub
soil, but to mellow the surface will gen
orally be sufficient in loose, open, light
soils such as this plant thrives best in.
The yearly spring dressing of salt, as
previously mentioned, should not be
neglected.
The only insect from which this crop
suffers is the asparagus beetle, which
lays its eggs upon the small branches of
the full-grown plant. These eggs, about
the size Of timothy seed, and are at
tached by their ends to the branches.
The mature insect is about fourth of
an inch long, with three bright yellow
spots upon each wing-case, aud with
reddish yellow thorax The larva is
soft-bodied, as thick as long, dull gray
ish in color, with black head and legs.
So far it has only been destructive in
the eastern part Of the state Of New
York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

A LOCAL debating society is prepar-
ing to wrestle with the following ques-
ton: RESOLVED, That man who plays
on an accordian and keeps barking
dog can't be Christian"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
How TO Discover Altered Writings.

A discovery is announced by a
French chemist to which recent events
in this State give a special interest
here. Its value lies in its application
to the discovery Of alterations in writ
ings that are suspected with having
been tempered with. The coloring
matter of ordinary ink consists chiefly
of a combination of fannie acid with
oxide of iron. M Colbert has discover
ed that however skillfully any writing
may have been erased, sufficient traces
of the iron oxide always remain to ap-
pear in a Photographic image, though
they may be wholly invisible to the
eye on the original paper. He pre-
scented as an illustration a bond drawn
for los francs, which had been altered
to 5000 francs and SO negotiated. The
original paper bore no suspicious ap-
pearance, and the closest ocular inspec-
ton failed to detect any trace of the
figures that had been erased. But on
photograph of the same paper the
figures 105 were plainly discernible,
mingled with and partially obscured
by the later figures substituted for
them. The light reflected from the
surface once stained by ink, though in
distinguishable by the eye, affects the
Photographic materials differently from
that reflected from the paper where
the ink has not touched it. 1t is be-
Eeved that photograph will always
settle the question whittier suspected
paper has been altered by erasure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

the prom eroQu DalC, lGS eyes glSOulLg, 1tS
neck distended, and crunched the wood
as though it were finder. Two or three
moments elapsed as the teeth pene-
trated farther into the fibre, and then
we saw the poison falling in white
drops into the shell, which acted as
kind of saucer. I was particular in
noticing two points in regard to this in
cident; first, that the poison did not
come from the fangs immediately the
bite was irficted-a fact which will
account for the mongoose living some
times after he is bitten by the cobra;
and next, that the quantity of venom
emitted was much greater than is
generally supposed. There were five
or six large white drops in the shell,
al probably one or two absorbed in
the bamboo When forced to surrender
the wood the serpent seemed by no
means exhausted; the fibre was much
torn, for the teeth had penetrated near
ly quarter Of an inch.
When another cobra, equally large
was examined, it was shown that the
teeth were set back some distance in
the head, and that they were by no
means SO large as those of a viper
shown afterward, and which was so
quick in it's movements that it had to
be lifted out of it's box by means of a
hooked stick. This huge viper made
such desperate attempts to strike one
or two of us that we were by no means
sorry when the keeper seized him by
the neck and tail and opened his
mouth. His fangs were larger than
the cobra's by one-half, and very
strong. They must have contained a
great quantity of venom. A "Rus-
sell !" snake with a golden spotted back,
was the next on the floor, and it Kissed
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-27
FROM OAK HARBOR.
wHrDDY ISLAND. june ). 1876.

WnrDDY ISLAND, june ). 1876.
EDITOR ISTELLIGEXCER Since you
beard from this place last, We have
made giaut strides towards civilization.
We have now. a. OAK H4rhor, a good
store andcr the careful management of
j. ;. Snow; also tbc post-office, that
has been 50 long aud anxiously looked
for. has become an established fact At
last, John II Gillespie being postnlas
ter and things look Qnite lively, as
two schoouers. Le,itia, Capt. Adams.
and the Granger. Capt. CoombS. are ~
ing in oak harbor The Changers a.
so arc doing = good work, as they have
contracted with Geo. u. Morse To put
them up main building three stories
high, 2sxi0 feet. with Wings on each
side. - feet wide. Tie basement IS to
be used for storing grain, the second
floor as store, and the third floor to De
fitted up a. hall fer the use of Oak
Harbor Grange. No. 81, Patrons of
Husbandry. The wings are 20 BE- used
for storing hay The building. with
wharf, will cost the Grange about fl
teen hundred or two Thousand dollars
when completed.
God speed the Changers in their good
MARS.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-27

CY Owing to a jam in White river.
jus, below the overflow of the Stuck,
the larger part of the water in the up
per river is turned into Stuck, and an
extensive overflow is the result. Etlo.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-27
7 Ell EG r A p HIC
EASTERN STATES.

WASHINGTON, June a4.-Blaine is
better to-day but his physician insists
upon his being perfectly qaie, tina, he
may BE- able to leave as soon as posi-
bic. Next week he viii probably go
quietly 10 his home in Maine.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-27
W. P. DRUITT, Agent.

-
4 K1lAOAS ALA
Mr.. Downs, Seattle. W. T.:
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and in fact everything could think or hesr of,
but found no change in my eyes, until by chance
got one of your boxes of Magic Eye Salve, which
| am happy - say did its work 10 perfection, and
oan recommend tito the world.
GEORGE L. MOCHEL,
SEATTLE, W. T., June Is 1876.
Mr.. Downs
Dear Sir-I have been troubled with sore eyes
for some time past Was Induced to try your Eye
Salve and found great relief thereby. l can rec
ommeud il 10 the public.
Respectfully yours.
A. II. JONES, Engineer Steamer Zephyr.
Mr.. Downs:
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Address, II. DOWNS,
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-08-25
o0L0RAp0.

TIE datena6af State Republeae Gsa
treati0n.
P1silo Aag. 24-The convention
convened al 10 a. M The committee
On permanent organization reported for
permanent president, Alvin Marsh, of
Gilpin; Vice Presidents-frst, NJ H
Fitch, of Pueblo; second, Victor Gar
cia, of Coneios; third, Louis Dugal, of
Arapahoe; Secretaries-W. B. FELTON,,
of Saguache; J. A. Willoughby, of
Summit, aad A. L. GIBSON, of Weld.
The report was adopted. After debate,
Ham moved that the convention pro-
coed to an informal ballot, which was
carried. Ham nominated S. II. Ebert;
Terry nominated Head, and Dorloff
nominated Routt. Symes withdrew
Gov. Routt's name. The first informal
ballot gave Ebert, 81; Routt, 80; Head,
SO; Chilcott, A; blank, 1. The second
informal ballot gave Ebert, 81; Head,
"a; Chilcott, Is; Routt, /; w. Teller, 5.
Total, 14S. The convention then adj
joufned until 2 p. m.