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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03

Senator Harvey, of Kansas, has pre-
scented a memorial to Congress, at the
request Of the Kansas State Horticul
tural Society, asking Congress to pro.
vide for an investigation into the hab.
its of the Rocky Mountain locusts, OF
so-called grasshoppers. 1t directs the
Commissioner of Agriculture TO APP.
point three commissioners TO make an
investigation and report as TO the
method of preventing the iucursions of
said locusts into the fertile States and
Tarrifnrinc
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
The Commi,tce on Insurance.. State

The Committee on Insurance, State
Grange, made the following report
which was unanimously adopted, and
the executive committee directed to
carry out the recommendation there.
in contained.
Your committee appointed upon the
subject of life aud fire assurance, beg
leave to report as follows:
/. We recommend that two thousand
copies of the bylaws of the Life AS
surance Association, be printed. and
that the Secretary's and Treasurer
report, read at this meeting, be print
ed therein.
3 We recommend and urge that the
secretaries of said Associations, with
the assistance of the executive COM
mittee of the State Grange, be author
lied TO district the State into districts
of five counties, more or less, and APP
point in each an agent who can be de-
pended upon to look after the interests
of the said Association, take applIca-
tons and otherwise be on the alert TO
advance the interests Of said Associa-
tons, and that the secretaries have the
authority to remove such agents as may
prove inefficient or dishonest.
3. We would further recommend and
urge that the Master and executive
committee of the State Grange, by and
with the advice and assistance
of said Secretaries, divide the State in
TO ten districts of ten counties each,
more or less, and appoint in each a
general agent, who shall meet with the
Patrons in his district, either in
Oranges, Grange conventions, or 9TH
erwise, and lecture upon the interests
of the Order, but especially upon the
merits of the Life and Fire Associa-
tons. To explain the principles OF CO.
operation. and present such other sub
jects as may be furnished by the Sscre-
taries of said Life and Fire Associa-
tons, add the officers and executive
committee of the State Grange. To
secure the services of an energetic
member in each county or subordinate
district, and recommend them for
agents of the Fire aud Life Associa-
tons.
General agents to receive one dollar
and fifty cents per day, as compensa-
ton for the time actually employed in
said service, but time not to exceed
sixty days, and TO report to said Secre-
tary every six days, the number Of
miles Travelled and work done.
The Secretaries Of said Associations
to have power to remove said general
agents for incompetence or ineflicien-
cy.
All of With is respectfully submit
ted.
JAMES COFFIN,
ID. b. LONG,
E. X. WoLvERToN, Com.
w. w. WooDRING,
l.. C.. CUPPY,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
THE HERITAGE.
BY JAMIE RUssELL.LOwELL,

What does the poor mans son inherit!
Stout muscles ard slnewy heart,
A hardy frame, a harder spirit;
King OF two hands he does his part
In every useful toll and art
A heritage. If seems 10 me.
A king might wise to hold in fee.
What does the poor mans son inherit!
Wishes enjoyed with humble things.
4 rank adjuged by toii-wsrn merit,
Content that from enjoyment springs.
A heart that in his labor sings
A heritage, il seems TO me.
A king might wish 10 hold In fee.
o. poor mans son? scorn not thy state
There is worse WEAKNESS than thine,
In merely being rich and great;
Toll only gives the soul TO shine,
And makes rest fragrant ana benign.
A heritage. it seems 10 me,
Worth being poor TO hold in fee.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03

Eighteen fruit steamers q month
now reach New York from Florida
and the West Indies. Oranges were
never so plenty aud cheap before-th,
Florida varieties coming in in great
quantities, and bringing better price,
than Tie Havauas.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
Fancy Table.

A small table of plain wood may be
made highly ornamental by fancy
cover. Let the cover fit the top of the
table very nicely. and around the edge
let there be sewed alternate pieces o
red and black cloth with hand some
embroidered and applique work on
them; the edges of these pieces should,
be pinked. a cord covers the seam
connecting the cover with the border
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03

The following resolutions were
adopted by the Kansas State Grange
ReSolced, That our Worthy Master
be directed to visit every county in thu
State during the current year TO NEE,
with the Patrons and encourage then
in the Order and our business interests
ReSolred, That the officers and exec
utive committee of the State Grange
have our full confidence, and we be.
lieve their actions have been dictated
by desire for the best interests of the
Order
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
PATRONS IN sEpcwIcK COUNTY

"Kansas State Grange Business officers.
NJ. r.. Hudson, Master, Maplcton,
2 d. MaNson, Secretary, Emporia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03

There arc two hundred thousand
Northern people down in Florida this
winter.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.

NATIONAL GRANGE-BUsINEss OFFICERS
DUDLEY w. ADAMS, Master, wauikon, Iowa.
o. II. KELL 'ec'y, Georgetown, ID. c
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03

DISTRICT GRINGL 7. O NV IcHIIa,
a. NJ. Darand, Master.
4. a. Dorsey, Sec.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
NEW GROCERIES.

NEW GROCERIES,.
STAR GROCERY!
BAKERYI
e. H.NUGENT &CO.,
Occidental Block.
constantly Fun Ssoek of
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-02-03
Goods delivered to any part Of City.

North Ws.s Corner Douglas Arsnue d NarlA s..
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
"Sure Cure" for Rheumatism.

The Boston Journal of Chemistry saws /:
The number of infallible" cures ior
rheumatism that have been announced
has become matter of joke. Our
readers have doubtless seen the amusing
list of hundred or 80 of these specifics,
professional and non professional, that
has gone the rounds of the papers. DR..
Franz Heller has added one more to the
catalogue, and that is ammonia, which he
advocates enthusiastically in the Medi-
zinische Presse of Vienna. For several
years. he had been sufferer from severe
muscular rheumatism in the right
shoulder; he had taken all the common
antirheumatic remedies with but little
alleviatien, when he began to reason that
in rheumatism, as in gout, there may be
a uric acid diathesis; he thought that
liquor ammonie, on account of its rapid
volatilization, would be the remedy most
readily absorbed, and the most prompt
in action. He took one drop, diluted
with water, and felt Immediately COM
plete relief from the pain, which had lasted
for ten hours; he was now able to move
freely the arm which, an instant before,
he could scarcely bear to have touched.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
Dr. sc,.-n-L,. s,.nd.-a Remedies.

The standard remedies for all diseases Of the lung,
are ScHESCK's PuLMoSIC SYRur, ScHESCg's SRA
WEED TONIC, ami ScHESCK's MANDRAKE fills
and, II taken before the lungs destroyed, speedy
cure IL effected.
To these three medicines Dr. J. ii. Schenck Of
Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success iu the
treatment Of pulmonary diseases.
The Pumonic Syrup ripens the morbid matter In
the lungs nature throws it of by an easy exrecto-
ration, Tor when the phegm or matter is ripe a
slight cough will throw II of, the patient has rest
and the lungs begin to heal.
Ts enable the Pulmonc Syrup 10 do this. Schenck's
Mandrake Pill and Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic must
lie freely used to cleanse the stomach and liver.
Schencks Mandrake Pills act on the liver, removing
all obstructions, relax the gall bsider. the bile
starts freely, and the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic Is a gentle stinulant
and alternative; the slkal Of which IL is composed
mixes with the food and prevents souring II as
sists the digestion by toning up the stomach 10
healthy condition, to ;ha, the food aud the Pulmon-
c Syrup will make good blood then the lungs heal
and the patient will surely get well II care is taken
TO prevent fresh cold.
All who wish TO consult Dr. Schcnek, either per-
sonally by letter, car do at his principal Office
corner Of Sixth and Arch sts, Philadelphia, every
Monday.
Schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country.
EJ. HARTa co, Nos. 7s rs and u Tchoupitoulas
Street. New Orleans, Wholesale Agents.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
Woman Suffrage In Massac chusetts.

Yielding to the opportunities of the
advocates of woman's eniranchisement
the committee of the Massachusetts, sen.
ate to which the matter was referred has
reported woman suffrage bill. The
bill is not at all satisfactory to the suf-
fragists; but they look upon it as con-
cession to them, and the fact that it has
been proposed as reason for continu-
ance of agitation rather than for the ces-
sation thereof. AS il stands the bill
neither proposes to admit all women
who are citizens to the enjoyment of the
elective franchise, nor to allow those who
are admitted the exercise of the right in
all elections. Women to enjoy the priv.
ileges of the bill must be at least twenty
one years of age, must have the educa-
tional qualifications of voters of the
other sex, and must have paid a tax
upon property within two years. All
women voters are made eligible to mu-
niciral offices, and their right of voting
is confined to the offices to which they
are eligible. In speaking of the bill the
Boston Traveller says that it might be
urged in its support that more than
twenty-five thousand women are direct
ly, or through guardians, taxed in Mas
sachusetts on property amounting to
nearly one hundred and twenty millions
of dollars, and that the tax thus paid by
them amounts to nearly two millions OF
dollars per annum.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
KNOW Tity OPPORTUNITY" !"

The grim monster, Death, was stealthily
approaching. | could almost feel his hot
fiery breath upon my forehead. My faith
less goddess, Hygeia, had utterly deserted
me. Only now and then would Morpheus be-
friend me- but on this auspicious day, he had
deigned to moisten my eyelids with heav-
emily ambrosia, and slept. As ] slept, be-
hold, had dream thought that | was
roaming upon foreign soil whittier my physi.
elan had sent me to recover my health. | was
in great metropolis-one of the grand marts
of the world. In one of my strolls chanced
TO meet man who had in his hand hand
somelybound volume, entitled "The Peo-
pies Common Sense Medical Adviser" and
who said he was an agent for the sale of the
book. The title was such novel one that |
was impelled to give the work casual no.
tice. As hastily glanced over its pages | OBJ
served that il contained treatises not com
monty found in medical works. But | had
too many times been hoaxed by appear
ances, and determined that | would have
nothing TO do with it. A voice within me,
like a faithful mentor, whispered, a" Kn0w hy
Opportunity; on that book is thy salvation! !"
| began reasoning with myself Although
doubtful and distrustful, yet ! put forth my
hand to take the book, and, 10! the agent
was gone! | was miserable. In my agony
dNoht. bftdt VI were
upon nay brow. BY my bedside was friend
who had called during my slumber to see
me. Said my friend. al have brought with
me book, just published, which thought
might interest vou." One glance at the work,
and | was assured that it was "The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" by Dr. Il.
V. Pierce, of Bufllo, N. Y. Surely, his was
the veritable book which | had seen in
my dreams. My friend loaned me the work,
and every day, as my strength permitted, !
pcrused its pages. Although it contained
very interesting treatises on Biology,
Cerebral Physiology, Human Temperaments,
Nursing of the Sick, ,tc., yet being an inva.
lid, was most interested in the subject of
Diseases and Remedies. | believed that
had liver affection, and yet more than one
medical attendant had pronounced my dis
ease Consumption, and that | would fall with
the autumn leaves In that book found my
symptoms perfectly portrayed. ! was then
confident that had not deceived myself.
reasoned thus: "Any man who can so truth.
fully depict my feelings, and apparently un.
derstand my constitutional tendencies, must
know just ,cho, my physical system demands.
| will trust my case with DIR. Pierce. | will
take his Golden Medical Discovery as recon-
mended for my disease" The result is, that
after having perscveringly followed his pre-
scribed treatment, | once again enjoy the
blessings Of health. Therefore, would say
to the afflicted, "Know thy opportunity"
and take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. QuIs.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
Poor Organs.

The following from the Ncw York
Christian Adrocafc, written by its editor
in-chief, DR.. Currie, some years since, is
yet more true to-day than when it was
written; ms the popularity of the instru-
ment has extended, the number OF in
competent makers has increased. There
are now few articles in reference to
which the public is more deceived and
imposed upon than In parlor or cottage
organs. This is attested by the thou
sands of such instruments now standing
utterly useless, all over the country,
which are but few months or years old
CABINET OR PARioR ORGAEs.-As
usual In such eases, The new and large
demand for these instruments has In
duced great number of persons to en-
gagged in their manufacture, some of whom
are quite Unequal to the business they
have undertaken. 1t requires some
thing more than mechanical skill of the
artifcer in wood and iron to make and
prepare for use a musical instrument and
yet some have brought nothing else to
their aid in the business. The result is
that the country Is becoming filled with
inferior and defective instruments. Large
sums of money are expended for value.
less articles, and the people are defrauded
of their needed musical education. The
evil is intensified by the fact that these
inferior instruments are, on account OF
their inferiority, most industriously
urged upon the public. Because they
cannot compete with better ones in the
open market, they are pressed upon the
public by direct solicitations and be-
cause they offer larger commissions, they
are those most commonly offered by
agents and hawked by peddlers. And
as most Purchasers are unable TO judge
of the relative merits of theee things, the
| inferior articles are often bought when
better ones are desired, and would be
cheerfully paid for.
Induced by these considerations, we
have been at some pains to ascertain
what instrument of the many now so
| Letting the public favor combines the
greatest amount of real excellencies. We
have prosecuted this inquiry entirely
independently of aid OF direction from
interested parties. The opinions of some
of the best musical critics, composers
and performers have been obtained re-
ports of experiments made in the Ordi
nary use of various instruments in
churches, schools, and families ha ye beer
compared, all of which with singular
unanimity concur in assigning the first
place to the Cabinet Organ of Mason 4
Hamln-a decision that corresponds
with otir own previously formed convic
tions. We have writer
these things without solicitation iron
any one, and without the knowledge o
those whose pecuniary interests we ma,
seem to favor The interest of on
readers is the object we have sough
especially to promote, and in that inter
est we have prosecuted our inquiries
and now we record our convictions.-N
/, | Y Christian Ad,,ocUfr
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
CuItivntso~ or Broom Corn.

Rroom seed corn should be planted in
the spring, about the same time as Indian
corn, on ground that has been thoroughly
pulvcrized with the harrow. Corn stub
Bile or clover sod is one of the hest places
for crop of broom corn. Let the rows
be marked out three and half feet
apart, after which sprinkle the seed in
the marks as evenly as may be practi
cable by the hand. A better way is to
use common garden drill. Cover the
seed by passing 'ght one-horse harrow
over the ground, going twice to the row
if the land is cloddy. DO not cover the
seed too deep. After the spears are up
about two inches high, 60 over the rows
with large harrow. DO not be afraid
of tearing up the young plants, as the
greatest mistake with most people con-
sists in planting too thick; the stalks
should be three and four inches apart in
the row. Two and half quarts of good
seed will be sufficient for one acre, if the
ground is in good order. BY narrowing
the small weeds will be killed, and the
working Of the soil will give the corn
start. after which the growing crop will
require the same cultivation as other
corn. When the stalks begin to shoot
out in head, go over the field, bending
down all that are out, before the tops
get crooked. This operation will have
to he done several times. After the
seed is nearly ripe, commence cutting
the brush. First cut the brush on two
rows, then 60 back and with coin cut
ter cut the stalks, laying them crosswise
on the rows, 40 as to make bed to keep
the brush from resting on the ground,
lay the brush on the bed and let il re-
main two or three days in the sun, after
which tie the brush up in bundles and
secure in round shocks, about twelve
bundles together. One bed will hold
the brush for eight or ten rows. Cover
the shocks with stalks tent fashion, max
ing tight at the top, but 20 that the air
can pass through the bottom. In this
manner the broom corn ought to stand
three or four weeks until thoroughly dry,
then cart to the barn and take off the
seed, which may he performed by using
common threshing machine; take Off
the top, and, if an undershot, cross the
band; have boy to hand you the brush,
as much as you can hold tightly in your
hands at once, holding the seed ends on
the cylinder rs it revolves. In this way
one man and a boy can clean several
hundred pounds per day. Much de-
sends upon the kind of soil in raising
broom cern. Flat, loamy lands or river
bottoms will yield the best crops. But
paying crops Of broom corn can be raised
on any good corn land that will yield
from 700 to 1000 pounds and 40 bushels
of seed to the acre.
There are several varieties of broom
corn. The improved evergreen is much |
more profitable, as the brush is worth !
almost twice as much in the market, |
and the yield of seed will he larger and
better than the crop of the old red va
riety of broom corn.-Practicai Farmer.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25

ABOLITION OF THE DEATH PENALTY.
Maine is the fifth state that has abol-
ished the death penalty. The other four
are Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Con.
necticut. Iowa is about 10 restore the
gallows, having found the immunity en-
joycd by murdcrers to he fatal TO large
and constantly increasing proportion of
her population. In Wisconsin and Mich
igan, two agricultural and eminently
peaceable and law-abiding states, the ab-
clifton has worked well enough. In Yer
mont, the hanging statute still remains
on the books, but it has been practically
abe lished for many years. Murders in
the Green Mountain state are very rare,
and life imprisonment is punishment
enough where there is no criminal class
to overawe with the gallows. Maine,
however, has been the scene of some very
atrocious murders in the last five years,
and the abolition of the death penalty in
that state seems particularly inoppor-
tune.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
rs.... In C..s.r ne. c.l,urr.

The Increase In the culture of castor
beahs Ii many counties in western
Missouri and eastern Kansas has been
very marked during the two preceding
years, particularly 40 last year, w it
amounted to an increase of nearly two
hundred per cent. This Is TO be ac-
counted for from the fact that grass
hoppers do not touch the young plants
in the spring, nor will the chinch-bug.
Cut-worms, however, do some damage,
which necessitates the planting of more
seed than Is required for the two plants
10 hill which are to be left, If the
rows are five feet apart, and only one
II four feet apart. Any good corn land
will produce good crop OF costOr beans.
A half kushel will plant about eight
acres. Four or five seeds are deposited
in hill. The seed should be that which
was ripened uniformly, say that which
is first expelled from the bowls,
or in other words, the first picking OF
those that have ripened early and uni
formly. II will be difficult at present
to obtain seed thus saved. Formerly
the rows were left five and six fee,
apart, and every seventh row was lef,
one way to admit horse and wagor
VI slide to pass. But further expert
ence has demonstrated that the row
may be ~ close as four feet on thir
lands, and not more than five fee
apart on stronger soils, and that tn,
seventh row or blank space is unneces
sary; for if the team attached to tn,
wagon is always driven the same wa,
over the bent row, it will not breal
the plants.
Previous to 1874, castor beans wer
imported largely, but now the impor
tation of them has ceased The Ian,
should be prepared the same as 70
corn. On good lands, the yield average
about twenty bushels to the acre. Fo
present prices of seed, see market report
Directions for harvesting will he givel
at the proper time, which usually begin
about the 18th of August, and contin
ues every eight or ten days until tn
crop is gathered.-Rrai World.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
vmIssnbte. l.easnsent.

r. S. Steele writes to the American
farmers club: Some time ago | was n
good deal worried with a couple Of horses
whith had sore backs. | tried various
remedies without success, and was be-
ginning to despair when the following
receipt came to my notice: "The inner
bark Of white oak bark boiled down in
an iron kettle (never use brass one)
until IL is as black as ink while boiling
drop in piece of alum, about the -iye
of hens egg" This liniment is to be
applied with a sponge, and is good for
any sore or bruise in fact, it is safe
thing to keep in ones barn ready to
use when occasion requires. As ! found
this 80 useful, ! venture to send it for
the benefit of others who may not be in
the possession of anything as good. I
think II II also an excellent plan in
warm weather TO clean the collars often
with CASTLE soap.
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25

The remedy, he claims, has proved a
positive cure in all recent cases of mus.
cular rheumatism, which have fallen un
der his observation, and these have bcen
many. lie also observed its effects in
several cases of acute articular rheuma-
tisin, In two of which six drops sufliced TO
subdue the pain and swelling within a
period Of twenty-four hours. In ore
case of chronic rheumatism of finger
joint, which had lasted for half year,
the simple administration OF the ammo
MIA completely dispelled the inhamma-
Il and pain in the joint within two
The Osceola times., 1876-03-25

FATE oE THE TEXAS Pacific BILL
A Washington special of Wednesday to
the Chicago Times says: Tom Scott's 5
Southern Pacific scheme received its
quietus for this session to-day in the
committee, at the hands of its friends.
AS stated in these dispatches, there was
never shadow of chance of its success
in the house, and the Scott men, after
having made a careful canvass of the
house, sought their friends on the CON-
mittee, and begged that the bill should
not he brought into the house. Men,
bcrs OF the committee who were friendly
10 the bill were getting equally as anx-
ious to have the question lie over un-
til after the presidential campaign, and
30 to-day, Mr.. Atkins, the author of the
bill who was acting chairman of the CON-
mittee in the absence of Mr.. Lamar, of
fered resolution that the bill and all
Others of similar nature be laid upon the
table, not to be taken up unless on a
majority vote Of the committee. The
vote on this resolution was nine to four,
Mr.. Atkins voting in the affirmative for
Mr.. Lamar. The four who voted against
this are supposed to be Garfield, of
Ohio; Luttrell, of California; Kass.on,
Of Iowa, and Blair, of New Hampshire.