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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-23
Ear Marks Of Butter Cows.

John Shattucl,, noted butter dairvman
Of Chenango County, \. Y, said, at the
late convention of the New York State
Dairyman's Association, shat he had found
the color on the inside the ear to be an
infallible guide in the selection of good
butter COW. If the skin on the inside the
ear is of rich yellow color, the COW was
sure to give Il good quantity OF milk that
is, milk rich in butter He said in all his
experience he had never known this SIGN
to fail. j. W. North, in the .Naiae Far
mer, gives some further information con-
corning the subject. He observes that
COWS producing very high-calored butter
have large amount Of the ear secretion,
in many instances the whole internal surface
being covered with thick orange-calored,
oily matter on the other hand, the light
colored butter makers present scanty, thin
and pale yellow secretion in some eases found
only at the bottom of the ear. His theory
Is that every animal has the power of
sccreting a certain amount Of this yellow
pigment. If the quantity be sufficiently
large, secretion will take place freely in the
mammary glands, the ear aud skin
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-11-23

No where in the country has real estate
decreased in value so materially as in the
city of New York. a journal of that city
says that prices, value and rents of property
have collapsed to such an extent that the
depreciation amounts to a fall Of from forty
to fifty per cent that few Of the costly
business structures erected during the iu-
fiation period, would now be valued at six
ty per cent. of their actual cost, and some
of them would not bring even that This
is accounted for from the fact that New
York was the center of the imitation bub-
bic, and that speculation run to greater
hight in that city than anywhere else vet
1t is said that what will apply to costly bust
ness structures in that city will apply with
equal force to the same elsewhere. Money
was spent upon this class of buildings much
more lavishly than upon the more moderate
class, and the latter, consequently, are now
paying the best in proportion to the less
cost. The buildings themselves are an orna-
ment to the cities in which they are loca-
ted, and no one will regret their erection
except those who fail to realize from them
as much as was expected.
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
The HealthfuIness of Lemons.

When people feel tho need of an acid, if they would let vinegar alone, and use lemons or sour apples, they would feel just as we'll satisfied, and receive no in- jury. And suggestion may not como amiss as good plan when lemons arc cheap in the market. A person should, in those times, purchase several dozen at once and prepare them for use ill the warm days of spring and summer, when acids, especially citric and .malic, or the acids of lemons and ripe fruits, are so grateful and useful. Press your hand on the lemon and roll it back and forth briskIy on the table to make it squeeze more readily; then press the juice into a bowl or tumbler-never into tin; strain out all the seeds, as they give bad taste. Remove all the pulp from tho peels and boil in water-a pint to dozen pulps- to extract the acids. A few minutes bo ling is enough, then strain the water with the juice of the lemons; put a pound of white sugar to 8 pint of the juice; boil ten minutes; bottle it, and your lemonade is ready. Put table spoonful or two of this lemon syrup in Q glass of water, and you have @ cooling, healthful drink.
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
Advice to Young Men.

President Porter, in his sermon be- fore the senior class of Yale College, gave theyoung men the following advice:
 The last Step must soon be taken, and you will find yourself each fighting his battle, no longer a mimic, but stern struggle for what are called the prizes of life. You will stand upon the threshold and wistfully inquire whither will life take me and what will life give me I hear voice replying in the distance to each of you, gentle but clear, tender but firm, loving in it's accents yet capable of Life will bring back to you what you only with ampler returns. It is & good time for an honest and earnest man to begin life. It would seem that there has never been time, for a generation, which is so full of hope to a young man who is willing to make full proof of an earnest, intelligent, courageous and lov- ing Christian life. The country has been chastened. If it brings wealth and power and culture and freedom as the fruits of the first century of it's inde- pendent life, it begins the second with some just convictions that the manhood of the people aud their rulers are it's only security; that truth and honor are the only reliance of free common wealth which hopes to remain. Go forth, then, in this time of fear and of hope, of thankfulness and of christening, go forth in the name of the Master, to labor in His service and to live for His kingdom. Yield to no fear. Remem- Der that you are not brought to this open door by your own hand. No man is self commissioned except he cuts him self off from God. He who has brought you to this place will guide you to the end. May we now and then hear of each one of you that he is high-toned and intelligent servant of his country and his time, and that She world is daily the better fo1 his living in it, that his life is guided and blest by tue living God. With these wishes aud this prayer l bid you an affectionate farewell"
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
A Strange Suicide.

The OUerld1ad Chia1d MdiI gives ar account of & strange suicide that was lately committed at Fun Chow Foo. A young lady, who had the misfortune to be left widow while yet in Ter teens, was urged by some injudicious relatives to enter again into the bouds of we'd lock. The thought thus suggested of supplying the place of her late husband was so repugnant to her feelings that, in order to escape from the persecution of her advisers, she determined to Gas cend to heaven on the back of a stork, '' or, in other words, publicly to commit suicide. Having arrived at this deter imitation day was fixed for the cere- mony. Early on the fatal morning the lady, dressed as the "queen of heaven, '' and surrounded by large following of admiring relatives and friends, started from her late husbands house in an open sedan chair for the scene of her .self-infiicted death. By the way, she visited her parents, to bid them fare we'll, and stopped occasionally en route to taste the viands which were placed at intervals by the side of the road, as at funeral. On arriving at an open space at the back of the Hai-chaou temple, she mounted on scaffolding which had been erected for tho purpose, and, hay ing bowed to the vast crowd which had assembled to witness the proceedings, she cried with loud voice: " Heaven and earth and my friends am quite satisfied to die in this manner" Have ing said this, she stepped on to Q chair on the platform, and thrust her head through moose of red cord, which hung suspended from 0 cross-beam above her. At the same moment a red cloth was placed over her head and face, and then, without the least hesitation, she jumped off the chair. Death was almost Instantaneous, and she expired without the least apparent struggle. Unfortunately. the effects of this young lady's self-devotion did not end with her life, for so deep an impression did her conduct make on some boys who had witnessed the spectacle that they amused themselves on tho following day by making believe to follow her example. By misadventure, while one of them was adjusting the ropo round his neck, his playmates ran off, and ou their re- turn they found that he likewise had ascended to heaven on the back of Q stOrk" "
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
Bright but Naughty Boys.

MT. John Ormsby, in his "Stray Papers" tells the following story of the London street Arabs: We once saw the Strand thrown into terror, confusion,
 and distress by the unaided wit of two boys. It was one of those foggy, damp December evenings, when the lamps looked like blurred moons, and objects
 twenty feet of arc all but indistinguish- able. Theso playful youths had got n suit of old clothes and some straw, out of which they made an image sufficiently like man to pass muster in that uncer- tain light. With this. counterfeiting the action of afftctionate sons leading home beloved but intoxicated father,
 they would suddenly appear in front of some passing omnibus, and then, affecting to lose all presence of mind, allow their helpless parent to fall almost under the feet of the horses. Tho scene may be imagined. Terror of the passengers, horror of the driver, horses down through having been sharply turned aside or pulled up on the greasy pavement, general agitation, which cul- minated at length when an omnibus, with more way on than usual, actually passed over the body, the wrotched driver, of course, suffering the mental agonies of homicide, until relieved by seeing the straw intestines of his victim.
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
Looking Forward,

Why turn, faint spirit to the vanished past? Why grieve that some vain longing might have been?
 Why brood OCT broken hours no longer thine, Or sigh for conquests thou mays never win Leave the poor faded hope and trust long dead, And nurse the hearts unfolding bloom instead Fling your misgivings to the idle wind Fruition is the patient souls reward Thy path through trouble to the good mans
 goal
 Let not these petty weaknesses retard- Tread with unfaltering step the rugged way That leads this trial to the perfect day! Press not thy bosom, like the imprisoned bird, In sad repinings gainst the bars of fate; What though the skies are sometimes hung in
 cloud,
 Deem not, therefore, thy whole life desolate ; Mako tiny own destiny, though dangers throng- Fearless advance, with every step grow strong Turn not thy minds eye inward, where waste Spreads heath the spirits sky of doubtful
 gloom,
 But look thou rather to the scenes without, Where all Gods fairest holiest treasures
 bloom;
 Forget thyself-cast each dull clog aside And look inGrust above whateer betide! Fold not thy hands in weary, dull despair, Whatever shadows thy fair hopes enshroud- Sleep not thy life away in idle dreams; Nerve thee for Gods own work-nor heed
 the cloud That breaks above thee toll will bring release, Care fade away and struggle end in peacel
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
The Value of a Trade,

The old story of tke uncertainty of riches and the importance of learning trade is brought to mind by the follow ing Karl Frostern, the old nailmaker of Luben, in Silesia, was jolly, story telling man, who sung at his work, and whose busy hammer made merry music.
 Not far away lived Herr von Koben, wealthy landowner, whose only son, when not at school, was wont to come to the nailer's, where he would sit by the hour and watch the bright sparks as they flew in showers from the ringing anvil. '.
 "Come, Master Conrad" said the mailer, one day, in jolly mood; why not set the world on exampleG Show them that ths son of rich man can learn trade. Who knows but that it may profit you one of these daysQ"
 The youth fell in with the humor of the thing; and pulling off his fine jacket, he donned Q leathern apron, and went to tho anvil. He was bright, quick lad, and, whcn he had once at- tempted to make nail, he had pride to make it we'll; and so it came to pass that ere long he could make shoe nails as deftly and as well as could old Karl.
 Time passed on, and Herr von Koben died, leaving his great wealth to his son Conrad. A flow years thereafter the armies of Frederick came sweeping through Silesia and Conrad 'siuheritance was lost. Inpoverty he wandered away toward tho mountains of Bohemia, until he came to town where host of shoe- makers were at standstill for want of nails. Shoes were in great demand for the soldiers, and a great price was of fered for nails. Here" thought Con rad, is my opportunity. Let us see how my trade will serve me.
 And he told the shoemakers if they would help him to shop and forge, he would make nails for them. They furnished him what was required, and he went at the work iu earnest. He made better nails than bad ever been seen before ip that section. He took apprentices, and enlarged his shop, and in time Von Koben's nails were demand ed on both sides of the mountains. By slow but sure degrees he arose to opu- lence as Q manufacturer, honored and respected as the founder of his own for tune. And it all came, as he was proud to tell his cbildron in the after years, from his having learned Q trade in his v0uth
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
SALISBURY, CONN.,. FRIDAY, JULY 2l, 1876.

revived little, and his second looked at the stranger ill astonishment. There was no visible defect in his organs oi vision, but there was fixity of look that " blending of eyes on vacancy , which so unmistakably evinces the alb. sence of sight.
 "Who are yon, and what is your mo. tive in seeking this encounter2" the major faintly murmured.
 First, are you in condition to re- new 1t ?" inquired the stranger. There is no need. am dying"
 "When have told you who I am, ' the stranger resumed, "you will scarce require my motive for what have done. No wonder you have forgotten James Merton" he continued, ''for he is great ly changed, no doubt"
 The dying man started and groaned bitterly.
 But I have not forgotton you, Richard Buford, nor the injuries you have done me. A cherished daughter, the pride of my eyes and the joy of her mothers heart, you enticed from her home, deceived by sham marriage, and then abandoned her to die of broken heart. My son and only remaining child, in a rash attempt to revenge his sisters wrongs, fell victim to your &C., cursed skill. You even robbed him of the ordinary chances of combat, unequal as they would have been, by messing your cowardly body in concealed armor. The loss of both our children unsettled my wife's reason, and she died in mad house. Gould have found you then, I would have given you no chance for hnf oVt o1, professed to be, but coward as you are, you evaded me. Yet knew we should some day meet, and registered VOW when we did would offer you a sacri- flee to your internal art
 To this end l studied to become an adept at it, and succeeded. And when at length blindness cast its shadow over me and seemed to render hopeless the fulfllment of my VOW, instead of abandoning it I betook myself to a new species of practice. sought to make hearing take the place of sight. Again I succeeded. learned to take aim with ear instead of eye. When I heard you answer Ready to-day, I knew the ex- act direction in which to point my pis- tol as we'll as if had seen you. Be- sides, I could hear you breathing where you stood. You lost your chance in de- laying your fire. You wished to make sure work and overreached yourself"
 More than once the major looked ap. pealingly at the speakers face, but in those remorseless, sightless eyes there was no sympathy. And as the labored breathing grew fainter the old man re- sumed his listening attitude. At last all was still.
 "He is dead l" he said; and its wonted expression of sober melancholy settled on the old mans face, as, taking his companion's arm, he turned and walked leisurely away.
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
Not a POetical Campaign.N

The New York Herald says that the two parties have been unfortunate in the selection of candidates for President and Vice-President, as their names won't rhyme, and thus we shall have no poetry in the campaign. The Herald adds: We have received two poems already on Tilden and Hendricks, which publish as terrible examples to warn our poets forever from wrestling with such jaw breaking subjects for verse. One isfrom a Republican tho otker is from @ Democrat. They arc equally infamous. The Republican monster writes . The fight they'll all get killedin e.
 Tho they dodge about and blend tricks; We'll scalp old Sammy Tilden
 And likewise Tommy Hendricks.
 The Democratic demon utters the fol lowing discordant sEriek
 Our ticket wants no gildin',
 Ia the game we'll take the ten tricks, Hurrah for sammy Tilden
 And tiger for Tom Hendricks .... ...
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
An Indian Dwelling.

There has been erected on the Gen.
 tennial grounds at Philadelphia, on the east side of the Government pulling, a front elevation of one of tho peculiar dwellings used by tho Eardee Indians of the northwest coast of the American continent.
 A large and most valuable collection of models of these structures has for several weeks been exhibited in the building, but the facade now in position on the outside was taken bodily from a Hardee house and sent to the Exposi- tion by Dr. J. W. Swan, well known collector of Indian curiosities in Alaska and British Columbia. The facade is of cedar, eighteen feet high by forty feet in width, the distance from the base to the caves being about fourteen feet. Its peculiar interest arises from the fact that it is completely covered with grotesque paintings, representing the mythological characters of Indian religion. The tribes inhabiting the islands of the enorth Pacific coast have an endless number of traditions or superstitions, which are invariably symbolized by paintings or engravings on everything they make, whether it be house or button. The figures are sometimes very faithfully drawn, but usually they are conventional representations of some strange idea. On each side of the door are two rudely painted whales, but these are made up of at least a dozen other animals. The body of the one on the right is filled with pictures of salmon heads, cells, human faces with glaring eyeballs; hid eous figures, which may be either hu- man or mythological. The bio hole contains the distorted figure of a man, and on the back is large salmon. The other whale much resembles this, except the human faces are even more hideous. Partly above and partly on each side of the door is painted grotesque picture somewhat resembling the human form, but the feet are represented as claws and the hands have each 0 large eye in the palm. Whenever the natives paint or carve hand this eye always appears in the same spot and with the same number of lines, though the significance of the combination still remains a mystery. The elevation is bordered with green, dumpy pictures, supposed to be in- tended for human heads and bodies, with fearfully distorted limbs. The most curious part of this exhibit is the totem post standing directly in front of the door It is about twenty-two feet in height, with large hole in the base, which serves as vestibule to the door, and the post is carved from top to bot tom with the most tedious forms i'm aginable. The first represents mon- ster bear; above this is @ grotesque carving of Itl-tads-dale, the mother of the Haidalis, and on the top of this are two separated dumpy reliefs, supposed to be limitations of the faces and forms on the border. To every house erected by the Haidali, or Sitkatrites, the "totem posts are regarded as indis- pensable, and it is believed that every ornament and every line had at one time significance, which may, however, have been lost in the lapse of time or only vaguely understood.
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
An Army of Them.

There are 168 employees at the Gen. tennial gates, divided into six money groups, four groups for complimentary and exhibitors gates, three return pass check groups and the wagon gate keep CTS. The chief inspector is assisted by thirteen general inspectors. The money groups are SO divided that they are re- heved twice day, and are consequently changed from one post to another. The return pass check men are placed near all the exit gates. aud are under one in- spector. Nos. 55 and 56 are kept open all day and night, except between the hours of twelve midnight and four A. M. !, bers of the fire department and persons residing in the grounds. Gates Nos. 63 and GA are for the admission of work men from four to eight A. M. After that hour no teams are permitted to en- ter the grounds except on special passes, which are only issued in cases of absolute necessity.
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
. The Indian War.

l A correspc ndent with Gen. Crooks army gives the following sad incidents
 of tho battle at Rosebud creek, the first 6ght with the Sioux Looking be- hind I saw dozen Sioux surrounding | a group of soldiers who had struggled 1 behind the retreat. Six were killed at one spot. A recruit surrendered his carbine to pair ted warrior, who flung 1 it to tho ground, and cleft his head with one stroke of tho tomahawk. William w. Allen, brave old soldier, who had
 been twenty years ill the army, fought
 with magnificent courage, and was kill ed. The Sioux rode so closely to their victims that they shot them in the face with revolvers and the powder blacken- ed the flesh. Captains Burrows and Burt's companies of infantry by this time were firing we'll directed volleys from position half way down the west side of the high bluff, and just after my escape the Snake Indians, gallantly led by their chiefs, Louissant and Cosgrove,
 dashed with thrilling shouts into the hollow, among the Sioux who were in tho rear of the cavalry, aud drove them back. Captain Henry, weak from the bleeding of his wound. had been unable to keep up with the retreat and had sunk on the ground. Louissant put himself astride the body and for five minutes kept the Sioux off, when some soldiers of his company rushed back and rescued him.
 About the same time corporal of F company, of tho Third cavalry, made a last charge, with three men. and cap tured from the enemy the bodies of their comrades, thus saving them from fho olripc Ipifo Tha Gnolyoc toolx two scalps from the Sioux whom they killed in the hollow, and swung them, fresh and bleeding, with gleeful triumph above their heads as they returned. The infantry under Captains Burrows and Burt executed their part admirably. Captain Henry's battalion of the Thir1 cavalry and Captain Andrews company of the Second cavalry, with all their officers. displayed most honorable de- gree of fortitude and bravery. They had more arduous duty and suffered more severely than any other portion of the command. Colonel Royal was circumscribed by orders in every one of his movements, and the disaster attend ing the retreat would have been much greater had it not been so skillfully di- rected by him. On the left of his line was lofty crescent shaped palisade, toward which, early in the morning, he deploy ed skirmishers. Had the order to fall back been little later this would have been occupied. It would then have been impossible for the Sioux to have circled around to the rear, and fire could have been turned upon the last high point held by them, which would have compelled them to hide be- hind it, while the cavalry could have charged up the hollow and reached them before they could realize th"ir predicament Then the soldiers could have dismounted and fired such volleys as would have ended the fight and made a chase. @ 'st s'
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21
The Power of POliteness.

A young lady abruptly turned the corner of street, and very rudely ran against 8 small boy, hatless and shoeless. Stopping as soon as she could, she turned to him and said "I beg your pardon indeed I am very sorry"
 The small, ragged boy looked up in blank astonishment for an instant, then, taking off about three-fourths of hat, he bowed very low, smiled until his face became lost in the smile, and an swered: "Yer can hev my parding, an welcome, miss an yer may run agin me an knock me clean down, an I won't say word."
 After the young lady passed on he turned to comrade and said, half apologeticalIy: ''I never had any one ask my parding, an it kind O took me off my feet"
Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21

A NEW PEsT.-Owners of many grape vineyards complain of the deprcdations of small bright colored moths which in- fest the vines both above and below ground. It is suggested that poisoned molasses placed in various parts of the vineyard will attract and destroy the in- sects, while the larvm deposited on the vines may be destroyed by thorough swinging.