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Evening star., 1876-12-15

Don't TRIFLE with rheumatism. but usa
DGraBgs Rheumatic Remedy. Sure cure
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Evening star., 1876-12-15

DARE Nor TO TRIPLE WITH A COUCH
IL is inviting death, when safety is within
reach. Stop the Cough, heal the lungs re-
move all irritation from the windpipe, relieve
me difficulty OF breathing with III 1e's HoneU
q Horthotud aud 1OT. A few doses will effect
a perfect cure.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one min
ute. 4,m,w,f,6
Evening star., 1876-12-15

HOLIDAY Books. Milans wilkins, 6ID
7Jh street, opposite Patent Office.-Adr.
Evening star., 1876-12-15

CITING or TIIE WATER.-Wa.er Reg
isirar I.ubey to-day commenced cutting OF
water where parties have been notified and
JAILED TO prevent waste of water on their
premises. Persons who have been nOtifiei
once, 10 matter iI a year ago. will not be nO.i-
fed the second time but the employees have
been directed to cut of the water without
ceremony after the second notice and in ag-
gTavated eases the parties will be brought
before The Police Court 20 answer.
Evening star., 1876-12-15

a ZINE GOLD wATCH is to be sold at DowI-
Ds's Tomorrow,
Evening star., 1876-12-15

FIRE--This morning a IRE was discovered
in a frame building on Pennsylvania ave
nue., near the Georgetown bridge, owned by
= ID. CaStleman, and used.as an Office for his
lime kilns. An alarm was turned in from
box Il, and the fire department promptly re-
SpOnded, but the building was entirely de-
strOyed. Loss between 5000 and S4OO
Evening star., 1876-12-15
WEATHER PROBABILITIES TO-DAY.
OYyIcK OF CHIxF SIGNAL OFFICER, D
w an ISGEn,z no.or.,ix. tQcs r

For New England and the middle states,
colder and clear OF partly cloudy weather,
with southwest To northwest winds and ris-
ing barometer OIL the coast.
Evening star., 1876-12-15

THE MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA BoUN-
DARY.-The decision reached by the commits
siOners in regard TO the boundary line which
has been for so many years a matter of dis
pute between Maryland and Virginia Is at
present altogether a matter of surmise. The
closed iis sessions in that % city W have h attemptl
ed 10 foreshadow what that decision will be,
but IL is at present a secret: and will not be
made public until formally allQGunced at
meeting OF the arbitrators in Washington
city on me 4th OF January next The news
papers IN question state that the award will
be IN favor of Maryland, and will give her
The control of the fisheries Of the Potomac
rtvtr ano larger slice Of lie oyster fisheries
vi u't. iower chesapeake. In respect to the
rotomac fisheries the statement is clearly
mistake. Those fisheries will not ne disturb
ed by the award, the compact of 1885 between
the two states giving the common right of
fishing in the Potomac river 20 the citizens of
both states.
Speaking i'm general terms the state of
Maryland claims that her true boundary line
on the Potomac river is the southwestern or
Virginia bank of that river, and that all the
islands in the bed fthc river, from the Point
Of Rocks TO its mouth. belong TO her. She also
claims as her boundary on the lower CheSa-
peake line drawn from Smiths Point To
Hawkins Point, which, if conceded by the
arbitratOrs, will include Smiths Island in
whole or i'm part, and the Tangier and other
oyster grounds. But although any statement
as to the award must at this time be cOnjcc-
tured, it may be inferred from the designa-
tion ofthe Maryland arbitrator Judge Black
10 draw up the paper that the verdict is AT
least 10 some extent in favor of Mary land, il
| being the usual custom to appoint the coun-
sci of the successful side to draw up the de-
| cree of the COURT Bal. Sun. l4th.
THE GREES-EYED MoNsTER.-A Young
| man of extremely jealous disposition recent
| ly visited one of the most famous clairvoy-
| ants in he city. Being far from home, he
4 wanted To know what his wife was doing
| ''She is looking out Of the window, evidently
4 expecting some one" That is strange" said
\ Benedict, "who can she expect" .'Some
1 one enters the door. and she caresses him
| fondly," went on the clairvoyant. at can't
| he. cried the excited husband. ''My wife is
| true 10 me" "Now he lays his head I'm her
| lap and looks tenderly in her eyes, s'It's
| false! Ill make you pay dearly for this -
| yelled the jealous husband. "Now he wags
| his tail, said the medium. The green-eye1
| monster subsided. and the young husband
| cheerfully paid his s5.-Kdnsas Gin Tilae,
Evening star., 1876-12-15

Lighting Of street lamps at $40 n. m, ex-
tinguished at $40 n. m.
Prom j. C. Parker we have New York and
the mails.
Mrs; Alexander, of Vermont. residing AT
sIo nth stree northwest died Nery suddenly
OF heart disease last night
The rush still continues at Carter's dry
goods store, Market Space. Read his new
J. q. Parker and ]. shillington send early
copies OF HtnpeT's Magazine for January; a
We have Hrrper's MDlfhly and other cur
rent popular publications from Brad Adams
iard's
The marines on the Il. g. steamer Michi-
gan. in charge Of Lieut.. Green Clay GOOdloe,
have been ordered to report at the marine
barracks in this city, and they will leave
ETie. Pa. Monday.
The District Commissioners have parIoneJ
Lindsay Jackson. convicted in the Police
Court OF carrying concealed weapons, Oc:.
'ls FAULT 20 days i'm woTlIhOuSe.
The members of the Board Of Police Com
IniSSiOnerS. with Major Richards and Iu-
spectOT OF Buildings Plowman by appOint-
ment visited Tire National Theater building
~ O'Clock to-day 10 see for themselves the
capacity Of exit from that building i'm case of
panic They also visited Lincoln Hail, the
Theater COmique and FOrd's Opera House.
AHUSENENTs - Ndfionol 7-heafer. - Mr..
thas. Feehter delighted all who heard him
- tNtlAliiS W ult IstiitbtiS play OF - Monte
thTiSto-' In this play he has probably made
his most successful hit. and none should fail
10 see II. Monte Christie" viii be repeated
This evening.
FcToFs OPeTI HOtJSc.-''Kerry Cow is pre-
scented in capital style. nth Mr.. Jos. Muir
phy IN The Leading role. The play is full of
interest and The characters are all well sus-
tained. The admission prices are reduced TO
% and . cents, 70 suit the times.
Old Ftil0tts' HdH.-An entertainment will
be given here this evening under the auspices
of Phpniy Text. No. II, l. o. of II. THE
Tieket-Of-Leave-M Man will be presented fol-
lowed by an )y,ter supper.
TheGteT % iqs'e-An attractive bill draws
!: crowded )uSe here nightly.
odd FtiiOs s. HGN-Mr. Theodore TiltOn will
jeCt will b. Master Motives A literary
treat may be expected.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17

HAMS, AND How TO Cook Them
The Commercial Grocer makes the
following suggestions as to sugar
cured hams and their proper treat.
ment: at is a popularity of sugar
cured meat that it molds rapidly, and
the absence of mold on winter
cured ham at this season is an indi-
cation of a salt cure. In stripping a
ham, great care should be taken to
clean it thoroughly before cutting,
as any mold carried down on the
knife-blade when slicing will affect
the flavor when frying. In boiling,
the ham should always be placed on
the stove in cold water, and what is
more important still, unless it is to
be used warm, it should not be taken
out of water in which it is boiled I'M
til it is quite cold. This important
point is not generally known, but the
reasons are so obvious that no one
will question them when explained.
If ham is taken out of boiling wa
ter and cooled rapidly, the sudden
contraction which ensues cannot fail
to harden and tougher the fiber,
while, if cooled in the water in
which it is boiled, the juices express
ed in boiling are again drawn intoit,
and it cools with pores open, mellow
and juicy. At this season, when
summer cures are unreliable, and
winter cured hams arepartially dried
out. this is matter worthy OF at
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17
Hog Cholera.

Those alone who have had all their
hopes blasted in a few days by this
fatal disease, can estimate the inter-
est there is among farmers as to pre-
ventives and cures. When man is
deeply in debt, but borrows more to
invest in stock hogs, and then feeds
his entire crop, with the hope of wip-
ing out both old and new debts, to
see the last hope of redeeming his
farm and the comforts of his family
departing, makes the question of hog
cholera nearly the most important
thing. els there no help for this
disease?"
In answer to this question the hog
raiser is ready to listen to anything
which has FEASIBILITY in it. Lately
a reporter interviewed Mr.. Wiley
Davis, of Champaign county, ILL.,, a
well informed man and successful
cattle and hog feeder. The Sanga-
mon country has been more injured
by hog cholera than any other, and
the intelligent men of that region,
deeply interested, have investigated
the question closely. Mr.. Davis
said his hogs were at one time show
ing strong symptoms Of hog cholera,
and his neighbors hogs were dying.
About that time the railroad Killed
two of Mr.. DIS steers on which he
let his hogs gorge themselves, and
they recovered and were healthy ev-
err after. He believes in the meat
cure. Not in feeding meat in small
doses, but gorging the hogs with 1t.
But he recommends mixing with the
meat, ashes, salt and lime. He boots
at the idea of separating the sick
from the well, or of burying the dead
hogs. He SAID his own experience,
as well as others, was "that there is
nothing better for herd of swine,
attacked with cholera, than hauling
the dead ones together, pi ing on
brush and wood, half cooking and
half consuming them, and then leave
the sick and well to feast on their
half roasted dead relatives and
friends. But what is the use of talk
ing about preventing contagion by
separating the sick from the we'll,
when buzzards swarm as they al
ways do, where is much cholera and
and leave the foul traces of their
flight and presence everywhere?
You remember the reported fall OF
flesh in Kentucky some months ago,
the work of buzzards, rs a matter of
course"
Judge Allen, another hog raiser of
Urband, ILL.,, confirms this position
of Mr.. Davis, by saying he arrested
the cholera in certain case, as he
previously did, by feeding meat.
''In fact" SAID he, $50 far as my ex-
perience goes there is no other rene
dy worth anything. Why, crack
lings are best if you can get them,
but refuse meat from the smoke
house, surplus fat or lean, shanks,
rinds, etc, any kind of meat will
answer the purpose.
Another man testifies that he had
slaughtered more or less from the
time he was 10 until he was %. He
never saw hog cholera in a slaughter
yard, and though the popular preju-
dice is quite the contrary, the best
clean pork he ever ate,-that Of
which, after cooking thoroughly, the
meat remained, was fed solely and
exclusively with butchers offal.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17

Symptoms of Diseased Liver.
PAIN in the right side, under the edge
l of the ribs, increases on pressure
sometimes the pain is in the left side;
the patientisrarely able to lie on the left
side sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder blade, and it frequently
extends to the top Of the shoulder, and
is sometimes mistaken for a rheuma-
tism in the arm. The stomach is affect
ed with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costive, some
times alternative with lax the head is
troubled with pain, accompanied with
dull, heavy sensation in the backpart.
There is generally a considerable loss
of memory, accompanied with pain
full sensation of having left undone
something which ought to have been
done. A slight, dry cough is sometimes
an attendant. The patient complains
of WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains ola prickly sensation
ofthe skin his spirits are low: and al
though he is satisfied that exercise
would be beneficial to him, yet he can
scarcely summon up fortitude enough
to tryit In fact, he distrusts every rem
edy. Several of the above symptoms
attend the disease, but cases have oc-
Cured where few Of them existed, yet
examination of the body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been cx-
tensivcly dcranged,
AGUE AND FEVER.
DIR. C. MCLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive Of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quininc. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements and as
asimple purgative they are unequalcd.
BEWARE OF IMITATl0Ns.
The genuine DIR. G. McLANE's
LIVER PILLS are never sugar coated.
Every box has 4 rcd wax seal on
the lid, with the impression DIR.
MCLANE's LIVER PILLS.
The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS
bear the signatures of c. McLANE
and FLEMING Bros. on the wrappers.
|Insist on your druggist or store
keeper giving you the genuine DR.. c.
MCLANE's LIVER PILLS, prepared
by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists
and country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give DR.. c. MoLANE's LIVER
PILLS trial, will mall postpaid, to any part of
the United States, one box Of Pills for twenty five
cents. FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17
Fall or Spring Planting.

Novices are sometimes puzzled as
to the comparative merits of fall or
spring planting of trees and vines.
Possibly the locality and soil may
sometimes make difference, but
generally, if the work is well done,
and the soil is in proper order, there
is no risk in either case. AS a rule,
think there are several advantages
in fall planting. One is, that there
is usually not SO much hurrying
work-the planting season extending
from the fall of the leaves until the
earth freezes OF the weather becomes
too cold to work with bare hands. In
1866 I planted 24O pear trees early
in December with most excellent
success.
A second advantage is that the
fall planted trees get an earlier start
in the spring than those planted in
the spring, and Of course, have a
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17
Household Taste.

A writer in the Boston Journal of
Chemistry says:
Every chair in the house should
be an easy chair, and made expressly
to give rest and comfort to some one;
and every chair and other pieces of
furniture should be strongly and hon
estly made, and show at glance that
it is so, and how and why it is So
The fashion OF buying "sets" of fur
niture OF just so many pieces to
room, and those perhaps not just
what are needed, but such as are die
tated by the dealer or upholsterers,
leads often to great and unnecessary
expense. The chairs for room
should be selected as far as possible
to accommodate and make comfor-
table those who will use them most.
They need not be of a similar shape
or size, or upholstered in the same
material, or even material of one col
or, and the wood work may be wal
nut, oak, OF ash in one and the same
room, and still there need be no Of
fense against good taste. Until peo-
pie are created of one unvarying pat
tern, it is best to have reasonable
variety in their chairs. The bed
steads, at present popular, scrolled
and carved, till the eye that views
them grows weary as the hand that
strives to keep them clean. The
high, wooden heads have no possible
use; they do not even serve to pro-
tect the sleeper from the draught,
for you cannot turn them away from
the wall, as one side is entirely I'M
finished. Better a "prison pattern"
of clean plain iron than this dirtcol-
Letting humbug. A wooden bed
stead cap, however, can be made
which shall be clean, comfortable,
and sufficiently beautifully, without
resorting to hospital severity
of style. But after all: it is
the bed, and not the wooden
frame or even the lace "plllow
shams," that woos us to balmy sleep.
A householder with limited purse
and knack for carpentry, who is OPP
pressed by rooms full of furniture of
nightmare designs, might find relief
by saving and chiseling off all I'M
reasonable and meaningless orna-
ments ESQ called.) He could not fail
to improve matters; he would gain
in healthful exercise, and increase
the family store of hard wood kind
lings. Tables should stand firmly
on four or more good, straight legs
and not be balanced on one shaky
pivot like teetotum or an inverted
bottle. All furniture should be fin
lshed all around, so that any part
can be turned to view, which suits
the arrangement or use for the time.
Furniture should be selected piece
by piece, as one has the good fortune
to find decent specimens. 1t is bet
ter not to hurry, even if the house
has to be occupied half furnished,
and the stock completed as circum-
stances will allow. Don't make
things uncomfortable to please the
neighbours; your home is not for
them. Have everything made for
use, and use the best you have. Com
fort and luxury do not consist in the
accumulation of things which make
work for any one, but in making
life simple and in having everything
fit and good, not elaborate and
snowy. Put away all shams, and
lies, and so order your surroundings
that however modest, they shall
serve for what they were intended.
If they do this fully, they can never
be altogether ugly.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17
Good Butter.

1t has been authoritively stated
that good butter can be made in
Iowa, so there is no excuse for the
mass of n poor article that is made.
With all of our advantages it is a
shame that butter is already import
ed from France for the New York
market. This is not owing to search
ty of butter, for there is gorge of
it in that and all other markets in
the United States. But there is not
enough good butter made in the
United States to supply the demand.
A few dairymen put up their butter
in an attractive shape and of SUI
perior quality, for which they re-
ceive the year round sl.15, 81, and
IS cents per pound. AT this price
butter can be brought across the
ocean and pay the tariff, and yet
make a profit. There is large de-
mand for butter made right, and the
consumers are willing and able to
pay round prices. But it must be
made from the choicest and health
est cows, carefully fed on clean,
sweet food, watered with the purest
drinks; kept in neat and sweet quar-
tiers; and the milking done in the
cleanest manner. The milk must be
handled and preserved as though it
were nectar-the cream churned
with the utmost scientific knowledge
and the butter worked with consum-
mate skill. Then it must be done
up in delicate cakes just suitable in
size and shape for the most fastidious
ladies' table without cutting. And
yet all this costs but small amount
more than it does to make the poor
est excuse of unsightly daubs, which
smell of stables, dirty cellars, nasty
churns and foul air. Is there no
way to arouse our butter makers to a
high standard and thereby receive
the highest reward for their labor?
Abandon the practice of making but
ter from filthy milk from starved
cows, stored in foul rooms, and
churned at random in rancid vessels.
Stop the importation of butter from
France. 1t can be done, and there is
stigma resting upon our butter
makers until it is done. Certain
grocers in New York weekly receive
their consignments of butter from
Europe for the reason that they can
not obtain the article in as attractive
Il style here as there.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17

TIE omnibus horses of Paris are
almost invariably animals of excep-
tional size and beauty, strong white
and dapple-grey stations, selected
with great care in the markets Of
Normandy, Perche or Brittany
They are we'll fed, carefully treated,
and never overworked. Each omni-
bus has ten horses belonging to it.
These ten horses 60 out every day;
thus, during the fourteen hours SER
vice, the horses are changed five
times. Being thus carefully manag-
ed, their strength and speed endure
DUNG long years of service. 1t is
not uncommon to see horses that
have been in the service of the com
pany for fifteen years, and they are
still capable of going through their
regular daily task. Great care is tax
en- not to ovcrstrain their strength.
At the foot of each of the hills that
diversity the surface of the streets of
Paris (thcre are thirty-one of these
hills), an extra horse is always in
waiting to AID in dragging the heavy
vehicle up the ascent. Nor is the
moral side, so to speak, of the hor-
ses' training neglected. The pairs,
once formed are neverseparated save
in case of accident or sickness; they
occupy the same stall and feed from
the same manger divided by n parti-
ton into two compartments. They
thus become almost a unit in gait,
movements and impulses, and being
always driven by the same coachman,
they get to understand perfectly his
words and motions. BY this system
the intelligence and docility of
these beautiful and powerful animals
have become proverbial. The ease
with which they thread their way
through crowded streets, encountered
With vehicles, thronged with foot
passengers, and in many instances
scarce wider than one of our narrow
alleys, and the readiness with which
they stop at a word, and at another
start again, are simply marvellous
Next to the petted carriage horses of
the rich, the omnibus horses of Paris
are certainly among the most favor
ed of the equine tribe.-Lippincott's
for October.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17

longer season for growth. Some
contend that fall-rlanted trees are
apt to be displaced by the high
winds and the settling of the soil
about them, but no such result need
be apprehended if the work is done
right. Every root should be placed
as nearly as possible in its natural
position, and fine earth carefully
packed about it with the fingers; no
two roots of any size should be left
to touch each other, and when all
are covered the upper earth should
he trodden down carefully, and then
not much future settling need be ap
pretended.
With these precautions, including
the proper pruning of the tops to
correspond with the amount of roots,
planting at either season is safe
enough. 1t is specially important
that this proportion between roots
and tops should be maintained, be
cause by leaving too much top, the
amount OF leaves, which are the
lungs of a tree, make draft on the
roots which they may be unable to
supply. In that case, a feeble and
stunted growth will be the result
and in some cases an early death
even after full show of foliage
1t is always safe to cut back pretty
thoroughly at the time Of transplant
ing; the tree will be more certain to
live and do well, and will the better
maintain an erect position until the
roots ale well enthusiastically. Y
| Observer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-11-17

After all New Workers are dissat.
isfied with the He'll Gate" explos-
ion. 1t wasn't loud enough nor trag-
ic enough. 1t should have shaken
all creation and killed a thousand
people or so, they think. Then it
would have been of some interest
and worth keeping in mind.