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The Worthington advance., 1876-06-22

distress, with toll and sacrifices that
seem heroic, until one: reflects upon
the trivial, ignoble ends which inspire
them. - = =
If we could only cease this perpetual
Trying to live, and just live! If we
could only summon bravery enough to
be Of limit means since. we are
and ;gratitied' enough TO-: be content
with! 81 handful in qiiiet'' II We
could only exterminate the ssgim-
crack style in our houses and in our
cere and the genuine in its stead adj !!
Lives there a soul who does not see
s~bteifs9s misht bs s1oided d fSi RSefsbyl
and how self.respect, the riches of
knowledge, and the, 6 sweet peace of
mind" which waits. upon content,
might be added unto us? =
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:.s:DryjnE Flowers I'm SIND ::


'' TIL e. Floral Cabinet says There are
many of our brilliant flowers, such, a.
dahlias, pansies, pinks, geraniums,
sweet williams, carnations, gladiolls,
which may be preserved, So as to re-.
tain their color for years. White ;how-
ers will not answer we'll for this ii pur-
pose nor any succulent plant, as hyac
cinths or cactus. Take deep dishes,
or those of sufficient depth to allow
the flowers to be covered an inch deep,
with sand get the common white
sand, such as is used for securing pur@
poses, cover the bottom of the dish
with a layer about half an inch deep,
and then lay in the flowers, with their
stems downward, holding them firmly
in place while you sprinkle more sand
over them, until all places between:
the petals are filed and the: flowers
buried out of sight. A broad dish will
accommodate quite large number;
allow sufficient sand between: Set the
dish in a dry warm place where they
will dry gradually, and at the end Of Z
week pour off the sand and examine
them; if there is any moisture in the
sand it must be dried out before using
again, or fresh sand may be poured
over them, the same as before. Some
flowers will require weeks to dry,
while others will become sufficiently
dry to put away in week or ten days.
By this simple process flowers, ferns,
etc., are preserved in their proper
shape, as well as in their proper color,
which is far better than to press them
in books. When arranged in groups
and mounted on cards, or in, little
straw baskets, they may be placed in
frames under glass.
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as the finest wool; hides of the deer,
horse, dog, etc., are smooth and. soft,
while calf and kip show "a more sdesir-
able texture and grain. d Another. great
advantage is the economy of the
cess, no bark being required except
4 little to give the proper color to tho
leather. Bark is worth rs to 50 q cord,
and about 200 cords, are required to
tan l 900 hides by: the common method.
Two cords would be sufficient TO- give,
the proper color to the Same number
of hides+: and the saving in this item
will be enormous, The. company psing
tho ndW process is backed byaa,capita
of $1,000, 900, and the, lagtits s44ttiP
head|o |of the concern expTesAH HQ4flqenc
in their ability to intimately .ffeeyoM:
tio1ize thg tanning iiit9f 9f t'if1f1ls Ill THIS
country 'at4 least! 1S0Ine,S$ Mdes
were, ,redently turned. Il out, ,1sanf1:t.the
leather ssis,represented to. BE- poft and
hexible; with a tOughness that imparts
to It superior wearing: quail ties.t With
the new process a success the question
of cheap boots and shoes Is 'settied..l 81:
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The Queens Tobacco Pipe.

When we are told that the unburned
ends of cigars are picked up and sold
for the purpose of making cigarettes,
I've are nightly struck with the delib-
crate destruction, not to say waste,
that goes on day and night in the Lon
don docks, in the very centre Of which,
we are informed, is an enormous kiln,
which has long chimney, known pop.
ularly as the Queens tobacco pipe, for
the reason that all forfeited tobacco
and cigars and other articles said to be
too bad for sale are consigned to it..
We are told that carloads of the odor-
iferous weed are carried to the kiln
every day to be consumed. While we
conserve cigar ends, this seems like
straining at gnat and swallowing a
camel. 1t is impossible to believe that
all this tobacco can be worthless.
Even if it were sold for manure, it
would be better than turning it into
ashes. The nav Of this furnace is
|Omnivorous. Tobacco is indeed it's
chief meal, but every peIfshable ar
ticle upon which duty has not been
paid is consumed. This, certainly, is
nothing less than disgraceful that good
food should be SO destroyed, while the
poor people in the neighborhood are
starving but this of course we may
expect from the cruel mercies of =
government department, which was
never known to have bowels of COM
passion for any one. ''On one occa-
sion, says Mr.: Simmonds, 1000 Aus
tralian hams were suffered to remain,
anticipating the removal of the duty !;
when it did come off, the customs
would not allow them to be removed,
and they were allowed to remain until
they were SO damaged as to be un-
salable.'' Nevertheless the attendants
upon the oven made merry upon the
hams, which was cooked ready for
their breakfast. Tea, We ano told, is
not now burned, because on one occa-
sion load set the chimney-stack on
|fre. One would have thought that a
'chimney'sweeper would have removed
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THEzFfRESIDE.

MAID AND }XON9OLlAN.
A maid neutrality-suspicious. are meek.
So she sailed o1 to China TO seek
And find whether she
Couldn't marry . he
Tea-rooster, of mandarin meek.
She found gay hsathan-Fing-Wi,
A chap who stood seven feet high.
Says she, "0racious what funl.s
Oh! oh you son Of . son 7,
VI gun, coma and marry sweet -
Something must have bothered the sight
" one eye, ~ he whispered. can right,
Machee high Old 9allee!
Obi Hunkee Doreel
Me no workee ! you washee.! al rightr''
Then soft to herself said she, ..Nay,
Civilization has Travelled this way"
So, taking her hat,
She got up and gat,
And is stilr going Rast, dare say.
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I'll Take tho Shortest. Papa.


One day q gentleman entered store
accompanied by his two little daugh
ters,
"Buy us each a lead pencil, papa
said Adda.
Eyes, do, papa" said May, entreat
ingly.
He studied 4 moment and then said
''I'll get one and divide it between
you.'' Which he did, but contrary te
his intentions ore piece was longer
than the other. Laying the two pieces
together, he said, Zone piece is small
ler than the other, daughters. What
shall l dol! .->~,,
expected to SEQ the pink lips peut
but instead the clear voice Of little
May, the younger of tho two, ranl
cheerily, ''l'll take the shortest, papa.
The tears glistened in more than ont
eye for a. moment, and many time.
since have her unselfish words echoed
in my ears.
Afterward q lady came in with = lit
tie daughter Buy me something
mamma" said the little girl.
The frugal mOtner DOugnC TWO hgS
Zone is for you" she said, ''and thu
other is for Mary"
knew that poor Mary's lot in lifs
was a sad one. All winter she had
been helpless with inflammatory rheu
matism, and when spring came w
feared quick consumption was on hel
track. "
The little girl eyed the figs, and a.
she went out filed her mouth full witt
One-fuller than it ought to have been
"Why, you have taken the biggest, >
said the mother.
"There is hardly bite in the 9th
or" said the girl. 49,.
''But Mary is sick,'' replied tn,
mother. Yet the selfish little girl wa,
not sorry at all. ..
My thoughts went back to little Msy
|'I'll take the shortest, papa
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trench became so narrow that only one
man could work in it, and that only with
difficulty. They then commenced Dig
|ging trench around the we'll 80 feet
in diameter, which proved to be the
most successful plan of operation. They
toiled diligently, but were worn out,
as some of them left their homes be-
fore dinner and had eaten nothing.
At 3 A. NJ. they had got down about 7
feet on the new plan. At 4:30 as those
at the we'll were tired out, the rolling
mill whistle sounded the fire alarm,
which brought a lot of fresh hands to
the spot, and the work progressed
more rapidly. As the earth had been
continually giving way under Bellman,
his feet fully 18 feet below the surface
when heHwas rescued, which was at
$40 o'clock Monday morning. When
first taken out he was as limp as dish
rag, but was cheerful; and when Offer
ed some brandy, said he did not want
it, but would like an oyster stew. His
ears, nose, moutll,s and eyes were filled
with dirt, and he could not speak above
a whisper. His legs were as cold as
a stone and entirely helpless, as the
circulation had stopped entirely, and
his face wore a cadaverOus look that
was pitiful to behold. He was placed
upon stretcher and carried to his
home on First street, where he was
examined by DR.. Flandrau. He was
found to be very badly bruised from
head to foot, but more especially about
the hands and limbs, but no bones
were broken. He was washed in IL
qlor and wrapped in warm blankets,
and before noon the blood began to cir
culate, and he slept a very little. In
the afternoon he was able to move his
limbs a little, but was very weak, and
could only whisper. He is being fed
on beef tea and little brandy, and
the doctor is confident that unless in
flammation sets in he will get around
all right in a few days. In CONVERSE
ton with your correspondent Bellman
said that lie never lost his courage
but once, and that WAS after he had
once been where he could see the day.
light and breathe the clear air, and
then was covered up again by more
than a wagon-load of dirt. He says
that the pump afforded protection for
his head, and had it not been for that
he would have been crushed entirely,
and that lthe air pump did him i'm.
mense service, as he was almost
suffocated when it reached him. The
10 hours during which he was con-
fined seemed longer to him than a
month, and he does not know how to
thank the willing hearts and helping
hands that saved his life and restored
him to his family. This is the second
incident of the kind that has occurred
II this samesWell;;f Aboaltg l3 years ago
4 colored man was cleaning it when
the walls caved in, in nearly the same
manner that they did this time. He
was got out alive in about 10 hours,
but was more seriously injured than
Bellman is, as one of his legs was
broken and one of his hips badly crush
ed. The well will now be entirely
filled up.''
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New Tanning Process.

The new leather tanning process,
which was put into operation on an ex-
tensive scale at Detroit, Mich, some
two months ago, promises to be pro-
ductive of important results. The great
feature is the short time required to
do the work. BY the new plan work
which under the old process required
one in two years time can be accom-.
plished in from three to SIX weeks.
Under the old process the hide lies in
the vat with the bark many months,
the longer the better, gaining firmness
and strength with the lapse of time.
BY the new process the tanning is done
in an hour, and all the time spent is
that required for currying and dress
ing. The process is q chemical one,
performed by the action of certain in
expensive chemical materials, the
compounding Of which in the right
proportions is secret. Robes tanned
with the hair on are said to be as soft
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Farm, House and Garden.
Hygienic Notes.

A simple remedy for neuralgia is
horseradish. Crate and mix, it in vim
egar, the same as for table purposes
and apply to the temple when the face
or head sis affected, or to the wrist
$When the pain is in the arm or shoul-
d6f.asF . Ills ! tsE:s45
A simple and effectual remedy for
ivy poisoning is said to be sweet spirits
of nitre. Bathex the affected parts
freely two or three times during the
day, and the next morning scarcely
'pE trace of the poison will remain.
:. Household Recipes.
Spice Cake.-=Take "a teacup Of butter,
two pounds of brown sugar, and three
eggs, beat All well toeet ther4';;! then: add
a half cup Sour milk, with a teasp06nt-
fal Of sodGsin; then two AteasbednftllJ
OF each, ground cloves, cinnamon, all
spice, and one nutmeg; - then two: and
two-thirds cups flour last Of all, two
cups chopped raisins. Bake in a slow
oven, and you will have an excellent
cake, and one that will last through
hot weather. And here allow me to
tell you, if raisins are put In cake the
last thing, and stirred only just enough
to mix, your raisins will not fall to the
bottom Of the cake. Use the above
recipe omitting the milk dis ssolve
soda in a little hot water, and you will
have very nice cookies.
Strawberry Blanc Mange.-For a
quart of Strawberries take four ounces
Of white sugar crush the strawberries
with silver spoon and mix them well
with the sugar. In four hours strain
them through a sieve. in a pint of
boiling milk dissolve two ounces of
gelatin, add to it four ounces of sugar,
strain through a bit of muslin, and
mix with it one and one-fourth pints
Of cream, stir till nearly cold, then add
the strawberries gradually, beating the
two quickly together then drop in a
little at time the juice of one lemon.
Butter mold, pour the mixture in,
and set in cold place over night.
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Buckland's Cement.

The following recipe is that used by
DR.. Buckland, the famous geologist,
and was employed by him in preparing
a cement for uniting parts of broken
fossils and for attaching specimens to
blocks and trays. The ingredients are
to be found in every village, and the
cement is excellent, as we know by
experience, having used it for: years.
The credit of devising it has recently
been attributed to several different
persons. The recipe is as follows -
Take 4 parts gum arabic, 3parts starch
and one part sugar. Reduce to a fine
powder and mix well. The powder
should be kept in a we'll corked bottle,
and when required for use mix little
of the powder with water to every
ounce of which ten drops of glycerine
have been added.
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A Simple Disinfectant

One pound of green copperas, cost.
ing seven cents, dissolved in one quart
of water, and poured down a water
closet, will effectually concentrate and
destroy the foulest smells. On board
ships and steamboats,. about hotels,
and other public places, there is moth.
ing so nice to purify the air. Simple
green copperas, dissolved in anything
will render an hospital, or other places
for the sick, free from unpleasant
smells. In tish.markets, slaughter.
houses, sinks and wherever there are
offensive gases, dissolve copperas and
sprinkle it about, and in few days
the smell will all pass away. If a cat,
rat or mouse dies about the house, and
sends forth an offensive gas, place
some dissolved copperas in an open
vessel near the place where the nuis.
ance is, and it will purify the atmc.
sphere. Then, keep all clean.
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Preserved Milk.

Among the earliest experimenters
in preserving milk we find Mr.. Newton
of London, who,in 1885, originated the
following process HE added about a
tiftieth part in weight of pulverized
sugar to the milk, and evaporated it
slowly by subjecting it to gentle
warmth. When it was evaporated
only to the consistency of syrup he
bottled it; but if made as thick
as honey, he put it into pots :
and if the mixture was evap0rated
still further until it became as thick
as paste, it was made into lozenges, or
/ reduced to powder and combined
with other matters, such as tea, coffee,
or chocolate.
We believe the late Gale Borden of
White Plains, N. Y, was the first to
conceive the idea of employing the
vacuum plan for eliminating large
percentage of water from milk. OF
the various methods which have
| from time to time been invented for
condensing milk, we believe Mr.. Bor.
denis is the only one that has stood
the test for making good product
time, labor and cheapness being taken
into account.
We should be glad to see the bus.
iness so extended and simplified that
what is called ''plain preserved milk
(milk not treated with sugar) could be
put on the markets in all our cities and
villages at comparatively cheap rates.
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destroying any papers. He admltt''
that when BELL told him In Washing
ton that he was going 10 IT, Louis ioi
Pierrepont, no had given He'll a cypheI
10 communicate with him l.uokeyl II
anything unlawful was discovered,
Upon the whole the impression here
seems 10 be that Babcock was little
benefited by the denlals he aud his
friends made before the committee OF
BELLS story, Bradleys testimony was
regarded by nearly every one who
heard II ~ a virtual admission OF the
facts charged by He'll. lleand Luokey
seemed to make Especial point Of the
fact that He'll was only 10 look over
the testimony In Dyer's Office but not
destroy II, but Forrest proved the truth
ofthe statement that he was actually
hired 10 pry Into the secret Of the Dis
trlct Attorney.
Colonel Bioadhead arrived here this
morning, and will DO examined to-
morrow probably by both the Clymer
Committee and the special whiskey
committee. 9H
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MARSHALL.
A Twenty thousand Dollar Blaze.
Destruciio" of johnson ana Cope
lands Brick store House ana
COntents-InBurRnce RIey.
en- Thousand Dollars.

MARSHALL, April S.-About3 o'clock
this morning, just rs the ball given by
the young men OF Marshall to thu
Texas State Medical Association wai
closing, fire was discovered In the
large two-story brick storehouse OF
johnson Il Copeland, situated on the
northeast corner Ct the Public Square.
Every effort was made to suppress
the flames, but without avail, aud the
building, together with the entire stock,
was totally destroyed.
During the fire there were two ex-
plosions from powder, during one of
which Mr.. Johnson, one Of the firm,
" as slightly injured, while attempting
to remove the books papers.
The loss on building and stock Is es-
mated at twenty thousand dollars,
with an insurance of eleven thousand.
principally in Eastern companies.
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NOTES AND OPINIONS.

Mdlle. Anna he Belocca will make
her debut ia New York week after
next.
Mark Twain IL taxed on 100000 In
Hartford. 1t Is q gilded age for the
lucky jester.
Wagner's march for Philadelphia
ends with the sounds OF artillery
and distant musketry.
Nilsson demands $1,000 a night, and
Strakosch Is in search OF another
prima donna for next year.
The Russian Gar Is going to the
Palace OF Yalta, In the Crimea, Oh his
regular visit this year, and not to
Malta.
General Cesnola, United States Con-
sui in Cyprus, has been elected a
member Of the Academy OF Sciences
Of Turin.
A resident Of Manchester, who pre-.
fers to remain anonymous, has given
5000 for an art gallery In that city.
Hereafter the police OF Paris will no
allow any theatrical posters over eigh
teen by twelve inches to be put up.
Susan Anthony says the only class
of human beings In the United States
men can't argue with to-day Is the wo-
men.
Marx Lemon, elludluR 10 Thackeray,
said that he never felt At home in his
presence, because he was 80 iuier'
ually wise
Houston proposes TO exhibit at the
: Texas state Fair woman who Is only
/ thirty yeala old and 10 the mother Of
eighteen children.
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FOREIGN NOTES

The London Daily News severely
condemns the action of the United
States Senate IN rejecting the nomina-
ton Of Dana.
The Chamber Of Deputies has an
nulled the election Of M. Lornano,
Bonapartist, as Deputy from the De-
partment OF the Charante.
A Vienna dispatch reports that the
Whole Of Northwestern Bosnia Is In
Iuil rebellion. The situation Of the
Turks there is very serious. Re-inforce-
ments for the new scene Of disturb
shee have left Seraievo.
a meeting Of iusurgent chiefs wes
ned yesterday at Raglsa, at which g
russian PlenipoteR.iAry presented
himself and stated that Toe Char serl-
oSsly advised them to make peace knd
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This steamer I'Amerique, OF the
French Transatlantic Line, arrived at
Philadelphia yesterday, bringing the
remainder Of the French consignment
Of goods for exhibition at the Gen.
tennial. Her freight comprls 1900
cases of exhibition goods.
The Ohio Legislature passed bill
comforting power on railroad conduc-
tors to eject monte men and other
sharpers practiciug their games from
their trains. A bill was also passed
forbidding the employment OF chill
dren under fourteen years Of age as
gymnasts or public singers.
The Louisville Gas Company, to no
com modate the public, offered the
postal authorities Of that city gas free
OF charge during the darkness caused
by Secretary Bristow's order, but the
custodian OF the Custom house did not
hCCtptt no uio CObotfuctiuh VI tuC INV
would not allow him to use even free
gas. an exceedingly undetermined
Kentuckian he is.
The Pacific Mail steamer City Pan.
anna has been attached at the instance
OF the Panama railroad company. The
Granada will be attached, on arrival
from Sydney, and the Montana and
Dakota, Ell route to Panama aud
Oregon, will probably share the same
fate.
The Rieski Mir remarks that the
Austrian project Of Turkish reforms
has collapsed. Nobody but Turks de-
sire the voluntary submission Of
Sclaves. The time has arrived for the
Insurgents to show by their deeds that
they know their adversaries. The Mir
believes that the armistice Is merely
precursor Of important events. 1t does
not think, however, these events
threaten to involve any European
power.
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How vast are the reaches OF the hu'
man soul when compared with the
quantity OF lobster salad man can
prudently eat before going TO bed!
Secretary Taft Ia getting the hang
OF things In the War Office, and you
can no longer pass of ten-inch ool-
umbIad for q fiint-lock musket ON him.
Charles N. Fowler, OF Chicago. is one
OF the mem bers ofthe Yale elght.oared
crew that Is to row with Harvard at
Springfield, Mass, next June.
Around Worcester now they've
adopted the French expression at part.
ing. They don't say good by" any
more; It's invariably "du reservoir"
The Treasury girls who formerly d.
vIded the contents Of their Iunch-
baskets with Mrs. Senator Cbristiancy,
have not as yet been invited to share
In the good things Of her dinner-table.
The New York papers chronicle a
birth extraordinary, at the Central
Park, the first Of Its kind In the coun-
try, that OF q monkey OF the Diana
species. "Mother and child are doing
Sell.n
The Hon. John w. johnson, Of Mad.
ison, MINI has given five thousand
dollars to the State University, the Ia
come OF which IL TO be used In aiding
students who speak the Scandinavian
language.
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PINCn'S PENDANT.
HIS Thirst Tor once Leads Him
Against Ills Late Radical
Friends,

NASHVILLE, TENS,, April s,-The
National COlored Convention being
held ut Nashville was In ses.
sion over four hours yesterday. The
attendance OF spectators, both white
and colored, was very large, the gal.
leries aud Hobbies Of The House OF Rep
resentatiyes being packed TO their ca.
pacity, The committee on resolutions
not yet being able to agree, the pro.
ceedings were unimportant, except
two speeches from pinchback and
Smith OF Alabama. Pinchback did
not take the new departure expected,
but his speech has a strong flavor OF
independence. He said that the col
ored people were beginning to think
for themselves, aud would never again
vote the Republican ticket IN solid
column, as heretofore. He sald the
South would never prosper while party
lines were race lines. He wanted no
more color lines in politics, but the d.
vision of parties on other than race
lines. Senator Smith followed Mr..
Pinckback, making powerful speech
In favor Of n new departure. He adj
yised that the blacks no longer remain
In the Republican party, but make
terms with their white Southern
friends, and hereafter vote for honest
and competent men without reference
to party. His speech made a profound
impression, aud was received with
great applause by whites and blacks.
There Is strong element In the con-
vention In favor OF this departure, and
eaucusing Is very hot.