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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16
Liverpool coarse held

dull at a3a96c per bu. Liverpool coarse held
/ at Il lOa1 20 per sack.
SEED - Clover Is steady, with moderate
jobbing demand, and sales at 15a15Xc per h.
in store. Timothy is quiet at 81 70a1 81 per Du,
In store. Flax is Sc ling at 81 35al 40 per bu.
SUGAk-Tnere is firm market, with fair
consump i've demand. Wequote New Orleans
SHa9%c for raw and l1allAc for clarified.
alOxc, "a" white 1%al1He, granulated ana
powdered ll2Snll%c, crushed re, and cut loaf
l2kal2%c per Id.
TALLOW-There is a fair demand and a
steady market. Ample offerings at 7s<c per lb
for city rendered, loose, and 7Sc for country,
packed.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16

a1lXc. Molasses: refining, demand fair;
mixed firm. Groceries quiet and unchanged.
PROVISIONS quiet and unchanged. Petroleum
l6c; cases, 2la23c; naphtha, 7Ha8aS -i6e.
Strained resIh firm at $2a2 05 Spirits turpen-
tine steady at 8bc Eggs firm: Western fresh,
&c. Pork hrmer; opened and closed heavy:
firm: Middles lrm; Western long clear mid
dles,8Kc; city do, SIC. Lard hrmer, closing
heavy: Prime steam, 9ag 9jal0c; May, 99Oa
95c. Butter heavy and Irregular: Western.
ga9; &c. Cheese quiet at 7aI4kc Whisky
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16

A matter-of-fact sailor on a vessel w.
ing at San Francisco, seeing man
climbing up the rail so as to Jump of
and drown himself, seized the melan-
choly person and dragged him back,
with the following explanation: II want
you fellers to understand that this 'ere
thing is played out. We can't stop to
fool around to pick up every ninny who
jumps overheard, and If you want to do
this business just 90 down to one OF the
WharVe6O -
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16
FINANCIAL.

CINCINNATI, April l6-l:9O P. M.
Gold is 1rmer to-day. Local dealers are
buying at l0TH and selling at 1O7h. Gold
checks on New York are quoted 107%.
New York exchange is firm but quiet. Rates
unchanged. 1t is quoted par buying and LILO
premium selling.
Sterling excnange is steady and quiet at
previous quotations. 1t is drawn here at 81 90
FOR sight drafts and 81 SS for sixty day bills
per IN gold.
Governments are firm and generally quoted
higher. The local buying and selling rates
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16

HOGS-In fair demand and the market is
firm. Common are worth 81 40a4 go medium $5
as 20, and good to choice s. 3Oa5 gu per Genital.
CATTLE-Market active and firm. Com
mon are quoted So 75a3 25, medium So 5Ua4, and
good to choice 81 25a5 25 per Genital
MSHEEP-M arket firm and active. Common
are quoted So 25a3 rs, medium $4a4 50, good to
choice 81 75a5 SO, and extra $5 75a6 per GENITAL
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In ORDER TO ACCOMMODATES EASTERN
ADVERTIsERSIN THE STAR, MR.. E, DUN
CAN SNIFFEN, NO. 70 ASTOR HOUSE, NEW
YORK CITY, has been appointed our general and
special Agent for the Eastern States This will be
abranch office of the STAR, Mr.. SnifHen being au-
thorized to make advertising contracts on our be-
half, and receipt all collections therefor in our
name.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16
Cincinnati Live stock Market.

The following are the receipts and shipments
of live stock for the past 4S hours:
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For PittsblIrg.

MONDAY, 10Th, at s. p. NJ, POSITIVELY,
H% n EXCHANGE. Jas. Kirker Master
.fshSa II Apply on board or to koyse &
m sssasS1zaaA Moeset, w. s. Getty, Agents.
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For POnerOy.

THIS DAY, 10Th, at P. NJ. POSITIVELY,
~ n. OaIO No. 4. Pres. LodwicK, Master
.ufRsAas5Eaf@ Freight received at all hours on
- harf boat foot Of Broadway. W.
HonsheIl, SuDerintendent.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-04-16
For Huntington.

THIS DAY, 10Th. at 5 T. NJ, POSITIVELY.
R<<:S n the ca O.R.R.Packet BOSrONA,L
Bryson, Master. Freight received
2aA1szz1.zzza at all hours on Wharf-boat, foot Of
Broadway. w. Honshell, Superintendent.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
Meeting of Minnesota Democrats.

Upon call of VIM. Lee, chairman of
the Democratic State Central Commit
tee, a number of Democrats from diff.
ferent parts of the State met at the
Merchants Hotel, in St. Paul, on the
2lst, to consider the political situation.
There were present, j. N. Castle, E.S.
Brown, and Percy B. Smith, Saltwater;
w. W, McNair, DR.. A.'A. Ames, Frank
I. Morse, Winthrop Young, VIM. Loch-
ren and E. NJ. Wilson, Minneapolis :;
John G. Wise and John F. Meagher,
Mankato; John A. Mathews, W. J..
Whipple, j. w. Lake and G. F. Buck,
Winona E. T. Wilder and j. Q. Pierce,
Red Wing j. F. Norrish, Hastings @.
II. Lineau, Carver; Henry Kinds, Shak-
opee; j. NJ. Paine. Thompson; w. NJ.
Campbell, Litchield; and the following
from St.Paul: Edmund Rice, P H. Kelly,
VIM. Crooks, John NJ. Gilman, D. A.
Robertson, G. S, Uline, H. S. Fairchild,
J. P. Pond, B. Magofin, VIM. Lee,
Robert Miller, Gen. II. H. Sibley, II.
M. Rice, W. L. Banning, Geo. L. Beck
er, James Smith Jr., J. T. Max6eld, R.
A. Smith. and VIM. P. Murry.4. ~...'. r
The proceedings were private, but
at the close OF the meeting the follow
ing resolutions were given to the re.
porters as having been adopted A
Resolved, That it is the firm conviction of
the Democracy of Minnesota that Messrs.
Tilden and Hendricks have been fairly and
constitutionally elected to the respective Of
fees of President and Vice President of the
United States. -:t9;.t ~.
2. That we behold with regret what ap-
pears as a conspiracy upon the part OF mem
| bers OF the adu lnistration and certain other
corrupt partisans assuming to repre- sent the
| Republican party, to count in Messrs Hayes
and Wheeler in disregard Of all law, right and
precedent, and thus Tor mere personal inter-
ests to defeat the will Of the people, strike a
dangerous blow at our free institutions and
! jeopardize the peace OF the country.
g. That we utterly repudiate the inconsist-
ent and dangerous assumption that the Pres-
dent of the Senate has the determination of
all questions OF dispute with regard to the
electoral vote, and also that equally absurd
claim that no fraud in a State or ineligibility
| OF an elector can be inquired into, and we an :
nounce our belief that all matters at issue
should be settled by Congress, that the House
of Representatives has equal right with the
Senate in such settlement, and we propose, in
common with patriotic citizens OF all parties,
to support it in the exercise OF its constitu-
tional rights. ..s...r -
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
By their advice chloroform was adj
amiRisaEad. and the ssa1ff fexer. thps relieH.

By their advice chloroform was adj
minisarad. and thab sRffexer wthusxelieHs
ed FOR a time from an attack which
had completely exhaust her strength,
But no sooner had the effect OF the
dose gone, off than the, fits again seized
her with no less persistence than
before. The, case was serious, b and
the. medical men began to remember.
with dismay the precedent mentioned
ln their books, where a native Of
lEdinburg was attacked in the same
way and ended by. actually choking
herself and dying of tsuffocation.
fortunately, in this case there was no
such tragic end to the story. A young
doctor who happened to le called in,
after. the malady had already indured
Tor twenty seven hours was clever or
lucky enough to effect cure by shy
drotherapic" trertment. The account
OF the case by the Paris paper does not
afford any clue to the cause of so
strange seizure but it may serve as
an awful warning to those reckless per.
sons who, like. Lord Dundreary, pro-
Tess to delight in a good sneeze. There
IS, indeed, some reason for alarm
just now. Sneezing, according to the
scientific account of it, is caused by
Irritation Of the inner membrane Of
the nose. And since snuff.taking has
been SO completely banished from
fashionable society, there is a reason
to fear that the membrane in question
must be good deal more sensitive and
perhaps more irritable, than it was a
century ago. s,.. "a, a. ,.-..'
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
The Bad Practice Of Sneezing.2

The following is from the London
Globe: ,4agt ,s.FIy s.,,;;..ff5,,.n i,5lasU 8! d.
For sometime pastthe Partisan press
has been discussing with great .gusto
various remedies suggested for the
vice Of snoring. Having got tired Of
this subject, without arriving at any
useful conclusion, they will perhaps
be inclined now to bestow some of
their philosophic attention on the bad
practice of sneezing. Every excuse
for doing so is afforded them by q
case which lis just reportd from the
Faubonrg St: Henore. A young lady
iinhabiting that aristocratic quarter
was suddenly seized, q few daysa ago.
with 9 violent and prolonged dt 81
sneezing. Her relations, her nurse,
and finally every one inSthe house be.
gan e. be alarmed. The orthodox
f.God bless you'' had been shouted and
reiterated in her ears, but the demon
OF sneez1ng refused to be exercised,
and tho doctors had to be called ii.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
Hiding His Tracks.

There were vigorous inquiries at the
Post Office yesterday "A (says the Detroit
Free Press) for the chief. clerk, and as
the Captains face appeared at the win.
dow the inquirer asked:
elias a cross-eyed woman been here
asking for letters addressed to me;?'' ~
~ He hadn t seen her.
swell, she'll be here this forenoon.
She's my wife, and she s leetle weak
in the head, She's got the notion that
l set love letters from a woman in
Canada, and she'll be hero to ask for
my mail @ft"' 7e3 d" ~ 9Ea =ni:&f0d
ss.Wel}?'' 4ttii41 tq#aj
d Well, i don't get any such letters, of
g course, but you mustn't give her my
mail. She might get one with draft
IN, and not know its value. just say
to her that you never knew Of my re-
ceiving q letter here and that you have
repeatedly heard me say that had the
best wife in town. ~
''But I don't know yor.' t,s't-,'' -. S.
Never mind that. In dealing with
an insane woman it's best to be soft,
and slick. and smooth. just shake
hands with her, praise her small feet,
and and tell her she ought to be proud of
such . husband as am
ssWhat did the Puritans come to this
country for 20 asked a Massachusetts,
teacher ofthis class. .tTo worship in
their own way. and make other people
90 the same,' was the reply.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
The Unfortunate Fate Of Nern-Didn't Know
a. .L -., His Masters STEP. .tac ~.

From the San Antonio Herald. - - s"-1 ~.
About week ago we heard one of
our leading citizens Dragging about his
watch dog. He went on to say that
Nero was a splended watch dog that.
he would never even growl at a child,
and at night he would tear anybody to
pieces he found about the premises.
"Ain't you afraid,'' we asked, 'sthat
he will bite you some night when
you come home late g.
':sNot a bit of it; he is too intelligent.
He knows my step as soon as put my
foot on the gallery. Why, I wouldn't
$500 for that. He is the most relia-
BILE biting dog in San Antonia.''
About three days after the forego-
ing conversation took place, one morn
ing early we met policeman leading
this Identical dog into the su burbs. .,
"What are you doing with Major
Jones's dog 2" we wanted to know.
"He gave him to me to take him out
and shoot him.
"What for q we asked in amaze
ment. -aaa .. s.z.-..:,~
because he tackled the Major last
night on his coming home, and bit him
IL oAAA COCA paws, AO "OuAu 11OI Dc
down town for a week." aD} .a5..r
''But I heard the Major say that dog
was intelligent that he knew his step,
and wouldn't, bite him no way he
could fix it; that he wouldn't take $500
for the ANIMAL = ''.' s'''.-' ''
'.The dog amt to blame for it,
SAID the policeman, gazing sadly at
poor Nero, ssit's the Majors own
fault 1ss d" @'S' -.rt-3@,h S9f II
elbow SO ?'swe inquired.
"Well,'' responded the policeman,
slowly, '''the dog did know his step
and never even growled at him before,
but last night, for the first time since
he has had the dog, the Major came
home three hours earlier than usual,
and perfectly sober, and somehow his
step was different from what the dog
was used to-, he didn't tangle up his
legs as much as common, and the dog
was fooled by it, took him for per-
feet stranger, and bounced him. The
dog amt to blame he missed the
smell of whisky, he didn't hear the
Major whoop and cuss and fall down
in the cellar as he always does when
he comes home, so Nero kept on bite
the Major in fresh places until the
family interfered.
''Come3 on, Nero - and the sad fu-
neral cortege resumed the line of
march for the brush. sa"'5"@h 9Hf -*
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
Foood for Children--11.--My '.moth-
ss


that condensed milk taken fresh every.
day, and mixed in the proportion Of
a teaspoonful Of milk to a cup Of water,
is an excellent article Of diet for child
just .weaned. Pour one-half sa cup.
boiling water over the milk. and when.
dissolved, cool it till 1ukewarm with
cold water and sweeten a little. Give
lit to drink from cup about once in
four hours. Should there be- al ten
dency to acid stomach, two teaspoons
full of lime water to a cupfu'! of milk
given occasionally will correct, it. A
piece of juicy unbuttered steak in the
fist to suck, not swallow, and a little
taste of plain wholesome food, given
in small quantities, carefully prepared,
has proved entirely favorable, and
prepared the little stomach for more
solid food. This supposes the child to
be not far from one year old. AS the
child grows older increase the richness
of the milkr ~S'. -stt. ,aa7
Geraniums are apt not to bloom if
they are in too large pots. A four or
five inch pot is quite large enough for
good-sized plant. Have them repot.
ted every six months. Be sure and
give quite warm water every day and
keep the soil loosend about the edges of
the pot. -. .., .,...ff e.,4 ,-.4iA-~ .~-
Ink Stains in Carpet.-I have remov-
ed the very worst ink stoins from car.
pets of very delicate colors by rubbing
them with skim milk, and when they
are effaced washing it with a cloth
wrung out in boiling water without
soap. Then cover the place with dry
! cloth, and let it remain so for day.
I Care Of Plants.-Plants that grow
too rapidly must have only water suf.
icient to keep them from dropping,
and all the sunlight possible. Stop all
fertilizers. r. 3s"G &c.. It.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
Useful Family Hints.

To Preserve Eggs.-I.-Mix together
in tub or vessel one bushel of quick
lime, two pounds of salt, one-half
pound cream Of tartar, with as much
water as will reduce the composition
to consistence to float an egg, then
keep the eggs therein. This will pre-
serve them perfect for two years at
least atfF its5''. s"G4sf'@1z 51T",' a4!H "a
s% To Clean Black Alapaca or Cashmere.
Make strong soap-suds of warm-not
hot-water, put into : it perhaps a
teaspoonful of. boraxy; !; wash the goods
thoroughly in this, and if Is very dirty
wash in two waters prepared the same
way rub no soap on your material :;
rinse in very blue bluing water; iron
on the wrong side when half dry.
This will make rusty alpaca look fresh.
Food for Children, I. 1t is impossi.
able to inform S. g. as to ssthe best
article Of diet for childen just wean.
ed without a, knowledge Of it's age
and the condition Of its dental organs.
.. If it had teeth with.which to masticate,
it may be allowed solids IF still unsup-
piled with teeth, it must take only
fluids. But there is choice Of fluids
of course. The best is new milk,
! somewhat diluted with water, with a
trifle of sugar added, to cause it to
approximate more nearly to the 4natu-
raj lacteals supply. This shonld che
enrichened with a thin Cruel made
from the gluten of wheat--a most
se' valuable food because easily digested
Il and very nutritious. containing the
nitrogen and mineral elements which
feed the blood, nerves.. brain, bones,
hair, teeth, and muscles. With -four
and anathe esstarches should Sc avoided. !.
as should the various prepared foods,
which are little more than cracker
dust. These remarks are intended to
apply toF children who are :. ..broupht, un
= rtbyshand,s ,ssas Mel1pas to such as are
being weaned. to timesof feeding.
i have found once every three hours
at first, and gradual increase Of the
interval to four hours, to work we'll.
The child should sleep alone in a per-
fectly quiet room, and should eat
nothing from s at nigt till s in the
morning. By accustoming him to this
he will soon fall into the habit Of
sleeping soundly during the prescribed
twelve hours, and will not suffer from
Indigestion, as when foood is taken
before the previous meal has been
digested. ..H
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
n Months For q dollar.

st. Nicholas for january, with it's
CHEEKY greeting on the cover, its exquisite)y
beautiful frontispiece, the wonderful variety
in its pages, and it's =.
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Will charm everybody both old and young.
Among the more notable papers will be
found "Letter to Young Naturalist" by
William Hewitt, the poet, and ''The Stars tor
January" by Prof. Proctor, the astronomer.
arg,It ST. N1CHoLAJ F0R JANUARY n 'i'7'-
will also contain paper by Horace E. Scud-
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tures,'" with fac-simile reproductions from
the New England Primmer" and Webster's
old "Spelling. Book" < "Budge's Visit to the
Centennial" 4 by. the author Of I. .tsHelen's Ba-
bies," and The Modern and Medieval Ball
lad OF Mary Jane,''' with silhouette drawings
by Hopkins, will be found amusing and en-,
tertaining. Besides mi ''''
.-t 'tH1s, OWN MASTER" by Trowbridge, a
There are shorter Stories and Poems, Rhymes
and Nonsense Verses, Historical Sketches, d
Fairy Tale, Comioal Pictures, Pages tor Very
Little Folks, &c., &C., In short this is the
New Years Number of that magiine5o Of which
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Der, with William Cullen Bryant's ''Boys Of
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uralist;;" and the February number which
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This map sh0wa every pust-0h ., river ants
railroad. oolored by counties, included In the
States of Hipnesota and Wisconsin, complete;
also Northern Illinois and more than half Of
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THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD.
AS here By the rivers brink I wander;
White overhead are the stars, and white
The glimmering lamps on thei hillside yon-
der. 11.i@i'1. Sssa --...ss--.--.-.-4-,.
Silent are allthe sounds of day. - tt
B.. Nothing hear but the chirp Of crickets,
And the cry Of the herons winging their way
= Ver, the poets house in the EmwoOd
aa ~ ,thlekets. A.. eaevisf
Call to him, herons, as slowly you pass .ss:f ),
n 10 your r'osts IN the haunts OF the exiled
thrushes; 5@'2
Sing him the song of the green morass,
ana the tides that water the reeds and
Sing him the mystical song of the hern, r.
AND the secret that battles our utmost seek
For only sound of lament we discern, .r,
2 And cannot interpret theswords you are
Sing of the air and the wild delight gs.ssa#
VI wings that upllft and winds that uphold
The joy Of freedom, the rapture of fight =, i
Through the drift of the floating mists that
entOld yon; l@A:
VI the landscape lying 80 Tar below,
With its GOWNS and river, and desert places;
And the splendor Of light above, and the
.s. glow .,
0fthe limitless, blue, ethereal spaces.
Ask him if songs of the Troubadors, ...e
Or of Minnesingers in old black-letter,
Sound in his ears more sw ct than yours,
Anl it yours are net sweeter and wilder
and better. .
Sing to him, say to him, here at his gate,
Where the boughs OF the stately elms are
meeting,
Some one had fingered to mediate,
= And send him unseen this friehdly greet
= f. ing; a"2 J.5..
That many another hath done the same.
Though not by a sound was the silence
broken; 'S' l.... ..,.u- -5.. ...,
The surest pledge of q deathless name
Is the silent homage of thoughts q spoken
Henry w. Longtellow.
The Grange advance., 1877-01-03
HOUSE FARM,& GARDEN.
Loose or. Selid Land for Wheat.


Mr.. Mecchi, writing at some length
on this subject says: s.s5Wheneyer,Wes
have rolled and solidi6ed the wheat
land, either before Or after drilling,
the crop has yielded well, especially
on the light land before sailing, at the.
rate Of six to ten bushals to the acre.
Salt solidifies the land. q The late Mr..
Piper, of Colne, used to grow his thick
est wheat year after year on the same.
land top dressed without blowing mere
ly hoeing up the stubbles and weeds.
He grew great crops. 1t was on good
land adjoining the river. Topleasetmy.
self and friend he dug a small Gper-
tion to see the effects; and certainly
that wheat and straw were inferior to-
the unplowed. The late Mr. Wood
ward used to tread his wheat. have
seen gangs Of people doing this. When
he converted some poor grass into ara
BILE land by draining and deep digging,
ne sowed three bushels5of wheat per
acre, broadcast, end consolidated the
farm by treading it with twenty.four
farm horses. In 1873 we deeply horse
plowed and manured some land after
tares for wheat. We and our visitors
admired the apparently heavy and
bulky crop, and rather despised its
neighbor, which was taken after cab
bage folded by sheep, and merely skim
plowed; but the result proved we were
all wrong in our estimate, for the de.
spised cabbage land crop yielded best.
We can never have our land too deep
ly disturbed for root and green crops,
or too highly manured. =. My finest
. crops of wheat have been grown after
red clover, once moved, then manu1 ed
with twelve loads; per acre of best
shed manure, and when the clover
again grew high, folded it closely with
sheep eating cake and corn. Then
lightly plowed and drilled with one
81 bushel of white wheat per acre.; the
yield in 1858, sixty.four bushels pei
acre, then drilled with one: bushel OF
Rivetts, manured with two hundred
weight Of best Peruvian guano mixet
with one hundred weight of common
salt-this in 1859, produced sixt,
bushels per acre. It will be seen thai
the ground had been consolidated by
sheeptreading, and was but little dis
turbed. Stiff standing corn crops
whether of oats, barley or wheat, s.
~ far as my experience goes, are best OBJ
,tained BY shallow plowlng, provided
the land has been previously yer!
. deeply cultivated and highly manuret
for the root crops. 80 j..