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tsEFUL KAOWLeDGE.

REMEDY FOR EARAcnE.-The Jour.
nal Of Heoih gives the following:
There is scarcely an ache to which
children a.e subject so hard to bear
and difficult TO cure. ms the earache.
But there is rem edy never known 10
fail. Take a bit of cotton batting,
put upon il pinch Of black pepper,
gather il up aud tie it, dip in sweet
oil and insert into the ear. Put a
flannel bandage over the head to keep
il warm. 1t will give immediate re
lief.
A CURE FOR CoRSs. There is but
one cure for corns, and that is: Take
a lemon and roll it until soft; take
thick slice ard bind it ON the corn on
retiring at night. In the morning, #
the corn is white and disintegrate,l,
pull il out with your finger nails
never cut a corn. Sometimes several
applications of the lemon slices will
be necessary, but the corns are bound
to succomb, and you can dance the
next night il you like. After you
remove the corns wear shoes that fit
and are not too stiff in the solcs.
All fruit trees are liable under the
best Of cultivation to have more or
less insects harbor on them. As soon
as the leaves have fallen will be found
profitable season to paint or wash
them, bodies and all, the main limbs
aud crotches, with some kind of alkali
wash. We practice putting up leach
OF wood ashes, and using the lye
therefrom; but wash from CONNER.
cial potash will perhaps be equally
good. The mingling little -four of
sulphur or common SCOT, so as to form
a thin paint, is by come counted bet
ter than the clear lye.--[ Horticultur.
ist.
In France, where poultry breeding,
feeding and fattening have been re.
duced to a science. they feed very lit
tie whole grain. A very popular
feed is 0ne-half bran and one.half
buckwheat, barley or oatmeal, made
into a stiff paste, and fed to old and
young alike, twice day. They claim
that this feed is less expensive and
promotes laying. Whole grain, how
ever. will produce fat, when fed album
1antly. but it also produces disease by |
mpairing digestion. Buckwbeat is
regarded us the great egg-laying stim.
ilant. A system Of liquid examining
5 practiced by many who follow fat
ening fowls as n trade. Barley and
milk mixed is crammed into the fowls
,y means Of a funnel. 1t is said that
me person can cram sixty fowls per
lour, and the faitehing process only
asts two or three weeks. At three
named, upwards of six mill
on head of fat poultry are sold annu-
lily, all fattened by this process.
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There is nothing more depressing o,
mortliyins to young man than to bt
jilteJ by agirl. His agony seems un'
endurable when she not only throws
him overheard but also ships a rival.
His case may become desperate IL, af
ter she has named the happy day, and
.hs has bought the risg, sscured SEEING
~eddiuy raimon, and snsgsi the par.
son, she gives him the slip and marries
another fellow. Some men think Of
6reirms or cold poison under such cir.
cumst noes, but not so with St.
LOUIS gentleman named Hickland.
Miss Jennings had consented to marry
him. The day was fixed. was near at
hand, the viands cooked, the wedding
dress complete, and the minister mott.
fled. But the very day before the ex.
peosel welding. Miss Jennings went
out nj evening, married a Mr.. Gather,
and by midnight the couple were
speeding away on their bridal Jour.
ney. Did Mr.. Hickland despond and
grow desperates He told the parson
to he on hand just the same, forthwith,
procee,led 10 the house of his aftianced
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srarE xEWs
Coal Is ~ cents in Paris.

Coal Is ~ cents In Paris.
scarIe, fever has made its appearance in
Mercer county.
A man in Clark county, ha. shipped thi.
season, $4,000 Turkeys.
Hog cholera is thinning ou, the porcine
tribe in Fleming county.
A Niger preacher named Henry Eller
Is in Jail at Falmouth, for 100 days for
rape.
Reed a Bros, bought 200 hogs In Jes-a-
mine county, last week, at ~ 30 PER hun.
drsd.
Al Troy, in this State, a corps Of ladie.
are conducting weekly paper, called the
Troy Weekly News.
The Dry Goods house Of r. n X. Sievin
a Cain, Louisville, has failed. Liabilities
$i67, ,s57- Assets si0O3I4.
A man named Montague, living in IIar
din county, had his arm crushed by jump
ing from train while in motion.
Egg. are worth 20 cents per dozen in
Henderson. aud the New, is debating the
question what will poor man do?"
Col. X. NJ. Kelley, Of the Louisville Com.
mercid will bc retained A. Pension Agent.
Boreing will have to bore for something
else.
The opposition stage has been taken oil
hctween Danville and Nicholasville, and
now the fare has gone up to the same old
price, 5" 80. uas
Mr.. Robert Adams, and Miss Florence
Hart, both of Clark county, have succeeded
in getting married, after making three at.
tempts to runaway.
The estate Of Charles Neal, of Fayettc
county, has been divided anSng his heirs,
and the Pres ay. it took thirty--ix deeds
to convey the property.
Mortimer Gardner, Of Uptonviile, IIar.
din county, whilst toteing large log, slip.
pd and fell, with the log acro-r his neck
breaking il. The N,rs says he died imme.
diately. Very likely.
4 Yankee .chool teacher is in the Cal
houn Jail for stealing sixty dollars from
the gentleman with whom he boarded. II
has since been learned, that he had to leave
his former home for stealing bacon, &c.
The Mt Sterling S,n,inei, -ays tie coal
miners who have l-en on n strike al Pryse
Coal Nine, have come TO terms and gone
10 work. During the strike coal had Ia he
shipped To that town from Cincinnati and
Louisville.
4 green horn blew out the gas the other
night, in Mt. Sterling, and went to bed
Next morning he was found to be, to all
appearances, dead, but the combined exer-
ions Of four doctors, got him II right af-
Ter days work, aud he Is now able to 20
shout.
The Midway M" observes that the rea'
'on there is such discrepancy in the Their
No., a.. rl.r,nou.,... v..J .,o =, u,.nr
,..a. .,,,ona,, 40 I'd ..I ,n.,r.,,o.
40, 49, .a..aa,..,,. :.
...onn, IT,. !. n,,,oh =, MI
Harri~on, the man who killed McWhor-
Ter, in Albany, ny, on last Christmas day,
las been admitted to bail in the sum Of
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As the locomotive Columbia went
down into the chasm at Ash:abula,
Folsom, the engineer, managed to
open the safety valve, SO that the one
remaining finishing touch of horror
a boiler explosion amid the wreck
was avoided. Ten seconds later Fol-
som lay OH the ice, at the margin OF
the wreck, with a broken leg. lie had
opened the valve while in the very act
of falling. Men have been called
heroes for less than this. II Cleveland
Leader.
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by about the middle of next May,
the public will have seen the last Of
the present three-oent postage stamp,
and begun TO get accustomed To one
that is red, or possibly new tint.
This change has besu rendered neoss.
sary, ss stamp washsrs take of the
only cancellations without acid or al
kali and Use the stamp again. A Sc
ries pf .experimepts just ,eDwplsted.
convinces the Postal Department that
green Is the poorest color to be found
With the change of color there will
be a change Of design. The medallion
head Of Washington, will be retained.
but Il viii be relieved by an open
scroll of white. and the scroll work
have different pattern,
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A negro woman belonging to a
troupe of Jubilee Singers, sang relig-
ious songs with 81 much sweetness and
iervor that the citizens of Otto. Indt
ana, grew enthusiastic in their admi
ration. They gave her, as "testimo,
nial Of approval of artistic merit and
humble worth" n purse fall oi silyss
dollars, She got drunk with the non-
ey, and. when one of the admlring
citizens helped II Con stable to arrest
her, she stabbed him with knife.
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A German farmer living near Des
Moines, Iowa, had his barn insured
for $500, which was $500 more than
il was worth. Not long ago it was
burned, and he demanded the full
amount of the policy, The Company
offered to settle with him for 5000, and
on receiving refusal. built a new
barn for htm. A week ago a life in.
surance agent called upon him and
urged him to have his wile's life in.
sured. The farmer used the logic OF
analogy; IL had my barn insured for
five hundred tollars, aud when il burn
down they pay me no fvo hundred
tpllals, but build me new barn. Now
! get my frau insured for one tousand
tollars, and she die. Den you give
me no tousand tollars, but make me
take another old woman. Oats wat
you make me do. | don't want my
frau insured. IN. Y. Tribune.
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sw. NJ she w~nssrs s.ss Ossce.

At the posioffice in Stanford. the
other evening, gentleman familiarly
called Ansnias, who, by the way, !,
rot lacking in good opinion Of him
self, remarked that he might have
passed oa for a really smart man, Il
he had always known when to hold
his tongue. Tom Davicss, who was
standing near, and who never misses a
chance to tell good yarn, observed
that silence did not always save man,
and then told the following apropos
story: A gentleman and family were
once invited bya man Of distinction,
to attend q party to be given at his
house. Now, among the former gen
tlcman's family, was boy SO idiotic
that his father was ashamed 10 take
him to the party, but being unwilling
to leave him at home by himself, final
ly concluded to take him, aiter clio :.
ing from the boy promise not to open
his mouth to any one, telling him at
the same time, that If he did so, il
would not be found out what fool he
was. At the party, the boy obeyed
his father IN the letter. In the course
Of the evening, though, the host. de-
string to make his guests feel At home,
had something to say to each one, and
ON his rounds. at last came TO our un.
frturate boy. He commenced with
the usual compliments of the evening,
then a.ke,l him a number Of ques-
tions, but leceived not a word in res
ppn.e. Al length he grew weary with
the hoy, and petuIsutiy snid-"You
must bc n d-n fool The boy
frightened up, and yelled to his faith
er: PA, he found me out any way"
The crowd saw the point-.the gentle.
man at whose expense the story was
told, felt it, and the laugh that follow
ed, made every body forget that they
were standing in six inches of snow,
waiting for Uncle Jimmy to unlock
the Office door and deliver the all.
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uVwOROrs.


The girl who got the fullest stockinl
Christmas morning, found that slr
had gotten her foot into it.-[Glaseo,
Times.
Every plain girl has one consolation
though not pretty young lady, sh,
will (if she lives long enough) be
pretty old enc
a current paragraph asserts tha
Theodore Tilton went out and stoo,
on his head in the snow when h,
heard that Plymouth Church had beer
declared an unsafe building.
We breathe easier now. The new
counterfeit 81 900 notes now in circu
laiion can be detected by their "grea
sy feel" Ii eats into an editors sala
ry fenrfully to get stuck" with faul
or five such notes in n week. .-[Nor
ristown Herald.
There seems to be nothing like faith
One of the deacons of church in q
reighboring town recently wrote to a
friend: 1--WE have secured the servi
ces Of the Rev. Mr.. Smith at a salary
OF $500 a year, and are hoping for q
great work of grace. Norwich Buf:
letin.
The ''Pi" man of the Herald an.
nounces that an eel will live for TWEEN.
ty years. What a burning shame
that eels cannot go one year moIe and
the entitled to vote. Free Press.
Oh pshaw! can't you talk about any
thing but collections ?-[Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Mistress - "Come, Bridget, how
much longer are you going to be about
filling that pepper box?" Bridget "a
fresh importation from where they
don't use pepp.r-castors) - "Shure,
ma'am, and its meeself cant say how
long it'll be takin' me to git all this
stuff in the thing through the little
holes in the top"
A prominent Connecticut writer is
noted for neglect in his personal ap-
pearancc. The night before Christ
mas a gentleman spoke to a friend of
making the author II present. II want
to get him something that he would
keep" observed the gentleman. "In
that case would suggest II cake of
soap" remarked the friend.-[Dan-
bury News.
as there an opening here for an in
tellectual writer" said very red
faced youth, with the cork of bottle
out of his breast packet. The
editor with much dignity took the
mans intellect in, and said: can
opening? Yes, sir, a kind and consid.
crate carpenter, foreseeing your visit,
eft an opening for you. Turn the
knob to the right"
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II. W. Vandervoort. a romantic
young schoolmasier in the country re-
gion of Long Island, married clandes-
timely Miss Addie johnson. the daugh.
ter of Abram johnson. Of woodsburg.
When the ceremony had been finished
the young persons resolved to brave
'ihe matter out, aud mai ths Insrsos
by their tears aud supplications. But
the parents were surprised and didn't
melt The mother bed the daughter,
and the father kicked the young man
out of doors and of the premises. not
even stopping TO open the gate. This
experience seems to show that the old
plas ofgeiting al n safe disnnce and
asking the parents to relent by mail,
is the best.
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RELsGf1us ITEMS.
M believed ,hs, the custom .


daily celebration Of the Holy Commu
nion Is about to I've restored at St
PauIs Cathedral, London, after an in
termission Of three hundred years.
"Church fairs work us follows
Some ladie. borrow money from their
husbands, buy materials and make "
fancy articles, which they give to tn,
fair. They then cha ge places, bor
row more money aud buy the articles
back again"
Hope Is the ruddy morning Of joy,
recollection is its golden ,inge; but the
latter l. wont In sink amid the dews
and dusky shades Of twilight; and the
bright blue day which the former
promises, br axis indeed. but in anoth-
er world, aud with another sun
fRich,er.
.;,.'. St.. L.. ..,ahl;.hod s.ven
schools in the South, for educating
freedmen as teachers and preachers,
one at each Of the following places:
Washington, Richmond, Raleigh,
Columbus, Augusta, New Orleans,
and Nashville. The buildings aud
property connected with these schools
are valued at s40o, 600. all paid for.
The s,llov;ny |. N svnopsis Of the
work accommodated during the ysar
1875 hv E,d IN B,rbee Of the
R,,,;., church. Pro,nc,ed meetinps
n: Sermon preached, 2ss; Bsl,hsm.
81; Additions to churches, i75. miles
Travelled, 1000; His circuit for the
present year embraces Mt. Olivet,
Two Lick, Stone Lick and Pleasant
Valley. Elder Barl,ee has engage.
ments nt this time for three protracte,l
meeting. - Msysville Bulletin.
The Bishon. of the Methodist
Church have hitherto had their sun.
mn, trom tho f,,n,,s of the R,ol Con.
corn Thev are hereafter IN be sun.
,o,,a, H., IL r,,,,,,,.r, oo,,,r;I,,,,;or.
-, ,ho .L,,oho. The denomination
!. s,s,;,,e, ,rer,o,do,s e,,o,, "A ,,;ss
,n,[,.,o,, [ e., ,,;..;onor, ,,rno.os noses The
r;.,,on, tao, ,nJ onsrcv with which
,hcy 90 q, work win be seen in The
grand result. They are wiser in their
generation than the children Of light
aouerally are. - -,
trho o,,,ss,,,s ,i.:,, soc;.,x xhb
=. iaaJ,,,.r,a,- ;, u.,,.ool ta,;n,
!, v,ow tho conv.r.;on ~ Roman
s;noo, u. -fSrn,,;on ,,;3; !,
tsgo ,oOn o,;,o .,.c..seI since
,l.,.... L..o;ronlo,o,, IN tho.
,,.r,,..i i.nor.o. "a 600 Rihl.. T..,o.
ms,,,.-and roS,;ons of scri,,ure and
hal, a., million oe o,ho, notifications
In -. ,o,ool. 200 ,ho,s,,a n,,;is
III, - pon,.. C.,L,I;.. r.
~ 81, ~. ..,;..TI ,,r ,,:F
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Here another heid Up a plaOard with
the single word "Gilby's" ON il. and
the singer went on)--
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- r. GRIsiftM
Accommodation for Drovers

Plenty u good laiei Hay, aud t"rn. Away. on
hand. topd water running through Staek ls,t.-.
Druvcr~ stopping NJ this stand avoid the risk 81
passing their St"ck bv swimming the river prrviuu.
10 ic,inr nio the o for the night lie Il welt pre-
pared 10 entertain his old customers and the travel
ing public generally, and Invites li.erai portion ot
their patronage IN bis linr, i'ec. 70. '7s-iss-tf
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sehsnck,s a-uluaonsc syrup, Sea
Weed Tenic, aaa " ard rake Pile.
These deseryedly celebrated and popular meci-
ttass have effected revolution In the healing
art, aud proved the failacy Of several maxims
which have for many years obstructed the pro-
gress Of medical science. The false suppostion
taat Consumption incunble" deferred phys-
cians from attempting 10 ma remedies for that
disease, and patients afiicted win 10 reooneiled
themselves 10 death without making an effort 10
escape from doom whico the supposed 20 be I'M
ayosdable. IL II now proved, however, that Con-
sumption can be curesi, and that 10 has been cur
cd In q very great number OF cases tsome OF them
apparently desperate ones) BY scheDcks Pumon-
ic syrup alone; and In other cases BY the same
MEDICINE In connection with sehencks Sea
Weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills, one or both
according 10 the requirements OF the case.
DIR. Schenck himself who enjoyed uninterrupt-
ed good health for more than forty years, was
supposed ~ one time % be al the very gate OF
death. his physicians having pronounced his case
hopeless, and abandoned him TO his fate. lac
vas cured by the aforesaid medicines, and,
since his recovery, many thousands similarly Af-
fected have used DR.. Schencks preparations with
the same remarkable success.
Full directions accompany each, m liking II not
absolutely necessaro TO personally see DIR.
schenck unless patients wish their lungs exam
ed, and for this purpose he Is professionally at
hls principal once, Corner sixth and Arch sts..
every Monday, where settlers for
advice must be addressed.
schenck's medicines are sold by all druggists.
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MCLAUGHLIN DEFEATED.
The Vermont Farmer Boy Too
Much for the champion.

BosroS, Dec. 2S.-The great wrest-
ling match between Col J. III. Mo-
LaughliD, of Detroit, the champion
Owens, OF Fairfield, VT, came of at
Music Hail last night. The affair has
been the talk Of the town for the past
two weeks, and when the doors were
opened at Music hall, tonight. a tre-
mendous crowd of people sought ad-
mission. The hall is one Of the larg-
est and finest in the country. but its
4, 900 seats were not sufficient TO ac.
commodate the people who desired TO
see the match. Seldom, IL ever before,
has such an exhibition called out such
q class OF people as attended this con-
test. Leading men in every walk OF
life-literary men, millionaire mer-
chants, members Of the gold board, Of
the merchants exchange and the bro
kers' board, students from Harvard COL
lege and Boston university, leading
physicians, representatives OF the press.
and the great crowd OF curiosity seek
ers-were gathered 20 witness what
was expected 10 be the greatest contest
OF muscular strength and skill OF mod
ern times.
The Detroit Tribune gives the fol-
lowing account OF the great wrestle
"The wrestling match which took
place at Boston, Wednesday night, be-
tween Col. J. II. Mclaughlin, OF this
city, and James Owens, Of Fairfield,
Vermont. Was witnessed by over four
thousand persons who, gathered in
| Music Hall TO watch the result As
| the vrestlers came upon the stage, Nc
Laughlin weighed 23s pounds, and his
opponent us. The battle was for $500
q aide and the championship Of .Ameri-
ca. The match was decided by two
falls ont Of three. s. Z. Smith, Of De-
sroit. was McLaughlin's second, and
Mr.. Kirk acted for Owens. McLsugh-
lin vent down first, upon his side,
which wns pronounced no fall, and the
struggle, which begun at s o'clock, was
stubbornly contested two hours and
forty Minutes, when Owens forced Nc
Laughlin down TO his knees, breaking
his hold, and won the first fall. At
II 80 time was again called, aud both
reluctantly responded. The contest
was quite similar TO the first, and both
requested liberty 10 withdraw, but
their continI zee was insisied on Al
las Owen caught Mclaughlin by q
hiplock and sent him down. winning
the match after battle OF Ave aud q
half hours. McLaughlin's left foo,
was hurt ia his contest with one Muir.
phy ia New York three weeks ago
since which he has been under the
doctors care.
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LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings OF the Republi-
can Senatorial Caucus.
Senator Ferry Unanimously
Rcnominated by Accla-
nation.
Organization OF the Two Houses OF
the Legislature.
peclal from tho ps,roi, Pos.

Special from tho Detroit Post
LANSING, January 3, 1877.
The Republican Senatorial caucus
met at 8 o'clock in Representative
Hall. which was crowded. Represen-
tatiye III. III. Hoyt, OF Saginaw, was
chosen chairman and j. VI Stone Sec
retary. On the roll-call 80 Republican
members Of the Legislature answered
to IN air names, representative Laubach
and North alone being absent.
Representative A. j. Sawyer, OF
Washtenaw, paid high tribute TO
Gov. Bagley, but said the Governor
insisted that his name be not brought
before the caucus as a candidate, but
urged that Senator Ferry be renomina-
tod. At the request OF Gov. Bagley
Mr.. Sawyer moved the denomination OF
Mr.. Ferry by scclamation.
Senator w. j. Baxter seconded the
nomination in behalf Of the Republic
cans.of the second district. He said
Mr.. Ferry stands in the councils of. the
Nation the peer of the highest He
has proved himself eqnal TO any emer-
cency. His course meets the approba-
tiou not only OF the Republicans OF
Michigan, but OF the whole nation. He
has, in recognition OF bis eminent f,.
ness and services, been made President
/ Of the Senate, and the day may not te
| distant when the people Of the United
States will say $50 mp! Go mp higher.
His denomination is demanded by the
Republican party, and even by large
part OF the Democratic party who look
10 him for an honest count. IL is de.
nanded by the hberty-loving people
everywhere. who insist that the will Of
the msjority shall not be nuilihed by
fraud or chicanery.
II. J. Taylor seconded the renomina
ton in behalf Of the Republicans o!
the Sixth District. who meant TO stAnd
by the men who stand by the laws.
w. p. Andrews seconded the nouai
nation for the Fifth District. Mr.. Fer
~ has been placed in position secont
only In importance to that Of Presi
deIt. 10 becomes tDs Republicans o
his State, at this critical moment, y
stand by MIN, and sustain him by
hearty unauimous denomination.
w. s. Hopkins seconded the renom
ination for the Eighth District. MI
!, Ferry is a native of Michigan, md ha'
ever been closely identified With Mich
, iean interests. more so than any othe
Of her Senators. -.
Mr. Burch seconded The renomins
ton for the Ninth District, which cot
tains 20 counties. nearly every one Ike
publican, aud marked all over wit
. evidences OF the SENATOR'S enterpris
and intercession in their behalf, sta'
| an area. an empire in resources. Th
/ Republicans Of the Ninth endorse Ser
ator Ferry, and demand his return, b'
canse they believe him TO be the ma
, for the hour. good man, a schola
a and statesman.
= Wm. Jenney, seconded the nomin'
: tion for the Seventh District, becaus
4 il was bad policy To swap horses whi
l crossing stream. The people
: Michigan can trust his personal intel
2 rity, and want no untried man, 4
g change. hrla
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Among the Republican leaders q
Washington there is no talk what,
Of a compromise. Secretary Chan,
states that the Republicans bel
Hayes 10 be elected, and would not
ter into any compromise; that IL Il :
decided that lie Is not elected, the II,
publicans will acquiescc in the dee
sion. and not resort TO n proposition (,
compromise. and that il was time th
Democrats understood this fact. IA
bany Journal.