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The New York herald., 1877-02-05

LOCOMOTIVE HOUSE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or EIGHT LocoMoTIvEs-oRIaIN or THE
FIRE.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
TRENTON N. j., Fob. 4, 1871
This afternoon the locomotive house OF the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad ia this city took fire. resulting the
almost entiro destruction OF eight locomotives to-
gether with the structure Tho former were valued
about 800 600 and the house $4. 00O The numbers
tho locomotives wcro e96. 699 874, 9l9. 1882 Gus,
6S3, 697. The Of the fro is strcwed with tho
wrecks, and most OF them beyond the possibility
OF repair. The Are lasted about hour, and started
IN tho roof OF the building. The whole Fire Depart
ment turned out, but II unable stom the work
Of destruction which was rapid Tho origin Of tho
the sparks OF locomotives which were In the house.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08
0ngevity.

It Is the opinion of all observers of thu
condition of civilized people that the av.
erage longevity of the human race has in
creased within hundred years. Sucl
reports OF the death rate as we have 20 e
support that conclusion, and it is thor
|oughly proved that the devastations Of
epidemic diseases are not 90 great now a.
formerly; while the medical art steadil,
advances Ia its mastery of the disorders o
the human system, and in its ability te
wsrd off and check maladies whict
threaten human life. In England, fol
instance, the death rate has declined con.
|siderably during quarter of century
There, and elsewhere In Europe, as also
lin this country, the subject of public by
giene has received great attention of re
cent years, and its difficulties are beise
steadily overcome. The probability il
that men now on the average live lopge,
than their ancestors. and in better aver
age health. and that our descendants will
gain on Ne in those respects.
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The Hessian Fly.

Perhsps our agricultural friends are in
terested in knowing that the yesr 1876
marks the one hundredth anniveis Try of
the introduction of the Hesslan fly into
America; also. that like the stamp act, the
Declaration of Independence and other
events of that time, it was brought by
King George III. In the summer of
1776, a large number of Hessians intend
ed for the reinforcement of the Army in
America were ehIpped from their country
in slave ships, and a large quantity of
straw was placed in the holds for the &C
commodation of the soldiers. On their
arrival here the straw was unloaded. and
with it the Hessian fly, which has caused
SO much grief 10 farmers ever since. The
Hessians being plainly visible were easily
conque led and annihilated, hut their in
sidious companions were not so easily got
at, but have lived through all the viclssi-
tudes of hundred years, and are as bold
and valiant 10 day as when the country
was as yet an in FAINT in swaddling clothes.
Let our farmer friends get upa grand
centennial celebration, and let poems be
rccited. speeches made and bonfires light
ed, in honor of the one hundredth birth
day of the Hessian fly.
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The Farm.


Any kind of rope or halter will answer
as remedy, having q sufficient length to
pass around . post. and back, passing
between the fore legs. under the girth, to
the hind legs. Fasten Just below the
knee joint. Have something on the OPP
|posite side of the post to prevent the halt.
Ter from dropping to the ground, allowing
the halter to slide around the post, when
the horse commences to pull. The first
effort in pulling will bring forward his
hind leg. and leaye the horse in sitting
posture, unless he should spring forward,
which he is almost certain to do. after
the first pull, not beng fully convinced
but what he ought to break loose, he may
be induced to try the second time. but
the pull will be light. After the second
trial, there is no rattle-trap yet invented
that could brighten horse badly enough
to make another effort A few trials will
effectually break any horse. 1t is simple,
cheap and perfectly safe.
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Taking His Pick.

Brattleboro people Tell this for fact
A young widower in Windham County
not far from Battleboro, who was greatly
In need of housekeeper, rode day ate
day in vain search for hired girl. A
last. almost discouraged, he drew u2 at &
small dwelling among the hills: ''Car
you tell me where can get woman Il
do the work in farm house?" "Whe-e
|are ye from?" asked the old man, viewing
the handsome horse and buggy with q
critical air. my name is, and ]
am from--.' ooh, ya's, I've hearn
|of ye; ye lost yer wife spell ago. Well.
I've got six gals-good gals, too-and yer
may take yer pick among 'em for wife;
they wouldn't none of 'em think of going
out ter work. Should as leaye you would
take Hannah, because she's the Oldest.
and her chance amt quite so good, seeing
as she's near-sighted, and can't hear so
very well. But, if ye don't want her, We
can take your pick o. t'othtrs." The
widOwer went In, selected the best look
ing one, drove to the Justice g, was mar.
ried. and carried home that night per-
manent housekceper, who proves SO far
to be In every way satisfactory.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08

I have domestic filter which has beer
In use nearly two years. and answers ou
family purposes remarkably well. 1t
simple in construction, and attended will
little expense It consists of stone jal
with an orifice in the bottom, IN which /.
. cork surrounded with sponge to proven,
tho water from passing out too rapidly.
On the bottom of this jar are three quarts
of clean sand, on This tho same quantity
OF fns charcoal, and on this . layer Of
pebble stones. In the top Is an ordinary
dower-pOt. in the hole Of which il I
sponge to prevent the water from passing
out faster than It drips from the jar below.
Tho filter ID inclosed in = case, stands near
the hydrant IL the Summer, and in the
cellar u tho Winter. The sponge In The
nower.pot should be cleaned once or twioe
= week. bat the sapd and charcoal do NOT
require renewing oftenes thAn twies I
year.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08
The Science Of Boiling.


In boiling meat for soup, cold water
should be used at first. so as to extract as
much of the nutrient juices as possible,
and the heat be raised gradually. But II
the meat be wanted in boiled state for
itself, and not for its soup, then 1t should
be plunged at once into boiling water and
kept boiling for few minutes, so that all
the outer albumen may be coagulated, In
order 10 imprison the sapid and nutrjtive
juices; then cold water should be added
till the temperature is reduced 100 de.
grees, at which it should BE- kept till the
cooking is completed, because that
heat is necessary for the coagulstion of
the coloring matter of the blood. In al
cases no more heat than is sufficient should
be employed in cooking. Thus, in max.
ing soup. all the fire in the world will not
make the water hotter than its boiling
at which point it can be re-
tanned at very moderate expenditure of
fuel. V'ole.., ebullition, such as We see
cooks often practice, while it does no
good, does much harm, not only by vast.
ing coal. but also by carrying off in the
steam much of the aromatic and volatile
ingredients of the food.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08
The ENEMY Of DISEASE
THE FOE OF PAIN
TO Man and Beast
ls the Grand Old
MUSTANG
LIN I'M EMIT

WIG" M mas stood the test Of 10 years.
lhsre Is no sore 1t will not heal. no lam.
s asss . S n, not neu.s no ache no palm
Of : horse or other domest|c :. .r; sne ood.
I 40 not yield to its magic touch. ' h ~.
s .s GO costing Is eta. "a e. : DOT :,
man Sein mas . oaaen saved the life Of ha
ia'ness many : valuable horse ~ @no ose'
FOR MEN. 1T WILL cr1Rr
Ssss5sss':@ s ss's: ss,]s ,s.s.
esin IN tho Back, Iumhs.c 0'eS Cords,
Usniiolains, Strains, St,ff oaasiea.
NIPPLES. Eruptions, fains. W.. SSre
10, roR ANIMALS. IT WILL oupr
sas. wi Sa'. :ad lie ss',s SHINY, Rim.
anmors and Sores, Lsmens.. dou Evil,
33csstchea. Distsmper, 6ti6rss.. Ovsllinga.
soreness. Opsn 6eseG. s 6trains,
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08

A good farm gate, which will last n
use for twenty years. must be built in 9
frame on stills, and well painted, in the
following manner: The gate must be
built nearly like any other gate, of light
wood. such as pine, and swing By the
bottom, in frame. The frame must be
set on two plank sills, twelve feet long
and eight inches wide, and at each end
must be let into cross sub-sills. three
inches deep and six inches apart, that the
width of the gate at the bottom NAV
SWING easily through; then bore an inch
and a quarter hole through both of the
long sills. six inches from the front end
and three inches from the bottom side,
and two more the same way, five feet and
SIX inches back, or near the middle, for
pins on which the walking legs must
stand to swing the gate. Then take four
upright walking posts, seven feet long,
four inches wide, and one inch thick, and
four more for swinging legs. only they
must be seven inches shorter at the lowe,
end. Bore them all for half inch bolts,
two inches from each end, then bore ther,
nine inches again from the top holes, fol
the braces, which must be six feet and
one half inch in length, and five fee,
eight inches and half il between the
bolt holes. Bore the bottom of the gate
same as the stills, five feet six inches apart,
with half inch holes, and then bolt vour
frame together with four half-inch car
riage bolts, eight inches long, at top;
and swing your gate between, on the bot
tom pins, with four more bolts, five
Inches long. in the bottom and braces;
then you will have gate which viii not
wear out until It rots down, and will be
the hsndiest gate In the ,.yorld. 1t will
run back and open from the center and
also when swuag PAST center forward will
shut itself and remain securely shut
without any moro fastening.
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NJ MARK 4!al'.,, T!IH |! 5! FACTS
"t 't Hn,;M,! Of THE HI! wHoll,wosHiS,
hOLl0WAYS PIIIS

II had no appetite; Hollow,r,
''YOur Pills are marvo,,.
in the house, "no Keep them
"Dr. Holloway has cured nv ho,,
THAT was chrcnic." headaehs
Il gave one of your Pills 70 49,,
got well in day." Wal ii''ie thing
my nausea of morninoi il rou
"Your box of Holloway,s ' H; cafed.'
cured me OF noises in the head J1'n ns9.nt
some OF your Ointment behind tho .uooed
and the noise has left.'' '"0 Cars,
"Send me two boxes; want on..
poor family" one 1ors
Il enclose dollar; your nr,o.
dollar" worm
..send me five boxes Of vour Pill, -,
Let me have three boxes 81 MS
PllIs oy return mail, for ChilIs ' sus
l have over 200 such Testimonial.
these. but want of space compels ms -
conclude. n'e 10
| FOR CUTANE0US DISORDERS
And all eruptions of the skin This ~.
ment is most invaluable, 1t Goes NOT 1ius,
Externally alone. but penetra,es with With n ,sa
most searching effects to the very roo. we "
the evil. '''' VI
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-08
The First Steam Whistle ON
the Missouri.

i The story of the first steam whistle Of
the Missouri River is amusing. At tina
time the settlers on the Missouri Rive
were in the habit If making regular year
ly visits to St. Louis to do their trading
for themselves and friends. They wer'
not provided with daily intercourse will
the outside world, and many who LIVED
back from the river seldom. If ever, saw {
steamboat more than once . year. Il
happened that during the fall of 1874 thu
new steamboat Lexington started up thu
Missouri River loaded down to the guards
with freight. Among the passenger.
were Judge Joseph c. Ransom, Theodore
Warner, of Lexington, Mo-; Ben Holi
day, afterward the famous Overland stage
proprietor Colonel Pomeroy. of Lexing'
lington, and planter of Platte county
named George Yocum.
The steamer Lexington was provided
with steam whistlc-the hrst used on
the Missouri RIVER and ~ it happened
no one knew about It except Warner, who
was wag and . lover of q joke. The
might after leaving st. Louis the passen.
gers were collected together playing
cards (for fun) in the cabin, when the
tax turned upon steamboat explosions,
then very common.
II feel perfectly safe on this boat, " ea,d
Warner, as he dealt the cards.
"Why2'' inquired Yocum, the planter
"WhyF' echoed the rest of the com
lpapy.
~ will tell you why" said the wag,
carefully studying his cards. "This boat
lis provided with a new patent safety.
valve, which notifies the passengers on
board when it is about to blow up. 1t il
Q concern which makes q most unearthly
noise, and when you hear it it is time to
get back aft or jump overheard.
Notwithstanding the fact that Warner
told his story with the most solemn and
earnest countenance, some were skeptical.
Not so, however, with the planter. Next
morning, when the Lexington was steam
ing up the long, straight stretch Of river
just below Washington, No., the passen-
Igers were at breakfast The meal bad
been called, and all were busily engaged
IN doing justice to the kind of meals they
were accustomed to serve on steamboats,
in those days. Suddenly the whistle
commenced 10 blow, the first time on the
trip. The passengers looked at each other
q moment, and horror and dismay spread
itself over their faces. The first man to
realize the situation, and act, was Yocum,
the planter, who, with hair erect and
blanched face, jumped up crying as he
pulled over one after another of the pas
|sengers:
Run, run for your lives; the d. things
going to bust. Follow me and let's save
ourselves"
Of course there was stampede for the
rear of the boat, and it was only by the
exertions of some of the crew that the
more excited were restrained from Jump
ing into the river.
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Schoo! cards, statuary. notices. black
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Boston, headquarters for Foreign and
American ChrOmOs.
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The Hog Trough i.

It is an egregious error to assert, al
many farmers have done, that hog il
|predisposed.t plant his fore-feet in the
trough while eating. Nothing is more
absurd. A hog is TO more inclined to pu'
his forward feet in the trough than q
horse is wont to put his feet into his
|manger. The great fault IS in the con-
struction of the hogs trough. Almost
always the trough is so deep and the
front side so high that the feed cannot be
reached by either large hog or pig until
the fore-feet are planted in the middle of
the trough. Small pigs are required to
mo ant into the trough with every foot
before they can reach the feed. These
are the .east.ns why hog puts his fore
feet in the trough. Let the front part of
the trough be made so low that the ami
NAL can walk up to it and reach the Il ed
without resting his throat on the trough.
and he will stand up to it as horse does
10 his Manager.
There is no necessity for making a
hogs trough SO broad and deep that it
will contain four times as much feed as
will ever be put into the trough at any
one time. If the front is three inches deep
md the bottom ten inches broad in the
clear, the trough will hold all the swill|
md other feed that can be eaten at one
feeding by es many swine az can stand inl
'front.' of the trough. The correct DISPOSE.
ion of the trough is to place it between
he feeding apartment and the space ap-I
to the animals. Then let the
be made In the form of flap orl
gate. and be hung by hinges aboye the
rough. with the lower end hanging in
he trough, so that it can play from one
ide of the trough to the other. Then. as
DON as the feed is properly distributed.
nbolt the lower edge of the flap, draw
to the other side and fasten it. By this
Ian the swine will stand up to the trough
Ike row of horses at their managers.
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II appears (writes tourist) that in
Shetland the greater number of MARRIAGES
are between youths of nineteen and maids
OF thirty-two! Whenever Z Young man
can act his part in the manning Of boat
he has arrived at the height of bis ambi
ton, and therefor there is no wonder a,
his marrying early; but why he pi.che,
upon an old maid instead of young girl
is not 80 easily accounted for, unless it BE-
that young men have peculiar affection
for old maids. a old men have a peculia,
affection for young girls. However. in no
country d lover 90 faithful to his mis-.
tress q In Shetland. never heard of .
Shetland sailor who was guilty of a breach
OF promise, although he should be absent
for ten years. Not only does be not break
his engagement, but he never faiIs 10
write to bis beloved ono in effusione ~
the most endearing nature, always bepin.
ming or ending his eplstle with INV Pei y
my Jewel" my Watch" INV Dia-
mond." Years before tho celebration If
the marriage. the woman is by no mcans
slack in telling all her neighbors of the
particulars OF the engagement, and Of the
year. and OF the month. and of tina cav
and OF tue hour when it is to be celebrated
1t is no uncommon thing for neichhor.
who have not been invited to the mar;
age, to dress 10 disguise, and p.r,icinate
in the festivities OF the evening The
usual way they disguiss themselves IL Nv
rolling the body up In straw rone ..d
blsckening the face. These m,sk.r. 49,.
ususlly al the privileges of hidden eueats
and are treated with great ciy,lity. All
the end Of every dance, every man must
kiss bis female partner. Sometimes the
men dance b. themselves, ~ the women
canaot hold ont TO such long and furious
exercise; and when they nnish their dance
they do not kiss, but they hug each other
to such degree - TO create disg nat IN
thoss who hare beka accustomed 70 such
. habit.
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p [Air-''America.'9
Ny flap jack, it's of thee,
Thou that agreest with me,
Of thee l sing;
Thou that with pork art fried,
Then buttered on one side
With maple-syrup thick-appEed-
Thou luscious thing!
o savory morsel mine!
VIVA: taste is like to thine,
Well-buttered one!
I sove to see thee fry,
To see Cook toss thee high,
And stick thee with q fork to try
If thou art done.
Before the break of dawn,
The Cook, with many q yawn,
The batter makes;
Then, at the breakfast-bell,
Down rush the boys peli-meu.
And all delighted yell,
20 Buckwheat cakesr''
o red-faced Cook, to thee
Shall loud encomiums be
Forever more;
Soon, when our stomachs feel
Oppressed by such a meal.
We promise you that we'll -
Eat somewhat slower,
And when our spirits rise
To dwell in Paradise,
Our hope is this:
A gorgeous throne our seat,
Fair Hours at our feet,
Eternal Buckwheat Cakes to cot
What greater bliss?
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The Household.

A trifile of spermaceti in starch VIII
prevent clothes from sticking when IRON
ed.
To keep muslin from taking fire-Aod
an ounce of alum to the last water useo 10
rinsing Childrens' dresses and they Will
be rendered almost uu iDfamable, taking
fire very slowly, if at ali, and not burning
with flame. Mothers who live in houses
where open fires are kept will do well 10
this.
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Mr.. Greeley's Advice.

There are in cities spleDdor, distinguish
ed men and women, wealth, luxurie!
from every part of the world, all in strang.
contrast with wretchedness and such hor-
rid misery as cannot be found in the coun.
try. While about 5000, 600 people in the
United States live in cities of over 10000
inhabitants, all the rest of the $4,000, OOC
live in the country, making only one in
seven that prefer the city, or seven that
live in the country to one in the city. But
l speak of this to call to mind Horace
0reeley's advice to all persons to settle in
the country, not in the city, aud if his ad-
vice had been regarded, there would not
now be 50 900 beggars for employment in
New York, and as many more in proper
ton in all the other cities. 1t is easy to
see that farming, or tilling the soil, is the
natural condition of man, and also that
settles are great sores on the body polite, +"
in every sense of the word, morally, polit
ically, religiously, and how can these foul
ulcers be cleansed but by needing the still
warning voice of the founder of THE
TRIBUNE? Leave the city, 60 into the
country, get yourselves piece of land and
work on il; 60 West, 60 anywhere, but
don't all center in the cities; form COM
munities, get up townships. and you will
soon be able to have things for your own
comfort; you will soon be beyond want;
you will be away from the extravaganza
and the corruption Of city life." II may
seem like n0nsence now to talk thus IN
the dead Of winter but now is the best
time, when want of employment shuts
you off from comfort, and starvation stares
YOU in the face.
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AND
ST. LOUIS HOTELS
Cons Olidated
SCHWAB & ZIMMERMAN. Prop'rs.

Having fitted up this elegant fire-proof
brick building, Nos 81 and 80, Main st.,
Helena. NJ, T., viii! open the same on OF
before 25th of September, 1876. We will
retain the st. Louis Hotel, using the same
for lodgings only. while the tables will
be spread In the Cosmopolitan. With tins
new mode Of arrangement we can offer
ample accommodation to all the travelling
public.
The rooms will be kept first-class in
every respect, and the tables supplied, Is
heretofore. with the very best the market
affords. In fact, it shall be our endcavor
to make the consolidated
The Best Hotel In Montana.
and charges resonable.
N. B.-Visitors desiring to stop at our
hotel will please call first at the Cosmo.
politan. No. 81 and 80. Nam Street.
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| We must, then, regard tho salts OF tn
sea as in the main dissolved from the sill,
crust during that remote period when tn,
seas were young. The seas thus indicat,
to US the nature Of those vast chemica
processes through which the earth had Il
pass in the earlier stages of its history. Il
the present crust of the earth did not at.
ford, as it does, the clearest evidence of 9
time when the earth's whole frame glow
ed with intense heat; if we could not, as
we can, derive from the movements of the
celestial bodies. as well as from the teles-
cope appearance of some among.the m.
the most certain assurance that all the
planets, nay, the whole Of the solar sys.
tenn itself. were once 10 the state of glow.
ing vapor-the ocean brine-the mighty
residuum. left after the earth had passed
through its baptism of liquid fire--would
leave rs lie little doubt respecting the
main features at least of the earth's past
history. The seas could never have At
tanned their present condition had not the
earth, which they encompassed when thev
were young, been then an orb of fire
Every wave that pours In upon the shore
speaks to US of 80 remote . past that all
time-measures fail Us in the at
'empt TO indicate the length of the vast
intervals separating Us from it. The salt.
less OF the ocean Is no MINOR feature or
mere detail OF our globes economy, butt
has significance truly cosmical in it's inn.
'ortance. TreL-endous indeed must have
'een the activity Of these primeval fires
lnder whose action sixty thousand mil
IONS Of millions of tons of salt were ex. |
racted from the eartll's substance and 40
led to its envelope.