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0nr Foreign Beef Trade.

Shipping fresh beef to England has
grown almost too rapidly as a staple
branch of trade. So generally has the
method of sending beef abroad in refrig-
Grated apartments become that a large
proportion of the transatlantic steamers
have been fitted with the necessary ap-
pliances for the trade, and from New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore large
consignments have been sent forward
every week. The trade in shipping live
cattle has also grown, so that both in
dressed meats and in beef on the hoof,
EDgland has been supplied with prodig-
uous quantities, and the United States
has disposed OF great numbers of cattle.
1t is to be hoped that the number is not
too great. Everything can be overdone,
and this business of foreign meat ship
ment may be, and, possibly, has been
The enormous shipments have depressed
the prices of meats abroad Hence we
are not surprised to hear that recent con-
signments of dressed beef from Philadel-
phia to England have turned out loss
so that the trade bids fair to be some
what restricted in the future. The busi-
ness has evidently been pushed to the
point of reaction, and this is not much
to be regretted. Our own meat supply
has gone up in price, the great foreign
demand being urged rs the reason for Tho
advance at home, the butchers and drov
ers declaring that it IS stripping the coun
try of available cattle, and thus forcinl
higher prices. 1t is not certain whether
these foreign shipments really cause the
advance or whether they are availed o
as a convenient excuse, but the same
should be true of meat as of grain
With the falling off of the foreign de
mand prices oug ght to decline, and ther
is no reason why we should not bu,
meat in this country as low as it can %
bought in England. At present the pre-
vailing quotations seem to be highe
here than there, though we send then
much of their supply.-PhiJadelphi
/ TedQcr
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BafHJ Horses.

once heard of an unfortunate gentle
man who had become insane, but was re-
stored to sound health simply by causing
the mind to make sudden revulsion,
which was done by skilifully causing him
to become jealous of his wife, who was a
most excellent lady and aware OF the
process. On this hint we might learn to
manage balky horse he is insane on
the subject of going. that is selfevident.
If we can manage TO make him think on
some other subject, lie will naturally for
get about going and 90 before ne knows
it. The following devices have been sue
cessfully tried to accomplish the desired
end: l. Tying string around the
horses ear close to the head =. Hitch
ing the horse to the swingletree by means
OF cord instead of the tugs; the cord
fastened to the horses tail. 9. Filling
the mouth full of some disagreeabIe sub.
stance. 4. Tying stout twine around
the leg just below the knee and then re-
moving it when he has travelled some
distance. Never whip balky horse, fol
the more he is whipped the crazier ne viii
become. Let everything be done gently
for boisterous words only confuse min
and make him worse. Treat him in the
mild manner that you would Graz,
man. and you viii succeed.
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4MERIcAN SNOBs ABROAD.

Americans would be glad to see the
days of the second empire return, when
the gay court was open to them, and the
leading lady in millinery ruled it. Cos
TUNES are very handsome now, and cost
enough, am sure but the show and the
glitter are not the same as then, and,
while the finest taste is seen in certain
places, in others there is q plentiful lack
Of it. 1t seems rather funny, however,
to hear Nine. fAmericane, with nes en-
rair and such crushing manner, object
to the manner in which the bourgeoisie
are pushing themselves into society
Messieurs Burlanger and Cordonnier are
not at all to her liking, although the for
tune she inherits may have been made
in that redolent portion of New York
known as the swamp. There is no one
who hates the smell of leather as your
true republican, especially when he has
settled in Paris. He likes titles and
orders, and his genealogical tree invariably
goes by to at least William the Con-
queror's time, albeit, at home, his grand
father did not even knew where he was
born. However, we all have our weak
nesses, and they develop differently
under different skies and circumstances.
Certain people are born with aspirations,
and they cannot help it; and l think
most of these come to Paris.-Paris Cor.
/ Hartford Tinlfs.
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Early Css, Han.

We urge upon our readers the import
ance of not allowing their grass and
clover to stand until they are matured.
The advantages OF early cutting cannot
be over-stated. Stock, we know, will
thrive and fatten on good pasture, while
on the same grass, matured and made
into hay, according to the common Gus
tom, stock will run down in flesh. This
is because the nutritious juice is not
saved. When the grass is matured and
dried, the juices are gone even before it
Is cut, or they may be evaporated in
curing. Some months ago we gave the
results of some very interesting expert
ments in feeding cattle on grass cut be-
fore it was headed out, showing that
such grass, properly cured, will fatten
cattle as well az the green grass of our
best pastures, and that the aftermath, in
meadows thus cut, started right up, just
as the grass does on a closely-cropped
pasture. These are considerations of
great Importance to nj! farmers, and es-
pecially so to stock-breeders. We there
fore respectfully urge that our readers
shall give this suggestion of the early
cutting and curing of grass a fair test,
and then, as to all their meadows, the
clover should be cut as soon as it is fairly
in blossom, and the timothy while it is
in flower. For ourselves, we aim to cut
rather before than after these periods
especially when the weather is good fox
curing. Particular pains should be taken
not to cure too much, never forgetting
that the great object is to preserve and
save the juices.-National LiUe-StocI
.LotLr11nI
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FIGHT BETWEEN 4 R4TTLEsN4RE
IND 4 HOG.

We have been informed by one Of our
subscribers of terrible conflict between
a huge rattlesnake and hog, which took
place last Saturday, about two miles in
the country, on the road leading south
of town The battle ragged for nearly an
hour before either showed signs of surren-
dering, but at last the snake made a
gallant charge on his enemy's flank, and
forced him to retreat. The snake had
lost considerably in the last attack, and
when our Informant dashed upon him,
he was completely overcome. The snake
measured seven feet in length, and had
thirteen rattles and button.-Lake City
ReDOrter.
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To Restore Raneid Rut,er

There is no need of either selling or
using rancid butter, owing to the fact
that it may be easily restored to as good.
and perhaps better condition than that
which characterized it when entirely
fresh. No matter how strong. proper
management in the plan we are now
going to set forth will make it all right
every time:
Placein a barrel three pounds of fresh.
unslacked lime, and pour over it twenty
gallons of pure cold water Let it re-
main one day, stirring occasionally then
let it stand ten or twelve hours, without
stirring, to give it a chance to settle.
At the end of this time pour or draw off
the clear liquid, and strain through three
thicknesses of fine domestic or muslin.
Place into clean barrel, and it is ready
for the rancid butter.
Cut the butter into thin slices-as
thin as you can cut it conveniently-and
place 1t directly in the lime water. Put
In as much as the water will cover. then
F-o SfOA - d Oicdhs HOdlin5 liu, ana
weight down sufficiently to prevent any
butter from being exposed to the air.
Keep it in this condition about forty
eight hours, stirring three times a day
with a clean stick
At the end of this time the butter will
have entirely lost its rancid condition,
the lime having completely neutralized
the acid. This solution should now be
drawn from the barrel, and its place sup
piled with pure cold water, TO stand un-
disturbed for six hours. Next take out
the butter, let drain an hour or so, then
rework and resalt exactly after the man
ner OF managing new butter.
This process will leave the butter Juite
white, and therefore, if for the market.
you will need to color it, which you can
do with a preparation of annatto.. now
sold for the purpose in most drug stores.
If you desire to convert the butter re-
stored as above into first-class article,
fully up to the best Goshen, YOU will
take say fifty pounds Of it, which YOU
will place IN revolving churn with six
gallons of new milk, and pint of the
juice pressed from carrots. No sther
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Garden.


Don't let the pressure of farm work
tempt you to neglect the garden. A
man who works hard should be well fed
with the best vegetables and fruits the
earth affords. The feeders of the earth
should patronize their own art, and
spread a good table, on the same princi-
pie that a tailor wears good cloth cut
and made in the best style-it is his best
investment. A farmer who raises. good
vegetables and Snows their value by use,
will soon carry them to market and thus
lead others to try them. If he culti-
Yates squashes, cabbage, tomatoes and
eggplant he will not be long in finding
a market for them. Men who labor
want variety of food, and the farmers
garden should abound with everything
good, from the asparagus bed, due the
first of May, to the roots that are har-
vested with the frosts OF autumn. The
moral Influence of a garden upon the
household is most happy we have rarely
met with vicious child whose early
years were familiar with his fathers
vegetable beds and his mothers flower
borders. The garden comes next after
the church and the school-house, and it
is a worthy co-operator with these in
stitutions. 1t beauties home wonder
fully, and kindles emotions that never
die out of the heart There IS time yet
to put in seed and provide for the raw
material for numerous tempting dishes
which every good housewife knows how
to prepare-from barley, celery, beans,
cucumbers and corn. Improve the seed
time and rejoice in the harvest.>--.J ".
Cgingan, i,l Ohio Fdrzaer
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AN ExPERTEYCED HoRsEM4x.

4 young man from the north under
took to take little mustang ride about
the suburbs yesterday afternoon, for his
amusement, so he said. He had on a
large pair of Mexican spurs, and as soon
as he got in the saddle he stuck them
into the sides of the animal, which i'm
riediately made about one hundred Yards,
sometimes with its head stuck dow. be-
tween its forelegs and sometimes with its
tail up in the air, as if it was trying to
walk on its fore paws; in fact, it was a
kind of .faur pas all around, the Young
man who was taking ride for his pleas
ure contributing his share. He saw a
great deal of the country in a very few
moments; then he struck the ground as
if he had through ticket to China.
He gathered himself up, and limping
to chair. holding on to the lower ex-
tension OF his spinal column, seemed to
be out of sorts.
did you get hurt" was the anxious
inquiry.
/" Not darned bit," was the reply
gratisg his teeth and fondliug the af,
fiicted part; " but somebody might have
got hurt if I hadn't dismounted when |
did but would not have ridden that
pony in the first place if / hadn't been
an experienced horseman. San in
tonio Herald.
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NAILS MADE or R4IL 1Roy.

An exchange says: A manufacturer
at Wheeling, West Va, is reported to be
making a good quality of nails from old
rails. Samples were some few days since
shown a. the office of the Wheeling In
telligencer, part of which were made out
of rails, pure and simple, and part out
of three parts rails and one part muck.
They are pronounced good and are
smooth and tough and drive well. This
process of making nails, we learn, avoids
the boiling of iron. The rails are cut
and piled for the heating furnaces like
so much muck bar. and by the use of a
ffux in the heating pre- cess are welded
and made as malleable, ductile and close
tectured in the sheet rolls as so much
piled muck Nail plate is thus made
So % per ton cheaper than out of pig
iron which has first been made into muck
bar. Tnis saving, says the Intelligencer,
is OF a big profit, and will, if successful,
revolutionizs the old method. No mill
can afford to puddle iron when by using
this fux old rails or pig iron can be con-
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oUIox rRIp ARoUND THE WORLD

The Omaha [Neb) Republican prints
a letter from Dr. F. 5. De Hass, Ameri-
can consul at Jerusalem, in which he
gives an account of tour he has lately
made around the world in sixty-eight
days of actual travelling time. The let
ter is dated at Jerusalem. May 10, 1877.
The outline of the journey we quote,
greatly condensed, in the following
Having safely returned to my post,
take pleasure in furnishing your read
ers, agreeabIy to promise, with brief
notice of my quick and successful tour
around the world. Not counting the
time lay over at different points, as
these breaks in the journey could all
have been avoided, l made the entire
circuit of the globe in sixty-eight days,
and but for heavy weather on the Pacific
would have made it in sixty-two days,
The journey from Alexandria, Egypt
via Brindisi and Paris to London, and
from thence to New York and san Fran
cisco, was accomplished in twenty days
and were just the same number of day;
going from San Francisco to Yokohama
Japan. Crossing over from here K
Canton, in China, took six days. 4
sail of ten days over the China sea anC
through the Strait of Malacca, touching
at several points we have not time t.
notice, brought US to Ceylon, off th'
southern coast OF Hindostan, and one o
the richest of the East India Islands
Thence we sailed directly to Suez, il
Egypt, which took twelve days, and from
thence, in q few hours, by rail to Alex
andria, our starting point, making tn
entire distance of $4,000 miles--16, ,00
by water and 5000 on land---in sixty
eight days, without any accident or de
tention OF any kind"
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.IIIERICIN COPPER.

How IS it that American copper can
be bought in London for less than in
New York? The present difference is
about bic a pound, and it has been as
much as four and five cents a pound
From July ], 1875, to June 80, 1876,
1924 ,902 pounds of American copper
were exported, and from June /, 1876,
to March 81, 1877, II, ,32O, 400 pounds,
making during two years a total export
OF 27,945,30 pounds This being the
case, it is difficult to realize the necessity
for duty of five cents a pound on the
foreign article. Copper is a raw material
and in some countries it is, with wool,
about all the people have TO pay fol
their exports. A prohibitive duty now
prevents such imports. And the duty
enables the copper mining companies tC
sell American copper in England for lesi
than to Americans.-B Boston Journal O
Commerce.
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ADOG,S sEICfDE

A number of gentlemen who happened
about the Ohio aud Mississippi railroad
Office yesterday forenoon witnessed very
singular event Their attention was
attracted by the mournfuI yell of a dog,
coming from high up in the air. Glanc-
ing in the direction OF the sound, they
beheld dog upon the verge of the
National Hotel roof, six stories above.
A moment later and the form of the
brute appeared in mid-air, it having
sprung from the roof The unfortunate
creature struck the earth with a sicken-
ing thud, and was, of course, instantly
killed. How it happened on the roof is
q rnrsterv
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a PUBLIC4N GIN GETDRUNK IN HIS
OWN HOUSE.

A decision OF great Importance to pub
licans was given in the Queens Bench
division on Thursday. A publican was
charged before the stipendiary magis-
trate at Stafford in December last with
having been found drunk on his own
licensed premises. The charge was
brought under the twelfth section of the
licensing act of 1872, which states that
every person found drunk on licerse1
premises is liable to a penalty of ten
shillings The publican, whose wife had
called in policeman at half. past II at
night, after the premises had been closed
for half an hour, was convicted, and ap-
pealed with success against the convic-
ton, which was ouashed by the judges
on the following grounds:
Whatever evil example the publican
was setting was to his own wife and
family. If the conviction was right
publican could be fined for being drunk
in his own bed, an offence, if it can be so
called, which many other persons not
publicans commit with impunity. A
publican who gets drunk at home after
closing hours is not guilty of any offence
against public order, but simply commits
a breach of domestic Propriety and de-
corum. The licensing act was not in
tended to affect the private life of man
who keeps a public house, but the
drunken public life" Of man. 1t
may be good for publican's health to
keep sober, but the act does not deal
with the morality of publican. When
his house is closed it becomes private
house. The legislature did not intend to
fine a man for being drunk sjnlcliciter.
Drunkenness per Sc is not an offence, but
only when it is an offence against public
order. The decision of the magistrate
was, therefore, the judges held, errone
ous.-PaH Nall Gazette.
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SOUTHERN MANUFACTURES.
Hon. J. T.. ,rra-axant. of ArEaDssas-
Cotton Growing states COmpareu

Hon j. II. Tre~evant, of ArEnnsas-
Cotton Growing states Compare"
with Misunderstanding Stae%
The Hon. J. I. Trezevant, OF Arkah-
sas, in a series of articles on the Proouc's
of the south and the manufactures OF
the north compared, published IN the
Memphis Appeal, writes as follows;
Perhaps the facts found in the follow
ing tables, from the census report OF
1870, may serve to stimulate the active
interest already manifested by some OF
our leading citizens. That the facts
may be seen in their most striking Ilght,
have compared the three small states OF
Massachusetts,, Connecticut ana hhoue
Island with the three larger ones oil
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi !hese
last illustrate the cotton-gro"lhg inter
ests the others, the cOtton-maii uIacC uI-
ing interests. The manufacturing states
have cold climate, and a SOIL not sulteu
to the higher conditions OF agriculture;
The cotton states have a soft, dehghtful
climate, and a soil so fertile as 10 pro,
duce, in unlimited amount, uhuer Soou
culture, all the grains, grasses anu IIuIus'
besides rice, sugar and cotton; heh
we consider that the one item OF c0IUoh;
in some form or other, has freigeted ana
still freights more ships, SINKS more
mines, builds more machinery, organizes
more moneyed institutions, creates more
commerce, and clothes more people Ihah
any other product OF the earth, we may
well wonder why those who grow IL 90
not also measurably control It's manu1ac,
ture. The tables below are so arranged
as to invite attention without confusing,
and under each, have ventured to MAKE
such comments as seem proper.
Table No. l gives the area OF the states
named above, with the population OF
each, the population per square mile, the
total wealth of each, and the wealth PER
capita, according TO the census OF 1917.
l have added Tennessee to the list, as
Memphis is her great commercial focus.
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Odd Thoughts,

A grocer's day-book might be a won
lerfui history, if alongside the entries of
cheese, pickles and figs one could see the
griefs, hopes rnd joys which caused the
heart to beat while the hand was writing
and the ink flowing fresh.
Whenever the wandering demon of
drunkenness find ship sdritt he steps on
board, takes the helm and steers straight
for the maelstrom.
Shabby gentility has nothing so char
scteristic as its hat--there is always an
unnatural cslmness about its nap, and an
unwholesome gloss, suggestive Of wet
brush.
There is no elasticity i'll mathemati-
cal fact; If you bring up against 1t, II
never yields hairs breadth everything
must go to pieces that comes in collision
with it.
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WILHoFT's Tonic ?--UNFAILING AND
INFALLIBLE This great Chill Tonic cures
Chills without the Intervention of doctors
and their bills. No consulting vlsits-no
prescriptions TO be filled-no huge bills, en-
failing pecuniary embarrassments, added to
loss OF health, 1t is the friend OF the poor
man, because it enables him TO earn
living, and of the rich, because it prepares
him to enjoy his wealth. This great boon
to mankind is cheap, safe and prompt. q. h
fINLAY & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Revive tne DroopIng Energies.

When the physical energies droop, revive
them with that safest and most active of
tonics, nostetter's Stomach Bitters. By a
timely use of this salutary and agreeable
medicine, you will save yourself from posi-
tive disease for, be assured that the lauguor
and loss of strength and appetite which
troubles you is in fact the precursor of some
nalady Of, perhaps, serious nature. Appe.
tite, tranquility of the nervous system, and
pristine vigor, will assuFedly be restored if
the Bitters are used systematically, and the
alimentary disturbance, which in nine cases
out of ten gives rise TO debility and ner-
vousness, be entirely removed. Regularity
of the bowels, active hillary secretion, the
expulsion of impurities from the blood
through the kidneys, are also among the
benefcent effects of this admirable restora-
tive
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verted directly into nail plates. The
same paper says, also: eve lately
mentioned that Col. Powell is making
nails at the Bellville mill out of old rails
and one-eighth muck iron, and that he
claims to have an advantage equal to S13
per ton for pig metal, If this turns out
to be the case, the furnaces will not have
much to do for some time to come, mas
much as it is estimated that there are
enough old rails in the country to run
all the mills for several wears"
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The obiect in presenting this j. moi 5.

The object in presenting this l. not so
much to illustrate the great Importance
of manufactures as to show how carelessly
we use the advantages we have. Is there
any good reason why the mich COW of
Connecticut should annually yield sixty
seven pounds of butter, while the COW of
Mississippi yields but fifteen pounds?
Is there any good reasen why the COW Of
New York should annually yield eighty
pounds of butter, while that of Tennessee
yields but forty, that of Georgia but
twenty, and that of Alabama fifteen? Is
there any good reason why Massachusetts,
should sell $4,000, 900 gallons of milk
from her 10000 mich cows, while
Georgia sells 10000 gallons from Just
of New York, in 1870, was worth 500,
coo, 600 at twenty-five cents per pound.
The cotton crop of Georgia, that year,
was worth but S25 000 GOO. The butter,
cheese and milk of New York, fer that
year, were worth $42, coo, 900, if sold even
at present prices. The cotton crop OF
Georgia and Alabama, for that year, at
present prices, would bring but forty
three million dollars. The agricultural
bureau at Washington reports a larger
yield of hay. per acre, in the south, foI
years past, than in the north yet Mas
sachusetts, not one-eighth as large as
Georgia, produces six hundred thousand
tons for her horses and cattle, while
/ Georgia produces but eleven thousand
tons. Little Rhode Island, with but
| five counties and ene-fortieth the area o
| Mississippi, produces ten times as mucf
! hay as the latter state.
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than revolving churn will answer, for
the harshness OF the butter will prevent
the motion of dasher. Start the churn
briskly, and keep it going for half an
hour, after which take out and handle
the same as new butter. No other color
ing viii be needed-the carrot iuice will
have impaired to it rich yellow color.
1t will have also added to its favor,
making the flavor resemble that Of new
butter in every PARTICULAR The Journal
of PROGRESS.