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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-17
RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
ATLANTIC a GREAT WESTERN.

Depot, Pearl and Plum. Time. 7 mn. fast
baltimore Ex. oaily y...... 0:50AM 6:60PM
Baltimore Ex. daily. .b:DPM $3.50 A&
BALTIMORE & OHIO, VIA COLUMBUS.
Depot, Kilgour and Front. Time, min. fast
baltimore Ex. daily.,.. 8:35 M 1885 A NJ
Wheeling EX........... $3.50 Pm 8:0JPM
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-17

Address THE STAR,
gao Walnut street, Cincinnati, o.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Plaster on White Glover.

1t is not so generally known among
farmers as it ought to be that the yellow
ridges and much of the level drift soil of
the North hold dormant the germs of
white clover, which may be quickened
and the plants brought to light and made
to cover the land with the best of herb
age, a feed especially adapted to milk. A
moist season will develop the plant, but
it can be done, and in any season, by the
use of plaster Gypsum A bushel or
little more per acre, sown early, will
start it forth SO as to afford feed for that
season. The next season the growth will
be continued, and can be improved by
giving it another dressing of the
sulphate. For a greater and more i'm
mediate effect, the first season the stone
should be ground fne-the finer the
better. The second application the sea-
son following may be coarser and more
of it applied, as it will last the longer,
thus dispensing with annual applica-
tions Especially is this favorable
mode for treating billy land that from
its steepness precludes the use of the
pillow, or the application of barn-yard
manure; that will admit only of the APP
plication of the more concentrated fer
filters, such as guano; the superphos-
pilates, etc. But none of them can COM
pare with the profit realized from the
l,,h I, b.
to order and of the best quality here in
Central New York at 81 per ton. Large
quantities are used, and the amount is
increasing. Those who have neglected
to SOW it will find it to their advantage
still to apply it. If there Is rain enough
to dissolve it the effect will be seen in
time enough to cover the fields in the
fall with fine fresh growth, making the
October milk rival that of June, and if
not fed too close start out in the spring
without dressing of plaster), and
afford good feed during the season. If
the land is in good condition, somewhat
fertile, and plaster has not been used, to
apply the plaster will make the growth
proportionately heavy. One of my
neighbors applied it to piece of naked
soil which had been put to potatoes the
year before. Without blowing or har-
rowing he sowed his plaster at a venture,
the plot being small one and no time to
pillow it. Such a growth of white clover
| never before saw, ankle deep, and as
thick as it could stand. Without the
plaster it would have been nothing, as
the season was rather dry.-Cor. ~ Y.
Tribune
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21

experience in keeping butter from year
to year: During our nine years resi-
dence in Iowa it was our practice to buy
(about the first week of June) butter
sufficient to last year. My wife would
pack it in stone jars with a little brine
on top of the butter The bottom of our
cellar was gravel, and | used to set them
down in the gravel SO that the top of the
jars was but little above the cellar bot
tom, and we never had a jar of poor
butter. One spring we had a Jar left
over, and [ sold it to the merchant |
bought it of-buying at 10 and selling at
80 cents. And one season we summered
over surplus jar, and used it the sec
ond winter in February and March, and
it was good. The fact that summer but
ter has been kept fresh and sweet for
winter use is positive proof that it can
be so kept. The four essentials are: 1t
must be well made. 1t must be salted
with pure salt. 1t must be so packed as
to entirely exclude the air. 1t must be
kept at low temperature. If any one
of these four conditions are wanting, it
will not keep. Yet, after all, / believe
the best way to keep summer butter for
winter use is to keep it in the grasses and
grains you provide for your dairy stock,
until near the time you wish to market
it. Keep in this way and it will never
become strong"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Domestic Hints,

GRAPE OR PLUM-JAM.-Stew in lit
tie water, and press the fruit through a
colender or coarse sieve, adding little
water to the plums to get all the pulp
through. Add sugar, and finish as other
jams.
CALVES FEET-Boil them until ten
der; cut them in two, taking out the
large bones. Season with pepper and
salt and sweet marjoram, and dredge well
with flour. Fry little brown, in lard
and butter mixed. Serve with parsley
sauce.
GOosEBERRY JAM.-Stew the berries
in little water, press through coarse
sieve, and return to the kettle; add
three-fourths of pound of sugar to each
pound of the pulped gooseberry; boil
three-quarters of an hour, stirrinn con-
stantly; pour in jars or bowls, and cover
as directed for currant jams.
BUTTERMILK BREAD.-Heat one pint
of buttermilk until it is almost scalding
hot; stir in slowly, while the milk is hot,
sifted -four enough to make quite a
thick batter; then add half gill of
yeast, and let it stand five or six hours
to rise; if made over night, do not use
the yeast, substitute one tablespoonful of
white sugar. In the morning stir into
the sponge, teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in hot water; add little salt,
two tablespoons butter, work in just
-four enough to handle comfortably;
knead well, make into loayes, and let it
raise until light.
CURRANT JAM.-Pick from stems and
wash thoroughly with the hands, put
into a preserving kettle, and boil fifteen
or twenty minutes, stirring often, and
skimming off any scum that may arise;
then add sugar in the proportion of
three-fourths pound sugar to one pound
fruit, or by measure, one coffee-cup of
sugar to one pint mashed fruit; boil
thirty minutes longer, stirring almost
constantly. When done, pour in small
glasses or jars, and either seal or secure,
like jelly, by first pressing paper cut to
fit the glasses brushed on the inside with
the edges turned down over the outside
of the glass.-Buckeyc Cookery.
CAYENNE PEPPER For BUGs-Cay-
enne pepper is the most effectual in send
ing ants and cockroaches from the house of
anything we have heard of, and aiso
greatly disturbs the rats and MICE Wet
a rag in strong solution of cayenne and
stuff it into any hole where rats and
mice are supposed to be; cover the hole
with mortar or wood, and no rat OF
mouse will attempt to eat through that
rag to get near the pantry.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
The New Arlstocracy.

The following colloquy comes from an
unknown source:
"Ephrem, come to yer mudder, boy.
Whar you been?"
"Playin' wild de white folks chilum."
" You is, he? See hyar, chile, you'll
broke yer old mudder's heart, an brung
her gray hairs in the grave wild yer reck-
lumness an carryns wild evil assoyashons.
Hadn't | raised you up in de way you
should ought to go?"
Yethum."
"Habn't I bin kline an tender wild
you an treated you like my own chile,
which you is?''
Yethum"
"Habn't | reezened wild you, an
prayed wild you, an deplored de good
Lord to wrap you up in His buzzumT
" Yethum"
can isn't I yer nater'l detector an
garden fo' de law"
Yethum"
"Well, den, do you s'pose Use gwine
to hav yer morals ruptured by de white
trash? No sab! Get in de house dis in
step; an if | eber cotch you 'municatin
wild de white trash any mo-, fo' de Lord,
niger, I'll broke yer black head wild a
brick
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
FARM AND GARDEN.
Celery Cultivation.

Celery is hard plant and will stand
a low temperature. 1t loves a cool,
moist atmosphere. The young plants
should be transplanted into the blanch-
ing rows as early as the middle or the
last of June, for early use, and during
August for winter use. Some cultivators
recommend later transplanting, and in
opposite directions, making what farmers
call dead furrow, and to fill it with
we'll rotted compost. Rows should be
three feet apart for the dwarf kinds, and
the plants ten inches from each other in
the rows. The blanching should COM
mence as soon as the young plants are
large enough; and our experience indi-
Gates that, to gives the branches the COM
pact form so desired in celery and to
prevent the stems toughening and ac-
curing a strong taste, the earthing-up
process should commence early and be
continued at frequent intervals. This
earthing should only be done when the
plant is dry and in the early stages; is
best done by clasping the stems with one
hand and packing the dirt closely around
them with the otherr afterwarward it
may be done with hoe or spade.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
THE MOCKING-BIRD.

There is spirit born of sound,
That floats upon the enamored air
On softest wing, and spreads around
A spell of sweet enchantment rare,
That chains the heart, but calls the soul
To follow where its voice is heard,
And willing yield to its CONTROL
We know it as the mocl1ing-bird.
Why arr thou named the mocking-bird?
That others songs thy song shall be?
Was ever reasoning SO absurd
They learned their every note from thee.
Tothee was given music's power,
With none thy kingdom to dispute;
The woods were silent till that hour,
And every warblers voice was mute.
Then each was taught his separate song,
To tell of grief, joy or desire,
Ill happy sang the winged throng,
And thus was formed the forest choir.
Sweet are the melodies of love,
Which thou alone canst sing Alright;
But sweetest song that wakes the grove
Is thine own voice of full delight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21

THE Boston Cou3fe, learns from the
report of the superintendent of schools
of that city, that last year the school ex-
penditures, exclusive of the cost of school
houses, averaged 1892 per scholar. At
an adjourned meeting of the school COM
mittee, the report of the committee on
falaries was considered, and its five or
ders passed without amendment, cutting
down salaries to the extent of $50, 303,
equal to q per cent.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
A Curiosity In the Heart of a Tree.

"a SoA 4OoAGJ III U1AO 44OdIO VI q 4IOOs
From the Detroit Free Press.
The Marshal Statesman describes what
was found in the heart of a tall maple
tree, five feet in diameter at the stump,
and recently cut down at Grand Tray
erse, 40 feet from the butt, where the
tree measured but little less than feet
in diameter. In the very center of the
trunk, surrounded by about a foot of
sound wood, was discovered squirrels
nest. Fine grass, bits of cedar bark and
beech nuts filled the cavity almost full.
The slightest touch reduced the contents
to dust, and further research revealed
the little occupants of the nest coiled
snugly under the covering, and-turned
to wood! There they lay, almost perfect
in form, smothered to death. They had
become part of the tree itself. They
had not starved to death, because their
store of nuts was not exhausted when
they died The only explanation that
seems reasonable is that they entered the
tree in the fall through small aperture,
which then grew too small to use as an
exit In time the wood grew completely
about them, sealing the dead bodies her
metically, aud preserving them. The
moisture of the tree may have penetrat-
ed the bodies and through lack of at
mospheric air, assimilated the animal
matter with the vegetable until the So
lidifcation of the mass was effected. 1t
will be observed that the vegetable sub
stances remained distinct. The meats of
the nuts were dried, and crumbled to
dust when touched. The color of the
animals remains brown, but the hair has
disappeared.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
FRUITIoN OF HOPE.
BY META E. b. THoRNE.

After the clouds, the sunshine;
After the darkness, light;
After the shadows, glory;
Morning after the night.
Out OF the sorrow blessing;
Pleasure, outgrowth of pain;
Glorious floods of sunlight
Chasing away the rain.
Thus to the weary spirit,
After the grief, comes joy;
After life of sadness,
A bliss without alloy.
To the worn heart there cometh
Happiness after grief;
A Gilead balm of healing,
A truly sweet relief.
Cometh the light and beauty
OF smiling after tears;
After the night of weeping,
Thesdawn of brighter years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Keeping Butter Over.

A report read at a recent meeting of
the Illinois dairymen, gives the following
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21

PONDS EXTRACT for over twenty-five
years has been recognized in medical writ
ings as the great specific for Pain, Conges
tons, Piles or any Soreness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
TrOuhle i'm the Household.

WE would advise every one interested
not to buy Yeast or Baking Powders, loose
or in bulk. They are usually made by I'M
skillful persons, and have frequently proven
totally unfit for use. There is no guarantee
or responsibility attached to loose powder.
DooLEY YEAST POWDER is always put up
in cans, warranted full weight, and abso-
lutely pure.
THIRTY years experience proves the
Graefenberg Vegetable Pills to be the mildest
and most effective medicine ever known for
the complete cure of Headache, Biliousness,
Liver Complaints, Nervousness, Fevers and
diseases of digestion. Sold everywhere !;
price % cents per box. Send for almanaes.
Graefenberg Co., New York.
HATCH's Universal Cough Syrup has
become one of the leading cough remedies
in our trade. We have known cases where it
has given relief, where our best medicines
have failed. We warrant it in every case,
and are satisfied that it is one of the best
medicines of its kind.
SHARON, SWIFT & Co.,
Sterlingville, n. Y.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
PROFITABLE CASH BUSINESS

Manufacture and Bottng Carbonated Drinks, Soda
Water Ginger Ale Pop, Sarsaparilla Tonic Beer Root
Beer, Champagne Cider Sparkling Wines, etc. Appa
ratu materials and full printed instructions. Persons
without experience can CONDUCT the business Highest
Prize Medals at Vienna, the Chilean Exposition en-
tennial at Philadelphia, and Grand Centennial Medal
struck in Gold, American Institute, lS76. british
Commissioners official report to Houses of Parliament
says "Mdtthers Soda Water apparatus iaarrels II
,ngelaitVn illustrated Catalogue on application to
JOHN MATTHEW'S, Manufacturer Of Soda Water
Apparatus First Avenue, 26fh and 27th Streets,
New York. Business Established Forty-fve Years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21

THERE are nearly 5000 known species
of fish.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Pimples and HumOrs on
the Face.

Reason should teach that blotchy, rough or
pimped skin depends entirely upon an internal
cause, and outward application can ever cure the
defect VEGETINE is the great blood pvriher
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Dyspepsia.

VEGETINE has restored thousands to health WI
have been long and painful sufferers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Tumors, Ulcers or Old Sores

Are caused by an impure state of the blood Cleans
the blood thoroughly with NEGETINE and tines
complaints will disappear.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21
Constitution.

For this complaint the most substantial benef
can be obtained through the blood. NEGETiNE
the great blood purifier.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21

VEGETINE does not act cathartic to debitate
the bowels, but cleanses all the organs, enabling
each to perform the functions devolying upon them.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-07-21

ii VEGETINE is taken regularly according to di
rections, certain and speedy cure will follow Its
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-14

President Representatives and Senators. and
more harmonious working Of governmental machinery.
The arguments In favor q this plan are 10 be found In
the smooth working OF the British sysiem which the
French nation, alter nearly 100 years Of constitu-
tional agitation and innumerable failures, Is now
working out satisfactorily amid numerous powerful
factions.
Third-wuh . ministry or administration holding
seats national legislature aud directly respon-
sbie H. instead OF 10 the President, the latter Will be
able avoid the position he so irequeniy-I may say
invariablyis forced into OF being merely the figure
head OF party instead of the impartial adm
OF tho laws tor the whole people.
F0urM-The term oil Office VI the President might,
under this improved system, be advantageously ex-
tended years. or even longer. Shoru OF The
rupt9g influence Of public patronage which would de-
vovc his mnistcrs and constitutional advisers and
be subordinated civil service reform, systematized
and perfected the President would the
get for party spite and disappointed ambition.
tth-SenaLors should be elected by the direct vote
OF the people OF the States. This would remove from
the stale Legislatures one great source OF political cor
rupton. II s now almost universal rule Tor these
high Offices be bought and sold Tor cash. TO be
baganed Tor promised political plumber, which is tho
more reprehensble Of the two methods.
SiztA-The method you suggested Of electing the
President rs the tree from objections, which |
dersand be by the direct vo,e according popuG-
ton, OF the people Of the States Yours
18TH MARCH, 1877. POLITICAL SCIENCE
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-14
THE GARBAGE QUESTION.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
Your article charring garbage, in your paper OF
the 11th inst, read by me, and it seems still an
open question: What shall do with the garbage or
how dispose OF ~ While confess l eau see some
thing practical In the cremation process how 1t be
unless the garbage kept scparates Is the ques
ton after all l hold that 1t can, and differ macr-
ally with DR.. Chandler, who says that 1t But
II must be kept separate collected separately and by
separate carts IL was no fault Of the public last
spring that II failed. Atcr due notice by the Health
Board, the very next day contents OF vessels
dumped in the same cart, proving IRON the start
law failure. Now what is the use OF laws #
they not carried outy Who was TO blame Tor its
failure? Certainly not the tenants Let ask,
where arc the inspectors those having this matter
IN charger You might find them IN Mulberry street
or on Harlem lane. Who ever duty? As
the thing now stands the coileo,s refuse once
q week. or as often he sees proper, aud IN many
cases only then when he gets paid Tor II. This know
To be a fact 1 say this matter can be properly man
aged and made available TO tho CITY, and there are
millions in It. The public Will be only too willing TO
help IN having clean city. The warm weather will
soon DC upon and with II sickness and death, "
something 10 not done and that NJ You on
titled 10 thanks of the entire community for the in
tcrcst you taking In this matter OF street cleaning
Yours truly, +. g. l..
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-14
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

TO THE EDITOR or THg hERALp:--
Your leading article Of to-day is excellent contr
button 10 tho important question OF so amending the
national constitution as to AVOID those acknowledged
evils that have recently brought the country TO the
very verge OF great civil wargrcatcr by far than the
late sectional strife, because IT would have reached
every hresdc In all the land Something more, /
think, is needed than a new and direct method Of
ccctng the Chief Magistrate OF nation and extend
ing his term Of office, as well limiting his eligibility
30 IA single term. What s greatly needed is some rlan
for harmonizing The duties and acts OF the three
branches OF the govcrnmont--perhaps, ! might say.
four as TO include the chct judicial depart men or
supreme Court desire only To throw out lew hints
TO elicit discussion and direct the minds Of thoughtful
mon and scientific and close reasoncrs some com
pIchensvc plan Tor constitutional reform.
Firsf--l lay II down us a fundamental principle that
whatever plan may be agreed on by the President aud
Congress Tor civil service reform should be embodied
An Inc form of y constitutional Amendment
yecond-As o corollary to civil service reform. tho
Pres should be required To choose hts ADVISERS
from tho leading members OF the two houses of Con-
gress. which would compel the mutual concessions OF
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-14
nArLRoApINa THE CITY GARBAGE.

New YORK, March IL, 1877.
To THE EDITOR or rnE HERALD:-
have read several art Giles in your paper and differ
discussions in the city government about the dis
position of the garbage of tho CITY, and until now
thcycoud not solve tho problem In any way. find
that It would be very easy matter provided the city
government eniorces the city ordinances to the
separation OF garbage and ashes IN different vessels
After this is done there Is difficulty IN dsposng OF
the garbage at very little cost
We have railroad In this city whose tracks come as
far down the freight depot IN Centre II the
city government would make an arrangement with tho
Harlem Railroad Company to curry away The garbage
and street sweepipgs TO the nearest country district
think that farmers would be glad and very CRATE
u In receiving all along The line, because IL is
very fine manure for the fields. In Havana, IN former
years, the very same trouble existed az In tots city
but after some discussion IN the CITY they
arrived at the conclusion That TO carry the
nearest country district the raroa wagons would
great deal less than 10 cart II the suburbs OF
the city AZ this known TO many farm
ers and planters they applied to the city
nnerng their farms as dumping grounds all along the
railroad.
Here IN this city, with the facility and convenience
o. the Harlem Railroad, the same thing be done
very easily aud cheapIy Three places for dumping
the garbage and swcepings on the railroad wagons
will sufficient In Centre street, In the neighbor-
hood OF Twenty-cighth street and Fourth and
IN seventy odd street and Fourth avenue will be
enough. The garbage and swccpngs can be carried
away IN large wagons on the railroad to the nearest,
farms three and our miles from Harlem River, and
this at very little to the city, the authorities
make a contract for all the year round.
FOREIGN RESIDENT.