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Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
4 SPLENDID STATE HOSE.

The new capitol at Springfield, HI
nOis, is one CT the finest in the Country.
The dimensions of the edifice on the
ground are three hundred and fifty. nine
feet front and two hundred and ,ixty-sev-
en- feet deep, with three polticos in addi
ton, (which are twenty four feet wide and
ninety-four feet long. The porticos are
Ornamented with ten columns each. The
structure is about three times as large a,
the GOur Courts, or twice As large AS the
Lindell hotel at st. Louis. 1t can I've
seen at distance of twelve miles with
out glass, and is seventy-tour feet
higher than the dome on the national
capitol at Westinghouse twice as high a.
the st. Louis court house dome, and, it
is believed, ranks the third highest in the
world. The general desi IN of the build
ing is classic and COrinthian in the main.
with some original details and renais-
sance characteristics. The materials are
of the most expensive kind. Costly mar
bles of variety of color have been freely
used, and produce a wonderful effect.
The senate chamber and house of repre-
sentatives, it is claimed, are the bes.
lighted and ventilated rooms of their
kind in the country. Mr.. COchrane, ar
chitect, the capitol commissioners, and
the people of Springfield believe they
have the grandest capitol building in the
United States, not even excepting the
national capitol, and that it cost ore
third less than any building of its kind.
material, and proportions erected within
the last ten years. The expenditures 50
far have been $3,50O,0OO. and $500, 0oo
more are required to complete the editice.
The present legislature occupies it for
the first time.-Philadelphio Press.
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24

Nh. Samuel Miller, of Button, Mo-.
recently read an address on this subject
before the horticultural society of that
state, from which we make the following
extract:
In the first place, let the ground be
cultivated deep and be made very rich.
Get good strong plants and set them out
as early, in the spring as the ground
will admit. For regular field culture
we would recommend planting one foot
apart in the row, and the rows three
feet apart. Cultivate thoroughly the
first season, keeping off all the runners,
and in the fall, as soon as the ground
freezes, cover the whole with straw,
weeds, or any other kind of litter. Let
the covering be thickest between the
rows and be but thinly spread on the
plants. In the spring, part the covering
a, The crown of the plants, and wait until
the fruit is ripe; and if these instruc-
lions be properly carried cut, the grower
will be astonished at the result, if he
has never seen it tried before. Do no
eult;vatins whatever until the first is
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
AGRICCLI URAL.
Deem Pio,riny for Corn.

correspondent Of the Rural World
remarks as follows: 1t is better to raise
an. hundred bushels Of corn on one acre
Of Ground than fifty bushels per acre on
two acres. The yield could be doubled
IN nearly every acre of ground IN culti'
,,o.;o, in the west. What is wanted Is
aeeper blowing and better preparation
If ,he soil snd more thorough after cul-
tivation. The skimming over the ground
!. one of the greatest evils in western
farming. Pillow deep and then cross
plow deep, and you prepare food and
moisture for the plants and enable them
to resist the droughts, and make them
laurh and thrive and bear abundantly.
ON the above, Moore's Rural New
Yorke, says: "The positive iteration OF
ceneralities, and especially the emphasis
placed on deep blowing for corn, invites
the suspicion that the writer was airing
some very plausible theories, instead OF
writing from practical experience. 1t
NAV be under certain circumstances tha!
corn will do better on deeply plOwed
ground; but we never saw such a case.
As for cross-plcwing deep for corn,
we know that this is only theory for if
corn is planted on !, newly-turned sod, as
it should be, cross blowing would only
turn the sod uppermost again. Most
probably the writer Of the paragraph
quoted does not know anything of the
subject which ne was discussing, but has
borrowed some plausible ideas from the
agricultural wisdom always floating in
the newspapers.
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24

gathered; the ground between each
alternate row can he dug under, spadinc
in the mulch. and runners allowed to
take up this space, while the next be
kept clear of weeds, and no runners
allowed to take root. Thus the third
wear YOU have matted beds of three feet
width, with alleys the same. When
wiiter comes give these beds slight
covering. and the following season the
crop will not be composed of as uniform
large berries, but the product will be
about as great As can possibly he gath
cred from the ground. This may be al
lowed to bear the following year and
then plowed down as soon as the fruit Is
gathered well MANFRED, and late crop
of sweet corn raised, to be in turn plant
ed again next spring. But there must be
a rotation, and one third of the ground
that is to be occupied with strawber-
ries must be planted each year. This
we deer, about the most practical plan,
and it has been successfully carried out
bv several we know of besides ourselves.
Bear in mind that deep, rich soil, we'll
cultivated the first season. and well
mulched in the beginning of winter,
are the main points of success. One
important thing is, to get sound plants
with some life in them, and not little
spindling things that have been grown
As thick on the ground as they could
stand. and perhaps offered at two dollars
per thousand.
As to varieties. Everyone contem-
plating their cultivation should ascer-
tain from one who has experience how
certain varieties.,do in certain soils. for
they differ so much in different localities
that it is almost impossible to give
proper advice. Our experience will be
given by which those having similar soil
can Judge. Downers prolific has never
filled to give us satisfactory results for
ten years, and is still about the most
valuable early one. Duchess is claimed
to be still earlier, larger productive, and
of excellent quality. Wilson's Albany
is still, perhaps, more extensively planted
than all others, because it will stand
more neglect and still bear fruit; but no
one will vary more than this, for when
well grown and fully ripe 1t is good
berry, and if too much neglected it will
be small, hard and worthless.
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
NOTHING LIKE IRON.

Recent deep-sea soundings have been
made with piano wire, instead of hemp
rope, and it has uniformly proved more
manageable and in every way superior
Experiments with steel hawsers, to take
the place of the immense hemp hawsers
used on iron.clads, give similar results in
favor of steel. In recent experiments
undertaken by the British admiralty,
one hundred and eighty fathoms OF
eight.inch steel wire hawser were coiled
on a reel, the outside measurement Of
which was five feet square. A twenty
five iuch hemp hawser, one hundred and
twenty fathoms long, was coiled in tier
forty-two feet long and fourteen feet
wide. Twelve men handled the eight
inch steel hawser without difficulty, and
two .of their number took two turns
with it aronnd a gun.post one foot in
diameter, without injury to the wire.
Forty-eight men were required to handle
the twenty-five inch hawser, and even
that number could not range it along
the ground without the use of trucks,
and they could only take one turn with
this hawser around a post foot and
a-hall in diameter. The steel hawser.
besides its other advantages, weighs only
one-third as much as the hemp hawser
of equal strength.--PhiladeIha lie
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
Golden RuIe for Farmers.

Z A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tleman concludes letter of more than
common interst with the following sensi-
BILE suggestions:
l. Be sure you know the branch OF
farming you want to follow. Select that
which suits you best, and in which you
will be most contented and the most
deeply interested. Do not be persuaded
that this, that, or the other will not nee
essarily ruin your soil-especially dairy.
ing, which if properly conducted is SIM
ply a species of mixed husbandry.
9. Having once decided what you will
do, concentrate your forces and 60 at it.
3. You are supposed to be man Of
brain AMI muscle. If you do not pOs-
sess a fair degree Of both it would do
better to let farming alone. You are
also supposed to be married. Ifnot, l
would not advise you to wait till you are
thirty-fve (unless you live in Connecti-
cut), but marry when yeu get ready, if
you can, an amiable woman, not deficient
in brain or music, who has sense enough
to know that bread and butter are not
products of the imagination, but of the
soil, and who understands making these
articles in all their perfection. A wO
man who can make excellent bread and
butter, although she may be familiar
with Shakespeare, Milton, TennysOn,
Moore or hundred other authors, will
also take an interest in your agricultu-
raj papers, and in the cultivation of
plants, fruits, flowers, etc., which rem
ders farmers home pleasant and at
tractive.
4. 1t is we'll to keep out of debt, but
you need not wait till you have earned
enough by "day's work" to pay wholly
for farm. Neither need you wait till
you are gray for some respected relative
to drop off and leave you legacy. II
you have money enough to stock the
farm you intend buying and can make
fair payment down, and have reason.
able period for paying the balance, 60
ahead. 1t is store debts, backsmiths'
and shoemakers' bills, and debts of thi:
class, you must beware of. Raise YOU
own provisions; that is what a farm i;
for. There are men in this neighbor
hood who profess to be farmers, who
yearly buy their beef, pork, wheat, fruit
etc, of their neighbors, simply because
they are too careless to look after these
/ important details of farm economy,
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24

Hoe to .Mamn9e aud Feed Working Ore".
In managing oxen let the law of kind
ness be strictly obeyed. Never use the
whip except from necessity. When
about to strike the awkward young steer
or full grown OK, ask yourself, Twill he
know what strike him for?" Let each
OK have a name, and be sure he knows
it. Never speak word to an OK with
out meaning; have particular word to
start the team with that all NAV pull
together. Never hurry the team while
riding behind them, lest they learn to
pull apart. Oxen should be shOd with
a broad shoe to travel On hard roads /;
the shoe on the fore foot should be set
back at the heel, nearly half All inch
further than the hoof bears upon it.
Oxen are frequently famed by short
shoes. The best feed for oxen at hard
work is to give to each twoquarts of meal,
wet, and mixed with good chopped hay,
three times day, and as much hay as
he will eat.
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
Treating "a Sick Horse.

Generally medicines are given to
horses in the form of bali, because the
administration of a drench is a much
more troublesome affair; and in almost
all cases more or less of the dose is vast
ed. Sometimes, however, liquid medi-
cine is to be preferred, as in collie or
gripes, when the urgent nature of the
symptoms demands rapidly acting
remedy, which ball, from its requiring
time to dissolve, is not; and besides
this, ball cannot contain any of the
spirituous cordials. The best instru-
ment for giving drench to horse is
the horn of an OK, cut obliquely, SO as
t. form spout. Bottles are sometimes
used in an emergency, but their fragile
nature always renders them dangerous.
On giving drench the tongue is held
the same as for the delivery ola ball,
but the head must be elevated; the
drench is then poured into the throat,
in small quantities, after which the
tongue is let 60, but the head still kept
up till it is all swallowed. The horse
cannot swallow if the head is held toe
high, and the fund is apt TO enter the
wind pipe and lungs. Allowance should
always be made for some waste in giving
4 drench.
Richland beacon., 1877-03-24
During cholera time at Glass

During cholera time at Glasgow
a joiner was asked by lady who was
employing him at some household work,
whether he would have glass Of whisky
now or wait till he had finished the job
"Tll be takin' the glass moo, men," said
the artisan. ''for there's been power O.
udden deaths lately
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LsoytOwn Correspondence.
LAcYrowN, July 16, Is

lSACITOWN, July 10, loT.
Ed. REPUBLICAN:
Business for the past
two weeks has beeu almost suspended,
to allow the inhabitants to enjoy the
4th and attend the numerous weddings
which have recently taken place.
John Weant aud Miss Nancy NJ.
Whitman were married at the resi-
dence Of the bridegroom last Friday
afternoon. John appears to know how
to do business: lie took his lady
love TO his own house, sent for Squire
Gilillan and invited a few Of his
friends to see him married. After the
ceremony was over and the guests had
partaken Of a bountiful repast, which
had been prepared for the occasion,
they were allowed to amuse themselves
as they saw Gt About ten O'clock
they were surprised by band Of scre-
naders; after the appearance Of the
happy couple, congratulations were
given, the sereuaders were invited into
the house, where each and all joined
in good, old fashioned dance.
The Dutch Hill martial band, duly
provided with goose. quills, cow.bells,
horse.fddles, sleigh. bells and tin horns,
produced somo very fine music a few
evenings ago, for the benefit of new
ly-married couple in our little town.
The Democratic Primaries were not
SO well attended here as usual we
cannot account for the falling off un.
less the Democrats Of Green township
are beginning to see the error of their
ways and arc turning Republican.
Mr.. Fred. lacy and his friend, Mr..
Kerr, were paying visit to some OF
their friends in our town last Satur-
day,
9. NJ. Arner and wife arc boarding
at the Forest Hotel, waiting the com
pletion Of house that is Being repair
cd for their occupancy.
Sugar, tea, coHce, flour, salt, tobac'
co, tinware and other articles, too nu-
merous to mention, can be purchased
at Collins new store, in this place, at
as low figures rs in any Of our neigh
boring towns. MARK.
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FOREST COUNTY, oFrIcERs.

President TUdgc--L. u. WErMoRr.
ASsoci0te JUdgeS-Jos. G.. DALE, ED-
WARD KERR.
TroaSurcr-S. J. SETLEY.
Proit0p0td1Y, register &c Recorder, &C.
D w. CLARK.
NheriG--JUSTIs SUAwKEY.
C0mpliSsiOncrS--lS BERLIN, ISAAC
Lone, JoHN RECK.
county SHpcrb1teadcRt-lT. S. Brock
WAY.
District AUorDey-S. y. IRWIN.
.TWyU CommisSioucTS-II. Il. TowNER,
LYMAN Cook.
CoVlHy SH1rcYor-T. j. COLLINS.
C0roper--M. ITTEr, IN.
C0HntU IWditorS-N NICHOLAS TuoMr-
FoN. j. r. NEtLb, II. A. XuENDELL.
Nember0f Congress --GEo. A. JENKs.
i isScmbiy-J. B. AGNEw.
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MARRIED.

IIABRiNGToN- -DoTrERHR. the resi-
q. dence of the brides father, July Sd, 1877,
rinCton and Miss Nottie Douerer all Of
Kingsley t)wnship Forest Co., Pa.
HOFF- -HEAsLEY.--On Wednesday July
II, 1877, by Rev. David Steel, Mr.. Joseph
NJ. HofT, of Elk County, Pa, and Miss
Ellen B. Hcasley, of Forest Co., Pa.
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THE OIL CITY DAILY DERRICK will be-
gin tllencw year with q larger circulation
than over attained byanY daily newsp ,per
1t has gained this by giving MI the fresh
est news, ana sparing no expense in ob-
tanning items. IL has correspondents in
every portion of the Oil Region, besides
several reporters who are constantly tray-
cling. The propriotors, editors and re-
portorial staff, are all young and energetic
mon, whose aim is to make tho Derrick
the leading newspaper OF Womorn Penn-
sylVania.
Tho DERRICK will bo boter than ever
for 1877. IL will have special reporters at
Washington and Harrisburg. who will
send daily specials ofall important events.
Its readers Will be kept posted on all the
political nows of tho day, as reported from
an independent standpoint, while a large
raportorial force viii keep them informed
ou local matters. 10 win also, rs it does
now, take tho load in uiscusaingq questions.
of Importance to oilmen, ana WORK faiths
fully for tho Interest OF the Oil Region. lt
viii maintain lt5 position rs authority in
oil statistics, and it's market quotations.
viii always DO found reliable.
If YOU want spicy reading, fresh news,
Information concerning the oil Region,
aud q rcd-hot paper subscribe for tho OH
CIlY DAILY DEFRlCK. Terms, $40 per
year; SIX months $5; 81 month in. ad-
vance. w. IL. LONGWi3LLN co.,
80 80 Publishers, on City, Pa.
z CIIFl1 AGENH5, GENTLEMEN OR
q la bI l1S, wanted ilatu.tty Co iItrO-
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Some Of our spoEtsmen are troll
ling little these beautiful evenings,
but We have heard Of no large catches
Spring chickens are the next
fruit that ripens. We wait with pa,
tience to garner them in from some Of
our delinquent subscribers.
The August number Of Balou's
Monthly Magazine is rich and varied
number, and we'll worthy the attention
Of all who like light and varied read
ing. There is not dull article in the
whole one hundred pages of matter,
and that is one reason why this publ
cation is so popular with the public,
and why it is such a favorite with
families. 1t is known from one end of
the Union to the otheI, and should be
in every household. Published by
Thomes q Talbot, % IIawlcy Street,
Boston, S1.50 per year, and for sale at
all the news depots III the country.
We have received few numbers
of the Matrimonial News" published
at Williamsport, Pa. 1t is devoted to
love, courtship and marriage, and each
number contains nearly hundred 'ad-
vertisements from ladies and gentle
men, matrimonially inclined. 1t is the
only paper of its KIDD published in
this country, and has largo circula.
ton. Price Fifty cents per year, sin.
sic copies ten cts. -Four copies, 50,
and an extra copy to the getter up OF
the club. Address, Matrimonial N ews,
Williamsport, Pa, Box 1476. 1t
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TEiE RLACKHllLs.

BY II. N Mcguire, who has spent y
years in this region. Latest accounts Of
Gold and Silver prospects, Agricultural
and Grazing resources, Climate, Hunting,
Fishing, Indians, and Settlers adventures
with thon. Mining and Wild Western
Life, the Waterfalls, Boiling Geysers, no
ble scenery, Immense GOrges, etc, With
II fine illustrations, and new map. Pric0
only 10 cents. Sold by all NcWsdeaicls
or sent postpaid tor Il cents by Bonnet
Icy, Lloyd II Co., Publishers, Chicago. III.
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LOCAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.


Services in the NJ Il. Church on
Sunday next will be in the morning,
at II o'clock, instead of in the even.
ing, as heretofore.
M. i. Quarterly meeting for this
circuit will be held at the Bean Farm
on Sunday afternoon next. All in
tcrcsted are invited TO be present
On tho 4th Sunday School pic
mic was held in the grove back Of the
Court House, and WAS greatly enjoyed
by those present.
The Commissioners are having the
creek bridge painted Wm. Reck has
the job, and is putting on some arts
tic touches.
"A congregational meeting will be
held at the Presbyterian Church tLis
evening at whiohmatlers of interest to
all will be brought before the meet.
ing. All are invited to attend.
-Sume of our advance guards are
reporting that squirrels will be plenty
this fall. 1t is hoped by oil ardent
sportsmcn that the report may prove
true.
The Orangemcn in Canada parad-
. cd on the anniversary Of the Battle Of
the Bnyne and some of them were bad
ly maltreated by the Catholics, and
one man was killed.
The large wells at Bullion are de-
clining, and as consequence the
price of oil is advancing. II the price
keeps up we wouldn't he surprised to
see Forest County territory develop
ed.
On the evening Of fthe 4th, large
delegations arrived here from Tidioute
and Fagundas to attend the dance at
the Lawrence House. The dance is
reported success financially and so.
cially,
Mr.. II. A. Adams has moved his
family TO Tylersburg, where he has
charge of Derrickson & Co.'S Stave
Mil, which, we suppose is turning out
mare slaves than any other mill in this
section. The family will be missed
here
The Butchers ana Drovers Bank,
, the North st. Louis Savings Bank,
and the Bank of ST. Louis, all Of St.
LOUIS, Mo, have closed their doors, on
account of extensive runs made on
them ON Saturday and previously.
Mr.. Chas. NJ. Cott of Columbus,
o., and Perry Roberts Of this place
were out fishing two days Of last week,
on branch of Salmon creek and
Lamentaton, and captured thirteen
pounds Of trout. This is pretty good
fishing for these degenerate days.
Attention is called to the card OF
Mr. J. NJ. Murphy, Merchant Tailor,
who has started into business in the
Acomb Building, up stairs, He comes
well recommended and is satisfied that
he can suit all who employ him. We
hope he will be properly encouraged.
They have been experiencing a
little shock of earthquake at Memphis,
Tenn, for change. Snow.storms,
lornadoes and such surface agtations
? were too time for Tennessee, so they
get mp an earthquake for change.
When we want shaking u2 in this
country We merely touch off few
quarts Of nitro glycerine.
Alex. Wilson and family who
have lived IN the Boat "Venture" for
some years past, set sail for Scrub
grass one day last week, taking II. o.
Davis along to pick out the low water
channel. Mr. Wilson has been hard
working, honorable man since be came
,shere, and made the best skils in the
country. We wish him success wher-
ever he ties up
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BoROuGH orrIcEEs.


RtT6ces--G. ". RoBfNsoN.
Couuciimcu--P. y. 'rhomas, S. J. Sctlcy
Wm. Richards, y. $. Knox, a. i. Kelly,
G. \. Randall
Justices of the Pedcc-D S. Knox, G. a.
randall
C0pSfobie- n. Swaggart
school DrecforS--ll II. May, ". q. Da-
is, $. II. llnslet, 4. i. Kelly,G. w. Rob-
nson, H. y. Van GieSen,
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DIED.

HINDMAN.-At Whig Hill, July IL, 1877,
Minerva NJ, daughter of Geo. Hind
man, aged years months and 20 days.
ZENTs.-Mrs. Anna Gents was born in
Bedford Co., Pa, April llth, 1907, and
died at her home in Forest Co., Pa,
July Sd, 1877.
Grandmother Zents lived a rugged
Woodworking life, scarcely becoming
acquainted with sickness until within
the last six months. Coming early
to this country with her husband
Jacob Gents, whom she married
Feb. 1st 1926, she endured the
tolls and privations Of pioneer
life. She raised large family Of
children in whose training firm gov
crnment with the utmost gentleness
combined
She united with the Mothodist Epis-
copal Church in 1882, aud has ever
since remained a true and faithful
member Worn out with The inGrmi-
ties of age, through much suffering she
patiently awaited her end. When
considered beyond the power of speech,
she gave expression to her dying ex-
clamation: "They stand OH the other
side Of the river waiting for me and
Jesus is there to help me over" Like
shock of corn fully ripe, she was
gatncred for the Master.
The funeral rites took place on the
4th inst, and were well attended.
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TO RATIONAL INvALIDs. In sickness
every portion OF the body sympathizes
with the seat of the disorder. When the
stomach fails to perform its functions, the
liver, bowels, nerves muscles, veins, ar
terlas, &C., are all more or less affected.
These dolinquents require IL medicine,
combining the properties OF stomachic,
an Alternative, a purgative, a. tonic and Il
scdative to bring them back to their duty,
and ali these elements, in their purest and
most effective forms, are united in
TarFantS EfieryeSCCnt SCli2Gr ApCrieRt,
the great Saline Remedy for Indigestion,
and its concomitant consequences. Sold
by all druggists. ia