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when the decisive moment arrives. field
telegraph now connects the headquarters Of
all the Russian corps with those of the
Grand Duke Nicholas. i1sfetr
THE CORPS HEADQUARTERS
The stats Of the various Russian corps are
now located at Bucharest Knlarash, Sim
nitza, Tunu, SIagureli, Russevede, Alex
andria, REM and Giurgevo
BELOW IBnAu
The Ners' Galatz correspondent writes as
follows 1.-THE RATS which the Russians
have been constructing below Galatz are
quite ready for bridging purposes and large
numbers Of them are being lowed up to
Ibrail. This quite supports the general
opinion that a crossing will take place at
Ghiacet, below Ibrail. The Sisters of Mercy,
large numbers Of whom recently arrived,
are constantly visiting the camps and the
various hospitals, from which 1 am inclined
to think there are good many sick, though
the Russians do the utmost to prevent tho
obtainment of any information on that sub
ject."
BRITISH aUNBoArs BUILDING.
The government is building gunboats as
Birkenhead.
WHAT THE POWERS WILL DO.
A special despatch from Vienna to the
Time 70 fha 1oc MI Dir.
culnr in which the Rounaninn government
requests the Powers above all to promise
that Roumania shall not be forcibly con-
strained to renew her former relations with
the Porte, says:-"The Powers will abide
by their previous decision, merely to take
cognizance of the notification by the Rou-
manian government of Roumanian indie
pendence without giving an opinion upon
it."
PRoCIAMATIoNs OF NEUTRALITY.
royal proclamation declaring the neu-
trality of Portugal in the Russia-Turkiah
war is promulgated to-day.
special despatch from Berlin says Ger
many will not issue o special proclamation
of neutrality.
ITEMS FROM RoUMANIA,
Prince Milan arrived at Bucharest on
Friday evening.
The Roumanian Senate hos voted the
Ministerial bill for the immediate issue Of
Sc, 600, 900 in treasury notes.
The railway between Dredea and Ploe-
JEST was interrupted on Friday.
NO SPY SHOT, ~
! The person calling himself Baron Kraut,
| a Hessan nobleman, who was arrested as
Turkish spy some days ago q Ploejesti, by
the Hcssians, has not been shot, as was
stated in Berlin special to the Times of the
14th inst.
| GERMAN CRITICS on THE WAR
The HERALD correspondent in Berlin tele-
graphs that the delay of the Russian opera
tions is considered in the German capital to
be due principally to the difficulty expert
enced in the transportation of provisions.
The best military critics believe that tho
crossing Of the Danube will take place be-
tween the mouth of the Aluta and Rust
chuk.
TURKEYS STRUGGLE WITH PATE AND FRAUD.
A fresh corps Of 10000 cavalry is forming
in Constantinople by the government.
A court has been constituted for the trial
of Nourie Pacha for embezzling GO, 900 Turk
ish pounds and also for the trial of Renal
Boy, who was arrested after Midhat Pacha's
foil.
TROUBLES IN CRETE.
The Turkish authorities are stated to be
watching the Christian party leaders at
Spakia, some of whom favor an English
protectorate for Crete, while others desire
Crete to become self-goy erning. Arrests are
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THE Okla INDIAN TROUBLES.

NO FURTHER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES YoH
THE PorIcr--ALL QUIET.
0KA. VIA HUpsos, Quebec Juno Ia 1877.
sixteen Provincial police arriccd here AZ noon ana
proceeded to the Catholic school house. Their com.
man der has closeted tho priests an to tna
time Tho indians nsvo ncd 10 the wooda
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-08-11
CHINESE EAWFERS.

The first Chinaman who has ever be-
come a fully qualified English barrister
at law, arrived in Shanghai about the
first of May. His name is Ng A-choy.
His English education was begun in St.
Paul's college, Hong Kong, where he
distinguished himself by his superior in
telligence and earnest application to
studies. When about twenty years of
age fe took a post as Interpreter in the
government service at Hong Kong, which
he filled for a long period, during which
he pursued his studies with a view to be
coming a barrister, and practicing in the
various courts in China. Nearly four
years ago he proceeded to London at his
own expense, where he has successfully
completed his studies, passed the neces-
sary examinations, and is now duly en-
rolled at Lincoln's inn. It is rumored
that Kuoh, the ambassador to England,
is making overtures to Ng A-ehoy to
return to London and form part of his
suite. The sign of a Chinaman is to be
seen OF Nassau street, New York, and
several of his countrymen have been
studying law at the Columbia law school.
-New York Tribune.
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Il CURIOUS ANECTOTE.

An anecdote illustrative of an animal
abandoning its artificial for its natural
taste, when once it has learned what it is.
may be told of a tame inchneumon,
which | kept and fed with milk. One
day I brought him a small water serpent
alive, being DESTROYS to know how far his
instinct would carry him against a being
with which he was hitherto totally I'M
acquainted. His first emotion seemed to
be astonishment mixed with anger, for
his hair became erect; but, in an instant
after, he slipped behind the reptile, and
with remarkable agility leaped upon it's
head, seized it, and crushed it between
his teeth. This essay, and new element,
seemed to have awakened in him his in
nate and destructive voracity, which till
then had given away to the gentleness
he had acquired from his educatl19. I
had about my house several kinds of
curious fowls, among which he had been
brought up, and which, till then, he had
suffered to 60 and come unmolested; but
a few days after, he strangled them every
one, ate a little, and, as appeared, drank
the blood of two.
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TO Restore Rancid Batter.

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 a better condition than that
which characterized it when entirely
fresh. No master how strong, proper
management in the plan we are now
going to set forth viii make it all right
every time:
Placem . barrel three pounds Of fresh,
unsIacked lime, and pour over ii twenty
gallons Of pure cold water. Let it re-
main one day, stirring occasionally then
let II stand ten or twelve hours, without
stirring. to give it d chance 10 settle.
AT the end of this time pour or draw of
the clear liquid, and strain through three
thicknesses OF fine domestic or muslin.
Place into ! clean barrel, and il is ready
for the rancid butter. j
Cut the butter into thin slioes-as
things you can cut 1t conVeniently-and
place ii directly III the liine-Water. Put
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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. Co.'S
TUNES are very handsome now, and cost
enough, I 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 a plentiful lack
of il tt seems rather funny, however,
to hear Nine. PAmericane, with neg en-
TAR andesuch a 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
inIthgt redolent portion of New York
known a 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 I think
most of these come to Paris.-Paris Cor.
Hartford Times.
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CALUMNK.

The rules of politeness are never at
variance with the principles of morality.
Whatever is really impolite is really i'm
moral. We have no right to offend
people by our manners or conversation.
We have no right to be influenced by
gossip about the people we meet. Their
private affairs are none of our business.
If we believe a man to be unfit for us,
We must not invite him; but if We meet
him where he has been invited by others,
we must treat him with civilty.
If we know a man or woman to be a
grave offender, we cannot use that
knowledge to injure him or her, unless it
is absolutely needful for the protection
of Others. The greatest and best men in
the world have been assailed with
calumny. The purest and noblest do not
always escape it. We cannot investigate.
as a rule; we must disregard all ISLANDERS.
Where great offences become notorious,
the offenders must be accommodated.
In all other cases we must give every
n the benefit of a doubt, apply chart
table construction, hope for the best, and
consider every n innocent until he has
been proven guilty.
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The Household.

NUMBER CAKE.-One cup of butter
two cups of sugar; two tablespoonfuls of
molasses ; three cups of -four four eggs =;
n t~easpoontul of soda two teaspoons
of cream tartar n cup of raisins spice
to taste.
RICE AND APPLEs.-The following is
a very nice thing, especially for chill
dren: Core a many nice apples as will
fill the dish; boil them in light molasses;
prepare q quarter of a pound of rice in
milk, with sugar and salt; put some of
the rice into the dish, then put in the
apples and fill up the intervals with rice,
and bake in the oven until it is a fine
color.
A USE FOR CAYENNE PEPPER.-Cay-
enne pepper will keep the butter and
store-room free from ants and cock
reaches. If a mouse makes an entrance
into a part of the dwelling, saturate a
rag with cayenne in solution and stuff it
into the hole which can be repaired with
either wood or mortar. No rat or mouse
will eat that rag Tor the purpose of open
ing communication with the depot of
supplies.
REGULATING THE KITCHEN - The
healthfuIness of a house largely depends
upon its cleanliness and, above all
things, cleanliness must prevail in the
kitchen. Watch the drains, see that
no imperfection in them permits the
passage of tea and cofee-grounds, scraps
of meat, and vegetable-paring, all of
which will choke the traps and attract
the rats. Have the pipes flooded once a
week with common washing soda dis
solved in hot water, and then with a
solution of chloride of lime, in order to
overcome unpleasant and unhealthy
odors. Use only good soap for cleaning
and washing. It will dissolve COM
in hot water, producing a solu-
tion nearly clear and free from dis
agreeable smell.
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By eating between meals, the stomach
is overworked, and soon gets out of
order !; then the whole body suffers, and
disease creeps in. Thousands of men
are daily i~nfieting upon their W stoms
achs abuse of the very same character.
Thousands Of mothers daily encourage
in their children habits which impose
upon their c'stomachs burdens more
onerous than the tasks demanded by the
Egyptians of their Hebrew servitors.
The stomach needs rest as we'll as other
organs of the body. Anatomically con-
sidered sit is chiefly a muscle. All mus
cles require rest after short periods Of
activity. The stomach also performs a
glandular Office in the secretion Of gas
trio juice, an essential element in the
process of digestion. Il rest is not al
lowed the stomach, the glands are unable
to furnish the requisite quantity of gas
trio fluid. The inevitable result of this
abuse is dyspepsia. Multitudes of chill
dren under ten years of age have become
confirmed dyspeptics by the pernicious
habit of eating between meals. Regu-
larity in eating is one of the first lessons
that should be taught children; and the
course of instruction should be begun in
early infancy. From the time babe
leaves its mothers breast hi is s5t toe
young to learn.
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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

my felix's are going to the country to
be gone all SUMMER" enthusiastically
exclaimed a little girl as she met another
ON Cass avenue.
Your pa must be awful rich," re-
piled the second.
ooh, no he isn't, but if you'll never
tell anybody I'll tell you something"
" never will--hope to die if I do"
We'll, then, pa was telling ma that
we'd all go out to Uncle Johns. Ma
she'll work for her board, pa will work
in the saw-mill, TIL pick berries and ride
horse to pillow corn, brother Tom will 90
round with a lightning-rod man, and
while you folks are in the awful heat
we'll be putting on airs and fixing over
our old clothes for fall. Don't tell now,
for ma is saying to everybody that she
must have the country air to restore her
shattered nerves. "---Detroit Free Press.
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THE MOSS ROSE.

The angel who tends the flowers and
sprinkles the dew on them in the still
ness of night, slumbered one morning
in spring under the shade of a rose bush.
When he awoke, he said with friendly
countenance Lovliest of my children, I
thank thee for thy refreshing fragrance
and thy cooling shade. Couldst thou
ask a favor how willingly would I grant
it,"
"Adorn me with a new grace" i'm
plored the spirit of the rose bush. And
the angel adorned the queen of flowers
with a veil of moss.
Lovely she appeared in her simple ar
ray, the moss rose, the most beautiful of
her kind.
Young girls, bid adieu to fnery and
glittering jewels and follow the maternal
reckoning of Nature.
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Batky 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 q sudden revulsion,
which was done by skillfully 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 a balkylhorse. He is insane on
the subject of going, that is selfevident.
If we can manage to make him think on
some other subject, he will naturally for
get about going and go before he knows
it. The following devices have been G
cessfully tried to accomplish the desired
end: |. Tying a string around the
horses ear close to the head. 2. Hitch
ing the horse TO the s~wingletree by means
OF a cord instead Of the tugs; the cord
fastened to the horses tail. 8. Filling
the mouth full Of some disagreeable sub.
Jtance. 4. Tying q stout Irvine around
the leg just below the knee and then re-
moving it when he has travelled sone
distance. Never whip a balky horse, for
the more he is whipped the crazier he will
become. Let everything be done gently,
for boisterous words only confuse MIN
and make him worse. Treat him in the
mild manne that you would a crazy
man. and you will succeed.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Omission of good is a commission of
evil.
It is absurd TO be serious about trifing
matters.
He that lends to all shows good will,
but little sense.
The memory should be a %storehouse
not a thunderstorm.
You may gather a rich harvest OF
knowledge by reading; but thought is
the winnowing machine.
Keep the horrors at arms length.
Never turn a blessing round to see
whether it has a dark side to it.
The great master of even a single in
strument of music is indeed a wizard.
He chains US in the slavery of de-
light, and is theonly despot that rules
over willing captives.
Advice is offensive, not because it lays
us open to unexpected regret, or con
victs us of any fault which has escaped
our notice, but because it shows that we
are known to others s well as ourselves;
and the oficious monitor is prosecuted
with hatred, not because his accusation
is false, bu9t because he assumes the SUI
pariority which we are not willing to
grant hing, and has dared to detect what
we desire to conceal.
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in as much as the water will cover, then
place w it a clean, floating lid, and
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 % be
drawn from the barrel, and its place sup
piled with pure cold water, to stand I'M
disturbed for six hours. Nextrtake out
the butter, let drain an hour Or SO, then
rework and resalt exactly after the
ner of managing new butter.
This process will leave the butter quite
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 a frst-class article,
fully up to the best Goshen, you will
take say fifty pounds of it, which you
will place In a revolving chutn with six
gallons of new milk, and a pint of the
juice pressed from carrots. No other
than a revolving churn will answer, for
the harshness of the butter will prevent
the motion of a 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 will be needed-the carrot juice will
have impaired to it a rich yellow color.
It will have also added to it's favor,
making the flavor resemble that of new
butter in every particular.-Me journal
of Progress.
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And


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 knows their value by use,
will soon carry them to market and thus
lead others to try them. If he cult
Yates squashes, cabbage, tomatoes and
eggplant he will not be long in finding
a market for them. Men who labor
want a 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 a 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. It 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, leans,
cucumbers and corn. Improve the seed
time and rejoice in the harvest.~--J "
CTingan, in Ohio Farmer
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Revive the Dropping Energies.

When the physical energies droop, revive
them with that safest and most active of
TONES, Hostetter'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 Ianguor
and loss of strength and appetite which
troubles you is in fact the precursor of some
nalady of, perhaps, a serious nature Appe.
tite, tranquility of the nervous system, and
pristine vigor, viii assuredly be restored if
the Bitters are used Systematically, and the
alimentary disturbance, which in nine cases
ont 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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EARLY Cat Hail.

We urge upon our readers the import
ance of not allowing their grass and
clover testand 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 us-
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.u 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 as 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 all 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 fowl. For ourselves, we aim to cut
rather before than after these periods
especially when the weather is good for
curing. Particular pains should be taken
not to cure too much, never forgetting
that the great object is to preserve and
save the juices.-NationaI LiUe-Stock
C~y0urnaE.
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AMERICAN COPPER

How isit that American copper can
be bought in London for less than in
New York? The present difference il
about &c a pound, and it has been as
much as four and five cents a pound.
From July !, 1875, to June so, 1876,
16, 624, 9902 pounds of American copper
were exported, and from June /, 1876,
TO March 81, 1877, 11,320,46O pounds,
making during two years a total export
of u, 945,302 pounds. This being the
case, it is difficult to realize the necessity
for duty of FIVE cents 4 pound on the
foreign article. Copper is a raw material
and In ON countries it is, with wool,
about all the people have to pay for
their exports. a p~rohibitiVe duty now
prevents such imports. And the duty
enables the copper mining companies to
sell American copper in England for less
than to Americans.-Boston Journal or
Commerce.
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NEW YORK,s TRADE IN ALLIGATOR
SKINS.

New York handles about five thousand
alligator skins per annuna. The business
is entirely in the hands of a single firm,
who employ men to pursue the reptile in
the bayous of the Mississippi river, and
the work is usually done at night by the
aid Of lanterns, the rifles used beingaimed
straight at the creatures eyes. If the
alligators are too old or too young, the
ammunition used on them is only thrown
away, for in such cases the skins are eth
er too horny OF too small. A good size
is eight or nine feet, counting nothing be-
yond the thick part Of the tail. Florida
is q great place for alligators, but skins
from that direction are badly mangled,
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WOMANsB RIGHTS.

Miss Hadlock, of whom there is luckily
but one, lives in Newport, Vt. Not long
ago, armed with a package of pepper. a
Taw.hide and a rotten egg, she roamed
out in search of a mar who had circu-
lated ugly stories about her, and he was
fool enough to let her find him, Meeting
him on the street, she threw g handful of
pepper into his "blarsted eyes," then
thrashed him with the raw-hide, and
wound up the concert by smashing the
rotten egg in his face.