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SUCCESSFUL JAIL BREAKING.-On Monday
night last all the prisoners. five in number.
confined i'm the iail here made their escana
On eNamlnationit was discovered that a rope
had been fastened 10 the bars of an unoccupied
cell on the upper floor the lock of the door of
which had been picked and that the lock of
the back door of the building had likewise
been picked. The SuppOSitiOn is that by means
OF the rope, the prisoners, one by one. drew
themselves from the yard TO the window of the
upper cell, drawing the rope up after them,
and then threw il over into the lane They
then climbed from the window TO the wall q
distance Of about five feet, from which point
were the two men who had been arrested sew
eral weeks ago in Baltimore, charged with
stealing the horse and buggy of Father Gun
nlngham, OF this town. Rockville (.Md.) Ad-
COCute,
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CONGRESSMAN ELLSWORTH, of Michigan,
who was assaulted while on visit to his home
in Michigan, has returned to Washington. and
has recovered his health and resumed his
legislative duties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

GEN. GRANT, with his wife and son, have ar
rived i'm Paris "
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THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal
revenue, s529, $685.; castoms, s423OlO.7O.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the four per cent, loan to-
6ay S1GN so
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Major /. c. H. SMITH, paymaster Z. S. A,
late appointment clerk of the Treasury, has
be ordered to report in person to the pay
master general, in this city, for temporary
IutV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

A TICHRoRNE CASE IN PENNsYLvtNrL-A
,Ehc,IRdtl Enquirer special from PittSburg
a, May says: To day was begun an the.
court al Butler parallel Ia the celebrated
ntchhorne case. Some thirty wears ago Emily
Nard left her house on the Ward farm near
fttroila and was not heard from until about
tNo years ago, when 4 person calling herself
Emiiy Ward appeared at the old homestead
and was received as the long lost sister The
farm IN the mean time had become yalua ble
and she was hCiTeSS 10 quite an estate, Az tb,,
time she left home she was L. wears old and i'm
possession of all her faculties The family
however. subsequently became SlISpiciouS
that all was not a. represented. and they re-
fused 10 recognize her. She did not cyince the
familiarity with the scenes and associations oT
her infant years that was expected, and she
was discarded as an impoStor: hence the suit.
The family will endeayor tn show that she is
ore Mahala Hill, who has been resident of
MeadNllle for a number OF years, and Who
some Time ago married a man named GRAY,
from whom she obtained divorce. She after
ward married man named nanforth, who il
now urging the prosecution by The family
II Should not be understood that all the MEM
pelS are opposed To the claimant: on the con
trary, George Ward, the younger brother, he
lleVeS in her identity. and fayors the proSecU-
tlon. Altogether, IL will be a most interesting
suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

A REAL CASE OF BROKEN HEART. CAUSED
BY ENCITEMENT.-Majo jor John +. Lacy a lead
ing member of the MahaSka county bar whom
We met on our tIip south this week, reports 4
remarkable case that came under his obSer-
walton. He was crOSS-eNamining a witness i'm
court, one day last week, when suddenly the
man, apparently stout and well. dropped his
head on his breast, breathed StentorouSly once
or twice and was dead. The body was carried
OF, another witness substituted in his place
and ten minutes after. the doctor came into
court, bearing in his hand the heart of tht,
man, who, few minutes previous, was giving
his testimony. The aortO was ruptured and
the SuiluSion of blood was SO vast and sudden
IL inundated the lungs, and the man died in
slahtly and without pain. Suppressed excite
ment did It-a real case of broken heart
| E}GOTu (fu.l IeRgcr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

MADE UP.-Judge Kelly and Representative
O'Neill have settled their differences, both
having arrived at the sensible conclusion that
a united front would better defeat the tariff
bill than an ill-tempered division of two men
having its defeat as their common object.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

vI,HE GREAT EUROPEAN NOVELTY
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THREE CLERKS and two cOpyists were ap
pointed in the Patent Office today. 1t is not
expected that any further appointments, pro-
motions or other changes will be made in the
Interior Department before the 1St of July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

FATHER CUDnTHT - The Preacher Talks
About Secret Societies at ChicODoc-Farhpr
Cuddihy, Of Milford, says the Springfield Re
publican, who has lately become known NV
his attacks on the HibernianS, preached
Good shepherd" He said the duty of
pastors now is TO preserve them from
false teachers and secret societies, the
prevailing evil of our day. Many Irish
at the present time, not satisfied with the
heavenly doctrines of the Catholic Church, are
longing for the feSh-potS of Egypt, for secret
societies, the food of carnal minds. He had
often heard OConnell, the Irish patriot de-
clare that he had as much trouble to keen
down the secret societies as TO overcome the
preJudices of the English people and govern
ment: All secret societies here and in ireland
are obStruetlonS Ia the gaining of Irish liberty
got up by wicked men who traffic in the cred.
ulitv of their simple cOuntrymen, and would
he only too glad 10 betray them TO the English
government at the first opportunity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

WILLET i LIBBEY,
Corner Sixth Street and Netc York Irenue.
ny3-tr
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THE EXAMINATION of forty applicants for
cadetships in the merchant marine service,
which has been going on at the Treasury for
the past few days, has been finished. There
are at present only four vacancies to be filed,
but the result of the examination will hold
good, in regular order of merit for such va
cancies as may occur between now and the
first of September next, the time at which the
course of StudieS begins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

ARMY ORDERS-Leave of absence for four
months is granted Major r. s. La Motto, 18th
infantry. First Lieut.. j. Nj. Lee is relieved
from duty at the Spotted Tail agency, Dakota
and will join his regiment, the 9th infantry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-10

NAVAL lNNEsTIGATION-A subcommittee
on naval affairs yesterday continued the ex-
animation OF witnesses in order to ascertain
the business transactions of William J. Muir
tagh, late proprietor of the National R@Duj-
iicOn newspaper, with Secretary RObeson in.
yOlving payments by the Navy department to
Murtagl.
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~
To all who are suffering from the errors and indis-
eretiOns Of youth, nervous weakness, early decay,
loss of manhood &C., will send receipt that will
cpre you FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
VasdiscOvered by a missionary in South AmeriCa.
Ben self-addresSed envelope TO the Rev. JOSEPH
T. INMAN, station ID, Bible House, New YORK
ctty sep25-eO&k1y
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DRINCE ALBEIT FROCK COATS, with Vests
i to match, at IS and SO, at A. STRAUS'. ago
A GENUINE YACHT-CLOTH SUIT for st4,
IA at A. STRAUS', 1O11 Pa. avenue. apo
NUR IS BUSINESS SUITS are equal TO any
Use Suit. A. STRAUS. ap3O
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
FEBRUARY p, 1878.

Magnificent Offer! Splendid Chance
for some Enterprising Young farmer
to Add a Beautiful Specimen Of
Devon BlOOded Breed to His Stock
yard Without the Outlay Of One
Penny!
The Publishers of the FARMER AMI
MECHANIC will present a fine, healthy
Devon Calf, raised upon the farm
Of a prominent officer of the North
Carolina Agricultural Society, to the
person who shall make up the largest
list of yearly cash subscribers, before
the 10th day of April next. No name
already on our books will be counted
of course but beyond this, the offer is
open to all, and subscribers may be en-
rolled from any post-office in or out of
the State. Persons entering the lists
for this splendid premium will please
send on their subscriptions as fast as
obtained they will be properly cred
tied to the sender and the more the
paper is seen and read, the easier will
be the work of getting up the club.
Address. FARMER M MECHANIC.
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guns upon both sides OF the main
deck add TO the dcath-dealingca ca
pacity Of this ugly vessel. Great
credit has been given TO Admiral
Porter, who supervised her con-
struction. but it j. claimed that he
is not entitled TO the credit Of orig
mating her mode of construction.
but that the real inventor has
been cheated out OF both credit and
profit Of the concern. Capt. II. H..
Doty, an American. an old sailor
who vas recently in the CHILEAN
service, is here making claim, to
the invention Of all the features
OF the Alarm. He has with him
letters from the French secretary
Of the navy and the English secre-
tary Of war, as far back a. lo64.
ENDORSING his invention and is use
fulness. 1t was patented in both
countries. Capt. Doty says that
in 1865 he forwarded a copy Of the
drawing. and specifications Of his
invention TO the United States sec
rotary 0. the navy begging only for
such remuneration or considera-
ton as the government might see
fit. Capt. Doty makes out a far
case for himself BY the official re-
cord. He asks for nothing but
the credit Of his own invention
Washington Telegron'.
SO, the braggart who was always
telegraphing his own exploits du-
ring the war, is caught in Il small
piece Of business, little else than
stealing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

The following hints on eating are
worthy of attention. Never eat in
a hurry; masticate your food well:
this is of great Importance, for
many articles of diet, perfectly
wholesome when properly mastica-
ted, unless mixed well saliva are
very indigestible, and greatly de-
range the progress of digestion. Do
not eat or drink under excitement
of any kind, for food taken when
in this state will do you but COM
paratiyely little good, and is al
most certain to produce injurious
effects. The greatest composure of
mind and body is important IN
eating. and for short time after,
until digestion is fairly commenced.
Cheerfulness while eatingand drink
ing is excellent; and a chat with a
friend after meals will assist diges-
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
lake Care of the Horses

The Illinois Humane Society.
through an appeal issued - their
committee, make the follow ny -u--
9esttons. which owners Of horse,
VIII save their own interest, 81 a.
tending to.
J.. NDeS.-If horse. arc sharp
shod III icy weather. thcy VII pull
larger loads TO greater advantage.
i ! poor economy to neglect the
proper shooting Of horses, which
may thus be seriously injured.
(. BI4lket>, ets.-lforses should
be protected BY blankets or
waterproof covers from rain or snow
while standing. The cost OF d
blanket i very small, and Its use
would repay the outlay very many
times. Any WOODEN or other pro-
lection placed under the pad or
saddle and extending bac. over
the hips viii be found very useful,
as protecting a weak part OF the
animal.
;. c7iPping The clippin. Of
horses at this season Is considered
to be, at least, imprudent and BY
this society inhumane. Owners
are respectfully urged to allow the
ANIMALS retain the covering which
nature has provided.
4. CHtch-ReinS. w horses,
II at all, should be checked very
low. They a thus pull 70 greater
advantage, protect their ewes from
rem or SHOW, and are less liable to
stumble or injure themselves. 1t
Will be noticed that the city rail
way companies have largely ADAM
doned the use Of check-reins.
5.Bis.-It is prudent to warm
with the hands or otherwise bits
before placing them in the horses
mouth.
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THEIR

A pam phlet OF IS pages. WI be sen. Tree on
and descriptions VIII prices Of All tssis
Eoous.
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The Inventor Of an Ugly craft
Asking for Credit for His Own
InventiO

Admiral Porter has a greater rep
utation than any other officer in
the navy upon the subject Of tor
pedo warfare. To him is given
the greater part of the credit that
we are ahead of the world advanc-
ed improvements for torpedo war
fare, One of the results of the
continued study Of admiral Porter
is the torpedo-boat Alarm. This is
a small boat that carries a fifteen
inch gun directly in her bows, from
which there projects under water a
battering nose. To this ram a tor
pedo is also attached. The idea is
at close quarters to charge with
the ram and discharge the torpe-
do and tifteen-inch gun at the same
time. The vessel never has been con-
structed that could withstand such
an attack. Beside this, the Alarm
is steered by the wheel that propels
her, and can thereby be stopped and
turned within her own length, and
propelled sideways, backward, or
forward with equal ease. Gatling
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The Troy, y. Y. Times building
was burned Feb. 10th; loss $780,
600.
The Centennial celebration at
Valley Forge, will be held June
the 10Th.
Harry Genet, one Of the Tweed
ring, has suddenly returned, and
surrendered to the sheriff.
A quantity Of arsenic, amount
ing to about Isl pounds, has been
accidentally sunk in the Rhine.
Stanley is hard at work on a two
volume narrative of his latest Afri-
"a explorations, to be issued in
June.
An so pound Goldfish was brought
into Newport, r. l., last week. 1t
is the largest one seen there for 20
years.
Hurd & Houghton, and Osgood
4 Co., Boston publishers, have
formed a partnership under the
name of Houghton, Osgood & Co.
J. J. Woodman, Master of the
Michigan State Grange, has been APP
pointed a Commissioner to the Paris
Exposition, as also have Donald G..
Mitchell Ok MarveD of Connecti-
cut.
Mr.. Ross, father of the lost Char
lie Ross, says he has examined or
been written to about 513 boys, IN
the hope of discovering his son. He
entertains little hope of ever find
ing him.
Two white ministers and a Mis-
sissippi negro, who graduated at
Oberlin, are candidates for the
presidency of Bryan college, Texas,
and jeff. Davis and Senator Lamar
endorse the negro.
There were 2,252 marriages and
1876 divorces in Rhode Island IN
1877. One-forth Of the women
married were under 20 years old.
There were 4,116 deaths III that
State in 1877, from consumption.
The largest single shoe-factory in
the world IS said to be that Of L. x
A. IL. Batcheller, North Brigde-
water, Mass, employing 1,4Oo
hands, and turning out 1000 pairs
Of shoes of all kinds daily.
A ten per cent. dividend will be
paid the creditors of the Freedmen's
Bank, March 20. The commits
oners say that they have done their
best to make this second dividend
a larger one, but they have not been
successful.
An experienced farmer who
has fed artichokes to hogs for
upwards Of ten years, declares that
they are a perfect preventive Of hog
cholera. Cannot this be proved
by actual trial the coming season.
Prairie Farmer.
Mr. Thomas Barrett, mate OF a
Mhaler recently lost in Hudson
Bay, reports that the natives know
exactly where the records, etc., of
the Franklin expedition are pre-
served, and he proposes and expe-
dltlon next spring to obtain the
relics.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

Tie GRADED SCHOOL. One hun
dred and n~inety-two white children
are now IN attendance at the pub
nc school IN this place. DR.. Sears,
the agent Of the Peabody educa-
tlonal fund, this year, makes a do
nation Of five hundred dollars to
the white and colored graded
schools-GreensJOr0 NOrM STATE.
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RICHMOND, VA. FEB. II.

RICHMOND, Va. FEB. II, 1873.
GENTs:-Seeing your communi-
cation from n. A. O.. | would like
to enquire if any quantity of black
peas can be had in your vicinity.
| think the question being discuss
ed has been pretty well settled with
our farmers, as they are now seek
ing black peas, and are more will
ing to pay 1.50per bushel for black
peas than to be humbuged any
longer with worthless adulterated
fertilizers. Respectfully,
!. r. HOCkADAY.
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Experimental.
CONTRIBUTED.
Preservation of Forests.

One of the most lmpol tant sub
jects now beginning to agitate the
American people is the preserya-
ton of forests. Not only is this
true in its application to all of the
older States, with only here and
there, in many places, a mere
patch of woodland for domestic
uses: but also in some Of the newer
States, where the continuous work
Of destruction is becoming serious
" felt III sections of country SEEM
ing to offer, twenty or twenty-five
Years ago, an inexhaustible supply
for, at least, a century to come.
The population of the United
States, through natural increase,
and foreign immigration, is rapid
" approaching fifty millions of in
habitants, and, if a real scarcity is
felt now, how much more will it
be increased when the number of
inhabitants reaches one hundred
millions? New settlements are
constantly forming, whereby a
greater demand for timber is re-
CURED in it's manifold and indis-
pcnsable uses OF domestic economy.
In The county of Mecklenburg, n.
C., once thickly covered with for
est growth, the scarcity of timber,
for useful purposes, has been so
clearly apparent in the greater por-
ton of the county, that legislative
aid was invoked, and a stock-law
passed as Il matter of imperative
necessity. In many parts of the
United States, the destruction of
forests has been pursued too often
with a reckless disregard of conse-
quences. Under a ruinous and
exhaustive system of husbandry,
VT frequently see large fields OF
cultivated land thrown out, as of
little, or no value, to be restored
by the slow recuperative energies
of the southern cold field pine"
and such brambles and bushes as
may naturally spring up to cover
defects of the inconsiderate farmer,
and then Il new clearing" of tim
Der growth is made from the re-
served forest.
In view of the increasing, destruc-
ton of the primitive forest, sew
eral of the States, both old and new,
have lately given timely warnings,
and energetically entered upon the
work of restoration by encouraging
the planting of useful trees on the
widespread prairies, on every rug
ged hillside, and on ever spot of
outlying land not really needed for
purposes of cultivation.
1t has been stated that several
thousand acres of land on Cape
Cod in Massachusetts have been
planted with the seeds of the White
Pine, thus convertinga waste OF shift
ting sand into groves of useful tim
Der trees. The Illinois Board of
Agriculture has offered liberal
premiums for the planting Of ar
tificial groves to be pad J" 1881.
Other States have also made wise
provisions in the same direction.
Old settlers In the West inform us
that waters in the smaller streams
have greatly diminished since the
extensive destruction of the forests.
The increasing aridity a large re-
glon, bordering on the Mississippi
river, has been ascribed by intelli-
gent observers to a similar cause
operating, along the tributaries of
that majestic stream.
Another important consideration
connected with the preservation Of
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21
What it Costs Negroes to Live

1t has been Il matter OF Won
der to many people to know how 50
many idle negroes subslst.
We have an old negro man who
visits u premises once week and
performs a small job for which we
pay him a quarter. We had the
curiosity to interview him the other
day us to his finances and .ubsis-
tence. GLOW are you getting on,
Uncle Aleck p we asked.
"Ah, thank God | make out to
get huff to eat" said Aleck. "Some
days | make a quarter, some days
more or less, and some days muffin.
But indurin' the week, | gets huff
to buy visions for me and the ole
oman"
"Well, Uncle Aleck, how much
provisions do you buy? Tell me
exactly; | want to make a calcula-
ton"
Aleck then gave the following
statement as his weekly purchases
for himself and wife:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-02-21

forests is the sanitary influence they
exert by equalizing the tempera-
ture Of the atmosphere. 1t is well
known that, during the season OF
vegetable growth, all deciduous
trees r giving off moisture in large
quantities BY e~xhalation from their
leafy surfaces. Plinv and others
among the Ancients, rightly sup
posed that trees absorb and neu-
tralize the emanations arising from
insalubrious places, and that the
beneficial effects obtained from all
jacent forests are to be accounted
for In this way more than by the
obstacles they offer to the diffusion
of such unhealthy emanations.
The leaves Of plants and trees, as
well as the green substance. that
cover the soil, are all e1halants Of
oxygen, SO important in sustaining
life, and preserving life.
Experience also proves hat
forests are beneficial az rain-pro-
ducers. In Upper Egypt, the rains
formerly abundant, have ceased
since the trees have been cut down
by the Arabs along the valley of the
Nile in direction Of Lydia and
Arabia
In Alexandria and Cairo, in Low
er Egypt, where rain was formerly
a rarity, it has become more fire.
quent, since the extensive planting
of trees by the Pasha. The banks
of the Sucz Canal, since its CON
struction, have been thickly planted
with trees, and now refreshing
showers are frequently occurring to
impart their cooling and health
giving benefits.
Palestine, once Glowing with
milk and honey" in the days of
Joshua, and Astounding in vine
yards and barley fields and cattle
roaming over a thousand hills
where every one, with alittle labor,
could sit under his own vine and
fg-tree," is no longer the same at
tractive country, since its delight
full forests have been cut down, and,
with but, limited exceptions arid
wastes and parching deserts have
taken their places.
In 1864, the British Government
founded a general system of forests
administration for TIE vast Indian
Empire. All superior government
forests are reserved, their bounda-
ries marked, and forest rules and
penalties defined. Large tracts of
land have also been planted with
useful trees for supplying railways,
which consume immense quantities
for fuel.
Would it not be wei. for the Con-
gress of the United States to draw
lesson, of wisdom and great national
Importance from this timely action
of the British Government, instead
Of granting millions Otacres of val
liable land, often covered with virgin
forests, to shrewd politicians and
corrupt spectators Z?
1t is to be hoped that the agent
appointed by the last Congress to
prepare a report on "Forestry,"
will not only give useful imforma-
ton on tree planting, in the most
suitable localities, but will also
offer some judicious advice on the
ruinous consequences of thus squan-
dering the public domain. National,
well as individual extravaganza
should be guarded against, and
such timely measures adopted in
this branch of domestic economy as
will tend to promote and continue
the well-being of society.
G.. l.. II.