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g Keep Your Birds Tame. There Is one
point in poultry management to which
we wish to call especial attention, as but
few persons who rear poultry for profit
ever attach much Importance, notwith-
standing it has great influence upon the
profits. 1t is to keep your birds tame,
whether they are kept I'M suitable en-,
closure during the entire year or permit
ted to have unlimited range, for it pays to
do so, in many ways. tIf;you keep your
birds tame, SO they will come. to you
quickly at the call and eat out of your
hand without any sign Of fear or 'distrust,
they will always be quiet and content,
andTwill ffatten ana thrive much better.
This matter is well understood by breed
ers Of the larger kinds Of stock, such as
cattle, horses, sheep and swine, while there
are q sensible few who apply the same
principle with poultry. b.
Many fine nest OF eggs has been de-
stroyed by wild and frightened hen, q
hen which had early learned to fear her
master or owner. !, If uniform kindness
had been resorted to the hen would suffer
herself to be handled while on 1 the nest.
and never once think Of leaving it in such
hurry as to endanger the eggs. If the
poultry on the farm is kept tame, it is not
a very difficult matter to catch one 81
more when wanted for table or other uses.
AnaertcG,l Poultry j 0tl,.nal. sff5 q 81 ~
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4 Horses Sense of Smell.

An African pony, unlike Jobs war
horse, ''smelleth' not athe battle afar
off," but he will smell poisonous snake
a: a sufficient distance to avoid him. 5}
An English gentleman was leading his
pony one day in South Africa, when he
saw his Kafir servant suddenly Jump on
one side. Knowing that it was a snake
that had alarmed him, the gentleman
dropped the reins and went forward to
kill it. twas puff.adder, the reptile
which, it is thought, Cleopatra used to
commit suicide. Killing it with stone,
he examined its glands and found them
filled with poison.
On returning to the pony and advanc-
ing his hand to take the reins. the horse
SHE'D back in great; alarm. For several
minutes he would not allow his master to
approach. Some of the odor of the adder
had attached itself to the gentleman's
hands, and the cautious animal, being
warned by his sense Of smell, was afraid
that there was danger even in his masters
touch. ~. 5a125t'i
The horses nose is, as every boy who
has trained a colt knows, one of his
means of gaining knowledge. If horse
is afraid of an object, the best way to re
move his fear is to let him smell of it.
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
the Potter ResOlution-.-James Il. 40.
derson ana Secretary sherman ON 1H~-
AfAmA.8

investigating tho Election of 1876 Under
The Potter Resolution-..yames z. Az
derson ana Secretary sherman on. Ii.
Stand.
MONDAY, July 15.-The Potter sub
committee met, and examined Isaac w. Pot.
Ter, chairman of the Democratic State conyen.
ton In 1876. j. E. Anderson made PROPOSE.
ton by which the Democrats could have two
members OF the Assembly from East Feliciana
Parish. Furthertestimony was given about
cashing scrip for Anderson. Witness Agreed
with McCabe to pay Anderson $50. Witness
gave jerks $50. jerks said he would not
take 1t as bride, but as loan. Other wit
nesses were examined without elicting much
Of Importance. -
TUESDAY, July 16--Minor witnesses
on minor points continue to be examined by
the Potter subcommittee Many contradic
tons OF previous witnesses and denfads of
their statements are developed, but. nofhin q
OF general interestproduced. 9 80
FRIDAY, July 19.-The subcommittee
in New Orleans examined, July 10Th, Judge
Morris Marks He was Republican elector:
testified as to requiring certificates, and as to
Anderson's going to Washington and .hayiBy
an interview with Secretary Sherman. = He
tes1lfed as to the Sherman letter; that the
widow OF ID. Il. Weber could find no such let
ter among her husbands papers: that Mrs.
Weber contradicted Mrs. jerks statements
ana denounced her as an inpostor.
SATURDAY, July 2O.-The Potter sub
committee are continuing their labors in New
orleans. Strange developments arc made as
fy that their own former affidavtts were false
and made for political effect. The value ard
cred. sf--9
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No Resumption till Jan. list 1870.

IT is understood that no formal opinion
has been given by the attorney general to the;
secretary of the treasuary, concerning the ex-
change Of gold for notes from the United
States treasury. Upon an exchange Of views
on the subject, the secretary off the treasury
and the attorney general agreed that this
could not be done until the first Of January.
The treat ury department has the option,
however, Of paying gold on government ac-
count- at any time. The smaller gold coins
are likely to get into circulation in this. man.
The coin balance still shows steady
increase and at the close OF business July 10th
amounted to $2O6, 546,O 900. s-
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- George Alfred Townsend writes !. "a
few years ago Morrisey and Chamberlain
were envied for their means and stand
ing; with their mutual partner, McGrath,
they were considered to be worth 5000,
600 to 100000 apiece. McGrath bought
a farm in Kentucky, and it is his best
stake yet. The other two lost theirs,
Chamberlain in lavish generosity, Nor
rissey in vanity Of politics.
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Two Gepeyras.

One Of the saddest casualties ever re-
corded is that CT the death Of two
daughters of Mrs. Amelia Moench, first
assistant teacher Of German in the Frank.
lin school of this city, by being suffocated
in trunk. The little girls havo for !
year past been with their father on q
farm four miles from Dixon, No. Mrs
Moench spends her vacations on the farm,
and was prepared to go to her husband
and children Immediately upon the close
Of school. On Sunday evening she re-
ceived the following telegram from a
friend living in Dixon: z.,. 8;
On returning home last evening, Mr.
Moench found both the little girls dead in a
trunk. Am going ont to see.
s.. 6. +. WALTER.
Unable to credit the awful news, Mrs.
Moench telegraphed to the gentleman,
requesting particulars before the next
train. She was misinformed as to the
time the train left, and, before the next
train, she received another, saying that
her little girls had been buried, the ex-
IRENE heat Of the weather forbidding de-
lay. Your correspondent called upon
Mrs. Moench this morning. She had iust
received letter containing full particu-
lars, but she had not Deen able to control
her feelings sufficiently to read it.
Mr.. Moench had gone to Dixon on
Saturday, and his little girls called cheer
fully to him to hurry back, and, if he
wrote to their ma, to send her their love.
On his return he was surprised not to see
them awaiting them. He called, but re-
ceived no answer. He went into the
house and saw the tray of the trunk sit
ing On the floor. A horrible fear flashed
over his mind. He opened the trunk
and found the two girls. The younger.
who was underneath, was evidently past
all hope, but the elder was still warm.
Not neighbor was within half mile Of
them. The father dashed cold water or
the children and then rubbed them with
vinegar: and made every effort. to. restore
them to consciousness, and labored with
them until after one o'clock, when he
gave it up and sought help from a neigh
Dor. The distance from the railroad sta
ton and telegraph caused the delay by
which Mrs. Moench was prevented from
ever seeing her little daughters before
their burial. Their ages were eight and
five years. The little girls were in the
habit Of playing hide-and-seek, and had
often hid in the trunk separately. It had
been their habit when they saw their IA
Their returning home, in order to enjoy
the sport, to have him hunt them. The
trunk had no spring lock, and why they
we're unable to raise the lid remains a
mystery, but it is supposed the heat over
came them Immediately. Their faces
gave no indications that they struggled
Or suffered, being CAIN and smiling.-,St.
Louis Telegram to Chicago Tribune.
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Germ an: Electors

y A London telegram of July 10Th says:
The canvassiag in Germany for elections for
members of the Reichstag to take place on
he 3Oth, is quite heated, and the struggle will
be severe, especially in the larger towns
where daily meetings are held. 1t seems i'm
probable Bismarck will be strong enough in
the new parliament to dispense with the
assistance of the national liberals, on whom
he has heretofore been entirely dependent. 81 s..
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Cabinet Meeting.

P A meeting Of the Cabinet was held
Tuesday, July, 10th at which there was some
conversation respecting customs affairs in
New York but nothing is learned definitely as
to what further action the government will
take. The. condition Of the national finances
was the subject Of attention. Mr.. Sherman
spoke Of events Of public character connected
with his recent visit to New York. @iays 81
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storm In Iowa.

A telegram from Dubuque, of the 18th
inst..g. reports the night previous another
heavy rain flooded things generally,
sweeping away two bridges, one on the ILL
nois Central, that had been nearly completed
since Thursdays storm, and one that had
been finished. One creek raised five feet in
two .bou1rs III $3.50 "&@sI5 alb yr....s :, -
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The Great Heat.

Telegraphic reports. from the interior i: !.
towns in Missouri and Kansas mention ex-
tremely hot weather, and a number Of SUM-
strokes, quite number Of them fatal. In
some parts of southern Missouri and Kancas
the weather has been 80 intensely hot during
the day that all outside work had to be sus
pended, and a considerable part of the har-
vesting in several localities being done by
moonlight. Dispatches from various parts
Of Ontario show that the thermometer rang.
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Bennet's Arctic Expedition.

} james Gordon Bennett is in commui-
munication with the navy epartmentregard-
ing the Arctic expedition, and proposes con-
verting the yacht Dauntless into screw
steamer, and sending her to the north pole by
way Of spitzbergen, asking only that the navy
department furnish officers, men and provis
ions of the voyage. The Jennette, viii Oh Mr..
Bennette has fitted out for sea by way Of
Bherring Straits, is now on the way to San
Francisco. s...r.':l. +. tE..;,-..E- .....t ..,s
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Reduction OF Salaries i.

A Washington special says: owing to
the recent legislation by Congress, it has
been found necessary by the secretary of the
interior to make additional dismissals and re.
auctions in salaries of the patent Office en-
ployes. The officers of the bureau are now
engaged in preparing statement to that end
It is understood that laborers and messeng-
RS who hetofore received $50 and $65 will be
reduced to SIS per month, and attendants in
the model room will hereafter receive but
$500 per annum. -~.< ~ f5-=s~i5 @z
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Removal ana ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

On the 18th Of July, the President re-
moved Gen. 9. A. Arthur, collector Of customs
at the port Of New York and appointed Gen.
B. Merritt, at present surveyor of the port, in
his stead. He also removed B. Cornell, naval
officers, and appointed as his successor isilas
". Burt, at present deputy naval officer.
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q. s. Bonds.

! There was an unusual heavy move
ment in United States bonds in New York on
the 10th inst. The sales at one bank alone
amounted to nearly four millions. It was
stated number of government bond sales
are being made for European accounts and
that,bon amounting, to three millions have
been disposed Of in the city in the past week,
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Funeral of Queen Mercede 3.

f A N; Madrid q telegram of July 18th says:
The obesequies Of Queen Mercedes were
( celebrated IN the church Of San Francisco
with great pomp! Forty Thousand persons
were present, including ambassadors, presl-
dents Of chambers, and the entire court.
Nine bishops served at the requiem mass.
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The silver Dollar.

A Washingington telegram Of July 81
says: Treasurer Giltillan is receiving num-
erous responses to his notification to the
banks, issued several days ago, that they could
get silver il they wished it,, Within two or
three weeks the department, will be able to
send it's new silver dollars all ever the
country. Sl44ttsElz gHsa .8g5legFl te
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D
Z @70c; August 7lD73c; septe0ber CSC.
PROVISIONS Steady but quiet; mess pork $9k Q
eash ana July. lard, prime 4fQam TOO.
Chicago Produce Market.
GRAIN-Wheat strong at 96c cash and July; s5Hc
August; 63c September; sales 82082N September;
NO. Chicago STAG. Corn active, firm and higher:
at S9c cash July 384c; August 385s; rejected
36c. Oats steady and firm; at 4kc cash: .22Hc
August; 22bc September. Rye Steady{ bailey
strong; at 62Hc.
PROVISIONs-Po 9.35 cash; 9.3509 .37l.
August; Q. 09. 80 September. suiet-ends
weak; at IS cash 6. 9506.97H August; 7O5 Sep
.ember. Bulk meats in good demsnd and shade
higher; ~ 4.76, e.s7H0690. S.; sN
! i New York Produce MARKET.
GRAIN-Wheat, fair demand; receipts II 900
bushels; No. Chicago $1.03; Sheboygan l.O7Is:
ungEaded winter red 95c; No. q do 1.OSakal;. u1.
graded white 1.0601.20; No. DO LOT; No. 2 do
liz; MOL do L2O0l.21 Wits state 1.91Ml ga
Bye, firm; No. western Gle; stste 6sc. B.tisy and
malt nominal. Corn, moderate, active. higher and.
scarce receipts A 900 bushels graded 44@4sc
steam 471z@4sc; No. do 47A@4SIzc; No. q Chi.
cago 1910. Oats, heavy; receipts II 900 bushels
NO. 2, 33A033Ac; do white $40; No. /, 34c
mixed western 31034c; white do 31@37Hc; mixed
31@D34c; white 1910. - -
PROVISIONS Pork S1o3o@11.OO D. Beet, dun snds
unchanged. Hams, quit. Gut lmests, western lone
clear mddles &c; city SIC. Lard, dpl prime steam,
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The President In Columbus, Ohio.

Last Saturday afternoon, July Goth
President Hayes rea :hed Columbus on a
special car over the Baltimore s. o hio railroad.
He was accompanied by Attorney General
Devens and Webb c. Hayes. There was no
public demonstration on his arrival. About
one hundred or one hundred and fifty persons
gathered at the depot to see the train come in.
The party remained there over Sunday the
guests OF Jno. G.. Mitchell. The present is
the first visit made to Columbus by the Presi-
dent since his Inauguration. s.Es# I. =
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TheCrn,,s

The Cincinnati Commercial, of July
18th, publishes crop reports from large
number OF places in Ohio, indiana, and Ken
lucky, which indicate that there is not only a
greater acreage Of wheat than in any former
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
! knslrsb Grai.,, Market.

The Mark Lane Cypress says whea
cars in certain districts is complained as pun,
compared with the luxuriant growth Of thu
rest;of theSplant, and not well filled will
grain, although the dry atmosphere and sun
shine have done wonders in improving thu
prospects of the crop. In Scotland the wealth
or has been seasonable, and the cereal crop i
maturing satisfactorily. Barley does not
seem to have sustained SO much injury as in
England Oats are sadly thinned by grubs
Similar advices have been received from Ire.
land but it is,very disheartening to find that
disease has broken out in potatoes to which
the earlier sorts have already succumbed.
Should the weather prove wet there is little
d,ubt the main bulk OF the tubers were ire
trievably ruined. There are unmistakable
signs of Improvement in the wheat trade. and
although the continuance of heavy arrivals
nto London and Liverpool prevent prices
from advancing to any squotable extent. The
healthy tone and great steadiness were main
taided by the freedom with which millers
have operated, and high offers and diminished
shipments from the United States and Russia,
with moderate arrivals at ports of floating
cargoes. Trade for wheat was very firm for
forward shipments. There was active de-
mand for United Kingdom and continent d.
rect. ... . f,.-l .f.f,H .f 81 .. N..--
4 line The Great Heat. .,v y E,,.ra
Reports from St. Louis to the 10th inst,
indicate slight attainment in the heat, the
number Of sunstroke, and the fatal cases.
The thermometer ranged as high as 100. The
telegram says: The cases of sunstroke have
also decreased, there having been but twen-
ty-two at the city dispensary up to 6 O'Clock
this evening, and but four deaths. The
scenes there, however, have been of the same
general character as heretofore, and the four
phy sicians and their assistants in attendance
have been kept very busy administering to
the wants Of those taken there for treatment.
The general mode of treating the cases is
all to the head, ice water showers, rubbing
the body with ice and administering such
medicines as the different cases demand.
The whole number of burial permits issued
today is forty-nine, of. which twenty ght
were for persons whose death was caused by
heat. This is but a trihe over one-half of the
death rate yesterday The heat this after
noon was more moderate, and tonight there
Is line breeze which has cooled the atmos-
pdere considerably. The whole number of
cases treated at the dispensary to-day is
about thirty. Of which only one died at the
dispensarv, but of those sent to the hospital
two will probably die. About o'clock to-
night; Drs. Cook and Rogers, practicing
physicians Of the city, were Frustrated by
heat and taken to the dispensary
where they were successfully treated.
There was general suspension of mechanical
and manufacturing labor.
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Milwaukee Produce Market.

GRAIN-wheat opened firm and Nc higher, and
closed firm; No. hard $l.06; No. 1, l.O4; No.
No. 8, 85@Ssc. Corn, higher; No. 2, $3.50. Oats,
steady and quiet; No. 2, 243ac. Rye, steady and
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~ - * JII.E "a
II ace ln0lAna.

a San francisco dispatch of July 18th
says: A La Grandy, Oregon, dispatch says
the hostiles turned yesterday and are now re-
turning back on the trail by which they came.
The cavalry, under COL Forsythe, is close on
the trail. A Baker City dispatch says The
Umatlla Indians under Forsythe struck the
hostile camp last night about two and half
miles from starke's rancho, killing seventeen
warriors, capturing twenty-five women and
children and sixty or seventy head of horses.
The hostiles are much demoralzed, and the
captured squaws reported that they are
breaking into small = bands with the evident
intention of fleeing to Weiser and making
their'way to the -Bannock OF Buffalo country.
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year, but that the average produce per acre Is
larger than ever before. HI
.-~-s------.----'s
yellow Fever,

A fatal case of yellow fever occurred
in St. Louis, Jnly 3lst. A boy fifteen years OF
age who had been acting second CLARK on
board the steamer Commonwealth being the
victim. The boy contracted the disease oh
board West India vessel in New Orleans, but
Was not taken Ill until after his arrival in st.
Lonis. 81 ~. ii ny sTs y - < +.
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The Great Heat--S uu strOle ca.

The intense heat of the last few DAYS
has prevailed all over the country, producing
distress and fatal effects from sunstrokes.
The following startling account of the effects
of the heat on Monday July 18th, comes from
St.Louis. The intense heat of the past week
still continues-in fact increases one or two
degrees daily, and has, become really fright
full. The number of prostrations today will
reach fully $50, between forty and fifty of
which have been fatal The extra force pro-
Vlded at the city dispensary noted last night,
nave been hard at work all day, and the en-
ergy OF all has been taxed to the utmost. A
large number Of cases to-day have been of
persons overcome in their own homes or
business, and include people of all classes of
society, and embrace men, women and chill
dren. There are no signs of an abatement of
the heat and the most serious apprehensions
are felt by all classes of people for the result.
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Renewal or Chior Joseph.

Chief Joseph's band of Nez Perccs
prisoners have been removed to, Baxter
Springs, Indian Territory.
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Tho Pardoninx Power.

r.. ~
The chicago Inter Ocean publishes an
article containing startling facts regarding
abuses Of the pardoning power in that State.
The records of the penitentiary show that 314
murdcrers have been sent to Joliet in twenty
years, OF which ninty-fve were for life, TWEEN
ty-five for twenty-five years, and upwards as
high as thirty-four years, twenty three from
twenty to twenty-five years, and the balance
for less terms. Over fifty of the life men
have been pardoned by different Governors,
and large number of others, amounting to
100 in all. The total number of murderers
now at large in the State who We're tried and
sentenced since 1858 is 1852. Twenty three
have died or gone to the insane asylum.
These figures indicate wholesale system of
pardoning, as the average time for murder
or sentenced to the Illinois penitentiary thus
appears to be three years and six months.
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The Heat.

The heat of last week will work an
era IN atmospheric chronicles. The intensity
OF the suns rays prevailed ali over the country,
producing discomfort, distress and death.
But cold wave spread over the, country Sat-
"rday and Sunday mitigating to great de-
gree the consuming, and prostrating heat
that had prevailed. City and country have
suffered as never before, and the death record
is something frightful. Though all the cities
had suffered to a very great extent. yet St.
Louis, in its death record, exceeds them all,
there having been over 1874 deaths traceable
directly to the heat. But the worstis now be.
lieved to be over, and though there will yet
DC warm days, there will be but little if any
more fatality from sunstrokes ,--.:. ~
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cd from 90 to 103 in the shade. Although
large number Of cases Of sunstroke are re.
ported. none terminate fatally
F,,x John Porter's Case.

Smith, of Fitz John Porter's staff, tes.
titled taking back in part the testimony he
gave on the former trial At that'time he tes-
titled that in an interview with Porter, he saw
treason In Porter's eye, and his description Of
Porter's manner which went to the point Of
giving dishonorable motive for Porter's act.
Now he admits that when he thus swore
away Porter's honor he did not mean that he
believed him a traitor, but he was himself Ia
boring under excitement, because Pope snub-
bed him himself. He, ALSO: on cross,exami,
nation, admitted he was mistaken on the trial
in supposing TINT Porter received Pope's or
der Of 4:3O r. N. at 5 o'clock. and now substan.
TALLY confirmed the statement by Gen. Rug
giles, chief of Pope's staff, and several others,
all confirming Porter's claim that il did not
reach here until SO near dark that it could not
be obeyed. PRACTICAL all the testimony Is
now in, and military men generally declare
that there can be no doubt Of Porter's honor
able aquittal in due time,