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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-25
NAPH'rHA GAS.

Contrary to general expectation Mayor Howell faiicd
to send in any communication at the meeting of the
Brooklyn Common Council yesterday with reference
to the resolution adopted by the Aldermen at tho
meeting on Monday last, awarding the contract for
lighting the street lamps OF that city to the Auto
matte Naphtha Gas Lighting Company. In CONVEX
sation with the HERALD reporter, however hc
said that no would probably take action in
tho matter during the week. lilo remarked
also. that he would be willing TO take
q contract to light the city with naphtha ut cost of
$l6 per lamp. while the company to whom the
Aldermen awarded the contract IN to receive about
$40 10 Per lamp. Then. again, tho Common Council
proposed to award the contract to a Ioreisn com.
pany-to people who do not pay taxes In brooklyn.
the city treasury at the rate Of per year. This
was certainly al item to be considered by taxpayers
AT oil events. said Mayor Howell, IL will do what
over can to save money for the taxpayers and to
guard them against cxtortion upon every sidc."
The Mayor received letter from the company
above named yesterday. refutng tho Statements Of
the committee representing the various insurance
companies OF Brooklyn" in Attempting TO influence
his action They assert that the gas and insurance
companies are interviewer that their interests and
sympathics are identical. The gas companies, they
claim, have oppressed tho citizens and grown rich
through extortion and threc-fourtns of the citizens
OF Brooklyn have been obliged 20 resort to the of
kerosene In their bones and places Of business"
Hence They urge the adoption Of tho improved light,
which Will result, thcy say, In . saving Of $4,000
per snnurn.
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given in of disturbances at Limoges-how the
crowd to be dispersed. and how after the usual
summons. tho soldiers to hre, without regard
to the and children the crowd would
probably put in front. The report agrees with the
Major that all this coupled with the kilograms
above quoted, indicated coup dStot especially rs
the same orders were given elsewhere. On that
very day. moreover. the Minister Of the Interior
telegraphed TO several prefects:-"Les idees dc
resistance remporteat a rAysse" The report
urges that tho enterprise OF the 10th of May not
designed to obtain the assent of tho nation for in
that its authors would have resigned at latest
their first defeat in the Chamber but that 1t was TO
change the form OF government. Why the con-
pirators paused ut the last moment will perhaps be
known hereafter
PRINCIPAL AND AGENT.
The report maintains that the De Broglie Cabinet
formed this design and that the Rochebouer Cabinet
figures only the agent for carrying out. After
recapitulating the various charges 1t maintains that
they fall within tho Penal Code and that there is
serious presumption of the Ministry having been
guilty Of treason and betrayal of trust 1t therefore
concludes by proposing to the Chamber the follow
ing resolut;oa:-
oomfe,mably with article r. paragraph 2 q .hs Con;
Deputies caches before tho Senate the mcmbcrs OF the
Ministry of the 10Th Of May, 1877. headed by the Due
de Broe and Ut the Ministry of the Esd of November
1871 headed by NJ de Rochehouet Three commi sson-
taken from the Chamber Of Deputies shall be nom
mated by to take In its all the requisite measures
conduct tho impeachment before the Senate TO which
body the proscnt resolution and all the documents col
lected by the Commission OF Inquiry shall DO trans
mitted at the earliest moment
The report was listened to with few Interruptions
and at the close applauded by the Advanced and
Extreme Left tho Pure Left and Left Centre maintain
inn silence.
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A KAFFIR ON THE ZULU WAR.

Read by the light of recent cable dispatches tho
following extract from letter written in English by
educated Gaika KafBr-a member OK ssidilli's
trlbe-to gentleman in London is of interest. The
writer. whose letter is dated January 2s, says;--
War is now raging in Zululand. and really 1t is o
serious affair. terrible engagement on Wednesday.
oath inst. Ont OF LOO of colonel Gyn's column
only thirty escaped We are anxiousy waiting the
next news. Lord Chelmsford had tn 80 to Natal to
consult with Sir .Eartle. and every the from
tier has been ordered to keep himself in readi-
ness and by no means to leave It is further whis-
pcrci that the Pondos are agitating. The Basutos
also dissatisfied about the .Sprigg disarmament.
What the Zulu success will lead to 1t is difficult to
eay. fear the Fngocs here will not help very will
lingly, as they angry about the taking away of
their arms ut time when they were friendly TO
government. These arc anxious times for Sir Barte
Frero and the Sprigg Ministry also. fancy. What
OF the latters tall talk? And s this neces-
sary and unavoidable undertaking.? Is it?
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FRENCH AFRICAN EXPLORATION.

THE VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS IN THE DARK CON-
TINENr OF THE BELGIAN AND THE ALGERIAN
MISSIONARY FATHERs--THH ENGLISH IN
AFRICA.
The Able Debazc in charge Of the French cxpedi-
ton sent to Africa has written to tho Director Of the
Paris Observatory most interesting letter. full of
curious details. concerning the Ozark Continent
and the various expeditions which explor-
ing 1t. The letter is dated from Kuihara.
Taboza and was written the 18th of October. The
Able Debaize naturally begins with his own expedi-
ton. which had far been successful. He says
Yesterday the caravan Of the French sxpedlton With
fass flying and music Playing, entered Konkourou the
dovsrn". came out to re-
ceivc at tho to the capta and
vas. building the same az wns given 70 Csmsron when
and proud Tor abe honor o. the govern
men. Of the Republic that the French expedition promises
Ees one has r. and have mot Lost sngs hing
enjoy perfect health
A MISSIONARY EXPEDITION.
The other expeditions do not appear to be so we'll
favored. The Able Debaize aludes to two in par
tcular--namely the Belgian expedition aud that of
the missionary fathers OF Algeria. As regards the
Belgians he says:-
They have experienced troubles of AL kinds. At Nero.
revolt broke out in their camp Two hundred and
aa."sy valuable Goods Al MOa.pans a" ono %'s Of
him they killed ave Of the inhabants The whole Of tho
country roso and imminent. The English were
caravan deserted fresh servants bud to be found and a.
length the expedition reached Mirambo hut almost rane
The missionaries from Agerix. who going establish
stations Lake TanEanyka and in tho Uganda country
Ugogo They abandoned By their native servants,
stole several valuable chests from them They have
been month at Kuihar and will have equip them
selves.
EUROPEANS AND AFRICANS.
Tho writer proceeds to give somo interesting
Information about European established in these
parts, one NJ Philippe Broyon, native OF Switzer-
land
VI. Broyon about thirty three years age ne Is tall
thin aud muscular and looks like soldier. lie did
nesrsss whom he rescued fr" slavery lie was ofm "",
employed at Zanzibar but subsequently, took f. vcng
tried 70 his but Without s" "ss
for he does not like them However forced by necessity
he has accepted their offers and Is conducting
van Of merchandise for the English
AS regards one OF the monarchs OF Africa the Able
says:-
Mirambo enjoys in Europe reputation far beyond his
merits lie Is cruel ,yrant whose caprice 70 the only Law
bred men II he docs not make the Europeans pay the
and Tar mSrs way o !" to cvsy
white man who his country the Of blood Al
sicges the in return With demands which have
to 30 satisfied
The writer concludes with some remsrks respect
ing the doings Of the English. He SAYS
Tine &. e S
anuezi By it, not six months since they
there and already four handsome one houses have
compose all the personnel Of tho station; They
sr pr"ess The hpf;n have
Sra IN tho Uganda and fourth in u RI. power q
as' ns
prohibited they VIII 500" be forced TO leave the colonies
English will take their Mace
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chant tailor on Main street and the then Mrs. Oliver
and the one now involved in the ease was unques
tionably recognized his wife, After their separa-
ton she kept boarding house. She was then
rather handsome little woman short of stature, but
of well rounded FORM The sundering of her mar
rage ties did not to depress her Spirits for she
always bore smiling countenance. At what time
coxr
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ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOME.

APPLE tapioca pudding: Put one
half cupful of tapioca to boil; slice thin
large pudding-dish of apples, and
sweeten very sweet drown sugar pre-
ferred); then mix with the boiled tap
ioca and bake two or three hours in a
moderate oven, stirring occasionally till
the whole dishful becomes clear looking.
Eat cold with cream.
APPLE dumplings: Pare and scoop
out the core of six large baking apples
put part of a Glove and a little grated
lemon-peel inside of each, and inclose
them in bits of puff paste; boil them in
nets for the purpose or bits of linen, for
an hour. Before serving cut off small
bit from the top of each, and put in a
teaspoonful of sugar and bit of fresh
butter; replace the bit of paste, and
strew over them pounded loaf sugar.
ALL farmers know that spiders are of
great benefit in cow-sheds and stables
by destroying hosts of insects which
annoy the cattle. On the other hand,
the cobwebs, when they accumulate,
appear untidy and unclean. Should
they be kept away? In this case, as in
many others, middle course will be
found the safest and wisest. A COM
promise must be effected, and the nat.
ural habits of the spider make it easy to
decide what this should be. His own
love of cleanliness is such that when
once his web gets dirty or dusty he will
forsake it and spin himself another
home, SO that long standing accumula
ton may be safely carried away without
fear of disturbing him.
ONE of the most appropriate uses Of
an old fruit can that can be devised il
to make it contribute to the growth Of
new fruit to fill new cans, as follows
The can is pierced with one or two pir
holes and sunk in the earth near the
roots of the strawberry, or rather plant
The pin holes are to be of such size thai
when the can is filled with water thu
fluid can only escape into the grounc
very slowly. A quart can properly ar
ranged will extend it's irrigation to thu
plant for several days. Then the car
is reflled. This plan has been proved
success, and plants thus waterec
flourish and yield abundantly through
the longest droughts. Wherever watel
is scarce the planting of an old frui
can, as thus indicated by the Scientific
american. will be found profitable as
regular gardening operation.
JERSEY pumpkin pies: A Jerse,
woman, stirred up by the receipt o
Yankee Pumpkin Pies" published il
the Germantown Telegraph, sends be
receipt to the same paper, and recon
! mends it by telling the compliment he
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husband usually pays her during the
season of pumpkin pies: "My wife
makes the best pumpkin pies eat any
where" Here is the receipt: Cut the
pumpkin in half, put it in dripping
pan skin side down (after the seeds are
removed), in slow oven; bake until all
the good can be easily scraped from the
rind with spoon. If it is as brown as
nicely baked bread, all the better; mash
finely, and to one quart add quarter
of pound of butter while hot; when
cool, sweeten to the taste; one pint of
milk or cream (if cream be used three
eggs will be sufficient, if milk four will
be better), beat them separately, stir in
the. yolks, two teaspoonfuls of CHINA
mon, one of nutmeg, wineglass of wine
or brandy, lastly add the white of the
eggs, stirring but little after they are
added to the mixture, and bake in a
quick oven.
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Don't let the blood stagnate in your veins
You can prevent its doing so by increasing
it's volume and purity, by stimulating the
digestive organs, and encouraging assinila
ton, with that matcbless vitalizing agent
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. People moi
afflicted with any organic or inorganic dis
ease, grow wan and hsggard simply because
their blood is thin, watery, deficient in nour
ishing properties and so meager in guam.
tity that the extremities are very imper-
feet y supplied with it, and the superficial
circulation extremely feeble. Hence the
bloodless appearance of The countenance.
But when the Bitters are used to enrich and
quicken the blood, the rosy hue Of health
returns to the cheek, the frame acquires sub.
stance as well as vigor, the appetite i'm.
proves, and no digestive qualms interfere
either with its qualification or the subse.
quent tranquil ity Of the stomach.
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sltANlNeS FROM THE MUSE.
KENDALL.
BY AUGUSTA LARNED.


THE Elder Edda is collection OF ancient ballads
containing an account of the gods Of Scandinavian
and German my tholoSy. 1t was made by the native
priests of Iceland, who embraced Christianity about
the end Of the tenth century. Asenheim was the
country Of the gods, and Asgard was its prit cipa
city Odin was the chief of the gods Thor wa,
the strongest OF all the gods, and fought and con
quered the giants with his great hammer. Baldul
was the beautiful god of light and summer who wa,
slain by the malice of Loki an evil spirit. Hanii
was sometimes the champion OF 0din and Loki or
their clandestine visits to the earth.l
In the Elder Edda read it,
That volume of wonder lore
How Heimdall, god of credit,
Was Waterman at Heavens door
The sight of his eye was keenest
OF all in Asgardts towers,
For he saw when earth was greenest,
Pale autumn amid the flowers.
His ear was the best at hearing
OF sll above or below;
When the spring-time's step was nearing,
He heard the grasses grow.
he heard The talk Of the fishes
Deep down in the silent sea,
And even the unbreathed wishes
OF chick In its shell heard he,
he heard the feathers growing.
And wool on the old sleeps back,
And even the light cloud showing
Far off on the sunbeam's track.
he knew what birds are thinking
That brood DER the crowded nest
Ere their fedgelings eyes are blinking,
And the song is warm in the breast.
And why were his senses keener
Than all that magic cline,
Than Odn, and Thor, and Banir
And Baldur of Asenheim2
thipk-it is only guessing
Heimdall was loving as wise,
Aud nature who bent in blessing
Amounted his and eyes.
And should we but love undoubting,
Perebance, ah who can tell.
We might hear the com BLADE sprouting,
And the tiny le,f-bud swell.
st. Nicholas for February.
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A Sick $e.fatnr.

The excessive corpulency Of certain
United States Senator has long been the Butt
of editorial wit and spicy bon mots from the
pens of Washington correspondents. Few
persons have suspected that his obesity was
a disease, and liable to prove fatal Yet this
is the sad fact. Excessive fatDes is not only
di'ea in itself, but one liable to generate
other and more serious ones. Chemistry
has at last revealed a safe, sure, and reliable
remedy for this abnormal condit on of the
sys EN- in Alan's Anti-Fat Distinguished
chemists have pronounced it not only harm.
less but very beneficial to the system, while
remedying the diseased condition. Sold by
druggists.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-15

J. NORMAN LOCKER, the English
astronomer, has just discovered that
the bright lines of the solar chromosphere
are chiefly lines due to the not YET
isolated bases of fourteen so-called ele
ments, and that the solar phenomena in
their totality are in all probability due
to dissertation at the photospheric leveI
and association at higher levels. W.
knew this all the time, but didn't think
it was of sufficient importance to make
public. (P. S.-A "solar chromosphere'
is not religious weekly premium. y
NorvistoUn Herald
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How Farmers Lose MOney.-E

taking one or more good papers.
Keeping no account of farm operations,
paying no attention to the maxim that
81 stitch in time saves nine," in regard
to sowing grain or planting seed at the
proper time.
Leaving reapers, cultivators, plows,
ETC., unsheltered from the rain and the
heat of the sun. More money is lost in
this way annually than most persons
would be willing to believe.
Permitting broken implements to be
scattered over the farm until they are
irreparable. By repairing broken
implements at the proper time many
dollars may be saved-a proof of the
assertion that time is money.
Attending auction sales and purchas-
ing all kinds of trumpery, because in
the words of the vendor, the articles are
very cheap.
Disbelieving the principle of rotation
of crops, before making single expert
ment.
Allowing fences to remain unrepaired
until strange cattle are found grazing
in the meadow, grain fields, or browsing
on the fruit trees.
Planting fruit trees without giving the
trees half the attention required to make
them profitable. Colman's Rural We, Id.
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LOUISIANA is the largest grower of
sugar-cane of any of the Southern
States, though Texas and Florida swell
the annual yield considerably These
three States during 1861 produced more
than one hundred and ninety-one thous-
and tons of sugar, and from 1869 to
1873 Louisiana alone produced sixty-one
thousand, eight hundred and sixty-three
tons. This industry utilities the services
of fifteen thousand men, profitably
employs S25,000,000 capital and dis
penses in wages SO, 10000 annually.
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MALIGNANT AND SUBTLE INDEED is the
poison of Scrofula, and terrible are its raw.
ages in the system. They may, however, be
permanently stayed and the destructive
virus expelled from the circulation with
ScoyILL's BLOOD AND LIVER SYRUP, a
potent vegetable detergent hich eradicates
all skin diseases. leaving no vestige of them
behind. White swelling, salt rheum, letter,
assesses, liver complaint, and eruptions of
every description are invarlbly conquered
by it. Druggists sell it.
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THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HoARsENEss.--
All suffering from Irritation Of the Throat
Hodrseness will be agreeably surprised at
the almost immediate relief afforded by the
use of Bropn'S Bronchial Troches." % cts.
a box
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-15

THE Mason & Hamln Organ Co. are pro.
ducing superb instruments at very low
prices; not much more than prices of poor
est organs. Highest h nors at every worlds
exhibition for many years, and two highest
awards at the last and greatest at Paris, this
year, tell the story OF their superiority.
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For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WIN.
SLOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for
children with nevar-faling success. 1t cor.
reefs acidity of the stomach, relieves wind
collie, regulates the bowels, cures dysentery
and diarrh@a, whether arising from teeth.
ing or other causes. An old and well-tried
remedy. % cts. bottle.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-02-15

NOTHING is 80 wholesome, nothing
does so much for peoples looks, as a
little interchange of the small coin of
benevolence.
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In Paris the most fashionable furs are
very dark. and, indeed, black.
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TOPICS FOR THE FARM.
Durability Of the Catalina Woo,


At the late meeting of the Ohio Stanton
Horticultural Society, E. E. Barney ESQ.
of Dayton, read an essay on the catalpa
tree and its economic uses. Mr.. Barney
has been for number of years engaged
in gathering reliable information respect
ing the catalpa, and has reached the
conclusion that it is the most valuable
wood with which he is acquainted. He
exhibited many samples of the wood,
among others pieces taken from bar
post that had been in the ground for
seventy-five years, sections from the
part below the surface, and sections
showing the holes in which the bars were
inserted, all showing a remarkable
degree of preservation, and that it would
have been good for at least another quar-
ter of century. He also exhibited
samples 'showing that it was capable
of very high polish, and gave the
results of many experiments, to prove
its value as railroad ties, building
timber, etc.
There are two varieties of catalpa
found in this country, both of rapid
growth. One is the common or late
blooming variety, which is liable when
young, to be killed down by very severe
winters, but acquires hardness with
age The bark of this variety is light
colored, thin and comparatively smooth,
is somewhat of struggling grower when
planted single, but in groves seems to
grow erect and well shaped. The other
variety is of an erect habit of growth
and hardy, and for that reason the most
valuable variety for planting. 1t is
called the early blooming, and has dark
colored bark, rough or furrowed, resem-
bling the black locust of the same age.
Light FirewOOd for the Farm.-It is
slow work, says an agricultural exchange,
to make firewood of alders, and yet
many farmers have a plenty of them
growing around the edges of meadows
and in swamps, that are worthless, SO
far as any profit on their growth is con-
cerned, and that ought to be cut away.
Now that the ground is frozen and firm
they can be got al more readily than at
any other season of the year. Many
pastures are suffering also from the
encroachment of alders and other shrubs.
Now, would it not be worth while, slow
and tedious as it is, to sweep off these
scrubs and chop them up into kindling
wood? For little kitchen fire in sum-
mer they serve very good purpose, and
as kindling wood, at any season of the
year, when cut short and fine and dried,
they are very handy.
They might also be called invaluable
for these purposes. The jewellers in
cities have to pay thirty cents basket
for just this very stuff, alders and small
birches and other brushwood cut into
pieces of four inches long 1t is often
sold in large quantities under the name
of granular fuel and is the best and per-
haps the most economical kindling wood
that we can use. Now every farmer
has large quantities of this material
about his farm, and in many instances
it would be a positive improvement to
clear it up. This with the necessity of
trimming up of old orchards, will fur
nish large quantity of firewood, and
now is the time to secure it.