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, 1879-03-22


CHICAGO, March m.-Vhy shoul not the
womcn Of this fair land lead d movement Which
has for its object tho ropcaling Of license laws
ind Tho humiliation Of tho llquor traiflea BI
tho execution OF these laws n,ll tie existence uf
this trd1lc, next to the Victims Of fntunperancc,
aro they not the greatest sutrerers7
This Is begging tic whole question. The
privilege OF voting on tie llcenso question can-
not be conferred on women unless ihu Stuto
Constitution ia claneed. Tie liquor traffic can
not bo "apnlhllated by repeating the l!conso
LAWS All license laws ar0 repealed Ia Ot,to,
hut TINT has not annfGllatcd the. liquor tratl!e,
nor reduced The consumption Of spirits. Men's
ly repeating liccnsu laws. iii. sllpphcrd l,as
not becolnc Ii reformed man BY any such absurl
mode Of proceeding against dtpsomnn!a.-ED.l
And who 10 wellqualltlcd TO ba placed BY them
In tic ran Ut this movement fur the purpose of
reformed ment Suruiy appetite 1or. aicohultc
BtlMula!ts, md to tlnFo experienced the ue-
plorab!u effects TINT followed it, frequent graft
iicat!om, Huch as the loss Of posttlon, of ho,nc,
Of trieAls, Vi sclf-respuct, and TO bc reduced t0
condition Of ab)tct want md lsayo the finger
Of contempt pointed Vt him IL tle best WI, as
consequence, tho n1Ost suTessful y tNtlHencu
thu deyutco ol strong drink to totally abstaln
from its hanctul ust. and ber0tnu tlsrfui citi-
zen and willing worker ln tue tenperanco
Army.
A bloomington writer in TMn TRIBUNE OF to-
day would bave the world hclaevu that hurti-
dflukcra as rule afo Thoroughly dcbauchnd III
morals. liz ought To- know bcttor. Theirs arc
numbers OF reformed 1iletl-i1any of thrnl tn
this city to.tlay--tlut iayu prcservoa their i'll
tegri.y and honot unsullcu through long years
uf terfiols dissipation, und who wont1 sooner
lisve thtlr right arms severed from their eoales
than bring tliatlunor upon faHIlles, commit DO
lberalo perjury, betray high financial trusts, or
10 other mean acts tlat muny whE naru never
drank alcoholic liquor, but sho had the rsputa.
ttua ot being ''nuble" as well as "Ectlncu." !"
have done.
Let the good women select thctr own co.ouer-
ators from Among reformed men aud from
other sources for tsr!r great temperance Hluse.
Inent, approved, as ] belIeye 1t to Dv, OF Hod,
al,d lut captious critics Mlu1 pharla0es lind Hon0
less enuu6llnE work on which tn cxpet'd their
tnantal nDirtEisa GG TT RunilHRRll.
, 1879-03-22
RAPID TRANSIT.

10 fhs Editor a TIE 7'rihune.
BLOOMINGTON, H.. March ISL Gud In The
St. Louis Posi-D!.pateh Of March II an article
III relation to the extraordinary safety aud eli.
cheney, as shown by experience, of the elevated
railroads. now In use IN New York City, from
which article the following Is nm extract:
One Of tho wonderful achievements of American
genius. perhaps the moat wonderful since the con,.
peon ni th9 aa tae n m ot me tss
Eac En rsH1,p snn poaos.9p y tne sW sy9 u H.
s~sia ", ~, T. !, @ nir 81 ~ LIE
n1s Il 6aa ao far. n,oyet, snfrr linn m, raifrnsI
over tnc p!ains Or prafrles Tho New Y0rx Uer.;id,
r y lsst !,sue. sa!s a.sen..en to wha. i eaa
Ut. Thus far, It says, ihe SIxtil.ayenue line mad
been RAINING over H1o mnnt'is. and tho 'rhrd-aye-
mug !lfs neasy seven mouths nnd that there llad
ininry wbtc lad u1t bcs1, ca,,,ca nv tha rnrinus
w ,r Q. ~ ,e ts T.. ~ ~ % t9f %'as'anSs
ims thts titnn lid HIxth. i,nv has benr rsn
miuv about 01 trais ncF tay nnd. ~ It liz hen
r,nnf,,y ,,ntf .SfI II. thu frutr. ~ t..is 800
ui,,nn Ssyn nlrtndy midi ..;1 fp .r,ns ri,a ri, II
avsio ino ans ran oYor 0o trasns per div, nd, al
tina me- ggm nt @ h1s % yr os s TO- ton ho g
imcs q: nearly 4p0. Ubo tra,ns or tripsl. Sr over
iO5 000, UOO of pAssunRers tcutu,[nx ito doc ncr
~ }ninryi :r,nrc g. no nr,.r,rrt nr nnrS" ~ liz
shaw,n, '3'NsA - ''''
/ | aerce with the writer that this new system
Of elevated railroads In cities Ia "oue Of The
wonderful achievements OF American Eeu1us, :"
II IN known IN many II v,,,r rrn,f,r, lint ,1,o
ldcn Of utilizing the epac oyer tue centre bf tic
streeta Of cities for nnrposet of rant1 transft
.-... ~" ~, r.!,n "sa 'A". 1
oflelnatco Will COL lacAa1u L. Morgan' Jr', ot
this city, Whoso plnn In essential particulars Is
tl,u o,,n ntyp,tcd hv +,,o Mar yorl. rnf,-o,J.
,rc,tto,el +, tf,. r,rerofnr o,t,,,e
~" n"rn hrfnr. tns 1cn,.r, ~ ~, yoroo, Ia.
.,,n', T., 1ne 1HIn an, nis, Sta ,,",nn;1o s,,.,,
=" .l,a atm,rirnn Rbrtctv ri f,ivii Enmi'"os.
,,o'a l., 4sntt,hrr 7sTa ~ ,x,i, .an nAt,M.n,,i,
" sofa.ty ri hls nrn,f,s"d ,'an nf nyoi nj rn
,omy,rs h,t .hfcl, w,,rn ~ nra,1., ",'11 sta1.
nrn ,,;,, an ,s.r,1. y ,tcscn;rtinn T .ri,s
, 1879-03-22
The Kind Of Letters Paris Act
resses Receive.
A Prince Introduces 1Ilmsclf to
q Prisnn Donna.
How O Fond Father "Ta1ys" Hia
Daughter for Ton Francs.
Invitation to Dlssaot Orabs--0pen- " ork
Stockings and Lovo-Lotters.
Etc, ETC.,
Etc.

That clever Frenchmnn, Charles MonBe1et, in
vouno Of sketches entitled "pauter Flcurl,f
gives The following ns "specimen brtcks.n
Ihcy c1plaiu themselvcs:
, 1879-03-22
XIII.

To Jl''t. ClenattH of ths MtnaHs- IYafsirs:
Well, will YOU or wont you'll Yon havo been
amusing yourself with me for I1ftoeu days
l,ave hud enough, little onc--I wo.i't stand that
surt OF thing.
will come again tonight; but It Ia for tho
last time l insure you. Yes OF noa Yours
truly BouguuALA14.
, 1879-03-22
VII,

20 -Afe. n+rtnonH, ofEhs 1oyGts+ PdFlsttas:
olApEMoIBRLLs; farls at tha present day
!. ~ but ons voice !u praise Of your marvellous
0ent tn the art OF accentuastng tbs most daring
, 1879-03-22
x T..

70 fhs Lady 1rho Piays HE Part Of he Second 1ns
IN the Fairy itttt at The Gaiid.
DEAR LITTLE Mini: rccognizcd you at once,
Notwithstanding your Insect Disguise 'pon
honor. you look rcal jolly In TINT costume. The
friends ot the Elyseo skinned their eyes whcu
they saw you liko that. AS far as doing well Is
euuccrneti, you haye done well; We must think
ot t'it future. A1its-t,At must bc g0ot. busi-
ncss; they accumulate.
grown thinner; you c0ui1 not slng. lies
oranges dc mon etagercn rs you use'l to. 1t
sccma peuple take It easy In your bazaaF. You
must have lots to tell; 80 have I.
|. ! WILL expect you tomorrow, after the per
fornlancc. In the bcnr-saloon Of the Ruo St.
Martin. Try to bring tho "0enerai of tho But
tcrftes.n I'll stanl treat. Your
GuSTAyE.
, 1879-03-22
n.

=
TO N'fs. UeFdftsfd PaHfr!hd, at The Opera. HoH&s:
DEAR JxAHsrTrr: It te your o,d father WIN
ooatn onncn1s to yn1tr rcucrona heart for nssis,.
.nro
e'te'
say tint you already advanced me what was
10 receive ncxt mnntb, nn,1 even nrcscntcd mn
,rt,h ro,v f,ont, ,ont, u =. .r..rtrot1 In ~,
n, ~" usH .oat, 20 s'e.'.su .a,,.a =" 10y
my scusbfllty,-anl you do not hesitate to re.
eye The unfortunate. even tt1usu of your own
fnm.Ir Thcrcfor. think vn,, viii rost mar,
nnnim,,a nvn m i'm 1,sfrcas nf III lin ~ L. wt,".n
xam ns" ,o,;r tont nn vo,. .saiiv a,,n"rnot.
Sa w. ~ ", ,o ,an's 'n, u s,
Il. "onsno,;cnnc ~ +'0''''' 'n' 'Ao'' '"'''
"D t,t D.u.sVtasnee. t'a.'..., .,..,x <a., ..,,Lu,
, 1879-03-22
III.

TO JfdIen'otsel1s FtatreaH. at the Tdu1trllIe:
MADEMotsELIE: There is the Cafo Anglats,
where ons is very comfortable; there Is the
MaIsou d'Or, wtcru one dimes uccord[ng to tho
rules Of art; there ia Voatn, whose cellar is It.
tcusoachablc.
In which Of fheso tlirue restaurants Is It your
pleasure that no disscrt sone crabs a Ia Vnr!t-
laIsc, nnd liscuss tie qualities OF Branns.Mou-
toni
They say you handle knife and fork to per-
lection, am curious tn SEQ II It bu true.
I! you will bring two friends, / wifi invite two
Of mine, the Dnron du Haldcac ant Capt. A line.
YOU tnust know tIem, at least by na,no.
ID 1t understood JosE DE MORALES.
, 1879-03-22

Ute. Fabtant, at tho 9pn,nasf:
Our Aouse Is In tile habit OF settling with
tetf customers at tho end Of every scason.
Consequently wo have the honor to send you
your bill, amounting to the sum Of II 4oo2 francs
and so eentlules.
!, We will os obliged, Madcmo3sc.le, II you &C.
Enuwleuge It's receipt, und name the day We can
&la 10 ron for the money.
We hayo the honor, Madcmotselto, otc.,
LYDIA ApCMnR & Co,
, 1879-03-22

LYDIA AoCMHR q Co.
vi.
Me. AnAa, at The Tar|ttiss:
MADAME; You have turned NC cut OF dooye,
Ind tFeatcd mo As the vt1est Of humanity. And
!tt always was good servant, II soy It tllat
Shouldn't. Ny only fault was borrowing your
opei''work stockings, Without letting yos know,
y order to 20 to the ball Of Chaseau.Isougo.
They were so old, AMI 80 bad that n,Y toes ca,,o
through in the fifth quatlrlle. Anybody would
Msak had stoleY tAs Va,.de,Grasc. You wera
Without pity for O poor gtrl. Things would
aasu beeu otherwise II / had had tina to run to
W barracks Whero my bsothcr-in.law, thu
Ahitaf -
!ought to be angry,-anybody elss would Try
~ bc reyengcd,-but !, I have no nlore gall
!a !aaa ay; the la!rywoman, Mn,e. Lpse'G,n.
.au 90 this morning. Tbs proof 10 That wish
~ tcli you nat Just found, Ia the bottom OF
af trunk, three letters OF III. Paul, yuur
Er. nEYer. They are addressed to you. l don't
!oa sut them there 10 INJURY ine. esll!, 1t ia
'erY extraordinary,
fou can con,e for them where am staying
1I9~' Avenue rourviiie, Hotel do Jura, Noofi
t. e; DON'T BE- afraid Of uy alludng to tie past.
nhat ls past ls past. As 1e9aEds tho tctturs,
to1 ean csl!u,1te yourself tic compensation
~ ~ eutttled to. / hopo You will not hIgste
~ ntuut sale prtea, Tor you know that II I took
ss men, 10 the Count Of II. 0rionneau, thosa
'sMMt!leEnen would paY ule wIlnteYer askel.
at1us Tor the hoaor VI your yislt, Mme.
JosKrHlHn luRaoT.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05
Cumberland Coal Trade.

The shipments from the mines OF the
Cumberland coal region for the week end.
ing March 20 were 26,507 tons, and for the
year to that date $50, 500 tons, an increase
OF 100 tons as compared with the CORE.
spending period Of 1878, The shipments
to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for the
week were 90,11O tons; for the year, 1885,.
425 tons, an increase Of 81, IA tons as com.
pared with 1873. The shipments to the
Pennsylvania Railroad were, for the week,
1881 tons, for the year 3S, 1856 tons, an In.
crease OF 27,68S tons as compared with last
year. The shipments by the Chesapeake
4 Ohio canal for the week were 2,2S5 tons,
being the first shipment for the season.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05
Medical EIrects OF onions.

lIants Advertiser.
A mother writes: "Twice week in
varIably-and it was generally when We
had cold meat minoed-I gavo the child,
rem dinner which was hailed with de.
light and looked forward to; this was q
dish Of boiled onions. The little things
knew not that they were taking the best
OF medicine for expelling what most child
rem suffer from-worms. Mine was kept
free by this remedy alone. Not only boil i.
ed onions for dinner, but chiyss also they
were encouraged to eat with their bread
and butter, and for this purpose they had
tufts OF Chives in their gardens 1t was a
medical man who taught me to eat boiled
onions as specific for a cold in the chest.
He did not know at the time, till l told
him, that they were good for anything
else." A case Is now under our own
observation, in which rheumatic patient,
an extreme sufferer, finds great relief
from eating onions freely, either cooked
or raw. He asserts that It is by no means
a fancy, and he says so after having per.
sistently tried Turkish baths, galvanism,
and nearly all the potions Of plasters that
are advertised Us certain alternatives or
CureG,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05

From the Darlington HaWksys.
The Burlington young man who went
to Leadvillein February to make his for.
tune, returned home yesterday evening,
having made It. He reports the walking
from Leadville to Pueblo as terrible, but
from that point on as far East as Lauard
It improved, and from Lanard to Usage
City he got along with comparatively little
fatigue and nothing to eat; from Usage
City to Atchison the walking grew rapidly
worse and his fatigue increased out Of oil
to his rations, aud from Hop.
kinS to Burlington the walking was so
beastly that the occasional lifts be was
able to beg or steal on freight trains didn't
count for anything. He expressed him.
self as highly pleased with I.eadville, and
thinks Of going back again, but not this
century. He excuses the style OF his raj.
ment by saying that nobody in Leadyille
wore any more than one leg In their pan.
falcons.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
10000 TICKETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH,
HALF TICKETS ONE DOLLAR,
LIST OF PRIZES.
APPROXIMATION PRIzFs.

AhOuuluk tu's''s fUQ
Responsible corresponding agents wanted al ali
will be PAID.
Application for rates TO clubs should only DO made
70 the home office In New Orleans
formation or send orders 10
II. A. DAUPHIN,
P. 0. Box Goa, New Orleans La.
AIour Grand Extraordinary Drawings are under The
supervision and management Of Geu'is q, I, BEAU.
REGARD and J. A. EARLY. mhi2.wS4W
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05
What the Jeltles are DoIpE for New OF.

Mr.. smalley, the New York Iribmss
correspondent, wrote the other day from
Port Eads full description Of the Missis-
sippi iettics, and remarked: "The advan.
taGe of the improvement to commerce is
incalculable. In the one item Of cotton
ireights the saving is one dollar bale,
which In single year amounts to nearly
the entire cost Of the jettics. To realize
how much the jetties have already done
for the commerce OF New Orleans one has
only to sail along the river front Of the
city, where ! counted last week no fewer
than one hundred and twenty large
square-rigged sailing vessels and eighteen
ocean steamers. Fully four.ftths Of these
ships and steamers come from foreign
ports for freights OF cotton and grain.
There are now regular steam lines between
New Orleans and Liverpool, Bremen,
Havana, Galveston, Vera Cruz and New
York, and frequent trips are made by
steamers not attached TO regular lines to
Havre, Southampton, London, Antwerp,
Rotterdam, Genoa and many other for.
eign ports.n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05

deacon Wilder, l want you to tell me
how you kept yourself and family SO well
the past season, when all the rest Of US
have been sick SO much, and have had the
doctors running to us SO long"
! used Hop Bitters in time and kept my
family well and saved large doctor bills.
Three dollars worth Of It Kept Us oil well
and able 10 work all the time, and ! will
warrant It has cost you and most Of the
neighhors ono to two hundred dollars
apiece to keep sick the same time. ! guess
you'll take my medicine hereafter" See
ether column
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05
MsnasuI<
FEVER and ,AGUE
LIVER r. PAD.
LIVER COMPLAINT AND DYSPEPSIA.


FITTsbCKudI FA'I .. o. JAns ~ letus
EGYPTIAN LIVER PAD Co. Dear Sir: For nearly
six years have been afflicted with diseased liver and
dyspepsia with all Its train Of aches and palms, %
much 80 that my very existence became NJ times
burden to me. Ono year ago, while IN Springfield,
ILL.,, contracted severe cold, which resulted In
violent attack Of gastric fever slpce which time have
suffered untold misery, and all the horrors growing
out Of such disease including deep-seated palm a
The pit Of my stomach and rheumatic pains In the back
and limbs. During the past year have been bllster-
ed, Cupped, leeched and druHged without receiving
any permanent RELIEF and on several occasions my LIE
has been despalre Of aud during all thus time have
not single day been free from pain In my stomach.
AT last when almost 10 despair, was persuaded 10
try an Egyptian Liver Pad AZ the expiration Of one
week began to Improve; the pains ID my stomach
were gone, the rheumatic pains sOou left me- and my
complexion underWentA 0mplete change. may ale
ly say that am cured, l cannot do leAs under the
circumstances than write aud thank you for my 70.
StoTaIIOn TO health, and tell you think the Egyptian
Liver Pad Is the mosl wonderful medicine ever saw
make II point 10 recommend II 10 all my friends
who have liver troubles, and am now watching two
friends who are using the Pad on my recommends
tlon they are getting along hney and are full Of the
hope Of 6eing ultimately restored 10 health. eneloee
two dollars for two Pads for friends Of mine think
you will sell good many Pads here rs my cure has
made them famous,
Gratefully your, T. k.'BARCLAr.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05

&eaSenTiHs AOoommodatiOa-Ieaye, Bella,rs a, A.
M Bridgeport 500 p M; arrives al SteubSnTillS ~
We nj IeaTea steubenIille At $40 ., M: BriJSS'
pen Ky nj arrives At BelIliro al S2S d. m,
IN rs. Ts. "a b1ggage Cheeks TO all principal point,
Once In Bridgeport 'N'''N ~ tas A'eAss
FIR. MYERS,
6ansTal Passenger and Ticket AGENT
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-05
1n1msausa.
MNEW pEpARTuRE.n
GENERAL INSURANCE BUSINESS,

1bsg leave 70 inform my friends and The public
generally that I can b found a 100 Main Street,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1879-10-11
Artificial Amber.

2mokers will be startled to learn that a
false amber can now be produced so like
the real that the most experienced eyes
may be deceived. The genuine is simply
fossil resin, and the imitators, starting
from that point, have adopted as basis
OF their falsiiications fresh resins which
they treat in such manner as to give their
products all the appearance and most of
the qualities of the true article The most
esteemed of the latter are procured on
the coast Of the Baltic, and come from
submerged forests of pine, very similar to
those now in being, which are In the state
o. Ignite, that is to say, between the con-
dition of coal and that OF peat. The am
Der accompanying this Ignite is generally
found in round masses. the form ordi-
nsrily assumed BY oozing gums. The SUBJ
stance principally used in the imitation
article is colophony Ia resin produced By
the decomposition of turpentine,) but
many other ingredients are made use of
TO gire 1t the requisite qualities So per-
feet is the imitation that the false amber
has the electrical properties of the true,
and some ingenious producers have even
managed to Introduce into the substance
foreign bodies, insects, etc, TO render the
resemblance more striking, and enhance
the value accordingly. Notwithstanding
the accuracy of the imitation, means exist
OF detecting the false from the true. Gen.
uine amber requires heat of from 2s5
deg. to 290 deg. Centig. (545 deg. 10 $50
deg. Fahrenheit) to melt it, while the
spurious substance becomes liquid at q
much lower temperature. Moreover
while the real article is only slightly at
tackled after very long time by ether and
alcohol, the imitation rapidly loses its
polish in contact with these liquids and
soon becomes soft. With numerous sun all
pieces of true amber lump of much
greater value can be formed. All that has
10 be done is to moisten the surfaces to be
united with caustic potass, and press
them together while warm, when they
produce transparent and homogeneous
mass.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1879-10-11

Some evil disposed person has drop
ped hard substance, supposed to be q
bar of steel, into the tube of the new ar
tesian well, thus preventing any further
progress in the boring. Mr.. Mccain is
experimenting with hope of removing
the obstacle, which weals out every
auger sert down. His efforts 80 far, we
regret to say, have been unsuccessful.
This is indeed a fiendish piece of deviltry,
and the law scarcely provides a penalty
sufficiently severe for the culprit. This
enterprise has been watched with great
interest, and the wish has been universal
that the result might be a complete sue
cess. There is no line of development
of greater importance to Arizona than
that of artesian well boring and enter
prisos of this character should be given
every possible encouragement. We trust
the present obstruction will be speedily
removed and that the offender may be
unprecedented and properly punished
Citizen.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1879-10-11
ARIZONA SENTINEL.
Okra (Hi6;cus esclleHtaIs.)

This vegetable, so highly favored in the
South, so healthy, nutritious and easy Of
culture, is totally unknown to thousands
of Northern families, while Southern
dlnne--in season-w;thout it, would be
considered incomplete. Served as soup,
with green corn and tomatoes, it has no
equal; nor has it when stewed, fried, or
prepared il many other ways. 1t is also
cut in rings or sliced, aud dried for winter
use.
The Okra Is tender herbacsous an.
nual, resembling the Hollyhock plant,
bearing its flowers end edible pods, like
1t, in the axis of the leaves. The flowers
also, in shape and size, resemble that of
the single Hollyhock It's color is a
creamy white, and it is related to both
the Hollyhock and Cotton plant. The
culture of Okra is simple field culture,
and since it feeds principally on mineral
matters, it requires as fertilizer but six
hundred pounds of good wood ashes or
four ,aulred pounds OF some good CON-
Ineicial fertilizer to the acre. The soil
for Okra should be light and warm. It
should be broken deeply, as early in
spring as practicable, with SPADE or pillow
as circumstances demand The fertilizer
should then be scattered and narrowed
in. As soon as soil and weather get
warm enough to plant corn and beans, the
land is laid off IN rows three feet apart,
and the seed-having been previously
soakcd-is planted from four to six inches
apart, according to its quality. 1t would
be proper here to remark that the seed
does not germinate freely and under un-
favorable conditions, such as cold, wet
weather, it will frequently rot in the
ground. As soon as the plants are three
Inches high, thin to eighteen inches All
that is now requisite till frost is a clean
shallow culture
AS soon as the pods have attained two
thirds of their full size, they are ready for
gathering. This is done at first once a
week; later, twice, and when the plant is
in full bearing, as often as once day, in
order not to allow the pods to get too old
ard tough. The pod is in proper condi-
ton for gathering when it breaks easily
from the stalk, or when its point breaks
when held under slight pressure of the
thumb. The rough, hairy surface of the
plant is very irritating and produces s.
burning sensation, and persons with ten
der skins, when gathering Okra without
gloves. frequently get swollen hands
from its effect. Where the skin is expos.
ed, this burning may be partly or wholly
relieved by bathing in strong salt water.
CHAs. DEcKNRR.
Fulton Co., Ga.-Rural Neau Yorker.
The "gumbo soup" so famous through
out the Southern States Is made from the
Okr9, and ia in great favor in the West
India islands as 8 vegetable and in SOUPS
It is there called qpimbomb6. 1t should
be added to the vegetable gardens of Ari-
zona. We have seen small lots of It for
sale in the Yuma markets.