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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
1ancaster fmtelligellrer.
MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1880.
The Value OF Manure and the Price of
Land.

Lana.
Germantown Telegraph.
A correspondent OF one of our exchanges
makes a novel proposition. that the price
of manure is usually in ratio with the
price of land /; and that knowing one We
may be able to form an estimate of the
other. He puts it in this way: If land
is one hundred dollars an acre, we may be
tOlerably sure We cannot buy manure Tor
dollar horse load, as we generally can
when the price of land is below that flg-
ure. And he goes on to show that when
land goes to two hundred dollars an acre
the price of manure is pretty sure to he
two dollars hOrse-lOad.
As we have said this is novel way of
putting things but it is a proposition which
the experience Of everyone teaches is true
in enough of instances to lead us to accept
it as correct. Being true, it gives us a
new idea of the value of the manure heap,
much as We may have appreciated it be-
fore.
The manure question, as it is put to US
at the East, is seldom met properly.
Many good farmers, it is true, take in
fully what it means. We know of some
who if they have not made a cent in cash
by one years operations, but can show a
large heap of manure in the barnyard,
regard themselves as fully paid for all
their labors; yet these excellent persons
when they 60 to rent or buy farm, often
quite overlook the difficulties or facilities
of procuring manure.
1t is a question whether the success of
many men at farming or gardening, sup
posed to depend ON their unusual industry
or skill, is not rather the result Of a lucky
accident of convenience as regards manure.
Certainly it is question of the utmost
Importance and should never he lost sight
of, and especially by those, of whom there
are many every year, who go into farming
without much previous experience. We
have known many fail just here. All know
that crops will not grow without manure !;
but if We have to pay s1.5O or So load for
it, when the land is not worth one hundred
dollars an acre, it is like paying twenty per
cent. for money. We cannot do it long.
And yet it is a singular statement that the
more land is worth the more we can afford
to pay for manure to fertiliZe it /; but there
is no doubt of its truth. OF course there
is time when land is worth SO much that
it does not pay to crop it at all; it is only
of value for building purposes. This is
another matter. But when it pays to crop
high priced land at all, it will pay to ma
nurc it at almost any cost; which it will
not do in low-priced land.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04

From the Hub.
There is perhaps no tonic offered to the pcO-
pie that possesses as much real intrinsic value
as the Hop Bitters. Just at this season of the
year, when tile stomach needs an appetizer or
the blood needs purifying, the cheapest and
best remedy is Hop Bittcrs. An ounce of pre-
vention is worth a pound of cure. don't wait
until You are prostrated by Il diseases that may
take months tor you to recover in.-IOst0h
Globe. jl2wd&w
Extract from IA letter from Beckett Il Griffin,
Druggists. Monroe, n. Z.
MONROE, Dec %, 1879.
We have no hesitation in saying that your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure is the most eff
cient combination tor obstinate Kidney Dis
eases we have ever knOwn-and we have no
mcagre experience, our DIR. Biskett being 4
practising physician for nearly twenty years.
jl2wd&w BECKETT GRIFFIN.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
Gloves.

| An sortment OF
Gloves like we are now
iable to show has never
vet been seen in this city.
We have every imagin-
liable istyle now and our
prices are most aStOnish-
ing to everybody.
| BERLIN GLOVES.
! One Full Elastic l3c a
pair. Two Full Elastic l5c
u pair. Three Full Elastic
l9c a pair.
Regular Made Gauze
IGlOves, ? Full Elastic 25c
Ia pair. The Finest Eng
liSh Lisle GauZe Gloves
Silk Mixed in fine shades.
2Full Elastic SAC q pair.
Full Elastic 4Oc a pair.
Full Elastic 4Sc a pair.
Fine French GauZe fine
Ribbed Top SIC a pair.
! Our assortment of Lace
Top Gloves is unequalled
and the prices lower than
lever.
| Lace Top Gloves in
Light Shades 23c a pair.
Embroidered Lace Top
Csc a pair.
Fine Extra Long Lace
Top, 3 Full Elastic SIC "A
pair. Full Regular Made
GauZe Gloves, Fine Lace
Top 35c a pair. Extra
Long 3 Full Elastic SOC.
We also have a large as
sortment of finer goods,
which we are selling at
equally low prices.
Ladies' Lace Mitts in
Black and Colored from
2jc a pair up.
All Silk Mitts Extra
Long in White Cream,
Pink, Blue, &C., 5sc a pair.
Ladies' Full Regular
Made Lace Mitts. Childs'
Silk and COlored Lace
|Mitts OF all sizes. Childs'
Lace Top Gloves.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
lDfantS'S Socks.

Infants White Socks
SC a pair.
Infants White Regular
Made l7c a pair.
Infa nt's Hair-striped
l5c a pair.
Infants White with Col
ored Clocking 25c a pair.
Infants Pink and Blne
Open-worked Socks 25c Il
pair.
An equally large assort-
ment of Infants n Hose.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
CHILDS' STOCKINGS
From lOc uD.

All first-cIasS goods
We have received this
week about 90 new styles
of Imported Stockings
from No. 5 to 81. which
we are selling from IL tC
SIC a pair.
Childs' Embroidered
Centre Stockings, Pink
and Blue Open-worked,
Unbleached Balbriggan,
UnbleachedOpen-wOrked
Lisle, Fine Embroidered
Front, all Open-wOrkcd,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
FLOWER DEPARTMENT.

The Latest Novelties in all the
FLOWERS. Best Display of Fine
FRENCH FLOWERS in the city
Can be seen now at
25N. QUEEN STREET.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
MEDICAL.
Brandy as a Medicine.

The following article was voluntarily sent to
Mr.. ii. +. Slaymaker, Agent for Reigarts Old
Wine Store, by a prominent practising physi,
clan OF this county, who has extensively used
the Brandy referred to in his regular practice.
1t Is commended to the attention of those at
flicteu with
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
Gents Half Hose.

Unbleached Full Regu-
lar Made l4c a pair.
Superfine British 15c q
pair.
Silk ClOcked Balbrig
gans Full Regular Made
25c a pair.
Fancy Socks from l5c a
pair up.
Fancy Socks, Full Reg
ular Made 25c u pair.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04

Trains connect ut Reading with trains to and
from Philadelphia, Pottsviile, Harrisburg, Al
trains to and from York, Hanover, Gettysburg,
Frederick and Baltimore.
A. NJ WILSON SuDt
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04
Indigestion and Dyspepsia
BRANDY AS A MEDICINE.
REIGART'S OLD BRANDY,

or all their ills and aches. BE it, however
strictly understood that we prescribe and uSs
but one article. and that is
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04

DENNSYLyANlA KAlLROAD-NEN
II SCHEDULE-On and after SUNDAY
MAY 23d, $780, trains on the Pennsylvania
Railroad will arrive and leave the Lancaster
and Philadelphia depOts As follows:
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04

FOUNDERS IND MACHLNISTS.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04

ID EADING AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD
IL On and after MONDAY, MAY lOrH 1850
passenger trains will run on this road .ss iol-
Iowa.
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TTOSTETTER'S BITTEk'S FOR SALE AT
I1 Locher's Drug Store. East King street.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-04

Pink, Blue and Cardinal
Heavy Embroidered SIC 8
pair.
Ladies' Open-workeG
Lisle Thread Hose.
Ladies' Black Balhrig
Igans Clocked with White
!for Mourning.
Ladies' all Black Eng
lish Lisle Hose, the Fines,
Imported.
! Our as so rtment OF
Ladies' Fancy Hosiery il
very large and prices eX'
tremely low.
100 dOZ Pin Striped Hose
for Ladies', Seamless, l5t
a pair.
| 15O doz Fancy Embroi
dered Centre and Seam
less at 25c 4 pair.
=! Ladies' Best English
Cotton Hose Hair-lined
Ingram COlOrs ut 33c 4
pair.
The same goods with
Silk ClOcking 44c a pair,
| Ladies' Fine Lisle Hose
Open-worked Fancy Col
l1nnI Tnnfrn SSn n ,,ai,.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
Ancient Modes of Torture.

Everybody who goes to Nuremburg must
visit the torture chambers. One almost
writhes at sight of the rack which 400
wears ago was IN actual use, and trembles
at the presence of the Iron Virgin, as she
is called. 1t is an Iron case in the shape
OF woman with folding doors, which open
in front. The victim stepped inside, and
the doors, into which are fastened eight
sharp spikes which pierce the eyes, were
gradually shut. 1t was a SLOW death, and
long dreadful hours passed, during which
the spikes were driven deeper, until at
last some vital spot was reached. After
death a small trap door was opened and the
poor fellow dropped into machine in the
room below, where he was cut into bits
about three inches long, and then thrown
into the canal. Te see such things makes
one glad to live in the 10Th century, where
even the worst criminals are at leasttreated
with that mercy which ought always to
temper Justice. The object of the olden
time was to keep villain alive as long as
possible To-day, on the other hand, we
are trying to devise some means by which
death may be caused painlessly and sud-
denly. There is one instrument in this
torture chamber however, which we would
like to see revived. II IS frame work in
which those who adulterated food were
placed for punishment. Their heads and
hands were firmly tied, and then the whole
thing was let down by strong rope into
the river. The criminal was ducked anti
he promised to commit the offence no more
and then ducked once again, just to empha
size his promise.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
q ofns.

Usually" said Mr.. Carter, ''young men
who are in position TO handle much
change begin to notice the old American
cents and TO lay them aside. They soon
become interested in making a complete
series of them and the tast then develops.
Soon they begin with half-dimes and then
dimes. Then the appetite grows and they
undertake a collection of quarters, and so
they 60 through halves and dollars. Though
in the American mint series there is moth
ing Of interest but the date, still curiously
enough the few rare dates in fine condition
will command higher prices than the rare
coins OF almost any other series In war
times, when money was high, | have known
an American dollar Of 1904 to sell for 500,
and since then dollars of that date have
several times brought as much as $500.
American cents of 1898, 1893 and 1904 are
very rare and bring high prices. OF course
much of their derived value depends on
their condition and color. A coin that
does not show the marks of circulation and
still bears the mint lustre is much esteem
ed Some collectors take great pride in
matching their series in color, and while
one has taste for purple cents another
prefers the olive"
''Is not this costly diversion!'
"Tse American coins can be collected,
with few exceptions of very rare coins,
at slight cost. Blu. frequently when
fathers are called upon to pay the bill for
the collection which their sous have made
they begin to take an interest in the sub
iect. In my own ease of course wanted
to do something little better than my son
had done, and | began collecting ancient
Roman and Greek coins, in which | took
much interest. In these old coins | found
link to the dead past, and when read of
Greek and Roman wars and hold il my
hand coin of the dates in question. or
commemorative of some battle or some
fighting emperor, | feel that have some
targible connection with the events wl';ch
otherwise must seem too long past to be ni
much interest in this age. The Roman
coins are interesting for the portraits which
they bear of the emperors. And thus one
becomes interested IN the history Of the
neople who bought and sold with these
antique and misshappen pieces OF stamped
metal"
"What, Mr.. Carter, is the assurance Of
the genuinencss of these old coins, and how
can one trace the coins from the Golfers OF
Commodus through the ages TO the collec-
tors cabinet, tor instance, in modern
Brooklynl'
at is difficult to explain how We know
a genuine antique. But there are no tws
ancient coins alike in shape and appear
ance. and an expert will sort out the coun-
terfeits-which are common, and, as | I'M
derstand are manufactured iQ quantities in
Birmingham-as readily as bank teller
will detect the bad bills which may pass
through his hands. The appearance of q
genuine old coin is unmistakable and in
| innifshIe
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
SkeletO caves.

At a recent meeting vi tne scientific COM
mittee of the Royal British Horticultural
Society some beautiful specimens of skele-
ton leaves were shown, the exhibitor stat
ing that they were prepared in accordance
with these general principles: For the dis
section of leaves maceration is too long and
tedious, TO say nothing Of the uncertainty
as to the results. The use of alkah in sat-
urated solution is preferable, the specimens
to be introduced while the liquid Is heated
to boiling point. The time of immersion
is to be regulated by the character OF the
various leaves, and the nature of the epi-
dermis to be removed. When the speci-
men is freed from ep;dermis and cellular
tissue, it must be subjected to the action Of
chlorine TO destroy the coloring matter.
The introduction Of peroxide of hydrogen
serves not only to render the lace like speci-
mems purer in color, but preserves il also.
In destroying the colOring matter in ferns
this is also invaluable; added to the chlo-
rine il gives q solidity 10 the bleached
fronds, and appears to equalize the action
of the chlorine. For skeletOniZing cap
sules. the slow process of macerstion by
sleeping in rain water is alone available-a
moderate heat may be applied to hasten
the process, but alkali is useless. The only
known flower which can be dissected is the
hydrangea japonica. The fbrOus nature Of
the petals renders it easy to skeletOnize in
the perfect trust in which it grows. Skele-
tonized leaves and capsules appear 10 gain
in the process toughness and durability
not possessed by them in their natural
state.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
NO. 19.

plainest fare for the sake of cool quarters
When, however, the temperature Of the
water allows him TO follow the shad and
ish to the shore, he never travels alone; if
ne is not accompanied by family, he takes
50 much company with him that those who
extend hospitable seines to receive him
AXE sometimes as many rs thirty thousand
ish at single haul.
The cod is wonderfully prolific, deposit
ing from three TO seven MILLIONS Of eggs at
time. 1t not only prefers to spawn 10
he winter months, but in the coolest water
It can find, and yet avoid an icy coyerlet;
Temperature of thirty-two degrees is the
favorite, while nothing above forty degrees
IS tolerated The largest spawning grounds
Of the cod are in the vicinity of the Lof-
Soden Islands, though the American mem.
oers Of The family put up with such accom-
nodatiols Us they can ind near home
The domestic arrangements Of this fish are
50 informal that the eggs have no special
abiding place, nor any protection what
ever. OF the millions of eggs that are de-
posted by a single female, not more than
a hundred thousand, probably not moro
than ten thousand, result in iull-grown fish
Like the small boy who, if he could not
whip larger boy, could at least make
iaces at his sister, the small fish upon which
.he cod preys find delicious revenge in eat
ing the eggs Of the latter, wniie the mass
Of ''low down. inhabitants Of the ocean are
true to the instinct of lOw-downers every
where to prey upon ar.s ocracy, patio Ilar-
~ upon the younger sci0ns threof. 1t is
probable, too, that many OF the eggs which
escape the keen eyes of searchers after
deicacies do not become fertilzei.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
A HJgh-Toned Cook.

Mrs Vandewater has lately experienced
a great deal Of trouble in securing a good
servant girl. The last one she had was
told to boil an egg in the coffee, and she
put il in whole. On another occasion,
when instructed to stuff the ducks with
onions and potatoes, she put them in whole.
She also made apple pies in similar man
ner. Her predecessors were equally neg
ligent and ignorant, and Mrs. Vandewater
determined to have better girl at all
hazards. 1t was with the intention of Sc
curing one that she went to the city. She
went TO an intelligence Office and asked to
be shown some of the best specimens in
stock.
A burly girl Of thirty-two stepped for
ward, and the following dialogue took
place:
''Can you cook in tie French styles"
''Yes, num-"
Scan you ge. up German dishes ~
'-Yes num-"
81 suppose you are church member -
"Yes."
''You have no objection to splitting
wood?"
'Not any,"
''What time do you wake up in the morn
ing?"
''Five o'clock; and l can play the gui-
tar"
''You never kindle fires with kerosene 2"
'Neyer, missus, never; and aint strong
minded. | amt in favor of women vot-
ing"
She suited first-rate; but before she con-
sented to be engaged, she wanted to ask
some questions:
"How many folks in the fanlilyi"
Five
Husband drink any?"
"No."
''Do your daughters whistle 'pinafore'
airsl"
"Never."
''Have you any oil paintings in the house,
and Administer tapestries, and pots of hya-
cinth on the shelfl'
81 have"
''Have | got to hunt of book agentsi"
''rm never troubled that way."
do you expect me to wash the dog,'
Il have none"
'Do your boys go out grabbing and come
home covered with mud, and have four
shirts apiece in the wash every week."
''sly children are all girls"
'What part of the city do you live imp
81 live in Paterson, n. j."
''Then you can't hire me- / don't
go to the country if knows myself My
beau don't get through work till seven
O'Clock, and by the time he'd get shaved
and put on his swallow-tsil coat and get
out to Paterson, it would be breakfast time.
| don't want conntry in mine. I'm city
gall
Then she took her plsce on the bench,
and waiting for an eligible employer to
come along.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
sand Pillars.

We have often witnessed phenomenon
on the sandy plains of Central Asia, which
accounts in some measure for the innum-
erable sandy mounds that are found In
some regions. When seen at a distance
for the first time, it made a strong impress
sion upon my mind. About twenty pill
lars were in view, wheeling round and lick
ing up the sand. As they passed along a
cloud of dust was raised on the ground,
apparently eight or ten yards in diameter.
This gradually assumed the form of a
column, that continued to grow in height
and diameter as ii moved over the plain,
appearing like q mighty serpent rearing
his head aloft, and, twisting his huge body
into contortions in his efforts to ascend.
The pillars were of various sizes, some
twenty or thirty feet high, other fifty,
sixty, and one hundred feet, and some as
cended TO nearly two hundred feet. As
the whlrlwinds began gathering up the
dust one might have fancied that antedilu-
Wan monsters were rising into life and
activity. The smaller ones seemed TO trip
1t lightly over the plain, bending their
bodies in graceful curves as they passed
each other; while those of larger dimensions
revolved with gravity, swelling out their
trunks as they moved onward, till the
sandy fabric suddenly dissolved, forming
great mound, and creating Q cloud Of dust
hat was swept ever the desert.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
Personal Peculiarities.

About forty years ago had a lad in my
employ who had the habit when unexpect-
edly spoken to of priCking up his ears in so
decisive a manner as to remind one Of the
ears Of Puss or of Tray when suddenly
called. Marie Louise, the second wife of
the great Napoleon, was in the habit OF
amusing the ladies of her court al their pri-
vate sorees by turning her ears almost COM
pletely round, and in a manner closing
them up. She did this by a peculiar mo-
ton of the jaw, and she is said to have
prided herself on the exploit not little.
A man knew well wore an enormous
shock of raven hair. and would allow HIM
self to be lifted by the hair from the ground
by any one strong enough to do it, and to
be swung to and fro like pendulum, or to
be dragged along the floor.
The faculty of sleeping at will wss one OF
the endowments of the first Napoleon, who
it is said could sleep any length of time,
long or short, and awake at the time, al
most to the minute, he had resolved upon.
Among the muscular movements not
common, l have noticed several instances
of persons who could throw back the four
fingers of either hand until they stood per-
peudicuIar to the back of the hand and
wrist. Other instances have seen, though
bu, a few, of persons who can project the
lower Joint of the thumb almost into the
hollow of the palm. In neither of these
persons is the ordinary use or the symmetry
| of the hand at all affected. OF leit-handed
people we have all seen many, and they
abound among the working classes but OF
the artihandist, or both handed, that is, of
persons who could do everything with either
hand, as we'll with one as the other, have
known but one in the whole course OF my
life. This was an orphan boy, who had
had no parental care, but had been left al
most to himself from infancy. Quick, ac-
tive, and sharp -witted, he had taught him
self many things tolersbly well, could draw
fairly, could play the fiddle and the fute,
and wrote admirably and with unrivalled
rapidity with either hand
There are many persons who, from causes
they can never explain, have repugnance,
almost amounting to horror in some cases,
for certain animals. The French General
Junot, who was as cool as o cucumber
amidst a perfect storm OF bullets, and
would face the cannon's mouth unmoved,
would take to his heels at the sight of q live
frog, and would not recover his equanimity
for hours.
nave known aman who would not touch
mutton, however cooked, while he would
eat heartily of any other meat. Some there
are in whom the thought of eating hare OF
rabbit excites loathing; some who would
starve rather than eat shell.fish Of any kind
and there are not a few to whom butter and
cheese are denominations Others are equal.
ly prejudiced against certain vegetables, but
why or wherefore they can never tell you