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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
PARAGRAPHS OF ALL SORTS.

Gilt frames may be protected from
flies by brushing them over with onion
water.
Carbolic acid soap rubbed on the
neck and legs of a horse will keep of
flies. 1t will also give the animals
hair fine polish.
To preserve eggs dip each one into
melted lard, rubbing into the shell
with the fingers. Eggs thus prepared
in July have kept till August.
A coat of petroleum is good to pre-
serve all kinds Of farm implements
from injury by the weather.
A good way to destroy carpet moths
is to dip a coarse towel in water and
wiring it out. Spread it smoothly
over the carpet, and iron with hot
iron.
The Rural World says none of the
fancy varieties of strawberries sold in
the st. Louis market have this year,
come up to the old Wilson.
Mr.. Thos. Browne, of Washington
county, Ky, clipped 432 pounds of
wool from 43 CotswOld sheep.
Pears and apples are both dying
from blight in Kentucky this year.
To keep bugs from water melons and
squash vines, plant tomato vines be-
tween each hill.
Corn loses one-fifth by drying, and
wheat one-fourteenth.
In churning, if the butter comes
slowly add an ounce of butter, and it
will hasten the formation of the
gloLules.
America has nearly 700 varieties of
grapes.
For common ringbone in cattle, paint
with strong tincture of iodine.
France has IS, 96S, 900 persons engag-
ed in agriculture.
The amount of tobacco consumed
annually by the people of the United
States, is 100000 pounds.
There is pigeon roost in Pennsyl-
vania which covers 20 square miles.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
Season of Oranges.

This is the season of oranges, which
we are receiving in abundance from
Florida, as well as from Cuba and
various parts of Southern Europe.
Our domestic product has greatly in
creased within few years, and IS
likely to increase very much more.
The orange is believed by many to be
"a native of this country, in the region
of the Gulf of Mexico, though it is
probable that it was originally intro
duced there and naturaliZed. Botan-
lists generally believe that the sweet
bitter bergmot and other varieties OF
orange are all of one species. The
fruit is usually cultivated, and even
then shows marked tendency to de-
generate. 1t is raised wherever the
climate is warm enough, but t1ourishes
best in sub-tropical districts. The cd
Greeks and Romans seem not to have
known it; for it was, in all likelihood,
taken to Europe by the Moors, and is
believed to have been introduced into
Italy as late as the fourteenth centu-
ry,nearly 1,000years later than the LEM
on or citron. OF the sweet orange, the
principal varieties are the Portugal or
Lisbon orange, the China orange, said
to have been brought from China by
the Portuguese, and now widely cult
waited in Southern Europe, the Nal
tese or blood orange, the Majorca or
seedless orange. The bitter orange
was extensively raised by the Moors
in Spain, probably for medicinal pur-
poses, and is still used for fiavoring and
for marmalade. The orange is more
readily packed and preserved, along
with its congeners, lemons, citrons
and lines, than any other fruit. 1t is
very valuable crop in Italy, Portu-
gal, Spain, Malta, the Azores, and in
Florida. Many people hold that our
oranges are superior to any of those
raised in Europe, and their quality IS
steadily improving.S
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
A Sale Of Gods.



A sale of Egyptian and Hindoo an
tiquities was begun at Leavitt's Art
Rooms yesterday, and will be continu-
ed to-day and tomorrow. The cOllec-
ton was gathered by Mr.. w. J. Shaw,
of California, and was curious rather
than rare. The prices realized yester-
day were low, the gods especially
bringing almost nothing. A bronze
image Of Budha brought only So so,
while other images of the same god
sold as low as forty cents. A bronze
and two mummy Osiresses brought 50
each. A head of Jupiter was sold for
Sc. The god That and the God Ptah
for s. each, and Iris for 81 80. BAG
chus ranged in price from 81 to twenty
cents. The gorgeous overdress of an
Assyrian gentleman" sold for $1.10,
while the full dress jewelry of MarOn-
tie LAZY brought SIG 80. Two large
French vases brought SIS each, the
highest price realized at the sale; an
A.syrian seal on onyx, at SOB, being
next in Importance.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
Fish Ponds.

\ California paper publishes the
following account of the fish ponds in
California
In Sonora county, Cal, a farmer
made small pond into which he put
five carp. 1t was in January, 1876. a
year after he made another pond, and
in the next year two more, all con-
nected. In January, 1873, he had
5000 fish after selling S45O worth, and
having carp for breakfast for eighteen
months. His family never lived so
luXuriOusly. So to thsOme a fish as
carp they had never tasted. In jan
uary, 1880, he estimated his stock at
10000, and his neighbors come for in =
struction to get fish for their ponds
now making. His profits from one
acre of fish exceed the highest realiza-
ton from 100 acres of wheat. The en-
tire outlay was $40. Every pound of
pork costs him more than 20 pounds
of carp. Besides, his fish tending is
an eyer living source of pleasure to all
his family. They make friends with
the fish, who evidently know them
apart, coming mt their call and feed
ing from their hand. "Thc civiliZ-
luS lllluCllCtS, say > llllH Ioh Cuibul
ist, ~ cannot be overe stimated. From
studying the habits Of carp, we have
got taste for books NEW to u.s. on
fish, on birds, and on all animals and
plants. We enter on new life.
Neighbors now call, intelligent and
enterprising. They ask our opinion
about everything. In fact we are
gaining knowledge by planting new
things and learning from nature,
which before was dumb to us. We
own to getting proud. We are con-
scious of dignity i'm human nature of
which we had no conception. There
is nothing above our ambition and
our ability to investigate. a young
schOOlmaster who used to spend an
evening with my girls and try in vain
to interest them on starlight
nights, now finds ready listeners and
questioners, and children come to
learn, and make my folks feel away
up in that kind of self-esteem that
lifts heavenward.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05

THERE was great excitement in the
Court of General Sessions at Charles
ton, S. c.. OIL Wednesday last. A man
named Ward was found guilty OF
forgery, and as soon as the verdict was
announced he rose from his seat within
the bar, drew pistol and fired de'ib-
erately at two men named Harper and
Lane, the principal witnesses agaii st
him. Harper was unhurt, but the
second shot wounded Lane in both
hands. Ward is in jail.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05

AT Augusta, Ga, on Wednesday
last, the Sibley Cotton Mill Company
was organized, by the election of VIM.
c. Sibley, president. Among the di-
rectors are Samuel Keyser, Of New
York, and Walter Smith, of Cincin-
natl. Authorized capital Sl,OOO,OO
The amount subscribed is $500, 900.
The erection of a factory will proceed
at once. This will be one of the largest
factories in the South. The cotton
mills in Augusta have paid, since the
war, from eight to twenty per cent.
per annum.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05

Mississippi fruit growers aud gar
deners have been very unfortunate
this season. 1t has rained almost con-
stantly until few weeks past. Mr..
o. G. Brown arrived from Crystal
Springs on Wednesday Of last week
and feels rather disappointed. Their
strawberries are still ripening, but
they have no market. We are sorry
for our Southern friends, but they may
possibly make up the loss ON their
tomatoes, which are now nearly ripe.
Fruit Grower,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
NEGROES COMING BACK FROM
KANSAS.

We conversed with very intelli-
gent negro yesterday, who had JUST
gotten back from Kansas. He Is able
to oct all the work he wants here, but
saws there was too much competition
to get anything to do in Kansas we
asked why. ooh, sir, there are too
many white people to get work"
Another poor old man, who, no doubt
thought he was lettering his condi-
ton, sold out all his worldly posses
sions here, and il now anxious to get
back, but is without money and en-
plovment. AS he has been working
for the family for several years, we
expect to assist him in getting back
again.
The freedman, may be, when it is
too late, will find out who are their
best friends. There was n large crowd
of them reached Durant from the
same place, few nights since, and
before another year thousands will
return, if they can get back before
starving to death.
This little movement on the part OF
the negroes to Kansas, will eventually
be of benefit to the South, instead Of
an injury.
The black man will see the North
for himself-he will learn that the
Northerners only use him as the
monkey did the cats paw, and when
that is accomplished, he must stand
or fall by his own eXertion.
He, also, has the chance of compar-
ing the wonderful soil and climate Of
the South with that of a cold region,
where he can labor only six months
in the year, and learn from experience
"a splendid and very instructive
school-what he could learn from no
other source.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05

Somebody, who appears to know
how fashionable schools are managed,
says: To educate young ladies
is to let them know all about the
ogies, the Omenies, the iffcs, the tics
and the mistics; but nothing about
the ings, such as sewing, dsrning,
washing, baking and making pud-
ding"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05

FURNITURE PoLIsH.-lake one
coffee-cupful of cold drawn linseed Oil,
one of turpentine and one of vinegar.
with three tablespoonful of alcohol
mixed into it. Pour into bottle and
shake rapidly. Take a little of it in
a saucer; dip into it bit of flannel,
and rub the furniture until nearly dry;
then roll bit of flannel into a tight
roll at least three inches in diameter
sew it up closely, and rub the polish
in until it shines.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05

A writer in an exchange says: 81
will give my brother farmers the best
recipe in the world for picking beef
To 100 pounds Of beef take four quarts
Of salt, three pounds of brown sugar,
three ounces Of saltpetre, one ounce of
soda aud water enough to cover the
beef. Boil all together and then
skim. Let il get cold, and then rub
the meat with salt. Now pack your
beef ia a tub OF barrel and then add
the brine.n
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
BOILERS FOR SALE.

I AN AGENT FOR the sale q sIr sIsooVp uavu
BoILERs 81 BrookhaTen-one - hor.e rsousr.
three y horse IoEeEi one 3 horse power, one 20
h0rse power, al IN good conditian and read far -
Ne sui J. A. HOSEINs,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-06-05
PACIFIC HOUSE.

VINCENT PIAZZI, Prop.
Warrington street vIeksburg.
Once block from the Railroad depot two from
the River. and three from the POstofoe, Telegraph
and Express Offices, and
CONVENIENT TO BUSINESS.
Meals in time for an trains
The building having been thoroughly renovated
and newly furnished throughout, / would respect
lully solicit share d the public patrunaEe. Ths
tables viii be supplied with the very best The mar
kei an1rds. No trouble viii be spared for the en-
tertainmeni Of guests. The house l. kept open IN
night
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20
SUNDAY READING,
The Good Samaritan.

Oberlin, the well known philanthro-
pist of Steinthal, while yet a can didate
for the ministry was travelling on one
occasion from Strasburg. 1t was in the
winter time. The ground was deeply
covered with snow and the roads were
almost impossible. He had reached the
middle of his journey and was among
the mountains, but by that time was 80
exhausted that he could stand up no
longer.
He was rapidly freezing to death.
Sleep began to overcome him; all power
to resist it left him. He commended
himself to God and yielded to what he
felt to be the sleep of death. He knew
not how long he slept, but suddenly be-
came conscious of some one rousing
him and waking him up. Before him
stood a wagon driver in his blue blouse
and the wagon not far away. He gave
him little wine and food, and the spir-
1t of life returned. He then helped him
on the wagon and brought him to the
next village. The rescued man was
profuse In his thanks, and offered mon
ey, which his benefactor refused.
E" 1t is only duty to help one anoth-
er," said the wagner, "and it is the
next thing to an insult to offer reward
for such a service"
"Then," replied Oberlin, "at least
tell me your name, that may have you.
in thankful remembrance before God."
g 1 see," said the WAGNER, that you'
are a minister of the Gospel; please tell
me the name of the Good Samaritan"
"That,' said Oberlin, 81 cannot do,
for it was not put on record"
Then" replied the wagner, "untli
you can tell me his name, permit me to
withhold mine"
Soon he had driven out of sight, and
Oberlin never saw him again.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20
A Negative Greed Unsatisfactory.

The instinct of skepticism is little
like the instinct of hunting, there is
more or less of 1t in every human be-
ing. Many man enters upon the pur-
suit, not that he cares for the game not
that he wishes to prove that there is no
God; not that he would satisfy himself
that he is nothing going nowhere, but
for the enjoyment, the zest of the puf-
suit. To brave man the keenest in
tellectual pleasure comes from what he
calls the pursuit of truth-the hunting
of truth to its lair; the attempt 20
measure the ways, and perhaps the
thought of the first cause. But My
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the
Lord, and if the man gets bewildered
and lost, and at last seems to himself to
be nothing, gone nowhere, he has ar
rived at q conclusion or q destination
that he did not seek to arrive at in the
beginning, conclusion and destina-
ton that is far from being satisfactory.
Lives there skeptic that deep down in
his own heart would not believe in the
simplest forms of Christianity If he
could? The saddest, the most pathetic
utterances, are the utterances of men
who with the farthest and subtlest reach
of thought grasp only negatives. A
man can no more live on negatives than
he can live on stones; negative creed
is the creed of death.-Prof. Borden p.
BotOne.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20
TOO MUCH "HELLO."
WASHINGTON correspondent

A WASHINGTON correspondent
"A says:
was standing all by myself in the
committee room reading vast law book
aud wondering what it was about, and
whether the plaintiff had done so.and-so
or whether 1t was the defendant; and
which of them they found guilty and
how in the mischief they ever knew he
was guilty when the words were tangled
up so; and noting, with qualification,
the references to Perkins ". Bangs, Mo.
Rep. ill.,, &C., whereby 1t was apparent
that If one did not get mixed up enough
In that book there were others that
could finish him; and wondering also
at the bewildering tautology of the said
aforesaid book aforesaid, when o youth
to fortune and to fame unknown, -four
ished in the most frisky way, and came
to halt before me. This young man
had q moustache that dimmed the cOun-
tenance about as your breath dims the
brightness of razor; and he bored down
into it with his fingers and gave it a
twist which was singularly gratifying to
him, considering that no effect was pro.
duced upon the moustache by the opera
ton. He then tilted his little soup-dish
to the port side Of his head with his
gloved hand, and said
Hello ~
said Hello ~
He looked surprised. Then he said
Do you belong here Y''
was just finishing a sentence about
Perkins VS.. Bang. finished 1t, and OBJ
served
"Very fine weather."
He whisked nervously up and down
the room couple of turns, and then
stopped before me and said
Are you the clerk of the Judiciary
Committee ?''
/ said, in the urbanest manner
In view of the circumstance that on
so short an acquaintance you betray SO
much solicitude concerning my business
1 will venture to inquire what you may
happen to want with the clerk of the
judiciary Committee Y''
"Thatis not answering my question.
Are you the clerk Of the Judiciary Com
mittee Z"
In view of the circumstance that on
so short an acquaintance you bet<ay so
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20
The Force Of Habit.

A counsellor, renowned for the art of
pleading, had trick Of rubbing his
spectacle case while addressing jury.
A foolish attorney who had confded a
brief to him thought this action ludic-
rous and likely to impair the effect of the
pathetic appeals which the nature of the
suit admitted. Accordingly he watched
for sly opportunity, and stole away
the spectacle case. For the first time in
his life, the counsellor's tongue faltered-
his mind missed the bodily track with
which 1t had long associated its opera,
tions; he became confused; embarrass-
ed-he stammered, blundered, and bog
gled-lost all the threads of his brief, and
was about two sit down, selfdefeated,
when the conscience stricken attorney
restored the spectacle case. Straightway
with the first touch Of the familiar tails
man, the mind recovered its selfposes-
sion the memory its clearness, the tongve
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20
Testing Their Honesty.

A dozen men were yesterday loafing
away the rainy hours in business place
near the ferry dock when the conversa-
tion turned upon the subject of general
public rascality. A citizen said he had
given a boy quarter to get change and
had never seen him again another said
he wouldn't trust his own grandfather,
and third would give $1OO to see an
honest man.
Il have not yet lost my faith in hu-
man nature" finally remarked man
on back seat. Any of you may call
in stranger to us all, and 1 will give
him a five-dollar bill to go and get
changed. If he fails to come back / lose
the money; If he returns you will see
how foolish your assertions are."
Half dozen men rushed to the door.
A seedy, gaunt and evil.looking African
was padding by in the rain, and he was
selected to make the test.
Stranger" said the man who hadn't
lost confidence, " take this iive-dollar
bill around the corner and get it changed
and will give you ten cents"
The black man departed without q
word, and for the next ten minutes the
laugh was on the man who sent him.
1t died away however, as the African
slouched in, handed out the bill and
said
II runned all ober an nobody could
change him.
He was given his ten cents and the
man who lost the quarter by the boy
said he couldn't have believed such an
exhibition of honesty If he had not wit
messed 1t, and he was willing to buy the
cider for the crowd.
1t was only after the cider had been
destroyed and paid for that he learned
that the bill given the negro was base
counterfeit which no one would accept.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20

much solicitude concerning my business
Will venture to inquire again what you
may happen to want with the clerk Of
the Judiciary Committee Y''
That don't concern any body but
me. What want to know Is, are you
or are you not, the clerk OF the Judiciary
Committee ~
In view, as said before, Of the cir
cumstance that on 80 short an acquaint-
ance you betray SO much sollcltude con-
cerning my business, will venture to
inquire once again what you may hap
pen to ,Odn with the clerk of the Judi
ciary Committee Y'
He scratched his head in apparent per-
plexity for matter of five seconds, and
then said, with deliberation and impress
sive earnestness-
"Well I'll be d-d."
presume SO. / hope SO. Still, be-
ing a stranger, you cannot expect me to
take more than passing interest in your
future plans.'
He looked puzzled and a little chafed.
He said
" Look here; who are you ?"
:" In view of the circumstance"
go, curse the circumstance !"
Amen"
He did not reply. He seemed worried
and annoyed. Presently he started out
and said, by George he would go after
the Michigan Senators and inquire into
this thing. 1 said they were esteemed
acquaintance of mine, and asked him
to say that was well. But he refused
to do this, Notwithstanding all my po-
liteness, and was profane again. nev-
er saw such firebrand as he was.
Now, what can that young fellow
mean by going around asking respects
BILE people if they are clerks of Senate
Committee? If my feelings are to be
outraged in this way, j cannot stay In
Washington. don't like to be called
Hello by strangers with imaginary
moustaches, either. This young party
turned out to be an importation from
Kalamazoo, and he wished to ship as sub
clerk to the Judiciary Committee.
He is little fresh. 1t might have
been better il had stayed in the Kalama-
geological Gardens, until he got his
growth perhaps. Still, if his friends
would like to have the opinion of a
stranger concerning him, think he
will make success here in one way or
another. He has spirit and persistence.
The only trouble is, that he has too
much "hello" about him,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-04-20
THE TIMES, NEW BLOOMFIELD Pa. APRIL 20, 1880

claimed to be related to those that had
died.
The professional Resurrectionists,
however, were so useful that when they
got into trouble, the surgeons exerted
themselves in their favor, and advanced
sums Of money to keep them out of jail.
Sir Ashley Cooper expended hundreds
Of pounds for this purpose, single lib
Grafton having cost him e160. A lead
ing Resurrectionist once received G144
for twelve subjects In one evening, out
of which he had to pay his subordinates
e5 each. These high prices induced per-
sons while alive, to offer to sell their
bodies for dissection after death, but sur
geons were very wary about acceding to
such proposals, as the law did not recog-
nize the right of property.
Curiously enough, graves were not al
ways disturbed to obtain the entire body
for the teeth alone, at one time, offered
great temptation to Resurrectlonist.-
One of these, some years ago, pretend
ing to be looking around for a burial
place for his wife, obtained access to a
vault, the trapdoor of which he unbolt-
ed SO that he could return again at night
which he did, and secured the front
teeth of the whole congregation, by
which he cleared EGO.
The Resurrectionist generally came to
bad ends. One was tried and received
sentence of death for robbing the mail,
but was pardoned upon the intercession
of Archdukes John and Lewis, who
had their interest In him excited by see
ing him in his cell trying to articulate
and was never heard of afterward. An
other Resurrectionist, after long and
successful career withdrew from the pro-
fesssion in 1917, and occupied himself
principally in obtaining and disposing
Of teeth. AS sutler in the Peninsular and
France, he had drawn the teeth of those
who had fallen in battle and had plum
dered the slain. With the produce of
these adventures he built handsome
hotel at Margate, England, but his pre-
vious occupation having been disclosed,
his house was avoided by visitors, and
at last was disposed of at heavy loss
He was subsequently tried and impris-
oned for obtaining money under false
pretences, and was ultimately found dead
In tavern.
1t is reported that at the death of one
notorious body-snatcher he left nearly
$4,000 to his family. Another, being
captured was tried and found guilty of
stealing the clothes in which the bodies
were buried, and was transported for
seven years. A man who was superin-
tendent of the dlssecting- room of Lon
don hospital, was dismissed for receiv-
Ing and paying for bodies sent to his en-
ployer and reselling them at an advanc-
ed price in Edinburg. He then turned
Resurrectionist, was detected and i'm
prisoned and died in a state of raving
madness.