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The Russellville Democrat., 1880-05-06

ACCORDING to special dispatch from New York. Jay Gould is represented as being in terrible condition of physical prostration and mental nervousness, so much so that capitalists who are back ing him are reported as having lost con fdence in him. If Gould is sick at all his condition is very much like that of the sick lion in the fable, who com plained that the fox had not visited him to show his sympathy The fox re- piled that he had studied the tracks of the animal that had called on the old fellow, and had noticed that all Of the footprints pointed toward the lions den. Gould has not got so sick that he has not been able to deyour everything within his reach, and the prospect of his disso- iution is very faint indeed,
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-05-06
Portraits Upon Window Panes.
Charlottesyill (Va.) Chronicle.


 We have heretofore published an ac- count of portrait supposed to have been photographed by Tightening on a pane of glass in the window of an old farm house in this country. Another instance of the same curious phenome- non has been found in the window of the Mansion House on the "Mount Eagle" farm, more generally known as the Gentry place." The portraits of four persons are plainly descernible- two men, q woman and child. The faces are not all on one pane, that of one of the men and the woman being on ad- joining glasses, the face of the other man on another, and that of the child on one of the lower panes, and the theory is that the party were all looking through the window during thunder storm, when sudden flash of tightening, by some mysterious process, instanta- neously fixed their features on the glass. The existence of the portraitures is of comparatively recent discovery, and they have attracted great many visit ors.
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-05-06

TIE healthy growth: of the baby is de pendent upon it's freedom from. the per cious effects of opium. Dr. Bifs P z esaaa esaSP of is sary snl DsiI sbildhosd .ss
The Russellville Democrat., 1880-05-06

KENTUCKY will sell of her Governors mansion and let him rent.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
LIGHT Drama FOWLS.

Every one has particular fancy for
some special breed of fowls. Some for
one thing and some far another. 1t is
not easy to decide which is the best for
every one. This is what an enthusiast
tic fellow says of the light Brahma:
There is hardly any variety. except the
Cochins, which is able to withstand the
variations of our climate SO well as the
Brahma. For winter laying. at the time
Of the year when fresh eggs are very
scace. no matter how severe The winter
may be, Brahma lay very freely, We
have had eggs in abundance since just
before Chistmss, and our pullets were
not hatcher until the middle of last May,
and they are now laying capitally.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
MUMMY WHEAT.

Every once and a while advertise
men,es appear of a new wheat obtained
from an Egyptian Mummy" Ii ought
to de known that all those things are
frauds. there are people in Egypt who
can cheat as well as in other parts of the
world, and they like 10 poke wonder
full things on crcdulous travellers.
There were always magicans in Egypd,
and they know well enough by slight
of hand how to put the fresh grain. SO
that traveller may satisfy himself of
its genuincness. Neither wheat nor
any other kind Of seed will retain life
for thousands Of years. Sometimes
weeds appear on newly stirred soil
which were not noticed before and
which some think are from long buried
seeds. but there has never been any
thing more than guesses in support of
such an opinion.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10

WATERING HORSES WHEN WARM

The tenacity with which habit will
fasten itself upon people is well shone
in the case water drinking in hot
weather.
In England it is the custom to use
beer largely in the summer time, and in
the hay fields it is tho only drink used.
1t is belief of the people there, taught
them by those before them, that it is ex-
tremely dangerous to drink cold water
when heated, and, but last season, cor
oner's jury in Hampshire rendered YER
dict that mans death there came from
drinking water in the hay field. We
laugh at this idea here, and yet many
of us are as blindly held by habit to
refusing drink to our horses when
warm. There il no more reason in one
course than in the other. The practice
of refusing water to horse has grown
up TO custom without show Of reas-
on more than exists for refusing it to
other animals or to ourselves. The
man in the bayfield, drinks all the wa
ter he wants, and when he plcases, and
If in good health he sweats profusely
and feels the better for il. The COW is
allowed to drink whenever she needs
1t but the horse, hot and tired, is not
allowed to drink because we have been
told II Is not good for him to do so.
There are many out Of the notion,
and who now allow their horses to
drink all they want, and before many
years it is to be hoped the old practice
will have died away.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
BROKEN MINDED HORSES.

An English veterinary journal of high
standing has been investigating broken
winden horses, and considers as fol.
lows: TREATMENT of broken wind and
roaring by means Of drugs is not
usually of much use, but regulation OF
the diet and exercise will, IN many in
stances, produce awonderful improve
ment in the breathing. A safe rule IN
treating broken windcd horse is TO
avoid all bulkey food I; the less the stom-
ach and intcstines contain, the more
room there is for the movement of the
diaphragm. And it is, therefore, al
ways important to use concentrated
food. Bruised oats, crushed beans, or
bitter peas small quantities Of hay,
chat, with little bran with OCCASION
oil additions of very small quantities of
green food or roots. will constitute the
diet which is most nutritivc and least
bulky"
There is nothing more in this than
We already know but il is satisfac-
ton to feel that we know all that the
wisest can tell.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
CHICKEN BREEDING IN FRANCE.


Thanks to some some singular stats.
tics just published, for the authenticity
of which, however, should hesitate to
vouch, q mystery that has long hung
over our dinner tables is cleared up.
English travellers or residents France
must, like myself, have often wondered
where I'll the fowls that figure daily in
menus at every hotel, restaurant and
private house in the country, at no mat
ter what season Of the year, can posi-
BILE come from. The supply appears to
be inexhaustible, and that it is so prac-
tically is proven by the announcement
that France contains no fewer than
10000, 900 hens, which are follow by
a train OF 10000 900 chickens, about a
tenth part ofthcse latter being destined
for the duties Of propagation. The 49,
10000 hens lay annually four milliards
Of eggs, which, at the rate of confines
each-a trife over half-penny-the
price paid to the breeder, realizes sum
Of zoo, 0OO, 900 francs. If to this amount
be added the proceeds from the sales
offcwis, whether lean or fat, and taking
into consideration also the surplus val
ne attaching to eggs and birds by rea-
son Of city tolls, the total arrived at is
set down at the most fabulous figure of
CSC, 000, 900 francs, or more than half a
milliard, produced annually by French
poultry yards. Neither ducks, nor
geese, nor turkeys are included in these
calculations; if they were the gross sum
would have been increased by several
hundreds of millions of francs. So, ac-
cepting this census as tolerably near the
mark, we may henceforth cease to be
surprised at the vast amount of chicken
bones daily picked in France.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
BAKED RHUBARB.

If rhubarb be baked according to q
receipt given in Rural of last year. il
will be found much better than il
stcwed. Wash and peal the rhubarb
and cut each stock into square pieces.
Place In . porcelain sauce pan; cover
the pie plant with sugar, and add
enough water to moisten the sugar.
Cover the pan. until it becomes tender
and clear. The oven should be only
moderately heated, a. the pie plant will
lose its shape unless baked slowly. 1t
should be very cold when served. 1t is
best II prepared in the morning, and
kept Il cold place until wanted.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
TIE BEARING YEAR OF APPLE
TREES

As il well know some apple trees per-
sistently refuse to bear every year
an effort to change the bearing year,
MIR. Robert Manning, secretary Of the
Massachusetts Horticulture Society,
spent three days labor in pinching of
the blossoms, and got a moderate crop
the following year but the next seas
on il returned its habits Of profnsed
bearing, when its blossoms were again
stripped with the same round Of results,
exhibiting an obstinate pcrsistency in
its habit of alternate bearing. 1t was
found that the blossoms numbered 3d.
600 to LOO, 900, or thirty TO forty bios
soms to one apple. At this rate it
might be better to LET an orchard have
its own way.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
GRAPE WINE.

Four quarts water, four quarts grape
juice. eight pounds sugar; take ripest
grapes, press the JUICE into q jar or key !;
add little water to the pulp, press
again; Ill the jar or keg even full after
Fermentation has taken place, and the
scum removed, draw of or dip out and
bottle up skim as often as the scum
rises.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10

As rule we should prune young
trees more aud old trees less than has
formerly been the practice. In pruning
old trees it il very damaging to longev-
ity Of the trees to cut out large branch
q. The supernuous branches should
have been cut out when trees were
young.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
PIE PLANT WINE.

Four pounds brown sugar, four
pounds stalks, cut fine; pour on one
gallon boiling water let stand twenty
four hours add cinnamon, allspice and
cloves TO taste strain ; let work few
days, then bottle for use.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10

have for the spring trade of choice farm
land for sae tracts Of forty eighty hundred and sixty two
hundred three hundred and twenty four hundred and thousand
and hundred each including stock and agricultural farms
improved and unimdroved.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
soil black sandy oam easily titled and richly rewards
the Industrious Husbandman.

The county watered by running streams and living springs
while good easily obtained by wells drive pumps
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10

faithful interest patrons
building
hour" following companies:
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1880-06-10
Money Loan Lowest Rates of Interest. Lands show
free of charge.


Thl
healthy s1.. OF iia s
edl
from he
mafu
Send to j. NJ Steele for Circular Price List of Lands
j. NJ STEEIB.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

INDIA CARPETS. An Agra jail car
pet exhibited at Paris in 1873 was. as
pointed out at the time. remarkable for
the fine proportion of its border TO the
centre. The borders of modern Orient
al carpets are generally made too mar
row. In the mosaic floors of the Greeks
and Romans, which were evidently
suggested by Oriental tapestry. the bor-
der was always remarkably broad, and
in the older Persia carpets it is often a
yard deep and more. The singular ex-
cellence in design of the Agra Jail car
pets is due to Sir John Strachey's in
fiuence. When visiting the Jail. many
years ago. the Jealous Superintendent
triumphantly showed him some carpets
he had been manufacturing from the
vilest European designs. Sir John asked
him if they were all the patterns of the
kind he possessed. mo; not by any
means" replied the Superintendent.
Il have ranSacked all the factories in
England for their latest patterns" Sir
John begged that he might see them all.
and when he was at last satisfied that
all had been brought out, he ordered
them TO be all burned in a heap as they
lay before him, and that for the future
only native patterns should be followed
without deviation. The Agra Jail car
pets are, however, still defective in bar
nony OF coloring, g The AMeaOelan.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

y HUNDRED YEARS AGO.-Oue
hundred years ago wedding tours were
not fashionable.
One hundred years ago farmers did
not cut their legs off with moving ma
chimes.
One hundred years ago every young
man was not an applica mt for clerk or
bOok-keepeT.
One hundred years ago young wO-
man did not lose caste by wetting her
hands in dishwater, or rubbing ,he skin
off her knUCkles on the washbOard.
One hundred years ago the physicians
who could not draw every form of dis
ease from the system, by tapping large
vein in the arm, was not much of a doc
tor.
One hundred years ago people did not
worry about rapid transit and cheap
transportation, but threw their grain
across the backs of their horses and un-
cOmplainingly went to mill.
One hundred years ago every man cut
bis coat according to his cloth ; every
man was estimated at his own value
shod0y was not known nobody had
struck ''ile, - and true merit and honest
worth were the only ground for promo
tlon.-Ierrd H11te NGjl.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

CHOOSING POULTRN.-In choosing
poultry never buy bird that cannot be
cleansed without washing. 1t ought to
be so cleanly picked and drawn that
towel would be sufficient. Buy a chick
en- that has white flesh and pale yellow
fat. In buying tame ducks young ones
are best, and if you take hold of the un.
der part of the bill and can either benz
or break it the duck is young. The
breast being hard and thick denotes that
it is fresh and sweet. No duck, either
wild or tame, is good unless fat Tame
ducks are served with apple or cranber-
ry sauce. with currant jelly, or oranges.
and frequently with olive stewed in the
gravy about five minutes before the bird
is served. When geese are young and
in good condition their legs are soft,
yellow and rather downv ; if the legs are
stiff and dry they are bad and tainted
Some kinds of tame birds require to be
kept little, others ought to be eaten as
soon as possible thus pigeons are best
when quite fresh and lose all taste and
flavor if they are kept but turkeys re-
quire to be hung up for several days be
fore they are tender. This condition
again will vary with the age of the bird
the state of the weather, etc. But if a
turkey be hung by four of its prime fea-
theirs, as soon as it falls upon the towel
prepared to receive it, it is in prime con-
dition, and will then deteTioTate. In
other poultry an excellent plan to know
when they are just at their tenderness is
to judge by the case with which the
feathers come out. Therefore when
you clean and hang a bird leave few
feathers, and when these can be readily
pulled out the bird is as tend as it wi |
ever be.-Hdrper's Bazar.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

BOAr- Az EuAuEiAEINe.- Ea-.e-.
PenHsy lvauia has been pretty t...-
settled now for mo-e than -.u..-
The State is studded with towns u-
villages, and the farms and farm I..-
are neither few nor far between. 4
traveller over amy of our iiue- on. -.-
r1aas VIII sg. more iIurH-gI H.- Tie
Open country than le Huu.# F..
any country In Euro.H-- Hua-. .a- ....-
Ieniiy progressive ptnIt.- rfl ...".-. ...-r
thing except our public ...
WAYS, Ihru are bad lu 81. -.a.... l
the year. and In spring .l5 E
almost imVaSSiulc. ILela IS .. --a-
il the ma'4aEeuaut OF 8Ir r#l..... -. a.
Every town ANA township ...~ .- -
pleases. and as its citizens age l.. H.-
ing TO I've taxed enough to H.. good
roads, they make the best ~.r.l '... .-
with bad ones. Not until N. ..sa
Department Of Public Roads, based
the plan and conducted. .iu the iHH..-.l .t
the Department of the Public -.... s.
can we expect an improvement u ...
particular The State Dsrur-l
the Interior would be Tie proper .le '"
take he initiative Ia this m.... ".
suggest that IL should propose a.. l--
sent to the Legislature al draft gta a-...--
al road law that would Cnmna. g-Hr-
10 pay reasonable amount ai I... t..-
and Introduce "a system o- road u.-r--
ment that would in the near future
us roads paSSabie at all Seasons. jill.
State could well afford to aTuru r...e 81
million of dollars for this uurunz. g. .a
divided among tile several count --. -
the school appropriation isuow ..-
and on condition that al least a-
amount that would accrue CD s...a ..---
trct he raised by local taxation -ar s..t
purposes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

HEARING BELLS AT \ DISTANCE
Tire largest bell ever made ia this c0uu-
try. SAYS the Sr5CGtif- IW,rtrus. weigh
.J 1z.UU0 pounds, and before DC was frac-
lUrcd hung nu the City Hall. New York.
On orc ur two occasions this bell Was
heard up The Hudson River Is miles. in
the night. when the city was c0Inpara-
lively quiet. Water is q good conductor
of sound. and aided materially i'm max
inc the bell beard as above stated. 1t
ls q great mistake 90 suppose that bells
can be heard Iu proportion to their size
chat is, that bell of 1000 pounds viii
be heard twice rs far as one of half the
weight This is not so. 4 bell of 100
or 900 pounds i'm an OVen balfrv on a
schOol-hOuSe or factory in the country is
frequently heard at a long distance. out
of all proportion. apparently. to one Of
1 COO pounds in "a church tower near nv.
The reason of this is that the small bell
has a sharp, shrill- penetrating sound
that must or necessity be heard a great
deal farther I'M proportion 10 its weight
than the low mellow. "Cburch-gCiug''
sound of the church bell. The same
principle applies to the whistle of the
locomotive. which is heard a long 6is-
tanCe simply because its tone is shri
and penetrJling- When hung station
airy and struck. OF tOiled, bell Will not
be heard. as "a rule, half as far as when
swung. The swinging motion not only
throws all the sound off. but implrts to
it richness that Is always absent when
the bell is ut rest when struck. 4 great
deal is TO be gained by ringing a bell
properly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

KILLING LARGE " NEEu~.-~.-E ....-
may be 5ffectually eNteImilut,l +. ..
ling OF the stocks close 10 tle ...
with a SCythe. The proper tame 6. q.
this is soon after they hav- a.ta-..A
their growth, but before tleE have i..-
tuTed. The branches ol some Weeds 10.
so close 10 the ground that they a#l l-.
be severed from the roots W.L. -..
which should be very sharp la u---
do the work well and with amy ae--
ease. Weeds should be cut quite aa.-
in the season, in order TO prevent -.- -t
pening of the seeds that Wodll -..
trouble next year, if not the same s.- D
they grow. The seeds OF some Nt.'
are entirely ripe while the petals q. -.-
blossoms are still fresh. Tie appear.
ance of the plant Is no indication % .-.
maturity of the seed. as is tile case N-.-
grain.
Il requires considerable pains 10 ..-
stToy some large weeds, as bm-0-as.
mullens and Canada thiSileS. lles.
must be cut several inches ne-.-
surface of the ground or they WI..
out suckers in the same manner a2 ---.-
and bushes. \ sharp spade or @ L..-..' :,
steel blade attached TO a handle Is
best implement to use fcr the ll-l
After the stalk is cut of ard rtHa'
is well to drop a handful of sa.. .- -
stump that remains in the tllt.-
drop of sulphuric acid applied Nla ~.
end OF a stick is etfectCal ln at-.-,-
the life in the roots 0l weeds. 9--z
lye, Paris green or Lyndon pulte -.1.
also be employed for The same I.l!
with excellent results. II is al"at
to make sure of large troublesome "..
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

How THE JAPANESE KEEP MEAT
FREsH.- japanese method OF keep
ing meat fresh in Tot weather consists
in placing the raw flesh in porcelain yes
sells and pouring on it boiling water.
whereby the albumen on the surface is
quickly coagulated, and forms prOtec-
tion against the further action of the
water. Oil is then poured on the sur
face Of the water, so as to prevent the
access of air and che consequent putre-
faction of the meat. The system of
protecting animal substances by secur-
ing coagulations of their albumen and
the exclusion of air is of course no nov
city, and it can hardly be supposed that
we are indebted to the japanese for its
original adoption. 1t is. however. far
preferable to cur own method.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-24

TRAVELLING N ICELAND.-Them main
difficulty i'll Icelandic travelling is to
lind ground firm enough to bear the
horse and his rider, and the safest track
is often along the sea beach, where that
is available, or even in the bed of
stream. Water is everywhere. and the
Traveller constantly crosses fortS, either
in the river. whose course he is follow
ing. or through torrents rushing down
from fields OH either side. The pass
over which we had to / jde is about !, 500
feet high, and in the month Of Jun" he
divide was still blocked with snow.
This snow was bard enough to bear a
Aan or a pony. but in many places it
would give way beneath them, when
both on the same set of feet, and in con
sequence the captain and ! did good
deal Of walking The Old guide, how
ever, stuck 10 his s.eed, except when
obliged to cross a torrent on precari-
Gus bridge Of snow, aud they managed
to founder triumphant'y through all
difficulties. An Icelander in riding uses
neither whip nOT spur, but works his
arms ard legs, perpct ctualiy like the sails
OF a windmill, and can keep his pony
moving IT a pace which leaves the for
cigUeTS far in the rear. On the quiet
waters of the ford the elder ducks were
taking their newly Matched brOods for a
first swim. and us We scrambled up the
ford, the cock ptarmigan tluttered aud
croaked over our heads, according to his
habit when the hen is sitting upon eggs.
The region of forests. represented by
dwarf bircheS and whOrtle berries, is
soon left behind, and near the summit
of the pass there is hardly any vegeta-
tion of higher order than Icelandic
moss, while tie Eare rocks are profuse-
~ marked with situations from glaciers
that have long since disappeared Nine
tenth CcatJTg.