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The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
A Valuable Liquid Manure.

A writer in the Journal Of Agriculture
gives what he considers a very superior
method of making liquid manure with
SCOT and stable manure. A good cask
is employed and also smaller vessel,
like half barrel, or something even
smaller, with loose. open joints through
which the water will pass. The latter,
after it is filed, is intended to be placed
in the cask, and the space surrounding
it to be filed with water. Take the
half barrel and put in first spadeful of
manure and pack it closely down to the
bottom and around the sides, SO as to
form cavity that will hold a pint or
more OF good SCOT from the top of q
chimney where coal fires are kept burnt;
next add another layer of manure,
pressing it close round the sides as be-
fore, then more SCOT, and so on uutil
full, when a plate or tile should be
placed upon the top to prevent it float
ing. Now insert this in the cask. The
smaller vessel may be supported at the
height OF the cask by bricks placed on
the bottom of the cask, or by pair
of handles, consisting of two straight
sticks securely fastened at its top and by
which it may be carried. Fill up the
cask with water. let the smaller vessel
remain for three or four days, lifting il
out few times during the interval to
drain; then lift it out altogether AMI
support il on two sticks across the TOP
and pour few canfuls of fresh water
to wash out by displacement the manure
left in it, and when sufficiently drained
the contents may go back to the manure
heap for further decomposition, or be
made use Of in any other way. The
solution thus obtained forms the stock
pot, and may be diluted to any extent
according to circumstances. 1t may DC
used either alone, of almost any strength,
or it may be further enriched by the ad
dition OF about q teaspoonful OF the
sulphate of ammonia to each gallon ol
LIQUID. Or. on the other hand, a very
good substitute for guano will be
! formed by introducing a solution Of
chloride of lime in the place o.
ammonia. The chloride solution is
made by adding two ounces Of the dry
powder to q wine bottle (twenty-foul
ounces) of water, shaking we'll uI
several times before using. From one
half to one ounce of this liquid to be
added to each gallon and given tc
stocks, primulas, primroses and nu-
merous other soft stemmed plants,
will be found highly eficacious."
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
Fastening Poultry.

No fowl over two years old should be
kept in the poultry yard, except for
some special reason. An extra good
mother, or finely feathered bird that
is desirable as breeder, may be pre-
served until ten years old with 'advan-
tage, or at least SO long as she is SER
viceable. But ordinary fowls should be
iattened at the end of the second year for
market. When there is room or shed
that can be closed, the fowls may be
confined there. The floor should be
covered with two or three inches OF
fine sawdust, dry earth, sifted coal
ashes, or clean sand. The food should
be given four times day, and clean
water be always before the fowls. "A
dozen or more fowls may be put at once
in this apartment, so that there may not
be too many ready to sell at one time.
The best food for rapid fattening, for
producing we'll favored flesh and rich
fat, is buckwheat meal, mixed with
sweet SKINNED milk, into thick mush.
A teaspoonful OF salt should be stirred
in the food for dozen fowls. Two
weeks feeding is sufficient to fatten the
fowls, when they should be shipped for
sale without delay, and another lot put
up for feeding. If the shed is kept
dark and cool, as it should be, the fowls
will fatten all the quicker for it.-Prac-
ticGl Farmer.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
RELIGIOUS READING.
Religious News and Notes.


The work of the Methodist Church in
Italy is progressing with remarkable
rapidity and encouragement.
A new missionary society called the
Evangelical Association in behalf OF
the German Protestants in America"
has been formed in Bremen, Germany.
The Rev. d. d. Currie, Of the Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal church, st.
Johns, N. B., has received call to the
church at Denver, Colorado, at salary
of $4,000 a year.
Eek Governor Dingley, OF Maine, re-
Gently elected to Congress, is an active
member of the Congregational Church
in Lewiston of which Senator Frye
whom he succeeds) is also member.
In California the Episcopal clergy
number ffty-four; parishes and mis-
sions, forty; Sunday school scholars,
3,275; baptisms last year, 610, ofwhich
113 we're adult; confrmations, 361
commandments, 1902; offerings, $94,
842. value Of church property, $780,
$50, on which there is an indebtedness
of $56, ,O50.
The South Congregational Sunday
school of New Britain, Connecticut,
pays its superintendent irregular salary,
and he devotes his whole time to
the interests of the school, visiting
families, looking after absent scholars,
etc. It is the largest Protestant Sun
day school in the State, and numbers
about 1000 members.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
Rods and Red.CIothes.

AS at least one-third of our lives is
passed in our beds, their arrangement
and furnishing is matter Of no small
importance. The new steel spring bed
is, of course, the bed of the future.
Fulflls every intention Of fexibility (;
it is durable /; it goes with the bedstead,
as an actual part of it, and it can never
be nest or receptacle of contagion or
impurity. On the subject of bed
clothes the points that have most to be
enforced are that heavy bed clothing is
always mistake, and that weight in no
true sense means warmth. The light
down quilts or coverlets which are
coming into general use are the great
est improvements that have been made
in our time in regard to bed-clothes..
One of these quilts takes we'll the place
of two blankets, and they cause much
less fatigue from weight than layer
upon layer of blanket covering. The
clothing must be regulated according
to the needs of each individual the
body under the clothes must neither
be too cold or too hot; but it is better
to sleep with too little than too much
clothing. The position of the bed in
the bedroom is Of moment. The foot
Of the bed to the fireplace is the best
arrangement when it can be carried out.
The bed should be away from the door,
SO that the door does not open upon it,
and should never, if it can be helped,
be between the door and fire. If the
head Of the bed can be placed to the
east, SO that the body lies in the line OF
the earth's motion, I think it is
the best position for the sleeper.
The furniture of the bedroom,
other than the bed, should be
of the simplest kind. The chairs
should be uncovered, and free from
stufing of woolen or other material !;
the wardrobe should have closely-fit-
ting doors; the utensils should have
closely fitting covers and everything
that can in any way gather dust should
be carefully excluded.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
"What led you to put yourself under
christian influanceY'

"What led you to put yourself under
Christian infuence?"
"Religion was far from my thoughts
when took the first step to sober up.
MY sole object was to secure hew suit
of clothes in place of the 'hand-me-
downs I was then wearing"
"What do you mean by hand-me-
downs?"
GLAND d-me-downs are obtained in
this way. A man in temporary in
terval Of soberness secures new suit
Of clothes, say worth about $50. AS ne has
no money to purchase more whisky, he
enters Baxter street secondhand
clothing shop. Possibly he is in drng-
ged condition. He receives an old
worn suit in place Of his new one,
and not more than dollar or two be-
sides. Very likely he fails to remem-
ber the place, and the recovery of his
good suit of clothes, when he comes to
his reason, is matter of impossibility.
Well, T had heard that I could go to
some evangelist, concoct a good story
about desire for repentance, talk and
pray, and I would secure my new
clothes and o months board. I tried
the plan. I did not want religion. l
did not believe that I could be saved.
In few weeks was in my right mind.
Good influences had begun their work
upon me. was ashamed Of my deceit.
confessed my purpose to defraud.
The kindness shown me. the convic-
tion that came to me that I could re-
form, brought with it the determine
tion to do SO, and I can only look back
at my past course with horror"
Another man who had once been
under Christian teachings, but who re-
fused to be guided by them after he got
away from their influence, said, re-
ferring to the means of living in tramps
quarters. "We manage it in various
ways. We put up job on some minis
ter or generous Christian, and by the
good talking of some one of our num-
Der get little money or good clothes.
These we turn into money. We win
their sympathies by professions Of re-
ligion, and most always get aid to visit
our homes in some far.off locality.
Then seme of our number work tenn
porarily,l They spend their money in
treating, and thus one helps the other. u
But these men deceive no one, it ig
said, although they think they are not
read through and through by those who
try to reform them. Rev. DR.. Tying,
before his departure for Europe, was in
the habit on winter mornings of giving
a hot breakfast to the outcasts, bring
ing them in from the highways. One
morning he fed several hundred on
good, nourishing breakfast. Knowing
that all of them would readily assert
that they desired to give up drink, re-
form, and become Christian men, he
said to them: "There are many of you
this morning doubtless saying in your
minds: What soft thing we have
got on DR.. Tying. We will go up and
beat him out of hot breakfast, and he
is welcome to keep his religion Now
I am satisfied that If I can only save
one man out Of this large number pres
ent here this morning. the object of this
entertainment has been secured. ."-Nesc
York Sun.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
When Apply Lime.

Lime is most usefully employed in
the Fall when manure has been plcwed
in. 1t then exerts it's best effect in the
best season. But if it could not be ap-
Piled then it may be used at any time
afterward, but better before rain than
after it. Lime should be covered in
the soil as soon as possible to prevent
too rapid carbonization, which would
quickly take place on the surface when
the lime is exposed to the atmosphere
and the nightly dews. But lime is 50
useful under any circumstances that ii
will pay to apply it anywhere, at any
time, and anyhow, SO that it is not put
out of the reach of the roots OF the
crop.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
Milking Machines.

In answer to an inquiry, the Anae'i-
can Cubioator replies that many at
tempts have been made to construct
machines by which the milk could be
crawn from the cows bag with the same
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
Recipes.

IkeClpcbs
Cup PUDDNG.-Some stale rolls,
diyested of crust and cut in halves.
Place each half in teacup and cover
it with milk till it is soaked through
Turn it out on to q plate, add little
more milk and with it jam OF
marmalade.
How 10 MAKE MEAT TENDER. Cut the
steaks the day before, into slices about
two inches thick, rub them over with a
small quantity Of soda; wash off next
morning, cut into suitable thickness,
and cook as you choose. The same
process will answer for fowls, legs OF
mutton, etc. Try, all who love deli
cious, tender dishes Of meat.
LEMON CAKE.-Beat to cream one
cup of butter and three cups of pow
dered sugar. Add the yolks OF five
eggs, previously well-beaten, the Juice
and grated rind Of one lemon, and Q
cup of milk with one teaspoonful OF
saleratus Tor baking POWDER dissolved
in it. Then add the whites OF the eggs
beaten to stiff frnth, sift in four cups
of -four and bake.
GLAZED HAM.--Soak and boil ham
twenty minutes to the pound, and let
it get almost cold in the water. Skin
| it neatly, and coat with paste made Of
cup Of cracker crumbs, one OF milk,
two beaten eggs, and seasoned with
pepper. Set the ham in the oven until
the glazing is Drowned, moistening,
now and then, with few spoonfuls Of
cream. Wind frilled paper about the
shank, and garnish with parsley.
BISHOP PUDDING. Butter some thin
slices of bread, without crust. and over
the butter spread q good layer of jam.
Out the slices into convenient pieces.
Line and border deep pie dish with
puff paste, arrange the slices of bread
and butter in the dish until half full.
Make an ordinary, rather milky ground
rice pudding, flavor the milk with
which it is made with the rind of q
lemon. Sweeten to taste, and add to it
two or three beaten up eggs, according
to the size of the pudding. Pour this
mixture into the pie dish, and bake in
q brisk oven.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24

President Arthur weighs 215 pounds,
David Davis, 315. Total, $50. The gov
erment is now on solid foundation. !.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
Entered at the Posto6fce at Goldsboro, N. O.,
as Second-cldss Matter.

All communications on business should be
addressed to GEO. T. WAssoM, Editor and Pro-
prietor. Goldsboro. N. G.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-12-24
facility and completeness as it could be
drawn by hand, but so, far as our

facility and completeness as it could be
drawn by hand, but SO far as our
knowledge and observation extend,
without any practical success. 1t is
supposed by many that the milk is re-
tanned in the cows bag through atmos-
pheric pressure alone; which, however,
ID not true, since the COW is able to
control this flow to a great extent. It
the COW dislikes the person employed
in milking, or his manner Of drawing
the milk, she will not only refuse. to let
down the fluid but, by persisting in the
effort will soon dry up the supply. The
udder of the COW is composed not only
Of a bundle of milk veins but also OF
nerves. The aperture in the teat of the
COW varies in size with each animal
milked. In the case of some cows
this aperture is large and the milk
can be drawn away very rap
idly, while in other COWS the aper-
ture is small and any attempt to
draw the milk from this latter class OF
COWS as rapidly as from the former, will
be attended with much pain upon the
part of the abused animal, and determi-
nation on her part to hold back the milk.
This defect in the size of the aperture
of the cows teat is one which no ma
chine can detect, but one which human
hand readily observes. Immediately
upon it's discovery the humane mixer
relazes his efforts in forcing away the
milk. It is the smallness of this aper-
ture which stamps the cow as a hard
mixer. The observant dairyman soon
learns that when he draws too hard the
milk passes back to the bag. In such
case his efforts must be so relaxed
that the milk will come away easily
though slowly. Again, when there is
inflammation in the cows udder, the
careful mixer readily detects it, and
quickly sets about with measures tt
reduce the Inflammation and relieve the
COW. By the use Of no machine coule
such difficulty be detected, and seri
GUS consequences might be the result
of machine making. A great many bag
would be permanently ruined and many
COWS die Of milk fever, which would bt
saved to the owner where milking b.
hand prevails. It is observed that mel
have not become better artisans since
the introduction of machinery. Mana
gers and overseers may now under.
stand better the nature Of the article
manufactured, the raw material uset
and the nature of the machine employed
than was the case formerly, but tn
rank and file-the class of men who to
day operate the machines, and who, be
fore machines were invented, did tn
work by hand-these men understoo.
the nature of the material upon whicl
they worked better in former times thai
they do now. And SO, in this connec
tion, he who has to milk cow, and d
it well and properly, should know a
least the character and construction Q
the cows bag.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-08

ing weeks and severely trying the
patience of the court. bar and pub
lie. The worst thing about 1t is
that when such idiots have been
penned into the jury box no man
living can tell what they will do.
On the principle that fellow
feeling makes one wondrous kind,
they may take II into their heads
to accept the insanity plea and
bring In u verdict of acquittal Of
their brother lunatic. There would
be something gained If the trial
should result In the modification
of this absurd feature of the old
common law.
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NEW YORK, October 7.-Secre-
tary Window was not at the Sub.
Treasury to-day, but according to
the Commercial Bulletin it Is now
said that some measure OF action
will be resorted to next week
such, perhaps, as an order for pre-
payment, with q rebate of any part
Of the $40, 000, 900 of bonds called
for December gath. United States
bonds advanced s@4, and there
were large purchases in the after
noon of extended fives at par.
There was to-day very general
covering of short sales in the stock
market Emancipation of Treasury
relief and the result was higher
prices for the whole list.
Peruv,nu News.
NEW YORK, Oct. THE Pana-
ma Star and Herald of Sept. 2Sth
says: The Chilean leaders have
probably another campaign In the
tempo of San Diego. The State
of Ariquipa will be attacked, and
Gen. Baque Dona will command
thc eApcuietou. 4hohy
are leaving Lima to join the Mon.
toneros. They 60 because they
cannot work, even if such were
obtainable. The order recently is
sued by Pieorla to raise 1870 soles
in silver from dozen persons in
Tika and Conte, or to destroy their
property, has been the straw which
has broken the cancels back, and
capitalists and property owners
now see that the pretense is ma de
to carry on the war In order to ena-
BILE the principles of communism
to be carried out under the name Of
"patr iotism." Monetro is prepar-
ing to occupy TrUjillo when
the Chileans abandon it. The Chill
can troops have been withdrawn.
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EAST Err N.
lnter~ss ON Continued Bon0s-Eu.
TOpeSn Crops.

Inseress on Continued Bonas-Ru-
TODesn Crops.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-Interest
for the continued 5 per cent bonds,
funded loan of 1881, becomes due
on the LIST of November and will
amount to about So, 100000.
There will be about ninety NOM
nations Of Postmasters at the COM
ing special session of the Senate.
or these about forty five are of
Postmasters appointed by Presi.
dent Garfield after the adjourn.
ment Of the Senate last summer.
There are twenty-one Postoff1ces
which became Presidential on the
first of July last, because of in
creased receipts, and twenty-five
which became Presidential on the
first of the present month. Nom
nations for these will, 1t is sup.
posed, be sent in.
Consul Grinnell reports official
statistics showing the production
OF the cereals in the German EN-
pire from August l, 1880, to August
l, 1881. He says he thinks the fig
ures are of value. showing, as they
do, the growing need In Germany
OF articles we can best supply,
and especially as to corn, for
which, as the Germans boone more
familiar with its excellence as food
for man and animals and its rela.
tive cheapness, their demands will
only be limited by the amount we
can spare. The condition of the
crop In Europe at the close of Au-
gust, 1881, according to the report
received at the Department of
State from Consul Byers, of Zurich,
was estimated as follows: Wheat
crop, average; Austria and Bava-
ria, both upper and lower, average;
Roumania, Russia, Denmark, Sile-
STA, Saxony, Switzerland, the
Netherlands and Great Britain and
Ireland, below the average; Servia,
Hungary, Courland, Sweden and
Norway. Mecklenburg, Prussia, the
Three Provinces, Pfalg, Bavaria,
Italy, France, and the Danube
District In Wallachia, only prom
ises half Of last years crop. The
crop In the Wallacion District,
Roumania and Bessarabia, Prussia
and Scleswig, Holsteln, much below
the average. There is total failure
OF wheat In Tutoud, Courlin, Rou-
mania and only forty per cent OF
the average In Little Wallachia.
Middle Russia gives promise of q
wheat crop much above the aver
age. In most of the above named
provinces rye and barley will be
slightly above the average,
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-08

The announcement that Roscoe
C0nkling has been rendered and
has accepted the position of Secre-
tary of the Treasury in President
Arthur's remodeled Cabinet will
surprise many. We can hardly
bring ourselves to regard It as true
for the reason that Conkling has
hitherto been so peremptory in his
declina tions of all appointive hon.
ora. President Grant rendered him
the appointments of Chief Justice
Of the United States and the mis-
sion to England, both of which
were declined. There will be high
indignation in the camp Of the
"half breeds" should the news be
confirmed. and perhaps that fact
might have led Conkling to accept.
Nothipg gives that gentleman
such undiluted pleasure as stirring
up his enemies.
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1T has long been an adage that
not every body can run q hotel.
This sapient remark applies as we'll
to the running of a newspaper as
to Q hotel. His Holiness Pope Leo
thought he would try journalism,
end he established In the Vatican
. Journal called the aurora. In
the short modern and perhaps vul-
gar Saxon, 1t is now "busted." 1t
took too many of the sacerdotal
''scAds" to keep the newspaper
bantling alive and the plant was
abandoned. But His Holiness
need not be respondent. A man
may be q very good Pope and vel
fall a. o journalist.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-08

AS 1T is generally understood
that Secretary Blaine is shortly to
leave the Cabinet, that dsshing
and indefatigable public man
seems to be submerged for the
present, whether he should accept
the English mission or return to
the Pine woods of Maine. That he
will allow himself to be banished
for such q sentence it would ap-
pear to him to be-to the Court Of
st. James we do not for a mo.
ment believe. AS both Frye and
Hale, the present Senators from
Maine, are understood to be pro-
teges of the White Plumed knight,
II would be graceful thing II one
Of them were to resign and thus
admit Of BIaine's bsln g returned to
the United States Senate. Public
men Of late. however, are not noted
for their disinterestedn and the
resigning mood is a very infre.
quent one with them.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-08

The extent and severity of the
drouth In the East is hardly zeal.
ICED out here on the Pacific Coast.
Thus. q New York paper says that
in some portions of Pennsylvania
the trees are dying, there is no pas
turage, the farmers are feeding
their cattle with hay, the fall seed.
ing has resulted sometimes In the
grain sprouting and then wither-
ing away, but oftener the grain
has not germina.ed at all. The
earth IL like an ash-heap and the
outlook is most dlscouraging.