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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23
THE GIANT POWDER EXPLOSION.

About dozen GLACIERS applied to Contractor
Farley in East Seventy-tnrd-st at an early hour
windows which were broken by the explosion Of
giant powder the day before. Men were sent to all
tn houses in Seventy fourth-st. to repair the win
dows The men were at work usual blasting the
rocks, and great many people gathered in front Of
work TO look at the damage done by the
explosion. Foreman Monahan superintendent the
work in the afternoon, as Police Justice
Murray had discharged him early in the morning
through lack of evidence that he had been crilni-
nally careless. Nr. Monahan said that he was I'M
able TO account for the disaster. he had often
"thawed out the powder III the same way before
without doing any damage. He denied that dyna-
mite was used in blasting, as was stated yesterday
in some newspapers. The properties of dynamite
are such that 1t can only be exploded by percussion
and not by heating. All the injured persons are re-
Seventy fourth-st., who is still in critical con-
dltlOn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23

RLAIR'S PILLS.-Great English Gout and
ID rheumatic Remedy oval ST. round 50c. sold by al
Mat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
ASSORTMENT UNSURPASSED OF TABLE.
CHINA AND GLASSWARE, BRoNZEs,
CLOCKS, PLAQUES VASES. STERLING
SILVER, SILVER PLATE, &C, &C, AND
LEADING ALL OTHER HOUSES IN ATTRAC-
TIVE VARIETY AND CLOSE PRICES FOR
DECORATED DINNER SERVICES
Goods specially selected by Mr.. oVINGToN az
the great sources OF production in the Old World
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
0VINGT0N BROTHERS,
246, 2is, $50 and 252 FULTON aud 10 CLARK.
SITS,
BROOKLYN
To avoid the inevitable Uress OF Holiday trado.
goods now chosen will be held for future delivery
Goods delivered in New-lork and vicinity Five
minutes by Fulton Ferry cars. House III Chicago,
l46 safest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23
DISCONTINUED EMPLOYEES.

The strike of the cigar packers at Straiton e.
Stormgs factory is in an uncertain candition. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-23
A RECEPTION TO 4 BRIDE.

The Rev. Dr. Buckley, the editor OF the OhriS
r0cGle, delivered the address TO the graduates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
A Place for Everything and Everything
in Its Place.

, Experience shows us that unless the
habit of being orderly is cultivated in
youth it never will be ours in mature
years. The disorderly girl may be sub
ject to spasmodic fits of tidiness, and at
such times her closets, bureau drawers
and boxes will be put in order, but as
these attack are but temporary they are
soon over and the old way fallen into
again. Such girl may be good and
clever in many respects, but her want
of order and system, besides being an
Inconvenience to herself, will also be,
more or less, trial to those about her.
Girlhood is the time when habits are
formed, and if an impulse to be orderly
is followed then, it will grow upon us
until it will become second nature, and
disorder will be pain to US.
If, however, during these years we are
careless, put things in their proper
places if it is convenient, and if not
leave them around for some member of
the household to pick up and pat away
for Us, we are doing ourselves an injury
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
which, if not apparent now, via be When

which, if not apparent now, win be when
we have reached womanhood.
Some girls make their things last 80
much longer than others, and We won
der sometimes by what magic they can
be worn SO long without looking shabby.
The reason is, that they take good care
of them. Their dresses are brushed
carefully and the slightest spot upon
them removed before hanging them
away, ribbons and laces are folded and
laid away with care, gloves are mended
when the tiniest hole shows itself, q but
ton lost from shoe is restored immedi-
ately, and "the stitch in time'' keeps
many wardrobe looking fresh and new,
which otherwise would become old and
worn out if neglected from time to time.
Girls! don't give way to sef-indulgence
and laziness in regard to your own per-
sonal belongings. II you have desire
to leave things around, or to put off
mending a garment, because you don't
feel like being tidy at the time, or in q
mood for mending, don't yield to it,
for every time you do you are strength
ening the impulse to be disorderly, and
are taking the steps that will influence
your character for the whole of your flu
ture Me.-ChristiGn at Work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
THE DEVILS DANCE.

Other dances followed in quick sue
cessiOn. The fire was made to burn
hotter than ever and the heat was almost
unbearable. A single hole in the roof
served as an outlet for the smoke, but
through this outlet the smoke was in no
hurry to go. The atmosphere, breathed
over and over by every Indian in the
place, was poisonous itself and reeking
with carbonic-acid gas and charcoal-
fumes, it was moistened with human
perspiration. The fire heated the
passions as well as the body, and Che
uprOar became greater. wo braves
now appeared before the fire. and q
grunt of satisfaction indicated that a
climax was to be reached One was
small and agile, but as tough as tiger !;
the other showed a symmetry in form
and proportions such as we had seldom
seen equaled. Save a few feathers in
the hair and girdle around the loins,
each dancer was naked, and their mus
Giles stood out like great Jumps on their
bodies. Thesmusic beginning. they shot
like race-horses twice around the fire
and then pausing for moment they
set to their work. They jumped; they
yelled; they beat the ground with their
feet; they tossed their arms aloft; they
beat their head to their knees; they
threw their bodies into contortions; they
danced like devils in human form. But
such exertions could not last forever.
Nature asserted limit and beyond this
physical endurance could not go. The
dancing became slower and the music
more subdued. Suddenly, when pity
had taken the place Of excitement and
performers and spectators were alike
gasping for air, the music stopped with.
triumphal crash. Then, the aperture
being opened, the two braves vanished
into tho open air and the "fandango''
was over. And when Capt Jack in
his broken English had told us that it
had been "heap big Dance" and we
found ourselves once more under clear,
open sky, we no longer wondered that
the Digger Indians are placed lowest in
the scale of civilization and that they
are doomed to extinction as complete as
that of the Narragansetts of New Eng
land, whose language and monuments
can not now be deciphered. ID. u.
Whilehil, in the Chscaoo Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
Flaxseed for Stock.

From all accounts, the amount of fax.
seed sown this season is unusually large.
In many places where the prospect for
a crop of fall-sown wheat was poor, the
ground was plowed up quite early in the
spring and sown to flax. In some parts
of the West, farmers SOW flax on newly.
turned sod for the purpose of preparing
the ground for a crop of wheat the fol.
lowing year. 1t requires less labor to
sow and harvest q crop of fax than to
plant and gather a crop of corn, and
many state that the ground is in better
condition after the flax than the corn.
Sod corn is not salable, but fiaxseed al.
ways finds a ready market. The expense
of marketing faxseed is less than for any
crop that can be raised on the same
amount of land. It is generally worth
more per bushel than any kind of grain,
and it is manufactured in the West in
stead of in the East. In many sections
the manufacturers of linseed oil furnish
seed to homesteaders aud other poor
farmers with view of securing their
crop when harvested. The manufacture
of this oil is very profitable, as the oil
cake sells for more than half the sum
paid for the seed from which it is made.
Nearly all of it goes to Great Britain,
where its value for feeding to all kinds
of stock is better appreciated than in
this country. But little use is made OF
oil-cake or of ground fiaxseed in the
United States, except to feed to calves
and milch cows that are in poor condi-
ton in the spring. Few have employed
either of them as q part of the regular
diet for stock, or for the purpose of pre-
pairing animals for the butcher. There
is no necessity for extracting the oil from
fiaxseed before feeding it to stock. In
fact, the oil it contains is the most valu-
able portion of it. Pure ground flax
seed, when fed alone, is too rich, but
if mixed with meal, bran or shorts it is
excellent for all kinds of stock. An ex-
perienced feeder recommends mixing
one bushel of faxseed with seven of corn
and the same number of oats and grind
ing them together. There is no better
feed for calves "brought up by hand"
than boiled fiaxseed and skinned milk.
1t is the best substitute for fresh milk.
A small amount of flaxseed should be fed
at first, but the amount can be increased
to pound day by the time the calves
are month old.-Chicago Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23

The City of Boston opened its pub
lie baths on the LIST of June. The season
lasts four months, the baths are Is in
number, and la~t year SAG. 200 males
and 245 535 females awaited themselves
of cir advantages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
Maintaining Meadows.

As general thing, with land that
is capable of fair tillage, I would not
leave any one seeding to lie more than
two or three years before breaking and
tilling, so as to thoroughly overhaul the
land, and then reseed it, giving it a
change of crops and q change of condi-
ton which well agrees with almost any
soil. But it is often the case, from one
cause or another, that the farmer would
prefer to let certain fields go to grass
year after year, if its fertility and pro-
ductiveness could be maintained. And
it can be without any more outlay for
manure than we would think necessary
to apply to the same land if we were
aiming to get from it good crop of al
m )st anything else. The trouble gen.
orally is that we think the grass ground
can run itself, and the result is it runs
itself out usually before we really bestir
ourselves to do anything for it. But by
applying manure judiciously to grass
ground it will be likely to show better
results than when used anywhere else on
the farm. should prefer to apply ma
nure to any grass land in the fall, and
at any time during the winter, but if de-
ferred until early spring, use finer and
spreading evenly as possible, drag once
over it, then apply light seeding of
grass seeds and drag once or twice
more, which will probably give very
satisfactory results the same year. But
for the future treatment apply the ma
nure in the fall and winter, never mind
ing whether it be fine or coarse, only if
it is ,lumpy cuff them out with an old
fork, so as to get it even over the sur
face, and if ever so coarse and strong, it
will all settle to the ground, out of the
way of moving, and help wonderfully
in keeping the ground moist and in ia
vorable condition for the grass crop. 1t
will be found most practical to apply
this treatment on clayey and stubborn
soils.-Henru ICES, tn N. Y. Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23

Col. Jones, of Cincinnati, is very
odd. The way he does it is to get one
boot BACKED one day and the other the
next. It tickles everybody.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23
-Lightning did terrible work at

dartown, Ga, recently. In double log
house occupied by a family named Prince
and another named Brazier, the bolt en-
tered the roof and struck dead Mrs.
Brazier, who was standing by the fire
roasting coffee. Her neck was broken
andsher head split open by piece of the
ming and hurled at her with terrific
force. Mr.. Powell, who was holding
Mrs. Brazier's infant, was knocked
senseless. jeff Yancey, who was in the
same room, was struck deaf. Mrs.
Prince. who stood in the hallway be-
tween the two rooms, was instantly kill
ed, and a hole was made in the floor un-
der her feet as if a rifle-ball had pierced
it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-06-23

Some farmers do not know that
seasoned fire-wood gives more heat thar
green wood. But that is tho fact.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

Il TWO FLOORS.
No. 35 Leffersnn ct-o..
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08
Rice. Cotton, Palmetto.
Hartford Times.

Some of the members of the First
Regiment brought home any quantity of
souvenirs of their trip to Yorktown and
Charleston. At Yorktown they OBJ
tanned very pretty little albums with
views of the place. the exterior and in
terror of the old houses, old pieces of
furniture and relics. There were also
neat little badges, with canteens of
white metal, medals, and other pleasing
trifles. At Charleston every man was
presented with two badges, joined to-
gether with a scroll of gilded brass,
holding a bow of palmetto
leaves. On one badge was print
ed in blue the coat of
arms of the city of Charleston, and the
inscription-"The Old Thirteen. Sons
of Connecticut, Charleston bids you well
come. October 1874" The other
badge was of scarlet silk and bore in
gold letters the inscription Charleston,
1881. October 1884, and underneath
in a square cross the words South
Carolina, Connecticut. Cotton bolls, bits
of evergreen, slips of the wild palmetto,
blades of the pampas or SIS, sheaves of
rice, cuttings from rose bushes, and
many other trifes, all making an inter-
estiDg and valuable collection, which the
boys will treasure highly in commemo-
ration of their trip and the friendly feel
ing which has been formed between the
two States,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

The letters written by Guiteau, held
by the prosecuting attorney, and de-
manded by Guiteau's counsel, refer prin-
cipally to the assassin's belief that the
interests of the Republican party de-
manded the death of President Garfield.
The prosecuting attorney AYERS, as his
reason for holding them, that he proposes
to use them as evidence against the
prisoner; the defense desires to use them
in demonstrating the insanity of Guiteau.
1t is tolerably evident that they cannot
be useful to both sides, and a reasonable
assumption is that the prosecuting attor-
ney does not wish to use them as evil
dence, but does desire to smother them
in furtherance of the absurd theory that
love of notoriety was Guiteau's sole
motive,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

SANDER, defamation and detraction,
the three-fold demon of envy, hatred,
and malice, still stalk along in their
works of mischief, and "chew a viper
for their daily food" Pollock, in his
beautiful poem entitled THE Course of
Time" has depicted this foul pest of
society, as follows:
Twas Islander filed her mouth with lying
words;
SANDER the foulest whelp of sin. The man
In whom this spirit entered was undone.
His tongue was set on fire OF hell; his heart
Was black as death; his legs we're faint with
haste
To propagate the lie his soul had framed;
His pillow was the peace of families
Destroyed, the sight of innocence reproached,
Broken friendships, and the strife OF brother
hoods.
Yet did he spare his sleep. and hear the clock
Number the midnight watches on his bed
Devising mischief more; and early rose
And made most hsllish meals Of good mems
names"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

Attorney General McVeagh's refusal
to remain in the Cabinet and prosecute
the star route cases has occasioned much
remark. He is said to declare that he
"has simply the choice of going out now,
with the chance of being called desert
er, or being turned out in the spring as
responsible for failure which would in
reality be none of his" On the other
hand President Arthur will probably
find difficulty in inducing any one to
accept the Attorney Generalship and
with it the management of star route
cases which were instituted by his pre-
decessor, and are reasonably certain of
defeat. Mr.. McVeagh's determination
to retire, and the Presidents desire to
retain him until these cases are conclud-
ed. are evidently prompted by the anxiety
of each TO escape the popular censure
which will fall upon the unsuccessful
prosecutor of the star route cases.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

As was predicted when, every day,
there was reported from Washington the
cutting down, or cutting-off, of some
rural postal route by Postmaster General
James in his search for a great reputa
ton as a careful and economical mana
ger of public trusts. complaints q. being
made by persons who are injured by the
changes, and who believe that the postal
service is for the benefit of the whole
people and not for the sole profit and
convenience of the centres of population.
The st. Louis Globe says: owe receive
communications every day from persons
living in the river towns north of St.
Louis complaining of the injustice of the
Post Office Department in depriving
them of mail service because of frauds
formerly practised by contractors. The
Post Office Department is really punish
ing innocent people for its own crimes,
since it was the department and not the
people who committed the star route
offenses."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

Col. ]. G.. Dunno, of Philadelphia,
Vice President of the Florida Improve
ment Company, who has just returned
from Europe, reports widespread in
terest among the better classes of several
countries visited respecting everything
pertaining to America, and more particu-
larly are they solicitous on the subject of
emigrating. DESTROYS of avoiding the
uncongenial fields of the great Northwest,
they are casting about for a more tenn
perate climate than there offered, and
many express a purpose to seek homes
in Florida. Col. Dunno reports that
both English and German capital is
seeking avenues for investment in the
important railway enterprises of Florida
and the steamboat lines in connection
Herewith.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF THE
UNITED STATEs.-Much attention is
now being given to the question of how
the surplus revenue of the general gov
eminent is to be disposed of. In view
of this it Will be of interest to reeapitu-
late the items of the Federal income and
expenditure. During the last fiscal
year the income from customs duties was
$19S, 159, $40; from internal revenue
taxes, $135, 264 3s5; from direct tax, 81
SIC; from sales of lands, $2,201 1858
from other miscellaneous items, $685.
154. $50; total. net, $500. 7S2. 292. The
expenditures were: For the War De
partment, $40, 466. 400; the Navy Depart
ment, 1886. SCI; pensions, $50, O59.-
279; interest on public debt, $50, sos. TAI ;
civil and miscellaneous items, $64, 49,
1924; premiums on purchased bonds, ST.
O61 PAS; total, net, $3.50, 712. 1877. These
figures indicate, as has often been point
ed out, that over 800, 900. 900 was drawn
from the people more than was needed
for the purposes of the government.
This was the amount during the past
fiscal year; during the present year it is
estimated to amount to about $167, 900,
0O0
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08
First Decision of the Irish Land
Court,

The first case examined under the
Irish land act has just been decided, and
the result is victory for the tenant. A
reduction so sweeping as 10 bring down
the yearly rental on a farm from $44 to
$91 so ought to satisfy the farmer of the
disposition of the land commission to
give a fair consideration to his claims.
The case alluded to was decided at Cas-
tie Blayney, and was one of the most
famous ever brought to the public no
tice by the efforts of the friends of the
League, being case of peculiar hard
ship. Patrick McAtavey, of Coolatra.
county Monaghan, on the estate of
Henry Bond, a resident of Lon
don, paid a rent of $A per
annum, as said above, upon a farm
of ten acres. The tenant proved that
his landlord had forced him to sign an
agreement surrendering the benefits of
the Ulster custom. This was not de-
MED. Some of his witnesses swore that
the rent was too high, as the land would
hardly support family that in fact the
tenants right in it was worthless. The
agent of the landlord, however, swore
that McAtavey had refused $500 for it
and wanted $3.50, and that the farm
would bear good crop if properly
farmed. The commissioners visited the
patch and gave it personal examina-
ton, being attended by large number
of the tenants of the neighbor-
hood and others, who exhibited
the greatest interest in the
matter. Going from field to field the
commissioners tested the soil, examined
the crops, questioned the agent and ten
ant. and so acted as to impress the spec
tators with the idea that they wanted to
get at the real facts of the case. On
their return to the Castle in the after
noon some further evidence was heard,
but nothing of importance elected. They
gave Judgment at once before the day
was out, reducing the rent from IS los.
to So 6s., obliging the landlord besides
to nay half the county cess, which
amounted to a further saving to the ten
ant of five shillings yearly. The reduc-
ton brings the rent 81 2s. under Grit
fith's valuation. Such result is thought
to attest Parnell's wisdom in selecting
for the first action of the land tribunal
cases such that the decisions are bound
to indicate the justice of the tenants
complaints.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-08

The recent royal meetings in Europe
have excited apprehensions of war in
some quarters. The Emperors of Ger
many and Russia have had very affec
tionate meeting, and the Austrian EN-
peror and Italian King have done like
wise. 1t is intimated that these move
ments indicate a unanimity of sentiment,
and perhaps future concert of action,
between these four powers; but against
what power the alleged alliance is to be
directed can only be conjectured. Posi-
bly,, Germany believes that France is
nearly prepared to attempt the recapture
of Alsace Lorraine, and Bismarck de-
sires, in that event. to have the rear and
TANKS of the German Empire well Gov
cred. This is the most reasonable of all
the surmises yet advanced.