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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-07

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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-07

nor SALE = A SOUND. PERFECrrT-y
l. gentle ladies' driving horse; a pet, safe in.
telligent and a bargain, owing to Illness Of Of
| owner. Address h., this Office. -
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Household Helps.

Cold meats heated up with little
curry are far more digestibIe and far
more nourishing than cold meat
Mutton is more nutritious and di.
gestible than beef although some
physicians hold that broth made from
beef is more nutritive than that from
mutton.
A capital wash for stained boards
is made by boiling one. half pound OF
Stacked lime and one pound OF soda in
six quarts OF water for two hours
Let this settle, then pour of the clear
part for use,
The true physiological method Of
treating n burn or Il scald is to at
once clude the air with cotton bat
ting. -four scraped potato, varnish,
white OF an egg, paste, or anything
that can be quickly obtained.
Old feather beds may be freshencd
and the feathers made lighter and
more lively by laying them on n clean
grass plat during heavy shower
Let them be thoroughly wet through,
then dried and beaten with rods.
q 10 make rico milk. beat ono hall
cup OF ground rice into milk enough
10 make thin batter. Then add one
half pint OF milk and let it boil slowly
five minutes. II may be served hot
or cold and favored as barley water.
Toast water is made by pouring
boiling water on nicely Drowned toast
with no crust until it is covered, and
letting 1t steep until cold II should
then be covered with a plate or 1t
may steep upon the stove an hour or
more.
No woman who essays to entertain
should ask everybody TO her house
The respect she owes TO herself
should prevent this; her house be
comes camp unless she herself has
the power OF putting sieve outside
the door,
Essence OF lemon or orange Ia
made by rubbing the rinds OF ripe
lemons or oranges with loaf sugar
until all Is rubbed of Mix the sugar
aud rind together and pack closely
in little jars or glasses It is used
for fayoring drinks and desserta
Extract OF beef Is made by chop
ping raw beef fine and pressing
through lemon squeozer or a meat
press II neither OF these is handy.
,hs meat may DO pressed firmly be-
tween two plates someth ny after the
manner Of the ancient meal press
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Gen. NettIeton Censured.

The House immigration committee
in August submitted two reports re-
garding the investigation of the cx-
penditures for the Improvement of Ellis
Island, New York Harbor, for the re-
ception of immigrants. The majority
report is signed by all the Democratic
members of the committee, while the
minority report is signed by all the
Republican members. The majority
report states that there has been a
great waste of public money in the
improvements on the island; that
all the buildings, except two large
hospitals, are of inferior material
and poor workmanship, and should not
have been accepted by the government
in their present condition. The ma
jority of the committee have arrived at
the conclusion that Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Nettleton was guilty
of great waste and extravaganza in the
lavish expenditure of the immigration
fund in the improvement of the island;
when he took charge of the work he
departed from the usual departmental
methods of construction; he failed
to retain 10 per cent. of the con-
tract price, as is usual in such
cases. The report also says
that Gen. Nettleton's failure to
inform himself of the condition OF af-
fairs at Ellis Island, and his want of
knowledge of the estimates shows that
he imprudently proceeded in accord
ance with his own Judgment, unmind-
full of his predecessors views; and his
use Of head money, which had not pre-
viously been touched. when there was
on the file an opinion of the First
Comptroller against its use, demon
strates such recklessness in the hand
ling of public money and in the man
agement of departmental affairs as to
create grave apprehension. National
Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Very Hot Weather.

A Fifteenth Iowa man who, at pres
ent, lives in Washington, says he has
listened to remarks about how hot the
weather has been in Washington lately
without much concern, as he eX-
perienced much hotter July twenty
eight years ago, around Atlanta. son
the Goth of July, 1864" he writes,
Hood made his first sortie on Sher-
mans army, and the battle of Peach
Tree Creek was fought by the
Twentieth corps, principally On
that day the writer's corps Seven
teenth) was pushing up on Sherman's
extreme left, and driving the rebels
into their works about Atlanta. On
this day the men of Crocller's Iowa
brigade charged and drove the enemy
several miles, and, although the
weather was frightfully warm, most of
the work was done on the run, through
bushes which kept off what little air
there might have been. A good many
men were Sun-struck. On the 21st,
another hot day, the writer's brigade
charged the encmy's breastworks and
were repulsed, losing heavily. On the
22d land who of the Army of the Ten
nessee does not remember this day of
the battle of Atlanta) the weather was
not Only boiling hot, but the changing
from one side to the other of the
little works we had built during the
night before, and repulsing charge
after charge Of the rebels, was enough
to keep a fellow warm in the coolest
weather. Then again on the 2sth, when
Hood thought to annihilate Logan's
Fifteenth corps, which, with the Army
Vt the Tennessee, had gone around on
The extreme right of the army, the
weather was suffocatingly hot, the
men, after fixing their places few
times and getting the powder on their
hands and faces, looking like black.
smiths. Yes, it was much hotter in
July, 1864, than it was in 1892, in more
ways than one"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
SprainS

Sprains OF tendons or ligaments are
common among no ses and vary in
degree according to the severity and
situation The treatment adopted by
most horsemen leaves much to be de-
sired, and IN the majority Of cases is
absolutely pernicious. The common
practice is to rub the recently in ured
part with some stimulating embroca-
tion-altOgether wrong use to put
such q preparation TO. This may be
useful in a chronic case where either
hot or cold lamentations would be
useless but no hot oils should be al
lowed near a recent sprain, however
slight-indeed all sprains are seri-
GUS slight as they may appear and
they should be carefully treated lest
permanent thickening and continued
lameness be the result
+ Q object in view in the first stage
should be TO keep down Inflammation
and prevent exud ton aud swelling.
Either hot or cold water may be used.
but whichever Is seleced should be
a hered TO- so as not TO produce reaC-
ton. For q recent sprain says q
Canadian writer cold water Is per-
haps best but should not be en-
ployel If much swelling and conges-
ton is apparent The time for the
embrocation Is when the in ANNA
tion as Indicated by pain. heat and
swelling. is reduced. A good cooling
lotion Tor very recent in.9'y Is; Hy-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Sparks.

Gen. James B. Weaver, the nominee
for President of the Peoples party,
does not smoke, swear or drink. He
possesses pleasant baritone voice.
James T. Morgan, who was a lead
ing witness in the pension Office inves-
tigation, has been disbarred from prac-
tice before that office and all bureaus
Of the Interior department.
Ex-State Treasurer Edward holland
began serving term in the Missouri
penitentiary for embezzlement on the
very day that his successor, Gen. L. V.
Stephens, was renominated for that
office.
The youngest officer in the Union
army to wear the double stars was
Gen. Pennypacker Of Pennsylvania.
He was a colonel Of volunteers at 20
and brevet major-general when bat
six months past his 22d birthday.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16

dro.chlorate OF ammonia one-hal.
ounce; tinoture OF arnica four ounces;
hectic acid. one ounce; water one
and one half pints. In the second
case the object is to stimulate absorb
ton and promote repair and the
llniment or a blister may be en-
ployod, The care OF the legs and
feet are important in horse manage
ment for II these are not in service
able condition we have no horse-or
worse still an idle cripple to keep;
but is too wlde subject to enter upon
in detail Farmers Voice.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
TIE END.
The Electric Telegraph.

The electric telegraph in It's present
practical shape was the invention Of
an American artist, S. +. b. Morse.
In old times people sent messages by
objects shown on high ground. by
lights displayed at night Or by bonfres
kindled on the hills Even the wild
indiana sent Intelligence across the
plains by waving blanket over fire
and thus making a smoke signal"
In 1925 Morse set up and worked o
telegraphio wire. But 1t was nine
years later before he could persuade
congress to appropriate money to set
UP the frat line. In 1874 the first
message was sent from Washington to
Baltimore.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Old Frlgates at the Navy Yard.

The old, very old navy was repre-
sented at the navy yard yesterday by
the two hulks of the dismantled
frigates Vermont and New Hampshire.
They were moored at Cob dock. No
one at the yard knows what is to be
officially done with the New Hamp-
shire. For long time she was used
as training ship for apprentice boys
at New London, but since she was
brought here TO serve as the barracks
for the naval reserve battalions appli-
cation has been made that she be kept
here for use as drill ship or armory.
This matter is before Secretary Tracy
for his consideration. Meanwhile she
will remain at the navy yard.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16

comes next to the flagstaff 1t is
held if the binding of Conti-
mental buff were made an
inch or so wider the effect would
be pleasing to the eye, while
the change would in no sense interfere
with the appearance of the present
regulation flag. At the same time it
would recognize sentiment which
is rapidly growing, of reverence for the
men of the revolutionary period
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Medal of Honor.

Mr.. Elisha Il. Seaman, of West
Liberty, Ohio, is the proud possessor
of "Medal of Honor" received re-
Gently from the Secretary of War, and
inscribed as follows: THE Congress
to Elisha b. Seaman, Company A.
Sixty-sixth O. V. l., for distinguished
conduct at the Battle of Charlottesville
Va, May ., 1868" During this battle,
the Union soldiers fred on a lot of
Rebels near where the Sixty sixth was
stationed, and wounded several of
them. The officers thought they might
gain some information from the
wounded Johnnies, and called for vol
unteers to go out and bring some of
the men in. Mr.. Seaman was the
first man to volunteer, and Thomas
Thompson, John b. Runyon, w. w.
Cranston, Madison Bryan and Henry
Heller went with him, and they
brought man in from whom the Off
GERS gained some valuable information
concerning the enemy's plan of attack,
etc. 1t was daring act, as the Rebs
were shooting at them, and they were
more liable to be killed than not. 1t
was for this sort of bravery that this
medal was awarded. OF these six brave
men, all are now living except Mr..
Runyon Mr.. Heller lives at Urbana,
and Mr.. Thompson at Mechanicsburg;
and recently Mr.. Seaman went down
and had u pleasant visit with them.
They talked over old war times, fought
the. battles over again, and drank from
the same canteen.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
horticultural Hin Il.

DO not prime for tall trunk.
The tree planted where 1t is to
grow is the best.
The western catalpa is one Of tho
best trees TO plant for posts
There is more loss from neglected
afterculcure than any other cause.
Generally it is better to plant a
young tree rather than graft an old
one.
The sulphuring OF the fruit before
evaporating is to say the least ques-
tionable practice.
Do not leave the garden rako hoe
and other tools lying out; store them
in the tool house.
With little care a dozen different
varieties OF fruit may DO budded OF
grated on the same tree.
Growing weeds not only take up
fertility but also moisture and air
that the growing plants need
When setting out strawberry plants,
spread out the roots fan shaped and
ill the soil well around them.
The cutting and slashing sometimes
done under the name OF pruning is
often what causes others not to prune.
When branches or limbs affected
with black knot are cut of they should
be burned in order to get rid OF the
disease.
Covering the wounds made In prun.
ing with paint or Varnish will often
prevent the wounds from starting 10
decay.
The main objection TO sulphurin 6
is that in the great majority OF cases
too much is used and the quality is
injured.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Sow More Buckwhent.

An exchange advises sowing more
buckwheat, 1t says: There Is
seldom surplus OF this crop.
"Buckwheat cakes and lasses " is a
dish enjoyed by nine-tenths of the
people, 1t is so popular that the
restaurants are able to palm OIL u very
inferior adulterated article upon their
customers by the mere name and
limitation of the we'll known color of
the genuine Hence it would seem
that much larger breadth of the
fayorite crop might be planted with
profit. Besides the value OF buck.
wheat as food crop it is worth not u
little as a fertilizer 1t makes u fine
preparatory crop for wheat not only
leaving tho ground in a mellow con-
dition, but giving il a mulching that
will aid materially in the yield.
Buckwheut does not require the best
soil, but gives fair yields on land that
would DO considered too thin and too
poor for wheat and corn, but it must
be well pu'V erized. Grind the clods
to powder before sowing, and then
harrow ittwice again and the increased
yield will well repay the extra labor.
Bee. keepers will get no inconsider-
able part of their reward from this
crop in honey, as it is n favorite with
the bees, and they make large stores
of honey from it. which though of
color" is quite sweet and salable at
paying prices
The amount OF seed generally sown
is from three TO four pecks to the
acre and the yield is from 20 to %
bushels. The crop natures in about
siA weeks.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Gen. Phil II. Sheridan,

Mid the waves OF the Atlantic,
Where the breakers surge and reA1,
STANDS an island now historic
Yes, shrine forevermore,
Which each coming generation
win regard with hallowed care,
For u Nations hope and sorrow
Have alike been conferred there,
Full many a long and dreary day,
Succeeding q restless night,
Did NonQuitt's gallant soldier guest
Wage his last but cheerful fight
Emblematic OF the vigor
That sustained him years ago,
When he brought dismay and terror
10 his cOuntry's daring foe.
Did the dying warrior dream
OF the battles long since won?
or the death through field and forcst|
OF the fash ofsword and gun?
OF his dauntless charging troopers,
As they scaled the mountain side,
Or stood their ground so bravcly
Though hundreds of them died?
Did the hero OF Winchester
And hundred Victories more
Hear the old Commander calling
From beyond Deaths open door?
Did he think of Old Tecumseh
(Alasl soon to follow, too,
And tho days the faithful trio
Fought so well to save the Blue?
SAM z. CHAPMAN
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
Changing tho flag.

The proposition for incorporating the
old Continental color, buff, in the
American flag is much talked about
Just now and has many advocates In
the Grand Army and other patriotic
societies, notably the Sons of the Revo-
luton. where the project originated.
1t is proposed to make the binding of
the American flag of buff instead of
white. This is the part of the flag
through which the hallards run, and
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16
A story of the Old Commodore.

Gen. Butterfeld is responsible for
the following story of Commodore Van.
derbilt. He told 1t as honorary chan.
cellor at Union college commencement
in delivering his address on the subject
Of Character and Duty as the Success
of Life" before the trustees and gradu-
ates: Character is the touchstone Of
success; with it there is no failure.
Commodore Vanderbilt, the founder of
the family and fortune, man of great
character and wisdom, was once asked
what he considered the secret of sue
cess. 'Secret--seoretp he replied.
There is no secret about it; all you
have to do is to attend to your business
and go ahead That was an evidence
of character, and is character always.
Some attribute the success in life Of
such character to luck. 4 never had
any faith in luck, says Mr. Spurgeon
except | believe good luck will carry
a man over ditch if h. jumps WELL
and will put bit of bacon in his pot
If he looks after his garden and keeps
a pig Luck comes to those who look
after it, and it taps once in a lifetime
at everybody's door; if industry does
not open it, away it goes.
"Tireless industry, so cultivated as
to become sustained habit of life, is
an evidence of character"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-16

Capt. Burnham Cowdery, Co. d, 9th
VT, desires to correct a statement
made by G. Benedict in his vermont
in the Civil War;" in which he says;
"Winder was captured by Capts.
Branch and Hobon" This statement
is without a particle of truth, as all
the members of the 9th Vt. know. In
August or September, 1868, the 9th VT
under command of Capt. Hobon, was
stationed at Drummondtown, Va. A
notice appeared in a New York paper
that Richard b. Windcr, Quarter
master at Andersonville prison.
was wanted by the authorities at
Washington. AS Winder had been
seen on the Eastern Shore, Hobon
telegraphed the Provost Marshal at
Fortress Monroe to that effect, and re-
ceived in reply instructions to arrest
and guard him secretly and report to
these headquarters. The writer and a
comrade were detached to capture
Winder. As neither of them had ever
seen him, they made inquiries and
found that he was stopping with a
doctor, but ut that time was out driv-
ing. They ran across him down near
the coast, where he was riding in "A
rapidiy-driven carriage, The writer
would like to know why the govern
ment wanted him and what was done
with him. National Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-04
cow AND RATTLEsNAKE.
They Had a Terrific Battle, and Both
Lost Their Lives.

There were several COWS in the field,
and boy who was crossing it noticed
that first one and then another of the
COWS as they fed along towards bog
gy place raised her head, shifted the
air and then turned away from the
spot.
The boy knew that the COWS had
scented a rattlesnake, and all but one
of them avoided it.
That one was the Alderney COW.
She stood still with her head raised
for a moment, then gave it peculiar
ly uoly shake, and fed on directly
towards the spot where the snake was
lying.
The COW had gone but few steps
when the snake sprang its rattles.
The COW stopped and hesitated be-
tween retreat and holding her ground.
Looking ahead the boy discovered
the rattlesnake lying by bog few
feet beyond where the cow stood, and
he started to drive her away from her
danger, but she had made up her
mind by this time and with vicious
below she rushed forward with her
head lowered to catch the snake on her
horns.
line RATHER maze MS SUr1Ke anu Sduh
his fangs in the cows's lower lip. The
COW shook the snake loose and backed
away, lashing her sides furiously with
her tail, while the rattler coiled again
in expectation of another attack.
The COW stood still for a moment
and then with louder, madder below
than before, dashed once more, upon
the snake. This time the rattler
struck his assailant in the nose. Again
| be was shaken loose and the cow
plunged upon him as he coiled for a
third strike and planted both fore feet
upon him, crushing him in several
places.
Still the rattler continued the fight,
trying to coil and strike, says the Los
Angeles Herald, but the COW trampled
him again under her feet and continued
tramp1ing him until the reptile was
ground into bits.
During the fight between the COW
and the rattlef the other COWS stopped
feeding, and stood gazing at the con-
test with heads Ugh in the air, and
flashing eyes, as if they understood the
deadly peril of their companion.
If they did they had good reason, for,
although the cow got home with the
others that afternoon, she died from
the effects of the rattlesnake's bites al
hour later.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-05-04
FISH CHARMED BY A SNAKE.
Fascination of Denizens of a Pool for a
Water Reptile.

Approaching pool as large as big
dinino.room, we found millions in it,
and the fright that our moving bodies
gave them sent them scurrying in
every direction with such energy that
the mere contact of one with another
killed them by dozens. Then we laid
ourselves quietly down upon the
ground by the pool, one on each side,
and remained motionless for few
minutes, and we were rewarded by
sight entirely new to us.
The water was perfectly clear and
not above two feet deep, the day calm
and bright and the proceedings below
the surface easily observed. In the
deepest part of the pool school of lit
tie fish was swimming around and
around in ring of about two feet in
diameter, the school being about six
inches wide and apparently two or
three layers deep.
Around and around they went, at
the least motion on our part breaking
ranks, to resume their circus at once
when we were quiet again. We were
interested, of course, and puzzled, and
we tried for half an hour or more to
learn the cause of such unusual move
ments.
Our talk, for we did talk, did not
disturb them, from which we inferred
that they could not hear US; our slight
est movement did, from which we in
ferred they could see us.
Carefully crawling little nearer,
we discovered the center of the NOV
ing circle was a large watersnake,
coiled, quiet and watchful. Ornithol-
ogists have told US, in unreliable
school books, that snakes can, and
often do, charm birds, and some have,
in their more elaborate works, tried to
substantiate that theory. never be-
lieved it, says writer in the AnaericGa
Amqger, and l certainly never heard of
snakes charming fish, but what were
these shad doingP Were they charmed?
If they were afraid of his snakeship
why didn't they swim away, as they
did when we stirred? Why, when our
disturbance ceased, did they persist
emily return and take up their cease
less round in so dangerous neighbor-
hood? These are conundrums that
can't answer.