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Year: 1877

Though on account of the present railroad
troubles the prospects Of the fall business are
somewhat beclouded, aside from these, the
times at no period IN the last four years have
presented Il better outlook. Whatever con.
fIcting theories we may hold with regard to
currency questions, men Of sense VIII agree
that with an abundant crop and good prices,


whether paid in greenbacks, silver or gold,
the money question in the west will take care
of itself IF the farmers of the west are SUI.
| iicienty IN funds not only 10 pay their debts,
but to deal literally with the merchants, gro
GERS and general western manufacturers and
mechanics, then ,ce shall have good times at
least, whatever may be the condition al the
east or in Europe,


Such IS now surely the prospect The


west and northwest have just harvested the
biggest crop Of wheat they have had in TWEEN
ty years, and they have an assured prospect
of an exceptionally generous crop of corn


Hay, oats, potatoes, &c, also promise all that
can be reasonably asked.


! And while we have this large supply there
is every reason to look for Il commensurate
demand. Ordinarily big crops mean low
prices, but the present season gives promise
of proving an exception. In the first place,
there Is no old stock ON hand to interfere with
the free movement of the new. Both in our
eastern cities and in Europe the stock OF


wheat on hand Is low compared with other


years. And, in the second place, the usual
sources Europe has hitherto relied upon to
make up these deficiencies are almost wholly
cut off by the Russo.Turkish war. Hitherto
England and France have drawn about 40
per cent. of their annual consumption of
breadstutfs from Russia Even the months
duration of the present war has already so
affected the grain prospect as to leave it Ger
tam that Russia for the coming year will
have no wheat to spare; and if the war Is
carried over to another year, as at present
seems inevltab BILE, the deficiency to be made
up from America will be duplicated.


There is, then, nothing in the outlook to
discourage, but a great deal 30 cheer us 10 the
west Good crops will not only make times
easier, but with a little GOODNESS, patience and
forbearance, will set our big transportation
interests on their legs again. The railroads,
with abundant treights once more, will not
need to resort to the questionable expedients
of cutting down wages or skinnng the pro-
ducers Let Us b" hopeful, them and cheer
rul. 1t is always better TO take courage than
to despord, and when there is so much real
ground for encouragement, TO despond is
sinful.
Year: 1877

The GREAT Strike.
A Thousand Devils let Loose
and Raging over the


Country.
Mob Rule Rampant, and An
archy and Bloodshed


Run Wild.
General Stoppage Of the Rail.
roads and Business at


IL StandStill.
Impotency of the Local "Milish' and Police
Force, and Growing Feeling in favor


of Big Standing Army
Year: 1877

The present number closes the 37th volume
of the FREE TRADER, the first number having
been issued in the summer CT 1S40, and the
paper never having failed to appear on the
regular day of publication from that day
TO this.


The next number will appear week from
to-day on new type throughout, with other
important mechanical improvements.


When in 1868 the subscription price Of the
FREE TRADER was raised from Sl.5O to 81
per annum, the promise was made that when
ever prices receded to peace and hard mon
ey basis, the price OF the FREE TRADER
should be restored 10 the old fgcfe. That
time, we conceive, has come, and according.
ly, from the commencement of the 3Sth vol
ume, the price of the FREE TRADER will be


$50 per Annum.


1t is to be understood however, that the re-
duction obtains only where payment is strictly
in advance There are numerous subscribers
in this city and county whose papers, by re.
quest, are not discontinued at the expiration
or the time paid for In all such cases, espe-
cially as in most of theT1 we are required to
send collectors to obtain the pay, the old rates
of SO will be collected where the payment is
not in advance.


Improvements in the editorial departments
are also in contemplation, The effort will be
directed towards making the FREE TRADER
more and more county organ, devoting
more space to home matters, and occupying
less space with outside and miscellaneous
reading Nothing is cheaper than general
reading matter. A few pennies will buy
enough "patent inside matter to keep man
reading month. The aim of the FREE
TRADER will be to furnish reading that can
be nowhere else obtained.


To make the plan successful, OF course it
will need the good will and aid OF the gener-
al and generous public. OF course the only
object of reducing rates and making improve
men,s is to enlarge circulation. We are con.
fdent that in this we shall not fail. There is
nothing so improving in the spirit, tone and
interest of newspaper as liberal and gen.
erous support We are determined that no
efforts on our part shall be spared to de-
serve it.
Year: 1877

"My dear Flora" wrote Miss Ray
mond, "it is a long time since we have
met. Why can't you pack your trunk
and make up your mind to spend the
summer with me in this green and quiet
corner of the earth? You shall diet upon
locusts and wild honey, if such be your
pleasure; you shall put in appearance at
parish picnics, or sit in the arbor and en-
broider while somebody reads Tennyson
aloud-in short, you shall do SIS you
please, if you will come to your rural
friend BELL"
Year: 1877

GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND jury


We are met as representatives of a
Christian people, to transact busi-
ness of most important and pressing
nature. We need wisdom. 1t we'll
becomes us, then, to look for this to
Him Gin whom are hidden all the
''treasures of wisdom and knowledge" !"


AS participants in the administra-
ton of our government, we come to-
gether under peculiarly happy cir
cumstances. The fear of civil war
has Just been lifted from us as ma
ton. We have a bright prospect of
a national administration, in which
that Spirit who is not partizan, but
on the contrary uniformly merciful
and yet unsparingly just, shall, as
Ruler, Lawgiver and Judge, high
above President, Congress and Courts,
prosperously guide all our affairs.
The hope of this ought to stimulate
us each to individual impartiality,
diligence, faithfulness and energy.


No emotion of the mind is so pro-
ductive of fair and honest service as
real gratitude. We, of this judicial
district, have abundant cause to in
dulge in this emotion. Looking at
our service as one due not to the peo-
pie alone, but to Him from whom by
favor our beloved form of government
has descended upon the people, we
find conspicuous cause for thankful
ness. Asa community, we have been
greatly prospercd. During the last
six years--of which from personal
knowledge l can more particularly
speak,-we have been blest in . large
Year: 1877

this they sent up such q shout that
thought the roof would come dswn on
US: The girls face frightened, but she
said nothing.


i soon had the ball extracted and the
wound dressed Telling the g,rl to take
good care Of him, as that was ell he
wanted, | arose. She was profuse in
her thanks, telling me she would ever
pray for my welfare. Seeing / could
do no more | signified my intention to
depart. The girl called my former
guide who came forward to lead me out
not forgetting to bandsge my eyes. l
went out threugh the same winding
passage. down the ladder, and into the
boat, and in an hour was left standing
On the shore from whence started.


Just after the boat had left the shore
the man in the stern threw me . bag,
which. on opening, 1 found TO contain
one hundred pounds, which. together
with the twenty already received, made
good recompense for the incunven.
fence had been put to. | never forgot
the nights adventure, but never heard
OF Dare-devil-Ben, or any of ms crew,
until five years afterwards. when one
day carriage stopped at my door and
q man and woman alighted. The mans
face seemed familiar, but l did not
know where to place him Coming up
to me he grasped my hand and said


Are you not the man who attended
Dare devil Ben at one timer"


liking off my guard for a momen:
answered, Yes"


II am the person you attended" he
replied.


After he had recovered from his
wound, he had given up the bus, ness to
his lieutenant. He bought home
about twenty miles inland. where he
and his wife were happy in each others
love. l have visited him at his home,
and mot with a hearty reception.
found him very learned and agreeable
person, and looking at him one would
not think that five years before be had
been smuggler with price set Gpon
his head.


l often think ef that nights adven-
ture. but never blamc myself for the
part took. l may have defeated the
ends of justice by doing what did. but
think l did what was becoming a
Christian gentleman.
Year: 1877




Lighted by taper in the hands OF
one of the brothers, says a Vienna
correspondent, we descended TO the
gloomy crypt in the old Church OF the
Capucines, where Austrian royalty is
buried. In the dim light we picked
our way through many metal caskets,
occasionally having a horrible sensa.
tion by banging against one and being
startled by the noise of the contact
with such an object in such place.
At the extreme end OF the repulsive
vault the long robed monk halted, and
in French indicated that we were be-
side the casket of the Archduke Max
imilian, Emperor of Mexico. Poor
Maximilian The victim of the man
who presumed to hang the trappings
of Imperialism on the borders Of the
Republic the brother of the Austrian
Emperor, who exchanged a happy
home and high position for the fatal
illusion of monarch's title; the schem.
er, driven from the throne, dies an ex-
lie, and the victim, slaughtered within
sight of his throne, is brought home to
lie among his people The love that
was borne the Archduke is evinced by
exquisite offerings Of fresh flowers, tied
with broad white ribbons embroidered
with gold, which are constantly re-
newed on his coffin. Not far from
where Maximilan rests is the plain cas-
ket containing the remains Of the young
man called Napoleon ii. He is close
to his grandfather, the Emperor Fran
els l., and directly beside bis mother,
the wife of the great Napoleon. The
most conspicuous casket in the crypt is
the ostentatious piece of silver bronze
which encloses the great Empress Ma
ria Theresa. The vault Of the Church
of the Capucines contains the bodies
Of the royal family the Cathedral OF
ST. Stephen, their bowels, and tho
Church of the st. Augustines, their
hearts. In the latter the rows of sill
yer urns in which tho hearts are placed
can be seen by looking through small
grating in the door of the cell As one
stands in the dismal place, surrounded
by the collins OF the dead the sight of
urns produces strange impression.
1t is luxury to escape from the de-
pressing sepulchre and again feel the
warmth of the genial summer sun.
Year: 1877

| wish to give your readers my plan
Of raising pork cheaply, and if any
brother farmer has better way |
should like to know 1t, as | am open
TO conviction and anxious to learn how
to make the most money out of my
hogs in the shortest time and at the
least expense. My plan is to secure
as good breed of hogs as possible
(my preference is for the Poland or
Magies). During the summer | allow
them plenty of range on a good pas.
ture OF mixed grasses-blne grass,
timothy, white and red clover-and
plenty OF pure water, and good sheds
to sleep or lay in out of the rain and
heat. | feed the young pigs shelled
corn soaked pretty freely, II | have it.
The older hogs get no corn from June
until corn begins to harden, say
September l. | gradually increase the
feed, and am careful to keep plenty of
salt, ashes and Stacked lime in a trough
where all can have access TO it. About
October |, | will turn my entire herd
Of 200, little and big, into my field of
red Brazilian artichokes. OF these /
have seven acres, and | think they
will supply the herd with all the food
they want until winter closes the
ground, and when spring opens will
supply them with food until the mid
dlo of May. During this time my
stock hogs will get no other food but
the fattening hogs will have in addi-
ton feed of corn ut night


Artichokes have been used here sew
eral years, and those who have used
them longest like them best In field
culture We have no trouble to eradicate
them in fact it is necessary TO use
little caution, or the hogs will root
them out so there will not be enough
left in the ground for seed But dur
ing the winter is when we all fail in
handling hogs. The long months with
but one kind OF food, and that a kind
that makes but very little bone or mus.
Gle, virtually fat producing food only,
the best article to lay on fat with, but
not the best to build up the constitu-
ton and give healthy and strength. |
have this year raised an acre of mangle
wurtzcl and sugar beets, also half an
acre of turnips; these will put where
| can get at them in the winter and
when the weather will permit | will
feed them freely. The swine eat them
eagerly, even now, and | feel sure that
such a change of diet occasionally in
the winter will be grea. benefit. ]
shall also cut n few acres of clover
(second growth) cure it carefully, salt
it well, and feed ii during the winter,
perhaps cut short and moistened. !
will have quite number of late pigs
these | intend to feed during the win.
ter with one good feed each day, all
they will drink of warm swill made Of
two parts bran, one part shorts, and
one part meal, and at night feed Of
corn. Now, with this bill of fare and
variety of diet | hope to secure health
for them and profit TO myself A part
OF this is yet TO be tried, and is an ex-
pertinent with me, and am aware
some OF yonr readers will say, will re-
qnire too much labor; but ] think |
will be well paid for my labor; at
least | have never found the success.
iul stock raiser that either Stunned
labor or care, and if your readers de-
sire it, at some future time, will give
them the benefit of my experience. =
H. r. Brocaodg in Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1877

OF the receipts for keeping eggs there
is no end, and the quantity of bad eggs
used is enormous-used because better
ones can not be obtained. And yet
these eggs were all good once, and then
should have been used. An egg is not
intended to be kept, either for Matching
or eating. The course to adopt, then,
is clear-keep your own hens, or get
your eggs direct from a producer, and
avoid the common market. Better eat
no eggs than eat stale or spoiled ones,
and the bulk of eggs, especially in the
summer, is of this Kind, and for very
good reason-it is the operation of heat.
If the heat is great, it sets in motion the
Matching process; the yelk settles down
to the shell, and becomes affected by
contact with the air All this requires
very little time, beginning as soon as
the egg is laid, and it will be perceptible
in a few days. A fresh egg, pro-
duced from good sound feed, in
clean place, when well prepared
for the table, is a titbit. 1t is like
butter, which, under similar circum-
stances, gives rise to fancy prices. But
even those who produce their own eggs,
like farmers, use many stale and throw
away many bad ones. Kept few days
in summer, they will have an old taste.
This shows what care is required to get
(what really is worth the care) good
egg. In the winter it is less difficult to
keep eggs. But they are comparatively
little used in winter. The demand is
in summer when it is most difficult to
preserve them. Keep in as cool place
as possible, and-but no, they are not
to be kept, they are to
be eaten when fresh. If there be
too many, there is no danger
that they will not find ready market,
if known; by which l mean special
price, as with butter. Contracts can be
made at advanced rates. 1t only needs
little management by those who fur
nish the eggs.


We have directions about keeping
hens, about producing eggs, etc, but
how to manage SO as to get the eggs to
the purchaser or consumer fresh? This
we trouble ourselves little about, COM
paratlvely. The main difficulty is with
the farmer, the producer of the bulk of
the eggs, who considers it but a small
item, in care of the household, and is
therefore Indifferent, while the consumer
who buys his eggs is so accustomed to
the stale flavor that in the main he
knows of no other, and takes them as a
matter of course. He is easily reform
ed; a few fresh eggs, properly prepared,
will do it, and he will advance the price
to secure them. There is therefore here
basis for an increased demand; and
will not this demand warrant special
production of eggs, Independent of the
negligent system of the farmer-in the
end correcting that?-F. g., IN Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1877

THE CANTATA OF LILY BELL.-The an
nouncement that the cantata OF Lily Bell
will be repeated on Friday night can hardly
fail to attract large and select audience ut
the Virginia Opera-House. The success
which has attended the untiring and ener-
getic managers OF this entertainment Is q
proof Of its superiority over most OF the
exhibitions OF this class. Indeed, 1t can
safely be said that the cantata was one OF
the most enjoyable affairs which was ever
witnessed in Richmond. An impression
seems to have prevailed that it was merely
children's affair, but the audiences which
assembled to witness it last week were
aereeably disappointed, and found them
selves surprised as we'll as delighted: The
leading parts are assumed by wel-known
young ladies OF our city, while the FAIRIES
and naiads seem really to speak from fairy
land itself. There is every reason to believe
that the entertainment viii be source OF
unalloyed pleasure to all who may be for
tunate enough to be present.
Year: 1877

CITY CIRCUIT CoURr-SUIT FOR DAMAGES.
The case of Diacont Us. the Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Com
pany was on trial in the City Circuit Court
Yesterday. In this case Diacont sues the
railroad company for $4,000 damages for in
iuries received by his little son, about five
years old, who was run over by train Of
cars on Broad street and had one Of his legs
amputated in consequence. The defend
ants evidence went to show that the acci-
dent was caused by no carelessness on their
part, but that after the train had passed the
little boy tried to get on one OF the cars.
The case will be given to the jury this
morning,
Year: 1877

The Council Neeting.-To-morrow night
a regular meeting Of the City Council will
be held. AS several important matters are
to be considered full and punctual at
tendance is requested. The roll will be
called at s O'clock. -
Year: 1877

Third PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH FEAST
The lecture-room Of the Third Presbyte-
rian church presented very attractive ap-
nearance last night, the occasion being q
tair and feast held there by the ladies OF the
congregation, con the object being to raise
money for church purposes. The ladies
nave all the delicaeies OF the season TO tempt
the M appetite, and many useful articles for
sale. Call and see them.
Year: 1877

Charles Kaiser, who has the only hive
Of Bees in town says, that when he first
got his swarm, his old cats curiosity was
much excited in regard to the doings Of
the little insects, the like of which she had
never before seen. At first she watched
their comings and goings at distance.
She then hatened herself upon the ground
and crept along toward the hive, with tail
horizontal and quivering. 1t was clearly
evident that she thought the bees were
some new kind of game. Finally she
took up a position at the entrance to
the hive, aud when bee came in or
started out, made a dab at it with her
paws This went on for a time without
attracting the special attention of the in-
habitants Of the hive. Presently, howev-
er, "Old Tabby' struck and crushed bee
on the edge of the opening leading to the
hive, The smell Of the crushed bee,
alarmed and enraged the whole swarm.
Bees by the scores poured forth and
darted into the fur of the astonished cat
Tabby rolled herself in the grass, splitting,
sputtering, biting, clawing, squalling, as cat
never squalled before. She appeared
mere ball Of fur and bees as she rolled and
tumbled about. She was at length hauled
away from the hive with a garden rake,
at the cost of several severe stings to her
rescuer. Even after she had been taken
to distant part of the grounds, the bees
stuck in Tabbys fur, and about once in
two minutes she would utter an unearthly
"yOwl and bounce a full yard in the air.
On coming down she would try to
scratch an ear, when sting on the back
would cause her to turn a succession of
back somersets and give vent to a running
fire of squalls, Like the parrot that was
left alone with the monkey, old Tabby had
dreadful time.


Two or three days after this adventure,
Tabby was caught by her owner, who took
her BY the neck and threw her down near
the beehive No sooner did she strike
the ground than she gave q fearful squall,
and at single bound reached the top
of fence full six feet in height. There
she clung for moment with tail as big as a
rolling-pin, when with another bound and
squall she was out of sight and did not
again put in an appearance for over week.
- Virginia Cify Enterprise.
Year: 1877

addition to knowing the depth at which
any earthquake shock may have originat-
ed, the angle at which the wave emerges
from the focus, aud the rate Of its move
ment are also calculable. Earthquake
shocks are always Of such nature as
would result from blow or conclusion.


10 various parts of the world we have
areas where slow upward and downward
movements Of the earth's crust are taking
place without any violent shocks accom-
panying them. In 1855, along the coast
Of New Zealand, tract Of country was
uplifted as much as nine feet. Singularly
enough, this elevation was bounded on one
side by crack, on the other side Of which
there was comparative rest. Here, there
fore, we have the first trustworthy account
of one of those singular movements, so
common in the older rocks called "faults,
where the rock masses on one side of a
crack or fssure have been uplifted. The
northern coasts of the Baltic are being
elevated at the slow and gradual rate Of
about three feet in a century. The coasts
Of South America, on the western side Of
the Andes, are in very unsettled condi-
tion. In 1922, over large area of coun-
try, there was an elevation Of from four
to nine feet; and again in 1887, the same
area was upliited eight feet. These sue
cessive elevations added strip of dry land
equal to half the entire area Of France.
How long the elevation of the Baltic coasts
has been going on, ever since the close of
the last geological epoch known as the
"glacial, y is best shown by the fact that
Baltic shells are found one hundred feet
above the present level of the sea. 1t is
by such slow elevatory movements as these
that all the dry land has been elevated
from the floors of the seas and oceans
where, as the fossils in the rocks plainly
testify, it was originally laid down. Earth
quake shocks and movements, therefore,
have played an important part in the his
tory Of the globe, in thus elevating areas
to a higher level, and so colnpensating for
the wear-and-tear to which the dry land is
continually subjected by atmospherical
agencies.
Year: 1877

Everyone interested in the prosperity oil
Louisisna and particularly OF New Orleans
should carefully read the Prospectus and caro-
of the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company
" hich we publish on the fifth page OF to-days
MORNING STAR. The facts and figures are
presented in SO clear style and in such
ample language that apy intelligent child OF
ten can understand them. And while reading
lot all remember what the Mobile hr9's'0
truly says, that with this railroad and the
Texas Pacific completed, New Orleans must
soon become the grandest and most prosperous
city in America.