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Year: 1877

1t is about as difficult as ever to get
sane people out of the English private
lunatic asylums. A committee of the
House of Commons have lately had be-
fore them four or five outrageous cases.
Mrs. Lowe, a minister's wife, who was
simply Spiritualist, was confined in an
asylum fifteen months, during which she
was twice held to be insane by two of
the Commissioners in Lunacy. She was
transferred from one asylum to another,
Notwithstanding the Superintendent of
the first asylum refused to sign the nee
essary papers on the ground of her sanity.
Her letters were not posted; even one
of her cousins, Charles Kingsley, the
late well-known author, was withheld
from the post by DR.. Maudsley. A Mrs.
Petschler, photographers wife, was got
into an asylum by her sister for the
Enthusiastically British reason that hel
sister occupied good position and OBJ.
jected to a relative of hers being engaged
in trade in the same place." The caste
of society as distinguished from trade
people must be vigorously insisted on
In this case clergyman was frightened
into assuming the Office of committing
magistrate. In another case a man wa
incarcerated by his wife. There is ,
strong demand for the entire abolition o
private asylums.
Year: 1877

In the year 1928 the Russians lost
thirty.six thousand men by sickness
alone in Bulgaria. In the following
year they lost sixty thousand between
the Pruth and Adrianople; whilst out Of
one hundred and twenty thousand men
not over six thousand ever recrossed the
Russian frontier alive.
Year: 1877

In many parts of the West, and es-
pecially in California, squirrels, pocket
gophers and other species of rodents are
SO very destructive to crops that it be-
comes necessary to poison or, in some
way, lessen the number of these animals.
Strychnine has been extensively en-
ployed for this purpose and is generally
quite effectual, but a correspondent of
the Live Stock Journal has been trying
phosphorus, and finds it quite as certain
death, besides being far cheaper. He
gives his method of using it, as follows:


A fve-gallon oilcan is good vessel to
prepare it in, and one I usually use.
1 fill the can one-third full of
water, and set it on the stove till it
comes to boil /; then 1 take one-half corn
meal and one-half -four, and stir in till
have stiff mush then 1 add two pounds
sugar, and carry the can out of doors
and let it stand ten minutes to cool then
take stick OF phosphorus in a pair of
plyers and plunge it in the mush till the
stick is all melted. (Melting in the
mush, instead of in the water, prevents
it settling, and takes less poison, and is
more thoroughly mixed through the
mass. 1t is quite important that the
mush should be considerably below the
boiling-point or the phosphorus will take
Gre.) Then add wheat as long as you
can stir it. The wheat becomes coated,
and when swollen will absorb the water,
and you can break it into Jumps of a
suitable size to use. A piece as large as
a walnut is large enough for squirrel OF
gopher hole, ana should always be put SO
far into the hole that no domestic animal
can getat it.


1t is no reason, because an animal does
not die Immediately, that it has not beer
poisoned. 1 call to mind an instance Of
poisoning by phosphorus of child o.
one of the physicians of San Diego. It
in some way, got hold of bunch Of
matches, and though it seemed to have
swallowed but very little of the com
pound, it was taken violently ill, and
every known remedy was applied and the
child partially recovered, and fingered
for six months, but finally died from the
effects of the poison. 1 write this tc
impress upon all who use the drug tht
necessity of extreme care in its use; for
like the "Mill of the Gods" 1t some
times grinds slow, but nevertheless
grinds very sure. In using it to poison
gophers, dig down to the main runway
and put in piece as large as walnut
and, believe me, you will soon be rid o
them. For kangaroo-rats and mice, pu
it into clumps OF bushes, piles of brusl
or stone, where nothing else can get a
it. The opinion prevails that it is liabl,
to take fire after being mixed, and ever
after being put out, but I have the bes
of reasons for believing it mistake
having inquired of parties who hav
used it for fifteen years, and they scou
the idea.


In conclusion I will say that fift,
cents worth of phosphorus will be NOR
efectual in Kidding your fields ant
orchards of squirrels than two dollar
worth of strychnine.
Year: 1877

AN instrument for shortening human
legs, by fracturing the thigh bone, was
exhibited at the Boston City Hospital a
few days ago. 1t is for the benefit OF
persons having one leg longer than the
other.
Year: 1877

draw each day some happy thought
From my rich memories Of thee,
As Orient pearls the driver brings


Up from the gem-producing sea.
Each night pass the gates Of sleep


To walk thy gracious form beside,
As II one entered Paradise,


And met the soul of his dead bride.
So is my life, by love Of thee,


Made night and day alike divine;
Like some rude, worthless cup Of clay


Filled to the brim with priceless wine.
SPECIFICS through all the cherries night,
Stood Memnon's statue butat morn
The stone lips hailed the Day-god bright
With sounds of love and rapture born.
Lo here an image Of my heart,
That has no voice bereft OF thee;
But into songs of joy must start


If thy sweet presence shines on me.
Year: 1877




tiefs LGsU.


The requirements of the law passed at
the recent session of the Legislature to
govern elections are briefly as follows :
To be entitled to vote without registra-
tion one must have been resident in
one particular county for three hundred
and sixty days, and three hundred and
fifty-fve days in one particular town.
ship, village, or ward in the county.
Registration is required of persons who
have not the above qualifications. By
registering one may vote upon resi-
dence of one year in the State, thirty
days in the county, and twenty days in
the township or ward. The entries Of
registration include number, name Of
applicant, last previous residence, name
of the precinct where expected to vote,
place of residence in that precinct, date
of removal to said precinct, married OF
single, date of registration, signature and
remarks. In places of more than fifteen
thousand inhabitants the voting precincts
will be distributed in the ratio of one tc
every three hundred voters. Each vot
ing precinct shall have its registry book
and two registrars, opposed to each othel
in politics. The voting place is to be al
the registry Office. The registrars shall
be appointed before each election by the
Council of the city or Trustees of the
township, and the time for registration
shall be the third Friday and Saturday
preceding each election day. Wards art
to be described by letter and precinctb b!
number, as Ward A, Precinct 1.
Council fails to designate the boundarie
of the precinct within sixty days, thel
the Mayor shall have power to make tn
division.
Year: 1877

A rich, eccentric old maiden lady,
is represented to have pledged herself
to launch her bright young nephew
in the editorial business, with outfit
complete for publishing d FIRST class
political paper, on condition that he
would faithfully observe the following
directions:


First you must make no personal
attacks, and you must reply to none
made upon you. You must confound
and bewilder your adversaries by pub
fishing gentlemanly, political news
paper.


Second, you must never make men
tion of gentlemanly and efficient hotel
clerks, massive and brilliant railroad
conductors, beautiful and accomplish
ed steamboat captains, and the like.
The dead head literature of this aga
is more servile and nauseating than
the old time dedications to patrons.


Third, after the election you must
not print Now that the smoke of the
great political conflict begins to lift
FROM the battlefield Of the contending
tickets and corrected lists of the killed,
wounded and missing are beginning
to come in, etc.-or words to that ef-
fect-oftener than once in two years.


Fourth, you must condense the
news each week, into single article,
to be written, not clipped and you
must honestly give credit not only for
what you copy, but for what you con-
dense from other papers.--EI.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of Victoria pa
per writes


Shonld you or any of your family
be attacked with diptheria, do not be
alarmed, as it is easily and speedily
cured without doctor. When it was
raging in England a few years ago l
accompanied DR.. Field on his rounds,
to witness the so-called wonderful
cures" he performed, while the pa
tients of others were dropping on all
sides. The remedy to be SO rapid,
must be mple. All he took with
him was powder ofsulphur and quill,
and with these he cured every patient,
without exception. He put table
spoonful of -four of birthstone into q
wineglass of water and stirred it with
his finger, instead of spoon, as the
sulphur does not readily amalgamate
with water. When the sulphur was
well mixed he gave it as a gargle,
and in ten minutes the patient was
out of danger. Birthstone kills every
species of fungus in man, beast, and
plant, in few minutes. Instead of
splitting out the gargle, he recommend
ed the swallowing of it. In extreme
cases, in which he had been called
Just in the nick of time, when the fun
gus was too nearly closing to allow
the garg.ing, he blew the sulphur
through a quill into the throat. and
after the fungus had shrunk to allow
of it, then the gargiing He never
lost a patient from diphtheria. II a
patiert cannot gargle, take live coal,
put on shovel, and sprinkle a spoon
full or two of -four Of birthstone at a
time upon it; let the sufferer inhale
it, holding the head over it, and the
fungus will die If plentifully used,
the whole room may be filled almost
to suffocation; the patient can walk
about in it, inhaling the fumes, with
doors and windows shut. The mode
of fumlgating room with sulphur
has often cured most violent attacks
Of cold in the head chest, ETC., at any
time, and is recommended in cases Of
consumption and asthma.
Year: 1877

The Springfield Republican. says:


A peculiar case is soon to come up
for adjudication in this county, which
is believed to be without precedent in
the State.


A man, who died recently, made
his will leaving one-third of the es-
tate to his wife one third to his only
living child, and the other third to
the child soon to be born. The pos
thumous issue proved, however, to be
twins, and the question is delicate
one as to what their share shall be in
the property.


Some think the will must be de-
clared void, and various views Of equi-
ty OF the case can be held one that
the twins should each have sixth of
the estate, another that the two-thirds
left after the widows legacy should
be equally divided between the chill
dren and yet another that the widow
and the children should each have
one-fourth of the estate. The matter
will probably be carried to the SUI
preme Court finally to have the will
reformed, and, the case will stand
as an awful warning to people not to
make wills for their children until
they have chance to count them.
Year: 1877

The Canadians are getting very
anxious to have reciprocity treaty
with this country. The cloth manu-
tacrurers are especially desirous of
finding market for their goods in the
Union. Since the hard times Cana
dian merchants have not sold so much
to American visitors who formerly
smuggled across the lines large guam
titles of goods purchased in Canada.
Year: 1877

Spring is a trying season. Indications of sick
ness should at once be attended to- Fatal diseases
may be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constpsted and the system to remain in dior
dered condition, rntil the disorder has time to de-
veloD itself. An ounce of prevention is worth q
pound of cure, is an Old and truthful saying.
Therefore, we advise all who are troubled with the
complaints now very prevalent headache, indiges-
ton, disordered liver want of appetite, nausea,
feverish skin, to, take, without delay, Schenck's
Mandrake Pills We know of no remedy so harm


less and decisive in its action. 1t at strikes
at the root of the disease aud produces healthy
tone to the system. People never need suffer from
any disease arising from q disordered condition OF
the liver If they would take this excellant medicine
when they feel the first indications of the malady.
Families leaving home for the summer months
should take three four boxes of these pills with
them They have almost instaneous effect


They will relieve the patient of headache in one OF
two hours, and will rapidly cleanse the liver o.


surrounding bile, and win effectually prevent {


bilious attack They are sold by all Druggist
Year: 1877

Right Rev Bishop Spaulding, lately
consecrated bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Peoria, preached at the
cathedral of the Holy Name yesterday
morning to very large audience. He
spoke at some length of the latter years OF
Christ's life. and then of the Catholic
church as an organization. He alluded
to its age, power. and glory, and said it was
the grandest of all human works; grandesl
because the Spirit of God is it's foundation.
stone; greatest because of its diffusion
through all lands and climes. The ad
dress was one of great laudation of ths
church and the beauties of its teachings
and works,
Year: 1877

THE CONTRACT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
] tor furnishing medicines fer the poor for Rock
9Th of June next. Propositions invited for fur
nishing medicine for the township and Jail for the
year next succeeding June Sth, sta ting price for
each prescription, and also the aggregate sum for
which medicine will be furnished for the year
Bid should be sealed and delivered to the under
signed before noon of Friday June LIST 1877, at
which hour they will be onened and publicly read
at my place OF business in the presence Of all who
may attend. JOHN ASTER,


Supervisor and 0verseer OF Poor.


Rock Isand. May y 1877


Union aud letting please copy s2d3t.
Year: 1877

New YORK, May 22.-The Graphic
has dispatch from Washington to the
effect that the postponement of the
extra session of congress was due to the
discovery of conspiracy en- the part Of
congressman of both parties headed by
David Dudley Field to introduce resolutions
declaring Iilden the honest president
elect and inviting him to take his place in
the White House.
Year: 1877

Liver Disease and Indigestion
prevail to a greater extent than
probably any other malad dy and
relief is always anxiously
sought after. III the Liver il
Regulated IN its action, health


health ia almost invariably 80.
Year: 1877

A FEMALE returning board is about to be
organized in this city for the purpose OF count.
ing out beau-ahs who part their hair In the
middle, and wax their moustaches for the pur-
pose of bull DOING the affections Of woman
kind. The parts and wax being numerous,
the business Of the organization will be lively
for some time.
Year: 1877

THIS is the way the prohibitory law is
enforced in Maine: 'The other day
lodger at the johnson House in Gardiner
got up in the morning awful thirsty, and
approaching the landlord, said he must
have drink of cider. He was assured
he could not buy it in the city. "Can get
it by the gallon, can't I9' he said. He
was told he could. So he went up to a
store and inquired if they had any cider
to "sell by the gallon" He was told
they had. He wanted to try it, and drew
pint dipper full and drank it. He said
he Thought it was too hard for miuce
pies" and threw a dime on the counter
and left.
Year: 1877

KEEPING SoUksHEs.-They should be
kept in a dry place. We prefer a cool
one but we know that they often keep a
long time, sound when they are kept in a
warm place. The decayed ones should
be removed, and not be allowed to come
In contact with others. Farmers who
grow them in quantity have a squash
house, a room set apart expressly for
J them, where they are free from damp
ness as possible, and where FIRE is kept
to prevent their freezing. If only few
are to be preserved, they may be placed
IN closets and elsewhere about the dwell
nng-house, but not in cellar, or other
damp place.
Year: 1877

NOTHING is palmer than that under
our present mode of farming wheat grow
ing will cease to be profitable within a
few years. Already Michigan wheat has
lost its once popular standing in the
Eastern market.-Detroit Tribune.
Year: 1877




MoULTTNe FowLs.-Weare accustomed
to see the poultry left to its own unhap-
piness during moulting season, and the
'masterly inactivity" withwhich fanciers
permit birds to look after themselves is
almost epidemic. The moultiug season
is really the most trying to fowls, and if
nature can be assisted in the process of
changing the feathers real benefit will
be done. The blood is during the moult-
ing period heavily drawn from for the
materials which compose the feathers,
and sllthough birds may at the outset be
strong and healthy, the drain upon their
system is so great that they are weakened
and debilitated, and their laying pro-
clivities are entirely abandoned. If we
are able to give as food elements which
will quickly replace the exhausted con-
stituents of the blood, we obviously as
sist in the transformation. We have
found that fowls supplied with refuse,
ground bone, and powdered scorched
oyster shells moult quick and do not lose
their strength and vivacity to any per-
ceptible degree. If their drinking water
is supplied with rusty iron, all the better,
and one drink of milk each day is of
great value.
Year: 1877

The WAY OUT OF DEBT-Farmers
must bear in mind there is no way but a
hard one out of debt. Signing and wish
ing to be out of debt will never get one
out. If man is in a mire be will re-
main there till he dies, unless he strug-
giles to get on hard soil. To get out of
debt,one must sell more than be buys. He
must make his income greater than his out
goes. He must earn more than he spends.
He must receive more than he pays out


He must so manage as to lessen his in
debtedness somewhat every year. He
must be economical and not extravagant.
He must certainly know at the end Of the
year what his receipts and expenses have
been. He can then tell what the future
prospects will be of becoming free man.
A man who is in debt is not free man.
He is a slave. He belongs to his credit
ors, and the deeper his indebtedness, the
worse his slavery. He is not 9 happy
man. His mind is harrassed to meet bis
obligations. If be fails to do it, he suf-
fers indescribable misery. So, farmers,
be on the safe side. Manage to get out
of debt. Keep out. Save. Economize


Market everything you can when it is in its
best state for market. Sell this year more
than you buy.-OoIemGn's Rural World.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the Cecil (Afd.)
Democrat says: can make a live fence
with Usage orange hedge and pay five
dollars per thousand, cheaper. than can
hire man to cut the timber from my
own woods and build fence. My plan
is, where intend to plant / pillow space
five feet wide, harrow it well and make
ditch with plow, then plant the hedge
in the ditch six inches apart. find the
best implement to plant withis mason's
trowel. l keep them worked and clean
ed for two years, then take my shears
and cut them close to the ground, after
which they will sprout up much thicker
and the June following cut the tops off
one foot from the ground, and in October
eighteen inches, and so on until thefence
is completed about four feet high. The
most appropriate implement to trim with
is sharp corn kuife. -ar
Year: 1877

1t is a wretched incident of ungoverned
passion that is reported from Brooklyn
the suicide Of Steinbacher and his young
wife. They had tiff; she got mad, ran
out OF the house, and swallowed dose Of
poison, which threw her into convulsions
and brought about death almost immediate
ly, in his presence, last Monday evening
He was crszed with grief over her loss,
and, yesterday morning, fred bullet into
his head and fell dead over her corpse.
how silly was the titf how foolish 1t was
for her to fly into a rage how wicked was
her act of self-murder how wild his des-
peration in shooting himself how tragical
the ruin that has been wrought in this fam
lily and how hellish are the fruits OF un.
governed passion.
Year: 1877

could not yesterday be ascertained.-
There are other rumors In connection


with the case as showing motive for
the terrible crime, If it should prove to be
such, but they are not sufficiently veri-
fed to be gwen in this connection. Flu
to anxiously. The investigation, it is hop
ed and believed, win be thorough one.
Year: 1877

An accurate farmer has furnished the


Country Gentleman a statement Of bis
experiment with feeding cut feed and
meal to his horses, accompanied with


weighing and measuring. He cuts oats
and straw about an inch long, with a
raWhids cylinder machine, and this
chopped straw is then treated with corn
meal and bran mixed 10 about equal
quantities as to weight, SO that each
horse has about bushsl of cut feed and
three quarts Of the meal and bran twice
in each day. Sometimes bay is cut in
stead Of oat straw, or both are mixed.
It is found that two hundred pounds
per week of this mixture of corn meal
and bran, added to the cut feed, will
keep pair Of working horses in the
best condition. This, he is satisfied,
from experiment, is less than two-thirds
Of the cost of keeping them on uncut
hay and whole grain. The corn-meal
alone is not SO good for horses as when
mixed with bran An excellent meal is
made Of ground oats. The fodder is
cut BY horsepower on stormy or spare
days, and stored away in large bins, so
as to furnish always supply on haad.
Year: 1877

A small piece Of paper or linen, moist
sned with the spirits of turpentine and
put in bureau or wardrobe for sim
gle day. two or three times, is said to
be a sufficient preventive against moths.
Year: 1877

A traveller in the East once saw a
man who had lost his legs by leprosy,
mounted on the shoulders Of one who
had lost his arms by the same disease
the first mentioned sowing grain while
the latter did the locomotion.
Year: 1877

The Rural NeW Yorker says the
"Versaillaise" Currant is the same as
the Cherry Currant and not a distinct
variety. and some Of the best European
small fruit culturists, who know the his
tory Of both much better than it is
known in this country, tell us that they
are the SANE.
Year: 1877

Been in general use for twenty years. Everywhere
proved the most SAFE, SIMPLE, ECONOMICAL and
EFFICIENT medicines known. They are just what
the people want, saving time and money aYerting
sickness and suffering Each single specific the well
tried prescription Of an eminent physician.