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Year: 1875

ONE of the most common preiudices of
housewives and mothers is that hard
eggs are difficult to digest, especially the
white, and that the less they are boiled
the better they are for weak and dyspep-
tic stomachs. The reverse is the case. as
there is more danger of raw and soft
white Of an egg passing through the
digestive apparatus without being really
digested than when thoroughly boiled
and hard; in fact then it constitutes a
most excellent food for dyspeptics, as ex-
perience is proving. A writer in the
Medical Journal saws: " ne have seen
dyspeptics who suffered untold torments
with almost every kind of food No
LIQUID could be taken without suffering;
bread became burning acid; meat and
milk were solid and liquid fires. We
have seen these same sufferers trying to
avoid food and drink and even going to
the enema syringe for sustenance. And
we have seen their tOrments pass away
and their hunger relieved by living upon
the white of eggs which had been boiled
in bubbling water for thirty minutes. At
the end of week we have given the hard
yolk of the egg with the white, and upon
this diet alone, without fluid of any kind,
we have seen them begin to gain flesh
and strength and refreshing sleep. After
weeks of this treatment they have been
able, with care, to begin upon other food "
And all this, the writer adds, without
taking medicine. He says, what we also
have always maintained, that hard-bo1led
eggs are not half SO bad as half-boiled
ones and ten times ss easy to digest as
raw eggs; and we have no doubt that an
animal may be starved to death by eat
ing only raw white of an egg, for the
same reason that dogs have been starved
by eating gelatin alone. Only toothless
babies can digest soft food, such as milk
--Mdrufacturer and Builder.
Year: 1875

NEGLECTED CELLARs.-Itis is not prob
able that the amount of sickness bred
in cellars can ever be accurately esti-
mated, but there is no doubt that many
mysterious cases Of typhoid and scarlet
fevers, rheumatism and ague, may be
correctly traced to the malarious ef1uvia
emanating from these neglected corners.
Old boxes, bins, and barrels, which
have contained vegetable matter, meat,
fish, etc., need thorough overhauling,
because when standing in dark corner
they look empty, and there may be
enough poison left sticking on the sides
and bottom to affect the health of the
household. The work of cleansing is
often left to the women and boys of the
family. A man had much better leave
his work day, to make thorough ex-
animation and publication of the cellar,
than to be unduly anxious about get
ting in his crops in extra season. After
all garbage is carried out, let the cell
ings and wall be faithfully brushed with
an old broom; and if this is done once
month, the atmosphere will be all the
sweeter. Use plenty of lime, and in
dry weather keep the doors and win
dows open part of every day. Old
tin and wooden ware should not be al
lowed to stand year after year upon the
cellar shelves. If it is not fit to be
used, throw it away.--Mnutactwer
and Builder.
Year: 1875

The following is from the pen of an
old resident Of Missouri:


In conversing with many of my old
neighbors and acquaintances in regard
to the deprsdations Of the Colorado
beetle, it was observable that there is a
prevailing idea that these, like the aphis
which ruined the oat crop some years
ago. and the wesvil which mere re-
Gently infested the wheat fields, will
pass away and no more be heard Of
This | think is an erroneous opinion.
It is more likely they have come to
stay. / have known them in Missouri
for the last eight years, and instead Of
dying out, they have become more nu-
merous and destructive each succeed
ing year. In the years 1868 and '69
I lost nearly all my potatoes by the
beetle it did not pay to take them out
of the ground. About this time some
"benefactor of mankind" made the dis
covery that Paris Green did not agree
with the constitution of the insect.
Then commenced series of expert
ments as to the best method Of apply
ing the poison. as also to discover the
least possible quantity necessary to pro-
duce the desired effect. These resulted
in the combination of Paris Green with
calcined Plaster Paris, in the proportion
Of one pound of the former to twenty
pounds of the latter. know pre-
judice prevails against the use of this
poison. That it is virulent and deadly
in its effects the young beetles will
themselves fully testify; but if it is
handled with a moderate degree of care
no evil will result. 1t should be ap-
piled in the morning, when the dew is
on and in the absence of wind. Any
small tin box with very small holes in
the bottom will answer for duster.
No danger need be apprehended that
any of the poison will be conveyed to
the tubers, as it hardens with the plas-
ter as soon as it becomes dry.


have used the above mixture for
the last four or five years, and have re-
ceived no injury directly from the hand
ling Of it, or indirectly through the use
Of the potatoes.
Year: 1875

The close. long continued analytical
researches of DR.. Spreng-l led to the
conclusion that an excess of iron salts,
and especially Of the phosphate of iron,
greatly favors the growth of red dust
on the leaves and culms of wheat and
other cereals. A soil in the vicinity OF
Brunswick that did not lack drainage,
but lime, was remarkable for growing
wheat and barley, always attacked and
generally blighted by rust. A quantity
of this soil was taken into field gen.
orally free from this often ruinous par
asite, to form an artificial soil fifteen
inches in depth. Wheat planted in
this was badly rusted, while that grown
all around it, in the same field, was free
from the malady. There was some
thing in the soil peculiarly favorable to
the fungus which stains ones clothing
as red as bog iron ere itself. Low
ground in which salts of iron collect in
excess is generally recognized as being
very subject to rust. Drainage is a
partial remedy and no more.


DR.. Sprengel found on analysis
fraction over half per cent Of the
phosphate Of iron in the soil under con-
sideration, with only trace Of lime un-
combined with silicie acid. As free
lime will take phospheric acid away
from iron, and indirectly convert iron
into the harmless peroxide, and at the
same time produce the valuable fertil-
izer, phosphate of lime, lining was pre-
scribed and the cure perfected.


Here is plain case where the analy-
sis Of a soil by a competent expert de-
teeted the source Of a great and per-
manent evil, and transformed, as by
magic, mineral poison into plant food
of inestimable value. To decry soil
analyses by skillful chemists is shallow
quackery-a weed that finds too much
favor with American farmers.
Year: 1875

1t is said that in Memphis the de-
mand for morphine has become so large
that the local druggists are considering
the propriety of BOT selling the article
unless upon the order of a physician or
to a well-known citizen.
Year: 1875

"old Abe" the pet eagle of the Eighth
Wisconsin Regiment during the civil war,
is still alive, and domiciled as a pensioner
at the capitol of its native State. The bird
was in nineteen pitched battles and as
many as eighteen skirmishes, and had sew
eral feathers cut out of his plumage by q
confederate bullet He would enjoy brisk
fight as well as any soldier, and his harsh
screams of defiance at The enemy are said
to have been often heard distinctly above
the din Of musketry and cannon. He has
even had the honor of figuring in the off,
clal reports of certain campaigns.
Year: 1875

Here is the obituary mans latest, and the pre-
sumption u that it will be his last. Acme ID
written all over it
While had purple monkey climbing on yellow


stick,


And when he sucked the paint al OF It made him


deadly sick;
And In his latest hours he clA1ped that MONKEY IN


his hand,
And bid goodbye to earth and went into better


land.


No more he'll shoot his sister with hls little wooden
And no more he'll twist tho pussys tall and make


her you'll for FUN.
Tho puslyh tail now stands out ssral90t the gun
laid aside;
The monkey doesnr jump around since little While
Year: 1875

DIsAGREED.-The special term OF
court which was held at Mackinaw last
week, came to naught. AS stated last
week, the court was held for the trial of
young Overhaul, charged with burglary.
After a trial lasting several days, the jury
disagreed; ten standing for conviction
and two for acquittal. This leaves the
case just where it was at first. The
county will have to be at the expense of
a new trial
Year: 1875

most satisfactory of the navigable streams
Of this continent, and, in connection
with our canal and other contemplated
improvements of the future. be the most
effective nsportation-reformer in the
northwest
Year: 1875

Who knows where pins and needles go,
Where all the buttons stray
Who knows where all the pennies go
That sometimes get away
Who knows how all the china breaks
That wasn't touched a. all !
How baby got so black bruise


And never had a fall
Who knows whence all the fashions come
And where they disappear
Why one brief month should make fright
OF what was "such dear ?"
Who knows how little bills can swell
To such prodiglous size
Who knows, indeed, what's going on
Eencath his very eyes
Who knows where her husband goes
When business keeps him out :
Who knows when bsst 10 wear a smile
And when TO wear pout'
Who knows the time to face the fact
That she's no longer young
Who knows how best to speak her mind,
And how to hold her tongue!
Who knows the most convenient day
To bring a friend TO dine !
Who knows the half OF what he spends
On clubs, cigars and wines
Who knows one bonnet cannot last
A woman all her life 7
Who knows the woman is the same
When sweetheart turns to wifo {.
Who knows why all the pretty girls
Are often last to goi
How all the ugly women wed


Who never had beau
Why small men fancy wives so large,
And large men fancy small
Who knows, in fact, how half tho world
Was ever matched at all
Who knows how far TO trust friend,
How far 70 hate foe 7
just when to speak kindly yes,


And when sturdy no!
Who knows-the grim old Grecian sage
Says gravcly, save thyself,
The wisest man in all the world


Is he who knows himself
Year: 1875


clinker-built shells rose and fell on
the billows, while the whales were
all around US. @


Twas at the tub-oar in the cap
tain's boat, and distinctly heard
captain Stephens call out to our
captain:


"Bet you an ounce / kill the
first whale"


In the next moment / heard a
hoarse cry as of number of voices,
and looking in the direction whence
it came, / saw all three boats Of
the other ship lying on their oars,
while the crew of the captains
boat were standing over something
in the bottom of it.


Our captain looked very grave,
and worked his steeting-oar till
our boat headed for that of Captain
Stephens. When we reached the
latter horrible sight met our gaze.
The headless trunk of Stephens
lay in the bottom of his boat, and
the blood spurted in torrents from
the arteries and jugular vein.


1t appears that the mates boat
had been nearly abreast that of his
captain. A young bull whale had
come up suddenly ahead of the
mates boat. The boatsteerer dart
ed both irons, and just grazed the
the whale, which whirled about
with a horizontal stroke of its
fukes, took off the head of Captain
Stephens. The CORY head was
thus driven forcibly toward the
mates boat, and struck the mate
on the breast, knocking him over
board. He was not so much hurt
but that he quickly regained his
place in the boat; but he looked
very pale and much agitated when
he Joined the cluster of boats that
gathered around the scene of blood
and slaughter.


AS l looked upon the body OF
Capt. Stephens, divested of its
head, felt q sudden shock as the
words of the old witch recurred to
me:


"You will be shorter before you
are longer"


The prophecy has been terribly
fulfilled and yet it was a safe one,
for there was no imaginable pro-
cess, now that the rack is no long
er in use, by which Stephens could
be made longer, while there were
many ways by which he might be
made shorter.


Even il a man lives to old age,
he becomes little shorter than he
was in his prime. 1t may there
fore be doubted whether the witch
really gave any tangible meaning
to her words. How could she have
conjectured that Captrin Stephens
wonld have his head knocked of
by q stroke from whales fukes


Slowly and sadly we returned to
the ship, while the whales, blowing
furiously, went off to windward
like a routed squadron Of mounted
Arabs.


Both ships went into Callao
where the decapitated commander
was buried with the usual rites
after which our captain sat dowr
to the melancholy duty Of inform.
ing the wife and children Of the
departed, of the catastrope that had
deprived them Of their best friend
Year: 1875

INDIANAPOLIS, June l7.-This morn
ing about nine O'Clock, Jerry Monroe,
coiOred, murdered his wife In cold blood
by beating out her brains with q
monkey-wrench. It seems that Monroe
and his wife were formerly slaves ct
Richmond, Virginia, and after the war
found their way to this city. They had
no children, bat lived happily together
until two months ago, when the husband
suddenly became jealous Of his wife ow-
ing 10 an intimacy which had sprung up
between her and one John Martin, a
cOlored hod-cRTrier. This led to repeated
qusrrels, until finally the wife sought
and obtained q divorce on the ground Of
cruelty. The enrAged negro then made
such threats that his wife, alarmed for
her safety, changed her place Of resi-
denee to a laundry on Market street.
Here the brute found her this morning,
and while she vas leaning over q wash
tub he sprang upon her, and as before
stated, deliberately beat her brains out
with the monkey-wrench, which he had
brought with him for that purpose. The
proprietress OF the laundry attempted
TO stay the bloody work, but seizing her
by the throat, be held her at arms length
with one hand and continued
his blows upon the senseless Mrs. Mon
roe With the other. The appearance OF
an officer upon the scene, however, put
an end 70 the murderous attack, but not
until the skull had been broken In q
dozen places and the face literally
mashed 10 jelly. The brute was taken
TO the stAtionhOuse amid the hoota and
Jsers Of an infuriated mob, who threat
ened to lynch him unless the law did its
work. The deceased was thirty-three
years old and member Of the Baptist
church, and among her neighbors she
was esteemed good woman. Her muir
derer is thirty-five years old, stoutly
built, with q small head, bull neck, ugly
eye ard ill-shsped mouth and nose, and
he looks like brute. When visited in
jail, two hours after his arrest, and told
that his wife was dead, he exhibited but
little emotion, but expressed belief that
he would be hung.
Year: 1875

L cannot understand how it is that the
facts that l know any thing about this
matter have come out, for l have talked
Of it to but two people, one Of whom is
great personal friend. l have tried TO
keep out of the trial and should not have
told you what have except for your per-
sistency. l have all along been afraid
that, if said anything to hurt Mr..
Beecher, my customers would leave me,


for q great many Of them are members
of Plymouth church, and l know they
are doing all they possibly can to save
Year: 1875

The Supreme Court has adjourned for one
week, and did not render many decisions
either.


The promissory note docket of the Fourth
District Court is empty, and there are few
cases on that OF the appealable cases. At
torneys who desire speedy trials will govern
themselves accordingly.


The contrast between the Superior Grim.
inal Court and Judge Abell's is as marked
as ever. Judge Braughn had to pass SEN
tence on four convicts, and the aggregate
time society will be protected from them is
eight years and ten months. Judge Abel
had one larceny and two assaults and bat
teries to punish. Eleven days and one hour
is the immunity from disturbance of the
peace and panel thievery the city gets for
the sum of $3.50 each, more or less.
Year: 1875

Happily those horrible bandit.i in New
Orleans have turned their daggers upon
one another. The ferocious editor of the
Times, whose inkstand is skull and whose
pen-holder-if any thing can hold his pen
is a cross bone, turns his fierce gaze on the
condemned outlaw of the Picoyp,ne, and
ferOciously writes that the said outlaws
'brains are as shallow as clearinghouse
looking glasses. And the armed bandit OF
the Picoy"ne, hastily selecting a stiletto
from the six dozen which are distributed in
the bloodthirsty array about his person,
writes in carmine ink that boardinghouse
looking glasses are capable of little re-
Election, in which the Times brains can not
be said to resemble these or any other
looking glasses whatsoever in the taintest
degree -Chicngo Times.
Year: 1875

We regret to learn of very dis
tressing accident which occurred at
Goldsboro yesterday, by which
young and promising lad was proba-
bly, fatally injured. The circumstances.
as transmitted to us, were as follows:


About half past l o'clock, as the
North Carolina train WAS moving up
to the shed, preparatory to taking on
passengers for Raleigh and the West,
a lad of about fourteen years OF
age, by the name of Cleaveland Den
mark, the son of Mr. S. H. Den
mark, formerly merchant of this
city, but now resident in Goldsboro,
attempted to jump on the train while
it was in motion. In doing SO he
slipped and fell on the track and the
wheel of the coach passed over him,
cutting off one leg and crushing the
other SO fearfully it was thought that
it would be necessary to amputate it.
The shocked eye-witnesses ofthe affair
raised the lad and conveyed him to his
home, where, at the last accounts. it
was thought that he could not recover
Year: 1875

The interest on one cent compound
ed from the birth of Christ would re-
present lump of gold larger than the
earth, SO it said.


If the cold weather continues a few
days longer, we may have no fears Of al
ice famine next summer, every one
will have secured an ample supply.


A scientist has begun taking a CEN
sus of the fools Of the United States
He stays in city until fire breaks
out in the daytime, and then he puts
down the number of people he sees
running to it.


Picnic, one of Count Lsgranee's race
horses now in training at Newmarket
England, some months ago had a
broken leg set by veterinary sur
geon. The horse is now perfectly
sound and will probably figure upon
the race course during the coming sea-
son. So perfect cure is said to be
-
Year: 1875

We have just learned of tragedy
which occurred on the line of the Viii
mington & Weldon Railroad, almost
within the city limits, on last Tuesday
night. 1t seems that on the night in
question an old colored man by the
name of Enoch Usher, an inmate of
the Poor House, who had been in to
the city and was on his return home,
was overtaken by the passenger train
going North. on the trestle work of
Smiths Greek bridge, and before the
train could be stopped, was struck by
the plow and knocked over into the
creek. Another colored man, who was
just ahead of him, was witness of the
circumstance and himself came near
being a victim. He endeavored to
assist the deceased across the bridge,
but without effect, and was obliged to
make shift for his own life. Coroner
Hewlett has been notified, but the
body has not yet been found.
Year: 1875

THE developments concerning the
Whisky Ring frauds in St. Louis,
which we copy from the Chicago Times
this morning are of highly interest
ing character. Only a very short time
before the writer of this paragraph
ceased his connection with the st. Louis
Times he had made arrangements. for 4
complete expose of the Ring, and publ
Iished an article in which Supervisor
McDonald's completely was clearly
shown, but the then principal propriI
etor of the paper stepped IN and ehoked
of all further reference to the matter.
The Ring was thought to be nvincible
then, and Mcdonald was bold enough
to threaten libel suit, which may
have possibly served to squelch the
Times proprietor. At any rate, the
party who was looking up the facts
could do nothing with the otherpapers,
and dropped the investigation in dis
gust. This villainy has been going on
for years, but the press Of that city
sufficiently enterprising IN other re-
spects-seams to have been myste.
riously ignorant of the fact 81
Year: 1875

The Republicans in the House st Washington
are TO be commended for the stand which they
have taken. Ever since the re-assembhng oi
Congress the Democrats have pursued very
strange policy of dilatory motions by which to
impede the progress of legislation. and any
thing which will circumyent their plans or
checkmate them in their foolish and simlers
purpose will meet with general approval. Ii
may not be very dignihed position for the low
er branch of the National Legislature to be Joined
in deadlock, the members like pugilists out of
wind sitting there nursing their wrath. but this
stubborn policy of the minority must be met,
and why not now as we'll at any
time? The days OF the session are gliding
by, it its true, with weighty interests unsettled,
but there is in this subject moral view which
should not be neglected. The Democrats are
the responsible parties for the deadlock, and
the country will understand that whatever in
terest suffers will be because of their refusal
to permit legislation TO go on. They do not
wish, will not, discuss the Civil Rights bill, but
prefer to tillibuster and fritter away the time
which should be devoted to business. II they
are opposed to the bill, why do they not record
their votes against it in manly way and trust
to the country for justification Of their course
No man who has intelligently and honorably OPP
posed an obnoxious measure has yet suffered
adverse criticism for its adoption, and even il
this bill should become law, of which there is
no very great likelihood, the opposition will not
be held responsible if they oppose it in q
manly way. They escape censure when
they record their votes against it. But when
they stubbonly bar the progress OF business
they invite contempt for their littlsness, and
only help along the measure to its final passage
II they wish the bill to become law they can-
not pursue more direct course to secure it.


The occasion has exhibited the wisdom there
would be in rules which will prevent the delay
OF business by dilatory notions, and should i'm
press Congress with the necessity for the speedy
Adoption of those now before it or some others
which vii meet the same requirement, With
the present system in force, the Democrats msy
2ileFe 70 ,he:r old policy when the Louisians
sis3 ott-es !E=stio..s shAl! te taken UP for
eoa-. ie-At. Z, AZ tie remaining i've weeks of
r4 =--sey.. l-.A. ie consumed without the reach
Is :: 5 .ssa-;- The pubic welfare demands s
sF4siy settlement Of the Louisiana question,
n; Unless tie 5A.bu-ters are restrained the
Prospect : Lot a very encouraging one that the
zeerle Of that State may obtain the relief they
A-.lrs
Year: 1875

minated; and did you then further tell
MoultOn that you prayed to God with
her for help to discontinue your sexual
relations with her? A.-POOh! No, sir
l made q statement in respect to my
visit with MoultOn irrespective to
the visit of July, and | told
MOulton in regard to the allegation that
it was made by Tilton: that in July pre-
ceding a conversation between his wife,
or 8 written statement somewhat SINH
lar to the one made in December, had
occurred, and that when ] went to see
her in August, during her sickness, there
was no word or hint of any such thing;
that it was a letter Of depression and
mental trouble, and that l talked with
her and prayed with her as l would with
any other parishiOner, and maTyeled
that if there had been any such state
ment | had got no wind or hint Of it.


Q-Was there any other allusiOn to
an occasion of prayer between you and
Tilton than that you have now given?
Al don't know, but / may have
stated that / prayed with her when /
went down to see her at her mothers,
but / don't remember that / did; it is
quite possible. -


Q.-Was anything said by you, or in
your hearing by MOultOn, on that Sun
day that was in the nature Of the state
ment that you and she prayed for help
to discontinue your sexual relations?
Avery decidedly there was no such
thing whatsoever, in any manner or
shape, b' MOultOn or any other human
being. Murmurs of applause.


Adjourned.