Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1880, Page 2

(For the Evening Star. STAR-SONG. (FroM THE GeRMAN oF GeIBEL.] Are the stars lambs, which to pasture Night, their shepherdess, forth leadeth, Quietly on hesyen's cerulean ‘Meads, when far the sun recedeth? Orare they pure, snowy lilies, Which, their chalices unclosing, ‘Waft the fragrant mist of slumber Down on weary earth reposing? Or are they bright tapers, sparkling On the altar high and holy, ‘When the air's sublime cathedral Fills with sacred darkness slowly? No, but they are silver letters, And therewith an angel for us ‘Thousand songs of love has written In the sky’s biue volume o’er us. W. L. SHOEMAKER. ARTIFICIAL BUTTER. HOW IT IS MADE. How it may be Detected. Our food inspectors have again discovered in our markets and provision stores the presencejot artificial butter in considerable quantities, and several samples of it have been undergoing an analysis by District Chemist DeSmedt. It wil be remembered that a few years since our mar- Kets were overrun with this artificial product, and the prejudice was so strong against its sale as to result in the passage by Congress of a special act fixing a penalty of $109 for its sale. otwithstanding this its manufacture seems to be continued and so skillful ts the imitation to the genuine article that it is not difficult to deceive the most careful consumers. The fauit of the statute les in the fact that the com- lainant has to go before the grand jury instead Of the Police Court with his grievance, and. as it will require witnesses who are abie to tell be- yond a doubt that the article is not genuine to convict, there are but few who are willing to undergo the searching cress-examination they would be subjected to unless they are well ad- vanced in chemistry andcan demonstrate be- yond a doubt their ability to show the differ- @nce between the “d: product” and the “slaughter-house” article. + THE MANUFACTURE of artificial butter or oleomargarine, it is stated, was commenced in Paris dur- ing the siege by the German army, when many of the necessary supplies of life were gut oat trom the inhabitants. It is related that M. Mege Mouriez, a chemist, was com- missioned by the French government to make Some researches with a view to obtain a pro- duct to take the place of butter, to be Supp) led atamuch lower price, and capable of being kept without becoming rancid. M. Mege Mou- lez placed several mnilch cows on a severe diet, Which quickly reduced “them in weight, and cal them to AR a reduced quantity of milk, but the milk always produced butter, Jeaving still the querry “where did it come from?” He believed it was produced from the fat of the animal, which being carried into the circulation. was deprived of its stear- ine by respiratory combustion, and furnished its oleomargarine to the cow’s udder, where, ‘under the iniluence of the mammary pepsin, it ‘was changed into butyric oleomargarine, or butter. Guided by this observation he was not long in obtaining, by an ingenious process from suet, a fat fusible at nearly the same tem- ‘peau as butter, and of able taste. He hen transformed this same fat into butter by a process similar to that of nature. This process was by pining up the fat of the best quality of newly slaughtered beeves between two cylinders, which, falling into a deep vat heated by steam, and containing for every 1,000 kilogrammes of fat 300 kilogrammes of water, and 1 kliogramme Of potassic carbonate, besides two sheep's or PigB stomachs in small pieces. The tempera- jure was raised to 45 degrees and the mass care- fully stirred. At the end of two hours the fat, all raised to the surface, when it was let off into another vat heated on a water-bath to 30 de- grees, and two per cent. of sea sait added. In two hours it became clear, and presented a fine llow color, and the odor of ly churned . This becoming cooled, was cut into packed in linen, and placed under an hy- draulic press and then separated into two nearly equal parts, viz: stearine and liquid oleomar- ie. The stearine he manufactured into can- After cooling, the oleo-1 rine was passed through cylinders udder a shower of water to wash it and give it consistence. ‘The oleomargarine was then MADE INTO CHEAP BUTTER in the following manner: To 50 kilogrammes of melted oleomargarine in a churn he added about 2% litres (26 quarts) of cows milk and 25 kilo- grammes of water containing ten soluble parts of 100 of the mammary gland of the cow. The churn was put in motion and in fifteen minutes the grease and water became trans- formed into a thick cream, which in turn was changed into butter. The churning being over, Water was poured In and the butter separated, containing butter milk which was removed. roduct was then placed under a strean of water, where it was worked in a way to chang it into well washed butter of flac aspearanc:. This when properly made, agrees with butter at its melting point. It is a little deticteat in favo: but mot enough to cause any remark. W5 carelessly le 1t contains traces of membrane, and may also show crystals of the stearates._ It is colored with annatto from saffron which {5 sometimes adulterated with sulphate of copper. THE SECRET OF MANUFACTUAING IT was introduced into this couatry in 1872 or 3 by a French chemist named \Paraff, who formed a company in New York and made a profitable business‘of it. Paraff is sald to be now serving time in prison in Brazil for counterfelting Bra- zililan coin. A factory was opened in Brooklyn, others on Long Island, and the business soon spread to Pilladelphia and Baitimore, the last named place it 1s believed furnishing the greater portion which comes to this city. Its process of manuf facture has become consid- erably simplified since the time of M. Mege ‘Mouriez, enabling the manufacturer to produc it with less trouble and cost than originally. It has been claimed that the actual cost of its manufacture is from 14 to 17 cents per pound and the wholesale prices (at the average price of butter, 30 to 35 cents) 13 from 16 to 22 cents r pound. It will be remembered that about years since it was reported that our mar- kets and stores were full of it, and numbers of samples were tested at the Agricultural depart- ment, but just about that time the price of but- ter declined and the pure stuff drove the “‘oleo” out of the market. HOW TO DETECT Ir. There are several ways of detecting oleomar- garine. One is by the microscope. The differ- ence between it and pure butter ts shown at once under this glass. Pure butter shows a mass of globules similar in size and appearance, with Intermediate layers of salt and water. Oleomargarine shows a mas3 of what appears to be fan-shaped and fibrous crystalizations en- Urely different acter and appear- ance from butter. Prof. DeSmedt tests it as follows: A piece of oleomargarine— the size of a walnut—is placed a Wineglass and ether poured on suificient to cover and dissolve ii, which is hastened by stir- ring with a teaspoon. The whole becomassolu- ble, but the salt is immediately precipitated, ‘when the liquid mass ts poured off into a saucer, or, what !s better, a small glass plate or saucer. ‘The work of evaporization commences at once, and continues until every trace of the ether 13 gone, leaving the stearine or tallowy substance Openly exposed with {ts offensive odor and ap- | tr aoa ‘The character or appearance of good ter 18 not changed by a similar test; the fatty substance left after the evaporization of the ether retaining the odor of pure butter to- tally unlike thot of the stearine from oleomar- ie, This test Prof. De Sinedt thinks bet- and every Way more satisfactory than by the microscope. Asa general thing, however, any persons used to mga can satlat themselves from the greasy smell of the art! clal butter of its character. It is not, as. a gen- eral aee, So dense as pure butter, and usually dhas a whitish appearance on the outside. gah see ee A SExTON in Gloucester, Mass., was sum- Mmoned to prepare for burial an aged’ man, with Mine om hades well ee Arriviag at the v juest Up stairs to the bedroo! re th oa Up he foun seeing lead man rise in bed, and in a hollow tone of voice articulate: “Halloa, John, how are you? Shake hands.” ‘The sexton was almost frozen with terror; but in amoment said: “I came up, Sam, to see if you didn’t want me to make @ new kind of gruel.” The sick man assented: the gruel was anade and carried up. and the affatr passed off. ‘The patient lived uniil the next day, and whea was again summoned, there was no in char A NICE QUESTION as to the Somer of state leg- Slatures over ratiroads has n raised by the passage of a resolution in the Rhode [stand ouse of representatives instructing the com- + iltee on the judiciary to ascertain whether the gislature has a right to lo the consolida- on Of a railroad which ts partly in Rhode Isl- sul als a preventing tas sowsollaanias of y preven’ 01 1D Of See ah a ee detrimental to the business interests Of Rhode island. ta” “Fifteen-ball ” is rather @ fashion- able game, but the wertiser itis hothing to “fitveeu-plock took.” RELIGIOUS NOTES. —It is said that in the Welsh language an in- fidel book does not exist. —In San Francisco the Greek Church has a chapel and about 250 followers. —Out of the 350 colleges in this country about seventy have established Young Men’s Christian Associations. —The Greek Government, ingiving an order that the Bible shall be read in the public schools. has specified that the ancient and‘not the modern tongue shall be employed. —The Methodists are increasing rapidly in Sweden. During the past few months revival meetings have n_ held, generally with large results. In one place 60 new members have been received. —Zion's Herald says that “the individual, per- sistent interest for thesalvation of the soul, and the gathering of the children into the Church, is far from belpg as manifest in these days as formerly.” —The Methodists of Phillipsburg, N. J., are having a great revival. About 300 persons have professed sorrow for their sins, and itis expected that the total number will foot up at least 500. Over 2,000 have signed the temperance pledge. —The Evangelical Messenger 1s exacting in re- spect to the laity. It says: ‘The people who go to hear a sermon, without a preparation to hear aright, are but Ifttle less guilty of wrong than the minister who enters the pulpit to preach without preparation.” —One of the distinguished Monod family of Protestant pastors In Paris, the Rev. Theodore lonod, Who was converted, it is said, while a udent in Allegheny, Penn., will visit this country in. the spring and address Protestant bodies on the state of the Church in France and its needs. — The Pope has issued an encyclical letter on the subject of divorce. In it he says: “The at- tempt made, under various guises, by the modern spirit of irreligion to rob the church of her right either to bind or loose the marriaze tle, must be resisted by the whole Cathol'c world.” —Edward Kimball, the church debt extin- ‘isher, says: ‘‘The three it financial calam- ities of a church are: 1. A fund for the support of preaching, so that the people need not pay. 2. be or two rich men, on whom everybody Jeans, and whose y pener ey the church feels at liberty to appropriate. 3. A debt.” —The following are reported to be some of the changes made in the revised version of the English bible to be issued this year:-“‘Damned” 1s to be changed invariably to “condemned.” For “hell,” the original words Gehenna and Hades are to be substituted. “Prevent” ts to ‘be turned into “go before.” “Religion” is to be changed into “worship.” —The plan of having free Sunday evening lectures on secular subjects is warmly discussed in Edinburg. The clergy are generally opposed to it, thinking that the lectures will attract many people who otherwise would go to church. Canonsgate Hail was to have been opened for the lectufes; but the opposition defeated the project for the time being. —A church in New York raised $50,000 last summer for a certain purpose. As the money could not be used immediately, the trustees in- vested it In the stock of “St. Paul preferred.” A few days ago the church sold the stock for $110,000. With the profits, $60,000, a new church edifice is to be erected, and the name “St. Paul preferred” is suggested as appropriate. —The case of ex-Shepherd Cowley presents a ecullar complication as regards ecclesiastical iscipline. Cowley is stfll a full and complete priest of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He cannot be deposed without a trial, and he can- not be tried unless he is present in person. It would be irregular to go to the penitentiary to etry him, and so the probability is that nothing Will be done with him until his term is out. —The war of the bells has been taken into the St. Louis courts by the residents in the neighborhood of pee Congregational church, at the corner of A te Washington ave- nues. They falled in their loge to get the city council to hush the chimes, and the matter has caused such bitter feeling in that “swell” portion of the city that old friends have become enemies, and the contest will be fought to the bitter end. — Young Brother Harrison, the revival evan- gelist, has been laboring twenty-three weeks With the Wharton Street Methodist Church, Philadelphia. His converts are estimated ata thousand; and although the term of service for which he was at first en has now expired, he renews his efforts, and will push on in the hopes of bringing in’ five ‘bundred. more. A [ae jubilee service was held in the church a few days ago, the exercises lasting trom before sunrise to midnight. —Itis proposed to build in certain districts on the western frontier of Kansas churches made of sods. A few such already exist. The walls are of sods, the roofs are covered with sods, and ‘the floors are of earth. A church can be built, in size about 26x36, for an outlay in money of only $10, and this has alieady been done in at least one instance. A wallot he it properly built and protected, will last 100Years. Roofs of s} ‘les and floors of wood are greatly to be desired, but, of course. they add very much to the cost of a church. — Don’t Pauperize your Pastor.—Pay him the money that is due him, and let him provide for himself. Here is a new pastor called on a spe fied salary—a niggardly one, perhaps, und?r t circumstances—and on arrival you begin tc carry ries and provisions—sugar, tea hams, soap, and such things, as if he were beggar ft the man has not all the manly in A en taente coddled out of him, he cannot bi feel the humiliation. If he is entitled to these values, why did you not put the amount in the Salary and pay it to him?—Cricago Interior. — Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., points out as an evi- dence that America has leavened the Catholic church more than the Catholic church has in- fected America, the fact, that in this country there is a steady gown of the ingrained Purj- tan love of preaching on the part of Catholic | congregations! This appetite for the sermon has indus iced the church to provide more preach- ing—by means of missions and Paulists and Do- minicans and orders without number—here in America than she allows anywhere else in all her broad dominion. —A Philadeiphia paper gives an account of how Ritualism has beem introduced into the chapel of Christ Church, in the western part of that city, and carried to such an extent that the sexton of Christ church had to demand the resignation of the two ecclestastics who were yere in charge of it. It appears that a con- essional had been erected, and auricular con- fession was made a condition of admission to the communion. The people, however, were satisfied with the tnnovation, and have asked Christ Chuch to allow them to erect a separate church. This request has been refused. — Speaking of odd texts a writer ip Sunday a‘ Home tells of a parson who, preaching on the types and their sigaification, took for is text Leviticus til. 2, 4, “And he shall offer of the sac- rifice of the peace co ** * the fat that cov- ereth the inwards and all the fat that is upon the inwards, and the two kidneys and the fat that fs on them, which Is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away.” A young clergyman who stened to this exposition became so heart-sick ‘Uhat he left the assembly, driven out by this in- discreet use of obsolete uage. And yet, even in such expositions as these, perhaps, every- ae depends upon the man who handles the ext. —The following paragraph in a Michigan newspaper indicates a variation from the usual lottery church and suggests some refiec- tions asto the appropriate means for ralst funds for church purposes:—* The great mol French draraa entitled * Married Lite’ will come off Friday evening of this week at the Baptist church. The dramatic company have made ar- rangements whereby the net proceeds will be ven tothe Baptist building fund, and it 1s oped that all who feel an interest in the up- building of public Improvements will be present togivein their mite. The popularity of this Play is too well known to give greater praise. At the conclusion of this play one of the most laughable and moral farces ever played will follow, entitled ‘A Regular Fix.’ The whole exercises to be Interspersed with some choice instrumental music. At the close of the con- cert exercises the friends of the pastor are in- vited to tarry and have an oyster supper and a eee good time. The elder and Tay will be ere to make it pleasant for you.” — The doctrine of purgatory has been hat pres discussion in Montreal before mixed au- liences Of Catholics and Protestants, by priests on one side and Protestant clergymen on the other, and, strange to say, without acrimony amoug the debaters or a free fight among their Usteners. A Protestant minister presided, and said his followers would merely ask questions, ‘since the onus of — rested with the Catho- lcs. He offered these querries: “At the end of the world, when there will be no priests Jeft to Say mass, what will become of the souls in pur- gators 7” “Where 1s it said in the scripture that e atonement begun on Calvary is to flaish in purgatory?” ‘How could they reconclie Poavin & Peete i ae shalt thou be with me in 7? 7 Than Swer to the last question,a Roman Catnolic sald it was because the thief had perfect con- trition; and the Protestant was asked, in re- turn, how he could believe in a God of love and think man would be sent fato endless sin. A place of A Be. came from Hartford.” More astonished still.he exclaimed:—“How strange! = there, too, and lived there during my sojourn on earth, and yet_we never made each other's ac- quaintance.” The inquiry then arose:—“With what particular church in that city were you conn ” He answered:—“With the Rev. h.” He exclaimed, “Astonishing! Is it possible? I was a member of that same church, and yet we never became acquainted or even spoke with each other.” The two brethren implored each other's forgiveness and asked to help them set aside earthly distinctions and to live more in the spirit of Christian broth- erhood. Cultivation of the Oyster. Singular as it may seem, this ts anew {dea to be entertained in an agricultural journal; and, stranger still, like ‘carrying coals to Newcas- tle,” that we should find in a far-off quarter some interesting facts upon the subject which will no doabt be entirely new, not only to those who daily delight their palate with the choic- est of these bivalves, Dut also of others who have all their lifetime been engaged in the business of the ‘“‘catch” for the markets of the world. For now, such has been the growth of this business of late years, not only are the dis- tant sections of our owa country supplied with them, but, canned and sealed, they are shipped safely to the farthest ends of the world; and wherever they may reach, are gulped down with agusto which no other product of the earth, the airorthe water affords to the epi- cure. A correspondent of the Alabama R-gigter, at Mobile, having asked of the cultural editor of that journal, Prof. J. B. Steele, for some spe- cific information upon the subject of the propa- gation and characteristics of the oyster, apolo- gized for the intrusion into that department of he journal. The editor replies that ‘‘no apol- was hecessary, as oyster culture 1s now classed asa branch of agriculture, so is fish culture, in a word, the artificlal propagation or management of any animal or thing is regarded ascoming under the same general head. It may look like a rather wide branching off from the original, as the word Agricultural is made of two Latin words meaning acre and culture, but that is the way they have fixed it up in this country, and we must work to the prevailing Tule, of ‘course.” After some minor details as to its former scl- entific position, the writer presents the follow- ing information upon its present status : Jntil a comparatively recent period the oyster (ostrea edulis) was regarded as hermaphodite, but scientists have at last discovered that the sexes are distinct and so prominently marked as to be easily ized by any one familiar with the animal. In point of numbers the females are largely in excess of the males. During the breeding season the oyster ts said to be ‘In the milk,’ which term is applied to the ova or spawn and to the sperm. ‘The spawn ts discharged in minute, vicid balls, of such a gravity that it floats about through the water ‘without either rising to the surface or settling to the bottom. The sperm of the male is of the same ch: ras to gravity; consequently, these secretions from the different sexes float about until chance brings them into contact, when they adhere to the first hard substance they happen to settle upon, and at once begin to assume shape and toexhibit signs of life. At first the new Creation, so to speak, appears to belong to the vegetable rather than the animal kingdom; but, as itcontinues to grow in size, the animal exhibits characteristics which leave no doubt.as to where the strange little substance belongs. In a few weeks it is capable ofa fee- ble independent motion, that gradually in- creases until the shells are perfectly formed, when it is found to have the power to open and close them at will. An object to which the combined floatinj spawn is ape toadhere isthe shell of an ol oyster; which accounts for the fact that, while single oysters only are found in the artificial beds, it is not all uncommon to find them in the natural beds adhering together in large clus- ters. When the little animal has first taken shape it does not much resemble an adult oyster; but has a thin, flat shell. which is soft and friable, At this stage ofits existence it is technical known as a spat. The it is Much sought after by fishes, crabs and turtles, which destroy the oyster crop by thousands. Finally, the spat gets a hard shell and then fishes, etc., leave it alone, At one year of age it is from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and its shell is so hard as torenderitsafe from the attack of most of itsenemies. At this age itisin proper condition to be taken up and used asa “plant.” Although ranked by naturalists in a very low scale of animal existence, the oyster Is nop with- out physical power and sufiicient instinct to favor selfpreservation, as shown in the imme- diate ciosing of the shell on the approach of disturbance or danger. Nevertheless, it must always be regarded as but ttle more than a step beyond the immediate line dividing the an- imal from the vegetable kingdom. ‘The plants are simply oysters that have deen taken up from the recfsin the salt water, where they never attain to size, and deposited in the seml-fresh water to fatten and grow. When first. taken up they are called reefers, but at running their course in a bay_or at the mouth ofrivers they are plants. The reefer whon taken up measures from one to three Inches In length; butas a plant it grows and fattens with great rapidity, increasing in size in the course of a year to from four to six inches in length, when it is considered ready for the markel. Scientific men have never yet been able, after long study, to determine the peculiar food of the oyster, but the regular oystermen, who observe them at all conditions, entertain no other idea on the subject, sofar.as we have been able to learn, than that they “feed upon the water.” We suppose they are not far wrong; the oyster, while it may not feed directly upon the water, must feed upon such matter as the water conveys to it. The artificial propagation of the oyster 1s now being extensivel racticed along the Shores of France. There the beds are as_meth- odically marked out as for a flower garden, and aclose calculation is made as to the greatest profitable produce from a given number of set And the sets are so put down as to make a reg- ular succession, a portion of the crop coming {i for market every week throughout the proper season, and other sets being immediately put in to fill the placepf the plants taken up. “M. Coste, a scientific genUleman and eminent nat- uralist of France, is said to have undertakea to heavily stock the whole available coast of that country with oysters ata cost of $6per acre. He has a machine which he employes {n_devel- oping the young oysters, securing his start from the natural beds—something on the piau ofsecuring fish spawn for artificial breediag. It is sald to be a most marvellous success. Midnight Burglar Panics. (Saturday Review.) Aservant who had been in a down- Stairs apartment with a double-barreled gun “was disturbed in his midnight slumbers by the sound of footsteps. Rushing to his window, which he opened, he observed a figure standing between two bushes at a few yards distance. “Who are you?” said the servant; and receiv- ing noanswer, added, “If you don’t speak I’ll fire.” Ina few moments he dischai gun at the legs of the figure, and when the smoke had cleared away, and the male portion of the household had rushed to the rescue clothed in Bight attire and armed with firearms and ciubs it was discovered that the faithful guard- fan had shot a favorite pony in the legs. One gentleman had surrounded his hous® with wires, which were tightened at a certain hour every evening, and’ connected with spring ee Contented with his security and obliv- lous of his ingenious defensive contrivances, he one night went out to see whether it was freezing, and while pacing about near his door he touched one of the treacherous wires, when there was instantaneously a terrific explosion close tohis ear, and fore he had fairly re- covered from the surprise, he narrowly escaped receiving a severe blow on the hi from a Servant who had hurried to the spot on hearing the noise. Another gentleman who had taken no special precautions against thiev on getting into ed, distinctly heard a. going on in a room below. The stories of recent burg- Jarles immediately flashed across his mind in their most ghastly form. Lacking a better weapon, he thrust the peker between the bar3 of the grate, while he bedeck the suspected root could see the reflection of a light beneath door, and on trying the handle found it 1 ceeding very: briskly as he reached tho, very ag he reacl pause of = t's laantces after pause @ moment with true British pluck, he burst the d with two mighty to find Sine fu his pansey engaged in z may be it that calls “the ot him, when the master his fiery acreah his ie Gan | E i ie f [ ie z il Eck tor Soe ee eee ee heart, ‘by shooting Cox i THE HOUSEHOLD Srarvs.—There are several ways of removing ink from polished wood, viz: with spirits of salts and muriatic acid, or with a few drops of spirits of mitre in a teaspoonful of water. both cases touch the spot with a feather, and 1ue well with @ morsel of soft Iinen.—wN. F. Tribune. } To Kger CHEESE Métst.—Many housekeepers complain that their cheese becomes ‘ary, and some use a kind of bel to pat their choase in. Avery ye lent will keep cheese in the best condition. a linen cloth orcheese- cloth, dip tt in white wine, squeeze out excess of wine, and wrap up the cheese in it. By do- ing this the cheese is not only kept moist, but its flavor 1s improved.—N. ¥. Times. ONE OF THE LATEST STYLES OF BovQuaTs 1s called by the s tive name of “the four-leaf clover.” The lucky leaflets are outlined with green, and two are made up of solid roses, al- ternating with two of puryle violets. ‘This idea is seen in other bouquets which some- have one-half entirely composed of the ale Marshal Neil — oe = the red Jacquemt 1 n in a thin of a bouquet will be of violets, attra of pansies and a third of roses.—N. Y. Cor. Prov dence Journal, ‘THe Newest Desiexs for embroidery upon lMnen and other inexpensive goods consist of bronze stems and fbres, upon the poiats of which are wrought the white blossoms of the almond or the pink blossoms of the peach. There are little leaves also, and mossy stems, with perhaps a Dug crawling w on them. or a little butterfly with outspread wings. A clever girl may embroider such a dress for herse with no great expenditure of time or labor, be in sion of a costume that will he envy of all her friends, and that money could not bu SIMPLE TREATMENT FoR Sctatica.—Dr. Ebrard, of Nines, states that he has for many years treated all his cases of sciatica and nenralgle pains with an improvised electric apparatus, consisting merely of a flat irén and vinegar— two things that will be found in every house. The tron is heated until sufficiently not to va- porize the pincer and then covered with some woolen fabric which is moistened with vinegar, and the apparatus is applied at once to the painful spot. The application may be repeated two or three times a day. Asa rule the pain disappears within twenty-four hours, and recovery ensues at once. MAKING GLUE WaTERPROOF.—The best sub- | stance is bichromate of potash. Add about one part of a first dissolved in water, to every thirty or forty parts of glue; but you must keep the mixture in the dark, as ight makes it in- soluble. When you have glued your substances together, expose the joint to the light, and every part of the pine thus exposed will be- come insoluble and therefore water-proof. If the substances glued together are translucent like paper ts, all will become waterproof; if opaque like wood, only the exposed become so, but ‘they also protect terior—not Senor pale Spaltisy the pene- tration of moisture. ractical American. ‘THINGS TO AVOID.—Beware of salves, beware of plasters, beware of eye-waters, beware of hair-dyes, beware of washes for réfining the skin, beware of toilet powders, and be careful in the use of scented soa) Why? _ Salves make and keep the skin sore, plasters prevent wounds from healing, eye-waters do often more injury than good, most hatr-dyes produce sore eyes, beautifying washes are of'en. poisonous, ditto toilet powders, while scented Soaps are usually too sharp by the free aikall they contain.—Practical American, [ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS.—There are a few orna- Mental shrubs and small {trees which are so widely known because so desirable in every re- spect for small grounds, that it {s hardly ne- cessary even to name them, such as the com- mon Siberian and Persian lilac, Tartarlan honey-suckie, [Aa leeie aug Japan quince, Purple Fringe, Snowball, &¢. Tne Silver Beli (Halesia), eunougn not new, is a fine ornamen- talshrub; and the same may be sald of the purple-leaved Barberry and dwarf horsechest- nut. The small double-white spirea and the two les of Wore althouga rather new, are widely disseminated. Still more recently intreduced are Deutzia crenata, one’of the most beautiful of summer blumers, and the new Hy- drangea (H paniculata grandifora), Taagniti- cent in early autumn from its large panicles of white and rose flowers, and both perfectly hardy.—Corntry Gentleman. TABLE DECORATIONS.—The use of ferns for table ornamentation, both pressed and fresh, 1s peparar i fashionable houses. The fresh are cut to a certain length, placed upon a table in a circle with the points out, and a glass dish filled with moss is set down upon the circle thus formed. This ornament may be called a mat of ferns, and is considered to be oneny pretty with those which are pressed. Little wheel- barrows of white wood carved tn open patterns are filled with ferns and moss, and set upon a fern mat, as above. Small wooden pails are covered with fir cones, of two sizes, laid over with gilding, and these are filled with ferns and smnilax, anc entire growing fern is taken from its woodland home, and with the earth about it placed in the beautiful shells now so much used in house- hold ornament. The plants thus arranged are Set upon the buffet. Ollskin floor cloth mats are p! beneath, concealed by pressed ferns. Way WE BUTTER OvR BreaD.—The layers 0 the wheat berry, as we proceed toward the center, become more and more completely starchy, and at the center but littie else is found, and this portion makes our finest flour. ‘The finer the flour the less fit it is for nutrition. In its natural state the wheat, with all its com- ponents present, 1s not fitted for perfect human evelomne There is a deticlency in the po- tential heat-producing materials, especially for cooler climates, there being only two percentum of fat in wheat. We instinctively Supply this Geficiency by the addition of fatty bodies. We Spread butter pen bread, we mingie lard or butter with our biscuit or cake, and the fat meat and bread are taken alternatively or coincident- ally. The starch, being a carbon hydraie, can afford, comparatively, but little heat in’con- Suen and the fats are demanded by the of the system.—United States Miller. VASE CULTURE OF Ivy.—In a late number of the Garden, J. McNab of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Edinburgh, recommends the vase culture of ivy in moss and water for drawlag room pul The directions he gives for its management are as follows: The ivy should be oe in long opaque pias Jars and vases, and t 18 essential that such vessels should be wide at the top, so that the plants after being prop- erly rooted can be en out, and the jars cleansed when necessary. In ‘the selection of ivy for vase culture, long pteces with small leaves are to be recommended; those taken from the stems of the trees, where the points are inclined to be pendant, will be found to answer best, such ivy having generally stout ould contain three, fo: or five pieces, cach plece being rolled up’ sepa- rately In a stall piece ot ny pan or sphagauin moss, the latter being preferable. After this, Ue all the pleces loosely together ina clump to suit the width of the vase, and place them In It So that the ball of moss does not reach withia five or six inches of the bottom. It will be ne- cessary to Keep the water in the-vas? about half-way up the moss until the cuttings are properly rooted. From the moss the roots will extend into the water below, and it will be found that these roots produced in the mo33 and water will be quite sufficient to nourish the plants. Cutting plants whose roots have been produced in soil, if lifted and placed in vases, Will ultimately do well, but the proba- bility is that the roots will dié and the plants for atime sicken until new flbres are formed capable of end moss and water culture. After the ivy is properly rooted the glass jars may be kept full of water, andsprigs of flowers may also be jusertedin them. The water and flowers may be changed when necessary, and even the Ivy, whose roots ought now to’ be a Solid mass, may also be taken and replaced at pleasure without injusy. BRINGING THS BaBy uP By HAND.—The_baby and its mother are both unforcunate wien ‘ar- Uficlal means must be used for feeding the child. This might be avoided many times, by more careful management during the first Week of its life. The young babe shduld al- Ways be put to the mother’s breast as toon as both have been propery attended to ky the nurse. Often this is not. done, because the chiid can not find milk there. But milk is not what it needs at first, and the Creator has given tothe human mother, as He has to mothers lower in the animal kingdom, just the nourish- ment needed by the new-born babe. There is usually so little of it at first that the baby seems to get nothing, but it at least cultivates the Instinct of nursing, and its attempts 1n that ne stimulate the secretion of such food as tt needs. in the mother’s breast. Sometimes 1t happens that the baby is fed a littic at tirst be- cause its mother is upped © be too feeble to nurse it, and then a few dayslater when the “milk has come,” and must be dis; ot somehow, the babe is thought to be too Sometimes there good oe the bab2 must be “brought {ik is always Supposed to have relieved its sore mouth. Per- haps that. too, cased the habitual constipa- tion wi ich followed, with other troubles. Thea pees Sed ‘was recommended by one who tried It with good success among her own Doll It was made In the usual way, and was not more than fiftecn or twenty min- utes, then strained so as to remove the bran, and seasoned with milk and sugar. But this did not set very well on the child’s stomach, and oatmeal ‘was prepared for it in ths same way, only it was boiled two hours. Tats with the child well, but did not correct | ¢ constipation. So the mother maie her graham = as She did the oatmeal gruel, Cooking itin an earthen jar. set in a kettle of boiling water, and kee] ling gently for two hours, and this she finds the best food the babe | has had. It thrives well, and tts trouble (s_re- | moved. It seems to me that if she would leave out the sugar, she might be able to get along without the “soot ip” she also use. (I can't lose this opportunity of testifying again that 7 would never, never give the sooth- ing syrup,) and avoid doctoring the poor chi now and then for sore throat or colic.—Ameri- can Agriculturist, MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. ‘The Chestnut Street Theater, Philadelphia, is the last theater in the country, outside of New York, Boston and San Francisco, to retain a res- ident stock company. The system of traveling combinations has swept away all the other sta- tlonary organizations. — Billy Florence thinks John McCullough, in such characters as Virginius and the Gladiator, would make a great hit in England. He thinks Irving as fine an actor as was M: ~ but that “his mannerisms would not take with Acericans. He considers him better in comedy than tragedy. — Of the performance of “La Favorita” by the Mapleson troupe in New York, the World says: The Leonora of Miss Cary equals her Am- neris in intensity, and the dramatic action which she abundantly employed was always in good taste, forcible but appropriate, and no more exaggerated than was her dramatic ex- pene vocally. She made all the music al- lotted to Leonora—comparatively uninteresting music it is. —The Pirates of enzance” Penter upon their fifth week, at ere es and judging from present appearances will run five weeks more. Company C, “Pirates,” will open in Library Hall, Pittsburg, on Monday next. —The actors are paintiag pictures, it seems, Many of them are represented in *‘a very con- siderable exhibition” recently opened in New Bond street, London. Mr. Joseph Jefferson ap- pears in several oil sketches which the Academy of that city describes as ‘distinguished by free- dom and elt ice.” Mr. E. Sothern, a son of the comedian, contributes a still life; Mr. Fred- erick Vokes, of the Vokes family, 1s seen to be “‘a thoroughly skilful water-color art!st, able to render the charm and subtlety, thr ght and color of the Mediterranean landsc ipe.” Miss Genevieve Ward sends “a marvelously adroit copy of a popular master.” The late Charles Matthews appears in “a tender and glowing little picture,” Mr. Forbes Robertson in “a very pretty picture of Miss Ellen Terry,” and so On. —Ada Cavendish’s most impressive imper- sonation, better than her New Magdalen,” seems to be ‘Lady Clancarty,” in Tom Taylor's play of ‘ Clancarty,” which was first presented in this country by Edwin Adams in 1875 at FiueburE. Miss Cavendish created the part in ndon. — Ben Maginley, who plays so well the judge in “The Danites” company, fs sald to have bought John Habberton’s play, ‘ Deadwood Chimes,” which was written for McKee Rankin. — The Tragedians of Kalamazoo,” an organi- zation on the pattern of “The Troubadours,” embraces A. J. Bruno, now with “The Tourists,” Alonzo Schwarz, Harry Ellis and Gertie Gran- ville. They will Age a new piece by Sydney Rosenfeld, entitled “‘Botheration.” —The New York Evening Post reports that from private letters received in that city it is evident that Adelina Patti’s voice ts fast falling. This is the opinion of judges, among them Ambroise Thomas. These reports are strength- ened by Mr. Gye’s announcement that after the next season at Covent Garden Mme. Patti will leave the stage. Her troubles with the Marquis de Caux have been amicably settled, the mar- quis receiving $210,000 in settlement of all claims upon Mme. Pattt’s estate. — Mr. Max Maretzek is writing for a New York theater the music of an operatic extrav: a, entitled “‘ Enoch Arden.” ‘The words are by Mr. — Manager Goodwin will produce on the 22d of March the romantic drama, “The Illumt- nati.” Mr, F.C. Bangs has been specially en- gaged for the role of Joseph Balsamo, — Ernest Henry Schelling, a child four years and a half old, madea sensation at the “Old Folks” concert {ast week by his wonderful per- formance of ‘‘The Philomel Polka,” ‘Heather Rose” and other pieces on the piano. — Boston’s list of amusements now includes a cat show and a live whale. — John T. Ford is traveling in the south with a “Galley Slave” company. — Miss Fanny Davenport will close her regu lar season April 3, in Albany. She has been dsing wellin Philadelphia. — “Pinafore,” translated into Russian, is to be pene simultaneously at St. Petersburg and Moscow. The Nihilists are evidently going to try anew maneuver against the life of the poor old persecuted Czar. — The Eleventh-street Opera House, Philadel- phia, is always even with the times. Mr. Carn cross comes aloug this week with a new bur lesque entitled “The Fifteen Game, or the Crazy Puzzle.” — After a public career extending through a period of forty years, Mr. Sims Reeves has de- cided to take his farewell of the concert stage. He will begin a tour next autumn, which will probably last two years, and he will then quit public life. — “The False Friend” is still the attraction at»the Union Square, N. Y., but Mr. Palmer ill soon revive “The Two Orphans,” with ‘enery specially painted for this occasion, and, he announces, as much as possible of the ort: ginal cast. — Yesterday afternoon the fifth public re- hearsal of the Symphony society was given at Stcinway hall, N. Y., the following being the programme: Beethoven’s Heroic Symphony; Goldmark’s overture, ‘“Penthestlea;” Dvorak’s Slavonik Rhapsodle No. 2 (new); Liszt’s Tasso (Lamento and Trionfo), symphonic poem. — Speaking of the admiration of the Cincin- nati people for Mr. Thomas, as expressed by their visits to him last Sunday, the Gazette says: ‘hey came from all hands, ladies as well as pentane and many who did not come sent uquets and baskets of flowers until the air, laden with odors, was itself a testimontal to the appreciation in which the music-lovers of Cincinnati hela from whom they had ex- pected much in the cause of art.” — The experiment of a summer theater—not a makeshift place of light entertainment, but a handsome establishment with the best dra- matic performances—is likely to be made this year at Nantucket beach or Revere beach, near Boston. Such theaters might pay at Atlantic City, Cape May, Long Branch and Saratoga. — The 13—15—14 difficulty ts now one of the funny things in “Humpty Dumpty” at Booth’s. —The Bijou Opera-house, which 1s shortly to be opened in New York, under the management of essrs. Ford and McCaull, is the latest addition to the growing number of Metropolitan theaters. It is the old Broadway Opera-house remodeled and redecorated, and its managers intend to offer the public a fresh and novel series of en- tertainments—in the style of those given in London by Mr. and Mrs. German Reed. The opening attraction will be Gilbert and Clay’s operatta “‘Ages Ago,” and “Charity Begins at Home,” by Bolton Rowe and Alfred Cellier. Both of these Lee have been very lar to. London. Mr. J. G. Saville 1s interest this enterprise, and will act as stage directo —It issaid that Mr. John Brougham’s new pay, “Home Rule,” will be brought out in New York, perhaps as early as next month. —The performances of burlesque now belng ibe at the Standard Theater, New York, will followed by Miss Pixley in “‘M’liss” after next week. This play, which has many elements of interest was produced at the same theater last season. —The last performance of ‘The Liar” will be es on this evening at Wallack’s Theater, jew York, and “How She Loves Him” will fol- low on Monday. The latter piay will be cast with the full strength of Mr. Wallack’s com- pany, including both Mr. Wallack and Mr. Bouclcault. The appearance ether of two such popular actors will cores excite public mnterest. iy A Curious Case was brought before the Brooklyn Se Y.) courts, Tuesday, in which a wife sued to have a divorce obtained against her by her husband on the ground of adultery set aside. According to her story she came to this country in 1869, when she was only 17 years old, and went to live with her uncle ia Colum- a county. Almost immediately she was com- pelled to marry a farmer who was repugnant to her, and left him the day after the wedding. She was sent back by her uncle, but at the end of three months deserted her husband guurely finding work in eadcreny tauaiine aad i going to Europe. Her husband brought suit against her for divorce by advertisement, and in his complaint adduced evidence of acts of adultery on her part. Now it turns out that this evidenee was manufactured and false. taIn the New Jersey Tuesday, the constitutional smendmeat providing for blen- nial sessions of the Wa; defeated, only six senators voting for it. S2Charles Walker, colored, ar- Tested at has been stamped tobacco, aid held in''$i00 tends Zor wy dopant Fe Woe 13-15-14. Gra —Two tickets, sir. THewee Bellon Where tot Granger—15—13—14, x The “fifteen” puzzle is nothing new to young ladies. ‘They are 80 used to SLi at fifteen Set Bapume tous how they ever get any older. The advantage of “fifteen” over base ball is that it doesn’t Diister your hands, and there is no need of arnica nor court plaster, if you keep out of debaie. “Thou art somear and yet so far”"—18—14—15. A citizen of Boston has purchased ten dozen of the — for the use of patients tn the city hosptt: It is believed that the New! York World has tel hed Lieut. Gorris to find a “fifteen uzzie” under the base of that obelisk.—{B ston Post.) Very possibly Cleopatra may have left oneother lying about under her needles.— Philadelphia Buitetin, He said he had wrought out the 13—15—14 puzzle, when a quiet looking individual remark- ed, “Stranger, I suspect you did it, if you say so; but if I were in your place, I should feel kind 0° proud of my abilities as a first-rate liar.”— Fost, Transcript. The statement, that N. P. Chapman, the ia- ventor of the “Fifteen” puzzle has no rights in {ts manufacture 13 denied. He made applica- ton some time ago for letters patent, but pen:l- ing the decision manufacturers have taken ad- vantage of the puzzle having been made public without his consent and have caused him a los3 Of between $25,000 and $50,000, It 1s claimed. ‘William goes a courtin’, With her silent sits, Both engaged in sortin Wood in little bits. Not a word they utter— Cur’ous kind o’courtin’— Now and then they mutter: “Thirteen—fifteen—fourteen.” N.Y. Mail. joston Glove A learned correspondent of the flies to logarithms. He says: “ By using logar- ithms the probiena is made quite easy. The log- arithms of numbers from one to fifteen wiil show many different combinations can be made with ay atte = the opeure ane pene correspon to the particular logarithm 1s Fe 88,000. We learn from the above figures that fifteen blocks may be placed in over 1,000,000,000,000 positions.” One of the best results that we have heard from trying to work out “13, 15, 14,” occurred In Philadelphia. A reporter of the’ stem having sat up until 4 o'clock in the morning, trying to “get it," went to report a sermon, and having taken his notes went out, and puzzied on knee, went at it again. While he was preparing him: self as a candidate for the asylum, a lady with better feeling than sight, seeing ’him sitting bent over a box on his ap. Went up to him an dropped a cent in his box, saying, “Here's a penny for you, poor man.” He gave it up. Here is a man who is to be envied. He writes as follows: For years my home has been a curse through the unbridled tongue of my mother-in- law. But now all is changed and through the mystic influence of “Fifteen.” Oneevening last week I purchased a box of the blocks and took them home. My mother in-law grabbed them up and ever since has not spoken a word to any one, and my home has become a paradise. AS I write I can hear the clicking of the cubes in the little box under the manipulation of my mother-in-law. God bless the inventor of “Fif- teen.”—N. ¥. World. Some evil-disposed member introduced the e Of “Fifteen” on the floor of the Montreal Corn Exchange, and with the usual conse- quences, of course—contention and strife,vanity and vexation of spirit. One member took it uj and remarked in a seemingly careless tone, “It can’t bedone.” A number of those who pre- sented the appearance of having passed sleep- less nights assented, while some remarked, “Of course it can be done.” In fact they had done it themselves the first time they had tried. One of these last, a city miller, not unremarkable for Hee ene and per- Unacity of purpose, picked up the box and said he would show how he did it last night and they could fix it any way they liked. Upon this announcement one of the sceptical said he would give a al to a city charity in case the miller solved the probiem after he had Axed the blocks, and another went a barrel bet- ter. The miller said if he failed he would send consequently increased as the puzzle was being arranged according to the most approved fash- lon, namely: 13—15—14at the endof the box. Seating himself on the corner of one desk the unconscious victim placed the box on the one adjoining and went to work. After shoving the squares around for a short time he re- marked that he “was getting it,” and so confi- dent was he that one of the scepticsin an apolo- getic tone remarked that he had not tried it but fora minute and no doubt would have “got it,” if he had only gone on. One who should know, remarked he “gone on” until “satisfied more than once.” The cit worked away, and his friends tendered their help and lent their advice. In about three- quarters of an hour after commencing, he re- marked, with his eyes firmly fixed on the box: “It will come out all right now in a minute,” Lut there were some who knew better. The victim at the start had made his moves accord- ing to some system, but as time passed, it was observed he was ore wildly. He threw s0 much vigor into his action that the box gave signs of wear and tear, and shortly the side fell out and was removed. About half an hour iter the close of the session a disappointed man with a hungry, disconsolate appearance, says ihe Witess, might have been observed passing cown the stairs of the Corn Exchange into the street, and some charity will shortly have its supplies substantlally Increased. To show how the thing is going in Hartford, én incident occurring on one of the horse-cars 1s told by the 7imes of that city. A passenger hed the puzzle in his hands and the numbers were thoroughly mixed up. In about five min- utes he cried “Eureka!” and he seemed to be happy over the thought of his conquering the famous problem. A gentleman seated next to oe ae letly but with cynical expression re- marked: “T ee you think you can do that: puzzi “Think I can do it,” repeated the other in an injured tone. “Think I can do 1t! done it! Here it is now.” The car driver, who had not heard, but felt the subject of dispute, as by an intuition, at this instant stuck his head into the door and _re- marked: “Anybody can do it. I sawa fellow yesterday who could do it as fast as you could Set ‘em up,” and he shut the door as if he had aa down and squ’shed the life out of the little joker. In the meantime the pair inside had engaged in an animated discussion about the matter. The first speaker said: ‘You think you have done it. Iknow you have not.” “I don’t think anything aboutit. Iiknow 1 have done it. Look at it; igures don’t lle.” Then the skeptic reached over, took the box and tran: the figures 15 and 14, leaving it to read all right up to 13 inclusive, but making it then read 15—14. He then handed the box back, AN with great confidence: “Ill bet you $100 to $50 you can’t do ft now ina mil- lion of years, and here’s the money”—holding up a pile of greenbacks. This made a litle sen- sation, and the other man began to haul out his money. The driver, who hud kept one eye on the crosswalks for passengers, and the other on the puzzle, again opened the door, and just here the writer had to step off, and we are unable to ‘state how the argument ended. Mr. Gilmore is informed by the Springfield Tiion that he would have hit the popular ear if he had set the “fifteen puzzle” to music as a national anthem. Some Seen has invented a new game called the “Fifteen Block” puzzle, and it is funny the newspapers don’t say something about it.—Nor- ristown Herald. If you want to thoroughly enjoy the game of three times five, get a little box which just holds four bi 13, 14, 15, 16—removed the fourth block,and bang away.—N. F. Commercial. The porter of a Danbury shoe store was dust- ing out the place of businesson Monday morn- ing, when a ruralist straggled in. He wanted a pair of shoes. “* What number is it?” queried the porter. “Thirteen, foul fitteen,” sald the man, with an absent look on his face. “Holy Moses!” gasped the porter. “Thre legs and no two mates! "—Danbury News. Allow me to suggest that the game of “Fif- teen” may be done, at least as often as lost, by arranging the Rumbers in the manner stated below, which in no way conflicts with the rules of the game: First—Mix up the numbers and drop them into the box without Pig to es I have that order throughout the four rows. The player can now proceed to move thenum- bers into their regular positions, trom one to fifteen, the st it being of course the upper left corner of the box. In most cases to place the 17 and the ¥ so as to form xt. ‘The ‘eigen ual ‘The result bas Oscar i —44—|- ~ Grant fora third term. It ts now time-to turn the Dox topsy-turry, dase ing accomplished this, take out the Fp Mus up the S, push down the G, sling over the left shoulder the R, 8, V, P, look at the 19, a ee ee ae liim your Se er of lager, take a tumble, and behold, the puzzle is done. > coming to the capital At Puebla the recepiton Was brilliant, and ‘the entertainments are i tained in the most excellent a fe by the author- ities and by private society, w ch in Puebla ts noted for its refined hospitalities. The visit to the celebrated pyramids of Cholula was very interesting. A Magnificent ball has been ten- dered by the authorities to Gen. Grant on Mon- day afternoon, Holy Week, but he will not re- main in the country until then. He intends to sail on the 1sth for Galveston, and then take the Toute to San Antonio and Leadville. On last Monday the British residents presented to Col. Foster and his wife testimonials of their regard. That to Mr. Foster ts a magnificent oil painting by Mexico 8 distinguished artist, Leandro Alva- ras; that to Mrs. Foster is a beautiful diamond bracelet. The Fosters leave with Gen. Grant and expect to be in New Orleans about thy Last night President Diaz gave a grand banq o Mr. and Mrs. Foster, who are daily recelving entertainments from those prominent u Mexican soctety. Forxp Degap ix this Bep.—Wm. F. Taylor, ate auditor of pubile accounts of Virginia, wai found dead in bed at his residence in Richmond esterday, having died of heart disease, are Mr. ‘Taylor was for many years befor’ anit during the war in the banking business, chieily as cashier. of the bank of Virginia. “He was elected auditor by the legislature In 1365- Y held the position until ‘the recent change tn state officers. He leaves a large family, includ- ng his mother, now ninety years of age. THE TELEGRArH WaR IN THE West.—The At- lantic and Pacific telegraph company has ab- tained a temporary restraining order in the supevor court at Cincinnatt exciuding the American Union telegraph company and the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. froin using the lines along the Baltimore and Onio railroad in Ohio. The bond is $5,000, THE 15TH AMENDMENT FOR PROTECTION OF EX- Staves OnLy,—Judge Blodgett instr U. S. commissioner at Chicago, yesterd election case, that the a that the fifteenth amendment and_revis Statute 5507 contemplate the protection In the right of suffrage only of former slaves, and that free or white men do not come within these legal Salernaras. A_ writ of arrest, which had been applled for, was therefore not granted. DENIS KEARNEY was arraigned tn the San Francisco police court yesterday. He said he was ready, and desired neither jury nor coun- sel, and that he had no witnesses. “The police- man, who fs the complaining witness in tho case, being temporarily absent, looking for e+ tain witnesses, the case was continued until to- 3 8? The New Orleans Democrat views with alarm the movement apparently on foot to flood the state of Louisiana with lottery compantes and policy shops,under the plea of adding to the educational fund. e?-The game of “Sixteen” Is played at the front gate with one foot on the bottom and both arms across the top, while she stands on the other side and winds a bit of blue ribbon around her finger. and heaps up a little pile of gravel with her foot. §2"In Burlington, Vt., the other day, a pair of horses attached to a carriage containing five ersons ran off a bridge, and fell nearly forty feet without seriously injuring the occupants of the carriage or the horses. 2 When Walker Kilgore left the jail at Mexico, Mo., to go to the scaffold, Nat Faucett, who was soon to be hanged with a companion, sald earnestly:—* Walker, intercede with the Almighty for Muldrow and me, and for our ‘sakes do all you Can in heaven for us.” Kilgore promised. 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