Nebraska Newspapers

    A Storj of Sedan.
A n penclsnt to the German official re
pert on the battle of Sedan, the Paris cor-
rarpomlent of the London Tirnst tells the
UDjoineJ story concerning the cottage
where the two Emperors met: "It is
known in the locality," he says, " as La
Unison du Tiscsaucl, Ln.Misnn de
rEmpereur,' or 'La Maison dca Deux
Freres Ennemis.' The two first titles ex-
flain themselves, but the third is derive!
rem a fact whic h is but little known, and
which is another proof that accession of
fortune is often acquired at the expense of
. domestic peace. The cottage is one story
high with a tiled roof, and stands parallel
to the road. A newly-built wall reaches
from the front of the house to the road
and divides the building in two; but be
fore this historical interview this wall did
not exist. The house belonged to two
brothers, half to each. The room in
which the celebrated meeting was held
ia in the corner of the cottage nearest to
Sedan; but in 1871 the entrance door wits
at the other extremity nearest to Donchery
and looked upon the road in front. When
the room was being prepared for the inter
view that is to say, when the round table
and the two straw chairs, which still re
main, had been brought in the Emperor,
ho was some distance o.T, was informed
Ui at all wat. ready. He alighted from his
carriage, entered the front door, and went
U-fttair8 that is to nay, he came in at the
right side and entered the room situated to
the left. After the war was over, and in
deed lefore, a great manj" visitors went to
see the house, and, after the manner
of tourists, were careful to follow
the same road, to go up the same
Staircase and tit in the same room as Na
poleon III. and Prince Bismarck. The
owner of the room soon began to make a
good thing of the curiosity of the visitors,
lie sold photographs of the house. The
four pieces of gold which the Emperor
had riven to his humble hostess lie had
framed and hung over the mantelpiece,
for, curious to relate, it was the fallen
monarch who paid in this way for the use
of the audience-chamlwr. The proprietor
found, in short, that his unexpected meet
ing produced a golden shower, but his
brother, the owner of the staircase, put in
a claim for a share of the profits, lie said
that as the visitors went up his staircase
he ought, in common justice, to get halt
the proceeds of the exhibition, and he
added that he would stop the way unless
his demands were 6atislied. His brother
looked at the matter in a different light,
arguing that the people did not come to
look at the staircase or the passage, but at
the room, which belonged to him. Day
by day tho quarrel prot worse; both were
equally stubborn and the domestic peace
01 the houe was fatally disturbed. Soon
a stone wall was built between the two
halves of the house, and the weaver
opened a new door and erected a new
Haircase, so that nowadays visitors no
longer use the old staircase on the right,
tip which the Emperor parcel. Every
day travelers come from all parts of the
world to stai e at the bare walls of the room
and sit in the straw chairs, so that the
weaver makes a deal of money, but peace
is not restored in the Maison des Deux
Frcres Ennemis.' "
Icebergs ia the Antarctic Seas.
Those who visit the Antarctic seas aft
er having been in the Arctic are greatly
disappointed in the form of the icebergs,
for, while those of the north assume every
fantastic shape that fancy can conceive,
the southern ones are nearly table-topped
lumps of ice, precisely the same in form
aa on the day they parted from their par
ent glacier; these more resemble huge
Twelfth cakes divested of their ornaments
than anything else. In the warmer north
ern seas icebergs melt more quicHly and
assume far more picturesque appearances;
but in the southern ocean the temperature
of the water through which the icebergs
drift is below the freezing point of fresh
water, and therefore insufficient in heat to
melt the ice. It is only after they have
moved a considerable way northward that
the regularity of their shape logins to be
interfered with. As the lerg travels
from the pole it first reaches a latitude
where the summer fun has the power
of heating the surface water slightly
alove the freezing point without af
fecting that immediately below it;
this has the effect of melting a notch
in the aide of the berg all round it, and
just above the .sea level; but this notch
was not observed to extend into the ice in
any case more than about thirty feet. As
the warm water Incomes still warmer as
the berg floats further north, it has natu
rally greater power, and deep caves or cav
erns are formed, which offer increased fa
cilities for wave-washing the larger they
become, until the mass, being weakened,
large pieces become detached. As this
alters the center of gravity the berg lurch
es over and either forms a slope or a long
spur or tongue rises; and thus the work
of destruction proceeds until the form of
the berg is altogether changed, and that
part whic h forms the tongue may become
its topmost pinnacle. Hence the greater
variety ot form in the berg seen by ships
passing south on an arc of the great circle
in comparatively low latitudes. The por
tions that break away frou the berg are
termed calves, and they are often of far
greater danger to shipping than the bergs
themselves, for the latter have a reflected
light that render them visible at a little
distance on the darkest night, whereas the
Calf, although it may be several hundred
tons in weight, is not perceptible, or, if so,
may readily be mistaken tor the top of a
sea breaking. Chamber Journal.
A Celestial Romance.
Virginia, ev., has witnessed the ter
mination of a romance of Cathay. Years
ago a Chinaman named Chi Chow fell in
love, as even Chinamen will, with a
maiden of his own country, but was too
poor to marry her. Wives must be paid
for in China, and so Chi Chow, unable to
bay his Ky Slung, came to America to
earn the money by washing shirts and
performing other labors of which China
men make a specialty. He did not pros
per exceedingly, and when, after hisdaj'a
work waa done, he dreamed of Ky Slung,
it Was somewhat hopelessly. Meanwhile
all had not gone well with Ky Slung in
far-off Asia. She had been sold to a bad
trader and shipped to America. Her his
tory up to a certain date after her arrival
in this country is wrapped in mysteiy.
Her master was a certain Chung Wan,
who brought her to Virginia. Chung
Wan shot another Chinaman, and was
compelled to flee, leaving Ky Slung be
hind. She was immediately seizeci by a
debtor of the fugitive and put upon the
market to satisfy the account. She found
a purchaser who put her to board until he
should be ready to claim her. Poor Ky
Slung sat in her room looking across the
street when she saw somebody. That
somebody was Chi Chow! Nothing could
restrain her then. She escaped ana threw
herself at the feet of the one she had loved
beyond the ocean. A white man advised
Ky Slung and Chi Chow. They must be
married "alle seui Mclican man" so that
they could not be separuted, and then they
must flee. Then the twain, under the
name of Ah Too and Wan Ho, obtained a
license and were married! They fled
together, and are doubtless happy some
where washing shirts together.- It wasn't
a romance in high life, bnt it was notable
because its threads, widely divergent,
were united so many thousand miles from
the starting-place. St. Louit Republican.
Oxk of our young men when he was
married - didn't want to patronize the
baker. He said bread tasted ever so much
better made by her dear hand. This de
lighted her. ' Bnt when hc wanted a scut
tle of coal, and he suggested that she get
it, as the fire would feel so much letter if
the coal was brought by her dear hands,
she was disgusted. Women are so change
able. Danbury Xevs.
Up in Moscow, Somerset County, Me.,
there is a school-house which is built of
logs and boasts of a glass window. The
cracks between the logs are all open the
hand could bo thrust through anywhere.
The building has four seats and will seat
eight scholars. The teacher has no desk,
but a flat stone to sit on. A short school
i taught here every summer.
A wag of a gourmand who had made
klmself ill by feasting on fish said he em
bodied the trio of the fiery furnace, thus
bftd-r&ck, me-sick, and abed-we-go.
A Thin Argument to Shield EtII De
signs. Opposition papers of the New York Sun
and Memphis Ajtt.il stripe have struck a
mine of argument, and are working it
with much vigor. It is emijodiecl in the
idea that Southern outbreaks and Ku-Klnx
raids ure the meats upon which the Re
publican party feed that after State and
general elections all is quiet in the late in
surrectionary State, but as such elections
approach the raw head and bloody bones
are presented to the people of the North
by Republican orators and journalists, and
the heart of the Northern people fired
with hatred and revenge, which finds vent
but in Radical majorities. They argue
that now all is peace, but warn their read
ers that next year representations of mur
der and rapine at the South will again be
made by the political purveyors of the Re
publican party to alarm and influence the
elections of the North. Such argument,
thoiiiih freely indulged in by the Opposi
tion prints, is an insult to the intelligence
of their readers at least it is an insult to
the average intelligence of the American
people. Who is so simple as not to realize
why the condition of things at the South
should le tranquil now and may be dis
turbed or sanguinary next year? The dis
turbances in that unhappy section are al
ways political. Now there is no political
exc itement there the people arc all at
tending to their life-sustaining duties.
But Uf'xtyear the electors of the nation will
be called upon to exercise their constitu
tional prej ogat i ve i n vot in g for a nd el ect in g
a President of the Unite! States, Congress
men, and Legislatures which shall elect
United States Senators. Were the people
of the South permitted, they would quiet
ly drop their ballots aiul abide the result.
But the politicians of that portion of our
country, smarting over their defeat in de
stroying the Union, and eager to possess
themselves of the " Uesh-pots" pertaining
to oflice, are not prone to allow their
fellow-citizens to exercise a freeman's will,
from a well-grounded apprehension that
the result ot such action on their part
w ould be the eontinuarfec in pow er of the
party which frustrated their designs in
the "late internecine struggle, and sup
planted their ensign with the starry
banner.
These Ishmaclitcs of the press try to
blind the eyes of their readers, an-, endeav
or to prepare them to look upon future ac
counts of Ku-Klux outrages as Repub
lican thunder; but we incline to the opin
ion that it will be "love's labor lost."
The Centennial year will not be found
to be a favorable one for those who
sought to end the nation's life, at the age
of eighty-five, to attain pow er. The fires
of '70 and '61-5 will re-illumine the
land ; the spirit of patriotism will receive
a new birth and baptism, and the. Rcpul
lican nominee for the Presidency will
itride over the course, with the acclaims
of a redeemed people ia chorus surround
ing him. Jtcpvtdic Moynzine.
Only a Negro Girl A Story of Crnelty.
Here is another incident of Mississippi
life. About four weeks ago a mulatto
girl, aged nineteen, who had been living
tor some time as servant in the house of a
f:ymcrtwo and a half miles from Verona,
left her service and went to Verona, where
she became a house-servant in order to at
tend an evening school. She had been at
her new place a week, when one day the
farmer, her former employer, accompa
nied by his father and a neighbor, all
armed with shot-guns, appeared before the
house. Two of the men came in and de
manded the girl, saying she belonged to
them. She refused to go with them and
declared she was free, which was true, of
course. They knocked her down, took
her by the feet, dragged her thus through
the house, through the yard into the street,
her clothing torn and deranged in the
struggle, and she screaming for help, and
this was in open daylight and in the
presence of several men, besides women
and children set her on a horse and car.
ried her off. When they got her home
two of them tied her to a tree ami flogged
her bared back with green withes until
the blood ran. Then they took her to the
house and chained her with a trace-chain
to the bedpost. The next day she was
turned to work and chained up again at
night. After some days she made
her ecape and found refuge with a
Southern man, the County Superin
tendent of Education, who, after propel
notic e, sent her to the United States Dis
trict Attorney. From the District Attor
ney's lips I received the account of this
outrage. Now, cruelty and violence may
and do happen in any State. The part ol
the story which seems most horrible to mc
i3this: It is in evidence before the Dis
trict Attorney that the Mayor of Verona,
who is its Justice of the Peace, heard the
girl's cries and saw the struggle, and,
when asked w by he did not interfere him
self, testified that he thought it was none
of his business, as he knew that it M as
only a negro girl. Several other men tes
tified that they stood in their doors and
saw the girl dragged by her feet out into
the road. It was none" of their business,
either. Finally I related this tale to a
Democratic Judge of the Supreme Court
of the State, lie replied that brutality
was found everywhere, North as well as
South; and I could not, w ith all my efforts,
apparently, make him understand that
what filled me with indignation and hope
less disgust was not so much the act itself,
but the fact that an officer of the law and
several citizens could witness it unmoved
because it was only a negro girl.
Cutrles Xordhoff Cor. N. Y. Herald.
Didn't Know Who Was Aronnd.
They were talking kind of lazily to
gether were those two men the other day
as the train rolled on between CJalveston
and Houston, Tex., and yon could see by
the ir looks that they were Southerners.
Suddenly the more important-acting one
of the two, who had been glancing occa
sionally at a paper in his hand, turned, and
saying" to his companion, 44 Look here,"
began to read a paragraph, as follows:
Gov. Coke ha officially tendered to the
Hon. Jefferson Davis the Presidency of the
Texas Mechanical and Agricultural College,
nt l5rvon, with a salary ot 1 4.0(10 per aonuni.
and it is believed the offer will be accepted.
44 The Governor 'pears 'olineel to give
the old gent somethin' to live on," said
the other man when the reader had
finished.
44 Yes," replied the man with the paper;
44 the Governor means well, but that's no
plac e for Jell'erson Davis, and in my opin
ion he won't stay there long."
4 Four thousand dollars is a heap o'
money in these times, Cap'n,'' suggested
the other.
44 The money is all right, too," said the
Captain, as he was called; 44 but," con
tinued he as he squared himself around
in his seat, 44 there's other work for Mr.
Davis. His misMon is to free the South,
and he knows it, and he'll do it yet before
he's through; and there won't be any
more getting licked by Yankees, or last
ditches, either."
Just as the Captain got through with this
outburt of his entiments a brawny indi
vidual sitting just lM'hind him leaned
w ith his c11m)vs on the back of the seat,
and remarked, in a patronizing sort ol
way :
44 Don't you rather guess you'd better
leave old Jell" teaching school As the
President of a rebel Confederacy he's a
failure, but as the President of a Texas
college he may make things 4w-hoopr a
little letter; don't you think so?"
44 Who are you ?" demanded the Captain,
haughtily. '
44 They once called me Private Morgan,
of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry," saiclthe
man, squinting one eye.
And the chivalrous Captain subsided,
but his companion couldn't get along
without muttering in his ear the ominous
words:
44 Yer can't alius tell, Cap'n, who may
be hangin' round." C'ici.qo Journal.
tT" As soon as the new suits are dis
posed of Boss Tweed will probably turn
his attention once more to politics, and we
may expect before long to see him again
in his old place at the head of the New
York Democracy. Indiiu(ipvlis Jounud.
t" Good-by, Thurman. Sell your
Washington property to the highest bid
der and prepare to accept the first eligible
partnership that offers in the law business.
Ohio State Journal.
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Scet PcDDtsa. One cup suet, half-cup
molasses, one and one-half cups sweet
milk, three cups flour, two spoons baking
powder, one cup raisins, one cup cur
rants ; butter the pan and steam two and
one-half hours.
Baking Powder. Take fire ounces of
tartaric acid, eight ounces of bi-carbonate
of soda, and sixteen ounces of iotato
starch; dry them all separately in a cool
oven, not hot enough to brown them, and
mix the whole by rubbing through a
small sieve.
Handy SoiJnr.isa op Brass. Cut a
piece of tin-foil of the size of the surface
to be soldered ; then paint over the sur
face with a solution of sal ammoniac;
place the tin-foil between the pieces, and
apply a hot iron until the foil is melted.
This is a neat and handy way of soldering
small brass-work.
Tinkers' Solder. The best solder for
lead is two parts lead and one of tin. The
best solder for sheet-tin is two parts tin
and one of lead. The best solder for
block-tin is equal parts of tin, lead and
bismuth, or two parts tin, one lead
and one bismuth. The process to make
it does not amount to anything. You put
the metals together in an iron pot or kettle,
melt them over the fire, mix well and cast
in bars.
Vaseline A new petroleum product
has been introduced into the trade under
the name of vaseline, which, according to
the English Jfcchanic, promises to be use
ful as a vehicle for emollient preparations.
It is a solid, semi-transparent jelly, free
from taste or odor, and becomes liquid at
ninety-three degrees Fahrenheit. It iu ob
tained by evaporating crude petroleum,
and filtering the residue through animal
charcoal.
Chocolate Custard. Prepare choco
late with a quart of milk as you do for the
beverage. When this has boiled suffi
ciently to quite dissolve the chocolate, add
a tablespoonful of corn starch, thinned
with milk. Have beaten two eggs and a
cupful of sugar, into which gradually
pour the lnriling chocolate. Return the
whole to the fire, and bcil long enough to
cook the eggs, say two minutes, stirring
constantly; don't forget a pinch of salt.
African. One cup of sugar, three eggs
beaten with the sugar, one and a half cups
of flour with one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar; one-half teaspoonfu' of soda dis
solved in one tablespoonful of milk; bake
in jelly-cake tins (or in a loaf which may
be cut open), and put between the layers
the following cream: Two and a hal
cups of milk scalded, one cup of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls corn starch, and one
egg; let.it boil until thick, then add a
small piece of butter, and flavor with
vanilla. For the top, make a paste of
chocolate and sugar. Grate four or five
tablespoonfuls of chocolate, add as much
sugar, and wet with boiling water suffi
cient to make a thick paste ; pour this over
the top of the cake while the paste is hot.
Heeds A Practical Hint.
Cultivators are gradually learning
that there is a hard and an easy way to
do things. We have often spoken of the
importance of killing weeds before they
came up or before they have reached a
tenth of an inch in height. It is then
done with the single stroke of a steel
rake if in the garden, or by the single
passage of a light harrow on the field.
It is often hard to beat this truth into the
heads ot laborers. We therefore tried it
by marking the time required for each
mode by the watch. A bed of flowers
containing eighty square feet is raked
once a week, whether the wee-Is appear
or not. It requires four minutes for
each raking; and for the entire months
of May, June and July, forty-eight min
utes. This leaves the bed perfectly clean
and mellow and the plants have the best
possible chance. If the ground is full
of foul seeds they will come up in warm,
moist, growing weather in one week, and
once or twice their green points had just
appeared when the weekly raking was
given.
In another bed of equal size, where this
is omitted, they came up in a week, and
in two mcrrc weeks are from three to six
inches high requiring over one hour to
clear all out by hoe and hand. This
must be repeated every three weeks, or
four times in the three months; requir
ing half a day's work to keep the weeds
under for the three months, and even
then doing it imperfectly. Country Gentleman.
The More Grass the More Trollt.
How shall the original fertility of the
soil be restored? is the great problem
which it is our duty to solve. It can be
solved by introducing a proper system of
rotation of crops and by growing more
grass and less grain. Our salvation con
sists in the practical recognition- of the
old Belgian proverb: 44 No grass, no cat
tle; no cattle, no manure; no manure, no
crops." A district of country, which is
exclusively or mainly a natural grass
growing section has within itself all the
elements of successful agriculture, pro
vided its operations are conducted with
system and economy. A country having
a soil naturally adapted to grass is in a
great measure able to live within itself,
and not be dependent upon an exchange
of commodities with other districts. Upon
such a soil as this the farmer has at hand
the means to secure whatever he desires ;
or, to apply the proverb already quoted,
he has corn, cattle and manure. In fact,
grass and stock husbandry is almost the
only branch of farming which seems to
render man more independent.
The preservation of the fertility of our
soils, and the profitable and increased pro
duction of the cereals, can betrt be secured
by growing grass extensively. The ques
tion has been asked, why it is that France,
which has three acres to one under culti
vation when compared with England, pro
duces in the aggregate no more than the
latter? It is accounted for in this way:
Every acre of English grain land receives
the manure from three acres of grass,
while in France the manure fronieach
acre of grass must be diffused over two
and a half acres of grain. Such a system
as is adopted in England is in accordance
with nature's laws, and it is the one which
must eventually be adopted by intelligent
American farmers. Such a system con
stitutes good tillage, and there 's no more
limit iO the capability of the neb prairie
.ands that stretch aw ay in almost endless
perspective than there is to the atoms
which exist in the atmosphere, in the
ocean, and in the solid earth. It does re
quire, however, both study and applied
science to change a pound of air into a
pound of wheat, corn, cotton, meat or wool
to the best advantage. Colman'a Jlural
World. ;
The Utility of Enemies or Noxious
Insects.
A writer in the Lancaster Farmer.
when alluding to the natural remedies
for preventing the ravages of the cabbage-worm,
6tates that it is not known
that birds as a general thing manifest
any partiality for these insects, which is
also the case with poultry in general.
But we have been informed that guinea
fowls are particularly fond of them and
probably would continue to feed upon
them until they had a surfeit of them.
Turkeys, both the adults and the young,
but especially the latter, are said to be
fond of them. Ducks have been in
structed to feed on them, and in some
instances chickens also; and last, per
haps not least, comes a report that a
farmer ia the vicinity of Elizabethtown
saved his potatoes last year from de
struction by permitting a flocft of tame
geese to enter his inclosure daily, and
these birds became so fond of the in
sects that they every morning returned
to the feast with renewed zest. History
says that on one occasion a flock of geese
saved ancient Home from impending
ruin, and if they can now save the potato
crop they will be entitled to a higher
niche in the temple of fame or in historic
record a larger page. It may be well to
say here, however, that it would not be
wise to permit fowls of any kind to enter
an inclosure where Paris green or any
other poison has been used.
Entomologists assure us that there is a
formidable enemy of the Colorado
potato-beetle, known as a two-winged
fly (lydella doryphora), a quarter of an
inch in length and half an inch across the
expanded wings, of a black and silvery
gray color, the larva of which burrows
into the larva of the potato beetle and
makes it an unwilling but certain victim.
This fly deposits its eggs on the soft body
ot the larva of the potato beetle, and
when the eggs are hatched the little
"maggot" penetrates the skin of its host
and feeds upon the internal substance of
its body, and continues there, 44 waxing
fat" and prospering generally. When
the larva of the potato beetle enters the
ground to assume the pupa form it
carries the parasite with it; and, whether
it is able to effect its pupal change or
not it is all the same, for
Death is written In its face,
And sorrow's in it dwelling,
and instead of a living Doryphora com
ing forth a Lydella rises from its ashes,
to the great joy of the farmer and the
overthrow of one of his most destructive
insect foes.
Then we have at least four species of
44 lady-birds" the larva of which feed
upon the eggs of the potato beetle. Almost
everybody knows what a lady-bird is,
but not every one knows its lizard
shaped larva, variously covered with
pink and black and orange spots, for we
have seen those who were crushing the
Colorado larva, including these useful
little friends in their list of proscrip
tions. Some years ago, when the " Oat-aphis"
(Aphis avena) devastated the oat crop,
we found this species abundant, regaling
themselves on the soft bodies of the
aphids. It is now found to be equally
as fond of the egg of the potato beetle,
and 44 feasts sumptuously every day" on
them, both in the larva and perfect
state, and, as it undergoes all its trans
formations on the vine, it is always con
veniently on hand.
The spotted lady-bird (Hippodamia
maculata), color, deep pink and black.
This is one of the most successful hiber
nating insects that we know of, having
found from 300 to 500 of them in a single
nest, under bark, in early spring. They
are, however, not exclusively cannibal in
their habitE, for we have frequently
found them abundant on the flowers of
the "buttercup" (Ranunculus) feeding
on the petals, pistils and stamens. They
are now known to destroy the egg of the
potato-beetle, and that fact alone is
worth all the buttercups in Christendom.
Two other lady-birds of the same can
nibal habits are known to feed on these
eggs namely : the 44 nine-spotted" (Coc
cinella 9 notata) and the 44 thirteen-dotted"
(Hippodamia 13-punctata). These two
we found numerous in potato fields last
summer. Ol course, applied Paris green
would be equally as fatal to them as it
is to the Colorado pest, but here o dis
crimination cm be made; but many of
those who depended on hand-picking
crushed both friends and foes together.
The " spined soldier-bug" (Arma spi
nosa) belonging to the order Ilemiphtera,
also feeds extensively upon these potato
pests, and not upon these alone, but also
on other noxious insects. Belonging to
the same order are three other true bugs
which feed on the potato beetle, sucking
out their substance and leaving little
more than the empty shell or skin
namely, the 44 bordered soldier-bug," not
common in this " locality, but further
south. The 44 many-banded robber" (Har
pector cinctus), the 44 rapacious soldier
bug" (Reducius raptatorius), with whose
penetrating habits we were made ac
quainted many years ago, and a few
other-, have been known to attack and
destroy the larva of the potato beetle in
other localities; therefore we may count
upon their assistance here.
In addition to the foregoing several
other species of bugs have been dis
covered performing the same useful
service. Conspicuously among them is
the 44 wheel-bug" (Revuvius novenarius),
which is not known to have been found
in some places prior to 185o, although it
was common about Philadelphia in
Thomas Say's time. It is of bronze
brown color, and is particularly dis
tinguished by having a longitudinal row
or blunt spines on the middle of the
thorax that remotely resemble a portion
of a cog-wheel, or the part of a circular
above a plain surface.
Several species of "ground beetle," of
the predaceous families, have been found
feeding on the larva of the potato beetle,
among which are the 44 fiery ground bee
tle" (calosoma calidum), a large black in
sect, with many coppery spots on the
wing-covers, and at least three other
common and well-known species; and,
lastly, it is on record that the common
gray 44 blister beetle," which itself feeds
upon the potato-tops as a change from
its vegetable diet, manifests a redeeming
trait by making meat of the Colorado
beetle. If recent observations have de
monstrated that potato beetles will also
feed on tomaloes, egg-plants, thistles,
nightshade, lambsquarter, horse-nettle,
henbane, jimpson weed, raspberry, cur
rant, ground-cherry and several other
plants, when the potato is not accessible,
it is some consolation to know that time
is also bringing to light more of its
natural enemies. But let not the farm
ers depend upon their friends alone, but
co-operate with them. JVr. Y. Herald.
Dress of the Royal Family.
At the last tournament of beauty over
which the Queen of England presided
there was an unwonted display ot luxury
in dress. I do not refer to Her Majesty,
who, ot course, persists in her mourning
She wore a dress of black mohair, with a
train trimmed with black diamonds of
jet. A long veil of white tulle was fast
ened on her head with a diadem. She
wore the four royal orders of the Garter,
the Albert, the Bath and the Victoria.
The Princess of Wales had on a dress of
Parma violet velvet, a diadem of dia
monds, pearls and emeralds. The Duch
ess ot Edinburgh was resplendent in sky
bluervelvet, with a cordeliere of precious
stones. 1 he Princess Louise, with a coif
fure a la Montespan, trailed bouquets of
pansies and Irish lace. It looked like the
court of Louis XVI., for the Duchess of
Bedford was coiffee a la Maintenon, with
her diadem, which would make two mill
ionaires. There was also Ladv Ermen-
trnde Russell and Lady Ella Russell, both
a la Pompadour. But what were all
these gorgeous coiffures compared with the
slightly rebellious blonde hair of that
young Australian beauty of seventeen
years, iuiss nme tTray, who wore no
diadem but youth? Not a diamond, not
a ruuy, not a pearl, hut eyes and hps and
teeth which were diamonds and rubies
and pearls. She could, therefore, defy
all the jewelers of the two worlds. She
did not need to visit their shops to be
hailed queen to beauty. Letter from En-
yiana.
A Bog Story Extraordinary.
One year ago yesterday an eleven-year-old
son of W. D. Malone, of Prairieton,
was the victim of a most rtistrpsKin-
accident. He opened his mouth to halloo
at something when a large stag-beetle,
uuuhuuuiji -uuvvu it 3 I lie pincning-DUg,
flew into his mouth and down his wind
pipe. The beetle occupies a low iank
in the animal kingdom, and is able to
subsist on little to eat. It therefore
lived two weeks in his lung, causing him
the greatest pain and alarm for fear of
choking when it would crawl up to the
lower aperture of his trachea and fasten
its pincers on it in frantic eflorts to
get out. Finally the thing died, and
causing irritation in the left lung, where
it had fallen, formed an abcess there,
which was both painful and dangerous
to the young man. The work of decom
position has gradually set in, and about
half of the beetle has been coughed out.
The pincers, buckler and fore limbs
remain in the lungs. Dr. Swaffbrd, of
this place, was lately given the case.
He says that he thinks it will fall away
from its present lodging, and on 6teady
expulsion from the lungs will be forced
again to the opening of the trachea. He
then proposes to open the trachea and
reach in with forceps and pull out what
remains of it. The boy's life has several
times been in danger. Terre IlautelTnd )
Gazette.
A FllltonT-tlto man rr.f r
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organ-grinder by pointing to the elegant
hennery, and informing him that the
family occupying that domicile were ex
ceed in Iflv fond
organ-man stopped playing before the
gan to crow, Utiea Observer.
All About Cochineal.
Tnc lovely carmine that artists use,
and the lake carmine, as well as a splen
did scarlet dye, are all different prepa
rations of the insect known as the
"cocus cacti," or cochineal.
This little insect delights in hot cli
mates, and in its native state is found in
the woods, where it feeds upon the cactus
or prickly pear. To compare a very
small object to a large one. its ribbed
body resembles the fossil trilobite.
W hen wild, six crops may be gathered
during the year, while three oily are
yielded when under cultivation. This
is due partly to the rainy season, because
they have not the protection nature pre
pares for them in their forest home.
The difference in quantity is counter
balanced by the size and quality of the
insect.
To accomplish this, acres of land are
planted with the 44 cactus opuntia." The
larva; are collected in little baskets and
nung upon the projecting branches. As
soon as they are able they find their
way to the plant and quickly devolop
into the perfect insect. Great care is
taken to protect them from wind and rain.
The female, from which the color is
made, fastens itself, when very young,
to the plant upon which it feeds. After
this it scarcely stirs its sluggish body,
but remains in one spot until it has in
creased to such a size that its legs are
completely hidden, and it appears only a
seed or berry of the plant itself.
The male insect would not be recog
nized as a relative of this seeming ex
crescence, for he is not half its size and
is furnished with wings. He is lively
enough to make up for all deficiencies
in his lazy mate.
When the cochineal dies the eggs
which are fastened to the lower part of
its body make this their cradle until
they are hatched by the sun and creep
away to find home and nourishment for
themselves.
It is just before the eggs are laid that
the cochineal is the most full of coloring
matter. Then the plant is purple with
its rich harvest, and pieces of linen are
spread on the ground to catch the insects
as they are carefully brushed off. They
are then dipped in hot water or dropped
on heated plates, after whicn they seem
of no more consequence than a number
of shriveled, brown berries, but they
are packed in boxes and sent to different
countries, where they are reduc to the
powder which yields the brilliant colors to
which we have referred. This operation
is repeated three limes in the year. Seven
ty thousand of these insects are required
to make one pound, and if insect and plant
were not liable to disease or devastation
richer harvests might be gathered. Thus
do the apparently insignificant objects
in God's world become sources of beauty
and service to man.
Long before the discovery of America
the cochineal iusect was known in
Europe, Africa and the East, but the
Spaniards were not acquainted with it
until the conquest of Mexico by Cortez
in 1519. They were so much impressed
with its value that they forbade the in
sect, or the plant on which it feeds, to
be taken from the country, under the
penalty of death. An enterprising
Frenchman, however, braved these
dangers and carried away several cases
of. the insect and plast together. Unfor
tunately, when he reached St. Domingo,
a war had broken out and the fruit of
his labor was entirely lost.
It was more than a hundred years aft
er that eflorts were made to extend its
cultivation. Now it is raised in many
warm countries. Its culture is especiplly
successful in the Canary Islands, where
the insect seems to be of superior quali
ty, and therefore brings higher prices
than the Mexican cochineal.
The year ending June 30, 1874
were imported to the United
1.770,277 pounds of cochineal-, valued at
$932,283. The greater part of this was
brought into the port of New York.
England pays annually one million of
dollars for the dried bodies of this insect,
and France represents a -early interest
of three millions of francs. Mary St.
Maur, in N. Y. Observer.
there
States
Glad Tidings for the Slaves op
Kino Alcohol. How many a manjy
form is palsied ; how many a noble mind
is destroj-ed ; how many a priceless soul
lost through the curse of strong drink!
To the despairing victims of the Satanic
tyrant. Alcohol, whose shattered nerves
and trembling limbs and "racking head
aches seem to find no relief except in the
renewed use of the fatal poison which
brings them every day nearer to their
miserable end, we announce glad tidings
of great joy! Dr. Walker's Vinegar
Bitters contain not a single drop of alco
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remedy for the ills of drunkenness. They
restore tone and strength to the S3'stem,
and entirely eradicate the pernicious ap
petite for liquor. Try a few bottles of
Vinegar Bitters and you will never
crave irong spirits again, but find j-our
health repaired, 3-our mind restored, and
he once more a man in the best sense.
Health is cheap when Vinegar Bitters
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WnnouT reflecting upon other Advertising
Agencies, we mar say that Geo. P Rowell fe
Co., No. 41 Park ltow. New York, are deserv
ing of success, and have achieved success.
They do business on true business principles,
pay on demand all that they agree to pay,
anil combine untiring energy with prompt
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a small beginning they now stand head and
front above all competitors. Iron World
and Manufacturer.
Wilhoft's Tonic Is not a panacea Is not
a cure for everything, but is a catholicon for
malarious diseases, and day by day adds
fresh laurels to its crown of giorions success.
Engorged Livers and Spleens, along the
shady banks of our lakes, and rivers, are
restored to their healthy and normal secre
tions. Health and vigor follow its use and
Chills have taken their departure from every
household where Wilhoft's Anti-Periodic is
kept and taken. Don't fail to try it. Wheb
i.ock, Fixlav te Co., Proprietors, New
Orleans.
Foa sale bt ai.lDrcggists.
ParssrN's White Wine Vinegar Works, es
tablished in 1S48, are the largest in the world.
The celebrated 44 bath-bricks," which
are known in almost every commercial
market, are manufactured from the de
posits of the River Parrett, Bridgewater,
England. Millions of them are made
annually, and a large body of operatives
are employed in the industry, in some
cases whole families of both sexes and
almost all ages working at one molding.
This deposit is not found anywhere in
the world besides, so that Bridgewater
haa to furnish the whole world with the
article, which for certain purposes has
long been deemed indispensable. It is a
remarkable fact that these bath-bricks
are jest as well known in China as in
England they are known in India and,
indeed, all over the world.
In removing the spire of the Pine
Street Church, Portland, Me., the hermetically-sealed
copper ball on its apex was
opened and found to contain a variety of
odds and ends not altogether of a relig
ious character. Before the ball was
sealed the workmen had evidently
emptied their pockets into it, as among
its contents were old newspapers, play
bills, pamphlets, political posters, by
laws of a fire company, a wine card and
a variety of other matter hastily depos
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ing. viz.: M . K. SIIKPP.l:i Pinn Van. X. V.
' We believe it b.betlie I;K.V1' PA I NT imitiniai tured.
W. W. l.KI.AM), "ktitaw Mouse." Hilt more:
"Having used your Paint on t lie lir.tml Ilotei. Sara
tfga, and this Kutnw House. I reeoiriinenil its us1 to nil
litmnrtliatoiir Tit A DKVOI A It Iv isfic-ciiil
lie ot" which is given above t ot ere y pnrktjf.
Prepared ready fur use and sold bv the gallon only.
Heitd J'or Saiifte dirtl and 1'i-we Lift.
Branch OHices Factories, West St.. N K W YOP.K.
V." South Tlilid St., ST. lot' IS, Ml)
83 West Van liuren Street. CHICAGO. ILL.
VAN BUSKIRK'S FBAGRANf
Iff
WJ1IM1EI2
AND INVIGORATES AND
HARDENS THE GUMS !
It imparts a delightfully refreshing
taste and feeling to the mouth, remov
ing all TARTAR and SCURF from
the teeth, completely arresting the pro
gress of decay, and whitening Euch
parts as have hecomc hlack by decay.
IMPURE BREATH
caused by Bad Teeth, Tobacco, Spirits,
or Catarrh, is neutralized by the daily
use of
It is as harmlegs as water.
Bold Ij Dniggist3 and Dealers in Fancy Goodi.
One bottle will last six months.
NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.'S
Vibrator" Tlireslier.
The BIUt,l.IAT SUCCKSS of this Grain
Saving, Time-Saving TIIKESIIKU Is un
precedeuted in the annals of Farm Machinery. In a
brief period It has become widely known and
Fl'LLV ESTABLISHED as the IJA1I.
TIIHESIIIVC- MACHIXK."
tf-'.;'J--vty
fcfer.; g,- rj-i $--bs-g
GRAM-RAISERS RKFl'sE to sr.hmit to
the wasteful and imperfect work of other Thresher,
when rxtated on the rint tntltrrioriti of this one for
saving (train, saving time and doing fast, thorough and
economical work.
THIiKsllr I!M1 FUD IT hlsrhlr aavantaireonsno
mn a machine that has no Healers," Pickers." or
Anron:" that handles Panin Cram. Ixjnif Mraw.
Heading. Flax. Tluiothv. Millet and all such difficult
prain and sed.Jfh E.VTIHE EASE AJfD KK
l.'KrTIVRlEtiK. Cleans to perfection: saves
the farmer his thresh-hlll hy extra savlne ofrain;
makes no "Utterintrs;" requires I.FSS TIMS" OXK.
II A I F the usual Helta. Hoxes, Journals and Gears:
easier uiansfred: less repairs; one that prain-raisers
preferto einnloy and wait for, even at ad
vanced prices, while other ruachUies are "out of
Johs."
Four aizea matte, wttn o, 8, IO and li
horse "Mounted" Powers, also a suecial-
ty ot Separatorn ' alone," expresaly for
STEAM rOAVEIt, and to match other
Horse Powers.
If interested in eraln-ralslnr r.r ttiroahin m ...
Illustrated Circulars (sent frett. with full n.-irtipiila--
ot nit-, ttylcs, prices, taring, etc
NICHOLS, SHEPARD & CO.,
Battle Creek, Michigan.
z2tm
Dr. Knlltrrs raWonila Tin
(wvjii l!it"'S ri P 'i c'y Vegetable
.n-p:ir;ir;n. n.:"1 thic-lly fi Jintho H:i
tio IrtU round m." Hio lower i;in-cs o'.
the Sierra Nuva.la moT,Ct;n;i.-iol Cnlifor
i:ia. l!.o iii( (iic-iii;il proeri.'" ot li'C't
i io cMnictt-d ihcrvlVoiii without tho uso
tif Alcohol. T'.io qiKvtio'i Is ii.',0!;6
-kt'tl 4 w'hAt ii tl.o ruan? cf
ihiil,
i:ni.ii-.il!cl(Nl eucrcss of Vinkc.ak Ilri
5 .'::r .:..wct is, that t.ioy rc-movo
the ('.rise c f disease, nnl tho patient ro
rovers his health. They are the greaC
Mood purifier ami a life f;iviii principle,.
T perfect Keno".uor .ni l Invi..;or.itot
of tho system. Never before in tr.t
ninUny of' tho world ha.; a ineili ;ini beef
ruinpouinloJ possess! ti tho T linnk-hld
nr.alhies of VlNKoAU DlTTERS hi iio.'iiiisfr Uie
Kick of every diseaso mail is heir t:). Thcf
are a penile" I'nrpativo w"'"h ai a Tonic,
relie- ir Conpesfoa or Inflaiim.iiti.ni (
'..e Liver and Visceral Organs, in JJiliouu
U'.-eiijJes.
The properties of Pr. Wax.kp.uV
t i.vvr.Ak liiri y.na ara Ayerienf. Diaphoretic,
Carniinalivp. Nuliitious. Luxativi?, Unirv.tiq
rSeil-Uivc, Coiuiter Irrifut, iud jfMc, Allerv
Uvo, and A uli-lJihoUS.
Grateful Thousands proclaim YrN
t.gav. IJitteks the most wonderful In
viporaiit that ver sustaiucd tho sinking
Bysteru.
No rerson can fafcc those IJitters
according to dircctiotr-. ami remain long
unwell, provided their boncu are not de
stroyed by mineral poisou or othor
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
repair.
Uilious, Remittent and Inter
mittent rovers, which are bo preva
lent in tho valleys of our great rivers
throughout tho United States, especially
those of tho Missis-sippi, Ohio, Missouri,
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkan
sas, Ked, Colorado, Drazos, Kio Grande,
Pearl. Alabama. Mobile, Savannah, llo-
anoko, Jame3, and many others, with,
their vast tributaries, thronhout our
cntiro country during tho Summer ami
Autumn, and remarkably so during sea
sons of unusual beat and dryness, arc
invariably accompanied by extensive de
rangements of tho stomach and liver,
and other abdominal viscera. Iu their
treatment, a purgative, exerting a pow
erful influence upon these various or
gans, is essentially necessary. Thcro
is no cathartic for tho purposo equal to
l)n. J. Walker's Vinegar. IJitteks.
as they will speedily removo tho dark
colored viscid matter with which tho
bowels aro loaded, at tho samo timo
etinmlating tho sections of tho liver,
and generally restoring tho healthy
functions of tho digestivo organs.
Fortify tho body against disease
by purifying all its fluids with Vinegar
IJitteks. No epidemic can tako hold
of a system thus fore-armed.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Head
ache, Pain in tho Shoulders, Coughs,
Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Hour
Eructations of tho Stomach, Had Tasto
in tho llouth, Uilious Attacks, I'alpita
tation of tho Heart, Inflammation of tho
Lungs, Pain in tho region of tho Kid
neys, and a hundred other painful symp
toms, aro tho offsprings of Dyspepsia-.
Ono bottlo will provo a better guarantee)
of its merits than a lengthy advertiso
ment. Scrofula, or King's Evil, WLit
Swellinps, Ulcere, Erynipelar, Swelled i oct,
Goitre, Scrofulous I;iiniations, Indolent
Inflammations, Mercurial A Obct.ion.1, Ola
Sore?, ErcptioDS of tho Slcin, Sure Eyes, etc.
In these, as in all other rons;tutioii.. Dis
eases, Walker's Vixeoar Hitters av
ihown their great curativo power m the
most obstinate and intractable cases.
Tor Inflammatory and Chronic
Rheumatism, Gout, Bilious, Remit
tent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases cr
the Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bjaddec,
these Bitters have no equal. uch Diccaicf
are caused by Vitiutcd Blood.
Mechanical Diseases. rersous en
paged in Paints and Minerals, such sA
l'lumbers, Typc-Ktttcrs, Gold boaters, and
Miners, as they advance in hfo, aro Buljcct
to paralvsia of the Bowels. t gunrl
against this, take a dose of V7a's 715
euar Bitters occasionally.
For Skin Diseases, Eruption, Tet
ter, Salt-Bhenm, Blotche?, Spots, Hniples,
Pustules, Boils, Carbuncles, King-worms,
Scald-bf.id, Sore Byes, Kry.--ipela. Itch,
Scarfs, Discolorations of tho fcin, LTumors
and Disease3 of tho .Skin of whatever nam
or nature, aro literally du? np cr.d carried
out of the system in a utoil time by tho us
of these Bitters.
Fin, Tape, and other Worms,
larking in the system of fo many thousands,
are eflectually destroyed and removed. No
pystem of medicine, no Tcrmilugos, no an
thelmintics will free the system Irom worms
like these Bitters.
For Female Complaints, In young
or old, married or tingle, at the dawn of wo
manhood, or the tarn of life, these Tonic
Bitters display so decided an influence that
improvement w soon perceptible.
Cleanse the Vitiated Dlood when
ever you find its impurities bursting through
the 6kin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores:
cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it ia
fonl ; your feelings will tell yoa when. Keep
the blood pure, and the health of the eyateia
will follow. .
II. ii. WcD05ALD St CO- .
JhTifrfrieU anIC7eii. Apt., Rd Frncieo. California,
and cor. of Wutliinirton avnd Chj rlton Sta., N. Y
Sold toy mil lrugUt rvnd Dealer
500.000 ACRES
cr
MICHICAn LANDS
S AIiE!
The La:-(Ii of the Jackson, Lantlnr i Satniw 1 1 all-
road Company are ?.ow OrTcrt'l Fur Hale.
TIipv tre altnau-d n!onirlta rrai -a1 an1 ronl.iln lurt-n
tn:U t w!i.-tit KAHM1NU and J'l NKLauda.
The farming lauilH liii iiiil) hiiii of t iun.t ftrtilA
and well-i;M-a luinlwixxl IhikU in U.t-!:Hr . Tlify
ar lini'wrfd nininly with hiird u.hi.1. un.l lw h; anil
black, :tnrly loam, and kUxind iii mri' L-xol pi'ircxt
water. Mirlilvrnn laoiiebf tl. leaht Inlcln. d uml nita-t
iiriMperoua Staff In th I'nii.n. uml iia Im i..i r t,awt
preati-r frii-ly of cr..a uml rt'wnirr- than any Wert-i-rn
mmiK Whil wi'ik of Hie tirairif Ma- nru-
w crn In er-at hIiiiihIhik .-, tln v h.m- m i.t,N'T r
urcf. and wlu-n thi rruD lailn dcsliiuiion rdliiWK.a
Ua- Ih i ii lhe:n- tilt- pui-t war in Kan- ik n I N rlirak.
r'or -Mai., tirculu aud luriluT mi .rumti.in, aiii.ly
tuoraddros . .ti. II l M-.S,
A.N.K.
511-S. X. P.
THTS PATETi in Printed with I N mMuifternred iy
I ii. H. KANE&CO.. 1-1 DoartKjrn fc.l C'ldraft-
t'ur tie by A. N. Kklloou, 7 7 Jw. wj- bu, CUicay