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REDCLOUD, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 187. k
NUMBER 21.
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VOLUME III.
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tae Merrimack river at
The same day h wood
cropfli Mallec-wag ftmud frozen
N. n. He had been
occurred at Colaxnbu,
ember 18th, between two loco-
of- which were badlj
Frances A. Harris, a
swho was riding on one of
Mrioasl v i nj ured,
torn Uarnelt, Kansau. of
states that Mr. Cuam-
i.'-.3 mx.
io, sliot ana killed 1 is
Wm. Hamilton, a pro-ii-
rof Garnctt.
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X tfaathe6bot Hamilton in'
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difficulties
v- s
iviccs froai Fort Oxark,
December 17th, state that the
ted the river below San
le 800 bead of cattle and
le citizens! aro l airing
companies and threaten to cross the
river. Great excitement prevailed. ?
rd, tbe abacodiif jjwd,
rarer of Sfttlbv cfltT.
Ttendrtl( recently arrested at Ban
and sent to Tennessee 6ft a
m tnc uovernor oi muc
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mjaringtolptbcrs. ofMn persons arc
sing and supposed i3c blown into
.drowned. The pavcuiqnt
torn up for a distancoof
I
fectr
L-tHyigion occurred on the Cincai
ton & Daytoft railroad, yec.
between a- conttruction and freight
e engineer of the construction
n, Tf. w. Jtarie', jumrcu uum iu
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ane and fractured his skull on a stole.
was not expected to live.
1 violent eurthnuakc shock was fcl
at Xichmond, on the right of Doc. 2!1.
Thegucetsnt the diffisonj; hotels -r
M, alarmed
Vi,..iaius a:
from the
rockine octnc
to assemble
in the parlors
"ready to leave. The alarm was geicral,
.the shock being felt in all parts o tho
cit
ityj and the citizens left their uobm m
frighL
;
-V- A.kaug of desperadoes boarded spas
eemtxr train on the Heading IbHioad
nearonnt CarmeljJ'a on the ewnii
of Dec. 21st, and firel on the conductor
sod rbrakeman, wounding the Jattera
They then commenced bMting tlW cc-
ductcr, when the paaaaftgere camo so
, ihe iucue and succeeded in driving thclK
Cfmm fhr cur. At lt aCCOtntfl
speciil police was guarding tbjl track4
ana rains in mm vicuiiky.
A Ooncord special saya a. delcwncy ot
at leait thirty thousand dollar tas been
discorered in the college accounts of
the lte treasurer ot Dartsaoutfi College,
the President of the Dart-oajh Barings
Bank, Daniel Bl-iisdell, -whrj 4iedlast
Au6t The family have ilced all
theiif property at the dlspolal of the
CoUes to make good tne io
KJQBJ l Ji
sT.mdJl
"-' Legislature of South
ilie'althv. of December, el
is and one A:
upreme jooru
was chosen
harlestom, Ci
by Whippf, colorei.
a.-Moeei,J isctecUi
J- f a
ut. f
ThottBrt wee
Kev,bj ,jlmt3
of December 16tm
tly engagcu in many
and robbrry but bad
LtrforwaAfciOefi-l
kd roceivca repeaiea
"-Ji " "- . n
,re the vkiulty, but had
WW Ll
Wmom
He was taken quietly
oy masked ou, and hung
disturbanct. He was a
.York, 20 jfc'M old.
a middle tged colored
tied stici; neir Pitta-
ElTSw
18th, b ain,.Vigr
rheels 01 & train of
Tiy Ifcj, engine
llTert wfe bc4t Ibtty
ntlj .2ied. As the
g up t-pick up her
car struc n old man.
g on thcirack, and the
er him, Uing him m-
housc of;,rccn&'Cran-
Bi has made an
et The liabUUs are reported
andu, $800,OOT.
causo' their failure
be tWhilurc ot me
f, vhich has
Parlish Gov-
,vidsucc Tool
sments are
arise iro
Government,
the arms
ViSouty
r RrwatHiB-
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MBLsnt for anas. Tksk
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TUE XLIV fCWGRESS.
StiATK'fhurtday, Dec. 1C. Varioaa memori
alu vara preaented and re erred. Tl following
bit! were introduced; To provide far the ap
luimiLi l urn riiininiii unn nnmr suojeci oi aico
Lollc lienor trnfflC; to authorize the appointment
of vaclal azenta to Invei tlcau: fraud under tbc
Deoa law: donating the military rcscrration
at K. altb to the city of Ft. Smith, for free
ac Ml parpoCB. Tbct-e bills referred. Areso
luliaa wm totrodnocd Instructing committee on
Prlrllegea and Elections to investigate as to the
election of George Mpencer, as benator from
Alabama, and to ascertain If corrupt means were
urtd to secure bis election. The reolntion after
eoaae debate was a.rced to. The resolution was
called op providing for a special committee of
fire Seaatora to Inquire Into tbc clrcnmstanccs
UedlDg tbe recent election in Mississippi. De
bated and referred. Tbc concurrent resolution
Treat tbe Bouse, providing that when tbc two
llovsea adjonrn on Monday next, it 1ns to meet
rrf kt Tnesday, January 4, 1S7C. was taken np and
MB mdod by Inserting Wednesday, tbc Oth, and
iH .osended.was adopted.
Various memorial
to inquire into tbe
Moor traffic. A resolution vas suitmitted pro
Tiding for the election of a President pro tern of
tbe senate on the 7ib of January. The resolu
tion authorixing tbc appointment of a special
committee to inquire into tbc recent election In
lUislnaippI, vm referred to tbc committee on
Elections. Tbe Senate went into executive scu
slon and then adjourned unUl Monday.
Uocsi. Tie senate amendtent to tbc concur
rent resolntten fixing tbc dayof adjournment and
peatpoalng tbo day of meeting to January 5th,
wm agreed to. The following resolutions were
submlttet: Instructing tbe committee on Indian
All airs tolnqulroJnto the appointment anl com
pensation of a pec!al commission to tbe India
Territory; declaring the right of selecting candi
dates for the office of President can only be law
fully exercised by the people, and has necr been
delegated to the Iloutju -of Itcprcsentatlves or to
any of ike Members ef the same; directing the
committee a Kules to report an amendment to
exclnde frost appropriation bills all general legis
lation; laatacung the committee on Foreign
ACalra to inqairc into and report on the expe
diency aatjaatice of giving to the German Em
pire the notice required by the 5th article or the
treaty with tfce .North German Empire, for the
tenaor said treaty, or ho much thereof as
rotate? toUSIUzcns of the United States, etc.
Mia were latrodueed a follows: For thecon
etrodteft ef public buildings at Kansas City; do
nttlagpsfeltc lands In Arkansas to thatStatcfor
tBe pnblie free schools and of the State Unher
t9ji to repeal the tax on tea and tobacco ; to en
tiMe certain soldiers and sallora to perfect titles
Wider i tbc homeetead law: bv Mr. Olive?, to
I at.thofize thc.construction of a nridgc across the
YjHUilslnajt; jbrthc payment of all pensions on
"iISoanl. of dtalh from wounds or disease rc-
r Ived In the service, from dato of death or dis
charge; to establish the territory or Pembina,
llouhc Adjourned until Monday.
Senate Monday, Dec 20. KcMlution prc
hnicd that Thomha W. Ferry, Senator irom
Michigan, be President of the Senate until Jan.
7, 167b, and until a new appointment can be
made: al no a resolution instructing the commit
tee on commerce to inquire into the expediency
oi reporting nomo measure t Increase thcefti
clearyo! the steamboat intpector'a service. The
resolution appointing Senator Ferry President oi
the Senate nntil Jan. 7tU was adopted. The fol
lowing bills were.introduced: To transfer the In
dian llurcau from the Department of the Interior
to the War Department; to increase the cfllcicncy
of the navy; for the settlement ol the claims of
officers of the devolution wbo were entitled to
half pay for Hie under the resolutions of Con
gress of October 8d and 21st, lu70, Jan. 7th and
May 8th, 1875. These bills were referred.
Tbe resolution to print extra copies of the
President's Message was reported back, and its
luriher consideration indefinitely poetponcd.
Some further unimportant burlncrs was trans
acted, after which the Senate went into executive
tscsolon, and then adjourned until Wednesday,
January 5th. 187t.
,-Uot'sr. Monday, fiec 3D. The Speaker an
LounuMi uic inUowtni; btandtng Committees:
On KlucUons UarriH or Virginia, Thompson,
Ulackburn, Becbe, House. Uebolt, Poppleton,
Uoar, Wells of Mississippi, Baker or Indiana,
lud lirown ol Kansas.
Wais and Means Morrison, Wood, Hancock.
Thomas, Hill, ihapln. Tucker, Blaine, Kelly,
iarlicld. and Burcbard of Illinois.
Appropriations Itandall, Holman, Wells of
Missouri, Atkins, Hamilton or New Jersey,
fllount. Singleton, v heeler, t osier, ana W alilron.
I Gibson, liaymoad, Burcbard or Wisconsin, Wikc.
Townsena or xnueivania, uasson, Barnes, anu
Uubbell.
Pacific BaUreads Lamar, Atkins, Luttrell,
Walker of Tlrgiuia, Lynde, Throckmorton,
Thomas, Phllllpa of Missouri, Garfield, Kasson,
PJatt. O'NeU, aad Ulalr.
t Judiciary Knott, Hunter, Ashe, Lynde, Lord,
Mural, Caulleld, McCrarj'. Lawrence, Frye, and
Starkweather.
Public La-la Baylor, Goodin, Fuller, McFar
Und, Walling. Cause, Lanz, llathornc, McDill,
orey, and Crooatse.
Foreign Aflaln Swann, Faulkner, Banks, Bar-
OB, jy, uamuuiu oi inutaua, npnnser, ror
acy, Monroe, Williams of Wisconsin, and Packer.
" Military Affaira Banning, Glover, Williams of
Michigan. Terry, Cook, Jteily of Pennsylvania,
ardenburg, McDougall, Thornburgb, llnrlbut,
sad strait.
Commerce Hereford, Ward, Durand. Reagan.
Piper, Kchr. Pierce, Fclton, Hunter, Koes o:
Peaaaylvania, and Bunnell.
FoatofilceB aad Postroads Clark of Mirsonri.
WMfell, Lattrell. Unsworth or Iowa, Walker cf
Ktw York, MrMeaen, Slemons, Cannon, Milltr,
Stewell, ana waBNc.of South Carolina.
Claims Brlght.Neal, lirown of Kentucky, Keb
biM or North Uantiua, Tarbox, Cochrane, Phil
lips of MlsaomrLftatt, Bass, and Braalev.
War Claims lifer. Mlllikcn. WarrenJ Cafcell
Ellk.New, Ca-dweU, Congers, Smith oi Penuayl
vanta, Wilson of Iewa, and Uaskins.
Naval Affairs WMtcomb. Lewis, Mills, Jones
of New Hampat'rillis, Williams or Delaware,
SobMaa or Penaiyliania, Burleigh, Harris ol
Maisach-MttB,Ma-i and Danford.
Waigata and Msaanres Stephens or Georgia,
O'Britn, Potter, Baylor, rraon or New York,
MaUtoT Wlscoaria, Chittenden, and Neeley.
Territories MnL Caldtroll MnirMor
FraakllB. Mea4, CUbertson. Wiggenton. Fort,
Mackay, Freeaaaa, Bejlcy or New York, and Pat-
teraoa.
AgfeBUnra Otf 1-L 11. narris of Georgia,
Malta, Oaria, Sea, eodln. Andorson.i Smith cf
PennaylTanla. Sack, Van Vorhees, and Smalls.
J?lnlUydtHlglg-Iland' Turney, Durham,
PottetOaeHJQileeB, Campbell, Evans. WooJ
bara, caawcll aad Lynch.
rrtvate Land Clal-Guuter. Bockncr. Tar-
CwaalbKU,faaM, Keilly. Camnbtll or Ilfi-
laoia. waiiaey.-axwa, Wood or Pennsylvania,
5Tittea of Law Dunham, Southard, Bell.
nwu, iite, tmmgHBs, sparks, Cross, uei.
laeBuOllTer, ai Kobuwon.
' ceatIon ai Xa--Walker of lrginia, LV
asar. Faalkner, Catier, Stingier, Clark of Jla
jonr. Springltr, Moar, Msgoon of Illinois, af-d
Whltrnsn. , J
DlMrtctof CotaBiWa-Buchlcr. Ncalc. Pheli.
?.?.',';' M1.?1 WnW. Stepheneon, McCrib-,
Wlllard, Head ilPhllllneof Wsas.
Public Utt". (iandGrounda-Holxn
"' "?,' ' son, Uw, hmn
York, Walti. fa, WtM-OM af
wooaworui. r,i
"&; k"0' -arSr.5&kcfMewME.
BdUi or Qcot"! GoMr aalMMblM. 7
nau-ays r- OaaaH J .:(
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M-rtartpp'.U T--i7urici iii
mm t.V-UHfc.e UBJ
'Bo Uni- ftK.L
ilr?i iC ailaee or Pen nsyh
vi3 7.il- iitrir"1-' rayte. coiiins
bold. Cutler, UurlbcK. Harria at If asvachd
.terandLeavMifc.?-8 aaaa.acna
arrtni.v- - .CT"''"-"U,LV""'
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Hooker, Mo an, Ltj.
'hire. PbODeSparks,
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Wilson of West Vf j v;lf.
dot New York. rxmm Kn
Kxpenditnrca it l4 T
Expenditures In Jj .,
Tbobpxb vaiawcu.
-TTBdltnrc8 la r
Bright, Hartzcll,) fiui
mm, rameiu caaaaier, Levy, Ainsworth, KetA
a , Joyce, Caaaon, aad Lapbaxn.
Pablfc xleBdU&n Milliken. Hnfrher Ponr.
sr
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til. Haakina and fci -j a-.M j. and Ury of ag county, N.
&L?3&&ESS indicted RubKim for the
Dc-rd' airier of Sarah Alexaadar.
L
.. ., tnt once wepanmeni stone.
SS".tpV oSsw York. Stowell and Adams,
ftnreali Verier Deparment-Mntch-,
xiPAUHfnMn.Wcodworth andTnfta,
,eft52SSitnS? M Department of Jnsllce-Can-
.Pr'iLr tinse. Starkweather and Joyce.
uiiS''ilmi-0itlu c"wcH Md
Dii'.in., Vn4 or Ohio, Singleton and Bolton.
Kte afllJIr. P-ker. Randall.
C KXn SSd BlFlSSS-- of Gela, n.ml.ton oi
lDt1iJ12!tfn rRS'waddeJ and Monroe.
L,?raF,2e'e en Centennial Celebration
n"Ii.CiEk Bk, Harrisoa.
H.ru 'wmiS? 'of North Carolina, Horden-
O Brlen. Wlllia" " tJtmirt Rnkrr nfN-vr
burgh, Kelly, Bllne, Lawrence, uaaer or Sew
Y7kn?il'ftcr ihe announcement of the
dar. Jan. 5th. f
TIE FIBE FIEND.
Keokuk U'l a ?a,uw oiazs on me
vl
o the ICtli. Defective flue
moruinc
was the ca-
Thomas lEcntley,
tlte
oldest man in
Alhimakeo-'eunty. v "u"C'i out ot
house and Kmc a few days ago. In his
93d year the fire turns him out in
the world jennyless.
The Gattte Block in Little Rock,
Arkansas,jvas burned, December 20th.
It was a lirec story brick, 50 feet front
by 100 fett deep. The fire originated
from'a ll;htcd mitch thrown on the
floor in ap adjoining building occupied
as a liquojr store. The fire ignited a lot
oi spirits which ha ; run out of a barrel
on the flior. Loss $53,090; insurance,
$24,000.1 I
I F0BEI5N NEWS.
There v as an carfcquakc at Porto Rico
on the night of Die. 8 th, which created
great alar?j. The town of Arisibo was
almost entirely destroyed. Two churches
and only six house, remain, and they are
so badly damaged that they may fall at
any moment.
The agent of the iJtcamship Mosel now
say that they ha?J no confidence in tho
statement of Thonasson that there was
an explosive macKne on board the Sail
or. Tbe Sailor hd no carco when the
explosion cccurrid on the Mosel, but
afterward took tie cargo of the cutter.
So far as tho ag-nts have been able to
learn no suspicion insurances have been
effected uoon thecargo of tho Mosel
Tl'omassou, no Thomas, is the name
of the pusseuger who owned the can ot
dynamite which exploded at Bremen.
He has confessed to the authorities that
he constructed tbt chest which exploded,
and arranged a clocVJtvork attachment to
Chuse an explosion a certain time. He
wat occupied for a fortnight in filling
the ehest,and worktp In a coach house in
on of the most frc luented parts of Bre
men. The police) have examined the
house alluded to raid found some of tho
packing Material, but no explosives of
aay kind.
Sir W. Jems, Governor of the
Straits s'ajlements, telegraphs from Pe
nang, L4ia, 14th, that on the 17th, 80
men of ti 10th regiment and 126 auxil
iaries, cefsisting of irregular troops and
police, aiicked from 400 to 800 Malays,
who wcl fortified behind a stockade
within li 2 miles of the Pcrak residence.
After a larp fight the attacking party
charged he Malays and routed them.
Fran Gf to 80 of the enemy were killed
and woi tided, whilo only two of the
British i ad six of the auxiliaries were
killed, a: d 25 wounded.
HTEMS OF INTEREST.
Some yiluable copper mines have lately
leen diKovercd in Oregon.
Edgai A. Foe's only sister, Miss
Rosalie?oe, died last year au inmate of
acharitible institution in Washington.
The ftate census of South Carolina,
just completed, shows a total population
of 923:147. an increase ot 217.811. or
(thirty Jer cent in five years.
Secmary Chandler is experimenting
with a 2,000 acre marsh farm near Lan
sing, panting it witn grass and pop
ulating it with sheep. V
The bops in Nebraska this year have
been cirmous, and the State has been
fully wktored to the prosperity it enjoyed
before be grasshopper scourge.
Last fear the total supply of lead, in
cludinp ipwtoHoM art Mlta by the
jOOTtna-M IUN Tie total
Mijpfly tafiir li pkert at IM00.
Tbe v-kmmc at ampital iatwted in
muufactariaf a-tarfrieat in Louisville,
Ky.kiWit fMtt; te number
of workiwmjamftajai l,6(f; the total
iaaat 6f "wages paid $8,000,000, and
the annual product $55,000,000.
The statistics of the "Free Methodist
Church" are as follows: 9 conferences,
255 preachers, 10,000 members, 225
Sunday schools, 8,000 scholars, church
property to the amount of $500,000, and
2 seniif arics. The Church waa formed
in 1860.
It is said that about 15,000 buncbee
of viohta are sold per day in Pari.
Their sale amounts to 500,000 franca par
year. ifThey aro not in so much faror
now is they were during the Empire,
for ttc violet is looked upon as an im
perial flower. It is, therefore, a politi
cal oir, and some people fear to be
tnourrat Imperialists if they wear a
violet in their button hole.
Moaey and Prodaee MarkeU.
The Chicago Tribune of Dec. 22d,
lias the following summary of the 'con
dition of the money and produce mar
kets in that city :
The general condition of the local
finances was quiet, though strong. The
combined demand from the country and
the packers for loans makes the market
firm and rates strong, though not hard.
The combination to hold back wheat and
stock from market remains unbroken,
and iti financial effects here are seen in
the large volume of loans applied for on
country account. Loans nude thirty
and sixty days ago are renewal when
they fall due, instead of being paid, and
the greatest share of tho daily discount
operations of the banks is with their
country correspondents. Tbe packers
are making their paper in gradually in
creasing quantities. It is regarded as
choice, and taken by the baaks at fa
vorable rates. The mercantile demand
is light; small accommodations are
sought lor to make annual settlements,
and to make good the failure of col
lections, which have been somewhat im
peded by the weather and the condition
of the country roads. Manufacturers
and railroad paper is also in tbe market,
the latter for the purchase of supplies,
but It is not in large amounts.
Rates of discount are 810 per cen
at the banks to regular customers. There
is very little surplus at the command ot
independent borrowers, but who bave
good security can get inside rates for
short loans.
On tbo street thcro is only a moderate
volume of business. Ratce aro 618
per cent.
New York exchange was weak, and
sold between banks at 75$1.00 dis
count between banks.
The Chicago produce markets were
more animated yesterday. Mess pork
was in good demand and a shade firmer,
closing at $19 05 cash and $19.'40
19 45 for February. Lard ws quiet
and firm, closing at $12 23 peril lbs
cash and $12 42)12 45 for February.
Meats were more active and firm at 7
7if c for boxed Bhoulders, 10Jc fordo.
short ribs, and 10?c for do short clears.
Highwincs were quiet and steady, at
$1 10 per gallon. Flour was2cl! and
-ohn-ircu. "VMe-x was 'unite fcbi
and lc higher, closing at 97Jc cash,
and 98c for January. Corn was dull and
irregular, closing at 47c for December
and 43c for January. Oats were in
lair demand and a shade firmer, closing
at 30c cash and Sdifc for January. Rye
was quiet at 6868c. Barley was dull
and easier, closing at 86c asked for De
cember and 85c for January. Hogs were
dull and lower, the decline averaging
15c per 100 lbs. Tbe bulk of the sales
were at $6 G0&6 75 lor common to good
packers' grades. Cattle were inactive
and weak. Sheep were a shade lower.
On Saturday evening last thcro was in
store in this city 2,085,218 bu wheat,
313,083 bu corn, 389,785 bn oats, 140,
889 bu rye, and 324,351 bu barley. One
hundred dollars in gold would buy
$113 37f in greenbacks at the close.
A Xew Way to Do It,
The Reading Pennsylvania Eagle says:
"It is none of the world's business who
the lady is, or in what part of the country
she resides. The facts are sufficient to
show how a lady, vulgarly called an old
maid, got a husband, and one that may
prove himself worthy of her. Six
months ago a tramp came to a Berks
county farm house and asked the
daughter for food, and it was given to
him. He was considerably, worse for
wear, yet bis modest demeanor and gen
tlemanly bearing attracted the attention
of the family. He was given work on
tbe farm, and shortly became a favorite.
He was sober, industrious, genteel, and
intelligent. Gradually the daughter
took a liking to him, and she loaned
him money from her own purse to pur
chase clothing with. She encouraged
him to keep himself well dressed, and in
a short time the farmer saw that his man
of all work had suddenly become a fine
looking and earnest suitor for his
daughter's jand in marriage. It was at
first refused, but the only child cried to
her mother, the mother interceded, aad
finally the stern parent gave his consent.
It was virtually a romance in real life.
The marriage took place, the ceremony
being performed by a Reading clergy
man. The ycung man is tall and finely
formed, is a German by birth, and has
been in this country not quite a year.
He has a good education, and wants to
be a farmer. Tbe lady is proud of him,
aad does not seem at all embarrassed
when reference is made as to bow she
secured him. He has made a tea strike,
is now in a fairway of becoming a rich
an by aad by."
The greatest man is he who chooses
right with the most inviacible resolu
tion; wbo resists the sorest temptation
from witaia aad withoat; who bears the,
heaviest hardens chearfaily; who is
calmest in storms aad most fearless under
menaces aad frowns; whose reliance oa
truth, oa Tirtae aad oa God is most un
faltering. !
Birth aaa Growth or World.
Prof. Richard A. Proctor delivered
the first of a series of six lectures on
Astronomy, at Steinway Hall last evening
before a very large audience. His sub
ject was " Birth and Growth of Worlds'
The lecture was illustrated with many
stereopticon views, representing nebula?,
tbe Bun, the solar system, etc. The
facts stated by the lecturer were mostly
familiar to hi3 hearers who had heard or
read his former lectures in this city and
Boston, but their arrangement was some
what different, and as he spoke extem
poraneously, the language in which they
were clothed was to a considerable ex
tent new. Prof. Proctor spoke with less
vivacity, and explained this fact by
mentioning that in coming to New York
on Sunday night, the car in which he
was riding had been nearly upset by an
accident near Mystic, and he had stood
for several hours without r est, and had
had no sleep.
He began bid lecture with a brief ac
acount of the gradual growth of the
scientific idea of the universe. He dis
claimed having any intention of ex
cluding the idea of God, or of a great
uniform purpose, from the universe.
Science, he said, had no raoro right to
reject the infinity of time, the infinity of
space, or the infinity of force. The
origin of the earth and of the sun and
other heavenly bodies from nebulous
matter was then explained and illustra
ted by views similar to those used in the
lecture in Boston on November 7th.
HcrschePs, Laplace's, and the lecturer's
own theory of tho orim of the solar
system were explained. Tbc process of
aggrcgatidawas also touched upon, to
gether with the explanation of the fact
that nine-tenths of the mass of the solar
system is included between the planets
Jupiter. and Saturn, Tho lecturer was
willing, Le said, to admit that Liplace'a
theory of contraction might account for
the formation of particular planets, but
the theory of growth, he thought, was
the true one of the origin of the solar
system as a whole. Tho relations of
the earth'Xnd moon, the lecturer stated,
went to prove the nbulous origin of the
earth. The moon always presented one
face to the earth. The reason was that
Lwhen -Ihe nebulous mass forming the
v-- tuuiraung, iue moon, in
cluded In this mass, and having a mo
tion identical with it, remained behind
at a distance, but still retained the same
relation to the contracted mass, without
having a motion independent of it.
The earth was once a sun itself, and
the moon at that time the inhabited part.
The various stages of the earth's condi
tion, from one resembling that of the
sun through those of Jupiter and Sat
urn, to the period when a crust had been
formed, which was drenched with hot
rain from the vapor above it, covered
with streams of muriatic and sulphuric
acid, and in an intense state of activity,
were illustrated by views, and vividly
described. At this last stage, the lec
turer said life must have begun. In
concluding, Prof. Proctor again, in an
earnest manner, asked bis hearers to dis
pel from their minds any idea that he
wished to exclude the idea of a God. Ho
was not the only mystery that science
could not understand. It would be as
unreasonable to reject our own existence
as to suppose that no great purpose was
at the back of all. To the question,
"Can'st thou find out God P scientists
only replied, "We csnnot find Him out."
N. Tribune.
THE MARKETS.
KKW YORK.
Beef Cattle $850 QhliO
llojs Dtecsed 900 a9G?i4
Sheep Live 500 feTOO
Floor-Good to choice 550 (j, 556
Wheat-No. 2 Chicago 1 19 i 1 21
Cora Western mixed 62 a bS
Oati Western new 48 & 50
Kra 28HO 30
Batter is . 25
Kye I feS a so
Pork New Mess f,50 &2I0Q
CHICAGO.
Beeves Choice $400 373
Hoga. .......... 660 ii, C TO
Skeep-Good to choice 3T5 &SO0
Batter-Choice to yellow SO
Mal $t ?4
Floor White winter 550 (c C 10
Spring extra
Wheat Spring No. 2 6 9$y
CornNo. 2 ii4 47a
OaU No.8 29H 23
Bye No. 2 6b H
Pork Meae, new 1915 1950
ST. LOUIS.
Beef Cattle-Fair to choice $300 StO
Hoc Live 640 770
Flaw rallXX 475 530
Wkeat No. 2 Red 140 141
Co No. 2 4-J Uii
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a is- m l va X7 3
Lard 12374
CINCT-NATl.
Floor. f 510 550
Wheat Bed 1 30 1 30
vWH - $ 49
". 33 & 4j
AaVIcy 5J X BQ
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Floor. $
Wheat -No S 1 00
Oats -Nog , 22
Barley Ne2 : 01
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pas Mourrs.
Floor wholaaole $3 00 2 50
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Ah the Days Go On.
nr va. aumh uakxi.
What arc yoa sowlnz. pllpim.
As thedajsgoon?
Arc they seeds of thorns or roc.
That shall sprlnj to crowns or crosses
As the days coon?
What arc jon reaplnr, pilgrim.
As tbe days goon!
Are they precious sheave yon gather.
Or tbe worthless stubble, rather.
As the day go on?
What is yonr burden, pilgrim.
As the day goon!
Is I: cney, blackened chalice.
Killed with selfishness and malice.
As the dais goon!
Lcate yonr path shining, pilgrim.
As the days goon;
Giving smiles for others gladnei,
Unlng tears for others sadness.
As the days go on.
Is the cross heavy, pilgrim.
As the days goon!
Pdlth and hope will male It llghttr;
I.oe will make your crown the brighter.
When the days are gone!
Lilt yourcye. weary pilgrim.
As tbe da s go on ;
Earth is but a little clearing.
And tbc heaven land Is nciring
Ncaring Is the dawn!
Vox Vopull.
FARM, OKCHAftll AND IIOUS-IIOLD.
The Milk Care.
Cons deraWc has been said in medical
journals concerning the value of milk
as a remedial agent in certain diseases.
An interesting article upon the subject
lately appeared in the London MiM:
Journal, in which it is stated, on the
authority of Dr. llcDJamin Clark, that
in the East Indies warm milk is used to
a great extent us a specific for diarrhea,
but only heated sufficiently o be agree
ably warm not too hot to drink. Jlilk
which lias been boiled is not fit lor use.
Tbe writer gives several instances of the
value of this simple substance in arrest
ing this disease. Another writer in the
same journal says: "We have also tested
the value of milk in scarlet fever, aad
learn that it iB recommended by the
medical faculty in this often very dis
tressing children's disease. Give all the
milk the patient will tuke, even durin"
the period of tho greatest fever. It
keeps up the strength of the patient,
acts well upon the stomach, and is, in
every way, a blessed thine in this sick
ness. Remember it, parents, and do
cot fear to give it, il- srir i;!-"7m
afflicted with this disease."
How to Son Small Seeds With Succcmk
Novices in Horiculturc make frequent
failures with minute seeds, like those of
the lobelia, the uiimulus and the calceo
laria, and even experienced florists do
not always succeed with every sowing,
as such seeds are very delicate, and per -minate
only under the most favorable
conditions. Have the soil in the pot,
pan or box (a shallow pot is best;, com
posed of leaf mold and clean sand, two
parts of the former to one of the latter,
sifted, or otherwise made very fine.
Mako the surface even and smooth, and
press lightly; then sprinkle it by hold
ing a wet brush over It, and drawing the
hands over it so as to throw a fine spray
upon the soil. On this prepared surface
sow the seed, and scatter over it the
slightest possible sprinkling of fine
clean sand. Now cover the pot or box
with a pane of glass, and keep it in the
shade, watering, when necessary, with
the spray from a brush, as before di
rected. The soil must not be permitted
to get dry, nor must it ever be deluged
with water. If the seeds be sown, as is
generally the case, on a loose surface,
and then watered from a watering pot,
they arc mostly carried down with the
water so deep into the soil that It is im
possible for them to germinate. Rural
Carolinian.
How Long to Milk Cows.
Some cows settle this question for
their owners, and such, unless they are
fine, large animals, and calf raising is
the chief use of the cow, should be
fatted and killed at four or five years
old or sold. As a general rule, it is a
poor cow that does not need to be dried
off before calving. As to how little
milk pays for the trouble of milking,
that depends upon the nombtr of cows,
and the amount required for family use
or for sale. If the milk is worth four
or five cents a quart, it will pay to milk
every cow that will average two quarts
a day; if less than that quantity is ob
tained, I would advice to sell off the
cow.
The practice of hat feeding dry cows
Is a poor system. All cows that are
worth keeping should be well kept; and
any animal with young should be u well
fed as when giving milk, though the
food need not be so lich oleaginous, as
when the milk is set for cream or used
for butter making. The rapid taking on
o flesh at this period is an indication of
sound health.
If you expect to have a fine calf, stop
milking at all erenta six weeks before
the cow will come ia again. Some cows
will give milk the year round if you
will allow them, and it is hard to dry
them before they make big anew, but
this should always be done. It will be
found profitable to feed cows well, aad
curry them twice a week thoroaf hly.
How Sack Skealel a Strer Gal :
To obtain an-answer, I Ukf 'he tl
lowingdata from my note book: Klev-n
good steers wcijjhrd 12,674 'wund.;
turned out oa good pasture September
8th; gained 1,040 pounds by October
22d; time, forty-three days; gain per
head per day, 2 2 pound. December
9th they had gaiucd 500 pounds more;
time, Mxty-tive days; gain per head per
day, 8.2 pound. By January Cth tbry
had made a farther gain ot GOO pound;
time, twenty-six days; gain per head
jMr dy, 2.06 pounds. Weighed asjaic
March ., they showcd an increase of
752 pounds; time, titty nine daya; cam
per head per day, 1.15 poumi. Seven
of them uere then told, the average
gain per head per day having ixen l.G'J
pounds. At this time the other four
weighed 5,452 pouud.. When weighed
again May 8, showed a gain of 4'J$
pounds; time, sixty-three days; gain per
head per day, 1.95 pound. HyJuue4
they Lad tr.:u!e a tarthcr gain of 270
pouuds; time, twcnty-ieven days; gain
per head jh-t day, 2.5 pounds. Weighed
again September 23, they showed a gain
of 510 pounds; time 112 dtys gain per
head per day, 1.11 pound. On the lint
four the average gain per head, for the
time alter the ot iera were aold, w.tt
1.58 pounds. One of these atcera nivle
the greatest gain of any 1 have ever fed.
October 22, 1874, he weighed 1,030
pounds, and when sold Septemlcr 23.
1875, he weighed 1,640 pound?, or nuain
of 010 pounds in JJ35 days; or 1.82
pounds per day for ihe whole time ho
was fed. In several cases, particular
animals, or eveu the whole lot, have
made greater gain for n short time, but
none so much for the whole time led.
Uduniag back over my experience iu
feeding and weighing steers, I find their
average gain to have been 1.21) pounds
pir day, on grain and p sture part of
the season on each. From thcHe figure,
I deduce the items relating to the man
ner of feeding. Country (JcntUman.
USEFUL KKCIl'KS.
Uakeu Indian Pudijinu. Scald a
quart of milk, and while boilini; thicken
it with a pint of corn meal, remova from
the fire, thin with cold milk to the con
sistency of batter, add two well beaten
eggs, a cup ot raluna, euar to taste, a
little salt, cinnamon or nutmeg, and
bake two or three hours in a moderate
oven.
To kekp Tin: IL tit kuom Kaluno
out. Wash the head every week iu salt
water, and rub the skin or the head with
a dry coarse towel. Then apply a dress
ing composed of biy rum and sweet oil,
with which a few drops of tincture of
canthaiides have been mingled. This
will stimulate the skin, and keep the
hair from falling out and turuiug gray.
The dressing for the hair may be scented
with cinnamon oil or some such warming
substance.
To Cook Poultky. All kind of
poultry can lie cooked quicker by adding
to the water in which they are boiled a
little vinetjar or a piece of lemon, lly
the use of a Jittlcacid there will be a
considerable saving of fuel, as well aa
shortening of time. Its action U bene
flcial on old, tough meat, rendering
them quite tender and easy of digestion.
Tainted meats and fowl will lose their
bad taste and odor if cooked in this way,
and if not used too freely no taste ot it
will be acquired.
Cons Stakcii Cake. This is a simple
and digestible cake, easily and quickly
made, and generally liked. Hub well
together one cup of butter and two cups
of sugar. Add the white of six eggs
bsaten to a froth. Stir in one cup of
sweet milk, two cups of flour In which
have been thoroughly mixed two tea
spoonful of linking powder or two of
crtara of tartar atd oae of acda, aod
flavor with one teaspoonful of extract of
bitter almonds (or other flavor detired.)
Lastly, stir in one cup of corn march,
which acts both as food aad shortening.
Immediately bake in a moderate'y qaick;
oven.
I3e.st Fkostiso. Mny cooks are
troubled to make good frosting that will
adhere to the cake aad not crumble - to
pieces when cut. To all such I wish to
recommend tbe following simple method.
It takes but a few minutes to make the
frosting, and it is always good. It is
much better than to beat tbe egi&s to a
froth : For one large cake use s pousd
of pulverized sugar, rolled or sifted to
free it from lumps, and the whites of
two eggs. Sometimes the! frosting stiff
ens up bo that I do not use quite all the
sugar. Stir the sugar gradually into the
hitcs; when nearly stiff eaourhoqueete
in the juice of half a lemon; when all
the sugar is in that is required, giTe it a
good stirring; put tbe frosting ia the
centre of the loaf or cake, dip a broad
bladed knife in water, and spread the
frosting, dipping tbe knife io water ofle
to prevent sticking; when spread, pet
the cake on the store hearth or under the
stcrre for half an hoar, or thereabouts,
till it gets arm. The lemon j trice gives
it a pleasant flavor, while the acid acts
apoa the frosting, aaakisf it whiter ae
nicer to cat
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