Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1880 — Page 4

M A JO ? t ,7^ rrEW3 * RENSSELAER. ’ J INDIANA.

PROMISE ARD * FULFILLMENT. Vbd the February sun Bhtoes in long »iant raja, m 4 Gray skies turn rod and gold. ■ AarttM winter • cold - » ]■ touched hare and there Wittlhiduhpli a» •r’”-r That seems tn seme • Prufli tfcntrotr home | Of the orange and palm. WHh their breath of balm. And Ue biixMHrd a throat Swells with a note : Of rejoicing pj. Theo we turn and sav, * Way, epring ia near!* ' # . • z ' . ■ • , u. When the drst fine graM comes up lx pale grftia trtadee, and the oup Of the c.oras pusass ha head Out Of its MHijr bed. And purple and gold Begins to unfold In the morning sun. White rivulets ann Where tge frost htd set ’ Its icy seal, and thesili* are wet With the drip, drip, drip, . From the wooden Up Of the burdened eaves. Whore the p.ge.m grieves. And coos and woes, ' / And softly sues, Early aiMilgsgi ' - Its willing mare. Then, wits reJoi e la j gay, We turn and thy, . • “ Why, spring is here! tn. When all the brown earth lies Beneath the blue bright shite. Clothed with a msntl i of green. * A shining, varying sheen. And the scent and sight of the rose, And the purple lilac Uows, Here, there and everywhere. Meet one and greet one till One's senses tingle and ttaOl With the heaven and e ixth-born sweetness, The sign of the ea-th’a completeueas— > Taeu lifting our voices we say, “ Oh, stay, thou wonderful day!. Thou promise of Paradise ‘ That to heart and soul doth sufflee, Stay,stay! nor hasten to fly When the moon of thy month gross by. For the crown of the se isons is h ire, June, Junst ths month of the yearl" * —Aero rtrrp, in FoAh's Companion.

A SISTER’S VENGEANCE.

It was between the lights on a gloomy December afternoon. .1 was the sole occupant of the smoking-room of a “ Literary and Artistic Club” which faces the Thames. I Hung fresh coal on the gloomy embers, anastirred them ‘‘till they sent up ablaze of light that drove the ghosts out of the shadowy corners, and then picked up a paper haphazard from the table, to dawdle over it till the waiter lighted the gas or some human being wandered in to keep me company. It was an American paper. Some’visitor to the club had left it behind him, accidentally. I turned „the pages listlessly, until suddenly my attention* was arrested by a paragraph headed “ Extraordinary Crime.” It was the story of the robbery of a body of a lady from its grave. The whole affair was shrouded in mt stery. On the 14th of the month there died in an American city the beautiful wife of an Englishman traveling for pleasure. In the same paper which contained this paragraph I found under the heading of ‘•Cradle, Altar, Tomb,” the following: ‘•On the l>th inst, in this city, Drusdla, the beloved wife of Blissett Emerton, of London, England, aged twentyfour.” In due course the poor lady was buried, and during the night the churchyard was entered and the coffin carried - away. No motive is suggested in this American paper for the crime. The husband is interviewed at his hotel. He is inconsolable for the loss of his beautiful young wife —mad with mingled rage and horror at the desecration of her remains. He tells his story to the reporter. He had only been married a few months. They were traveling for pleasure in'America. His poor wife caught a cold a fortnight since, returning from the theater. He had medical advice, but the cold in- _ creased and inflammation of the lungs set in, and soon all wap over. He buries his head in his hands and weeps, and the reporter leaves him alone with his sacred sorrow. The account in the paper I was reading by the fire-light concludes thus: ** Up to the present no clue to this mysterious affair has been obtained." I glanced at the date of the paper, and flung it down in disgust. It was two years old. I had grown interested in the affair, and here it was two years old already, and probably forgotten. Where should I find out how it ended? The shadows had grown darker, and darker; the fitful flare of the fire had died down into a dull red glow, and the riverside lamps were being lit. I flung myself back into the easy-chair, , thrust my hands in my pockets, and half closed my eyes. Suddenly I was aware that 1 was not alone in the room. From the darkest corner there rose a long black figure. It glided* slowly towards me. z Thad placed the paper where I had found it, on the table, bv my side. The figure seemed to be looking for something. It passed its hands over the tables and peered down among • the papers. Presently it came to the table at my elbow. In the gloom, as I sat in the deep arm-chair, I believe I. was almost invisible. The figure came right up to me, and, reaching out its hand, passed it over my table. Presently it seized tomething, and glided away with it to the window, on which the lamps without flung a flicker of light. Then I*- saw that it was a man, , and thkt in his band he held the American paper in which I had just read the account of a mysterious crime. He glanced at it, and muttered something that sounded like, “ How careless of me!” then folded the paper, thrust it into his breast pocket, and talked out of the room. Hardly had the door closed behind him when the attendant came in with lights. “Who is that gentleman who has just gone out?” I said. , “Don’t know his name, sir. Ain't seen him her" often.” I remembered that at this, club every , member had to sign his name in a daily 1 book kept iaihe hall for that purpose. I ran down stairs, and looked at the open leaf to see if that would afford me any clue. The first name that caught my eye was that of Blissett Emerton. . No wonder the figure I had seen in the darkness had been so anxious to find that paper. I saw at once what had happened. He had been in the room reading, fancying himself alone. He had laid the paper down thoughtlessly and dropped off to sleep. I had not noticed him in the gloom, and he was quite unaware of my presence. One thing more I did before I left. I turned over the members’ address book, and looked under the E’s. There I found the name of “Blissett Emerton,” and against it “No. 7 Blank Court, Temple.” Soon afterwards I found time to dine at the dub, and there T met an old • friend of mine, a barrister, whom I had not seen for a year, who after dinner invited me to come to his chambers .for an hour. “Still in your old diggings then?’ I said. • • “Oh no,” he answered. “Tve moved since I saw you last into another set. Tve got capital chambers at ’ No. 7 Blank Court.” I asked 'him at once if he knew Mr. Emerton. “ Only by sight,” he answered. “He has chambers on the same floor,’and we pass on the lauding. We never speak.” I stayed longer than I meant to, and it was strikingten as we came out on the landing. The outer door of Mr. Emerton's chamber was ajar. As we passed the inner door opened, and M man rushed out with a scared white face. It was Blissett Emerton! ■ “ Help!” he cried, tearing at his collar as though it choked him. “ Help! help!” Then there was a strange gurgling noise in his throat, and he fell for-

v*fd in b fit. I dnunnxl him into his friend ran for a doctor at once. The UtCCy uc CuDO, Ulo TBCO II wM OCT between the trees!” -I looked out into figure of a woman. She was ia deep black, and as presently she stood where the trunk of the tree threw her white face into relief, I could see that she was looking toward the window. Probably she mistook my figure blotted against the window for that of Emerton A, for as I looked she raised her arms with, a strange menacing gesture and pointed at me. Then she glided in among the trees aad was loot to sight. ' The doctor came, examined Emerton, and prescribed for him. “ He’s had a violent fright,” he said. “ but he’ll be all right by and by. It’s more hysterical than anything else. Where are his friends?” If I wanted to learn something of this man’s strange story, what could I wish for better than a night alone with him. The doctor gave me certain directions and left. ' We had carried Emerton to his bed room and put him on the bed. Seeiug be was still, I went into the front room, piled up the fire, put on the kettle, found some whisky, lit my pipe, and prepared for the night. I had just turned the burner 4o wn when I became aware of a soft grating sound at the outer door. Some one was softly opening the outer door with a key. The gas was low down. Hurriedly I picked up my overcoat and other.traces of my presence and flung them under the large couch at the end of the room. It was an old-fashioned sofa with a hanging valance which reached to the ground. I then crept underneath and waited for the curtain to rise on the drama. I had hardly got into a safe position when the outer door yielded, and I heard a step in the passage that inter* ‘vencd. Then the.outer door was gently closed. I expected to see the inner door open in its turn and some one enter. The minutes went by, and no one came. Whoever it might be was in the passage. I could hear a slight movement every now and then, and the rustle of a woman's dress- ’ It must have been quite ten minutes since I heard the outer door opened when I noticed that the inner one was swinging noiselessly back on its hinges, and something was gliding into the room. Slowly it moved across the floor till it stood right in the dim light of the turned-down gas. I shall never forget the terrible sight that met my eyes. I would have screamed, but my tongue remained Slued to my mouth. I was looking at a ead woman risen from the grave. Her face had been beautiful in life; now it was ashen gray. The eyes were sunken in their sockets, and her lips were pale and colorless. The figure was draped in a long white shroud, and I fancied that the room was heavy with, the awful odor of an open grave. Slowly the phantom moved toward the next room and glided in. For a moment all was still. Then came a faint cry. The man was awake and alone with the apparition. “Drusilla!” he shrieked. “Mercy! Mercy! Have mercy!” I heard a hollow voice answer him, “ Rise and follow me.” “ What would you have with me?” “ Confess.” “What shall I confess?” answered the wretched man, his voice trembling in an agony of fear. “ Confess the foul wrong you did me. Confess where my poor body lies, that it may be buried in holy ground.” Again the man’s trembling voice wailed out* “I will confess all. “Follow me!” The apparition glided from the inner room, and the man followed her. The dead woman pointed to the table where the pen and ink were, and the man obeyed her gesture mechanically. “ Write all!” I could see from a rent in the valance the whole scene. The man, white with terror, the beads of cold perspiration on his brow, sat and wrote. The apparition glided behind him and looked over his shoulder. Once be paused ia his task. “ Write said the white figure. And again the man wrote. The figure then grasped the paper with its waxen fingers. “ Go!” it said, pointing to the inner room. With his eyes fixed upon its livid face, the man backed slowly for some paces. With a violent effort and a little scream, he seized the door, swung it to, and bolted it on the inside. Then, for the first time, the dead woman trembled. She seemed strangely nervous and agitated now. She clasped the paper closelv, then put it in her bosom, and glided from the room. r I had got over the sudden terror inspired by such a strange sight, and had made up my mind that I had detected some terrible imposture. There was a slight pause in the lobby, and the noise of a garment being drawn off; then the outer door opened and the visitant passed out on to the staircase.

I followed as quietly as I could. The staircase was lighted with gas. As I trod on the second landing the ghost heard the noise and looked up. She was dressed in an ordinary black costume now, and her face was a natural color. To my intense surprise she neither screamed nor attempted to run away. She stood still, and beckoned me to her side. “ What are you going to do?” she said. “To give you into custody.” - “ Are you a friend of kisT' I answered “ Yes,” mechanically. “ Then let me go free if you value his life.” “If I let you go I am your accomplice,” I murmured; “your accomplice jn some rite imposture?’ “ No. If you are my accomplice tonight, you arc an accomplice tn the holiest deed a woman ever wrought. Pass me through the gates if you douty; me; watch me; follow me home; give me into cas'todvif you like; I don’t care, Tve got what I wanted.” I took her arm as though I had been a policeman, and said: “Pass through the gate, then, and if you attempt to away from me I shall call for She nodded to the proposition. The man at the gate was half asleep. I roused him, and from his box he pulled the cord aud let us pass through the wicket door into the strand. I then listened to the strangest story that ever mortal lips had uttered, and there was no doubt that every word of it was true. The confession which the trembling wretch had written at her dictation—as he believed at the dictation of his dead wife—l had read. It was a plain statement of how he had poisoned the poor girl whom he had wedded in i fit of mad jealousy, and how he had concealed his crime; how at the last moment he had overheard a whisper that some one suspected foul play; and how, fearing the body might be exhumed, he had, with the assistance of an accomplice, since dead, stolen the .body that night and re-burled it iu the garden of a house in a lonely part of the American town where this accomplice lived. This woman was his wife’s sister, and she had suspocted foul play from the first. She was an actress, and was away on a provincial tour when Blissett Emerton wooed and won Drusilla and took her abroad with him. Emerton had never seen this sister. The maK riage had.been Secret and hurried, and he had seemed strangely anxious to

badfc to five months. wrote secretly to her sister, told her troubles and how quickly her husband's conduct had altered. The sister urged her to leave him and come home. She was expecting her to de to when there came the news cC her illness aad death, and then of the mysterious disappearance of the body. From that moment Drusilla Emerton’s sister made up her mind to fathom the mystery and bring the guilt home to the murderer. She refused to accept the explanation of her sister’s death. She believed Blissett Emerton to be quite capable of carrying out a caret ally-matured plot to get rid of her. The disappearance of the body strengthened her suspicions. She concluded at once that he feared the corpse might afterward be exhumed, and as it turned out her suspicions were correct. When some time afterward he arrived in England, she commenced to put her K* ns into execution. She would terrify secret from him. I have said she was an actress by profession. She was also an exact counterpart in height and feature of her dead sister. When Emerton went to live in chambers she managed by a clever artifice to Ft a duplicate set of keys. The place open night and day, and as there are only one or two men in residence it is easy to choose a time to step up the stairs unnoticed. By getting into the incloeure before twelve one would not even be seen by the gate-porter. The plan which occurred to the murdered woman's sister had been put in execution for the first time that night. Early in the evening she had let him see her face among the trees. I had been an unsuspected witness of the suosess of her appearance as one from the dead. All'this was told at the trial in America. He was extradited and I went over as a witness. But not even on the scaffold would he tell where reposed the remains of his victim. The avenging sister is now a member of Mr. ’s Dramatic Company, and the story, although well known in the States, is now perhaps told for the first time in England.—London Referee.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Senator Pendleton is decribed as living in a stately and magnificent manner in Washington. Mr. Alvan Clark, the famous telescope maker of Cambridge, Mass., is seventy-six years old. Sknator Bruck, of Mississippi, expects to take the lecture field after his term in Congress expires. A son and two nephews of Tom Hughes, the English statesman and author, have for several years been engaged in cattle raising in Texas. General Babcock, as well as General Grant, has a legacy from the late ex-Seeretary Borie. It amounts to f 6,000, to be paid in yearly installment of $1,250. Amelia Bloomer, the inventor of the Bloomer costume, is the wife of D. C. Bloomer. ex-State Senator of lowa and ex-Mayor of Council Bluffs, in *which city they live. Hon. John A. Cuthbert, now a practicing lawyer in Mobile, was an officer in the war of 1812, and in 1820 represented his district in Congress. He is ninety-one years old. Mr. John R. Chapman, of Oneida Lake, N. Y., is the father of nine sons whose total weight is one thousand seven hundred and forty pounds, Mid their total height fifty-three feet three inches. Dean Stanley's voice was weak and faltering while he read the service at the Bishop of Manchester's late marriage. The bride, too, responded low. But the Bishop's tones were vigorous and clear as a working die at a mint. Professor Doremus' bill for services in the Cobb-Bishop poisoning case at Norwich, Conn., was 91,300, and the State Attorney, with a view to economy, employed Professor Johnson, of Yale College, in the Riddle case, estimating the cost at less than 91,000. Professor Johnson's bill is, however, 92,380, and it is understood that the State will dispute it. Miss Nellie, daughter of ex-Gov-ernor Hubbard, of Connecticut, who eloped with her father's ooachman several months ago, has learned the dressmaking business, and is living happily with her husband. The old man doesn't relent enough to speak of, but has told Nellie that any time she will separate from the ex-coachman she will be received into the family again. A literary curiosity has just been published in Amsterdam. It consists of three short stories, possessing the peculiarity that in each of them only one vowel is employed—in the first a, in the second e. and in the third o, accordiug to whiclr the stories are entitled “ A-Saga,” “ E-Legende,” “O-Sprook.” It is said this could be accomplished in no other language. The Boston correspondent of the Springfield Republican confirms the report that the Rev. W. H. H. Murray has gone to Europe, and says: “It is now learned that he spent the fall aud winter not iq the distant West, on a * ranch,’ as some of his friends thought, but in his old haunts in the Adirondacks; and he has not been idling (here, gloomily meditating on his present discomfiture and the ease with which the world gets on without him, but has busied himself with his pen on a literary work which will before long be published. General Robert Toombs has lately been visited at his Georgia village home by a correspondent of the Boston Herald •who describes him as “ a man worn out with years and a passionate existence, but glorying in the fact that he is not a citizen of the United States; that his political disabilities have not been removed, and'that he is the one only and unrepentant rebel.” He was the guiding mind -of the Georgia Constitutional Convention of 1877, but that is the only public office he has held since the war. His closest friend is Alexander H. Stephens, with whom he discusses politics by the day. A little diplomatic tiff at Washington is thus described by the Washington correspondent of the St. Paul PioneerPreu: “Sir Edward Thornton is the senior in the service ' of the diplomatic corps, and is therefore entitled to precedence on all occasions of ceremony, and the remainder of the corps follow in the order in‘which their credentials were received by this Government. Mr. Evarts gave a dinner to the diplomats the other day, and Sir Edward Thornton appeared to be absent when the procession was forming to march into the dining-room. Madam Outrey, the wife of the French Minister, (who is an American), insisted that in his absence the system of estimating rank by seniority ought to be dropped. Madam Dardon (whose husband represented the little republic of Guatemala, South America, and who stands next to Sir Ed* ward Thornton •in seniority) objected and there was a funny scene, Madam Dardon objecting to entering the din-ing-room unless she could go firtt. After some high words between the women, Secretary Evarts, seeing the danger of serious international complications, interfered, and decided z that the regular order of precedence should prevail, and the little South American came out ahead. The French legation is in a fever of chagrin and displeasure.”

The Untold Story.

The morning wm warm and bright. | a stranger In the city. AB that was knownof him was that he had been found early om naorning lying beside the railroad track with A lower Hmbs erushed and bleeding. He wte taken to the hospital, aad when he recovered sufficiently, he said that he had JeUse beside the track weak from hunger skid he naked that Ms cot be pushed near the window, which being done he begged that the window might be raised. The Sister refused. , “ Please, please raise the window,” he pleaded—“ it will not be for long, ana I want to hear the birds sing this morning. Raise the window, good Sister: I have something to tell you.” With some misgivings the Sister did as she was requested and the patient dragged himself upward with great uain until nis arms rested upon the sill. Then he spoke with difficulty: “ This is the second day of March, is it not. Sister? Oh, what a happy day it was to have been, for me. I knew the birds would sing to-day. I knew they would sing for Mattie and me to-day. Hear—them—out—there—in the the trees—oh! Mattie, Mattie, I was innoeent of the cri .” , The poor fellow was exhausted and his head dropped upon his thin, wasted arms, while the tears flowed from his eyes. The Sister gbntly raisecLwhim from the position into which he had fallen, ana prepared to lay his head upon the pillow. “lam much to blame for allowing you to talk. You must be quiet, now. “Not no!” he whispered hoarsely. “ I want to tell you now. I have only a few minutes to wait. We, were to—have been- -married to-day. 1 was—accused (oh, will the pajn never leave me for a moment)— quick! see, here is her picture. ” The sufferer’s breath came faster and he grew paler as he 'tore away a small locket fastened with a cord around his neck. “ Send it to Mattie and saythat—God knows I was an innocent. The address The poor boy’s head fell upon the window-sill, but the bright sunbeams could bring no warmth to the face that was growing icy cold, and only He who made the sun to shine knew the story that was left untold.— lktroit Free Press. ‘

Common Roads.

There is still much complaint in man* portions of the countiy about the roads, and this condition of things may be looked for periodically until a system of road-making is inaugurated differing materially from that which prevails now in nearly all of the Northwestern States. Although the Prairie Farmer has so often discussed this subject and advo uated the adoption of measures intended to bring about a better state of things, we are impelled to return to it again and again by reason of its importance to the people. We have emphasized the necessity for good roads in all parts of the country, snowing their value to the public and to individual property. We have pointed out the fact that most of the work annually done upon the public highways is of little account and in many instances worse than useless. It is that the value of good roads is not properly appreciated. It is only when a mud embargo occurs that our people are aroused to the benefits of good roads at all times. When the vicissitudes of a capricious winter are over, and the highways bedome passable, very little is heard about the roads until another season of rain or snow, rind freezing and thawing has rendered them well nigh or entirely impassable. One of our correspondents suggested, id the last issue of the Prairie J farmer, that the inconvenience and losses sustained by the country on account of bad roads are well understood, but that those who refer to them fail to point out a remedy. Now there are localities where* this criticism will apply with great force; but on. the other hand there are many others In this and other States where it has no force at all. There are many sections where gravel and beaten rock may be utilized to improve the roads with comparatively light expense. In such instances it is merely a question of public interest in the matter. In numerous localities the light cost of good roads is shown by the construction of toll roads, which almost without exception prove a good investment to those who build them. The statement is a safe one that farmers who use these thoroughfares pay in tolls much more than would be required in taxes to keep up good roads free of tolls, and at the same time, in most cases, they have to pay highway takes also. In other localities these natural means of securing good roads are not at hand, and a different course must necessarily be pursued, if good roads, or those that are reasonably good, are to be had. To keep the highways In anything like good order under such unfavorable circumstances, underdraining is absolutely necessary. On all heavy soils, this is the first thing to be done. With underdrains three or four feet deep, and an outlet for the drain, a vastly improved condition of the road will be secured. Piling loose earth and sod in the center of a highway, is little better than leaving the rood level; and, indeed, if the soil is vegetable matter the higher it is piled up, the worse the roads will become. The proper plan to pursue under such circumstances is to remove the surplus water by stone or tile underdrains, and then if gravel, or broken rock can be obtained, a good road is easily made.

Whether or not food country roads will be constpictea to any great extent under present highway laws, is a question which we do not at this time intend to discuss. We have said heretofore, that under our present system very few good roads are to he found at all seasons of the year. If the laws on the statute book were executed according to their intent and purpose, there would bp far less room for complaint than now exists, but it is patent that such is not the case. The mots speak for themselves; bad roads in bad weather are the rule; good roads at all times are few and far between. It relief or reform in road-making is to be secured, it may be that it will only be secured by the enactment of laws which will be a radical innovation ppon those that are now on the statute books relating to it. It is asserted that as matters how stand, road taxes are ihrfrinssing. and at the same time our countiy roads are getting worse every year. If this be so, it is high time that bettec method* wareadopted, and it has been suggested that all highway taxes be paid in money to be expended under a system by which the roads will be in charge of and kept in order by experts in road-making. Past experience in this, and other Wertem States under the present laws, • shows that something more Is required before we shall have kt all times of the year good public.' highways. —Fraim Farmer. r '$ * * It is a noticeable fact that lota of people die in March, and some folks therefore consider t*»e month a curse, but it should be regarded as a blessing’, for the world seems so mean during March that it makes folks reconciled to dying at that season! -.Borton PocL "

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

SOl %^F r h"""’ to * A Mick Breakfast add two eggs P and a lit tl e cream. fem minutes, ntirrwgr it constantly, then serve it on toasted bread. Persons wanting full returns of eggs fam their hens must feed for it. Proper cue Win bring the best results. Thue an some breeds which give better satisfaction than others, bet it must be recollected that the fowls of this day ass so bred up and trained, that their end a"d existence is to produce eggs, but they must be fed for iL Fish Croquettes.—Take the remains of any fresh fish, or codfish well freshened. After removing the bones chop it very fine; add butter, popper, salt, one egg, a little cracker or bread crumb. Make into balls about the sire of an egg, dip first into beaten egg and then into bread crumbs, and fry in hot fat until they are golden brown. Serve on a plate covered with a white napkin. B6ilkd Chocolate Custard.— Grate quarter of a pound of unsweetened chocolate, and put in a half pint of hot water on the stove to dissolve; it need not boll, but requires occasional stirring; beat up four eggs, yelks and whites together, with half a pound of pulverized sugar, and pour over it a quart of boiled milk; then stir in the chocolate; strain the whole through a fine sieve, put back on the fire, and stir continually with a wooden spoon till it thickens, which it will do in about three |d five minutes; when pool enough put in the bowl it is to be served in, and keep on the ice till you are ready to use. * ‘

Plaim Cake. —Take three eggs, two cups sugar, half cup of butter, or good fresh lard is better; tWo cups sour cream, half nutmeg, one teaspoonful soda, four cups flour, with two teaspoonfuls cream tartar well stirred in flour; beat the yelk of eggs, sugar and butter well together, then add the milk and nutmeg; then have the white of the eggs wellbeaten, and stir, very slowly a spoonful oi flour and a spoonful of egg at a time until all is in; after you begin to add the» flour and whites of egg to the mass do not beat it, but stir very slowly; then put the soda in a tablespoonful of vinegar, and add at the last; bake in a moderately-heated oven three-quarters of an hour. W. J. Beal says of Alsike clover. Botanists do not consider it hybrid. I have twice tried to make crosses with this and white clover, but without success. I have never seen any plants .which were intermediate between Alsike and white clover, though I have seen bees working on the flowers of each species ' where the plants were well mixed. If the plants can be crossed, we shall expect to see new hybrids. The stalks sometimes grow, four to six feet in length, but they fall down and the leaves decay toward the base of the stems. The stems recline but do not take root like white clover. It is valuable for pasture and makes good hay, though its habit is not well adapted for meadows.

Packing Eggs for Transportation.

Packing eggs to preserve them during winter for home market or consumption is a very different matter from packing them so that they can be safely transported long distances. Produce commission merchants, who are equally interested with the farmers in having the packages pass through the perils of rough handling and many changes uninjured, issue each year in circulars to their patrons directions for packing this very frail commodity. With one accord the rules laid down in the various circulars referred to discourage the employment of chaff as a packing material, and recommend, among the more available substances, dry sweet straw or hay finely cut. Clean oats are admirably suited to the purpose and are advised when the quantity of eggs to be packed is not very large, otherwise this material is somewhat costly. Whatever material is used it is imperative that the packpig be sweet and dry. Either boxes or well-hooped barrels may be used. Place three inches of fine cut straw, hay or oats, as the case may be, at the bottom of the package; follow this with a layer of eggs removed an inch or more from the sides of the barrel or box, and not touching each other; over these place several inches of the packing material, and press it down gently but surely, so as to fill all interstices between the eggs, and cover them about one inch in depth; then put in another layer of eggs, taking care that the packing is pressed between the ends of the eggs and the side of the ■package, and so continue the alternate layers of eggs and packing material until within three or four inches of the top of the package. Finish off with at least two inches of packing and an inch or so of hay. Press the cover of the package down closely and secure it firmly. With care the eggs can be thus pack so they will remain in the places they are put, and not move about to crush one another. In placing the eggs a class of farmers hold to the old rule <>f setting them little ends down. A commission house in Boston advises this season that they be placed with the end towards the side of the package. Either way. if so Sacked as to keep the eggs from coming i contact," will, with ordinary care in handling the package during its transit, insure their safety a long distance.— N. Y. World. —The first gas ever exhibited in New York was from a lamp erected by the old Gas Company in 1823 in Franklin Square. It caused great curiosity and MM nightly vjaitetlby crowds.

THE MARKETS.

New York, March 22, IMO. LIVE STOCK—Cattie.’Z.i...*'B7 50 US 10 50 Sheep 6 25 7 50 Hews, 4tO & 606 FLOUR-Good to Choice 585 u 800 White Winter Extra 586 to 650 WHEAT—No. 2 Bed 146 @ 147 No. 8 Chicago 180 & 140 COHN—Weuteru Mixed 58 to 59 OATS—Western Mixed 44 & ’ 46Jf RYE—Weetem 95 4s 96 PORK—Meea 11 00 to 12 00 LARD—Steam 750 @ 755 CHEEBE.. 11 @ 14 WOOL—Domestic Fleece.... 48 to 00 CHICAGO. BEEVES—Extra 1500 to 85 40 Choice 451 to 480 Good 426 to 440 Medium 890 to 425 Butchers’ Stock.... 276 to 886 Stock Crttid 8(0 to 876 HOGS—Live—Good to Choice 40U to 416 SHEEP—Coin mon to Choice. 450 to 640 BUTTER—Creamery 80 to 35 i Good to Choioe Dairy 24 to 20 EGGS—Fresh .... Oto 9% FLOUR—Winter 600 to 675 Springe 500 & 650 <■ nktaCta.„ 600 ® 716 GRAlN—Wheat, No. 2 Spring 1 IW,® 1 19 Cqrn, No. 2 BH‘,to 36M ” BROOM CORN- n W r Red-Tipped Hurt 5%t0 6 Crooked y.. 8 to r'in PORK—Meea 10 TO & 16 TO LARD—Steam 686 to 766 LUMBER— - * - ' Dreuod SMla * SM 03 ©Bl7 00 Common 80ard5....*,..". ssssss -,w ns , itn."ri“ BAST LIBERTY. , CATTLK-Bert 86 66 © 86 26 . PadHtO G00d.... 400 to 480 HO 500 <| 510 SHEKP-Beat - }?. 475 to 616 C0mm0n...?...,., 400 to 4 M BALTIMORE. CATTLE—Bert 84 60 © 85 50 Medium 800 to 400 >8 $ *S 1

the# trichirwyia fa pmhnhly of more common occurrence among human beings in this country thannas hitherto been conceived, and suggests the necessity of some steps being taken by the Government er the Legislature to insure some greater degree of safety in this matter than now exists. Our contemporary confesses that it is much easier to advise than to act, but inertness under such circumstances is unjustifiable. —Scientific American. Tn trade-mark is on every package of the Fraser Axle Grease. Buy only the genuine. For sale everywhere.

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AN old physician, retired from practice, having had placed in bis hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy aad pennfanent cure for Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung , Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaint*, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of eases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge to all who desire it, this redoe, in German, French nr English, with full directions for preparing ana using. Bent by mall by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. W. Sherar, 149 -Powers’ Block, Bocneiter, A T . Y. Vegetine is the great health restorercomposed exclusively of barks, roots and herbs. It is very pleasant to take; every child likes it.

“Became Sound and Well.” Hatcher’s Station, G a. B. V. Piebcx, M. D.: Dear b’fr—My wife, who had been ill for over two years, and had tried many other medicines, became sound and well by using your Favorite Prescription. My niece was also cured by its use, after several physicians had failed to do her any good. Tours truly. Thomas X Mkthvin. “Best of All” Baltimore, Md., March sth, 1879. Dr. K. V. Pierce: Dear Sir—My family have used your Favorite Prescription and it has done all that is claimed for it. It is the best of all preparations for women complaints. I recommend It to all families. G. 8. Waterman, Druggist. Redding’s Russia Balve meets with wonderful success in all cases of skin diseases. From a Distinguialied Clergyman. Washington, D. C., June 19, 1879. I have known of several persons who regarded themselves as greatly benefited, and some of them as permanently cured of diseases of the kidneys and urinary argans by I our medicine, Warner’s Safe Kidney and .iver Cure. I have known, too, of its use in similar cases by physicians of the highest character and standing. Ido not doubt that it has great virtue. J. E. Rankin. For sore throat, gargle with Piso’s Cure, mixed with a little water. Relief is instant. C. Gilbert’s Pat Gloss Starch for fine fabrics.

The Bitters Invariably remedy yellowness of the complexion and whites ot the eyes, pains in the right ride and under the right shoulder-blade, furred tongue, high-colored urine, nausea, vertfgo, dyspepsia, constipation, heaviness of the head, mental despondency aad every other manifestation or accompaniment of a disordered condition of then ver. The stomach, bowels and kidneys also experience their regulating and tonic Infliwicd For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally.

GRAEFENBERG VEGETABLE MfriPllalaS Mildest ever known, cure MALARIAL DISEASES, HEADACHE, BILIOUS* NESS, INDIGESTION and FEVERS. These PILLS nervousness? byLfl - Cental per Box. pensions Niwml ta a» mtHm. mM M. mat* tat IM. Im. ShM,l«« •torWW£,tteS(kbM ■a l to, <limm «C vtas. Araba. ■■*■■, gin rt—inn, w uy mSv 41m.m. WlUn. eMHn. nta M n*«i>;«lnljMnM, -Um. a. mUIm kM dhd V «mm> .istr.ail a Mtopr/in, >i eRo satWaA Uapemtaa. laoHer SXSfi'3 I?.""* *"** taM ri* Mene. Vknaal>S.>%lraUtMte WMJ. «b»MSMv ante, mbn an s>m .MUM a l.nm, SMd tn ••■MMfc. Mm—r, " »"*• mJ Bn»t, MM. By l»>»W» n mMt i«anuat»tiiiii.«ni,iiiM mm. tinta, a r. rjiMu i. rmt cmhi mt i ru> ana. a. a «. im. Um. w.a u«uw,t. r. hm.m„. h»j. cTbnnw, x».A<ry Smt Bn. J.X Jnu*,lx4a*gar.oaa>t bouu BimaiOt ee*W. tMlneha. AMhm I a. rrrsG-BiaxXtD o co, Ptbse Beat 0 Washington Ctty.D.CLsr IndianapoiisJnd. INSTITUTE, Established I n 1872 for the Cure MtoHiEnXjJHot Cancer, Tamor*. I'leera, Fifty Dollars Reward A woman eallltw heneUMn. M. A Proctor, Mrs. BarMtMTM S m w ststauft 7 SMrsrstwMgH rTHEtagatfm'ttngg wYort. BKffJhTKt”v.lU'4 r S. , rsn» sssaaaFuaß; THE VICTOR i JBMT Double Nulls*w,l BSi Clover Machine in oco iaj from durp m,4 ■Eh vet .tmw. Send tw TtafSKSEeq if •erlptlr. Cireninr and Frio. S£Uc W tlrt, vhlek wntalaa May ‘T 11 -™ yntlrmlnetM*"■fwitow AjErftealtartol IwEMesMSt <W. au^g^M.iMZgrttonMM. Ma. A. BFew. Kbcaiting- Book, BrfstHag with WU.D AtoTKIIWIkES. STANLEY IN AFRICA. The only avU«axfc and eoovrloJUai ehaam ad tdoa. A rail Auiurr oc hie wwXSwdiNMeßaeSttlea SSESSSS iii.”aoentw^A NTitp. J!??JL T 2S!L YOUR £££ a AWID atlllay bg. Lav yrtea, MU.Jr.VX-T.JL aTWffiToßpi .WANCM 1 9 <>*ai«wnariwiC*7Ber<toy—4*yflir vw ERm cSZ bSSTiZZ

W VilTffi | 1 fw * a A II „ ’ . • . • ' * ’ Doctor*. CertlftcMe. jmaa -.vn- .t Asmxr. washdwium Ota, nv Jm. 14, 1878. trama JUe Cu-vcer on say right breast, which grew wiry aad an my frierdi had given me upto asmsSrtfsr CSMsr and cSSerSnKuttare. I oom memed to take tt. and soon tosmd myself beginning to feel better ; w health aad spirits both Mt Kebwfens influence which tt exerted, and in a lew months from the time lenwesd the ms es the Vegettaa. the OuCARRIE nsmnRREHTAu, Dssmeas «v yam blow*—lf vmaraat wHI ftrwt Dayvicnbnß, bmmblv remedies, imffrwtnff fee* ywt, is it aalraneliLll ugreat, lOtm are sufferer, jro'-i can flou tMy’becrile?the°6b The gnat source of disease originates In the blood; and no KeSetoe that does mtast directly upon It, to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public attention. I regard it as a Valuable FAMILY MEDICINE. j- • * Jawham i, 1878. M £wßtr^-l ß tokeUtaem's In saying that I have used the Vegetine la my family with good result* and 1 have known of several eases of remarkable onre effected by VEGETINE. PREPARED Bf H.R. BTEVENB, Boston, Mass. <3 A- B * Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists. Why don't yon Paint with Gntta Percha Paint? SEE WHAT PEOPLE WHO - HAVE USED IT SAY. Holston Salt and Fl aster 00., Saltvilla, Va., Feb. SOth, 1880. SAY t It gives us pleasure to state that your paints have given the most perfect satisfaction. We painted two houses with CUTTA PERCHA PAINT, some two years ago, and are so well pleased with It that we sha’l use your painton some twenty of our houses, occupied by our employes and managers. send for .Sample Colors and Price List to • A CUTTA PERCHA PAINT CO., QLffVKLARD, O, I CHIOAOO, ILL. p WILBOB’SCOMPOUND OF PURE COD LITER AND LIME.J TwCwnewun*tivee.—M««y have been happy to give their testimony in favor of the use of “ Wilbor’e Pure Cod-Liver Oil and Lime " Experience has proved it to ba a valuable remedy for Consumption, AsthmA Diphtheria, and all diseases of the Threat and Lungs. Manufactured only by A B WILBOg, Chemist, Boston. Sold by all druggist* THE BEBT REMEDY FOR Woman’s Wrongs mu. n found » txb WOMAN’S FRIEND. LORD, BTOUTENBURG & CO., 86 Wabash Av., Chicago, ■OLE AGEVTI, tWFor Sale by AH Druggist* LIFE THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG MEN. By M. Rhode* D. D, Pastor of St Mart's English Evsngellcal Lutheran Church’, 8* Lnls. M* Costehts : Chapter L—Our Young ken; Cbap. IL—Evils to be Shunned: Chap. HL—Evil and Its Resistance; Chap. IV.—Peril of Making Haste to be Rich: Chap. V.-Ahmaes of Failure in UfefChap. Vl.—Elements of Success in life; Chap. VlJ.—Character; Chap. Vm.—Duty; Chap. IX—The Model Yonng Man;Chap. X—The Young Man and the Bible; Chap. XL—infidelity or Christianity— Whiclif Chap. Xn.—Memories of Home. A book of 840 page* printed on tne calendered paper and handsomely bound. “ The greaten good to the grealett number.”

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(formerly Dr. Cratft Kidne)) Cure.) V “SSSiM---.-*..-. «s$ ‘km°»£ ijIJMmSHi IS“WARNER'S Safe Remedies are ESlilHlwaSjWßl sold by Druggists ffffmraßM vh! and Dealers in ■ ISY Medicine every 13 where. H. H. Warner & Co. RIWVKaa BCTCHISrEB, n. y. W «T.»4 fer PMophJrt TUTT’S PILLS SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loes of Appetite, Bowels costive, Pain in the Head, with a dull sensation in the back part. Fain under the shoulder blade, fullness after eating, with a disinclination to, exertion of body or mind, Irritability ot temper. Low spirits, with a feeling of haring neglected some duty, Weariness, DisSiness. Fluttering at the Heart-Dots before the eyes. Yellow Skin. Headache generally over the right eye. Restlessness with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine A CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S PILLS are especially adapted to ancle caaea. a single dose effects ■neh a change es feeling as to astonish the sufferer. SOW EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS. Office, 36 Murray Street, Hew Xforfc. Agents Wanted HHOUR [ M AROUND THE X WORLD. I Contalnl ng the correspondence of John Bus. I sell Young, to which Is add nd a full account I of his recept I oarfrom ten Francisco to Phlladel phla. »oe pages, *oo Illustrations only •*. 50, printed In both English and German. Outsells all other editions, because It u the edition the people want Send for Illustrated circular and proof of what we say. FORSHEEIS '• McMAKTN, 190 W. Fifth Street. Cincinnati. Ohio. Agents Wanted far the Life Jt Adventures of Bare Ountce to fl ; fyi 1 T> •11 The Tamouo Buffalo B1B®&< Tn Is is the only authentic book giving a full account of his wonderful career on the frontier; recounting his thrilling adventures and hair-breadth escapes; his services to the Government as Scout and Guide. Endorsed by General P. H. Sheridan, and highly recommended by the Press, making it a rare book for Arents. Address H. <HiyCKI,EY, 22, So. Canal St,, Chicago,HL ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR THE ffOMAN’S FRIEND. If out of it, tell him to order of * LORD.STOUTENBURG&CO., ■ OLIS ACXWWrra, 86 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 111. OC PCMTC ’ rne Hor »« «■* 2b LtNJS. ations of causes, symptoms and treatment, tables of ST “* W. K. H\l>« ACO.. 91 Washington SLChicago O F F I) <* THAT WILL GROW! vL L Uu Grower, Hocks ord, AU. THE WOMAN’S FRIEND Will Cure that Sick-Headache, tw For Sale by All Druggist*. AMERICANA A Iff COMPANY. ZA AU the LatkstN H Ms Trenton. M. J. rMFwnvvMTWTH W ** ■■ send tat Pamphlet. MOVABLK TOOTa CIBCIILAK »AWM. BB a mand WlpssentC.O. D.anywhere. Wholesale M fl| Rand Retail. Price-list/rce. Goods guaranIlMinteed. KO»t>BKi,ls7 Wabasbav.CtrtcagOL nation. Address R. valentine. Manager, JaoesvUlMna Lint. X w. C»mi, a. A I Author ot CUw’l BfJEMTS w ntad for X lustrM Ltfeo' jam a Brotton, AUC A THRILLING NEW BOOK- CirmUrs frw>. * Dr*?, ‘sinm” C7O A WEEK. 312 a day at home easily made. J/Zontlyaatat free. AddATrnefcCo, Ang>sta.Me. • Onnn “Year. Our Agents make it. New >JUUU Goods. CQAYO»MIdCO..BULwteMd Cfifi A WEEK in your own town. Terms and J00»5 outfit free. Addr*H.Haltattaoo.,PortlaudJte 15 to AN. JL ’ 4®.