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P L B C T It I (I
TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY'S
OFFICE.
No. 23 A 25 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK.
Organized under spccisl charter from the Sute
of New York.
CAPITAL fa.600.000
50.000 SHARES, fluO EACH
DIRE C T O R S.
Ho* ANDREW G. CURTIN. PhilvfelpbU.
PADL S. FORBES, of Russell A Co., Chiaa.
FRED. BUrrERFIELD, of F. Bu Werfitld 4 C
New York.
ISAAC LIV£IUtOA£. Treasurer Oen
tral Railroad, Bos;on.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Express Company, New York.
Hon JaMES NOXON, Syracuse, N. Y.
O. II PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WESTRAY, of Westray. Gibbs A
HardeasUe, New York.
NICHOLAS MICKLF.S, New York.
O F FIC E R S.
A. G. CURTIN, President.
N. MICKLES. Vice President.
GEORGE ELLIS (Cashier National Bank Com
monwealth.) Treasurer.
HON. A. K. MoCLURE, Philadelphia, Solicitor.
The Chinese Government having (through the
Hon. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea
ports of the Empire by submarine electrie tele
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down a line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following port s, viz :
Population.
Canton 1,000,000
Mecca 60.000
Hong-Kong 250.000
Swatow 200.000
Ansoy 250.000
Foo-Chow 1,250.000
Wan-Chu 300,000
Ningpo 400.000
Hang Chean 1.200.000
Shanghai 1,000,000
Total, 5 910.000
These ports have a foreign commerce of $900,-
000.000. and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiating from these points, through
its canals and navigable rivers.
The eabia being laid, this company proposes
erecting land lines, and establishing a speedy and
trustworthy means of communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the commu
nications of the Governrcoat, of business, and of
social life especially in China. She has no postal
system, and her only means nowofcommauicating
information is by couriers on land, and by steam
ers on water. *
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main densely peopled ; but
few yet realise that she con tains more than a third
of the human race. The latest returns made to
her eentral authorities For taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population Four hun
d-ed and Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate.
Nearly all of these, who are over ten years old,
not only can but do read and write, il-ir civili
zation is peculiar, but her literature is as exten
sive as that of Eurepe. China is a land of teach
ers and traders; and the latter are exceedingly
quick to avail themselves of every proffered facili
ty far procuring early information. It is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-day great numbers of fleet
steamers are owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their great seaports, were now in
existence it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years of its suc
cessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise commends itself as in a greater
degree remunerative to capitalists, and to our
wh -le people. It is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangelically.
stock of this Company has been un
qualifiedly recommended to capitalists and busi
ness men as a desirable investment by editorial
articles in the New York Herald, Tribune,
World, Times, Post, Express, Independent, and
in the Philadelphia North American, Press,
Ledger, Inquirer, Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Snares of this ©ompany. to a limited number,
may be obtained at SSO each, $lO payable down,
sls on the Ist of November, aud $25 payable in
monthly instalments of $2.50 each, commencing
December 1, 1863, on application to
DREXEL & CO.,
South Third Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Shares can be obtained in Bedford by applica
tion to Reed A Sehell. Bankers, who are author
ited to receive subscriptions, and ean give all no
cessary information on the subject. sept2fiyl
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You ALL
HATE HEARD OH
HCOPLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS,
AMD
IIOOFLA ND'S GERMAN TONIC.
Prepared by Dr. C. M. Jackson. Philadelphia.
Tlieir introduction into this eountry from Ger
many occurred in
1825.
THEY CURED YOUR
FATHERS AND MOTHERS,
And will cure you and your children. They are
entirely different from-i—w-the many preparations
now in the country cal J— I led Bitters or Tonics.
They are no tavern X -I-preparation, or any
thing like one ; but good, huawt. reliable medi
cine? They are
The greatest / noma remedies for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Nervous Debilitv,
JAUNDICE,
Diseases of the Kidneys,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all Diseases arising from a Disordered Liver,
stomach, or
IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD
Constipation, Flatulence, Inward Piles. FuUnes
of Blood to the Head. Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea. Heartburn. Disgust for Food. Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eruc
tations, Sinking or Fluttering at the
Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the
Head. Hurried or Difficult Breathing,
Fluttering at the s \ Heart, Cooking or
Suffocating Seisa fl ft tions when in a Lying
Posture. Dimness of \-S Vision, Dots or Webs
before the sight, Dull Pain in the Head, Defi
ciency oi Perspiration. Yellowness of the Skin
and Eyes, Pain in the Side. Back. Chest,
Limbs, etc., Sudden Flushes of Heat,
Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imagi
nings of Evil and Great Depression of Spirits.
All their indicate disease* of the Liver or Di
gestive Organs, combined toith impure blood.
HOOFLANDS GERMAN BITTERS
is entirely vegetable and contains no liquor. It
is a compound of Fluid Extracts. The Roots.
Herbs, and Barks from which these extracts are
made, are gathered in Germany. All the medi
cinal virtueas are ex tracted from them by
a scientific Chemist, fl ft These extracts are
then forwarded to this \-J country to be used ex
pressly far the manutacture of these Bitters.
There is no alcoholic substance of any kind used
in compounding the Bitters, hence it" is the only
Bitter? that can be u?ed in cuses wbere alcoholic
stimulants are not advisable.
HOOFLAND S GERMAN TONIC
is a combination of all the ingredients of the Bit
ters, with pork Santa Crux Rum. Orange, etc. It
is used for the same diseases as the Bitters, in case
where some pure alcoholic stimulus is required.
You will bear in mind that these remedies are en
tirely different from any others advertised for the
eure of the diseases named, these being scientific
preparations of medicinal extracts, while the oth
ers are mere decoctions of rum in some form. The
TONIC is decidedly one of the most pleasant and
agreeable remedies ever offered to the public. Its
taste is exquisite. It is a pleasure to take it. while
its life-giving, exhilarating, and medicinal quali
ties have caused it to be known as the greatest of
all tonics.
DEBILITY.
There is no medicine equal to Hoofland's Ger
man Bitters or Tonic a in cases of Debility.
They impart a tone Iq and vigor to the whole
system, strengthen A the appetite, cause an
enjoyment of the food, enable the stomach to di
fest it. purify the blood, give a good, sound,
ealthy complexion, eradicate the yellow tinge
from the eye. impart a bloom to the cheeks, and
change the patient from a short-breathed, emaci
ated, weak, and nervous invalid, to a full-faced,
stout, and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are
made strong by using the Bitters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines. They can be
administered with perfect safety to a child three
moDths old, the most delicate female, or a man of
ninety.
These remedies are the best
Blood Purifiers
ever known and will care all diseases resulting
from bad bloed. Keep y>ur blood pure ; keep
your Liver in order, w- keep your digestive
organs in a sound, I healthy condition, by
the use of these re me JLJ dies, and no .diseases
will ever assail you. The best men in theeountry
recommend them If years of honest reputation
go for anything, you must try these preparations.
FROM HON. 080. W. WOODWARD,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylva
nia.
PHILAJI.PHIA, March 16, 1867.
I find that "Hoofland's German Bitters" is not
an intoxicating beverage, but is a good tonic, use
ful in disorders of the digestive organs, and of
great benefit in cases of debility and want of ner
vous action in the system.
Yours Truly,
OHO. W. WOODWARD
FROM HON JAME.S TAOMPSON
Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA. April 26, 1866
I consider ' H'XjflaDd's German Bitten" a valua
ble medicine in case . of attacks of Indiges
tion or Dyspepsia I A can certify this from
my experience of it. JTX. Yours, with respect,
JAMES THOMPSON.
FROM REV. JOSEPH il. KENNARD, D. D ,
Pastor of the Tenth Baptist Church, Philadelphia.
DR JACCSOS—DEAR SIR:—I have been fre
quently requested to connect my name with rec
ommendations of different kinds of medicines, but
regarding the practice as out of my appropriate
sphere, lbave in all cases declined ; but with a
clear proof in various instances, and particularly
in my own family, of the usefulness ot Dr. Hoof
land s German Bitters, I depart for once from
my usual course, to express iny full conviction
that for general debility of the system, and ec
pecially for Liver Com -y plaint, it is a safe
and valuable preparation. In some eases
it may fail ; bnt usual -La |y, I doubt not, it
will be very beneficial to those who suffer from the
above csuwt. Yours, very respectfully.
J. H KENNARD,
Eigth, below CoatesStreet.
CAUTION.
Hoofland'f German Remedies are counterfeited
The Genuine have the signature of C. M. JACK
sos on the front of the outside wrapper of each
bottle, and the name of the article blown in each
bottle. All others are counterfeit.
Price of the Bitters, $1 per bottle;
Or, a half dozen for $5.
Price of the Tonic, $1 50 per bottle ;
Or, a half dozen for $7 50.
The tonic is put up in quart bottles.
Recollect that it is Dr. HoofUnd's German
Remedies that are so universally used and so
highly recommended ;and do not allow the
Druggist to induce I Ijou to take any thing
else that he may just as good, be
cause be makes a larger profitonit. These Reme
dies will be sent by expressto aay locality upon
application to the
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
At the German Medicine Store.
No 631 ARCII STREET, Philadelphia.
CTIAS. K. EVANS,
PROPRIETOR.
Formerly C. M. JACKSON A Co.
These Remedies are for eale by Druggists, Store
keeper" and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
Do not forget to examine the artictrfguu tug
em order to get Ike genuine.
may 29'Wy I
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNINS, APRIL 30, 1869.
Ib; itiftlf.ovd ©ajette.
DIKMRATIC 1I1%KY FXECTIONK.
Agreeably to the provisions of the
Rules for the Government of the Dem
ocratic Party of Bedford County, adop
ted by the Democratic County Com
mittee, Feb. 26, 1869, the Democrat
ic voters of Bedford County will assem
ble at the polling places in the several
election districts, on SATURDAY,
MAY 29, and vote by ballot
for the choice of Candidates for the sev
eral offices to be filled at the u?xt Gen
eral Election, and, also, for two Inspec
tors and one Judge for each polling
place who shall hold the primary Elec
tion for the next year. The Vigilance
Conmiitte now in existence stall hold
this election, and in districts which
have no such Committees, the Demo
cratic voters present at tlfe polling
place at the time herein fixed for the
opening of the polls, shall elect two In
spectors and one Judge to hold thee
lection. The polls in lite townships
shall be open from nine o'clock a. in.
until 6o'clock p. in., those in the bor
oughs from 1 o'clock p. m. until 6 o'-
clock p. in. An accurrate list of the
names of all persons voting shall he
kept and a correct and full return of
all the votes oast lor the several persons
voted for hsll be made out, and both
the list and returns shall be certified
over the signature of at least two of
the election officers to bfe correct and
true. After the counting of the bullots,
and the proper certification of the re
turns, the list of voters and the return
of votes for the several candidates, shall
be sealed up by the Inspectors and de
livered to the Judge, who shall place
the sealed return iu the hands of the
Chairman of the County Committe,
at a meeting of the Judges from each
polling-place, to be held at the Court
llou.se, in Bedford, on TUESDAY,
JUN El, at one o'clock, p. m. AU per
sons entitled to vote at the election for
Representatives in the Legislature and
pledging themselves to vote the whole
Democratic ticket at the next General
Election, will be permitted to vote at
this election.
J. W. DICKERSON,
Ch'n Dem. Co. Com.
EJ.OI-EMENT IX HIGH LIFE.— The
English and Irish papers of recent date
contain the following account of an e
lopement of an Irish marquis with the
wife of a Government official in high
life:
A most extraordinary piece of scan
dal in-high life has just come to light,
namely, the elopement of the wife of
Captain Vivian with the Marquis of
Waterford. The gallant Captain is a
lord of the Treasury and member of
parliament for Truro. For some time
past the lady's name has been men
tioned in connection with her partner
of her flight, and her disappearance
was not wholly unexpected.
She left home on Monday morning,
alleging that she intended to p-oeeed
to Brigton to see her mother, and
would return the same evening. As,
however, she failed to make her appear
ance, Captian Vivian proceeded to the
Victoria Station, and there ascertained
that Marquis of Waterford and Mrs.
Vivian had, the previous morning, ta
ken tickets for Paris byway of Dover
aceorupained by a friend. lie followed
them to the French Capital, and soon
found the object of his search at a well
known hotel. Mrs. Vivian heard of
her bus!rnnd's arrival, and locked her
self up in an inner chamber.
Captain Vivian, however, succeeded
in obtaining assistance and burst open
the doors. He then ascertained that
Mrs. Vivian hud attempted to com
mit suicida by swollowing chloro
form. The quantity taken was not
however, sufficient to cause more than
partial insensibility. Captain Vivian
is understood to have implored bis
wife to return tor the sake of her chil
dren, of whom there are four, but she
premptorilly refused, although her
husband assured her that h'-r escapade
should be kept a profound secret.
The lady, however remained Arm in
herd termination not to return to the
shelter of her home, but pleaded that
she might lie allowed to retain lu r
youngest child. This request Captain
Vivian declined to comply with, ami
returned to London without having en
countered the Marquis of Waterford.
The latter has, it is believed, caused a
a communication to be made to Capt.
Vivian, that when the Judge Ordinary
of the Divonrce Court shall have dis
solved the legal ties which now pr -
vent his marrying Mrs. Vivian, he will,
as a man of houor, make her the only
compensation in his power. Mean
while, Captain Vivian has left town,
and will not return to his place in the
House of Commons until his presence
is required for the division on the sec
ond reading of the bill for the abolition
of the Irish Church.
The doctor against whom a verdict
of SIO,OOO for breach of promise was re
cently given in Warren County, Ohio,
converted all his property into ready
cash, and as soon as the verdict was
given, he disappeared. This was the
ca%* in which the defense was that the
promise of marriage with a pretty mil
liner, could not be carried out, because
she was of very remote African de
scent.
Hydrophobia has been successfully
treated with iodine by Dr. Mussey.of
Chicago. Of the eight cases promptly
treated with iodine, not one resulted
fatally, were any decisive syrnptons of
hydrophobia subsequently manifested.
In four of the eases it was probable that
the wounds were from animals really
rabid, and not in the other four.
A brute in Rochester, N. Y., was
lately arrested and sent to prison for
six months, and fined SSO, for cruelly
beating hisd aughter, an infant seven
mouths old.
HOW A CONVICT WO* A PAKDOX.
"Will yoc never give up those tripe,
Terrence? It is lonely staying here
nights, and besides, 1 am fearful that
some one will break in and rob the
house and murder us all. I never say
my prayers and go to bed without
trembling for my own life and the
lives of the children," and the little
woman hung upon the arm of the
strong man, and begged him with tear
ful eyes to give up his wandering life
(that of a peddler) and settle down.
"As soon as I have gathered enough
together to buy me a bit of ground, or
what is bettor still, to emigrate to A
merica, that blessed land of freedom,
where, as the song says, 'there's bread
and work for all,' and the bright sun is
always shining, I'll gladly give up car
rying the pack, for it's no easy work
at the best."
"Only think of the money you have i
in thehonse none, husband, dear. Sure- j
ly there is euough to take us across the ,
sea—you and I and the children, and
Bridget too, if she likes to go."
Bridget was the servant girl who
helped the wife of the peddler, and
was her sole companion when lie was
away, and her eyes snapped with per- |
feet delight when she heard the propo- J
sition. Rut she said nothing, and the j
master continued.
"It is true for you, Kathleen, that I
have a matter of a hundred pounds or j
so, whicli I shall leave for you to take !
care of; and if I have luck this time I i
promise you to remain at home or go j
to America, bless her. It's a good
friend she has been to Ireland, and j
many is the poor soul she has kept
from starving. So take care of the chil
dren, Kathleen—you and Bridget—un
til I come back," and he kissed his
wife and bright-eyed, curly-headed ba
bies, gave Bridget the good-bye, shoul
dered his pack, and strode stoutiy a
way, whistling merrily.
Terrence O'Brien was a peddler by
profession, and what was called a fore
handed man. His family consisted of
the good wife, two children—a boy of
scarcely three years, and a babe—and
the girl of all work, Bridget. At the
start of his married life he had rented
a little cottage that stood in a lonely,
out-of-the-way place; although h.e had ,
increased his stores, he had retained
possession of it on the scgjre of econo
my.
A brjvve, athletic man, and one who
feared nothing human, lie could not
understand the terror of his wife,
Kathleen—in fact, gave them little
thought. Besides, robbery wsu a thing
almost unknown among the peasantry,
and who would ever dream of his hav
ing a large amount in his wretched
cabin? But it was not his custom to do
so. Usually he deposited it in a secure
place. So he gave the matter no furth
er thought than to promise himself
that this should be his last journey, (if
he did as well as he anticipated] and
tugged around, flattering the rosy
cheeked girls into purchasing finery
with which to dazzle the eyes of their
beaux at the next fair.
His heart was light, his form strong:
he had none of the fears of his wife,
and was looking forward joyfully to
the time when he would have a little
home, "a pig and a patch of pratties,"
that would belong to himself alone, and
of which no hard-hearted or non-resi
dent landlord could claim control, al
though he would willingly pay his
tithes to the church.
With Kathleen, however, it was far
different. As the night began to draw
near and the winds to creep around the
corners of the cabin and whistle down
the chimney with a mournful sound,
she liethought herself of thesovereigrs
her husband left, and taking the bag
in which they were kept from the lit
tle cupboard over the fire-place, she
tucked it between tbe beds, remarking
at the same time to Bridget, "that no
one would ever think of looking for it
there."
"No," was the reply: "it would be a
smart mail sure, that would be look
ing under the children to find gold."
The tea over, for they were early
sleepers and early risers, the girl re
quested that she might le allowed to
pass the evening with her sister, who
resided about a mile distant, and the
anxious wife and mother, although
s 'rely loth to do so, at length consent
ed, insisting upon an early return.
"But you will be back early, Brid
get?"
"Av course I will that same. But
don't be after fretin'," and the girl de
parted.
The lonely woman busied herself as
beat she might-until a late hour, but
the girl did not return. In a fever of
anxiety, she watched until about sixty
minutes had passed, although it ap
peared to her like a half a day ; and
then, considering it useless to remain
up longer, sought her own pillow, af
ter commending herself to Him who
is the protector of the widow and the
fatherless. But she had not closed
her eyes before there was a loud rap at
the door.
"Is that you, Bridget?" she asked
hopefully.
'No," w as the answer, and her heart
sunk like lead within her. "No* lam
a stranger—have lost my way, and you
must let me in."
"I cannot—l cannot! I am a poor
lone woman. I dure not let you in."
"You need have no fear. As there
is a God in Heaven I will not harm
you. lam an escaped convict—an in
nocent one—and as you have mercy in
your heart, open the door.-'
When was such an appeal made to an
Irish heart in vain ? An escaped con
vict and wanting succor ! That is a
talisman to open every door—to have
the best j>otato or piece of bread force i
into the hungry m-iuth. Yes, it is tru
ly the open seasame to an Irish heart,
and it operated so in this case.
The woman arose opened the door,
gave the fugitive food, and haviag a
gain received the assume© Jhut he
would do her no harm, but on the con
trary protect her, and having also seen
him stretch upon the floor before the
remnant of the peat fire, she again j
sought the side of her sleeping chil
dren.
But even then she was not allowed
to rest. At first her fears kept her a
wake. Then came a loud rap for ad
mission, ann both she and her stranger
visitor arose.
"Is this a part of your gang?" she
asked in a trembling whisjier.
"I call lloaven to witness," he an
swered solemnly, "that such is not the
cast 1 . Ask them what they want."
She did so, and was told that they
knew she had money in the house and
were determined to have it.
"Tell them," whispered thestranger,
"that you have a friend with you, and
it will be dangerous for them toeuter."
"I have a friend here," she said, go
ing close to the door, "a man who will
protect me, and you had better not try
to get in."
"I kuow better," laughed a female
voice that of Bridget, the servant girl;
"I know there is no one in the house
except yourself and the children."
"What shall I do-shall I do?" asked
the poor woman, wringing her hands.
"Tell them again," whispered the
stranger, "that I have pistols, and will
shoot the first one that dare step his
foot within the door. God help me!
I would not have blood on my hands;
but I promised to protect you with my !
life, and 1 will. Warn them once
more.
"Bridget," shouted Mrs. O'Brien,
"the friend I have here has pistols, and
will certainly kill you. I warn you to
go away."
Again the bold, bad laugh of the ser
vant girl rang oiit, and her voice could
be heard urging them on.
"It's only talking they are. Divil a
one is there in the cabin but the chil
dren. Break down the door aud done j
with it. I tell you there is more than j
a hundred pounds hid between the j
beds."
"Stand back," whispered the con- :
viet to his hostess, "their blood be up- j
on their own heads."
Scarcely had the words been uuered j
before heavy blows fell upon the door ;
and made it tremble upon its hinges.
The self-appointed protector stood a
little to one side, calm aud firm. In i
either hand lie held a pistol, and his
manner showed that he was no stran
ger to their use.
"Down with the door," shouted
Bridget, "or else stand aside and give
ine the ax."
A shower of heavy blows and it fell.
The false servant girl entered and
dropped dead with a bullet in her
brain. The foremost of the men met
the same fate, and the others fled.
They had had quite enough of blood
shed.
To leave the helpless woman thus,
was not to be thought of by the kind
hearted stranger; and though prism:
or transportation stared him in the
face, he comforted her as well as possi- j
ble, straightened the corpses, and then
hastening to the nearest magistrate,
told the entire story, not even deny
ing who and what he was.
The facts were too evident to bear
even questioning, and as a reward for
his bravery the eonviet was pardoned—
subsequently found to have been coi -
victed innocently, and when the hus
band and father returned, was readily
persuaded with his family to emigrate
to America.
Now, in one of the western States,
Terrence O'Brien has a house by the
side of a beautiful river, and not far
from it is another where the once fu
gitive convict has a wife and children
of his own to protect, and both will
give au heir-loom to their descendants,
the little but true story of iiow a par
don was won.
SELAII.— The translators of the Bible
I have left the Selah, which occurs so
often in the Psalms, as they found it,
and of course the English reader often
asked his minister or some learned
I friend what it means. And the minis
ter or learned friend has most often
been obliged to confess ignorance, be-
I cause it is a matter in regard to what
i the most learned have by no means
been of one mind. The Tagrums and
most of the Jewish cop i;n en tutors give
to the word the meaning of eternal!y,
' forever. Kimcbi regards it as a sign
to elevate the voice. The authors of
, the Septuagent translation appear to
have regarded it as a musical or rhyth-
I mical note. Ilerdtr regards it as ind -
enting a change of tone Marheson, as
a musical tone, equivalent perhaps to
! the word repeat.
According to Luther and others it
j means silence. Gesenius explains it
to mean "let the instrument play aud
the singers stop." Wocher regards it
us equivalent to soriura eorda— up my
j soul! Scunner, after examining all
the seventy-four passages in which the
word occurs, recognizes in every ca e
j.'au actual appeal or summons toJehova.'
| They are calls for aid and prayers to tie
heard, expressed either with entire dis
tinctness, or if not in the imperative.
"Hear, Jehova!" or "Awake Jehova!"
and the like, still earnest addresses to
God that He would remember and iiear,
•
Mr. Aird, a noted London barrister,
was a printer, so, too, was Douglas
Jerrold ; John Kitto, the editor of the
Pictorial Bible, was by trade a shoe
maker; Dr. Livingstone was a facto
ry operative; John Casseli, a journey
man carpenter; and Wm. Gilford, the
founder of The FAinburg lievieto, first a
' cabin boy and then a shoe-maker's ap-
Larmantiue was asked by a friend if
he did not spend to much money in ad
. vertisiug. "No," was his reply "ad
i vertisements are absolutely necessary,
i Even divine worship ( lebondieu ) needs
to be advertised. Else whhat is the
i meaning of Church bells?"
VOL. 64.—WHOLE No. 5,488.
IIOfSE A ID FARM.
Why Cut Feed is Best. At a recent
meeting of the Farmer's Institute Club
of New York, the old question of cut
ting feed was pretty thoroughly dis
cussed. N. C. Meeker, the agricultural
editors of the Tribune , observed that
nothing could be gained by cutting
what was not good feed before that
operation. Borne seem to think that
by cutting wheat straw and the buts of
corn stalks, and adding meal to induce
animals to eat the mixture, they gain,
but the idea is a delusion, for some
thing cannot come out of nothing.
Dr. Trlmple, theoretical farmer, also
remarked that it was absurd to think
one can save feed by putting it into
another shape without adding more
nutriment. If a horse needs twenty
pounds of norishinent in uncut hay, he
could not see how ten pounds of cut
hay, would answer. Whereupon the
editor of the Rural New Yorker replies
to these scientific farmers and hits the
nail squarely on the head.
What is the truth in this question
which causes the doctors to disagree so
widely? Simply this: Cutting fod
der does not add more nutriment to it,
but changes its mechanical condition,
and enables stock to consume in less
time and thus have more for rest and
digestion. This is a valuable consider
ation for hard worked horses, but not
as great a one for animals that chew
their cud. Again, cut hay or straw
slightly moistened and spfinkied with
ground grain is much more palatable,
and stock prefer it to unmixed and
whole food, and maintain more vigor
ous appetites than if confined to the
unprepared food. A baked potato,
with salt, pepper and butter, is a dish
that a hungry king would'nt turn
from ; but a beggar would dispise the
meal if obliged to devour the potato
first, theu the salt, and the pepper
and butter. It is the faculty of mix
ing the food right that tickles the pai
! ate.
Every observing farmer that has
i tried the experiment knows that his
! stock prefer cut feed and ground grain
; mixed and moistened, to the same
article fed whole. Though there is no
| more nutriment in food thus prepared,
' yet the animal system gets more out
; of it, and less is {>assed off in the excre.-
ments. The question of economy in
| the matter must be decided by the val
ue of labor as compared with the value
| of food in each locality where stock is
| fed. .
The Future of Wheat. The Chicago
Tribune brings good reasons to the sup
port of the argument that the price of
| wheat will be much lower durin tlieg
! coining year, and it concludes its article
: by advising holders "to prepare to look
their losses in the face as gracefully as
may be, and decide to let go, lest the
chance of selling be denied in toto.—
The supply is too abundant to admit of
a scarcity, and sellers to the great
world of consumers are too numerous
to admit of the holders being able to
dictate in the matter of prices."
A correspondent of the Western Far
mer advises planting sweet corn in
hills, instead of drills—the rows to be
feet apart and hills que foot apart.
He recommends feeding it to cattle,
"ears and all," and warrants more but
ter than can lie made from grass feed
as the result.
77/eGardner, London, says: "Earth
ing up potatoes diminishes the product
and retards the ripening of the tuliers.
Long experiments in England have
proved this/act—that hilling up pota
toes may reduce the crop one fourth.
A correspondent of the Country Gen
tleman says that if a sheep or calf is
covered with a leather spread or thick
blanket, and a tobacco smoke be make
under this covering, every tick or nit
will be destroyed in half an hour or
: less.
I
Care should be taken to procure
good seed. Many crops have failed oq
account of old imperfect seed being
i sown.
sowing of plaster on clover fiields
should now be no longer delayed. It
needs the help of the spring showers
to develope fully its action.
louxi has so extended her wheat
acreage that she will raise 20,000,000
bushels more this year than last.
A NASHVILLE druggist has iuven
j ted a rat paint made of a preparation
of phosphorus. You first catch the
; rat then you paint him. Afterdark he
looks like a ball of fire, and going a
mong his fellow rats they get seared to
death at "the light of his counte
nance," and vacate the premises, the
"bright particular" rat following and
| hurring up the rear.
The little daughter of old Ilaekett,
of Minot, Me., owns a Leghorn hen.
Recently the little girl put her pet
into the lap of her mother, whereupon
liibble immediately swallowed a gold
pin that had become unfastened from
i Mrs. H.'s dress. To save the "pin and
the life of the pet, Mr. H. cut open the
crop of the hen, extracted the pin and
then closed up the wound. The hen
recovered and can lay eggs now.
The New York Sunday Courier says:
—"An old New York Circus man,
whose joints have grown too stiff for
the ring, proposes to teach "The Art
| of Training Animals" including every
thing from "Lions to Fleas," for the
modest sum of SI,OOO. The pupil, we
believe, is expected to furnish his own
fleas."
Waldeck, a German town, has given
public notice that no licence to marry
will hereafter be given to any habitu
al drunkard.
Great joy was manifested, recently,
by the miners at White Pine, over the
j birth of the first native of the region.
They made up a purse of several thou
sand dollars in silver and give it to
j the pioneer infant