opie a impaired. | trife after. i." 2 with | to turn every foot of our hold- : : tion, are we nop in me é ait is aiey in ost. important; it. gives ‘start that can be easis | Li clean’ painful after a ut 2 parsn the methods of cooking er : vegetables, { particler value of the ve he ear er sto e3gs at g prices al] denng he: sumer in nearly all the small Don’t let any “high water mark re the oream _ -stood ub fone-half a pint of muk; on your stations eans ‘so that the ) toue a that will give out a most re- l and delightful odor.’ way Spruce cén obtain’ and. put it to the ‘test We shall be flea to learn if the spruce Ry be the ous ll wiped When’ befrash-with'a Farmstead witty fat or fixed some anti. end of four heads of celery; separate | them and wipe each piece; cut themyin then info smally narrow. strips; put mayonuaise ssuge and. marve. naise is more satisfactory” tha salad dressing in a celery salad, but tho plain can be used if desired. ‘ oile of brown sngar and the fd i i: use the. mi 2. cakes, Soft Waffles—Beat two ‘eggs without separgting until very light; ‘now add ‘two be fuls of butter ‘but nat melted, and two ‘cups in of ba of baking pow that | and they are ready to bake. pr and serve hot. en quart aght into a $i lage jar or jug well a water, there will, 5 8 few : greed braelies | : y of all, but there: will surdly. be some. ces i ed | most exhauste . | tirely empt Celery Mayonnsise-—Cut- off he's root : em in aA tow: add a | Mayen- | Orange P: 1~The skin or peel of tho fe ns ote the | Boil together until very. thick, pack into : onth xture | add to them | that. has, been | A GALLANT omARGE. Gosdnct of Holme's Brigads at my First Gaptufal of f Jackson, Miss I yomombor the charge of Pugh's brigade, of ‘the Thirteenth | which for gallantry and loss of men “was seldom ever equaled, and it re- | vived in my memory a similar charge’ that took place: within oneithalf mile north of the ‘point where they. went in; on the main (Jackson) road from Clin- ‘ton. enth Brigade, 4 teenth Uorps, od the 14th of May, 1863. 4 On the'18th of May the above bri- gade, composed of the 17th Tows, 10th “Mo., 8th Ohio, 56th Ill. and 6th Wis. sbattery. (Dillon’ 5). bivonacked ‘at ©lin: ton, Miss. On the morning of tte 14th we led the advance ‘on’ Jackscm, ‘my regiment being in the lead. Before ‘noon we found the enemy strongly ‘posted on a wooded crest, behind light ‘earthworks. They consisted of the ‘97th 8. C., two Georgia and one Flotiv da regiments. with artillery, and ‘had | just arrived from the Army: of Vir. ginia, having been engaged in numer: 1"ons battles there gince the first battle r| of Bull sun. To confront these veteran troops we only, had. three regiments - and our battery, the 56th’ Il. having } been detached some time previous. jo . Colonel 8. A. Holmes, of the Tenth ‘Missouri, commanding brigade, order- ‘ed Colonel D. R. Hillis, Seventeenth enth Missour «th ble contest. for « the ging Brigade. 7 The day Was a | most uo vorable ome for battle, for the ‘boys were fatigued, their strength al* ed, their hayersacks en. down in torents. Life seemed to have no charms ‘Skinmishing had been going on in onr usketry and fora short time nothing could be heard but’ the bursting of shells and the whizzing of bullets: = i Galonel Holmes, with. his ‘staff,’ sat horses at the right of my : inally : bg th d and bvshed to their Sapo ; £8 were unlimbered snd ; m Our army. The thred ‘Major-Generals of ‘the erals Sclofeld, Howard, ; at? Governor's Indian fighter; at. Chicago. ard of: whars recknown | Jorps, This was the charge of the Seva}. rd Division, Seven |. $ Prospacts as Reported by CGorrsavon: Towa, to form His regiment on the lefts} of the pain a g ackson) road, while the it nd. _ and death no horrors. i: of da | yince. as | sland Barber and General ted Ne ar General | fi "Ana blown in eve _ | an engineer battalion, recruiting p 1 ties, Indian scouts, tha West Point Academy, a signal corps. and the hos- pital service. Its total about 27,500 men, divided approxi- mately as follows: Cavalry, 6,500; artillery; 4,000; Tofantry, 18,000; the West Point Academy, 500; engineer force, 400: the special services,’ 8,000. These fire occupied in garrisoning the various forts, arsenals, and supply sta tions in the country, and in averrawing turbulent Indians. Scarce'y 10,000 of them could be concentrated co serve in »nebody outside the’ boundaries of the Republics ~*~ : | GONDITION OF THE CROPS. a = dents of the Chicago Farmers ! Review: “CHIoAG0! April 7.—The following sum- mary of the crop outlook appears: in the Farniers’ Review: Reports from, our correspondents’ in 1i- ~nois:show that lowing and spring work are ad ae fairly advanced. he water ood Over nearly the entire State The ED of winter wheat’ is good in about 40 per cent. of the counties, fair in 50 per cat t., and poorin about 10 per cent. Dats are ‘being sown’ in two-thirds ‘of the eotinties and clover in a few. En counties report that, the planting -of _ potatoes has Be diana the work of plowin and sorts ng is.also progressing well. he water v.is abundant, and the condition of bir 3 wheat ig similat to that cof Illinois. ‘Data are being extensively sown and some timothy apd clover putin. *Tn Ohio plowing has been begin in most of the counties, but in a few the ground’ not, bain a condition to begin: the work for: one or two weeks more. Lhe water supply is everywhere good. ‘The condition of win-. ter wheat is goud in one-fourth of the coun- ties, fait} in Foti and poor. in the oth- ‘ers. Oats and grass Seed are’ being put in in ‘a few. counties, but 5 quite ‘a number: of counties no Seeding hs a8 yet been done. =" fn Michigan | gis begun in’ about ‘| half of A bs ‘but it will be one or | . L¥0 weeks before:it. wilt be in. a fair: pro- he others. The water supply is wenerally good, though three counties re- port thes oo iy 28 on Lia fndi in two oth-. ‘irs the supply 18 deci hort, Wheat is “n good conditionin ate of he’ rounties, where winter wheat is a airs in the re- mainder. Some grass seed hs been sown, + but in most of | he eranties there has been no seeding to amount to anything. «ial: na Kentucky Blowing and & Bhs Too pork. ‘Hre in progress: the water supply wheat is oh fair condition; grass, a : ho seeding yet. ——— ol GIS HoRpiBLE pe She Goes Out to Gather Eee, but Suis “Her Throat ‘With a Razor, LO. April 6—Sadie Smith,’ Smuth, avs near gone to the Barn for eggs. “Her Fn. | absence cansed Her ‘mother'to send a 1 el i+ brother! to tell er te come to the'house!’ The sereamsiof the little fellow ‘called ‘the mother tothe barn; and Sadie was: found | lying on some straw with her: throat cut fram, ear to ear, with her father's razor in. her hands. She was only i8 years old. No Teason has yet; been found why she took her life. Blockaded. ir. April 7-—The unparl leled storm of rain and snow which has | ‘raged’ here for the last three days ceased 1 early yesterday. ‘The fall of sow i sim- ply tremendous, and in’ consequence “rail roads are’ badly tied up. © The north and west trains on the Milwaukeéirond remained .in the snow all Monday afterndon ‘andi last nignt. The blockade is the worst Sapetienc: sdinglongtime 1... A Family of Five Murdered. : Ly Monrevipro, UsyauAy, April 9.—Nea? Guadaloupe, Uruguay, an Italian named - Traversi, his wife and three children, the eldest a girl 22 years age, were found murdered in their home yesterday, The ‘bodies showed numerous dagger wounds: Traversi recently. realized $1,000 from the sale of bis crops, and the money, which was { known to be in his house, isnow missing, The identity of the 'murderers is un- known, but it is believed that they were ac- quaintances of the victims. © Twins Wers No Novelty. Mipprerows, N. Y., April 7—The census figures of the town ‘of Tompkins, Delaware county, disclose the remarkable case of Abratn Ostrom, aged 64, who is the father of 27 children;of whom 20; 10 of them twins, are by one wife—his /third—she being only § meen roel A Boy's Severe Boionce. eo ‘DusvQus, IA. March~Bernard Hansen, one of the boys who last November fatally ‘shot a street car driver who put him off the | car, after an attempt to rob the conductor, was to-day Sentenced | in 20 years to the penitentiary. Women Oan Practics Law in Ontario, .//ToroNTO, ONY., April 9.—By a vote of 41 to 40, the Legislature yesterday passed-a bill providing for the admission ‘of women to the study and practice of law i in this: eo : Fifteen, Went Down, Hamsure, April 9—The British ship Krato™ | Capsized and surik in this port to-day. Des- pite the efforts made by the crews of other vessels 15 men were drowned. A810, 000 Tr Treasury Package Missing. IWasHINGTON, April 9.—A package cons taining $10,000, consigned to the United States Treasury from New Orleans, is Te- ported to have been lost in transit, while in charge of the United States Bpress | Com- || pany. A YEAR WITH DOLLY,’ April. : ; By Eudora 8, Bumsteaa, We went fora pio romenade toda, My Dolly an ether; The sun came out i , I'm sorry to say, ‘We were April- fooled by the R00 are For while we walked to ti es end of the The clouds were ar uietly slipping . Over the sky, and they poured the Until we were co cold and dripping. Mame was read to change my clothes And set poor Dolly ying: | ‘But the drops ran on don her cheeks and nose Tilkit seetned as if she wereorying, And her feet were wet and her hair was down, direction; | And it nearly ruined her nicest gown, . And her delicate wax complexion, AxoTHES pe story, b Wilder Mo rs .r 11 be be pe lis o next number strength is | in wi Only four connti or Miss oe eet y = ‘po came near dying from a ‘dose | ‘about $3,000; aE RR fi DISASTROUS DAKOTA STORMS. 1 All the ‘Railroads of the: Noxtuwest | 13 : isi jockey. $380 in ia ‘Eva ed in : Wridtan . Wizes the princival murder of old man Hochstet er, is Ls Somerset. He came in and e hi to Chief of Police’ Gilbert ing. Drsx®s WHALEN, of Bradenville; was | tally injured by a fall “of coal im 8 Clair mine. . ‘' A Boy baby was born to Mrs. Zeel a Polish woman, at Plymouth, tL os had six fingers on each hand and Six each foot. The father bein took a jack-knife and cuto the extra toes nd fingers. The baby is still living. ‘CARLOAD ‘of flour, consigned t Philadelphia’ Russian relief committee, wa shipped 1 Lock Hayen, as the contribu tion: of citizens of Loek Haven and vicini to the Russian sufferers. 7 MICHAEL Coin, a rich COnEFEtoN cons mitted suicide near Pittston by “himsel§ up with dynamite. ‘His head; arm “and legs Were gone, u remained but the trunk. * Lops Kurtz, employed as repairman. on the Garden anes at-Ashland, was struck a trip of cars and instantly killed. Mas. CATHARINE Jones, wife of THe Jones, a Bangor slater, dita under - pec circamstances. A few da OW ting a hen she was pecked oni” one “fingers. Blood-poisoning set in, the swelled to twice its normal size, ands was the result. By an explosion of gas. ab the | Gle colliery near Shénan Fah Thomas Nredey explosion was caused- with which th oy 3 were ing apillow of a chamber till Prrer ANTONIO and A Italians, were found dead sylwania railroad tracks a short or Uniontown’ RerarsurioN followed fast on oi he John Thomas, a colored horse. thief, arrived at Uniontown on a fine horse minutes abead of he owner of ihe and was in jail a few minutes later An West: Tatrobe, = Lawrence Si dwelling was burned. Loss, $1, 500; | ance, $1.( Mage Hedin of West taken while she: was: having tracted, § J AN explosion of gas in an iron fo near Marietta, set gy filling: and burned John Same to a _ "Ax Perry Valley, ip ouitin as ‘barn, ns an implements were ‘consumed by fi insured. ind incen Ar Rebersburg, near Belief mig, an block of business Buildistgs anal ‘ings were burned. Loss a bout $1 Ly insured. ‘Origin unknown. A smarL New Castle “colored boy fo box of pills, ate four of them and, died. “LAST Wednesday: morning Jesse’ F, Fh of Dunkirk, wag caught bya a’ voll oust | feet ond the Joa yestin he river. leaves'a wife ie hii? = count: from’ Bo SE ronin sératchiof | a pet cal hi pite tntil & g fixed for April 7. _ Ax Scranton fire’ destroyed Harrerty’s barn and sid oe i Hi horses. Loss, nearly $6,000 Tre mixing honse of the’ lhe National Dynamite and Powder Co 3 Lon Ferndale, near Pottsville, blew up. J , who had charge ‘of th of & explosion ota a hol earth. Loss, $3. . An Wilkesbarre fire consumed Miss Ki McCarthy's millinery store and the. adjoin Jing buildin belongs to the Kipple es ‘tate. Loss about $10, Mrs. Sig F, ly and het A Sear old daughtes pe tne flames. Tux house of the Rey. Rather. Oloern, 0 Tarentum, was entered several day h {wo masked men who blew open I and got away with $1,500 in cash hand watch, after holding up the “priest point of revolvers. Howanp D. McNEprY, of Re on the wheels of a moving freight was mangled so badly. that he die “hours later. insurance. : "JosErH SNOWDEN, spel 10 of Hi fied of meningitis. The boy "has baen long pesicd an an inveterate gd ‘brought about by wo um statement of Treasurer Bo th bending Mgrch 31 show a 2) of moneys Hated This ammount 18 di a banks. Te fish nomination Ru th office of the secre o movant ‘under 9 new ball fav was that of Foeht, editor “of the Lewisburg Satur News, yin ie ; THE Bark sheds at Kistler Pros? tani ‘Lock Haven, were burned last nig 000 loss om bark estimated at Ee a b Era yesterday dostroyed and barn, near untingdon, a Ale greenbacks aper filed No Insurances. ., Tae report of the Bardsley Inve Committee was presented to the one. Councils Committee on Finan on, The committee advises coral MW to city finances, anamaker had no and was in. no way or io s wrecking eyston giye loss by Baxdsley's aukach a Ra Young Woman and a Chil AsINGDON, WA, April 6A te upper ‘end ‘of the comity. Two. Mr. Worlay M. White, ‘Misses Carri Mattie, aged 24 and ir /yoars\ and their 4-yearald Bios May
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