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They beam on beauty's fragrant breaitf But you in lowly calm abide, >* ; Scarcc hooutu save bj breeze or bes; You know what splendor, pomp and pride Full oft your brilliant sisters see ; What sorrow, too, and bitter fears; " What mad farewells and hopeless tean | How some are kept in old, dear books. That once in bridal wreaths were *oni; 7 - flOW ®OB3£ Vigoft^ XVliii tCZtdva «0(1|bL " ^ •«' And later tossed aside with SOCBH; How some their taintless petals lay • .;? On icy foreheads pale as they! Bo, while these truths you Vitguely giri*, Abloom in many a lonesome apot, Shy roadside roses, nay yon bless The fate that rules your modest lot) , Like rustic maids that meekly stand Below the IsdieH of their land! --Edgar Vawcett. Aronndtb« OF all churns that have come under <HU* observation the old dash chum gives best result s.--Maine Farmer, IF you want good, sweet mutton, kill heep without worrying and fa- le; the less exercise the better, ig it up at once ; now change ends; hang him by the head, and skin down to the tail; the job is done in half the time, and neatly.--Indiana Farmer. THE number of eggs annually laid by m .fowl is estimated at fifty-two, which would weigh about six pounds, and, as a fowl seldom weighs more than three pounds, a hen lays annually double her •own weight. Seventeen eggs will weigh on the average two and one-fifth pounds. You give a hungry cow a pint of meal --in the bottom of a stable pail say--and she'll stick her nose into the pail and lick till she has scoured the inside clean. But a horse so fed will fill his mouth at once, and then if he's very hungry or especially well pleased with the meal, he'll begin to swing his head around right and left, sowing the meal like an old idiot--especially if you stop and look at him. Go right away if you want to <fave your grain.--Connecticut Courant. THOSE who sooff at science as the farmer's assistant, rail at the agricultural newspapers, and laugh at book farming are warring against their best interests. Because an occasional enthusiast, devoid of the elements of common sense, makes ail utter failure in trying to combine science and the farm, is no argument against educating men for the farm. The fault is in the man, and not in the principle, fie would fail anywhere.-- Free Press. >» To KEEP SMOKED MEAT.--A corre­ spondent of the Cincinnati Gazette X: "In the spring, before fly-time, your meat down and rub it with a cloth until you make' it greasy. This fills up all the cracks. Now take a large- sized pepper box, ana pepper your meat " well with black pepper. This keeps away all flies and bugs. Then hang in a oool, dry place. This is much better than putting it in ashes. I have tried the above recipe for the last six or seven years, and never lost a pound of meat." SETTING EGOS.--Sprinkle flour of sul­ phur over and around your setting hens to keep them free from vermin. Ruffle their feathers and their backs, and dust them thoroughly. Never grease a hen while she is setting; if you do, not a chick will you get. If convenient, pro- Vide a small yard for your hens to dust and exercise themselves in ; keep corn and water constantly by them ; watch them closely for the first seven days, and qee that they do not remain off too long. R RAISE HOGS.--Hog raising require ifcut very little Th^re is not near , ..as """"oh J.-bn* flV.n-fit .as ?n tf»e.produc­ tion of the cereals. The business is not exhausting to the soil, bat, on4! on- trary, enriching, as all that is fed to > liogs is returned to the land in manure. The farm can be made to increase in Value yearly if hogs are fattened upon it. This is a matter of some importance to the wise farmer. He don't like to see his farm wearing out, yearly becoming less fertile, and finallv becoming exhausted, like farms in the older States.--dolman's Sural World. IN the opinion of the Live Stock Jour­ nal " autumn calves are usually more profitable thau those dropped in spring. The old notion that the cow should come in on grass originated when it was the practice to keep cattle the year around on grass and hay alone ; and as grass was more nutritious than hay, and especially better for the calf, the practice prevailed of breeding for spring calves. But it is now well understood that the cow fresh in milk can be profitably fed meal or grain, -and that to prevent the running down that always results, especially with good milkers, such feed ought to be given. And the same is true in regard to the calf. As soon as it is old enough to eat, shorts or meal and bran should be given, and will be far better for the young calf than grass. But the great point is, that a calf dropped say in Oc­ tober, November or December, will be old enough to wean on fresh grass in the spring, and to have the full benefit of the next summer's grazing which will make it fully equal by winter to a June <* July calf of the previous year." IT is always better to apply all kinds of coarse manure such as obtained from tiie barnyard to the vegetable garden in autumn; but if one does not have it at that time and can supply the de­ ficiency in spring, then an early applica­ tion is preferable to a late one. The , manure thrown out from the stable dur- * ing winter is usually coarse, containing T\ more or less straw, corn stalks and like ^ materials which are of little value as fer- Itilizers until thoroughly decomposed; peaide, if the attempt is made to incor­ porate them with the soil, they always interfere more or less with the proper preparation of the land as required for |he smaller kinds of seeds. The best way to avoid such an inconvenience is to fork over the , manure in the barn­ yard as soon as the weather will permit in the spring, separating the finer por­ tions from the coarse, placing the two kinds in heaps, each by itself. The first can be used for the vegetable garden or other crops to which it is best adapted, employing the latter for potatoes, corn or for mulching around fruit trees. If it is not wanted for any such purpose, leave it in the heaps and by being forked over two or three times during the summer, it will become well rotted in time for use the next autumn. " ' About tb« Houae. • .WABTS may be removed, says a oele brated physician, by rubbing them night aiid morning with avjaeistened piece of muriate of ammonia. They soften and dwindle away, leaving no such mark as follows their dispersion with lunar caustic. WHEN white linen becomes mildewed it should be washed in warm water, with a little borax, and then rinsed in clean water. After this it must be put into a tub of water containing a little hy­ drochloric acid; then rinsed and dried in the sua. •» . IN washing flannels, use good soft water ; make two good dean suds, by putting the soap in the water, not on the clothes i have both waters tho same temperature ; do not put very much soap in the last water, and add a little blue­ ing to it to make them look clear. Never put your flannels in f-uds in which .you have washed cotton clothes ; it makes them linty. MINCE-MEAT FKITTEBS.--With half a pound of minee-meat mix two ounces of fine bread crumbs (or a tabiespoonful of flour), two eggs well beaten, and the strained juice of half a small lemon. Mix these well, and drop the fritters with a dessert spoon into plenty of pure lard ; fry them from seven to eight min­ utes, drain them, in a napkin and send them very hot to the table. They should be quite small. To KILL ROACHES.--Pour hot water on them. To keep them out of closets, sprinkle powdered borax on the shelves, and this will drive them away. Where water-pipes are brought into a house, roaches inevitably follow, and "eternal vigilance" and plenty of powdered borax is the only safeguard against them. Every time the paper on the pantry and closet shelves is changed fresh supplies of borax should be sprinkled on them, and the same powder should be put in drawers infested with them. This will drive them at last to seek refuge in cracks and corners where the hot-water cure may be effectually tried. IN watering plants, instead of FLINGING it on with your fingers, take a brush- broom, and, after putting it in the water, draw quickly across the palm of your hand, aiming it at the plants. This throws a fine mist over them and takes off every pallida of ttasi ft- is a? essen­ tial to have the dust washed off the leaves as it is for us to wash our faces. It is also well to give plants a showering onoe a week in a tub, although hardly neoes- sary. When sprinkled every night or morning with a brush-broom, the plants need not be moved from the shelves. Choose lour Death. , Tb* peopla, eto.,vs. J. G. Wiggins? convicted for the murder of John Kreamer. The prisoner was brought into court to reoeive sentence. The court asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced against him. The prisoner replied that he was not guilty of mur­ der ; that his victim, Dutch John, was armed with a pistol at the time of the shooting. The prisoner, in conclusion, called God to witness that he was inno­ cent of murder. The prisoner was then told that the statute allowed him to se­ lect his mode of death, to be shot, hanged, or beheaded. He remained silent a moment, and then said: " I prefer to be shot." The oourt then pronounced the death sentenoe as fol­ lows : "It is the judgment of the court that you be taken from hence to some place of safe con­ finement in this county; tnat you be there safely kept in confinement until Friday, the twemfy-tb'T'! **>y of '"-.i ncTt; thut bctToen the fa«nrs of ten o'clock in the forestoou ana -'he -~{l. •? " * 3«y', Lo taliGu from your place of confinement and publicly nhot until yon are dead. And may -L.at vG•?. >vL:'.. liire > ,ctx iv&iitonly Vio­ lated, bat whose love and mercy are «M* illimit­ able ii_d boundic .3 as oieinity, have morcy on your soul." The prisoner scarcely moved while the sentence was being spoken, and manifested little anxiety or feeling at what was going on. However, when all was over, the terrible doom had been told, and he was removed from the court-room, he "let down" consider­ ably, and showed that, hardened as he was in crime, and desperate, daring and lawless as he had been, he still could feel; and as he contemplated the dreaded execution tears filled his eyes and his hands trembled. He was re­ turned to the county Jail and placed in solitary confinement.--Salt Lake Her­ ald. " Criminal Intent." A man about fifty-five years old, having red hair and whiskers, took a liking to a woman who keeps a stall in the. City Hall market, and yesterday morning, after an hour's conversation, made her an offe in marriage, explaining that he was a widower, and worth four or five thousand dollars. Thinking to have some fun at hie expense, tlie woman replied that she would talk to him if he would go and have his hair and whiskers dyed. He joyfully* trotted away, and a barber made the change. It was a sick change, and when the old man returned to the market the women up there laughed till the tears fell. " Are you making fun of me ?" serious­ ly inquired the widower. " Oh I what a man--oh! where's the fool-killer?" shouted the female who had promised to be his own true love. When he discovered that she had been trifling with his feelings he went down to the Central station and told his story. "Look at this job!" he shouted, pointing to his hair and whiskers. " Where's my twelve shillings gone ?" The captain replied that he had better go away and not make a fuss, but the old man was aroused and he footed it up to the Police court, and was last seen sit­ ting on the edge of a crippled cane-seat chair and demanding of the clerk : " I will have a warrant! It's criminal intent, I tell you, and somebody's got to suffer!"--Detroit Free Press. PASSIXtt EYENTS. A OOHOES boy swallowed a mouse the ofnei day. It went down his throat when he was asleep. When the doctor came, AND ADMINISTERED AN ' ^SISTER mouse oame to the surface all alive and squealing. .EXCHANGES from the Sierra Nevada regions say that an unprecedented quan­ tity of snow has fallen on all tho mountains west of Salt Lake. In some tof the ranges tho snow had drifted and accumulated to the depth of fiftv sixty feet. A MU has passed the Pennsylvania Tipfflfilflftlyp Ann O aVJkMAUVUJUg likbj pV>AMVU IHltjt.l penalty, unless already in practice for five years at the date of the act, to prac­ tice medicine, surgery, or obstetrics without a diploma from a chartered med­ ical school. THE feminine agitation for rights and pantaloons is by no means confined to the United States. A oongress of women Was recently held atGotha, in Germany, to advocate the admission of females into the medical profession, and the aboli­ tion o£ nkixiH, allowing women to dress as men do. ? THE Nestor of the Washington press is Eliot Kingman, native of Massachu­ setts, a graduate of Brown University, and formerly editor of a Boston paper. He went to Washington to conduct an organ for John Quincy Adams during his administration, and from 1825 to 1865 corresponded with New York, Bal­ timore and Charleston papers. He now lives quietly and leisurely at his Wash­ ington home, at. the age of seventy-six. "A SAD-EVED, pale-faoed man, with beard tangled, hair uncombed, clothes torn, and his pantaloons tucked into a pair of muddy boots, sauntered wearily into London the other evening, and wan­ dered around heedlessly gazing at the signs and mssers-by. It was poor, dis­ appointed Don Carlos." That's the way a California paper paints the baffled dauphin, who is worth $40*000,000 and lives in a palace even when he isn't at home. The San Francisoo imaginatinn in search for news is as busy as a hornet in a school-boy's trousers. THE Austrian Minister of Commeroe has just made his returns of the ao- counte of the Vienna exhibition. The total expenditures amounted to 19,123,- 270 florins and the receipts to 4,256,349 florins, the entire loss, therefore, being 14,866,821 florins, or about $8,500,000, which the State has to make good. Al­ though our own Government is secure from any losses incurred by the Phila­ delphia exhibition, the figures of the Vi­ enna show are rather eloquently and nervously suggestive to those who have invested in it. It certainly behooves the Philadelphia managers to look sharply after *he rooks that. an-j try to avoid them. s A FLAN has been devised by Congress man Cannon, of Illinois, whereby it is hoped to suppress the system of* straw bids in the award ef said contracts, as well as to prevent the buying off of low bidders. It contemplates the enactment of a law requiring that in the event of a default by one or more of the lowest bidders the Postmaster-general shall award the contract at a sate not above that named in the lowest bid, and if this cannot be done he is to readvertise, the same rule as to th@ lowest bid governing all contracts for temporary service. The strict enforcement of this zegulation, it is believed, would make straw bids un­ profitable, and encourage honest bidders to compete in good faith. THE California Senate ha« two bills of extraordinary nature in regard to the press! One'requires that the signatures of writers shall be affixed to articles, and the other that a newspaper shall retract any statement proven to be libelous. As Senator O'Connor truly re­ marked, no signature law has ever bfeen heard of before in any State in the American Union, in England, Ireland or Scotland, or any English-speaking State or natron. The two enactments are as absurd as • they are unconstitutional. The law may punish »n editor for libel, but it cannot compel hiia to give the use "77-s, "sd presses for are- traction of the libel. This is a matter for his own,(j'~"~~'<nt-an^ -snsden-ae. • THE New York World has been sum­ ming up the debts of our cities. Since 1867 the debt of Allegheny City lias in­ creased 500 per cent. ; Albany, 250 per cent.; Baltimore, 69 per cent.; Boston, $13,000,000 to $43,000,000--taxes in proportion. Chicago has multiplied her debt by three and taxes by two. Cleve­ land has quadrupled ; Detroit and Louis­ ville doubled; Milwaukee multiplied by two and two-thirds. Newark owes $5,- 000,000; New Orleans, $22,000,000. New York has quadrupled; Philadel­ phia doubled. Portland has increased by three, and Provideuoe by seven. Richmond owes twice as much. St. Louis has increased her debt from $5,- 500,000 to $16,000,000. Rochester has increased by five, and Pittsburg by four and a half. THE Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, 18 HOW on his way to New York, intend­ ing* to make an extended tour of the United States, and after that " do " the Old World. He comes in a modest way, accompanied by his wife, family physi­ cian, and three or four friends. He will be no pensioner upon the bounties of municipalities, as was the King of the Sandwich Islands, nor will his trip be a grand splurge, like that of the Prinoe of Wales in India, and of the Sliah of Per­ sia in Paris and London. He travels as any other intelligent gentleman of means and leisure would, and for the same pur­ pose. He has a thirst for knowledge, and wants to see the world. He comes to us recommended by his own behavior as a man of pood sense. The empire of Brazil is divided into twenty provinces, with an aggregate area of 8,200,000 square miles and a population of 10,- 000,000, about one-third of whom are white, the rest being negroes or Indians. The Continued Export of Cotton Goods. It is a fact not generally known that the British drills, jeans, and sheetings imported now are all stamped with American brands and the names of leading American mills. Respecting the export of cotton goods to England, the movement continues with considerable success. The number of packages shipped from New York and Boston since January 1 amounts to nearly 18,000 Phages, against 10,000packages daring the same period in 1875. It is admitted that there is not much profit in the movement, but it has a tendency to rid the^ country of a portion of the surplus oesidw giving employment to though at a reduced . °/ It is unnecessary to add uiai tne quality of goods thus exported is of a superior quality to those of En­ glish make, and jkt the same time enables me Manchester manufacturers to export their inferior goods to China, for which *8°°d profit is realized.---Boston Qtybq?. ̂ Granger Centennial Hotel. •' ' I*J»l»delphia_ letter-writer aSr&hf ' A"e ^ "irons of Husbandry, who in the Agricultural and Horticultural depart­ ment will have a good deal to do with the Exhibition, and who are likely to con­ tribute a large number of visitors from many of the States, started some time ago an enterprise which, if it is honestly car­ ried out, may recommend itself to others besides members of the order, who may not be able to endure the pecuniary "squeeze" at Philadelphia hotels and boarding-houses. The original projector of this enterprise, Mr. R. H. Thomas, perfected the plan of what is called " The Patrons' Ceatennial Encampment." in­ tended to afford cheap board to all. Offi­ cers of an association were elected, who have got the lease of a large mansion house and forty acres of land near Elm station, on the main line of the Pennsyl­ vania railroad, six miles from the biisi- n^88 pwfc of Philadelphia, and three miles from the Centennial grounds. The association is a joint stock one, whose eajMtai of Sjf>0,000 is solicited from sub­ scribers at $50 a share. According to the last announcements of the association the Board of Managers have made con­ tracts for the erection of buildings on their grounds (principally one-story), in which they propose to rent well, but not expensively furnished rooms, for $1 a day each to one or two persons. Meals will be provided at fifty cents each, but parties may bring their own provisions and still occupy rooms. Pure water, thorough police surveillance, plenty of light on the grounds, corridors, dining- rooms and offices at night, a large hiuJ for lectures and religious services, a knndry, barber-shops, cigar stands, ice­ cream saloons and other stores and shops (excepting bar-rooms for the sale of li- quews) --these conveniences are promised at the encampment, between which and the Centennial grounds and the cifof hourly trains will run, at fifteen cents to go and return. letter from a Black Hills Miner. Wm, O. Baldwin, who accompanied the Jenney expedition to the Black Hills as an expert miner last season, and sub­ sequently returned, has written the fol­ lowing letter from the Hills to Dr. Gilly- DRAB SIR : 1 returned to the" Hills last De­ cember in company with ten others. As near as I could learn there were not forty men here at that time. It is safe to estimate 3,000 men aft this date scattered over the I$lls. At tlie Sanction of Newton's fork and Bpring creek, 'adve Hollins, in company with a few othern, started what ie known aa Hill City, for winter quarters and protection should it be needed. Than are now 130 houses in process of con- Boroction and eigt ty-five occupied. Beany & Botaghton, of Cheyenne, have a thirty, five MlMpMi saw-mill rarming in the town. aggtng the well to supply the mill with water they Btrnok a bed which yielded seventy cents to the pan. iv.:r„c2 en citement. We have had bat little snow at this point, at no time exceeding five inches on the ground. The Montana Company located on "Stand­ off Bar," on claims twenty and twenty-five above discovery on Spring creek, and have been work­ ing through a pay-streak of sixteen feet on the bar. The pay is in the bed-rock, averaging over one ounce to the hand per day, with the trround frozen so that they have had to wash in hot water. Others have done equally well. I have satisfied myself as to the richness of this oountry. Frank George, a "tender-foot" that herded stock for Col. Dodge last summer, took out of Bear creek one pan containing $34--one nog> get alone being worth f 28. Tom Mallory, one of Prof. Jenney'a tried and true, took out $11 in one pan on Iron creek. Deadwood and Whitewood creeks average from twelve cents to $1 a pan, and Htili, Doctor, w» are not happy. There are now four saw-mills rtmning in the Hills, cutting ont lumber aa good as can be got in the Chitfago market. The Indians have commenced their raids on ">8. . Several :^cn'-e been.frad at -.sriicn out on the foot-hills, and two are missing.* Quite a number of horses have been stolen and crip­ pled. TJnl'z-?, -.-'I iovila are c&i'olu], nuute cus wcU^et liurt. • * , ry "WM. O, ed work, where burnt clay is nsed other­ wise than in the usual shape of brick. In the construction of fire-proof build­ ings, where it is desired to use brick to the exchiHinn of gaudstciss, gmuite, or other material, Mr. Benwick's idea of cut brick-work may give to the profes­ sion a thoroughly artistic treatment of a really serviceable material.--Amertoan Architect > % Frightful Explosion. The large hardware manufactory of H. Sanrbier & Sons, Newark, N. J., was re­ cently the scene of a terrific explosion. The small brick building in which the boiler was situated wa» blown to pieoesj and the whole range of buildings was shattered. Of a large number of men employed in the buildings two were killed outright, eight were seriously if not fatally wounded, and few escaped without injury. A portion of the boiler room was hurled into the blacksmith shop adjoining, burying Christian Zodle and Joseph Kaulpe beneath the debris. The bodies of both were subsequently recovered, but so terribly mutilated and disfigured ss ie be almost beyouu identi­ fication. Tlie engineer was taken out of the ruins alive, but so badly scalded about the face, head, and body that his recovery is doubtful. Charles Schnei­ der, the foreman, was on the second floor, immediately over the boiler, and was hurled a distance of several feet by the explosion. He was terribly cut and bruised about the head and body by the falling bricks and timbers, and his inju­ ries are of a very dangerous character. William B. .Denmar, who was in tho third story, was very seriously injured. He was unconscious and utterly helpless when taken out by the firemen. William Decker was terribly lacerated with broken glass, as were also Mr. Saurbier and his son Henry, who were in the office. Several other employes were badly but not dangerously injured. John Hardman, who was working at a rear window in the drying room, was hurled through the window into an adjoining graveyard, but fortunately escaped with a few slight bruises. Ge6. Donner, a blacksmith, was biuied beneath a pile of bricks, and badly crushed about the head and body. His injuries may prove fatal. Christian Keller was buried be­ neath the ruins, but sustained no very serious injuries. Christian Hoisehman was painfully scalded by the escaping steam, but his injuries axe not danger­ ous. The force of the concussion was so great that George E. Hart, who was driving along the street at the time, was violently hurled from his buggy to the pavement, a distance of several feet irom the wagon, and was picked tip un­ conscious,, He soon recovered, liow- ever, and was taken home. The utmost excitement prevailed throughout the city during the afternoon, and an im­ mense ihronp, withered around the scene until late in the evening. A. liearifteiading Scene. The storm which has lately spent it fury in this section left many distressing memories which will last as long as a man lives to tell them. The number of poor mariners who perished ia pitiless snow and wind storms is daily increas­ ing. On© of the most heartrending spectacles, however, was the loss of the schooner Weaver, at Glen creek N. J., with her entire crew, not a man being left to tell the tale. The wreck was seen from the life-saving station. First the officers saw a man moving about her deck, and then, in a few moments, saw a boat with six men pui off. It had scarcely been launched when the waves rom over the deck of the schooner, and in an instant the boat disappeared. She went down in a second. Afterward was seen a solitary man upon the wrecked vessel. Amid the liftings of the storm the officers of the life-saving station at­ tempted to save him. The mortar bear­ ing a life line was fired and the bomb fell over the bow of the vessel, but the sailor was too stupid, through cold, to see it, and a tremendous storm-burst caught the vessel and lifted her out of the waves. She was crushed like an egg-shell. The form of the sailor trem­ bled for a moment and then dropped out of sight. His last cry was heard dis­ tinctly, as he shrieked, " Oh I for God's sake, help!" Then the clouds of snow swept down thick, and nothing more could be heard afterward.--New York Times. f Novel Use of Brick in Building* Mr. Ren wicks of New York, ha* pre­ pared the design for a block of office buildings in Washington, to be built entirely of brick. These are of Balti­ more and Washington manufacture in different colors; and a novel use is made of the material by submitting it to the chisel in the working-out of the orna­ ment. The window-lintels, belt-courses and other prominent features are cut precisely as if they were of freestone. The fine-grained brick, it is found, cuts to a good face; and the work is more spirited and artistic than the tame mold- To tiet Bid of Household Pestl. Charles Thompson writes to the Scien­ tific American that he has not seen a bed-bug or flea in his house for many years, and adds : If an army of them were brought in mercury would speedily exterminate them; but I think cleanli­ ness is the best and perhaps the only Sreventive. The common houpfefiy 1 o not molest, believing it more than compensates for its trouble by clearing the atmosphere of effluvia and the ani­ malcules which always arise from the putrefaction of decaying substanoes dur­ ing the warm weather. So aiso with the birds, which are quite numerous here, during the summer. Instead of shoot­ ing them or setting up scarecrows to frighten them away, I throw out every possible inducement for them to build their nests in my fruit trees. The birds capture a large share of the insects in the laival state, and thus the millers are prevented from depositing eggs for a fu­ ture crop of worms. As to the loss of froit by the birds, the latter are always sure to by on hand in force in the season of ripe fruit, whether they come early enough to take the worms or not. For the residue of insects which infest my vegetable garden I find that the labor­ atory of the chemist furnishes materials fatal to them all, among'which white cr-jcnue zzq oi ike most utility. The bug or worm which cannot find vegetation ur !lrrorcd Trith theso articles •OTII seek its breakfast elsewhere, and leave my garden unmolested. A few drops of carbolic acid in a pint of water will clean house plants from lice in a very short time. If mosquitoes or other blood-suckers infest our sleeping rooms at night, we uncork a bottle of oil of penny-royal, and these insects leave in great haste, nor will they return so long as the air in the room is loaded with the fumes of that aromatic herb. If rats enter the celiac a little powdered potash thrown into their holes, or mixed with meal and scattered in their ran-ways, never fails to drive them away. Cayenne pepper will keep the buttery and store­ room free from ants and cockroaches. If a mouse makes an entrance into anv part of your dwelling, saturate a rag with cayenne in solution and stuff it into a hole which cannot be repaired with either wood or mortar. No rat or mouse will eat that rag for the purpose of ©pea- ing communication with a depot of sup- plus. THXX make leas fuss in Kentucky than in Massachusetts when a man marries hisv step-daughter. A veteran of the former State, just entering upon his sixty-fifth year, has espoused a blooming damsel of sixteen, the daughter of Ms fourth wife. The vacancy in the patri­ arch's household, which has thus been supplied, was not created by the fell de­ stroyer, but by the Circuit court of the county. Tne new wife is not, however, on visiting terms with her predecessors. MB. Eiiiiis, of Amador city, Cal.v whilO riding from that town to Sutter creek, was waylaid by three masked men, who ordered him to halt, but his horse, a high-spirited animal, took fright at the appearance of the men and ran away in spite of Mr. Ellis' attempts to stop him, though he pulled hard in the fear*that he might be fired on. He now blesses his horse's obstinacy, for it saved J which he had in his pockets. THE Diario, of Havana, estimates the Cuban sugar crops at 1,000,000 boxes, and says it is valued at $30,000,000 less thau last year's crop. A POSTAII servioe organized on the European plan is in operation in Persia. { ULiHon mas. Patau* has appropriated $387,690.55, , for city expenses the coming year. Ife-' THB revenue collections in the P«oti»^ district for the month of March waret"' , : $567,069.59, against $188,072.90 in the *V corresponding month last year. THE Hon. J. M. Hamlin, Peoria's old-? * 5 est inhabitant, died in that city a nights since, aged seventy-six years. He? had resided there since 1821. | PKOIUA had a bad fire last Saturday^ morning. The stables of a street railway company were consumed, and sevant horses and nine mules perished in flames. The loss is in the neiffht of $10,000. IN the United States Circuit court Springfield, last week, in the case Fairehild & Bingham, of New Qrlean vs. P. L. and W. S. Funkhouser, oFf^ •••••/? Shawneetown, judgment was awarded,^*-,: the plaintiff. The ownership of $40,00(>i»T worth of pork was involved in the case.r^ AT a recent meeting of the Peorie^ " Board of Supervisors, the plans of Wil- ^ .* cox & Miiier, lor the new Court-house, • V were finally aid definitely adopted. The1^ cost is to ba $217,450 complete. AfterW' *\ » tho Mnd of stone is decided on. Mid the * - contract let, the work will be com ,* menoed. - * At Paris. Edgar oounty, the odwrK; > i l day, the fury in the case of Tohnaon,^. " " charged with the murder of Stephen J.pMn,"-,:-;"" Redman, brought in a verdict of guilty,*Nf and fixed his punishment at death, The^ i prisoner sat stupefied when tb.e Terdio4jg| - wm rendered, and was led away -*isibly • • affected. 14 A BOY twelve years old, named Harrr^l Ferguson, met with a very stngnW . at Odin a few days since. He was tnra-k® ing a grindstone, when a scarf aroundjj|| • his neck became entangled in the run-g ' ning gear, and h© was pulled down solP suddenly and forcibly that his neok w«gl broken, causing death in a few seoonds.| | ONE morning last week little Harxr,lk& aged about seven years, son of W. Q.|f Fnrguson, of Odin, eight miles north ofE Centralia, met with a sudden death. ItK is supposed that the little feUow waslf - playing in the bam with a grindsfone, ̂ ~ and that his senrf, tied round his neok,!** caught in the crank, and tlie sudden,. - jerk broke his neck. He was drawn; close up to the axle of the grindstone. He was alone when the deplorable acci­ dent occurred. . Fou^iowmo is a statement of reeeiptat*- and disbursements of the State treasuryJUJ for tlie month of March, 1876 : asczipi*. Revenue fund .....9K,139.SS>:" Illinois river improvement food 571.10, School fund...,. S1I.76 Looalbond fund 4,800.00^? Total Rcvonne fund fM,9«Uara Illinois river improvement fnad.......... School fund 623.00j^ » Total .*...« 9M.0U.9fig A YOUNO man named Charles Godfrey,» alias George B, Harper, was arrested in Peoria the other night by Chief of Polioo' Kinsey and Sheriff Hitohooek The ar «* rest was made at the instance of the of Swardon & Young, wholesale boot i shoe merchants, of Montreal, Canada, jj It seems that, in June, 1875, Godfrey was doing business in Belleville, Onl, and Sealing Hgggly wtlh firm. at once he left the country for fc parts, owing bwaraon & loung aoout|| $22,000. Vigilant search has been mada for him ever since, but without avail* until a few days ago, when Hiohoook & Kinsey got on his track. The arrest said to be one of the most important ever made there, as a large rewud was offered for him. PATENTS recently issued to eitii this State : Transmitting rotary motion, * S. L. Begnal, T. B. Whittlesey, F. M.1 Goodhue, Chicago ; door-hanger, B. L. Glenn, St. Charles; drip pans for bar-t, : rels, 1). M. Haight, Oswego ; coal hodsjrj" N. Hawkins, Chicago; dinner pails, J.r;7:' H. Sullivan, Chicago ; guards for rail#" road frogs, J. EL Lakey, Turner Juncfe • tion ; tium staffs, M. Mathieson, Roc% Island Company; shoe fastenings, C. Mayries, Beardstown ; canisters, E. Nor­ ton, Chicago ; milk coolers, C. WeineiSJ* Bloomingtoii; _brush grain scourers, Hp A.'Barnard, Moline ; toy pop-guns, C.S.7"' Beer, Chicago ; harvester diuppw**, J.,T Coutter, Pittsleld ; clothes pins, S. 1 Berham, Table Grove ; gas lighters, M. , Faloon and B. H. Iasminger, McLean * county; harvesters, A. Hart, Jr., Book-' ford; ironing tables, jg. M. Hibbnrd, Freeport; sewer traps, It. J. Hughes, Chicago; thill coupling, T. T. Jones, Earlville ; refrigerates: ing apparatus, K. - Knott, Chicago ; reversible handles tor' perambulators, G. W. Marble, Chicago; * steam cookers, F. J. Shinn, Sheridan car journal box, M. W. Watson, Tonica^ whip-socket and rein-holder, J. W. Wed-; del, Mount Carroll; wind-power ma­ chine, H. Woodruff, Sandwich; hy-* drauliu elevators (reissue), O. W. Bala-! win, Chicago. r CIIABK county is loud in denunciation t of a great crime committed within its borders, particulars of whioh are given in a late special dispatch. A man' named John Cottrell, some limn font talli. married a widow Melrose, who had t«M children, both born, aged seven and, ten respectively. Ever sinoe the mar­ riage the stepfather lias behaved toward, the children in the diost brutal ji frequently driving them away from hotte* in the dead of night, when they usually t took refuge with some of the neighbors, and compelling them to go without shoes on their feet, and really without clothing upon their backs. A few nights ago he got one of his freaks on and drove them out. They were almost without clothing, and started for their uncle's, .in Crawford county. When ten miles below their home, in Clark county, the younger of the two boys gave out. His brother succeeded in get­ ting him upon a piece of ground free from snow and ice, and, leaving him, went on to the house of a gentleman by the name of James Hand, where he was taken in. His stepfather had been in tlie habit of beating him and his brother whenever they told anything of his mis­ treatment, and it was some time before he would consent to tell of his own and his brother's suffering. About this time a Mr. Sackrider came up, having found the younger brother dead where the el­ der had left him. An inquest was held, and the jury returned a verdict that the child came to his death through the brutal treatment of his stepfather. With difficulty the community was restrained from lynching the stepfather, who is wi­ der arrest. 1