Star of the Cape, 29 October 1873 IIIF issue link — Page 4

Propire oold-fromM for winleriagthe ronoK MbbogetpUnU (frown from Mrd planted last month. Bet the planta 2J inchee apart each way, and down to the leave*, prrasing the earth firmly amend the planta. Do not apply the aaabM until freeling weather. Treat eanliflowere in the aame manner. Finiah eerthing np the celery, banking the earth well np against the stalks nearly to the top of the leave*. Before tile grotthd fraane* take np and aet in trenches a foot wide and aa deep aa the planta are high, and cover with straw and board*, increasing the thickness of the covering aa the oold becomes more The more hardy kinds Of lettuce may be sown early this month, and will winter over vary nicely if eovered«ghtly with Uttar #r leave*. A tnpply ehcrald be not into the cole-frame for early spring planting. This is the beat_ season for making

that bekxpeoted to ere gold than in December, 1*71; wl — the end of that month it flnetcated hewn eight and a half and nine-per it. He had availed himself of the ■e to sell when be could get the moat it, and, with his aaonmnlated legal dera, would, in the fall, boy bonds tha Sinking Fund, aa leqmrad by r. These iiamlieess during July and Angnst amounted to only gm.350. So eertain was be of what the condition of the market wonM be in September that he had determined not toisane the usnal programme, for the aala of gold In October. AO his expectations have been more than realixed. The panic oamo before he intended to make his bond ' ises and exhaosted 1

Gold is now a drag in tha market, and .f U doubtful, say Treasury officials, whsthcr offers for sale wonld meet with any response. Orders for importations isve bean countermanded, goods arriving are placed In bond, internal revenue receipts do not show any marked im-

giant, and set ont in soil pf the richest The Iste sewings of spinsoh most be ' * 1 and thinned, end later,

000 per men

Cat squashes before the froctinjnree. , and allow them to remain in the field ; for a day or two to get thoroughly dry. Store in a cool, dry place. Handle with care, so aa to prevent bruising and

dacay.

After the boat has wilted tha sweat potato vines, dig knd allow the potatoes to lie in the snn an hour or two. In storing for winter, pack in barrels with cut straw, taking care not to injure the tubers^ as a slight bruise will often

cellar*, ition of

month. Should oold ■ compel the suspension bfloations and public t wonld be some help to the

„ -int the prospect it regarded _ very poor. Meanwhile the Secretary haa nothing to do but draw on the For-ty-foni Million Bescrve, aa HU called, and possess his sonl In patience until such time a* the demand for gold will justify his offeriSg it for sale, and with

II ready for tha:

open ground, if poeaibie; the great fall of snow and the depth to which the ground frecsee in some localities, will

I have uniformly succeeded beet with drilled wheat, and when after twentyfive year* of suoceasfol prsotioo with the drill, the fashion snddealy changed two or three years ago, and every appeared disposed to abandon it, i cUnad to follow the fashions and adh to the drilling system. The reports to the Agricultural Department bom all seotiona of the Union, clearly prove the anpenority ol wheat drilled over that broadesat I believe, however as haa

wheat too lamer known that wheat requires auu eecondary root*, the one (printing from the kernel and the other (ram enlargement of stem or bnlb just below the surface, must not be severed from each other, otherwise the growth will be feeble and siekly. Many a cron of wheat is jnjured from this cause. Where the two aeU ot rootagre close together, together "during^ex-

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1 early spring, making a >o»a which inns escape in-

JVtoy drill so that it doe* not go down too deep, covering the seed only about two inches The advantage* of drilling are that the eeed U distriboted evenly, oovored at at on" depth, and the more bee cbcnlati aUbtfiwvientherowi U also beneficial. Baled a dean, fat, and perfect pig-* head; have it out throngh tha oeo* * the forehead, and snout, and agai dsr the eyes, separating the snonl the.foreheed; sSsoheve tha eyrejids

sss aocket^tl

e may not a, with the wi

-Jem, taking c„ :S-SL“~£"L£^. is done tkt bones of — taken oat. Pat the plenty of lakewam water, draining off and adding fresh until the blood U - ivad. Bing* *

amins tha fleshy part at the snont and I lower jaw, taking off the skin, which I will now come away easily with tha knife; wash again and salt. Mix

he outstanding legal t< in to $866,000,000; and i of a few daya the annoi

if lathe

. the dafly Tresiury balance,sht ■ow a currency balance of. $30,000,000 : 822,000,000, and no appareutmjresao

bile need not be alarmed; for E y Blchardson holds that ha has the ;ht to place the whole or any portion, the 841,000,000 to Ms cash credit, _d announce, aa nsnal, the exact amount of legal tenders outstanding. Bat the question involved is, how will he be able to bring the greenback circulation back to the minimum if foreign

end the balance

at the battle of 8 haa filled me ' sitions of honor and tr ags-"

might be eat^Zahed, — vanced a pace forward and declined to subaoribe to it, for, aaid he, “I am a republican, 3 fom of g

Oriiocal Forbes, sacing that the point waa well takea, immediately erased the objectionable portion and anbatitnlcd in iU stead, “or any other that might be

, which _ all concerned, and they were forthwith mustered into service. rho wonld not i

republican waa David Crockett, —* v “*• "-'wie and that brave to foully and braAlamo_at Ban Aniqnio, Texas, in Apr!,

portico of the State House at Ansti attests the love and affection in whii Crockett and the Ill-fated garrison the Almo are' held by the people

> pour into af trade ii

The coming of the frost ^ Memphis is thus described: “ Before dsybreak hastily attired men and women, with semi-nnde c their ami, were ont in t breathing the predone air of fyiag (rest. Here, stooping —- gathered a handful of the glittering hoar-frost, which, pure and beautiful, lay upon the earth, and, gazing on it with somewhat of the gladdening apirit with which the lanelitee gathered the manna in the desert of Arabia, exclaimed, ‘ Oh, God, we thank Thee for this blessing T Other* came and touched with reverential finger* the pure, eold messenger of health, “ “ *- satisfy themaalvea, lika tha hall ing Thomas of old, that the i the eity bad not risen ’

self aays that ho ca

diet the time, and' lug aaid and printed aboct the government reenming specie payment, people forget that the interest on the publio debt must be paid in hard coin, and the

ns revenue does not yield too for the prqtacticm^of this ijart^oZ

„ Congress will find the legal tender oiroulstlon necessarily in- \ and the iaano will be aquarely »tween that body and the adminJ. Secretary Richardson ssys:— roold as strenuonsly oppose a ... permanently Increasing the legal tender circulation above the present standard as I would a bill for permanently fixing it at $886,000,000, One of two thing*—the Secretary of the “ —* • " - -a be able to suspend payment until be can accumulate currency for that purpose. If the “ waa fixed aa contended by promiSenators last winter, then the department would have been obliged to

,_„*o**l of Group* of men and worn place to plaoe to prove oy cnmuia evidence that indeed it was frost, re optical delusion; that the tor guest bad not merely i— visitations to one locality, the freedom of the city. I face, onoe a handsome wot ander babe at bar breast, knelt down on the oold ground to think that the frost had come I Poor.atri heart I the and her orphan boy we that the pestilence had spared ont once happy family. Strong men; bareheaded and bare-armed, walked excited, ly hither and tMther, rejoicing f fact that a physician bad come to the whole faculty most yield

l?or can^tho argument ^bc ^maintained _ uderi <?nring tha aummer*and cacaing, directly *r indirectly, the present trouble. The fact that the bexi^onsTtaxi iH>t«! r wonld 7 •bow’^there bo atringenoy at tha time. It might be alleged that the coarse panned would inevitably compel me to draw on

the terrible yellow fever. Window* and doom were thrown open, woolen ’ otton garments were exposed to •infecting agency of the oold and d air, and evoijrwhere in. the city

The free school system is not generally popular in Arkansas, as it is rooked upon as a Northern innovation. Perhaps the way in which the school lay

pellad the step. Congress makes the acanopristiacs; It is toe duty of the Treasury Department to eee that toe --faithfully collected and

with the disfavor withwhieh the systei ing celled to elect a trustee In a oertai school district in that State. The fa

ge of to* election, and when a voter le in he waa informed that a new traa’>0 elected, but that there waa

re wonld the sent be now If S ‘ ~ heory had been cam do not remember of a tbs — beginning of this administration when •' ‘--Unoe waa aa Ur^cM^at been seidlshonld have held the currency and not the bonds.

imperative, and not of my making; and it is my duty to cany ont the law* governing the Treasury Department, regardless of publio criticism. If Oougreas should enact that the logs! tender circulation shall not exooed the present minimum, then it would be the duty ol the Secretary of the Treasury to a reserve Urge enough ont of the 000,000 for any emergency; sue wonld contract the volume p* 825.000,000 or $80,000,000- I h the least doubt but $10,000,000 000,000 at to* *-

of twelve iMlars. prisoner on being brought onboard' “—■’ is to his name and re registered, after which he I for weapons *Bd mouey. Many were toe device* resorted to toy

wee the last of Has while a email portion eventually be of great sen obtaining favor from hU guards. Clothing and bedding theywer* mi tied to retain, and however they might be, no more while on bo - • •

quite cold mom being -• thoughtful io door, the te. to deoelfy with . ordinary rapidity. All of the party around themdea of toe room, and such a way as to taka in toe atom ourself. A dreadful silane* ast all, distnrbed only owiarioMlly^b^a

rhiie on board'toe prison-ship. ^ He would be then ordered down he bold, where from a thousand to .waive hundred men were congregated, covered with rage and filth, and ghastly from breathing the pestilential air; y sick with typhus fever, dysentery small-pox, from which the vessel never free. The prisoners were' divided into meases of six each, who, every morning at the steward's bell reemaed'

. ibliged either to i it raw or go hungry. Articles suited to the eondition of infirm people were never allowed to the many sick, although the officers and crew had them in profusion. The prisoners were confined in the two lower maindecka, the lower dungeon being filled with foreignera^ who were^ treated vith even Every morning the prisoner* greeted with the err of “ Rebels, out your dead I" The order was obeyed, and the bodies of those who bad died daring the night were brought up upon the deck and placed upen the gratings. If the deceased had owned a blanket, any prisoner was at liberty to sew “ around the corpse, after which it wt sent on shore to be placed in the con mon ditch with those of the day pr The prisoners were allowed upon deck in sqnsds until snneot, when they were sainted with the ‘— *

“ Down, rebels, down .

When the order of “Down, rebels, down l" had been obeyed, the main hatch was closed, leaving s small trapdoor, large enough for one man to aaeend it at a time, over which a sentinel waa placed, with orders to permit but one man to come np at a time at night These eentinela were often giulty of toe most wanton cruelty. One night while the prisoner* were h- ’ 1 ’- -’ about the grate of the hatchway tala fresh air, awaiting their go on dock, the sentinel thraat his bayonet among them, killing twenty- ” * **"’ ’--r, which outrage, to

.—i frequently repeated, itantly Becking to escape, hat ton might one day

rothen

” says the autko Talbot, “ wer lent on board th

cherished 1

•* Two^yoimg i LuW 'fr’ 1 ''

tirsi delirious. One night as his fast approaching, he became i

sensible, and, lamenting his hard fate and the absence of hie mother, begged for a little water. His brother, with tears, entreated the guard to give him *™c, but all in vain. The tick yoath

toon in hit last struggles, wtc **— her offered to* guard a gain >bh of * candle only that ho might ■ light to eee him die. Even this refused. 'Now,' said bo, dr ' Ain, * if it please God that I' in my liberty, I’ll be a most bitter

•~ay.’ He regained hie liberty, rejoined the army, and when *'

ended, be had eight large and

on hi* rifle-etock.

But in spite af all their severity and

atohfnlneaa

...a SSHSL^, foundmiaaingwithontthoslightest indication ol their departure, for toesplrit of w—a.— . j—•— e was not wanting even dens of pestilence and famine. One day the Jersey's prison-

obtained a crowbar, which

There la lcee chivalry among the New York yachtmen than among the olden knights. For instance, the Dreadnanght .v- ->-->• p fairly last fall.

. „ be ready called upon to do *o . opening of toe subsequent yachting season and the 16th of Gotoher. The Dreadnanght jnat port from a recent r— ’

the claim that both the challenge cap and a 81,000 cup privately wagered •hall belong to the winner. In view of this fact that toe Dreadnanght waa really disabled, and --*-*““*—‘ : ~

iClnb, to*

challeargf^ *nd'm*!fl#d 1 to* Dreadnanght of his Intel over the racing oaurae, ana assert his claim to the two c too, in spite of a f- —

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At the baby show at Maneheater, N. H., the following peemtama were given: A fine gold nacklaoe to Mrs. 3. H. Stevepa, of Bedford, for a boy under air months; gold cup to Mrs. Henry J. - -

* secretely obiah *y artfully oonc indy and mormy

I, toe beat of-

dssperataly but vainly strove to remedy. We essayed onoe or twin* to look Into

the faces of th* company, but ■' better of It, and picking out i the wall where the paper had Off; fell to studying It - ' wt. Tha p*—

1 m great drop*, and

uBtotoer got tired, the drops silently rolled down our fr —

would hare got outs handkerehi we oheriahed the hop* that k

iuthe party waa not looking at us, dreaded to make any movam

fear of attracting hi* attention, toe bergamot and asset oil with

we had generonaly fed our look*, with

a view togntoxioating the i *—alee in attendanoo, -

e forth, and start doi neck for fresh pastures.

! waa at this juncture, the

— stove haring become almost able, that-the lady of toe bouse inquired if the stove was not too warm for the

gentlema test that fortably

month hi „ - , the words most have got lost in the erevieaa. But we smiled amah a smile. perhaps, as a sick m " '

with an undertaker, to inquire after him

this point we becam. "»r. It ana pressing against

f onr nglk With the ardor of draft, and one end had broke

button and waa eoaring majestically heavenward. Wo could feel " crumble and fall down on both eidea, id every time wc put onr hand np, kioh we began to do quite often — account of toe eold thrill it gave ns, . found It spotted with' the vitality of ‘hat collar. The other people oomeneed to whisper, and look np at the ■Ring, and put their handkerchiefs in ■eir month*. We thought of killing •cry one of them on the spot, and iding their bleeding remains in th _dlsr; but we lacked the ooolnes necessary for anoh an undertaking, a account of that infernal stove, and a “ — —* 1 it on smiling t Suddenly, whe in the midst of what was probably lost maniacal leer, the collar parted at is back, and one side dropimd down to floor, and the other swung around to

front. A shriek of laughter bn rat

n the company, and we bolted home. Seeing the advertisement of the ■bury paper collar, manufactured by

inard, Davy t Go., of Bo*ton, re-

. *,», « Jk ; wavrar’a esaar sauar ! ore extracted therefrom without the use ; of Alcohol. The ijueetion Is almost “ - daily asked. “What Is the cause of tho ;

It appears that ilie gale in question hid originated in much lower latitudes than those of Nova Scotia, and speeding on its way from the tropica north-

ward, mure wept the angolaof the Continent of which 1

~ Breton and Newfound—__ pal ca, which a trike from “

inshore, can only *— 1 — ing the earliest ml

Is arriving at the Atlantic porta ring them for gmrpoaes —* i For connecting*the Signal Office with the lighthouses and v lintahlpa **-—last by tolegrapbio csble ongnt i

robatuy will, facilitate such fo and open toe way for their I

„ ur uaafulneaa and aeouraoy. It with great pleasure we observe that o of the enbjecte under consideration the Tienna Meteorological Congress is

ircSn.vJ.'erSigS 1 assKriss::';'."£jS! Si-SSaajJ

Is healtb. They are th* great , ■ blood purifier and a lUb-gtring principle, ' _ i a perfect Renovator and Inrlgonuor at* aSDs. Agee anti.

ShMfwtoBal Tl*»OA**BrTTias are Aperient. Dlaphoretio, ! . »hyh*»F.*U”»ra_'«**Lg!r. , g. l *..T***8 SSS SBSBSS’SSRaiSR

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DR. RAD WAY’S

Sapsaprilliai Sa^ilTait

Every Day an Increase in Fleah and Weight is Seen and Felt The Groat Blood Purifier

•a* •UwMlMot Itonb atlartslauiwll

Tumor of 12 Yeen' Growth Cured by Badway’s Eeeolvent / •" $1.00 PER B01TLE. ^

Rained by a Reaping fiachlne. few yean ago a firmer lived me, who, being ont of debt, we- — high road to prosperity. He promise of s magnificent crop of wheat Borne week* before It wsa time to cut it, mt came along one day sellii , J reapers. "A beautiful o wheat you've got there,'’ he

T. « reckoned 'twonld

who had died. In December, 1780, a daring and sueoeasfnl escape waa made from the Jersey by four Yankee captains. The beat boat of the ship had returned from Now York about

Isaaly fastened at the gangway, with the toe mortgage he oars aa board. A storm prevailed, and il •“ *■

the wind blowing down the river produced an immense tide. At a given rigd a party of the prison*— —

note. And •till be

that instead of reducing l obliged t« increase

.* until in tba end be had to sell ant, take new land and begin

1 the ship's

ing* of which were slipped by friends. The boat paaaSdoae, the bow at the ship, and waa at*

d« the ship, ai

a distance from nor neiore at toe foranestle gave the ah

— — in the deayereto hope rf regp^ng thetttibe^

’ T.wfcidi

iirst-cla** machine— »t have been u*ed aatifit bra paid for .. ,._nt *ny money now," e agent, temptingly, and i^apncn and paper he ahowed lint fflUch. the farmer would hare to pay cutting M* wheat this year, how h grain he could out for other people. and, in abort, that before be woald have to *— **- *- '■> have ear H for it, and eull half wc— —| story short, — purchase the reaper, and gave au uoutote for it—that ia, a note aeoomwith a statement of property, in this State ia equivalent to a The machine arrived in due time: it worked well, and my neighbor waa able to out bis crop himself instead i a reaper.' Then he did it for other people, but aa •everai in the neighborhood had also pul machines he did not "go out" a* much is he expected. At lan„ note matured, but he had no money with whioh to pay. He had v *-*-■ *- hie family, and had not' hk crop as he had ax pec --- — —a tony, and, after a good deal of beriion, “supposed" that il the farmer aid not pey, toe time would have to extended, bat in that ease he should — *» charge 20 per cent, interest 1 1 much rather have th* meney ' “ - - -he note wee

The final

twice, but, finally, likel^toharc

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Touching Anee'.ote of “A fine old Engliah gentleman aiSEUSiSsS ten a very entertaining book of iniecta, in one.chapter of whiOh Jfc'a'orftic ae- ■> he “ eleretoa toe eharaotor of the er.” Il ia pleasant, at any rale, to blow that he haa fouad out enough about the creature’! reeling to el—— -) in the direction of merey. ■ briefly a* follow*: “ Mr. had been in the habit of immera- ■ preservation his different apedif apidera and ants in bottles of L He ini ‘ - ' ’■* for a few minute that they were a Ou mu rmaurinu . large femalewpUer and twaity-fewr of her your •*■-* •“ '— 1

He pot

bolimd

she folded her legs up

- ■ Hethen.