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THE HOUSEHOLD. CURING HAMS. Tb principal thins n curing hams is to gel them just salt enongb to keep, and not so wit a to in jure the flavor or cause them to lwoine JiarJ. My plan of curing is as follows ; When the ham are trimmed, rub each one with tolerable fine salt, mod pack in tightca-ks holdins about 150 gallon. Make awect pickle by using one and R llf gal lons ofXew Orleans molasses or its equivalent in sugar, and six ounces of powdered saltpetre to forty gallons water.with salt enough to make the pickle float a potato when it is nude. Let it tand until the senm rises and it bkiinmed ofl. Have the hams in the cask weighted down s-o they will not rise when covered with the pickle. They should remain in the pickle from five to six week-. i a .. Ar Ka r!a If posed tofreeang weaU.er. th.y will euro much l-,.-fi,. i.r,l!.r Some leiotis take their i AnAA t- fuiViiml stir the brine; thi is a good plan when one can Mre the time, as by long standing it gros weaker towards the top. When tte hams are finally taken out nne them in clear water ana nang up m ary reaay lor uie , fmoke-houte. Smoke them with dry hickory -vj It; vood. u. o-.n ..m.ic ,..t dtYkM are the best size for family u-e. They .-hc.uld U-. to lift More the body could be removed, as near uniform weight as jwtille in eh nk, :i (je iM)y ri.cguizcl as that of Win. II. larger ham require more time in pickle. ! p.rrdlev, 110 Kckford Street, Jirooklvn. Canvassing ban little or nothing to do vith the - .-... ham's flavor; it isonly neeessarj as a protection j Ihe mother of the boy keep, a ,,e vs ..t.nd from insectsnd should Ulon-inall -esUf..n- at JJarclay Mreet fetrr, ami 'nt him yts the weather is warm enough for their aj'.irHii.-'. tcrdav -ifternoon'. :s uJial, for the last tili Soon after smoking, wrap each ham in ..: w ; . ' . evw,j,, ,,alcrA He did not re- orown paper ana fer. ii uji in mimii ; eotton ciotii oni ie up m a cotton j ttyear. Tlie can-1 to suit the size of the ham, or ti hag, that it may Iks used the next vassed hams ot the west are sewea up eioeij y a 1 showing the snap... ot u,e nam an.. mp,K,. in a wiesn Xliaur til mm." aiiu an;r1i;"HiMni mi vii made of lime and water, colored with yellw i i. When huii" up they soon dry, and the I ; closes the interstices of the intiMin, the ochre. wash whole forming a perfect protection against tlie- hugs, Ac. For the farmer's use, the lings are )uite aafi made of firm, thick muslin and tied securely. if J.ADVCAKE. Tlie whites of eight well-leatcn eg-, two oup fuls of white sugar, two and three-quarters cuj fuls silted flour, two-third cupful of butter, one half teaspoonful of flourdissolved in a little water, one teaspooniul cream ot tartar sifted into the flour, wtth bitter almond. TEA CAKE. One egg, one and one-half cupful-! euc.tr, one halfcupful of butter, two and one-half cupfuls flour, one cnpful sour milk, one-half tca-jKionf:il Kda, flavor with lemon. DRIED RUSK. One pint of warm milk, two eggs one-half tca cnpful of butter, half cuplul yeat, one tcarpooii- fulofsalt. Set a sponge with these ingrelients leaving out the eggs, and stirring m flour till you have a thick hatter, early the next morning add the well-beaten eggs and flour enough to enable you to roll out the dough ; let this rie it: Ihe bread howl two hours, roll into a sheet nearly an inch thick, cut in rnnd cakes, and arrange in your Inking pan two deep, laying one ujmmi the othercarefully, let these stand for another half an hour, and hake, divide the twins. thu leaving one side of each cake soft, and filing them loo-ely in a pan. set them in the oven when the fir i de clining for the night and leave them in uut.'l morn ing, put them in a clean mulin lag and Iiau-; them up in the kitchen, they will le fit to eat on flie third day. CURE l-OR INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION. Live temperately, avoid liquor, take a daily sponge bath, wear flannel next the skin, and take every morning one-ptnt of fresh milk from the cow, mixed with a wine-glass of the exprered juice ol green hoarhound. A ersoii whoha tried this remedy says "tliat four weeks' ii!-e f thi hoarhound and milk relieved the pains of my breast and gave me the ability to lireath Jeep, long aud free, strengthened and harmonized my Voice and restored me to a better state of health Uian I enjoyed for years." The remedy, to lie cflective, must be continued for some time. EXTERNAL PILE REMEDY. - Carbonate of lead, one-half ounce; sulphate ot morphia, fifteen grains; stramonium ointment, one ounce; olive oil, twenty drops. Mix and ap ply three times a day or oftener, as the join may require. TO KEEP THE FEET WARM. Trevious to retiring at night, and liefore un dressing, remove the stockings and rub the feet and ankles briskly with the hand. During the day wear two pair of stockings composed of different fabrics, one pair of silk or cotton, the other of wool, and the natural heat of the feet will be pre served, if the feet an; kept clean, and the friction of the same is not omitted at night. Resolutions of Bespect. At a call communication of Equity .Lodge No. 26 of A. O. of U. W. held Dec 21st 1877 The preambles Fere unani mously adopted. Whereas, in view of the loss xcc have RUsiained by the decease of our friend and Bro. Geo. B. Kehn, and of the the still heavier loss sustained by those who were nearest aud dearest to him therefore be it aolted, that it is but a just tribute to the memory of the departed to say that in regretting his removal from our midst, we mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our respect and regard. Resolved, That we sincerely condole with the family of the deceased on the disjieiisa tion with which it has pleased Divine Providence to afflict them, and commend them for consolation to Him who orders all things for the best, and whose chastisements are meant in mercy. Resolved, That the heartfelt sympathy of this lotige be extended to bis family in their afflictions. Retained, that these resolutions be spread on the records of the Lodge, and a cop thereof be transmitted to the family of out deceased brother and to each ot the daily p4pers. Dax Grow, S. A. Wright, VCom A. J. Leece. This order attended the funeral of young Kehn in a body Friday. Shut Your Mouth." Catlin tanght the world the importance of (hutting the mouth and breathing thro ugh, the none. It wonld seem that ids little book entitled "Shut Your Mouth" i bearing fruit in Germany, where new thoughts receive more attention from phys icians than anywhere in the worlp. ltcspi ration by the mouth is easier than by tin nose, but is not so safe. The nose to a cer tain extent fits !he air for entering the lungs. The sense of nmell warns us against breathing an air loaded with poisonous va pors. The moisture of the nasal cavities to some extent saturates the air, and make it lees irritating to the throat and larynx. The mucus of the nasal passage and the hairs catch the dust before it goes far enough to harm. On tlie other hand, breathing through the mouth dries the throat, and in children may cause false croup, catarrh, and it may so effect the Eustachian tube as to cause injury to the ear and deafness. Clifford's Febrifuge. In the care of fever and ague this remedy displays extraordinary powers. Properly used, no case can resist it, and other diseases of an intermitteat character, including that most distressing disease, periodical neu ralgia, have been found to yield, with equal certainty, to its influence. It eradi cates all malaria from the system, gives toae and vigor to the whole body, and pre veata disease from becoming seated. Try Clifford Febrifuge; it is sure, safe and speedy in ita action. - You will never re gret buying the fir bottle, and jou will fcave discovered a f rica you caaaot aflord to loae. J.C.Bicra&wv tw. i? .i v- .11 --- - - Foclebyall draggw St. Louis, DANGER IN THE GUM DROP. Later from the Candy Factory Accident Graphic "Recital of the Scenes Witnessed at the Place of the Accident. Thelos of life Thursday night hy the liar-1 clay t-trect fire ami explosion iitill undeter mined, but it is believed that fully lorty ' . . i I . .1 Imniiitli tit. nni2 foodies now ne uurm-u .v The removal of the dokris, which was le gun at two o'clock, lias proceeded fo far that the ftrcet is clear to the out!dc of the sidewalk. In front of the ruins, on the opposite fidewalk, lying under a blood-.1 stained tarpaulin, are the IkhIio of A JIAXAXD CUV, ...i. ... .. ti;nc r.n iJ,- morning. When found, the - I lilies were . u.g ijotli una oeeii evi'ieiiiiv mhhu heavy Monccoping, which Mill by sciws ( the hoyV face, nnd wlnci it rM nectary . . . , . Uirn, and va, U is now evident, psM-uig the faclorv at the time of the explosion. TWO m-xDUEI) WORKMEN' bcsI(,ci! firemtn are ,,;inK in the ruins, .... , , , and a strong police force i needed to keep back the "jrcat crowds that are pressing down upon them. The ruins could not be more complete that they are, fur scarcely a fragment of the wall is standing, and in deed none, whatever, on the ground occu pied hy the. main building space, of about one hundred feet square. Early to day 3IOTHKft, FATHERS, SISTERS and friends of the wounded and missing besieged the porter's room of the New York hospital, making inquiries for tho-c whom they fought and pleading for admission. Tlie resident physician on duty since seven o'cloek last evening deeming it quite neces sary for the newly arrived inmates, gave orders to only admit a few of the appli cant, directing others to call in the after noon when the wounded would he in a proiicr condition to convene. Three of the number had been enveloped almost from head to feet in bandages and two had their hair burned s-o close to the scalp that with their swollen and blackened features they rusEMW.i: XirfiROES. Tiieir mothers have bc-n standing it the door since four o'clock in tlie morning. making vain inquiries for their mining children. At lar-t, when one of tlietrickcn creatures was on the point of leaving in despair, she encountered her daughter at the door. The meeting was touc'iing. After a long embrace they separated and the young girl was afterward jietmitted to go up to the male ward, where she imparted the news of the safety of her brother to one of the maimed patient., who had woiked with her in the shop. CRIMINAL CAREI.lirs'N'ESH. The Evening .TW says that in addition there are about eighteen missing persons whose names wore retried to the jwliee last night. Three were reported this morn ing. Josephene Shepanl, age 22; Augtwta Linder and John I). Anham, agtf about -10 years. I'hilip llcrtsbach, engineer in the factory, has not been seen r-iucc the explo sion. His wife says that her hubaiid, on his return from work Monday night, told her that one of the tubes of the boiler or some pipe connection w th it, he was not sure which, had bursted. That he had pnken to Greenfield, paying the break was dangerous, and might cause an explosion if it were not repaired, and' that Greenfield told him they must TRY TO C.ET ALONG with it as it vis until Sunday, owing to the pressure of business. Mrs. Ileitzoach said her husband was greatly disturbed in mind on account of this, often referring to it dur ing the week.and saying he was afraid every morning to go to his work. Yesterday morning, when he left home, he told her he never expected to see her again. Hcrtzbach was 35 years old, and lived on t32nd street. Two men who rescued two girls say they had been told by workmen in the starch room, on the second floor, that the fire was caused by the upsetting of a kerosene lamp in the room. They asserted that the finely powdered starch used in the manufacture of gitm unors WAS EXl'LCSlVi:, and that the explosion was caused in thi way. They did not believe the boiler ex ploded, asserting it would have blown up the sidewalk beneath which it was situated. A man named Slein says he went down to the boiler room only about five mintrcs be foit the fire occurred to obtain a can of wa fer. Hcrtzbach, the engineer, was then at liis pot and raking out fire. The total Ins is$4jS,000; insuniice, S:K55,000, well dis tributed among thirty-seven Eastern and foreign companies. A legal point has been made by the representatives of some of the inuruice companies, which have rir-ks in the Greenfield building-!. They hold that inasmuch as hy the terms of the policie-. companies are responsible only for damages occasioned by fire, and the explosion oc curred before any Ihe was discovered, the value of tlie property destroyed mut lie oa-ed upon its condition at tin: moment tween the explosion and the fire which it occrninned. f he coroner cmpannellcd the: fury this afternoon, but h.is not decided ' when tlie inquest was to be held. ! THE SCESE OP THE TIRE ! was alluminated bv two huge iHin-fites. and ! twenty five men wero engaged in remnvinu the debris by the basketful from tlie miii. The firemen were hii-y all this evening till eleven o'clock endeavoring to extinguish two large streams ot fire which came from the gas mains under the fir-t ihr of Greenfiielos building, and so heated every thing within a dozen tctt of them that it was impossible to. continue work. The fireman finally reached the main pipes and succeeded in stopping the burning cas. a woman's imiss and child's apron were found early in the evening, but no traces of bo-lies were found near them. Streams of wp.ter are playing upon the ruins. A large force of police men are Kecpinz hack the crowd who have gathered to watch the searchers. Several of the wounded "WILL PROBABLY DIE. The following is the list of the missing persons who undoubtedly jKrished in the ruins: August Drauxler, T.J. Gresach, Fred Koeber, Albert Krumtnery, John Krnmmery, Mrs, Mary Itodham, Joseph ine Shepard and "Wni. Stark. ftUM Jinors 1)1 1 IT. The boilor inspector, Hartcr, of the sani tary squad made a report to Superintend ant Walling late this evening. The pur port of which is that he went to the build ing, at io.C3 Barcley street, and Miecceded in finding the steam boilers, and found that they were intact aud also that every-j tmng connected with the steam apnratus is in good order. Ihe inspector stated that one of the copper tanks filled with material for making candy must have exploded. i - .i t . . i . . . ureaKiPR ine Kerosene lamps wuti wmcu lnc uuuuing a iigmeu ana scattering me burning fluid in every direction. 8 t i !u: l r i j i FLEA BITES. Jku.hnm l.uys her pork at five cents a pound. i!rcan?e. Where docs Mrs. I'onhatn buv it?"' ! -Thirty Texas nw.npe .have climb- wl the golden stair within the Inst year. That's to sav nothing ..f Uiihc that crx-.' alfairii lli It wf ntr u1iilf f In ill- rilrer Ulai,it, wilI, the slicri(r at 1C fnllt j,,,,,.. A crown costing $100 will Ik presented in tlm vii-liirin tlio tournament rliii-li entius , oil at Cueio, early in January. And vet Cinrge Francis Train i obliged to '.voi 5V along with a pluii hat. Yon can 'buy silk stocking--, with lace y:v "" " something siilsfniiti:il , ,f . ,i of spring steel, and a rear wall of boiler j iron it is no use to talk about art. The edilorof the Jefferson City Irluunc netted $1 ,16'tA'.)2 o2 by bis recent lecture on 'Tramps." It is, understood that he will either start a bank at Appleton Cily or build a narrow gauge railroad through ' ... - o. r - r , l IsatWU.H.v.-.. M:tr,,n. No sir ; Tennie is going to put it where it will .to the niot goo.I-at compound infer- j est. Legislature meets next winter, and he will start a lioiieuitan soup iioihc. Mrs, O.ttes was marrieil at fifteen. .Most people get married at half-past seven. Wc see a good many receipta "to cure J ham." It ain't often hams get sick, but j we struck one in the last stace once. Oh, j , . , 11-. ! mm : uui uur iiwu rcuieiimeiB miiu ui. ' To remove foreign bodies from thei thro.it an hnnUs 1 naval riirgtsin recoin-. mentis blowing forcibly into the ear. Perzuetly. Cut do you suppose a fellow's i got an ear like an elephant's trunk ? There ! ain't hut one or two men in Missouri who can wrap the flap of their ear around their mouths and blow in it one of them is II. Martin A illiatiH, and he never had any- thing but wind in Im throat, anyhow. 'The IVor Old Tramp' was xvell play- rd at a parlor mu-ical eiiicrtainmpiit in Detroit, the other evening. T.lah llhde. But for that matter, poor old tramps are ; pretty well "played everywhere, about , now. j A gMl article of Fquaw is qnoic.l at Yankton at c and a blanket. Hatrhy. VOUJlgtst only SIX weeks old at t he The blanket would lie a big price, let lime ot tlie murder, being the third, alone ?7. Hut then they could git al,m- Norfolk's last evening on earth was. without the moner, for there is no xvarmth tFt in devotional exorcises; he re in the wealth. The blanket would keep ! -'"PPer. ehoosing firit to lor squaw from freezing. ! 0 f,,r . S Tin: TitYixrt oi:oi:ai. The little villaic of Atttivcrp, ewj York, contains sixty-uvo widows.-i:r-! of to-day by spiritual rather than ch'tngr. 'bodily nouri-hment. At S:"0 p.m. No book agent or sewing machine man. ' he related to his spiritual advisers the thev sav, ever goes into the place without religious change he hail experienced, coming" out dea-J or married. j T1 preachers left him at 10:.0 p. m., land i.nmcdiatelv after he pravetl long "Silence in the court rMhinidercd nj.j ft.rvealv J,v him-elf." At 12 Kentucky jmhze, the other morning "Half! ,( " r " 1 - 1 i a h zen men have Wen convicted alreolv cloc;C hearoe from his devotlons.aiid without the court's having been able to askcn Has-ett. the night watchman, for hear a word of the testimony. Courier- ham and bread. He ate greedily, and JturnaK ; retired at 12:4.1a. in. . lie arose again -Life is mnde up of sunshine aad ami failtilgtil religious devo- -hadows. Jw Jiilnnf. ' tions until S:l-.. About five shadows to one sunshine. j SERVICES IX" THE CELL. . I At 9 o'clock the clergvmen con- -At the Baltimore baby-show "two-. t gervic in the ilonnietl man's thin is of those present were well known t ,, ., - , - old bachelors Ei. jccJ'- " ""e the services were Iwing W..11 -t tr , b-.l,r cbnir where at least half of them were not well t .,. t i i , ti ti I i ; ,, , ... ., - . - " ' 1 We hear of one man the first of hi"; kind who loves to hear an organ grind., . - - - r- - t 1 I ns name wjoaijuin .unier-a !Kei nn.i a . , funnv "feller." JCr. A miller always likes to hear anything; grind, but this fellow is Joaq-uin. j iJill Shtltc was a member of the Twen-tv-sixth. While the bovs crowded around the old ffog at a recent reunion, Hill, with an irrepressible humor, called out : 'Boys. I am no speaker, hut there's a blamed ight more of you here than I ever saw in a fight." This brought down the houe. Thelirgest bell in the world is in the temple of CI ars, in Kioto, Japan. Unlike the great bells in Pekiu and Mocow, it is whole, and its tone is as perfect and as sweet as when first sti-pended. Where and by whom it was cast was not known. Chinese and Sutscrit diameters completely cover it; but they arc not translatable by Japanese scholars. It is twcnty-fctir feet high, and sixteen inches thick at the rim. It has no clapper, but is struck by a sort of a wooden battering-ram on the outside. Sitting Bull never perpetrated but one? jouc. mat was one day last autumn, , when he sat down on a cluster of clover, in ; which there lingered the bumble. Lee of all I H ii.tiiii Ie : up . his thumb -md finger, "this ,s the Indians hummer. And no one laughed and no one said any thing, nor asked him to j say it again and say it real slow, and the j lorest monarcn witiuirew ins canl lrom the Ii.rairnnl.nh:1 nuuii.ln.i, ....1 T-1 1 . again. Down m Southeast Missouri they are using the telephone, in place of the tele graph. Jackson is a town twelve miles from Cape Girardeau, aud not being able to induce the telegraph company to give them a line and an office, the people have put np the telephone, and are now on shaking terms with the outside world.! '"erawKCT,ni inuwmiiiea witu great rSm-S r5IB. ' .IT 1 I mm oe sjieeuuy ie tea eisewiiere. The people of Kansas City are noon to" have an opportu nity to pee and learn all about t'nia wonderful discovery. Professor W. K. Kedzie, of the Kansas State AgricuIturBl college, will lecture on the telephone, with experiments, before the Kansas Lity Academy of Science on the evening of Saturday, December 29, innant. He has twenty of tlie instrument of various sixes, and will not only give ttie science of the system, but many interesting experi-sents. t. ,,.... l. . l .j ti. .......i : . Ihewarrmr with atig that marked one .n,l,,"r. ,n :V,,,eh hC fj fc hundrnl and uinetv degree, in the coolest "1 C?,verlf CO!m i'j . , -V. 1S;j2' , i -i. . , . jShnrtlv after his birth his parents, place, ami with a inightv owl the duel- i t. , 1 ... - " i r i . u'" ut'rc reliL'ious petiple. moveil to tain ro-e up in the air and felt around lor'.i- . i ' 1 .in... , . . .... ... . , s this countv, where he iuarriel .Sallie, bis tormentor, "ow is the winter of our i ii ; i t. t i ,. , . . 'tlie eldest daughter ot Mr. Johnson. if lcfiftl0tlt " It Ciinl lirilifttirr tint at- ' .... c .... ... . TnE SCAFFOLD. Henry Norfolk Executed at An napolis, Md., on Friday Last Ho Killed Ilia Wife Because He Loved Her Sister. Annapolis, Mi., Dec. 21 All the ' preliminary nrrnii"enients for the exe cution to-day of Henry Norfilk, con demned to death for the murder of hi wife, Sallie, were concluded yes terday. The scaffold was within the jail yard and hut a limited iinmler were admitted within the inclosurc. The grounds surrounding the jail, however, being elevated. the ih:eaih:i ii-:i:i:monii:s were Witnessed by fill linr.lCIVHi crowd, jnf which the colored pOIUlhltlon frilied no inconsiderable part. TIlC t ilKttfl Pin i2t rt ntfnl 'iftor t ltiV ; pattern, the drop heinjr of a new and 'peculiar nrratmemetit and the fall ! three and a half feet. The prisoner's cell window overliMkel the site where j the workmen were engaged yesterday , In erect ir.g the .c: Hold, hut .the doomed i :" utialde to nerve himelf to witnc-their lahor. The hantnierinir .lfllipjl to j,;, teTIWt anl the coii- i'lcmncl man moaned und went like a 3 a1.1jl I lira Slff ril f WIS 111 H 1 t f III I ntl jine - uinoi .nay insi. near r rivini;iiij, :.t e i i? ' in tins county, miner circumstances narrated hy the prisoner as follows: Tim r;:tsoxi:i:s vuksiox of the chime. I left mv house at 7:50 in the morn inir, mv wife leaving ahotit the same tune. She went to the tohaceo hed f J,, ., ,H(k (inj;n.Ilt iKrtin' from mvsclf. We j()th t o .,u, loKPCO tJ:e c.une t;me . j cul .jJC d,! Jam I nave her the hasket after I cut the plants : she started tor home ahead of me; when I gave her the la.kctshe viid shn lid not think thero were li'?!oii"h tfreetisr wheti she reached the i,e0(.j, ,rce niIlit.r wj,jc, sj,e J:;ilcd. raised the club T) KII hut mv neart faded me ami I could , . ... c .1 nut do it: when we t?ot out ot the wo.mIs I told her to come hack and I .......1.1 rr .or snroiitsr when wo returned tiie second time from the .,dj-nvo jj.(,p , hed, as wc reached the beech raided the cluhaud struck her tl, Ju.:id : she fell : her Iwilliet fell t,e l,:lket slipped down, and then sj,e attempted to rise, and looked at m?, hut did not speak or cry out ; 1 jlpwe horseventl more blows. j THE PKISONT.!: At XNOWI.t:i::t) that his motive for committing the (.rimeww J, nation for his wife's lKti,c.u vcari old, with whom ,e WCt)mQ inf.tttiato.1 : he w:l also exasperated with hi-wife because 'she had so manv "ill babies. t!ie uiniuiiv;ieu, UlC .UUUIIll UC jail to fully J.000 leople. Once iuwoouen rooi gave wav wun us loan jiiF htimauitv, and it went cra-Iung to the ground. Shortly afler 1 1 o'clock the march of death was made from .Im 11 fn tin. svif7nlil ;itul in l..u.l i ' - . Vrtrn,lL- ,,v1.. ,1,W3 THE SPEECH FItOM T!IE SCAFFOLD. 1 Ie said : 1 hope my presence here will be a warning to all voting men am here to hang for the murder of my wife ; but my sins arc forgiven, and thank God, I am going to glorv. I have gained remission of mv crime, good friends, and I feel that when life leaves mv bodv, mv Savior will take mv soul home with him. I am going home to glory glory in Heaven. COOD-IIYE ALL. He next thanked his counsel, saving thev had Iron like brothers to him Sheriff Wells then pinioned the priso ner, during which process he again 1 .111 i rit snouted goou-nye to ine crown, i no white cap was then put on, the noose adjured, and an instant after the trap was sprung. J he rope Hipped, and the prisoner struggled and kicked : painfullv for over seven minutes. He I raised his pinioned feet behind until j he struck his hodv with thorn, and 1.1 1 - a ,,un remained quiet, unit only a "l""s " i'lu'llu"i' :u men, tmill , . IOWJf iNortoiK Had lett a sort ot aiilooiog- i.f., t iron flnlli-nti llu .-.. ,,e '. was a nio?t anliaWe wonjarif .,ntl (l .1 iV u w10 knew Jier. VC nevcr na,i a won fo mar our wedded happiness, for her will was mv pleasure, said he. Ilar.sbergcr has an elegant stock of Christmas goods. 2t s&w-2t Mr. Thomas Mnreland, for sometime hrakeman on the Missouri Division of the M., K. & T., has been promoted to conduc tor and assigned to duty on the Fort Scott Division. J. T. MacD.iugall, formerly of the II. & Joe Jkiilroad, and train dispatcher at Cameron. Mo., arrive! in the cilv last - ening, nnd goes to work as dispatcher at the Fifth street depot of the M., K. & T. Christmas toys, at HansbcrgerV. rSiW Iionnvillc has a woman carpenter. We hope there may be no bad luck happen to her, but he's plane at a riky came under these adzs circum-t:inccs of hard times and labor unions. Besides, how can she climb a laddder? A handsome book is an elegant holi day gift. Ilansbcrger has a fine assort ment. 2t-s&w-2t CHRISTMAS IS COMING. A Few Hints to Aaaiat in Preparing For It. Faintlv in the dim distance sounds the chiming of Christinas lel!s. PieTcing winds whistle around the corners, and howl down the chimney's throat, but safely housed, the echoes bring to us only the joyful storv. Christmas is coming ; and the biting blast blows cold, searching here, and praying there, until in the house of poverty it revels in wild rejoicing On its wings are carried no "tidings ot great joy, but pinching cold, and bitter want and helplessness ami head ache. Ciod pity and send succor to the poor and the unfortunate; the widows and fatherlesss who, with sad eves and Iteavv hearts, look forward with dread aud despair, to a winter of uttering aud privation; to whose dull a ears will souml no glad enrols, to whom will come no "Merry Christ inas." CHRISTMAS PRESENT?. As the winds blow, and the blasts howl, wc remember that if Christmas is really coming, it is high time wc hould liestir ourselves, and hasten to tlie partial relief of those who are in itiandarv, and plaintively query what thev can make for Christmas. A IIEALTIFL'L CEOS. One would never imagine that so artistic and curious a thing could be made from that very uninteresting article an ox horn. Find one as white as possible and boil it for six hours, or until quite soft. Make a cross of strijw of wood. The upright piece should be nine inches m height, urn the cross piece six inches. .Mor tice the latter in the mid lie to the upright, at one-third the distance from the ton. and glue it tirnilv; then secure the kise to a thin block of wtiod about three inches square. Fasten this to another block a little larger, and finally add a thin! block still larger; the three blocks will represent the steps to the cross, and the exact proportion should lie accu rately oliserved. Cover all the wood wit" ilouhje white wax such as comes for making wax flowers. Put on a mir of gloves, and with a piece of glass, scrape oil all the dark outside. iortiou of the horn and throw it away. Then scrape ag-iiu. and with a blunt pointed instrument press Mime of the line white shavings into the wax ju.-t enough to make a foundation for the rest to cling to, then hold the horn over the cross and scrape long lltifTy pieces over it ; let them fall and cling where they will. until the whole is enveloped : place the crs3 on a basket ; drive a small nail in the wall about three niche 'above the top of it; on this hang a piece of dark crimson velvet or merino or pressed flannel, and let fall in grace ful folds to the bracket on which the cross stands. The beauty of the fleecy drapery against the bright back-ground wil more than repay one for the work A less durable cross can be made wi greater ease, by using canl hoard in stead of wood, and gluing the shaving; to it with white mucilage made of hv parts gum arable, three parts white sugar, and two parts starch. Aud little water, boil and stir until thic aud white. A LAMP SHADE. Out of letter paper cut five or six pieces of equal size and shape, that when joined will just fit over the frame of an ordinary piper lamp shade. the centre of each piece trace a design a bui.ch of flowers or foliage, each one different, but of about equal .size, am not very compact or large. Provide yourself with a cushion stuffed ban: with bran, nnd two needles, onentun bori). and one number ten, with large sealing wax heads, or what is lietter still, have them fastened securely in wooden handles, the points pnijecting about half an inch or less. Now place u pattern on a piece of thin bnsto Ixiard, put it on the cushion, aril with the larger needle prick the outlines and vemings of the leaves, or flowers, remove the mttern, turn the can board over, and with the fine needle prick nil of the space inside of the on Hues as closely as you can set the needle in. This is the wrong side, on the other will appear the design in raised work. When all arc finisher cut the pieces out the shape should he tmced on them, in order that the design may be placed in the middle Scallop the tops and bottoms of the mx pieces with a pinking iron, nnd punch two holes on each side, at pre cisely the same distance from top to iHittom ; fasten the pieces together bv means of narrow ribbon passed through the holes and tied in a tiny bow. A PICTURE FltAME. Cut a frame of white holly wood and sand paper it smooth. Cut the centre out according to the size of the picture it is to enclose. Kub lioth the utside and inside edges with hue sain paper, until tney are smootn am slightly rounded, then trace a vine on the white 'surface. A sprav of ivv leaves or a pretty embroidery pattern, or design for wood carving, cm be made to fit the frame and transferred to it by means of tracing pajcr. Paint all the frame carefully witl black paint, leaving the leaves, ami the outside cud inside edges, a pure white ; let all the outlines be clcarlv defined, aud the paint laid on vcrv smoothly. Then, with a camels hair brush and India ink, trace the vcin- ings of the leaves and shade the edges very delicately -just the faintest tinge. When finished, the frame, if carefully done, will look like inlaid ivory. A photograph of statuary would be a pretty picture for this frame. Put the picture in water, until it will float from the card, then dry it carcfullv and cut the figure out ; paste it with a few drops of very thick gum-arabic on a square of black velvet which has been fastened smoothly on a piece of pasteboard just large enough to fit the frame, which should have some narrow strips of wood clued on the back in order to hold the glass, and keep the wood from warping. A beautiful picture for a large sized frame would be a cross with a wreath of flowers twining about it, and springing from the base ; ihe whole to be pricked in the same manner as the lamp shade described above, then cut out and fast ened on black velvet. CniuKEX PENWIPER. Cat an oval piece of pasteboard and cover it smoothly on the bottom with I of cloth of graduated size: the Ik1-' torn one a seam larger than the paste- Innrd should lie black, the next scarlet, theTl black again, and scarlet on the top. Cut a pattern id a setting hen. It should bo about three inches long. One can le found in almost any poultry book, in rise the ability to 1 draw from nature is lacking. Cut two' pieces of bleached canton thnnel like' the pattern ; place the rough sides to-' gethcr, and stitch thein, leaving only ! a very narrow seam ; leave a place open "in the lower part: turn the chicken and push the corners out well with the scissors. Stuff the chicken tight with cotton ; sew np the op?n- ing ; roll a plect f brown paper ver' a iieneil point and stielc it with gum- am hie when drv. f.i-tMi it on fir a bill ; ;ew in twofold evt-J. a bit of ! ml flannel on the totiof :ie head, aitircoueettetl, and I resolved to trv the! a smaller piece underneath. Fasten two small goo? feathers on each ile for wings, and "set" the hen f.it on at a miner's lonely log cabin in the the ieti wiper, with a net of dried hw-hil!s of the Sierras j-it at night grosses. Theseshould l selected with - fH. It was snowing at the time. A care, each one having some iH'cuIiar jaded, melancholy man of fifty, bare- beauty of its own, ami ah should be fine anil foitherv. If ouch virviu - geniotis, they may make some chani'iis ?km chicks jtnt some heads with bills, and two head eves, to peep from beneath the mother-hen's wings. cout hcsk i:asket. Make two card-board boxes, one just small enough to fit inside the other. Have them round and shal low. Cover the bottom of the smaller; one. witu a laver ot wadding, then with some pretty silk: cover the side! ttliWlfk Ilk tlkA Pal mn Ittllfltirkt a,! la. in cane- ill.tlllll-i . lltl Wilt!" I both together on the wrong .Mite. Sew the lwttom to the outer box and cover I the bottom with white paper muslin,! or paste a strip of white paper over - - . . . fllA tlk,,tl,ft CfitnAf !- -T.r. mi. iiiiiii , i-v-f.v.i uui, til in, xiut'- husks: cut each one into strips three - ,.r :..k ...r.L 'linn kt-u tHt twit ,, ii.rn.. ;..,.Tn.-!.,.. r....t.i i. ...I..... ..i,.i.viii;i. ly.iui.n,- e.iiiii piccc together so as to form Mint, as in making tape trimming. ; Put two rows of these around the Ummlwuw '""."Y ,l u , c;u u " u: of the ho iK,intI .m nml I, JJ 1 ,,oy ime. 4,lst ut Iark ywterday of the box K)inting up, and two rowsj tround the bottom pointing down Cut some more pieces of the same length, and an inch and a ha ilf wider or, as wide as the husk. Ifend t: endsofa piece together, lav :t plait in x;T" " r 1 " r7"1,,,ieu-, ed the details a little; but you will it and take a stitch to hold it then, C "J"1 W:H :H at a easily forgive me that fault, since I with a needle -lit it verv line, and sew ; Uo Vi "" "t h7MS hu,H red' f believe it is the first time Lhave ever it to the box; K it 'run around in Jn llm hf ch"" :l 1 thVn T ' lmvn Elected from rndculnr fact on an stead of up and down; ihU will cover ' ' . 'l.. Mr. Lnngfidlow wa occasion like this, the ends of the other loop,. Makoa!hu,It h!:c ,a P"-h?htep. Hm head, handle of two picc,sofS,a,:elK.ard,t:va:cr,'Iliwl a"l "y-l- e.t k cover the underlie v-ith m1!c, and thej ,!::tl aiS " ha.r-lmishes. His upper part with a row of point each P.' la-v ft1 ,,,,w1n. J'15 ,1,ke a wav. and a slittisl row through the01". WJ l -nd-joint tilted up. renter: the latter lo-ms hot,Id meet ' hi? luVl n .lr,kng-I conld see r .t mi. ...i 't i , i that. And what in ine miMiiie. wnere me onus mav oe concealtHl by a bow of ribbon. Fasten WT.U .pK-t-.t-.! the handle to the outer box, hen slip m hltmk n,e b-v t,,c ,,u"oil .t. :n. t: i-.:..: i f . i hole, and says he : iiu; Mirw-isuui mi- mi-i; m mv oilier,; and tack a small silk cord over the seam in the bottom. If desired, a -imilarcord can finish the upper edge. Last, but not least, there is some thing to b? made for the baby's stock ing, and for this there is nothing that i can be more suitable than a I'lcri'irE iwoic. The host material is the yoilow hoi - land that comes for window shades. Cut the leaves of any size von choose, and perfectly even ; button-hole the edges but not the backs with bright colored worsted in big stitches. Paste on all manner of pictures ; variegated, black, white and sted color ; arrange each leaf bof-re pasting anything on it ; cut most ot the pictures out, leaving no margin ; be sure and put in some big big letters with pictures to them ; use flour paste, and as soon ns a page is done lay a cloth over it, and press it with a hot iron. Put an inch wulej strip of double holland Ixjtwcen each leaf, and tack them all together at the I luiPfc. Miikn lids of nnsteho.-trd. nentlv covered With cambric, with a haud-i some picture on each one; havesonu strong glue, and hind the book secure some picture on each one: have some!" 1 . Al , ,M , - - . T I ng ttm.tr tilts rrvith voi I r vnn 1 1 rlrk ma .urc - Iv between the lids. Hright colored leaves of paper cambric doubled, can le used instead of holland, but is a little more diilicult to manage, and not so durable. SHOCKING ACCIDENT. t.-, nArrr to Pieces on Broadway. Man Torn About midnight last night, jtist when the pelting rain was pouring down in torrents, a westward bound freight train on the Missouri Pacific road came booming along the levee. Just as the train had turned the curve west of the Gillis House, the engineer saw wiiiiiu ine ramus 01 inu iigut mauu -.f - . T 1- ... .... I ? t by his head-light a man standing on the track. He saw that the man was court knows herself, you'll take whis endeavoring to cro-s the track and ky-straight, or you'll go dry. Well, that his foot seemed to he caught : Iietween drinks, they'd swell around nnd was holding him fast. It was just where the Narrow Gauge md the Missouri Pacific tracks crossed each othor at the foot of Broadway. It was too late to stop the train, and the engineer could only whistle "down brake?," and see the locomotive and heavily loaded cars go grinding and crushing the life out of the unfortu - nntf man. held mntlve on the tmeW. The train was stopped and the mutila - ted man dragged out of 'the rami and water. He was vet ahVe, and his only words were, "Oh God !" His left arm was cut off near the shoulder. Both legs were crushed ofl and his head was torn and mutilated in a most shocking manner. His face was one mass 01 mood, mud and beard, and as he was taken up from the track and laid in a carriage, he presented one of the most shocking sights conceivable he was all in pieces and remnants. Dr. Morris, the City Physician, to"k him in charge. and with Dr. Griffith, took him to the City Hospital. There is no hope of his recovery. His name is unknown. lie was without either coat or hat, and had ' onlv a pocket knife and a pack of I . t . 7T- 1 I cards in his pocket. His name aud a sequel as to the cause of his being at iiieli n nlnen nt intdmnhr. will most ...... t-"-- C ' - likely be discovered to-day. Attiww Citij Times, TI. Goto the Leroy House. There you will get all the comfort of a home an elegant cuisine replete with all the market affords, and polite and assidious at tendants. It is one of the best hotels in the city; corner of Sixth and Ohio streets. E. Barrett, Proprietor. II ARK TWAIN. 1113 Speech nt the Boiton Dinuer In Honor of Whittier. '" - iT-m-er. Mi:. Chahlmax This is an occasion peculiarly meet for the digging up of pleasant reminiscences concerning literary folk: therefore I will drop lightly into history myself. Standing here on the shore of the Atlantic and contemplating certain of its biggest literary billows. I am reminded of a thing which happened tome fifteen years ago, when 1 had just succeeded in stirring up a little Xevadian literary van puddle my-elf, whose spume Hakes were beginning to blow thinly (".ih"tbr:ii.i-warl. I started ou"a:i in spctim tramp through the Southern mines of California. 1 was callow and virtue of my nam oV iUuur. I very , -onn had an opportunity. J knocked i looted, opened to inc. When he heard niv now uhunc he looked more : dejected than be lore. lie let me in pretty reluctantly, I thought and i after the customary bacon and beans. t black collec and a hot whisky, I took a pipe. This sorrowful man had not said tiiree words up to this time. Now he spoke up aud said in the voice of one who is secretly suffering: Yourc the fourth I'm going to move. The fourth what?" I asked. "The fourth literary man that's t 1 i I 11 I k t 111 f If fill ft lnt I j tm fc 3- ... lo"lovl'- ',U t" 1 fc" 1 ; wli0 "Vu r At n i . "lt I nnirtu nit' lf ! innnnn on1 1 . JJIIH.I. "II .till. w -vi- , . - . ,, ' 0ver endcll fetch the lot! Holmes dad 1 ' M ,m can ci-'tly believe I was intf.r- i ... , r i: " . .. . !....! e?ieu. i suiiiitu;iiieii uiret; iiulwiiis kies d;u ttie rest and finally the i I t.l I CJ -1 I ,n-ening, and net them in, ot course. 'iThey were a rough lot hut that's : "ns c-m-hndy looks rough that in, :ti':. llr r: 'I11- -,"IS,n . a queer I AT IT .1 r t I .!.- , Thriu' '!nai'.'iavi f thought, I Indira: vin' tlmt tnii- : ItiuM tl-- more -tatclv inan- Illll-, o mv -inl! Says I. "I can't aflnnl it, Mr. Holmes, and, moreover, I don't want to." Blamed if I liked it pretty well, coming from a stranger, that way. i However. I started to get out mv bacon and beans, when Mr. Emerson came and looked on a while, and theti ! At takes me aside by the button-hole, , and savs : f!ive m au"tf" for my meat ; liive met-.tHthariih'- fo eat : From airnn I i-e-.u l.rins tn- fixxN, From all zonf. ntnl nttitiiiie-. Says I, "Mr. Emerson, if you'll ex cuse me, this ain't no hotel." You see it sort of riled me. I wasn't used to the ways of literary swells. But I went on a-sweating oer my work, and next comes Mr. Longfellow and button-holes me, and interrupts me. Says he : Honor he to Miuljikw.vi.-! You ?hall hear l w Pitu Piik-Kecwu! But I broke in, and says I, "Beg ig vour pardon, Mr. Longfellow, i"uf l""'". " if vou'il be so kind as to hold vour i irn r. t iij atw icr 111 v r u mm u' iuw : "U,VK . S,V -T up, I set out the jug. Mr. Holmes looks nt it, and then fires up all of a sudden and yells : Flnyh out n trearn of hhvxl-rfil wine! For I would ilrinl; to other Ltvs. By George, I was getting kind of worked up. I don t deny it. I was getting kind of worked up. I turns to Mr. Holmes, and savs I, "Looky nGrc, ii v fat friend, lm a-runnmg this t , i u ir shanty, and if the court knows herself, I you 11 take whisky-straight, or you II i go dry." Them's the very words I 'said to him. Now I didn't want to sass such famous littery people, but you sec they kind of forced me. There ain't nothing onrcason- able 'bout me; I don't mind a passel of guests a-tread'n on my tail three or . r t. t -. iour limes, out wneu 11 comes to mtna- inn on it, it's different, and if the . the cabin and strike attitudes and spout Says Mr. Longfellow: Thif to theforeft rimeal. Savs Mr. Emerson : Hor oiwe t!n einlttleil farmer iinxt, Ainl fit i-l tin- -Iiot Ii-:int n-mi'I th worM. Says I, "O, blackguard the prem ises as much as vou want to it don't icostyu a cont Well, they went on (drinking, and pretty soon they got out !a W leck a41 went to P"yinK cut-throat euchre at 10 cents a corner -n trust-. 10 "Mice some Prctt? suspicious things. Mr jiner- n dealt, iookcu at ins nauu.snooK t 1113 ? aml sa-vs : I am tie- ilotihter anil Ihe ilouht and calmly bunched the hands nnd went to shuffling for a new layout. Says he : Thy rrekoti ill who leave me out; Thy know not well th .iihtle way t kcej, 1 pa's ami ileal a(ji ! Haoged if he didn't go ahead and do it, too ! Oh, he was a cool one. u ell, in about a minute things were running pretty tight, but of n sudden I see by Mr. Emerson's eve that he Judged he had 'em. He had already corralled two tricks and each of the others cne. So now he kind of lifts a little in his chair, and says : " I tiro of giole ana aces ! To lonj;theg:ttiie i iI:el! and down he fetched a right bower. w ur- "ngieiiow sinues as sweet as pie and savs: niank.", thanks to thee, my worthy friend. Fur the le;en thoilhuit taught! and dog my cats if he didn't down with another right bower! Well, sir, up jumps Holmes, a-war whooping as usual, and says : flotl help them If the tempest swings The pine against the plm ! and I wish I may go to grass if he didn't swoop down with another right botver! Emerson claps his hand on hisbowie, Longfellow clasps his on his revolver, and I went under a bunk. There was going to be trouble; but that monstrous Holmes rose up, woli biing his double chins, and savs he: "Order, gentlemen, the first man that draws, I'll lay down on him and smother him!" All quiet on the Potomac, you bet you ! They were pretty how-come-ye-so-now, and they begun to plow. Emer son says "The bulliest thing I ever wrote was Barbara Frietchie." Says Longfellow, "It don't begin with my Biglow Papers." Says Holmes. "5ly Thanatopsis lays over 'em both." They mighty near ended in a fight. Then they wished they had some more company and Mr. Emerson pointed at me and savs : I yofi.Ir -iiii:Iii i'nant :ll Tlmt the. irntml irir.rycoiiM hreeil1 He was a-whettling UU bowic on his lwiot so I let it pass. Well, ir, they next took it into their heads that they would like some musie ; so they made me stand up and sing When Johnny comes marching home" till I dropped at -1:1.'$ this nffTrning. That's what I've been through, my friend. When I woke at 7, they were leaving, thank goodness, and Mr. Longfellow had my only boots on, and his own under his arm. Says I: "Hold on there. Evangeline, what are you going to do with them?" He says: "Going to make tracks with 'em ; because Live. of fin-at tnc n nil reiinnil ii WV-:in iiKikeonr live -iiMitne. Ami 'Ifjiurtiiiir. Ii-av- U-lnnil ti-. Footprint" in the -ami of tiim." As I said, Mr. Twain, you are the fourth in twenty-four hours and I'm going to move I ain't suited to a literary Kniosphere." I said to tlie miner, "Why, my dear sir, these were not the gracious singers to whom we and the world may pay "homage, these were impos tors." The miner investigated me with a calm eye for a while, then said he, "Ah! impostors, were they? are you ? I did not pursue the subject ; and since then I haven't traveled on niv ..OJ. ,).,, to bnnt. .Tch was the - renitnUeenee f was mov- , e(l t0 contribute, Mr. Chairman. In mv enthusiasm I mav have exaggerat- A Robol Silver Quarter. We learned last night that a coin is in existence as the confederate quar ter of a dollar. On one side it is "stamped with the head of President Davis," and was coined in 1SG2. A J gentleman of undoubted veracity says that he saw this piece of money on the Alabama river, and as high as was bid for the same by the captain of the steamer, others being mnde from 85 upward, and higher prices would have been offered, but the owner of the "quarter" said he would not give it for the steamer and its contents. This, of course, stopped the bidding, more especially after the gentlemen said that the memento could not be pur chased at any price. His object is to sell it for an immense amount, by some means unknown to anyone. That the confederacy ever coined money is something new to us, ns the government never had a mint. How this above mentioned came into exist ence is a mystery, but we do not doubt the same, as a truthful gentle man said that be saw it and offered So for it. Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer. Women as Described by Various French Authors. Love in a woman's life is a history ; In a man's, an episode. Madame de Stael. No woninn, even the most intellectual believes herself to be decidedly homely. Staid. Men can better philosophize on the hit man heart, bat women can read it better. J. J. Rosseau. Only he who has nothing to hope for from a woman is truly sincere in her praise. Catalan!. A woman frequently resists the loves she feel, but can not resist the love she in spires. Madame Fee. Most of their faults women owe to a, whilst we are indebted to them for most of our better qualities. Lemesle. There exists among women a secret tie, like that among priests of the same faith. They hate each other, yet protect each other's interests. Diderot. It is a universal rule, which, as far as I I know, has no exception that great men always referable their mothers, who impress their mental and physical mark upon their son.. M ichcler. In everyi lung tint women write there will lie thntisamU of faults against gra turner ; but also, to a certainty, always a cham never to be found in the letters of men. Madame de Maintenon. Great nnd rare heart-offerings are found almost exclusively among women ; nearly all the happiness and most blessed moments in love are of their creating, and so also in friendship, especially when it follows love. Duclos. Providence has so ordained it that only two wonun have a true interest in the hap piness of a man his own mother and the mother of his children. Besides these two legitimate kinds of love, there is nothing between the two creatures except vain ex citement, painful an idle delusion. Oc tave reuillet. I am a girl 0M6 years of age, and at tend the High School, Sedalia, Missouri. Two other girls and myself are in the reci tation room for the purpose of study ing our lessons. But I am one of thoe kind of girls who are good when they have to be, and when they don't they are not always so good ; but I have got my lesions for to morrow, and thought I would wite to yon. I would like to send yon a problem. What two numbers are those whose product is eqnal to the difference of their squares ; and the greater number h to the less as 3 is to 2? Jessie firiswold, Sedalia, Pettis countv, Mo. C'orrexpondcnee Cincinnati WttUy Time. STRAY NOTICE. Takrn up hyJ.A. Smith and posted before 51. W.'Paige a Justice ot'the Peace of Green Ridge Township or Pettis County on the 7th day of Ie cerober 1877, one mouse colored mare mule, thir teen hands high and two vears old.marks or brands perceivable, apprnisd at fifteen dollars by Gorgo Allen and C. H. Brink duly sworn for that purpose, this the 17th day of December 1S77. M. W. Riie, J. P.