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SATURDAY, AUGUST, 28 1880.
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DR. MOTT AND THE CONVEN
TION.
Dr. Mott's name is, of course, public
property and may be used by all. The
Doctor is sending out a little address
tailing the people that he, the commit
tee, will send out another address as soon
as he can. lie (ells us that Keogh wants
to capture the party. That he has
“since ’7l) lost no opportunity to pro
mote discord in the party ranks and to
secretly stab the party in all its contests,”
that lie has no following &c. He dc
votes about one third of the address to
Keogh.
Now, we do not believe the Republi
cans of North Carolina care two straws
for Keogh nor Mott. We can have some
one else chairman and let both take
back seats. But why this tirade ag linst
Keogh from Mott?
The Doctor attempts to give reasons
for the actions of his committee. He
says “the legal organization of the party
would not be affected by postponing a
convention for two years,” Now, wcun
derstand that the committee is elected
for two years, and not four, six or eight;
that if the committee can continue itself
for four years it can continue itself in
definitely at will. Dr. Mott either fails
to understand the party law or intends to
mislead his followers. He says there are
plenty of precedents for this. Yet he
fails to mention one aud we challenge
him to show up or hush up on that point.
Let him show a single precedent since the
adoption of the law in 1880.
‘ But beiDg in a position to understand
the situation, they felt this was not the
time.” But the Republican party be
lieving itsc-lf in a position to understand
the situation, think this just the time to
hold a State convention and elect a new
committee-and my whether or not they
will put out a ticket or what the policy
of the party will be. Let us have a con
vention and sec which is “the rump con
cern" and what they “deserve.”
riiildren s liny.
We are happy to say the rally in Clin
ton Chapel in this city last Sunday for
Zion Wesley College was a success. We
are informed that the music was most
excellent and the Sabbath school re
deemed itself by collecting about $35,
and sls added to that by tile church,
g ive over SSO for Zion Wesley college.
It is due this school to say that there
were no cards, envelopes or anything of
the kind out for collecting money, and
the only preparations made was the
music. The school had not a large help
from the church anil in the school alone
did more than any other school has yet
done. This is still the banner school of
the connection. With proper encour
agement from the church it will give
over a hundred dollars next year.
We cannot do too much for Zion Wes-
Icy and ourselves. The Mkshknukii sug
gests that (his Sabbath school send one
or two students to the college. Let the
school name the student, and make a
grand Chistmas rally aud do the work so
easily that no one will feel it. Our 300
children giving 20c. each makes just $«0.
or one scholarship. Let the officers con
.'-idcrt.be matter.
VALUING HER IIUNHAND AT
$20,000.
At Boston, Mass., Elizabeth A. Carr,
formerly of Jacksonville, Fla., has
b;ought suit before the United States
Court against Franeis M. Collins, of
Providence, charging the latter with en
ticing her husband from her, and placing
damages at $20,000. Mrs. Carr is now
divorced. The defendant appeared bc
in r »2O (M0 lIBS1 ° ner HBl,ctUn “Z»W bond
l S7i! *" d 1880. 103,090 tier
* o*3 vm. fr ° m * n “ ke bitfs iD India;
1.0*3,.546 poisonous reptiles wero killed I
for tbs government reward. * . [
Iroin wrought by storil
TEN LIVES SACRIFICED TO THE
ELEMENTS IN THE TOWNS OT
TEXAS.
Gulveatou's Estimated Properly Lorn Over
Half a Million Dollnrs-Htirriiig Scene*
i In nil Inundated Mcnngcrir—Wrecking of
j n Vessel Hud Drowning of Her Crew—
! Diiiiioße Done nt Ollier PolnlN in tlse
j Slate.
Last Saturday morning broke clear aud
i beautiful at Galveston, Texas. The wa
| ters which had inundated one half of the
] eastern and southern portions of the city
I to the depth of from one to seven feet,
I had subsided, except in low places. The
j beach and the adjacent portions of the
! city for several blocks back presented a
deplorable scene of havoc and desolation
as far as the eye <ould see. The ruins of
hundreds of houses large and small, had
been hurled and twisted into eveiy shape,
while brick pillars and wooden pilling in
every direction contiguous to the beach
ar.d exposed to the full force of thegule
indicated where happy homes stood
the night before, but which were swal
lowed up and destroyed in the awful
maelstrom which then prevailed. All
pleasure resorts along the gulf shore are
either swept away or ruined. The plaza
in front of the Beach hotel was furrowed
by the force of the waves and piled with
debris, while all the false work protect
ing the foundation of the hotel, with the
fresh water tanks and the outbuilding,
were swept away. Deep furrows were
cut under the building itself.
The menagerie, consisting of a long
row of cages on the beach lawn, contain
ing birds and animals, was washed over
and broken and many of the birds and
animals were drowned or killed, while
others escaped. Among the animals
which escaped, were-two Mexican lions,
which were on the point of making
things lively when they were shot by the
night watchman, who received a danger
ous wound by an accidental shot of his
assistant passing through his arm. The
heaviest damage to property occurred in
the vicinity of the Beach hotel. The
damage will not fall below $500,000.
Much apprehension existed as to the
safety of the Sister’s orphanage, live
miles down the island on the gulf side,
but it was found to be intact, except the
washing away of the steps of the build
ing.
The schooner .1. W. Perry, from
Brashear City with a cargo of cypress
paving blocks, foundered during the gale
fifteen miles off the island. Capt. Whit
more and the colored cook were drownc d.
Two colored sailors clung to floating
timbers and were driven ashore eighteen
miles down the island. They were al
most dead from exhaustion when they
reached the shore.
The body of Willie Brown, eleven
| years old. who was drowned Friday, was
recoven d yesterday. This makes the
tenth victim of the storm. Messages by
the hundred have been pourin" into the
city all day from relatives and friends,
tendering aid and sympathy.
At Corpus Christi the wind blew with
terrific force for two hours, its velocity
being estimated at 75 miles an hour. A
large number of houses were moved from I
their foundations. The colored church |
and the office of the Aransas Pass Hail |
way company were destroy id. Large !
trees were uprooted, and fences and out- j
buildings were swept away. The steam
er J. C. Harris reports a terrible storm
at Hockportand Harbor Island. All the
improvements and grading at Harbor Is
land were washed away. Several boats
were capsized and one large vessel was
benched. At Rockport sixteen houses
were blown off their foundations. About
100 employes of the Aransas Pass Rail
way company were obliged to leave Har
bor Island and seek ref eg • at Rockport, ■
as the water was six feet deep on the Is- ■
lard. Seven men are missing and it is i
supposed they were drowned. The
amount of damage has not yet been csti- ,
mated but the loss is heavy.
The Record office at Sfg.iin was totally j
destroyed. The new tower of the Epis
copal church was blown down, and a
large number of public and private build
ings were destroyed or badly damaged.
Robert Jefferson, sou of Col. John L.
Jefferson, was killed at Sutherland
Springs, and Garland Smith and Richard
Burgess were badly wounded. They
were camping at the springs and were
injured by falling trees. A pauper liv
ing with John England, across the river,
died of fright during the storm. The
cotton pluut has been whipped into
shreds, but many persons believe it will
take a new growth and develop into a
toji crop. The damage has not yet been
estimated, but will be very heavy.
SPARKS FROM THE CABLE.
There were 103 new eases of cholera j
reported in Italy on Saturday last and 53
deaths.
Kilsyth, in Sterling county, Scotland, |
was visited on Saturday last by a slight j
shock of earthquake.
Ten thousand French pilgrims have ,
arrived at Lourdes from various cities I
and districts. Eight hundred cures of
invalids are announced.
The Sultan refuses to recognize the
new Russian Cousul-General at Saloniea.
It is rumored that the Sultan’s action is
due to Australia’s influence.
The report that the British steamer
Alierdcen had foundered in the China
Sea was not correct. The announcement
of her arrival at Suez has just been re
ceived.
Gen. Baulangcr has noMtjioncd Ins tour
of inspection on the Italian frontier on j
account of the opposition of Prime Min- ■
ister dc Frcycinet, who feared the Minis- |
ter of War Would compromise the good i
relation existing between France and
Italy.
Two hundred and thirty thousand
pounds bullion were withdrawn from the
Hank of England on Friday last and
80,000 pounds Saturday, for shipment to
America. The steamer Aurania, which
sailed from 'Liverpool Saturday, took
221,000 pounds of bullion for America.
I The water in Lake Huron has rises
l eighteen inches during the past year.
FOREIGN NEWS.
FEARFUL DISASTER ON THE
VOLGA
Two Hundred Lives Lost by the Burning
of n River rtenmer.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says j
that a passenger steamer plying on the !
River Volga at Saratov, capital of the i
province ot Saratov,in Russia, was burn
ed on Sunday last, and that 200 lives j
were lost.
Later advices say that the steamer was
the Vem, belongiug to the Sanolct Com- j
pany aud bound from Astrachan up the |
river. The fire was caused by the fall of
a hanging lamp in the saloon. The
woodwork was ignited, and all efforts to
quench the flames were unavailing. The
passengers, all of whom were in bed
at the time the fire broke out, rushed to
the decks as soon as the alarm was given
und many of them, panic stricken, sprang
overboaid. The captain oidered the ves
sel to be run ashore. This was done,
but while the bow became imbedded in
the bank the stern remained in deep wa
ter and the passengers were still obliged
to swim ashore. Many persons lost their
lives by being struck by tables and chairs
which were thrown from the vessel to
aid the struggling swimmers in the
water. Owing to a failure to stop the
engines the water was churned up by
the vessel’s wheels, rendering more diffi
cult the tusk of the-rescuers who put out 1
from shore to save the drowning passen- j
gers.
A GLADSTONE VICTORY IN SCOT
LAND.
In the new election which has just ta
ken place in Leth, Scotland, to till the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr. !
Gladstone choosing to sit for Midlothian,
which he was also elected to represent m
Parliament, Mr. Ferguson, the Gladston
ian candidate, has been overwhelmingly
successful. He polled 4.204 votes against
I, for Macgregor and 1,400 for Jacks.
Both Macgregor and Jacks ran as Union
ists. Jacks was returned as a Liber
al to the last Parliament by a majority
3,870 in a total poll of 8,840. He op
posed Mr. Gladstone’s Home Rule bills
and contested the canvass for re-election
as a Unionist. No one dared oppose him
in the district until just before balloting
day, when the Premier himself entered
the field as a Home Rule candidate.
This caused such a stampede from the
Jacks ranks that he abandoned the con
test, permitting Mr. Gladstone lo be
elected! unopposed.. When Mr. Glad
stone, being so elected for Midlothian,
chose to sit for the latter place, Mr.
Jacks had the temerity to again enter j
the field, despite the protests of his i
friends, who predicted his political ruin,
arguing that the Scotchman of Leth
would simply bury lnm out of sight if he
again attempted to go buck to Parlia
ment to oppose Mr. Gladstone. Mr.
Jacks’ vote is 4,856 less than he received
last fall.
THE PRESIDENT’S PLEASURE
TRIP.
| Hr mill .lint, Cleveland Navigate* I'i»i»rr
l.nkr Snrannr by Strain.
The guides labored an hour on Satur
j day in getting the steam launch Nellie off
! a sand bar. Everybody wondered why
j there was such a general laugh when
some one in the President’s party sug
gested that an item for the improvement
of Upper Saranac Lake must certainly be |
inserted m the next river and harbor bill.
The launch is the property of Mr. Watts
Cook, of Paterson. N. J., the contrac
tor, who will build the new Harlem liver
bridge. When he left the Adiiondacks
this week Mr. Cook gave the boat m
charge of Capt. D. W. Riddle and told
I him to place it at the disposal of the
• President’s party whenever they desired
ito run down the lake. The two guid >
brought it alongside the wliari this
i morning, and having gotten up steam
! they attempted to back over the bir into
: deep water, an attempt which brought
all the guests of the Baramie Inn to the
spot, full of sympathy and advice. A
group of children suspended their efforts
at catching minnows with the aid of bent
pins to watch the scene. A great laugh 1
went up when the dog Jack was discov
ered stealthily devouring the last piece of
meat in their bait box. The young fish
ermen seized the rascal, and as a punish
ment, dumped him overboard and com
pelled him to swim for the shore. When
the launch was once more in free water, a
small boat conveyed the President’s.
party aboard and the trip began down
the lake. Tl e launch is just large
enough for five passengers and two
guides, one of whom acts as engineer and
the other as fireman and pilot. The
: trolling lines and a Winchester rifle were
I carried along, but they did little service,
| so much more enjoyable than fishing or
! shooting was the sail among the islands.
Lunch was served at the lower end of the
; lake eight miles distant, and the excur
; siomsts returned at 6 o’clock after a tlior
| oughly enjoyable day. At night a ger
| man was in progress at the parlors of the \
i Saranac Inn, under the management of
j Miss Jeanette Cutter, of Boston; Miss
' Henrietta Warner, of New York; Miss
Albert, of Germantown, I*a., and Capt.
J. B. Curtis, of Indianapolis. The com
mittee waited upon Mrs. Cleveland at the
log cabin and invited her to lx* present,
an invitation which she promptly air- i
eepted. The little church back on the
hill was opened for services Sunday ami
the President's party attended.
A GREENFORT SAILOR DROWNED.
Horace W. Penny, mate of the schoon
er Win. K. Cowles, from New York,
while washing the decks on the Vth
• inst., at Charleston, 8. C. t was struck by
■ a flying jih and knocked overboard, lie
| sank immediately Search was made for
j him, but without success, lie belonged
in Grcenport, L. 1., and was fifty years ,
old.
A YOUNG PHYSICIAN KILLS HIM
SELF.
Dr. L. 8. Bitting, of Baltimore. Md.. j
aged 25 years, shot himself through
the head tL. • afternoon, causing
death m a few minutes. No reason can j
b? assigned for his act. He was the son
of Rev. C. C. Bitting a prominent Bap
tist clergyman who is now connected!
with the boaid of Baptist missions.
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SELECT SIFTINGS.
The highest monument in the world
; to-day is the Washington monument.
It ha* b.en observed that on a rockj
road the tires of wheels wear roundmg,
on r. cloy road flat, w-hile in sand they
! cut out in the centr.*.
A Swiss scientist estimates that in 197(1
I there will b; 8,GC0.000,COO people in th(
world speaking English, 124,000,000
: German and 69,500,000 French.
I King Ludwig’s heart has been enclosed
i in a silver urn and turned over to the
' monks of Aitotting in Bavaria. These
monks are taking care of the hearts of a
long line of kings.
There is, of course, no disputing the
truth cf a thing that can be proved by
mathematical demonstration. For in
stance, this proposition advanced by a
professor of mathematics to his pupils:
“It is evident that if it takes one brick
layer twelve days to erect a wall of given j
dimentions, twelve bricklayers ought to 1
do the wor.k in one day, 238 in an hour,
17,280 in a mintue, and 1,030,800 brick
layers in a single second.
The United States has been the richest
gold and silver producing country in the
world, though but very little of the pre
cious metals were found here before the
discovery of gold in California in 1848.
The chief product was in the Southern
States. The total amount of gold mined
in these States from the discovery of the
metal until 1873 was $20,000,000. From
1848 until 1873 the total value of the
gold product of the United States was
' $1,241,000,000.
Before the introduction of stamped
money in Rome, all sums were reckoned
by the pound weight, and not by the
number of pieces, whence the person who
I weighed out the amount for any purchase
was termed libripen, the weighraan. But
- the name was retained in after times, al
though the custom from which it arose
had long fallen into disuse, to designate
the pen-on who reckoned up and distrib
uted their pay to the soldiers, whom we
might term the quartermaster of a regi
ment.
The great plague broke out in London
during the reign of Charles 11., and the
physicians did not know how to treat it.
When the plague came into a house the
people used to mark a red cross upon the
door,and write: “Lord have mercy upon
us.’’ The shops were shut up and the
whole city desolate. The following year,
1666,the great tire broke out. The whole
city from the Tower to the Temple was
destroyel, and St. Paul’s Cathedral and
innumerable churches were reduced to
ashes. It burnt out the plague,however,
by destroying many old, dirty and dis
tose-breeding buildings.
A Kurdish Brigand.
The following is from a Batoum lette?
) to the London Nats: On my visit in 1885
an accident took place which will show
how law and order went on while the
Turk 6at gurgling the smoke through
his water pipe. On the beach I came
across a fellow in a picturesque costume,
and with one of the most fiendish faces
tt has ever been my chance to gaze upon.
It was Mephistophelean, but then Mcphis
tophcles was a gentleman, and there was
nothing of that, kind in this ease. Pure
malignity could be traced in every line oi
the visage I had before me. Being alone,
and not knowing a word of the language,
I made sigDS to him that I wanted tc
sketch, and he, like most Easterners 1
have met,had no objections,and willingly
stood for me. To be made into a picture
seems to have touched whatever vanity
there might be, and this brute had a touch
of that in him. While the sketching was
going on, our interpreter came ashore
with some others of our party, and at my
request inquiries were begun as to who
my model might be. He stated that he •
was a Kuid,andliad comedown from the
mountains about some business, lie
cracked, picked, and ate walnuts, white i
sketching and questioning went on. He
had a small gun which rested on his arm.
Talking to him about it, the interpretei
chanced to ask why he had not a sword
or dagger, to which he replied that he
did not require them ; it was not his way
of doing tilings. “What things?” was
the natural inquiry. “Os killing people.”
“Oh, you kill people, do you?’’ “Yea.’
, “How" do you kill them?” “I stand con
cealed behind a rock on the road and wait
' till travelers come up, and when they
arc close I shoot them.” “What for dc ,
you shoot them ?” “To get whatevei ;
they have upon them.” “Then you rob 1
all that you kill ?” “Yes.” “How many
have you killed in your time ?” Thir
teen men and three Russians.” Why i
he placed the Russians in a different j
! classification was, unfortunately, not i
cleared up. I regretted afterward that
this point was left so, but at the moment
such a trifle did not seem of any import j
ance in comparison to the astounding
disclosures this piece of humanity was
making. All the time there was a well
pleased simper on his hue, while he
nibbled away at the walnuts. The sim
per, I suppose, resulted from the satis
tion he felt that liis picture was being
made. “Where are you going when yoi
leave Batoum ?” “When my business ii
> finished, I will return to the mountain!
“What will you do there?’'
“Oh, please God, I hope to shoot th<
first traveler I see, and take whatever h«
has got.”
lYatcrproor Clothing.
Besides the use of caoutchouc in the
1 woof or upon the surface of fabrics to
render them waterproof, they may be j
rendered well nigh if not indeed equally ;
1 impervious to water—with the special i
advantage over caoutchouc by containing |
to admit air—by first dipping the doth !
into and thoroughly saturating it with a
solution of soap, after which dip it into
a solution of alum, and dry. The pro
cess is not impaired by ironing. Another !
means is, first dip the cloth in a solution
of gelatine or and afterward in
a solution of tanin or galls; dry and iron.
There are several other means for water
i proofing clothing—by the use of wax, ,
paraffine, glue, turpentine, oil, varnish,
etc., and the raltt of zinc and lead in
various proportions with one another,
but those al»ove given arc believed to he
equally efficacious and least likely to
: affect the color or textur* of the cloth
j Sanitarian.
I gradual increase in the average size
of the skull ajnong the natives is believed
i by a Bombay physician to be taking
j i la°e ns the effect of civilization in
I lidi4».
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FARM AND GARDEN. ,
Seeding With Ornu Alone. ■ ]
Where trrass is the most profitable
crop as iUnay he in favorable localities. (
the general desire to get a good seeding ,
makes other crops eubordiMte. Thu ,
! has led to sowing grass seed w|«iout ,
grain. It should always be done in tne
fail, and the earlier the better. provid
the seed is not hurried in without due
preparation of the soil. ® ut ® ca 7 t ' i
good a seeding may be had with wheat i
where phosphate is drilled in
grain. The fertilizer helps the grass
fully as much as the grain crop, and n
i the winter is bad for wheat it often hap- J
pens that the crop is cut for hay, as th
• Wheat will be mostly killed out. With ,
a good wheat crop there will be consider
able timothy among the wheat straw, J
making a very good winter feed for
horses and cattle. — Cultivator.
Wood Litter vs. Straw for Bedding.
B. E. Fernow, in a paper read before
the American Forestry Congress, calls i
the attention of farmers to the value of
what is known as lumbermen’s waste, ana |
including not only sawdust but edgings,
shavings, brushwood and other wood lit
ter, for bedding and manuring purposes.
It is claimed in this paper that wood
litter makes a better and cleaner bedding
for cattle than does straw; that tho clean-. .
ing of cows requires only about one- j
fourth of the time it docs when straw i»
used, for the liquids are at once absorbed |
and the dry excrements are quickly en
veloped with wood fibre, preventing the i
soiling of cattle. The removal of the
bedding requires less time and the air of
the stables is less damp aud kept purer
in consequence of total absorption of all
1 moisture and slower decomposition of the
urine, which, especially in horse stables,
where ammonia is quickly formed, seems
to be of importance, and a guard against
sore eyes and other diseases.
Mr. Fernow gives the assurance that
the manure from wood litter is better
than from straw because it binds better,
especially the liquid excrements, and re
tards the decomposition and loss of val
uable plant food, especially the nitiogc
> nous compounds. The mechanical effect
on the soil he believes to be in no way in*
■ ferior to that of straw manure. That
. humification of wood manure goes on
i more slowly he does not deny, but thinks
: this may even provo an additional bene
fit when the process of decomposition j
takes place in the soil instead of on the
i manure heap, and the soil profits from
[ the heat due to the chemical action and
> retains the ammonia developed.
The best yields from lumbermen's
’ waste have been reported where mixtures
of mineral fertilizers arc made with barn
yard manure, and among farmers who
believe that manure requires bulk as well
: , as quality the preference is given to tho
i waste from woods that most quickly de
; compose.
Care of Farm Wagons.
Carriages and farm wagons might be
- made to last twice ns long if only a few
: moments were spent each week during
■ dry weather in tightening up the bolts
that hold the wagon together. As a
! rule, farmers give no attention to this
work, and only find out that a bolt is
' loose when the nut is lust, or some por
* tion of the wood-work breaks down.
» During every dry season the wood-work
of most wagons shrinks enough to
I loosen the bolts, which if not tightaned
-1 will permit the frame of the wagon to
! start in the joints, and thus rapidly wear
’ off the tenants and enlarge the mortises.
Should the wagon hold together until
1 wet weather comes, the open joints thus
made will be filled with water and tight-
I ened; but water having once got into the
: i interior of the wood uncovered by paint,
! it softens it, and decay will begin, and
1 when once begun, it will be but a short
! time before the frame of tho wagon is
: beyond repair. But if a few moments
: had been spent in tightening the bolts j
at the right time, this would have been
| ! prevented.
The wheels of a wagon usually receive
more attention than the frame; but even
1 these are often neglected, because when
affected by dry weather they cannot be
repaired by the farmer himself; for when
a tire is once loosened it requires a black
smith to tighten it; as this is somewhat
| costly, the farmer often neglects it, hop
ing each week that the weather will
change and the roads become wet enough
1 j to tighten up the wheels, and thns save
1 the expense of resetting the tires. We
1 have seen men try to economize by wet
j ting their wagon wheels when the tires
| ' become loose, every time the wagon is
! used, thinking thus to tighten them and
1 save the expense of resetting the tires.
This is all wrong, and far fromeconomv.
| When a tire gets loose it should be at
once tightened, even though it should be
known that it would rain, the next day.
In fact, a wheel with a loose tire should
always be kept from water, for the joints
being opened the water penetrates where
it softens the wood, and causes it not
only to wear rapidly, but to decay. It is
very important to keep a wheel tight
enough to prevent water from getting
into the mortises, because the least decay
opens the interior of the hub to the ,
weather, and will let in the water not
only every time the wagon is out in the
rain, hut even in fair weather, so long as '
the water stands in any portion of the
road ovei which the wagon is to pasi.
The farmer never spends his money in
the repair of any implements to better
advantage than when he gets a loose tire
j reset.— Massoehunett* Plowman. *
Farm and Garden Note*.
Poultry in orchards do much toward
destroying insect pests.
Remember that dry earth will keep a
1 stable free from bad < dors.
The sweetness of grapes, says Dr.
4'aldwell, can be increased by the use of
( special manuring.
Many growers contend that cherry
tre*s in grass ,-e s»ier than those m
highly cultivated ground.
Irregularity i n salting will not conduc.
11 Jo the laying on of flesh. K'ipedallv U
, da, tying will in 6# Uj*
j show in the milk.
’ , J"”* 10 v that tr *i»ed on a
- trellis to which they are tied with wool
len yarn bear more and better fruit th*,
do the untrained vines.
t , Several cues of glanders have h..„
•! Y?P? rted recently from Southwestern
t i ° h ( 10 . »t>ould keep a sharp loo™
J j out lot this disease among their hSr.e/
I It uaa easier mattor to keep the ..,k| m
clean and orderly than it i« supposed by
those who hove not tried <t. If you are
one of this number begin at once and,sea
if it is not true.
Old wool growers say that it pays to
thear before the wool has mado a atart
of growth after the sheep go to crass, as
there is a weak place in the wool which
buyers detect and discount on.
Potted strawberry plants sot in July or
August will yield a fair crop of fruit the
following season. The soil should be
made fairly rich und thoroughly pulver
ized before setting the pl nnfs -
Public water-troughs, it is claimed, are
places from which infectious diseases may
bo spread. It is better that Oe format
carry a pail in the wagon. But if the
trough must be used, the water should
alw;lys be flowing in it instead of turning
it only when wanted.
This is the way a Kansas farmer got
the upper hand of hog cholera: “When
the cholera get among my hogs I put
■ cm on a brush heap and burned it. The
■ 0 -rg ate the ashes and charred corn.
T.ien I put coal oil in milk, a few spoons
;ul to each hog, and fed that to them. I
h ve not lost a hog.”
The French through the Department
r Agriculture instituted nn inquiry in
rr-rard to salting animals. After careful
experiment and inquiry on tho subject
;tho following was recommended: Work
ling ox or milch cow, two ounces pet
| day; oxen, fattening in stall, two and
'oue-half to four ounces; pigs fattening,
i one to two ounces; sheep (double for
fattening), one-half to two-thirds ounce;
jhorses and mules, one ounce.
I It has been determined by experiment
that meal will pa«n through the digestive
organs quicker than hay, and that if
the meal is fed to the animal on an empty
stomach it passes away before it is fully
digested; but if after hay it becomes
mingled with it and more benefit is dc
rived. When oil cake was added to the
ration, instead of getting six and one
half pounds of butter, eight and one-half
pounds were obtained in one instance.
Where the selection of cows has been
judicious the extra richness of the milk
in butter will naturally follow the use of
rich feed to a larger degree than with
the ordinary cow. Each cow has her
peculiarities in this direction.
A Tillage of Cave-Dwellers.
It was generally thought that the cave
: dwellers were nn extinct race, but a
| French tourist has discovered a vil
lage in Sicily, not far from Syracuse,
where these primitive abodes are still in
tise. In a deep, narrow valley, called
the Yal d'lspica, the traveler’s attention
is diverted from & pure, limpid stream,
•neanderiug amid flowers, meads and
vines, to the steep, rocky sides of the
hills, whi' h are perforated afar up with
doors and window*, and these still form
\ie dwelling-places of the inhabitants.
On examination it U found that these
j grottoes, dug from the living stone, are
incontestably the first abode of the
aborigines of Sicily. Their forms denote
x period long anterior to the Pelasgian
construction*, since one does not see any
where indications of the first notions of
the art of building, not even the least
idea of a regular design either, circular
or square.
The writer found oftentimes that these
primitive and secure dwellings consisted
of ten or twelve rooms, disposed in three
Irregular stories. Access to the entrance
was by wide steps, which in the most
ancient times did not exist, but there
ivas in their stead a ladder, which could
\e drawn up after their owners had en
lered, and the cave-dwellers could thus
fie as secure as in the strongest fortress.
The Frenchman succeeded in winning
the confidence of some of these people
I and enjoyed the warmest hospitality.
|He says: “Never have I found goat’s
j milk so good, and the honey of the Val
I’lspica yields in nothing to that ol
| ancient Hybia, which towers above us a!
only three mile* distance.” This honey
is due to the abundance of flowers and of
aromatic vines which clothe the rocks o!
thi*» verdant valley, that might havi
served as i Vj ./ccne of the adventures ol
Kasi?!as. --San Francisco Chronicle.
Ways or City Bcggir*.
The simulation oi di-ease is to be me t
everywnerc in the streets of New York.
Take one us these who has learned to
love begging, and observe the devices
he adopts to deceive the public. If
has a wound he will do his utmost to
keep it open, and even to make it per
manent. He will tamper with his eye*,
or swaliow pounded glass, so as to spit
blood. He will adopt numberless tricks
known to the«o vagalronds alone. Horae
of these fellows can counterfeit tho
palsied and paralyzed to the *:ery life.
Most ot them are stationary beggars,
i bey arc as fixed by the roadside as a
mile stone, and one of two kinds—tho
loquacious and the silent. The loqua
cious is/e* successful than the silent one.
The venting of loud and continuous com-
like murky smoke issuing from
a chimney, only shows the working of
*n artificial Woe manufactory, whoso
gioomy wares arc proceed by the habit
ual movements of mechanical utterance,
t our sdent beggar, like a smokeless
| chimney, indicates the desolate hearth,
sad the kitchen stove without a flr\
Ihe knowing beggar h therefore silent.
*Blienee is the perfe« ted herald of joy”
—oe it is of grief. —Fete York Sun,
Near Fnotiifli.
k r; rl of whom the stori
»» told that she refused to marry a mo*f
devoted lover until he should have
'wna«sr(l a fortune of yiO.oOO. Aftei
"ome expostulation he accepted the dr
! rrc * »nd went to work About three
j jnontha after tins th * avariciou* your,,
ady meeting her lover, asked Well
harhe, how are you g tting alone :*
Oh very well indeed. ” ( harlie re
I -nraed, cheerfully. “I've got $lB saved
Iht young lady blushed and 1-okrc
down at the toes of her lw> its and stable *
he inoffensive earth with flu* ,*oint o'
her parasol. • I gtig »♦* M jd *hi- faint!
* J?**’ * harlie, tint s about nra
•Dough. *- -Harper' t Ratir.
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noMhnc*. uni softnex, of ,« |K . r I* I
rtn ** >’ fie.ircl width.
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... ■»•*. i» a rcccut invention ol if
a ouflalo musician.