GREAT
WESTERN FLOODS
LOSS OF LIFE AND MUCH DAM
AGE IN COLOKADO.
A Cloudburst at Pueblo Fills the
Night With Horror A Large Part
of the City Under Water The
Railroads Cut Off From the Town
Other Cities Suffer.
, A dispatch from Puoblo, Col., fay3 : The
cloudburst which sent a vast torrent of water
down the valley and into this city, caused
many deaths and rendered widespread de
struction. The work Of rescue had just begun when
a recurrence of the flood causal a suspen
sion of the work, and it was feared that
many bodios which were washoi away an 1
under debris would never be recovered. The)
list of the dead and missing compiled short
ly before midnight was as follows :
Dead : Dave ItafTerty, steel worker ; Jo
seph! Coppa, smelter ; bo jy re port 1 s3vn
teen miles above town anl another two mii;s
below ; Hop Lee, a Chinese laundryaian,
drowned in the cellar Of his launlry.
Missint?: J. Van lover, William Bush,
Harry Burch, Mrs. Williamson, Josie Hart,
an infant, and five others reported by differ
ent families.
Orave fears were expresse 1 for twelve
families of squatters on an island down the
river. Thero was no means of reaching ttujsij
people.
The catastrophe, similar to the Johnstown
horror of four years ago an 1 remarkable
from having occurred on the same day, ut
terly prostrated the citizens an 1 p iralyz 1
business. The property losi will be about
$000,000.
Both the Arkansas and Fountain Kivers
continued to risi rapMly, an 1 rain fell in
torrents. But for n tiht here an 1 there the
city would have been in darkness.
The entire business district from the bluff
to Fourth street w:w inundate 1, the water
standing upon the Union Depot platform to
the depth of afoot. Hundreds of families
were rescued during the night. Theelectric
light stations, the gas works and telegraph
and telephone offices were rendered useless.
The levee broke in a dozen places. The
Arkansas I'.iver brought water from the
west. Dry Creek from the northwest, and
the Fountain from the north. All went out
of their banks during the night.
Xo trains could enter or leave the city in
any direction. Reports from the West in
dicated that the railroads had been very
badly damaged. The new line of the Florence
and Cripple Creek road was badly washed
out.
At noon several people were known to
have been drowned. Traffl : on the Pike's
Peak Bailroad at Manitou was entirely sus
pended for the first time in its history, by
reason of Krit damage to the roadbed. The
Itio Grande and H tnta Fe railroads were seri
ously crippled at many points by washouts,
roek slides and washed away bridges. Tuo
damage throughout the State was very greac.
Three spans of the bridge across the Ar
kansas IUver .at Nepesta went out at '.) o'clock
n. in., and there were indications that the
whole bridge would be destroyed. There
was a Vtig washout between Colorado Springs
and Colorado City, an i there was danger
that the shops and the depot iu the latter
c'.ty would be damaged gr.;atly.
TEE LABOR WORLD.
TV e average age of iron pu ldlers Is thirty
two.
The hat making in lustry is in a languish
ing condition.
Thk railroads ot the United States give
employment to 83S,C00 men.
The Boston hat manufaeturers decided to
reduce wages twenty per cent.
ItESUMi-TioN of operations at the Johnstown
(Penn.) iron and btoel works will give em
ployment to 5000 men.
Rev. HkikeiitX. Casson, of Lynn, Mass..
has founded what he calls a "Labor Church"
to advocate t lie abolition of the wage sys
tem. Labor organizations attach great impor
tance to the victory won by the American
Railroad Union over the Great Northern
Railroad Company.
It is said that there are mon musical
anions in the American Federation of Labor
than under the jurisdiction of the National
League of Musicians.
Aboot 100 Philadelphia boss bakers havo
agreed not to patronize uny flour merchants
dealing with tho large bread factories of that
city, where bread is made at cut rates.
Eioiity-nise trades unions of St. Louts re
quest the American Federation of Labor an I
the Knights of Labor to bury the hatchet
and join hands in the political and economic
Bl niggle.
At Castle E len, England, last month, 520
mn"rs were II nod l."5 each for absenting
themselves from tha mines without giving
notice. They left to attend tho funeral of a
workman who died from injuries recoived
the previous day.
The newly elected oCSeers of tho Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers are : Assist
ant Grand Chief Engineer A. D. Youngson,
Meadville. Penn., (re-elected); First Grand
Engineer, T. S. Ingraham ; Second Grand
Engineer, C. H. Salmons. Grand Chief
Arthur holds over.
Tpe average number of working days in
various countries, according to the London
Engineer, is as fol'ows : In Russia, 267 ; in
England, 278 ; in Spain. 2!)0 ; in Austria, 2.t.i ;
in Italy. 21)8 ; in Bavaria ami B )igiu:n, 300;
in Saxony and France, 302 ; in Denmark,
Norway and Switzerland, 303; in Prussia,
305 ; in Holland and North America, 303 ; and
in Hungary, 312.
The London Times says that Lord Rose
bery offered to John Burns. M. P., the labor
leader, a position in the Gtovernment when
Mr. Gladstone resigned and again when Mr.
Mnndella resigned. Mr. Burns declined on
boih occasions, giving as his reason that ho
was best able to serve ttie interests of work
iagmen on the outside.
Six thovsni quarry men are employed in
the marble quarries at Carrara, in Italy.
There are more than 400 of these quarries,
which aro situate.! in the sides of the moun
tains, above and back of the town. Dyna
mite is used in operating the quarries, from
which 160,000 tons of marble are exportod
annually, much of which comes to America.
A convention of central organizations or
railroad employes of the United States was
held recently in the Lenox Lyceum, New
York City. It lasted three days. Five hun
dred delegates and the chiefs of the follow
ing orders attended : Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, P. M. Arthur, Chief;
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, F. P.
Sargent, Chief ; Brotherhood of Trainmen,
S. E. Wilkinson, Chief ; Order of Railroad
Conductors, E. E. Clark, Chief; Order of
Railroad Telegraphers, E. G. Ramsey, Chief ;
Switchmen's Mutual Aid Society, John R.
Wilson, Chief.
LYNCHED IN COURT.
Disgusted With the Proceedings
Against Two Murderers.
Ed. Hill and George F. Parker, murderers,
were taken from the jail at Colfax, Wash.,
nnd hangod from the balcony of the Court
House.
Hill killed Langford Summers at Garfield
nenrly two years ago. and after a trial which
cost tho county nearly iJ W.OJO he was found
guilty of assault and sentenced to two years.
His case was pending on appeal.
Parker was being tried lor the murder of
A. B. Cooper, at Pullman, last October, and
tho jury sitting in his case watched the
lynching from a room in the Court House.
The mob awoke Jailer Newcomber, and,
on plea that tUey had a prisoner to look up,
got in the jail. They took his keys, put ropes
around tho necks ot the murderers, led them
to the second story of the Court-House and,
without any parley, dropped them off the
balcony. Parker's arm caught in the rope
and was jerked almost from its socket. Hill's
neck was broken.
DEAD BEFORE HANGED.
A Mob Tortures Its Victim to Remind
Ilim of His Crime.
Alexander McCurdy, about thirty yenrs of
age, was convicted at Golden, Col., of m ly
heni. He had brutally assaulted his step
brother, Charles Barry, whom he charged
with interfering with his domestic hapDi
ness. McCurdy was sentenced to three years
in the penitentiary, but had not been taken
away yet. Early in the morning a moo
seized Alexander Korr, the jailor, choked
him and made him give up Jus keys. Then
the leaders dragged McCurdy from his cell
to the jail lawn, where he was tortured as hj
had tortured his stepbrother.
McCurdy died under the torture, but his
body was hangod to a trestle over Clear
Creek. It was cut down at Ga. a
The Czar or Russia is said to have an un
derstudy, who is singularly like him in ap
pearance, to take his place at the windows
of railway carriages and show himself about
the palace when his Majesty doesn't wish to
disturb himself.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
The Senate.
IIStk Dat. The Senate adopted a resolu
tion declaring that this Government will not
interfere with the domestic policy of Hawaii
or rcrard interference by others as friendly.
Mr. Turpie introduced a resolution look
ing to the abrogation of the extradition
treaty with Russia. The lumber PChedule
of the Tariff bill was flnishe l ; Mr. Sherman
epoke in opposition to the bill.
110th Day. The consideration of the
Tariff bill w.is confined to two long speeches
on the question of repealing the bounty on
f ugir. The first of them was by Mr. Marv.-
ersou and the second by Mr. reffer. 5Ir.
Harris gave notice that he would ask the
Senate to sit later to gain time.
120th Day. Mr. Hill's resolution for open
session of the committee investigating the
Sugar Trut scandal wns debated. The
su;rar schedule was discussed during the re
main ler of the s?sion.
121st Day. Mr. Gray, ns Chairman of the
ppeeial committee to investigate the alleged
operations of the Sugar Trust, submitted
the second batch of testimony taken be
fore that committee, concerning the ex
amination of all the Democratic mem
bers of the Finance Committee.
An agreement was entire 1 Into between the
leaders on the two sides by which a vote was
to be taken immediately on the pending
nmendment to the sugar schedule, and the
other committee amendments were then to
be voted upon, and this vote was to le fol
lowe 1 bv takinir up the tobacco schedule.
122r Day. The fugar schedule of the
Tariff bill, as amended bv the Finance Com
mittee, was passed. The substitute North
River Bridge bill was passed. The Senate
passe 1 bills authorizing the Missouri River
Power Company to build a dam across the
Missouri River and tho construction of a
bridge across the Monongahela River at
Homestead, Penn.
12 in Day. The to').acco schedule of the
Tariff bill was dispose 1 of anlthe agricul
tural schedule taken up.
The House.
13Srn Day. Discussion of the bill to re
penl the ten per cent, tax on State bank cir
culation was continued.
133rH Day. Senate bills were pass l ex
tending to other nations than Great Britain
with which the United States may make
treaties relating to the caro an 1 protection
of the fur seal the provision of the act to en
force the regulations oTthe Paris Tribunal
of Arbitration on that subject and to facili
tate the entry an 1 unloading of steamships
at United States p?rts. Speeches were
ma le by Messrs. Brosius and Henderson
against the repeal of the ten per cent, bank
tax law, and by Messrs. Swanson, Tucker
and Iz'ar in favor oT repe i":. An evening
session wa held under the rules to consider
private pension an 1 relief bills.
MOru Day. The speakers on the Brawley
State Bank Tax bill were Messrs. Izlar, Les
ter and Meyer in favor of repeal, an 1 Messrs.
H i! 1 and Warner against it. The bill went
over. The resolution concerning non-interference
in Hawaiian affairs was referred to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
l llsr Day. D sbate ca the bill to repeal
the ten per cent, tax on State bank circula
tion was continued. The S-juate bill was
pissed, authorizing th construction of a
bridge over the Delaware River between
Philadelphia and Camden. V Senate joint
resolution was passed appropriating 10,
000 to meet the expen litures caused by the
investigation of the Sugar Trust.
Jiio Day. The day was devote 1 to debate
on th' State Bank Tax Rep ial bill.
113Day. The House concurred in the
Senate amendments to the Now York an 1
New Jersey Bridge bill. By a vote of 172
to 102 the House voted not to repeal the law
imposing a tux of ten per cent, upou the is
sues of State banks and other associations.
STRIKERS RAMPANT.
Labor Disturbances Brealc Forth at
Many I'olnts.
Violence marked the continuance ot the
labor strikes in many sections of tho coun
try, and a review of the situation for one
day showe 1 that the struggle was growing
more serious as the contest between the
work 'nen ami capitalists progressed.
McKeesport, Penn., was in the hands of a
wild mob of tube-work strikers. They drove
workmen from their factories, burned tip
ples an 1 other property, and held un dispute 1
sway over the country round. They had
threo cannon, and lor a time retained pos
session of the mills anl other property of
their former employers.
A desperate light occurred between a
sheritY's posse and coal strikers at the Little
Coal Mines, near Pekin, III. Two were killed
and half a dozen wounded, una lead
bo ly, several men ou the verge of the
grave, a number of others in
jured, .3J,000 worth of property abso
lutely destroyed and many homes made
desolate, was the result of an attempt made
by the miners of tho Peoria district to close
the mine operated by the Little Brothers in
T iZ'-well County, a mile or more back of
Wesley City. E Iward Blower, of Barton
ville, married, was shot iu the side of the
neck an 1 killed instantly.
Governor McKinley has sent 1200 troops to
Eastern Oaio, where strikers are stopping
railway tratYl The coalman ling general
believe? that the men will fight at at least
one point.
A mob near Harmony, In 1.. stone 1 a Van
dalia freight trin anl instantly killed the
engineer iu his cab.
The presence of troops quietel the rioters
nt Frostburg, Ml., but just before the sol
diers arrived the house of a working miner
was blown up with dynamite.
A call for aid came from Round Pound in
tha Cherokee Strip. Men were tearing up
railroad tracks and threatened to kill any
body who attempted to repair them.
A battle between the army of deputies and
gold miners near Cripple Cre.ek, Col., was
averted at the last moment. The men said
they were willing to surrender to the mili
tia, and the deputies concluded to await the
coming of the troop3.
Neither the coal operators nor tho miners
took kindly to the suggestion of the National
Committee of the United Mina Workers that
each mining district settle tho strike for it
self. The importation of new men into tho coke
region oi Pennsylvania increased and bid
fair to defeat the strikers.
Ju ige Emery Spaer, who once made a de
cision unfavorable to organized labor, re
fused at Macon, Q., to require engineers to
work thirteen hours at a stretch, saying tho
policy of tho law was to improve the con
dition of the laboring man wherever possible.
A FARMER'S CRIME.
lie Shoots a Farm Hand, Ills Mother,
in-Law and Kills Himself.
Maxon Miller, a farmer, who lived in
Cheshire, a' out six miles west of Canan
daigua, N. Y., walked Into his home anl,
without saying a word, deliberately flrji
three shots nt the hired man, E. G. Reish.
He then walked over to where his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Ward, was sitting anl shot her
twice, both balls taking effect.
Miller then shot himself in the forehead
and died in a few minutes. His wife escaped
to some neighbors, where she in a frautie
manner related the story of her husband's
crime. Every one in the neighborhood
hurried to the scene, where they saw Mrs.
Ward lying in a pool of blood, but still alive,
and Miller lying dead in the back yard.
Reish had escaped any serious injury, only
one shot having taken effect, and that one
in the left arm.
Reish says that Miller had been absent
from home for several months, and that the
family had intimation of his being in the
neighborhood. The reason for committing
the deed is said to be jealousy,
VIOLENCE AT M'KEESPORT.
The Workmen Driven Out by a Crowd
of oOOO Strikers.
The expected trouble at tho National Tube
Works, MeKeesport, Penn., has occurred. A
crowd of 5000 strikers broke down the en
trance to the mill yard an 1 drove tho 240
workmen employed in tho various de
partments out of the plant. As
the men were driven out of the
works they were surrounded by another
crowd of strikers on the ouLside, beaten
with clubs and chase 1 through the central
part of the city. Several welders crossed the
Monongahela River, pursued by the strikers.
One of the men was causrht and severely
stabbed by his pursuers. His condition was
considered critical.
TEN DROWNED.
Cloudburst Carries Away a Charcoal
Camp.
A clouiburst occurred in the Sierra Madre
Mountains about seventy miles south of Da
rango, Mexico, and a camp of charcoal
burners was washed away by the flood which
came raging down the mountain gulch.
Ten charcoal burners ia the camp were nil
drowned.
Guatemala has conclude! to take the
pawnbroking business into the hands of the
State, and has organ:zed a "Pawnbroking
Association and National Savings Bank."
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
Dr. Mart Putw a Jacobi and other advo
cates ot woman suffrago addressee: the Suf
frage Committee of the Constitutional Con
vention at Albany, N. Y.
The annual review of the police took place
In New York City.
Bc8ixiBS men held a meeting In Carnegie
Hall, New York City, to denounce the in
come tax feature of the Tariff bill. Nearly
1500 were present.
Five rapid firing guns were experimented
with by the Ordnance Department at the
Government Proving Grounds, at Sandy
Hook, N. J.
Geebai. Neai. Dow spoke at the opening
of the Temperance Conzress at Prohibition
Park. Staten Island, N. Y.
Trbee masked burglars broke. Into a farm
house near Bridgeton, N. J., bound and
gagged the Misses Jones, two old women
who occupied it, and by threatening to hang
them compelled them to show where their
money was hidden. The burglars secured
about $700.
Car works In Laconia, N. H., worth 1100,
000. were burned.
South and West.
Reports from the lower Kanawh Valley,
West Virginia, stated that there was a brisk
fall of snow there, the thermometer falling
to thirty-fl ve degrees. In Greenbrier County
corn, potatoes, etc., were frozen.
Andrew Dhiout and B. Landry were
killed at New Orleans La., by falling from
the top of the Newcomb College dormitory,
and Arthur Stanley, who fell with them, was
fatally injured. The oornice on which the
men were working gave way. They fell
sixty feet.
Fbak Ballard, colored, was lynched
near Homer, Tenn., for attempted assault
on a white girl.
J. W. J. MoROAy, a white man, was hanged
at Greenville, S. C, for the murder of his
father-in law.
Jeff Crawford, colored, who murdered
W. P. Blackburn, white, of Bethesda Town
ship, 8. C, and who was sentenced to be
hanged, has been lynched by a mob. Hardy
Gill, colored, was taken from the jail in
Lancaster. S. C. and lynched. Ho assaulted
the wife of James A. Clark. At Dublin.
Ga., a mob entered the jail, bound and
gagged the jailer, took a colored man ao
cused of assault, tied him to a tree, and shot
him dead.
The riotous strikers held full sway at
CannelUburg, Ind. They tore up the
Evansville k Terre Haute Railroad tracks,
ditched cars, ruined railroad property right
and left. They built rough fortiflcatiocj,
and the news that the militia was coming
made them very ugly. They were five hun
dred strong.
Fifteen business houses and twenty resi
dences in Ottumwa. Iowa, were destroyed by
fire. The worst result was the death of
James rfeymour, a dwarf boy. the fatal in
jury by smoke of one man and the serious
injury of three others. The loss is estimated
at $225,000. A spark from a locomotive is
Bupposed to have started the blaze.
Striking coal miners burned bridges and
Interfered with coal trains in West Virginia
nnd Ohio. Four miners wore shot from am
bush at Powellton, W. Va., while returning
from work. At Farmersburg in a skirmish
between the troops and the strikers four of
the latter were killed.
Steele A Walker, grocers, at St. Joseph.
Mo., failed with liabilities of $700,000 and
assets of about $1,000,000.
Jealous Joseph Lozanski killed his wife
and committed suicide in Toledo, Ohio. At
Kansas City, Mo,, W. L. Marsh shot his wife
and daughter in a oourt-room and tried to
kill a constable. Mrs. Marsh was fatally
hurt.
Great damage has been done by floods at
Portland, Oregon ; much of the business part
of the city was placed under water.
Washington.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
John A. Sullivan to be Inte rnal Revenue
Collector for the Second New York District.
The United States cruiser Columbia
scraped the river bottom on her recent final
acceptance trial and received some injuries.
The National Lutheran Home for the Aged
at Montello. near Winthrop Heights, Wash
ington, was inaugurated. The house is sur
rounded by a tract of thirty acres, the gift
of Mrs. Sarah Untermehle, of Washington.
The cottage plan has been followed.
An official statement of Sec: ary Carlisle's
connection with the sugar trust schedule of
tho Tariff bill wa3 issued. He helped the
Finance Committeo put it in proper form,
correot a blunder and write a provision re
lating to the re3lprocity treaty with Hawaii.
Senator MoPherson explained that a careless
servant was the cause of his buying 500
shares of Sugar.
Thh Korean Legation In Washington re
ceived a cablegram from the King's palace nt
Seoul, Baying that the rebels had gained ps
Bession of Chunlato, the southern and chief
of the eight provinces of the kingdom, that
the lives of all foreigners wore In danger and
that the presence of a United State3 war
ship at Chemulpo without delay to protect
Americans was urgently requested.
Secretary Herbert returned from hi3
trip to the Pacific coast.
Superintendent Stump, of the Immigra
tion Bureau, Treasury Department, too'.c
Bteps to prevent alien contract laborers from
taking the place ot striking miners in the
coke and coal regions of Clearfield and Con
nellsville, Penn.
The cruiser Baltimore was ordered to
Korea to protect American interests. The
State Department heard that there was dan
ger of an uprising of natives.
The Second Assistant Postmaster-General.
J. Lowrie Bell, resigned to become General
Traffic Manager of the Central Kailroad oi
New Jersey.
A Court ofInquirt was ordered to fix the
responsibility for the grounding of the oruiser
Columbia.
The President nominated Charles NellsoL,
of Maryland, to be Second Assistant Postmaster-General,
vice Lowrie Bell, resigned.
Lieutenant Holcombe testified that some
of the blow holes in the Carnegie armor
plates were six inches in diameter and that
one such, plugged, can bo found below the
Monterey's water line.
Foreign.
"Brioands entered the house of Mgr. Caf
aro, at Acquaviva, provinco of Bari, Italy.
They murdered the prelate's father, ninety
years old, and the ooachnian, who tried to
defend the household, nni wounded a maid
servant.
At Sofia the military firod throe times on
the moos, wounding many persons. i
Da. Wjekkkle, the Prime Minister of
Hungary, has tendered his resignation to;
the Emperor Francis Joseph.
Civil war has broken out In Bulgaria.
Two battalions of troops have rebelled and
demanded the reinstatement ol M. Stambu
lofL They havo been joined by the gen-:
darmeg in an attack on the troops who have
declared for Princo Ferdinand.
Advices have reached London of a seriou?
rebellion in Manchoori.i.
At London, United States Ambassador
Bayard gave a dinner to the officers of the
cruiser Chicago.
The River Sagre, in the Province of Ler
lda, Spain, swollen by recent heavy rains,
suddenly swept over the Seo de Urgel road,
destroying an inn and a warehouse. Fif
teen bodies have been recovered. It is be
lieved that fifty people were drowned.
Thousands have been made homeless by
the floods In British Columbia. The property
loss in Fraser Valley alone is estimated at
$8,000,000.
The thirteenth international Y. M. C. A.
conterence opensa wltii a sarvice in west
minster Abbey, London.
The Government forces of Salvador were
defeated, General Eseta and 600 troops be
ing killed. President Ezata has resigned.
Hawaii sent a steamer to Neekar Island to
post her flag and assert her authority.
Some psasants found a shell on the Glem
bigh Artillery range, at Tralee, County
Kerry, Ireland, and tried to open it. The
shell exploded, killing three and seriously
wounding four.
Jubilee sermons in connection with the
Y. M. C. A. Conference were held in 1400
churches In London and its suburbs, an 1
also throughout Great Britain. The Confer
ence elected Sir George Williams, the founder
of the association, its permanent President.
The Salvadorean revolutionists have su
ceeded in their struggle with the Ezcta Gov
ernment. President Ezeta has faed tbe
country, and his brother, the General, is
dead.
Cholera has infeeted the river Vistula,
one of the important trade channels in East
ern Earope. Baths have been ordered
The first student to apply for admission at
the new George R. Smith College in Sedalia,
Mo., was William Davis. He is thirty-three
years old and was bom a slave on the Miss
issippi i lantation of Jefferson Davis.
AN Inspection of the melon territory in the
southeastern part of Georgia shows that the
area of cultivation this season is 7376 acres,
as oompared with 3339 acres last year.
TCiAST BEETS AS COW FEED.
Sugar beets are worth more to feed
to cows for milk and batter than the
prices which the sugar-beet factories
offer for them for making sugar. So
it is not necessary that a farmer
should be located near a beet-root
sugar factory in order to make beet
growing pay. If he has the right kind
of cows he can make more money
feeding beets to them than he can sell
them for in any other way. The same
is true of most of the grain products
of the farm. Boston Cultivator.
THE PELLICLE OF THE BT7TTEE GLOBULE.
The claim made in a communication
from Dr. Hopkins, of Vermont, that
he was opposed to the alleged existence
of any pellicle on the butter globules
as long ago as 1860, is cheerfully
recognized. This opposition has leug
been common among physicians and
physiologists, who know of milk as a
simple emulsion, while those who
have favored it have been persons who
based belief on a very common mis
take made by inexperienced micro
scopists, who ignored the effects of the
refraction of light from glistening ob
jects, thus viewed, and in this way
imagined the supposed pellicle. Dr.
Hoskins claims that when he made the
discovery there was no such thing in
1860, when he published the fact. But
hard work has been done since then to
change the prevalent popular belief to
the contrary. New York Times.
FATTENING PIGS ON WHEAT.
Where maize can be grown to per
fection it will probably continue to be
one of the chief food materials for
fattening swine, but in colder climates
other foods must be grown for this
purpose. H. T. French, of the Ore
gon Station, has continued the experi
ments of feeding wheat to pigs, and
the results aro especially interesting
to farmers, who find the market price
of wheat about the same as that of
corn. In the rate of grain produced,
the results compare favorably with
those obtained from feeding corn.
Chopped wheat proved to be better
than chopped oats, and there was 131
pounds of gain for each bushel of
wheat consumed. The quality of the
meat was all that could be desired in
fat pork. There was a good thickness
of fat, and, at the same time, a good
distribution of lean meat. The pigs
were eleven months old when slaugh
tered. The pigs were not in pasture
at any time, but were in pens connect
ed with small yards. They were fed
twice each day, at eight in the morn
ing, and at five in the evening. Each
ration was weighed out, and allowed
to soak until the time for the next
feed. A handful of salt was added to
each feeding, and charcoal was given
to them twice a week. The breed was
a cress of the Poland-China and Berk
shire, with the Berkshire points pre
dominating.
-American Agriculturist.
SEED GKA.IN.
Seed grain, whether barley, oats,
wheat or flex, should be selected with
great care. The Idaho Station advo
cates testing the grain before sowing.
This can be done by the farmer, it
says, and requires but a few days.
The seed may be sown in a box of soil
and the box kept in a warm exposure.
The soil must be kept moist.
Another and easier way is to float a
piece of thick sheet cotton on water.
The grain to be tested is placed on the
cotton an l is covered with a similar
shoot. On removing the cover the
grain is exposed to view, and the
eprouted grain can be quickly
counted.
A good germinator or seed tester
can be made out of a coal-oil can, a
block of wood and two pieces of cloth.
Cut one of the sides out of the can.
Place the block of wood within the
can, allowing it to rest on the bottom.
The block should be two inches thick,
about as wide as the can and three
fourths as long. Pour one to one and
one-half inches of water in the can.
Stretch one of the ends of the cloth to
dip in tne water. The other piece of
cloth is used for a cover and is put on
in the same way. The seeds to be
tested are put between the folds of
cloth. Capillary attraction keeps the
cloth damp. Keep clean and fresh
water in the germinator and set in a
warm place.
To prevent smut use one pound of
"blue-stone" to four gallons of water.
Allow the grain to remain in contact
with the liquid for five minutes.
Never sow seed that is foul with
seed of weed3 and other grains. The
wild oats must be got out of the way.
A great help in this direction is to de
stroy as much of the wild oat seed as
possible. Every seed sown brings
forth nearly a hundred more. New
York World.
IMPROVED PEACH OBCHARDS.
Every spring a large number of
peach orchards are planted in differ
ent parts of the country, and nearly
all are arranged in the old way of set
ting them in squares or in rows both
ways for horse culture, and training
them up to a head five feet high ou a
bare stem at that hight. As many
farmers and orchardists are now car
rying put their plans for spring plant
ing, a few practical suggestions may
be of use.
The tendency of all peach tree
growth is in running up and out hori
zontally into bare poles and arias,
which gradually reduce the value of
the trees and lessen the excellence of
the fruit. The duration of the trees
is lessened, and they- perish much
sooner than under a better treatment.
Fir6t of all, tha superiority of broad
cast cultivation should be appreciated,
as compared with only narrow strips
or circles of cultivated ground. The
roots of both young and old peach
trees extend from the foot of the
trees to a distance of at least equal to
the height of the trees. This we have
proved by experiments, showing that
the trees, ten and twelve feet high,
send out roots thirteen feet in length
and are increased in growth by manure
placed at that distance. It is there
fore of little comparative importance
whether the narrow spot at the base
of the tree receives manure or not.
There could be, therefore, but little
objection to the side branches extend
ing nearly to the ground.
There are several reasons for such
low headed trees. The annual prun
ing ox cutting back is "more easily per
formed, much of it being done while
the operator stands on the ground.
The thinning, which all heavy-bearing
trees should receive, is more easily
done. The fruit may be more easily
gathered, There will be bat little
ground that may not be subjected to
horse cultivation, for the shade of the
foliage above will prevent much
I growth of weeds closely around the
t stem and a light and broad harrow
will stir nearly all the soil by passing
under.
Planters who wish to adopt the low
headed, compact training, should not
purchase trees more than a year old,
or which have heads already formed
several feet high ; but procure one
year trees from the bud, or else those
which have already been trained with
in a few inches of the ground. Coun
try Gentleman.
A MODEL FABM.
Elmdale farm, owned by George W.
Swett & Son, is one of the best farms
in Hampden Corner, Me. In the large
cow barn they have a silo (built on a
level with the floor), 8x18 feet base
measure and seventeen feet high, filled
to about two-thirds its capacity with
fine cut corn fodder, which they have
been successfully feeding this winter.
The corn was cut, then carried by
power and dropped into the silo, where
it was levelled and trodden like hay in
a mow. No weights were used. It ia
now carried in baskets to the cribs and
the grain rations are scattered over it.
Two quarts of grain fed in that way
are as good as three fed alone. It is
needless to say that Mr. Swett intends
to fill his silo another season.
A tank is placed on the upper floor
of the stable, so that water may be
carried to the barns. The water is
supplied by a windmill. There are
two of these on the farm, one near the
buildings and one in the pasture.
In front of the cattle, running the
whole length of the crib, is a covered
trough, six inches each way, and lined
with ziuz. A little hot water put into
the tank tempers the drink for the
animals. It is carried by pipes to the
trough. The stable, also, is very con
venient and fitted for four horses.
The farm workshop is well stocked
with wood-working tools, and has an
anvil and forge. Cold and rainy days
are spent here pleasantly and profit
ably. Mr. Swett sets the tires as well as
rims the wheels, and has invented a
simple but effective device for that
work. Other inventions of his are a
drill, a punch and a machine to cut
iron pipe.
Commencing in the milk business
twenty-six years ago, Mr. Swett drove
the cart himself for seven years, miss
ing only three trips during that time.
Twenty-four years ago he bought this
farm of 100 acres, pleasantly situated
at Hampden Corner, six miles from
Bangor. The large convenient build
ings are kept in thorough repair.
New England Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Patience is needed in teaching the
calf to drink.
A good blooded colt may be made
no better than a scrub by being half
starved.
After the growth is made the meat
hog or the lard hog ia a matter of
feeding.
It is calculated that with every
1200-pound steer there are 349 pounds
of waste.
In raising strawberries keep the
ground moist and mellow by frequent
cultivation.
The food of pigs must, to produce
good results, be largely nitrogenous
or muscle forming.
Give the chickens plenty of mother,
that is, do not give the care of too many
chickens to one hen.
Every farmer should remember that
pigs cannot digest properly sour milk
or sour feed of any kind.
Excitable horses can generally be
quieted by smoothing the head and
rubbing down over the eyes.
Much of the distemper which pre
vails in spring months might be pre
vented by a little judicious care.
Milk in boiling always forms a pe
culiar acid, so a pinch of soda should
be added when beginning to cook.
Usually the hog with coarse,
straight hair will not fatten near so
rapidly as the one with fine, soft hair.
Good breed is excellent in itself,
but to give good profits it should be
combined with good feed and good
care.
Make haste very slowly in driving
cows to and from pasture. A slow
walk and a short road is the correct
thing.
Alfalfa will make hens lay almost as
well as will meat, and it can be fed to
them four or five times a day with
profit.
The early habits of the colt will
cling to it through life, hence the im
portance of teaching it from tho be
ginning to travel at a brisk walk.
If from any reason it is necessary to
keep the pigs confined during the
summer see that arrangements are
made for supplying them with green
feed.
A fast horse that is sound and hand
some is worth a good deal more money
than he would be without these quali
ties, and will command a much readier
market.
When a horse is sold three things
are sold feed, care and skill. The first
two every farmer furnishes, but skill
is never possessed by the indifferent
breeder.
From this time on the ducks should
be penned at night in order to secure
the eggs, as, if well sheltered, they
will commence laying now at almost
any time.
Cracker dust is an excellent feed foi
chickens. It should be used with equal
parts of cornmeal and cracked corn,
the whole being mixed with warm, but
not hot, water.
Horse-6hoeing is as much of a science
as any of the learned professions that
require not only adaptability, but
close study on the part of the success
ful practitioner.
Large-combed fowls are the better
layers. Attempts at decreasing the
size of the comb have hitherto result
ed in a deterioration in the laying
power of the birds.
Recent experiments show that tho
action of farm yard manure on strong
soils is not nearly so valuable as ita
action on light soils, and that the
farmer may largely dispense with it.
Carrots are an excellent feed in con
nection with oats for horses, and e
ration of half carrots and half oats will
keep horses in better condition than
will the grain alone. It is surprising
that they are not more largely grown.
Enormous Growth of an Industry.
Few persons realize the enormont
increase of our wool product, which
has resulted from proper breeding
and good management. In 1S10 the
number of sheep in the United States
amounted to 10,000,000, and 13.000,
000 pounds of wool were produced.
In 1S92 our wool product was 244,
000,000 pounds, while the number of
sheep had only increased to 44,358,
863. The average weight of fleece h&d
risen from 1.9 pound in 1S40 to 5.5
pound in 1891.
The efforts to improve the weight
and quality of the fleece have not
been cenfined to the United States.
In 1891 the number of sheep and
lambs in Great Britain was returned at
28,732,558, and in 1S93 at 27,2S0,334.
The wool clip in 1890 was placed at
138,000,000 pounds, and in 1892 at
153,000,000.
While wool is cheaper now than
ever before, it is also more largely
used, eo that the increased production
is not so disproportioned as it would
at firtt appear. In I860 the world's
product of wool was 955,000,000
pounds, in 1S80 it was 1,626,000,000
pounds, and in 1889 it was 1,950,000,
O00 pounds. Europe is decreasing its
wool production. North America in
creased from 110,000,000 pounds in
1860 to 630,000,000 pounds in J 889.
The largest increases were in Aus
tralia, from 60,000,000 pounds in
1800 to 450,000,000 in 1SS9; Iiio
Plata from 43,000,000 in 1860 to
360,000,000 in 1883. These statistics
are interesting, for they show what
competition American wool-growers
have to meet. New York World.
Taper Curreuey ol All Nations.
Josef Zuckerman, manager of th&
Eden Musee in St. Louis, is on his
way to the Antweip exhibition, w here
he will exhibit a unique collection of
the paper currency of all nations.
His collection includes almost every
denomination of each of tho South
American Bepublics, as well as of the
Central American States and Mexico.'
The face value of the notes which he
has in his strong box is something
over $6, 000, 000, but great as tbe fig
ures seem the actual cash negotiable
value of all this money is a tritle more
than S15.000 in United States cur
rency. A special feature of the exhibit will
be one group of Confederate money
representing what was once $5,000,
00J. He has ten unbroken packages
of $100 bills, representing 100,000
each. These were never in circulation,
and they look ns fresh as they did
when primed in February, 18G1. San
Francisco Examiner.
Virtues ot Salt.
Common salt is ono of the most
valuable remedial agents tho world
contains. Used as a tooth powder,
alone or with a little prepared chalk,
it whitens tho teeth and makes the
gums hard and rosy. It is a good gar
gle for sore throat, and if taken in
time will benefit, if not cure diphther
ia. It will stop bleeding of the
mouth, and in warm WKter is a good
emetic and remedy against several
poisons. There is nothing better for
sore feet and hands than salt and
water, and for ordinary soro eyes,
though a painful operation, will often
eftVct a complete cure. ---Indianapolis
News.
A Hawk's Capture ol a Pigeon.
A hawk captured and killed a car-rier-pigeou
in Druid Hill Park after a
protracted chase. The lightning-like
movements of thepursuer and pursued
were a revelation to those who wero
not versed in the flights of birds. The
pigeon, as long as it kept in a straight
line, beat the hawk flying, but on be
coming frightened and confused it be
gan a zigzag course, und was then an
easy prey. Captain Cassell frightened
the hawk so that he got the pigeon,
but the pigeon was dead when it struck
the ground. Baltimore Sun.
A Diminutive Breed ot Cattle.
The Dexter Kerry is a diminutive
breed of cattle, but they are very well
in their way, and not merely toys. A
cow standing thirty-nine inches high
and owned by the Earl of Boseberry
gave sixteen quarts of milk in one day,
which yielded fifteen per cent, of
cream. For one month she gave fifteen
quarts of milk per day. For city and
village residents who wish to keep a
cow the Dexter Kerry has much to
commend it. American Farmer.
Unknown Dead iu a Great City.
Albert H. White, keeper of tho
morgue in New York City, testified in
a murder trial the other day that 140,
000 bodies have passed through his
hands since he has been the keeper.
He added that he knew many cases
where mistakes had been made as to
identity of dead bodies, and cited tho
case of a woman who claimed a body
as that of her husband and had the
body buried in Calvary Cemetery.
Scientific American.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root cures
all Kidney anl Madder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation froo.
Laboratory Binhamton, X. Y.
The play of color in tho opal is duo to
minute fissures in Iho stan".
A. M. Priest, Dru'ist, Siielbyville, Ind.,
pays : " Hall's Catarrh Cure ives the best of
satisfaction. Can Ret plenty of testimonials,
as it cures every one who takes it." Druggists
bell it, 75c.
A lteaulilul Souvenir Spoon
Will be seat with every bottle of Dr. HixtWi
Certain Crovp Ctr. Ordered by mail, post
paid, 50 cts. Addres. (loxsie. BufTalo, X. Y.
Shiloh'M Cure
Is sold on a trnarantee. It cures Incipient Con
Bumption;it is the BestCoiigh Cure: 25c., 50c., l
Don't Xetrlect a Couh. Take some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar iiixtautcr.
Pike's Toothache Dro;s Cure in one minute.
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" I Could Not Walk
rJeenus3 of a running sore oi my ankie, I
w.t3 n -t able even to do anytliijas. After tne
f-f OOd'S Sarsa
a parilla
first toltlo ot HooJ's -g
Kars i parilla I felt a fl LI. A
pr?at deal be;tcx, anl J
now a.'ter taking I am
well. Tha sore lias healed, anl I am abla io
W.ilk several miles without feeling tired."
Has. Bencm, Box 83, Willsboro, N. Y.
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills. 25c.
THOSE who could not eat cake, hot
biscuit, bread and pastry because
of indigestion have found that by rais
ing them with Royal Baking Powder
they are enabled to eat them with per
fect comfort.
Royal Baking Powder is composed
of chemically pure cream of tartar and
bicarbonate of soda, and is an actual
preventive of dyspepsia.
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ROYAL BAKING POWPEH
A Kemar table Caterpillar.
In New Zealand and Australia they
have an animal which, from all ac
counts, cannot be equaled by any
other animate or inanimate object
upon the earth's surface. It is the
queerest of the many antipodean won
ders and paradoxes, and, for the want
of a better name, has been called the
"bullrush caterpillar" or "vegetable
worm." The native Tasmaniau name
for the oddity is "Aweto-Hotete."
Tho above ground portion of this veg
etable worm is a fungus of the order
fsphaeria, which grows to a height ol
six or eight inches. When pulled up
by the root, this fungus is found to
consist of a largo caterpillar, showing
head, segments and brt athing holes
every detail of the grub being per
fectly pres-rved. On examination ol
tho interior of tho caterpillar it is
found to bo composed of a "punky"
looking substance, really the root of
the fungus, which har cremated every
fiber of what was once a living, breath
ing creature's anatomy. In all tho in
stances which Bnckland records, the
ephaeria had made its attack in the
fold of skin between the second and
third segments of tho caterpillar and
had replaced all tho animal substance
of tho creature's body with a hard
brown vegetable growth resembling
the fungoid growths on blackberry
and other vines. St. Louis Republic.
The Virot Bow.
Tho Yirot bow, either ma le of wide
ribbon or bias silk, is always placed
against the back of the hat, with the
jet or rhine stone buckle that confines
it resting its edge on the hair. It re
quires Hit almost inimitable deftness
and Btirety of touch to make this
Frenchy little bow. Tho fashionable
ribbon is watered. It requires about
a yard to make a stylish Virot bow.
The ends of the ribbon should bo
sewed together into four loops, two on
either side ; the upper ones should be
a trine lo lger than the lower ones. To
tie these together the loops ure held
firmly in the lingers and the left ones
are turned over tho right ones, form
ing a knot iu the center, which is
either fastened with a Lucklo or with
ornamental stick pins. A frontal
bunch of flowers or a low buckle of
rhine stones is usually so placed in
front of the hat as to preserve tho ar
tistic balance when tho Virot bow
spreads its silken sails at the back. By
the way, this pointed eflect of the loops
is acquired by drawing the lower edge
of each loop tighter than the upper.
New York Advertiser.
The highest mountain in Great
Britain is Ben Nevis, Scotland 4406
feet.
KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tend3 to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than ethers and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting tho world's best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in tho
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions ami
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if oflered.
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The Sioux llinner lot.
"Thero is a very peculiar cndom
among tho Sioux Indians," said Krnm
uel French, of Bismarck, X. 1. "Tho
Indians take kindly to European cook
ing utensils and aids to comfort, itu I
it is quite common for an exploring or
picnic party to trade olT kettles, fry
ing pans and the like for skins or curi
osities. A cooking utensil thus ac
quired becomes practically tho com
mon property of the tribe, on tho
general understanding, however, that
whoever borrows it shall pay for it
use by leaving iu it a portion of tlx
food cooked. As the Indians seldom
waste atiy time in washing or cleaning
eating or cooking vessels, thi prac
tice has some conveniences from a
red muu'd point of view, and often
a saucepan is returned with quite a
large quantity of meat or potatoes
clinging to the bottom, nnd perhaps
covering up Borne of the remnir.s of s
precediug and entirely different prep
aration. "It is not long since that an explor
ing party 1 was out with lost its krt
tlo, which hail evidently jolted out of
the wagou on the bad road. After
considerable hesitation, ono was bor
rowed from a friwnlly quaw, and,
after the water had been boiled iu it
three or four times, and it had been
well scoured out with sand, it an
swered its purpose admirably. When
we wero through with tins kettle,
we thoroughly cleaned it auiu
and returned it, and it was not until
an Indian guide explained the custom
that we understood tho look of mi
preme contempt which came over tlm
red lady's fuce vheu, on looking into
the inside of tho kettle, t-hr haw that
it contained no relic; whatever of our
evening feast." St. Louis (Jlobo
1 )emoci at.
WOMEN WHO SUFfEfl
pain each month, can find rilitf
nl cure m l'r. 1 Vircui
Favoritw Prescription.
It regulate and re.stiTrs
the liiui.thly function,
braces up the wxhanstml,
run-down, overworked
ami uchcuu-; allays hiui
l,im ishes all Nci'voua
Weakness, Kpamiis.
Hysteria, Fits, Chorea,
or ht. Vitus
Dance; enreu Weak
ness ps, 1! e n r i n g
i Mown sensations.
Backache, Catarrhal Inflammation, Ulcera
tion and kindred maladies.
For those about to Iwcorne mothers, it is a
priceless boon, for it lessens the pain and
perils of childbirth, shortens "labor" nnd
the period of confinement, and promotes the
secretion of an abundance of nourishment
for the child.
Thomas Thirlwkix, of RnbertMlnU, 7i.,
ays: "I cannot aufltclently piiucm to you
my grktiturie for the benellt your Kov.ri(
Prescription ' has conferred upon my dai.s"
ter. Of late she has suffered no pain whatever.
It is simply marvelous."
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