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AGRICULTUHAL TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE ' TO FARM AND GARDEN. CB0SSE3. The'first cross makes a half blood ; the second cross (fall blDod and half blood) makes a three-quarter grade ; the next is a seven-eighth ; next a fifteen-sixteenth ; next a thirty-first-thirty-second. After this the grade becomes practically a full blood for all intents and purposes. New York World. COOKING FEED FOB HOGS, Cooked feed, especially if given warm, will digest more quickly than the same feed uncooked. But the cooking swells the food, so that less can be eaten at a time. Feeding little and often must be the rule if cooked food is given. If it is not thus fed, the pigs will do better to have the food given uncooked. Even, the greater facility with which cooked food is digested is not best for con tinued health. The human digestion is weakened by, giving the stomach only what it can digest most easily. It is reasonable to suppose that this" is also true of our domestic animals. Outdoor exercise, with plenty of pure air and hearty food, will secure health better than will close quarters aad giving food so nearly digested that the stomach will have little to do. Bos ton Cultivator. A LOG FEED RACK. This home-made feed rack can be constructed any desired length. The lower portion is about seven feet wide. The height depends on animals using it Thoy must reach the bottom Eas ily. The upper part is of sufficient width to allow ample- room between the top log of the first part and the lower log of the second part for stock LOG FEED BACK. to reach down and get the feed. This method is much more desirable than throwing hay and other roughness upon the ground. Nothing is wasted by being pulled out and trampled un derfoot. Put a large load of hay into this rack. The stock eat it from the bottom as needed and the upper por tion settles down as the feed is taken from beneath. American Agriculturist. CROrS AFTER EARLY. TEAS. Peas require rich- soil to make a' good crop, for though the growth of the pea vine adds nitrogen to the soil, it is only late in the season that this process goes on. Early in the spring the pea crop is helped by ni trogenous manure. This nitrogen is not lost, for it advances the pea plant more quickly to the time when its roots will nitrify the air in the soil and thus add to soil fertility. But unless some later crop follows the peas a great part of this supply of ni trogen will be 16st. A' crop of late cabbage, of celery or of turnips can be grown with advantage after early peas are cleared off. The 'only difficulty will bo in keeping the soil moist enough to give the midsummer crop a good send off. If the pea crop is sold green there should be no wait ing until the last ruu of peas have ripened. Plow the vines under with the last peas while they are still green. This will be about the last of June, and if the vines are turned under then theie is usually rainfall enough about the Fov-ith of July to thoroughly wet the plowed ground down to the bot tom of the farrow. If this is don the pea vines will rot rapidly and make the ground rich and warm, so that any crop planted then will have plenty of chance to grow. To grow a pea crop and plow under the whole crop is really a cheap way to supply nitrogen for late cabbage and celery. But the early peas will sell well, and while the price is high will pay well for picking and marketing. When the price falls below a profitable rate, they should be plowed under as a manure that has more than paid its cost before being used to fertilize an other crop. American Cultivator. FAR3I AND GARDEN NOTES. Do you pay attention to the feet of and legs of your horses and colts? A great deal of wood ashes goes to waste on many farms which would make excellent fertilizer. Market the early chicks when they are twelve or thirteen weeksold, for by keeping them ix to seven weeks longer you will gain nothings in price whatever, ! Yon must always be a close observer of the habits of your laying hens to make them lay well. This observa tion enables you to learn what she needs for her comfort and usefulness. Turkeys will come home to roost if they are fed regularly in the evening. Grain may be fed entirely, but if mixed with bread crumbs and scraps from the table the turkevs wilMike it much better. . . The earliest green peas come from the dwarf varieties, and the seed should be planted j as early as can be done safely. A few days in reaching the market makes quite a difference in the price. The earlier the better. In a variable climate the grower must supplement such deficiencies of rainfall as may occur with- fertility, careful cultivation, strong seed, by planting early as possible or decidedly late, and in some cases by planting under 6traw. Mark your worthless fruit trees before they are' forgottoh, and pre pare grafts for setting on in the spring. There is hardly a farm on which there are not more or less worthless- fruit trees which could be changed into desirable ones by grafting- The asparagus bed should be cleaned thoroughly and 200 pounds of sul phate of potash, 100 of nitrate of soda and 200 of superphospnate applied per acre. It makes growth early in the season and for that reason, the fer tilizer should be applied as Boon as possible. Cuttings may now be set to secure plants for summer blooming, while cuttings that are already well-rooted should be taken from the sand and potted or planted in boxes or flats. There is ample time for growing good plants of most varieties by planting time. Get in plenty of fresh sand. Largest Steamer Company, The North German Lloyd Nord deutscher Lloyd has from a small beginning worked its way to the very front, being now the largest steamer company in the world. The company enjoys a subvention from the German Empire on five lines, on the condition that the steamers call at certain ports, that the mail-carrying boat3 shall be built in German shipyards and that the speed be at least twelve knots. The company capital is now S3,000,000 narks, orabont $20,750,UOO? and its fleet consists of eighty-three steamers of an aggregate tonnage of 212,387 tons, besides tugboats. The com pany's traffic comprises twenty-two lines, viz. : eight European, six North American (twice weekly from Bremen to the United States), two South American, five to Eastern Asia and one Australian. 'The staff of the company consists of 8000 men. and in the year 1S73 there was formed a seamen's and pension fund by donations and an an nual charge of two and a half per cent, of the pay. i The captains have to pass through the various degrees, and if there is an accident, they have to resisra. SsientiSc American. TWCF BUILDINGS COLLAPSE. Six Persons Killed in an Accident In Wheeling. W. Va. A few minutes past 8 o'clock a. to. the two five-story buildings. 1220 and 1222 Main street. Wheeling. W. Va., occupied by T. T. Hutchisson A Co., wholesale hardware and saddlery dealers, and W. H. Chapman A Sons, wholesale painters' and builders sup plies, collapsed, burying ten men beneath the ruins. The debris took fire from a nat ural gas leak. and. a dense cloud of smoke arising, the efforts of the rescuers were f greatly impeded. ; The dead are: i-atner. r. iu rarke, Vicar-General of West Virginia Diocese and chaplain of Mt. Dechantel, the Cath olic seminary at Wheeling. Benjamin Priteh ard, carriage builder, of Buckhannon, W. Va. ; Robert Wincher, employa of Hutchisson A Co.; Eugene Birch, employe of Hutchisson A Co.: Michael Horan, employe of Hutchis son A Co.; Harry Cowl, Western Union messenger bo v. The injured are: T. T. Hutchisson, member of the hardware house of Hutchisson A Co., two ribs broken and head cut; M. J. Ford, employe of ' Hutchisson A Co., slightly bruised and cut; O. E. Williams, carpenter, head cut and severely bruised about body; G. W. Clifton, carpenter. The cause of the collapse was the defective construction of the Hutchisson building, which was condemned two years ago. At the hour mentioned the employes in Hutehisson's heard an ominous cracking, and without fur ther warning the alley wall fell, carrying with it the entire structures of both build ings. Only the rear wall remained standing. A general alarm brought the Fire Depart ment to the scene. Blinded and suffocated by the dense smoke, the firemen worked herocially, and in about two hours the first victim was rescued. He was M. J. Ford, who was comparatively uninjured. He was lying directly across Benjamin Pritchard. who was dead. A medical examination showed that he had been killed by being' crushed about the chest. No more bodies were found until 6.30 o'clock p. m., when the body of Father Parke was taken out of the debris. The fire gained so that the firemen first had to give their entire attention to sub duing it. After twelve hours' hard work they got the flames under control. Both buildings, together with the stocks, are a total loss. When the first wall .fell it broke off clear down to the,, foundation, and not one stone was left upon another. Altogether! the loss will amount to oveu $200,000. f Father Parke, who was the oldest Catholio priest in West Virginia, was not in either of the buildings, but was walking up the alley' when the crash came. Harry Cowl, the mes senger boy, was also killed in the alley while returning from a call. GOVERNOR MARVIL DEAD. T. F. born H.. MARVIL. in Sussex A Democrat Succeeds to the Gubernatorial Chair of Delaware. . I After an illness that had lasted for several months, Governor Joshua Perkins Hopkins .Marvil, of Delaware, died at his home ia Laurel. Just before his inauguration a few months before Governor Marvil was stricken with heart trouble, and was too ill to take any part in the ceremonies of his in duction into office. Re cently he rallied ,md there were hopes of his ultimate recovery. When it was thought that he was on the road to re--covery erysipelas set in and he gradually sank. Governor Marvil was County, Delaware, on September 3. 1835, and came of an old Delaware family. He was brought up on a farm, and his opportunities to ac quire an education were meagre. In early manhood he became a sailor, and later a boatbuilder. When he was twenty-eight years old he. began the manufacture of agri cultural implements. In 1870 he became in terested in the manufacture of baskets and crates for fruit, and built extensive works at Laurel, which have an annual output of two million baskets. Governor Msfrvil had taken an - active interest dn Del-iware Republican politics for many year, but was never a can didate for office until was nominated for Governor by his party in August last. " Ills term of office would have expired Januarv 1, lS3v. By the death of 'the Republican Executive William P. Watson. Soeaker of the Senate, who is a Democrat", becomes acting Gov ernor. By the elevation of Mr. Watson to the Gubernatorial chair the Senate of the State becomes" a tie, four Republicans and four Democrats. Mr. Watson will not serve out Governor Marvil's unexpired term, but Will net as the Chief Executive of the State '.until the next general election in November. .18. What effect the dath of Governor Marvil will have upon the United States Senate con test being waged in the Legislature between Hicgins and Addicks is difficult to forecast. If the Legislature of the State fails to elect the acting Governor of the State can nomi nate a Senator, but the-United States Senate has decided against admitting such Senators. One of the last official acts of Governor Marvil was to appoint James D. Spicer, a young man in whom he taken a great inter est. State Librarian, but when Secretary of State Smit hers brought the commission for his signature, the Governor wa unable to sign it. More than a dozeu effiecs were left vacant in this way. CLAIMANTS FOR MILLIONS. Tacts About the Minch and Metzinger Es tates' in Holland. Before the lletzinger and Minch "heirs" . waste anymore time and money in prosecut ing their claims to certain enormous estates said to be situated in Holland, we desir says the New York Times, to direct their at' tention to something. The Metzinger "heirs' believe they are very soon to obtain possW ,sion of -their estate iof 8240.000 ooo Cl It Cleveland Leader says: "j.he fortune is located in Holland .an.i ; waiting the perfecting of the international legal requirements, and final proofs of the heirs," to be surrendered to the American ciaimants. It is estimated at 1240,000 000 It is in charge of trustees, under the direct supervision of the Holland Governmeat which exercises over the trust such coatroi as the German Empire exercises over the historical Guelph fund." I This is very good, jcontihues the Tiais, The property has grown to $240,000,000. we are told, from a fortune of 855.000,000 Mt by one Theobald Metzinger. who died a bachelor in 1740. The leading "heirs" (there are about 200 in all) appear to be ! a bank officer in Pittsburg and his , brother, whe is con nected with a Pittsburg gas company. The latter says: ' - . j. We shall lay the subject before the De partment of State at Washington, and have the Secretary make official representation of our rights to the Holland Government. Sena tor Quay and Congressman John Dalzell will be retained as our legal representatives." The Minch estate is only 850,000,000. Three brothers came to this country from Holland 'about 140 years ago." Two of them were drowned soon after their arrival, and the other settled in the town of Catskill, N. Y. The descendants of his two daughters now claim the estate of his father which has been "neglected" for a hundred years, more or less. There are two I groups of heirs, one led by a resident of Jersey City and the other by a Brooklyn policeman. Claim- ants are to be found in Hoboken, Newburg and Binghamton. We are assured by on of our esteemed contemporaries that a law yer of this city brought back "from Europe, ' in 1879, documents showing" that "the Gov- . ernment of Holland had admitted the valid ity of the claims" of these "heirs." The Metzinger and Minch claimants should read a report sent to the State Department a few years ago by our Minister to Tne Hague, Mr. Bell. It is this to; which we direct their attention, and if they shall induce Senator Quay and Congressman Dalzell to call upon Mr. Gresham in their interest, we presume that the Secretary wil lay the report before these influential gentlemen. Other claimants had been inquiring about other mythical properties, and their frequent appeals had led the Minister to make an in vestigation, Mr. Bell was convinced, he wrote, that systematic fraud was being prac ticed upon American "by scheming sharp ers who make a living by keeping alive and warm the excitement about the existence of unclaimed estates in Holland for Americaa heirs." He had applied to the Government for information, and he set forth as follows the result of this actidn: "It appears from the reply of the Foreisp Office that the legislation of this country (Holland) ha? effectually and finally dis posed of all such claims, even if inherently just, which were not; presented and proved before the Commission of Liquidation estab lished in 1852, There has, since 1S52. besn no such thing in Holland as an unclaimed estate originating prior to 1852." In another part of the same report h de scribed the law of 1852, which provided for the escheating of all Unclaimed estates with- in a specific time, and thus repeated the fore going assertion: "The law has effectually and finally dis posed of all unclaimed funds and estates ia this country originating prior to March, 1S52. There has. therefore, since 1852, been no such thing in Holland as an unclaimed estate or iginating prior to that date." We advise, the Metzinger and Minch "heirs" to become familiar with this docu ment. They can save time and money by examining it. Wo presume they can pro cure a copy from the State Department if they ask for it. j SCHEME 'TO SAVE MILLIONS. It is to Utilize the Water ,1'pwei- At.ove Meeker Island for the Twin Citie-. Thomas Lowry, President of th Twji City Transit Company!, and Charles A. Pills bury, the big imiller, hkve evolved a .- 'herse which, they claim, will save St. Paul an i Minneapolis millions jbf dollars. It i-. pa. word, to utilize th? water jKwer above Mis er's Island. j The energy of the-falls 'of St. Aula: ny, which grindthe wheat for the millions of in habitants of this and other countries, is ii.MO horse iower. ; and it Is estimated thnt tne nrpspnr corn ma nf Hoinmin! t h f ri vrr :i - distance below the present falls, at within . mil nf thfm I will trivn fuilv-lO.O'jQ horse power, a power ialmost halt gr-at'M i i - j-. i .i. ..... nfi 1 oi t. aciu -v:- Ha"- ,'1 the maximum enenrvi sufficient to operate the street car both cities, the miils. and faetorie.-. :wh-ai and building elevator- in fact. tflWent t' supplant steam whereyer used. a:id f iaee a lamp on every street crossing iu ana atl at nail tue present ci. cither city, We Make the Best Armor Plate. : Captain Sampson, bhief of the Bur?au. of Ordinance, says that America is ahcal of all other couutri;-: ia the art of nniing zr'z
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