Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 41, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1882 — Page 1

VOLUME XXV.

Paterson, N. J,, has the greatest locomotive manufactories on record of any city in the world. Five hundred were built there last year and sold at prices rangiugfromsß,oootosl4,ooo. In giving Mrs. Garfield the specia franking privilege that it has, congress has imjieneda fearful annoyance upon her. Any beggar in tne land can write to her for money without it costing even a three-cent stamp. Colorado during 1881 has increased its taxable property one-third, being now $96,059,000. During the same year her mines produced $20,000,000 bullion. Denver, the capital, put up buildings and improvements at a cost of $4,000,000. The state is in a prosperous condition in every department. Her railroad facilities are constantly on the increase, and her mineral and other resources are inexhaust bale. The cable brings the news in hot haste to troubled England that the native journals in India are beginning to republish land league speeches and in several of them in the Mahratta district a full translation of the no rent manifesto is given. Extracts from [.Mr. Parnell’s addresses are quoted approvingly, and there is a prospect of a land league being started in Hindostan. With the present religious and fanatical organization to form a nucleus, such a body would be a formidable engine for the British rovernment to cope with. The two hundred and eighty millions of people in India are more to be feared than the little island ®f Ireland right under the English guns. The total cost of the Guiteau trial is now estimated at $300,000. The Washington correspondents all agree that the largest items cf expense will be those of the associate counsel for the prosecution —Judge Porter, of New York, and Mr. Davidge, of Washington—who are expected to ask $25,000 apiece. Next will come the demands of the official stenographers, who have made verbatim reports of the proceedings and furnished the district attorney w ith fifteen copies every morning, for all which they will expect from SIO,OOO to $15,000. About 200 witnesses have been summoned, and the witness fees will be very heavy, especially those of the twenty-five experts called for the prosecution,who will not only receive the usual allowance and mileage, but the value they put upon their services during the days, and even weeks, which they have given to the case. Then there is the maintenance of the assassin, the pay of extra bailiffs, printing and a hundred incidentals. To all which must be added, in the now generallyexpected event of conviction, the expenses of execution, and it can safely be said that no part of the bill will be paid more cheerfully by the tax-payer than the last item.

CHEtl* POSTAGE. Cheap postage Is being agitated by the business interest as well as in official circles in this country. But there is no denying the fact that the postage of the United States is cheaper than that in any other country in the world. If our territory were a limited affair like that of European countries it might be considered expensive enough, but when it is remembered that our country embraces half a hemisphere, and that our postal service covers a territory greater than all Europe combined, it will readily be seen that our system is relatively cheaper than any other postal system in the world or any of the European nations. There is no country in the world where a letter can be sent so great a distance for so small an amount. It would seem, taking this view’, that our people should be satisfied with the price our letters are carried. It is said this is not a fairway to look at the matter. Our people as a rule are an intelligent, enterprising race, and have occasion to use the postoffice almost hourly in the prosecution of their business. That on the facility and rapidity of the mail service depends much of the enterprise and prosperity of the business interests of the country. It is true the item of postage is a heavy one in large business establishments, and that the postage in some sense is a tax on the business interest. But it will hardly be agreed that on this account the genera! public shall be taxed for the benefit of those who use the service of the office most. The ordinary rule is that those who use the same must pay for the accommodation. Os course, should the postage be reduced, the deficiency would have to be made up by a tax on the general public. It is claimed by the advocates of cheap postage, that should the postage be reduced to two cents the increase in the business would make good the loss, etc. This was the argument used when the postage was reduced from five cents to three cents. The experiment has been in vogue many years, but the revenue has not y been equal to the expenses of the department. Our country is too vast and population as yet too sparse to secure the necessary amount of income on many of the long lines in the south, and thinly populated districts of the far west. Many of these lines are maintained at a heavy expense, while the income is meagre. These people are entitled to the use of the mails, and must be served as well as those living in our densely populated districts in the north and east. Still, by economy in the management of the department, and with a rapidly growing population, the day is not far distant when the mails can be cheapened to two cents per letter, and at the same time the department lie self•ustainmg.

The Decatur Democrat.

TELEGRAHPIC. Ironton, 0., January s.—The trial at Catlettsburg, of the Ashland murderers, was set for 1 o’clock to-day, but Judge Brown, fearing the action of the mob, about 200 strong, had the prisoners placed on a ferry boat which transferred them to the Mountain Boy at Sheridan’s eoal w irks, three miles below Catlettsburg. The excited mob, hearing this, captured the steamer Mountain Girl and are in hot pursuit of the Mountain Boy. The Boy passed here, ten miles from Catlettsburg, with the prisoners at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Mountain Girl has not reached here yet. It is supposed the Mountain Boy will be overtaken before it reaches Maysville, as the Mountain Girl stopped at Ashland and the mob are now making efforts to secure a train and head off the Mountain Boy at Portsmouth or the nearest point below here. Portsmouth, O , January s.—The steamer Mountain Boy, having on board Ellis Craft, George Ellis and William Neal, the Ashland murderers and guarded by a detachment of the Maysville guards military company, seventy-five in number, and provided with arms and ammunition, touched at this point for coal at 5:30 p. m. George Ellis, when interviewed, reiterated what he has already confessed, which did not differ from what has been reported by the associated press, and he still claims that his share in the murder was only that of an unwilling witness. The steamer Hudson, with the militia, met the Mountain Boy at Riverton, twelve miies above here, and transferred the Maysville guards to the Mountain Boy." The Mountain Girl was a mile or two behind at the time, and abandoned the pursuit on learning that the prisoners were strongly guarded by the military. No boisterous demonstration attended the landing of the Mountain Boy at this port, but it required the utmost efforts of the civil officers and the military to keep the immense crowds from rushing on the boat.

New York. January 6.—The condition of trade for the week was so much broken up and demoralized in various ways by the holidays that a very considerable amount of business has been done. Trade generally is in eminently a sound condition and the out-look for the coming year is most hopeful. Quietness still prevails in the drygoods trade both in jobbing and commission houses. Spring trade, however, is commencing, and orders are beginning to come in from the more remote country districts to a considerable amount. Trade is very healthy and prices firm. In the grain trade wheat and corn has been irregular and unsettled with moderate fluctuations. As a rule the market is showing considerable strength. The lard and pork market has been weak and unsatisfactory at a slight decline, In cotton the tendency has been downward, with slight fluctuations. In wool but a moderate amount of business has been transacted, both manufacturers and dealers being busy settling up accounts for the year. The demand for American pig iron continues good and prices are firm. Some efforts were made at a meeting of western manufacturers to advance the price of some kinds of manufactured iron, but it was not successful, as it was considered that such a step would at once advance the price of pig Iron to the injury of the trade. Leather trade continues quiet. Boot and shoe trade has been verydull. Dealers are taking stock. Trade as a whole has not made much money the past year. Lumber continues firm. The winter assortment is fairly good, though grades of common are scarce. Hard woods are firm and yellow pine shows a healthy market. In raw sugars there was no material change. The stock is gradually working down on demands of refiners. Holders are firm. The coffee market was heaVy for Brazil grades, and nothing doing in invoices. There is a large stock of old, and the new crop is fully equal to that of last year. Os milder grades the stocks are not too large, and there is a regular demand. There is very little Mocha to be had, and it is bringing good prices. In teas it is thought prices have reached bottom, and that any change w-ill be for the better. The market was inactive, but there is some speculation for Rio.

Newark,N. J.. January 6.—Charles E. Strong, of Yankton, Dakota, who is reported as connected with the Dougiass county bond and warrant frauds in that territory, is visiting In this city He states his connection with the operatives was for the purpose of detecting the frauds. He was appointed assessor six days after arriving at Brownsville, the countyseat, and received a warrant for $350 immediately as his share of the plunder. The county seat consisted of a few shanties and eight inhabitants, most of them officials. They have issued $200,000, in bonds, although there is practically no property in the county, and only a core or so of people. Besides numerous warrants lor salaries, etc., bonds are said to be distributed in Minnesota and other western states and in New York, while a few have gone abroad. Strong says he soon expects to return to Dakota to testify against the conspiring officials. The county treasurer, named Sudclifte, or Radcliffe, is said to hail from Newark.

ST. Louis, January 7.—No definite information hasyet been ascertained, by the press at least, as to what the result of Jay Gould’s visit to this this city will be, or even what has been done to the present time. All sorts of rumors are afloat, but none of them have been verified. Mr. Gould has been quite unwell since his arrival with a bad cold caught on the train, and has not left his hotel. He has been in almost constant consultation, however, with Messrs. Perkins and Gault, of the Wabash, and Hayes, Hoxie and others of the southwest system, but no information has been given to the public, aud perha, s nothing will be until some clearly defined policy respecting the Wabash has been determined upon. The belief seems to be that a reorganization of the management force of the Wabash will be effected, and it is said Robert Andrews, superintendent of that part of the system east of the Mississippi river, will be appointed superintendent of the entire system under General Manager Gault, and that the passenger and ticket departments will be consolidated under H. C. Townsend; but this is only report. Rumors are circulated around 'the country that the Wabash will be consolidated with the Missouri Pacific, but may be set at rest by the statement that the state constitution of Missouri forbids the consolidation of parallel or competiting railroads iu the state.

_ Newcomerstown, Ohio, January 7. —Up to this time two deaths have resulted among the victims of the dreadful disaster at Shanesville, a Mrs. Dr. Yoder a ,d Miss Arin, who were so horribly burned and otherwise fatally Injured, are now reported dying, and are suffering untold agonies. The physicians have little hopes of Mrs. Sbabberger’s recovery, although she may survive. Many of the other victims are so maimed "and mangled that they will be disabled for lite. No official Investigation lias yet been held, but it is known that many refused to attend the festival because they thought the building dangerous. The heavy timber of *the floor was supported only by- a small post in the middle, and that this was insufficient to support the heavy strain is evident from the fact that it gave way by the slightest jar to the floor occasioned by the rapid movement of a few in the audience keeping time to the music of the orchestra with their feet. Jackson, Miss., January 7.—Gen. G. T. Fitzgerald,of Vicksburg,was declared the choice of the Republicans and independents in the legislature for United States senator. St. Lours, January- 7. —Fire broke out about 7 o’clock thisevening in the rear of the third story of the wholesale hat and cap store of F. Watkins & Co., 606 Washington avenue, and before the flames could be subdued the entire store and the large picture frame house and art gallery of Peters & Leath, No. 608, adjoining on the west, were completely burned out. Watkins & Co’s, stock was valued at SIOO,000 The stock of Peters & Leath was valued at about $80,000; insured for $60,000. The next building west, Nos. 610 and 612, occupied by Thearb & Boland, books and stationery, and Mark & Co., clothiers, but at the present writing their loss cannot be stated. That of Thearb & Boland will be principally by water and smoke and the destruction of the rear part of their by falling walls, while that of Mark & Co, will probably be light, as no fire and very little water entered their house. Building No. 606 and No. 608, owned by Samuel H. Leath, of the firm of Peter and Leath was probably worth $500,000, and was damaged one-third of its value; insured for $50,000. Building Nos. 610 and 611} was also owned by Mr. Leath. Damage notes imated; insurance $25,000. The origin of the fire is not yet known. The insurance of Peter & Leath on stock is $50,000. The insurance of L. H. Leath on building 606 and 60S is $50,000. The insurance on building Nos. 610 and and 612 is $25,000. The stock of John F. Watkins & Co. was insured for $95,000. The insurance on the stock of Thearb & Boland is $75,000. These buildings are directly opposite the Lindell hotel, and during the excitement one man connected with the tire department of that house turned the water on at one of the stand pipes, of which-the hotel has a complete system, without attaching the hose, and a great volume of water ran down from floor to floor, causing some $5,000 damage.

New York, January 7.—To-night fire broke out on the fourth floor of 370 Broadway, occupied by Hutter Bres., dealers in cheap notions. The flames spread to the fifth floor and soon burnt through the roof. The lower stores of building 370 were soaked in water. The losses of Danzig & Zenchetenaieger is $15,000; insured. Butler Bros., $20,000; insured. Wm. Maas & Co., $30,000; insured. Danzig Bros, and W. J. Shaw Co., were slightly damaged. Building No. 370 was owned by ex-Minister John Jay, and was damaged SIO,OOO. No. 368 was slightly damaged. It belongs to the Lorillard estate. Saavnnah, Ga., January 7.—Tonight fire broke out in the warehouse corner Williamson and Montgomery streets, containing 3,500 bales of cotton belonging to different parties. The fire is under control, but it is impossible to ascertain the loss, which is covered by insurance. New Haven, Conn., January 7. — Radcliffe’s woolen mills at Shelton burned to-night. Damage $40,000. Indianapolis, January 7.—The loss by fire and w ater on Merritt & Coughlin’s woolen factory is much larger than at first supposed. It will reach $15,000 to $20,000 on the building, machinery and stock. The insurance is $31,000. Chattanooga, January 7.—Thomas Boyd was killed last night at Sweet Water by his nephew, Joseph Boyd, of Atlanta, on account of a law suit between the deceased and the brother-in-law of the murderer. Boyd was notorious a few years since for his enormous swindling schemes on the government by means of a bogus claim.

Melvin Murphy, a prominent young man of Caloosa county, Georgia, was killed last night near Caloosa Springs by Charles Golden. Mauch Cmunk, Pa., January 7.— A terrific fire damp explosion occurred this afternoon in mine No. 10 of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company at Lansford. Thomas Parry, of Georgetown, a file boss, is missing, and is believed to be dead. Eight men and a boy were badly injured. Among the latter are Edward Goteles, from Georgetown, and three men named respectively Reymbach, Burns and Kline, and five others from Tamaqua, whose names are unknown. One of them had his back broken, and the others their legs and arms broken, and are badly burned and crushed. The explosion was caused by a fall of coal breaking a safety lamp in the hand of lire boss Parry.

Boston, January 7.—Richard H. Dana, jr., died in Rome, Italy, today. Vergennes, Vt., January 7.— Hon. John Pierrepont, chief justice of the supreme court of Vermont, died this afternoon. Little Rock, Ark., January 7.— M. M. Adams, a-welltodo farmer living at Brush Island,.Mineral tow’nship, about ten miles northeast of this city, was assassinated shortly after dark last night and his wife dangerously injured. Joshua Jones, an old man who lived at Adams’ residence, and R. H. Keages arrived in the city shortly after noon to-day and reported the murder to the authorities. The former heard shots, six in number, and believes the deed to have been done with a rifle. Adams was shot in the left shoulder, and breast, and at the time was a few steps from his house driving out hogs. Quebec, Can., January 7.—Veryheavy snow during the night and this morning. The drifts have to be cut through which renders the roads impassable. Philadelphia, January- 7.—lt is announced at the Pennsylvania railroad office that if a settlement of the existing trunk line differences were left to a regular board of arbitration— James A. Wright, Charles Francis Adams and David A. Wells—for settlement, that company would be satisfied, or it would consent to the reference of the question oi a new board to consist of A. J. Drexel, Albert Fink and Charles Francis Adams.

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,1882.

THE TRIAL OF G UITEAU. thirty seventh day. Washington, D. C. Jan 4tb. After the customary harangue by the prisoner, cross • xamination of Dr Gray was resumed. The examination progressed with tedious detail. In the effort to extract something favorable to the defense, counsel renewed the attack upon witness again and again, and each time was met with evasive or qualified replies. Recess. After recess Dr. Gray was asked a few more questions by Scoville, when the district attorney announced the conclusion of evidence on the part of the government. This action on the part of the prosecution proved a surprise to the defense who evidently desired to continue to take evidence regarding the prisoner’s sanity and endeavored to introduce evidence of that nature, whereupon Davidge objected to any reopening of the question of insanity such as would be involved by the identifying of the case by this witness. The question of insanity has been gone over direct and in rebuttal. The prosecution had already admitted the genuineness of the cast, and that was all ,that could be asked by the defense. After further arguments the court ruled against Scoville, and the witness was withdrawn. J. hn W. Guiteau was then put upon the stand and questioned in relation to the Guiteau letter to Senator Don Cameron. Objected to and after arguments upon the question the court again ruled against the defenese, and the witness was withdrawn. Scoville again brought up the question of introducing new witnesses, and after argument an agreement was made that the defense submit a motion in writing to-morrow giving the names of witnesses to be testified to and supported by affidavit, and giving the reason why such witnesses were not introduced before. Court adjourned until ti-morrow.

thirty-eighth day. Washington, D. C., Jan, 4.—Afte some delay caused by reading an affidavit by Scoville, motion was made that defense be allowed to introduce new evidence. The court held that evidence of insanity could not be offered, the testimony, however, of these witnesses, by which the defence expected to prove that the prisoner asserted upon the day of the assassination and upon the day after the motive for his act, the court held should be admitted as evidence in surrebuttal. Scoville then called Dr. Beard, of New York, who was sworn. Objection was made to this testimony, and the objection was sustained by the court. The next witness called by Scoville was J. J. Brooks, chief of the treasury secret service. Witness gave detailed account of his interview with prisoner in jail. Evidence was interrupted by Davidge for prosecution, who requested that defense make known the law points on which they desired ruling of the court. Scoville asked time for preparation whereupon Davidge presented law points on behalf of prosecution, after which, at Scoville’s suggestion, court adjourned until Saturday. THIRTY-NINTH DAY. Washington, D. C., Jan. 7—ln the Guiteau case this morning Davidge opened the argument upon the legal points and was followed with the closest attention. The jury were told by the judge they might be excused for the day but all preferredjto remain and listen to the arguments. Davidge was continually interrupted in his argument, but the first sensation of the day occurred during the reading o Judge Davis’ (New York) charge to the jury in the Coleman murder case. Guiteau interrupted, claiming that the jury gave a verdict against this charge. The effect was electrical, for Davidge, in a most deliberate and earnest manner said, “Your honor, this man, for three weeks Jield up to us as an imbecile, now listen to him. He not only knows the difference between right and wrong but he understands fully the law of the case.” Guiteau made further reply and a lively scene ensued. Judge Cox rapped for order and as soon as Guiteau subsided, Judge Davidge continued without further interruption to the end of his argument. Col. Reed opened the argument for the defense in advocacy of the prayers presented by them; followed by Seoville, who, upon oeing informed by the court that the prosecution were entitled to the opening and closing, where both parties had instructions, called attention to the fact that the prosecution had made one argument to which the jury had listened this morning, and would have the same advantage necessary, while with the defense, probably, it was a mere accident, like Davidge’s cold in the morning, which allowed Judge Porter to air his eloquence before the jury. He must be content to discuss these questions in the absence of the jury. Before the conclusion of Scoville’s argument, the court adjourned till Mondoy.

FORTIETH DAY, Washington, D. C., January 9.— Upon the opening of Court, Gulteau made the statement that he had received eight hundred letters from ladies since new years —that he had received checks for various amounts from the stalwarts that the American people did not wish him hanged, etc., etc. The bailiff having succeeded in silencing him, the proceedings were then proceeded with in due form, Scoville resuming his argument, during whieh his allusions to the Judge Davis decisions, brought Porter to his feet, aud a sharp exchange of opinions took place between counsel. Davidge protested that not five minures had been devoted to the proper scope of arguments, :nd the court warned the com.sei that they must ab-

stain from personal ities. Scoville concluded his argument at twelve o’clock. Corkhill then proceeded to read from a printed slip an exhaustive argument upon the subject of jurisdiction, the argument occupied the attention of the court an hour. Davidge then addressed the court upon the general propositions contained in the prayer, and discussed the prayers of the defense, and pointed out their “sophistries and inconsistencies.” Davidge severely handled the eleventh and twelfth prayers of the defense, and characterized them as mean attempts to cast aspersions upon the experts who bad testified for the prosecution, and upon counsel tor the prsecution themselves. The prisoner followed the argument with the closest attention, and indulged in frequent and noisy comments. Davide concluded his argument at five minutes to three o’clock. The court then adjourned until to-morrow morning. FARM AND GARDEN. Sunflower seeds, fed in small quantities, impart a beautiful gloss to the plumage of poultry. The prospect of an open Winter will prevent in a great measure the usual marketing of cattle from the Western ranges. Young cows do not give as rich milk as do those of mature age. A lean cow gives poor milk and a fat one rich milk. Keep sheep dry under foot. This is even more necessary than roofing them. Never let sheep stand or lie in mud or water. Wintering bees in cellars seems to be an improvement over Wintering them outside. The bees consume less honey,have less loss and are healthier in the end. A farmer of experience in woolgrowing says there is more money in growing wool at even 20 cents per pound than in loaning money at 10 per cent interest. Pear blight has in several instances been arrested in affected trees by syringing them with a weak solution of potash, and in some cases it has proved a preventive when applied to the healthy trees. One reason why our wheat crops are only about half as much per acre as in England is because the British farmer employs sheep as grain-grow-ers. while with us sheep are only considered as wool or mutton makers. Both for its effect upon fattening and upon health a small amount of wood ashes should be given to swine. The food without this is rich in phosphoric acid, but has little lime, and the equivalent should be thus supplied. Too much attention cannot be paid to the cleanliness and. ventilation of stables and pens. To insure the health and comfort of animals they must be kept dry and warm, and have plenty’ of light, as well as pure air and pure water. To get a gear wheel oft a shaft, upon which it has been shrunk, take it to the foundry and pour some melted iron around the hub, and it will heat and expand so quickly there will be no time for the shaft to get hot, and the gear will come off easily. To pinch off the tip of a shoot is not to produce a shock, but to change,not impede, but to send the flow of the sap in other directions, by which the fruit is benefited, while the leaf power is not materially interfered with, the auxiliary leaves affording the needful supply. A lady correspondent of the Country Gentleman claims that by dipping the joint or fleshy’ ends of turkey, geese or chicken wings into a strong solution of copperas they are made moth-proof, as well as more durable than when treated in the ordinary way.

Farmers should endeavor to sell as little as possible of that which conies mainly from the soil, and as much as possible of that which comes from the atmosphere. Butter and fat stock sold will improve a farm, while cheese, milk, and lean stock sold will keep the farm lean unless manure or fertilizers are bought. An English ivy grow-n in the house should be trained in such a manner that it may be taken dow-n at least once a week, and be carried to the kitchen sink or other appropriate place, and there receive a good syringing of its foliage. More frequently it may be sponged, and it will repay by’ its beautiful appearance and healthfulness the extra care bestowed upon it. In Denmark, In the management of the dairy,rape cake,oats and wheat bran are reckoned as first-class butter foods, palm-nut cake and barley is second-class foods, while linseed cake, peas and ry r e are placed in the third class. By the employment of first and second class foods, with cut straw, hay and roots, an abundance of excellent butter is produced throughout the Winter. Eggs from Different Breeds of Fowls. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer, Fanny Field, gives the results of some experiments and observations, as follows: After repeated experiments with the different varieties, and comparisons with others who have experimented in the same direction. I have concluded that the laying capabilities of the principle varities are about as follows: Light Brahams and Patridge Cochins—eggs, seven to the pound; lay 130 per annum. Dark Brahams—eggs, eight to the pound; lay 120 per annum. Black, white and buff Cochins—eggs, eight to the pound; lay 125 per annum. Plymouth Roek —eggs, 8 to the pound; lay 150 per annum. Houdans—eggs, 8 to the pound; lay 130 per annum. La Fleche—eggs, 7to the pound; lav 140 per annum. Leghorns —eggs, 9 to the pound; lay 160 per annum. Hamburgs —eggs, 9 to the pound; lay 150 per annum. Polish—eggs, 9 to the pound; lay 125 per annum. Bantams—eggs, 16 to the pound; lay 90 per annum. I regret very much that I did not keep account of the cost of food consumed by eaeli variety. The duke of Malborough, the sale of whose valuable and really priceless library is making such a stir in the bibliological wot Id, has nt this moment n ore than 5,000 acres of land thrown on his hands One of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll’s daughters is said to have joined the Presbyterian church.

AMERICAN TEA. The Experiment to be Made in Florida of Raising the Plant. Tea culture hr.s attracted considerable attention in this country for the past few years, the late Commissioner of agriculture, Gen. Le Due, having succeeded in starting a Government tea farm, which has been in operation two or three years. The new Commissioner, Dr. Loring, is not so much interested in tea as Gen. Le Due was, and in his report to the President, just published, he makes light of the whole matter. John Jaekson, a Scotchman, who cultivated tea in the East for 15 years, and who was the superintendent of the Government farm, was in this city yesterday. A Press representative asked him about the pet project of the Agricultural Department. “The Government has about given up the matter,” said Mr. Jackson, “The truth is the climate in Summerville, South Carolina, where the tea farm was located, is too cold for tea culture. The frost which is sure tocome weakens the tea.” “Does it hurt the plants?” Oh no. The only effect is to take away the strength of the tea, and as mild tea is not remarkable in this country, I think it would be impracticable to continue the experiment in a latitude so far north.” “Do you think tea can be grown profitably in the United States anywhere?”

“I certainly do. I have bad a tea farm of my own in Liberty Co. Ga., about 35 miles from Savanah, and have cultivated it for two years. I find it a little too cold there, the frosts being too severe. Asin South Carolina the plants are not injured, but the leaf is. I believe the best location to experiment in tea culture is in Florida, below the frost line or latitude 28. Shaw looked over the country- and I am satisfied that tea can be raised profitably in that State.” “What do you think the yield of tea would be in Florida?” “From five to six hundred pounds per acre, which ought to be worth $1 per pound in tne South. The cost of production would be about 30 cents per pound including every’ expense.” “Do you think there w'ould be a market for home-grown teas, if it is found that the plant can be raisedin any quantity?” “I don’t think there is any doubt of it. People W'ould know home teas to be genuine and they are just as good in flavor as any foreign teas.” “What has been the eflect of Dr. Loring’s action?” “It has been quite disastrous—like a wet blanket on tea culture. I would have gone to the Atlanta Exposition with samples of tea, plants, etc., had it not been for the action of the Commissioner of Agriculture. I propose, however, to go into the business myself, and my visit North at this time is to Interest capital in the project I have seen representations of the Florida Land Company, which offers to ’urnish the land free and take pay- for it in st n ck of the company. After consulting with some gentlemen here and in New York, I will at once go to England and present the project to my friends there. I have understood that the Government will furnish plants two years old to any persons, free, who desire to embark in tea culture, so this is a favorable time to begin the work, as at least two years’ time can be saved by taking advantage of this liberal offer. 1 expect to have the fai m under way next spring and to produce excellent tea in paying quantities within two or three years.” — [Philadelphia Press.]

One Experience from Many. I had been sick and miserable sc long and had caused my husband so much trouble and expense, no one seemed to know what ailed me, that I was completely disheartened and discouraged. In this frame of mind I got a bottle of Hop Bitters and used them unknown toniy family. I soon began to improve and gained so fast that my husband and family thought it strange and unnatural, but when I told them what had helped me, they said, “Hurrah for Hop Bitters! long may they prosper, for they have made mother well and us happy, I ' —The Mother. THE BENEFIT OF BEDBUGS. It is Claimed Til t Their Bites ar Antidote for Rheumatism. “Medicos” io Dallas Herald. In my last paper I asserted that mosquitos contained a large quantity of animal quinine and therefore when they bite a person they injected into his system an antidote to malaria and febrile causes generally. I had then experimented with the mosquito and knew whereof I spoke, and since you kindly published my communication I have captured quite a number of these insects, and macerating them In a mortar witli alcohol, have by chemical experiment actually precipitated the sulphate of quinia, or quinine of the drug-stores, to the amount of seventy per cent, of the mass. In this southern land of ours, except where the salt breezes immediately along the coast are freshest from the briny waves, in every household, in the woods away from the habitations, are myriads of chinches or bedbugs. Chinches, annoying as they may be, have a purpose, and night after night they are working the accomplishment of that purpose, achieving those ndties which as factors in the economy of nature are incumbent upon them. The chinch in suc king blood from the human body draws nourishment and strength, and above all the material which in the retorts of his body id' distilled into a rich fluid which he in biting one ejects into the body to take the place of the blood he has but borrowed, and this entering into the circulation furnishes an antidote against rheumatism. All mercurial preparation w hen taken in excess causes articular rheumatism, affecting the bodies and the joints of the bones of the human body. The calomel taken, by decomposition in the system, forms corrosive sublimate, but not in quantity to produce death save by the slow torture of rheumatism. Corrosive sublimate, as every housewife in all this land will testify, is the only riddance for bedbugs. The juices of the bug and the sublimate are the antidotes for each other, foes by nature, and wherever they meet only the death of the one one or the other can end the contest. A single bug of course cannot overcome the quantity of sublimate lie comes in contact witli. but the human system becoming gradually fully impregnated with this juice of the bug, by their bitings at uight the poison in his veins of the sublimate from his use of calomel or mercury is in the end overcome and neutralised, and the cause being removed the rheumatism gets well. ■ Cromwell’s Head as it is Preserved ToDay. I It is not generally known that the embalmed head of Oliver Cromwell is

extant. Some few years since, at any rate, it was said to be in possession of Mr. Horace AVilkinson, of Sevenoaks, Kent. It was then in good preservation, and its phrenological aspect presented several striking peculiarities. Thus the length, from the forehead to the back of the head, is quite extraordinary—far great r than in ordinary mem The forehead, or frontal portion, is low, but very broad, the orbits of the eyes are verv large, tne eheek-bones and the bridge of the nose are high, and the lower jaw-bone, which is ordinarily curved, is short, straight and forming a right angle with its point of insertion. The head is one indicating a brain (which is but the instrument of the brain) of great activity and great capacity corresponding with the remark of Cromwell’s secretary, who said that “it was at once a shop and a storehouse.” From its being embalmed, such flesh as remains on it is of the consistency of hard brown leather. The eyebrows met in the middle, and bet wean them was a small wart—now worn away—one of those which Cromwell w-hen sitting for his portrait ordered the painter on no account to omit representing, as his duty was not to flatter in any way, but paint what he saw exactly. In life his complexion was fresh and of the hue known as salmon-colored.” The hair, which was of a fairish or reddish tinge, has mostly been cut oft and the beard is now stained brown by the embalmiug fluid and drawn under the chin, where, when the head was exposed on the top of Westminster Hall, it was tied close to the spear head which had been run through and mounted on it. Several teeth remain and the eyelids, but the brain was removed during the embalming process.

The Christening of a Turk. On Friday last at St. Paul’s, Onslow square, a christening took place sufficiently unique in character to draw an immense congregation. Tewtik, who was imprisoned by the Turkish Government and lay under sentence es death for taking part in the translation of the English prayer book into his native language, was received into the English church. At 4 o’clock, amidst the strains of the organ, this small,dark retugee looked very much like a prisoner, clothed in along black robe, with fez and turban, was brought up the aisle under the escort of his god parents, Archdeacon Philpot, Sir William Muir and Mrs. Webb Peploe, who placed him in a seat close to the front and immediately under the gallery. Meanwhile Dr. Kohler mounted the pulpit and gave an interesting and impressive account of what it cost the convert to renounce Mohammedanism. At the end of the discourse Dr. Kohler and Mr. Peploe came up the aisle to the front, in front of which stood the three sponsors. The meekest of Turks was then led to his place, where he stood in an attitude of profound reverence—not with his head down, but with his head elevated to- • ards heaven, and his careworn face bedewed with emotion. When he knelt with his face still up, his attitude was painfully suggestive of instant execution. When M. Peploe had finished his part of the service in English, Dr. Kohler repeated it in Turkish, during which Ahmed Tewfix betrayed the writhings of the spirit in a series of groans and Oriental mutterings, but gave out the responses with great clearness, and all the solemnity due to his translation from one religion to another. When all was over he gravely raised the Christian hands of Dr. Kohler and Mr. Peploe and kissed them with christain lips, and then received the congratulations of some clergymen and friends.—[London World.

A Natural Ant-Trap. Mr. J, Harris Stone describes in Nature how he found in Norway one of the catchflies bu-ily trapping ants. Last June he was staying at Husum, in the Lie rd al valley’, Norway, where he observed on the almost precipitous sides of the valley a number of the red German catchfly (Lychnis viscaria.) The plants were growing luxuriantly some 1,009 feet ab< ve the bed of the river, and were showing a gorgeous array of blossoms. On plucking some of the flowers lie became aware of a most unpleasant stickiness around the stems; in some instances the glutinous secretion being powerful enough to support the whole weight of the stem when he inverted and opened his hand. On examining the plants he was surprised at finding on quite 95 per cent, either the dead bodies of a large species of ant, or individuasl in all stages of dying. Some flowering stems had only’ one dead or dying ant upon each; others had two;others three; while others again had as many as seven or eight, Some ants had,as it were, simply lain down in the glutinous matter and succumbed without further struggling. The heads of others, imbedded in the treacherous gum, with the rest of the body stiffened and suspended in mid-air, testified to violent and prolonged resistance. Some ants again bad the body arched up, as if to avoid contact with the stem, and the legs only were fatally caught. The glutinous or sticky tracts lay around the stem directly beneath the nodes, and were about half an inch or more in depth. Two to four sticky nodes, were round near the top of each flowering stem.

Warm and Cold Baths. The physiological effects of warm and cold baths are thus noted by a writer in an English medical journal: Warm baths produce an effect upon the skin directly contrary to that which is brought about by cold wat< r. The cutaneous vessels dilate immediately under the influence of the heat, and, although the dilation is followed by a contraction, this contraction is seldom excessive, and the ultimate result of a warm bath is to increase the cutaneous circulation. The pulse and respiration are both quickened iu the cold bath. The warm bath increases the temperature of the body, and, by lessening necessity for the internal production of beat, it decreases the call which is made upon certain of the vital processes, and enables life to be sustained with a less expenditure of force, Wtiile a cold bath causes a certain stiffness of the muscles if continued too long, a warm bath relieves stiffness and fatigue. The final effect of both hot and eold baths, if their tern-, perature be moderate, is the same, the difference between to use the words of Araun, that “eold refreshes by stimulating the functions, heat bv physically facilitating them, and in this lies the important differences between the cold-water system and the thermal mode of treatment.’’ There is no wound to the hear: that rankles more than that inflicted by the dart of ridicule shot from the bow of contempt.

NUMBER 41.

FOE THE LADIES. Dinner cards and menus were never so lovely as this season. A brilliant humming bird now adorns all the “high-toned” pincushions. Fans are oval in shape, the middle sticks being much larger than those at the sides. A daring milliner has succeeded in getting eleven long ostrich plumes on one hat. Muslin handkerchiefs of the Dolly Varden pattern are among the new neck lingerie. Black silk stockings are said to have the effect of making the wearer’s feet look smaller. Patch work muffs of satin and velvet are a novelty. The pieces are small and diamond shaped. Small muffs are made from black velvet, and from ostrich feathers woven into a back of heavy linen. An old candlestick in porcelain, of questionable taste, consists of lotoa blossoms and leaves supported by a pair of storks. Sealskin, undyed and with the hair on, has found its way to photograph albums, which it covers in a style which is both pretty and serviceable. The Queen and Princess Beatrice are designing new decorations lin the Waterloo chamber at Windsor Castle, which are to be in brewn and gold. The most elegant wedding dresses of the season are made of satin, moire and brocaded velvet. Pale pink and deep damask red are used in the same dress.

Black velvet shoes, laced with gold or silver eords and with an embroidery of gold or silver thread, will be fashionable this winter, and are a novelty Worth has decided that with elaborate evening or dinner toilets the stockings must match tire front or tabiier of the toilet, and the slippers must be like the train. There are several new combinations of color; olive is associated with plum and old gold, mytle with goldeu and brown, deep green with drab, an t garnet with pearl gray. Mrs. Keifer, the wife of the Speaker, disdains all “bangs” “crimps” and “frizes,” and wears her dark brown hair parted in the middle and smoothed down plainly on each side. Some years ago Miss Libbie Minkler, of Rochelle, 111., lost both arms by falling in front of a reaper, 't oday she is earning a good living by oil painting, holding her brush in h<-r teeth. Something very new in jewelry are fresh water pearls, mounted in their natural shape, forming heads of animals and fishes. These are not very expensive, yet it is impossible to duplicate them. It was a Boston woman, it is painful to learn, who, having a longing for the beautiful, entered a china shop and said to the salesman: “I’ve a nick in my bouse, and I want a statute to put into it.” Mrs. Burrows, a Michigan brunette, besides being a woman of fashion and society, is an artist of no inconsiderable talents, and takes time, even in the whirl of winter life, to accomplish exquisite things with the brush. The newest trains of great length made by Worth are sharply pointed, and all the fullness is massed in the middle breadths ir. plaits that meet in a small space, where they are attached to the belt, making a very narrow and graceful train. A Chicagojdruggist sold to a freckled girl a lotion which he warranted would remove the blemishes from her face. And so it did, but it also burned away the skin, leaving scars' that permanently disfigure her. She is suing for $20,000 damages? Velvet dresses are made very plain as far as the corsage and train are concerned, but there is a fancy for having contrasting petticoat fronts to brighten up dark velvets, such as pale blue moire with the darkest green velvet, and shrimp pink, with golden brown or with terracotta red velvet.

The young lady students at the Presbyterian College in Ottawa, Canada, learned a few days ago that a poor woman, who obtained a living for herself and children by washing, was laid up by sickness, and the next morning they went to her house, did the wasning and ironing for her, and sent tiie clothes home. The latest invention is to have the gloves the exact shade of the principal part of the dress with which they are to be worn, with pinked trimmings to edge the upper part of the same shade as the trimming on the costume. If the gloves are laced the lacing is made to correspond in shade with the trimmings. Short skirts are elaborately trimmed to distinguish them from trains, which are very plain. Satin surah short dresses, canary yellow, salmon l pink or sky blue, have three flounces of the material edged with d’Anrillae lace, two fingers deep, and these cover the skirt up to the hips, where a bouffant panier is placed. A dainty dress recently worn at a wedding reception was of soft pink surah, with a garniture of pink and pond lilies; the basque was outlined with the flowers, and about the high neck was a dog collar of lily leaves with one full-blown lily in front and pendants. It was an exquisite affair, •nd was designed by the wearer. According to the Atlanta, tGa.) Constitution, Tamah Brooks, who visited the Cotten exposition the other day, is possibly the oldest negress, if not the oldest person in America, having reached the remarkable age of 123 years. She was born in Roanoke county, Virginia, in 1758, as is shown iu the Bible record of the family of Thomas Yancey. She was the property of Wiiiiam Yaneey, and at his death was given to his son, Thomas ) aueey, for a house servant. At the death of Thomas Yancey she was transferred to one of the legatees of the estate. Aant Tamah is the mother of seventeen children, all of whom reached their maturity. Her batj son, who attends her is an old whiteheaded man sixty-nine years old. A caprice of the season is the combination of black and white, both in elegant eveni ig dress, walking costumes, and, lastly, in evening lamnets and lists. Opera hats are show n by leading importers made of white velvet or plush trimmed with b’aek ostrich tips, and those of black velvet adorned with white feathers and bird*. Four hundred and forty thousand immigrant* arrived at New York during ISBI, against '’27,000 last year