Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1895 — Page 3

HUSTLING HOOSIERS.

rTEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAs Int< catin; Summary of the Here Im. portent Doings of Our Neighbors—Weddings and Deaths—Crimes, Casualties, end General Indiana News Notes, Minor State Nears. Arcadia plate glass works burned. Loss, #25,000. The Dieterich syndicate has brought the Logansport natural gas plant for SSOO- - Worms are destroying corps, meadows and other vegetation in Clarke and Floyd counties. Ora Pickett, 10, Noblesville. is dead injuries received by falling from a haystack. The bakeries of Elwood have combined and raised the pride of bread from 2 to 4 cents per loaf. Fulton countv commissioners have let the contract for a to be built at Rochester. Julius J. Basel, Fort Wayne laborer, has fallen heir to $50,000 left him by his grand-father in Germany. Over one hundred new residences and ten new business houses are to be erected in Parker City this summer. The county seat removal question is being revived in Lake county, Hammond disputing with Crown Point for a relocation. The members of the First Presbyterian Church of Greencastle have extended a call to Rev. William IC. Weaver, of Owattona, Minn. Mai> dogs have done considerable damage to stock in Morgan county. Many bogs have been killed suffering with rabies. A child was born in Kokomo, recently that is the fourteenth daughter of the fourteeth daughter. Mrs. S. H. Burt is the mother. Guv SHEniERED was waylaid by footpads at Vincennes, beaten unmercifully, robbed and driven home in a buggy by the robbers.

Walter Armstrong was seriously injured at the Arearde tile works, Anderson, by a grindstone bursting. A fragment struck him on the head. John lleidenkeich, who has been a switchman in Terre Haute lor thirty years, was run over and killed by the cars in the Evansville &'Terre lluate yard. SptXTH Bend will send ,a delegation to Washington to protest against the new public building in that City. The citizens are greatly dissatisiied with the plans. Mr.s. G. W. Ross, who last winter fell through a grating on Main street, Brazil, while in a delicate condition, and suffered serious injuries, has tiled suit in the .Superior Court for $20,000 damages against the city. A young man, who was beating a ride over the Monon railroad, fell between the freight cars near Crawfordsville, and was cut to pieces. Nothing was foundto identify him, but it is supposed that he belonged at Danville, 111. William Cummins, an employe of the Akron Forge Works, while operating the 100-ton trip hammer, was knocked senseless by a fragment of the steel billet, which broke off, and striking him, hurled him across the room. A Plymouth man returned a stolen dress skirt to its owner, accompanying it with a note explaining in illiterate language that he stole it to clothe his naked wife, but it was his first theft and his conscience hurt. him. Edward W. Diuemax, a commercial traveler who was seriously injured in a wreck on the Indianapolis & Vincennes railway some weeks ago, has filled suit at Vincennes for $5,000 damages against the Fennsylvana company. Four young men were playing poker in the heading mills at Bedford, when Paul Johnson quarreled with Homer Bruce. The latter shot Johnson through the head causing a mortal wound. Bruce, his brother and Win. Emery was arrested. One hundred and fifty new residences are in course of‘erection at Wabash this spring, the building boom being unprecedented. Tlie estimated cost of eacli building is SI,OOO, making a total of $150,000 which local investors are putting into residences.

Harry Kellar, who was formerly in tlie dry goods business at Logansport, was assaulted and robbed of $315 shortly before midnight recently at his home. Bearing a noise he went to his barn and was attacked and left in a dazed condition. There is no clue and the affair is regarded as a mystery. At Latayette, Judge Everett rendered a decision in ex-Attorney-general Smith’s suit to recover from the school trustees a considerable sum of money that had not been expended for tuition purposes. The court held that the law of 1895 did away with the law of 1893 and that tlie attorneygeneral could not maintain a suit under the new law. Luther Smith of Logansport, got on the cowcatcher of a Vanda lia engine to ride to Maxinkuckee. Near Verona station, a few miles north, the engine struck three horses that were running loose on the track, killing two of them. When the train stopped the remains of Smith were found terribly mangled. He was about 21 years old and lived with a widowed mother. He was formerly employed as a switchman on the Vandalia. Patents have been issued to the following Indiana inventors: Charles E. Black, Topeka, dish cleaner; James D. Bowman, assignor one-half to 11. Y. Miller, Union County, Indiana, earth auger; Allen C. Brantingham, assignor to Nordykc and Mannon, Indianapolis, feeder for mills; Edward and L. Hedderick, Pettit, washboard; Steven G. Ilindsley, Union City, flood gate; Joseph Reiff, jr., assignor of one-half to E. M. Nichols, Hebron, vent controlling mecanism for pumps; Valentine C. Rochoil, Fort Wayne, prize wrench; Ferdinand Seheumann, Logansport, safety valve; Fred and L. Winkler, South Bend, sprinkler head, two patents. As a result of eating onions purchased from a huckster, Herman Wilson, aged 7, died at-Jeffersonville, and two other children, Elmer Wilson and Paul Mozier, are dangerously ill with little hopes of recovery. During the day the children purchased several bunches of onions and ate them with salt. Soon they were taken ill and physicians were puzzled at the symptoms. Emetics were administered and it was found that they had overdosed their stomachs, but as this alone would not be sufficient to produce death, the physicians are inclined to the belief that something of a poisonous nature must have been mixed with the onions. The Kokomo Wood Enameling Company has been sued for $20,000 by Frank Matney, an employe, who, last winter, received permanent injuries by the breaking of an elevator cable in the factory. May 1, General Superintendent Johnson, of the Nickleplate, issued a general order prohibiting its employers from loitering about saloons. The order was not he constued as to prohibit men from hoarding at hotels maintaining bars, but they must not frequent the bar. At Fort Wayne two fright conductors and ten brakeiiien were dismissed because they had been seer, entering a saloop since the order went into effect. It is said that twenty other trainmen have been ordered to report to answer charges of a like nature.

RECALL OF THURSTON.

Hawaiian Government Finally Receives that Mnch-Talked-of Missive. Hawaiian advices from Honolulu say that the letter demanding the recall of Minister Thurston is there and has been read to the executive session of the councils. It had been to Hong Ivong. It went past Honolniu in a bag with others. The fault lies with the post office at San Francisco. The ground of the objection to Thurston is confined t<v a single transaction. The offense alleged is that Thurston, at the legation, showed to* reporters private letters to himself from Honolulu. Gresham spoke to the Hawaiian minister about the matter. Thurston said that he regretted it very much; that in the hurry of handling a big mail he had shown this letter with others without any special intent. Secretary Gresham thereupon asked that the apology be submitted in writ tug. Thurston declined to do this. Gresham’s letter is dated Feb. 21 last, and states that Thurston is no longer personally acceptable to the administration at Washington as Hawaiian minister. It is definitely settled that Thurston will not return to Washington. He has resigned, his resignation to take effect when his successor has been appointed. No retaliating measures will be taken by the Hawaiinn Government, so a cabinet officer states, and Minister Willis will remain in Hawaii so far as anything the officials on this side may do or say to him.

A DARING EXPEDITION.

An American Will Try to Rescue a Relative Held by the Turks. It will be recollected that a short time ago a man called Slatin Pasha escaped from the Turks, by whom he had been kept in slavery in the Soudan many years, and fled to Cairo. His successful escape has prompted .Tames J. Coyle, of Pomona, Cal., to undertake a very dangerous expedition. This is nothing less than to go to the Soudan and rescue Slatin Pasha’s friend and companion, who is still held there. This captive is Dr. Neufeldt, who 4s a relative of Mr. Coyle. Mr. Coyle knows all about the Soudan, where he spent some time with the British army previous to Chinese Gordon's death. He made an effort to reach Dr. Neufeldt four years ago and went as far a#Egypt, but was unable to proceed further on account of the cholera. Now that Coyle is assured that his relative, Dr. Neufeldt, is still living in slavery in the Soudan, he is making ready as fast as possible for another effort to go to Omdurman. He has interested a wealthy bachelor Englishman in the Pomona valley in his plan of rescue, and before July they will be on their way to Egypt. It will cost at least SIO,OOO to. go up the Nile, as Coyle proposes, and to equip the expedition. “I know it is a great task for us to try to rescue Dr. Neufeldt,” said Mr. Coyle recently, “but we mean to go. I know many secrets about the Soudanese and their defenses that no one else knows. I have known from an old army friend on the Upper Nile for seven years certain ways for a small party of brave men to enter the country of the Mahdi. I have twice heard from Neufeldt since he has been in captivity.”

A REMARKABLE COLONY.

Sixty-Eiglit Bank Officers Confined in the One Penitentiary. There are now in the Kings County, N. Y., penitentiary sixty-eight prisoners, who, at one time or another, were officers of banks—some tellers, others presidents, and others still cashiers. The Kings County penitentiary is one of five penal institutions which are under contract with the Federal Government to keep in confinement all prisoners convicted of felonies by United States courts, and hence the large number of former bank officials, as these have been gathered from a wide extent of territory. Speaking of his boarders, Warden Hayes of the penitentiary says: “I have here in my population as able financiers and expert accountants as ever lived. They came from all over the East and Southeast, We have them from Louisiana to Maine. If there should be a strike of tellers, cashiers and clerks in any one of the banks of greater New York I could furnish a complete staff on one hour’s notice. Yes, I could fit the bank out with a president and a full force down to, but not including, the janitor. It is a remarkable which I have verified by, looking over the records, that although there have been confined in this prison since it began to receive United States prisoners, twelve tor fifteen years ago, a total of 130 bank officers and clerks, we have never yet had a janitor or watchman or runaway messenger.”

WASHINGTON COSSLP

W. R. Smith, superintendent of the Botanic gardens in Washington, has held the place for forty-three years. The Secretary of the Navy has appointed Herbert Howard, of Port Huron, Mich., a cadet at the naval academy. Senator Gear, of lowa, with his health in part restored after a desperate fight for life, will return home in a few days. Prof. J. T. Itothrock is authority for the statement that 15,000,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania were sold for non-pay-ment of taxes last year. Gen. Stanton, paymaster general of the army, has received from Fort Washakie, Wyo., a magnificent war bonnet made by the Shoshone Indians. Private Secretary Thurber says the statement that the President is writing a book on economic science, or on any other subject, is absolutely untrue. The reclassification of employes of the customs service has been completed and the rules for carrying into effect all the changes made will be promulgated at once. The six new gunboats for which plans have recently been approved by the Secretary of the Navy will be known by numbers until they are named by the Secretary. Secretary of State Gresham continues to improve steadily. He takes food in sufficient quantities, secures considerable sleep, and the pleuritic attack, while still the source of some constant pain, is running its course naturally and satisfactorily. ‘ Secretary Carlisle has directed the Federal authorities at Tampa, Fla., to communicate to the State quarantine authorities his opinion thgt the United States laws do not warrant the detention of the Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabella on a reported violation of the Federal quarantine laws. The action of the Pension Bureau in construing the legal meaning of “dependence” under the act of June 27, 1890, jbias been reversed by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Reynolds, who says that ibv “adequate means of support” the law means a comfortable maintenance during the remainder of life. Mrs. William Bussey, at Jefferson, Ind., left her medicine chest open and her 4-year-old daughter took some poison and died.

THE RISE OF WAGES.

GOING UP FASTER THAN THEY DECLINED. Republicans Forced to Admit the Benefits of Turiff Reduction—Good Clothing Cheaper, Yet Wages of Makers Not Reduced—European Sentiment. Glowing Dawn of Trade Revival. The rising tide of prosperity is now coming in so strongly that the Republicans are compelled to get out of its way and In doing so to admit that business is rapidly reviving under the Wilson fro'e trade tariff bill. As late as the oth ult, the New York Tribune was still telling its readers that the wage-earners were In revolt because they could not get “the old rate of wages,” and that “every week's payment brings home to them the fact that they have been persistently cheated, and that the Democratic policy was not Intended tb, and in the- nature of things, cannot maintain the wages formerly paid.” “Not only arc wages not being restored.” said the Tribune, but “the more severe competition with the labor of other lands only makes it more clearly impossible to restore thorn.” But the Tribune could not suppress the news of better times, and before the end of April admitted to Its readers that ”in a good many establishments wages have been advanced.” On May 2 it again admitted that business was reviving with surprising vigor, but expressed great sorrow at the fact that the wage-earners should insist upon sharing in the revival. After declaring that “there seems to be a prospect that the woolen mills in Providence and the neighborhood Mill soon be shut down, on account of a controversy with the, workers regarding wages,” the Tribune continued: “It is most unfortunate that this great industry, which has been so seriously depressed for the last two years, but has now begun to revive with surprising vigor, and lias shown most gratifying progress in the effort to compete under new and trying circumstances with woolen manufacturers of other countries, should now be arrested by serious labor difficulties. It is. to be. hoped that better sense will prevail, and that for the time questions of wages may be deferred.” The B,yoo or 10,000 textile workers In and near Providence paid no attention to the Tribune's advieqi but continued in revolt against McKinley wages. Other Republican newspapers are still asserting that wages are not advancing anil that it is folly for wageearners to expect higher wages while Democratic conditions exist. This is the position of the Philadelphia Press and the Boston Journal of Commerce. Regardless of the fact that several hundred thousands of wage-earners (mostly in textile mills) have had their wages advanced under the Wilson bill and apparently in blank ignorance of the fact that strikes for higher wages were then on in several scores of woolen mills, the Boston Journal of Commerce said, late in April: ' “The advance of wages in one or two woolen mills, and the advance in some of our cotton mills, gives many the impression that there is to be a general advance all along the line in these industries. This is a great mistake. * * * It is folly to presume that woolen manufacturers can live and operate their mills on a closer margin, We have no doubt that our woolen men would like to pay more for labor iu their mills if the present prices warranted it, but they do not; neither will they as long as we have so low duties on goods imported. It is hoped that the help in our woolen mills will understand this .fact, and that no strikes will take place iu that circle of business.” As a matter of fact nearly all of the reductions iD 181)3-4 have been restored and often the laborers are striking for as high wages as they were getting when McKinley struck them in 1890. The Republicans and protectionists cannot, with their little brooms, sweep back the rising tide of prosperity. If they were honest they would at once submit, as they will be forced to do later, that wages have advanced faster since this year than at any time during the last thirty years. A Ten-Dollar Sait. Under the new tariff the American people are able to get good clothing cheaper than ever before. The admission of wool free did not damage the domestic wool-growers, for there is a better demand l’of their product now than there was before the repeal of the McKinley tariff. More woolen mills are in operation, the mills are employing more hands and turning out a greater product as well as a better quality. Domestic wool is used largely for mixing with the foreign article, and tlie improved condition .of woolen manufactures promises well for our wool-grow-ers. The new tariff is an attack on shoddy, which, under taxed wool, constituted a large part of the clothing of the masses in this country. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter has had one of its editors investigating the matter, and he finds that clothes are so cheap since the tariff has been taken off wool that a really good suit can be bought in New York for 810. This expert reports as follows on one such suit which he examined critically: “A strictly all-wool, sixteen-ounce, Clay diagonal of American make, costing the wholesale clothier sl.lO a yard. The suit was made up and sold to the retailer for $7.50, leaving him a very handsome margin of protit when sold at $lO. The suit was cut on the same stylish line used for their higherpriced garments, and was trimmed, lined and sewed in a neat and serviceable manner. When it is understood that woolens costing as high as sl, and iu a few cases sl.lO a yard, and heavyweight woolens sometimes as high as $1.25 per yard, are used in the manufacture of $lO suits, it is plainly apparent to any one acquainted with the quality of such fabrics that a stylish, serviceable and in every way good suit can be retailed at $10.” None of the reduction in the price of clothing has been made by cutting down the pay of those who make it. Wages have not been reduced in our woolen mills or clothing factories, and more persona are employed in both

than were there when the new tariff went Into effect—Atlanta Journal. Another Tariff Lesson. The actual, operation of the new tariff is playing havoc with the theories of its opponents. In many industries wages, which we were told would be cut down, have been increased. Manufactories, which we were told would be ruined, are now making more goods and selling them iu more markets than they did under the McKiuley tariff. We have given recently a uumlier of instau es In which American woolens and carpets have been sold in England and in continental European markets which they uever reached before. The competition of the shoe manufacturers of this country has aroused the fear of the English manufacturers that a large part of their own home trade may be taken from them. The Wilson tariff reduced the duty on decorated crockery from GO to 35 l>er cent., and that on white ware from 55 to 30 per cent The general reduction of duties on crockery has been about 10 per cent. The foreign manufacturers have not, as it was said they would, raised the price of their wares and thus secured for themselves the benefit of this reduction of the tariff. They are selling to us at the old prices , and the people get the beuefit of lower prices for both foreign and home-made crockery. The industry in this country does not seem to be injured by the lower duties, and the consumers llnd that they can buy table ware cheaper now than they ever could before. The Wilson tariff has boon in effect only a little more than seven months and it is justifying every claim that was made by Its author and supporters when it was under consideration.—Atlanta Journal. « A Shaky Single Plant. Mr. Depew thinks thntj'.e luis discovered the winning issue for his party next year. It is simply “hard times.” He would have uo other—neither the tariff nor currency, except as incidental. His line of reasoning is short and direct. Everybody is “agin” hard times Everybody wants good tirfics. Therefore hold the Democratic party responsible for hard times. “Whoop it up” for Harrison (or McKiuley, or Morton, or Reed) and good times—and there you are. The formula Is Indeed simple—rather too much so. It supposes that the people are simple enough to have forgotten the long period of terribly hard times from 1873 to 1878 under Republican rule. It requires them to forget the depression, the strikes and lockouts, the million idle workmen, that led the voters to turn Mr. Depew's party down and out in 1890 and again In 1892. It Ignores the sacking of the Treasury during the Harrison-McKin-ley reign, and the monetary panic of 1893, due to the Sherman Republican Silver-Purchase act. But there is another and a more potent reason for thinking that Mr. Depew’s single plank will be too shaky for use next year. The times are improving. They are growing rapidly better. Commerce Indus, try hums. Wages rise. Prices are up. Crops promise well. If this improvement shall eiffitlnue, as there are many indications that It. will, where would the calamity howlers be then? Wo advise Dr. Depow to look earnestly nbout for another issue.—New York World. Cannot Be Suppressed. Possibly the tariff question may have to take a back seat for a year. No one, however, who knows anything about the question and the great extent to which public sentiment has been aroused will make the mistake of thinking that it can always be kept on a back seat. Tens of thousands of intelligent men have seen the iniquity of the whole tariff system and aro waging a war upon it that cannot but be successful. In public and private debate, in homes, in labor unions, in granges, and even in church and society gatherings, debate will go on until Congress will be compelled to settle tlie question in the only way possible—by abolishing the obnoxious, unjust and corrupting system of tariff taxation. Thousands of our best citizens consider the tariff question to be of far greater importance than the currency question, and it is by no means certain that the tariff question can be set aside for even a year.

Iron Workers’ Wages. Until the other day the only increases of wages in the iron industry which had been reported were at the very base of that industry—the advance of 15 per cent, for 15,000 coke workers in Western Pennsylvania, and an increase of about 10 per cent, for the employes of the Minnesota Iron Company in the iron-ore mines of the Vermillion Range. The upward tendency is now beginning to be manifested at the ifon furnaces and the manufacturing plants. At all the furnaces' In the Mahoning Valley wages are to be increased by 15 cents a day, and an addition of 10 per cent, has been made at the Phoenix Iron Works, Meadville, Pa. Our Republican contemporaries still strive to ignore this wages movement, because they have continuously and strenuously asserted during the last twelve months that it f could not take place so long as the present tariff should remain in force.—New York Times. An English View of the Income Tan. The rich people of America, whose fortunes are largely invested in such a manner as to escape with a nearly invisible minimum of taxation, fought the income tax from the outset with a naked frankness of selfishness Which none of our impoverished lords of the manor would have ventured to display in resisting Sir William Ilarcourt’s budget of last year. The astonishing decision of the Supreme Court, that to exact a percentage on rents is direct taxation, but to exact a percentage on salaries is indirect taxation, and hence permissible, gives an appropriate point to the entire controversy. There is no monarchical country in Europe* not excepting Russia or Turkey, where wealth enjoys the immunity from responsibility to the state and the general public that is given to it by the foremost of republics.—London Saturday Review. Old Kaiser Wilhelm had a soft voice, and spoke in a that gave pleasure to every hearer.

REALRURAL READING

WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DEPART MENT}<’ " Plnn for a Model Hairy Barn—Choose a Fast Walking Team for Farm Use How to Cure Smoky Chimneys— Agricultural Motes. Hairy Barn. The bafo Illustrated herewith waa bullt'Wlth this purpose in view by Kdwin Parsons, on his Riverside dairy farm of 100 acres in York County, Maine. The frame work of the barn is shown in the first picture. The main barn is 42x72 feet, the cow stable on the south side being 30x30 foot. There is a cellar un.ier me whole eight feet

FRAMEWORK OF BARN.

deep; the bottom is cemented, and the wall is entirely built of split granite, the entrance being under the driveway to the main floor at the east end. The frame, says the Orange Judd Farmer, is one of the best pieces of work of its kind ever put together on ft farm, nnd was designed by Mr. Parsons, who made the working plans, laid out the work, and personally superintended its construction. The frame is supported throughout by iron rods and bolts; thorp are no mortises to the frame with the exception of tho plates, which are mortised to the posts. In the base of the tower is a water tank having a capacity of 5,000 gallons. This tank is filled, by means of a windmill force pump, from the river, and a stand pipe is supplied with tire hose. Thoroughly built in every detail, thlß barn is also well furnished in every particular. Water is supplied to the mangers of the cow barn and to the horse Btable. Patent adjustable stancheons are provided, and the latest liny fork and carrier. Great attention has been paid to ventilation, which Is regarded as very nearly or Quite perfect In its operation. The silo has a capacity of 175 tons. A ground plan is shown

FLOOR PLAN OF THE BARN.

In the second Illustration that explains Itself, the detulls of which will form an Interesting study to all Interested In barn architecture. A Convenient Bag-Holder. The accompanying illustration, taken from the Ohio Farmer, shows a cheap and efficient contrivance to take the place of man or boy In the work of putting grain Into sacks. It is made by taking a igood sound wooden barrel hoop and closing It to the desired diameter. To the hoop attach ftireo legs, which should be of light wood which will not split when the hoop Is nailed to the tops. The tops of tho legs are beveled from the side next the hoop In order to give spread at tho bottom.

A CHEAP BAG-HOLDER.

The legs may be of any length that will suit the fancy, but should be a little shorter than the sacks. It is not necessary that the hoop be so small as the diameter of the smallest sack, because If the sack Is small It need not be hooked ont'o all the small nails that are driven from the Inside of the hoop. The materials cost almost nothing and the - holder can be made In half an hour. A Team for Country U*e. Choose a fast walking team; or, If you own a good young team, teach.i them to walk by rarely trotting theme: There Is double advantage In a rapid the Massachusetts Plough-' man. Time Is saved in cultivation and harvest, and wagons last much longer when taken at a fair rate of speed such as seen In a rapid walk than if driven more rapidly, whether loaded or not. The slow-walking team Is made to bang the wagon at fnequent Intervals to make up for the time lost while walking. Many horses can be taught to walk four miles an hour. Notice the difference In the hayfleld, whether you can afford a slow, moping horse. A free-walking horse can easily cultivate seven acres of narrow rows In a day; many slow walkers will not cover four acres. Which Is preferable? A fast walk. If it be steady, will not cover plants more than a slow walk—ln fact, it Is not so likely to, because the earth falls at the edge of the furrow mellow and fine. Lime as a Fertilizer. From many tests made upon land la various parts of the State, it has been found that much of the plain land of Rhode Island is, perhaps, more acid than it should be for most profitable cultivation, says the Agriculturist Upon land that is acid the application of alr-slnked lime in quantities of one to three tons, evenly spread and thoroughly worked into the soil after the land la plowed for a crop, hfls beenproductive

of good results. If the land referred to by your correspondent is ovtuam with mess, “worn out,” or fails td gfow clover Vhen sown, I should not "hesitate to apply one or two tons of airslaked lime per acre, and thoroughly work it into the soil by repeated harrowing. The lime will probably hasten the decomposition, and make the fertilizing material In the soil more quickly available, which would be desirable for any early crop. The application of the lime Is especially desirable if the land is to be seeded to clover in the near future. , Smoky Chimneys. Few things will rulse the ire of the housewife or kitebeh girl quicker than to be obliged to burn gteen wood, or to endure the evils of a smoky chimney. But the chimney affair should l>e easily disposed of. Most smoky chimneys are not built to the proper height, and it is usually the kitchen chimney that fails to give a proper draft to the stove, or discharge the smoke at the top in a satisfactory manner. The revolving patented appliances to bo attached'to the top of chimneys do not always give satisfaction, and to obtain a proper draught the chimney must often be extended to the level of the ridge of the main building. This renders in, most cases a structure of brick quite impracticable, hence resort must bo had to a galvanised attachment that any tinsmith will furnish. It should set down over one course or layer of brlc}4). Put it in place some still day, first coating with mortar tho sides of brick to be covered by the hood, that a close Joint may bo had. If not more than two

IRON CHIMNEY TOP.

lengths of pipe are added two stays of Wire' attached to the rfege will prove sufficient; If the distance is greater, use three stays, which will hold It securely. Windbreaks for Poultry. On windy days tho hens will resort to any kind of shelter qr break that protects them from the wlndfe- As they prefer to be t in tho open air as much as possible, says the Prairie Farmer, the necessity for some kind of shelter often arises. It need not bo a covered shed, ns clear, sunny weather induces tho fowls to forage, and they prefer to be In the sunlight. All they need is a close fence or wall. Thls,should prompt those who contemplate making poultry yards to have the lower part of the fence, to the height of about two feet from the ground, close, so that tho hens may be protect*.' ed from the direct action of strong winds. If they are exposed to the full force of tho wind, even when the weather Is not very cold, tho result will bo catarrh, and eventually roup. Kffccta of Dehorning' On June 7 about seventeen cows were dehorned. Some of tho animals appeared to suffer conslderbale pain and quite a loss of blood, while others did not appear to mind it a grent deal. There was little, if any, less milk on the days after dehorning, though tho percentage of fat fell off to soino extent The average per cent of fat in the milk of twenty-two cows, says F. J. Slelghtholm, of the Ontario Agricultural College, most of which were dehorned. for the three days previous to dehorning was 3.0, while (or the four days after dehorning it was 3JW. Tho uwerage per cent of fat of tho four cow’s not dehorned was four for threo days before, and 4.3 for the four days after dehorning.

Gardens on Heavy Boil. It used to be thought that only on sandy soil could good early gardens be made. It Is true that the sandy soil is easily permeable to the air and is soon warmed, and It Is also well drained. But it has too little vegetable matter, and the sand dries out in hot weather, so that however promising the vegetables may be In early spring they prove a failure. Well drained, heavy land, thoroughly cultivated to a fine tilth, Is best for most garden crops. There are a few, however, that do best on sand, but it requires heavy and frequent manuring to make such land produce Its best results. A Good Breed of Swine. The Duroc Jersey will pay as well, or better, than any other breed for the feed consumed. They will fatten at any age. They are gentle and easily, .panaged. They are at home everywhere. They are the most prolific breed. They raise as large a percentage of their pigs ns any other breed, and*.their good coat of hair protects them from the heat of summer and the : cold of winter. v; 1 w'Pasturing Woodland*. It is not worth while to turn cows into woodlands early for the pasture they wlil' 1 get. Shaded as the ground is under the trees the grass is very lnnutritlous until the season is well advanced. There are besides in most woodlands many weeds like wild garlic which spoil the taste of milk, and make the woodlands unsuitable for pasturing with cows at any season. Agricultural Atoms. Keep a close account of the cost of crops. Transplant without moving the dirt from the roots. Use a shovel. Sulphur, salt and sulphate of iron in equal parts is good for worms in lambs. Hens relish a bit of charred corn once or twice a week and it Is healthful. Irregular feeding Is thought to be the cause of many disorders among fowls. Agriculture cannot be kepi; In the background; it is the heart of tbe-pa^, tion, which forces the life blood throughout the body politic. ujl-n.'i Better stock and better feeding and management will do for American farmers what it has done for English farmers to make farming more profitable by stock growing.

HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT

Away with the Gimcracks. Go through your house and simplify. Take out and throw away, or give away to some lower mind, the gilded rolling pin with a row of hooks in it; that elaborate mass of embroidered-velVfct-artd-piftn-lenf fan full of newspapers, that plfemy three-legged stool In the corner, painted—“hand painted”— nnd bodecked with a yard or so of good ribbon. Have nothing In your hons® that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. Nothing is or ever-can be beautiful without use, without harmony. A thing may be beautiful of its kind, beautiful In Itself, but the moment yon combine two things to make something else, then there needs something mors than the beauty of the separate parts. Your gilded rolling pin with tho hooks in it is not beautiful, because a rolling pin is an object with a definite use, and beautiful only in relation to its use. To gild it interferes with its use; to put hooks in it prohibits its use; to hang it on the wall makes a permanent laughing stock of a once respectable Implement Nothing Is beautiful out qf its place. So of tho fan, A fan is meunt to fun with, to move nnd swing; It suggests coolness and grace of motion. Fastened to tlio wall It gives tho same Impression n« a butterfly with Or' pin through it—something perverted und Imprisoned, robbed of its natural function,—St. Louis Globe-Democrat

To Serve with Meat and Flail. Roast beef should be served with grated horse-radish. Roast mutton with currant jelly. Boiled mutton with caper sauce. Roast I>ork with apple sauce. Roast lamb with mint sauce. Venison or wild duck with black cur> rant Jolly. Roast goose with apple sauce. Roast turkey with oyster sauce. Roast chicken with breud sauce. Compote of pigeon with mushroom sauce. Broiled fresh mackerel with sauce of stewed gooseberries. Broiled bluetlsli with white cream sauce. Broiled shad with rice. Fresh salmon with green peas and cream sauce. Pulnt for the Floor. Take one-third turpentine nnd twotldrds boiled linseed oil, with a little Japanese dryer added. Buy a can of burnt sienna und blend It thoroughly with this mixture. This gives a rich reddish-brown. Mix the paint quite thin, so that It will run readily. Lay It on the floor with a good-sized brush, stroking tho brush the way of the grain of tho wood. Put on several coats, allowing each one to become perfectly dry. Lastly, give the floor u good coat of varnish, nnd when thoroughly dry It will be found ns satisfactory ns a stained floor enu be, and easily kept clean. Tho varnish gives It the appearance of polished wood. It can be kept lu good condition by simply dusting nnd wiping off with an oily cloth.

When the Bhoe* Arc Wet. As soon as you can remove wet shoes do so, and rub them well with a spft rag, to get some of the dampness out, and to take off all the mud; then rub them with a cloth saturated with kerosene. Get us much of the oil Into them us possible, ami then 1111 them ns full of dry oats as you can and sot them aside for n few hours, when apply another coating of kerosene. The stiffness will have disappeared, and the shoe will be in good shape when you want to don It ugain. Bilccd Pineapple*. When a fully ripe pineapple Is to be offered on a warm day there Is no more satisfactory way of preparing It thai% to cut it into thin slices (after removing the core, and eyes), sprinkle the slices with sugnr, into which a little lemon juice has been squeezed, and then grate Ice over them just before serving. Graham Bread. For one loaf of bread take a pint of warm water, half a tenspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of sugar, half a cupful of soft yeast and enough graham flour to make as stiff ns you can stir It; put in a tin and let It rise until quite light (probably two hours), then bake in a moderate oven slowly.

Baited Oranges. The Mexicans eat salt with their oranges, both because they prefer the fruit so seasoned and because it is considered more wholesome with salt. Hint*. Rub a creaking hinge with a very soft lead pencil. Russet costumes include g;owns, shoes, belt, and fancy straw round hat or Duse turban. In packing gowns they will be found to crease very little If paper is placed between the folds. Haircloth and alpaca skirts are rnada with three ruffles up the back and a steel in the bottom. Pole rings can be made to run easily by rubbing the pole with kerosene until thoroughly smooth. Baking Is one of the cheapest and most convenient modes of preparing a meal in small families. One teaspoonful of cornstarch to • "cup of table salt will keep it from getting hard in the salt shakers. Rain water and white castile soap la a lukewarm suds are the best mixture In which to wash embroideries. Something useful in belts consists of a nickel silver frame, Into which a ribbon of any other color may be inserted. Put an open box in the cellar with A peck of fresh lime In it; It will absorb the moisture and make it smell fresh and sweet. Virgil was a close student of Homer. Several long passages In the “Aeneid** are literal translations from the lines of the Iliad and Odyssey. He was also a reader of Theocrijtps, the Greek country poet, and many lines in the Bucolics and Georgies are translated Imitated from the Greek.