Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 January 1881 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY. 12, . 1881.

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AGGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY.

Mwtlnj or the Democratic Editors in the Room of the Supreme Court Yesterday. Permanent Organization fected. An Able and Characteristic Letter From Hon. Jeremiah S. Black to Hon. John B. Stoll The Sentlment Is, "Up, Boys, and at 'Eml " Pursuant to a call, a number of Democratic editors yesterday m-iruing at 10 o'clock met in Convention in the rooms of the Supreme Court. The meeting was called to order by Hon. John B. Stoll, of the Ligonier Hanner. Upon motion of T. J. Foster, of the Fori Wnvne Journal. Dr. Hunter, of Lawrenceburp, Wan called to the Chair. Afterward Frank M. Shutt, of the Elkhart Ieniocrat was chosen Secretary. At a sugges tion o( Hon. John W. rdiauklin, Hon. John U. Stoll stated at length THE ORJKOT Or THE MRKTIS. At a conference of Democratic editors of Northern Indiana, held in the city of Fort Wajuc, shortly after the late Presidential election, the belief um express! that a meeting of Untnocratic editors of the State at larg; fhouW be keld at an enrlv period in ti'.e city of Indianapolis. Mr. Stoll said "th- punosrf the meeting today was to agree upon some modeof procedure, through the harmonious action of the aaoi.lers of puMic opinion, that would iasure the intelligent disision of topic in which the people are vitally interested. 'hie f ainong thrwe were, in the si-eaker's opinion, the method of -housing President arid Vice President of the United Mutes. as well as V in ted ".ates Senators, Tbei can be no loubt hat an overwhelming rnajority of the people favor some tBrlew complicated and less dar.gerous method of choosing these oflicers. Yet. singular an it mav atJiKMr, no voire 1 raised iu either branch (4 our National Legislature for remedying -.he evils so wuiwrsally complained erf. The jxvple complain every four rears, but j ust as soon as the exciting events of a Presidential struggle are foreotvua, ss move on to a nrptrttt ion of the nie thing. There is one way to secure attention to the consideration of this subject, and that is to resolve, at the very next election of Members of Osngres, v' to vote for any mun who sloes not pledge himself to some measure nJeulated to place the power of electing lie highest ollitier of the Nation iircctlv lino the haiuts of the eople. Mr. Stoll hvelt at considerable length on the advisability of electing President, "Vice President and l"uied tate Sen atom by a direct vote of tfco tioople. He denied that such a tcparture involved the ablution of v. hat is geni-raHIy denominated he States' rights .theory-, if there is any one , nmiX! snoirn mine ieojne oiitv is (ium .micm.m it certainly ts the olh"e of President. That iunctiona-y h not President- -of any particular state or Sts, but Pre-ident of the United states of America. Tlie Morton .plan ol lustrict Klectors is faulty in tuis. if nothing lse. ttet it involves the objectional feature of jerrymandered Districts. The method of choosio? Al'l'tors ny States is object ionable, becau- ii inviics eoloiii.tin and other improper appliances in lse and doubtful State-". Let the isple b-ct President and Vice I'resideut bv popular vie, anil the majority rule. The votes ust in the several States should be canvassed and certified by the State othi-vrs authorized und deviated by law to iBÜnn that duty, and all the care, anxiety and vexation -.genlered by the electoral uuteia'will disappear. As diaciples of the great Jefferson, we should take a bold and earnest stan1 in favor of enfurcUg and exemplifying the theories promulifateri by tliat Illustrious statesman. The handiwork of Alexander Hamilton end other semi-monarch ista could now be safely üscarded by unfurling the banner of genuine Isetnocracy. Other questions of mo- " xneutous importance an fast pressing themselves upon the attention of the American people, all of which should be bravely and courageously met notably tLe question of beeping within proper restraint the grasping monopolies that now virtually control thiseountry. Class leirislalion. Mr. sUoll argued, had bnnifk.l theeountry into sconlition of ateet deptoUence upon the will and Iwhimsof a kalt doeu individualis, who count ti.ti tii.!-i.a Kv rtv-Mwivt. Tha nnottrtn fur jconsiiieration 1. how far shall these injns f aiiifu lo jnum in. he putil-5-e wetare requires thouehtll deliberation upon this and kiudred mbjei-tF. nd a majority f the metropolitan journals being ,vnsi and wotroliea y tae very corporations ich are -ever crasinntr for more, the duty ol escntlne atia uhjtx-t intelleaently and tru t illy to the Attention of the people neccsa:. evolves upon the so-called rural press; heuco me neccssirvoi appiytEg orain power to me man agement of Cbe local pre. . He was tri lowed Yy Mr. Hilligass, of the II untington Democrat, in the same strain. At the "onclusin of these remark?, a motion was made fey John SI. (loar to appoint a Committ-ee sf Five on Permanent Organization. The fwllowin,; named gentlemen were appointed; Jahn M. lioar, John It. Stoll, W. J. Ilillijra, Mr. Jones, Madison Herald; 0. W. Shanklin. The meeting then adjourned until 2 p. in. Aftnwa &esnln. Tlie first morEeflti of the afternoon session were consumed by Mr. J. M. Goar, reading the following report. , Section 1. The name of thla organization shall be "The liemocratie Editorial Association of Indiana." Sec. 2. Its object shill be the dissemination of true Democratic prtuWples and the promotion of the general welfare of tbe Decaocratic party and its Pres. Sec. 3. The meetings of this Association shall be held lemi-antiuallv. to-wit: On the first Thursday in January and lie last Thursday in June of each year. Sec. 4, The officers of the Association shall .consist of a Presldcn. two Vice Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a EaroTding Secretary, Treasurer and an t'xssilive Comiuittee of live Sec. iV These officers hall serve ir a period of one Qr. and shall be elected by ballot at the aaeetiu7 to be held in the city of InuLtnapolis on the first Thursday of January each year. Sec. 6. The du ties of tbese otiir-ers shall be such jm usually devolve npoti officers rf kke organizations, or as may be assigned to thena by direction rf the Asantlation. ee. 7. Thedelitjerationsof this Association shall be conducted in conformity with established ParHum en tary usages. m:. Any editor or publisher of a Democratic paper in the State of Indiana may become a member of this Ass4H,iatlon by signing the Constitution and pledging himself to a compliance With the ruqtiwements of this o-jraniiation Sec, 9. The expense of the Association shall be deleaved by euch asMerwinetit aa may fraa time to tiae be made by the Kxecutivc Committee. s. .10. This Constitution may be ch&nged or ameudel at any regular meeting by the conenrremssof a two-thirds vote of the members in attendance. Scc.lL Py-Uws may 1? enacted from tiRK to time as occasion may demand. Such changes cherein rr amendments thereto may ha ma1e ac any meeting regularly cnllcd in conformity with this constiiftioti. a majority vote of those pit-sent onVy being required for such purpose. Scc.12. sysrial meeliniiK may, in cwtrnf tn esicnrency, oe-aJlel by dirt:-.ioii of the President and a majority-ot the Executive Commitu, or upon the written rciuestof ten membera of the Association. At leal ten dar' notice of such special meeting is to be eiven by publication in acourpicuougoliimu of the Indianapolis üeujJneL " The report was adopted as read, after which . tLe following named gentlemen were chosen olHctrs'of the Association: President John 15. Stoll. First Vice President W. P. IL Hunter. second Vice President 4 reorge ahankliu. Secretary Frank ;. Shutt. "orresponding See re tary Howard Henderson. Treasurer (z&h Quinn. Lxecutive fomroitu-e 1 C. Jones.'W. J. HiJigAs. H. If. i'ranres, M. A. raniett and J. C. Hhownaker. The following-natiied gentlemen attached tlicmselves to the Association: V. J. Hilligass. Huntington Democrat. Ad Arnold. Columbus Jjemoerat. T. J. Foster. Fort Wavne Journal. John M. iioar. New Cwtle Icniocrat William Mitchell, Hancock Demxrat. M. A. 1 tarnen. Hendricks ounty iemocrat. J. B. Stoll. Ligonier Itanner. W. A. Itonncll. Iecatnr News. fleonre V. Finxier. Sullivan True Democracy. Jerry Collin. Logamiport PhnrM. J. C. Dobelbower. Ijilsyette Ui-patch. ft. W. Shanklin, F.vansville Daily Courier. W. K. Brownlee, Anderson Demfjcrat. Frank O. Shutt. Klkhart democrat. William D..IL Hunter, iAwrenceburg Register. Luther fhort. Franklin Demucrat. LC. Jones, Madison Herald. John C. Shoemaker. Indianapolis Sentinel. Joslah flwlu. New Albany Ledger-Standard. Harry II. Francis, Michigan City Dispatch. H. F Henderson. Kokomo DlTtch. Mr. beidenaticker, of the Daily Telegraph

(German), beinp present, was called upon, and favored tlie AssHJciation with a few remarks from an independent and eminently original standpoint. He showed an earnestness that was gratifying, and a wealth of information that but few knew himtoixisesa. He believed that the Democratic iartv had lost, for the reason that it feared

to be hirere. He knew that if Democrats would advocate what all Democrats believe, the party would win. Short speeches were made oy J. c. uoueibower. Colonel Williams, Hon. Franklin lenders, bv invitation, and Mr. S. P. Boyle? Mayor of Huntington. On motion, the following Committee was api-ointed to prepare a suitable address embracing the opinions of tYis meeting upon the twlitical issues of the day. with Hon. John U. Stoll as Chairman, to-wit.: First District Ci. W. Shanklin, F.vansville Courier. Second District-Royal K. Purcell, Mncennes cun Third District Joslah Gwin, New Albany Ledger-standard. ... Fourth District willlaia U. 11. iiuntor, ijiwrentYburg Register. . . Fifth District M. A. Harnett. Hendricks t ounty Democrat. - , ,,, Sixth District George II. Puntenney, Rnshvllle Jacksonlan. ... seventh District A. ScidensUcker, Indianapolis Telegraph. ... Kightb 1'istrtct T. U. louins, rssiorusuut Ic v it w 'Ninth District-J. C. Doblebower, lafayette Dispatch. , . Tenth Pistrict Jere Collins. Ixgansrsrt I naros. F.leventh District W. J. Hilligass, Huntington IVmocrat. .... , ,, Twelfth District John It. Stoll, Ligonier linThirteenth District Henry A. Peed, Plymouth Ik-rnocrat. The next meeting is tobe held in June, and Michigan City" has been decided ujsm as the place. Just before adjournment the following letter from Jeremiah S. .lllaek, of Pennsylvania, to Hon. John 1J. Stoll, of Indiana, was read: York. Ta.. December 2S, 1SS0. My Dkar Sir Your letter was duly received containing the printed programme of a movement agreed to by the F.ditora of Northern Indiana, in favor of certain reforms and asking my views, particularly in regard to the election of I'resideut and Senators of the United States, both ol whom you would to like seechosen by a direct vote of the pcple without the intervention of Klectoral Colleges in one case and Legislatures in the other. As I differ somewhat on your tirst point and apprehend serious evils from other causes, you will excuse me for stating some of the reasons on which my otinion is founded. The method prescriaed by the Constitution of choosing a President by State Hectors is not o.en to auv serious objection on the score of principle. Its machinery does not always work well; it has been perverted to purposes of fraud, and even when honestly handled may result unfortunately. Put all human institutions are defective. The founder" of the Republic adopted this system, not because it was iicrtect. but becansge they tlioujjht anv other would be worse; and now I thick we should rather bear those ills we have than tly to others whi we know not o. 1( was put into the Constitution by a curiA coiupromi-', which harmonized conti ieting views almost at the hist moment of the Convention. In that bodv States were repre? ented. and on all propositions each State ha'l an eiial vote. They met to arrange the terms of a Federal compact, by which, however, uo State would be bound without its own consent, freely expressed by the separate and iii'tepeudeut action of U.s own people in State Convention assembled, gjfbe State were to be constituents of the new Government not the people acting together in a consolidated body and controlling il bya numerical majority of individual voter. This being a fundamental principle, universallv assented lo, the States naturally and logicallv claimed each for itself, an equal representation" in the legislative councils a:id an equal vote in th eiectiou of its Chief Executive. It was vehemently contended by some that in a confederation of States the power of each should be equal, .without reiect to its wealth or population; just as iu a Goxernmeut composed of individual, the vote of one man snouKl coui.t as much as another's, whatever might be the difference between them of family or fortune. But a;ai ust absolute State equality there were arguments which coukl tioi be resisted. The large S-ales would pay most of the debts and expenses of the I' nion, and furnish most of the men to tignt its (tattles In war. The power to eoutrol the Government and the duty to bear iu burdens, ought to be proportioned one to another. After much discussion it was agreed that laws should be Missed oniy by the eoueurreut vote of tw lxiies a Senate in which all the states, great and small, should be equal, and House o Representatives In which their relative weight would depend on the numbers of their whole population of every class, voting and non-voting, but excluding two-fifths of the slaves. To carry out the idea of a Federative Government it was" proposed that the president should be elected by the senate, and tai for a time was the favorite plan; but it would not do, because the Senate, with a veto on hxeeuiive appointments, wiih a neiff tive on treaties, with ower to arrest legislation, and with judicial authority to trv icienchments. would beome omnipotent if. in addition to all this, it bai the exclusive and uu coin ruled right to name the executive, f u the other hand, an election by a popular majority, voliugdirectiy, would obliterate the States, lies id es. it would operate most unfairly; iu some States the right of suffrage was more extended than in others, and it could not be equalized uuless tney would give up the right to tioiitrol that vital subject for themselves. The fear of consolidation, by hich the weaker States would be put under the absolute domin on of a popular majority polled in, the others, was the dread of some. while the apprehension of others was that no Union could be permanent w hich elected its Kxeculive U,iler by the naked power of the State. To teer between this Scylla and that Charyhbis avoiding at once Che rock and the whirlpool the present compounded system was devised, and adopted on the last day but one of the e.siou Look at it, consider it, and see if anything better could have been done. F-ach State shall appoint its own Klectors according to its own laws. Members of Congress und Federal ouicers are not eiigiMe. The number it may appoint shall be two for its sovereign authority, and as many store fr iu ponula tion ns it has members of Congress. The Klcctoral College is purely a State institution which assemble at home and sends its vote to the seat of the Federal Government If, upon counting all the votes so sent, it apjiears that no cauuniate has a Majority for 1'resident, the election devolves upon the House, which rep resents numbers, but it votes by States. If the Klectors tail to choose a Vice President, the Sen ate, which 'epresents State, will choose the wan, not by States, but bv a numerical majority of üe members who hapen to be present. The power mat electa a I'resiaent ana ice i'restueut 1 somewhat curiously eoin)ouuded of State supremacy and popular strength. Whether this plan can be improved lidnubtful; that we will not succeed f n improving it if we try is certain. The smaller States will hold on to their two Senatorial votes, und the larger ones, as long as they wish to te just, will content themselves with the addi tional weight which their representation now gives them. Rut we do want honest elections, according to the t Institution as it Is. Men who defeat the vote of a State by fraud or forgery should he sent to the Penitentiary they and all their accom plicesinstead of being rewarded by lucrative places and high power. Oiaeers of the General government who corrupt the ballot box by means of money drawn from the Public Treasury, should be . con dignlv punished. A Federal Executive who claims the riht to be represented at State elec lions by the bayonets of a standing army should be driven out into uttermost shame bv imiieach metit first and by crimin-d proseculiou afterward. Such a relorm of our iienal laws, without any amendment of the Constitution, would make us reasonably sure of fair play. These salutary provisions could all be made by acta of Congress History will record it as the great shame of the l)emocracy that for four years It had a majority in the popular branch of Ton grenn. and for two in both Honses, yet no wellölrected and persistent effort was made to protect popuinr elections agaiui wie violence, me irauu and the corruption of lederal ottice-hisVlers But there is one reform which is mueji needed and which nothing can accomplish but an amend mentof the organic law. The future success of our free institutions, the peria-tulty of tht; I'nloii, the safety of our lilerties, all depend. upon keeping the operations of the Federal Government within the limits assigned to it by the letter and piritof the ('-Institution. Experience has shown that a party in full possession of legislative and executive authority becomes reckless and oppressive. See if you can not devise some check to this tyrannical spirit which is hastening us to destruction. suppose the Hectors, chosen as thevarenow. vote for only one man is President, and let the highest in votes be Presio jnt and the uext highest be Vice President. If nobody has a majority of all the Klectors. and the chice has to be made by the House, let the President be chosen there bya majority of the States, and the candidate voted for by the smaller number of States shall be Vtss Iresident. Then arm the Vice President with power, not to control the Administration or to influence it patronage, but simply to protect the absolute rights of the minority by a veto on unconstitutional, corrupt and partial legi-lation. Confine the exercise of this power to propcreases bv providing that when a bill Is passed by the two Houses, against which one-third of the members protest in writing aa being in conflict with the Constitution, unjust and uueoual in the burdens it imposes on the people, tending to corruption and extravagance, or calculated to abridge the freedom of elections, then the bill, together with the protest, shall be submitted to the Vice President ai wll as the President, and shall not become a law without the approval of both. This, or something equivalent, would secure

ns against the worst damage to which our Instiutions are now exposed; would preserve trie General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, save ihe States from extinction, and give to nopular liberty a new lease of life. The idea of a dual executive has often been suggested and never found much favor. Rut you will see that this does not propose that the ucv I'resident shall share with the ITwldent any ex

ecutive function whatever; it wouia rive mm power onlv to protect his constituents, the minority of the states and people, against a destructive and corruptive kind of legislation to which unprincipled majorities are prone. 1 solemnly believe that If this had bcn a part of our original plan it would have prevented nearly all the podticU wrongs we have ever suffered among others, secession and the civil war. It would insure iometic tranquility by stopping In limine the u Ki..n ,.n.ir.lo revolution: it WOUld nilraaiiLze lailitics bv compelling sections and classes t respect the rights, interests and wbhes of one nr.rh.-f tt would hold the States in theirtrue re lations to the Central Government not by the pres- ..., f ovtom.d foiw hut bv tne Kinoiier iuw a attraction The present mode of electing Unite! Sta'es SenaW is unfortunate. It makes the Igislatnra m nurtunn that 11 considerations of State interests and local rights are subordinate,! to itw I'nder this influence the po litical majority becomes a mere machine, which makes Senators out of men w ho are not entitled, bv their talenta or intPtrritV. tO fill RUCh a place. The election of Sentaors "by the people of the States would, w ithont dor.ot, give us Detter men mid at the Käme time, be a more reputable, l mre dignified, and less corrupting way of choos ing them. 1 am your obedient servant. J.S. PLACk J. II. Stoll, Esq.. Ligonier, Ind. WOOL (.KOWEKS. Semi-Annual Meeting Election of Offl cers, Etc. The Wool (irowers of the State nu t in ftiu'-annual session Thursday, and were ciillvd to order by President Heeler, of tin. citv. who addressed the Association at tue lentil. His remark? were lmscd entirely on the pruer handling of sheep, and 1 lie was listened to attentively throughout. SKCRETAEY'S REI'OItT. Secretary T. V. W. Sutiman, of Spades P. ()., submitted a report ui his stewardship as follows: To THE HOV. PhEsIPKST and G knti.em f.S o tukIspiana Wool. Grow r as Asset. iation: The Secretary asks to report. There are now on tne mil some sixty names us members, all of whom arc live men and workers iu the cause. I think niucli eood has tss?n done by our Stsdcty sines its origin, and look for much more good to be done by it in the future, for at no time since the settle ment of this country was such an interest taken in the raising of sheep and the growing of wool as at present; and we neel appreneuu no ganger ot the market bcintr glutted in our feneration, for it win take many millions of sheep to supply th wool needed in tli is country to take the pla-e o the imported article tor all countries owe thei wealth not to what they import, but what tney raise at home. Then as more sheep are raised mor in nt ten will le used, which will tend to keep the supply below the demand ; and then last, but not least, wc nave with us always "me taitn ful house log." w hose wants will lie supplied whether we have to import wool or not I would rveommed that this Association instruct the Secretary to write to all Agricultural Societies in o'ir State asking thcni to classify aneep as you may in your judgment recommend, and a-k them to make their premium lists in accordance, so as to be more acceptable to sheep breeders than they now are. THE EATON BILL. The Committee apjointed to consider the communication received from the N.ationa Wool (J rowers' Association reoorted the fol lowing: Resolved, Rv the Indiana Wool Growers' As soclation, that they approve of the Eaton bill pro viding for the appointment ol a l oinnissioii con sistingof nine tnemlers of practical experience to take into consideration the readjustment ot th tariff, and in ike t Congress such suggestions after a thorough examination, as they may thin best for the interests of the country. urther Resolved, 1 hat the President and Secretary of the Indiana Wool Growers' Association be and they are hereby instructed to rapust the Indiana members iu Congress t use their influence and votes in favor of the immediate passage of the DHL Dr. J. . Navin followed with an essavon The Diseases of Sheep." The best food for sheen was discussed at length by members of the Association. The Joint Committee appointed to con siderllie time of holding the nieetin the (Iillerent Industrial Associations re ported: Wool Growers Thursday, January 7, 18-81. Swine Hieeders Tuesday and Wednesday, and tlie Dairymen Friday of the same week. An essa by Jacob Farquhar on "How Shall Well rel or Manage a Flock of Common or (Jrade Sheep for tlie Greatest Pgpfit?" was read by the Secretary, Mr. Sun man. Tlie question of the prot.er age to sell sheep was discussed at some length by. several members of the Association. The Association then went into the ELECTION Or OFFICERS with tlie following result: President. Fielding Heeler, of Indianapolis; 1). 11. Thompson, Waldron; Secretary, J. W. Hobe, Greencastle: Treasurer, S. W. Dungan, Franklin. Notite was given of an amendment to the Constitution providing for electing a firrcsjonding Secretary. Tlie rules which should govern the competition of sheep at the State Fair were discussel, the general sentiment being favorable to the adoption of stricter rules as to age, class, time of shearing, etc. The Committee on PROGRAMME for the May meeting submitted the following: Semi-annual address of the President. Appointment of all Committees for the session. "What is the Best Mode of Wintering a Flock of Fifty or More Sheep," by I. II. Thompson. "Manner anil Time of Ureculng Ewes, and Give the Best Mtnle of Caring for the Lambs From Time of P.lrth to Weining," by Uriah I'rivett. "What is the liest Cross to "Put on Our Common Sheep," by Lee McDaniels. "What is the I5est Mode of Caring for the Different Breeds of Sheep, Inelualug Shelter, etc," by si. W. Hungan. "The Shepherd Dog and His Character," by William Hods. m. "Characteristics of the Oxfordshire Downs Sheep," by T. a. Cooper. Adjourned. Ketumlng Kxod listers. Spec ial to the Cinclunatl Commercial. Washington, ec 30. The cold weather in the West is represented as very hard upon the colored exodusters wlro went there from North Carolina last year. Late lat night twelve colored eople arrived here from Oxford, Hutler County, Ohio, by way of the Haltimore and Ohio Kailrond, and are on their return to , Macon, X. (.'., from which place tnev migrated last . March, ihevwere in a deplorable condition without a cent, poorly clad, nearly froen, and tlie children crying from hunger. They were thawed out at the Station House, and made happy by as much good soup and bread as they could eat. From their statements they had eeeu hard times, and had been iiuxMed on in many ways. The excessive cohl climate where they had been living, coupled with destitution, had made them sick of the Western country, and they said they preferred their old homes. A returning colored exoduster from Indiana, w ho is here on his way bark to North Carolina, says it got mighty cold in Indiana. Too Cold for the Colored People. Special to the Cincinnati Commercial. Washington, Jan. 1. To-day another batch of clirel folks went through, having had one taste of Western winter and being satisfie!. They were on their way from Greettshurg. Ind.. tö which place they emijrrate! last January, from Wilson County, North Carol i na. They state that they could nn stand the cold climate of Indiana, and preferred to return to their old homes. They said they had plenty of work in Indiana, and the people treated them very kindly and tatd them every cent they agreed to do for their labor, but notwithstanding all that they could not live there so happily as in North Carolina. They had plenty of means to carry them back, and were not dependent upon charity. One of them said that they would rather face North Carolina Ku-Klux than an Indiana winter. A red-headed man recently attended a masquerade wrappnl from bis neck to his heels in a brown cloth and witli bis head bare. He represented a lighted cigar. Syracuse Herald.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

ce Honses--llints About Meal. Horses Cob Mixed teed for Cows Plymouth Kock Chickens Sugar From Cornstalks Farm Notes, Etc. Ice House. If there is any farmer without that mod ern necessity, an ice house, he ought not to et another season pass without providing one. l he cost ol niung each year is inning after tlie house is once provided, and the first cost of this is not great. The American Agriculturist for December describes one that held twenty tons of ice, and the esti mated cost is only $:10. The house is built entirely above ground, and Is simply a square building twelve feet each way and eight feet to the eaves. The base is eight by eight inch hewn or naw ed timber, laid either on a stone foundation or on corner posts set in tlie ground, and tilled up underneath with stone laid in mortar or banked with earth. A similar frame answers for plates at the top, and they are supporte! by lour corner ists eight feet long, and eight by eight inches in size, and two by eight inch studding as near together as may be, and on one end is a door. The outside is civered with perpendicular inch boards, and the cracks battened. Inch boards laid horizontally on the inside leave a space of eight inches all arounl, which is filled closely with sawdust. The floor consists of boards laid on cobble-stones. The roof is made with pitch enough to readily cjrry off the rain, and is simply covered with inch boards and battened, and an opening left in the middle of the ridge for ventilation is covered by a cap raised tive or six inches above the opening. When the house is ready to fill, live or six inches in depth of straw and sawdust are placed on the board floor, and the ice is packed as closely as possible in the center, leaving a space of five or six inches all around the outside. As fast as the ice is packed pieces of board can be placed back of tlie door to keep the sawdust there. Tlie ice is packed somewhat above the plates, and is covered with a foot of sawdust. This leaves a cubical mass of ice about nine feet each way. with something over a foot of sawdust all around it. The lua of ice will weigh about twenty tons, and if carefully put up, sc as to secure jarfect drainage dt the bottom and erfect ventilation at the ton. with as little contact with tlie air at sides us careful packing will admit, it will keep erfectly and be a constant source of profit and pleasure. Hints About Horses. American Cultivator. The horse's stomach has a capacity for only sixteen quarts, while that of an ox has "..V. In the intestines this proportion is re versed, the horse having a capacity of WO quarts against 1X) of the ox. The ox and most other animals have a gall-bladder for a retention of a part of the bile secreted luring digestion. The horse has none, and the bile flows directly into the intestines as fast ai secreted. This construction of tlie ligcstive apparatus indicates that the horse was f jrmed to eat slowly and digest continually bulky and innutritious food. When fed on hay, it passes very rapidlv through the stomach into the intestine. The horse can eat but live pounds of hay in an hour, which is charged, during mastication, with four times its weight of saliva. Now, tlie stomach, to digest it well, will contain but about ten quarts, and when the animal eats one-third of his daily ration, or seven jaDunds in one and a half hours, he has swallowed at least two stomachfuls of ha) and saliva, one of these having passed to the intestine. Observation has shown that the food is passed to the intestine by the stom ach in the order which it is received. If we feed a horse with six quarts of oats, it will just fill his stomach, and, if as soon as he finishes this, we feel him the above ration of seven pw.mls of hay he will eat sufficient in three-iuarters of an hour to have forced the oats entirely out ot his stomach into the intestine. As it is the otlice of the stomach to digest the ' nitrogenous parts of the feed, and as a stomachful of oats contains four or five times as much of these as the same amount of hay, it is certain that either the stomach must secrete the gastric juice five times as fast, which is hanily possible, or it mv.st retain this food tive times as long. Uy feeding the oats first it can only be retained long enough for the proper digestion of hay; consetiuently, it seems logical, when feeding a concentrated food like oats with a bulky one like hay, to feed the. latter first, giving the grain the whole time between the repas's to be digested. The digestion of a horse is governel by the same laws as that of a man, and as we know that it is not best for a man to go at hard work the momenta hearty meal is eaten, so we should remember that a horse ought to have a little rest after his meal while the stomach is most active in the process of digestion. Mixed Feed for Cows. A correspondent of the Newark (N. J.) Advertiser, wh attended the recent meeting of the State Hoard of Visitors at Rutgers College. New Brunswick, gives the following account of the Lxpen mental Agricultural Station located at that place. The Director of the Station, Professor Cok, made a reprt of what the Station has accomplished since its organization less than a year ago. The Station has a room free of rent from the College, and in Ihis rootu there is a perfect working laboratory, where analyses are made and experiments are conducted Farmers from anv part of the State can send specimens here and have them analyzed free of expense. The Director of the Station and Professor Neill, who is the chemist here, devo'eil considerable time the tast season to tlie subject f fertilizers. There are manufactured in this State annually about $3,000,000 worth of special fertilizers, anl some of these are used in every County of the State, and the market value of each can onlv be known by correct analyses. The number ol these that have been 'made dur ing the last eight months foot up to nine.v three. and thirty of ditferent varieties of fodders ami fifty of milk. sionie very interesting experiments have been conducted by the Station to test the value of mixe! feed for cattle ami to test the value of different breeds forbutterand milk. The details of these experiments are exceeIin'lv intere.itinjr. There were six animals selected in as many different herds in different parts of the State. The food, both in quantity, kind ami weight, wasalike in each place and weighed out accurately, and the cattle were weighed before ami after the experiments. The food in each instance consisted of (for the six head of cattle per day) seventy-five ountls w heat straw, thirty-five pounds clover hay, 113 pounds brewers' grain, 115 pounds turnips, eleven and onehalf pounds cottonseed meal. This, at the market price of the articles, would make it est per head just eighteen cents. The experiment was carriel on sixteen days," and the milk tested thirten of these. With a Jersey herd of mix in Turlington, another of the same number in Camden, and still another of grades in Middlesex, the Jersey cows averaged 10,' quarts of milk a day in br.th instances. This was found to vield 14!-4 per cent of solid matter, of which 5 21-100 jer cent was butter. 4 93-100 per cent of sugar and 3 H7-100 of cheese. The Jersey cattle did not vary 1 per cent, in the results, and the milk of Jersey cows in Sussex County gave within a fraction of the same results. The yield from the grade cows on the College Farm gave an average of 10 quarts of milk per day, yielding 13 34-100 of slil matter, of which VA was butter. 3 34-100 cheese, and 4 S2-100 sugar. The cattle, with one exception. improvel in weight, and by using the mixture of food ; given above the expense of feeding was re-

duced about one-half overfeeding clover J

hay. This shows conclusively that with the 1 same quantity of food the Jersey cattle gave as inucn tuuk as graues, ami oi oeuer quality. These experiments with milk w ill be carried on next year on a more extended scale ami with more accuracy in all the defalls. - Tob Meal. A Doylcstown (Pa.) correspondent says: "Cob meal has beconu' a popular feed among the fanners of this part of the country. A great many who buy their cattle feed buy the cob meal in preference b the com meal. There is a difl'erence of fifteen and twenty cents er 100 pounds letween the price of the two articles, and that may be the reason whv some buy the cob meal in preferen'e. It d-es not reouire much figuring to prove that in nutritive value a nun gets more for bis monev when lie buys the clear corn meal than when he buys the cob meal. On the other hand, itlocsnot reqn're a great deal of experimenting to show that the cob meal possesses advantages in the matter of diges tion and assimilation over tlie clear corn meal when both are fel drv, cither alone or mixed with wheat bran, in some cason the digestive superiority ot t tie cob meal is an easy offset ti the greater nutritive value, bulk for bulk, of the clear meal. Plymouth Rocks. John M. Strahl, of Camp Point, 111 Ulks: thus This justiv very popular breed originated in New Kngland, although it is not probable that the nrst one was hatched on Plymouth Rock and went "cheeping" around on that historical pebble. It is pre-eminently an American lowl and has been perfected by American fanciers. They arc prolwibly the most jKiptilar breed in America to-day. For the farmer they are csHcia!ly adapted, as thev are good layers and good table fowls. No other breed possesses these characteristics in so eminent a decree. Although a ones tion when and . how they originated, it is probable that thev are a cross between a Dominique and a lllaek Java hen. The e-neral color is prrav, or what would generally be denominated a hawk color, each fvather being distinctly penciled across with dark bars, lhe beak is a bright yel low, short, stout at base, and with a tine curved ji nt. Lyes large, clear and brightComb red, single, upright anil straight Wattles and earlobs, bright red. of medium ste. Neck of the co:k of medium length, with abundant hackle. Color blushing gray, and free from black, or white feathers. and when these occur they should be considered a disqualification. Legs largo and strong, of medium length, the skin of T yellowish color. They are also a clean-legged breed, there being no feathers on their feet or lower part, of their legs to labble in snow or mud, anil thus cause a convenient harbor "for those para sites that caii.sc a usease Known as scurvv legs. The comb and wattles are of molerate size, ami therefore not so likely to liecorne frozen in cold weather as in breeds which have these useless but ornamental apieiidages more largely developed. I hey are of pool shape, heavy bodies and very plump, full reats. They mature f Airly and make large broilers for early spring market. They are a suiierior table fowl. I hey aro rood layers, and combine inn mm nrlrahln dAifPoa thn Awna-vi i oa f large size, prolific laying anl superior sot-1 nuuo. ii in; ft if niit; VA I . ting qualities. Hardiness of constitution. vigorous and docile disposition, are other piod qualities completing their well-rounded character. From ih knowledge gained both bv exjierience and observation. I feel justified in pronouncing them the "boss" breed. Other breeds may greatly excel them in some characteristics, but for general purnosvs ot the farmer thev are unexcelled. Rural World. Sugar From Com Stalks and Cane. N'ew England Karmer.J Professor Charles Dole, of the Norwich University, Northfield, Vt, has been experi-ruenti-g with stilks of the Sanfonl corn for syrup making, and gives his exiericnce in a letter to the Oreen Mountain r reeman. He finds the corn is not in is best condition for sugar making till the ears are at the right age for boiling for table use. and from'that onward till it is fullv ripe. His machinery was quite crude, plain wooden rollers and tubs for the jui-e, placed under them, and not . all the juice was obtained, but enough to warrant the expectation of a yiehl of fifty or more gallons of good syrup per acre, after the ears are harvested. The Sanford Is a large whitt variety of field corn. Professor Dole alo experimented with earl j amber cane, and found the syrup of better quality, and a larger yiehl per acre, but the stalks are worth little for feeding, compared to. corn stalks, after the juice is expressed. The amber cane has done so well in New Lngland the past season, that rnany farmers will pr-pare for growing it on a larger scale next season. Karra Noten. Water filtere! through charcoal becomes perfectly pure. in nerent coats vary so per cent in their power as to producing steam. . Petroleum i9 an excellent preservative of exjsised woxiworK and tools. As little light as possible should be admitted into the milk nous.?. Light is liable to blanch the cream. Colonel J. D. Oillett, the great Illinois cattle breeder and feeder, says he always Duys a ouu and not a pedigree. Tlie metals which are found to longest retain heat are brass and copper; next, iron, and, lastly in order, lead. A bar of irn or a poker lail over a fire, concentrates the heat of the passing smoke and creates a draught through the fire. A p ece of beef is much more tender and juicy when the animal has been fed on roots, than beef made where no roots are fed. There are i,272,G4i) siuare intrhes to an acre, and an inch of rain on the acre would be tsjual to 22,022.5 gallons, weighing 113 tops. When going into a pit never fail to lower a lantern first, for half a minute, anl if it burns brightly the air of the pit is fit to breathe. Mr. S. H. Cole, of Norfold, Conn., obtained forty ami one-half gallons of syrup, seventy-five cents per gallon, from fourteen and one-half rods of ground. A milk contractor in ltoston says he is making more money by manufacturing his surplus milk int butter and cheese than be did by his sales of milk. Professor Angher claims that more rain falls now in Nebraska than formerly, anl that tlixs rainfall is increasing with tlie march of settlement and consequent cultivation. Professor Roberts says that fifty bushels of wood ashes per acre increased the yield of grass in a certain locution more than any other manure, while ground bone improved the clover. The whole cost of planting .and cultivating an acre of cotton, ginning the product and delivering it on a railroad is stated bya South Carolina planter at $11, or about live and three-eighths cents per jiound. An alloy for filling hole9 in iron is easily male: Lead, nine parts; bismuth, one; antimony, two. This mixture expands in cooling, so that the holp is perfectly tilled by the alloy when done. The comb of a fowl is a sure indication of the state of its health. If it lose its bright, rich color it is diseased in aome way, anil as the disease approaches its worst stages the comb turns black. The manufacture of the little round Dutch cheese made from sweet t v lk, so popular in the retail trade, weighing lroin three and a half to four pounds each, is being undertaken in Illinois. Pip in poultry is a symptom of disease, and not itself a disease; it is commonly an affection of the air passages, which compels the fowl to breathe through its mouth, becoming dry in consexiucnce. A hard sub-

stance forms at the end of the tongne. some-

times extending to the roof of the mouth; this causes the noisy breathing which prouuces ine sou i hi ui pijj. Experiment- have proved that, wooden posts put i the ground in the same position n which they grow.-Ian upward, will be come rotten several vcars sooner than they would if placed top downward in the soil. It is rarely that laying hens get sufficient i food at this season of the year.' rew persons are aware how much a fowl will eat iu the course of a day. We must bear in mind that when the ground it bare they arc eat ing nearly all the time. Snow melts away upon drained lands sooncT than on und rained, hence the drained soils are ready for ploughing much sooner. In cotIanl it is claimed that the harvest is from ten to fifteen day earlier on drained than on undrained lands. Insects, caterpillars and larva? are not de stroyed by heavy frosts or intense cold. Com mon caterpillars are uninjured by cold of lla below zerc, and after being frozen hard nevertheless revived by return of heat; hence the gardener must not detcnd upon this source for assistance in ridding himself of these pests. The New York Herald recommends as an excellent remedy for sprains, sores and bruises, sprained hock joints and stiff joints generally in domestic animals, a liniment composcdof creosote, one ounce ; turtcntinc, one ounce; olive oil, two ounces; mix and rub upon the affecte! parts. It is also of great alvantage in thrush and foot rot. Never in the history of the country has there been such difficulty experienced in shipping Western products to the Eastern markets and ihe seaboard. The Kailroad Companies are unable to handle one fifth of tlie freight which is offered to them, and they have notified shippers that they will receive only perishable goods. In Chicago there are six or seven factories which are turniiaront 2.1,000 or 30,000 pounds of lard butter daily. The stuff is mr.de of lard, soapstone and a little butter, with other things mixed in it to make it look ami taste like butter, and is then disjiosed of as dairy or creamery butter, and at nearly the same price as the genuine article. Most of this is shipped East and South. The stomach of a horse has four coats or coverings, and each one has the jower of contracting and relaxing, which prodtu es a series of folds and .wrinkles serving to agitate the alimentary mass, mixing the contents and bringing every part in its turn to the influence of the gastric ju'ee. and at the same time working the mass through the alimenlary canal to the dirodenum. Errors in butter nuking are uneleanliness; too much acid in cream, caseineor buttermilk in a decomposed stat, too much friction in churding and working tlie butter; bad salt and too much of it; foul milking stables, and impure water odors from various sourcos, known and unknown. These are errors vital in their consequences, and not generally thought as of any importance. It has been noticed as a fact that during the recent terrific thunder storms the light ning has never done any damage in cities of any considerable size, undoubtedly the iron u liVli unliTj Qrt lrvrolv into tlio eon struction of -ities in buildings, railroails, i rraph lines, etc. dissipates the electric fluid so rapidly and completely as it approaches the earth that it is rendered harmless. In hardening and tempering a cold chisel care should be taken to have a gradual shading of temper. If there is a distinct boundary line of temper color between the hard cutting edge and softer shank portion, it will be very apt to break at or near that line. The cutting edge portion of the chisel should be supported by a backing of steel, gradually diminishing in hardness; and so with all metal cutting txIs that are subjected to heavy strains. Were it true that sit im milk or milk liluted by water is preferable food for children, why did Nature furnish milk of tlie ordinary richness, as seen by the following analyses given, s,h wing the composition of milk from different mammals: l l Ingredients In 100, WornParts. Casein Hutter. iugar Ash .. WaterOne and two were analyses by Dr. Lvon Playfair, and three and four are by Henry and Chevalier. , . ... In England tlie use of bean flour is said to have been resorted to in order to give due tenacity and lightness to bread made from damaged wheatcn flour, lloiled rice was employed to increase the quantity of bread to te obtained from a sack of flour. A sack of 280 pounds -should yield, accordinc to Letheby, ninety-five four-pound loaves; but by adding three or four pounds of rice, boiled for several hours in as many gallons of water, to the flour, at least 100 foür-pouml loaves can lie got a gain of twenty pounds of bread, or more than 5 per cent, lly this use of rice on boiled potatoes which, being nearly pure starch, or perhaps even more effectual than rice, the "bread is indirectly adulterated with water. For Dyspepsia, IndigeUion, Depression of Spirits and ieneral Debility, in the various forms; also, as a preventive agaiust fever and ague, and other intermittent fevers, the "Ferro. Phosphorated Klixlr of Calisaya," made by faswell. Hazard it Co.. 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Stinging, smarting, Irritation of the urinary passage, disiasel- discharges, curel by Huchupaiba. $1. Druggists. 38 Washington street. Kough on Rata. The thing desire! found at last druggists for "Kongh o,r Kats" It out rats, mice, roaches, bed-bugs, etc, Ask clears Fifteen cents per box. Skinny lerv. Well's Health Renewer. Absolute cure for nervous .debility and weakness of the generative functions. One dollar at druggists, 38 Washington St A Sure Thing, Cliapin's Bnchnpaiba quick, complete cure for KraveL stone, kidney, bladder and an urinary anections. fl. street 38 Washington Terrible Loa of Life. Millions of rats, mice, cats. b?d-bugs, roaches, lose their lives by collision with "Rough on Rats." Sold by Druggists. 15c boxes. lira In and Nerve. Wells' Health Renewer, greatest remedy on earth for impotence, leanness, sexual debility, etc. $1, at' druggists. 33 Washington street. ' ,

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