Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1881 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL; WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY 23, 1881.

ÖÜB. FARM BUDGET.

PrfHerring EggsEarly Lettuce Corn Too Thick. 5rmlos Extraordinary Remedy for Kid. ney Worm Soap-Sad for Flow era Note, Etc. Preserving Kggs. A subscriber in Iowa asks lor a recipe for making a liquid preparation for preserving egjr, or for information about any method of keeping them fresh. He ia informed that no method of treatment Is known by the practice of which eggs can be preserved any considerable length of time in the same condition they were when newly laid. They may, by judicious management, be prevented trom passing into a state of decom position that will render them unfit for food, but, at best, they will compare with strictlv fresh eggs only as canned or dried fruit does with that which has just ripened on the tree, vine, or bussh. The quality desi plated as freshness can not be preserved. ttoth the white and yelks of ej.'gs are msJf up of a great variety of substances ready to form other combinations under favorable conditions. In the presence of air and a tolerably warm atmosphere they will commence to decay very rapidly. All tin. methods of preserving eisr in their natural condition are based on the principle of excluding the air and keeping them cool The shell of an egg is sufficiently tight to hold lis contents as a whole, but i3 so porous that the water will pass without and air will pass within it Kggs will lose in weight i kept w here dry air circulates among them. the moisture nassimr through the pores of the shells. It is practical to evaiorate nearly all the moi.oture from einr by placing them in a i-urreut of dry air. Anv process that will eventually prevent the jas.ageoi air ana moisiure uiruuu iue shell will teni to preserve the contents. Various substances have been applied to the shell of eggs for this purpose Among the suhstani e!" that have been applied are varnish. iaint. dissolved resin, wax, and vari ous forms of fat, or tallow, lard, and butter. The latu-r three are verj' objectionable, thev are likelv to become rancid and to o vev their odor and flavor through the pores of the shell to the contents. The best substance to employ as a coating is jarafHne, as it is stable in its composition, ana wnen pure is entirely destitute of taste and smell. The softer form of this substance requires no preparation, while the harder may be dissolved in naptha or melted, ror fain use, eggs may be preserved to good advantage in paratnne oil. They should be placed in a jar in a cool cellar and the oil jioured over them. The first cost of paraihne in any form is considerable, but it may be employed for the same purpose many years in succession. The decay of eggs may be much retarded by placing them in strong salt brine and storing them in a cool place, as on the bottom of a cellar. Lime water is an antiseptic and the solid particles it contains enters the pores of the shell and partially or entirely cIo$e them. The most common method of treating eggs for preservation consists in plucinj; them in a suitable vessel, stored in a cool place, and covering them with water saturated with salt and lime. Lime is ... . .I, i . slacked in a vessel, water is auueu ana stirred, when it is allowed to settle. When clear it is dipped or drawn off, and salt is then added. As the shells appropriate considerable lime, it is necessary to add more of it from time to time. It must be kept in mind that the keeping qualitv of eggs varies, and is conditioned that produce them, the time of the year when they are dropped and their treatment

rw oeiore iney unuergoany process nnua icx

to preservation. itn rare exceptions tne egs of young and healthy fowls keep better th.n those of old and feeble ones. Kggs produced and "put in pickle" when the weather is moderately cool are more likely to keep well than those dropped when the weather is extremely hot. lingular as it may appear, eggs packed in May will be in better condition at Christmas, when they are generally in the greatest demand, than those coated and put in brine during July or August. :The sooner eggs are gathered and placed where they will remain cool the more likely will they be to keep a long time. If they remain in the nests they will become heated by the fowls that come to deposit egg". It is bad policy t transport eggs long distances in wagons or cars betöre treating them witn a view to their preservation. The jar they receive injures their keeping qualities. Unimpregnatod eggs keep much better than others, and unless one desires to raise chickens it is better to allow no cocks to run with hens. The male of any one species of bird is not necessary to the production of eggs. Changes of temperature are very unfavorable to the preservation of egg?, lhe nearer they are kept to a uni form temperature, as cool ts possible with out danger of freezing, the better. A viti ated a'mosphere will impart a bad flavor and odor to eggs in any condition. Treat all persons who go about the counw r r rt. ( aal 1 ,u! nod ft L- na . i n r Airoa f, several months in the condition they were f I when laid as sensible people do tree ped V dlers. subscription book canvassers, and the agents ot lightning-rod Companies. A method will be discovered for preserving eggs in the same condition they were when dropped by fowls about the time one is periecieu ior preventing people trom growing old. An e?g, like a man, is endowed with T;iaiuy. twain succeeas tue. ana uecay I follows in the very footsteps of death. The

t egg is no exception to the living organisms, f Early Lettuce.

A correspondent of Vick's Magazine says: fntre are very tew people not fond of let tace in the early pring. Having removed from the city, where early lettuce could be bought at the markets, I was much at a loss for this refreshing salad plant at least, until quite warm weather. Knowing it to be quite hardy, last autumn I sowed some seed - in a warm, dry spot, and in a week or two me plants were up. jieiore hard irost I placed around my little patch some boards to l.e particular, an old door frame and over this some loose boards, covering about two-thirds of the space, so that there was about one-third uncovered for light and air, It was where to got the best of the sun, slopinp southeast, and it was a mirnn.se tri tim how early I had young lettuce from this rude Ded. ui course this wm oe or no beneut to tho:je who have hot-beds and other convent ences for forcing vegetables, but to very many of your readers I think the know! edge may be useful. Amerlran Canned Goods In Kngland. ir. u. j. Jennings, me London corres pondent of the V orld. makes some state ments in a recent letter to that paper, which furnishes food for reflection to the canned goods packers and dealers of this country, His words, which we give below, need no comment. He says: "You are doubtless well aware of the extent to which the traffic in canned fruits and provisions has grown between the I nited states and this country Every little country shop is now half full of canned peaches and apples, pork and beans, succotash, green corn, oysteis, and all the other varieties of food which American en terprise has been the means of forwarding to . this conntry. I know ot no trade wmch gave better promise of continuing to grow and flourish, for all the goods sent met with a ready sale and were continually growing in favor with the

public. - Unfortunately, some unscrupulous dealers are threatening to ruin this branch of commerce. Consignment after consign

ment of canned goods torn out to be rotten or otherwise worthless; in several parts of England people have been poisoned by eatijig canned oysters or meat. Let the idea once spread that it is dangerous to eat canned American provisions and it will soon be all over with the trade. The other day I was talking to the chief London retail dealer in these articles, and this is what he said: 'At first, everything sent from America was good. The public liked the things, and we reallv could not get enough of them to sumdv the demand. liut no sooner was the market established than tricks began to be played, and now I am afraid to send out any new importation until I have exam ined dozens ot tins at ranaom. i eopie are getting afraid to buy. It is always the way the first lots are spienaia, men fiiip-ioaus of trash are sent over, and the business is spoiled for everybody.' " Muskmelons Ripened Under Ground. It is stated in the Gartenflora, a German horticultural publication, that the Persians, who extensively cultivate melons, cover the fruits with earth at a certain stage. This method is Dracticed bv the Persians in the neighborhood of Titflis, in the Caucasus. Only the choicest and best keeping variety, the true Dutma. is grown. It is a long. smooth kind, which attains a weight of fifteen to twenty pounds, and will keep until Christmas. The deeply-tilled ground is thrown ut into beds a foot wide in spring, and the seed sown in a drill along the center. Finally the plants are left at a great distance apart, and irrigation is enecieu through the channels between the beds, no that no water touches the plunis. The fruit sets June, and only one or two are left on each thoot. When the fruit has reached the size of a man's tist the earth is hollowed out and the shoot (with the exception of its tip), together with its fruit, is buried therein to a dei.th of one to one and a half inches, where it remains un til the fruit is almost ripe. Considerable practical experience is necessary to deter mine the exact moment when they should be unearthed. When the cultivator thinks the time has arrived, he withdraws the shoot and its fruit from the ground. This is done toward the evening, and the fruit is left on the surtaee of the eround. attached to the shoot, and ext-osed to the dew of one night; but care is taken to cut the fruit the following mornins before the sun can reach it. It is then hung in a cool, dark, dry place, un til ready for eating. K wuruiln g Extraordinary. I). NT. Kern relates to the Ohio Farmer tiie following experience with a swarm of Ital ian bees: the hrst swarm came out .May o. and was put in a hive tiled with comb. On the Lth of Mav the second swarm came out and was hived with a weak swarm. On the 20th the third came out and was hived with the second and weak wann. On the 'Jlst the fourth swarm came out. Mr. Kern caught the queen ami killed it, and put the swarm back to the old colony. On the .'.'?d the fifth swarm tame out. He caught two queens and killed them and put the swarm back aain. un me inun. at y o'clock a. m., the sixth swarm came out. He caught two queens again and killed them, and put the swarm back again. The same day, at .lociocc p. in., me seventn swarm came out. This time he hived them n an old straw hive and set them on ton of the old hive. In the evening of the i!"th he shook them down in front of the old hive again, and that settled for a time the swarm ing fever of the ol I hive: but on the Ltth of June the first young swarm threw out a very large swarm, and on July i threw out a second swarm, and about live minutes later a swarm came out of the old hive again. He hived both swarms atram, and sold them for $200 cash. All these swarm made : pounds of comb honey. Corn Too Thick. Agricultural Department New York lierald. One summer we had a bide hill on which we plaiUed corn the Chester County mam mothand it was in its growth very rank. The hired man. who was told to pull out all unhealthy stalks and leave not more than at the least three to the hill, did not pull any at all, but got drunk. The field was very beautiful, but practical men came to us and said that it was very nice and pic turesque, but that it was like a hemlock forest too shady. The truth is, the hills had been pretty heavilv and hotly fertilized through the drunkenness of the aforesaid man, and the shade made by the stalks kept the ground cool in the drouth. The result was a handsome crop of corn at a time when corn had been burned up by the sun. We would not like to recommend this plan to anybody, because we think it is a verv bad one, but we relate it as a matter of illustra tion for some of the agricultural smarties. French Horses. From a history of French horses bv Andre Sanson, Professor of Zoology in the Agricul tural school of ungnon, b ranee, we make the following extract: "The liotilonnaise variety is acknowledged to be tho most im portant one among the draft horses. His characteristics show that the IJoulonnaise horse has a vigorous constitution, and in point of strength he is a Hercules among lorses. He is as gentle as he is strong. He is renowned for his docility, ror so heavy an animal he is free and quick in his move ments. He is endowed with a vicror and energy which is reflected in his resolute but . .-l rri - t, i line giance. iiiv LMJUionnaise norses, scattered throughout all the agricultural disitricti in the vicinity of Paris, are at leneth nearly all of them used in the labor of that immense city. They form certainly the largest part of the heavy draft horses eniploved in Paris. Thus their merits can be appreciated. They have not their equals in the world. Remedy for Kidney Worm. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman tays: "1 have seen many swine so badly afflicted with the kidney worm that their entire hind half was powerless, dragging or lying on tiie ground. 1 have very often applied spirits of turpentine to affected swine of my own, in oft-reieated applications, pouring it slowly over the kidneys and along the back, and in no instance did it fail to bring them all right in a few days. I have prescribed it to others who had quite a number thus disabled, and about to be killed, and as a most hopeless vesture the turpentine was sent for, and the gratifying result was the recovery of every one. I have nothing to say in reference to the manner in which it acts. I only give you results. I will gladly hear ot its trial bv others, and thus be strengthened in niy faith in its efficacy, or otherwise if it fails." Soapsuds for Flowers. ' No wise woiMan who has flowers in her house or garden will throw away her soapsuds. They are a most valuable fertilizer for flowers, and especially for the verbena. If this floral favorite is plentifully watered with soapsuds and its seed vesselvs picked off, it will llower profusely. Soapsuds are good for vines and currant bushes and fruit trees. Indeed, they are food for plants, corresponding to milk for animals, and it is very wasteful to throw them away if there are plants anywhere within reach that may be benefited by them. Ilea n for Sheep. At-a meeting of the Western New York Farmers' Club inquiry was made as to feeding beans to stock. The replies showed that they were regarded as especially adapted to sheep, being rich in nitrogen, which enters largely into the composition of wool. Farm Note. Charring wood adds to its durability. The farm is the last place in the world where slovenliness pays. Some of the sheep raisers of Australia own over 500,000 head of sheep. The introduction of a pure bronze gobbler amongst flock of mongrel turkey hens will add from three to fire pounds extra weight

per head to the turkeys raised the first sea

son. Ohio rraoe Prowers are retting aowewhat discouraged, owing to the prevalence of the rot Clover that sends its roots deep into the earth is considered the best sub-soiling agent to be had. The gross income derived from tobacco bv the farmers cf the United states is about $22,000,000. The merino sheep will produce a larger proportion of grease to wool than any other breed of sheep. Many a farmer pavsont large sums for fer tilizers, while he allows those of his own barnyard to run to waste. ' If your little chickens are drooping, try lard and sulphur. The cause is very likely to be lice, and not any more complicated disease. To preserve potatoes, thev should be dried ns soon as possible and placed immediately in a position from which the sunlight is ex cluded. One-half ounce of salt to the pound of butter is the rule of salting adopted by the makers of the celebrated butter which sells at a fancy price in lioston. To pass judgment on the good qualities of a cow, keep the following points always in mind: tshe must be a good breeder; a rich, long and large milker; an easy milker, with long teats; possess a quiet disposition; have a good form; a rich color; a good escutcheon. To keep cider in good condition, whether it is to be used as a beverage or for making vinegar, the casks should be filled to overflowing every few weeks. Cider of the same quality is best for this purpose, but when such is not at hand, sweetened water may be used instead. In localities where ach trees budded with the improved varieties fail, seedlings will often be found to succeed. The yellowfiesh kinds when raised from the pits generally vary but little from the parent fruit; others even if some of their offspring prove inferior may produce seedlings of superior quality. All our choice varieties originated in this way. A compost heap should be a permanent institution in every garden, and it will be found surprising how much fertilizing matter can be accumulated during a year. Such a structure need not present an unsightly or objectionable appearance; it may be bnilt behind some hedge or in a fence corner and protected from sight by a few evergreens. Iy all means have a compost heap in your garden. The largest yield of a single cow, that is authentically recorded, is that of an animal kept at the Jail at Lewes, Kngland. In eight consecutive years she gave an average of 1,210 gallons a year. She was milked one year lor ;Jj days, ana gave an aggregate of o'J gallons, from which MO pounds of but ter was made. The authorities do not mention what variety ur family this famous cow belonged to. Errors in butter making are uncleanliness, too much acid in cream, casine or butter milk in a decomposed state, too much friction in churning, and working the butter, had salt and too much of it, foul milking stables, impure water odors from various sources known or unknown. These are errors vital in their consequence, and not generally thought of as any importance. Bushel boxes, much favored in Kurope for storage, loading and selling potatoes, apples, etc.. are made like common peach crates with lathed sides and-bottom; ends 12x14 inches. This gives precisely 2,.xS cubic inches, the capacity of the heaped bushel. The convenience of stacking in the cellar dispensing with bins and the full aeration and facility of inspection and handling are obvious. Young calves, and lambs as well, are often troubled with diarrhea and discharge from the nose and eyes from the effect of parasites in the intestine and lungs. These parasites are slender, white, thread worms, known as strongylus filaria, and are produced trom eggs taken into the stomach with food. The worms escape from the gullet into the air passages and cause irritation of the membranes, ann in the bowels cause obstinate diarrhea. The treatment is to give turpentine, a tablespoonful in milk, every morning for a week or ten days, and" afterward the same quantity of castor oil for two days. A QCKKU COXCKIt. Failure of the Ilocheter, I'a., Insurance Company Dividends 1'aid Out of th Principal and False Statements Pub lUhed. PiTTPBCRc., Pa., Feb. 1G. The collapse of the Rochester Fire Insurance Company, of Kochester, Pa., which occurred last Friday, has created intense excitement among the residents of Beaver County, where all of the stock is held. The Company was organized in 1S72 with a capital stock of $100,000. During its existence the Company has paid about $00,000 in dividends, and the stockholders tip to w ithin a short time felt very easy about its affairs, although it was known the Company was not making much headway, having incurred some heavy losses, notably at the Hrookville tire, where they had losses to the extent of ?2T,000. A Director of the Company from its incipiency says matters are in a bad shae, and that the Secretary has been publishing statements of more roseate hue than the assets of the Company warranted. The fact is clear that, notwithstanding the Company lias been run at a loss, dividends nave been paid, and, while it is alleged by oflicers that they were compelled to borrow money from the bank, representations were made that everything was progressing smoothly. Among the stockholders were some of Pennsyivania's most prominent men. including Hon. J. S. Rutan and SI. S. Quay, the latter holding 13,000. A meeting was held this evening, when the othcers counseled moder ation, and stated the" atlairs were not in as bad shape as rejorted, and that enough money was outstanding to settle all claims. Pennsylvania Lands That are Fast An chored. IWall Street Daily News. A few weeks ago. in a business transaction between two citizens, one of them deeded the other JMX) acres of land in Pennsylvania. and the other day tiie buyer entered the orlice. "I have just returned from a trip to s-ee the land I got from you." "Ah! As 1 never saw it myself I have some curiosity about it." "It is a swindle, sir a bare-faced swindle!" exclaimed the other. "Is that possible? Didn't you find the land?" "Yes, sir; but it is nothing but a hill." "A hill! Is it a real solid hill?" "It is a solid a hill as can be made of rock and dirt" "Any chance for anvpartof it to slide over on another man's land?" "No, sir." ".Seems to be solid on its pins, does it?" "Yes, sir." - "Then let nie congratulate you on your bargain. I've bought and sold any amount of Pennsylvania land, but the great draw back has been to buy and sell a big hill which would stay in one spot over a weeit. The last one I sold slid a mile and a half while the buyer was going from here to Pittsburg. You have luade a great investment, sir, and I sincerely and honestly congratulate you." There is a good deal of talk about muti lated coin. If the PostofMce olncials and others refuse to take it, put it In the contri bution box. The man who passes the eorn popper arouna tnrougn ine aisles never looks at the coin; it is the cheapest way to get rid of it. Many Churches would rather eet it than nothing, and no well-regulated citizen would refuse to take it from a minister. But by "mutilated coin" we do not mean these tin-tags off of plag tobacco.

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. SPECIAL EMBASSY PROPOSED FOR MEXICO. Washington. Yeb. 16.-The Benate Committee on Foreign Relations to-day agreed to recom mend the insertion in the sundry civil appropriation bill of a clause which, if enacted, will enable the President to send a special fcmbassy to Mexico to negouate additional treaty provisions to promote the commercial relations of the two countries and for the protection and encouragement of works of internal Improvement, such as railways and canals coustructed by American citizens. The Committee propose for this purpose the appropriation of $25.UX), and that tne Kmbassy shall consist of not more than two Embassadors to act m conjunction with our Resident if mister at the City of Mexico. The appropriation alto provides for a Secretary and Treasurer to the KmUudsy. THE rCM'INO KILL. There is a great deal more opposition In the e Finance Committee s amendment to Snfitf tn the the funding bill, nxing the rate of interest of the new bonis at 3 per cenu, man uas oceu supposed A determined effort will be made to fix the rate at 3 per cent., and those advocating it say it will be carried. If the 3S Pr cent rate U maintained it will be by a very close vote. The 3 per cent. Senators are from the West and South. senator eaton's intentioxs. Senator Eaton suited to day that he intends moving to discharge the Committee on Foreign Affairs from all consideration of the subject of inter-oceanlc canals and railways, and to press the resolution he reported to-day in order that Congress may stand upon the decided ground in that resolution In favor of the right of the V nited States Government to maintain control of the is thin us and canal and similar works. THE 1rN BACKERS. Washington, Feb. 16. The (ireenbackers are working industriously with a view of prewenting a compact front in the next House, and there holding the balance of power. Weaver aud Gillette, whose terms extlre with this Congress, will devote their euersies to keeping their party oixanlzed. They insist that -every lireenlweker elected to the next Congress will vote together; that not one will vote with either Republicans or Democrats. The Republicans lack one of the number necessarv to organize the House, and the Greenbackers will force the Democrats tojoin them to beat the Republican. Leading Republicans sav that Urumm, of Pennsylvania, and Ford, of Missouri, will certainly vote with them in the organization of the House. A LETTER FROM GENERAL HANCOCK. Colonel Corbln, the Corresponding Secretary of the Inaugural Kxecutive Committee, nan received the followiuK letter from General Vt. s. Hancock "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the invitation cf the Rxcuilve Committee ou the inaugural ceremonies to myself and staff to be present in Washington, 1. C. on tne 4th of March next, and participate in thr eremnnies and festivities incident to the inawursuoti of General James A. Garfield as l'resi'lint of the 1' nited State. Mv fctaff have individually been notified of the Invitation, and should 1 coMclude to be pre.nt I will notify you later. Thanking you, and. through vou. the gentlemen of the Commit tee, for their courteous attention. I remain very truly yours, v . s. Hancock POLITICAL POLNTS. THE FLECTION: AT PHILADELPHIA. Fiulapklpmia, Feb. 15 The municipal elec tion passed off very quietly, the weather was fine and . heavy vote was lolled. The wnuerini; was very general. The few returns in at 10M tonight give no indications of the result, except that Hunter, for Receiver of Taxes, on the Democratic ticket, and indorsed by the Committee of 100, if elected. The coult for the Mayoralty is close, and requires the fuller returns to decide. Later returns from over two-thirds of the Wards indicate the election of Samuel G. KiiiR. democrat, for Mayor, by 6.0U0 majority; William Nelson West, Republican, for City Solicitor, by over lu.000 majority ; John Hunter by over L"0,0ÜÖ majority. CONKLIN OX HIS VISIT TO MENTOR' Cleveland, O., Feb. 17. In connection with Senator Conkling's vi&it to Mentor yesterday, and showing the policy steadfastly pursued iuring Uie incessant rush of visitors of hij?h and low degree, it is Interesting to kuow that General Gartield this week said he has made no pledge in reference to the apiointment to any one in the country. He has thousands of applications for orlice, mostly tiled for reference at the proper time. He probably will not announce to those selected for the Cabinet that he has chosen them, until the nominations are sent to the shuttle. THK CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS. Richmond, Feb. 17. The Conservative Democratic State Committee have called a Conveniiou in this city on the 4th of August next. The address issued riving a brief history of the organiza tion ol the party, it says: " hat the Kepublicun triumph in the Southern Commonwealths means let the wretched record of fifteen years attest. It signifies in a word the dethronement of virtue, diameter, intelligence and prosperity of State, and erection on their ruins of dynasty of profligacy, hrnoranccl and malice. whose unvarying fruits in the Southern States has been social depredation, universal robbery, continued disorders, ending in our case of toilsome labors of twelve consecutive years in the preservation of their civilization, and maintenance of white supremacy in their Government must be saved, says the address, whatever is lost, The YVliittaker Court Martial. Nkw York, Feb. 1G. In the Whittaker Court Martial to-day Cclonel LasceUe said Whittaker admitted that the scissors found in his quarters belonged to bim. Whittaker told him he did not know the perpetrators of the outrage, and did not believe he had an enemy in the Cadet Corps or elsewhere. On cross-examination. Colonel I-asrelle said Whittaker made no objection to giving up the pocket-knife or papers, or any other articles de sired by the authoiities investigating the case. vtmttakers manner in converging with witness about the aßair was frank ard candid aud he showed no indications of concocting the story. Whittaker acted like a lame person when he arose from the lioor. Witness observed a slight shrinking when Surgeon Alexander dressed the cm on the ear. The shrink ing was more from pain of the operation than the result of the mental frhock. The handkerchief found under Wbittaker's head, and from which the name had been cut, was the san e pattern as those fold in the Cadet Commissary Department. The barber thought it impossible for Whittaker to have cut his hair himself. The witnesa knew Whittaker lived aioe in the barracks, and also in camp, aud knew nothing of his treatment bv other cadets. The witness waa asked if he had made remarks outside bvarimr on the case, lie objected to speaking of what he had said In con versation and not omcially. Professor Greener insisted the witness' report made at the time was based upon the assumpilon of guilt, and that witness had said things before iney were ninciaiiy given to tne public. Colonel Lascelle denied this. He denied haying told uny one of the Posiottice employes that o. was whittaker, or that he had said any thing to influence public opinion in his communication with newspajHsr reiorters. v A 'ovel Divorce Suit. Nkw York. Feb. 17. An interesting divorce suit was begun iu Brooklyu to-dav. The complainunt is Eanny F. Tinker and the defendant John P. Tinker. She married him in London in 1871, when he gave the name of Harry C. Leslie, buueqiieutly he cave the name of John If. Thomas, and confessed that he had been married before at Oberlin. He represented that hi first wife had obtained a divorce. The plaintiff separated from the defendant in ls77. She afterward learned his true name was Tinker, and that he had a lawful wife living in Ohio, the story of the divorce being a fabrication. The plalutitr consultant an attorney with a view to a divorce, but the defendent said he was an experienced lawyer and knew all about the law of divorce, and that it was impossible for her under the circumstances to get a divorce in this Slate, as she could not maintain her action. He told her in order to obtain a divorce she must first be remarried to him in this State. Believing that he was acivUing her in good faith she consented to a remarriage, and the ceremony was performed at Flat Bush, July 6, IS7S. He immediately quitted her, and has never returned or done anything for her support. She has ascietaincd that the advice given was given falsely and fraudulently and for the burjose of binding her to him. as he had learned his tirst wife had just procured judgment for divorce absolute nahist him. The plaintiff asks her two marriages with the defendant be declared null and void. It is said that the defendant has for some time been connected with Haverly's Mastadon Minstrels, that he had accompanied them to England, and that ne is performing with them at the Brooklyn Theater. It is alleged three or four years ago Tinker was a member cf a prominent law firm. He collected large sums of money, which he never accounted for, aud served two years in the Penitentiary for forgery. An Interesting Investigation. rnn.ArF.i.r-HiA, Feb. 17. A Joint Special Committee of the Councils to investigate the management of the Philadelphia Gas Works, met again to-day. Thos. Moore, President of the Youghiogheny Coal Company in 1ST6, testified that in 1876 he owned a gas-coal mine himself and six-tenths of another. He made a bid for supplying the Gas Trustees with coal. He was introduced to Mc Manes, who informed him it would be necessary to have a broker make the bid. Moore saw Broker Peterson, who, upon hearing Moore's bid was to be $.).25 per ton, said they would have to made it tö. 10 to divide profits. Of this sum Peterson reckoned twenty-five cents per ton for himself and sixty cents for the other parties, unknown t) Moore. The latter found he could obI tain cheaper railroad freights, and accordingly re-

dnced his bid to tö per ton. About the same time he sold about 10,0ü0 tons of coal to other parties, principally New York Gas Companies, the rates being 5.1j per ton delivered in New York. His bid was rejected by the Gas Trustees on the pounds principally that Meore's method of delivering would be both a loss and inconvenient. Moore related the transaction to aeverM parties at the time and wrote an article for publice'.ion. but at the earnest solicitation of Peterson, and not knowing potitively whether he had been dealing with the Trustees or not through Peterson. Moore let the matter drop. The Trustees lost f JUU.OUO by refusing to give him the contract Peterson tried and begged him not to expose him. Charles P. Willis, whose affidavit in relation to his connection as bookkeeper wish the firm of Charles H. Brown, and its business transactions with the Gas Trustees, which has been published, was called up, but was uncommunicative. He denied, however, that the Gas Trustees had enjoined silence upon him. but admitted that one Joe Young had informed him him he "might make &00 or Ü.üOO out of this thing." CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.

A HEAVY ROBBERY. Patkrson. N. J.. Feb. 15. The safe In Garside & Berdan's iewelry store, ia this city, was forced open last night and robbed cf $j,U00 .worth of goods. A TIME OF IT. IiOnsviLi.E. Feb. 15. A Mount Vernon special to the Courier-.Iouraal, says: "The little town of McKee. the County seat of Jackson, was, last niuiit. the scene of a terrible and shocking anray. Several jersons were engaged In a tight Aman named Cox, from Kstelle County, was shot by his father in-law. One other man, whow name l failed to learn, was killed " A FATAL AFFKAT. Cincinnati. Feb. 15. George Willard. a fsrmer living near Freeport. Ind., near Shelby ville was fatally wounded on Saturday by his sou, eighteen years old. The son had refused to do some work ordered by the father, and a quarrel ensued, in which the fatter threatened to shoot his son, whereupon the latter struck his hither on the head with an ax, aud afterward iriking on the sides. Mr. Willard, ut last advices, was reported dying, and the son nearly insane with grief. MI BPEB AT MEMPHIS. Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 17. James Goodinan. colored, was shot and killed to night by Bartholo mew Fierinl, an Italian barkeeper. The dimculty oritrlnated about the payment of fifty cents for k game of billiards. Pierini was arrested. A PREACHER IN A BAU PCR A PK. Detroit. Mich.. Feb. 17. Thomas Washington, an aged colored minister, was arrested this morning charged with perjury in a fraudulent pension case recentlv tried hi the Cuited States Court in this city, wherein his wife, a white woman, was one of the conspirators. He plead guilty before the CommLstiuners. ANOTHER MI ROKR AT LOUISVILLE. IiOi'isviLLK, Feb. 1G. William Hardy and Harry Oemons quarreled over an alleged remark made by Hardy aliout Martina t lemons, Harry's sister. They had never come to blows over the alitor, however, until to-duy. when they met on the street Hardy said to him, "lfs settle that matter now, Billy." Hardy immediately stepped back and pulled out a pistol from his hip pocket, and held it toward demons. Before he could use it, however, demons clinched with him, and -iuit'avorvd to pet the weapon out of his band. They grappled with each other and in a wrestle that followed, demons threvr Hardy to the ground aud fell ou top, still endeavoring to K't his hands ou the pistol. While they were in this position. Hardy reached no with the weapon, which was already cocked, and bringing the muzzle against demons' head, pulled the tilnger. Clemmons' hold relaxed and he fell like a be-f uxn the breast of his murderer, who worked himself out fnm under the weight, and putting his pi.tol In his pocket, walked rapidly away, demons died thit afternoon. He was never conscious after being shot. GERMANY. KMTEROR William's stekch to tub hkhhSTAW. Berlin, Fob. in. The Emperor William's speech at the opening of the Reichstag yesterday contains an important appeal to the working classes which is exie-ted to influence the elections, probably to be held in Jnne next. The P.inperor sjys the remedy for Socialist execssess must be sought not only in repressing but equally in a pobitive attempt to promote the welfare of the laboring class. His Maj"sty says he hopes the Workmen's Accident Insurance till will be welcomed by the Reichstag as a compliment to legislation against isocial Democracy. In the same category is the bill to regulate the constitution of Trade Guilds by affording means for organizing isolated powers and ptiiis entfajred in the same trade, th us raising their economic capacity and so cial and moral etticlency. The speech announces the bill for biennial budgets be again presented for the consideration of the Reichstag, as the Allied Governments are still suffering (pirn diöicnlties inseparable from simultaneous sitting f the lmerialand Provincial Parliaments. An Important Case. Ki:w York. Feb. 17. Recently William j. Williams sued the Western l uion to prevent the issue of 23.000,000 shares of stock of the Coui)any in scrip, to purchiise stock of the American t'niou and Atlantic aud Pacific Telegraph Companies. He obtained a temporary Injuuctiou restraining the Directors of the Western L'nion Company from perfecting the purchase and. the l'nion Trust Company from issuing the scrip. The Secial Tenn of the Superior Court whs crowded this morning by brokers and capitalists, anxious to hear the argument on the injunction. The plaintirt'aks the injunction to le made perpetual and tlia tthe defendants be restrained from effecting the purchase intended. He also wished an injunction to forbid the issuing of stock of Sli.OuO.OOO what he railed watered stock, which did not reresent the capital. In answering the bill of complaint the counsel for the Telegraph Company argued that there were but two grounds alleged for an injunction. One alleged conspiracy between the defendaut Directors of the Western t'niou with somebody who the plaintiffs do not kuow, but which they propose to discover by subsequent legal proceeding. The other ground for the proceedings was the allegation that the Western Union Company proiosed to pay $8,0o0,000 for the Atlantic and Pacific stck. which thev asserted was worth but ,000,000. and 110,000,000 for the American Union stock, which the plaintiff has asserted was worth but &'.000,000. The allegations the counsel denied, and in support of bis argument submitted an affidavit, sworn to by August Schell. Edwin D. Morgan, Harrison Durkee, James A. Banker, Wilson G. Hunt, Joseph Harter, John Van Horne, Samuel K. Barge r. J. Pierrepont Morgan, Edward S. Sanford, Edwin I). Worcester. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Moses Taylor and William H. Vanderbilt, denying that there has been atiy unlawful combinutiou or agreement whatever. Gould's Latest Scheme. Xr.w York. Feb. 17. From the Times: "At an adjourned meeting of the Directors of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, yesterday, the following Committee was appointed to consider the plans of extension and construction: President La thron. Sidney Dillon, Jay Gould, u. G. Haven and Frederick A. Potts. A discussion took place as to the advisability of taking immediate steps to remove the road trom the hands of a Receiver, but action was postponed until the next meeting. It is aid the scheme is to provide an Eastern outlet for Gould's Wabash Pacific system, and that by means of an extension to Binghampton a connection will be made with the Delaware, 1-ackawanna and Western Railroad, in which Gould's party have a controlling interest, and wita w hich the Central of New York will co-operate. This will give Gould practical control of the coal business, and will furnish .him with a trans-Atlantic system of roads, having two terminating in this city, independent of the Erie and New York Central Roads.- The Central of New Jersey had, on December SI. 1M71, a capital stock oi S1S.oftVJUO, bonded debt fctt.fioti.GOO and floating debt ',oil.'J08or a total of 9ö7,671,OOS against the stated cost of road amounting to (20, 171), 373. Chinamen Want to be Citizens of the United State. Chicago, Feb. 17. Three Chinese, desirous of tecoming citiens of the I'nited States, to-day applied to the riminal Court for naturalization papers. May Hong Kee, who asked for the first papers, placed on docket a pen and ink skyrocket as his signature, and was allowed his papers. May Yee aud May Sam, the others, nave been in America ten years, and applied for full citizenship, but Judge Moran took the question under advu-tment because of the decisions of the Now York and San Fracisco Judges, that Chinamen can not become citizens. He thought, also, the provisions of the new treaty might prevent the Celesiiuls from becoming citizens. A Heavy Snow Storm. Chicago. Feb. 17 Minntaht. Since S o'clock this evening nearly five inches of snow has fallen, and it is still coming at the rate of an inch or t wo an lion r. It is compact and lies where it falls, and will prove great hindrance to railroad and foot travel.copiingasitdoes upou other heavy snows which have covered the ground almost without interruption since the middle of hist November. This heavy fall of snow is quite remarkable and noteworthy. The air is cool aud crisp, with no signs of a thaw. The Ladles' Anti-Polygamy Society. Nkw York, Feb. 17. The Ladies' Polygamy 8ociety of Brooklyn had a meeting this afternoon, Mrs. Imogene Todd presided. Many prominent ladies of Brooklyn were present. A message from the Governor of Idaho on the subject of polygamy was read by the pecreiary, Mrs. nraasnaw, ana la vor ably com mented upon. The Society will place itself in communication with all principal cltiea with a view of forming auxfillarv bodetlefl. A Committee tu appointed to confer with Congressman-elect HUsa and

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Society proposes to do. Printed petitions against the polygamy will be sent by the temperance and women s prayer meeting for sigoafres. The clenrymen of Brooklyn will be requested to read notices relative to the next meeting of the Society from their pulpit on Sunday. A letter from Rev. lr. 1 Übersoll, 0f Brooklyn, was read, in which he stales he will give the movement his hearty co-operation, and profoundly sinpathizes with iL Letters wer also read from New York ladies, expressing sympathy with the work. Senator Conkllng at Mentor. Cleveland. O.. Feb. 1C Senator Conkling arrived at Mentor in the middle of the afternoon today. The through train stopped for him. He went directly to General Gartield's house, and was warmly received. Greetim were friendly on both sui.-s. Lunch was served, and then General Garfield took Senator Conkling into a room up-stalrs. where, according to the Herald's special, the two were closeted together for several hours. Conkling took the midnight train for the East aain. Three Children Fatally Burned. Dameuw-VIU.R, Conn.. Feb. 16. Three children were fatally burned by pouring kerosene ou a tire. The mother was seriously injured in trying to save their lives. TABLE UOSKIF. If we could only tax the follies of tho world the payment of National debts would be a mere bagatelle. The man who easily and quickly forgets a good tnrn is just the man to avoid doing one if he possibly can. Whenever you find a poor man who is truly grateful for the pittance you give hiru, j-ou may te sure that he would himself be generous if he had money to give. A bowler in a Cleveland alley had a ball joised to roll, when a bystander made an insulting remark, and he thifw it violently at the oflciidcr, killing him by fracturing his skull. Some people have a genius for doing everything wrong. They are like the Irishman's frog, who always stood up when he sat dowu, and always bat down when he stood up. Vulgarity in high life is all the more con spicuous because of its elevation. The vul gar rich man ought to be taken out of the dress circle, where accident has placed him. and put into the pit, for which nature fitted him. Gossip is the peculiarity of a small mind Some people don't know enough to talk about the greatness of tilings, and so they taiK about tne littleness ol things. I he ex prsssion of their own shallowness is what we call eosmp. a While Charles Miller was eating break fast, in Betroit, his wife embraced him af fectionately and cut his throat. She explained that she waa the Queen of Kngland. that lie was the Emperor of Germany, and that the cause of peace demanded his "death. There are two Bishops staying at Cannes, the Bishop of Gibraltar and the Bishop of Jamaica. They are-known there, says the London World, by the abbreviated names of "Gib'' and "'Jani." They are extremely popular, and are both in great rennest at 5 o'clock tea parties. By the way, that mild but fashionable form of entertainment is always spoken of by one of the fairest of the fair visitors (hailing from the other side of the Atlantic) as a "cream spree.' Several habitual players against a Ixmisville faro bank found öut that the dealing was tricky, and resolved to get their money back. Just as the cards had been placed iii the box, a player handed in a $20 bill for chips. A second player steppet! to the dealer's side and said: "That looks like a counterfeit." While the note was being critically examined, a third player changed the pack of cards for one that had been "stocked." Then play was resumed. The conspirators, knowing beforehand how the cards would run, juickly won more than they had lost, and might have broken the bank, if their manifest eagerness had not aroused the dealer's suspicion. He examined the pack, and denounced the fraud, but paid the losses. The father of Charlie Ross, writing to the latest discoverers of the lost boy in Canada, says that the last spark of hoe has gone out, and he mourns the lost one as dead. After giving reasons why the Canada boy can not be Charlie, he ailds: "I have always believed that my Charlie, although only lour years and two months old at the time he was taken, would remember his brother Walter, who was taken away with him, and had also thought that lie would even have a distinct recollection of the feeling of loneliness that he must have experienced when he found he was in the hands of stranger and separated from his parents." On another recent occasion Mr. Ross said: "The only tidings I have ever received of Charlie since he was stolen was the demand for a ranKm of $:X,000. If I had paid that, I would have had had him long before this. As it is, I have spent $10.000, and have not got him." The Appellate Court in Taris the other day quashed a ; fence of thrfe months' imprisonment tor indecency jwisscd on a man named Didier, it being proved that the defendant was a somnambulist, and irresponsible in that state for his acts. A doctor sent him to sleep in an ante-chamber of the Court by simply looking fixedly at him, and then retiring to a distance, pronounced his name, whereupon Didier rushed toward him, despite the efforts of the turnkeys to prevent him. In the presence of the Judges, moreover, he wrote a letter with his eyes shut, from dictation, and a large needle was stuck into his neck without his betraying any sign of sensibility. A fit of somnambulism, it was stated, sometimes comes on him while walking out of doors, and when he was in a hospital he was observed copying music, having no recollection of it on awaking. The doctors there also noticed his automatic submission. The Court accordingly ruled that he was not morally or legally responsible for his actions. 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