Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 29, Number 13, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1881 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1681.

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Potatoes' Xe&lecUd Crop-1 "Demand for More. Soot tm Hertlealtstro Convsnleat HotM-Fvm Not, te. PooJtry A Negleeted Crop. Potatoes now sell n many nim.ri.i-i3 bout the same price as wheat. The supply on hapd is small, and the quality poor. As planting time approaches it is believed tht the urice will advance. The culture of potatoes is neglected in most of the Western Slate. The local market is insufficiently supplied, and it is rare that any are sent to other parts of the countr Rem iHuniM laree quantities are brought from the Tastern States and Canada. Potatoes are almost the only farm product that is more frequently moved West than East Few Western farmers raiso potatoes a leadinir croo. Moat of them endeavor to procure enough tor their own use, and during favorable sea-sons they have a few to selL There is no ghod reason why this crop receives so little attention. When the soil and climate are weil suited to their produc tion the yield of potatoes is from five to ten times greater than that of wheat; when this is the case no crop pays better, considering the labor bestowed upon it, man potatoes. Th nrnnrictiin of Hm all farms can engage in the cultivation 01 potatoes w cwici. advantage, as no extensive machinery is required for planting, working, or harvesting the croD. Many object to raising potatoes on an ex tensive scale because so niucn naru nur w romiiroH Thev do not like to cut, drop. hoe, dig or pick up potatoes. They prefer a rronthat can be planted, cultivated and Wvpux1 bv machinery. They can save great deal of manual labor if they go about it in the riht sort of way. Whatever they do toward increasing the yield of potatoes will decrease the amount of labor required Bt wlprtincr suitable soil and applying i considerable amount of the most desirable fertilizers, thev will decrease the amount of land needed to produce a given number of bushels, and by doing so they will save much labor in plowing, plant in?, cultivating and harvestine. ro more labor is involved in raising 400 bushels of fotatoes on an acre than in raising forty ushels. Potato raisers should study how to produce very large crops, and thereby decrease the amount of labor required to raise . a given number of bushels. It requires a considerable amount of labor to pick up a laree croo of potatoes, but this work can be done bv bovs too small to perform ordinary field labor. A machine is now manufac tured in this city which renders the harvesting of potatoes as easy as that of grass or ; grain. It removes them from the ground and collects them free from dirt in a bag or basket. It promises to do for potato raising what the self binding harvester does for grain raising. It is not economical to use it. however, unless one has several acres in cultivation. TUE BEAT F SET I LIZ RR. Land which is not quite rich in potash and lime will not produce a large quantity or a good quality of potatoes. Newly-cleared forest land, on which the trunks and branches of trees have been burned, or on which large quantities of leaves have decayed, are always rich in potash, and on this account are almost certain to produce a large amount of potatoes of excellent qual '. ity. Wood ashes constitute the most valua ble fertilizer for potatoes, as they contain the largest amount of potash. The ashes of soft coal and wood ashes that have been leached for soap-making are also valuable. Bones prepared in any manner, as by grinding or softening by piling them in horse manure, or by treating them witn an aciu, mate an excellent fer tilizer for this crop. The best way, how - ever, of treating bones for manure is to bot them in strong lye r to expose them for long time to the action of moist ashes. The mixture of soft bones and ashes to produce the best results should be applied directly to the hill either before or after the potatoes are planted. The commercial auperphostsnif manner to render it of the greatest possible value. The ordinary product of the compost heap is excellent tor potatoes, as it contains car bon, nitrogen and potash. It is not necessa ry, as many farmers suppose, to burn vegetables in order to render the potash they contain available for fertilizing purposes. It is readily washed out of substances that contain it, and the roots of plants will appropriate it if it is within their reach, Old straw, damaged hay, forest leaves, the vines of peas and beans, are valuable for fertilizers of potatoes, especially if they are planted in land somewhat hard. Gypsaru. or land plaster, is an excellent fertilizer for potatoes planted on soil that is quite dry. Barn-yard manure intended for potatoes should be well rotted, thoroughly pulverized, and wel mixed with the sou. These last operations can be performed by the employment of the barrow after it has been applied to the .soil Coarse manure should be buried by the Sana a . .a m plow, lhey aid in the growth of vines, and afford an excellent place for the tubers to mature in. PRKVK5TINO SCAB OS POTATOES. Fotatoes produced from the newer varieties are less likely to be scabby than those raised from the seed of varieties that have com menced to 'Tun out." The character of the soil m which potatoes are raised, and of the manure that is applied to them, also exert an important influence on them in this respect. Potatoes grown in soil that contains considerable iron are very likely to have rourh akinn. or tn he an wuhhv that 1 necessary to pare them before they are cooked. They are in no condition to be baked, as their appearance will prevent their being placed O'l a tasty till 3. Potatoes eil much better It" covered with a smoth skin, free from spots or blemishes of any kind. For home consumption they are greatly to be preferred. The time employed in removing the skin from potatoes before they are cooked is considerable, and the loss in volved is large when they . are high. The most valuable portion of the tuber is nearest to the surface, and in removing the skin before cooking we lose the part of it that is of the greatest value for food. A farmer's wife, in writing to a Kansas paper, has this to say on the subject : Housewives dislike the scabby, scurvy potatoes that have in the latter days - been so common. They do not look nice; they are wasteful, and there isnothingpleasantabout them. Still we scrape and wash, and wash and icrape, for boked potatoes are a real luxury, and we do not want them boiled. L i I 1 m a Aue otaer aay a iriena toia me now to prevent potatoes being so rough and scabby. Two years before, bis brother, a small farmer, fell short of manure, and set his wife to work to provide a cheap substitute. He had manured part of his potatoes in the hill, had a quantity of forest leaves that he had Qsed to bank his house, piled up in the barn-yard; so, for the lack of something better, he finished manuring his potatoes with the leaves. These potatoes grew fully as well, were as large, and had more blossoms than those manured from the compost-heap. When he harvested them the contrast was more marked. The potatoes were more uniform in size, larger and more of them, and they were perfectly smooth. Last year he plowed as many loads of leaves into his ground as if it were manure,, then he put them into the hill and planted his potatoes u usual. The result was far ahead of the preceding year. The potatoes yielded splendidly, and not a scab wrs found on the whole piece; the potatoes were as smooth and good as potatoes raised thirty yean ago.

that he was not philoso-

phical enough to explain the reason, but he s satisfied tht toe aecaym furnished the right kind 01 piani iouu .ur p-utoes, and that hereaiter he should ose it in preference to any other fertilizer and earnestly recommended his brother to do the same. LATE ASD EARLY VARIETIES. Persons who raise potatoes on a large scale with the intention ol supplying wir market, would do well to plant sparingly 01 the early varieties. The earliest potatoes on the market come from the Ikrmuda Islands, Florida and the othi-r Gulf States. They are not especially nnc. dui uiey command fancv prices, as all articles purchased out of season do. From the middle of J nne till late in the fall the market is generally glutted with earlv jotatoes. The first that come are but half grown, and their skins . .uilv bruised niut discoiorea on me slightest provocation. They are mucn less - - j - . desirable than old potatoes 01 iuj Tannic that were well riiened and preserved in pits nr nnl cellars. Thev are in no condition trtatiin or to keen nv coimaeraoie time. a artirlM of food thev are very poor. They contain little starcli, ana are completely lacking in the nutty flavor common to welimannrori tubers. The demand for good sneeimens of earlv potatoes is limited, and u n.m11v well siiDPlied by market garden ers and small farmers who live near large town who brine them in on wagons when thev come to trade. Late potatoes, on ine w . " n - , x .ntrrv nnssess keeuinz qualities. as there is alwavs a supply 01 eariy iioiaiwa. -j . i -, tWo f no inducement to send late ones to market till they are throughly matured and well ripened. Their skins are then firm. nH thor will standine handling without apparent injury. Soot la Horticulture. Soot is a despised thing, at which every nn lifts ud his or her hands in holy horror. Yet it is one of our most valuable iertuizers, - ä ä A 1 and for boosting insects it stands very high The soot from soft coal is the best, and any on who wastes it wastes wealth : for we need every ounce in the gardens and fields of the muntrv. This is no whim or theory; its uses are well-known to every practical gardener. Our cabbage-fields and gardens are all visited with the common whitish yellow butterflies each year; yet this insect io enilv driven to seek its food in some other place if soot is sprinkled over the nlants on dewv mornings, or when they are wet. The writer had once CDrge 01 a . , garden where it had been unfortunuU. in the J .reduction of any of the cabbaee family, mm cauliflowers to Brüssel sprouts. Soot solved the problem. The operations were to first scatter a thin coat of soot on the soil, where the seed had to be sown. This was worked in so as not to touch the seed, either with a rake or fork, for it is fatal to seed if touched when germinating, but alter the roots begin to spread they Iiko it, Ihe wire worm that makes all the cabbage tribe form a club-shape at the bottom of the stem and stops them from forming proper roots, rarely ever does this mischief. Our professors have heen trvinc to make "club-root in the cabbaee tribe a disease, but if soot is used as de scribed the disease is seldom or never seen. After cabbaze plants of any kind are raised and ready to plant out for heading, if their roots and stems, right up to the leaves, are dinned in a paint made of soot, soil and water, just thick enough to stick to them few wound insects will attack them. A good manvcan be dipped at one time. Land where carrots, turnips, or onions have to be sown is always benefited if a good dressing of soot is applied. The turnip crop is an important one in England, and were it not for a free use of soot it could not be grown nor could wheat; and it is a common thing to see a train of soot leaving the large towns for the market gardening and farming dis tricts. Here is a new source of employment for American citizens, and if it were col iected. as in England, it would sell. If rose-bushes were dressed about the first week in May with soot, when they are moist we shonld not see those bad-looking roses or bushes that we so often see now, that look, in fact, as if they had been burned when the little catterpiller has feasted on them a few days. The catterpiller that goes by the name of roller-fly, because it rolls itself up in the leaves of roses and other things and eats into the buds of roses, when feasting is driven away by soot sprinkled over the hushes freely about the latter end of April or beginning of May, as it is about that time that the eggs begin to hatch that have been laid on the bushes, and it is well to repeat the dose about a week before the roses are likely to open. The soot will generally be pretty well ofT before the roses are fit to gather, and ladie-f will not be annoyed by. finding a big, ugly grub inside thesr handsome flowers; the smell of the soot is soon gone, when it is exposed to the atmosphere, as its smell is chiefly ammonia, which is very volatile. Soot increases the color of the leaves and flowers of most plants, and give a vigorous growth. A gentleman at Indianapolis, who was advised to use soot to drive insects from his flants, reports that his wife thought that he lad killed her pets, and after a few days he thought the plants grew so fast that the insects could not catch them, and now he gets a barrel of soot from a round-house, to use on his garden, every week. The pretty, yellow-striped bug that attacks our squashes and cucumbers has n affinity for soot or ashes, and soon leaves for ether places, where it don't get such seasoning at ita meal. Apply soot whenever the leaves of plants are moist, and four or five dressings in a year are not too ranch. Soot and Hour of sulphur in equal parts mixed in thin flour jaste make a paint for all kinds of trees that does not injure them, but makes them grow as it washes off, and will keep inserts and rabbits, mice, or other vermin from them if applied to the stems three or four times a year; and mildew will seldom be seen when this mixture is frequently used on vines or other thing) subject to it. A Gardner. Convenient Poultry House. When peaking of poultry houses, says a correspondent of the Country Gentleman, I wish to be understood that it includes only the common domestic hens. Turkeys are too large birds for confinement in buildings; it is never necessary or beneficial to place them under glass; they are strong, hardy, and robust, and require only an open shed to roost under, and a warm, sunny run about the barn or othcrfarm buildings; they will not endure confinement, not even when young, if long continued. Ducks and geese do not require a separate building, but may be accomodated about some of theout-build-ings, which they can sit underneath, and thus be sheltered from the severity of the weather and storms; they should, however. b confined to a yard, and not allowed to mix with other fowls. The fowls that give us so many eggs require warm houses and sunny exposures. I have a cheap and convenient one. It is a two-story building; the lower, or eastern part, which is an admirable place for laying hens, is partially underground. It is built on a side hill. The northern side is battened on the outside and ceiled on the inside. There are large windows on the south side, and there is a door on the same side, opening into a yard inclosed with a high lath fence. The west door opens into the barn-yard. The building is twelve by nine feet; fourteen feet from the ground to the peak; corner pests, fourteen feet: rafters, about five feet; height from ground to upper floor, five feet; height above to plates, about four feet, in sunny weather the upper room is very warm, but at night and in cloudy weather, it is not so comfortable as might be desired. It is used mainly as a nursery in moderate weather, and for the rearing of early chicks. The windows come to the floor, as they do below, and are protected by wire netting. They receive the full power of the sun at midwinter, but are shaded by overhangingtrecs in the summer. The upper apartment is admirable for the rearing of chicks, especially those of delicate breeds, as it is dry and airy, the yard affording sufficient run on hot days when the heat la the closed bouse la beyond en-

dnrance. With very early chickens this it seldom the case. It is well where chicken are thus reared in numbers to accustom

them to the outside air by degrees, in order that they may. acquire strength and hardi ness with their growth. Chicks that are thus reared learn to roost under cover, and thus one great difficulty is obviated. It is quite necessary that young fowls are first led to roost in tne piace wnere tney are to remain, and thus good habits are not broken up. In the upper story there is kept a large shallow box, filled with dry, pulverized earth, intermixed with wood ashes, for the fowls to wallow in. IJroken clam and oys ter shells and gravel are provided in abundance, as well as green food and fresh water. This building is comparatively Inexpen sive, when the larger profit that may be ob tained from eggs and from chickens reared through the convenience or warmth and sunshine, are taken into consideration. The abor is greatly diminished and less food is required, while with a little care and forethought the building caa be used year after year without additional expense after the first outlav. Fifty laying fowls have been accommodated in it at one time, and they did well, twenty-five being kept below and twenty-five above. The combed varieties have generally been Kept ueiow, as it is less exposed to the effects of cold wind. The lower noor is dry earth ana gravel, spnnjtiea frequently with ashes and air-slakea lime. The fowls are given the refuse of the hay lofts, which consists of seeds, leaves, and fine bits of broken hay. TUey are exceed ingly fond ol timothy seed, and find some dead insects, which incites a disposition to scratch. This affords natural enjoyment and exercise. Farm and Work-shop Motes. Ergs for hatching should not be more than two weeks' old. There is no way of discovering the sex of an egg before hatching. The seed of the amber soreum cane is aid tobe valuable for hens. The luster of morroco leather is restored by varnishing with white of egg. Ground bone, fish guano and wood ashes are excellent fertilizers for ttrawberries. Nearlv nine-tenths of rice is starch; of Indian corn and barley more than twothirds. All explosions of petroleum lamps are caused by the vapor or gas that collects above the oil. Earlv fprinm rarely bring bountiful har vests. It is said that March grass makes lignt haymows. The refuse corn, after thegluclo.se has been extracted, sells in the West atfs to ft per ton for food for stock. Corn requires- fertility and cultivation. without which, it matters not how good your seed, you will never have a good crop. If you want good sized potatoes, use good sized tubers for seed. Io not, is you can avoid it, cut more than one eye in a set. In France it is generally recognized as rule that the sugar beet should never be cul tivated upon a fresh manure or barnyard manure. . ' Every acre of land that a farmer owns that pays him nothing and is not increasing in value is running him behind, because the taxes must be paid. The imperfections of the diamond, and in fact of all gems, are made visible by putting them into oil of cassia, when the slightest flaw will be seen. The usual time allowed for lambs to suckle is four months. When separated from thei mothers they should, if possible, be so far removed as not to hear each other's bleat A good acid-proof cement is made by mixing a concentrated solution of silicate of soda with powdered glass, to form a paste This is useful for luting joints in vessels ex posed to acid fumes. Farmers should now be getting their tools ready, and they should be sure that their ploughs are in good order, their harnesses well oiled and examined for weak places. which should be repaired. In the matter of sugar-beet seed the Maine farmers state the German or white variety proved richer in sugar by 1 per cent than the French or red . variety, though the French seed gave somewhat larger crops. Alfred M. Trask, of Danvers, Mass., has native dark red cow that calved May 15. 1879, and dropped her next calf May 22, 1880. From May 1. and during the next eleven months, she gave 5.3GS quarts o milk, an average of 14 358-365 quarts a day for 3b.) days. The present is a good time to destroy in sects which harbor beneath the bark of trees. Scrape off the bark and then wash the trunk and lower limbs with strong soap suds, or with a solution of potash, or even with lye from wood ashes, but do not use whitewash. In testing eggs, the fresher the egg the smaller the air chamber. This can be seen at t ie broad end of the egg if it be held up against a strong light in a dark room. Stale eggs have a mottled, greyish look abou them. A new-laid egg will always give telling of warmth if the tongue is pressed to the large end. It is reported that the largest hog in the country is a Poland-China, four years ol this spring, larelyon exhibition at Junction Citv, Kan. His length is seven feet, eirth of neck, six and one-half feet; girth of chest, seien and one-half feet; girth of cen ter, eight feet; width across the hips, thirty inches, ana weight, i,ööZ pounds. Cement for an aquarium that will not crack or peel from class or ealvanized iron Take by measure ten parts of litharge, ten parts of plaster of Paris, ten parts of fine dry white sana ana one part hnely powdered resin. When wanted for use, mix into a stiff putty with boiled linseed oil. Do not use the tank for three or four days after cemented. Posey County, Indiana, claims to have raised the largest cow in the world. He name is Lady Posey: breed, mixed Durham and Big English. Her measurements are Greatest height, five feet ten inches; girth eigni ieet nine incnes; length, ten feet six inches, or including tail, seventeen teet, Her form is good, and, though not fat, she weighs d,wx pounds. An English ship Captain states that h can always get a bullock upon shipboard when other measures fail, by adopting the following simple method: Taking out the stopper of a vinegar cruet, placing his finger on the mouth of the cruet, turning it up and then applying his wet finger to the nose of the beast. The effect is instantaneous; the bullock, with a sneeze and a shake of his head, is on his legs at once. nens like to be secluded when they lay and set: hence nests sheltered from the vul gar gaze will be preferred. The nest should not be so formed that the hen must jump into it, since this sometims shakes the eggs so violently as to break them. A box with the bottom and one side out will form snug nest if put next a wall and kept well supplied with fresh straw chopped in short lengths. If rats abound raise the nests from the floor. Wire basket nests are excellent. If hung on the walls of the house a board should be fixed to the wall, near to the basket, so that the hen can get quietly into the nest without jumping in. For nest making, such material as is insect-proof is preferable. Dried moss is good, also oat or wheat straw. Barley straw or hay are apt to produce vermin. Change the material of which the nests are made often. Hens appreciate cleanliness. Do not, however, change the position of the nest, as it disturbs laying hens, and they may retaliate by laying no eggs for a day or two. ' Waste of time: First member (feeling a twinge of conscience) "I say, Tom, what a lot of time a man does waste daring the term playing poker." Second ditto f not catching the point) "Yes, especially while shuffling." Columbia College Reporter.

TORTUEIXG BI TELEU1UPÜT.

Tbo Aronr Yrhich tbo Killers of tfco C: Were Conrpelled to Undergo. , " INew York 8un.) According to a dispatch from Geneva, Eussakoff and Jaliboff. the killers of the Czar, have been mercilessly put to torture n the presence of General Louis Melikoff. Russakoff was electricized by powerful batteries, and forced by the intolerable agony he suffered to answer the questions put to him. 1'ark Benjamin, the scientific expert. said yesterday: "The idea of torturing criminals by electricity is not original with the Kussians. It is a tfntlsh Invention, and was first suggested, about five years ago, by an I-.nglish mechanical Journal. In com menting upon the execution of criminals by electric shock instead of by hanging. The English writer wanted to do away with the cat-o'-nine-tails, which is administered in England to garroters and other criminals of certain classes, and use the electric battery, as he somewhat grimly expressed it so as to produce absolutely ndescnbable torture (unaccompanied by wounds or even bruises), thrilling through every fiber of such miscreants. There was an American inventor who had a design for inflicting this species of punishment. He fitted brackets of iron on the arms and thighs of the criminal, and placed in them wet fponges. When connected with a current of electricity the shock would by this system pass through the legs and shoulders, and avoid the vital parts of the bodv. "The to-ture inflicted by electricity is of two kinds bv contraction of the muscles at rapidly recurring intervals and by burning with sparks. The tortures of old days, when not done bv fire or compression, were the straining and tearing asunder of the muscles. Of this kind were the rack, scavenger's daughter, and the cages of Iouis XIV., in which a man could not stand up or lie down. The electric shock exactly re verses these conditions. It produces an enormously rapid contraction in the body of the muscles at very short intervals. The degree of pain produced is about the same. The force of the electricity has to be nicely graded, as a too powerful shock would numb or kill a man. 'The other method is by condensing a number of intermittent sparks on the flesh. This burns the skin, and at the same time roduces contractions of the muscles. If put to the side of the jaw it would make every tooth ache." A distinguished surgeon, of whom ques tions were asked concerning the machine. said: "The best way to explain it is to give you actual experience; then you will know exactly how it feels. Here is a Faradic induction coil. I pull out this tube a little wav. Now let me place this electrode to your hand. There." "Oh!" exclaimed the inquirer, as a ting ling, thrilling sensation ran through every finger, and his hand closed in an involuntary grasp. "Does it hurt?" asked the Doctor. "A little." . "Well, we'll try again. Now, you see, I pull this tube further out. I again touch it to your hand and " "Whoop!" shouted the victim; take it away!" The feeling was as if the hand was crushed in a vise. Every nerve ached and trembled with pain. "That hurt, did it? Why, that's nothing. Here's something of a very different sort." He fastened to one wire a small wet sponge, and to the other wire something like a paint brush, with brush part made of fine wire. He put the sponge in. the visitor's hand, and then touched the back of the hand with the wire brush. Abe pain was unbearable. Tie surface of the skin was scorched, anil tie muscles of the hand were contracted in a violent manner. "That is called the electric scourge," said the Doctor. "If it were dark you could see sparks fly from each wire. Imagine the effect if the electricity were ten times more powerful." "Could any nan bear that torture?" "I think not; any man would confess under it, but it is a question what confidence could be placed in such a confession. A man would confess anything to escaie the agony." - t 1 1 i,. .i. v. i:.... ik nuuiu u tue nie u mulling tintc "Would it iiiure the man?" "No not unless the pain drove him insme. If the, battery was too powerful it would kill at once. Applied to some parts of the body the scourge hurts more than o other parts." A Diver for the Dead New York Trlbune.l At No. 36 Cranberry street, in a small, old-fashioned cottage, painted white, with green shutters and a small portico in front with green-painted lattice-work, over which, an ivy trails itsirregularcourse, lives John H. B rower, who has been engaged in the business referred to for almost a lifetime. A Tribune reporter found the old man in the small courtyard adjoining his humble home one day last week. All the objects in the yard were strongly suggestive of nautical pursuits. An old weather-beaten, fouroared yawl occupied the greater part of the little inclosure, while one corner was taken up by a couple of oars, another by a small ru.ty anchor, some chains and scrajis. The only living occupant of the yard at the time of the reporter's visit was a decrepit-looking. white-haired old man, engaged in tinkering at the old boat. He said he was John II. Brower, the. person the reporter was in search of. "I've been in the business of grapplin' and divin' for over fifty years, for I began when I was about twenty, and I'm nigh on to seventy-four now. I was born and brought up in this State, and so were my father and grandfather before me. I'm an American to the backbone. I've done grapplin aud wreckin in the Käst and North Rivers, in the Long Island Sound, at Sandy Hook, and at Hell Gate, and have always succeeded in makin' a pretty good livin' out of it I can tell you. I've raided thousands of tons of railroad iron, anchors, big and little, chains, cables, besides canal boats, bodies, and rings, watches, lockets and other jewelry. One of the best jobs I've ever had was durin the War, when the Government was buildin' an ironclad at the Navy-Yard. Eighty-foar steel plates, each fourteen feet long, four feet wide, and three inches thick, were lyin' near the dock. The weight was too much for the old pier, and she broke down, sendin' the plates to the bottom of the East River. They sent for me, and asked me to get the plates for 'em. I said 1 would, but I wanted $10 for each plate I got out They were satisfied, and I went to work. 'Well, Brower,' said the Capt'in, I 's'pose it'll take you a couple o' days to get one o' them plates up.' 'Days?" said I. 'Jest you come back in an hour or an hour and a-half, an' I'll show you something!' He laughs kinder, and walks off, thinkin I'm bio win.' Well, I jest got my grapplin hooks 'round them plates, and wnen the Capt'in came back I had three on the pier. I jest tell you he opened his eyes. 'A canal-boat full of coal lying in her dock got a hole stove in her by a steamboat runnin' into her, and was sunk. I got the job of lif tin' her and gettin' out her cargo, if possible. It was mighty hard work, .but get her up I did, and, by bucketsfull, every pound of coal in her. I've done some treasure liftin', too. - A Spanish brig dropped a cag of dollars that she was takin' out to South America overboard in the harbor here ag od many years ago. There was a very strong tide runnin' at the time, and the divers thai were sent after the cag soon gave it up as a bad job. Somebody told the Spanish Capt'in about my luck in find in' things, and he sent for me. He offered me (200 to get up that cag. I went down, and, knowin' the harbor so intimately, soon found it But here ws a hx; the bottom of the cag had fallen out, and the dollars were strewn around it Well, I jest went aboard ship again, got my scoop-net. an' went down again. Then I put the dollars all back In

the cag, factened my scooj-net over it and had it d rawed up. So I made my $200." "Have you brought up many bodies of drowned persons?" ' "Well.T should just ssy I had; over fifty, I gueaa. A great niaay women, too. They seem to be kind o' fond o' drownin themselves. One o the queerest cases I ean reInember was that of a watchman at a North River dock. Tie had gone at night to his dock, and the next morn in' bis hat was found lyin' on the dock, but he was gone. Well, they scrajx-d the river forhisbodj, high and low, but couldn'i find him. They sent for me when they Wi-re at their wit's ends, and I went to bunt him up. I was a good deal puzzled at first that he shouldn't

be at the bottom of the river. At last I thought of look in' at the piles. There, sure enough, I found him. with arms and legs clasped so tightly around the pile that I had a good deal of trouble in gettin' him off. lie had evidently fallen in the water and tried to skin up the pile, but his strength gave out before he was half way up, and be was drowned. Another case. I remember, was that of a son of a rich man. who was drowned while bathin' off South Ferry. Well, the father tried everything to get the body; engaged drivers, had cannon balls bred into the river, so that they would stir up the bottom and the water1 d force the body up. But it was no use, the body couldn t be found. The divers gave it up, sayin it had probably been swept out to sea vj ittc: otiuiiK biuc luuuiii ab tile time. At last they sent for me, and offered me a big reward to find the boy. Now. the secret of my success in findin' bodies was that I always found out how the tide had stood when one had got lost, and went down at the exact turn, groped alng the bottom, and always found it. I done the same in this case, but the tide d been so strong the day the boy was lost that he had drifted a good ways along the bottom. At last I found him. But how? I tell you it was awful. Wedged under an anchor chain, decomposed and half eaten up by fishes, I found the lad. 1 had to go up three times before I got him by pieces. It was a terrible job. Yes, I've made a great deal of money bv findin' bodies there was a re ward on." Don't Drink. Ulawkeye. However much men may differ in their views upon the temperance question, there is one phase ot it that is of a practical character, and npon which there can be a general concurrence. The discussion of prohibitory and license laws is receiving inor than usual consideration all over the Union, and in several of the States diseus.sion waxes warm. Men honestly differ in their judgments as to the best method of dealing with the question of in toxicating drinks. How to grapple with the evil ot in temperance without Infringing upon individual rights, and yet at the fame time, conserve the best interests of society, is a problem that may well challenge the profound study of our most patriotic and sagacious statesmen. It is a question that involves too much that concerns, the wel fare of both the individual and the State to be decided off-hand and without due con sideratien of every interest involved. But there is, as we have intimated, oik4 phase of the question that every voung man can decide now and without seeking further advice or indulging in lengthv dis cussion. There is a decision that will be safe, prudent wise and never to be regretted. There is a decision sanctioned by the history of the world, the exjerience of individuals and the testimony of millions who have passed nnon'thp same question. That deci sion is: Don'tldrink. If you indulge in intoxicating liquors vou run a risk. No honest man denies that The most' that is claimed by the advocates of moderate drinking is that the risk is not groat; that every man ought to have will-power and common sense enough to control his appetite. We do not propose to discuss this question now. What ought to be and what is are two different things. e can not shut our eyes to facts. Thousands annually succumb to strong drink. It is paid that in the United States alone 60,000 people go down into drunkards' graves everv year, lhis is fearful to con template. They ought not to do it; but they do. The Hawkeye does not see how this ter rible result is to be averted by a prohibitory law. Thousands of our readers differ from us upon this point We accredit them with the utmost sincerity of belief, and they undoubtedly accord to us a like purity of motive. That the evil results of intox icating drinks are portentous we all agree. We do not undertake to point put the full remedy, but" We avail ourselves of our privilege, and fulfill our public duty, lo advise young men to let the intoxicating cup alone. You incur no risk in taking our advice. It will cost you nothing in money, or time, or health, or reputation, or happiness, or good citizenship. Upon the other hand, if you use intoxicating liquors you may lose all these desirable things, and a certain proportion of your number certainly will lose not only all these, but life itself. Therefore the best, safest, wisest thing to do is to "flee from temptation." Rapid Sketching. ' Special Telegram to lue Cuicugo Times. New York, March 30. A novel and interestin; exhibition of sketching was given last night in Sarony'a photographic studio. The opportunity to see well-known artists at work was improved by a lare number of art Catrons. Curtains that hid a stage at the ack of the room were drawn aside, showing what appeared to be a studio with five easels, before which stood Mr. L. Moran. Mr. Barony, Mr. Crane, Mr. Dabour(who draws in pastel) and Raur. the sculptor. On the easel before which the last-named gentleman stood was a frame of molding clay, while on the other easels was tinted paper. The artists began work. Mr. Moran started by putting in a rough, wavy foreground with the side of his charcoal, and rolling clouds with his blackened fingers. Tints were added by strokes of chalk, and gradually, a sea-tossed ship amid turbulent waves appeared. Mr. Dakmr, in his work, used some light colors of pastel, with stumps. He was the first to finish what he named "Spring," a Cupid in flesh tints, holding aloft a bouquet of flowers. Mr. Crane, meanwhile, was putting in a very pretty sunset on a landscape, while Mr. Sarony was working at a fancy head. Mr. Baur was handling his clay very rapidly, but would have been left alone on the stage had not Messrs. Crane and Moran taken up fresh stretchers for second pictures. Mr. Moran's second sketch was a '"Sunset on the Normandy Coast,'' with figures in the foreground, while Mr. Crane made another landscape. Mr. Baur's model was completed in forty-five minutes. It was a bas-relief of Cupid and Psyche. The curtain then fell, and when it was raised again the artists, Seavey, Volkman, Teton, Rough and Edwards, began similar tasks, which they completed within half an hour. The twelve sketches and Mr. Baur's bas-relief were then sold at auction, netting $31G, for the benefit of the Ladies' Art Association. A Strange Case. Spectal Telegram to the Inter-Ocean: New York, March 30. Last Saturday a neatly attired.-comely woman, evidently about twenty-five years old, took a room at the St Jam;s Hotel, and registered as Mrs. M. Johnson, of New Jersey. Her manner was quiet and refined, and she attracted no particular attention. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the chambermaid went to , her room and found the door locked and the key inside. Receiving no answer to the calls, she reported the fact to the clerk, and the door was broken open, and the woman found lying dressed on the bed unconscions. A physician was summoned, but the woman died four hours afterward without having recovered consciousness. She left no traces of her identity nor place of residence. The Doctor gave an opinion that death was caused by morphine.

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An exchange Kays, "good women are rare." les? And no gravy? But they have plenty of sauce. It is a little strange society never finds out a woman is lovely and accomplished until her nusbana becomes ric h. January last was the coldest month in Scotland of which record exists. , The lowest temiHTature authentically reported was 15 r. below zero at Mobo Castle in Peebleshire. A clergyman of San Francisco calculates that one-third of the city's population are habitual Church-goers, one-third are skeptical as to religion, and one-third indiffer ent Accounts from Foochow. China, speak of two natives who had been stee-iivd up to their net Ks in quicaiime, ior counterieitinc wish." the smallest of Chinee coins. Both speedily died. Insurance unnecessary: "Have vou eot this store insHred?" aked Gilhoolvof a Galveston avenue cigar dealer. "Certainly, I always keep it insured. "Humph!" retorted Gilhooly, with a chuckle. "I don't see why you do it I've tried very hard to get some of your cigars to burn and I have never succeeded yet." An Aberdeen, Scotland, gentleman care fully questioned the optician: "What number must I wear after these cease to be strong enough?" "This one," said the op tician, showing him another pair. "And after that?" "This." "And after that?" After that! after that! You'll need a little dog and a string!" An enterprising manufacturer of optical instruments in Berlin shows his apprecia tion of the wide-spread excitement about infected pork in Germany by advertising micorjscoies for sale at a iopular price, with specimens of trichinae prepared for examination, and full directions for detect ing the presence of parasites in meat of any kind. Charleston, with a white population of 20,000, has thirty white religious congregations and a "hurch for each. A visitor to thtf city estimates the average size of the congregations at less than 500. As a consequence, the piistors are poorly paid and are not iarticuiarly able men. I here are seven hpisivpal Churches, four Presbyterian, one Congregational, four Methodist, three Bap tist, two Lutheran, one Lnitarian, hve Roman Catholic, one Huguenot and two Jewish. . Peace is far from the minds of the European powers, if we may iudge by the condition of things in the immense Krupp Gun Works in Germany. These factories are in a state of feverish activity. The numerous buildings have received more additions, the army of employes has been increased, and work is carried "on day and night The next country to have an order filled is Röumania, for which 100 field guns, with complete accoutrements, have been in process of manufacture. Greece will come next with T0i field pieces, completely equipped. Next in order is Sweden, with fifty field guns, Holland with 120, and Italy with 400 siege guns. EXPRESSIONS. An exchange says: "New iYork whisky will kill a h"g." We mav add that it will kill a man if he makes a hog of himself. "Silk stockings at this season!" "Yes." she said, with the utmost naivete. "I always wear my best stockings in windy weather." Thev had a grand ball at Leadville, last Monday. Over 400 were present, six barrels of liquor were consumed and seven men killed at the free fight, which was excel lently managed. The whole affair, says a correspondent, was very recherche, and will be remenutered as one of the most delight ful social affairs of the season. Gus is quite a dandy, but is mther weak in the upper story. He remarked to a friend that there weje just twenty-four men in the company that was marching past "Why, slisl Vau ssmA in 1 1 rwl t Vi o f An remarked his friend, astounded at the una sual displavof intelligence. "I justcounted their legs and divided by two. Kvery sol dier has two legs,hasn t he ." "How do vou like the rooms?" asked Mrs, Dotonart. who was showing the Smithing tons over her new house. ' Ul, they arc erfei tly lovely!" exclaimed Mrs. Smithington," and they are furnished so sweetly! What exquisite plaques those are, aren't they, Smithington!" "What, them dishes or! the wall? Yes, they arc prettv enough, but why !n thunder didn't they have noine closets in the house to put the crockery inr' Mrs. Dotonart goo into mild hysterics, and Mrs. S. gives Smithington such ä look. A tramp was looking wistfully into a coffee saloon yesterday. He smacked his lips and said: "I wish I had some coffee!" A kind-hearted gentleman reached in his pocket, and taking out ten cents, handed it to tie unfortunate man, saving: "Go and get some coffee, if you need it so bad." The tramp took the money, but instead of going into the coffee saloon, he made a bee-line for a drinking saloon. "Hello! Come back. There's no cotTV-e over there," called out the benefactor. "That's all you know about it There is collcc and cloven in a saucer on the bar. I've been there before." Sharp Savage. Many years ago an old Indian named Sauba brought some maple sugar to Battle Creek, Mich., and disposed of it to one of the merchants, but upon cutting one of the cakes open a good-sized stone was found imbedded in it The next time old Sauba appeared at the store, the merchant took occasion to upbraid him for selling him a stone for sugar, when Sauba defended himself by saying: "Ugh! white man sell Indian whisky with much riyer bish In it"' The "Poor Loo" thought that if the white man put water in his whisky, he would get even by putting stones in his maple sugar. How much have thewhites improved on the old Indian's sugar adulterations? They have simply substituted sand and other adulterations for stones. Something that Can Not be Dined Away. Hartford Courant If eating a good dinner and a display of sophistical rhetoric could relieve ex-Secre-tiry Schurz from connection with the Ponca outrage and from persistent efforts to prevent justice to the injured red men, he might experience a sense of relief this morning. But unfortunately the record of several years is against him, and can not be expunged by plausible speeches. An endless chain of certificates verify the excellence of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. Price, 25 cents. . Not a parlor match "So you married old Heavipenny's eldest, I hear?" said the friend. "Y'es," said young Inforit, "I have." "Good match?" asked the friend. . "I guess so," sighed the bridegroom, wearily; "heaps of brimstone to it" And the years go by. Burlington Hawkeye. Complication. If the thousands that now have their rest and comfort destroyed by complication of liver and kidney complaints would give nature's remedy, Kidney-Wort a trial they would be speedily cured. 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