Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 5, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1882 — Page 7

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY UAKCH 8,1882.

THE PAKMER'S KUDU ET.

So2Tf:esion5 for the Season Lire Slock Wori far .March. Objection to SI:ep reedlo;; Horses fpriu: Chicks Dead Auiuial, Etc. Suggestions for the Senon. March is the first spring month, and by this time all the plans for the season's work should be well matured. The farmer who plns little, often does but a email amount of the woik that pays the best. He should be fully aware of the importance of being ready for work when the time comes. In some parts of the country there is a homely phrase, "Getting a good ready." It is not scholarly, but very expressive. It r.aliy means making thorough preparation, and in doing this there will be men to hire, seeds to provide, implements to buv,-and a general overhauling and putting iu readiness nf all the machinery of the farm. The mat ter of hired help is an important one, and requires much thought There is a great difference in hired men; they ran?e all the way from the thoughtful, conscientious man, who is as much interested in the success of the farm a if it was his own, to the shiftless, indifferent, and sometimes bad ' man, who cares for nothing but his pay, and is not fit to have a place 0:1 any farm, especially if there are children in the farmer's household. This is a more im mt'u? tliin mnnv cifinosa Affile m the danger to the morals of the young .' r . . I . .. .... .. . .1 a people lroni improper language inn tiv-ic-, a man who iinot kind to them has no business on a place where there are children. One of the best workmen wo ever knew utterly ignored the children, taking no more notice of them than if they were so many stones. We are not aware that he was ever unkind to them, but the little things soon became afraid to g near him, and would run away whenever he approached. We would not have such a man on the farm. Some men are dear atany price, while others are worth much mo'e than the wages that they are paid, Between these two extremes is the great mass of firm laborers, and.it requires more than a passing glance to engage the best men. The farmer who will be particular enoii?li to have only good iuen about him. will also know that they must be trea ed as uien. and fr m t!;cni he wi.l receive, in return, the thoughtful service? of men, instead of the Laie labor of their hand. Several things are to be taken into account in the purchase of Die more exenive firm xuachii.es, and they au so much of a personal nature that it is irojiosaible for us to answer ucii questions as l which is the best reaper, or plow, or hay-rake, ir harrow, etc., as mu'iy of the reapers and mower.-and other firm implements are so near jerfection that tlie buyer can not go amiss in choosing any one of a dozen oi the most prommeut. The character of the soil, whether clayey o" sandy, level or liilly, will, for example, help to decide which of the various plows is the best. 0 her things being ei oal, it is better to buy those farm implements that are made iiearrsl home, on account of tne greater readiness wit!) which any needed repairs may he made. There are many implements uet! njion the farm ttiat an inernou- farmer, one handy with tools, tan make for himself durin storm v djys, and other odd times. If a corn-marker will be needed, now is the time to iaakei?,ardiiotwaituiitii the field is ready to plant, and be ob!id0red to delay a day in getting a marker. In the same way the shovels, f.-rks, whifiietrecs, etc.. may le rro ;ded in advance ot their time of use. A eat deal of this work of getting ready .Should be done in at vain e, 5 that when the busy weeks of farm work come, they may be mau the most t f. Sonie errors are commit ted by beginning the regular spring work too soon, in wnicn - me more Juste is tne rworst speed.' Much work that is done too soon must be done over a earn. In the Notes through the winter months it has b-ren our endeavsr to impress upon the cultivators the iniportai.ee of giving proper thought to their work. During the busy sfa.i soon to open, the attention to hea-i w- rk will here give place to hints and sugcestions that apply to the labor of the hand, By this we do not mean that less tnought is now required, out it is not so much a planning fur the future as execution of the work on hand that now demands our attention. Winter is the season of peace, in which every farmer should pre pare tor the war ot the summer. I he cam paign opens this month, and unul October Yve shall be in the field, working out the laus that have been made. Up early em ate, the h?ht lor the victory of a great crop n will go on, and the farmer will not e the only one to rejoice iu labors well regarded. The tiller of the soil can never be oo deeply impressed with the importance A his calling, for upon it rests, as upon no Aher, the prosperity of the Nation, and the lappiness of each one of our milliou o lOines. THE LIVE STOCK. The 1 ick of proper care during the winter oaves ti:e farm stock ta toor condition in he spring. Any such animal should be well cared for now. A mess of warm bran lop daily a little linger sometimes stirred n will be useful for a ow. If calves are nieste! with vermin they should be freed I into. mt3c uwu otuiiw. j Uil&iuie Ul BUI Jrhur and lard, rubbed along the epine and n me onsKet, is enective. A tabie poonful of eulphur and molasses, taken nternally once a day, will help to drive way the lice; it will also prevent the disease Known as "black-leg. frequently found kmong alves in early spring, fcheeothatare ufferirtg from an irritaiion t.f the skin and Vinsequent loss of wool, should have a few -es of a mixture of equal parts of cream If tartar and sulphur. Ewes with early .imns soouKi nave special lavors sliown letn in the form of drv, warm pens, auc ch fooi. Ihelanib3 need to be pu-he rward at a rapid pace. A little fresh Cow's ult may be jnven them while they are (.ill quite young. Over feeding of joung nimais is, however, to be avoided. The breeding sows sLoU'd be separated Om the other.-, and provided with dry and arm pen., beddei'witb cut straw or haves ind turnihed With a fender, or plank fa-st ned to the wall eigt inches tbove the jr. to prevent the young pigs from beir rusneu. as eariv chickens are the ones lat pay the rest when practicable set al roo-Jing hrns. and take irood care of a: hirks hatched this moii'h. The poul'.rv k ........ - louse shouhl Lekept wholc-ome by frequen .-.rinklings of planter or ashts. Ken sene lay be applied to the lurches if lice or Hees represent. Jlorsts feet will need alten on at this stason oi the year, when the .aus are in bail corm:iion. an.i ihnrn is . tuca slush and wet everywhere. FA EM WÖHR VOli TUE MO.NTU. Tne surface water should be l-t off from ,e grain and other fiel Js before the ground entirely thawed. All drains require frelent inspection. e.spcialiy at this time, uen the outlets may be clogged by ice and low. Llover seed may be sown this month. very even cast cau be obtained by sowing on a light fall of snow on a still day. Objections to Sheep. With all the advocacy that has been made ti favor of sheep breeding by these who tve iour.u it prouiaoie, tue oue single ooztion .yo common to farmers has stood in a way and been an obstacle almost since acle e settlement ot our country. Ihe repug - nce to sheep arires from the fact that they tze too c! se. larmera are willing to rink the disadvantages of foot-rot, grub and

! nxm Alcanna Kn Tri errat terror of rlitse

Vliu i av u n - - - grazite is too much f tlieui- In vain have the larire vields of wool run the Cotswoid ' and lt-riiwes been displayed, and "useless j have been the exhibits of the marbled car cassesof the ivuthdowus. The closs-crop ping of ! he pastures can not be borne, and the C'Jhseq'ience is that the most useful and laziest-kept animal e have is pusJitd aside for those that olten dv tenfold more damage. J Iiis very objection, so strenuously held forth, is one of the h'ghest merits possessed byshcey. It is this qua! ity of being able to crop otr the scantiest herbiage that grows on profitless p'aces that makes them desirable as fa'm t.,ck. Their ability to endure great thirst, or rather, to better state it. do with little water, enables us to keep them in fields nat adapted to otber stock. It is true they crop down to the very roots, leaving but little; but the weed, as well as the useful plant, rtceives the same treatment, and tne aite matter that is rejected even by the hoe is an item in favor of the kt-ep of the bheep. There never has been a pasture, nor a cultivated held, nor a barren waste that has not been benefited wheu grazed upon by sheep. The evenness with which they spread their droppings, the treading of it int the ground with their feet, and the constant motion kept up by the nock that facilitates the disposal ot tlroiings, prevents not only the slighting of any portion of the I tnd. but enriches it to a uegree beyond even the supposition of those who are aware ot sucn advantages, me close grazing is thus nt an actual loss of rass, for by a frequent change of pasture and reseedings the sheep leave the land in condition to produce a much greater quantity than before. Jet any larruer select a pasture ana siock t with sheep, giving them privilege to eat as close a they wish. Let him smother his feelings of horror at the sight l Uisappearng gras, and pitieutiv wait wait till the season for breeding and marketing is over and then figure up the receipts and ex penses. valuing his pasture at its worth at tae time the sheep were placed therein. With ul I the objections that can be conceived against thtm the farmer will find that for the amount of capital invested in the sheep. he has realieu more than from any other animals on the farm, and this will not include an item that belongi in favor of the sheep, watch is the increased fertility im parted to the land, in fact, it is quite a difficult matter to keep sheep without profit. They pay in the face of evtry obstacle. Most farmers delight to keep up old pastures, but old pastures in time beome well run out, and weeds and undesirable grasses usurp the places of bttlcr growths. ,Xne cure for such pastures is ih close cropping of the sheep tuat cleans it oi alt ihe taa as well ks tue good, 'this prejudice against close cropping is an error. In claiming that sheep are more prcmable than other siock, this assurai.ee will be L-iibly f rtitied if farmers will cross the heeu with thoroughbred rams. If great circasses Und long wools are wanted use the Cotswold; but this bteed medsa little better pasture than others. If the fineness and weight ot the wool is dented try the Merino, but do n t exitect large sheep from them, a tiiev are iii(.-sni.i!le?t breed, but the be-t. and vety h i-dy. li uiatton is needed, with goo I initid.e iu iiit v of wool, try the .SouihtJovvn, with its t'.artc face and legs as its bad;e oi purity, aiivl the result wtu te satisiactory. Ihe nock will be unproved, the prices irrealer and the weight of carcass and fleece increased, fcbeep will pay even when badly treated, sometime?; but like otherstock care and attention bring their reward, the fanner being more than repaid for any trouble thev idve. Give them the pasture. keep larire rlock., and let them crop close if ihey wish, for they will pay their debts in full at the proer time. Feeding Homes. New England Farmer. 1 The following extracts are from the essay read by John E. It issell at the Farmers' Institute at Öalem, Mass.: The horse has the mallest stomach in protortiou to his size of anv animal. This snace is completely filled by four quarts of oats and saliva that goes into the stomach with it. Horses are generally oveifedaud not fed often enough. rora horse with moderate work six oi eitlit quarts of bruised oats and ten pounds of fine hay a day is suln:ie:iL this should be led iu ttiree meals, and is better if fed in four. A horses digestion ' is very rapid, and, therefore, he gets hungry soo.'er than a man. hen lie is nungry he is in effective, and wears out very rapidiy. ater nils the stomach, lowers the temperature and diluses the gastric juice; i here tore a Xiorse should not drink immediately before eating, neither should he be watered immediately after eating, be caue he win unuk too much ami force some of the contents of the stomach into the large intestine, which will cause scour ing. Scouring is also caused by too rapid eating, which can be prevented by putting halt a dozn pebbles halt the size ot the h into the manger with the oats, oiveonly a moderate think of water to a horse. A large drink of cold water before being driven will have a very quieting effect on a nervous horse. A lace horse always runs on an empty stomach. Digestion progresses mod erately during exercise, if the exerciM is not so violent as to exhaust the power of the horse. I consider bruised oats worth u per cent, more than w hole, ihev are more completely digested. I' prefer oats to any other Krin f r hordes. Craked corn is very imod under some circumstances, but I wouldn't use meal or shorts. The disease called b:g head is caused by feeding corn. When a horse comes in hot, I wo'ild" give a moderate leed immediately, tt the horse is too tired to eat 1 would take the feed away. A heart d horse is a reason against watering and for feeding, for the system is iuit then in a conditio to begin digestion. A horse will not founder if fed immediately when hot. I p.-efer dry feed, unless a horse lias some disease of the thrat or lungs. J d not consider it worth while to cut hay I always feed hay from the lloor. then the horses do not get particle in their eyes. Early hprinje Ch rtn. American Agriculturist ! In breeding poultry, no matter whether they are the high-priced thorough-bred stock or nor, the tnaiii idea with all is usually one of profit, and the projer way to commence as weil as carry it out, is to try to make a fair profit, even if all the surplus stock is sold in theopen marketat ordinary fowl-meat prices, ai.d not at the usual advanced prices obtained lor tine, pure-brl stock here this is don, theie is rarely. ii ever, any reasonable cause for dissatisfaction. Where a ier?on has the convenience?, there i3 no way in which as much profit can be made from oultrv as breeding extra early spring ch ck. those which are re.idy for market with early aspa airns, and weigh from two to four p -unls per pair or more. Tuere is always a large demand lor these young broilers, and at prices which are not merely entirely satisfactoty to the breeder, but a-tonishing to those who are new to the business. As they are maiketed wuen about t'.rte months old. thev have cost but little for food, and pay double and treble the proht thev would if kept tin til fall and tht n sold iu the market at a dol lar apiece, which price is much above the average. Aside from this, the loss, from ac cidenta and sickness, which is no incon.sid erable item, between the ages of three months and eight or nine months is avoided. The Disposal of Dead Animal. "When a hor.se, cow, sheep or hog dies from disecse the question arises as t where they shall be placed. The location being selected, it is there dragged and left as a prey to cirnon birds, dogs and insects. bonietimes the hide is taken otr and the remainder of the carcass thrown away. 1 is a serious. mistake 10 waste -the carcasses in such manner, as the flesh la rich in fpr. tilizing matter of the most valuable kind 1 and the bones are useful also. Thpr ri several methods of disnosiner of them with. out trouble, the onitkest beim? the imnieJ diate decomposition gf the animal in

.imply placing the iie es in layers in the center of the com post. Or. if preferred, the carciss can be lauen io some seiecieu pcirar ana roverea with a thick covering of earth, there toremain until it decays, in which case the earth absorbs the pases to a great degree, and is afterward mixed with it as compost. If the carcass is thus disposed of it sbould be protected against dogs by a covering of rails or boards to prevent" the ear:h beintr fcratched away from iL In the conr?e of time the bones ran Ls ground or pulverized at leisure and dissolved with aulphurie acid, which renders them available for plant food at once. Dead auimals are scmetimes more valuable than when living. The French farmers buy dilapidated hor?e. kill them and use them for fertilizing purposes. The English are very careful t.) use every portion of them entrails. meat and bones. The- Dutch Lave large pots filled with boiling water and lye, into which they throw flesh and bo.ie, letting it boil for a few hours and afterward pour, when cooled, into barrels. In a few weeks they find the bones partially dissolved. The liquid is Kured over the manure heap, the undissolved bone being first pounded and mixed with the manure. This is a good method of preparation, out the mass should be como.sted with earth, as the ly is detrimental to the manure heap on account cf its propensity to liberate nitrogen. The matter of the disposal of carcasses is not a difiicult one, as any farmer can easily summon sufficient ingenuity for his purine, but the fault is that the farmer does not preserve them for use at all, thus depriving hii'jself of valuable enriching matter. A dead horse or cow is worth more than a ton of the bt firm yard manur , and probably more valuable than two or three tons of unprotected manure. Darr, Dlmrrs. or Klee Corn, Ktc. I Professor McBryde la American Agriculturistl In June, 1880, I succeeded in procurring a small quantity of the seed of the dhurra or so called "rice corn," from Kansas, and on the lGih of that month plan red it on stubble land, from which a crop of wheat had just been taken, without manure. The duhrra received no fertilizers. The portion, 0 '22 acre, thickly drilled in rows 4 feet apart, gave a yield of 4 4 bushels per acre; the other portion, 0.25 acre, planted in rows 4 feet apart, and from 12 inches to 13 inches in the row, a yield of only 1G.3 bushels per acre. The great difference in the two yields is explained by the excessive tillering of the thinly planted portion the plants formed more heads than they were able to ripen. The stalks, of which no account was taken, attained an average height of about eight feet. The grain was plump and weighed sixty pounds to the bu.shel. As an abundance of rain fell, the drought-resisting iowers of the plant wee ot put to the proof. In lv3l a piece of stubbis was thoroughly plowed and harrowed ui mediately aftei the removal of the wheat. and planted the first week in July, a vety rtile tMirtion, two and one half acres, in Indian corn, and a ry thin portion initueliu'ely adjoining, two and one-fit th acres, in dhurra. No manures were used on the preceding wheat crop, but 400 pounds of the same fertilizer was drilled in with both the orn and the dhurra. The two por tions were planted on the same da', and heir subsequent culture was the satue. rtiat Ihe fertilizer, in consequence of the lroulit. serit.uslv miured both crops was snown by six uiiiertii.zeil rows ot ü hurra. ic superiority t.f which could be noticed at considerable distance. When the long midummer drought set in the Indian corn was in full tjssel, from enzht f et to nine f-et hiirhand pave promise of a fine 5'ield ihe dhurra wa hardly half the height, but while the corn was twisting and burning up from the want of rain and the terrible beat t scarcely wilted and conünued fsh an I green. Ihe drought dwa'ted it, but c.id not interfere with the tilling of the heads which were almost as large as those of la-t year, while the stalks were but little more than half as high. iik.iuixi;-.snk.ss. 1 Party of Alleged Men Itefuse to Astt n Drowning: Wumau and Her Chll dren. ISpeeiid Dispatch to the Eaquirer.l Esterville, Va., Feb. 27. One of the mo.-t thrilling drow ning accidents occurred yesterday on Dear Treek. in this County, re billing from the brutal refusal of ersons tanding near at hand to endeavor to save those in peril. Mrs. Vickers and her three hildren, while attempting to cross that stream on horseback, Were thrown into the water, the animal missing his footing and stumbling, ihe womart and her little ones the eldest not ten and the roundest a child at che breast were precipitated into the swift current. A man named John lugate, witn t?o other men, stood on the banks and watched the desperate strug gles of the ioor woman and her children to save themselves. One of them, less heart less than the others, manifested a disposi lion to attempt to save them. Tugate, how ever, would not permit him nor any of the others to put forth a hand to öave them, but forced them to stand by and witness their struggles to set out of the water. The cries of the woman finally reached the ears of man at work in a field mar bv, who in resixinse came to her assistance in time to save the woman and her two oldest chil dren. The infant had been swept down the 11 . stream and urownea neiore tne man coma ul untre in save it. The explanation of Tu gate's heartless refusal to assist the woman is that her husband a few years ago mur dercd his brother, and subsequently suffere for his crime upon the gallows. Wheat iu California. The remarkable development of fornia wheat crop is the subject of the Ca!i a recent glowing review in the San Francisco Chron : . . i 'i' i : .1 . . , - icie. xiiR icncner ?uj 3 iu Homing ei cepting the richness of the yield in the early gold mining compares with the development of the wheat growing interest. The valley soil in the early days was deemed to be so unpromising us to be ranked as practi ally worthless, ami inspired the belief that ttependence would have to be placed on foreign countries for a supply. L'po" tins same hard adobe laud, however, there has been developed a really niarvelotia wheat field. The statistics show a ninefold increase during the quarter of u century from 1SÖÖ to 1550. Ina little more than the decaue betweeen lsWO and 1MS1 alone there was a threeold ire ea.-e. The crop increased from, l'.l,Mil.000 centals in 1S0 to P. 1.500. (XX) centals in 1551. There re in the ö. ate at the present lime Sst.ooO.WX) acres of wheat lands, ;5'.),U00,(XXJof which are ranked as first-class, and are being rapidly brought under cultivation. Half a million acres have been brought into a cultivated condition in the present year alone, and it is anticipated that, even should the whole of the crop of the 8an Jo.tquin Valley fail, there would still be enough left to equal the unprecedented crop of 18s0. There is a i rt sct that it will be muco larger thati that jit Id. During 1SS1-'SJ the crop was 27,000,010 centals. Absence of Mind In Detroit. T Detroit Free Press, Yesterday forenoon a citizen who was flurried and ansrry entered a grocery store on Antoine s'rett and called out D the owner: "Why do vou keep a dog around here to eat folks up?" "Didt my dog eat you oop?" was the innocent query in reply. "Not quite; but he tore my coat half off mv back, and vou've got to pay for it!" "How much'?' "Well, it will cost as much as $2 to get it repaired You'll either pay it or I'll have the dog shot." "Oh, I'll pay dot," said the grocer, and ho did, but the man was hardly out of sight before he j um ied a foot high and called out: "Dunder and blitzen, but I vhas der greatest shackass in America! Why, I sells dot dog to my fader-in-law more as six weeks ego:"

the manure heap, which is chopping it up into pieces and

EX-GOV. HENDRICKS' VIEWS

The Indiana Statesman Discusses Mat ters of Public Interest. b Favors Mr. Cod kling Nomination Tb (rant l'enslon Denounced What a Tariff for Revenue Means The Southern Defection. I Sew Yotk Star. February 26. J A iVtar representative visited ex-Governor Thomas A, Hendricks of Indiana yesterday and was accorded that pentleman's views up on a few of the questions now prominently before the people. Mr. Hendricks is domi ciled ai the Metropolitan Hotel. His general appearance bespeaks such robust health bat there was not even a conventional cause for asking concerning that which so plainly spoke for itself. If there be any doubt as to the sufnciency of the icalth of a Presidential candidate Gov ernor Hendricks is not that , man. Mrs. Hendricks, who accompanies the Gov ernor, entered during the conversation and greeted the Star reporter in such a haopy, plea-sar.t manner that for many minutes the conversation upon political topi as was for gotten. It Is to be eenousjy doubted that s-he is not as well informed respecting true Democracy as the Governor, fche said she wauted "to tee no Tammany or Anti-Tammany when that means other than pure Democracy." The Governor was seated in a ow chair reading an evening paper as the reporter entered. Deing asked bis opinion of tl e nomination of ex-Senator Koscoe Cor.kiinc, he said: 'The nomination satishej me entnelv. I alway preferred Mr. Conkling among the Republicans, and 1 feel certaiu that no bet ter selection cpuld have been made by the President As to the cause, in a political sense, i know ot none, nor. can I conceive why ont should exist where it is not needed. I know Mr. Con sling very well, and he is a man of the strictest honor and integrity. His ability is admitted by all, and to assail his honor is to insult the intelligence of the country. Of cour-e, K!itit:ally, we wete opposed to each other, but aside from such consideration he is a man whom . I have great respect for. His elevation to the bench is a just and worthy tribute to his abihtv." "What do you think of the defection in the Southern tutes':" I ein not account for such a state of affairs. Why the pood Democrats of the South should be controlled by innovations upon their party I can not apprehend. Hich men in the botith are not great in nuuiwrs, and, impoverished as she was by the War, their innueiice is felt to a material extent. Dut it will only last, I hope, a short time, for they have too much discernment in their characters to perm tof encroachments which rtllect upon their honor, lue Nuttiern K?oj.le are naturally disced to accredit the iir?t representation of a matter, born of their pride of honor, and when thev learn that their rights have bc3ti availed, or their honor approached, they are not slow to manifest their dispieasu e." "What do our pe.nle in the Senate con template respecting the propo ed faritf Commission?"' 1 do not know. Mv inclination is in fa vor of a commissio l. 1 he only way to solve the problem of thittritf is ty Democratic reasoning, and if politics! lojic be not defective our ideas w.il ba reached. There is but one way to a !j ist ihe tariif a3 it should be, and that is fist t thoroughly understand, not its effects, but i.s puriKjses; then the in tended result will c;rry with it the benefit now sought by tl.oe who d not understand tne abuses of tan ti. A commisMon would study the question an 1 understand it; until then we must be content to know onlv facts as m uii feat in the results to individuals. If the Democratic idea be cirrted out, the people can easily see the benelits which recur to them from taritt. ' " A'hat do you think of the action of the tenate in placing Generi! Orant upon the retired list with a pensio lof $12,örX).year?'' "I think it not only wrong, but infamous. How a truly trood Democrat could vote for such a measure, I am a a loss to under stand; and I do not hes täte to say that such Democrats as did vote for the bill have placed themselves in a position contrary to the very principles of t teir party, and which deserve the just condemnation and ceasure of every Democrat. "Which of the cardinal principles of Democracy does the action of the benate violate?" "The action of th Senate might have been presumed, but CTtainly not with the concurrence of Democrats. General Grant is a rich man eo reco.rn.zed who receives $2Ö0.(HI0 subscribed for him one yer, and comes before the National Congress the next beeping for a princely annuity. Now this pension operates not upon his services in the military, lor trotu that he re--ipned. but upon h;s civil services as Chief Executive, and to that the action of the Sena'e relates. B the advocates of the m-asure it was dclar. d to be onlv an honor to General Grant for distinguished services, Now the civil servics he rendered, iu hi: civil cai.citvr take ptectdence of hi: military services b-caune as such civil (.ilicer he was the superior military officer, If the pnrtiose wa si tu pi v to honor General Grant, it is opptM-ed to the spirit of the Constitution as it relates to titles of no bility. When I was a member of the lower House of Congress an effort was made to el evate General ;5cott from a Major General to a General, and I well remember the strong opposition with which Democrats met th pr iect. And our action was based upon that section of the Constitution which applies in this case. While in the one House they are wrangling over the methods of dis tributing the small pens.on to the common soldier they are alloting princely annuities to the civil othcer in the other. "In England retired civil officers, such as Chief Justice and Chancellor of the lvx cht ctjner, are pensioned; but 1 hoped we had elevated ourselves bevond that. I have nothing to say regarding the individual ac tio'i of Senators, but in this instance they have made a crave mistake. "Governor, can you give reason for the neglect of our teop!e to explain the words tariU tor revenue only in the uncim platform?" "I can not. The Democratic idea of the tarilF is so libera! in its ell Vet that 1 can not understand why it was not taken upas an affirmative argument. The purpose of tarilf is purely for revenue; but the manner o levying the tax is an entirely dill'ereut thing. here tt is necessary to protect fioni unfair couuetitioii interests whicn in them selves involve the condition or welfare of our people, the discretion in the levy of the tax is called upon to the determination of what is proer. If t lie ptirpiseof the tax be protection, the spirit of our very Govern meut is subvened. That protection may re sult as a corollary to the purpose of tariff bespeaks the liberality undei lying every Democratic idea, and that Ihe primary doc trine of strict construction dictates all action is because of the certainty that it is for the betterment of the people. To bacco and whisky jay a hiph tax. Why? Decatise they are luxurious articles which can r.llord it. The fact is so palpable that even an internal tax is imposed upon them. Ihe protection which these two art! cles receive is the accident rot of competi tion guarded against, but the fact that the interests are able to stand the stress, from the very fact of their general consumption The principle is plain and simple. The source of revenue is tarill'and that tariffbe transformed to a protection and denied its primary value is to pervert every word of the Constitution wherever and whenever the in strument makes a positive declaration," "What is the feeling in the West relative to the party in the tastr" "Thvy are anxious to see differences healed to the general benefit of the party

tue est isr j . ' v n iw&rt lievodofall )"Hrl "Sections, and it hopes that in a very s.Vorl vhiiv the party may assume its prope place- the control of the Governmental which it is in the inajority.'

ness solely, and feels relieved Lat he is tinliffllseit t.f u rmlif til v.nmnco He lpAVt accused of a political purpose. me cuy on .Monday t r inöiana. Two Did Duel. t'nlted BeiTlce Magazine. A singular and fatal duel was fought sortfe years ago in Xew York by the late Stephen Price, well-known in England as a former leseeof Drury Iine Theater. Beniamin 'rice w as considered the handsomest of his fa mily, thouph bis brother üleohen was not to be despised, either as regards good looks or abilities. Benjamin one evening had escorted a very pretty woman to the Park i neater, when during the performance a intish omcer in an ad joiuinp box took the liberty of staririir her full in the f.icp. She comp'aiiied to lien Price, who, on its re pe nnon, seizea tne onenoer tj tne nose with ir.s nngf r ana tnumb, and wrung it most eirectually." The officer left his box and went to Den Price s. Ben in answer to a knock opened the door, when the officer, whose name was Green, asked Ben what be meant, remarking at the same time that he meant no insult to tbe lady. Uhl very well," replied Ben, "neither did mean to insult you by what I did." Upon this they shook bands as sworn brothers and some time after Mr. Green went to Canada to join his recimenc The facts of the affair, however, bad reached Canada before Mi. Green did, and oi course pot noised about. Anotlkerof his regiment having a pique atraiiist him was particularly active n airing the scandal and brought the mat ter so strongly before Iiis brother officers that one of them, a Captain Wilson, in sisted upon Green being ostracised unless he went back to New York immediately and challenged Price. Green, however, being no shot, be was allowed time to get up his pistol practice to a favorable standard, and having practiced for five hours daily, until oe could nit a dollar at ten paces nine times out of ten, then he came to New York and hallcneed Ben Prici. They fought at Ho ukeu. Price being killed at first fire. The seconds immedia ely decamped, whiie Green, who had obtained leave to co- to England on urgent private affairs, took a small neat, crossed the river and cot on board a vessel ir the bay ready to sail for he old country. Price's body was found where he had fallen, with a piece of taier attached to the breast, on which were writen the following words: "This is Benja min Price, boarding in Yesey street, New tork; take care of Ir.m." lue body was brought to the city quietly, and he was buried in New York. The death of Ben Price was, however, but one-half of the tragic transaction that resulted from the pulling of Mr. Green's nose. home years later Captain uson, who has been already referred to, arrived in New York from England on his wav to Canada. and put up at the Washington Hotel. There one day at dinner the conversation turned on the death of B?n Price and the manner thereof, when Caprain Wilson, who had joined in the conversation, took credit for hsving oeen mainly instrumental in bm; ing about the duel, detailing all the jarticulars connected therewith. Ihn statement was tarried immediately to Stephen I 'rice. w ho was lying ill of the gout at home. His friends said that be at once implicitly obeyed the instructions of tbe physician. and, obtaining thereby a tnort cess-Uion of the gout, was enabk-d to hobble out of doors his lower extremities being swathed in ilannel. His l.rst course was to seek the Wash ington Hotel, where his inquiry was "Is Captain Wilsm within?" "lie is," taid tne waiter. ".Show me up to his room." said Stenhen. and up ne was shown accoruine.lv. Hobbling up sta.rs with much difficulty. cursing alternately as he went the gout winch caused the pa n and the Captain w ho was the cause of his having to hobble witl equal vehemence, he at last reached Captalu v li.son s room, uis leet cased in moccasins and bis hand grasping a stick. Captain Wil sou rose to receive him, wondering all the time who his lame visitor could be, but his mind on that point was soon relieved. "Are you Captcin Ailson?" said the stranger. . "That is my name," replied the Can' ain "Then, sir, my name is Stephen Price. You see, sir, I can scarcely put one foot before the other; I am alllicted with the gout. My object in coming here is to insult you, Shall 1 have to knock you down, or will you consider what I have said a sufficient insult and act accordingly?" "o, sir," replied the Captain, smiling; shall consider what you . have said quite sufficient, nd shall act accordingly. You shall hear from me." In due time there came a message from Captain Wilson to fetepben Price; time. place and weapons were arranged: and early one morning a boat left ew lorn in which were seated face to face Stephen Price, the Captain and two friends. Ihey all landed at Bedloe's Island, the principals took their positions, and Captain Wilson fell dead at the nrst shot, ihe Captains body was in terred in the vault there, and Price and th two seconds returned to New lork. Captain Wilson's friends in America tcoticht he bad departed suddenly to Canada, and his friends in England thought lie had either died suddenly or had been killed in a duel on his war to 1 Jin his regiment. Drother Gardner u Averaging;. Detroit Free Press.! "What I was gwine to remark," said Brother Gardner, as the back end of Para dise Hall grew quiet, "was to say to you dat de pusson who expects to enjoy dis life must make up his mind to strike de world on de mineral average. He who neglects to do so will meet wid daily sorrows and disapint ments. Doan expect dat de man who happens to agree w.:d jou on ae weather am sartin to agree wd you on politicks. It doan lower dat de man who agrees wid you on politicks will feel bound toaccept yeur kind of religion. De fack dat you lend a naybur your shovel doan' bind him to lend you his whee. barrer. He who looks for honesty whar' he finds gray ha'rs will be as fadlv disappointed as he who argues dat an old coat am de sisrn of a thief or a beggar. Put faith in human natur' an' yet be eber ready to do.lbt. "1 expect to meet about so many mean men in de course of a y'ar. "I expect de summer will be hot an' de winter cold. "I exect to have chilblains in December an shakes of de ager in April. "I expect dat a sartin ier cent, of dis world's popula.-hun will lie to me, steal my cabbages, f row stones at my dog an: hit me wid a bricktat as I go Lome from de lodge, ' On de odder hand, when I come to strike de average, 1 kin put my hand on men who will lend me money, go on my bond, speak well of me an sot up all night to protec me, "No man am t?rfeek. He may strike you at fust sight as werrv good or werry bad, but doan decide until you average him. He may beat a Street Kyar Company an' yit be honest wid a butcher. He may crawl under de canvas to see a circus, an yit pay his pew rent in advance. He may lie to you as to how he voted, an' yit tell de truf about a spavined boss. He may cuss on de street, an yit be a tender father at home. He may incourage a dog fight, an' yit walk a mile to restore a lost chile to its parents. "Accept no man fur bis fine talk reject no man fur his old clothes; stand him out in de sunlight an average him. You will be sartin to fin' sunthin' bad about him, bu yoa will also be sartin to fin' sunthin good.' Shrewnness and Ability. Hop Bitters, so freely advertised in all the papers, secular and religious, are having larire sale, and are supplanting all other medicines. There is no denying the virtues of the hop plant, and the proprietors of these Bitters bave shown great shrewdness and ability in compounding a Bitters whose virtues are palpable to every one s observa tion. Examiner and Chronicle,

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ine i'reident as a 1 loer-Oat lie Is Big, na u nk a Good Deal to Till Ulm, J. R. Young's Letter In tae Star.l This giving of dinner panics is going on ct a ueiueimous rate, ana mere is goinx to be a neap ot indigestion among our Congress men and public functionaries before Lent sets in. I don't know that there is going to oeany lei-up wnea lxnt comes, but I will place that time ss the limit for the best developed rqsp of dyspepsia to show themselves. The President, who is a rood feeder. .'gures prominently in this dinner business. ii is a big fellow and consequently reouires a deal of food, and he likes it good. He is lot iroins to take ham and eess for breakfast wheu be can get nice delicate lamb chops or liver ana bacon w hen there is on the table a nb-e, tender juicy sirloin steak, say an inch thick, underJone, without being iu the least degree raw. His dinner is simple, ut how nice for this time of the year a lish of consomme, a piece of Potomac shad with cucumber salad, a canvas-back'duck. accompanied by a plate of choice celery and a small tiisn ot nominy. terrapin, a small bottle of Pommery See, a cap of black coffee :tnd a Heina V ictona cigar. Probably a man outdn't strneeie through with such a meal. say twice a week. it is usual lor the President to accept in vitations to dine out. He is at liberty to refuse an invitation without leaving any hard feeling, but an invitation from him must be accepted, admitting of no excuse. I imagine the leason he has been accepting of so many nvitatious to dine out ot late is that heme a widower, and his children otl" at school, he fearfully lonely in thai big barn of a White House. He gives dinner parties, but having no hostess, he is compelled to invite only men. Now if he were allowed to select men without repard to their positions in public life, be could have a pood time, but his dinners must be of a semi-official character, which means he has to have on hand at every dinner a lot of stupid people, si :;iply because they bold place or are prominent in politics. Tnese old roosters, instead of sitting down at the table with the desire and intention of having a merry time with their good meal, make themselves heavy and dull by assuri ng a dignity and reserve which they im agine is required of them by reason of their othcial position, or else they absorb the conversation and talk about themselves. The President has not obtained the relief be ex acted in dining outside of the White louse. He finds the invitations to dine crowding in on him at such a rate that he will be compelled to call a halt. Just where to draw the lines in his acceptance is a mat ter which is troubling hint. He asked a prominent statesman and society man the ther day how he was going to arrange the matter, lie didn t care to withdraw alto gether from dining out of the White House, and at the same time ne did not care to give offense. The man of statesmanship and so ciety said "Draw the line on benators. This w ill shut oat the horde in the House, and there are not over fifteen Senators who will ever ask you orany one else to dinner." He has accepted the suggestiori.so that here lfter he dines with no one in official life be low a member of the Senate. I have been trying to find out who the fifteen Senators are who are in the habit of giving good dinnerparties. Old Burnside was a royal diner, but lie is dead, and so don't count. Don Cameron, Jones, of Ne vada, and Pendleton, of Ohio, give the mst dinners and probably the best, bdniunils. Bayard, Allison and Windom give dinners frequently, but they have the number few at a time. Hale, ,her:u.in Mabone. Davis, of Illinois, Hill, of Colorado, Pair, Miller, of California, ana sawyer complete the hneen ihe Southern Senators rarely fail to acctpt an invitation to dinner, but I bave never heard of one giving a dinner. Mahone is the only exception to the rule. I lower, the man who beat V llliam al dorf Astor for Congress in New York City last fall, is the champion dinner-giver this winter. He has three a week, and he takes good care that the newspapers are acquaint ed with the fact and are furnished with a list ot the guests. He is a wealthy banker, and has an arubuion to be the Democratic can didate for Governor of New York next fall and like Sam Ward, the celebrated lobbyist, he believes in the idea that the easiest and surest wav to capture a man is through his stomach Old David Davis gives a series of fine din ners during the winter, ihe old mannas some object in view, for he has always been put down as close and penurious. W hen old lame Marv kent the cake and annle stand in the Senate corridor, Davis took his lunch there. This used to consist of three apples for five cents, a glass of milk and live cents' worth of cakes, or two ham sand wiches at five cents apiece, I bave heard ol him growling at Mary, saying that five cents was too much to charge for three apples, as no apples were worth over a cent amece Old Davis lives at the National, a sort of shabby-genteel hotel, but he gives his din ners at eicker's. one of the swell restau rants of the city. Felter, the proprietor of eicker s, keeps the benate restaurant, and the keeper of the benate restaurant is the appointment ot the vice President, or, when there is no ice President, the Presi dent pro tern, of the senate, bo 1 imagine. as Felter is Davis' appointee, he has made it an object for the old man to give his din ners at his swell restaurant. THE FITl'RE OF MAUD S. Her Owner Intends to Lower the Record of 3:20 for Doubl Teams. Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette. New York, Feb. 23. Maud S., the queen of the turf, is expected in this city to-mor row or Saturday. Quarters have been pre pared in Mr. vanderbilts stable, Madison avenue and Fifty-second street. The stall. which has three sides of brick, and is about eighteen by twenty-four feet, is on Madison avenue, at the north end of the stable. In one corner, fastened by hinges to the wall, is an iron bed, which will be occupied every nicht bv one of the stable men. The furni ture of the stall is handsome. The famous mare will have for companions Lysander, Leander. William II. and others of Vanderbilt's favorites, each one of the three named taking turns at being harnessed with Maud, After a visit to the stable to day a Tribune reporter called on Mr. Vanderbilt to ask w hether he intended to retire Maud from the turf. "Certainly I am, because I want-to drive her. She holds a record of 2:10' afthe fast est mare ia the world, ana aitrongu ray stable has the record of making 2:20 with a double team. I shall probably drive her with mate, because she is so kind and srentleand so well broken that I think either Lvsander. William II., or Leander will go well to the pole w ith her. She will be her-? to-morrow or the day after, and I received a letttr from Mr. Bair, in which be savs Maud S. bad been shipped East in charge of the colored grooni, Charles Grant, with harnesses, sulkies, and all the clothing belonging to her. He writes that she is in as perfect condition as can be. She was clipped early in January, and her coat looks very well. She has been exercised carefully every day, and dariDg the time he nas had her she has never shown a mean trick, but is ierfectlv kind and gentle in and out of the stable." "What motive have you in bringing Maud S. toNewiork?" "I want to drive her in both Single and double harness. I think that record of 2:20 made bv William H. and Lysander last fal will be beaten. I don't think it was beaten bv Mr. Work's team, although I am wel aware he claimed for Dick Swivelcr and Ed ward half a second faster. 1 bfe iny claim on the manner in which my trial was made as against that of Mr. Work's team, as he bad no weights, and I don't think the time will stand. By action of the National Trottins Association at a recent meeting the record of 2:20 was recognized in a genera resolution, and by that I claim the record onauthority. I think it may be lowered by others, but believe that Maud a., with a most any one of my best horses, will bo able

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onds." 'ho do you thiLk will bs your sharoest competitors?" "There are several I n imr v.r., teams already, and a number of others are rventucKV and elsewhere, trying to pick something. Interest in ,i.,y,v. - u- ... w.m w:dui trotting was aroused four rears ago after L irove liaoy iac ana tmail Hopes in 2:23 nd to-day there are tew riti r t tance in the country that don't bave fast teams-. John Shenard. of P. niktnn th.o Mill Ioy and Blondin, with a record of 0-'M W hiie they are promising, I don't think tht pair wouia have made that lime on th same track that Wm. H. and lrntii .ade 2:20, and then, Wm. J. Gordon, of that he also calls Wm. H. My Win. II. is. however, the original. In New York tl1r is T. C. Eastman's team, Captain Jack and Glendale. with a record nf n.t m Work's team. I sneak nf th I " - v . v. is. v-.t they occur to me at the moment, but there are other pairs that get over the road very rapidly." A Talk 'With Law y er ScovUIe. IXew York Tribune. Georee C. Scoville. Guiteaii'n munu1 in the late trial, has been staying in this citv for some time. He was seen vesterdav bv a Tribune reporter, to whom he said that he had very little to say that would be interesting to the public bevond the fact that he was sua wording on his bill of exceptions, which he expects to file in Washington next Thursday. hat has been the object of your visit to New ork? ' the reporter inouired. "Principally." replied Mr. Scoville. "tn finish the preparation of my legal papers, and also to see about ray book.' "Are you going to print a book on the recent trial?" "Yes; I have decided to brintr out such & book. It will contain the secret history of the Guiteau trial, many of the facts and de tails oi which are wholly unknown to the public." "What do you hope for from the bill of exceptions? "On that subject I haven't much to say. The bill will take its own eonrse and meet its own fate; just as evervthine else in Court does." "Do you expect to remain in the city for any length ot time?" "1 am intending to remain here until after the meettng of the Medico-Legal Society, on v eunesaay evening next." " ill there be anythinc of more than usual interest at that meeting? "Well. I suppose there will. Cut I hardly feel at liberty to say what the nature of the rueetinar will be, for I'm not sure whether it is confidential or not." Mr. Scoville will go to Washington next Thursday, remaining there two or three lavs. At the office of Clark Bell, the President of the Medico-Legal Society, it was ascer tained that a paper entitled "Iieasonmer Mania, having especial reference to the ciise of Chas. J. Guiteau.-' would be read bv Pro fessor Wm. A. Hammond, and would be discussed by Dr. Fordvce Barker. Judire Pratt, David Dudley Field. Geo. II.Yeamau. Chas. V. Crosby, Professor J. W. Wrisht. Professor Louis D. Sayre, D. C. Calvin and others. Introducing a Dill iu the Utah Legislature. I Sacramento Record Union. The regular Speaker of the House is a man of considerable ability and not at all green in legislative ways. A few days ago, however, he was obliged to go home on account of sickness in bis family, and a chronic obstructor of business named Parr was elected Speaker pro tem. A bill wa introduced to prevent stock and poultry from running at large. Member from Beaver Mr. Speaker, I want to introduce a pound bill. The Speaker All right. If it'sa good bill there won't he no objection. Pass it right up. The bill was accordingly "passed right up," and the Speaker, putting on his spectacles, read it over very carefully, the reading occupying about ten minutes. "All right," he said finally, "I guess it's a good bill. Mr. Clerk, read it to the House. The bill provides that cattle, horses, goats and poultry should be imjiounded when caught running loose. After the reading, the author did not know what motion to make, and it was laid down again for a while, when Some one rose up with: "1 move we suspend the rules and pass the bill." At this the man who bad fought the introduction of the rules, sprang up with: "You've agreed to bave rules, and now you've got to stick to 'em. I move we don't susjoend a rule." "Can't we suspend part of the rule?" queried another. "That is, just enough to let the bill pass, and let the rest stand in case w;e need 'era." -At this there was not a smile any w here, and a wramrle began as to what particular rules it would be necessary to suspend in order to insure the Eassage of the bill. As the bill seemed to e in a fair way to pass, some one asked how a policeman or sheriff could catch poultry, and it was referred to the JudiciarvCommittee to see if such a law would hold water. The chaplain pronounced the benediction and the House adjourned. A Mre Sw Game, I Salt Lake Tribune. Some of the old saints have now invented a new kind of pedro. Whenever anybodycatches anybody else's pedro, the party winning has the right to kiss the other five times. The game is played with an equal division of the sexes. .The other evening, old Bishop fixed np a pack of cards with nine pedros, and started a game right in among some of the prettiest girls of the ward. It happened, Lowever, that tne girls anticipated bis little came, and bad a pack all ready without any pedros in. They rung in the cold deck on the old fellow, and started the game. He made some big bids, expecting to capture some pedros, and got set back on the board every time. All this time the girls kept exclaiming: "Oh, ain't this a nice game; so exciting." After playing an hour the old fellow didn't see the color of a single pedro, and the glances and giggles of the girls caused him to suspect that the daughters of Zion were rather petting the best of him. He finally got so far off the board that he was comparatively sqeaking, out of sight, and finally gave up the place to a young man who whs seated near by, watching the game. In a twinkling the girls transposed tbe packs again, and for the next two 'hours the sounds of smacks that young man won could be heard all over the room. Chrlstlaucy's Defense. Washington, March 1. The counsel for ex-Senator Christiancy in the divorce case filed the dejositions of a large number of Iersons at Lansing. Mich., and New York City. The depositions from Lansing contain the testimony of pr. niinent . citizens as to the ex-Senator's habits, and his treatment of his wife in the summer of 1677. They all asrree that be was not under tbe influence of intoxicating liquors at all during that time; that he was sober in his habits and kind and considerate in bis treatment of his v. ife and her mother. The dejwjsitions from New York City are all in contradiction to tbe statements made by Mrs. ChrisPancy and witnesses Charles Goodman and Mary Chamberlain. Anson lions and the S:ivtv;e Duck. ISan Francisco Chronicle.) Some time ago Anson Ross, of Salt Spring Yalley, while herding his Hock of sheep, was surprised by a large antiered buck bounding into the midst of his flock. He went toward it. thinking that it would run on his approach. In this he was mistaken, for suddenly the buck made a fierce lunge at Mm. Fortunately Mr. Boss evaded th blow by stepping nimbly to one side, at the same time catching the buck by the hind feet as they were in the air. A sudden wrench brought the buck to the ground, and whipping out his sheath-knife he quickly cut iti throat.