Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 June 1882 — Page 7

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i THE" INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 1882.

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le Corn Planting Pome Good Don'ts llow Much Land for Each. sparaffus-Rust on Wheat-Buck-nhaat. A PeW FaCtS AbOUt Ensilage. Canning Fruit and Vegetables, Farm and Workshop Notes, fcte. The Army Worm, ! Cincinnati Commercial. Half a mile, half a mile, Hall a mile onward. All in the valley of t.rairi Crawled the six billion six hundred. Forward the worm brigade! Charge for rour grub: each said : Into the valley of tirain Crawled six billion six hnndrea. Forward, ttie worm briaade! Was there a vermicule dismay'd? Not tho' the crawler knew 8ome one had Diunaer a ; The irs not to maxe repiy, Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to eat or die! CrawUd six billion tdx hundred. ' Barley to right of them, Harley to left of them, Harley in front of them. , re w though thunder'd: Feasting bow the barley fell! Boldly they crawled aud well, Cp on the stalks of sraln Upon theRrain pell-mell. Crawled six billion fix hundred. Mien can their instT(?) fade? oh, the squirmine chircethey niaae: r All old Oranger wondered. , k e-m e-m-b-e r the c'narge they made I ' K-e-m-e-m-t) e-r the worm brigade. Ignoble six billion kix hundred (more or less.) Cora I'lantlnc. Tnonomirdif finr f rmpr friends who ma V think that corn planting time has come and gone, we quote the loiiowing letter irom an exchange. It 13 written from Gambier, rhio n th Pinrinnfiti Commercial: Vs the question of late corn planting is of great

aerest, 1 rememner mny years au, imu m Mi, the season being very cold and backward, a Jumberof fanners 0: the Scioto Valley were disjssing the quest oa at the store of Bennett B okn, when Mr. George llinick, the pioneer of the wiom ana cattle trade of the Talley, came along I and his opinion was solicited, hit answer wu, I "I finished planting one season on the Fourth of I July, and had as good a crop as I ever raised-p Some say plant your corn even now. The

cnances are tuat it win mature. enuu. prophesies a dry fall. Some Good Don'ta. Don't get in debt when you can not see roar way out again. When you owe, jay tfe fast as you can, and promptly. Don't enlarge your farm, when half of what yon now own is not cultivated. you can till well. If you are in debtor .fieed funda to make necessary improvements, sell part of your farm and use the .money to pay .your debts, and make im -provenieata systematically as your means i permit. i Don't borrow money to build a showy louse when a less pretentious one would Vswer better, and nerer lend money when V 1 have undrained or poorly-tilled land to prove. on t speculate with other people s money. even your own, unless you see clearly you will make a profit, and even then ot do it to the neglect of your farming. n t mortgage vour farm for money to goods. Very few men can enter the rcantile business without training for it alliUUV Vila IHq tuuaiuj'w (Don't buy fancy stock at fabulous prices n the spur of the moment, or without knowg why you want if, and how you are to take the investment profitable. jDon't keep poor stock when you can keep od at the same expense, and with four lies the profit. bon't change your kind of farming, becbaccss to one your crop will be up xt vear, and that waicu 13 up now will en be down. Don't trv to prow crops to which your rm is not well adapted. f you have a good location do not sell t ut, expecting to better it because you are offered a good price. ) Don't exchange farms often, for by so ping, you can execute no definite system ,oI improvement. V Don't begin to improve till you have a general plan of what you wish to do; to do , would be like commencing to getont moere ior a nouse ueiore you mow its ngth and breadth. Hew Marli Land for Each. The recent census gives the total area of jie United States (not reckoning Alaska) at y)2G,G00 square miles, of which 55,00 square I iles are occupied by water lakes, rivers, Kys, etc. leavine 2.970.000 square miles of

Jnd, or 1,930 800.000 acres. The total popuiion is 50,150,78.1. This land evenly vided, would give to every man, woman yd child 37?4 acres, and an onion fdtch 3 by 9 rods over. If we divide the imputation into families of six persons, each Amily could be alottd 227 acres. Allow ing one-quarter of the land to be mountain vridges, sandy and stony tracts, and other "bad lands," there would still be left the V regulation "quarter section" (1G0 acres) for L each faniilv. But the census fierures now

being made up are for June, 1SS0. Since then over 1,000.000 people from foreign lands "have come to stay," as American citizens, and the natural iny crease has been considerable; the total increase from 1870 to liH0 was 3 I ier cent, per annum. So we have now f (March L, 1S82) nearly 54.000,000 inhabiv tants. As the acrerge of land does not exIpand, there are now less than 30 acres each, for not 132 acres per family, and the average ( amount is rapidly decreasing. No cause for alarm, however. , With the best culture, one acre will supply plenty of food lor one person, and at this rate we can allow more than 400.0U0.000 acres for waste land, and tili Save an acre each left for the estimated enre population of the globe, which is someIhat over 1,400,000,000. This is a great "nntry. Thanks for the iron sinews oif the pOO miles of railway lines and telegraph Jes, and the speaking tubes of the Postal yartment, we are, as a people, brought lo one closely united family, occupying cle Sam's great farm. Rast on Wheat. tThe yf llow or r.range-colored dust that A J " VT bUV iVU 1 VJ eMJA BhVUid VI n ii Shortly before reaping time, is caused by a uinute fungus. The fungus plant attacks ' TTrr a rr tha lAOvrna rf ararrta r f tvlAif ine wheat a few weeks before it makes its appearance, and fills the interior f the leaves and stems with fin substance fine threads. Piese threads act as roots, by means of which ,ihe fungus, or rust-plant, obtains its nourishment from the substance of the growing heat-plant. There is no remedy f the ru.st after it lias once peared upon the surface of the wbeat The mot elTectiye preventive is blue vitriol or blue btone (sulphate of copper), two or three ounces of this salt to a bushel of wheat The wheat is soaked in the brine for a short time before sowing. There ha been much energy expended in the endeavor t find some varietv of wheat Jiat is rust-proof. Prosessor Drewer, who :ias charge of the grain statistics in the late -nsus. finds many districts where a variety if wheat has sprung up that for a year or so j almost rust-proof, but afterward it becomes infested the same as other sorts. As precaution burn the stubble, thus destroymany spores that would otherwise irminate and continue the pest. White ts. Green Asparagas. (Rural New Yorker.J On of thm imcprcit thine in mnnAfltnn . j ;th the benighted tastes of city people is at they select bunches of white asparagus

instead of green. "It la blanched, and therefore it is tender." is the reasoning which seems to guide them. They seem to aa xciate it with celery, the green portions 01 which are worthless. The strangest part is that they do not learn, while eating it, that the white part of asparagus is worthless, and that the green portion is all they eat. The asparagus grows from the tip the same as other plants. A mark made at the surface of the ground on a given shoot will show that that part of the stem remains where it is, and is never carried up as the shoot increases in height It is plain, therefore, that the deeper underground we cot the shoots off the older, harder, more stringy -woody is the stem, and that the nearer we cut to the tips of the shoot the younger and more tender it is. We do not wish to imply that the shoots are tough because they are white. The absence of color is merely owing to the

exclusion of the rays of the sun, without which the coloring principle, be it green or purple, can not develop. If the shoots were billed up as they grow, blanching would render them more tender. This is practiced in France, but not in oar country to any extent. It adds too much to the cost of production in labor and care. The Buckwheat Crop. Buckwheat is the latest grain crop of the season, and is usually sown from the last of June to the middle of July. It is frequently sown as a filling crop, that is, on ground where some other crop has failed. It makes an excellent cleansing cropon foul or rough land, especially upon rich soil where it niaks a rank growth and smothers out all other plants. Buckwheat is used to some extent as a green manure to be turned for wheat or rye. The buckwheat plant is a deep feeder, and has the power of obtaining the food elements when present only in small quantities in the 80ll. Light sandy soil, deficient in vegetable matter, can be brought up to a good state of cultivation by first growing buckwheat as a green manure crop, followed by clover, which is afterward turned under. Though buckwheat will grow on comparatively poor soil, it makes good use of a light dressing of barn-yard manure or some quick acting fertilizer. A hundred pounds of Peruvian gunao, or an equal weight of fish scrap, will greatly raise the yield of a buckwheat crop on a poor soil, and prove a profitable investment for the outlay. The narvesting of buckwheat is quite different from that of other grain?. The grain "shells" or drops from the straw very readily, and must therefore be gathered with especial care. It is best to cut it with a cradle and leave it in the swarth until the next morning, when it should be roiled and set on end while it is moist with the dew. After standing for a few days it is ready tobe threshed. The straw has no special value as fodder, bi , should be used as a litter and absorbent of liquid manure. The grain nukes an excellent lood for poultry, and when its Hour is in the form of cakes, it is hierhly prized, especially in cold weather. A Few Facts About Ensilage. America a Agriculturist. From March 1 to March 15 all six animals were allowed fK) lbs. of ensilage aud 0 lbs. of cotton-seed meal a day (for every 1,000 lbs. of live weight!. The weights taken on the latter date (15th) show that No. 4 had gained 70 lbs. in the two weeks; Jo. 5, oO lbs. No 0, .V lbs.; o. 1, 45 lbs.; x:o. 2, 'JO lbs., and No. ., 00 lbs. On comparing the effect of a change of rations oh Noj. 4, 5 and (, the remarkable fact appears that in the case of each animal, 50 lbs. of ensilage and 0 lbs. of meal gave in two weeks exactly the same grain that 20 lbs. of hay and the same quantity of meal gave in double the number of days (28) No. 4 gaining in each tett 70 lbs.. No. 5, 50 lbs., and No. 0, 53 lbs. On March 13, our supply of ensilage being nearly exhausted, 12J lbs. of hay were substituted for 23 lbs. of the ensilage, and for a week each animal received a daily ra tion of 25 lbs. of ensilage, 12Ji lbs. of hay, and 6 lbs. of cotton-seed meal. The change was made in order to prepare the animaU for a ration of hay and meal. The weights, taken on the 22d, show, when compared with those of the two preceding weeks, that the change had, in the seven days, injuriously aflected all the animals except No. 2 This animal made a gain of 15 lbs., but No. 1 gained only 5 lbs. ; No. 3. 10 lbs. ; No. 4, 7 lbs., and Nos. 5 and 0, each 20 lbs. From March 22 to April 13 each animal received daily 25 lbs. of bay and G lbs. of cotton-seed meal. The weights of the animals on March were as follows: No. 1, 1,290 lbs. ; No. 1,262 lbs.; No. 3, 1,150 lbs. ; No. 4, 917 lbs.; Iso. 5, 920 lbs ; No. G, 84o lbs. The same an imals on April 13 weighed respectively 1,280 lbs . 1,237 lbs., 1,155 lbs., 947 lbs., 940 lbs. and 835 lbs. It appears, therefore, that in the nineteen days No. 1 lost 10 lbs.. No. 2 lbs., and 2o. 6 10 lbs., and that rso. 4 gained 30 lbs., and No. 5 20 lbs., and No. 3 5 lbs. Compared with the rapid gains of the preceding periods, these figures are sig nificant. The results of these several experiments, carefully conducted and long continued. and agreeing so closely with those of last year, are very favorable to ensilage, and show that when mixed with nitrogenous matter, two pounds of it are fully equal in feeding value to one pound of hay. 1 should perhaps state here that samples of this ensilage, tested in our laboratory by Professor lsrown, . gave 8 81 per cent, of water, ensilage snouiu not be condemned on purely theoretical grounds, for these ex neriments. while thev do not suDnort the extravagant claims of those who hold that the process is one that bids fair to revolu tiomze the agricultural world, and that its products is an all-suthcientand perfect food, ccrtanly show that it is one well deserving 01 many further trials by practical farmers. Fanu and Workshop Notes. The Michigan peach belt and other local i ties in the adjoining States have suffered se verely by frost. Brewery refuse is valuable for milch cows only when fresh, as it affects the quality of the milk when sour. In Trimble County, Ky., opposite Madi son, Ind., over 100,000 peach trees were planted this ktst spring. By the use of lime and ashes, and by growing cow peas for turning under, poor sou can be made to yield good crops. Orchard grass and red clover make excel lent companions, and as they grow so well together the former is being substituted for timothy by many farmers this year. lhe present high prices are convincing proofs that farmers have not been able to overstock the market yet There is plenty of room for more farmers in this country. Okra is as easily grown as corn and re quires tue same treatment lhe j'oung, 1 , , 1 - . unripe pous mate uencious soups, ana 1 sliced and dried can be used ail the year rounu. Permanent pastures should consist of mixed grassers in order to satisfy the desires and peculiarities of animals. A variety does much in the matter of promoting health and thrift Flax culture is taking a new start this season. According to the late estimates there has been sown within a radius of ten miles from Gillman, 111., between 9,000 and 10.01 ) acres of Uax. Ponds for carp shculd have muddy bottoms, and there shouia be no other fish in them, not even minnows. Carp are naturally vegetable feeders, but will not refuse worms, larva; and other animal bubsUnces. The Gardener's Monthly says a comparatively young-lemon tree grown in a pot or kub for ornament will yearly bear from twenty-five to fifty lemons of better quality than those we usually buy at fruit stores. Dr. J. J. Bright, of Enfield, writing to the London Daily News, recommends, to prevent the torments inflicted by the flies on horses, application to the latter before harnessing of a mixture of one part crude carbolic acid with six or more parts of olive oil. This should -be rubbed lightly all over the animal with a rag, and applied more thickly to the interior of the ears and those parts most

likely to be attacked. This application may need to be repeated in the course of the day, but while any odor of the acid remains the flies decline to settle, and the horse is completely free from their annoyance. The Trefect of the Department of the Seine-et-Marne, France, has issued a decree peremptorily forbidding the destruction of all kinds of owls, tbey being considered of the greatest service against field mice and rats. It is not easy to compare corn meal and cotton seed meal as food for stock. The latter contains five times as much albumenoids and six times as much fat as the former, but corn contains four times as much starch as cotton seed meal. It is now beyond doubt that the annual rings of wood in tpees are not a sure index of the age, as the gum trees of Australia, as is now proved, laake two circles a year. Some of the extravagant stories of the ages of trees will need rewriting. A French chemist reports that water made slichtly salt and to which, when

boiling, bran in the proportion of one quart to every gallon has been added, has been found in a series of experiments to increase the yield of milk per cent 11 given to tue cows as their ordinary drink. It is a startling fact, and one worthy of serious consideration, that the people of the United States arecleanngoff thirty-hve acres of timber for every acre that is planted with forest trees. We have reached that point in denuding our country of its forests where it becomes the duty of every land owner to plant trees. The alarm regarding the late planting of corn is based uion but slight cause. Many good crop has been made from seed planted the latter part of June. The warm nights will send it ahead during July and August. Use plenty of manure, and cultivate well, which is all that is needed at the present time. The Baxter Spring (Kas.) News reports that at a public shearing at the ranch 01 Spencer vt Wiswell, two young American merino ewes were steared, one ueece weighPir eißhteen and a half pounds and the other sixteen and three-quarter pounds. These ewes each raised young lambs last season, and neither of them weighed more than six ty-five pounds. Mustard is one of the most valuable plants for plowing under. It grows as quick aj any other crop, and if sown thickly will afford an excellent green manure in time for wheat It has the advantage of being able to grow as early as peas and as late as the arrival of frost. To renovate with mustard, not only one but successive crops can be turned under tne same season. At a meeting of the Kansas State Horti cultural Society a large apple-grower from Leavenworth County stated that he had an orchar. of 3,000 Missouri pippins that on the fifth year from planting yielded 1,500 bushels, and that the past year (lsSl), tne sixth, he had gathered 3,000 bushels and had sold them for enough to pay lor the cost of the entire orchard. The above variety is the only one that bore a frill crop the past season in Kansas and Missouri. A member of the Oneida Community says that he mulched a row of the Franconia raspberry, and also one of the Philadelphia, side by side. The effect was very marked. While the Franconia, which ere not much mulched, were literally scorched. and the leaves crumpled in the sun, the row which received the mulching carried through nearly double the crop of fruit rhe material used for mulching was old, half-decayed buckwheat straw, etc. THE STATE. Noah D. Haverman, who has been on trial for the last six days charged with committing a rape upon a little German girl last month, was convicted and sentenced to six years in the Penitentiary to-day. Warsaw, Ind.. special, June 20. Charlev Brookbank, of Jackson Township, says he has lost 800 bushels of barley by the army worm. Several of the farmers north of the city have lost their entire crops of barley and considerable wheat and corn. Connersville txaminer. Benton County has no flouring mill. The venerable citizen has sat on the store box and-pondered over this fact long enough. He wants to cut this item out and send it to all his inenas ana relatives that ever heard of a miller. Oxford Tribune. Miss Anna Fowler, sister of Harry Fowler. of this city, and a popular teacher in the New Albany Public Schools, who was in jured in the Bedford Railroad wreck, iad to submit to amputation of her left hand, on Monday, in order to save her life. Crawfordstille Times. A Government surveying party from the west arrived in the city yesterday. They are engaged in taking the lCYel of the country, on a line as nearly due east and west as they can conveniently, between San Francisco and New York. They make about six miles per day this hot weather. Daviess County Democrat Lloyd Clark, of near Montgomery, brought in a sample of wheat from his farm, Monday, that is six feet and three inches high. This is a good heighth for wheat, almost equal to rye. Indeed the farmers generally, in this County this year, have great reasons to rejoice, for the prospect for a large yield is line. Daviess County Democrat While waiting for the mail in" the-Post omce yesterday, we noticed a letter in one 01 tne glass boxes wnicn contained an in scription on the back of the envelope, which read as follows: 1 send still another kiss," and the Lord only knows how many the inside contained. We will keep the num ber of that box in view. Michigan City Dispatch. The Cass County Circuit Court decided the celebrated bounty cases recently. Eightytwo soldiers who re-enlisted somewhere in the South during the War. and were credit ed to that country, demand the bounty offered there at that time. The Court decides, as has the Supreme Court in a similar case, that the statute of limitation bars the claim of the soldiers. A singrlar phenomenon came to the no tice of a Milton Township farmer recently. lie owned a young eoit which had a protubreance at the side of its head, and it ap parently grew larger everv day. It looked like a wen, and to solve the mystery the lance was used on the sac. which, when punctured, was found to contain a loose horse's jaw tooth. Whether the tooth had beeiain mat position when the colt was born, or whether a horse had bitten it, lost tne tooth, and it had become encysted, are questions it was unaoie to decide, it was a remarkable curiositv to say the least Madison Star. uscar Ai. Goodwin, wno nas ior rve years past been the cashier of the Logansport Na tional Bank, disappeared from the city on Saturday night last, taking the train west on the Wabash Road, and without explaining his going to his friends or employers. On Monday morning his absence from his place of business occasioned surprise, and search was made for his whereabouts, with the above result and nothing m.re. Mr. Good win's accounts at the Bank, so far as exam ined, are correct His cash tallies with the Bank sheet and shows the usual reserve on hand. Logansport Journal. In his sermon one of our ministers painted a ternble picture of the sins of "the wicked est citv in Indiana." He classified the var ious prominent sins and sinners, frcm the gambler and his advocation to the libertine and the results of his work. He applied to Elkhart the words of a noted anthor con cerningNew York City: "It is not the slums and the gutter wickedness of our city that cause the increase and extent of sin, but the scions of wealth and fashion." He claimed that of Elkhart it is . said by the general yisitor that, in proportion to its size, it is as wicked as Chicago. As represents tlves from every ciasa in tne city were present, the effect of the discourse well, no doubt, be decidedly different upon these classes. Elk h it Monitor.

TKASS1T OF TEXCS. Extrjordlnary Preparations for ltODerv aoce by Scientists. Providence . Journal The great Importance of the coming transit of the lih 01 December, in the estimate of the men of science, may be seen in the preparations now being made for its observation. Forty expeditions to witness it are already projected, and the number will be largely increased by those of the United Stales. Italy and Austria, which have not yet been announced. .The French Government will send eight - expeditions to the following points, fcur in north latitude and four in south latitude: In the north the stations chosen are the coast of Florida, under the charge of Colonel Perrier; Cnba, under M. d' Abbadie; the coast of Mexico, under M. Boquet de la Grye; Martinique, an island of the French Antilles, under M. Tisserand. In the south the stations chosen are Santiago in Chile, under M. Leclere; Santa Cruz, a river of Patagonia, tinder M. Eleuriais; Rio Fegro, the northern boundary of Patagonia, under M. I'errottin; and Port Desire, or Chubutt, also in Tatagonia, under M. Hatt. The members of all the expeditions are now preparing for their work at the observatory in Pari?) where by means of a model Venus and a model sun, they are practicing on imaginary transits in hopes of being able to observe with scientific accuracy the passage of the real Venus over the real

sun in December. Theywill start for their destinations in the month of July, and spend the intervening time after arrival in diligent preparation for the event ' ine objecto! tne great expenditure of time, labor, money and brains is the hoie that the observers may determine with an accuracy never before attained the earth's distance from the sun. For this is the unit of celestial measurement, and as Ion;; as the doubt concerning its accuracy exists so long there is a doubt in the estimate of celestial distances. But a cloudy day will render months of unremitting labor cf no avail, it is estimated that the weather at half the stations will be unfavorable, but a great deal may be learned from observations made at the other half, where the favorable conditions prevail, according to the law of averages. The four southern stations of the French expeditions are in the south temper ate zone aud the Gth of December will be near their summer solstice, like the Gth of June at the north. The localities favored with a clear sky on this meridiaa at the time of the tranbit will be specially fortunate, for the short winter days are not hopeful in their conditions. A transit of Venus is not a glorious phenomenon like a total solar eclipse. It is simply the passage of a black ball over the sun s bright lace. But it is visible all over our western world, and no human eye that now looks upward to the sky will ever again behold its recurrence. It is the last chance for trying this method of estimating the sun's distance until the ad vent of the year 2004. Opera-Ulass WhUky-Flask. fPeck's Sun.J The latest thing out and certainly an ar ticle that will till a want long felt, is an opera-glass that will hold a half pint of whisky. It Is, in fact, a whisity nasn, with lenses and things just like an opera-glass, and a person can take a drink without goinjr out between the acts, it can be used as an opera-elass with or without taking a drink. If you want to take a drink there is a little spnng that you touch with the little finger, when a silver tube drops into the mouth, and the whisky Hows as easily as possible It works best when you point tne operaglass up in the gullery, because thatact givf s it ihe natural incline. lJuite a number ot these new oiera-glasses are said to be in use, and they give excellent satisfaction. A party of four gentlemen had one between them at the theater one night and tnougu the' have been regular corn jammers heretofore, going out between the acts with unfailing regularity and walking over who'.e rows of people, on this occasion they did not go out until the third act, when the opera-glass ran dry. It was amusing to see them take turns with that opera glass looking up in the gallery at some imaginary acquaintance. One would take the glass and look up and take a drink, and bow to some bodv up stairs.and hand the glass to another and he would look up. The last one to drink out of it came near giving the whole scheme away by shaking it when it refused to give down. After the last drink the gen tlemen sat in solemn silence foi ten minutes. and then they could not stand it longer, so they got up and filed out for a drink. It was evident that they had got it mied wnne out, because they again began looking at the fellows in the gallery, 11 tnis opera whisky-elass-flask comes into general use it will save visitors to places of amusement a great deal of annoyance, as there is no great er nuisance at a theater man a gang ci xei lows getting up and plowing through an audience to get a drink. Quite a number of ladies have been noticed looking up into the gallery with opera-glasses, but we can not think tney have secured these new flasks. However, if they have not they had better be careful about looking up high for a time. for fear people will misconstrue their mo tives. llow Anna Dickinson Tiled to Get Drunk. Chicago Letter. 1 "Yes," said an old English friend of mine. "I have seen all the actors of any note who have been on the boards during the last nfty years; have listened to most of the great singers and musical artists during that time. and I believe there is but one person besides myself in Chicago who has ever listened to Paganini's divine tones. I believe any intelligent person, although he may not hap pen to be a newspaper man, is able to form a pretty correct judgment after that number of years of experience and observa tion. You remember that I told you that Anna Dickinson would never be more tnan a curiosity as 'Hamlet' when the announcement was first made that she would appear in that part Now, my reason for that was that, although Anna is, in many ways, really nice fellow, she is not altogether virile and manly. 1 don't believe I ever told you the story of her attempt to get drunk. Well, whenever she wishes to express an opimon upon any subject, cither privately or la public, she makes herself practically the master, as far as possible, or experiments and experience. giving her nearly absolute knowledge in the matter. Some years ago she was interested in the subject of intempprance. First she read up the subject thoroughly from a scientific, ethical and social standpoint Then she se cured male attire and passed days and nights, not only in the fashionable resorts of vice and intemperance, but in and about the lowest dives of New lork and Philadelphia. Not satisfied with seeing all that could be seen of drunkenness and its results, she concluded to go to work systematically and get drunk nerseit. At mis time she was boarding at the Continental, in the latter city. She got one or two confidential friends In her room, arranged to have a phvsician within call, and then, ordering liquors, Eet about getting chock full in a most meth odical fashion. First she drank freely of the lighter wines. These had no effect upon her, when she resorted to stronger liquors. She drank on until she had taken about everything from claret to straight 'old Crow,' and enough altogether to have t-ent. a dozen roystenng Scotchmen under the table. Still she was not drunk All of a sudden, however, Miss Ann jumped about four feet in the air, clasped her head in her hands wildly, and gave a very wo manly sort of shriek. The Doctor was im mediately called, and declared that one glass more of liquor would have surely bad a fatal effect She was promptly pumped out, and this result was several weeks' a ious illness. But, mind you, she did get drunk!" "Now," continued the old gentleman, his eyes twinkling with merriment, "the reas ons Why Anna Dickinson can't play 'Hamlet' are Identical with those why she can't get drunk and a fellow's no fellow at all,

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you know, if he can't eet full she simrIv can't do it" I subsequently learned from a hotel clerk in this city, who was formerly at the Continental, that this statement regarding Miss iicainson s experiment with liquor was true, and that it came very near being the cause, at one time, of very unjust accusauons Bgainsi ner cnaracter. " Discovery of the Comstock." Chicago Morning News. . Ben Holladay is a feature and fixture cf Washington. He lives in a beautiful resi dence on K strept, where he entertains a coterie of friends In right royal fashion. His fortune is estimated at from $2,000,000 to $3,00), 000, so that it may be fairly presumed ihzi it he should prove successful n the prosecution of his claim for $350,000 he will not be in immediate want for the necessities of life. He has retired from business, but amuses his leisure hours with seeing the Congressmen about his claim. Though advanced in age he shows no signs of failing in strength or Health. Iiis hair Is just turning gray, tut his frame is as powert ul and vigorous as it was in earlv youth, when he established and operated his famous overland stage line, anown as tne rony express. He likes to tell of his experience as a pioneer of advancing civilization on the Pacific Coast, among the Argonauts of '49. His story of how the famous Comstock lode was discovered is interesting. As he tells it, one of his stage drivers had a prospector's passion for broken rocks, outcropping:", Uoat and other indications of min eral treasures. On a certain day he came to Mr. Holladay full of a discovery he had made, and showed a samile havinir a won derfully large proportion of silver in its composition. lie made a proposition to sell one-half of his mine to Mr. Holladay for $1.000 for money with which to operate it. The oner was refused, and the driver re signed and disappeared. In a month or so a company was formed and operations were begun. The mine yielded the richest ore ever taken out of any mine un to that time. Comstock, for that was the stage driver's name, became suddenly one of the wealthiest men in the country. The stock rose rapidly from hundreds to thousands of dollars. and finally $100,000 was paid for a claim tvrentv feet across the face of the lode. Next to the Bonanza it was probably the richest mine ever discovered in the earth. Mr. Comstock followed the rule, and from being one of the richest men soon became one of the poorest, and finally died penniless. Holladay tells many similar stories to the friends who drop into his cosey rooms every evening to enjoy a fragrant Havana, a glass of wine or a game of bluff. His con fidence in his claim being eventually raid by Congress 13 unshaken, and he says, he will persevere till success crowns his efforts ils Danenhower a Cad? The Washington dispatches published Friday evening stating that Lieutenant DanenfK wer had received letters by mail from Engineer Melville created a flutter of excite ment in the pretty little home of the Arctic hero, Melville, at Sharon Hill. "Frobablv." said Mrs. Meville to a Philadelpeia Ilecord reporter, "letters were inclosed in the mail to Lieutenant Danenhower for us," and after a few moments' tilence she said: "I do not like to speak unkindly of a brave man but Lieutenant Danenhower could not have treated his little family more cru?ly had he tried to break our hearts. When he had been in New York a day I received a dis patch from a taird person, saying: Lieutenant Danenhower has news from Mel ville; meet him at the Continental Hotel to-mor row. "This message alone was sufficient to ruor tny aie, nut 1 was in tne act ot ansenrg it when 1 noticed the signature, which was that of a person with whom our relations nave been, to tell but half the truf a, very disagreeable, and I countermanded the re ply. When Lieutenant Danenhower ar rived in Philadelphia I received another dispatch from the same person, as follows: Lieutenant Danenhower regrets your not being nere. can you come ana see mm ? "This I received while at the beside of a dying friend, and another dispatch came from a third party, as follows: Bring children fast train Danenhower re quests it Continental Hotel, before noon. "You will observe that Danenhower had not himself telegraphed me a word, although upon his arrival in Philadelphia I had tele graphed him a message of congratulation. At this time I was watching the last mo ments of a dying friend. That eening I received the following dispatch, the first sent by Danenhower: Arrangements having been made for my reception at Washington unknown to me, 1 regret I cannot comply with your invitation to call at present but will come from Washington expressly 10 uo so. "And would you believe it, he went by our little station within arm s reach of my little girls, who were panting for news from 'papa;' within sight of our flag, which was living at half-mast since news of poor Car tain De Long's sad fate, and went to Wash ington to attend a public reception. Had he gone bv to see his dead mother I should have been content to wait until be could return; but he had seen all of his family, and, with George s last message went by us without a word. 1 he messages which came were affronts enougb. His conduct afterward was cruel, cruel? Not a word from him since. He can go to Annapolis to attend a ball, but not a word of dear George s message yet delivered. hile he and inv husband, hand in hand, was walking through the valley of the shadow of death on the ice bound Siberian coast, I wonder what would have been his feelirgs if he could have seen George Melville in his place. while he turned his weary footsteps back again to save, if possible, "those who were lost, and could have witnessed the unfeeling spectacle of Melville brushing by the skit ts of his dear mother without a look of cmfort or a word to cheer. Lieutenant Danen bower ma v justify himself to uinie!f to us, never:" Photography tu Uedding- Kaces New York Herald. The "dead h:at" in which te Frer.c! Derby race of lastmouth resulted, the Judges not being able to determine whica of he hordes first passed thera, draws from an En glish writer the proposition to u?e photoir'a phy for determining their relative positions at the end of the race. "By means of a single thread stretched across the track, and in visible to either horses or riders, twenty photographic camera," he says, "have been made to record synchionously positions impossible for the eye to recognize. The suggestion seems to te practicable as a means of setting at rest any disputed question as to the relative positions of the competing hoises when occular j'ldgment is at fault With the aid of photography astronomers pursue the most complex investigations as to the relative position of moving bodies, and there is no reason why the camera ran not easily be made to record unerringly the winner of what raigbt otherwise be. an undecided race. This writer ventures the prediction that in the near future photography will be invoked for this purpose in all important races. Clerk ot Supreme Court. Kockport Democrat, I Mr. Richard Conner, of Spencer, Owen County ,will be a candidate before the Democratic Convention of this State for the nomination for the office of Clerk of the Supreme Court of Indiana at the next election. Mr. Conner, who is well known to some of our Democrats, is an excellent man, a good Democrat and well qualified to fill the ollice to which he aspires, and if nominated and elected, as we hope he will be, will make an acceptable and popular Clerk of the Supreme Court The delegates to the State Convention from Spencer County will do the party of the.State an honor to remember him at the Convention, as well also confer a favor on Mr. Conner's personal friends in Spencer County.

MR. GREELVS ÜBEAT SORROW.

A Hitherto ÜnpabUHhed Lrttrr on tha Death of Ilia Son. To the Editor of the Xew York Tribune: Sir On looking over and arranging the correspondence of my father, I accidentally came upon the enclosed letter, which reopens a sad but interesting page in the life 01 Horace oreeiey. it tells its own story. and needs no commentary from me. lours, S. S. Kasdalu New York. May 27, 1SS2. New York, Dec 4, 1S49. My Friend You ask for an hour. I hava now but niteeu minutes, but wUl endeavor to say something. 1 he lot of my bov makes a ereat chan in m v feelings, plans and pro-pects. The joy of m v life wa comprehended in huandldonot now feel that any personal object can trongly move me nenceforih. 1 had thought of buying a country place, but it waa for him. I had begun to love flowers and beautiful objects because he liked them. Now all that deeply concerns me is the evidence taat we snail live hereafter, and especially that we shall live with and know those we loved here. The rest seems suVirdiiiHte and trifling. I mean to act my part while life is p pa red me. but I no longer covet length of days. If I felt sure of identifying and being with our loved ones in the world 0 come, I would prefer not to live Ion. AS it i. I am rtMEIied to K&aNrrrmavliilirhs. ly ordered. I am not often sad. and sutTcr little. I feel none of that eatiDE away Df the heart which afMirts mv poor wife, aud maae me appreheni that she will not live long. he has cried very little, aud laid our darling In Lis coffin after thoroughly washing uiui, iiu ury eyes, neiinu DUl lew UOlirs to prepare lor our low. lie went to bed as hearty tnd happy as ever; at '2 a. 111. he wanted to get up. but went directly back to bed. romDlainin of no tdeknefs: a little pat 3 he called again, and soon the purging and vomi'liig commenced in earnest, but we stopped this at P, and 1 tlil not fee; thai he was in danger tin about 1 d. m.. aud at 5 he died. His mother had bought him a fiddle the (Jay before, which delisliteJ him bevond measure. and he was only induced to lay it up at nitit by uis uciisui 1 me iaea 01 coming up In t-'ie inorulnu and surprising me by pla)i:igou it before 1 got up. In the morning, at davlicht. I was called to hi bedside; the next day 1 followed him to his grave '. on can not guess how golden and lovely his long hair (never cut) looked in the colli 1. We have lost four out of five children, and have only au Infant left. Our but girl was only Rix months old ; theother two were infants. Pickie was five years old last March. So much grace aud wit and poetry were rarelv or never blended iu so rounu a child, and to us his f.rm aud features were the perfection of beauty. We can never have another child, arjd life cn not be lone enough efTrfre, though it will temper, this sorrow. t diners in kind as well as decree from th. we have heretofore experienced. For the present my prevailing wiitimpnt I that of some adventurous Cortez or Tizarro, who has r.urned his ships and most of his baggage on an iufcospitablc shore and feels he can herceforih advance freely. I do not fee' that I have heretofore been derelict, but hr alter 1 feel continent that uo fear of personal consequences can deter me from doing my duty. The road before me seems hilly aud heavy, and I have less streneth nao 1 naa, but I snail sv Ine mv pack soon and facethoe I meet with as blltne a countenance as evtr. Kmd retards to Mrs. Kandall. Yours Horace Greeley. I S I wrote a f ill ccconnt of our disaster to a lrieMd, feud will it t vou read it sometime if you hh. GIRLS 1YIIO CAN COOK. A New EnglAtd Mother Gives ner Views on the Subject. To the Elitor of the Times: Will you please send this letter and the enclosed card to your correspondent who has never been able to find a girl who could boke a loa' of tread or broil a steak prop erly? I am an eld lady, therefore pardon me for writing to you. Now, if the girls do not know how to cjok, is it the girls fault? think r.ot; they Lave never been taught. Now, is it ihe mother's fault? I think not. Evtrv true mother wants her daughters mar ried to good men, with comfortable homes Now. what does the market demand (if 1 may be allowed the expression) quiet, domestic girl; that understand all kinds of bou?e work, that could nurse the sick, comfort the old, be prudent and careful and make home happy? No; the demand is for styli-h, brilliant, acc miplished girls, and if men will select that kind, why not be satisfied? Dut occasionally we lind a young man who has a fond recollection of his kind old grandmother mid the many good things sbe used to co.-k for him, and he feels if he could find a woman like her, what a Lappy homo Le could hae. So he would. I am always pleased when I lind a young man that has common sense ebough to think that way. Now, I am not so unfortunate as you are. I know plenty of pirls in our Btate (lihode Island) that can took, I have a little girl only fourteen that can make grot! bread and cake, and I have a daughter, not yet twenty, who, if my cook should leave, could step into the kitchen and get a first-class dinner for fifty. Spend your summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard, and you can never write again that yon know no girls that cau cook. Yours, respectfully. M. II. Westcott. Tkovidence. K. I., June 1. The Preaideot and the Boys. IBoston Post The one thing tLat ttands out most prominently in the politics of Arthur's adruini3tration is that he Las not changed his method, and tbat he will rely for winning on the old pames that have won to often in days gone by. and are of that peculiar character that they are best carried on under the sujicrvision cf ?uch men es Mr. Sttphen W. Dursey. He will make no elTbrt to conciliate theswallow-tail element cf his party. His reliance on the "boys," and on trading with alleged Democrats like John Kelly, as it has always been. Moreover, "the boys" in whom Mr. Arthur continues to repose confidence are the Stalwart "boys'' the same old "boys" with whom he used to train in New York. The utterly unfit Teller was made S?cretry of the Inlerior because he K one cf the "boys" of the new pr.d far West. Drswster repiesrnts Cameron's bos" in Pennsylvania; IVtger tue New York "b; y.," who follow t'onklinff mil the President; Howe, the rId-fadionexl "boys" it the Norihwesr, and C'lniidltr "'the boys" generally. m m A Prosresidte Patty. M disou Ihth'.S ) It now ap-eirj that the ; i':r.c!;c wo:k cf the nuij'Tiiy in rimgi".? ir v.i tiu.tat im"rs f the opj.oMit si.i and s-riit ill-e of tlui'own Kilitical kind. Already the Republicans have u::ta'el tiv I)eni"iTs!, supplyirg their places with IIej::biic tni, a?id there are nine more such cases to follow. We are tohi that the Republican j arty is a progressive ptrty, and we espt-ct it to -n to reach a condition when this unseating business wiil be done in a wholesale manner on the second day after Coneress convenes. A French physician has been discussing the "cames and cure ofoldae." When a man is stricken with old rqe, the prohab !ities are that he is incuriibie that the di.-Ms-will cling to him as long as be lives; bi;t-t! e Frenchman will have no cilllculty in tied ing a preventive, which must be administered before the patient reaches the at:e of sixty. A young man who goes to Texas, and expresses a free and easy opinion on one thirjg and another, is pretty certain to escape the old age epidemic. Boston Post "My Tormented Bac," is the exclamation of more than one poor hard-working man and woman. Do you knew why it aches? It is because your kidneys are over-tasked and need strengthening, and your system needs to be cleansed of bad humors. Kidney-Wort is the medicine you need. 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