Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 September 1884 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17- 1SS4.

OUR FARH BUDGET.

Shipping Cattle as a Business. Indiana State Fair Investigating tte Pear Blight. Ta 31rrh of Improvement It Iays to Feed Well riowiuj Wheat Stubble Household Uint Farm Notes. Jlo Old l arnifr ou the Witnens-Stand. Now, wb.it wu the naestion.Jal ' Wbat did I understand T For asm' jusJuu crowise You're raally the marster hand. You ses us boih afore ye, f-oa'o! jor'n we uei tobe: I married Jane Marsh that wa. An J Jane Marsh married Bio. I lived to Wkkittynnock, And worked to Mctewan, n.ch ; An-i Jaiie, she !irel to 'Inngywouip, With Sarah MatUdyFry. An t cat was iLe shortest cut, "f was nat'rsl tnough, you see. That I should come across Jane. An 1 Jane should come across me. Way down in the daisied parster, Wim the cows all gr;:in about. And leetle twiuerin' turds A Hit-term' la and out. And buttercups and butterflies As yailer aa gold could be Twas tr.ere that 1 courted Jane, And there Jane courted me. She was litt'e, an' thin, an' shy, I. ike the slip ot" the summer ruoon That comes eut new ia the sky, Wbea ross are red ia June; Ehe wouldn't say yes or no. Hut land ! any lunk tonld see Ttat I was ia love with Jane, Acu Jane was ia love with me. W hat minister tied the knot? ho married us ' Yes; oh, well Now that you've come to the pint, That's easy enough to tell, The minister ' Yeasts' so! Twa tho jeft.'ce. that ued to be,-' 'Squire IIolcinb, of juockataus:, lie married Janie Marsh and rae. "Pippins Cattle a a BainM. (Chicago Tribune. 1 It is said by the Karat New Yorker that Tred Lingham of ilcntreal, the lariat snipvercf cattle from Canada to England, baa lost nearly $1,000,000 daring the last tares ears. The ventures oi other operators navj been equally tin pro ü table. ISeveral have been forced out of the business by their losses. Some of the banks that advanced rrocey to shippers of cattle are likely to lose considerable ums, and the cattle brokers abroad will sutler in the same way, because they furnished funds or credit to eonie of the shippers with which to pay for the stock. Mr. J. II. Iranian, an importer of horses, recently returned from inland, and in reply to the queries of a representa tive of tha Tribune said that the taniiic in dressed beef has been scarcely more prov able in Great Britain than has that in living cattle. Of the many houses that engaged lartreiy in the busine?s five or six years asa. but two or three are now doing anything worthy of note in this line. Most have retired, after involving larger dealers in their losses. Yet shippers of cattle from Canada have been favored by a ditierence ol from $10 to 13 per head in prices of their fat bullocks. Even now. it is reported, cattle on the ranges of the low Liver country, in the Northwest Territorv, are in stxonar re quest at Hj to ijO per head, while cattle of like quality south oi the line sell lor $ k to There has long been for many more than a merelv carious interest in the question. 'Why do shippers of live stock usually end by losin? heavily?'' The history of the live steck trailic of this country, as well as that of the Anglo American trade, is marked by the wrecks of manv a fortune. There seems to be nothing of an especially speculative nature in the business, and certainly no good rea son why those engaged in it should pay more for their stock than they can get for it in market, after dedacting expenses; but the majority of the shippers do so. I ossibly these unfortunates will ba interested In tha consideration of the fact that a large num ber, if not most, indeed, of the brokers who sell their stock upon commission become wealthy. Another ennons circumstance is that a few of the buyers of cattle in the great markets have become very rich while cther3 have gone to the wall. The farmers and brokers in the markets seem to be the only ones who make money out of the cattl8 busineri. The shippers aad local dealers lose. In Canada they have the advantage of what really amounts to a crotective taria in their favor of from 510 to $15 per head: but this they have handed over to the farmers, who are that much better off, at least in their cattle operations, than are their American neighbors. Indiana State Fair. Early indications regarding the business of this fair for this season are ilattering, and in connection with the bountiful crops give assurance to the management that It will be better than ever. The fair will commence Monday, Septem ber 19. The entry books, except in the speedring, will close the Saturday" previous. All stock and articles must be in place Monday foreneon, the first day. Experience has demonstrated the importance of promptness and early preparation. Special attractions will be provided to make each day equally interesting. It will be a strictly agricultural lair and farmers annual festival. Tuesday of the fair will be Indiana school children's day; free tickets issued far that purpose. No fees for display of exhibits. but every convenience for exhibitors aad the comfort of visitor?. Merit alone gov erns awards. Premiums have always been paid in full. Moie improvements orlerei to provide for the increased show in the liye stock department. It is estimated that $1,000,000 of machinery aad Sl,5X),09O of live stock will be on exhibition. The amount of business bysale3 reaches millions. and the amount of money put in general circulation by tha fair is estimated at The railroada ceatering at the capital city will, as usual, carry passengers at half-rate. and return all exhibition stock anl articles free. Investigation of the Pear Illisht. (PhUadelphia BecorJ. The dreaded disease, the pear blight, b.13 tor years ba.'lied investigation, andignoraace of its nature has enabled it to destroy some of the most valuable orchards in the coun try. In a bulletin issued by the New York Experiment Station, Professor J. C. Arthur. the botanist, stated that in order to make experiments which would enable him to ar rive at a correct knowledge of the nature of the disease he tecared a few disease 1 branches from an Infected orchard, and among them was one with viscid, vel lowish d.-ops exuding from the stem. Ha punctured several healthy trees, about an inca irem tue extremities, witri a needle, iqeerting a small jaatity of the excre tion, in aoout Six c eight days every branch wh.ca hai been Inoculated aaowe I unmistakable signs of blizht. The bark turned brown, and then blacx about the puncture, giadnally extending through the stem, tiissinz upward toward the end of the branch much faster taan downward or around the branch. On the ninth day most of the wounds exuded some of the same "viscid Gaid which was tu-ed in the l.rat place. They were all removed oa the thirteenth day to prevent the auease mm securing aay permanent hold on the tree. Most of the Infected branches were blackened for a foot or more, and the young tender leaves as well, all beinz daa-l. It was noticeable that the full grown letves were rarely atfected, and Renerally remained preen up to the time of the removal of the branch. Among the leaves inoculated only one i-ecame miected, and this was a younr and tender me. The disease from it Bira.d to the stem, and worked the same as in the other cases. At the same time a portion of the same Tims wai applied to two youn ppie orancnes. xiw enowea the siisease in

eight days. It spread gradually until, on A . A 1 A . W A. A.

me mirteenia aay, aoout two incnes iro a the apex was quite dead and dry, and the branch? s were removed. The virus was prepared by cutting up an inch creoof diseased pear stem in a gtas3 half full of water.and after stirring the chips aDout in the water tne chips were all removed, which left the water slightly milky. This wss used on several kinds of fruit trees bv makincr a Tmnctnre with a tin and inocu lating a small drop from the cla. Sufficient time has not elapsed to show full results, but a very young branch of the Jane berry showed signs of the blight on the sixth day. Some experiments were made and remark able results secured by inoculating the fruit of U art Jett pear trees with the watery infu sion. On the sixth day they were all black ened fo some distance around the point of inoculation, and exuding a copious How of vellowish fluid, which ran down from the side 8nd dropped on the ground. Upon cut ting them open they were found discolored almost throughout their interior, lests on ouince trees showed the disease in seven cays, out wunouieiuaauon. wane omy one , . . . SA? V 1 1 f fonrth of the interior was auectea. The conclusions arrived at are that the disease known as the pear blight is infectious, and may be transmitted from one tree to an other bv inoculation : that it is not confined to the pear tree, but may attacs other poroaceous fruits, such as the apple, quince, English i hawthorn and J une berry; that it is mcst active and progresses most rapidly upon young and succulent portions of the tree. Under the microscope any bit of diseased tissue shows inconceivable myriads of minute bacteria, which till the water of the slide in which it is mounted like a cloud. It is, therefore, not necessary to depend on ex ternal appearances in order to determine the progress of the disease in a branch, as the microscope will decid9 with absolute certainty. The bacteria are, without doubt, the cause of the disease. Now that the cause of pear blight is thor oughly understood the matter of preventing its Fpread and arresting its dangerous work will ba easier, as further investigations will no doubt supply a remedy in that direction. TUe March of Improvement. rianters Journal. There is hardly any limit to the improve ment and modiBcation of domestic poultry which the breeder mar enect by skill, time and patience; and only those who have per sisted in the work ot improvement can un derstand the fascination of the pursuit. Those who do not realize how ranch change is brought about in the form of poultry by cultivation should lcok back and picture t himself "old Farmer Tony's'' fowls a few decades p.go. Not only is the improvement mannest in their general pluruage, shape, carriage and attractiveness but also in their superior laying, fineness and delicacy of t!eh and increased weicht. Improvement in poultry is to bo attained by the same process as m t'i? case of coniestic animal?, but the modulations by tho gradual accumulation of variations daring the successive generations is of slower growth. However, steady progress without intermission is not to be expected, for no species lias ever bred pertoctly true nor ever will. Hut if ever our domestic animate breed approximately true in any respect, we can say it is aa improvement, aad with suf ficient accuracy say that they breed true. The value of the improved fowls over the common stock of the country is seen in tli beauty, svmmetry, uniformity aad utility of the former. As the tendency of the otl. spring is to resemble the average of the parents and gran i parents and other remote ancestors the more alike the ancestors the more harmonious and decided in;laence3 they exert over the progeny. And we are still advancing in this wav of improvement; every season shows us finer specimens in greater number among almost all the better known varieties. It Tays to Feed Well. It pays to feed well. Let me give you a case: Having a good lot of cows, whicn I have bred and reared myself, and trained them well to be kind and gentle in every way. I do not like to part with them. Eut having a few more than I could well take care of this year, i rented out five of them to a neighbor. One of these cow3 is a cross-bred pure Ayreshire and Jersey, and with her nrst calf cave eight pound3 of butter the first week's churning; with her second calf she gave twelve and one-half pounds the first week after the milk was kept (the calf wa3 fed on skimmed milk only). This cow is now six years old and in her prime. The man complained of her and said she wa3 a poor cow. "What taed ao you give her."' JNo feed at ail but the pasture in the swamp meadow, and ahe milks only four quarts a day." 1 brought the cow home, and she was a mere skeleton in a baz ef loose Bkm. The first milking was three pints. 1 becran to feed her as I knew she deserved. I ave her two quarts ot fine ground cornmeal and mid dlings mixed with cut, sweet cornfodler three times a day, with what grass the pasture would afford. The fourth day she milked nine quarts, the seventh day eleven and a half quarts; the first four days her milk made three pounds of butter; the last three days it made four pounds seven ounces. This is not her fall yield, as she is putting on nesn, ana will do so until she weighs 1AJ or U0 pounds more than she did when she came home. If we licure this up the profit on this feed can be shown Tery easily. Four quarts a day at o cents the price at which ter milk has Dt.en sold all summeris 20 cents. That is the value of a swamp-meadow feeding. E'evei and a bail quarts a day is enual to 57 li cents. so that this 13 cents gives cents prolit; and to me the satisfaction of the thing is worth a good deal more than $1 a day would be, lor I certainly haye have a good deal of of regard for my cows, which I nave rearel from the first, and each of which is a vet and regards me with evident kindliness and ailection. At the rate shown by the3e fig ures ten cows would return daily prolit for the expenditure of $1.50, which is in itself as much as many a mechanic in the city is obliged to support his whole family upon And yet there are farmers and dairvmen who are growling every day of their lives that farming does not pay. I wish some of them would change places with some of the people in towns and cities, whom they proless to envy bo much. What a m!3take they would make. Plowing; Wheat Stubble. Midland Farmer. Our cultural pursuits are at present in somewhat of an abnormal condition, or, a: least, conditions underlie the surface very dissimilar to what at first appears. Over a very extensive area in our Midland region the unusually heavy and long-continued pressure of snow and ice formed a crust of three to six inches deep, which, to some extent, protected deep-rooting plants as with a jacket or neutral coating. In some instance. this coating clnng with "tenacity to the roots and stems of the plants involved, and were elevated en masse to the height of se7eral inche?, forming a distinct and separate cushion of Rrowth. This was hardened, consolidated into a c&ke, and maintains its indlyiduaility of existence till now. It is over all surfaces not artificially protected aa by niulck. When the wheat is cut and the surface exposed to tha hot sun and the drying winds it will be all bat impossible to break it up and will then be in lamps, all out nn-break-ap-able till frost. Hence we advise using something that will promptly cause the decay of the roots, weed3 and straw on the pround, as by the sowing of kaiait on the stubble, and at once plow It under to facilitate decay and the consequent lightness and fertility of the soil. It has been remarked that the past winter wai anomalous in its eil'ects on perennial plants, many that were supposed to be tender endnring a temperature of "2 below zero, while in other Beasons 7 higher killed tHe wood of the tree in toto. This was tb.9 caee with the peach, mulberry, cnerry, and to some extent with the pear and apple in lOt. Now, more than ever, we find hardy and tender more relative conditions than before, and more dependent on precediaz and succeeding circumstances than art at first ap-

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parent. The philosophy of the farmer hasa wide ranee, indeed, see to it in eany creat ing stubble. flOl'SCUOLD INTS. A Broiled Ereast of Lamb. Take a breast ot lamb, trim it neatly, taking out the tendons and tying the joints together. Then put half of a carrot, half of a turnip and a good-sized onion (all thinly sliced) into a stewpaa, adding a couple of bay leaves, a little parsely and thyme, half an ounce of alt aßd three pints of water, in which have been dissolved three teaspoonfnls of Johnston'a fluid beef. Now pat in the bre&at of lamb and set the saucepan where it may simmer nntil the meat is tender enough for the bones to be drawn out easily. Then remove it Ironi the stewpan, withdraw the bones, season the meat with a little salt and pepper and press it between two dishes, placing a weight upon the top, and allow it to stand until cold. When wanted for the table, cut the meat into convenient slices, brush them over with egg and bread crumbs, and broil them over a bright fire to a nic-i yellowish brown on both sides. Now dish them daintily, ana serve with a good brown gravy and tomato sauce. The Caterer. To Preserve Teaches "Whole. In select ing your peaches for this purpose take those which are not too ripe, and be sure that they are perfectly sound and free from specks. W ipe them on carefully and place them in a deep vessel with enough boiling water to cover them. Cover the vessel tight enough to prevent the steam ironi escaping, and allow the peaches to remain in it for threequarters of an hour, until the water becomes nearly cold. Then lift them from the water, being careful in the operation not to braise or break them, and lay them in single layers upon a perforated tin or colander. Whan thoroughly drained drained peel and place a layer of them in a broad-mouthed glass jar. Over this layer spread a thick covering of sifted loaf sugar. Alternate the layers of peaches and sugar until the jar is filled, re membering that the layer on top should be 8u?ar. Do not stintjthe Jsugar, but see that each layer covers the fruit completely. "When fjled seal the ia? at once, makinz it as nearly air-tight as possible, and set it away in a dark place that is col and perfectly dry. The Caterer. Tickles. Pickles ought to be kept in a dry place, and the vessels most approved of for keeping them are wide-mouthed glass bottles cr stone jors having corks or bungs, which must be fitted in with linen and covered bladder or leather. White wine vinegar is the best for pickles, and it ia essential to the excellence and beauty of pickles that they always ba completely covered with vinegar. Peach Cakes. Teach short cake is as good as strawberry, "if you only think so," as the cry goods salesman tatd when he ohered blue cashmere to the woman who tnked for green; and sliced peaches between layers of cake are very nice, especially if eaten with whipped cream. Teach Jam. Take the desired quantity of fully ripe peaches. Pare them, taKe out the stones and cut them into quarters. Pat the quartered fruit into an enameled preserving pan and set it over the fire, stirring the contents continually until they become perfectly soft. J hen rub it through a sieve to take out the lumps. If any of thete remain beat the pulp well until the mass 13 thoroughly sroccth. Then to every pound of the palp add a pound of sifted loaf sugar. The peach pits should then be added, using about onefourth of them, having them blanched and bruishitg them well before putting them in. Now put the pan and contents cn a brisk fire, stirring and skimming constantly. Fifteen minutes will be long enoagh to cook the pulp after it commences to boil. Then remove the jam from the fire, fill your jars, cover tightly and keep them in a dry, cool place. The Caterer. Stewed Tomatoes. Take a doz.en gxdsized Pennsylvania tomatoes. Threw them into Ecalding water for three minutes to start the skins, then take them out, and alter removing the skins cut the tomatoes into 3mail pieces and put them into a broad-bottame 1 saucepan, or au ordinary frying-pan will answer the purpose. The object of having a broad pan is that the juice may more quickly stew away. Pour off what juice you can before putting the pan on the fire, and then add the half of a moderate sized onion very finely minced, and season to taste with salt, black pepper and a little cayenne. Now set the pan where the contents may simmer three-quarters of an hour, or nntil the tomatoes are comparatively dry (stirring them occasionally). Then stir in a piece of good butter the size of a walnut, and they are ready to serve. The Caterer. Tried Tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes in slices without skinning, pepper and salt them; then sprinkle a little Hoar over them and fry in butter until brown. Tut them on a hot platter, and pour a little cream into the butter and juice. When boiling hot pour over the tomatoes. This dish is very nice served with birds. Egg Plant reel and cut in slices the purple kind; sprinkle with salt and pepper and let drain on a tipped plate for three-quarters of an hoar; make in light batter with one egg, flour and a little water; dip ihe slices into it and fry in butter or lard. Eggs an 1 cracker may be used instead ot the batter. Or peel the egg plant, boil till done, then pour cfl" the water, mash fine, add pepper, salt and butter to taste; put in a shallow pudding pan, and over the top place a thick layer of crushed cracker. Hake half an hour in a moderate oven. KAUM urw. A Vermont fanner states that cottonseed meal is injurious as food for calves. A decoction of tansy, applied with a common watering can through a line hos. is said to be an excellent remedy against the cabbage worm. In one year a horse void3, according to estimate, about cue and a half tons of liquid and seven tons of solid manure, ihu is worth from J0 to $50. There is much ditlerence in the black J;rt cot from the woods, which is commonly called leaf moid. Some of it is the mold from decaying trunks of trees, which is les valuable than that from leaves. Poultry can not be male to pay unless pro vided with a properly arranged house f r their accommodation, inis is as necessary to their well-being as it is that horses and cattle should have a good stable. The advantages lot soiling consist ot a paving of land, a saving of fences, a savin of food, a saving of manure and better cae given the stock, as well as increased prod ac tion from the land. A correspondent of the New Haven Mir ror thinks that cions can be best preserved in sawdust, which keeps them moist and green. He keeps them in the, cellar, but dampens them when they are dry. Id sects are sometimes friends, as many kinds prey on those that damage crops. Be fore beginning the extermination of thera ba sure you are not assisting others to survive that are more destructive. An exchange remarks that the proper time to rather the apple ia when the stem loosens readily from the limb, ana potatoes snonia be fathered when the tui)er3 loosen readily from the stalk, which may not be until some time after the tops are dry and dead. Nothing is gained by the use of half-brd males for improvement, as it is a step in a backward direction. Only the pure breeds can be used salely for purposes of improve roent, and the bebt that can be procured are cheaper than those that are inferior at any price. Salt ia nse-1 freely by some nurserymen in pear nurseries for the purpose of counteract1 1 1 r 1 . . 1 - I 1 .. iUg Uiiglli. 1 1 Uli nullit IUU CUX9IH 1U tion have been used for the same purpose. If the remedies do not prevent the disease, they at least correct a disposition to blight. When we pulverize the ground to a great depth, the warm air cornea in contact witn a body cooler than Itself, the water in tne soil condensing into drops, whicfc partly answers

in place of rain. The deeper we pulverize, therefore, the greater the amount of moisture col.ected. Snplns stock are a nuisance in the poultry quarters. They eat as much as the hens, and yield do return for the feed coneutned. Where fowls have their liberty one cock to a flock of twenty or twenty-five hens is enough, but where they are restricted to small runs one cock to six hens will be necessary. Tillage and manure seem to go together or are intimately connected. Complete success can not be looked for without both. However stong the tendency on the part of mankind to avoid labor, it most be remembered that it has been proven that, as a rule, crops will not perfect themselves without attention. The science of successful farming as well as success in any other lice recognizes the

all-important factor of economy. Everything must be made use of, nothing be al lowed to go to waste. The bran of the mill must be turned into feed; the ratrs to paper. the manure to the soil and so on; everything must be put to use. George W. Walz writes to the Frait Recorder that he has boiled leaves and stems I i torn a to plants until the juice is all exIracted. and finds the liquor deadly to caterpilars, lice and many other enemies of vegetation. It does not injure the growth of plants, and ita odor remains lor a long time to disgust insect marauders. The Quantity of seed wheat required de pends greatly apon the manner in which the seed is covered, if the sou is made very fine, and the seed drilled and rolled in so that it is well covered to a depth not creater than one inch, more seeds will ger minate than if the work is impeafectly done, and tne yield will also be larger. The centrifugal separator, or dairy centrifuge, is the appliance which more com pletely separates the fata from the milk than any other yet devised, leaving an average of only t?j per cent, fat of the weight of tne wnoie mils in tne creamea mux. emm-muK from a centrifuge has been analyzed which contained but 5 per cent, of fat in other cases 7 and 10 per cent. A. E. Allen states that he finds wheat. bran an unprofitable feed for swine. They do not seem to possess tne power ot digesting it, consequently much of it passes through them only partially assimilated. If mixed with cornmeal it does better, and can be fed with advantage to cattle, along with cut hay, if mixed with it and well wetted. as it then undergoes a Becond mas'JScation. Natural vegetable acids do not harm milk, but the artificial acid of fer menting food introduces an element into the consumption that is not possible for nature to neu tralize, and hence aiiects the milk. The amount of ferment may be small and do little miurv, bat if carried beyond a certain point will have a deleterious effect, which experiment time and again has demon strated. One of the most difficult thmtrs to cure for fodder is the green corn stalk. Great quantities of good winter feed are often lost by early frost, and the American Cultivator suggests as a remedy drying the stalks on a platform of rails or l0033 boards, laid so as to allow a current of air under the stack, with a column of barrels built up through the middle to give additional ventilation. Charles Downing says in the New York Tribune, that a great deal of canned fruit is prepared when quite hard and unripe, which makes it look inviting, bat it does not compare in quality with that put up ripe. Sugar when cooked with fruit renders it hard and indigestible; but the practice, now happily coming into use, of usin; no sugar when canning, but adding it when put on the table, is a great improvement. Why lUaine Keized Ills Seat. Tatcrson Guardian. It will not be uninteresting, perhaps, to our readers to republish the following ex tract from an article which appeared in oar editorial columns of August 13, under the head of "Blaine's City of Befuge:" On Saturday, June 10, 1S76, the Investi gating Committee of the House of R?pre sentativea formally demanded of Mr. Blaine the Mulligan letters, and he refused to sur render them. The next day, Sunday, June 11, he wa3 smitten with sunstroke. On ?Ioa day, June 12, the Investigating Committee met, and adjourned for two weeks ou account of Mr. Blaine's illness. On Tuesdsv the fol lowing telegram was sent: Washington, June l-'5, 1 S70, Eugene Hale, Cincinnati, O. : lam entirely convalescent, sneering only from physical weakness. Im press upon my friends the debt of gratitude I feel for the unparalleled steadfastness with which they have adhered to me in ray hoar of trial. J. G. Blaixe. On Wednesday, June U, the Republican National Convention met at Cincinnati. On Friday, June 10, Hayes was nominated for President, and on the same day Mr. Bristow resigned his position as Secretary of the Treasury in General Grant s Cabinet. On ilonday evening, June Mr. Blame ad dressed from his door step a crowd of Hayes ratifiers w ho called upon him. The follow ing Wednesday, June 21, Senator Lot M. Morrill, of Maine, was appointed Secretary of the Treasury, but did not at once accept. On Tuesday, June 27, Blaine lett Washing ton for Augusta, Mr. Morrill being then on a visit to Bangor. On Thursday, July 0, Morrill qualified as Secretary of the Ireas ury. On Sunday, July 0. the Governor of Maine sent the following telegram to Wash ington: To Hon. Milton Saylor, Speaker of the House of l icpreeen ia u ves. Having tendered to Hon. James G. Blaine the appointment of Senator in Congress, he has placed in my hands his resignation as Representative from the Third District of Maine, to take effect Monday, July 10. Sheldon Connor. Governor of Maine. The commuuication was laid before tke House bv the Speaker on Monday. Oa Tuesday the House Jndiciary Committee met to continue their investigation into the matter of the Fort Smith and Little Rock Rail way bonds, etc., but postponed action so far as Mr. Blaine s connection with it was can cerned on account of the dispatches from Mr. Blaine's physician in Augusta, stating that perfect quiet was desirable and perhap necessary to insure his recovery. On Wednesday, July 12, Mr. Blaine s creden tials as Senator were presented and placed on file. He was now outside the jurisdic tion of the House. He had found his "city of refuge." Why did not Blaine face the charges against him and secure a indication from the House before taking a seat in the Senate? Every intelligent person knows why, anil Mrs. Morrill knows why. She says: "Mr. Blaine, as he did to Mulligan, importuned my husband with tears and entreaties to ne his intluence to save him." Does any one doubt the truth of her statement? The proof is positive that Blaine sought the appointment to the Senate aa the only means of evading an adverse report from the committee of the House. He induced Governor Connor probably importuned him with tears in his eyes, as he did Mulligan and Morrill to violate his promise to ex-Gov-ernor Chamberlain. It is noticeable tkat Connor received his reward by beine afterward appointed to the lucrative office of Tension Agent for the State of Maine which he now holds. How can any one doubt who read3 these records and the corroborating evidence famished by Mrs. Morrill that James 0. Blaine is one of the most unscrupulous, venal and corrupt men who ever participated in public affairs in this country? Though Dr. Oliver Wendell nolmes has just passed his seventy-fifth, birthday he is the same bright, sparkling little man as ever, and the Boston Transcript describes him aa a living illustration of the immense braia power that may be wrapped up in a small fleshly parcel.

MRS. MORRILL.

The Respected Widow of a Republican Statesman Insulted by Telegrams -and Anonymous Letters. "My Husband Was Outraged by the New and Corrupt Method- Which Sir. Blaine Introduced Into the Politics of Maine." Mrs. Lot M. Morrill has received many ap plications, telegrams, and anonymous com munications (some of them most insulting) since the publication of her letter to the Ohio committee and the interview concerning it, the respectful ones asking for the exact facts. Some of the Republican organs have doubted the authenticity of both, bo uncompromising were her expressions as to Mr. Blaine's dishonesty and her husband's knowledge of it, and some of the organs have even gone so far a3 to depreciate the effect of the publication by abusing her distinguished husband and even herself. As to Senator Morrill's character for even unusal elevation of mind and habits and firm integrity one has but to talk with his neighbors here to have the testimony of his tory added to as proving him almost without a blemish in both his private and public life, says an Augusta telgram to the New York Herald. For instance, Mr. Elias Miiliken, a residenof this city of wide reputation as a business man and a Republican of thirty years' standing, said tonight: "I never heard but one objection made to Lot M. Morrill, and that by the politicians. They used to say that he was so upright and un flinching in maintaining the right that he made a bad politician. No man could etand higher than lie ia the esteem of all who knew hira." Ex-United States Senator Brad bury, a Democrat, said of him: He was absolutely honest in every relation of pub lic or private life." Said Colonel D. Alden, a Democrat: "Senator Morrill could have no enemies except among corrupt men whose schemes he had frustrated." What wonder, then, that Senator Morrill could have no fellowship with Mr. Blaine or his methods'.' Mrs. Morrill said to-night: "I have read the publication of an interview with me. It is an absolutely correct report of the conversation. There is not a word in it which I would change." "I recall," said Mrs. Morrill, "an instance of my husband's high sense of honor as com pared with Mr. Blaine's just reputation as a marketer of his oüicial opportunities. Some railroad bill was up in the Senate. Senator Morriil, as I know, studied its provisions for days. He became convinced that it was a good bill, and made a speech in the Senate advocating it. It was in the last days of the session. We came home, and a day or two after our arrival a messenger brought an express package here to the house. I examined itand8aidto my husband: 'My dear, this looks like a money package. He replied No, that can not be; I am expecting no money.' He opened the package, and in it was .l,uu and a note from some New York gentlemen. They wrote that although they did not know Senator Morrill, and thouuh he had made the speech referred to without consultation with any friends of the road still so great was their sense of obligation for the service rendered, that they hoped he would accept the inclosure as some slight token of their gratitude. "Daring the many years of our married life I never knew my husband to be thoroughly angry bat once. This wa3 the time. 'This is infamous,' was all he said. He sent back the package with such a letter that a few days later one of the men intimately connected with the road came here from New York to present a profound apology. Mrs. Blaine once expressed surprise to me that my husband always paid his fares on the railroads, even when holding the Col lectorship at Portland. Senator Morrill said when I quoted the remark to him: 'The railroadmanagers have no right to defraud their stockholders by passing free anv fa vored passenger, and I have no right to" put myself under obligations to them.' "We have always lived modestly and quietly. My husband left only such a mod erate competence as could be amassed by a long life of hard labor and strict attention to expenses. "When visitors to Washington spoke to us of the great house which, when appointed to the Senate, Mr. Blaine was about to build, and wondered why we bad not entertained much, then I could not help saying bitterly to my husband that proved dishonesty seemed no bar to social recount tion and olKcial advancement in Washington. He then said, only sadly, what I have before quoted to you: "My dear, the lie publican candidate for President will be elected this time; but unless new methods are used in the party and better men become its leaders, he will be the last one elected." "My husband was outraged by the new and corrupt methods which Mr. ülaine in troduced in the politics of this State after he came into the management of the party. He was grieved but not surprised that the good name of the State bad been smirched by the evidence in the Little Rock investigation. He knew Mr. Blaine, and he knew that disclosure must come some day. It was then that he told me (I had heard of it elsewhere and asked him about it) of Mr. Blaine's visit to him after the Mulligan testimony, and of Mr. Blaine's passionate appeals to him for the nse of his influence to save him. "The Senator was inexpressibly grieved and surprised when, after going" into the Cabinet, Governor Connor appointed Mr. Blaine and not Governor Chamberlain to the vacancy. My husband was importuned beyond resistance to accept the Secretaryship. He yielded to tbeir importunities only after the most serious consideration and from that sense of duty which animated him throughout all his life. When he was apparently dying at Washington with the illness which overwork brought on, President Grant come to me and said: 'Mrs. Morrill, I would like to see your husband, if I can, to ask his forgiveness. I feel that it was my entreaties which indirectly led to this.' "I consented," ,said Mrs. Morrill, in conclusion, "to receive your visit after long hesitation. It is painful to me beyond expression to appear before the public in any way, and the more that the memory of my loss is ever present with me. 'T do not know that the words I gave you of my letter to the Ohio Committee are exactly as I wrote them, but they can differ little from the exact terms, for 1 felt then as I feel now, that my husband, in reply to any request for hira to help in the election of such a man as Mr. Blaine to the noble and exalted position of President of the United States, would have written a3 I wrote: 'No, I can not assist in the success of a party when that success means the choice of a wicked and a corrupt candidate for the Presidency of this great people.' It is the same sense of duty, I hope, to the people who so honored him, and which I have had impressed upon me by bis constant example and teachings, that has led me to do violence to all my inclinations, and to warn, to the extent of my power, the people from entering unwittingly upon a great peril and disgrace. No one was in such a position as my husband to know the iniquities of Mr. Blaine, for they could not but be obvious to hira in his enforced relations with Mr. Blaine here. No one, therefore, could 83 well warn with authority." ' Cleveland and the Farmers. New York Time.l Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Blaine, have passed through a competitive examination as to their ability to make a speech at an agriculture fair, and in our opinion Mr. Cleveland must be marked far above Mr. Blaine. The latter sroke at the New England fair at Manchester on Thursday last, and he dazzled the listening farmers with big figures anal

fine rhetoric. Mr. Cleveland made a tenminutes speech to the farmer at the Elmira fair yesterday. We find in the report of his words not a single reference to census statistics, and he made no atteupt to please the agriculture ear with clever figures of speech. Bat he told the farmers that, notwithstaading the independence of the tiller of the soil, "he can not and most not b6 entirely unmindful of the value and importance to the interest he holds of a just and economical Government," and the greatest

statesman on earth could not cave told them a truer thing. The taxes of farmers in many parts of the country eat up the profits of their year's labor. It is for them to Eay whether their taxes shall be reduced. msnoi HUNTisoroN ox morals. Why tie Prefers Grorrr Cleveland to James G. Blaine Foints for Voters. fXenhampton Letter to Springfield Republican.! A mong the prominent men of the country who spent their summers in tne delightful country of Hampshire is Bishop Huntington, of Syracuse. N. Y.. who resides for the summer in an old-fashoned farm-house somewhat modernized, in the quaint and historical old town of Hadley. Your reporter had a very pleasant chat the other day with this well-known theologian on the political aspects of the day. While the Bishop's tastes and work do not lead him into politics, yet he is a keen observer of what ia going on in the political world, and his deductions are made after mature reflection and careful investigation. As to his own position the Bishop said: "I class myself viith the Independents, for I am in the habit of voting to the character of the men placed in namination." In reply to a query as to his opinion of Mr. Blaine he said: "Well, 1 have no desire to publish any opinions to the world, nor do I care to hold them back. I have never been in favor of Blaine, whom I recognize aa a trafficker in ollicialiutluence, and I am very much pained to see bo many of my New England friends yielding up the high standard of morals so reouislte to the Presidential candidate in the past. Nothing has been said in this miserable attempt which can bring him into the society of the pure statesmen of the past. It would indeed be deplorable if the young men of this Nation should be informed by this election that the people of the United States condone the offenses proved against James G. Blaine. The moral efTect would be very depressing should they be told by his election that they can lie, defraud, become demogogues, bribe giver3 and takers and still not forfeit the public confidence. It is a humiliating spectacle to see many men like Hoar, Dawes and others, twisting his dishonored record in sach a way as to become a deliberate attempt to make his conduct reputable. To me the action of those who sneer at the attempt tc purify the political atmosphere is contemptible." " As the Bishop spends most of his time in Central Nw York his opinion of Cleveland has w:V't. In answer to his views of Clevel." 1 remarked: "His public life has Ueu trustworthy, upright and manly. He is a man of honor and there is much in his public career to admire." Touching upon the scandal concerning Governor Cleveland's private life, Bishop Hantington said with emphasis: "Believing as I do that this is a thinj of the past and no part of his present character, 1 shall certainiy vote for him. Until I came into this State I never heard aught about this ecandal. II e does not look with complacency on the pist, and is not living as a dissolute man. Ac cording to the Christianity which I teach, we are to forgive, and as I understand he is living an honorable life in the present, I see no reason why I should not cast my vote for the reform Governor, Grover Cleveland." A CLUE TO A TRAGEDY. A Mngnlaily Marked Child Giv a Clue to a Murder. Atlanta (Ga.) Special. About two months ago Mrs. Jennie Rose was shot and killed by a burglar. The family consisted of Charlie Ro3e, his wife Jennie, who was an invalid, and M iss Nancy Frazier, a cousin of Mrs. Rose, vho was in the house as help. Miss Frazier ntated that she was awakened by the sharp report of a pistol, and that as she opened her eyes a figure rushed by her, blowing out his light as he did so, and that, jumping out of a window, he made his escape. Arising from her bed she went to the bedside of Mrs. Rose, and, placing; her hand upon that lady's head, she was shocked to feel the clammy touch of human blood. Mrs. Rcse said only "Oh! oh!" and expired. The bullet had entered her eye. and, passing through her brain, had lodged in her head. The husband who was an employe of the Air Line Road, was sent for, but manifested no surprise when shown the dead bedy of his wife. There were many reasons rendering the burglar theory improbable, ar.d suspicion fell upon the husband and Miss Frazier. The couple were arrested, as was also a Miss Sugg, with whom it was claimed that Rose had been intimate. Both girls denied that they knew anything of the afiair. After a series ef examinations continuing for three weeks, Rose was discharged. The character of Miss Frazier has not been successfully attacked, nor was any improper intimacy with Rose establiseed. Late last night Dr. Carter was hurriedly called to attend Miss Frazier, who was suffering fearful convulsions In child birth. When the child was born it was found to have but one eye, the place where the other eye should be having only the appearance of a'deep bullet wound. The child lived but a few moments, and at 8 o'clock this morning Miss Frazier died also, and this evening the mother and child were both buried in the same coffin. The credulous think that the birth of Miss Frazier's child tells the story of the moving cause of Mrs. Rose's murder. Rose is still in the city, and on being asked concerning Miss Frazior's case, answered: "I will say nothing. I have had enough trouble about it" A TERRIFIC STORM. It l'lays Havoc Among the Shade TreesMany House and Untitling Struck Vj lightning. Boston, Sept. 11. One of the heaviest thunderstorms for years, with very strong wind, struck Maiden at 5:10 this afternoon. A large number of shade trees around private residences were blown down, and large number of fruit trees destroyed, The wind blew down a large fifty-foot gate at the railroad crossing, and broke a number of panes of glass. Lightning struck the house of William Hargraves, in Edrewortb, passing into the kitchen and prostrating several ladies of this and the adjoining house. None seriously injured. At Melrose lightning struck a bouse called the Mountain House, tearing off the chimney and part of ftie roof. At Stoneham the lightning struck several places. At Walnut Hill the liffhtning struck a barn, killing a horse and burning the barn. At Reading the houses of S. Pinney and L. Turner were damaged by lightning. Bank Statement. New Tork. Sent 13. The weekly statement of the Associated Baaks, leaned from the Clearinghouse to-Uay, abowa the lol lowing changes: Increase. 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