Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1885 — Page 6

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 1885.

OUR FARM BUDGET.

Diseases cf Fruit Trees The New Agriculture Xew Method of Culture Small Versa Large urm Keen la a Sl-I rill Watering In Hot "Weather--Household Hint t'anu Noten. A Haying Son p. by f.v.-lv .miixkr.: Over the meadow floats the wist, Kol.irg soitly bwkj: l'( 'i the hi'.ls the sun has kis-scd, Frightens the yellow fl;:y; Fat.ir.t-st Creath of V' morning bree: Lüh" tt.e dew ircji the orchard trees, y the to;:gh where robin is snyir.g, like, wake! It is time lor haying!" Cows arc lowing in hnstc to try I'j.stuTt-s moistened with dew. Swai'tows twitter and brown bees fly, Meeting the blossoms ne'. Memiow-larFs, out of i'h:. repeat, er and over, "c wcet, t sweet! tirass. ar.l clover, ami lilies blowing. Kound my nest like a forest growing. Through the meadows the mowers tread, With a sturdy troke ai.d trnc! And oh ! for the lilies so tall and red, WLtn the gk-uinini; scythe ttweci through. Balai.cii.g over the grasses light, Droppii.g with laughter out of sight. -Ho, J.o. to!" bear the blackbirds singing, e,ive mc a day when scythes are swing ."" In fragrant furrows the gMs is laid, The golden an cl'mbs high; The mowers sharpen the riiiirir"? blc le, And glume at the western sky. Ihirk! the quail with h' warning rail W hitle loud from the i.iossy wall. "Mower, whet:" while the sun is hining, Morms may come with tbe day's declining. Chicago Current. I)iease of Fruit Trees. ff'hi' Record. Every tree and v'ne planted is subiectr.l to liseases and the attacrs of !nseets. If all the varieties of fruit trees were t,:s.eased alike Kn:e remedy for prevention could be devised that wonl le ii'e nd .viceab'e, but the climate and so'', sonie.imes afi'ect the c onditions and render 'ie methods proc viced by fruit-gro vers in one section unsuccessful in another, thrs calling for different mmapemer.t in different localities. The peach, which formerly flourished as well in I'ennylvnia and Xew Jer ?y as in Delaware, has proved unprofitable of late years, owing to the j ellows. The borer has done great damape, but the borer can be prevented if the trees are carefully watched.It Las been demon .ra.ed that the ye'lows is tie result of exhaustion of the toil r.ot that the soil necessarily becomes sterile, but that the elements essential to the healthy growth of the tree and production of fruit have rot been supplied. As a proof of this fact it rupy be mentioned that in some sections of Jfew Jersey the fruit-growers are again giving their attention to peach-growing as time has enabled the soil to accumulate and tore up tie elements best adapted for that purpose. The success of the Delaware peacn-growers is due to their adoption of all the advantages necessary to success and the avoidance of the mistakes committed elsewhere. Artificial fertilizers have done much to prevent diseases of fruit trees, as by their use the growers can supply the needed mj u iremen ts in any form and quantity des'red of the essential elements, which is not the cas when reliance is placed exclusively upon larn-yard manure, which, by its decomposition in the soil, sometimes induces the diseases which it is sought to prevent. The yellows attacks peach trees in any climate, "but singles out those that arc impoverished and of feeble growth, though it is contagious when brought in contact with healthy trees. The blight is the jtreat enemv of tne pear tree. It has been found that the disease attacks thoe trees that have been forced too rapidly in growth, fid that it will not do to heavily manure and cultivate the trees b -fore they begin to bear, the best conditions being a light grass crop in the orchard, r fisted by artificial feitilizers composed largely cf potx sh. Potash is also bercticial to the peach, and in f?ct to all fruits, increas'ng the amount of saccharine matter, although tut little potash really enters into the composition of the fruit. During the period of fruitir, ground bone or superphosphate has proved' beneficial, the . irawberry being an example. While it is essential the trees be kept in a strong, healthy, vigorous growth, more damage has been done by forcing them than in any other manner. Exposing the surface soil to the heat of the sun's rays in summer is detrimental, and hence the value of a grass crop in the pear orchard, which shades the trres, but such crop must be supplied w'th plan food to prevent robbery of tne orchard. A cheap and excellent fertilizer is made bv comporting marl, lime ami old sod, allowing the nipss to reach a fine , ordition before applying to the orchar' while staole manure, though combining ah the elements of plautfood, should never be used until thoroii'july tlecomred, the fresh material being tto heating, as well as containing bacterial life detrimental to success. The wach orchard is cultivated differently from the jear trees. It is now claimed that the same culture given corn answers for the I. .ch, bt t rothing w'l avail to win sue es unless the trees are carefully pruned and the borer prevented. There is no reason wny the j ich should not flourish outside of Delaware, as its cultivation recently in New Jersey demonstrates that many of the obstacles heretofore encountered are due rather to improper mar agement than to otler influences. "The w Agriculture." Boston Journal, Mr. A. X. CV.e, who is styled by the Albany Journal as the veteran editor and horticulturist, and who has an extensive farm in YVellsville, .". Y.. near Itochester, has attracted considerable attention to what he calls "the new agriculture." Mr. Cole derived his first ideas on the subject from Horace (Jreelev, who told him of the wonderful fertility of the soil in sections of California in the neighborhood of subterranean rivers, as compared with the dsert about them, and from the fact that Trofessar Roberta, of Ithaca, had traced red clover roots to a depth of eighteen feet, on a bed of gravel overlaying watar. These and like observations lel Mr. Cole to assume that plants will reach down to water sources directly beneath them, and thereby gain a luxuriance which can not be attained nnder ordinary conditions. Mr. Cole has tested his theory on a piece of land where the soil was ten or twelve inches deep and rested on clay. It was regarded as the "worst kind of land" by the farmers in the neighborhood. The soil under his treatment has become wonderfully productive. The system of irrigation is as follows: Trenches ran horizontally across the slope at a depth of five to six feet, the distance apart detending on the quantity of fefrjne i: move from the toil in digging, as Mr. Cole .et enu j entirely upon the stone secured in this way. First there are placed in the bottom ff the trenches about eighteen inches in depth of round stone, averaging from six to eight inches in diameter. This is covered with fiom four to six inches of small, flat t. ne, over which are thrown the smaller stones which are found in excavating, then a rovenngoi straw, then earth to a common level. The trenches on Mr. Cole's farm were bout twenty feet apart. These m""n trenches have no outlets like ordinary drains. as they are designed as reservoirs for the surplus water that soaks into them from the surface. The trenche are connected throughout the field by shallow drains leading from the upper to the lower trenches ntinuously, until .the last cros d-r in discharges the surplus waer into the highway gutter. The cross drains are made smaller than the main trencbos. and are im ply dep cnocgn to escape Demg disturbed bv the I low. They are n?ef so drop within two or n.rte jeet as tne main trenches from which and to which they are laid. The surface a.ti goes into the main trench, vbich

tftihsit until full enough to discharge into the next lower trench through the shallow laterals, cr until it is absorbed by the growing plants. It will be en at a glance that this sort of irrigation can only.be undertaken in the vicinity of large towns or where an acre of prexluctive land has great value, ilr. Cole estimates that it has cott him J.")00 per acre to bring it to its present condition of high proeluctsveness, bat he holds that it ha made the land worth se veral times that sum, and that his system will pay large dividends from the increased yield tnus sevured. He thinks that l.t! can get ten tons of hay from an. acre, and other crops in projortion. He lias devt.ted his improved lands to small fruits with astonishing results. Doubtless corresfonding results could be secured by a much less cost by a system of trenches less expensive than that of Mr. Cole. There are thousands of acres of soil near our large cities now comparatively worthless which could be made highly productive by some form of Mr. Cole's 'new agriculture." Watering in Hot Weather. . It is the greatest mistake, writes an Engl'sh grdr.r, to suppose that in the case of 1 ot tdants looking over them morning ard evening will suffice when the weather s of a

hot and parching character. I have known places where th.e were stated times for watering, and no matter what the weather was like, none was done at any other period of the day, but I venture to assert that the highest excellence in the culture of plants in pots can never be attauied when a hard and last rule is laid down and adherent to in tnis matter. It is not onlv that pi ints do not get water when they need it, when watorin is done at regular stated intervals, but they frtqucntly get it w..en they do not require it, and if "a plant is watered only an hour or two before it becomes sufficiently dry to absolutely ne-etl this attention, it will never lr.a'cc riots so freely as when watered at the right moment. Nothing so much excites the ire of a pood plant grower of my acquaintance as watering plants before they neetl water. "Don't give a pi ? it water now because it will want .onie in an htur's time" is the remark often mace to young men with him, and in summer he has every phnt looked ofcr three tirr -a day ard in winter twice. Many root-bound plants should never get elry in turrmer, especially when making their growth or coming into bloom ; for, although becoming dry may not injure, it often taks away from that vigor which is necessary t i the attainment of great excellence. In market gardens I have known hot plants to be gone over eveiy horr in the day, rnd the results well justified the labor bestowed. It is not, of course, necessary that a soakiu be given each time, for if the whole of the soil in the jot is w et, a little given from time to time will keep it so, whilst preserving the roots in that equable state of moisture which they love to enjoy in the growing time. In the winter I consider that good is tlone by allow ing plants to become nearly or cjuite dry from time to time, as the soil is thereby maintained in a sweet condition and the roots in a healthy state, but in hot summer weather every time the soil becomes quite dry there is a check, which, if often repeated, has a diminishing efteet upon size and b'auty. In the case of plants which are exposed to the fierce sun t lie harm done in this way is ofn serious, though generally unsustt cted by the grower, who may think that in looking to his hot plants twice a day he is doing his duty by them. Small vermis I-a rge Farm. f American Agriculturist Ovit owq notion is that small farms, well cultivated, are almost invariably the most profitable; and hence, we firmly believe (what has often been asserted), that if many a farmer would sell half or two-thirds of the acres he now occup'es, and joorly tills and manages, and elevote his entire" time and energies to the care and cultivation of. the ren a. nder, he would derive far more profit from his labor and investment, with much less vexation of spirit. The fact is, as somebody truly asserts, we have too many farmers who are "land )oor" who have so much land they can not make a living. Paradoxical as this may apjear, it applies truthfully to many a naturally fertile and Eroductive locality. When such farmers ave learned that It is not economy to own more land than they can till in the most profitable manner, so that it will pay for the money expended in keeping it free from tpxes, weed and other incumbrances, they will have solved the problem of ease in practical rural lii'e. The happiest and thriftiest farmers we have ever known lived on farms of onlv ten to one hundred acres, every foot of" which was made to count. On the other hand, the farmer who lias to many broad acres that he can not walk over them daily where rods of fence cornets are never cultivated or otherwise utilized lives a b'feof anxiety and wony. Instead of working like slaves and living in a miserly manner, in order to "run a big farm," or purchase "all the land that joins them," it would le wise ior hosts of farmers to sell some of their broad acres, concentrate their efforts upon limited arvps, ami look more to the comfort and happin s of their households and the proper education of their children. Even if large farms were the met profitable, which we deny, small ones are to be preferred for many anil cogent reasons, rot the least of which are the comfort, peace and general welfare of the owners and their families. Itee f i a Seed Drill. A correspondent of a Glasgow paper writes: A somewhat singular phenomenon was observed the other tlav at the farm of Webs. r Pmmcross, near liathgate. Mr. William Dawson had gone to a field where turnips were sown about a fortnight ago, pnd srsinK the crop coming away all right he brought home the seed-harrow which had been used in sowing the field, and had since remained on the ground. On setting it down in the couit-yard it struck him that there was a peculiar humming sound proceeding from it, and on watching it attentively for a minute or two first one bee and then another, followed by several more, came through one of the seed-holes. A further examination proved that a hive of bees had effected a lodgment in one of the seed-boxes, where it was subsequently seen they had been busily working for a week at least. The 1kx was carefully removed to the garden, and during the following days the bees kept working as if having no objection to their changed surroundings. l?y another day, however, they had changed their minds, and departing in a body they traversed several fields, and landed on a irooseberrv budi in a neiVMmring garden. A straw hive having leen pro cured tne nees, winch were evidently accomparied by their queen, were easily swept into their new dwelling, where they have since remained contentedly. In the seedtox which they liad made their first abode four or five good-sized combs were found after they had deserted it, w Method of Culture. M. Derome, in the Journal d'Agriculture Pratique, of Pffris describes the advantages which he claims for his new plan of culti vating ceresls in strips (bandes), instead of in continuous rows or broadcast. By means of a double-action drill with special coulters he sows simultaneously the seed-corn and artificial manure, depositing the latter Just nnder the former. He does not state the length of the strips or that of the intervals between thera; but some of his remarks seem to indicate that they are short and well separated, so that the corn srrows in bunches. Apart from the avantage or placing the manure uirectiy unaer tne seed, which could be equally attained bv drilling in rows. M. Derorae has derived reat benefit f om the creater facility of eradicating weeds and cultivating the soil between the patches of corn which his plan aftor- If the strips re very short and the plants are not crowded there must be more room for tillering than in the case of corn In rows. In this rerect. however, the good old plan of, dibbling wheat must be better still. . Having tried his plan nide by side with that of drilling in rows. M. Derorae states that he has obtained results 'greater ly 100 .to 2vQ francs per

hectare by the new method than, by the old one, and he quotes the evidence of some ne te d French agriculturists in support of his statements. Teterioration of German Wool. For a very long time German wool has I ten known in the market for its superior quality, which is shown by the repute in which pr,-t of it, "Saxony wool," and the fabrics made from it stand. Having always been not only a wool producing but a wtol manufacturing country of eminence, the manufacturer and producer were more in contact, and the latter could try to satisfy the former as to quality, which "in former times always found remunerative prices. The gradually increasing importation of vast tjuantities of colonial wol has, however, altered this. To follow the lead of England, Germany had to produce low-quality goods more or less mixe-d with mungoand "shoddy, and as the disposition of the bulk of the Imputation was more in the direction of cheap than of sujerior goods, the production of the better classes of wool gradually diminished

for want of remunerative prices. This change ( in the quality of the wool used has nov been so firmly established that farmers fin I it no longer to pay to grow the better classes of wool, and as they can not compete with the colonics in the coarser kinds, the consetiuence is a gradual but certain falling off in iiiaiitity as well as in quality. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Sausage fat is p:r:'cularly nice as seasoning and s'io . Veiling or ginje.. ups. Never put salt into soup when cooking till it has been thoroughly skimmed, as salt prevents the ccum from rising. 3Iilk, if put in an earthen jar, or even a tin ci, will keep sweet for a long time if well wrapped in a we. cloth. A iblesroonful of stewed tomato or tomato catsup added to the gravy of either roast or fried meats improves it greatly. For stomach cramps, ginger ale or a teasioonful of the tincture of ginger in a half glass of water in which half a teapoonful of soda has been dissolved. A good rule for baking potatoes is to wash a.id boil them in the usual way till nearly tlone and then finish by baking. Ihey are whiter and mealier than when baked the old wav. You may avoid the unpleasantness to the eyes when eeling onions by sitting in a draught of air, or by an open winnow or door, while doing it. Still another way is to hold the knife, onion and the hands under water. In loillng meat for soup put cold water to it and let it come slow ly to a simmer to extract the juice. If meat is boiicd for itse lf alone, put it into boiling water, which causes the outer surface to contract, and the richness of the meat is retained within. To keep butter hard without ice, ikc a new earthen Mower-pot, wash it clean, wrap the outside of it in several thicknesses of w et cloth, and set it over the dish containing the butter where there will be a frre circulation of air about it. This causes an evaporation of the water in the cloth and cools the Vattrjr. For a dressing for sliced tomatoes beat two eggs well together, add one teaspoonful of salt, the same of prepared mustai .1, one tables). tonful of sweet cream and three tablespoon. ills of vinegar. Place the bowl contairir; it in a basin of boiling water and s.ir till about the thickness of cream. It wi'l take about live minutes if the bowl is thick srd the water boils at the time. Cool and use as needed. The whites of eggs as ued ftr meringue, or frosting for the tops of piesand puddings, will not fall or sweat after baking if thoroughly beaten with a silver fork of wire eggbeater on a platter, so that the dish may be inverted without fear of the frost slipping olf. Exjerience has proved that excellent as the ''Dover' and similar egt'-beaters really are they are not as successful in meringues as the old-fashioned method. Dip the knife in cold water to spread it. It may not be generally known that cucumbers, prepared in the following manner, are more palatable and far more w.iolsS4 ne than if prepared in the ordinary way : Slice the cucumbers thin, sprikle thickly with salt, let stand at least half an hour, then press and drain thoroughly. Pour over them thick, sour cream, in which you have put a tablesjKXinful or two of vinegar, according to quantity of cream us:. Good cider vinegar Is recommended for diarrhea two ounces for an adult and one teas-oonful, moderately diluted, for a child of one year. An excellent remedy for hiccough for young and old is granulated sugar moistened with pure vinegar. For an infant, give from a few grains to a teaspoonful. Dear in mind that lemons are the most ueful Luit in domestic economy. The juice of half & lemon in a teacup of strong black coll'ee, w ithout sugar, will often . cure a sick headache. Lemon juice and salt will remove ordinary iron rust. If the hands are stained, t!?ere is nothing that will remove the stains so well as lemon. Cut a lemon in halves and apply the cut surface as if it were soap. Lemon juice is also a remedv for rheumatism and the so-called biliousness of spring. In ihe latter case take the juice of a lemon before brerk'at t; the pulp may also be citcn, i voiding every particle of skin. Iemon jui s with ugar, mixed very thick and taken at intervals, relieves coughs. It must be very t.oid as well as sweet. FARM NOTES. Some poultry raisers occasiorolly attempt to economize by puichasing e'-uviged. grain for their fowls. Such a course is about as piofi'ible as confining a new milch cow to a diet of poor straw. Iiis quite common when a farmer k-eps three, four or more cows that the best milker brings more net profit than all the others, and often what is made from her goes to defray losses on the others. After trying different methods for growing chrjp food for swine, a prominent breeder concludes that sweet corn and ieas are Iwst for summer use, and corn, bran and roots most suitable for winter. The Ohio State Peports show that the counties in which have drained most are producing more and better crops than those counties which have done but very little draining, 'lhe drained counties also use less fertpi'zers, although producing larger crops. John M. Dolph, of Port Jarvis, tells the Orange County Farmer that to kill the codling moth the simplest method advised is to place folds of cloth around the trunk of the tree, and once a week remove them and pass them through a clothes-wringer. Clover contains more water than many other grasses, and cor equently .requires a longer time for curing properly. It is also more rapi'My injured by rains than other grasses, and should, therefore, be protected with covers when in cocks, in case of an emergency. American celery is better than that in Great Britain. There the attertion is given to producing giant stalks. They are rather coarse and green. Here the dwarf stalks are the favorite, and they have a crisp, delicate, nutty flavor unknown on the other side of the water. To make a gentle milker a calf should be trained from the time it is two months old. It should be rubled and stroked and pettexl. Its teats and udder should be liand.ed frequently from the beginning. Thus when the animal is ; ady to become a cow it will be .'amiliar w ith the motions of milking. Gardens have generally an excess of coarse br-nyard nunure and a deficiency of potash and phosphates. Many garden plants, es-(x-cially turnips and cabbage, will be greatly leldred in such gardens by substituting an application of phosphate for the usual spring dressing of stable manure. When dried fruits or other articles are very carefully inclosed in strong paper bags moths, millers or worms ran not get pet into them. If not entirely free from them or their e g?, the fruit should U first heated in

an oven as hot as it can be without injuring it l-tfore putting it in lags, so as to kill the eggs or jerms of insect or plant life.Celery is a vegetable that drinks constantly. If its thirst is not quenched the stalks crow tough and hollow-stemmed. Keep the plants growing from the time they appear above ground in the seed-bed. Transplant them to rich soil; give them water as otten as they need it, and give it in abundance, and you will have tender, plump celery. It is rcjortf d by several gardeners that they prevented the ravages ;f the cabbage worm by sprinkling a handful of bran on. each head when the dew was on in the morning. It is a very simple remedy and worth a trial. Coal oil will prevent the cabbage worm, but those who have used it s:ate that the oil imparts an odor to the cabbage which remains. A Colorado sheen-grower of large experience has never failed to cure scab in sheep by dipping them in a solution of sulphur end lime, the proportion being twenty-five pounds of sulphur and twelve and a half f ounds of lime to 100 gallons of water. This iquor is kept at 100 to 120 by the thermometor in the dipping vat. lie also feeds sulphcr with salt regularly. The following rules are given for planting pear trees: Che-ese suitable varieties and select a site sloping o the'northand east, and which is rich and well undermined. Plart trees of cnlv one year's grow th from the bud, and when plante! cut back to one foot and a half high. Prune modeiately when required. Mature lightly in the fall and cea. 2 cultivation the net summer by August. Professor Bu. .'U, o'the Illino's luduHr'

University, :vs, so far as known, the de pressed rough shots on potato tubers, usually called cibs, are the rMdt of norn-al growth carried to an excessive and destrrciive de velopment through suiround'inrs, and theia is nothing of a contagious character in the malady. The .scab on the seceV in this view, can not afu ct i he succeeding crop. In the green houses the plants are soruelants are tim s intested with red spn'ers during summcr. Their presence may be detected by the biownish ai tearance of the leaves. These insects can not exist in moisture, and the best method to check their prog -ess is to syringe the plants about sunset or later so that they will be wet all night. Tin's is more e nective than syringing during the day when the moisture soon dries up, Pastures that have become so thoroughly run out and overrun by briars and b'" lies as not to be worth fencing for cattle may be given over to the sheep with advantage, Mieep eat many plants that would not be noticed by other stock, and prevent such from growing and taking ossession of the pasture to the detriment of valuable graces, As the droppings from sheep are aLo vulu able, they partially restore the land and renuor it suitable for desirable crops. Canada and the United States exported 7s7,7sö barrels of apples in 1nsi-$.. 1-orthe season of lsvi-84 the total exports were M.5..2 barrels; ixs-s:,. öa.,ö!l barrels; 1. si S-, lö!'ö-' barrels; ISSG-H, l.ö'JSmj barrel i, The shipments have been distributed as fol lows: From Boston, :509,8OU barrels; New York, 'J.'Wi.ö.l-i barrels; Portland, Vl,4i bar rels; Montreal, .S.",47!) barrels; Halifax, ;;;,(.. barrels; Annapolis, S,bl2 barrels. All but H,0o0 went to England. They probably averaged J?1."0 a barrel, netting over 51,100,(0. AN EPISODE OF THE WAR. An Order From eieneral CSrant Whit-U Secretary Stanton Dared Not IMsobey. Washington Special. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, this evening. in stK'aking of the magnanimity of General Grant, related the following, of which he was trsonally cosrnizant: Clement C. (-lav. said he, was appointed by the Confederate Government as a Diplomatic Commissioner to Canada. He was afterwards taken and carried, 1 beliee, to Fortress Mnroe', where he was imprisoned. He was dying at the time, it was thought, of asthma, and his wife came here to ask his release on giving the reouired lvond. She went to President John son, and he gave ' her the nc-cessary order, which she took back to Secretary Stanton Stanton read the order and, looking her in the fate, tore it up without a word and pitched it into his waste basket, lhe lady arose and retired without speaking; nor did Stanton speak to her. She was filled with despair. She saw her husband, in whom her life was wrapjed up, dying in prison and she was unable to help him. Shortly after she met a gentleman, I think Mr. Garland, the present Attorney General ami told him how she had been treated. "Your husband was commissioned by the Confederate Government a Brigadier General." said Garland, "I was present at the time. I know that he tluly qualified and received his commision. That brings him i Tvitnin oenerai urani s paroie to tne on1 nileriite Arm v. Yon r to him mid tell hini your story." Mrs. Clay went straight to General (J rant's house, but was told that the General was just about to leave for New York. - She asked to send in word to him, and the servart took her name. In alnuit a minute General Grant appeared, gripsack in hand, and told her that he had but time to catch the train. "Then I will walk with you, General," the lady said. "No, no," said Grant, "let's hear what you want to say." "Then I must make my statement short," said l:s. Clay. "My husband is (Jeneral Clay, of the C onfederate Army. He is in prison and will die if he stays "there. V esident Johnson gave me an order to Secretary of War Stanton. Mr. Stanton tore the pajx-r up before my eves and cast it away." Grant rung his bell and Badeati entered. "Have you a roster of the Confederate ariuy '.'" said he. "Yes. sir," answered Badcau. "Is there a General Clay!" he said as he took the roster. Clement C. Clay. Is that your husband?" "Yes, sir." General Grant sat down and wrote as follows : "General Clement C. Clay, of the Confederate Army, is included in the parole of that army granted by me at Apiomattox. It is rny order he le released on giving the proper bond, and I shall see that this order is carried out. "U. S. Grant, General T. S. A." Grant handed the order to Mrs. Clay and bade her good-by. The lady went to !". Stanton and presented the order. The Secretary tapned his bell and, handing the pa-er to "his aid, said: "Have that man discharged." AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE. An Ohio Fanner Nat row ly Eftcape Being Killed by a My Ha! of Itlat-k Aate. Dayton, ()., Special. Mr. Isaiah Burncrat, a farmer living near Chambersburg, a small country village a few miles from here, had a most wonderful exiericnce to-day, narrowly escaping being killed by ants. He was picking blackberries in a wild patch of undergrowth in a dense wood, when sudder ly he disturbed millions upon millions of large black ants. They were under a thin covering of earth which he stepied on, and almost instantly they crawled up his part legs, and when he tried to knock them off they showed fight. Before he could get out of the heavy growth of brush he was covered from head to foot with the pestiferous insects. They bit him and crawled into his nose, ears, and mouth. He yelled for help, but soon became blinded with the myriads of ants on his head and face, and before he reached the edge of the wood fell helpless to the ground, utterly at the mercy of the insects, and was only saved from death by the timely arrival of a brother. The insects were common black ants of a very large size. Burncrat was bitten by them all over the body, bill, while very -ore, it is thought, providing th bites arc not poisonous, will recover. The case is without a precedent in this section of the country, and it is believed had not aid arrived when it tlid the ants would have not ciily killed lut eaten their victim,

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l-.vr THE DEATH OF GENERAL, GRANT. PK. JOHN II. IOl OLAS, THE PHYSICIAN WU TRKATED THE OEJ ZR'Jg T1IK0AT. The tedious illness of General Grant has brought into prominence the name of Dr. John II. Douglas, of New Yo:k, whose success in healing diseases of the' throat led to his employment at an early stage in the progress of the sickness which has robbed the United States of one of her greatest men. On October 22, some months after General Grant had first complained of irritation in his throat, Dr. Douglas was called in to examine the diseased part. He found the base f tbe tongue to be inflamed, considerab'" swollen and hardened, and inflammation a the roof of the mouth, the soft palate and the tonsils. The symptoms were of such a character as, in the judgment of the expert, to render a fatal termination probable. Dr. Douglas acquainted the family of the sufferer with his opinion, of which the General was kept ignorant. Cancerof the epithelium is considered to be an incurable disease. On November 00, General Grant discontinued the habit of smoking, which it was fought was unfavorable to Iiis condition, iVit there- is no proof that the practice of enjoj ing a cigar had caused his illness. From the time when Dr. Douglas numbered Cieneral irant among his patients he gave his case the greatest attention, confining Iiis c-flbits to the throat, the other physicians engaged in the case, taking the best care of the general health of the suflercr. During the progress of the case he found it necessary to remove a number of teeth. He relieved local pain by the application of hydrochlorate of cocaine, a newly-discovered anasihetic. About the beginning of March I Douglas said that the General's death would prolwibly be caused by physical exhaustion, and would take plaVe in about three months, with no possibility of his surviving longer than six. At the consultation of March 8, the three medical gentlemen assisting Dr. Douglas unanimously agreed in his diagnosis of the case. An earlier consultation had been held, when the excision of some of the diseased parts had been iliscussed and considered unadvisable. During the remainder of General ,Grant's res'dence in New York and in his last days at Mount McGregor, Dr. Douglas was almost constantly in attendance on him. He did all that could be done to avert the consequences which his experience taught him, probably from his first knowledge of the case, was inevitable. HIS LAST CARD. . How a Noted Gambler Flayed the Seven of Spades and Won in Death. "I was j nst reading," said a Denver sport to a Denver News reporter, "about a man winking his eye after his he'ad was cut off. Now, 1 know that I have seen something just as strange .Twenty years ago there were a lot of us took a trip to Old Mexico to see what we could scoop in and went to bucking heavy on every game we could strik. One of our gang Bill Brewster was a rattling dealer, a good hand at short cards, and always had a pecketful of money till he got stuck on Mexican monte. "Talk about your greaser's infatuation for the game. I never saw one of them that could hold a marker to Bill. He'd get broke. Then he'd get a pack of cards and kal himself. He'd turn the cards for anybody or for anybody when he was busted. Sometimes he'd make a raise and quit and go to playing faro, where he was, as a rule, luck . But no sooner did he get a big stake than he would tackle monte, and would invariably get downed. Us boys tried to persuade him to stick to a white man's game, but no, ho wouldn't have it. and was almost all the time in a state of inipecun?osity. "One day Bill had established himself in a pulque shop with his cards, and was turning them for anybody who wanted to wager a cent. There was a party of Mexican bloods in the room, and finally they sauntered over to Bill's table, and one of them asked if he would turn for 100. Bill said he would, though he didn't have but $10 in the bank. The fellow slaps down his money and Bill wins. That made the Mexican mad and lie slaps down another. Bill wins again. The third time and Bill scoops the pi'e. "The Mexican asked Bill if he would turn for him for $l,tj0, and Bill told him it didn't make any difference if he made it $1,000,000, as the bank was able to pay ten limes that amount. The Mexican bet ami lost. Then he accused Bill of cheating. Bill called him a liar. "I was standing right to one side of Bill. He had the cards in his left hand and had hold of the bottom card with his right hand. The Mexican's hand was on his gun. " 'Hold on, said Bill ; 'don't von draw till I make this turn. I'll bet you $1,000 to $100 that it's the seven of spades.' " 'Done,' says the Mexican, who threw $100 on the table. " "Bill commenced pulling the card out slowly. The Mexican was watching. There were two black spots showed up, and Bill's hand stopped, tjuck as a flash ti e Mexican elrew his gun and fired. Bill never moved in his chair, but his right hand kept its slow motion until the card was drawn from the pack and held up to view. It was the seven of spades. The hand moved slowly back again and the card was laid on the table. Bill then leaned back in his chair and shut his eyes. "We were all so excited when the shot was fired that we didn't know what to elo, and, as Bill continued to turn the card, we supposed he hadn't been hit, but we fonnd out uiflerently when we examined him. He was shot tlirectly through the heart. "Now, I reason that thing out this way: Bill was determined to convince that Mexican that he didn't know as much as he thought he did. That thought was in his mind when shot, and, though killed instantly, his wishes were carried out after death. Bill was game, too, and I believe that if he hadn't realized hat he was a drad man when shot, and hadn't wanted to win the Mexican's money, he would have grabbed his gun and done some execution with it. "That's why I say a man can do a thing after he is dead." Mr. Homier Hobby. Philadelphia Times. ''Uobert Bonner probably cwns more good horses than any other man in the world, ,: said an old turfman located at Belmont Park yesterday, "and in courtesy, I suppose, I will have to grant that he knows as much about horseflesh as the next man. In one joint, however, lie is a crank, and that's on

the subject of shoeing. It's a matter cf wonder to every horseman that knows his hobby that he hasn't made Maude S. a helpless cripple since she has Let n in his jossession. To show you that this is not an exaggeration, I will tell ycu an actual occurrence that took place on last Tue-sday, when he visited the mare here. That was the day before she was sent to Cleveland. Mr. Bonner reached the fiark early in the morning, in company with lis I.erseshocr, whom lie employs by the vear, and who is as close to him as his valet. No matter where Mr. Bonner goes his i.orseshotr is always within lcck and call. Well, Mr. Bonner and his horseshocr tlrove directly to the park. The mare's feet underwent a critical insjtection, and Mr. Bonner declared that her shoes must be changed. They were pulled off, and then began the process of shoeing the HJueen of the American Turf.' This consisted, in the first place, of taking an impression of Maud S.'s bare foot. Then the shoe was hammered until it exac tly fitted the impression, and then the delicate part of the work began, which consisted of leveling the shoe off on a slab of marble, which is always included in the trappings that arc carried aroundthe country with her. This was a tedious process. The shoe was filed here and there until there was not a hair-breadth's difference between any two points of the surface. Then the shoe was fitted to the hoof and finally nailed on. Mr. Pair then jogged her around the track, while Mr. Bonner timed her from the portico of the Park Hotel. At the completion of the second mile he ordered her back into the stable and made another critical examination of her feet. The new shoes did not suit him and he ordered her reshod. The same tedious process was gone through with as before. I mean that it was tedious to horsemen that witnessed it, but Mr. Bonner seemed to take a keen delight in superintending the shoeing of the little mare. That day she was shod twice and during the week before she was shod four times. He carries this passion for shoeing to an excess with all his horses, but not to the same extent with the other animals as with Maud S. "It is a wonder among horsemen that he : - ' i t ruined her feet long before this. It ; i.ii open secret among turfmen that when

he employed Bair as his driver he made a contract with him to give the complete control of the mare into his hands so far as training was concerned, but stipulated that the shoeingshould all be elone under his personal suTvision. You can bet that Mr. Bonner and his shoer will be in Cleveland before the meeting on the 2Vth,fand that the little lady will have to undergo another siege at their hanils." EMBALMING THE DEAD. Great Care and Long Experience Essential to Sucre iu It. rhiccgo News. '"The process of embalming the dead," said a prominent underaker to a News reporter, is one lequii ing great care and a good deal of ex-ericnce. 1 refer, of course, to doing it well, for many undertakers make a botch of it." "What elo you use for the purpose?" "A preserving fluid, the composition of which is a secret, a trocar and a syringe. To embalm the body of an ordinary-sized adult takes a gallon or more of the fluid." "How lor'; will a body keep after the embalming process is gone through with?" "A month or more; but in case it is desired to keep a corpse that long, lvesides filling it with the preservative we would keep cloths soaked in the fluid around it." "What is the process of embalming?'' "It depends on what disease the erson to be embalmed has died of. In cases of drowning it is necessary first to empty the stomach of water, then with the trocar the gases are let out of the abdomen. This, the stomach, and other cavities are then filled with the fluid, after which the oint of the injector is is inserted into the femoral artery, if it is a male, and if a female into the carotid artery, and all the arteries are filled with the preservative. "In cases of sunstroke, lightning stroke, eleath by hanging, ora blow on the head, the basilic or cephalic vein is ooned and the blood taken from the body. Then the veins are injected with the fluid" and the brachial artery used for rilling the arteries. When persons die of low type fevers, the cavities are first filled, and afterward the brachial artery, or if it is a very bad case the carotid or femoral artery. In dropsy the the water has first to be drawn from the body, the cephnalic vein and the brachial artery are injected, or if the person be a very heavy one it is usual to inject into the femoral artery. In consumption great care has to be used to fill all the cavities, the veine and the arteries, and in cases of ossified brain the process is the same as in sunstroke, etc., and, besides this, the fluid is injected into the brain. It is easy enough to embalm a body if you know "how, but you will find that the best enibalmers are men who have taken lectures and know exactly where the veins and arteries are ami just where to inject the preservative into them. Then we are governed largely by the condition of the body, its size, and, as you see, the cause of death." "Is it usual to impart a lifelike color to a corpse artificially?" "Yes, it is done sometimes in cases where it is necessary to have the body exposed to view for a length of time, as where a person is laid in state. If it is not embalmed at once and well, discolorization will quickly come, and in that case the undertaker paints the exposed parts with a flesh tint." A Frightened Dude. Philadelphia News. Despite the orders of Mayor Smith concerning fire-works, one small boy managed to get his work in very effectively this morning at Chestnut street wharf. A tall dude, wearing a two-story collar, stood ne'ar the river, abstractly sucking the head of a small sapiing fashioned like a walking-stick. His eyes were bent on vacancy and Iiis thin legs were spread wide apart. The dude was thinking. A bootblack crept up behind him, carefully placed a giant firecracker under the motionless figure and retired to the shadow of a saloon doorway. There was a sizzling sound as the fuze burned rapidly down to the head of the cracker. "Bang!" A wild shriek, a half somersault, a pair of legs waiving in the air and the dude was on his back. A sympathetic little bootblack came from the saloon doorway and helped the poor creature to arise. "Mercy!" he gasped. "I thought I was elead. What in the world is the matter.' How awfully wicked. It has shocked me all through." "Durned shame," said the hoodlum, as he adjusted a lighted cracker to the dude's coat-tail, "you better git away from here. There's a tough gang o' kids around this yere wharf." Before the victim had time to reply the second cracker exploded. Another shriek, and the tongue-like legs struck up Franklin street, and in a few minutes were lost to sight. "No use them air guys monkeyin' around this camp," said the hoodlum, and he lit a cigar stump and sat down on the wharf to enjoy it. Wherever Malaria Exists the bilions are its certain prey. In intermittent and remitteat fever, dumb ague and ague cake, the liver is always seriously affected and the blood contaminated with bile. One of the chief reasons why Hontetter's Stomach Bittern is such a sure defense sgaiust chills and fever and every form of malarial disease, is that it does away with liability to the disease by reforming irregularity of the biliary organ In .advance of the arrival of the season when the disease is prevalent. There is no finer fortifying preparative for those about visiting or emigrating to a locality w here the miasma-taint exists. There is no certain immunity from dis ene in an endemic or epidemic form, to be feenred bv the use of the svenif c tonics and antlFpncmodics. Hut where quinine fails the Bitters succeeds both in preventing and curing. Moreorer.it removes every vestige of dyspepfcift, and overcome constipation, rheumatism, inactivity of the kidnernand bladder, and tranquiUzes ana EtrcEfthccj lLc uervous tyEtcm.

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