Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 33, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1887 — Page 6

THE INDIANA BTATB BENTINEL WEDKEBDAY JDLY 6 1857.

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OUR FARM BUDGET.

For Farmer's Wires Doat Croxd the Chicks Ab:nt Wesds tni hsests. Germany and ths Potato Ba A Foe to Grata Household Uinta arm and Stock Notes. For Farmers' Wires. Farmers' -wives are probably aa much in need of money b any other clss of women. To such, tnen the dis OTcry ot arty way of acding to tteif pin-money is a desirable dlscovtry. While not a new thin, planting email fruits is doubtless ne to a great many women who haye abundant opportunity to try it That it is f ally feasible to a great many needs only a trial to ?rove. A woman writes in the Colorado 'armer on the subject a3 below: Evidently the thing moat needed now by Women "is to learn how to be healthy, strong, good-tempered and helpful," educating not only the brain, but clsa the whole being as well. All women can not marry and be the helpless idol of an indulgent husband. Some wil not marry, and many who do mast be a willing help meet. Out-door work is not to be dispised by -women, for it is positively necs:jary ta health and happiness. Ot all the pursuits now followed by woman there is perhaps no other tbat oders more or greater inducements, or for which she is naturally better quttlined, than the growing of small fruits. There is no more money-making croo than frnit when rUhtly managed, and 8 rawb'intf, rat-T berries, gooseberries, carrants ana rais can e&cn ee maae to yieia a rijh harvest. Only a small plat of ground is cece?sarj for a beginnin?, Increasing the reu a means are ailardeu. Almost any woman can da nicch of the work herself, even thougä not very strong. Ehe can set the plants and gather tie frait and get it ready for market. Mach de tenus cn the why it is prepared. If. in addition to raising fioeberriss, they are set on to advantage by careful packing and a tasteful arrangement of green leaves, tney will sell more readily. When berries are cheap she can with her owe hands make thera int& jams, tellies, marmalade. etc , to be rold later, even if sold at a very email proht. Women do net despise the minutest mat ters, and the sfady of tfce botany of plants. of bid, and lrsects injurious and o ner wi will all receive their careful attavinn. The example we have had of wam:n who hate tritd the experiment show tut tor xe eminently successful raising the finest fruit, arranging it in the most tasteful man ner and receiving the highest market price for their prouuc a. The net profits from the saieof small fruits by two young ladies in California last year, one of whom was a consumptive when she bean, amounted to the hindsome sum of $15.000. It is but a few years since they begaa the experiment, and beside accumulating a fortune, they have what 13 better, a comfortable home of their own and complete restoration to nealth. Thegrowina of small fruits on small scale is especially recommended to those married women who can obtain a small plot of ground for the purpose, whjf?el the df sire so common among woaen for pecuniary independence. To the km win of small fruit; might be ad Jed a few stand of bees, which almost any woman an cue for, thus adding to her income and placing ner in a position to reauze comparative in dependence. Don't Crcwd the Chicks. The crowding together of young chicks 13 productive of more evil than almo3tauy other of the many forms of mismanage ment, use aen, it a good broodsr and caretaker, caa look after aa many chicks as two bens generally hatch, provided ehe jibs rocm to co so, but it lour or nva hens. each vith a full complement ot chicks, are assigned to a ?pace that should be allowed to one, death' and destruction are pre tty sure to be the- result. The little chicks will wander into the wrong coops, and the hens, kept in a sta'.e of feverish excitement by the constant clocking of other hens and the mixing of tteir own chicks with others. become vicious and kill the strangers as soon as they are in reach. The chicks that live to grow larger quarrel about the food. The strorg ones grow stronger, and the weak ones b;come diseased and die. The ground beccmes polluted; disease follows as a natural consequence. Abo at Weeds aud Insects. It has been asserted, eaid Major Pcore in one of his admirable letters to the American Cultivator, and I believe it, that more than half th-s labor and risks attending the cultivation of the average farm crops arise from the presence of weeds and iusJCt fiesta. Thes9 get their hold cn the premsea generally before the farmer learns their true character. The majority of them, too, are imported. They steal alorjg the highways and spread over the fields. ice Hessian ny has become almost univer sal. The reason favoring this ccrse is found in every wheat growing district. It came to this land in the forage supplied to the uraan troops employed by the British, thus entailing a curse wone than the tax on tea. The cabbf ge moth made its first ravages On Long Island, destroying priits of gardeoeis and damagkg them to the extent of a half millionin a single ver. The . gardener dil notreccgnize in the insignifi cant moth, Hitting about innocently in the ranshine and lighting on his cibbsee plants, an enemy tbat was to destroy his crop ena ousinf ss. Atter the destruction came he began to study the habits of the Tw curse, and too late found tbat the little things had become an irrepressible host. The Canada thistle and arnarantaas reflexns, or red root, are foreigaers whose trae csaracter could not ba knovn at a:ght. They have come to stay. Theygtt a hold ard keep if, and spread fro-n farm to rarm. lüey go in the nizhl of the birds. in the covering of cattle and sheeD and the tens of thousands of bushels of &eeds that are ernt broadcast over our f-rM'e land. These are but examples of ths unknown numbers of persistant pests of the lneect wcrld and vegetable lanadom. The farmer and gardener, single hvjdecf. can not cope wi:h them. He can not f -ine so higb, nor cultivate so carefully, but they will surround him end invade every foot of his soil. They come, at first, as inno cent, gooa-ioofcing little visitors, lot feeb.e to arouse hostility. They are not ru ed at once, as tbey would be if their trae nature and mission were known. It hes cccumd to us that here is a w jrk for the Department of Agriculture to bgin aEd to be seconded in by every boar J of agricar.ure in the land. Books aad writers may describe these minute curses ever so ftccurately, yet these innoseatlooiing things will not be recoraizid of the catcrtlisr, the botanist and the ento mologist. Thir work is most good and most necessary, but to be efficient, every farmer and gardener and their wives and children must become intelligent readers cerore tney can recognize these new pests . . L J A ' I 1 , I m me one 1 Bcinuucauy aescnoea. ürnany stud th Potato II at. Farmen need object lessons. The Osrman Government caught the idea when tbey feared an invasion o? the fatherland with the decern lineata, our own potatt beetle. That every man, womaa aad child who worked in the Eeld m:ght recognize the aew foe at first sight, and sst the heil upon him, the Governm-nt had falthf-il, txact, life-like pictures of the potato hentie scattersd all through the land. The pit t ores wer made of exact colors and siza of toe beetle. ieey showed him np in all atages of development, fromezg fci lar7.T. from the larvrr to full crown beetles, and placed thom on the potato plant and on

the ground In natural posltlw. Then fol

lowed written description 01 oaaiw, umo of appearance, and how to destroy them. Every uerman was taugas w uesiruy mc curse at sight. In every school-room ana every puolic house or building and in every farm house these cuts ana instructions could be seen, livery child in uermany, doubtless, knows enough cf this beetle now to know what is best to ao witn mm. iu potato beetle was welcomed with bloady hands to a hospitable grava on uermn sr.il. Just ro should we welcome every foreign weed or insect or sparrow war apTtePLTs here. Had Americana been as well und nromntlv informed of the nature and ar.nr Branca of tfca He sian fly. and what to X . 1 1 . . u i witn 11. can it do eupuaaeu u curse would have become so universal? Oar Government can nor expend our money more wisely than by famishing such information. It is not enough to have a volume of heavy reading matter illus trated bv a few cuts go out as aeaa nutter dead because too late. lien Manor. It Is safe to estimate that the manure from hens is worth at least one-half the cost of the food, 11 properly kept and ju diciously applied. We know a strawberry grower who states that the manure from fortv hens doubled his crop on one acre compared with another acre not so treated. Hia metnod was to scatter me manure Tjlentifnllv over the plants in January, be fore the spring growtn commenced, in this way the rains carried the manure to the roota. A calculation will show that the value of tne manure was greiter than tvirv hfl snnposed. He estimates that he rained 1.C00 ouarts cf berries extra, which gave him a profit of 3 cents per quart, with prices very low. xaia snows inas irora thf. fortv bens he cot enough manure to produce $30 worth of strawberries extra, after raving expenses of picking, etc. which, of courpe. reoresents the value cf the manure at o cents per nen. ine ma ' V . n, . nure is therefore a very important Item, and deserves to be incladed in the estirrptes of the poultry accounts, 3 in somo eases it may pay for nearly the whole of the food consumed. Holes for Hard Roads. As the roads become harder and firmer. especially in cities, mules are taking the ureference of horses in some localities for teamwork. There is considerable preiu dice against them, but a mule's foot is his strong point, and that is where the horse on city stone pavements soonest gives out, On the other hand, they are not well a'Jepiedto woikin on soft land. They are good for plowing, but when it caaies to drfg&ing over the loosened sou the mule's hoof s:nks into i. making extra labor in hauling it out. In the Saut , where the mule is used in cultivating cot ton, the negroes use a sbovftl p'ow, tnrowice loese earth against the rows and leaviL a bard beaien track in the middle for the mule to walk in. This is not a goou wav to cultivate corn or cotton, but it is necessary where the work has to be done by mules on account of the smallneis o' thsir ftet. It is th's peculiarity of his foot tbat makes the kick of a mule so effective. All the force of the blow is concentrated in a very small spot. A Foa to Good Grass. In Northern Ohio, besides the complaint of vhite daisies, and the like, a yet worse rest has appeared in the form or a grass l.n.ll.. all. 1'tttV. Ho nlu n ' 1 v ' v i j taiicu nunc .o., 1 iiu u ; j, etc, that comes in and kills out every ves tiga of the better heibage. Green and luxuriant at firs, it soon turns a yellowwhite, becomes wholly worthless, and scan overruns and takes possession of a whole field. Cut when just heading out, it has some value as bay, but if it gets at all ripe it is almost wholly rejected by the stonfc. In the meadow3 it can be killed out by plowing and reseeding down to timothy and clover, and kept back by early cutting. but in the rougher pasture land that one does not wish to disturb or can not, the problem is more serious. It ha3 been sug gfs'.ed that if the land could be sliced np with diso or other sharp cutting harrows, in September, after it had ripened, and be sown thfckly with thick grasses and clover in the spring, especially alsike clover, it could be got the advantage of. HOUSEHOLD IIINT3. Oral' am Cookies. Two cups sugar, one cup sour cream, one-half teaspoon! al soda. &iix quickly, roll and ba&e. f'ieseed Eggs. E'ght eg. boiled hard. and wmie not cnopped witn salt and a lump of butter the size of a walnut. Press iüto a deep dish acd serve cold. Broiled Tripe Cat in pieces four or five inches square, (lour it a little, grease the wire broiler, ani brail the tripe over a clear i:re; lay in a hot dish, add batter, peppar and ealt. t ,r' .-" V . ' 'r. .'' "r .u:' . cf 3 cup 0; shortening, two egg, one pint of sweet milk, a little salt, three teaspoons 01 baaing pewaer. Taked Indian Pcddinc Scald one quart of milk; add ceven spoonfuls Indian meal, one teaspooniul salt, one half teacapfal su gar, the same of moiassf 3, one teaspoonfal ginger. Bake three hours. Corn-meal Pancakes Two cups of meal. a pincn 01 salt, a piece of lard sizs of a walnut, and enough sour milk or water to make into a stiff batter. Stir well together, add a teaspoonfal of baking powder, and fry same as griddle cakes. Fried Tripe Lav two or three slices of potk into the frying pan, and when these are crisp dip the pieces of tnpa In a tmtea egg and sprinkle them with fine crumb? of bread or cracker und fry them brown. Or the tripe may be dipped in a batter before frying. Hollandaise Ssnce Cream, one-half cup cf bntter, add yolks of two raw eggs, jnce of one-half lemmon, one salt-spoonful salt and one-quarter salt-spoonful cayenne jepper. wnn reaay to serve add onehalf cup boiling water. Cook until thick like soft custard. Eroiled Salt Mackerel Soak It twentyfour hours at least, in plenty of water. Hub the wire broiler with lard or drippings to prevent f uciing. and lay the hah upoa it, th in B'de down. Di not attempt to move it with a knife or fork un'il done. but turn the broiler several times until the nth is done. Haricot Uatton Make a goo 1 gravy by broiling the trimmings snasonicg with penper and alt. Strain, add carrots. tarsnips and onions previously boiled tender. biice them in, then pepper and salt the mutton, boil it browB, put it into the gravy along with the vegetable and stew an together ten minutes. A Fie for Dyspeptics. Four tablespoon' fulis of oatmeal to one pint of water; let it stand for a few hours until the mel is swelled. Then add two lsrge apples pared and sliced, one cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of flour and a little salt Mix all well together and bake in a buttered dish. This makes a very ilae dish, which may be eaten safely by the aick or well. Pressed Corn Beef. After serving corned beef at dinner, while yet warm chop up fat and lean together, not very fine, only so the fat and lean may be evenly mixed: ctir in enough dry mustard to flavor it and put in an oblong tapering baking-pan. Place on it another pan of the same size, and in the pan fet two or three flat irons as a weight and let it stand over night. The next day it will turn out a good loaf from which slices may be cut. Spiced Beef. Chop a pound of rare beef vi ry fine and roll three crackers fine. Add tait ar d pepper to the taste, a little powdered 1 ummer savory and a well-beaten etr?. Beat all together thoroughly, form into a loaf by pressing into a bowl, then turn it out into a buttered tin, rub a little butter over itandpovrona large cup of the juice of stewed or canned tomatoes.

an hour, basting Serve cold the 1 next day. LITE 8IOCK KOTES. Pick cut your breeders, savs the Farm Jour nal, the pigs with long bodies, broad backs and deep, round hams, beiect a oreea which has hair on it. A good coat of hair counts on a hog as well as any animal. It is a protection in summer and la winter. The Jersey-Bulletin folks are still ex plaining the dairy-show outcome. The best thiDg to do with a fact is to let it stand. Of conne the fight is not over in one round. Next round the Jersey may win; certainly next time the Holstein will not have a walk over. Experiments show than when cut hay and ground grain are fed to stock the coat of feeding is lessened sufficiently to pay or the labor necessary to prepare the food cd &rind the grain, and that the increased growth of the stock is noticeable when compared with those fd upon whole grain and aacut hay. Hark Comstock thinks that the Jersey Interests "is at present depressed by the feeling that circumstances have placed the rtiasa of breeders at a disadvantage wnicn they are In doubt whether they can over come." There is almost nothing in mis the present cattle depression Is common to all the breeds of cattle. Manv weeds may be used profitably a3 food for hogs. The narrow-leaved plant ain possesses nearly the same nutritive value 68 timothy, while laruo 8 quarter and pig weed are both highly relished by swine. It is best not to allow any weeds to grow; yet they should bs utilized as much as possible in case they have made growth. A stock raiser reports that he destroys lice cn cattle by boiling potatoes until they are thoroughly cooked, then remov ing the potatoes, allowing the water to boil down to oae-half the quantity to increase its strength. The water is then used on the animals as a wash. Two quirts of potatoes boiled in three gallons ot water axe the proper proportions. Thomas If. Pyne, of Kansas City, Mo., writes as fellows: "For a number of years my business hts been the selection and purchase of Steckers and feeders at this place, or in this market, for feeding pur poses. 1 nave purcnasea tnousanas yearly and have no pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, in any of the improve! bieeJ?, as I have not a cent invested in either of them; but in my experience I have found the Hereiords from 10 to 1 per cent, lighter, and that not over 10 to 20 per cent, of thra sold with the top or first pica of the cattle. Of course, I have refer ence to those herds where grade bulls have been used for a number of consecutive years." Tbatrange cattle can be greatly Improved in quslity by the use of pure bred sirei is no new assertion, and is daily borre out by the testimony of the markets. The Kansas City Indicator cites an instance in point Mr. J.'L. Heath, Feabody, Kas , recently shipped to the Kansas City market ten car-loads of steers, five csr loads each of a Short-horn cross and a Hereford cross on rarge cows crossed up from a Texas foundation. They were raised by the Frame Cattle Company and sold to Mr. Heath. Tfce five csr-loads of Shorthorn grides averaged 1,700 pounds, and the five carloads of Hertford grades 1.G00 pounds. In the lfe8t six and one-half months the Shorthorn grades gained 537 pounds and the Hereford grades gained 513 pounds. Breeders' Gazette. The recent public sales of Short-horns in central Illinois show a decided falling oS in the average of prices as compared with those of former years. There can be no doubt but tbat the quarantine by other S'ates against Illinois is the chief cause f this decline. The breeders throughout the entire State are made to sailer for the sin, or misfortune, whichever it may be, of a small district in one county on an extreme border of the State. This is not only a hardship to them, but a great injury to the commercial interests of the State. If some better plan to remedy the evil Is not soon devised we had better set Cook County aside as a State itself, and then let all the world quarantine against her so long as she plays with pleuro-pnenmonia or suffers it within her borders. Phil. Tnrifton. FARM KOTE. Plant corn for succession each week or so. To buy land wisely a man must be alert on every Bide. There are about 5,000,000 owners of farms in this country. Flower growing about the railroad s'a tions is pleasingly on the increase. A factory has been built in Florida for the production of wine from oraDges. I lew days' neglect m wedding at this sea son. With the early fruits coming in plenti fully, rhubarb should have a rest from much cutting. Parsley to be grown in rich soil, with good culture. It takes several weeks for seed to come np. mere are ia,wju acres 01 oyster oeds in the Bay cf Areachon, France, which yield juu.uuu.wu ojvters a year. Last week's ex Dom from New York City cf cheese were 47,001 boxes, against 30,310 boxes in the previous week. Some tobacco lands in Lancaster County, rennsjlvama, are said to yield a pro at equivalent to $1 a day per acre to their oncer. The importation of American flour into he United Kineaom so far this year has largely exceeded last year a receipts. Give the sheep all the clover hay they will eat after lambing, with meal and quarter linseed, is the advice of a contem j!orary. ice aemana ror plum trees is very heavy from ail over the country, showing that growers see their value and plant ac cordicgly. It is said that not less than 2 OOO.OoO pounds of dried sage leaves are used an nuaiiy in the united States for various p&rpoees. iue market grower is liable to make a great mistake who overlooks the neighboring home market, trusting to the large towns only. Asparagus Bhould not be cut after thi montb, as the value of future crops depends largely upon the amount of top growth during the summer. Under the present law now In force in New Hampshire, requiring that all oleomargarine eoli in tbat State shall be colored pink, it is eaid there is none of the staff whatever sold. The total sales at New York In wheat for the week amounted to 87,10,000 bushels, against 21,119,000 bushels last week and 33 822.850 busheis lot the corresponding week in 188G. The shipments of cheese from Montreal last week were 52,223 boxes, against only 32,052 boxes in the same week last year. These combined with the shipment from New York made over 125,000 boxes of cheese sent out last week. It ia apparent that 1 he make of cheese on this continent will be much heavier than last year, and may even reach the figures of 1885. Aphides or plant lice are Impervious to the poison of parts green. They do not eat, and therefore, do not set ft, but live by sucking juices out of the leaves, where no poision can reach. But tl ey are shortlived, and have many Insect memlea, chief of which are thn various klnfts of lady-bugs which feed on them. The lady-bugs are always very abundant in apple orchards, as the apple-leaf louse prevails more or les every season. This is one reason why it ii easier fighting potato bugs on potatoes planted in apple orchards or near cherry

Eake three-quarters of with the tomato juice.

trees. The shade of the trees retards the

maturing of the potato beetle's egg, while the lady-bug is busily engaged in destroying as many as possible. It is claimed that sorrel can be eradicated from fields by the generous application of unleached wood ashes. Keep the hens that molt their feathers early, as they will begin to lay before winter. It requires about three months for hens to molt. Goats for milk are carefully bred In England, a registry book recording their pedigree, and only meritorious females are csed for breediDg. The farmer who was careless in regard to the selection' of his seed corn has had plenty of opportunity recently to experiment in replanting or giving up his corn crop for a bad job. Never use sulphur on the bodies of yonng chicks for gapes or any other disease. Lard and sulphur applied when in the downy state will cause sores and torture sometimes death. This we have found true, to our cost. Work the strawberry plants well now and remove all the grass and weeds be tween them. If a plentiful supply of manure be used the plants may be allowed to throw out a large number of runners, but between the rows should be kept clean In pruning trees of any kind it is better to leave one strong branch or limb than two or three weak ones, ssys Popular Gar dening. It is better to keep limbs thinned out than to cut back and make too close heads. Let the sun's rays in all through the tree. Clover is one of the greatest consumers of lime among farm crops, and this ex plains the marvelous effect of sulphate of lime or land plaster in making clover catch. On heavy soil a dressing of 100 pounds of gypsum per acre rarely fails to bring good clover. In twenty days the eggs of one hn would exceed the weight of her boay. bo of any bird. Yet the whole ot that mass of albumen is drawn directiy from her blood. If stinted in food, of course, it would limit the number as well a3 the siz3 of the eggs. Young chickens, as soon as weaned, phonld be provided with suitable perches. Make them low and on a level. It will ba better for their health to get the young fowls off the ground as soon as possible. Do not neglect to provide a door or slide. A heavy mulch between the rows of raspberries and blackberries will double the crop of fruit, and save time in cam vaticg; but, jutt before applying it, go through them with a cultivator and hoe, treatirg ihe 6nckers that have sprung up as noxious weeds. The quince is a great feeder and needs good cultivation. No other fruit requires so much manure and snca thorough culti vation. If the trees be neglected it is like ly that there will be no fruit, but if there shall, it will be of email growth and ua sightly appearance. The spring litter of pigs should he re moved from the sow and turned cn the clover. A warm mess in the morning and at night of scalded ground oats and mid dlings will c inse them to grow very rapidly. as they will also secure a large share of their food in the held. Bermuda grass grows wherever it has been given a start in Texas, and is fast get ting a hold on the good opinion of stock farmers. It has been largely confined to lawn purposes, but tow its use as a pasture crass is commending it to all who have itock to graze. Texas Live Stock Journal. Good butter cows will make a pound of butter to every fourteen to eighteen pounds of milk. General purpose cows" want from twenty-two to thirty one pounds, and some cows would rf quire fifty pounds of milk to make a pound of butter. Aver age dairies require somewhere about twenty-five pounds of milk to make a pound ol butter. After shearing, ticks will emigrate from the shorn theep to the lamb; then is the time to drive the ticks out of the nocks. Watch the lambs, savs Farm and Home, and when the ticks have colonized them dip Into tobacco water. Twelve to fifteen pounds ref cse tobacco boiled in a gallon or two of water, then diluted to make one barrel, will do for 100 lambs. It is assumed that, of course, the milkpail should be thoroughly washed night and morning, and as soon as possible after the cow is milked. At this season a slight neglect in this matter will soon make the milk unfit to use. Half of the complaints of city milk are due to carelessness in handling ir, aod especially in cleaning the cans in which It is carried around for sale. Lice is the summer drawback to poultry Old nests, filthy floors and fowls crowded on the roosts cause lice to breed very rapidly, and as the vermin begin to attack the bees the production of eggs diminishes until very few eggs are obtained. The final result is that the fowls are debilitated from attacks of the pests, and quickly su: cumb to roup and cholera. The poultry house must be kept clean and well white washed, while kerosene and carbolic acid may be used freely in every part. There has been a fnrther decline in the cheese market, and buyers hs?e come to the conclusion that it is better to hold off until there is some assurance that bottom has been touched. Country quotations are about 1 cent lower than last week, and as a very large make is reported in Canada and the States dealers' confidence in the future is considerably shaken. Prices are un Eettled, bnt cents is considered a fall Belling rate for best New York or Vermont, and u cents ror cnoice western. "Without clo.-e examination, many good farmers have believed that wheat, when grazed or winter-killed, is often changed to cbess or cheat. The following conditions have favered this opinion : Wn?n chess is shaded or partly smothered by a denss growth of wheat, the plants are quite small and unseen; we have measured them only two inches high, ripening single need, and quite un&een by most observers. Bat where tne wheat Is killed m any way, and the chess is allowed free space, the plants spring np and grow luxuriantly. Country Gentleman. Murder and Salclds. JIoKRisTowH, N. J., July 1. A horrible murder occurred In the pleasant village of Chatham, at 7:15 this morning. John Wilson, who has of late been out of work, owing to his dissolute habits, went to his home last night in an intoxicated condition and gave his wife a beating. He was finally quieted and prevailed upon to go to bed. On arising this morning he was in a onarrelsomft mood, and became iafariated with hia little daughter. Seising an old double-barreled shotgun he fired at tne girl, but fortunately missed his aim, and she made her escape from the house. Wilson's wife remonstrated with him, whereupon he fired at her, shooting her through the heart. Mrs. Wilson started to run out of the rear door, but fell in her tracks and immediately expired. Being now thoroughly frenzied, Wilson reloaded the gun, and placing it to the left side of his head blew out his brains. At the sixth annual meeting of the Actors' Fund Association of America last week, President A. M. Palmer mentioned that the receipts for tbe past year were $121.184 2b; tbat the expenses were $70,500 12; tbat the number of players buried by the fund was 44; and that its present membership is 1,040. This noble institution is in a gratifying state of prosperity. It has been settled that M. Coquelln is to come to this country for the season of 1868-89, under the management of Mr. Henry E. Abbey. He will also act in South America under the same auspices. Mr. Abbey has alto engaged Jane Iladicg, the celebrated French actress, who since Bernhardt'! departure has taken her plate in the estimation of Parisian theattr-goeii.

TROPHIES OF THE WAR

Leiter From Jefferson Divia Relitiva ta ths Return of the Battle Flags. HaTblnks the Exclteme&t Which Has Been Created Over the Frepoaltloo Ltk a Tempest In a Teapot. Baltimoee, June 30. The Sun has the following letter from Jenerson Davis m reference to tne retura 01 the Southern battle flags: 'If the object now be to unite the peo ple of the North and South as brethren, as a means to that end every sign of past con flict should, as far as practicable, he oblit erated. To retain as a point of pride a flag captured in battle by either the Union or Confederate soldiers would be equivalent to renewed exultation of trmmph by the one or the other, and surely not a step toward the restoration of peace. Iaga captured from a foreign enemy may be retained a3 trophies after " peace, but here a cessation of hostilities is not pretended to be the equivalent to fraternization. I have heard of various instances in which Southern toldiers, having retained flats captured in tattle, did, after the war, send them back to the organization from which they were captured, and I haye heard of no instance when such, trophy has been displayed at a reunion of Southern soldiers to manifest their success in battle over their Northern brethren. Our men fought for a principle, and that they have not surren dered, but rather nopeiessiy uvea to see the good sense of the Northern men revert to the teachings of their sires and re-estab lish the Government according to the constitution on which it was founded. Tnat is the only victory which would he to them 8nd their children a thing to be prized and glorified. When the Confederate Govern ment evacuted Uicnmond, many nags captured in tattle were deposited in the War Umce In luccmona. So far as I know, they were all left there. and fonnd by the United States troops when they entered the city. This would at leest exhibit proof of the fact that the South did not wish to treasure up such evidence cf any triumphs it ever had over the ISorth. "When Washington received the surren der of Cornwallis at lorfctown, ne required tbe British colors to be delivered to him in Cfses. lue united b tales uovern ment presented those flags to General Washington, and he left them to George Washington Parke Custis, by whom tbey were entrusted to me when I was Secretary cf War, snd left ir. the War Office at Washington. Though these were foreign flags and signs of a very memorable occasion, the United States Government did not deem tnem of iutiicient importance to be exhibited as trophies of a victory over a former enemy, but presented tbem to tbe soldier to whom they tad been surrendered. "The South has manifested no desire to have possession of the flags lost in battle; their value departed when they were surrendered, and the excitement which has been created over the proposition to rpturn both to tbe North and the South the ilag9 they had lost in battle reeais very like a tempest in a teapot. Whether tbey should lie and be consumed by moth in boxes of the United States War Office or be returned to their former owners, has one element of value, which is that the restoration would be a declaration, such as the Romans made, tbat there should be no triumph for a victory won in civil war. "So far es it should express the feeling of restored fraternity, it would be an advance toward tbat condition which all reeiocable men will recognize as desirable amcng those who are to live together." PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. For Jane Decrease Daring; the Month, 810,852,735 17. Washington, July 1. The following Is a recapitulation of the public debt state ment issued to-aay: Interest-bearing debtBonds at 4 per cent S 2VJ.000.000 00 737,800,000 00 19.716.500 0J 17vtf0 00 14,000.001 00 C4.fi23.512 00 Honds at 4 per cent Ik) rids at 3 per ecu t Refunding certificates, 4 per cenu Navy pension fund at 3 per cent. I'acitie Kauroaa uouas, t per cent .Principal... ..- 1,0H,31.S?2 00 interest J'J,3dl,b03 la Total S1,09S.6Ü7.4'5 18 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturityPrincipal 1 6,115,16) 2t Interest- VM.lbi 87 Total S C.305,910 13 Debt bearing no interest Old demand aud legal tender n't'sS &46.73S.1 V3 00 Certificates of deposit - 8,770.00) 00 Golü certificates 01.725.437 00 Silver certificates 112,118,017 00 Fractional currency less SS.375,934 estimated as lost or destroyed... 6.910.9G1 37 Principal S 535.7'JS,5i4 37 Total debtPrincipal ...... Interest - .... ....Sl,CSS.229.59l C3 12,512,357 05 Total 51,700,771,910 S Less cash items available for reduction of the debt 2S0.4S3,S12 3S Less reserve heia for redemption of United States notes. 100.000.000 00 Total J80.l83,812 3s Total debt, less available ea.si items 81,320,22,106 30 Net cash in the Treasury 4J,&5.$,Cö'J 23 lx.tt less rash iu the Treasurv Juiy 1, 18fe7 81,279,428,737 02 Delit less ca'-h ia tbo Treasury June 1. l.v7 1,2051,462 10 Decrease of debt during the mouth 16,852,725 17 Decrease in debt since June 10, lMsG 100,707,616 33 Cash in tbe Treasury available or reduction of the public debt Gold held for gold certificates actually outstanding 91,225,137 CO Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 112,118,017 00 CDited States notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 8,770,003 00 Cash held for matured debt aud interest unpaid 18,657,522 31 Cash held for bonds called not matured and balance of interest 19,716.501 00 Fractional currency . 2,:Cö 07 Total available for reduction of the debt S 280,1S9,S12 58 Reserve fund held for redemption ol United States notes, acts of January 14, 1875, and July 12, 12 S 100,000,000 00 Unavailable for reduction of the silver coin - .a 29,977,493 79 Minor coin...... 116,698 76 Total i 27.09t.192 55 Certificates belaascash 3J.VJ6.513 00 Net cash balance on hand 40,53,369 23 Totti cash In the Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's general account .f 42,133,917 21 TREATMENT OF THE INSANE. Farther Testimony In the Ward's Island, Maw York, InTeaUgatloo New York, July 1. Farther testimony was taken this morning in the Ward's Island investigation. John AI. Emir a was recalled, and said that in ward 4 there were two boys confined whose morals were being tainted by the filthy expressions of the men. Tbe boys were not over fifteen years of age. Witness also stated that there waa a system of hazing - carried on by the patients, with the consent and, indeed, encouragement of the attendants. He had not been vitited by Dr. Trautman, the med ical superintendent, for eleven weeks prior to his uiacharge, and claimed he waa perfectly pane all that time. lira. Sarah A. Chenoweth testified that tier son was confined in the asylum for three years, during which time che visited him frequently. He waa BafTeriDg from

temporary ineanlty. On one occasion he told her he had been beaten by Attendant Fitzgerald. There were marks on his boly caused by his being strapped down to his bed. John Molloy. an ex-attendant, saw Attendant Nash jump twice on the breast of a patient named Bogart. He reported the case to Dr. Spencer, but nothing came of it. Miss Lizzie Mendelshon testified that her husband was killed. She first learned

of his death December 0, 1SS0. She last saw him alive on November 30. When she reached the office the doctor told her she could not see him because he had fallen and disfigured his face. I insisted upon seeing him. I found his face all bruised and a cut on top of his head. I asked who struck him. He said it was Attendant McCne. When she and her little daughter were leaving he followed them to the door. Me eppealed to the little girl to bring him home, saying McCue would kill him. Sbe did not see her husband until be was dead. Two of his ribs were broken and half of his upper lip was gone. ELOPED WITH A NEGRO. A Fretty White Indiana Girl Arrested in Chicago With an Old Kln;k MiD. Chicago Mall A big black man, who looked like a farm-hand, accompanied by a well-dressed and intell gent-looking white girl, was ar retted by Officer Ma iden this morning for leaving tne uauit Mouse without paying for a night's lodging. The couple were found standing near the corner of Canal and Uadison streets and taken to the Das-plaines-street Station. A bundle ot let ters found In the girl's baggage disclosed tie fact that the two had just elopad from liuihville, Ind. The negro was the rorter at the Heritage House in Lima, Ohio by name, Logan D. Wright. His ctrrpsDion, Miss Mary A. Devine, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer near Rushville. Among the letters was one from the girl's sis'er. beseeching her to have nothing to do with "that old black negro Logan," as the aflair was the talk of the town and was breaking their mother's heart When Captain Schaack was trying to get the nepro's name from Miss Devine he told her the ofiense would warrant then in hanging him to the nearest tree. The girl burst into tears, and, crying "I love him! I love him !" begged the Captain in a most pite ous way to spare his life and take her osrn. "Why do you want to live with a big. bl&ck, ngly negro like Wright?" asked Lieuterant KocS oi the girl. "Because I love him. I loved him th9 first lime I ever saw him. He's mighty well educated, too: studied to be a minis ter, but he thought he'd better keep at his trade. He's a plasterer. He used to live in Rushville, and it ij there I got acquainted witn him, and then I left home and went to work at Heitzel s Hotel, in Lima, Ohio, where he boar.led. We made it up to come to Chicago. Ths officers said tbey were a-going to hacg him, but, oh, I noce tney won t." Theregro is a round-headed, flat-nosed specimen of his rece, apparently about forty-five years of age, although he says he is only thirty-five. Miss Devine says Bhe twenty-one years old, although she does not look it. Wright, tbe neg'O, says he meant to marry the girl, and swears Bhe is as pure as the snow itself. The police have telegraphed the girl's father, who says be will come and fetch her home. She cried when the heard he was coming, and declared she would not Bee him. She says ber mother didn't treat her right, either. The girl is locked np in oce of the women s cells at tbe Desplainesfctieet Station to await the coming of her father. THE REMARKABLE HISTORY Of Baron Bellllere, 2iow Cosfiaed In a Freuen. Insane Asylam. New York, June 23 The Times this momicg pnnu tne following history ot the case of Baron Seilliere: About a year ago a tall, distinguished looking man of forty years, with an aristocratic face and sweeping black moustache, arrived in San .Francisco on his way to nis nome in rans, after a tour around the world. It quickly became known in the Pacific metropolis that he was the Baron beuliere, and at the Palace Hotel, in ban Francisco, and the Hotel Del Monte, at Monterey, he soon be came a familiar and remarkable bgure. He often declared his intention of settling there, and, though this was regarded as a joke, it was a serious matter to him, as he went into the United States Court and de clared his intention of becoming a citizen. Finally he left there and came to this city. In a short time he was as well known at the HcfTman House as be had been at the Palace. He possessed enormous wealth and srent his money lavishly. He made quite a circle of friends here, and when he left for Paris was very generally regretted by some cf the best known men in town. These men are now not a little excited over certain occurrences which are set forth in a letter from one of tbem. The writer is an ex-city official of high reputation and nnquestionea veracity. In an interview last evening he said: "I first received news of this matter by cable. Letters have since arrived giving me full particulars. Baron Seilliere went home to adjust Bome prop erty disputes with his sister, tbe Princess De Sagau, the wife of the president of the Jockey Clur, and one of the best-knowu la dies In Eurot e. Sellliere's aunt, the Duch ess De Bergh, and his brother Frank, who lives at his estate at Veildbad, in Germa ny, were also concerned. Seilliere had scarcely arrived there before h9 received intimation that there was some kind of a conspiracy on foot against him, and he made his friends promise that If he disappeared they would hunt him up. He did disappear, and they did hunthim up, finding that while at his aunt's hotel he had been seized by three men, bound and carried to the ins jce asylum at Vannes, of which Dr. Falret is director. They learned, further, that Seilliere had been decoyed into a state of extreme anger, in which he, being a very ntrvous individual, doubtless reached an abnormal pitch, and in preparation for it tbe Princess De Sagau, Dr. Mattet and a iredical reporter named Segnam were con cealed behind a ncreen. They took their own notes of what passed, ani, accord ing to tbe letters, their testimony tufheed. after his seizure, to accomplish his com mitment. Since tbat time Baron Seilliere has been a close prisoner in a mad house." Then Chailey,Clair and Harry gay, To honor Independence Day Ina big explosion were not slow To let their bombs and crackers go, Till burned and bruised at every point, And sprained at wrist and ankle joint Quickly Tond's Extract came in turn To take the smart from sprain and burn. Tbey Waive Examination. Cikcinnati, July 2. E. L. Harper and Benjamin E. Hopkins, of the Fidelity Bank, did not appear before Commissioner Hooper this afternoon, but by their at torneys they waived examination, and in default of ball, $200.000 and $100,000, respectively, were finally committed to answer at the October term of court. Lost Bis Mind. Sheibyville, III, July 2. Rev. Howard Miller, pastor of the Methodist Episcopil Church at Camden, this county, has lost his mind and wandered away from home. He preached to his people last Sunday as usual. No special reason is known for the loss of his mind. He ws transferred here from the Qulncy, 111., District Conference last year. 'riTS. AlTfcUfstODped free by Dr. Kline's Gieat Nerve Restorer. No F1U after first da js nee. Marvelous cure. Treatise and (2 trial bottle free to Fit cases. Pend to Dr. Kline, 9il Arch ttrcet, Philadelphia, Pa.

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