Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 August 1872 — Page 3

HR SOLDIER-STATESMAN,

6rtnl'i Portrait PalnUd by Hi Acts. Uli ElHce Dlaiate res tedaa Crt mf HtawktM-HU Kraprrl tr Itmm mm Mc.raea-HU TKrw- ( ! Ü ! pr Twf !)- Kelallvra, t'lc.t Me. From the New York World. When men eck for the opinion of a pubhr character, tbev look to In- record. A utrstnan is known by but opinions, a a tree Luown It ita fruit. Since Owu. Orant baa " uu fr a BUtewman. it is meet that hia tnie a ch cbould I eatabluthed. OHM K A..U! TBE Ooe of Maj.-Oen. Oram first general crJent wax the following, issued against the ,lWf icnif! tue traiiHactioiiK of a single firm v ,v . Brut hern) proved mimical to the wterLi. of the (ieneralV father : - UuDoriBTi: BJ iHIKTl.tXTH A KMT CoBPs, j HKPAKTlirXT or THETKXXKS8EF, Oxrotif. tfrT. Dntinler 17, 1862. ) Tbk Jews, ad a CUA violating erery filiation of trade established by the Treanin Pepartraent. also department ordern, are beret'V ev)eiif iroru ine nfaran wimhh trutV-foiu hours from tbe receipt of thnt orjtrbr poet cutnmender. They will ttee that iUTHB class or people are furniKbed with and required to leave, and any one returning after ucli notification will he arrested iii) held tu confinement until an opportunity occur of sending tbem out a prisoners, unlr furnished with permits from these heidjuirter. So psi-se will be given these people v. rif head'piarUr for Ihr purport of making r.Tftmal appt ration for trade pennita. By order of MijMien. Grant." Tae' above ordet exhibits Grant's inconnidtnte habits of mind, and showa bow unposriLe it wae for him to disguise, even in tbe tenat- of a historical document, the prejudices of narro nature. OiaST'e :.i '.i. CONTEMPT roB TBE NEOROES. The entitling order is only one of a dozen inJuatious of Grant's original temper toward the reg roe. DEPARTMENT OP TBE TENNESSEE, V Cobinth. Miss.. August 11. 162. ) Ofit rt ami vidier art poritirtly pruhtttMfrom enticing rlavcm to leave thetr matter. 1: i.- enjoined on all Commander to see that uu order is executed strictly under their own diiection. Bv command of Maj.-Oen. Grant "' Senator W.l-on. in a epeech before tbe American AM-.-Slaverr Society at ite third deride anniversary, in Philadelphia. 1S63, quoted in eiinct from a letter written by Gen. Grant to E. 15. VY shburne. in which Grant declared that he "had never been ein antitiarrry man." A late as October. 1S65. Senator Doohttle mi As a speech at Milwaukee. Win., in which he Mid . " He Gen. Grant stated to me. in conversation, that a considerable iKirtion of the trmllee between tbe whites and tbe blacks that had already occurred 'tarn in emterptenet cf the cswisi: attempt fo ore neyro tu frage in thome Stater. He said further that, if 'be Government were to attempt to do it and enforce it. it trould undoubtedly produce war between the tiro race there." These expressions of Gen. Grant aufiicientlv rove tbe follv f tbe claim ma le in his beft alf that he as fneadlv to the idea of free ing the si ves. A glance at his report to tbe lYenident in lv on the condition of the reuthern State rbows that he expressed the ouituon that cm and dueame irouid tend to mt ertertninatiH or great reduction of the t ran ." His EC0ÜOMT OP TBfTB Soon after tbe ciowe of tbe warden. Grant mffered himself to be drawn into a dilemma from which he was extricated with extreme discredit. At the time when the Tenure-of-office conflict raged and Secretary Stanton was suspended from his position at tbe head of the War Department by President Johnson. Grant was put by tbe President in Stanton'a plice. The Senate threatened to reinstate Mr. Manton. and Grant was kept in by tbe President with he express understanding that be would either return the office to tbe President's possession in order to enable tbe President to appoint a successor before final action by the Senate, or would remain at nsbead awaiting a decision of tbe question by jtvlicial proceedings. In disregard of tbe antlers! an ling and hie distinct promise to the I'rerident, Grant vacated tbe office when Stinton demanded it. and without giving Mr. Johnson notice of bis intention to do so. When Grant attempted to make it appe r that be had not made the specified promise to President Johnson, be was confronted by the personal asseveration! of members of tbe Cabinet, who testified to baring heant him promise exactly as the President said be promised. 'Iberc waa no question in any rnind. at the close of the correspondence c.n this subject, tuat Grant's recollection of what be said bad utterly failed bim. Ul- rEBSOXAL HABIT". The qnsstiou of Grant's habits frequently arose uuruii: tbe war and after, and the an swers were generally unfavorable. Among the direct tat etneuts made was one from an eye-wiitness. who alleged that "individual usances of Grant's beastly drunkenness were not of rare occurrence." This witness gave the parttcnlara of Gen. Grant's intoxication at the Sl Cbarlee Hotel. Cairo, alleged that he aas drank on a "flag-of-truce" visit to Columbus, and spoke of his " disastrous spree" at Fort lkne!son. President Johnson and wrant had u in his room at tbe White House so dnink that be couldn't stand straight on bis legs." Wendell Phillips, in the Anti-Sacery Handard of Feb. 1. 1H68, aid, New rumor reach us from Washington, com m j from diferent and trurttrorthy nrcem, that Gen. Grant bad been unmistakably drank in the streets of that citv within a few weeks." Tbe Independent, Jan! 23. 1M68. he had leen " fnddled in the streets." The RerAuti.n said. " Gen. Grnt is drank jjilf the time, and baa been seen steadying himself in brother's arms in Pennsylvania avenue.' The Philadelphia J'ost, tn the face f all these allegations, said that " tbe charge now amomits to deliberate allegation, which tbe political f-iends of Oen. Grant are bound to meet." Bu: tbe charge baa never been met by an authontative denial, and has been repeated from time to tima up to the present iay. ePEciXEss or his xLoqrEXCK. President Grant baa never pretended to be a sieecb-tnaker. and his reticence has been generally respected. Still it is surprising tbat a man brougnt before the pnb'tc so often has never Wrayed the slightest spark of originality, or wit. or humor, in any of the numerous little addresses be has delivered, ami of which tba following are fair specimene. At the great demonstration to axuvtain Andrew Johnson, at the Cooper Lnatitate, June 7. 1665. he said : "I thank yon for this reception. If I were in tbe lul.it of speaking. I am so impressed bv it that I wonld not be able to respond as I should like to do. Ton will have to excuse His." His speech at tbe dinner given to him at

tba Aator House. June 7, 1N66, was as fol

Iowa : "Gemtlpmpk : I know you will excuse me from attempting to reply to your very fl altering remarks." At Kalamazoo. Michigan, August 1!), 1865, be said : ' I am not going to reply to tlio address, gentlemen. I could not do so if I should try." After a long and flattering address from tbe chief orator at the Union League rooms, Januar 7, 1065, Grant said i ''Gentlemen i Ibid you good-night. I am much obliged to you for this reception." Potlowiug w his speech at Ii e Biddle House, Detroit, August 16, 11465 i "I bid vou all good-nigbt." His speech at Toledo. Ohio, August 30. 1865, ahowa bow natural it has always been for Grant to lean on sonie'syiy's shoulder : "ii.TL.MiN asp Fellow Cituens : Ilcv. Mr. Vincent, who baa come out on the Irani from Chicago, has kiudlv consented to return my thanks for the hearty welcome which you have given me." The following is an example of a speech, very much mixed, in wbich Grant speaks of a tiling done and nut done in the same breath. It was delivered at Niagara Falls : " My modesty compels me to turn over that written speech to Mr. Hall, who will deliver it for me whenever it is written." In this way Grant shifted the i esitonribility of bis sieechei upon other people, just as he used to shift the reiKnsibilit.v of a decision in time of battle mi on bis staff officers. Recently, on bis passage through Watertown, N. Y. i August 2), in company with Senator Coukuiig, he made one of the longest addresses of his life. Mark it : "After an abseneiof more than twenty years I fail to recognize a singic one of all the faces I now see before me as familiar to me then. Your city has altered very much indeed sinfe I last saw it. At tbat time I was a lieutenant stationed at Sackett's Harbor, which place I xpect to see before I return." When President Grant came into office, the first thing he did was to appoint a Cabinet of wbich one member at least ( Mr. A. T. Stewart) was appointed contrary to law, and had to be withdrawn. obant's bbotheb-in-law a kpecimen or ' CTT1L-SEBVICE UEFOBM." The President made many nniqne observations and suggestions in hm annual messages, of wbich a pitying or contemptuous Congress took no heed. In his last annual message he Iii 'Tbenresent laws f or collacting the revenue pay Collectors of Custom small salaries, but provide (or moieties (shares in all seizures), which, at principal ports of entry, raifl the compensation of those officials to a large sum. It has alwavs seemed to me as if this system mnst at times, work perniciously. It holds out an inducement to dishonest men, should such get possession of the offices, to Ire lax in their fcrutiny if fooJ to enaWe them finally to makr largr teixures." This is precisely what Cneey. the President's brother-in-law who has been retained in office aa Collector of the Port of New Orleans in spite of his proven dereliction and incapacity admits that he did. In his letter to the Secretary of the Treasury (November 23, 1871). on tbe subject of the Coutonrie frauds, be says : "I" commenced this investigation on the night of tbe first day I took charge of this oftk-e (April 12. 186), and in ten days from that date I was fully satisfied of the existence of the Coutourie frauds, but, as before stated. kept the matter perfectly ptiet until afUr the arriral of other nitprrted cargoet." in acceptance or oirrs anp bribes. Gen. Grant was a notorious gift-taker, and President Grant has never refused a present. It hi- leen denied that be evei accepted a gift after be was elected President, but nereis one among many proofs to tbe contrary. Four months after his election to the Presidency gluo.UUO were transmitted to him in the fol lowing cash and securities : MrtBe ao.l lntret 4".43?.sn Tin tbiBn47-.HiCnitrdS!aie"l.iU'ls.ttrt rn-- - .M.TIsne Ch IW.W.Jf Toul . : The receipt was duly acknowledged in the following letter : Washington. V. C. Feb. 17. 1869. "Deab Genbbal: Your letter of the 15th, inclosing me the handsome testimonial of the citizens of New York, with the names of all tbe t o generous contributors to it, is received. ' 1. rough you I wish to thank the gentlemen whose names you have inclosed to me, individuals and collectively. I have the honor to I vour obedient servant, U. 8. Gbant." For the pnrcbaee of the President's cottage at Long Branch, presented to him after he became President, there were eight subscribers. This is tbe direct personal statement of Alexander T. Stewart, who said significantly that he kiute of one gentleman who was inrifed to become a subscriber to that fund-" There were three members of Grant's Cabinet, as first appointed, who had made him presents Stewart, Borie and Hoar. Stewart's givings are well known. Bone had contributed to tbe Philadelphia bouse and Hoar to the libra rv presented tbe President by citizens of Massachusetts. And Daniel Buttertield, who was as pointed to tbe Sub-Treasury in New lork, and driven from office by the Black Fridav e posun . was the man who got up tbe New York subscription of 105.(KM for Grant, while Gnnnell. appointed Collector, was one of the subscribers. NATIONAL PKNaloNEBS OY THE OBANT FAMILY. Tbe nepotism which baa characterized the Presidents Administration has passed all bounds. The following is the latest revised hst of tbe pensioners : 1. Jesse Hoot Grant, President's father. Postmaster at Covington. Ky. 2. Rev. M. J. Cramer. President's brother-in-law. Minister to Denmark. S. Brevet Brig. Gen. F. T. Dent, President's brother-in-law. one of the illegal military se-.-retarie of tbe White House. w. George W. Dent. lresident's brother-in-law. Appraiser of Customs at San Francisco. 5. John Dent. President's brother-in-law. exclusive Indian Trader in New Mexico. 6. Judge Louis Dent, President's brother-in-law. official office broker. 7. Alexander shame. President s brother-in-law. Marshal of the District of Columbia. 8. James F. Casey, President's brother-in-law. Collector of Customs at New Orleans. 9. Silaa Hudson. President's counsin. Minister to Guatemala. 10. Peter Casey, President's brother-in-law's brother. Postmaster of Vicksburg, Miss. 11. Alexander Sharps, Jr , President's brother-in-law's son, cadet at Annapolis. 12. Orlando TL Rom. Presidents on sit:, clerk in the Third Auditor's office, Washington. 13. Frederick Dent Grant. President's son. Second Lieutenant Fourth Cavalry. 14. A. W. Casey. President's brother-in-law'a brother. Appraiser of Customs, New Orleans. 15. Nat. A. Patton. son of President's mother's seeond cousin. Collector of the port of Galveston, Texas. 16. George B. Johnson, President V cousin's hustend, Asseraor of Internal Revenue, Third District of Ohio. 17. Benjamin L. Winans, President's cousin's husband. Postmaster of Newport. Ky. 18. F. M. Lamper. M. D., President's second cousin : first a ganger in the Chicago Cnatom-Honse, next Receiver of the I And Office and United States Depository at Olvmpia. W. T. 19. James E. McLean, partner with Oi villo L. Grant. President's brother, until recently Collector of the Port of Chicago. 20. E. C. David, husband of the third cousin of tbe President s wife, special agent of the Postoffice Department in Illinois and Iowa. 21. W. D. Bernard, Presidents wife'acousin.

National Hank Examiner for Miaaouri. Kansas,

Iowa, and a portion or Illinois. (.rantisiu. From ths Chieato Tribune Republican). Tbe term ' (irnntiam" has MMlysjsJ H definite meaning in thia cnmtu!gti. It is the Ifgitimitt aiicrPHsor of "lohnnoiiisin, ' uii l arises out of similar abuaes, though it is suaUine'l mainly ly a different nt ol voters. It includes h grat variety of elements, all of which converge towards one point and end in one object, viz.: Making the Preident's will superior to the judgment of all statesmen and party leaders, mid superior to the law and the Constitution. Obviously, nothing can Se more hostile to all true Republicanism than (irantiatn, if it bears tins definition. In fact, it is simple absolutism, und, if not crushed out by adverse majorities at the poll-, would bring the whole country at the feet of this one man, who is in so few thugs a great or even a capable man. Yet it is simply astounding to see thousands of self-styled Republicans sustaining every blunder, and brazenly denying every act of turpitude, that can be nailed to the door of Grant, or charged to the account ol officeholders for whom he is responsible. The evasive style in which these worshipers of Grant defend him shows that no atgum'-nt penetrates the;r understanding. Tliry may be capable of reasoning on other points, but on this die- do not pretend to be.- Exjose, specifically, the illegal acts, frauds, or blunders rd each Department ; the payment by Boutwll of $l,90O,U00 more than m act of Congress authorized, to the Syndicate ; the payment by Rout well of $75,000 without any authority by Congress for " Rebl archives" to u-e for campaign purposes ; the payment by Boutwell of $230,000 in one year to run a single court in Isorth Carolina which has usually been run for $5,000, the difference being for campaign expenses; the sale by Secretaries Robeson and Ilelknap of Government arms to annts of the French Government, knowing them to be such, for which Gen. Sherman was recently rebuffed by the Lmperor of Germany, whose Aid informed him that the Emperor could trant t.o cnurteies to the highest military representative of our Government because of those sales ; the payment by Secretary Robeson of $93,000 cut of the Ireasury to the Secors five yeirs atter Congress had settled and paid tlieir claims in full : the attempted corrupt jnyment or the Chorpenning claim by Postmaster General Creswell to one of Chorpenning's attorneys, which a Re publican Congress unanimously condemned as corrupt, and forb ide its payment; the indecent appointment of various persons, motly incompetent, to office after Grant had received from these persons valuable presents: the retention of Leet and Stocking in the General Order business in New York after one hundred New York merchant had denounced them as extortionist ami petitioned for their removal ; the retention of Casey after he had been expos d and condemned by a Republican Committee of Congress; and a score of other instances of misgovernment, many of them rank with the manifest odor of corruption, and the reply of these self-styled Republicans is a jeering guffaw of laughter, with the high-toned comment that "The only parties who are dissatisfied with the corruptions of the Administration are tliose who could not get their share of the plunder.'' and that, u If there are any fools who would not take presents, they would like to know who they are." He who provideth not for bis own household is worse than an infidel ! When pointed to tbe attempts made by (irant to coerce the Senate into su taming the San Domingo policy, these pseu'fo Republicans find it as impossible to comply nenn now senators '.-aii nave the right to difler from Grant, as the French peasantry find it to conceive why any portion of the people should vote against the Emperor. It the whole people of America were of such a pusillanimous race, and could elect representatives of their type, it would require no amendment of the Constitution, nor even the repeal of the law, nor so much as the issue of a ' proclamation, to convert our Republic into a consolidated despotism more autocratic than that of Imperial Rome or modern Russia. The Senate and House of Representatives might still meet, but their meeting or dissolving would be of no more consequence than the gathering or d parture of so many Government clerks. This was actually the case in Rome for several centuries after the Coesars h id abolished the Republic. The forms of the R-public were kept up, the Senate met, but the theory of Ciesarisru or Grant ism paralyzed their usefulness, and the utter absence of virtue in the State, or manly ir. dependence among the people, rendered the Senate as powerless to check the Cresar as if there had been no Senate. Grant, Cameron, Morton & Co. have a system of government by patronatre, wuicii is neither Republican not Democratic, and is wholly unknown to the Constitution. Sixty thousand officeholders, paid by the taxes of the whole people, stand up for this system, and labor in every way to debauch the public conscience and demoralize voters to the decree that they may see nothing wrong in .hat which is more subversive ot Republicanism than the rebellion itself. That, had it succeeded, could but have made ..wo Republics. Grantism, fully carried out, would leave none. It may lie that a large portion of the Republican party cannot see that a Congress whose votes are purchased and paid for with Presidential natronage is not the Congress contemplated by the Constitution, and that in voting for Grantism they intentionally vote to sustain and create such a Congress. If so, the safety of the country can no

longer be trusted to the Republican

party, and the quicker its power is broken up and destroyed the better. It is for Republicans theinselvea to 1 demonstrate their ability to throw off this nightmare of Grantism, ami sho.v themselves us jealous of the pr s'-rva-tion of their own bbertiesim tiny have been zealous tor conferring freedom on the black man. We have helped ih-ni in the first crusade, and will help them in the second. But we will never help build up a theory wnich makes u a PnttOAM Government, controlled by Federal patronage and a sulsidiz. l press, tempered by a quadrennial election. Storing Farm Implements. I went into Swamacot's tool-house yesterday to get out of the rain. His grass is cut, and he will have no further use for his mower. The orthodox way of doing with a mower, on many farms, is to unhitch from it where the last hay cutting is done, and leave it in the Held. Swamcot must be heretic ! I found his mower packed away in one corner of his tool house, as snugly as if it had been there when the tool hous;e was built, and had never cut any grass. I noticed it had been thoroughly clean d and the bearings oiled. 1 rather liked the idea ! I said eo. Swamscot said, " Whv, that's the way I make money. I've used that mower six summiTB, and it's a better mower today than Joe Peet's that he bought last year; his lay in the field until November, and was'then put into an open shed where the sheep ran and the hen9 roosted. It was a nice looking object this spring; and 1 know that he expended $15 upon it before he could make it run. Why, sir, he never took the sickle out of it from th time he quitu-ing it until he wanted to use it again ; nor did ho oil it." I noticed the hoes, cultivators, harrows, plows, etc., etc., were all snugly put away by Swamscot. I mention these little things that you msy know why he has the leputation of Mini I thrifty, thorough, üben) iurmer. He has more current litenture on his dining-room table evenings than mo' literary men would care for ; but you outlit to see his hired men go through the papers snd magazines! And they shaie the pood things they read with each other and the family and diaenai the same with no small degree of intelligence. Vor. Rural New Yorhr. See to the CloTer. Mr. Curtis, before the Farmers' Club, says : ' Hogs can be wintered on clover hay cut green, if steamed to a pulp, without any meal or bran being add -I." Cattle reducing this to a pulp by mastication, get a similar effect. We know leading farmers who keep their dairies during the winter on clover h;iy alone, or clover and cornstalks. Puis till the cows are turned to grass, 00 they go into pasture strong and in go d flesh, giving ft large yield of milk at the same time. This being a fact, as it is demonstrated yearly, why are we teed ing grain ? Simply because we neglect or disregard early cutting, fearing we cannot cure our hay in this early or green stage. It is more an excuse than anything else. Others do it. cut enrl . and cure fair to well. Have the hay capped, and there is no danger of spoiling. Use the tedder freely, which will expedite the drying. By cutting the first crop (clover) early, when just in blossom, the second crop may cut, and in good time, leaving time enough for an after growth for protection. Here are two crops; and aa clover cm be made to yield well with comp r tively little expense, we need not call attention to the benefit derived in this way. Plaster now, a bushel to the ncre, and determine before-hand that you will make the test and make it. If not on a large scale, at least test it on a small. Have the hay caps ready; there is time for that now. What we need is testing, and testing fairly. If the best farmers are reaping advantage here, why may we not all have it? ( lover is the farmer's plant of profit. Those engaging earliest in it, lully, will get the most of the qenefit. Cor. Utiea Herald. An Extensive Farmer. The Pacific Rural Press says : As an index to the extent of agricultural productions of our valley, we need only state that we have one farmer in our midst, whoe bill ot expense for the one item of sacks alone, in which to sack his crop of the present year, is estimated to be upwards of $30,000. The unpretending, plain citizen is John Mitchell, Ksq., of our county (Napa), who has -.wn to grain this present year, on his own lands, 30.000 acres. The question naturally presents itself is not Mi. Mitcl'cl. the greatest wheat producer in the world? If not, where is the man who excels him? If there can be any one individual farmer lound who surpasses him. we believe that next year Mr. Mitchell would go him many acres better, as he has yet thousands of acres iu our valley uncultivated that will be ready lor the plow. Kidding Luud of Stumps. In the fail, bore an inch or an inch and a quarter hol according to the size of the stump, eighteen inches deep, and put into it an ounce or :m ounce and a halt of saltpeter; fill the hole with water and plug it up. In the spring take out the plug and put into the hole half a gill of kerosene and ignite it. It will go on burning without any blaze until the whole stump to the extremity of the roots is consumed, leaving nothing but a-hes. The siurap must be moist ; an old dry stump will not be penetrated by the saltpeter. Fowls as Ornaments on U rounds. Fowls belong naturally on the lawns, among shrubbery, and in the kitchen and front garden. As objects of beauty in a landscape, some of the better type

of fowls should be kept. They are con

sumers ot insects, slugs, worms, etc., and can render the gardener great service if permitted to do so. fhey are features of domestic life wh' h no really cultivated taste for rural pleo-ures will forego. Then is nothing unrefined, in our judgment, in giving life to country plaOM by stocking them with the u,.re ornamental v.uietis f H inestic lowis. Converting Weeds into .Manure. A ready method of utilizing weeds and garden refuse t-oas tOOoaVOft them speedily into valuable manure consists in laying them in a Irench in aucct-sive layis, with unslaked linie betwt en, i nd than covering the whole with i.rth. The mass wdt be rapidly conveite i into an excellent mannt . and the additional percentage ot lime will also have its importance in the economy of Um farm. Agricultural Items. The "Heathen Chinee" wants 50,000 ton of our ohatnft every vesr after this. Tu eke are eight en millions of fertile acres waiting for occupier in Montana. Six Tiiot s.tNi act es of tobacco were grown in Iioc UBty, Wi ., the past season. Osier raising .Miel b.isk t making is now becoming I favorite specialty with some !aim-rs. Cistern water may b kept free from insects and leaves bjr I riving a -trainer of wire gauze on the inlet pipe. CuAi.N-ia ui's and mt r-draweii serve to aerate thawntvTof etattrna and improve its flavor for drinking purposes. A farmer who cannot make a good living on hit farm should hire out with a good farmer and learn how he does it. A Pennsylvania lar:iit-r has found the cspital inresteii in draining to be returned every fife in the increase of his crops. The experience of many fsnoy farmers is summed up in thtit of oi.e who said his cattle ate up his crops, and his hired men a ft up his cat tla. Make a rottel ; all emps aie improved by tolling ul Uta proper season winter grain rid meadows in the spring, and sown Hops immediately after sowing. Dr. Dana, of Lowel1, Mass,, thinks he has found by observation that a cow in consuming one ton of hay makes one cord or four and a half ions of solid manure. A great deal of poor Ajnerioan cbc se is sold in England for hog leed. So says an English paper. If so. why do our dairymen nvdte such cheese, and such a reputation along with it? A sandy farm i- -omef.mes u v iluable one; such S one ftt Red Bank, X. J., w,. lately sold to the United States Government for $2").it'0 on account of the immense quant. ly of eand it contained. Dr. Warder. J Ohio, lately stated that he had planted some land in locust timber fifteen yeais ago, and had sold last year, from one acre, 4,000 fence posts at 25 cents esch, clearing $1,000 from that acre. Montana claims to have produced the largest crops of wheat ever harvested in any country ; oats, rye and barley yield bountifully, and all varieties of grass flourish surprisingly, while the crops of roots of all kinds produce enormously. At Bakersfieid. Cal., nn irrigating ditch, eipht miles long, twenty-four feet wide, and three feet deep, was dug by a co-operative colon v of farmers in six J weeks. It waters 16,0 acres of land, and runs a grist mill. The root crop of England is being largely increased by ste,i:u cultivation, with the cuiious effect of increasing the production of brar.dy, which is made from the surplus potato crop 16,000,000 bushels being thus used. Isaac Rowem.. of Connecticut, has fed during the pst winter 10' grade merinos on hay morning and night, with twelve quarts of corn at noon, salt and ashe?alw;ys at hand, and running water in the ysrd constantly. They Cime out this spring in good condition. Man Shot and Killed by His Sister. This morning, about 6 o'clock, a most desperate affiir occurred about one mile from this quiet town, resulting in the shooting and killing of a yo Dg man by hi- slater The family is known as the Willi Imnily, and the father, Wynt Willis, was absent from home at the timo of the murder. It appears that tin- - id"st sn, .lohn Willis, whohas always DORM the name of a desperate Character, boftani for fome cause, to whipand b?at one of his young sisters, when nn older sifter, Mary interfered, and demanded that he should desist, He swore that if he did not cease interference he would kill her, and, suiting the action to the word, he seized an axe and drove her into the hOUSe, Whereupon she gr;iped a shotgun near by, and, leveling ;.t at hint killing iiim instantly. The gun was very heavily charged, and the whole ftharga took effect, in his neck and ride of hi friee, there being only a little more than the gun's length betwe n thom The sist-w says she did not intend to kill her brother, but only to frighten hi m and keep him at by, ftft die did no: know thtt the -uii was loaded, When she realized what she bad done she b.'c.inie .frantic, and declared tht she would kill herself. Kansas Cit Journal. A New York housekeeper has discovered that tlie wisUna creeping plant will keep out house flic.-. Tha pestiferous insects will noi enter a window where one of tliee creepers ia growing.