Bloomington Telephone, Volume 7, Number 16, Bloomington, Monroe County, 18 August 1883 — Page 2

Bloommgton Telephone

BLOOMINGTQy, f D' . WALTER a BRADFUTE, -pjgj

THE NEWS. iBteffigeneeby WlrefronAIithB World. F0REIG3. Morrte Scharf has confessed to a reporter of the Pttther-Iioyd that Ida testimony at Nyiergthybaza-that he saw the sacrifice of the Christian girl in the Jewish synagogue was all false. -r-Havanagh, Hanlon and other detested Irish informers, who were iter used a landing at .JCjalbQurne, arrived at Sydney, N. & W., where they were transferred to as English ironclad, in conformity with orders by teelgranh'from the Government at London. A St Petersburgr dispatch says: "The anti-Jewish riots-hare broken oat afresh in Ekaterinoslav, Bnssia. and in the collisions between the military and the populace Inindreds hare been killed. 9 A cable dispatch from Constantinople annoonoes toe discovery of Noah's ark. "It appears,9 says tite dispatch, "that some Turkish Commissioners appointed to inves tigate the question of avalanches on Mount Ararat suddenly came upon a gigantic hir uc turn of very dark wood protrudingfromagiacier. They made inquiries of the hihabitanta They had seen it for six years, but had been afraid to approach it because a qpfeitraf fierce aspect had been seen looking oat .of the upper window. The. Turkish Commissioners, however, are bold men, not deterred by such trifles, and they determined to reach it Situated as it was among the fastnesses of one of the glens of Mount Ararat, it was a work of enormous difficulty, and it was only after incredible hardships that they succeeded. The ark, one will be glad to hear, was in a good state of preservation, although the angles -observe, not the bow or stern had been a good deal broken in its descent They recognized it at once. There was an Englishman among them who had presumably read his Bible, and he saw it was made of the ancient gopher wood of Scripture, which, as every one. knows, grows only on the plains of the Euphrates. - Effecting an entrance into the structure, which was painted brown, they found that the admiraHjr requirements ..for the conveyance of horses had been carried out, and the interior was divided into partitions fifteen feet high Into three of these only could they get, the others being full of ice, and how far the ark extended into tbe glacier they could not telL If, however, on being uncovered it turns out to be SCO eubite long it will go hard with disbelievers in the Book of Genesis.9 ': A London dispatch says: "Cholera has taken .a fresh hold upon the natives of Egypt, and the death rate has began mountteg upward. The deaths number about 800 day. The greatest mortality was hf the provinces of Charkich, where the fatal cases reached the large number of 295. The dread soourage has broken oat In the province of Eavounj and yesterday's deaths numbered 115. A riot broke out in Alex. 'ahdca in consequence of the report that EnUsh -doctors were poisoning the natives. The mob attempted to destroy the ambulances,crying "Death to the Christians!" The .Outbreak 'was easily quelled by the British feoopsand gendarmerie patroht . Dae. BobertMoffat, an African missionary, father-in-law of the celebrated explorer, Dr. UringBtone, is dead. ' ' ' Ata.meetingihIxnaonina(dof asaiBted endgzatton, at which Earl Shaftesbury pre. sided, a resolution was adopted to send 200,w persons to uanaaa ana otner jszttasn colonies, the state to furnish them farms and take mortgages as security. Through the persistent efforts of the Princess of Wales, bill has passed the House of Commons making pigeon-shooting-aiegal It is understood that the Government of New South Wales has consented to protect the .Phoenix Park: informers, now tossing about oil ithe steamer Pathan. ' ' Canon Bernard, who fled from Belgium to the United States with money and papers belonging to. the Archbishop of Tournay, has been found not guilty on the. ground that the conversion of the funds was acr complished beyond Belgian jurisdiction. . EngOetewayoy the great Zulu warrior, recently reported killed in battle, stOl Uvea The Pope has ordered the chief prelates ef'the church in Europe and America to assemble at the Vatican in November; for con- ' snltntwn as to the best means to maintain friendly relations with all the powers. The Spanish -authorities have enjoined newspapers from publishing any news of the revolt except that furnished by the Secretary of the Interior; and editors must abstain from commenting on the situation. PEESOHAL. President Arthur's son arrived in Montreal the other day, after Shooting the rapids of the St Lawrence in a canoe. Mrs. Fargo, relict of the late President of- the American Express Company, was nmiried at Buffalo to F. F. Fargo, formerly. City Clerk, but who is no relative of her nrss nnwanons zamlry. . Oens Meigs, who has charge of the erection of the Pension Office building in WashIngton. indignantly returned two lawn vases sent by a Boston contractor. W". J,' Pabner has resigned the Presidency of the Denver and Bio Grande railway, on aboount'oit Iris-connection with the JtexicnNatkmalfoadi Joseph A, Sedge, General Manager of ihe Boston, Concord and Montreal Bailroad, Is dead. Mr. a E. Heath rode down Mount Wa$htOgton .to the Glen House on a tricycle, maidng the eight mfles in fifty-five minutes, while the bicycle record is one hoar and 4glf 'wife of United States Senator W. & Alttson, while suffering from an insane attac'drowned herself in the Mississippi atTtabbqatti Iowa. Mrs. Allison left home in the afternoon, faOling her servant that he.waagoh to,-one of the near neighbors, instead of this, however, taking her gossamer cm her arm, she went in an opposite direetion toward the country, where the been aooastomed to take almost daily walka' It is ascertained that she wandered around in the outskirts of the imy during the afternoon, where she was seen by severai persons walking rapidly and apparently

somewhat excited, Not retnrslng by 9 o'clock from the, place where she was sup-., posed to be, tb alarm was given, and s search was mikintained during the entire

night The foUowing morning her body waj cuscevere in ijitie rvr, auwui a iuub ooiuw theityif- She -hadfecut up her gossamer placed some stones m it, and tied theni securely about her neck; tbtjah walked deliberately into the river, aboat thirty-five feet from the land, laid down and drowned herself where the water was only two and a half feet deep. Mrs. Allison was of a highly nervous temperament, and daring the past two or three years has Buffered from and been treated for mental diseases. While at a water-cure establishment in western New York in 1881 under medical treatment, she attempted suicide in much the same manner, but was fortunately rescued. She was a niece and adopted- daughter of the late Senator Grimes, of Iowa, and has been married for ten years. She had no children. Edouard Dubuff, the painter of one of the greatest and best-known pictures ever seen in America The Prodigal Son," unhappily destroyed by fire at Cincinnati several years ago has just died in Paris, France As a commercial enterprise merely, "The Prodigal Son, exhibited at 25 cents admission, paid' over 10 percent on $100,000. . USMOIAL AUD rSDUSTBIAL. T. S, Atwater, a bag manufacturer of New York, has made an assignment He was rated at 110,000. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Commercial Agency reports that there were iS3 business failures throughout the United States and Canada reported to New York during the week ending Aug. 1L, the same number as the preceding week, divided as follows: New England States, 22; Middle, 82; Western, 53; Southern, 20; Pacific, 16; New York city, 13, and Canada and the Provinces, 17. There was a great flurry in Indianapolis financial circles last week,- caused by the embarrassment of the First National Bank and the Indiana Banking Company, both of which closed their doors. The former bank reopened within a few hours, a powerful syndicate coming to its aid. The stockholders decided to increase the capital stock by $400,000, the present owners of stock to double their amounts or sell out at 50 cents on the dollar, and the former plan obtaining with the majority. On this basis the institution was reorganized, with W. H. English as President This arrangement resulted in a return of confidence in business circles, and merchants made their daily deposits. Work has been begun on Dakota's new Capitol at Bismarck. The City National Bank of Lawrenceburg, Ind., has suspended. Pe Witt Fitch is President, and the capital stock is 9100,03a An international iron and steel company, with a .capital of $10,000,000, has filed articles of incorporation in New York. A. B. Sheraton, carpets and furnishings, St Johns, N. F., has failed for about $100,000. Fifty-three thousand miles of railroads earned, during July, 1883, about $1,000,000 more than was earned by 48,0C0 miles in July, 1882. Almost a panic prevailed on the New York Stock Exchange on the 18th lost The transactions aggregated 581,000 shares. The bears started a raid on Oregon and Trans continental, which was driven from 66 to 59, and followed it up by forcing Northern Pacific down A points. Everything on the the list suffered serious depreciation. Omaha common stock fell of 5 points, and Bock Island was hammered to 117, One or two brokers failed during the day. The excitement which agitated the New York speculators spread to Chicago, and there i was a marked drop In the prices of provisions and cereals. The Indiana Banking Company, of In dianapolis, has gone into the hands of John Landers, as receiver. The officers state that $3CO,000 was lost in the purchase and sale of stock of the First National Bank. It is claimed that the assets would meet the liabilities if not forced to sale The City National Bank at Lawrenceburg, Ind., will not resume business. POLITICAL. At the State Convention of the National party of New Jersey, held at Asbury Park, a platform was presented for adoption, The document expressed opposition to all monopolies, favored control by the Government of the railways and telegraph lines, equal taxation, universal suffrage and submitting to the popular vote an amendment to the State constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. A warm discussion followed over tha clause favoring woman suffrage Mrs. Marie. Howland, a delegate, arose to speak, but began crying and sat down. The platform was finally adopted as read, with the exception of the temperance plank. A resolution expressing sympathy with the striking telegraph operators was passedBenjamin Urner, of Union county, was nominated for Governor. The Springfield (111) State Journal hoists the same of James G. Blaine, for President GENERAL President Arthur remained at Fort Washakie one day, and held a council with the headmen of the Arapahoe and Shoshone tribes of Indiana Propositions were made to the Indians looking to a complete change in their method of, life, and a transfer of their control from the Interior to the War Department A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, who witnessed the most notable council, telegraphs as follows: "Next to the President sat the great Chief of the Snakes,' Washakie, and near by Black Coal, of the Arapahoea The Secretary of War reclined on a cushion from an ambulance, a silent but interested spectator. Gen. Sheridan flitted about as one thoroughly accustomed to such scenes. Long before the time, of convening, the dusky horde peered curiously at the powerful visitor, the squaws making many gestures of approbation of his stalwart form. When all was ready Chief Washakie lit the peace-pipe and handed it to the President The latter drew a short whiff and passed the pipe over to Chief Black Coal After the Isader had smoked to each other's eternal welfare Washakie spoke. He assured the Great Father of his perpetual friendship, of his long-buried hatchet, and the industry of his tribe. He extended to his pale-face visitors the hospitality of the reservation, with its abundance of fish and game, The startling Indian policy of Gen.

Sheridan was then presented to the tribe. He proposed to, do away with all reservations as such, and indianiencies and agents. In the place of the lands thus taken the Government, would issue bonds bearing interest the same as any other Government bonda These bonds would be issued in payment for all property lost, and the interest paid semi-annually. Under this act the Indians would be obliged to take up homesteads and live on the interest of the bonds, and the product of the farms thus secured. The interest on the bonds would be payable at certain convenient forts by United States officials, in the same way as the army is paid. Thiii would effectually release the Indians from the control of the Interior Department and place them abso

lutely at the mercy of the Department of War. There would be no agencies, but the citizens would be protected by existing lines of forts. Gen. Sheridan claimed that nearly all the Indian troubles of the last few years have arisen through the corruption of Indian agents. Under this method the Indians would be held responsible as citizens, and would be liable to both civil and military law in the district in which they reside. He claimed that the Government would be benefited by the issuance of bonds, and the Indians would secure all that is due them under the present system. In fact, the latter would receive more than they do now, as so much 1b absorbed in passing through different hands." At the base of Lookout mountain, three miles from Chattanooga, opening on the Tennessee river, a wonderful cave has been discovered, in which are a lake, numerous waterfalls and other phenomena. One cataract is 150 feet high, and the water descends with a thunderous noise, The Indian Bureau has received telegraphic advice that the Creek troubles were settled by the Fisk Commission in a manner satisfactory to all parties. Don Manuel de Meza, a Mexican resident of Washington, gives the details of an agreement by Marmilian to abdicate the throne and proclaim himself President of the republic. Gen. Santa Anna was to have been placed in command of the army, but his friends broke up the plot So far behind is the work of the public printing-office at Washington, that forty car-loads of documents were last week sent i out to members of Congress. Capt Sel fridge, commanding the torpedo station at New York, is to establish the first gun-cotton factory in the United States and supply the demands of the navyFIRES AND CASUALTIES. A fearful rain and hail Btorm passed over a section of Southwestern Iowa Great damage was dona Whole fields of corn were split up and utterly ruined. One man lost seventy acres. Window-glass was broken indiscriminately. Many people took refuge in cellars, fearing a cyclone In the vicinity of Atlantic hailstones fell as large as egga Whole fields of grain were destroyed. The damage in that locality is estimated at $100,ooa Twelve men were accidentally killed in the Bozeman Montana) railroad tunnel.. A fire which started in the tinware manufactory of Matthews, Ingraham & Co., at Baltimore, burned twenty stores and houses. Many persons had narrow escapes, and two firemen were injured by falling walls. The total loss will exceed $80,000. Three tobacco-factories and a cottonmill at Danville, Va., were burned, the loss aggregating $150,000. Fire at Meridian, Mo., burned three blocks of residences and tenements, causing a loss of $50,000. A fire at Kichmond, Va, destroyed the factories of Lynn & Co., W. A Waldron and G. P. Hawes fc Co., the loss being $25,000. Gilmore's steam saw-mill, near Hull, Quebec, valued a i $1CO,000, was also burned A freight train on the Cleveland and Lorain road was wrecked at Massillon by running off a switclu Engineer Graham and Fireman Wilson were Jellied. Fire at North Muskegon, Mich. , destroyed the Peninsular Manufacturing Company's factory Loss, $25,000. A fire at Detroit destroyed William Sauer's cooper-shops and five buildings ad. j jacent, all valued at $30,000. A lad named Eicherbron was killed by a hose-carriage Near Point Lookout, off Baltimore, the steamer William Lawrence and schooner ! Sarah Layinia collided, the latter immediately sinking. Four persona perished, The Kimball House, at Atlanta, Ga., has been destroyed by fire. The guests all escaped. Loss, $1,000,030. Near Lincoln, Neb., three boys engaged in herding cattle took refuge from a storm beneath a tree, when a stroke of lightning killed them instantly. Cottage City, Martha's Vineyard, . narrowly escaped complete destruction by fire. Property valued at $200,000 was burned. Costello's tannery at Camden, N, Y., val ued at $100,000, was burned. Three pedestrians were ground to pieces on the Baltimore and Ohio track near Dernier Station, Fa The Hotel Devon, on the Pennsylvania railroad, eight miles from Philadelphia, took fire while the guests were breakfasting, and was soon totally destroyed There were 225 persons in the house, none of whom were injured The loss is nearly $100,000. GRIMES AND'OEIMESALS: The Wells-Fargo express was robbed between Riverside and' Pioneer, Arizona, by masked men. The agent, John Collins, was killed, and one passenger wounded A company of Mexican infantry, encamped near Hermosillo, mutinied, killing the Captain and First Lieutenant and fleeing to the mountains with the arms and ammunition, Joseph F. Stout was hanged at RockviUe, Ind, for the murder of Taylor Dunbar. Four Georgia horse-thieves were pursued across the line into Mississippi and lynched 0. M Dittman, a prominent real-estate dealer in St Paul, has been arrested for forging notesto the amount of $100,000. As the result of, a quarrel over a game of cards at St Louis, Mo., August Dunker fatally shot Frank Wah), proprietor of a notion store, and then put a bullet through his own head The men who recently blew open a safe at Clayton, Iowa, and secured $10,000 in notes and cash, have been captured One was a Justice in the township and another an insurance agent One Emerson, alias "Texas Bill, " a border ruffian, who was imprisoned at Hutchinson, Kan., for murdering an inoffensive citizen,

was forcibly taken from the jail at night by a mob, who proposed lynching him, but a Sheriff and his posse rescued him from the vigilantes, whom they dispersed. At Baltimore, Mayor William Bmckney Whyte anj six -members of the late Commission of, the Fire Department have been presented by the Grand Jury for malfeasance in office Bail was fixed at 33,000 in each case, The bodies of four men were found in a railroad camp near Cumberland Falls, Tenn. It is supposed they fought and killed eaqh other while gambling.

LATEST NEWS. An anti-Jewish riot at Berlin was speedly suppressed The wheat-yield in France will be about 20 per cent short of the average since the Franco-Prussian war. A private insane asylum at Ealing, England, was destroyed by fire The proprietor and his son lost their lives in attempting to rescue patients, five of whom perished in the flames, The camp-meeting at the battle-ground near Lafayette, Ind, sustained a financial loss by the refusal of the New Albany road to run Sunday trains. Twenty-three rounds were fought at Hunter's Point, Long Island, by Deinpsey and'Turnbull, the former winning. Wagner and Cavanagh had a contest near Pitsburgh, the former being knocked out in the fourth round -r-In Indianapolis, Edward Schissler fatally stabbed his divorced wife with a butcherknife, and then killed himself with a revolver. They leave four children to the care of an uncle. At Trenton, N. J., Mrs. C A Knoblack threw her husband into the canal and then leaped in. She made an end of it, but the man reached the shore safely. The Passavant Hospital at Milwaukee, under process of construction, was consumed by an incendiary fire, causing a loss or f oO.OO'Jl In the Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers' Convention at Philadelphia, the question as to whether the iron men should withdraw from the steel workers and organize by themselves, was negatived by a unanimous vote. Augustus M. Herrington, who was United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois during the administration of President Buchanan, died at' Geneva, Kane county, I1L He had for many yearB maintained a high position in the legal profession, and was otherwise a man of note and large personal acquaintance The Hon. James Cockburn, ex-Speaker of the Canadian Parliament, died at Ottawa, Ont Hon. E R. Hawn, ex-Secretary of State of Indiana, and a Mexican war veteran, died at Indianapolis. The disturbed condition of the stock market continued in Wall street on the 14th inst, and during the h jurs of business sharp declines in many securities were noted The transactions were unusually large, competent authority placing the stoek which changed ownership at 700,000 shares. At noon the failure of George William Ballou & Co. was announced in the Exchange, causing much excitement and a further decline in values. Their liabilities will approximate $700,000. American railroad shares in London fell in sympathy with the chaotic condition of affairs in Wall street Mexican advices report that in the town of Nacori, Lieut Moreno, commanding a detachment of Mexican troops, had a battle with a band of 150 Apaches who had killed five of his pickets. The troops ran out of ammunition and were compelled to retreat A Washington dispatch to the Chicago Times reports that Ex-Senator McDonald of Indiana, has made his appearance there on apolitical mission; that he (McDonald) has ascertained that Mr. Tilden is determined to secure the nomination for the Presidency next year, and that important conferences are daily being held at Greystone. The commerce and amity treaty between Mexico and Germany provides that Germans are to pay no taxes not levied on Mexicans, and are to be exempt from military service, and from the payment of forced loans. Peof. Cook, of the Michigan Agricultural College, has found in proof that bees know their masters, and are more likely to sting a stranger, only as the latter is more nervous and so jerks his head or makes other quick motions which are offensive to the bees and sure to meet quick reproof. THE MARKET. NEW YORK. BEEVKS $ 5.00 0.85 HoS 4.M1 0.40 Ploub Superfine , 3.85 & 4.40 Wheat No. 1 White l.oaim 1M ' No. i Red 1.M i2 1-13 Corn No. a C2:Mi9 M1 Oats No. 41 & Mh Pobk Mesa 15.25 515.6U Laku CHICAGO. Beeves Good to Fancy Steers.. Common to Fair. ...... Medium to Fair Hogs PlieoK JPanoy White Winter Ex. Good to Choioe Sot'kEx, Wheat No. 2 Spring No. 2 Red Winter Cobk No. 2 5.90 4.(0 S.33 5.10 5.60 5.00 1.02 6.23 & 5.15 (!S 0.-.'5 0.00 & 5.23 & 1.02& 1.09 & 1.10 .50 .51 Oats No. 2 Rye No. 2 60 i$ .61 .05 .20 Baeley No. 3 03 Butteb Choice Creamery. . , 19 Egos Fresh 17 Poex Mess 12. 76 172 Lard 8&9 . 8 . MILWAUKEE. Wheat No. 2 1.02 1.0256 Coan No.2 , 51H& .52 OATS No. 29 .31 RYE No. 2 68 .69 BablbyNo. a 60 $ .ei Pobk Mc8... 12.60 ieo Lard ; X& . 8 ST. LOUia Weeat No. 2 Red 1.06 IMH Corn Mixed 46J4$ .47)s Oats No. 2 2534 .2a& Rye . 67 a .6736 Pobk Mess 12.26 13.40 Lab 8J4 . 6 CINCINNATI. Wheat No. 2 Red 1.07& 1.08 Oobn 50 m .51 Oats 28 & .29 RYB 69 & .60 Pobk Mess ; 15.26 15.50 Labd.. .8 & ,8)4. TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 Red Ml Lia COBH..... 634 .5356 Oats No. 2 ,'. .2 ,89 DETROIT. PlX)OB 4.00 6.75 Wheat No. l White l.os 1.09& CornNo. 2 .., .6356 .64 Oats Mixed. 36 .36 POBK Meas 15.00 16.60 INDIANAPOLIS. WheatNo. 2 Rett 1.05 i.05 OOBN NO.' 2 iinw .48 0AT3 Mixed. 26& .7 EAST LIBERTY, PA Cattle Best . 5.66 6.85 5.50 6.00 & 6.10 & 5.60 'aJr , Common . Hogs BSI3SP. 5.15 4.70 5.90 9,60

THE FARM.

Good vinegar can be made of honey jappings. . . Since 1876 over 4J;000,miles of jkhe 1 T 1 1 1 Til ' I iraia juas ueen iaia in xumois. v j In Henry comity; Ind., th "$laek Swamp," which covered an area about two miles square, has been drained, and it is worth $60 per acre, t was formerly worthless. The Chicago Journal says the sweetbrier, which grows wild on commons and roadsides a hardy plant makes an excellent and quick-growing hedge plant. Beans are so extremely sensitive to frost and cold that it is useless to plant them before the middle of the spring, when the ground has become .warm and light. Hoe often to stir the ground, but only when dry, because earth scat fcered on the leaves when they are . we with dew or rain will cause them fe rust. .. Wet lands' should not be plowed deep until they have been, thoroughly drained. Alluvial soils and deep clav Loams, where the surface and subsoils do not materially differ, can scarcely be tilled too deeply. Thin soils, how ever, should not be plowed below the available plant food. It takes twice as much manure to fertilize land when it is plowed to a depthof ten inches, as when it is plowed five inches; on the other hand, by plowing only five inches deep, the coil- will be exhausted much quicker than when the plowing is only ten inches. A writes in the Counti-y Gentleman tells how he increases potato sets as follows : "I took a four-ounce potato and cut it into four parts, and then scraped out the earth one inch deep, large enough to place the pieces in and put an inch of earth over them, having their eyes -np. I kept them wet. When the leaves began to show I took them all up, and broke off all the sprouts and planted them to grow, putting the pieces back to sprout again; I did this until there wa3 no pulp to make them sprout. My neighbors are practicing this way. I got sixty times as much as I planted." The most speedy way of putting a small lawn into grass is by turfing it. The ground should be made rich and mellow for some depth. If care is taken to have the ground in this condition the sods will be more likely to stand the drouth. New sods can be obtained from a heavily sodded pasture that has been kept well grazed. These should be made of the same thickness and cut in squares of the same size in order to have them pock closely. The work. should be done early in the spring, so that the roots may strike into the rich so l below before dry weather comes on. The evidence in favor of sorghum as a valuable crop to be grown for feeding to stock is accumulating. It has some decided advantages an a soiling crop. It can be drilled safely even .earlier in the season than corn ; in fact, some practice drilling tin seed late in the autumn so as to secure the earliest practible growt'.i in spring. It. is relished by most if not all kinds of stock when fed green. Contrary to what might be supposed, it seems to be valuable for winter feeding when cured as is ordinary corn to fodder. In some trials horses are reported to have shown themselves especially fond of it. The plant well deserves more extended trial in these directions. The amber is one of tho earliest kinds, but the orange is considerably more productive. One or two kinds have been introduced which have the property of sucking profusely, probably adding to thair value as forage plants. Any of tho varieties, if cut early, will make fair second growth. Breeder's Gazette. The inquiry is repeatedly m ide, if the use of paris green for killing the potato beetle is not dangerous to all who eat the tubers, and we recently met with three intelligent persons who invariably refused to eat a mouthful unless assured that paris green had not been used on them. They ascribed several existing epidemics to the use of such potatoes. In answer to the inquiry, we may state, in the first place, . that paris green is insoluble, .and the potato cannot in any way absorb it. This would seem to be . a sufficient reason. But others may be added, smoug which are the facts th&t the poison is not applied to the tubor, but to the leaves above ground, and the potatoes cannot get at it ; and also that the quantity used is so minute when spread over an acre that the iron, which is in nearly all soils in far greater quantity, neutralizes the poison at once as soon as it reaches the ground and before the potatoes could possibly come in contact with it. Millions of persons eat such potatoes daily, year in and year out, and most of them live. Country Gentleman. The subject of the selection of seed corn and the obtaining of a pedigreed variety, has brought out many ways of doing it, and favorable reports have been made regarding such attempts. By far the best way to do, says a farmer, is to select in the .fall an e&r of the earUest-ripnig qosb, with fullv devel-

oped parts, and in the!, spring, take : strip of land awfrqmMinfi oom ' field on which tlplarjfft, lip not shell the ear, but shelj as yi)jt it,, jbjer ginng at th bafttt ojlffie Jjff; . ' you have a e&anfee tOote Hw9fttoil.lh' of growth from each aaWf1th&' ar'; and mark the difference of the grtwthc V of the end kernels. The inferior stalki can be removed before tftsseling, Mid. vigor of seed maintained. m (Ty cess repeated for a few years, ten fro or three, would give a vatiety ot com. adapted to the locality, an;! .poeeejuiing: all the desirable traits ainied at ty the former. Chicago Journal ,

the Kirvmim A good present for an old lady la at light woolen wrapper, nuade doable!.

tween, and quilted in r atluir t large ; dia- v,

mouus. isnea simple sack passers,.. "

and cut it large and ample, so that she ;

can sup it on over Her night dress, vf -

ok was mug nanas tnat nave Deoomer. better than Indian meal rubbed ok with the soap. It not oly removes; the dirt hnt anftann arxi whifcAna lu ' ing farm and shop work it is xoellent and should be kept always at hand. " '.,

ammonia water, or a damp iojia. , "

dipped in whiting, cleans paint nicely. Sanolio is also o-rwl PV.ld foa..a flu - Jt O WfW MF best thing to clean Yomished wood-

the table for several days and steeped will usually be ' sufficient: ' : It ' removes spots, and gives a fresher, newer, tip-- v

peorance tnan witen soap and water orer used. i '

Stewed Potatoes. Ono pint of'cdld " boiled potatoes cut in bits.; onecTrjjf:.

milk; butter, the size of on ; egg;.; heaping teaspoonf ul of flou r; Melt the butter in a saucepan, add the flour and; ' cook a moment, and pour in the milk, v an even teasrtoonfnl of salt, and a Halt-

spoonful of white pepper. '"Vjftfeb. it- ' boils, add the potatoes. Boil a minute ''

ana serve. Soft gingerbread, made with sugar rnstpfirl rJt mnlflsami Vitliia in minx. van. '

ety. Half a pound of sugar should berubbed with three nnnPA.q cS KnttAT" nn-

til the butter is soft as cr!init. To this, should be added two well-beaten eggs,-' : . ; 1 St J 1. !j? ' . -.

uuu itHtapuuuim uiu u lia ill Ul JUlycT, half a spoonful of soda cissplyed in a. , . little water and half a cup of. mflk or.

a not oven. JUat wlnle fresii. , ,

Jb or a delicate or very race dessert, make a pudding thus: Diolye halfaa. ounce of gelatine in half a pint of.. cold ' . nilk; let it come to a boil gradually. vVhenhot, but not: boiling, odd , the velks . of three well-beaten eggs'; stir

A 13 i- Ji.' if you wish, a definite direction;- t k a quarter of a pound of sugar. ,This i& . the right amount for most -people. When this is cold stir in it a pint-of whipped cream. Flavor with lemon or vaniiia : ana. cue inst muna. but in me-. t T . f x i ' - fa.- . whites of the three eggs; hAve ;Jheni beaten quite stiff. Serve thi? cool, with cake or with fruit. The Southern Way of Servings gently in a deep saucepan, with just . water enough to cover the chicken For one chicken allow half a, pin ol uncooked rice; boil this, and after .th? . chicken is iender remove it from the . . pan and add the rice to the gray3JJ sea

son wim pepper ana sals- nuvny mjo? ;- add two. small slices of bacon to the " water in which the chicken is boiled tc ' help flavor the gravy; but remove ihfe .

bacon before serving the gravy. . Whetf .. ; :

the gravy has boiled up, and -'J., jV

mo tnicKeneu. as nsusu, iajlo uie noe. . . .

out with a long-handled stramer.plaot . :: ; it on a platter, and lay the' chicken on ''

top. Send the gravy to the table inv gravy-poaTi. .

UO WTO MAKE CiSTXCJStKBt '' :' Cisterns,; as a. le, soulcl: bd,$ad; ; .

as deep as rossible for the sake. bf ool ' . ' ness and for economy, becauMt4s ier to arch over a cisternvtwenty-fij'e - feet deep and ten feet in diameter' than . one twelve feet deep and seventeen feet in diameter, and these would bo Of about equal capacity. The following .';

table of the contents of voriouiuysized . .

cisterns may be of interest m-Jhis con-. . nection : For each ten raenes in deptl . i Jftt'' iil' J.ir

Uon : JJ or eacn sen mones in aepen following diameters will' : tents named; Eightte'',8j,r

tne contents Ions: nine feet, 396 gallons;

489 gallons'; eleven feet; m'&m0', twelve feet, 705 gaSlmtditimf'-' 959 gallons: double tii

win irive iuur uiuos no iuuvu ramovnT i f. r.

for eacJB. ten feet in depth md eae

are to be multiplied by twelve;' r-..w ,x

The amount of grtooiitiv t ..i $

service now received by we WWpt,o

nnvt.irmAinlv mnH knMr A'" ' i

before, and it is obtained not 03 hospital and the' fispmm$ffm$ doctor's private iMiMvmkf. '. cians expect much gra pauper patients. 11$ Mr. W. H. H. Murray tervievverd are the corse of f

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