Bloomington Telephone, Volume 8, Number 22, Bloomington, Monroe County, 27 September 1884 — Page 2

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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA. WALTER a BRADFUTE, - - Pdbubheb.

THE NEWS CONDENSED. TIIK EAST Db. Darwin Porter claims that Kate Smulzey, who is alleged to have fasted at Fort Plain, N. Y., for nearly ninety days, is humbugging the people; that she is afflicted with Si Vitus dance, and that he is convinced she partakes of some food and drink daily enough to support life. . . . The exports from New York last week exceeded those of any previous week of this year, and are valued at $8,565,957, against $6,683,277 the previous week. Eight thousand cool miners are engaged in the strike in Pennsylvania, and not mare than 1,000 men are at work. The women have organized a "tin-pan brigade," and greet the non-unionists with a serenade on nans, kettles, etc., when they leave work in'tne evening.. ..The Cambria Iron Company, which gives employment to 5,000 men, announces that wages will next month be reduced 10 or 20 peroent.. Kith a corresponding allowance in coal and rents to employes. Twenty thousand persons saw the special race at Sheepshead Bay, L. I., between Dwyer Brothers' Miss Woodford and Lorillard's Drake Carter, the distance being two and a half miles, and the stakes $5,009 a side, with $2,000 added by the Association Miss Woodford won easily by ten lenths in 4:28$, 1 seconds behind the best record. Ths "Molly Maguire" Society is said to be again in operation in sections of Pennsylvania, and the names of citizens, mine operators, and bosses are alleged to have been placed on the death-list of the organization. The assassination of two Hungarians recently and the burning of colliery property is the accredited work of the "Mollies." Both arms of Priddy, the oarsman who was defeated by Morris at Pittsburgh, have been paralyzed, and ugly rumors are current to the effect that he has been Sisoned Bindskoff Bros., clothiers, of ew York, have failed. The liabilities are estimated at $900,000 It is claimed that the assets are $1,100,000 n the races at Mystic Park, Boston, Young Bolfe, valued at $15,000, ran away, and fell dead near the judges' stand, having ruptured a bloodvessel. . . . Peters & Co. , wholesale dry goods at Syracuse, N. Y., failed for $125,-

000, mostly due in Hew jcorfc. F. A. Leonard, a base-ball pitcher of Boston, became incapacitated for duty some months ago. The surgeons removed his shoulder blade and a portion of his collar bone, causing him to linger in agony until death relieved him. ...A factory at Wheeling produced 7,564 kegs of steel nails in fifty-live hours, last week, beating all records The Merchants' Woolen Mill at Dedham, Mass.. was burned, loss $75,000.

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In accordance with the proclamation of the Governor of Wyoming the Veterinarian and Executive Committee of the Stock Association of the Territory have issued a circular to the railroads and the public generally stating that no cattle from the States will be admitted into Wyoming without a quarantine of ninety days, or longer If judged necessary. This action, it is explained, is due to a fixed belief that contagious disease exists among herds in various States, and importation without quarantine might lead to its spread in the Territory. . . . A severe wjnd and rain storm swept over the section of country in the vicinity of Madison, Wis., and Galena, I1L Much damage was done to standing crops. Many farm buildings were unroofed and several bridges' swept away. The foundry of the Peninsular Car Works, at Detroit, was burned, causing a loss of $17,090. Fobgzd indorsements to the amount of $25,000 have been confessed by Samuel Wannamaker, once a very 'wealthy citizen of Yonngstown, Ohio, who fled last June. He recently returned in a penniless state and nearly dead from consumption, and thought best to divulge the truth Fire aft Detroit burned two planing mills and a number of stores and one dwelling, the loss reaching $50,000. The explosion of an oil tank injured two persons. One man broke a leg by jumping from a window, and another had his face badly burned.... Near Farmer City, HL, a passenger train wa derailed and a number of persons injured, one or two fatally. Ex-Governor Hendricks, of Indiana, who was on the train en route to Peoria, escaped with a few slight bruises. Editor John C. Shoemaker, of the Indianapolis Sentinel (defendant in the Blaine libel suit), was injured internally and returned home. In the Blaine-Sentinel libel suit at Indianapolis the defendants on Sept 18 filed a bill of discovery. After reciting alleged facts previous to Mr. Blaine's marriage, they claim that no record was made of the marriage; that the officiating minister has been dead for years, and that ag Blaine is himself cognizant of all the occurrences, and as it will tie necessary for them to prove illicit intercourse with the person to whom he was subsequently married to justify the publication complained of, they demand that the plaintiff answer the interrogatories previously propounded; that the proceedings be stayed until answer is made; or, if no reply is returned to the questions, that the case be perpetually restrained. Statements are sent out from La Crosse, Wis., that the damage to wheat by rust is widespread, and that a Minnesota miller suffered heavy loss in New York on flour made lrom smutty wheat which he had cleansed . . . .Frederick Band has been appointed receiver of the Indiana Banking Company at Indianapolis, to succeed J. C. S. Harrison, and the criminal proceedings against the latter will be stopped. . . .Leading citizens of Eau Claire, Wis., appeal to the public for aid for the sufferers by the recent overflow of the Chippewa River, and have appointed a committee to distribute contributions. J. B. Mobdt h Coa butter and cheese storage warehouse at Cedar Bapids, Iowa, was destroyed by fire. The loss to building and contents is said to be $40,000. . . .Isaac Jacobson, the murderer of George Bedell, was executed in Chicago with such mechanical precision that death was instantaneous with the fall of the drop. Several towns in Michigan, Ohio, and TtiKfti were shaken, on the afternoon of Sept 19, by an earthquake of ft few seconds' duration, the oscillations being more perceptible in the upper stories of structures. Tableware was dashed to the floor, furniture disturbed, and windows wrecked, alarming the inmates, who, in

many instances, fled panic-stricken to the streets At Detroit the q uake was severely folt, and the river rose some inches. The Methodist .Conference and Ladies' Missionary Society, in session at Reliance, Ohio, hastily quitted the building which they occupied; and the disturbance almost caused a panic at a reunion in Ottawa, Ohio. Children in the schools at Indianapolis became aJannrd, and occupants of railroad depots in the sections visited imagined that a locomotive had -3; 11ided with the buildings. A Jiunbling sound was heard in some places, resembling a distant explosion. Tremors were also felt in portions of Canada, Kentucky, and West Virginia, and were so severe in tho suburbs of Cincinnati as to terrify the children in the schools. The eminent tragedian, John McCullough, began an engagement at McVicker's Theater, Chicago, on Monday, in his great character of MVirginius.M There are many who regard Mr. McCullongh's personation of the Roman father as the verv crown and flower of all his tragic embodiments. The great actor is supported by a strong company, the principal members of which have long been associated with him. Buchmak Bros., clothiers, of Cincinnati, have made an assignment. Their liabilities are placed at $400,000 Bronson, Mich., was visited by a conflagration, and one side of two business streets was to

tally destroyed. Loss, $50, 000 Incendiary fires at Cleveland in the same locality as the big fire of two weeks ago caused a loss of $250,000, with insurance of about the same By order of the State Veterinarian of Illinois, four horses afliicted with glanders

were killed on the premises of J. W. Barber,

of Decatur, after they hod been quarantined for thirty days .... So stagnant is the lumber trade at East Saginaw that the Board of Trade resolved to ask the boom companies to suspend rafting for the season and the mills to shut down as rapidly as possible, thus closing business six weeks earlier than usual The steamer:? Morning Mail, Bonanza, and Lily, were burned at Cincinnati, involving a loss cf about $60,000.

rni2 SOUTH.

Another Presidential candidate has been placed in nomination. W. L. Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania, is the nominee of the American Political Alliance. Charles H. Waterman, of New York, is the candidate for Vice President on the same ticket. .... The State Prohibition Convention of Colorado was held at Denver, a committee of fifteen being appointed to place a State ticket in the field. The Colorado Greenback-Labor Party also held their convention at Denver and named an electoral and State ticket, the gubernatorial candidate being John E. Washburn, of Larimer. They resolved to fuse with the Democrats. BABNEy McAtee, member of the City Council of Louisville, was kicked by a horse over the heart and instantly killed, WiLiiiAM Harbison, a notorious horsethief, who was handcuffed and in charge of a deputy, en route to jail, jumped from a train which was moving at the rate of forty miles an hour, near Baltimore. . . . A horsethief was sentenced at Wilmington, Del., to pay $100 restitution and $200 fine stand an hour in the pillory, receive twenty lashes, and be imprisoned for eighteen months.

WASHISTOi. Judge Gresham authorizes the statement that he expects to remain Postmaster General until March 4, notwithstanding the rumors that he had accepted the vacant judicial bench in Chicago. Washington is disturbed at the news that farmers in Virginia and Maryland, whose hogs are dying of cholera by scores, are throwing the dead carcasses into the Potomac Biver, which furnishes Washington its water supply. Cunalboatmen report that the stench from the festering hogs is unbearable in portions of the upper river. The commission appointed by President Arthur to visit Central and South America will leave Oct. 10 for the City of Mexico, expecting to be absent six months. The horse of AlfrecL M. Scales, candidate for Governor of North Carolina, ran away in Jackson County and fell down a precipice. Scales was caught in a tree and received serious injuries.

POLITICAL.

Joseph 0. Smith, Secretary of State of Maine, sends out the following figures as the footings of the vote for Governor at the recent election: Robie, 78,912; Redman, 50,061; H. B. Eaton, 3,137; Eustis, 1,190; W. A. Eaton, 97; scattering, 16. This shows a majority for Robie over all of 15, -411. One hundred representatives of the Equal Rights party gathered on a farm in Prince George's County, Maryland, to ratify the nomination of Mrs. Lockwood for the Presidency of the United States. The candidate spoke on the necessities of woman suffrage and the evils of monopolies. Congressional nominations: Geo. West, Republican, Twentieth New York District; Lyman Coo, Republican, Fourth Connecticut; John G. Carlisle, Democrat, Sixth Kentucky; Lewis F. Payne, Democrat,, Thirty-thud New York; Henry J. Cookingham, Republican, Twenty-third New York; Thomas M. Fen-ell, Democrat, First New Jersey; C. C. Burnett, Republican, 21st Ohio; E. C. Carleton, Democrat, Seventh Michigan; C. A. Newcomb, Republican, Tenth Missouri; O. J. Atkinson, People's party, Seventh Michigan; Joseph Rankin, Democrat, Fifth Wisconsin; L. A. Larson, Democrat, Eighth Wisconsin; W. O. Dallmeyer, Republican, Eleventh Wisconsin ; R. R. Marshall, Democrat, Second Virginia; A. A. Ramsey, Republican, Third Massachusetts; John D. Long, Republican, Second Massachusetts; F. B. Grant, Democrat, Second New Jersey; John H. Rogers, Democrat, Fourth Arkansas; F. E. Shaw, Democrat, Second Maryland; J. H. Stickel, Democrat, Second Nebraska; Charles O'Neill, Republican, Second Pennsylvania; William I). Kelley, Republican, Fourth Pennsylvania; Allen Miller, Republican, Thirteenth Ohio; F, D. Ely, Republican, Ninth Massachusetts; J. F. Wait, Republican, Third Connecticut;' C. C. Clark, Democrat, Fourteenth Illinois; John Atkinson, Republican, First Michigan; L. Ira Davenport, Republican, Twentyninth New York; Alex Graves, Democrat, Fifth Missouri; George West, Republican, Twentieth New York; H. C. McCoy, Democrat, Tenth lows. ; John Hailley, Democrat, Idaho Territory. The Democrats and Bntlerites are to fuse in Pennsylvania. The electoral ticket wiH be made up of twenty-three Cleveland men and seven of Butler's friends.

At the business session of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, at Rochester, N. Y., a report was submitted showing that

! the Treasurer of the organization had on I hand $25,039 for a national st'jtue to Gen. ! Garfield. Congress Ifas appropriated $30,-

000, and a suitable Site is to be selected by Secretary Lincoln, Gen. Sheridan, and the Chairman of tho Monument Committee of the Cumberland Grand Army. Capt. Healy, commander of the revenue steamer Corwin, complains lhafc large quantities of liquor and breech-loadiug rifles are smuggled into Alaska by I'aeiiio coast whalers and exchanged for whalebone. He suggests that the Revenue Collector be instructed to limit the allowance of these articles to each whaler. .. .The American Association of Railroad Superintendents held its semi-annual session at Boston, with D. W. Sanborn, of the Eastern Road, occupying the choir. During the month of August of this year $16,455,530 worth of breadstufls was exported from the United States, against $18,875,276 worth exported in 1883. For the first eight months of this year tho value of breadstuff exports has been $96,003,250, against $114,230,476 for the corresponding period last year A mortgage of $5,000,000 on the St. Paul Boad has been recorded in New York, to pay for terminal improvements made in Chicago and Milwaukee and others to be acquired Schaefer challenges Slosson to two gnmes of billiards, eight or ten-inch balk-line, for from $500 to $2,500 a side, 800 points, one gume to be played in Chicago, the other ih New York. . , .The veterans of the Army of the Cumberland held their annual reunion at lio?bester, with Gen. Sheridan in the chair. The Doimrtment of Agriculture devotes a fair Bharo of its September report to the subject of wheat-raising in India, and gives tables showing that the railway freights to the seaboard in that country are 50 per cent higher than those between Chicago and tidewater Fisheimen along the north' shore of the St. Lawrence and on the north side of Anticoste, are in destitute circumstances, and the Government is asked to render aid The Canadian Government is about to authorize the laying of a cable from Sable Island to Halifax, a distance of 130 miles. The largest land sale in the history of North America has just been consummated in Mexico, where a tract in Chihuahua and Durango, larger than some of the New England States, was conveyed to a British syndicate for $1 ,000, 000 cash. The property had not hitherto been transferred for two centuries. . . .It is claimed that 500 Chinamen have made their way into Oregon from British territory within the last three months on the false pretense that they lived in America before the Chinese restriction law was passed. .The burning of the Grand Trunk car-shops and all its contents, at London, Ontario, involves a loss of $500,000. . Mb. Blaine's reply to the interrogatories propounded by the defense in the libel suit at Indianapolis were filed iu the United States Court, at that city, last week. Mr. Blaine states under oath that he was married " in Millersbtirg, Ky., on the 30th of June, 1850, in the presence of Sarah C. Stanwood and S. L. Blaine. The marriage was secret. Having doubt subsequently of its validity under the laws of Kentucky, which then stringently required a license from the Clerk of the County Court, I had the marriage solemnized a second time in Pittsburgh. Pa., on the 2th of March, 1851, in tha presence of John V. Lemoyne and David Bell." His nrst child, a son, was born on the 18th of June, 1851. In regard to tbe defacing of this child's tombstone, Mr. Blaine says: WI have not myself seen the stone since the first week in July, but have reason to believe, and do believe, that since that date many 3etters and figures thereon have been defaced, and that the figure 1 in the year 1851 has been entirely removed. I have no means of ascertaining by whom this was done, but have reason to believe, and do believe, that a Ehotograph was taken of the defaced stone y the procurement of one of the publishers of the New York Age, a Democratic paper published in this city, and that copies of said photograph were sent to divers and sundry persons, including the publisher of the Indianapolis Sentinel, the defendant of this suit." Col. Dudley has tendered his resignation as Commissioner of Pensions, to take effect Nov. 10. He intends to go into the banking business at Washington.

FOREIGN.

A mass meeting was held at Shanghai, China, wThich was participated in by all the British residents, to protest against the prolongation of hostilities between China and" France. These hostilities, it was declared, were ruinous to commerce. It was resolved to urge the British Government to seek to bring about peace between the belligerent powers Admiral Courbet estimates the loss to the Chinese bv the bombardment of Foo Chow at $10,000,000 George Leyboume, who was a popular comic singer thirty years ago in London, has just died in great poverty. There were 630 new cases of cholera in Italy, including 507 in Naples, on the 18th of September. Of the 341 deaths, 283 occurred in tho same city. Two thousand French troops effected a landing near Foo Chow and attacked the Chinese force stationed there, driving them inward and inflicting severe loss on them. The Chinese did not offer much resistance. . . . .The war party in China has succeeded in obtaining the appointment of a colleague for Li Hung Chang, the Chinese Foreign Minister. Li Hung Chang is for peace. His colleague is expected to counteract his efforts It is believed in London that England will permanently occupy the Soudan. Egyptian securities have advanced in price in consequence of this belief Earl Dufferin's appointment as Viceroy of India is received with great favor by the Bussion official organs. Delegates t the International Copyright Congress, in session at Berne, signed the draft of the treaty for the protection of literary and artistic copyright, the adoption of which will be recommended to the various powers. It is reported that England is going to loan the Egyptian Government $40,000,000 to pay floating debts, the Alexandria indemity, and the cost of works for the more extensive irrigation of the Nile Valley. . . . Tne authorities of Limerick have decided not to pay the tax imposed for extra policemen appointed by the Government because the local protection against outrages was not deemed sufficient. Reports have reached Cairo that Gen. Gordon recently fought two battles with the rebels and raised the siege of Khartoum. Michael Davitt and Mr. O'Brien, of United Ireland, addressed a large meeting at Castle Wellan, in the north of Ireland. Mr. Davitt's speech created a sensation. He announced that he was second in command of the Irish National League, which

is lighting the battle of Irish liberty, and he appealed to his hearers, mostly Catholics, to lay aside their religious prejudices and to unite with their Protestant fellowcountrymen in the struggle for national self-government. It is understood that Mr. Parnell and Mr. Davitt have settled ail their differences The Grenadier Band will probably go to New Orleans to attend the World's Exposition. It is the finest in England, and all of its members are regularly enlisted men in the British service The Catholic churches in the province of Canton, China, have been destroyed. Most of the pastors were French missionaries.

ADDITIONAL IfWS The French Consul at Khartoum confirms the report of the raising of the siege, and states that supplies of food can be obtained quite freely. Lord Wolseley telegraphed the British War Office to stop forwarding troops to Egypt, but work on tho transports at Woolwich will be carried on. . . , .The weather in England continues favorable to the crops not yet harvested. Prices have again declined. The Governor of Kentucky refused the request of a committee of cattle-breeders to convene the Legislature to take action as to the infected herd of Frisbie I. Lake, and the latter now asks an appraisal in order that the afflicted animals may be killed at the public expense Newcomb, Buchanan & Co., an extensive Louisville whisky firm, have assigned. Sadie Robinson, a 12-year-old girl, absconded from her home in Framinghamy Mass., a few days ago, taking with her $60,000 worth of bonds and diamonds belonging to her mother. It was her intention, she confessed on being apprehended, to get married in Boston to a young man 4ie loves, but whose name she refused to ve. The valuables have been recovered. ... .In Washington County, Pa. , drought is causing the death of cattle and sheep in large numbers. George W. Lawrence, formerly a a banker in North Manchester, IndM who escaped from the insane asylum at Indianapolis last month, was captured in Gasconade County, Missouri, a reward of $500 having been offered for him. It transpires that he secured employment as traveling salesman for a St. Louis house, and was successfully conducting business Three men were killed and two others fatally injured by a collision of Hannibal freight trains near New Cambria, Missouri. The aggregate clearances in the principal clearing-houses of the United States for the last week show a decrease of 26.2 per cent, as compared with the corresponding week last year. Outside New York the decrease was 41.6 per cent.; in New York the decrease was 30.1 per cent.; and in Chicago 15.5 per cent Lightning caused a fire at Sand Lake, Mich. , which destroyed a dozen business places, the loss being $20,000, At Bronson, Mich. , two-thirds of the business section was burned, entailing a loss of $40,000. An entire block; including the Esmond House, was burned at Portland, Ore., the damage reaching $120,000, with $90,000 insurance. Ten buildings were consumed at Eureka, Nev., among them the Parker House and White Pine Bank, involving a loss of $70,000. Several wooden business houses at Lonoke, Ark., were swept away, the loss approximating $20,000. The Middlesex Bleachery at Somerviile, Mass., was burned. The loss is placed at $200,000, while the insurance is but $68,000.

The Duties of a Servant. "Mamma," exclaimed a little girl, running into the house, "me and Willie wanted nurse to sit down and let us puor sand in her back, and she wouldn't." ''Certainly not. She did quite right." "Well, that's what you told her she was to do when she first came." "I told her she was to let you and Willie pour sand down her back?" "Not exactly that, mamma; but you told her she was to mind, the children." New York Sun.

Most fathers know by this time that a diamond pin, a brown-stone house, or even the highest test of respectabilityan English dog-cart are not guarantees that a man Avill be a good husband; yet a large majority of marriages are made because of similar superficialities. Freeman's Journal When we find that we are not liked, we assert that we are not understood; when probably the dislike we have excited proceeds from our being too fully comprehended. Lady Blessing" ton.

THE MARKET. NEW YORK. Beeves..,...,. rr.oo 7.5a Hogs 6.oo 7,00 Fixnra Extra 5.50 0 6.25 Wheat No. 2 Spring 8-4 & .ss& No. 2 Red 88 a M Corn No. 2 .63 .64 Oats White 35 & .41 Poke New Mess 17.50 18.00 CHICAGO. Beeves Choice to Prime Steers. 6.75 7.25 Good Shipping 6.00 $ B.5-J Common to Fair 5.0 ) 5.50 Hoos 5.50 6.50 FLO UK Kimcv White Winter Ex 4.25 t$ 4.75 Good to Choice Spring. 4.00 tt 4.50 Wheat No. 2 Spring 75 .76 No. 2 Red Winter 80 .81 COUX No. 2 63 .64 Oats No. 2 25 w .26 Rye No. 2 53 ($ .55 BAKLEY No. 2 .67 3 .9 Butter Choice Creamery ...... .24 ($ .26 Fine Dairy 17 .20 Cheese Full Cream 11 & .12 Skimmed Flat 05 $ .07 Eggs Fresh 17 3 .1 Potatoes New, per lu .25 $ .so Fork Mess 16.25 $ic.75 L.UiD ; 07 & Ml hi TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 Red 77 .79 COKN No. 2 55 0 .56 Oats No. 2 27 .28 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No. 2 74 & .75 COUX -No. 2 53 i$ .55 OATP No. 2 28 .2i 15 A K LEY No. 2 Spring .60 .61 Pons Me-js 15.50 r?iG.oo LAKI) 7.00 5 7.5 ST. LOUIS. Wheat No. 2 .77 & .78 Corn Mixed 50 t .61 Oats No. 2 27 & .28 RYB 58 $ .53 POEK Mess 16.25 (16.75 CINCINNATI, Wheat No. 2 Red " .79 COKX 53 .55 Oats Mixed 27 & .28 PORK Mess 16.25 (16.76 LAKD 07 & .07 & DETROIT. Flour.... 5.00 & 5.75 Wheat No 1 White 0 & ,81 CORN -Mixed 53 & .54 Oats No. 2 Mixed .HO .31 Pork New Mesa 18.00 $18.50 INDIANAPOLIS. Witjsat No. 2 Red, New 76 .78 Corn Mixed 49 & .51 Oats Mixed .26 .27 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle -Best. 6 50 7.00 Fair 6.00 0 6.50 Common 4.50 5.00 HOOS 6.25 ('5 6.75 Sheep 4.00 & 5.00

AGRICULTURAL. Labd and sulphur, applied to tho backs and sides of calves will destroy vermin. Good horsemen say a mixture of salt and wood ashes kept in a horse's mafiger -will prevent disease. The European cattle diseases,according to Consul Tanner, of Liege Verviors, are traceable to the manures that have been used on an impoverished soil. A correspondent of the New York Tribune says a bushel of apples will make from four to four and a half pounds of evaporated fruit, and when the fruit is scarce will bring 16 cents and upward yer pound. The poor apples with the cores and skins of others are worked into jelly, which finds a ready market The area of orchards does not keep pace with the demand for their products. There is a belief that the eucalyptus will prevent malarial diseases through some unseen influence upon the air. Po-sibly it does so by evaporating the water from swampy places, as willow and other trees do, and by filling them with its roots and the accumulations of dead leaves,twigs, and dust which those roots catch and hold. It this is the case a good system of drainage would be more effective and perhaps more usefuL To get the full flavor of dried or evaporated peaches they should first be allowed to soak at least three hours, then cook them slowly; when they are almost done add the sugar, then set them away and let them get perfectly cold. If not used until the fiecond day they will be still better, as they will absorb the sugar and be much richer, apparently. If for use in puddings treat in this way also, as it will repay you for taking thought. Use the juice in the pudding sauce. L. A. Goodman, Secretary of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, thinks many peach trees injured by cold weather may be saved by acting on the rule that the more the tree is injured the more it should be cut back. This should be done before the growth starts in spring. His argument in favor of this mode of treatment is, that a peach tree with life enough left at the root to start the sap up the tree will recover, provided it has only a short distance to send the sap through the diseased wood. On the other hand, if the sap had to flow to the tops of the trees it would circulate so slowly as to soon choke by drying up. The Massachusetts Plowman, in discussing the topic of mixed crops, thinks that, while the farmer who devotes himself to special crops may and likely does in ordinary seasons realize greater profits than the man who follows mixed farming, he also takes greater risks and is liable to greater losses than the latter. It is putting "all his eggs in one basket." If that gets smashed they are all spoiled. It says truly that a higher degree of intelligence is required for growing special than for mixed crops, and argues that the safer course is such a system of diversified husbandry that if one thing fails there will brothers that will yield fair returns, all of which we regard as practical wisdom. In the farm houses of moderate proportions, where the addition of each room, however small, is a serious consideration, there may still be, if not a well-appointed bath-room with tubs, showers, and convenient supplies of hot and cold water, at least one little corner devoted to the bath. A small space of room, ever so rudely constructed, adjoining the kitchen, with a sliding or a hinged door opening near the cook stove, will secure warmth in winter and bring cold and hot water within arm's reach. Then the addition of a bath-tub, or even a large laundry tub, with a piece ot rubber hose fixed in the bottom to carry off water to the drain, pegs for hanging towels, and a bracket for soap and a bottle of ammonia,provide at once an inexpensive and very complete bath-room. The World. Farmers Clubs. The importance of organization among farmers for the purpose of assisting each other and exchanging their experiences for the benefit of one and all cannot be too strongly urged. As soils differ so do the methods of cultivation, and each year's experience convinces the farmer that, no matter how observing he may have been in the past, there is always something new presented and fresh ideas gained. It ia only when farmers regularly meet, however, and present their different views, that mistakes are corrected and better methods employed. There is a class of farmers who attach no importance to association, usually regarding the teachings at the meetings as theory, when in fact, the discussions are based on facts and practical experience. Such farmers annually witness better crops on the farms of their more thoughtful neighbors than on their own, and wonder why they do not obtain as good results from the same crops; but, in order to be successful, comparisons must be made of the proper times of planting, best varieties for the section, methods of cultivation, and productiveness of all the cereals and garden vegetables that are grown; to say nothing of the systems of feeding and breeding of animals, saving and application of manure, and usefulness of improved implements intended for farm service. Tha mistakes of a single farmer may prevent such like recurrence on part of a large number, and the benefical results from actual experiments by an individual may assist in obtainining heavier yields and greater profits for all. Farmers clubs can do more than to simply meet and discuss farm topics, though if organized for nothing but discussion the benefits to each individual would be great.; but an organization based upon the welfare of the agricultural community in which it exists can carry experiments much far ther than the efforts of a single individual. With but little expense to each, new and improved agricultural implements can be placed in service on a cooperative system, and the saving in expense from the use of these would more than repay any outlay in the way of purchases. Thoroughbred stock can be more easily introduced into the community by united effort, and the stock could be of the best, owing to the unlimited means for procuring it that combination may easily furnish. The

introduction of a single thoroughbred animal sometimes adds thousands of dollars to the value of stock, as was done by Messenger, the founder of our trotting strain of horses. By organization the facilities for marketing crops are increased 4the expenses of transportation lessened, higher prices obtained from Bales and the business of the whole managed by one person in selling, rather than by all. There is no limit to the usefulness of farmers' clubs, and such clubs are beneficial in exact proportion a the farmer make them so. So farmer should expect the club to prove a success without his individual aid, nor should any farmer refrain from imparting bis experience on any ubject that he is familiar with, nor lose any opportunity of adopting end practicing those methods that have proved successful when tried by others. It has been demonstrated by comparison that in all agricultural communities where farmers clubs exist there is a steady and continued imprvement the systems practiced, and not only are the profits greater, but knowledge and interest in the pursuit of farming are correspondingly increased. Philadelphia Record. UOUSEKEEPEBS HELPS. The newest table mats are of embroidered leather. To wipe dust from papered walls, take a clean soft piece of tianneL Tea, say the Chinese, is a drink which, relieves thirst and dissipates sorrow, Little round crochet caps are very useful for hammock wear or traveling. Striped India shawls, that are rich .looking but not expensive, are used for hangings. Splashers, made either on corn or gray linen outlined with bright threads, are useful. A little saltpetre mixed with water iu which flowers are placed will keep them fresh. Steel knives not in daily use may be kept from rusting by being dipped in a strong solution of soda. Cream-colored Spanish lace can be cleaned and be made to look like ne by simply rubbing flour through it Fireplace curtains running upon invisible wires beneath the mantlepiece are made to draw before the grate. Little blocks of glass scooped out in the center, and made to look as much like ice as possible, are popular for ice cream dishes. Good rugs for the bedroom can be made of a piece of Brussels or velvet carpet, with a worsted fringe sewed on each end or all around it A prettv tidy is made of scarlet or any shade of red felt. Put on strips of black velvet, and embroider on them little fans in bright-colored silks. Cookies. One cup of butter a small cup two cups of sugar, three cups of flour, two eggs, leaving out the white of one ; roll out quite thin, cut in any shape you choose square ones are greatly preferred ; beat the white of the egg which you reserved and spread over the top of the cookies ; sprinkle cinnamon and sugar over tllem and bake them. Baspberry Vinegar. Two quarts of raspberries in one quart of wine vinegar, let stand in a cool place twenty-four hours, strain it through a cloth to get all the juice, put it into a preserving kettle, and when it almost comes to a boils skim it well and add two pounds of loaf sugar; dissolve it and skim it, then strain it Bottle and cork it tight; it will keep a year. Two tablespoonfuls of this iu a glass of icewater is a refreshing, wholesome drink in summer weather. Cucumber Ketchup Take large cucumbers and large onions, an equal number of each ; pare and slice them thin, and put them in a sieve, throwing a handful of salt over them. Place the sieve over a pan and let them drain for twelve hours. Then take the liquor, and for each dozen cucumbers used add four ounces of anchovies, a pint of white wine, a nutmeg, a quarter of an ounce

of mace and half an ounce of whole pep'per. Let these ingredients boil up, then strain the liquor, and when cold bottle it and tie down tightly with bladder. Herb Powder for Soups Two ounces of winter savory, two ounces of sweet marjoram, two ounces of dried parsley, two ounces of lemon thyme, one ounce of lemon peel, one-fourth ounce of celery seed, one ounce of sweet basil, one-fourth ounce of bay leaves. Put these in a moderately warm oven, and when dry pound them in a morter until fine and well mixed, then pass them through a sieve. Put into glass-stoppered bottles, and set away lor use. If kept in a dry place, the powder will hold its strength for months. Tobacco. Tobacco is now grown in eighty-seven of the ninety-six counties of North Carolina, but it is a staple in perhaps not not more than a dozen of these. Rockingham, Person, Caswell, and Granville Counties constitute the flower of the tobacco belt, each raising in 1879 about 4,500,000 pounds, and this year the crop in each one of these is estimated at 5,000,000 to 5,250,000. The whole acreage of the State in 1882 was 64,4S2, and it is estimated that at least 70.000 acres are in cultivation this year. The whole tobacco crop in 1882 amounted to 32,275,792 pounds. All the leading authorities now agree that the crop of 1884 will approximate 65,000,000 pounds. But the best feature in the raising of tobacco there is that North Carolina leads the tobacco States in the average price obtained for the leaf. As shown by the census the average price paid for North Carolina tobacco is $14.10 per hundred pounds. Deducting $9.33, the actual cost of production, a net ?rofit of $4.77 is left to the producer, he White Burley District in Ohio yields an average profit of only $4.80, while Pennsylvania gives $4.13, Connecticut $3 89, Wisconsin $3,53, New York $3.12, and so on down the list. This annual profit to the North Carolina farmer of more than 51 per cent, would indicate that the growing of tobacco is (he most profitable agricultural won: done on a large scale in America. Philadelphia Press. He ihatrefuseth instruction despiseth his own soul. iSoi'owion.