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STATE NEWS OCCURRENCES DURING THE PAST WEEK. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM­ ER AND HOUSEWIFE. A Silo Good os New After Eight Years' Use--$20 Per Tree Profit in Cherries--To Keep Eggs in Cold Export ojOats JOT the huo FISCAL years j ending June ^ 30t-\89H and 1695 § 1 -! si \Vhy the Calves Brought No Cash to Shippers--Children and Old Soldiers Have/a Day--Startling Discovery at Chicagcr-rNew Woman at Quincy. " . / . v . , . * " . . , M r . 4 * 0 w e l l ' s S c h f e m e . Many farmers and shippers in this State have been puzzled to understand why veal carcasses, shipped to Chicago m good condition and quick time, should have been condemned. It has happened so often that not a little indignation has been aroused. The matter is no longer a mystery, in the light of facts brought ( out by the arrest in Chicago "ui' JSi ,T. * Powell. He was a city meat inspector, and made it a practice to condemn good carcasses, - and ostensibly send them to the rendering establishment. He would then intercept the load, change the tags, and sell the entire lot, pocketing the pro­ ceeds. Sentenced Under a New Law. John McKnight, of Maseoutah, was sentenced to the penitentiary in the St. Clair County Court for the theft of $400 from Martin Scholler, a Mascoutali jsa loon-keeper. McKnight is the-first per­ son to be sentenced under the new State r"~~. law and his term in prison will be from / one to ten years. It will depend entirely upon his conduct in,prison. The tempta­ tion that brought McKuight's downfall Was peculiar. McKnight went into Schol- ler's saioon and challenged an employe to play dominoes. The challenge was " accepted, and while the: bartender waited on a customer Mclvnight got the domin­ oes in readiness for the game. McKnight lost the game and left the place. A short time later the saloon-keeper suddenly re- ,* . membered that he had four $100 bills secreted in the domino box, and a search was made for the money. It was miss­ ing, and McKnight was arrested.' He - acknowledged his guilt and returned $385. The balance he had spent. Special Days at the Fair. Opening day at the State fair was chil­ dren's day, when all school children un­ der 15 years of age were admitted free. Pony, chariot, and mule races and other attractions were provided. One of the features of the day was a living flag, composed of 500 children, so dressed and arranged as to produce a picturb of the American flag. Tuesday was old sol­ diers' day, when every old soldier who presented himself at the gate was ad­ mitted free and decorated with a beauti­ ful souvenir as a memento of the occa­ sion. This consisted of a little flag about three inches in length by one in width, to the bottom of which is appended an ivory disk about one and a half inches in diameter. A luncheon was also given the soldiers present. In providing this the board was assisted by Stevenson Post, Grand Army qf the Republic, of Springfield. Promises to Obey His Wife. Probably the first practical illustration of the fact that the "new woman" has cc.me to stay took place in Justice Allen's court at Quincy. John H. Cook and Alice Hinson were united in marriage by the genial Squire, but that officer, to quote himself, "was flabbergasted" on bein requested to reverse the usual order of the obligations. He read the service all right, but when John meekly promised to "love, honor and obey" Alice the judicial equipoise bade fair to be destroyed. His Honor received one more shock to his Presbyterian education when Alice agreed to "cherish" John. The couple had erffcli worn the chains of conjugal felicity once before. It was evident, however, that the fair John had been persuaded by the gal­ lant Alice to take second place in the new life. Hog cholera Is estimated to cost th4 farmers around Fairbury $160,000. 1 Isaac Bolt, a farmer, dropped dead while' attending church at Ramsey. Reports from .the vicinity of Blooming- ton indicate about 2,000,000^uslxels ofold corn moving out to make room for the new crop. ^ . 0 • Collector Hunter, of the internal reven­ ue office at Peoria, is engaged in refund­ ing the income tax paid ! in before the United -Stages Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional. The amount is small, however, but $208. It has been decided by the Macon Fair Association that the best thing to do was to dissolve its organization and^vind up ,its business affairs. This is brought about by the fact that this year the ex­ penditures were very much in excess of the receipts, and there was a good-sized debt hanging over them before this year. The old-time pleasure steamer, Maca- tawa, Capt. Smith, was burned to the water's edge at Chicago Thursday morn­ ing while; moored in her slip. The boat was the property of Lake Capt." Ed Na­ pier, and was valued at $8,000. As it burned, the boat lay near a storage house, but the flames were not communicated to that building. No ̂ relief could be given to the burning staamer by the fire boat which went to iti assistance. The Maca- tawa was familiar to everyone who goes upon the lake. In the recent troubles at the Van Buren street pier between boat captains and the Illinois CentraFRailroad it played an important part,, Capt. Na­ pier ^persisting in landing its passengera whether or iio. ' Fourteen . cases qf diphtheria wefe re­ ported at Chicago in one day. Two deaths' wefe,reported from this disease. Although not alarming, the prevalence of diphtheria seems to be on the , in­ crease. For two days only Sixteen new cases were reported to the health oliice, while Jhe following day's report' showed fourteen cases for one .day. ^Notwith­ standing the hot Weather, the death rate was normal* among adults, but terribly high with children. The number of deaths among babies under 1 year of age for eleven days was 224, out of the grand total of 744. There were 134 deaths in eleven days among children from 1 to 5 years old, making the total number of children's deaths 358, or almost half of the whole number. Panic was created in the Rockford high school Wednesday morning and the principal experienced some difficulty in preventing the pupils from crushing each other in their effort to escape from What they supposed was a falling building, Shortly after the morning session had been called to order a large section of the plastering in the assembly room fell with a deafening crash and tl^p clouds of dust arising from the mass qf debris led to the impression that the building was com­ ing down. Principal Parker realized that there was no immediate danger and forced the terror-stricken students to take their seats. Miss Elizabeth Wilson was badly injured by the falling mass, but w*ill recover. The school is much overcrowded and many persons consider the building unsafe. It will probably be replaced by a new one. Poison in a Tin Can. Poison enough to kill ten men has been discovered in a can of rhubarb by Chi­ cago City Chemist Kennicott. The dis­ covery promises to open up a new field of investigation for the Health Depart­ ment and to result in the prosecution of dealers in canned goods who, with re­ markable indifference for the life and health of their customers, place on the market the deadly stuff. It is no uncom­ mon practice, it seems, for old canned fruit and vegetables to be re-covered with bright new labels and sold for fresh goods. In many cases these old goods are either spoiled by decay or by the forma­ tion of poisonous compounds, and their consumption is an invitation to death or serious illness. 15nd of an .Eccentric .Career. A"strange ciiataeter nameu Eniil Sarrd- voff died at St. John's Hospital in Spring­ field at the age of 70 years. He was a native of Germany, and was said to be­ long to one of the first families of Sax­ ony. He came to Williamsville twenty years ago, and continued to reside there in a two-room house, his only compan­ ions being three dogs, three cats and two crows, lie steadfastly, declined to have anythihg to do with the people of the village and lived the life of a veritable hermit. He was a man of superior edu­ cation and had a brother in Saxony who was a wealthy banker. State News in Brief. Near Illiopolis two little girls, daughters of Thomas Thompson, a farmer, were poisoned to death by eating elderberries. ' Tower Hill, suffered a loss of $25,000 from fire, Friday. Insurance, $15,000. This was the third bad fire within a year. . The Silver Cross Hospital, in Joliet, will be dedicated Sunday, Oct- 6, with elaborate ceremonies. This hospital is one of the best in Northern Illinois, and cost over $45,000. Dr. William Le Roy Wilcox, once a medical inspector in the Chicago depart­ ment under Carter Harrison and a prom­ inent citizen of Irving Park, was killed Sunday in a runaway accident. At Rockford John Clark, coachman in the employ of R. H. Tinker, while en­ gaged in felling trees, took hold of a guy wire which was in contact with a live trolley wire, and was instantly killed. In reply to inquiry Assistant Attorney General Newell has rendered an opinion that the boards of directors of district schools have the power to make a rule requiring teachers to raise and lower the flag over the school houses as required under the new flag law- The destruction of the^Rockford Cabi­ net Company's factory by fire is one of the most serious losses that city has had for years. The loss will foot up to $75,- 000, including $15,000 worth of orders which were on hand in a partly finished condition. The insurance amounts to $40,000. The company will rebuild. Cholera is destroying whole herds of hogs in Marshall County. John Scoon places his loss by cholera at $2,000. J The Assistant Attorney General ren­ ders an opinion that any adulteration of baking powders or bread leaveners for the purpose of making bread or food prod­ ucts is illegal, and subject to fine and im­ prisonment. Five horses belonging to Sylvester Bradley, of Bloomington, were declared Vy Assistant State Veterinary Surgeon Alversoh to be afflicted with glanders. They were shot. Bradley is a lightning rod agent and it is feared the disease will spread, td he has recently been all over that region *r;th his horjea. . Wednesday was a proud day for the State Board of Agriculture. The fair was a success in every particular. The exhibits in all departments were full, the weather favorable and the attendance each day exceeded the attendance OL corresponding days last year, when a great financial success was scored. The attendance Wednesday was 25,000. The great exhibition buildings were crowded from morning until night, the grounds, the grand-stand, the horse and cattle barns, the stalls and sheds and the mul­ titude of tents in which were located "shows" of the Midway variety were all crowded, and thousands witnessed Pain's "Japan-China" at night. Many promin­ ent persons, including members of the Legislature, members of the State Board of ^Equalization and others were num­ bered among the visitors. Fred Jennings and William Howard, of Chicago, have been "reading of ban­ dits and robbers in yellow-covered books recently, and they felt there was noth­ ing too daring for them to do. This re­ sulted in their being locked up at the Central station charged with robbery, and Joseph Brookshin, of Benton, has a thrilling experience to relate to his friends when he returns home. Brook- shin was at Jackson and State streets on his way to a train when he met the two youthful robbers. Jennings threw his arms about Brookshin and Howard pick­ ed his pockets. A purse was secured and Brokshin's valise was taken. The boys ran toward the lake front and Brookshin stood with his mouth and eyes wide open, looking after them. He could hardly re­ alize what had been done. Officer FREE TRADE THEORIES KILLED. Comparing the 1895 year's imports, during which the Gorman tariff was in force for ten me ivt-h sr~ witli -fhe full twelve months' imports of 1S92 and 1893, it is seen that the Gorman tariff Imports are in gome cases larger than those for 1892, and in other iustances larger than the imports for 1893, and sometimes greater than the figures given for both of these two McKinley protection years. When considering the effect of the present lower tariff, it should be remembered that in 1S92 and early in 1S93 the bulk of the people were far more prosperous than they are to-day and consequently were bet­ ter able to pay for the luxury of for­ eign goods. Now the lower tariff per­ mits the larger quantities of imports at such low prices as enable keen com­ petition with our own manufacturers and interference with" their business in our home market, the people not being able to afford to purchase so many articles of voluntary use and lux­ ury as they did in 1892 and 1S93. This fact is very evident from a com­ parison of such imports as follows: Imports qf^frtSHes of voluntary use, luxuries, etc.: Value, 1S92 $104,704,252 Value, 1893.. 125,855,541 Value, 1895 93,255,730 During the year just ended, to June 30, 1895, we botight over $11,500,00U worth less of articles of voluntary use, luxuries, etc., than in 1892, aud $32,GOO,- 000 less tliau in 1S93. Turning next to our imports of , arti­ cles manufactured and ready for con­ sumption, articles that enter directly into competition with the products of our own factories, we find that we bought $5,300,000 worth more in 1895 than in 1893, an increase of 2.32 per cent of all imports, while the increase was 2.97 per cent over the 1892 figures. If we look at those imports of arti­ cles in a crude condition, or which were wholly or partly manufactured for use in our mechanic arts, we find that iu both cases they were less in 1895 than in 1S93 and 1S92, the exact figures being: In crude condition, 1892.. . .$204,093,990 In crude condition, 1893.... 220,<11,989 In crude condition, 1S95.« dieates the possibility that the manu­ facture of cotton goods; will be greatly shifted in a few years by cutting off the markets in many parts of the world that have hitherto been dependent on the product pf English and Anierican mills.--Boston Herald, Aug. 17, 1895. Counting Their Gorman Gains. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, our imports from European coun­ tries aggregated $383,086,842, as com­ pared with imports amounting to $295,- 077,805 during the twelve months end­ ing June 30, 1894. The increase for the year just ended was $8S,60S,977; but this represents the gain during only ten months of the Gorman tariff period, not for a full year. Here are the figures: Year ending June 30: 1895, ten months Gorman A Cheap ^ndrDnrable Silo. .„ When I built my silo eight years ago, all adviefe was that if i was foolish enough to build of wood I must have a stone foundation, grout bottom and no end of fixtures; but I concluded if a wooden silo would only last three years at most before decaying, so as to be beyond further use, a sill set In the ground well painted with gas tar and bedded in cement would be as durable a foundation as I should need, says a corespondent of the Country Gentle­ man, and so a sill was trenched in and cemented," and to the surprise of the prophets, the sill, is still there, sound as ever, and the side walls, double ceiled with foot-wide cull-pine boards, are yet doing duty without a -decaying spot to point to coming disso­ lution. : This silo is 15 by 15 feet, inside measure, and 22 feet deep, and cost less than $50 all told. The clay floor made, by hard pounding, and concave in. the center to avoid strain on the sills, Is in every \vay as good a floor as the grout and c-eihent one in the companion silo. The singl<f-ceiled silo was not invented when these .silos were built, and I have nothing to say against them ; but I am so fully satisfied with the walls of the double-boarded ones, and as two boards an inch thick can be purchased cheaper here than a good enough quality of flooring, and make so much stronger walls, 1 am still in favor of the old way of building. 1 was told that a double-boarded silo would soon rot out and the paper lining soon dis­ solve betAveen the boards, but none of these things has as yet occurred; so I begin to think that a cheap silo need not of a necessity be a poor one or a bad keeper of ensilage, for, in eight fillings, there have not been ten bas­ kets of waste, save on the top, and no costly silo could have been better so far as keeping the -contents is concerned, that this $50 silo of mine. tariff .$383,080,842 1894, twelve months McKin­ ley tariff Increase under Gorman tariff $S8,608,977 Looking at the totals for the various countries we find that the shipments of foreign goods made to this country were smaller during the Gorman tariff period from Austria - Hungary, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal,- Servia, Spain and Sweden and Norway. The larger shipments were made from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Switzer­ land, Turkey and the United Kingdom, their totals being as follows: Twelve months ending For use 1892 . For use 1S93 . For use 1895 . iu mechanic arts, in mechanic arts, in mechanic arts, 191,119,S10 83,206.471 98,753,902 73,650,655 O'Mera pursued the robbers and caught them. Creditors of the Peoria rolling mill, which failed a year ago and passed into the hands of a receiver, say that prepara­ tions are being made for the resumption of operations iu a few weeks. John Ray, of Decatur, a barber, well known in Chicago, and who graduated from Dwight six times, committed sui­ cide at Springfield by taking cyanide. Despondency caused by drink and losing work was the cause. The annual convention of the Illinois State Liquor Dealers and Manufacturers' Association was held- jat Bloomington, with 600 delegates present, representing a membership of 12,000. President Gain- ty's annual report showed that the asso­ ciation had grown in numbers. A part of the work of the association was the com­ bating of thirteen bills intended to re­ strict the liquor traffic. The most serious of these was the Kaiser bill, making the consent of'property owners necessary to establish saloons in towns of less than 10,000, and giving city councils the right to determine the number of saloons that may exist in a city or town. Treasurer Ballenberg's report showed receipts for the year of $13,372, and expenses of $4,- 409. Secretary Fitzgerald spoke at length of the rule of the Chicago and Alton pro­ hibiting all employes from the use of liq­ uor at any time, and said that while the brewers had decided not to ship over the Alton Road, thejF'had not lived up to that decision. In a saloon row at Bloomington Clar­ ence Payton was fatally shot by "Bud" Wilson. Both are negroes. Harry, alias "Butch," Lyons, was sen-, fenced by Judge Sears, of Chicago, to bo hanged Oct. 11 for the murder of Albert B. Mason. Sentence was passed at the close of arguments on a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and after the accused had made an impassioned plea in his own behalf. As a court bailiff stepped to the side of Lyons to conduct him fiack to jail the Condemned man looked up at Judge Sears and said: "Judge, I thank you." At Rockford the Rev. Mr. Hilander, of Minneapolis, and Miss Hilma Wallen were united in marriage at the Zion Lutheran Church, a large number of Swedish ministers being present. A light engine jumped the track on the Toledo, Peoria and Western Road eight miles from Peoria and two men were instantly killed. They were: James Dil­ lon, engineer, and William Brown, fire­ man. Thq engine jumped the track and turned over and both were caught. No one knew anything of the accident until they were found dead by the crew of a passenger train on the same road. Dillott leaves a wife and four small children and Brown a wife and two children. Iu 1895 we imported nearly $13,000,- 000 worth less of articles in a crude con­ ditio n than We did in 1892 and $35,000,- 000 worth less than in 1893. Of articles for use-in the mechanic arts we import­ ed to the extent of $9,550,000 less in 1895 than in 1892 and over $25,000,000 less than in 1S93. These values show that the Gorman tariff has been a hind­ rance to our manufacturers in supply­ ing them with an abundance of cheap raw or partly finished material, and it has been a hindrance to them in sup­ plying the demands of the home mar­ ket because our imports of articles, manufactured and ready for consump­ tion, have been of greater value even than they were in 1892. when our abil­ ity to purchase them was so much greater. Countries. Azores and Ma­ deira Islands Belgium Denmark ...... France Germany Italy Netherlands . .. Russia Switzerland . .. Turkey rope United dom 1894. $10,234 . . 8,609,819 194,900 . . 47,549,974 .. 69,387,905 . . 18,000,075 .. 10,090,979 . . 2,851,270 .. 11,450,270 n Eu- 1,657,21S King- 107,372,995 1895. $25,914 10,152,581 345,835 01,560,003 81.011.443 20,851,761 15,186,535 3,575,388 15,001,496 2,097,702 159,119,69S Out of the total gain to European trade under the Got (nan tariff, which amounted to $88,009,000, the United Kingdom secured no less than $51,740,- 000 worth of additional trade, or al­ most 60 per cent, of the whole, leaving but 40 per cent, of the increase remain­ ing, worth $36,863,000, to be divided among the other ten countries that are reaping the harvest from the Gorman tariff that is denied to Americans. Profits in Cherries. The foiir cherry trees at our Roches­ ter place yielded the former proprietor one season $20 per tree, as he informed us. This is more than any one should expect to receive from a cherry tree, aud must have been during a season of exceptional high prices, says Green's Fruit Grower. These trees have borne us heavy crops every year without one penny of expense except for picking and marketing, and in addition to what we have consumed and given away these four trees have yielded an annual revenue of from $1S to $25. But con sider what an acre planted to cherry trees, each eighteen feet apart, 135 to the acre, would yield at this rate. The amount would bo $675 per acre at $5 per tree. This would probably be more than could be realized ou an average, but under a favorable yield the profit may be largely increased. I recall one farmer, whose farm is largely cut up by the highway, who planted cherry trees on each side of the road as far as his farm extended, there being per­ haps a mile of cherry trees. These trees cost the farmer absolutely noth­ ing .except the purchase price and the expense of planting. These trees bear enormous crops, and their reputation extends ?or many miles around. Hun­ dreds of people come every year to pick these cherries on snares or to pur­ chase them. Why uot you plant like­ wise? wormr(Aci*obasls vaccinal). The ..egg for the worm is deposited in, the calyx on the young berry just after forming. The worm eats into the berry/and wanders" from that to other berries. When full "grown it leaves the1 berry, drops to the ground and burrows into the soil, where it remains all .winter, and hatches the following June or July. On wet bogs it does not thrive. When full grown it is about half an inch/long. The moth producing this worm expands wings about three-fourths of an itfeb when spread; it Js of an ash gray color, mottled with white, and wlien at rest on a cranberry yine, with wings fold­ ed, is not easily recognized. The egg hatches in about five or six days after laid. Flowing to destroy this pest Is not feasible, as the time the water should be held on the bog would destroy the crop. An application of paris green --a tablespoonful to a bucket of water applied with a spray outfit at the time the berries begin to set is effec­ tive. Pall Campaign Against Weeds. Inquiries are constantly coming to us concerning the best methods of get-" ting rid of noxious weeds, especially perennials. Begin by sowing the in­ fested fields to oats in the spring, or wheat or rye in the fall.' Soon after these small grains have been harvest­ ed, says the Agriculturist, plow under the stubble, thus checking the develop­ ment of the first crop of weeds. When the second crop has started on the plowed ground, go over it with a disk harrow, corn cultivator, or any other farm implement that will kill the young weeds. Repeat .this operation as often as necessary this fall to prevent the maturing of any seed or the develop^ rnent of root stocks. ,Seed the field to winter grain next fall, and repeat tho operation again next year. If the weeds are very persistent, as the Can­ ada thistle, quack grass, etc., cultivate the fallow often enough to prevent any green leaf surface appearing. Other­ wise the underground stems will live for a long time. This is the best meth­ od of treating an infested field, and if persisted in will be successful. Now is the time to begin the work. Do not neglect it. What FreeTrade Uleans. The Protection Flag Flies. "Protection will be the leading issae at the coining Presidential campaign. Democrats may try to divert attention to the currency question, but they will not succeed."! Secretary M. J. Dowliug, of the Na­ tional Republican League, made this remark when in New York recently. As the Secretary of the union of clubs which forms the League, he is in touch with the drift of public opinion and knows what; most concerns the people. General McAlpin, the President of the League, is in full accord with Secretary Dowling in this course, as well as in the general management and policy of the League. The many thousand clubs which it combines into a powerful, dis­ ciplined and united body will be loyal to protection to home industry &s the one cardinal principle which does not admit of compromise or surrender. Senator Cullom's Views. When the Republican party gets con­ trol again, as it Will .next year, with some Republican for President, such as Reed or McKinley or some other man, we will take up that tariff yet and go over it item by item and make such amendments to it as will give reason­ able protection to American labor and American,, industries as against foreign labor and foreign industries. The peo­ ple of This" country never knew they wanted that sort of protection--they were never certain of it--until the Dem­ ocrats, by mistake, got possession of this country two years ago.--Senator Cullom. ' More Cotton Competition. The establishment of a cotton mill In China, and the fact that it is prob­ ably the precursor of many others, in- The Hoe in the Corn Field. Eastern farmers have never learned to entirely dispense with the hoe in growing corn. - The greater part of tho work of destroying weeds and loosening the soil is done with tli#4iorse cultiva­ tor and weeder. But there are some weeds in the hills so close to the corn that they cannot be destroyed by the cultivator without injuring the crop. With the potato it is different. Earth may be thrown over thtl potato plant just as it shoots out of the soil, not only without injury, but with decided advantage. But if young corn receives eten a little soil over its tender leaves it is seriously injured. Even when grown larger the piling of earth against the corn in order to smother the weeds is a bad practice. It throws much of the fertile soil close to the stalk where the roots of the corn cannot reach it, at the same time removing it from the center of the rows where the plant food is most neeOrd. ' NAPOLEON'S STOMACH-ACHE.^ • • ^ It Played an Important l»art In the Defeat .of the French. Sudden^ In the midst of an order to Gen. Vanhaajjne^ho was to; head off the retreat near Kulm, a hundred miles to the north, the Emperor gave a sharp cry, clapped a hand over his lower waistcoat buttons, and doubled up com­ pletely, unable to think or act j' Napoleon had the stomach ache. You laugh at this; but let me tell you there is -nothing so demoralizing as pain. Headache and indigestion have wrecked more than one great cause. Men who can withstand armies have surrendered to. the toothache. Napo­ leon was never victorious on the sea be­ cause he was always too seasick to Com­ mand in person. Napoleon could not endure pain, and lost his crown through a stomach ache. For the cramp that caught him that day at Pirna kept him from pursuing- his routed foes,' and with that failure to act began the con­ queror's downfall. At all events, he gave up his plan of conducting the pursuit in person. He returned to Dresden. Disaster fell up­ on his generals whenever they fought without; him. Oudinot was beaten at Grossbeeren; Macdonald was over- thwirn at Katzbach; Varidamme was captured at Kulm; Ney was routed at Dennewitz. The Allies turned back. With fresh troops swelling their recov­ ering ranks, they drew about the man they had sworn to destroy. His vassals forsook him; his tribu­ taries deserted him. France was left alone, and, yielding to the advice of his marshals rather than following his own wise judgment, Napoleon gave up his plan of marching upon Berlin. His ene­ mies drew about him; they inclosed him in a ring, of steel; and on the sixteenth of October, 1813, the Emperor and his men stood at bay under the walls of quaint old Leipsic--a handful against a host. That bloodiest battle of modern times has been called the Battle of the Na­ tions. It was France against all Eu­ rope. For three days it raged. Ninety- four thousand men were killed or wounded. Then the Saxons in the ranks of France went over in a body to tho enemy. Retreat was a necessity. Na­ poleon was beaten.--St. Nicholas. Keeping Kggs in Colfl Storajre. A subscriber wants to know how long eggs can be kept in a cold storage house. If the eggs are infertile, and fresh when put in, they will keep four to five months if the temperature is steady. If he wishos to keep a few dozens for his own use, he should pack them in dry, sifted coal ashes, or dry salt, says the Agriculturist, end down, not allowing e&c to touch--an- Grover Starts Machinery. It has been suggested that it was very proper that Mr. Cleveland should press the button to start the machinery •at the Atlanta Exposition, since he has done more to stop machinery in this country than any other man.--Daily State Gazette, Trenton, N. J. Tries Hard to Succeed. The last change in the law was evi­ dently intended to lift woolen goods out of the range of politics by complete­ ly annihilating the domestic industries. --Textile Manufacturers' Journal. A Machine for Driving Nails. A very ingenious machine has been perfected for driving 4acks and nails automatically. Buncoing the Sugar Planters. other. Use boxes which hold six to ten dozens each. Fasten cover down tight­ ly, and arrange the boxes so they can be turned twice a week without jar­ ring. This can be easily bo done by any ingenious person. Be sure the eggs are fresh and infertile. The cocks should be removed from the flock at least ten days before packing begins. Prices for cold storage eggs depend largely upon the supply of fresh eggs on the market. They usually bring five to eight cents per dozen less thau those strictly fresh. Rag Weed in Grain Stubble. Whatever winter grain is sown there is sure to be in the stubble at harvest a growth of rag weed, which will usu­ ally overtop the clover. If left alone it will seriously injure the clover growth in the fall, especially if the stubble be pastured. It is a good plan as soon after the grain crop is off as possible to go over the field with a mower set so as to cut the rag weed and occasion­ ally some of the tallest clover. This, left to fall as it is cut, makes an ex­ cellent mulch over the surface just heavy enough not to injure the clover. A better result is that it puts the rag weed back, and if a good rain soon comes the clover will quickly outgrow the ragweed so that very little of it will be seen that fall. This will not interfere with cutting a crop of clover hay in September from the seeding in March. We have known fully a ton of clover to be cut per acre on land treated thus, and the clover was left in better condi­ tion for winter than if it had not been cut Managed in this way, the rag weed Is cut each time before it can seed, and future crops of this pest are thus les­ sened. But if left to seed there will be no trouble with rag weed in the clover next year except in places where the clover seeding may have missed. Rag weed does not start except where the soil is loosened in spring. But Where the soil is loosened the rag weed seed will start to grow as soon as the frost is out of the ground, and its first growth is stronger and taller than that of clover, though after the clover gets a broad leaf it will smother most of the annual weeds. Thinning Root Crops. A good seed drill wijl distribute seed so evenly that very little thinning will be needed. It is better to sow the seed with a drill for this reason. When the seed Is purposely sown thickly to allow for failure with the purpose of thinning out the work is rarely done as it should be. If it is done by. pulling up the plants they will generally be left too close. A bettor plan is to chop out the plants with a hoe five inches wide. This will leave the right space for car­ rots, parsnips and turnips, but beets and mangel wurtzels will require a greater amount of room. There is no weed among root crops so bad as an­ other root of its own kind growing be­ side it. Crops in Bearing Orchards. Aside from using up the fertility need­ ed for fruit production, the growing of crops in bearing orchards is a mistake on account of the difficulty of harvest ing the fruit without injuring, if not destroying, the crop. There is neces­ sarily a good deal of tramping ou the ground wfienu ered. If those harvesting the fruit crop try to avoid stepping on the crop cultivated under the trees they aro hindered so much that it more than offsets the value of what can thus bo grown. One crop at a time is enough, and when fruit trees bear the concen­ tration of all effort on them produces better results than dividing it. Hens in Hot Weathe£. Nothing is more cruel than"'to keep heus in summer time where they can­ not have plenty of shade, and that, too, where they can roll themselves in the dust This is necessary to keep them free from vermin, which, when it gets a lodgment, increases very rapidly in warm weather. They should also have a plentiful supply of clear water, kept so that they cannot soil it by getting their feet into the drinking dish. With shade and plenty of water hens will go through their moulting period.much more quickly than if denied these es­ sentials. Trellis for Berry Bushes. A trellis in use in Ohio for blackberry and raspberry bushes has a fence post at each end of a row long enough to be set firmly in the ground and be two feet above the surface. Between the two No. 12 galvanized wire is stretched taut A second wire, also from post to post, on the other side of the canes, holds them in position. The old canes are cut away as soon as through bear­ ing, and new ones, as soon as tall enough, are slipped between the wires. The Cranberry Worm. » ^Complaints are numerous this sea­ son that er&nberrSCE are turning red long before they' are ripe, are wormy, and shrivel up until none are left This is the work of the berry worm or fruit A Stock Liniment. A liniment much in favor among stock owners in Southern New Jersey is made as follows: Add one gill spir­ its of turpentine and a heaping table- spoonful each salt and lard to one pin} of fresh milk. Boil oversa-slow Are for two hours, stirring occasionally. Re­ mote from the fire, and stir continu­ ously until cool, when it will be like jelly. Use for cuts, bruises or sores of any kind. Second Crop Potatoes. We have many wrays of making them sprout. The best way is to put the Cheap Titles in England. ^ In view of the fact that we are about to receive in this country an eminent English actor who has recently received the honor of knighthood from the queen, it is just as well to remind read­ ers that in the eyes of the vast body of his countrymen this distinction does not add one iota to his eminence or to his fame. Knighthoods are so com­ mon--that is, simple knighthoods with­ out the adjunct of the ribbon of the Bath or of some other order of chivalry. There are many people in England, especially among the higher classes, who would regard the offer of a knight­ hood as an Insult and as an indignity, and I remember hearing a story of a Norfolk squire of the name of Coke, a.. relative of. Lord Leicester^jvpo was pestering King William for the grant of some appointment for one of his friends. The king finally gre^u dis­ gusted and half in joke, half In earnest, addressed the following threat to the squire: "Look here, Coke, if you come bother­ ing me any more, by God I'll knight you!" It is on record that the squire in abject terror fled the royal presence and refused to show his face at court until he received a solemn assurance from the bluff old sailor king that the terrible threat would not be put into execution. Talking about King William, I may say that the countess of Munster, wiw> figures in the Strand Magazine of this month as the author of a rather re­ markable ghost story in the truth of which she herself evidently believes, is no connection of the famous German uiplomat of that name, but the wife of that impoverished English peer who is a grandson of King Wiliam IVJ, by a lady who figures in history as "Mrs. Jordan," but whose true name was" Dolly Bland.--Marquise de Fontenoy, in Philadelphia Press. Watering a Whole Farm, It is a small matter to build a dam in the dry time, after the most Import­ ant work is done, and to make the ditches to carry the water where it is to be useti. A farmer in New York has done this, says the New York Times, and he says with a small pond made by a dam six feet in height he is able to supply an eighty-acre farm with water, so that full crops of grass, sweet corn and other market vegetables and small fruits are made every year, and that in many years' experience as a farmer he never yet knew a year in which the rainfall in New York was sufficient to produce one full crop. His plan is to carry the water in ditches to the main distributing ditches be­ tween rows of corn, cabbage, berries, etc. He takes the water from the main ditches and uses it from day to day, where most needed, some days on one end of the field, other days in the mid­ dle or other end. Where the soil has very much muck in it, much is done by the seepage of the water. The water is pot run over the surface, but into deep furrows, and held there till the soil is Well wet Should Be Among the First. Americans abate nothing of their re­ spect for the advice of Washington and Jefferson ab»ut avoiding foreign alli­ ances, when they wish their govern­ ment to be in the fight for the safety of Christians in Armenia and China. The nations which profess Christianity will be disgraced until every spot on the earth is free from persecution on account of Christian faith. If the em­ peror and the Sultan must go, the United States should be among the first to say so.--St Louis Republic. Mexico's Greatest, Temple. The great temple Qf the City of Mex­ ico was a stone structure of five stages or stories, 300 feet square at the base and 120 feet high. There were eight similar structures of almost equal -size in the city, and nearly 2,000 much smaller. Justice--What's the charge Police potatoesinapilefor several days. They ! against this man? Policeman--Imper- will become heated, consequently the eyes will swell up. The potatoes with the swelled eyes are picked out and planted. This way is considered the best way. Another way is to put the potatoes in the sun for seywai days be- fbre planting. .. » • • donating an officer. "What did he do?'* 'He walked up to a street vender*# stand and took a handful of peanuts." --Chicago Record. ' I Did Hope tend a turnpike ea*« when ! it "toll'd a flatteriiur tale?"