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r.wptfv*:. %****,sf .«•&" - %.fc.v, <;•» ' •• •ii &V r- V -•$}' • ;;1: ^SVrjfrijl • 17 t; i; fc.l %'• THI fABlFF BILL BMP COMPLETED IN ALL t^CElM^HMTA^ ON wtf^kv, :."* $ IS A FJOHT TO A FINISH , ...V-C . •• V%R lii Pacpibtitty of m Con*9*pntm £00! twtw^Q the- "feiMgifeVi Its employes if now to a begin to realise this for There was hop® promise might l«f hope has vanished. m4-Ti nlsh. The men the first time, •long that *- «ora- k ^ he ray of hope was Vow, us,. iprty btj m pie w. Hjr o& kill the Important Prodneti That Are on the VN« g4ft*-Ttn> Wool*gd W^ie^ Opoftf |)a- llM-U^it Cat CM»ittsUi«lr w Opt* tsa Manufwetaree. Washington, No*. 87.--The new Demo- cratpo tariff bill was laid before the fall membership of the ways and means committee (Ms morning. The call for a full meeting ^ ,«v«e , ing th<s railroaders on the matter* At jssup; j tunnel on the Great Northern railway will issued nearly a week ago by Chairman "Owing to your insisting upon the rein- : requires** weeksto repair.1-' '1 i.'-i7) dispelled bf the following aom munleation to Chairman Rice from SiDiMMynA Wa)t>- kins, the coal operators delt£kt«d lag. the { operators' meeting to meet Mr. Wilbjur and me If he would not assent to hear- i A ChJ policeman to return to a rolver saULbhtxI&r had trled to policeman with. . i&'M iJi*%ctljna~llf*'" ftifc* th4 Ibrift# took three heats one after the other in 8215% «wl. 2jD8. AH*, was "npt in : She Was". diitafao^lo -the * li6ifc'- heat. , fhe cave4n otV* .w £ ' Wilson. It is not expected that today's meeting will be at all "§ deliberative" one. Thie committee convened s|tll o'clock, five minutes later the bill was submitted by Chairman Wilson add read at length, and a Democratic member proniptly moved tbjtt it b* adapted by the commits tee. The measure #as adopted by a strict party vote; In fts general ternis the new tariff bill may be called a radical measure. The free list will be a surprise to the country. The disposition of wool and woolen goods has baen on^ of tbe most difficult problems that the committee had to solve. After two months of delibera­ tion it was finally decided to adopt the Springer policy of the last congress in all immaterial details. . >•«&;] Wilson Make*m Stmt--eit.; 1 • l-'1; Thfe Republican members of t!»e com­ mittee are to be given ten days'time In which to prepare a minority report dis* seating froq^tbe recommendations of the majority of the committee. In regard tot the new tariff bill Chairman Wilson salds "The internal revenue schedule is not yet complete and will, therefore, be preserved nntil a later date. The' regular schedule we have made pnbhe because it was re­ ported that Speculators were attempting to manipulate the market on the strength of alleged inside information and we did not desire to be a party to anything of this kind.. The tariff bill will be quite volu- tuinous, anil will .coyer both the tariff proper and the ad m i d istration thereof. 'r Articles Included in the Free Lj^i. The following articles are included 'In the free list; Wool, iron ore, coal, binding twiiie, lumber, lead ore, salt, freestone* granite, sandstone, limestone and other building ur monumental stone except marble--unmanufactured or Undressed- grindstones (finished or unfinished), coj>- per imported in the form of ores, regulus of copper and black or coarse oepper and' ooppe? cement, blue vildoi 6r sulphate o? Copper, ail preparations of coal tar not colors or dyes, bqrazV<Qrude or borate o£ soda or borate ofiime), coloring for brandy, wine, beer, or other liquors; copperas or sulphate of Iron, iodine (resubJimed), olive oil, indigo, pbosphorous, sponges, alumini­ um (in crude form), alloys of any kind in which aluminium is the component ma­ terial of chief value, antimony (as regulus or metal), metallic mineral substances in a crude state and metals unwrought, flax •tran, flax, spices ground or powdered, cayenne pepper, sage, timber hewn aud sawed and timber used for spars and in building wuarves, timber squared or sided, sawed boards, plank, deals, and other lumber of hemlock, white wood, sycamore, white pine, and basswood not piafted or finished,.cotton ties, chocolate. ' Mo SjMtile Doty on Wools* The wool aud woolen schedule is as, fol? lows: All wools, bair of the camel, goat, alpaca and other like animals and all wool and hair on the skin, ail top waste, stab? bin# waste, roving waste, ring waste, yarn waste, card wante, bur waste and flocks, including ail waste or rag« composed wholly or in part of wool, worsted or hair Of tbe camel, goat, etc., valued at not more than 80 eents per pound, will be rated at 35 per cento., whtcb is the ad valorem rate under the present law with­ out the specific duty which that bill pro­ vides. .... On all woolen and worsted cloths, shawls, and knit fsbri'cs and all fabrics made on knitting machines or frames and all manufactures of every description made wholly or in part of wool and Worsted or hair of the camel, goat, etc., valued at not more than &0 cents per pound, tbe duty is 40 per cent. On blank­ ets,bats of wool,flannels, underwear (com; posed wholly or in part of Wool or hair of thecamel, etc.), valued at not more than 30 events per pound, tbe duty is ^percent.; valued at more than 30 cents aud not more than 50 cents per pound the duty is b6 pair cent. Off blankets And hats of wool, etc., valued at not more than 3>0 cents pec poQnd the duty is 85 per cent! " ®®hedule for l>res» Goods*" , The sc't edule for, dress goods is given' in jyyt as loliows: On coat linings, Italiaifi cloths and goods of similar character, the warp of which is cotton or other vegetable matter, th# value not exceeding 15 cents p^r square yard, a duty of 85 percent. i« placed. On women'h and children's dress KoodSk wholly or. in part wool, worsted, etc., the duty is fixed at 40 per cent. On clothing (ready made) and articles of wearing apparel the duty of 45 per cent, is placed. Ou cloaks, dolmans, jackets, etc.k for ladies and children, a duty of 45 per cent., and on webbing,' suspenders, bolt­ ing, binding, braids, galloous, fringes, ate., 40 per cent. On common -carpets, which were taxed 80 per cent, in the Springer bill, the duty in the new bill will be about H5 per cent., and on the finer statement of all employes our negotiatkina for a conference have failed. Mr. Wilbur {• standing by hit circular &l Nov* kliin its. entirety." y. ,_••• .1 Mr. Rice upon reviewing the situation, •aid; MI very much regret that the hopes that we cherished yesterday of an early Adjustment of our difficulties have about VAnished. It looks likti a long fight, but we are prepared for it." The officials say that the old employes cannot now be re­ vived as an entirety, but that they may apply for and obtain work ou the same Conditions as outsiders. ' ' BUFFALO, NOV. 25 --It 14 now said thai the Lehigti Valley strike, may reach Chi­ cago. It has been said frequently by the leaders of the federation that they could rely on'the brotherhood to assise them,if need be, and there is little doubt that that aid has been invoked and that the men ha* tween here and Chicago on the Laka Shore and Nickel Plate will be called' ©At within forty-eight hour*. JflSLD UP: A .FREIGHT' RoWMn JCMk« • Ml»take, bat TM>« WfcA* Vfaiey Can OoU • CIhMASO, NOV. 87.--Tbefastmerchandlse freight on the- Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway was ^eld up by, eight. m«(& at jnidnight between Groshen ai^d ^ikbart, Jhd,, il5 miles. from Chicago, aj?4 t^« members of the train crew robbed of their money and valuables. The robbers were tramps enoonriiged to outlawry by whisky. Conductor Mickok and Bruk^ man Snyder were severely beaten and th« crew covered with revolvers until OoshM Was rexohed, wheb the robbers escaped. *:'»« Two arrests have been madd-^Henrf Zimmerman, of Kendallviile, and ana Coon, of Fort Wayne, both identified.: A reward 01 $500 is offered for each of the others. The robbers got; three gold wa&che and $12.50 in money. ' The gang was on the' trath nrlketflt'Mt Elkhart. It was reported' tfhat the train WAS stopped by men in ambush, who thought it was the Lake Shore express^; which they intended: fao vfreak :and robi bat this: is pot true. i v , j / - Hi' u; i * v,,a:. • tv.'i Schaefer the Champion Aicaln. . CHICAGO, NOV. 87.--Jacob Schaaf^r if Wliard champion again and Ives has ror tired from that position for a time. The winning play was the anchor nurse, and Jake bad the last Whaok, which accounts for the score in mnst part. The total scores at the close were only 55 pointb apart in the 4,000 point game, but at the beginning of the last night's play Schaefer had 560 poiuts to make to win with that mucu to spare. Scimefer'a grand atreragfc was 27 81-47; Ives, ^ 8-146. Schaefer wins 91b,000 and part of the gate receipts. ...; • • • ; 11--1---- Portrait of Mr». Harrison. 1 (J NOV. 28.--A full length por­ trait of Mm Benjamin Harrison has just been painted lor the Daughters of the American Revolution to be placed in the White Bouse. The painter is Daniel Huntington, late president of the Amer­ ican academy, aud the portrait will bang near tbe full length painting of Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, wbiob is by the same artist. It is valued at about $8,000. Should Certainly Have ,Hit Something.; Bkbun, NOV. 5i8,-- Several men whose identities have not been ascertained fired n^n a sentinel on the drill ground in Stettin. The sentinel and the patrols fired nineteen shots at the men, who fled down thq street^ leaving trails of blood on tt^e paVe'nieht. Nobody has been iifredtad. Dtrectona the Track ChaHUplOn. PHO.A'DKLPHIA, Nov. SW.--The trotting flyer Directum met Saladm on the Fleet­ wood track and went four beats for A stake of i5,00(JL He lost the first beat, Saladin wiuning in 2:10^, but took all the others in: one-two-tLuvfl • ordar And SiliAif and a:12time, ,.,'.'11^ ' MARKETS BY TELEQRAffE , j Chicago Grain and Frodnce. ' * ( . . CHICAGO, ?Iov. iff, „ #<^lowinK were the quotations on the Board of Trade vhieat--November, opened bl>^c, closed tfic* December; opened ttic, closed <S^c; May, opened closed 69%c. Corn--November, op«ned W&a, closed 85^c; December, opened 35J4, closed 35^c; May, opened 40c, closed Oats--No­ vember, opened 27J6c, closed December, opened 27%c, closed 28c; May, opened 30^§c, closed 3(%c. Pork--January, opened S 12.45, closed $12.87^; May, opened $12.00, closed 813.00. Lard--January, opened $7.82closed Produce; Butter -f Fancy creamery. 2S<& 26)^c i>er lbi fancy didry, <3S^Aa\ packing Stock, 15^®16j^c. Eggs-- fresh laid, 23c p^r dozen; ice house, 18@18>£c. Dressed Poultry-- Chickens, per lb; turkeys, Oj^gilOJ^fc; dtit'ks, 85JiUc; geese, &&9c. Potatoes-- Bur- banks, per bushel; Hebrona, 54@5de; Eleven young Chicktts'n#^ Indians have entered Vanderbilt university, Nashville, „ v ;• < ... , jt w^f discoyafed after, a^phrlstUii BJa- deavor mass meeting' Rt Immanuel cburch, Milwaukee, thrtt the gallery, ibto which nearly 800 people WOre packed,' had settled three or four inches. .. . .. Hope is alqio.f. abandoned for the safety of Gen. Carlin's son and party, who are snowed in at the head' of the Clearwater river in Montana. J.r will not be known until next spring whether they are alive. •m n 'SlOVMlBi •' --v ThegtAnd lodge of Illivtois Odd f!^ lows has elected H. A. Stone, of YandaU% grand master and Charles y, Mansfieid, of Mansfield, grand warden. Fire at Springfield, Man,, burned over a fpace about 15(» feet square and the loss is approximately $500,000. There was a $i0,0«)C fire at Newlianii,' Teon., in whhjb T. E. Bradsbaw, Patrftk Moffat, and an unknown negt<o, - were burned or crushed to death and five otha* ! personsinjuned- •. . , - The Northwestern Car and Machine shops at Oshkosh, Wis., are in tbe bands of a receiver. TJta liabilities aggregate «75,ooo.;; ; : ,;f, ; Roeth^tba.»tonepu!,tJ«r wfa efQptied ^lf ! pistol at Pelniotiico^'Niw Utork, is nounced sane eiioiigh to 'b^" {iutbh tirol for malicitlus mischief. ; < ? ; : ; An ordinance for "the suppression of pool rooms at St. Paul, Minn., is so sweeps-. ing that' its enforcement would stop even ! the progressive euchre and whist games inM1i0.fi»rc.-given..t;., <•:»;;...a > >: iv> j j c, T*Jday,i 9^oVf,M4 j ' The lots by the Paddocv-Hawlefi fire^ Sti Lqui# w4w|275,(i00, fully c^verwd. by inr ! sufance. -.-jv ..t s -o •, . r LiOuisaMichel. the fair Freitoh anarchiati, | has put the seal- of - her approval OQ ithe ! bomb-throwing, iA the Ljrebo 1 heatraAt Barcelona, Spain; .r'-itm'f." Governor McKinley will speak in ton this evening An -inTitiaionof'the Home j. Marketclnb.:1;) ,-iu'f ;j 'A colored woman, once aslave of Henry i Clay, died in Springfield, Ills., Ait the ad- H a n c e d - A g o o f 1 W j r e w r o . . a n ^ ' The redwdod dealers of Callfornia ptt>»- pose t o' organize and Con trol the price 16t' Wdwood lumber. " ••••.«• ; Algiers, is ho longer a safe harbor fofr an^ chistS. ' The Frehch ' police are brt&¥- itig up the propaganda id that city. ! ) > The national grhnka 'Patrons of Htlti- bandry has adopted rfedolutions deno'iih<^ ihg Secretary of Agncilltnre Mortod fbi- his criticism of farmers organizations made at the Agricultural congress tn'th£ Art institute at Chicago, during 'the World's fair. They intimate that 'the; president should get another man for the -wli v?l> TRPI * I#-"- IV*'* i-.". n 1 • r, if s-.,! ,7 ! < .Tj^«V<lay.,.^ Wt.uiw A Rome .correspondent of » Berlin paper says that it is doubtful if. Pope, Leo surr-; vives the winter.. , M. H. Johnson and Charles Hendrick- son, two fishermen of Bayfield, Wis , went out to, run their nets and never came back. They wbre caught in the storm.- . . ,n >. ; ^Nat" Jones, one time » big: speculator; on tbe Chicago board of trade and lateT of new ^ork city, has fiilled there, losing about. $1,000,000 that he took from Chi­ cago. • : ! Both <$hief execntivee of Kansas are'fll. . Governor LewtUfhg fa litid tip with what may be a serious fevtir and the lieu tenant govertidtf 'tt'^ry sldk at his' home hbar Oirard. 's".v " f!" -'s ; Maurice Guerin, John Zedler, and J&ftieb 'iiilly, respectively juuges and clerk Of a 'jdhicagp,precinct at the JSTovembe'r election, ha^e beeQ Arrested f6ir alleged **padiilia^"i ' W d r k . " ; ; : . ,'<S)6le^lt<' !iiie/.ttAliaQ premier, i»as signed his cahlnct going,jnrith' £im In p body. There was' almost a riot in. the KALIAN PIIRLIAME^T JIPT tldn 4nd' the"premier' and" 6ahifrQt yretfa abused. ••• , HOW LONG BEES LIVE, fcfehrlstmiUrtant IprekApia^if;f*kiep> ... fhemge liiwS Whoni«b4||a|||i- inicsb«n« 'to their r when there is no work for them in the fields, yet they must eat. Ther®^ fflflre ifr Is wi8doi® r«ar be^t jso" that they may be in their prime to gather the harvest* Andthe^^im^$ippliq8|oqi^e^a. If th#y hav« otillivftd their ;t»efHliie«^ And in tho e^-ing ls& bat few eggs, therA; will not be sufficient workers to store surplus honey. If ttie beea supersede their aneen in t}ie spring, r|he young $iie£in iftilV lft)tft>| arfd? laying iu time to rear bees to take advantage of the early honey flow. And what profit i3 there in a hive full of bees at the close of the season? They may not gather a celi of honey during their lifetimie. In lieu of being producers they are consumers, according to: a beekeeper in The Prairie Farmer, who gayp; p ;, i ^ . r •/ Queens have been known to anfl do good work until 5 years of age, "but this is ap exce^titm «nd not ti^e rule. Producers who keep bees for the money that there is im them as a rule do not think that it is profitable to keep bees after three seasons' work and supersede them at the close of the third season, be^ cauije Old qtieeris, lik^ old henB, l£^ bu^ few eggs. It is often disastrous to the honey crop to introduce youiig queens in the spring. They should be in the hive ready for business at an early day to in­ sure a success" of the »eason!s ̂ qaflc. ^ T Drones' li ves are of aeummer's length, and they are found in the hives from May nntil November. They somfetiriies rdfnain dtiHn^' the' winter in qdeenlfe^ cdloniea and are foot infrequently abs^i^ during the summer. Their presence or absence th.e j!$gslSnt and pros­ pective condi^on M the TOl<fcy» If they are needed or likely to be needed, then tlwy'are pmienfc and>n»ake it known bjt their lend noised 1, The %vorlrer beee nisver attain a great agfr. Those reared ia ttutamn may lit«( ftttei«jhttofniriS nioiiths, and ifift iju^en-' less stocks,^'h6fie little labor1 iis1 perform­ ed, even longer, while those reared in sptisbgvfWiH .wifca*;'Jo4t' in months and when bus^' willoften ":die in from 80 to 45 days. None of these bees siiirVrtes 'the yeat 'tbrotij^h, so thelrOls af limit to tile' nup^be^ ^iiicli iuiay toxist fitf " "" f =•' ;eto, 19 : *>•% >5;-; i <? v y grades of carpets, all of which were taxed : mixed Kt"ck, 40^50c. Sweet Potatoes--llli 40 per cent, in the Springer bill, the duty ' ™ ^tua" ™ """ ' '"l"r'""""--r "r" in this bill is somewhat less. The cut ifi tbe linen schedule is quite heavy; that on silk is comparatively light and the cut in £he cotton schedule is nothing like as great as the cut in wooL Steel rails are put at ' or $B a ton, tbe Lois, $2.0(j@sj.00 per barrel. Oranoerries--Cape Cod, (M4.00a7.25 per barrel. Apples--fawi® 4.00 per barrel. Chicago Live Stock. CHICAGO, Nov. 2T. live Stock! The prices at the Union Stock Yards today ranged at follows: Cattle--Receipts for the da., 175,00, including •mailer figure representing a tariff 01 40 I'exana, and L500 westerus; iifeless lower; ,. Kd valorem while rails «r, Cbmtmas beeves nominally $5.5iX6&tf.lO; export percenc. ad valorem while rails are selling At their present low price of .$20. Kails Are one of the few product* upou which a A specific duty , is retained. Fig iron is put at 5 per cent, while bar iron is reduced about 50 per cent. The rate on nearly all manufactures of cotton is 40 per cent. This include* hosiery, which now pays compound duties ranging a» high as 72 per per cent. The classifications of different grades of goods is abandoned. Manu­ factures of %x, hemp aud jute are great­ ly reduced in view of the placing of the JAW materials on the free list. The compound duty on collars and cuffs, it is said, is abandoned and nothing lefi but the ad valorem rate of 85 or 40 per cent. The chinaware tchedule is reduced JO per cent, on the existing rates of 60 per ceut. and 55 per cent. It is announce*I jbhat the internal revenue schedule is re- .(wgrved until a later date, as it is not yet ^Opipleted. The practical certainty, how- jfter, that the changes in thib feature of law will he slight, and that the in- M<es« of the whisky tax, If an increase flit •M, wi li not exceed 10 cents per gallon, de­ prives the internal reven^A schedule of Hf great public interest. ' Pi and prime, $4.40^5.25; good, $4.UX&<L#); medium, t3.75^4.10; common to fair, &2.H0 @3.65; cows, 75o/?(,^2.8T>; Texas cows, £2.10@ 2.8o: western cows, ^2.40^3.75; feeders, $2.00 @>2.90. Hogs--Receipts for the day 83,000; shipments, not any; market opened 10c lower, closed stronger; rough and comxnou, 5.10@5.2p; packing and shipping, $5.20v$5.45; prime heavy and butchers, $6.50 <£5.00; prima sorted light, $5..r)(>o>">.tj5. Sheep--Estitnapsd receipts for the day 18kU(X>; shipments not any; weather bad, trade slow and steady; good sheep* /WMaWQs gopd lamJua, ^4.00@k4.Q0. • T -i ' St, Lost* GrA|ii*..< . ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27., Wheat--Higher; cash, 60c; November, 68J^c; Deci'ruber, 3(%c; May, 66^c. Corn--About steady; cash. 3$4c; December, 33c; Janu­ ary, 82^c; May, 35%'r/,;$5%c. Oats--Cash and December, dull, 2ac; May higher, 31(gt31^c. Pork-Lower; jobbing $14.50. Lard--Nom" inal; HUk . WWsky^Firm, 9L&. ^ ^ , . MilwAakee Grain. i, • . MltiW ATJkBA?'-yi&fi Wt! ' Wheat--May, (M%c; No. 2 spring, 61c; No. 1 Northern, 65>ic. Corn--No. 3, 35c. Oats--No. 2 white. 29%c; No. 3 do, 2t%®a0c. Barley -- No. sample* Bye--Now 1, iOo. .(i• >>..••• '^iloMday,1 -"liW, | is having one of itp perjpd^! crises., The cabinet has gone to smash. ! ! Mrs. Harry Derby, of Jerseyviile, JUs.,' was throwu from a bu^gy in,a runaway' and probably fatally injured. : John Boards let twenty pound* of dyna­ mite fall at Hillsboro, O.' Jbhli Bbak^ds is now missing, as to moist of hini. '" A great public -meeting In memory dt General Rusk was held at Madikoh, Wtt. The speakers included General Fairdhitil and ex-Seuator SpOdner. / , , i The New York people cp.lebrate&lfracu- atiou Day,by uuveiling in C/jty j^ajl park a statue of Nathan Hale. Cornelius Vanderbilt has built a new house fronting on Central park, New York. It will he ready to occupy January next, covers an entire block of ground, and cost $7,000,000. ' V. Senator Teller is In Colorado, investi­ gating the silver question from the stand^ point of our neighooring republic. Robert Stultss, aged 14, incited thereto by reading trashy novels, ran. away from his home at Owptonua, Minn., and was picked .up- at Webster City, la- frozen. He has gone homo with' hia father. by the ehainging of a.blaj^k queen f«r an Italian, or vice versa. For instance, it wo take atvay a Mack queen about th^ middle of June and introduce an Italian queen in lier place, we Shall have Italian bees hatching 21 days thereafter, which date we are to mark on the hive as the time Tfre' ar416' codrit from., as tliere will be no black bees -kafeched after this. At the end of 40 days tike black bees will be found to be very few in number, while at the en4 of the forty-fifth day not a black bee will be'fotmd in the colony.' If the colony is made queenless at 20 days after tjie ltaliau queen is intro­ duced, then "the length of life to the workers will be prolonged on account of their not laboring go hard, for queenless bees never have the energy shown bj£ those who have their mother With them, and it is the amount of labor done which has to do with tjM^mgth of life given to our pets. Again,'if the change of queens is made during the fall months, we shall find plenty of black beed in the latter part of spring, although they soon dis­ appear after the active labor of gathering comes on. This length of life has much to do Vrtth spring dwindling, with preparation for v: ••' =»% UaAkmg new colonies,.sur­ plus ciC:̂ ^"Wflieys etc., arid therefore should'by ftll. It is im- possibl© to sccaro geod crop of honey where the most of the beei are nearly worn out With age justjw the harvest is commeoeiag, and where o§Sss became un­ easy iH' Wip.t®r awl wear thistoseives out witti worry spring dwindling# sure to oeonr. If aU bees are old in the fall, .•fefapty "hives, will •. ^^hig, ancl-a.-'coloay :so divided -that oaji.vpart ooulto^' all -tM^^fofit from 1..at part. Tuesday, Nov. M. John T. Anders, found dead iu his'yard at Niagara Falls, N Y., was a defaulter iio the bank in which he was assistant cashier, and killed himself. The plant of the Home Presaed Beet company at Pittsburg was burned, causing a loss of 1100,000. Tbe busiuess portion of Kangley, Ills.; was burned. Loss, $37,0t)0, K. D. Fulford, superintendent of' donl struction of the American Ix>ug Distance Telephone company, which is running a Cbarooal For'fertlliaeTk Charcpal dupt has ho directyaitje as & fertilizer. It is largely carbon, with a mixture of sand, ashes and other flub? stances. Iu great value is as an absorb­ ent and deodorizer. Fcr use in earth closets there is nothing better. Mixed ill manure piles and compost heaps it re­ tains Ammonia better than any other ab­ sorbent except plaster. It can absorb 90 times its bulb Of ammonia. It is also an excellent mulch on light soils or around early fi^ts br Vegetables. ' ' , , i . • • • . IRoiultry JjTotes. Farm Journal makes these note# ^rtainlng to the poultry yard: • Minks and weasels are cousins of thQ ferrets and are bloodsuckers. They sel­ dom mutilate the carcass. A gash in the throat is the only wound they make. If there are birds under the perches or in the coops in the morning, with neailv heads Mid necks gnawed offf an opossum Lb" his is probably hjuding in A neighboring rail or Wood pile. ^ . ' When a single fowl or a flock refuses to eat tbe customary ration, something is wrong, and a remedy should be imme­ diately sought. The appetite is a pretty sure index of the state of the health of fowls and animals as well as of human beings. s "While wheat is one of the best feedf for producing eggs, it is of little value for fattening purposes compared with corn, as corn contains a great deal of carbonaceous or fat forming matter,' mm. i4»#B YAidtt*i^ Directly from fh-st lmnda, at dlpresfion And iiave fgAtie a <jaieful selectiou of goods suitable to our trsd«, in cost and qtiiUKtity. Mes8r«. Joaoph^ Baifietd & ©f Cbf^go. who are admitted by all to be toe foremost and largest manufacturers of - . 6 - , correct styles of Ladi^*, Misses^ and/^W'Wft'fc "at i-pOt i . . _ it -ijtrfl NEWMARKETS SACdUES. •ri'a'Sja ' k ty vArtib. •. , r"1^ r * - ^' 4 « > . j , • j ifl tt{'^ t /tp. <i/ :< ^ iilk i 1 " , , S' 1 in p»lf tit \*>% .»r* t\ [ J A C K E T S , • h»«li nj.MidJ.Ma o f vlWf! 'wof. liiw ^iYff >Ia /f ,€:': JCA| the United States. *ua%e We cairledlov1iV,^tfew ^arme^ts tiesMsr$s II'.i t I is m*w, vii'M m fear u J .4: . v 'irtWAo'iT #, • &nipea to an auction boupefqif M^rsr^lo. P, Qow & Co", tor cash, ^rid tttv- will,giv$ iig .ap exclusively ne\y ^st^ck, free of all stictos, or out-of-J sty'e grarments Our styles are the newest, and we carry all ^ispes in colors and blttcksvali well madel and of th6 best^-.of1 stock thp lowesV A ~- a. Ti-^7 £ tic?' fi We are now adding i/o onr, stock a larpe and new line of well niade. well wearinje:, stylish and cheapcuits and overcoatS. iii a^l sizes, Irom ape A to size 4# or 50. from the "Well knoWn inannl®€t]Bf« erst'MesB^V^Kirlt, „ Nath'aiiK aind Fischeri Come,early and objmpi first choice. r I - '/•<? -1 •" M i '! and wlater Dress Gooas, .̂ ,̂ ,;. Storiii'Serges, Hop Sackifi&s, Imported Serges, Henriettas^ iantiuea,,Flannels, Velyets, Plushes. raids, Domestics, Warps,..Battings- <-• a • 014131 & f|4:'«iir1<ft,;n^t«iiij^;al|d whit-e, in all sizeB, fbr men; women \r \: and children. at popular pricyeft. 8wits Condes* fully • -o $ 111 lii JL v^a^iUlted ^oods in stock. Union suits fio£ ladies, mistes and children^ 'I <HU <• ; 1 W» bfiTe ftgfftin bought a large stock of tlifc Faiii<mjr and ftilly warranted B^ger State Overalls, Shirts* «Tackets» Buck Coats and rants tor tbe fall winter. We can fit and suit everybody. g .-»»g fi\i r, v • - New Blankets, and New Flannel̂ and Cotton Hosiery gray, tan and brown. UvK > I 'rf't Pattern^ Window Shades, Curtains. • i v r ' i i i M . j y ; u ! . . H . i n ? / •WW ' aSVA'iV.i WU1|N|UJ) nilMfU lO w , - . , rt , • , , line between Richmond and Indianapolis, . ^ flesiiin a very short tirne^ is under arrest at Syracuse, N. Y., chargetl I with issuing false vouchers for $40,000." J Welcome B. {Hathaway, the Fall River cotton broker who defrauded the banks of that city by pledging worthless warehouse .certificates to Uae amouot of $100,000 01-" (more, has been sentenced to seven years in . ^•tate prison. . j Peter Anton awoke to find his saloon nto the had left the Job. Wi XJhickens are like the human family i$ one respect at least, for they relish a change of food. If you take fowls that have been fed on one kind of grain for some time and do not have the appetite that they should have, give them a little cooked food, such as cake made from coarse cornmeal and meat scraps baked^ ity, U, and he falling ' together, or else some grain other than _h a trap-door they yon have been feeding, and you will aet ( delib®r^r that they will eat it ravenonsly. f . . F' -A 1 T--, - - . #v!>- We site ^Jtclnsive agetats ous and full} warranted Douglas $3 00 Shoes arid also carry other grades of same iwtory, r^ ' 7 i4r***'"'° ' y3§T Fargo*8 castotia made 'Booti and Shoes in all sizep and various widths and kinds, constantly in stock. Prices way down. Fargo's 12,50 men's shoes in lacrpr Congress i$ ^ (^ ; 3N" -t «•-- Hats and Gaps, Gloves and Mittens. LoStre B»od «nT™Whito^Gr«nite Crockery, RocKingham Ware. Pure and unadulterated Teas, Coffees and Spices, Canned Goods and Provisions. :>& .. 1 " ^ ' - ipJptdmhA In our old and reliable time-tried aud firi pauies, on all classes of insurable property at ness in this line is very, ̂ tensive and your in{ of attention possible. espectfully, 9 .r, • • -i nd storm tested com," ast rates. Our bn«l- eftU receive Um best 4;V; •ft « ' - V-. *•., 'ir.fti ". . f f'e . » * i""dB**'*' - i'T mt: •3 . J'. - •*. i.K,.' 1 f ^ \ #' , Im mailto:4.00@k4.Q0