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Site Jftcgitfirg flamtoln: J. YANSLTXE, Frpuura ̂ HoHENBT, ILLINOIS. ACBMCULTUBAI. A^D DOMESTIC. Vl j uHihcrs art Tbtsy creep abont the naked land, . ' In silence shod they nimbly run, . . Bwy clothe the rock and deck theak&A, • And spread their velvets in the sun. tfpooTfhigbty loom they ply ¥}] With Bhuttle flying far and Wide, And woven in thig tapestry Bee buttercnpg and daisiei pied., Of tweet, this green and humble home for all earth's young that skip and play, This dewy footstool 'n*ath the dome Where low at eve th* cattle pray. O, sweet this font! ia«4e*nal care, ; $ For jjwaeteifi weeds th»f. flower aad fade 14 S And teiming minions flourish then, The weakest races God has made. i" , ' " O, Sweet to think when day is done, And tired we seek the common breast, Like all thafcgaze upon the-sna Our frames beneath this cloak shall real. --Jkvffmia Larfted. A round the Farm. GOOD news for the boys. They have invented a patent machine for carrying horses. It is said to save time and do the work far better. A CORRESPONDENT of the New Century contends that farmers should keep bnt one breed of poultry. It will not pay to have all the trouble of keeping various kinds separate. Select a choice breed, and then keep them pure. THK plan pf harrowing potatoes after planting and before they are far ad- "fsneed is growing in favor. This allows the crop to have a good start of the weeds, and the potatoes are not in the least injured by the harrow. IT is said that the wild grapevine will twine itself from tree to tree. The coral honeysuckle is desirable for planting near the windows, as it is one of the first vines? to unfold leaves and flowers, and the last to retain them. Its pretty flow- era are favorites with the bee and hum­ ming bird. M. I. PIEBBK calculates that, in a life of sixtv years, an apple tree removes from the soil 60 pounds of nitrogen, equal to 11,500 pounds of farm yard inamire. To maintain the soil in con­ dition, therefore, he estimates that about 178 pounds of manure ought to be an­ nually given to a tree during the fifty years that it is in bearing. THE Executive Committee of the Michigan State Agricultural Society are reported to have declared that the trials of speed at their annual fairs could not be attempted without bringing in all the objectionable features of gambling inci­ dent to regular horse trots, and have decided to abolish it accordingly. Illi­ nois has followed suit. THE cause of "foot rot," or "hoof ail" in cattle is generally muddy or damp yards. Cows that are kept in dry yards, and are not obliged to wade through to get their drink, are seldom troubled with fouls. The cure is easily effected by cleaning tihe sore feet out* thoroughly scraping off all disorganized skin or flesh, and rubbing in well a salve composed of finely powdered blue vitriol and laid ; equal parts bv weight. The ieet should also be kept dry. THE London Live Stock Journal of May says : When Bright Empress was •old at Mr. Torr'ssale for 2,160 guineas, there was much cheering, from the fact that the figure was the highest ever paid for a cow in England. The price has, however, now been capped, 2,500 guin­ eas having been obtained for Grand Buche«s of Oxford, 29th, which has just been sold shire (o tnd Canada. IT is of importance that we set only fresh eggs, so that there may be no waste •ef eggs or of effort on the part of the hen in endeavoring to hatch out old or Stale ones. The practice too often is to gather the eggs from day to day, and place thgm jp a basket, box or some place of' general" reception; and when a hen is to be set, the eggs on hand are picked over, with a, view to get those of a certain color, shape, or kind, regard­ less of age. Consequently some which arc set are freshly laid, while others are much older acd perhaps stale; these un­ doubtedly would not be set if it was known how old they were. This diffi­ culty would»be entirely overcome by marking with lead pencil on each egg, at the time of collection, the date when laid, and if it is known by what hen, note that also; then, in selecting eggs for a sitting, those of too great age are readily excluded. A CORRESPONDENT of the Prairie Farmer says that any land that will raise good Indian corn will raise broom corn. The ground should be well oulverized with the harrow, then planted with a planter made expressly for the purpose, either by itself or attached to a common two-horse corn-planter. Care should be taken not to get the seed too thick, as in this case the brush will be small, or too thin, as it will then grow too large for marketable brush. About two and a a half quarts of seed will be sufficient for an acre. Plant any time between the tenth of May and the 1st of July, in this latitude, 41 deg. When the spires are tip about two inches go over it with a harrow, especially if it be too thick. Don't be afraid of hurting the growing plants. Then go over the ground with a roller. It is a good plan to roll as soon as planted. Treat it as you would Tnflin.n corn by cultivating till the blades shade the ground. About the House. LIEBIG has shown that oatmeal is al­ most as nutritious as the very best Eng­ lish beef, and that it is richer than wheaten bread in the elements that go to form bone and muscle. IT is said that common mullein, steeped strong and sweetened, is highly beneficial for consumptives. It should be gathered in the early summer, dried, and taken continuously for some months. To REMOVE red ants, buy five cents' worth of tialomel and put it on a plate with sirup, where the ants trouble you; they will disappear; or cayenne pepper Is said to be a good cure for ants, as well as mice and other vermin. BBBASFAST MUFFINS. -^TWO eggs well lasdte, otJea the beans W*""" ayjtjie Dukq of Peyon-j Ion* George Brown, of beaten with one cup of sugar and a lump of butter the sf24 of Iftn egg; to this, ado* one pint of sweet milk, with two tea- spoonfuls of yeast powder worked thor­ oughly through one quart of flout; bake in minfin rings on top of thq fange or in gem pans in a quick oven. BOSTON BBOWW BMUD.--Three and fcuree-fourthh* fenpb -of Indian corn meal, two and one-half cups rye_meal, not flour, tw<"'"*"* eitl fuls cover anaset in the oven wi! to remain till morniqg. WHERE all other means have failed to exterminate bedbugs, sulphurous acid gas has succeeded. Take everything out of the infested room, plug up all the windows tightly, close all chimneys, and empty about one ounce of powdered sul­ phur on a pan of hot coals, placed in the middle of the floor. Shut the doors and cover qll cracks; let the sulphur, burn as long as it will Where the roonu. is large, it is a good plan to fasten a bit of tin tube to the bottom of the pan, and to this connect enough small rubber pipe to lead out of the nearest door. By blowing into the end of the pipe with the bellows, the sulphur will be caused to burn more quickly by the draft cre­ ated, and to give a denser smoke. After the sulphur has burned, paint ail the cracks in the floor and around the mob board with a strong solution of corro­ sive sublimate, and treat the furniture to the same before replacing it. We have seen a room frightfully infested, com­ pletely freed by this plan.--Scientific American. Clothe* for the Heathen. About a year ago the ladiep of a oer- tain ' Dorcas Society made lip a large quantity of shirts, trowsers, and socks, and boxed them up and sent them to a missionary station on the west coast of Africa. A man named Ridley went out with the boxes, and stayed in Africa several months. When he returned the Doroas Society, of course, was anxious to hear how its donation was received, and Ridley one evening met the mem­ bers and told them about it in a little speech. He said: " Well, you know, we got the clothes out there all right, and after a while we distributed them among some of the na­ tives in the neighborhood. We thought may be it would attract them to the mis­ sion, but it didn't, and after some time had elapsed and not a native came to church with those clothes on, I went out on ail exploring expedition to find out about it. It seems that on the first day after the goods were distributed one of the chiefs attempted to mount a shirt He didn't exactly understand it, and he pushed his legs through the arms and gathered the tail up around his waist. He couldn't make it stay up, however, and they say he went around inquiring in his native tongue what kind of an idiot it was that constructed a garment that wouldn't hang on, and swearing some of the most awful heathen oaths. At last he let it drag, and that night he got his legs tangled in it somehow, and fell over a precipice and was killed. "Another chief who got one on prop­ erly went paddling around in the dark, and the people, imagining that he was a ghost, sacrificed four babies to keep off the evil spirit. " And then, you know, those trowsers you sent out? Well, they fitted one pair on an idol, and then they stuffed most of the rest with leaves and set them up as a kind of new-fangled idols, and be­ gan to worship them. They say that the services were very impressive. Some of the women split a few pairs in half, and after sewing up the legs used them to carry yams in, and I saw one cluef with a corduroy leg on his head as a kind of helniet. , ,. j # t * » « , ",1 think, J&oqgl),, $e, socks were most popular. All the fighting men went for them the first thing. They filled them with sand and used them as war clubs. I learned that they were so pleased with the efficiency of those socks that they made a raid on a neighboring tribe on purpose to try them, and they say they knocked about eighty women and children on the head - oefoi^ they came home. They asked me if I wouldn t speak to you and get you to send out a few barrels more, and to make them a little stronger so's they'll last longer, and I said I would, " This society's doing a power of good to those heathen, and I've no doubt if you keep right along *ith the work you will inaugurate a general war all ever the continent of Africa, and give every­ body an idol of his own. All tfrey want is enough socks and trowsers. I'll take them when I go out again." Then the Dorcas passed a resolution declaring that it would, perhaps, be bet­ ter to let the heathen go naked and give the clothes to the poor at home. Maybe that is the better way.--Philadelphia Bulletin. THE TUG or WAR. * • * den. Crook Moot* Sitting Bfl «ad Bis Braves In Battle Array--A Desperate Tight, In Which Neither was Signally Victorious--The Killed and Woonded {From the Ctnciwfo Times.] « OaooK'aBxrxi>iTioN, ROSKBWB OMSK Montana, JUMP if, via Fort Fatternun, > . , , ' • \ W y o m b ' 1 t Pursuant to order,this entare cofllmtfnd, ex»pting 100 men, left with Maj. Furey to lefend our wagpn irate, broke camp onl Goose Creek, *" St 'dawn On .1 une 16. ahf, accompanied by the Snake and Crow Indians, marched over forty miles that day, land halted for, the night "in Montana Territory* Our whole force, including the In- <$ans, was in the neighborhood of 1,200 men. We had been halted alxrat one hour, our horses unsaddled and grazing, when at 8.30 this morning the report of firearms was distinctly heard from be­ hind the northern bluffs in the direction of the canon. Soon afterward the Snake and Crow scouts came running over the hill to inform Crook that Sitting Bull, with his whole available force of Sioux, was _ advancing in quick time to attack us in camp. Two companion of the Second Cavalry and the same num­ ber of infantry were ordered to deploy as skirmishers and support the Indian pickets. Hardly had they reached the crest when volley after volley from the , ^ , Sioux announced that the fight had com-1 Connor, Mannett, and Potts; wounded, ~ Sergt. Cook, severely; private Kramer, severely; private Edwards, seriously. F # Company-Killed, Sergt. Marshall, private Gilbert Roe; wounded, private Town, severely; private Fischer, severe­ ly; private Rutlen, slightly. Fourth Infantry, D Company--Private James A. Deyine, private John H. Tarry, pri vate Riehard Flynn, all severely wound ed. Shoshone Snake Tndiatia--Killed, one warrior; wounded, four warriors, se­ verely. _ Crow Indians--Wounded, three war­ riors, one mortally. Total, including Indians, ten killed and thirty wounded. Several of the slightly wounded are not mentioned. We also lost nineteen horses killed, an! the same number more or less injured. Between 15,000 and 20,000 rounds of ammunition were fired by this command. The Sioux have expended twice that amount---one cause, doubtless, of their retreat Thus we oelebrated Bunker Hill. hoped t<?„beat Ccoskin open of bStttle mmand slePt on the field . Ow Ammunition was failing, our ra- ne**ly The Indians, oould then be surprised, so it was decided to, rfily on our base of supplies and re- wperate. Gen. Crook isnowasfisfled Wtgj can and mil fight, they armed than his own SoldieHB. Of the latter it must be said: that men never faced an enemy. They would charae the Sioux to the gates of hell had they been allowed. The action occupied five hours. Following a list of 6ur killed and wounded: • > Q • , J> Company--Sergt QT>onn#U, se­ verely wounded. I Company--Sergt. Meagher, seriously injured: one private slightly wounded. ThirdjOavahy^Finft Battalion, EOoto- pany--I\iv»fe Henry Harold, danger­ ously wounded. I Company--Killed, privates Win, Allen and Eugene Flynn; Grosch, severely; Cor- poral Cardy, severely; privates Smith, Ldnskoski, O'Brien, Stewart and Reilly, severely, M Company--Wounded, Bu­ gler Snow, dangerously. Second Battalion---Woiindfid, Col. Guy Y. Henry, commanding battalion, and Cwpt&iB of D Company, dangerously. B Company--Wounded, private Jacob Staener, severely. L Company--Killed, Nankerchen; privates Mitchell, Two Aristocrats. " Billy," said one news-boy to another yesterday, as they thronged the side­ walk in a mass awaiting the advent of the JSvening Republican, " wot's the matter o' yer complexion ? Ain't yer health good, my dear ?" "It's disserpashun, cully," was the prompt reply. "Wot with operrers an' late hours in the spring, an' these swell parties just now, an' high livin', I'm rooninin' my oonstortooshun. I ain?t wot I wus in my younger days, I tell yer!" " Jest ez I thought, Billy ; yer must let up. gDidn't I see yer matin' a call ez I directed my coachman to take a lit­ tle turn through Locas place yesterday, and didn't yer have a bookav ?" I 'spo&e 'twas me yer saw, I take 'er a $5 bookay now an' then. 'Smy style yer know." _ " Wa'al, it's all right, Billy, it's all right; but don't yer be tlirowin' yerself away. Yer too much uv a ornament ter sereity, yer be, ter waste yerself." " Oh, I know my vally. Don't yer be alarmed. Hitch up yer britches an' hev a partager, cully." And then the two scions of- bloated aristocracy sat down on the curbstone together and smoked a couple of cigar stubs with great dignity and considera­ ble labor.--/St. Louis Republican. ONE of the convicts of the Virginia Penitentiary is serving out a sentence of two years for stealing an orange. theft was h is second offense. menced in earnest. From oar camp we could see the enemy swarming in crowds upon the higher range of bluffs in every direction on a line or at least two miles. They were all mounted, and fired with wonderful rapidity. Maj. Randall, our Chief of Soout8, aided by Lieut. Bourke, rallied our friendly Indians and led them to attack the center of the Sioux. The latter received them with successive vol­ leys, and, after a gallant fight, Randall's redskins were compelled to keep within shelter of the lower range of hills, the number of Sioux opposed to them being overwhelming. Observing this state of affairs, Col. Royall ordered the first battalion of the Third Cavalry, consisting of A, E, I and M companies under Col. Mills, to advance, mounted;, and charge the central bluffs, so as to drive back the enemy in that di­ rection. This order was executed with a brilliancy and celerity seldom equaled, under a sweeping hostile fire, which made a volcano of the plateau between the lower blufls above our camp and the higher ones occupied by Sitting Bull. The battalion charged at full gallop with fierce ringing cheers, halted for a moment to pour in a withering volley, and then galloped up the ascent to the crest of the ridge. Despite their great numbers and splendid position, the Sioux center broke and ran like a pack of wolves, taking shelter on other bluffs, 1,200 yards behind, for this battle­ ground is a succession of ridges for miles on miles. The battalion then dis­ mounted and deployed as skirmishers along the position they had carried. While this was beiug done on the center and light, the second battalion of the Third Cavalry, consisting of companies B, D, F and L, under Col. Henry, was ordered to attack Sitting Buli's right, which they did, driving it back even with the Sioux center and left The third battalion of the same regiment, companies C and M, under Col Van Vleit, was ordered to oc­ cupy the northern bluffs in our rear, so as to checkmate any attack from that point. The fight now became general, and continued until past noon almost without interruption, the Sious proving themselves the best fighting Indians that ever fired a shot. Beaten on one ridge they retired behind another, so that we were compelled to keep following them up. exposing our line all the time. Fir­ ing from their ponies, their shots were generally a little too high until late in i^ action--a fortnate thing for us. • At a quarter past 12 o'clock Mills' battalion, excepting one cdmpany, de­ tached after the first charge to support the left, was ordered to vacate its posi­ tion on the right oenter, and make east­ ward first, and then north down Rose­ bud creek, through the canon, at the end of which, sqven miles distant, was situated the Sioux village. To enter 'the? canon, the left of the hostile line had to be forced, and Mills ordered Company E, of the Third, under Capt. Atex- Sutorins, to change up the bluff and carry the position, which was speed­ ily accomplished. Tho Indians, how­ ever excellent as skirmishers, have not yet learned the art of stand­ ing a cavalry charge. Mills then moved down the canon rapidly toward the village, according to orders. His place on the bluffs above the camp was supplied with only a few infantry, as the Second Cavalry were detained to sustain his movement. Crook now determined to charge along this whole line, and for that purpose ordered Henry's battalion to fall back and get their horses, left some distance in the rear. Fortunately, Sitting Bull mistook thia preparatory movement for a retreat. Henry retired across an expjosed hollow, and the Sious fought desperately right into his com mand. L company, of the Third, Capt. Vroom, was rear-guard, and some men did not hear the order. They were im­ mediately surrounded, and almost in a second fifteen of our brave fellows lay dead and wounded on the bluff. ^ F, I, B, and D companies of the Third instantly countercharged, and the wounded, except one man, were rescued by Capt. Andrews and Lieut. Reynolds' command. At that moment the brave Henry, a most accomplished officer, who was an Acting Brigadier during the civil war, was shot in the face, the ball enter­ ing above the right cheek bone and com­ ing out at the left He was mounted, as nearly all the officers were, and was a prominent mark. His wound is dan­ gerous, if not fatal. Sitting Bull now discovered the advance of Mills and Noyes on the village. At least 50 warriors and 100 of their ponies lay dead along the ridges. The num­ ber of wounded embarrassed the Indian chief. He had most of the killed and all of the injured strapped to horses and carried off. The Sioux then broke and ran in a northwesterly direction, but de­ spite all their efforts the Snakes and Crows took thirteen scalps. Informa­ tion reached Crook that the TnHian vil­ lage was deserted, and he immediately sent Capt. Nickerson, of the staff, to countermarch. This was dofie very re­ luctantly. The command faced south­ ward once more. Sitting Bull fought to The cover the retreat of his women and cJ " 1 dren, whioh was rapidly accomplish THE FENIANS' ESCAPE. the Kuropean Reports of tho Escape of Convicts from Australia. [Dublin (June 8) Cor. New York Herald.] The readers of the Herald know al­ ready that about four weeks ago a memo­ rial, signed}.by *38 members of Parlia­ ment (the great bulk of whom repre­ sented English and Scottish constituen­ cies), was presented to Mr. Disraeli, praying him to advise the Queen to pardon the remnant of Fenian convicts who are still detained under sentence passed^ in 1867 and 1868. Mr. Disraeli refused to comply with the prayer of this memorial, alleging substantially that these men were not political prisoners at all, but convicts under charges against the ordinary laws. Tkere were, he said, about eleven of them soldiers who were undergoing punishment for mutiny. Eight of those soldiers had been sent out to Australia, but two had been since lib­ erated ; so there only remained six " who are not free in that country. They are in a position very different from that of other persons undergoing sentence of penal servitude." Mr. Disraeli's refusal caused great disappointment to the Irish Nationalists. Bat we are not concerned with that just now. The most interest­ ing feature of the case was that at the moment when he was so doggedly refus­ ing to release those unfortunate men they Were quite beyond his control. They had, in fact, escaped. _ Last Monday the rumor reached Dub­ lin, but it was received with absolute in­ credulity. Confirmation, however, came quickly from three distinct sources. The news has reached the London Times; the Plymouth Western News, a well- informed paper on colonial topics, had it; an Irish prifest, stationed in the col­ ony of Western Australia, at Freeman- tie, the very scene of the occurrence, had written home to his mother an ac­ count of it, which is evidently truthful. The shbstance of all three navrativoa is this : On Easier JkioBd^, April 17, during tn»' temporary absence of the chief olTlceis of the convict depot at Frccmantle, six Fenian prisoners suc­ ceeded in withdrawing to a place about a mile off. Here they changed clothes, and, getting into fast traps, which were in readiness, they drove off to Rocking­ ham, a place on the sea-coast about nine­ teen miles from Freeman tie. A t boat was waiting for them, and in it they were able to reach and get on board the Cat- alpa, an American whaler, that was lying to twelve miles off the land. A rev^npe cutter came off to the whaler, but was not allowed to search her. And so, it is presumed, that the prisoners whom Mr. Disraeli passionately refused to let go were already far beyond the clutches of British law. Here among the Nationalist party there is great exultation, not merely from the escape of the prisoners, but also at the fact that fate had beforehand given the haughty Premier such a slap in the face. ' Washington's Appearance. I onoe heard my father, in a private conversation with Washington Allston, give his candid opinion of Gen. Wash­ ington's appearance. He said that his figure was by no means good ; that his shoulders were high and narrow, and his hands and feet remarkably large. He had " aldermanic proportions;" and this defect was increased by the fashions of that day. But, with all these drawbacks, his appearance was singularly fine. 1 have heard my mother say that the first time she saw him, he entered the hall door, as sh# passed from the entry to the parlor, and that she thought him the most superb-looking person she had ever seen. He was then dressed in black velvet, with white lace ruffles, etc., exactly as Stuart's picture repre­ sented him.--Jane Stuart; Scribner for July. ' ' Two HKN own 600,000 acres of land in San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys, California, upon which they pay about $40,000 yearly in taxes. Their names are Lux and Miller, and they began their business lives in San Francisco as butchers, without any capital. The land is cused as meadows and pastures. «IU.IN01h ITE9S, » PsomtA has a free reading-room for railroad men. FARM hands are in demand in Southern Illinois, aa employment can be had in the harvest fields at $2 per day. . MB. S. S. HAVES has relinquished the office of jpomptroller of Chicago, and Mr. J. A. Farwell, the chief olerk in that f is now its recognized head. AT a recent meeting of the ̂ Democratic State Central Committee, a State Con­ vention to nominate a State ticket was oaliel to meet in Springfield on the 27th day of July. , THE Chicago, Braidwood and- South­ ern Railroad Company has filed articles of corporation. The purpose of the OOtoimiiy is "to construct and operate a railroad from Chicago toPaxton, in Ford oounty, where the principal offices of the company are to be located. The capital stock of the company is $800,000. A SON of Peter C. Bowen, of Areola, Douglas oounty, while bathing in the Okaw river, near that place, one after- noon last week, was suddenly taken with cramps, and drowned before help could reach him. Bowen w«f a yiiuing Mn, aged about-19, and highly esteemed. The community was greatly shooked by the accident. A BOATING party on Horseshoe Lake. five miles from Springfield, were cap­ sized last Saturday afternoon. There were four in the boat Three were with difficulty rescued, and the fourth, a Ger­ man saloon-keeper, named Schork, was drowned. A coroner's inquest was held, and a verdict of accidental drowning returned. The deceased leaves a wife and a family. THE Fifth Regiment Illinois National Guards has reorganized by the election of Lieut. W. D. Richardson, of the Governor's staff, Colonel; Capt. Corne­ lius Bourke, of the Harris Guards, Petersburg, Lieutenant Colonel; Wm. C. Eilbreath, of the Cullom Guards, Major; Dr. J. B. McNutt, of Cold Springs, Surgeon; Dr. F. A. McNeal, of Pana, Assistant Surgeon; the Rev. JB. Hutton, of Atlanta, Chaplain, and Lieut Chas. C. Leigh, of Cowden, Quartermaster. The Adjutant will be selected by the Colonel. The head­ quarters of the regiment will be at Springfield instead of Pana, as hereto­ fore. ° JOHN SHORTHOSE, a son of John L. Shorthose, residing near Dan vers, in McLean oounty, was drowned in the Mackinaw river a few days sinc6. De­ ceased was about eighteen or nineteen years old. He went to the Mackinaw in company with other boys living in the vicinity of Danvers, for the purpose of swimming, and had but just entered the stream when he was drowned. He is supposed to have strangled when he made the first plunge into the water, as he did not call for help. His comrades observed that his actions were frantic, and that he went under with his mouth open, which led them to thiak he was drowning. An effort was mad© to save him, but without sucoess. A VERY sad accident occurred at Whea- ton on Wednesday of last week, result­ ing in the instant death of the wife of Rev. Mr. Stoddard, of Byron, Wis., who was the oldest daughter of Presi­ dent Blanchard, of Wheaton College, and the uarrow escape of her child. It appears that when tiie Geneva accommo­ dation train, for Chicago, was approach­ ing Mather Station, at the eastern ex­ tremity of Wheaton, the engineer, see­ ing a lady with a child in her arms walk­ ing between the double track in front of his engine, sounded the whistle. With­ out looking back to see on which track the train, was approaching her, she hast­ ily stepped upon the track upon which the train was coming, and before the en­ gineer could check up, his engine was upon her, knocking her violently off the track. The child was fortunately snatched from her arms in time to save it from sharing the mother's fate. THE Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture has issued a tabular state- jnant.of the crop prospects on the 10th of June, compiled from the reports re­ ceived by him from over 200 reports, made from eighty-four bounties in the State. In some localities there were great complaints made of drought, but since that time there have been copious showers of rain, and in some localities too much. It is probable that, UM average, tho contrition of fee crops has improved since the date of the reports, In these reports the number 100 repre­ sents a fair average crop. Com ranges all the way from 70 in one county to 120 in two other counties, and the total aver­ age in the State is 96. Winter wheat, from 40 to 300--total average, 90. Spring wheat, from 50 in one county to 120--total average, 89. Oats, from 40 in one county to 110--total average, 96. Bye, from 60 to 115--total average, 94. Barley, from 75 to 110--total average, 96. Flax, from 80 to 110--total aver­ age, 97. Cotton, four counties, 100. Tobacoo, from 50 in one county to 120-- total average, 98. Castor-beans, from 75 to 120--total average; 100. Irish po­ tatoes, 60 in one county to 120--total average, 81. Sweet potatoes, from 50 in one county to 110--total average, 98. Meadows, from 75 in one county to 120 --total average, 104. Pastures, from 90 to 125--total average, 108. Grapes, from 75 to 120--total average, *100. he asked, as he drew her to his bosoin. ' "Promise me, George, dear, that yoa -|&;>.f will not become a Presidential endidate. All the newspapers will tell how.big nrr , fi , feet are, and you know folks never think. ., that anybody s feet may be good-shaped if they are large." ' • ' t ? THE NEW WORLD'S ^APV ̂ Tho Argentine Republic--JFreo » M The Originator of tho Oea1^ni)ial »-fjj --Exhibitors Advertising--ijie Tunisians --Miscellany. ; ' [By Our Own CorrespoBdent.^^'^f^'S •• ' ' J LV AAERARNI* BBFCBUOU ; Ifce nrterest taken ty this progressive SowHl' American republic in our aThlhitirm joatiflw me in giving * synopsis of the eooditsoja of tl» Republic. The Argentine Rsnnhlin Mnih ns A Frontier Tragedy. Thomas Hollowell, of North Platte, Neb., jumped the homestead claim of a neighbor, and Deputy Sheriff Meyers and Constable Crawford were sent to eject him. Meyers was reading the warrant to Hollowell when he drew a re­ volver and shot Meyers through the head, killing him instantly. He also shot Crawford, shattering the jaw, bad­ ly injuring him. A Sheriff's posse im­ mediately went to arrest him, whioh they did, and he was lodged in jail. Late at night the jail was surrounded by deter­ mined men, and Hollowell taken out an hung till dead. Hollowell had been rather prominently knowii in Nebraska, having built the first penitentiary in the State. He was always considered a quarrelsome, dangerous man. This is the first case of lynching in Nebraska since 1864. A Bride's Request. " George, my darling George, promise me one thing," said the young bride of a month, as she threw her arms around her husband's neck, and gazed anxiously into his faoe. " What is it» preoibus?1' Argentine Republic sends specimens of silver, a large collection ef minerals, om, crystal rock gypftmn, cemerttUp artificial marble, lead, mineral winters; also^ WQo1 ^ hides, and the products, salt, beef, and tallow. Few of our people take notice ef the condition of our sister republic, hence » bnoff not* of tlus mterostiiig country m&y 1)0 The Argentine Republic--the confederation of the H o de la Plata, or River of Silver, Soqfth Aj s s o n c $ n u n i o n o f inees snd three lama forritarie". ccre\riS- ^ almost, unbroken plain of l",200.00i)""8qSaro miles, with a population of about 2,000,000 in­ habitant**. It extends from 22 deg. south ]«||. tude to the alr&ita of Magellan, and from fia deg. west longitude to the Andes, Each pro vines has its own Legislature, courts of justice, and political government; but *nviL penal, and commercial laws are common to all the provinces, codes of such laws having been issued by the Oongress of the confederation. The President of the republic is elected foe * term of six years by the representatives of the provinces, and is not eligible for re-election. The Vice President, elected in the same man­ ner, fills the office of Chairman of the Senate^ but has otherwise no political power. Hi# President is commander-m-chief of the troops, and appoints to all civil, military and judidU offices ; but lie and his ministersaree responsible for their acts, and liable to impeachment be­ fore the Senate by accusation of the Hons© of Representatives, Legislative power is vested in a Senate, of members elected by the provin­ cial legislature*, two from each province, and a House of Representatives, elected by the peo­ ple, and apportioned to caoh province aocord- lng to population. The Senators hold their omoe for mno years, and the Representatives for three. Flick tmraif!!, No one will question the toleration of Amoi- cans and the freedom, of action extended to all, when examining the beauties of the Spanish department, to see Spanish soldiers on guard, not apparently under any ligorous discipline* yet sauntering about tlieprecmctsof their com­ mission and eyeing with Argusian optics the valuable exhibits. All this with their aide arms on and in full uniform. If this is not liberty and the extension of national courtesy to for­ eigners, I don't understand the term. THE ORJGINTAOR OF THE CENTENNIAL inEA -• is the Secretary, Hon. John L. Campbell, who in suggestions, followed up bv stirring, eptft» tolarv appeals, formed the first original thoughts to the grand project that is now one of the wan­ ders of the world. The honorable Secretary is • a man of quick perceptive faculties and sound judgment, and a man every way worthy to receive the praise due liim for his sagacity in presenting the world with one of its moat startling beauties, and certainly one of its most instructive thoughts. KXMIMTION AnVXBTISmO. Sitting by a gentleman, on m street car en route for the grounds with a, package nn hia lap that seemeel to disturb him, I looked an in­ quiry. "These are more circulars, SO,000, sir. Since the opening, I am doing all I can to ad­ vertise my business." Poor fellow, of the 30,000 circulars about 29,0^0 are gathered by children who take a card or circular from en6h exhibitor's basket to take home for souvenimt Matrons take them for their children, the aver* age visitor takes them to show Ms interest in things generally, newspaper men may take a clean backed one for an incidental memorandum. Ten thousand exhibitors who will average 5,000 circulars each, 50,000,000 circulars, *1,750.00 first installment, f1,600.00 of whioh is lost, but as job printers must live, I'll not continue the damaging argument against circulars. Ooe- fonrtfi of the money invested in legitimate newspapers would produce one hundred timee greater results than the circular system. THE TUNISIANS. The authorities closed the. Tunisian pavilion for two days owing to the exactions of the gen­ tlemen from the Barbary States, for it seeuw that of Morocco, Algiers, Turns, aud Tripoli none seem so Turkish-like in their speculative propensities as the Tunisiann. The fact ia, these gentlemen labor under the impression that this being a free country, they can do aa they please. This error in judgment the man­ agement have unclouded, and from henceforth you can enter the Tunisian pavilion and go out without the compulsory process of "iou no bnye coffee you no staye here." MISCELLANY. The formal dedication of the site of the monu­ ment to the memory of Bishop Allen, the flwt colored Bishop of America, occurred last week. It is'locateci north of the west end of Machine­ ry Hall. The baS8~~has been laid for the ' monument. The monument itself will be placed in position this week, it was carved in Italy. The colossal statue of Washington will b» placed' in front of the Judges' Pavilion. It is su»> posed that there will be 200 eminent authors pi attendance at a meeting on the ad of July 10 ' take steps to write tho Mstory of eaaii of 'til# frsat spirits connected witb a movamen^ chat ohn AiansB said was the most remarkable epow in the history of America. The committee wilt celebrate the anniversary of the presentation of the resolutions of Hichard Henry Lett June 7th, 1776. One of the most attractive eift» giries osi the floor of the machinery building w a niofcel-plated noiseless engine from Connecti­ cut. It can be placed in a hogshead, and is worth $1,000. Texas has sent a water wheel, car starter, sharpening file, glass cutter, road engine. 4 pair of wheels is shown from Boston, that between Boston and New York, making * oiilage of 460,000 miles, and aro yet good fee" 75,000 miles additional. They have been re­ duced by trimming % of an inch, have worn out two pairs of axles, and are now on a third. Brazil lias twenty-four cases containing 60ft bugs and insects each, aggregating 12,000^ neatly pinned in their mausoleums to its floors, among her specialties. Some of the Byron strawberries exhibited measure four aud a half •. inches in circumference. The students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, campet on the grouuds of the University, oooapying 180 tents. The two cheeses from Baffalqt N. Y., weigh, the one twelv 3 and the other fouft teen tons. They are twelve feet high, and bound with iron hoops. The largest propeller wheel is from Philadel­ phia. This city also displays valuable ry in turbine water wheels. The hose car­ riages of the Quaker City aro beautiful. New York sends a section of the Croton aqueduot pipe; it is seventy-two inches in diameter, and should be examined by all municipal heada, %ho confine themselves to pipes of ten eg twenty inches. The thirty-eight varieties at frinds tones on exhibition vary in price from 1.25 to $125.00. Massachusetts shows ainouf her saws, the best collection on the ground, a specimen circular 100 inches in diameter. There is an extensive display of blooming engines aud blast furnaces in Machinery Hall. The fat boy has arrived; he ia fifteen yean of age. five feet four inohee high, and weighs 475 lbs. * --- J* R An Invaluable Discover/. Report has it that a river of genuine ink has been discovered in Algeria. It is formed by the union of two streams, one coming from a region of ferruginous soil, the other draining a peat swamp.. The water of the former is strongly im­ pregnated with iron, that of the latter with gallic acid. When the two waters mingle, the acid of the one unites with the iron of the other, forming a true ink. If somebody would only lind a river of printers' ink, then publishers might re-» joioe as well as editors. • te". L*