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r#Kfep#t Ute Jtltgenrj flafaubafo jj. VAN SLYXE. ItJBLisHKB. * McHEKRY, ILLINOIS. AfcrRIt'ULTURAL AND DOMESTIC. Aronnd the Farm. KEHP UP REPAIRS. --When anything fbout the farm gets out of repair, see to it at once and don't let it remain until it is all gone to pieces. A large expense con be save<l to every farmer annually by Attention to this. VALUE OF MANURE.--As allowing the "value of manure in Nngland, a company at Brighton advertises that they will furnish boxes of horse stable manure, «ach containing fifty-six pounds, at the of 60 cents including box and delivery, to gardeners or persons who need the article tear composts. TESTING SEEDS.--One of Mr. Tick's correspondents gives the following as his way of testing seeds: A sod cut from an ol<i pasture is placed, grass up, in a pan or on a board, and boiling water poured on; on this is laid a piece of straw paper, and the seed is sprinkled on this and covered with another paper, then another •sod, grass down, well wet with warm water. Keep wet and warm, and in a; few days the seed, if good, will sprout. SPRING CARE OF STRAWBERRY BEDS.*-- Do not be in too much of a hurry to un­ cover your strawberry beds in the spring. Leave them until the ground is entirely done freezing at night, and until the plants are about ready to begin their sea­ son's growth. It is possible that this .will make the fruit two or three days later in ripening, but on the other hand the fruit will escape all harm from the late spring frosts. When the covering is removed the ground between tlie plants should be hoed and a coat of fine ma­ nure or ashes applied. CURE FOR" STRINGHALT. -- Coleman's Rural World, in discussing the diseases of horses, is responsible for the following which has never before been made pub­ lic: It is almost universally believed there is no cure for stringhalt. Every veteri­ nary surgeon will say it cannot be cured. But we saw a gentleman in Greene county, Mo., last summer who says he can cure ©very case. His method is, to go into a stable having a dirt floor in the stall, where the horse stands, and dig a pit about four feet deep under the hind legs of the horse, the fore feet standing as high as formerly. This throws all the weight of the horse on the hind legs. The horse is compelled to stand in this position about half a day, and Buffers a great deal of pain, his legs frequently swelling badly. But when taken out of the pit he is cured, and is never known to have stringhalt again. ROUP IN POUI/TBY.--The New York Times, in answer to a question for a remedy for roup, gives the following : Take all the sick fowls and put them in a warm, dry, clean place, the floor of which is sprinkled with lime and then with watej, in which one ounce of car­ bolic acid to the gallon of water has been dissolved. Wash the head of each fowl with warm vinegar, and then touch the eyes, throat and nostrils with a feather dipped in a solution of ten grains of .car­ bolic acid in one wineglassful of rain or snow water. Take two ounces of castile soap, half an ounce of hyposulphite of soda, half an ounce of ground ginger, half an ounce of cayenne pepper, and grind the whole together with enough warm water to "work it up into a stiff paste. Mix thoroughly together, and divide into pills the size of peas. Give each sick fowl three of these pills twice a day. WATCH THE PIGS.--Do not neglect the pigs and leave them to " root hog or die" during the winter. The less root­ ing they have to do now the better off they will be in the spring. Help them to grow through the winter months, and they will be able to help themselves through the balance of the year. Do not allow them to occupy the same straw for bedding longer than a week at a time ; burn up the old leaves and re­ place them with fresh bedding ; this will prevent them from becoming lousy. A bed in an open lot away from a shed of any kind, and where the rays of the sun can reach it. is preferable except in severe weather. It will secure them from the dust that is sure to accumulate in a bed under shelter. Keep them clean and well provided with fresh water and plenty of food, and you will have no occasion to look for a receipt for hog cholera. About the House. A,, CORRESPONDENT of the New York Tribune, who claims to know, says that common copal varnish will cure cracked hands. FOR WALNUT STAINS.--The juice of ripe tomatoes will remove the stain of walnuts from the hands without injury to the skin. To KILL ANTS.--A strong solution of carbolic acid and water poured into wholes kills all the ants it touches, and the survivors immediately take them­ selves off. CATARRH RECIFE.--Take one-third pulverized saltpeter and two-thirds pul­ verized sugar, mix well, and snuff two or three times a day, and it will prove a sure cure. CHILBLAIN LOTION.--Dissolve one ounce'of muriate of ammonia in half a pint of cider vinegar, and apply fre­ quently. One-half pint of alcohol may be added to this lotion with good effect. COLLODION FOR FRECKLES.--The fol­ lowing preparation is recommended as being effectual and harmless: One gramme of sulphocarbolate of zinc is re­ duced to a very fine powder, and then incorporated by trituration with one gramme of essence of lemon (or other flavor); 5 grammes of alcohol and 45 ~rains of coll6dion. TAR-WATER AS A DYE.--Tar-water may be employed for dyeing silk or wool alien gray. The stuff is first mordanted pith weak perhloride of iron, by soaking "n the solution some hours, f It is then ined and passed through the bath of ar-water. The oxygenate of iron, hich is thns precipitated on the fabric, ves a very solid color. REMEDY FOB DEAFNESS.--Drop three r four drops of glycerine in the ear be- ore retiring at night; in the morning syringe the ear with warm water, and continue this practice faithfully for some .time. The deafness and singing often result from a collection of wax on the tympanum, or drum of the ear,* and the glycerine has the effect to loosen it, while the water removes it. CLEANING SILK.--The following mode of cleaning silk garments has been suc­ cessfully tested. The garment must first be ripped and dusted. Have a large flat board; over it spread an old sheet. Take half a cup of ox gall, half a cup of am­ monia, and half a pint tepid soft water. Sponge the silk with this on both sides, especially the soiled spots. Having fin­ ished sponging, roll it on a round stick like a broom-handle, being careful not to have any wrinkles. Silk thus washed and thoroughly dried needs no ironing, and has a luster like new silk. Not only silk, but merino, barege, or any woolen goods, may be thus treated with the best results. ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE. THBBSDAY, Feb. 9.--SENATE. --Bat little business was done in the Senate. Bills were intro­ duced : By Whiting, declaring Insanity of twenty- one years a cause for divorce Haines, to provide for a general system of banking, and for the control of banking institutions... .The biU providing for the disposal of unclaimed moneys in the hands of administrators and executors, requiring such funds to be paid into the county treasury, and held subject to the order, or proper proofs, of the person entitled to the uame, passed. HOUSE.--Bills were introduced in the House: To reimburse the penitentiary for the outlay of $60,452.14, expended for permanent improvements, ftnd to require the payment out of tlie State trojwury the expenses for clothing, etc., of discharged convicts from the jienitentiary; to appropriate $16,000 to buy Volk s statues of Lincoln and Douglas, in marble, for the State House; to prevent loafing about railroad depots; to amend the Divorce law, giving the custody 1 of children over 2 years of age to the father; to re­ quire publication of notices of application for par­ dons ; requiring counties to pay the tuition of pauper children in public schools; making silver coin re- ceivable for taxes and a legal tender in this State; to punish advertising for divorce business with $100 fine and imprisonment; to secure the payment of wages to railroad employes Resolutions: Asking Congress to pass a law allowing any person to use t> patent right, upon giving a bond for the payment of a reasonable royalty; to print 1,000 copies of the Messages of Govs. Beveridge and Cullom in German FRIDAY, Feb. 9.--SEN ATE.-Only fonr bills were introduced in the Senate, as follows: By Sena­ tor Hanna, to revise the law in relation to 8Ute con­ tracts ; Senator McDowell, to revise the law relating to changes of venue; Senator Hunt, relative to general assignments for the benefit of creditors; Sen­ ator Shutt, a bill for a general system of banking. These, with the whole number on that order from yesterday, were all read a first time and referred.... Dearborn called up the House resolution instructing our Representatives in Congress to vote for a modi­ fication of our Patent laws. They were unanimous­ ly adopted At noon the Senate adjourned to Mon­ day, 12th. HOUSE.--A multitude of petitions upon all con­ ceivable subjects were offered and referred to appro­ priate committee*.... A number of bills were intro­ duced, none of which are of much importance, except one to alxilish the State school tax, and make each ocality support its own schools; to prevent he recording of bets or sale* of pools; to abolish I the office of County Superintendent of Schools Kearney presented a resolution, which was adopted, authorizing a portrait of Speaker Shaw to be painted and placed in the House.... Resolutions condemning the imprisonment of the members of the Louisiana Returning Board, by authority of Congress, were in­ troduced by Morrison, of Morgan, and referred o the Committe on Federal Relations. SATURDAY, Feb. 10.--SENATE.--Not in session HOUSE.--In the House the following bills were n- troduced: By Mr. Chambers, amending Township Organization law; by Mr. Neal, to amend Homestead Exemption law; by Mr. Hickey, in relation to taking private property for public use ; by same, in relation to levy and sale of prop­ erty on execution; by Mr. Washburn, to provide for election of officers of the General Assembly, and fix their number and pay ; by Mr. Callon, to pro­ vide for setting off a homestead Mr. Dunne of­ fered a resolution instructing the Canal and River Committee to prepare a bill abolishing the Board of Canal Commissioners, and to employ an engineer instead. Adopted. MONDAY, Feb. 12.--Both houses met pursu­ ant to adjournment, but, no quorum being present, a further adjournment was taken without transacting any business. TUESDAY, Feb. 13.--SENATE.--Bills were in­ troduced : By Mr. Bash, to amend law of real prop­ erty; by same, to appropriate $16,000 to purchase statues of Lincoln and Douglas; by Mr. Hodges, ap­ propriation for the Jacksonville Insane Hospital; by Mr. Houtliworth, to secure four acres additional grounds for the State House; by Mr. Ware, to encourage sheep husbandry; by Mr. Thompson, offering a prize of $10,000 for the discovery of the cause and remedy for hog cholera; by Mr. Ware, to provide for the admission of pa­ tients to insane hospitals, and for the settlement of the same by counties The Commissioners of the West Side Parks and Lincoln Park, of Chicago, ap­ pointed by Gov. Beveridge since the last session of the Legislature, were confirmed.... Mr. Whiting of­ fered a resolution reciting that counties, towns, cities and villages of the State are largely in debt, the liabilities aggregating $40,000,000, and that it is thought that this can be replaced by long time low rate of interest State bonds, saving the people of the State a million and a half or more annually; therefore, Jteuolved, That a joint appointed to consider the matter and report as to its practicability or expediency. liesolved, That any constitutional amendment and law on the subject must contain a condition that each locality must pay its own debts, and that the State, as manager, consents to be such on condition that the State can'exercise power to en­ force payments in full from localities seeking this relief. Mr. Castle, treating the matter with sarcasm, moved to amend by including in the measure the farm mortgages held against the fanners of the State! Referred to tie Judiciary Committee. HOUSE.--A large number of bills were introduced, among which were the following, By Mr. Cullom, to amend law relating to sale of real estate by admin­ istrators ; by Mr. Connelly, to repeal law establish­ ing Railroad and Warehouse Commission; by Mr. Curtis, to amend School law, providing that town­ ship treasurers shall give bond covering their whole term of office, instead of annually as now : by Mr. Easton, to amend Municipal Incorporation law, so that Council or Trustees of citics and vil­ lages may make rules for control of water-works and levying taxes therefor; by Mr. McKinlay, providing that where persons who have been sentenced to suffer death escape, and are not recaptured until after date for execution has passed, they may be resentenced ; by Mr. Morrison, appropriating money to Jacksonvillel nsane Asylum ; by Mr. Smith, of Cook, appropriating $50,000 to com­ plete Douglas monument; by Mr. Wall, to amend criminal law to reduce amount stolen to consti­ tute larceny to $10 and to increase penalty; by Mr. Wentworth, regulating sale of school lands, and authorizing trustees to lease such lands; by Mr. Wilderman, to authorize Attorney General to demand and obtain additional ground for State House according to bond given by citizens of Springfield Petitions were presented : By Mr. Winter, from citizens of McLean county asking amendment to Stock law ; by Mr. Heffernan, from students of Industrial University, asking for the faculty the power of conferring degrees. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14.--SENATE.--Among the bills introduced were the following: By the Rail­ road Committee, authorizing railroad companies to own and operate ferries, etc., at termini ; by Mr. Archer, authorizing Justices to separate witnesses; by same, making personal property liable for real estate taxes ; by Mr. Southworth, to abolish the of­ fice of City Magistrate; by Mr. Hunt, making clerks and judges of election elective... .Senate bill No. 2, providing manner of preparing amendments to the constitution, was pased, 28 to 1. HOUSE.--The House was occupied wholly in the consideration of tiills on second reading. The Defi­ ciency bill in regard to deficiencies in State offices, was referred back to Appropriation Committee Mr. Mathews', bill, making no acceptance of any written order or bill of exchange valid unless ac­ ceptance is in writing by acceptor or his agent or attorney, was considered at length and drew eut milch" discussion. The bill was ordered to third reading. Blue Light Without Glass. A traveling agent, who has been con- fined to his bed in Peoria, 111., for sev­ eral weeks from an attack of rheumatism, put some blue tissue-paper in front of the window-panes in his room last week, and, after basking in blue light for twenty-four hours, was able to make hi* toilet, draw on his boots, travel and drum up trade. A TEMPERANCE colony, upon the plan of the Vineland community, exists at Lompoc, CaL DYUfG A BOG'S DEATH. An Exaggerated but Popular Idea of a Case of Hydrophobia. __ [From the Cincinnati Commercial.] Charles P. Wetmore, a young,- indus­ trious mechanic, of the firm of Wetmore & Hornbrook, builders, at Hartwell, this county, lies now at No. 67 Hopkins street, the victim of an attack of hydrophobia that seems to have assumed the most positive and terrible shape. Wetmore is an unmarried man, 26 years of age, of large, strong frame and good constitu­ tion. His home is at Hartwell, where he boards with Mrs. Alden. On Thursday hist he felt very badly, and took a notion that if he could get up a strong perspi­ ration he could better himself. He went skating for that purpose, but the violent exercise and the perspiration resulting did him no good, and he went to bed that night feeling worse. On Friday morning he went down stairs, and, feeling quite thirsty, started to take a drink of water. To his consternation he found that he not only could not take the water in his mouth, but that he could not force his hand up to his mouth with the cup. The effort to do this was met by a terrible nervious irritation that he could not over­ come. Whether he then suspected what was coming upon him cannot now be told. It is supposed that he did not, for he came into the city to attend to some busi­ ness. During Friday he frequently felt the pangs of thirst, but could not take water. It Was a physical impossibility with him. He had the will power to drink water, he thought, but not, the power to get it to his mouth. Feeling very ill, he went to the home of his friend, A. G. Wilson, the young son of Mrs. Wilson, at No. 67 Hopkins street. He had applied to a doctor, who, not com­ prehending the symptoms, had merely given him a prescription and sent him to bed. At 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, young Wilson, finding his poor friend in a frenzied and dangerous condition of nervousness, aroused Dr. C. L. Arm­ strong, of Clark street, just back of them. Dr. Armstrong went round and took charge of the case. Finding it so remarkable a case, he consulted other physicians, who agreed with him that it was a case of hydrophobia in a most pos­ itive shape. Ten or twelve years ago, in his native place, Wetmore was bitten by a dog. Last summer he was again unfortunate in that respect, being bitten four times, three times by one dog and once by an­ other. Mrs. Alden's dog was one of them, and it ran away and never was seen again. The other dog belonged to Mr. Cary, of the firm of Hornbrook & Cary. It was Dr. Armstrong's opinion that this case must follow the fate of all cases of the kind. Death would be the result of it, and all that medicine could do was to relieve somewhat the horrible suffer­ ings of the victim and the work of those upon whom was imposed the sad and arduous task of watching and holding him. Since the attack of Friday morn­ ing Wetmore had been able, onoe or twice, to speak of having been bitten by a dog. But he appeared to have in his mind only the old bite of ten or twelve years ago, and showed a disposition to conceal the facts about the bites of last summer, although they were well known to his friends. At times when, in his flights, he could command himself enough to collect a few words, he would ask, with an awful horror in his voice and eyes, "You don't think it's that, do you?" and "It can't be that, can it?" And the answer would be, " Oh, no; it can't be that." But the verdict is that it is that, and that there does not seem to be any hope for the life of poor Charles Wetmore. Since Thursday he has tasted no water, and for the last twenty-four hours he has been a tossing, foaming, barking madman. FRANCE AND GERMANY. No love Lost--The German Conqueror Still Threatening France. [Paris Telegram to the New York Herald.] Having dismissed the Oriental ques­ tion for the present with a diplomatic shrug, France exhibits rather a puzzled demeanor just now over the attitude of Germany. There is 110 love lost between the empire of WilUelm and the republic of MacMahon at the best of, times, but, the revanche fever having almost com­ pletely subsided in France, the prospec­ tus for an international exhibition at Paris next year having been issued, and the ablest French statesmen having of­ fered the most solid reasons why France should keep out of all present European quarrels, one would imagine that Ger­ many could rest easy. The fact is, how­ ever, that Germany does not reason on these lines. Prince Bismarck was not alarmed at the frantic shrieks of the burning French patriots; for all animals that you are not prepared to kill out­ right must be allowed to squeal when they are hurt x The cry of the French was the rage of a humbled, defeated and disorganized nation. It did not disturb his ears in Berlin or discompose him over his philosophic pipe and comforting beer in his home at Varzin. He is quick, how­ ever, to see that France is rapidly be­ coming stronger materially than she has been since 1812; that her Government is consolidating and tiding over the most dangerous crisis ; that she is rising by her own buoyancy to the surface of Eu­ ropean politics. Bismarck's uneasiness has been mani­ fest in some slightly acid communica, tions with the French Government; but the German press, having no diplomatic reserve to keep, has been pouring forth vitriolic articles upon French presump­ tions in the tone that a policeman might adopt to a convict out on a ticket-of- leave. Hence the differences between the two Governments continue ; for, al­ though France continually pleads "no offense intended," Germany is still find­ ing fresh cause of complaint. The present fear in Berlin appears to be an alliance between France and Rus­ sia. Bismarck wishes to continue hold­ ing the Czar in the hollow of his hand- and such an alliance with France would look like an attempt on the part of St. Petersburg to choose friends for itself. There is possibly nothing in the story beyond the fact that at the conference the French support of Russian views was very cordial. It suggests that the wily Gortschakoff has taken advantage of the growing importance of France to play for a firmer support from Germany by coquetting with the French republic. Bismarck consequently proceeds to show France that she is not vet able to run about without his leave, "and seeks a quarrel. The extravagant attentions paid to the humbug Gen. Tchernayefif during his stay in Paris exasperate the Germans, and, although it will look a small matter in America to be angry about, it would surprise you to findwhat trouble it makes here. . - TURKEY. Her Diplomatic Victory Over the "Great Powers." mv x mP^"1 Chicago Journal.̂ ' That Turkey m her late contest has outwitted and outgeneraled, diplomatic­ ally all of her formidable antagonists, in­ telligent and observant readers of late foreign dispatches cannot doubt. A few months ago Turkey WAS in open conflict with two of her principal provinces-- Servia and Montenegro--who were active- *y ky Russian influence and military skill, and at the same time re- sisting, as best she oould, the combined advisory attack of all the great powers in Europe. The conflict for a time was of a doubtful character ; the odds were fearfully against the success of the crescent. One Sultan after another went down before the storm, and was laid first upon the political shelf, and then quietly into the grave. But still the crescent waned not. Her arms were victorious, her power survived. Later, a prolonged armistice gave all parties time to gather up their somewhat scat­ tered thoughts, and to gravely consider the situation. Then began the diplomatic battle. The representatives of the "great powers" drew near the Turkish court and capital with heads and mouths full of talk. The talking, continued for a month. Proposition was met by counter-proposition, or by refusal. Fi­ nally came the ultimatum; and this, after due deliberation, was--flatly re­ jected. The dignified but vanquished Am­ bassadors made haste to take their leave of the Sultan, and then submissively withdrew from the bootless encounter. And what is the general outcome of it all ? Turkey remains intact and unhurt, and stands collected and defiant, the real master of the situation, while England has subsided into silence, and Russia, apparently, is not quite ready. Verily, the so-called "sick man " of Europe is not <|uite so sick after all. His "feeble­ ness ' wears very much the semblance of strength. He is either a very willful and reckless invalid, or else he must be "getting better" very rapidly. His an­ swer to the ultimatum, " Death before dishonor," and "No reforms from out­ side dictation," sound wonderfully like the utterances of a man who knew where he stood and what he was about. In fact, the sick man has achieved a signal diplomatic victory, has shown remarka­ ble pluck and bravery, and acts as though he oould do a good deal of damage yet, if necessity compelled him. The European patient must now fairly be pronounced convalescent. To what is this great change in the aspect of European politics owing ? First, as already intimated, the extent of Turkish resources and power, and the strength of Turkish character, have both been underestimated by the "rest of mankind." The Turk is still an ugly and formidable factor in the Eastern problem, and is likely to be for some time to come. He does not, and appar­ ently will not, easily bow down at other men's bidding. Constantinople is a solid quantity the European map. The Golden Horn is neither brittle nor point­ less. Turkey's mongrel, yet united, pop­ ulation is leavened through and through with Mohammedanism, and the probabil­ ity is that the day will never dawn over the world when Mohammedanism, as a sternly-resisting power in all social and civil life, will not have to be recognized as an existing and an indissoluble reality. All history shows what wonderful tenac­ ity and vitality it possesses. On the part of Russia, there is the wholesome dread of war. Hie time has come when monarchs and kingdoms, em- {>ires and emperors, and nations, hesitate ong before plunging headlong into a seething sea of carnage. Formerly, if national debts accumulated, they could as easily be repudiated; but it is not so now. The national credit is a thing that must not be sacrificed for light or trivial or purely personal and ambitious rensons. Again, wars arc deadly as well as most expensive; and human life has become too precious and valuable to be reckless­ ly thrown away. And then, underlying all other causes, is the silent potentiality of an ever-grow­ ing, ever-extending Christian and hu­ mane civilization, which frowns upon an appeal to arms, except as a dernier re­ sort. UNHAPPY MEXICO. Interesting News from the Land of Revolu­ tions. We have news from the City of Mexico, via Havana, to the 6th of February. Diaz had been urged to hasten his re­ turn to the capital, as the Government was in danger of failing to pieces, owing 'to dissensions in the Cabinet. Business was in a worse condition than ever, and failures were numerous. Some of the foreigners who favored the Diaz revolution had failed, and the new revo­ lution against Diaz was encouraged by the capitalists, who make money by loans to the revolutionists at excessive interest. Escalante loaned Diaz $200,000 toward the payment of $300,000 to the United States with incoming duties as security, receiving $25,000 interest for sixty days. Bands of robbers were appearing everywhere. Protestant worship had been suspend­ ed at Coaliuixtla and Morelos by order of the authorities. The Church party were triumphant in the elections in the capi­ tal. The most important positions in Michoacy, Puebla, and Queretaro were held by the Church party. A petition was circulating praying the Government to permit the return of the Sisters of Charity expelled from the country two years ago. Cortina refuses to obey the order to abandon the Texas frontier. He now opposes Diaz. Advices from Sonora are thatPesquiera attacked Mariscal's command at Urest The latter was soon reinforced, and Pes- quiera was defeated, with a loss of abou. thirty killed, many wounded, and fifty prisoners. At last advices a large body of cavalry was pursuing Pesquiera's fly­ ing and demoralized forces. It was gen­ erally believed that this revolution ^ras thoroughly squelched. THE Indian reservations in Kansas cover 3,467,040 acres. • GRASSHOPPERS. Their Migration and Destruction 01 Agri­ cultural Products. The American Naturalist, in an ar­ ticle detailing the routes of migration and other matters relating to locusts says: ' From the observations already ool- ected, naturalists have adopted the theory that the immediate cause of the migration of the locust from its original breeding place is the unusual abund­ ance of the species during certain years. The locust, like most other insects, in­ creases excessively in dry and warm sea­ sons, and when, for two or more years in succession, such seasons occur, the conditions most favorable for its devel­ opment are secured. The secondary cause of its migrations is the necessity for food, which, by reason of a super­ abundance of the species in the places of its origin, is quickly exhausted. After once taking to the wing, the insect is at the mercy of the winds, and is borne in whatever direction they are blowing. The general course of the winds in the Western States and Territories is from the west and northwest during July and August, and accords with the eastward course of the swarms of locusts in those months. _ As to the question whether meteorolo­ gists can predict the occurrence of sea­ sons of undue heat and drought, and consequently of the increased numbers and migrations of the locust, it is : be­ lieved that, in the lapse of years, this will be possible. As tne result of con­ tinued observations, it is also thought that the destination and the time of ar­ rival of the migratory hordes of locusts may be foretold, and the direction of their return flight in the ensuing year. The supposition is now ventured that the June migrations from the eastern limits of the locust-area will be toward the northwest, and the July, August, and early September migrations from the Rocky mountain plateau will be in a general easterly and southerly direction. In summing up the losses sustained in the United States from the ravages of insects, it is said that " The annual ag­ ricultural products of this country, by the last census, amounted in value to $2,500,000,000. Of this amount we in all probability annually lose over $200,- 000,000 from attacks of injurious insects alone. Dr. Riley avers that their losses during 1874 in Missouri from locusts-r­ and it will be remembered only the west­ ern third was invaded--exceeding $15,- 000,000. This would make the losses in other parts of the West at least twice as much more, or $45,000,000 in all. The estimated money loss occasioned by the cliinch-bug in Illinois in 1864 WBB over $73,000,000 ; in Missouri in 1874, it is estimated by Dr. Riley to have been $19,000,000. The annual losses from the chinch-bug are greater, Mr. Riley says, than from any other insect. The average annual loss to the cotton crop from the attacks of the cotton army worm alone is estimated at $50,000,000. Adding to these the losses sustained by the attacks ot about 1,000 other species of m insects which affect our cereals, forage and field crops, fruit trees and shrubs, gar­ den vegetables, shade and ornamental trees, as well as our hard aud pine for­ ests, and stored fruits, aud it will not be thought an exaggeration to put our an­ nual losses at $200,000,000. If the peo­ ple of tlds countrv would only look at this annual depletion, this absolute waste, which drags her backward in the race with the countries of the Old World, they might see the necessity of taking effectual measures iu restraining the ravages of insects. With care and forethought, based on the observance of facts by scientific men, we believe that from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000, or from one-quarter to one-half of this annual waste, coulfl be saved to the country. And the practical, most efficient way is for the States to co-operate with the General Government in the employment of salaried entomologists, who should combine the results of tlie State officials, and issue weekly, or, if necessary, daily bulletins, perhaps in combination with the Weather-Signal Bureau, as to what enemies should bo guarded against, and what preventive ana remedial moasuree should be used." casioned by his refusal to conclude peace with Servia unless Turkey received gnafr» an tees. As a resumption of hostilities was probable in consequence of this re#^ olute policy, the ol<? Court party induced the Sultan to supersede Midhat. Un­ less the Sultan changes his mind, Edltem Pasha's administration will only pave tltO way for a Cabinet with a decidedly paci­ fic concession programme." ALL SORTS. MIDHAT PASHA'S FALL. Why the Turkish Prime Minister was De­ posed, and lianlahed from the Country. Tlie Constantinople correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette telegraphs as fol­ lows : " The cause of Midliat Pasha's fall dates from some time back. The impe­ rious character of Midliat Pasha clashed with the firmness of tlie Sultan, whose liberal views went far ahead of Midhat's. The constitution disappointed the Sultan by the multiplicity of its reserves and qualifications, and many warm discus­ sions occurred between the sovereign and Minister. The Sultan desired to intro­ duce largely a foreign element into the Turkish administration, and especially to employ Englishmen in leading positions in all departments. His Majesty ex­ pressed this desire to Midliat Pasha very strongly on several occasions, and last week took him sternly to task for not having acted upon it. Mictyiat Pasha re­ plied curtly, and wrote subsequently to the Sultan in undeferential terms. On Friday last the Sultan sent for Midliat Pasha, but the summons was not obeyed. On Saturday Midliat Pasha remained home on tne plea of indisposition. On Sunday the third summons was disobeyed, but Midhat Pasha attend­ ed the council in the afternoon. Meant while tlie police discovered a secret cor­ respondence which showed that Midha- Pasha was plotting for the overthrow of the Sultan and his own nomination as Dictator. On Monday a peremptory summons brought Midhat Paslia to the palace, suspecting nothing. On entering he was arrested and his letters laid be­ fore him. There was no gainsaying the evidence against him, ana he asked for mercy. A council of Ministers was called, and Midhat Pasha was offered the choioe of leaving tlie country, or being arraigned before a tribunal on the charge of high treason. He elected to leave the country. " The letters found disclosed that 3,000 Ulemas were to have gone on Monday night to tlie palace to demand the abdi­ cation of tlie Sultan. The fall of Midhat Pasha will check no reforms, the Sultan being determined to carry out the con­ stitution in its fullest spirit." Here is another version, given by the Berlin correspondent of the London Times : " Midhat Pasha's fall was oc- MORMON elders are fiahing for converts at Wausau, Wis., their hooks baited with polygamy. TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND acres of land in Woodson county, Kan., has been pttfv?• chased for a Mennonite community. ' ^ WOKK is progressing rapidly on til# building for the Paris Exposition of 1878, and April 1 of that year is announoed Ml opening day. WOMEN have often successfully hid valuables in their hair, and a young French lady lately found a thousand- franc note in her deceased mother's chifit- non. THE skeleton of a whale, on exhibition in San Jose, Cal., weighs 6,500 pounds; he weighed, when lulled, seventy-five ., tons. Believed to have been a centena­ rian. A CORRESPONDENT in Montgomery, Va., desires to know tlie correct pro­ nunciation of the name of Knabe, the piano manufacturer. It is pronounced Ken-ah-by. MR. MOODY'S Chicago harvest has been reckoned up, and it appears that about 2,500 persons have been converted, 8,000 seriously impressed, and hundreds ol drunkards been induced to sign the pledge. ALL railway employes on the Midland line in England submit to an examination to ascertain wli ether they are oolor-blind. A fatal accident recently occurred from a train-man's mistaking the color of a switch-light. . THE new breakwater in Buffalo harbor is now 2,715 feet long, and has cost the Government $794,402. Col. Bltint, the engineer in charge, estimates that at least $200,000 could be expended to advantage on this work the coming year. THE EARIiT BIRD AND THK WORM. Poor foolish worm ! if he had lain Snug iu his earthly bed, . That early fowl had never made A breakfast of his head. At noon, no doubt, the bird had Bought •» Some distant forest bough; And if the worm had slept till then, He might have, lived till now. Take warning, early risers, all, And heed the lesson taught; A worm that lien in bed is safe-- The early worm is caught. _ A BRUTAL anti-Chinese bill before the Nevada Legislature proposes to fine a Chinaman $500 for petty larceny, or im­ prison him for six months, and " in ad­ dition* to the above punishment the court may, in its discretion, cause the hair of the person or persons so convicted to be clipped within an inch of the scalp, and may direct tlie Sheriff or constable in attendance on the court to carry the order into effect." THE Chief Queen of Burmah is dead, but she is not buried, nor likely soon to be. Clad in her magnificent robes, with jewels sparkling on every limb, she lie® in state in one of the chief rooms of the palace. There she will remain until time completes the slow process of decay,,or, until a new King ascends the throne, when she will be unceremoniously cast into tlie garret. The King is in duty bound to visit the remains once a day. THE Gloucester fishing fleet met with unprecedented losses last year, the ag­ gregate being 27 vessels, valued at $150,000, and 213 men. In 1873, 31 ves­ sels, worth $118,000, and 174 lives were lost. Of the fishermen whose names are on the death list of 1876, 167 went down with their vessels, 21 fell overboard, and 24 were lost in dories ; 54 left widows ; 112 children were left fatherless. Ten shipwrecks during the December galea closed the horrors of the year. THE Osborne County (Kan.) Farmer says: "We have taken wood, potatoes, corn, eggs, butter, onionB, cabbages, chickens, stone, lumber, labor, sand, calico, sourkraut, second-hand clothing, coon-skins and bug-juice on subserip- *" tions, in our time, and now a man writes us to know if we would send the paper six months for an owl. There are few tilings an editor woidd refuse on sub­ scription, and if we come across any fel­ low who is out of owl, and is in need of one, we'll do it." AMONG the loungers at the door, says the London World, at a theatrical per­ formance in London the other evening, was the eldest scion of a noble family, who was chatting with some other men well known about town. At this moment Mr. X. appeared, escorting an old lady to her carriage, when suddenly, and out of wantonness, tlie scion of nobility de­ liberately threw his gloves in the old lady's face. X. put the lady into her carriage, and then, returning to the door­ way, quietly took off the young noble- mar's hat and kicked it into the gutter, and asked the owner what he had to say for himself. The young noble laughed off the matter, and admitted he was in the wrong. IT is not only the extremely holy who accompany the religious pilgrimages of France. Among the visitors to the shrine of Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris, were two youths, Vho have been taken into custody by the police for prac­ tices which do not imply fanatical asceti­ cism. They had been observed during the time of the devotions actively en­ gaged in the occupation of relieving the pockets of the faithful of their pur­ chases and handkerchiefs. The young pilgrims confessed that their objects were to secure as much booty as they could in this miumer, then to remain in the church after tlie others had left and break open the collection box into which they had seen a number of valuable coins dropped. THE following is an illustration of the development of English spelling in the Punjaub. It is a verbatim copy of a let­ ter received by a schoolmaster in tlie north from a householder in his locality: " Cur, ass, you are man of no legs, and I wish to inter my sun in your skull." The obscurity and seeming offeasive- ness of this address disappear on trans­ lation. What was intended to be writ­ ten was: "Sir, as you are a man of knowledge, I wish to enter my son at your school;" THE average indebtedness of the %eoun ties of Kansas is $7,120,0^.61.