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OBLEJJIS. believes which tnf-ra AuRICfJIiTURlL. something vital and fundamental |igc§fceatg ftoradealet i. y/w tuna. Ww«m r^iistm. M (HENRY, - - ILLINOIS. THB pistol should 1M made to go, mrs the Ifaoon (Georgia) Christian Advocate. Yes, "the pistol should go," Bay, more---it should hs made to go. And if made to gd by'taxation, the tax •hould be sufficiently high to extirpate ft and not merelyrepressive Simply • high tax would Work to the advan­ tage of rogues and rich murderers who opnld afford the luxury of killing their unarmed neighbors with powder and tttll. Tax it out of existence or rele­ gate it Wholly to the army, •here, how- &r+i. it is of little use. • BILADELPHIA Record: A penny, es­ timated by Col. Saowden, of the United States Mint, to l>e worth ten thousand times its actual face value, is in the possession of Charles. L. Prestoa, of Montgomery County. The coin is well- preserved and bears the date of 1793, ^e year ill which pennies were first •coined by the United States. Pennies 4*f that date are very rare. Mr. Pres­ ton's ancient pieoe of money was found in an old dwelling house, at Gwynedd, which was recently torn down. A sim­ ilar coin is in the cabinet of monetary 4Niriosities in the mint. and was obtain ':j* some expense. , J* " IN a paper entitled "Religious Ret- *0epect and Prospect," in the Popular Science Monthly, from Herbert Spen «er, the following occurs: "Those who ihink that science is dissipating reli­ gious beliefs and sentiments seem una- *ware that whatever of mystery is taken irota the old interpretation is added to the new. Or, rather, we may say that "transference from the one to the other is aooompanied by increase; since, for explanation which has a seeming feasibility, it substitutes an explanation which, <jarrying us back only a certain •distance, there leaves us in presenoe of the avowedly inexplicable." THE English Mechanic says: "Al­ though the average speed of trains in tiie United Stated is 20 per cent, below the mean speed of trains in this coun­ try, all things considered, the service, controlled by the American engineers compares favorably with any in the •world. The American engineers at v first copied English builders and made locomotives with single drivers, but, as is their wont, they quickly made im­ provements, and we are not disposed to •dispute with Mr. Edwards the dictum that the American locomotive oi to-day is one of the most perfect pieces of mechanism wrought out by the hand and mind of man.*' REFERRING to some recent expert tes­ timony as to blood stains, the Micro- 8oopesays: "Human blood cannot be told from dog's blood, except under fa­ vorable conditions, and not invariably then." Mr. Woodward, of Washington, says: "The average of all the measure­ ments of human blood I have made is rather larger than the measurements of dog's blood. Bu^t it is not rare to find specimens of dogs* blood in which the oorpnscles range so.large that their av­ erage size is larger than that of many samples of human Mood." When it is remembered that the measurements of hupo&n blood by so-called high author­ ities vary from 1-30 >0 to 1-4G30 of an inch, expert testimony on this subject takes on a serious aspect, and juries should receive it with great caution. MR. THOMAS HUNTER, of Shane's Crossing, Ohio, advises that in order to prevent the * disastrous floods in the , Ohio River in future, an enormous ditch be constructed from the river at Wellsville, Ohio, to Lake Erie, and thus the flood of water be diverted into the lake. He asserts that at that point in time3 of freshet the river is con­ siderably more than one hundred feet higher than the lake, and the recent greai floods have done damage to an amount that would, in a great, measure, covcr the cost of making the proponed . drain. Mr. Hunter remarks: "One difficulty in the way is that the country along the river is hilly, but hills have valleys between them through which an oiit)et~may he found." Any one want­ ing "further views," as he says, can ap­ ply to him. MB. P. DONAN is'under contract to •write up a series of pen-portraits of the leacfthg types of American beauty for a St. Louis publication. He took a vig­ orous pull at a saturnine bottle, spat upon his hands, and started out in this style: "Britain, whose morning drum­ beats pounds around the globe, has but ono Queen,whilst we are blest with one or more in every home from ocean to «eean,>- and from where aurora borcalis * * H . v V < . - fingers paint with weird, mysterious splendors the Dskotsn skiec, to where •^the billowy sunshine of the Mexican gnif chants its ceaseless anthem to Florid ian shore < of everlasting green and gold. The ancient Jew was mled by a theocracy; we t»oth Jew and gen­ tile, bow beneath the flower-wreathed ei Ik-lined yoke of a resistless young ebeoc racy. Matchless in grace. Mar- velously gifted in woman's grand en­ dowment--tongue. '• shares, and ths oxeeutors have sub scribed to 30,000 more shares under the recent extra issue "of the stock'. The dividends on this stock alone will amount to $760,000. It is doubtful it Mrs. A. T. Stewart receives a greater income from her vast estate. The rich­ est single woman in the country is Miss Catharine L. Wolfe, of New York, who owns property worth nearly $4,000,006. The value of the Packer estate now reaches $12,000,000, and if it belonged to Miss Packer absolutely would make her the richest woman in America She has no relatives nearer than cousins to share in the enjoyment of vast property: THK Liverpool Post states that a dis- oov^ry has recently been made in electric lighting whioh, it is hoped by the patentees, will solve the question how to bring the electrio light into operation for domestic use. It has been found possible, it is said, to produce the light without the aid of either enginet or dynamos. All that is required are merely the ordinary metals and carbons axtd peculiar kind of acid. These are put into an ordtnary cell, and immedi­ ately the acid is poured in and the con tinuity established the electric force begins to develop. Experiments have recently been made by Mr. E. H Thompson, the well-known electrical engineer, by which a twenty-candle light has been kept constantly going by the electric current being generated in this way, and the experiments have been pronounced a decided success by aM who have witnessed them. By this process no accumulators are required, and the batteries can be so made as to supply one or a hundred or mere lights, according to the number re­ quired. The new light, which is called the Acme, it is asserted, will bo admir­ ably adapted for country residences, yachts, etc., and can, it is estimated, be produced at a price about the same as that of gas, with very superior illumin­ ating power, while the original expense of providing twenty lamps of twenty- candle power each is calculated at about £50. OATH writes-in the New York 2W bune. Apropos of Mr. Villard, I was running over with Henry Watterson some time ago the record of the war correspondents. Mr. Watterson said: "I was a correspondent in both armies during the war; I began at Washing ton City, where I was raised, as one of Col. Forney's correspondents, but some time afterward got to Tennessee, whert my parents originated, and there I pub­ lished a flying sheet in the Confederate armies, until after the war, I removed to Louisville and established the Courier." Among the war correspond­ ents who are still living are Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer; William D. Bickham, who owns *- newspaper property worth $100,000 at Dayton, Ohio; William Swinton, who has made $30,000 a year by composing school books; Thomas W. Knox, who brings out a book at least once a year; J.» B. McCulLigh, the editor of the St. Louis Globe-Demonrat, whose interest there amounts to $15,000 a year; George W. Smalley, the London correspondent; Nathaniel Paige, who has become rich in State Department law cases; Solo- Bulkeley, the treasurer of John M. Starin'8 transportation and summer re* sort enterprises; Edmund O. Stedman, who is likely to r»e out of his late diffi­ culties; Samuel Ward, who accompa nied Bull Run Russell in the light of a friend, but really worked for our State Department all the time faithfully, and Mr. Villard. ^ PHILADELPHIA Becbrd: The death of Henry E. Packer, the late President of the Lehigh Yal'ey Railroad Com­ pany, leaves his Bister in the enjoyment of the largest income possessc^l by any unmarried lady in Amerira. Miss Packer's wealth consists mainly in a life interest in the stock of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, held by the Packer estate. This now amounts to 1G0.G0J The ttrowth of a Child's Ideas. Prof Straight, of Oswego, in an ad dress before the school teachers of Hart ford, Connecticut, says: "If we can think of the little child, just born into the world, its senses just opening to the word--the eye, the ear and the touch--of the impressions from the external world showering down up­ on these senses--there is the boginuing The waves of ether from the bright light beat upon the eye and the child at once distinguishes the bright light from darkness. Soon bright colors at­ tract the attention. and so it begins at the outset to stiuly optics, discovering light and shade. .Form nert comes in­ to its consciousness. Thereby it learns to distinguish its mother or nurse from other people. I wa<» told of an experi­ ment tried lately by a toacljpr at a kindergarten. A very young child had been accustomed to see a bright dress upon its mothor, and kuew her only by color. A young lady friend put on the mother's dress and came into the room where the baby was and was immedi­ ately taken for the mother. Th.c child had not progressed far enough to dis­ tinguish between them by form. Other children were i-iinilarly experimented upon, bnt they had been educated t-o form and color so as not to be mistaken. After discovering optica and forms the ch Id begins to study Bounds, and soon distinguishes the mother's voice from any other voice. It also learns to dis­ tinguish striking sounds from sounds produced otherwise. Next follows the knowledge of number. As soon as a child has one pain and one pleasure it begins to learn number; when it re­ alizes two pains and two pleasures it has learned numbers. It is just as easy for a child to learn number by using cubes and triangles as by illustrating w.th orange* and apples. And so soon as the little child cian loeatea pain with­ in its body--in cmc of its !i-nbs or its head--there is locality, the beginning of geography. Itw striking, kickitor, and wiggling.enables it to discover the smoothness and roughness of bodies. The child next l>egins to study its .own form--its hand* and foot. I m-ver shall forget the pleasure and surprise that my own little boy showed when he dis­ covered that be had oars. When he j>nt his hand on the side of hi- liead and found something that he had not knov n of Itefore there was a thrill of diwovery. This joy of discovery is i ike thut whi< li thrill every true diseovt-rer. "We can see these jowen of discovery in the first few weeks or months of the child's life." nationalit' P--*• n»«OH Soowh Stm rr.valmtud Bitter. A. M. Thomson's New Orlems letter to Chicago Journal I think, from vhat I saw and heard dnring my SD- ocrn in New Orleans, that the old F**rt#n 'secesh" feeling is more bitter there *' o-day than it is in Richmond, the oapi- p,. W" -al of the Jeff Davis Confederacy, and > iti* er citizens have done more than any jtlier city in the South to perpetuate ihe memory and bitterness of the "Lost Cause." They have erected a monu­ ment in one of their public cemeteries co symbolize the Confederate causa, .mother in memory of Stonewall Jack- ion, and another to perpetuate the i'alor and sold.erlv heroism of Gen. tvobert E. Lee. In my letter of the ikl _ & tlarload d • of El- / IMt, sf fi , Al town gfathtr don. d«re on diw has OOHTKIBCTBD IT ASA W. »M| Clouds, rain and mud. G. T. Barraw* list in a erlth dition. WISCONSIN sheep owners say that if were not for the dogs the State would Woodstock Departm ve tea s^e«P Where it now has only THK Mennonites in Nebraska build ms across the ravines on their farms, <1 in that way provide an abundance stock water. They stock many of ir ponds with fish and utilize others Raising large numbers of water old and well-tried plan for pro- ting trees from injury from mice en the snow has come to stay is to A. R. Murphy and E. W. BlastaPH'I® down hard around the young again tattled at thsir old stand. 14 trees- A better plan is to tie _ ps of lath or barrel staves around Onr next list of transfers will trtmks. The matrimonial market strike during Lent. ®*nc*.SUri'J)i,llien died lies of March I spoke at some length of j pr*n'o in certain States. There is this rebel nsonument business and of i no use in trying to blink this feet, what I thought snch things signifying It starts up with horrid front to con- to the rising generation. If it is Uv.e, as many Southern men assert, that rhey would not restore slavery again if ihey could, it is not true th*t they are I'eL'onoiled to the pecuniary loss wh.ch was euta led upon them by the emanci­ pation of their slavos. Many still cherish the hope that when the Demo­ cratic party gets control of the Fed­ eral Government again the rebel sol- front those who would drown its memory in forgetfulness. Like B vn- quo's ghost, it will not down. Coushat- ta, Colfax, Grant Parish, Mechanic-*' Hall/Eiienton, Hamburg, the Chisolm massacre, Danville. Copiah County-- these, and scores of other names that oonld be called up, mark a broad path through a dark and bloody ground. Only yesterday the Supreme diers w.ll be pensioned and there will Court of the United States, m an be some compensit-on given to them j opinion concurred in by all the Judges, ior the loss of slaves. This hope has J aitirmed the constitutionality of the much to do in keeping the South "solid" j power of Congress to protect American for the Democratic party, for these i citizenship wherever it was conferred, men know that they have ivlways con- j and warned the American people against trolled that party when in power, and j the lesson of all republics in history will control it- again. I talked with oue young man who expressed the opinion that the emancipation procla­ mation was a very unwwise act on the part of Abraham Lincoln(!), besides being clearly unconstitutional!), in his opinion. I attempted to just.fv it as a war measure, and tried to make him see that the dam igo done the Constitution was not irreparable. He seemed to think that the Government possesses no war powers outside of the organic act, and that the Republicans "struck below the belt" when they shattered the shackles of the slave. The old "secesh" feeling crops out in a business and social way quite as muoh ns it does politically. As there is ao longer any pol.tical organisation in Louisiana outside of the Democratic party, there is very little disturbance except what the Bourbons make among themselves. A Northern man who at­ tempts to do business in New Orleans •.s undertaking "a fool's errand," unless ho keeps his mouth shut about politics. All the Federal officeholders in the city are looked upon with suspicion, being mostly from the North, and they are not favorites in the best socijty. One gentleman who was originally from Wisconsin told me that after residing in the city for fifteen years his famdy were still held at arm's length, and had to endure the social ostracism and iso­ lation that are born of Southern prej­ udice. Manual* labor of any sort is still regarded as a disgrace by the old slave-holding aristocracy, and those who are too poor to get along without it are always ready to apologize for hav­ ing to do'it and to assure you that they were once in better circumstances. The prevalence of this foolish feeling is well illustrated by a little incident that re­ cently happened in the city. An old resident, and one of the "first families," became financially embarrassed and suddenly died, leaving his family in re­ duced circumstances. Two of the daughters, who bad been thrown upon their own resources for a living, ob- where they daily wont to earn their brf ad. But they were not allowed to retain their former position in the "upper circles of society," and the so­ ciety paper made their case the subject of unfavorable criticism because they had become trades-people. I his strong dislike of these who work is one of the most hurtful legacies bequeathed to the people of the South by the im radicable curse of chattel slavery, and it will probably cling to them forever. Kiie most despicable man to be met with in the South is the whisky-drinking, to­ bacco-chewing, negro-hating loafer who is too proud to work at any remuner­ ative manual labor, and who is not qualified by education and training for the higher grades of service. He is generally full of tight, well armed, and wiien he is intoxicated is the terror '•ii all peaceably disposed persons. which had been overthrown by violenco or corruption. Associated with this murderous prostration of the ballot in Southern States there is the power of corruption which threatens a like pros­ tration in other sections. What party stands for corruption in politics? What party nominates its candidates with sole reference to the "barl'?v What party introduced Tildeniam into politics, attempted the corruption of states and the purchase of the Presi­ dency? What party is the willing tool of the liquor league? What party stands to-day eaten through ami through with plutocracy, and in which a poor man has little or no chance of promo­ tion ? Call the roster of the Democratic candidates and then call the roster of Republican nominees, and see in which party poor men have been honored-- men representative of the great middle class of the Ameiican people. Frankly conceding that there has been much to find fault with in the Republican party, that here and there it has been tarred with the stick of corruption, it is still indisputable that the party has not nationalized the mighty dollar, and does not march under the banner of any barrel, whether of money, Stan­ dard oil, or whisky. No such test of availability is ever mentioned in con­ nection with any Republicau named for high office. Next to citizenship, there is the tariff. Trimmers would like to have it appear that there is a fundamental difference between the parties upon this question, but any candid fnan knows better. It is not a question of the reform of the tariff, as some Democrats would have us believe; but it is a question of the retention of the principle of protection to home industri s and home labor in the American political system. What­ ever may be inmvidual differences in the one party or the other, the clear, sharp dividing line is upon the very essence of the principle of protection, and the divergence is just as decided to­ day as it ever was. tained positions as clerks in a storejr^ Civil-service reform in its ̂ |>st mean- rn tliftir in or is involved in the DAndinor alortHnn. The Opening Campaign. The campaign of 1884 is opening. The skirmishers are deploying, and here and there is heard a shot from the pmtposts; soon will come the heavy boom of the artillery and the rattle of musketry from the two great parties opposed to each other in snch a strug­ gle as will swallow up any possible side scrimmage with which political infants may amuse themselves. Tho columns of the Journal are sufficient evidence that the Indiana division of the grand nrmy of 1-tepublicans is mustering to take the front rank again, as it has al­ ways done. There can be no object in Republicans misleading each other. Public and privat&reports are in perfect harmony, and, therefore, it may be ac­ cepted as true that in the preliminary muttering < the inspection of the party ranks and equipment has been such as to give hopeful warrant of sncoess in November. But this hopefulness may be easily overdone, and prove a weak­ ness instead of an element of strength. No man nor no army can fight well un­ less there is such A stimulus as brings every facully and ability into the high­ est actio Looking over the whole field, and calculating the chanoes care­ fully, while Kepubhcans have every­ thing to encourage them, it is neverthe­ less true that the contest will be no child's play or dress parade. We have no patience with those car­ pet knights, those political feather- heads, who affect to f-ee nothing of su­ preme value involved in the struggle between the Republican and Demo cratic parties; who talk flippantly and with j»er itlage about the issues, or rather the Lick of issues, between the (•ot-.tttHtanks; who assert that there is nothing involved other than a scramble for Oifce. Conceding the corrupting iullu'aiee of the tbsrst for official place, it stiil remains true that ofliee-hohlers and office-expectants are the »malleet possible percentage of the whole people, certainly of tiie Republican party, while this evil influence is steadily de- reaskig und -r the wise operation of the civil-service reform act and the teadily increasing public opinion favoring civil-servico reform. Whet <er wisely or f-lolishl?, it is still the fact thsife an overwhelming majority of the Republican voters of the country are impressed with the belief that there i* more in Republicanism than public place, and that Republican principles are not synonymous with post- offices. There is a large, a con­ trolling, ibajority 4l t&» Republi- lng is involved in the pending election. The defeat of Pendleton iu Ohio, and the prevalent idea that the Democratic House of Representatives will refuse to make an appropriation for the commis­ sion, to say nothing of the general record of the two parties and the utterance^ of their leading papers and public men, are evidence sufficient that Democratic success means to turn back tho hands upon the dial of civil-service reform. Individual and isolated opinion cannot have any effect upon the general trend of the parties. A sound financial policy is involved. There are many indications tha" the wisest statesmanship and the most thorough honesty are yet needed be­ fore the United States' is put upon a solid financial foundation. Squalls are already beginning to arise, and a finan­ cial storm could be easily raised by demagogues and empirics, especially were the industrial basis of the country to be disturbed by Democratic success. These are some of the leading ques- t'ons upon which the Republican party is right and the Democratic party is wrong. They are national questions; they affect nat'onal policies. There are those lociit and minor, but which by many may be regarded as more iiu or- tant even than these. Whatever i hey maybe, whether they involve public morals or private r:ghtj, the Republi­ can party is still nearer the right and the Democratic party nearer the wrong. On these questions the parties will go to the battle, and the man who thinks there is nothing in the wager worthy ol his best achievement, simply makes an exhibition of his own want of earnest conviction.--Indianapolis Journal. Men Mast Have Clean Honda. The Republican party app ars to recognize the feet that it must approach the people with clcan hands. It can't affprd to load on any candidates oi doubtful rec< rd. This is true in a local as well as a broader sense. It won't do to be right in the head, simply. Every member of the body must be healthy and without blemish.--Iiu&hvillp (Jnd.) Graphic. * What Congress Should Biow De. If the Confederate Congress would now strike from the articles of war the section prescribing the punishment of such offences as Porter is gailiy of, the passage of the bill would be fittingly supplemented. The restoration of Porter to the army was a blunder that is little short oif a crime, and the Democracy will regret it before the next session of Congress.--Lafayette Journal. " GEN. B. M. PRBNTIS«, a member of the court-martial which tried and con- victed (Jen. Fit* John Porter, asserts in an interview at New Hampton, Iowa, that there wer J votes in favor of pun­ ishing Porter's conduct with deat'i, and that the sentence of, the court wofe the lightest that could have been inflicted, in view of the uncontradicted testimony in the case. IT is announced that Henry Ward Beecher is like'y to be a d legate to the National Republican Convention. We certainly hope this is true. All the Krupp guns of the party ought to l>e here. In that way the grandest gath­ ering ever known will give the ticket, whoever may be on it, a se-id-off which will be invaluable to the campaign.-- Chicago Inter Ocean. A FA51MKR reports the effect of an ap­ plication of one ton of bran to the acre as equal to that obtained from the us­ ual application of a mixture of bone dust, guano, lime and wood ashes, and the difference in yield of the crop that received bran as compared with those not so treated was very great. A WHITER in an English Journal says that many plants fail to grow in full sunshine simply because they are too dry at the root. Planted beside a wet ditch, no sunshine would kill them. Here lies the secret Of tropical luxuri­ ance--great heat and much moisture. This remark may afford a valuable sug­ gestion for the successful culture of some plants in our hotter and drier summers. , PRO?. Coos stated at a meeting of Michigan horticulturists that he had sprayed plum trees with Paris green and water, and found no curculios on the trees for several days afterwards, while on surrounding trees he could find plenty. Prof. Beal differed, and did not think the curculio oould be de­ stroyed in this way, as he did not think it eats the leaves, from whioh opinion Mr. Cook differed. The matter is open to experiment. IN addition to the well-known series of experiments by Prof. Beal, showing that there is no difference in the dura­ bility of posts when set inverted. Dr. Heximer states in Plias' Garden that fifteen years ago, when building a grape trellis, he set the posts tops down in a row, and all the others in the usual manner. Wheu decay oommenced, no difference could be seen in their dura­ bility, and all had to be replaced at about the same time. FARM RECORDS.--The question, "Which is the bsst breed of cattle,sheep, or swine, either for general or for specific purposes?" is a favorite subject for discussion at the lneetings of the agricultural societieo and by the agri­ cultural press. The partisans favoring any given breed are about equally posi­ tive and absolute in their statements concerning the breed of their choioe. The quantity cf milk, butter, or cheese, or the quantity and quality of beef any breed is capable of producing, are the points upou which th&e discussions turn. But who among all the host of speakers and writers is able to sapport his statements with definite records run­ ning through a period of a year or more? Who knows, for instance, from such re­ corded data that the Ayrshire will, with a minimum of care and food, yield a greater quantity of the l>est milk for family purposes than the Short-Horn or the Holste'.n will? Who knows that the «ier*ev does, or does not, require proportionately more food than the Shoit-Horn iu order to produce its greater quantity of butter in a given time; and who knows pos tively, from comparative and carefully-kept records, that the product of butter is greater fi ora the former than from the latter during tho period of one year or during the milking period of each? And who can say with perfect confidence that the Holstein is superior as a cheese producer to the Short-Horn or the Aysliire ? WH AT is true with regard to the quan­ tity and quality of the product of milk, butter and cheese applies equally to the queitiou of beef production. It* is true that there are a few records of the quantity and the cost of the food ad­ ministered, and of the quautitv and the value of live-weight produced in a few animals, but these, as a rule, have been fed especially for exhibition at the shows. Short-IIorns, Herefords, Aber­ deen-Angus, all have their supporters; but the world still wants data resulting from protracted records necessary to tho determination of the faots in each case. Leaving live stoek and turning to the culture of grain. The same con­ dition of affairs will be found. The question as to which is the best corn, wheat, barley or oats, or the best ap­ ples, grapes or 'berries for any given section elicifs the most interested dis­ cussions ; but all these discussions may be listened to, and the reports exam­ ined in vain for definite 'statistics con­ cerning the cost of production, the qual­ ity of the product, depending upon tho weight per bushel, or/ other conditions upon which in the nature of the case it may be based. It may bo asked in this connection, for instance, but with little hope of a definite reply, what is the yield per acre and weight per bushel of the corn raised during the last year in the State of Illinois from the seed brought from the several localities abroad. Farmers are very much alike in this particular. It is a habit with them to trust largely to memory, and while there is pwrhaps no class in which this faculty is so strongly developed, it cannot fail to be at fault in very many cases, even in the?-o most favored in this respect. Even with the best train­ ing it is a treacherous fagnlly, and hence often thoroughly useless, and even' worse than useless. It has been aptly said that experience is the best teacher, and this is true on the farm as in other domains of hunian affairs. Experiments and ob- rervation should go hand in hand in the management of the farm, and all true progress to agriculture as well in other branches of industry is the remit of this fertile combination. That which gives good results should become a matter of continued practice, and repe­ tition of unfortunate or negative at­ tempts should be carefully avoided; hence the necessity for a careful and intelligent record of everything that is done, and of every result attained. An eminent writer upon agricul­ tural subjects has said that one of the most useful implements on the farm is the scale, and there can be no possible doubt of the truth of his assertion. In the factory, mill, or mine the results of each day's work are determined by weight and me sure, and cach is re­ corded with scrupulous care. In all mercantile and manufacturing estab­ lishments the observations of each day are made a matter of cystertiatic record, and this re o'rd is always accessible for reference and consultation. The mis­ takes of one day, week, or month need not be forgotten, and renewed from want of knowledge or recollection, while the successes, applicable at all times, need not pass into utter oblivion. Retired merchants arod manufacturers who l>ecome farmers generally carry their systems of records with them, and this doubtless explains why in so many cases their farms jfre so weil managed and are so successful. It may be urged against the above line of argument that farmers have not, as a rule, the knowl­ edge, the inclination, or the time requi- sito for the keeping of such a careful record. Admitting this, the fact re­ mains that they should acquire them or take them as the case may be. They have enough of either to invest, and more capital, as an average, than is ordinarily invested in mercantile or manufacturing concerns, and it argues badly for the class that they do not or cannot keep satisfactory records of their work. The importance of this is paramount in every particular of farm management, and farmers connot be too careful and energetic ini this regard, while those who have the opportunity to do so can scarcely lie too active iu urging this great principle of ultimate success upo-t those who need its aid.-- Chicago Tribune. HOUSEKEEPERS* HELPS. MAoic PASTRY.--Two tablespoonfuls of pounded sugar, four ounces of fine flour, two eggs. Mix all together very smoothly, and fry in lard. MOUNTAIN CAKE.--One cup of sugar, two eggs, half eup butter, half cup of milk or water, two cups flour, one tea- spoonful cream tartar, half teaspoon ful soda, nutmeg. SUGAR CAEJC.--One cup and a half of sugar, one egg, half a cup of butter, half cup of sweet milk, ono teaspoon ful of soda, two of cream of tartar. Boil them and bake on buttered pans. NICK CAKE.--Two cups cf sugar, one and a half cups butter, throe eggs, cream tartar and soda, oue cup luke­ warm water, three cups of fipur, half teaspoonful essence, or extract of lemon; beat quite to a white. FKIED OYSTERS.--Beat up two eggs in a cup and rasp bread crumbs on a plate with sweet herbs powdered, and letnon peel. Dry the oysters as much as possible, dip them in the egg, and cover them with bread crumbs. Fry in butter. MUFFINS.--Take two pounds of flour, two eggs, two ounces of butter, melted in a pint of milk, and four or five spoon­ fuls of yeast; mix them together; beat thoroughly, and set to rise two or three hours; bake on a hot hearth, in flat cakes. \ SODA JELLY CAKE.--One cup sweet oream, one cup of sugar, one teaspoon­ ful cream tartar, one of soda, two eggs; spread them on tins; when done spread jelly between each layer. A few drops of winter green essence added to the jelly improves it very much. SNOWDON PUDDING.--One-half pound of beef suet shred very fine and small, one-half of a pound brown sugar, one- half of a pound of bread crumbs, two table'poonfuls of orange marmalade, throe eggs, raisins round the mold. To be boiled three hours, LEMON TEA CAKES.--Rub a half pound of butter into a pound of flour; add half a pound of finely-«ifted sugar, grate the rind of two lemons and squeeze in the juice of one, and two eggs. Mix all well together, roll out the paste, cut into shapes and bake in a slow oven. SPRINO ROLL.--Four eggs, one cup of sugar, one cup of flour, half teaspoon of soda, one teaspoon of croam of tartar, add any flavor to suit the taste. Stir well, and spread thin on bread pans ; bake quickly, and when thoroughly baked turn it out on a cloth, and spread with jelly and roll it up. LIGHT CAKES.--To three-quarters of a pound of fine flour, add one-half pint of luke-warin milk, mix in three spoon­ fuls of light barm; cover it over and set it by the fire for half an hour to rise. Work in the paste four ounces of sugar, and the same quantity of butter; make into tea cakes with as little flour as possible, and bake them in a quick oven. CRUMPETS.--To a quart of warm milk and water add a tablespoonful of good yeast and two eggs well beaten; mix with these by degrees as mueh flour as will make a thick batter; then heat a very small frying-pan, rub it with a lit­ tle butter, and pour in a large spoonful of the batter, which will spread over the pan. Watch the under side by raising it with a fork, and whon brown turn it. HOMINY.--There are three sizes of hominv. Large hominy requires to be boiled from four to five hours over a gentle fire. It should be washed clean, and put in the stewpan with just enough water to cover it. It is eaten us a veg­ etable. To cook the smaller hominy, wash it in two waters, then, to one tea- cupful of hominy add a quart of water and a teaspoonful of salt, and place the dish that contains it in a kettle of boil­ ing water to prevent it from getting burnt, or else over a gentle fire. Let it boil for an hour, stirring it well with a spoen. It is generally eat' n for break­ fast. It is exoellent sliced and fried af­ ter it has become cold. >>aved,by a t rlciict. Mr. Southey, in his History of Brazil thus describes the perilous situation of Cabeza de Vaca, who, sailing towards Brazil, is preserved from shipwreck by a grillo, or ground cricket:--"When they had crossed the line, the state of the water was inquired info; and it was found that of a hundred casks there re­ mained but three to supply fonr hun­ dred men and thirty horses; upon this ths Adelantado pave orders to make the nearest land. Three davs they stood towards it. A soldier, who had set out in ill health, had brought a gr Ho, or ground cricket, with him from Cadiz, thinking to be amused by the insect's voice; but it had been silent.the whole way, to his no little disappointment. Now on the fourth morning the grilto began to cing its shrill rattle, scenting, as was immediately supposed, the land. Htcli was the miserable watch which had been kept, that upon looking out at this warning they perceived high rocks within bow shot; against which, had it not been for the insect, they must have inevitably b- en lost. They had just time to drop anchor. From hence they coast­ ed along, the grillo singing every nkrlit as if it had lieen on shore, till they react ed the island of S. Catulina. "LET us plav wo are mirried, said little Edith, "and I v.ill bring my dol­ ly and say, 't-et> baby i a a.' " "Yes." repl ed Johnnv, "and I ui'l sav, 'Don' bother me now; I want to look tlirc ugh the paper.'" A DAKGF.rors SUMMER RESOKT: Man- cliased-her-l >v-the-sea. Why not change its name to " Villaiu-still-pursned-her- by-the-sei?" "I HATE to have a tax bill poked in my face," said the youug women when the assessor attempted to snatch a kiss. * ILLINOIS STATE NEWS. BnmoniLD is undergoing aa efr housebreakers. An advance of about gs.oo per j* the prioe of brick, agreed upon by the Brfck- oaakcis' Association of Chicago, is llkeij to seriously interfere with build nj operation* la that city during the spring an l au jimer. IT seems to be very unhealthy to be a Chi­ cago Alderman. Two Aldermen have dM recently, and now Alderman Colvia ia dange»>- ously ill with pneumonia, contracted in the suhby South while looking at tho Mardl Gras. THB mice and rats are eomm.t ing fearful deprodct'ons upon the corn in shock and in the fields In the neigh torhood of Chatbaia. In many instances not an ear cf corn ie found undamaged in a whole forty-acre field. CHICAGO butterine makers are tak'ng aD the leaf lard the packers have ta sell at 1 i oonts per pound, and so.ne of them complain about not getting enough laid to run their factories at full capacity. AT last the death-rate in Chicago ha# In­ creased. Feople had begun to tear that the population might be fa ling off, so small grew the weekly death-roll. Last week MB e t zefls died, an increase of twenty-nine o.-er the preceding week. THE Superintendent of Fayrftts Cbunty was recently removed from office by the Board of Supervisors, tecause of inte operate habits, and there ii said to bo a popular de- maud for tho removal of the Superintendent of Bond County for tho same reason. ROBERT HILL, a judge of election in Chi­ cago, last spring,refttsod to ailo r a Challenge? to enter the room where the vo es were be­ ing counted, for which offense ho Jus^ been sentenced to six months in jail and fined S&CO. ILUNOIS Importers of Jersey cattle awe- bled at Korm'ngtoa and arranged a State society, electing John M. Plorscn, of Gcd.'ray, President, and other officers. Ths next meeting will be held at tho same plaae on the first Wednesday of Ceceoiber. PaEn W. PARSONS, formorly connected with the .Sherman Hou:e, Chicago, died at Kalamazoo, Mich., of pneumonia. The re" mains were taken to Springfield, Mass., for Interment. Deceased was well and tarorably known throughout the Northwest. On opening a parcel of German books at Chicago, Librarian Poole found a number of passages blotted out as if by a maohino. The explanation is that the obliterated passages .were of a socialistic character, and these are invariably expunged by the Imperial Gov­ ernment. On the Chicago Board of Trade a eargoaoff 25,000 bushels of hard Minnesota wheat was sold for export to Glasgow, and another lot of 100,000 bushels was probably purchased for shipment to ths same port. The e are the first transactions on foreign aooount for some time. AT LyttleVille, William Scarborough shot himself through the hand with his revolver. Maddened at tho accident ho th;ew the sarlr ridge which remained in his pistol into the stove, which burst in pieces ii{:on the detone. tion of the oartridge, one of the fragments seriously wounding Scarborough's mother. Tea State Board cf Pharmacy have re­ covered judgment for $60 and cost* tor viola, tion of the pharmacy act against Lincoln Brother?, or Farmer C^y. also judgment o* ?50 and costs against J. M. fiosart, M. D., of Sumner, a registered pharmacist, for per­ mitting the vending of drugs and modiclhae during his absenee from the store of whioh he has charge. DUCKS on the Illinois bottoms are said to be thicker than hops. Tho report comes ta that two men in two days' shooting there killed $81 worth of ducks and ehippod thent to Chicago. At one time tho depot p atforoa at Fearl, Pike County, near which placrf the duoks were shot, was literally coveted witil tho birds. Hunting there is said to be better than it has been for years, JAHB3 ROBINSON, who, after some months of inhuman maltreatment or bis 3-year-old stepson, ended the poor little fellow's suffer, lngs by a blow on the head at Martinsville, ia this State, was fuund guilty of manslaughter at that place, and sentenced to tweuty-one years in the penitentiary. Re escaped hang~ lng on a mere technicality, much to the dis. appointment of the community in whioh be lived. A TULKGRAM from St. Louis gives the pei* ioulars of a battle near Centervillo tho other day, in which about forty shots were fired* with only three Cesh wounds for a result. There were three negro tramps araied with pistols on one side, and four policemen, an East £>t. Louis Alderman, and 1 alf a do/.en trainmen on the other. The tramps boarded an Illinois Central freight train at Cairo, with the intention of riding to St. Louis and get­ ting their meals cn the traiu. 1 hey broke open a fruit-car loaded with oranges, b*^ nanas, and other tropical fruits, and were having a banquet wbon disturbed by the con­ ductor. Ono of the men stusk a pistol la his face, and another gave him a fow ra)Nt over the head with a revolver, whil> the third went through his pockets and appro­ priated tho monetary contents, 3J oents. The conductor was then released, and be did'nt bother them any more. At Duquoin the fruit-car and several other oars were de­ tached and hitched to a Cairo Short Line train from St. Louis. The new conductor, Zack Allen, undertook, with pistol in baud, to die- lodge the enemy, but was himself over­ powered and disarmed, and bis money taken from bim. Twelve miles from East St. Ljuis the tramps left the train, deeming it safer to walk the rest of tho way to the city. As soon as the train arrived thore the Superin­ tendent of the toad was notified, anl he *»M warrants issued for the arrest of tho mea, and at 11:15 a train left East £t» Louis on the Illinois and St. Louis Road, wbicn is a local line between St. Louis and Belleville. There were on board Lieut. Duffy and officers Stan­ ton, Cooney, and MoDermott, of ths East St. Leu is polioo foroe, Supt. Hinckley, of the Cairo Short Line, Aid Greor, who is also an en­ gineer on tho Cairo Short L!ne. Conductor Allen, and several other railroad men. Wbea the negroes left the freight train the/ started across the fields in the direction of the Hl£ nois and St. Louis Kailroad, and it was ex­ pected that the pursuers would oomeon them near Oentreville, and so tbey did. There is no town there, only a station-house, and when the train stopped fie pursuers jumped off with pistols drawn, for all were arjped with revolvers exccpt Aid. Greer, who *fras arine# with a shot-gun loaded a Tae firing on both si les ately, the train with tho regular i pulling out, and leaving the soldiers t> ttgfct It out. Greer fell at the first vol's , wounde* In the left leg, and at ths e id of ths taath round the three tramps fell as if dangerously wounded, and begged for a true?. They were taken prsoner* and examined for wound* and two tlesh woundi wore founJ oa one of them, ono made by bit-d shot in th > buo'j, and the other whore a bullet h id gra/.eJ his side. The o:her two men we e uninjurU, ajl the only ii-an hurt oa tho white si lo *as Greer. • S ight wo.tnd in tha lofl log. i"'ie prisoners were triumphantly marched to i'u t St. Louis and committed to jail, Laadeu2od and hear» Uy thaoU'ed. til.. •v» "M - ,-jr •'...vT <. ' t'. i' Vi n i ' - ' v -r *,.i' «• - * «£ S.'l it £r