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fi; " : - f RDRAl TOPICS. •MAHOS FOB TBI HTSBAIO- *AN AND BOVgXini% PiMUcalSBKMbau Cor UM» Til--, TBI FAB ML *L<V * ...... .;,»•/ WmmaTor u» sniMB.'.% Every firmer who has had experience t underdraining knows that one of its ^ iief advantages consists in the greater fanuth thereby imparted to the subsoil, h© pretence of water in the soil chills ft. and all the more if it be stagnant, bo- Oause then little or no outside air comes i& contact with it. Farmers say, and #nly.th»timdierdrained soils are "cold." By the removal of the water the warmer ; air of summer is admitted to the sub- Soil, thus increasing its temperature. iAl; ^rue, this d*ain«d land freezes deeper in winter. This greater depth of frost ; expands it, and as it thaws in spring, ^ &6 soil does not fall back to its former l/- jll'ico, bnt remains open and is filled by •ir gradually warmed as the season ad­ vances. Any one who has tried it knows Bow difficult it is to warm downward. . When the surface soil is heated by the VWan in KUturner, digging down six or - ".flight inches the soil will feei much . fooler. " _ • Afri«oltnral Notm Vs I1 Do sell off your surplus hay or *raw yet, or you may find yourself short . , S#f a supply before the winter is over. - The amount to be retained depends on fey-;.#* condition of the stock and the aaverity of weather between now and luring. £>O NOT be afraid to open the doors *' And windows of the collar on clear days. J ft is much better to have pure air in the •ellar than to keep it too close and damp. When the cellar is musty and a . v disagreeable odor noticed the entire tl- '-"House is likewise affected. WHEN manure is spread on the ground M this season it should be on heavy ijjoil, as the matter leached out will not ' lie lost, but on very light, sandy soil it better to supply the manure in the Saring. Where the rains have a ten­ancy to wash the land a loss of soluble Blatter will result, and in applying ma- Sure the lay of the land shoald always e considered. '* THE most disagreeable thing on the £nrm in winter is mud, and, although it ^annot be entirely avoided, yet some of ... :.';Ws disadvantages may be overcome by ; -^arefully draining every location that allows an excess of water to accumulate. .When the cattle are compelled to stand |.y |tnee-deep in mud there is a loss of ani- ibal heat, and a greater proportion of food will be required to keep them in Condition. , DRAINING the soil with tiles greatly . assists in preventing'the damage some- *" #meB done by frost in freezing the / Around and throwing up the plants. The soil that has been drained is Warmer in winter, and the plants grown -On it Btart off early in the spring. Work 4Jan be done more easily on a well- drained soil, and the cost of drainage is ' *' ; but a small amount if the land has a , flight fall. > _ A FARMEB of many years experience 6ives in the Farm and Home some of le many causes of the deficient hay -Orop. He says it is the close cut of the mowing machine and the dull knives pulling up the grass roots; also » (She scratching and harrowing of the re- iaoreelegg wheel rakes held down to get -•he last spear, followed by the close pasturing in the fall. Moral: .Raise up 5<jjhe cutter bar and keep sharp knives for •he good of the team, if nothing else. * Above all things keep off stock in the :.'?f ^|?3lJ., ,,^lg© use top-dressing. TBI STOCK-RANCH. ' if. 1 »;•; , r « * •" ' _ ** ttfeMthm Health of A nlnrtmtT »•-- • ^ Many things affect the digestion of •• - ^nimals, as well as of men. A sudden • Change of food will derange it. So will i ^txoessive eating, giving the stomach more than it can dispose of. Excessive drinking of water will do the same thing -"-as when water is a long way off and hard to get, and the animal gets very dry before reaching it, as it will under such * circumstances. Getting overheated or Worried, or being suddenly chilled and «S.:-- getting cold, thus throwing upon the flow els the duties that ought to be per­ formed by the skin, will disturb and de- ~t range the digestive organs. The proper " temperature of the system is a fraction ' over 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Anything . , fhat sends the system much above this ) frill cause oostiveness, foverishness, and jhirst; or much below will cause chills, torpid action of the bowels and loose­ ness. The reaction in both cases may (e the opposite of the original disturb- • Ing condition--a sort of vibration be- i iween the two extremos, as the pendu- i r „ )um, thrown out of balance in one direc- lion passes the line of equilibrium in the other, swinging to and fro until a 's ^permanent condition of equilibrium is 1V : Established. Hence, animals should be .Oared for as much as we care for our- - Selves. They should have proper food \ '|knd| proper drink; and the food should contain the different elements in the fight proportions, as well as be abuu- **»" . "^dant and in constant supply, so as to ^{kvoid fasting at one time and gorging at 'Another; and the water should be abun- clean, and easily accessible. Salt fhould be constantly kept where ani- ; jjnals get a lick of it when they desire, ;v then they will never get too much. r"^:"fThey should be provided with shelter from the hot sun and the cold storm, so ^ that they can obey their own instincts V ijfcnd feelings by seeking the shelter " €/%rhen they need it. They should not be ^ "Worried or frightened by dogs or any- r- Sjthing else. In short, they should always ',kfif>e kept in a quiet, normal condition, and be oared for by the owner in a com- tnon-sense way, as he cares for his own pnimal needs.--Practical Farmer. THE DAIRY. ways have a pea-field for the 8®ws» bo4 »® MD have » rich grain feed, and if "8" "*»• * _Wo onght to keep oor cow mills run­ ning up to their full capacity; if they can be made to yield an extra fifty fiounds of butter by giving extra feed, he only auestion is, will the butter pay for the Jtoed? With the right kind of cow, I think it will, and even if we wear the cow mill out a little sooner, we will still have a greater and a quicker profit. But a cow made for the purpose of giv­ ing milk, will not wear out any sooner if worked up to her limit of capacitv; it is only when a forced yield is attempted that injury results. Here again breed tells; the pure-bred cow will eat, digest, and turn to good account more feed than the scrub, be­ cause that is one of the points that has become inherent, and makes it easy for her to do work that is impossible for the scrub. We can feed more by feeding a variety; cows are like ourselves, they like a change of food. At present prices we have bran, middlings, corn meal, cotton­ seed meal, oats, and linseed meal avail­ able, and from these feeding stuffs we can make more change for the cows, and more change in our pockets.--A. L. Crosby, in Farm, Field, and Stack- Dairy Motaa. " ^ y* A GOOD cow is often spoiled TRY EIUFE- - lessness. TKEAT a heifer as welLor better than an old cow. FEEDEBB have found 100 pounds of buttermilk to equal half a bushel of corn for feeding hogs. MILK a heifer as long as possible after the first calf, as the "milking period" made the first year generally holds good for life. : } • 4UUB FOCliTBX-'CABilb'; Ailment* or Cliick#. Leg weakness and diarrhoea are the most troublesome ailments prevalent among young chicks, and may arise from various causes. Leg weakness usually attacks, the roosters of a flock first, and generally when they are between two and three weeks old. When recovering from an attack of it they look as if they were walking on stilts, especially it it is caused by too rapid growth. At the first appearance of it, those afflicted should be removed to a pen by themselves, par­ ticular attention being given to the warmth of the brooder, dryness of the scratching pen, and an additional quan­ tity of bone meal given in their soft feed. A few drops of tincture of iron should be given in their drinking water. Should it take the form of rheumatism, which is apparent trom swollen hock joints, a daily anointing of these joints with coal oil is affective. This treatment would, of course, not be practicable with a dock two weeks old, but it has been tried with chickens six weeks old with marked benefit. An excess of heat will only in­ crease the trouble. If they preserve a healthy appearance otherwise, no anxiety need be felt. Diarrhoea may arise from two causes, chill and injudicious feeding. If from the former they usually die within twenty-four hours. The greatest care should be observed in feeding, for the amount of food which must be given, in order to produce rapid-growing chicks, would naturally give them indigestion, hence diarrhoea or constipation. Con­ stipation^ is quite as dangerous as diarrhoea, as it frequently causes rupture of the intestines. We have seen them protrude nearly one inch. They can be replaced by gentle pressure of the hand and the parts well bathed witfi warm water. A teaspoonful of castor oil rubbed into the yolk only, of a hard boiled egg may be given to the brood, and will afford relief in a few hours. The temperature of the brooder should be carefully observed, especially if lamps are used, for the outside atmos­ phere greatly affects that of a brooder house not heated by steam. One can readily ascertain the proper heat of the brooder by a touch of the hand, without Consulting a thermometer, and by notic­ ing whether the chicks crowd in the center or settle comfortably around the edges. Seventy-five chicks will do bet­ ter in the usual space alloted to 100 in most brooders, and the strongest should be removed from time to time to a pen by themselves, as they invariably over­ power the weak. Growing chicks are continually moult­ ing, and this, in connection with the fact of their increase in size, is a good reason that they should have food enough to supply the waste incident to moulting and keep them in bene and flesh-forming material. THE KITCHEN, The other day we hqprd an old or- chardist talking. Aa he spoke we jotted down these words: I have been at this work fifty years. Of all the abused things on the farm the orchard is the worst. It is set out, then horn pruned and barked. Two crops are taken from the land and nothing given back. Get a good growth of clover, and you say: "Come, boys, that is good clover; we will put it in the barn. You put nothing back, and the ground is dry and cracks because it has no shade. Oh, yes! you want the trees to shade each other, so you plant them close, and they rob each other of what little nourish­ ment there is left in the land for them after being cropped. Plant apple trees two rods apart, and in five years their roots will meet. Plant an orchard on new ground. Plant the trees--then take care of them. Give them some manure. They want shade, and protection. Wind from root to branches with straw, paper, or wire screen. Most orchards are set out and seeded to blue grass. Show me an orchard that has been out six years that is not matted down with blue grass sod. Then you go back and expect to find apples! Why don't you care for your orchard--care for it as you do for your corn? If a man should abuse his wife as he does his or­ chard she would get a divorce* and she would be entitled to one. o*?fc of ra- Oraham Cakn One oup of brown sugar, sour cream, two eggs, two cups ham flour, one teaspoonful of soda, a little salt and cinnamon if liked. If the cream iB not sour, use leas soda. Do not stir too stiff._ Corn Meal PtnctkM. One pint of fine corn meal, four table- spoonfuls of wheat flour one auurt of milk, three eggs, pinch of salt. Mix the meal and flour with the milk, beat the eggs very light and add them. Bake on a hot griddle and serve hot with fresh butter. Hortlcnltui-si Mote*. • ; . THE grape is the oldest fruit of which we have any knowledge. THE best way to preserve apple* is to keep them exposed to the heir. DOWNING'S rule for setting out tree* was: "Plant thick but thin quick." THE more trees you plant for Bhelter, the more tender trees you can plant NEW land is best adapted to the growth of berries. Constant Cultivation also is a desideratum. A VETERAN horticulturist of Illinois says: "We have worked hard to get through the 'hog and hominy' period; we want something for beauty nopr." ABIDE from the question of how to raise a crop and how to market it, the question or good country roads is the most important one with which the hor­ ticulturist has to deal.--L. R. Bryant. CLEAN out the seeds of beans, beets, and peas, put them in wooden bags, with a small piece of gum camphor in each bag. Hang the bags in a dry place, and occasionally shakg them up' during the winter. BATHER than shoot the birds that are troublesome in vineyards, a writer in Orchard and Garden advises the ex- Slosion of fire-crackers under the vines, oys being employed to fire the crackers. THE HOUSEHOLD. Good COIUM -M akln|. "To make good coffee," writes tin ex­ pert on the subject, "we must have the proper or pure article. What is called Mocha coffee, that is the best kind in this country, has only an imaginary re­ lation with pure Mocha, and is the sifted residue of of Yemen, and other Arabian districts. Compared with the prices of pure and unmixed Mocha must at least be sold from f i.'JO to $1.50. "Coffee-making is a more complicated affair than tea and could not be easily conveyed in n recipe. The coffee must have a brownish color, which is gained by the proper process of roasting. A roasting kettle must be a kitohen uten­ sil in every family, as it is in Turkey. The fire must be moderate so that it might be roasted very slowly and must be taken away when it assumes an am­ ber brown color, and immediately spread on a table or cloth. Coffee must be roasted day by day or at least once in two days. If. after roasting, it is kept long, the flavor will most certainly dis­ sipate. Therefore, when yet slightly warm, it must be reduced to impalpable powder, not by grinding but by powder­ ing--a stone mortar aiways preferred-- the powder must be kept air tight in a net in paper bags. "In making coffee we must obtain two things--strength and flavor. It is evi­ dent that to obtain the first it must be boiled, but by hard and long boiling the flavor is lost; this difficulty must be sur­ mounted then by a double process, one thorough cooking and one slight; by the first a strong infusion is obtained, and by the second the same infusion is flav­ ored. Take a little tin or copper pan, according to the number of cups you want to make. Put in this pan a good- sizod teaspoonful of the pounded coffee for each cup, and place it over a slow fire without water. Let it fume a mo­ ment; pour on this, without taking away from the fire, boiling water; in a few moments the froth rises, take it from the fire instantly, turn into the cups and drink. - * Mustard. Only the best mustard is worth having, but the adulterations and tricks of pre- papation are so many that the best is hard to get. Much depends on the method of preparation. When good mustard is carefully ground and so care­ fully sifted that only 30 to 40 per cent, of the weight is saved as table mustard, a first-class article is the result. Some poor stuff made from the rejected hulls is sold, with cayenne pepper added to give it a "bite." Mustard is largely adulterated by admixtures of turmeric and corn meal. Generally, the quality of mustard can safely be judged by its one egg well beaten, a teaspoonful of soda, a pinch of salt and flour to make a moderately thin batter; bake 'on a griddle. Fampldn Marmalade. Peel and stew pumkin thin, ntb through a sieve, add to the pumpkin an equal quantity of sour apple pulp, and to six cupfuls of this mixture add three teaoupfuls of sugar and three lemons cut very fine; stew until rich and thick, stirring constantly, then put away in jelly tumblers. Cream Pte Omt pint of sweet milk, white of fine egg and yolks of three; two table- spoonfuls of sugar, two of cornstarch; beat all together, let it cool and flavor. Make a rich crust and bake separate and fill; beat the whites of two eggs to a froth, spread over the top and set in the ovea to orown. KMOH Cakes. . v; For a family of four take two cups of corn meal ana ane-half cup of flour, a good pinch of salt and one-fourth tea­ spoonful of dry salaratus, stir all to­ gether while two or three tablespoonfuls of fat are melting and heating; after siftiugthese ingredients, mix with scald­ ing water, dip the spoon in the hot grease, and make with the spoon the doui^h into small spider cakes. Cook Bteadily, but not too fast. When the grease is taken up, the cakes are ready to turn and finish On the other 6ide. Nice, clarified beef suet gives a sweet, crisp crust. Serre these cakes hot. v Layer Cuke. ^ One cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, three eg^s, one-half cupful of sweet milk, two cupfuls cf flour, one- half teaspoonful of soda, and one-half b .. _ teaspoonful of eream of tartar. Beat the iave not been feeding at a loss, that is, ! sugar and butter to a dream. Do not >S;if I could not make a greater profit by i melt tb© butter, but warm slightly if too ^giving a better ration. hard. Stir the_milk well into this, and Last summer I turned my cows into a then add flour into which the baking- f. field of cow-peas, and it was remark- powder has been well sifted. Stir thor- able bow I hey increased in their butter oughly. Then add the eggs, one at a yield. That experience illustrates what 1 time, taking care to stir each one in well Ylannet CafeM. Cut dry, light bread in pieces* put over it enough sour milk to cover it, let it stand over night; in the morning wash J n ^ it well, and to every quart of bread add { price, and tho cheapest is really the " ..r ̂ . H«w Moeh Shall Vaedt . r^ ^«t iftedteg cows there is sometimes a JL- V^oss made by not feeding all the cow • ,«an profitably eat. For instance, if the ^ cow is getting what might be called a t f /'-tfair ration, enough to supply the food / * 'jof support and allow her to give a good "•£ j^.^icld of ii&lx liiilk, it might be profitable y f "-..to increase the feed and see if all the additional feed would not go to the pro- It' _ '"viduction of an extra quantity of milk. , There is a great difference In the ca- -.jpacity of cows to utilize feed profitably; . Jsome will turn all extra feed into milk, V yhilo others will put it into beef. Here f where breed comes in. Some say it is . \4tll in the feed, but if breed counts for t/'1, .^nothing, then those men who establish our breeds and thought themselves wise, ^ i" worked in vain. i, ' There are a few who deny the advantage ' of having a good breed to start with, J-and those few will become fewer as time jjLj. • >and experience convince them of their jjfv/ -error. Given the right breed, then all f? * depends upon the' feed, and, as I said £• - " ' " ^before, there may be a loss on not feed- | Sing up to tho lull capacity of the cow. r*- My cow ration Inst year cost me a good L ., ""deal of money, and the cowe paid a good |y .profit, but I want to see by increasing' Sthe feed and watching the churn, if I •1 mean by feeding at a loss. Any one looking at those cows before they w ore turned into the pea-field would* have before adding the next. Bake at onoe. This will make four layers. The light­ ness of a cake depends far more upon Senator Chandler, of New Hamp­ shire, is undoubtedly right in saying that the proposition of Congressman i Oatos to disfi anchise the negro will find no support. It could only be brought about by an amendment to the Constitution of the United State, and j it is doubtful if a s'ng e State would j favor it. The cause* of op)K>siiion j would be different. The Republicans j would oppose it on principle, they hav- j ing the same reasons now as in reoon- j struction d .ys to favor universal suf- j fcage; the democrats would oppose it | for the re. son ibat the practical effect of the Oates proposition would be to greatly reduce the Democratic repre­ sentation in the House of Representa­ tives and tho electoral college. Thus the two parties, trave.in; by opposite routes, would reach the same goal, like two globe-trott rs taking beo lines in opposite directions, going back to back, Lut coming at last face to face. There is no chance for intelligent dif­ ference of opinion on this point in the Granite State Senator's latesi expres­ sion of opinion on tiie Southern ques­ tion. Mr. Chandler drops into prophecy. He mildly, not menacingly, predicts that the whites of tho South are tre.is- v.ring up for themselves wrath against the day of wrath by their persistent attempt to deprive the negro of his right to the ballot. "He knows his Constitutional rights," says the Sena­ tor, "one of which, is to keep and bear arms. The Southern whites should make friends with the negroes around them before the latter become desper­ ate." There is no doubt very consid­ erable danger in the line indicated. The African disposition i3 not revenge­ ful. If it hud been the war of the re­ bellion would have also been known in history as the war of the insurrection. It ia true, however, that the martial in­ stinct was somewhat cultivated in the negro race by that wcr, and the famil­ iar remark, "The colored troops fought nobly," was no more than the exact truth. It was astonishing that a race of slaves who had shown no disposition to rise in insurrection should yet prove brave soldiers, which was certainly the case. The latest outbreak in Eastern Mississippi, although sliroudad in mys­ tery, would seem lrom all accounts to have been less one-sided than such af­ fairs usually have been. Many oolored men had shooting irons, and knew how to use them. That bloody episode ought to serve as a warning against going too far in the bulldozing and shot-gun policy, and Senator Chan­ dlers remark must be construed as a •warning rather than a menace. The statesmanship of John Sherman has outlined a plan which; if adopted, would probably prove an amicable solution of the difficulty, and will un­ doubtedly receive large attention from the Fifty-firai Congress, 'i'he Sher­ man plan is to entirely disconnect Con­ gressional elections from State and local. It is competent for Congress to do so. Such dissociation would at least enable the majority to rule in the elec­ tion of Congressmen. It is true that Senators are elected by the State Leg­ islatures, and that the Constitution al­ lows each State to ohoose its Presiden­ tial electors in its own way, and at the South they might even go so far as to vest in the Governor the authority to appoint them, with or without con­ firmation by the Senate. But there would be one important field for a fair election, and that would be a perpetual protest against and rebuke of dishon­ est elections. The'Sherman bill would observe sciupulously thd line of de- markation between State and national authority in matters of el ctions, and tend steadily to the overthrow of a sys­ tem which is not only a clear case of the violation of the Constitution but of doing violence to the moral Bense of the community. It is inevitable that the constant example of really fair elections would be eminently whole­ some and beneficent.--Inter Ocean. 1TCMS OATHBKED BY "JAY DEM." Now comes Montana to th« door Wncre Union dwells, and boldly kaHlitofcT And offers now, as once before, A Democratic ballot box. V- "Please lot mt in," she cries, "IHa good ^ And it's very cold out bere!"• t* A vol«e within replies "We would 1 f< But a'int Dakota with you dear." ' interval, and then another rap; " - " ' V'i Dafcoi* as '• please lot mo, Union inl% s^'Just wait uutH Montana lakes a nap,** N A voice replies, 'wad Utea we'll ike P pin." • -• r(Dakota aays Montana aever aleepe, 0( White both make ugly faces, weep aad pout; .. °)Eaoh opponent within hu vigil keeps J And whispers hope*and f*»rs to those with Z! out, j -- m JT. Tribune. dearest. The yellow English mustard is best for table use. California mus­ tard is so rich in oil that some of the oil is expressed before the mustard is sold to prevent it from becoming rancid --hence its unsatisfactory quality. Brown mustard is mostly used in modi- eal practice.--Good Housekeeping. Hints to Housekeeper*. SA&T pork sprinkled with red pepper is excellent for sore throat. SANDPAPER applied to the yellow keys of the piano will restore the color. THE luster of morocco is restored by varnishing it with the white of an egg. Apply with a sponge. MARBLE should always be washed with ammonia and water, rather than with soap and water. IF brooms are wetted in hot suds onee a week, they will last much longer, and always sweep like a new broom. A SURE and safe way to remove grease spots from silk is to rub the spot quickly with brown paper; the friction wul soon draw out the grease. AnrioiiES made of ivory should not be exposed to heat or dryness. They should never be exposed to the direct rays of a hot sun. or placed in a closet ' near or under a fire, as they are very apt to split under such circumstances. To CUBE felons, mix one ounce of Venice turpentine with one ounce of water, stir with a rough stick until thick: then wrap a good coating of it around the finger with a cloth. Another method is to wrap the part affected with a linen cloth dipped in a tincture of lobelia. RUST can be removed from steel as follows: Rub the article with kerosene oil and leave it to soak for a day, Then procure fine flour of emery and mix with kerosene oil and scour the surface, finishing With rotten stone. To preserve from rust, heat the steel and rub paraffins on it, and when oold, polish with a cloth dipped in paraffine. Cornstarch Cake. Two cups of pulverized sugar, three- fourths of a cup of butter, stir to a cream; one cup of milk, the whites of seven eggs beaten to a stiff froth, two cups of uOur, one of cornsbamu nud two teaspoonfuls of bakingjm|y|£r. FljtYflff with lemon or orange.^1 f s Bloody Work of the Mississippi Savages. The white savages of Mississippi are still at their devilish work of mas >a- oring colored men, burning and pil­ laging their cabins, and driving the women and little children away from their homes. Ihe so-called "better classes" of our Southern brethren have been appealed to over and over again, but all in vain. The Sheriff and authorities of Kemper County, where the crime is being committed, have been asked to interfere, but sit idly by, either indifferent as to the fate of these innocent victims or terrorized into inaction by the drunken, murder­ ous thugs. The Governor of Missis­ sippi has been appealed to, and we are informed that he is "making diligent inquiry and will take all necessanr measures to suppress lawlessness." Is it diligence to allow this killing and burning go on for a month without lift­ ing a linger to stop it? Is he waiting until the negro population of Kemper County is exterminated before he tikes measures to suppress lawlessness ? He has known for two or three weeks that this brutal business has been going on, and that its victims are innocent of any offense. Why did he not stop it long ago ? Is it because his victims were only "niggers" and of no account? The motive which has actuated this devilish work should be kept clearly in view. In the original affray at Wallialak the whites were the trans­ gressors. This is conceded even by Democratic papers in the South. A fisticuff encounter happened between a white man and a negro, in which the former was worsted. His friends thereupon rallied and without warrant or any legal authority, not one of them being an ollicial, attempted to arrest the negro. He resisted as any man of spirit in the North would have resisted. His friends came to his help as they would have done in the North, and tbe assailants got the worst of it, as they deserved. Thereupon a mob of drunk- tn brutes gathered in sufficient strength to chase the negroes into the mountains. Alter killing all they found they returned to Walhalak and commenced killing th se who had no connection with the original affray, burning their little cabins, robbing thorn oi their hous h Id go >ds, and driving women and little children away from th-'ir homes. This devil's work has baen going on nearly a month with the knowledge < f the county authorities an i the Governor, and it still cm- tinues with no other a ;tion on the part 6f the author ties than empty promises that they will look into the matter. A tingle company of well armed militia could hive stopped this va dalism weeks ago. If it to k the whole militia of the bta'e. it should have been done. Tha least that the Governor of Missis­ sippi can do now is to collect thete poor fugitives, placo them on their land aga n, restore their homes and indem­ nify them for their losses, and then ferret out the scoundrels who have bean engaged in the infernal biwno-- Squire Foote is better. The W. P. M. s, meets with Mrs, Oorell to day. «r Frank Cole, «f Spring Grove, is ott the tlek lut. _ t icurces et mTormauon their labors have come to naught- There has never been any official statement of the discoveries made by District Attorney Sellers, of Indian­ apolis, and his assistant, Loon O. Bailey. It is certain, however, that their attempt to fasten guilt upon Col, I udley has suffered a dismal collapse. The most plausible explanation of the whole episode connected with the letter is that it wag a trap set for the Demo­ crats, designed to attract their atten­ tion away from New York State, and impel them to a waste of energy in Indiana. This theory is supported by the fact that the letter fell promptly, by some mysterious means, into the hands of leading Democrats; and by the statement that it has been impossible to discover that it was circulated among the Republicans. If the Dem­ ocrats were deceived by this bit of strategy; if they concentrated their money and labor in fighting a con­ spiracy in Indiana that had no exist­ ence, while neglecting New York, they have nothing to blame but their own stupidity. They were simply deceived by an art which is considered valuable in military warfare--that of inducing the enemy to throw the force of his at­ tack in a direction where it ean do the least harm. A.c cording to the present aspect of tha case, the Democrats were badly fooled, and the more they say about the Dudley letter the more ridiculous they will appear. The undisturbed s renity of the alleged author of the famous document, throughout the whole rumpus that lias baen raised, in­ dicates that he has nothing to fear from all the investigations that may be instituted from now until doomsday. The Demoorats had better drop tne subject, and own up that the recent campaign developed subtleties of po­ litical warfare quits beyond their pre­ vious experienoe, imagini jgs, or fertil­ ity of resource.--Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. A Center Shot. In the address written for .but not, owing to Congressional duties, deliv­ ered by Representative McKinley at the recent d.nner of the Tariff League, there is a passage which might be com­ forting to the gentlemen who are anx­ ious that the United States should "obtain control of the markets of the "World." It is this: In 1865, when the war closed, the value or our exports and imports was $404,774,888, and in 18M8 th« value was $1,419,911,000. an increase of more than 200 per cent and < larger gain than that ot tUc foreign com­ merce of Groat Britain. We submit that this is a "sockdola­ ger"--delivered right in the eyes of the free-traders. For these gentlemen tell us that our protective system is a Tery cumbersome check upon tr^de w ith foreign nations. But it app; ars lhat in (he last twenty- three years the foreign trade of the United States, which has been under a protective policy, has increased five times a* much ns that of any other na­ tion than Great Britain, twi?e as much as that of Great Br.tain itself, which has been under a free trade policy, and is to-day greater than the whole foreign trade of Great Britain. So that pro­ tection has not shut us out of "the mar- ke's of the world." And while we have made such gains in foreign trade as have been acquired by no o her nation, we have conserved, and in a great measure created, a home trade by and between sixty millions of peo, le--a trade which of itself is more desirable than all the rest of the trade of the world.--Chicago Inter Ocean. Louisiana. > At the last election Louisiana gave Cleveland 85,000 votes, a few thousand more than Tilden had in 1876, and Harrison 30,000 or more, than 47,000 less than were given to Hayes at a time when there was some protection for Republican voters, black or wh te. Such a falling off might lead one to imagine that Louisiana was becoming a wilderness and that her old residents were seeking more congenial resi­ dences. But the registration figures just made public by the State offioers show that this was not the case. These statistics show that there were regis­ tered 126,884 white and 127,923 col­ ored voters. What became ol them all, especially the latter? Why did 97,923 of them stay away from the polls at a tierce Presidential elec ion? Remember that nearly all the <ft>lored men of the State are Republicans, as well as some of the whites, and that therefore the Republicans had a clear majority of votes in the State at the last election. Why, then, were they beaten 50,000, and why did they get but one Congressman when they should have had four ? Eve y Northern man knows why. It is because these col­ ored Republicans dared not go to the polls, knowing that death would befall them if they did. For the Southern policy wh ch permits these outrages we wish to substitute a national pol oy which shall end them and give the Re­ publicans of Louisiana the rights en­ joyed by the Democ rats of every north­ ern State.--Exchange. Facts About Sugar Cane. It is said that the variety of sugai cane grown in the West Indira original­ ly came from the Sandwich Islands, being brought from that country bj Captain B igh as long ago as 1796, Great efforts are being made to intro­ duce new canes, hoping th y will bt richer in yield of sug tr, but nothing yet has been found that has supplanted the old vari ty, though there is said fct be a cane called the Jamaican, which b very rich in sa < har ne propertie •> anc which stands dry wea her. and ms| ultimately supersede the old-fasMoaec kind of Mine. w maittML reported back the latoontaoiMhinMfc., tnaHm an appropr!*. n of $100,000 for payment at the mmgSaifmot General Assembly, with an mswrtrftent ro­ ans the ftmonnt to aoA.OUdl Tbe amendment i adopted and the bill tm nwnd W>» third ding. iir. Berry, from the Committee an Kda- ext-books in public Bri^ala, with hat It be Minted and re A resolution was adopted adding ion, reported bank a Mil to eecm» nltoai^ 'th tawnean- reconuniited ndatiou that reed Mtor x.ehmaa to the Comaalttoe'ett Afrieal£ and Drainage. A laife smabar of MUa wen rodaced, both is the Senate and Hoaee. A olntion of reepeet on tbe death at Virgil & by, a member of the Tweaty-fbortli aod Lrty-fifth General Ansemhllee, wae adopted. DST two and one-half minute* WM the time the aeoeida ot the Senate on theiKthuit. Mident pro tem Chapman presided in the lenoe of Lieutenant Governor Bay. Altar the yer the Secretary began to read the mtnatfcei . on motion of Mr. Karraker, the reading vU peneed with, aad on motion of Craw orL ol >k, the Senate adjourned. The aeeaion ot the iae only laated five minutes. Not over one- rth of the member* were in their seats, and seemed a unanimous desire to onrn as soon as possible. Mr nee, of Knox, Introduced a petition. jned by nnmcroas oitiaens of this distil appropriations isks that the present law, which appropriates ard to State i i for county ict, in fairs. fair association paying i MO/per M to every annual iminms to an amount not less than lum, be so amended as to provide that the >ropriaUoc in ail instaneea be an amount ial to 10 per oen„ of the total cash premiums j d annually by the respective fair associations. PHE following bills were introfaeed in the Senate on the 90th ult: Amending tbe laws 'ovulating the practice of dentistry; to secure uniformity in sehool text-books throughout ttie State; tot organising and regula ble sarittgB banks. This is substantially the same bill which was passed two years ago and which the Supreme Court held mast first be submitted to a vote of the people. The bill BOW provides for such submission. House Ml 81, as amended in the Senate, appro­ priating #55,o o, or as x&uch Utsreo/ as raay be necessary, for the payment of emi*)y»s or the General Assembly, was read * third time and passed W a vote of 41 yeas to fl nays. Among the hills introduced in the House were t3»e following: Prohibiting the killing o2 prairie chickens, wlM turfceys, raffed groase, pheas­ ants or quail for a period oi five year*. To en- couraga registration and protect voters. Pro- Tiding that persons sentenced to death shall be hutted within tbe walls of one of the State penitentiaries, which shall be designated by the judge im­ posing the sentence. All executions of the death penalty shall occur before sunrise on the day set by the sentence, and the Sheriff o( tbe county shall receive slo.) for his services and the same lees that are paid in other felony cases: imposing a fine of 8X00 on railroad companies for each free pest issued to State oflleere, leg­ islators, or employes of anv State department; appropriating «?i«w,f>0;> for the Southern Insane Asylum at. Anna, Senator Cullom was wel­ comed by both houses, and, after an entertain­ ing speech by the Senator, both bodies soon afterward adjourned. IMMEDIATELY after the rnadlnc ol the journal on the 90th ult. the Senate .took np the special order, which was Senator Sheets' resolution to submit tb a vote of the people a conistitiitional amendment prohibiting the aa!e of liquor in the State of Illinois After eome discuss on the resolut on waa made a special oidcr for two weeks hence. The following bills were m.re­ duced : Appropriating ®4S, KX) for additional cottages ar. the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors' Horn® at Qnincy, and another bill appropriating M 13,(00 for the ordinary expenses of that insti­ tution; providing a fine of not less than $100 nor more then WW0 for the sale of amy kind of adulterated f,>odand making the second! offense an indie,>iblo one. Providing that every city, villsgo, or town granting liquor licenses shall pay »UKI into the county treasury out of the fee received for each license. Amending the law in relation to pool-selting an 1 book-making so that fair-grounds and other pleasureleaorts shall be included in its provisions. Mr. I ester, in the House, called up the Senate amendment to ihe bill making appropriation for the emp oyas oi the i lilrty-slxth General Assembly, 'ihe amendment reduced the amouno of the appropriation from $100,000 to ®*i5,03J, and' Mr. l.estor moved that ths amendment be concurred in by the House. The amert<hn.M!t, -was concurred in by a vote of 133 yeas to no nays. Mr. Kellar presented a petition praying for the creation ot a State re­ formatory institution for youthful criminals. Mr. Merritt introduced his resolution providing for tut investigation into the management of Btat« eharit&ble Institutions. - Bills of the fol­ lowing character were introduced: Making hotels liable for damage not exoeeding 9%0U0 for death ot a guest caused by suffocation from illuminating gas; providing for licensing the sale of and preventing the evils arising from the traffic in intoxicating liquors: approprl&t ng *iil9 to the widow of the late Brig. Gen. Kiohard K. Switt for services rendered by her hus­ band to the State while in command of Cairo expedition in April, 1861. IN the Senate, Mr. Washburn, from tbe Com­ mittee on Bevenue, reported, on the 31st ult., Mr. Bassett's tAI providing that road taxes col­ lected in cities shall go to tbe City Treaeury, and reoommendad i s passage. Th* sans* « X1K0IS Rich in iad Department. KKATOS SBCSSST, from tbe Appropriations House bill, in the for miitee offered a substitute for two taxing ooal separately from the underlying The following bills were Introduced: To repeal the law regulating the praotioe of pharmacy; for the relief of the widow of General K, Swift--this is to settle a claim of General Swift for servloes in the Cairo expe­ dition of 1881; providing that, any one who pur­ chases land at a tax sale may waive all legal claims and foreclose as under A chattel mort­ gage ; to am end. tbe law in relation to Sheriffs-- this is the antl-Pinkerton hut offered two years ago by Senator Seiter; to abolish the dram­ shop act by repealing the malt-liquor license clause, and miking a uniform license of &X>0 a year for selling malt or spirituous liquors, or both; appropriating lor additional buildings for the Aeylum for Feeble- Minded Children at IJncoln; prohibiting the insurance of buildings by flro-insuranoe companies for more than their actual valued; abolishing in toto the State Board of Health; authorizing County Boards to allow boun­ ties for fox scales; AppnropriKtinsc *40,000 to the Asylum for Feeb'e-Mindea Children at Iin- coin for the erection of a building for custodial cases, and >?4,5t,0 for the purchase of an eleatrlo- Hghf. jpliUXt. Big Money in Little The robber tip at the end of lead pencils has yielded 20,000 ponnda ater- linR. Upward of 2,000 pounds sterling a year was made by the inventor of the common needle-threader. The inventor of the roller skates made over 203,000 ponnda sterling, not­ withstanding the fact tl)at hia patent had nearly expired before its value was ascertained. A large fortune has been reaped by a miner who invented a metal rivet or eyelet at each end of the mouth of coat and trousers pockets to resist the strain caused by the carriage of pieces of ore and heavy tools. The gimlet-pointed screw has pro­ duced more wealth than most Bilvor mines, and the American who first thought of putting copper tips to chil­ dren's shoes is as well off as if his father had left him 400,000 pounds sterling in United States bonds. As large a sum as was ever obtained for any invention was enjoyed by the inventor of the inverted glass bell to hang over gas to protect cailings from being blackentd, and a scarcely less lucrative patent was that for aimply patting emery powder on cloth. In a recent legal action it transpired in evidence that the inventor of the metal plates used to protect soles and heels of boots from wear sold upward of 12,OOO.OJO plates in 1875), and in 1887 the number reached 143,000,000, pro­ ducing realized profits of a quarter of a^million of money. Few inventions pay better than pop­ ular patented toys. A clergyman re­ alized 400 pounds sterling a week by the invention of a strange little play­ thing to be seen f r a long time in every toy-shop window, and even in Ihe streets of London. That favorite American toy, the " return ball"--a wcoden hall with elastic attached-- yielded the patentee an inoome equal to 10,000 pounds sterling a year, and an income of nd less than 15,000 pounds sterling per annum to the inventor of "the dancing Jim Crow." The inven­ tion of "Pharaoh's serpents," a toy, much vegue some years ago, was the outc ome of some chemical experiments, and brought the inventor more than 10.000 pounds sterling. The sale o« the little wooden figure, "John Gil­ pin, "was incredibly large for many years, and a very ingenious toy, known as the "wheel of Lfe.' is saitl to have produced upward of 100,000 pounds sterling profit to its inventor. One of the most succes ul of modern toys has been the "chameleon top," the sole of which has been «nonnoa*i ̂ .J® : - \ . <'&• 5H , 'Ai m if A Wmw Hist' Most at As lapcmiiltlssa Friday, Feb. 22,1732, tteoigs ington was bona. - ™lp Friday, Dec. 2, 1791, the Library was budsd. Bismarck, Gladstone, aad were lxrrn on Friday. Friday, March 25, 1609, tlMr Hudsojl River was discovered Friday. June 30, 1461, toeis X£ humbled the French nobles. Friday, March IB. 1776, the Staaqp not was repealed in England. . rv Friday, June 13, 1402, Oolum^Tis dl*» covered the continent of Anuoiea. " •,<5» Friday. Dec. 22, 1620, the Filgrin* ibade thto final landing at Plymontk. * Bock. • ••' ' ' . f , Pf Friday, June 18, 1785, Gen. WinfieUI „ v ; Scott was bom in Dinwiddle County ̂'J f|j Virginia. • Friday, June 10,1834, Spurgeon, tks "jf celebrated English preacfaicr waa bom. x " .*1 Friday, Nov. 20, 1721, Hm first -W*~ ' * ̂ sonic Lodge was organised in North ' V America. ,-'± • Friday, Sept Si, 1780, Arnold's treft* •' j son was laid bate, wirfoh saved fihfc • * { United States. ^;J Thomas Sutton,' who «aved Englani " ' -.rfj from the Spanish Armando, was boq^v on Friday. Friday, Jan. 12 1433, Charles tho Bold, of Burgnnda, was bam, the rich- : ; . est sovereign of Europe. ~ V Friday, Nov. 28, 1914, the first new# «;• paper ever printed by steam, the London Times, was printed. Friday, Oct. 19, 1781, the Burre&der o? Yorktown, the crowning glory of tig* American army, occurred. Friday, June 12,1802, Alexander VoU Humbolt, in climbing ChimboraaOt reached an altitude 19,200 feet. Friday, Se"pt. 7, 1565, founded St. Augustine, the oldest in the United States by more than forty * years. Friday, April 8,1646, the first known newspaper advertisement was published in the Imperial Intelligencer, in En­ gland. Friday, May 14,1586, Gabriel Fahren­ heit, usually regarded as the inventor of the common mercurial thermometer was born. > % Friday, Oct. 7, 1777, the surrender of Saratoga was made, which had such power and influence in inducing Franoe to declare for our cause. _ , ' Friday, March 5,1496, Henry VOX, of England, gave to John Cabot his commission which led to the disoovelir of North America. This is thefinK American state paper in England. Friday, Nov. 10, 1620, tike Mayflower, with the Pilgrims, made the harbor el Provincetown, and on ilte same day they signed that august compact, thin forerunner of our present Constitutioa. Friday, July 7, 1776, the motion waa made in Congress by Jobs Adasss, »uu seconded by Kichard Harry Lee, that the United States colonies wex* and of right ought to be free and independent. Friday, March 20, 1738, Pope Clem­ ent XII. promulgated his bull of ex­ communication against the Freemasons. Ever since the allocution exoommnnl- eating indiscriminately aQ' Freemasons the Order lias received an immense for­ ward impetus in Italy, Franoe, asti Spain. Friday, July 1,1825, Gen. Lafayette was welcomed to' Boston, Mid' feasted by the Freemasons and citizens and attended at the laying of the corner­ stone of Bunker BUI Monument, erected to perpetuate the remembranee of the defenders of the rights and fiber ties ol America. • A Qneen's Thoughts. 'To have received many make you a hero in the eyes of while others will regard yon as an valid. When we wish to affirm anything, It is easy to call on God as a witness, fat He never contradicts. Many persons criticise in order not to seem ignorant; they do not know thMt indulgence is a mark of the highest odk ture. One must be either pious or philg ̂ sophical, and either say, "Lord, Thy will be done," or "Nature, 1 aooept thy law% even though they crash ma To all mortals is given a league, and sometimes a pen, with wkioh to defend themselves. Sovereigns alone are est- Ijxtcted to be like God, aad to allow themselves to be spoken 01 of without making a reply. Contradiction animates conversation; that is why courts are generally monot-' onous. Princes are brought np to Hve with all the world--all the world ought to be brought up to live with prinoes. To be the friend of a sovereign, OM must be without passion, without a*K bition, without selfishness--foreseeing and clear-seeing--in short, not a man. A prince has, in reality, need b«i of eyes and ears; his month onjy serves him for smiling. These words of the Bible are often quoted: " Put not your trust in princes,* but the end of the sentence is iorgottea --"for they are but men." Study well the human body, themind is not far off. Man's honor wean armor, aad carries a mace--woman's honor has only soft breezes and perfumes. Animals are free in their own element; does our slavery arise boa being rarely in our element ? Man is an enigma from his birth to his death; one thinks to understand hint by dissection--a child breaks hia toy to see what is inside. Man is a violin, and it is only wheat the last chord is broken that he beoonrta apiece of wood.--Queen of m Wonutn'» World. . r?, ', How It Was Nanai. Have you ever heard why the little burg of Upper Alton, 111., has the niefc~ name of Pie Town ? It took that qnear name in a very peculiar way. Along in the summer of 18tM a number of society people from St Louis were invited by some Upper Alton people to go there and spend a day in social sports. The invitation was not without a reminder to the guests to bring up a supply of things for the inner man. When tho time for luncheon came, it developed tho fact that every person had brought a goodly number of pies, not a single pee* son having a loaf of bread. The pirtjjr made the best of the impromptu dinner without bread. At the clone of the pia feast one of the number suggested "Pin Town" as an appropriate nickname for Upper Alton, and the little village has - carried it ever since.-1-St Louie Glob* ' Democrat , '; A GUe-Away. tired out with this wetw w l̂k j servants. They break all tlie dishsa with their carelessness; they are always running around at night; thw don't Mt vo early iu the morning, and there » always a fuss aud a row. _ B.--Well, Tm better fixed. Mj w3b dow all that heneli--Team Wttaf*. i ' < i • J