The evening call. [volume], July 08, 1893, Image 2

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The Call.
TOPEKA, ... - KANSAS.
In nailing a lie little good is done
by fastening it on somebodj r else.
The Duke of Veragua is a bogus
nobleman. He hasn’t a single vice or
any debts.
The coast line of Alaska exceeds in
length by 3,020 that of all the rest of
the United States.
A young woman arrested in New
York the other day said she was an
angel. She was a long way from
home.
A pitcher that came over on the
Mayflower is owned by a Michigan
man. That’s old enough to be a con
firmed growler.
The piano business has shown that
it is not necessary to lose diamonds or
have a divorce suit in order to get
free advertising.
If the St Paul editor who has sued
Ignatius Donnelly for $25,000 dama
ges gains his suit he will stand a good
chance to recover the ciphers anyway.
A whale nearly wrecked the
schooner Mermaid off the coast of
Japan by the simple lashing of his
tail. This is not a nsh story. The
whale is not a fish.
Is there a softer snap on earth
than being paid a fine salary by some
trust to keep out of business? It
even beats the Prince of Wales’ job,
for he has to lay an occasional corner
stone.
Where thirty years ago there was
but one criminal in 3,000 of popula
tion there is now one in 700. Still
the country is not so great on hard
swearing as then. The iron-clad oath
is abolished.
Just at present in one Mexican jail,
with others to hear from, are twelve
editors, two newspaper managers,
three foremen, and one proof-reader.
The devil must be attending to jour
nalism in that republic.
One astounding truth has recently
escaped from privacy. It is that
there are offices within the gift of
Uncle Sam that are not in demand.
This is probably because their exis
tence is not generally known.
The man whose pride induces him
to attempt the concealment of pov
erty by avowing that he never needs
an overcoat in this part of the world,
is not liable to need one in that part
of the next world which he will in
habit.
A Montana cowboy is said to have
gone to Chicago with a satchelful of
bogus dollars that he made himself
by working overtime. I! he emerges
from the speculation with his satchel
he.will be the first to beat Chicago
this season.
San Francisco bankers who rushed
to the assistance of the United States
Treasury and managed to save them-
< 5 selyes the cost of exchange, doing the
Treasury no possible good, will never
die of patriotism. In time of war
there are few fatalities in the vicinity
> of the sutler’s wagon.
A farmer near San Bernard inc
was bitten by a rattlesnake, and ap
plied, so it is said, the usual remedy.
That was six weeks ago, and no harm
appeared to have been done. Now
the farmer has taken to having fib
when he sees a snake. Six weeks
steady application of the remedy ha*
evidently been too much for him.
Scut bert, Schumann and some ol
the others of the world's greatest
musical composers did some of tlieii
grandest work in favorite beer saloon!■
which they haunted, but any of th<
modern youngsters who thing that
they can become famous musicians bi
frequenting beer saloons need t
study logic.
No other Civilized nation on eartl
has as bad, cheap roads as there art
in America, and foreigners who visit
the country wonder that people whe
have developed so marvelously in al
most every other direction are sc
backward in a line of improvement
that v lelds so handsome return foi
money invested as does this one.
A woman in Pennsylvania, ha vim
accomplished the task ot collecting <
million old postage stamps has now
gone crazy after having discovereC
that the}’ arc as valuless as so mud
bld paper. And yet we suppose th<
popular notion that such a collect ioi
.possesses great value will not be dis
turbed. People like to be hum buggei
too well.
This country seems to be gliding
down from that superior positior
from which it has been wont to not*
scornfully the array of Australia!
bank failures. The banks of China
alone refuse to acquire the failure
habit Indulgence in it would cost
the bank officials their heads. But
of course this is not a method civiliza
tion can approve.
“What’syour strawberries worth?”
“Twenty-five cents a quart” “Let
me have a quart,” and she held out a
regulation quart measure. “Just
take the box, madam,” said the
obliging dealer, but she had the
measure there for a purpose, and
when he had emptied two boxes into
it she left with a pleasant smile,
while he cuffed his youthful assistant
and kicked a friendly dog teu feet
into the air and half way across the
street
A Canadian gentleman, who has
essayed to predict the weather for
several years past, has retired from
the business. He is quoted as saying
he will venture no more opinions as
to prospective earthquakes, floods, or
cyclones. This is a substantial gain.
Now. if Lieut Totten would follow
the good example and cease to
prophesy the end of the world, he
would be entitled to a vote of thanks
by the people of the United States
and Canada.
It is curious to note while one
State after another in this country is
abolishing the death penalty, that
Switzerland—the European Republic
to which some American learners
have turned their eyes—is re-adopt
ing that method of punishment. It
is a generation since capital punish
ment was removed from her organic
law, but now some of the cantonments
have returned to it, and there is a
prospect that others will follow,owing
to the prevalence of atrocious crimes.
Uncle Sam has already sent “the
white squadron” flying to remote
quarters. The Atlanta has been or
dered to Nicaraugua, where a revolu
tion is going on, and the Hawaiian
Islands cannot be left without naval
oversight. Trouble in Corea has re
cently called for naval intervention,
and the Baltimore has been ordered
to Chinese waters to look after
American interests in that part of
the world, while the West Indies and
South American ports require con
stant watching. The navee will have
something to do beside polishing the
handles of the big front doors the
coming four years
It may be set down as axiomatic
that the average man in a civilized
community favors honest dealing. If
not there would be only a poor out
look for a Republic. But the excep
tions are numerous. One of the most
startling proofs of this is furnished in a
report of the operations of a gang of
“green goods” men in Connecticut.
In the short space of six weeks 110
men, many of whom may be sup
posed to have passed muster as re
spectable citizens, tried to buy coun
terfeit money from this gang and
paid to it an aggregate of more than
$40,000. The number may have in
cluded one or two so excessively sim
ple minded that they did not know
the proposal made to them by the
gang was to circulate counterfeit
money. If any such there were they
deserve to be pitied and treated as
little better than the fools who are
unable to take proper card of them
selves. But all the rest got no more
than their deserts when they found
they were victimized by the purchase
of a bundle of blank paper in place
of the stuff they expected to be able
to pass as money at four or live times
what it cost them. It might seem
cruel to send these men to jail after
they have been made to suffer the
loss of their cash, if that could be
done. But it would be no more than
just to publish the names of all of
them far and wide so that more bon- |
est people might know the kind of
fellows they have to deal with in the
future. It stands to reason that anj
“man” accepting an offer to sell
“green goods” is not to be trusted in
any of the affairs of life. He should
be pointed out as one whom it is well
for all honest men to avoid.
Early Purchase, ot the Indians.
Caph West, in the year 1610,
bought the present site of Richmond,
Va., for “some copper.” The Dutch
Governor, M innit. bought the whole
of Manhattan Island, the present site
of the ( ityof New \ ork, “for sixty
Dutch guilders, s me of them being
of a doubtful metal.” Lord Balti
more's company bought thousands of
acres of tine lands for less than the
number of glass beads, including the
site of the city of Christiana, “for
which was paid one ir n kettle of the
bigness of five quarts or thereabouts.”
Koger Williams bought Rhode
Island, ‘Little Ivhody, for “forty
fathoms of white beads, strung.” It
has onlv been 265 years this spring
since the site of New Haven, Cl,
was bought for “twelve coats of En
glish cloth, twelve spoons of mixed
metal, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets,
twelve porringers, twenty-four knives
and some French knives and spoons.”
—St. Louis Republic
Every man has an idea that after
he is better off he will buy two pairs
of suspenders, and two pairs of shoes
REAL RURAL READING
WILL BE FOUND IN THIS DE
PARTMENT.
Farmers Should Imitate Market Gar
deners—Relative Value of Clover and
Timothy The Housewife Should Sit
Down When Possible—Gardening Notes,
Etc.
Unprofitable Laud,
If a storekeeper were to keep his
shelves tilled w’ith unsalable goods,
using up the larger part of his capital
without return, it would be only a
question of time when he must shut
up shop and discontinue business. If
he had no competition his customers
would be obliged to buy of him, and
he could charge enough on goods sold
to make fair interest and profit on
the unproductive part of his capital.
But just so soon as a competitor ap
pears he must turn all his capital
into productive form or go to the
wall. This little parable exactly il
lustrates some of the difficulties of
American farmers at the present time.
Owing largely to the wide diffusion
of cheaper methods of harvesting and
cultivating, the com petion against
American farm products is now much
more severe than it ever was before.
These improved methods were mainly
invented here. If it had been possible
for us to monopolize their use we
might also have monopolized the food
production of the world. It was not
possible. The result is that the
cheaper labor of Europe and Asia
has the same advantages as has our
own.
Recognizing the fact of the close
competition that now exists in farm
ing, the American Cultivator says
that the first necessity it imposes is
to get rid at once of all unprofitable
capital, whether it be in land, stock
or implements that do not pay fair
interest on their value. Of all these
land that does not pay is apt to be
clung to most closely, for the reason
that it is harder to get rid of it for
what its owner may consider it worth.
What land that does not pay cost of
working is really worth is nothing at
all. Any price given for it becomes
in the handset its. seller available
capital that can at once be put to
profitable use. Most large farms give
all the profit of working them from a
comparatively small part or their
surface. Here is concentrated the
labor, manure and the skill that win i
success. Other parts of the farm are
left to go as they please, kept per
haps as pasture for farm stock, or if
cultivated, the owner is satisfied to 1
to get a fair return for labor with
little or no profit. The farmer in
most cases would be practically bet
ter off if he had not this extra land.
Certainly better off if he sold it and
used the proceeds as working capital
to make his land more productive.
We have known more (than one I
market gardener who heartily wished
he could have a little extra land to '
use for growing hay and grain for his '
working teams, just as working t
farmers on cheaper lands far from
market are able to do. But his own
land, made rich by high manuring,
was worth ! ?400 to $6OO per acre.
Figure as he might, he could not get
a profit from growing hav for his
horses on land worth this sum. In
deed, the only conclusion he could ar
rive at was that if he succeeded in
getting a good growth of clover it
would probably pay him much better
to turn under as green manure for
his garden truck, and let him buy
his hay and grain for working teams,
as he had long done before. It be
hooves farmers to imitate market
gardeners in the practice of dropping
crops, selling stock and land that
they cannot continue to use with
profit. Large farms near cities are I
never directly profitable. If their
owners get rich it is less from what
the farm produces than from its ad
vance in price for building lots. But
cut this large farm into five, ten, or
twenty small places, put on each of
these an energetic man with sufficient
capital to develop the latent possi
bilities of this unproductive land,
and in five or ten years all will be
making money, and the real estate
boom will be not only begun, but will
have a very substantial foundation.
To develop the capacity of the land
for profitable working is the only cer
tain and honest way to get rich by
its rise in value. It is generally also
the onlv way in which this rise in
price will not be more than offset by
the interest account and taxes. The
increased value that a farmer puts
into land by making it more t ro
ductive is as teal a manufacture as
are the buildings he puts on it, and
is far more ■ ertainly profitable.
Clover or Timothy.
At one of the New ork Farmer In
stitutes the question was asked,
“Which is considered the more valu
able to feed, clover or timothy hay?’’
To which this answer was given:
“The timothy hay is very deficient in
albuminoids while the clover is rich
in them. These go to make milk and
growth in the young animal, and also
contain the greatest amount of fertil
ity to be returned to the soil. There
fore it is of double value.” The al
buminoid elements enter to a con
siderable extent into the composition
of milk, forming nearly one-third of
the solid portions. Fat also enters in
as an important consideration es
pecially where butter production is
sought. Now taking the two kinds
of fodder named and the element ot
fat is a’.out the same, but the al
buminoids exist in rhe rate of 7 for
clover to 5..* for timothy hav. show
ing quite a margin in favor of the
clover and in that regard almost
equal to Western y
contains only 7.5 per cent, of al
buminoids. But aside from any lint
ers that mav be obtained from' tables
ot analysis, that would indicate a rel
ative value, the judgment« f farmers
of experience and observation regard-
ing the comparative effects of feeding
the two kinds of hay is to receive due
weight,and this points us in the same
direction that the analyses do. Al
most all farmers are of the opinion
that clover hay well-cured forms a
very valuable fodder for cows for milk
production and can be better used for
that purpose than for feeding horses.
But poorly cured clover hay is not
nearly as valuable.
Should Sit Down.
Mrs. Whitaker writes in New En
gland Farmer: Mother’s motto was
“Always sit down when you can.”
Sit to beat eggs, to mix cake, to peel
the vegetables for dinner, and I have
seen mother with a small board in
her lap sit tranquilly ironing hand
kerchiefs with her tired feet on a
cricket and near enough the stove tc
obviate the necessity of rising for a
hot iron. Now there are self-heating
irons so that one may not be troubled
changing flats. z\nd when at the end
of the day I have said, “It has been
a hard day, mother,” she has replied,
“Yes. but 1 am not so tired as I ex
pected to be. ” Don’t you suppose the
few moments rest at every chance
was a help in the end? Don’t say it
won’t pay to get a chair just for
those few moments, for though you
may not see it now it will add to
your years and help to keep your
strength in the long run. Keep your
apron on a nail close to the door and
by the time you are in the pantry it
is on and you are ready for the rolling
phi and pie-board. Tins saves time.
When doing the Saturday baking
move the table close to the range in
winter, though in summer I would
keep as cool as possible even at the
risk of extra steps. People are tired
in summer even when doing nothing.
Have a whisk broom, a button hook,
and a pin-cushion, in every room in
the house, then you need not make a
pin-cushion of yourself for the baby
to scratch her nose on. Don’t make
your mark that way. Most all house
keepers use the half dozen made
holders to take things from the oven,
but 1 think half an old apron hung
at the side or tucked under the apron
string is much more convenient than
the ordinary holder and more easy to
keep clean and one does not care if it
is covered on both sides with apple
jiuce.
To Plant Peach Trees.
To properly plant a peach tree all
medium and large sized trees should
have the entire top cut off, leaving
only a stock fifteen tc eighteen inches
above the roots. Have all broken
or bruised pieces cut off. When thus
trimmed plant in good mellow soil,
about two inches deeper than it had
been when growing in nursery rows.
When growth begins, sprouts will
come out all along up the body. All
of these should be rubbed off except
three or four near the top that must
be allowed to grow to form the main
branches of the future tree. By
proper selection of sprouts to reserve,
the trees may be formed of any de
sired form of head. These new
branches will grow from three to five
feet the first season and make a much
stronger and better formed tree than
could have been possible had not the
top been all cut away when planted.
Don’t fail to cut off the entire top
when planting.
Wheat for Young Chickens.
-It is surprising that so much soft
feed is given to young chickens, and
tliat, too, by those who ought to
know better. Whole wheat will be
readily eaten by chicks a week old,
and before that time the wheat grains
pounded or cracked are better than
anything else. Because the chicks
are little it does not follow that their
digestion is weak. The first twenty
four hours they live on the remains of
the yolk of egg, which is extremely
hard to digest Unless their natur
ally strong digestion has something
to work on. the chick soon becomes
sickly, “crop bound,” and dies.
Wheat is at all times the best feed
for making hens lay. In spring if
fed to young chickens the hens will
thrive so on their wheat that they
will often begin egg production be
fore the chicks are old enough to care
for themselves.
Gardening Notes.
Mignonette mav be kept as a pot
plant for years, provided no seeds are
allowed to develop
One advantage in using commer
cial fertilizers in the garden is their
freedom from weed seeds.
The orchid salniglossis is a new
variety, it bears immense blossoms
of rich, velvety purple, exquisitely
vein- d and feathered with yellow.
The secret of English success it
horticulture is the i«erpetuation of
estates from one generation to an
othe , gardeners being employed foi
life.
If any plants have failed to grow,
set new ones in their place at once.
A large pe rentage of labor is ofter
lost by his neglect, and profits foi
several seasons reduced.
I he Horti ultural Times savs that
no orchards or gardens should tx
without toads, as they are great in
sect- They feed on flies ants
snails caterpillars moths beetles,
grubs worms etc.
Telif- have been par excellence
the dinner table decorations lately.
On one occasion a large round table,
arranged with tw<nty-four covers
daffo
dil-, with tour "mailer ones roun<i
the outside, each holding a . ande
la! ra.
The largest and finest yew in Scot
arid isat Bra.gei. lx Renfrewshire. D
of a c«ni a. shap*\ and being z
comparatively young tree. I- in a
m «t vigorous c< diti n It cov. rs
an area of a* out 220 feet in circa in
Terence and to a height of fortj
feet- The hole seight feet in
tier.
NEVER DONE BEFORE.
How *n Adventurous Western Man Cap
tured a Big Horn Sheep Alive.
“There are more lies told about the
Rocky Mountain big horn sheep than
about any other lining thing, not ex
cepting bears,” said a Western man.
“But 1 know a true story about one.
It’s the story of a man wno caught a
big horn alive. Any one who knows
about the big horn sheep of the
Rockies knows that, generally speak
ing, it would be quite as easy to grab
a streak of lightning, and hold it as
it would be to get his hands on one
of these wary, shy, and affile animals.
But, as I said, this story is true and
its hero is a man named Frank Baker
of Montana. Baker was out hunting
one day and came across a big horn.
His dog drove it up a steep cliff to a
place where it seemed unable to pro
ceed further and there held it at bay.
Casting his eye over the strategic
points of the field, Baker made up his
mind that by a bold but somewhat
risky movement he might be able to
do something that he had never heard
of any man doing or attempting to de
before, and that was to make a
prisoner of the big horn. He took
his back track, while the dog kept
the sheep at bay. and getting to the
end of the cliff climbed the bank and
reached the summit of the rocks. He
went back along this until he was di
rectly above the big horn, which was
still on the defensive against the dog.
“Without stopping to calculate
what the probable result of his plar
might be, Baker jumped from the toj
of the ledge and came down squarelj
astride the sheep’s back. At thf
same moment he threw his arms
around its neck, locked his fingers
together, and brought to bear on the
horn’s windpipe all the pressure he
was capable of. The instant Bakei
struck the sheep’s back the big and
astonished animal lost all interest ir
the dog, and made two or three tre
mendous bounds along the crest ol
the hill. Finding it could not throw
off its surprising burden, the bighorr
threw itsell to the ground and rolled
over and over down the bank. Ir
that brief but rapid journey Baker’s
clothing was whipped off of him as il
it had been stripped off by knives,
and he was marked and pounded and
squeezed until he had barely a breath
or an inch of sound skin. But he
held on to the big horn like grim
death. The dog had taken an active
part in the struggle, but the sheep
paid no attention to him, putting all
of his energy into efforts to loosen
himself from Baker’s hold and bur
den.
“The yells that Baker set up, and
the noise the dog made in the excit
ing and unusual melee, were heard
by one of Baker’s men at the
ranch a quarter of a mile away. The
struggle between Baker and the sheep
had taken them some distance away
from the hill, and they were in sight
of the ranch. The hired man
grabbed a gun and hurried to the
scene. Baker was naked, bleeding
and covered with dirt, but he called
to his man when he came within
hearing to drop his gun and go back
and get a rope. He was determined
to bag that sheep alive or not at all.
The man hurried away to the ranch,
and by the time he got back with th-,
lariat Baker, sheep and dog were each
about in the last stages of exhaustion.
The man lassoed the big horn, and
the captive was made sure. Othei
help arrived by this time, and Baker
was carried to the ranch more dead
than alive. The sheep was so nearly
played out that it had to be helped
along, too, and was penned up at the
ranch. It was a week before Baker
got over the effects -or his fight with
the big horn. He had intended tc
send his prize east, but finding that
the sheep persistently refused to either
eat or drink, and was visibly dying in
its captivity, he ordered the animal
set free. In less than a minute after
regaining its liberty it had disaj>-
peared among the rocks far up the
mountain.”
Civilized .Methods.
••Change the name and the story i«
told of you.” or. as Horace has if, in
the original. Mutato nomine de te
fabula narratur, is the heading of a
little information which a French
contemporary brings from Russia for
the consolation of the citizens of Bal
timore who have just been gratified
with the reading of a certain munici
pal report. In September of last year
the City Council of Warsaw entered
into a contract with a company for
the removal of the snow from the
streets. Th y were to receive 33,00 C
roubles on New Year’s day and the
same amount on Easter for this work.
It wa- further stipulated that incase
of non-compliance the contractor
should be fined fifty roubles for the
first offense and fifty more for the
second, etc. The company up u
January had been fined 3,000 rouble*
tor not doing anything, but permit
ting the snow to yield to thaw and
rain. The balance they quietly put
in their own jacket and scornfully
asked: “What are you going to de
about it?” What they did between
New Year's and Easter our informant
does not telL— Baltimore Sun.
The O*ndelion.
Its name is a corruption of the
French ‘•dent de lion” flion’s toothi
the same in meaning as the Latin
Leontodon, and has b*-* n variously
.c ounted fur. Some have supp:>s*-q
the name was given to the plant (Tar
axacum on account of th*- whiteness
of the root: others because the yel
low fiow r resembles the golden teeth
of th*- heraldic lion, or because lu
virtues a- a medicine caused it to be
com fared to the lion’s tooth; but the
true explanation seems to be that ft
was so named from the deeply.notched
edges of its leaves whi h resemble
the teeth of lion*
Somf men are entirwlj of
reserve force. *
A Royal WeddteZ
The marriage of w
gusta Louisa Olga Pauline
better known by the I»pX ‘“‘‘’’l
Princess Muy. eldest child and
ter of the Duke and Ouch™. .Sm
Prince Georffc Frederick T*£3
Wales. Duke of York. Earl
Baron Killaroey, was
noon in the Chapel Royal of oJ r « U
• v ondo,, - f 1 , o rt asi, ”’~ fe
m honor of the day and the event f kfa-ll
ness part of the city, as well a? J* £3
was gaily decorated. Flags flaX/* 81 ??]
the church steeples, and
rung by the bells in the belfnZ wZ!
east, north and south of the bh*«u2
pie poured out toward the W c
The royal procession proper teal
ham palace precisely at 12 o'clock■
occupying a semi-state gold
four cream colored horses, a
placing the usual postilions.
carriage with her majesty were ® tb I
mother, the Duchess of Teck, ■
and Princess of Wales, the 1
groom.
It was half past twelve wheat!*
carriage, containing the
the Duke of Took, and her I
Prince Adolphus of Teck. left
palace under the escort of a
Life guards. The bride lookwTfflteßtf
milling. The route of the four
was from Buckingham naiar, u/ ttlBl * a ei
Constitution Hill. Piccadilly aW <f
street. Marltorough Gate toStj ******
ace. entering by the garden fata!?**
along the line the spectators All
tic. the Princess of Wales.
the bride especially coming in
reception. I
The bridesmaids were:
ria and Maude of Wales;
Alexandra and Beatrice of >*•
Princesses Margaret and Victoria
Connaught: Princess Victoriaof S-k SjJ
Holstein; Princess Victoria
tenberg, and one of the daughters of pL”?*’
and Princess Louis of Battenburg.
The bridal costume was of whitesUk ->
orately trimmed with honiton
ange blossoms. The bridesmaids
toilets of white satin trimmed with
May blossoms, in compliment to rtJiSff
pet name. As soon as the bride had
the chancel railing the Duke of York 3
to her side, and the Archbishop of S
bury, who, with Rev. Dr. SheppaM
the chapel royal, both attired m
robes, was in waiting, commencedfeS
the marriage service of the Episcopal
The ceremony occupied but a few
’ A special train of salon
waiting to take them to
the honeymoon will be spent in th*ht£Z
room house built by the Prince oi WahS
known as Bachelor cottage.
• Ol, htful if any princess wax everted
m higher esteem than is Princess May
modesty and inherent kindnett hare made
her a general favorite, and her sympathy
with the poor and her active endeavor* t»
improve their condition have made her as
ideal where royalty, as a rule, is not well re
ceived.
Mr. Cleveland Baa Rheumatism.
Buzzard Bat. Mai*., July S.—President >
Cleveland is confined to his room. Colonel
Dan Lamont says Mr. Cleveland has an at
tack of rheumatism in the foot and kaea,k|
complaint from which he has suffered fab
many years, and which is no doubt Xflpt
vated at this time by the hard work ate
severe strain on his strength, which ttafMfr
ident has undergone since the 4th of MK
The trouble has been hanging abed]*
for some weeks, but has now ho raSs|
creased that he will be compelled la
complete rest in order that he mgy btAfl
his post of duty at the special meeting 41
congress next mouth. I
It will Ive necessary for the president tel
deny himself to visitors for the present, ■
his friends w ill of course olwerve hit requete ■
that he bo permitted to get all the pcwibte 1
teneflt from his vacation. A sitnilnr attack ’
confined him to his Ihmw for a fortnight ■
here last year. Surgeon General Bryant m
in attendance on Mr. Cleveland.
Is Ilefr • tiding Snldlers.
Washington, D. C.. Juiy B.—The attention 1
of the war department is culled to an Amer
ican who signs himself J. J. Fuller, and
resents himself as a nephew of the chief jus
tice of the supreme court. He has addressed
a letter to the sergeants of the various mtfk
tary companies throughout the west. wlteß
he requests to read to their com pa me*,
ing. through the assistance of nis uncle, to
obtain a repeal of the laws preventing are
enlistment after ten years of service and pro
hibiting a man purchasing his dirdMap*
•‘Send me one dollar,’' he says in cundteh*
“and I will guarantee large profits Within I
short time.”
He gives his address as San Francteo. aw
requests soldiers to not delay, ar he start* ter
Washington August 20 to press the matter.
Fourteen Kitted by Wind,
Chbbokki, la., July H.—A deMflKtm
clone passed through the south pari of tta
(Cherokee) county, cutting a path rwafM
from a quarter to three miles m width tad
extending twelve miles.
Reports of fourteen deaths nod a !arg» fl
number of injured have already brea brought I
to this city.
The path of the storm is marked by
plete desolation. |{ous«. tarns and few*
were swept away. The crojps are ruiMd »•
a large number of farm animals were lilted.
The course of the storm was eastward. ted
how far it extended cannot be nsce rtameite
the wires are down a few miles cast of ths
city. The details are very meagre.
A Flfoxl of Illite I; ■!>•<• txl.
Washington, D. <*.. July The nyifiks
is gaining ground that efforts will tasdH
todivert tta coming extra nasion ot cvingwß
from its main piirpore of r*-.!,/,ag tfl|
financial situation b> | r> « ?<»mg a deal
bills for rej*-aling the federal chvtiuo
for restricting trade in •‘futures” and
tion*." for reforming the j<m«i<MMilatet**®
for the innumerable «|<>cial and *'
propnationa. The advemtea <rf tMV**>*
uns will push them with more or lily*'? v
Sisteney m spite of the efforts #>«*** *
•peedy solution of the financial prate*-
Vh-t«>ria‘s Cost time.
Ix>NrM>N, July N,«—Th<» htßitel
wedding |>r<Mxwdon in St. Jam«
She walked alone, leaning tm an
stick. She was attired in a black drete •«»
a train. The bodice wa» of broebe *»lk- «d»
lare. She w ore aero** her IxsMMn tbaM' o*’ 0 *’ J
blue ribton of the Order of the Gar*** 1
highe st British order, and on her htete i
a small diamond crown, from -‘bJCk»**“ 1
d* j» mied. Around >w r neck was a neckte* f
of diamonds with pendant attached.
Cost of Kansas Mugar Kaperlns*ate»
W’awhington. D.C., July K—From ate* 8 *
ment preiwred by the cb* mist of th* '4P*
cultural department, it Appears that
l*ter iJJ.TZi has t<<cn < i|< ndod al lb** i
bug sugar et|tf-nrnent station. Kan*a*.
MOJ®« in Medicine fo-ig.. from Joly 1. »*
to June 22, l«i, chi* :ly m » Xpert mt® ts te
making sugar from sorghum.
Secretary Morton M <«a»*idr:ing
Hg’irre with a view of nduving tl»a«At**“"
turea.
Ixm Angele* Ilans* lt*«p*a.
Waahington. D. C.. July A—<
of < urrrncy Ecklcs has lawn informsdHite
th*- First National tank of lass A»fwte
and tlx Southern < aliforma tank, ol
same pta-v. will open their doura to*
n* * agam within a tew days.
■•**• ———
A Hank It •<*«*«.
Si-omanx. Wa*m., July N,—The Wgshmt V i
ton Natfoua! tank, which suaiendtei *•* V j
era! week* agv». has r*wum*xl. It » atoini >1
sntly suppled with money and can d
ad lhtb.hi.vs. M