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THE BU ISLINGTON, VT., FREE PRESS, FRIDAY OCTOBER 2P, 1887. -TAYELYE PAGES. 10 l?AmiC! A OmT'lUlM OITlWfi'PnM rnuiu jiduuj. it iiuiJ iii vi iun WHAT THE CITY OWES SHEPHERD. TO BOSS Development of tlio ,Clty I During 111 IIcIrii ltiiill Urowtli vt tlio National Citpltiil-.Miirk Twain's Now l'liiy Col. Sullor'H (Ircat Schemed, ISpcclnl C ricspomlcnce of the Vice l'rcqa.1 Washington, 1). C, Octobers. Inrrn 1 .M'tifnnrn lulil " nl'r nM Washington ami noes IsnpllliHm I l 1 1 1 Jill" VV llSlllllglOU Tills IHtlDV ntl was not print ed In big letters on any of the. banners ol II,.. I..1,. l...,,1o.l ' f-l'mt VL'ry siniill,T)tfi Tfio ovation to Sliep- i lienl, but it ought to lnivo been. In bla relutlon to the capita), Shepherd was In strumental in lis trerhendoiis drvelop ment, but, like the great tiro in Chicago, which pive that town a chance, he was an expensive luxury. Washington to day is the handsomest city In the world, not e.ceptlmr Kdln burch, Paris or Vienna, and It is growing at this moment us fust as .Minneapolis and Kansas City. Yet how little is known about it ! liet me serve jou as guide for tun nln. utes. Capt. John Smith, in 1G09, three years before ho had that celebrated llirtation with Pocahontas, came up. as far as the present site of Washington and surveyed it optically. A Fl'OITITC CONGIIKfcS. The fugitive Congress of the Revolution and the ilckle-mlnded Congress of the succeeding decade met at Philadelphia, Lancaster, York, Princeton, New York and other places, a warm and even bitter struggle lor the location of the seat of government going on from year to year. The claims of Xew York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Trenton, Heading, Kingston, Annapolis, Alexandria, Georgetown, liar risburg, Lancaster, Carlisle, Newport, II. I., and othertowns were urged with per tluacityand in 1789 both Senate and House Gassed a bill locating the capital on the 'elaware, at Germantown, Pa., but an amendment was tacked on by the House and it was smothered in conference the lust hour of the session. DAVID Bl'KN'S COTTAUi:. George and Murthn Washington, sitting during summer afternoons on the banks of their Arlington estate, had viewed with enthusiastic gaze the quagmire and mud hole across the Potomac where now stands the city that bears their name and had concluded that, with the proper applica tion of sewers and taxes the twin drain age which constitutes civilization a hand some town might be built. But there was a heap of trouble. New England threatened to secede if a Federal seat as far South as Washington were chosen and Virginia threatened to secede if the Northern proposition should prevuil to have the Federal Government assume the debts of the several States in the war. So Jefferson and Hamilton got together and patched up a compromise by which the South got the capital established in the quagmire on the bank of the I'otomac, and the Xoith got in exchange for the nmtocculnn 41 K OHO (C( crti'iili ioalo.l H'lioii George and jfartha went out on the bank again and smiled across upon the trauqull swamp. thi: savcv Scotchman. There were nineteen proprietors of the land when the capital was removed here, and the house where dwelt one of them, a crusty old hcotenman named D.ivlil Burns, is still standing on the bank of the Potomac, nerr the Washington monu ment. 1 sen J a picture of it. It is a good deal the worse for the wear and tear of weather, and is an excellent type of the queer plantation building of a hundred years ago. Burns was the last one to yield to the public requirements, and is reported to have said to "the father ot his country" fifteen years after the Itevolntion; ''.Meester Washington, I tell ye to yer face that if ye hadna wedded the rich widow Curtis, ye wadna amount to a hill o' beans!" What George Washing ton did anil said in reply is not recorded. thi: oiiiciNAL, j.av out. The total of the city, as originally sur . voyed, was 7,161 acres, which was divided as follows by the Commissioners appoint ed by Washington : A crcs. Taken for streets U.ii'U Tukcn lor piirx .. 541 JO.lJOlots tukcn by Government 1AM 6,053 l.f.tn 10,138 lota rcconvcycd to original propria etorb in pity meat lor tlio whole 7,101 The streets and avenues range from 90 to 150 feet in width and the sidewalks are generally "0 feet wide. The numbered streets run exactly north and south, the lettered streets exactly east and west, and the avenues, named after the States, di verge from certain important centres HV-o the spokes of a wheel. The streets and avemes occupy more than half of the entire space of the citv. There is nothing like it in the world. It compares with other great cities thus : Iloston, street area per cent London, street area SI per cent Merlin, street area 'M per cent l'lillailelplilii, street nrcn ....a) percent ChlcnKO, street area Ill percent Vienna, street urea .35 per eent New York, sirtet area 31 per cent Paris, street urea 25 per ci lit Washington, btrcet area 51 per cent Before the war Washington was, as John Jtandolph called It. "a great Ser bonlan bog," and men still ;livlng have shot ducks and snipe in tlio swamp where now stnniis me .National Hotel tlio very centre of the town. IIOSS SIII'.I'HKUD'S iikigk. Even Shepherd's worst enemies and there are thousands of earnest men here who denounce find ridicule the "recep- iion" uii nob ueuy mat mucn good sprang irom uis nietuod. xneir ouiec- tlon Is that much evil resulted, too, wnicn migni nave ueeu preventeu. WashitiKton was made the most nttrnct- live city in tlio world, but a debt of $25,- uuu.uuu was created, corruption louowed uy opulence prevailed, and many poor residents were ruined. Grades were changed without comnensat on. Streets were filled up till they ran as high as thet tons or mo cu mneys. wniio in nc ir nuor- ing blocks cuts were made so deep that tno value or iota wns entirely destroyed Jnfc.rMJ35l Inns. and Iioufcs wcro lefr thirty or forty feet nuove mo paCii ont. iii:;-i;i.T or tiik iiri:ovi:Mr.NTs. It must bo remembered that Boss Shep herd's highhanded "government" was not born of the people of the district, but ot Congress. lu 'Washington wo do not vote lor president, nor icir congressmen, nor for .1udn.es, nor lor sherlll', nor for selectmen, nor lor mayor, nor lor aldermen. All olllcers, high and low, are fin nished by the president. "'Some prominent newspapers aro fond of alluding to t lie people of Washington as "Government Paupeis," and only the other day the New York Times said: 'Here the government seems to have a paternal care over Its citizens. It clears away the ash barrels, cleans their streets for them, compels them to keep their alleys clean, plants trees for them, arrests boys that destroy loblnsand bluebirds and Wasliincton is now the show city of America." Nothing could be more unjust. Tlio Fpileral Government owns two-thirds of the whole area of the city ami one-half of the actual property of the city, and it pays exactly half of the expenses of tlio city the citizens raising by taxation each year as much as Congress appropriates. Since the foundation; ot tlio government the citizens have spent three times as much' for improvements as the govern ment has, and now they pay one-half ot the expenses of local government, in the selection of which they have less voice than any other people of the country. A struggle win no mane next winter to have Connress assume the debt of twenty millions left by the Shepherd regime. Oniv three States have as large a debt as tun 'District of Columbia, which is consid erably larger per capita than even that of the city ot sew lorK. THE n.ACi: TO LIVK. Wasliincton is an ideal place of re-i deuce for the wealthy. There is no com merce here, no manufactures, no great tributary agriculture: in these respects it has not the aspect of u city at all. It is merely the nation's workshop, and fur nishes bhelter and collects food for those who keep the shop runnlug. With a hundred miles of asphaltum streets it lias liner drives than auy other city in the world. It has more.trees and more parking than any other city in the world of its size. It lias a oetter marKct man new iorK or Philadelphia or Chicago or Loudon. Its death rate is small. It exhibits a handsomer square mile of residences than any other city in the world, except perhaps. New York, and far surpassing even 1 ifth avenue In the beantv and varietv of its architecture Here gather every fall the intellectual elite, or. at any rate, elect of the land : aud here assemble in the pleasant villas of a Winter Saratoga's cultured thousands from all the creat cities ot the North. Soci etv here is not petrified . or even frozen : it is mobile, flexible, fluent. As on the deck of a steamer strangers hail each other witli "Good morning !" so tiere, in transient assemblage, while preserving dienity, they dispense with some of the conventional barriers. So society in Wash iiiL'ton in the cold months becomes most delightful breezy aud full of ozone. I know nothing in the world more exhila rating than the lietereot'eneous society of theirtmioue community. MA1SK TWAIN'S M:w I'LAV. Clemens was here the. other day. I had not seen him before in a year. Asked about the recent production of his play, "The American Claimant," in New York, with Unit superb fun-maker, A. P. Bur bank, in the title role, he was bomewliat reticent, but expressed a doubt about the alleged failure of the play while admitting that it might "need doctoring here and there." The fact is the play is without dramatic parts or btory. ft ts plainly a monologue immensely funny, nut lucking move ment. liuruaiiK. it seems to be imreecl. did witli tlie part of Sellers Senior all that anybody could have done with it. I am permitted to give a coudensf-d portion ot the title role with dialogue omitted. It is broadly farcical, and is here printed for the llrst time. Burbauk to Hie faont with a blc and grotesque phonoaraph Edison's talking machine, nxpiniub: "This is my era ml adaptation of the phonograph to modern service storing up profanity for use at sea. Auy pious and well-educated captain will tell vou that t he mate who can do the best job of swearing can get tne nest sailors Dy all odds. Buta ship is a big thing nnd the mate cannot be everywhere at once. Ona mate will sometimes lose a ship that would have neen saved if she had had 100. Now. I distribute these phonographs all over the blilp and there she is armed at every point, rue cneci oi iuu oi my ma chines going at once en a ship in n storm, would ne sunpiy suoinne. xou nugut see the lichuing, but you wouldn't hear the thunder. The ship Is just as safe as if she was In a cellar. To prepare tlio machine ion Mmnlv stnnd over It and load It. Every word it collars it keeps. It never wears out you sluinlv turn the clank and out It conies. In times of great peJil you just reverse it maKe It swear uacKwards. Tliat will make a sailor curl up and die." The venerable colonel invents nuiltl hides of machines, and llnally arrives at the conclusion that nothing is worthy of his attention except Ills "great scheme for materialization ny scientific processes the restoration of the dead to all tho nec essary functions oflife." He stands over a big glass wheel liko that which gener ates frictlonal electricity in our laborato lies, and, us he turns it, the sparks fly all oyer.the stage. "No spiritualism about it," he says ; "purely a scientific process Spiritualists," lie goes on, "materialize a poor lime spectre, or nere ami tnero leg. or arm. or forelinger, by taking sub stance from each person in tho circle. I nronose to do tins on a large scale. I nro pose to reclothe these departed spirits and unng them uacK solid ami sunstanila . uv simply using me enormous waste o f human substance that Is always go nc on bv employing the tissue which we lose liirougii Hunger every day irom nreiiKtast to dinner, it is periectiy easy and least ble, and them's no end ot money iu it. Bn I have a far higher aim. iu resuscitating these dead people than simply getting rich I propose to make them useful. "I shall, for Instance, put them on the police. You take tno average policeman is lie any netter man a dead man 1 mean one who lias tieen dead ouo years and nail a rest, xuero aro ju.ouu police men In the United States, costing (100 n month a piece fH.OOO.OOO a mouth. Now you can materialize a pretty good nrticl ot policeman for about eight cents, that will ccvertho wear aud tear ot maehiiierv 1 enn turn out the very best A No, 1 artl cle for nine or ten cents say J1U a gross. Now these policemen don't cost anything lor tneir Keep, i ney iiou t eat auyiniiiK aud they don't drink anything, that Is, jf 111 r dnn't think thev drink. I don't know know how strong hereditary tendencies may prove. Now, suppose I let them go at t3 it month apiece 10,000 a mouth look at the saving 1 "Well, I can maKe these line, useless myriads of dead men UBeful In a thousand wavs as Congressmen, district messen gers, consuls, statesmen. raKe tno case ot jMirope. i coum uir nlsli Europe with a set of kings that could eat dynamite- If they wanted to-lt ouldn't hurt them. Uotild do a splendid trade In misfit kings just as yon do in carpets for a reaonablo brokerage take an Inelllclcnt Alphonso oil their hands and furnish them with nn original soiomon in nil iilnrv. And as to detectives. 1 have a record of 160 cases where detec tives would have ferreted oiltcrimo If they had only lived long enough. I can mate rialize an armv of detectivas that would last forever. There is no reason iu the orld why. if pains bo taken with the materializing process, a materialized tic ter.tlvn should not remain Perfectly sound ami 'sweet a thousand years," That Is funny extraordinary amusing, it seems to mc but it isn't a play. W. A. UI1UITUT. 'Pli VK.lrlv 1Vii lri!Ns from this (Into is reduced one hull it is dow only OSK 1)OIAjH a year. CUJIKKNT COSIHKNT. iriKV nnrrsK to equamzi:. The cITort of the trades union to equal ize wages by compelling men who 'can earn $20 a week, to work for ilti, because that is the level of wages in his trade, will not succeed in a free country. The diligent and skilled workman will refuse to uu equalized Willi me moment aim half trained workman. Sitrlngjicld Union. TWO DEMOCRATIC STl'MDMXO I1I.OCKS. The labor democrats will not support a party that proposes to deprivo them of the incidental protection, which a revenue tarllf nronerlv adiusted gives, and the poor people, whose children arc growing up without education, will not support a party opposed to using some ot tne vast surnlus in establishing schools. AVisi- vlllc American (Dcm.) M!NISTi:t! l'lIKLlVS COUfiSK. Minister Phelps wns a "toadying Ver mont mugwump" in the opinion of the St. Louis Ilepuhllcan (democratic) no longer ago than last .Monday. This was before the Shakespeare memorial speech. Now that paper declares that lie "made a very plain and .sensible American speech at Stratford. He de-encs lair play and he should have it." Very well, lei the St. Louis paper begin. Minister Phelps's at titude in England has been as plain aud sensible and American as that Stratlord peecli. -SprtnyjicUl ifcjiiidftiin. Tin-: BironTAXci: or coamxo station?. The United States is now building a navy. II that navy, when the tlmo tor action comes, is to do anything more than patrol the Amci lean coast, it must have coaling stations of its own abroad. We own, as has been seen, an admirable coal ing station in the harbor of Pango-Pango, in ttie Samoan islands. Unlets we take steps to occupy and secure posession of that harbor, ceded to us by treaty, the strategic and commercial Importance of wnicn will ue lnesuniaiiie a lew years hence : it our government lets the whole tiling "slide," and contents itself with ex ercising its "good olllces" on behalf of Samoa, without attending to our own in terests. we are likely to wake up some fine morning and find the German flag living over the entire croup, not exclu sive of tlie harbor of Pango-Pango. Xew urlcunn Tlmcs-Donoemt. The FitKK Pi:i:ss has just made a popu lar sensation iu reducing the price of its weekly edition to one dollar a year. This is the greatest reduction on record. Judging by comparison the Weekly FliEi: Pnitss was cheap at i'2.00, but now that it is sold for half the old rate there is no ex cuso for any f..mily in Northern Vermont being without its weekly visits. Cii;.SKKAI, SI-OUTING NOTKS. The Chic tgos have signed C. E. Hooper. tne crack catcuer lu the u esteru league, Connor, the New York's llrbt baseman. had but DO errors iu 1U7 games, with a fielding average of .978. Peter Priddy and Edward Nikirk have been matched to run u half-mile. M side, at Exposition Park. Pittsburg. Pa.. on ..ovemucr iv. William Enright, the young Toronto culler who promised so well last season was easily defeated iu a race in singles at Toronto recently. The New York Athletic club will send a dozen men to compete at tho Highland Athletic association games near l'hlladel- pma next caturday. Harvard will meet Princeton iu the cricket field November 12. The game witli the university of Pennsylvania will be played a week later and that with Yale on rovenioer "t. James Ten Evck. the oarsman, who retereed the Keuo-Crahan foot race at Worcester last Saturday, has given his decision. Tne raeu will he ruu over again on mo same track. New York has secured Elmer Foster, the heavy hitter of the Minneapolis team by outbidding Chicago by f 1.000. M. J Slattery of the Haverhill's aud Edward Cratie, a pitcher, have also been signed..; It is rumored that Mauagcr Hart of the Milwaukee club, lias made tlie Louisville club management an offer of $30,000 tor the club. Tlie directors, It is said, are willlmr to sell, but thev want f 10.000. Hnrt is backed by Milwaukee capitalists, and It is bis Intention to select a team from the Louisville aud .Milwaukee clubs to represent Milwaukee, piovided it Is admitted into the league. Several base ball enihusiasts were gath ered lu council at Rutland Monday and i no prospect oi navuu a team lo represent Hutlaud ! next season was discussed at length. The gathering was made up of stockholders ot the association, and not withstanding the fact that none ot them has as yet received dividends on his stock they all seemed anxious to tiy their luck again. One man vouched for most of the players ot this year lu the statement that mey coum oe secured lor another year it wanted. It was a gala day at tho Yale field in New Haven Saturday afternoon on tho occasion ot the annual fall games. The university nine beat tlie freshman at base hall liv n to j. Hlierr . 'N! ivnn fhn I I. yard dash iu 10 seconds. F. It. Daua of Harvard won the half-mile handicap, with a handicap of -IS yarls. in 2:10. D. F. liranr, "jo, won tno mile walk in 7:40. tub 100-yard hurdle race was captured by Por ter, '91, In 18K seconds. Harmer. '90, Yale's champion, won tlie mile run lu 4:51, The 220-yards race was woh by ltomuson, hj, in Mi'i seconds, weiire, '90, won tlie 2-mile bicyclo raco in 7:!13 giving his opponent 200 yrds. Waite, ".Hi, won the 4 10 yards run in54 4-5secomlH, The high jump was won by Sherman, 'bU, with 5 feet OJflnchPH. H. G. Foster, '91 put the shot 31 feet OH Inches aud won .Sherman, '69,, won the polo vault with a score of 8 feet tyt Indies. H.U.Foster also won the hammer throw with li'J feet inches to his credit. Koblnson, '90, won the broad jump with 20 feet as his score. Tho freshmen won the tug of war with tne sopuomores. mill AND GARDEN. A USEFUL LIGHT HARMOW THAT MAY DE MADE AT HOME. I'riiellcal lnlm-mntlon ItrKiiiilIng Cliiin net Inland Cnl tie Tlint Kxptuliet An ny Koino Knonrmii Ideas lltntn mi I'nilt Drying A Corn Crib That Defies Hutu. Numbered Willi old things that do not seem to have been improved upon is the rat proof corn crib illustrated in the ac companying cut. While familiar, no doubt, to many older readers, there aro a sufficient number of beginners whom it may benefit to justify its description here. KAT 1T.OOF COISX Clilli. It must bo elevated about three feet from tho ground, on posts nnd tin pans, bottom up, placed on top of tlio posts. Tlie crib must not lio near enough to nny tree, fenco or minding for rats to jump to tlio cril). As they cannot climb up tho posts higher than the tin pans tlio crib is sure to be rat and mice proof. Tlie steps lead ing into tlie erlb should bo movable ones that can be folded or pulled up inside the crib when not iu use. Groulli of Ilorsrs' I"eet. It may be laid down as a rule- Pays the author in "artistic horseshoeing," that tho horn grows more rapidly in warm, dry climates than in cold, wet ones; in healthy, energetic animals than in tlio.se which arc Kilt and weakly; during exer ciso than in iopo;-e; in young than in old animals. Food, labor and shoeing also add their influence, white the seasons arc to some extent concerned in tlie growth mil shape ot the hoof, fn winter it widens, becomes softer and grows but Utile; in summer II is condensed, becomes more rigid, concave and rcMsting, is ex posed to severer wear and grows more rapidly; this variation is a provision of nature to enable the hoof to adapt itself to tlie altered conditions it has to meet hard horn to hard ground, soft horn to soft ground. In tins way is accounted for the in fluence of locality upon tlie shape ot tlio foot. On hard, dry ground tlie hoof is dense, tenacious and small, with concave sole, and a little but firm frog; in marshy regions it Is larpe and spreading, the horn, soft nnd easily destroyed bv wear, tlio solo thin and licit . and the frog an Im mense spongy ma winch is badly lilted to receive pressure from slightly hardened soli. In a dry climate, we have an animal small, compact, wiry and vigor ous, traveling on a surface which demands a tenacious hoof, nnd not one adapted to prevent sinking; in the marshy region wo have a large, heavy, lymphatic creature. one of whose primary requirements is a foot designed to travel on a soft yielding surface. Cliange the respective situations of tlieso two horse", and nature im mediately begins to transform them and. their feet. In the ordinary conditions of town work and stable management, it has been ob served that tlio wall of a healthy foot grows down from tne coronet nt tho rato of about one-quarter of an inrh per month, and that tho entire wall of n medium ized hoof has been regenerated in from nine to twelve months. Cliunuel Isliind Cuttlo, There exists considerable confusion in tho minds ot many concerning tlio names "Alderney," "Jersey" and "Guernsey," as applied to tlie Channel Island cattlo nnd their offspring. In many parts of England, ns iu this country, the nnmo "Alderney" is alike given to both Jer.-eys nnd Guernseys. A correspondent in Marl; Lane Express suggests thnt perhaps tho fact that tlie first cattle from the Channel Islands were imported from Alderney tended to spread tho erroneous idea that Ell cattlo coming from the islands wcro Alderncys. In reality, there nro two dis tinct breeds tho Jerseys mid tho Guern seys. Tho Aldorney is a mixture of tlie two. Originally tho Alderneys were smaller even than the Jerseys, but Hi: ough frequent crossings witli tlie Guernsey bulls the sizo now equnls Hurt of tlie ani mals of this latter breed. In England, as in tliis country, tlio Jersey is tlio more popular breed, and is exported from tho islands in numbers far exceeding the Guernseys, Tho Jerseys dctcrioralo nftcr n while if a sufficient supply of imported blood is not kept up in a herd; they lose the riel color that characterizes the skin and cars of the island animals aud develop heavier bone and general coarseness A Jersey, to be desirable, should pos sess a small head, blender and lengthy from the eyo to tho nose; tho eyes should be full, but not too prominent; tho cars lengthy nnd .broad nnd fringed with liair, Tlio neclc ought to bo long, Hat ami nar row; the chest deep rather than broad Tlio legs should bo slender witli small Hat feet. "A long, thin tail and soft thick skin" aro great points in breeding It is important that the udder lie free from hair, llexiblo nnd soft, with no tendency to flesh. The bag ought to extend well forward and high up between tho thighs. On no account should the tcat3 point away from tho quarters GUtllNSUV COW, OILT V.VGK. In nppearanco tho Guernsey is n fine, deep bodied cow, of rich color and ot nv- erago size. Her quality is seen in the marked yellowness of the skin, especially on tho insldo of tlio car, around tho eye, nt tho end of tho tail, etc. Tlio soft, fluo hair varies in color from n deep red to a light ornngo nnd whlto. LIUo tlie Jersey, tho distinguishing property ot tho Guern sey Is her butter product. The Guernsey possesses beef making properties which 1 tm rmf Ml might bo developed with care. Tho cut illustrates Gilt Edge, who has made n good record nmong Guernsey milch cows. Drj lug Applet). Experiments appear to have proven that acid apples with whlto flesh miiko tho best product when dried. In large estab lishments tipples nro prepared for the evaporator by machines that pare, coro nnd slico tho apples In ono operation. Hand prepared fruit, not being divided nto uniform pieces, does not dry as evcniy and present as attractive an appearance. Somo manufacturers place tlio npples when they come frwn Hie parer into a so lution of salt and water one pint of salt to ten gallons ot water. This is thought to cut tho gum on tho fruit and clean it, nKo to prevent fermentation and aid In bleaching. Illcachlng Is done by exposing the fruit u a wooden box or special machine, to sulphur fumes. The sooner the bleaching s dono nflcr the npnles are cut the better. Caution i3 necessary not lo overbleach tho fruit and causo it to both tnste and smell of sulphur. In different establishments the heat ot tlio evaporater varies from 03 degs. to 200 degs. Fahrenheit. Tho fruit must remain in from two to flvo hours, according to tho bent of the air in tho evaporator. Ono bushel of tipples is esti mated to make from live lo seven pounds of dried fruit. Agricultural Societies mid Their Doings. The election of officers nt Hie late session of tho American Pomological society, in Isoston, for tlio next two years, resultey in the choice of P. J. Ilerckmans, of Augusta, Ga., for president; Charles W. Garfield, ot Michigan, secretary; T. T. Lyon, ot Michi gan, first vice president, and a vice presi dent was also selected fronieacli state and territory. At the convention ot American florists. in Chicago, tho officers elected were as fol lows: President, E. G. Hill, Richmond, Intl.; first vico president, W. I). Siebrecht, Astoria, N. Y,j tccretary, W. J. Stewart, Hoston, Mass.; treasurer, M. A. Hunt, Terro Haute, I nil. One vice president was also elected for each state nnd territory. At tho late convention of agricultural chemists in Washington tlio following olllcers wcro elected for tlie ensuing year: President, P. E. Chazcl, state chemist of bouth Carolina; vice president, v. J. Gas- coyne, stto chemist of Virginia; secretary, Clmord Kicliardson, district chemist; ex ecutive committee, P. II. Jenkins, vico di rector of (lie Connecticut agricultural ex periment station, and J. A. Myers, state chemist ot Mis-.i-.sippi. ISnmilc :it Harrowing. A North Carolina farmer describes in Southern Cultivator how to make n light harrow for use iu broadcast harrowing of cotton r other crops during early growth, when a heavy harrow witli thick teeth does not worfc well. A light HAiinow. The length of this harrow is eight or ten lect, and the width two nnd a half feet. Teeth on front piece nro twelve inches apart, and on aft piece same dis tance. These latter teeth are exactly mid way between tlio-o of the front piece, cut ting little furrows of six inches apart (as shown iu cut above), which will break the entire surface at each going over, taking out one-sixth ot the plants. Treatment of ISarnj'.'ird Manure. The proper treatment ot barnyard ma nure is a matter of pecuniary interest to tlio farmer. Professor Weber, in a recent report issued by the Ohio state hoard of agriculture, says on this subject: 1. The stable lloor should be impervious to water, and may be made of concrete, clay, brick or plank. !.'. Enough bedding should be used to completely absorb the liquid excrements. Straw is "the bc-t bedding. Tlie amount of bedding should be equal to one-fourth of the dry matter of tho feed given. This would in general be about six to six nndn half pounds for every 1,000 pounds of livo weight of stock per day. 0. Where tho manure is allowed to ac cumulate in tlie stable it is often necessary to employ some absorbent for the escaping ammonia. Tlie best absorbents aro muck nnd soil sprinkled over tlie surfaco from tinio to time. Where these cannot bo had the following- substances mny be em ployed: Gypsum or land plaster, one-half pound per day for every 1,000 pounds live weight. Sulphuric acid, ono part to 1,000 parts of water. Ono pint of tills mixture per week will be fufllclent fop each ani mal. With this precaution no luss or evil results will come from the accumulation of manure in stables. 1. Where) stables nro daily cleaned a manure pit for tlie preservation of manure should be provided. This pit should have doublo the stable surface, should bo two feet deep, nnd have a wall or ridge around tho outside, at least n foot higher than the surrounding surface, in order to excludo water during rains. Tlio bottom and sides of tlio pit should bo impervious to water, so as to prevent loss ot the solublo constituents. Tlio manuro should bo spread over the whole pit, nnd not bo piled up at one point. Here it will keep moist, vt lilch prevents heating, anil all of the sol ublo Ingredients will be preserved. Manure from such a pit, according to tlio authority quoted, would contain per ton 10 pounds of nitrogen, 5.2 pounds of phosphoric acid and l'J.O pounds of pot nsh. Tlie money value would bo about per ton. Mmo Destruetlvu to lloj; Cholera Cermi, Dr. Salmon 13 reported to have. said nt tho meeting of the Society for Promoting Agricultural Scjcnco that lime will kill tho germs ot hog cholera. It was advised thnt tlio limo bo applied at tho rato ot fifty bushels per acre, uj on land used as a hog pasture, and tho ge.nis will bo de stroyed iu tlio soil to the depth of six inches. A like proportion of biro mixed in manure piles containing tlio yerm, it wns claimed, will also kill them. .1 Tlilrly I'onml Hook. Tho largest book ever bound is owned by Queen Victoria, and measures eighteen Inches across tho back and weighs thirty pounds, It contains the Jublleo addresses of congratulations from members of tho l'rlmroso league. Chicago Times. 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