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Texas claims a population of 2,600,-
000.
It seems to be “in the air” that the
skating-rinks are losing favor through
out the c juntry.
The important discovery has been
made in Paris that the crocodile can
bring its jaws together with a force
of over three hundred pounds.
No time is lost al elections in British
Columbia. The recent elections were
held two days after the nominations
were made.
Fifteen thousand shad have been
taken in the B.uffdehaaaa this season,
and shad-bakes are the fashionable
amusement.
There is a large demand at Port
land, Oregon, for good servant-girls
to take the place now occupied by
Chinamen.
A Vermont husband is reported to
have frustrated the intended elope
ment of his wife by taking possession
of her silk dress. He knew she
wouldn’t run away in a calico gown.
“Salt should be eaten with nuts to
aid digestion.” Water can be drank
to take away the effects of the salt,
and then more nuts caa be eaten to
take away the taste of the water.
The abstract of the Newfoundland
census for 1884, just published, shows
that the o.al population of Newfound
land and Labrador is at present 196,-
411.
A N observer ol small distinction
in speech says that when you hear a
man say to another, “1 certainly am
glad to see you; I certainly am,” you
may be sure he is from Virginia.
Tits brov jt seaside hotel now puts
in anew pane of glass and adds a
picket to the front fence, and adver
tises that costly improvements have
been made in preparation for the
coining season.
The probh m of whether au eleva
tor is a vehicle or an apartment re
mains unsolved, and the average man,
imprisoned in the thing with a lady,
hesitates about taking off his hat in
the draft.
All the shoe-dealers in Pittsburgh
abbreviate the names of their goods,
and so many cartoons are labeled
“Cur Kid” that the citizens of the
“Smoky City” fully believe, it is
said, that they are wearing dog skin
shoes.
A FARMER near B jquel, Cal., has
put up a scare crow in his orchard
that is said to be so lifelike in its ap
pearunce that his neighbors often ad
dress it and depart in a rage at not re'
ceiving a reply. They must have
curious looking people in that section.
Mu. S B. Btratton has just compil
ed a “bill of mortality” of the musical
profession during 1884 The death
roll contains 210 names. The average
age is 61 years and 2 months, against
50 years and 6 months in 1883. The
three years combined give au average
of 60 years and a few days.
Buried treasure seekers are at work
in Georgia. Near Covington, accord
ing to The Blar of that place, a color
ed man and several assistants have
hern making excavations for several
months in hope of finding SIOO,OOO,
which the principal in the scheme
avers was buried there three years ago.
In 1777 consideiable interest
was manifested man announcement
that six stoves had been completed in
Philadelphia. The annual product of
the stove foundries in that city is now
valued at #1,000,000, and the industry
supports about twelve thousand
people.
In some giddy regions oven sealing
wax is mads' to c mvey tender senti
ments. The ordinary red wax signi
fies business, and black is used only
for mourning and condolence. But
blue means love, and the different
tints portrays each stage of the tender
passion. Pink means congratulation
and while is used for wedding invita
tions. Variegated colors show con
lliclmg emotions.
A clergyman desiring contributions
for a special object, fitted up au ox
born at the church d.eor. Upon this
ho inscribed his aspirations to this ef>-
fee 1 .: “This ’em was once on the ’ead
of a box, and now hit his a missionary
box.” It might have been the odd
jingle, and it might have been the old
Englishman's zaal, c a combination
of the t wo, but certain it is that this
special missionary box attracted con
tributions in au extraordinary man
ncr.
A Letter describing the markets of
New Orleans says tnat everything is
sold by the eye, and there is no stand
ard of measure. Nine tenths of the
hundreds who sell in the noted French
market, of the city do not know what
a bushel or a peck is. They buy their
vegetables by the lot and place them
in little piles on tables. These piles
arc of different sizis and puces. The
buyer looks at the piles and buys that
which he thinks is biggest aud best.
Sometimes buckets and boxes are
used to measure, but they sre of all
kinds aud shapes.
Some people are never satisfied. The
waterworks of the city of Troy, are
full of cels, and by simply tapping
the pipes fish two feet and a half long
can be secured for breakfast, and so
delightfully fresh! Such an abund
ance of cheap food would be consider
ed a boon in any community, yet the
Trojans are runuiag to and fro and 1
complaining to the water board that
their supply of water is choked off by j
the eels. The idea of complaining of j
a supply of fresh fish with their
water!
==*==——
There is now living in P.ckens
county, Georgia, a man who during
the rebellion donned his wife’s dress >
kept his face closely shaved, and wore
a big sun bonnet, in order to avoid
being conscripted and sent to the
front. The officers in search of re
cruits frequently visited the house
and asked his wife where her husband
was, and at the very moment he could
be seen working in the field in female
garb. By the time he had worn out
seven of his wife’s dresses he became
tired of masquerading, enlisted, and
became a good soldier.
VOL. XXL
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.
Anew ocean cable has been success
fully laid between Havana,'Cuba, and
Key "West. Fla.
About two dozen steamers are now
due at Quebec owing to the heavy ice
in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
A large number of employes have
been discharged from the Portsmouth
(N. H ) navy yard, and work in all the
departments is suspended.
Gen. Weaves, of lowa, is throwing
his influence in favor of State Senator
Charles E, Whiting as the fusion can
didate for governor of that state.
The bill passed by the New Jersey
legi.lature preventing railways from
leasing their roads or franchises with
out legislative sanction has become a
law.
James R. Osgood & Cos., publishers,
and the Heliotype Printing Company,
of Boston, made asdgnments Mon lay.
Osgood & Co.’s liabilities are about
$150,000. with assets between SBOO,OOO
and SBOO,OOO.
The Canadian journals are calling for
the immrdiate fortification of E.-qui
mault harbor,commanding theentrance
to British Columbia waters. Although
an imperial naval station, as well as a
valuable Canadian port, it is almost de
fenseless and would fall a t easy prey
to Ru-s ; an war ships.
In the inter-state drill at Mobile, Ala.,
the Busch Zouaves, of St. Louts, took
first zouave prize and Chicago tecond.
The prize of SIOO for the best drilled
soldier was awarded to Corporal Talbot,
of the Chickasaw Guar Is. The encamp
ment closed on Saturday with a sham
bailie between sixteen companies.
Two of the revolutionary leaders who
order* and and participated in the burning
of the city of Colon (Aspinwall), on the
isthmus of Panama, recently, were
tried by court-martial and sentenced to
death, and in the al ternoon of the same
day were taken into the midst of the
ruins of the burned portion of the city
and hanged.
All whs quiet Tuesday at Lemont,
but a bitter feeling against the military
was manifest. The militia officers re
fused to testify at the inquest, and the
coroner’s deputy who went to the camp
to serve subpoenas was compelled to
leave without discharging his duty.
Captains Bell and Smith were at one
time threatened by a mob near the post
oflice, hut suffered no bodily injury.
Siieriff ilauchett issued a proclamation
calling upon the rioters to disperse and
announcing that persons who desired
to return to work would be protected,
and that unlawful idling or loitering
would not be tolerated.
L iKD Lahsdowne, the Gevernor Gen
eral of Canada, who is very polite to
visitors nf distinction, was lately misled
iut inviting to the vice regal mansion
at Oitowa a person whose name on the
hooks of the hotel corresponded with
that of a native author. Fiftien min
ute* before oinner the guest telephoned,
“Can’t go. I’m stuck for a pair of even
ing boots.” “Come on! Never mind
that,” was the reply of the Governor’s
AiJe-de Camp, lie did come, hut prov
ed to be the wrong man, a boisterous,
commercial traveler decked out in
showy chains and rings. But the Gov
ernor Geneial made the liest of the mis
take, and the guest never learned how
he had the honor of being received at
his Lordship’s table.
The result of ths special election in
the Thiny-fourth Illinois Legislative
District, for the choice of a successor of
the recently-deceased democratic mem
ber of the house, was a republican vic
tory, not withstanding the fact that the
district has always heretofore been
strongly democratic. Mr. Weaver, re
publican, in elected by over two hundred
majority. This gives the republicans a
majoriy f two on joint ballot of the
two houses, and changes the majority
in the house from tho democrats to the
republicans. Although the republicans
will now have a majority of two on
joint ballot, every republican vote will
lx necessary to elect a republican sea
tor; 103 voli s. which constitute a qao
lum, being needed to elect.
FOREIGN.
A St. Petersburg dispatch sajsthe
newspapers nr annoyed at Russia's ac
cepting an arbitrator to settle the dif
ficulty with England, and consider it
a concession to DeGiers’ pacific policy
The Post Wednesday morning con
cluded that Sir Peter Lumsden, finding
his advice disregarded and the disputed
territory ceded to Russia, has resigned.
The Post believes Gladstone is shrewd
enough to see that he will gain only a
brief respite to his self-abasement.
The Post’s Berlin correspondent learns
that Russia made it a condition of the
peace agreement that England shall not
occupy Port Hamilton.
A special London cable sayt: Un
less Russia should feel impelled to strike
the adversary, who so meekly kneels be
fore her, there will be no war for the
present. Everything that the Russians
wanted, or were suspected of wanting,
has boon conceded to them, and on no
harder conditions than their ascent to a
Pickwickian kind of inquiry which has
no other conceivable ob Ject than to af
ford the ministry a pleasurable means
of escape. England has unreservedly
thrown up her hand and it only remains
to de seen whether the Muscovite ar
rogance, slated by this unexpected sub
mission, wdl not boldly grasp for more.
There appears to be no teasou why the
Russians should not grasp for more, for
they have their forces in positi in to do
it. and. after the recent craven surren
der, they would bejustifhd in assum
ing that no amount of msultcould force
Mr. Gladstone into a fight.
ACCIDENTS.
Diphtheria of a malignant type is
epidemic in Greenwood township, i ear
Hillsboro, 111.
By the tenement house fire in First
avenue. New York, early Sunday morn
ing, eight perons lost iheir lives, ai.d
fourteen were more or less injured.
It is now ascertained that twenty-one
persons perished in tne recent building
disaster in Broklvn. Fourteen of the
Wo'ie-< have been recovered.
The popular seaside resort on the
New Hampshire coast, known as
Hampton Bench, was the scene cf a de
stn ctive cosfl igration. Three of the
fashionable summer hotels and many
Cottages were cod named.
The steamship Heiv.tio, of the White
Cross Line, eu route from Antwerp fer
Montreal, has been sunk in deep water
by heavy ice in the Gulf of St. Law
rence. She had a of freight val
ued at $400,000. No lives were lost.
Such heavy ice as that now filling the
Gulf of St, Lawrence has never been
known there before. Many vessels due
at (Quebec and Montreal ate unable to
! make port.
CRIME
Mrs. Dill, of Wahpeton, D. TANARUS., was
found guilty of ths murder of her hus
band and sentenced to the penitentiary
for life.
Axocs Cannon. Milton Musser and J.
C. Watson. Mormons, were all sentenced
at St It Lake Cuy for unlawful cohabi
tation. Each received the full extent of
the law—s3oo fine and six months' im
prisonment.
Government clerks at Washington
invest $30,000 every month in the
Dauphin Louisiana lottery swindle.
They aim for the $75,000 prise and
don't get it.
The Red t ver has worked disastrous
results to the plantations in South
western Arkansas. The crops ate dee
lowa County Democrat.
troved, and the depression among the
ewner<', tenants and laborers is great.
A SECOND attempt was made early
Monday morning to burn the Child
ren's Home at Covington, Ky. The lit
tle inmates were badly frightened by
the smoke, but none of them sustained
injury. There is no clue to the incen
diary.
The apprehended collision between
the striking quarrymen and the militia,
at Joliet, did not occur, and there is a
prospect that the workmen will aban
don the strike.
The prisoners in the Mitchell county,
Tex., jail, attempted to escape Sunday.
The jailor, Robinson, was knocked down
with a sand bag by Middleton, a horse
thief, who took Robinson’s pistol. Mrs.
Robinson gave the alarm and Wayne
Park came and shot Middleton dead.
Another prisoner who got out during
the racket was recaptured.
The 7-year-old son of one Lspez, a
wealthy resident of Taratan, Mexico,
was recently kidnaped, the abductors
two days later killing the child and
placing the body in the court yard of
the Lopez mansion. A 12 year old sis
ter of the murdered boy fell dead upon
seeing the corpse, and the father became
a raving maniac.
By coaimand of Governor Oglesby
four companies of tke Fourth. Infantry,
I. N. G., with a gatliug-gun detach
ment, left Joliet Monday morning for
Lemont, where the striking quarrymen
threatened tiouble. Reaching Lemont
the City Marshal informed Colonel Ben
nett, commanding the militia, that his
force could not enter the tewn, but the
command pushed ahead, being confront
ed by a mob of several hundred excited
men, who refused to disperse, although
warned by a deputy sheriff. The mili
tary then charged at quick step, with
fixed bayonets, the crowd in front re
treating in sullen mood, many of them
taking refuge in houses and side streets.
After, three blocks had been passed,
sinkers from ti e rear assailed the troops
with stones, company A, of Streator,
suffering mo-ttby tne fusillade. Another
attack by a body of sttikers was also
made on the left flank, and the military
found lhmslvei hemmed in, when
some of the men of Company B, of
Joliet, opened fire without orders and
charged the mob, driving them off.
Major Hcfferman narrowly escaped a
shot fired at him from a window. Mrs,
Smache, who seized a si.ld'er’. musket
and attempted to brain him with a stone,
was wounded by being thrown to the
ground. Another woman who was sit
ting in her house was struck by a stray
bullet, but not seriously hurt. Eleven
men are report'd injured. One man
was shot dead, anoih-r died of his
wounds, and two others are suffering
from bayonet thrusts. The militia are
encamped near the town, prepared to
meet au attack, which is expected to be
made during the night, and the streets
are patrolled by sentinels.
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
How the Tales Were (lathered and
How They Were Brought to Europe,
In a letter written by Riv. Rbeit
Trail to Sir J. Mackintosh, in the
th’rdycarof the present century, we
read of a gentleman who, before the
age of 17, had made himself master of
Hebrew. Chaldee. Persian, Arabic and
Turkish, besides Latin and Greek and
French and Italian, and many other
modern languages. This gentleman,
who began Arabic at 9 and Chinese
14; who was devoted to the study of
music; who was well skilled in korse
mauship and in the management of
the cimetar and laiice; who had the
eye and pencil of an artist, and a
deep rooted sense of religion in ad
dition to other physicial and moral
excellencies, was Claudius James
Rich. It was he who gathered to
gether, while consul at Bagdad, the
fine collection of Oriental manuscripts
in over eight hundred volumes,
which, having been purchased by par
liament for the British museum, now
forms a portion of what is termed the
manuscript department of our na
tional library. Of this large collection,
Nos 7,404, 7,405 and 7,405 are the three
codices, composed of Oriental paper,
the first a small quarto and the otner
two 12 mo , containing all together
some six hundred folios of “The Ara
bian Nights,” written in the Naskhi
character or that of modern Arabic by
various penmen, who are not on all
occasions to be congratulated on the
care bestowed on their writing or the
perspicuity of their meaning.
“The Arabian Nights” is not a story
emanating from one person. It is a
vehicle for many tales told bv various
story tellers with very different de
grees of ability. Many of the stories
in the Ric'; MSS. present a remarkable
similarity to western anecdotes. Nor
will any reader be surprised at this
who remembers how closely connected
is the old history, first told by Gal
land in a western tongue, of
Schahriar and Schanzenan with
that of Astolfo and Giocondo
in the twenty eighth canto of
Ariosto’s “Orlando,” or the genie im
prisoned in the brazen vessel in the
story iu the Fisherman, with the
“Diablo Conjuelo.” in a vial of Luis
de Guevara, or the “Sleeper Awaken
ed,” with the induction to “The Tam
ing of the Shrewd; or, The Enchanted
Horse with Chaucer’s Steed of Brass,”
on which Pierre carried off the fair
Maguelone, afterward imitated by
Cervantes in his “Clavileno.”
Cuban Blaze,
New York, May 11.—A Havana
letter says four hundred acres of un
cut causon the estate “Union” at Re
cree were recently burned. Over
forty-five houses were burned at Moy
agues.
Panama Rebels.
Panama, May 11, via Galveston.—
Five hundred men arrived from
Buena, Ventura, yesterday, and 309
more are on the way. The Colum
bian guard, which fought Preston at
Colon, have also arrived here with
about a hundred prisoners falsely re
ported drowned. P.eston is beseiging
Carthagena, and was received in the
the rebels' camp, which was illumi
nated in his honor.
, Porto Rico Finances.
New York, May 11 —Advices from
Porto R co say a committee of provin
cial deputation waited on the govern
or general, and after setting forth too
unfortunate situation in which the
island is placed, owing to the prevail
ing financial crisis, requested him to
induce the government to abolish the
export duties on sugars at once.
Thc Common Enemy.
In order to make headway against the com
mon ent-my, Dlv*se, it is necessary to oppose
him with persistence. It very frequently hap
pens that a remedy perfectly adequate to the
n -cessii ie* of the case, if persisted in, i* con
d mned and thrown aside because a few and aea at
il uid not, urea malady. How unreasonable and
unjust would such a judgment be regarding
Hostetler's Stomach Bitters, one of the most
popular end highly sanctioned medio me* of the
day. potent invigoraut, and the invariably sue
oess'ul remedy for constipation, dyspepsia liver
complaint, incipient rheumatism, neuralgia and
you . inactivity and weakness of the kidneys and
bladder, and for the infirmities incident to the da
c in- of life. No fact is battw established than
the above, yet in order to experience its truth,
those afflicted with obstinate forms of diems
should give this benignanty curative a patient
trial U they do, thoy may rely upon decisive cura
tive results.
Pigs have been known to liv* to the
age of twenty, and the rhinoceros to
twenty-nine. A horse has been known
to live to the age of sixty two, but
average twenty-five to thirty. Camels
sometimes live to the age of 100; stags
are very long lived; sheep seldom ex*
ceed the age ef ten; cows live about
fifteen years.
MINERAL POINT, WIS., FEIDAT, MAI 15 1885.
Battle of Batonche.
A Conflict That Continued All
Bay Without Tictory to
Either Side.
Stubborn Resistance of the Reb
els Under the Most Galling
Fire of Artillery.
All Efforts of the Bay Fail to
Bislodge the Rebels From
Their Works.
THE BATTLE OF SATURDAY.
Batouche’s Crossing, via Clarke's
Crossing, May 10, an official report
says:
We left camp at 6 this morning,
leaving all supplies and tents behind.
We marched seven miles without see
ing or hearing anything of the enemy.
The morning was bright and warm.
Suddenly there came the sound of a
steamer’s whistle blowing continuous
ly. As we drew near we heard the
sound of heavy firing on our front in
the direction of the river. Our line
of march was as follows: First,
Boulton's scouts, accompanied by a
Gatling gu. The grenadiers formed
au advance guard with a battery.
The 90th bataUou supported them with
the Winnipeg batery and Midland
ha tall ion in reserve. In this order the
trooos pushed rapidly ahead and soon
came upon two houses near the bank
of the river, which here is very pre
cipitous. An advance party of rebels
were met, who fired and retired be
hind the house toward a hollow. Tne
Gatling gun was brought to bear
on them, when they ran into the
house near the church of St. Laurent,
which was also fired on by the Gat
ling, when they ran out into the
bush. A battery by this lime cam*
up with a rush and got into position,
sending several shells after the rebels.
THE GRENADIERS NOW ADVANCED,
marching steadily into action and de
ployed into line, continued to advance
in skirmishing order until the church
was reached, when a priest came out
of the house waving a white flag
Gen. Middleton and staff advanced
and shook hands, when three other
priests and five sisters of charity cam*
out of the building. A number of
half-breed children were also inside in
charge of the sisters. Father Morlin
informed me that the steamer arrived
at Point Little above Bitouche at 5:30
a. m., the rebels immediately opening
fire on it from both banks. It shortly
after struck on a mud bank, but swung
clear again, and just before our arrival
passed the crossing. He also said that
the rebels had six killed and twelve
wounded at Fish Creek. We just got
a glimpse of the steamer down the
river. She must have experienced a
galling fire, for her smoke stack was
gone.
The grenadiers advanced, skirmish
ing through the bush on the right of
the trail, the Gatlingfeun being push'
ed forward down the declivity toward
Batouche’s, now plainly visible in the
valley below. Here the battery was
unlimbered on the top of the ridge
and sent shells into the town. While
doing so our artillerists were
ALMOST SURPRISED
by a number of rebels w' o crept up
through the bush, not being discover
ed until twenty yards distant. They
made a rush for the guns, firing and
yelling as they ran. Capt. Howard,
who operates the Gatling gun, saw
the danger, ran the gun a couple of
yards in front of the battery, and
operating fire, literally mowed the
rebels down. Those remaining turn
ed and ran from it, reaching the shel
ter of the bush. They opened fire
again, a.d Howard’s escape from in
jury was something marvelous, bullets
flying all around him. He gallantly
maintained his position, and the
rebels, unable to stand the terrible
fire, returned to the pits, constructed
in the ravine running from the river.
Our line was now as follows: Forty
first and 15th companies of Midland,
wth the Winnipeg battery, supported
by E and C companies of the 90th, in
the center and extending across to the
right, where the grenadiers were sup
ported by B company, 90th. and on
right center by D companv, 90th, and
on the extreme right by F asd A com
panies. A battery occupied the left
center, afterward retiring to the right
rear.
Capt. French, with his scouts and
party of dismounted men of A battery
are down in the ravine. Firing
is new continuously on the left and
center, but scattered on the right
After a gallant but vain effort to drive
the rebels from the rifle-pits the French
scouts and battery men retired. The
wounded are now coming in.
A DRAWN BATTLE.
Winnipeg Mauituoa, May 10.—Re
ports from the front are to the effect
that a ba'tte between Middleton’s
forces and Riel at B itouche’s has been
raging since yesterday morning. It
began by the cannonading of the log
and earth works of Riel by M ddle
ton’s artillery corps. The result so
far is understood to be a drawn battle
An attempt will probably be made
when the works are reduced to storm
the position simultaneously from front
and flank, when frightful fatalities
are likely to result, as the enemy are
well armed and are deadly in their
aim.
A Hungarian Bridal Procession.
Tke bridemother greeted the little
rosy bride cordially, and the count
after speaking with the grom handed
her into his carriage, where she was
seated at the right of the bridemother,
the count sitting opposite to her. She
showed seme emotion, but bore her
self with a simple graceful dignity
which would have done credit to a
fine lady. Then began our progress
to the church, at the other end ef the
little town; the bridgroom and bride
maids walked near the count's car
riage. Young beech trees had been
cut down and set in the ground, form
ing an alley ef tender green foliage,
from house to church, through which
we passed. At least a thousand peo
ple were on foot about us, throwing
torpedoes beneath our horses’ feet,
singing and ?boating, and sometimes
dancing in couple*. I can give you
no idea£of ( the noise and confusion, and
of the discordant music; of the mad
plunging of our horses, ef the wild
capers of the ponies of the bandenum;
and, but for the continued and smil
ing complacency of those beside me, I
should have experienced terror rather
' than enjoyment of this vary novel
and un-American bridal procession.
Capt. Eads is working Boston capi
talists on the Tehuantepec ship canal
project, with some prospects of suc
cess.
AFGHANISTAN.
Memories sf Disaster to the English
Arms In Central Asia.
England has many military memor
ies of Afghanistan, some of them as
disastrous as any in the records of her
Indian empire. Her first campaign,
directed to the destruction of the pow
er of its then ruler. Dost Mohammed,
tock place in 1838, resulting in the
prompt occupation of Cabul,although,
writes a correspondent to The Brook
lyn Eagle, throughout the rest of the
country insurrection followed insur
rection' and the British invaders were
only masters ef the ground dominat
ed by their guns and patrolled by the
warlike Ghilzais chiefs whom they
dislodged. The British envoy of that
eriod was Sir W. McNaughten, and
the enormous expenses of the cam
paign, exceeding £1,500,000 per an
num, all drawn from the already
overburdened Indian exchequer, in
duced or rather forced him to cut
down these subsidies to about one'
fourth their original amount These
valiant emirs, commanding the
strongest mountain passes in the
world, the gateways between C.tbul
and Peshawur, were summoned to
council at the former place, and in
formed of the curtailment of their
allowances. They made their salaam
to the envoy inapparent resignation,
returned to the mountains, plundered
a caravan, blockaded the passes, and
locked up the English troops in their
intrenchments. On Nov. 2 the mob
attacked the house of the resident of
the East India company, Sir Alex*
der Burns, and cut him to pieces.
Maj Gen. Ephinstone, an imbecile
and gouty old general, was in com
mand of the cantonments, and owing
to his incapacity what was at first a
simple emeute ripened swiftly into a
revolt, and within three days the can
tonment with its garrison of five
thousand men was in a stale of siege,
which continued for forty days. At
the expiration of that time, on Dec.
23, Sir W. McNaughten, the envoy,
was inveigled into a conference be
yond the limits of the British lines,
and was there treacherously slain
by the hand of Akbar Khan,
successor of the deposed ruler,
Dust Mohammde. The garrison
was now reduced to a state
of starvation, and under the dictation
of the Afghan chiefs was obliged to
commence a retreat through the great
mountain defiles in the depths of
winter. They marched forth number
ing 5,000 men alarms, with 12,000
camp-followers—men and women—of
whom but a single individual, Dr.
Brydon, succeeded in reaching the
refuge of the British lines at Jellala
bad. in their retreat, without food
or shelter, benumbed with cold and
staggering through the heavy drifts of
the mountain passes, they were
slaughtered without mercy by the in
furiated highlanders at every turn.
No such shock has ever been given to
the military power of England since
her occupation of ledia, and it awak
ened an instant emotion of terror and
rage throughout the entire peninsula,
which was felt with equal bitterness
by the entire British people as soon as
the disastrous news could be convey
ed to them. Lord Auckland was then
at the head of the Indian government,
but he was quickly succeeded by Lord
Elienborough, sou of the illustrious
lord chancellor, and on his arrival he
look up with energy the duty of re
storing British prestige among the
savage mountaineers, and inflicting
upon th.m a punishment correspond
ing in severity with that which they
had inflicted upon their invaders.
Gen. Sale was at Jellalabad with a
mixed force of English and Sepoys
numbering about 8,000 men. Gen.
Knott at Candahar, and Gen. Pollock
at the Khyber pass, commanding all
told a force of between 25,000 and 30,-
000 efficient troops. On Sept. 15th of
the same year in which the fated gar
rison had left its cantonments upon a
retreat as appalling and tragical as
that of Napoleon’s army from the
blackened ruins of Moscow, the Brit
ish colors were again lifted above the
walls of the Bala Hissar, or central
fortification of Cabul. The narrative
of the liberation of the captives, one
of the mst romantic episodes in the
history of British India, is too well
known to need recital here. They
speedily rejoined their eountrymen at
Cabul and witnessed there the act of
retribution which the conquerors de~
termined to inflict upon the city in the
destruction of the magnificent bazaar,
the noblest structure of its kind in
central Asia, and in which the muti
lated remains of the murdered envoy
had been exposed for days to the in
dignities and insults of the populace.
A part af the city was likewise pillag
ed, and on Oct. 12th the armies re
turned in triumph to India, naving
successfully re established from the
Hindoo Koosh to the Parapamisan
mountains, and from the terrace gar
dens of Herat to the sand wastes of
Seistan, the terror of the British name
and the prestige of its arms.
The fate of Sir Alexander Burns
and Sir W. McNaughten had nearly
befallen also May. Outram, the Bay
ard of the east, at tne hands of an in
surrectionary band of Belooches, at
Khyrpan, in the following year, lead
mg among other important events to
♦o the intervention of Sir Cnarles
Hipier, then on the threshold of his
Indian achievements, and to the an
nexation to the territory of the com
pany of the province of Scinde, an
nounced in a dispatch from Sir
Charles, which has the unique dis
tinc'ion of being briefer than Caesar’s
—‘ Peccavi, 1 have Scinde.”
Fur many ages these southern
mountain passes of Afghanistan had
been the gateway of Indian invasion.
Alexander poured his Greek pha'anxes
through the Dhyberpass, and crossed
tbe Indus at Attock, carrying his
sr.ears and banners to the batiks of the
Hydaspes. JSaltan Mahmoud, of
Gouzni, Ziogbis, and Nadir Shah had
led their invading boats through tbs
same tremendous gorges, and launch
ed them upon the defenseless valleys
beyond. More tfcaa eight hundred
years before Gen. Pollock lifted the
r-stored English colors on the Bala
H ssar. Eagle Mahmond, swooping
from from his rock eyrie, had carried
away to that inaccessible fastness tbe
Gates of Somnath, a shrine of the
Hindoo god Siva, on the shores of the
Arabian sea, and one of the most sa
cred and venerated temples ef Hin
dos tan. The gates were of carved
Sandalwood, and were the wonders of
all the east. Such a wail arose along
the peninsula at these spoliations as
might arise throughout Christendom
if some Sal ad in of Inter days should
send away the trophies of the holy
sepulcher at Jerusalem, ar shatter the
dome of St. Peter’s and carry away its
desecrated golden cross. Lord Ellen'
borough determined to bring these
gates back in triumph, and, Ghazni
having fallen in the campaign, he is
sued an address to the princes ef In
dia an aouneing that the victorious
army of Englond bore the Gates of
Semuath in triumph from Afghanis
tan, and that the despoiled tomb of
Mahmoud looked on the rains of
OhnxnL “Theinsult,” he said, “of
eight hundred years is avenged. To
you, princes aim chiefs, I shall com
mit this glorious tropy of successful
warfare. You will yourselves, with
all honor, transmit these gates of San
dalwood to the restored temple of
Somnath.” They were, however,
committed instead to the protection
of the treasury at Agra, the old shrine
having vanished as completely as the
Zoroastrian at Echatana, or the
church of Paul at Ephesus.
Afghanistan is just now apparently
a loyal and-devoted alley of England,
having substantial pecuniary reasons
for her loyalty, but she has always
been a turbulent and troublesome and
sometimes a treacherous neighbor.
Her mountain soldiers, though brave,
have the unsteadiness of banditti,
love plunder better than fighting, and
are always faithful to the largest
bribe. The land bids fair to again be
the arena of battle, as it has so often
been before, and this time it may be
on a scale of magnitude which it has
never hitherto known.
A LINCOLN RELIC.
The Peace Negotiations of 1864.
Des Moines Register.
The following dispatch, written by
President Lincoln’s own hand, has
been added to the Aldrich collection
in the state library:
“Executive Mansion, Washing
ton, July 15, 1864 —The Hon Hor
ace Greely, New York: I suppose
you received my letter of the 9th. I
have just received yours of the 15th,
and am dissappointed by it. I was
not expecting you to send me a letter,
but to bring me a man or men. Mr.
Hay goes to you with my answer t©
yours of the 13th. A. Lincoln.”
The accompanying letter from the
donor, the Hob. James Harlan, will
explain thoroughly the occasion for
the dispta'ch:
Court of Commissioners of Ala
bama Claims, Washington, D C,
April 10, 1885 —To the lowa State
Librarian, Das Moines, Iowa: Daring
the early part of last month I receiv
ed a letter from the Hon. Charles Aid
rich, of Webs'er City lowa., express
ing an earnest desire to procure some
autograph writing of the late Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln—even, as he
said, if it should not contain more
than two or three lines, —to place
with his collection in the lowa state
library, I have at length been able,
through the Hon. Rjbert T. Lincoln,
to procure a short document actually
written with his own hand by that
illustrious statesman, and to day for'
warded it by express, addressed to the
“Hon. Charles Aldrich, care lowa
Stale Librarian, De Moines, lowa ”
I send it thus to diminish tbe risk of
loss, as 1 doubt my ability to procure
another of like character.
This document, though only an aut
ograph telegram, is of considerable
historic interest. It is a part of the
correspondence between President
Lincoln and Hon. Horace Greely re
lating to a pretended proposition for
peace, coming, as Mr. Greely suppos
ed, from the confederate authorities
through the confederate commissioner
Jacob Thompson, and Clement C
Clay, on the Canada border. They
asked leave, it was said, to visit
Washington to confer on the subject.
I happen to know that the president
had no'confidence in the good faith of
of this pretension. Mr. Greely how
ever, entertained the opposite opinion,
The president therefore sent him to
see them, with authority to bring
them to Washington provides he
found them in possession of authority
from the so called confederate govern
ment to make propositions for peace
on terms conceding the union of all
the states. But Mr. Greely’s mission
proved to be abortive, because these
pretended ambassadors were found
to be destitute of any authority what
ever to propose terms of peace. Th- ir
pretension in this respect was sins ply
a ruse to secure safe conduct arcoss
the country to Richmond, and thus
escape capture by our blockade
squadrons should they go around by
sea. Hence the quiet sarcasm of the
president’s telegram, “I did not ex
pect a letter,” but “a man or men.”
Please notify Mr.fAldrich of the re
ceipt by you of the package, and also
let me know of its safe arrival. Yours
Truly, James Harlan.
Agricultural Items.
Be sure that the well water does not
come from the barn-yard, the privy
vault or the cesspool. Thousands of
farmers are drinking contaminated
water who have ho suspicion of it.
In Western New York it is custo
mary to plant corn in drills for grain.
The rows are made about four feet
apart, with a grain of corn every nine
inches. One farmer who practices
this way of planting says he can raise
20 per cent more corn in this way
than by planting in hills.
For sugar-beets the ground should
be well-prepared plowed deep and
thoroughly pulverized. The roots re
quire a deep soil, and the portion that
grows underground contains the most
saccharine matter; but none of the
beet will grow above ground if the
soil is mellow enough to permit it to
penetrate it
From a single kernel of wheat,
1,020 pounds of grain have been pro
duced in three years in Grass Valley,
Cal. The first year there were 22
stalks and heads, yielding 860 kernels.
These were planted and yielded one
fifth of a bushel, and last season there
were raised from this seventeen bush
els.
Mr. G. W. Fairlee, who owns a
large farm near Trenton, N. J., cut
his cornstalks for the silo after raising
a crop of corn. The eats are picked
when they begin to glaze, and piled
up is the sun to ripen. The stalks are
then green enough for excellent ensi
lage, and he estimates that the shrink
age on the grain is only 5 or 16 per
cent
The first year after setting apple
trees corn is a better hoed crop to
grow among the trees than potatoes or
any roots. It makes a shade for the
ground and for the trees themselves,
besides insuring thorough cultivation,
which, however, should be given with
special care not to injure the trees by
and horse cultivating im
nlements.
1 he Acme of Horrors.
Chicago Ledger
There are times when a man feels
himself a weak insect, and we would
cheerfully go hungry two weeks for
the privilege of enjoying the kicking
power of the mule 'oi fifteen minutes.
One of these occasions i* just about
the time a great big burly six-footer
of a drayman marches in on a wet
day, and pours a pint of muddy water
over a desk full of papers from an oil
cloth sleeve, as he la/sdown a bill for
four kits of mackerel, which he has
brought to the wrong place.
A Man of Arms and Legs.
A lady is showing a visitor the
family portraits in the picture gaK
lery.
“That officer there in the uniform,”
she says, “was my great-great-grand
father. He was as brave as a lion,
bat one of the meat unfortunate of
men —he never fought a battle in
which he did not have an arm or a
leg carried away.” _
Then she adds, proudly: “He took
part in 24 engagements.”
A FAMOUS WiLL.
Peler the GtMTa Instructions t His
Successors and to the Russian Peo>
pie—How Europe Mast Be Sub
jugated and Russia Made Ruler of
the World.
1. The Russian nation must be con
stantly on a war footing to keep the
soldiers warlike and in good condi
tion. No rest must be allowed, except
for the purpose of relieving the state
finances, recruiting the army, or bid
ing the favorable moment for attack.
By these means peace is made subserv
ient to war, and war to peacs, in the
interestof aggrandizement and inc;-ea
ing prosperity of Russia.
2. Every possible means must be
used to invite from the most cultivat
ed European states commanders of
war and philosophers in peace, to en
able the Russian nation to participate
in the advantages of other countries
without losing any of its own.
3; No opportunity must be lost to
taking part in the affairs and disputes
of Europe, especially in those of Ger
many, which, from its vicinity, is one
of the most direct interest to us.
4. Poland must be divided by keep
ing up constant jealousies and con
fusion there. The authorities must
be gained over with money, and the
assemblies corrupted, so as to influ'
ence the election of the kings. We
must get up a party of our own there,
and Russian troops into the country
and let them soj aurn there so long
that they may ultimately find some
pretext for remaining there forever.
Should the neighboring states make
difficulties, we should appease them
for the moment by allowing them a
share of the territory, until we can
safely resume what we have given
away.
5. We must take away as much ter
ritory as possible from Sweden, and
contrive, that they shall attack us
first, so as to give us a pretext for
their subjugation. With this object
in view, we must keep Sweden in op
position to Denmark, and Denmark
to Sweden, and sedulously foster
their mutual jealousies.
6 The consorts of the Russian
princes must always be chosen from
among tbe German princes, in order
to multiply our family alliances with
the Germans, and so unite our inter
ests with theirs, and thus, by con
solidating oer influences in Germany,
to cause it to attack itself spontan
eously to our policy.
7. We must be careful to keep our
commercial alliances with England,
for she is the power which has most
need of our produce for her navy,
and at the same time may be of the
greatest service to us in the develop
ment of our work. We must export
wood and other articles in excaange
for her gold, and establish pero.aneut
connection between her merchants
and seamen and our o wn.
8. We must keep steadily extend
ing our frontiers—northward along
the Baltic, and southward along the
shores of the Black sea.
9. We must progress as much as
possible in the direction of Constanti
nople and India. He who can once
get possession of these places is the
real ruler of the world. With this
view we must provoke constant quar
rels at one lime with Turkey, and at
another with Persia. We must estah
lisb wharves and docks in theEuxine,
and by degrees make ourselves mas
ters of that sea as well as the Baltic,
which is a doubly important element
in the success of our plan. We must
hasten the downfall of Persia, push
on into the Persian gulf if possible,
re-establish the ancient commercial
intercourse with the Levant through
Syria, and force our way into the In
dies, which are the storehouse of the
world. Once there, we can dispense
with English gold.
10. Moreover, we must take’ pains
to establish and maintain an intimate
union with Austria, apparently coun
tenancing her schemes for aggran
dizement in Germany, and all the
while secretly rousing the jealousy of
the minor states against her. By this
way we must bring it to pass that one
or the other party will seek the aid of
Russia; and thus we shall exercise a
sort of protection over the country,
which will pave a way for future
supremacy.
11. We must not make the house
of Austria interested in the expulsien
of the Turks from Europe, and we
must neutralize its jealousy at the
capture of Constantinople, either ty
preoccupying it with a war with the
old European state, or by allowing it
a share of the spoil, we can afterward
resume'at our lessure.
12. We must collect around our
house as round a center, ail the de
tached sections of Greeks which are
scattered abroad in Hungary, Turkey,
and south Poland. We must make
them look to us for support, and then
by establishing beforehand a sort of
ecclesiastical supremacy, we shall
pave the way for universal sovereign
ty.
13 Whan Sweden is ours, Persia
vanquished, Poland subjected, Turkey
conquered,—when our armies are
united and tbe Euxine and Baltic are
in possession of our ships, then we
must make separate and secret over
tures, first to the court of Versailles,
and then to that at Vienna, to share
with them the dominion of the world.
If eitherof them accepted our proposi
tions which is certain to happen if
their ambition and self-interest are
properly worked upon, we must make
use of one to annihilate the other;
this done, wo have only to destroy the
remaining one by finding a pretext for
a quarrel, the issue of which cannot
be doubtful, as Russia will then be in
the absolute possession of the east and
the best part of Europe.
14. Should the improbable case
happen of both refusing the proposN
tions of Russia, then our policy will
be to set one against the other, and
make them tear each other to pieces.
Russia must then watch for and seize
tbe favorable moment, and pour her
already assembled hosts into Germany,
while two immense fleets, laden with
Asiatic hordes, and conveved by the
armed squadrons of the Euxine and
the Baltic, set sail simultaneously
from the Sea of Azoff and the harbor
•f Archangel; sweeping along the
Mediterranea • and the Atlantic, they
will overrun France on tbe one side,
while Germany is overpowered on the
other.
When these countries are fully con
quered, the rest of Europe must fall
easily, and without a straggle, under
our yoke.
Thus Eure je can and must be sub'
jugated.
The Maine Prison Barber’s Shop.
Lewiston Journal.
Here is the prison barber, down in
a corridor lighted by a pair of lamps,
which make his shop look in the dis
tance like a rude {altar with perpetual
tapers burning before it. His chair
is not one of those fat, swelling divans
in whose cushions you recline for a
shave, but a hard wooden seat with
shorter legs behind than before, so it
tips hack a little, and a high back.
The barber does a wholesale busi
ness. He shaves all the convicts once
a week and cuts their hair once a
month.
When he is cm a shaving expedition
he plants his chair in one of the shops.
NO. 41.
One man sits down aud is quickly
| lathered and scraped. Then there is
; none of vour bay rum. or magnesia,
or puff balls, or csmphorate.T ice or
magnolia balm, or those other toilet
mysteries which the tonsorial artist
performs on the face of his customer
outside the prison. After the man is
shaved the barber does not fret over
him any, but it is “Gel out and wash
yourself.” The prisoner tumbles out
and goes to the sink, while another
man takes his place in the chair. In
this way the prison bai ber goes
through the shops.
He shaves the prison officers, and
they say he is a good barber. Per
haps he is, and he may be a good fel
law—but no man who is in the state
prison may draw a razor over your
humble servant's throat. It is bad
enough to be shaved by a man who
ought to be in prison.
\ FEARLESS FERRIXAX.
od morons Brave Acts Performed by
Cornell's Roach.
Boston Glob*.
Secretary Manning has awarded a
gold medal to Cornelius Roach, boat
cleaner on the East Boston south ferry,
for bravery in rescuing persons from
drowning. Mr. Roach was seen yes
terday, and consented to give a brief
account of some of his life-saving ex
ploits.
“At about 10:30 o'clock one even
ing,” he said, “I went over on the
Boston side, for a man named James
R ibinson. That was in the winter of
1876, when Capt. Gray ran the boat
and Charles Peering was gateman.
Peering gave me a life preserver; Mr.
Robinson wouldn't let go of me so
mat I could put it under his armpits.
I them told Peering to give we the
boat-hook, and when he handed it to
me I hitched it to the collar of Robin
son’s coal, i .Then 1 slatted him in the
face with both legs and he let go of
me, the gatemau keeping hold of him
with the boat hook and landing him
all right. I was caked all over with
ice when they pulled me aboard. Mr.
Robinson had fallen in by Jumping
lor the boat. He said he was an Eng
lishman, and would make it all right
with me, but I’ve never heard any
thing from him since.
“On thel7ihof June, 1 think it was
some time in the afternoon, a man
came aboard the ferry-boat named
Thomas Gillett. He had escaped
from the Washington home, anu
when we were between Boston and
East Boston be left the gates at the
bow and jumped ovt'board, I was
near the stern at the tin e, and, heal
ing the cry, “Man overboard!” rushed
aft and jumped in, jusiasl was. There
happened to be a toy near by in a
dory, and I called to him for assist
ance, but he said he was afraid I would
capsize the boat, I said; ‘No; slew the
dory till I get hold of the stern of her.’
At this moment the ferry-boat came
up and one of the passengers jumped
into the dory, and, with the assistance
of the boy, dragged the drowning
man into it. There wasn’t room in it
for me, and I had to take care of my
self until the tow-boat Vim came out
from Lewis warf and picked me up
For that I received a medal and $lO
from the humane society, and $lO from
Mr. GiHell’s wife.”
“Po you recall any other rescues?”
“I will tell you one more. On the
31st of July we left Boston at 9:15. I
think, and, as we entered tht slip on
the East Boston side, we got foul of a
small yawl-boat with two men in her.
The men were so badly frightened that
they jumped into the water. When
1 reached the bow of the ferry boat,
one of the men was out of sight,
and a deck-hand named Hussey
told me he had sunk before.
1 said to Hussey: ‘That poor fel
low ain’t coming up any more.’ I had
no sooner said it than up came the
man’s head above water. I jumped
for mm, and before he had time to
sink again had clapped the life pre
server ever his head. The other one
was taking care of himself, but so
badly frightened that when I went
to him he tried to catch me three
times. I would not let him touch me,
of course, and run him against the
middle pier, and told him to cling to
the spiles. Then I tried to get into
the yawl-boat, but could not gel over
the side, having burst a vein in the
muscle of my arm, some time before,
which made it nearly powerless when
the excitement was over. I shoved
the boat from underneath the guard
of the ferry boat, and a deck hand
and passenger jumped into it, and
pulled me out of the water. We then
went round and got the two men, the
one 1 secured to the spiles having in
the meantime been thrown a life
preserver by the watchman on the
boat. The one that couldn’t swim
was much braver than the other.
Their names were Hugh Casey and
Paniel Kennedy. I didn’t get any
thing from them, but received $25 and
a silver medal from the humane so
ciety. Born in Boston? Yre, sir, I
was, and learned to swim at Foster's
wharf. I’m on the ferry tea years
this month.”
THE NEWS AFTERMATH.
New Loredo, Tex., is partially under
water, and for fifty miles around
railroad tracks are washed out.
It is said that if Commodore Gar
rison's estate is judiciously settled it
will be worth fully $6 000,000.
Joseph Stumpf of Beck's Run, near
Pittsburg. has eloped with Sarah Mc-
Devitt, bis sixteen-year old slater in
law.
Much beer is sold at Nebraska City
which is made by a firm in Hamburg,
lowa, who sell their product outside
the state.
Owing to a depression in the fish
market only six salmon canneries are
in operation this year throughout
B.hlith Columbia.
The manufacturers of the Gardner
machine gun at Kartforu, Conn., have
receiv-xi an order for one hundred
guns from tha Italian government
An alliance of Frenahmen has been
formed to propagate the French lan
guage in Egypt, which all French peo
pie look upon as a future French pro
vince.
Gen. James F. Robinson, at a meet
ing of the directors of the Kentucky
Racing association was unanimously
re-elected president of the asocia
tion.
The Earl of Selkirk, whose title ha*
become extinct by his death lately at
8t Mary’s Isle, Scotland, was son of
the founder of the Selkirk settlement
in Canada Paul Jones once dropped
down on St. Mary’s Isle and carried
off the family plate while Earl was
away. It was recovered, and the
family have it to-day.
A London paper points oat that the
strength of the British army lira
largely in voluntary enlistment,
which gives fighting men for fighting
and leaves the rest for peaceful pur
suits. In England it has always been
found that a rumor of war brings any
number of recruits needed, whereas
the United Slates are full of men who
have left their country to avoid the
army many of whom are sailed for
nothing but the army.
Industrial Brevities.
MONTHLY CHARGES FOR PASTURING—
AS INCREASED DEMAND FOR HORSES—
AS TO SEED CORN—SOMETHING ABOUT
FOWLS—FERTILITY OF THE “SOUDAN"’
—SOME BIG WOOL CVJPS—THE CON
SUMPTION OF CHEESE-FROZEN MEAT
TRADE- SOME BEES NOT TO BE PISPISED
AND A GREAT MANY OTHER INDUSTRIAL
NOTES IHAT ARK EXCELLENT READING.
In most portions of northern Illin
ois the charge for pasturing cattle is
50 cents per month and for horses
from $1 to $1,50.
There is a demand for horses to use
in the suppression of tke rebellion in
western Canada, and it is difficult to
1 supply it, as the animals are all want
| ed on farms at this season or the year.
I The legislature of Texas has passed
a law requiring all the railway com
panics in that state to provide double
decked cars for persons desiriug to
i transport sheep and hogs.
A Massachusetts farmer during two
ears planted seed corn from the seed
end and stem-end separately. Both
vears the seed-end gave him a crop
from twelve to fourteen days earlier
than that from the stem-end.*
In several counties in this state ten
ants are ready to give half of all they
raise on a place for Ike use of it. In
some places land-owners can obtain
almost any rent they choose to ask,
as the number of tenants is very large.
All fowls that feather slowly are
usually hardy. For instance,* the
Brahmas. It is owing to the fact that
the drain upon the system occasioned
by the quick feathering does not
weaken them. Slow feathering while
growing is indicative of hardiness.
_ Au officer in the English army in
the Soudan writes: There are hun
dreds of thousands of acres that will
grow anything in the world—sugar,
maize, cotton. There is no limit to
the produce that may he taken from
the soil without any manuring or
cosily cultivation.
A little charcoal fed two or three
limes a week to the pigs is beneficial
in correct'ug acidity of the stomach,
to which hogs are liable when fed
upon corn and confined in a pen.
They will eat it greedily and fatten
much more readily with charcoal
than without.
Statistics show that the people of
this country consume about four and
one half pounds of cheese per capita,
while the people of England consume
about fourteen pounds per capita an**
nually. The argument that cheese
is not a wholesome article of food, it
would seem, would not hold good in
the light of this fact, as the agricul
tural classes of England, who are
large consumers of cheese, are among
the most robust and healthy people oi
the world.
At the annual sheep shearing fes
tival of the Vermont Merino Sheep-
Shearing Association, held in Middle
bury, Mr. J. L Bnttolph’s ram,
“Burr,” sheared thirty eight pounds
and thirteen ounces, two ounces more
than there is any authentic record f
any previous shearing. The heaviest
ewe fleece taken weighed twenty one
pounds and nine ounces, and was
sheared from a ewe owned by Mr. 11.
C. Burwell, of Bndport.
To place tin-foil on Japan tin with
a mucilege or cement so that it will
dry and cleave to the Japan so firmly
that water and weather will not re
move it, make a dilute solution of
while gelatine or isinglass; h i proper
proportions are one to twenty; add a
little potassium bichromate,, and ap
ply it by means of a pencil or sponge.
It does not adhere at once, but will do
so in a short while.
J. M. Smith, of Green Bay, Wis., is
reported to have raised some years
ago 3,741 quarts of Wilsons straw
berries on a fourth of an acre, or at
the rate of 446 bushels per acre. Ho
cultivated in matted rows (wo feet
wide, with a space of two feel between.
The plants were mulched for winter
and early spring. A good coveri ug of
well rotted manure—ls or 20 bushols
an acre or 75 bushels of unleached
ashes—were applied early in the sea
son. All weeds were destroyed at
whatever cost. As for watering when
dry, one thorough wetting was found
better than three sprinklings.
A correspondent of an Indiana pa
per writes; There is an apple tree on
the farm of William Crites, in Greene
county, some two miles east of the
town of Worthington, which meas
ures eleven feet in circumference and
has a top of sixty feet across. This
tree is a seedling. It was planted
about the year 1819, by Isaac Stalcup,
and has borne fruit every year since
1825. The tree is healthy and flour
ishing. We -have the largest syca
more in the state—47 feet 4 inches in
circumference. So far as I am in
formed, it is the largest in the United
States.
The frozen meat trade to England
has acquired enormous proportions in
the last few years. According to the
medical officer of health of the port of
London, the imports of frozen meat
into that port, during 1884, amounted
to 619,324 sheep and 115,377 quarters
of beef. Most of these supplies arriv
ed “in magnificent condition,” but in
some cases, much damage occurred
during the voyage, involving heavy
loss to the importers. On one ship
which arrived in August, 2,279 quar
ters of beef were destroyed out of a
total of 2,289. but such a proportion
was exceptional.
Bees in Tunis are dark—even dark
er than our carnmou black bees—but,
strange to say, they possess nearly the
qualities of Syrian bees, end show,
except la color, very little resem
blance to the black or German bees.
Like Cyprians and Syrians, they are
somewhat smaller-bodied than are
the common bees, and they a ihere
very well to the combs when well
handled, butcan be shaken off readily.
Thev are also active and energetic
workers; but, unlike the Cyprians
and Syrians, they are liable at times
to fly at one and sting him when be
approaches the apiary. They bear
smoke rather better than other Ori
ental races. The queens show a tinge
of bronze color and are very prolific.
On the whole, Tunisian bees are not
to be despised, even if they are true
Africans in color.
A Yery Curt Note.
Nw York Time*.
First young man(with literary asp
■rations) —Have you heard from the
editor to whom you sent your article?
Second Young Man (also literary)—
Yea. I got a very curt note from him.
First Young Man isympathizingly)
That’s toe bad. The editor to
whom I sent my article wrote me an
exceedingly kind letter, expressing
bis “regret that want of space,” etc.,
prevented bis making use of it He
was evidently much impressed with
it lam sony you were treated so
shabbily, old fellow, What did he
say?
Second Young Han—“lnclosed find
check.”— _____
Marla : a is not confined to low lying:
districts. It climbs to the high alti
tudes, following the course of the val
leys. In Italy it rises to the height of
400 to 500 feet in California 1,000 feet
along the Appalachian chain 3,006
feet in the West Indiea 1,400 to 1,800
feet feet in India 2,000 feet On the
Andes it is sometimes found at the
height of 11,000 feet Under ordinary
circumstances a moderate altitude
will be found comparatively free
from malaria.
The Clinical Record says that after
the chief engineer of the water de
partment of Philadelphia pointed out
the poor Quality of the water Mid the
glazing aefeeta in its supply, he was
requested by the authorities “to refrain
from any farther expression of his
sentiments on the subject, no matter
how great the general public interest
in it”

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