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STOCK DIRECTORY
DENNIS M'KILLIP. .
Banoh on Bad WHJow , Thornburg , Hayes
County , Neb. Cattle branded ' J. Jtt. > 'on
kit side. Young cattle branded same u
bare , also "J. ' ' on left Jaw. Under-Blope
right oar. Horses branded "E" on left
homldor.
TiBtoDSCatleRancIieCoLiinited
Stock brand circle on left shoulder ; als _
dewlap and a crop and under half crop on
left ear , and a crop and under bit in the
right. Ranch on the Republican. Post-
oflico , Max , Dundy county , Nebraska.
HENRY T. CHURCH.
Osborn , Neb. Range : Red "Willow creek ,
in southwest corner of Frontier county , cat
tle branded " 0 L CT' on right side. Also ,
an over crop on right ear and under crop on
'
left. Horse's branded "S" on richt shoulder.
SPRING CREEK CATTLE CO.
Indianola , 2feh. Range : RepublicanVal-
iey , east of Dry Creek , and near head of
Spring Creek , in Chase county ,
J. D. WELBORH ,
Vice President and Superintendent.
THE TURNIP BRAND. -
Ranch 2 mifes north of McCook. Stock
branded on left hip , and a few double cross
es oa left side. C.D _ _ , IRCAjBRACK. !
STOKES & TROTH.
P. O. Address , Carrico , Hayes county ,
Nebraska. Range , Red Willow , above Car
rico. Stock branded as above. Also run the
lazv < M brand.
GEORGE J. FREDERICK. >
Ranch4miles southwest of McCook , on the
Driftwood. Stock branded "AJ" on the
jteflhip. P. 0. address , McCook , Neb.
J. B. MESERVE.
jcanch , Spring Canyon on the Frenchman
River , ki Chase county , Neb. Stock branded
asabove also " 711" on left side ; ' ' 7" on
right hip and "L. " on right shoulder :
"L. " on left shoulder and "X. " on left
jaw. Half under-crop left ear , and square-
crop right ear.
THAT
/ LQRILUflD'S GLIMM
PLUG TOBACCO
wIlhR ° d Tin Tasr : Rose Leal Fine Cut
Chewing ; Navy Clippings , and Black ,
Brown and Yehow SNUFFS a"c the best
and chejpest , quality considered ? ]
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Banch on Eed Willow Creek , half mile
above bornpostotflc .
< j. Cattle branded on
right side ana blp above. 3.4
FOE SALE Improved Deeded .farm
and Hay Land. Timber and water. Two
firm bouses , with other improvements.
Convenient to-No. 1 school privileges. Sit
uated n Republican river , near uiouth of
Bed Willow creek. Call on J. F. Black ,
on premises , or address him at Indianola ,
Nebraska.
Buying : American-Silk.
An , advertisement appeared in a
daily paptir lately , emanating from a
largo wholesale silk dealer , in which
the following assertion was rndde :
"Wo'Olaim the privilege of saying to
the public that we have been manu
facturing silks for the wholesale trade
for many years that have been sold and
worn as imported silks , the dealers
making large profits on-them , and not
giving us credit for outwork as Amer
ican manufacturers. "
A Press reporter endeavored to find
out if this accusation was true so far
as this , city was concerned. The in
variable answer he 'received was that
no respectable house would do such a
thing , and that the American silks
were always sold at a much lower
price than the imported qualities. The
head of a large silk emporium in Broad
street indignantly denied the imputa
tion of the New York manufacturer.
Ho said that "imported silks were sold
in much larger quantities than the
home productions , and that generally
a lady who has made up her mind to
indulge in a good silk dress will ask
for the imported article. "
"Can you give any reason for this ? "
"Yes ; the French silks are more
highly finished ; there is a mellowness
and richness in them that cannot be
found in" the native article. Besides ,
there is a great difference in the
price. "
"What are the prices ? "
"Antwerp silks , which are very rich
and heavy , vary from $8 to $10 a yard.
French silks vary from $1 to $8 , and
"
American silks "average about $4 a
yard. The highest priced American
silk we sell is $18.05 per yard.
"Oh , yes ; within the last ten years
the industry has made giant strides.
There are large manufactories in
Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , New
Jersey , and Delaware. Paterson is
quite celebrated in turning out fine
silk goods. There is no doubt that
eventually we shall produce ooth
qcality and quantity sufiicientto satis
fy the demands of the most exacting
customers. "
"Is the industry of .long standing in
America ? "
"As far back as 1755 Mrs. Pinckney ,
'the mother of the revolutionary gen
erals , took to England silk raised and ,
spun near Charleston. This was made
into three dresses. One was presented
to the princes dowager of Wales , an
other to Lord Chesterfield , and the
third is now in Charleston , in the pos
session of Mrs. Harry. The texture is
of great beauty , firmness and strength.
In 1874 there were but 180 silk manu
factories , employing 141,479 operators.
No statistics have been lately pub
lished , but there is no doubt but the
industry has more than doubled itself. "
"What are the prevailing colors
that are asked for this fall ? "
"Mostly neutral tints , dead greens ,
myrtle greens , browns , wine shades ,
carmelite brown , and brocades for
combinations in silk and worsted. "
"Is extravagance in dress still the
fashion ? "
"Oh , dear , no. Ladies are much
more economical than they used to be ,
the cost of costumes is not nearly so
great as formerly , and the style of
dresses is not so elaborate , silk dresses
especially being made quite plain. "
"What are the usual tastes of the
ladies who put themselves under your
skilled direction ? "
"Great amusement is often caused
by the peculiar wants of our customers ,
but they are regulated by the size of
the fair creatures. For instance , a
tall , big blonde with blue eyes , will
invariably require dark colors or
black , which is earnest. But a petite
blonde or gushing woman will hanker
after bright colors and something
Elaborate in the way of costume.
Petite brunettes also long for cherry
solors , bright garments , and countless
furbelows , entirely forgetting that
the plainer a silk dress is made the
richer and more appropriate it looks ,
[ t is the tall , dark stately brunettes ,
ivith jUashing eyes and stately carriage ,
tvho are usually the most correct in
iheir ; ideas. They indulge themselves
in wine colors and dark greens. We
ilways manage , however , to advise
> ur customers to purchase the best
jolors to suit them. But we should
lot be able to do without the ladies of
small stature , otherwise we should
lever get rid of our pinks , blues ,
nauravians , and other bright and
glaring colors. So you see that the
jeneral taste finds its own level , and
ve are enabled to get rid of every
shade and color. But black silks are
lold ten to one of the others. " Newark
rN. J. ) Press.
The Ancients and Silk.
The ideas of the ancients upon the
subject of the origin of the silk were
ather vague , some supposing it to be
he entrals of a spider , which , fattened
'or years upon paste , at length burst ,
jringing forth its silken treasure ; oth-
irs , that it was spun by a hideous
lorned grub in hard nests of clay
deas which were not dispelled till "the
iixth century , when the first silkworms
reached Constantinople , introduced
md cultivated , like many olhei bene-
its , by the wandering monks. From
; hence they were soon imported into
[ taly , which , for a long period , re-
nained the headquarters of the Euro-
) ean silk trade , until Henry IV. , of
Trance , seeing that mulberry trees
vere as plentiful in his Southern
jrovinces as in Italy , introduced silk-
vorm culture with great success.
Boston Journal.
TheOriffin of Petroleum.
As to the origin of petroleum scien
iific men are by no means agreed. In
he early period of American oil min-
ng the only question much debated
vas whether it was of animal or vege-
: able origin or both. Of late , however ,
i theory has been started that the oil
s not due to the storage of organic re-
nains under the surface , but that it
> riginated from chemical combina-
ion of carbon and hydrogen in the in-
; erior of the earth. This view of the
lubject has been taken up in conse-
paence of petroleum having been
bund in such large masses as almost
; o preclude the idea of its origin in
mimal or vegetable deposits. If this
> e true it is probable that the oil ex-
sts in still larger quantities than any
vhich have yet been observed. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
JL ?
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A perfectly plain white breakfast
set , with a rim of raised white roses ,
is an outre importation. . |
A new dressing slipper is of gray
morocco with rosebuds and gilded
leaves worked on the toe.in fancy silks.
Preserves and cranberries if stwed
together make delicious filling for
pies , or for tarts , or may even bo used
as sauce. '
Floral dishes of Bohemian glass
have gold figures of nymphs , god
desses , etc. , supporting them standing
on a silver ground.
Lilies in crewel work on white and
olive-green satin grounds are favorite
covers for cigar cases , shaving cases ,
etc. , for Christmas gifts.
A photograph frame , unique and
novel , is of bronze-colored lace , with
tiny gold stars , worked in Kensington
stitch on a framework of red plush.
A handsome sofa-pillow cover is
made of crimson satin , with a largo
half-circle of embroidery on a lighter
shade of crimson upon the upper side.
An exquisite sea-shell , with delicate
pink coloring has a small golden-faced
clock in the center with a merry chime
of bells as it strikes the hour.
Ornamental 'tidies are made of a
panel of black velvet with a border ot
libbon and of lace. The velvet should
bo embellished by a spray of flowers
embroidered.
Horse shoes of mother of pearl , en
cased in pale amber and pink velvet
frames , with appropriate Christmas
mottoes written in letters of gold , arc
among the earliest advent of Christ
mas cards.
A lambrequin that is both pretty and
serviceable for the sitting-room is
made of darK seine twine. It should
be one-quarter of a yard deep before
the fringe is put in , and that may b
of any depth to please the faiicy
One made of dark green , with a car
dinal-satin ribbon , is very handsome
When roasting lamb or fowls , if you
do not like the llavor given by thin
slices of salt pork or of bacon , which
i are usually put over them , take some
hard butter , roll it in flour , and sepa
rate it into small lumps and lay her
and there on the meat. This will give
richness and flavor to the liquid with
which you baste them.
Delicious filling for a pie is made by
stewing some prunes until they are
very soft , remove the stones , sweeten
to your taste , and add , for one pie
the well-beaten whites of two eggs ,
beat with the prunes until thoroughly
mixed. Bake with two crusts , or if
you can get it , use whipped cream in
place of the upper crust.
"How may the flavor of soup stock
be varied"is a question often asked.
There are almost unnumbered ways by
which this may be done. The addition
of a little ham , whole spices , bouquets
of herbs , slices of lemon , celery and
carrot seed , some sausage of fine
flavor , catsup , Chili sauce , curry
powder , and all or any vegetables may
be used.
Here is a new way to make a rice
pudding. Wash a small teacupful of
rice in cold water ; then put it into a
quart of cold milk ; add salt and sugar
and vanilla to your taste , and a small
lump of butter. Put this into the
oven two hours before it is to be eaten ;
stir it occasionally. Follow these
directions carefully , however skepti
cal you may be , and you will ba
pleaded with the result.
Excellent pies are made of canned
currants. Take one cupful of them ,
half a cupful of sugar , one tablespoonful -
ful of flour , beaten with the yolks of
two eggs. Bake with an under crust ,
then irost the top with the whites of
the two eggs and two tablespoonfuls
of powdered sugar. Be sure to beat
the sifted flour with the yolksj then
there is no danger of little lumps of
undissolved flour spoiling the good
looks of the pie.
Beef dripping , which is so useful in
place of lard in many dishes , should
be clarified ; this may be very readily
done by pouring boiling water over it ,
and stirring it so that the impurities
will be washed out , and will settle to
the bottom. Let it cool , and the drip
ping will rise to the top ; if it is not
quite so clear as you would like to
have it , put it into a clean sauce pan ,
and after beating it , strain it through
a piece of muslin.
A nice dish for dessert is made by
soaking half a pint of tapioca in cold
water for two hours , then let it boil
gently until it softens , slice canned
peaches and put into a pudding dish ,
and pour the tapioca over them.
Bake until the tapioca is perfectly
tender ; serve with sugar and cream.
Dried or evaporated peaches may be
used for this dish , and if they are
properly cooked and softened it is
almost as good as when the canned
fruit is used.
A pleasant entertainment for a few
friends is called a "quotation party. "
When the invitations are given the
request accompanies them that the
recipient will come to the party with
bhree quotations memorized. When
bhese quotations are given , the name
af the author is to be given by an } one
of the company who can do so. The
one who iiist guesses or gives the
name receives a favor , usually a
[ lower ; if this is not practicable a bit
jf narrow , bright ribbon that can be
; ied in the button hole , is substituted.
A Limitation Upon Curates.
The Bishop of Lichfield has issued a
jircular to the clergy of his diocese re-
umding them that a curate in deacon's
> rders is not licensed to preach.
iVhenever a deacon is required to
> reach , he is to read a sermon from
me or other of the books named in the
sircular. These sermons may bo
ihortened or simplified , if necessary ,
) ut otherwise they are to be delivered
> y the curate as homilies sanctioned
> y the bishop of the diocese. On ono
Sunday in the month , however , the
lurate is to preach a written sermon
if his own composition , and the next
lay the manuscript of it is to be sent
o the bishop for examination. The
Jishop adds that it will depend upon
he character of a curate's preaching
low soon this restriction is removed ;
.nd , in the meantime , any infringe-
iient of the rule thus laid down will
oore or less delay ordination to the
iriesthood.
J
JIIS GOLD.
file Wealth of William II. Vandcrbllt of New
I York the Enormous Show ItMaks.
1 Now that Vanderbilt , the giant of
Fifth Avenue , has made another rush
jnto the papers , urging his fellow-cap
italists to reduce the wages of their
workingmen , which he says are so
high as to ruin the country , we again
bring to notice the fact ( which wo il
lustrated in November of last year )
that this same Vanderbilt himself is
worth two hundred millions of dollars ,
or , in an array of figures , $200,000,000 ,
of which about $50,000,000 are in
United States bonds , that can be turned
into gold any moment at the sub-
treasury in this city , and the rest in
stocks and bonds , which he often puts
above par all locked up in his great
iron vault on Forty-second street the
greater part of it "made" out of the
producers of the United States within
the past fifteen years.
The ordinary mind can get no sort
of notion of such a stupenduous pvra-
mid of gold as $200,000,000. Put" it
into a pyramid of Egypt , what monument
ment it would make in the desert for
its owner ! Or put it into an obelisk
over his tomb , the stone column in our
park would look like a pigmy to a
giant.
Vanderbilt's capital of gold is greater
than all the gold there was in the
world-conquering Rome in the glitter
ing reign of Augustus Ca3sar.
Jt is greater than the whole amount
of gold and silver there was in the civ
ilized world in 1492 , at the time of the
discovery of America , when , according
to Professor Newberry , there were be
tween $150,000,000 and $200,000,000.
It is more than the entire product
for the past one hundred years of the
great gold mines of the Czar of Russia.
Jt is more than the whole product
for two years of all the gold mines of
the world.
It is nearly twice as much as all the
precious metals produced thus far in
the gold and silver-bearing state of
Colorado.
It is about equal to the'total product
of all the gold mines of California dur
ing the four years from 1848 to 1852
w.hen Mr. Chevalier dreaded lest the
deluge of gold should overturn the
world.
To get and to give some notion of
the appearance of our giant's capital
in gold , here I stand in the vaults of
the sub-treasury of the United States ,
feasting my eyes upon this prodigious
sum of money in coin. I won't say it
is all gold that glitters here , for there
is a bagatelle of thirty odd millions in
silver ; but there are two hundred mil
lions in coin , and gold coin "by a large
majority. " As I stand before it and
find myself able to look upon it with
one fell swoop , queer thoughts troop
through my brain , like squadrons of
light cavalry rallying to the fore , as it
were. What a teeming subject to
think of !
The gold is packed in small canvas
bags , $5,000 to a bag , and as I gaze a
golden nimbus gathers about each bag ,
the many finally resolving themselves
into one grand aureola encircling the
entire collection , and paling the gas
light in the vaults. Gold , blight yellow
gold ! and two hundred millions
of dollars worth of it !
200,000,000 golden dollar coins ! or
80,000,000 quarter eagles ! or
40,000,000 half eagles ! or
20,000,000 eagles ! or
10,000,000 double eagles !
Heaven and earth , and gnomes that
are in the earth guarding her precious
metals , what could a mortal do and
what could he not do with this tre
mendous amount of gold ? Can you
take in with 3rour mind s eye this array
of dollars and hold them in view while
you count them , say at the rate of
sixty a minute ? You can , if your
staying powers will enable you to hold
out six years , four months and five
days. The best way to do is to spread
them out' against a gray-toned sky ,
say midway between the "horizon and
zenith , and begin your count from the
north pole , swinging eastward round
the circle.
Lay them in a line , edges touching ,
then pick up a hundred , one at a time ,
pile them on top of the first one , and
then go for and come back with the
second hundred , and so on through
the successive hundreds ; how long
could you fight it out on that line
which would reach from New York to
St. Louis and how many miles would
you travel before you gathered them
in the $200,000,000.
200,000,000 dollars in gold ! or
350 tons of gold ! or
700,000 pounds of gold ! or
11,200,000 ounces ( avoirdupois ) of
gold !
How many freight cars would be re
quired to carry this gold ? Ten , you'll
say at a jump. But stop ; ten tons is
about the maximum weight that is
sarried by a freight car ; consequently ,
at that allowance , we should have a
train of thirty-five freight cars ; and
what a train for the robbers of the
West to loot !
How many licensed venders' horses
tvould be required to draw this stu
pendous weight of gold ? Well , sup
pose we say 1,400 , allowing a quarter
if a ton to each a liberal allowance ,
: oo.
How many "Jumbos" would it take
; o draw this amount of gold from the
sub-treasury ? Well , there are Jum-
jos and Jumbos. Of the African or
[ ndian variety , seventy could walk off
ivith it , giving five tons to each. And
, vhal a show they would make seventy
Fumbos !
Turn the gold into golden "eagle's"
$10 coins lay them in a circle ,
jclges touching , what would be the
sircumference of that circle , and how
eng would it take Maud S , to swing
irotmd it at 2:10 to the mile ? Answer-
ng the latter part-of this interrogato-
y first , you say at a jump , six min-
ites and thirty seconds. You are off
? our base , for it would be a ring over
100 miles in circumference , and Maud
3. speeding at the rate of 2:10 , mile
ifter mile , would not pass under the
'string" at the conclusion of this
iiost extraordinary heat until the ex-
)5ration of twelve hours and forty
ninutes ! Yes , reader , Maud S. , Jay-
3ye-See , or any other phenomenal
Iyer , speeding each and every mile in
! :10 , would be twelve hours and forty
ninutes swinging round this golden
: ircle. I could give you the circum
feronco of .this circle , but it will onlj
bo a pleasure to you to figure out tbj ;
distance to be traveled.
To switch off again : Two hundred ,
millions of gold , run into a square barl
a foot thick , said bar would bo about ,
how long , do you think ? Ono hundred - (
dred feet , eh ? Well , friend , you would !
got badly left if you sold it "unsight ,
unseen , " for a three hundred-foot bar
left by 250 feet , or $90,658,000 !
To shoulder this tremendous bar of-
gold and take it up to your residencej
on Fifth avenue , how many men would'
be required , good for 100 pounds each )
more than the average man would !
want to carry for any considerable dis-j
tance ? Seven thousand , reader ! )
What a procession they would make.j
marching lock-step. 'Stop ! It just ,
occurs to mo that no more than'
1,100 men could possibly put their !
shoulders to this foot thick 550-foot
bar of gold , walking ever so close , and (
that number couldn't begin to raise it
from the ground. In that shape , with
out rollers , it would take seven times
seventy "Jumbos" to drag it along.
So let it lie there it will be safe.
Fifty men , standing on Park row ,
and giving the dollars away at the rate
of $1,000 a day , would have to stand
there eleven.years before their work
was done. This however , would be an
easier job. Fifty men eleven years
giving away $200,000,000 at the rate ,
in the aggregate , of $50,000 a day !
Two hundred million dollars ! What
a palace it would build for Mr. Vander
bilt on Fifth avenue , for which his
present palace might bo the coal
bunker.
Vanderbilt's own weight is an atom
in comparison with this 350 tons of
gold.With
With it he could buy up and own all
the 11,315 daily and weekly news
papers in the United States , running
them to suit himself as a manufacturer
of public opinion on a gigantic scale.
With it he could pay the year's
salary of all the 65,000 clergymen of
all the pulpits of every sect in the
country , giving every one of them over
$3,000 a year , which is five times as
much as most of them get.
With it ho could give a still greater
annual retainer to every one of the
64,000 lawyers in the land , and get
them to argue for anything whatever.
With it no could raise an army of
100,000 men and keep them in the
field for a year , at an expense of $200
a head , which is about the cost of a
soldier in Bismarck's German army.
What a theme ! It is too teeming.
Two hundred millions of dollars in
gold ! It's just the size of your pile ,
isn't it , Mr. Vandeibilt ?
And yet you get on the housetop
and cry for a reduction of the pay of
"
the horny-handed working people" out
of whom you have squeezed this
mighty pile of gold. John Swintori's
Paper.
Orisrinofthe Mexican Pulque.
The legend of its discovery is a pret
ty one and has taken so strong a hold
'
upon th'e popular fancy that it re
mains fresh in memoiy even at the
present day , having been the theme of
poetry and the inspiration of art. It
is said that when the Toltec Empire
was at the height of his splendor ,
Tepancallzin being upon the tluone-a
relative of the King , Papantzin by
name , was led , through a happy acci
dent , to observe the hidden virtues of
the maguey. The gnawing of a rat in
the pulpy body of the plant revealed
the secret which nature had hitherto
guarded so carefully and brought to
the light that milky beverage which
was destined to be the source of
health and pleasure to countless thous
ands. Papantzin seemed to have had
some idea of the importance of his
discovery , for he resolved to take the
precious liquid up to court , deeming
that it would be an acceptable present
to the King. His lovely daughter
Xochitl accompanied him , and it was
from her fair hands that Tepancaltzin
received the jarro of pulque. The
monarch was so struck with the beau
ty of the maiden , which had earned
for her the name of "Flower , " that he
fell desperately in love with her , and
stealing her away from Papantzin , he
kept her a willing prisoner in a charm
ing retreat near the City of Tula.
Such was the influence exerted by this
Toltec Rosamond over the heart of her
royal admirer that he afterwards ac
knowledged her as his Queen , and
placed their son Meconetzin upon the
throne. The latter , whose name sig
nifies "the son of the Maguey , " was so
incapable of governing that he brought
a speedy destruction upon the empire ,
the capital being destroyed by "fire ,
and the old king , with Xochitl , per
ishing in the battle. Thus the past
history of pulque is one fitted to point
a moral and adorn a tale. At the
present day , though shorn in great
measure of its romance , there still re
mains much that is pictuesque and po
etical , and Mexico presents very few
studies more interesting than that af
forded by a visit to one of these num
erous pulque haciendas with which the
valley abounds. Letter in New Orleans
Times.
Henry Clay's Style in Congress.
Mr. Clay made a good Secretary of
State ; but his place was in Congress ,
for he was formed by nature for a pop
ular orator. He was tall and thin ,
with a rather small head and gray
eyes , which peered forth less volumin
ously than would have been expected in
one possessing eminent control of lan
guage. His nose was straight , his up
per lip long and his under jaw light.
His mouth , of generous width , straight
when he was silent and curving upward
at the corners when he spoke or
smiled , was singularly graceful , indi
cating more than any other feature the
2lastic play of his mind. When he enChained -
Chained large audiences his features
were lighted up by a winning smile ,
the srestures of his lonjr arms were
graceful and the gentle accents of his
mellow voice were persuasive and
tvinning. Yet there has never been a
more imperious despot in political af
fairs than Mr. Clav. He regarded
iimself as the head center of his party
'L'etal , c'esl wzoi" and he wanted
jverything utilized for his advance
ment. Ben : Perlcy Poore.
What's in a name ? Everything , when jot
ire up for a political office-
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BREVITIES.
The bill of entry contains partlcu-
gS X&l 3
fnS2 ? ,2 nLdbuUaSrc ;
United States , ivf , " " " " " "
to
10.612 came
Of the receiving ports
Condon , against U4M ? 9,353 ; to Liv-
against 16,007 , and 6.208 to
erpol ,
GlLgow,0against 4,891. The imports
of cows numbered 4,659 , gainst 4,891 ,
of calves , 2,972 , against 2,865 , and of
. As re-
against 3,022.
swine , 2,931 ,
of sheep ana
o-ards our purchases
fambs , 89,489 were received in October ,
against 107,146. Denmark sent 26-
014 , against 36,690 ; Germany , 19,887 ,
agains ° 17,776 ; Holland , 27,793 , against
19,388 ; Belgium , 4,819 , against H.442 ;
? 14,278 ; and the
Canada , 709 , against
United States 600 , as against 4,999.
Of the import of sheep and lambs
London received 50,809 , against 48-
257 ; Liverpool' 4,861 , against 12,930 ;
Harwich , 10,401 , against 10,499 , and
Newcastle 11,178 , as compared with
19,883.
Forty-one candidates for the ten
scholarships of 20 each , offered to
boys between 14 and 18 by the Royal
Agricultural society of England , were
recentlv examined in chemistry , as ap
plied to agriculture , and the princi
ples of agriculture , especially with
reference to the rotation of crops and
nutrition of plants and animals , and
the mechanical cultivation of the soil.
So large a number of candidates have
never before presented themselves for
examination. Othersubjects for econ
omists are land-surveying , and me
chanics as applied to agriculture.
The scholarships are ofiered on condi
tion that the scholars remain at school
until the end of the summer term next
year , or spend the year with a prac
tical agriculturist , or a land agent , to
be approved by the education com
mittee , or at one of the agricultural
colleges , or partly at a school and
partly with a practical agriculturist ,
or a land agent , or at an agricultural
college.
The growth in Britain of the silo
system of preserving fodder has been
very rapid. A few years ago only a
few enthusiastic experimenters had
silos , but there are now , according to
figures collected last June , no fewer
than 610 silos with a total capacity ol 'I
1,861,744 feet , and on an average ca
pacity of 3,052 feet. The Scotch silos
are the largest , and average 4,592
feet. The largest silos in the United
Kingdom is in Argyllshire. It is 60
feet long , 60 feet wide , and 16 feet
deep , and has a total capacity ol
57,600 cubic feet. The smallest silo
in Hants is 6 feet long , 4 feet wide ,
and 5 feet deep , with a capacity of
only 120 cubic feet. That the silo
should come into so extensive use in
Britain is not surprising. The wet
ness of the climate makes it dufficult
to secure fodder in good condition ,
and besides there are large numbers
of wealthy farmers who can afford to
risk money in new experiments.
Tfic Glasgow Herald , in giving an
account of a recent sale of plants in
that city , says : The company was
large , and the bidding very keen , even
at times exciting. Appended are a few
of the principal lots and prices real
ized : Trichomanes luschnatranum
superba , 30 : hymenopyllum candicu-
latum , 25 ; trichonianes reniforme ,
23 ; hymenophyllum oloveseum , 12
10sSeaforthia ; elyans , 8 10sDasyh- ;
rion longifolio glauca , 6 16s 6d ; hy
menophyllum demissum , 6 10s-
trichomane banriena , 5 15s 6d ; two
hymenopyhllum demissum , 10 ; two
ditto , $7 ; Odonloglossum Andersonia-
mini , 515s 6d.
Prof. Charles Graham , the distin
guished British scientist , thinks that
the export of wheat from India is a
most important factor in the decline
of prices. The cost of production in
India he estimates at I7Jc to 50c a
bushel , which is lower than some es
timates that have been made. JDhe ob
jections to the aromatic flavor of In
dian wheat Prof. Graham thinks over
estimated , and that the flavor can not
affect its value in a judicious mixture
of grains. He also points out the tendency -
dency of Britain to buy wheat in a
markec which receives British goods
free in exchange for grain.
A little-charcoal fed two or three
times a week to
fattening hogs is an
3xcellent corrective to acidity of ths
stomach. They are especially liable
L.o this trouble when fed
upon corn
md confined in a pen. At such times
; hey wil ! eat charcoal greedily , and
tvill fatten much more rapidly with
sharcoal than with corn alone . Pos
sibly the use of charcoal might , iflon °
jontinued , impare the digestion bul
vith fattening hogs this is not so im-
jortant. We have made a practice ol
jlacingwood ashes where ho < rs could
iat them freely at all times with ex-
: ellent results.
M. Ckiandi-Bey
has
- made a commu-
ncation to the French
academy , set-
ing forth the claims of an aqueous so-
ution of bisulphide of carbon as a
ismfectant. The bisulphide is bul
lightly soluble in water , a litre oi
rater at the ordinary temperature dis
Diving only two or three milligrams !
.he solution
is , however a y orou <
ntiseptic , arresting all fermentation
nd killing all microbes. This solution
s recomended for
watering the streets
ut the odor of the commercial Stick
s certainly not in its favor.
Russia proposes to have her
rheat fields , and has not lon own
ontracted a loan of $75,000,006" , to be
xpendedmthe construction of rail
rays , to open up her wheat-producino
jrntory. This policy has been
ursued in India , and the
onfederatian of South
uildmg roads at a cost of $28 America 000 ie
'
> open up the vast pampas of' the hi !
1-IUL
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Prof. Budd , of the Iowa
lllPtrf * c Ta tKo - . ! . _ . . Agricultural .
" * l- s
J"'e > - -i * } mat the stones here
3 to the value of the timber o
ussian mulberry were laughed
ussian foresters. It is used in
a , as it will be here , merely
nall-sizeci.
ornamantal tree , of
xlue as a fruit producer. It is
trial , but not of the fuss
w
-"over it by interested parTSs ? *