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SlfAIN WANTS NO OUTSIDE MED- DLING WITH HER AFFAIRS. J SHE SCORNS THE VERY SUGGESTION < oubleNow Lively Developments Confronts Our In Consuls—Some the Senate ) On Cuban Question. * A Washington special says: For lie first time the official announce¬ ment was made Wednesday that Spain |ad Savernment declined the overtures of this in the inter st of peace in kba. I’lie announcement was made by Senator MJe Foraker in the course of his and sensational speech in the sfhate in favor of recognizing the bel- ;erency of the Cuban republic. Senator Foraker is on the Cuban st N>-committee of the senate committee oigforeign clf study relations, of the documents and he has made file at a se on state department. Much of this he «'<»ld not disclose. He did, however, si»mit Mr. Olney’s letter proposing mldiation and he read a portion of the Swinish reply declining the offices of th* th4e government and declaring that could be no peace until the re belion was completely suppressed. disclosure of this important bit of Tie history created a sensation. Lome, date! letter from Olney to De April 4, 1896, is the one which su g£|sts intervention. Mr. Olney It night well be deemed a derelic¬ tion .t)f duty to the government of the United States as well as a censurable want t,f candor to Sain, if I were longer to def er official expression as well as tbq anxiety with which the president regards the existing situation in Cuba as Of his earnest desire for the perma- plait, nel § pacification of the island. Any tkat%- giving reasonable assurance of e sult and not inconsistent with the st rights and reasonable demands of all concerned will be earnestly pro¬ the moted! constitution by him, by all means which and laws of this coun- try pla|e at his disposal. •q he Senate Proceedings. Ano# lfer stirring debate on Cuba oc- currei |in the senate Wednesday. It was o the give and take order, with sharp t parliamentary fencing. The main.Speeches senators Foraker, of the day Ohio; were those Can- py of noiff °f Utah; Lindsay, of Kentucky, anl «Hoar, of Massachusetts. jjlwas the first speech of any length he deml? ;v*red by Mr. Foraker since en- ii.-----j n addition to tereu, this,! the Ohio senator is one of the ,..1 subcommittee of the committee Lul Jjreign relations. He spoke in fa- 011 gf a reference of the Cuban reso- vor |n to the committee, but on the lutii Ral question declared his purpose gem ipporting the resolution recogniz- of s luban belligerency when it should ing ported by the committee. be r Cannon was bitter in his denun- " of Spanish atrocity, character- ciatio Ihe . captain general of Cuba as ;f“e|nad . . ““ dog Weyler.” IJndsay declared if the informa- r ‘ trnished by United States con- tl0 . n fas so shocking as to subject ®, ,l |u to assassination if their names ige disclosed, it was time to send "ffships Tftomatic to Cuba and to terminate all relations with that country. If Horrible State of Affairs. jCt was developed in the course of a Morgan Jilloquy and between Vest Senators that the state Foraker, de¬ partment had withheld the names of IJnited States consuls reporting on %he serious condition of affairs in Cuba /because it might lead to their massacre. f Mr. Vest declared that this pre¬ sented the most serious phase of the subject, as it was time to protect our officials with warships if their personal r afety was threatened for making re¬ ports to their government. No action on the resolution was Aiken, but Mr. Morgan Thursday said he hoped secure a vote on Mr. Hale’s motion to refer. He desired to do this, he said, in order that the Cu¬ ban resolution might not antagonize the tariff bill on Monday. After some objections, the senate decided to adjourn from Thursday -until Monday. * MISSISSIPPI’S NEW CAPITOL. cture Will Cost $ 750,000 and Will Be Erected on Old Site. Lin a short while Mississippi's old j»te house at Jackson will be razed Erected jlthe ground majestic and in its place will be a $750,000 structure, f tierce The for fight time for the and new ended capitol Wed¬ was a. was nesday when the senate udepted the hill. The new capitol will be built upon the present site and according to the plans of an architect of San Antonio, Tex. The construction will be in the hands of three commissioners and the state will float forty-year 4 per cent, bonds, payable in ten years, at the Btate’s option to par for it. GOVERNOR ONLY CAN SAVE. ( | A Washington dispatch says: The f ‘ate of Henry White is iu the hands of 1 governor Atkinson, of Georgia. - Unless the governor grants a com- ^ nutation of sentence White will hang it Columbus on tho 4th of June. A \ The writ of error sought at the ands of the United States supreme :>urt has been denied, and now the oung man’s fate is in the governor’s ands. DISPENSARY LOSES A FRIEND. Columbia State, Newspaper, Declares the Daw a Failure. The South Carolina dispensary seems surely doomed. The Columbia Daily Register, the recognized organ of the administration from 1890 to the pres¬ ent time, the public printer and the ardent supporter of the dispensary, lias turned against the system. It says: dispensary is kept "So long as the in politics the evils inseparable from the institution under that condition cau never be eradicated. To keep the dispensary out of politics is utterly impracticable under prevailing condi¬ tions and with such a powerful engine under political control, the ends of equity and law can at any time be de¬ feated by an unscrupulous hand upon the law. "This is the great danger that is threatening the people by the dispen¬ sary. It is gilly to attempt to conceal it, and the Register, though a support¬ er of the system per se, would be dere¬ lict in its duty to itself if at this time and in the light of recent develop¬ ments if it did not come out boldly and state the truth. It is a source of con¬ tinual contention and suspicion that is harmful to social cohesion and injuri¬ ous to the political welfare of the state. We see no escape from these conclu¬ sions, regretfully as they must be ad¬ mitted. ” CONSIDERING RESIGNATION. Governor Taylor Admits He Is Now Thinking of Such a Step. The Chattanooga News prints an in¬ terview with Governor Taylor, who passed through that city Wednesday eu route from Nashville to Tate Springs. The governor is quoted as follows: “It is true that I am carefully con¬ sidering the question of resigning, but as yet I have not decided definitely to do so. I will not act hastily and will not, by any rash act, bring dis¬ credit upon the state or the democratic party. will be after all "Should I resign, it important appointments have been made and the responsibility of the administration has been placed upon me. “I will admit, however, that 1 am tired of public life and am anxious to get into a more congenial sphere, be¬ sides which my physicians advise me to take a long rest.” TWO CONDUCTORS MISSING. They Were Delegates Tn Attendance On Convention at Dos Angeles. Cornelius Curran, of Baltimore, and C. E. Dunn, of Huntington, Iud., both delegates to the conductors’ conven¬ tion, at Los Angeles, Cal., have mys¬ teriously disappeared, leaving abso¬ lutely no clew to their whereabouts. Curran, who was accompanied to tbe city by his wife and two children, left his aparatments at the Clifton house early Monday morning, telling his wife he would return about noon. She has neither seen nor heard from him since, and as he had on his person $150 and a gold watch, grave fears for his safety are entertained by his family and friends. Dunn, who is also married but un¬ accompanied by his family, disap¬ peared about the same time from his lodgings in the Mento hotel. Before leaving he deposited his valuables with the proprietor of the hotel. The police have been diligently searching for the missing men, but no trace of them has been found. PRINCELY GIFT TO BAPTISTS. Millionaire Rockefeller Makes an Offer of $250,000 on Conditions. The most important of the May an¬ niversaries of the northern Baptists began at Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday morning when President H. K. Porter called the American Baptist Home Mission Society to order for its sixty- fifth annual meeting. About 1,000 delegates from all parts of North America were in their seats wheu the convention was called to order. After bidding the delegates wel¬ come, the president briefly referred to the offer of John D. Rockefeller to give $250,000 to clear the society of debt, if a similar amount was raised before July 1, 1897. tbe Mr. Porter said that while amount was not yet at hand, it would be before the date so named. Approves Uniformity of Textbooks. The Texas bouse of representatives has passed the textbook bill which provides state uniformity of textbooks for all the free schools of Texas. The law goes into effect in 1898. OSCAR WILDE RELEASED. Refused a Big Offer For an Article On. His Prison Experience. Oscar Wilde was released from prison at London Wednesday morning. Wilde, who seemed te be enjoying robust health, goes to Parris immedi¬ ately. He intends, however, to return to London to engage in literary work. He says he does not intend to hide his identity, but will write over his own signature. The Pall Mall Gazette says that one of the first acts of Oscar Wilde on re¬ gaining his freedom was to refuse $50,000 for a vtory of his prison expe¬ rience. THE WILL OF ALLAH. Fanatical Sultan Finds An Excuse For Wanting Thessaly. According to a dispatch to The Lon¬ don Daily Mail, from Vienna, The Tageblatt says: consulted “The sultan has the Sheik U1 Islam, who has declared it to be the will of Allah that Thessaly should be reunited to Turkey. “Should he act upon this religious prompting, it may be extremely diffi¬ cult for the powers to prevent his pur¬ pose from being carried out.” I DUKE OF TETUAN SENDS IN HIS RESIGNATION. a FISTICUFF CREATES EXCITEMENT Recognition of Insurgents by American Senate Was Attributed by Tetuan to Speech of Sagasta. . In the Spanish senate at Madrid, Friday, there was a heated and tumul¬ tuous debate regarding the resolution passed by the United States senate to recognize the Cuban belligerents. The debate was followed by an ex¬ cited discussion in the lobbies. This led to a dispute between the Duke of Tetuan, the minister of foreign affairs, and a liberal senator, which ended in the duke boxing the senator’s ears. A great commotion ensued and the sitting of the senate was suspended. The liberal minority afterwards held a meeting to consider the situation, and ex-Premier Sagasta, the liberal leader, was summoned to confer with his followers. An urgent message was also sent to the premier, Senor Canovas del Cas¬ tillo, by the ministerialists. The duke of Tetuan later in the day as a Tesult of the incident. Senor Canovas, the premier, will take the the portfolio ad interim. The liberal senators have decided to attend no more sessions of the senate until full satisfaction has been accord¬ ed to Senator Comas and the liberal party by the duke of Tetuan. The duke of Tetuan and Senator Comas selected seconds as preliminary to a duel. Later the seconds of the duke of Tetuan and of Senator Comas de¬ cided that as the aggressions are recip¬ rocal, a duel is not necessary. Senor Comas is probably Professor Comas, who in June last, in the Span¬ ish senate, supported the amendment to the address asking that treaties with the United States might be canceled on the ground that endangered they were the a source of conflict and peace of Spain and the United States. He made a speech bitterly assailing the United States and welcoming the conflict, which he looked on as inevit¬ able. CONDUCTORS ADJOURN. Officers Fleeted By the Convention For tho Next Year. The twenty-sixth session of the grand division of the Order of Rail¬ way Conductors was brought to a close at Los Angeles, Cal. The election of officers for the ensu¬ ing year resulted in the choice of the following: Grand chief conductor, F. E. Clarke, re-elected. Assistant grand conductor, C. H, Wilkins, re-elected, Grand secretary and treasurer, Mar¬ tin Clancy, re-elected. Grand senior conductor, A. B. Gar- retson, re-elected. Grand junior conductor, W. B. Per¬ kins, of Los Angeles. ARRANGE TERMS OF PEACE. Aunexation of Tliessaly Don led; Indem¬ nity Will Be Fixed. A dispatch to The London Daily Mail from Constantinople says: “The ambassadors will present a note to tho porte embodying the terms of peace to which they will agree. The note will refuse to permit the abolition of the capitulations in the cases of Greek subjects or the annexa¬ tion of Thessaly, but will consent to a strategic rectification of the frontier and to an indemnity not exceeding 115,000,000 francs.” MUST WORK HARD. Governor Pingree Exacts Groat Things of the Michigan Degislature. Governor Pingree, of Michigan, has volunteered the information that if the members of the state legislature want to get through and go home the last of May, as contemplated, they must first pass a law to get at least a millon of dollars more out of corporations. Oth¬ erwise he will call an extra session. VISIT MONTICELLO. Many Members of Congress Leave Wash¬ ington For Jefferson’s Home. A party of about 60 members of both houses of congress left Washing¬ ton Friday morning for a day’s outing at Monticello, the old home of Thomas Jefferson. Speaker Reed was among the representatives of the house side. Relief Money Sent On. An instalment of the $50,000 appro¬ priated by congress for the relief of suffering Americans in Cuba has been received by Consul General Lee, per treasury transfer, and is now on de¬ posit with G. Lawton Childs & Co., the local American banking house at Havana. SIXTY HOMELESS FAMILIES. A Million Dollar Fire In Jersey City Tenement Houses. Afire which started at 1:30 o’clock 1 Wednesday m , morning . at , - A T ewark , avenue and First street, Jersey City, burned all Sixty through families the night. rendered home- j j were less and tbe damage to the tenement houses they occupied is estimated at $1,000,000. No fatalities have been reported. THROUGH GEORGIA. The supreme court lias handed down its decision in the ease of A. E. Drought, giving him a*new trial. The case of Drought is one that is well remembered. It was tried in the At¬ lanta pity ccurts and at the time cre¬ ated no small amount of talk. Drought was charged with being a common cheat and swindler and was charged with having sold receivers’ certificates of a- ruilroad to a firm after making misrepresentations to them. Colonel H. G. Cook, the new com¬ mander of tho Fifth regiment sta' tioned at Fort McPherson, will arrive June 1st to take command. Colonel Cook is now enjoying a furlough. Soon after the death of Colonel Kel¬ logg orders were issued for Colonel Cook to take charge of the regiment stationed at this post. He asked for a few weeks’ furlough before taking charge of his new command, which was granted. Judge Lumpkin, at Atlanta, basis- sued an order directing Receiver Julius L. Brown to sell the assets of the Geor¬ gia Mining and Manufacturing and In¬ vestment company on June 17th. One hundred and twenty-five thousand dol¬ lars is fixed as the upset price and each bidder is to put up a check for $10,000 as evidence of good faith. The terms are $35,090 down, the balance in three and six months. Receiver’s certificates will be taken in payment at their face value. The supreme court holds that a ver¬ dict rendered by a jury on Sunday is legal. From this opinion two judges dissent. The question came up in the suit of Weaver against Carter in Fan¬ nin county, involving the merits of a horse trade. The jury in a justice’s court took the case after argument on Saturday and did not render a verdict until the next day, which was Sunday, and it was received. The point was made that this was illegal, because the verdict was received on Sunday. County School Commissioner R. J. Guinn has sent the adjutant general his resignation as lieutenant colonel of the Third Georgia regiment. Colo¬ nel Guinn’s reasons for resigning as given in the letter of resignation are on account of the fact that he has such a great amount of work to do and his whole time and attention are re¬ quired by his business. His resigna¬ tion leaves an important vacancy in the ranks of the Third and there will be much interest in the promotions to follow. The bonded indebtedness of the Sa¬ vannah, Florida and Western railway iii Georgia is $15,663 per mile and its : estimated cost in the state is $25,000 -per mile. It has 400 ihiles in the state. The Plant lines in Geor¬ gia had a deficit of $86,886.91 for the year ending June 30, 1896. The company’s total earnings in Geor¬ gia last year were $2,093,407. Oper¬ ating expenses were $1,596,568 and the taxes were $73,000. The interest on the Georgia lines made the total fixed charges exceed the increase by $ 86 , 886 . * Ten thousand Confederate veterans will attend the reunion in Nashville next month. At least that is the num¬ ber that those at the head of the re¬ union expect to gather from all over the south. An effort is being made by the Georgia veterans to have the largest number of representatives from this state, and from the present out¬ look that attempt will be successful. The camps all over the state are taking a great interest in the coming gather¬ ing, and as there are about eighty camps iu the state, it is very likely that the number of Georgians at the reunion will far exceed the expected thousand. A charge has been lodged against Penitentiary Company No. 1, by Geo. Brooken, an ex-convict, who was re¬ cently released from the coal mines in Dade county, where he was sent from Bibb county five years ago. He charges that he was worked 181 Sun¬ days while a convict. Brooken sues the company leasing the convicts for $181, claiming this amount represents that number of Sundays, in which he worked at bard labor without receiv¬ ing any consideration. The charge is one of a most grave nature, and should the allegations of the petition be proved, and tbe plaintiff makes affida¬ vit that they are true, another convict investigation will probably be the re¬ sult. Crop Prospects Better. The past week’s crop bulletin shows a very much improved condition of all crops in Georgia, and shows that the climatic conditions are favorable to good farm work. The showers which were general over the state about the middle of the week did much good to growing vege¬ tation and afforded farmers an oppor¬ tunity to plant a large number of sweet potato slips. Corn and cotton have made considerable improvement, though bad stands and damage by cutworms are reported in some coun¬ ties. Wheat, oats and barley are all looking well. There is still some rust among the wheat. The fruit crop will be only fair. Peaclies are dropping in portions of the middle and southern divisions aud pears are badly damaged . by . blight. .. , Apples . , and , berries , are generally good, and in many counties abundant. Strawberries are now be- ing shipped and the fruit is very good. The blackberry outlook is good. On the whole, the condition of all crops is much better than at the time of the last issue of the bulletin, r ■L w . u .W i i i lAt ei j. u aa \ ' •Y N / JSs* %ri W A> ■Me’ & I asas*-- kg>i v-T^c.- f m '$r* sJJSs*:X: Grease to Destroy Lice. If cattle in spring are thin in flesh, with rough, staring coat, it is a pretty sure sign that lice are troubling them. It is only on thin cattle that lice can long continue to live. Grease of any kind, kills them, as it closes the pores through which they breath. It is much better to rub lard or fat of any kind on the necks of cattle and around the head than to apply large amounts of kero¬ sene, which has usually the effect of taking off hair. If kerosene oil is used, make it into an emulsion, with ten times its bulk of water, and using enough soap to make the oil and watej thoroughly mix. This closes the pores and is just a3 effective as stronger doses. Tight vs. Ventilated Packages. ^7'^ J. H. Hale, of South Glastonbery, Conn., in writing to the Strawberry Culturist regarding fruit packages, says: All along these years past we beeu talking about the necessity of well ventilated packages. If one is to pick, pack and hurry off fruit when it is damp, or iu the heat of the day, ventilated packages are A necessity. For berries properly handled, picked in the cool of the day, when dry, or put in cold storage for cooling as soon as picked, it will be found that they keep much longer and be a brighter and better color if put in nearly tight packages. Years ago, when the New Jersey growers, and those in the vicinity of Boston, used the round quart boxes with a wooden cover, it was usually possible to find a crate of sound ber¬ ries four or five days after they were put on the market. Now, with our ventilated crates and baskets, the only bright, showy berries to be found, after they have been on the market a day, will be by turning the basket up¬ side down and finding the bright ber¬ ries that are on the bottom, away from the air. I certainly am in favor of tight packages in the hands of men who know how to handle their fruit before shipment. I grow a great many acres of straw¬ berries here, and also have a test pot where I grow about every ^variety under cultivation, and in testing the newer kinds, so as to get at their com¬ mercial value, color, carrying capacity, etc., I annually keep my specimens of fruit iu various ways, and have always found those that are kept away from any circulation of air and pretty thor¬ oughly boxed up are the ones that keep longest and show up the brightest at the end. Tiio Care of Swine. The following “notes” are taken from a paper read by J. S. Burns at an 4n- stitute: "The prevalent notion among farm- ers that a brood sow should he kept in low flesh is contrary to the best ex- perience. Give an abundance of sue- CUlgnt food. •‘‘The use of corn in the feeding of swine has been dropped out until at present this grain is fed very little by us except'as a finish for pork. Choice would be*for nothing better than roots, milk and feed. In the absence of past- uve, for a sow during the period of ges- tation, and until the pigsjhre six weeks ■old, except in the coldest weather, and even then confortable quarters are pre- ferable to much concentrated food for producing heat. When the i>igs show a disposition to eat from the trough one to which the sow cannot have access should be pro- vided. Now is the critical period in the pig’s life. If we over-feed we. im- pair digestion. If we stint in feed wo retard growth. If the feed is too con- stipating disease is ready to enter. If it is too laxative scours is produced, These ills may result from careless feeding of the sow; ■ "No iron-clad rule can be given as to quantity and quality of foods for pigs at this time, as conditions vary and much depends upon what the sow is receiving. If she has an abundance of succulent food or pasture pure skim- rnilk is excellent for the pigs; other* wise it is too constipating, unless some bran and oil meal are added. ‘ ‘It is important that the pigs have a clean, dry bed and plenty of exercise. Whenever the weather permits they should be induced to stir out. Failure to take exercise is the one great hin¬ drance to success in raising pigs in very .cold weather. They burrow in their nests and remain inactive until thumps destroys them. "Experience leads me to assert that wheat is an excellent feed for swine, if ground and mixed well with other and lighter feed, the mass being made into slop. Have had no very satisfactory results from feeding whole wheat, especially when fed dry. By soaking whole wheat can be fed to considerable extent without loss. For young pigs, where growth is the essential point, sloppy feed is superior’to dry feed of any kind. For growing pigs, I could never use pure ground wheat. Oats, or very heavy bran, or both, should be added. Some succulent, or bulky food should always .be given with this con¬ centrated food, thus aiding digestion and sustaining the appetite. ” Cross Breeding. Tho object of crossing pure bred cocks on common stock, says a billies ' tin of the North Carolina station, is to improve naturally, yet often mistakes are made becau ?e the proper breed is not selected. The following will be found the most desirable ones, and the advantages to be derived from their use on common hens. Barred Plym¬ outh Rock cocks are very extensively used for grading, and,’’an old variety, they are now more widely scattered than other varieties. The grades from them mature early and are very hardy. They generally take the color of their sires, the meat being yellow, as well as legs, making them very salable stock. The White Plymouth and Rocks are equals of the Barred, are pre¬ ferred to the latter by many, as the young are free from black or dark pin feathers. White Wyandotte crosses we con¬ sider the best of all for broilers, as the young stock (grades) are more and, com¬ pact, equally as healthy, as a rule, carry more flesh at an early age than either cross mentioned. They will readily show good treatment, and it is advisable to feed w r ell when young, which is equally true of all varieties. Pullets from such a cock mature and lay early in the fall, and continue through the winter. The Indian Game is a good fowl for grading flocks, for several reasons, viz: The young are always fat, the color of the skin is black yellow (except in some cases where hens with white skin are used), their weight is remark¬ able, and is much greater than their looks, deceiving all who are not famil¬ iar with the breed in its purity. Black or White Minorcas have the characteristics of the Leghorns, so far as laying is concerned, and are larger; therefore would suit some persons when the Leghorns would not. The eggs from the Minorcas are large—in fact, no pure bred fowl lays a larger. The Houdan (a French fowl), hav¬ ing a crest, beard and five toes on each foot, are recommended very highly for use on barnyard hens, but we have not been particularly pleased with results from such a mating. , Dorkings are also prominently men¬ tioned by many breeders, but having had no experience with them, we can¬ not offer an opinion. * K Use of Wind Mills. It has been demonstrated during the last season in all the Middle and West¬ ern States, that most growing crops would be benefited by having more water while they are growing, than they usually receive from the rains as they are distributed during the sum¬ mer season. Irrigation in what is called moist climates, where the rain fall is as much as from thirty-six to forty inches per annum, has been in¬ troduced with profit in gardening for years. This was on a limited scale, and in most cases used only as a sup-. plement to the rainfall, or in times when there was unusual drought. Jt_ has beeu shown in regions almost en- tirely dependent upon irrigation, that plants grow much more vigorously when the supply of water is regulated 1 and just in the quantity necessary for the growing crop; that the distribu- . timi of the supply of water at proper (intervals is of great advantage to the crop. tiieT To prevent an over-supply when rains are frequent, underdraining has been resorted to, and has been found of advantage even on uplands sown in wheat or cultivated in corn, but in droughts the waters drained off by tiles would be of great value if it could be distributed over the ground from which it has been removed, This need of water when there is not suffi- cient rain has led to suggestion of con¬ structing reservoirs to hold until it is needed what has been wasted; whether this method can ever be put into prac- tice to supply large farms in times of drought, must await time and consider- able experimenting before it can be settled. But there can be uo doubt that for small patches where intense farming and vegetable culture is the chief object, some modification of this method can be used with profit, The lay of the land or the underlying strata of rock may have something to do with the method to be adopted for a supply of water. If the rainfall can be saved in ponds it must be distrib- uted to higher grounds by some power which is pretty constant and without much cost. The use of the wind engine has been found to be very effective for this purpose. A good wind engine will pump a large amount of water into an elevated tank from which it can be distributed to garden and truck patches close by, at a very small cost, If there should be no pond to hold waste water, a driven well or one drilled into the rook will supply the needed water without fail. Wind mills are now largely in use with gardeners and flor¬ ists for this purpose and would be valuable additions to almost every farmer who is ambitious to have a good garden and truck patch; besides they would always supply, if placed over a well, abundance of fresh water for his cattle aud hogs and stock of all kinds. Every farm where there is not running water at a suffi¬ cient elevation to supply the barnyard and the garden with the water they need at the right time should have a wind mill to held in this work. It can be had at a small outlay aud will work itself with a very small amount of care. Farmers should not let the wind go to entire waste, as they should not the water, when they can use both to so much profit to themselves.—Farm News. England’s total foreigu trade in 1896 amounted to $3,126,315,895, while oui own reached only $1,642,925,161.