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yEW.UMrl.h....U.1.i.L 'S' ,+x? ^Js.—. vcm* -'V. siJhaA'-- *'* •****««> r? >r •’ 3g33g535CSIZG3BIZItG33G3SE53BBBB3BBHBS Well-Kept Hordern. Tho beauty and value of a flower- | bed or a farm depends not a little ! upon a well-chosen and well-kept border. We have never met a person who admired a farm bordered with dilapidated fences overrun with briars and weeds, or a fine crop surrounded with tall weeds. Cut ’em down in the beauty the (?) and vigor of youth, and re- move old run-down fences.—The Epitomist. 1 The Calf's Drinking Pail. Calves during the first summer ore frequently pastured in an orchard or tethered by a rope near the barn. In //-»/*> ' t 'Vt either case water must be carried to them and their pail is very likely to be lipped over.—American Agriculturist. Curing Iluy for Home Use. In hay making, two points are to be ■considered, writes J. S. Woodward, of New York. First, how to get the largest weight of such hay as is most in demand in the market and will bring the highest price, and second, how to get the largest amount of di¬ gestible stock food to the acre. The first is from the standpoint of the hay seller. The other from that of the hay feeder. Fortunately for the farmer, the hay buying public has not yet “got onto” the fact that for all animals for all pur¬ poses for a driving horse even, there is no hay quite equal to early cut, well cured clover, so the market calls for timothy hay and such will sell for sev¬ eral dollars per ton more than any other, and it must be made from grass fully grown and ripened to a point just short of the shattering of the seed. There is a prejudice in the market against hay that is too green in color, and although hay cut early and of a deep green color is far better to feed, it will not bring as much as that which is lighter in color, in fact, almost white, providing this color comes from fuller maturity and not from bleaching by the weather. While no other of the true grasses has nearly so high a feeding value as the northern biuegrass, “Poa coin- pressa,” and nothing increases the feeding value of timothy hay more than a mixture of this grass,- such a mix¬ ture injures its market value in pro¬ portion to the quantity of bluegrass contained. So then, for market, clean timothy is wanted, and it should be cut ju3t before its seeds will shell and at this stage can be cut in the morn¬ ing of a good hay day, and drawn and housed in afternoon, especially if it be gone over with a tedder soon after dinner. But as to the best time to cut the various kinds of grasses, best methods of curing, handling and stor¬ ing to get best results in feeding farm stock. We do not care for bulk but for amount of digestible food. A well established fact in vegetable growth is, that during the early season much of the growth of hay plants is at the ex¬ pense of nutriment stored up the pre¬ vious Season, and that up to a certain point of maturity the plant is largely fiber and water, and that beyond this time the plant is taking in carbon from the air and uniting that with the water and forming the carbohydrates—first sugar, then starch and lastly fiber; that the further this change goes the woody fiber increases and the digesti¬ ble matter decreases. A rapid change also takes place in the constituents of grasses in the cur¬ ing or drying process. While the green grass may contain much sugar, when the s.ame has been cured but Little can found, it having passed on to the starch form largely, and doubtless more or less has gone on into the woody state. These facts true, grasses of all kinds should be cut when they have the great¬ est quantity of sugar and starch per acre, as these are both almost com¬ pletely digestible. If allowed to go beyond this the hay may increase much in weight and still lose much of its di¬ gestible With value. included, all the grasses, clover tois point will be found just at the period of full that bloom. the pollen I know many the have a notion on grasses makes the hay dusty, but if that be the only dust on the hay, ifo animal will ever be injured by its use. There is one objection to this early ■cutting of grass for hay—it is much more work to cure it, but the far greater value will more than compen¬ sate for the extra labor. I have tried almost every way of hay making but, all things considered, I prefer to do most of the curing in cock. Idike to start the mower about four -o’clock in the afternoon and keep it running until 10 o’clock the next day, except for a couple of hours in the early morning. Ii the grass is heavy, it should be shaken out with a tedder before noon and hy three in the after- noon it will be ready to rake and go into cooks. Few men know just how to make a good hay cock. Almost anyone can make a bunch, but it takes an artist to put up a hay cock so it will shed rain anil not be blown over by every little breeze. It should be small on the ground, rather tall and so built up that the outside coat shall shed rain like the thatch on a stack. This is easily done by one who knows how, but difficult to describe so that a novice can make one just right. Hay put into oocks after being fully wilted will, in good weather, sweat and cure out, ready to go into the barn, in two to five days, according to the weather. When cured enough on a bright morning after dew is off, the cocks j should be deftly opened into just good sized forkfuls, and in an hour and a half or two hours it is ready to draw and put into barns. Of conrse where one has not storage under cover he will be compelled to stack the hay, but I believe this is a wasteful practice and that even with the best system of stack- ing, enough will be wasted in a few years to pay for a building in which to store it. The old notion was, that the barn for storing bay should be open and that the doors should all be left open to air the hay, but now people have learned that the tighter the barn and the closer it is kept shut, the greener the hay can be stored with safety and the better it will keep. In buyiug a lot of clover hay in England to feed a flock of sheep which I was to bring over while on ship I was struck by its dark color but delicious fra- grance and the fact that the sheep ate every portion, even to the coarse stalk, and from then till now I have been trying to cure clover like it, and have succeeded pretty well by curing it in large cocxs and putting into mow 3 qmte damp.—New England Home- s * eac '- Excellent Cheap Chicken Coops. It is well to utilize the leisure of winter in preparing for the rush of work that always comes when spring opens. One such preparation is the preparing of tho needed chicken coops for the broods to be hatched out dur- ing the spring months. A simple ar- rangement is shown in the cut. Empty grocery boxes are procured and turned upon their sides, the cover being re- placed by slats, the cover being re- served for closing the coop at night, Upon the top now nail three strips that will project fifteen inches in front, making the middle strip higher than the other two. Tack upon these strips, as shown in the cat, a piece of tarred paper, and a waterproof roof will not only be secured, but a protection from m SI# v- ' !:■ .MU •i ■II „ SIMPLE HEN COOP. the sun in front of the coop. This will be very grateful to the chicks in hot weather, and to the mother-hen, which often suffers in the ordinary coop in the heat of summer. These coops will answer their pur- pose admirably, can be made with but a few moments’ work, and need not cost over fifteen or twenty cents apiece. —New York Tribune. Farm and Garden Notes. Mother earth wants her back scratched after showers. The successful farmer not only knows how to do his work well, but does it as well as he knows how. Dig out and haul off, or bury, the rock that dulls your plow or sickle, or you may have a break to repair next • time. Our rule has been to begin turning the horses on pastures nignts as soon as the crops are in and the pasture good. We consider it a good plan. Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, turnips, etc., may well follow extra early pota¬ toes, sweet corn, lettuce and radishes, thus securing two crops from the same rich ground. Many a behind-hand farmer might succeed in raising a profit by lowering the cost, through a more intelligent and industrious use of better teams, tools and methods. The journals of grass and grain cutting machinery must be kept well oiled, the knives sharp and the pitman of such length that the sections will exactlyhlentre in the guards. On fartas where much feed is ground for stock a good feed mill will often be found to pay; the saving in toll will soon amount to the price of one and then the grain will not have to be hauled over bad roads. In harrowing sod ground first time over it is best to go same way the plow went, for the harrow will then be inclined to push the imperfectly turned sods over to their places in¬ stead' of tearing them up. Much American butter goes abroad, but whether consumed at home or abroad, competition is sharp and quality must be just right or down we go. Questions of competition usually turn upon the matter of quality. Dairymen well know that beets and mangolds are excellent for cows, ton¬ ing up the system and increasing the flow of milk; and now an experienced Nebraska man claims the feeding of sugar beets to hogs is an almost cer- tain preventive of cholera. A smile should now play around the corners of the improved stock breed¬ er’s mouth—at least the one who is stocked up with good animals. Our stock industries \ong have been running downhill enough, and now the upgrade seems to have been reached. POPULAR SCIENCE. The trouble with tongue-tied peopla is that the membrane connecting the tongue with the lower jaw is-too short. The tongue of most serpents is really forked, though this member seems to be of no particular use to the reptile. The mouth of the octopus is in the centre of his body, and is provided with a beak closely resembling that of a parrot. Some moths have no mouths, The inseot after attaining a perfect stage, lives only a few hours and does not take food. There are at least two cases on rec- ord of five children at a birth, viz., a woman of Konigsberg, September •'!, 1874, and the wife of Nelson, a tailor, in Oxford Market, in October, 1800. In Mexico are found the “agrioul- tural ants.” A clearing varying from one to thirty feet is made and is used as ‘a playground or exercise yard. At its margin grows the crop, a sort of grass. Breaks in the grass ring give entrance to and exit from the clearing, The seeds of the grass form tho food of the ants. As asbestos comes from the mine it i 9 0 f a greenish hue and the edges are f urre d with loose fibers. The more nea rly white asbestos is the better its grade- The length of fiber is also of great importance, the longest being the luos t valuable, From the mines the as bestos is taken to the manufac- tories in the United States, Static electricity modifies the human and voic0 Berionsly a8 MM . Mom-tier Granier f , OTt to the Paris Academic de Meilicil e . A singer sitting upon 6Q isolatecl 8tool coupled to the negft- tiv0 1 , of ft gtatic inaehine WM ma de ^ br fiathe the a tmosph 9 re, which was electrilied b meftn s of a b rus h elec- trode; a fter a short time the voice be- me full and c]ear) the quality mnob more agreeable, and the voice was less rapidly tired. For some singers a dy¬ namic’current of 1500 volts connect- ing with the electric . chair . the only , is remedy, One of the schemes for future en- gineers to work at will lie the sinking of a shaft 12,000 or 15,000 feet into the earth for the purpose of utilizing the central heat of the globe. It is said that such a depth is by no means impossible, with the improved rna- cbinery and advanced methods of the coming engineer. Water at a temper- ature of 200 degrees centigrade, which can, it is said, be obtained from these deep borings, would not only heat houses and public buildings, but would furnish power that could be utilized for many purposes, Professor Koehler’s experiences of the effect of formaldehyde in the pre¬ servation of deep-sea fishes are well worthy of tho notice of future collec¬ tors. It is well known that the tis- sues of many deep-sea fishes are of extreme softness and fragility; by im¬ mersion in spirits sufficiently strong for preservation, these tissues are much contracted, the natural shape of the fish often being distorted. This is entirely avoided by the use of the usual forty per cent, formaldehyde, mixed with twenty times its volume of water. The specimens, however, have to be transferred into spirits after some days, because the formaldehyde bas been observed entirely to destroy black pigment in a very short time, Could Hear Webster a Mile OIT. Marshfield is noted for having its people live to a green old age, but Mrs. Sally Baker, who is ninety-eight years old to-day, can claim the dis- tinction of being its oldest inhabitant by quite a number of years. She re- sides in a pretty farm house on the Neck road, which has been her home for sixty-one years. The buildings are sprucely painted, the surroundings aro trlml P kept, and the barns indi- ( ' ato a thrifty farm business. Mrs. Baker was born m Kingston -June 9, 1799, and was the daughter of Oliver and Sally (Maglathlin) Sampson—good sides Old Colony stock on both of the honse. In April, 1819, Sally Sampson was married to Captain Otis Baker, of Duxbury, Parson Zephaniah Willis, of Kingston, performing the ceremony. Captain Baker had been a privateers¬ man in the war of 1812, being then less than twenty-one years old. His widow now draws a pension, and is the only pensioner of that war now living in this section. In 1836 Captain Baker and his wife went from Duxbury to Marshfield and established a home, where she has resided ever since. The farm was a mile long, and extended to Green Harbor River, on the opposite side of which lay the estates of Daniel Webster. Mrs. Baker used to see a great deal of her distinguished neigh¬ bor, for he was always hail fellow well met with the townspeople. Mr. Web¬ ster’s voice in particular has im¬ pressed itself on the lady’s memory. “You could hear him a mile off,” she said. The Websters attended the little Congregational Church at South Marshfield, and being of Episcopalian “proclivities,” were a source of won¬ der to the Pilgrim descendants as they knelt and bowed their heads at public worship.—Boston Globe. Peculiar Freak of a Thunderbolt. A special from WallaWalla, Oregon, says that during an unusual thunder¬ storm Claude Clodius, seventeen years old, returning from fishing, was struck by lightning while climbing a fence, knocked senseless and seriously injured, his body being burned in streaks, as if done by a hot gridiron. A peculiar freak of the electric fluid was that it wrapped the fish-line around the boy’s neck in such a way as to choke him, and it had to be cut to save his life. The boy was found, apparently lifeless, partly paralyzed, with his clothes on fire and blood ooz¬ ing from his mouth, nose and ears. 0 TO RELEASE IMPRISONED CITI¬ ZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. a JOINT RESOLUTION REPORTED. It Asks That the President Be JEmpowcred to Take Necessary Action in the Matter. A Washington special says: Senator Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, reported from that committee the following joint resolu¬ tion Wednesday. "That the president he empowered to take suoh measures ns In his judgment may he necessary to obtain the release hy the Span¬ ish government of Ona Melton, Alfred 0. Laborde and William G. Gilder, and the restoration of the schooner Competitor to her owner, and to secure this ho is author¬ ized and requested to employ such means or exercise suoh powers as may be necessary.” The report recites all the facts that have been brought out in tho Compet¬ itor case, her ownership, capture and citizenship of the three men named in the resolution, together with the pro¬ ceedings thus far had by the Spanish authorities, the trial, sentence, etc. The report characterizes it a “mockery of a trial.” The affidavits of the par¬ ties are cited to show that they were coerced into Spanish waters, in which case they were not amenable to Span¬ ish jurisdiction. They were not sub¬ ject to piracy and intended no act of depredation on the high seas, nor were they subject to the Spanish au¬ thorities on account of alleged rebel¬ lion. The report then says: “Irrespective of any of tho foregoing con¬ siderations, the conduct of Spain, as herein¬ before detailed, constitutes such delay and denial of justice and such an actual inflic¬ tion of injustice upon these men as to make it the duty of this government to demand reparation therefor, irrespective of any act which these prisoners may have committed up to the date of their capture. Among the acts of reparation which ought to be de¬ manded should be the release of these cap¬ tives.” Secretary Evarts is quoted to sus¬ tain this position. The report declares that the rights of the men have been violated and continues: “They have been tried and sentenced to death by a summary naval courtmartial in a proceeding which has been annulled by the appellate courts of Madrid on the ground that such a courtmartial had no jurisdiction whatever over them. Ten months have elapsed since thi3 death sentence was an¬ nulled and they have not again been brought to trial. In the meantime they have been subjected to protracted preliminary exami¬ nations preparatory to their trial by another courtmartial which differs from the first on¬ ly-in the fact that it is less summary and more formal in its character than the first." The report says that the men at the first trial did not know until after the testimony for the prosecution was in that an interpreter was present, and the only translation made to them was at the close of the sanguinary proceed¬ ings, when they were asked if they had anything to say, and necessarily they have little to say, yet one of them protested that he had not under¬ stood one word of the proceedings against him by which his life was ad¬ judged forfeited. “With these protests,”continues the report, “the trial ended and the de¬ fendants were immediately sentenced to doath. It is now fourteen months since they were arrested, during all of which time they have been held in the Cabanas fortress as prisoners. Melton and Laborde are unquestionably citi¬ zens of the United States. Gilder is a British subject, but he was a sailor upon an American vessel when taken, was acting as a mate, and it is the opinion of your committee that he is entitled to he protected hy this gov¬ ernment. He was serving under the flag and he is entitled to be protected by it.” LABOR DAY AT CENTENNIAL. September 6tli Has Been Set Aside l»y the Management. A Nashville telegram states that the Centennial exposition management has designated September 6th as Labor day and October 6th as German-American day. The attendance on these two days will be very large, many states being represented. LIMIT ON ARMOR PLATE. House Settles Main Item of Dispute Be¬ tween It and Senate. The house Friday agreed to the par¬ tial conference report on the general deficiency appropriation bill and then concurred in the senate amendment fixing the limit of cost of armor plate for the three battleships now building at $300 per ton. This was the main item remaining in dispute between the two houses. A strong effort was made to induce the honse to agree to a substitute proposition fixing the limit at $400, as recommended by the secretary of the navy, but after a three-hours debate the house, by a vote of 142 to 45, con¬ curred in the senate amendment. GEORGIA LAW GUARDIANS Assemble In Savannah for a Three Days' Convention. The annual convention of police, sheriffs and marshals of Georgia con¬ vened at Savannah Tuesday morning to continue three days. The welcome was delivered by Mayor Meldrim. The following officers were elected: President, Chief Frank McDermott, of Savannah; vice president, J. C. Daniel, of Valdosta; secretary and treasurer, Sheriff A. C. Bowles, of Columbus. WILL NEVER ABDICATE. Queen Victoria Desire. to Helen ao I.ontf os I-lfo l asts. A special supplement to The London Gazette publishes the following letter from Queen Victoria to Sir Matthews White Ridley, the home secretary, dated Windsor,. July 15th: “I have frequently expressed my personal feelings to my people, and though on this memorable occasion there have been many of the expres¬ sions of my deep sense of the .un¬ bounded loyalty evinced, I cannot rest satisfied without personally giv¬ ing utterance to say these sentiments. It is difficult for me on this occasion to say how truly touched and grateful I am for the spontaneous and uuiver- sal outburst of loyal attachment and real affection experienced on the com- pletion of the sixtieth year of my reign. “During my progress through Lon¬ don ou June 22d, this great enthusiasm was shown in the most striking man¬ ner, and can never be effaced from my heart: It is, indeed, deeply grat¬ ifying after so many years of labor and anxiety for the good of my belov¬ ed country, to find that my exertions have been appreciated throughout my vast empire. In weal and woe I have ever had the true sympathy of all my people, which has been warmly recip¬ rocated by myself. unbounded pleas¬ “It has given me ure to see so many of my subjects from all parts of the world assembled here and to find them joining in accla¬ mations of loyal devotion to myself, and I would wish to thank them alt from the depths of my grateful heart. “I shall ever pray God to bless them and to enable me still to discharge my duties for their welfare as long as life lasts.” DEFICIENCY BILL. A Number of tire Senate Amendments are Disagreed To. The conference report on the gen¬ eral deficiency bill was presented to the senate Friday. It shows a disagreement on several of the senate amendments, the most important of which were those limit¬ ing the price of armor plate to $300 per ton and paying claimants under the Spanish-American claims commis¬ sion. Among the senate provisions strick¬ en out are those for the international exposition at Brussels and requiring the secretary of the treasury to certify to congress the act of 1861. The house conferees accepted the amendments appropriating $150,000 for an emmi- grant station at Ellis island, limiting the total financial cost to $600,000; providing for the United States at the Paris exposition and making an ap¬ propriation of $25,000 for an addi¬ tional judge in Indian territory. The bill as reported carries a total appropriation of $8,000,000. BUSINESS MAX SUICIDES. Emanuel Rich, of Atlanta, Ends His Rife by His Own Hand. Mr. Emanuel Kich, a prominent He¬ brew citizen and a member of the well-known firm of Rich Bros., of Atlanta, took his own life Friday morning at his residence on Pryor street. Death resulted from thirty-three stabs in his neck and body, inflicted with a fruit knife in his own hand. Thirteen of the wounds were in the neck, and one of them severed the jugular vein. Of the twenty stabs on the breast, one was directly over and penetrated the heart. Mr. is attribut¬ The suicide of Rich ed to his severe illness during the past few days and to despondency brought on by his nervous condition. Mr. Rich’s family life was as happy as his business career was successful, and the news of his death caused great surprise and shocked the entire city. Mr. Rich leaves a valuable estate. His life was insured for about $30,- 000 . AMOUNT OF INDEMNITY FIXED. Turkey Will Get #4,000.000 and Exten- sioa of Frontier. It is stated in Athens ou reliable au¬ thority that the powers have fixed the indemnity to be paid to Turkey by Greece at $4,000,000 and have accepted a compromise giving Turkey a more liberal line of frontier. Turkey and Greece have been left to settle the question of the capitulations between themselves. WILL ASK SPAIN TO PAY. United States Minister Will Demand .273,000 Ruiz Indemnity. The government has directed United States Minister Woodford to formally present to the Spanish government and press tho claim of the family of the late Dr. Rniz for indemnity in $75,000 on account of his death in Cuba. While the circumstances would just¬ ify a demand for a much larger sum of money, yet Mr. Woodford is instructed to say that, in proof of the spirit of moderation and absolute justice with which the United States government is animated, the government of Spain is requested to pay the indemnity named. IVAS AN INSULT. Organized Tabor Not Pleased at Pow- derly'a Appointment. The Central Labor Union of New York, after a long wrangle at their meeting Sunday, adopted the follow¬ ing resolution: “Resolved, That the appointment of T. V. Powderly as commissioner of immigration is the greatest official in¬ sult ever offered by the federal gov¬ ernment to organized labor.” BMTAIX IS PROMPTLY CALLED DOWN BY MU. SHERMAN. SENSATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS SENT. England Has Alined a Blow Below tho Belt and Has Not Acted la Good Faltli. Important and exhaustive instruc¬ tions have recently been sent by Sec- re tary Sherman to Ambassador Hay {or his „ uitlanee ia urgiug ou the Brit- ish government a compliance with the provisions of the Behring Sea award, which looked to the preservation of seal life in Alaskan waters. The in- structions were prepared as a reply to a recent note from Lord Salisbury handed to Secretary Sherman by Sir Julian Pauncefote a few days before the British ambassador sailed from New York for London. They show at length England’s policy of procrasti¬ and nation, her continued failure refu¬ sal to support this government in its efforts to prevent the extermination of the seal herd, and the anxiety of the United States, frequently made known to the London foreign office that steps should be taken to preserve the seals as an obligation imposed by the Paris Tribunal. A dispatch to The New York Trib¬ une from London says: “The publication of Secretary Sher¬ man’s dispatch on the Behring question re-lights momentarily in the English press the smouldering em¬ bers of a resentful criticism of Ameri¬ can diplomatic methods. pleasant The reading text of that dispatch is Pall not Mall Gazette and here, as The other journals frankly admit. implica¬ “As the matter stands, the tion that England has not acted with good faith is considered a blow below the belt. The petulant comments of the London press today ought not, however, to be taken too seriously. The action of the foreign office has disclosed a willingness on the part of .the government to discuss the ques¬ tion without irritability. “This dispatch was one of the ear¬ liest state papers presented by Am¬ bassador Hay to the foreign office after his arrival in London, and while the reply of Lord Salisbury was a lefusal to set aside the expert testimony of the British agent employed in the case, there was no indication that un¬ friendliness had been excited, either before or after Mr. Foster’s return to London from St. Petersburg. The negotiations have remained in prog¬ ress, with an increasing probability that the British government will ulti¬ mately consent to send a representa¬ tive to a conference at Washington when Russia and Japan have been drawn into it. “The situation remains unchanged, and is not affected by the comments of the English journals on a few phrases in Secretary Sherman’s dis¬ patch wjiich are considered here un¬ necessarily brusque and aggressive, although mild and innocuous in com¬ parison with President Cleveland's Venezuelan message. “Both Colonel Ilav and Mr. Fowler decline to discuss the question or to say anything except that the negotia¬ tions are making satisfactory pro¬ gress." MORMON CHURCHES BURNED. The Elders Having Trouble In Getting a Foothold in South Carolina. On July 3d last the Mormon church, near Ridgeway, S. C., was burned. The saints immediately began prepa¬ rations for rebuilding, asked bids for a brick structure and secured a contri¬ bution of land from a Christian, James Sharp. Sharp at once received anonymous letters notifying him not to permit the church to be built on his place, de¬ claring he would suffer if the warning was disregarded. While preparing for a handsome church, the Mormons erected a temporary building in which to worship. Thursday night that was also burned to the ground. No arrests have been made. Mormon elders have issued a card calling on broad-minded Christians to come to their aid. TUG MONARCH IS FREE. Held as a Suspect at Pensacola Several Months and Finally Released. The tug Monarch, which has been held at Pensacola, Fla., in the custody of the collector of customs, a custom inspector being on board all the time, since her capture by a revenue cutter near Key West, more than two months ago, has been released by order of the treasury department. She was suspected of filibustering, but it seems that the government offi¬ cers were mistaken, and her papers have been restored and the inspector withdrawn. Three Boys Killed. Early Friday morning a freight train on the International and Great North¬ ern railroad in the yards at Austin, Texas, ran over four boys who were sitting on a side track, killing three of them instantly and badly wounding the fourth. Americaii Flag Torn Down. An American flag, flying at the city hall in Toronto, in honor of the visit¬ ing delegates to the Epworth League convention, vas torn down by an ultra- British partisan. The man was at oi\ce arrested and locked up.