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RAISING BROOM CORN.
A CROP THAT MANY FARMERS
FIND PROFITABLE.
* Dm of the pradart-Reed* v»i«*hie
Tor Fnd Method of Cwitare H«r-
voting end Preporing the Crop for
Market.
From a single seed, which Benjamin
Franklin has the. credit of finding in a
whisk imported from England, and which
be carefully planted, is supjmsed to have
I grown the enormous business In whisks
and brooms which depends on the farm¬
ers for broom straw. Some 30 years ago
the New England States had the mo¬
nopoly of the industry, both as to grow¬
ing and manufacture, and held it for sev¬
eral years. There were from 30,0(H) to
40,000 acres devoted to its culture in those
States, and the products brought an an¬
nual income of between unc and two
millions of dollars. That Is, however,
merely a tithe of the present product.
, The Western and Southern States, and
some parts of the State of New York
' produce large wops of fine b^rxqn straw.
There are many houses in the large east¬
ern cities which make a special business
of dealing in broom corn alone, and some
idea of the extent of the trade may read¬
ily ho gleaned from them. The improve¬
ment in the machinery for the manu¬
facture of brooms has given the business
an impetus and growth, and The greatly
cheapened the finished product. cost
to the housekeeper is now less than half
of the former retail price.
Naturally the greatest and wont profita¬
ble use for broom com Is the manufact¬
ure of brooms and whisks. The leaves
have some feeding value, and after the
broom straw has been harvested cattle
are turned in to help themselves. The
stalks of the small variety are usually
merely plowed under, while those of the
large or “ giant” variety are gathered
ink) a pile, or in rows, and burned, the
ashes making a good fertilizer. The bet¬
ter way is, however, to run these largo
stalks through a machine which will cut
them about three or four inches long,
and then put them into the barnyard, to
be trampled by the cattle.
The seeds are valuable feed when fed
in connection with com and other grain,
are excellent for poultry, and are con¬
sidered equal to oats as feed for sheep.
The better way to these seeds to
pigs is to have them first, ground, half
and half, with com. In growing broom
corn there is always a targe quantity of
seed which can tie turned to better ac¬
count in this way than fy any other.
The seed obtained from the "straw” la
seldom mature.
Almost any soil which will produce
a good crop of ordinary field com will
yield broom corn, but the latter is a very
heavy feeder and draws heavily iqwn the
the soil, For tills reason manure must
be applied liberally, and this crop should
not to grown more than two years in suc¬
cession on the same land. When one
has a rough or untamed piece of land
naturally rich, he should put In a crop of
broom corn, for no crop will tame it
sooner or more effectually, It should
not to? put in a wet, undrained soil, but
one which has good drainage, either
natural or artificial. A heavy clay soil
is objectionable, as also is a light, sandy
one, a loamy soil being the most suitable,
most easily worked, and producing a
better quality of straw and more of It,
Straw which Is either long and rank ii
growth or loose and straggling is olv
jectionable and unsalable. Well decom-
posed stable manure, well rotted pig oi
sheep manure are excellent for this crop,
and are applied either before plowing <>*
before harrowing, St both, If the land
is poor apply souk' tttewughly well rotted
and line manure in tike drills with the
seed. The soil should be put In as
thoroughly tilth as plow and harrow can
make it. The usual, and no doubt tbs
beat, method of planting is in drills three
and one-half feet apart. These may to.
made with a one horse plow if manure is
used in the drills, or one of the s > vial
planters may lie used to advantage and
profit by those who grow this crop ex¬
tensively. They make the drills, sow
the seed, and cover it at one operation.
Where but a limited acreage is put in,
these drills are rather too expensive for
practical use. The amount of seed used
varies greatly, according to whether the
crop is grown in hills or drills, and as to
the condition and strength of the soil.
From 2 to tli quarts are the usual quantity
per acre, though about 10 quarts of good,
sound wed are the average used in drills
sown by band.
The cultivation of broom com in its
principal features is very much like that,
of ordinary corn. It is planted a little
later than field com, when the soil is
warm and mellow and all danger from
frost gone. It soon begins to show itself,
when it is time to rub the cultivator and
harrow, to keep ahead of the weeds and
grass. With both of these implements,
the necessary hot'Hig, and oue or two
baud windings, the cultivation is con¬
stantly kept up and the soil well stirred
until tile plants are from 12 to 18 inches
high. After this, one or two good culti¬
vations between the rows will be about
all that can to given without endanger¬
ing the plants. In drill culture, which is
to to recommended, thin out the plants
when two or three inches high to about
three inches apart in the row. If planted
in hills, the same as ordinary field corn,
thin out, leaving four to six plants In the
bill, according to the fertility of the soil.
The great object ip to have a good
length of staple and to have it straight.
To secure the former, a strong growth
must be encouraged and kept up; to ob¬
tain the latter “topping off” must to
employed. To do this, before the brush
has begun to blossom, go over the piece
and tond over the tops at a point a foot
to a foot and a half below the bush.
This hastens the ripening very materially,
and in short seasons hi very important,
as an early frost wifi dp great injury to
the crop, darkening it to such a degree
as to greatly impair its satoblenesa. Some
farmers resort to “tabling," which is
bending two rows qpraae each other
about tw* to aP £ tfafif feet from
One of those
*
! the large or -standard variety, and gen-
, j erally with tile dwarf, though some do
J neither with the dwarf, permitting it to
grow and ripen untouched.
When the blossoms begin to fail is the
time to cut. This is quickly done with
any sharp knife, an ordinary butcher
; kifife being the kind commonly used.
' The hero 1 are cut off where the bend has
m
! j been made In flipping, and carefully laid
in piles along the rows where they will
not get soiled. They are removed, in
convenient sized bundles, to the bam,
shed, or curing house, to be fitted for the
market. It usually token nearly or quite
a mopth to thoroughly cure the broom
straw, to free it from moisture, and
“ilpon” it property.
This must be done under cover, and a
drying frame must be used, the object
being to protect the brush from damp¬
ness and to secure free circulation of air
htomtthe frame constantly. A hackle
tor the removal of the seeds is very nee-
hackle fob removing seeds.
eraary. Our cut showB the form of one
that can he easily made. The teeth are
made of Iron or hard wood, and should
to In the form qf a very coarse i comb.
After in this discarding comes the sorting . which con-
gists the broken and crooked
heads, and arranging the others in two
or three sizes, according to the length
and quality of the staple and the condi¬
tion of the straw, all butte needing it
having been trimmed off neatly. All are
then laid with heads one way, and packed
into tightly compressed bales, like hay,
each bale holding from 160 to nearly 500
pounds. The bales vary in dlmensions
from four tp rtye feet in length and from
two to three In width and breadth or
height-
It is rather difficult to give an accurate
average estimate of the profits of broom
corn culture, llfuch depends on soil,
cultivation, curing, and marketing. From
500|to 600 pounds is a fair average yield
per acre. The $ifl prices range from $7 or $8
Up'to $15 or per 100 pounds for the
ijiliRt Boris of quality, the depending on the fluctu-
market.
Almost, aU of the general commission
merchants handle broom corn, fp v it is a
salable commodity and one which does
CD. not Z. injure Evans, by holding when necessary.—
m American Agriculturist.
Ov*n in Fruit Orchard!.
The Massachusetts Plowman says:
“Grass is about the last of all erbps suit¬
able for a fruit orchard. The cotintless
millions of grass roots leave little moist¬
ure for the trees In a dry season, and
usually they need all they oan get. But
tin) idea that grass Is suitable for an
orchard is hard to kill—harder, indeed,
than the trees are."
For Smoking Meat.
Green hickory Is preferable to all other
woods for smoking meat. Next to this
comes corncobs. Only a smoldering fire
should bp used, as a blaze caused too
much heat. A cloudy day should be
chosen for this important Work. It is
only desired to give the meat a pleasant
smoke flavor, not a smoky taste that de¬
stroys the meat taste.
N»w York State Agricultural Society.
At a recent meeting of the executive
toartl of tills society very material
changes were made in the premium list
for the coming State fair, at Syracuse,
September 10-17, 1891. Third prizes
were lidded to all classes. Sweepstakes
for liest mate and also for best female
were added to all classes. A system of
award of merit was adopted which pro¬
vides that each of the best five compet¬
ing for the same premium shall be en¬
titled to certificate from the society
showln, v he total number competing
and the dative merit of each of the five.
Many new classes were added, especially
In “fmits and flowers,” and “ait, fancy
work,” etc.
TI»« Department of Agriculture.
The appropriation asked for this branch
of the United States Government for 1891
foots up $1,208,430, but 70 tunes as much
is called for by the Army and Navy De¬
partments. This sum for agricultural
purposes is equal to 81 cents pet- square
mile of our territory, against $12.75 per
acre for similar purposes in Great Britain,
and nearly $40 per acre In France. These
figures are quoted by the lecturer of the
National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry,,
in an ap]>oul for more liberal support of
tiie Department, which he wisely jus¬
tifies by showing In part what it has al¬
ready accomplished: “1. It has stamped
out pleuro pneumonia among our cattle
and, by wise legislation it asked of Con¬
gress, is compelling foreign nations to
admit that our beef and pork is healthy
and therefore forces them to remove
their restrictions and opens up our mar¬
kets abroad. 3. It Imported the cattle
parasite that has destroyed the cottony
scale insect that was killing the orange
and lemon trees of California, and that
was destroying millions of dollars of cap¬
ital invested in groves, and has stimu¬
lated new planting of hundreds of thou¬
sands of trees, and millions of dollars
will be the annual reward to farmers on
tills count. 3. Its investigations, cover¬
ing several years tiie most patient and
persistent labor, into the peach yellows,
that is threatening another great in¬
dustry in several States where millions
of dollars are again at stake, already
give promise of success. 4. It gave in¬
structions and formulas for spraying
fruit trees and vines to save them from
insects, blights, mildews, scabs, rot, etc.
It was worth millions of dollars to the
grape ero >D tills year, and has raised the
hopes of thousands iff despondent grape
P wore, and the careful orchardist can
now fy gather hi* JW. anplas aad pears, beauti¬
** farm
ndbiki. Insshm. "
Blaine,* In rovement.
Boston, Mass., July 31.— A reporter
of the Boston Traveller secured an in¬
terview with Secretary Blaine at Bar
Harbor yesterday, and his report pub¬
lished this evening bears out the pre¬
vious statements to the effect that the
secretary of state has simply been suffer¬
ing from overwork and nervous trouble,
and that he is rapidly recovering. The
reporter says his face shows traces of
disease, but bears the pleasant, sunny
expression of a man in the vigor of good
health. His eyes were clear and bright,
and bis grip cordial and without even a
tremor.
There was no evidence on which to
hang a suspicion that Btcretary Blaine
had any organic disease, and he found
the statesman looking much better than
he has appeared in Boston for several
years. He eats everything he likes, bar¬
ring pastry, weighs 188 pounds, his nor¬
mal weight, takes a great deaf of exer-
cire and transacts the routine business of
the state department, dictating and sign¬
ing letters. He takes absolutely no
medicine. 8o firmly convinced are Sec¬
retory Blaine and his family of his per¬
manent recovery that September 24 or
25 has been set as the date when be will
return to Washington to assume the full
and active duties of his department
again.
flftruiViird la the Tomb*
New Yc’aC, July 31.—Walters. Beres-
ford, who hss been for some days,
through his counsel, fighting the Geor¬
gia authorities by means of writs of
habeas corpus against returning to the
state, where he is wanted for a number
of alleged dishonest transactions by
which he obtained different sums of
money, will not go south just yet. To¬
day District Attorney Nicoll decided to
hold Iteresford and have him tried on
complaint of Richard K. Fox, who
( barges that the Englishmen defrauded
him out of $500. The jury indicted
lleresford this afternoon upon complaint
of Mr. F’ox. Bereaford was taken be-
tore Recorder Bmythe and committed to
the tombs without bail.
Flats Mill* Darned.
Springfield, III, July 81.—The
plate mills of the Springfield Iron Co,
were burned this morning. It was
leased to the Carbon Iron Company,"
of Pittsburg, Pa., and used in making
steel plates for an armored crula ir be
ing constructed by the Government al
San Francisco. The loss is about $80,-
000. The Insurance ia $12,000, The
fire does not interfere with the biu^n ess
of the Springfield Iron Company, 1 but
thrown out of employment 150 men
employed by the Carbon Iron Gom-
pany.
Sold Some of Her dkln for 9100.
Ban Francisco, July 31.—Mrs. Lucy
Pratt, a young widow, yesterday sold
forty five square inches of her skin for
$100. A strip of skin 9x5 inches was
cut from her body by surgeons and
grafted on the leg of William A. Dag¬
gett, a railway mail clerk, who was
frightfully injured in the accident at
Porta Costa. Hie right leg was terri¬
bly burned and the wouud would not
heal, and as a last resort skin-grafting
was resorted to. W. G. McGregory, a
fellow-clerk of the sufferer, volunteer¬
ed to make the sacrifice, but when he
learned the amonut of skin needed,
backed out. Mrs. Plait is one <Sf the
trained nurses at the Hospital for
Children aud Training school for
Nurses. Blie has three children aud
needed money, so she offered to fur¬
nish the necessary amount of skin. She
submitted bravely to the operation,
which was successfully performed.
To supply Frah Air.
Kansas, Mo., July 31,—Several of the
richest men in Kansas City have organ¬
ized for she purpose of supplying cold
air throughout the city through condu¬
its. Last night at a meeting of the com¬
mon council the company was granted a
franchise to build mains and to work to
work to carry out the proposed enter¬
prise, the fiist of the kind ever attempt¬
ed in this country. The projectors of
the scheme are confident of its success,
and will sell fresh air to any part of the
city and remove impure atmosphere at a
very low cost per square foot. The work
of laying mainB will begin at once, and
in all probability by next summer the
company will be ready to supply fresh
air in cot 1 blasts. In winter hot air wii
be sent through the pipes.
Supposed to He Craxy.
New York, July 31.—Roland B.
Hill, & Boston newspaper man, and
son of ex-Uuiied Slates Senator Hill,
of Geoigia, has been taken in charge
by the police of this city, who fear that
his mind is unbalanced. He visited
the station house in East Thirty-fifth
street this afternoon and acted so
queerly that he was taken to Bellevue
Georgia’s Weekly Editors.
New York, July 31.— Ninety-six
members of the Georgia Weekly Press
association, including three ladies, ar¬
rived in this city this morning. The as¬
sociation held its annual meeting in At¬
lanta on Monday and Tuesday last, and
started on a pleasure trip. The party
reached Washington last evening, and
at 11:85 left for New York. They will
spend to-day and to-monow visiting
places of interest about the city and
calling upon their friends. To-morrow
evening they will leave tor Washington,
where they will remain two days, and
than return ham*.
Scartn* u»« Member*.
London, July 80. The house of com-
mons was to-day aroused to an una-
customed degree of liveliness by a de-
cidedly sensational episode. A man who
bad obtained admittance to the
stranger’s gallery, suddenly sprang to
his feet and wildly flourished above his
head a bundle of documents referring
to some real or fancied grievance, which
he attempted to explain to the members
of parliament. When he saw the po-
lice start for him he threw his papers to
the floor of the house.
He was captured and taken to the po¬
lice station. When the members had
recovered from the excitemet caused by
this incident the speaker read a letter
written by the counsel for Edward Dor
cobain, member for East Belfast, who is
charged with serious offenses, asking
that the proceedings against him might
be suspended in order to enable him to
return to England and meet the chargee
brought against him.
Barnsley's Ml* Steal,
Philadelphia, Pa., July 81.—The ex
perts appointed to investigate the ac¬
counts of John Barsley, late city treas¬
urer, have made a report to the mayor.
A recapitulation of their statement
shows Net amount due to the state,
$1,585,603. net amount due city $1,008-
949; total balance due to state and city
to be accounted for, $3,594,651, Credits
—Deduct the amount of deposits in var¬
ious banks to May 30, 1891, $619,073;
balance, $1,675,878. Second—Deduct the
Keystone Bank due bills, $925,000; bal-
lance, $749,878. Third—Deduct Key¬
stone Bank checks paid by Mr. Bardsley
in excess of $435,347 in city fund ac¬
count, $196,43; total net deficiency ui
Bardsley’s accounts $553,885, short at
least $778,885.
Their report continues; In addition to
the deficiency of $553,835 the interest
which Harsh y received from various
banks, firms and individuals, together
with the dividends from the stocks and
securities in which he invested the public
money shortly (a submitted complete list of which will be
least $235 000, should to you) be amounting added, mak¬ to
at
ing priated a grand of $778,885. total of money misappro¬
Itolv'* Util* Hair.
Washington, July 30 — A number of
citizens of Italian birth, representing the
District of 0 umbia, Maryland and Vir¬
ginia, met this morning at the Arlington
Hotel to consider the refusal of the Ital¬
ian Government to participate in the
'Chicago World’s Fair.
Dr, T. 8* Verdi, of Washington, pre¬
sided and made a speech expressing the
hope that no financial rfiksiSfib would be
allowed to deter Italy from being repre¬
sented at Chicago.,
Professor Fava, a son of Baron Fava,
who was recently Italian minister here,
but who is a naturalized citizen, and
other Italian-Americans expressed simi¬
lar views, and then a set of resolutions
were adopted urging the Italian Govern¬
ment to reconsider its decision and to
accept the friendly invitations; also in¬
viting all American citizens of Italian
birth to unite in this movement.
A copy of these resolutions will be for¬
warded through diplomatic channels to
the Italian Government.
Killed by a Cave-la,
Branford, Fla., July 81.— Yester¬
day a man named Will Davis, an Eng¬
lishman, went out with Mac Sistrunk
from O’Brien station to pit for phos¬
phate. They dug a pit about three
feet wide, fifteen feet long, and got it
about fourteen feet deep when the side
caved, filling up around the men nearly
to their waists. Sistrunk got out and
urged Davis to come out also. He told
him it would cave in on him and kill
him. Davis said he would risk it.
Suddenly the sides of the pit gave
way, filling the hole nearly leyel, eov
ering Davis entirely up. Sistrunk dug
down to his head and found that he
was dead, and then went for help.
The body was moved from the pit late
last night.
Quay Will Probably Resign.
Washington, July 81.—Upon his re
turn from Florida last spring Senator
Quay said: “I shall retire from the
chairmanship of the republican national
committee before the next national con¬
vention meets. I shall remain a member
of the committee and o all the work I
can, but I have had all of the executive
responsibility that I want, I would have
resigned the chairmanship immediately
after the last campaign but for the at¬
tacks made on me. I could not retire
under fire, and every time sine * that I
was about to retire I have been attacked
again just as I was about to get out, but
now that 1 have answered my accusers
so conclusively in ffiy speech in the Sen¬
ate I feel I can retire with great honor at
the next meeting of the committee,
which will be called in the latter part of
the summer or early fall to determine
where the next convention shall be held
and prepare the call for it.
"Personally I am in favor of an early
convention—in May, if possible. Gen.
Clarkson and other members of the com¬
mittee agTee with me about this, and I
think it will be so called. The discom¬
fort of the heat, with the resulting inter¬
ference with calm deliberation, is the
only reason for the change.”
Apparently, from reports from Phila¬
delphia, Senator Quay does not consider
the attack of the Philadelphia independ¬
ent republicans as sufficiently important
to delay h* retirement, i»t his retire-
meet will not deprive him of confrci af
the committee. He will make Gen.
*on or Col. Dudley his successor, and the
three will continue to manage the com-
mitt**.
They will prepare and iraue the caff
for the convention (incidentally attack-
ing the mugwump republicans), and will
make ail the arrangements for it. They
„ e tor Secretary Blaine for President if
he gete better, and will shape the con-
vent ion preparations accordingly. If
Secretory Blaine cannot run they will
try Gen. Alger, unless President tlar-
rieon seems inevitable. Senator
Quay has only gotten one ap|*ointment
since be made his tentative reciprocity
agreement with Pesident Harrison. He
is waiting to see what more President
Harrison will do. -
quay's own word for it.
Pittsburg, Pa,, July 31.—In response
to a telegram sent to Hon. M. 8. Quay
by the Associated Press correspondent of
this city concerning the report published
that he would resign Ihe chairmanship
of the republican national executive com¬
mittee at the coming meeting, the fob
lowing was received to-night:
Rochester, Pa., July 21, 1891.
It is probable, but not certain, that I
will resign the chairmanship of the exec¬
utive committee on July 29.
M. 8. Quay.
A Lake Farmed to Colorado Desert.
This desert is in the eastern part of
San Diego, the southern county of Cali¬
fornia, and ia about two hundred miles
south of what is known as Death Valley,
on the boundary line between Califor¬
nia and Nevada. The Southern Pacific
railroad runs through the Colorado Des¬
ert, on a northwest by southeast route,
and its station at Ballon, 90 miles from
the Colorado river, marks the lowest
level on the route, being 263 feet below
the level of the sea, while for some thirty
or fifty miles southeast of Balton the land
is 250 feet below the sea level, ihe width
of the portions having this great depres¬
sion varying from five to twelve miles.
In this tract, during the latter j>art of
June, water began to appear, seeming at
first to emanate from some unknown
subterranean source, and by July 1 a
lake some thirty miles long by twelve
miles wide and two or three feet deep
had been formed around and stretching
to the southeast of Balton. It was soon
discovered, however, that there was a
strong current in the lake in the south -
east, or the direction of the Colorado
river. Several channels, ordinarily dry,
lead from near the banks of this river to
the desert basin, and it was soon ap¬
parent that the water came from the
river, which is always at its highest
stage late in June, as the result of the
melting of the winter snow in the
mountains of Colorado, Utah and Ne¬
vada. This river, at Yuma, in the south¬
eastern corner of the State, is 140 feet
above sea level, and Major Powell, of the
United States Geological Survey, places
it as only a short time back, geologically,
when the river emptied into the Gulf of
California some two hundred miles
north of its present mouth. The river
arries an enormous amount of sand and
silt, and is supposed to have built at its
mou a dam which cut off from the
gulf the large areas of country now in¬
cluded in the Colorado Desert and Death
Valley region. The average rainfall here
is only three inches a year, and, with the
temperature as high as it is, evaporation
proceeds very rapidly. It is thus that
were left these great basins, the lowest
land of the United States, and, as the
evaporation here proceeds at the rate of
100 inches a year, it is not supposed that
any quantity of water which may now
be poured into the Colorado depression
by the overflow of the river will cause
more than temporary inconvenience.
Heavy Fighting in Ohtll.
Washington, July 31.—Private ad¬
vices from lquique on Sunday,the 12th,
give the first information received of
two very important battles which have
been fought within the last five days
In northern Chili. The first battle was
fought last Wednesday near Huasco,
but inland. Balmaceda’s troops ad¬
vanced to give battle and the army of
the Congressional party, having been
warned of the approach of the enemy
by scouts, formed with a celerity which
Indicated good discipline. Balmaceda’s
troops attempted to turn the flank of
the Congressional army and made two
or three most desperate assaults with¬
out success.
Then the Congressional army, being
massed, attacked Balmaceda’s troops
and drove them, with great slaughter,
from the field. By this time night was
approaching, which was a fortunate
night for Balmaceda’s army, as it ena¬
bled that army to escape. It retreated
as far south as Coquimbo and had the
Congressional army pressed on with
vigor It might have been able to de¬
stroy or capture the enemy.
A second battle began yesterday
morning and was hotly contested for
hours. The troops first on one side
and then on the other seemed at the
point of victory; the Congressional
party, however, felt the need of its
ally, the navy. The battle was so far
inland that the navy was unable to co¬
operate. In middle
the of the afternoon B.d-
maceda’s troops salLied out and made
a fierce attack upon the army of the
sisting Congressional party, which, after re¬
broke and bravely then for some moments,
retreated.
The retreat became almost a route,
but the anny was at last brought into
good order and retired, pnarairioa leavingBalma-
oadab troops «a of the field
and of the victory. The Congressional
arui >’ returned to a point where they
a uder tlle l )rotecti<>n of the gun-
, thiwthe teiTitiwy which
Wednesday o'^Balmaceda’sarmy? 1 ° n
Work oi the Editor*.
St. Paul, Minn.. July, 31—The cre¬
dentials committee report seventy-two
organizations here, represnted by 417
delegates.
The election of officers being in order,
the first vote for president resulted:
W. 8. Cappelier of Ohio 131, W. D. Hun¬
ter of Indiana 70, B. J. Price of Wiscon¬
sin 95. Messrs. Price and Hunter with¬
drew, and Mr. Cappelier was elected
unanimously.
The otner officers are : First vice-presi¬
dent, B. J. Price of Wisconsin; second
Vice-president, T. SamUila Jones of
Louisiana; third vice-president, M.
Cooper of Pennsylvania ; corresponding
secretary, J. M. Page of Illinois ; record¬
ing secretary, Miss. Virginia C. Clay of
Alabama ; treasurer, A. H. Lowrie.
> Caatti for Wat Faint.
Washington, July 31.— The following
cadets have been appointed to the mili¬
tary academy for admission next June;
W. S.Sorey, Marianna, Fla.; P.H. John¬
stone, Rocky Creek, Ga.; Fred Morris,
Marietta, Ga.; E. N. Earner, Charlotte,
N. C.; W. Warren, Atkinson, 8, C,; E.
Jerney, jr., Charleston, 8. C.; alternate,
Johnson Ilaygood, jr., Columbia, 8. O.;
J. S. Birrine, Greenville City, 8. O.; al¬
ternate, $1. G. Patterson, Russellville
Tenn.; R. E. Cailan, Knoxville, Tenn.;
J. H. Burgess, Southampton county,
Virginia; James Furs, Martins, 8. C.; U.
8. Ouiard, Aiken, 8. C.; alternate, G. C.
Aydelott, Tullaboma, Tenn.; F. B.
Baptist, Covington,Tenn,; W. S. Bailey,
Nashville, Tenn.
K(;iuii!l$c«URt>$ ol the War.
Lexington, Mo., July 81.—A large
turtle, bearing upon its upper shell
the inscription “A. H. N , First Illi¬
nois Cavalry, 1861,” was eaptured to¬
day in a pond at Linwood Lawn, near
this eity, and the shell preserved. In
August, 1861, part of Marshall’s com¬
pany of Upton troops, belonging to
the First Illinois Cavalry, was camped
at Linwood Lawn, and t he inscription
was no doubt made by one o! these
troopers.
An Honored American Expires.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., July 31—Fran
cis R. Rives, a millionaire, died this
morning at his residence near N ewham-
burgh, in the 70tli year of his age. The
deceased was secretary of legation to
the court of St. James under President
Tyler. He had been president of New
York Bourthern Society. One of his
sons, George Rives, was assistant secre¬
tary of state under President Cleveland.
BITE OP INFORMATION.
Montreal has a 24,730 pound bell.
In lepland dress fashions have not
changed for 1,000 years.
It is estimated that Indian wars have
cost the Government $700,000,000.
If you would be correct in pronouncing
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
Between 1860 and 1890 the population
of the United States Increased from
31,000,000 to 62,000.00, or just 100 per
cent.
It is 92 years since Sir Edward Jenner
made the great discovery of the virtue of
vaccination as a safeguard against small¬
pox.
Those who can not go as nature in¬
tended them are very numerous. A
dealer in artificial limbs says that 300,-
000 Americans have tost one or both legs.
The Society of la Mafia sprang from
the wandering hordes of Arabia’s deserts.
Its business is to blackmail and then to
kill. Sicily is its stamping ground.
It was a woman, th« Princess Rowena,
who introduced the kiss into England.
Since that time the custom has been
steadily growing by what it feeds upon.
By tiie Italians the English language ia
considered the hone language; the
Spanish, the bird language, while their
own smooth flowing lingua, is called the
language of song.
A census bulletin just issued shows
that nearly all the population of the
United States breathe an atmosphere
containing 65 to 75 per cent of its full
capacity of moisture—that is, atmos¬
phere from two-thirds to three-fourths
saturated.
It is claimed that the finest forest pre¬
serve in the United States ia in the Adi¬
rondack region, and that the Black forest
in Germany, the Norway forests, and the
forests of Canada can not be compared
to it. There are 2,760,000 acres in that
region which it is proposed to include in
the Adirondack Park.
PEOPMS.
Fred Douglass mourns that he can not
celebrate his birthday. He does not
know when he was born.
Senator Hearst’s widow was a school¬
teacher in Steelville, Mo., where she was
married, and her husband was then a
poor man.
Mrs. Mary Brayton Young, who has
just died, was the heaviest mill owner in
Fall River, and possessed an estate valued
at $12,000,000.
Rev. Dr. Talmage’s mouth is not half
so large as the pictures make it. He is
by no means a homely man, as homely
men go in these days.
Sir Edwin Arnold is an absentminded
man and is somewhat negligent in his
attire. He has a mild eye, a calm face,
and a general air of indifference.
The Baroness Burdett-Coutte hss left
England for a ramble through Italy.
Her health is vary preoarious and the <ff-