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FARM AND HOME.
Water in Milk.
Does it pay to run water through tho
•ow and pay lor it in the form of millcP
Plainly tho aolida are what give valuo
to milk. Tli* water is not Improved
by being passed through the system of
Uw cow. We cnn get abundance of it
Without this expensive process. The
DUtritivo elements in milk nre the case
In. tho fat, the sugar and the ash. Tho
more of these there are—the greater
the per sent of solids—tho more valu-
able tho milk for human food; and nil
these constituents are tho most avail-
able'who:i milk is consumed In its nat-
ural state, as it comcs front tho cow.
Thoro is great was to making it into
butler or chocso—but lo.su in tho lattor
than tho former. Tho only good ox-
ouso for making milk into those pro-
ducts is tho impossibility of keeping it
in its natural statu, and the relish wo
have acquired for theso oxtraots from
milk—for tiioy really are extracts. But
tho solids being tho nutritive portion,
nearly all tho water is discarded. Tho
aim, therefore, should be to produce
milk containing as largo a per cont of
■olids as possiblo. Those Tiiry from
10 per cont in somo milk to 20 por cent
In others, but tho usual range Is 12 to
15 por cont, 3 to 4 por cont oI which
■hould be fat.—Prairie Farmer.
How 0*n Corn Ho Grown Willi
l roflif
To attain this wo must have good
land, and if it is iovol and a black soil,
thou you can count on a paying crop
If you cultivate your corn properly, A
clovor sod is best; tlion plow 8 or 10
inches (loop and as early as possible,
If you can got your land plowod by tho
middle of April so much tho better,
but don't miiko the mistake, like a
great many do, by not using tho har-
row on it till you wish to plant your
corn. If possiblo run tho harrow over
ft evory wook, and if you harrow it
twico a week so much the hotter. Noxt
oouios good marking oil', good sood
and pood planting. 1 prefer to mako
tho rows 8 foot 9 inches apart, cliock-
rowed is bost; the furrows ought to bo
i or fi inches doep. Tlion uso tho very
best of sood corn, plant throo grains in
a hill, botwoon tho 10th and 20th of
May. As soon as tho corn is up so you
can soo it well through tho rows start
your cultivator and keep that a going
onco a wook till your oorn is 3 foot
high. Perhaps there aro somo of tho
renders of tho Farmer who think thnt
ono half of the harrowing and cultivat-
ing I rocommond would lie enough. Por
liaps it would be if you aro satisfied with
thirty or forty bushels por acre. If
farmers would romoniber this and bo-
liovo it as I do that "good tillago
is manure" then tho corn crop would
be much larger ovory year, and tho
weeds much less in tho corn fields,—
Corrcs/ ondence Practical Farmer.
Stock-Food I nk Root*.
Tho raising of roots for stock feed-
ing is not so popular as it was a fow
years ago. As it sooms to bo an es-
tablished fact that onsilago may bo
kept in a silo mado of plank or two
thicknesses of boards, with a lining of
tarred paper between thom, in as good
condition as in a stone and coniont
vault, which would cost fivo times as
much, and that these wooden silos may
bo of almost any size, from tlio modest
ono of forty square feet, which should
hold nhout one ton, up to any size sulll-
olent for that purpose (as it is said that
it is not well to put more than two
month's rations in ono silo), many
farmors aro growing loss quantities of
roots and trying the virtues of ensi-
lage. Those who have not done so
ro advised to try a silo suitablo for
thoir needs, built in this way, and to
put in a fow acres of corn, sowod in
drills, for tho purpose of filling it.
Tho advantages can hardly bo over-
estimated, if wo may boliovo tho testi-
mony of a majority of thoso who liavo
tried it. Tho silo may bo very conven-
ient for storing groon clovor or grass,
if tho weathor should cltnnco to bo wet
during haying time. The corn fodder
may bo much needed for supplement
ing pasture during a summer or fall
droughts and tho onsilago is said to
have been proved an oxcollont winter
feed for sheep, swino and poultry ns
well as for cuttlo.—Practical Farmer.
tlio Chcnpeat Food.
Among tho results of tho Wisconsin
Institutes hold last winter, in which
were thoroughly discussed the great
value of onsilago and fodder corn, a
large number of silos were built last
Mason and thousands of acres of corn
wero grown for onsilago or dried
(odder by the dairymen of the Stale.
This proved most fortunate, in view of
the short hay crop. Without their on-
silago or fodder corn inanv dairymen
would have found it dilllcult or im-
possible to have wintered the r stuck
except at heavy cost. At the late
meeting of State Dairy men's As-
sociation a great amount of testimony
was given on the value of ensilage as
the chonpost food available to the
dairyman. One dairyman said he fed
forty cows six months (from November
1 to May 1) front tho ensilage grown on
sixteen acres, or two and n half cows
to tho acre, or at the rate of sixty-six
week's foed for one cow front one acre.
Hiram Smith said ensilage increased
tho milk yield 20 per cent, and also in-
creased the butter, but not to so largo
an extent. Another fed ensilago with
a little hay nud Irrnn, and mado a
pound of butter from 17} pounds oi
milk. A fow days since the writer met
a Du Page County (111.) farmer, who
milks forty-live cows, sending the milk
to Chicago, who said that fifteen acres
of fodder corn raised last season was
all that saved him from disaster, as it
furnished food in July and August,
when his pastures wero absolutely bare,
and is now, with tho help of his short
hay crop and a ration of bran, carry-
ing the cows through tho winter in
good shape. Dairy farmors cannot
mako a mistake in making ample pro-
vision for growing liberal supplies of
corn for ensilage or fodder. If tho bay
crop is short it will give thom plenty
of feed for their stock, if good they
can buy more cows to winter or have
hay to sell.—Farmers' Jteview.
Farm Notes.
Onion sots aro produced by sowing
the seed thickly in the rows, so as to
allow thom but littlo room for growth.
Sow the seed as soon as the ground will
permit.
Poor, sandy soil should not be loft
uncultivated. Carefully proparo the
land, sow to buckwheat, and plow the
buckwheat under when the crop is in
blossom. In this way the land may bo
gradually made productive.
When milk soils at 3c por quart the
price corresponds with that of butter
at 2,0c per pound, The buttor, how-
over, takes no fertility from the farm,
while I lie sale of milk carries oil'all the
mineral and organic matter of its coin-
position.
The earliest sweet corn makes but
little growth of stalk. Often the ear
is produced not over 1 foot from the
ground on tho stalk. Tho Cory variety
is ono of tlio earliest, and also tho"Pearl.
The soil should bo rich and kept loose
around tho plants,
Pig-pons should not bo in the same
location every season. Uy having
them movable much vuluablo manure
can be secured from the saturated oartli
around the old sites, while the change
to fresh places will greatly promote
cloanlinoss and health.
In preparing tho ground for a corn
crop manure should be used plentifully,
Tho coarse manuro does well on corn
land, as the crop is a grass fooilor,
sending its roots in every direction. In
cultivating corn only tho surfaco of the
ground should bo stirred, as tho real
bcnolil is derived by tho loose earth
serving ns a protecting mulch. Grass,
however, should bo kept down from
tho start.
An oblong square, as long again as
wide, is tho most profitable shape for
a garden, as tho rows aro equally
long and less time is taken up in turn-
ing tlio horse. Tho size of the santo
should be in proportion to tlio number
of the family, bearing in mind tho fact
that ono fourth of an acre well man-
urod and cultivated will produce
more and better vogolablos than a
whole acre not so woli attended to.
A writer in tho Peninsula Farm and
Garden (Delaware) contends that
thero is no such disoaso ns ''peach
yellows." Ho says: "It will bo no-
ticed, when spring comes, that the
wiry, spongy growth which the peach
trees mnde last year, on account of
Iho wot weather, which 'cranks' call
•yellows,' is dead. Such unnatural
growth should bo pruned off. Tho
'yellows' is an effect, not a cause.
There is no ovidenco that it is conta-
gious."
Central Ohio farmers liavo lately
boon approached by men claiming to
bo n^onts of tho Society for tho Pre-
vention of Cruolty to Animals, asking;
thoir assistance in protecting quail
ngainst sportsmen. Tlio farmer is
asked to act as agent, and is requested
to sign a blank. This is usually done,
and in a few days tho farmor is noti-
fied to appear at the bank and settle,
when he suddenly real /.us that ho has
boon signing a nolo.
Infertile eggs are a source of much
loss to poultry men, and tho prime
cttuso is known only by fow. Eggs
from fat liens do not hntch well, and
should thoro bo nny chicks they will bo
weak. An overfed, fat cock is also tin-
desirablo; he should have plenty of ex-
ercise and kept in only moderate llosh.
Inbroeding is another cause of weak,
sickly chicks and infertile oggs. Males
should bo chango evory year, and only
puro-brod cocks used.
l*'o r a permanent pasturo use varioty
of grassos. Tho kinds best adapted to
tho location will assert its superiority
mid in time give n good reward. It is
not advisable to turn stock ou a peruia
nunt pasture until tho ground shall
have been well covered. Tramping in-
jures its v tality. At loast three years
should be allowed for growth before
turning on stock. The greater tho
variety ol grasses the thicker the
growth and tho bettor tlio pasture.
Tlio seeds of carrots and parsnips
are very slow in germinating, and to
this cause is due the failure of the part
of some farmers to grow those crops.
Tho seed should bo sown early, si> as
to have the young plants make some
| headway before the grass shall begin
to grow thickly, or hand-weeding must
ho resorted to. It would bo best to
uso plenty of seed, plant them in
"stools" about li inches apart in tho
vow", ami thin out the surplus plants
after they shall be up.
The Household.
Mt'tton Steaks ou Laugh Loin
Chops.—Uemove all tho skin and fat,
Irtv'j the joints divided, steaks separ
v.teri. Prepare a tu xturo ol grated
bread crumbs, minced sweet herbs,salt,
cayenne and a grated nutmeg-, dip each
■teak thus sonsoued, in the yolk ol
beaten eggs, then roll each around a
skewer and bake it over a pan to catch
the gravy, carefully skimming, they
mnst be cooked thoroughly and baked
with buttor; carefully remove from the
skewers, and place upon the gravy in
the dish; make a sauco of mush-rooms,
roasted Spanish ohestnuts or sweet po-
tatoes, stewed with grapes or currant
jelly; serve with it some minccd sweet
marjoram, onion, sweet basil; servo ou
a Hat dish garnished with sticks of col-
ery.
A Handy and Nick Dish.—When
you havon't any bread quite conveni-
ent aud do not want to bother with bis-
cuits or hot cakos for supper, just put
what you think enough of good water
crackers in a rather shallow tin pan,
cover with cold water slightly salted,
cover with a plate and set bnck on tho
stove to soak and gradually heat.
When nice and tender, drain off the
water, butter tho crackers and set thom,
in same pan, insido a moderately hot
stove; have the covor off the pan this
time. You will find them ready for eat-
ing in about fifteen or twenty minutes,
if tho stovo bo hot enough. No ntilk or
cream.
Piano Covek.—An inexpensive cov-
er for an upright pianoforte can bo
mado of two wide strips of dark rod
revorsiblo canton flannel the best
quality, with a center strip of bed-
ticking tho same width as the outer
ones. Tho throo strips when joined
should be the exact width of tho piano
top. Covor all tho white lines in the
ticking with briar-stitching in bright-
colored crowds and tho blue lines
with tho simple cross-stitch—done in
gold thread—that is used to hold down
the open seams of llannol shirts. Tho
ends of tho cover, which should hang
over considerably, may bo linished
with a gray linen fringe, either knitted
or crochetod, and embellished with
gilt balls sowed on at intervals.
Tomato Sauck For Cnoi's.—Melt a
piece of butter tho size of an egg, and
mix it well with a dessertspoonful of
cornstarch; add the contents of a glass
bottle of tomato sauce, mix well, and
then put in pepper and salt to taste,
and a small bouquet composed of a
clovc of garlic, a bay loaf, a sprig of
thy mo, another of marjoram, aud
somo parsley. Keep tho sauce hot
until it is wantod, when the bunch
should bo taken out.
NOW AIMOSTIMOWN.
on of oabidVs oeeatebt men.
Choosing a Husband.
Husbands aro not mado to order;tliey
just grow. To got a good ono you liavo
to know him when you see him. Ho
may not look like the man your fancy
paintod, yet you will recognize in him
the qualitios that go to make up the re-
liable, enterprising, nmiable man. As
iv rule women aro not possessed of acute
business minds and are not as observ-
ant as they might be. One aftor an-
other they fall into tlio same open trap,
Just as though thoy wore blindfolded or
woro impelled by some uncontrolable
force. The majority of them soem to
think they must marry, and all that is
necessary is to find a man that is good-
looking or rich.
Tho average girl first takes a fancy
to a pretty man, and thinks and
droams of his lovely hair, charming
eyes, ologant dress, divine mustacho
aud dovo-liko voice. She declares that
ho is too sweet for any thing. This
fuvor passes off in time, but too often
it leaves a perverted taste. A dandy
figure, swell manners and clattering
tongue aro apt to even outweight a
good heart,industrious habits and mor-
al worth. Kvon after marriage visions
of tho early ideal riso up to disturb the
serenity and tranquillity of tho doines-
tio scone. Better such an ideal had
never been formed. —Pittsburg Com-
mercial Gazette.
Alexander Mackenzie, the Stern, Honest
Statesman Who Once Baled the Dominion,
Now Siowly Approaching the Gravo-His
Remarkable Career.
It Is not many year* since, says an Ottwa
(Out.) dispatch, the most familiar name In
Canadian public offalrs was that of Alexan-
der Mackenzie. Ten years ago lie was l lie
foremost statesman of the Dominion. To-
day he Is a broken-down, palsied old man. If
the gloomy shadow cast by bis helpless ap-
pearance In tiie House passes for anything,
it will not lie very long before the telegraph
announces that be Is no more. His story Is a
tad one. Thirty years ago he was a Hard-
working, thrifty stone mason. He had a
keen brain, a level head and an ambitious
nature*, but when he laid aside
the hammer and trawel and enter-
ed tbe political arena ne never sus-
pected that lie would rise to tbe position of
first minister In Canada. Iiy dint of perse-
verance and application, aided by a vigorous
constitution, bo fought his way to tbe front
rank of tbe old Reform party of Canady. Tbe
Pacific scandal, an event In Canadian blstory,
resulted In tbe overthrow of Sir John A.
Muedonald's government and brought Mr.
Mackenzie to the front The "Pacific scan-
dal" was, briefly stated, the sale of charier
granted by tho Canadian Parliament to Sir
Hugh Allan to build a national road from
the Atlantic to the Pacific In order to weld
the fragments of confederation. It was pret-
ty clearly established thnt Sir John and hfs
ministers were party to tills sale and receiv-
ed large sums of money from it, which tlioy
nsed lavishly to corrupt the elcclorate and
lialst themselves Into olllce. The govern-
ment was hopelessly beaten in the House,
a large number of Sir Joint's supporters
having withdrawn their support.
Thus it came about that Alexander Mack-
enzie was called upon to form a government.
He did so, appealed to the country, and was
returned by a large majority. Then came a
succession of bad years, 'limes were hard,
hundreds failed, aud some of the blaine
naturally fell upon the government. Sir John,
who was then in opposition, took up tho cry
of a protective tariff—"a national policy"—
ami when the country was appealed to iu 1878
Mr. Mackenzie wasJiopclessly beaten. The
blow broke his sg|Rt, aud when, a few
months later, as the result of a conspiracy
among his followers, ho was deprived of the
leadership of his party, It broke his heart.
Since then, although be has continued In
public life an unflinching advocate of tho
principles of free trade, while his party truck-
led to all cabals, frequently compromising
these principles, ho had gradually lost strength
physically until at the present day he has to
be held up In his place In the House when he
wishes to whisper a faint protest to anything
that is being done. Although almost as help-
less bodily as a child, bis Intellect Is un-
clouded, although he canuot think as rapidly
as of yore. There he sits, his poor wrinkled
bauds Bhaklng constantly, but be is stolid aud
flrin otherwise, and is indeed a living example
of the pure, unlllncbcd grit of the Scottish
inlanders. It Is* a sad spectacle. The other
day he tried to struggle to his feet to protest
against a proposal in connection with the fish-
ery treaty which he deemed would be humili-
ating to the Dominion. After a vulu attempt
he fell back Into his chair. But with the
assistance of a friend, he was able to rise and
record Ills protest in a hoarse whisper. Whon
Alexander Mackhenzie dies the life of an
honest politician goes out. His bitterest oppo-
nent never for an Instant questioned bis per-
sonal honesty or his Integrity to conviction
and principle. Indeed, hail he fed the hungry
fiack of political suckers who always
mug like parasites about cach party
he might to-day have been ruler In
Canada. But tills be refused to
do, and the result was that he had to retire.
It Is hardly likely that be will ever appear iu
Parliament again after this session. His stern
old face, Ills dry Scotch humor, his ready re-
buke nud his sound common sense will all be
missed. No mau in the Dominion House of
Commons commanded greater respect or se-
cured a hotter audience than Alexander
Mackenzie wbeu ho rose to address the
House.
It has leaked out through official sources
that the Dominion Government will endeavor
to stove oil any debate upon the question of
the fishery treaty this session. Their object
to prevent Parliament from nasslng upon Its
merits before the American Senate has dealt
witU it. There is a strong fueling in the
House, and especially among the maritime
members, that the treaty should be rejected.
The ministers are very anxious to have the
treaty adopted, and would not like to Imperil
the prospects In that direction bv preclptltlous
action. Tho course adopted by "the American
Senate will materially affect the treaty here.
Sir Charles Tupper Is deeply chagrined that
tbe protocols prepared by the secretaries of
the commission did not contain the trade pro-
posals mnde by himself.
A CHAMPION OF SHAKSPEARE
Power of the Press,
•The power of the press is greator
than that of nny number of privato in-
dividuals," said Henry J. Ambs, of
San Francisco, "but I know of one
instauce where tho reputation of a
singlo mau caused every paper in San
Francisco to completely chango its
touo. During tbe progress of the
famous Sharon-Hill divorce case, every
paper in San Francisco had been loud
in its denunciation of Sarah Althca.
Had, and even aftor Senator Sharon's
death tho same cottrso was pursuod
with unabated energy, Suddenly tho
community was slartlod by tho news
that Mrs. Hill had married Judge
Terry, Tho papers contained a mere
announcement of the fact, and from {
that day to this not a word unfavorable
to her has been printed.
This course was not assumed because
of nny love for .Judge Terry, as ho is
probable tho most unpopular man on
tho Pacific Coast But the very cause
that led to his unpopularity gave him
great influence, as lie is the most dread-
ed man in the West. Sineo tho timo
ho killed Senator Urodoric, people have
roeogn zed that lie was a most danger*
ous man. and the manner in which he
repelled a mob of vigilantes, knife in
hand, killing ono of his assailants,
greatly added to Ills reputation.
It was well known that death would
bo the doom of anyone who insulted
his wife, No editor eared to run this
risk, and the best abused woman in the
country disappeared from public
view shielded by hot* husband's for-
midable renown,"—St. Louis Post
Ditpatch.
Fucts About Strikes.
The llerahX believes that tho strike, as a
weapon of industrial wcrfare, Is not only bar-
barous but Infective. Tho better tho organ-
ization and the wider the Inconveniencu gaug-
ed by a strike the greater tho reprobation It
should excite. This Is, ns vet, mere philoso-
phy, but it is not dilllcult to believe that our
methods of life must operate, toward n con-
clusion where cessation of Industry will be
Impossible, or else society will disintegrate
and the present population at once sink in
number to a comparatively small figure.
The union holds a destructive weapon. It
<ays to its opponent: '*If you do not come to
terms with us, we will smite you. But the
blow wo shall deliver on you will be light
compared with tlio shock tbe outsiders will
sustain." If the union be Interpellated as to
this matter of outsiders, they will respoud
that the disaster to the Innocents Is exactly
the thing upon which they reckon to conquer
their bosses. The outsiders will raise such a
clamor that tbe bosses will surrender. This
attitude Is surely as hostile to tho public as to
the bosses. The employers have this advant-
age—that they never assume such a position.
They are anxious to servo the public, or the*
have oyerserved the public, and time is need-
ed for the public to consume. How, then,
philosophically, can the public consent to be
used as tbe cat's paw, so soon as the real ani-
mus of tbe strikers inay become manifest!
Tho Brotherhoods, for n fewdavs last week,
declared a great strike where tho'shock which
the public received was well-nigh a complete
paralysis. Whereas Chicago has many arms
the State of Kansas has but one. Tbe Kan-
aitns had done nothing offensive to union-
Ism. They had sympathized with the strik-
ers. The Atchison system had striven, by all
tbe means In Its power, to keep out of " the
fight on the "Q.'' But the Brotherhoods
wero like Napoleon. When the time came
friend and foe must alike be immolated. The
strike was ordered. Whether now or at the
end of a decade of war, the principle of that
strike will eventually be declared, at the bar
of public opinion, to be wicked, inflective and
unpatriotic.
whether we are to lose our republic through
a governmental regulation of all our dally acts,
or are to come'toan Individual liberty once
more, Is very soon to lie determined. In
either ease the strike and the lockout will be-
come things of a hateful past. There are
striking engineers who would most happy
wore they at work, an I there are shareholders
who would breath freely once more were they
assured their roads bad no notion of going to
war with their mo-t responsible and most
skll'ed operating agents. Despotism, un-
Amerleanism and Oriental idleness thr vo in
this f.-.ise atmosphere of Industrial contention,
and the public gradually rises to the truth
that a strikn Is not to mueh a blow alined at
the pence of the employer ns at tho peace of
tbe people.—Herald.
A tramp denouncing tho crusade against
the dime novel, said that If a dime was as
novel a thing to the others as It was to him.
It wouldn't be done.— Texas Sifting*.
Hev. Fran It M. Bristol Tear* lntl
Shred* tbe Theories of Ianatlui
Uonuelly and Criticises Win Se-
verely.
Rev. Frank M. Bristol came out itroug las)
evening as au advocate of tbe theory thai
Shakspoaro was the author of his own plays.
The burd of Avon was the subject of a lecture
to a large and appreciative audience at Grace
church. When he came down to the modern
controversy as to tbe authorship of the pliyi
bearing tbe name of Shakspeare be proceeded
to take a fall out of Hon. Ignatius Donnelly
aud to ride rough-shod over the arguments ol
ail the disciples of Bacon. He Bald at thli
late day men were rising up to rob
Shakspeare of his good name, his genius, and
Ills just renown. He could think of no mora
dcLestabie Infamy than this. The dead nad
as much right to their fame as tho living had
to their property. No great Shakspeareao
scholar had taken the Bacon side of till
question, nor considered It of sufficient mom-
ent to write a book ou the subject It was
probable that Donuelly's book would end the
controversy, as It promised to reach the climax
of absurdity. If the book contained
the same statements, denials, argu-
ments and conclusions that wore contained
In the two articles written Dy Mr Donuelly foi
The Avrth American Jteview It was condemned
before it was born. Donnelly argued tbat
Shakspeare was of low origin, that nls father
was an Illiterate butcher, tbat there waa no
proof tbat he ever received an education, and
that there were no manuscrlpta of Shaks-
peare in existence. He sneered at the boy
who bad to be born In a cottage, but wore not
all tbe greatest lights in literature born under
just such huinblo circumstances.
It was argued that a man of extraordinary
learning could bare written the plays because
of the ready uso of foreign words and sen-
tences in some of them. The story of
Corlolunus was taken from tbe work of Plu-
tarch, but It was evident that Shakspeare did
not draw from the original, but from North's
translation, because nil tho errors In North's
translation were found in the drama. Shaks-
peare founded Ills plays on romances, tradi-
tions, and historical episodes, but, although
somo of them wero from the itouian and
liroek, It should be remembered that transla-
tions were in existence. Indeed, there were
no stronger proofs of the lack of learning
than the very things which Donnelly advanc-
ed as proof to tbe contrary. Bacon's learning
would have boon above depending oq
translations. All tho learning Shakspeare
displayed could have been acquired without a
university. Ho was evidently a close render,
a inun of keen observation, phenomenal
memory and God given genius.
When Donnelly denied the ability of Shale*
spoaro to produce such works on tho ground
of his immorality he might more consistently
have given the glory to another than Bacon.
Shakspeare killed a deer belonging to Sir
Thomas Luce and was whipped for it. Bacon
was sent to the tower by king James for ac<
ceptlug bribes. The speaker weut on tq
show from Donnelly's own words that Bacou
was corrupt to n degree tbat Shakspoaro novel
reached, oven if ail'that was claimed against
tho latter was truo. As to the nonexisteneu
of Shakspeare's manuscripts, where werq
thoso of tbe other writers of that tlmel Or, lj
Bacon wrote tlio plays why wero they not In
existence! Tbe manuscripts wero probably
used by the players in the theaters until they
became so worn that copies had to be mud<{
and tbe originals were destroyed. Or thoy
might have been burned with other of Shak-
speare's property in the groat London lire.
Another of Donnelly's arguments was tbq
different ways of spelling Shakspeare, doclai>
Ing that tho one used on tho original titli
pages was tho nom de plume of Bacon and noj
the name of tho actor. Tbe lccturcr called
attention to the fact that tbe name was spell-
ed in three different ways ou tbe original title
pages. He then mentioned tbe different ways
of spelling other names, such as Marlowe and
Raleigh and declared that in the first of tw(?
articles In The North American Jtimieio Mr.
Donuelly's name was spelled with one u amj
in the second with two. It was not to Int
supposed tbat spellers or printers were morn
carcful in the fifteenth century than they
wero to day.
In conclusion, Mr. Bristol said he would
agree by Mr. Donnelly's alleged cipher system
to write all the Incidents In Sir Walter
Raleigh's life with the words in the first folio
of Shakspoaro, and provo just as cloarly tbat
lvaleigh was the author as Donnelly could
that Bacou wrote the works.—Chicago Times.
► ACT AND FANCY.
The Eats of Paris.
There are two spccles of rats In Paris says a
letter to The New Orleans Picayune, a black
sort which Infests garrets and old houses, and
a gray kind that Is found In cellars and
swarms In all tbe sewers. Tbls sewer kind Is
the most voracious and dangerous, and Its
ravages cost the city a large sum aunually.
Wherever there Is underground shelter there
Is a family of these ruts, and they multiply
with astonishing rapidity. Collars, sewers,
catacombs, are their abodes. Thoy dig pas-
sageways through thick walls, undermine
foundations, and do a great deal of damage.
Many attempts have been made to extermi-
nate tbcm lu the sewers, but always without
success. Poisons of all kinds, phosphorus,
arsenic, prusslo acid, and strychnine have
tieen set for thom, but they won't touch the
bait. One inventor thought he had hit on the ;
very thing when ho proposed to fry pieces of
sponge lu lard and scatter them about, under
tiie expectation that the rats would eat thom
and that the expanslou of the sponge In their
stomachs would provo fatal. Ills theory was
ull right except on one point—tho rats declin-
ed to cat tho ploces of sponge. As for tbe
traps, they would perhaps answer If It were
possible to set enough to catch all the rats iu
the sewers without bankrupting tbe city In
their purchase.
The plan which works tho best Is too hunt
the nests with dogs trained for rat-klllfug.
Every now and then gangs of men go down
into the sewers, and by following several con-
verging galleries manage to drive whole
armies of rats toward a single point, where
these dogs are let loose and great slaughter
follows. The men who keep these rat-dogs
are paid 1 cent for every rodent destroyed.
Another class of rat-catchers operate on the
streets sfter nightfall, but their aim fa to
capture the animal alive, so as to sell It to the
owners of the terriers. These fellows receive
10 cents a dozen for live rats, and are permlt-
ed to keep tho dead bodies, which nave a
market value of from 3 to 4 cents, the aklns
being excellent for kid gloves,while the bones
can be made up Into tooth-picks and ear-
cleaners. _
Chief Justices.
The following li a correct list of the Chief
Justices of the United States Supreme Court,
with the States In which they resided, the
years In which they woro appointed and tbe
length of their service. Errors are contained
In the list as It Is glveu In most of the
reference books: . „
State Tears of Tears
Chief whence appoint- of
Justices. appointed, inent. service
John Jay .New York....1789. 6
John Rutledge....S. Carolina...17115 *
William Cuslilng..Mnss lTOti. t
Oliver Ellsworth..Connecticut.. 17911 5
John Marshall Virginia 1801 at
Roger B. Taney....Maryland....1830 28
Salmon P. Chase...Ohio 18114 9
Morrison RWalte. .Ohio 1874 14
•Presided over ono term of court, holding ofllc«
aboir Ave months, lint not confirmed by the Senate.
tDecllned after acting a few ilays.
Rulledge. four \ears before his appoint-
ment as Chief Justice, was an Associate
Justice of the Court. The Senate's refusal tc
CotiUrm him was partly duo to political cause!
aud partly to a fear that his mind was failing.
Soon after his rejection ho became Insane,
and remained In this condition until death.
Cushtug was an Associate Justice at the time
of bis appointment to tlio Chief Justiceship.
Although ho was confirmed, and seems tc
have virtually acted as Chief .Justice for a fen
days, yet lie declined the post, and continued
in the minor position until his death iu 181Ui
Rutledge and Cushlng aro tbe only two met
ever holdlug the position of Associate Justlc*
who acted ns Chief Justice, and Cushlng ll
tbe only one who held the lower post at thi
time of appointment to the upper one.—it
Louis Glvbt-Vemocrat.
The Nova Bcotla gold mines yielded about
1500,000 last year.
Wood-carving Is to be taught Id tbe Min-
nesota State University.
Tbe receipts of foreign potatoes in New
York since Nov. 1 have beeu 2,000,000 bush-
els.
Four steamship tbat arrived at New York
last Saturday landed a total of 2,648 Immi-
grants.
It Is said that elghty-flve per cent, of the
shipments of South Americau sugars are im-
ported to this country.
Tbe consumption of coal at Pittsburg, Pa.,
has diminished 4,500,000 tons a year since tbe
Introduction of natural gas.
Tlio United States took about forty percent,
of tbe last year's fish product of Canada, mak-
ing a total of $2,717,000 in value.
Iu this country nearly $3 worth of milk,
croam,butter and cheese together are sold and
cousumod to every dollar's worth of beef.
A Florida perfumery company bas nineteen
acres of tuberoses In Fairfield and San Mateo,
aud expects to plant nearly 200 acres more.
Advice from Contoocook, N. H., says there
Is a sickness prevailing among the cows In
that district that threatens to become epi-
zootic.
Dried shark fins are sold In every Chinese
provision storo In New York, and are esteem-
ed such a delicacy tbat they bring nearly 94
per pound.
An immigration movement has sprung up
among tho fisherman on the coast of Scot-
laud, owing to tbo severe deoresslon In the
tlsh Industry.
According to tbe last census, tho forest
tires In tbe United States during tbe year
1880 burned over 10,Y24,0S9 acres of land, val-
ued at ¥35,462,250.
Tbo deepest drilled well In tho Uulted
States Is near Pittsburg, Pa. A depth of
1018 feot was rcached, when tbe tools were
lost aud tbe work ceased.
Experiments with wheat at tho New York
station give strong ovidenco that com-
pacting tho soli aids the plaut to resist Win-
ter killing and favors Increased yield.
Tho ostrich feather trade of South Africa is
so depressed that feathers which formerly
sold for $125 now bring only $7.50, and the
value of tho birds has declined accordingly.
Nearly a Quarter of a million acres of yel-
low pine lauds In lower Alabama and north-
ern Florida have beeu bought by capitalists
from tbe Northwest within tho last few
weeks.
The crop of cabbages on the eastern shore
of Virginia this season was the heaviest ever
known. During three weeks from BOO to 1,000
barrels per day were shipped from one large
truck farm alone.
The consumption of sugar In the United
States in 1S87 was 1.393,909 tone, and the ex-
port was 50,889, together 1,443,798 tons, of
which 1,356,050 tons passed through the refin-
eries of the United States.
Elghty-flve towns In Massachusetts are
free from debt, according to the recent report
of the tax commissioners. During the year
159 towns have diminished their debts and
eighty towns have increased It
A Winnepeg journal states that large quan-
tities of potatoes are being shipped from that
city to points In the United States. In Chica-
go Manitoba varieties are quoted several cents
per bushel higher than the home product.
According to tbe latest reports Germany can
put upon tbe Held In case of nn emergency
2,060,000 soldiers who have been thoroughly
drilled, and 3,480,000 more who have some
knowledge of the nrt of bearing arms, making
a total of 6,440,000 men.
The Russian Agricultural Department an-
nounces tbat tho time baa arrived when Rus-
sia can come forward with considerable
chance of success, to compete with America
and other countries Iu supplying the western
European markets with live stock.
The total figures for all United States ports
of entry show that for the eight months end-
ing March 1, 50,230 Immigrants arrived from
England and Waits, 28,791 from Ireland, 11,-
608 from Scotland, 56,775 from Germany, 11,-
4 >5 from Austria and 8,855 from France.
In a recent agricultural report the commis-
sioner says tho damage Inflicted upon the
California mountain for sheep is immense.and
that they threaten the complete extermina-
tion of these noblo forests, and with them the
eutlre agricultural resources of tho State.
The annual loss caused by Insects In tho
United States Is estimated nt about $150,000,-
1100, that on cotton alone being $15,000,000.
Tho Insects "increase with the advance of
civilization, on account, no doubt, of the
greater abundance of the food furnished
them.
Tho best yionge of commerce Is found in
tho Mediterranean, and Is known as Turkey
or Suiyna sponge. This sponge Is obtained by
divers. Bahama of West India spongo Is
coarser and Is secured at a much less price.
Much sponge which Is used In this country Is
gathered off tbe coast of Florida.
In Nebraska, where glandered horses are
exterminated by order of authorities, the
state pays tho owner for the value of the an-
imal. It Is said quite a profltablo business
(1) Is carried on by parties who take over the
State line lots of diseased horses from Dakota,
Iowa and other localities for the purpose of
the bounty.
On the first day of May next, the Mexican
government will assume charge of all mints
In that country, and hereafter eoln all the
money put Into circulation. Heretofore tho
mints hove been lu tbe hands of private Indi-
viduals or corporations to which tbe Govern-
ment guaranteed the ontlre bullion product
of the country.
The Chinese treaty which was recentlv
signed at Washington, prohibits entrance of
Chinese laborers to this country during a pe-
riod of twenty years. It allows Chinese hav-
ing families on this side of the water and
having property amounting to $1,000 or morj,
to go to China and return to this country on
provM"" '-.r fact.
Some experimenters In Hollhnd have been
comparing the feed values of ensilage and hay
mnde frotn grass In tho snme field. Analysis
showed that there was more nutriment In the
ensilage than In the hay made from the
same weight of grass. Cattle foed on the
hay with other food Increased In live weight
more than theso fed with ensilage, but
those fed with ensilage gave more and bettor
milk.
The stocks of meats In the West are larger
than a year ngo, showing that the domestic
consumption the past Winter has been mate-
rially lessened. In meats, tho decrease In
manufacture was 52,000,000 pounds greater'
than the falling off in exports. Tho esports
of hog products tor four months ending March
1, compnred with the previous year, decreased
53,000,000 pounds of meats and 29,000,000
, pounds of lard, tbe decrease In lard export
it being about the tame as the falling off In
• manufacture.
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