Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 26, 1874, Page 3

: THE CHICAGO DAILY TRINDUNE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1874. — D FARM-EXPERIMENTS. Proposed Investigations in Agricultural Science, A Programmo Laid Qut for the Tlinois Industrial University. The Corenls---Olovers and Brasses--- Industrial and Commeroial Plants, Roots---Vegetibles---Commereial and Other Manures and Fer- {ilizers---Fecding Mr. B. T, Johneon, of the Illinols Industrial Univowsity, at Champaign, hay, in accordance with tho suggostion of Emory Cobb, Baq., Presi- dent of tho Donrd of Trusteos, propared an out- llne of n programme of farm-oxperiments, to- fzothor with an ecatinto of the oxpense thoreof. 1o boa put tho oxperiments under soven hionds, viz: Tirst, *“Tho Cerenls;” second, *Tho Clovors and Granses; " third, *Tho Industrinl and Commorelal Plauta;” fourth *Itoots;" Aifth, * Vogetables: ™ sixth, *Commerolal sud Othor Manures and TFertilizers;" sevoutl, “Foeding."” Undor theso heads ho proposos virious exporimonts a8 to the quality of seed and mothod of cultlvation, witha viow to discovering, in tho caso of crops of doubtful and irregular suceess, tho best method of insuring uniform viclds, and, in tho atapla products, tho way to seecura tho Jargest erops. The other heads of tho report aro treated upon tho samo expori- montal plan, the ‘object being to establish, by cacelul comparison and nceurate ohsorvation of cause and offect, certain facts which now lave tho form, among farmors, of speculntion, tradi- tion, or chance, merely. Tho documont in full 1 subjoined, PROCGRAMME OF FARM-EXPERIMENTS. Zu_ Emery Colby Log,, Vrestlent of Bourd af Trustees of the illinois Industriol Unirersity @ S 8 your igetiol e nt tio last inenlg of the Bxeoutivo Comaltied, I havo prepared au onf Uue of & PROGRAMME OF FARM-EXPERIMENTR, togother wWith uh_ealimsto of exponwo for ecedn il fatror, T linve made qulte Lroad augggestious us to thel number and_oxtent, wilh tho expeciatlon, owsver, that tho ontd of Tritsteen seill alter and amend, sud perhiays reduce both tn number and extent, Morcaver, it tio Hoard should fully Indoro the plan horo latd down, 1t 17 quito probabla fhat betier navice end further duformation, logother withi 8casom, clrein- stance, and accident, might absolutely require n mates tind moditieation of it, bv or beforo tho thno had ne- vad to put 3t in operation. I havo put tho oxperiments under eoven hoads, namely: Firat, Tho Corealn; fecand, Tlio Clovers and Oraseca : third, Tho Inusteiil and Commerclul Plants: Tourth, Itoota; fitth, Vegetubles; eixth, Comemerclnl aud Othor Manures ‘aud Fertilfzors; aud, sovouth, Feeding, o And firat of tho cereals, fu the order of tho alphabet, T uaro BARLEY. hough prown far north i this country,—and much farther soutl, as a winter crop, fu Boutheru Europo and Norihern Afsica, clea—Larley, In thia latitnde, i3 » very doubtful ond, Ieing bl carliest of all fho cereals, it {9 first attacked by chinch-bugs, and, from soms Wiexplained enuscs, on our Fieh solfs 1t s exe tremely liahio to rust, or Llight, or fall down, beforo muturity, For the piirpose, then, of tryiug to Mcceed wilh barley, and, if wo du noty to learn tho reason why, 1 projiuse employing recd obtatied from abroad, i€ practicable, to fow ono acro of four-rowed bariey, and oue acre of six-rowad burley. IUCKWHEAT 1a al#o n very donbtful crnp,—purtly, 1t 1s Lelioved, Le- canse it fs ‘sown too late fu the keason to germinato mucecsafully, 1t I8 proposed fo fry one acro envh of two lending varietles, and anticipate the ukusl time of seeding by two or three weeks, I put down, then, ond acro of commolbuckwlieat, and. oho acre ‘ol sllver- huled buekheat, Next in order, but drst In importance, fs CORN, for which T have laid down o following ratlier liberal prograniing s First—One-half on gero each of fho largo’ varle~ ties from Houth Ameriea, aud Jutroduced by tho_way of Franco ;—1uo Caragus und tho Caseo, Tho Cara= gua 18 quifo unilke ony vaviety wo cullivate, and i, whero known, greatly preforred for sofling, Tho Casco 12 8 glai-ind; and, 3t we shoulid eucceod in _eroslng it withi homo-grown kinds, wo ulght fuvigorats nnd eulargo our own vutloties by an iufusion of now bluod from abrozd, , Second—T9 obtaln from a singla acro tho largest nos- Alblo yield ; atid, fn urder o do” 8o, to spare neither manure, labor, nor watelfulueas, “Fhird—in o patch of five neres, to mve. overy altor- nato clght or ton Towa deep and thoroughcultivation from the start, tp e contiied 1ip to tho full maturity of (e plants ; ‘aud giving the other altorunto Towe, of a1 equil number, (o common cultfvation of the coun- try, sud * Inying by # at the usual time, It Is an unsct- tlod question amioug farmers whether corn slouid be ¢ lald by ¥ aftes o or tirgo plowing, sad befors the tagsel begtng o show, or whiethor cultivation sliould by coutinued during the wholo growth of 1o plant, To Dely to rettls this question, thoexperimont 1 thoreforo proposed, = Fourtf—Fiva neres to bo lald off in siternate rows, in s similor munner, snd_oue-lialf “luld by " withl carth fhrown fo rows, and o high ridgo left in the aiddle, eitlier by use of s siugie-lioree Lirnlug plow, or u lurgo tuglo shovel ; and " the surfaco of thie other bialf leté vg nearly level a8 possible, ©jtn—Fise ncres moro divhicd n a gimilar manner, fo one-llf of which shnll bo applicd deep, und fho othier half shallow, cultivation during the season, Nistli—To pluut oo und a half acres with four or fIvo of tho latgest aud best varietics of a8 muny kindy and colory, aud from tho prodsict to ecleet fur sext years seeding thebeat and largent ears, regardloss.of tolor or complexion; and continving thio experiment, 80 ug to uscertaln, If' passible, what fhio truo tendency 19, in color, slze, oud quality,” when Nature mukca tho actection, Seventii—To plapt ono or mora acrcs, s remoto ns convonient from othier corn-llelds, withl ono of the Lest kiuds connnon 10 thie country, 10 test i 1t s vossible to mointsin ono kind or variely in a pure Mate, CLOVENS AND (GRASSEY. ‘The drought of Lust year tauglt us the imperative nced thero §4 of sonie oo or more forage-plutts which will withstand drought, snd furnish pasturage; " or fodder, during the extreme sununer-licats, from July il Beptember, Alfalfo and Lucerno clover—tor they are diiterent, the one having been naturalized in Chlt, and introduced thenco to Calltornls, and tho other be- lug from Franco and the south of Europe—promise better for this purposo thau auy I fud recommended § and I thereforo suggest trfula bo made, und alteruato strips rown on thy ryc-tield ‘aouthicust of tho Univer- -ality, Aud,in sddition to these, the other grasscs natned belows Ouo oero, more or less, Alfulfs, of CLll clovers ono ncre, Moro 0F lots, Laicerno’ o Freuch clover ; oue ert, moro or less, Itallan Ray grass ; ono nere, moro of lees, orchard-grass, “Chls rye-Aeld bolug low and rich in soll, bit o thors oughly tilesdrained piece of land, 1t s recommendod or thes ciovarn and grasecs, Rhico throe of thon boe Ing teuder while youug, would bo less liuble to bury out Iy wunsmer, aud thaw out und kI ot in_ wintar, han ityaows o4 o bighor, drior, aud Jees reh aud mot- w soll, RNYE, WIEAT, AND OATS. Wiy axperimicuth shiould b mado with one or two kinds of spriug ryo, twico that number of kinds of spriug wheat, anil more than us oy of oats, it 18 bardly neceriary togiva a reason for, - Spring e, fin thi Sintu i rathier razo crop ; wpring wheat, {n Central Illinols §a quite s donbiful oue 3 while oots are kecond ouly In Importanco (o coru, Mo remdor 4 Tare crop wore general, a doubtful crop more cortafn, and to aitempt to luipraven crop that fa popular,.general, and profituble, oru cortalnly proper objocts for faru sxperimonts, COMMERUIAT OR INOUSTRIAL OROPS, ‘The noxt i ordor §6 commercial or Industriul crops, sud tirt awon comuercinl plants comes corrox, Half a conturs ago, It wak conmldernbly grown s far north as Bangunou County, it - change of climate, or somo other caure, luw alwayy ncertuln stk mora o s ond, nulea bhe K somo unusually carly varletios can’ ho obtained, thu experiment of growing it 16 ot wiygested oF recols mended, Neveriheless, tha enltivation of votlon lu alowly ntoving noedl s aud, i€ ut the eud of & Lalf-cow tury, wittlon-growing 15 betl common and. profitabla au far northy 40 deg, north latitude, it would uot b surprisiug, ‘Lhe growivg of FIAX for sead 1u fucreasing in_Liifholn, fur the reasons that tho eultivation n ot dinicult, the chances of wuccens rewsonable, the profits fulr, and thy caeli-return fr labor wnd money comes i a bborter time thay tuat of wuy other kced-crop, But thero (4 greut diNorency 1u'tlaz, uw well In ?-m-l of tood A in Lo slzv of 1, und itw meritu for textile purposes, o vmbraco oll { upecial oxcelloneles, and to moko 1 umu&mxnllvn - mato of cach, 1 adylies Ouo acre of white flowering #rench lax; i acr of French reord N 3 one sero of Oaleutia Bux; ous uere of common fiux, nENR Lan pretty much Tmu out of fawhlon tu Ninoia for the Iast ten yonrs, and perbaps more s not becawo thy kil daes uot wuit $he crop, nob becauws a Buccensful cuturn wud 1ot uw certaln na Ay, bt mainly because 1t was found (0 be whuoat hopawdble 1o procure the right Kiud of lahor ta basvent aud vob it 0t tha buxicel ik uiout trylng e of the yuar. il tho labor mrket by aow beflovad 16 bu wo woll supplicd Uiat, near towns at loust, there will Lo uo dithewty in thut diveciion jor sme yeara to como, Under auch u couultion of uings, thin, with such » J-mmnhlo crop a8 wadting t0 Lo triod, testod, and ruported upou, Toffor tho following recommondations: One nero of Piermnnt (French) homyp 3 one acra of Italian bemp e acre of Kentueky or Alasotrl homy, Priala with 10rs in this noighborhood hiave, on (he whole, reanlted tin- fitably,” Nevertlirloss, thero havo heon largo yiolds bt th falinres v . yrofifablo' salos Tiavo bren Inrgely §n excesn of (o mtctensen, Whether it witl ba warth the wiils of tho Jxporimorital Dopa rte ment of this Imintrial Univorsity to mscertain whit {henn fallures aro_owing 10, i loft to ho judgnient of the Board of Ceuntees, “Wito problem of {hy' profilableness or tho unprofit ableness of the callivation of TansCCo on the prafriea’of Tiiuols, {3 yet to ha detormined, iero innow weareely s Timit o tho dentand for grond aualities, aud o constuntly-licreasing ono for all, oyen L ponrest, Treaving aub of view tho moral sido of tha «uection, whith miiht lead {0 ita rejection, an barloy ik mptlg “ryo wowld Vo, relouted, st ey aro - nlmosb eselnglvely * nianufictired fnto Veor nmd whisky, tho undersigned offers {ho advice that {rials of diffckont Daceo bie marto to n Hitnited extont, tamely : One-ohghith of an nero of whilo Objo tobaceo (ne one-elghth of ant aero of Cowncetlent seedeleat ; one-ciighth’ of an uern of Gnbin tobieeo ; onc-clghtls of an meve of Aies soitrl tobacco, G Tor tho OTUER IKDUATRIAL PLANTH ‘named below, T mulw (o wiggestion that uxperimontal trials bo mado with thenr, or a8 mang of thow as, *whien thie time comoes for Ity the eans, Informatlon, and opportusilics at hutuly will warzait tho Experi- mental Department In undertaklng, Tho st 08 mado U ro1da as folluw ¢ Castor o)l Leni 1y for opimn 3 peppormiut for off sunflowers, peanita ¢ pope cazlou; salivous; ROULT OROPS, The prolilem of thia valuo af roots for cattle-feedin, an comparad with corn und other graits, or compved vith vacia oter, lias hover been docidod’ for Tlitione, nobwiilistandlig tho interest and imporianco of the quicstionn, Lo throw, if possible, somo Hght on the sitbjoct, it fi recommionded that (o or mora actes Lo plaiited un follows : Half on ncra of Laiio's Improved wigar-beot i lalf an_aveo of Mangoli-Wonzel ; _lini¢ an aero of Jong orauge carrot ;. half un ucre of largo while -parsnep; and sueh other rootd as may bo thought wortly of trlal, VEGETABLES, 1 now como to Vegetables, nud first antong them f- ftnportatic us o erop ranks tho TOTATO. T thinl: enltivators will ndmit that no gencrsl crop tn more wicortafi than this, o1l they will sgreo to- tho 1roposition that to leach OF Auggest liow to grow it, atder all reasounbly-falr conditions of e, aud sitia tion, and season, would bo % valuabla addition to otr #tock of ngriculfural knowledgs: Tor proof that this can be dolic, 1 poitt to tho Tact that. ocensionally farmer {a to'lo found who reldom falls in securiug n crop, whilo hin neighbors, with tho samo meins ot hiand, ond equally Rood inclnations, fail fhreo (hmer whero. they Rucceod T once, Tor (10 pilrposo, then, of tliroving some lght o thio pativo valliea of difforout \ways and_ninmors of on, 11 1o good o bud cifecla produced by tha 1uso of juanures wd comnercial fertilizara, 1 hava lald down n pretty oxtesivo programmo for potatocs, a0 for examplo: One-fourth of an acro of Early Rowo: onc-fonitth of tn acro of Yeachblowws onee fourth of nn acro of xtra Early Vormont; onc-fourity of uty acro of Lato Rtoco; aud, In nddition to tlioso expesiments for tho purpose of Jearning tha comparas tivo vatio of kinds Ly trlal, on n sual cale, of twenty o (hirty Qlatinct vazietics. Tn ovder to detormine which i the best summer and which thio Lest whiter A CATDAOE among five o Rix of tho leading Kduds, and tho cost and proftabloucss or uiiprofitabloucss Of the vebbage a8 & tieldcrop: wid, periaps, golng far enongh fo learn, If possible, (o Valuio of cabbages compured ity Foots uw cattiv-faod, it tnfghit o well to lay out for ont-clghth of it heen of Lintly Winniugetedts ono-clghth of an acro of arly Belielufurth onos elghtiy'of an aero of Druwhiead Savoy 3 otc-olghtl ot air'ncra of Marbleliead Maminothis il otie-fotirth of g gero o womo ulir lrga ks o bo liereatter se- ected, COMMERCIAT, AND OTHER FERTILIZERS. With & respeetful [nvitation to tho Boatd of Tenstecs {0 muko auch additions, mnoniments, shd curiail- nionfs, {0 thiso soveral lists, s thelr hitter Judgment warrafite, 1 pass on fo tho @arideration of éxperi- et £ Lo uiado with commercial nad otlir fortile z0rs. . "Lhoro 18 no question but artificlal fertflizers will bo cailed upon_to play an fmpoctant part i tho agricul- {uro of #ho fuuro,” Fhey will, fu the naturo of fuings, Do flest vmploved in 1o infenaive culturo of the nelghis borhnud of citles aud large townw; fudecd, thoy uro so 10w to # nintel) granter estent than 19 genorully known, If, then, In tho Judgment of tho Board, teatn of tho value auil comparative value of forillizers onght to b mada i advanco of e pouersl ued by to farmars ot Iiluols, I siggest Mo piirchnge of the followlug, or oftiern "wiich “will suawer # liko end: Two fow ground bono-dist 3 {wo tuns knperphusphoto of lime oo ton Faruvian guutlo . twa tows pluster of Tins 520 pounds of crude potasl ; unleaclicd unhe ad Hbitd uin: leached oaliea uid Hbitim ; common conl aahios ; refiln gun-lhmo; nnsuonia-water from gus-worka, Tlicee are Jarge quiantities {o bo purehasd, i 1a admite fed, und perlinps tho sams fa truo of areus recom. Biuded fgr cxprlmental efops. - Bit, 10 Lo of real valito and to inform tho publie, (rial erops atid expert- ments with fertilizers, inat Lo aufliolently brond, pro- nounced, aud determiued o show 1o the unuesisted ese unid Judgment whether they nra a siiceess or a faile irp LA Rlance, 2 oreover, iothing Is more fallacions thn fo con- chude that, beeansn ouohus uceeeded or fatled with a vod Bquavd of {hia v two rads aquara of Lk, thero- foro pich d coufse 10 0 bo followod and éuch noller disallowed, when elthor fs to bo apnlied to Aeld-cfops: Lecatse, i our clreumntances, nod on o oll, under our elimate, we_canuot'control ubsolutely thio conditioiw, whetlicr favorablo or unfavorable, , ahd thierefore ¢xperitents on 3 very small acalo aro of Lt~ fe or o vale. To cxtend tho orea of an’ oxpbrie ment In to lessen the chunces for disturbing caincs, whellier for or against auccess, sud 10 seenro i the samo ratio a valunble and trustworthy result, REASONS FOR EXTENDED EXPERIMENTS. Lt it miny b asked of me, why I udvlse, puch cxe tonded experimettn with commercial and fudustfi planta aul crops, roots, uud vegetables, I teply, 1t 8 possiblo tlab INSECTS which have already entailad losa2s to the extent of many millions on tho cereals and commn erops wo grow micy develop into plagte of stil nioro Lorinkia- ble dimeusions, und compel tem of agriculturo, ag they hus dofg in Lurope, B, on tifs hen ‘words of o distingulshed Fre agricaltuript and public mn, M, Drouyn do Plfuye, Lo be folnid in bis openiug niddress, ot the couveution of the wine- growoers of France, lield at Blontpellicr, Oct, 20, 18742 “In contemplating tho ravages cuused by the destroyers of our vines (tho plyloxera), our thoughta Involuntarily turn to tbe unalogous plagues : tho wiik. worim cholera in Franen, and (4o potate-rot ln Tremnd, THL SILK-WORM-CHOLERA, X # Tho first Lroke out when oir cocootieries;ind aud- deuly fucressedt to an extent before nunkuown, and \was especially goveras at or near {hoso places wherd thero where greut numbers of sill-worins, o] ther liytento oures, nor tho host minto procutlons, Mic- ceeding in arrosting it, or causiiyy it to disuppear, It cobstunlly reuppeared wherever thers wero musden of gilk-woring gatlered; oud small volonies only, remote each from tho other, remained healthy aud dieaped contaglon. THE POTATO-NOT, *The potate hiod becomatho principalerop of Ireland, 1t ook to tho light and dump “sotl, whicl was, ot tho Hamo tinie, suiclontly warm, marvelously, They weroas sbuliduut as they werg inconiperable i quuli- 1y § they fed tho Whals popiitation, who had for {hem given up the cultivation’of the corvals, Al at oneo tlio laitoud potuto-rot broke ont, You know the results, A famino and o vastoxodus of the Irigh population were tho sad consequences, Slnco that {iwo the po- tata hias been cultivatod us* an nccossory crop only § the cereals have tuken reposseselon of the poll of 1te- Jund, and the potato-rot 1 losing, little by litle, ts fu. tonsity nud virulence, - ‘THE PHYLOXERA, “1n France, (o vine, 4 yenr or two oo, occuplod more thun 5,002,000 acres of the south, ‘Cho wholo of tunt portion'of fhe Topublic was aboit to . becoms u vunl vineyard, At that momont tho pliyloxers, or root- lonso, appeared 1 * Iveatiggating theso torflbla plhienomena, fomo por- rons huve attributed to them o common origin, Ac- cording to them, un - unbuown matural Jaw of cqulllbrnm §s Opposed fu tho mulfplication of o certaln speclos to s Mmit oqually unkunown, From theee uypothetlcal conslderntions we may draw tho conclipion thut it will be necednary to restrajh the cultlvatios of the vine, Ly baulshing it from the plalng and tho low lands of France,” auch for unrestralued potato-culturo fn Tre laud, the manis for. silk-worm-husbandry and vine- growlig In France !~ An unknows law of Niatire secms to luvo stoppiid forth and proclalmed, * Thuy far ehalt thou go, und no farthor," w1t 14 posiblo” Chot Iussct-doniinatlons may compol ncliouge it our system of agriculturo, perhaps foo mineh given to the cereals ; and, If wucl shonld be the caie, (& would certafuly bo desirablo 10 bo as wall pro- parcd a6 wuy be for the chauge, FERDING. T ropard 10 oxperiments in foeding hoga and catile, 12w priposed, lu tdditfn o thosw deseribed in @ pres vious repust, fo foed s eevtuln. mwnber of catflo out of doars cal ek corn, sn e nnugl way ; also, to food i the L, —frst, ot Corn und elover-hiy, uiidy wecoil, on middiinga wid clover-liny, eut ap aud mised ; and to perform auch other uxpbriments au the Board of “Cruslecs moy Auggest s direct, togollier with such au tithe, feed, and opportunity, niuy aifer to the Buper- intendett of 'tho Slock Departiuent, COST AND PXPENSF, And now cames tha questlon of eoxt and oxpense, sehileh, with the wsbstance of * Head-Furimer Lawrens: Viliu nigo ugrees to tho foregoluir roport und recor nendntious, I put down ow followa: o nered In burley, seed and labo o erch §n buckwheat, seed and Fwenty ueren fu eorn, send aud Inhor, Taur Beeen i grawses and clover keed und o Yive acros u wpring rye wnd wheat, scod unid 20,00} latior, corosvives Fous ucria W e, oo and Tabor, ) “lirea acecs 1 emp, seed_aud labor! 11nlt nu aern In tabaveo, seed and hbor. ... . "o weres i uthor comiercial crop, keed snd Oy 4 neeaees Two acria i FOOL-Crops, va aeres i1 Jrotutocs, socd and Inlos Ot atsd o Iislf ncros iy cabbages, seod Fivo ueren i apocisl cropeio be delars Fiftyerix aere 00 Experlineids in Toedinie, ke, Y Two tot ground bime (eatlinutod = Gieo “Two toms operphosyhut of e (eatiianicd, 70,00 Onw o Pavuvian guano (estinibed 60,00 Two tons ground plester of Puriv eutinitod®), S0.00 Tive hunded pounds crudv potsh, (wtizatod WTevts) i teees 08,00 | corles sald Maling oalics, Jme, and manure, &ew &e.s *Estimated Chleago pelcen. AGRICULTURAL MUSRUM. Concorniug begluniugs for the eveation of nn Agrls enituiral Muscuns, o suatlor having becu auggeted, 2, Gurdner conrenting, 1t wan thionght best to nioye at anco in order Lo get tlio bonetlt of tho annual col~ Teetlona mado at_County Fufes, Clronlars, accompan. feud by ahiort notes, wern necordingly ent to each Heo. rotary of & County Bocloty I tha Btato, aid also {0 metabiers of tho Stato Toara of. Agricltuse, and to otfier. protuiont gentlomen, Roapoune from ten Hoeroturles only hiave beon rocelved, atd packsged fromn na moro than ve, thougli e many mora nro promifcd, 10 has beeh aacertaltiod, and the samo hng beett tho axperiencs of Mr. Garland, of tho' Btala Agrioultital Bonrd, that, while theso gentlonion ero quito willng to 0l us, gy do uot feel catlod inon Lo g0 AU AT an 1ot only to make the colloction, lik Lo do the packing gra- tuitourly, and at somo expanditura of money. A atig. qeation From tho Bonrd of Truslecs might show the \way out of this ditticulty, ‘Allof whicli 18 very rospoctfully submittod fo tho Tioard of T'rustees, , I, ToItSs0N, 1n oharge of Lxporiticuls, Grastearar, Tk, Doc. 1, 1874 , OTHAM. A Sleighing Carnivat---Snow-Sports of (he Gawing, Charlie Ross---Belief that He Was Drowned by His Abductors. Fast Procecdings in the Churches. Special Corresnondence of The Chicago Trilitne, Nrw Yomi, Dec. 23.~Our firat gonuine snow- atorm canio on Sunday last, aud all day the anow rell, soft, reathiory, large-flaked, and unintorrupt~ cdly. Monday, the strocts woro nlivo; THE SLEIGNS WERE ALL OUT; and ovory grotosque thing that could bo rigged up with vimners, and mado to do duty as o sloigh, way pressed into servico, Dry-goods hoxes, nnd ovon hugo baskets, were used by the gay boys of tho Boswery ; and many an upeot and tumblo ware the rosnlts thoreof. As wo fo saldom have tow that lasts long onough to uso it for arido, all Qothom improves (ho occasion, and tho many avenues ars filled with bells, and feminine “* bolles " oy well. The thousands of heavy trucks and stages, drays and wagons, cons stantly coming snd going, very soon cut up the snow, bo it over #o deep ; and those who wish to enjoy o slolgh-ride must go out ns scon s tho snow falla, Thoro is o univorsal iden hero, among tho bootbinoks, newsboys, and stroet- gamine gonerally, that thoy ean snowball with impunity sny ono who passes by ; and, the deep- or tho anow, the more the ballafly, aud the fast~ or tho team {a polted. As the polico acem un- able or unwilling to arrest any of thoeo littlo wrching for their frolic, somotintes there {8 roally dumagd doue, a8 borses nro frightencd and run away on account of the rogular gnuntlets they ato compalied to undorgo of awift-ylog, well-nimod balls, When o woll- dresged young gallant invites his lndy fair to en- Joy u rido, then tho atroot-Arab, lying in wait, onjoy bugo fun; for tho sloigh aud its stylish oceupants aro palted with o porfect battery of snow-balls, Irom the Astor Ilonse, down-town, to tho Park gates, up-town, ovory slelgh-load of peoplo, bo thelr aocinl standing what it may, lias to undargo tha sanio infliction whilo the snow lasts, Whe poopie NEATL IT SMILINGLY, trusting to thoir tleat-footed lLiorses Lo soon car- ry thom bosond tho reach of tho balls, It yo- minds mo of tho daysof Carnival fun in Sonth Ameriea, ,or the Mardi-Oras times In New Orloans, when the Gothawites scem to en- Joy being poited, snd soldom, i ovor, rosont it. Ihave geon many a fino couvle loave homo in stylish array, and reach tho opon Loulevard boyond the park in & moat dnmeged eondition,— bats battorcd out of shape, faces flushed and perspiring, ind backs, and robes, nnd slelgh covered with masscs of snow, whore tho soff Datls bad stiek. If the digaified King Kalakaua, of tho Bandirieh Tslands, should put in an sppear- anco to-day, and have a public parade, or even 5 private stetgh rids, I fear tho rudo sticet-gaming would pay no respeet to tho title, and oven pelt 10 Hoyal Highness quito as incesssutly as they do overy ouo elio who ventures out on tho ay- eutes. TOOR LITTLI: CHARLIE noss! Woll muy out hentls 2o out fn pity for his probuble fate. When tho dend Hurglars wero Iy, ghuatly and uncoilined, a spectacle for every idlo gazzer, we wore agsured by our cfli- clent (2) pofice thiat tho clew wab found to his hiding-place, ‘and that within forty-cight hours we kliouli bo In posscssion of his liviig, broath- ing self, and 16 should bo ot home. Yot ten duys have elapsed, and tho throad that hotds tho destiny of the Loy is not yet fownd, aud I bo- liovo thaljwith the buried kiduappers, all knowl- edpo of his whereabouts iy lost. I beliove also that our Now York detoctives aro in the right of it whon thoy solamuly alfirm that the b ig doad; and that their theory is a corvec though foarful ono, that, whon tho burglars found thoy could not gob the ransom they claim- ed withont being thomeclyes dotocted, thoy drowned the poor, uconscious, innocent vietim, by dropping him' overboard, heavily weighted, from their stolen sloop, I hava conversed with one of tho gontlemen who stood over the_ dying Douglasy, aud who told ma theso wore his im- pressious also, 1f Dongliss helped steal tho Loy, thou ho know whoro ho was biddon ;. and o would nob tol), beeanse of the boy's boing murderad by his abduclors, As thedylug burglar Iny writhing in motal agony on tho wot ground chilled through by the ¢old rain, and with his outrails protruding and ridaled with shot, ho was a ghnstly pocinclo ; but 1 beliova it was not 50 much phyaiea! suiforing that stiopk Lis frame s remorso and Liorror at the deod. When asked the quiestion, ** Where ig the boy 2" he hositated, and stimmored, aud said, ** Ask Moshier, ho knows,” aud when tlmi; told Liim Moshier was dead, ho ngaw ovaded the question whon asked # second timo, and gnid: **Alen, I have hooh b bad mun, and lod o hard life.” I think that had Churlio ftons been living, as he lad confossod to his abduction, ho conld and would have told where he was hidden, had ho Loon living : but ho could not bring his d{'i g lips to Lol tho horrible truth, and o ho ovaded the quastion by saying : ** Ask Moghier, ask him.” "I beliovothat the desperndoes aid relly DROWN THE POOR LITTLE TOY from their sloop, when they found they could noither got the roward hor keap m longer iu | sufoty; and so, 1 fonr, poor Nittlo Charlio will never bo at home again, on this or any voming Christma, to hang upbis dittlo stocking, and mako glad tho honrts of his little brothers, and cheer his paronts as they gather around tho honrthatone, This dmwmui,' theory is tho beliof of mauy ; and I can only hopo that the future may prova it false, by restoring the lost boy to home ngnin. 1t our good old grandmothers could come back to earth, well would thoy find occasion for sur- priso. Our churches, whilo erying down Bunday amugoments, are all opon for falrs, lottorios, anil bazunry ;ondn aro uuctioned off, and gro- ‘Punch and Judy” shows, tab- leausx, aud wax-works abound; and tho gentle- man, youug orold, who goos in with wmoney, rocs out an (ully pluckod und flocced as it ho bnd Toft » gamblor's don, £ do not arguo for or aggainst hoso things ; but, 1f_11o who overthrow i tables of tho money-chungers, and suld, *Ya baye mado of the howwo of Gied n den of thioves,” wers prosont 1 the flesh again, I foar ho would apply tho ssme denunciatory oxpress sion, 1u Drooklyn, & ronowned Episcopnl dis vine haw hoen worshiping, with his congregation (whilu their own ehurch-odifice wau bullding), in tho chureh of the Usilon Congragationalists, As lio fuvors Bunduy sacrod concerts and nmithg- mentn of un innoeccnd kind, his young pooplo Lnvo bind » fow DANCEH IS TIlH THE VENTRY-ROOMS, and the met;rngnllulmllmn have forbiddon this anmsoment i thelr chireh, undor pwin of taking it awny, Bo the duuelng 8 suspended bespiso the good Deacons wore shaoked. A glanco at tho adyertised titios of some Bunday sermons is agmusing, to say tho leaut, Au theyaro intonded to drag* tha crowd,” thoy may rosuls in thely good, an doubtlens they aro wointented, Thoso wro somo of tho most startling : ** 1low to Soft- on the Hard Times ¥ ; *¢ Butortaining Augols™ ; “ What Baoamo of Our Aruty of 1,000,000 Men* ; Y Bunday Theatrionls , ont Itum ™3 What Mathodists Deliove™ ; and * Conditlons of o Healthy Consclonco.” Then wo have * Out- looks from Bethlehom,” and thoe ** Bliota at the Devil " fyom Drothor Talmage, aud Bucoher's 1mpassloned uttorangos, O & truth, wo live in o toat age, Druan, TEA. Its Production in the East Indies. Origin of tho Cullivalion, and the Vicis- situdes It Ung Experienced. Rise and Downfall of a Great Speculation, Presont L‘ldlu'iflhln:; Condition of iho Business, A Trospective Annual Yield of 80,000, 000 1o 40,000,000 Pounds, Tt s probably unknown to most poople in this country that tea is produced in the East Indies, and that, Loo, of n quality equal, if not suporior, to tho best China, Ten-culturo in the Enst Indles {s, compara- tively, of recent date,—not yot Uhirty-five yenrs old, It is only within tho Iast fifteen yoars that 1t lias boon conducted on an extonsive sealo, I ibink it was nbout tho yoar 1828 that n Drit- ish ofticer, traveliug in the Provinco of Avsam, dincovered a fow tor-shruby, Txporiments on o amall geulo wore soon made ; but it was not till mauy yonrs after that THE ASYAM TEA COMPANY was formed, with o capital of .£100,000, 'Tho Company took up a large tract of wanto lands in tho I'rovinco of Asdam, and commencad tho cul- tivation of ton on an oxtended scalo, Thoin- digenous shruby wero not deomed of a good quality, so tho Company importod tea secds and plants from China, ns aléo Inrge numbers of Chincss lnbarers, at & vory groat oxponso, As ton-culture wos somothing quite new in Indio, tho Company's overscors wero inexpo- rlonced; but tho Directors of tho Company wero 1lboral {n their views and oxpenditare. L'lo con- soquonco was, that tho Company's capital was oll gono beforo avy reaults wero obtained, All that tho Company had to show for she monoy spent was, in tho language of Prol. Don- amy Dric, a number of holes dug into tho ground in o junglo district GO0 miles awny from Caleuttn; and also a stoambont just brought out from Englaud. The Company’s ahares wero not worth the parchmout they wero printed upan, and their affaira wors about to bo wound up, when s fow energatio men camo to the front, bought up o fargg numbor of shares, and formed o now Bonrd of Directors. A friond of miine, who was on that Doard, bonght 150 shares, on which-£€3,000 Lot been paid, for the sum of £h,—that i, about 16 conts por abara, Somo of theso sbores ho aold in tho year 1861 for L5 each, aftor baving recoivod large sums .in dividends for soveral yoars. . The now Diroctors sold tho stenmbont for £2,000, nnd this was their ontire working-capital. * W'ho plantations formed by the former mou- agement hnd, in_the meantimo, Leen naglectod, aud, in the tropicsl climote of India, lands goon lapso, Into Jungles,—so thot most of tho ten-slunbs bad either perished, or becomo so stunted iu growth that they had to borooted out. Ifowover, the now managoment went to worl with o will and onorgs, aud tho word ** failure ™ wad not in their dictionary. With eareful man- agement and cconomy, they overcame overy ob- elaele, and thelr affuirs soon began to prospor. After a fow yoors thelr shnres becumo oneo'moro salablo, though still at discount ; but, in courso of time, thoy roso to par, and in 1861 wore quoted at n prominm of 175 PER CENT OVER PAR VALUL, When tho Assam Toa Compavy's exnerimont aeomed Lo turn onut o fniluro, the Ctovernment of India detormined not to sllow the watter to fall to tho groand without giving it a fair trial, @8 tho Govornur-Genoral very wisely foresaw that ton-calture, if practicable, wotild become n great sourcs of wesith to tha country, 1o nccordingly decided to establish .2 numbor of experimental tea-gardens in various placos on the slopes of tho Munalaya Mountains. The expendituro wns a heavy one for many yonrs ;. but tho rosult has proved tho wisdom of he action of the Covernmoent. Withour tho fostorhy caro Aud long puno of Lho Govorit- ment, ten-cultirs would certainly bava perished, Yor, with the failure of tho AssutnT'oa Company, private capitalists had becomis seaved, and would no mord ventura their money in what thoy looked upon as foolioh experimente, 'ho final suceess of the old_Assam Tea Company had not yot boen nssurod. Morcover, thore aro good urrounds for Lolioving (hat, without tho aid from the Governmont ten-plantations, and tho axpori- anees gained there, the Assam Compruy’s socond offort would not kava beou moro succossful than its firat. Abont the yonr 1854, tho Government ten-gar- dons wero beginning o yiold small crops, and proved to the morenntilo commuuity of Culcuttn that tea-cultivation was practicablo, and would, with caroful mahagement, bo a protitable invest- munt, Tho old Ausant 'fea Company was, at that poriod, alko doing wall. Just thon, Capt. Stownrt, the Stperintendent of Cachiar—3 provinco on tho eastorn frontler of Lengal,—discovored for- ests of indigenous tea-trees, of lurgo sizo, iu his provineo, lle dried some of the leaves in the sun, and found !hcl{ll posressed of an excollont: i slavor. A8 #oon as this discovery beeame known in Calcutta, it enused grest oxcifemont smongst tho Europanns thero, - Evorybody was ATTACKED WITIL THE TEA-FEVER. Iundreds of meh rashed ip-country to tnko np tauds for cultivation for themsolves und thew friendu, Some commonced eullivation immedi- atoly with the indigenons tea-seed ; othors mere- Iy securad land-grants ln fuvorablo localitics, so as to bo ablo to start their plantations whenover conweniionk. While tho tea-fever and speculation was at its hoight, it was suddenly chocked by tho outhreak of thio Indian Sn[mym\'olt. Luropeans in Calcutta then folt lttle “inclination to rink their livos by golmg np-country in tho thon-dis- turned stato of the iuterior, nud #o tea was for- gotton for u litto while. However, thoso who Diad stnited pluntations remained on_ them through'all the disturbances up to 1860, In tunt yoar, the most suceessful plantersobtained simall pickings from their first year's sowlvgs ; and, with thoir virgin crop, thioy wont to Caleutta. ‘Ihoir arrival thero was tho signal for n frosh outbreak of the tea-Tover. Pooplo rellocted that thego men hind throo years botoro sottled down upon their laud-grantd; that no obstacley had doterred them frowm their undertuking ; nnd that now they had bean? succossful, Tloy folb vory blue, that thoy bad ot dona like them. Tho samplos of teds brought down wera examined, snd pronoaneed * EQUAL TO THE VERY DEST CUINA TEA. Now, toa-cuitivation, to Le profitabln, must be couducted on o large sealo, and nocessitalas tho sinking of # Inrgo cupitnl, Ay it tukos threo to four years beforo tho planta will allow of u pluck- ing, and during the fourth and fifth years thie yrold is wigignitleans; in the meantuuo, the expond- fturo should go on upstluted, although thero aro no roturnd, aud it takes about seven or eight yours to briti o tea-gardon {wto o full-bearing caudition, ‘lhose planters who had started in 1856 and 1857 had spont sl their available capi- tal, nnd thoy hnd to yatse money to tarry on tho noxt wondon's oporatious, It this wan'no difil- cult task for thom, for capitalists woro only too willing to obtuln au futerest in ready-muda ten plantations, aut thelr piirsa-siringd wore roadily openud, lowever, the ton-fover had attacked not only the great eapitalists, but ulno the small ones, sud evon aehi as had no capltal aball, Everybody wanted to have somo Interest in o ten-plantation, — The demnnd had to bo eatisflod, and mesus for doiug so woro* doon dwmuovored, Bome of tho planters wore Induced to well theid plantations to oint-slock compunios, on their ows ternim, For axumplo, i, Plantfr hnd spont £1,000 dur= 1ng the past, threo yoars, und had new & garden in fair condition, "Phis ho would sell to the joing-utocle coumpuiy, wu, for £10,000—recoly- g balf in onsh, the ather hatf i fully-paid-up stook, In addition, he would b sppointed efth- 1 or HuY‘urlntumlum) or (enornl Agent, or Matng- er, whichover titlo ho might profor, of his formor plantation, with & fa salary attached to the title, Tha whures were gonorally for £10 ouchy of which, auy, onc-fonrthi ind to” be paid down, #nd the bulance in_threo or fonr yearly inatallmonty, This onubled everybody to take un fnterest in some ton company, sud thus so- curo u fortune tor the future, HUNDIEDS OF TEA COMPANIRS wore formod durlng tho next two and throo yours, und thore was no difliculty in obtaining capital for them j on the vountrary, shares wore allottod a8 8 wuttor of favor; snd the favors wero #pproclated whon it wun found that, us soon o8 tho share-lista woro clodod, tho sharos cauld bo sold ut ajoonsidorable promium, Many fortunes hiad alroady boen mads, and many moro would bo mado, in toa 3 iu fact, overybody was goln to grow rich by that plant, If over thoro wag an Lldorndo, it was in Assam, Cochar, and Kythot, styled tho ton-districta of Indin, If anyhody iad tho fooluardinoss to doubt fho success of all thoso hundreda of companion that Lind beon fonted on tho matket, and that would, in tho noxt throo years, requiro many milllona of monoy, ho was silonced with a contempt- uoua shrug of tho shoulder, Tho old Assnm Compang wag hold up o hims a8 n modal of on- terpriso hesides, hers woro #o many young mon who had three yoars boforo nlmmu thoir gar- dons, and soo what thoy biad sohleved! From comparalive poverly they hnd, unnided, rained (homyclvos to a atato of afffuence, Tharo yor could oo what British pluck and _enorgy could do, Thoy lind ouly boen pinched for canital; this Was now sunpliod, nud within fivo years tino ovory pound etotling favested would he trabled. “This way tho common opinfon; and overgbody went on epoculating and minking monoy till tho tatter part of 1863, "T'ho banks bad, up to that time, boonliberal in making advances to spoculators in ten-shnros; but, all of a sudden, thoy atoppad giving fur~ Uier accommodation, and called in_ thelr Jonua, Lverybody can fancy what tho rosult was. Tho whole fabric UAME DOWN WITHJA CRARH, Sheroholders wero unablo 1o meet thoir ealls ; the compaules woro “wnabla to remit funds to their ngents on the plantations; aud thewo, in conseqionce, were unablo to continta the fur- tlrer enltivation of tho gurdens. ‘I'hose yardens that hod been tho longest oponed, and had full- grown treed, woro ablg to continue business, but ahnost all the younger companies wero obliged to suspond operatious, In somo cases three and four companics combinod, and continued busi- ness on a small genlo, till they were ablo to ralue monoy; in othor canos, the woll-to-do concorus ought up thoir formor rivaln ; somo plantations simply Japsed once morainto jungle, Peoplo had offeotunliv bocomo cured of tho ten-fover, aud sinco 1863 thoro has not boen a fresh outbrenk. At tho presont time, all the . companies have recovored their loswes, ‘Fhora are altogother about fifty joing stack tea companics in Caleutta, besidos sonio in tho Neilghorrics, of tho Madras Prosidonoy ; and a ntimbor of gardons ara_oswned by private iudi- vidunls. These companios havo a paid-up eapi- tal of over £2,000,000, and MOST OF THEM ARE DOING WELT, They hayo loarnt tholr busincss, aud their gar- dous aro in a flourisling coudition, and in a faw yours' time, ns soon a8 the trees are full grown, tho plantations now in oporation will yield from 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 pounds of tea every yoar, T'he Indinn tos bas moro substauca thin™ thoe China; it hns naturally moro color, and con quontly roquires no adulteration, Basides, it i propared with greater earo than tho Ching, and n tho London market tho bost Indian toas enm- mand o higher prico than tho correrponding qualities of tho;Chinoso articlo. Tonar Invrous, ——— An Alabamn Charncter—¢ One of the Most Distinguished, Men in the Seate.? Huntsvilte (Ala.) Letter to the New York Thies, Many characters peouliar to tho South appear in tho streots of Iluntavillo on **niggor day.,” ‘Whilo I was closoly watehing the oporations of o loud-monthod anctionaor, who was polling boots at oxvorbitant pricos to a crowd of half-idiotic nogroen, 1 noticed that I was bowng a4 clowoly ohueryed by o whito man who atood nonr by. 1fo was a very fair specimon of o claus too ofton mot with in this part of ihe country. Tall and commanding in figuro, ho was drossed In sbabhy clothes of a decided military cut, a short bluo coat Liuny earaloasly on his shoulders, and over tuis and under a broad-brimmed, low-crowned hat hung'a mass of groasy and uncombed bair. Ho had & pair of rusty black kid glaves upou his bands, sud on his foot top-boots, through whicl could bo.gcen a pair of torn stockings, To the heal of bin right boot o silver spur was nttachod, T'ho man had not boou shaved for & week, hig oyo hnd thnt peculinr, watory brightness which only atrong drink can give, aud tho unnatural rodnoss of 1tis nose proved boyond o doubt that whisky-drinking was his_favorito occupation. Aftor staring at me for fully five miuutes, this gentleman walked over to wheio T waa standing, and, looking me straight in thoeye, touchod his Iiat and said very qudliyx “Goad morniog sir. You aro & strangor in Huntavillo ? “ Yew, alr, I ot o sttanger,” was my roply. “Traveling for o Northern houso, no doubt 7" #nid lio, nodding his hoad, and Jooking at me Ina detective-liko wauy that was quite amusing, *“No,” sald I, vory demurely, “1 am a nows- paper correspondent.” At this timo my new acquaintance beeame ox- coodingiy fainiliar, and, slippiug mo on the shouldor, oxclaimed: ' **Thero, I eould have mwom it, sirl Yon havo just tho look of it. Glad to meet you, sir—oxceedingly glad, I will o inost bappy to give you overy possible in- formation nbout our poaplo, 1 know thom well —Dborn aud ralsed among them, sir, sud us for iggers—ownod 200 before tho surronder.” I waa nbont to expross my gratitude for ting kind affer, when tho gontloman again commonced ¢ “ Aud I e givo tho dols in’ good uhape, too, #lr. Iama writor mysolf, sir, and of no mean ability, s I havaboen assured in this very placo, s i thia vory place—by wy Iamonted friend entice.” “ ITivo you written nutch for the American newspapers 2 " Lasked, * Well, ali; no, sir,” Raid ho, hesitating and then quickly, ** Mot of my wark les beon for the French press, sir, the French prows,” Ol then, you dottbtlens speak French,” sald T, addressing Itim in that tougue. I'or ang momont he looked at ma in a duwmbfonnded sort of way that wus exceedively laughablo, and thien, taking my arm, said, “Oh! by tho way, I had forgotten, suppose wo go and havoe a draw,” Undor tho cirenmytances it was impossiblo “to rofuso tho invitation, and I went with him, Wo entored ono of tho numorous groggeries with which overy Southorn fown is supplied, and, aftor drinkiug, as ho mads uo move to pay tho bar-keapor, I was nbout to do so, whon lio enught mo by tho arm and, with trie dignity of uianner, gaid, ** Stop, sir, I beg yoi; a Soutli ern gentleman novor atlows u siranger to pay for anything.” Lhen, turning to tho harkeopor, he continued, ‘ Chiargo thess drinks to me,” atter which tie walkked out of the store with tho nir of an Austrian Graud Duko, Arriving on the wviroot, ho bowed and loft me. Subsequently, vihile walking with ono of tho most oxtonsive businesy men here, F met the mun agaln, and asked my triond who ho was, I was oxceadiiigly nstonished at the reply. Lhat," said the mer- chant, * i Col. lom ——, a littlo'queor perhups, but, novortheless, ons of the most disfin{puis’wd men inour State.” 1 find that the muriber of ¢ most distmguished " men who live in the coun- try districts of Alabams is arnnzivgly large. —_— fanrtier’s New Slorscs rom the New York Herald, Dec Ttobort Bounor lias purchiasedtiio Uny filly Lindy Stout from Dir. Pouislan, of Fayetto County, Kontuely, and David Bonner is on fxls way homo, and will yonel this city with thoe filly this after~ noon. Lody Stout is probadly tho fastest and bost bred trotting tilly iu tho world at the prosent timo, The current roport of tha prico snid to bo puid for tho filly (£25,000) is much oxnggernted, oy tho following recoipt will sho New Yons, Dec, 18, 1874, Teeeived of Rabort Touner, Esq., fiftecn (llousand doMars fn full payment for iuy chestnut Aily Lady Stoit, with o record of 2:29 Iy her S-year-old fortu. Hafd mara L warrant to bé perfectly sotind, $16,000, Riouaun PestsTax, “Cho 111y, Lady Stont, 8§ yoars old lnst spriug, which won the secoud, third, and fourth hentsin tho stako for colts uud fillios of that nge, at Lex- ington, in 2002, 2:0, and %:98%¢, was brod by John Btont, o/ Woudford County, Kontueky, it by Horr's Mambrino Putehion (own brother of the gront Lty Thorn), by Mawmbrino Chiof, dam by Gana (sou of American olipso, bo by Durod, son ol impotted Diomed, dam Dotsoy Richards, Ly Bir Archy, by imperted Diomed, the winner of tho firub’ Evglish Deorby, in 1780) ; socond s dam by u won of Bir Willimm of Prans- port, ho by Bir Arehy, out of Traus- port, he by Virginius, “son of . imported Dioted, oub of - lihek, by Chatham, Lady Ktont's dam, Puss Proll, by Mark Timo, ho by Hothune, kon_of Sadi Haniet, by Virginian, son of 8ir Archy, by imported Diomed; second dum by Webiter, o by Modoe, son of Amoricun Eelipho, by Duroe, Ly fuparted Diomed, Thera oro no loss Lthan eoven direct crosses to Imported Diomed and three diroct to imported Mensengor, T'his pedigreo iw not oxtended na fur as it could be, but it [4 sutleient ta show thut an admixture of thoroughired blood not only does not destroy trotting nction, but zdds toit, uud givos that st fportant aud wost Vit quality, the whiti- 17 o trat lioats fast and ropont thom " Hhin iy, in throo days afior hor ruco, was givannpnhl’u trinlin tho prosonue of n largo pasemblugo on tho snma conrso in 1Y0LY, 2:28%¢, %24, Tha lat- tor performanco stumped Lady filum tho fastost sad beat B-yoar-old in the world, S Shooting Ducl, ‘' Bpoaking of ullonlf";f duoks,” says Dr, ¥, muts mo in mind of tho great storm thut o curred when Ilived on the wland. As you aro well uware, our island wuy near by Casco llny[ au-uwful storm uroso, und wus 8o floroo that i drove ull the ducks in the bay inte s pond, cov- orilg sbout an sore, near my house, In faot, so muny ducks crowdod Into tlist pond that I couid not see n Llru}) of wator," ‘*Bho,” says Buwith, *did yo shuto any of 'om " “Ihat's what I wau comiug at, Lwont into tho house and got my doublo-barrolled shot-gun, and dinchurged both Darrela right in tho idst of thom, bue, my asonisluniont, thoy arose in tho alry lnll\'ln;i nob n golitary Quok in the pond!” “(Qood graclous! yo don't sny sol" enays Bmith; “didn't yo hov any shot in yor fgun, or what in thundor waa the troublo 7" * Woll, T wne comiug to that,” sald Dr, I *it astonlshoed ma at flrst : but as soon a6 the ducks rose u fow hundred yards fn tho nir and cont- moeneed to udparate a littlo, tho ducks hogan to drop, and.. whothar you bollava it av nat, T pickod up iwouty-uino barrols of dioks, and it waa o poor Aonson for ducks, too, You sce tho ducks woro wegod in 80 solid {in the pond that when thoy rose thoy earred the doad onea into the air with thom, and whon thoy moparated, dnwn“enmu the twonty-nine barrels of doad’ anos, Ilis Father’s Offer of n IRoward tor i Roturn, Tront the Phitadctphia Inquirer, Dre, 23, In anothor column_wo publish this mornmg thocard of Ohirlstinn K. Ross, which beging with thie words folloswlng ; £0,000 REWARD, Tiva Thousand Doliars will bo paid for tha return, WITHIN TEN DAYS rom thls date, to nuy ano of the sdiresses named bo- Tow, of auy son’, CHATLES IMEWHARK NORY, IIged fonr, years and soven months, who was tskon from erriautaws, on July 1, 1634, ‘Therp ts somothing curiounly pathotle in this Innc apposl of the soroly atrickon parent, which noathor paront will fail to fool or rocoguize, Aund this, wo think, is & good timo to ackuowl- edgoe tho marvolous licrolsim and self-nogation of the fathor of tho stolon boy, who, for six long months, hns snilored overy physical and montai fgony that & man, having lost what ho has lost, conld suffer. - It i possivle, and oven probable, that, had Lo offerad the above roward, and upon the knma conditions, at tho timo his boy wns -takon from him, hiw child would have haon long ago rostored to him, and that his grent suier- .inga of mind and body would hve boon averted from him. But, thiough pninand sorrow aud anguish filled bis homo, though calumuy struck ot bim, though sloknoss and suftering wore laid Lieavy unou Lim, yat ho novor onco yiolded to the torsiblo tomptation to bog for the restoration of hia_littlo child, unlous thoy who stolo him should bo detectod, arrcstod and punished. 1io know that woro ho to do &0 no othor littlo child would ho safo i its homo; that ruy offorts mado for the roturn of hia boy, apart from his nbductors, would result in making the crime of child-stonting o trade. And 8o, with that moral horoism which domands our highost admiration and respect, Ohristian K, Ross endurod hiy gront burdon, suffored intinite agony and distrous month after month, hoping, whon ull chances #eomed to hinyo failod, that justico wonld yot Dring his littlo child to his arme again, und_por- it him to lny it nnco mors on the bronst of tho mothier who boroit., And thnt when justico did #0 much 1t wonld alao bring to thelr torriblo pun- ishmont those mon who, in robbiug one hotae, 1 mlsouz terror und droad into every liome In tho and. Wa nll know thet this hopo was fatile,—that tho child was not restored, nud that the kidnap- pors bado deflance to nll the kil and enorgy thiat dotoativo ficfenco could bring aguinat them. At last, Liowover. their swift and tornble puninh- mont eamo, Thoy were shot:down In tho night, flcoing from the penaltios of another crimo,— shot down Jike doge, and dyiug in torrible pain and utter lonoliness upon the ground. o sud- den wad thoir doaths that only ono of thom lived long onough to confoss that they stolo Chiarlio Ross. Tho first, hnd ho lived a llittlo longor, might hinve told whora the boy was hid away, but hodied beforo tho chance was offered him, and thus the Inst clow to tho boy's recovery was lost, Now, however, the father sags: *“Doing en-~ tirely uatisfied thnt his abductors wero killod at Bay Ridgo, L. I, on_the 14th inst., I now offer tho above sum for his return, or for information which ehall load thereto, promising to ask no quostions ‘L'his is right and proper for him to do, While Lo bolioved they woro yet alive, aud likely to prove encmies to roclaly, it was right and proper "that ho should offer 110 raward for the produc- tion of tho stolen child which did not provide for tho praduction of tho robbers also, It was nocessnry for the safety of sll homes In which littlo childrou nro that the men who introduced the heinous crimo of chuld stealing into tha conntry should bo punished 8o torribly that none coming after thew ehould repeat thicir offcuro, They iave boen punishod, Thoy bave pald the extreme paualty—their lives, "L'hoy aro, thorsfore, off the raocord, and tho reward 1y offered for tho boy alone. 1f anything could hoighton the bappiness and ronder moro cheerful tho kindly checr of this most gracious of all soatong, it would be » prompt roply to this offored roward and tho early restoration to Lis smmutu‘ loving earoof Charlie Ross, That would make tho coming one tho blithest Ohrist- mas-Day that the country has known since Bher- wan #ont a8 8 Clristmng gift to n wa-weary llon{ilu tho senbonrd city of tho Sonth, whoso capture was & guaranteo of cortain and oarly penco. . C——— A Elard Story About Alastn, Witshanyton Letter to the New York Tribune, Mr. Honry Eifiott, who wont to Alaska last’ aunimor an Hpecial Agent of tho Trensury o look after tho interests of tho Giovermmont on the island whero tho seal fur is taken, is pro- paring & report on tho valio of the entiro terri- tory to tho United Btates, which will have tho metit of being basod upon the exteuded porsonnl obsorvations of tho writer, Mr, Llliott has spent n groat deal of tma In Alasls, both bo- fore and since ita purchuse, and hay probably seen more of td rocks sud - tecbergs than sny othor Amaricari. Al the storica of ils wineral woaltn, and of tho valuo of its _fisborics, ho mays, mro puro fletions, Tts wurfaco is o maes of basaltic rock, which, asall geologlats kuow, contains no min. eral doposita, What littlo soil thero {8 produces Tittlo that *is wseful to man, and tho fisheries, which wora deseribed ad of immenso valio when tho treay for uying the rogion wis pending, do not yield food enough to supply the uatives. Thelonly portion of the whola vast domuin which yiolds ary rovenuo tb tho Gov- ernmont i tho fur seal islands, From the tax on tha sking of tho animals _tn. kan an theso islunds the Técasury gels about 300,000 nnonally, Against this single ltont of royonuo Mr. Elliott offsots tho costs of mnin- taining troops in tho lurritnrr, which amaunts Lo about 350,000 & year, and ilio oxponse of & civil catablishmient nt Sitha and tho senl islands, Without counting interest on tho mrchdso money paid Ilussis, which at 6 per cent would amount to £420,000 a year, the bnlance sheol shows & heavy deflcit, Johkn Paul on & Materintizntion,” Mathor of Moses ! It doos somctimes seom. to me that & good many poople, #0 far froin not knowing enoagh to zo in when it rnins, don't evan know onaugh to got undor treo, Iloro tho faols sit gaping at the show on the stago ; why doesn't some ono deizo **Bantum " by tho seruff of tho neek, and "hdok on to * Honto " by the top-kuot ? ' If they'ro apirits thay'll melt away and diskolve, and thers's no harm dono; aud 1f, an tho coulracy, thoy prova to bo hulk- ing louts of farmers humbugging in 1egs and fouthors, tho hroad of o shovel could ho ap- plied to no hetter agricnitural purposo than tho putting of a heavy top-drossingg whers it would malo sitting down uncomfortable and standing up tho ouly thing to bo thought of. i t‘IX_:JANCIAI« BANKRUBT INSURANOI G0N aud claling cushod at. Lfighest ritos, BON, 104 Washinglon.st, MO At S ok UNION'TIUN] APARY, 14 Santh Ofar Non LOA! A M. Sniounta ta toati- from LU, 155 LaNatlo- COMPARY TOLIVIT WL, I B ¥ BItOP: Inquire at NEY 10 LOAN ON D) ol ‘hoar Ulark, _Entablishied 1 Mo 0 LOAN UN CHICAGU RKA] YL "Bors sears, nt loweat rateg, ouw aum of GH,wd, 12 Ty UOLIE £'C0, 138 Ladalio <l VVH AL oASIC N ILARD 06 o o eonmorcial and purolaro g a argo Amonnt; Ui LORG! Ui, RARELY Of- Torod—A partiior selcit not loss than $4,06, iu o ntaple, nnl rapoutablo iatnuds, oo nding a lirco oariug the striciost vxaminatiunt Knowleigo mally acquired, no risk, and raferonsen i elioipals ouly nood adress, X bl, Tribune g ollico, P'AM_IIL"’A'NI'u WANTED —WITH FIOM ¥6,00 1O ninoturitg buincesin suo. omiutition In tho Wast: i Adress MANDFAG- 000, 1 & flrut-lane o essiul oy Y & UAMP, WHOLMSALE DEALERS IN planos aud urans; wiil votail fnstrumouta durlug the At wholvsulo priccs, Nos is your tmo to suoure s Decker, liradbury, or Blary & Oamp Plaue, or an. Tt stook of xocand-hand_usteuments ranging roin 2 upwands, Wo sell gu installuonts, or ruat, ale bowling ronl to go toward purehissy, 1§ dosired, 211 hrater st., unar Adnnis, Wik EXGiANGE 50 AURE, wravad fi , with water aid timber, in Clou 1y, Hansas, wrtl 81,4 ¥ proporty or fur » stocks iontiv Uiguars, or horsos and Nurth Divish PELSON A cattly, i Jomy dry ot U0 cattlo, oA LN, TOURBONATICA, 1.1 Wik 1t O Lk AT 6 ANX- PR dabedutin S ___OITY REAL ESTATE. 01 BALEAT A 1iA OF WEST: LT-AT A BARUAIN-LOTH s andt Camphell-ava,, Polk, Tayor, Hothrook, and cltlivats,, il botmeor! Werlorn nnlxi Gamphall'ars. oy 0 hnild od down. Ine i vk st T ek _ SUBURBAN REAL ESTATE RO SATITw Wil B & TOT AT FARK el Jisdown anih 65 8 month ani Dai o o o 3 froime arly in narkete A D W HL 1o Tk b 4. COUNTRY REAL ESTATE. OR_HALR—VALUABLI PINE LANDA-T OFE: A quantity of plne Inndw situated In tho Countle Doanto, Wiae aind Marquotte Gaunty, Mich., sompels- Ing fin ALttt 13,000 acren, Tho timbor now standing thuronon lis boen catimated st oxer 50,0000 foot, For varticutare Apyly to 8 ¥ o Dhorige % Unte 0 Napsniiate, Now York Gily 0 PUROILASK—-A HOUSE AND LOT | th harn, on & cross atroot north of Twantiath and Inquten of or addrens GRO, U, NKW- il 9 1$ryan Bock. i . WAAHTED--MALE HELP, v rooldeoopers, Clerks, &o. { ANTED—A TIIOROUGHLY COMPETENT Cl- gar saleeman with an otablishad trada, ~ Catl or ad- drone, sith il partloulars, TANBILL & GHANDLER, TRAVIZLING SALTHMAN FOTL THIE tatos of Towa, Wiscunsin and ‘Minnosota, 1o soll & fall liny of hair woote, ruchiugs and Iadion’ neok woar for thio largost manufacturlng honso in tho West: wifi pap el 1o carry dn canuqaion with omo cthorlive; wlil pay & cammilssion” of 10 por cent on vrdar fillod. Address Hox 466, Cincinnath, O. Whx B OROUGHLY AGQUAINTHD with the ‘orockery, giasswaro ani lamp trado, to travol in Northern lowa, Mionosata aud Wisconsin: one who hias acqualntance braforred. Address, with' roal name, IMPURTER, U 27, Triby ANTID_SALESMANZONi Wil0 OAN GO innd lnrga ritiuando with the statlonory trado Won oud South, avd bring anbatantinl undonbted rofer. wnces an (o suposior ability and integ: 1y Ta such & gond yfing i uilorad.e Addrous JAMES B RULT, osto 1t e Ginflin & ¢ Vark. Misaolinnoons. VWANTED — AN’ EXPRILERGED TRAVELING salommass who hna 8 gand llinots cintitng tendes Toforouots voquiend, ADHF 0 L 1. LIOPOLU & GO. 163 and 101 Wabash VWANTED- 40 LABORRRS FOT TII% HOUTHT wnges 235 & nionth ant board; work guarantaed | {hoto ishing eiployuiont must auply immodiately, ut Alls complemont of men innst atare within o fow days. Auply nt tha Company's offica, onrnor Lako.st, and Mich lganiay., nosr Central Doyt JAMES BRYOK, Awnut WANTED-FEMALE HELP, Domestion. TANTED—A COMPETENT GIRL TO COOK, wasl, and fran, in a laego family, whero threo giris ara kopt,_ AL 36 Michigan-nv, IMigcollaneons. ANFED-YOUN LADY COPYIST, IMMEDI itoly o prie o RSO DN o aihad Lour: Address TED-PIVSIOLAN—A GOOD OPINING FOT 2 kood physloian,” Address DRUGGIST, . 0. ox Eooltiannors, Clari &e. ITUATION WANTED_t1 BXPERIENCI SRR Wi Rt AT P LRIENOUD Well recominonded, _ Addzoss 1’y O Tox 50, Conclinen, Tonmstors. e, QITUATION WANTED-AS COAGHMAR, I BY A man of oo that undorstands bis budldess. Can SITUATIONS WANTED--FEMALE SRNSTONS WARTEDFEMALE Employmont Agonts. ITUATION WANTED-FAMILIES IN WANT OR o0 Biandingrlan sad Gonuan hely cun o suyplied o Al DUSIKRAERES and tane 3o 80 Ailwankeo-ay, 770 RENT—A NKW TWOSTORY FRAMR HOUSK. i Il;.nan.‘.flnln ;‘"" "{'V:ihl‘lv]:hl\‘\'fllllllnll, 'mi_nv-nhntw |=l; rag-cars, o ailhatod At the &0 7e and allaea-ats, Apply 0 Je WHLL: 141 Doasbormste. 70, BENT-NEAR TINOOLN VARK —sSTONE and basomont ogtaxun-front brick houso, finol ished, with mnodora Improveruonta, and exceilont barm.' Favorablo tornis to gnod teoant, uust wost of Sophin-et., bolug T4 Sedgmick-at.; 1 Llock from stroat. car, aud’ 3 blocku from Linculn Park, BALDWIN, WA FIL & CO,, Tawley aliding ooraor Dearboru and adison-ats. Suburban. 10 RENT—A FIRST.OLASS HOUSE IN A NEIGH- hioring elty, elfhier as s privato hoardlug-liouso or as ahotol. “Tha tinildiog In geod ropafr, Pomemion given {rom Fuhraary to Muy lat, Address, ¥ 76, Teibuno oifica, TO RENT--ROOMS. 710 RENT-NIOZI ¥ VURNIBHED ROOMS WOR rentiomen; 1o orntral location and clioapost rext frocltys il o350 Vor month, - Gall a% 8 Clark sty (0 420 an r month it South Olnghont . stoor 11 . € el toom TO RENT--STORES. OFFICES. &o. Storos. ('O RENT_STORE ON STATEST., NEAR MADI- a0, Apply at H8 Stato-st, Oflces, ‘ 0 RENT—OFFICES AND SLERPING ROOMS IN tha (tis Bioel ry low prices. Inqulro at Room L, BOARDING AND LODGING, Wost Sido, NORTIT MAY-SI.~BOARD, 'TIRER COM 55 1- 9 furtably fanilshod rioms, or ona doublo reom. suit- ablo for aliklo wica. ‘Tormis, 35 per wouk Bost ot Fot- Grabcas, Mlou Ifljs\n;mVSi%u. INT ND REAB 2 ~A V. Al KA NI 420 WABASIT-A ROOMS TO RENT, or unfurnistied, with or without bonrd, 6] Do wonk, with 1o Gf }'lo_fifnfimn.u‘—'x‘wu LARGH FRONT Aln ) cove rovuiv, ningio moms, aultalilo for gontie- ot and cold warer good tabla; modorato priced. 1y Worth Sido. : FEW GENTLEMEN, OR GENTLEMAN ANU Indy, can havo a desirsble home, with eversthing Jipst-clase In every rospect, by calliug at 8% Enst Ohloasg s mmidorito, Hotels, HYADA MOTEL, WABASI-AV., BETWEEN LN Nuttean and Mouros-ats,—First-clasa board, $7 pos !l_l:nklh\nm.\nm 1, 2U: d irid, 5. g BOARD WANTED., TIOARD_BY A YQUSO 34N, ON THi WEST o Bide, i tho vicint nd Bajtis hurelt, in_n musical famil Tribune otico, AY pol el ig, -l wm"‘n‘;’“; 1 venlng, Deo, B3, upera-ghis o kiven 10 nwm:';I‘n’l?p“rfi\'(nzkhm‘?uflj "itid foontinn when Todb.' Ad: drom: N, 13¢ Madiso it 1, GST- ON THURSDAY, A LONG WROWN QUEL, Tt Carpentoraat, feom, Hubbad to: Kinzls, : Soutis (6 Mooros, i to the Canranney A1 8. Chn Lid ‘mition” atiteliod il Wwhite, fwido loru) rowasil Givow U findor by'raturning said artivles fo 190 North Wood-st 42 REWARDE LOST A " RLACK-ANU-TAN D B ks o nid. OeA Daiatac Ay ou totucaly i o (son Diaing hootss, 50 State's., wil ooty hpave rowa X " @ REWARD OFFERED TR 718 RETURN 5?].00 of Ym])ull! taken from 674 Wost 1. k(-" op- posito Unlou Parls, 184t 3 llldni l[lcrnounya tions Asked. Communicate with J, W, LYK Kiuzlo. t, SCELLAREOTS, TADVERRSRIE Wilo DESIRY A\ try readurs ¢ f TO REAGILCOUN. 2t do suin {he bost and choap Ro# by taing one o morosoctionauf IKolloog's vapor Lists_ Apply f -'(u\sl( ) NI O ) in, Dottloiy &c., &t PETTI: BON ifthav, Stock callod fortu a0 e ZID GLOVES-\Y FEN THIS DAY, (0 D07, .l\l Kl gluves, whito ty colors, Hgbt strool e dark shades blacks, I one, two, atid tirga button Indicw and gentlemon, A Htor hosale, PARIS GL. BIOWE, M Bateat, TAKI YOUR WIFE A ;\!n"l""” wringoe In thio mark L BT &, zo il Jan, inyg, dolng & e (0 per. s, ¥ T toans of futte (1) yoata, n tho boat loeat ot n tho elty, o logan worw valuablo dvary yoar, hoing four th nowr ost-uifico, Biook, fixturos oo, shoid-whlle aud husi- o for safn, & Lo oartles 'ATIONKRY i 10’ ddress PAIK ORRE, Lack bu: Now York Post= ND GROUERY BTOIE olng_a kood busines 4 Cacroll GENTS WA A i il YOI can unks Do rhothior you are @ ot windi to buy ks wiil BOXN, Ui, s W L 5want afirst-olaus agzant inovor, 2t vell tho world=ronuwiud W LAt Tate, Kiid tha Wilso Maifus e Ao projarod o ollor ostraurdinary tidione o Wl Partioutsre, spees wiiceu WL BARViNG-MAGHINT COMPANT, “i7"Stat Ohicagn. ChleauSs e . N3 GO 10 BART WARHING HAVIE BALES OF TORSES UAR- AN SLIIGHS, TURSDAYN AND FRIC AYSat l0a, m, } TWhinig olthe to purclinso ar disposo of such m}.fl.’ oL BElohd Lhoso 1R108, &3 G1raE LATEAIIS ATO Cor: i, SEW. 3 QiNart o 3o MELOIREICE, 305 SOUTH S st shasuuies soiu oh saoutily Paruionts, rentids xud popatead. SINOER T SEW ING-MAURINEZ PRIMOIPAT, Gt T seatonut, Slabiiios sold om SGBILY paysients) 10 por cunt dlsuount tur casli, ! | |