Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 21, 1879, Page 12

KANSAS. Immensity of the Stream of Immigra tion Now Pouring into the State. Tho Growth and Derclopment of Trogo * ¢County, aud Its Principal Town, 4 Wa-Keeucy. Government Land in That Region Nearly All Taken Up, but Plenty of Rail- - road Land Left, . A Revont Heavy Fall of Rain, Which Pata the Whont-Crop Out of Dangor. Tlow a Locomotive Was Lost---Quadrangular Fight o-Territic Wind-Storm---Instances of (iood-Fortuue. Srectat Correspondence of The Tribune, Wa-Keener, Kas, April S.—Withons intend- . dng to make an April-fool of myself, April 1 found me again eo route for Kansas, via the Chi- cago & Alton Railroad. Through the whole of the route fn t)lfnols, or at least during daylight, there was but little farm-work going ou, the ground being wet and cold, with mach standing water upon the ficlds, The next morning found us in Contral Missourl; aud from thence, _ through the western half of the State, and through the entire Stato of Kanana, there was exactly a reverse condition of things,—thero having been but littic rain this spring, und the ground belng dry and dusty. While the surface Was apparently very dry, tle soil as turned up “by the plows of the farmers, who were ont in ¢ » Kansas, their fielda in full force, was moist and in good condition for putting in seed. The winter-wheat. throughout Missouri and this State dees not average as well in appearance as {t dids year ago. Theearly-sown, which got well rooted Inst fall, is in ‘no condition ond yory promising; but, the fall being dry, the late-sown did not get a good start before winter sctin, and is now small and thin on the ground, though, wit) favorable weathers from this time, it 1a thought {t will make a fair crop. ‘The sbowersot the last few days iu nearly all parts of the Stata will do great ondto the wheat, aud put the ground in flno condition for the apring crops, Iam not accustomed to say much of the rall- roads over which Lhappen to travel; but when a Company ts DOING UNUSUAT, THINGS for the conveniencd and comfort of the travel- ing public, f belleve ft fs worthy of favorable mention, and, ff so made public, other roads may be induced to adopt the saino measnres, Among the things which I noticed on the Chi- cago & Alton, which seemed to me erpeclally commendable, were: Tirst—That, after passing each station, tho name of the next station was announced in cach car, saving thuid and inex- perienced, passengers from the worry and fear of being carrled by thelr destina- tion. Sccond—A porter was employed upon the traln, to look after the heating and yeotllotion, assist Indics with packages’ and children on and off the cars, and render suy other assistance required,—services usually left to, but very imperfcetly parformed by, brake- menon other roads. ‘Ihlrd—A wash-room In pach firat-class car, supplied with oil necessary sonventences for removing (he dust of travel or adjusting ue toflet,—something I have never eecn on an ordinary passenger-cur before, buta convenience and a luxury which will bo appror clated by any one compelled to take a twelyo or twenty-four-hour rido withont access to auch privileges, And fourth—Cars fitted up with the “Horton reelining-chair,” and run on the through train fithont extracharge. That theso furnish a happy medium between the ordinary passenger-conch nnd the expensive sleener, 1 van now testify from experience, bavlug obtalued a falr night's rest in one of them. One thing is needed on tesa through-traing ‘which do. not stop for meals, aud that fs a lach- countor in the diolng-enr, at which a passenger who carries bis lunch (as most people now do} can obtain a cup of hot tea or coffes for 10 conts, ‘The 25 cents which I pald fora cup of coffeo in the dining-car, L thought, paid too large aorofit. Instill think a full mea) at 75 cents would have been cheaper. We read in all the papers of the country about . THE INSIGNATION WEST, ' and can sco something of tt hy golng to our Chicago Union-Depots. But, to fully reatize it and take it in, one needs 10 be here on the ground, It is simply overwhelming. A year ogo Ellis County contained the extreme frontier- settlements on the Hine of this rund. Worl: wae just commenclny at this point. Wa-Keency. A hotel was up, a station established, aud a tew of the ploncers were on the ground, getting ready to commence = the work = of transforming the wilderncas into a habitable and ponulated —— community. To-day ‘Trego County has a population at not Jess than 3,000 souls, whleh is daily augmentinys ‘by fresh arrivals by the trains, or by pealrie- schooners which have come through overland: nut for forty miles west of here the prulrivs are dotted with the enbins of the new settlers, who aro busily at work turning over the sod with thelr breaking teams. In this county the entire Government lands, alternate sections, were all taken before ihe lat of Junuary last. ‘These can only be held by actual settlement und tm- provement; nnd every duy families are arriving: here who had prevlously secured these tants by Ming thelr declaratory statements, ‘They tid o place for thelr familles und storage for their fogs fora few days, while they can taut the umber and build a house or shanty, und then moye, take puseossion, nit commence turning up the soil for spring-crops. have had some experience In settling a new country, baying been one of the ploneers In Min- nesota; ‘ DUT 1 HAVE NEVER SERN @ new country where (he first settlers aver- aged so well ln point of character, intellicence, und means, ag the new settlers of Western ‘There arc some whose mesus are Hine ited, and who will inve close times to cet along til they raise crops; but the majority come with pood outfits of teams, implenients, and stock, snd meuns enough to siippert thea till ‘they can raise cropa, ‘Hhere Ia no mistake that, Jo polat of intelligence nnd enterprise, Western Kansas is petting ne cream of Uie pupulation of the States Kast. Ag one evidence of this, there Ww not a place west of ENlis, on the line of this road (unless at Walluco), where a glass of, q@bisky cun be bought, unless ft fu furnished surreptitiousty,—the public sentiment being al- tosh unantingusly. Opposed to the sale of the article, THIS TOWN, —-WA-KRENEY— in its crowth und development, {x among the wonders af inodern tines, whi leis taken Into Bccouut thit tt is the outerawth of tho settle. ment of a purely agricultural country, and hos no fictitious sthaulie to its growth, Wke Lead: ville and other mining towns. As Chicugo pear Re are Mberally represented kere, und as ‘Tes, UIBUNE ts read throughont the couuery by: those who lave irfends either in Wa-Keeney or in ‘Trego County, u statement of ite present status and future prospects will tterest many, and will serve to illustrate the raphi duyelop- pivot of this country,—though few tnatances can he fouud where the growth hus heen so. rapid, und the business so large io volume ur Ob 8 more substantial buels. As before stated, the town ts really but about ope year old, though rome preparatory work bad been done In the wioter-months preceding, At now hava permanent population of NOT LSS TaN BOO INDAUITANTS, echurch, a free school (through the tiberulity of the tomu-prppristors) a live newspaper one good paying basis, a iterary and dsatmutic cucte- Re one fvod hotel und several of puall prude, three luosber-yurds, five genial storcs, two hardware und fxralug-implemont atures, two drug-storea, two eleyatars, tito Hvery plubles, —wmurkets, and necbantes’ shops uf all kinds, to Mevt the wanteof any community. A substan: Mal building is completed for a fouring-inill, dd will baye ite inuchinery in begore huryust. ‘The place has elready outgrown its depot uccom- qmodutions, sud now baa u tne stone depot near: Jy ready fur the roof,—B2 by 10U feet,—whlch When completed, will be the Huest bullding of Ue kind weat of Kaneus City, Jt ls about the depot und streets adjacent thut oue gets the best ‘idea of the magoltude of the business trausact ed bere. ‘The side-tracks ara full of Jretynt-curs, , from which dezeus of teams are loading with housebuld-effects, Juuber, implements, und olber traps brought in by tauiyrauts, und baul- Ing the samo to the country. Prior to Jan. 1, 1873, the entire rallroad-hustness of the coun- ty had never exceeded 875 per month. Tu the three months since dan, 1 the business at this station atone nuaregates $35,000, nearly $14,000 of which was received In the month of March. ‘the fretght-recelpta for March exceeded 2,500,000 pounds. The allroad Company ts about ‘putting in additional shie-tracks,—the business having outgrown the capneity of those first put In, though { was supposed that ample provision bad been made for any amount of businese-thiat vould ever bo transacted here. In its general appearance, the town has MONE OF AN EASTERN THAN A WESTERN ASPECT, fh the atyle nnd character of its bulldings, are rangement of its streets, ete, A pls ineeting of ile eltizens of the county was held yesterday to take into vonsideration the questfon of the organtzation of the county. ‘The regult was an almost uvanimois vote in favor of au imine- diate organization, with Wa-Keeney as the county-ecat. The necessary meastires are now beg” taken to effect this, Hitherto the com- munity has been practically without Jaw, but such Je its character tht’ scarcely an offense against either porson or property has been com- mitted. Besides a dally mall on the ratirond, there is a. tri-weekly staré nnd mall route to Norton Cen- connecting thera with a route to the Unter ucle Ruitroad, On the Istof July this mail wud stage route will be continucd south frou this place through the Counties of Ness und Ford to Dodge City, on the Atehison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road,—thus giving # through linc from (hat point to Kearney, on the Union Pa- cilte Railroad, ‘This town, being the mort convenient rallroad point, receives a Jarge and rapldly-increasing trade from Graham und Norton Counties, on the north, aut Ness, on the south. ‘Towns have been Inld ont and businces started at Ognilah, ten miles cast, amd Collyer, tvelve miles west; and, 96 the country around Uiese stations ts rapidly filling up with settlers, they will make good business points, Many who read this article will ask: NOW ANOUT GOVERNMENT LANDS? —are they atill obtainable In desirable lucalities, and wit ihey hold out till we get there? JT wish they would,*but am afraid they will not. As before stated, all the Government lamts In this county were taken before the close of 78, except some rouch, undesiratile pieces, The sate was substantially true of Qraham nad Norton Counties on the north, and Ness on the south, West of Trevo County the Government lands for a distance of nearly forty miles have been nearly all taken for ten to fifteen miles from the road; and every day long lines of pralrle schooners may be ecen passin West to ovcupy the lands yet vacant. ‘The Counties of Sheridan aul Decatur, on the north, aud Lane, on the south, are filing up just us rapidly, since many prefer to go outside the tventy-mite lint of fhe rallroad-grant, where they can secure homesteads of 160 acres, than to settle withlu the Imits, where they can secure but 80 xeres unless entitled to a suldiers' home- stead, ‘The present rate of immigration con- tinued three to six months will absorb the en- tire vacant Uovernment lauds of Decatur, Sheridan, Gove, and Lune Counties. West of these, the character of the country is such that Imuifgration SHOULD NOT AT PRESENT VENTURE, sinco the soil becomes thin,®with appearance of alkalt, the streams eivo out, und the rainfall is insufllctent, ‘There is, in fact, too much of new frontier being covered, Inan article to ‘Tus Trinuns in July lost, upon the climatic changes which had’ tuken vince in Kansas ns settlements have moved weatward, I said that, “df 1 could eon: tro} the finmilgration for the next ten years, not. allowing it 10 extend moro than ten rules west each sear, I gnowld have little or no fears of the climate, or of successful agrten)ture,—not butt uae (but there inight be unfavorable seasons, that the average climate wowld mi requirements of — successful agricultut But here we haye nearly 100 miles of frontier from east to west belng settled ina little nore than one year, without giving time for the aper- ation of those causes which haye gradually Wrought the climatic changes which have taken piuce in this Statu since the settlement of the Missouri River couuties, und which have mendily crowded the rain-belt westward, and Atted the country for agriculture, Wiulo the Government lands, ng before stated, are Ikely to be entirely absorbed within a comparatively sliort tine os fur west as it fs prudent or safe to go, there are sul PLENTY OF RAILROAD LANDS within the settled counties which ean bo bought at low prices and on long time, and also claims upon Government Janda, with some im- Proucments, which the owners or clafin- ants will sell out to now-comers, but upon which the purchaser will have to He anew in his own name, since the claimant canuot transfer any right which he las nequired und which Wov- ernment recognizes, [n all new countries the! fe always a good deal of this claim-selling by class of men Who always want to be on th frontier, and get uneasy as things assume a pe manent sha Such clatiny cau be bought with sunte Improvements for from $300 to $500, ac- cording to Jocation amt amount of improv went; and railroad Jands ov easy terms of pa! ment, nt trom $2.50 to $5 per acre. My observa- ion bas Jed mo to the conviction that those who go into n new country after the first rush, and buy land ina settled community, where ruclety is organized, schools und churches established, eeenpe much of the privation and Lardship whlch the ploncer experiences who goes fn the Urst rush and takes Government tude; and xencrally docs better In the end, sinee the prica he has to pay for his land js offset by the cx- penses of pioneering, which he escaped, to Buy nothing of the hardeh{ps, privations, and fsula- tlon froin society Iucident to pioneer fe. More anon, U, C, Ginss, — THE WIXKAT CROP OF KANSAS, Special Correspondence of The Tribune, Kansas City, Mo., April 14.—A trip from this place to Western Kaneas ten days since, through the famed ‘Golden: Belt” or great wheat-growlng country traversed by the Kansas Pacitle Railroad, and a return trip to this polnt yesterday, have given me good opportunities for observing the conditlon and prospects of the crop in this State, which Iast year came to the front asithe firat Wheat State of the Union, producing the snormous agercgate of over 82,- 000,000 bushels, of which over 26,000,000 was winter-vheat. . The urea sown fn wloter-wheat Inst fall was net as Jarge in tho older counttes as in '77, owing to tho dry weather; but this was in part, if not fully, made up by the ground planted for the frat tlme in’ the newly-suttied portions of the State, ‘The Sarl ale all wheat ot a good start, und came through the winter finely; while the late-sown was thin, notall of the seed germiouting, ‘Tho weather (ils spring has been dry and cool, the temper: ature having been favorable when the lack of raln fg tuken into uccout, oa ft retarded the growth and Kept {t trom jointing, in which ease ft would Inve been thin upon the ground. Bur, within a few days past, wari weather set in, und the wheat was commencing to shoot up, and without rain the proapect would have been joor, Last ovening, however, 2 rain set in, which continued steadily alt night; and reports from up the road show that it was copious as far west ns Wallace, 400 miles west ot this point. Rallan reports, “Land too wet to plow. Aaa consequence, “ wheat stock? NAS HISEN 100 PER CENT, as all fears of failure ure now allayed, and the indications are stroug for more rain, ‘The urea sown in apring-wheat is probably considorably In excess of last year, owing to the Ghatntshed area goin Io full-wheat. ‘This bus all been gat ln in tine condition, ia up nud look- {ug well.” S18 hardly probable that the wheat- crop of Kansas thls year will equal that of last, But ft isw State frulttal in surprises, snd with plenty of wather, und thatot the right klud, frotn thls thne forward, muy yot aatonish the world with her crop thls year, a8 whe did last, and hold the poston then “gained as “the trat Wheat Btate of the Union"? Furmeis are busy plowing for corn, and some planting, ‘The ground fain fina condition: for, notwithstanding the lack of raln, it turns up wolat and metlow, "A peculiarity ot the Kansas wot) is, that AY WILL STAND GRBATRN EXTREMES of both wet and drought thun any J ever saw elsewhero,—never baking in dry weather, or bus cumming vary sticky Ju wet, Uther crops wro pramlainy, but wheat and corn are the great ugriculturat staples—the corn-erop last year being in ezcuss of 60,000,000 of bushels. Vroit-prospects are coud, with the exception of peaches, of which most of the fruit Oude were killed by the low temperatures of lust whoter, whit the trees themselves secu uninjured. Stock wiutered unusually well, hutwithetanding the severe ther, Ranchmen tell ine that their lose will not exceed 24 per cent, which will be admitted as very low when is taken tite uccouus that these cattle crazed Use entire winter upon the butfalo-gruss. 0. C, Gisns, OVEN THE KaNbas PACITIC RAILKOAD, Snectat Correspondence of The Teiduries Junciion City, Kus., April 0.—Leaving Den- ver by the Kunsas Paciic Rullroad, the plats for sumo distance present at thts season vothing spectully inviting to the eye, consisting, as they dy, of allghtly-rolliny, ticeless prairie, covered. scantily with brown und crispy buflala-grass; butLewo imagine that, when the eprlagerains have fallen and the uraes becomes green, it will THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE MONDAY. APRIL 21, not look 6o desolate, Alittle further on, ho: ever, vroat herds of cattle begin to appear, acal tered far and wide, far os the eye can reach, with the cow-hoys riding around, or lounging idly by thelr grazing ponies. At this seasun the rlver-beds are to the eye but saud-beds, or what are called out here “pry CueRRs "5 but at intervals running water {s seen In them, and the residents say that, even in the drycet seasons, water Is found hy digging down Into the bed of the creek, and that it comes to the surface often enough forthe necessities of cattle and the native animals, Of theagfatier the puf- falo havo quite disappeared from te vicinity of the rallroads, but herds (or * bunches" as they call them) of antelope aro often seen running near the track, The water is brackisn suit saturated with alkaline matters; but the cattle, when nccustomed to Its use, do not sccin to suf. fer from this cause, Near Kfowa, thirty-two miles out from Den- ver, we crossed on a trastle-bridge the wide bed of uno of these dry streams. Not a drop of water was in sight, and the ripple-marks, wherever a snag or log had lodved, were very clear in the sand. Yet — often, aitee the henvy storms which are not uncommon in the early summer in this region, these dry beds beenme raging turrenta; and the beds, belng quick-sand, when ealurated with water, become dangerous, Here, Jast June, a moat singular, AND I THINK UNPRECEDENTED, accident occurred. he mnecting of the winds aud ratn-clouds from over the imountalne had formed an enormous waterspout, which burst aud delugad the plains. Shortly after a pussenger- train had crossed the bridge, an immense yol- ‘ume of water caine pouring down the stream, washed out the piling, and tory away the heavy: uUmbere of the bridge. Soon o beavy frelht- train caine along, drawn by one of the largest and finest locomatiyes of the road, and it, with thirteen cara, was plunged Into the wide but shallow clnsm., The engineer was drowned, and big body, days afterwards, was found many miles down the stream. In the plunge the engine was separated from the tender, and soon sunk out of sicht. Ina short time the flood anbstded, and the tender and freight-cars were found half buried in the sand and recovered; but the encing WAD ENTINELY DISAVPEANED, Though for many days the Company's engineers used every menus to discover its locality, sink- ing long fron rods to great depths through the loose sand, they could not flud {t, aud were compelled to abandon it ag lost forever. Puss(- Diy the gnomes and genll of the luwer world have takeu poasession of {t for usc on some mystic Underground Railrvad, At Deer ‘Trail, a station a few miles farther east, Wo had an opportunity to witness some of the diversions peculiar to these localitics. It is what 1s called 2 cattle-town. ‘The whole region 4g devoted to cnttlesrazing, nd une of the prominent shivping-poluts. carly every bullding 1s a saloon, or hus one attached} and cow-boys, with t picturesque hats and Jouse attire, nnd the nevitaple nayy-revolver th their belts, thronged the platforins and strects, Before the traln had stopped, our attention was attracted by several pistobshots in quick succes- sion, accompanied by loud yella; und, lookliy out of the windows, wesaw A QUADRANGULAT FIGHT, in which four separate coupics were engaged,— some rolling over cach other, and others stand- ine npto it. Several shots were ilyed, but the shooters were too arunk for accurate alm. Be- fore any damaze was cone, a person moro sober than the rest gathered up the pistol; but hero lig peace-making endeavors ceased. ‘The tral stopped a few motnents, durine which wo wera treater to ayrotechules of profanity so original and unique that they would haye won the envy and admiration of a crowd of Canal-street rul- fans. We were destined to have variety enough on thistrip. An hour later, ono of those territle wind-storms for which the plains of Colorado ean challenge the world, came swooplig down upon us from the north, oid continued with us during the entire night. ‘The flanges of the car- wheels wero pressed azainst the opposite ratly wntil they fairly squeaked as they rolled, and suddenly about one-third of the tin roof of the cor 1 rode fu was torn off and went flylng over the pratrie. At Wallace I was stepping from one car to another, when a blast of wind with quick fingers anatched my brand-new hat from ny bead, and when I looked up, it was a quarter of a mile uway, FLYING INGH UP IN MIDAI, Ike n new constellation not recorded in any map of the heavens. Sol had sorrowtulty and. with flying hale to maku my way te the boggnice ear, and return to the ofd hat, which tL bad providentially retained. At Wallace our train changed engin the new one seemed vot te have any Kp rester, As it was nuw well into the darkness of night, we were treated ton beautiful sight, one of the most benutifal Co ever saw. ‘The strong wind was hichly charged with oxrgen, and the air was full of tlery flashes from the en- gine, reaching far to the south, and evary sparls burned itself out, For houra I watched trom the car-window this wondrous flery shower, wud ag the glowing sparks struck the dry clumps of vralrie-gras3, they instautly funited, and the conthtgration spread as far aa we could sec, Hghting the heavens with {ts red glow. Tt was nerand elzht; but my mind went outin nlti- ful thoughts for the herds of cattle whose rent pasturage was destroyed by this night's work. AT MAYS CITY T left. the train, that Limight pass through Kan- sas by daylight. Hays is a fast-zrowins villaze, well located on a fork of the Smoky Hill River, aul is whe county-seat of Ellis County. Just across tho river, and.on tts: heh bank, {s Fort Hays, once an Important frontior-post, but now garrisoned by very Tow meu, 1 did not stop at Wa-Keeney, in Trego County, which ls tho present oltpost of settlement. It ts some thirty tiles west of Hays; and I earn that it and the county are thriving won derfully, Though the town was only Init out Fowe two years ago, it has already 400 or 500 Inhabitants. ‘This place is tho enterprise of the well-known Chleago reul-vstate firm of Warren & Keeney, and the naine is 9 curious compound of their names. In Groban Coun- ty, about thirty mites northeast of Wa-Keenoy, is “ Nicodeinua Colony,” composed entirely of colored tammities, mostly from Kentucky, ‘They have churches und schools established, a news: paper, a splendid body of lund, und are re- ported as atoing finely. I made stops also in Russell, Ellaworth, Sa- lune, wand Dickiison Counties, aud find that along the Hae of the Kunsas Pacile Rufiroad. much of the immigration 38 IN COLONIES comlng from cortain localities, and purchasing large bodles of lund together, ‘Chua there 3 all English colony o& Vietorla, o few miles enst of Hava. A fow miles north ia a Russo-German colony. ‘There are uluo New York, Pennsylya nia, und Oblo, und other colonies ot diferent, poluts, ‘The sane ia true, out not to so great a depree, in Southern Kansas, Most of the im- Migration gous to the western conntivs, as fur ont us ‘Trego, und some even fartier, Not all, and verhnpes not the greater part, come by ruil, ‘Tho rouds are dusty with the trainn of the White-tented caravan, and the tide seems mov. ing weatward with increasing flow, ‘The weat- ern Husits of settlement are constaptly moylug on; And whoro the vanguard camps to-day, ‘The rear vhalh reat to-morrow, Tmade Inquiries at the land-oflces in each of the towns at which { stopped, ag to the amount of Government land subject to entry, and in every cise FP was told that all the good lands were taken up, aad only a Uttle poor und un. desirably Government jand was Jelt; but the tullroada haye plenty for sate at from $3 to $10 por acre, (At Ellsworth, 8 fino and rapldly-growing town, and the caunty-seat of the county of the same nome, J inet tue Morgan brothers, who formerly were In both ‘Ties Trius aud Tas offices in Chicago, and are now worth Zenes und the Brookville Zanes, They report Hattering prospects in thelr enterprise, and ure enthuslastle over the VOSSIBILITIES OF NORTHERN KANSAS, "They gaye mv two examples (vatnples they called then) of what might be done both with and without capitals ‘ ‘The tirst was of Eden Kuri, fu the eastern part of Eleworth County, and operated for the bast two years by Mesara, Crippen amd Donegan, Dou had acquired, hy purchase of the Kan- sua Pucitic uftroad, 2000 acres of and for 33 per as but had nu money to iinprave it. Crippen tea New Hampslive ‘banker, whe fur- dished the capital tor working it, and the wet protlts were to be equally divided after the can- fal was returned, Crippen Curnished, 10 all, it WIT und 1578, $15,000, which was used in the erection of the necessary bufldings, the purchase of stock and machinery, breaking prairie, seede ing, cultivating, harvesting, paying eth anid Ju 1877 1,500 ublishers of the Elb Ketting the crop te the stsilon, acres Were brokun, of which 000 were planted 10 wheat, und GUU in suillet, corn, ete. ‘The crop of 1078 realized to the trem $10,000 approxinutely, thua atlurding @ net prot (uut inchuding fave: ment 13 and) ot $25,000, and fewrius the ia brovements, stuck, and iuchinery pald for, It 5,000 will pay all expenses for the crop of 1879,” gs i THM OTHRR RAMPLE CASE ras of one Richard, who lett Lowa fn the fall of 1876, utterly bankrnpt, and careving with bim, fs hls solo wealth, a mare, colt 3 years old,)a Wagon, bed, old stoye, wife, and two children, — an nothing more, Stopping along the road and working for farmers to meet hiv few ex- nenays, he arrlyed at last at Bavaria, near Brook. ville, and hired himsel€ to work fora Mr, Golae ler. fle entered a quarter-scetion near by, wniler the Free-Claim act, and, working at odd hours, ho bullt a ten-by-tiwelve abanty that whiter, un {nthe spring: broke thirty acres of land. During 13577 he divided his time between hid own plica and his employer's, Suecess crowned the effurta of honest industry, and ty the fall af 18t4 he had built a comfortable six-room bousa, had an orchard of 400 peacli-trees, several guod horses, some cattle, the necessary farming tools, oni several hundred dollars in money head, . ‘Chere may be unusual cases, and 1 give them inder the youcher of Mr. Morgan} butt have beard of s0 mahv similar eases, both In Southern and Northern Kansas, that Edo not Voube thelr truth. One thing fs uoticeable in this State: Whila the Eastern States bave heen ao moved and ex- eited by the Leadville fever, but tg, METILE 18 HEARD OF IT IN KANSAS, Thev seo the loaded trains go by. and the oc- eastonal wagons with canvass marked with the Jegend, “Lendville or Bust!?-—but few are troubled by ft, Probably the teason fs, that each one tas a bonanza of hts own in his deep- loaned fields, where yoanby sear hu gathers his certain treasures of gold and sliver already eolned, A great mauy of the farm-houses are built of stone. Uderl¥ing.a large part of Western and Middle Kansas, and cropping out In many places, ure inexhaustible beds of white dragnesian Hmestone, whieh furnish an abun- Gaut supoly of tbe most pertect anil ensily- wrought building material in the world, Itis. so rolt when first quarried that it can bo casily sawed into avy desired bape, or ent with any edged tool, and afterwards hardens hy exposure to the air. 1 saw wen atuiilerent places cutting these locks, alter being hauled to the place ov! bullding, with a comnaion band-saw, end then planing them smooth for surface-work with a JT have atso seen stores in these lite er-towne with the columns in front beautifully thited, and, on inquiry, found Uhasit Was Wrought with an ordinary nosing-plane? This beautitul stone, which la generally whiter than our Jollet murble, ndds greatly to: the ap- pearance of these Kansas towns, Mince the statistics of the Agricultural Do- Dartinent show that the rainfall Jn Kansaa {sae reliable as tn the older States, and (3, fn fact, better distriluited throughout the growing sea. kon, und, moreover, (hat the character of the suil ts such as to cnuble it to withstand lack of rain ina remarkable desree, the, fears of the people are substding, and the futuro of Kansas asa Royal State avems fully oustirddi:s 8 0, THE TELEPHONE IN RELIGION (Apropos of the Recent Introduction of Edison's Invention in Churches in This Clty, Vuttato, Mantreal, Ete, Ete.) So a new instrament is unto the cholr Of worship added; now the organ's tone Viol ond suckhut, pealtery and Iyro Aro plus the tolephone, Anventlon raro our wonrler that aronses, Nono half xo strango Imagined ever was, Services now efall be nid on in housas, Like water of Jike gus, Tmmonee are the advantages accruing. In multry dog-daye, or In time of rain, Weak worshipers, thoir clothes who fear to rain, No longer need abstain From tho church ecrviccs, nor those laid low in Sick beds: to quete Mohammed's apophthegm, Uf those at home 10 church wilt not be going ‘Tue church will go to them, ‘Tho preacher's usefulness thus mulsiplicd Will be, for he can at one instant preach ‘To aovoral andiences, though scattercd wide Qn mountain or seu-bencn, Nay, more; what willthere bo of church-baildings ce ‘hen telephunes on every side are xct), With costly carpets, organs, carvings, elidinga, Cushions, stalned glass, and—dobt? All tastes can then bo snited. In cach dwolling A.dozen telephones on tho walls shall hing*, With Jabols the respeetive prenetiors teling— As Collyer” **Palton,* ** Swing"; ‘Thon 1f the orator proves rather prosy, Or glveth out nn tnattractive text, ono ‘Reed but to turn the switch, and, as off goes he, ‘Turn ou, instead, the next one. No moro shail ccatacles of raze posacss The boron of the hapless woman that Is doomed to church to go in an old dross Without au Buster hat, No more round the ciurch-aicns the callow lover, With cana in month and emile on visage, shalt, Of sunny Sunday noons and evenlugs, hover, Waiting to seo his **ga)." é Tho parson, in his shirs-sleoves In hia resl- Dence, PEAvers hyinn, lessons, sermon, every wor Can at his cave recite, for ol] ho says a. Gigantle soundng-vourd Above him will receive and swift repeat in A dozen churches, or a thousand homes, Aslinple provlem merely buying set in Cells, miles of wire, and olins. Noy, farther; in a multitude of cases OF preachers will there by at all no need? A phonograph some future day disnluces Reverend gentlumon D, -D,-ed, Ilymns sung by Mauk and sermons proached by Beecher, ‘Mong ealutle commoditics will rank. ‘The tin-fotled voico of singer or of preacher Select, nnd turn the crank, And, To! nro reproduced tho spoken tones and— Beo ‘Shatanenre=teuth, your thiraty soul can qual, Can tn.vtneasure kermons find in atonea and Good In the phonograph. No more church-trinls then, no further scandal, No more collections or appeula for polls Merely put in the plate and tun the handle and preach to suit yourself, But oro that bappy time comes, while wo've preacnery, Af dire heresies they should chance to tall, ced nut sullon scowl tpon our teachers, Take up our hats nnd walk. No, no; no need for anch discourtcous work fn he futuro: Wf tholr ductrines wo disown We shall but have to rida and puta cork in ‘Lhat preacher's telephone, No.moro, except on very saro occasions, weed pastors enter houses save their owns For pastoral calls, advice, and cousultations, ‘Thoy'll uve the telephone, Praps things may be dono in that timo as John A, Logan once dld, if rightly we're advined, When he owned his sine by wire wud aunt on a Photo to be baptlzed, But ot! we now can tell fs, 1n the eholr Of worships auded to Uw various tone OF oryun, viol, sacxbut, paaltery, lyro, ‘What of the telephons, ‘¢dling—Scattish forin of * hang." ——— MILLERS’ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Minvens’ Nattonan Association, Pues Dent's Ovvice, St. Louts, March 23, 1879,— ‘The sixth anounl Conyentlon of the Millera’ National Asguciation will be held at the Grand Puelile Hotel, Cuteaze, May 13, 1879. All members of Stato Asavelation, and Indl yidual members ofjthe National Associations In States where nu Stuto organization exists, are fnvited to he present, ‘The ratlo of voting, ag decided by the Exceutive Commitsee, will be based on the number of runs of burrs on which msscastrieutg have beew fully patd up to the dst, nse AS recomnmonded by the Executive Commit- tev, a reorganization “ot thy Association will probably tuka place, amd $t is hoped os mauy dnctabers us posstble willattend, Georae Barn, Prosident, Frank Lirtiy, Secretary, Kulamazou, Mich, ‘The Exccutiye Comuittes ure requested to meet at the Pacific Hotel, 10.0. a, Muy 13, vJoun A, Costin, Chalrman, ORDER OF BUSINESS av TUB ANNUAL CONVEN> ‘TION, 1, Opentng of the Convention, —12 o'clock a. m, ‘2. Report of Commilico on Credentials, i, Proceedings of last Convention, 4. Enrullment of membere, b, Ofticlal report. 6, Call of Standing Committees, and filling} vas caucles, 1% Appointing, of Committee on Nomination of cers, 8, Reports of Standing Committees—: Btate Orgautzations; 2d, ‘Pranaportation; dt, Im CY 5 Ath, Grading und Inspection; Gth, Patents; 8th, Mulllog “wad Uinproved "Methods; 7th, ‘Mill’ Muchitery; Sth, Grain for Mailing; Olb, Tran and ‘Vrade-Muarga; 10th, Miller's School of Cullege, . Keparts from Special Coniusitteva, 10, General business, Ad. Repose of Commitice on Nomlnatlons, and electlou of oflcers for the ensuing yeur, phar calor ted Young man ignorant of clices—"' Patrick, what ds giving tate uate! ?'—"Faix, an? av ye tuk yer grub where wesolf doce, yor soon Feb sus dulurmation, Blale mate fs itt Ow! ow 1879—TWELVE PAGES. BOSTO The Rendering of Bach's Passion-Music Complete on Woon-Friday---Its Buccess and Eifeot. Tho Ward Controversy---Long- fellow’s Admiration and Expression of It. What Distinguished Journalist Thinks of Jo Oook’s Book on “ Marriage” ~--Womon and Nowapapers, From Our Own Correspondent. Boston. April 17.—No musteal event that Mos- ton has ever known bos been quite so impress: {ve asthe last week of Bach's Passian-Music,, given entire by the Handel aud Haydn Soctety. 1 uso the word “tinpressive ” as the only one to convey the real effect produced upon the audl- ences, and the eatimation of the erent generally. The community of music-lovere—from thusa who only appreciate melody, to the inore cultl- yatod, who can recognize and understand both melody und harmony and thelr deepest signitl- cance-—have haa pccasions whero Uncy have been stormlly, excited and enthustastle, but never one whera the deeper nature has been so pro- found)y stirred and impreesed. This, of course, applies asa whole to the latter class more ca- peclally than the former, aa the Passion-Musie heeds an amount of culture and teaning of tuste to thoroughly enjoy it. The two parts wero given ab two distinct times,—the afternoon and evening, as is the Gerinan custom. On tho pro- grammes was o printed request that applausc should be abstsined from. Whether this was entircly owing tothe sacred nature of the music, the sufferings and crucifixion of Christ, or PARTLY AS A MATTEL OF EFFECT in consideration of tho sacred style of the muale, J ean’t say; but, either way, the effect was very good, ndding to the impresslyeness of the whole. Itsecms that the Intorcst is also enhanced from the fact that it ts just 150 years ago when, under the direction of Bach himself, the Passion-Musle was performed at Leipsic, on Gvod-Friday, for the first time, Then a mid- night sermon was preached between the two parts, It was not played again for another lim dred years, when Mendelssohn’ brought it out, at Berlin, under his own directlon, And, by the way, {n that very charming account of Mendelssotin, published Inst year, there was o very vivid ond interesthig description given of the doubts and fears that possessed Mundels- sohn's friends concerning ls project, and Mendelssohn's own conlidence, whlel IN THE END YROVED iim RiantT. ‘The orchestral accompaniinents wero then adapted. to modern instruments. Since that ume tt has been quite often produced in Ene gland, ‘The ftandel ant Haydn soetety herd have on other occasions given portions of the composition, out It has never before been brought out completciy with ws. I don't know what they could do in the old days, but in (iis day thera seemeil to be = de- Nght enough fu the performance. and with the perforiners, to satisfy. Six hundred singers, a large fit orehestra, with Remenyt ns leading violinist, a chotr of acyonuty bors, kelected from the public schools and perfectly tralned, allunder the inavig leadership of that beloved conductor, Cart Zerratn. Here was tuaterlal fudeed for great reauits; and the iuenest critica do not refuse to accord the de- ston that these results were attained. ‘There were differing opinions with recard to the solo slushy, but nota dissonting voice in recara to the choruses, Of these, “le Gullty Is. Let Ilim Be Croettivd,? * Arount "Shy Tomb,” the double chorus of “Ye Lightnings and Thua- ders,” were greatly admired, ‘There was A VOINT OF BXCITRMENT REACHED by the listeners when from one side caine tho fl of response by the peuple to Pilates Which of tiv twatn shill we re- Jeaset” In the great volume of sound that peals forth—" Barrabbas.* ‘then the Burst open, ob! fierce flaming cavern of Hell) from the bee Nevers who denounce and curse those who have law thelr hands upon Jesus. ‘Lhe cnorals, as one of the Ietcncrs sald, “proved Heaven.” ‘There isabint Uiat the production of this marvolous music {s to beeome a regular ob- servanee on Good elias. dt 60, the musical erlucation of Boston will be greatly aided, and Good-Kriday will by a day that will be looked. forwurd to with anticipation by others thaw the chureh paople. We nave been haying lately an wonsual feast of good things for tunis timu of year, though every season there {ao Ilttlu Anal flourish of trumpets uston the heels of the departing wioter, ‘Lhe departing heels this year, how- ever, are very icy, and spring-coatumes nnd Euster-bonnets are for the moat partin rhe sop windows. I told in my Inst of Miss Genevieve Ward’a debut; but at thut writing she was in the part of Jane Shure, which ran for several nights, I want to. add a postscript, au say o few words of ier Queen Autharine, and its recop- Uon by the public, ‘There wero two partics In opinion. One,—mostly the newapaper critica,— while awarding ber great praise tor her yizor, race, and futellectual conception of the purt, criticieed her ewational rendering, ‘The other party, OF WHOM LONGFELLOW WAS ONz, had no fault whatever to find with elther the intellectual conception or the rendering of the tenderer portions, Of these, notably, was the Queenta appeal to the King, which one of the erttica sald was lacking in the pathetic, Long- {cliow, however, was eo moved that he could not speak to Misa Ward alter the performance, dts crittclam was, that her rendering was 0 rey- elation to lim, "Che erltte who finds the fault above quoted, with some others, says, neverthe- Jess, that Miss Ward's conception ‘was “aligu- Jnrly interesting. - In the infdst of ull this, Misa Ward receives a cable dispatch from Paris from the director of the ‘Theatre Historique, beywing her tocome to Purla at once to play Queens Autharine nt.tho Historique. ‘The wholy matter—in this, what might by called THE WARD CONTHOVERSY, in which the eritics who complain admit so much—is of Itself © singularly luteresting,” and still Turther impresses me with the belief that we have, us 1 sald betore, become in a manner demurailzed by the concentration of emotional ucLing where there was nothing elac. My fricud of whoin 2 told last week og anticl- paling with great glea Juseol Cook's combi book on * Marciage " has now ‘the satlsfactlon of *ralug through’ thet stranga jumble of opinions ut hls iefgure, ‘The contents of the buok ure, of course, a collection of Mr. Couk’s Monday Lectures, written und dellvered four inonths after his own marringe. They ore, 13 others of his Jectures upon other toples, a curi+ ous conglomerate of inconsietencles, put forth without the slightest regard for truth in itself, but only aa Mr, Cook’s truth,—nls delf-adinires opluions, Lhavebutore mo , AT THIS MOMENT a latter from one of Uke inost. scholarly, and at the same time ongof the beat-balunced, jour- nulista of the the, who writes amongst other criticiama in regard to this bouk of Mr. Cook's this pithy, comproheusive, und eptgraminatic sentences‘ E should Ike to skin bin sclentifl- cally, ‘Fhe idea of approaching o synipostuin of the mather of the Gracchi und’ the rest, at Bilny’s villa, with the statute of Connecticut ‘m. It's a nase of turgid bombaat.’” ‘The confusion of this latest volume is more inarked than that of the others, and has sure ested thu possibility that the author's mind fins never recovered trom Lie aberration of a few years go. ‘Thfa may account for all the incons alatcneles, though suine cool Judges declare that Mr, Cook had never a clearly-balanced intel. lect. ‘The attack upon Swedenborg in one of these lectures auggceste ogaio Ar, Henry James? INDIGNANT AND CONTEMPTUOUS OPINION of Mr. Couk in bis latest book, waleh I notlced a icw days ago,—a book doyoted greatly to. the elucidation of Swellenbure's doctrine, for which Mr. dames hasdeep revercuce. It may bu easter now to understand Mr, dames’ slurp sentence where hie calls Mr, Cook Moudy und sankoy's “ flashy histrionte colleague," and says that. he thinks “our daily papera mizht easily tarnish bute ter food to their readers than the juvenile stull they give us as repurts of these ens scnsa- tonal sermons and lectures? But speaking of newspapera brings up a gub- ject L hod put aremembertng pin tua few hours ago, when dread inthe Sunday taste of ‘tue A yah & Very true und suggestive article en- title “WHY Wooten suOULD NuAD NBWSTAPERS,! It recalled ut onco one of tho wiscet things that [ have ever heard sald in tho discussions about public schools and what should be Langit tothe pupils. It wasuaid by Wendell Poillips that children should be taught to read the news. waper of the day, 1 do ut now recall his stuted Feusons at the time, bus it js easy Evoush to une derstund that these reasons are very plutnly bee Jory us. ‘The newspaper is really the daily chronicle of the uge, which constantly mukes history. Uf wo could pow turn to euch priuted chronicles of sume old past whose only record je frogs doubtiul sources, what different view we might get of thatday. The need for women. to be taught to read the newspaner fs per! even more pressing than for men, because SIE IAD NO OTHE OPLORTUNITY, fram her moze secluded place, of becoming in- teligent as to the public events of her tine As an example of how ignorant a woman whom no ond of her nequalutance can calla foolish womnn,—one who fs nelther vain nor frivolous, hor lacking in the sehool editcation that comes from along course nt one of the frat aeminarica for young ladies,—I will first quote the qucetion whieh fo teand put the other das, during acon. Yersation whore the names of Evarts, Butler, ‘Tilden, ote, were weed. A little pause in the conversation, and my Indy louks up as it ale hand At that moment cauvht a Ilttle interest, and ualks,— © Wuo fs Tiidend| What was he up fort’? Let our friend of the Suuday article go on with his needed queties of why women should read newspapars. NE THE FARM AND GARDEN. The Artichoko ns Food—Mant | Molons« Entomotogiont 1gnorance=Rovolution in, Dairying—Jack of All Tratlos—Tho Cosl- MageMoth=Caltivating Votatocs=A Word o} CautlonmA Heavy Intin, From Our Own Correspondent. Cramraign, I, April 1.—Considerable in- quiry has of late arlsin regarding the value of the artichoke aa a fond fur hogas and the article in the last Tiiwune, from Peter Melarland, may be taken as an evidence of their value. But one thing wo believe “Mr. M. has greatly overestimated, and that is the yield. Not Jong ainco we saw Inan Eastern paper oa claim that 600 bushels might be ratsed onan nere, Even this we doubt, snd should want gilt-edged ovldence toconvince us that 200 bushels of urtichokes wera cyer dug oud measured from an aoere, There seems to bea great diversity of opinion as to their feuding value, and os to the possi- bility of ever getting rid of them onca they are planted. In open ficld cultury we do not think it would bo dificult to Ktll them out; but among stumps, stones, or fence- corners {t would be dificult, if not impossible, to extorminate them, We belleve that there ts value sn the artichoke sf well cultivated; and that, sooner or later, it will: become common on most furms as a change from the usual corn- dirt. PLANT MELONS, This is the time to make preparations for growing a supply of. melons. Nothing affords inore pleasure und gives more satisfaction than a fusctots watermeton when the dog-days are tp thelr prime, ‘There ts no other crop that go well repays gencrous culture’ and care. The soll should be wari and sandy, If possible, and free from weeds or grasa, Wo liave made it a rulo ta save the hen-manure, ashes, and seraplnga of the yard for the melon-patch. After plowing the ground deep, wo open’n trench with the plow as wide and deep as possible, maktiye the trenches about eight feet apart, ‘Then we load the manura in a wagon, drive astride the trench, and every six or seven feet deposit a shoyelfut of the fertilizer. ‘Then wo fll the trench with the plow, und harrow {t level. Valns inet be taken to have the manure ot exactly the same dlatanca, although it fs usually plain to sce where it ia. Inaday or two alter the soil has got warmn,—although wo vausily plant us near the Ist of May us the weather will permit,—wo drop cight or ten seeds in ao space of a foot square over the manure, and cover an inch deep, If a roller cau be vagsed over the ground alter planttag, all the better. ‘The space Detween rows muy be utilized for a crop of early potatoes. In two weeks the plants wilt aupear, and then comes a atriugele with the striped cr- cumber-heetle. Constant vigitaice for a month is the price of inelons, We bunt tor then carly iy the morning, when they do not fy rendfly. When ‘the plants have attaived considerable size, all superiltious ones may bo cut out, Ieay- jng three or four toa hill, Almost any varlety {g good cnough, and the seed ts for sule tu ever grocery, ‘Ihe plants mist be kept well cull. yated and free from weeds until they cover the ground, ENTOMOLOGICAL IGNORANCE, A correspondent at Wenena of a Chicago paper speaks of building tires in the’ orchard ot night, to attract und destroy the canker-worker moth. He says: . Tho Nght will draw thom, and the millera will Ay right into the blaze oy millions, ond. born up. In {uct, itis tha best wavy to destroy alt insects that ruin the fruit in [inois, thatthe ** prairie-iires "? useil to destroy offectually. Every papoc should pubiish chia. 'The writer evidently knows very little about the canker-worm, ‘The female moth, which de- posits the eges on the trees, from whieh comes the worms that do the danger, are wingleas and unable to fly. They crawiup the bodies of the tree, nnd ean only be destroyed, or their ascent prevented, by bunds covered with tar, or tin troughs filled with olf, Ignorance of the nat- ural history of Insecta is wilespread, We heard a tulented und respected preacher say, Inat Suu- day, that “ the moth which changed into a but- terfly ? was emblematical of our state hero; or words to that effect,—the words in quotations belng Mis exact langunge, Thera should be mora knowledge of the habits of Insects, and people ought notto say “the grub, or * the miller,” becuse it is too indefinite. ‘The last report of the State Board of <Agri- culture [Is yaluable for two things: plates showing the appearanee of hows slek with cholera,” and w splendid report from the Stato Entomolouist,—Vrot, Cyrus Thomas, of Carbon- dall, ‘The report ts Mlustrated, und should bein the hands of every furmer. Copics can be pro- cured ot members of the Board, of Sceretaries of County Agricultural Socletics, andot 8. D. Fisher, Springticld. CHANOL oF DASsz. Avery common idea among Eastern people {s, thatthe West {ts uncultivated, rough, unedu- cated, and generally bottlnd the times. It ts, however, a grand mistaze to finagine any of thes things, Time was when we didn’t moke decent butter and cheeao; but that tine fs past, and our munufacturers of these articles ure noted for the excoilenca of thelr products. Even Eastern manufacturers did not revlize this until shore time ago. The tural New Yorker, (ua recent issue, under the heating, * “ae REVOLUTION IN DAILYING,’? anid of this remartcablo changes It is searcoly mora than n year sinco the Weatern peuple were complatulng that the brand **Weat> orn” upon their dalty-packayes conyoyod an ii. ference of infuriurity af quulity, and Was accome vanled by adecided fnferiority ti market-value, Enstern men sald patronizingty, "* Raise the quatie ty of your goods, and the market wil! respond at once; ‘make Western butter equal to vurs, and the prices will Fenulats themselves," Althe same time they rested contldently in tha opinion that such a state of alfalrs could nevor oc- cur. ‘They slepton that iden, just as the hare in the fable wept on the idea that the crawling tore tulae could uover overtake her in the race, Hut Eastern dairymeu have been awakened inp moat staring manner, Western croamery-buttor standa at the heat of the market, and Western duiryenen carry premloms nt the exhibitlons As uannh the West has gone alvad, it jen Weet- ern habit todu that, With ali their pertinacity. and viin, born of thelr Eustern origin, together With tha aurpas¥ing advantages of thete lucallty, Western men havo jett thelr Eustern cumpetltars in the rear, eimply hecnuwa thoy dlicoverod what woe wanted by constimers of their produce, aud then went to worl and promuced It. They found that aweet, frewh butter wae wanted In place of ‘state firking and tubs ‘packed in June; they went to winter-calrylng, had thete cows freah ii tho fall, fed them on early-cut hay and their rich and cheap corn, used all liclr natue ral nivantages and acquired the necessary skill, turned outan excellent prudact, and ewept tha Wwarket. Aud now the Eastern inen are cogitariuy how they nisy recover their low ground. ‘Tuoy arolu the rear just now, ond ‘a wturn chase fe always alone race"; but, whichever wins in tho end, the pablic, who consume the butter und cheese, will be the gainers. A IACK-OY-ALT-TRADES, Our old friend, the Praire Jurmer, bad on a scolding tlt, a few duya ago, and sald; Adaily paper, in a labored article $a its agricul+ tural cofumu, thinks a farmer, bestdo knowlug hie own business, whould know how to du bia own grafting, painting, varnl pain whitownshing, cal+ chiniulny, pape eh Tact, abuut every: thine that ty wanted in und about thu farm aid house, While a knowledse of geufting muy well be knuwn by all, thy tarmer who {éa dack-atealle trades je bows wt none. ‘Thy fact ty, we have tow many farmers who imagine they know all avout Ax. jung up, whilo everybody olae thinks they knuw Dut little about seat farming. Vo bo sumewhat hanly with carpeuters’ tools, however, ly mole bad ace complistinent for the farmer, Wo think the'farmer should know all these things, aud more bcaides, ‘The segregated can- dition in which the farmer resides makes it hecossary that he shoula depend in w great measure upon his own ability, ‘The farmer who ¢au repair or bulld a house or baru, mend the implements, and paint Is bulldiies, can do inguy ot these things wheu ft fs uot proiltablc to do other work, und thereby save an unneces: sary outlay of manoy, It ia this coustant pay> ing out to others for services that we should do oursely¥es, that makea us poor as a clase. boy should early bo taught the use of tools, and, tn addition, know something of politica, velurinary sclunce, und political ecouumy, ‘TUS CODLING-MOTH will soon be ju her element. “As soon as the atsinens have fallen und the apple, |s falrly set, the female moth will begin to deposit her eges In the young fruit. We can do bug little tu de- troy the moth thatdaya the egas fur the frst crop of worms, but the second crap may be deasurably Icssened by applying wool, paper or straw bandoges to the trees as goon + Wornis are mattire, and thety mal the Uons to destroy them when they sence Y ter of the binds to transform, gate am heonle think this docs not pay. “The eq)? the dural New- Yorker anys: Hor ot It 18.0 poor sort of pliltoro tonegatita tho lane otfereds goatee lteett by Li whthont offering Hotter ones In there ete men tholess, the belfef [4 etrong upar sorivof tanda tsed to extermlunte. the 1 moth will never anpreclihly tessen thine yee: aul that the uve of then Is, conser tibers, And money thrown away. Un 3, time avoral of tha weather, ofa natiienl enomy, eongrgetons fo exterminate them in one senso mote Wentuites of aur vin IMA Tifedtines eee aky AER the earnest hortteulturiat to word nncenttht the veneft of Mortlcultures ely for b Ask that the natural inerense of tha ogee teetally dling. 48 compared with the numbers \ Tenth be killed by the. general. use oF inde tikey to we Which e . Suling vidently cost inore than Ahey arg ‘The above may be true, but we nlug-rods, kill the Colurao Deethe tg te Hehe. Untigs equally as silly. Oihes ai CULTIVATING PoTATons, Vo have found a two-torsa tia officlont fuplement with whieh to % the tm crop of potatoes the firat Ume. As soun a8 Ih plante bein to appear here and there, it fs th 8 to beein, Drag the ground thoroughly, a you wilt have but tittle: troauls with ose You Keap up’ the after-cultivation. Weal le prefer to lvava the ground as rough us buss at planting. Ina dav or two ntter the hares ing the plants will be uy meek, when here eultlyation ray take place. If covered ue Gently with aa lL, jie plants will not nuffer ute oss they are too largo; then caro ‘ to prevent smothering, fauat be taken wal A WORD OF CAUTION should be occasionally uiven tho: und have the care of teans, A Tittle io dire hess may fujure a horse or mule so that ite later will be lost during the most profitatie tensa : Regularity of feeding and wateriuye should bs the rule, and the best of caro be taken, Ke i the anfinals out of the dranguta, and treat, thee kindly, ‘The man who worries liq team tr Jerking the reins, kicking or whinning them, 4 a brute at any time; bat, somchow, teare ths ready to excuse tlie worry when done at 8 Mim When the beast is not dol all in ite power ¢ bonellt tts owner, ‘The collars need looking after constantly, and, ns the horse gets thio Ie ilesh, inust be reduced in size. By attending a tesa little detalle in me, a considerable; tnay be prevented, A TIZAVY RAIN on Monday, the 1th inst, has put back work considerably in Central Illinois, and bie siderable amount of oats yet remalne tobe Dlauted, ‘The ate fs cold umd ehtlly, und the toll does not warm ap as it oucht. Every effort ig betug made now tv plant a Jaree crop of every. thiuy that promises to be profitable, _. Ronda HORTICULTURE. Work in the Orchard—Work In tho Vine yard—Work In the Garden=iints that Are Timely, From Our Own Correspondent, No. 13 Eronreexty Stater, Curcaao, April 18,—Spring comes forward slowly, ‘The seston is backward, but work In many departments of Jlorticulture fs now in’ order, and must be a tended to at once, or ft cannot bo done well. TH ONCHAND. Let us first look to the orchard, and see what {s needful todo there. Mero fs 0 dead tree, and there is another, Take them all out. Lee not.a single root of the probably discased tres in the ground. It fs often dificult to get a ney tree to live where u dead one hins heen removed, It would be well to remove tho dest tres In the fall, and mix a considerable quantity of wood-asnes with the soll; and it would ben good thing to flllup the opening with now soll, and so let it rest till plantiog. mo in April. You have, of course, carefully sclected the variety that sou will plant, und have procured the trees from the nearest rellablo nursery-mao, ‘There {s now no excuse for any man planting a poor and uuproftable apple, when good varleties ara 80 common and so well-known, ‘Trees may bo taken up so carefully, and reset with so much care, that the transfer will check thelr growth but little. The planting should be dono a8 carly in tho spring as the ground will work well. ‘Tho land should not be stirred wher wet in any case. ‘Te preparation of the sofl fs an important matter, Better plant tater than to plant before youare realy. ‘Inke all the tine you need to plow aud harrow, and put the lind {n good tilth, Then the planting may be done easily, rapldly, und successfully. would sot an orchard of apple-trees thirty feet apart, This ig now my judgment, alter having practiced setting trees at all distances from fiftven fect to twenty. Peaches, cherries, aud plums may be set from fifteen to tweuty-live fect apart. PRUNING. Whon the treo is act, or before, prune the top with judgment; aud thereafter train rather thun pruue the young treo In the way it sbould ort cultivate oO, Ju old troes, and in the case of diacased trees, heaty pruning may be needed semetines,—just a3 sotnetlines we need to cut off a human orm or Ilinb to save the man’s life, And this tsa part of the work that now needs to be done in tho orchard. Whatever — pruning, little or much, should be done, Iut It be cone. Be sure ug you can that you are rignt ,—theo go aheatl, It you have not had much practical cx- perience, learn of your nelghburs or from some- hody who knows How to traina tree luto a shing of beauty and use, There ig nothing on the farm ‘that shows the handiwork of the hortteulturist like the orchard, If you find the orchard in perfect order, your Ukely Gud everything else to keoping with tt * TNE VINBYARD, for example, will have by thla time beea trinmed, und be ready for tying to the trellis, If thia work fs not already done, tt nsust be hastened now, for alroudy the sap {3 starting, and very aoon the bude will push, Clear upall the refuse, Don't attempt to cultivate to antich,—f. &, more than can bo well done, and Is will be money in your pocket. It ig quite apparent tht iutereat in the culth vation of crapes is decreasing. Very few net vineyards are being planted, while aiany ol vineyards hayo run out, or ara so neglected tat they are no lounger productive of avy profit, Ch Hut, really, there is uo good reuson why th horticulturiat should neglect the viney There 44 to-day more monoy in an acre of vue yard (of young Concord yincs) than in alaaet) avy acro on the farim,—f, e, providing soll Jocatlon, and skill in cultivating and inarketing the fruit are whut they should be, 1 am ore yiueyard of Concord rupes on the tovss soll of thy Mlastasipnl River, ‘eve {s moucy {u tbs frult,—not ao wuch in the wine, TUM GARDEN aia a has been plowed cre this,—or sbould have beedy and peas, Lrish potatoes, und all hardy seeds are planted, or are belng planted. Here, ioe than anywhere,—in the garden, —t horough hited Abas ‘of auil 4s a nevesalty, wud clean cuile not less #8 Early plants are started in a fot-bat, Al nursed in “cold frames,” tli settled weal RH in May, wheo a. plant as tender as the tou may be trauafetted to the open Held. MANKET-GARDENING ‘ip has grown {nto a large businces, and is sa ably in favorable distrlets, even when the orl uct are shipped to the Chicago market ft SOU uiltes dlatance, ‘TUB NUTSEG-MELON, iiss inthe Alton and 8t, Louja districts, bas ee extensively grown, ‘The time for plant! iW from tho middle to the Just of this mont! the early erop. ‘Mauny soll ts the soll for melons, with id plication of ashovel-(ull of well-rotted Us imanure to eagh MIL; the billy six leet apart way. Whe plants have put on thelr v te leaves, thin to three planta in the bill, and e constunt cultivation till the vines cover ground, 4 ‘The large, moro than any other, plant thls port Tahaul Cussaba, IC 1 ean fd ges the peed, pure, i Jong, large, aud very sweet invion. = ways auppused thut the Long Persian ren us the Cassava. Bormu deny tots, Je , them often, ‘They are always good tose i round nutmeg melon fs cultivated But, if 1 wero cots ‘ 0 Uh reply eblally on he a — THE PHYSICAL PARADOX. smiteo Ts has been said that the blood fs thee Of life.” It {sus truly the source of discs {ste death, No lle, that ts toaay uO heal ny. he un be generated from imoure blood, functions of the body can _narmally perform tte fire aid when supplied with impure blood. terse, that should carry Ifo und health coe ‘Stood i carries only weakuvas nul discases 171’hyy the source of Hife only when ft {6 pure yee becou diseased, it uiust be cleansed Or ums qedicatiou, else every pulsation of the sf heart sends a wave of iliaesso througe |e, tem. ‘To cleanse tha blood of all Pe ath me use Dr, Blerce's Golden Medical Discove’ yay ord ic, and eal c fue Civered. “They are. eapeclally efiiteut 1a #7