Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 28, 1879, Page 10

ae earner wince the adoption of the Bessomer process: “ Petor to thta invention the entire production of cast-steol {0 Great Britaty was only about G0,000 tons annually, and {ts avessga price, whiten ranged from £50 to £00 por ton, was pro- hibitory of its use for many of the purposes to which Jt Is now untvorsally applied. In the year 1877, notwithstanding the depresston of trade, the Bessemer ater) produced in Great Britain mlone atounied tv 760,600 tons, or fifteen times the total of the former method af manufocturoy ‘while the selling price aver aged only £10 atesling per ton, aud the coal con sumod [n producing 1% was less by 3,590,000 tons than wonld hare veen required In order to make thesanie quality of steal by the old or Shemeld procesa.. The total reduction of cosms equal to about £30,000,000 sterling: upon: the qtuutity manafactired In England ducing the years. atid am this way stool hag been rentiered avilable for avast numbor of purposes In which its quali- thes oto of tho greatest possible raluc, but. from which fte’ high price formerly excluded it Daring the same .vear the Restagneg atect mahufactured in the five other countried in which the business ts chiefly con- ducted—namety, the United States, Hel tae Gormany, Fradee. and Sweden—raiecd the total output to 1,874.278 tons, with a net sclling valte of about 420,000,000 sterllug. ‘The works in which theaa operations were carried on wero elchty-four in number, and represent o capital ‘of mare than threo millions. According to the calculations of Mr. Price Willams, who has made tue endurance of ratls a matter of careful study, the aubstitttlion of Bessemorstoal fortron for this puroose along will produce a saving of expenditure during the "fe of one set of steet rails on all the existing Mnes in Great Britain of asum of more than ono hundred nnd seventy millions sterling. It mas safely be sald that there is no other fastance in history of an anal- ‘ogous Impetus to madufacture, of of an anal oguus economy, being the restilt of the brain- work of a slugle indiyidunl; still tess fa thereat tystance of such tesults being realized wiitlo the inventor was living to enjoy the fruits of his labors, and able to work tn {rest directions to increase the benefits which he hud already con- ferred upon his country and upon mankind.” A CHINESE TILE FACTORY. A correspondent of the London Builder, ino Fecent'ficconnt of his visit to one.of the miuing: districts of China, thug describes the Imperial tile manufactory at Lien 1 Ku, sbout Oiltcen miles west of Pekin: In this factory all the yellow tues aud bricks required for Imperial buildings are made, as also large numbers of green, blue, and other colored tites for varlous ornamental. purposes. ‘The materia! used is @ hard blue shale, nearly as bard ns slate. ‘This 1s allowed to Ne in benps for somo tine. It is then ground to powder by granite rollers, on s stone floor thirty to forty fect in diameter, The powder is then stored tv heaps und taken to the works as required, For ordinary Avork the powder ia mixed with a proper proportion of water anid molded into larce bricks, which aro lald out to dry for some hours, after which they aro dealt with by the modelers. When bricks arc to have a motdluy on thetn, gay for coping a wall, the plan of operation {s os follows: Tio pleces of yood, cach cit to the shane of the molding, are placed upright on aslab, The clay brick Is placed between them, and two men rip the Moldings ronghly alonz with chisels. They then apply straight edgca ta test the accuracy of thefr svork, and finally rub the cdavs with mgids somewhat in the seme way as plag- terers make moldings at home. ‘The brick Is then passed to a third man, who cuts any nee esapry holes {n it, ast ton fourth, who trims ft of nid repairs any defect. The more orna- miantat tiles and bricks, representing fabulaie animals, ete., are first roughly molded, aud aft- erwards finished off with: tools exactly similar ‘to thosa used for modeling in clay in Europe. Some of this werk has some pretensions ta artistic morit. AN the bricks andl tiles arc baked in ovens. and then, after having the jloze put oD, are'baked a eecond time, AN the worl: done at thls manufactory appessa to be first." rate, and the nnmber of people employed when they are Onsy is about GO” A QUESTION OF EATING. 3 Pupular Science Monthly, Aulmals lu a state of nature, as [s generally recognized, tend tu accommodate themeelyes in the most favurable manner to thelr conditions; if a cow naturally rumtnates, why should a dor naturally take a chunk of meat’ at a swallow * without storping to: chew St? At may Le sald that the ruminant has a special afgestive ap- Daratng, but the fact remains thut the food fs ‘eatun as is beet suited to it, ind the dog, fol: lowing nuture, does what is beat for him, or, in Other words, if it, disagreed with bis digestion tol.eat rapidly,, he .would © reform, and fake it moro slowly, Following out thia {dea, experiments wera made upon a dog, with the following results: If the teat, before being fei to the dog, was reduced to a bash, or cut juto fine pieces, the digestion was -at best tmpericct, a considerable portion of the , Undipested or imperfectly diceated meat beng found iu the excreta. if, uuder Ue same coo- Aitlona, meat waa fed tothe dug ta lorce ees, it. was bolted at a gulp. with the result Lhat little, if any, passed through .utdigestea; com- pared with tho reeule fro the chopped meat, it cauld be called a perfect digestion for the coarse fon, ps compared with a decidedly imperfect digestion for the tine form. SCIENCE NOTES, ‘M. do Leasops has ‘accepted the Chalrmanship of a cominittes for arranging the commetnorn- tion of the eigttcenth century of” the great eruption of Vesuyius in 79, when Pliny lost his Mfe, and Pompei and Herculancum were de stroyed. Accerding tu the moat trustworth records it wason tha 23d of August that th ‘Unexpected event taok place, + Whon King Victor Emmanuel: took posses- sion of Rome he left the Roman Observatory in -the hands of tho Jate Father Seccht, out of re- Bhect for hls exceptional merits, When Father Becchi died, the Pope appoluted his successor, who took passcasion of the establishment und ‘Tefused to leave the place. Ho hos been ex- polled, however, manu miilarii—Nuture, a A’ Mirror Attncked by Shoap, * Uttea Observer, bi A commotion occurred in a farmer's house, a short distance out of Rome, on Monday. ‘The Wore cleaning house, and left open dors Jeal- ing to all parts of the house. In one of tho Fooms was a larta mirror, reaching to the floor, Oc the premises {6 9 sheep whose head is wraced with horne, and which ia very tame, on- tering the house whenever on opportunity ty Presented.’ This woolly animal got into the house unnoticed. When first discovered It was Btunding fachig the mirror, ‘shaking ‘its head Gercely, Before it could vs reuched st atenped ‘back for a good start, nnd then ptunced fta head irouch the mirror. Instead of coming in von- tact with some other animal, as it expected, it demolished a $50: mirror, ‘The erash 20 fright ened the aniinal thut in {taendeavors to cacape feom the screams ond attacks of the women of tho bouse it found a plawe of exit through a French window, : ———— Marrying OF the Princces seatrico, English paragraphists marry the Princess eutrice about twice a tveck. ‘They ure now are vunglny a marcage between her Royal High- ‘Deas snd Prince Lonts uf Battevburyz, brother of Prince Aexanaer I. of Wulgaria.’ ‘The stary goes that the Prince and Princess are mutually Inclined, ad tat Prines Leapuld te wcting the part of friend aud brother tn the matter. But (gaye the Loudon correapandent of the Jriah ‘anea) It ty eat that the course of Jove docs nut fun ainooth, because it docs not run ina chap. Hel ot Pactolus, Dropping metaphor, the Prince fs pour, having Httle but bis sy us a Prusstan Lientengot, and diate lesa than’ tho awlary of 8a frish Volice-Coustable, and would hardly keep a young couple in sourkraut; but, now Tur Aexunder bas dropped Into a crown aud sceptre, tt 1s believed be will do the handsome thing by ing brother, in which case they say ber Hujesty a not Ukely to play the role of stera parent. There ta unother version of thla woolug Ju high places, according to which Prine Louis Js merely courting for his brotuer Alexander. 3 SCTE An Aged Hattlesnake, Loubegiile Deana ‘There is @ man on Jefferson atreet, near Filth, Whe ons u suoke slow, and scems to be devet to his business, Hy vrcathes, cats, and bas bis being among his suakes, and without them be would die. At ti he gors aut, stuns iv the dogs, aud makes w speech to@ crued of idlers and rogamuilas, und thea coce back and swale lows a snake, Among bis collectlon are all \inds of reptilos—rattlesnakes, reading adds baa coustricturs, moccasiuy, copperheails, Warde, gud scorplous, The anake oiau ta OY years old, » And grows more devoted lo bis weryente aa aye -¢rveps upog im, He allows them to crawl all about bis person, upon his bare bosom and arms, and to cui! about bis neck and poke their heads toto his mouth and throat. He hus one rattlesnake to which be seema especially at- tached, He captured ft when be was 0 ycurs of age, aud has kept it ever stuce, ‘The sake, ac- “cording to this, {6 60 years old at least, und the old ina fostérs the superstition that when the anaks dics be will dis also. KKANSAS. The Old Civilization, anc “ the New. Towns. that Sprung Up During the Building of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. Flaces that Had o Very Unsivory Repu- + tation, and Where Lifo Was Held Very Cheap. Abilene ond: Wild Bil "-—-Elieworth and “ Happy Jack"”---Hays City and “Jadpge”™ Joyce, ‘ The Great Change for the Better that Is Now Exhibited, Svectat Corresvondenee of The Tribune, Grinnert, Kas, June 21.—In n former letter I spoke of this place aint other new towns on the line ot the Kansaa Pacific Railroad as represent- Ing the new civilizatton, the outgrowth of ute agricultural devclopaient of the country, follow- ing and taking the place of an carller and very differcnt type, which hae mainiy passed away, though véstiges of it yet Hoger at some polute whore it was particularly strong aud vigorous. ‘This road was compicted in sections; and, at the comptetion of ench, a town sprang up at the terminus, whore ay immense business would bo dove for a fow weeks or month, till the noxt section was fntshed, when it would MOP ON TO THB TERMINAL POINT, The heavy afd substantial bustacss of these towns was the frelehtiny “business for the In- terior trade of Now Mextco ond Suuthern Colo- rado, the stipply of the various Indian Agencies and army-posts In the great region to the west and Zsouthwest, and the safe shipment of the immense droves of Texas cattle enst. Prior to the commancemant of this road, all thess goods, mining implements and macbirery, army and Andion supplies, etc. were freighted from Mts- souri River points, to which they were shipped from St. Louls, But, with the. commencement of the road, it took them ns far as completed, — the frelghters magting it stits terminus,— wheraver It happened to be, Io the conduct of this business there were some of the most ant- stantial and reliable business firms of tho coun- try; but its execution und carrying ont reqatred AH prent army of border men, who relished the free, wild, rongh Ifo on tho plains above the tamer antl more quict ways of civilization, Ateach terminal town the great bulk of the population was made upof satoou snd donee- house keepers, gamblers, phinps, ‘prostitutes, and cowboys, while thousands of frelghters wero constantly coming and going, each of whom went Jn for a good time” on reaching town, which ho kept up till ready.to stare on snother trip, At all these towns thers was effected x civil organtzutton for the enforcemont and preservo- tion of law and order; but, in the hands of the men to whom the administration of the law tas intrusted, they bela but the average of the ponutation, and elected by the papular vote, it may easily be conceived that rome of thelr ways WERE AT LBAST PECU: ATL. ‘The whole period covering the dior the road fs rich In nonals sud traditions of Lorder- Ilfe, which, {£ gathered and preserved, as they should be, would form a yolume ua rich in tocl- dent, combining the romantic, ludicrous, and tracic, as ans pathered from the eorly davs of California, “Any history of this State will’ be tn- complete which does not gather up and perpet- uate these chronicles of te carly tines. Their netors are widely scattered, snd many have passed away, But enpuzh remain to tell the story of tiesa times, ‘all of which they saw, and part of which they were,” to furnish material for one of the most Interesting records of bur- der-life aver yet protiuced, "To ofe at these,— Mr. E. J. Beardsloy,—now-a resident of efts place, Lam indebted for much infornntion tn regard to these tines und events, ‘Che tinest of theee horder towns was =’ AILERE, 100 mies west of the Mssourl River,—it being then west of any ogricultural development. From 1889 to 1872 it had thu pre-crulnenco of beling the Uveliest town that had cyer existed up tothut tine in tha West,there being more gambling, drinkiny, shooting, and general devil- tey golne on than in any other place ou the face oF the earth. ‘TY ate ot things was kept up long after the railroad Lad pussed,—it being perputunted by the Texas cattle-inen, who made thls their principal shloping point till furced to so further west, to Ellsworth, by the settling of ihe country by farmers. It was at this plavo that “{Vild BH1 gafood his Orst prominence and noturlety,—-be bolng nude M@gshal of the elty, nnd, in the execution of the diftien of his oilice, killing. ta the course or two ¥¢ not less than a dozen men,—his rulo Eolng, he couldi’s arrest a ma, to shout him; and, belug unusttally ready on the shoot, Be uettally, got the drop un nis man. To itius- rato BILL's MUTLOD: One William Handiman, a high-toned Texan, anephow of oll Ger.” tuudiman, of Tozna, came throtigh with adrove of cattle, sold uut, and woubio fora big thie. . Filllug up with arbisky, he mounted his horse, nnd, with 2 ten- fnch navy-revolver and holt full of cartridges, rode throuch the streets and into saluuus, firing right ond Jets, driving peoplo Into.their houses, and proclaiming that he wag a “ wlid and wool- ly Texan," thut *yeaco troubled his| mind,” nad vyarfous other choice spectmena of border Enelish, cmployed to convey the impreasion of fuvinctule cuurage, Hill, .cowlag ‘down tawn, and finding hin on the rampaze, to,die terror of all tid people, walked ap to him, pulled htm frow tia horse, slapped his face, Isicked Din half the length of the street, and then told him to take the trat trainund “ git,” or bo'd kithim. Heqot. Bili's outfit when administering law was ust- ally tio short carbines, slung at either side, und nbrace of navs-revolvera, ‘The former wore usally employed, as no time was lost, as would be the cage in pullin 0 pistol frow its seabbard, His usual metpod of arresting a inan wags to draw a bead oo blo with s carbine, and tell bln, “2 want you—come aloag?® With the certainty that, if he dido't come, he woutd hayo the top of his head blown off, tic usually caine, ~ BLLSWoRtIL $ was the naxt of theso border towns; aud In 1803 was the terminug of the road, aud very lively. Hut, with the extcvalon of tha road weetwuril, Watleted down, tik tho cattle-trada was re- moved from Apileve to {tin 1872, when things becaine Intercating ugaio, and continued so tlil the trade was moved west to Ellis, in 76 or 77. Ono of the notablos at Elisworth In those varly days was “lappy Jack, a proolnent member of the pollce-force, and 9 tauy of a good deal of forée of churacter, but himself o rough and gambler. In 1872, fu an altercation with ang Capt, Plerce, a ‘lexus cattlo-inan, but in the mein a quict, solld nian, he shot and ill ed him, ‘The circumstances of tho kitlhye were such that it was hardly cousidored the fair fuing, and, a9 8 cousequence, Jack waa bouncer” from the force, Not long alter, getting ona big drunk und carouse, he was taken in by the po- Hee, who attempted to take iin to ‘the cala- Loose, but, ua he showed fight, they shot him, us Lhe easleat war to pet alouy with the mutter? and (hut was the end of ish, yy duck. 5 ‘The killing of Vierce by Happy duck caused Aume dissatistuction umung the frlenda of the former, Argong thew wero the two Thuinpson boys, Texas cutlleemen. Getting on a tus one day, they bocame alittle too loud and demyn- atrutive to wutit the views of law-and-ordar ing, aud Sherif Stebblua attemptod to arreat theln, They were not gulng to stunt any euch non- seuse, and xu alot aud kied bin, ‘The next border town was, uAYS city, now the founty-scat of Eilis County, Ts got ite Uret start frou the eatubHshmant of thu large ailiiary post, Fort Hays, at Ube point, which bad in thoge carly days sume two full regiments of troops stationed thers. ‘The late Qn, Custer anady bis drat Lndian raids from this post, and iu them yaived his reputation os ay Indian debter, tiaya City {4 rich {u iucidenta of those Mined. here wad alwayad strong clement on the sido of faw and order, which, when thugs. becuse too rampant, would assert itasvif by ar resting & halfiozen gumblere, bluciélegs, aud borse-thleves inv huuch, marciangs them up to. the ratlroud-brlage over Bi Crock, and banging thens {9 s bods.—the bridge saying the expense of erertius a allows. Whe they bad only one gasy on baud, to save the wolk of winilo 10 the Uridge, they would take a tetegruph-pole as a tubapiiiitss Things would then be quict for » ne. Among the notables of those days was, . ONM JOYCR, at Iriaiman, with plenty of brains, and now on the eviitorial staif of ony of the leudlag Leuven: THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: worth papers. Ho, wan elected duatico of. the Pears, al was thenceforth known as Judge; Iked whisky, ant satupled it often, - On ono oceasion an Irishinan was arrested and brought before him for killing a mau, On com- ing into court, ha Uotied hie hat, gave his fore lock a pull, and, saluting to Judge, snys, “Mornin', ser Kiverence |? “Shut upt'! says the dudgo. Vis, sth’? save the culprit. “Pat MeFianuerly,! aays the Inde, aon are charged with fetontoualy shooting and Killing Denuls O'Beten, Did yo kit the want” <I did. yer Honor,” saya Pat. + . “Dit anytoily seo ye du iee?* "No, yer Honor? r Yor ad~d fuot for telling of (t then,’ says the dndge, Yt discharge ye for want of evi- ae An the Court adjourned to take o rink. cs An another case, a sult was brought befora him davalving the ownership of a Texas cow. ‘the Judge ordered her bronght Into court, and itwasitone. But not beluz necustomed to the usages of courts, she got on n rampage, cleaned ‘Ube court-room, oud ended by ping, through tho window, taking sush und all. The dudge, In Miscust, ordered . IHR COW FINBD FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT, und Atemissed the care, Joyee was popular wiih-the puble, nud had the most ot the marry- lng in the community to attend to. To give au- ditional solemnity to there occastongs, he always douned a swallow-tiit coat and white necktie. One day, bomg a tittle more than usually ole- vated, aconple came before Woy to be inarricd. Ue went through the formali® with unusual Impreasivencas, closing with: “By the authority vested in me by the Conmmonyenith of the State ‘of Kansas, 1 pronounce you Inishatid and wile; and may the Lord have merey on your sou's Have was the Inet of there border towns which to-day remain towns aud places of business. But the character of them all §4 entirely changeil. With the agricultural development" of the country ail tits raven, dissipated, wild border elemout hag passed away; und now society fo them fs on as good a basie as in thuse where no such state of things ever existed, ‘The old cly- Sitgatton has giveu place to the'new. About tho ouly clement approximating the oid is _ Tile’ CownoY, who comes dashiug into torn oo his pony, with carbing slung at his back, a nuvy-revalyer at hls hip, a belt of vartridges around him; cowhide legaings, Jitgling Mexican apurs,the broadest of sombreros ou his head, and the real dare-duyil man-not-nfratd~of ~bis-horses-or-duybudy -leo flrabout lim, What thrilling tates ie could tell of bairbreadth ‘scapes, of deapcrate adventures | Pehaw! lic only came out from Massachusctts threo months ago, ud bired out ina cattle- camp, aud thinks he ig showing off by aping the mamicr aud outit of « Texan desperado, ‘The owners of cattle-ranches, aud many of their Men, arc, a8 a rule, a8 intelligent, clyil, well- disposed men ns can be met in any cotamunity. ‘Shelr {ife, of necessity, fo a rough one, and vom- moo prudence demands thut they vo armed, ready for any emergency. {tis only the braiy- less, overgrown boys who ape the deanerado style. But, as a rule, they are harniless. ‘OL the raftroad towne which were, bit are no longer,—they. oassine weativard as the road Progressed,—one was lucated at Coyotte, now Collyer, in Trego Counts, which at one thou bad 9 population of over 1,000, Anothor was Sher- iduy, forty miloa west of tbls place, which had over 4,000 inhabttatita, und, during the tine it Nourisued, Wallace County was organized nnd a Board of county oficers elected. But, with the eatension of the road westward, IT-PASSED AWAT, é and uothlog now marks its site save the dobris of fruit, oyster, and gsrdinv cans and chani- pagne und beer bottles, which atrew the former site us thickly ax another focality—not untike what Sheridan was tu {te doy—fs auld to be paved with pood intentions, And so thig rough, roy- stering, gambling, bullying type of a past amie civilization ting pareed over this whole country, caving no trace in the present, save a cemetery ab each potnt uccupled,—always named ‘Boot JH", — where rest nundreda of men shot down in drunken brawis snd buried fn the. garments they wore wheu they fell, But these man were hot sinners anove all other meu, Many of them were men of noble natures, and full of generons impulses, They came from good hames In the States, were educated and intelll- gent; but, thrown into’ the wild fifo of the frontier, where drinking, cambling, and ‘de- vauchery: were the rulo,—where tne piatol was the cornmon and only arbitor-for aut ling difter- orences of upiuion,—they sieklod to the aure rounding Influences, and” came to an untimely end, * How many ruined hones, blasted oxpecta- tloub, nnd broken hearts of friends Ie buried in thesv nameless graves will never ba koowa till the day wheu all averets shall by ‘revealed. TU NEW UIVILIZATION brings with it the family, the heme and fire. sido, the church and sehvol-honse; the rorms of Taw decently and orderly adimluiatered, ‘the dally inal! and newspaper, achoul and: religious: culture, and all’ thut ministers to the require- monts of clyilized society. 2t turns over the pralrjc, und plants flelds of whcat to, supply the world's demund for tread. It gives ciployment to the mechanic nnd -artisan, trelets the wheels of commerce, and: transferins the wilderness into fruitsul fletdy and happy homes, -. : At takes Unie to work Uicee transformations, and energy, natience, Industry, aud perseverance, No ove should immigrate to this or any other ber country thinking te ean-haye an ensy tine. for the first Sew Years men must work harder and Ive plainer thay they Maye ever been ac customed to, cepecially if they come with Hm- ited tncaus. {tis no Fourtn-vf-July holiday affalr to euttle n new country, but 7 A STREN REALITY, Those who come with exagerated tdeas of on ensy tiie, and riches in a few yéarsyswill core tality meat with disoppolutment, But those who cone with moderate und ratfonal expecta- tons, who husband thele means, accept priva- ons, and are not discouraged at an nulayor- able season diable, to be experienced in apy country, —will fn tlle end win succesa, ‘ Since avy last wo have had rains almost night- Ji putting the gronud, previously too dry for breaking, in fine condition; * ant the teams can now be seen in every direction turning over the 80d preparatory to planting nritaas, in the fat. Oinns, — aes THE STANLEY-HAZEN WAR. Jt appears as if, norwitherndlug Gon. Sher man's advice fn bis letter giving the conclusions of the courtusartlal (9 the’ Btauloy-Haron case, the controversy was not to be allowed to drop, ‘The following editorial, oubltshed tu the Tuttato Hapress ot the 18th, indicates thut Gen, Hazen fe but yet out ol the woods ‘Tho verdict in the willtary cause celebre in which these two well-known olllcera were con testants wos yesterday promulgated by tbe General of tha Arwy. It id nat just’ what either contestant desired, bat it fa probably more judicious, mare conducive to the wetture ‘uf the arty, than {¢ it had leaned moru to either side % . . Really, {¢ seams to ws this yerdict Jeayes Geu. Mazen tu a pltiavle plight. Nor is thia likely to bo the end of his troubles, ‘The trial brought tolight n letter of duly 13, 1866, to the Mleged histurlau, Benson J. Lossliys, fy which Hazen broadly and Urazenty doctored that “nothing could be (ucther from” the truth than the dispatches which Gan. ‘Thomas sent to the Government” regarding Ue battle of Mis- sion Ridge. Now, if there. was ever u chivalric oiler, a man who vas the soul af trith and Lonor, Jt was George i. Thomus. Lb cannot be that ainony all who served under him aud cane to know and tu love bin there will not be one found to resent tle insult thus cast upon bis grave by Gien, Hazen. ‘The almonltion of Gea, Sherman to Gen. Stanley, fa carrying ont the Aentence of tho cuurt, is extended by the author ta fozlude Hazen wa well as Stauloy, and directs: both tu bo cureful that the aervice be not in- ured by a revival of the dispute botween them, jen. Stunley, we feel sure fra wuat we know of him, will fatthtully observe thia injunction, Gen. Hazou bus already violated ff by the un- wllitary proceeding of bertuning a Mbel sult ia aetvit court. Gen, Sherman's admonition ta di- rected uuly to thes two olliccrs, ‘There is nothing in It to prevent nuy Erlend of Gen Toomus—nothing to prevent the Noclety of the Army of the Cimberland, which {y shortly. to unyell a noble cquestyign’ statue uf he chief Whuau uiemory ft reyeroa--iram resenting {uo some proper Way thu aifront which Geo. Hazen ) Hus cast upon his tumb, « ‘The, purposo of Gen, Mazen in questioning the sfruth nid honor of bls Jate chief Gen, ‘thomas peenia to have been to aceure fur himself more ser thau would otherwise be given hina in jusstng's history, ‘Ths te of a plecu with bis customary conduct. Proof waa glyen un the trial of hig abetting the munufacgure of a ridicufons pictute whith wave bia a false prom- Jnence tn battle, Ln 1370, Gen. Sherman, with out waiting for the verdict of a court, sdimon- fshied bi much more sbarply than hy now hus Gen, Stanley for y uewapaver publication which be hud made contrary to army regula: fond, Thia conduct ia in wmurked contrast to that of Gen, Stanley, who, a3 Bullatu uewe- “paper meu know, bas never solicited newapaper asalstance in bls war on wot he believe to be Gen, Hazen's charlatautem, THe bas souptyt bis ends by tollitury methods, ond though he bos tound bts charges agaist Muzen pot. only denied trial by the President, but uctually eui- vodled Ja the specications on Which he was Miusetf tried, he bus been tvo good a diactplius arian to erable, We have no doubt be will rotura to his regimens iv a conteutd frame of tind. We do not know, indved, but bu las a right to covslder bis polut carrled; for, oftor what was brought out om the reveut tral, Ue President who should send 1 Gen, Hazen’s value tor prowiotion would aiuw a gruater dls+ regard for publig opinion thay we ever expect to ave in the White House, SATURDAY, JU. 28, Bixteen of tho Bohemian Sharpshooters Released, ; And the Other Three Let Out on Slight Bail. Teatimony QGivon on Both Sidos Bofore Judge MoAlllster, The examination of the Bohemtan Sharp- shooters habeas curpus case Waa reslimed yestor day morning before Judgo McAllister. Mr. Rubens sald he hed drawn up objections to the returm, but bad not had av onportunity to get the prisoners to sign. Mr. Cameron then agreed tho signatures should be made, and the paper sworn to at noon. . ‘The prisoners then fited In. a crowd of the un- washed followed and fMlled tho room, and the trial began. ‘Tho first witness was VALENTINA CLARK,, of No. 027 Stato street, Witness was present at Bilver-Leat “Grove Inst Bunday afternoon, Tle bought a tleket for 23 conts, and went toalde the grove. Was .there about fiftcen minutes when the band began to play, and witness went up on the stand and bean to dance with a young Indy. Ho danced about three minutes, when somo of the fellows in uniform came up avd struck him wifha-bayonet., te tumed around to sce who atruck bim, when another man hit im and knocked him down, He thought they wanted him to get off the atage, and got his hat and started torup. The men in uvlform Jollowog ‘ond knocked. him senaotoss, and some onef‘of the crowd pulled bim outside of ‘the gate, They wore dancing round dances. The witness did not know the girl with whom he danced. Sho was young, and dressed {a ored decas. There wns no trouble on the stage. “Witness had no trouble with any one, and had not’ Leen arink- ing. The gcowd did not make any disturbance uor any attack until after they were flred on, On croas-oxamination witness: anid bis ticket yas not inkon up, nor did any ono ask for it on the stand, Me was knocked scnsolcsa, but was able to goto work thu noxt day, and had not boen under a physician's care. Stones were first thrown, when soldicrs rushed out, ‘Tho soldiers charged first. i * DR. STANK testified that Donohuc was brought to his office, No. 630 Orden avenue, last Bunday alteracon, about 5 o'clock, and witness found two gunshot wonnds,—oue on the lower Jaw, the other on the right ade of the chest, abdut ‘two and one-haif inches below the nipple. “Ho could not tell then whether the bullet went into the thoracic or abdominal cavity. ‘The Intter wound was dan- erous. Since that {ima the symptoms bad been favorable until Thursday, When they showed n tendency to formation of an ‘abcess fn the lower portion of the rleht lung. ‘There wus hepatiging or hardeniny: of the lung, on incrense of dysp- non, anda silence in tie breathing over the spot. ‘the absence of any’ sbdominal aymptoms led him to think the wound was in the theoracic cavity, Tf the hepatization did not increase, and tho “inflammatton. aubstd- ed, the patient wonld recover. But if ‘Yhora- day’s symptoms fnercased his chances were doubtiul, At present the chances were just even, aut witness could not tell ons way or the other how the ease might go, Judging from the size of the wounds, the bullets must baye been vory swall,—nbout the sizeof apea. ‘The bullet in the chest could not be extracted. ‘The noxt wituess was HERMAN ALGRTN,” of No. {7 Blue Toland avenuc. He went tothe grove ‘about o'clock Sunday afternoon, Ho sai a disturbance, and looked out and asw some stonea thrown. ‘The soldiera then came out and formed inline, Somebody threw stoncs,nud thoy turned arottud and charged and fired. The crowd was thick until they wero fired on. Iie left, the ‘grove bacanaa he was afraid of wetting hit by the stones, ‘There wero not mauy stones throws, tee oe ’ a OFHICUR LAcY ure | Waa presone at the “pienfc in citizen's clothes, and ho gave a very-clear aud straightforward: statement: He stated that he renchedi tha grove about _ten minutes to 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Everything waa oniet then, In the centre of ‘the grove a band was playing, sud dancing was golug on. The first trouble was caused by a mansion -uniform pushing gnother oman off: the dancing - plut- form. . The soldicor hat ao bayonet, wnd took hold of ft by.the shuok. Then two or three more camo un, and, aa the man broke away, ono of thein strack him with the butt of a gun, The map started for the gate, but the guard stopped him untit the others camo up, who stritck him four or flve time across the nock and buck. Somo one autelde then reached in and pulled the man ont. zi ‘the witners thew positively {dentified the Firat Lieutenant, a good-lonking young man with o snnooth facc, as the one who ordered the longrall to du beaton. The soldiers obcyed, fixed their bayonets, warched to thu vate, whera tly stood a tnoment, und were then. ordered to loud. After loadizg, “they marched toward the —hay-scales, counter-marcliod to «the gate, ind then ared a fogular yolley, aud then sonie scattoring atiols after- wards. ‘Then the Second-Licutenant (who was identified by the witaes$asaman withamus tuche and goatee, and was pointed out among the prisoners) had his scabhard bent up bya stone thrown at hin, Witness called bis atten- ton tolt, and the Lieutenant straightened it out on the fenea oro atone, This was at the Wostern-nvenue entrance. ‘There were about five or six soldiers there. Three pistol-shots were fired from'the crowd and ao few stones thrown, aiid ie Second-Licutenint ordercd the nen to fire. ‘There were two regular ‘volleys ‘and ove frregular one. Wheo tho soldiers ebarged the crowd ran behind the hugo sign of Wilde, Bluctt & Co. on the opposite aide of the street, und’ the soldiers fired: toward the sign, Sunio stones were thrown alter the charge and befora the tring, Tso of threo pistol-shots were fire ut the same time, Qa the cross-cxam{nation, witness said that nobody was hurcon Weatern avenue, Donohue was hurt on Ogden avenue. No stones were thrown before tie drum beat. Witness was struck by halfa brick, That was aftor the soldicrs were outalite tie cate, but Jast hefaro the firing. ‘The crowd was made up of both re- spectable and dlareputablo persons, ‘Thera were tielve men and two Lioutsnants fo the company ot the gate, then four came back, ‘There were six nen in the squad that fired out on Wostero avenue. OPrIEEN BooaN testificd to nestly the samo facts, On the cross: examination Rubens saked him if he wag called toqulct 4 disturbance at 8 saloon on the opno- alce side of tie street, and stated that ho pro- posed to prove that the same crowd which made the trouble at the grove also went Into the noon Across jhe wtrect und stole a watch and diner thinvs, ‘The question was allowed after objection, und witness gatd that after the oflcora took the soldiers to the station the crowd in the grove stole saine of the pop. Wher witness sav the first shooting be told the soldiors not to do #o again. OMicer Quirk corroborated very closely the teatinony of Olark.’ More than this, however, he positively tdenttfied and pointed out among the ninateon thres mon of tha company who atood at the gate, aud who fired the Arst whole at the crowd, A roceas Wus then taken to3 p.m, aud the City-Attornoy, My. Camoron, calied several witnesads ore, joey all, however, failed to come to titae, und : oAPr, HOOD was then pigod on tho stund, Ho recelved a telogram Utween 4 und 5 o'clock trom the Ywoltth Street Hyation, and, ordering neo’ from the ‘Twelfth and Harrison Street Station, went to the grove. Whon hu reached tho grove there waa alurge, ex- cited crowd In front of tha gate, Hu went to the rear Of the Kurien sud notived the @luu- tenaut and all ble nien that thay wero under ase m ‘Shere Were suyenteen men with musketi two men with awords (called Licutensnta), and twodrummers, ‘The Uaptala woa'not present, but be afterwards came on the ground, and went to tho station, ‘Ihyy wore arrested for assault with intent to kill, but, no charge was put on the books, as {was expected tha boy Donohus would dis. 2 MRS. EINREL, a Bohemian, was they put on the staud an be- halt of the dofenunnta. Hor testimony waa givat through wo interpreter, She testlied that obo ant her Hive girl wera of the pienie, and the lttle gtr], about @ years old, was bit by & stone, The, Riri's wm owas bared and thy wound, cougidcrably discolored, was shown, Pontiunion, Us, Witness aghi the stone wus fired before the gompauy marched out of the grove... It was then a little after 4 o'clock. Bhw left the croya when the man was pushed ont of the place, Bho was about twenty paces froin the guse when ber ebild was burt. WENZEL THURER £ Wotlficd he wea tn Silver Lyaf Grove Jagt Sua- -Voras Grove of Hlg ‘recs to the Youuuiite. * 1879—SIXTEEN 'PAGES.. a Ho sav 0) Dut off the atage becnitao ho threw one of the soldlers down on thy platform, dio heard soveral plstol-shota flrad by the crowd after the soldiora surched out, but bofore they fired. The crowd outalde “hollered to kif all the ————-" Iu the grove. Snw Donohue throwing atones, and he won picking wpa atone when he got burt To saw Clark first when - hy was done. Ho Knocked dowu a coupto uf the dancora by sonolag against them while danging. One of the soldiurs got after him and tédk him off the platform, When he got off the platform Clark reaisted und other soldiers came up and curled him Away. Ulark struck a soldier, ant! tho aoldicr struck hin back again, ‘Two of tho sol- Giors at the gato stopped him xolng out, but ho was pot keocked.down or struck with Dayonets, ‘The soldiers after they had formed into no fired firetinto the air. - flodkin't know who they fired at the second time, put sone flred into the crowd, The soldiers charge Brat, and the crowd ran, then the soldiers Ared. William Luetfen, of 107 De Koveu streat, wont to the grove about half-paat 1. ‘The crowd was throwing stones, and some pistol-shota were fired. After some tina one of the guard was hurt. ‘The crawd gelled to kill the Bohumlans. The fivat time thé roldlers fired some of them fired into the air, Witness’ wife was burt hy 2 small stone in the lend. Clark was trying to put bis arm: around another woman from tie one he was dancin with. Witness’ teatimony as to the charging and shooting was Very voruc, a8 he onty say a sinall part of tt. John Tietz testified that Clark was put out for knocking down girla Then the crowd began yellingy nud some gtones were thrown, and they erled, “KUL the Bohemians.” Ills ovidence was only corroboratory of the preceding witnens, excopt that be thought the crowd was a yery bat ang. y : PRANK DVORAK was at the grove, and testified that tho soldiers were invited to protect the women and chiidran nt the children’s pienin, About 3otclock sone of the boys inside gave their tickets to soinc outside roughy, reaching them through the fence, so the Jatter conli get in. ‘Ehis. wos found out, andahe boys thrown out. ‘Then the man on the stare was driven out, and this made the crowd throw atones, After the soldiers ar- rived they ordered the crowd away. Me heard the atiooting, but wos so busy in tating eare of ‘his wifo and children that he did not seo the af fray, He also enw the crowd shoot twico at the soldlers before the latter fired. The crowd was composed of roughs and professfoual thicves. Frank Koszart gave his recollections of the occurrance, which svemed to be about the ssmu ‘ng that of the other witnesses. fe testifled tent a large nuinber of stoncs were fired, no that the brave defouders of the wouten were falu to ice. ‘Their commander. however, frons hia anfer sta- tlon in the rear, ordered them to stop, ani they then faced around. He did seo the soldiers tire. Robert Kuteher, a saloon-keeper opposite Silver-Lent Grove, saw the nfiray trom bis place. He had o row at ble saloon, and his house was rabbed, and the crowd tn front of the grove was the anime one that robbed him. Witucse admitted to Oflcer Shepard that he had satd that he saw fgur of the Bohemian soldiers tiring: {nto the croWd without suy provocation, as far ag he could sec. He, however, did not see all ane peslicredety as he wus too muck occupied with affoirs at his own place. 2 Here the City Attorney, by permission, intra- duced Robert KubImann, a saloon-keopor in the frovo and awuer of the grove, Kuhlmann asked the polica, to holp the soldiers keup the crowd away. ‘Chea, with a creat amount of clreurnlocution, he told hut he saw a crowd and heard tring. Hts eatin ys hovever, added no new facts, and did not help elther atde, Two boys, ono who had recelyed s shot through his clothes, and another who bad been Lit fy the stomach wits a stane, next told their stories, Mr, Rubens said ho had about 100 witnesses to show their sido of the ease, but they would alt teatlfy to about the samo rbins.. ‘the Judge kindly advised im to select thoso whose testimony tas most linportant, AOUT MALF A DOZHN WITNESSES wore then examined, whore ovidence tended mildly to show that the crowd outelde wae com- posed of hardened siunord, wid tho soldiors in- sido were saints, who only fred after they wera nearly stoned to death, and then only fn defonse of unprotected womneg and children, After stealing td them a while without get- ting any now facts, TR, y0pGn interrupted by ‘saying ho didy’t think it would do much good to old tha case over for argu. ment. He bad mado up his mind very distinct- Jy as ‘tu all the defondauta, and :thought all but three. of. them: should - bo discharged; - becavsa? they had nat ~ been Mdentifled.” ‘The mere showlny that twelva mon to uniform: out-of nluetecn had becn en- gaged to the Ught.had already been in affect Passed on by the Supreme Cours. . It pad been shuwed. thot oq out. of three, or two out of five, had cominitted aeriind. Yot tho Supreme Court dafd that that Was not enough, and cach fndividual must be shown,” a4 Mr, Cameron pfguested that that was ona final henring, whiiegshis was only a preliminary examination. Iferc, if probable cause was shown, that was cuough, ‘The Judge did not think that wasso, He condemned In seyore terms the practice of in- dicting parties on usuflleient evidence, which only resulted in a heavy expense to the public treasury, Ho thought ha should be compelied to hold the two oilicora and the other person who lind been identified to ball, and discharge all the rest. R Mr. Cameron inguired whether all had uot been identified. “There wero nluoteen mon In uniform, they tere tho ony ones In uniform, and they had been gailty, as the testimony showed, of firing at the crowd. ‘TUE JUDON RBLVZED TO SRE IT IN THAT LIGHT. He sald ho had Jlatened to the evidence caro- falty. [¢ was porfectiy clear thero was o erline fual riot ontstde the gate. But there was 6 single circutnstance left in the case, thet while the crowd was retreating they wero fired on by tha soldiers, Two persona Were bit, and ono serlonsly wounded, That travsaction mato it a pecullar question, It might probably reduco— the provocation and clrcumstagces being con- siderud, and tie suddenness und Isck of futentlon —the crime to manslaughter. Then, whother {t was justidable was a circumstance he should not pass on at ail untess it was clear aml un- quostonably.: Those cireumatances would also by taken Into conglderation in fixing the amount of the bali, Tho justice of the cake was that thoaa going under command of thelr superiors, ulthough they might technicaliy be responsible, were not responslble In the same degrees thos who commanded the uct to be dono, Mr, Rubena—What amount of ball will your Hapor fix? ‘The Judge—Well, $3,000 cach for the two officers und $2,500 for the other man, ‘These three parties are Charles Rates, First Licutenaut, Frauk Ludvie, Sovond Lieutenant, and doseoh Martin, hich private. Mr. Rubens then raked: torether half-nlozen Bohemtana who owned a Jot or two cach, some of the lots bolrys used a3 homestends, and one of the par- tles, by thelr own adinission, boing worth over $3,800, amd they wore at unics aevepted as bonis. men. The bonds bolt made out the three wera rolcased, und the other sixteen were uncondi- Monaliy discharged. “The friends of the prison- ers then pressed up and many congratulations followed, alter which the whole party, including Rubens nud Krausy, adjqurneid in a body tothe nearest saloon, where they repeated their con- gratulations iu another way, Linittation of Aotlons, Veo York sun, The many re who have claims to pron- erty in land in Englund ougit to lool promptly to their interests, The act for’ the limitation of acttons relating to rea) property tras passed ua far back og 1871, 1t was a sapplement to Lord Belborno’e bill for facilitating the transfor of Jand, but, owing to the imoortanve of ite provl- slons, snd to give a)) concerned fale warning, ita operation was deferred to dan. 1, 1879. ‘rhe gist of the act isa declaration that no person aball bri ang action to recover laud or rout ex: cept within twolve yeura after thé righe has ac crued. In tha cute of jufancy, covertury of marriage, and Iunucy, a periud of six yeurs ts to a allowed from thu termivation of the disa- bility, or in the case of any ono claiming chrous! & person who labored ‘under such disnbititz from the tine ot hisor her death. ‘The periud of grace allowed to persons absent beyond avas ts abalial A lindowoer who permits the mortgages ot bis estate to hald possession will be barred, und will not bo able to eum his property at the ond of twelve yearg from the time whon thu Jatter took possosston, uuless he bus reculyed o written ackuowledgment of Lis title, Jn no Instance will {t be possible ta re- sover land or ren after autlering claims to go to sleep for thirty years. a ‘A Buinrt Dog, Mature, A fow months ago liad the acqualatavce of w dog, which, 1 thing, fs worthy of a place amonir the dogs and cate aud rata und niles thut aro hel ping the pagas of Nature to determine the Aeurea and kind of animal intellizence, “Pricet'g? Is a hotel on the way from the Cala a former yeara on the arrival of thu atuge the dandiady would send the dog to the poultry- ye to catch chickeus for the tourista’ dinner. Yow, the dog “takes tino by the farclock.’? ‘The stage ls duo at § v’clock, About 6 o'clock the dog suunters leisurely duwa tue road till he Meets ibe stage, Le then bounds back to the puultry-vard, catches ¢hickens, bites their huada off, upd takes them to the coos! ‘Tha uutnber of chickens he kills beare a. relation to sls Dunder of pussgogers Lo saw in the stage, Ageutlowman why wes stoppiug at ths hotwl for a few days went into the woods ono afternoon with agua. When he retnrnod tha dog cate to him in much excitement to see what game he had taken. Finding his hands and his beg empty, the dog tan into the forest and rotarned int less than an hotter with s bird, whitch he gave, wie an alr of compassion, to. the unskiled intone ° 3 THE FARM AND GARDEN. Heated Garrots—Lnato Swoet-Carn—The Cat- Dare-Urop<Value of Tite-Drainn~When to Cut May—Good Ione—No Exenso for Salt Ing Iay=Positivo and Nogutive Virtucse: Whent-Hurvost, From Our Oun Eorrespondent. Cttawparon, IL, June 2%0,—VPeople in the country frequontly suffer great inconventones from the heat at night. Manyts the tlino, when © boy, that we wont to tha barn with the hired Men, to gotawny from the sweltering beat of the sleeping-room, closo up under the roof of the pouse. Most couniry-bouses are so built tint the roof forms a portion of tha celling, and this, where the roof slopes to the sonth, helps'to heat up the room beneath. A western slope {s vot so bad; but, unless shaded by trees, it adds mnterially to the heat Inside. ‘The air between the roof and ceiling, bayiug become heated to a high tompora- tre,s dorsf not cool rapidly; hence © the | room beneath doce not recolve the Venellt of ihe couter air of night. Every house should have a carret above the sleaping apart- ments; but, where this is not obtainable, vonti- lation shoutd bo given the alr-space above, either ‘by windowa cut in the pablo-ends, or by a ventt- lator extending above the roof. A difference of from 10 to 20 degrees ot temperature inay often bo secured by tnis simpto precaution. LATE SWEET-CORM. After the Hrat planthig of sweet-corn hae ripened, and fruits havo become plenty, the de mand for corn a3 9 doily articla of food censes fora little while, After a few weeks, howsvor, one often hears the wish expressed that thers might be cora on the table. There ts no resson why ft should not ba in as common use unt!l kied by frost, ng it Is earlier in the season. Stowell'’s Evergreen 4 the variety usually olant- ed for Iuto use, but there ara many kinds much aweeter, Every one who bas a litle vacant space should now plont afew hills for fall-uso, ‘THE CABUAGE-ChOP Jn some sections ot the West was, last yoar, al- Inost entirely destroyed by s nasty green worm, Its parent is a white butterfly which becomes exceedingly plentitul about the let of Aucuat, The New York Tribune las the followlug regard- ing the nest: ’ Cabbage: Worm—Ploris rane: Auriyin the season tha whlto parent butterfles shuld destroyed, before thoy can havo tue to denoalt thelr eggs, or the caye stauld be seagched for upen the under aide of tho leaves. Achcap net may be made by attaching a broom-handlo to a barral-hoop, and fastening to ita bag of moaquito-netting twice ae deep as tho tlamoter, ‘Tho chiliren ean be em- Pleyed to cateh the tintteriiies at go much» dozens stor in the aeagon the chrysalids may De destroyer by ee the worms under ainall proces of board or stlngie laid alone the rows,—supported an inch or two fromm the ground at une und. Thess shonid bo examined now and then, and the pupre cronted, Southern planters are in the habit of breaking off cabbage-leaves and tnsing then fipon the heads of cabbace at night; when the worme will be foun In. the early inorniny cullocted beneath them, and can ba crushad by the foot, ie VALUE OF TILE-DRAINS, =” Many people do not recogulze to fmmediata benefit that # tlle-dratn will be to them. A farmer in this county spent $30 last ‘summer in butting in some tile. ‘the other day ho summed up the profit it had already been to him,—at lonat the prospective. brotits fur bls wheat has not been threshed,~as followa: Four acres of land. that nover produced anything, now fn wheat which will yield twenty-tlve bushels to tho acre; six acres corn, only part of which over Yletded anythin, prospect of heavy crop; vs- timated value of wheat, $30; benefit to corn- crop, $29, Total, $100, Deduct cost of drain sud there is $40 profit. This farmer will put in moro tlio this suinmer, and ifs examplo will bo foltawed by some of his neighbors, WHEN TO COT HAY, There is no doubt but that grass cit just When ft is in bloom inakes the bost und anost bratltable hay to feed, Lf itis wauted for sale, then more profit will be derived from lettliye it Btand until moro mature. Meadows are frequent- ly injured by bolng cut too close,—the new mowers golng well’ duwn to the surface. “In cage the hay fs fed on the tarm, thera fa no profit in this close shaving, because tho lower two {Inches contain littl or no nutriment. Whero d hay Is growa for sule, this portion’ helos to weigh, and fa corrcapondingly yaluable. At any. Tate, all nalted niendows ought to be covercd with munuro a8 soon as the cropfsremoved. . Tt fa not necessary to go over the pecceas of euteIng ind curing hay. Care should be taken Not to let it xet toodry, orto got wot by writin Either injures the bay for foed, although 16 may not tor sale. Hay may be stacked of stowed away in a inow in a protty green state, If thero {a not dew ur rain on tt. Whoo stored in agreon atate, some advotate putting In staked limo; others use salt. It tha crop ts protty green, ale-bolos may be made ia the mow by putting fn a barral and drawing tt un aa the mow fa fled, ‘These alr-wells should be not more than ten or twelve feet shart, to give aod ventilation. We Wave never tried Ilme, but sbouldn’t think it would-add to tho volue of the feed. Sale may alsy be added In such a quantity 08 to be tir jutious. Whon uscd, it should be put on the hottom of a stack: or mow, where it will be dissolved and carried apward with the vapor, It ts doubtless true that many peonle labor under an impression that aalt prosoryes the bay; but this wo do not believe, ‘The following, written by Mr. Clarkson, was published in the Jowa State dieqister lust September, and, sa it advances some sak F Goon 1DzA8, ei we republish ft, and request farmers to give tt a careful perusal, Wedu natagree with all its points, yet there is but Hittlo fu tt to criticise: Tt may appear that this ts not tho appropriate season of the year to introdace thie subject [salt- {ng hay], But, tor the use we propose king at the subject st this tue, §t ta appropriste. We call the attention of farmors and livery-men to the importance of watenlng carefully the allect of aatted bny on horges and cutile, “These aninals will cat. a small quantity of sult, winter and aun mner, and it is benoficinf to thete health. Bue it fs ‘timproper and ininsious to compe} animals to ent it beyond the detiands of the appetite. Too much saltia a violent irritant of tha bowely, causla; fever; aud overduscs sometimes produce fatal In- famination, Cattle that eat’ salted hay drink too much water, which Urings on luosencss of the bowels and scouring, ‘The same is the cuse with horney, Thore is ; NO BXCUSH FOR SALTING TAY, oxcopt to follow in the otrom aud follies of the past, It wus belloved ta few pounds of salt Would preserve a ton of wet or half-cured hay, Anil even Home old fogtes yot, wha never reason from cause to effect, Tullow the traditions of tha past In this reapect, Hut walt 14 injurtous to any hy. Instead of drying aud presorving it, the aalt absurba molstare, duinpons and blackens tho buy, und jn pp csv prosozves it. Balt In iargo quanit: Med ia pregervor, Andva te sugar, Hut etter, tu imperfect quantitlca uclow the preserving mens- ure, aidy fn more rapid decompontion, Salt in certaln cases should be given to enitle Jib- eratly, aud canccially whan eating dry husks, both ava faxative, and ae an {ncontive ta partake of muro water, It should, howovor, always be ina shape thay t can be regulated by acsroful fucdor, Tt fs cinlned by many shat wuch of the abortion of cows In duiry-atavles is caused oy the caroless uve of walt When tha bowelsare rolaxei, Prom earliest hfetory there bas been attribated to salt: mony yir- tues, Until many suppose It ly good for every shin; Bast tn ll plc Dawe medica} men recommend St for dyspopal or aatringent, thers ax an cinetic, as a sty pti ‘nial as ocnedelal in cauga of beitor- ny rhage of the lungs. And all agree that sed-water or salt-water baths aro stinalute dug tonlo in thelt effect. = ‘Pho and ta Hible wforine ws that all sacrillces afered in the ‘Tewple Weto asnsoned with it} new-born childron wore rubbel with it; Elisha sweetened the fount. ain of Jericho with ft; oud it fu used as a symtol af purity, pecvatajty, incorrapiion, and hospital ty. And to it Je attributed barronnoas and sterility, for tho alte of auy city of place which was Intended should never Five azain.was sown with salt. An gent which bae wo many A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE VINTURS, ahauld be used with Judgment, and wat by the Dilnet and unredsoniny traditions of the post. And oun of its yruatust follies te, that a fow handfuls of Jt will preserve B mow of wet hay, And one of the inost dangerous uses of 1 fa tu compel stock ta use mare of tt than the appolite crayes, or what ts necessary, in their hay. Give atucx aalt ao they can go to lt when shoy want it, nnd they Will Dover eat toa inuch. Large dosos ure laxative and dan- geroueiesitants, « Cattle- and burse-facdars should all by scasible and obavrving amen, capable of knowing whew stock need laxatlves or astelugonta, aod in what wbape to administer the wltypr Teme- ica. ‘The proposition that salt will preserye wot hay is a fallacy, beyoud any doubt; but that It causes cuttle tu gat even a pretty poor article with avidity we bave reason to believe, A good muvy years ago Rural Sr, and the writer pus Up Gio stacks of bay that bad been pretty badly spolled byrain, Ove stack was salted; tbe other was nut, for the reason that the salt-sup- py ren out. When these stacks were ful out ogome thirty head of steers, Wey ate ihe salted, uotilcleun; ike other wus musty, and they refused it wogetber, ‘This is only ne tu- stance; ft Wag our first experienced with gult on » bay-stack, und we well sumember tt. We trled to argue that the salt ought ta go on top, but werv informed thut, as tho sult would orent- rs ually ovaporato, It tyoutd tigerto tho top: uch wo found to bo the eases £f a " WHRATHIARY EET (a. in fall oporation. in Consrat [ifnots, breadth sown wrontly exceeds that of any fore mer year, and the trate andlylold ary both mu. perlor, Onts are very short, Anti it tll Myo aif. cult to bind then. Weather fs cool aut moist, oud eversthing favorabie for the farmer, bi The a Rutan Jn, : ANIMILES,” Remarkable Stories Toi hy Voraclous Oous tompommrion, “Atlanta (ia. Fbimathatton, A daughter of Mr. Josoph B. Brown, of Tyo Runs, Lumpkin County, sat down on ahoze rattlesnake the other day, Stic cot Up a¥t09, ag sho found ft out, nnd the auako was kite 1. Bikton (iy) Regitter, Acostespondent tells of the killing of arn. Hesnnke “4 “ferry days alnte tn Told County, When first discoverer a ittio child was playing with st, the snake meanwhilo darting out (4 tongte, ‘ San Francisca Put, , John and ‘Albert Datin ard Henry Warren ne. cently kilted a large California tou near Duy ean’s Mills, The boys were coon-huntiny, and met the antmal, which they mistook for a wita, cat, ‘Thirteen bullets his the Hon before if app. rendered Ita life. It necasured ten foct from tip totip. * : : Indtanawele Sentinel, Exowisn Lake, Ind. Juno 14.—One of the Young tien accompanying the enrveyine party, while chatning in See. 35 of this county. was at tacked by a tull-suake nearly elx fect in lengin, and after a desperate encounter, in whieh the mati camo near bolng bitten several times, the reptile was killed. : At, fants Globe Demacent.- : Wkicustonn, Ter. Suna H.—A young lady, ‘Miss Caicdonta Linton, resfdint on Cottonsrood “Creek, while walling in the troods, met n lareg alligator, Sho got’a rope, ted" it around tic alligator’s neck, and drageed It two tiles to nee home. ‘The brute came near striking hor with ‘hla tall poyyral vimieh » alah: tat “arentan ( Vit.) Koltd Soitth, Near Howellavitte, Warren Cauuty, rocently, A tishorman saw hiscork disanoenc, On lauding lls prize tt proved to be a large fue having ty Mo a fish much too large toa released throneh the month of the jue, und which lad swallowed the hook of the fisherman, Jt is supvored the fish entered {ts queor homo when it was amall, SAnsten (Ter,) Sun, . On Thursday evening iast, in Coss Counts, Whilo Mr, Babe Henderson was ot on a hunt,. hin dope roused a panther. which took to a tree, Babe, bls gun being loaded with small abot, took deliberate afin, and shot botticyes of the patther out ns the onlmal was preparing to spring down upon Aftn, The panther measored six feut nine inchas from tip to tip. Puradlsa (ev.) 'Repurter, A few weeks ago, from the north and north. west of this valley, millions of ericketts wer coming ‘in to devour and destroy the urain and grass our farniers expected to harvest this dry ecason,, Neatly all tho, hogs in the valley hays beon, got together, and ara herded to incet the erlekets. The hogs aro gotting the best of the fight, and aro fattening in’ thelr onward march, a in fa.) Indenendent. ump: - Lunkh ‘Mr. William Bartlett, who-lives near In, hasa hen that bas pecullat notinns about Inving eges,” Stie lays every day lke most other ‘hens, but every other ce is ns large aga rouse eee; the others are of ordinary size. Onoot the largor. ajze welghs threa and one-fourth ounces,” and ineasurcs efx und ball inches around Wie shortest circumference, and seven and Vbrec-fonrths the Junzest. ‘The same ben Inia eges in'the same manner Inst scason. . Rrunsoick (a, Y Advertiecr, Wo learn froin Mr. Richardson, conductor on tho accommodation freight on the Macon & Branswick Railroad, that a young ‘man was bit. ton by a ratticansie on Thursday morning Jest at. No: Oon sat@rond. He ‘had gone toto the pt atoasly dawn to scloct some lumber to ulld a collin for hia mother, who bad died dur. ing the might, As he turned oyer a plank on the ground the reptile struck him. Ile drank two quarts of whisky. At last accounts he was doing wail. \ Neto Fark Aun, In Hartforda vicious stallion belonging to the Strest Railroad POM DAY, —a full-blooded Mor gan chestnut; 15 years ol 4, with four white fect, needed shoeing. Me got loose in the stable- yard, and when the foronsan of the atabtes, John Crilly, triod ty capture dim, the stallion reared and sprang at him. Crilly jumped between his legs, ‘Then the stallion caine at bit with flate tened enrs and open jaws, Crilly acixed the -atallion’s tongue ond twisted it, extortings shrill cry of rage and pati. That ended tho fight... Crily didn’t tet xo of the tongus untll its owner was back tn hile stall and firmly ae cured. . J i daa Resor uiiman (Ga,) Ravorter. Mc. Vock Pinaon, ao laborer at Mr. R. af Jonca” atcam mill, situated at Dixie, No. 17, Atlantle & Guilt Raltroad, want tlaatnic lat Thursday, and on his retro was passing through an old field ou Dr. Thomas Boring's plantation, in which there fs a deep ditch over Brown with briars. Just'as ho leaped the ditch ho Wns atruck by 4 rattlesnako about half way between tho ankle and‘ knee, He wus ncat enough to Mr. Mate Marrcti's hates to cult far help, Mr. Harrell took Jhim in and kindly cared for hin. Dr, dalnor was tinmediatelr called ond administered all theantidores kuown to: the profession,’ but without avail, save to prolong Mr, Pluson’s Hfa until 1 o'clock Erie day, "when he died. wey : Palladetonia Press, ¢ At the Brown-strect market on Saturdsy morning an old Irish woman appronched a tisti- stand and appeaicd to the propriotor for help. He dectined to give her anything. Bho moved away, but not outof the building. Unobserved, sho went behind the stand, where a largo tub covered ‘with canyas attracted her attention, Cnuttously Hfting the cover; so ag not to make any dolse, sha ran her hand into the tub. and then she yelled. The tub contuincd several suapping turtics, and ono had eaugbe hold of her fingers, caualng touch pain. .“ Och! Mister! may God Viers you: take the crathur off; do please,” was her®pleading remark to the owner of the snappers. 2t was fonnd necessary to kill the turtlo before the fingers could be Mberated. : 1 « San Fyanctaca Chronicle, Los Angutss, Cal, June %—R, Sharp, who dives ab Hast Los Angeles, nopearcd In his place of business to-day for tho first tine tu several Waoka. .Adout.three weeks azo, while ho was {rrigatlng his land, he was preeedine the strewn, carrylyz a hee ta loosen the ground, und sude deni felt something wing him in the calf of his right le. On looking down he aaw an Im mene tarantula clin} pls to his bare Hb. Be- foro he coulu bras it off it gave hin another bite. ‘the shock wus sayere, but he did not tose ‘Mia presence of mind. He nt onco proceeded to h the house, and applicd guch antidotes a6 were at hand, and drank a large goblot of pura aleolol followed by a battle and a half of strong brandy. ‘These stimulants produced but very ttle ine ebriatiug effect, aud doubtices eayud Mr, Sharp's We. ‘The wounds were then Uiistured, and wD to this morning Mr, Sharp did not feel strong enough to go fo work. * Reading (Pn.) Kala, Mra. Z, Taylor Lacy; 50f North Ninth strect, Reading, Va, has a number of‘ pets, among which are ringdoves, canary birds; white rabbits, fancy stock of fowla, a dog, and a lant tortoist She said toa reporter that “ehe bardly knew which she thought the most of, excuptiug it milght bo the Jand tortoise, which she would not sell for any money.” Sho was stroking the head of tho tortofae-with bor tuyer, wud, a3 sha spoke .to ft, calling it “ny pot,” the shelled animal looked up into her face, und turned Ite head to one sido and then to the other, as If Netening to and’ understanding what she sald When the reporter eatua close it quickly drew back out of sigat'Intotts shell, und ahe remarked, “The tele ee feafrait of strangers," Wut do you feod to the tittle peti” “Bread wt inilic ina bucket.“ How long have you bh iu? “About two years. J received it from 8 {rlend ty Phitadelptla. A cousin of ting ree ing in that elty has one that makes.a pecultst nuise when ‘it wants ‘something to vat, and It follows mombers of the family all around the vard. They keep tt ta the yard ta sumer, and. ut the approach of witter it yoes to thy cellar door, wale some ONO Opus It, and It voces dowd and creops into the ground, where it ataya untll spring... : BOXS' CLOTHAN ene ing oxcluaively in Boys’ Goods is at 101 STATE-ST. ++” Near Washington. PMPOOLE & DEVOL BICYULES. et BICYCLES, INO, H. FAIRFIELD, y 879 Btate-st,, ‘Chic