Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 26, 1881, Page 10

10 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER = 26, 1881—SIXTEEN. PAGES . + Very fow good portraits have been paiiuted Jn Chicago since the fire of 1871. Vravious to that date. there were domiciled tn the Crosby Opera-Iouso studios a fow artists who mado portraita thelr only cure. ‘They wero not satisfied with getting the shape of the head, tho contour of tle features, and the easy, lowing folds of drapery. All these they could cony from tho pitiless photograph and with far loss trouble than from nature, But thelralm was to peor into the eoul of their sitters, to understaul their dispositions, to eatch the hablinal expression of the cyes—in a word, to make a Itkeness that was-full of character, There aro now on exhibition at O'Brien's galler three portraits from the casel of obt Phillips, who in the ante-fire days was the acknowledged head of the ardent young portralt-painturs who fur several “years painted assiduously with sinnil pecuniary reward in the Opera House butiding, . Thine Mr has greatly inellowud tho style of Phil- Ups, and he ts less under tho restraint of “schools” than ho then was, He has become more eelectic. Ho lins learned thoroughly =o what, so omany artists have neglected to acquire or else elurred aver with disdain; and that 1s, that no two portraits enn be success- fully painted from the same pallet. ‘The three portraits lo which: reference has been mutde, aro totally diferent in color, bone, and character, ‘The one which will commend 1t- self to the art-student is the portrait of George Hurvey,: who fs ‘himgelf a tigure- painter of conshterablo merit. Tt is painted fn-a very low Key—alinost in shadow— the only strong light beluga rays which strika the hale over the right shoulder, ‘The race is full of character, and the eyes are as mobile as if Jn fe, The painting of the grays—Inetuding the Indian red, which ts made to do duty as a gray—is innsterty In effect, and the trans- parency In the halt-shadows fs altogether too natural to bo tho result of a tour de force, The second portralt is that of 2 well-known Board of ‘Trade operator, with a round, solid Seotch face, full of dogged determina This is palited in a _ higher key than the portrait of Mr. Tlarvey. ‘To the art student it possesses not so much interest for the reason that the lines of the face ure tess broken and not so rugeed. Therw fs toss play of half shadows ond re- flected Mghts, ‘Ihe third ta’ the portralt of a littlegirl, whose beantif{fully molded shoulders with thelr clear tvory tits are full of the elastlelty of purfect health, nnd the flesh tox- tures are thoroughly preserved. ‘Thesa por- tralts will remain on exhibition but a short time, and those who do not regard portrait painting ag ntost art cannot do better than pay then a yisit. re SCIENCE. SCIEN'LIFIC NOTES. It's asserted by M. Gaile that cobalt 1s much more strongly mngnetic than nickel, An International electric exhibition Is to be opened at the Crystal Patace, London, in De- cember, Dr, Schtlemann has arrived at Constantl- nople, whero he hopes to secure a firman Permitting tim to make further excavations, From surveys taken inthe Province of Ufa, Rusaia, it appears that the former forest. ares Of 17,577,000 neres has now been dimin- Ished by more than 3,500,000 acres, and yet the population Is only three to the square mile, ¢ : Last year the German wire mills supplied Engiand with 80,000 tons of wire and Russia with 40,000 tons. France reeeived from Ger inany from 12,000 to 15,000 tons of steel wire for sofa springs, and Ainerica not less than 30,000 froin the same souree. M,. de Rossi in Lea Mondes states that exe" plosions of tire-damp are always preceded by. undutations too feeble to he detected hy the, human ear, He proposes to establish in proper locniltles In the coal mines micro: selainogtaphs and inicrophones, by, means of stole the approuch of danger may be de- ected:. . Tho French Government, it cannot be too generally known, lins torbidden the preserva: tion of ‘any articles of fool with sabieylic acid, This substance las been proved to bo dangerous to health when used in suficlent quantity to preservo the substance treated with Joseph Martinho Coutinho, of Cape Frio, Province of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Is report= ed to be nearly 100 years of uxe, having beon born, it fs claimed, In i601. Ife 1s satd to be the aucestor of forty-two children, 123 grand- ehildren, cighty Breat-grandchildren, tunid twenty great-grent-grandchildren. ‘The average life of an English gold soy- erelgu is ubout cighteen penne that is, tha coin loses throe-quirters of n grain in weight in about that length of thne, it then census to be Jerni-tender. It Is said that of the 2£100,000,000 of British gold coinuge, 40 per vent Is worn down below the lemul weight. Why will grass not grow under onr trees? ‘DM. Paul Bert has shown that green Iyght hinders the developinent of plants, Plants Inclosed ina green glass frame wither aud dicas though they wera in darkness, M, Regnard finds that plants speeiaily Feuntt the red rays. If sunlightis deprived of the red rays the plants soon censa to thrive. Prof. G. do Uelmersen, the distinguished Russian geologist, dias issued an elaborate report on tho little-known coalfields in that empire, It appears that the annual prodnue- ton of coal in Russia is much larger than tt is usualty estimated, It amounted last year to 200,000,000 puds, or bout 332,000,000 “Kn- ulish tons, ‘Tho mines at'Kamenstoe are sald to be the starting point of a vast region in Siberia rich in coal seams. : Various eases of polsontug from tho use of - Perfumes have been reported tn ‘recent En- fish Journals, In one instance a litte gitt had bought some hellotrope perfume at a bazaar and had applied It on ler free, ‘This caused n vesicular cruption, swelling, itch ing, and in fact erysipelas, which lasted for sone tine, ‘Che scent was mad? with some of the products ofconl tur, and not with the odoriferous principles of plants, thus nequirs “Lag its irritating properties, : M. Armando Lulande, who hiasdistingulshod hhuself by his inquiries Into the ravages of the phylloxera, Is presiding over a congress ,of wiie-growers at Bordenux. It appears “that 15,018 acres of vineyard have been trent- ed by submersion of the vines, 8.840- aeres have been treated with the sulphide of car- bon, and 2,079 acres with other preparaiions of sulphur, whereas nearly a miiilon acres of vines have been attucked, Dr. A. d'Arsonval, in tho Revug' Sclentif- tque has n yory juterasting-paper in reply to thy speculation of M. Gustaye Le Hon that compressed gas will become the motive farce of the fntura, Dr. WArsonyal holds that electricity will take the place of nll other motive powers, and he promises In on future paper to demonstrate that clogirelty can store and transport ny natural forev to any distance practleally aud economically, Dr, Manuel da Gama Lobo, of Ilo Janeiro, giisaislan to his. Mujesty the Emyeror of raz, has been prosconting some imiloro- scople investigations relative to the land orl- gin Of yellow-fovor, He hus found at Vera =ruz, Alexico, and Havana, Cuba, sufictent avidence to warrant him in stating that these \oculities are fruitful soureea of a polson which causes the dixease, ‘Tho toxic agent erived from a species of Infusoria, the gpunsla Mexicana, which belongs to the fam- fy of-baciliw, , Prof, Biyth, in his lectures nt Anderson's Tolleze, Glasgow, sallelts attention te. the very beauthtul method of lighting by oxy- dydrogen gus, Id states tint ho sees to @iticulty In obtaining by many sources of power these gases, separately or comblned, pgrine them as coal gus ty stored, and dis buting them In the same manner, Lis gough calculations led the P. or to bo “Meve that by using wind or water power to peatlucn the «uses thelr use would bu oco- owleal, ‘Tho discussion at tho Paris Congress of Electricians un. the question as to whuther the telegraphic and telophonia meshes which are now stretched over must large cities {n+ crense the dangors of thunderstorms or not, was chivfly characterized by tho divergence of the opinions of tho many eminent ‘men present, Prof, Helmholtz, amongst others, declined to express top positively a reassur- ing pluton, aud She Willkun ‘Thomson anid Ir. Vreece said that the time-houored tght- ning conductor Itself Is dangerous wider eertiin elrcumstances, ‘The coucress finally referred the question fur decision to an in- Vernational statistical commission, ‘The results vf the experlinents of Dr, La- cerdo Filho on the polson of the rattlesnake are: 1. Tha poison acts upon the blood by destroying the red corpuscles, and by chung: ing the physical and chemical quality of the dusmi. 2 ‘Lhe poison contains some mobile udieg, slinilar to the micrococcus of putre- faclon, 4. ‘The bluod of an animal killed by 8 snake's bite, when inoculated to another ania) of (the sume size and species, causes the death of the latter within a few hours, under the same symptoms ant the sane shanges of the blood, 4. ‘The polson can ve 7 rlod and preseryod for a long time without losing its specific qqualtt » 6 Alcohol is the bast antidote for the poison yet known. M. A, do Meritons oxhibits fn tho Patnis do Pindustrie nt Parts a secondary battory for accumulating and storing electrica) force, ns f Trove mid Matra have done. ‘This bat tery {a constructed entirely of lead, and its wolght ls only 4.5 ponuctss The Inventor 1s, howover, carrying [iis Idea still furthor. | Ho is constructing battery formed entirely of sinall strips of lead 2 millimetre thick and 1,5 centimetres wide. Several thousands of these leaves aro plinced logether and eon. nected in the usual way, By Uhis the welght will bo very considerably reduced and the effective surface largely ine: if It woulkt appear from recent experiments by Morr Oberbeck, deseribed in the Annaten der Physik that. the wieroplions is a very. delleate means of mensiring the intensity af sound, ‘This use of it is based on the fact {hat the elvcttio resistance of the small ear- bon contacts increases durhug the sound ex- citation, and this tnerense (in a suitably ad: justed microphone) ig a measure of thie in- tensity of the sound, Mere Oberbeck used the apparatus to investigate the relation be- tween intensity of a sound and the enercy expended in producing it. Dropping various bails on a wooden plate from various hights, he proved that the intensity varies imttel more slowly than the hight (proportionally, 1o about the square root); ft iy, however, witiin certain Himits proportioned to the weight, F WESTERN PATENTS. List of Wosterit Patonts Lesncd This Weeks. + Npeciat Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, WaAsutnaton, D. 0, Nov.25—A, H. Evans & Co, report the following: Hst of patents Is- sued this week; J. Ly Abell, Chicago, mowing-machine, C.F, Burnes, Chicago, caremoyer. James Benson, Centralia, Injector. William L, Bogart, Nibo, cultivator, CY. Bueklogban, Chicago, roll for rolling bil- ILLINOLL, lets for plow-beatms. A. AL Feost, Chlungo, buckle, D. Goodwillly, Chivayo, egy-carricr. D, Goudwitliy, Chicagy, wachine for making Oxg-curricrs, : W. I, Howe, Chicago, packago for shipping candy aticks (reigsuc). Wiitinin V. Ruy, Waukegan, brrness-pad. Joby... La Fieur, ydo Park, tng for barbed wire Teuves. H, Lawrence, Chicago, dental drill-tool holder, #, Ottenhelwer, Chionga, commode-chalr, Thos ates, Alton, plauting-plow, J. Payson, Chicago, easter. KS. Pratt, Chicago, cluinp for boats and shoes, D, W. Sparks, Wyanet, mutulliv fenes-post, M. W, Speulda, Springtleld, fare-rewiater, Stover, Freeport. muchines for manu ing barbed-wvire fences. i any, Hinsdale, refelgergting apparatus. it. 1, Weites, Chicago, harncss-trimming, C.A. Werder, Watkegan, horse buy-rake, Wilitain B. Young, Chicago, car-starter, WISCONSIN. J. Hourgineyer, Fond du Lac, honoy-comb un- capplug machine, ae SM. Kitz, Oshkosh, bilud-siat tenoning ma- chine, : i. Martin and W, Sperry, Waupun, fanoing- mull, E. Prouty, Boscobel, printing-press, MICIUGAN. J. K, Alwood, Morencl, nuimal-shears, . Bauer, Detrolt, racktag: fuucot, A D, Brockway, Houghton, tuble-loaf sup- ort. 5 B G. Browne, Adrian, plow-attachment, O. F. Campbell and F. L. Prindle, Charlotte, rallwuy-velocipids. - 3 J. M. Grauf, Monroe, clover-huller, C, Massingor, Vlytmuuta, door-cteck. 41, V, Hicks, Kulamuzoo, vehicle olrelu-plata, James Hobson, Aun Arbor, oxbibitiug-bracket for stuifed untinuls. W. F. Hood, Deerfietd, ndjustabte barrel- cover, 1. UW. Johnson and N. teynolds, Detroit, sew- OEE eee ar oomling. .C. Kelly, Has care 5. Gcorye G. Lea, Paw and plaster sowur, 4 E.S. Mns, Detroit, elgar-holder. J. Maraler, Detroit, cidor- press. z af. UL. Noreington, Weat Buy City, perforating- stamp, G. i Petershaua and J, C. Dalnes, Caro, purt- able fence. ¥, Shrovor, Grand Rapids, stenum-geoorator. W, D, Smith, Detroit, blawer, J. B. Timberlake, Jackson, dish-bandle, MINNESOTA, E. F, Usborne, St. Paul, pipe-coupling. GLH Pettion, Fueibault, biledtes 1, Ware and AV. 8, F combined anvil, vise, aud drill, i C. Waker, Dea Molues, wlro-brabing ma- chine, L, F. Fouts, Greenfleld, eleatric awite-board. P, C. Hudson, Fort Dodge, baling- press. W. F, Kilborn, Cedar Rapids, invetine for re- duetng ore, ute, . 8. F. Sawyer, Muscatine, oatmeal machine. 8. G, Stelp, Stuscatine, ovtinoal machine, INDIANA, D. C. Baughman, Albian, rotlway algnal. D.C, Baughman, Albion, sotf-oxtingulohing amp, Tk. Bowyer, Laporte, tellurian, J. W. Bradshaw, Indiunnpolls, broom, A, W. Clark, Mitchell, ear-coupling, Will as U, Laycock and T, und I, MeCrann, Wnahitngton, spring bed- bottom. Hi. Oguorn, Kichimond, seading-inachine (re- 85UC). J. a Wright, Churlottesyiiie, barbed fence. GQ. HM, Zschech, Indianapolis, boav-blook for aaw-iills. NEANASKA. A. D, Clarke, Omaha, current-wheel aud float thorofor, ‘aw, Held-rollor and eced MARY M'VICKER BOOTH, TEN ANSIVENED PRAYER, *” Not when tha rain la fatting, - And 1 bear tho nlgbt-wind sigh, And tho aky fs dark above me, Would J Tio down to dias, But, when God's blessdd sunlight Fatla upon lang and wave, Wrapt in tts radiant beams I'd go Anto the allent grave. Teco n tand of beauty Far, fur noross the sen, Ita yales and hills with varduro crowned— “Hie distant Galltees And there the loving Savior stands, With a inmb ity His cinbrace— A wandering.ong, which to has sought In sumo lowe, desert place. Otol! mie, is It all a droam; Ordo J sco afar ‘That blissful apot, the spirit'a home, With the pearly gates asic? 3 Tam so weary! Let me rost Until thut glorious muroing ‘That burats upon tho onraptured sight Whoo tho heavenly light ts dawning, Tbad not Monet to inger hore and preot thia duy wo fairy Tt fa tho Sabuath—dny of rust— Neat from all toll und cured While yet the sunbteams kissed her cheek, Denth's Angel then drew nlyh; Hor prayer was heard, Her spirit fed: With one expiring algtt! MARY E, GILMAN, MARY M'VICKER BOOTH "Twas youre aga | anw theo trat— ‘A bright, precocious chitd ‘That thrilled mo us thy volee rang out * In tome so sweot and wild. 1 watohod the opening bud, and saw Tho unfolding of thy Caen} And inarked the brigt tutelligonce ‘That beuined upon thy fucu, Again Lsaw tho ideal maid fn wad Ophetia'a parts And wept, and wondered there to Ond Such pure and perfect art, ‘The ideal mald was tair to sua; Tho real was Just as foir— Par In thy own pure life thore came A character of care, Again [saw thao, ‘Tue light in tho Had turnod vor Upon a Paradlae. T saw thoe last all cold and atill, And beautiful in death; ‘Twas didcult not to believe ‘Thou still badat jife aud breath, Abt life thou badst—oternal lite~ The sout's tumortal boon— ht that rends the cloud of death, And lightens e’en the tomb, STZtLA DHEWER. Curcaao, Noy, 2, 16h1. a A Monkey Witness, Ladin Graphle, A monkoy wittoss Is aburtly to appearing murder trial (nan Jodlun court at Sattura, A pravellni showing, whose living depuudud on five monkeys and a quat, was recently murderad near a village, bis troupo being kilied with the excepUon of ovo monkey? which ran up 4 tree, and Watched the ussuainé bury bis mauter and biacampanious, When ull wus qufet the muu- joy sun off to the patel" of tho negrest villuze, and mada him understand by avrcechos and Signs that something was wrong. The ** patel” folluwed tho moukey, whi ied btn to tho placa where bie inuster wus buried, and the murde! wae duly discovered, Tho’ monkey ts now Kept cl ue at ware Be ene. ed history of tho $a x :Prof. Worsford’s Baking Powder ia made from Horsford's Acid Phospnate, io owdered form. Put Iu tla cans, mixed, ready UF Use. Fleming, Pine Island, | LIVE STOCK. Presentation of Both’ Sides .of the Herd-Book Con- troversy. Shall tho Farmer Bo Represont- “ * ed in tho National Cabinet? Annual Report of the Ili; nois Agricultural De- partment. The American Hog—French Op- position to French Re striction. Eastern Criticism of the Fat- Stock Show Comumit- tees. A Draft-Horse New to Amer- ica — Miscellaneous Notes. The Rookmakors’ Positions ‘THe Taruns of Oct. <4} gave uw general sum- mary of tho viowa held by Short-Horn breeders throughout tho country upon tho subjoctof a herd-book, ta bo owned, managed, and controlled by tho National Short-Horn Assoolation, Tho remarks made at that time wore fuforonces and facts which cropped ont at the recent annual convention of tho ‘nasocintion. It was stated that there was to Ue an immediate and doter- mlned effort made by tho association to get con- trol of the record-booka, and If it wus found that the presunt ‘proprietors would not dispose of their interest, the nssociation, without regard to expense or thme, would carry out the project and force the-accomplishment of their desigu. It Ja, of courso, simply a tnatter of cost in con- sidoring tha funsibility of starting a bord-book within the association, and this stop will nut bo taken so long as there ia tho slightest posslbillty of scouring possession of the present records, Tiie comsuittee charged with noxotatinting with the hord-Hook proprictors. have mude but little Progress, und fit begins to look as though in order to control tha pedigree rog{stor of Short- Horn cattle tho association must commence Operations on ste own respousibility, This will ontalla very Jargo expense, and og itis a fact that many breeders aresatistied with the present books, which thoy consider porfeatly rollable, to ralae the necessary funds will not bo au easy task. ‘There are four Short-Horn herd. booka pub- Vgned in this country, Tho Ohio herd ook was founded geome yearseince by Auumber of fushion- able breeders, who had become disgruntled as ft wore, and designed having a Louk of thelr own,whloh they fondly Imagined would bea comparatively casy mattor to accomplish. Their buccess can be scou, when it ia known that there are lesa torn 4,009 podigreos recorded upto date. Tho Canadian hard-book containg about 15,000 datrica, and its clroutation 4a lorgely confined to tho smaller farmers of Cannda. The Kentucky short-forn record now has nbout 2,000 entries, and is larguly patronized by -the breedors of that State, yet these Ken- tuoky breeders aro iu nearly overy case dom- felted to use tho old Amortcan herd-book algo, ‘his intter record was commenced iu 186, and now has over 100,000 entries, und in {ts volumes have been recorded 0 pur cont of the pedi- greed Short-florn cattle of America, It will thus be rendily soon that while tho ussovintion cun possibly secura the records of the Ohio, Canada, and Kontuoky people at nominal cost, the American hord-book reinning an obstade which, from its well-earned reputation for cor- reotness, crnuot be secured without grent cost. At will be seen that It 1s impossible tu consolidate (the books without purchasing the Anierlent an tho yaluo of = this, work wil eventually boa barrier which tho assvolation will tad almost insurmountable, Its editors einim te conduct {t undor rulcs passed by tha Short-Horn Association, and oxpress tham- gelyea ns willlng to carry out Any suggestions that are ronsunable, Thero aro tnany breodera who lovk upon this conccssion ag belng vory talr on tho partof tha editors, aud being po ‘fedtly sutisiled with tho manner in which tho work {s performed cut) seu nO necessity for Av change. Should tho assacintion conclude how- ever, to start a recurd, tho porson chosen to nct a8 scoretary or editor would be tho real Judge of pedizreos sont for record, end would be yoy- erned by the sume rules which the present ed- Hors of tho Aincrican assert thoy aro willing to abide by, ‘There seems to be no complaint ahout “the — manigement of the aAmur- {enn Hord-Book, | exeept that in some enses tho pubjishers hayo displuyed a splrit of urbitrurioess In regard to rules which onybt, as aQ matter of fnet, to be considured abyulute riiso, The ctfort to establish an association to publlab the hord-book must mect with cer- tain formldubla obstucles, chief among which are the following: First, tho indifference of many brocders who are satlatiod with the present Mmunagomout; second, tho ditiiculty.of ralelng inoucy to eautblish a hord-book, or ‘to buy thy rights of tho books now in existence; third, the diitluuity of agreeing upon a general rule ‘gove orulng tho recording of pediarees,. If the Kou. ticky rulo were adopted, it Would throw out half tho recorded stock, und many breedors would Not agree to that, and if overruled would put~ ronizo the Aterlenn berd-bouk or somo sitaiiar work. If tho present association. rules wore followed, the Kentucky bouk, 9 rone of its charactor, Would probably continus in oxist- onee, Ittuuy bu said that itis vory doubtful it the Canndian record can -bo purchased under any circumstances, and nbove all other reasons why'a consolitation will be reached with grout diticulty fa tho tugt that muny-brecdors would nnturally distrust a sutarled zeoretary and an editing comimittva whose dutios watld be poorly attended to by thoge of its mombers who ro- aided nt a distance from the association buad~ quarters. The herd-book proprictors claim that thelr rogiatry $v not 4 solconda, or that they aro in. revelpt of princely incomes, na ia genorally supposed, ‘They stuto that the enles for tho first year of copies af uch volume merely pay tha exponses of printing them, and that the annual silos after the first are very amall, | The only source of income tn ‘whith on modicum of . profit ia expected or ovor realized ts fronr the advertined rates for recording untrics, which nxxregate “no such Jarge tyures jaa la xenernily surmised, It the usavolntion take {to consideration the Interest on {tg purehase-mouey, salary ut editor ang clerks, ollice, advertishus, and other exponges, It will, itis velloved, Hid the inaezin of profit very anil. Sa furas this fact Isconcerned, howover, the association do uot destre to establiah a money-inaking gobome. {f thoy can pay ox. poused It is ult they desire, . In regurd to the coat of the books ag nt prea- ent estutiished, the bonkinakers atate that tho Aaprexsion that tho Bogllsh society materially reducod prices of revording is not true, They atwply ralsed the entrauce fe tor bulls, making ho uxgregate nvout the sine ay existed before tho euviety neyulred posseasion of the herd- book, ‘Tho controversy ts rapidly becoming a very intorcating one, and the interests involyed fre 80 Wront that its outcome will be cloaaiy watehed by brecdera of Short-fforn stock ana eatt le-men generally, The Breedors? Position. Tobrowdura chyaged in ralsing cuttle,of blue. dlooded auovatry the value of an autheattcated aud honest hord-took cannot bo overcatimated, Upon tho basis of such a record prices are. remus jatod, and the prosperity and reputation of tho breeder become ussured only in proportion as ho can trace buck thy ancestry of ble stock to strulns of known purity, For neariy forty yoars tho most rellublo record of thia character on thigalde of tho Atlantic hus been tho American hord-book, whieh, during all these yeurp, bas ro- mained under tho management of Bir, A. 1. Allon, Ninoty-ilvo. jier cont of tho registered Short-Horn cattio of this country have been rcourded by Mr. Allen, and¥ to his eredit be,it sald, thore bus nover yet beona sluylo charge of any character proferred ogalnst him or the kentleumen associated with him in the publication of tho herd-buok, [le bas boon reasonably prompt aud very alr 6o far as re- garde bis rates for rucordiug pediprees, and his bouke, because of thelr careful and thoruugh preparation and truatworthy data, baye wade for Bir. Allea a reputation on both sidos of tho water, All this {¢ gery honorablo aud praiso- worthy on the part of that gontloman, whoin his old ago Is chvored and ecucouraged by tho unlyerant contidanoo of the men Ju whase tn- terest he bag labored for so many years. It would’ naturally bo inferred that whero such ploasunt and ayreoable relations hud oxlated for auch « jung torm of years their dissolution would Lo well nly tmpossibie, Yet from pres- ont ludicattons tlere ig evidently u determined offort boing mude by Short-Horg. broeders ull over the country to establish If posulblo a herd- book to be published and controlled by the Na- tonal Bbort-itorn Asaoctation, She project bas din Bhort: Beattle, of Annan, Bootland. Old Timos been discusses i circles for a yonr [ oral tariif before tho Senate, whon Ipsvould bo | Jam = nnn or two, bytat tho Inst on ciation (ho tirst decisive step waa takon towards accomplishing tho desired object. It wns do. termined to ondeavor to purchasy the rights of the several publishers of pedigree records, In- oludlug that of Mr, Allon, tho Kontucky re , a alinitar book owned and pudtished in Ohio, and the Canadian terd-hook, Tt now appoara that the proprictoraof those books, with tho oxccp- tlon of Mr. Allen, hive expresecd na willinrnoss to negatinte with tho onssociation, with on viow of consolidating under ons manigomont, and It ta rapidly becoming the weneralopinion of Bhort-Torn broedors that, In order ta bring My. mtion of the nBso- Alten to terma, tho nsxvctntion backed by tho + enormous wentth of its membors must make an augreasive movement und compel a surrendor, ‘Tuut tho Short-Iorn pedigrees “of the country abonld be published and controfied by tha nsso- cintion there cnn be no pusethic question, and tho rensons aro obytons as well as numerous Why the chunge shonld bo mide at nn carly day. Itisnota atiestion of perkonnt relations be- twoen Mr. Allon and tho breeders. but ono in whlob the best interest of breeders is the chiof consideration, Eiorts will yet bo mado to souuro pogecasion of all the books of recurd, bitt suoulil tho nasoolation fail in those offarté thero wilt undonbtedly u new record bo made, ‘This would of courso olitail a vast ainount of lubor and the exponditure of q lure sum of moncy, but tha assuciation aro in eurnest, and will ingome mane nor bring abour tholr object, tn which thoy aru encouraged and supported by nearly overy Short-Horn breeder iu the country, A Hlghor Alm, % The opinion has become well-nigh tnivorsal among tho farmers and stock-brecilers of the country that their interests aro worthy of more “attention nt the bands of tha General Govern- -monttban ts. now accorded them, and in this position they aro quite genorally sustained by people who bave yiven tho matter tho stuly whlob its importance curtainty demands, Farm- orsnre thankful for tho occasional agricultural reports recplyed throttgh tho courtesy of thelr Congreasinen, which {ig in too many instances the only servico rondercd; they have none but tho kindest footings towards the authorities who semi-annually forward a proknge of untiquated seeds wich in nino cscs out of ten cannot be grown in the sections whore thoy are sent, but tho tillers of the soil and the beof and pork producers would bo please to be recognized In thalr propor and le- Ritimate position, ns tho real producers of Na- tonnl wealth and prosperity. Commissioner Loring, at a recont conference hold In Washing- ton, said many senalblo and tinely things. Ho ro- forred to tho necessity of a Rurcau ot Manufact- ures, where producers could find, such Informa- don as would vo for their Interest in the pro- duotlon of cotton, wool, and other fabrics, It was bis opinion that a mining bureau should also be councoted with tho Agricultural Depart- ment, and quoted Presilent Gartictd, who he sald algo antortained the same tden, Dr. Loring’s viows wilt be fudorsed by overy farmer who uses bis facilities for thought and study, and who appreoiates tho fact that the greut intorpats of which he Jaa factor js butyot in Its infancy, At tho conferouce referred to, fn roply to an inquiry, Commissionor Loring anid be conld not urge any nevion looking towards muking his a Cablnot -ollice, preferring to leave that matter to the euuntry and the legisintion which tho agri- cultural interests tauy demand, Thore enn be no question that with Buch a cbange as le hero referred to the farmers and stock-raisers of the country would not only ru- cvlve a proper and merited recognition, but that tho fact of Cabluct representation would do very much to clovite and envourayge tho class of eltizens who wontd be thus compliinented. It fa notdikels, however, that such n position will over be oronted vontarily Ne Coogresa, but from presont appanrances it will be brought about by agitation und tho demands of the pev- ple interested, who Justly belleve themaclyes untitled to thia reeogultion of thoir position og the leading factor In the general prosperity of tho country. Tho foregoing {a given aa the synopsis of an interview with ove of tho best known agrioult- urists Inthe Woat, and coming froma gentic- man who is netudent, and n practical man ag woll, {s entitled to some welght, Sccrotary Fisher's Report. Tne Trroune iy under obligation to the Hon. 8, D. Fishor, Secretary Depurtmont Agriculture, for the olguteonth volume of the transactions of tho Board of Agriculture. Tho ruport retlects great cradit upon the most progresslyo of our State ugriculturat organizations, Seoretary Fisher in bla introductory, in referring to the work of tho department and tha annual report, anys: * The steady growth of tho work of the board from year ta year(s not only moro thoroughly cultivating tho fleldsof lubor heretofore ocun- plod, but, the extension of the work into new territory cach your bus attracted general atten- tion to the ulforts of tho bonrd and sceured tha hourty cobperation of prominent agriculturists in this and other States. Tho bourd hia at all times been granted the cordial aupport and united Influence of the farmers of tho State, aud avery ollicer of the socioty has merited and rocelyod general jadorsemant at tho bands ot ull who have come In contuct with thom. It hns been tno purpose to hive the annual re- port of the board contalu cach yoara lrlef his- -torleal account of, nil matters relating to tho Induatries that the State Board of Agricultura is uspectally delegated by taw to foster and cn- courusya, Suecint offorta hnve been made to encourage tho organization of State associations, composed of mun interested in special departmcnots of agriculture, ‘The aunuul reports bave contained tho pro- ceedings of the Iinols Dairymen's Association, Anois. Swing Breeders’ Agsoolation, Tlinole Wool-Growore’ Association, Itiinols THie- Makers’ Associution, Milnvis Cane-Growera’ and Sugar Makors' Association, crop and Ilve-stock reports, aud papers prepired by tho Entomologist, Bots anist, Geologist, Chemist, and Votermurian of the board. ‘This matter, with the procoudings of tho meetings of the bourd and tho reports of county agricultural boards, has usually required all the epncs in tho sabre Allowed by law, and xenorally includes atl tho now features do- veloped during tho yeur that are of espeulal in- terost to the farmars of the Stata, Tho Stato orginizations natned bayo sauce ceeded In securing tho Boney csobperntion of tho best recognized home talent in tho soveral departments, and tho papers und the discussions: published are read with interest, und rotleat Much credit upon alt concerned, It will ba goen that, autelue of tho proceedings of tho ussoclations named, the nunual reports of tho Department of Agriculture uro almost ontiroly ovcupted with the work of the board, which may be elugeiticd as follows: 1. The Iil- noluBtute Fir; 3. Fat-Stock Show; J. Collec Hon and campllution of grup and Ilvo-stook Bij tistics; 4. Departinent work—tho Inttor conslat- log of the goteral correspondence, prepuradon of the vurtous reports, and tho performance of other work designuted by tho bonrd. In the correspondence ond otherwiso, ospooilal Attontion bas bean given to the mutter of en- couraging the adopnon of a more profitable systom of ngriculturo, te the end that, by moro thorough cultivation und duo considuvation for improving the great natural fortility of the soll by proper rotation of orops and othorwise, atlll votter results may be obtained by the farmers of the Btuto tor years to come. ‘Tho initlul experlments of somo ut our. best farmers indicate the great posalullities in the nour future of tho agriculture of the State when thorough dralnage, good cultivation. care. ful selection of sced, wud propor uttention fs given to the Improvement of tho pen rich soll, which responds so wonderfully to artltelal aida, more urless doflctont in alt gulls, as demon. atratod by the avienve of chemistry, {The readvra of Tie Tanwxe wi}! be favored from tine to tme with extracts from this yale uabio report, whfoh should bo in tho library of overy pravticn! and progressive farmer in tho Northwest.) The American Hog. The following roport of w mitss-meoting hold in $Paris, Franve, du Oct. 24 will be of great ine terost to swine bresdora and packers through- out the country, ns sHowlng tho high cathination Placed upon Amoriean aulted meats by tho cone aumers of thut country, and tho unjust disegim= ination’of the French authoritics ayaluet Amer foan pork: P =e ai ‘ # The meeting was opened by Doputy Ferdinand Gatinouu, who Fou the ducree of X. probibithug the importation of Ai proquate. which bo tuted caused m ue in France, and requested tho audience to in- terest thainsetves ta‘put net etd to tho alarming: altuation, faving concluded, the Presldent ine troduced Mr, Jeon Chuttoun, who bud returned froin a tour through America, Mr, Chostoau having reviewad tha obstuctoa opposed to the nogotiation of # Franco-Amert> cu commurclal treaty, stated that tha above deorce hud returdod the Uulon of intereats for ry ten yours, ussthe American peuple bad tholr iro wroused by tho uetion of France in prohibiting exportations, The: authors uf the degree bused thelr asdon ou the report of the British Vico-Conaul at Philadctphta, who-at- fNrmed that 700,000 bows aicd of cholora in ile nols in 1860, whervas “the truth was that out of O77 hows in {linela, lesa thin 10,u00 muce tothe ravages of cholora. In Janury, 1880, there wera in the United States 34,034,7 bogs, valued nt 8145, 791.515; iu all of Kurops in 1678 thore Ware 42.8804 hoa, of which France contributed 6,755,016. Tn 1870-60 the total nut ber of hogs pucked'in the Unitud States was 14,890346, In 1870 Prance imported 15,075,191 Kilogramiovs of salted pork, which was over ong kilogrumnie por capitu, ‘Vo provision Frunce tie door was opened to Italy, Austria, und Geraiuny against tho United Bates, Mg admitted tho Mferlority of Ameri can provisions from 1851 to WOU and 1670, but held that stnve 1871 the success of tho United ‘agnseured on the French nidrket, fur Out Of 35,000,0u0 of klogratns of fupusted meats only 1,31044 camo front other countries, The compotii countries of Ttuly, Austria, and Germany ralsed tho ery of trichlnosty, und Jnduoced tho Heonen Goveruinont to prohibit the admission of Amerionn pork ut Huvre, Hore denuz, and Maragilics. Oo true viuuse of tno oppositiun encountered fu Europe by American tueats was the war that bad been declared by certalo European nutions aquiust all importa. tlona froin Atnerica. Tho speaker fuvoked the discussion of a yeu- -Honry Vorgouult, ehlet editor of found that tho nuthor of the tecree wasn pro- teatlonistin disguise, The fosa to tho United Blutos in three mouths wis $0,240,127), and unless tho deereo waa nnnulled tha Unitod States cond Prohibit the hnportation of tho wmhes, tqua and silks of Franco, which would tu- Mick nv Inse of 217,088 nnnually, fn the namo of hia intercsted countrymen ho pro- tested ngainat tho establishinent, of a micro- graphic commission whieh could ouly ahow for results Joss of time and a deproolatfon in tho quallty of the goods by detctition. A fronticr {uspeation by veterinnry surgcona was sitMicient to insure a good quality of food wnder all clre cumstanera, In conclusion Mr. Chottoru eloied that tho meats of Amorien wero inoro qhusiehiog, and choaper than similar proditcts of urope, Othar speakers followod, among them helug Journal die Soir, who wacribed the decree to « potittcul cnuses, ‘Tho following resolutions were adopted for presentation to the Coamber of Daptlont : Considering the decree of Fob. 14, 1881, which prohibits the eutrance $n France of fgorl and salted pork from America, on necount of trich> iniv, Ia a preventive of an imaginary dangor: that tho trichiniy centained Iu pork nro kilted After n certain time of saltiog, and in nll cnaes by eooking ut tho temperaturé of hoit- in water; that the countries which hive receded France io ito vote of prohibition— taly nnd Germany—were not frienis of France, nnd wore instigated by a tesire to dobar Amur: jean foods from hor territory go that they could command the Franeh, And ag Austria-lungary, which united with France and was not riled by f desire to open its markets, Das nn insutticlont prstuetion, vonsidering Great Hrituia, whiet importa more thin double the amount of Amor- feun salted monte than any othor European tn- ton, het refusc to adopt provibitory nicasures. ‘Thut tho sane refusal was approved by Nel- glum and Switzerland, which have not ‘had a single cuse of trichinosis, and that tho producers have uot profited by this probibitton, aud that tho price is-maintained without 2 change. Considering that the decroo ot February is useless and Itself troublosomo to iinportant conimorce, and the cause of numerous disustors du consequence of the protibition of tho wines and silks of Franoe, you ora asked to report without dolay, for the ronson that the deerco nf- fevts the workluz classes, who are deprived of. healthy nnd chenp nourishment. Considering that tho micrographic Inspection established by the Frouch Governtucnt is incon. yontaut, requictng too tong, tnvoiving deprecine tion in tha quality of goody, o¢casionlng a loss of wolwbt, and obilying resulting. ‘That this Inspection tn rendoring the business impossible has for effect the virtual. revival of the prabibitory: deerce which we ask tu bo ra- ported, y Conaldering that the inspection of the votorl- naries on tho frontior charged with supervising the quality of Imported food and the good of okt ne {au suMlciont muarantes for the public saith, Resolved, That wo respectfully ‘potition tho Chamber of Deputies to opposa by their voto tho estubllghment of ainicrographic inspection of food and the sulted pork products of Atuericn. Tho Chamber le also asked to recommend to tho Government. tho (iraq acon, puro and sim- plo, of tho decree of Feb. 14, 1881, A copy of those resolutions to bo remitted to the pepntian of the Selne for communication to tho legislators of the Nation. It wit! bo rememburod that Mr. Chotteau spent considerable time when in this country looking about among tho packing and breeding centres, and tho American people are under tasting ob- ligntions to tbat gontioman for the ble and con- elusive manner in which he baa demonstrated tho fallacy of tho restrictlons which for aoveril Years bavo placed Amorleun salted provisions in Qn unjust ight. ‘Tho Fronet: people domand Yankee pork on tho ground of ite real worth and. chunpoess, and it is now probable that all ro- strictions will be removed ut an early day, Unjust Asporsions, ‘The Chicago correspondent of the Rurat New- Yorker, referring to tho recent Fat-Stock Show, has this to say in regard to the decision in tho swoopstakes ring for the best steer of any ago or brovd: z The Awarding Committeo In this contest wore T, Erwin, Bloomington, Whe J. W. Dunn, Pe tla, Lb3. B. Gortiser, Boring ied. Whee damn Pietz, Polo, UL, and H. A. floinemant, ‘Beit villa, HL Of those tye the threo Arst.coustituc- ing a majority of the committec, had aiay been amonsy the piece who awarded tho t-yenr+ old sweepstakes prize to MoMuilin tho day be fore, aud yery properly, I think with all fatr- minded visitors, tha Hereford mon at tlrat ro- fused to tnke tholr cattto fito the rl, on tho Rround that it was munifdstly unjust to allow tho men who had adted in tne ring the ‘provious day when tho samo cattio were exhibited to puss Judgment now upon thelr judginant of tho duy before, After deliberation, however, tho Hereford men completed the ring, and, of course, the prize was awarded to MoMuilin. Under tha ctrcumstances no other decision was possible; tonward the blue ribbon to any other aniinal would be for tho mujority of tha committer to atuitity thomeolves, Tho Hereford mon, of cotiree, nto loud In’ tholr complainta of unfair ness, and, for one, Laxree with them, ‘That tho Bhort-Horn influence should have recourse to such trickery Jooks very much as if tho Short- Horn mon were mortally atrukl the chief honor of theshow would have been awarded to tholr rivals by nn impartin! commlttyo. It ia ridtcutous to in- sist on the uprightnesa and honor of the Judges who consented to gerve an both days, No min of a nice senso of honor would have done so in dor the ciroumatnnces and against the carnest protest of the Hereford men, and to make 1 righteous decision in auch a caso a nico semiu of honor Is csaontial. ‘The Implication that tho judges woro 'proju- dlcod in their decision, or that tho Short-Horn breeders wore iustrumentat in employlug thom to do an wat which would stamp tts participants gs unworthy of respect, Is unfair and uncalled for under tho circumstances, Tio Titrmune in its report of this decision took the ground that it waa Injudiclous, to any the luust, to nliaw tho anuie set of judgesto decide upon the niorit of animals upon which they bad proviously passed, and the truth of this aggertion, cannot be serle ously questioned. The Herofofi inen wero per- fectly Justified in being loud tn tholr complaints of unfulrness, but to charge culluston upon the purtof tho wanngors who selected the judgos, the committea or any member thereof, or to boldly obargo that’ tho Short-Horn men woro mortally afraid of adoolsion adverse to thelr favorits, is not borne out by tho facts, ‘The bonoré of the show wore about evenly divided ug botweon the two breeds of cattle, nud the rusult of the decision referred cannot justly be attributed to anything but a defoative santo ae setecting aud working awarding com- The Derby Cart«Horse. ‘What fs known tw England as tho Derbyshire horse seams to bo coming Into prominonce for heavy work. ‘Tho result of a crosa.of tho stall- fons bred in tha County of Derbyshire upon Clydesdale mares has Leon to produce a distinct- ive breed of borsesyuvhich are rapidly acquiring Areputation in this country ns yalunblo draft stock. ‘They aro sald to possoas gront musouiur Ppowor, large bone, and tho bost of feet and lees, and in aildition have gront Spirit, fino, quick aotlon, and aro re- murkable for tholr powers of endurance, itis no longer a question of doubt, that (ho im- ported draft borses of Scotland and Normandy aro adapted for uso In this country, oud the ine troduction of the Derby cart-horso will buve tho effect to atimulute tho donlora in the two breeds which at present have tho preference to make better selections, and tho produut of theso im- portations will beoome chvaper and conse- nant more xonerally used by the facmors of America . Ju thia connection it may bo ald that In tho near future thore will probably be as bitter a vontest uetween tho tricnds of the Clydesdale aud Porcberon horses us at present exists be= tween certain rival breedorg ot beef cattic, One of thoso forcign horses bua assumed what my, ton certulnextext, bo termed a loading one, and this position ia prosumably bused on strictly ineritorlous nies of excetlance, bo credited the pipes ure botog laid fur a genuine contost as to which of tho breeds roully possess tho greatest merit for tho use of farmers and for ordinary trucking purposea on the pave- tmonts of Amoricun clitus, . ; Notes, ‘Thirty-four mon in Uvalde County, Texas, own end yrazo over 2,000,000 aneup, - ‘There are 4,401,000 bond of cattlo in Texas, and tholr value Ja catimated at $20,010,u20, 7 Jobn Skinner, of Long Grovo, 1a., has rocently returned from Scotland with a fino lot of Clydes~ dalo horses. g Tho Kansas Btate Grango will hold ity'angual convention at Topeka, commenolng Tuesday, Dee. 1%, and continuing three days. * Mr, Fitch Bi, Btacoy, Secratary of the Iowa Im- proved Stock Rreodera' Association, bas Issued. the usualinvitution to the wonuul meeting of Gi toatetys which occurson Deo. 13 at lowa In lowa, lilinols, and Wisconsin many farmers sro purchasing cows, and going extenslvuly into tho dulry busings, giving uaa reason that there aiaeeaicrl prout to be expected than iq raleing Wolves have recentiy killed many fina sboop in Deentur County, Nebraska. Ln the adjoining Srasnleation for tho. purpore ct avtorseinatieg wolves aud wild cats, es sleek) ‘The Hon. 8, D, Fisher, Suoretary of tha [llinols State Hoard of ‘Agrloulture, owna a Paladon neur Atlunta, IIL, and was called there recoutly to witness the effect of the Hoods upon big prope orty. Mr. Fiebor is nut only a theoretioah, but ulso @ practical tarmor, but te objects to the pursuit of husbandry when Jupltor Fluyiua boe conspired to ruin crops and otherwise Intorfore with hia calculadons. Col. Charles Ff. Mills, of Springtold, 11. recontly added. ia Ne wolskepwns ‘aad oat Ciyuesdutos the fuportad mato Elinwood Dulsy 1 (American Clydesdale Biud Book), wired by Mulmorat 149, bred py Br. Mill, of Dep Bide, Abordeen, Scutlund, ‘and out of the famous Clydesdale mare Lady Nowbro M3, bred by ebit rumor, i it eh tho sire at Ralmoral 140, was a‘noted horsd, ‘amiar to all intorestod In the Ciydos, Beorilary Chainberlain, of the Ohto- State Rourd of Agriouttuce, ns lasuod a oirouine tn regurt to the holding of Farmers’ Institutes shiting the coming winter montht., A inrgo tunnber of protien! and Intelligent lecturers haved beon cngared, and the farmers of Ohio nre thoroughly niive to the importaneo af thes educadonal pathier ines ‘Tho Itton Is ono worthy of ernulution by thu farinora of othor Mtates, aud HiUnote, feom “tte proud position as an agri- uititral and grazing State, abould inaugurate a online ioatiention, In reply to a corretpendont at Holvidere, tho following ds givon ae tho most authentic Infor mution obtainable: The bizhest price ever paid for a cow wns $40,600, rocolved by Mr. Campboll, Of Now-York Mills, for 1 puro-brad Short- Horr graben) cow, whieh was sold ty wo to Ungluud, Ir, Goff, a ivell-known Kentucky broader, pald $1300 tor a thornughbred Short-Iorn bull, owned by Se. Geor; |. Bedford, whivb 16 prob. ably tho tighest price over pntd, although the Hon, M. ii, Cochrane, of Canada, 16 anid to havo: qevclvor) $4,000 for a thoroughbred Short-lforn puri. Asatnnttor of intoreat to the Short-Itorn brocd- ers of Illinois it may bo suid that, at a meeting of thestate Board uf Agciculture hold at Spring: ald Jaa, 6, 1859, Me. C. W. Wobstor, an ox-Preal- dont of tho souiuty, offered the followlig resolu- on, whieh was ‘th given to uny podigreo register in usa At the umes * “ Renolved, That we recommend to agricultural socictios, brecdars, and others intorcsted to Prociire nnd use as the standard for reference on the subject of podigrees of thoroughbred Bort: Hora eattla L, F, Allon'a Americun bord ak," Tho agricultural ‘papors and periodicals ond tho press gonurally throughout tho country ox- press tho utmost satisfaction In regard to tho contict of the lito Fut-Stoule Show tn this elty. ‘The absence of tho bitterness which character- ized tho strinrgle in the cattio rings Inst yonr is balled with general ploasure, a it is ‘pluinly apparent thut the originators of this grand show huve cstubtished the fact that no ollquo or ring: fius or can vontrul tts procoedinga, This fact agatires n continuance of tho suppurt of a cinss of men ,without whieh the show would evant.‘ uuily become a ftaflure, and isn euiligient ins dorscinont of tho entire affair and tho able and dmpartial managere who have its mangomont Ip As on outgrowth of tho annual Fat-Stock Bhowa inthis ulty there is developing among Western breodora a dostre to hold their yearly sulos in thia oe during tha wook of tho show In order to have tho benelit of a much larger nuin- ber of buyera who tira always cortain tu bo hora in attendance upon tho show and tho savernt conventions which will undoubtedly be beid here during the snine weok. Amone the iirat to Aunounce tholr intention to tako udvantayo of this fact are Messrs, J, H. Potts & Son, of Jack- sonville, Ill, who rang bigh as breoders of pura bred Short-Horn cuttio and Southdown sheep. ‘Tho snle will oceur on Thursduy of tho Fat- Btock Show weok next your, and willbe con- ducted by Col. J. W. Judy, of Tallutn, IM, It te probable that several other Western breaders will endeayar to havo thelr soles during that Mr, Alten had, previous to thatenrly doy, been for thirteen soars engaged in publlahinge {5 rec ord, nud 3its oxcollenco waa fitly recognized by ta socioly by this regolution. ‘Tho bourd was composed of tha following yeontlemen: L’resi- dent, Lewls Elsworth, of Du Page County; exe Presidonts, dianios N. Brown, of Sangamon County, and C, W. Webstor; O, B. Dento, of Jo Duviess County; W. IL, Van Epps, of Loo Coune John Gurrard, of Vermilion County; A. Duntap, of Peoria County; J. W. Singleton, of Adams County; S, Dunlap, of Morgan County; William Kille, ot Edgar Countys 8. 8, Chandler, of St. Cinir County; and H. 8, O/ourn, of Perry County; Join Cook, of Sprimefuld, was Record Jng Scaretary; data P, Reyoaids, of Saleti, Cor. Fespond the Secretary; and John W, Bung, of Springtield, was Tecngurer, A freight train was recently wreoked in Col+ orndo in which there wero tifteon cara of enttlo. The secnes and sueidents subsequent to the sinnsh-up will not soo bo forgotten Ly tho tral bande. About one hundred of tho animals were olthor killed or mutmed, and tho sight of 50 Mich blood wag not only a gbastly one, but it bad the effect to Infuriate the ontinnls who escaped tijury. They charged the wreck, pinned i bralcomun to tho side of n car and broke throo of ble ribs, nnd after tossing the engineer over the fence nt tha sido of the rond cnused him undor one of the broken cars, whore bd wns compelled to remain for some hours. Thocattle helt undisputed :poaseasion of tho field, and tholr lufuriuted roara could bo beard for two miles, ‘hoy were tually driven away, and havo Deon roamtng nbout the prairies evor since. A fow of thory witd Western steers have ween accured by the ranchmen, peed walls of vor cutching the catte, tho railroad company to uvold tigation has detorminod to pay iholr owner for the entire Ofteen car-loads, ‘It hag beon eatlinated that unloss 9 mileb cow will pny hor owner t profitovery year of $44.60, sho Is being kept ace toss, This fact bas bn inuch to dy with the growing desire to Improvo dairy cowg, which Is resulting In increased, im- vortitions of Holstely and Jereav stock, in whom n protit is ordinarily a sure thing whoro tho cows aro properly managed wad cared for. Datrymen throughout tho country recognize the fact that it does not pay to depend upon the old- fashioned serud cow, and the practien of Inveat= dng in bigh grade aniinals for watty, purposes is becoming quite genornl, Among tha dairy cat- tle thro is no breed which more completely title tha requirements of both butter and cheeao makora thon tho Ayrabire, and thore ura n food Inany exclusive dairy farmers who jnsist that a wood Ayrshird oroas on a high-grade Shart-Hortt ‘will produce not only oxcellont dalry stock, but. such animulf ag.can bo disposed of for weor purposes when tho timo coines, Ss Breeders of beef enttle will doubtless take ox- ceptions to such no iden, but if thora be any merit in this batter and. beef combination, tha Hterprising Wostern farmers will discover and inke ndyantage of It, Dr. Loring, tho new Commissianor of Agri- coulture, has In view a seriog of gathorings dure ing tha socond week .of Janunry noxt which will uttrnct to Washington representative farima- ore and frionds of nyricuiture from all parts of the country, Deletes will protably be present from ovory State ugricuiturat soolvty, and aducu- tonal Institutions devoted to sgricutture and kindred branebes of atudy will algo send delo- gates, The abjevt of those conventions ts to lurthor tho Interests of ovary brangh of bus- baondry. "Tho discussions which wilt oc- cur will naturally tuke a very wide and comprehensive range. It fa dealynod to afford opportunttiae far Qu exchange vt views upon all aubjects pertulning to agriculture, live stock, horticulture, the growth and outture at tho vito; and iu fot those meoctings may bo wuld te partuke somewbat of tho uature ofa grand normal-school, where mon of. National reputation in the Varlous branches of ogricult- uro and kindred ‘puenite will havo an oppure tunity to profit by ‘the oxporlances of ouch other, A very largo numbor of favitations have been ‘extended to representative men, and ino result of such i xathoring, and the diasemian. Hon of practical knawloge which will follow, must be of inculeulable benolit to thu farmur, tho stuck, ralser and breeder, and in fact to every man who gating a Uvellnood to avy branch of ugriculturo, On Tuesday noxt the National Dairy Falr will be formally opened at Cedar Rapids, In, and } Beerotary Hittlor anys tho attoudunce will cor- tainly, bo yery large. Exhibits have been on- tered from neurly evory dairy district in tho ‘United Btutes, and tho entries embrace not only the beat results of practical endeavors on tho part of exgericnued mon in tho-Hne of duiry products, but ulse 9 very large nuinber of tm plements, machimry, models, and dosigns of appHances for the ‘use of butter and cheoso muuufucturors, ‘Tho guccoss of tho fair can therefore be cousdidered certain, and tho nian wore ara deserving of great pratgo tor thoir Uroless olforts to honur the utire West, and tho State of Jowa in partioular, fn securing for tha Nrat thue the aunual convontion outside of New York City. An fnvitadon is extented to everybody to attend, ‘hero wit be no charge for admisston ta the fair or convention, und no entry fees are ta bo cunrged. The object of the National Assacia- Is to educate the people, with no reynrd to the oxpenae which may acerue In plroing thotr tne torests before tho public, ‘Tho duiry snteredta Of tho West bave grown to linmense proportions Within tho pust fow yenra.and {t fadirectly in tho interest of every farmer who wakes .tho allichtest offorts in that branch of husbandry to lvoe his hoarty codperution and support to tha ational Association tn their offort to rotatu a, position of praimntience naan organizauon. The eltizens of Cedar Rapids bave mudo ample are rangemente for tte accomajodanon of all visit ord, und will endouvor to retain the fair lu the ‘Weat at lvagt fur several yours to come, a THE FIRST SNOW, + For The Cntcaga Tribune, Swift mateors coursed tho tpnde nights mio ita eave ade he undor night, with loaves “"}toauted sudiy to ana fro. pecs) Feaidt Thou came a cold November morn, A waking romp and ebout * - Of chubby Mury, threo years born— Of Watider, luuxing out, : ' “ What is zat suff on overyalngy" Why, that is snow, my dear.” \ Ais will bwing Zon ttle Chwis'tana. Old Santa Clauges bere! Old Fat now tugging at a sbolls Now gorgeous with a frown: Now working slyly, Uke an olf, ‘To yet a hummer down, “Don't bozzor me! Ta'lok you'd ace Pagceriod myiitesutot re, Wis twouble [ has been tat And so sho works, and pull bund: With banner, risa aks Po nee Aud sings with joy, and bidgs the wounds Or pult-a-dosen whacks, ,, At lose end socks dozen, quite— . a Hang ina clraling row, | 4 ’ ‘With Fatty sunoy us tho light Th tho south window's bow, m “Omy! Lwouldn’s tor ais worl" . Huve Suote Giauses s’outt ‘DMury-to-Harrigg, you bud little girl, Your s'uckiu's wasn't out!" 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Dittora aro tnvaluablo, betuig hetIe tonle, and stimulating, without Intoxicaniay’ “No matter what. your foolin aro, or what the Badan lara we yeptoe Ditters,” Don't watuuntit you ara gee eee i ie gerat ies he Mie nr lit, saved by a0 dolng ata trig ooueds ing com” Ask Your Druggist or Physician, “Do nob muffor yoursolt oF ti gouty, but uo and urgo tom te tent rey tis Top Bit, © Romember, Hop Ditters te ied grunkor nostuin, but. the vupeNt Ag ee Modlalne over mute, an Be thowld be withoug ie 8? Person oF famtiy® REMEM BER THIS, It youre sick, HOP BITTERS wit » Wa Nature in aH ata sinture in inking you woll oguin where If you aro comparativoly well, nood of grand’ conto nna atimaient ett onsy tiityouaromiada.s now belug trie, HOP BITTERS, If you are coative or dyspontic, ing demany oust oe fhe pure et icyou romain ti, for + Four own faut HOP BITTERS ure a soverolgn romody In all#tich complaints KLAR camtte Anan dtl ree a mont and turntora cure te © Dos this mo HOP BITTERS, Xf you are slok with that terrinio slok Ne SNOSA, * per ouarl nee you will ads * Salm in dis HOP BITTERS, If you, acon frequentor or a resid miaxmatic diateicn Uarriontg Our bystest axalnst the scourge of all countrfes—m larial, Spidotale, bullous, and intermittuns fevers—by HOP BITTERS. If you hava rough, pimply,-or sal! bad uroatit patna aud clan and feel Wisget bie yonerally, FOL BITTERS Will gito you fair ekin, rich blood, the swootest’ bresta, ser anere Thee eto ALL Dk t short, thoy cure Aft Diseasos Bioracl, Howols, Blood, Liver, Nerves: Kat ‘Doys, vto., and S500 . se bopald for a case thoy itl mot care of for rd iin der, ry pure or injurious POUF, Hadeldden, Invalid wife, sister, nett mothar, or dauxhter, can bo made tht ure of health bre Tow bottles of Hup tory conte ‘tng bute tride, “ ‘Will you let them suffer? Cleanse, Purify, and Enriel tho Blod Wirt HOP BITTERS, And you witi favo no sickuess, or autfuring, oF ductors’ bitty to pay. If you hava nnusen, want of nnpotite, tatu: Toncy, laziness, und, tovorish symptuns, 7d are mitfuring from COSTIVENESS, and HOP BILTEAYS ts tho Surest Cure. Uf your vital forcos aro deprossau. if you bare 8 fuallng Of enarai Inswitude wd weakness, fro wuslly fallguod, porspire freuly on guing Lo Swup, or0 ahOre Of breath on evury aliglt et fort, und havo A xoneral fooling of melancholy and dupression, you are suifering from General Debility, and HOP BITLEIs removes it all, Ifyou haveanonso of wolsht or fullness ia tho atomaotiso obamtunbly appetite, sometimes Yoruclous, but genorally fouble; n morbid cray- ingt low apirits after a Tull meal, with sevore pain for some thine after eatin On tho stomach, sour stumac! 4 Noss ovor Iti tausen, hewduchs, ur sume of these symptuuly, you aro bullering from Dyspepsia, , ee HOP BITTERS will pormanently cure If you freeze ono hour, burn tho noxt. and aweat nnothert If you uro wuffering alt thu torte Ure Of the Inquisition, ong momunt fearing you will dio, nud the next mowent fenclyt 7ou won't Ht you havg bing nalls nud: Mps, slur yes, und 8 yhost-Nke complexion, yuu stv auf forlny trom thay miasuatie curse, BILIOUS, MALARIAL BEYER, Olt AGU: end HOP BILTENS will epcodily cura you If you havo adry, harsh, and yollow aki dali ‘pain in tho right side, extenling to the aouidor-binda ‘uid pit of the stomach; a te dornuss over the region of the liver, an somes times an enlurgement of Cod te nent of tuhtnuss urd gneasingss In tho noiehbor hood of the stonineh aad irers yollawishinese of the oyest bowels Irrewular, konwraily is waud tu looseness; a hacking or dry cou rregutnr appetite; whortnens of brosthin Toot an 4 tauon OF tho honrts.disturbad sloop: Bi burny dlatnelinution to oxerion—if you have any of thovo symptoms you ure ‘sulluring + Liver” Compiaint, and HOP BIVPRRS will cura you. dor ‘If you have a complaint whleh fow under: ayand and nono will give vou crogit Foran ene foobled conditions a oneness throughout ". Jaiolo syateny switenius of the lower tt 8 dontes to fy ch to plocua, and a foar chat 727 Sin ghaney tone Sau a nade Of lose a 18 at ing from tual hydirarhendod ‘dlsvsse Nervousness, and HOP BYPLURS wilt offectually cure you. VALUABLE TRUTHS. “If you aro sufforing from poor health, or ianguaning ‘on wm bed of alckuess ‘take chuur, for Hop Bittera will cure you. ” aro Hing, if you fol weak 1nd Ee ee eR HoRt clearly knowing WBN Hop Bitters will Revive you. 7 ' ed Es 1 and hava ovurtaxed yoursit with Marner ereat dutiue, uF & ALOU @r, Worn oUt With caro und work, tore yous Hop Bitters will Restore y' ari “1 Tf you are a man of business or anars Hop Bittera will give you Olenanse, Apd you wil) have no sicknuss.¢ gan Elegant, Sensant, god [otros aut a ‘apd bmpure 2 teeter oeruitose,ewcetuuiog sue woulls weakunod by “tho atral bint ‘Of_a man offeiters, tu mildnluhy work, Hop Bitters will Strengthen you. ting oF “Ityou wre sulforing from over vallll op arial Indisvretion OF Ary oF mM Ol Young aad wrowing 100 f a ‘tho cna Hop Bitters wil! Relieve Foe Gi he farm at “Le you aro in tha workahog, on the (AP Dany whore, and foul tht Ye a He ea etter ay oF seiaulatias, wt ituoutimuxioalinn, _ Hop Bitters is what you need. food thin aid (are Mf you are old, and yUUe Moa pusteady. And pure, vuly your fucuities wanlig, new Life and uve of Au Gwar Jour Vigor. and HOP DITTERS sean elegant bealthy The Pudi UI rofroshing Hayoriug for lokeho Sh rwices, ae een EAU jana cloansing 14 pura kad swogtunlug myomnach.” Purify, and Enrich * the Blood with jitters,” Hop Bitters toriug or aoe"? ‘bille 10 bu PeBITVERS "Oo ngfor st ang Wbeteeshin Mgt ba vical ns. the biumech, Or to the Aged