Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1889, Page 9

Par weeks, off and on, L have been a victim of THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. ' NEW YORK’S HEALTH. It is a Healthful City, But Has Much to Breed Disease. STENCHES FROM DIGGING UP STREETS—LACK OF FRESA AIR IN FOREIGN-SETTLED DISTRICTS— IMPURITY OF THE DRINKING WATER—THE SMALL- EST DEATH-RATE IN THE LARGEST TENEMENTS. Correspondence of Tae Evexrxe Stam. New York, June 23, New York is said to bea healthful city, and Perhaps it is more healthful than some, but how it remains so must ever be a mystery to the man who takes the trouble to look about him a litte in and around New York. For sev- what the doctors call civic malaria. If military or naval malaria is any worse I don't want to deal with it. Perhaps because of my malarial attacks I have been more than usually sensitive to the nastiness of New York, but I have dis- covered enough of its filth and neglected decay in six weeks to make me anxious to move coun- tryward. In the first place, I haven't been able to go from dwelling to office since mid- winter without having my nostrils assailed with the foulest possible stenches from streets that were torn up for a or other. Sew- ers were being repaired, 1pes rene g put u alwass seemed to exist along 6th avcnue for the | past six months for constantly keeping the | street torn up, and the odor arising, from what- | ever source it may have sprung, has been sick- | ening. It has been so dense, so palpable, that | believe it could have been “cut with a The people who live inthe eross- | streets of the immediate vicinity must inhale these foul gases as they sleep, and the many cases of diphtheria reported from that neigh- borhood are scarcely to be wondered at, GARBAGE NUISANCES, Walk through the portions of the city most thickly settled and you will be nauseated at | the open garbage barrels and boxes that stand three and four abreast in front of each house. ‘The collectors of garbage are supposed to come after it during every night, but in fact they come in the daytime or at any time in the jorer districts, so that the “can” is always out. ‘There is no cover to the top of it, it leaks | through its swollen sides and overflows over its | top hoops, Mischievous gamins give it a kick as they run by, aad its contents are half spilled over the sidewalk. The next young vagabond »g along will empty it entirely and roll it the street. Of course the garbage collec- | tor won't stop to gather up what is spilled in | the street, and there it will lie, rotting a little more every day, the hot sun raising deadly bac- teria from it that pollute the air for rods and start many @ case of malaria, “‘civie” or other- wise. PERSONAL UNCLEANNESS, I don’t believe now that uncleanness is un- healthful, at least personal uncleanness, for I recall some of the dirtiest people I ever saw who were also the most ragged and strong. ButI had an experience not long ago with « kind of bor mpomn that isn’t healthful, and it is practiced in every foreign-settied portion of New York. The last place I thought to dis- cover such a thing was in upper 3d avenue, between Sist and ‘Mth streets, where there are uny quantity of small shops occupied by for- eiguers of respectable appearance and fairly intelhgent manners. A good many of these shops are cigar factories, where the retail trade is doue in the front, the’ family lives in the rear, and the manufacturing is done in a little room between. Of course the whole is one deep store, and the living room and manufac- turing room are divided from the front by par- titions that only rise half-way to the ceiling. I went into several of these p fod one mornin; recently im search of a kind of tobacco wanted. In the firstone as soon asI opened the door the most fetid odors came from within with such intensity as to make me gasp. The man whoshambled in from the rear to wait upon me had spent no time that morning fool- ing with either water or comb, and his dull eyes and face the color of a boiled dumpling looked like the features of a corpse. I didn't spend more time there than was actually nec- esxury, and when I went out I left the door open, but he closed it with » growl before I had gone ten yards. If I had retraced my steps and bursted in his show-window it would have been a hygienic act of mercy, but I didn’t. In the next shop there was the same overpow- ering odor of fetid air, breathed over and over by men, women and children, and mixed with smells from blood-pudding, sauerkraut and limburger cheese. And so it was in every place T yigited. I asked one proprietor why he Giant let & littie air in to temper the thick atmos- phere of his store, and he waxed wroth and told me to mind my own business and he'd take care of his. It is just the same in all the parts of New York that are settled by this class of foreigners. They are afraid of air, and they Jose their blood, their energy and vitality in ® Vitiated atmosphere that breeds disease, THE CITY WATER. There is no water to be had for drinking pur- poses in the city of New York but that which is brought im pipes from the great Croton water- shed and stored in the large reservoirs tral park and at 42d street. This olay? always discolored, but the water authorities will tell you that the soil of the Croton water- sued is « yellow loam that gives the water a pe- culiar ¢ and that it is made more healthful by this loamy deposit than if it were colorless, Well. thir excuse may g0, but I have my reasons for doubting it. ‘There is a state report made by Civil Engincer Charles C. Brown which tells 2 different tale. Mr. Brown trampe: miles of Croton watershed. He pono 33.000 domestic a ws, pigs, horses, sheep and martered in pens or stables { which owed into streams -« ater we dri yin New York. No less than 2848 ‘ug houses run off their filthiest sewage into streams running directly into metropolitan | reservoirs. Barns aud barnyards to the num- | ber of 3,293 are on the banks of these streams | and drain into them. The mouths of village sewers empty directly into the rivers compris— ing New York's water system, while stables aud outhouses are built on piling over the water as it lows toward New York to be drunk by euch ‘amites ag are not satisfied with beer or whisky. Besides the above there are sixty-seven | a chase bouses, mills, tanneries and con- ins Ik factories whic: into our drinking water, a 18 THERE NO REMEDY? There should be a means of proventing this pollution, but what steps are to be taken? The factories, dwellings and barnyards must be drained uchow aud somewhere, and their | al drainage is into the streams to- | ich their refuse will gravitate. The city cannot bay up the 362equare miles of water. | shed and turn it into waste ground. There isa te law which preseribes a fine of £300 for | luting streams which supply cities with | inking water, but there has been s sorter | © between the commissioners of public | Ne w Xe nk city and the state board of as to which body was the pro; i make complaints and bring sotions ander ar this age j or pouds that contributed the ty FILTH IN THE CITY RESERYorR, Onee when I was trying to find out for a sports- man’s journal if there were any fish in the Cen- tral Park croton water reservoirs I sew some workmen gathering deposit from the bed of the stern side of the reservoir. It was a black, Sticky, composite substance, of most offensive | odor, and was being carted away as fastas taken out, to be used as a fertilizer. Surely such de- posits, the accumulation of years, the work. mmen said. area source of the most Contamination, limits, and has discov Seals wninimaa _ that the most abom- this way for years. The dock pram! Were notified of these nuisances and asked to pepe but they were inclined to believe orts much ‘ieee waa no i ape Ona intimated Beulth commissioners hired a tug and they took some 6 Frepher, and at low tide — which spoke for at street a photograph was made drains from coveral chem: factories wien Were pouring » ish At —— # street dock the haga msg Standard were hole ncigiborhoed were photographed in both gray -above the w: meh which was almost stood th. t the health this time to Mayor Gon eenags will THE TENEMENT DistRicts, Whenever the ratio of mortality in New York been commented upon heretofore it C is tricts are so overcrowded.” It is true that in New York there are 15.37 persons to a dwelling, while in London there are only 7.8. And it also true that New York has an annual death rate per thousand of 17.34, while Londou’s is only 15.82. Bat the funny part of the whole business, if death rates can be said to have any- thing funny about them, is that our tenement houses have nothing to do with our large death rate. At least this is what a distinguished rr and health officer of New York, Dr. S. Tracy, would have us believe. He has recently made areport which contains many bristling statistics, By referring to these statistics we find that 72 per cent of New York's entire ulation lives in tenement houses. We also find that the highest death rate is among the 28 cent whe live in brown-stone fronts and high-class flats, The next highest death rate is among the smailer tenements, and the smaliest death rate of all is found in the largest tenements, where the “overcrowding” has been the bane of reformers for years, If the doctor's statistics are trae—and his reputa- tion would searely permit a donbt of their re- liability—the who putation of the city wonld do well to celtralize itself in Mott and Mulberry and Stanton streets, live in the nasty, tumbledown tenements which abound in those regions, eschew bathing and all clean- liness, live on garlic and decayed vegetables and wfatand dirty and healthy. When asked to account for his statistics Dr. Tracy telis abont the health board's strict surveillance gas mains laid, water | over the sanitary condition of the large tene- d. telegraph and other wires were | ments and the consequent education of their derground, Some necessity has | occupants up tohygienic cleanliness. But I have myself put a nose inside the doorways of some of these wonderfully heaithfal large tene- ments in the pursuit of business within the past three days, and I have discovered no ap- preciable improvement in the “hygienic clean- iness” upon these same tenement three years ago, when I tried éo live in one of them to get at the true inawardness of tenement life for a newspaper story, and had to give it up. BETRAYED BY A NIGHTSHIRT. And thereby hangs a tale. I didn’t give up living in a tenement becanse I couldn't stand the foulness, I had hardened myself to that. My exit was all on account of « nightshirt. I got lodging as a printer looking for a job with Honora Murphy, widow, No. 9 Stanton street, and I fooked a tough as any of the rest of the lodgers, who were a pretty tough set. I had up weil and I ed. I carried a rag-bag of a valise that Ed. Harrigan had used in ““Mc- Sorley’s Inflation” and it contained a more ragged pair of trousers than I had on, a bit of soap, two flannel shirts much worn, a printer's stick and rule, and—a nightshirt. I unfortu- nately acquired the nigutshirt habit early in life and found it difficult to conquer it. And I knew a nice long nightshirt would be a great protection ina tenement house bed from in- sects and things. The first night I was un- dressing while the two sharers of my room were sitting in red undcrshirts and naught else playing penockle by the light of a candle. I got along all right until Teommenced working my way into the nightshirt, and then I felt that the interest of the couple was centered upon od I a around. aa a ‘ “How! lary, young feller,” gasped one o! the men, “fot’s that thing?” a nightshirt,” said I with an “Why. that’s effort to appear unconcerned. “A tshirt, is it? Well, begob, it’s the first thing of the kind wuz iver known in Nora Marphy’s place or in the hull dom shtreet, young feller, an’ it gives you dead away. You ain't no printer, sonny, you're some dude that’s done a jail job and yer hidin’. This is a rispictable house an’ sich as you can’t stay in it. I wish ye no harum wid the police, young feller, but my advice to you is to git out o’ this ey pal omer that I took the hint? it nec ‘to say that I tool pe HES — ee0 IRISH LACE-MAKERS. Consul Piatt Tells Some Interesting Facts About the Industry. “Trish Lace” is the title of an exceedingly in- teresting special report just made to the De- partment of State by United States Consul Jno. J. Piatt, at Cork. He explains that this pro- duct, already somewhat celebrated, is attract- ing attention just now from those interested in the cultivation of the manufacture of lace and embroidery for decorative purposes. He di- vides Irish lace into eight classes: Flat needle- point lace, raised needle-point lace, embroid- ery on net, cut cambric, drawn thread-work, erochet-work, pillow lace, tating. He says that fiat needle-point lace is of the first importance, as the method of making is precisely that adopted by the Italian workers of the sixteenth century, a process which lends itself to the expression of the most fancifulideas of the artist, designer and worker. Many of the most valuable specimens of an- cient needle point at present in existence have been reproduced by Irish lace-workers with success, notably a flounce made at the Convent Youghal to order of Mr. Ben Lindsay, Dublin, who supplied the original while modern de- sig in fine renaissance pattern, have been executed at the Convent Od Poor Clares, Ken- mare, Raised needle-point lace, termed Innishmac- saint lace, is le in the district bearing this name, near Lough Eine, County Fermanagh; also at the Carmelite convent, Wexford, and at Cappoquin, County Waterford. The articles mainly produced at the present time are flounces, trimmings, handkerchief borders and collarettes. Though this lace is, comparatively speaking, high in price the annual output at the various centers of production scarcely averages 914,599.50, LIMERICK LACE. Limerick has long been noted for its manu- facture of a lace which is of a distinct charac- ter from that already mentioned, being simply an embroidery on net, with either chain or darning stitch. It possesses the merit of being extremely light and adapted to good display of pattern at a low price. Prior to the develop- meut of machine looms for lace making and the improvements lately made in the embroid- ery districts of Planen (Saxony) this industry had been of considerable importance. Re- cently, however, by the attention given to the improvement of designs and workmanship, it us likely to be again popular in public favor. Lace made by a similar method, but in some respects resembling poi . is made at Carrick- macross; it is termed applique and closely re- sembled the old poiat d’Angleterre, consisting grounds, of floral devises — on mesh Though = lace ee en produced in this dis- trict for the forty years, few improve- soutien Sotlgs have boos mantle ie Workers in this district also produce lace consisting of guipured cambric, the pattern being outlined by a cordonnet or thread and the ground cat away as in embroidery, the “motifs” being held together by asingle thread, generally ornamented by loops or picota. Com tively little pillow lace is made in Ireland, and that only of the simplest descrip- tion, known as torchon. . _A pretty notion in needle-work, called frivo- lite by the French ladies who practice it, is made at Ardee, County Louth, under the name of tatting. CROCHET WORK. | period of 1847, and has since flourished. The art was ee ae schools, convents, and benevolent individuals, but does not appear, —_ up on regular coutmargial principles until ten years later. About 1 two recognized dealers were r 4 FREER ES, ft ‘Written for ‘Tas Brasme fea, AKE LRAIN gets a punch and it demoralizes him, * = wetthiy: Res gar him. He would !‘ke to go on but can not; he is The Man Who Will Fight Sullivan Tells | *ensitive to the punch. conn oes of His Method of Training. ‘HIS DIET AND EXERCISR—TWO HOURS OF WORK WITH THX “SWEATERS” —PUNCZING AND DODG- ING THE BIG BAG—ROUTINE OF A FIGHTER'S DAY—PUGILISTS WHO HAVE MADE MONEX, Every prize-fighter has his own method of training, his own fancy of what it is best to do to get himself in condition, and I may even say that prize-tighters have “cranky” notions on this subject of training just as other people have peculiar ideas in regard to the particular work or enterprise in which they are engaged. ‘Training is not a matter with which nationality has anything to do, and yet I can understand tuat what aight be proper to do in England it would not be well to do in our country, the climate and the ways of living in the two coun- tries being different. a bg ce is, that the nie ne of training men for ‘ize ring as are pursued in England are Tifferent’ from methods fol- lowed by American prize fighters. Furthermore, even in England there have been quite a num- z jecording accounts oe it to resemble a mohster of deformity and ugliness; yet he hasn't a scratch on him, and even his enemies will admit that he is a good- man, It seems to me it requires peculiar kind of ber of changes in the old methods introdaced | talent to give a true account of a prize-fight, bythe new school of fighters, though they are | and yet often very young men who have never much more conservative in these matters than | seen a prize-fight re) nt great newspapers we are on this side of the “big pond.” pa = a ret = = —— , 9 kuowledge o: 7 y bce royale eae rons not only the blows that were given, but the I wiil give a general outline of my own method of training. I getup in the morning at 5 or 6 o'clock and start out for a walk of about four miles. Before I start I might take a glass of sherry with an egg in it, or n cup of beef tea, but nothing more. I walk leisurely, in effect of the same. Ishouldn’t think it would be a bad idea for a reporter to have an ex-prize-fighter ait beside him during the contest and take down in short hand his opinions on the matter. In making these suggestions I do not, of course, presume fact ly..the object bei ly to rouse | to instruct newspaper editors in their business. myself up after a good, might! sleep, get a | Lierely throw outa hint, which I should think breath of the fresh morning air and start up | Would be to their advantage, and I think other fighters will agree in what I have said on this the physical syst: e| t to the mor physical system preparatory e e be rer severe labors of the day. On my return from this walk I eat my broakast; sometimes I have fish and se sometimes chop and eggs, or a small steak, some dry toast aud acup of weak tea, I don’t know that strong tea would hurt a man, and I ew he could have it if he wanted it, but weak tea is better, beeause it enches your thirst and you are permitted to ink but little water, if, indeed, any at all. You can't have coffee, on account of its peculiar action on the bowels, and a men's stomach, when he is training, is apt to be ina very RICH PRIZE-FIGHTERS. Prize-fighters seldom grow rich, but there have been some cases in England where they have accumulated considerable money. There was Tom King, who died leaving a fortune of ‘300,000 in money and the balance in real estate. He made his money out of prize- fighting and horse-racing. Tom Sayers was well off when he died. here is Jem Smith, the heavy-weijht: he is worth $25,000 or $30,000 and he has made all his money by prize-fight- ing and boxing exhibitions. O Sensitive condition. After breakfast I sit 7 rn ry At the present time the estate of James Fig, around, read the morning papers and write “ letters to my frlenda. ‘Then t pet the “em | the frst champion of England and the father of the ring, is in chancery. Everyone haa read of Fig, who lived somewhere about 1720 and who made boxing and fighting popular with the best class of people. Fig hed a court, or amphitheater, where he had boxing exhibi- tions, which were attended by crowds of spec- tators, the sports being witnessed by the royal and noble people of that day, who encouraged the fistic art, believing that it made the People hardy and brave. Fig died, leaving no hei He had two brothers, one in Austraha. and the other in tne West Indies, who did not learn of his death, and they finally died themselves, Now, there is nearly $1,000,000 in dispute, a London lawyer —— up the claim for some of the descendants of "s brothers, There is a big piece of property right in the center of London that I suppose wasn't worth $25 when Fig owned it; now it could be sold for $500,000. In conclusion [ cannot forbear Mgr ceean. | the manner in which I was treated in Englan and the abuse which was heaped upon mea few months since in my own country, caused by the fact that Charles Mitchel! man, was my friend. Americai well in England and I fail to see any reason for the prejudice against Mitchell, a man who has made teeny friends in the United States and who has always conducted himself in a proper manner. He is with me now, simply because he is my friend and wants to help me win in the coming contest. After it is over he is go- ing directly back to England. Jaxe Kizram, era” on and go out for my heavy sweat. Theso “sweaters” consist of three very thick flanuels and cover the whole body. With this not very comfortable clothing ou me, in addition, of course, to my ordinary outside wearing ap- parel, I spend two hours in walking and run- ning. That is all I do before dinuer and I may add that that is all any man would want to do before dinner. A PUGILIST'S DINNER. For the midday meal or dinner I eat roast beef, roast mutton, or boiled beef or boiled mutton. Ieat green vegetables at times, but no potatoes, I drink two-thirds of a pint of ale or claret at this meal. This is not a very large amount of drink for a man, and I do not think it does me any harm. There isa certain amount of nutriment in ale and light claret wine—it must be really a claret wine— quenches thirst and isan aid to Sigua. After dinner I loaf around, as the saying is, for an hour or so, but always in the open air. Then I take a slow walk for a mile or two. On my return I begin my work of punching the big bag, which bangs in a room suspended from the middle of the ceiling. However much prize-fighting may differ in regard to other de- tails connected with training, I believe that they all believe in punching the big bag. This punching process limbers up a man’s arms and exercises a set of muscles that so fr during the day have received but little attention. en, sarin, tf a Sone very active on trae ¢ has to kee} ing from one part o room to the seer in order to sve. the hits from this big ball which comes flying at him from all points cf the compass. When s man gets worked up over this exer- cise, I suppose, by straining his imagination a bit, he can fancy he has his coming opponent right before him, pummeling him for all he is worth; that makes this exercise all the more interesting and valuable. After this work I take my bath, or I may have taken it in the morning after going through the walk with the sweaters, I vary my food and I vary the exact time I take my different exercises, “And I may say here that with fighters ——S the most difficult thing for them to endure in connection with their training is the monotony of the As it soars above the pines; work, the (oe oe same things day after day A song of heavenly love it sings, for several weeks. And joins the solemn lay, THE NEED OF VARYING, As the bell of the mission sadly rings, I belive that this terrible regularity has a At the endof the dreamy day. wearing effect on a man’s mind; it bores him, it worries him, and I suppose worriment must af- fect the nervous system, and so doa man harm. For that reason I vary my course a little; if I have roast beef to-day I may have boiled mut- ton to-morrow; I drink ale to-day, I will drink claret to-morrow, and I will take my bath, and the rubbing down that always comes after it at a different time each day. About this time I put on my everyday clothes and idle away the time until tea is ready. For this meal I do not eat much, generally a little fish or @ little chicken, never anything very hearty. But day is not yetended. After sup- per I take a slow walk for about four miles; on my return it is quite likely [ will playa game of billiards, and then, about Lo goes 9 or 10 o'clock, I go to bed, feeling that I have earned a good night's rest. Before a fighter begins to train he takes an ordinary dose of physic, an aperient pill and Hunyadi Janos water in'the morning. In old times prize fighters used to take what was called the “black draught,” and the custom is still followed by many in England. This black draught was a composition of licorice, salts and senna; it was a very nasty dose and a very pow- erful aperient. The old trainers would physic @ man a week before he went to work, I think that system is a mistake, though some trainers gana do the same thing in the present J. Written for Tax EVENING Sram. The Beli of San Gabriels Outside the walls of Gabriel We linger in the light, And listen to the mission boll ‘That tolls upon the night; ‘The holy vesper’s silvery chime, The votce of prayerful priest, Chanting a low cathedral rhyme ‘As the stara sail up the east. Upon the walls of Gabriel ‘The moon in radience shines, The story of the sky to tell ‘Thy mission bell, San Gabriel, Sounds an guthem to my ear, And its benedictions softly swell As thy Spanish walls we near. In California's golden realm Isight thy belfry grand, As a sailor at the stormy helm Sights a lighthouse on the land. DAV GRAHAM ADEE Natural Electricity. From the Flectrical Review. An extraordinary tale comes from Burmah. Mr. Ronald H. King. an electrician well known to the Burmese, while on a prospecting and shooting expedition in the island of Labuan is said to have discovered a mineral from which electricity can be obtained without ay paratus of any kind whatever. mineral is described as form of a black stone of exces hs and very great specific gravity, being nearly as heavy = fistinum, A small block in the shape of an irregular cube, measuring 4.3 inches one way by 5.2 inches the other way, was brought away, and, on bringing it into the testing room, a strong effect was noticed upon the galvanome- ter, At first it was thought that the mineral was an ordinary lodestone, but on tests being made it was found that the force was more akin to that of an elcctro-magnet, and that a strong current would flow when the mineral was connected ina circuit. Further tests re- vealed that a difference of potential of 47 volts could be detected at the extremeties, the inter- nal resistance of the mass being 20 ohms. The block appears to waste away very slightly, leaving a slight gray powder upon the surface when connected up for some e, ‘The elec- trician now uses the block to light a couple of incandescent lamps in his laboratory! About Champagne Corks. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “Do you know,” said a broker who had made a profitable turn in gas stock yesterday, as he ordered “another small bottle,” “that these champagne corks cost a great deal of money. ‘Take this cork, for instance,” picking it up and showing its quality to his listeners, “every one of these cork: 6 PUGILISM IN ENGLAND. During my recent visit to England it did not take very long to discover that there is much more interest in prize-fighting over there than there is in this country. In London there isa building called “Agricultural hall.” I should think it was twice as as our Madison Square garden in New York, and I suppose it will hold 30,000 people. In this large building frequent exhibitions of pugilism can be seen. L have witnessed as many as twenty knock-outs at this place in one week, and the shows of this kind are always held there, ‘The price of admission to these entertain- ments runs froma guinea ($5.25) to 25 cents, ‘The ring is pitched on a platform built in the center of the building, the same arrangement that used to be made in Madison Square den. To the inner circle, nearest the form, the admission fee is @ guinea. Then, above there are boxes, for which a man wi Re dared ne praengy eg ten or jwelve persons, who often divi expense of the box between them. rete, alterre d and is aie ept uy ear rount py Tebhnewn men. WELL-KNOWN PATRONS, There is a Mr. Blacklock who is a great sup- porter of the manly art, also a Mr. Adama, the proprietor of a music hall. The Prince of pateayer e lp i Written for Tux Evexre Stan, FARM AND GARDEN. Suggestions for Practical Farmers, Fruit Raisers and Flower Growers. is a price that would have made our fathers of haifa century ago open their eyes with won- der, and even to-day, with all the facilities and growing the fruit. It w evident that, to make , the methods of cul- planned on as climb on trees, bushes or artificial and if congenial si will more than dou! is their take white cedar posts, about four inehes thick, and saw them into le: of about four feet each, A few days before setting them soak two feet of the bottom ends in coal-cil, letting them stand in a tub to drain and dry. Be sure that the posts are well-seasoned and dry enough to absorb the oil; otherwise the coat of oil will keep the sap in the wood, and hasten its decay. After the coal-oil has dried, drive the stakes one foot into the ground at a dis- pasha of about every twelve queer basen a sii wire the of these h wi will make it ‘aoe fect free the soctace, and) if necessary, another wire half-way between the first the gronnd. Such a trellis need not be made until the third year after the vines have been set out. Before that time they will require no support, and it will do as well to let them run on the ground. The best distance for the viues is about 10 feet apart, It is not necessary to set & post opposite every vine, although many may prefer to adopt this practice. The third spring after the vines have been set out they should be lifted from the ground and tied to the wire. ‘The canes need not be fastened, as they will perform this work themselves in time. The advantages of such a tretlis are many. It is a cheap yet durable affair, and answers all required of a trellis, One need not creep under them to get around, nor be com- segontiaicregaty qe eyed each row to get on opposite side. The grapes are trained close to the ground, where they ripen well, and are protected partly from high winds. In ad- dition to this the vine will gradugliy be trained to stand alone, so thatin time they will re- semble little trees. C. 8. WaLtzns, Strengthening Flower Stems. Not a few floriculturists are greatly bothered with the fecbleness and slenderneas of the stems of certain flowers, Several varieties of roses, fuschias and other tall-growing plants produce flowers too large and heavy for the frail stems on which they grow. Even when otected from every breath of wind that might stroy them, they are often unable to hold up their dowieing heads until after the blooming ‘iod, The only solution to this difficulty has een, for many years, to stake the stems up, often running a green stick up to the very edge of the flower and tying it to it. The beauty and gracefulness of the plants are naturally dis- tigured by such artificial supports, and many a flower-grower has wished that nature had given the delicate stems a little more strength. Of late various fertilizers, containing differ- ent minoral substances, have been fed to the flowers, with the hope of strengtheuing their st It is evident that such a fertilizer can be manufactared. The best thing so far that has been experimented with is the sulphate of iron. Ifthe plants are watered with this solu- tion when the buds are ‘tly grown the feeble stems will be made so rigid that they can sup- ort the beautiful flowers without bending. La France rose especially produces a beautiful flower, which is often found on the summit of a stem too weak to supportit. The phate of iron acts well and effectively when pplied to this plant, and the stem becomes 80 strong that the expanding flower ae and Deenty of color that will never Soaibe the weak, drooping stalks. ‘The solution can be used in many other cases with the same excellent results. Plants are seldom if ever injured with the applicatioa, although large doses have been applied more than once. Plants growing in heavy soil should have stronger solutions applied to them than those growing in light soil, Plants that have been injured by cold will often revive when watered with a strong solution of sul- hate of iron. Fuschias and roses that are put kin their growth by oold will often grow strong and vigorous under this treatment, and the flowers of exceptional brilliancy in color, and the shoots unusually strong and vigorous, The French were the first to use this application to any purpose, and now it is used with considerable success in the flower gardens all over Fran: Rose bushes and other plants put on exhibition, or growing in ublic places, should be watered with this so- an, ‘as well as those in private ds, for, besides strengthening the stems the plants, the beauty of the flowers is also enhanced. Heven Wuansvunvon. The Time to Harvest Wheat. It is an easy matter to decide upon the time to harvest fruit. If itistobesentto market it should be gathered before it is thoroughly ripe, for it will continue to ripen until decay has begun to set in, even after it is pulled from the tree or vine, Itis different with many of the ——- porertre a they ae’ cut = the right time good possible is no! obtained from a Wheat, for instance, will not show any increase in starch or gluten after itiscut, For a kernel of wheat to do the most good it should be cut at the period when the starch and gluten cells are the most fully devi When the grain is in the milk state the is are hardly istingui le. As muturity is reached they expand and crowd the stareh cells inte © The gluten is the most nutritious flesh, while of the wheat, and it forms the starch produces heat and fat, ‘The proportion of the gluten and starch in wheat differs in varieties of wheat, in differ- ent parts of the country, and at different sea- sons of the year. Ohio wheat contains less gluten and more starch than Minnesota wheat, which is probably due to the dry atmosphere of the latter section. This makes the latter Hele if { i} i trees have not been for several it wil ot do to.cut out all of tee gtow- first . ‘The vitality of the use. pruned within eg | care- un ive branch ree seldom attains perfec- should be trained so that all of the fruit is exposed to the sun, and then it | wo will ripen all alike. A good apple tree should havea vast oat-spread like an umbrella, which, if Properly praned, will gives good support to loads that will be easily accessible by ladder. Keep the grass from growing aroun: the trunks of such trees: manure them occa- sionally, and good crops of fruit will be the re- sult, 8. W. Cuamnxns. Summer Complaints of Antmals. Slavering in horses is liable to be brought on Fruit that ripens close | wine Om Sftice to be thes as tativ tow conled, measured ani 'PPLIFS SMITHSONIAN INSITTUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM, Wasnrne Ton. Will be received until TWELY furnish at any time during warm weather. It is a dis- Nice, Food for Animals, Fuel and los, Glass, Painte, ease that is due principally toerrors in feeding. | feria, W ‘The saliva will run from the mouth in great quantities, and when hitched up the disagreeable froth will += get. over the harness, wagon tongue, and the animal's simple and harmless one. When teken from the stable to be hitched up feed the horse with some cabbage leaves or a head of cabbage. This will prevent the saliva from running so freely. The cause of the ailment, however, should be re- by a change of diet, especially if the animal has been fed on a second growth of clover or any rank fodder. Ifthe flow of the saliva 1 not stopped in some way the suliva glands will get so week in time that the horse will have no control over them. During hot weather stock is often covered with lice. Stables become infected with them, and it is a difficult matter to exterminate the pests. They will frequently worry animals in the summer time so as to induce other, and more dangerous complaints. Efforts should be made to keep the animals and the stables clean. Before winter comes again fumignte the stables thoroughly with sulphur, removing all of the stock until after the operation is over. The hay and litter shonid be cleaned ont first and burnt up. Then close the stable tight and fumigate it well. The stock infected wii the lice should meanwhile be thoroughly rubbed with lard or fish oil. Keep them from the steble several days and repeat the opera- tion of rubbing them with oil three or four times. D. Argrnsox, M. D. Buckwheat. The value of buckwheat as a farm crop is not fally appreciated by all farmers, When thous- ands of acres of virgin land was being cleared by our forefathers, buckwheat was always the first crop to be planted. It wasthe only crop that would catch well on such land and loosen the soil properly for better crops. Buckwheat contains less of the albuminoids than wheat, but a greater amount of starch and fat. It is, therefore, very fattening, and makes an excel- lent feed for pigs and poultry. It will grow the best where there is a light soil, and it will flourish under a greater rainfall than other Asasecond crop buckwheat cannot be sur- ——— Crops that have been destroyed by lrought, insects or other causes can be suc- ceeded by buckwheat with good results. New land is fited by it in several ways. It loosens the soil and exterminates the weeds, It is onal grower that it will outgrow the weeds and kill them. On new land it acts well as agreen fertilizer. If not cut, byt al- lowed to die on the field, the straw esa valuable vegetable manure, which sf soil, new or old, requires more or less. E. P. 8. Sister Mary Turner. Rev. H. M. Eaton, writing to the Machias Republican, relates an incident that occurred in the early days of Maine Methodism, which illustrates how easy it is for a man to imagine that his own inclination is a manifestation of the Divine will. In the days of which Mr. Eaton writes it was the custom for yor min- riopnapep ogg anes presiding caret ee taking a wife. Once during acamp-meeting in camer Maine a yo minister approached the presiding elder ‘and said he wished to be married. ‘Whom do asked the elder. “the Lord has made known to me very clearl, that I should marry sister Mary Turner.” ** know pope said the — fos isa fine girl. I will see you again fore meeting closes.” During the week four other young tainisters consulted the. presiding elder om the subject of marriage. m gave ee the young woman to whom he pro- posed to offer himself. They had all ed over the matter a great deal, and each was certain that it was God's desire that he should marry the person named. Neither of the five young men knew that any one else had con- Jalted the elder on that subject. On the last day of the camp-meeting, at noon, the elder called the five young ministers to his tent to receive his opinion. He said: “Now, brethern, it may be the will of God for you to marry, but it is not bis will that five Methodist minis- ters should marry that little sister, Mary Three Days’ Results vf a Strike. Vienna Dispatch to London Daily News. During the three days’ disturbances con- nected with the strike of the tramway drivers here 460 arrests were made. The number of in- jured was 206. The value of the property de- stroyed amounted to 8,580 florins, not including the windows smashed, an item which alone figures for 1,340 florins. The — has given a sum of 1,000 florins to distributed among the police agents who were wounded in the discharge of their duty. The strikers themselves were entirely innocent of the mischeief done, which was directed principally against the Jews. The fact is that anti-Semitic inflyences have been gaining ‘ound rapidly among all classes of the popu- eng It should be well understood that the estion of religion has very little to do with e pending agitation, It bears rather on so- ee Sweet Little Somebody. From the Albany Journal. Somebody crawls into mamma's bed Saueries up and whispeds load, jes UI “Somebody's come to stay.” the case may seem; but the truly great lawyer knows how to state a point so that evena if i ? i E i ‘Hi I iy breast, The best remedy for this is a very } unt Secreta moved if ible. Sometimes this can be done | Now: possi MON 5 ware, Miscellanrons Supplies Sale Waste Paper and Other Refuse Matera! Awards be made only to established manuin turer of or dente ets in the articles. The right is reserved to waive fects and to reject any or all bids or parte of Wank with mpretfics for proposals further information desired by in tending be furnished on pp ice at the ofhes of the 8. 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