Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 24, 1888, Page 5

WANTS THE WHEELS REMOVED Booretary Ayer Asks to Have Lin- coln Permanently Located. THE LUMBERMEN'S COMPLAINT. The Board Decldes That Discrimina- tion 1s Made. Against Them—An- other Case Reported From Blair—A Runaway Caught, fPROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN DUREAU.] The secretaries of the board of trans- portation filed yestorday their finding in the complaint brought by the Lincoln lumber dealers against the B, & M. rail- road, which was heard a week ago. The case was heard on the proposition that the rates named in the complaint were excessive to the extent that they were a discrimination against the complain- ants and in favor of shippers at Omaha and other points. The opinion as pre- ferred by Scceretary Munger and con- curred in by Judge Mason says: The pleadings admit that the rates on lum- ber from Lincoln to the points nained are the same as the rates from Omaha to such points although Lincoln is fifty-five miles nearer such points than Omaha on the same line of road. The evidence further establishes the fact that th® rate from Chicago and the lum- ber regions of the north is 3 cents more to Lincoln than to Omaba. It is ciear that it the lumber merchant at Lincoln, by reason of being fifty-five miles farther from the eastern and northern markets, is required to pay cents more than Omaha to get lumber into Lincoln, then the out rate should be 3 cents less to prevent discrimination. The respondent recognizes this principlo in its distributing tariff on other commodities and why an ex- ception is made in the case of lumber is not satisfactorily explained. We recommend that the board of transportation make the following finding of facts and order: That the rate on lumber charged from Lincoln to the points named in the complaint constitutes an unjust discrimination against the complainants: that therespondent's rates on lumber from Lincoln to the points named are, to the extent of such discrimination, unreasonable and injurious, and that a_just and reasonable rate would be 3 cents lower than the present rate. Order—It is therefore by the board of transportation considered, adjudged and ordered: That tue respondent, the I3, & M. railrond and the Chicago, Hurlington & Quincy railrond, at once reduce its tarift rates on lumber from Lincoln to the points named in the complaint 3 cents per 100 pounds, and that it cease and desist from charging and receiving therefor a sum in excess of the existing rate less such 3 reduction. W. H. M 0. P. Masc Secretary Ager, agreeing with Messrs. Munger and Mason that the discrimina- tion should cease, has prepured a separ- ate opinion covering largely the rato question in the state. Mr., Ager’s con- clusion is as follows: 1 recommend that the board of transporta- tion order the B. & M. rairoad to cease its discrimination in lumber rates between Lin- coln and Omaha and interior points, and I would further suggest that the labor of the board of transportation in the matter of equalizing freight rates in and out of Lincoln ‘would be unmeasurabiy simplified, if the last named city should be taken off of wheels and its location could be definitely and perma- nently fixed. Complaints originating with the freight burean, place Lincoln on the Mis- sion river for ‘in" rates and the same dis- tance west of the river for ‘‘out” rates, while the railroad companies, no less inconsistent, locate the city west of the river for ‘‘in” rates on lumber and on the river for ‘‘out” rates on the same commodity. J. H. Agmr. TAVE NO JURISDICTION. ‘W. C. Walton, of Blair, writes to the ‘board of transportation that the Chicago & Northwestern and Sioux City & Pa- ciffc roads are discriminating against Blair and in favor of Omaha on ship- ments of hogs and cattle, at the rate of 815 per _car load, %50 per car being charged on shipments from Blair to Chicago, while 835 is charged on like shipmen:s from the South Omaha stock yards which pass through Blairon their way to Chicago. The board, without entering into the merits of Mr. Walton's complaint, replied that the case would come exclusively within the jurisdic- tion of the inter-state commerce com- ‘wiission. BROUGHT BACK FOR TRIAL. Some time since Jesse Martin, a former horse dealer of this city, de- rted for parts unknown after gettin, nto the graces of Dorr Bros. on a &M’g loan, secured by chattel mortgage and disposing of the property mortgaged. After due search and inquiry the man was located in Towa, and Constable Al Beach went after him, returning with his man yesterday. MILITARY BOARD MEETING. The military board of the state hav- ing authority over the stato militia will meet at the capital building Feb- ruary 27. The board consists of Adju- tant General A. V. Cole, chairman; Brigadier General L. W, Colley, Col- onel O. H. Phillips, Colonel Franklin Sweetand Judge Advocate General John C. Watson. The business of the board will be to arrange a new set of rules and regulations governing the state militia, and to conform to the law as passed at the last session of the legislature, NEW NOTARIES. ‘The governor yesterday commissioned the following notaries: Clarence G. Jaycox, Albion, Boone county; Charles C. Parmelee, Plattsmouth, Cass county; Arthur B. Cornish, Lodi, Custer county; Warner A. Mattison, Martinsburg. Dixon county; O. Legrand Allen, Hai ler, Dundy county; Lafayette S. Berry, Omaha; ward A. Chenery, Omaha; John M. Woodburn, Omaha; Harper, Arapahoe, Furnas count; J. A. Madsen, Brayton, Greeley county; C. H. Dyennermann, Grand Island, E county; A. J. King, Fairbury, Jeflerson county; James M. Ray, North Platte, Lincoln county; D. E. Smith, Polk county: Joseph M. Woolnert, Leb- anon, Red How county: John Thomas Marriot, Wakefield, Sioux county; Gold- son Prewitf, York, York county; W. H. Clark, Arlington, Washington count John W. Sampson, Blue Hill, Webster county. SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. In the subreme court yesterday the following gentlemen from Greele; county weres admitted to practice: H. G. Bell, H. S, Sprecher, T. J. Doyle. In the case of Brooks vs Dutcher a re- ring was allowed; Smith vs Mesar- costs equally divided. he following causes were argued and submitted: Woestern Association vs Pace; Yates vs Kinney, motion; Mord- horse vs Reynolds; Clarke vs Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska railroad company. Court adjourned to Tuesday, Febru- ary 28. That Tired Feeling Affticts nearly every one in the spring, The system having become accustomed to the bracing air of winter, is weak- ened by the warm du{n of the changing season, and readily yields to attacks of disease. Hood's Sarsaparilla is just the medicine needed. It tones and builds up every part of the body, and also ex- !)el-c all impurities from the blood. . Try t this season. e Strange Breed of Wild Cattle. Oregon corresponpence: A strange ‘breed of wild cattle is found in the high hills skirting the Umpqua valley, Ore- gon. In the mountains, near Riddles and Rosebud, they are probably most plentiful, but they do not venture down FIRYTN A . in the valley much. They stay on the hillsand get water from the living springs which rise there. For the most part they are concealed in the dense growth of onk and fir in these mount- ains, There is a heavy underbrush, too, 80 that it is o hard matter to get them. They go in bands of six or eight usu- ally, but ot night a herd of forty or fifty get together and We down in the same yard—that is, they sleep in the same spot, which is usually a secluded place among the trees. A band of wild cattle have been known to get together on a cleared place like this every night for a couple of years, When feeding there are always a fow bulls to actas sentinels, While the cattle graze in bands of half a dozen or 80, they are, nevertheless, close to other nds, 80 that at an alarm from any onetof the bulls, which leisurely feed on higher ground, they all run away together, The cattle are all of ong color and wilder than deer. It is & hard matter to get a shot at them, for the reason that their scent isso keen. They can smell a man a long distance off. They got wild in 1853 when the old man Riddles and two or three others of the first settlers came to the valley. Their cow wandered off and could not be found. After two or three years all the pioneers had to do when they wanted beef was torig out two or three pack animals and go up into the mountains. The cattle had to be killed on sight, the same as deer and bear, for they could no more be driven down than deer could. Once killed they were quartered, packed on the horses, and carried down. They have been hunted n great deal of late yoars, 80 that there are not as many as there used to be. A peculiarity about these cattle is that their eyes and horns are jet black. The retina, iris, and the whole apple of the .eye are one mass of black. You can’t distinguish any dif- ference in any partof it. The horns, teo, while being black as ink, are long and sharp. Brought to bay the Oregon wild cattle are wicked fighters. i e FALLS VIEW was unknown until created by the Michigan Central Rail- road, which stops its trains at this point to enable its passengers to enjoy the grandest and most comprehensive view of the falls that is to be anywhere ob- tained. Before that time people came n carriages from the American side to “Inspiration Point,” the view from which Howells said was “‘unequalled for sublimity,” but Falls View, being more clevated, the scene from it is much finer. No other road runs toor near this point, and through passengers by the Michigan Central, “The Niagara Falls Route,” have this great advantage without detention oradditional expense. L e New Departure in Swelldom. New York Correspondence Philadel- phia Record: *‘Our wealthy people have found a new fad. Mrs. Vander- bilt’s 81,000 private Hofmann recital started the fashion, and now profes- sional performers are getting in de- mand for entertainments at the houses of the leading spirits of the New York l)\ulocnmy. The other night, after Dockstader’s show ended, the men got into their satin knee-breeches and glaw hammers, and with corked faces entered a string of carriages drawn u at the back door. The big fiddles and other traps went along, too. They were driven to Banker Seligman’s residence. A dinner party of flft.y were sipping their cognac in the big dining room be- low stairs. The minstrels were "lot in quietly, and after having supped and champagned to their heart’s content in an upper room, ranged themselves in a semicircle, with the orchestra in the rear, in a back drawing room, which was hidden from the front by curtains. All unsuspecting, the men and womeu, guests, trooped up from the table at midnight, and were asked to be seated. Then came a complete surprise. The curtains were drawn apart and the reg- ular performance began Thespectators were dol;shwfl, and voted that Mr. Sel- igman had found a wmost charming as well as unique manner of entertaining his friends. It was in agreeable con- trast to the usual recitations of callow amateurs and the singing of mediocro vocalists who infest the after-dinner drawing room and convert it into a chamber of pollte torture.” e Safe, permanent and complete are the cures of bilious and intermittent dis eases, made by Prickly Ash Bitters. Dyspepsia, general debility, habitual constipation, liver and kidney com- plaints are speedily eradicated from the system. It disinfects, clegnses and eliminates all malaria. Health and vigor are obtained more rapidly and permanently by the use of this great natural antidote than by any other rem- edy heretofore known. Asa blood pur- ifier and tonic it brings health, re- newed energy and vitality to a worn and diseased body. i e “Uncle” Ike Lowe, of Lexington, Ga., has in his possession a number of rare and valuable old coins. Among these is a $5 Spanish gold coin of 1775, for which he has been offered #75; a $5 Spanish coin of 1492, a 20-franc piece of 1808, a 25-cont Spanish, 1322, and other Spanish coins from 12§ cents up to 25 cents, of 1764, 1797, 1778 and 1768. They are family relics, and the inscriptions - on some are almost erased by the wear of time. - —_—— HOW TO DO IT. He whoscorches bis finger knjows, orought toknow, that by holding it near fire or flame the greater heat of the latter, acting by attraction, draws out the minor heat inthe finger and the puin ceases. This is, however, cruel treatment, and I8 only referred to in expla- nation of a principle. No one would be so olish a8 to expose & burn to such a as the result would be pain intolera- le. It'is said that a burn or scald in extont the size of one-third the surface of the hu- man is incarable, for the reason that the vital forces exhaust themselves in trying to rebuild or renew what has been destroyed by the burn. Nature Tates any disturbance to the harmony of iz action, and in its struggle to overcome such an injury, overpowers itself. The excossive heat, inhaled or absorbed, weakens the vitals and hature has not sufficient strength to go into battle. These are important things to know, for ilhunl{ on true principles that naturo is helped in its straggle, and only through ignorance that suffering is intensi- e o proves fatal where it could be re- ieved. Scores of people daily brough in contact with_heat, steam, boiling water and com- bustibles are hourly injured by some mishap in the naturé of a burn or scald, and thou- sands have been cured of such by the best known remedy for the cure of pain. The principle of how it works explains itself after what has been It acts as a counter- irritant on the surface injured, gently draw- ing out tho eat caused by thle burn, while it soothes the pain, Lelping nature in the hvnl!nx}nr«n\u‘ and a cure follows. It is a specific for pains of this kind and should be kept handy where fire and steam are used. it as a precaution to its use where seri- ous burns or scalds oceur, and that suflering may npt be intensified through ignorance, read cavefully direetions for its use accom- lumy_ilu uva;{ bottle. Thousands who testify 0 beirg cured of burns and scalds have been 80 guided, and praise without stint the vir- tues of Bt. Jacobs Oil by which ‘they have been cured. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, mnm 24, 1888, FACUTS FOR THE FARMER. ° Cultivation of Sugar Beots. SEwARrDp, Neb,, Febh, 20.—To the Fdi- tor of the Bre: As the beet sugar question is of very much interest to the farmers in the west, I send you here- with for publication a copy of a letter from the sugar king, Claus Spreckles, which was lately received by my father and which was published a few days ago in his department of the Illinois Stasts-Zeitung. If you would agitate the matter there would very likely be more cities to follow the example Grand Island has given us. The cities and surrounding country of Norfolk, West Point, Columbus, Fremont, Seward, Crete, Beatrice, and others offer what- ever may be essential to the erection of a beet sugar fuctory. Respectfully, K. BENNINGHOVEN SAN FrAxcisco, Cal., Jan. 12 [Office of the Western Beot Sugar C o.l —My belief is that the cultivation of sugar beets will soon be one of the lar- gost agrieultural pursuits not ouly in California, but in all the western states and territories, both soil and climate heing more favorable to the purpose than even in Germany. The failure in the past to manufacture sugar from beets, on a paying basis has been mainly due to the absence of the best available machinery. The beets that were grown have been suitable for the pur- pose, but the machinery has been defi- cient. This, however, will be obviated in the future as I havo secured the right for the whole of the United States of all the mechanical appliances and manu- facturing methods that are now in uso in Germany, which is the largest and most successful beet sugar producing country in the world. The soil best adapted for growing sugar beets is a rich, sandy loam. Beets must not be grown successively in the soil and they must never manured. Land that has produced a crop of beets should be planted in grain the next year, then manured and planted again in grain,and in the third year it may be replanted with beets,but it must not be manured that year. Thug afarm of 150 acres would enable a farmer to grow fifty acres of sugar beets in each year, and I think I may safely say, that the fifty acres planted in beets will prove more Profimblc each year, than the whole of the other hundred acres that are producing grain at pres- ent prices. The price of beets will be determined by the percentage of sac- charine matter that they contain, a few beets being taken from each load, usde- livered at the factory, for analysis—the result of that analysis forming the basis upon which each load shall be paid for. By this means the best beets will obuain the best price, and the farmer will be encouraged to careful cultivation. I propose to erect oue factory at Watson- ville, . at a cost_ of about 840,000, which will Be in full operation by September 1, 1888, The factory will cousume 330 tous of beets in every twenty-four hours but be doubled by the following year. At present it will require 100 cords of wood and seven tons of lime daily during the four or five months that it is in opera- tion. This will show the necessity for having good supplies of wood and lime close to the.factory, which should also be near a line of railroad or to suitablo water facilities for shipment of raw sugar to San Franciscq. The lime isa good fertilizer and'can be returned to the soil again. The pulp from the beets ean be fed to the cattle and will keep them in fine condition. Before erect- ing a factory anywhere, I must be guar- anteed that at least 2,500 acres will be planted in beets every year fora_defi- nite number of years. I must also be ussured of sufficient supplies of wood, water and lime in the neighborhood, and good transportation facilities. It requires from fifteen to twenty pounds of beet eeen to plant an acre of ground. The seen costs ten cents per pound in Germany and would probably cost twelve cents per pound here. Iam importing twenty-five tons, which are now on the way, and some of this will bedistributed gratuitously, in small packages, to those who desire to cxH)erimem, on their farms, But I shall expect in return that fhose who do make such experi- ments from seed that I give them will send me samples of the beets that they grow, and the soil in which they are ‘grown, for the purpose of analysis. It must be remembered that the large beets are not the best for making sugar. If the soil be very rich the beets should not be planted more than four inches apart in the vows. If the soil be of good quality the beets should be six inches apart in the rows,and cight inches apart if the soil be not so good. The rows should always be fourteen inches apart from one another. A fac- tory will cost about 8825,000, but, for the first one, some of the machinery must be imported from Germany. ~Subse- quently Ianticipate no trouble in its being manufactured in this country. A site of from thirty to forty acres is nec- essary wherever each factory is erected, s0 as to give ample room for the large uantity of machinery and buildings, also for the prompt handling of the great number of wagons that will be deliver- ing beets at the same time, so that the wagons may not bedelayed andthe work of the farmers impeded. It is impossi- ble yet to determine where factories should be located. I have received i vitations from all sections of California, Oregon and Washington territory to visit different localities, and I will en- deavor to dosoas quickly as possible. From the lomgoin? remarks, however, you will be able to form an idea of what is essential to the erection of a factory. Such information as I have indicated, if forwarded to me in. conjunction with samples of soil and bosts,will materially assist mo in locating the sites for future factories. I am, sir, yours very truly, CLAUS SPRECKELS, President. New Field Corn. SPENTWOOD, Dak., Feb. 17.—To the Editor of the BEE: As anything in re- gard to new varieties of corn is inter- esting, I take the liberty of telling your veaders of my success with corn, away u]; here in north Dakota, about the last place mdny people would think of com- ing to for the purpose of raising corn. But I was already here, and tinding that the usual one crop business was about played out I turned my attention to corn raising, though advised on all hands that it was no use. I have for some years experimented with all kinds of corn, with varying success, but I am now able to say I have found a corn that will mature right up about the 47th meridian, and with your permission will deseribe the corn referred to. Itis a small, yellow flint variety, was im- ported from France four years ago, and has been raised by me with unvarying success for the last three years. The stalk is dwarf of habit. each stalk bear- ing Irom two to three ears. The French claim four, but I have never seen more than three to a stalk, It has ripened with me invariablv under seventy-five days, and beats anything I ever saw for withstanding drouth, as my crop of 1886 only got two showers from the time of planting till the date of maturity, and then it ripened in seventy-one days. Taking all these things into considera- tion, I think it has been fairly tested, and might be very useful in more fa- vored localities. I have none whatever to sell, but for exnfirlmouu-l purposes I will be glad to send any ot your readers a trial packet (solong as I have any to spare) on application. enclosing stamps to save postage. PETER PEARSON, Nail These to-she Barn Door. If the iron wedge will not draw build a fire of chips and heat it. Heap up and tramp down solidly the snow around the young fruit trees. Water, green foéod and meat, fowls must have to prosper during the winter, Watch the outlets of the tile-drains that they do not become closed with ice. There is one part of the farm that is not benefited by drainage—the manure heap. Politeness pays in the cow-stable. A gentle man gets more milk than a harsh nan. Straw and corn fodder are best worked into manure by putting them through good animals. The best preventive of trouble at lambing time is daily cxercise for the ewes during winter Take the brdles with you when you g0 to breakfast, and put them near the stove while you eat, Separate the weaker animals; they need extra. feed, whereas with the stronger they get scant feed. Profit in farming comes from the max- imum crops, the products of winter thought and summer work. If the chain pump is clogged up with iée do not give the crank a jerk. Both wheel and chain break more easily when very cold. Every farmer may be the architect of his own fortunes, and it 18 poor policy to let the job out to luck. Harness hung in the stable is dam- aged as much by the gases and damp- ness there as it is worn by use. When green wood is used for fucl part of the heat is absorbed to convert the water in the fuel into vapor, 1f you do not wish cloddy and lifeless ground in the spring keep the cattle off the fields when the soil is soft. Drive your horses a little to ono side when you stop with a load on the sled. This makes it easier to start the load. A five burns better in a hot than in a opld furnace; it is equally true that an animal well wintered is half summered. If open, outdoor feed-troughs are turned over at night they will not be filled with snow and ice in the morning. If you place the ax near the stove for fifteen minutes 1t will cut better and not be so apt to break along the edge. The flavor of the fuel used for smok- ing meat s somewhat imparted to the meat; hence the fuel should be selected carefully. You have no right to feed a dog so long as you have not the money to pro- vide your family with good papers and ks. ‘What to Plant and Sow. ‘orrespondence Practical rmer: ‘Winter is soon to pass and spring will rapidly follow in its wake; therefore we must complete our plans as to what to plant and sow, andon _what particular fields to put it. Some ficlds will be bet- ter adupted to a ‘¢ortain crop than another, and we should study out their adaptability to the .different crops and act accordingly. I bave always believed in mixed farming .and a rotation of crops, thinking it to be the surest to produce the farmer’s bread and butter, and also the best fot'the farm. It should be the farmer’s first endeavor to raise whatever he is likely to need in his own family. He will hapdly ever go wrong if he raises what his farm is_adapted to that he wants to consume at home. If a farmer is likely to Wéed a certain crop to feed out he should not neglect to grow it simply because he thinks that crop will be *‘cheap next fall.” He may find himself mistaken when that time comes, Even if it should be cheap, he will have to raise the cash to pay for it, and I contend that it is usually better to raise the crop than itis toraise the cash to pay for it. : Corn is a crop that few farmers can afford to negloct. It comes in handy at a great many times and in a great many different places; and so does the fodder on most farms. It pays to sow or plant a piece especially for fodder, and if not ut into the silo cure it drv. The gar- en is a plot, too that it pays to cultivate and pay especial attention to, for then it will produce a great deal of stuff, and 0 a good ways in support of the family. t may be risky to plant or sow an ex- tensive area to any onc crop for market, because of the uncertainty of the future price in the market, but there is but lit- tle risk in cultivating what we wish to use at home. farmer must take his_chances against drouth, insects and other things beyond his control. Tfa farmer has a variety of crops to rely on he feels a great deal more independent and less anxious about the result of the harvest; therefore he can take more comfort than if he feels that his success all rests on one crop. The farmer should aim to buy as little as possible of what he can raise on his own farm, A Warm, Handy and Neat Barn. W. A. Cullen, of Gratiot, Wis., writes to the Prairie Farmer concerning his model barn. He says: “The barn is 30 by 40 feet with 20 foot posts and base- ment. The basement wall around the horse stable is 8% feet high; around the cow stable only 7 feet. The barn is on the east side of a hill, and stands with longer dimensions mnorth and south. The basement wall is of stone, except on the east or front side. All the basement doors in front are double so that in sum- mer the upper half can be opened for ventilation while the lower can be kept shut. There are six windows in the basement, all of which slide back into the middle of the wall, A plank floor was laid in the cow and calf stable, but in the part for horses a floor was mude of flat stones and clay. The apartment for horses reaching across the south end and is 16 feet from outside of wall to front of manger, and accommodates seven head. Partitions between stalls were constructed of 2-inch plank mortised into posts. Stairs from basement to floor above, behind the cows, are on hinges, and can be pulled up and fastened out of the way. At present we have twelve cows stanchioned, also seven calves. Atross the north eénd of the main door is a granary divided into five bins; each of which 15 10 feet long, 5 feet wide and 9 feet high. A hay'bay, 16 feet wide is across the south end leaving the drive- way, 14 feet wide, in the middle. The hay is taken into the mow at the north end through an outside door with a hay carrierand by laying strong poles across the driveway from top of granary to the beam or tie in front of the hay bay, the entire mow can be filled. Wagon doors on main floor are 13 feet high and door atend for hay carrier is 7 by 10 feet. Frame is of good pine timbers and siding is 6-inch matched lumber put on perpendicularly. This barn was built in 1879, If I were building again I would make it 32 by 42 feet, giving room for stall for span of colts and for two more cows. One Year's Profit on Eleven Sows, Verdon Vidette: One year ago the 15t of February Henry Gerdis sold all the hogs he had to Ben Morgan except eloven sows. Since that time he has sold hogs to the amount of $1,002 to Mr. Morgan, and has twelve hogs left to start another year, He has neither bought a hog or a bushel of corn durh:s that time, The hogs, were raised an fatted from the products of an eighty- acre farm. Those hogs alone returned a profit of over $12.50 per acre. - Where is there a person that can show a better farming record than this for the past year, Scasonable Hints and Suggestions. The hulls of oats are claimed to pos- sess value as food. While the kernals coutain 14.3 per cent of albuminoids, the hulls contain 2:48 per cent. There is more ash to the hulls and less water. Raw milk digests in a shorter period than boiled milk; hence milk for young stock should not be boiled, but warmed. During cold weather the swill for the hogs is frozen, or nearly so. It is not conducivg to the health of the hogs to give them such swill. The better mode is to pour boiling water into the quan- tity to be allowed. There is nothing gained by adding a large amount of coarse litter to the, manure heap,as it _only causes more loads to be drawn. Litter should first be made fine and then covered with the manure in the heap in order to rot it as much as possible. A solution made by dissolving a piece of blue vitriol the size of a bean in a glass of water isan excellent remedy for canker in fowls if the throats be swabbed with it. An English authority states that new unfit for horses, as they some- times cause bowel disease, After being stored oats undergo some kind of change and ave then excellent. In this coun- try no such complaints are made against new oats, as they are fed to horses from the time the oats are thrashed until the coming 1n of the next crop. The strawberry plants will begin to grow as soon as the frost shall be out of the ground, and now is an excellent time to fertilize them. A mixture of wood ashes and super phosphate isa special fertilizes for strawberries. Hen manure in fine condition may also bo used, and should be scattered over the ph‘mts in time to be washed down by the rain. Cut out the old canes from raspberries and blackberries if you have not already done 80, and trim up the grape vines. This work is best done in cold weather. Rake up all the old canes and vines and burn them. Much of the busy work of spring in that direction can be done now, and as but a few weeks remain be- fore outdoor work will begin all work done now will be an advantage. A subscriber writes that now is the time to hateh early chicks. If the hen be provided with a good warm box, and the heads of the chicks greased, to pre- vent lice, the chicks can be raised in the coldest weather, They should be fed four times a day on warm meal mixed with water and milk, with an oceasional egg added, When feathered give the chicks cracked corn and wheat. During clear, dry, weather the chicks may run in the yard. The evening’s milk of cows is said to contain more solids than the waepning’s milk. The average of tests made in England shows that the evening’s milk contained 14.8 per cent. of solids and the morning’s milk 13.4 per cent. Such be- ing the case, it shows that milk should not be mixed with that of a previous milking, and_the fooa may also cause a variation in the solids. Breedingsows require food rich in the elements of bonc and muscle. Corn is uot suitable, as it causes an excess of fat, which is always detrimental in breed- ing stock. Plenty of scalded clover hay in winter, with roots, and ground oats, shorts and bran, make the best food. e Peace on Earth Awaits that countless army of martyrs, whose ranks are constantly recruited from the victims of nervousness and nervousdisenses. The priceof the boon is asystematic course of Hostetter’s Stom- ach Bitters, the finest and most genial of tonic nervines, pursued with reason- able persistence. Easier, pleasanter and safer this than to swash the victuallins def.\rt.men! with pseudo-tonics, alco- holic or the reverse, beef extracts, nerve foods, narcotics, sedativesand poisons in disguise. **Tired Nature’ssweet restorer, balmy sleep,” is the providential recu- perant of weak nerves,and this glo- rious franchise being usually the conse- quences of sound digestion and in- creased vigor, the great stomachic which insures both, is productive also of re- })nsa at the required time. Not unre- reshed awakens the individual who uses it, but vigorous, clear headed and tranquil. Use the Bitters also in fever and ague, rheumatism, kidney troubles, constipation and billiousness. foduiecist i ddunioty CRIME IN PARIS. American Thieves the Boldest and Most Skillful in the World. Inspector Byrnes, of New York, re- cently said to o reporter of that city: “Crime in all degrees flourishes to a greater extent in Paris to-day than perhaps in any other city in the world. tis a city that offers many facilities for the operations of eriminals,and what is more, they seem to work with every degree of success. I believe the ac- count is not the least exaggerated, for I have received information which fully corroborated just what I've read in this paper. ¥ his state of affairs has existed long in Paris, und I am suaprised that an ex- pose has not reached this .country sooner. I knowit as a positive fact that forgers, swindlers, gamblers and black- mailers who have flourishen in this city for years are now operating in Paris, with the most boldness and apparently without any fear of detection. It ap- pears to me that these scoundrels are In some way protected -or they would be speedily captured.” “Is it your impression that these marauders are there in organized gangs? “*Certainly, or they would not be so successful. ‘I know it to be a fact that members ot such gangs have left this city alone and in pairs to meet on the other side and perform work specially laid out for then. It got too warm for these *erooks’ to operate here in this city, for I made it a rule to keep them under eye and know every movement they made. Ifa ‘job’ was performed I could lay my hands on the men who ‘worked’ it.” They were ‘scooped’ in so incessantly and handed over for punish- ment that they decided to move to less warm quarters, “These men believe that there is but one good city in any particular country, and being driven out of that they strike the nextavailable field. Fromhere I've known them to go directly to London, to Brussels and Paris, and be successful in nearly all their updertakings. In reading the doscripllonfl of the work performed by all these people, as told in to-day’s Herald, you wlll notice that in nearly every instance the same kind of tricks have been played here. There is nothing new to us in their modus oper- andi, and the execution of their work so grnglflcull described points almost with certainty to the operators of the ‘depredations. “It is only a short while ago that two celebrated cracksmen—namely, *Billy” Porter and “‘Sheeny” Mike—returned from a trip on the ‘other side’ with $70,000 in solid cash. These two men struck the principal cities like a whirl- wind and returned here to spend their cash. They broke into jewelry stores, banks and business places right and left, and in no instance were detected. ‘When they reached this city I nabbed them and made it hot for them while here, and oft they skipped again. I know now that Porter has taken ovor a gang with him to work the large cities of Europe again, and I know fur- thermore that his operations so far have been successful.” “How do you account for strange crooks being so successful in foreign cities?” ““That is easily accounted for. It is not they who plan the job but do tho execution. The American thief, burglar or forger is the most desperate and boldest operator known. Ho will take more chances and work more coolly and with a greater degree of sccurity Good material like ‘Sheeny’ Mike, Porter, and men of their kidney can al- ways find the man who has in view a ‘erib worth eracking.’ This ‘head,’ or leader, figures only in the plans, and if there is a failure in the_job he is never called to account, but does his best in the background to help his unfortunate workers out of the hole. “You see, criminals can readily leave here if they find it warm, and through asort of mystic association. form new combinations in nearly any city in the world.’, ““Arc you in communication with any of the Parisian officials regarding these recent crimes?” “That question I will not answer,” ro- plied the inspector quickly. I have simply commented upon the fact that your cable article is true in every par- ticular, and that I can substantiate the facts with evidence in my possession at the present time. My chief desiro, however, is to keep my bailiwick clear from all such objectionable characters, and I feel safe in stating that so far I have been successful. To keep it 80 re- quires unflagging attention and a con- stant overhauling of all the eriminal re- sorts. This 1 do constantly, and couse- quently sleep secure at night in the be- lief that not an expert criminal exists within miles of this city.” ““What is your opinion of the sugges- tion to have English and American in- spectors at Paris to detect the prosence of these objectionable citizens? “ILapprove of the suggestion by all means. It stands to reason thatifa man. thoroughly conversant with all kinds of crime and criminals were sta- tioned ina city like Paris he could readily pick out the ‘crooks.’ Nearly overy class of criminal has his particu- lar style of performing work, and all the inspector would have to do would be to ‘inspect the vuin.’ It isless than a year ago that the Herald published a minute and perfect description of the robbery of Merchant Miller’s safe in Philadelphia. Irom this accurate de- scription of just how the robbery was performod I was enabled to say at once tomy men, ‘I want Jack Talbot, bank burglar and safe breaker.’ We not only got the man, but found nearly all the {;rocccdn of the robbery hidden in the burglar’s residence. “The necessity 9f these expert crim- inal inspectors is all the more assured from the fact that fivst-class criminals do not stay long in u city where they plunder. I know that some gangs cross over three and four times & year and find no difficulty in meeting with suc- cess. In London occasionally the Scot- land Yard men have been lucky in cap- turing some of our well known ‘crooks,’ but there are considerably more crimes committed than are ever made known. In Paris, however, it appears an easy matter for American thieves to operate with impunity and come back here to revel in the cash so unlawfully ob- tained.” — Evangelist Moody had to give the 250 boys in his Mt. Hermon school atalking to because some of them endeavored to haze one of their fellows. They got him in a room and were about to put him through a course of sprouts when he pulled a big jack knife and threatened to carve into little pieces the first boy 4hat touched him. Nobody touched him. Mr. Moody got the knife and with it in his hand talked like a kind father to his boys. 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