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AGRICULTURAL.
White Clover Good for
Any Kind of Stock.
to renovate old animals.
&he Acreage of Rye is Reported to bo
Steadily on the Decline in
All of Europe.
MISCELLANEOUS.
KnniM MdlioillnU Are Aftr Senator
1'eflcr With n Siinrii Stick.
WHERE DOGS A HE RAISED ' Slffta-fcSlwTTicSVC dS
' have burrowed out and where thoy go
Late cultivation in the orchard should
be avoided, ns time must be given for
Ithe trees to mature tneir wool.
In our expel ience the late crop of
(whm turnips generally does better
ninoni? potatoes than among corn. So
Boon as potato tops die, the turnips have
all the soil from which to draw, and they
are rather benefited by the stirring of
the soil required in diiriMin; potatoes by
hand. If a horse potato dicirer is used,
no turnips can be grown, as the digger
necessarily upturns miu umiic huh, in
cluding turnips or whatever else may bo
growing on it.
Drinking the whole milk makes fine
fat calves, but calves raised on skiih
milk and oatmeal and bran, if not po
sleek at eight months old, had a better
start in bne and muscle, and beat the
rnmnnrid calf at two VeaiB of aire. It is
a waste of cash product to feed a calf
wlinlf mifk after the rennet stomach
changes so as to call for solid food, and
it is a mistake to so feed it after it is ten
days old. Warm skim milk and a little
oatmeal are much better.
There is no sweeter or more nutritious
herbage for anv kind of stock than white
clover. It is Lardy, too, and on much
land comes in from seed lying in the
ground without sowing. This is what
eomo farmc fl mean by saying thatclover
is " natural " to certain soils. They are
usually such as either from negligence
or failure ef seed do not get a catch of
other grasses. Wo suspect that theso
natural white-clover soils are growing
scarcer as farming. improves.
In all Northern climates orchards do
best when planted on soil with a good
deal of vegetable matter. This is more
apt to be a moist soil, and moisture pre
vents the deep freezing that so often de
stroys trees when they get into hearing.
These kinds of soils are usually low and
sheltered from winds another great ad
vantage when the country is denuded of
original forests. What is the use of
growing fruits on hillsides, to have it
blown off as it begins to ripen?
Many farmers think that August and
Rftiitember are the proper months to sow
rye. Sown at theso times, it gives cut
tings for soiling in the fall. If sowing
hnn been necrlected. it is regarded by
come good farmers as an advantage to
sow rye in the fall, even as late as No
vomhpr nr ns loniz as the cround can be
worked. Tho grain sown thus late does
not sprout in the fall, but starts very
early in spring, and the crop is much
' , , r . . nnAi t
earner man iroin any nprms'Dun
In passing anv piece of sowed corn late
in the crowing season it is easy to see
what will ami what will not make good
feed. That which has been thickly sown,
especially on poor soil, is a light-yellow
color, tasteless and neurlv void of nutri
tive value. That sown in drills and cul
tivated onco or twice is lame, thick
stemmed and dark ureen in color. Taste
it, and you find the sweetness that with
a little inoio room and time would be
transformed imo the tlareh of tiie per
fected grain.
Prof. U. W. Stewart tells the readers
of the Country Gentleman how to reno
vate old animals, lie says : "Cut clover
hay short, say half an inch; take cheap
molasses and dissolve ono pint in one
gallon of water, and sprinkle this upon
three pounds of the cut clover with two
poundsi of buckwheat flour and two
pounds of wheat bran. Feed this amount
to each horse or animal threo times a
day, commencing with a little less per
day for two days." Marvelous results
are claimed for such feeding.
Theacreagoof rye is steadily on the
decline in all Europe. In England it
has almost entirely disappeared. In
Belgium it has lost much ground. In
jenuanv and Russia it only holds its
own on the poorer lands, while in the
other countries of Europe it is greatly
decreasing in importance. In lrance
the same marked diminution is to lie no
ticed. Barley is also on tho decline.
But oats are steadily increasing in im
portance, and are taking the la.id that
was formerly given over to rye and
barley.
Green pickles will keep perfectly in
strong brine. No water is needed
merely placo a laver of cucumbers or
other vegetables in tho bottom of a cask
or jar, and cover them with salt. Suc
cessive layers of the vegetables and salt
are added from timo to time until the
vessel is filled. Tho juice of the vege
tables will draw out, and with the dis
solving salt will form a brine. A Jioard,
with n. tow holes bored in it and loaded
with a heavy stone, must Ikj kept on top
of the pickles to hold them down. If
they float and come in contact with the
air, speeuy uecay iuuuwb.
Moss litter and sawdust are becoming
80 generallyused for stabling in England
that many of the Lancashire and Chester
f.ir.n.rn nr unable to sell their straw.
They recently held a meeting to consider
. .!.!.,... . 1. ii'da till tmttfifl
litis Humeui, in uii.ii k .........
that, if the present state of affairs con
tinue, straw will bo selling at $5 a ton
before the end of next year. Certain
i,..,.iinr.ln nnil corporations have found
;. nmritnhlii o huv the inos litter and
sell their straw, which still further adds
to the glut. The farmers have agreed
not to buy any manures except where
etraw was used for bedding.
"Will ...itntnes and such vegetables
mix?" Well, this depends. They do
mix very frequently in the baskets while
,iiirnr.nt varieties aro beinir dug. and
oftener etill in tho cellars, when thoe
from ono bin get into the adjoining one;
lint in Held, where diflVrent varieties
are growing alongside of each other, it
is ehnplv impossible for them to get
mixed, tho only way in which different
varieties ran become " mixed " (croeced)
is hv fertilising a variety with the pollen
of another, and from tho seed thus prp
lnwil new varieties are frequently
raln'-d, with possibly eomo of the char-
Heavy and frequent rains are reported
to have seriously injured the Virginia
tobacco crop.
A building costing G),000 will bo de
voted to the electrical exhibitors at tho
World's Fair.
namberi?. S. C is tho latest town
claiming to have captured Tascott, the
Chicago murderer.
Ex-Senator Tabor has sold the Poor
man mine at Caribou to Leonard Gowof
Glasgow for ?(ioO,000.
Superintendent Porter says the most
efficient clerks in tabulating the census
returns were women.
Tim glucose trust, with plants worth
$10,000,000, has passed into the hands of
an English syndicate.
Texas fever has broken out among the
cattle at Leavenworth, Kan., and quar
antine has been established.
The governnmont at Washington is
ignorant of tho reported escape of Bal
maceda to the San Francisco.
n;,ir,n w. Mnrsh. tho Kevstono Na
tional Bank wrecker of Philadelphia,
bin been located. He is in Canada.
ti.o r.i!Tona iwisan and the Texas
Ranirers have discontinued their pursuit
of the Southern Pacific tram rouoers.
The price of shellac has gono up. ow
ing to the loss by fire in New York of
7,000 cases and unfavorable-weather re
jort8. The youngest son of General Grant,
Jesse P. Grant, has accepted the man
nmminnt. of a i?rourt of silver mines in
Mexico.
New York has elected onlv two llepulr-
lican Governors Dix in 1872 and Cor
nnii in l 70 in tho nast ounrter of a
century.
The number of deaths in Boston irom
January 1 to Septemler 1 was r,,a5, as
aeainet 7,'03 for the corresponding pe
riod of last year.
Tim Ptvwlticn Kxchance has posted
l.iiiintin nnnnuniMiiir that vessels at Bat
timoro are loading over 200,000 bushels
of wheat for export.
A train on the New York Central made
4W miles, including a stop of 71.. min
na"ina4fi minutes. This eclipses all
former railroad records.
KYoilorintr 11. Seward, sou of the late
William H. Seward, has finished the hi
nirmnliv nf his fat her. lie lias neen en
caged upon the work a long time.
Tim K'ansnB Methodists are after Sen
nir.v T.frr with a aharn stick for ft bias
phemous comparison of a secret political
organization with the Christian religion.
In all parts of tho South farmers are
reported as less in debt for years, many
reports saving that their indebtedness is
smaller than at any time since tho war.
Judge Rainey at AVaxahatche, Tex.,
has declared the charter of the Texas
Tunnel railroad forfeited to the State,
and has named John II. Gaston receiver.
The Trunk is now without a charter, and
has three receivers.
An effort is to be mado to suppress
Mclvee Rankin's new play, "Abraham
Lincoln." It consists of a series of pict
ures from tho inauguration to the assas
sination, and is somewhat realistic. It
is now playing at unicago.
The headquarters and four companies
of the Ninth Regiment of infantry are
to lie transferred from the Department
of Arizona to Madison Barrack, N. Y.
The remaining companies will continue
in Arizona until further orders.
A man calling himself 11. Ivoehler of
M0 Worth street, Now York, has adver
tised for several hundred strong men,
who are guaranteed ?5 per dav, to join a
Chinese expedition, presumably of a fil
ibustering nature. Fifty men have al
ready been engaged.
" Facts Worth Money " is tho heading
of a new circular in relation to tho wheat
question now being sent out from St.
Paul. In it the arguments contained in
tho famous " Hold Your Wheat" supple
ment of six weeks ago aro reviewed.
Everv farmer is urged to hold back his
crop," as better prices await him in the
next few weeks.
VISIT TO THE HEMPSTEAD
FARM KENNEL.
There nrc .llniir I.liatliiaiimieu
Hoarder .llcii mill Her Hemitl
lu I l'u The UxercUe Ground
Open to the Oreaii.
Evervthimr connected with the breed
ing1 and improvement of dogs has re
ceived an impetus within the last few
years in this country. Not until tho
bench shows had established a standard
of excellence and by cultivating the
nomilar taste had raised a demand tor
dogs perfectly bred was it possible to
keep up the great ucuieisoi io-tiny.
Much has Deen done and mis country
is fast catching up with hngland, in
spite ot her long start, and as goou
pointers and sellers are ureu iu (una
ica as in the old country. An enor
mous amount of capital Is invested in
dogs, and "man s lest friend'' is be
ginning tp receive the recognition duo
him. A good example of these estab
lishments is furnished by the Hemp
stead Farm Kcnuel.
'1 hree are four miles from the village
of Hempstead, in the wide, green plain,
and swept by hreees 110111 sounu ami
ocean, you come to the long, red bulld-
inirs. and. driving into tne grounus,
you hear the music of a hundred dif
ferent oarKS ana you see u umg iun ui
dogs, each setting under his or her
own parti ular tree on the grass.
They are all delighted to welcome
you and each ne would like all your
. !.!.. ..1 flu. tn en
ationuuii tui iimirM-ii, uw .w
many you can onlv give a moment to
each of them. There is the lovely
Zulu Princess, with her black coat and
beautiful white frill.
The boarders are especially glad to
see one, because they are iiomesicic,
ami miss their own people. That sweet
little Irish setter is Nanon, from Brook
lyn, a prize dog. As 1 go near, she
jumps up and puts both her paws on
my shoulders. Melrose Prince is sit
ting u little way off behind some
bushes. He is in decidedly
low spirits; the Hies bother him so
that he would give his cup, which he
holds for being the best American-bred
mastiff, for a little peace. Be and
Nanon, with nearly fifty others, aro
boarders, says tho New York World.
The only' fox-terrier in the place, a
young and engaging pup, follows
everywhere with a bone, and as I sit
down to sketch he gently places it on
the edge of my skirt to gnaw it.
Two long, narrow buildings
stand facing each other, and
lt.vpiti them the irround. a
very large square, is closed at
to keen cool and escape from tho illcs.
Sometimes two or three dogs will eomo
out of one hole. Tho ground is theirs
and thoy can dig iu it just as much as
they choose They aro under no re
straint and there are no llower beds to
destroy. At ench end tney havo a
view over tho lovely Hempstead Plains.
On the other side is a long building
fenced off with wire lattice and having
in front a row of little pons with doors
opening into them. In one were two
great Dane puppies who ware ill and
in another a largo St. Bernard. Tho
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the
wire lattices keeps them apart but
does not obstruct their view. The
dogs are all exercised every day.
There aro no young pups in the
kennels. The danger of distemper
breeding out is too great So many
die under any circumstances that it
would be impossible to raise them.
They are put out at walk among tho
neighboring farmers and not brought
back till the critical period is
over. Meg, an imported collie and
first prize winner, had a litter of
small pups in the stable a long way
from tlio other djgs. They lay in a
lonir snuaro nlace. filled with soft hay.
a curtain over them, to keep tho light
lrom their lust opened eyes, lliey all
appeared very comfortable. Meg was
not there when 1 arrived, but slio soon
ran in and immediately jumped into
the box with her pups. She did not
seem at all suspicious or erosi, how
ever, and evidi utly was gratified with
our ndniiration. People who do noi.
like collies should see Meg.
hur behind kennels, runs, etc,
I came to a barn where behind the
open door were the two great point
ers. Duke of Hessen and Robert lo
Diable. They both jumped up. and no
common dog without a rag of pedigrca
or a nrize to Ills name couiu uivve ru
ceived a visitor witli moro wagging of
tnilsimd other demonstrations of joy
than these grand creatures owners of
countless nrizes and stakes, and win
ners at bench shows and Hold trials
alike.
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of lli.aa "uliJ.cH la compl.la nil lliau.tlfa. n
irndrttlhtaioik of ialra11oiluil farnmi odilicnian.
HIIKTIOrf I.TI'HK. Iln.ln la tln Hit moal ua.ful lilnla
lonto.araofoll klnda of tfiat.bl.a and Irillta, a. ,.ttataj
rtom tue aiprnencaoi ma iuo .u.e..iui ivi.iv.
A1I0II I'lT.O'l'tTltK. PitnandrtafortioiiMt,vOllaaa,
t.arna and olli.r oiilPullomia, mio Taiuauia .u. v
Iho.e (titrndliK to kuHd.
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for almoal trail liiia(ltialladlh for traakfaal, dlnn.r and In.
M drpattni.nl tlont b.lnc 101th rnott lhan nlna-lanllia of
tliocookvookaaoldl alnio.t Innumarablt lilnla. lialpaaud auc
arillona loliou.rkr.prrai ainaanu .uiaj.i.v.i. ,vi
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work, tmlirolltrr.tit, I tlntaon florloullurt, t.Illm howlo kt
aiiocraafal ltli all Iha rarloua rtanta : lollat lilnta, trllllni liow
to niraatrt ana Dtautuj ma vviui'ivaivu, mu,.)
to., tie.
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innuallr lotrerr nonfiaorof Ihla book llirouli tht raluablt
Information liaraln ronlalnad. It Ulla hoi. to oora, br ilmpla
. ..u.ki.i.nM. ...n..ii... a.alt.bia In a.arr lioui.nolj. artrr
illuaae and allm.nt that la curable, Ihla d paltmtnl fotmlnj a
complete medical book, Iht ralue of wblob Itt taj liotna can
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Selllnf Maclilur, Iht Cotton Oln, tic.
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Slarln Says Tliat Ho If) IVIIHnir to KIBht
Joliii Jj. Sullivitu.
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Slosson haa accepted Schaefor's ofTer
nlav hilliardfl within thirty days in
New York for $500 a Hide or upward, the
championship emblem barred.
Rnpp.inl cable disnatches from Now
South Wales say that Goddard haa chal
lenged Sullivan' to fight ten rounds for
$10,000 a side. Tho Melbourne and Syd
ney Athletic Clubs have oflered $10,000
if tho tight is held. Tho dispatch s.iys
that Stansbury has issued a challenge to
row any man "in the world on the Para
matta for $2,500 a side.
Frank Slavin haa written a New York
weekly paper, expressing his willimmeris
to meet John L. Sullivan for $25,000 a
side and tho championship of the worm
He oiiva ho will toss for choice of battle
grounds, which will be either in America
or Kngland. If ho secures a favorable
reply to tins, ho will forward articles ai
once and post a reasonable amount.
Arrangements havo been completed
for an interstato cocking main between
California and Maryland for $3,000 and
$100 each battlo. Tho contracting par
ties are Anthony Greene of Sacramento
and A. 15. Suito ot buitian, aiu. jjoiii
are prominent breeders of the game fowl.
Each Bido is to snow Hc eiiieen cocks.
fhe, Hirht weiirhts to lm -i lbs. 8 oz. and
tho hoavv weiirhts (! lbs. 4 oz. The main
is to lie fought in New York or New Jer
sey Septemlxjr 7, 1802, and Arthur 15.
Suite's stakeholder is to select the battle
ground. Each side has deposited $500,
and tho tlnai uepoBii win oo pomeu .Jan
uary 4. 1802, making tho total $5,0-0.
At Grand Rapids. Mich., in tho pres
ence of 10.000 people Nelson lowered his
record to 2:10. He was in the pink of
condition, and tho track, which was just
completed, was fast. It is 4 feet 4 inches
over a mile. Tho first attempt was made
in2;14. Mr. Nelson, tne owner oi tno
horse, said to tho crowd that tho second
attempt would he mado in a half hour. In
a short timo tho stallion again appeared.
Without scoring tho trotter got away,
and Nelson kept up his unprecedented
pace to the finish without a skip, each
nunrter being mado in 32J and the
mile in 2 :10 flat. Amid the cheering of
ihn crowd tho iuducH presented the stall-
ion's owner witli a flno silver water set.
Tho timers caught tho timo in 2:10, tho
fudges in 2:00?.(. and a dozen watches in
lie paddock mado it 2:0i). Mr. Nelson
imself caught it in 2:0ytf.
other two sides by all wire netting.
This is the dogs' ex- rciso ground or
run. In the first building tho door
opens into the room where the food is
cooked. A great brick furnnco, with
two immense round holes In the top,
is in constant use, and every day a uil
ferent kind of thickening is added to
tho meat broth one day corn meal,
nnother rice, another wheat middlings,
another oatmeal, and i-o on In rotation.
Vegetables also are added beets,
onions, potatoes. it simmers away
without burning in the round holes,
and now and then a black nose comes
to the little wire-covered window near
by to sniff the agreeable odor. The
bathroom opens oft' one end of tho
kitchsn and contains nn immense zinc
lined tank, where the dogs are bathed
when necessary.
The largo kennel-room is on the
other side of the kitchen and is reached
through a passago open on ono side,
it is long, wide, high and delightfully
cool. The row of square windows near
the ceiling and the doors at each end
supply a perfect ventilation. A low
wooden partition divides it, and all
around aro the sleeping benches for
the dogs, raised from tho iloor
a little, so that it can bo
thoroughly washed, and with slat tops.
Hvnrvthinir is perfectly clean and
fresh. Tho concrete floor had just
been Hooded with water. This is done
every morning, when the dogs aro let
out, and great quantities of disinfect
ants are wed. When ono compares
tho fresh purity of this place with tho
ordinary dog kennel tho c ntrast is
certainly striking, and it would seem
to bo a very unreasonable dog who
would not bo healthy in it. In winter
tho benches are covered with straw.
Every afternoon at f o'clock tho
doors aro opened. The dogs eomo in
and each one goes immcitiately to his
placo and they aro fed. Only once a
day do they have any food, but then
ttu'v nro allowed as much as they can
eat. This, of cotirt-e, applies to tho
lull-grown dogs; tho pups aro fed
three or even four times. In winter a
a hundred quarts of skimmed milk aro
used daily.
Through the bae.t door of this house
you go out into tho exercise ground
and are immediately currounded.
Each ono lias his own pretty ways.
One little collie gives her paws ono af
ter tho oilier, as long as you will keep
on shaking hands with her. Paul, a
liver and white pointer, has taken pos-scf-slon
of a wheel-barrow and wags his
tail violently against tho side. If you
sit down a moment, they all trot up
and would cover you over entirely if
tho kennol man did not keep calling1
them back. Hut they aro all perfectly
gentle and wish for nothing but to
mako themselves agreeable, which
iimv succeed In doing thoroughly.
Any ono who likes dogs will enjoy bucIi
a visit, and as for thoso un ortunatolv
constituted beings who do not, this is
no placo for them and they had better
btay outside.
Thtjjround near the buildings nUo
llotl tho Flout
AliK'i-lciiii A el rem.
The distinction of being ono of tho
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portrait we give this week. It may bo
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of the most promising of our native
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trained nlau.lits over a wile stretch ot
t.'rritnrv. and has forced the most
critical nens to viold her tribute.
Eva Mountford is tho daughter
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ii slur occurred in Auirust. 1800. at the
People's Theatre, as the titutar heroino
in "Eugenie Le Tour " adapted by hcr-
tu'lffroin an out drama nv r redone
Soulie. Her triumph at that tltno
was recorded in the columns of Tho
C'linper and other newspapers. A
tnnV followed, diirinir which sho had
tho rather uncommon experience of
not receivintr untavorablo criticism.
Tl'o coming season will find Miss
Mouutford starring in a new version
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