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HOWARD UNIVERSITY did itself honor
and the public service, in the selection Of
the acting-President, Professor ]. NJ. Lang
ston to deliver its eulogy on the late Senator
Sumner last week. 1t was scholarly pro.
duction, and fine analysis of the life and
character Of the departed statesman, and
may be set downas one Of the best efFortso
Prof. Langston's life. "a
Hon. Frederick Douglass was present, and
on being called for, at the close of Professor
I.angston's address, in few brief thoughts
from the depths of his great soul, falling like
electric sparks, he unconsciously wrought up
the vast audience to fearful frenzy, al
most, over the recollections of Charles
Sumner. GE
MANY years ago, America sent TO Rome,
Hiram Powers, who with his chsel and mall
let cut his way through marble up to the
highest attainable niche in sculpture, and
wrote his name there. To-day his son, Pres
ton Powers, is in the Capital modelling a bust
OF Charles Summer. It already has charac-
ter, has action. It breathes through clay.
1t Is Summer come back to us again. His
benign eye looks upon us as it used to. His
smile shines down upon us as of other DAYS.
More anon.
OLD Boy IN aspects"
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24.-FINAL DISPOSITION. OF IRREGULAR
FUND ACCOUNT.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20. 1874,
SIR: In reply to yours of the 18th instant
the Second Auditor is suggested as the
proper Auditor to whom YOU should render
your accounts Of the irregular fund, under the
act of March 2, 1867.
1 have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
y VIM. A. RICHARDSON.
Secretary.
This is the first time any Of the Treasury
officials have ever apprised me of the place
to this fund.
The following letter indicates what will be
the final direction Of this account
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 4, 1874.
Hon. T.. b. FRENCH,
! Second Auditor U. 5. Treasury:
| SIR: have the honor to transmit nv ac-
counts of the unexpended balance of the rrcg-
ular fund according to the act Of March ,.
1867.
send also accompanying papers to enable
you to have an intelligent understanding of
the origin and true amount of said unexpended
| balance, viz:
list. The account current of General Bal
| lOch.
I'd. Sworn statement of explanation.
I'd. Rolls of soldiers, with attorneys ALI
davits.
4th. Letters of correspondence with the
Treasury and War Departments.
9Th. Prior explanation of General Bal
loch with vouchers.
9th. My letter to the Secretary of the
Treasury, and his reply.
For reference L would name the large
hOllnfv Of
was in possession of the Court of Inquiry in
my case, and also two large cash books con-
tanning short account of receipts and ex-
penditures when the first fund came into the
dlsbursing officers possession.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
o. o. HOWARD,
Brig. Gen. L. s. Il.
am confident of complete and final
settlement OF this account as soon as the
second Auditor can give attention to it,.
My object has been rather to supplement,
IN this statement, the testimony taken before
the Court than to give a full account of the
transaction involved in this inquiry: L am,
however, conscious of incompleteness be-
cause OF the great number of items con-
tanned in the charges Of the Hon. Secretary
OF War, and because of desire not to
elaborate to much, and shall be glad to
answer frankly and fully any questions the
Sou,t may NC pleaSed 10 put.
The Judge Advocate, near the commence
ment OF the investigation, referred to my
numerous counsel. OF the four gentlemen
named only one has served continuously;
my desire was merely to provide against
being lett without counsel at any time by
reason of the pre-engagements of the gem
tlemen who were to assist me.
This Court of Inquiry is about to pass
upon that which is dearer than life to me,
to my family and friends, my reputation and
my honor as man and soldier.
Permit me in closing to express my great
satisfaction in.the fairness and thoroughness
OF your patient inquiry, and my unspeaka-
Bile relief in the feeling, that whatever your
findings may be, the burden of anxious sus-
pense is about to be removed BIZ the substi-
tuition of facts, in the place of suspicion and
accusation.
l have the honor to be, gentlemen, very
respectfully, your Obedient servant,
o. @. HOWARD
Brig. Gen. T. s. 4.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON CITY, June 90, 1872.
General o. o. HOWARD, U. S. Army:
DEAR GENERAL: The act of Congress
places the Freedman's Bureau in charge OF
the War Department, and General Order No.
IS has been issued carrying the law into
effect
In making this change required by the law
it gives me pleasure to bear witness to the
zeal, energy, and integrity, which have, in
my opinion, characterized your management
Of the Bureau.
In the field, when | was your subordinate
in the Army of the Tennessee, observed
the gallantry and ability which marked you,
conduct, from the day of the battle of Ezra
Church until the end. Since l have been
here have had occasion at times to express
my opinion as to your administration Of the
Bureau, and do not hesitate to say that in
my judgment its affairs have been conducted
by you with honor and integrity that cannot
be questioned. 1t gives me pleasure to say
this without solicitation from yourself or your
friends.
lam, General, very truly yours,
WIN. W. BELKNAP.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Notes from the Capital.

IAN communications relative matters in the District
should lie sent in BY Monday evening Of each week.
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shrink from no danger or trial or duty
but deprecate insinuation and SUSPICION
On public and personal grounds I ask
your aid to restore me to the post of service
and confidence that know YOU to believe
belong to me, -. - :
Very respectfully, yours,
.. d. HOWARD. ~
+B,igadier General U. S. Army
4. JUSTICE. 60
6. The next paragraph page of the
charges, beginning, 1.-THE Department of .Ius,
tice"), explains the steps taken in REFERRING
the cases of complaint from bounty claimants
to the Department of Justice for recovery
1t appears to me that in this charge a iudS.
ment is already formed against the officers
and agents of the late bureau. They are in.
jured by this public announcement. Quite q
different course is pursued by the Govern.
ment where white soldiers have failed to
receive their bounty from paymasters of the
Army. :
CHARACTER OF INFORMATION
I. The next statement of the Secretary
OF War, that Iwas promptly informed Of
missing records'@is true; but the next that
had been promptly informed of the anna.
rent exhibits against me-" is an important
error. Before Major Vlncent's letter of Oc-
tober !. 1872, was brought out, was cores.
pended with quite fully upon the subjects
therein contained, but was not shown the
charges themselves till they appeared in the
letter to Congress, or rather till thew appear.
ed in the ''lNew York Tribune" two DAYS in
advance of the letter to Congress. Before
the issuance of these charges, could not
even surmise their nature. After the letter
of. the Attorney General, dated Nav 81.
1873, lsee page 3, Secretary's charges was
published in the newspapers, sent a tele-
gram from Poughkeeepsie, N. Y, where |
was at the time, to the Honorable Secretary
OF War, asking, in substance, for a full state
ment oil all the charges against me, and the
amounts of money for which was held ac-
countable, together with the names of the
subordinates through Whom this accounta-
bility was charged to me.
In reply was told lsee Major Vincent's
letter. dated July ii. 1879, that in due time.
l should be informed; but was not inform
ed but l was not furnished with information
in any other way than what could learn by
way OF inference from continuous and for
NAL correspondence which bore the impress
OF suspicion and complaint, and not only af-
forded no clear and specific statement Of the
nature and extent of the accusaton-wheth-
er they were against the Commissioner HIM
self or against his subordinates, but on the
contrary constantly demanded other missing
links OF information, not otherwise attaina-
Bile, which seem to have been regarded as
necessary in order TO the completion of charg-
es subsequently made against me. In fact
| inferred in the outset, from the following
letter of the Secretary, written after l had
spoken to him of the poisonous breath of
newspaper scandal, fostered by the amending
bureau discussions of official character (the
sentiments of which letter have frequently
been privately reiterated by him since the
charges were sent to Congress), that l was
not myself under suspicion of wrong doing
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Continued from first paqe.

=! shrink from no danger or trial or duty,
but deprecate insinuation and SUSPICION
On public and personal grounds I ask
your aid to restore me to the post of service
and confidence that know you to believe
ho1onfr 70
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The case Of o. c. French is still stronger.
See the third heading. The bond runs
directly to the United States. Upwards of
$1,000, as in evidence, have been already
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-03
Fall Wheat CaIinrr.

The cultivation of fall wheat is not generally
very SATISFACTORY occupation among our farmers
for some reason or other As the time for So
ing this grain is at hand our farmers will he in.
terested in any information of Importance that
can be given concerning the best method of mana.
ging this precarious crop. d. b. CI,rk who Is
one of the most successful farmers of this Connie
has communication in the Council Bluffs Recorrd;
ard Farmer of August 18th, on the subject of fall
wheat culture, from which We make this selec-
ton:
Sowing should be done early in September. the
first and second week, in the open ground-tbe
ground as left by the harrow, is in its right con-
dltion-no roller to be put on in the fall but in
the spring as soon as the ground is in condition
TO get on TO it after the frost is output on a
heavy roller on all the fields When wheat is
sown 10 corn ground, the stalks should be cnt
towards spring whilst the ground is frozen, then
the roller will put them down out of the way for
cutting and binding. Let no stock run on the
Mneat unless the ground is frozen and covered
win WIN snow. If the above direoctins are followed
be our fault. - "o'
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Hoyy To Make Good Cider.

There is hardly 1.-THE of cider made now a
compared with forty years ago. Many OF the ole
orchards have died out, and the temperance re
form has prevented their renewal The market
for fine fruit has greatly expanded, and nearly
all the trees now planted are for the production
of market apples. 1t took eight bushels of ap
pies to make a barrel of cider, and the barrel sold
for only a dollar. Apples now bring every year
from fifty cents to dollar a bushel. Fruit grow
ers can hardly be expected to lament the change
that is so much for their pecuniary interest.
Yet cider is still made all over the country in
small quantities., some for the apple butter, some
for vinegar, and still more for beverage. When
bottled and properly handled, il is palatable,
and much more wholesome, than most of the
wine of commerce. In affections of the kidneys
1t Is an excellent remedy, and should have place
in every well appointed cellar. 1t is matter of
some Importance, that what cideris made, should
be made in the best manner.
The apples should be well ripened but not in
the least decayed. Every apple with the least
speck of rot in it should be removed if yOu wish
a hrst-rate beverage. The decayed and inferior
apples may be reserved for making vinegar
Perfect cleanliness should be observed in the grin
ding process, which should be performed two
days before pressing and the pomace be permit
ted TO stand ard mellow in the vat, until it as
snmes deep red color. Clean dry straw should
be used in forming the cheese. If the stiaw be
musty, the flavor will be communicated to the
juice. If water be added, it will make il hard
and unpleasant TO the taste. The casks, also. in
which it is put for fermentation, should be tho
roughly cleansed, and finished off with fumiga-
ton of birthstone. This is done by burning in
side the barrel few strips of canvass dipped in
melted birthstone. The fumes will penetrate all
the pores, and destroy the must and correct the
sOurness After the fermentation is over draw
off into clean barrels and clarity it, This can be
done by mixing quart of white sand with the
whites of half a dozen eggs and a pint of mus
tard seed, and pour it into the barrel. 1t NAV
stand in the barrel, or if a nice article is wanted,
it should be put into quart bottles and corked
This cider will he fit to drink in case of sick
ness, and will always bear good price in mar
ket. 1t retails at twenty-five cents n bottle and
would bring at least two dollars dozen by the
quantity. This is much better business than TO
make poor article from decayed apples. in a
siovenly manner, and sell it for two dollars a
baTTel.-ImericdH Aqrieulturist
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Moths i'm Carpets.

One can never be quite sure, says the Country
Gentleman, that his carpets not being con-
snmed by moths, except for few weeks after
having them taken up and thoroughly cleaLed
nnless something is used to prevent their growth
or thoroughly destroy them. This often neces-
States the taking up and cleaning of a carpet
that otherwise would not need the renovation.
With an ingram or Lowell, this needless labor
may be saved by laying down n damp cloth, and
over it thoroughly rubbing the edges with hot
fiat iron; this will kill the moth. if any have ac-
cumulated. But with tapestry, Brussels, vel
vet the ironing is not Oifectual; besides, it ill.,
jures the carpet. Much hard work may be saved
however, by removing the tacks side at a
time, rolling back, and examining the edges. If
there are any MOTHS they must be brushed off
aud burned; and to effectualy destroy the life of
all deposits, the edges of the carpet must be
ironed, as before stated, but the wrong side.
The edge of the carpet lining should be tho
roughly looked tn, and the exposed edge of the
floor washed, and while damp, sprinkled with
salt. 1T tue carpet is to be folded under in any
place, sprinkle salt between the folds and see
that the floor is well covered with salt for an
inch or two under the edge of the carpet all
around. If salt were always put under the edges
of the carpets before putting them down, moths
would have bnt slight chances to trouble them.
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Msefnl aud Curious.
Iodine a. nm An,ido.e for Psi.sn..


NJ. Bernard established some time ago that the
solutions of iodine act as antldOtee against the
bite of venonous serpents, and especially OF the
Crotales. He has just communicated another
note FRAMED conformity with NJ. Greene) TO the
Academy of Sciences, to state that the same solu-
tions of iodine have similar influence on the
South American poisons called eudre. Their
experiments support the opinion long currentl y
believed that the poison of serpents is an ingre-
dent of these p0isOns, which have two effects
analogous to those of the bites of the most dan
geTUus seIpents. The cHrdre is SO very active, a
dose of two or three. eentigramInes proves fatal
to an animal of the size of pigeon guinea
pig, but when this poison Is mixed with a solu-
ton of iodure or iodurated potassium, il may be
injected under the skin without danger. The
poison may even be injected first, and the iodure
afterwards without the former affecting the ami
NAL; in this case, il suices tJsuspend the absorp-
ton of the tONical substance by the application
of cupping glass, which gives to the chemical
reaciive the time TO meet the cHrdTe aud TO ope-
rate its Reorganization. The same remarks ap-
ply To the tieaRGs, another sort of poison " hich
this unte had been read, VI. Boussinsanlt said lie
did not think il sufficiently established that the
earare contains The poison of serpentS, he sal /
that at least, he could affirm the earare he brought
from one of the affineDt streams Of the Amazon
contained none; the Indians obtained it by pOua-
dung in cold water the bark of a rejHed " hich is
very common in tue forests traversed by the
great river of Equatorial America IL was the
same curaTe given TO NJ. Pelouze in 1888 that VI.
Bernard made these interesting experiments
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-03

1t is not uncommon, in country houses for all
members of tue family to the same towel for
wiping their hands aud faces. | am often sur
prised to see how this practice prevails, even
among people of considerable CIVILIZATIONS; fire.
quently the towel is made of three yards of good
cr;ish, sewed together at the ends and hung over
roller. This seems to be very generous and
nice when it is clean, but not after it has hung
there two or three days, used morning, noon and
night, by half dozen persons.
We may be able to endure a great deal of our
own dirt, when we are obliged to, but it is not
morbid delicacy that shrinks from using a
towel soiled by other persons. Each human
body gives forth its own peculiar excretiOns
from every pore of the skin, waste matter, more
or less filthy, 1t is not merely the impurity de-
rived from external sources that we wash and
wipe when we perform ablutiOns. 1t is also
this ones dyspepsia, that ones 6iliOusness, and
the other ones tobacco ugh!
Give me clean towel, please! And give every
child its own towel and its own comb as soon as
1t is old enough to use them; and now want 10
add-please, q, fellow citizen! give every human
being chance TO battle the whole body, pri-
vately, Whenever one wishes to do so, in comfor-
table bath-tub, aud all the clean towels desired.
american IGTicu[furisf
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fur the farmer.
WHEAT SOWING.


We hear many complaints of the total or par
iig failure of the wheat crop in various sections
Of the country, In some places il has been win
T,r-killed, in others smtten BY rust, aud in many
others cut of by the insects. The truth probably
Is, that, excepting destruction by insects there
is about the same amount Of-injury received from
these sources as occurs every wear. The business
of collecting information from the wheat grow
ing districts is now so systematized that We hear
much more of the failures than were accus-
toned to ten years ago. Whole columns Of re-
ports are published in the daily Tspapers, aud
tine story of failure in fifty counties in the union
makes great impression. Wheat has never
been so certain crop as Indian corn. Ii Is
more captiOus plant in its wants, and must nave
more careful attention. 1t demands q porous
soil, rich in vegetable matter such as IS found IN
the newly cleared lands of the west In old land
the mechanical preparation OF the SOIL is mat
ter of prime Importance. The more nearly you
can make il like the virgin soil the better. 1t II
be not already dry it should he made So HE
soil should he deeply stirred with snbsoIl pillow
to let the rains pass down quickly, ana 10 give
air to the roots of the plants More wheat Is
winter killed by stagDaut water freezing around
the plants riren by any other cause. The deep
stirring off the soil is also help in Summer,
guarding the crop against drnnth. If the land is
not undetermined il should be plowed in narrow
lands, with deep dead burrows to give the waters
q chance to pass of into them.
Soc Early.-The experience of wheat growers
sooner il is put in after the first of this month the
better. The roots have time TO get a strong hold
of the soil. and are not easily thrown out by the
frost.
Select your Seed.-This may be done by thresh-
ing the bundles only partially. A few strokes of
the fail will knock out the plumpest kernels.
Some of the tanning mills have riddles for this
purpose, running the smallest kernels through,
and saving the large ones for seed. Attention to
this matter is of great Importance if you wish to
keep up the reputation of any given variety.
Tue early red varieties, such as the pure red
Mediterranean, are most reliable against insect
rayages.
Use drill, il you cultivate wheat in any con-
siderable quantity. 1t will soon pay for itself in
the saving it makes i'm seed, and in the larger
yield per acre. If without drill, pillow in the
seed with shallow furrOw.
MdRures.-Do not be afraid of making the land
too rich. Wheat viii not grow where buck
wheat and some other grains might yield tole-
rable crop. Barnyard manures are always good
and safe Ashes, lime, plaster, and clover turned
in green will each and all pay, in CERTAIN condi-
lions of the soil. As good wheat can be grown
as ever, in the oldest parts of the country, if
cultvators will heed these suggestions-except
where the insects happen 10 be about for the time
being.-1mericdn Aqricultmist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-03
Why Ear. shouId No, be Boxed.

In Physiology for Practical Use, I'd. Appleton
raj things very commonly done which are ey.
tremeiy injurious to the ear and Onght to be care
fully avoided And first, children's ears ought
never to be boxed. We have seen that the pas
sage OF the ear is closed by thin membrane, es-
pecIaily that adapted to be influenced by every
impulse of the air, and with nothing to support
1t internally. What, then, can be more likely to
lnJure this membrane, than a sudden and fSrci-
BILE compression of itf If any one designed TO
break or over-stretch this membrane he could
scarcely devise more efficient means than to
bring the hand suddenly and forcibly down unon
the passage of the ear, thus driving the air vio-
lently before it, with no possibility for its escape
but by the membrane giving way. Many chill
dren are made deaf by boxes on the ear in this
wayr ~
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-03
Indignant virtae.

A hit at the Virginia Legislature of last winter
is circulated in Richmond 1t appears that a par
ty who had his reasons for making the it,-
quiry approached a Peunsy lvania railroad man
and asked him flatly whether his company in
tended 10 spend any inoney-iu Richmond
mo, sir, no; emPhaticaily nor7 WIS the exeit-
ing reply ~ Z 49,. 49, 81.
'Why mott"
an tell you why, sir. The members of the
Pennsylvania Legislature are gentlemen, sir
perfect gentlemen You don't have to bride them
but once, but bringing his fist of virtuous ill.,
dignation down upon the table, "these scoun-
rels in Virginia have no more conscience than a
hog, and you never know when you have done
buying them"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-03

FAINT YOUR HoUsEs.-Now is the time fol-
preparation. Soon after the heat of Summer i
over say IN September and October, is the best
time to paint. One coat laid in Autumn is eoual
to two in Summer; the lead dries more evenly.
ana tne oil holds IL much longer than when
spread In hot weather. Paint laid in Fall wealth
er is more lasting than when put on in the Snring
because the surface becomes hardened tbrough
me winter without exposure to the intense heat
OF July and August, and is therefore, much less
likely to snfter from the effects of the ensuing
summer. whenever white lead adheres to the
hand, when rubbed over il, mt on a tbin coat
honse once well painted, if lightly covered
every third year succeeding, will be more econo
micaiiy painted aud kept in better preservation
than in any other way.