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greatest monument tt their care, judg-

greatest monument tt their care, jtidg-
ment and skill.
How many of the young breeders of
today have any definite plan of breeding,
or fixed standard OF eACelleree2 We re
greet to say they are not a majority, 6tt
most of them blindly follow fashion to the
exclusion 6f The hishest aim of all short
horn breeding-quality and beei. Wa
are as strong advocates as the strongest
for fashionably bred cattle, but we de-
t1iaiid merit and quality as well as blood;
and this is what We want to impress Upon
young breeders. Buy the best and most
fashionable strains of blood, but see that
the animals possess the other great quail
ties requisite to form the model short
horn.
We desire to see our young breeders
take pattern after such iilen as Mr.. .Abram
Renick, who has linked his name impeT-
ishably with the great Rose of Sharon
family, that not only possesses ffshiUn-
able pedigrees, but are extra in touch and
quality; to take pattern after the Van
meters, who made famous the Young
Marys, Young 'Phyllises and Gehts; to
take pattern after the Alexanders, Robert
A. and A. j., who made distinguished the
Mazurkas, NictOrias, F1lagrees, Belle
Duchesses, ROsabellas and Moss Roses; to
take pattern after such a veteran as Major
Jerry 7. Duncan, with his Louahs; to
take pattern after George NJ. Bedford,
with his Duchess of Goodness, and Z. NJ.
Bedford and VIM. Warfeld, with the re-
nowned London Duchesses. Young breed
ers, choose what particular tribe pleases
your fancy, but, when decided on, never
quit the family until you have carried it
and your own name to the top Of the lad
der.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever
came out, and # our breeders will breed
to fixed standard of excellence, both in
touch and quality, as well as pedigree,
we have no fear of the future of short
horns, but their course Will be Upward
and onward to a state of the highest per
fectiOn.-T Line Stuck Record,
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comes in all the dark sttIish shades for
suits, such as myrtle green, prifie, sea
brown, Sits blue, gray, navy blue and
black. Moyen age btrsaAad silks or sin
gle color, blue, green or bro&'ii, sfA also
shown for parts of suits. They measure
twenty if1Ebes and cost $3.50 yard.
The winter grOs grains atc exceedingly
soft and of medium fine reps. They dte
to be made gp in connection with plain
and figured velvets aid with matte silks;
hence merchants have imported ii shades
to match the handsome novelties just de
scFibed. At every large house the an
iIohhGefhent is made that myrtle green,
seal brown and slate blue will he the
leading colors Prices range lower than
those of last season. Dress silks begin as
low as $3.50 a yard, in new colOrs as well
as black, and increase to $5 or Sc. For
SO aid even less can be bought hand
some gros grains for costumes. Trim
ming silks in all the rich park shades are
$1.35 a yard. Striped silks for parts of
costumes, black With n eolored stripe,
can be bought for 70 ceiits yard in
qualities that formerly sold for 81.
Hand tYoveh black silks are highly
commended by reliable merchants. They
are spun and woven entirely by hand
instead of by the powerlOom. They ate
richly repped lustrous blue-black silks,
very soft and finely finished and as this
sOfthess and lustre are in the silk itself,
they are not lost by usage. They are
imported in four different grades, and
sold for 80, $3.50, SO and $3.50 a yard.
They are said to wear better than any
other silks. Those at So are as rich and
lustrOus as many silks sold for 81 or So
yard.
ENGLISH PRINTS AND CAMBRtCa.
English caiic0es are in the plaid pat
terms so popular in wool sttiffs, They
come in blocks, erOss-bars and in bias
plaids as well as iii plain ones. Shaded
brown plaids, black barred with violet,
billie barred with black or with white,
aid black paided with gold are the best
patterns. These cdi5rs arc alse shown in
irregular stripes. Price 2S cGits. The
soft-fnished cambrics initiate twilled
Cheviots, and have diagonal stripes and
plaids. Blue, brown and gray are the
prevailing cOlOrs. Navy blue grounds
are barred with white in Greek Key pat
tern. The slate blues are also pretty
These goods are a yard wide, and cost
% cents. They ere being made up with
side-plaited basques, or else with loose
basques. They have long round over
skirts plainly hemmed, or else bOrdered
may also be quite plain, but one gathered
1Ounce does not detract from the neat
style appropriate for such dresses.
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THE MIssIssIPprs MOUTH.
General Belief Of the EnrtSseeIS Il, IN,
asaIit. R,sfas9 EsEalaas -

The Board of Engineers convened bv
Capt. Eads, with the approval of the
President. for the purpose of considering
his r1ahs fbt Tbs ediistFttUtioij Of q aystein
of ietties at the South Pass of the Missis-
sippi river, resumed its session yesterday
morning at the Fifth avenue hotel
Though the details Of the PLAN upon
which the ietties are to be constructed
were fully examined and discussed, ilC
action was taken except to. recommend
that the mattresses be laid in the fitei
out to the depth of thirty feet of water
Mr.. Whitcomb, secretary of the board
stated yesterday that very little doubt
was entertained of the. success of Capt
Ead's plan. Unless the construction Of
the ietties, he said, should develop sonic
action of the waters in the river above
and in the gulf, which can not be fore
seen or calculated on, the ietty system
will attain all that is necessary to make
the river navigable at It's mouth. No
engineer, who has given the subject the
slightest consideration, entertains any
doubt that by eontining the river be-
tween artificial walls the force Of the
currents thus produce6 vi q ieepen the
channel The experience derived from
other works of similar character has
satisfactorily settled this point. The
chief difficulties that lay in the way OF
the jetty system are supposed to exits in
the construction of works having suf-
ficient stability to Withstand the action
of the current of the river within and OF
the tides and gulf currents from without,
and at the same time preventing the form
alton of a new bar within too short a
period. 1t is now generally Admitted
by the present board of engineers that
Capt. Eads has obviated these difficult
ties. Some members of the board believe
that it will require over a century to
form a new bar, while others, who do not
think it will take so long, believe for at
least twenty years the mouth of the river
will be kept free from obstruction by the
works now in progress. 1t is also the
opinion of all the members of the COM
mission that the mattress system of build
ing up the jetties will be successful
NP1C York TriblIJP
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The question is often asked whether
our short-horns of to-day are equal to
those of five-and-twenty years ago. Many
contend that they are not so good and
assign, as reason, that too much atten-
tion has been paid to pedigree, to the
neglect of quality and meat-producing
attributes. 1t is true that we have many
animals of the present day that will COM
pare tavOrably, if they are not superior,
to any of their predecessors, but are the
different short-hOrn herds, in the aggTe-
gate, up in every particular to the stand
ard possessed by animals five and twenty
years ago?
To breed frst-class animals requires
the greatest care, rare Judgment and
skill, with the free use of the knife.
Our earlier breeders paid the stictest at
tentiOn to breeding, and bestowed great
care in the selection and sklllful mating
of their stock, and from this brought
their herds to a high state of perfection.
This state of success is not to be attrib-
uted entirely to any particular tribe or
family, as some would have us believe,
but to the admirable foresight and supe-
rior Judgment with which the animals
are bred. The earlier breeders did not
expect to sell their animals on a long
and fashionable pedigree alone, but eX-
pected to furnish quality and meat prop
critics as well as breeding.
The great claims of Bates and Booth
blood are owing more to the high-.pitch
of perfection to which the renowned
breeders carried their animals by the
scrupulous care and attention they gave
to the mating and selection, and the free
use of the knife, than to any particular
strain of blood in their pedigrees. Bates
and Booth marked out for themselves an
ideal short-horn, and all their efforts
looked to the attainment of their ideal
perfectibility. To accomplish this they
were compelled to make close alliances #
blood, and to discard weeds and faulty
animals, however well breed. In other
words, they set out to typify an ideal
standard of their own. How well they
succeeded the enormous prices these
families still continue to command is the
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How TO Harvest Castor Beans.

The Rural World says As soon as the
spikes begin to burst open they must be
cut off and thrown into boxes, and hauled
to the pOpping-Out place. The manner
of gathering is to make a sleigh that will
pass between the rows, having box that
will hold ten bushels, that being a load
for an ordinary horse. One horse at
tached to a sled on which a dry goods
box is placed will answer. For twenty
acres, three sleds, made of 2X6 stuff,
wide enough to hold the largest sized
dry goods box, will suffice.
Care should be taken to gather up
those that have popped out before a rain,
as rain blackens them, and they will not
sell as well. To prepare place for them
to pop out, select a clean, smooth, hard
place on the prairie, sloping enough to
cause rainwater to flow off freely, 50 that
none will stand or lie dead; take sharp
hoes and scalp off smooth all the grass on
a space say 100 by 80 feet, for twenty
acres. This should be swept off clean,
leaving level surface of hard ground.
Then deposit your spikes, leaving a bor
der uncovered of at least twenty feet all
around, to catch those beans that jump
outward when opening under hot sun.
ADOuG IllS SCCOllu OI JltlIu udN l1tN
should be turned, to bring those at the
bottom to the top. A steel garden rake
is the best implement to use. About
the fourth or fifth day they are nearly
all out of the burs, and the haulm or
straw, then greatly diminished in bulk,
should be pitched on a pile to give them
time for stragglers to leave it, and the
beans being set free are found in the bot
tom of the debris, can easily be raked
clear of empty burs, and taken away
preparatory to tanning. Any good fan
ming machine will clean them, and when
the yard is clean and solid very little
earth will 60 with them.
After the beans begin to ripen the
field should be gone over once or twice a
week till frost. In hot, dry weather
they ripen more rapidly than in cool,
wet weather. Children can perform this
work, and large family of children can
not be more profitably employed than in
taking care of crop of castor beans.
The work is all light. With a steady
horse children may do all the work.
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How a Trial is Conducted in Egypt.

The Hon. George II. Batchler, now a
judge in Egypt, has written an interest
ing letter to a friend describing the
peculiarities of the Egyptian courts,
which has been published in the Troy
Times. Here is portion of it: 81 will
attempt to describe trial in the court
of assizes, which is like our Oyer and
Terminer. The criminal was indicted
for burglary After the reading of the
Indictment, the attorney general makes a
short speech to the jury, and the counsel
for the prisoner follows. Then the nov
city begins. The attorney-general sits
quietly by, and 50 does the counsel for
the accused, while the presiding judge
examines the witnesses. Commencing
with the prisoner himself, he puts him
through a fire sharp and severe, debating
points with him, and commenting on his
statements as he rattles along. Then
the witnesses are brought in and, after
being asked few questions by the judge,
he tells them to make their statements to
the jury; here the judge often breaks
in, and so does the prisoner, but seldom
the encouragement or the counsel. The
prisoner often gets up a sharp discussion
with the judge, and often addressed the
jury, and occasionally judge and jury
and attorneys all talk, keeping up run
ming fire for some time. And thus the
evidence is taken. At the close the at
torney-general sums up to the jury first
and is followed by the counsel for the
prisoner, and then the judge sums up
usually against the accused in his charge
to the jury"
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A Real Indian Romance.

The Louisville COurier-JOurnal tells
this story: Between Clarksville, Tenn,
and Eddyville, KY, on the Cumberland
river, there is a cavern which can only
be entered by diving into the water, and
which has no other light than that re-
fected from the bottom of the river. 1t
was accidentally discovered by young
Indian chief, while one day diving for
his gun, which he had dropped from his
canoe into the river. The Indian youth
who discovered it, for a long time kept
the secret to himself, and would often
resort to it in his lonely hours, where, by
the aid of his flint and a piece of dry
wood, he would kindle a fire and enjoy
himself in looking at the magniticence of
the scene as the light reflected back mil
lions of beams from the numerous stalag-
mites and stalactites of gigantic size and
fantastic forms. The cave was about
fifty feet wide, and about the same in
height. In the course of time this Young
son of the forest became enamOred with
a beautiful daughter of one of the back
woOdsmen in the settlement. The young
chiefs name was Wallahalla and the girls
name was Agnes Robertson. In those
days the daughters of the backwOOdsmen
could swim, ride, and handle a gun with
all the dexterity and skill of their fathers
and brothers. Arriving at the place the
lover disappeared beneath the surface of
the water and the maiden quickly fol-
wed him. Here he informed her she
must remain as his prisoner until he
gained the consent of her parents to their
union. Wallahalla then departed to re-
turn soon after with dried venison and
such articles as were necessary for her
comfort. Returning to the settlement,
Wallahalla found that the place had been
attacked by the foe and the village burnt
to the ground. The parents Of Agnes
mourned her as dead, or lingering in a
captivity to which ssdeath would be far
preferable. The young chief was loudest
in his lamentations over the lost girl, and
at the war dance of his trife swore the
direst vengeance against her captOrs. All
the male portion of the settlement,
together with the friendly tribe to which
the young chief Wallahalla belonged,
started in pursuit of the foe to rescue the
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The Latest Fashions.

A great many trOusseauX are made in
September for the weddings that take
place later in the autumn. The new
fabrics for wedding dresses are creamy
white brocaded silks, or else white with
the faintest pink tinge, covered with
brocaded white roses. There are also
very rich white velvets with blocks and
broken plaids of heavy pile, and also
matelasse velvets with raised leaf and
arabesque patterns. White rose brOcaded
silks in cream and in snow tints are 81 a
yard; those with scroll and leaf pattern
are Sc. Some of these rich bridal dresses
are made in princesse shape. They are
quite plain as low down as the knee, but
below this they are richly fOunced with
plain gros grain and lace. Others are
made with a long cuirass basque with
sleeves of point lace, or else transparent
sleeves of some kind. The cuirass has a
iabot of lace straight down the back and
down the front. The Lamballe fichu of
lace or of the silk edged with lace trims
other basques. White roses will be much
worn mixed with orange blossoms for
bridal parures. A new way of arranging
garlands on the tablier is shown in the
engraving on our first page.
ENGLISH WALKING JACKETS.
Double-breasted English walking jack
cts are made in large numbers for fall
and winter wraps The materials en-
ployed are Scotch Ch2yiots, diagonal
cloths as finely twilled as vigOgne, and
other soft wool cloths. The trimmings
are broad Titan braids, loosely woven,
like Panama canvas, and buttons covered
with this braid. Black is the prevailing
color. They cost from $l5 to Sl8.
SILKS.
The novelties in fall silks are now dis
played on counters of retail stores, and
some idea of their prices is obtained.
One of the most tasteful novelties is matte
silk in loosely-matted tresses woven in
basket checks. This is meant for over
dresses to be used with velvet or plain
gross grain, and cost $3.50 yard. 1t
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A Dream that Parted Man and Wife.

Bundy has been married two weeks
and has left his wife. Bundy is a little
man, and his wife weighs $40 pounds,
and was the reict of the late Peter
Potts. About ten days after marriage
Bundy was surprised, or awakening in
the morning, to find his better half sit
ting up in bed crying as if her heart
would break. Astonished, he asked the
cause of her sOrsOw, but receiving no
reply he began to surmise that there
must be some secret on her mind that
she withheld from him, that was the
caufe of her anguish, so he remarked to
Mrs. B. that as they were married she
should tell him the cause of her grief,
so, if possible, he could avert it, and
after considerable cOaxing he elected the
following from her:
Last night | dreamed | was single
and as | walked through well-lighted
street | came to store where a sign in
front advertised husbands for sale. Think
ing it curious, | entered, and ranged
along the wall on either ride were men
with prices affixed to them. Such beau
tiful men; some for 1000, some for
$500, and so on the $3.50. And as | had
not that amount | could not purchase"
Thinking to console her, B. placed his
arm lovingly around her and asked:
"And did you see any men like me
there?'
ooh, yes" she replied, drawing away
from him, "lots like you; they were tied
up in punches, likes asparagus, and sold
for ten cent bunck."
Bundy got up, and went to see his
lawyer if he had sufficient ground for
divorce.
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CROP PRODUCTIoVs LAST YEAR
Tho Io.low.ng summary is isom Tie re-
port o. the department of agriCulturist:
The product Of wheat for 1874 was
greater in the aggregate than in any pre-
vious year, exceeding 800 ,O0O,O 600 bush
els. There was an increase Of acreage OF
fully 100000.
Rye gave a product Of "A, ,S9l, 900 bush
els, being 90 per cent. Of the previous
crop.
Oats, 24O,OOO,OOO bushels, being a de-
cline of nearly 10000, 600 bushels.
Barley, 32,703,0 600 bushels, being an
increase of per cent.
Potatoes, fO6,OOO,OO0 bushels; being
about the same as the previous year
Hay, 25,500,000 tons; an increase of
100000 tons.
OF corn, the following statement en-
bodies the crops of the past six or seven
years:
In 1868, O6,OOO,OOO bushels, valued
at 81 cents per bushel.
In 1869, S74, ,O0O,0 bushels, valued
at IS cents per bushel.
In 1870, 1,049, 600, 900 bushels, valued
at 81 cents per bur
In 1871, 991 ,0UU,J 900 bushels, valued
at 4S cents per bushel.
In 1872, i,O92,O0O,OO0 bushels, valued
at 30 cents per bushel.
In 1873, 932, 600, 600 bushels, valued at
4S cents per bushel.
In 1874, $4,000, 900 bushels, valued
at 65 cents per bushel.
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THE BANKER'S DINNER.

o. HOLMES.
The Bankers dinner is the ststeliest feast
Inc town has heard of for year at least.
- Inc starry lustres shed their broadest blaze:
Is8haSk ~ and silver catch and spread the rays.
Inc I tourists triumph crown the dantiest spoil,
w W. on from the sea, the forest, and the soil
IN Inc steamlng hot-house yields its largest pines!
Inc sunless vaults une&rth their Oldest wines.
. y
VI all that cluster round the genial board
NOT one 50 radiant as the banquet's lord.
so with the merry tale and iovial song
the jocund evening whirls itself aIong
Ili the last chorus shrieks its loud encore
And the white neckclOths vanish tl,rougb tho door
Onfss2vsge word, the menials know its tone
AND sunk away the master stands alone
Wei P,ayei. by; breathe not what we're bes
unheard
Ills goblet shivers as he speads the word
" II wine tells truth-and so have said the wise
II makes me laugh to think how handy lies
Bankrupt to-morTOw-millionaire to-day 20
The larce Is over, now begins the play !'
HarS the deep OATH the wall of frengied wDel
Iost! lost TO hope Of heaven and peace below.
lie Kept his secret, but the seed Of crime
ursis oi itself in Gods appointed time.
The moral market had The usual chills
VI virtue suffering from pr teStcd bills.
ne white cravats, 10 friendships memory true,
Sighed Tor the past surveyed the future, TOO
their sorrow hTCathcd in expressive line:
CaFe pleasant dinners; who has got his wine 20
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Read Your Country's History.

In the action Of Lundy's Lane a Colo
mel O'Neil General, hc came ucall him
sclf) got scratch on his leg. The
wound was a matter Of great joy, and hc
nurscd il through aftcrdays, growing lamcr
with every year, that the memory of his
bravery might be ever near him. Gradu-
ally, from sheer pondcring over his stories
hc grew To think that the success Of the
battle was largely owing 10 his services.
One day, late in his life ~ ho sat nur7-
ing his lcg and pondcring over the glories
past, a young man, visiting the family
for the first time, approached ana SYM
pathetically remarked, " Lame NcneralI
Yes, sir," after pause, with ineNprcs-
sible solcmnity, 81 am lamc.' Been
riding, sir2,' "No," with rcbuking
sternness, 81 have not been riding"
" All! slipped on the ice, General, and
hurt your lcgg' No, sir with actual
ferocfty. perhaps you have -praincd
your ankle, sir| With a painful slow
ness the old man lifted his pet leg in
both hands, set il carefully on the floor,
rose slowly from his chair and looking
down upon the unfortunate youth with "a
stare Of mingled wonder, pity and wrath,
&" forth in the smlimity Of rage,
burst read the history oI your country
you-puPpy"
Ir occurred in Oshkosh. viii you
do it?" she said, twisting one end Of the
strap around her hand and fetching him
"A ",tingtr" across the shoulders with
the other. lie squirmcd and looked
frantically at the kcyhole of the door, rs
if nc could crawl through b.. Will
you do it?" she said, aiming two or
three at the calves of his legs, while he
skipped around like q great north
western grasshoppcr with the Jim jams.
" viii you do it?' she repeated, CON
centratiug her energies for a terrific
swoop, and dealing him binder over
the eyebrows that made the cold per-
spiration start out Of every pore in his
body. 81 will :" he roarcd in agony;
and they were married.
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singing Mozart's Twelfth Mass Gloria in
admirable style. Now, at least, enc could
worship and believe that after all heaven
may be place worth going to.
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At the dog show at the London
Crystal Palace, there were one thousand
one hundred and seventy-eight animals
exhibited, and marked improvement
in all breeds was noted. The Princess
of Wales took the first prize for fine
animal in the class of st. Bernard mas
tiff,