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Farmer Kent has one and half
acres Of potatoes. He uses single
about sixteen inches long and five
inches broad, narrowed at one end to
suit the hand. Sometimes She uses a
whisk- broom, which answers the pur-
pose just as well, being light and
broad. With these, two men get over
the potato patch in one day. The
plant is struck on one side with the
shingle or broom, and the beetles fall
off into shallow, wide tin pans held in
the left hand. During last week one
bushel Of beetles were in this way col
lected as the result of one days labor
of two men. Farmer Kent prefers
this method Of determination to the
use of Paris green R0ral Ne,o- Yorker.
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a correspondent of the London
Journal Of Horticulture says: Last
year, about June, | pinched back to two
leaves or SO all the young growth on
my young red currant trees a friend
witnessing the performance, exclaimed,
Now you will not have currant, the
sun win scorch the fruit quite up. Ma
ture has provided the leaves" etc.
Well, he followed his plan of leaving
all the growth on, and of course l
could not change mine. The result
was that his ripe fruit was Invisible
did not, believe, furnish two tarts
His bushes were twice as many as
mine. Ny very large crop ripened
splendidly, and the fruit was very
large
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

eilansas state Grangc''-Business Officers,
NJ h. Hudson, Master, MaplctOn,
Z. Il MaNson, Secretary, Enporia.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

a Florida gardener has raised Gu
cumber four and half feet long.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

NATIONAL. GRANGE-BUsINEss OFFICERS.
Jyo. T. JoSEs. Master, Helena, Arkansas.
.. II. KELLY. Sec'y, Louisville, ny
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

The crop of camp meetingsi is begin
ing to ripen.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

GRANGE DEPARTMENT.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17
osHKosH, WISCONSIN MARKEZ

We DO not claim 10 sell Cheaper mGa any other firm
IN The STATE, 10 furnish better Lumber, bui zee
do claim that zoe can sell as GOOD Lumber at
i05c rates as Gny other firm in TPichitd,
and solicit fair share Of
public patronage,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

.iEem Grange, Of. J. Canten, Master.
s NJ Beiden Secretary, Valley Center. Meets
% "Wednesday before full moon Of each month 1T
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

ttwal1uila Grange, &C. s Zimmerman Master.
T. y. Smith, Secretary, Sedgwick CITY Meets
ed saturday IN each month nj II 4. m.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

Advance Grange, ''-Wm. Loekard, Maste,
NJ. Camp, Secretary Sedgwiek CITY Meets
ist and 81 Wednesdays in each month, p m.
oeNinnesoaa Grange ''-william Ross, Master.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-17

fprairie Gem Orange, u. u, ORR, Milsier.
Geo A White, Secretary, W lch!ta.
AI.ef. c,-nlr nliernafe salufdaY night.
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The above firm will furnish all kinds of Marbl,
Work, Graye Stones, Slabs. Monuments, Etc. land
cut stone to order Dor buildings l-tf
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Utica Grange, ',--P. Mcdonald, Master
tonnes pfcl.qng Secretary Affiga
, 1876-07-01

For tho present compromise has avcrtcd
the danger threatened by the wide Disagree
ment by tho Senats and Houso on tho up
preparation bills. Tho compromise post
rones for ten days tho time when tho Goy-
ornamental machinery must como to stop
unlcss tho money to run 1t Ia forthcoming,
aud permits Tho use Of uue1pended balances
In tho meantime to carry On the different Do
partments. With all their assumption Of
indifference as to tho etfeota OF tho deal
lock and their professod willingness
to tako tho responsibility, tho Dcmocrats Of
the House were afraid 10 stand to whit they
4ad douo, and wero forced ut last to accent
tho compromise proposed BY the senate.
Ihe ten days included In tho arrangement
ought to be ample for tho consideration Of
the important bills 10 be passed but there
are yet many points Of diGeronce which will
not be easily adjusted, md 1t IL not unlikely
that tho Senate and House will be Mt logger
heads ten days heuca.
, 1876-07-01
TIE INDIANA pEhro0RATs.

Tho Indiana Democrats aro deserving of
tho most heartfelt sympathy from all classes
III all parts Of tho country. It is hard to DO
betrayed in the house Of ono'a friends, but
hardor still to have insult added to injury,
This Is the humiliating condition of Mr.,
HEapn1oKs' friends In Indiana. bIr. HEs-
pnlcKs has been conspicuous Democratic
candidate for the Presidency ever since tho
New York Convention Of 1868, when le might
have boon nominated had 1t not been for the
dcsortion of some Of his friends. Then ho was
to 10 tho candidato in 1872, when tho
Liberals came along with their GnEE1EY
bait and caught tho Democratic suckers. But
for the past four years his nomination has
been regarded by tho Indiana Democrats rs
simply tho fulallnont Of an implied pledge,
md until slort time ago they looked upon.
It ns certain. Threo months ago HExpnIcKs
supposed he Ind almost every Southern
State, and many Of the southerners
did hold out for him until they
eatno in actual, personal contact with that
TMDEN "bar1 Of money" This they could
not resist, and HENDn1cKs was slaughtered.
but this was not ali. Having sold out Mr..
HENDRICKS and fsionda, tho st. Louis Cou-
vontion Ind tho check to demand that HEN.
pn1cKs should do tho duty Of tail to tho Til.
DEN kite In ordor to help steady it III Indiana
aud tho West, and passed resolution max
ing 1natter Of party loyalty that HRNDn1oKs
should accept this insignificant place and
disagreoable duty. It is q bittor pill, and It
is still doubtful whether HEspa1oxs will con-
, 1876-07-01

DistrictAttorney BANGS, in lis statement
to tho Court about jazz 1lEnM, said TINT 1t
was distinctly stated TINT they could not nc
capt RINK as witness on the oond!-
tion Of giving him complete immunity.
This was preliminary, and boforo my
other action was taken- Judge DANos
says that he took down tho statement of
1lEuM's lawyer as TO what ho could testify to
II lie "sQuoaled," md telcgraphed the samo
to VIM DEXTER In Washington. The Judge
says,
communicated tho cntisc statement, both as 10
what was then alleged by HElx and ns to what 1t
was believed llo could and would further reveal
and that he had promised to testify az lo Ind stated
to Us. 1t WIS then agreed that by reason Of such
testimony RgmN shonld hayo exemption from pun.
ishmcnt In Tho fenltcnt!nry. Tho question Of pen.
atty was good deal talked Of. The question Of
tho communication Of puntehncnt n1on tho different
counts was also raised, md this was finally left
With tue Court. Ttcro was, however. n distinct
understanding ttnt tho no should not b fess than
S35, o0o, tho amount Of tho bonf After having
nestlel npon these, tho outlines, The conference
turned upon the length Of the imprisonment
There waa difference Of opinion upon this, bc.
cause tho mind Of tho Court was not known. From
consultations which wcru aftcrward hell, tho
counsel for defense gained the impression that
It should not bo over sx months. Now
there was express statement to tl!s effect; but
Us the peculiar character Of the conversation Axcd
tho Impression. perhaps IL would bs considered but
fair that that ahoutd 10 considered Tho statement
The fine was 10 be ae high ns possible under the
law, and THO imprisonment not to exceed six
months. JudTo DAs6s held that when witness Is
called By tic Government, that tho prosecuting
attorney has tho sole power to determine upo,. Tho
sentence to ba passed upon cofaulratpr, and tho
, 1876-07-01

n'"'e :, borSan'8' "oIA1nen' ana so'olorS' "
s..as' vs. s.uvIa' oolo'1on u Iat"ey, T. ~ ooa.
s.'.n''"op'o correspondent oi tno Aonaon
"9t' a''sS ........
nene nme aepopaaEon m .. sao ~ "nole Eupta eonse.
of tho ressry. @ in thu seti,c sry s vii eoao ac. @
csnl falling of In ovory branch Of tho rovonuo, as
tho Harvest wl'iel, hero and there looks promising,
w.. ~ gtsa. measose 60 % vase tos Man' o.
and tho Ianl atYor1c, hx thc rsccnt csnoo st11 h.
neither considerable nor permanent nor viii II to
possible for tho Government, With the beat tnten.
10 . Sa'e .anas 1ot tae hpf ana Sny coupon
tls intore,t Of tho larae % t1oat;no IN '' ebt. " p"'
A.,,, ,r..,,..
, 1876-07-01

nristournt, tho National Banks, and nil Will
street. And not only TINT, but they aro
forced to run their greenback candidate for
Vico-prcsidont In order to render at 1east
possible tho election Of tue rosumptionist
candidate for President whom they so hoart-
lily despisc. 1Tero's richness.
THERE'S still another phase Of tho humilia-
ton and disappointment Of tho 1ndiann Den-
ocrats which ought to gnin new sympathy
for them. All Democrats are devoted be-
licvors In tho spoils+system, having inherited
this doctrine from tho iltustrious Jackson
but tho Intiana Democrats nro a 1ittlc moro
devoted to 1t, II possible, than any others.
Hence their ateady and unwaycring support
of HENDRICKS for President those many
yeu''. And now tho bright visions
Of Office mud plundor. have passed
from their gazo. Democratic success
will leavo tho indiana Democrats
out In the cold as etfectnally rs Republican
succcss. HESpn1oRs, rs vica-President to
TrLnEv, could not control o village Poat-
Office nor Il third-cIass clcrkship. lie would
bo moro cipher, II elected. 1Io knows It
and his friends know 1t, and this Is the real
reason Of bis hesitation about accepting. Ho
docs not care 10 be used as 1neans for help.
ing man into the Presidential chnir who
will not givo him tho disposition Of rs much
patronage o. an obscure member of tho Low
or House OF Congress controls. This is
whoro tho shoo pineles hardest; mud, even
If HEsDn1cgs does not back out, Mr.. T11DEN
can expect no very cordial support in Iudi-
1ia.
, 1876-07-01
CORRUPTION AND REFORM.

Prof. GOODWIN SAITH has written IN nblo,
interesting, md fair-mindcd lotter to Canada
newspaper, in which he comes to the defonso
OF tho American people on tho charge Of
wholesale corruption and general demoraliza-
tion which tho English Journals havo boen
busy in spreading abroad ovor since the or
poBuro Of the DE1KAAp oaso. Prof. SAITH
reminds tho English people TINT they theu.-
solves lived In a glass house too long to throw
stones across tho water, and recapitulates q
number OF instances Of official aud political
corruption in tho highest circles, Which he
intilnates was more general aud pernicousi In
England up to tho passage Of the Reform act
Of 1889 than 1t ia now or ever has bosn In
this country. Il was necessary for tho
railroads to set aside large special funds
for usa In both Housea Of Parliament,
and ho says that tho Parliamentary
expenses OF tho London d Brighton
Railway wcro as much az $l6, 600 per mile.
There has been comparative purity IN tho
English public service since tho people have
hatl yoico in tho management Of their own
Affairs, but tue comforting OF titles as re-
wards for political partissnshlp, and the
general practice OF purchasing seats In par-
lamont arc still reticj Of tho former cor
ruption.
Az to this country, Prof. aM1Tu expresses
his belief "ahat in tho United States tue
chief seat OF tho evil which exists IL among
the politicians, and that the national char-
actor generally, though not without dofects,
is sound." And Tho fairness aud truth Of
, 1876-07-01

Tho Chicago produce markets werc moro
active yesterday, with little change in
p1icsa. Ness pork closed aao per bEi lower,
at $1,000 for July and $l9,47l@19.60 for
August. Lard closed e@74oper 100 lbs lower,
Ut $11.223 cash and $11.a74 for August.
MeAss were firm, At 30 Tor boxed shoulders,
aolo for do short ribs, md 1910 for do abort
clears. Lake frelghts were steady, at 20 asked
1or corn to Buffalo. Rail treighta were un-
changed Wghwinas were unchanged, at
@1.l03 Per gallon. Flour was in better de-
1nand. Wheat closed 10 lower, at $1.04a for
July aud $1.08 for August, Corn closed 10
lowos, 1t @6so for July aud 47o for August.
Oats were firm. closing at BOO for July and
l28So Tor August. Rys was quiot, atG7@G74c.
Harley was weak, closing 41o lower, =. 49,.
, 1876-07-01

l!ftnscd opulcnee which tcsttncs to tho general
presence Of steady Induatry; tho moral and rc.
igfons habits Of tho people; thcr respect for law;
thclr political intelligence; their lovo Of their
country Thon consider how their character and
Institutions hnyo borne Tho tremendous atrnn OF
the greatest civil waF In htatory. You Will proba.
bly, como, like othnr observers, to tho conclusion
thae, grcnt as arc tho evils npon tho surface Of
American society, and urgently NJ they cnll for
drastic remedies lest In COURSE Of Time they shoull
sprcad over tho who1e community, at presont the
Kepubttc Is sound below, and TINT the work Ut Tho
rcformcr, though arduous. IL full Of hope. We In
Canada must surely be glad 10 bo1evo that II Ia 90,
AMI that we arc not doomed to nave great mass
frolitical corruption scattering infection at our
side.
Testimony Of this nature coming from 80
distinguished and experienced m observer
cannot fail to dtort nh influence ovor tho
English public. Coming to tho cure for this
political corruption, Prof. SAITH suggosts
the necessity Of equalizing official salaries to
the necessary social expenditure attached to
high public places, md tic reduction Of 60
cial expenditure to reasonable lovol. He
thinks tho hard tin,oa aro doing much to
bring about tho latter part Of tie reform. a
moro vigorous stop, ho suggests, would bo 10
define political corruption moro nccurately
and punish 1t more promptly. Ho recalls
that, some time ago in England, frauds on
the parts Of Trustees became common, be-
cause 1t was difficult to bring tie criminals To
speedy Justice from lack OF specific Inv,
but that, after tho law had been maao moro
explicit, md two or throo prominent mon
had been 'consiguod to prison, there was m
Immediate improvement. 80 ho thinks tho
, 1876-07-01
WHAT DOES IT MEANT

In tho 1tIoEN Platform occurs tho follow
ing remarkable language:
Reform ia necessary 10 correct tho omissions Of
Republican Congrcss and tho errors Of cur trcnttcs
md OUT diplomacy, which have stripped our follow.
citizens OF birth md kindred race, rocFOssIuR tho
At1anile, Of tho shield Of American citizenship
We dcnounco tho policy which Thus dlacarls
tho lbcrty-losiug German and toloratcs tho revival
Of tho coollc trade In Mongolian women.
What tho Democratic Convention nctually
meant by this language respecting citizens Of
European, and especially Of German birth,
VIC do not know. It evidently is intended to
convey tho impression that, since tho acceg-
sion to power Of the Republican party, some
ehange has boen made by law or treaty
whereby Gormnn who has been natura1izod
in tho United States, upon returning to Lis
native land, is "strippod Of the shield Of
American citizenship. No moro mondacious
statement Was ever made During tho forty
years. rulo Of the Democratic party, and
down to the time Of the Republican party,
the naturalized American had no right out.
side Of tho United States savo such as tho
European Governments might concolo to
them. Tho Republican party addressed itsolf
to tho permanent settlement OF this question,
and by treaties with Great Britain, Germany,
and other States in Europe, succeeded
in having an almost universal recog-
milton Of tho right Of o1patriation
and OF tho right OF naturalizel
citizens to havo their citizenship treated
on tho samo footing as TINT OF natives Of
thoir adopted country. Instead, therefore, Of
stripping the foreign-born citizen visiting his
native lind Of tho rights Of American Citizen
ship, tho Republican party has secured tohim
the protection Of treaty from tho Government
which otherwise might claim his allegiance
and service. It remained for tho Republican
party Of the United Statos to e1tort from
noar1y ali tho civilized nations of tho earth,
for the frat timo in the history Of the world,
formal recognition Of tho right Of e.
patriation, and Of the right of tho citizen Of
ono country to become citizen Of another.
This Is IN achievement in diplomacy which
has uevor been surpassed in the history of
any nation, axd yet this Democratic Conycn-
tion deliberately denounces that diplomacy
and demands its reform. "Tho liberty
loving Germans" will not foil to trent this
ridiculous resolution with contempt.
, 1876-07-01

Tho Pennsylynnia Railroad investigation
begun by Congressional Committee haa
boen postponed until December next. To
lavc pushed the matter vigorously would
have incurred the ill-will Of tho great rail-
why corporations interested in tho matter,
md, rs T1IDEN roles strongly upon tho rail-
road influence to assist his election, the ortlor
was no doubt promulgated from Albany for
tho postponenont Of the investigation until
nftor the close Of tho Presidential campaign.
, 1876-07-01

CAM scHunz hrs spoken through the
7KtstlnAe-l l'ost, Of st. Louis, his vicws con-
ccrning tho Democratic ticket, md has set at
xost ali uncertainty as 10 his choice between
HAYES mud WHEELER and T11DEN md HES-
pa1czs, He spurns tho latter as swindling
combination, and will havo mono Of 1t.
, 1876-07-01

"A correspondent Of tho Boston Giobs furnishes
that paper With tho important information that
france, not content With constructing tho suea
Canal and her own colossal Grand Canal du
Midi, 10 now taking an activc interest In our
own lntcr.oceanfc canal across tlto Isthmus of
Dafien, and that on tho o7th Of May meeting
was held In Paris at whlcl, were present, among
others. N. FERptNANp DE- LRssRrs, President;
N. 10 Baron and Admiral do Ia RosotsRu DE
NowHr, N. MEunANp, Vice Presidents; II.
LION DRou1tIgT, Secretary; N. LRvAssEun,
member Of tho French Centennial Commission,
antl r1ow In Philadelphia; and AZ. CuAnLHs
nFnTz, who formed themselves Into an Interua-
tioual Committee, aud ut once opeurd relations
with tho principal geographical societies
throughout the world. This correspondent
(who Is NATHAN ArrLEroa, prominent
merchant Of Dostonl says:
Tho general object Of this International conr,e,a
oE committee. ~ explained by the Secretary ID to
later on: whun it shall have been prettY @ cIeaslx
domqnstratsd dem which is tho beat, and when thcfo
a,s w 90 sueient fund.- foF the purpose, to send
the lihe which appears tho Ennst foaeibie III dia.
cnssing y at the Paris meeting Of May IL tic ecn.
locks could e constructed or w!th % pashans oIy
ons i9ss, and that he,e should hs no thought u
PROVED beyond a'l doubt that such necessity wa1
unavoidable w The recent explorations made Under
published. fiavc announced that no rutta hnB been
1on9a 10Y woso !oeks en- be ayo!le and also TIM
been sialted and ho hopad that botsor souto icht
has boon made.
There will bc no 1ealousy on the part Of tho
United States towards Franco for tho prnmf. :
, 1876-07-01

Tho great college boas-race botweon tho
Crows Of Ya1o anl Harvard was CONTESTED Mt
Springfield, Mass., yesterday, and resulted
in victory for tho Ynle crow by very large
minority. Superior training end condition,
together with the adoption Of tho English
style OF rowing, seems to have been tho SO.
cret OF 1t all. The Yalo men were older md
moro matured than they Of Harvard, and
mnde beautiful rnco OF 1t.
, 1876-07-01

In Tho p1aln. ttor-of-fact spirit Of trade,
our commercial dispatch concerning tho dry
goods business this morning announces alag
nnd decoration prints, buntings, and other
patriotic goods worry active, md jobhcrs'
pricea advanced"
, 1876-07-01
DEMOCRATS AND THE TARIFF.

Tho Democratic Convention. in ita ,,lat-
form, denouncos tho present thrift because
It lovies taxes upon 4,000 articles with infus-
tico aud inequality; because 1t has impoy-
crished many industries to snbsilizo fcw
md because Of various other crimcs and Oh.
pressions perpetrated under 1t. TnE T'n1p-
usE has no friondsaip or admiration for the
present tariff, and has for yearB urged its
modification; but The TRIBUNE does not bo.
lieve that it lies in tho mouth of tho Demo-
CRITIC party to find fault With tho law or to
donounco it. When tho War broke ont. the
tariff then in force, prepared for timo of
poneo, with tho expenditures Of tho Govern
mcnt at the lowest standard Of peace cs-
hblishmcnt, yielded only nbout $40, 600 900 n
year. This WIS wholly inadequate to timo
of war. Tho tariff WINS therefore properly
increased, and increased large1y. But when
tho War WIS over, md when tho high tarsiT
ceascd to DO tariff for rovenuo, md wns
substantially tariff Of subsidies, and when
tho repeal Of MI its protective features wns
demanded as IN act Of Justice and sound
policy, what was tho course of tho Demo.
cratic party? The manufacturing interest
which had secured tho vast monopoly natu-
rally sought to rotain It, The Democratic
part u, however, whose whole previous his
tory had been opposed to a protectiya thrift
were the strongest aux;l;arios In conprass
Of tho monopoliats, There was in Conoross
at the close OF tho War, and Inns beon down
to the present timo, strong md intelligent
body Of Republicans who lnvo rosolutoly la
bored for modification of the tarjff 11,a
De,uocrats in Congress-. 1,owoyor. rofnsci1 IN
Cooperate with those. tl,ov votod IN ror.
petuate those features of tho thrift which
wore tho creatost abominattona Thu faot IL
tile Democrats who cot into Concreau from
1865 to 1873 were, as q class. olected bocanao
, 1876-07-01

Gov. HEsDn1oKa has been called on by
AUGUSTUS scnEI1, Boss KELLY, and others
of the anti-TnDEN wing Of tho Now York
delegation, and. agreeable to their earnest
request, 1t is said that he Inns giyon them
positive assurance Of his acceptance Of tho
nomination for tho Vicc-prcsitenoy.