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BALTIMORE.

raely active, closing irm old mess. spOt. 40 new,
So Lard firm nj *G.25mSG 27,s Whskey dull at
l.0f&0G$l.05. Frcights irmer
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE. May 2S-FIour steady: Howard
street and western Snp"r;ine: s3:25a:s75; extra
nnc. sa.25a*l; extra, s4.5o@s5: ITO brands.
56@:G:25; ratalsco family, 1915. Southern
@tI.lG: amber. sll7Mt11s: no. 2 Pennsylv,-
MIA red. sl;l7: No. western winter red spot and
drm: southern white. 50c.: yell9w, 45&@45Xc.
Oats steady southern. 31m37c.: western white, 30
34@3Gc. Rye steady at 69@Glc. Hay firm; paime
10 choice l'cnnSyIgania and Maryland, 1900 4c.
Provisions Mrmtr; PORK. $1o.75. EuIk;m:n.s.
packed. 1iM5$r. ;;acon-Shoulder.. tic: clear
rib sides. &c: Hams, o.11 lie. Lard-Ksnuch. In
packed. l3GlJc. Eggs SCARCE and firm at l2c.
t'o1ee 'rm; Rio c.r.ors, l0sGglGc. WnIskcy dull
III ?i.lc6. sugar steady.
CiSCINHhTI.
CINcTNSATl May 2S.-Flour dali Wh at-Ofer-
n.s HIGHT; market Inactive: No. red. Sl.O66t
SllO. Cor, irr 2ulnr No. 2 mixed 3sW4oc. Oats
s I I,r 1nitt and nominal. I:ulk-lnrnrs quiet
and firm shoulders, :3i; clear RIB. 81 80: CLEAR
-rIcs. :l.aoo; Bacon tt'm and IN good j., demand:
siurI!rrS S4Gr:I.l2I: clear RIBS 81 30; clear
sid,s. s5.1O Whskey !ca'y al Sl.O2. Hogs mode
'''''' ''''''' LOUISVILLE.
| louisville. May 2S.-Flour steady and un-
chan rel. Wneat iirIa.; red and amber. Il O3@1
Slin Corn firm: white. jtc.: mixed. iOc. Das-
Wuise SIC. mixed 3ic. Rye qttcl. fork dim.
lard ,u!r. Dnt iirl l;u!i;.lnclts steady shoulders,
az. clear rI-. fIr: Gear sides. 5&c. Bacon
ur,:l: siroul's. i}.l23.; clear RIBS, :3.2m; CHAR
si,.-. 500. Sugar cured hams 99G lUc. "hlaAey
u ..:y ut :l.c2. ,,
81. f.0rrS, Nay .s.-Fiour-Low grh'c5 have de-
t Nm, i s;ap :: 60: f f s a sIz@
81! oM'; H'.'t :.iI" 'irr,t acII9c
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SEF4EI & g..

tsE HoP iIlTTSAS once and yoa will use no
J.ker medicine Test II.
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x,0OK AND JOB WORK NEATLY ~.
Is ECUTRD AT TIE DIspA1CA fAlS1ASe'-
HOUsHs s
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TIE CONWAY MOVEMENT.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-The declared in
tention Of Conway to proceed with char
tered boats to remove negroes from the
Mississippi Valley, under the alleged advice
and promised protection Of the President,
creates much indignation among the mem
bers OF the Mississippi and Louisiana dele"
Cations. Several Of them have called On
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BALTIMORE
COMMERCIAL,

CORN AND FLOUR EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND, May %, 1879.
OFFERINGS REPORTED TO SECRETARY.
WNEAT.-Red. GS bushels.
CORN Waite, 2iS bushels.
BLACK PEAS.-2i2 bushels.
MEaL.-l4 bushels.
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Washington.

MR. ANTHoNY's SPEECH ON THE SUFFRAGE
QUEsT1oN-WEAT A DEMOCRAT SAYS con-
GREsS WILL DO FOR THE ARMY AND NAVY
BEFORE ADJoURNMENT-THs FIIIBusTERISG
REPUBLTCANS-THE COIN BILL-yETo MES
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MansNE isrElLlGETUE.

MINIATURE ALMASAC-MAY 20. 1877
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T,c Liberty Meeting.

,,.v1v NgpFhEp--A TILT BETWEEN SEN
.g' ~. y,sSyY AND DANIEI. AND LIErTEN-
Nj HgEr.rx-CENEEAL MAhoNE NOT ON HAND
.. = SrrsCHtS GEHAShEp.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-03-26
How | Make Shipping Crates for
Honey.

Instead of the usual method of
screwing the top on the crate, l have
made my covers an inch longer than
the crate and nailed firmly at each end
to the edge of piece one-hait inch
thick and Two inches wide, or, as wide
as the upper side piece, with which
it will thus correspond.
This will prevent the cover being
split, and, if properly done will fit
nicely, keepingA.its place we'll when
not fastened. To tasten, put single
screw through the middle of each of
the end pieces, reaching well into tie
end of the crate. This will hold the
cover firmly in place and at the same
time form the best of handles, with
out saving them in the end of the
crate. The advantage OF having but
two screws to remove TO open the
crate, will be found great conven-
fence.
The best way | have found of put
ting the top together to secure per-
feet fit, is to first screw the cleats to
the upper edge of the ends of the
crate, flush with the top, then rest
them on two blocks placed just far
enough apart to permit the body OF
the crate to slip between them and
high enough that the bottom may not
touch the bench or plank to which the
blocks are fastened. The cover may
then be nailed to the cleats and the
screws removed preparatory to pack
ing W. Pierce IN american Bee
journal.
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THE FLORIDA AGRIGULTURIsT.

the starch settling to the bottom
the water drawn off-the starch dried
and packed for sale. 1t is considered
fair business there, where potatoes
cost twelve to fifteen cents per bushel.
We have almost indigenous here var
ious starch producing roots-arrow-
root, cassava, coontie and sweet pota-
to-all of which contain almost as
much starch as corn or wheat, and a
great deal more than the Irish potato.
The necessary machinery is simple
and cheap, and can all be made here.
The labor merely manual and I'M
skilled. The raw material is grown
easily and can be enlarged to any
extent.
Besides the varieties of starch
made, there could be prepared from
the arrowroot, cassava, etc, an article
largely used as food, both for the
healthy and the invalid.
Once such u manufacture is started
here, be it Oh ever so small a scale,
we are confident that it will extend
rapidly. The advantages here are
many; cheap buildings, cheap labor,
cheap fuel, and run by steam power,
though horse power would do; the
expense of warming buildings less.
Another advantage is that the work
can be continued from January to
January-the whole year-while at
the north, the work can only be car
ried on in the four months when po-
tatoes are used, and only portion of
the year when grain is used. There
is no reason why starch cannot be
made here successfully and proitably.
the home demand which is now large,
for every family usesit, increases con-
stantly, and with the p,eSh that north
ern manufacturers have, thessouthern
articles can compete in the worlds
markets. Ii we have no southern
man or men who will introduce it, we
feel assured that some cautious down
easter or active western man will lind
and occupy the field.-U7oion.
The editor of the Union had better
leave his agricultural articles to those
who understand them and confne
himself to the sphere for which he is
eminently qualified. In the first
place any of our starch producing
plants contain more starch than corn
or wheat, and in the next, starch
cannot be produced from plants when
they are growing. The manufacture
ing could take place from November
to March. The article is, however,
good one, on subject that is
already attracting attention.-Ed.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-03-26
Egyptian or Dhurra Corn.


To those readers who have never
seen the grain growing, we may say
that it bears a striking resemblance
TO Indian corn in its foliage. In It's
truiting it follows the sorghum meth
cd, throwing out its panicle OF BIOS
som at the end of the stalk, thus oc-
cupying the place of the "tassels y in
Indian corn. The spikelets OF the
head are closely clustered together
and bear both pistilate and stamlnate
flowers adjacent TO each other. Con.
sequently the seed sets at the top OF
the stem, like sorghum, and not as in
Indian corn. AS the heads increase
iu weight, the top of the stalk bends,
and the heads, when ripening, bend
downward and seem dense mass OF
roundish seeds, which easily shell
out"
We are not sure that Egyptian
corn or Dhurra corn will succeed in
all Indian corn regions. At the east
it is reported to develop perfectly as
far north as Pennsylvania. Indian
corn extends this limit. 1t must be
tried in new locations to test its
adaptations. This we know. that
some years ago when the plantwas ag-
itated at the east, there were so many
unsatisfactory results in regions not
adapted to its growth, that Dhurra
corn came TO be regarded in some
parts as a current humbug. In this
state California;, as we have said,
there is marked difference in its
growth in different parts, and in
some it will doubtless fall into dis
favor. Concerning its proftableness
as field crop, where it will grow
well, there can be no doubt. 1t has
the reputation among writers In the
south of Europe of producing more
bushels of seed to the acre than any
known cereal The correspondents
of the Press have recited experiences
which show that the grain is excel
lent for chicken and hog feed, the
stalks cut green are splendid forage
for stock, and the grain, especially
the white variety, when ground into
meal is excellent for mush, pancakes,
and other kitchen manufactures. A
point on its value as forage lies in
the fact that It's stems and leaves re-
main green and succulent when In
dian corn, planted at the same time,
is ripe and dry.
In his excellent report on the
grasses and cereals OF Tennessee,
Hon. ]. B. Killebrew. State Commits
sioner OF Agriculture, gives the fol-
lowing analysis to show tue compare
tive value of Dhurra, leaves and
stalks. and red clover. as fodder:
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collected into one tub, and passed
through the fine sieve into clean
water. When settled, the brown
starch is taken off the top of the
white. This brown starch is much
more astringent and efficacious in
bowel complaints than the white,
and is locally preferred. The arrow
root is then passed through more
clean water and fine sieve for the
last time, and settles in the tub. 1t
is taken out, placed on cloths to
harden, and then broken up fine on
trays and dried in the wind and sun.
Four barrels OF peeled and cleaned
roots will yield in good seasons about
100 lbs. of good arrowroou, and will
take from five to six puncheons of
clear soft or tank water. 1t will be
about twenty-iour hours in the water
from the time of grinding till it is
upon the cloths or drainers.
Jamaico.-The quantity of land
under culture with arrowroot varies.
In 1869 there were Coz acres; in
1870, 494 acres, and iii 1874, Ga
acres. The exports have declined,
year by year, as follows:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-03-26

and Oesten's "Alpine Bells,'' instrument
tai, form the musical contents of the
he1nMtsicaLJ Journal for February
and if there is magazine published that
furnishes in any one number choicer
selection of music than the above we
haven't yet seen it. If music buyers
only knew what an amount of desirable
music was given yearly in the Journal
at the nominal cost of 81, they could
not help subscribing send ten cents
for the February number and you will
get music that will cost over ST. at any
music store. Address Ludden and
Bates. Savannah, Ga, Publishers.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-03-26
4 Starch Factory.

Thirty years ago Mr.. Kingsford,
at Oswego, commenced making starch
from the damaged corn and wheat,
which damage occurred by the grain
getting heated or wet in being trans
ported i'll vessels on the lakes. His
original establishment was a. small
one story building, and his daily pro-
,duce only few pounds. From that
small beginning his works have
grown, and now embrace buildings
which cover acres, and the daily pro-
duce are hundreds of tons, of various
kinds Of starch and other preparations
which find market in the United
States and the most distant foreign
countries. Other similar establish
ments have been built at the west and
north. In the more northern and
eastern states, where the cereals are
not available, OH account of value, to
convert into starch and where the
Irish potato is adapted to soil and
season so as to be grown cheaply and
largely, it affords the raw material to
furnish starch, and many factories are
IN successful operation in New York,
Vermont and especially Maine. Be
sides the large domestic purposes
the laundry and table-the cotton
factories consume an immense amount
tor t. plain and fancy goods, prints, etc.
The process is.very simple The ma
terialsissgrated run into shallow watts
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Something About Potatoes.

Connoisseurs, who can remember
the potatoes Of forty or fifty years
ago, will readily admit that those
indispensable tubers are not now
nearly SO good as they once were
There Is a continual tendency to
" run out " or revert to the old type.
A new variety of potatoes has
scarcely become popular now -a-days
before it shows signs of running out
Its yield decreases, its quality deteri.
CRATES, and it becomes subject to ali
manner Of diseases. This is a seri-
Gus matter. 1t has been suggested
that the whole race of modern pota.
toes has lost stamina, and that it is
IN need of a fresh infusion of wild
" blood AS it were. No doubt the
Spanish Adventures, who first
brought the potato to Europe, from
its supposed habitat in South Amer
lea three centuries ago took but yerv
few of them, and from these few the
millions of tons raised yearly have
sprung. 1t is not unlikely, then, that
this one stock being continue ly inter
bred should have lost somewhat OF
its vitality. If this be so, obviously
the best plan would be to search the
slopes OF the Andes, where the pota-
to is said to be indigenous, and there
find, If possible, new variety wor
thy Of hybridizing with our common
stock 1t has been reserved for the
inexhaustible head OF the United
States Department of Agriculture,
General LIE Due, to signalize his
term OF office by something more
likely to render him immortal than
his great idea of raising tea on this
continent. An American gentleman,
living in Peru, has discovered that in
the mountainous regions back of
Lima, there is cultivated potato of
very good quality. 1t is described
as OF medium size, round, Of
bright color, and delicious flavor.
This came to the ears of General
LIE Due, and he instructed the consul
at Caliao to procure and forward
some OF the tubers. A few DAYS
ago several bushels Of them arrived,
and their appearance is said to fully
bear out all that was said Of them.
In the Spring they will be distribu-
ted among careful and competent
farmers in different states. If from
one OF them there should be origi-
mated potato equal to the Early
hose, in It's first days, the experiment
will add millions of dollars to the
wealth Of the world.
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Southern Musical Journal

We have received from Ludden "
Bates, Savannah, Ga, publishers, their
popular Musical Journal, for February,
crowded with interesting musical read
ing, and containing several pieces of fine
music. The following gems have lately
been published and added to the already
immense collection:
Mendelssohn's exquisitely beautiful
duet ''I would that my Love" Himmels
celebrated song "The Battle Prayer, !"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1879-03-26
Muck-Difference Of Opinion.

A writer in the New York Weeklv
Tribune says:
Muck is not fertilizer, but may be
employed proftably first, as an alb
sorbent of the liquids of the stables;
and, second, as divider of the solids.
For these purposes there is no sub
stance which every farmer can get
one-halt so valuable. 1t is a complete
absorbent of the liquids. 1t not only
does this, but, in virtue Of its great alb
sorbent properties, it acts as a de
odorizer and purifier of the air of the
apartments where animals are housed.
Clay and sand serve the same pur-
pose impertectly. Muck is better dug
awhile before using, so that it will
crumble down. AS divider and ex-
tender of the solids there is nothing
better. A ton of muck crumbled
down, mixed with ton of stable ma
nure, so as to absorb the liquids per
fectly and divide the solids evenly,
is worth more than two tons of all sta
BILE manure for any farm crop.
The muck can be dug and hauled
in during suspension OF the more ur-
gent labors ofthe farm-when it could
be done in place of doing next to
nothing.-[B.
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When made by the laborers in the
West Indies, on small scale, arrow
root is prepared much in the same
manner as potato starch in this
country for domestic use the only
implements required are crater and
wooden troughs and trays; when
made on a larger scale, as on the
estates OF proprietors, the crushing of
the root and the reducing it to a
pulp are effected by simple and cheap
machinery "a wheel and rollers
worked by water. The arrowroot is
dried under sheds. Little or no use
is at present made OF the pulp after
the extraction of the starch by lixivia-
ton, but probably a serviceable
paper might be made of it at a
trihing cost.
In st. HittS arrowroot and tOttS les
mois are produced to some small ex-
tent. In 1850, 90, 400 lbs. were ship
ped; in 1860, 35,l2S lbs, and in
1870. 13,26S lbs. were received from
thence in the United Kingdom.
st. Vincent.-The amount of ar
rowroot exported from this island is
now about 100000 lbs. in 1S47
the quantity shipped was only 2s7,
587 lbs, and in 1851, 400, S37 lbs.
Many circumstances have promoted
this increased culture. When it be-
gan, the price of the article was
high, and the grower obtained
largely remunerative profit; its cul.
ture was not laborious; it was sub
ject to few risks; it did not, for its
success, require rich land or much
manure; there was constant and
increasing demand for it, and, in con-
sequence OF the abundance of pure
water, great facilities were afforded
for the manufacture, and that by
process SO simple, easy and cheap, as
to require little skill in conducting it,
and scarcely any capital.
st. Vincent is the only arrowroot-
producing colony that has kept steadi-
ly progressive, as the following fig
ures will show. There will necessari-
ly be slight fluctuations in the out
turn, according to season, etc. From
1850 to 1854 the quantity made in
the island ranged from $4,000 to
$4,000 lbs, but OF late years the
production has often reached 1885,
900 lbs. In 1850 the shipments were
1878 barrels and Z ,493 boxes, valued
at e15,864. The value OF the ship
ments in the three years ending 1870
was little over el7,300 per annum.
Of late there has been a steady in
crease in the production, so that in
stead OF the stationary figure Of 7 800
barrels, at which the exports kept
from 1860 to 1865, they have risen
above the large shipment Of 10000
barrels in 1859. In 1867 and 1868
the average export was 10000 bar
rels; i'll 1866 it rose as high as 14,645
barrels; in 1869 to 11,226 barrels,
being q decrease on the previous
year OF 422 barrels; in 1870 the ship
ments were 10,438 barrels.
Barbados, Antigua, Montserrat and
Tortola used to produce arrowroot
for shipment, but have gwen up the
manufacture.
On many parts of the West African
coast arrowroot is grown and pre-
pared. The Canary Islands, Liberia,
Lagos, Sierra Leone, and other dis
tricts produce it, but not i'll any
quantity for shipment.
(To be continued
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This shows that Dhurra fodder has
more heating properties and more
fat-producing principles than red
clover, but is not so rich in flesh
formers. This furnishes zrim0 .tacie
evidence in favor of Dhurra as green
feed, especially for hogs and for
other animals, when fat is more de-
sired than muscular strength. Pa
citfc R,trdL Press
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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-21

The English situation in A~fghAnistan
has, contrary to general expectation,
evidently become n critical one. Cabul
Is again in tho hands Of its original
owners; the British army of occupation
bcseiged by n greatly superior and well
armed force, actuated by the most bitter
hatred of their would-be c%onquerors,
the struggle for tho mastery Is obvious.
ly not yot ended, and how 1t will termi-
nate is ut least proLlematical, with the
chances i'm favor Of the natives, in
which event the slaughter Of the Eng.
fish troops would be something fearful
to contemplate. Tho fact that the gov
eminent is fully alive TO the iminent
danger threatening its foreign army is
manifested in q dispatch from London
which states TINT Gin view OF the SER
ious nature OF tho late intelligence from
Afghanistan. tho troops now under or
dcrs for India will bo dispatched earlier
than originally intended. The grave
nature Of tho situation will delay the
departure from India Of some regiments
which were about TO return after long
service"
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-21

The Virginia Chronicle Of Tuesday
says Il. NJ. FiIlebrown, who has just
returned from a hunting excursion in
the mountains, informs a reporter that
he saw Mark Brown on the summit be.
tween Susan Valley and Willow Valley.
about ninety-seven miles from Reno,
last Tuesday morning. accompanied by
a man whose description tallies with
that Of Red Mike. Brown WAS riding a
good horse. while his companion was
walking. Fillebrown had not heard Of
Browns jail breaking exploits at that
time, and did not know he was a fugi.
tive from justice.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-21

The following items are from tho
Times Rericw OF the 18th:
Tho new and heavier machinery fer
the Independence mine, is to be put up
Immediately, aud within u short time
sinking will be resumed in the mine.
TheCompany have purchased tho Loilers
used at tho Falcon mine ut Rock Creek,
and tho Young America engine aud
running genr.
Tho Belle Isle will DO worked for tho
present with n considerably reduced
force. The immensely rich ore body
which Inns produced 80 much bullion
for the last six or eight months hos been
worked nearly to the extent OF Its yield
ing capacity until further developments
are made.
W. ID. Ford made tho first experiment
Of working orc from the Basin mine, at
his new mill day OF two ago. The
machinery generally did its work we'll
but IL was found that there was not fall
enough to &c, up the proper speed with
tho wheel now in use. Mr.. Ford has
ordered n wheel Of different style and
expects 10 stnrt mp tho mill some time
this month.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-21

The Sun sounds an alarm that the
Republicans are preparing to elect n
President next year By controlling the
Legislatures of certain Northern States.
The States particularly spoken Of in ad.
dition to New York, nre Connecticut.
New Jersey. Ohio. Colorado. Nevada.
California and Oregon. New Jersey
and Oregon have Democratic Governors
but the Republicans have the power to
alter the method Of choosing the electors
throughout the North.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1879-12-21

AT Little Rock, Ark on Sunday, q
W story brick livery stable and DWELL
ing took Ere. j. Gillis and family were
asleep in the second story. and the only
sale avenue OF escape being cut of
whom aroused, Mr.. Gillis and wife drop.
ped their children out ola window TO
the ground below. The wife was suffo.
GATED by the smoke and fell back into
the flames. Gillis jumped from the
window and was picked up in IN un.
conscious condition from injuries about
the head. 1t is thought he inhaled the
flames nndis fatally iLjurned. Tho
building was destroyed, with ten horses
and q lot Of carriages.