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SELECTION AND THE SUGAR
CANE.

The Journal dies lubricants de Sucre
publishes an interesting report by NJ.
Delteil, Of the Reunion Agricultural
Station, in which that gentleman,
after pointing out the imminent strug-
gle for existence between Cane and
Beet, and the great advantages that
would arise from a division of labour
in sugar-making, so that the planting
and manufacture should be separated,
goes IN to enlarge upon the advan-
tages of Selection of the Cane. The
following is a translation of the latter
part of NJ. Delteils remarks:
at is obvious that if there is a con-
tinuance of the defective method of
planting, which has been employed
for so many years, no species Of Cane
however robust it may have been
when introduced, can survive such
method very long. l. should be
understood once for all that cuttings
from the Cane, like the germs in
seed, or the animal futus, can only
transmit to the future ane the good
or bad qualities found in the parent
plant which gives birth to it. If the
cutting be taken from the ripest and
healthiest part of an eighteen months
or two years old Cane, its bud will
develop with such strength and health
as to enable it better to resist the des-
tructive causes witch may later on
attack the plant to which it has given
birth. If the slip, on the other hand
comes from a stock exhausted by q
long succession of shoots if the
stock have suffered from disease and
insect attacks, what good result can
reasonably be looked for from a plan
tation drawn from such elements?
Our decided opinion is, that if the
greatest attention be not devoted to
this all-important question, Cane cuI-
tivation will have to pass through even
a more serious crisis than those it has
hitherto undergone. In the processes
necessary to maintain or improve
species there is no difference between
plants and animals. Every plant
fatally ~degenerates when reproduced
through bad seeds or mediocre cut
tings, Just as animal species degener-
ate and perish when the sires are not
well chosen. The evil is serious, and
the remedy should be prompt and
eficacious. This is how we should
propose to act =
II. To procure at any price good
and Aourishing Canes from the coun-
tries where they originate; to choose
them with the greatest care, and to
bring them over, tops and stems and
all, under glass.
80. To prepare the best soil in the
plantation to receive the plants, and
only to propagate them by slips taken
from ripe Canes.
..3. When, with time and pa
tience, there are enough plants to
enable propagation to be carried out
on a large scale, sacrifice the whole
field, in order to have none but select
ed plants along the Cane rows. Plant
them by preference in burrows IN
rested and manfred land.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19
Courage Necessary to Success.

AS the ST. Louis Journal of Com
merce pertinently says, great deal Of
talent is lost in the world for the want
Of little courage Every day sends
to the grave number Of obscure men,
who have only remained in obscurity
because their tim;dity has prevented
them from making a first effort, and
who, if they could have been induced
to begin, would in all probability have
gone great lengths in fame The fact
is, to do anything in the world worth
doing, we must not stand back shiv-
ering and thinking Of the cold and
danger, but just jump in and scramble
through as well as we can. It will
not do to be perpetually calculating
risks and adjusting nice chances. It
did very well long before the food,
where a man could support his friends
upon an intended publication for
hundred and fifty years, and then live
to see its success afterward. But at
present man waits and doubts, and
hesitates, and consults his brother, and
his uncle, and his particular friends,
until one day he finds he is sixty years
Of age; then he has lost SO much time
in consulting his first cousin and par
ticular friends, that he has no time to
follow their advice Scientific Amer
ican.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

CENTAUR LINIMENTS the
Worlds great Pain-Reliev1ng
remedies. They heal, sOothe and
cure Burns, Wounds, Weak Back
and Rheumatism upon Man,
and Sprains, Calls, and Lame
ness upon Beasts. Cheap, quick
and reliable.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19
Cincinnati COLLEGIATE SCHOOL,

For Boys and Young Men from to 90.
Prepares thoroughly for all Colleges and for business
Full course. Next term begins SeptemhfE 90: For
CIRCULARS address j. BAB4Ss !. Ba PrIgei, al,
No. Is9 Elm sts, Ciucinna j, Q. .sgI!4t
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19
MIAMI COMM
Death of William Hughes.
AYTON. Q. EgtabII.hed 2O year.. Terms mo


the Editor the Standard:
Iany of the Welsh people of jackson and G..
mites win doubtless be surprised to learn of
9TH of the above named gentleman, which occur
IA khis home in Pittsburgh, Pa on Tuesday. Aus
"a ESSO. Mr.. Hughes was extensively known throu
the counties of Jackson and Gallia for upward
" years, and during his fourteen years residen
N 1856 to 1870 Oak HILL probably no We.
II was ever better known, or had as large crcl
ends. Mr.. Hughes was born in North Wales
? year 1872: consequently. at his death 6S ye
age. He came TO this country in 1898, first com
Pittsburgh, thence to Oak Hill, where he resi-,
Dut one year. ct was about this time we bell,
II he taught the Editor of the STANDARD the We
phabst)
;eturning TO Pittsburgh he resided there abb
hteen years. During this period he paid oc
u hal visits to friends in the counties above nam
finally. in 1856, became, with his family, reside
4 n Jackson county. For while he lived near the
Hill steam mill, and afterwards near Jeffers
~ 4 mace, where in connection with his shoemaki
mess, he titled n small farm. In 1870 he remoy
his family to Cincinnati, but did not stay th,
:, and in less than years time find him aCi
Iiciled in his old home at Pittsburgh. Here
up his shoemaking business and became &C
ed with one of the many rolling mills of that ci
Terseer of the night force. His duties requiI
presence at the mill during nearly all the hours
tight, and to this radical change-at an advanC
in his habits of life we fear may be attribut
primary of his contracting the disc;
ch finally took his life
Hughes possessed a fine physical nature, ]
LO s@9 WICK i: :s@ a;i9 Ell N II
of what afterwards developed into what is kno
}right's disease of the Kidneys All that me
sill could do was done but TO purpose. I
Use bafied the skill of the most experienced p'
HESns, and he continued TO grow worse and worse
though he was during these years, n great sui
III ct he managed to attend to his business. scar.
e day, and continued so to do until wi
{ three days of his death.
p HstJune he visited his children in Cincinnati.-
IDS in jackson and Gallia, and returned hon-
ppearance much improved in health and sp'
gino sooner had he begun TO engage i'm bus =,
Hfs old nnen1v aftacked him again, and with d
pOrasIO free of charge.
he is very grateful for the ial
ms alWaYS had. and Will fnr =
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

HAVE you ever known any person
to be seriously i'll without a weak
stomach or inactive liver or kidneys !?
And when these organs are in good
condition do you not find their pos
SCISSOR enjoying good health? Parker's
Ginger Tonic always regulates these
important organs, and never fails to
make the blood rich and pure, and to
strengthen every part of the system.
1t has cured hundreds Of despairing
invalids. Ask your neighbor about it.
See other column. aug
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

SMART WEED and Belladonna COM
bined with the other ingredients used
in the best porous plasters, make Car
ter's S. w. & B. Back-ache Plasters
the best in the market. Price 25
cents. aug12-2w.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

THIS paper has the largest circula-
ton in the United States.- New
York Herald.
No doubt. Who ever supposed the
Herald circulated chiefly in Bello-
chistan P Hartford Times.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

Lyons Patent Heel Stiffener is the
only invention that will make old
boots straight as new. aug
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19

e no
mrs always 'd and will same i'm the fuuro
Jack on. l6.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19
Valuable Property for Sale.

The Home Hotel in Centreville, Galla CO., Ohio,
an ad s be oe iGf bai Saie % al oo
cellar, splendid well of water, &c; Also m house
same lot with rooms suitable for sn al family,
For any information as to terms condition apply
to or address CHAS. NJ. WILLIAMS or
G. W. MILLER.
July 8; Isso-sw. JReGsop, UhIo,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19
The Mothers Last Song.

Sleep! The ghostly winds are blowing;
No moons abroad; no star is glowing;
The river is deep, and the tide is flowing
To the Land where you and are going,
We are going afar
Beyond moon or star
To the Land where the sinless Angels are.
lost my heart to your heartless sire;
GTwas melted away by his looks of fire;)
Forget my God, and my fathers ire,
All for the sake of mans desire;
But now we'll go
Where the waters flow
And make us a bed where none shall know.
The world is cruel; the worlds untrue;
Our foes are many; our friends are few;
No work, no bread, however we sue!
What is there left for us 10 do
But fly, fly
From the cruel sky,
And hide in the deepest deeps-and die.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-08-19
Notice..

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has
been duly appointed administrator of the estate O
Aaron Williams, late of Milton Township, jackson
county, DECEASED. JOHN J.J0NES,
August 8, lSsg-3w. A1UiQiSTgtor.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-22
Charles Lever.

A man named Nixon, at Dublin. had q
mule, whose services he placed at the dis
posal Of his friends, but the mount was al
ways accepted with misgivings for the
animal was the most vicious of her tribe.
The operation of grooming could only be
conducted with safety to life and limb bv
the restraint of an iron muzzle, and with
fore leg tied up. Bridling and saddlinP
and mounting were managed from q loft
above, and the animal was backed into the
open, air and not freed from restraint until a
clear stage was reached, where man and beast
might try conclusions as to mastery. This
was no child's play, for the brute's nose
would seem to touch the ground, while its
heels appeared high in the air. When
es0-J 5UogrUCu, rlIr 7sIITIIT5S5
seemed to like the work, and she was feet
sure-footed, had the activity of a cat. and
followed sport with the k1Dn4Ass of a do.
A pause, however, or lull in the amuse-
ment was always dangerous; she would
have time to remember her vices, and re-
commence their practice. The movement
was commonly stern foremost, the hind
legs flourishing in advance in manner
that meant mischief. In this fashion, on
one occasion, Lever, being the rider,
farm house was entered, such slight obsta-
cles as chairs and tables being easily kicked
aside. A dresser" the pride of the
family, with its furniture of crockery, was
dislodged from its fastenings by these for
midable heels, and fell to the ground, with
plates and dishes, mugs and poTingers
scattered and shattered. Many were the de-
vices that were tried, but failed, to secure
eviction, when the strong measure of igniting
bushes of furze under and behind the ami
NAL was resorted to. When Lever emerged
from the smoke, still mounted he was
greeted with loud cheers; and, with the as
sent of chorus of sponsors, the animal
previously called Blazes was re-christened
'Knock-s-crockery," in memory of the
event.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-22
Bee RanchIng I'm California.

This is famous country for bees and
the making of honey, and at many break
fast table in distant Europe to-day, the
waffle is spread with the sweets that have
been filched from the hearts of a thousand
California flowers. In the mouth of almost
every canon there is bee ranch or apiary,
whose owner grows indolent and prosper
Gus from the labors of his industrious sub
jec,s. Here there is no long winter with
dearth of flowers, through which the pa
tient workers must be nursed and fed in
order that they may live until the opening
of the next field season, These bee ranches
are models of neatness sand domestic COM
fort, and the profession of Bookkeeping Is
rapidly becoming popular among persons
of little physical strength or small financial
capital, or both; such as maiden ladies,
broken down ministers, bachelor students,
and those dilettante farmers who fancy that
the royal road to Oucolic happiness lies
through the fowery beds of bee pasture.
Their expenses are as light as those OF a
hermit in his cave, and what stores of
honey are laid up are so much clear gain,
as the bees board themselves while they
work, and work increasingly for the pre-
paratiOn of the winter, which never comes,
When the hiYe is full, the cakes of comb
are removed, the liquid is extracted from
the cells. and the empty cups are replaced
to be filed again and again, This eco
nomical process prevents waste of labor
and time in gathering of wax for the build
| ing of new bins in the store-house. Walk
| ing out in the morning in the green brush
wood of these canyons. you hear loud
and continuous buzzing of wings, and, al
though there may not be flower in sight,
it is as ceaseless and strong as in buck
wheat patch or clover field at home. This
humming of bees is natures tenor voice, as
the roaring of the water is her bass. There
are cures for homesickness In the bees
monotone even though the authors thereof
be perfectly wild, as, indeed, many of these
are. In such a country you cannot feel
utterly lonesome and lost.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-22

Mr.. hetten was invited to a party at
the house of gilt edger, large importing
merchant in San Francisco, and attended the
same with his wife, as would any other ex-
pected guest. To his surprise, however,
he found the company sitting solemnly
around as though in a concert hal, and
himself at once pressed to ''play something"
by his host. The courteous Frenchman
complied, and, in response to repeated re-
quests, continued to entertain the COM
pany for nearly two hours. When at last
he was thoroughly fatlgued, supper was
announced, whereupon the host arose and
said: You've got piano punching down
fine, Ketton, old fellow. Now if you'll
play these young folks few quadrilles
and polkas while the balance of us go down
to hash, I'll send up Martha Louise to re-
lieve you presently; or, if you like, you
can have something sent up, and eat 1t
right here on the piano / first kinder cal
culated to have engaged a couple of fid-
dlers, but the old lady said she thought
you wouldn't nina. I'll make it all right
with you when you CO." The astounded
artist gazed at the speaker (who was well
known to have been a barkeeper in the
good old days') for few moments was
utterly dumbfounded; then, controlling
himself he grayely turned his back and be-
gan playing dance music as requested.
When the company had all assembled in
he parlors, he raised his voice and said
pray let some whiskey, lemons and sugar
be brought in" 1t was done. ''Now,
then," said Mr.. Ketten, fixing his eyes on
the host-''now, then, mix up some cock
tails, my good fellow; every man to his
trade" There was an awful silence, and
then the shoddycrat, with CHASTITY attempt
to carry off the joke, prepared the drink
and handed it to the musician. The latter
drank the beverage critically, "YOu're
losing practice, my good man; the fellow
at the hotel bar does much better. There,
you may keep the change, " and tossing
the almost asphyxiated millionaire half
dollar, he put his wife under his arm and
walked out
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-22
HswlInC Nicaragua MonkeYs.

Four bowling monkeys from Nicaragua
are now at the Geological Garden at Phila-
delphia. These animals have reputation
of being able TO laake more noise in pro-
portion to their size than any other animal
yet discovered, except perhaps the tree
frog. In their native woods, just before
sunrise, these howlers commence, and their
dismal cries. it is said, can be heard for
miles around. They are enabled to make
this terrific noise by reason of special de-
vel0pment of vocal organs. They are
small animals and are generally found in
South America. Those at the Garden
are known as the 'Mantled Howlers, be-
cause of line of gray hair around the
back and sides, and are the most northern
cf several species. They are the first
which have ever been in the Garden, as
they are scarce and hard to capture. Be
sides that, they are very delicate, as was
shown by the fact that the four which ar
rived there are all that was left of fourteen
WHICH were sent from Nicaragua. To
capture those fourteen little monkeys it
took about eighteen men several hours,
and necessitated the cutting down of about
four acres of trees. A tribe or lot of the
animals were observed in the forest, and
the method by which they were secured
was briefly as follows: The men first sur
rounded the tribe, so as to drive them
as closely together as possible. Then an
outside ring of trees were cut down; the
fall of which drove the monkeys still closer
to the centre. More trees were felled, until
but single clump of two or three trees
were left standing, and the monkeys were
left sheltered in their branches. Then Qne
after another these trees were cut down SO
that ali the tribe had to take refuge In one
tree. The capture of number of them
was then comparatively easy matter. The
four little strangers were placed in one o.
the cages in the monkey house. Will
them arrived ''black handed spider mon
key" specimens of which have been il
the COLLECTION before. The name indicate
just about what they look like. The,
have black hands snd long arms and legs
which make them resemble Q spider yer,
much.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-22
Raising % Weaver

Jojee was tramp, and hungry. Hap
pening to pass one day in Village where
the women were Wailing, he noticed the
preparations for funeral. In hopes Of
getting something to eat, Jojee said to the
relatives: "Would thou have the dead re-
stored to life 2" Then all the relatives
said, 'FYes, that would we." 'Place me, "
said Jojee the tramp, Sin the room next to
the dead man. Bring me good cheer, SO
that may propitiate the terminating an
gels. Most especially put there pot of
the finest honey, three loaves of the Whitest
bread and flask of the purest OIL"
That the relatives did. Jojee, the tramp
bid them retire. Jojee, the tramp, ther
eat until his appetite was satisfied. Then ht
uttered many shrieks and howls- The rela
tives W aited long and patiently.
AT lenghth Jojee called IN the people
''Tell me-" asked Jojee, "what was th,
exact calling of the deceased z"
ga weaver was he by trade the rela
tives replied,
ga weaver" cried Joiee> the tramp
"Why did you not tell me sO2 There
honey and bread and oil wasted. Had b
been 9. tinker, q tailor, or cobbler Nigh
have brought the dead man to hfe-but
weaverl Inever could do anything with
weaver |"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-07-22
Solid Stimulation.

In an apparent affect OF some kinds of
fertilizers, as salt and gypsum, on certain
soils, there seems to be something like stim-
ulation, bnt the effect is on the soil rather
on the plant. Salt Is powerful solvent.
and its beneficial effect is often due, and
perhaps always, to its ability to make
available the latent mineral fertility of the
soil. BY the use of salt, the insoluble
compounds of potash and phosphate may
be released and put In shape for the roots
of plants to take them up. Or it may be
that salt decomposes vegetable matter and
releases ammonia lnlsome form available for
plant food. The crop may be immensely
benefited by dressing Of salt, and vet
scarcely particle of anything in the salt
itself may be found by analysis of
straw and grain. This however, cannet be
called stimulating the crop, for the plants
grew aS they were fed as truly as II the
feeding had been dressing blast of manure
instead of something to develop the. latent
fertility of the soil. 1t might indeed be
said that the soil was stimulated to produce
more than it naturally would, and that in
time unless real manure wereadded. these
stimulating fertilizers would cease to pro-
AANS oAJ OuJ HuCu We look the
subject in this light, we shall find that all
manures act as soil stimulants, that is, they
help to decompose and make available the
plant food already in the soil. When stable
manure decomposes, its carbonic acid gas
helps to decompOse the particles of soil
with which if comes in contact. So. too.
In still greater degree with the clover or
grain herbaRe plowed under in June. The
advantage Of well worked summer fallow,
10 In exposing as much soil as possible 90
the influences of nature to make its fertility
more available. Yet there are many farmers
who scout the idea of using concentrated
nanures because they help to exhaust the
'ol, but who think everything of the naked
ALLOW whose effect is even worse, for the
concentrated manure really adds some
ertllity, while all that the crop takes from
ne naked fallow has been get by coaung
he soil to part with more Of its strength
han 1t naturally would