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From established facts and expert
cncp. small farms are growing more
profitable every day. The time mas
conc by when large areas OF IA'd are
souuht after and cultivated. If you
have 1000 acres and only 100 are III
cultivation, you have taxes to pay on
fOD which brings in no revenue. II
Won have small tarm, it is apt to he
kept in better repair, ii will be cultl-
waited more thoroughly, and 1ertlll|ed'
while a large farm will go to waste.
In France and Germany and even
in England and some portions OF lhe
limited State. where large areas OF lana
cannot be procured unless by paying
fine most fabulous prices. BY superior
cultivation and fertilization the land Is
made to produce the most astonishing
results.
A Massachusetts paper speaking oi
the failure of large farms in the west
says:
\ still better example Of the superi-
ority of small farms over big ones Is
found nearer nome, in the market
gardens near the great cities. some
of the finest of these we know OF, are
i'm the vicinity Of Boston. For an
example, there is one of five or SIX
acres within the limits Of that cltE,
which produces its owner Il clear an
nual income of from $4,000 to S1,OoO,
Instead Of spending his money loF
machinery and labor the farmer ue-
votes his capital largely to the ehfich-
ment of his ground. The amount OIL
manure he applies to his few acres
seems almost wasteful, but the result
proycs his wisdom. Within two OF
ihree weeks he has marketed from i
small patch .l75 worth Of string beans
His early potatoes are already y dug ana
have brought him something ilkC
5000. and the ground where they
crew is already at work producing
second crop Of vegetables. The amount
of f"uuck' which he manages to secure
from his few acres, which lie abou
his house and barns, is really m4rFel
lous. but the secret is high culllNa
tiou and Il scientific method. INT
same method may be applied any
where in Massachusetts, and the daW
ding away over hundred Of acres, ail'
getting only half a crop, and aU th'
same time impOverishlng the SOIL, l
the shcerrSl folly.
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An Alarming Swell.


An innocent, Woodworking man
yesterday lost situation which he
had held for year, and which he be-
lieyed secure for at least another year
TO come, and if this meets the eye OF
his late employer perhaps the man
will be taken back. A citizen OF Beech
street bought cord of four-toot wood,
and the same was delivered early IN
the morning. AS soon rs the team
had zone the citizen borrowed quar-
fer of q cord of the same sort of wood
of n neie hbOr and added it to his pile,
and then rode down to the wharf and
said: IL.
Mr.. Blank, see you have deliV-
cred my wood.'
Yes, sir--yes, sir we a ways de-
liver at the earliest mOment," was the
reply. ,o,
t'How much did you send 2,
q A cord, sir; full cord. We never
cheat on measure"
"But am not satisfied with it,"
"Can't help that, sir; | sent cord
| saw it loaded myself" "
"I've measured, and"
"Can't help your measure. There's
a cord of wood there"
L WAS W
Cant help what you were going to
say. I've been in the wood business
too long to make any mistake"
"I was going to say there was oVei
cord" ,,a
Over cord All! that's a.diffeer'
ent thing. That needs looking INTO
Get into my buggy and Wen drive VI
and measure it. am glad to find one
honest man in Detroit"
The pile overrum a quarter of cord
/ much to the Dealers amazement
When certain of the fact he could only
. scratch his head and say:
"Never heard of the like before
r never, and l've been in the business
, long time"
/ Within five minutes of his return t.
+ the office one of his drivers had hi
balance of wages and was walking OF
with the remark:
2 "How dat seben-eighths of core
l got all swelled up dat way am mo
I dan | kin tumble into, an Use got u
3 go barfoOted all winter to pay iur IL.
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Boiling water in II Sheet Of Paper
N Y. Tnilunc.

1
Nature is publishing a series OF
attractive articles on "Physics With
ont APPARATUS" In the latest number
are given experiments for boiling
water and melting lead on piece OF
paper: Take a piece of paper and fold
It up, as schoOlboys do, into a square
box without lid. Hang this up to a
walking-stick by four threads. and
support the stick upon books or other
convenient props. Then a lamp or
taper must be placed under thls dainty
cauldron. In a few minutes the water
will boil. The only fear is lest the
thread should catch fire and let the
water spill into the lamp and over the
table. The flame must therefore not
be too large. The paper does not burn
because it is wet; and even if it resist
ed the wet it still would not burn
| through because the heat impaired To
| il on one side by the flame would be
very rapidly conducted away by the
water on the other.
| Another experiment OF similar
nature, but perhaps even more strlK-
ing. is as follows: Twist up the edges
| of common playing card or other Oh
of cardboard, so as to fashion II lnto .
light tray. On this tray place layer o
small shot or bits of lead, and heat II
over the flame ola lamp. The leat
will melt, but the card will not burn
1t may be charred little round th'
edges, but Immediately below the lea(
it will not be burned, for here agail
the lead conducts off the heat on on
side as fast as it is supplied on tn
other
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Judge Cartier IterViews General
Butler.


Gen. b. f. Butler is in the city.
Yesterday afternoon he dropped into
the Supreme Court room of the Dis
trict, and was greeted by Chief Justice
Cartier. The latter has an impede
ment in his speech; just enough to be
noticed. "Sit down, General" said
he; az want to talk with you. BIB
been out in-in Ohio; haven't you
General?"
"Yes,n was the gruff response.
"B-b-been making speeches inOhio,
hav'nt you?"
"Yes;" again was the surly rejoinder,
"D-d-did you see any Greenback
party out there, General ?'
To this no reply was made by the
General except to turn the course OF
the conversation. One who witnessed
the good-natured chatting Judge Cart
ter administered, says that General
Butler looked like an army mule who
had got into hole. He didn't want
to get i'm any deeper, and yet didn't
know how to get out.
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PARAGRAPHS OF ALL SORTS


At some OF the peer packing es'"'
lishments III leNas II'e 'ul'9 Vi VI,
tails of the slaughtered caVV'e "ie SUN
for women's Irizzes. lhey iooN NelS
pretty, at church, c"illoea up
A simule way of making gingerbread
is to take one teacuptul OF molasses'
four tablespoonfuls of hot butter OF
lard, stir in as much flour ms you can,
then put a tcaspoohiul Oh 81 er"'us'
heaping one of ginger, into teacup,
and fill the cup almost full OF oolllhg
water; beat this into the doug'a l'l'le
at time.
Horses should be watered in the
morning before they are fed. y full
drink of water on afull stomach Is ap'
to produce lndlges'ioh'
Among the most easily cultivated
house plants are the zonale geraheunhs'
They should have rlch culture anu il''
be allowed 10 oloolii'
The Journal OF Chemistry advises 10
scald surplus pears Ill III" syrup
made OF collec-sus"r, "ii,' ''e' "
them. They Will oe l'url" ,' '4u'N ,1
the ocSt lllP'' ''' '7' , 1 -
De Pe"re"' !"'' 'e'' '.''>' .,,,'',Io, ,,inoos
aug 7''D"''' ,,,. AMI d,fod l,,iclx-
IL 'r'''e'' ~ '','' ' ,,,aor,tol,,
hootod oven. or other rapidly evapora"
ti,n onnarot,s Won NAV be sure the
n,ar,,ot will take all the dried pears
| <ow Enolond can furnish. Thus pre-
n,rnd thev are simply delicious. They
may he used for cake or puddings, and
NADIA - sunnrior sweetmeat They
NAV be kept in any close vessel, but
olass fruit lars are the best for the
nnrnosn,
+,,, =, IyontuoLv has welded
49,, ,,,,,., ,f ,,o,r, This season. and
now bloSsomed for the thlrd.
Tbn wheat crop of the Dalrymplc
farm this wear in Oak TIA will amount
to 81, 900 bushels.
Iowa will have twice the amount
of surplus grain this year that sh'
usually has.
It is estimated that 575 ,0O0, 600 wortl
Of oysters will be sold III the Unitec
States during the next e'Sll' ''i''''''7
/ c. s. Read. the great English agrl
: culturist, declares that country cal
never compete with the United State'
i, in wheat.
, The Barrett process of curing tobac
co, will save Virginia, annually, $ooo,
=. 600.
= y correspondent OF tne Albany Al
+ CUR says " The time VIII come Wheh
;, race Of honey-pees VIII "e l'l'lo''"'e
t which will be stlhglesS, ana Us mar
II less and beautiful as butter Hles.'
!. -Four inches of snow fell at Lookou
d Station ON the Union Pacific railroad
q on the 18th of September.
a Over 10000 barrels of apples wei
1t sbin,rd last week from New York
# European ports.
l. Tho colored people of North Car,
A. -1inoorotob oveo state Fair at Raleigl
~ ~ and Fred Douglas delivers the addres
y
ID "A meet Vi .tli ''''',''oi e- -,
le -Norl"' u i'''''''7 ''''' '
l. l'''rNe''' ,,
Malarlal lever pfeEali9 " @ al '',%l Mn
30. lhS eA'eL' III 0l,' ms ''~iN''
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The United States treasury held on
the lst Of October Sl35, ,245, 900 in gOl'l,
having gained during the month Of
September about SS,OO0,0OO. The gold
balances are now s45, 900, 600 in excess
of the redemption fund requirement.
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The Country Gentleman says: "The
real profit arising from farming con-
sists in the attention to details. He
who looks closely after small things Is
the one who farming pays for neg
Ieet i'm small things leads to careleess-
ness in large ones. 1t is the last item
which is added to any given product
that Yields the profit. Yet it is not
always advisable to strike for the larg-
est crop which a piece Of land can be
made to produce, for the exhaustion OF
the soil may be 50 great as to more than
couuterbalance the value secured.
Some ofthe artificial fertilizers operate
upon the human system, producing 9
temporary excitement TO be followed
by a corresponding reaction.
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An unusually large amount of
amber sugar cane has been raised in
ali the Western States the past
summer, particularly in Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Minnesota. During
the past two or three weeks farmers
have been busy hauling this to the
mills where it is ground and syrup
obtained. The yield of syrup has been
very large. In Wisconsin, Illinois
and Iowa the average product Is
placed from 2O5 to 2l0 gallons of syrup
to the acre, worth, at retail, seventy
five cents per gallon. Twenty cents
is said to be the price for manufactur-
ing, leaving the producer a net income
Of S2O2.JO per acre. This certainly is a
handsome profit. This industry il a
growing one, and must each year at
tract wider attention.
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The North American Bee-Keeper's
Society held its annual session in
Cincinnati last week. Pres. y. O..
Newman made the annual address,
who said there was only One-half crop
Of honey this year.
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y
s. II. SacEhou,o, Esq, Crystal Nprins, Miss;
write you begging you to give me some
information in regard to fruit trees, etc
Isl. Will YOU tell me the name of the best
nursery You know of-onc that you have
dealt with. I'd. Name Of peach. apple ana
near that are best adapted to this climate,
and kind, you use. Sd. Can you explain
to me the cause of peach trees dying altef
they ret three or four years old. some 81!
it is caused by not planting from seedlings;
and can ret seedlings from the nurseryN
are they not the best to plant! Please
rive me the best time to plant fruit trees.
DO YOU cultivate them, and to what eNtehr
Please name the best strawberry, ana ut
what YOU can furnish them?
Your, truly. II. \. ARMITAGE.
We take pleasure in answering your
questions through THE COMET. y
very good nursery is Randolph IL
Peters. Wilmington, Del. Have dealt
with them for number of years, ana
they have given general satisfaction.
For early peaches there are no bet
ter varieties than the Am>den ana
Alexander; later plant Amelia, Fos-
ter, May Beauty and Crawfords
Early. For still later, Picquet's Lale
and Bilyen.
One reason why 50 many trees die
50 SON after planting is for want OF
proper cultivation and cutting back.
Avoid all kinds of grain if you plant
anything among the young trees let it
be cotton, potatoes or pinders. Seed
lings may he longer lived, but there Is
no certainty about getting reliable
fruit from the seed.
think the best time for planting Is
in the fall, but some time during the
spring will do just a well---say March
We have quite an extensive young
orchard.
For your own Use there is no largel
or better strawberry than the Sharp
less. The Sharpless will cost yo'
about one dollar per hundred; tn
Wilson three dollars per thousand.
Mr.. Atkinson says the last fiitee
cotton crops made by free labor exeee
the last fifteen crops made by slave
by $500" 1t is not exceeded by frC
labor, but 10y a large additional forC
Of white laborers. A large proportio
Of the cotton Of Texas is now made I
white labOrers.
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WHEELER & PERSON.
CT.oTHING-
l9 & l5 Camp Street,

WE HAVE JUST OPENED CLOTHING invite
TO Oxami
a a
style $l5 to $2O
Black aud Cheviot Suits Sl9
D. B. Prince Aber and very mplera
Fancy and business Suits
Fancy BackBea OvercOas and listers, all prices
FALL OVercoats 50 $l5
BoysSct andD Dress Salts, S. to Sl2
BownE
Boy
of at low
olaae eDeput n
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The locomotives in the United States
do the work of 29,O00,00O horses.
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The population Of West Virginia
has nearly doubled in the last decade.
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IL EselsSSSHHggssqHs.s.T'::i- lSsSs,SaSHgsHs y .':-S Ss's''
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OF MISSISSIPPI.

This is home institution, managed IN, T..
people, and gives Its members the benefits nOM
reliable insurance at the least possible AGTII TIgSI y,
COST No association or society can pretend 10 HAi u
more than that. '"u TO d.
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The California Republican Convention.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aprii 30.-After a brief
recess 10 enanlo the various districts 10 Sc
lect delegates the convention reassem bled
at a quarter past eigh5. A discussion arose
over The proposition to amend the report Oi
the Committee on Resolutions and instruct
the deieg alton to vote for Blame until his
name il Withdrawn and then vote as unit
for the choice Of the majority Of the Cali
fornia delegation. After long debate the
amendmenC was voted down, ayes 1879 nays
l24. The resolutions were then UNANIMOUS
ly adopted.
Th.ifollowing nomination for delegates
to the Chicago Convention were made by
districts aud confirmed by the Convention:
J. G. Wllmerding, Alex. Sharon. Samuel
Mosgrov-, Socrates HUFF J. K. Dnak, Greed
Hay mono, Z. A. DAVIS, Joseph Russ. H
r. Fairbanks, Lii nt..Gov. John Mansfield,
d. 8. Payne and F. NJ. Plxley.
Alternates. 20. A. Fisher, g. NJ. Kinney.
F. J. F,euch J. A. Benson, James Foster.
J. r. Johns, John q. Scott. F. A. Leach.
q. Hillorn, VIM. Smith, Chas. Sherman
and J. p. Stearns.
All the delegates present came before The
Convention aud pledged themselves to Car
| ~ out it's instructions.
It was resolved that the credentials of the
absent delegates and alternates be placed
in the custody of the State Central Com
mittee until those claiming them SHOULD
similarly pledge themselves.
A resolution was adopted urging the ap
pOintm.nt of Congressman Horace Davis al
member OF the National Rspu blican Com
mittee for California; alsn declaring New
ton Booth the choice of California for WIGS
| President.
The Convention then adjourned sine die
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Chinese Troubles Arising in the East.

New YORK, April 27.-Judge D'nkell. of
the Fourth District Court Of this city, hav-
ing refused to accept two Chinese bonds
men 10 a suit instituted by a white man
against a Chinese lauudryman for monde
livery of clothes. Chief Justice Daly,of the
Court of Common Pleas. yesterday issued
AN order compelling D.nkell to show cause
why Wun Lee Tung should not be accepted
as bopdsman. ....
Certain bGldings in Mott street which
are stronghold of the Chinese here, have
recently been sold. and the new proprietors
declare their intention to GUST the Chinese.
Tomorrow or Thursday a dozen China.
men will appear in the Court of Common
Pleas to apply for preliminary papers Of
citizenship. They are principally Califor'
mans who made an effort 10 the same oil.
rection 10 San Francisco, but failed. They
spent considerable money in appealing to
higher courts, but did not caro- to pay the
cost of an appeal to the United States Su
preme Court. They are urging their com
panions to follow their example.
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Homestead Lands.
Washington Corr. s. L. Tribune.

WASHINGTON IOEF o. ifiDuEt.
The following for the relief Of home.
stead settlers has passed the Senate IN
amended, and is therefore an Act. In the
House it was referred to the Committee Oh
Public Lands, reported upon favorably, il
now on the calendar, and will probably be-
come a law;
That any settler who has settled, or who
shall hereafter settle, on any OF the public
lands of tbs United States, whether sur.
veyed or unsurveyed, with the intention o
claiming the same under the homestead
laws, shall be allowed the same time I,
file his homestead application and peIfect
his original entry in L. 8. Land Offices A.
IL now allowed to settlers uuder the pre-
emption laws,tO put their claims on record,
and his right shall relate back To the dat.
OF settlement. the same as if settled under
the presumption laws. 49,.
SEC. 2. That where lands have been ap
Piled for and original entry made under tn,
Homestead laws, and where such entries
have not been made in good FAITH, or where
the lands have been abandoned after origi-
nal eutry and before tiual entry, such !ands
shall DO subject t. the claim under the
homestead ar presumption laws of the frs
settler who has ar shall hereafter settle On
the same; Provided, Such settler has o.
shall hereafter within six mouths from the
time of his settlement, take necessary steps
TO have said hurnestead entry Cancelled ,aud
the same shall be- properly subject to Gao.
cellation, and shall pay the land office fees
in said Contest. -EEu-a
SEC 3. That when a homestead or tim.
ber-culture claimant shall file written re.
Iinquishment of his claim IN the local land
office, the land covered by such claim sha
be held open to settlement and entry with
out action on the part If tho Commissions,
of the General Land Office, in the SANE
manner as it would have been IL no entry
under the homestead or timber-culture Law,
had ever been made thereon.
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Corrupt Deadwood Officials.

DEADwooD, April 30.-Gn the case Of
Porter, Warner ct al. VS.. County Treasurer,
Register of Deeds ct al, to compel the res.
tuition of certain bonds illegally obtained.
ex County Commissioner Jones to-day
swore that for consideration Of 81, 900
each the old Beard of Commissioners, com
prising w. l.. Sackett, Richard King and
himself, illegally allowed Neill. the County
Treasurer. $4,000, and McKinnies, the
Register, So. 200 for services in funding
the county debt. Neill and McKinnies
were i'm nediarely arrested and placed un-
der $4,000 bonds each. The Commission
ers we're permitted to go on their own re-
cognizance. 49, -
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The citlzenixing Of Chinese.

New YORK, May 1.-The World, refer
ring to the recent application Of five Chi
uess for naturalization, declares that no
alien of the Monaghan race can be lawfully
made a citizen of the United States unless
a Monaghan can be correctly described as a
free white person. On what grounds can
persons of the Mongol an race be called
white persoasp Does not Section 2169 ex.
pressly exclude all aliens but
but white persons and persons of African
nativity aud descent? One Of the Federal
Courts has decided that Cinnamon canno,
be nat,Iralized in the United States, but
our New York State Courts 60 stumbling
on "alle same" as before.
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KALLocH coRNEREo.
The City Council Condemn Him and Institute
Proceedings to Remove Him.

The City Council Condemn Him and Institute
Proceedings to Remove Him.
SAN Francisco, May 3.--At a meeting
OF the Board OF Supervisors this even
ing. the Judiciary Committee, which had
been instructed to take into consideration
the utterances aud addresses of Mayor
Kalioch, aud to report what, il any. inceu-
diary language he has used publicly, and
to report proper action to be taken by the
Board in the premises. filed long report
reviewing the history OF the labor agitation
and the part borne in it by Kalloch, finding
that he has encouraged the lawless element,
advised them to parade the streets and en-.
deavored to keep them in such disposition
and temper As to commit an outbreak
whenever It should suit his purpose that
he has impeached the honesty Of the whole
community, accused various branches Of
the city government of corruption and dir
ELECTION Of duty aud under the pretense Of
counseling the mob against violence, insid'
uously a. vised them to BIZ in readiness for
bloodshed aud warned them OF the author-
ties. They expressed the opinion that
Kalloch is unprincipled and INSCRIPTIONS
and devoid OF integrity and fidelity to the
public interests. and that the time has ar
rived for the Board to express their con-
demnation of his acts and recommend that
prompt action be taken to vindicate the
fair fame of the municipality by judicial
inquiry into Kallocb's case. The motion
was put by Mayor Kalloch, who announced
on a piua uoce vote that it was carried. The
roll wac called. resulting in a unanimous
vote for its adoption. A resolution was
then adopted authorizing the Finance
Committee to cause Judicial proceedings
| to be instituted against the Mayor for his
| removal from Office and empowering Shen
to employ counsel aud prosecute the matter
to speedy termination. Throughout
tho reading of the report and
the resolution X Illoch appeared cool and
uumoved. appearing only to consider the
dignity Of his position as presiding officer
| of the Board
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An Unqualified Enumerator.

The following rs an application received
by Secretary Thomas for the position of
euumerator in one of the Utah districts.
If Mr.. McQuaid can size up to it the
"schoolmas.er is abroad" in Montana:
-, Ap. o0th, 80.
Mr.. Secretary Thomas am q merican
citizon Born in philadelphia Pennsylvania !
am counted with the furst settlers OF -,
---- CO setrld here nine years ago this sea-
son we'll aquanted throu the county have
held several locle Office in this precint was
president Of the eragation commite several
3eares in this precent ais" tracher OF the
- coop store several years, also wise
President of the coDty coop horse herd
several years my present Occupashun Is
farming think | can do you justic in be
half Of you're Office SO cinsearely ask you
fore appointment Of . enumeration.
Yours truly,