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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-14
Winter Care of Live Stock.

There are few general rules for the
care of live stock in winter, which are of
universal application.
FIrst-They should lie dry, whether
bedded or not. A dry floor is far better
than wet bedding. Spar or slat floors,
through which urine will quickly pass,
and which give the animals a level stand
ing place, are especially to be advised. A
good degree of comfort may be had on
such floors, but full supply of dry lit
ter-straw, leaves, swamp hay, etc.-cer-
tainly makes all kind of stock more com
Portable.
Second -Shelter saves fodder, wher-
ever lumber can be easily obtained, to
degree which few practical men are
a ware of. The warmer the stables are,
the better, except perhaps for sheep but
with close, warm stables it is essential
that the manure heap should be where it
will not contaminate the air, and that
there should be perfect ventilation, so ar
ranged as not to cause drafts of air.
Third-as to feed This should be given
with the utmost regularity and uniformi-
ty-never more than will be all eaten up
long before the next feeding time. Then
the animals have an appetite for their
food, so that coarse fodder may be first
given, to be followed with better, and by
grain in some form, if this be part OF
the daily ration This is no doubt the
most economical system, securing the
least waste and best digestion of all kinds
of fodder used in the ordinary way.
Fourth-Groomingand care of the ami
mails are a most valuable means of keep
ing them in health, as well as of saving
feed. The skin of an animal existing in
a state Of nature is washed by every
shower, brushed and carded by every
bush, licked by its mates, rubbed by the
ground in rolling, and IN various ways
kept free from accumulation of its own
exfCliations,. from the stoppage of it's
pores by sweat, and from tie own in
herent dirt. A healthy skin means
warmth health, life and vigor, other
things being about right, and we can
secure this only by grooming-Americon
AgricultW'jst.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-14
The Names of Type Sizes

Originally there were but seven sizes.
The first was called Prin1a, whence the
name Primer. 1t is now known as Two
Line English. The second was Secunda,
now our Double Pica-in France, Great
Paragon. The third was Tertla, at pre-
sent our Great Primer Then there was
the middle size, still called in German
MitteL, but it is now our English. After
these came the three sizes on the opposite
side of the soale-Pica, Long Primer, and
Brewer In Germany, the names Sc
cunda Tertia, and Mittel, are still re-
tanned. Plea, in France and Germany, is
called Cicero, because the works of that
author were originally printed in it,
English printers so styled it from being
the type in which the Ordinal, or Ser
vice Book OF the Roman Church was orig
inally set. This Ordinal was also at
first called the Plea Bourgeois was so
named because it was introduced into
the country from France, where il was
originally dedicated to the Bourgeois
or citizen printers of that capital Bre-
vier obtained its name from having been
first used for printing the Breviary or
Roman Catholic abbreviated Church Ser
vice Book Minion is also Of French o, =
rigin, and was so termed owing to hav-
ing rapidly become a special favorite on
it's introduction in that country. La
Mignone is the darling" Nonparei
was so named because at the time of its
introduction, it had no equal" being
the smallest and finest type then pro-
duced. Pearl is of English origin. The
French have a type Of the same size which
they call Parisienne. 1t is a smaller type
than Nonpareil, and was thought the
pearl of all type" Diamond is another
fancy name given to what was regarded
at the time Of its origin, as the ultima
thule of letter foundry achievement.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-14
farm aud Garden.
Bones and Ashes for Fertilizing

After an experience of several years
in softening bones by the use of ashes,
think that each farmer can easily pre-
pare an amount sufficient for his own
farm wherever the bones and ashes can
be reasonably purchased. Bones are
worth So to $l0 per ton, and ashes $15
per hundred bushels in this country and
the cost of preparing them need be only
a trihe.
first began softening them by placing
them In alternate layers with ashes in a
large kettle and boiling moderately for
two or three days. When softened SO
that a stick could be easily thrust
through the mass, they were boiled
nearly dry and were shoveled into a
plank box and ground under a hoe in the
same manner that mortar is mixed for
plastering. If not dry enough to handle,
few dry ashes were added This
method requires some labor as the fire
needs attention several times each day.
If the kettle is set in a brick or stone
arch, cord of wood will be sufficient for
two or three tons of bones. The large
OOhCo ouOulo O0 81 OIOh6u JudG all NAV
soften together Three bushels of ashes
are enough for one hundred pounds of
bones
After preparing in the above manner
what | wanted for use on my corn and
potatoes in the spring, l had half ton
of bones left through the summer. In
October these were placed in plank
box with ashes and all the water added
that the ashes would retain without
teaching. The box was left uncovered
and the rain kept the ashes damp but
was not enough to leach them. In MAY
following the bones were softened so that
shovel could be easily passed through
them, and nearly all were readily pull
verified and made fit for use. The labor
and expense is much less in this way
than by the use of the kettle and fire.
[ have since used bin made by laying
a floor OF two inch planks on ioists six or
eight inches from the ground The floor
is twelve by twenty feet and the sides
of boards five feet high, kept in place by
strong stakes driven in the ground.
This is large enough to hold four hun
dred bushels of ashes and four tons of
bones, which is as much as l care to use
in one year. So far it has not been
necessary to cover the bin, as the rain
does not bleach through.
[ have used this mixture of bone and
ashes at the rate of twenty-five bushels
to the acre on corn and potatoes with
good results. A small handful is applied
to each hill after planting, using care to
scatter it over a space foot or so in
diameter. | have used some of the best
brands of superphosphate for several
years but think the home preparation of
bone and ashes is better for potatoes.
Country Gentleman.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-14

WORKING HoRsEs.-An ample bed
ing Of fresh straw will do much to in
duce tired horse to lie down and rest.
Clean grooming and an occasional wash
ing will also encourage restfulness and
improve the appetite and health. Over
feeding is not judioious, and will not
restore flesh lost by hard work and want
of comfortable rest. To prevent gals the
harness should be washed and kept soft
with castor oil.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-14
FINE DRESS SHIRTS and NIGHT-SHIRTs
MADE To MEASURE A SPECIALITY.
NO FIT, NO SALE.

A good SHIRT, ready-made (unlaundried)
$1.00. We make a good SHIRT to measure
(unlaundried) for $1.25. We make fine SHIRT
to measure (unlaundriedl for $3.50. We make
the BEST SHIRT to measure (unlaundried) 70,
$1.75. Extra per dozen for laundried, $3.50.
Order printed blanks for selfmeasurement
Will make you one on approval.
Our ONE-DQLLAR SHIRT Is THE BEST
SHIRT EVER MADE FOR THE PRICE
Sent by mail to any address for 10, with
privilege of returning and money refunded if ii
does not suit.
A large stock GENTS FURNISHING a.
ways on hand.
60, HENRY T. MILLER
9th and Main Streets, Richmond.
DC LILY
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-14
&C. &C. ~ BEATTY'S PARL0R ORGANS ONLY $50

Grand Organ Right aSd Laft Knee Stops. To
control the entire motion by the knee IL
necessary. Five C5) Sets OF GOLDEN
TONGUE REEDS, as follows: A set of pow.
s,rini Sub,Bass Reeds; set OF 8 Octaves OF
nOIh CELESTE. One set OF FRENCH
nOkN REEDS, and 1-2 Octaves each of
Regular GOLDEN TONGUE REEDS Be
sides all this, Il viii be fitted up with an
OCTAVE COUPLER, which doubles the
power of the instrument Lamp Stands.
Rocket for Music. Beatty's Patent Stop Ac,
tOn, also Sounding Board. &c, &c. Ii has
shding lid and conveniently arranged
handles for moving. The bellows, which
are or the upright pattern. are made from
the best quality OF rubber cloth, are OF great
ana the best quality OF PEDAL straps. The
Iedais, instead OF being covered with car
pet, are polished metal, of neat design and
newer get out Of repair worn.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
DR.. Miller's. "Reminiscences.

Denver Tribune.
DR.. George L, Miller, editor Of the
Omaha Herald, Is contributing q SO.
ries of entertaining and instructive
personal "reminiscences to his paper
The first was about o conversation the
Doctor had many centuries ago with
Julius Caesar, shortly after his return
from Gaul. The two sat down on tho
door step of q tavern on the Appian
Way and talked oheerily about the
Tiber floods, the Roman tariff bill
and the corrupt record of one Tiberius
Marcus Tityrus, candidate for Alder.
man In the Latin Quarter. In closing
his "reminiscences the venerable Doc.
tor draws an ingenius parallel between
his friend Cesar and y. j. Tilden, of
the present century. The last sketch
Of the series was published In The
Herald day before yesterday and is an
account Of an interview between DR..
Miller and the Egyptian sphinx. 1t
seems that some years ages ago, the
sphinx was q very social fellow, and
had . penchant for indulging In rail-
lery with every oongenial traveller who
came 1his way. DR.. Miller WA re.
turning one day from q ten minutes
stroll among the pyramids, where
Cambyses and other old family friends
of his were buried, when he fell in
with the sphinx and the two com.
menced telling stories. Everything
was pleasant and merry like till the
doctor attempted to tell q story he
once heard q travelling man from
Council Bluffs 'narrate. That was
many centuries ago, and the sphinx
has not smiled vet.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

ANOTHER new departure Is the pro.
posed abolition Of of coroners' juriet
In New York, and the substitution for
them of medical examiners who are to
hold office for o term Of eve years.
Their duties are limited to making q
report In all criminal cases, of the cir
cumstances tending to show the con.
dltion of the body and the cause OF
the death, to the district attorney and
coroner, the latter being given judi
clal power to continue the inquiry.
Such q law Is already 10
force In Massachusetts,, and the
Philadelphia Press oonmends 1t
to the Pennsylvania Legislature
with the'following comment: 'Faulty
as the proposed measure Is In con.
t~inuing the coroner In existence,
almost anything would be better
than the present ooroner's jury. A
reform abolishing both and
their juries IL needed here and else
where. Justice and public morals
suffer under u present system,
which has been changed for the bet
ter in almost every civilized country
under the SUM-"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
POLITICAL T

Rutland, Vt, elected Miss Isabella M.
Brown town clerk at the recent election.
The Kentucky state prohibition conven.
tion will be held at Louisville APRIL 10.
The democratic candidat for mayor of
Atchison is a young man with q full barre |
which he has already tapped.
The Ohio republican state convention
will be held on the 9Th and 9th Of June
next, and will consist of sos delegates.
Thomas Mahe,, Isaac Street and Joseph
Myers, Of Philadelphia, convicted Of max
ing o fraudulent return as election officers,
were each sentenced to three MONTH,
fined 800, and disfranchised for four
years.
l.. L. Sadler, the republican candidate
for mayor Of Cincinnati, is acceptable, II
Is said, to all elements of the party. and
his election is considered certain. He IL
president Of the board Of councilmeu,
and fought through the war as o private
soldier.
Eight members CT an Illinois legislative
committee who visited st. Louis last week
went away leaving their hotel bills hanp-
ing up behind them. It will be q cold
day when any legislature in this country
enacts q law to impede the process known
as "hotel beating"
Seven committee chairmen in the senate
had their sons as clerks during the past
session. These senators are Voorhees,,
Malone, Harris, Conger Johnston, Saun.
ders and Lspham. In the house congress,
men Joyce, Ortb, Van Voorhis and Houk
had near relatives in committee clerk.
ships.
Jere Black is of the opinion that Sena.
tor Copger, OF Michigan, would make an
excellent candidate for the next presi.
dency. Az an accomplished and habitual
democrat, Mr.. Black probably feels 1t his
duty to suggest to the republicans a can.
didate whom his party would have no diff.
Guilty in beating.
There are now in the state Of New York
1924 notaries public. This does not 10.
clude those appointed for the convenience
of banks, and there IS besides o considera-
BILE number of commissioners of deeds ap.
pointed in the cities; but, putting these
aside, there is n notary to about every
four hundred of the men, women and chill
dren In the state.
Ex.Gov. Stone, of Iowa, one of the most
active prohibitionists in hat state, says
that hereafter he will resist with all the
power at his command all attempts to
make the temperance question o party
issue. He will urge q thorough separation
of the liquor question from politics, and
says: 1.-THE republican party can gain no
STRENGTH by shoyldering this issue again,
and I have never thought the temper.
ance question one that could be safely
dragged through the pool of party poll.
tics"
The Maine legislature has adjourned af-
ter a session Of s%eventy.one days. 1t has
redistricted the state, making tour con.
gressional districts out of five; voted o pro-.
hibitory amendment to the constitution;
re-sstablished the gallows for the punish.
ment Of willful murders; added new penal.
ties for the shooting of game out of season;
prohibited the shooting at pigeons as tar.
gets; forbidding cruelty to animals; and
the sale of adulterated food and counter
felt butter, under severe penalties. From
which it would seem that the Maine Solons
have been unusually active.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
PERSON ALITlES.

Rorcos Conkling is now bald.pAted and
ite-bearded.
Star Route Rerdell was a sutler with
Gen. Sherman in Georgia.
Mrs. David Davis starts married life with
twelve dozen pairs Of silk stockings.
Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen HAS
bjoined ha spelling hrefjorm society.
When List was asked to play the other
day he said he had been out OF practice for
ten years.
Miss Phebe Cozzens Is setting Moses
right by correcting his mistaken notions
regarding Eve"
General Lonpstreet rode ~thirty-four
miles last week to pay o visit to Chicka-
manga battlefield.
Ex.Representative Young, of Ohio, re.
joioes In the assurance that President
Arthur will soon provide for him.
Gov. Boyuton, Of Georgia, used to be
President Of o base ball club; 30 did Sena-
tor E~dmunds; SO did Gov. Pattison.
Matthew hamilton. . miner. Of West
Lafayette, Ohio, claims TO be . survivor Of
the Light Brigade which charged at
Balaklava.
L. w. Pond used to be worth 81, 000, 900
and own car shops ut Worcester, Mass.
He 10 now working In those shops at IS
per day.
Plon. Plon will never make . raise Is Q
bill. sticker In Paris. Judging from his
picture, Q Job Of pig.sticking In this coun.
try would pay him better.
Ex.Queen Isabella, of Spain, appears
unattended and almost unnoticed In the
fashionable ~promenades OF Seville. In
size she Ia a fair match for David Davis.
The Vsnderbilts had q coat.of-arnt! l
only just heard Of II. 1t is worked on all
their table linen and Is a heart pierced by
q dagger. Something like the Father
Mathew temperance emblem.
John Bright, at q public meeting recently
stated that his father was o hand in the
factories in Toad lane, Rochdale, and that
he made up his mind that he would marry
when his wages reached D guinea q week,
that Is, about five dollars.
Secretary Folger has become as melan-
| choly as Hamlet; he never smiles nova
days. But this should not surprise any.
body. A man must needs nave the humor
of Artemus Ward to see any fun In q
defeat by 100000 majority, and to take 1t
smilingly.
Col. A, X. Mcclure, Of the Philadelphia
Times, lately lectured at Bloomfield, Pa,
where he was ''raised" and once worked In
a tannery. The old tannery 10 standing,
and the cAustio colonel remarked to bis
friends, az tan hides still, but not In the
old way"
The English trAnslatiou Of the name Of
' the Mahogany envoy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

men whom the appeals for the old flag
and an appropriation cannot rally. The
masses Of Independent voters can nc
longer be hoodwinked and hum.
plugged. They insist upon think.
Ing and voting for themselves.
The appeals for party harmony fall
upon deaf ears. The cra,'s Of
the whip Of the political bull-dozsr
has no terrors for men who have nc
ambition to hold Office and care nothing
about patronage. Millions Of Ameri.
can voters refuse to be harmonizsd
into line, II by no doing they are
simply to perpetuate the evils from
which the country has vainly sought
relief from either the republican OF
democratic party.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

The BEE again calls upon every
voter who has not registered to attend
to this important duty before the
books are closed. A failure to regis.
ter will neoesaitats the swearing In of
your vote upon election day. As be.
fore stated, under the Q law q
personal appearance before the regis
trar 10 necessary, ~ the old books
cannot be used In making up the new
lists Of qualified voters. Every oiti.
ZEN who wishes to cast his ballot for
good government next Tuesday must
take care that he Is not disfranchlsed
by his own negligence.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

Mr.. TILDEN Is again being groomed
for q Remittance into the political
arena. The venerable reformer Is re.
ported to be anxious to take o hand
In polItic,, "not more on account of
his impaired health, than by his great
disgust at seeing the democratic party
fritter away the opportunities and
privileges gained In the tidal wave
triumph Of last November" If Mr..
Tilden has any hopes Of success, his
wicked partner In the Oregon business
must be kept In the background.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
Not Like Other Property.

chicago Tribune.
The temper of the modern common
carrier is very prettily exempliied In
the note addressed the other day by
O. P Huntington of San Francisco
and New York, of the Central Pacific
and the Chesapeake & Ohio, to the
Tennessee legislature. The lawmakers
of Tennessee have been d~eliberatipg
upon the advisability of setting up q
railroad commission like those of
Georgia, New York, Massachusetts,,
and score of other states. There.
upon the "King," who desires no other
forces to enter his world of transpor.
tation than those of Nature and his
own will, writes q communication to
Col. 4. w. Cole, intended for the dis.
oipline of the Legislature, In which he
says:
81 should never invest another dol.
lar In the state In railroads II they are
to be treated differently from other
kinds OF property, and I cannot be.
lieve that any law will be passed dis
eliminating against railroad property
In the state when such property ID
more conducive TO the best interests Of
the state than any other"
This means that the syndicate, Of
which Huntington Is the spokesman,
will build nc railroads In Tennessee
unless they are left untrammeled BY
any assertion by the state of It's SOW.
ereign and immemorial right to com
pei all common carriers to observe
their obligation under the laws. They
Insist that public corporations oon.
trolling the public highways shall be
left to themselves as II they were
persons like other persons, and az
II their property were like other prop.
erty.
This assertion that common carriers
are subject to no restrictions not also
applicable to other business men, and
that railroads are not to be regarded
as different from other property is not
a new one. 1t Is the theory on which
Huntington and his associates have
run the Central Pacific, and on which
Vanderbilt and Gould and all the
''strong" men of the railroad world
would Ike to be allowed to admins.
ter the control of all the highways Of
the country. Under this theory
the Huntington Central Pacific
has, according to the official
declaration of Gov. Kinkead In
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

AND now Boston proposes to try
high license a. . remedy for the evils
that spring from incompetence. A
petition has been presented to the pc.
lice commissioners, who, It appears,
have control Of the matter, In favor of
Increasing the license fees, and it ID
received with considerable favor. The
main considerations urged for It are
that 1t would break up the iliolt part
Of the traffic by making the licensees
special officers to enforce the law;
that 1t would subject the traffic to bet
ter control; that It would promote
temperance by dlscoursging drinking,
and that 1t would bring q good revenue
into the treasury.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

THE Issue upon which the election
Of . governor In Rhode Island will
turn Is really that of equal suffrage.
Under the present constitution OF that
state no man can exercise the right Of
suffrage unless he IL q native bern
American citizen or owns real estate
to the value of one.hundred and thirty.
four dollars, above all membranes.
This provision acts as a practical
Acknowledgement to thousands OF
voters. While the proportion Of voters
IL n to every five inhabitants In
Pennsylvania, In Rhode Island II Il
only one TO seventeen.
Governor Sprague d the champion
OF the landless In the cause Of equal
suffrage In this contest, the Issue being
the calling Of . constitutional conven.
ton to extend the franchise to all
male voters eligible under the
laws of the United States. The
republicans have maintained their
ascendanoy In Rhode Island largely
through the operation of the provisC
which has disfranchised thousands Of
mill hands and thrown the right Of
suffrage into the hands Of the lane
holding class. Mr.. Anthony and hi
republican COLLEAGUES with strange In
consistency loudly advocated universe
suffrage In the south, while they sup
ported q proscriptive form Of govern
ment In their own state. On thiI
Issue of equal suffrage Mr.. Spragu'
ought to be elected. It'll q disgrace
full commentary on the boastad free
dom of New England that such al
anti. republican constitution a. that o.
Rhode Island should have been per
mitted to exist since l842 without re
yision.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

FRANK HATToN Is busily engaged In
pairing his corns down to get into the
shoes occupied by the late Mr.. Howe,
but President Arthur has other plans
In view. Mr.. Hatton Ia not the sort
Of timber out of which first class cabi-
net officers are made.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

IT Is to be hoped the democratic
convention tonight will set the ex-
ample Of discarding nominations of
oouncilmen at large by wards. The
object of the law Is the selection of
the best men, regardless of where they
Iva
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

JOHN L. SULLIVAN cleared $1,000
ut his late benefit In Boston. Tolls
'knocks out" the largest receipts ever
gathered In by the Rev. Joseph Cook
from the oulchaw of the Hub.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

KANSAS has promptly presented her
claims to the vacancy In the cabinets
Where is Nebraskai Have we no
man that would rank with Filley, of
st. Louis, or MARTIN, of Atchlson2
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

CORRESPONDENCE All Communi.
cations relating to News and Editorial
matters should be addressed to the EDrroR
or THE BEE.
BUSINESS LETTERS-All Bushes
LETTERS and Remittances should be nd
dressed to The BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY
,JMAHA. Drafts. Checks and Postofice
orders to be made payable to the order Of
the Company.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29

DR.. MILLER Is receiving q good deal
of attention at the hands of the mono
poly organs. They all think that he
II Q shamefully abused man.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
The BEE PUBLISHING CO., Props
e. ROsEWATER Editor

Mr.. JAcKsoN's gas company has
given Omaha the go by, or rather they
have taken Omaha in.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-29
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