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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Our agricultural Editors Weekly Chat With His
Readers

A Reader" sends us a small package con-
tanning seed pods of q species of -4selepias or
milkweed, and suggests that the cottOny mate
rial might be useful as a fiber for spinning.
There are many plants which yield similar
substance, all OF which are known as silk cot
tons but none of these can be spun into
threads, because they are destitute of telling
properties, and hence have no cohesvcness,
but they are much employed for stutfing mat
tresses and pillows.
send a flower from bush in our yard. I wish
10 get Tire proper name of the plant; also, how to
propagate i'll. r. r., Woodbury., n. j.
44ns. The flower is that of the Japan ounce,
the PJTHs Jap0lsica Of old gardens but now
called CydoBia Jap0nica 1t is best propagated
from pieces Of the roots, which can be dug mp
IN spring or fall, cut into pieces four 70 six
inches in length, and set nearly their whole
length IN the soil.
Can the cliiecory of commerce be cultivated in
this part, and where can get the seed?- II. T.,
Dover Del.
Ans. Chiccory is a common roadside weed
IN many parts of Delaware as well as in many
other States. 1t is cultivated in manner
similar TO carrots or parsnips, sowed in rows in
spring in deep sandy soil, and the plants thinned
so a. 70 be about one foot apart. Most Of the
seedsmen have seeds for sale. The best is
known as Brussels chiecory, and it is also
called Witloof; this has larger root than the
! Win the agricultural editor of THE NATIONAL
! TRIBUNE be kind enough to give an opinion as 10
/ the healthiness Of glucose? The matter was dis
/ cufsed In club, with different conclusions
What is the general opinion of its healihfulness
! and value ?-f. Il. T., Troy, II. Y,
/ Ans. Glucose or grape sugar is not by any
means TO be considered as an unhealthy article.
! 1t is abundant in fruits of many kinds. 1t
/ differs from common sugar in not being crystal
! lizable, and is nearly one-third less sweet. 1t
/ has been stated that the acids and other mat
| tiers used in its manufacture may make it hurt
! ful TO health if they are not completely re-
moved. II is also said that it is sometimes
mixed with fine sugars, which sell at price
much beyond their intrinsic value, and in this
| way it may be regarded as an adulteration.
What is the general opinion of chemists regard
ing the value of soil analysis to farmer or as n
! guide to the Improvement of soils?-E Calvert
1 Dakota.
Ans We believe that chemists agree in the
opinion that soil analysis is not always safe
! guide; in fact, they do not place any value on
! it SO far as the plant is concerned 1t has hap
pened that an analysis has shown the presence
of all the necessary food of plants in soil
which was noted for its poverty The physical
condition Of the soil has much to do with its
| productiveness. Draining and deep culture
viii often render poor lands fertile; and,
again, soils that show poor analysis have pro-
| duced fine crops by slight application OF
| guano or gypsum. Good culture has much to
do with the fertility of soils.
/
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Who Is the Anthora

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Can any reader of THE TRIBUNE tell me the au-
thor of the following lines:
Four hundred thousand men,
The brave, the good, the true.
Tn tangled wood and mountain glen,
On battle plain and prison-pen,
Lie dead for me and you.
Four hundred thousand of the brave
Have made our ransomed soil their grave,
For me and you.
In many fevered swamp,
In many black lagoon
In many n cold and frozen camp,
The wearfed sentinel ceased his tramp,
And died for me and you
From oceans plain to mountain side
Are stretched the graves of those who died
For me and you.
In treason's prison hold
Their martyr spirit grew,
In stature like the saints of DID,
While mid dark agonies untold,
They starved for me and you.
The good, the patient and the tried,
-Four hundred thousand men have died,
For me and you.
lola, KAN. Z J. THAYER.
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Sleep, Comrades, Sleep!

Sleep, comrades, sleep. The clinging rust
Lies thick upon the blade,
And valor is obscured by lust
OF money and of trade;
The fife Is mute; no more the drum
The drowsy camp alarms;
The piping times of peace have come,
And Pleasure spreads her charms.
Sleep, comrades, sleep. The lannon's roar
No longer fills the air;
The rife volley routs more
The rebel from his lair.
Where once the beacon brightly shone
The sentry walked his round,
The erumbling headstone marks alone
The consecrated ground.
Sleep. comrades, sleep! The battle-hag
Is rotting on the staff,
And soon, perchance, the tattered rag
Will waSen but q laugh;
The peaceful plowshare eleaves the sod,
Once wet with Wars red stain,
And fields that mighty armies trOd
Are starred with flowers again.
Nv.
Sleep, comrades, sleepl Though soon forgot
By some your valor be,
Forget our loving hearts will not
TO keep their tryst with ye;
The general muster of the dead,
Whate'er on earth betide,
Shall find us still by Glory led
And marching by your side.
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The Volunteers Grave.

L.
Silently, tenderly, mournfully home,
From the red battlefield volunteers come.
Not with a loud hurrah,
Nor with q wild eclat
Not with the tramp of war,
Come our brave sons
Gently and noiselessly bear them along
flushed be the battle hymn, music, and song.
Silently, tenderly, mournfully home,
Not as they marched away, volunteers come.
Not with the sword and gun,
Not with the stirring drum,
Come our dead heroes home,
Now that their work is done
Thoughtfully, prayerfully, bear We the dead,
Pillow it softly, the volunteers head.
Silently, tearfully, welcome the brave,
Glory encircles the patriots grave.
Here let affection swell,
Here let the marble tell
How the brave hero fell,
Loving his country we'll!
Silently, tenderly, mournfuily come,
Welcome the volunteers, welcome them home!
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The Blue and the Gray.

BY the flow of the inland river
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of grave grass culver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day
Under the one the Blue,
Under the other the Gray.
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle blood CORY,
In the dusk of eternity meet.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment day
Under the laurel the Blue,
Under the willow the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourDers go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the Judgment day
Under the roses the Blue,
Under the lilies the Gray.
So, with an equal splendor,
The morning sun-rays fall,
With q touch impartially tender
On the blossoms blooming for all.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Broidered with gold the Blue,
Mellowed with gold the Gray.
So when the summer calleth
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Wet with the rain the Blue,
Wet with the rain the Gray.
Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done;
In the storm of the years that are fading
No Drawer battle was won.
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Under the blossoms the Blue,
Under the garlands the Gray.
No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves of our deaC
Under the sod and the dew
Waiting the judgment day
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
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IF you experience bad taste in mouth, sallow-
ness or yellow color of skin, feel stupid and
drowsy, appetite unsteady, frequent headache
or dizziness, you are bilious" and nothing
viii arouse your liver to action and strengthen
up your system equal to DR.. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery" By druggists.
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Plum FREES.

The market for plans is always good, the
more 50 because Of their scarcity. And yet on
most :arns in this country may be found all
the conditions for their successful culture. The
grsat c.einy 10 plum culture is the curculio or
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When this is pure and dry, it is rich in
phosphaJes and nitrogen, containing from TO
s per cent. of the former and to Of the lat
Ter. If spread on land III crude state the
phosphate is not Immediately available, be-
cause being in the bones, it is not soluble until
they decompose.
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gHTEr-scENTED vERYAL GRASS.

Although this grass j. present in most pas
lures and hay meadows. il yields only scanty
portion OF heritage Ii is not particularly
reiished by animals although it is eaten along
with other grasses. il has been sown in COW
and sheep pastures for the purpose OF ilnpart-
ing sweet favor TO batter and mutton. a
proceeding which has not proved effective.
When cut for hay il cinits pleasant, sweet
scent during the process Of drying; this is
Owing TO the presence OF a fragrant. rcsinous
principle called conmarin-the same that
Esgcs fTQgrlnce to the i0.za bean and the mel
liiot. This fragrance being developed during
The drying process Is, therefore, not impaired 10
secrctions resulting from eating the green
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Family Dinners-Spring.
Lobster Soup.
Roast Beef; Potatoes; Yorkshire Pudding; Squash
Cabbage Salad.
Lemon Sponge.
Lobster Soup aCih Ailk.-Meat of small lobster
chopped fine, three crackers, rolled fine butter
size of an egg, salt and pepper to taste, and n
speek of cayenne. Mix all in the same pan and
add, gradually, pint of boiling milk, stirring all
the while. Boil up once and serve.
lobster Soup NTH Siock-One small lobster three
pnts of water stock, three large tabiespoonfuls
of butter and three of -four "A speciS of cayenne,
white pepper and salt to taste. Break up the
body of the lobster aud cut off the scraggy parts of
the meat. Pour over these and the body the water
or stock. Ii there is coral in the lobster pound
II and use also. Boil twenty minutes. Cook the
butter and flour until smooth, but not brown
STIR into the cooking mixture and add the season.
ing. Boil two minutes and strain into saucepan
Have the remainder of the lobster meat-that
found in the tail and caws-cut up very fine and
add 1t to the soup. Boil up once and serve.
Roast Beef seiHt Yorkshire Pudding Prepare a
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DECAY OF WOODS.

1t is said that some kinds of woods, although
very durable when isolated, act upon each
other TO their mutual destruction. Expert
ments with cypress and walnut and cedar and
scypress prove that they viii rot each other
when joined together, but on being separated
the decay viii cease and The two timbeTs will
then remain perfectly sound for a long time.
The National tribune., 1883-01-11
An Example for an Posts TO Follow.

We have frequently taken occasion TO
invite the cooperation of our comrades Of
the Grand Army in the work not only of
extending the circulation of THE TRIBUNE.
but in gathering Grand Army news for pub
lication in its columns, but hitherto the
response TO this invitation has not been as
general as we could have wished. We are
glad TO see, however, that our comrades are
at last manifesting an active interest in the
matter. 4 letter from Comrade NJ. NJ Tar
bell, Adutant of Kearney Post, No. 48, of
East WalIingford, Vermont, informs us that
at q recent meeting that Post appointed an
agent for THE TRIBUNE, and also detailed
one of its members to act as correspondent
and forward to this journal, from time to
time, such items Of news as seemed likely to
be Of interest to the members of the Grand
army generally. This is long step in the
right direction, and we earnestly commend
the example Of Kearney Post to every Post
in the country.
1t is a very simple matter for q member of
any Post to furnish TIE TRIBUNE with
regular reports of all important events that
transpire at its meetings, but what is every
body's business, as we have frequently said,
is practically nobody's business, and Kearney
Post has set an excellent example by ap-
pointing one of its members to act as THE
TRIBUNE's correspondent.
It is the wish alike of Commander-in-C Chief
Van Dervoort and the editor of THE TRIB-
UNE that our weekly record of Grand
Army news should be as full and complete
as possible and we trust that our comrades
will cordially cooperate with US to that end.
| THE TRIBUNE is the only newspaper which
attempts TO cover the entire territory occu-
pied by the Grand Army, and that territory
is SO vast that it must of necessity look to
! individual Posts and individual members of
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Ladies' Auxiliary Societies.

Elsewhere in our columns this week will
be found very interesting letter descriptive
of the origin and work of the Ladies' Society,
auxiliary to Forsyth Post, of Toledo, Ohio
for which we are indebted to its estimable
president, Mrs. Isaac r. Sherwood. We
print it in the hope that it may lead to the
establishment Of similar societies in connec-
ton with every Post which has SO far failed
to avail itself, in this practical way, of the
aid of the loyal women Of the land. Our
comrades have need of their help now almost
as much as during those never-to- be- forgot
ten days when the hospitals were crowded
with the sick and wounded, and the bravery
of our soldiers was only equalled by the
devotion of their nurses, and they should
not disdain to seek it. Wherever there is
suffering to be allayed, poverty to be re-
lieved, or grief to be consoled, there ,woman's
loving ministrations must ever be welcome,
for no eyes are so keen as hers to discern
distress, no sympathy so pure and tender,
no charity SO broad and practical Without
her active cooperation, indeed, 40 Post of the
Grand Army can hope to fully accomplish
the object of its existence To meet the de-
mands upon it for the relief of the disabled
comrades and the helpless widow and or
phan, it must of necessity have recourse at
times to extraordinary means of replenishing
its treasury, and 1t goes without saying that
her aid is essential to the success of fairs
and concerts and public entertainments gem
orally given for that purpose. That, however,
is purely mercenary view of the question.
The larger and better reason for invoking her
presence is the benefcent influence which it
must have upon the Order itself in the
widening Of its usefulness and the ennobling
The National tribune., 1883-01-11
FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A little Something Aboaf What is Going On In the
Religious World.

Over seventy students were matriculsted last
year in the Anglo-Chinese College at FoochoW,
connected with the Methodist Mission.
The English Prosbyterians are taking steps
to thoroughly equip O theological college in
China for the training Of native evangelists.
It is estimated that over $1O6,OOO,OOO were
given for benevolent and religious purposes by
the different denominations in this country
last year.
The Rev. DR.. Titus Coan, known as "the
Apostle of the Sandwich Islands" where he has
resided for half a century and welded great
influence with the people, is dead.
Mrs. Simpson, wife of the Bishop has pre-
sented the Simpson IL. Z. Church at Long
Branch with an organ in acknowledgment OF
the honor conferred in naming it after her
husband.
Astronomical Christians" is what tho Chris
tiGH at IVCrE calls those people who resolve 20
turn over q new leaf about the time the sun
enters the winter sOlstiCe. Religion" it says
should not be made q thing OF dates and times
and seasons"
Sir Tatton Sykes, the wealthy English con-
vert to the Roman Catholic religion, proposes TO
build a magnificent cathedral at Westminster
resembling the yotiye church Of st. Saviour a5
Vienna, which has been erected recently to
commemorate the escape Of the Emperor OF
Austria from an assas5ins hands.
The number of Foreign mission stations OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church is 148, 81 of
which are in Western Africa, 81 IN China, 10 in
Japan. 1 IN Greece, Il in Hayti, and 81 in Mex
iCO. The annual budget calls upon the members
Of the church for $125, $3.50 TO support the
missions during the present fiscal year.
Within the last year the women of the United
States have given the magnificent sum OF $780,
coo for the spread of the Gospel IN heaJhen
lands. OF this amount the Presbyterians gave
nearly 100000; the Baptists, $l56,000; ths
COngregationalists, $4,000; the Northern
Methodists, Sl0S,0OO, and the women Of thG
Methodist Church South, S25,1I0.
st Ogden, Utah, the Fourth Baptist Church
was dedicated on the Sunday preceding Christ
mas Day. The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey went from
Denver to preach the sermon. Faster Spencer
mentioned TO his congregation that the church
had cost nearly $4,000, all of which, except
nearly $500, had been paid. Within very
few minutes the $500 was made up, and the
sanctuary was dedicated, free of debt.
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SOME sIDE-sPLITTERs.
What the FunHy Fellows are Saying IL tbs News
yappvs

papers.
New style IN hair: Barber" How VIII you
have your hair cut, siT?' Man N chair" n
silence. BOSTON Transcript.
Not unlikely: al don't say ell : think" re-
marked Brown, when pressed for his opinion Of
the representative of his district. - should
think you might" replied FoS, and not be
pressed for time, either. ."-E0si0H Transcript
Out Of the frying-pan, etc. Parson Ito Ne'er-
do-Well)- -" What's this I hear, Giles-thaU your
wife has left you? All! this is what I"
Giles-"She might do worse than that, sir"
ParsOn (shocked) -" "Worsel" Giles -"She
might come back again !"-Loadon Punch.
A gallant reply: Miss Lucy stopping oppo-
site ireplace)-" Here's where you and / are to
sit, Major" The Major" BY Jove "a rather
warm place" Miss Lucy" What! you a
major, and can't stand fre?" The Major
" Not at My back, you know, Miss Lucy.-LOadoB
Punch.
A mild conceis: How apt the young people
arc to pick Up the jargon OF trade. When
Biggs asked the fair ATathusa to marry him ote
hand, she pleaded embarrassment and asked
for an extension. 1t was given her, but the
love-maSing business viii 60 right on-Bos!0n
Transcript.
Hence these tears: "Why do they cry SO
much, pa" asked the Austin EDITORS little boy
stage. Because they see so many dead-heads
ii the audience" replied the editor, 5cowling
at the rival editor In the next roW.-Teres
S(t.ags.
Mrs Partington and the judge: "Ars ycu
the judge Of roprobates" said Mrs Parting
ton, as she walked into an office of q judge OF
probate. 81 am a judge Of probate" was tho
reply. "Well, that's it. expect" quoth the
old lady. you see my father died detested,
and he left several little infdels, and I want TO
be their execuuoner."-TfoyT Times.
A wife to be proud of: BulIard Waterbury
was calling attention to his shirt, which was
very neatly made and which he said, with pride,
was made by his wife. d" Did she make the
entire shirtP asked Gilh0oly, carelessiy.
Every stitch of it." "Weil, ] didn't know. I
heard that she always cOllared and cuffed you,
but didn't know who made the rest OF the
shirt. ."-Ierqs S9tRgs.
A reliable contraband: "Here, Sam, is note
I want you to hand TO 5Jrs. Eaton Mabeley
when you are sure nobody is looking" said an
austin society man to Sam Johnsing, coIored.
Yes, sah," answered Sam, showing his iyorics.
"And mind, don't you whisper a word TO n
living soul" "Eou may jess rest easy abou5
dat ar, boss Yesterday l fetched dat same
woman q letter from Colonel Percy Yerger.
You can jess rest easy about my openin' my
mOuf"-IcTas SittiHgs.
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SANDER, our correspondent remarks that after
reading it he concluded it was not his duty
to subscribe for the Examiner, notwithstand
ing the request of "a good deacon" TO do SO.
We commend his example to our comrades
generally. No paper, whatever its preten-
sions TO piety, that thus delames the Nations
defenders is deserving of their support.
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PAP THOMAS.
The Proposed Purchase by Congress 0. EsnorisI
Portrait.
LFron Zee LouissNs Commsreta!.


from The L0uisrIs CommsreiaII
Congress very properly has in contemplation
tie purchase OF good portrait Of Gen. George Il.
Thomas. This Is the first movement made by the
Government to procure some suitable memorial
of this great soldier, who Won the hearts Of ths
American people and gained the complete devo-
ton OF his soldiers by rare simplicity Of char
acter united with patriotism and military ge-
MUS lie was one OF the few leaders who
approached the type OF Washington. Such IS
the estimate which affection attaches 10 his
memory. \ portrait IS n small enough recOg-
milton OF his place IN history. An essential
feature about the portrait should be fidelity.
That it should be executed in the highest do
gree Of skill, lies III the nature of the case.
The best known picture Of Gen. Thomas which
possesses these characteristics Is that painted
by Gen. 5. ". Price, who served under him
and enjoyed his personal intimacy. IN 1862
year before the death of the original, Gen.
Price, who happened to be In Washington City
Tor some months procured sittings from Gen.
Thomas, III order 10 execute portrait for his
own qualification. This picJure-a three-qUar-
length Gte-size-waS at once recognized on all
hands to bee q superb pTesentmcu5 of Gen.
Thomas in character and feature. Gen. Thomas
himself frequently said that ne desired TO be
remembered by The painting Of his friend. 1t
caused great applause when lent by the artist
for the decoration of the grand stand az two
Reunions Of the Array Of the Cumberland,
which organization ordered q copy. The State
OF Minnesota caused another to be made by
Gen. Price, ana it is now in the State-hOuse al
Minneapolis. This order was the last wOrl:
ever done by Gen. Price, who wGs stricken with
total blindness something more than a year
ago. Gen. Garfield said Of the portrait by cur
townsman: "No soldier Of the Army of tbs
Cumberland can look upon it without feeling
that he behOLds once more the Rock o. Chicka-
mauga,' against which the waves of battle
dashed in vain. You have done US all a service
for which every soldier VIII thank YOU Gen.
j. d. Cox said that the painting would be the
historic representative of the heros bodily
presence. The special merit of Prices picture
is that it was painted from life, and under the
supervision of Gen. Thomas himself Ii hreathas
in its very look the assurance of its fidelity,
having that which is necessarily lacking in
portraits taken from a collection of photo
graphs. 1t IS not unlikely that the picture bv
Gen. Price VIII be selected By the COMMITTEES.
At all events the painting is well worthy of the
dignity.
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