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Observation-Disclosures.

A writer in the American Agricultur-
ist makes the following estimate of the
cost of starting q sheep ranch in the
Northwest: One thousand sheep, at
50. $4,000; twenty pure merino rams,
$500; expenses. first year, for two herd
ers and other help, 81 900; horses,
wagon, ETC., $500; reserve fund, $500.
The probable income and increase is g.
500 pounds of WOOL. 500; and 700
lambs.
Solomon Bartlett. Of Sunapee, N.
H., has q COW, half Devon and half
Durham, that dropped a calf four
months and twenty Gaysago. The calf
never sucked, and it now weighs $50
pounds. Mr.. Bartlett has made from
the COW during this time 1873 pounds of
butter; about one pound per day, be-
sides bringing up the calf TO its present
weight. 1t is a heifer calf, and hand
some as a picture.
Mr.. J. S. Macomber. in poultry notes
to The Western Rural, says after test
ing them many years he finds Plymouth
Rocks preferable to any other breed for
general purposes; thinks it a %disadvapt-
age to keep feed constantly before
fowls: ''give what they will eat up
clean and no more";; and reports very
unfavorable results from acting upon
tie ofteu suggested idea of setting hens
on sod nests and moistening the eggs
for Matching.
Go through the. cern-tield and take
the first steps towards insuring the
best seed. Select plants that do not
sucker; the lowest-growing, earliest
maturing. Select those which bear the
ears lowest. Tie about such plants
long strips of cid calico, or something
of She kind just as conspicuous. The
corn is cut andshocked. When husked
al! the ears upon marked stalks should
be thrown together, and the best ears
only retainedsfor seed.
Lettuce, says the Lancet, is o nag-
lected vegetable, although it consti-
tutes a prominent ingredient in eyasy
good salad At ONE time the lettuce
was supposed to possess soporlfic prop
critics, but of late years it has, Perhaps
too hastily, been disestablishedi as a
drug in die repertory of the therageut-
list. Some are now strongly insisting
that lettuce should be used moregener-
ally as food, and suggesting that the
leaves ought to be boiled, after which
treatment they are said to be as palat-
able ss, spinach. Ii this be the fact it
is worth knowing, as spinach isnecessa-
rilv excluded from the diet Of the OK
alurir patient, and it is precisely in this
class of cases the soothing properties
of che lettuce, if it have any, would be
valuable.
At the American Cranberry Growers
Annual Convention at Lakewood, N. j.
on August 26, the Statistician stated
that reports from alb the cranberry.
growing sections indicate an aggregate
crop of $50, 900 bushels, against nearly
40O, 900 bushels in 1888. The shortage
is due to the frosts on May 1890, which
severely injured abe crop in New Jersey
Now England and Wisconsin,. 1t up.
pears that in New York and Philadel-
phia crates. holding % quarts bring as
much money as the standard crate of q
quarts. A recent law in Massachuse1t
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Remarkable Yield.

New York correspondent Country Gentleman.
l beg to- call your attention to what l
consider the most wonderful perfor.
known, which Ihadithe pleasure
of witnessing at the fine stock yard Of
Dr. w. a. Conover, Haokettstown. N.
D., the home of the Sir Charles and
Mary Lewndes family. Having occasion
to visit the farm June d., the Doctor
showed me a heifer called .Countess
Lowndss 26,874, sired by Babylon
4,723,. dam Fanny 3D. T,127: she was
dropped March 2, 1882, and dronned
her arst calf "a heifer) the frst
part OF June, 1884 She is solid in
color, not large, bat of perfect form !.
her adder is grand. He showed mo
also, the result of three DAYS chnrn;no
the fast Of which l saw churned and
weighed myself. The result Of the
three days was, seven and ona-balf
pounds Of worked unsalted butter rho
heifer was fed on grass only. 7 also
Witnessed the milking Of the heifer .J,,ne
II, and weighed her milk. which t,rnaa
The scale at nineseen pounds: after
winch her uader was in perfect oondi.
ton, as sofa and fine as a kid pIova
The above test WAS made during son,e
OF the hottest days of the saasor
June 1st 20) with the t~hermonaata,
in the nineties, Does not this ION al
tests yet made of so Young an an;moIa
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Thoughtfulness.

It was delightful to hear some one
say, not long ago, that she did not think
she had any right to spend twohours at
a tinre with a friend, without q special
invitation, since it could not fail to be
an interruption; and it was pleasant to
think that one person SO respected the
rights of others. Picture some one,
who has assured himself that he is not
likely to find amusement under his own
roof, setting forth in search of n more
agreeable place to spend the evening.
He hunts from door to door; finding
that one family has honestly paid its
money and gone to a play, another is
dining out, the third enjoying its in
vited guest, while at the fourth he is
met at sight with the information that
the ladies' are engaged. Perhaps at
the fifth he gains an admittance. One
person rises hurriedly from the sofa,
another puts down her book with a
sigh, another comes reluctantly from a
desk, where some notes must be writ
ten at some time during that even
ing. and the stricken group resigns
itself to, the demands Of friend
ship and society. The master of the
house returns presently to his avocation
with a brave excuse, 1t may be S
o'clock when the guest comes; it may be
8, and he may be kind hearted and
unobJectionable; he may even be profit
able and entertaining; but he stays till
after 10; everybody thinks that he never
means to go, and iuwardly regrets his
presence. For half an hour he could
have felt sure Of welcome; in that time
he Gel ainly could have said and done
all til. was worth doing, and have been
asked 20 stay longer, or to come again
soon, when he took his leave. There is
no greater compliment and tribute to
ones integrity than to'be fairly entreat-
ed to sit down forten minutes longer.
OF course we treat each either civilly in
an evening visit, but it is a great deal
better to come away too soon than to
stay too late, In a busy, oyerworked,
and over-hurriedl city life especially,
nothing is so %precious;as+ . quiet wen
ing to ones self, OF even q part of one.
We all wish-or ought TO wish-to
make life pleasant to, ourselves and
other people, and are ready to be gen.
even with our time; but no one
likes to be plundered, and %defrauded.
1t is the. underlying principle of our
neighbours action and conduct toward
us which makes us thankful or resent
full when he or she comes to visit u.s.
Household Words.
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after a %henpecked husband. But il
that saue Charley is wise, and can con
vince his "little wife" without wound
ing her, he has forever won, not only
her heart, bat her Judgment; and she
looks up to him and respects him for
his tirmness.
1t is very seldom the case that the
first months of married life are the
happiest, and 1t takes a big stock of
love and good sense to launch a couple
over the breakers into smooth, open,
matrimonial sea. The faults that are
discovered, the weaknesses that are
shown, the foibIes THAT are betrayed.
can only be met with forbearance. If a
pairs hope for q blissfal future is real
lied then every after year confirms
their onensss of heart, of sympathy and
any couple of this kind, long married,
will tell you they are happier after all
those years than they wsre ths day
they Were married.
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THE HOME CIRCLE AND FARM.
For Cook.

PIcKLED GRAPEs.-FilI a jar with al
ternate layers of small punches of grapes
and sugar (the sugar should be simply
%sprlnkled over the grapes, and fill up
with cider vinegar, not too strong. Ca
tawbas are best for this pickle.
EXCELLENT CoRN-STARcH CAKE
Three cups of sugar, n of butter, one
of milk, three of flour, one of corn
starch, whites of II eggs beaten stiff,
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Beat sugar and butter to a cream, dis
solve the starch in the milk, add then
the flour and whites. The powder
should be sifted with the -four. Bake
in a moderate oven. +.
BREAD FR1rTERs.-Soak stale bread
in good, rich buttermilk. mash all up
smooth, then add a little salt, and flour
enough to make a good batter, quite
stiff lastly add two teaspoonfuls of soda
dissolved in hot water. Fry as for COM
mon fritters.
To Cook ANY FRESH F1sH.-Split,
season with salt and a little cayenne,
heat the gridiron, butter the bars, and
lay the fish on il flesh down, and broil
over a bright fire. When cooked, place
on q hot platter; mix together a tea
spoonful OF minced parsley, the juice of
half lemon, a piece of butter the size
of an egg. Spread this over the fish,
put in the oven long enough to allow
the butter to penetrate the fish.
SWEET PoTAroEs.-Boil until almost
tender, and remove skins. Make a bat
ter with a little milk, and a beaten egg
thlckened with flour and seasoned with
pepper and salt. Gut the potatoes into
rather thick slices. dip in this batter,
and brown on both sides in hot beef
drippings. Nice with roast meat.
JELLY CAKE.-One largecup of -four,
three eggs, one-half cup of milk, one
cup of sugar, one t%easpoonful of soda,
two teaspoonfuls of cream- Of tartar,
pinch of salt. Bake in a long tin,
spread the top of one-haIf the cake with
jelly, and put the other half On top.
This is quickly made and very good.
SLICED TOMATOES AND ONION PICKLES.
Slice n peck of green tomatoes and
eight large onions; sterw ever them q
coffee cup of salt, mix and let stand
overnight. Next morning drain and
put over the fire in a preserving kettle,
with q quart of vinegar and two of
water. When at boiling heat, simmer
half an hous; drain, and cover with the
following hot preparation: Take four
quarts of vinegar. add toit two pounds
of white sugar, half a pound of white
mustard seed, two tablespoonful each
OF ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice
and mustard. This mixture should
boil Is minutes before pouring over the
pickle.
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A chapter On the Newly Married.

After the honeymoon is over, in which
each lives in the seventh heaven of bliss,
and is blind to all outward surroundings.
there comes a day when the mere matter
of-fact duties begin, andthey settle down
to the realities of life. The habits, the
manners, and the tempers are things
that neither knows anything about in
the other, and that which was concealed
in an engagement for months is quickly
revealed in the close relationship of mnr-
ried life. Some little habit that the
bachelor or maiden has formed rasps to
rawness the nerves of the other, and the
determination on either side to, break
the other of the fault only chafes
and frets both without attaining the
object. He thinks that home life
should fill every thought. She
thinks q little society and gayety
would be preferable. He is tired when
he comes home at night-tirsd of seeing
people, tired OF talking to Ehems he has
been III a whirl all day. Sh, has moped
by herself drought the same long hours
in the Glove of a cottage" that seemed
80 poetica1 to talk about, or has spent o
dreary time, solitary ani.alone, through
d cherries winter day in her room at
their boarding house, and is only kept
from downright rebellion by the thought
that when Charley comes home they
will go to the theater or to see ina
Then there is disappointment OIL botl
sides. She thinks he is real mean
because he does not endorse her plans,
and he thinks she is downright silly to
wish to leave such a cosy fireside, and
such a comfortable little home place fol
any other spot on earth.
She has always found her II wills
and 81 won'ts" the law and the gospel
and ten chances to one Charley yields
to her imperial highness. and is eyel
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Americans are Liberal patrons Of
French art. In seven wears Americans
have paid $3.50, 600 Tor French 800
ngs, The purchases have steadily in.
creased from s70J. 200 in 1877 to- ~ .
10000 in 1853. @1>
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Tn, manipulation Of Beos.

At the Pennsylvania state fair the
other day the bee tent was the scene OF
a remarkable entertainment. Profess
or Arthur Todd, of the Wissahickon
Apiary, gave an exhibition of bhe meth
cd in which bees are manipulated.
Quite unprotected by head net or gloves
he opened IL box hive full of bees, took
out each comb separately, and trans
ferrea it to a new hive. He carefully
sliced off the covering of the cells, and
ri cling the comb in it's extractor, emp.
tied them of their sweet contents. He
sought among the crowded colony for
the queen bee, and having caught her,
showed her to his audience who e
safely standing outside his gauze tent.
He then deposited her in a little wire
cage made expressly for her, intro
duced her to her friends, and
when she had issued her com
mands for their attendance at her new
home he put her into the handsomely
furnished hive which he had prepared
for her reception. Mr.. Todd handled
the little insects as if he were ignorant
of the fast that they all carried a very
ugly weapon, and he appeared to be on
terms of'affection with them all. They
crawled over the bald part OF his head,
they swsrmed on his hands and arms,
and they got in his beard, but they
seemed to- think it was all play, andihe
appeared 10 enjoy the fun. The aston
ished visitors looked on with mute adj
miration. In the gauze tent with Mr..
Todd were Mrs. Louisa Thomas of Tao
Dry, one OF the earliest practical bee
keepers in this country; Mrs. Foote of
New Haven; DIR. Townsend, president
of the Philadelphia Bee Keepers ASSOC
citation John Schalleross of Frankfort;
and John Pyewell, an enthusiastic bee
keeper from Bridgeport, Pa.
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The Late Louise A. B. Field, of Graf
ton, Mass, left $4,000 for the benefit
of the poor Of that town and of Worces.
ter.
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reauiires all packages to be branded
with the words, Massachusetts, stand
ard Measure" which requires that Q
barrel shall hold 100 quarts, and a crate
80 quarts, level measure, under o pen
atty of 50 for each violation.
The Poultry Monthly says that When
the snow lies deep on the ground q
place should be cleaned in front OF the
fowl honse and make paths to some sun
ny and sheltry spots where they can bask
and enjoy themselves during the warm
er hours of the day. Some straw or
leaves to stand on would be advisable
white summing, for Il their feet are cold
from the frozen ground they will not
exercise themselves, but will squat dow,
and remain ~listless and uncomfortable
1t is in the power of every poultryma1.
to make his fowls more cheerful and
comfortable when they venture out on
the snow by fixing some shelter closed
at the SIDES, the front opening to the
south, where they can go sunny days.
Any kind Of o lean-to where leaves and
rubbish could be strewn 10 give them
exercise, and where the air is pure, will
answer the purpose admirably well.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13

UTICA, n V, Aug, 1S.-It was 10 o'clock
to order The committee on permanent on
ganization reported as follows; Chairman,
John L. McGee, Utica first vice president,
Joseph Delehanty, Cohoes; second vice presi-
dent j. Greenwood, Rochester; sec
retaries, W H. Moffitt, Auburn, and John
Phillips, Brooklyn; treasurer, John Cough
lin, Albany; ergeant-at-armS, I. ID. Shutter,
Utica Considerable discussion was had oven
the name of McGee for president, the Utica
delegates, with two or three exceptions, were
in favor of George Blair, but at length the
officers weee elected as recommended The
committee on resolutions made report,
which was adopted
The resolutions committee reported num-
ber of propositions, of which the following
were approved: A demand that mechanics
liens shall have precedence over all others;
denouncing the store" system of paying
workmen; requesting purchasers of ci-
gars to use none not bearing the
blue label of the union-made ar
ticle; recommending a stamp to distin-
guish goods made by organized labor from
those not so manufactured demanding that
the state printing for New York be done by
union printers; demanding the prohibition OF
child labor; recommending the election OF
labor representatives to the legislature; de
manding the licensing of street-car drivers
and that no license be issued to aliens.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13
xvhat - Said at Washington,

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 13.-The horrible
story published in The New York Times, that
the survivors Of the Greedy party, crazed by
starvation and cold, fed on the dead bodies OF
their comrades, and that written documents
in the possession of the navy department sub
stantiate the terrible narrative, created a
great sensation here, and Admiral Nichols,
acting secretary of the navy, was shortly
besieged by newspaper men anxious to ascer-
tain something official concerning the publi-
cation. The admiral said positively there
was nothing in the navy department CON
firming the story, and he doubted its truth.
1t is possible, however, a report of this nature
NAV have gone direct to Secretary Chandler
in New Hampshire, as numerous docu-
ments are forwarded to him with
out examination. Some persons ex-
press the opinion quietly that there's some
thing in the story, and say it is beginning to
be known that the Greely party were not SC
harmonious as has been generally supposed,
and that there is a story connected with the
expadition which it was intended to conceal
hut il must now come out in the same way
the history of the Jeannette's unfortunate
cruise came to the knowledge of the public
Gen. Haaen said to reporter: There are
Ger. sin facts connected with this matter that
am not at liberty to mention. 1t is very
probable though / do not say SO officially
that they will be made the subject of con
gressional investigation next winter" Gen
Hazen was asked what truth there was in the
statement that young Henry had been shot
for stealing rations and his body afterward
devoured That is one point on which
must refuse to be interviewed, ne replied,
with great dignity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13
IS IT TRUE OR FALSE?
A sensat:onal stony of Cannibalism
" Greely's Party.
The New YORK Times Makes II Public
ard Starts the Reporters 20 Work.
Positive zbenIaI OF Its Truth by Two
OF sac Men Who Helped Disinter
Tie Victims Hazen and
Nichols interviewed.

New HoRK, Aug. l3.-The Times pub
lishes a sensational story to the effect that
the survivors Of the Greely expedition were
kept alive by feeding on the flesh of their
dead comrades. 1t is stated i'll the article
that when the rescuing party took hold of one
of the SURVIVORS to lift him into the stretcher
upon which he was to be carried to the
launch, he shrieked out i'll agony of fear, I'M
plorng them not to "let them shoot ME as
they did poor Henry, and asking, Must
be killed and eaten, too."
The story goes ON to say that the survivors,
made mad almost by hunger during the
winter OF 1884, literally stripped the flesh off
the bodies Of the dead and left but piles of
bones. which were all that was found of the
bodies when the graves were opened, the
only means Of Identification being the names
of the men ON their blankets, in which the
bones had been piled and SO buried.
Reference is made in corroboration of the
story to Commander Sehley's dispatch ask
ing authority to place the bodies in metallic
cases, it being suggested that this was done
to prevent any one from seeing them before
final burial 1t is also asserted that the
officers and crews of the relieving vessels
We're commanded to say nothing about the
matter
The case OF Henry, a German, was particu-
lariy tragic, so it is said He is reported as
having teen caught stealing more than his
share Of the rations, and shot for his crime
In tins case, says the story, his heart and
lungs, even, were devoured by the famishing
rripR
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13
"TOugh" and "Limpy."

Jimmy Tough is probably the most
widely known of the nswsboys. He is
about yard high, is extremely careless
about his personal appearance, has a
very, very roguish eye, and is a great
gambler, He crossed Fifth avenue yes
ierday to where "Limpy" Mcmahon
stood, in front of Tony Newell's, and
with blutfing swagger said:
Il ken beat you runnin' for nickel,
'Limpy.''
"Limpy," who travels with the aid of
crutch, meekly responded: "Umph!
Anybody kin do that"
''Well, if you want TO gamble, " said
"Toughy," "rll bet | kin sit on one O.
them cakes o ice longer'n you kin"
'Limpy' felt about in the uttermost
recesses of his pocket and gathered to-
gether five pennies, and, without saying
a word, handed them to one of several
bvstanders who had become interested.
''Toughy' followed this action, and
each er&vely sat down upon a cake of
ice which lay on the sidewalk.
The stakeholder took out his watch.
For five minutes they sat there, and then
"Toughy' began to squirm. He COM
planned that his pants were not what
they should be, and that he was there
fore at a disadvantage, At five minutes
and a half he could stand the chill nc
longer, and jumped up and ran across
the street, crying that the ice was burn
ing. ''Limpy" sat still thirty seconds
longer and captured the dime.-Rtts-
bayqh Dispatch.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13

AMSTERDAM, n. Y, Aug. ia thousand
people gathered to greet Gen. Logan as he
passed on his way to Herkimer. He was sa-
luted with canon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-13

VINCENNEs, Ind, Aug. l2-Joseph Wal
dron, an aged farmer, living near st. Fran,
cisco, Ills, died Monday evening from the
effects of a blow on the head received while
defending his melon patch Friday night A
party of young folks returning from dance
concluded to help themselves to Waldron's
melons He called on them to halt, at the
same time thrusting his gun through the
fence. A young man named Naples seized
the muzzle of the gun and tried 10 pull il
through the fence. Waldron fired, seriously
wounding Naples in the arm. The latter
held on and finally capturing the gun be beat
the old man down. Naples has not been ar
rested.
George Mann, aged Is, was shot in Cad
wallader's melon patch, near this town, Mon
day afternoon by William Fields, farm
hand The boys wounds are considered
dangerous