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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

As an article in preparing food, DR..
Prices Cream Baking Powder is whole
some, as the ingredients that enter into its
composition are free from an substances
that would Iendor them detrimental to the
health. In these respects it stands alone.
The public should obtain articles that are
good and heAlthful ss DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
Tnh.ecn Rnrned.

SroUGHToS, WIS, January 20. The
large tobacco warehouse OF Stratton x
Storm, of New York, located in this place,
was destroyed by FIRE this morning. The
principal loss was on the stock stored in the
building, and it is thought it will reach
ST5 mn a.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
WASHINGTON.
Mr.. Mccormick Confirmed to Be
Collector
FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA.
An Unusual Amount Of Ne~sy Matter from
the RatiOn's Capital
City.
.REsoIclNe OWES EyAaTs.
Speeisl 20 Ae RegisIer.

WASHINGTON, January 2O.-S. T. McCor-
mick was confirmed without opposition as
Internal Revenue Collector for West Vir-
rinia in executive session of the Senate
to-day.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

TAE Atlanta Constitution thinks the Ten
s,ee method of dealing with MOrmonisn
to'd be introduced into Georgia without
laq. and says that the apostles, though
eng clear of Tennessee, are working like
ersrs in Georgia.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

soNAS with sac, 600, 600 in her purse,
lbs Mrs. GREEN, Of Vermont, ought to
< a very genteel sealskin saeque this
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

SmKRAL Western railways which have
|seioiore carried elergymeu, regularly set.
a over congregations in towns on their
,ea for half fare, have put up the rate this
,a4 40 two thirds fare.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

ID people Of GlsnwOOd Springs, Col,
hot seen the sun for 9 month. 1t has
tainiDg constantly, and the mud in
reets Is a foot deep.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
ItI.Now senator. flect Evarts.

ALBANY, N. Y, January 20.-Wm. N.
Eyarts was to-day elected United States
Senator for the term Of six years from March
4, 1885, in place Of Mr.. Lapham, whose
term expires. All the Republicans voted
for Evarts and the Democrats for Edward
Cooper
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

y Weekly yREeIsrER is ready this MORN
Ior mailing. 1t contains a complete
'bsis ofthe Legislative proceedings from
Initial day, including the Governors
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
Ielnnd.

SAcRANExro, GALA, January z0.-Ex-
Governor Leland Stamford was nomina-
ted for United States Senator BY the joint
Republican Senatorial caucus tonight, re-
ceiyyino 40 of the so votes cast on the sec
ond hallfA
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
BEFORE BREAKFAST.

kSAroR LoBBAS thinks there ought to
sOther asylum built. How viii this
M ht suit Weston?
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
DessIafien In Jsyn.

In some paris Of the country the earth.
ouskes have left not tree sanding; and
the soil 10 wilderness, looking Ike the bot
tom OF dried-up sea In fact the region =
in ss bad way - the worn-out stomsch q
an old dyspeptic. Earthquakes cannot bs
prevented, but dyrpepia can snd tae
timely use Of Browns Iron Biitsu uih de
Il. 1his bes. Of family medicines CO -
bought Of any dfuegist q 8 dollar ? bof!1e
Don LEI your stomach becous desosAtaoa
fpr the lack of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
wFEEIING w. va WEDNESDAY, MORNINGS JANUARY 2l. 1856.

business, to anticipate the payment fany
If the said notes, they are to have the au.
thority to 50 direct.
Respectfully.
OLIVER 4 RoBEkTs Wire Co.. LIMITED.
oliver Roberts wire Company, Limited.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

INSTEAD Is waiting anxiOusly for Bresi'
|.elect CLEVELAND to talk politics; but
srEAD will undoubtedly be very angry
d the Presidentelect begins to act
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

e,DD morning, Collector McCORMcKl
hat the Senate has unanimously con-
a your appointment, when are you COM
,|own 10 Wheeling2
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

Mn. r. B. AskEw, late Assistant Postnas-
ter at Baltimore, said some time ago: "Hsv-
ing had occasion 10 Try ID. Bulls Cosgh
Syrup, unhesitatingly pronoupcs II the bsst
remedy have ever used. A small bottle
relieved me Of severe cold"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
A successful Call,

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, January 20.-Wil-
kinson Call was to-day elected United
States Senator.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
Southern XII.

RALEIGH, January 2O.-Z. B. Vance was
reelected United States Senator to-day. re-
ceiving l2S votes. Tyre, the Republican
nominee, received Is votes. Vance ad-
dressed the Legislature to night. Reid was
elected to the vacancy in the Fifth Congress
sional district without opposition.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

For scrofuls, syphilttic disorders. thin
and watery blood, sluggish liver Indicated
by poor digesionl weak kidneys indicated
by urinary sedimentsl diseased mucous
membrane (indicAted BY both nasal and
ur,uarv -ssarrh, inhamed eYelids, etc. }. use
DR.. Guysotts Yellow Dock and Ssrsparilla-
Il gradually rebuilds 3 broken down con,
stitution and restores robust health ana
strength to every pArs No other remedy
equals + s
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
A yictim Of the ViGiiantes.

TYLER, Tex, January 2O.--A band of
masked men, Sunday night, at the village
of Lindale, took Daniel Sutton, from ne
Oroe's house and lynehed him.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

The dispatch from Vienna foreshadoWlng
the purpose Of Germany, Austria. Russia,
and probably other European nations, to
form compact to exclude American bread
stuff from their markets provoked consider
able talk amongst Congressmen to-day, The
tariff reformers say it is thing they have
been looking for for some years past, and
saws 1t viii settle the tariff question IN this
country.
Queer Grounds for n Contest.
T. G. Chambliss, who ran on the Demo
cratic ticket in the Fourth Virginia district
after the death Of Reeves. the regular nomi-
nee. has fled notice Of contest against
Brady, the mernbsrelect. The grcEnds tor
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
SOMETHING ABOUT PENSIONS.

BY reference 10 the last report Of Colonel
Dudley. late Commissioner Of Pensions, we
find that since 1861 there has been disbursed
by the Pension Bureau the sum Of $6oo,-
900. 900 and oyer Ito be exact, $6IS, S,346..
834), an amount equal TO oue-quarter OF
the war debt of the United States at its
greatest expansion. Deducting from this
sum the liberal discount Of $2S, S,000,0 600 rs
pensions paid to the survivors ofthe war OF
i8l2, the Mexican war and the various ln-
dian wars, leaves the net sum OF $3.50, ,0O0,-
600 already paid out to the soldiers OF the
late civil war or their widows or legal rep
resentatIyes.
il might be supposed that in. the adjudi-
cation Of pension claims involving the dis
bursement of this vast sum Of public money
there would be employed officials Of integ.
rity. Of legal education or military expert
ence, and, considering the exigencies OF the
case of industry and fidelity alike 10 the
Government and the bene6ciaries under the
pension laws. The direct reverse of oil
this has been the almost unsroken rule OF
the Pension Bureau for the past twenty
years, through all grades, from the head Of
the department. 10 INC io"cst Obfciot iu -
For integrity, we have had brazenfaced dis.
honesty and corruption; for knowledge OF
law, an utter incapacity TO comprehend the
simplest principles Of law and
an entire lack Of ordinary
common sense; for military experiences,
such as, indeed, might be picked up in .
suffers tent, or among the bummers and
camp followers Of great armies while for
industry and fidelity we have had lazipess
(dolce far niente), q shiftlessness and disre.
gard for duty such as would have insured
the discharge and ruined the reputation Of
the lowest grade clerk in any Of our busi
ness Offices or counting rooms. An expe-
riepce Of over thirty years with this depart
ment has given me the right to criticise,
and makes political duty 70 expose its
inefficiencies, malfeasances and corruptions;
and must say that among all the dsburs-
ing agencies Of the general government this
one Is by far the most offensive in its meth
DDS and the most inaccurate IN its results.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

Is your system running down? Ia there
a feeling Of decrepiiude taking possession
of youf Are the functions Of your diges
tive and urinary organs impairedf Is pour
blood bad2 Do sores and pimples trouble
you2 Do you suffer from aches and psiosf
Are YOU weak, and does the east excrtion
give you fatiguef Bewarel Regain per
feet health BY using Dr. Guysotfs Yellow
Dock and Sarsaperilla-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21

A humane blacksmith in Nevada has
built a cart with the axles bent % that the
horse is directly under il, sheltered from san
and wind. The driver sits In front, and
other passengers sidevise on seats running
Ienethrise over the horses back. There i,
Of course. steerage apparatus, and a!so an
arrangement with vide band under the
horse, 90 that in going dosn hil that AM
NAL can be lifed bodily OF his ieet and
riyen rest, while the whole outfit coast. .
And the lifting machine comes into use i
the horse tries to run away. Is turn Of The
crank leaves him working bis legs in the All
IN no purpose whatever.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-21
Oliver Bros. & Phillips.

tl,SSo,5jo W
To Ihis as lien against firm property,
should he added the balance OF unpaid
purchase money mortgage, on the
Tenth street mill property, given W.
J. Lewis by II. W., Jr., ID. B. and J, 10000 ~
is, A-'bVVV w
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Potatoes Running Out.

The Rural Home says of the Early
Rose potato:
cit is only since it has been given
common field culture that it has run
out The fact seems to be that all
very early potatoes require heavy
manuring. The soil cannot be made
too rich for them. Maturing their crop
in a short time. the plants cannot wait
the slow elaboration of their food from
planted at time when soluble plant
food has been washed out of the soil by
winter rains and SHOWS. 1t is for this
reason that some advise planting early
potatoes late where the ground is poor
and not MANFRED. But it is better to
plant early and manure heavily. With
this treatment the crop should be gath
cred and marketed early, before wet
weather comes to cause rot. Potatoes
grown on soil freshly MANFRED are not
good keepers"
There is too much theory and too
little reference to known facts in the
above statements. In the first place,
the Early Rose has not run out, and
certainly not by common field cul-
ture." The Early Rose is still the
leading potato in the Boston market
and nowhere has it more extended
g common field culture " than in
Northern New York and Vermont,
Aroostook county, Maine, and the
maritime British provinces of New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince
Edward Island. The Aroostook and
provincial Rose potatoes are usually
quoted from three to five cents per
bushel higher than any other in Boston,
and common field culture" exactly
describes the way they are grown. On
the more worn lands of Southern New
England and other states there is some
difficulty in getting full crops, but it is
the land and not the potato that is " run
out" And on that very same land
there is much more difficulty in grow
ing the late than the early varieties,
which again traverses the theory of the
writer in the Rural Home. BY careful
and intelligent culture and the use of
Northern grown seed, however, large
and regular crops of good Rose potatoes
are still grown in the very neighbor-
hoods where poor farmers declare them
to be "run out"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

elsewhere. 1t is the science of agricul-
ture that should engage the attention
of students-a knowledge of the chem
ical, botanical, mathematical and phys
biological principles which underlie the
art of the cultivation of the soil, or the
breeding of animals, and the knowledge
of which alone makes possible any in
telligent practical progress.-Nep Eng
land Farmer.
Agassiz, greatest of teachers, taught
science by having his students work
over the fishes or animals he wished to
have them know. In France and Ger
many, countries where the best farm
practice in the world prevails, in their
agricultural schools they teach the best
methods of farm practice. Then why
not in America, where the farm prac-
tice gives the lowest average product of
any civilized country. Friend Cheever,
you are wrong, fatally wrong. No
science can be taught-even the sci
ence of blowing, draining, cultivating
or churning-without the practice un-
der the eye of competent MASTER
| orr Country Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

"perennial mixers (which perhaps,
too, it is not desirable that they should
be. The Jerseys average well, but
they have their share of scrubs, which
the popularity of the breed has given a
market for, and it is nonsense to sup
pose that they do not need careful
selection and vigorous wedding, if they
are to maintain their character and
value. We believe they can do this,
and more, in the hands of good farmers.
And the same can be done with Jersey
grades bred from the best of our New
England native cows. From these,
indeed, we look for the future dairy
COW, perhaps never perfect, yet much
better adapted to our wants than the
imported stock and thoroughbred ma
tives of that island breed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Fertilizer Materials In England.

The August issue of the Montreal
Journal Of agriculture says: "Here
is luxury for the British farmerl Sui
plate of ammonia, containing twenty
one and one-half per cent of nitrogen,
is only fetching e12 sterling ton,
equal to S54 per two thousand pounds
Nitrogen at thirteen cents pound, Ell!
Here it is gravely put down in the ar
twenty-five cents" The Journal adds:
"Superphosphate, containing twenty
six to twenty-eight per cent of soluble
phosphate, is selling at Liverpool and
London for 60 lis ton-about eleven
dollars per two thousand pounds! max
ing soluble phosphoric acid worth lit
tie more than four cents pound. Now,
then, if we take fair manure contain
ing seven per cent nitrogen and thir-
teen per cent of soluble phosphoric acid
at the above prices, we find that nearly
seven acres can be MANFRED with one
ton of it at cost of S3.7S per acre"
The fact is that the extensive discov-
cry of mineral phosphates, the great in
crease of nitrogenous material in the
form of fish refuse, dried blood and
meal, linseed, cotton-seed and castor oil
cake, crude saltpeter, and the great out
put of sulphate of ammonia obtained in
the distillation of coal for the produc-
ton of Illuminating gas, together with
the inexhaustible supply of potash from
the German mines, has at last resulted
in full if not an overproduction of
fertilizer materials, and considerable
reduction in their cost to the manufac-
turers of fertilizers. As yet this has so
far resulted in little if any decline in
the rates for manufactured fertilizers
in America. In England agriculture
is an organized interest, guided and
sustained by the landlords, who con-
stitute the bulk of both houses of par
lament. In America, on the contrary,
it has no organization, no political
power, no influence in the administra-
ton of the government, and little of
that knowledge and cooperation essen
tial to its life and prosperity as lead
ing national interest. Is it ever likely
! to have them?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
The "HOmestead" ON Loring.

The Hon. George B. Loring an
nOunced recently that he had Gre
sumed the pitch-fork. He evidently
intends also to secure a money crop
outside the limits of fertile Essex,
Judging from the circulars sent to Of
ficers of agricultural societies, in which
the genial doctor offers to make en-
gagements to address agricultural fairs
at S75 apiece and expenses. 1t is by
this means that the so-called president
of the New England Agricultural So
ciety (who himself framed clause of
its constitution so that he could 4" hold
over" in that Office indefinitely, and
thus avoid the humiliation of being de-
posed in fair election) will endeavor
to keep himself before the public while
" waiting for something to turn up"
The ruse is worthy of the gentleman's
assurance. Farmers, however, do not
take kindly to the itinerant speech
makers. These peddlers of agricul-
tural lore, if not incompetent, have
some AK to grind that is sufficiently
prominent to disgust their hearers.
The /" bee in the bonnet" in this case
is big political Z" l." 1t will be some
time, however, before Mr.. Loring can
fulfill his lifelong ambition to run for
governor of Massachusetts. Perhaps
he would make good enough governor,
if he got sufficient votes. But sham
and pretense in any form are worthy
only of contempt. That is why we re-
fer to the latest attempt of this willy
self-seeker to blind farmers to his use
of them as a stepping-stone to political
preferment. Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Jerseys as Mixers.

A correspondent of the Rural Neac
Yorker says
"There is family of Jerseys on
Kirby homestead that never go dry.
One of them gave third of pail of
milk up to the day of calving; yet the
calf was strong and active, and the cow
did well. We generally stop milking
them few days before the time of
calving, but in this case this precaution
was overlooked. Other Jersey cows in
this section do not become dry, and are
MIXED up to within very short time
of calving. This continuous milking
makes the Jerseys handy and valuable
for the family. Most cows 90 dry from
three to four months. 1t is not extra
food which stimulates our Jerseys to
hold on milking, as they are not fed
extra; but it is their nature, and this
characteristic descends from generation
to generation"
There is a little too much assump-
ton in this reasoning from Colonel
Curtis single herd of selected Jerseys
to the whole breed. We believe that
the Jersey is to be an important factor
in forming the future dairy COW OF
New England; but we also know, as all
who have handled them know, that the
Jerseys have their OUTS" and that by
! no means the majority of them are
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Separation of Cream.

Professor Brown of the Canadian Ag-
ricultural College, as the result of care
full experimenting with various breeds
in raising cream by setting and by the
centrifugal process, gives some curious
facts in relation TO percentages of some
well-known breeds, but especially valu-
able in the fact that the average pro-
duct is nearly twice by the centrifugal
process as by setting and skimming.
While the table given will fully explain
itself, it seems unfortunate that British
breeds of cows should have been used.
To have been complete, Holstein-
Tristan and the Swiss cattle should have
been included. What seems especially
noticeable in these experiments is the
poverty of the Jerseys and Guernseys,
both under skimming and the centrifu-
gal action, and the remarkable differ
ence in Ayrshire results by the several
processes. The table is as follows:
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Home Grown Insect Powder.

Pyrethrom RoSeuNn, the insect powder
plant, is as easy to grow and as hardy
as the white daisy. A Maine correspond
ent of the Mirror and Farmer has
grown it since 1882. He says the
plants have lived through three winters
and are harder than sage. They may
be rapidly multiplied by dividing the
roots" He adds that "Pyrethrum
powder is the stuff for sheep-ticks. Two
applications to the lambs, just after
shearing the sheep, will clean them up.
Apply it chiefly about their necks and
breasts, with about one week between
applications. 1t may be added, also,
that this powder is the best thing to
kill the cabbage worm. The flowers
are plucked just as they begin to open
dried thoroughly in the shade, and may
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

A NEW branch of investigation has
been arranged by the commissioner of
agriculture, relating to " Economic Or
anthology" and DR.. G. Hart Merriam,
well-known ornithologist, and secre-
tary of the American Ornithologists
Union, has been appointed as special
agent to take charge of the work. The
scope of the investigation will cover the
entire field of inter-relation of birds
and agriculture, particularly from the
entomologist's standpoint. The inquiry
will relate, primarily, to the food habits
of birds, but will include also the col
lection of data bearing on the migration
and geographical distribution of North
American species In this last inquiry
the department hopes to have the CO.
operation of the American Ornitholo-
gists' Union, DR.. Merriam being at the
head of the Unions committee on the
migration of birds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

THE Chicago Times says: "The
churches are the last respectable organ
izations to hold on to gambling as a
means of making money. AT one time
cities, states, colleges and benevolent
societies had lottery-drawing at least
once every year. In almost every por-
ton of this and other countries they
abandoned this practice many years ago.
The churches, however, still encourage
that form of lottery known as the sa-
cred rattle" The Times seems to have
forgotten all about the agricultural
horse-trot, which is soon to be in full
blast all over the country. In our
opinion, to be an officer of an alleged
agricultural society which patronizes
and encourages horse-racing is to place
ones self on the moral level of rum
seller. We believe this, and, believing
it, we deem it our duty to say so. Re-
garding the churches, it may be as the
Times charges in the West and South,
but that vice is pretty well eradicated
in New England. Would that horse
gambling might speedily follow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

RECENT scientific investigations
show that the richer the wood is in
phosphoric acid and potassium the more
likely it is to rot and mould; wood cut
in the spring contains eight times as
much of the former and five times as
much of the latter as when cut in the
winter" So says an exchange. The
statement of the first clause is probably
true, but we should like more definite
reference to the authority for that in
the last. The difference given is TOO
enormous to be readily credited. A
large amount of potash and phosphoric
acid is carried up through the wood and
deposited in the leaves of our forest
trees during the growing season, so
that they become much richer in
these substances at the end of that
season than the wood itself. But it
hardly seems probable that at any time
there should be so great an excess in
the wood. If any one can give the
names of the investigators who have
arrived at this conclusion, the value OF
the statement can be more readily
gagged.