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, 1885-01-28

tence, We say by all means get rid o
our adtediluvian process and go in
for central factories, where with new
and approved appliances we may
even at the present prices Of Demera-
ra crystals hold our own against the
Bounty-fed sugars of all Europe.
ITO be contMued.)
, 1885-01-28

desire of certain parties in the States
10 admit the crops of Cuba and Porto
Rico free, and that such a wish when
backed even by local influence and
wealth has not yet been realized, is
it at all likely for the paltry conces.
sion Of a few thousandpounds on bread
stuffs and stores, articles without
which we cannot exist, and which
Brother Jonathan is quite far seeing
enough to know must IN fen gears
even IN the absence of any treaty be adj
mitted free into all these Islands, is it,
we ask, probable that he will SO readi-
ly lift half the duties from a "drug"
which is absolutely going about the
world begging for q market.-We
think not, aud on this hope we rely
for frustrating a scheme on which we
look with grave suspicion.
And are the advocates for these
treaties aware that it has always been
the policy of the Home Government
to remove the duties on Imported food
and that as our Governors have o
than once called the attention of the
Legislatures to this subject, Downing
Street can we'll afford nov to consent
good naturally to negociate u mea.
sure by which they know full we'll
that we shall be taking from our
pockets with the left hand everything
that we had put into them with the
rightS
Is it not also common sense to ar
que that if a heavy export tax were
placed upon our sugar, that the ptr-
chaser woul naturally pay the market
price minus the amount OF that i'm
post9 or are we to delude ourselves
with the belief that for the pleasure
Of buying Antigua parcels any one
would willingly pay a bonus Y-and
while we admit that the removal OF
duties off Breadstuffs, and stores APP
pears ut first sight somewhat to our
advantage, we question very much it
the local market will not be so manipu-
lated by the non-arrival of supplies
as quite to undo ven the approach to
a benefit.
We thus dismiss this much talked
of treaty with the United States, as
we cannot recognize in it any relief
whatever for our present wants; we
may however observe hat it savours
somewhat of inconsistency for our
Planters voluntarily to become the
paying parties to such a treaty, and
their action here forcibly reminds us
of the prudence displayed some years
ago when they assumed the repairs
of the roads at the moment they
were complaining tor want of labour-
and absolutely c%lamouring for expen-
sive immigration; they now want a
market for their produce, and with
out even the certainty Of command
ing the present prices are content
from their impoverished pockets to
pay a large amount tor the privilege
OF %contending in the American Mar
kets with the sugars of the whole
world.
Sugar like any other marketable
commodity is subject to the laws Of
supply and demand, and must aG-
, 1885-01-28

tails for immediate consumption may be
readily obtained from ordinary cane
juice, we really have no reason to
expect any very healthy or prolonged
existence for raw muscOvadO.
Then instead Of negotiating treaties
and trying to bolster up AN article
which Science has we'll nigh stran-
gled, let US at once determine what
course we shall pursue either to
keep together the system at our COM
mand or reform that system sufficient
lyto benefit our position in the future;
and TO this end it would appear
there are really only two intelligent
courses open to us-frst, without
lessening cultivation, to hold on as
we are ard with strict economy
reduce expenses in proportion TO the
value of our produce, and secondly to
look matters boldly in the face and
90 in heart and soul for Central
Factories, where science with open
arms stands ready to help US; in
adopting the former plan which will
after all be only dragging out a mere
existence, we shall have the satistac-
ton ofbeing considered prudent, ~
well as the questionable pleasure OF
witnessing the wretched output Of
u present plants for a few years
longer, whilst in adopting the latter
course we have every reason to be
sanguine of the result as the advan-
tages to be realized are unquestiOna-
bile.
Our canes on an average contain
at least 18lbs of crystalizable sugar
in one hundred pounds weight of
cane, but by the present process we
seldom or ever obtain more than six
and a half pounds in the shape of
sugar and moIaSsos and as last year
some OF the Factories in Martinique
realized "a little over twelve and Il
half; and as Ue knOw from actual ex-
pertinent that in many districts of
this Island the percentage would be
even as high as fourteen pounds, our
calculations, with good machinery and
suitable plants, could easily he based
upon a general return of ut least
thirteen pounds OF sugar from every
hundred pounds weight Of cane.
Ii we can then by approved appli-
anceS even bring up our yield fifty or
sixty per cent, and at the same time
manufacture an article that has NOT
only ruled for years nearly forty per
cent over our parcels. bet has on an
average in the past year been quoted
at double the value of the ordinary
muscovado, may we not after putting
down the cost of a small Factory
that will turn out say Two Thousand
tons per annum at Esq, 900 tramways
aud water supply included, calculate
pretty nearly with the interest of
loan at 4 per cent constituting a
charge of so many shillIngs per acre
on our land, and so much per ton on
the sugar made, what we should
have to pay for these advantages,
and what the profit would be over
out present system!
And rs it has been proved upon "a
comparison of the working of the
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04

colorado in the West, combined with
that of Rhode Island, Delaware, and
Florida in the East. No state east of
the Aileghenies or south of the Ohio
outranks it as . wheat-producing State,
and even Wisconsin holds lower
place.
The thirty-ninth anniversary of color
ed Odd-F Fellowship in Washington was
celebrated by that order on Monday
last. Twenty local lodges participated
in the parade. 1t had been arranged
that the procession should be reviewed
by the President as it passed the White
House. 1t appears that the President
had been consulted several days preyi-
Gus and had agreed to review the pa
rade. The promise, however, escaped
his memory, and reception to the
members of the Presbyterian Synod
was afterward set for the same hour,
and strangely enough the same hour
was set apart for the daily public recep-
ton. It can be readily imagined that
the result of this mistake was amusing.
The digni6ed clergymen had to wait in
the corridor while the public reception
went on, and the twenty lodges of Odd
Fellows waited in the grounds, the
bands playing, while the synod was
paving its resDects.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04
Aug. 8thell,
BREWER, MALTSTER &BOTTLER.
-.... 80. afz1Aar frn1 aHrafAf

Tlss brewery Ia one Of the largest. establishments
up with allthe modern improvements. Keg and
bottle beer furnished to any parr OF the city on
short aotice. My bottlebeer q especially adapted
sfos family use.
s. Countr1 brewers and others that buy malt will
ind Il to their interest to place their orders with
ne. All orders BY mail will receive my prompt At
GsDtion.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04
PARATIyE WORTH OF BAKING POWDERS

ROYAL absolutely Pe).
GRANTS oAum powdeD*.
RUMFORDS, when heah
HANFORDs when fesh.
REDHEADS.......
CHARM u1um POwde)*
AMAZON lAum Powder X
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PIONEER Francisco.
CZAR.........
DR. PRICES
SNOW FLAKE cGronD >.
LEWIS
Pearl. ANDREWS
HECKER'S ...-....
AN 1,!.!., SEQ: n Reg
BULK Powder LOOSE
RUMFORD'S, whennoneh
REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS
Asto Purity Baking
open 1ass Rste9sssa as
ana ''<' not g. shf1 fs or
Baking pure
n Ha aa Msa a. fs6 fs: Stevens y %
COMPOSED s ps: .s s.
S$
v No ed o ee ass s us s 5 boards an ii
BY Chemical
Of powder was taken the total eavening volume
Prof Schneider what Of the
Powder while cent, pound
tg single trial of Royal Baking
firlninded Of these facts
e t. powders no their strength
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04
Miss Il. Westphal.

Keeps on hand a large and well
assosted stock Of millinery, fancy
. goods and zephyr wool, opposite
1afhe Union Hotel, between second
Wind Third North streets.
NEW ULM, MINI.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

The farmer and fruit grower who has
cultivated habits Of observation, will soon
come 10 know those birds Of most value az
insect dostroyers. Wrens devour great num-
bers Of out-worms. The crow blackbi picks
up any larvm II may find in the furrow. So
would crows u allowed. They will neither
Of them pull corn II some Of the soaked grain
ia strewed over the planted field. The robin
s pest among small fruit when ripening,
but at all other seasons friend TO the fruit
grower, and at all times beneficial to the
farmer and gardener OF fruit-eaters robins,
thrushea, oatbirds bluejays, cherry birds,
orioles and others Of that class are well
known. They never injure the grain farm
or, and the horticultural only during the
fruit season. Bern owls are inveterate
mousers, and in summer time on night flying
moths and beetles. They are valuable in
destroying mature insects thus preventing
the laying Of their eggs. The hawks eat
MICE frogs, grasshoppers, snakes, lizards,
beetles, small birds and various vermin, &C.
oording 10 their species. The crow Ia an
omniverous feeder, but eats less corn than
any other food. The proportion Of hawks
that kill chickens are not more in number,
relatively, than are man eating tigers. The
food of blackbirds consists Of cut-worms
wire. worms and the larv@ Of butterflies. The
climbers include woodpeckers and ouokoos.
Ill hFo lhbeCt-bhNoEbs lno
sapsucker alone is destructive TO trees
The yellow billed cuokOo-oommon in the
Northwest-is especially destructive to the
American tent caterpillar. Wrens and blue
birds are exclusive insect eaters, the bluebird
taking canker-worms and codling moths. The
white breasted nuthatch'and American creep
or live exclusively on tree insects. The finch,
lark and plover tribes eat insect larv@. The
meadow lark seek underground larve. The
plover eats grasshoppers, beetles, gnats, cot.
All the warblers destroy great variety Of
small insects. The land game birds, although
classed a. gramnivorous, eat more largely Of
insects than other food. Birds OF doubtful
utiity-so cassed-to the horticultural, but
none injurious TO the farmer except the blue
jay, which destroys the nests of small birds
Of great utility, are Robin, oatbird, brown
thrush, red headed woodpeoker, Rhrike or
butcher bird, and the bluejsy. There are
really but two, the bluejay and the oriole
If we except the hawk and larger owls
of this class that are injurious to the farm
er. A decent man will not kill singing birds,
and game birds only in their season. Let
the boys Of the farm be instructed in the same
direction - Farmers ReUielo
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
Homo Rurreationn.

Chloride of lime should be used with care
A young lady recently put large quantity in
a clothes press where there was a musty
smell. The bad odor was entirely destroyed
by the chemical, but a silk dress, of pale
blue color, was bleached to dirty gray hue,
and rendered almost useless
Mould can be prevented from forming on
fruit jellies by pouring little melted paraf-
fine over the top. When cool it will harden
TO a solid cake which can be easily removed
when the jelly is used and saved to use over
again another year.
Oranges, lemons and similar acid fruits
should always be put mp in glass, as the acid
In them readily attacks tin plates.
For the relief OF intense itching the Lancet
recommends sponging the parts once or twice
day with pure rectifed spirits, containing
one per cent of carbolic acid.
In making pickles never use vessels OF
brass, copper or tin, as the action of the acid
on such metals often results in poisoning the
pickle. Either a porcelain or granite iron
kettle is the best for such purposes.
The grated rind and the juice of an orange
add much to the flavor of ginger cake.
The French method of administering castor
oil to children is to pour the oil into pan
over a moderate fire, break an egg into il and
stir up. When it is done flavor with little
salt or sugar or current jelly.
To swallow pill easily, place il under the
tongue, then take a mouthful of water OF
other liquid and swallow.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
Re.,er Than PAR. Green

Sharing your often expressed prejudice
against Paris green, writes correspondent
OF New York paper, l am tempted to ask,
why use poison at all against potato beetles
when ooal-tar Is safe. sure and cheaper II
put into the sprinkler It will clog the holes,
unless very large but this is not necessary,
for water turned on and of Immediately is
sufficiently strong. For garden or less than
an acre, where water Is plenty and close by,
put about one gallon OF tar into an old pail or
tub, which move along as you pass from one
row TO another, then have two other pals to
carry water with. To give the vine shake
as sprinkled is a help, for a bug on the un-
der side OF leaf would eat until II came 10
where the tar Was, but no further; nor will
they go back on vine after II is sprinkled.
This way requires little more water than
Parisgreen, but the tar costs next 10 nothing;
and as you can use the same again, few gal.
Ions will last q lifetime. Too free use of Paris
green always puts back the growth OF the po-
tAto, making the vines look as il burnt or
frost-bitteni but the tar, AZ with lime and
ashes, always causes a more vigorous growth
and gives the vines a good color.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07

In this section the hay crop is not espe-
ciAlly deficient, but in the country generally
It is doubtless below an average. The Pitts.
burg National Stookmsn and Farmer says
''Better hay was perhaps never stored in
this country than the mows will show al the
close of the harvest season, but in quantity
it is in many places wofully below the needs
of consumption, while the general average is
unusually light. Following a year in which
the hay crop was below the average, the
short yield of 1885 il most unfortunate. II
harvest reports are correct, the crops will be
wholly inadequate TO meet the re quirementsof
q stock raising people. The result is a phe-
nomenally high hay market for this time of
the year, with all kinds of probabilities as to
high prices in the twelve months succeeding.
1.-THE only remedy for the difficulty is TO
save the corn fodder, straw, etc. in the best
possible condition, and to largely increase
the use of forage crops. This is clearly feas-
ible, and should receive attention everywhere.
The general promise of the corn crop is
good, and should expectations be fully real
lied this will in some measure atone for the
certain shortage of hay. But this will not
obviate the fact that there is pressing need
for more general introduction of fall sub
stitutes for hay. This il the remedy for the
trouble now staring 30 many farmers in the
face. Will they apply il ?"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Laundry Lessons.

Before beginning to wash all the bed linon
and underoothing should be placed by them
selves, the table linen and tea towels put In
another pile, the hannels treated similarly,
while colored clothes should be laid aside 10
wash last. Stains of all kinds on clothes
should be washed out before they are laid
aside for the regular wash. Spots on table
linen usually yield readily to soap and warm
water wine stains should be covered with
salt, wet, and riused out fruit stains may be
removed by pouring boiling water over them
before they are wet coal oil and common
baking soda mixed in equal parts will have
the same effect To remove ink stains dip
the part in hot tallow, or wash in new milk.
II clothes are iron nodded, use oxalic acid,
which will also remove mildew. Paint can
be washed from any article by rubbing with
lard and then washing.
As to the time clothes should be boiled a
great difference Of opinion exists. Some very
excellent authorities on the subject condemn
the practice, and advise scading instead II
boiled, IL should only be for ten or fifteen
minutes, as long boiling is sure to discolor
clothes after they are scalded or boiled, add
blue water and wash clean through the suds,
then rinse through plenty Of clear cold water,
before taking through the process OF bluing,
then wiring AZ dry IA possible and this is one
Of the most important operations Of the work
az clothes with the water left in them will be
streaked and yellow. There are now no many
excellent wringers that every family should
be supplied with one but il the clothes are
wrung by hand, they should be gathered in
a twist evenly, and then wrung with gentle
squeezing motion until the water is all ex-
tracted. Az soon IA wrung, all garments
should DO shaken from their fold and hung
out 10 dry
Colored prints and muslins require very
careful washing in two soapy waters (no soap
being rubbed on them, and rinsing in clear
cold water. In washing colored articles there
are a great number of ways by which the col
or may be preserved in such az are liable to
fade. For buiTs, grays, or any other delicate
colors, a tablespoonful Of black pepper to a
bucket Of water will set the color. II boiled
10 vinegar, black cotton goods will never lose
their freshness. Ok gall is also excellent to
preserve oolors, and is particularly useful in
washing delicate tinted stockings. All color
ed goods shonld be hung in the shade TO dry.
Merino, wooden, and silk underolothes and
stockings are very easily spoiled in washing.
None but the best soap should be used, and it
should be dissolved in hot water. Do not rub
the wooden clothes, but cleanse them by
drawing them through the hands in and out
Of the suds. Rubbing shrinks and injurea
them. When clean, wiring from the suds
and rinse in warm, soapy, blue water, stretch
into shape and hang out immediately. Wool
en- and silk goods should never be washed
on a stormy or cloudy day.-MrS. Eliza r.
Parker in Good Housekeeping.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
How 60 Apply Hot water. 80 XIII the
Cabbage Worm.

How 60 Apply Hot Water.tO XIII the
Cabbage Worm.
The temperature at which hot water may
be safely applied to csbbages for killing the
worms is said TO be about 140o Fahrenheit.
writer in the annual report of the depart
mont of agriculture for 1884, Miss Mary f.
Murtfeldt, OF Kirkwood, Mo-, who appears
to be a practical chronological, says that the
remedy used for the cabbage worm with en-
tire success was hot water. This was taken
from the ERE at the boiling point but by the
time it had been poured into the watering
can and carried 70 the garden the tempera-
ture was 80 reduced that il did not 10 the
least injure the plants, while it killed every
worm that 1t touched. Prof. Riley says :
Every worm visible upon the csbbages may
be killed by the use of water at the tempera-
ture of 1902. The water may be boiling hot
when put in the watering can, but it will not
be too hot when it reaches the cabbage
leaves The thick, heshy nature of the leaves
enables them to stand considerable heat with
very little injury. The sacrifice of few
heads will soon teach an experimenter how
far no can go with the hot water. 1t can be
sprinkled over the plants with fine rose
watering can or poured ON with the sprinkler
removed. II 1t is very hot It will color some
of the leaves, but even where the cabbage Is
considerably scorched it will recover and re-
new growth from the heart"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
HAWLEY
NOW OFFERS

The above mentioned lots are
better quality than anything we
have ever before sold nj same
prices. They are lot which l
closed out in New York this week
at less than usual price.
also closed out at large sac
riflce from cost a jObber's stock of
Ladies' Fancy Neckwear, which
propose to let out quick.
Ecru Egyptian Lace Edges and
all-Over Embroidered Net---SOme-
thing new which is having a large
sale in all the fashionable New
York retail stores.
Cream cOlOred CaShmereS, Alba
trOSS and Tennis Flannel are i'm
especial demand, and in fine quail
ity are scarce. | picked up few
pieces of each which il will he diff
tlcult to duplicate.
l bought case Of fine Cling
hams from the great bingham sale
which | shall sell nj
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-08-07
Advice 60 MOthera.

Are You disturbed at night and broken Of your rest
by sick child suffering and crying with pain OF cut
ting teeth II so, send at once and get bottle of
ing. Its value ia incalcula6e II will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately. Depend upon Il, moth
ersi there Ia mistake about It. II cures dyAentery
and diarrhma regulates the stomach and bowels Gu
wind collie, sotens the gums, reduces the inhamma-
ton, and gives tone and energy to the whole system
Mrs; Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teeth
ing is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription OF
one of the oldest and best female nurses and physi
clans In the United States, and is for sale by all drug
gists throughout the world. Price, 20 cts. bottle