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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25

THE Illinois Legislature have not
been able to elect q United States
Senator n place Of Senator Logan
whose term Of Office expired with the
last Congress. It stood politically
IO2 to log. but BY The death demo-
crat, the republicans have high hopes
of re-eleeting Senator Logan. The
democrats, however. refuse to go into
an election, and as il seqnires lOS to
make . quorum. the question Is still
ID doubt.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25
The prnnIng Knlie 4 WORK.

Among the useless timber found in
the Postofice department Nj. John
b. Askew of Baltimore has been
dropped, and in the Department OF
Justice Mr.. j. Monroe HeiskiI, also
of Baltimore. The next move in the
latter department will be the dismis-
sal of good many assistants to
United States district attorneys in
various parts of the country. Let
the good work go on.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25

The Feast Of the Annunciation Of
the Blessed Virgin Mary was duly
observed here today ID St. Mary 's
Catholic Church with great soIemni-
~. The day was aIs0 observed ID the
Episcopal Church. The lessons
taught today will be the duty Of
mothers to bold up to their daughters
as an example. the Holy Virgins pur-
lty and sanctity.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25
r. d. WOODWARD, g. J
A. RIDER,
CHAS. H. RUSSELL.
Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That
IN the subscriber has obtained from the
Orphans Court CT Anne Arundel County,
in Maryland, Letters Of Administration
on the personal estate of
GEORGE PULLMAN,
late Of Anne Arundel county, deceased; all
persons haying claims againft the sasd de-
ceased, are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof, legally
authenticated, to the subscriber, on or
Before the 25th day July, 1885.
They may 'herwise, by law, be excluded
from all b snefit of the said estate. All
persons Indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this Goth day of
January, 1885.
EMMA A. PULLMAN,
jan22 Administrators, Annapolis, Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25
Schooner Ashore.

Two watermen who came up the
bay Monday report an unknown
schooner, painted black, ashore on
Bodkin bar, at the mouth Of the Pa
tapsco. A signal of distress was
hoisted. The vessel was near an
iceberg, which appeared to be about
25 feet high.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25
Sudden Death.

The wife Of Walter johnson. color
ed, il returning from the steamboat
landing ct Galesville, West river.
Saturday, was taken snddenly i'll and
died within an hour IS stated ID yes
terday's CAPITAL DR.. William @.
Claytor. who vas summoned. said
death resulted from heart trouble.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25

Two 6ve-inch and one six-inch steel
rifle breech loading guns will shortly
De shipped from the Ordnance De-
partment, at the navy-yard Washing
ton, to the Annapolis proving ground
for testing.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25

A postmaster at West Chester, Pa,
recently committed suicide by drown
ing. He had not long been in Office.
and became greatly worried over the
intricate duties Of bis new Office.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25

La the extra session Of the United
States Senate yesterday, Senators
voorhees, and SpoOner were appoint.
ed members of the board Of visitors to
the Naval Academy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-03-25

Private Marine Robertson, who
was detailed as one Of the guards for
the Y y. ). Pensacola was rejected
On account Of being under height, and
discharged from the service.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-01
An Intelligent Rooster.

Middlctown Press.
f. Burhans is the owner uG rooster
which has increased i'm value since % lit-
tie incident occurred few evenings
ago. The family noticed the rooster at
their back door making a peculiar sound
and appearing excited, but paid no at
tention to it. When they looked up the
bird would run to the hen house, and,
seeing no one following, would return to
the back door, still acting in Il strange
manner. This was was repeated several
times, when Mr.. Burhans went out ln
see what was the cause of the di~tur-
hance. The rooster led the way TO the
coop, where he found the hens all sitting
on the ground, and the pole down on
which they should roost. As soon as
he put it mp again the rooster spraug On
the perch and glecfully called the others
who soon followed. And then they set
tied down for the night.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-01
BRIEF MENTION.

A wealthy Washington lawyer recent
ly pnt a magnificent new house with
the stable in the cellar.
No fewer than 1j7 professors at Ger
man universities are between the ages Of
seventy and ninety, of whom the greater
part still lecture BanlSe, at ninety, is
the oldest
The Hungarian colony in New York
city number about "a, persons. They
are said to be quiet, peaceabIe people,
mostly engaged in cigar making, in the
fur business. or in peddIing small wares.
A man who had a conversation with
Senator Sherman on Saturday evening
says that, while he did not go so far as
to commit himself unequiyOcally, the
inference was irresistible that he expect
ell to be the republican candidate for
president in 1888. He docs not attach
much importance to the so-caIIed Logan
boom
The Prime Warden Of the FIshuong-
ers' Company, London, toId the Society
of Arts, in recent address, that the
daily supply received at Bnlingsgate, the
great London fish market. amounted to
500 tons. a ton of fish is equal to the
wrighCof twenty-righa average sheep,
50 that 500 tons equals Il consumption
of $4,000.
A comparison Of the aces mt death Of
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-01
FERRY BOAT.

Leaves lucas dock every thirty minutes
for groves on opposite side of river. Trips
made quickly and safely.
J. Z. LUCAS,
Foot of Water Street, near
H.. t. & K. W. K. X. Depot.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-01
Chance for Honorable Business

Count" gt3,. J@.'4" maud for r"to." county
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-01

a. = Use~d >sso5a steamers
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-01

United States Land Otljcc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
Rug-M aking.

Cut into pieces six-square, four inche
in diameter. Any dark, thick cloth will
do for the foundation. Then two sizes
cut round of brighter coors, the gayes
for the top and smallest, the two to BID
button-holed stitched to the pieces six
square. Have white thread, No. 20
very coarse, deep stitches, say one.
fourth inch apart; then sew the bot
tom pieces nicely together with good
seams, beginning with one for the cent
ter, adding six, then twelve, and so onI
until large enough-and you have very|
handsome and snowy mat, much pret-|
tier than the old way of hemming them|
down to cloth foundation. If you'll
have lots of small pieces of cloth that
you are at loss to know just what
to do with, the following may aid
you: Take the smallest bits of cloth
left after cutting out clothes, or pre-
pairing the materials for rag carpets.
Pieces over an inch square are too
large, so it can easily be seen that this
way of making rugs will use up the
pieces otherwise of no account, except
for the rag-bag. These little bits must
be strung on a stout cord, the edges
being raveled out, so as to present a
soft, fluffy appearance, and wound and
sewed like the braids in braided mat.
1t will be difficult to distinguish it from
chenille work. In regard to coors, you
must consult your own taste. The
style called hit-or-miss, in which you
use all colors indiscriminately, as they
are most convenient, has often very
good effect, if plenty of bright colors
are used; in any other case, it is apt to
have dingy look. Decided contrasts
or shades of the same color are better
in mats of this kind. Old ladies, who
like easy fancy work, can make pretty
rugs by knitting strips of calico of solid
colors into blocks or stripes and joining
them together. 1t is not always easy
TO obtain silk or wooden rags of suffi-
cient quantity in bright colors, and the
cotton is very good substitute, though
of course it does not hold the color as
well. Cut the strips about three
fourths of an inch wide, straight or
bias, as you choose. Bias strips knit
prettier, but the straight ones are firm
est. Use needles not larger than a
lead pencil. Knit with a plain stitch
into blocks or stri pes, large or small, as
suit your fancy, using as many colors
as you can. Line with bagging or old
carpeting .-Erchdnge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23

cool--that is, the windows are kept
closed during the day and open during
the night. We are never troubled with
apples sweating" under this treat
ment. The sweating" in our opin-
ion, is just like the sweating of pitcher
of ice-water in the summer-that is, it
is the setting of moisture out of warm
atmosphere upon a cold surface. A
cellar properly managed will not afford
the conditions for this, and conse-
quently it will not occur, either with
apples or potatoes.
2. The change produced by frost on
succulent vegetable matter is primarily
a physical one, and only secondarily
chemical. The freezing of the water
in the green cells ruptures them, and
their contents escape into the inter-
cellular spaces. AS the cellular fluids
contain fermentable matter (sugar,
starch, etc.), as soon as they are eX-
posed to the air they ferment, and thus
become changed into substances of less
nutrimental value, or of none at all.
The further the fermentation goes, the
greater the injury; therefore the
quicker the fermentation is checked by
drying, or ensilaging, the more is saved.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
Mr.. TOad---HiS Mark.

Henry Harlow, writing in the Home
stead, says: 81 have seen the excre-
ment of some creature in my potato
patch the present season composed
wholly of legs and wings of potato bugs.
They may be the product of some other
large bird, or even quadruped, but l
took them to be that of the crow. Cir
cumstantial evidence may not be sure
enough to warrant capital execution,
yet it ought to be good enough to delay
conviction and sentence of death on the
crow for the present.
We have waited few weeks to see
if some other correspondent would not
inform Mr.. Harlow that not Mr.. Grow,
but Mr.. Toad, is the farmers friend
in this case. All over the farm and
garden the quick-eyed and noticing !"
agriculturist will notice these droppings
of the toad, made up almost entirely of
the wing-cases and other hard parts of
coleopterous insects. The toad is the
great destroyer of this class of pests, as
well as of cut-worms, slugs, and, in
fact, every creeping or flying creature
not too big for him to swallow, or too
wary to be reached by his lasso-like
tongue. Mr.. Toad takes them all in
with grave and innocent air, his
great stomach growing bigger and big
ger, and his bright eyes meantime
winking with an air of humorous en-
joyment that is truly delightful to see.
Mr.. Toad is worth all the much over
praised race of birds put together as
devourer of insect pests on the farm.
And he never takes toll of any crop
that he saves. He is all profit, and the
farmer who does not encourage and
protect the toads has yet one main
point in farming to understand.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23

Mr.. Albaugh. 1t was, of course, nat
ural step, in using short roots, to utiliz-
ing the Seeding root by making as
many pieces of it as possible, having
due regard to the size of the cion, for
we have always been particular to select
cion and root of equal size, so as to get
a union on both sides. This is of far
more Importance than mere length of
roots, and it is from neglect of this
point chiefly that, as Mr.. Albaugh
says, /" only forty or fifty per cent of
the young trees live," and so many of
them " start, but make very slight
growth the first SUMNER" and never
become merchantable trees. We
should like to show Mr. Albaugh, or
any one who would favor us with a
visit, block of about eight hundred
three-years-old Wealthy trees now on
our place. There is hardly skip in
the rows, nearly every graft having
grown vigorously and equally, so that
now they all stand between five and six
feet high, well branched, and as elegant
lot of trees as ever grew.
This point of so selecting root and
cion as to have them make perfect
union on both sides seems to us to have
been very strangely neglected and over
looked. Crafts so made, when taken
up at the end of the first seasons growth,
can scarcely be distinguished from
seedlings, when the wrapping at the
point of union is removed, and dis
section hardly reveals it. In fact we
have asked old nurserymen to use their
knives and find the place, and have
seen them fail, partly, however, because
the strong roots thrown out from the
cion misled them as to where to look
for it. OF course there is no real union
of the old wood, and careful splitting
and the use of a magnifier will always
enable us to find the spot. Neverthe
less, the new tree shows in its future
growth no inferiority to the most thrifty
Seeding, and in suitable soil it will
make as good tap-root as a Seeding
has. Many old nurserymen are such
poor observers that they do not know
the fact that the cion determines the
growth of the root, and this ignorance
is the more singular inasmuch as not a
few varieties have such peculiar and
individual root growth that they can
almost be distinguished in the nursery
by that alone, some having strong de-
scending roots that seem bound to find
the center Of the earth, while other
kinds alongside will show few but lateral
roots, and this when both have been
grated on the same lot of Seeding
stocks
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
A Compliment and Two Questions.

Mr.. Editor Il have read your de-
partment of the WATCHMAN several
years with much interest, and, as l
have told you before, highly appre-
ciate your efforts to help us struggling
farmers in our business, to elevate the
profession of farming, and to also ele-
vate farmers and their families in the
scale of morality and well-being. One
of the most conspicuous points in your
good work is in exposing the many
humbugs and false statements and
theories that appear in so many of the
so-called agricultural papers-not only
in the advertisements, but too often in
the editorial columns. The poor fell
lows who edit them had better not
know so much than to know so many
things that are not so.
Will you please inform me, through
the WATERMAN, what time winter APP
pies should be picked? Another sub
ject l wish for some light upon is this:
What is the chemical change that takes
place in potatoes, green corn, pump
kins and other green forage crops by
being frozen, and to what extent are
such feeding materials injured by freez-
ing? FARMER JOE, Corinth, Vt.
REPLY BY AGRICULTURAL EDITOR.
1. Winter apples, according to our ex-
perience, should be gathered as soon as
the seeds are fully colored. They
should be picked when perfectly dry
on a cool day, handled as gently as
eggs, carefully assorted, and at once
placed in the barrels or bins. We are
not in favor of leaving the barrels
under the trees, or in shed, subject to
the great variations of temperature of
our fall season. AS soon as the barrels
are filled we put them in the cellar,
which is so ventilated as to keep them
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
COrn-Stalks with Two Ears.

We see that the intelligent and prac-
tical agricultural editor of the Brattle-
boro Picnic has the same idea that we
expressed in our last issue on this SUBJ
ject. He quotes the same paragraph
from the Cultirotor, and comments thus:
1t is a question whether there is any
advantage in growing two ears of corn
on stalk. Three good ears of the
varieties usually raised here will weigh
a pound. Three stalks to a hill, with
hills at the ordinary distance apart,
each stalk bearing one such ear, will
give more than sixty bushels of shelled
corn per acre. The average yield per
acre in the United States is less than
thirty bushels. In Vermont it is about
thirty-six bushels. Three good ears to
each hill will give more than twice as
much corn as the average yield per
acre in the United States. There is a
variety of corn that sometimes has as
many as six or seven ears on one stalk,
but the weight of corn which it yields,
we believe, is not equal to that of the
common kind. Four large ears to the
hill would give crop which is near the
full capacity of any soil for the produc-
ton of corn. The question is whether
the equivalent of the four large ears
would be best supported by multiplying
the number of ears on stalk.
Our brother editor, by figuring on
three stalks (each bearing one good ear)
to the hill, makes "more than sixty BUSH
els of shelled corn to the acre" We
figured on drill-planting, which has been
our practice for thirty years. This gives
enough more stalks to the acre to make
our calculation of one hundred bushels
to the acre agree very closely with his.
We have actually grown, here in Yer
mont, little over ninety bushels ofthor-
oughly dry shelled corn on measured
acre. This was the best we could do
after several years. trying to reach one
hundred bushels per acre. But we got
near enough to satisfy us that, all things
being just right, one hundred bushels
is not an impossible crop.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
Mixed Pickles, or Chow Chow.

Caulifower, two heads; celery, six
roots; cucumbers, two dozen, medium
size; string beans, small half-peck;
bell-peppers, six: onions, one quart;
small, green tomatoes, half-peck; vine
gar, two gallons; ground mustard, half
pound; mustard seed, four ounces;
tumeric, four ounces; allspice, pepper,
cloves, ground, one ounce each. Cut
the vegetables into small pieces and
sprinkle with salt. Let them stand
twenty-four hours and drain. Put the
vinegar and spices into a kettle and
heat them to the boiling point. Add
the vegetables and let them scald until
they become tender and yellow. This
is the rule as given to me. 1t makes a
large quantity; half of it would be
enough for most families. In buying
the spices, it is the easiest way to have
the dealer weigh ali out for you in one
package. The tumeric can be bought
at any drugstore. Now, for the benefit
of those who would like to try this, but
have neither country vegetable garden
nor city market to select from, to whom
caulifiowerand celery are possibilities,
let me say, if the rule is followed as
regards vinegar, spice and mode of
preparation, very appetizing pickle
can be concocted from more available
material. made kettleful in the dead
of winter of large onions cut in Fights,
ordinary cucumber pickles cut in
chunks and quantity of shaved cab
bage. Those who hadn't seen the
original pickle thought the imitation
beyond compare. Shaved cabbage is
at any time equal to cauliflower in taste,
but not in looks.-Correspondence Port
land Transcript.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
in Western New York, and is well
situated, as well as well qualified, to give
reliable opinion on the matter:

in Western New York, and is well
situated, as well as well qualified, to give
a reliable opinion on the matter:
The Vermont Wotchmon, so ably
edited agriculturally by our friend and
frequent contributor, DIR. Hoskins,
asks: " What favor is Alsike clover
finding among farmers? 1t has been
sown from time to time by some farm
ers, but, so far as we can Judge from
observation, is not now grown to any
considerable extent. Is this because It
does not prove, after trial, as profitable
as the Red clover, or is it because farm
ers are somewhat inclined to hold IA.
the old and let alone the new?" ~
We rise to answer. Alsike has been
grown as field crop in Western New
York probably longer than in any other
part of this country. 1t was many
years ago introduced into tract of
country which had once been a Soft
Maple and Black Ash swamp, the soil
being heavy clay, with an abundance of
muck mixed in. Here it has done re-
markably well, and many of the farm
ers have made fortunes in raising the
seed But neither in that section nor
in any otherpart of Western New York
is it now, nor has it ever been, con-
sidered paying, nor has it been a
popular crop, either for hay or pasture.
Its only merits are that it holds to the
land, and does not freeze out so read
lily as Red clover, being a creeper, like
White clover; and it will grow and
flourish in land entirely too wet for
either Red or White clover. But even
in its best condition it makes only a
light hay crop, and after it is cut it
makes no after-growth worth anything
for second cutting or for pasture. The
hay which it does make is of fair quail
ity, but possesses no virtues beyond
those of Red clover, which will pro-
duce nearly twice as much under the
same conditions. AS pasture plant
it has no particular merit, growing rery
slowly ftermid-summer and in drought
AS manurial plant it is not worthy of
being mentioned in the same list as
Red clover. We can only recommend
it to be used at the rate of one pound to
the acre with other seeds on heavy and d,
to fill in the bottom, something like
White clover. 1t is of no use what
ever on light sandy or gravelly land.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
The Home.


The old Athenians spent their money
freely to build temples and erect statues,
while their own homes were unattrac-
tive in appearance to the passer-by.
We are glad our people do not follow
their examples wholly. We Judge of
the people by their homes and not by
the public buildings, for the home is,
in great measure, the index of the
character of the home-dwellers. This
applies to the outside of the house as
well as the inside. The man or woman
who seeks to make the exterior of the
house attractive, as well as the interior,
is as much public benefactor as he
who builds costly temples, though he
may not be aware of it. nor have the
public good at heart, but only be graft
flying his own taste. However, the
man who cares the most for his own
home cares the most for the public good
usually. a well-kept house and yard
is an educator, however humble it may
be, and the man or woman who spends
money in decorating his home because
it is his home is not so selfish as he
might appear. Vick's Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-09-23
Badly Mistaken.

A public speaker, in a recent address
to a crowd of farmers, said You
know there are always men seeking to
get into certain positions they are
anxious to be elected to. You do not
want that class of men. You do not
want the men that come after you-you
want the men that you have to go af-
ter" Now, certainly, this man did not
understand his audience. Nobody who
knows American farmers well would,
even for a moment, imagine that they
want for public Office the men they
"have to go after" In all our long
experience we never knew single case
of farmers, as a body, seeking after a
suitable candidate to represent them
and their interests in any legislative,
executive or judicial position what
ever. On the contrary, the farmers are
the very men that vote for the politi-
clans who 60 after them "-who are,
and are thoroughly well known to be,
"men seeking to get into certain posi-
tons" "Do not want that class of
men," quotha? If there is anything
farmers do want, judging them act
lively or passively, it is the average
smart" politician. They just wor-
ship him. Who can tell us of a dis
tinctively farmers candidate, nom
mated and elected as such, in New Eng
land, in the last twenty years ? Don't
all sneak at once.