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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-07
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY DECEMBER

pos,ts leaves q. 201 IA so still unnaid. Past ex-
petIencs mas SHOWN that quite q large p1re OF rms
sIn WI not be Gated for There areassets SIN on
manu- ampuniing to the estimated sum OF $lV.uVI
ss ~ lhs remaining thirty per cehI %
sue9 On these deposits as have claimants shoubi De
and fairness.
Ihe report Of the Commissioner, soon to be lad
pcuIe Nonvfess VIII give more satisfactory EQUALS
on this subject
THE FEDERAL DISTRICT
The control OF the affairs of the District Of Colum-
bia having been placed in the hands OF purely ex-
cent We ofcers. while the Congress still retains all
legislative authority relating to Its government, 1t
becomes my duty to make known the m 'st pressing
Grafton
he laws of the District apnear to be in an uncer-
tam anu unsatisfactory condition, and their codifl-
carton or revision IS much needed.
DulnH tne past year of the bridges leodlng
from tue District to tine State of Virginia became
nnnt 10, nse and travel upon IT, was forbidden:
ms ieads me TO suggest that the Improvement OF
branches, from the city of Washington. is worthy
the attention OF Congress-
a. ne commissioners of the District represent that
tne laws governing the sale of liquor and granting
licenses therefor should I've at amended and
thar legislation is needed to consolidate define and
enlarge the scope and powers of charitable and
penai institutions within The District.
, suggest that the Commissioners be clothed with
tne power 10 make. within fixed limitations, 'llce
4 otlleVe Jnis power grdntcu anu
fnlly guarded wouli tend to subserye the good
order OF the municipality.
III seems that trouble still exists growing out of
the occupation OF the streets and avenues by GER
tam railroads having their ternlni IN The city. IT
Is very Important that such laws should be enacted
upon nus subject a. will secure to she railroads an
Ine idciiiles tney require tor the TRANSACTION Oh
their business, and at the time protect ciii-
zems from injury TO their persons 81. property.
me commissioners again complain that the ac-
Communications afforded them for the necessary offices
Tor DIS met business aud for the safe keenin1 OF
TanaDie books and papers, entirely insufficient
recommend that this dItiOn of affairs be
remedied by the Congress, aud that suitable quar-
ters be furnished for the needs of the District gov
eminent.
La conclusion, earnestly invoke such wise
ACTON on the part of the peoples legislators as viii
subserve the public good and demonstrate during
the remaining days Of the Congress as az present
organized its ability and inclination TO so meet the
peoples needs that 1T shall be gratefully remem-
bered By an expectant constituency.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Washington, Dec. g. 1886.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-07
THE TREASURY REPORT.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES RECOMMENDATIONS


FREE COINAGE OF SILVER oPPosED-REDUcTION OF
TAXATION URGED-FRE SUGAR AND TOBACCO
OPPOSED.
The report of the Secretary of the Treasury Is
printed in full below with the exception that the
summaries Of such Bureau reports as have already
been covered IN The TRIBUNE are omitted from the
appendix A large part of the report is devoted to
the SILVER question. Mr.. Manning thinks the time
for rther conferences and diplomatic correspond
ence has not arrived. He opposes the tree
coinage of silver and declares that I" TO stop
the purchase of SILVER only choice, dnty.
and our interest" He recommends a reduc-
ton of taxation Immediately to an an
nual revenue sufficient to pay the an
nual expenditures, including the sinking
fund and excluding the silver purchase. He says
that no man now living will ever see " Free
Trade" adopted by the United States, and
declares that protectOnists have done service
to humanity by insisting the fact that we pay
20 labor the higehst wages in the world" but adds
that the advantage We possess IN the
most efficient and highly paid labor
in the world Is nullifed by the self
imposed disadvantage of tapf-taxed raw ma
terial" He Is opposed to a removal Of the taxes ON
tobacco and sugar, but favors the removal of the
duty on raw wool. 1t lie proper TO state that the
ross-headlngs OF the report were inserted by the
Secretary himself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-07

t. C0nci silver a fun lc.al ten! Ter
g. Nints open TO the public for the fec coinage
Of silver and goli.
6. Rated equivalence Of both metals 10 such coin
age fixed by states powerful enough 10 make and
keep 1t prevalent.
condi ions. 1t Is obvious. operate every where
tie inclusion Of the unconed metals as potential
NOM with the coIned metals actual money
cnlargng the great measure. They render moro
increment from the mlnes or in the petuer decrcmcnt
from abrason, loss or non monetary uses, They
enable To map past errors with precision, ami
to ,cst the pohey VI steps by any ration toward
restoration Of tho monetary orier.
Thee Joint conditions the security that
changes price, should be due for every commodity
SPECIAL anu natural causes and not q monetary
cause, ami should be due change In tho whole
monetary measure or unit ot measure. but In svey
to the varying cost Of production ss mans In
Ions and Industries more easily subduci the mat
ter aud the forces Of nature, 10 ether such secular
and intrinsic circumstances Of auctuauon.
obviously these CONDITIONS would have been vio-
lated by s.opton Of tho PROPOSAL OF Chcvaller and
Golden Had the right OF free noGet1aton been
Withdrawn from the owners and miners Of gold q u
has been recently Withdrawn frun the owners AID
miners OF silver by nations previously aivng ~
ignt TO both IL must be believed that the purrsastns
over Of gold compared to that OF silver wouh have
been similarity diminished, and that. Instead II Q
silver question, gold question would be per
pleAing legislatures AMI statesmen. In either event,
hero could bat be q world wide monetary diSlratoa
causing ever ailng prices and long depression %
trade.
there lolnt conditions of the existence a. Of tho
storaton the nrtary oldcr exhibit IN bsittAnl
Ugh. the main features Of our monetary hsSorys
And tie debates which have r&es aronnt Sdemone>
taaton' anu the Of 1873 AID iS7e.
UNITED STATES. MONETARY uisroRY ACTS %
Ie73 AND 1873 81 K~ AND IkEs LEvANi.
The act of 1879. we are told "dcmenetixoip IL
,ta ndad silver dollar; the act Of 1878, told
remon<tized IT, and that, we told, is the who,s
OF the natter.
In TACT tnose two acts sre 50 nearly sentlcai thaH
q common authorship might be suspected. The tats
odd which apporons blessing aud our.,ng inversslv
10 both.
The act OF 1873 has been denounced and pr~is,a
for demoncti,ins silver, which IL did not do u
reind 10 silver coin from circuIsiion II causei NO
coin 10 be od a. bullion. IL Withdrew tho FUN issnI-
tender .aaLty r5n no silver coined IL lsl hinlo
moneIaion 70 Irasuy PURPOSES for fractional es.sn
Tho act of ls7s has been praised and deaouncss
for teDionetiyns silver which Il dill not do. It dIa
INIT nonetIsatnn TO Treasury purchases for nsn.
hac;lonal coin. ~ ~ ,,-,,sf<- I
Tho act Of lo73 tooh surs way TO krsp - 49,
fractional silver eoin at bonse- - t,tr =
lbs sct Of le7s took q sssre war ~ hssb ~ 80
non, fIar Lonal silver evin 1t hSnle.
me two acts ars also anks 10 missing IL psia1
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16
Curing Hams,

The following is the famous recipe uset by
Mrs Henry Clay for curing hams, several
hogsheads of which We're annually sent to
Bottom. where, under the name of Ashland
hams" they couman led he highest price,
especially among the wealthy Wings OF that
city For every ten hams Of mo lerate SIZE
she took three and one-hat rounds OF fine
salt, one pound of sal petre and two pounds
of brown sugar, and after mixing them
thoroughly togetler rubbed the hams there
with on each side They were then packed
in tight box aud placed in cool clubhouse
for about three weeks when the hams we're
taken out and put III Il picking tub or hogs
head and covered with brine strong enough
to swim an egg. Alter remaining in the
pickle for about three weeks they were taken
out, thoroughly rubbed with fresh salt, and
hung up in "a well-ventilated house for few
days 10 dry. after which they were trans
ferred 10 the smoke mouse, where they were
hung up and smoked with green hickory or
walnut wood until they had acquired the
color of brig ht mahogany, when each ham
was sewed up in canvas the coverings white
washed and hung up to drv, after which
they were whitewashed again and packed
away in hogshcads with hickory ashes until
wanted tltuSl lOT USE OF seNuluE
Boston.
The Germantown Telegraph has also Il
famous recipe for curing bacon, beef or NUT
ton, which 1t publishes annually for the
benefit of its readers, and it i us follows
To one gallon of water add one and one-half
pounds of salt, one-half pound OF sugar,
one fourth ounce of snl,petre and one
third pound OF pc, increasing the rates
to any quantity desired-ani boil these
together until all the impurities have riser
to the top aud been ;immcd OIL Pour tho
same into Il tub, and when cod pour 1t over
the III at, covering the meat completely
with the mixture, taking care not 10 thus
put down the meat for at least two days
after killing Some omit boiling the pickle,
and find it 10 answer equally rs well, al
though it must b. admitted that the Uoiling
puriiies the pickle by tn owing off any i'm
purities that may be- contained in both the
salt AMI sugar 1t is said that if this recipe
is strictly followed il only re lures a trial to
convince any one of its superiority over the
common method Of putting down, and the
meat Will be found unsurpassed for sweet
ness and delictcy of flavor. The potash, un-
less of the purest kind, may be omitted.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

Vegetables, of all farm pro luce, hold their
prices best this year in the New York mar
kets
For six weeks of November and December
81, 2US barrel, of apples have been shipped
from Boston to England.
We have wept and praved and begged aud
protested, done everything but indulge IN
profanity, yet the internal Bohemian oats
swim lie is still gathering in its victims
Corn co.'s dipped in coal tar and placed
among squa h vines havs again proved un-
quesuonably beneficial in preventing any in
jury from the squash vine borer tmelittia
cucurOltRl.
A able of one of the street railway com
panies in New York holds :. 40 horses. Each
horse receives about eight pounds Of hay a
day, which Is chopped up fine 10y cutters run
by al eighty-horse power engine.
In Iowa they are experimenting with
peaches ON northern China The plucky
persistence of the great northwest in pursuit
O. fruit viii certainly have its reward. Moth
ing like II WIS e, er known before,
The Cd laborious method Of planting
celery in trenches is now altogether dis
carded 1t is set simply at the surface OF
the ground, The White Plume Is self
hlanching variety, and does not ueed ever
banking up
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

1t is lust n, important for the ia, mer to do
likeG Sc l. uecpm,S pecii " vi al since
the condition o u ces,tu. farming b.
come NOR d fficul every year January
Is the dul no t. OF he ye'r Go bick now
over rr wo TOR 1885. Toxic every crop,
field 10y he4l Gu, NJ how mnch.it cost
you and wha5 Won OF for j. II you have
not clea a ir rer CEN. on IL, hen some
thing is wrong Pc h it wa low Ices
receiv d for it re, haps you paid out too
much money q ra.s II. perhaps the crop
was so poor. owing TO lack OF manur'ng or
other bal Gu ivution, ,hai IL did not yield
we'll Whatever the C uses, remedy 1t an
her year Do the "A ne TO" jou' live stock
Count u tov mucl 1t cost to raise thas
steer yol sod i'm December Did the price
you got for him ,e'urn fair business per
cent. on his cost Run through the some for
sheen, pigs horses cow mules AMI chickens
How mu,h richer o. roo'er are you han
you ',rre last yeart Ii pore. how much
Of 1t Is due to your own carelessness or bad
management
Cast up C cunts in his way. and you
will know exactly whe o you sta I'd So,
another yatr YOU viii b. able to a. old the
ms axes IN ie in 1885 Don't III Is take 40
count of stock one January bee III this
reminds quo and hen drop it DO the
same every wear rs loly as you I've. So
shall on nroS' er.
Mkt him. keep Journal We know OF
fami = whe The wife or daughters make
the rntries the Journal day by day. and
at the EN- of tn y az the ook is rs enter
ming a move % read back over Set
down regularly the DAYS on which YOU
began pown & such te! |, when you soil a
load Of lay contracted for your tobacco
CROW. NJ Ike a note when the new ca YES,
colts or ,1mbs may oe looked Tor. IL one OF
tie ani nal is AIKEN sici set down its diI-
edse, il symptoms, AMI how you doctored
it. If you h ar any farm or housekeeping
hints that wi ne useful write them n your
journal Note the date when you plant each
k ind Of seed and When it cones up. Make
regular weather record too. 1t will be OF
use to you No farmer on our list is with
out good Thermometer, we hope 1t can be
put to variety of pu poas
In brief, make a record Of all important
events on the flrm and in the hrusehol |.
Be plrt cul r as 10 da,e s Be busine slike
and systematic in all you do Don't be a
slouch
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16
Pastures.

We have been pasturing lind q number OF
years and we fin we cannot have per
petual "a ture any more than we can have
perlp tual mott IN Pas ,ure as well as ali
other vegetation must rest at least four
months IN the year, an | more If We put on
more han one COW TO an acre and a half. IL
we let our pasture Ike eaten shoro it will die
when hot weal her and drouth set in. If
sheep are on such pasture they will paw
the roots Of he gra-s ont of the ground to
satisfy hun yer, and cattle and sheep will get
res less and make paths through he pas
ture. Wien it rains. hard the water will run
down he p tbs AMI make washes and 1t
takes some work and years of time to get
such pasture i'll good cond ton again. And
another consider tion is IN pasturing this
way we don have any fat beef cIttls or
any fat sheep for sal, and we don't have
much milk e Their. SucI stock is more apt
to take dlsea es han fat ones And ano her
thing is o be remembered: Cattle don't do
any good in the same pa ture with sheep.
| The grass where sheep run is very diStaste
full to cattle 1t ruins ground TO let cattle
tramn over it much in the wint II, when the
ground is oft 1t viii not pl oduce well
again for some years. We take our cattle
off the pasture in the fall in time for the
gra,s to grow lit before the winter sets
in, so there will be an aftermath to pro
tect the young grass. In early spring don't
turn III cattle on until the grass gets good
start, Then you will have a COOL pasture
all summer. Mus j. w. A.
New RICHMOND. O.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

The Country Gentleman says: Different
kinds of protection may be employed, vary
ing with he severity of the water and
with the hardness of the varieties When
the winters are not very severe, merely
prostratng the canes ON the ground and
holding them with bricks or sticks of wood
placed upon Them, may be sufficient; for
colder winters, covering with evergreen
branches will suffice, making this covering
hight or heavy, according to the degree OF
expected cold. A still more secure pro
lection is covering Of few inches OF
earth. In order to enable the canes to lie
fat, cut off | he side branches within an inch
or two of the canes along on each side OF the
row, or on the two sides OF the bushes. bend
them over at right angles with the row,
after the tops of the canes have been cut on.
Before laying down loosen the earth with a
fork about the roots, cutting off such roots
as may he in the way, SO that in prostrating
them the roots and not the canes shall be
bent or broken If covered with ear b re-
place the canes next spring in an erect posi-
ton as soon as the wea her will admit"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

american Cultivatorl
Eut-bearing trees can be made to live as
easily as the apple or peach.
axe butternut, black walnut, chestnut
and shagbark hickory; plant in the fan, in
nursery rows Let them grow one year. or
rather when one year old take sharp
butchers knife or bread knife, go through
the rows and cut off all the tap roots They
will then Gil up with tibrou, roots. Or wait
until two years old and then cut Off the tap
roots. letting them grow until three or four
year Old; then plant in orch trd rows. Under
such treatment there is no more trouble in
making them live than there is with apple
trees
A few years since | planted out thirty
Ave chestnus, four wears old, not one of
which died. / have fifty-ive back wanuts,
mostly bearing, which have been set out
twelve years The pu.- hearing trees taken
from the forest are difficult to make live. |
have selected n large number of trees in
years gone by, dug down and cut their tap
roots, letting them stand one year and then
removing them to the orchard | had no
trouble in making these live.
To propagate the shagbark hickory is the
most ltlicult task | have had. The tap root
should be cut the first year, and it should he
set in orchard rows at two years old, or in
no ca later than three years old. Those
who are willing to follow these instructions
will have no trouble to raise nut bearing
trees
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

Rural New Yorker.l

The oleomlrgarine men have become 20
bold that they even dare TO enter a dairy
convention and argue in favor of their stuff
IT, is time now To strike decisive blow.
This is "A question for farmers to settle No
one will fight their battles for them Let
strong an vigorous petitions commanding
represen atives t. work for n law that shall
protect pure but er be circulated in every
farming community Let every grange,
every farmers club, every man who owns n
COW, see to it that these petition, are signed
Congress will never dare Ia refuse the
petit ons of 7O00,O00 farmers. law
can be formulated that will protect the
dliryman. Bring millions of voters against
he greasy dollars of oleOmargarine. A
ma iority of members of our national con-
gress are elected from districts where
farmers have n majority Two. thirds Of
our state leg slatures are controlled by the
votes of farmers They have chance 10
perform practical work in politics VIII
hey improve it,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

No farmer who is of any acco unit il idle
any part of the year nowadays, either win
ter or summer. But the labor in the cold
months is not SO severe and he will have
considerable time nigh and Sundays"
If he is us wise as we think he is he will
have ONE good reading to fiji up this spare
time and keep his boys and girls terested
at home,
The largest and best variety of good read
ing can be secured 10y several neighbors club
bing together. One may subscribe for one
magazine or paper, another for another.
They may be read turn about, passing from
one to another till they have gone among all
Club rates for several publications together
may be secured advantageously for just this
purpose The selections are of;en already
made up.
First Of all it should b. every mans duty
and pleasure to subscribe for his home paper.
The home Tarer should likewise DO of such
character that it will be a profit to him to
subscribe for il, But after that there is still
a large field to choose from, aud II should be
worked He should have good sprinklng
of publications pertaining TO his business
Really int Iii ,cnt farm families read more
than city prorl, do.
Excellent .rm books can be secured in
the same way, 10y each man or woman sub
scribng small sum. Tho books would then
be joint property and make foundation OF
an excellent u"ighborhoo1 library. Ten to
s2j will buy an excellent collection We
have given a list of few of the most valu.
able agricultural publications We shall
add to it for tho benefit of neighborhood
libraries hereafter
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16

A berry which, it ia believed, will be an
improvement on the Wilson is shown above
II, too. fruits early 1t is thought thai 1t
will prove harder than its namesake and
ancestor In IA year or two more it's merits
will be fully sett ed. 1t is nlsome fruit.
The cultivation of b.ackherrles is much
Ike that of raspberries. II you want large
sweet, tender ones you must make the soil
mellow and rich. Set the plants two feet
apart, row, five feet distant ( .om ca h other.
They may lie pu into the grounl either fail
or spriug. II Y u plan them in the ia |,
protect them WI h a slight covering. They
will not bear TIL the second season but with
good care they will produce a large crop
then Stake the vines strongly up
One po mt must not he neglected. After
the canes are done b ar ng cut tn IN all out,
The blackberry starts new fru ting sprou &
every year, then bear ony once, and die
down TO the root When they are cut off
the new shoots will start M tremendously.
When these II turn are four to five feet
high, pinch the tops of. This will send
out great clusters OF bushy side shoots
Pinch the tols off these, TOO, when they are
a foot long Thus YOUR vines will Tear inn
meusely. and the tips viii not grow out Of
reach OF easy hand picking.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16
BLACK CHAMPION CURRANr.

The mos popular variety of this fruit is
she black Naples. The Rural New orker
farmer has, however been experimenting
with variety, the Black Champion, which
is very promising. We illustrate it here
with:
The nueky taste of this fruit disappears
when it is cooked. 1t is excellent for jams,
jelies, pies and buildings. end for canning
1t is also good sugared down and dried. In
this state it is first-class for fruit and raisin
cake
The black currant wants very rich soil
Set the bushes five feet apart, in rows six
feet aptr Cut the old wood out from year
TO year so that the growth will not be too
thioket-ike. Pinch the heads pack i'll the
summer il they are disposed to grow 90
long The black currant is not SO good as
the huckleberry, which it somewhat resem-
bles Still, i, gives variety
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-01-16
FARM zGARDE0
Bhackberriea.

It Is much more sensible to cut down every
wild blackberry vine ON your place and cul-
tivate this fruit in the farm garden, just Is
you do Strawberries and raspberries. To
succeed the latter the blackberry is wanted
whether for home use or profit The cult
waited fruit Is much more delicious and
prolific than the wild one When the native
blackberry patch" is cut down, too, 1t
ceases to invite those male and female
tramps of civilization who think the earth
and the fulness thereof was made for them
without work. These days they are a great
nuisance and even danger TO the farmer.
Lead them not into temptation any more
than you can help.
There is another advantage, too The cul
tivated blackberry comprises varieties that
ripen from early to late, from the middle OF
July to the last Of September. BY planting
a succession you can have this delicious and
healthful fruit fresh from the vines during
more than two months
III you want them only for your own
family fifteen or twenty plants will be quite
enough-a dozen will do for small family.
II convenient to market however, black
berries will prove one of those handy second
ary crops TO which particularly applies the
old Scotch saying: MANY mick.e makes
a muckle"