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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-03-15
A MARVELLOUS CORN CONTEST.
How From 100 to 256 Bushels OF Shelled
Corn Were Grown ON One Acre.

AAoV HHOh1 AOV W SOO DuoueIb Oh Sn0lleu
Corn We're Grown ON One Acre.
The possibilities of corn culture are truly
remarkable, II ono may judge from the re-
suits In the competition last year for the lib
eral prizes offered by the american Agri-
cutturist, New York. The facts are given
In the March number of that magazine, and
show the average yield on As farms in all
parts of the country, to have been lO4 BUSH
els OF shelled corn per acre. When kiln
dried until 1t would shrink no more, this
average product shrunk to 80 bushels,
which contained 81 bushels Of actual dry
matter, with no water whatever in it. The
largest crop was 255 bushels Of shelled corn,
which shrunk to 239 bushels when kiln.
dried. 1t was grown in Marlborough
county, South Carolina, and is the greatest
yield Of corn ever raised In the world. The
full details Of Its culture are given In the
American AgricuttMrist for March, prov
Ing Its accurancy and absolute truthful
meas beyond question. The variety was
Southern white gourd (dent), improved
by 70 years selection until 1t had from 20
to 30 rows. The kernels were very large
many nearly half an inch long-and the
growth 30 tremendous that 1t was neces-
sary to build fence each side of the rows
to hold them up. An extraordinary amount
Of manure and fertilizer was used, but 1t is
claimed that the crop paid, IL due allow
ance is made for improvement Of the soil.
Indeed, the acre on which this big crop
was grown was part Of tract which, only
few years ago, was known as Starvation's
Empire! This crop captur red the American
AgricMiturist prize Of $500, and similar
prize offered by the State Of South Carolina,
or u 900 In all.
Seventeen crops were grown In the East
ern states, and yielded an average of los
bushels of shelled corn per acre, against lO4
bushels a. the average of Western crops,
and lO8 bushels as the average of the same
number Of Southern crops. Chemical
analyses Of many Of these crops are given,
for which 1t appears that the Southern
white corn Is Of rs mach, ifnot more, value
than Western or Eastern corn. Indeed, the
feeding value (based on the cost Of food
elements In meal and feed, at the prices
paid by Connecticut farmers) of Southern
corn Is estimated at 81 cents per bushel,
Eastern corn the same, aud Western 79
cents.
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A GENCY FOR CALLAHAN & cos CE-
"A ment to take the place Of Red Lead In
bulk II makes five times the quantity of red
lead and IL far superior In making steam Joints.
packing man and hand hole plates on boilers,
&c., &c, Price 20 cents per pound, at JOHN
BEsSTs. SS3 East Fulton street, m7-tfd
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INOR HORIZONTAL STATIONARY EN-.
II gines, nom To 10 horsepower, and Verti-
cal Engines from 2 to 40 horsepower, You will
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Valves, Radiator Valves, Pratts Swinging
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TNOR BOILERS, HORIZONTAL, TABULAR,
Il Vertical, Portable, Cylinder, Marine, OF
any size or power, OF the best material and
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w HHNpEvELopEp PARTS

w UNDEvELOPED PARTS
Of the Human Body Enlarged, Developed,
Strengthened, ETC., Is an interesting advertise.
ment long run In our paper. In reply to In
quirtes we will say that there In no evidence OF
humbug about this. On the contrary, the ad-
vertisers are very highly indorsed. Interested
persons may get sealed circulars giving all par
uculars, by writing to the ERIE MEDICAL
60, Swan st., Buffalo, N. Y.-Daily Toledo
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NOR BOLTS, LAG SCREWS, SET SCREWS,
II Square and Hexagon Nuts these goods hi
stock, at JOHN BESTS, 33s East Fulton street.
m7-tfd
IF IN WANT OF BRASS OR IRON STOP
II Cocks, Asbestos Packed Cocks Pet anC Bib
Cocks, Lever Cocks, Swing Joints, call and get
them, or send your order by mail, TO JOHN
BEST, SS East Fulton street. m7-tfd
OALIFoRNIA.
~ Special Parties. Semi-monthly. Tourist
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MARBLE &GRANITEWORKS
25 SOUTH QUEEN STREET.

Constantly on hand Slate Burial Cases of the
various Sizes In them we offer the several ad-
vantages OF economy OF room and perfect dry
ness. They are made thoroughly water tight.
marl-lmdM, Was
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comrade, Frederick Villiers, win illustrate
them.
FALLING IN LOVE WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON
MORE EXACT BRANCHES OF SCIENCE, by
Grant Allen. d. Appleton 4 Co., New
York. Mr.. Allen tells us he likes both hi
science and his champagne as dry as he
can get them, but he must ack now ledge
the champagne must sparkle to be good,
ana so we think his essays may we'll be
compared to the prince OF wines, and the
dryness OF the wine Is no harder for the
novice to detect than Is the dryness of those
admirable specimens of his genius BY the
way, II he is result OF his own recipe for
genius, at least In this case the one out of
the five hundred did not "de young Of
scarlet fever, or miss fire through some
tiny defect of internal brain structure"
His powers ofobservation are wonderful.
There is considerable interval, as he saws,
between primitive man and Bennozzo
Goggoli, but we are certain nothing took
place In the nature of primitive man, nor
In the art OF the savages' descendants until
they reach the capacity for creating a
Noah's vineyard; we repest, nothing took
place in the interval which would have
been too small to have escaped Mr.. Aliens
eye II 1t happened to he the subject In
hand.
The FIRST essay, Falling In Love-" is q
bright little thing 30 sugar-coated as to
make 1t almost impossible, for the people
who Mr.. Allen tells us in the preface COM
plain that science Is dry, to detect the
slightest taste Of dryness. He treats Sir
George Campbel's and DIR. Johnson's
views on matrimony with the contempt
they deserve, and speaks of these two
eminent personages with q delicate sar-
casm which is very enjoyable. Mr.. Allen
tells us that he does not approve OF novels,
but we question II he means this in
the strict sense Of the word |; at least
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

was found about completed, and was viewed with
admiration.l While in Red Bank they were
treated to the novelty Of a thunder storm.
Over 900 excursionists from Philadelphia, Pa.
Salem and other New Jersey towns visited Wild
Wood Beach, near Cape May, on the Isl.
Grand Master Charles H. Mann, of the Ma
sonic Fraternity of New Jersey. is seriously i'll
with "la grippe
In one orchard on a hillside near Hack ensack
there are twenty pear trees in full bloom. and
in many flower gardens hardy plants that had
their tops frozen by early cold weather have
sent up leaves nearly a foot long.
At the spring election in bloomfield the issue
will be the question Of bon ding the township
majority of the taxpayers are thought to be in
favor OF the bonding.
The fight over the Burlington postmastership
has assumed such proportions that nothing else
Of q public nature is talked about. Congress
man Buchanan is championing the claims of ex.
Sheriff Hays for the position, while ex-senator
sewell demands the appointment of Samuel
Phillips. While the popular feeling is largely
in favor of Hays, it is believed that the ex-Sena
tors candidate will win. Judge Buchanan,
however, is making a determined fight for Hays.
and says that he will not again surrender his
congressional prerogative to Sewell as he did
the Deacon appointment.
Mayor Haynes, of Newark, failed to sign the
ordinance passed at the last meeting of the Coun-
ell increasing his own salary. 1t did not, how
ever, fail to become a law. The Mayor quietly
pigeon holed it for ten days, and then it be-
emma a avv u,;tho,.t l;s e;o,a+,,o
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
PERSONAL AND NOTABLE.

Secretary of State Kelsey has appointed MIR,
Alexander H.. Hickey, Assistant Secretary Of
State, to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton. of Mr.. Joseph d. Hall, Mr.. Hall has been
in this Office over thirty years. The appoint
ment Of MI. Hickey is a good one aad viii give
general satisfaction.
Sarah Holcomoe, of Mount Pleasant, last
week spent her one hundredth Christmas day at
her home in a quiet way, receiving some sub
stantial tokens OF regard. Her general health
is good.
ctata rrsasnrar royav ,rho his ,aaa varv N
with remittent fever, is somewhat better. but is
very weak His physician thinks he Is on a fair
road to recovery.
co,sn., ra n;s, + pschts, nas .oron,atsd tho
nonsrnnr,s rhsmn,orsbin BADGE ana tba Cover.
nor,s Nsarlys,aan hsdga Also "a gold and ..
s,,vsr crossss Of honor Tnav are az . very
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
BALLOT REroRMERs MEET.
President Mccain Wants to Go and Mr..
Moiey Is willing He should.

President McCann Want to Go and Mr..
Moiey Is willing He should.
1t was nine O'Clock last night when
President John Mccain called the meet
ing of the ballot reformcrs to order.
There were just eleven persons present.:
Judge William P. Douglas, President
Mccain, j. r. McGregor, r. Campbell,
Il. Nobis, p. Merquelin, j. w. Jakeway,
"A. p. Brown, j. Moley, Jr., and L. HALO
a and myself.
The secretary reported that there was a
cash balance of 20 cents on hand, and
officers was in order. Some one asked to
have it put off. and Acting-President
Mccain said that he objected, because he
wanted to have the offices filled.
II am very anxious" said he, &c get
ont of this position"
I'm just as anxious as you are to have
you go,n retorted Mr.. Motley, and when
the laughter ceased he requested that
the election be deferred. 1t was 80 Or
dered. Mr.. Moley then asked that three
men represent the association at the leo
ture by T. V. Powderly IN January S,
and the chair appointed Judge Douglas,
William G. Byrnes and William HI.
Ritter.
Al resolution was adopted that the del
egates to the convention to be held by
the ballot reformers be requested to in
sist that the names of all candidates, ire
spective Of party, be printed on the
official ticket, and also that a circular
should be sent to every voter setting
forth the views of ballot reformers.
Messrs. Moley, Jakeway, Jackson and
Merquelin were appointed the committee
to issue it.
A,motion prevailed that all Assembly,
men in the county be requested to attend
the next meeting OF the Association, and
that they be given a chance to put them
selves on record as favoring the reform.
The next meeting will be heldon Thurs
day at eight o'clock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

The Rev. Thomas Houston, the blind
evangelist. will open the Week Of Prayer
with q sermon at the Scotch Presbyterian
Church tomorrow evening. During the
week union services will be held ia the
Second Presbyterian, Second Reformed
and in the Scotch Presbyterian churches.
The assignment of churches will be as
follows:-January 6, Second Reformed,
Wayne street; Z, Scotch Presbyterian,
Mercer street; s, Second Reformed.
Wayne street; 3, Second Presbyterian
Church, Third street. The Rev. Thomas
Houston, the blind evangelist, will preach
at all these meetings. January 10, Second
Presbyterian, preaching by Mr.. Houston;
10, Second Reformed, preparatory ser
Vice. Vice. r Each si0 mee Gnst at EIGHT gfsp o'elock D. s M.
sharp.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

Last night the rooms used for this mis-
sion were packed. The audience was
composed of eighty children and about
as many adults. The Rev. d. Mitchell
presided. The children acquitted them
selves well in singing hymns and by reci-
tations. The infants song was we'll
rendered. Miss Eudora Earle played.
we'll on the violin. G. r. Mackenzie,
Alexander Waugh and the Rev. Messrs.
dresses A handsome tree was Iighted np
and shown to be covered with fine gifts.
Santa Claus. in his suitable costume,
dealt out the presents. Every young
person received a gift The Rev. ..
Mitchell had handed to him a splendid
gold pen and pencil in a beautiful plush
case, and the Rev. Mr.. Houston received
some valuable gifts for himself and fam
lily. The new building for this mission
is TO be ready in March.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
AMUSEMENTS.
Lacy and the .sstilI Alarm"

Lacy and the "stiiI Alarm"
Joseph Arthur's play, 1.-THE Still
Alarm in which Harry Lacy has
made such a phenomenal success will
be presented at the Academy of Mu-
sic in this city next week. The play
is not a novelty but the popularity
which it has won here will carry it
through a successful week, nc doubt
The cast has been strengthened and
many Of the striking scenic and me-
chanical effects have been improved
Mr.. Lacy's many friends here will be
interested in passing Judgment again
upon his work in the leading role. es-
pecially as the critics have recently
been discovering new reason for COM
mendation. Lacy is said to have
gained both in power and in finish
during the last year.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

A special feature of the trousseau OF
the Princess Sophia, of Prussia, is the
attractiveness and elegance of the
underwear. The whole assortment,
though of Berlin production, is thor
oughly English in appearance. most
likely at the empress request. Every
article is the best of it's kind, elegant,
but not SNOWY, and testifies 10 Il re-
fined taste. The chemises are of white
Chinese silk andsfinest German linen,
ornamented partly with hand en-
broidery and partly with costly lace:
whereas the nightgowns, of silk or the
finest cambria, show different styles,
lace frillings being predominant,
Where embroidery is resorted to, a
light pink or sky blue effect is pro
duced by batiste Innings. The draw
ers are generally of the same material,
and in character with the chemises,
hand embroidered and ornamented
with beautiful lace.
The embroidery of the linen and
batiste handkerchief is, of course,
most artistic, though simple. As to
the bed linen, it might have been
made by a first class London house,
and may have been copied from
English patterns; whereas the table
linen would be certain to gain the adj
Iniration of many an English lady.
Manufactured of the finest linen
damask, the sets of six have, for ex-
ample, magnificent small designs.
Every article is marked with the letter
"Sa and a royal crown, and is partic-
ularly distinguished by a desire to
avoid any display. The empress
mother. who made the design of most
of the em~broideries, insisted upon a
simple, unassuming taste, and, whilst
favoring German industry, ordered
the pure English style to be carried
out.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

Strings are yet to be evolved from
chaos. | feel that they await me some
where in the dim future. Green ones,
pro tenn, hold this wonder of the age
upon my gifted brow, and / survey
nay hat with respectful awe. = = =
| feel very moral to-day, having done
q big wash alone, baked, swept the
house, picked the hops, got dinner.
and written a chapter in Moods
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

THE New Brunswicd FredoniGn is
keeping up a malignant persecution of
Judge Scudder because he decided
that the contest over the Middlesex
County Clerkship should be tried
by the Supreme Court. 1t is about
time that we gave up u free institu-
tions if the bench IS to be made SUBJ
servient to an INSCRIPTIONS party and
it's indecent and constituencies organs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
Lunches for Children.

| want to- talk of how a luncheon
for children shall be put up, not OF
what it shall consist. A basket of
suitable size is better than q pail for
the purpose. There is too much ming
ling of odors in a closely covered pail
to be appetizing. Let it be covered
with a clean white napkin always.
Empty the apple butter they bring
home to-day into a clean dish il you
send it back tomorrow. Arrange
everything as neatly as possible.
Not long since l heard two teachers
speaking of a family, none of whose
members they had met except the
children in school.
II think they are NICE" n of the
young ladies said, using that word In
the comprehensive American sense,
which means so much. Their n
added, 1.-THE children bring nice look
ing dinners to school"
do you judge people by what their
children eat?n | asked.
They agreed that it is a very good
way to judge sometimes. Then one
of them said:-
sDo you remember the lunches
those dreadful Smiths used to bring
when we were scLOOl GINS
brought their bucket uncovered to
the schoolhouse door. Then Noah
the smallest OF the dreadful Smiths
would take his mothers old shawl
off his head and tuck it over their din
ner." And she gave a most expressive
"Ughh at the remembrance.
That was an extreme case, OF course,
but all sorts and conditions OF chill
dren meet in the public schools. The
difference in their home surroundings
manifests itself in many ways to the
ewes of the teacher.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
Those Third District sewers.

We are told there are three ways of
settling the Third district sewer diff
culty:-The Pennsylvania Railroad to
enter into a contract with the city for
81 to carry the sewer across their land;
ito have the Street and Water Commits
sioners and the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company indicted for maintaining a
nuisance, in that cas the indicted ones
would be compelled to go ahead and
construct the sewer; to have fifty citi-
zens along the route of the Pc
tition for its construction, in which
case it would be built and all bene-
flied would be assessed.
Now, why should it be necessary to
indict anyone? The Pennsylvania
Railway Company is big and rich
enough to do what is right without
compulsion. The Board of Works, as
the agency of a reform association,
is doubtless ready to do what
is best for the ~public-what
interest, indeed, can it have in per.
petuating the present nuisance OF
course, if compulslon proves to be
necessary, the citizens are entitled to
the aid of the law. They are suffer
ing grievously over in the Third Dis
trict, and, by fair or forcible means,
speedy relief must be secured for
them.
But it seems to us there is always
more to be made by deliberate, though
of course resolute resort to the
agencies of peace. First of all
there is a serious engineering ques-
ton to be settled. Will an ordinary
sewer suffice to drain the district or is
a pumping station necessary? just
call in disinterested expert advice and
settle this point. Next let the
city insists on the railway doing
everything which Justice demands,
and which is consistent with the plan
finally adopted. The mere matter Of
construction then takes are of
itself.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

Catarrhal Deafness-Hay Fever--A New
tS, Home Trealnent.

Sufferers are not generally aware that these
diseases are contagious, or that they are due to
the presence of living parasites in the lining
membrane of the nose and eustachian tubes.
to be u fact, and the result of this discovery is
that a simple remedy has been formulated where
by catarrh, catarrhal deafness and hay fever are
permanently cured in from one to three simple
applications made at home by the patient once
in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not q snuff or an ONT
ment; both have been discarded by reputable
physicians as injurious. A pamphlet explaining
this new treatment is sent on receipt OF ten
cents by A. Il. Dixon & Son, Nos. 337 and $50
Advocate.
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should care
ully read the above.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
OHING-A-LoNG IN d


of a Laundry Sale.
In Justice Douglass Court, yesterday,
All Sing, a New York laundrymen, posed
as plaintiff, and hh Wong and All Wing,
who used to keep a laundry at No. 11S
Grove street, as defendants. All Sing
recently purchased the laundry business
from Wong & Wing for $500, one-half
cash. The other half was to be paid ut
the end of the first week after possession
was gwen.
At the end of the first week Wing 81
Wong demanded not merely the balance,
$3.50, but an additional $50. All Sing pro
dnced the written agreement. The plain
tiff was obliged to pay merely the balance
due and court costs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

THE New York World on Thursda y
reproduced a large portion of Mr..
Winfield's prophetic interview in THE
SUNDAY MORNING News, courteously
giving credit to the paper which
originally published it. The World
knows a good thing when it sees it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04
d nnd CLERKS.

The laugh is not always on the side
of the book clerk or the library at
tendant. A lady went into a music
store in Philadelphia and asked for
Songs Without Words" The clerk
stared at her in establishment. But
he said, s'you know that is impossible;
there cannot be songs without words.
Can you tell me where / can find
'Rienzis Address, asked a young
lady of a clerk in Brooklyn. You
might look in the directory" he sug-
gested.
In Pittsburg a lady asked, sHave
you John Halifax No" was the
clerks reply, I'VE are just out of
John Halifax but here is John
Nicholson;' will that do?n The lady
thought it would not do, but the clerk
was determined to effect a sale, 50 he
went on, do you like deep reading,
ma'am? Here is Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea, that is a very
deep novel. n-P5ladelpbaG Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

the theory that Miss Purcell
was in some way q party TO
the crime; but, taking the facts as
they are ~imperfectly known at this
time, we strongly incline to the belief
that the police must look outside the
Knifin household for the guilty
parties.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

A WORKING girl writes to the New
York World to suggest that all men
be excluded from the women's cabins
on the ferryboats. Pshaw, if that
were done the dear creatures them
selves would all migrate to the other
side of the boat.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.-NOTICE rs Hereby
IN given that the Anal account OF the subscriber.
Administratrix ode bonis non" with will annexed
Of Catherine Q Brien, deceased, viii be audited. and
stated by the Surrogate of the County OF Hudson,
and reported for settlement on Saturday. the sth
day OF February. 1850.
MARY SWEENEY.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-04


WIN be inserted in the JERSEY Cry News ami
the SUNDAY MoRNING News at the rate OF ten
cents a liste for the first Insertion; Jiue cents a line
or each SUBSEQUENT insertion
DIED.
JONES-On Friday. January 8, 1890. Phebe Morgan
Jones. reltct OF John Jones. ia the seventy-dfth
year of her age.
Re latives and friends of the family are respect
fully Invited to attend the funeral on Sunday,
january ., from her late residence. No. 80 Sip av-
enue, Heights.
LOvE-In this city. on January. s 1870, Mary F..
widow Of Allan Love, aud daughter OF the late
Alexander Love.
Relatives and friends of the family are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral from her late
residence, No. l6 Sieder street, Heights. ON sunday
afternoon at two O'Clock.
KLygE-InP hiladclDhia. ON January 2 1890, wife
OF Charles u. Kluge, OF Jersey City, aged thirty
two years. a memeber of Esther Chapter, No. A,
o. II. s., of this city.
Funeral at Lebanon. Pa, Sunday, January 3.
TUfTE-On January 4, Katie, beloved daughter OF
Honor and Patrick Tuire. at No. $50 Grove street,
aged three years and one month.
To be buried on sunday afternoon, January 8.