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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
The Atsorney-Generai Holding the Fort.
fBy telegraph 10 the Dispatch.

WASHINGTON, August 5.--Attorney- Gen.
eral Miller is the only member OF the Cabi-
net remaining N the city. :, All Of the ed. de-
tarieS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06

AS SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OY
"a Eishmsed cay cise.is ceap ~ pAY
gase bonds q ths bucAAnAn an1 CnfH00 JS
Railway Co0pASys bpadA onslna0 ri -
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
4 ..,u,s JTpou 40 Actresa,

Of 5 theatrical agency here wAs A.
.ssstsd this morning By Csnifa'-os.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
RHrDsvILLE AGAINST EVANSVILLE.
Especial telegram 10 the Dispatch.

RKiDsyuLF, N. g., August 5.-The Reds
Vile and Leaksyille teams PLAYED their se-
cond game here TO-DAY. the Reidsvilies
scoring 10 10 the Leaksvilles 1. Leaksvlle
battery. Stevens and King; Reidsvilles.
Agee and Meredith. Struck out, Stevens,
%; Agee, II. Earned runs, Reidsvilies,
Leaksville, 0-scoring on succession OF
errors 10y ReidsyIlle. Base-hits, Reidsvilles
9: Leaksvilles, 4. Umpire. Lloyd. Time,
two hours and fifteen minutes. The de-
Gliding game TO be- played soon.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
aoyrsxurxr pupcHAsrs on slIyKR.

The offers of silver to the Treasury De-
partmeut to-day amounted to 2.l74.000
ounces and the amount purchased was
9lO. 700 ounces 1T 1.00Asal.0060.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
ALEAGUE 10 PURCHASE WHEAT.

An Organization In Self-Dofence Against
the Farmers Alliance.
[By telegraph to the Dispstch.l
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. August 6.-The
millers of this place have formed league
TO purchase wheat from the West. They
saw this is done in self-defence against the
farmers Of Middle Tennessee. who. backed
by the Alliance, are holding their wheat
for higher price. with the result that IL
has risen In the past week from s2i5 TO 80
cents. East Tennessee grain will ran the
mills for time until western supply can
be procured.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
TIE WEATHER IN RICHMOND YESTERDAY;
Clear and hot.
Range of the Thermometer at the 'front.'
door Of the DISPATCH offlce yesterday,
Mean temperature. ........
NEW vook STOCK MARKET.

New YORK. August 5.-The stock mar
ket to-day was comparatively active du-
ring the forenoon. when all the business
of Importance WAS done and everything
was dull in the afternoon with almost CON-
plete stagnation in prices.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-06
GOLD BONDS.
Virginia State Agricultural and No
ehanIcal Society
FIRST MORTGAGE s PER CENT GOLD DexDS
TOTAL ISSUE sso.ooo, sEcgRED ON PRO.
PETTY WORTH siso,0oo TO es0o. 900
EXCLUSIVE OF BUILDINGS


lhSfScss UudSuuttc0 " Wy VI ouuUeUb
portion Of this issue has ALREADY oeoa q.
eaGed IT 100 and Interest We o6se TIE unnood
baiAnap 81 same price. rcserytns The neAt = -
vance price without notice. ~
Coupons and interest coliscsed ios clients ~
EuKOfE cREDfrA--Iseeouv
CO, JOHN MUNkoE 4 co, J. b MORGAN =
CO., or The NsssfA ROTHeCfILD q ootlso q
purchaser, AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT 81
WORLD.
We draw our Own eti!s 4 syehaass % LssAaa
JOHN l. WILLIAMS , ION, 1anhs1
corner Tenth end NAAn osoGoA
ls2e klcAmcoA. VI
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
Applications of Hot Water.

Hot water taken freely half an hour
before bedtime is helpful in constipation.
Headache almost always yields to the
simultaneous application of hot water 10
the feet and back of the neck.
A towel folded, dipped in hot water,
wrung out rapidly and applied To the
stomach, acts like magic In cases OF collie.
There is nothing that SO promptly cuts
short congestion of the lungs, sore throat
or rheumatism, as hot water when APP
piled promptly and thoroughly.
A towel folded several times, and dip
ped in hot water and quickly wrung out
and applied over the toothache or neural
gia, will generally afford prompt relief
A strip of flannel, or napkin folded
lengthwise and dipped In hot water and
wrung out, and then applied around the
neck of child that has the Group, will
sometimes bring relief in ten minutes
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
Among the Poultry.

A good hen will lay twice her weight in
eggs in year.
When grain is fod throw on litter and
partly cover it up.
A cooked mixture Of table scraps makes
a good morning ration.
Close TO large cities broiers bring in
more than anything else.
one fowl with scurvy legs is apt to i'm
part the disease TO others.
Barley and wheat fed alternately make
a good egg producing ration.
Ducks and geese are the best fowls to
raise on wet, low-lying lands.
When hens lay soft shelled eggs they
either need lime or they are too fat.
sudden change from one kind OF grain
TO another often stops hens from laying,
Keep enough fowls to buy the groceries.
Corn and corn meal are the best fatten-
ing foods
Geese are not only valuable as meat
producers, but should annually produce a
pound of feathers each.
One advantage with ducks is that they
are less liable to disease than most any
other kind of poultry.
Poultry manure is the richest that can
be secured on the farm and it should be
carefully stored away.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
THE QUESTION OF FARMING
WITHOUT FENCES.
Profitable Management of shsep-Ths
Total Of Registered Cows-Cheap
Eutter-Poultry Picklngs
aud Home Hints.
Farming without Fences.

II Is within the memory OF many
farmers when the fences on farm
were considered the most important
part of its improvements. 1t was in
the days when stock was altogether
kept by pasturing in summer. and
mainly by feeding hay in winter. In
those times the lack of fencing that
prev ented pasturing the young clover
on a grain stubble or the aftermath of
n meadow was regarded as "A misfor-
tune. Now it is generally known that
young clover should never be pastur-
ed. and in most cases aftergrowth on
meadows may better be left TO lie and
rot on the ground than to build even
n temporary fence for the protection
OF adjoining crops when it is pastured.
Many farmers where fencing ma
terial is scarce, have learned to dis
pense entirely with inside fences, and
this tendency is growing Where it
is desirable TO pasture cattle or horses
a few days they are tied to stakes
removed daily SO as to give change of
feed. But most of the feed is cut
green and taken to the stable, where
the animals remain sheltered from the
burning sun, and in greater comfort
than they could be running at large,
The greater amount of feed that land
produces in soiling crops makes this
cheaper than pasturing IL enables
more stock to be kept more manure
TO be made and this is naturally fol-
lowed by more thorough cultivation Of
the soil. We believe this plan can be
followed more generally than is often
supposed. 1t is not merely adapted
TO dear land near cities, but is of equal
advantage on cheaper land. with this
condition, that there be on the latter
the means for supplying plenty OF
manure and plenty OF labor. 1t is the
lack of these conditions that make it
harder to bring up poor lard at dis
lance from cities or large villages.
The way to dispense with fences is
TO begin soiling or part soiling on a
small scale at first. 1t needs rich
land to grow soiling crops proftably,
and the first year or two only n small
piece can be got in proper condition.
II manure or grain for feeding stock
can be bought, land may be brought
up to the soiling standard more rapidly.
But In either case it will be idle TO
expect profitable returns except with
good stock. This will require a good
deal OF attention. and the needed care
will be better given to stock fed by
hand than to that allowed to run in
enclosed pasture and feed itself. -
American Cultivatur.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
Vegetable Growing for Market.

The selection of the particular
crops. and the exact proportion in
which il would be best TO plant the
different vegetables, depends alto
gether on the demands of the particu-
lar market Every grower must study
his available market and try to raise
just exactly what is wanted. Some
markets have demand for early forced
vegetables and offer n good price for
such; in that case the gardeners should
make specially of growing spinach,
radishes, beets, carrots, soup celery,
lettuce. perhaps even mushrooms, to-
matoes etc, under glass. Near n
manufacturing town the demand will
most likely be for all kinds of vege-
tables grown IN open ground. such as
lettuce, radishes. carrots. beeus, early
potatoes, and in fact all others that
are demanded in the kitchen of towns
people The gardener catering to
such a trade should plant general
assortment and be able TO furnish any
thing that may be wanted. Planting
everything and for succession as
needed, and close cropping and strict
attention TO the customers wants,
these are the leading features 10 be
considered in the business OF the
market gardener near a manufacture
ing town. Popular Gardening.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

IAN original genius" II he existed
would be unintelligible because he
would not go step by step from what
is already known TO what Is unknown.
He would be considered a lunatic.
Persons of strong individuality and
great intellectual activity often go step
by step from known to unknown very
rapidly-so rapidly that rather than
take the trouble 10 keep up with them
people of common-sense have frequent
ly burned or hanged them. But now
when person declares that he is yer!
far ahead OF the rest OF us, we gener-
ally content ourselves with calling him
crank" as very often he is. At
any rate, he is not IAN original
genius" There is no such thing as
an original genius.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
Let Us Raise More sheep.

Sheep, hogs and poultry may, TO n
certain extent be regarded as the
scavengers of the farm. They eat up
and convert TO valuable product
much food that would be otherwise
wasted. But the supply of this cheap
food is limited, and we may easily
overstock our farms We can often
buy to advantage food such as cotton
seed meal and linseed cake, malt
sprouts, dried grains, corn and bran to
feed to sheep, provided we have
quantity of straw, hay and cornstalks
that we wish to feed out on the farm
and convert into meat wool and ma
nure. There is a growing demand for
good mutton and lambs In this coun-
try for long time mutton was not
favorite meat. Beef and pork COM
manded higher price. Now mutton
is higher than beef and Judging from
English experience this will continue
10 be the case. The demand for good
lamb is phenomenal 1t seems almost
impossible to fully supply the demand.
Lamb Is not only lntrinsically a good
and nutritious food but it is easier to
keep in our hot climate than beef A
farmer who has plenty of ice and re-
frigerator can kill lamb for his own
use. Let US raise more lambs. II the
butchers do not want them at a fair
PRICE we can keep them until they are
a year or two old and sell them for
mutton. There is profit in doing So
sometimes more profit than in selling
them as lambs
In order TO get a profit from keep
ing sheep and raising lambs it Is not
absolutely necessary that we should
have the lambs excessively early. /
have had lambs born at different times
from the last of December TO the last
of May, but seldom get the main crop
before March. | can generally get
earlier lambs from grade Merino ewes
than from the English mutton breeds.
j will not go so far as to say that
grade or common Merino ewes are
better thar ewes OF the mutton breeds.
| but if lived in section where these
common Merino sheep were plentiful.
/ should have full confidence that
could raise splendid lambs from them
simply by selecting good healthy,
thrifty three or four-year-old ewes.
feeding them we'll and putting them
with a well-bred mutton ram or lamb
ram. Jos. Harris in American Agri-
| culturist
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
10 one Hints.

II you think the Kitchen is hot place
be easy on the cook.
Lard applied ut once will remove the
deterioration after a bruiss.
A rug under ones feet Is restful when
standing u necessary, as in ironing or
washing dishes
Whites of eggs may be beaten to stiff
froth by an open window when it would
be impossible in a steamy kitchen.
Mrs Emma Ewing AYERS that not book
knowledge alone but cook knowledge is
needed in this broad nation of dyspeptics.
Cistern water that has become foul may
be purified with powdered borax or alum.
A quarter of pound of each will cleanse
twenty five or more barrels.
Put little pearline in the greasy pots
and roasting pans and it will greatly ia
cilitate cleaning them, especially If you
stand them on the range 10 heat the wa
ter.
Most vegetables are better cooked fast,
excepting potatoes, beans, peas, csuli-
flower and others which contain starch.
Cabbage should be boiled rapidly in plenty
OF water; so should onions, young beets
and turnips.
The pretty woman fades with the roses
on her checks and the girlhood that lasts
an hour; the beautiful woman finds her
fullness OF bloom only when a past has
written itself on her, and her power is
most irresistible when it seems going.
You can prevent your pretty new ging-
hams from fading if you let them lie for
several hours in water in which there has
been dissolved goodly quantity of salt
Put the dress in while it j. hot, and after
several hours wiring it out dry and wash
as usual
When a warm bath is taken, IL the
whole body from the crown of the head to
the soles OF the feet is instantly sponged
With cold water there will not be danger
of taking cold The cold water closes the
pores naturally. They are left open IN
naturally after a warm bath.
Commonplace but important is the sug
gsstion, BE careful Of fire Never take
risk by lighting fire in stove or furnace
not knowi ing it 20 be ready and safe In
building or repairing see that the pipe
holes in the chimney are tight and well
protected from lath and siding by use Of
cley pets made for the purpose.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
The Total of Registered Cows.

Should every man possess thor
oughbred herd OF COWS? is a question
that most people would answer with
an emphatic yes. Where are they to
come from? BY the register books we
find that the four great breeds are
represented as follows by registered
cows: Holsteins, 1886; Ayrshires.
10 S33; Jerseys, 90, 600; Guernseys.
1878. The bulls are about half in
number 10 that Of the cows. Thus it
f. seen that the total number of cows
OF the four breeds is but frsstion
compared with the Is, 600. 900 ceEs n
the country used for dairy purposes
All farmers should aim to improve the
blood of their dairies. and rs rule
are moving in this direction That the
movement toward bloodcd COWS is no
gvastcr IL not 10 he wondered at The
con.ILsrolsl Htr.d Is yet buying milk by
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

the pound, or pooling 1t by like
judgment The superiority OF tho
blooded COW. is in milk solids rather
than superior quantities OF milk; but
SO long as this value is not recognized
by the buyers and manufacturers only
To "A limited extent the common cow
will hold her place, aud the movement
towards the thorough bred COW will be
slow among the average dairymen. IL
the dairymen will re-organize and act
upon the new plan OF milk solids.
rather than the verdict OF milk scales
the inquiry for fine blooded cows will
be phenomenal, ana where and how
to get them will institute a boom in
fine dairy stock never before dreamed
OF. Practical Farmer
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

GRADUALLY correct intuition and
diffusion OF knowledge have changed
the type of the American free school.
In a number OF cities manual training
has been successfully in operation for
several years. From no school that is
so fortunate as to possess it is it ever
dropped. No child that takes it up
willingly lays it down. The practic-
ability of carrying it on with the
usual literary instructions is no longer
a question in any city in which the
experiment has been tried. Certain
results are uniformly noted in these
schools.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

WE are accustomed to consider the
Irish lard laws the essence of barbar-
ism. but so far as mere law is con-
cerned. the situation in Ireland is not
as bad as it is in Great Britain. or
even in America. No Irish landlord
could clear of his tenants by hundreds
TO make room for deer. forest, as is
done every year in Scotland. and
could be done in the United States il
there were any object in it. The very
excess of misery IN Ireland has Sc
cured for the people there some relax
alton of the rigor of land laws that
press with increasing cruelty upon al
most the whole civilized world.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
THE remedy for the foulness ant

THE remedy for the foulness and
unhealthfulness OF many OF our
suburban towns and villages is in the
hands OF those who dwell in them.
The statutes of the state give to the
local health authorities all the power
that is necessary for preventing epi-
denies and putting an end to unwhole-
some conditions In the first place.
the city business man who lives in the
country should do his full duty in local
elections. There is no public duty
that is of so much Importance to his
own interests. He should do his ut
most to elect local officers who will
appoint efficient and instructed men as
members of the local health board
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

THIS persistent ignoring Of what is
one possible solution of the suffering
in cities. is something which time and
patience can obviate. The aversion
to farm life, where it exists is based
on rebellion against what is limited
and provincial, but it asserts itself in
misleading and unfortunate way.
The routine of farm life in itself does
not attract an adventurous spirit; it
does not appeal to the ambitious
young man or woman. Both feel that
the stirring of the heart that comes
with the thought OF their future can
only find response in the conditions
of urban life. They have an impress
ion. which is so far conviction that
no argument can shake it, that in the
city are constant golden opportunities
to be had for the grasping. Most of
them never unlearn this.
editor)-"My house was robbed las week,
an you didn't have n word about It,.
Country Editor (wearily) You did not
send us the information, Mr.. Meadow"
Mr.. Meadow (petulantly) AN is that
the way you editors get y'r news bout
houses bein' robbed" Country Editor
Ironically - "Well, no. Usually the
thieves drop in and give US the item, but
this time l guess they forgot about it. -
New York Weekly.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
THE dominant idea in life is the ono

THE dominant idea in life is the one
that is most potent on the eve OF
death. 1t was the courtly Chester
field who. when he lay dying said as
a friend entered his chamber, Give
Dayroles a chair" and it was Pope
who assured an inquirer with almost
his last breath. Il am dying, sir, OF a
hundred good symptoms. But to the
leaders OF men the solemnity of the
occasion has been usually present and
they die in the spirit of the last ad-
monitiou OF Grotius: he serious. I"
The exultant whisper with which the
deaf Beethoven passed away. Il shall
hear in heaven" will never cease TO
vibrate any more than the last re-
quest of Goethe, More light! moro
light
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

WE are at once optimists and pessi-
mists We are often glad and often
sad, but rarely happy. Compare what
you see in our streets OF any pleasant
evening with what you see in Paris
thoroughfares. Or save yourself tho
trouble and look in the mirror The
lines of the face seen there may ex-
press many good things, but how COM
monty they fail to suggest an habit
ually happy spirit And it is the
habitual mood which marks the coun-
tenance.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

The judge who refused to issue pa
pers OF naturalization to a number of
Poles. Italians and Hungarians, whose
answers revealed that they had no
knowledge or understanding OF the
constitution, proved himself TO be of
The right quality These aliens came
into court prepared TO make solemn
oath to support and obey the eonstitl-
ton, of which they knew nothing at
all. The Judge remarked that the
man who puts his ballot into the box
without knowledge OF what it con tains
has no right TO the consideration that
is given 10 the American voter. He
was right Such voters arc merely
voting cattle. banded and rushed 20
the poles 10 vote rs they are hidden or
bought They should not be allowed
The franchise by which TO overcome
The votes OF honest and intelligent cit.
gems.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

- che women who send flowers to
Iall-birds. and coddle besotted men.
would lend hand to some honest
man struggling to keep his head above
water they might pose as humani-
larians. But in order TO win wo-
mans sympathy u man must be either
a good-for-nothing or criminal
Their quality of mercy is strained.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

THE improvement in our methods OF
cattle transportation across the ocean
has been followed by similar acts by
the Canadian Government All cattle
Inspectors are ordered to enforce the
new regulation concerning the crowd
ing OF cattle on shipboard. The regu-
lation distance for each head Of cattle
Is two feet eight inches, which is uni
form with that of the United States.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27

"Be wise with speed, fool at forty is
fool indeed" and yet all over the world
there are men still older clinging fondly TO
their rheumatism and govt when wide
awake people know very well that Saliva
ton Oil certainly kills pain. 1t Ia sold ev-
erywhere for only 20 cents
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
SHIL0H'S
C0NSU N PTION
CURE.

The success Of this Great Cough Cure Is
y;thout a PARALLEL in the history OF medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos
tive guarantee, te.t that no other cure can sue
cssst,ilv stand. That il may become known,
the PROJECTORS, at an enormous expense, are
placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home
n the United States and Canada. II you have
a Cough. Sore Throat, or bronchitis, use IT. Tor
il will cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whoopine Cough, use it promptly, and relei
is sure. II you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist io5
SHILOHS CURE, Price 10 cts, 80 CTS ana
81. 90. . II your Lungs are sore or BACK lame
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Pnee Is CTS
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
The Only One Ever Printed--Can You
Find The Word.

There is 3-inch display advertisements
In this paper this week which has no two
words alike except one word. The Same
Is true OF each new one appearing each
week. from the DR.. Harter Medicine Co.
This house places a Crescent" on every
thing they make and publish. Look for it,
send them the name OF the word, and they
will return you Book. BEAUTIFUL LITHo-
GRAPHS OR SAMPLES FREE.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
Where IL Johnsonytllel

II have bought farm OF zoo acres with
the money made working for you. and as 1t
is in "A fiourishing country / think l shall es-
tablish town on IL, and call IL Johnson
Vile. " This Is an extract from a letter
from w. II. skinner. This young man
started I'm business something over two
years ago with scarcely dollar. and he
has made wonderful progress. The first
year his profits footed up TO over $4,000.
There are hundreds and thousands OF young
men In this glorious country OF ours who
can do just as good work as Mr.. skinner
Write quickly 10 h. +. Johnson & Co.,
Richmond, Va, and they will give you An
opportunity to do as well or better.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-11-27
Fem1s =. s-knes. Positive Cure.

Please inform your readers that have n positive
remedy for the thousand and Ills which arise from
deranged female organs. shall be glad 10 send two
bottles OF my remedy FREE 10 any lady they will send
their Express and T. O. address Yours Respectfully,
DR. j. Is. MAHCHlSI, 500 Genesee ST., UTICA, y. Y.