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seasons at all the different markets
the farmer will always get fair re-
turns, and he may in some years get
almost rich on one Of his crops which
is a failure elsewhere.
The full volume and sweep of the
commercial and industrial revival have
but just begun. The reports from the
commercial agencies and from the
clearing houses, which are printed in
the daily papers each Saturday morn
ing, indicate the extent and direction
of the increase from week to week.
The last reports, August Is, were en-
couraging. Those of September 1
show greater progress. Each favor
able report stil~ ulates trade in all di-
rections, causing still better reports in
the future.
The political and partisan special
calamity rumors in the republican
press, relating to the effect of the new
tariff on production and trade, are
colored and false, and are contra
dicted by the dispatches in adjoining
columns of the same papers. There is
not going to be any cut in wages
necessitated by the tariff. If wages
are reduced in any locality OF branch
of production it is in mere wantonness
and on false pretexts. Wages were not
increased when the Mckinley tariff
, went into effect, and there is no good
cause for diminishing wages on the
expiration of the Mckinley tariff.
With booming trade, the advance
wave of which is here, with the busy
wheels of industry again in motion,
with the transportation lines pressed
to their greatest capacity in carrying
the products of the country to market,
with the boarded funds Of the banks
placed in the channels of trade, the
gloom of the last Mckinley year will
vanish; the material and moral effects
of the strike will disappear; the light
of prosperity will be reflected from
every point of the horizon, and a new
epoch of growth, of progress, of thrift
and increase will open on the country.
Chicago Herald.
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HERE AND THERE.

Sow grass and clover as soon as
the conditions of the soil will admit.
Better not spread ashes over the
chicken house floor; it may cause the
hens to have sore feet.
Push the feeding of the fattening
stock. The next two months is the
best season for securing the best gains
at the lowest cost.
Look well after the sheep. They
can still be made to pay. Sheep in a
good, thrifty condition late inuthe fall
are half wintered.
When the potatoes are dug sort
them carefully. A better price can al
ways be secured for the larger ones,
and the smaller ones can be fed to the
hogs.
Every cold snap in~terferes with the
egg supply. At such times make the
house a little warmer and SUMMER, and
add to the food that which is a little
stimulating.
I'm nearly all cases it is poor econ
omy to attempt to winter more stock
than can be sheltered comfortab bly,, or
than there is sufficient. feed to keep in
good condition.
About the only condition that will
admit OF purchasing feed on the farm
is when there is plenty of roughness,
and bran middlings and oil meal are
needed to help feed it out.
Every year the people are learn
ing more and more of the value of eggs
as an article of diet, and are healthier
in consequences; but production is not
keeping pace with the consumption in
the egg business.
Suppose you try a few acres Of
barley for next season. Sow where
the poultry can get the benefit of the
pasturage, for barley is one of the best
green foods that you can grow for
fowls.
DIR. James A. Law, the distin.
guished veterinarian. thinks that no
one suffering with consumption should
be allowed to milk cows or work in a
dairy. In the matter OF tuberculosis,
cows are often more sinned against
than SHINING.
There is not anything much better
than kerosene oil upon the fowl house
perches. Sprinkle it about freely with
a whiskbroom. It penetrates every
crevice, and the fumes will enter the
feathers Of the fowls at night and pro-
tect them, to 6 great extent. from in
sect enemies.
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REVIVAL OF INDUSTRY.
Business Booming Since the Reduction OF
Protection Prices.

Business Booming Since the Reduction Of
Protection Prices.
The marks of a business and indus
trial revival are on every hand. The
omens are everywhere. The idle
manufactures are reopening; dealers
are preparing to take their output: the
banks are extending their lines of
discount.
The freight traffic of the railroads
the infallible indicator of industry and
trade-shows q decided increase. This
growth of business is actual, not rela-
tive merely, as compared with the de-
preston produced by the strike. The
increase is a normal development Of
activity, owing to improved CONNER
cial conditions. It is based on re-
newed confidence, a general revival
and the incoming of better times.
The weakest point in the general
business situation is the continued
low price OF wheat, which has been
regarded so long as the chief American
staple product for export, next to cot
ton. The wheat crop now being har-
vested is fully up to the average, and
big crops are reported from all the
wheat countries. Wheat now has to
be produced in the United States in
competition with countries which en-
ploy cheap coolie labor in tillage. A
new era of high prices for wheat is i'm
possible unless the coolie wheat crop
shall fail for q series of years.
Rut other agricultural products
bring good ~prices-not extremely
high, but prices that yield a fair profit
over the cost Of production. Agricul-
tural prosperity in this country must
be maintained through diversified
crops Farmers cannot rely upon one
staple. Stock raising, dairy farming
and variety in field crops must be the
policy of the agricultural population.
W having something 70 sell at all
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Rich, fertile ,sstf+n lands ,o a.,h.

Rich, fertile pasture lands no doubt
produce grass of higher nutritiye quail
lty than poor soils. Aid vet in the
extreme south it has been almost the
universal practice among stockmen and
farmers to devote the poorest portions
OF their farms to pasture and to cult
vate the richest. While they are of
curse fully cognizant of the fact that
rich land will produce a greater weld
OF forage, yet they have not. as a rule.
been 1mbued with the knowledge that
n richer the soil the richer the feed
stuff.
1t is then not always best to pasture
only poor land and cultivate only the
richest portions. Would it not be bet
ter to devote some of the richer lands
to grass and cultivate some of the
poorer, using green crops to turn un.
der to fertilize the latter in connee.
ton with stable manure and a limited
use OF commercial fertilizers, thus
bringing up year by year It's produc.
tive capacity? BY proper management,
m a very few years the poorer portions
OF the farm can be MADE rich enough
to give good and nutritive grass.-Ed-
win Montgomery, in Farm and Fire
side,
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Cheating Cotton GroUars-

One OF these things in which farmers
show their lack of thought is the man
n'er N which they permit themselves
GO be swindled by dishonest persons,
aiwho seem to choose them for their
f'easiest prey. just now the cotton
growers are being cheated with a lint
less cotton, as it is called; that is, a va
riety that produces seed free from the
hbrous attachments to it of the So
called lint. This new variety, as it is
said, is far more profitable for the
bare seed than other kinds
are for the lint and seed,
too. But a little thought will
teach those concerned that the lint of
the cotton plant and the seed are es-
sential to each other, because the lint
is attached to the seeds by the very
nature of the plant, and that a kind of
cotton without lint must be barren of
seed, as well as of it's fbrous attach
ment. The cotton grower kills two
birds with one stone, as it were, when
he produces the ordinary cotton, get
ting the seed and the lint both, and, as
two are better than one, the lintless
cotton must be of less value than the
common kind, and even worthless, as
compared with tn. Y. Times.
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MAGIsTRATE-"The address you gave the
police was a wrong one; there is nothing in
that locality but a building in process Of
erection Prisoner Exactly, that's
where usually sleep at nights."- Abend.
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BL1SKs-'Slimley is a great social light"
Spinks-''In what way!' Blinks-'He
isn't heavy.'-N. Y. Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

Mrs. TAwKER-"What Is the meaning Of
the expression saws wood2'" Mr.. T.-'My
dear, that is beyond the comprehension of Il
woman. Indianapolis Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

MIKE-"They does be after tellin' me at
the d~ispensary that | has insomnia, Biddy."
~Biddy-'Thin why don't yez be after goin
to bed and slapin' it of. "-Tid-Bits.
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GUEST Observation-Disclosures arc two
spoons in my tea cup. What is that a sign
of" Hostess Little Son-''That's a sign
that somebody else hasn't got any SPOON
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

"YoU look SO much like your brother
said Dennis to Pheliln, that | could tell
yez was brothers if I'd never seen aither av
yeZ."
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

TIA organ grinder left out a portion of
the tune" THAT'S all right. We're even.
The dime gave him had a hole in it,
Washington Star.
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SHE-"I don't see you with Miss Gotrox
any more. Have you and she had a misun-
~derstanding!' He-"No; an understanding.
She rejected me. ''-Rrooklyn Life.
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Highest of all in Leavening Power.-Latest US. Govt Report r.
Roe! RskiRS
ABSOLUTELY PURE

ADMINISTER who had difficulty in keeping
his parishioners' eyes fixed upon him during
the sermon solved the difficulty by placinga
clock directly behind him.-kansas City
Stor
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

The custard pie is the poor mans natural
dessert. There is no aristocracy about the
custard pie. That is to say, no upper crust.
Boston Transcript.
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THERE is no lack of good form at Atlantic
City, especially during bathing hours.-Phil-
adelphia Record.
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COMPLIMENTARY f~riend-"Very striking
oEa Mrs. Van Snort Mr.. Van Snort
Yes; she hit me for ten this very morn.
py.D-Judce.
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for a bed, viii yer!' Bergnoski-"Cer-
denly. my frendt. We're is der bedl"-
Trulth
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WA1TER-"That's quite possible, sir. Our
beefsteaks are SO small that they easily es-
cape the memory.'-Fliegende Batter.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

CURE your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

Put a poor man on a balky mule, and he
will quickly realize that he's better off,
Philadelphia Record. "
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Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
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FARMER AND PLANTER
SOUTHERN FARM Norss,
: oa*ees ON Various Topics Of Timely
Interest to Farmers.

." @" A~pAL6 VI xIm6fY
Interest to Farmers,
APPLES.
1t seems strange TO me that more at.
.ention among horticulturists and
FARMERS in the Gulf states is not given
~ apple culture, since they a be
raised SO easily and cheaply. Especial.
~ 90 l refer to the late-maturinr va.
,ieeles' suitable for winter use and
keeping. am not "well up in yarie.
.ies and their several individual mer.
U.S. out l have observed enough to be
convinced that the Ben Davis and the
ohockley are grown satisfactorily in
q region named, and can be preserved
through the winter. We should, bv
81 means encourage the planting OF
the best varieties of full apples through
out n lotion states-such apples
as are most easily preserved through
the winter months, both for home ,,se
aha 1of market These apples will
not only prove a luxury to the men,
oers OF the farmers family, but if any
considerable quantity be grown a
great deal of money might be made
AVN IlAclI Sdlos
Not one apple in a thousand eaten
oy u gulf states people during the
winter and early spring months is IF
home production, but of northern and
western growth. This ought not to be
So Can we, as a section, afford to buy
even apples from the north and west.
when we might raise them at home as
eheapiy as they are grown elsewhere?
Inns is a subject we'll worthy of con-
slderation and discussion among south
ern farmers and fruit growers.
DON'T DRAIN THE BARN-YARD.
Rather, obstruct drainage by using
rails and logs in the yard and throw
ing up entertainments. Maks every ef-
fort to retain the water where it falls
IN the cow-lot or horse-1ot. Don't let
the rains wash out and carry away the
valuable substance in the manure.
This is an important matter. It is a
good plan to keep the yard well sup
piled, Uttered with absorbents in the
form ofleaves, straw and refuse hay and
chips, corn shucks, etc. Save the ma
nure and apply it judiciously to your
lands, and you will find in it satisfac-
ton and profit.
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AT a young ladies' NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
who was the greatest couquerors" Lisette
-sDon NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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Are YOu Going Abroad

For health, pleasure or business, and
would moi have your voyage marred by sea-
sicknessi Then take along with you Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, and when you feel
the nausea try a wineglassful. 1t will effect
a magical change for the better in your in
terror, and a continuance of it will save YOU
from further attacks. AS a means of over
coming malarial, kidney, ~dyspeptic, nervous
and rheumatic troubles the Bitters is un-
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

A FLY sees just as well when he leaves his
specs behind him.-Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-11-10

In the Adirondacks-'If you should lose
your way in these woods, Jack, what would
you do" "Walk straight ahead, y said Jack.
THE world is rounded, and I'd be sure to
get back home that way sooner or later."-
Harper's Young People.
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Cottonseed HulIs for Stock.

Cottonseed hulls promise to become
a leading competitor of wheat as a
food for stock. If the price of corn
will in consequence of the shortage of
this years crop, farmers that have corn
will probably sell it and feed their
stock on cheaper food.
The government bureau of animal
industry has recently shown the value
of wheat for %fattening stock, and has
recommended its use where corn sells
anywhere near the price of wheat.
Another new food for stock, and one
which is said to be cheaper than corn
at present prices, is cottonseed meal.
This mixture is being fed with good
results to cattle in the south, and it has
lately been introduced into the stock
raising districts of the northern states,
particularly New York.
Cottonseed hulls are baled like hay
and sell at from four to five dollars per
Republic.
Corn Fodder and Slower.
Corn fodder and corn stover are quito
commonly used as synonymous terms
and interchangeable. Their exact i'm.
port should be clearly understood: Corn
fodder is the name properly given to
the corn plant when gathered, includ-
ing the grain, and corn stover applies
only to the stalks when cut and Sc
cured for feed after the ears have been
removed These ara not technical
terms; they are only common names
and should be universally adopted
Farm and Dairy.
To Make Hens Lay.
If the hens do not lay cease giving
grain and feed a pound of lean meat
once a day to twenty hens. If they
have a run no other food will be neces-
sary. Feed the meat at night. Condi
ton powders should not be given un.
less the hens are sick, as anything THAI
is gwen them while they are healthy
may overstimulate them, and induce
the eating of more than is necessary.
Feed too little rather than too much
when the hens can scratch and work
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-28
THE puLLMAN srRIkE.
Employees of the st. Louis Plant on Strike
The Company's Attitude.


ST. Louis, Mo-, June 25.-The en-
ployes OF the Pullman Sleeping Car
Co.'s works, in this city, went ON strike
to-day in. accordance with plan which
is understood to embrace the Pullman
shops all over the country. The strikers
here number 1856 men and 20 women.
STATEMENTS BY THE COMPANY.
z CHICAGO, June 25.-Attorney J. S.
Runnells, speaking to-day for Mr.. Pull
man, said; "The Pullman Co. is pre-
pared TO stand by its original position
TO the end. Beyond question it will be
victorious. We have now about 100 men
at work in the shops at Wilmington,
Del, where the American Railway
Union made an unsuccessful attempt to
organize the employees. 1t generally
thought the Illinois Central will be one
OF the roads against which the fight
will be more earnestly waged. The
officials Of the road have issued circu-
lar stating that chains will be wrapped
around the coupling hooks of Pullman
cars and fastened with heavy padlocks
to prevent their being cut"
The Ludlow (Ky.) workmen of the
Pullman Co. also struck to-day.
Luz ulluldn w. lO-nlEuJ lSSuBQ II
statement saying that the strikers have
already deprived themselves of more
than 100000 in wages. II adds that
the boycott is threatened because tine
company cannot agree to submit to
arbitration the question as to whether
or not 1t shall operate its shops at Pull
man under scale of wages which
would cause daily loss to it of one
fourth of the wages paid.
TOO SENSIBLE TO STRIKE HERE.
The general foreman of the Pullman
shops in this city stated last Tuesday
that the men employed therein are per-
fectly satisfied with the wages they are
receiving. He thought the men here
are too sensible to obey any outside
orders. A full force, 700 men, is now
employed at the Wilmington shops of
the Pullman company,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-28
THE NEW POsTMAsrER.
Talk ns to Who VIII be Colonel Moor
kIInnaaanr. M Slrnnf nI.H sn....... IAI....A

Talk as to Who VIII be Colonel nioore's
Successor ms street aud Sewer Director.
Col. Moore's appointment has turned
general inquiry in the direction as to
who will be his successor on the Board
OF Street and Sewer Directors.
It is,known that there is large
number of applicants for the position.
Following Is the list in full: II. A.
Miller, Thomas McCorkle, George w.
Bright, George 4. Barnhill, N. b.
Culhcrt, Andrew rraynor, William II.
Mccarthy 1.-THE commission merchant),
William B. Norton and Councilman
John B. Meaney of the Fourth ward.
General opinion seems to be that the
contest lies between the first two men
toned, Messrs. Miller and McCorkle.
The directors, however, are credited
with having expressed no opinion favor
able or adverse to any of the names
mentioned,
Under the Federal laws Colonel
Moore could not hold both positions of
postmaster and street director. There
is nothing, however, in the State or
municipal laws to interfere with his
continuance, any objection should come
from the Federal direction. There was
rumor around town yesterday that
Colonel Moore will retain his municipal
position until the fall. But as he was out
Of town yesterday nothing in regard 10
the matter could be ascertained.
Mr.. Chambers was seen by represen-
tatiYe of THE GAZETTE yesterday.
In reply to the reporters questions he
said, "Ihere will likely be no trouble
whatever in electing successor to
Colonel Moore as soon US there is a
vacancy"
"Supposing Mr.. Moore is confirmed
by the Senate to-day" the reporter
asked, would not that call for imme-
date ACTION on the part Of the Street
Directors to elect successor"
mo, no; think not until Mr.. Moore
sends in his resignation"
Colonel Moore has profTered the po-
sltion OF assistant postmaster to Thomas
Mullan, Jr., bookkeeper for Joseph Jen-
kins, of Eighth and Orange streets. Mr..
Mullan holds himself ready to go to
work in his new position at any mo-
ment. He was formerly a member of
the firm of Mullan IS Curren, of the
foundry at Robinson and Church streets,
and is prominent member of the order
OF knights of Pythias.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-28

pressing regret for the assassination Of
President Carnot.
Garibaldi Hall is in the heart Of the
Italian quarter. 1t was packed long
| before the time set for the meeting. The
crowd was unruly and there was con
siderable shouting, whistliDg and bust.
ling.
With the advent of the speakers of
the evening the trouble began. Joseph
Caligaris, the chairman, is one of the
leading men of the Italian colony and
is looked upon as broad, tair and
liheral-minded man. He took his place
ON the narrow platform at the rear of
the hall, but for some reason could not
make himself heard on account of the
shouts that came up from the mob in
the streets below.
Two policemen in uniform who were
in the body of the hall. moved up in
front of the platform. Their action and
the cries OF "shame" and "silence" from
the sober men in the hall had the effect
of bringing about comparative quiet.
The chairman said that tle meeting had
been called for the purpose of giving
the italian residents of San Francisco
an opportunity of expressing their SYM
pathy for the French people in their
grief because Of the murder of Presi-
dent Carnot.
Then bedlam broke loose. The
crowd, that for few moments had
been quiet, was transformed into mob
Of bowling, screaming, hooting maniacs.
Those behind pressed forward and the
crush near tine platform was something
awful.
Shouts and screams of "down with
the French" and "Italy forever" came
from half a thousand threats at once
and the uproar was so great that the
answering yells that came up from the
street below could not be heard. So
great was the noise and SO tremendous
was tho press that the speaker was
forced off the platform.
The critical moment arrived when
Chairman Caligaris attempted to leave
the hall. With policeman in front
and one behind him way was forced
through the excited mass of men as far
as the doors. The two policemen drew
their clubs and defended the stairs until
Caligaris had reached the lower land
ing, when they were forced down.
When Caligaris reached the street he
was still far from safe. The mob, re-
inforced by hundreds of men who lined
the streets, swelled the chorus and with.
out knowing whom they were pursuing
Joined in chase after Caligaris.
1t was wild scene. Caligaris was
pale from fright as the throng pressed
upon him in fury. The police made
good fight. They piled their clubs,
cracking many head and kept an open
circle about Caligaris along Broadway
to New Montgomery street and until he
had reached the shelter of the CONNER
cial Hotel.
Caligaris and his friends were unable
to account for the extraordinary action
of the mob. Their idea, however, seemed
to be that the trouble was due to divi-
sion of the Italian colony The men
composing one faction are laborers and
in the other faction are merchants and
capitalists. The first faction is opposed
to the second on general principles,
being indeed guided to some extent by
the teachings of the Malta, or at least SO
it was openly charged.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-06-28

James Orto, q Hungarian employed at
Tasker's iron works, New Castle, was
in municipal court yesterday, charged
with stealing pair of pantaloons from
james Wright, colored. According to
the testimony Orto went to notorious
negro house at Water and Shipley
streets, and while there he was charged
by Wright and the negro women with
stealing the pantaloons. He said he
bought them in Philadelphia and that
he bought q gallon of whisky in VIII
mington for $780, The house in which
the robbery is alleged to have occurred
has been for years one of the most dis
orderly haunts in the city. orto was
held for further hearing.