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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1894)
kTION IN NEW YORK LL UNSETTLED. MMAHYITES MAT BOLT. pocracy Win* of the ply Hostile to Hlll‘8 -The Senator Getting Jbf the Lend—lilt* pnounced by Two iruiup Paper*. Oct 1.—Of almost as it in this state is the unsettled as to whether ill or will not accept Drial nomination is the 9 what the state Dem her bodies of Democrats Tammany and machine Opinion is divided as to and more than one ician declares that Hill reply to the committee m until he can receive information as to the nd in the direction of Ire heretofore been open I him and his machine B statement yesterday ■ open the campaign in Btvided a united Dem ■ greet him, is peculiarly M this point. Bincant tne otner way is ex-Secretary Charles S. tinnan of the state Dem ive committee, and two i Democratic leaders of a conference yesterday. , refused to say what the le conference would be, (that the state Democracy lublicly indorse the Sara [and acknowledged that [members of that faction fly hostile to the head of | ticket. K1KDS BY TWO PAPERS. L which has been an ad f organ, in an editorial Eng said: ion of Mr. Hill wrecks y harmony, since he and creator of the responsible for m ■ loudly proclaiming is hopeless without > friends have taken a disunion chronic, and to expiring dissent, nd destruction for the d of management. It and unnatural. It asm, weakens party d destrovs the basis Kilty. The Times would Mty to the Democracy if it pounce the work of this Lbegun in such hopeful* ■ding in this act of incred »e Democracy has lost a ftunity.” Bing Post, administration leading editorial said: sider Mr. Hill the most man in American public i a 'dare devil,’ and de e considered such. He is :o Tammany hall and all and bad elements of luse he represents what at and strive for. Look . the list of Democratic Sew York, where do we less? Where is his place with Van Buren, Marcy, ’mour, Tilden, Cleveland? f all these men is found d the state. They all had They had their battles, s and their enemies, yet judgment of to-day ac that each and all of them ms to statesmanship, s David B. Hill done or i that entitles him to a procession? The people k owe themselves the duty in end to his unprincipled bad example. That they in the coming election we e least doubt. The ma Ist him ought to be larger against Maynard, because principal, where Maynard le puppet and tool.” IS LIFE AIMED AT? mittee Witness Appo Claims i Foes Tried to Kill Him. sk, Oct. 1.—George Appo, committee witness who ’ the doings of the green and who was found yester Joon with his throat cut, ced in the Tombs police iy. The cut is not serious. » was arrigned Michael J. !who, Appo says, cut him. held for examination on of having attempted sui iardon for felonous assault. Appo said that he went to River hotel to serve some for the Lexow comnlittee. sre,” he continued, “I met ietor, Baar. Baar’s place rendezvous of the green He used to get $10 for that was steered in there, i me to have a drink. He open a bottle of wine, but sky. Baar then asked me mention his place testimony I might give e Lexow committee. 1 drinks and became dizzy, ling I remember is seeing itanding over me with a id not cut myself and made >t to stab Reardon. The r I remember was when me bound down in Cham it hospital. I wanted to If, but one of the police iding over me threat gouge my eyes out I i a marked man ever i a witness before the Lex tee. I was followed last when I pointed out the man fter me to the policeman, I ughter for my pains, and Baar repeated their tsterday that Appo went to ksrazy drunk and said his k>t worth $;. He said he r he was squaro by cutting P*d tried to do so with a MAYOR HOPKINS IMPUQNBD. Directly Charged With Accepting Uribes from Chicago tiumiilers. Chicago, Oct. 1.—During' the gam bling investigation to-day by the jprajid jury Detective Matt Pinkerton ■wore that he had positive evidence that Mayor Hopkins had received money from the gamblera Ho said the money was given by the gamblers with the understanding that they were not to be interfered with. The matter was not gone into thoroughly, but it will be made the subject of further investigation. The Trade and Labor assembly, it is reported, is to start a crusade against high-toned gambling. The board of trade, it is said, is to be at tacked, and Washington park race track is also in line as a place where rich people bet their money. Club waiters, it is claimed, will reveal secrets, and card games on Michigan boulevard as well as on Clark street will be made public. It is reported that repeated at tempts have been made on the life of Judge Brentano, who in his judicial capacity has ordered the destruction of paraphernalia taken in raids upon gambling hells. In one instance ft is said he was fired upon in his bed chamber. The bullets came from across the way. There is no clue to the would be assassin. The present grand jury returned its final report to-day, finding twenty in dictments against owners of property used for gambling rooms Several leading people were among those in dicted, among them J. Irving Pierce, proprietor of the Sherman house; Owen F. Aldice, the capitalist, and James R. Todd, a wealthy real estate dealer. The grand jury will be reconvened and the investigation carried on, backed by the civic federation. In addition to the property owners about fifty men were indicted, charged with keeping gambling houses. Among those indicted was George V. Hankins, owner of the New Harlem race track, and his business partner, William Wightman. HER DRESS BULLET PROOF. Captain Manard Fires Shots at His Sister In the Presence of Reporters. Chicago, Oct 1. -Captain Manard, the English marksman, last night gave a private exhibition to newspaper men of his new bullet proof dress. He used a Martin-Henry rifle. The first test was at a piece of steel about one-eighth of an inch m thickness. The cartridges which the captain intended to use were handed to the members of the press for safe keeping. The first of these was fired at the steel plate and the result wa s a jagged hole. “Shall I fire at the plate or the lady this time?" asked Captain Man ard, and there was a chorus of “At the plate.’’ Again the bullet plowed its way through the steel. Those present refused a second time to ask the young lady, who was Man ard’s sister, to pose as a mark, but the captain told her to step forward and she did so without hesi tation. His sister held a pack of white cards in front of her body and Manard fired. Miss Manard moved just a trifle as a result of the shock, but the smile never left her face that had come to it at the re fusal of those present to ask her to stand in front of the rifle. Other tests were made with the regulation Springfield rifle in use in the American army and with the same result. REVOLUTION IN CHINA. A Chicago Chinese Merchant Predicts One There Shortly. Chicago, Oct. 1.—Speaking* of the report of the rebellion of the troops in China, Sam Moy, the local man darin, said: “It means the beginning of the end. We Chinamen wish to see China win, but more than that we wish our own emperor back in place of the usurper, who now reigns over us. For years the ’Gee-Hings’ have been growing in power and to day they have generals and officers in command of the army. The sole ob ject of the ‘Gee-Hing* society is to overthrow the present emperor and restore the old dynasty. It is a se cret society with millions of members in China and 8,000 in California. The emperor has offered $1,000 re ward for the head of every 'Gee Hing,’ but there is not enough money in the treasury to pay for the heads. The war with Japan will not last much longer, for the Gee Hings will soon be strong enough to come out openly and dethrone the emperor.” Mandarin Moy thinks this winter will see a new emperor and an elabo rate coronation in China, which many Chinamen now in America will at tend if they can beg or borrow the money to cross the Pacific. NEWS NOTES. The president has appointed James Comiskey as postmaster at St. Mary’s Kan. Twenty-five squatters on school lands in Oklahoma have been arrested on orders of the governor. Elder Charles Baker of the Central Christian church at Denton, Texas, who disappeared June 14, has re turned. He claims to have been the victim of nervous prostration The meeting of the Christian En deavor convention next year has been changed from San Franciscso to Bos ton. Fire in Leoti, Ear., destroyed the Leoti Mercantile company’s building and stock and two other buildings. Losses $11,000. Seventeen philanthropic societies of Chicago joined in a welcome to Miss Frances E. Willard on her return from Europe. Many noted persons spoke. In payment of the interest due Oc tober 1, 1794, on United States regis tered 4 per cent consols of 1907 the treasury mailed 30,832 checks aggre gating $4,895,059. The striking Newcastle, Col., coal miners have adopted resolutions peti tioning the Colorado fuel and iron company to reopen the mines, agree ing to work at the old wages, not to strike for a year at least, and to give thirty days’ notice when any change in the wage scale is desired. UGLY CHABGES MADE EXPLORERS OP THE PEARY EX PEDITION COMPLAIN. Claim That They Wen Very Badly Treated—Peary Did Not Allow Them Baonib to Bat While Waiting for the Belief Party—Mrs. Peary Cornea In Tor a Share of the Complaint—No Aretle Expedition Can Succeed With a Woman In It. The Peary Expedition. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 20.—Since the return of the Peary expedition from North Greenland on Tuesday last, there havo been stories of dissat isfaction on the part of the members concerning Peary's conduct on the en terprise and the quality and quantity of the food he compelled them to eat. The interview had with Mrs. Peary in Washington, in which sho said she was at a loss to understand the com plaints, has caused much discussion here, and yesterday afternoon mem bers of the party held a conference at the Bingham house to consider the advisability of making a statement of their reasons for dissatisfaction. The conference was held behind closed doors and lasted several hours. At its conclusion the members de clined to state what had been decided upon, further than it was not the in tention to mako an answer to Mrs. Peary’s statements at this time. The party has not yet disbanded, however, and a further consultation may be held to-day. W. T. Swayne, who was one of the party and went out with Peary as pri vate secretary, said: “Wo are under no contract with Peary. As regards dissatisfaction with his management, the only agreement that exists was made by us on board ship while we were returning to Philadelphia. We then agreed wo would say nothing un less Mrs. Peary opened her lips. “This she did yesterday, and I con sider myself at perfect liberty to speak. As for iny .contract with Peary, it has been broken by him re peatedly during the course of the ex pedition. “He agreed that we were to be treated as gentlemen. For one thing I can say that Lieutenant Peary cer tainly did not act as a gentleman among gentlemen. I see Mrs. Peary has something to say about the food. Let me give you our menu during the last two months of our stav, while we waited for the relief party. The menu was the outcome of Peary’s arrangements and was due to insufficient provision in the beginning: Breakfast, corn meal mush, sprinkled by Peary with sugar and with a sparing hand; bacon with all the fat fried out of it; an oc casional spoonful of Boston beans out of a can; coffee. Lunch, boiled seal meat, tasting like stale mutton fla vored with coal oil; corn bread; tea. Dinner, reindeer meat, when we could get it; seal meat, when we could get it; and—don't omit this—one-half a slice of white bread; coffee. “On Sunday evening, as a special treat, we had for desert one can of to matoes among the party. “What Peary and his wife had we don’t know. They lived apart and not one of us was ever admitted to their quarters. Peary treated us to a lot of red tape and autocratic rule that had serious consequences. I am lame on account of it. He would order some of us to go a seventy-five mile sledge journey to get food for his dogs and only give us an hour's warning, when half a day should have been accorded. My toe, which lames me, was frozen in just that way. “And one thing that I can add, no Arctic expedition can ever succeed with a woman along to hamper it.” KANSAS FREIGHT RATES. Attorney Onqral Little Holds Connty Attorneys Nnst Enforce Scliednlls. Toi*eka, Kan., Sept 29.—Yesterday Governor Lewelling received a com munication from I. P. Cunningham of Wichita, complaining of excessive freight charges by the railroad com panies. He referred it to Attorney General Little, who, in an opinion rendered to the governor to-day, says that the state board of railroad com missioners reached the limit of its au thority when it promulgated a lower schedule of rates for the entire state a few months ago, and the county attorneys must enforce the penalties provided by statutes for violations of the new schedule. Shota at a President. Panama, Sept 29.—News has been received from Costa Rica of an anarch ist's attempt to assassinate President Yglesias during the military review in San Jose. Five shots were fired. Dynamite was found in the house where an accomplice named Jimener lives. The police seized documents which give evidence of a widespread conspiracy. Loved Bor Wheel Bent. PBn.ABKi.PBiA, Sept 29.—The bicy cle has at last come to the front as the cause of the separation of a cou ple and of divorce proceedings. Matthias L. La Freve, in his petition for divorce from his wife, charges that she deserted him because he was unable to ride his wheel any longer and wanted her to give hers up. New York's Constitution Adopted, Albany. N. Y., Sept 29.—The con stitutional convention has adopted the new constitution as reported from committee of the whole. The vote was 95 ayes and 45 noes, two Repub lican members voting with the mi nority. Five Thousand gar Thompson Steel Work* Men Most Ueet a Redaction. Pittsburg, Pa., Sept 29.—The Carnegie company proposes to "re adjust" the wages of its 5,090 em ployes in the Edgar Thomson steel works. This, of course, means a re duction. The men have been work ing under a three year scale which will expire October 30. Since the scale was formulated the Amalgam ated association has agreed to several heavy cuts in wages paid by union competitors of the Carnegie company and the latter claims that it must meat these redactions. SENATOR HILL'S POLICY. R* Will Wot assign Bit Beat la the C. A Senate. Mkw York, Sept 89.—Close friends of Senator Hill doelare that if he should finally decide to accept the Democratic nomination for governor he will not resign his seat in the son* ate and it is also said that he will re* main in the senato even if he should bo elected governor because the legis lature is Republican and would, in the event of his resignation, send a Republican to tho senate. Some of his friends, among them Congressman Tim Campbell, declare that he will accept the Demoeratlo nomination for governor and go into the campaign to win. If he is elected he will qualify as governor and immediately resign to resume his career in the senate. Lieutenant Qovernor Look wood will succeed to the governor* ship, and In this way it is hoped that harmony will be restored in the Democratic party in New York. Hill will then bido his time until the national convention in 1899. His name will then bo placed in nomina tion for the presidency, and the fact will be cited that he carried New York in the doubtful year of 1894, when candidates were soarce and issues very complex. The senator anticipates that there will be no objection to this program, his friends sny, on the part of the Cleveland Democifets of New York. It is pointed out that Demoeratlo suo* coss in New York in November virtu ally means the election of Represen tative Daniel L. Lockwood of Buffalo, an ardent supporter of President Cleveland, as governor. Senator Hill will, it is said, not occupy tho oillce more than a week at most. Lockwood has the prestige of being nn original Cleveland man. He nom inated Grover Cleveland for sheriff of Erie county, for mayor of Buffalo, for governor of New York and finally for president of tho Unitod States. His acceptation of the nomination for lieutenant governor cannot, it is argued, fail to elieit tho support of the president and of tho administra tion generally, especially as it is un derstood that ho is to bj tho gover nor de facto in tho event that the Democrats carry tho election. ' The Times and the Post ■ repudiate the “harmony'* deal warmly, and tho former declares that Hill will bo held responsible for the Maynard disgrace, while the latter holds that Hill is the most dangerous man in American public life, unprincipled in every way and with no claim to statesmanship. Albany, N. Y., Sept 88.—Charles R. Defreest, clerk of the Democratic state convention, has appointed the following committee to wait upon Messrs. Hill, Lockwood and Gaynor and notify them of their nomination: James VV. Hinc.iiey, chairman of tho Democratic state committee;Congress mae Bourkc Cockran, James D. Bell, Senator Amass .1. Parker and ex-Sen ator Charles P. McLelland. Of course none of the candidates will show dis courtesy to the committee by giving their answer to the people before the visit of the committee. CORBETT FEELING SORB. The Champion Resents CrlllcUlms of Sul livan and Fitzsimmons. Portland, Me., Sept. 3 9.—Pugilist Corbett was indigbant to-day when shown the dispatch sent out by John L. Sullivan, accusing him of beating about the bush, lie said; “These people do not cut any ice with me. Sullivan lias always had more mouth than courage. He is a quitter from the word go, and I don’t want to have anything to do with him. He is out of it But there is one thing—if I ever meet Fitzsimmons in the ring I will make a better fight than Sulli van did with mo. Of course, Jake Kilrain, Sullivan and Jackson are sore and I know it, but that does not make any difference with me. The Olympic club does not want a fight; they want to make money out of me. Now, I am not inclined to let them until I have proof that Fitzsimmons is somewhere in my class, and this be can demonstrate by knocking out O’Donnell. I am making good money now and am not taking any risks to please any number of soreheads.” Corbett became excited as he talk".'! and plainly showed that he was deep ly touched by tbe various stories which had been circ^iatjd within the past few hours. Mrs. fltanfosct Handles Millions* San Francisco, Sept. 80. — Jane Lathrop Stanford ha> filed in the pro bate court her first annual account os executrix of the estate of the late Senator Stanford. The account covers the period from June, 1893, to Sep j tember, 1894, during1 which time Mrs. i Stanford has handled money from the | estate to the amount of $1,575,000 and I lias disbursed during the same prriod 81,371,000._ The Debs Argument Concluded. Chicago, Sept 89.—The arguments in the Debs case were completed to day, Attorney Irwin of St Paul fin ishing for the defense in an address, in which he intimated that the rumors that the railroad officials were respon sible for the burning of cars during the strike would be investigated, and Associate Counsel Edwin Walker mak ing the closing speech for the prose cution. Mexican Cattle Coming. DsNveb, Col., Sept 2 9.—Colorado cattlemen and ranchmen aro consid erably excited over reports that Mex ican cattle barons intend to ship stock into Colorado to fatten on gov ernment lands. Efforts will be made to shut out foreign cattle by means of national and state quarantine regula tions. Warden Pnce Vindicated. Jefferson City, Mo., Sept. 2a —The board of prison inspectors to-day in vestigated the charges against War den Pace preferrad by W. C. Belt, late usher of the prison, of using beef belonging to the prison for his pri vate use, keeping a negro driver in his employ at the penitentiary who was trapped stealing letters, etc. The inspectors examined a large number of witnesses under oath and found in favor of the warden in all respects, but in regard to the negro driver, Charles Dorton, recommended hie immediate dismissal. FARM AND GARDEN, MATTERS OP INTEREST TO AGRICULTURALISTS. toma Dp to Data Hint* About Cultiva tion of tho Boll and Yield* Thereof— Bortlenltnro Viticulture and Vlorl* ealturo. Plowing. A tub-committee, instructed to re port lie suggestions on plowing to the Massachusetts state board of ag riculture, submitted the following: The importance of the proper prep aration of the soil for the reception of the seed can not be too highly esti mated. The correctness of this propo sition will be readily admitted by those who remember the fact that such a preparation la absolutely neces sary to Insure paying success In the raising of any given crop. Not only Is the germination of the seed affected by neglect in this matter; but the future growth pf the embryo plant will also be seriously, If not disas trously, retarded by it. The laws of nature will not be annulled nor sus pended to accommodate those who from Ignorance neglect, or from shllf leasneas fall, to obey those laws. The complete and thorough pulverization of the soil is essential la order that the tiny and tender rootlets of the growing plant may not be hindered nor baffled in their tireless search for subsistence. In this preparatory work the plow performs the initial, and, in some respects, the most im portant part; for no succeeding oper ations with harrow, cultivator, horse or hand hoe, can compensate for the failure of the plow to do Its work welL The application of scien tific rules and principles in the con struction of this important implement, so as to secure ease in draft as well as in the holding, has made this part of the work comparatively easy and pleasant to both team <and plowman. To secure first-class work (and no other will answer the purpose), three things are absolutely necessary—a good plow, that Is, one well adapted to the nature of the work to be done, a well-trained and able team,and last, though by no means least in import ance, a skillful plowman. The im provements in the construction of the plow that the last forty years have witnessed have been wonderful in deed. The contrast between the clumsy, ill-constructed, and unsightly wooden plow, shod with wrought iron, used forty years ago, and the trim, bright, and sharp-cutting steel plow of to-day, though great Indeed, Is not greater than the difference in the character of the work performed. The “cut and cover” work of former years, with, in many instances, but a precious little of either “cut or cover, ” has been succeeded by the well-cut, neatly turned, and properly disinte grated furrow of to-day, with the difference in ease of after cultivation, and the ultimate results secured a» widely variant. Folnts on Buckwheat. W. E. Farmer, writing in American Cultivator, says: Despite the low prices of wheat, corn and many other grains, buckwheat hassold fairly well this season, and proved remunerative to those who happened to grow it last season. Many farmers will be turn ing their attention from corn and wheat to oats and buckwheat this sea son, and a word about its culture may not be amiss just before the seeding time. If the market reports of any of the leading cities are studied they will find that there is a wide difference In the quotations of buckwheat, differ ent qualities and varieties varying, from 1 to 0 or 7 cents per bushel. Even 4 cents a bushel would mean enough on products of a large farm to determine the question of profit and loss II the buckwheat brought to market, and thus variously rated in value, was examined by any practical farmer or grower it would not take him long to decide that there is really a great dif ference in the grain. Such an exami nation would be of benefit to every one engaged in agriculture. He woulo go home again and decide to raise only the finest. It is true that there are certain soils and localities that are just suited to the culture of buck wheat, and excellent grain is grown there without very much cultivation. But the fair buckwheat soil can be made to produce as good grain as any that comes to market. The soil fot buckwheat needs to he only medium in fertility, but the culture must be good. Virgin woodland soil is excel lent for this grain. If the soil is too rich the grain does not fill well, and the stalks take all the nutriment Buckwheat can consequently come after another crop very well without extra fertilizing. It is an excellent crop to sow on land where oats, bar ley or corn have been sown, but de stroyed by bad weather. Such land seeded to buckwheat right away will help the owner out of his difficulty and save him from the entire loss of his crop. The best time for sowing the crop is the last of June or the first of July. Very early vegetables can be sown on the land and harvested before it is necessary to sow the buckwheat, and two crops may thus be gathered Good pasture or clover land may be used for the purpose, and the first crop of grass can be fed to the cattle, or har vested before it is time to sow the buckwheat. The ground should be worked over well, however, before the seed is sown, and then half a bushel of seed drilled in or sown broadcast to the acre will yield a good crop. After sowing the ground should be rolled evenly. If fertilizers are to be used it should be remembered that potash end phosphoric acid are the elements moat needed. Prolonged end exoea* alee drouth In August will aometimes bluat aome of the flowers, but talcing ' It nil In all the crop la about aa aura aa any that we eaa ralae on the farm Peu and Cowpeas for the North. The value of peae aa a fodder crop la just beginning to be appreciated by northern and western farmers, wrltea C. 8. Waltera In Germantown Tele graph. Until very recently the cow peas were auppoaed to be fit only for southern land where the grass would not grow well. But we are now pretty well satisfied from experience that oowpeaa should not be restricted to the south, but there is a real mission for them to perform in the north. But the mission is not the same probably in the two aeetlona In the south ooW peas are essentially for a forage crop, but In our eolder climates they are more valuable for turning under as green manure. Clover and corn grow so rapidly and luxuriantly here that it will be some time before better for age plants can be obtained. Still, cowpeas can and have been cultivated In the north for forage erops with re sults that are highly satisfactory. The cowpeas are rapid growers, and In eighty-five days from sowing,the crop Is a large one and ready for turn ing under. As a fertilizer this crop ranks almost equal to clover, but we have to wait eighteen months for a good crop of the latter to turn under. The cowpeas are sown early in the spring as soon as the land is warm enough for seeds, and they spring up rapidly and mature without any dan ger from being killed by extreme weather. In the ease of clover, how ever, considerable risk is run, and there is danger of the whole crop be ing killed either in the middle of the summer or from winter cold. Besides, clover is hard to "catch” on most soils, whereas cowpeas do well on any kind of a fair soil. The contrast between the two crops for green manure is thus ull In favor of the cowpeas. The. vines of the cowpeas are large enough to separate the soil in which they are plowed so that they induce porosity in very thick, heavy land. The vines rot and decompose rapidly, so that within a few months after they have been turned undor the green ma nure is almost ready to be absorbed by the plants. Two bushels of seed to the acre will yield a very large crop even in our cold states, and the vines should grow over two feet high. In the south the pea vines have consider able feeding value that nearly all farmers avail themselves ol For sheep the cowpeas might prove of con siderable value in the north. We have just had it demonstrated to us at the experiment stations that there is no better food for sheep than our com mon garden peas. The pea vines are all rich in nutritious food, and the peas themselves contain elements that can not be supplied in any more con venient form. Those Interested in raising peas for sheep should sow the field with about two bushels of the small Canada field pea with one bushel of oats to the acre. About as many peas are obtained in this way as if hey were sown alone. The results are much better by mixing, for the oats will yield a fair crop after the peas have been gathered. The sheep should be fed most of the crop green, but when the vines are cured and kept for winter use they eat nearly every thing up, including vines and old peaa Importance of Thinning Crops* I am satisfied that bat few farmers know the importance of thinning. They seem to think that nothing needs thinning but corn, says L. W. Ander son in Farm and Borne. One bought some raspberries of me and said: "Come look at my vines and tell me what is the matter with them; they are a good kind, but won't bear.” I looked and saw at once. I said: “How many stalks have you in each hill?” He laughed and said, “About forty.” I said: “What is the use of carrying your brains around with you if you don’t use them?” xnere are len Biraw Derry plants where should be one as a rule. One good, thrifty, well-formed blackberry or raspberry stalk is worth a dozen over-crowded, thriftless limbless onea 1 once planted a big potato whole to get big potatoes and got a big hill full of little potatoes. It would have been all the same if I had planted a big ear of corn whole in a hill and expected big corn. Potatoes should be thinned to one or two eyes before planting. Few farmers do it To thin my crop as I ought has taken more nerve than anything I have undertaken on the farm. The Fabm Day—We do not look favorably upon this fourteen hours a day on the farm as the period set apart for hard labor. It is a slavish practice and never ends well. A man may oc casionally in some unforeseen way get into circumstances that compel such a sacrifice for a limited time, and this is excusable,but to go deliberately about arranging one's affairs with the ex pectation of putting in this amount of time at manual labor in each twenty four hours of the season is out of reason. It is not consistent with the fundamental ideas of existence. From dawn till dark is a long time in early summer. It should afford a period of rest in the middle of tne day for farm laborers who begin early and late. It will pay better in the end. Blacxbkbries require no trimming in the spring, excepting to prevent too large a growth of fruit. For large fruit trim freely. If farmers fully appreciated the great advantage of a fruit garden few would be without one. Blackberr xs should be pinched back when fifteen inches high. •SfsJ it