GETS AFTER GROVER.
MORCAN OF ALABAMA SEEKING
information.
Mr. Cleveland Attacked for Not Giving
All Information Obtainable to the Sen
ate—Americans Declared (Tn justly
Treated by tlie Spaniards—Secret Tes
timony Is Divulged.
Wasduwton, June G.—When the
Senate met, to-duy, Mr. Morgan of
Alabama asked for action on his reso
lution, requesting1 the President for
information as to the capture of the
•Competitor by a Spanish warship and
the condemnation to death of the
United States citizens, and for
whether any demand had been made
for the release of the citizens, tie
eaid that while the case was one of
great gravity, involving the unwar
ranted condemnation to death of
American citizens, yet no information
was available except through press re
ports and rumors. The executive
branch had not given the slightest in
formation on the subject.
Some question was raised by Mr.
Sherman as to the propriety of Mr.
Morgan making public use of the tes
timony of Mr. Lawrence before the
■committee on foreign relations and
the Alabama Senator sharply rejoined
that there should be no such conceal
ment and hiding of facts from the
■country.
Mr. Morgan said he did not want
Congress to leave Washington, thus
■committing to the president the sole
authority to demand or withhold a
demand for the release of American
■citizens, or to recognize or withhold
recognition of beligerency.
Mr. Morgan said that he had re
•ceived letters from Cuba, some with
•seals broken, detailing the condition
prevalent there, before the Senate
■should adjourn it should know from
the president what the position was
■and. if true that hundreds of men
were penned in small rooms, whether
these American citizens were to meet
■death without a demand.
Mr. Morgan said that he had great
respect for the office of President; it
was an American characteristic to be
proud of this government. Hut this
was a government of law not of pro
visional will. The President was en
joined to execute the laws; he swore
in Ills official oath to obey the law.
The Senate had requested information
•of the President, and he had replied
that it was incompatible with the
public interest, although section 2001
■of the statutes provided “when a de
mand was made for the release of an
American, that all the facts rel
ative thereto, as soon as prac
ticable, be communicated by the
President to Congress.” Every
•day of the confinement of American
prisoners at Havana was a day of dis
honor. He did not know what would
■come of the delay and inaction. Pos
sibly in the end the Americans would
be so Humbled as to sue Spain for par
-don. Hut Congress, which was the
■sole war power, should not leave
without authorizing that power to be
used if necessary. “In the event that
those American prisoners are not re
leased and delivered to the President,”
he concluded, “we should authorize
him to send ships of war to Cuba and
make war sufficient to secure their
•release. ”
As Mr. Morgan closed, Mr. Sherman
rose quickly anil stated that the pro
ceedings wore of such a character as
to come within Senate rule 33, requir
ing secrecy. Thereupon Presiding
■Officer Mr. Platt directed the galleries
to be cleared and tlje doors closed.
This rule is seldom invoked, being
■different from that governing ordinary
■executive sessions.
AUSTIN CORBIN KILLED.
New York M(ilt!-Mllll:>ntlre Dies From
Injuries Deceiver! In s Dunaway.
Kkwi’ort, N. II., June (i.—Mr. Aus
tin Corbin, the multi-millionaire, of
New York, died at UH2 last night
from injuries received by the running
•away of the horses attached to his
■carriage. The accident occurred
about 3 o'clock while Mr. Corbin was
■driving from his estate and game pre
serves. two miles east of here", accom
panied by his grandson. Edgell Cor
bin, and the latter's tutor. The driver
was John hitches.
When coming out of the entrance
gate, the horses shied, and in their
fright dashed across the street, col
liding with a high stone wall. The
carriage was overturned sufficiently
to eject, with great force, all its oc
cupants, with tlie result that ono of
Mr. Corbin’s legs was broken in two
places and the other Wrenched, while
his head was lerribly bruised. The
driver was-injured in ternally and died
at G o clock. Edgell Corbin had one
leg broken, besides other injuries,
while tho tutor escaped with a severe
shaking up.
THE MOSCOW DISASTER.
Dae to the Refusal of the Prefect of
Police to Accept ofTere of Angle t a nee.
Moscow, June B.—Eye witnesses of
the terrible and fatal crush on the
Khodijnskoje plain Saturday, agree
that M. Vlassovsky, prefect of police,
, Is chiefly to blame for the disaster.
He huffily refused military offers of
troops, to control the crowd, declaring
that, he knew his own business, and
that there was no need of any fear of
nn accident. Popular feeling against
Vlassovsky is intense, and his name
has become a curse among the popu
lace, who, armed with bottles and
atones, would have lynched him the
same day, upon his arriving at tue
plain if he had.not had his route lined
with troops and himself stronglv es
corted. 8 .
A number of peasants were drowned
in the vats of beer provided for the
feast, into which they plunged in
order to secure the liquor.
A Colored Member of Congrem.
\Vashi,voton. June 5.—The House,
by a vote of 153 to 33, to-day seated
Oeorge W. Murray, a colored man,
who has been contesting the seat of
Mr. Elliott. Democrat, from the black
of Shoestring district of South Caro
lina. Party lines were strictly drawn,
except that Mr. Parker of New Jersey
voted in favor of Mr. Elliott. Mr.
Murray was escorted to the bar and
sworn in amid Republican cheers.
i
FILLED CHEESE BILL.
y»w On»« to the President for Hl»
Attention.
Washington, June 6 —The Semite
passed the filled cheese bill as it cauae
from the House by a rote of 3? to 13.
thus completing the legislation on
this subject. The measure is analogous
to the oleomargarine law. The bill
defines “filled cheese” to embrace “all
substance made of milk or skimmed
milk, with the admixture of butter,
animal oils or fats, vegetables or any
other oils, or compound foreign to
such milk and made in imitation or |
semblance of cheese.”
Manufacturers of filled cheese are
taxed $-d)0 annually; wholesale deal
ers, S'.’M); retail dealers, $13. In ad
dition to these taxes, the product it
self is taxed one cent per pound, and
imported filled cheese is taxed eight 1
cents per pound in addition to the im- i
port duty. It is provided that filled
cheese shall be packed by the manu
facturers in wooden packages only
and branded with the words “filled
cheese” in black-faced letters not less
than two inches in length. It is also
provided that all retail and wholesale
dealers in filled cheese shall display
in a conspicuous place in their sales
room a sign bearing the words, "filled
cheese sold here,” in black-faced let
ters not less than six inches in length,
upon a white ground.
Air. vest spoke in opposition to the |
bill. He skid the oleomargarine law
had turned out to the benefit of Messrs.
Nelson Morris and Armour, who
added the oleomargarine tax to the
product sold to poor people, and this
law would operate in the same Way.
Mr. Vest proposed two amendments,
viz.: That the measure should not be
taken to extend the police power of
the federal government so as to con
flict with the police power of the
States, and that “skimmed milk”
made from skim milk be included with
filled cheese, lioth amendments were
voted down.
Several efforts to add tariff amend
ments to the bill was defeated. An
amendment by Stewart, Nevada, fora
tax of 10 cents per pound on wool,
was laid on the table, 3-'-14. Another
amendment by Mr. Lindsay repealing
the one-eighth differential duty on
sugar was tabled. 31-10.
A NEWSPAPER SACKED.
Press anil Cases Destroyed and Type
Thrown Away at 6t. Mary's, Kan.
Wamego, Kan., June G.—The St
Mary's Journal office was sacked
yesterday morning, and the press
and cases completely wrecked and the
type thrown into the Kansas river.
Editor James Graham had been at
tacking a man who is said to have
collected license money from the sa
loons, and George Welsh had threat
ened to demolssh the office. He is
under arrest and cannot get $1,000 bail.
The Journal is a Democratic semi
weekly paper. The editor . was once
sheriff of Pottawatomie county. One
of his sons is a clerk in the United
States pension office at Topeka.
MILES OF WRECKS.
; The Bt. Louis Tornado Damage Being
Cleared Away—Latest Death List
St. Louis, Mo., June 5.—Eighty-five
miles of street were obstructed by de
bris as a result of the tornado. All
of these streets have been made passa
ble, and will be cleaned up in ten
days. The storm district extended
from the river on the east to Tower
Grove avenue on the west,
and from Olive street on the
north to Lynch street on the
south. "This comprised an area of
«ix miles. The extreme limits were
three miles east and west and two
miles north and south. An adequate
idea of the damage can he formed
when it is stated that, if all the houses
damaged and blown down were on j
both sides of the one street, that
street would be just eighty-five miles
long. The figure is given by the street
commissioner, who has been through
the entire district, and from the re
port of his general superintendent,
who cut a roadway through the
eighty-five miles of streets.
A recapitulation of the casualty list
in St. Louis is as follows: liurial per
mits issued to date. 12'; inquests held,
no permit issued. I; killed, bodies not
recovered, 13; wounded in hospital, 90;
missing people, 8:>; total, 314.
Contributions of money and cloth
ing continue to pour in and thousands
of people have received aid in one
shape or another. The total amount
of contributions received is $101,6-38.
j KATE FIELD S FUNERAL,
I President Dole and the Hawaiian Cabi
net Attended.
Sax Francisco, June 5.—According
to steamship advices from Honolulu,
the funeral of Kate Field, the noted
writer and lecturer, who died there
May 19, was held the day following.
Her body was embalmed and placed
in a temporary vault Final disposi-1
| tion of the body depends entirely upon
i news which Consul General Mills re
! eeives from the United States,
j The funeral was attended by Pres
ident Dole, the members of the cab
inet and a large number of* citizens.
.Miss Field became sick May 19 at
Kailua, a small hamlet in Hawaii. She
complained of pains in her chest, but
did not consider the matter serious. A
few days later she was placed on
board of an island steamer and died |
half an hour after the vessel reached
the port. Pneumonia was the cause
of her death.
THE INDIAN SCHOOLS.
Compromise as to Sectarian Institutions
Proposed—The House Hostile.
Washington, June 6.—A proposed
compromise has been offered in con
ference on the sectarian school amend
ment of the Indian appropriation bill,
providing that the appropriations for
such schools shall extend for the next
fiscal year instead of the next two fis
cal years. The conferees will prob
ably agree on this, and it is thought
the Senate will accept the compro
mise. Iti the House, Representatives
Linton and Hamer, who have led the
fight against appropriations for sec
tarian purposes, both declare that
such a compromien cannot be accepted
in the House.
ARE FOR BLACKBURN.
CARLISLE TURNED DOWN BY
KENTUCKY.
Senator Blackburn's Name to bs Pre
sented to the Chicago Convention as
the Blue Grass Choice—Flrey Speech
by the Favorite Son to the Convention
—Gold Men Fight Stubbornly but Ail to
No Purpose.
Boomed for President*
Lexington, Ky., June 5.—When the
Democratic State convention reassem
bled to-day the committee on perma
nent organization reported in favor of
the complete reorganization of State
and county committees, silver men
being put in charge with Major John
son of Lexington as chairman of both
the State executive and central com
mittees, aud the headquarters being
moved from Louisville.
W. C. P. Breckinridge was repeated
ly called for and was the only gold
standard man to address the conven
tion except Chairman Long, who
delivered his farewell address yester
day. Breckinridge was given close
attention, although he told the con
vention that the recent silver victory
was dne to distress and discontent and
its results would be temporary.
The committee on credentials,
which had been in session all night,
reported for an equal division of the '
vote between the contestants in Ken
ton county, the home of Secretary
Carlisle, and for seating the silver
delegates in place of the Music hall or
Haldcman delegation from Louisville.
This would give the silver men forty
votes more than they cast yesterday
for Bronston for temporary chairman.
A long discussion ensued on the part
of the majority report unseating the
gold delegates from Louisville, Colo
nel H. M. Slone, leading for gold, and
G. T. Winn for silver. The last effort
of the Louisville delegates was to de
mand a call of the 110 counties on the
adoption of the majority report.
The majority report on credentials
was adopted—678 to 211. Some coun
ties did not vote, whereupon the dele
gates from the Forty-eighth legis
lative district at Louisville retired.
C. K. Wheeler of Puducah was then
introduced as the permanent chair
man and addressed the convention.
Another fight was precipitated by a
resolution to compliment Senator
William Goebel of Covington bv add
ing his name to the list of the state
committeemen. He is a neighbor of
Mr. Carlisle and a gold standard man.
lie opposed Blackburn until the latter
secured the caucus nomination and
afterward stood by him till the last.
The resolution was finally adopted by
a motion to make it unanimous before
the call was completed.
Some of the delegates from the
Fourth district objected to Senator
George S. Fulton being on the State
committee. It was charged that his
brother was a revenue collector, al
though he is a silver man and was
among those Who voted for Aack
burn for Senator. After the conven
tion had been greatly disturbed for
over an hour it was voted that the
delegates from the Fourth district
should retire and settle their dispute.
Senator Blackburn responded to re
peated calls, and addressed the con
vention for an hour on the lesson of
the great silver victory in Ken mcky
last Saturday, and the duty of the
representatives of the people of this
convention. He said the gold system
had spread more ruin and misery
among the people than the tornadoes
at St Louis and other western places.
The gold standard power bad domi
nated for over twenty years, till the
masses were impoverished. Bnt the
people had liberated themselves in
capturing Kentucky, and they would
capture the country at the Chicago
convention. Every Southern State
and the great Western empire will
join Kentucky at Chicago. The solid
South was broken last year by the
gold bugs in the Democratic party,
but the solid South would be reunited
at Chicago, and the solid West would
join in the liberation from the bank
ing power;
J. C. S. B1 ■‘kburn, W. P. Hardin
and John S. R-.ea and W. T. Ellis
have been determined upon for dele
gates-at-large and W. K. Wheeler, of
Paducah, for permanent chairman.
The committee on resolutions com
pleted its work last night and was
ready to report, but the report ou cre
dentials was wanted first, and that
committee will not be through until,
to-day. The majority report reaffirms
Democratic principles, demands the
free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the ratio of 10 to 1;
declares against the national banking
system; op-vs^es any c—traction of
the currency by the retirement of
greenbacks; declares for a tariff for
revenue only: condemns Governor
Bradley; declares for party loyalty,
and instruct- delegates to Oliioago to
cast the vote of Kentucky as a unit
for Jo C. S. Bluckburn for president.
A minority report will be presented
by A. J. Carroll, member .of the com
mittee from Louisville. It omits in
dorsing Blackburn and declares
against free coinage.
GETTYSBURG HEROES.
Statuo* of General* Meade anil Hancock
Unveiled on the BattleBeld.
Gettysiu-rg, Pa., June. —Thous
ands of veterans of the late war and
ot hers gathered on the battlefield here
to-day to witness the unveiling of the
equestrian statues erected by the
Slate to the memory of Generals
Geoi-pe 8. Meade and Winfield 8. Han
cock, the two Pennsylvania command
ers in the battle of Gettysburg. Th*
statues were erected at the expense of
the State at a cost of SIOQ.OOO.
A Traveling Man erased by Lor*
St. Joseph, Mo., June 0.—James
McCoun, a traveling man, who had
been on the road for fifteen years for
wholesale houses in this city, St
Louis and Kansas City, was found
wandering between Amazonia and
Forest City with no clothing on and
was sent to the asylum to-day. Dis
appointment in love was the causa
Drawbaugb Telephone Patents
Washington, June 4.—The Senate
committee on patents to-day n.ade a
favorable report on the Daniel Draw
baugh telephone patents. Should
this report be adopted by Congress
the Hell telephone monopoly would
be serionsly affected.
A HOSPITAL BUTCHERY.
Sick and Wounded Cnlmna Killed With
out Merry.
N>w York, June 5.—The World
niblisbes the following special cor
respondence from San Cristobal, Cuba,
dated May 10; ‘‘The following story
■>f the cold-blooded butchery of more
that forty wounded and sick Cubans
ir, a hospital and of four prisoners
after the fight at Las Lomas de Jun
>nez was told to your correspondent
by Spanish soldiers who took part in
it, and they spoke as if such massacres
were every day occurrences with
them. ‘Our column, under General
Serano, left San Cristobal May 4 to
operate in the mountains between
iiere and the north coast. At mul
eignt we camped, but at 5 a. m. the
bugle sounded for us to be up. We
were preparing to break camp
when suddenly there was a call
u arm's, n moment later lucre came
i perfect rain ot bullets. Then the
insurgents began to close in uncn us.
Several timss they came down upon
its with tremendous fury, swinging
machetes above their heads, but it was
mporsible for them to stand before
.lie fire of our Mausers. YVe were
under fire and constant menace of the
machete until past noon, when the
enemy apparently withdrew. A con
sultation was held by our officers nud
it was learned that retreat was cut
off. Thus we fought on, our boys
falling around us in a dreadful man
ner, when suddenly we heard the
distant boom of a cannon. YVe knew
assistance had arrived from Bahia
Honda and that the enemy was being
attacked in the rear. YY’hen we were
relieved we killed four prisoners.
'On the road the day before onr
tight in the forest we had passed a
tine house. It was said that the gen
eral had stopped there and had been
well received by a man occupying the
place, who said he knew nothing of
the iusurgents. As we came to this
liouso on our raturn, a halt was or
dered au;j our officers went into the
house. The general weal up io the
man, shook hands with him and then
invited him out doors, where he or
dered him to be killed with the ma
chete. YVe then examined the house
and found various bottles of medi
cines, which satisfied us that the
house was an insurgent hospital and
the man we had killed was their doc
tor. We then wont through the out
houses and found upward of forty
sick and wounded. These we killed*
with machetes and then applied the
torch. Those who had died outside of
tlie house we threw into the flames.
We then resumed our march.’ ”
ANTI-BOND BILL PASSED.
Butler's Prohibitive Kesolutlon Goes
Through.
Washington; June 4.—At 7 o’clock
last night the long struggle in the
Senate over the bill to prohibit the
issue of bonds came to an end, and the
bill was passed by a vote of d2 to 35
The bill as passed covers only a few
lines, as follows:
“Be It enacted that the issuance of
interest-bearing bonds of the United
States for any purpose whatever,
without further authority of congress,
Is hereby prohibited. ”
The vote on final passage was as
follows:
Yeas—Republicans—Brown, Can
non, Dubois, Hansbrough, Mitchell of
Oregon, Perkins, Pritchard, Teller,
Warren, YVolcott—30. Democrats—
Bate, Berry, Chilton, Daniel, George,
Harris, Jones of Arkansas, Mills,
Morgan, Pasco, Pugh. Tillman, Tur
pie, Vest, Walthall, White—17. Pop
ulists—Allen, Butler, Jones of Nevada,
Peffer, Stewart—5. Total, 82.
Nays—Republicans—Aldrich, Alli
son, Burrows, Chandler, Cullom, Da
vis. Gailinger, Hale, Hawley, Lodge,
McBride, Nelson. Platt, Quay, Wet
more. Wilson—10. Democrats’—Brice,
Caffery, Faulkner, Hill, Lindsay,
Mitchell of YVisconsin, Palmer, Smith,
Vilas—9. Total, 25.
The debate on the bond bill lasted
throughout the day and was at times
very animated. Mr. Cannon of Utah,
made a spirited reply to criticisms of
the live Republican Senators, includ
ing himself, who voted against the
Dingley tariff bill, and declared the
measure was a legislative monstrosity.
Mr. Cannon asserted that the inter
mountain States took Henry M. Teller
as a leader, rather than the Senator
from Ohio (Sherman).
Mr. Allison expressed his strong
belief that the United States could not
enter alono upon the coinage of silver
at 10 to 1. Mr. Chandler appoaled to
the Senators on the other side of the
chamber to join in a patriotic measure
to sustam the country’s honor. Mr.
Chandler also paid a tribute to the
personal integrity of President Cleve
land and Secretary Carlisle. Mr.
Teller spoke in favor of making silver
the first and paramount question.
Mr. Burrows declared that it would
have been better had the country gone
down in the storm of war than that a
measure taking away the last prop to
its credit should pass. Mr. Palmer of
Illinois also opposed the bill.
POPULISTS WIN OREGON.
Republican* Defeated In Doth the Con*
freaelonal Districts.
Portland, Ore., June 5.—According
to the latest returns, the Populists
have elected C. IX Vanderburg con*
pressman in the First district and
Martin Quinn in the Second district.
The vote in the First district is com*
Dieted with the exception of Curry
county and gives Vanderburg a plur
ality ot 422. Curry county is expected
to give a Republican plurality of
about 100, making Vender burg's
plurality 3o0 in the district. In the
Second district Quinn has 403 plural
ity over Ellis, Republican, with
Grant, Harney and Malheur counties
yet to hear from.
The House Outwits Obstructor Rena.
Washington, June 8.—In order to
circumvent Mr. Kem of Nebraska,who
has been blocking all unanimous con
sent legislation for over two weeks,
Mr. Henderson of Iowa, from the
committee on rules, to-day presented
a general order making to-morrow in
dividual suspension day. It was
adoDted without division. There hat
been a tremendous pressure from
members for recognition for bills oi
local importance, and this order will
give them the opportunity.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL. READERS.
How Screenful Parmer* Operate ThI*
Department of the Farm—A Few
Hint* a* to the Care of Lire Stock and
Poultry. _
RENCH butter and
the English market
formed the topic,
says the Dally
News Paris corres
pondent, of a lively
debate In the
Chamber of Depu
ties the other day.
The discussion on a
bill to prevent the
adulteration of but
i«r was characterized ny a iransness
which to the foreigner was delightful.
Members kept running down French
butter, forgetting that the English buy
sr might be listening, and, much to the
despair of M. Vlger, the minister of ag
riculture, who hinted that these things
were better left unsaid even If true—
particularly If true. M. de Saint Quen
tin delivered a formidable impeachment
of margarine. It was the ruin of agri
culture. The consumption of butter in
ParlB remained for yearB at a standstill,
although the population Increased. This
was due to margarine surreptitiously
taking the place of butter. French ex
ports of butter to England had dropped
.by more than half, and prices were one
third less for high-class Gournay or
Islgny butters, as well as for Brittany
butters, which were of lower qualities.
M. Sibllle, member for Nantes, let the
cat out of the bag. He said that It the
export of butter to England had fallen
oft It was because French butter was
not so good sb formerly. ("Oh, oh!")
M. Vlger, minister of agriculture: "I
cannot let such a statement pass.
French butter keeps up its old reputa
tion on the English market.” And the
minister added vaguely: “The fact that
the sale Is less Is due to other causes."
M. Vlger was applauded by the whole
house for the presence of mind with
which he mended the awkward state
ment blurted out by M. Sibllle. M.
Rene Brice, a member for the butter
producing land of Brittany, defended
the drastic provisions of the bill against
margarine. Butter was going through
a crisis. It was the most important in
dustry In France next to that of wheat
growing, and its existence was threat
ened. Denmark and Sweden had taken
energetic steps to defend butter. They
had in consequence got the whole benc
tlt of the Increased consumption of but
ter In England, while France on that
market alone had lost four to seven
million pounds a year.
KTfm of liermlcldM.
The method of adding something to
Lhe cream that will destroy the bacteria
or prevent their growth, no matter how
warm the weather or how dUtant the
market.appeals to the dealer on account
of Its cheapness, simplicity and effec
tiveness. Cream In which a sufficient
quantity of-boric acid or Ballcylic acid
has been introduced, for these are sub
stances generally used as preservatives
of cream, will remain perfectly sweet
for an indefinite time even In the hot
test summer temperature. These chem
icals produce no decided change In the
taste or appearance of the cream, and
it Is no wonder that this method has
sometimes been adopted by those who
have seen in it a solution of the only
difficulty in the way of extending a lu
crative cream trade. Wbat, then, are
the objections to this method? The
first and the very decided objection that
will occur to the consumer 1s, that
when paying for sweet and wholesome
cream he does not want It diluted with
anything else. In view of the compara
tively small quantity of the preserva
tive that has to be used, this objection
might be overcome by an appeal to the
reason of the consumer, If he did not
have reason as well as prejudice on his
side. If it could be shown that the pre
servative was as harmless as the cream
itself there would, prehaps, be no rea
sonable objection to it, but the best that
can be claimed for these chemical pre
servatives is, that while they are sure
death to bacteria, they also endanger
the health and derange the digestive
apparatus of human beings. Among
those qualified to judge of the effect of
these substances when taken into the
stomach (if human beings there is
practically but one opinion, and that
Is, that the constant consumption of
them is harmful even if taken In small
quantities. In certain cases where per
sons are suffering from disease of the
digestive organisms, the use of cream
preserved by this method Is positively
dangerous
Mangolds for glo«k.
I have discarded the long varlties, as
they grow long, woody necks that are
scarcely eatable, and 1 grow altogether
the globe varieties In feeding of which
there Is no waste. They are wonderful
yielders, easily producing 1,000 bushels
to the acre under favorable conditions,
and In this year of unparalleled drouth
they yielded over 600 bushels to the
acre on my farm. I find It an advan
tage to plant them In rows far enough
apart so as to do most of the cultiva
tion with a horse, and I believe that a
little more than two feet apart Is better
than closer. The seed should be sown
quite thickly, and the plants thinned to
n6t less than a foot in the row, and I
am not sure but fifteen or eighteen
inches would give enough larger roots
to make a better yield. With plenty of
room for them to grow, it is easy to
have the roots weigh from three to five
pounds each, and such roots count up
fast In filling a wagon. Two Important
points in growing the crops are early
planting and to attend to the thinning
before the plants get crowded and
spindled. The early cultivation Is
done with a light running hand garden
plough, and should begin as soon as the
plants are up, so that one can see the
soon are large enough so that a narrow
tooth horse cultivator can be used In
them, and but little hand work Is re*
qulred. The crop should be gathered :
and stored before a hard freese,'
but not until the weather If cool,
and if large quantities are stored
together the bins should have slatted
floors raised a few inches, and a ventila
tor put in every ten feet to admit the
air to pass up through them. These
ventilators can be made with two strips
of board four inches wide, placed four
inches apart and strips of plasterer’s
lath nailed every few Inches to hold
them together. Set them on the floor
over a crack, and let them extend te
the top of the bln. Beets are worth
more for feeding late In the winter and
early in spring, than in the fall, for
two reasons. First, beets, like winter
apples, go through a curing or ripen
ing process, which improves them; and,
second, after being fed for months on
dry feed the stock need more and re
lish better a change to succulent food,
and beets are a grateful food to them.
I have had results that seemed marvel
ous in fattening old cows by feeding
roots liberally in connection with grain.
I formerly cut all my roots to feed, but
I have found that it is labor thrown
away, and for some years I have fed
them whole. It takes a cow a little
longer to eat her feed from whole beets,
but she Is contented while at it, and
my time is worth more than hers, be
sides a cow will often choke on a three
cornered piece of beet that has been
cut, but I never heard of one choking
on a piece that she bit out of a beet
for herself.—W. F. Brown in Tribune.
Conclusions on Lamb ranllaf.
Last winter the Minnesota experi
ment station made some tests in lamb
feeding. The following are some of
the conclusions reached:
1. That lambs possessed of sufficient
quality for winter feeding are not plen
tiful in the state, since no little search
ing had to be made before suitable feed
ers could be found.
2. That with the rations used, lambs
that are being fattened in winter con
sume about three pounds of food per
day, for every 100 pounds of live weight.
3. That the average gains made by
the lambs in this experiment was 9.22
pounds per month,and without any suc
culent food, as for instance ensilage or
field roots. ;«
4. That in this experiment, the aver
age cost of making one pound of in
crease in live weight was 6.44 cents or
less than the cost of producing it, a re
sult which is not seldom attained in ;
winter fattening.
5. That lambs do not gain so rapidly
in cold weather as when the tempera
ture is moderate, notwithstanding the
greater consumption of food.
6. That in this experiment the great
est profit was obtained from the lambs
which were fed a limited grain ration
of wheat screenings and oil cake, and
which were allowed liberty of access to
shelter at will; that next to these come
the lambs fed under cover; and that
the least profit arose from the lambs
to which wheat and oil cake were fed.
How Alkali In jural Vegetation.
The peculiar behavior of alkali is
largely a result of its solubility in
water. To this cause the well-known
'rise of the alkali' la due. When the
ground has been wet by rain or irriga
tion, the water evaporates at the sur
face leaving the soluble salts behind at
this point. By reason of capillary at
traction more water rises to take the
place of that which has disappeared,
bringing with it more alkali in solution
until finally a crust of salts is formed
at the surface of the soil. It is this
concentration of injurious salts into a
strongly corrosive layer which causes ,
the greatest destruction. *
Other bad effects of black alkali are:
1. Clay hard-pan, which results
from the union of the black alkali with
finely divided clay at various depths
below the surface.
2. The loss of humus, which is car
ried away in solution with the aid of
sodium carbonate.
3. The injury to the tilth of adobe
soils, which assume a lumpy and un
cultlvable condition in the presence of
black alkali.
Prof. R. H. Forbes,
In Bulletin IS, Arlsona Experiment
Station.
Strawberry I,e»f Blight.
This is a fungous disease that effects
the strawberry leaves and causes the
brown spots or patches on them. It Is
also called strawberry rust by some.
The disease does not. generally appear
until about fruiting time, when It ap
pears as small, reddish spots, which in
crease rapidly In size, the center being
of a lighter color. These spots often
run together, forming large blotches;
the affected leaves wither, turn brown
and die. Some varieties are more af
fected by it than others, and this should
be taken into consideration when se
lecting varieties for planting, as the
disease seriously affects the vitality of
the plant, and diminshes the crop the
next year. Spraying with Bordeaux
mixture is successfully practiced in pre
venting this disease. The first spraying
can be given early in the spring, afterv
the new leaves start, and just before the
blossoms open. The second soon after
the fruit is picked, followed by two or
three applications about two or three
weeks apart. .
Soil for Pears.—It is generally un
derstood that pears need a very rich
soil. Yet it is an unsettled question
whether the soil should be enriched
after the pears have begun to grow.
The controversy is as perennial as the
pear tree itself. Some growers will
not cultivate or manure their pear or
chards fearing the blight, while others
do both.
The affection of an Indiana woman
for her husband caused her to fuss over
him to such a degree that bo wants a
divorce from her.