5 NEWS OF THE WEEK. Yhnrsday, Jna- a. Mrs. France Marie Gardner of Boston Committed suicide at her home by taking poison. Charles Jones and In Irwin were fa tally shnt nd Thomas Wolfe stabbed in a general fight nt Straight Crock mines, In Kentucky. The Hamburg- American Steamship com pany haa definitely adopted Plymouth, Kngland, aa a port of call Instead of South ampton. A dispatch from Canna, Island of Crete, ays the Cretan reTolutlonary committee has Informed the foreign consuls that It K, D. Fish, one of the stockholder. whose failures were announced on the 8tck Exchange in Liverpool, Is dead. His body was found In tunnel of the Mersey railroad . " i ,1 M a Word was received In Boston from Bom- ervllle, N. C, announcing the death of Cross O. Smith, t"? New Kngtand agent of the Associated Proas. Death re sulted from oonsnmptlon. Friday, Jan. ft. M. Herbert Joseph Walther Frere-Or- ban, the distinguished Belgian statesman, died In Brussels. Alliert W. Woodley was hanged at Pitts burg for the murder of Mrs. Jennie Bu chanan In Alleghany City on May V, 18R4. The five members of the Yehuda broth erhood, recently convicted of counterfeit ing in Philadelphia, were each sentenced to five years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of 1 1,000. The inauguration of Frederlok T. Green halge as governor of Massachusetts for the third term and of Roger Wolcott as lieu tenant governor for the fourth term took . place at the statehouse In Boston. The five cities of New York, St. Louis, I San Francisco, Cincinnati and Chicago have filed applications with the national Democratic committee for designation as the place of holding the national eouven-: tlon. j A successful raid was made on the moon shiners who have been operating in south western Arkansas. Two stills and eight men were captured, and two men, who made a stubborn resistance, were killed. At Columbus, O. , Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hlbbard, their son Allen and Infant daughter Dorothy, Miss Fay Hibbard and Mrs. Grace Hibbard Lee were burned to death In a Are which destroyed the resi dence of Mr. Hibbard. Saturday, Jan, 4. The bakery and confectionery establish ment of J. Tan Velsor, In Buffalo, was burned. Loss, 150,000. One hundred girls employed In S. K. Wilson's woolen mill, at Trenton, struck on account of wage troubles. D. G. Luflin, general freight agent of the Lake Shore railroad, died at his home In Knglewood, a suburb of Chicago. - The Children's home at Columbus, O., in which there were 800 inmates, was de stroyed by Ore. All the children were res cued. It Is reported that negotiations are being made for the establishment In New York of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Rus sia. Herbert Gedney, a young lawyer of Mld dletown, N. Y., was found dead in his of fice, having evidently committed suicide. Juloa Coutant, a member of the cham ber of deputies of France, was shot and se riously wounded by his former election agent In Paris. Monday, Jan. A. A severe earthquake shock was felt at Victoria, B. C. The treasury statement shows the gold reserve to be 181, 811,8.28. The Norfolk and Western offices at Ro anoke, Va., were entirely consumed by Are. Prince Alexander of Prussia Is dead. He was 76 years of age and was a general In the Prussian army. Miss Frances K. Wlllard, owing to Indis position, has cancelled her engagements for Maryland and Virginia. Mrs. Rachel Reid Butterfleld, the wid ow of the late General F. W. Butterfleld, died at her home in Kansas City. The president haa signed the bill au thorising the acceptance of the ram Ka tahdin for the United States navy. Francts Satolll, papal ablegate to 'the United States, was elevated to the oardl nalate In the Baltimore cathedral with Im posing ceremonies and In the presence ot hundreds of ecclesiastical dignitaries of the Catholic churoh and distinguished persona In all circles of life. The beretta was con ferred by Cardinal Gibbons. Tuesday, Jan. 7. J. A. Davis, deputy collector of custom St Malone, N. Y., died at that place. Ray Hamilton of North Colebrook, Conn., fell from bis wagon and reoeived probably fatal Injuries. . Hon. Rufus W. Peckham took the oath of office as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States at Washington. Colonel Thomas W. Knox, a prominent member of the Lotos club and an authot of stories of travel for boys, died suddenly In New York. While four workmen were being lowered Into the new shaft of the Luke Fidlet mine at Shamokin, Pa., the "billy" fell upon them. They were Instantly killed. The strike of the employees at the West ern New York and Pennsylvania shops ii settled, and the men returned to work. The demands were acceded to In all re spects except as to the rr itoration of wages. Mrs. Cornelia Seibels of Atlanta or Au gusta, Ga. , has been found wandering In the streets of London. She haa completely lost her memory. Mrs. Seibels Is about 84 years of age and has nearly 11,000 in net possession. Saturday, Jam. a. Philip Reclam, the famous publisher, died In Leipsic. Sir Julian Goldsmld, the well known Hebrew philanthropist who has been 111 for aume time past, died in London. Fire destroyed the Commercial House at Bristol, Vt, the barn connected, with all iu contents an adjacent dwelling and a .blacksmith shop. W. J. Weber and Gus Weber, his broth er, were arrested in Chicago charged with -plotting to kill K. V. Hanilir, secretary of the Kilmer Steel Tile eompany. The resignation - of Hon. Charles M. Preston as superintendent of state banks was reoeived at aVlbany. Mr. Preston's term would not have expired till May next. Mrs. Margaret Bauin, aged 84 years, was employed about a stove In her home near Callicoon, N. Y., when her dress caught fire, and her body was burned to a cinder before help arrived. - The schooner Billow, bound from Rock land, Me., to Richmond, with a cargo of lime, which went ashore on Duck Island, on th coast of Maine, and the cargo of which Sought Are, was burned to the wa ter's edge.. ' Mesh's While teaching a class of (iris in ' school recently, (be -master asked the following question: "Wha was Noaa supposed to be do C'iug wben the animals wars going into the arkr" u -llt reoeived several answers. At last a little girl pot np her bund. "Well, "he said, "what do yosssyf" "Taking tb ticket, sir. "Buffalo Time. INDEPENDENCE NEAR. THE HEROIC STRUGGLE OF THE PA TRIOTS FOR FREEDOM. nsnraents Rapidly Approaching Havana. Terror and Consternation In the Capi tal De t.ome Denies the Reports of the Revolutionists Victories. HAVAsA, Jan. 8. The Insurgent hand mmmanded by Znyos was reported at dif ferent times at Calmlto, Guayalial, Hoyo Colorado and Punta Brava, snowing that he followed pretty closely the line between the provinces of Pinar del Rio and Havana J ""f P" of Pnr del Rla This nronght him Into the rp,on ""J" which large numbers of troops Be"t to S'T the ?torn p,p""h Havana. It does not appear that the Insurgents were In any great force, and no en( " m(,ntfl HTK ninoJ ' rm. n,.i i.-ir..i.i ' i . v. been burned, and the villages of Puerto la Guira and Marrero have also been put to the torch after being plundered, according to the report reoeived here. The influx of refugees from the whole of the territory surrounding Havana contin ues, and apparently It Is not possible to obtain sufficient means of transportation to accommodate the fleeing families and their household goods. The country seems to be entirely almndoned to the Insurgent army, and no movement apparently avails to check them. The eastern portion of the Island seems not to have leen entirely stripped of an ef fective force of Insurgents. A reort from Santa Clnra says that the troops encoun tered the Insurgent band led liy Pnncho Carillo and in the battle which ensued sustained a Urns of AO. Word has just been received that the sounds of cannon and musketry havo leen heard in the nclglilsirhood of Guannjay, an Important town of 4,000 inhabitants in Pinar del Rio, 45 mile southward of Ha vana. It is supposed that an engagement Is taking place there between the forces of General Snares Valdes and the Insurgents, but the numbers engaged or the course which the fortune of the fight Is taking Is not known. The insurgents are burning and destroy ing up to within eight miles of Havana. The district around the village of Cnla bazar also suffered. Calnbaxar Is only two miles from Vento, where the apparatus Is located upon which Havana tlciends for Its water supply. In the Calalmzar and Hoyo Colorado districts the cane has been burned In the fields of Maulln, Garro and Baracoa. De Lome's statement. WASH1VOTOK, Jan. 8. At the state de partment It Is said that no information has been received concerning the reported crit ical condition of affairs at Havnna. As the navy department has no ships ill Cu ban waters no Information comes from that source. The intelligence from Culxt Is of such an alarming character that some surprise is expressed, even by oittclals, that no word conies to the government as to the situation. Minister de Lome of Spain hns his pa tience sorely triod at the reports, which he regards as extravagant, and at the con stant inquiries coming to him. The men tion of the report that General Campos has resigned or that Havana has fallen is indignantly resented by him. He does not care to make denials, for, he says, these reports are such preposterous Insurgent falsifications that he will not notice them. Called to Preach In Hartford. RocHKSTKR, Jan. 8. Rev. Harold Pat tison of tills city has accepted a call to be come pastor of the First Baptist church at Hartford. ODD FACTS ABOUT MADAGASCAR. Tha Policemen Bleep oa Their Beat -The Curfew Is of Ancient Use. Probably the sleepiest policemen in the world are those of Madagascar. At Antananarivo, the capital, there is lit tle evidence of the force by duy, for its members are all peacefully wrapped in lumber. At night, too, the guardian of property is seldom to be seen, and that he is actually guarding is only to be told by the half hourly cry that, is sent up to police post No, 1 nloiigbfile the royal pa luce, "Watchman, what of the night?" "We are wide awake, keeping a sharp lookout, and all's well " Antananarivo has no lamps and no streets. It is simply a great collection of houses tumbled together. There is a big force of night police, known us the "watch." The men gather themselves together into groups, and choosing sung corners, wrapping themselves in straw mats, they drop into long and profound slumber One member of each group re. mains awake to respond to the half hourly call from the palace. As he calls back, the others, half awake, mechan ically sbont back the response. It makes little difference, however, that the police continually sleep, for robbery is rare. Curfew, though popularly supposed to be purely an early English and Norman-French custom, has been estab lished in Madagascar for centuries. In very town and Tillage between. 0 and 10 the watchmen go around about ing ont in the Malagasy dialect, "Lights out !" and they see that all is in darkness in very house. After these hours no one is allowed to travel around without a special pass. There is no criminal code of any ao oonnt, and when a man is caught in the act of stealing the populace is apt to ignore the police and surround him and stone him to death. The Madagascana have no "swear words" in their lan gouge, and when their feel.wgs aie over wrought against a man the only thing they can do is to execute summary vengeance on him. New York World. Oil and Water. "I'm very unfortunate," said the young artist. "Yon are deficient iu one important quality," replied his candid friend. "What is that?" "Tact. When Mr. Greesem came to see yoq about a portrait, yon never stop ped to think that he made his fortune out of a lucky streak in kerosene." "Never." "And yon told him be ought to have his picture done in oil, and be didn't leave the order. " "That's so." "And when Mr. Ekimker, who bas prospered aa a dairyman, called at your studio, yon rashed f -cm Boy i la to Cha ry bd is and a8 vised hini to be done np in water colors. You re a good painter. Djy boy, but what yon need is discre tion. "Washington Star. - Willing t PI. Tourist (in Ireland) I should like a room with an iron bedctead. Hotel Proprietor Sorr, Oi haven't n iron bedttead in the place they're all soft wool. But you'll find tha mat tress noice and bard, sorr. Pick Me THOUGHT THE KAISER STUPID. A Coachman Told Him He Would Never Set a River Aflre. An amusing little story ahnnt the pres ent emperor of Germany, William II, and a Vienna cnnchiunn was narrated at a banquet lately given at Vienna by some diplomatists, the narrator being I himself a well known and prominent member of the corps diplomatic. In the year 1SS7 the present Emperor William II of (lermnny, then Prince William of Prussia, came to Vienna, visiting his particular friend and ohnin, the late Crown Prince Rudolf of Aus tria. Joined by the Prince of Wales, who was at that time also a frequent visitor to the Vienna court, the three princes took a fancy to mingle with the commons of the Vienna population. , Dressed in ordinary clothes, they visited i places which are not in the leant regard . ed as suitable for princely guests. One day they entered a hotel, but in stead of going into the dining room they walked into the "schwemme," a place which answers in some degree to the barroom of an American hotel ; in this room coachmen and the servants of the hotel gneRts take their meals. The three princes took seats at an empty table, and listened, highly amused, to a fierce debate abont politics between several slont members of that clans of fashionable Vienna ooaebmen who are known all over Europe as "fesche Wiener flaker." The distinc tion of those charioteers is kind of good natnred boldness and droll famil iarity toward their customers as well at to perfect strangers. After listening awhile Prince William pnt in a word, and soon was drawn into theexcited discussion. Suddenly a stout, red faced coachman walked np to the, table where the three princes were seat ed, and, tapping Prince William gently on the shoulder, said, "Now, if yon should ever have anything to say in politics, yon wouldn't set a river on fire, I'm sure!" As every pnblio coachman in Vienna wears a number, this coachman was npon a special request of Prince William easily identified. The prince sent him a handsome scarfpiu with his initials as thanks for the amusement he had fur nished, and thus the man learned in amazement whose political abilities they were that he had so belittled. Vienna Letter iu New York Press. IN PLAGUE TIMES. How London Handled tha All Devouring Blpkneaa In tha Seventeenth Century. During the plague of 1003 Francis Hering, "Doctor in Physicke and Fel low of the Colledge of Physitians in London published certain Rules and Directions for the prevention of the spreading of that contagions and all de vouring Sickness. " These he reprinted, "somewhat inlarged," in the next plague season of 1(125, "to the view and vse, and I hope good of my Cittizens and Conntrinien." Among his rules ares "Concourse of people to Stage playes, wakes or feusts and May pole daoucings are to be prohibited by publiqne Author ity, whereby, ns God is dishonored, the bodies of men and women by snrfet ting, druukennes and other riots and excesses disposed to infection, and the contagion dangerously scattered both in Citie and Couutrie. "Let not thecal kafses of horses, dogs, cats, etc., lye rotting and poisoning the aire (as they have done) in Mcro and Fiusburie fields, and elsewhere round about the Citie. "The burying of infected bodies in churches, churchyards and, namely, in Paules Churchyard, where the chiefe Magistrates of the Citie and many other Citizens ineete weekly to hear Sermons, must needs be not ouely iuconnenient, but verie dangerous for spreading the contagion, and poisoning the whole Citie." i Some folk ate breakfast then, others did not i "For breakfast yon may vse a good draught of wormewood beore or ale, and a few morsels of bread and butter, with the leaues of sage, or else a toste with sweet salade oyle, two or three drops of rose vinegar and a little sngar. They that hune cold stomaokes may driuke a draught of wormewood wine or malmsey, instead of ale or beere. But take beed (as yon loue yonr life) of extreme hot waters, as aqua vitao, Rosa soils or other compound waters of like nature, which Einpericks prepare and set out with value and boasting words s they were devised to lull. not cure men. "Notes and Queries, A Reraarkabla Tree. There is a wayward white oak .tree near Laporte, Iiid., that may well pot tle naturalists with the vagaries of its growth. The tree is 9 feet in circumfer ence at the base, and there are no branches of any size below 15 feet from the ground. There the great bole di vides into a number of limbs. Two, leaving the trunk abont 20 inches apart, grow west, their linos diverging for some 6 feet, and then each rending toward the other. Twelve feet from the body of the tree tbey unite again, muking a per fect oval, and out of this grow two smaller branches. As if not satisfied with that expressed disregard for the laws of nature, this old tree bas per formed another feat. Six feet from its base grows another white oak, less than half its size, and no sooner does the smaller tree arrive at the charmed cir cles of those branching limbs than one of them grows right into it, and is ab sorbed. The second tree is very much larger 80 feet from the ground than at its base. Tha Plllvllla Banner. We are so anxious for the legislature to pass a few it bills for the benefit ol a suffering community I A oorreHpondent w ants to know bow we stand on the money question. Breth ren, we don't stand at all; every time we see a silver dollar we're completely floored. We are not in favor of the Bnsb bill. If man is compelled by law to bay a quart of liquor, he 11 take it borne and the old lady'll get it certain. There's one good thing about the weekly newspaper business it's a sure core fur rheuuiutisui. No man can have till joints who has to run ten miles a day to keep ahead of the sheriff. At lanta Constitution. In the early days of this centnry many efforts were made to fasten bard points to pens of softer material. Bits of metal were often fastened as points to pens of I glass, tortoise shell or born. THE MINUET DANCER. o, my encnanh-oes la the flowered brocade, You call an elder fashion to ynnr aid, Step forth from Oaingborough's canvas and advance, A powdered Galatea, to the dance. About yon e1lnp-s a fnded, old world sir, As thonsh the link boys crowded round yout ehnlr. As though the Mncnrnnls thronpod the MM!. And the French horns were sounding at Vaux hall. They tread the stately measure to Its close, The silver bncklcs and the silken hose. Ladles and exquisites, that bend and sway. Brilliant as poppies on an August day. You dance the minuet, and we admire, We dullards in nor black and white attire. Whose russet IdJ'l seems a mere burlesqne, Bet In a frame so far less picturesque. Yet 1 tnke heart: for Iive, the coatless rotrne, tlan scarcely heed what raiment be In vopue, Blnce in good sooth his negligence 0 known As something scandalous anent his own. And so he whispers, Eyes were bright snd brown Long ere the powder tax dismayed the town, And faithful shepherds still shall babble on, Although the rnplera and the frills lie gone. Alfred Cochrane in Spectator. STORIES OF THE DAY. Things Been and Heard at tha Capitol at Washington. One of the saddest places abont the whole capitol is that little corner off of statuary hall where women wait the slow motions of their'infinence. " The condensed heartache and desperation that are crowded into that narrow space day after day are enough to soften the most hard hearted. Out there, one day this week, sat a widow. She was old and poor. It was a raw, cold day, but the desolate woman had only a thin shawl about her and one shoe was all broken at the side, so that only her stocking kept her foot from the ground. She had sent in for "her" representa tive, and when he came out, he was coolly courteous, but finally seemed to warm np a little, and, at her earnest solicitation, promised to see Senator Somebody about getting her a place. He was so emphatic in saying that she muf t not worry, but leave nil to him, that she turned to louve him with ber face fairly transfigured with a glow of hap piness. When she had disappeared over the last whispering stone" toward the senate, that heartless member turned to the page and said sternly: ' eee here) If that old guy comes fooling round here after me ngain, I am not in my seat I Do you Babe?" The boy "sabed" all straight enough and gave a frightened promise to re member. Poor little old woman ! There is a regnlar King Humbert of Italy on the floor of the house, and it will surprise him greatly to read this aud find himself quite an attraction among the women iu the galleries. The ' particular attraction is a pair of fierce gray mustochios, and thoy belong to Mr. Poole of New York. Really, the likeness to the royal Italian is quite Startling. Terry of Arkansas has cultivated 8 ' remarkable suit of chrysanthemum hair , in the summer s recess between con ' cresses. If be could coax his locks to 1 unkink themselves, he would rival in (his respeot Bnffulo Bill. Prince Albert coats are quite the fash ion since Mr. Reed set the pace on the day he became speaker, but there are ways and ways of wearing them. The average congressman needs to take some lessons in the art. A closely buttoned Prince Albert is a sight for gods and men to laugh at if it does not fit, and most of them do not. One of the remarkable and enjoyable features of the Fif ty-fourth ongress is the absence oi smoking npon tne noor. Men like Mr. Quigg and Mr. Tarsney, who all but sleep with cigars in their mouths, find it rare self doniul to go without smoking, but they content themselves with a "dry smoke," twist Ing and chewing to pieces almost as many cigars aa they would otherwise smoke. The only man seen to smoke tie liberately on the floor was Mr. Powers of Vermont. He was clear bock by the fireplace and was busy thinking when be lighted his cigar, aud the expression of cherubic content which went over his face when he settled back in his chair to take that tabooed smoke was something to remember. The ladies who watch with such in terest every day the proceedings of con gross bave quite decided that Mr. Crisp baa the smallest and whitest nana in the bouse. "What brand do yon wear, mister?' asked a man with high heeled boots and sombrero of Representative Miller yesterday as that gentleman came out of tha bouse. Mr. Miller looked a little surprised, but replied courteously that be didn't know exactly what his questioner meant. I want to know which camp you round np in when there is a general stampede? ' "Do yon meau to ask my pontics?" asked Mr. Miller. "Precisely," said the stranger. "I'm off my own reservation and I've kinder lost iny bearings. I'm on the trail of the man who corralled a permit to come byar and sass the gov'niunt fur my state, and the herd boss out byar allows thai I don't sabe things none too proper and holds me np. Now, if you don t be long to the other outfit, you look fit to be a pretty good trail boss. "And who would you like to see?' asked Mr. Miller, with a broad smile at the interest the man was eliciting from loungers in the corridors, "I reckon yon all know bim like ben, the same bis name being Dennis Flyuu. " And Mr. Flynu soon appeared "And who is that?" aked a gallery occupant of his friend, who seemed to know everybody and hud been keeping np a running comment on everybody and everything iu -the house while the Uayard resolution was being discussed as Mr. Diugley of Maine addressed the chair. "He's one of the most highly respect ed men iu the bouse," said a stranger at his left. "And the thiukingest man to bout,' respuuded the friend, and went on de livering his opinions audibly. "Say, Charley, I want a business ex aotly like that for a flower stand. It just too lovely fur anything, and it Wouldn't tip over. " She was evidently bride, and she was commenting on tha malachite niaoe standard ! Wash ington btar. THE POTENT FEANUT. ONE WOULD HARDLY THINK THE HUMBLE GOOBER SO IMPORTANT. Ahout Fonr Million Bushels Raised la This Country Every Tear The Most Nu tritions and by Far tha Cheapest of Foods Substitute For Olive Oil. But little is known of the peanut out side of localities in which it is grown, and even where it is most largely grown its possibilities are for the most part not at all realized, and it is not by any means made to yield the highest results it is capable of. Taking into account all its sources of value, the pennut onght to be one of the most profitable of the gen eral farm crops In the south. The fol lowing facts about it are in the main condensed from a bulletin of the United States department of agriculture pre pared by R. B. Handy of the office of experiment stations. The yearly production of peanuts in this country is abont 4,000,000 bushels of 23 pounds, the bulk of the crop being produced in Virginia, Georgia, Tennes see and North Carolina. These 4,000, 000 bushels, while fully supplying the present demand of the United States, cniiHtitnte but a small part of the pea nut crop of the world, as the exporta tion frciu Africa and India in 1893 amounted to nearly 400,000,000 pounds. f which 223,000,000 pounds went to Marceilhsj for conversion into oil. The largest part of the American orop is sold by street venders, bnt small amounts -nre used by oonfectloners, ohoo olate manufacturers and for the manu facture of oil. Peanut oil is used for lubricating and soapraaking and is a good Mibstitnte for olive oil for salads and other culinary purposes and as a substitute for lard and cot-tolene tai. butter in cooking. The residue from oil making, known as "peanut cake," is a highly valued cattle food in the coun tries of Europe and is also ground into fine flenr and used as human food. It makes good soup, griddle cakes, muf fins, etc, and is one of the most nutri tive of foods. The vines, wben dried, become a very nutritive hay, readily eaten by stock, though requiring care in the feeding lest it produce colio. The present nses of the peannt and its products are likely to be greatly extend ed and new channels of utility found for it, as has been the case with cotton seed. With better methods of tillage and a larger yield per acre the cost of pro duction could be greatly lessened. Ac cording to the eleventh census, the aver age yield of peanuts in the United States in 1889 was 17.8 bushels per acre, the average in Virginia being abont 20 and in Tennessee 83 bushels per acre. This appears to be a very low average, especially as official and semi official figures give SO or 60 bushels as an average crop, and 1 00 bushels are not an uncommon yield. While the peanut baa been cultivated in the United States to a limited extent for a nnmber of years, it is only since 1806 that the crop has become of pri mary importance in the eastern section of this country, which seems peculiarly adapted to its production. Between 1865 and 1870 the rapid spread of the culture of peanuts was phenomenal. Each year donbled and at times increased three fold its crop over that of the preceding year, so that this conntry, from being a large importer of west African nuts, was soon able to supply the domestic demand with the home raised article. Virginia, North Carolina and Tennes see produce a lurge part of the peanut crop of the United States. Within the last few years this crop has ceased to be as profitable as heretofore. The method of culture tho annual planting of nuts on the same hind, the lack of proper ro tation of crops, the complete removal of all vegetation from the land and the fail tiro to replenish the soil by means of fertilizers has been a great factor in reducing the profits of the crop by re ducing the ability of the land to pro duoe such crops as were previously sc oured iu that section, so that now in stead of an average of 60 bushels per acre, with frequent yields of over 100 bushels, the average in the peanut sec tious is not over 90 bushels, while the cost lit cultivation bas been but slightly reduced. As regards food value, peanut kernels. with an average of 29 per cent of pro tein, 4U per cent of fat and 14 per cent of oarbohydrates in the dry material, take a high rank and should be classed with such concentrated foods as soja beans, cotren seed, etc The vines are shown by analysis to be superior to timothy hay as a feeding stuff and but slightly inferior to olover bay. The ground hulls are used to a oon- tiderable extent as a coarse fodder in Enropeon countries. Peanut meal, the ground residue from oil extraction, is a valuable feeding stuff highly appreciat ed and extensively nsed in foreign coun tries. It contains, as the averages of over 2,000 analyses show, about 62 per cent of protein, 8 per cent of fat and 37 per cent of carbohydrates and is one of the most concentrated feeding stuffs with which we are familiar, ranking with cottonseed meal, linseed meal, etc., and in some cases ahead of them. Iu describing the uses of peanuts it is scarcely necessary to more than refer to the use to which fully three-fourths of the American raised crop is devoted. The nut is sorted in the factory into four grades, the first, second and third being sold to venders of the roasted pea nut either directly or through jobbers. while the fourth is sold to confectioners to be used in the making of "burnt almonds," peaunt candy and the cheap er grades of chocolates. The extent of the use if the peanut by the American people will be more folly appreciated when it is lemembered that they use 4,000,000 bushels of nuts yearly, at a cost to the consumers of 110,000,000 which do not furin a part of tha regular articles of food, but are eaten at odd times. Boston Herald. To It each a Voleaaa. Engineers bave completed the survey of the volcano Popocatepetl, in Mexico, for the purpose of determining the best location for an aerial cable railway to the summit. It bos been determined to start the line from the ranch of Tlania cas, on the northwest, and tourists will be ablo to make the ascent to the sum mit, nearly 18,000 feet above the sea, with entire ease and also descend intq the crater, where the work of extracting sulphur is goiug oh. AN INTERESTING CAVERN. . . . Kan Ilirgo. A big care has hern discovered on the ocean side of Point Lonia, near San Diego, CaL Ho far as explored it does not seem quite as large as the Mam moth cave of Kenfnckv. hnt it. la aa In. fceresting. j The discovery was made by Horace Metcalf and Vernr-n If Matthews, who live on Point Lonm. They started ont on a sort of exploring exiedition, and at a point about a mile and a half north of the lighthouse saw a big hole just above tho surface of low tide which seemed to be the entrance to a cave. They tried to get down, but the cliffs at that point were too steep, and they gave it up. Going further north, they fonnd an easier place of descent, v. hero they let potatoes. In a year or two after the va themsolvi s down with u rope. Near the r'p,y bud become so deteriorated that it place of descent, thoy ran ncross a small- Wns loiter worth growing. The hole, which they entered, fiuditia; that it connected with the larger nud by the potato slnps than uny other vari led into the bowels of the earth. ty. It was very late in ripening. Metcalf mid Matthews made their way in with some fear, finally reaching point Hid) foet from the entrance. where the passageway widined out in- to an immense chamber big ennnith to hold Hie largest buildin j in i?au Diego. Tbey did not fully explore the cave, but thought it raided at the big chamber. They describe the interior as grand. The entrance is on iy open at low tide. bnt it is prnhublo that other passages will be found admitting explorors ut anytime. Hiu tide fills part of the pass ageway to tlio grand chamber. Richard Henry Dana, in 1 Two Years Before tho Mast," mentions a cave un der or near Point Loinu, and it is be lieved that this is the one referred to. San Fruneiscu Kxuniiner. CIGARETTES AND INSANITY. ItarnltnT STftrcTTfitchclp.it Rays They Are Very Closely Kelated. Dr. Benjamin Blackford, the able su perintendent of the Weslern State hospi tal at Staunton, Va. , iu his annual re port to the board of directors of that in Ititntion, says: "To a great extent tlio increase of in sanity may bo attributed to the perui oions 'cigarette smoking habit,' now so long prevalent among and undermining the moral, physical and mental health of tlio youth of our conntry during their early years and development, wiien the brain is tender and plastic aud easi ly affected by tho noxious inhalations is suing through und around tho nerve cen ters. Their nervous organiz.it iou is apt to become mora shattered by the 'ciga rette habit' than if they were addicted to alcoholic stimulants during that period, and will surely he tlio first to give way, and, of com so, the first to sutler, espe cially dming the period of puberty, with its strum on tlio nervous system. The yonlh at col lego who burns fie midnight oil is to be commended for bis industry, but too often ho burns out his brain at tho samo timo Willi tlio accom panying cigarette. The process of waste and injury to the nervous system may be greater than the repair, und mental bankruptcy is tlio result." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. INCREDIBLE IGNORANCE. A Grown Oirl In New York Who Did Not Know the City's Maine. "Where do you live?" asked Coroner Hue-ber in New York the other day of Bertha Kocuig. the adult granddaugh ter of Abraham Koenig, who foil from the second story of 78 Clirystie street on Dec. 4, and died next day. 'I don't know," said the girl when the question was translated for her. Don t you know the name of this ityr" "No." "What country is this?" "I know that. Tho Ktaats. " "What b((f.k is this?" asked the coro ner, holding out the Bible. "I don't know. " "Ever hear of (ho Bible?" "No." "Ever hear of Jesus Christ:" "No." "Step down. You nre not wanted as t Witness. " Whero letters Are a Luxury. James Jackson, an educated Indian, who is to personally cany the mails from Juneau to Fort Cudahy, Alaska, on the Yuki.n river, has arrived at Port Townsheud, Wash. Ho came down to se cure 20 or 90 strong dogs to pull the ileds ucioss the mountains to the Ca nadian postoflico on Forty Mile creek. This service is uieiely a private enter prise, being maintain! d by miners, who pay 00 cents for each letter. The Ca nadian government guarantees f S30 for each of two round trips. This is reckon ed as being a roost huzurdous journey. Several miners in the past years have lost their lives in trying to moke it PLATE GLASS VS. TURKEY. Thous;h a Quarter of an Inch Thick, It Gave Way. The other morning a geutlemun from the country went to Bolton, Tex., hav ing some turkeys in his wagon. Shortly after he drove upon the courthouse square one of his turkeys got loose, bopped out of tho wagon, and started cross the rqiiure towurd the opera bouse. Tho n an and his dog started aft er it full tilt. The race was a pretty one, By the time the turkey got to the opera bouse it was dong its best, half run niug and half fiyfng. ' The front of tho lower story of the opera houso is tilled villi fiuu, large, French plutu glass windows, and when the turkey urrived at those it did not notice the obstruction nor stop for it, but went through it us if it were nut there. It broke a largo hole in the win dow, but tliut did not impede the prog ress of the turkey. It lost a few feath era, but when captured did not seem to be otherwise injured. The glass in the window was fully a quarter of an inch in thicknets. Galveston News. A Salvation War. A fierce but si-jnewhut funny war is waging iu Puntiuc, Mich., where the Salvation Army has its headquarters iu the same building with a saloon, the former up stuns and the latter ou the ground Hour. Kvciy man who wants a think bus to run the gantlet of a line of pickets st-r out by the .Salvationists, and the incidents cf the skirmisheaind baud to baud conflicts are highly inter esting to ou lookers. jCY .T" it f . r ( r- rsi r lAlf t , ; - i R-asons Olven For the Ieterloraflon ot lh' Tahr" b Am"'n Cultivate. 14 ,R nn nPted tart that varieties of potatoes to be profitably grown mnst be comparatively recent origin. Old vn- tieties grown 40 years ago have disap- rerp'1- Of the newer vorieties there are " number which we know that are not ,a productive BH (i1PT WPTe when first Introduced. Tim life of a variety of po- ':,,o has shortened materially since the torn ing of the potato bug. We then grew our Inst really good crop of Peaohblow "cuchblow seemed to he more injured 'n the potato lni( came, f-.irniers all wanted a potato that would ripen erl.v, u ion i.aiiy Ko-o tor a tune wns more product ivethnii the Peachblow butt ever been. We havo no doubt that injury to the potato vine whilo the tuher is forming and ripening is tlio io:w n for the Luge proportion of wcalt nt.d hpiiulliug plants that dccii a n the yield in many fields. Now. it H inc-v.tiililn that potato bugs, if allowed on thn plants nt nil, must do some d mi'ro to llio leaf. If they are poisoned, they must Cat tho leaf to get lhepoii.il. It oien Inppens, too, that tlio potuM pruwir, think:! to make Blue of destroying the 1 ng?, puts oil so heavy a doso that it Injures the foliage. , This is quito as bad as buving the plant I eaten Iv tho potato larva. Such potatoes will not ripen. Their skins will slip when handled roughly, just as those of uew potatoes do in early summer. In this unrip" condition they are very like ly to be affected by rot. There needs to bo greater earn taken in selecting potatoes. Not only the right form ond size are important, but it is quite as much so that the seed should be grown from plants that have kept (heir vigor until tho tubers were fully rip ened ami that had not suffered from nt tacks of tho potato bug. The only way to be absolutely sure about having good potato seed is to mark the strongest hills i while tiny were growing and select the best potatoes from these hills. Such seed I should easily bo worth five times as much per bushel for planting as seed so- ; lectrd at random from a pit or bill. If a fanner can onco get started with seed f this character, it will require much less labor to fight the potato bug. It is a pond plan, also, to try the new varieties as quickly as they come into marke t. Most varieties grown from soed will yield much heavier crops for two or three years after their introduction than they ever will again. It pays to give an extra price for seed in order to get ti e most benefit from this vigor of I he new variety before it lias deteriorat ed. Those who first bought the Early Rose potato paid from 50 cents to f 1 per pound. In a year or two the seed was plenty at lower prices, but the first pur chasers made more money than those who waited. There are new varieties better than the Early Rose ever was, and such now varieties of good eating quality will pay better than to keep on growing from soed of varieties that have seen (heir best days. By securing the teed when first introduced the grower ran protect it from the potato bugs, and thus keep up llio vigor and productive ness of tlio variety for a long time. The Broom Corn Crop, A largo broom corn crop has been se cured in the threo states where com mercially giown. Tho compilation of reports sent to The American Agricultur ist points to a total acreage of 200,100 acres, or more than double the area cul tivated in lb9, as returned by the cen sus, yielding a ciop of 07,000 tons, com pared Willi 10,300 tons in the census y r. There has been a decided shifting of the center of broom corn culture and a materia) increase in production. A few years ago Illinois was tho leader, but now Kansas has taken the first place, tho crop in llio western part of ho state being found more reliable than any oilier similar crop iu the dry dis trict. Kansas is credited with 141,000 acres, Illinois, 80,f00; Nebraska, 20, 000; other states, 8,000. Tho average rate of yield per acre in Kansas was 000 pounds; Illinois, 820; Nebraska, S75; average for entire conntiy, 070. Broom corn growing, years ago quite an important industry in portions of New Kngland and the Mohawk valley, has moved rapidly to ward the west. Clover Seed Is Cheap. Clover seed is cheap in number of localities. Unfavorable weather for the past three or four seasons has killed many clover meadows und pastures. New England farmers must grow this crop largely to keep np the fertility of their soil, consequently i! there should be a reasonable amount of moisture next March and April u largo acreage will be seeded to this foliage crop and the demand for the seed be very greut. This suggests tlii possibility uf an advance iu price therefor. The New England Homestead suggests the wisdom of se curing clover seed now. If drought should continue, making much seeding impracticable next year, the seed will keep all right if properly stored. Paru Yellows In Connecticut. Josiali M. Hubbard, Middletowu, Colin., peach commissioner, states as a result of ihc work this year that over 51'0,(0( trcts have be.'ii condemned and destroyed, bomo appealed, but in the isui-e of only one tree was tha decision against tho commissioner. Ho thinks the commission uuw has the disease well iu hand. Pouch growers are co-op--rating heartily and have a better idea of curing fur the trees and the preven tion of disease. A Uightleaa Household. Kokonjo, Ind. , is the borne of a pecul iarly uitiiotud family. The husband andj wife are both blind, the latter being also a helpless cripple, the accident that produced blindness likewiso depriving her of the use of her arms. Their hired girl is also blind. Thus the en tire house hold is sightluss. Tha husuuud sella cundy on the sireeta. Their homo is as, ueut unj clean us the tidiest housekeeper, with good eyes could keep it. Chicago; lutor Oceiui. i 7 TR I f I Al ATI I' ri I I J It II II 1 mm &mwn WHY POTATOES RUN OUT.
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