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AISSTf TO FILIPINOS. I The President's Order Made Public; by General MacArthur at Manila. AGUiNALDO MAY SURRENDER, j Villplno Leader* Believe They Can Brinsr It Abont?lie 1? Said to Be Willlns to Consider Amnesty Plan?Free Pardon to All Who Take the Oath of Alle* Ctance to the United State*. Manila (By Cable).?General MacArthnr has formally announceds President McKinley's order of amnesty. Bnencamino, Patorno, and other prominent Filipino leaders are greatly pleased, as they believe that, under the amnesty, they can bring about th? surrender of Aguinaldo. who. they declare. is ready and willing to consider the peace platform adopted by the Pilipino lenders with a few insignificant exceptions. It is the consensus of opinion of the foreigners, the better class of the Filipinos. and the Spaniards that Aguinaldo will be in Manila shortly as the result of the decree and of the negotiations of the Buencamlno party. Now that the rains have fairly b?*gun, life In the country districts is a great and prolonged hardship. Washington. D. C. (Special).?The - - hod io. ract mat i'resiueiu jic?iuicj sued an amnesty proclamation to the Filipinos has been carefully guarded here, and the dispatch from Manila is the tirst intimation that has been received by anybody outside the Cabinet that such an intention existed. The news created the most profound surprise as soon as it was made known. The proclamation gfves a free pardon to all Filipinos who have participated in the rebellion against the United States, the only condition being that they take the oath of allegiance and acknowledge the sovereignty of the United States Government. It excludes no one, except those who have violated the laws of war. The proclamation is very brief and is plain and simple, its terms comprising no more than can be put on a sin.do sheet of typewriting. The offer of the amnesty will mark a distinct advance in the progress of the arms of the United States in the restoration of order in the Philippines. It is confidently believed that the result of the proclamation will be the submission of those Filipino leaders who have not yet given their adhesion to the control of the islands by the United States. The promulgation of a proclamation of amnesty has been under consideration for some months, and the decision to issue it at this time was reached only after advices from a number of sources that the time was ripe and that assurances had been received that it would meet with a wnrtKv rpsnnnsp from those to whom it was addressed. A better understanding of the purposes of the United States toward them is now understood to prevail among the Filipinos, so that their hostility to Amerlcn control has abated In a considerable degree. With the general acceptance of amnesty it is BIB expected that the American troops will H9S not be kept in such ceaseless activity Em|B and that'the pacification of the island HBB will go forward more quietly and more MB rapidly. Hi bic fire at bloomincton. HHe Flames Sweep l)ualn?n Section of IlllnHOw oU City? Loan Orer SI,500,000. wBK Bloomington, 111. (Special).?Fire has BB 3wept the business section of the city. nud has onn loss that is estiSV mated at between $1,500,000 and f2.000.000. HB The Peoria and Springfield fire de igH |?at iiueuis " cif suuiuioueu. A3 every H effort to check the progress of the flames proved futile, buildings were, blown up with dynamite after the Are had been raging three hours and a' F half. Robert L. Schmltt, aged atQfegjp teen years, beard the terrific exfcto^ J Blons and fell dead from an attack oft i heart disease. v; 1 Five blocks of business buildings. \ located in the heart of the city, were I destroyed. The McLean County Court I House, valued at $400,000, Is a total \ loss, but the records were saved. Al1 most fifty business firms were burned \ out, and two leading hotels, the WlndV sor and Phoenix, were destroyed. AH | the guests escaped. ^ MARRIED BY TELEPHONE.' ^Bridegroom Couldn't Leave Home, So \ They Exchanged VowiTry Wire. " Princeton, Ind. (Special). ? Robert Lockfeart, at Stanton, Tenn., and Miss Katie Celine at Patoka, four miles north of this fclty, were married a few days ago by Hong-distance telephone. The Kev. Mr. Dvanks. of Patoka. performed the ceremonyiv using the usual form except the request to the couple to join hands. The bnjde was dressed in pink silk. On the dak set for the wedding the bridegroom \vas unable to go to Patoka. After th? wedding a bridal dinner was given ?to Mrs. Lockhart. She joined her husbana^in Tennessee. Virginia Troop* at a Hanging. Troops escorted a condemn?tl man to the gallows at MartinsvilleS v Va. Charles Iliiirston was executed for\Attempring to criminally assault a Missv (Jouldins. Trouble between blacks and r whites threatened. Governor Tyler, acting on the request of the Sher'J?, ordered out two companies of infant*'. Loot Hit Breathing Tube and Died. A. C. Alien, of Saugatuck. went to fisit his sou, Frank Allen, at Stamford, Conn. Mr. Allen had lung trouble. and had to breathe through a nickel tube. While he was on Atlantic street the tube slipped from his windpipe. respiration ceased and he died. Mlmouri'A Kich Lend Deposit*. The State geologist and State mine Inspectors of Missouri report that the lead deposits found in St. Francois County a year ago are the richest in the world. 1'roinluent People. Major-Cieneral O. O. Howard ha* been elected president of the Congre gational Home Missionary Society. | Sir Thomas Lipton has joined tne; Ro.val Cork Yacht Club and says he; will challenge for the America's Cup under its auspices. Fearing assassination In Eastern S via. Kin? Alexandria has given up his proposed tour of conciliation throughout that country. ; Secretary of State and Mrs. Hay 'will spend the summer at their coun: try place on the shores of Lake S?nanee. New Ham&shffe. ^ . ^k.,.,?iitr ' I THE NEWS~} EPITOMIZED. IVaaliinc roil Item*. The exelianjje < f old bonds under (In* reeem art <.f Cotijrivss for new bonds licariiiir nvo per rent. interest has passt'II tin' $:;( KMMIO.OOH mark. Tin* anirmeiifed L onnl of Naval Con-tni< iioii <lori<lc<I in favor of superiui>ose<! turrets for ft ture battle ships. The appeal of Fitteharris and Mullet. Irish invinelbles, detained at New i'ork port, was decided adversely, and they were deportel.j The Navy department has decided ;o establish a large coaling station at San Diego, Cal. ^ The second International Congress of American Republics will assemble in the Cifr of Mexico next year, between April and July. The War Department issued orders for tne retirement of Major-General Wesley Merritt on accoun: 01 nis reaching the f!ge limit. Major Frederick Fuger. of the Fourth artillery, stationed at Fort McHenry. Maryland, was placed on the retired list because of age. He has served' continuously. for forty-four years. Don Juaa Cuestas, LL. D.. the first Minister to be sent to this country as the diplomatic representative of Uruguay, was formerly presented to the President. < President McKinley has appointed Former Representative W. D. Bynum, of Indiana, a member of the commission to codify the criminal laws of the United States. Our Adopted Island*. The First National Bauk of Hawaii has been chartered.'All debts contracted by the Island of Cuba by authorized agents will hereafter be paid in tJuited States currency or by draft upon the Cuban Treasjry. The Constitutional Convention of Z!uba, with delegates elected from all Municipalities, will meet In October! The Supreme wourt of Cuba has ruled that, under the decree of General Brooke, only civil marriages are legal. \n appeal will be taken to the United States Supreme Court. Dninoacte. One life was lost and six persons tvere badly burned in a hotel fire at South Bend, Ind. James W. Hess, postmaster at Indianapolis. is dead. He was appointed postmaster by President McKinley in 1S!)7. California wine growers lureaicu w vvithdraw their exhibit from the Paris Exhibition unless the jury modifies its decision toward American products. Gas has been advanced to the legal ate of $1.03 per thousand cubic feet in New York City as a result of the consolidation of all interests. United States Senator A. 0. Bacon :ame close to death from eating liberally of toadstools, which he thought were mushrooms at Macon, Ga. , A negro boy killed a three-year-old girl in Independence, Va., because he was angry at her mother. . Without an opposing vote, the Democratic State Convention of Delaware -atified rhe Chicago platform and recDmended Its delegates to the Democratic National Convention to vote for VV. J. Bryan for the Presidency. Lawlessness has been resumed in St. Louis because of the failure to settle the street car strike. While working on the cantllevcr bridge at Niagara Falls, N. Y? Henry Seipple fell 200 it to instant death. Thousands of English sparrows have been found dead In Chicago streets, baring been poisoned by unknown persons. Passengers from Cape Nome declared it Vancouver, B. C., that the richness of .he gold fields have not been exaggerated. A large number of students from Fairmont College, at Wichita, aud from the Southwestern Kansas Col'.ege, at Winfield, boys and girls, have gone into the Kansas wheat ti-- 3 as harvesters. Bishop Potter, of New York City, upheld trusts in his baccalaureate sermon to seniors of Harvard University. The Federal quaran.tne at San Francisco, established because of fears of the bubonic Mngue, has been raised. Reports from the Klondike 3how that the "cleanup" will be $25,000,000, which is much larger than was expected. Dr. Kennedy, convicted of the murder of Dolly Reynolds, at the Grand Hotel, New York City, has been de-. nied a new trial by the New York Supreme Court. ! A San v Fe freight train ran into !a loaded street car at Hutchinson, Kan., killing three persons and badly injuring ftrar others. The dead are l Mrs. William Burch, Mrs. J. S. Patton and Mrs. George Coon. Foreign. The steamer Roger'sailed from Halifax, N. S., for Harve, France, with a cargo of 25,000 cases of lobsters, weighing 600 tons and valued at ?250,000. , Genernl Roberts reports that the Boers have given up 2000 stands of arms since the occupation of Pretoria. . General Pellous, the Italian Premier, has handed in to King Humbert the resignation of his cabinet. Mrs. Gladstone was buried in Westminster Abbey in London. The ceremonies were very impressive. . Joseph Chanfberlain, in a speech in London, declaring the war over, hopes for American sympathy in Great Britain's position in South African v An American who served with Boer artillery reported at Lorenzo Marques thah more than 9000 men arfe still in the flV^ld. ,v The \number of horses and mules landed in\ South Africa since the beginning of the*.war for military purposes is over 150.0W), at a cost of $20,000,000. Prince de J^nville, son of the late Louis Philippe, iJving of the French, is dead as a result o?f pneumonia. King Humbert opened the twenty first Legislature or ^taly, liis speecn from the throne bekt^ loudly applauded. > General Knox, in v.omnfcmd of a British post at Zand River, i..e.it off a Boer attacking party. - ae lo,ss was small on both sides. ^ Abbe Mafeaux, the Paris astronomer, has discovered a new spot 014 the sun, and predicts great heat during <Mie months of July, August and Septemr ! ber. " \ An uprising hos occurred in the Britrish colony of Gambia, West Africa, and two British officials and six police officers' were killed. Russia and Japan are making enor mous war preparations, and a clash between the two powers is expected over either Cuiua or Korea. Sir Alfred Miluer, Governor of Cape Colony, sent for Sir John Gordon Sprigg. the former Premier, who if | trying to form a cabinet . .. . ' { HEIRESS TO A fOHDl Servant Girl Inherits $3,000,000 From the IVian She Nursed. SAVED HIM FROM CONSUMPTION. Patient Wag a Wealthy German Merchant? When Be Recovered Offered to Marry Hli Nurge? Her Parent* Objected and Hhe Came to Thlg Country ? He Leareg Her Hlg Entire Fortune. Milwaukee. Wis. (Special).?As a reward for having carefully nursed an invalid through a trying siege of sickness. a servant girl of this city has fallen heir to $3,000,000. This amount was left to her by her grateful patient, who wanted to marry her, but the union was prevented by the girl's parents, who opposed the match because j the invalid suffered from consumption. The girl is Erna Ihde, twenty-roui years old, and employed as servant gir'. in the household of R. A. Johnston, the eraeker manufacturer of this city. She received .word a few days ago that she had rallen heir to a fortune estimated to be worth 12.000,000 marks from the estate of a man in Berlin, Germany. Miss Ihde left for New York City, so as to be able to take passage for Europe on the Auguste Victoria. She will proceed at once to Berlin to claim the legacy. ' About seven years ago Miss Ihde was engaged to nurse a wealthy patient in a German hospital. She had an offer of marriage from him. prompted, she supposed, largely out of kiudness. She would have been mar! ried to liiui but for the strenuous obj jections of her parents, who refused : to permit it. as he was a consumptive. She then left the hospital, and the last information obtained by her was Bjx years ago, when her former patient, whose business was to make clothing for royalty, had accumulated an enormous fortune. After leaving her occupation as a nurse she obtained employment with royal families as a maid, and about a year and a half ago came to America. Mrs. Wiedersheim has corroborated the girl's story. Miss Ihde is about five feet seven inches tall, has a pale, though full face. She refused to give the name of her benefactor. ,on the adrice of lawyers, who told her she would make enemies of possible living relatives. The man is said to have only one near relative, a brother, with whom he had differed, and who is not supposed to have been mentioned in fiie will. ll&DDirn DM Q A CP P A I I PIP! D. Happy Pair Hade One at the Home of the Greenville Club. Ashtabula, Penn. (Special).?The unusual spectacle of a wedding at the baseball grounds regaled the rooters who gathered at Greenville to witness the game between the local team and a visiting-nine. Just before the time for starting the game the happy couple, with the attending friends and the clergyman, gathered at the home plate, on which the contracting parties stood during the ceremony that made them man and wife. The bride Is Miss Clara Heck and the bridegroom Peter Cline, of Greenville. Mr. Kline is a baseball enthusiast, and for two seasons has played shortstop for the Greenvilles. The Baseball Association showed its appreciation of his services when, following the ceremony, it bestowed upon the pair some beautiful presents. JUST KILL THE BURGLARS. Chicago Police Captain's Idea to Stop the Kobberle# There. Chicago (Special).?"Hold-.up men and burglars, these fellows who are making so much trouble on the West Side just at present, should -e dealt with summarily." said Captain Campbell of the Warren rvenue police station. "I think, after a trial, they should be taken to the lake front and shot. If a few of them understood that it meant death to ply their nefarious business and shoot innocent citizens, there would be less Of that kind of work." Legal authorities are not in favor of the radical measures advocated by the police department, though Chief Kipley says such action, as suggested by Captain Campbell, would result beneficially. DAY DUG'S VISION. First Ha Saw the Whites Destroyed, Bat He Was Persuaded to Guess Again. Walker, Minn. (Special).'-There is absolutely no prospect of trouble here with the Indians. The reported wild excitement said to have been caused by the Indian Messiah lias subsided. ?, One of .tli6 ybung Indians, named Day Dug Wttce, recounted a wonder IU1 VlBlOJU SUOWU mill L?.? tut- uicai White Spirit." He said bis vision informed him of a terrible storm which would destroy all white people and all Christian Indians. Captain Mercer promptly arrested him, and told him to have another "vision," in which all good Indians who would stay at home would not be hurt. Day Dug at- once had the requested "revelation," and the uprising was averted. Smallpox Scare Call* Oat Militia. The militia was called out to enforce quarantine regulations among the employes of the Walsh brick-yard at Stockport, N. Y. Fatal Fire In a Children!* Home. Four chi.dren, three boyj and ,one girl, were burned to death in -a fire which destroyed the Leadville Home for Friendless Children at Leadville, Col. The dead are Walter Bauman, Arthur Bauman. Eddie Turnipseed and Frances Murphy. , Tlie Campaign in the Pitllipplnea. Sixty Filipinos were killed in the operations in J^iizon the past week, 200 were cajrtflrea and a large amount of war material was taken; tbiee Americans were killed. The Labor World. A conference has been agreed on at Chicago to settle labor difficulties there. j A general strike of the building ttr.des in Kansas City has been ordered. A jury at Kansas City, Mo., declared tbo Coal Dealers' Club In the city was an illegal combine. Members of various circles of the I Brotherhood of the Lnion in Camden, N. J., have formed a preliminary organization to suppress child labor In the city. \ REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Philadelphia (Special).?Following is the platform, iu part, which was adopted unanimously by the Republican National Convention: The Republicans of the United States, through, their, chosen representatives, met in National Convention, looking back upon an unsurpassed record of achievement, and looking forward into a great field of duty and opportunity, and appealing to the judgment of their countrymen, make these declarations: The commission issued by the people in the last national election to the Republican party to restore prosperity by means of two legislative measures. a protective tariff and a law making gold the standard of value, has been faithfully executed. There is no longer controversy as to ;he value of any Government obligations. Every American dollar is a gold dollar or its assured equivalent, and American credit stands higher than that of any nation. Capital is fully employed and labor everywhere Is profitably occupied. The American people, sustained by the Republican administration, have conducted and in victory concluded a war for liberty and human rights. No thought of National aggrandl;zement tarnished the high purpose with which American standards were unfprled., tt was a war unsought and patiently resisted, but when it came the Americai Government was ready. The . quick and signal triumph of our forces on land and sea bore tribute to the courage of American soldiers and sailors* and to the skill and foresight of Rev publican statesmanship. To ten millions of the human race there was given "A New Birth, of Freedom,'* aud to the American people a new and, noble r<? sponsibillty. ' ' The administration of WilUam,,M<> Klnley is indorsed. , President Mckinley has been in every situation. the tr?e American patriot and -the ^upright statesman, clear' to^vislOtr/ strong 1? judgment, firm In action, always inspiring and deserving the confidence of his countrymen. Allegiance is renewed to lue principle of the gold standard, and con&\ dence is declared in the legislation taOUSQlDg tne goiu umtit* vy uic slrth Congress. Steadfast oppocdniji to the free and unlimited coinage of silver Is declared. The necessity and propriety of honest co-operation of capital to meet new business conditions is recognized, but all conspiracies and combinations intended to create monopolies are condemned, and such legislation as will effectually restrain and prevent all such abuses is favored. Faltb in the policy of protection to American labor, by which industries have been' established, diversified and maintained, Is. renewed. The associated policy of reciprocity is favored, as well as a more effective restriction of cheap labor from foreign lands'. The danger of our present dependence upon foreign shipping for ninetenths of our foreign shipping is pointed out, and the necessity of national defence in the event of war is urged as a motive for legislation which will enable us to regain our former place among the trade-carrying fleets of the world. Liberal pension laws and their liberal administration are favored. Public Improvements looking to the permanent improvement of the roads of the country are carefully approved. Extension of the rural free delivery service wherever its extension may be justified is favored. Home rule and the early admission to Statehood of the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma are indorsed. The Dingley act, amended to provide sufficient revenue for the conduct of the war, has so well performed its work that it has been possible to reduce the war debt to the sum of $40,000,000. The country is now justified In expecting, and it will be.the policy of the Republican party to bring about a reduction of the1 war taxes. The construction, ownership and protection of an isthmian canal by the Government of the United States are favored. The efforts of the Administration to secure the open door in China are commended. The creation of a Department ot Commerce, and Industries is recommended to Congress. The reorganization of the United states consular service 13 ciemauueu. President McKinley's policy in regard to the Sarnoan difficulties, whereby every American interes: was safeguarded, is especially commended. The part taken by our Government in the Peace Conference at the Hague is approved, steadfast adherence to the policy announced in the Monroe Doctrine is asserted, and the hope that an honorable pence may soon prevail in South Africa is expressed. In accepting, by the Treaty of Paris, the just responsibilities of our victories in the Spanish War, the President and the Senate won the undoubted approval of the American people. No other course was possible than to destroy Spain's sovereignty throughout the West Indies and in the Philippine Islands. The largest measure of selfgovernment consistent with their welfare and our duties shall be secured to them '1>y law. To Cuba independence and self-government were assured in the same voice by which war was declared, and to the letter this pledge shall be performed lUf ivqiuuiiuuu ftJUl LJ U JUU 119 motory and upon this declaration of its principles and policies confidently invokes the considerate i!ud approving judgment of the American people. Department Store Law Unconstitutional. The State Supreme Courf. of Missouri has released William B. Thayer from payment of a fine uuder conviction in Kansas City for vioku.cn of the Department Store License law. The court declared the law unconstitutional. France to Buy Foreicii Wheat. The French .wheat crop this year will be a short one, and some thirty " or forty million bushels will ha^e to be purchased abroad. vVW . Neway Gleanings. It costs $15 to go through the Paris Exposition. A bull-fighting arena to seat'W.OOO people is to be erected at Montis^ rency. % Negroes will hold a National jjtace' Congress In Monty mery, Ala., ijulf 25, 26 and 27. Tests made of bread sold by, Ajtuy v bakeries In Chicago show that afflu-gre part of the output is lightwSfet. Brlgt^ier-Qenenil Funs ton discovered In a forest In Luzon almost all the, archives of the Aguln^Ido Qovern-j ment. j i j i. CfflKADSFBTHSWJ Foreign Fleet Seizes the Taku Forts After Being fired Upon. RELIEF FAILS TO REACH PEKIN, The Fljjht at Taku Lasts Seven Hours-. Russian* Sailer Heaviest Loss Among Allied Forces?Belief Force Betorna | to Tien-Tsla ? China Now at War With the Civilised World. London (By Cable).?China declared war against the world when the Taku forts opened flre upon the international fleet. A Japanese- dispatch boat which reached Chee-Foo from - Taku brought the news that the foreign admirals at Taku issued an ultimatum to the commanders of the Taku forts demanding the withdrawal of their ttoops before 2 p. m. June 17. The fortB opened fire on the warships at 12.45 o'clock Sytday morning, and the Russian, French, British and Japanese ships replied. The forts surrendered after seven hours' bombard-ment. . The forts on both sides of the Pei-Ho are now occupied by the in- ; ternational forces. It'is 'reported that the British warship Algerlne, the German gunboat litis and a Russian gunboat were-' badly damaged by the. lire from the forts. It Is stated that the.. Russian /casualties were ten killed and fo'rty.' five wounded; German, three killed and seven wounded; British, one killed and one wounded, and'French, .one killed and one wounded, a total ot twenty-one killed and f$ty<*fetyen wounded. , x'he Chinese torpedo boats have been seized by the allied fleet The telegraph line and the railway between Taku and Tlen-l'sln have 1 ? 1 y-,uetru uc^uujcu., J . The Japanese dispatch boat also 'brought news that the legations at Pekln had been taken, awl thaj^th^. international column, under Seymour, after trying for % get through to Pekln, had Mferf cirai-' { polled to return to Tien-Tsln. -% M <7-. / ?* London (By Cable).?Lord Salisbury, when questioned In the House of LoiSjfcon the Chinese situation, said bejifettod he was unable to enlightHouse on the state of affaire In ( Chlda. Admiral Seymour, he contln ued, bad returned to Tlen-Tsln, but. 3 the Government did not know exactly- j why, nor what Admiral Seymourfs i^; tentlons were. It Is feared that th&v; check to Admiral Seymour's forces';-"! necessitating their return to Tlen-Tsln, '" will lead to large accessions to the ranks of the Boxers, -and make their ' suppression still more difficult. HURRYING TROOPS TO CHXITA. ' \ United States, England and Franca Order Soldiers to the Scene of Trouble. \ Maiilla (By Cable).?The Ninth Regl- .j ment has been ( ordered to ManlDoH whence It will proceed to China. j The gunboat Concord, with marine*!' aboard, has sailed under sealed orders,' supposedly for China. t London (By Cable).?The British Got eminent has decided to detach a'dlvl? slon (10,000) men of infantry, three batteries of artillery and a siege train from the Natal (Sir Redvere Buller's) forces for immediate dispatch to China. England is accumulating military and naval forces in the f : East. Paris (By Cable).?The Minister of Marine has ordered a division of cruisers got ready for sea to reinforce the French squadron in Chinese waters. Transport is also being prepared to take military reinforcements. THE PRESIDENT ACTS PROMPTLY. Battleship Oregon M Well as Troops From Manila Ordered to China. Washington. D. C. (Special). ? The President hassenj: instructions to RearAdmiral Kempff directing him to protect American interests, and to that ?nd to act concurrently with the representatives of the other powers. The Admiral's powers are ample to seize forts, fight or do anything, provided it is in his judgment necessary for the nrotection of American interests. The President has also directed General MacArthur by cable to send from the Philippines three regiments of regulars to Tien-Tsin, which, with the supporting bodies, will make a force )f 5000 men. The battleship Oregon has been ordered from Hong Kong to Taku. BOERS REFUSE TO' GIVE UP. Commandant Bntlia Decline* to Accep t General Koberta'a Suggestion. London (By Cable). ? General Roberts, according to a Boer dispatch from Machadodorp, sent a message to Commandant-General Louis Botha suggesting disarmament, and complimenting the bravery of the burghers- It was pointed out that the surrender would be without dishonor to the burghers, and would prevent much suffering. General Botha asked for a six days' armistice, in order to confer and consider. General Roberts consented to live days. Finally General Botha declined to accept the proposal, and hostilities were renewed. . The Boycott In St. Lonla. The controversy between the transit company and its striking employes in St. Louis has developed into a struggle between capital and labor along the lines of a boycott. Yellow Fever In Mexico. Yellow fgyer has spread to every part of the Isthmus oft Tetihntepec. It is unusually^TlrtUent.an4^?causi:v; many deaths,part^xnriftrly- fi^feni; the American planters^ and rattmy employes. A number q^ the^^ee i d e n t s have died, from the difeasft jnfc others are fleeing to the TJnited: The disease has also made it0?<jj|Kfcranco in Vera Cruz, and ?eara/?rc entertained by .the- health aut&ointle".: that it will spread, to aU ports of Mexico; . , .. -jj ;r.. . .. ' Cycling Note*. The bicycle rldere.;of Bridgeport and New Haven are again agitating a JJrIdgeport-New 3aven cycle j>ath plan. . -V Jimmy Michael's trainer says that the mldget Is.now down to 102 pounds. ' .and Is riding miles easily in 1:56, and >eah ride in 1:35 at any time he may :8e*.flt - ' Xhe fatal Occident to Miles add Stafford^MkWaltham, Mass., naturally aeal of talk about the ^^^HnHM^rcycle racing and pacwas the first Introduc | AGRICDLTDRAL. |^ "S 6 ^6 <= 6^ ? What t3 Make a Stndjr Or. ( To be successful the farmer should 1 heed the following requisites of sue- ! cesses: Thorough cultivation, proper 1 rotation of crops, clean farming, good 1 drainage, a knowledge of the injurious 1 and beneficial Insects, their methods 1 Q I?4mmv m m/1 n tf n Air nnrl f U n r-?%?/-v ?v-? ?x * U1 lUJliry uuu aiiuta, auu iuc iuuui[n application of the proper remedy. ' The ?lv Weight of Cattle. I have several methods of finding ( the live weight of cattle, and find the , following the most correct: Measure the girth around the breast, just behind the shoulder blade, and the length 'of the back from the tail to the fore part of the shoulder blade. Multiply the gfrth by the length, and If the girtffe less than three feet, multiply tho product by eleven, and the result be the number of pounds. - If between three and five feet, multiply by sixteen? If between five and seven feet, multiply by? twenty-three; If between seven and nine feet, multiply by thirtyone; if between nine and eleven feet, mvStiply by forty.?P. F. 'Frantz, in National Stockman. A Point in Growing Radishes. It Is of little use to try to grow rad- ( Ishes and turnips for table use on old ground that has been long in cultiva- , tionl They are very apt to b^ wormy, ] and we have never found, any treatment that would prevent it (Select a , piece of land wihlch is In grass and j has been so for several,years, and no ( Plow just | In i SUITABXE STANDS FOB BEEHIVES. 3 . S not be given much .attention it will1 be t better to make them after style "b." v The slanting projection will prevent o the hive entrance from becoming ob- d 3tructed, and the loaded bees that miss f the alighting board and drop in front p of the hive can crawl up to the ea- I trance. e t< Cultures For Batter Making. ^ The chief factor in determining the ^ value of butter is always the flavor. This is also the most difficult thing to secure in practice. Results of investigations have shown that the fla- ^ vor of butter whether good or bad is mostly a result of the fermentations which have taken place in the cream. Feed of the cows, kind of churn used ti or manner of churning has little effect on the flavor. g( The fermentations are due to the tl growth of certain bacteria. Those that cause bad results come mostly from dirt and filth.'v They cause a s decay of the milk similar to the decay s of animal or vegetable bodies, and the products produced largely give the 0 taints to milk and the bad flavors to 0 butter. The fermentation which gives good butter flavor is a pure souring of b the cream. The buttormaker has it t] within his power to make batter with almost the same flavor the year i( around by observing cleanliness and n using good starters to.ripen the cream. J In some samples of butter shown at the Iowa Stock Breeders' Convention,. made from a combination of four kiuds of bacteria used as a starter and representing the common sources of " contamination by dirt this butter was v judged to be worth ten cents less per pound than another sample made from s a portion of the same cream with the ii right kind of fermenting.?C. H. Ec- v kles, in New England Homestead. TTio Time to FaHtitre Clover. W. W. Stevens, one of the best and f most practical farmers and feeders, f says, in Whinery's Swine Advocate: j: "It is my practice to allow clover to c begin to head before turning hogs n upon it. and then I pasture it just enough to keep down tlie clover so that It can be turned uuder for wheat. I fl ^ mm r- MX ^ vf If you want to begin pasturing early in the spring and keep your clover grazed down close, and do not give any ?rain food, Ave or six good sized Iio^J or twice as many shoals will do veiy well on an acre. If you wait until th>? clvvor begins to bloom, it will feed two or turee times as many pigs. I think that a good clover pasture lis indispensable in raising healthy swine, but I always give some grain to my hogs all the time they are in pasture, as the clover will go twice as far, or twice as many hogs can be kept per acre. The bog in his normal condition is a grasseating animal, and to keep him through the summer season wholly upon the more concentrated and heating foods is as unnatural as it would be to keep cows in the same manner. While upon pasture, hogs will tramp down and root up more clover than they will eat. and for this reason I would never begin pasturing in the spring until the clover has made a good start. If you J want hogs to do well on clover avoid concentrated foods as much as nossi ble before putting1 them In pasture, so that their stomach^ will be distended and they will hare the capacity to eat ' clover greedily and thrive upon it." , Wormy Applet. There Is nothing new about wormy apples except the way to avoid having them. There are several species of grubs or worms which work in apples, but the one which does nearly all the damage is the core worm. The core worna Is the offspring of the codUn moth,'and this is the insect which a man wants to fight in his applg. trees. 'The best general remedy forxfie core worm or codlin moth, according to iii- .. A formation furnished by the Vermont experiment station. Is paris green. Some apple growers use London purple, others use white arsenic, but they imount to the same thing. They all poison the core worms. Other inseoti- .! rfdes like hellebore, kerosene or sulphur are not effective In this case. In the hands of the average man paris green is the best medicine for the codlin moth. The poison should be thor)ughly mixed with water an ilie rate >f a quarter of a po ind to the barrel? :hat Is, about on ; pound of paris green :o 160 to 200 gallons of water. .About i pound of lime ought to be added U> ;ach barrel of water, which will orerent scalding of the foliage. It should ae applied with a spray pump and fine nozzle. In case bordeaux mixture Is used on :be tree the paris green' may be added lirectly to that solution at the rate al ready recommended. J &' The first spraying- for the- codjfci moth should be made as soon-af the blossoms fall, or within a we& afterward. It Is very important to do this before the little apples begin to bang down their heads, as after that time they do not catch and hold the poison. ,Shading: Vravn For Otrdn Plants. It haw always been a source of con- < " * nderable tronble to protect newly 4 Tansplanted vegetables from blighting j&etfs of too much sun and wind, especially In the Sontb. where the sun t jrows very hot about transplanting TOT 8H1DIHO FRAME IX POSITIOK. p. I 1 . ime. My neighbors use foliage, twigs ind shingles piantea ilder agtlnst the northwest, but tn^W^^^^ levlces are troublesome and uusatislactory at best. Another way costs a Jttife time and trouble at first, but laves 99 per cent, of the plants and rives satisfaction all around. I make en-foot frames as shown In the UIusration. The material required for ach is two ten-foot laths, two threeoot poles of any convenient thickness or crosspieces, and four fourteen-inch weatherstrips for legs. These frames ;an be turned off by any handy man a ten minutes, say six to the hour. I >ut two hooks in the middle of each ath and upon thece fasten strips of ow sacking, which can be adjusted n less time than it takes to gather wigs or put up shingles for one bed. This frame method has several adantages besides neatness. It not only hields the tender plants from the dl ect rays of the sun. but keeps the lewly watered ground moist for hours. hereby allowing slow evaporation, intead of caking by sudden exposure to un and wind. On windy days I let he sacking down against the windcard side. Six frames answer tjirougnut an entire season for an acre garpn. as thev cnn readily be moved rom bed to bed a# soon as the young lants are sufficiently hardened off. Dveryone knows that a good start Is ssential to success, especially'with ender plants like cauliflower, red cabage and eggplant. I have had whole eds of cabbage stunted by too sudden xposure to hot sun. northwest winds nd caking of newly watered ground. -Eniil 0. Peterson, in New England lomestead. Poultry Notes. , This is a good time to give the poultry house a thorough cleaning. Keep the roosts salurated with keroen* and vermin will not be likely to ro'iole the fowls. Gather the droppings dur^ig the ummer and store them for next seaon's use on the garden. Don't to keep several pure breeds y f fowls. - Keep only one and let that ne be the best of the kind. If the hens are confined in yards a ox of lettuce should be sowed for hem at intervals of two weeks. Young turkeys should never be al>wed to leave, the jioop in the morning ntll the grass Is perfectly dry. Remove all the eld nests and litter rom the. house and burn them, then jaW aod-whitewash every part. If the little chicks are lousy rub a ttle grease on nader part of mother's ings and the trouble trill soon end. Eggs should be gathered and eonumed or marketed every day. Eggs 3 summer are unfit for table use "hen over twenty-four hours old. Soap Made From Cocoa Oil. All the soap in Paraguay is made roni cocoa oil. Cows eat the pulp rotn tlie nuts, leaving the hull enelosug the kernel clean and smooth. A ow will clean forty or fifty nuts per light. There are 5400 square miles of coal elds in G;*eat Britain. - ^