many  berries,  or  the  vine  lacks  the  ability  to  lay 
it  on.  Thus  over-croppinR.  qtiito  as  often  as  in- 
jiidieious  treatment,  leads  to  red  Hambiirgha  or 
green  Jluscats.  These  are  not  always  deficient 
in  flavor.  The  vines  have  made  a  supreme 
effort  to  charge  the  fruit  fially  vvith  vinous  or 
saccharine  matter,  and  failed  at  last  to  color 
them. 
tffif  ©arkn. 
THE  GREEN  PROLIFIC  CUCUMBER. 
I.v  the  Rcrai,  of  the  1  tth  inst.,  I  noticed  an 
account  of  some  one’s  experiments  with  the 
Green  Prolific  Cucumber,  which  (hffors  so  much 
from  my  own  experience  that  1  cannot  but 
believe  that  the  writer  made  a  mistake  in  label¬ 
ing  his  experimental  rows;  for  even  the  most 
superficial  observer  <!ould  not  possibly  mistake  a 
Green  Prolific  f’ucurnber  for  a  White  Spine,  as 
you  wUl  readily  perceive  by  comparing  the 
accompanying  specimens.  Although  they  are 
damaged  considerably  by  frost,  they  may  yet 
serve  the  purpose.  Hoth/wero  grown  under 
like  conditions  and  ext)08cd  to  the  same  low 
temiieratiu'o  which  nearly  destroyed  the  White 
Spine,  while  it  loft  the  Oreon  Prolific  tmt  little 
injured. 
Your  correspondent  admits  that  the  dry  season 
has  been  unfavorable  to  the  growth  of  encum¬ 
bers.  but  he  is  mistakon  when  ho  supposcH  that 
he  has  seen  the  least  that  can  bo  said,"  for  I 
know  of  instances,  last  summer,  where  tho  vines 
of  tho  White  Spine  and  Cluster  wore  actually 
parched  on  tlie  ground  witliout  producing  a 
single  cucimiber.  On  llu*  other  hand  I  know  of 
fifteen  acres  of  Green  Prolific,  grown  in  Virginia, 
which  gave  better  results  to  tho  growers,  than 
wore  obtained  from  any  other  variety.  Of  this 
crop  I  cannot  give  tho  exact  number  of  pickles 
raised,  but  to  appease  “tlie  regrets  that  tho 
exact  number  an  acre  will  produce  is  not  given  ” 
I  can  give  an  instance  in  which  41.'1,520  Green 
Prolific  I'icklos  were  grown  on  two  acres, 
another  in  which  12.'5,056  were  grown  on  half 
an  acre,  and  another  of  492,550  on  two  and 
one-hall  acres ;  not  by  “  arithmetical  compu¬ 
tation,  but  by  actual  count  of  tbe  cucumbers 
picked.  One  might  as  correctly  .get  at  tho 
product  of  an  acre  of  cabbage'  by  multiply¬ 
ing  the  weight  of  one  heukl,  grown  in  tlie  garden 
patch  with  tho  number  that  might  bo  grown  on 
an  acre,  as  to  find  tho  yield  of  an  acre  of  pickles 
by  arithmetical compntation  of  tho  product  of  a 
few  hills.  To  ascertain  the  nnmbor  of  pickles  a 
cucumber  vino  will  yieM,  the  pickles  must  be 
picked  every  day.  When  picked  irregnlariy,  or 
when  some  are  left  on  tho  vines  to  ri|>en,'no 
estimate  can  he  foraied  of  the  probable  crop, 
and  the  jnelds  of  tho  different  varieties  varv  but 
little. 
Your  correspondent,  endeavoring  to  ridicule 
tho  idea  of  dathig  the  origin  and  improvement 
of  a  cucumber  hack  fifty  years,  appears  in  a 
dilemma  to  know  whether  thia  improved  ouciun- 
ber  is  the  result  of  the  **  unselfish  perseverance 
and  assiduity  of  one  cuouinber-stnjck  individual.” 
I  can  assure  him  that  it  is  no  such  tiling,  but.  on 
tlie  contrary,  that  it  is  the  result  of  the  persever¬ 
ing  selfishness  of  an  entire  cucnmber-strnck  com¬ 
munity,  trying  to  obtain  the  most  profitable 
cucumber  for  pickles.  To  the  theoretical  agri¬ 
culturist  a  cucumber  may  be  a  little  tiling  ” 
but  to  the  practical  farmer,  who  makes  his 
living  by  raising  pickles,  and  who  derives  his 
principal  income  from  this  crop,  it  is  far  from 
being  •'  a  little  tbing.” 
Growing  several  acres  of  pickles,  and  having 
several  millions  of  pickles,  annually  grown  by 
contract,  I  have  sufficient  ojiixirtunities  to  learn 
the  importance  of  tbe  pickle  crop.  It  brings 
hundreds  of  thousands  of  dollars  to  the  farmers 
of  this  country  alone.  To  tho*pickle  grower  the 
quality  and  strain  of  seed  are  of  paramount  im¬ 
portance,  and  so  it  was  fifty  and  moreyears  ago. 
Neither  of  the  kinds  grown  then,  the  Long 
Green  and  Cluster  gave  full  saUsfaction ;  and 
when  some  farmers  foimd  in  their  fields  seed 
which  gave  them  a  larger  yield  and  better 
quality  of  pickles,  and  brought  more  money  into 
their  pockets  and  which  tho  •‘pickle  house” 
took  in  preference  to  the  old  kinds,  they  did  not 
trouble  themselves  to  know  whether  it  was  a 
cross  or  a  '•  derivation  hybrid  but  they  oaro- 
fully  saved  and  planted  it  as  “  the  right  kind  of 
pickle  seed."  For  many  years  it  was  in  the 
hands  of  but  few  famUics,  of  whom  no  amount 
of  money  could  have  purchased  it.  In  later 
years  one  of  “tho  younger  members  of  tho 
pioklo-growing  family  ”  had  one-half  of  a  field 
planted  with  White  Spine  and  the  other  with 
“the  right  kind  of  Pickle  Seed,”  (The  latter 
yielding  nearly  double  as  many  pickles  as  the 
White  Spine.) 
The  more  elongated  form  of  tho  pickles  from 
a  few  bills  in  tho  “  right  kind  ”  field  could  not 
escape  the  grower,  who  considered  them  a  great 
improvement  on  the  old  “right  kind.”  This 
“  cross  ”  or  “  fixed  strain,”  whichever  it  may  be 
f  called,  was  planted  separately,  and  continually 
-  improved  by  careful  selection,  and  lately  intro- 
r  duced  under  the  name  of  “  Green  rrolilic.”  Its 
t  excellence  has  been  proved  in  hundreds  of 
3  instances,  and  some  of  tho  largc.st  pickle -factor- 
!■  ies,  after  using  all  other  kinds!  prefer  tho  Green 
•  Prolific  to  any  other  variety. 
Why  any  one  should  try  to  ridicule  tho  iiitro- 
;  dnetion  of  a  new  oucumbor  any  more  than  (hat 
of  the  Trophy  Tomato  or  the  Rriovvllako  Potato, 
or  that  of  an  improved  strain  of  cattle  is  not  ap¬ 
parent  ;  but  it  is  certainly  not  the  province  of  a 
journalist  to  run  down  a  now  (hing  after  one 
careless  and  imperfect  exporinumt.  lie  might 
as  justly  belittle  the  speed  of  a  ruco-horse  after 
driving  it  before  a  lumber  waggon  on  a  sleep 
mountain  roa<l.  F.  M.  llEx.v^rKU. 
- - - - - 
ONION  CULTURE. 
The  Onion  appears  to  bo  one  of  the  few  ex¬ 
ceptions  to  the  general  rule  that  a  rotation  of 
crops  upon  any  given  piece  of  laud  is  preferable 
to  a  continoiiK  succession  of  one  and  the  same 
plant.  Experience  has  proved  beyond  a  doubt 
that  Onions  may  be  cultivated  for  many  hiu.'cch- 
sive  years  nponthe  same  soil  without  its  showing 
the  least  sign  of  deterioration,  and  so  well  is  tlii.s 
known  that  it  has  almost  become  an  adage 
among  tho  cultivators  of  this  bulb  that  an  “  old 
Onion  patch  is  hctlor  than  a  new  ono.’’  It,  is 
scarcely  to  be  snpposcil  that  Onions,  or  any  other 
plant  which  draws  nourishment  from  tho  soil 
can  bo  of  any  honelil  to  it  in  the  way  of  impart¬ 
ing  fertility,  therefore  we  may  attribute  the  im¬ 
proved  condition  of  land  upon  which  Onions 
have  lieen  cultivated  for  several  years  to  the  dis¬ 
integration  oansod  by  frequent  plowing  and  hoe¬ 
ing  in  order  to  keep  the  plants  free  of  weeds. 
But  leaving  all  theorios  out,  wo  know  that 
Onions  succeed  host  on  very  rich,  fine  soils,  and 
very  poerly  on  those  of  a  poor,  tough,  tenacious 
nature,  consequently  to  make  the  cro})  lu  olitahle 
a  man  needs  to  bo  careful  in  making  a  selection 
for  an  Onion  patch.  Low  land  which  has  been 
aitificially  drained,  hke  tho  bottoms  contiguous 
to  creeks  and  rivers,  are  usually  well-adapted  to 
Onion  culture.  We  know  of  sonic  quite  exten¬ 
sive  tracts  within  a  hundred  miles  of  New  York 
City  whicli  are  valued  at  one  thousand  dollars  or 
more  an  acre  simply  on  account  of  their  adapta¬ 
bility  to  Onion  culture,  the  crop  being  almost 
certain,  although  the  seasons  may  bo  vci'v  vari¬ 
able.  These  low,  peaty  soils,  when  well  thainoii 
and  manured,  yield  enormous  crops,  ami  are  not 
affected  to  any  considerable  extent  by  dronglits.  i 
Wbere  low,  moist  soils  cannot  bo  obtained  for 
Onions,  high,  dry  soils  can  bo  made  available  by  , 
plowing  deep  and  adding  fertiUzers  in  largo  qnat>  - 
tltios.  Wherever  a  nian  can  find  n  reaily  market  1 
for  Onions  at  from  fifty  cents  to  one  dollar  per  , 
bushel,  ho  can  well  afford  to  H(Hmd  one  to  t  wo  . 
Imndrwl  dollars  an  acre  in  the  pi  eparation  of  the 
land.  Of  course  we  do  not  suppose  this  is  to  be  j 
an  annual  expense,  but  as  a  preparatory  stop  for 
a  permanent  plantation.  Fertilizers  of  some  kind  ! 
will  need  to  bo  applied  every  year,  but  tho  cost  < 
need  be  but  trifliug  if  the  soil  is  put  in  first-rate  | 
condition  at  the  start.  ^ 
The  fall  is  an  excellent  time  in  fact,  the  only  i 
proiKir  time  —  to  prepare  land  to  bo  occupied 
with  Onions  tho  following  spring.  Plowing,  sub-  j 
soiling,  draining  if  necessary,  and  the  applica-  i 
tion  of  any  kind  of  cxiarHo  manure  to  bn  used, 
should  all  bo  done  now,  before  cold  weather  sots  | 
in.  If  the  land  is  now  thrown  up  in  rid</i-s  tho  , 
frosts  of  winter  will  disintegrate  the  exposed  < 
particles  and  breakdown  all  lumps,  and  if  coarsa  , 
vegetable  manures  are  applied  the  juices  will  | 
permeate  every  portion  of  tho  surface  soil  before  , 
spring  and  be  in  condition  to  bo  taken  up  by  the  , 
plants  in  due  time.  I 
Those  who  expect  to  raise  Onions  or  other 
vegetables  next  season  should  make  prepai-a- 
tions  for  them  this  fall,  at  least  whatever  cau  j 
be  done  to  save  time  in  spring  ought  not  to  he  j 
neglected  this  fall. 
Jiitlii  Crop. 
A  CORN  HORSE. 
I  HAVE  just  been  reading  on  page  188  of  tho 
Rcral  New-Yoekkr  H.  Ive’s  recommendation  of 
the  use  of  a  corn  horse  in  harvesting  corn.  Al¬ 
low  me  to  lUffer  entirely  from  his  opinion  of  its 
merits.  I  look  upon  a  corn  horse  in  a  corn  field 
as  simply  a  nuisance,  for  these  reasons :  First, 
the  nse  of  it  takes  up  too  much  time.  A  man 
can  cut  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  shock  of  corn  in 
the  time  needed  to  remove  the  horse  from  ono 
shook  to  tho  site  of  aiiotlier  and  there  adjust  it 
for  use.  Agaiu,  where  tho  horse  has  been  used, 
tho  corn  will  not  stand  up  nearly  as  well  as 
where  it  has  not,  for  Uie  horse  always  has  a 
strong  tendency  to  bend  tho  shock  in  tho  direc¬ 
tion  in  which  it  has  been  drawn  out. 
My  owu  way  of  cutting  coni  is  as  follows  ;  I 
take  six  rows  of  corn  for  one  of  shocks.  I  cut 
the  two  middle  rows  until  I  have  a  good  armful, 
which  I  then  bind  firmly  with  a  band  just  above 
the  ears.  Sot  down  firmly,  this  will  stand  just 
as  steadily  as  if  act  round  a  hill,  and  with  tliis  as 
a  nucleus,  a  little  care  can  build  a  shock  which 
will  stand  until  it  rots  on  its  site.  When  the 
central  luuidlo  has  boon  fixed,  I  clear  a  circle 
round  it,  and  then  cut  down  four  good-sized  arm¬ 
fuls,  one  of  which  is  placed  on  each  side  of  tho 
first  bundle,  and  the  whole  strongly  bound  to¬ 
gether  at  the  top  with  a  couple  of  bands. 
For  a  shook  Mr.  Ives  lakes  only  .36  hills,  which, 
m  case  of  common  corn,  is  surely  not  enough. 
Fifly-four  hills  are  not  too  many  for  a  shock, 
which  should  always  husk  out  a  bushel  of  corn. 
Shocks  are  often  much  too  small,  and  when  the 
corn  dries  a  little,  there  is  not  enough  for  mu¬ 
tual  ifupport  and  the  whole  Is  thrown  to  the 
ground.  To  day  I  noticed  some  of  this  kind, 
where  tho  shock  was  only  about  tho  right  size  for 
a  moderate  bundle.  This  corn  has  boon  cut  only 
three  days,  and  already  tbe  shocks  are  rapidly 
inclining  to  a  fall.  Most  of  tlie  folk  hereabouts 
build  their  shock  round  a  hill,  though  many  of 
thorn  readily  own  that  Uiis  is  a  poor  fashion,  yet 
so  hard  is  it  to  move  them  out  of  tiino-honorod 
ruts  that  I  can  got  only  a  few  to  adopt  tiio  plan 
which  they  acknowledge  to  bo  the  best. 
It  is  imquoslionably  an  unmitigated  humbug 
to  bo  forced  to  step  repeatedly  while  husking 
corn,  in  order  to  cut  down  tho  standing  remnants 
of  the  crop  wliich  has  been  nominally  cut  al¬ 
ready.  As  for  a  corn  horse,  the  nse  of  it  may 
amuse  boys  and  greenhorns,  but  cannot  bo  ap¬ 
proved  by  men  of  sense.  h. 
Starkey,  N.  Y. 
®|jt  Cfiitfiinial, 
VV'ESTlflNSTER  HOTKI,, 
I’nir.AUBi.rniA,  (3ct.  25,  18T6. 
Althouoh  the  Contonnial  Poultry  Sliow  does 
not  open  until  to-morrow  morning  for  tho  gen¬ 
eral  public,  the  privileged  few  have  boon  allowed 
within  its  limits  on  tills  afternoon.  In  extent 
and  oxccllonoo  It  is  of  the  first  order.  Tho  en- 
trios  number,  as  far  as  known,  six  thousand. 
Tho  varieties  coriipriso  Asiatics  -Froncli,  English 
and  American.  In  this  last  there  are  houio 
cross-bred  fowls  now  bred  n|>  to  a  distinct  fam¬ 
ily.  Then  there  aro  Italian  and  Spanish  poultry 
akin  in  shape,  but  unlike  in  plumage.  Tho  water 
fowls  are  very  beautiful  and  useful  as  a  homo 
product.  So  are  the  pigeons,  than  which  a  bet¬ 
ter  collection  has  rarely  boon  seen. 
As  the  useful  is  more  valuable  than  tho  juu-ely 
ornamental,  1  shall  commence  with  tho  Asiatics. 
Tlieso  fowls  are  the  Dark  and  fiight  Brahmas, 
the  Pai  triilgc  and  Buff  Gocliin  Chmas,  the  Cin¬ 
namon  Cochin  Chinas  and  tho  White  and  BJwk 
varieties.  All  of  those  aro  oxoellent  table  fowls, 
good  broisl  hens  and  fair  layers.  Though  on'g- 
inally  from  the  trupic.^i,  or  nearly  so,  their  so¬ 
journ  nndor  the  murky  skies  of  the  British  Isles, 
whence  tho  Amoncau  fauoiors  have  rlrawn  their 
original  stock,  has  rendered  them  more  ro¬ 
bust  and  fitted  them  to  the  frequent  changes  of 
climate.  To-day  the  Asiatic  Poultry  ran  aliont 
like  ordinary  barn-yard  fowls,  and  grow  up  to 
great  size  on  an  equal  quantity  of  food.  Tbe 
Partridge  and  Black  Cochin  {iloase  me  most, 
both  in  plumage  and  oxcollencc  of  character. 
As  a  table  bird,  tho  French  and  English  con¬ 
tend  for  the  first  place.  The  best  French  vari¬ 
eties  are  tlie  Hondans,  the  La  FIoclio  and  the 
Crovc  Cours,  placed  in  this  order.  The  English 
aro  the  Dorkings,  and  all  of  tho  game  family, 
the  Dominiques  and  their  offshoot,  the  Ply¬ 
mouth  Rocks.  Tho  Dorkings  are  considered  tho 
very  best  table  fowls  for  exeollenoo  of  flavor, 
though  less  in  size  than  tho  Asiatics.  They  are 
good  layers,  but  poor  sitters.  Nothing  can  sur¬ 
pass  as  hardy,  solf-reUant  birds  both  tho  Dorn- 
iniques  and  tho  Plymouth  Rocks.  They  both 
are  the  jioor  housewife’s  chickens— thrifty,  hardy 
and  good  foodors.  The  White  Leghorns  are  a 
neat,  weU-set-up  race,  so  like  in  form  and  habits 
to  the  Black  Spanish,  that  I  would  fain  believe 
tliem  to  be  first  cousins.  Both  varieties  are, 
when  young,  gisid  layers,  but  forsake  that  habit 
as  they  advance  in  years;  neither  are  they  care¬ 
ful  mothers. 
Of  the  three  French  varieties  the  Houdarm 
liavo  most  admhers  as  putting  up  more  flesh  on 
a  given  quantity  o' Jieep  tlkau  either  the  I.o 
llooho  orCreve-Cours.  All  three  arc  domestic  in 
their  habits,  and  though  allowe<I  te  range,  never 
go  far  from  home.  Among  tho  exhibitors  moat 
certain  to  please  good  judges  will  bo  George 
Warner,  Esq.,  of  N(!w  York  Mills,  Oneida  Co.,  N. 
y.  Ho  exhibits  several  Scabrigbt,  or  gold-pen¬ 
ciled  Bantams,  as  pretty  and  as  tiny  as  their 
owner  could  deshe ;  but  to  pass  from  the  purely 
ornamental  to  tlie  useful,  tho  same  exhibitor 
shows  Houdans,  and  English  Dorkings,  both 
gooil— tho  last  Uu)  best. 
Among  the  water  fowl.s,  IVIr.  Todd,  of  Vermil¬ 
lion,  Ohio,  shows  some  superb  specimens.  One 
pair  of  Ills  Toulouse  geese,  huge  boanties,  stand 
on  the  scale  fifty  pounds  in  weight.  Tlioso  dark- 
brown  birds  aro  good  mothers,  and  excellent  as 
moat.  Tho.  Camden  Goose  is  handsome,  and 
ivhon  high-bred  ami  in  full  plumage,  can,  on  tho 
water,  compare  with  tho  Swan.  Mi'.  Tood  shows 
I'Oth  the  Aylsbimy  and  the  Rouen  Duck.  Tho 
Aylesbui'y,  under  his  economy,  proHorvo,  in  de¬ 
spite  of  emigration,  the  dolicalo  pink  tint  of  tho 
bill,  for  which  they  aro  noted  in  England,  and 
which  fades  out  so  frequent  ly,  oven  in  imported 
individuals,  tho  first  generation  rarely  possess¬ 
ing  this  distinctive  beauty.  .\s  layers,  both  tho 
snowy  English  and  the  dark,  glo.ssy,  French 
Ducks  are  equally  good.  Their  liesh,  too, 
is  of  equal  excellence,  tho  choice  between  them 
being  a  matter  of  taste  in  plumage.  T’he  Rou- 
ens  attnin  a  slightly  greater  weight.  Both  are 
moderate  fcodors  and  very  thrifty. 
Tho  Egyiitian  Goi>se  la  just  now  .attracting 
much  attention  among  fanciers.  This  bird  is, 
for  a  goose,  of  small  size.  In  plumage  it  ro- 
sonibloH  the  Mandarin  Duck  more  I  ban  any  other 
water-fowl  well-known  to  Amoi  lciins.  As  an  ar¬ 
ticle  of  food  valuable  in  commerce  the  Egyptian 
Goose  will  not  stand  high  ;  but  as  an  ornamental 
creature  on  ponds  and  small  inland  lakes,  the 
family  is  likely  to  bccomo  a  favoritn.  Probably 
irith  a  careful  study  c-f  tlioir  habits  and  needs, 
they  could  be  bred  true  in  feather,  and  live  out, 
as  Swans  do,  under  thatch,  in  sedgy  borders. 
Tho  Black  Cayuga  Duck  is  a  lovely,  neat,  close- 
built  water-fowl.  After  much  careful  selection, 
they  aro  now  purely  black.  Ono  wlnto  fc.ithor 
will  cause  the  loss  of  a  first  prize.  These  black 
beauties  are  easily  kept  and  are  goml  on  the 
table. 
That  America  is  tho  homo  of  the  Turkey  is 
manifest,  her  Bronze  TiirkoyK  being  kings  among 
their  fellows.  Several  pairs  are  on  exliibition  - 
all  good  and  some  exeellcnt.  Tho  White  Tm-- 
keys  aro  cold  and  poor-looking  beside  tho.se  of 
a  bronze  color,  nor  are  they  in  any  respect  so 
valuable,  being  delicate  and  small.  The  Pied 
Turkeys,  Brown  and  White,  arc  very  hand.somo, 
but  still  I  prefer  tho  Bronze  varioty  to  all  others. 
Tho  collection  of  I'igeons  is  Irnmonso.  Tho 
numbers  outnumber  oxiioctation,  and  then  tho 
siiecimens  aro  tho  ohniccst.  Tho  African  Owls, 
with  hills  so  small  as  .biirely  to  be  bills,  have 
been  procured  from  tho  (iolunibaria  of  Her 
Highness  tho  PrinoesH  Alte’ccht  of  Berlin,  Prus¬ 
sia;  then  there  arc  Swallows  RIaek-and- White, 
also  Rod-and- white,  puny,  odd-lonkitig  little  fel¬ 
lows,  with  their  toes  feathered  to  the  ground  ; 
Jaoobins  with  ruffs  as  formal  as  those  of  tho 
days  of  tho  Virgin  Qncon ;  White  Fautails,  and 
tJiose  gentle  mossengoi  H,  tlioCaiTiorPigcous,  uu- 
der  whoso  glossy  wings  many  a  sad  talc  has  been 
oonvoyrwl  when  death  and  havoc  roigned  supreme 
and  whore  war’s  wild  sorrows  covered  1  ho  land. 
Of  purely  fancy  bmls  the  exhibit  i.s^  as  yot, 
small,  only  a  few  HpooirnenH  being  shown— a 
brace  of  Goklcn  Pheasants  from  far-off  China 
and  a  trio  of  Silver  birds  close  by.  As  a  table 
delloacy,  the  flosh  of  tho  native  English  Pheas¬ 
ant  Is  so  good  as  to  bo  niiinbcrod  among  royal 
dishes.  As  yet  nono  of  those  arc  exhibited,  but 
as  soon  as  the  British  ontrics  of  poultry  come  to 
hand,  doubtless  some  will  bo  among  them. 
These  poultry  aro  still  twssing  on  tho  .Atlantic, 
their  steamer  being  over-dne.  Much  anxiety  is 
expressed  for  their  arrival,  as,  if  they  ivro  really 
valuable,  fow,  if  any,  need  return.  England 
ought  to  bo  able  to  send  over  (fame  and  other 
native  breeds  of  such  oxcollencc  as  to  insme  a 
ready  sale. 
The  arrangements  of  the  Buican  of  Agricul¬ 
ture  are  all  that  could  bo  needed  to  .secure  com¬ 
fort  and  safety  U>  the  foatberod  competitors. 
Those  occupy  tho  Pomologioal  Hall  a  sort  of 
annex  to  the  AgriciilUiral  Hall,  and  possessing 
the  advantage  of  being  within  the  limits  of  tho 
Centennial  Grounds.  Darkness  comes  on  apace 
and  visitors  are  departing,  so  I  must  conclude. 
CENTURY  BLOSSOMS. 
The  United  States  Centennial  Commissioners 
announce  the  following  Jteport  as  {ho  basis  of 
an  award  to  Heeb.ner  A  So.vs,  Lansdiile,  Pa., 
for  their  Patent  Level -Tread  Railway  Horse¬ 
power:— “For  level  position  secured  to  plank 
upon  which  horse  stops,  dta}Hjn.sing  with  expense 
of  sharp  shoo-calks  and  continual  wear  of  phmk 
and  for  security  obtained  to  man  and  horse  by 
moans  of  governor  placed  on  shaft  inside  of  belt- 
wheel,  acting  irideiiondeiit  of  brake,  and  for 
cheapness  and  durability.  '  'J'ho  fibovo  Report  is 
olTlcially  signed  by  J.  R.  H.vweey,  President; 
A.  T.  Gohhou.n,  Director-General;  and  J.  L. 
CAAfruiELL,  Secretary. 
The  rov>roaentativos  of  the  Eiu’opoau  nations 
aro  as  peaceful  and  lamb-liko  as  if  no  war  was 
about  to  begin  across  the  Atlantic.  Even  tho 
Turk  looks  as  if  ho  did  not  aiq)rohouil  any  diffi¬ 
culty  in  mooting  tho  interest  on  Lis  debt. 
The  majority  of  distinguishod  visitors  at  pres¬ 
ent  waTidering  over  the  grounds  are  newspaper 
men  in  search  of  adverlisiiig.  Business  was 
never  so  brisk. 
The  price  of  bronze  has  fallen  since  tho  Cen¬ 
tennial  < 'ommission  are  no  longer  in  the  market 
