vaded Thessaly, nominally to protect ChrisMans 
from massacre, really to complicate matters In 
hope, of getting as a sop a slice of Turkey. To 
January 20th, the Russian loss amounted to S9,- 
304 min. 
one of her teats. On examination I discovered 
a hard, round substance very near the end, which 
I fear will result in a loss of the teat. 
Ans.—F rom this meager description a certain 
diagnosis cannot be made. Without a doubt, it 
is a tumor of some kind. As you had to make 
an examination to disoover it, it probably can 
not be a lacteal tumor. A lacteal calculus would 
not stop the flow of milk, if of the size yon de- 
It probably will, in time, render the 
It would be well to consult a 
and have an operation at 
near Kitty Hawk, N. C. close to the spot where 
the V. 8. Hteuncr Huron was lately lost. About 
150 persons mostly passengers were lost. Three 
women only on board, one of whom alone has been 
saved. Loud complaint s of ihe inefficiency of the 
local life-saving station, by which 100 lives were 
lost; and of the unseaworthy condition of the 
vessel, which was so marked that the fault 
of moral homicide belongs to those who sent the 
old rotton craft to sea. Snow-storm general 
throughout nearly the entire North. 
The Britons arc clamorous Tor intervention. 
Meetings all over the country convened to sup¬ 
port the Liberals In their opposition to war, have 
been seized upon by vast majorities and turned 
into war meetings, endorsing the Government 
and urging immediate action. The Iloine-Rulers 
In Parliament have determined not to vote on the 
question ot peace or war, a liberal detection, 
count Andrassy, the Austrian Prime Minister, 
has proposed to the Powers, a joint conference to 
prevent a policy on the part of Russia In conclud¬ 
ing peace, unjustly prejudiced to the interests 
ot other Powers. Russia seems willing to agree 
to this ; and the measure may prevent, furl her 
complications. France Is again asserting her pos¬ 
ition as an Important factor In European polities; 
and will he suitably represented at the proposed 
conference. Greece regretting ner tardiness Is 
going to rush luto war with Turkey anyhow, In 
the expectation that the other Powers will uol 
only save her from the terrible whipping Turkey 
could easily give her, but reward her rashness 
with an addition ot territory. 
The number of lost by the 
HOME NEW8 PARAGRAPHS 
L.D. W., Fredericktown, Oftfo.—Will Henry 
Hales please give, in Rural, a plan of a poultry 
house of sufficient Bize for one hundred fowls 
to be housed if necessary, hut generally allowed 
to run at large ? 
Ans.—A house for this number of stock, should 
not be less than fifteen by twenty feet clear inside 
room. If built against the south side of a barn, 
so as to have a southern frontage, it will do as 
well’as standing detached,and save material; for 
if built alone it will require a roof cotniug to a 
ridge in the center ; six-foot posts for the cor¬ 
ners, with sills set on stones, on the level 
ground, unless it can bo built on Btones on a 
southern hillBide, which is better yet. In this 
case, the hill can be excavated for the north 
side of a good, warm house; then a large win¬ 
dow on the east side, nearer to the front than 
the back, gives the birds the early morning sun 
so much needed by poultry. This window 
should be at least four feet wide, and five feet 
high, coming down close to the sills, as all glass 
should do in fowl houses in cold sections, so that 
the stock get the full benefit of the winter sun 
on the floor. There should be no opening on 
the north or west sides, except a veutilator in 
scribe. 
teat useless, 
veterinary Burgeon 
once. 
0. B. IF., Detroit , Mich.— Will the Rural be 
land enough to inform me what are the stand¬ 
ard books on sheep raising, and in what State 
in the South it could best be done. These ques¬ 
tions have been raised in my mind by your recent 
article on the subject, 
Asa.—Randall’s Sheep Husbandry in the South 
Randall's Practical Shepherd. Sheep husbandry 
is largely carried on in Texas, and has proved a 
paying business there. Georgia, however, claims 
to be the great future home of the sheep in the 
South. # 
0. E. W-, New Way, 0.— (1) Do you publish 
Randall’s Practical Shepherd ? If so, what iB 
the price wholesale and retail ? (2) If not pub¬ 
lished by you, whore can it be got ? 
Ant.—W e publish nothing but the Rukal 
New Yorker. (2) Woodward & Co., Park Row, 
N- Y. 
H. W. M., Newark, Dei;—Please let me 
know whether yon have a copy of “ Money in 
the Garden,” by Quin ? 
Anb.—Y es, for our own use. It is published, 
however, by Woodward & Co.. Park Row, N. Y. 
Saturday, Feb. 2. 
Metropolis seems to be not much more than loo. 
The survivors are in a pit iably destitute condi¬ 
tion. Consular and diplomatic Salaries have been 
cut down $113,000. Secretaries Thompson and Mc¬ 
Crary are gald to be strongly In favor of the 
Bland bill. In New' Orleans there Is loud talk of 
indicting Secretary Sherman and Congressman 
Garfield for the part they took In Louisiana poli¬ 
tics at the time of the Presidential election. The 
Louisiana Returning Board, uow under Indict¬ 
ment In New Orleans, appealed to Judge Bradley 
to have their case tried before the U. 8. Court, 
on the plea that an Impartial trial was Impossible 
before a State Court. Their appeal has been de¬ 
nted. 
Members of the Stock Exchange In London, 
yesterday, publicly burnt, amid groans and hisses, 
the Times and News and some other papers of 
pro-Russian tendency, 
gland. LI. — . 
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~ ' —\ War fever red-hot In En- 
*: j. No news yet from peace negotiators. ^ 
The Russians are now within twenty-four hours’ , 
march of Constantinople, w'hero there Is a tend- i 
ble panic. Hobart Pasha, with the Turkish fleet, , 
has arrived in Constantinople with the garrison 
ot Batourn, which has been evacuated in face of i 
an attack, or owing to a secret stipulation with . 
Russia. The Greeks are going to war, anyhow. ( 
Sunday, Feb. 3.— General Miles reports that 
Sitting Bull has crossed the Canadian line and Is 
at the head of 2,000 men. The bucks from Red 
Cloud Agency are on their way North, and It la 
feared there will be a good deal of Indian trouble 
generally by the opening of spring. Subscriptions 
arc being got, up In Norfolk, Philadelphia, and 
elsewhere for the relief of the wrecked survivors 
of the Metropolis. 
The Sultan telegraphed to the Czar for peace; 
thoauswer has Just been flashed back : “ I desire 
peace as much as you; but It is necessary tor me 
—necessary for us—that It should be a solid and 
durable peace." All military movements and emi¬ 
gration of Mussulmans have stopped. Mehemet 
All Pasha was first appointed commander ot 
Para, thou of Crete, a further degradation. Gam- 
bettn declares for France that the war can only 
be terminated by a European Congress. Italy 
proposes to form an alliance with any Power 
opposed to further Russian aggrandizement and 
an alliance Is proposed between Italy, England 
France and Austria. 
Monday, Feb. 4-— The survivors from the 
wrecked steamer Metropolis have arrived In Nor¬ 
folk. The captain Insists that the vessel was 
seaworthy. A bogus Roman Catholic Miracle is 
proclaimed from Alauch Chunk, Pa.—a dead girl 
called back to life, lu sooth!!! 
There is a report. In England that the British 
fleet .In the Medeterrancan has orders to seize 
upon the Turkish fleet and take It to Malta in or¬ 
der to prevent Its falling Into Russian hands as a 
part, of the war Indemnity, An armistice has 
just been signed by the Grand Duke Nicholas and 
Server and Natuyk Pashas. The following are 
the terms ot peace: 
First—The erection of Bulgaria Into a princi¬ 
pality. 
Becond.—A war Indemnity or territory In com¬ 
pensation. 
Third.—The Independence of Roumanla, Ser- 
vla and Montenegro, ^tth an Increase of territory 
for each. 
Fourth.—Reforms In Bosnia and Herzegovina. 
Fifth.—An ulterior understanding between 
the Sultan and Czar regarding the Dardanell¬ 
es. 
Sixth.—The evacuation of the Danublau fort¬ 
resses and Krzeroum. 
The garrison at Wlddln has consequently been 
ordered to surrender their arms and will be quar- 
■ tered among the neighboring villages. Content 
• at Constantinople; great joy at 8t. Petersburg. 
! All the Powers have accepted Andrassy’a proposal 
• for a conference to be held at Vlonna. Russia 
will annex Bessarabia, giving Roumanla, the 
3 Dobtudscha In exchange, 
CONDENSED NEW YORK TELEGRAMS, 
Tuesday, Jan. 29.— There Is a report that Sor¬ 
ting Bull Is once more In the Held; but so rnauy 
canards have appeared about him, that this is 
possibly another. 
The Conservative Ministry of England have de¬ 
cided to challenge a vote of confidence on the 
question of war or peace. All is still In doubt 
about armistice or peace negotiations. No news 
from negotiators; Russians and their allies press¬ 
ing forward as hard as possible. Typhus raging 
In Krzeroum: 250 die dally— 10, ooo sick and wound¬ 
ed In hospital. 
Wednesday, fan. 30.—In the Senate, the debate 
on the Silver Bill still drags its slow length along. 
No doubt of Its passage by a vast majority, and 
strong probability of Its passage over the Preal- 
with regard to it lately. Would be obliged to 
you if you would inform me if it has proved of 
value the past season. 
Ans.—P rickly Coinfrey has often been re¬ 
ferred to in these pages, as a plant fouud to be 
profitable in certain places, under particular cul¬ 
ture and circumstances. There seems to be a 
very wide difference of opinion with regard to its 
merits. Among those who have cultivated it, 
some are quite enthusiastic in its favor, others 
think but little of it, and others again, revile it; 
a thing very freely doue by many who have 
never seen it cultivated. Our own personal ac¬ 
quaintance with it is too limited to enable us to 
speak decisively with regard to its good qualities, 
and we shall be pleaeed to publish any informa¬ 
tion on this point furnished by any of our read¬ 
ers who may have practical experience of it. 
Miscellaneous. 
A subscriber. —Is the Queen Gity Glass and 
Lamp Company of Oinoinnati, reliable ? 
Ans.—W e know nothing about this company, 
but so many fraudulent enterprises have had 
headquarters at Cincinnati recently, that more 
or less descredit is oast upon everything ema¬ 
nating from that city, that has not the prestige 
of an established reputation. 
Van. —I have a cow which I discovered about 
three weekB ago began to milk unusually hard in 
Ten thousand Greek 
regulars and as .many. Irregular troops have In- 
