THE RURAL WEW- 
FEB 23 
fCfntrs of tljo Wrtk. 
HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, Feb. 16, 1884. 
New Eugland Cremation Society organ¬ 
ized in Boston. Cremation is gaining ground 
steadily on both sides of the Atlantic. 
The public debt was decreased 811,953,008 in 
the month of January. The decrease since 
June 30, 1883, bas been 865,007,487... 
Here is a comparative view of the highest 
points touched by the Ohio River at Cinc-in- 
cinnati during the last 52 years: 
Year. Ft. In. Year. Ft In. 
1832 —Feb. 18.64 S IB7t-May 13.40 b 
1847 -Dec. 17.68 7 1872-April 18.41 9 
1858 — June 16.43 10 1373-Dec. lb.« 5 
1859— Feb. 22.55 5 1874—Jan. 11.47 11 
1860— April 16.49 2 1875-Aug. 6.55 5 
1861— April 19.49 5 1876-Jan.29.51 9 
1362—Jan. 24.57 4 1877-Jan.20.53 9 
1863- March 12.42 9 1878-Dec. 15.h 5 
1864- Dec. 93.45 1 1879-Dec.2,.42 9 
1865 - March 7.56 3 1880-Feb. 17.« 2 
,866-Sept. 26 .« 8 I-Keb. 16.50 7 
1867 — March U.55 8 1882-Feb. 21.53 7 
1868 — March 30.48 3 18S3-Feb.l5. .-68 4 
1869 — April 2.....43 9 1884—Feb. 13.>1 7 
1870 — Jan. 19.55 3 . •••• 
The ex-members of Congress who earn a liv¬ 
ing in the lobby of the House have saved their 
bacon, the proposition to exclude them being 
defeated—130 to 119. The rale stands: Once 
a Congressman, always a Congressman. 
A Two-and-a-Half Per Cent, Bond Bill was 
introduced in the House Tuesday by Mr. Pot 
ter and sent to the Committee on Ways and 
Meaus .The House has refused to have 
a Woman-Suffrage Committee, all the Repub¬ 
lican members voting in favor of the proposi¬ 
tion.The American Carp Culture As¬ 
sociation was formed in Philadelphia on Feb¬ 
ruary 8. Officers: President, William Parry, 
Parry Post Office, Burlington County, N. J.; 
Vice-President—Henry P. Be Graaf, Bowery 
National Bank, New York City; Treasurer, 
Samuel Wilkins, Philadelphia. Pa.; Secretary 
_Milton P. Peirce, Philadelphia, and a Board 
of Directors, The association aims to em 
brace, directly and indirectly, within its or¬ 
ganization every carp-culturist in the coun¬ 
try, and desires State and local branches 
organized throughout the country. Its prin¬ 
cipal object is the dissemination of useful and 
trustworthy information among its members. 
....... Millions upou millions of sea or sand 
clams thrown up by the sea are rotting about 
Sea Isle City on the New Jersey coast, render¬ 
ing the air intolerable. In some places they 
are reported to be in compact masses five feet 
high and 25 feet in width, and a quarter of a 
mile long.Tobacco statistics show that 
St. Louis manufactured in round numbers 
23,000,000 pounds of tobacco last year, an in 
crease of 6.000,000 over the previous year 
This beats the famous Lorillard district of 
New Jersey, and places St. Louis first in the 
line of tobacco manufacturers.Gen. 
Grant, himself, says that his injury is slowly 
improving, but that pleurisy and rheumatism 
have kept him in bis room, and part of the 
time in his bed.The Marquis of Lans- 
downo has been elected patron of the Do¬ 
minion Rifle and Dominion Artillery Associa¬ 
tions. To the former he subscribed *500 aDd 
to the latter $200. Col. Kirkpatrick, Speaker 
of the Commons, has been elected President 
of the Dominion Rifle Association, and Major 
General Laurd has been elected President of 
the Dominion Artillery Association. 
The Virginia Legislature has voted to re-dis¬ 
trict the State, making eight Demo¬ 
cratic and two Coalition districts.... 
It is estimated by J. 8. Moore, the statistician, 
that the effect of the Morrison “horizontal 
tariff” bill, if passed, will be to reduce the 
revenue $30,000,000, which he divide® among 
the schedules as follows: Sugar, $8,500,000; 
woolens, $5,000,000. cotton. $1,600,000; metals, 
$4,000,000; chemicals, $1,250,000; books and 
paper, $250,000; earthenware and glassware, 
$1,000,000; hemp and flax, $1,000,000? tobac- 
$1,200,000, provisions, $ 2 , 000 , 000 ; wood and 
wooden ware, $3,000,000; sundries, $2,500,000; 
articles transferred to free list, $1,400,000.... 
Congress has appropriated $300,000 and 
$200,000 for the immediate relief* of the Ohio 
flood sufferers. Tents, bedding and provis¬ 
ions are being distributed by the War De¬ 
partment. The river is falliug slightly at Cin¬ 
cinnati, but rising at many other points, es¬ 
pecially lower down. 
Catarrh. 
A clergyman in Newberu, Ala., who had 
suffered with Nasal Catarrh for nearly twenty 
years, after using Compound Oxygen for four 
months, reports himself cured. He says: 
“ Mv Catarrh. which was In the form <>J an 
ulcer m mv head, aud on which dark greeu 
scabs constantly formed, aud which had ex- 
Med for eighteen or twenty nears, is (/one. 
No scabs form, and the disagreeable sensation 
has passed away. My vocal organs arc much 
strengthened. I preach now three times a 
week ? and feel stronger and better m every 
Another clergyman residing Lin Massachu¬ 
setts, has used the Treatment for Catarrh, 
and gives the following statement of benefits 
I*6C6iv6d« 
“I have now used your Oxygen Treatment 
three months and will state results. After I 
had used it six weeks my Catarrh was much 
better. The gathering of mucus abated con¬ 
siderably. so much so that ‘hawking’ and spit¬ 
ting rarely occurred. I lost largely the sense 
of the presence of mucus in the nasal cavities. 
With the decrease of the mucus my voice im¬ 
proved and my enunciation became more easy 
and distinct. 7 can now preach an hour with¬ 
out throat irritation, and enunciate distinctly 
and with ease." , 
Mr. W. S. Sweet, of Taunton, Mass., pub¬ 
lisher of the Family Journal, gives the follow¬ 
ing testimony to the value of Compound Oxy¬ 
gen in Catam'h and Bronchitis: _ 
“I would like to say a few words m favorof 
Compound Oxygen. Having given it a trial 
for Catarrh and Bronchia/ troubles, I was 
surprised with its wonderful curative proper¬ 
ties. R has done more for me than any of 
the so-called Catarrh and throat remedies 1 
hxtvG ever vsed, and I can say I am now almost 
entirely free from either of the above affec¬ 
tions.” . ,, 
Our “ Treatise on Compound Oxygen, con¬ 
taining a history of the discovery and mode 
of action of this remarkable curative agent, 
and a large record of surprising cares in Con¬ 
sumption, Catarrh. Neuralgia, BroncJitis, 
Asthma, etc, and a wide range of chronic 
disc&ses; will be sent free. Address Drs. 
Starkey & Palen, 1109 and 1111 Girard St., 
Philadelphia.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL. 
Saturday, Feb. 16, 1884. 
Forty-five Jersey cattle consigned to J. A. 
Maxwell, of Bloomfield, N. J., and valued at 
$50,000, went down with the ocean steamer 
Notting Hill which struck a sunken ice-berg 
last Sunday; 2,250 cans of condensed milk 
shipped to this country from England by the 
Anglo-Swiss Milk Company formed part of 
the cargo. Value of ship, $400,000, and of 
cargo about $270,000.The project to 
raise the tariff on wool has been abandoned at 
Washington. A bad time to raise the tariff 
on anything now'..“ Dog war” in Massa¬ 
chusetts. It is proposed that the owner of 
every dog shall give bonds in $500 for the 
animal's good conduct.During last year 
American race-horses won $761,200 in prizes, 
of which twQ year-olds won $211,604; three- 
year.olds, $386,049; and four-year-olds, $103,- 
547,....... In Great Britain 461,457 cattle are 
reported to have been attacked with foot-and- 
mouth disease during the year 1883.A 
cattle company has been organized at West¬ 
chester, Pa., with a capital of $350,000, to 
operate in Texas, and fatten beeves for East¬ 
ern markets.California raised 40,848,- 
000 pounds of wool in 1883, a trifle over 300,000 
pounds more thau in 1882.The receipts 
of sheep at Chicago in January were the 
largest ever known on that market in a single 
month, reaching a total of 103,119 head... 
The exports of wool from Australia last year 
were considerably larger than those of 1882, 
and of a better average quality than ever 
before shipped from that country. 
The Minnesotta State Agricultural Society 
has elected Col. E. W. Thompson, President; 
D, A. Morrison and G. W. Taylor, Vice- 
Presidents; R. C. Judson, Secretary; and F. 
J. Wilcox, Treasurer, for 1884. The society 
is trying to secure 80 to 100 acres of land mid¬ 
way between 8t. Paul and Minneapolis for a 
permanent fair ground.. .A meeting was 
held last Tuesday at Perdue University, 
Lafayette, Ind., with a view to the organiza¬ 
tion of an American Shropshire Down Asso¬ 
ciation, and the establishment of a registry of 
that breed.Over 40,000 cattle were sold 
from Arkansas last year .The Ogalalla 
Land and Cattle Company, which recently 
purchased Paxton & Sheidler’s herds of cattle, 
numbering 45,000 head, lias also pm-chased 
the Bosler herd, in Western Nebraska, num¬ 
bering 45,000 head—the price paid being $125,- 
000. This company has now over 100,000 head 
of cattle, representing an investment of over 
$3,000 000.The recent law enacted by 
the Cherokee Council, prohibiting the driving 
into the Cherokee Nation of any cattle what¬ 
ever between the 1st of April and the 1st of 
November, is a play into the bands of the 
railroads, and must prove hurtful to Arkan¬ 
sas and the more eastern Texas drovers. The 
penalty for violating the law is aflne of $1,000, 
six months’ to two years’imprisonment and 
payment of all damages caused by the cattle 
introduced. This is nominally to protect 
their stock against Texas fever.A 
Dundee (Scotland) dairyman was recently 
convicted of selling milk which had stood in 
the room In which a child was ill with scarlet 
fever. The milk absorbed the poison, and 
seventeen persons were infected with 
the disease, four of whom died.... 
The following are the officers of the great St. 
Louis Fair for 1884: President, Charles 
Green; first Vice-President, L. P. Tausey; 
second Vice-President, Edward Martin; third 
Vice-President, L.M. Rumsey; Treasurer, W. 
W. Wether ell; Secretary, Festus W. Wade; 
Superintendent, John Duffy. The Secretary’s 
salary was increased $300, those of the others 
will be the same as last year, 
Missouri is shipping large quantities of corn 
to California.Over 1,000,000 bushels of 
potatoes are held in Aroostook County, Me., 
awaiting shipment West. Importations of 
European potatoes are iusiguificant this year. 
.The average wheat crop of Europe is 
estimated at 1,143,826,044 bushels; of the world 
about 2,028,000,000 bushels.The average 
annual excess of wheat produced in the world 
is from 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 bushels above 
consumption.Six thousand Dakota 
sheep, belonging to the Marquis de Mone, 
have died suddenly; poison suspected, and all 
on account of O'Donnell, with whom the 
Marquis lately had “trouble.” Reports of 
poisoning cattle by wholesale come from 
Western Texas. Cattle dying there from 
some unknown disease. Fence cutters sus¬ 
pected of poisoning them.A company 
has been formed under the provisions of the 
Irish Tramway act to purchase estates, relieve 
the congested districts and encourage fixed 
residence. The directors are Messrs. Jacob 
Bright, Member of Parliament for Manches¬ 
ter; Edmund Dwyer Gray, Member of Parlia¬ 
ment for Carlow County and proprietor of the 
Dublin Freeman’s Journal aud Mr. Parnell.... 
The directors of the American Galloway 
Breeders’ Association of Canada and the 
American Association of the United States 
have been in sessiou at Kansas City, Mo. 
They have consolidated under the na me of the 
American Association, with a new board of 
13 directors, six from the East, seven from 
the West. David McCrae of Guelph, Canada, 
was chosen president, Walter C. Weeden, of 
Kansas City, secretary and treasurer and 
editor of herd books.George B. Loving 
of Texas, now in England representing the 
Texas Investment Company, has sold a large 
amount of ranch property situated iu four ad¬ 
joining counties on Double Mountain fork of 
the Brazos River, Texas, for $2,500,000. This 
is said to be the largest live stock property 
transaction ever made...The terrible 
volcanic eruptions in Java, to the dust from 
which some attribute the late ruddy sunsets 
and sunrises, are said to have enormously fer¬ 
tilized the island with the great masses of 
ashes thrown forth I.The Hou. John L. 
Mitchell of Milwaukee fs the latest addition 
to the list of trotting horse breeders 
The Dallas Herald says that the longest line of 
fence in the world will be that from the Indi¬ 
an Territory west across the Texas Panhandle 
and 35 miles into Mexico. It will lie over 200 
miles long. 
active part in ending the troubles in theSoudan. 
.China’s Imperial Council has decided to 
defend Back-Ninh to the utmost.The 
tribes in Merve have submitted completely to 
Russia and the German press say that Rus¬ 
sia’s success in Merve is worse for England 
than the disasters iu the Soudan. The St. 
Petersburg press, however, pats Englaud af¬ 
fectionately on the back. while discussing the 
Merve question. Afghanistan alone now sepa¬ 
rates the English and Russian possessions iu 
Asia, and in the event of a war between the 
two in Europe, it would certainly extend to 
Central Asia. 
Gilt Edge Butter.— Makers of gilt-edge 
butter, may prove by reading advertisement 
in this paper, under “ Milk Protector,” illus¬ 
trated by open and closed pail.— Adv. 
The Combination of Ingredients used 
in making Brown’s Bronchial Troches is 
such as to give the best possible effect with 
safety. They are the best remedy iu use for 
Coughs, Colds and Throat Diseases.— Adv. 
Farmers’ Folly. 
Some farmers adhere, even against the full 
light of fact aud discovery, to the old-fash¬ 
ioned folly of coloring butter with carrots, 
annatto, and inferior substances, notwith¬ 
standing the splendid record made by the 
Improved Butter Color, prepared by Wells, 
Richardson & Co., Burliugton, Vt. Atscores 
of the best agricultural Fairs it has received 
the highest award over all competitors.— Adv. 
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH. 
Saturday, February 16,1884. 
Chicago.— Compared with cash prices a 
week ago, “regular” wheat is %c. higher; 
No, 2 Chicago Spring, l>gc. higher; No. 2 Red 
Winter 2c. higher. Corn, %c. higher. Oats, 
higher. Rye, 3^c. higher. Barley, lc. 
higher. Pork,97^0. higher. Lard, 35c. higher. 
Hogs, average. 55c. higher. Cattle about 20c. 
higher. Sheep 25c. higher. 
FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday. Feb. 16, 1884. 
Cetewayo, the Zulu chieftain, has died of 
heart disease, say some; of poison, say others. 
.. Sixteen years ago a law was passed 
providing for the gradual manumission of 
slaves .in Cuba, of whom there were at that 
time about 885,356, So well has this law been 
administered, the planters in many cases 
showing a willingness to act even in antici¬ 
pation of its provisions, that 285,000 slaves 
have been already set free, aud there are 
good grounds for hoping that during the 
year slavery will be removed from that 
island........De Lesseps says the plan of 
forming a sea iu the Desert of Sahara will 
soon be realized.Disloyality is mani¬ 
festing itself in the Spanish army, and an¬ 
other revolt is feared.Across the At¬ 
lantic: the war in the Soudan and its results 
on English and European politics are the 
main subjects of interest. Tewfic Pasha oc¬ 
cupied Smkat with 600 Egyptian troops, 
while besieged by Oman Digua, a rebel acting 
independently ot the False Prophet. Being 
on the point of starvation Tewfic and his men 
tried to cut their way through the beleaguer¬ 
ing hordes, but were massacred to a man, 
and on capturing the town all the men, 200 
women and a large u umber of children were 
slain by the rebels. “Chinese” Gordan, like 
a hero of romance, is still hurrying forward 
to Khartoum to pacify the Soudan single- 
handed. A few years ago he ruled it sternly 
but benevolently, ami now he is sent alone 
to restore the conquered districts to the sub¬ 
jugated chiefs, unite these against El Mahdi, 
and by his defeat restore peace to the country. 
The fate of his mission is likely to decide that 
of the Gladstone Ministry. Already the re¬ 
peated massacres of English and other Euro¬ 
pean officers and of Egyptian troops in the 
Soudan has aroused a storm of indignation 
in England agaiust the dilatory and vacil¬ 
lating policy of the Government, and were it 
not for the subservient majority of 50 the 
Cabinet holds in the House of Commous,Glad¬ 
stone would bo iguoininiously defeated. A new 
election iu the present state of pul die sentiment 
would be overwhelmingly agaiust him. Eng¬ 
lish and Indian troops are being hurried to 
Suakim to save it and Tokar from Osman 
Digna, and there is little doubt that public 
opinion will force the Ministry to take a more 
On February 16 the visible supply nl vain at Chi- 
cugo was: Wheat. 32,132.0*0 bushels: corn 1,585,000 
bushels: nnu, 8.311.000 bushel*: rye, 2,422,000 bush 
el** hurley, i, 839,000 bushels. Wheat -Market un- 
settled: wlces declined lHc under yesterday. Sales 
ranged' February. flW; March. sW; April, (K^c; 
May *l nt»3,Ml.nrU: June. il.tB: No. 2Chi 
94'/6<A 
Winter, 
£luKv4j: rriirvioi.i- •'w* * A 1 ’ 
\la\, *l.0W*1.01U: June, il.itt: No. 2 Chicago Spring, 
Rk(i9t-Ve: No. 3 Chicago Spring. S0&S4C; No. 2 Red 
Winter, fl.Olal.W. CORN la fair demand bulun- 
■I s, uuil't; sales 
rangc(I: "Ca»fi.' 82ttCi Kofinmry. 32fc,e: March. 
8*t,u w »Ua, closing at SMtM3*c: May. SiMfttSiTgc.. 
June. S7Wa>o7«C: all the year,TlOJic. KYK, firm at 
Klfl*®53*c. Baulky. oulet at Ope. Pong, to active 
demand; sal es ranged: Cash. $18 25*13.37*: Febru¬ 
ary. $19*ISJM; March. *13.25. LaM>, Arm: sales 
ranged: Cash,$990* tO: February. SHI Hour -Market 
" ■■ -- ... —a shipping, 
- Cattle, 
IHjrLJS. #D*C9WV «ru. uvyu w Shipping, $5. I •*» 
*6.16; common to medium, $5.25o»5.70. bBEEP; In¬ 
ferior to fair, $3.00®4.25: medium to good, $4.50® 
5 25; choice to extra. $5.25*5 40. 
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS. 
New York. Saturday, Feb. 16, 1884. 
Beans and Peas— Beans, marrow, prime, new,$3.10 
*3.15; do., medium, prime. $2,55*2.60; dci. pea. $2.60® 
V . » i. . i.i x.. ..... ti 1/1 .*1 iSr Hriid IrIn . 
*3 ,'10*3.1*1; foreign Den 
mediums. $2.00*2.20: Peas, green, prime, $l^0®1.8>; 
do Southern B. E. $3.25*3.50; California. Lima. 
$2.90*3.15. 
Brkadstuffb and Provisions. —As compared with 
prices of a week ago, ungraded Winter red Is 6c. 
lower; No. 1 red to arrivals 2i»e. higher: ungraded 
white Is S^e. blgher.CORN.—Ungraded mixed is l&c. 
higher; No. 3 Is S^c. higher. Oats.— No. 3 mixed Is 
IHiC. higher; No. 2 Is 19<c. higher: No. 1 Is l«e. 
higher: No. 3 white is 3c. higher: No. 2 Is 2?ic. 
higher: No. I Is lj*c. higher; mixed Western Is lc. 
higher; white State Is He. lower. 
$ LOUR. Fred and meal.- Flour—Quotations: No. 2, 
$2.10*2.35; super line. $2,60*3.37, lutter an extreme; 
common to fair extra State. $3.40a.,i.tX): good to 
fancy dr>. $3.65*6,09; common to good extra W estern, 
$3 86*3,65; good to choice. $3 .iOm 6.85; common to 
fnlr extra Ohio. $X40*4.tUi good, $4.00*5. > ■ good to 
choice, $3.55*6 U0; common extra Minnesota, • 3.40® 
8.60:clear, $<J30*5.0d* rye mixture, $4.) *4.80: straight, 
$5.00*5.75; patent. $5.nr.®6.35; st. Louts common to 
fair extra, $:U0<<7.25; fair to good. $Ltu 5.25. good 
to very choice, $5.30*0.25: patent Wtmor wheat ex 
tru. $0.4i!jii.o3; city mill extra for West Indies, $5.35 
*5.45; South America, $5.50*5.0); market closing 
unlet. Southern Flour—C ommou to good extra, 
•3'KKitA’i'U; good to choice, $4.73*6.50; for ex 
nort. $ 6 . 75 *$ 0 .OO. Rvu Flour - su peril no at 
$ 3 . 40 * 3 , 75 . Buckwheat Floor - $8*8.S). mainly 
*$3.45. 
Grain — W hkat New No. 2 Chicago, $1.04 In 
store; ungraded Winter Red, 8Ie.*$l .13W; No. 3 
Red, # 1 . 1)5 delivered from store: No. 2 Red, $1,104*. 
rail certificate* in elevator, held at $1.14, with 81.134s 
bid; No. 1 Red. to arrive, at >$1,204$: ungraded White, 
$1.00. a - No. 2 Red. "idler February. $1.0844. do. 
March, $1,094*; da April, $1,117*; do. May. $1. lift: do. 
Juun.itRvx. state arid Jersey, ut i54*c; un 
graded Western. 70c: rejected, 644uC. Barley. -t n 
graded Canada at 8T(*3Hc, Barley Malt-DuII: 
ii rices unchanged. Corn—U ngraded mixed at 53* 
Jic.-n" 8, *W0Wci No. 2, iBfcc. In store 
(YV. delivered; steamer mixed, 61c. in elevator. 
White Southern, ibc. delivered from store; Yellow 
Southern, b2*68OH dock; No 2 Mixed, seller Feb- 
ruury. d'^c: do. 51 arch, file; do. April, 65j4C: dp. 
Mnv. tBHiC; do. June. 67c. Gats No. 8 Mixed, lit 4lc: 
Nu 2, 414t*42V4C. Inside prices In Store: No. 1, quoted 
4204c: No 3 White, 46cj No. 2. 46®lM4o; No 1 quoted 
4Sc; mixed Western, 4lW(M4SC; white do. 4«®48c, 
White state, Lc; No. 3 mixed, seller March, closing 
WWc; do. April, closing «7*c; do. May, closing 4.*gc 
VISIBLE SUPPLY OK UUAIN IN THE UNITED STATER AND 
CANADA. 
Feb. 9, 1881 , Feb. 10,1883. 
Wheat, buah.. 82,131,941 22,188,094 
Corn, bush. U ifr*HR> 
K l bush:::...:.:.... a.^.*** w; 
Kyo bush.. ». 2*422,478 l,o56.401 
Provisions —Pork—Mess spot at #18 for homo use 
mess spot for export at $18*18.25: mess on spot 
uuoted $18*$18.25; family iness, 19*20; cl«ir back 
$16.75*$21; extra prime, $li*$17.S0. Beek— City 
