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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, September 13. 
The National Bank of New Jersey, at New 
Brunswick, has been robbed by its cashier, 
Hill, and its president, Runyon, of $285,930, 
of which llill took 1196,829. and Runyon $39,- 
100. Robbery of banks by their trusted offi¬ 
cers are so common nowadays that they cause 
no surprise; but here, instead of scooting to 
Canada with tbeir booty, both criminals com¬ 
mitted suicide. A good job if all the bank 
thieves would follow tbeir example! ........ 
Okloboma Bayne is to be tried at Wichita, 
Kansas. He is out on $1,000 bad. His com 
rades have been liberated...A great 
fire among the lumber yards and factories at 
Cleveland, Ohio, swept over 20 acres, and 
caused damage to the extent of at least $1,- 
250,000, last. Monday.There is likely to 
be a controversy as to whether the New Or¬ 
leans Fair shall be open on Sundays. The 
local usage aB to amusements disregards the 
Sabbath, but many of the exhibitors object.. 
.Typhoid fever prevails to an alarm¬ 
ing extent in several counties in the upper 
part of North Carolina. A large majority of 
the cases are located directly in the puths of 
the disastrous tornadoes which swept through 
the State last Spring.The commission of 
Commander Schley as chief of the Bureau of 
Equipment and Recruiting was delivered to 
him Monday.The assessed valuation of 
property in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. 
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Texas, and Virginia, which are the 12 distinct¬ 
ively Southern States, has increased during 
the past year $205,718,977. The increase of 
wealth has been accompanied with a slightly 
decreased tax rate 1 , although the expenditure 
for public schools has been quadrupled within 
the last ten years. During the past year the 
railroad mileage of the Southern States has 
increased 3,155 miles.The election of 
Governor in Maine has been the most import¬ 
ant event in politics during the week. Of 
this, a telegram from Augusta yesterday says; 
“ The total vote of the State will reach 142,- 
410, and Hobie’s majority over lledman 20,615. 
This is the largest majority ever given a can¬ 
didate for Governor in this Stute in a Resi¬ 
dential year.” Republicans jubilant,. 
The Canadian immigration returns for 
August show that 1*1.830 immigrants landed 
in the Dominion. Of these 5,895 were 
passengers for the United States. Since 
January 1,112.512 persons entered Can¬ 
ada as immigrants, 48.275 of whom intended 
settling in the United States. These figures 
are below those for the corresponding period 
of 1883. Ti e Prohibitionists in Massa¬ 
chusetts ami Now Hampshire held State Con¬ 
ventions on Wednesday and put full tickets 
in the field for Stute officers and Presidential 
Electors.Because the cut throat Frunk 
James was invited to be present as an attrac¬ 
tion at the agricultural fair at Mobcrly, Mo., 
the Republican State Convention which was 
to meet there at the same time, has changed 
the place of meeting to Jefferson City, und 
intends to issue au address denouncing the 
action of the fair managers.Among 
“forehanded” States Texas leads all the rest. 
The Treasurer has $l,1OG.O00 cash in hand, 
holds $6,241,600 iu bonds belonging to school 
and other fuuds, and several more millions in 
notes for land sold, and the total debt is only 
$4,000,000 nearly all held in the State . 
Canada will observe November 0 as Thanks¬ 
giving Day.The Dominion Exhibition 
at Montreal was opened on Tuesday by bis 
Excellency the Governor General, iu the pres¬ 
ence of a large gathering of the citizens - 
There is great excitement in Benton, Mon¬ 
tana, over the confirmation of the gold dis¬ 
covery in the Little Rock Mountains, iu that 
Territory. A committee of citizens tele 
graphed that the mines are good. About 100 
claims have been taken up. Those worked 
pay from $0 to $11 a day to a jnan working 
with an ordinary gold pan. Half the popula¬ 
tion has stampeded to the mines,.Duriug 
the hot spell hereon Tusdny, Wednesday und 
Thursday last, the mortality was very heavy. 
On Wednesday alone 118 died from sun-stroke 
and exhaustion, besides those who were ailing, 
and whom the torrid weather hurried to the 
grave. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, September 13, 1884. 
Across the Atlantic, although Ireland is 
more peaceable than some mouths ago, she is 
no less hostile to English domination, or no 
less determined to continue the struggle for 
“home rule.” Earl Spencer. Viceroy, who is 
now traveling through Munster, is coldly re¬ 
ceived, while offensive placards are posted in 
many.places along his route. Trevelyan, Chief 
Secretary for Ireland, is likely to succeed 
Lord Carlingford, President of the Council in 
England, when the latter retires from the 
Cabinet through ill health. Noisy Land League 
meetings still continue, marked by occasional 
scenes of violence.In England Glad¬ 
stone, who is traveling through Scotland, is 
received everj'wbere with great enthusiasm. 
He is preparing to introduce into Parliament 
a Redistribution Bill, as demanded by the 
Lords; hut will insist on giving precedence to 
the Franchise Bill.The English papers 
are hostile to France’s action in China, as cer¬ 
tain to injure English trade with that conn 
try, as the English interests are greater there 
than those of all other nations. The num¬ 
ber of foreign residents in the treaty ports 
of China last year was 4.894. one half of them 
being English. Great Britain is represented 
in China by 298 business houses, Germany by 
50, America by 24, Russia by 17, France 
by 12, Spain by 7. and Italy, Austria, 
Holland and Denmark each by I. The 
total of exporta and imports for the 21 
ports in 1882 was one millard of francs. 
Gen. Lord Wolseley took command yester¬ 
day of all the troops in Egypt, south of Assiout, 
and is hurrying forward the expedition for the 
relief of Gen, Gordon at Khartoum. The Nile 
is rapidly sinking, and unless “things are 
pushed,” a march of some 250 miles across a 
waterless desert may he necessary instead of 
a roundabout voyage of 400 miles up the Nile 
to accomplish the same advance.... Hundreds 
who were ruined by the bombardment of 
Alexandria are clamoring for the indemnity 
awarded for their losses; many of them have 
been forced to sell their certificates to usurers, 
who will finally get most of the money. 
Lord Dufferin, formerly Governor-General of 
Canada, has been appointed Viceroy of India, 
the greatest position in the gift of t he Govern¬ 
ment, and will reach Calcutta in December... 
The French are bitterly exasperated against 
the English for their hostility to the French 
war in China. The animosity of centuries 
between the two countries, though it has been 
smothered for the last quarter of a century, is 
ready to break out with accumulated ferocity. 
Englund has no scruples about waging unjust 
wars with the greatest cruelty where her own 
interests are concerned; hut she is always 
humanely shocked by anything of the kind 
in case of any other nation; benco while the 
ruthless bombardment and conflagration of 
Alexandria were all right, the demolition of 
the defences of Foo-Chow was all wrong. At 
present France seems likely to sieze upon the 
whole Island of Formosa until China submits. 
The Chinese war party, however, is now in 
the ascendant; and there is much talk of anni¬ 
hilating the French with overwhelming num¬ 
bers; but the warfare of the Celestials seems 
eoutiued chiefly to gasconade.. Lately 
France and Germany seem to be really friend 
ly. Bismarck supporting the French policy in 
the East He is specially indignant against 
England for her colonial policy, as that coun¬ 
try is seizing upon every part of the world 
not already under the flag of some other 
European power, and both Germany and 
France want a share of the spoils. 
The Emperors of Germany, Austria and Rus¬ 
sia are to meet w’itb in a week or so to renew 
the friendly relations formerly existing be 
tween the throe empires, into which a coolness 
lias crept of late as regards Russia. The old 
German Emperor has become feeble of late, 
and is hardly expected to outlast the year. 
The ex-Empress Eugenio, too. is reported to be 
breaking dow n rapidly and is expected soon 
to follow her husband and son...The Emperor 
of Russia, after a world of precautions against 
Nihilist deviltry along the route, has arrived 
in Warsaw, where 1,000 arrests have been 
made to insure his safety. At the reception 
given him by Gen. Gourko last Thursday, no 
Polish noblemen attended, and of 800 people 
invited te the hall, 400 only were present 
The Nihilists declare their hostility to the 
government is as implaeuble as ever, and oc¬ 
casionally they assassinate an especially ob¬ 
noxious official. Frequent arrests would t-bin 
their ranks were it not for numerous recruits 
from all classes of society. 
The whole of Italy is thrown into a ferment 
of alarm by Asiatic cholera. This broke out 
at Marseilles, France, nearly three months 
ago, and after causing a great many deaths 
there and in some other towns in the south of 
France, it has now almost disappeared from 
that country, but has lately broken out with 
extreme viruleuce iu Naples. This place, al¬ 
ways notorious for its filthy condition, offers 
a favorable site for its ravages. On Wednes¬ 
day last there were 957 new' cases and 305 
deaths; on Thursday 5*06 new cases and 328 
deaths, and yesterday, 809 new cases and 430 
deaths. It is also raging, hut much iess vio¬ 
lently, in 15 other towns in Italy. The iguor- 
unt rabble of the towns and peasantry of th© 
country increase its horrors by their stupid 
neglect of the stricken, and opposition to 
medical treatment, as they imagine the doc¬ 
tors spread it. Travel is greatly impeded, as 
every village seems resolved to quarantine the 
rest of the world. King Humbert, with a 
large suite, has been visiting the hospitals, 
crowded with patients, and refused to use dis¬ 
infectants while comforting the afflicted. He 
has also been often among the poorest parts of 
the city and the multitudes camped out in 
vacant places. All unite in praising bis brav¬ 
ery. The plague has also appeared in half a- 
dozen towns in the north of Srain, though 
the number of cases and deaths there has 
hitherto been small. 
A VEKVMSOM ),AR A N DEXC EPTIONA L 
CASK. 
The following details of a case is one of the 
exceptional cases which we meet with in our 
dispensation of Compound Oxygen, and one 
that, illustrates in a very striking manner the 
subtle and deeply searching and active power 
of this new agent. 
“St. Cloud. Wis., .January 16th, 1882. 
“Dr8. Starkey & Pai.kn: Dear Sirs: I be¬ 
lieve it to tie a duty I owe to sufferers from 
blood and skin diseases to make a brief state¬ 
ment of my case. About ten years ago I had 
several inflamed dark spots come on both of 
my ankles. These spots, when they first ap¬ 
peared. were of a dark copper color, and 
much inflamed and rigid. They gradually 
grew larger and more troublesome, with al¬ 
ways a sensation of uumbness and sometimes 
nroxysms of most intolerable itching. I 
ad for several years previous te the appear¬ 
ance of these spots on my ankles been troubled 
w ith inflammatory rheumatism. My joints 
would lie sometimes badly swollen and in¬ 
flamed. I had much trouble and pain with 
my left ankle for the three or four months be¬ 
fore commencing to use Compound Oxygen. 
The whole of the outfit fie of m y Ieft. foot and 
ankle resembled in appearance and color a 
la rye piece of liver It. teas m uch swollen anti 
as rigid as an iceberg, until nine or ten very 
pain ful dry sores. 1 he central one w as about 
one inch in diameter, and most excruciatingly 
painful. I showed it to several knowing ones 
who pronounced it a cancer. The effects of 
the Compound Oxygen were truly wonderful. 
It worked like a charm. Inn few days after 
commencing its u*o. rny feet began to bleach 
out; the lumps all dissolved; the skin and 
fleth of my feet soon became soft and white; 
t he sores became less painful, and soon began 
to heal. The sores are now nil well, and my 
feel and ankles are as good as new. In fact, 
( have got a new pair oflegs; for all of which 
1 am indebted to Gomjmund Oxygen. 
Respectfully yours, "H Sparks.” 
The effect of Compound Oxygen in this case 
gives a striking proof of the law governing 
its action. It had no specific relation to the 
disease from w hich the patient was suffering, 
and did not act directly upon the affected 
parts, but, instead, infused now vigor into all 
the nervous centers, quickened all the life- 
forces. and restored to healthier activity every 
organic form in the body, and the result came 
as a natural and orderly sequence. The case 
is exceptional only in the character of the dis¬ 
ease, not in its cure by Compound Oxygen. 
Our "Treatise on Compound 'hrygen," con¬ 
taining a history of the discovery and mode 
of action of this remarkable curative ugent, 
and a lurge record of surprising cures in Con 
sumption. Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, 
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diseases, will beaenl free, Address DBS. STAR¬ 
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, September 13. 
Loco, a Western weed, acts upon horses and 
cattle just as alcohol does on man They lose 
all appetite for normal food, become apparent¬ 
ly intoxicuted at times, and finally die from 
a disease strangely like delirium tremens. 
From the vice comes the California expression 
“as bad as a locoed horse,”.There is a dis¬ 
astrous drought iu Eastern Ohio and West 
Virginia. The crops are perishing and stock 
is being sold at al most any sacrifice for lack of 
feed. The Ohio River is so low tbm boats can¬ 
not run........The high prices paid in Fulton 
Market, this city, for snapping and mud tur¬ 
tles, have induced many farmers in Rockland 
and Orange Counties, N. Y,, to go into the 
raising of these animals as a legitimate trade. 
.The Pendleton Farmers’ Club, of Pendle¬ 
ton, 8. C , will celebrate its 09th anniversary 
on October 9, with a free live stock show aud 
liberal premiums. From 1815 there is a regu¬ 
lar record of the uames of the members and 
officers of this club. and. judging from some 
of the essays iu the old Farmer and Planter, 
this club existed prior te 1815. Is there au 
older society in this country *.At the 
late International Agricultural Exhibition at 
Amsterdam, Holland, there were 410 horses, 
871 cattle, 320 sheep, aud 125 pigs....... Three 
hundred young Texas cattle were tramped to 
death iu the Arkansas country, during a re¬ 
cent hail storm. They stampeded and collid¬ 
ed against a wire fence, when the stronger 
ones killed the weaker...English 
cattle statistics show that there were 6.241,127 
heud returned this year, being 278,348 more 
than in 1888, and very nearly half a million 
head more than two years ago..In view 
of the p)eurc> pneumonia outbreaks iu that 
breed of cattle, the Illinois State Board of Ag¬ 
riculture has decided not to admit Jerseys at 
the State Fair......Pork-packing at the 
different points show's an aggregate increase 
at the leading points, since March 1, of 310,- 
000 head, as compared with the same time last 
year.The average weight of hogs re¬ 
ceived in August at Chicago was 239 pounds; 
in 1883, 249; 1882, 225 .Among the ex¬ 
ports from New York last week were 1,750 
live cattle, 45 live sheep, 8,209 quarters of 
beef, and 650 carcasses of mutton.The 
exports of live stock and dressed meats from 
Boston for the foreign markets last week were 
1,875 cattle and 1.690 quarters of dressed beef. 
No sheep went forward . During the 
first six months of 1884 England imported but* 
terine to the amount of 88,697,904 pounds, 
valued at over $6,000,000........ Canada im¬ 
ported 324,000 barrels of flour from the United 
States last year, and 3,000,000 bushels of wheat. 
The tariff on flour is 50 cents per barrel, and 
on wheat 15 cents per bushel.A man in 
Waterloo, Neb., has a hog ranch of 600 acres, 
from which he last year sold 600 swine, and 
this season the number will be 1,000. Corn is 
cheap there, and the land gives pasturaire and 
water............The Swan Land and Cattle 
Company, one of the strongest stock concerns 
in the West, has just bought 450,000 acres of 
land of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyom¬ 
ing Territory. Settlers upon the tract are. 
however, te get their land at “a reasonable 
price.”.Eighteen steers have been fat¬ 
tened at Shelby ville, Ind., for a big barbecue. 
All will be spitted and roasted at once. 
Francis B. Hayes has been re-elected Presi¬ 
dent, and Robert Manning Secretary, of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society. ... 
See Johnson & Field’s Racine Farm Mill ad¬ 
vertisement in h.-iiv nf Sept 10, page 010 -Adv. 
Parmer*’ Polly. 
Some farmers adhere, even against the full 
Iigbtof fact and discovery, (o the old-fashioned 
folly of coloring hotter with carrots, annatto, 
and inferior substances, notwithstanding the 
splendid record made bv the Improved Butter 
Color, prepared by Wells, Richardson & Co., 
Burlington. Vt. At scores of the best agri¬ 
cultural fairs it has received the highest 
uward over all competitors. 
CROPS AND MARKETS. 
The National Cotton Exchange reports the 
total crop for the year ending September 1, at 
6,713,200 bales against 0,949.750 bales for the 
preceding year. The exports have decrease^ 
about 800,000 1tales, and the home consump 
tion about 200,000 as compared with last year. 
A telegram from Milwaukee lost Thursday, 
says: S. T. K. Prime, of Dwight, ILL, who 
is by general consent admitted to be the high¬ 
est individual authority in the United States 
on matters connected with the condition and 
outlook of the grain crops, was a visiter on 
’Change to-day. At his home in Illinois Mr. 
Prime keeps a bureuu of a dozen clerks con¬ 
stantly employed in arranging and condens¬ 
ing information received at regular intervals 
from 4,000 special correspondents in every 
section of the grain belt. The information 
which he thus secures and systematizes Mr. 
Prime disposes of to private persons interest¬ 
ed in the condition of crops. Among the reg¬ 
ular patrons of his bureau are some of the 
heaviest grain and provision operators in the 
country. 
To a reporter who obtained an interview 
with him on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Prime 
said: “From reports from over 2,000 points 
in the Corn belt, 1 learn that more than one- 
third of the corn is entirely out of the way of 
the frost to day. and that the present unpre¬ 
cedentedly hot forcing weather which we have 
had for ten days, is bringing additional large 
areas out of danger every 21 hours. While 
we hear the crop is virtually out of danger 
to day, we want the coming week to make 
us amply secure.” Mr. Prime remarked that 
the country has had no corn weather on this 
crop until within the past two weeks, and 
that the new crop will come on the market 
with stock in the farmers’ hands east of the 
Mlasiwdppi practically exhausted. The weath¬ 
er over the Northwest had been intensely hot 
for four or five days past; while the ther¬ 
mometer had not reached more than 94° or 
95°, there had been apparently an absence of 
air, and people in some quarters have almost 
suffocated. 
Exhaustive reports on the tobacco crop 
from 400 correspondents of the New England 
Homestead, covering all seed leaf tobacco- 
growiug sections of the United States, indi¬ 
cate that the crop, now nearly harvested, is 
4be best in growth and quality that has been 
raised for years. The total acreage may be 
slightly less than in 1883, but the proportion of 
Havana seed-leaf has greatly increased. 
Fully two-thirds of the entire seed-leaf crop 
is of the Havana variety, the balance being 
cotnmou seed-leaf. The tobacco counties of 
Ohio, Illinois, aud Indiana, arc the only sec¬ 
tions reporting unfavorably. There drought 
aud grasshoppers have done more or less dam¬ 
age. In New England, New York, Penn¬ 
sylvania, and Wisconsin there has been an 
almost entire absence of hail. Only iu a few 
limited localities has it been destructive. 
Wind, rust, and fleas have done comparative¬ 
ly little damage. Very slight harm was done 
by the light frost of Aug. 25,principally in Che- 
