THE AURAL REW-VORKER 
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who were prejudiced against them declared 
them equal to any fish they ever tasted. 
Philadelphia, Pa. M. P. p. 
above, for best gelding any age, best pair 
geldings any age, best mare any age, and 
best pair mares any age. 
culture has just reported the results of the in¬ 
vestigation ordered. 
The preparation of the wine according to 
this report, is simple. The dried fruit is put 
into a vat with water at a temperature of 68 
degrees Fahrenheit, there being .55 gallons of 
water to every 100 pounds of fruit. At times 
a small quantity of sugar is added, in order to 
assist fermentation, which as a rule soon oc¬ 
curs and generally continues for a week or two. 
At the end of this period the water is drawu 
off and the wine is made. As a rule it is of a 
very pale color. When highly-colored wine 
is required it is mixed usually with the very 
darkest Spanish wine. These wines, when 
made, contain from 7 to 10 per cent, of alco¬ 
hol, but they have very little tannin and do 
not keep long. 
The greater part of the supply of fruit is ob¬ 
tained from Greece and Turkey. Of currants 
alone France imported the last two years 
80,000 tons. The demand from this quarter 
has greatly enhanced the price. The produc¬ 
tion has not increased, remaining almost sta¬ 
tionary. While the imports into the United 
States decreased from 12,500 tons in 1883 to 
7,400 tons last year, those of France increased 
from 20,200 tons to 48.000 tons for the same 
period. The fmit from the Ionian Islands is 
most desirable, because in curing it is allowed 
to remain upon the tree until dried, the stem 
being twisted in order to prevent the sap from 
ascending. 
ors email 
IN FAVOR OF MEDIUM-SIZED HORSES. 
I consider 3,000 pounds of horseflesh enough 
for most of our farms. It is better to have 
this divided into thj’ee horses than into two. 
It will cost but little more to feed three 1,100- 
pound horses than it will to feed two weighing 
1,500-pounds each. It will not cost much more 
to shoe three smaller horses than it will to shoe 
two larger ones. Smaller horses wil 1 work bare¬ 
footed better and will hold their shoes longer. 
In planting time it is handy to divide the 
team and keep both harrow and marker going. 
The cultivator can run many a forenoon while 
the team is mowing. The third horse can pull 
the hay-fork and rake the hay. I want, a farm 
horse weighing 1,100 pounds. He should be 
short-legged and of a quiet disposition. A 
rather low-spirited horse, as a rele, is better 
for the tarm. ne is more easilv kept, is safer 
for hired men and boys, will bear a change of 
drivers every day if need be; he is safer for 
women to drive and less liable to injure him¬ 
self. Where three are kept they should be 
alike iu disposition and movement so that any 
two can be worked together. L, G. 
Crawford Co., Pa. 
THE PERCHERON HORSE SHOW. 
W r E give, at Fig. 350, a correct illustration 
of the building erected for the exhibition of 
the American Percheron Horse-Breeders’ As¬ 
sociation to be held at Chicago in connection 
with the Illinois State Fair, September 6—11. 
The building is 700 feet in length, and is one 
of the grandest exhibition buildings ever 
erected. 
We are informed that nearly three hundred 
pure-bred Percherons will be exhibited by 
about fifty breeders of the United States and 
Canada; and that a display of several hundred 
grade Percherons in harness will be made, 
showing the different purposes for which their 
breeders claim superiority over all other 
breeds of horses, thus giving the farmers 
and stock-breeders of the country an oppor¬ 
tunity to see in large numbers the kind of 
horses that meet ready sale at t he most remun¬ 
erative prices. The State Agricultural Soci¬ 
ety and the Percheron Association are together 
offering about $7,000 in prizes, and a large 
number of gold, silver and bronze medals for 
Percheron horses. 
The jury of awards has beeu appointed by 
the highest official representatives of agricul¬ 
ture iu three great nations, the Minister of 
Agriculture of Frauce having appointed Mar¬ 
quis de la Motte Rogue. Inspector General of 
the National Studs; Commissioner Colman 
having appointed the Hon. George B. Coring, 
ex-Commissioner of_ 
Agriculture, and the ~ ‘ 
Minister of Agricul¬ 
ture of Canada hav- | 
dent of the College of I 
In view of the great 15 . ‘ ^ : pv . 
interest now taken in I) 
the Percheron breed HI • . 
in all a 
world it seems proba- HBk 
hie that, the coming 
exhibition will lv the I . .rs. - ’ 
most successful meet- 
ing of draft horses ft 
ever hold, d 
Other breeds of 
horses will also be - '^ 
there in great force. ^ 
The managers offer | 
premiums usfollows: I- 
For roadsters, $500, jrjWj 1 
divided into four |V | f- 
Here is a verbatim copy of a confidential 
letter which was sent to a friend of ours in 
Michigan, from whom we received it this 
morning: 
New York Citt. 
“Dear Sir: My confidential traveling man, 
who was recently in vour section of the 
country, writes me that he thinks you would 
be a good man to do business with in your 
State. He says that from the good reputation 
you have among those who know you, that 
you would not willingly betray a confidence 
that had been placed in you, whether my 
propositions were satisfactory to you or not. 
Now, to l>e plain, I have goods that were 
printed from plates that were secured from 
the Treasury Department of the United 
States. They cannot be told from genuine 
until they have worked their way back to the 
Treasury for redemptiou. By that time, as 
you well know, they have worked their way 
through hundreds of hands. They are ones, 
twos, fives, tens and twenties. When you re¬ 
ply to this I will give you full instructions 
how' to get into the business, showing you how 
to make money safe- 
1 y, quickly and 
easily. I wall ex¬ 
plain to you as a 
sensible, intelligent 
man that you do not 
run the slightest 
danger. Write your 
uame and address on 
a separate piece of 
paper.” 
Inclosed, on a 
separate piece of 
paper, was the ad¬ 
dress of the swindler, 
or rather the place 
to which letters are 
to he directed to him. 
This is a specimen 
of the invitations sent 
out to would-be dupes 
by the saw-dust swin¬ 
dlers. who, in spite of 
repeated exposures, 
are still finding a mul¬ 
titude of dupes all 
over the eou ntry who 
deserve to be cheated 
for attempting to get 
counterfeit green¬ 
backs with which to 
swindle their neigh- 
hoi's. The fraud has 
beeu fully exposed a 
dozen times in this 
Department bv the 
E.-O. 
The repeated publi- 
cation of officia 
statements from our 
CATALOGUES, ETC., RECEIVED. 
Bucher, Gibbs & Co., Canton, O.— An il 
lustrated circular of the Imperial Sulky Plow. 
gapes in chicks. 
Gapes in young chicks seems to remain the 
great obstacle to success in the poultry-yard. 
premiums. 
$15 and $10, for best 
stallion four years 
old or over, best, 
stallion three years 
old and under four, 
best mare four years 
old and over, best 
mare three years old 
and under four, hest 
pair of mores any 
age, best more any 
age, best pair geld¬ 
ings any age, and 
BUlI.ni NO ESPECIALLY ERECTEV EOJt PERCHERON HORSE EXHIBIT AT ILLINOIS STATE FAIR, CHICAGO, SEPT. 6-11 
Fig. 350. 
MIS' ■ ..‘j 
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best gelding any age. 
For Thoroughbreds, $400 is offered, divided 
as above. In the class for saddle horses, $300 
is offered, divided into four premiums each, 
for best, stallion any age, best gelding any 
age, and best mare any age. A class is made 
for carriage or Coach horses, other than 
Cleveland Bay, for which $400 is offered, di¬ 
vided into four premiums each for best stall¬ 
ion any age, best pair gold i ugs, best mare any 
age, and best pair mares. For the best park 
horse, stallion, mare or gelding, any age, $100 
is offered, divided into four premiums. There 
are$ 250 offered, divided into first, second and 
third premiums, $25, $15 and $10 for best boy 
rider, under 14 years, best gentleman rider, 
best girl rider under 14 years, best lady rider, 
and best lady rider with escort. For best boy 
driver not over 14 years, and best girl driver 
not over 14 years, $50 each is offered in three 
premiums, divided as above, the horse to be 
driven to cart, and to be under 14 hands high. 
For best pony stallion any age, best pony 
mare any ago, and best pony gelding any 
age, $50 each is offered, divided into three 
premiums, the ponies to be not over 12 hands 
high. 
The Cleveland Bay, Percheron, French 
Draft, Clydesdale and English Shire Associa¬ 
tions each contribute $500, to be awarded in 
classes, divided into first, second, third and 
fourth premiums—$50, $25, $15 and $10—for 
beet stallion four years old or over, best, stall¬ 
ion three and under four, best mare four 
years old or over, best mare three aud under 
four, aud best pair of mares any age. There 
will also be $400 offered in the grade draft 
class (get of pure-bred sires), divided as 
These plow* are made of wrought aud mallea¬ 
ble iron. The mlky is adjustable to any hand 
plow (right or left) or it is furnished complete 
with a chilled or steel plow with or without 
handles. The steel or wood beam sulky (com¬ 
plete) has a three-horse evener, rolling cutter, 
neck-yoke aud plow. There is no need of a 
power lift. One great advantage of the Im¬ 
perial over any other sulky, it is claimed, is 
that the boys, girls, or aged men can do the 
plowing. The plow is counterbalanced by 
the weight of the operator, the seat being ad¬ 
justable so as to equalize any difference iu the 
weight of the driver and plow. The {'low is 
clamped to the bail, so that it swings horizon¬ 
tally or vertically on the bar, thus avoiding 
obstacles. It is guaranteed that this sulky 
is easier on the team, while carrying the 
driver, than the same plow detached and iu 
use. The advantages are well set forth in the 
circular w'hieh, with the illustrations aud in¬ 
structions will make everything very clear. 
Our friends should send for it. 
wine from dried fruits. 
When the phylloxera first devastated the 
French vineyards, the imports of raisins and 
currants into France amounted to only 0,000 to 
7,000 tons a year; for the lost, three years the im¬ 
ports of both these dried fruits have averaged 
05,000 terns—an increase of nearly 00,000 tons in 
seven years. And, remember, these Imports of 
dried fruit represent no lees than 270,000 tons 
of fresh fruit. The vine-growers, learning that 
wine was made from these imports,[complained 
to the Government, aud the Minister of Agri¬ 
I have not had a single case of gapes during 
the last five years, and I attribute it to the 
fact that after the first, two days the chicks 
get no soft feed, at. least no wet corn-meal at 
auy time. At first a soft custard of milk aud 
egg is fed, and after that dry, cracked corn. 
I know very little as to the cause of gapes, aud 
have never raised chickens extensively, but I 
do know that previous to tho exclusion of soft, 
wet meal iu the feed to young chicks every 
one hatched got the gapes, and many died 
with it Now 1 lose none by the disease. 
The philosophy of this I cheerfully leave to 
others. h. h. 
“going back” on white leghorns. 
I have pinned my faith to White Leghorus 
heretofore'. Their eggs sell well, ami the hens 
seem to he all eggs. I figure that some of my 
hens have laid five times their weight of eggs 
during the past. year. This year I have had 
bad luck with my chickens. Just about 85 per 
cent, of them are roosters. A White Leghorn 
rooster is about the most unprofitable bird I 
ever tried to raise. I wish uow I had a larger 
! breed. b. c. c. 
Ionia Co., Mich. 
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FLAVOR OF CART. 
The flavor of carp depends entirely upon 
the food given them. That is an old saying, 
but it is as tree now' as ever. I can take a 
chicken and feed it on food that will make the 
flesh too rank to eat. I have taken carp and 
fed them upon corn meal six weeks before eat¬ 
ing them, and cooked them so that good judges 
diplomatic rep re 
sentatives in England concerning the 
endbmous “ unclaimed estates," by means 
of which many a swindler makes a living 
in this country, seems to have con¬ 
vinced these speculators that estates must 
be manufactured in some other European 
country for credulous American “ heirs.” 
Their attention has been turned to Holland. 
Numerous “heirs” have been writing to our 
Minister at The Hague. Mi-. Bell, for informa¬ 
tion about the great fortunes to which they 
thiuk they areentitled, and he tells one appli¬ 
cant that these inquiries couvince him “that a 
systematic fraud has been, and still is being, 
practiced by scheming sharpers who make a 
living by keeping alive and w-arm the excite¬ 
ment about the existence of unclaimed estates 
in Holland for Americans.” Those who have 
been led to believe that money awaits them 
there should know that all unclaimed estates 
in Holland that came into existence before 
1857 are now the property of the State and 
are* beyond the reach of claimants. 
To Several Inquirers. —We have never 
tried the Common Sense Evaporator, made at 
Newark, Ohio; but from what we hear of it, 
it seems to be a lmnibug, So we judge, is the 
“Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association’’ 
which commends it through its “Secretary,” 
W. Orlando Smith, indeed the only reason 
for tho existence of the humbug association 
seems to be to indorse the humbug evapora¬ 
tor .We do not. recommend the National 
Alliance, a newly started mutual life insur¬ 
ance concern of this city. It may turn out all 
right; but bolter wait and sec.We do 
| not place much faith iu the merits of galvanic 
L batteries of any sort; but those made by the 
World Manufacturing Company are as good 
| as any.Whatever the price may be,'a 
i cheap gun is generally a poor investment. 
