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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
MAY 3i 
Publishers Desk. 
Work is the greatest Blessing 
enjoyed by Mankind. 
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS. 
OUR boys and girls are apt to think that 
work is an evil from which they would es¬ 
cape if they could. Their struggles with 
duty, over the question of work as opposed 
to present pleasure, are ever with them. 
They usually spell it W-O-R-K. Later in 
life, work becomes pleasure, and so-called 
pleasure merely a necessity for re-creation— 
f. e., for renewal of physical and mental 
forces for purposes of work. Then we look 
back upon the trials and difficulties of youth 
as blessings in disguise sent for our good 
in character building, which wise men say 
is the sole object of life. Don’t misunder¬ 
stand me. It is true that “ all work and no 
play makes Jack a dull boy.” It is true 
that most American farm boys are worked 
too hard; or rather that they have too little 
time for play, and so many of the brightest 
of them leave the farm for the city at the 
first opportunity. Plenty of play time 
makes strength for work. The boy and man, 
girl and woman, who plays enough—who 
takes time for recreation, for renewal of 
strength—accomplishes more of work than 
the constant drudge. So let us sing a pman 
to Work, remembering that Play is his ne¬ 
cessary companion. 
Why do I bring this into the Publisher’s 
Desk ? Simply to tell my young friends 
that the only work which is worth thinking 
of is intelligent work; that truly skilled 
labor rules the world. Some men are so 
gifted by nature that they educate them¬ 
selves by study and observation as they go 
along in life. Given such powers—that is 
the best kind of education. But most of us 
must have our powers guided and developed 
by the training and study of the schools in 
order to get the proper use of them. There¬ 
fore the education offered by the Agricul¬ 
tural Colleges is of use and great value to 
the farmers’ boys of America. Therefore 
we make the offers that we do to you, 
boys and girls, to work for an education 
and help us to help you to get on in the 
world. 
THE HORTICULTURISTS’ RULE 
BOOK. 
Following are some more comments on 
the Horticulturists’ Rule Book, published 
by The Rural Publishing Co., that speak 
for themselves: 
It is certainly “a good thing,” and should 
be in every land-tiller’s hands. In the 
large lot of interesting and valuable 
material we find most excellent summaries 
of remedies for insects and plant diseases, 
recipes for grafting waxes, paints, etc., 
tables of analyses, and many other things 
of daily use and value to the horticultur¬ 
ist.— Popular Gardening. 
A compendium of useful information for 
fruit growers, truck gardeners, florists, 
nurserymen and gardeners generally, and 
not less so for amateurs with gardens of 
ordinary size. It is a handy book to have. 
— Vick's Magazine. 
The best part of the work will be found 
in the first four chapters, which treat of in¬ 
sects injurious to plants and plant diseases, 
with the approved remedies for each. In 
no department of horticulture has the ad¬ 
vance in knowledge been so rapid as it has 
been in this particular field during recent 
years. Discoveries have followed each 
other in such quick succession that the fruit¬ 
grower or gardener who reads the current 
literature of his art is quite bewildered 
by the variety of treatment recom¬ 
mended to prevent or cure the in¬ 
juries from insects and fungi. The suf¬ 
ferers from these enemies have reason to 
thank Professor Bailey for having brought 
within the compass of 50 pages all the well 
established facts on these subjects that will 
prove of immediate practical service to 
them. This digest of the results of so 
much study and experiment is well 
arranged and indexed so that auy 
one of ordinary intelligence can inform 
himself as to the character and com¬ 
position of all the most deadly, insecti¬ 
cides and the safest and most effective way 
of applying them. And the same is true of 
the remedies and preventives of fungous 
diseases. In no other work with which we 
are acquainted can there be found so much 
information on these subjects, in a compact 
and accessible form, and embodying the 
most recent experience. While this is the 
best feature of the book, there are many 
other collections of tables, rules, recipes and 
directions for practice, which help to make 
it a singularly useful manual for convenient 
reference.— Garden and Forest. 
The News. 
DOMESTIC. 
SATURDAY. May 24, 1890. 
Last Monday the United States Supreme 
Court handed down a decision in line with 
that rendered the other day in the Iowa 
“ original packages ” case. Some time ago 
Minnesota passed a law prohibiting the im¬ 
portation of dressed meats into the State 
and requiring that all “ meat ” should be 
inspected “on the hoof” at the place of 
slaughter. Similar laws were passed by 
several of the other States, and would have 
been enacted elsewhere, were it not for fear 
that they would be finally declared uncon¬ 
stitutional by the court of last resort. This 
fear has just been realized. The Court 
declares that all such laws are unconstitu¬ 
tional on the ground that they are plain in¬ 
terferences with inter State commerce. The 
obvious purpose of such a law, the Court 
maintains, is to limit the sale of meat 
to that which has been slaughtered in 
ti e State, thus suppressing the inter¬ 
state dressed meat trade, and giving the 
home farmers, stock-raisers and butchers a 
monopoly of the business. If such a power 
can be used by a legislature in case of one 
commodity, it may, the Court says, be used 
in case of any and all articles of inter state 
commerce. This would simply be to leave 
the industrial and commercial interests of 
a dozen States at the mercy of a demagogic 
majority in any legislature. It would be 
well not to complicate the bill against oleo¬ 
margarine with an amendment including 
dressed beef. Legislation in regard to that 
can be tacked on to something else. 
Same day the Court handed down a de¬ 
cision depriving Cornell University of about 
$1,50,0000, left by Mrs. Jennie McGraw Fiske, 
wife of Willard Fiske, formerly professor 
in the University. Her father, John 
McGraw, also left the institution a liberal- 
bequest. The wills were contested by Prof. 
Fiske,on the ground that theUniversity was 
limited by its charter in the amount of 
property it might hold and that it had 
already reached that limit. This view is 
affirmed by the Court, and hence the money 
goes to the heirs instead of the institution. 
It also handed down another important 
decision, which must prove a death blow 
to polygamy. The question was as to the con¬ 
stitutionality of the Edmunds law dises¬ 
tablishing the Mormon Church and confis¬ 
cating its property. In behalf of the 
Church it was claimed that Congress had 
no power to go to such an extreme. This 
view is maintained by Chief Justice Fuller 
and Justices Field and Lamar in a dis¬ 
senting opinion. They contended that the 
authority of Congress over Territorial 
affairs is not unlimited, but subject to con¬ 
stitutional limitations. It may suppress 
polygamy even when committed in the 
name of religion, but it has no power “to 
seize and confiscate the property of cor¬ 
porations because they have been guilty of 
a crime.” The Court, however, holds that 
the power of Congress over the Territories 
is absolute. It denounces polygamy as a 
crime against civilization. The contention 
that it is a part of the Mormon religious 
belief is a sophistical plea. 
The Court says: “ Since the Church per¬ 
sists in claiming the right to use the funds 
with which it nas been endowed for the 
purpose of promoting these unlawful prac¬ 
tices, the question arises has the govern¬ 
ment the right to seize these funds which 
the Mormon leaders are misusing and 
devote them to worthy and charitable 
purposes as nearly akin as possible to those 
to which the funds were dedicated.” 
The enormous wealth of the Mormon 
Church or as much of it as can be reached, 
must thus pass into the control of the 
United States authorities. Nearly all the 
“ movable property ” has been concealed, 
however; but the property that has already 
been seized by the Court, and which is now 
held by the receiver has a total value of 
about $9(58,893, and according to the law 
this sum will go toward establishing a 
school fund for Utah. The polygamous 
Mormons are all likely to leave the country 
now. 
The Republican programme on the Mc¬ 
Kinley Tariff bill was successfully carried 
out in the House Tuesday, the bill being 
passed by a vote of 162 to 142. No Demo¬ 
crat voted in its favor, and only one Re¬ 
publican, Mr. Coleman, of Louisiana, was 
recorded in the negative. Mr. Featherston, 
of Arkansas, who was the successful con¬ 
testant for a seat occupied by a Democrat, 
and who is set down as an Independent, 
also voted with the Democrats. The out¬ 
come is a triumph for Chairman McKinley 
and his associates, and for the Republican 
majority as a whole. It is likely to receive 
rough handling in the Senate; but will 
probably pass by a strict party vote, though 
a few amendments may be made. 
The President transmitted to Congress 
Tuesday, with his approval, a letter of 
Secretary Blaine based on the recommen¬ 
dation of the International American Con¬ 
ference that a railway be built to connect 
the principal cities of North and South 
America. Congress is asked to appropriate 
$65,000 for the preliminary survey, and 
three commissioners are to be appointed by 
the United States to meet the representa¬ 
tives of other nations. The project is an 
old one very opportunely revived. 
The Senate has taken a practical step in 
honoring the memory of Grant. It has 
passed Senator Squire’s bill appropriating 
$300,000 for a statue and monument in 
Washington City. 
New Jersey, too, is to have Ballot Re¬ 
form, since the Werts bill now only awaits 
the signature of Governor Abbett to be¬ 
come a law. This measure contains all 
the essential provisions of the Australian 
Ballot law, judiciously modified by way of 
compromise to meet the requirements of 
New Jersey party politics. 
The school children of New York City 
have cast a total of 122,995 votes for their 
favorite State flowers. Golden Rod took 
the lead, getting 26,120 votes. 
Charles W. Jones, the once brilliant U. 
S. Senator from Florida, was, last Monday, 
committed, as a private patient, to an in¬ 
sane asylum near Detroit as one of the 
craziest lunatics in Michigan. The ex¬ 
amining physicians say his case is hopeless. 
The first test vote in the Louisiana legis¬ 
lature, taken last Tuesday, showed that 
large majorities of both Houses were in 
favor of renewing the charter of the lottery 
swindle. Probably the bill providing for 
the infamy can be passed over the Gov¬ 
ernor’s veto in the small body of corrupt 
Senators; but not in the House. There’s 
no doubt that a large majority of the 
people in the State favor the acceptance of 
the offered bribe, but hardly a majority of 
the white people. The lottery sharpers 
want to secure a constitutional amendment 
extending the term of the fraud 25 years 
from December 31, 1893, when the charter 
of the present humbug expires. Every 
newspaper in New Orleans, except one just 
started, is in favor of the iniquity, and hun¬ 
dreds of others throughout the country 
have been silenced or won over by bribes 
of fat advertisements. 
There seems to be a fair prospect of seri¬ 
ous, or rather comical, trouble with our 
Canadian cousins about the Behring Sea 
seal fisheries. Our proposals of temporary 
settlement, made to the Dominion Govern¬ 
ment, have been rejected, and the same 
fate has befallen Great Britain’s proposals 
to our Government. The Canadians are 
sending out more sealers than usual to 
prey upon our seal fisheries, insisting that 
our rights all terminate within three miles 
from the water-line of our Alaskan islands. 
Our revenue cruiser, the Bear, has been sent 
up into the disputed waters, with instruc¬ 
tions to avoid all trouble if possible; but to 
seize all depredating vessels and dismantle 
them, so as to render them unfit to con¬ 
tinue their evil courses, retain any illegally 
acquired seal-skins, as well as the logs, 
etc., as testimony against the “ smugglers.” 
No attempt will be made to send any of 
them to a United States port for condem¬ 
nation under a prize crew of one sailor. 
There will probably be a good deal of gas 
conading on both sides of the line; but 
hardly anything more serious than the 
hastening of some sensible arrangement 
more or less satisfactory to all parties—but 
especially, of course, to our side. 
General Middleton, who “ looted ” $5,- 
000 or $6,000 worth of furs during the 
Northwest “troubles,” says he has no in¬ 
tention whatever of resigning his post as 
Commander-in-chief of the Canadian mil¬ 
itia, as a result of the late adverse Parlia¬ 
mentary investigation. Indeed, it is 
doubtful whether he will be made to pay 
for the plunder, as a powerful effort is 
being made to secure restitution out of the 
public funds. Most of the people, includ¬ 
ing all the French-Canadians, insist, how¬ 
ever, that the peccant General must not 
only pay but resign. 
The “ original package ” rum sellers are 
becoming more and more pestiferous. Up 
in Lewiston. Me., a dealer is selling beer, 
whisky, etc., in orginal packages, big and 
little, without any interference from the 
authorities. Out inTopeka, Kansas,last Wed- 
nesday, six rascals hired three carriages and 
with groups of packages of beer, whisky, 
wine and brandy, drove through the prin¬ 
cipal streets in the town, finally halting 
before the State House door, where they 
offered the “ original packages ” for sale 
to the State officers passing in and out. Up 
in Des Moines, Iowa, scores of delivery 
wagons are daily rushing through the 
streets loaded with kegs and cases and 
bottles of liquor. 
An organization has been recently formed 
in Nebraska, called the State Business 
Men’s and Bankers’ Association, with head¬ 
quarters in Omaha and Lincoln. Its object 
is to defeat the proposed prohibition 
amendment, if possible. The organization 
is said to be quite strong, and has a mem¬ 
bership in every city, town, and village in 
the State, and includes among its workers 
not only some of the wealthiest men in the 
State, but some of the strongest politicians. 
The movement will, it is reported, un¬ 
doubtedly kill the amendment. Out in Ne¬ 
vada, Iowa, on Wednesday, Judge Hard¬ 
man, of the District Court, in his charge to 
the grand jury, took the ground that not¬ 
withstanding the late decision of the United 
States Supreme Court, no person has a 
right in that State to keep a place for the 
sale of intoxicating liquors of any kind, 
either in original packages or otherwise, 
and that it was the sworn duty of the 
jurors to report to the court, by indict¬ 
ment, any person charged with the keeping 
of any such place, without regard as to 
where such liquors come from. He main¬ 
tained that inter State commerce has noth¬ 
ing to do with the question and that the 
keeping of a place for the sale of liquors is 
a nuisance, no matter how they are dealt 
out. An Iowa liquor dealer is not content 
to sell out of the “original package,” but 
insists on selling nnporteu stuff as he 
pleases. Therefore it is that another Iowa 
liquor case has been started on its long 
journey to the United States Supreme 
Court. Whole columns could be packed 
with “mere mentions” of lengthy reports 
on the subject from all parts of the country, 
but especially, of course, from the “ Prohi¬ 
bition States.” These items are mere 
samples. 
Colorado still maintains first rank among 
the States pioducing the precious metals, 
with an aggregate product of gold and 
silver of $24,000,000. Montana stands next 
with a product of $22,894,000. California 
produced $14,034,000. of which $13,000,000 
were gold, being about two-fifths of the 
total gold product of the United States. 
Utah shows a largely increased product, 
notably in silver. Idaho and New Mexico 
report an increased product, and Arizona 
and Nevada a reduced product in 1889. The 
gold product of Dakota (South) increased 
from $2,000,000 in 1888 to $2,200,000 in 1889. 
Oregon and Washington both report in¬ 
creased products, the former having pro¬ 
duced $1,200 000 in gold. The States of the 
Appalachian range show a slightly increas¬ 
ed product of gold over 1888. 
There’s great excitement on the Pacific 
coast over a reported scheme of filliouster- 
ing in theMexican peninsula of Lower Cali¬ 
fornia. The plot is said to involve a num¬ 
ber of prominent English and American 
capitalists interested in lands and mines in 
the peninsula, among them being well 
known citizens of Los Angeles and San 
Diego, the latter place being the head¬ 
quarters of the fillibusters. A body of 
troops sufficient to capture and hold the 
country, had, it is reported, been secretly 
organized and was ready to be sent into the 
territory, which was to be at once pro¬ 
claimed an independent republic, witn a 
view to ultimate annexation to the United 
States. Of course the property would be 
vastly enhanced in value by such annex¬ 
ation, hence the prospective profits of the 
adventurers. The United States troops on 
the border have been cautioned to be very 
vigilant in stopping any suspicious travel¬ 
ers, and a man-of war has been sent from 
San Francisco to prevent the passage of 
any illegal expedition by sea. The ex¬ 
posure may lead to a Mexican demand for 
an explanation from our government, and 
is pretty sure to result in serious damage 
to American interests in the peninsula; 
but the worst sufferers are likely to be 
English stockholders in the Mexican Land 
& Improvement Company, which took a 
prominent part in the movement. The 
company’s vast land grant will probably be 
forfeited, and its property in Mexican terri¬ 
tory confiscated. There are rumors, how¬ 
ever, that the whole thing was a “ bunco” 
scheme. 
Where do such folks go ? Nearly 200 
people mysteriously disappeard from the 
quiet Quaker city of Philadelphia during 
the year ending with the opening of April. 
The Supreme Court of Montana has just 
given a unanimous decision in favor of the 
Republican contestant for sheriff of Silver 
Bow County. This finally settles the mat¬ 
ter of the Republican majority in the Mon¬ 
tana legislature and the right of the two 
Republican Senators to seats in the United 
States Senate, as all depended on the legal¬ 
ity of the votes cast in that county. 
In 1888 the late Samuel J. Randall car¬ 
ried the third Pennsylvania district practi¬ 
cally without opposition. His total vote 
was 17,642 against 112 scattering. Tuesday, 
Richard Yaux also carried the district 
practically without opposition, but his 
total vote was only 7,448, while the scatter¬ 
ing vote was 543. 
Representative and Ex-Speaker John C. 
Carlisle has been elected United States 
Senator for Kentucky, to succeed the late 
lamented Senator Beck. 
Governor Hill, of New York, has just 
signed two more of the 365 bills left in his 
hands; that appointing eight women as 
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