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Unite* State* Hoying Lumber.
The shipments of lumber from Canada
to the United States during the year 18»4
aggregated 113,903,586 in value. Her ship
ments to Great Britain were less by sl,-
500,000, strahgc, but true! Canadas to
tal forest products shipped during the
year, amounted to nearly $30,000,000.
Hedges as Crop Destroyers.
The American Cultivator states tersely
our own convictions relative to hedges,
especially those made from such plants
as he osage orange, the pyracantha and
Cherokee roses, flowering pear, etc. It re
marks. and very correctly, we think:
“The hedge Is not so popular as it used
to be, and is destined to be less so as
land becomes scarcer and more valuable.
Even when closely trimmed the hedge
destroys the crops for several feet on
either side. In England hedges are much
more common than here, but It is mainly
because England lacks other fencing ma
terial. The English hedges are, however,
carefully trimmed, and the parts pruned
off. have the advantage of being worth
more as kindlings for coal than the cost
of the labor required to secure them.”
From accounts we have of It, we are In
clined to the opinion that as fast as Its
merits become known the Citrus Tri
foliata will in the future be the most
popular hedge plant throughout the south.
Home Grafting.
Have you some choice varieties of fruit
peach, pear, plum, etc,, that you wish to
propagate? If so, now Is the time to
cut the scions. They can be cut pow, tied
into bundles and put aside, where they
will be kept moist, and later on, from time
to time, as It may be convenient, can be
grafted on to young stocks or on to old
ones that have been shown to be inferior
and undesirable. You may have Just one
or two very choice fruit trees of a kind
that has been demonstrated as being Just
the thing for your soil. About the farm
you can probably pick up dozens of young
trees that have come up promiscuously.
It 1? a very easy matter to transfer them
to some particular spot and graft the
choice fruit on them, or they may be
grafted right where they stand If the
place is at all suitable for them to re
main there, livery place from a quarter
’ acre tip'should have its nfodriwim of frtilt
trees or vines. From one grape vine you
can start a dbzen or two vines that in
two or three years will prove an actual
blessing to the family.
The Artichoke—lts Value as Winter
Food for Stock.
“Am I a believer in the value of arti
chokes as a food for stock in the win
ter?" Most emphatically I am—more so
now than ever before in my life,” said our
esteemed friend Booker, a few days
ago, on being questioned as to the
kind of green or succulent food
he had provided for his milk cows and
hogs this winter. He went on to say that
for twenty years he had recognised the
value of artichoke, and had planted them
on a small scale from time to time. "But
It is only this year that I have come to
the positive conclusion to plant them ev
ery year from now on and to raise three
times as many as I have been growing
before. Owing to the drought in Septem
ber and October my turnip crop proved
an absolute failure, and there was nothing
in the way of green or succulent food in
sight for my hogs and milk cows during
the winter months, but fortunately I haa
planted a small urea in artichokes, and
yielding, as they have, at the rate of 300
bushels to the acre, I have had the neces
sary succulent food to keep my cows in
a normal flow of milk and my pigs and
chickens' as fat and healthy as they could
be. Three hundred bushels is by no
means a large crop, but it was a surprise
to me that the crop was so good consider
ing the drought of September and Octo
ber, About the middle of September I
concluded that my artichokes would not
yield more than fifteen or twenty bush
els, but to my great surprise they have,
despite the drouth, turned out at the
rate of 300 bushels pere acre. Fed prop
erly they vdill supply the deficiency of
turnips and potatoes until March 1 at
If September and October weather hud
been favorable, I am quite sure the yield
would have been 600 or 700 bushels per
acre; but 200, or even 150 bushels, is a
crop not to bo despised, especially such
a year as this, when turnips failed and
the pastures had dried up by the last of
September, It was impossible to got any
frowth of barley, rye, or bur or crimson
lover to furnish anythink green for win
ter. The fact of It is I would not have
taken 40 cents a. bushel for my crop of
artichokes, and the buyer to dig them.
The only possible substitute for them in
the way of green Jood/’
Tho following ration Is not easily im
proved upon in my humble judgement. I
have found it to produce the best flow of
milk a cow can give, and I believe you
will tlnd it so If you once give it os good
a trial as I have done; Cotton seed, 8
Jiounds: wheat bran, 3 pounds; corn meal,
I ixjuuds. artichokes. 10 pounds.
“AU cooked together and fed in two
meals. If fed freely of first class hay,
clover or Bermuda, the meal may be left
out altogether, without any perceptible
\ effect, Increasing the bran to four pounds.
"Beckoning the artichokes at 40 cents
u bushel (and most any farmer can raise
them at an actual cost of 5 cents a
bushel), the ration, exclusive of hay, need
not coat more than 13 cents per duv to-
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pounds artichokes, 5 cents; total, 13 cents.
With such a ration corn shucks, wheat
or oat straw will answer very well for
long forage in the absence of good hay.
I believe in cooked food for milk cows,
in the winter time, especially,” concludes
our friend.
Pasturing; Versus Soiling.
As Sir. Tittle bat Titmouse W’as fre
quently led to remark, “cases do alter cir
cumstances,” that worthy young gentle
man no doubt deemed it a very logical con
clusion that if circumstances alter cases
the reverse also was true. Be this as it
may, the truism is easily applied to the
question of whether it is better to “soil”
or to “pasture.” Now it is quite likely
many will agree with us that that de
pends. If a farmer, or even a dairyman,
has a large proportion of good arable
land to the number of stock kept, he may
find it preferable to shut his eyes to the
several claimed advantagee in favor of
soiling, and continue the practice, alleged
to be wasteful, of pasturing. Where only
a few stock are kept and there Is plenty
of good land to convert into pasture, it
does come handier to turn the stock in and
let them cull their own green food. It dis
penses with a considerable amount of la
bor of a methodical character, and per
haps certain bam arrangements that may
be called for in practicing soiling. Change
seems about as distasteful to farmers as
to any other class of people, and a farmer
that has practiced pasturing for any
length of time seems to And it difficult
to make the change to soiling.
As time, however, elapses there are few
er and fewer farmers who have land, good
arable land, to use wastefully; fewer who
have such land so greatly disproportion
to the number of stock kept. It has been
shown that as time passes and farmers
become diminished in size the practice of
soiling becomes more and more common
more popular. The fact becomes patent
that there is economy in it. that it is bet
ter to substitute that methodical labor,
that we refer to for land. Ordinary
crops are greatly wasted by allowing stock
to trample them In the act of getting their
daily ration of green food. Something as
necessary to stock, summer and wlnte-r,
as the salad and gth'er green or vegetable
frrjfl is. to man, Besides wasting enormous
ly! the pasture crops, many of which’ dcr
not possess the desirable characteristic
that a Bermuda grass pasture does, the
trampling of the soil when very wet or
even wet, does considerable injury to the
land. Some farmers are thoughtful
enough to avoid this injurious treatment,
but we are sorry to say there are many
who do not regard it and their stock
may pe seen wandering over the pasture
even under a downpour of rain. The com
bined injury to the crop and to the land
often time® is something frightful to the
one who contemplates with due consid
eration of its evil consequences. Stock
should not be outside of their lots dur
ing a rain and for a day or two after
even if a flrst-rate pasture is nearby.
With stock in reasonable proportion to
the amount of land in possession pastur
age muMt be esteemed, as it undoubtedly
Is, wasteful and injurious. Under such
circumstances soiling is a decided econo
my. Even In the south, where the farms
have been large and usually with but a
small number of stock the practice of
soiling will of necessity be of wide-spread
adoption. Labor is cheaper than first
class land, and intensive farming has
come to be recognized as something more
than an expression. The intensive farmer
will of a surety adopt soiling. He will
find himself willing to make his fewer
acres richer and richer, but he will not
be able to bring himself to contemplate
with satisfaction luxuriant crops of clov
er, grass and whatnot trampled down and
the value of an acre cut down one-halt
simply from allowing stock to wander
over such a pasture the live-long day and
after filling themselves in the needed one
hour’s grazing. Think of the value of a
rich acre of lucern, the product of which
is cut and fed to milk cows in their
stalls and then think how much of it
would be wasted if the cattle are allowed
to wander over and trample its luxuriant
growth ito the dirt. We have seen it.
We know whereof we speak. It is a
waste for which there is no reasonable
warrant. doubles the acreage.
Easacc.
The Citrus Trifoliata as a Hedge
Plant.
Under date of Nov. 7 our Japan cor
respondent, Mr. H. E. Amoore, sends us
the following from Kobe:
This morning the thermometer is down
to 42 (6 a. m.), but no frost yet. The
hedges of the Sltrus Trifoliata, so com
mon here, are turning yellow and the
leaves dropping off and exposing the
thorns, shows what a fine barrier a hedge
of this beautiful plant makes. A fly
could hardly pass through it without be
coming impaled. I am satisfied this plant
will become very popular for hedging
throughout the south just as soon as its
merits become known. There is nothing
superior to it. To insure satisfactory
germination of the seeds of Citrus Trifo
liatH It is necessary to send the seeds
in the fruit, and this practice I have
adopted.
I should likb to know how popular the
Satsuma plum has become in the United
States. Is not its rich claret color sure
to render It attractive? How does it
compare in size with the Kelsey? I pur
chased five Satsuma plums in the market
at San Francisco that weighed two pounds
and was told that they grow still larger.
I go more on weight than on measure.
The natives here do not allow the fruit
of these plums to ripen, but pick them
for market before actually they have any
taste to them. 1 find it difficult to make
comparison of the various varieties on
this That is. I cannot get the
fruit that have ripened on the tree so as
to judge of their relative color at perfect
maturity. H. E. Amoore.
We have no doubt Mr. Amoore Is correct
in his statement that the Citrus Trifoliata
will prove popular when it becomes known
in the south. We are satisfied that for
most purposes for hedging it is unequaled
by anything we have yet used.
Chemical Mannre*.
In manuring it depends greatly upon the
condition of the soil and partly on the
crop grown as to what fertilizer or com
bination of fertilisers to apply.
If there is a sufficiency in the soil and
in available form, of the fertilizer ap
plied. there will be no increase of the
crop, but If there is a deficiency in that
one element alone, its application in how
ever email a quantity will result in a large
gain In the crop.
This is one reason of the wide differ
ence In results in using chemical manures,
and also causes, waate tn quantity applied
i and consequently Increased cost.
\ Frauusuily. a tun U used when a
THE WEEKLY NEW’S (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1896.
much less quantity w’ould produce as good,
if not better, results.
Sometjmes a fertilizer is applied which,
coming in contact with another element
in the soil neutralizes it, and the fertilizer
is rendered valueless, and its cost lost
1 by ignorance in regard to the action of
the chemicals.
Farmers who are interested in growing
crops cheaply and successfully (and what
farmer is not?) should apply soil tests
to their land, that they may know what
their soil most needs, and, with proper
application, what crops would be most
profitable to grow on that soil.
Soil tests will show that some lands,
not now favorable to large crops of corn,
can be made so at a trifling expense; ana
the same in regard to wheat—the land
can be made to produce a larger crop
and more profitably, if it is known what
the soil lacks.
Soil tests furnish this information, and
everyone interested in agriculture may
learn of his own knowledge and under his
own eye what his soil needs and what his
soil wants.
Until the farmers know what their soils
lack and what their crops want and the
effects of the constituents used for their
growth/separately and combined, a ration
al system of manuring is impossible.—An
drew H. Ward.
The Passing of the Horne.
A Texas journal.says: It is predicted by
those claiming the right of authority on
such matters that the days of the noblest
beast that has ever served the wants and
uses of man, the horse, are nearing their
last this being due to modern
progress—the invention of various ve
hicles of locomotion and transportation.
Phis may be so or it may not be so. It de
pends. This is especially a time when
the existence or uses of a thing, no mat
ter in what sphere the comparison be
made, depends upon dts superiority of
merit. If the quality of the horse be
made such as to commend him to the ad
miration and uses of man, then as a factor
fulfilling a natural law, his Continued ex
istence is not only assured, but his in
creased value a certainty. As a burden
bearer he is yet of Inestimable impor
tance, and as a contributor to man’s en
joyment he still holds first place. The
scrub Is not in it with the thoroughbreds
or the bull blood, neither is the scrub man
a success. The scrub horse is simply less
fortunate than the scrub humanJ flor the
divine and statutory laws have failed to
give him sacred protection.
Farm Ownership.
It does not require, says a western pa
per, the compilation of figures to show
that there is a change gradually working
itself through the ownership of farm
lands. It is a fact open to general ob
servation that the farms of the country
’ are gradually dropping into the hands of
tenants, and in our opinion it is that
much worse fbr the country. No one
will dispute that the farmer has many
advantages in? working land owned by
himself that can never accrue to him
while the land is owned by another. One
of the leading causes to be assigned for
this state of things is the fact of a de
sire to overreach one’s self in the posses
sion of lands. To make use of a signifi
cant western expression, it comes of bit
ing off more than one can “chaw.” We
have long advocated as the best policy
for farmers to pursue in this matter that
of cutting down their possessions in
lands rather than that of extending them.
When the farmer makes up his mind to
this order of things it will be some time
before the sheriff closes him out. In the
course of the next ten years we look for
a stronger pressure than ever before
brought to bear upon this matter of re
ducing the size of the farm. A new style
of farming is gradually to come into
vogue that will necessitate it. The ex
tensions of irrigation systems and the
growth and expansion of the subsoiling
idea are destined to lead in the direction
es intensive farming in the west. We are
aware that it used to be fashionable to
spread one’s self out over a. large area in
his farming operations with a view of
reducing the cost of production of crops.
This day has passed. Things have chang
-■JsmJ i.f of to-day expects to
continue to own his own land he must
give more attention to each individual
acre and see that it does its share.
The Kola Nut.
The kola nut, which found its origin
in Central Africa, ‘and which has become
famous throughout the world as an in
valuable addition to medical science, is
to be introduced on the east coast, says
the Florida Farmer.
The kola tree grows to a hight of about
forty feet, and one tree has been known
to produce a crop of from 500 to 800
pounds. Each pod generally contains four
seeds, fifty of which will make one quart,
or one and one quarter pounds, which is
sold at 81-25 per pound and upwards.
The first fruiting occurs five years
from planting, but the maximum yield
is not reached until the ninth or tenth
year.
The tree flourishes' in moist, hot lands,
at or a little above sea level.
The medical properties of kola are
many and of the greatest value to med
> leal science. >
The great value of kola is due to the
presence of certain alkaloids, theobro
mine and caffeine, together with the new
and powerful principle known as kolanin.
The stimulating and sustaining power
of coffee and cocoa are well known, and
kola contains not only a large percentage
of their characteristic alkaloids, but also
kolanin, whose physiological effects are
more powerful and lasting than either
caffeine or theobromine, while at the same
time it is free from the objections urged
against cocaine. In view of these deduc
tions, therefore, kola must be accepted as
a valuable addition to our materia medica
Because of its sustaining powers kola is
used by the natives when long-continued
exertion is demanded and little food ob
tainable; hence we are led to believe that
this peculiar property is similar to that
of cocoa. That it lessens tissue waste is
shown by the diminished excretion of
urea.
The effect of kola upon the circulating
system is that of a tonic stimulant, the
pulse being increased in strength and fre
quency.
The kola tree resembles somewhat the
chestnut. Despite the fact that it prefers
the moist climate of the coast, it has been
found 500 miles in the interior.
As Florida possesses the only soil in
the United States, that is suitable for
this product there seems to be great
wealth in store for the state by its intro
duction among the colonies on the south
east coast.
Plantlug Peach Orchards.
In selecting a location for a peach or
chard, it should, if possible, be located on
high lands, and as flat as possible, to
avoid washing during heavy rains, says a
southern contemporary. The land ought
to be thoroughly cleared and well plowed
before any trees are planted on it; and
the ground laid off in spaces, marking
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the places for trees by stakes. If the va
riety to be grown is of a, vigorous nature
and likely to make large tfees like the El
berta, the stakes should be from sixteen
to twenty feet apart; but for smaller
trees, such as Japan Blood and that class,
ten to twelve feet is quite sufficient, .1
used to advocate close planting to shield
the ground from our hot sun, but I have
altered my ideas on that point a little now,
as my observation and experience goes to
prove that the wider apart the trees are
planted, the better ■will be the quality of
fruit. I planted my first lot of Elbertas
twenty-five feet Apart, intending in a few
years as the trees got to maturity, to
plant trees between them, making the
orchard twelve and one-half feet apart all
over when fully planted; but last summer
I found that the trees that were wider
apart had the best fruit. It was higher
in color and the quality was decidedly su
perior to that on the trees planted twelve
or fourteen feet apart. Some trees in the
neighborhood of De Funiak are planted
even closer than that, and it was an ob
ject lesson to any one to. observe the ap
pearance of this fruit. It,was of a green
ish hue even when ripe—spotted and al
together a very inferiors TFuit. In
fact there weft-e Elbertas shipped from
here last summer that np one would be
lieve to be such as far a3 appearance was
concerned.
But to come back to the planting, after
the ground is properly staked, holes
should be dug at least three feet in diam
eter (larger if you can afford it), arid at
least three feet deep. In planting the
trees they should be planted an inch or
so deeper thp-n they were in the nursery
t row. The holes have to be filled with
surface soil and a couple of handfuls of
cotton seed meal or any other nitrogen
ous fertilizer spread in the hole among
this soil under the tree. GOod care must
be taken that the fertilizer does not
come in contact with any of the roots.
After the roots are covered with soil
it ought to be well tranjped with the foot
so as to be sure that every root and fiber
is in contact with the-soil—and more fer
tHirer nuirht- above
the roots, but ’ A r’w Tticftes rttie
surface, the deeper the better; when too
near the surface it is apt to make
of crab grass, and in that case the tree
won’t get the benefit.
Tills putting of fertilizer below the
tree will be eonderhned by some as being
quite unnecessary, but I have proved
by actual experience that it is a great
help for the tree to make a good start,
for on the first year's growth in the or
chard depends its future usefulness. I
like to give the trees a good start and
therefore fertilize liberally; but every one
has his own opinion on that point. About
six ordinary handfulls of cotton seed
meal makes a pound and any one can
guess the quantity to suit that basis.
Hadding Fruit Trees.
Halving everytteirig in Readiness, the
process of budding may be described un
der six heads.’ ‘ ».■><«
1. At a smooth'ptsceln the stalk—pref
erably two ot three inches above the
ground—an upright incision, an inch or
over in length, is made clear through the
bark.
2. Across the upper end of this incision
a short, horizontal one is made. The us
ual way for the latter is at right angles,
but it will be found better to make it
obliquely, in which case the tying mate
rial cannot get into the upper incision, but
must cross it, as is. beet.
3. The bark is then, raised, by pressing
the thin pdece* of ivory (or the rounded
point of the knife) against the cut edges
with a kind ofi lifting movement, begin
ning at the upper end of tfre incision and
proceeding to the lower end, ope side aj
a time. In this operation special carte is
required to avoid touching the layer of
sort, new wpod immediately under the
bark. To touch this soft, new tvood checks
the growing process, which fastens the
bud to the stalk, and this check render*
success very uncertain.
4. A bud is now cut from the prepared
scion, the knife entering about half an
inch below the footstalk and coming out
three-quarters of an inch or more above
it, taking as thin a slice of the wood with
it as may be. The practice of some is
to remove this thin piece of wood, but
if not done with the greatest care the
bud will be spoiled, while succes is not en
dangered in the least by allowing the
wood to remain.
5. The bud is now taken by the piece
of footstalk left fqr the purpose, pieced
under the bark at the upper end of the
Incision and pushed gently down to the
lower end. If part of the upper portion
of the bud projects above the cross in
cision, it is to be cut off, making a neat
fit.
6. Tying is the next thing in order.
This, to hold the bud in position and to
exclude air and moisture. It should be
done at once, beginning at the lower end
of the incision and covering every part
of it, but leaving out the footstalk and
the point of the bud.
The work is now complete.
If the stalk is growing rapidly the ty
ing may cut into the wood bqfore the
bud adheres properly. Should this occur
the tie is to be removed and immediately
replaced, but not so tight. In throe weeks
from the insertion of the Ixid the tying
may be removed permanently.
T%n days or so after budding, it may
be known that the operation is success
ful by, the piece of footstalk dropping off
on being touched, if instead of this it has
dried and sticks fast, the work has failed
But if the bark still peels freely, the
ding may be repeated, selecting a new
place on the stalk.
Most of the hardy roses can be budded
on each other. The wild running rose—
the Michigan rose—makes a pretty stalk
but the best for the purpose is the Ma
netti rose, a vigorous growing kind
brought from Como, Italy, half a century
or more Ago. which multiplies readily by
cuttings. In advance of the budding the
spines should be rubbed off the inch, or
tow where the bud Is to be inserted
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria*
—Jack (to friend on bicycle)—What’s
your hurry; are you racing for a train?
Joe—No; I’m training for a race.—Har
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A MOB USES FIRE AND BULLETS
A WOMAN BURNED ALIVE AND HER
PARAMOUR SHOT.
The Man Had Killed Her Hnsliand
and. Been Acquitted on the Ground
of Self Defense—Emboldened by
His Escape, He Returns and Liven
With the Woman.
Lebanon, Ky„ Dec. 29.—A mob inflicted
horrible vengeance on a faithless woman
and her paramour last night, when they
burned Mrs. T. J. West alive and killed
W. A. Dever, her paramour, at Mrs.
West’s house on Cartwright creek, on
’ the Springfield pike, three miles north of
this city.
The mob is said to have numbered about
seventy-five and it was about 12 o’clock
when they appeared at Mrs. West’s house.
Mrs. West, Dever and his little daughter
were the only persons in the house, and
when the mob called Dever to come out,
Mrs. West and her little girl responded,
but Dever remained inside.
Just as Mrl. West reached the door sev
eral shots were fired at her and she ran
back in the house, but the child remain
ed on the outside. The mob then fired sev
eral shots in the house, none of which took
effect, and, after several attempts to
get Dever to come out, the mob fired the
building. The intense heat finally forced
Dever to run out, and with pistol in
hand he started to a cornfield a few steps
from the house, where he took shelter
behind a corn shock and was shot to
death.
Mrs. West perished in the burning houfii
and this morning her remains were found
in the chimney, where she had taken
refuge. Her legs and the upper portion
of her body were almost entirely burned
off.
The littile girl gave the alarm this morn
ing, but only meager information can
be gained from her.
W. A. Dever is the man who shot and
killed T. J. West, husband of the burned
woman, at Beaver Green, on Cartwright’s
creek, on Dec. 7. Dever had a preliminary
hearing and was released on the ground
of self-defense. The killing is thought to
have been caused by intimacy on the part
of Dever and West’s wife.
After Dever was released he was charged
with living with the woman. It is said
Dever had been warned that he would be
killed if he did not leave. He was from
Knoxville and leaves a wife and several
children. Mrs. West also leaves a large
family. »
The coroner’s jury has so far failed to
return a verdict.
West and his wife had been living apart
for some time and his wife had instituted
divorce proceedings. She had been induc
ed to withdraw the suit, however, and
West was on his way to town to see about
thg matter when he saw Dever. He
snapped a pistol twice at Dever after ac
cusing hirg of adultery with Mrs. West,
when Dever drew his gun and despite
West's plea for mercy shot and killed
him and ran away, but returned when
the coroner’s jury returned a verdict of
justifiable homicide, and renewed his re
lations with Mrs. West.
THE WARE COUNTY COLONk.
It Is Expected That It -Will Number
10,000 Shortly.
(Waycross, Ga., Dee. 29.— Mr. G. W.
Shults, the organizer and president of
the Elwood Park colony in this county,
has been ill at his home in Columbus,
0., for several weeks, and he writes the
Morning News correspondent that he
will arrive with the first excursion of
colonists about the middle of January.
Mr. Shults gives the following infor
mation regarding hi? scheme: “The col
on y, which will consist of nearly 10,000
good farmers, fruit growers, merchants
and m*»chanlc.%_and various other xtccu
pations, including both men Os consider
able means and men who are dependent
on their labor or profession, is being or
ganized by means of attractive circulars
descriptive of Ware county and containing
full particulars of its aims and objects.
Persons who read the circulars and be
come interested generally pay rhea per
sonal visit. The result is, in most cases,
that they join the colony. I control 25,000
acres of land in Ware county, and am
proprietor of Elwood Park, the site for
the colony city, which is seven miles west
pf Waycross, on the Alabama Midland di
vision of the Plant system. The land, ex
cept ElwOod Park, is divided into 49-acre
yacts, and is offered at SSOO per tract of
",rty-nine acres; SIOO cash and SIOO per
year until paid. As an inducement to have
the land settled up quickly by the colon
ists, I will deed, absolutely free of charge,
a fine building lot in the town
of Elwood Park to the first twenty-five
purchasers of tracts of forty-nine acres,
or will allow colonists railroad fare there
from Columbus and return. 1 will, as an
extra inducement, erect a beautiful. two
story, six-room, modern style house, to
the first five who buy 245 acres each and
pay not less than SI,OOO cash on the day of
sale. -
I will give premiums on the largest
yield of upland rice, the largest yield of
sugar cane, the largest yield of corn,
the largest yield of oats, the largest yield
ofXobacco. .
“The land is rolling enough to drain
nicely. The water is pure and the cli
mate is beneficial to persons suffering
from any pulmonary trouble or diseases
of throat, while fever and ague or chills
are unknown In Ware county. A beau
tlfid park and an artificial lake will be
built at the depot in Elwood Park.’ 1 -
A BLACK DESPERADO~KILLED.
The White Man Who Shot Him Dan
gerounly Wounded.
Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 29.—J. H. Carroll of
Milltown was in the city this motning
and reported a Christmas tragedy at
Thigpen’s still, between here and Mill
town. A white man named Tom Studstill
shot and killed a negro named Frank
Alsabrook. The killing appears to have
been justifiable and in self defense. Alsa
brook had the reputation of being a local
terror and at the time he was killed he
was entering the store of Mr. Cox for the
purpose of shooting a negro with whom
he had a difficulty earlier in the day. He
was met at the door by Studstill who told
him to go back. The negro leveled his
gun on Studstill, who drew his pistol in
an instant and fired at the negro, strik
ing him just below the heart and killing
him almost instantly. The negro fired
his rifle at the same time, the ball strik
ing the butt of Studstlll’s pistol, smashing
it into splinters and tearing the hand to
pieces. Another negj-o fired at Studstill
with a shot gun about the same time,
and about forty of the shot entered Stud
still’s leg, producing a very serious
wound. The negroes were all drinking.
Studstill is a quiet farmer, well known
through this section. The average tur
pentine negro Is about as desperate with
a drink of whisky in him as any animal
in the forest, and this ir especially true
where they have an inclination to gamble.
C. W. Burt killed an eagle Friday near
Saussy postofflce. It measured eight
feet from tip to tip. Its claws were near
ly seven inches across. The monster bird
is supposed to have wandered up from the
Okeefinokee swamp.
Wrecked Off Ireland.
Cork. Dec. 29.—-It is reported here that
a large unknown vessel was wrecked to
day at Tochead and that all on board
her were lost. A number of boxes and
other wreckage have been washed ashore.
Fire! Fire! That Dreadful Cry
Is fraught with Import doubly dire to the
unhappy man who beholds his dwelling
or his warehouse feeding the devouring
element uninsured. Happily most people
who can insure—everything but health.
Nine-tenths of us neglect the preserva
tion of this when it is in palpable jeop
ardy. Incipient indigestion, liver com
plaint, la grippe, inaction of the kidneys
and bladder and malaria are all counter
acted by Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters.—ad.
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LONDON THE HEAVIEST LOSER.
EVEN THE GERMANS MADE MONEY
BY' THE ENGLISH PANIC.
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The German Bourses Never So Badly
Rattled Over American Securities
as the English—Speculators at Ber
lin and Frankfort the First to Be
gin Buying; on the Slump—Baron
Hanimeritefn Arrested After Leav
ing Greece.
Berlin, Dec. 29.—The reaction toward
confidence in the future of American
finances, especially as affecting interna
tional monetary relations, has been sur
prisingly rapid within the last few days.
Berlin and Frankfort took the lead of
London in speculative buying of American
stocks, and operators here have, on the
whole, benefltted by the selling which was
done in London, and at no time during
the Wall street panic have the German
bourses been so much influenced as was
the English market. The buying set in
earlier here and even investors took a
chance in securing stocks at low values.
The bourse closed notably firm on Satur
day, after considerable buying of Ameri
can railroad securities. Tbe course of
operations here gives evidence of the de
creasing influence of London upon mat
ters of finance in which German finan
ciers or investors are interested. Finan
ciers are no longer inclined to accept the
tendencies ot the London market as a
good guide in important monetary enter
prises at the present moment. It is not
forgotten how Germany absorbed the
American loans at low values during the
war between the American states when
the bonds were almost unsaleable in Lon
don. So now when English financial
houses seem to hesitate over the recep
tion of a new’ bond issue the Washington
fovernment, if it is desirous of having
oreign markets take part in the loan,
might find German firms prepared to ne
gotiate. The belief here in the perman
ence of peace between the United States
and Great Britain is absolute, and the
general conviction in the recovery of a
healthy condition of American finances is
unshaken.
A TONIC.
Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
Dr. A. E. Carothers, San Antonio, Tex.,
says: “It is the best tonic I know of in de
bility and nervous prostration, with sleep
lessness, caused by mental overwork or
prolonged lactation.”—ad.
Another Georgia Murderer Caught.
Tallahassee, Fla., Dec. 29.—Sheriff
Pearye has apprehended another Georgia
murderer, John Williams, who it Is alleg
ed, killed a negro at Social Circle 1n Octo
ber, 1893. Williams was arrested ten miles
north of Tallahassee. He is in jail here
awaiting the arrival of a Georgia officer
la take him to that state for trial*
CAROLINA MIDLAND.
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Chicago Capitalists to Buy or Least*
the Road.
Charleston, S. C., Dec. 29.—1 t has comd
to light that negotiations are pending
for the sale of the Carolina Midland rails
road to a syndicate of Chicago capitalists.
The Chicago people are represented here*
by T. Moultrie Mordecai, but neither ho
nor President George A. Wagner, of thet
road, will say anything for
They admit, however, that the negotla
tions are In progress and it is believed
that the management of the road will ba
changed either by lease or sale wlthlti
the next few days.
The Carolina Midland was built bvj
Charleston capital and it Is still owned
here. It is said that the object of the
purchase by the westerners Is to build
the road further into the upper part of
South Carolina and to extend it to either*
Charleston or Savannah. The road is now!
sixty miles long, running mostly through/
Barnwell county, South Carolina.
AUGI'STANS STRICKEN DOWN. |
William Stflkes Dead and Bryanf
Lawrence Critically 111.
Augusta, Ga.. Dec. 29.—William Stokes,,
one of Augusta’s oldest citizens, died
here early this morning. He .got up to
breakfast and while dressing fell across
the bed dead. He was a nativeiof Jeffer
son and before the war was as prominent
and wealthy planter. He leaves a wife
and seven children. His wife was Misd
Rhind, an aunt of Mrs. Clark Howell of s
Atlanta. He will be buried here to-mor
row at 11 o’clock from the Second Pres
byterian church. *
Councilman Bryan Lawrence was sud
denly stricken while taking up a collec
tion in St. Patrick’s church this morning.
He was removed to his home and is nows
critically ill. ,
SICILY’S STATE OF SEIGE.
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Premier Crisp! Iniviues an Order Re
voking It.
Rome, Dec. 29.—Prime Minister Crispl
has issued an order revoking the decree
giving the military commander at Paler
mo direction of both the police and mil
itary forces of the Island of Sicily. The
revoking of the decree is due to the fact
that the authorities have at last succeed
ed in so improving the condition of af
fairs on the island that life and property
are now everywhere secure, and no fur
ther trouble is apprehended from the ma- <
chinations of the Fasci Dei Lavoratori
and other secret socialist societies, which
caused the government trouble in 1893 and
1894. It was these troubles which caused
a state of seige to be proclaimed at Pa
lermo at the beginning of last year, that
led to the arrest of Signor De Felic Gluf
frida. a member of the Chamber of Dep.
uties, who was sentenced to eighteeri
years’ imprisonment for connection will}
jhe socialist riots.
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