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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTKHKST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN,
wintering ttik colts.
The custom of wintering the colts
fmt of doors is responsible for many
of the undersized, tough, unsalable
horse", which arc of no vain*-. It is
wise for every farmer to take bin colts
at feed weaning time, if not before, and
them on such a diet as will de
velop them to tin utmost.
Colts should be given all they can
< at of such foot!. Size can only be ob
tained by gent runs feeding until the
colts arc matured. The old saving,
“scant keeping makes a tough horse-, ”
is a mists n one. Liberal feeding
gives a horse a chance to develop the
blood that is in him.—New York
World.
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MULCHING.
Keeping the soil covered helps in
making it fertile. Keeping it mulched
retards the action of frost aud allows
the plants to adapt themselves to the
change. .Sudden extremes of temper
atun affect plants as well as animals,
and at all seasons an even temperature
gives the best results. Mulshing
breaks the force of falling rains and,
tii a great measure prevents them from
compacting the soil.
Wheu properly mulched the soil
will retain a considerable quantity, of
atmospheric am mania, deposited by
the rains. In all soils a certain proper
Don of water is necessary to make the
largest amount of plant food available,
Mulching cools and equalizes the
temperature near the surface. In wiu-
ter it prevents the constant thawing
and freezing and makes a more even
temperature. In summer it aids in the
storing of nitrogen iu the soil and
makes the soil richer in this way. —Bt.
Louis Republic.
THE BENEFIT OK BRUISING OATS.
Ifhlloatsconl .berun through the mill ;
it would make better feed for horses,
.lb. Farming World. Tl.» reason
Iia« been given many times. Both tlie
grain and chaff digest better, tho indi
gestildo woody fibre of both being
broken admits of the action of the
stomach more freely and fully.
ful feeders of horses know that in feed
ing oats, especially 7 the whole grain,
much depends upon the uature of the
hull or chaff. It is not always the
heaviest grain that, gives the best re¬
sults. That which is much above the
standard weight has most often a
rough, gritty chaff, which so acts on
the stomach as to expel much of the
grain in an undigested state, The
hull, however soft its texture, is laxa
five, and a moderate degree of laxa
tivencss is beneficial, especially to
breeding animals : but there is no gain
in pushing through the heaviest grain
iu a nearly whole state. Better use a
light grain, which will be more
thoroughly digested, it is commonly
supposed that the oat which sells for
tho highest price is the best feed, but
it it not always the case.
BEST SIZE OF BARNYARD,
Writes John I*. Welter, Oswego
County, New York: As a rule, barn¬
yards arc too large, viewed from an
economical standpoint. The experi¬
ment stut'ons have showed the great
loss to the manure lying in the open
yard from washing by rains. One lias
only to note the dark color of the
water running from tho open yard af¬
ter each heavy shower to comprehend
that very much of tho soluble fertiliz¬
ing properties are thus lost, aud to
prove tliis to greater satisfaction, haul
a load of manure out to the open
meadow, place it iu piles about the
thickness of tho barnyard accumula¬
tions, and let it remain from autumn
until the usual time of cleaning the
yard in the spring. Upon removing
this scattered load from the surface of
the meadow, one observes the rank
grow th of grass where tho manure was
scattered, and its effects can bo seen
for years afterward, This should in
dneo farmers to not only reduce the
barnyard to the smallest reasonable
limit, but erect as much shelter as pos¬
sible for the proper protection of this
element of fertility. —American Dairy¬
man,
KEEPING TEAMS BUSY,
It is one of the chief difficulties of
farming on a small acreage that the
necessary work to be done in plowing,
cultivating and marketing crops re
quires a full team part of the time,
while there is not sufficient work to
keep it employed all the time. Idle
horses soon eat more than their labor
during a small part of tho year is
worth. Yet the small farmer who re
lie ou hiring team work done is al
wwy* handicapped by finding it im
possible to hire teams when he most
needs them. The only other recourse
is to change tHe methods of farming,
Put ou more labor and capital per
acre, and thus grow crops which will
keep the teams biico most of the year
hnuline them to market.
lf there ares when no marketing
is to be done, the teams eau be em
ployed just as profitably in drawing
manure. In most eases this on a small
farm will make it necessary to buy
most if not all tho too,! ih,it tho torn
out. This is what murkvt garJeiiers
almost invariably do. They cannot
.IW iiutuiiir.riinnitivio, to grow hay or grain 'on land
r« MSE .“'rr^terh^ i x a.
else. Buying nil their feed they know
just what it costs them, and are less
likely to lose by keeping teams idle.
The chief difficulty with many farmers
in making their farming pay is not
recognizing that the feed which they
grow and feed is worth its market
value, and that whatever eats such
feed nilist return at least what it has
cost and cur. be sold for. Unless this
is attended to. the lpsses from non
paying stock v ill eat up profit* that
can be made cthewise. —Boston Culti
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STABBING COWS.
Iu an address before the Conuecti
cut Dairymen’s Association Governor
Hoard 6aid: How to keep cows clean
in the stable has been an unsolved
problem. Drops, stanchions of va
rioua kinds and a variety of stalls have
one and all proved themselves useless
in till, respect. Lmterl,. li„wover, 1
have Been iibitnt a rack »n*l hour,
which rv'viu-perfect. .... -..
THE MONROE ADVERTISER, FORSYTH, GA-. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1894.-EIGHT PAGES.
In piaee of the raanger ia a rack foi
hay, slanting toward the cow at an
angle of tho forty-five degrees. The other
side of rack is boarded up four
feet high. Into this all the coarse.
fodder is thrown. The cut and ground
feed is given the animal in a strong
box, placed tinder this rack.
The cow is held by a halter, to
which is snapped a rope. This is tied
to a ring in the rack, and gives her
perfect liberty of motion ao she can
rub or lick herself at pleasure,
The floor, unlike most modern floors,
loa^y of which damage dairy cows, i?
planked level. As the cow stands feed
«t the rack a 2x3 inch scantling is
laid down just forward of her hind feet
»nd spiked firmly. Between this
scantling aud the rack a little dry
bedding is placed. The cow iu lying
down soon learns to step forward and
not lie across the scantling, but oc
cupy only the dry, clean ami comfort -
able portion of the floor. When she
rises the sloping rack forces her to
step back, and there the manure is
dropped. The bedding inside tht
scantling will remain dry until ground
h> powder.
The bottom of the rack is twenty
six inches from the floor, and its top
twenty-mx inches from the partition,
lhe latu ' r 18 frequently criticised, be
( ’ ,lU8e lt prevents visitors from passing
ftlon 8 ftml looking at the faces of the
*J 0( dv * but the cows seem satisfied,
Our stables are too frequently made
for the comfort of man instead of
, h< mt ihlH . etublt5 , 18 pre-eminently ...
R,la l tGd to the comfort of the I
P cow.
UBe two Bna I >s 011 tLc ropes which
faste « COWH - Iu thls wa Y lf one
other is . sure to hold
Farm, Field and Fireside,
FARM AN’I> GARDEN NOTES.
The ducks must have a dry floor in
winter.
A cow that is not a big eater is no
dairy cow.
Feed the cows as regularly as you
milk them.
Fewer eggs will be gathered if the
hens are crowded,
Pork ,, , « . nt.ll ,, pork. It T .. is • “good . a.
^ l * ’ or c cl *
Very little ventilation for the poul
“ OU8e needed in winter,
Unclean eggs should always be
washed or wiped clean when gathered,
Pumpkin seeds do not appear to in¬
jure hogs unless fed in unreasonable
quantities.
When eggs are to be stored for
long keeping they should be wiped
clean, not washed.
Feather plucking is often begun
when the poultry have nothing else
to keep them busy.
The most expensive kind of feed it
that saved by giving the stock less
than they can profitably use.
While some lime is good for fowls it
should be given in their food, as there
j is danger of their getting too much,
. Roosts should a! ways be on the same
( level 0 r the towls will crowd to the
highest ones, leaving the low er ones
useless.
Now put iu the piggery windows,
batten the cracks, especially in the
floors, and rake down a good bed, for
there is money in oozy quarters.
Do yon remember that the hams,
bacon, shoulders and beef for smoking
may all be prepared in the same
pickle at the same time, thus saving 1
labor?
It is poor management to waste
good hav by feeding it to dry cows
when it could as well be fed to cows
that will manufacture it into good
butter.
Cabbages are often covered too heav¬
ily when buried aud consequently be¬
gin to decay. Cover lightly at first,
aud increase the covering as it be¬
comes colder.
If a colony becomes queenless and
it is not desired to unite it with an¬
other. give it a frame of brood from
another colony containing brood iu
it" first stages.
Do not apply salt to butter careless¬
ly. Weigh the butter, and then add
salt at the rate of three-quarters of an
ounce or an ounce to a pound, and
work it in thoroughly.
There seems to be no limit to the
study of bees. By the use of an ob¬
servatory hive everything that goes
ou inside can be seen and something
new learned every day.
The honey of the Malta bees is noted
for its purity and delicious flavor.
™, lh . . due , , the .. extensive ot
* s 18 °, crop
sulla < elover , ) f [ om r' hlch the bce3 ex *
tract most of their hone D
Feed makes a great difference with
an v breed. Eveneommon pullets can,
.
feeding from the start, be brought
to laying a month or six weeks earliei
than they otherwise would,
Good clover hay is a splendid forag<
for any animal on the farm, from tin
hog to the horse. It goes a longwayi
toward taking the place of ensilage or
roots. Lut it vloes not quite fill tht
place,
When the bees are building comb
or raising brood they must have water,
which should be placed in shallow
troughs with floats, that they mar not
, drown, lf located near a small body
, 0 f water, that will be sufficient,
rru Fflt-Tman that , , lins milk .. avail
* , b l fi for h‘8 fowls isa. mgrt forums to
; * S"-<-»1 the skim milk to
'*>“ hop, but dtv.de up and shire
some with the hens, and notice how
r h ,H ' , "' r ,he T r wU1 ,a " e?SS
that wur,U , “«•
Darwin relates instances were black
Jees were crosseJ tLc Ligurian
bees ftt a distance of from one to three
aUtl ft half th « Ligurians being
on *y ones in tfiat region. Thus it
wiI1 seen ti,at inbreeding is not
necessarily a matter of conrse.
Although ducks are
greedy? they are easily satisfied,
will thrive on coarser, cheaper food
than hens or turkeys, so that the cost
i H very much reduced. During the
j I latter part of winter and early spring
they cannot be excelled as layers.
! During the winter one of the best
foods that can be provided for a chango
i is sprouted grains. Take almost any
kind of grain, soak it over night in
: warm water, pour oft’ the -water iu the
; morning and keep damp until it
; sprouts. The advantage with ducks is
’ that they ore free from lice. If the
duck, .re to l.T »dl att must 1„
‘ taken not to innko them too f.t fcv
De-ling to'o wn.-b st.ia, *
THE NEWS IN GENERAL,
CoDdensed from Our Kost Important
TeleirapMc Adricss
And Presented in Pointed aud Reada¬
ble Paragraphs.
Hans von Bulow, the distinguished
German pianist, is dead.
The full force of the storm was felt
the New _ . . harbor . ... Monday ,
in lotK
morning, where the gale had full scope
for its wild rush. Incoming steamers
are doubtless , ,, getting ... Al their lull - is i hare
■
of it oft’ the coabt.
Aljout 220 Weavers in Wamsutta
Mill No. 6 at New Bedford, Mass., left
work Tuesday morning when notified
of a reduction in wages, to go into ef¬
fect Monday. The mill was to have
run on increased time.
A Philadelphia dispatch The
/ uohe Ledger appeared Monday morn
ing with the name of Georoe iUedito- W
Child. Drexel at the head of
rial columns as editor and publisher,
in place of that of George W. Childs.
Gwinn .^'Attorney died , Baltimore ,, General , Sunday, Charles ri , , after M. , r
at
a ten davs’ illness. Mr. Gwinn lias,
for a great many years, been the po
litical adviser of Senator Gorman and
stood closer to him than probablv anv
other * “
man
Representatives of the leading news
~
papers and news associations of the
■ art met in New York City Monday
and formally resolved to perfect an or
ganization for the collection of the
news of the world and its distribution
among themselves ,. , and , their , . clients, ..
east, west, north and south.
Advices * i • _ from .__ London x i state * . that ., ,
though there was an uncertain tone in
the bar silver market Monday the price
inade an ndvauce of id per ounce. At
the close of the market Saturday the
price was 29£d. Early in the morning
the market showed a disposition 1 to
advance - and i at the i close i the . had , ,
price
reached 30j;d
The southem ice exchange met at
ivnoxville, Tenn., Tuesday in annual
session, but only about one hundred
and fifty members were present. Ow
ing to the large number cf absentees,
the exchange adjourned to April 11th,
when a meeting will be held iu At¬
lanta. The officers of the exchange
will then be elected.
A cable dispatch of Tuesday from
London says: Professor Tyndall, the
expert in hypnotism, who has recently 7
returned from tho United States, has
addressed a letter to the home secreta
rv, Mr. Henry Asquith, asking for an
interview with Mrs. Maybrick in her
prison, in order that he may try to in
duce her to consent to be hypnotized
and thus, if possible, establish her in
nocenee.
mi n,c worst , snowstorm , . rag«l ,
m years
nil over Kansas and Missouri holiday
and Sunday night, and Monday not a
single tram in the two states was on
time. The snow averaged from a foot
to two feet on the level. High winds
accompanied it and at some points m
cuts At it is places twenty or thirty feet deep.
many tlie schools are closed
lhe snow was dry and the telegraph
service was not injured.
The excitement occasioned by the
bomb'explosion at the cafe of the Hotel
lerminus, at the St. Lazare railway
station, Paris, Monday night, has not
abated, and the outrage is the subject
of discussion in all public places. It
has been ascertained definitely that at
least twenty-four persons were hurt.
The name of the bomb-thrower is
Leon Breton, Tne police believe that
he is a member of an anarchist group
who have headquarters at Neuilly-Sur
Smne.
The board of trade building at Du¬
luth, Minn., in which were located
the offices of the board, the North
American and Western Union Tele
grajih Companies, the American
Steel Barge Company, the Lake Su¬
perior Union Improvement and Du¬
luth Elevator Companies and the of ¬
fices of nearly all the city grain and
vessel firms, was entirely destroyed by
fire at noon Sunday. The board of
trade building was built in 1885 and
cost $75,000. The total loss by
fire is $94,000, with an insurance of
$80,000
Advices of Monday from Calcutta,
India, state that the India Currency
Association has entered a strong pro¬
test, which has been addressed to the
government in regard to the disorgani¬
zation of trade iu consequence of the
changes in. the silver policy. The pro¬
test says that the present state of af¬
fairs shows that the closure of the
mints did not do any harm, though its
advantages were temporary and were
suspended by the abnormal importa¬
tions of silver, of piece goods and
through other causes.
A New York special of Monday says:
The mod fieations of the Richmond
Terminal plan of reorganization that
have been substantially agreed upon
are a reduction of the assessment on
the common stock from $125 to $10
per share, and for the assessment a
percentage of new bonds and preferred
stock will be given, as well as common
stock, on the basis originally contem¬
plated. Iu consequence of this change
the duced underwriting 25 syndicate will be re¬
per cent, that is, from
$15,000,000.
A special of Sunday from the City
of Mexieo says: A syndieate of Mex¬
ican and American capitalists has been
orgiuized for the purpose of construc¬
ting a pau-American telegraph line to
t-xiend along the Pacific coast from
Victoria, Chili, British Columbia, to Santiago.
passing throngh the United
States, Mexico, the Central American
states and the Pacific coast countries
America. The promoters of
have applied to the
Mexican government for a concession
for the proposed line through this
country and it will probably be grant
ed.
Death of a Confederate General.
General Lueien B. Northrup, Con¬
federate States of America, died Fri¬
day at the Confederate Soldiers’Home,
at Pikesville, Md. General Northrup
va* commissary general of the confed¬
erate army, a native of South Carolina,
and eighty-three years of age. He
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from West , Point r , . in the , cla^ with the
president of the confederate states.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Situation as Reported
for the Past Week.
The review of the industrial situation in the
South, for the past week shows that there is a
steady increase, week by week, in the number
cf new industries established, or in process of
organization, especially in the textile manu¬
facture. Preparations are under way 10 in¬
crease the pig iron output, and several fur¬
naces will go into blast within a short time.
r l he revival in manufacturing of all kinds is
general throughout the Southern Sutes.
Many plants are being enlarged Jin snd improved,
causing a notable increase the demand iu
machinery. Sixty-one industrial cB’ablished
new were rr
fif incorporated during the week, together with
eeu enlargements of mannfaetorhs, and
? ineteon important new baildings. Among the
important new Industrie* of the week are the
following: The New York Coal and Coke Co.,
of liiehmond, Ya., capital $100,000. \V. P.
j Clyde and others, incorporators; the Cleveland
Texas, Compress and Warehouse Co., of Houston,
and capital $150,000, by W. D. t Uvelan l
others; the Tri-State Shirt Co., capita!
4100,000, and of Hun ington, W. Va., W. S. Booth
associates, incorporators; a cotton $100,000, con
Morris press at Velasco, Texas, to cost by
8ass and others; the Standard
charterer*; the Glen Alum Cannel Coal Co., of
Whamcliff, W. Ya., capital $30,000; the More
j £" KliSfc
ware Co., of Americui, Ga.. capital$50,000; the
Carbon Hill Colliery Co., of Richmond, Va..
j capita! $30,000, by J. L. Kelly and others, and
j a $25 knitting mill at Newp rc News, Ya., to cost
IKK),
! ^& Brick work * are to be buffi at Kingwood, W.
| gnfia, Ga., and electrical plan at Winchester,
a
. K>\, Meridian, Miss., Gallatin Tenn. and
Gainesville, Texas. Flour and grist mills are
reported Hartsville, at Bringles. N. C., Fingerville, S. C.,
J* Teuu., and Warrenton, Ya.; found-
8 and machine ahous at Hillsboro and Belton,
SStfiaUfUl Atlanta. Ga., Culp, Aik., Mansfield, La.,
and Buckeye, Tenn.; oil mills aro to bi
b ’ dlt ";
cay, lexas, a and a phosphate company has been
' chartered at High Springs, Fla. Sugar mills
j ! and sard, refineries Cottouport, are Lafayette in contemplation and New at Iberia. Brotis
j ja . a tannery at Pooler, Ga,. and a tob-.cco
i ctory at Atlanta, Ga. Mills for the manu
facturo of lumber are to be built at Hull aud
«£££ Ahoskio, t&ia&SS’SK
Miss.. N. C., Graham and Memphis,
T un., Springdale, Texas, aud Montrose, W.
' a :
Among the . enlargements , , , foi the week , are,
a cid works at Blacksburg, S. O.; cot-on mills
i at Bynum and Hand emau, N. C.. Fort Mill,
* J lua
St, Augustine, Ida., Gainesville, Ga., Flat
woods and Central City, W. Va.—Tradesman,
(Chattanooga, leuu.)
PARIS EXCITED.
An Anarchist Hurls a Bomb into a Cafe
—Twenty People Wounded.
Edeon Breton, 23 years old, threw
a bomb in the cafe of the Hotel Term
. * T railway
1UUH * 10 iaz ‘ arc sta
} lon > Paris, Monday evening. Tho
Jom J exploded in tne middle of the
room and wounued twenty persons,
An instrumental concert began in the
ground floor of
^ ie hotel, at 8 o clock. Shortly 7 before
9 °’ Gl nck a pule, thin young man, paid
1 for a drink which he had taken at a
table in the middle of the room and
6tRrte(1 to leave . when ncaI . the lloor
he tnrncd Badde nlv, drew a bomb from
hj8 coat !lQd thr „„- it to „. ord a *
of , wUo had Bat next ,,, him
The bamb „ tTnok an clectrio ligW Bx .
ture , then fell on n marble table and
J , oded . T!le statioa wn8 rookod bv
th doors shoct blo Thfm | i rrol . 8> windows Tho colI and
wer0 ;1 to atoms .
ing ° nml flooI rent, and the walls
we re craekecl .
A dense, offensive smoke filled the
cafe, and in the obscurity the bomb
thrower escaped. When the smoke
cleared away five persons were found
geriouslv wounded and fifteen had
slight injuries. The bomb had been
£H e d with bullets and rough bits of
iron, which had riddled the furniture
and walls and inflicted most of the
wounds. After leaving the cafe the
bomb-thrower started down the street
on a run.
Three policemen passed the spot in
an omnibus at the moment and they
gave chase to the miscreant and soon
overhauled him. He drew 7 a revolver
and shot one policeman aud a woman
in the throng on the street, but other
policemen overpowered the bomb
thrower, and then had some difficulty
in protecting him from the vengeance
of a mob. They succeeded, how 7 ever,
in taking him to the police station.
A later dispatch states that it has
been ascertained definitely that at
least 24 persons were hurt. The name
of the bomb throw'er is Leon Breton.
The police believe that he is a mem¬
ber of an anarchist group who have
headquarters at Neuilly-Sur-Seine.
KOLB NOMINATED
For Governor of Alabama by Jefferson¬
ians and Populists.
A Birmingham special says: The
Jeffersonian and populist delegates
joined forces Thursday and nominated
Captain Kolb and his ticket. The
populist delegates held a meeting be¬
fore the convention assembled and
after endorsing their national platform
resolved, with practical unanimity, to
co-operate with the Jeffersonian dem¬
ocrats in the election of Captain Kolb
and his ticket. About noon the Jef¬
fersonians marched into the convention
hall in a column. They were cheered
as they entered, and they returned the
cheer most heartily. Things soon set¬
tled down to business. Judge Zell
Gaston, of Butler, was made chairman,
and Jerre Fountain, of JeffersoD
county, secretary.
The details of the organization of
the convention were soon disposed of
and speeches were made by P. G. Bow¬
man, Judge Street and others, de¬
nouncing the election methods of the
organized democracy and showing up
the alleged shortcomings of the state
and federal administrations.
kolb’s ticket.
The following ticket was then nom¬
inated:
For Governor—R. F. Kolb.
For Secretary of State—J. C. Fon
ville, of Crenshaw.
For Treasurer—ThomasK. Jones, of
Hale.
For Auditor—W. T. B. Lynch, of
Macon.
For Commissioner of Agriculture—
S. M. Adams, of Bibb.
For Superintendent of Education —
J. P. Oliver, of Tallapoosa.
For Attorney General—Warren S.
Reese, of Montgomery.
Female Suffragists to Meet.
The American Woman’s Suffrage as
sociation begins its twenty-sixth an¬
nual session in Washington. Susan B.
Anthony presides, as she has done foi (
the last twenty-five years.
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS,
Tlie Drift of Her Progress anl Pros¬
perity Erlefly Hotel
Happenings of Interest Portrayed in
Pithy Paragraphs.
A fire at Colliersville, Tenn., Mon¬
day destroyed the bank of Colliersville
and the dry goods stores of Mitchell
A The Wadley tai and P. H. Humphries Co.
t loss is $30,000.
A cyclone passed within two miles
of Beauregard, Miss., on the Illinois
Central railroad Sunday night doing
much damage to property. It was re¬
ported that a number of lives had been
lost, but inquiry at Hazlehurst shows
that the report lacked confirmation up
to 1 o’clock Monday. The wires are
down.
Eight hours’ snow fell at San Ange¬
lo, Texas, Sunday, accompanied by
by a cold north wind, which has con¬
siderably alarmed stockmen. If the
storm continues for any length of time
the death percentage of stock will be
large, as they are in many localities
barely alive, with nothing to eat on
the range.
A Birmingham, Ala., special of
Tuesday says: The grand confederate
reunion to be held in this city on the
25th, 26th and 27th of April, promises
to be a huge affair. Times aro hard
throughout the south, but encouraging
letters continue to pour into the hands
of the management here from all of
the southern states, and if indications
are not misleading, there will be an
enormous gathering of the old confeds.
Dispatches from Meridian, Miss.,
are to the effect that the section of
country west aud northwest of that
city was visited Sunday night by a
terrific rain and wind storm. No very
material damage on account of the
wind, beyond the uprooting of timber
and the demolition of fences has been
reported, but the almost unprecedent¬
ed rainfall wrought considerable dam¬
age to freshly plowed lands.
A special from Dallas, Texas, states
that the themometer was 22 degrees
above Tuesday morning. Passengers
from Kansas, Oklahoma, the Chroltee
strip and the Indian Territory report
the most terrible blizzard recorded in
history. A great many lives have
been lost and the suffering from cold
is intense. The greatest loss has been
among the stripers who are poorly
provided with houses, food and cloth¬
ing.
A Knoxville, Teuu., special! says
The case of Jarnes Berry, reported to
the police Saturday night as suspicious,
was, on Sunday, pronounced by half
a dozen physicians to be a genuine case
of small-pox. Perry lives in the heart
of Cripple Creek, the slums of Knox¬
ville. Twenty-five negroes have been
in contact with him since he became
ill. The police and board of health
are taking strict precaution, and the
house is now guarded.
A Savannah dispatch says: Messrs.
Frank H. Miller and A. O. Bacon, at¬
torneys for the Southwestern railroad,
made a request of Receiver Comer
Tuesday that he turu over to that road
the money belonging to it now in the
Central’s treasury. Mr. Comer replied
that he would be very glad to do eo,
but would first have to obtain an or¬
der of court to that effect. There is
about $242,000 in the Central’s treas¬
ury belonging to the Southwestern.
At the meeting of the Tennessee
Historical Society at Nashville, Tues¬
day night, there was a letter read from
W. E. McEhvee, of Rockwood, Tenn.,
describing a coin found in an In¬
dian mound in that county. It bears
an urn burning incense on one side,
with the inscription in Hebrew, “shekel
of Israel.” On the other is a fig or
olive branch, and the words in He¬
brew, “Jerusalem, the holy land.” A
similar coin was exhibited, but how 7
the coin got into the mound is a matter
of mystery.
The effort to inaugurate a tri-state
fair in Chattanooga this fall is a suc
cess. The organization is now com¬
plete and the work is in charge of a
board of nine dirctors, of whom Wil¬
liam Hepburn Russell, late manager of
the East Tennessee. Land Company,
which company built and owns the
town of Harrimau, was Saturday elect¬
ed president. About $12,000 has been
subscribed in $25 shares, and $50,000
of the $100,000 capitalized stock must
be raised before the enterprise is got¬
ten underway.
A case involving $300,000 was settled
by Judge Key, of the United States
court at Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday
afternoon. It was a suit to recover
money due on account of the construc¬
tion of the Knoxville Southern, now
the Marietta and North Georgia rail¬
road. The Central Trust company, of
New York, was a party to the suit.
The complainants were Knoxville con
tractors, who had never been paid for
their work in building the road, many
of whom would have been ruined if the
case had gone against them.
STORMS IN GERMANY.
Many People Lose Their Lives and
Much Property Desfrojed.
Cable advices of Wednesday from
Berlin state that the hurricane that
swept over the northern part of Ger
rnany has caused great loss of life.
Six fishing boats belonging to Kinder
ort on the Baltic sea were lost and
twenty-two men on board of them were
drowned. Eighty crafts of various
descriptions were sunk in the river
Elbe. Advices from AJtona, on the
Elbe, show that eleven persons were
drowned there. Eight foresters were
killed in the woods near Ziegnort, in
Pomerania, by trees that were blown
down in the storm failing upon them.
DA GAMA REPORTED DYING *
From Wounds Received in lhe Recent
Skirmish at Bio de Janeiro.
Admiral Saidanba DaGama, the
rebel commander, who was wounded
in the neck and arm during the battle
of Armaco on Friday last, is in a crit¬
ical condition according to a dispatch
from Rio de Janeiro. It was at first
supposed that the admiral’s wounds
were insignificant, but it is now said
that he is so seriously injured that he
may die. Every effort is being made
to save the admiral’s life.
officers elected.
Marion Butler, of North Carolina, Is
Made President.
A Topeka, Kan., special says: The
national convention of the farmers'
allianee concluded its work Friday
night and adjourned. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President, Marion Butler, of North
Carolina; vice president, J. L. Gil¬
bert of California; secretary ami
treasurer, D. P. Duncan, of South
Carolina; executive committee, Mann
Page, of Virginia, H. C. Dunning, of
Pennsylvania, J. E. Doan, of New
York, H. L. Lonoks, of South Dakota.
The executive committee was au¬
thorized to appoint a national lecturer
and select a place for holding the next
convention. Bon Terrell, of Texas,
the present national lecturer, will
doubtless be chosen for another term.
The salary of the president and lec¬
turer was fixed at $3,000 each, and of
the vice president at $2,250.
SECRETARY MORTON REPROVER.
The scheme of President Upson to
adopt a new constitution did not meet
with the approval of the convention,
the resolution providing for its adop¬
tion being defeated by an overwhelm¬
ing majority. The effort to have the
Allianee endorse woman suffrage was
also a failure, all of the delegates from
the southern states voting against it.
Before adjourning the convention is¬
sued an address appealing to everyone
who believes in the principles of the
Alliance to stand by the organization,
and not only secure the benefits to
come from organization, but also to
make certain that some political party
shall enact their demands into laws.
The Allianee took exceptions to the
ideas advanced by J. Sterling Morton,
secretary of agriculture, relative to the
classes and expressed its disapproval
of Secretary Morton in a resolution.
TO FREE POLAND.
An Extensive Conspiracy Unearthed by
Warsaw Police.
The police at Warsaw, Poland, claim
to have discovered an extensive con¬
spiracy 7 , the object of which was to se¬
cure the freedom of Poland. The
conspirators are said to include nihil¬
ists as well as persons not usually
found affiliating with members of that
sect. A large number of arrests have
been made. Among those taken
in custody are the entire editorial staff
of two journals published at Warsaw
and many Catholic priests. The con¬
spiracy is said to have extended to
many other places in Poland. At
Kielce a police visit was made to the
seminary and college there which re¬
sulted in the seizure of a large number
of pamphlets calling upon the youth
of Poland to rise and free their coun¬
try of Prussian oppression.
A SUIT OF THE SAINTS.
Mormons Appeal to the Courts for Pos¬
session of Consecrated Ground.
The long delayed equity suit of the
reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints against the Church
of Christ of Independence, to deter¬
mine the title to the famous Mormon
temple lot in Independence, Mo., has
been taken up for trial in the United
States circuit court at Kansas City, Mo.
The Buit is a contest between two fac¬
tions of the Mormon church to deter¬
mine the ownership of a piece of
ground in the city of Independence,
an which some day the Mormons ox
pect to erect a temple, which shall bo
the most magnificent ever reared by
the hands of man, and from which, on
the last day of the world, it is be¬
lieved, all good and faithful followers
of Joseph Smith will ascend direct to
heaven.
A RAGING BLIZZARD.
Snow* Wind and Rain Play Havoc iu
the Nor (Invest.
The w'orst blizzard that ever struck
Chicago for far as the weather bureau
records show, for twenty-three years,
swooped down upon the city Sunday.
Street traffic is greatly impeded, and
walking is accompanied with groat
danger to life and limb. Many per¬
sons have already been injured by be¬
ing blown to the ground, against walls
and posts by the wind. The velocity
is sixty miles an hour, the highest
ever recorded for the city, and almost
double the velocity of the wind blow¬
ing a blizzard in the western states.
FIRE AT THE FAIR.
Agricultural Building ami Machinery
Hail Threatened with Destruction.
Fire broke out Wednesday morning
on the colonade between the agricult¬
ural building and machinery Hull in
the world’s fair grounds. Tim flames
gained rapid headway and the second
and third calls were sent out, but lie
fore additional engines reached the
burning structure its destruction and
that of the large buildings adjacent on
either side was threatened. The fire
was finally gotten under conlrol. The
loss is nominal. The origin is sup¬
posed to have been incendiary.
Camp Hardee Wants Information.
The following order -was issued at
Birmingham, Ala.,Friday afternoon by
Camp Hardee, Confederate Veterans:
“To United Confederate Veterans:
Camp Hardee, of Birmingham, will be
pleased to hear from each camp in the
United States as to the number of del¬
egates that will be present at the re¬
union in April. Camp Hardee wants
to hear from each camp so that prepa
tions may be made for each delegate
who will attend.”
A World’s Fair History.
Ex-Senator T. W. Palmer, of Mich¬
igan; John Boyd Thatcher* of New
York, and Prof. Tousley,of the world’s
fair commission, met at New York re¬
cently to outline the work of preparing
the official history of the fair. Prof.
Tousley will be tho historian. It is
expected that the entire work will con¬
sist of about thirty octavo volumes of
500 or 600 pages, and will cost from
$250,000 to $300,000. The expense
will be borne by the government.
Fraudulent Election Inspectors.
Peter Neville, one of the New York
inspectors of elections found guilty of
neglect of duty and fraudulently ma¬
nipulating the election returns, was
C n Wednesday sentenced by Judge
Barrett, in the court of oyer and ter
miner, to one year’s imprisonment.
at THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Attain ot GoTernment and Dews ot
tie Departments Discassei.
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo¬
ple aud Their General Welfare.
The day of St. Valentine iu Con¬
gress was one of exceeding dreariness.
There were probably fifty congress¬
men present, and they gave but scant
interest to the tedious speeches being
delivered on the Bland bill.
Secretary Herbert received a dis¬
patch Monday from the Panama Rail¬
road company, stating that the city of
Para arrived at Colon with Admiral
Stanton and the officers and crew of
the Kearsage. All were safe and well.
The senate has confirmed the nomi¬
nations of George D. Bryan to be col¬
lector of customs at Charleston, S. C.
Postmasters—Alabama, O. W. Monroe,
Eutaw, Tennessee, L. W. Bates, St.
Elmo; D. C. Morris, Morristown.
The executive committee of the
National Association of Democratic
Clubs, organized July 4, 1888, for the
purpose of aiding in the promotion of
party success, met in Washington at
noon Thursday. The sessions
private.
The senate committee on judiciary
Monday decided to report the Peckham
nomination to the senate without rec¬
ommendation. Senator Hoar was ab¬
sent and the committee decided evenly
in its vote, Messrs. George, Vilas,
Lindsay, Platt and Mitchell voting for
confirmation, and Messrs. Pugli, Coke,
Hill, Teller and Wilson against.
Thomas R. Jernigan, who has been
appointed consul general at Shanghai,
was consul at Osaka, Japan, under
Cleveland’s first administration, and
the records of the state department
show that his grade ran the highest
known in the foreign service. He is a
good lawyer. He was unanimously
indorsed by the democrats of North
Carolina.
The regular treasury statement is¬
sued Tuesday shows that the receipts
from customs dues at New York for
the first ten days of this month aggre¬
gated $2,651,373, as against $4,321,-
475 in February, 1892. Of tliis 16.1
per cent, was paid in gold and 60.3 in
silver certificates, the balance being
divided up among other classes of
money. With the sale of bonds the
treasury is not only gaining gold, but
also gold certificates, having now on
hand of the latter $497,950.
The senate has confirmed the fol¬
lowing nominations: Thomas B. Fer¬
guson, of Maryland, envoy extraordi¬
nary and minister plenipotentiary to
Sweden; John Barrett, of Oregon,
minister resident and consul general
to Siam; ThomasR. Jernigan, of North
Carolina, consul general to Shanghai,
China ; Delaware Kemper, of Virginia,
consul lo Amoy, Chij> $; Jonn Malcolm
Johnstone, of South Carolina, consul
at Pernambuco, Brazil. Collectors of
customs—Marion M. Hutson, district
of Beaufort, S. C.; William R. Kee¬
nan, district of Wilmington, N. C.
The president Monday bent to the
senate the following nominations:
John Barrett, of Oregon, minister
resident and consul general of the
United States at Siam; Thomas R.
Jernigan, of North Carolina, United
States consul general at Shanghai,
China; United States consuls—Adolph
Bill hard, of Ohio, at Moscow, Russia;
Arthur Deeima, of California, at Ma
zatlan; John Malcolm Johnston, of S.
C., at Pernambuco, Brazil; Daniel C.
Kennedy, of Missouri, at Malta; Del¬
aware Kemper, of Virginia, at Amoy,
China; E. G, Mitchell, of Arkansas, at
Newcastle, New South Wales; George
W. Nichols, of New York, at Clifton,
Ontario; Marshall H. Williams, asso¬
ciate justice of the supreme court of
Arizona; John L. McAtoe, associate
justice of the supreme court of Okla¬
homa; United States attorney, Lytton
Taylor, of Tennessee, district of
Alaska.
No Work, No Pay.
Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, has in¬
troduced an amendment to the rules of
the house which he thinks if adopted
will prevent a repetition of the filibus¬
tering proceedings of the past few days.
The house had found it difficult to act
on account of a large number of its
members declining to vote and thus
breaking a quorum. Mr. Boatner’s
amendment to the rules provides that
the clerk of the house shall make a
note of each member present and not
voting and said member wben refusing
to vote and being present shall have
one day’s salary deducted. Mr. Boat¬
ner’s amendment further provides that
the speaker shall entertaiu no motion
to excuse a member from voting or to
refund a fine when the clerk has im¬
posed it. Mr. Boatner thinks when a
member’s salary is effected by this nol
voting he will always vote. The reso¬
lution has been referred to the com¬
mittee on rules.
A Steamer Gronnded.
The Eastern Line Steamship Com¬
pany at Philadelphia received a tele¬
gram Wednesday from Capt. James, dqd^L^
of the grounded steamer Oxford, th^PP
Key West, and which stated that
are eight feet water in the Oxford’s
hold and engine looms. It is feared
the vessel and cargo w r ill be a total
loss.
National Spiritualists.
The National Spiritual Society ■will
hold its annual encampment in Jack¬
sonville, Fla., hereafter. A contract
was closed Friday by which the sub¬
tropical buildings were leased for that
purpose.
Entombed Miners.
A cave-in took place Tuesday morn¬
ing in the Gaylord mine, at Plymouth,
Pa., operated by the Kingston Coal
Company. Thirteen miners, reported
to be in the pit, have been so far una¬
ble to escape.
EXPRESSIVE.
Teacher—What happened when the
man kilted the goose that laid the golden
egg? Dick Hicks—Ilis
goose was cooked.
— [Brooklyn Life.
THEY ESCAPE.
Jobbers (unhappily mated)—I wonder
if all men Who get married lead lives of
endless torture? ' .
them Enp-.-ck (bitterly)—Oh, no. Some of
die.—(Chicago Record.