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SOUTHERN RECORD SUCCESSOR TO (Si; Established ‘t 1890
VOL. XXV.
Tallulah Falls Ry. Co.
TIME TABLE NO. 2.
In Effect June 13, 1808.
no rr ; No 12
I'ttHft. STATIONS. (Mixed
Daily I ; i9?
except !
Sun’y |l
■Km 7 7 Arj P M
.. Tallulah Falls
5 50 I... Turnerville.. 12 45
", iO Anandale .. . 12 25
A 30 ..Clarkesville .1 12 05
6 45 . Demorest.. .. 11 50
7 P 00 MlAr .. ......Cornelia. . Lv ... j 11 M. 35
A.
North-Eastern Railroad
Time Table No. 3
Between Athens and Lula.
I I 9 ! 1 2 IO
Daily Daily STATIONS Daily Daily
P. M A M. Lv Ar A. M I*. M
8 20 11 05 W Lula N 10 50 8 00
8 35 11 22 I Gillsville 10 33 7 43
.
j 1
8 47 11 30 | Maysville 10 10 7 20
0 01 11 52 ; Harmony 10 03 7 13
9 15 12 07 Nicholson 0 48 (i 58
0 22 12 15 Center 0 40 6 50
0 :t5 12 30 |\V Athens D 0 25 0 35
P. M 1*. M. Ar Lv A. M P. M.
I I 9 I 2 IO
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SOUTHERN RAILWA1?»Z
MliraNl Sehnriulv of I'noenftr Train*
In Effect Oct. 16, 1898._
I Ve». No 18
Northbound. No.12 No. :jd Ex. No. M
Dally j Daily. Sun. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta, C. T. 7 50 a ! 12 00 m 4 85 p 885 *
" Atlanta, N E. T. 8 50 a 1 00 p 6 35 p *
M ororoM .... 0 30 a 6 28 p * ■
“ Buford------- 1005 « 7 08 p 83
“ Gainesvlll*... 10 35 a 2 22 p 7 43 p J
M Lula.......... 10 58 aif_> 42 p 8 08p
% J r. ▼. Toocoa....... Cornelia...... Mt. Airy..... 11 11 1180 58 25 a! a at.. f 3 3 00 30 p p 8 35 p ;> 25 •
•
Westminster 12 81 in! 4 03
fc>«nec*....... 12 62 p 4 15 p • 4 2 Ei ’3
Central ..... 1 46 pi 4
Greenville ... 3 34 j> 5 :fep l” • 5 45
Gaffney Spartanburg. 8 37 20 p (> p 6 7 37 15
*..... 4 i»; C 44 p ■
Blackepurg.. King's Mt. 4 88 p < 7 00 p ....... 7 7 35 58
6 03 p pi
Gastonia..... 5 25 ......, 8 20
Lv. Charlotte fl 80 p 8 22 p 9 25
Ar. Greensboro 0 52 p 10 43 p 12 10
Lv .Greensboro ......|10 50
Ar .Norfolk ... ...... 7 50
At. D anville .... 11 25 p 11 51 p 1 85 3
Ar. Richmond .. 6 40 a 6 40 6 25 p
Ar. Washington Baltm'e PRR. tocoea 42 a . 9 85 p
a . 11 36 p
** Philadelphia. 15 a| 2 66 a
~ New York ... ml 6 23 a
Fat. >1II Ves. No. 11
Beutlibonad. No. 35 No. 37 Daily
Dally. Daily.
Lv. N. Y..P.R.R. a T Sta-e-e-s
*' “ Phllmdelphia Baltimore. a
.. a
” W anhingtou. 11 ft 10
I.V. Richmond , 12 01 m 12 12 lOut
tv. Ly. Danville . 6 15 p; 5 60 85' a 6 10 n
Norfolk .... 9 p ......
Ar. Greensboro.. .... 6 45 ft.....
Lv. Greensboro P 7 05 a 7 SSftSSKfcBSSSIUSSiSSSSESS ft
Lv.Gastonia Ar. Charlotte . . .. iiu P 9 25 a 12 n
.... 10 P P
“ “ BlaAsburg King's Mt... .11 8sii£2 10 45 P ;;;
" Gaffneys.....|ll . p h P
p 10*58 a P -•
“ Spartanburg. 12 « 11 84 it I
“ GreenviUa.... 1 a 12 30 p
“ Central...... Nol7.
“ Seneca....... 2 ' 8: ' a i 33 p Ex.
" Westminster
** Toccoa...... S is. a 2 18 p Sun.
" Mt. Airy.....
* " - Cornelia..... Lula........ .:.f 3 oo"p 635 6 67 a
4 15 a f3 18 p a
“ Gainesville. 4 35 a 3 37 p P 7 20 a
** Buford ..... P 7 48 a
** Nore rose 6 25 a!........ 9 P 827 a
Ar. Atlanta. E. T 6 10 v n 4 55 p 10 930 a
Ar. Atlanta, C. T.I 6 10 ft 8 55 p 9 830 a
NORCROSSNOON THUnT
Dail y Except Sunday.
Lv. Atlanta, central time .......... 11 30
Ar. Nor cross, eastern time ..... l 15 P
LV. Norcross, eastern time .......
At. Atlanta, central time......... 220 p
••A ” a. m r P" p. m * M’' noon. “N” night
Nos. 37 and3c—Daiir. \5 asiiington and South-
western Vestibule Limitel. Through Pullman
Bleeping oars between New York and New Or-
Via class Washington. thoroughfare Atlanta and Birmingham. Firs*
coaches between Washing-
ton and Atlanta. Dining Cars serve all meals
u«ouon .t Forfoia for old POINT COMTOET
arnving there m time for breakfast.
Noa. 36 and 36— United States Fast Mail
runs solid between Washington and New Or¬
leans, via Southern Railway, A. & W. P. R. R.,
and L. & N. R. R., being composed of baggags
car paaaengerJP and coaches, of all through classes. without Pullman change drawing for
room sleeping oars between New York ana
New Orleans, via Atlanta and Montgomery.
Sleep-ng Leaving Washington each Wednesday, a tourist
car will rim through between Wash-
lngton No*. and San Francisco without change.
between 11,87, ;8 and 12—Pullman sleeping cars
Richmond and Charlotte, vi * Danville,
aonthbonnd Nos. 11 and 37, northbound Nos.
"bY^Vgakson. T 'i?i2Z££S-£*’" O.CTLP,
’kS.SJSsfe*. tSSfio
Washington. D. c. Atlanta. Ga.
D.M.SNELS0 N. (
JDeqtist.
Office in Davis Building, Doyle
street. Toccoa, Ga.
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quarter of a century, it stands to-day fore-
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Browns’Iron Bitters is sold bv ail dealers
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Burns, Bruises, Rheuma
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ENGLANDS’ NAVY IS
UNDER ORDERS
MUST BE READY IN 24 HOURS
Work On Two First Class Cruis*
ers Is Rushed Night and Day.
British Government issues Another
Blue Book in Which Salisbury’s
Attitude Is Shown to Be Firm
and Determined.
London, October 24.—The Brit¬
ish admiralty issued a number sig¬
nificant orders this morning, The
dockyards at Portsmouth, Deven-
port and Chatham have each receiv-
ed instructions to prepare six thirty-
knot torpedo boat destroyers for
commissioning, so that they will be
able to put to sea in twenty-four
hours.
Overtime hours have begun on
the hrstclass cruisers Europe and
Andromeda, so as to hurry them
f° r sea service. Several gunboats
in the different dockyards have
been ordered to postpone unneces-
sary refittig.
The British government will is-
sue anot her blue book tonight, the
most important feature of which
will be a dispach dated October
12th, from the maquis of Salisbury
to the British ambassador at Paris,
Sir Edmund Monson, reporting the
previous interview with Baron de
Courcel, in which the latter wished
to ascertain what solution of the
question was possible. In this dis-
patch the marquis of Sailsbury
says:
“I generally insisted that the
Nile valley had belonged to Egypt,
and that whatever diminution that
title had suffered by the mandi’s
conquest had been removed by the
victory at Omdurman. 1 1
The marquis of Salisbury then
pointed out the helplessness of Ma¬
jor Marchand\ position, which
Baron de Courcel denied,and final¬
ly the British premier, response to
Baron de Courcel’s suggestion, of¬
fered to supply Major Marchand
with food and ammunition in order
that he might be able to reach
French territory.
Baron de Courcel then said France
wanted an outlet to the Nile, and
the marquis of Salisbury requested
that the whole proposition be made
in writing.
This was the last interview be-
tween the ambassador and the pre¬
mier on this subject. Baron de
Courcel then went to Paris and it is
thought that proposition which he
brings tonight embodies the points
indicated in this conversation.
The Salisbury dispatch in conclu¬
sion said :
The extreme indefiniteness of
Baron de Courcel’s proposition
ma de it impossible forme to express
or to form an option relative to the
territory Bahr-el claimed by France in the
Ghazal region. 0 Under the
• ., ,.
Circumstances . the discussion , has
b «" of misapprehension.
I informed him . that it was in no
Way my dlltv j . tO . dlSCUSS , • tile , „ French ,
Claims now, but that in abstaining
therefrom I must not be understood
RS in linv degree , admitting .... their
validity."
I he blue , . book . also , contains .
III-
terestlllg . letters from Mustapha,
r
the regent of Egypt, to General
r
Kitchener . and Lord Cromer,
the
British diplomatic r agent, respec-
r
t,vel v ’ showins Egypt’s attitude.
-
He " r0te to General Kitchener
warmly thanking him for taking
possession of Fashoda and thereby
reconquering for Egypt the prov¬
inces which assure her existence and
from which she only rerired provis-
ionallv.
The regent in writing to Lord
Cromer protested against “the
French violation of Egyptian terri¬
tory,” adding that Egypt had nev-
er lost sight of the reoccupation of
the provinces of the Soudan, which
are the actual sources ot the Vitality .
of.Egyp' withdrew “<» owing " forces. h *<> ^ He o-iy
to al-
said . , . , ,
so that the reconquest of Khar-
toum would fail to have its effect if
the valley of the Nile was not re-
stored to Egypt. Mustapha con-
eluded with referringto the Anglo-
French discussion on the Question
“/ Know Not What the Truth May Be, I Tell the Tale as f Twas Told to Me. ”
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 28, I898.
of Fashoda, urging Lord Cromer to
use his good offices with the mar¬
quis of Salisbury “in order that the
incontestible rights of Egypt may
be recognized and that all the
provinces occupied be restored to
her.”
WILL MOBILIZE AT HALIFAX.
Halifax, N.S., October 24.—The
commanders of all warships ot the
British North American squadron
have received orders to mobilize at
Halifax.
The Pallas, Talbot and Indefati- .
gable will come here at once, to¬
gether with two torpedo boats de¬
stroyers now at Bermnda. The
torpedo boats at the dockyard are
being overhauled. The crew of the
flagship Renown will be sent to
Lawler’s Island this week for field
practice. The Renown went to
sea this morning for heavy gun
practice.
ENGAGED TO ONE;
MARRIES ANOTHER
Vivacious Tennessee Girl Startles
Her Friends By Romatic
Marriage.
Wartrace, Tenn., Oct. 24.—The
people of Shelbyville, Tenn.,
county, and Franklin, in an adjoin¬
ing county, were very much
prised this morning when the mar-
riage of Miss Saidee McFadden to
Mr. William Dale, of Columbia,
was made known.
Miss McFadden was engaged to
Mr. Lawson Wilhaile,a prominent
young business man of Shelbyville,
and they were to be married No¬
vember 9th.
The wedding was to be a swell
affair, and bridesmaids of Nashville
and Franklin were looking forward
to this society event; but the ro¬
mance connected with her marriage
to Mr. Dale somewhat makes up
for the regrets of society at not see¬
ing the beautiful bride.
Miss McFadden met Mr. Dale, a
prominent business man of Colum¬
bia about a year since, but having
so many admirers she hardly knew
which she did like the best. Mr.
Dale, however, came to Nashville,
where Miss McFadden was buying
her trousseau, and as a result they
were married last night by Dr.
Vance in the study at the Presby¬
terian church in Nashville, and af¬
ter the ceremony left immediately
for New York.
Mrs. Dale is one of the most
beautiful and popular young ladies
in the state,and of one of the finest
families. She was well known
here, having visited here often.
Maria Teresa Starts North.
Caimanera, Cuba, October 21.—
Unless there is some unforeseen de¬
lay, Captain Harris and Engineers
Sims, Gowes and Scott,of the Vul¬
can, and Captain Chittenden, of
the wreckers, agree that the Teresa
will start north next Thursday.
The cruiser will begin coaling on
Saturday. Steam is on in the en¬
gines daily. In filling the boilers
with fresh water today the pumps
became choked below
„ Roo mg , ot e ., t le quarters . abaft , the
smokestack and the decking is al-
most completed and the sand is
nearly removed from the bottom of
the hull. Work on a coffer dam
will be begun on Friday by a sea
crew from the Newark, Vulcan,
Cincinnati and the wrecking tugs.
The gunboat Sandoval is taking
°""rly r C fhcren^ner ry ‘°
an ea trialo
Other vessels now here are the
Cincinnati, the Glacier, the
mac, the Leonidas and the Caubet
and the schooners Polo, Taloa and
Palmer.
Remarkable Rescue.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plain¬
field, Ill., makes the statement.that
she cauget cold, which settled on
her lungs; she was treated for a
month by her family physician, but
grew* worse. He told her she was
a hopeless victim of consumption
and that no medicine could cure her.
Her druggist suggested Dr. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption ;
she bought a bottle and to her de-
light found herself benefitted from
first dose. She continued its use
and after taking six bottles, found
herself sound and well; now* does
her own housework, and is as well
as she ever was.—Free trial bottles
f ^ lv Dro^Store 1 _
Davis & Co., . Large
bottles 50 cents and $1.00.
' |Mm -GARDEN
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BOX IRRIGATION.
A Cbeap 5!ethod I'rncttced In Many
Seotinna of the Arid West.
The box irrigation practiced in some
p ar t s of the west is described by a writ-
j 1 er in Farm and Fireside as a cheap
method of saving fruit trees and vines
from drought and one which might be
adopted with profit by the fruit growers
an( j market gardenersof theeastern and
middle states. He says: It is easily
managed from any source of supply,
such as wells, ponds, creeks or springs,
and in dry seasons will return many
times the cost in increased yield of
fruits, melons and general vine prod¬
ucts. The boxes are made of rough
planks, usually about 6 inches square
and 18 inches iu length, and inserted
iu holes a foot or more in depth a few
inches from the trees to be irrigated.
Water is filled in the boxes and left
to find its way to the tree roots and
down as the main taproot conducts it
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j it
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BOX IRRIGATION.
until the moisture is taken up by the
many branches and rootlets. For vines
the boxes are smaller and may be made
from old tin cans, buckets, pieces of
tiling or any discarded vessel.
A favorite and handy device for con-
veying water from the source to the
boxes is found in Texas and Arizona and
consists of a barrel fastened to a two
wheeled cart or truck. The barrel is
filled and then wheeled about by hand
to the several boxes, where the irriga¬
tion water is turned in by means of a
short hose attached to the barrel. This
places the water where needed, pre¬
cludes all possibility of waste and over¬
comes the objections to surface irriga¬
tion.
The trees grow more thriftily and are
therefore less attacked by insects and
blight. Roots penetrate to a greater
depth, giving the tree a firmer hold and
preventing sprouts from coming up, as
they frequently do all about a surface
irrigated tree. The ground can be culti¬
vated at any time, and the surface soil
is free from water, grass and noxious
weeds brought on by surface irrigation.
An orchard, vineyard or melon patch
treated in this manner will yield better,
more uniform and salable fruits and
the fears of drought he banished.
Forced Lettuce In Pots.
At the Tennessee station lettuce seed
was sown in shallow flats of fine, rich,
sandy soil. The young plants were set
in similar soil in pots of various sizes,
and the pots were plunged close togeth¬
er iu a bed cf sand. In about a month
they were transplanted to permanent
beds containing eight inches of soil, one
part sand, one part well rotted manure
and two parts loam, to which was add¬
ed a liberal amount of muriate of pot¬
ash and dissolved rock phosphate. The
pots were set about a foot apart each
way and covered with one-half inch of
Boil. At intervals during growth the
plants received applications of a solu¬
tion of nitrate of soda. A month in this
bed was sufficient to mature the crop.
Hnmus In the Soil.
In arid regions and in sandy soils the
loss of humus is most severely felt. C7n-
d er these conditions the humus of the
soil should be “increased , by , the use of .
well prepared farm manures, green ma-
nures and by a systematic rotation of
crops in which grasses, or preferably
I P“*. “ y8
There are certain soils, however, that
do not need humus. “Ordinary prairie
soils for the first ten years after break-
ing are usually well supplied with hu-
mus. Swampy, peaty and mnek soils
; contain large a mounts of humus.”
Attachmei a For a Heavy Door.
! the need of some help in lifting it. A
pulley block used in baling fodder not
being in use at the time was drafted in-
to service by placing it at a convenient
position, as indicated in the illustra-
ROOT CELLAR DOOR.
tion, and with a small rope attached to
the door was found to be a great help
°P enin 8 it. The pulley may be at-
SeteiMji ' md should 'hold'the it8 being door
open> whi h wiU preTea ,
blown down when you are coming out.
I Push the Bacon Hog*.
j Push bacon hogs now as fast as poe-
j eible. Early peas, early sweet potatoes
and sorghum are now available and
should be fed as freely as is consistent
^tween^tbif and^kmin^time 6
large amount of pork can be made by
judicious feeding, remarks an exchange.
INSPECTORS ARREST
TWO MORE OF THEM
Government Detectives Breaking
Up a Swindling Gang.
Cartersville, Ga., October ai.—
And the plot thickens! This excla¬
mation will fit the scheme referred
to in a former special of parties in
the west of here to defraud the
the government, through the es¬
tablishment of nyw postoffices and
padding the mails for personal gain.
The postoffice inspectors are very
busy men just now, and the grists
of the federal courts will be of a
new character, from the material
that is being gathered in through
official vigilance. Out in the rural
confines the question is being com¬
monly asked : “And who’ll be the
next?”
As was stated last week, the
postoffice inspectors when they had
arrested Head and accomplices,
who were bound over to the United
States court, they were confident
they were only making a beginning,
and that the frauds referred to were
being practiced in a wide spread
area. It now seems that a regular
gang has been working the scheme,
in unsion with one another,through¬
out the counties of Haralson,Pauld¬
ing and Polk, in this state, and in
portions of Alabama,near the Geor¬
gia line.
TWO MORE ARRESTS MADE.
Chief Inspector Baird had no
sooner got his three men safe on the
road to justice last week than he
put his two special inspectors, Bass
and Peer, secretly at work to run
down some more of the crooked
gang. The men reconnoitered in
a territory in Haralson, near where
they had made the former arrests.
By secret manuevers they found
out enough on which to act, and
arrested William J. Carden, an¬
other carrier of mails, and Thomas
A. Beall, the assistant postmaster
at Besma, Ga. Being urged by
Carden, who expected .to thus get
his share of the proceeds,an amount
equaling three-fourths of the stamp
cancellation, Beall had been induc¬
ed to apply for a postoffice, and in
doing so asked that his wife,Nancy
E. Beall, be made postmistress.
He took the place of assistant, and
it turns out that his wife knew
nothing of her appointment, or the
establishment of the office. The
office was made to do a lively busi¬
ness, and fictitious mail that came
and w T ent made a nice income for
both the carrier and the man of the
office, working in conjunction.
Old newspapers were a chief vehicle
on which stamps were used, and
numbers of The Atlanta Constitu¬
tion were giving the paper’s circu¬
lation a renewed and lively boost,
as many were found, well covered
with stamps, traveling from one
postoffice to another, regularly reg¬
istered, and these were a prime
source of the detection.
Carden and Beall were brought
to this city ^ yesterday and were
tried . before . TT United . , States . r* Commis-
sioner Aaron Collins and bound
oyer to thc United states court un-
der bonds of $2,600 each.
Two others engaged in these frauds
were spotted ” bythe 7 inspectors, ^ but
have kept themselves out of their
grasp so far. Their arrest and those
of others are expeCted>as the inspec-
tors are hot on the track of all who
have had a hand in the nefarious
scheme.
Robbed the Grave.
A startling incident of which Mr
John Oliver of Philadelphia, was
the subject, is narrated by him as
fol'ows : “Iwasinamostdreadfr,.
condition. My skin was almost
yellow*, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually in back and sides,
no appetite—gradually growing
weaker day by day. Three physi-
cians had given me up. Fortunate-
ly a friend advised trying Electric
B'tters 'the and to S>tt1e mv ereat maZ iov and de4- sur-
nnse ’• first a
ded j j improvement. I T continued .-a
their use for three weeks and am
now a well man. I know they
saved my life, and robbed the grave
of another victim.” No one should
fail to try them. Only 50 cents per
bottle at E. R. Davis & Co’s drug
store.
The RecORD from now until
January I for 25cts.
HILL’S BOLD CHALLENGE.
New York’s Ex-Senator Calls the
Republican Party Down
For Claiming War Credit.
Washington, Oct. 24.—The dem¬
ocrats are greatly delighted over
Senator Hill’s speech Thursday
night at Br xoklyn. In this speech
was made the first satisfactory pre¬
sentation of the Avar question by
any prominent democrat in this
campaign. The democrats have
been afraid to dwell upon the war
lest they should make an issue
which woud be injurious to them-
selves.
There has been a great deal of
confusion of council in the party as
to the attitude to be assumed tow¬
ard the administration with relation
to tiie conduct of the war, and they
have also been afraid to anticipate
an issue with relation to the ques¬
tion of expansion, or so-called im¬
perialism. Consequently they have
been put in the position of prac¬
tically ignoring the war, and thi:-
has seemed artificial and unnatural.
The speeeh of Mr. Hill is hailed
as the democratic keynote on
the war question, and the dem¬
ocrats speak of it as a most effect¬
ive response to the claim expressed
or implied by the republicans in
the campaign that the credit of the
war should be given to that party,
and that the victory would be tar¬
nished should the democrats be suc¬
cessful in the elections this fall.
The democrats have wanted to say
to the country that the democratic
party was the original Cuban sym¬
pathizer; that the republican ad¬
ministration was forced reluctantly
into the war for liberty and human¬
ity and that for the actual glory ot
the war the democrats were as much
entitled to credit as any one else.
They have appeared, however, to
experience great difficulty in get¬
ting this view of*the question satis¬
factorily presented until now, and
it is probable that Mr. Hill’s speech
will be repeated by democrats ill
over the country during the rest of
the campaign.
One thing in the speech, howev¬
er, which is rather startling to some
democrats is where he refers to the
American flag calmly floating over
the newly acquired American terri¬
tory — “never, it is fondly hoped,
to be lowered again, ) J It is a lit-
tie uncertain whether Mr Hill has
in mind all the outlaying territory
under , dispute or whether i , , he con-
fines his fond hopes to Porto Rico
alone, but the expression savors a
broad expansive policy, which a
good many democrats contemplate
with ill favor. But Mr. Hill’s
speech will probably be regarded
as the complete presentation of the
democratic case with respect to the
war as an issue in this campaign,
and all that he has said on the sub-
ject will go together with very lit-
tie posibility of anyone venturing .
to take issue with him on this par-
ticular . , point, . , . the ,, risk . , ot c
running
provoking a genera! discussion of
the expansion question, which there
is a general desire should be kept
out of this campaign.
Another phase of the Hill speech
is that is likely to give the ex-sena¬
tor a renewed prominence in the
democratic party, quite inconsis¬
tent with his position in that party
heretofore since the adoption of
the Chicago platform. The speech
is designed to so shift ground as
to make the line of battle one of
party against party generally in-
stead of confining the struggle to
the one issue which the Chicago
p ,atfor m ists have constantly in
m , nd< j t j s regarded as evident
that Mr Hin is makin g a bold gtroke
to . his . . . the .
regain prominence in par-
ty and that he is likely to accom-
pli s h a good deal in this way by
-r * h . - suner su P enor ; or f torce orce and and
his ability and daring in dealing
with with a a difficult difficult nuestion question in in which which
the party sympathzes with him,
b u t has not had the skill to present.
Wants To Raise Vizcaya.
Philadelphia,October 24.—Lieu-
tenant Hobson arrived here today.
He says he thinks he can raise
Vizcaya but that the Oquendo is a
total wreck.
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.00 A YEAR
NO, 50.
PHILIPPINE HORSES.
An Opportunity For American Enterprise
In the Far East.
An Englishman traveling from China
to London was a caller in the editorial
rooms of The Horseman, says that pa¬
per, and while there gave much val¬
uable information concerning the re¬
sources of the various portu 311S of the
orient and the Philippine i.-lauds in
particular. Discussing the horsed h
common in the east, he said:
“Your government lias a splendid
chance to do much for the improver!' at
of the horses in the Philippines by send¬
ing over mares as well as geldings foi
the use of its cavalry. I have learned
that the army regulations here requii
that only geldings shall be purchased
for use in the cavalry and art ill :
branches of the service, but in view i .
the fact that the United Stiitf- will I •
found to undertake the entire re iucr
tion and reconstruction of affairs i • t :t
country it might make its err.a
mounts serve a dual purpose. Then...
will do very nearly as well as the f !< -
ings, and when the opportunity is p -
sented—that is, when the soldiers can
be sent home—the mares would bring
two or three times as much as the geld¬
ings. Besides the financial aspect of the
transaction, which, after all, is uuiiu-
poitant, the American mares would
make the very best sort of foundation
stock for a new and improved breed,
and it would not be long before tlicso
who obtained them could sell their prod¬
uce at very satisfactory figures, pro¬
vided American stallions should bo tak¬
en over there to mate with them. The
American mares might not perhaps bo
as satisactory in that country iu the
service as might to wished, for the
change of conditions will bo very groat,
but they will do as well as—in fact,
better—than any others for your sol¬
diers, and their progeny, reared in the
Philippines, will bo better than all oth¬
ers put together for use thero. Of course
your government is going to keep all
the territory it has conquered and for
which it has shed the blood of your
brave men, and it might just as well-
begin now as later the regeneration of
one special interest when it has the op¬
portunity to do so by sending marcs in¬
stead of unsoxed animals for the use of
the soldiers. There will bo plenty of
bidders for the mares w hen there is no
further use for them, not only among the
residents of the islands themselves, but
among the residents of other parts from
three to five days’ sail from Manila,”
Better Horses.
The man who attends the races on
the grand circuit cannot fail to observe
an improvement in the horses that take
part in them. Of course there has been
a great advance in the matter of speed,
as the records show. But there has been
a wonderful improvement in other re¬
spects also. The trotters are much bet¬
ter gaited than of yore, and many of
them require little booting or weight¬
ing in order to go right. Improve:; nt
in shoeing may be credited with a p:u n
of this, but better horses are the r am
cause. So far as sticking to the trot is
concerned there is no comparison with
the old time trotter with his freer i
breaks. Among the pacers the impr ) -
ment in gait has been marvelous. To
old wiggler is no more, and the smoot h
gaited modern pacer is about as smo r li
as anything that goes iu harness. So 1 .r
as the quality and style of both trotters
and pacers go there has been a great
advance. The horses of the present day
we more “breedy” looking, but too
many of them are small, and here is
fche greatest objectiou to the American
harness horse. There is room for v, t
improvement in the size ot <>m uoi ,
and this must come if they are to re¬
main in favor as road and coach hors
Breeders have demonstrated that ! ii
size and quality are possible in conu<
tion with speed, and the three form F o
too rare combination that conn , i
big money in market and on the t . £
alike.—American Stockman.
Mule Meat Id Oregon.
One day last week, while the boys
were out riding the range for hor-
they got hungry for meat, and as eating
cattle is equivalent to eating gold B y
slew a young mule and ate him. To y
all say J that it was the finest steak that
ever found its way into their iuteri ,
and we may expect a shortage in the
mule market in the near future. Out
of the generosity of their h arts tb y
Bent a chunk of the mule to the editor,
without stating what kind of animal it
was cut from, and as it looked blacker
than the beef we bad been used to and
as we knew tbe boys were riding for
horses and not for cattle we thought it
was horse cutlet and turned it over to
Mrs. Journal to feed her chickens, with
the result that for several days the eggs
had a darker hue and a richer flavor
than ever before Had wo known it
was mule it might have been all right,
but we draw the line at horse for table
use.—Fossil Journal.
Late Fall Fig..
The only pig that will attain size
enough to safely pass the winter is one
W.'
raised pigs in the fall, and that, too,
when we had tbe advantage of abase-
Bien t bam to provide warm quarters
{Qr them yet the growth daring the
winter, notwithstanding goed feed, was
never satisfactory. There is too little
mnlight during the winter months, and
if the pig is kept warm without sun-
light it is usually at the expense of.
P°° r ventilation. Without good air no
^ maintain good digestlon cr
^^1,! healthy.
Breeding Off t.be Horns.
It is yet not a certain fact that horns
can be bred off by coupling animals
that have been dehorned either while
very young or at a later age. It wouldi
Bee*n after dehorning calves for a score
of years, as many have done, that more
or less of the young would have no abil¬
ity to produce horns.—Boston Culti¬
vator. j
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