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THE ATHENS BANNER: THURSDAY HORNING. JANUARY 13, 1891.
SENTENCEDI
Lancaster, Clements and Hall
Have Life Sentences.
A Foul Crime on the Pages of
Georgia History
THE GOLD KINGS
Great Confidence Expressed by
New York Bankers.
But They Speak Out Against
the Silver Bill.
Part I .lly Vindicated—'The State of Geor*
K la Ix»t a Good Citls.n When Capt.
Forayth «ai Aaaaa»lnate<|—The Ohio
Penitentiary Will Receive Hla Slayers
as Hostages for the Cowardly Crime.
Macon, Ga_, Jan. 7.—The great con
spiracy case has ended, and with its
ending the homes of three once happy
familes have been darkened, and happi-
ness there has forever ended.
In passing sentence upon the prison*
ers, Judge Speer ordered them to stand
„p, when ha proceeded with the un
pleasant and painful duty.
The sentences are as follows :
To you, John JL Lancaster, the oourt
will observe that, while your crime was'
great, it does not appear to be as heinous
as that of your associates. While you
undoubtedly participated is this conspir
acy to a certain extent, the court does
not esteem you as guilty as the wen with
whom you -ere leagued, and believes
that vo'i were to some extent dragged
into the wrong, and it will, therefore,
temper justice with mercy.
It is therefore ordered by the court
that you be imprisoned in the Ohio pen
itentiary for the full term of six years,
and that you be liued the sum of $1.
Further, that you be denied the right to
hold office or to exercise the right of
suffrage, or jiositions of honor, for the
balance of your natural life. The court
would express the hope that your heart
will lecome changed during the period
of your confinement, and that you will
return to your wife and little ones at the
end of that time a lietter man.
To vou, Louis Knight, the court will
observe that you apjiear to l>e deeply in-
rui. :d in these transactions, which have
made one of the best portions of our
great elate a perfect pandemonium. The
court excluded from the jury the fact
that this was not your first attempt at
ss-assination, and allowed them to judge
you on the merits of this case. It is
therefore ordered that you be imprisoned
in the Ohio penitentiary for the full term
of ten years, and that you pay a fine of
$1. Further, that you lie denied the right
to hold office, or exercise the right of
suffrage or to hold positions of honor
during the balance of your natural life.
Knight shed tears while the sentence
was being pronounced.
Iniprliunert for Life.
To you, Wright Lancaster, the court
will observe, that yen. ati officer entrust
ed with the enforcement of the law,
have used that high office to pervert the
cuds of justice and to plan and execute
the most dastardly crime. The fact that
while in the exercise of your honorable
position you slept with and were in
league with a convicted criminal and lu-
gitive, is enough to condemn you in the
eves of all. Your youthful appearance
would evoke sympathy for you, but the
lieiuousness of your crime and a regard
for the law, makes it necessary that jus
tice lie done, ami these things must fail
to intercede for you. It is therefore or
dered tluit you l»e imprisoned in the Ohio
penitentiary for the full term of your
natural life.
To )uu, Charles Clements, the court
will observe that white you appear
sieeped in infamy for a long time, it
seems that you ha\e allowed yourself to
l«e made a tool of in c arrying out this
awful crime. Littlesymjiathy can be ex
pressed tor you, but the court expresses
a feeling of commisseratiou for that
poor old father who, in Ids last moments,
must witness this ordeal, and whose head
is bowed by his son’s disgrace. It is,
therefore, ordered that you be impris
oned in the Ohio penitentiary for the full
term of your natural life.
Clements wept freely while the judge
«]H>ke these words.
'lo you, Luther A. Hall, the court
would heap its greatest condemnation
Occupying as you did an influential posi
tien in the community in which you
lived, yr.u have used this |H;.,tion to en-
outa-e crime of the vilest character.
Through the rulings of this court you
were tmnle to-u.Ter for yotu elToris at
infringing on the rh'lits of othe.s and
apply ing to your own end.- •).« projierty
ol oilievs, and it «tu in rev. „•*<• for this
punishment, and through desire to
•till continue your unlawful and dishon-
able course, that you planned and had
executed this foul conspiracy and
murder.
The court is as fully satisfied of your
guilt as if it had seen you fire the gun
that sent the buckshot crashing through
the brain of that noble. noiiaUe and lov
able man, John C. Forsyth. You not
only deprived this man of his life, but
you have influenced others into a crime
that has brought uiton them lasting dis
grace and punishment in vindication of
the blow that struck out the life of Capt.
Forsyth. All of these circumstances cry
for vengeance.
The court hopes that after ridding that
God-favoieil section of your poisonous
and dastardly influence; after having re
moved from that fair county the evil
spirit that has kept it in a constant tur
moil, and which your crimes made nox
ious, it may blossom anew, and become
the home of a happy and prosperous peo
ple. You are sentenced to the Ohio
penitentiary for the full term of your
natural life.
A motion for a new trial has been filed.
A Narrow Escape.
Madison, Ga., Jan. 7.—The engine
which propels the gin machinery of Mr.
Ben. F. Thomas, a prosperous young
farmer of this county, exploded Tuteday
morning, and landed in the ginhouse,
going through the top of the building.
A negro’s hand was severely scalded, hut
no lives were lost.
The Republican Mail mod ExpreM GeU
Interview* to Show That the Silver Bill
Should Not Be Passed—The Bankers
the Situation la All Bight—Down
on the BUI.
New Yore, Jan. 7.—The M»n and
Express prints two columns of inter
views with leading financiers of this city
on the business situation and outlook for
silver legislation.
Henry Clews says: “The financial sit
uation is is improving, and money will
soon become superabundant. Confidence
is returning."
Edmund D. Randolph, president of
the Continental bank, says: “The out
look is excellent for a conservative revi
val of business. The financial problem
is solving itself very satisfactorily, and
would continue if freed from fear of tin,
wise financial legislation.”
Henry A. Cannon, president of Chase
National bank, says: “The general finan-
C !i 8 l^ ua ^ on ** much better than expect
ed. I expect a healthy reaction during
the year. I hope no silver legislation
wdl be had during this session of con
gress.”
J. Edward Simmons, of the Fourth
National bank, says: “The financial sit
uation is constantly improving. I think
the passage of the silver bill would do
Efeef iujury and cause general inflation.”
William Dowd, president of the Bank
of North America, is quoted to the
effect.
. Louis E. Ransom, president of the Na
tional Bank Deposit, said: “There’s
money enough and silver enough. I
hope and believe the silver bill will will
not pass.”
Isador Wormser. Jesse Seligmon, W.
H. Slocum, president East River Savings
bank; E. A. Quintard, president Citizens'
Savings bank; David Ledworth, comp
troller Emigrant and Industrial Savings
hank, are quoted as saying that the finan
cial outlook is favorable and opposing
free coinage.
A BAND OF ITALIAN RUFFIANS.
They Enter a Church and Drive Out
the People.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Parkersburg, W. Ya., Jan. 5.—A
band of Italian ruffians are terrorizing
the people of Alum Cave, Wayne
county.
People have been beaten and robbed
on the streets by the gang, and two or
three nights ago while a festival was in
progress the gang entered a church and
drove out the people'and took what was
valu. b e. On Friday night the home of
a ci tizen was entered, bis two sons were
tied and the house was robbed.
A CHILD’S FEARFUL DEATH.
A Little Clrl Burns to Death on the
Thunderbolt Road.
Special by Nona Telegram Association.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 7 —The little
ten-year-old daughter of John Brantly,
engineer of the Savannah Cotton mills,
was burned to death yesterday after
noon while playing around the bon
fire in a lot near her home on the Thun
derbolt road.'
She and several other other children
were building brush fires in the lot.
One of the fires did not burn, and the
little girl poured kereosene on the em
bers.
The flames flashed up, and igniting
her dress, her body was in an instant
enveloped In a blaze. She ran toward
her home, but her running fanned the
tire, and she fell exhausted a short dis
tance away. When help reached her,
not a shred of clothing was left on her
body, ami the flesh was burned in
frightful manner. She was conscious
and was tenderly carried in the house,
aud Drs. Elliott and Wegeforth were
summoned. Nothing could be done ex
cept to allay her suflerings, and she
was kept under the iuflnence of chloro
form until she died.
RAILROAD DIRECTORS.
The Annual Meeting In Savannah—The
Kesnlt Satisfactory.
Satan ah, Jan. 5.—All the old board
of Centnil railroad directors have been
re-elected, except the late Judge Chis
holm, for whom Col. Uriah Harrold of
Americus, was substituted.
The Richmond Terminal voted 42,000
shares. The other voting was small.
The board stands:
E. P Alexander. J. K. Garnett, E. M.
Green, Absalom Vetburg, James Hall,
C. H. Phinizy, Pat Calhoun, John C.
Calhoun, S. M. Inman, H. T. Inman, E.
P. Howell, James Swann, U. B. Har
rold. All the directors, except Hugh
Inman, are in the city. °
They say Gen. Alexander will be re
elected president
EMMA ABBOTT DEAD.
Sh« Was Playing an Engagement at Salt
Lake—A Sail Event.
Salt Lake, Utah Jan. 0. Emma Ab
bott, the prima dona, is dead.
She came here to fill a four night’s
engagement, and despite the advice of
her phyeicians went on the stage the
first night. The next day she was taken
alarmingly ill with pneumonia, and
failed rapidly ever since. Her physi
cians saw she could not live. She was
totally unconscious until death ended
her life.
The voice that drew new beauties
from “Home, Sweet Home” and “Last
Ki.se of Summer is hushed forever.
Stabbed to Death.
Atlanta, Jan. 5.—About 7 o’clock
Sunday morning one negro killed another
in the Kimball house kitchen. A keen-
bladed pocket-knife was the instrument
of death. Both men were cooks. The
quarrel originated in tiie most trifling
dispute, concerning where a saucer
should be placed. After the killing the
murderer escaped, and nothing has been
heard of him since.
Shocking Crime .Tost Come to Light.
Elmira. N. Y., Jan. 5.—A shocking
crime has been committed here. On
June 18, last, J. Frank Warren was shot
and killed by his 16-year-old son, Her
bert, at their home in this city, about 2
o’clock in the morning, while father and
mother were quarreling. The son said
that he fired the shot in defense of his
mother. It has just come to light.
A SCATHING REBUKE.
Meeting of the Carolina Legislature.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Raleigh, N. C,, Jan. 7.—The legis
lature met at noon, and the house elec-
R. A. Boughton speaker. Lieut.
Gev. Holt presided in the senate. The
Alliance largely controls both branches,
but no Alliance member was presented
for speaker, though all the candidates
were in sympathy with that organiza
tion. The senatorial outlook is that
there will be no opposition to the re-
electidfi of Senator Vance, but there
may be instructions relative to his sup!
porting the sub-treasury bilL
A $500 Blaze.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Ei.burton, Ga., Jan. 7.—One of the
buildings of the Asylum of the Poor of
Elbert county, was burned last night.
The fire was evidently the work of an
incendiary. The loss was about $500.
No insurance.
THE UNITED STATES
COURT.
A Christian Chinaman.
Atlanta, Jan. 7.—Last Sunday,
the morning service at the Christian
church, a good looking Mongolian came
forward and expressed to Rev. T. M.
Harris his desire to affiliate with the
church, showing credentials that he was
a regular member of that denomination.
Me waa received cordially by Dr. Harris.
if roxrxi a.< nrs.
Or you arc nil worn out, n ally good for noth-
Ing, it la general aeoilitv. Try
JtKOKX’.S II OX ilJTTE&S.
It will cure you, ol.-anse youi liver, and give
ago-A appetite.
Some One Should Stir It up Again.
Where is the United States District
Court?
And echo mournfully answers,
where?”
The concerted movement among the
lawyers to secure a United States Dis
trict Court for Athens has been follow
ed but by meager results.
At onetime our prospects were unus
ually bright to secure it, but there seems
be a screw loose somewhere now,
and they are materially overshadowed.
The legal fraternity lent their utmost
exertions to push the project through
but there seems to be a hitch some-
here.
Will some one “rise to explain?”
HE HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD OF.
Mr. Walter Smith Who Lives Near
Big Creek, In Oglethorpe, Still
Missing.
Some forty days since, Mr. Walter
Smith, a young farmer of Oglethorpe,
took French leave tf kith aad kin and
mysteriously departed.
His wife was deeply distressed, not
liaviug the slightest clue to his where
abouts, nor any knowledge of the mo
tives that influenced him.
He left two little children, and it is
all the mother cau do to keep the wolf
from the door.
To this day she has never received the
faintest intimation of his whereabouts,
and the wholecommunityare mystified.
This Isa Better Arrangement.
Special by News Telegram A bO_-iat on
WAMiiNGTuN, D. C.. Jan 7.— By
ord.-r l—ued the secretary of the war
ipprovrd by the president today, the
de Indian question, so far as the
Sioux are Concerned, is taken out of
he Mamls of the Interior department
transferred to military ordor. Xhi
I:.-places the Interior department Indi
an agents in the Sinux country, anil
delegates four army officers to act in
their places. • -*
Harmony Grove Items.
Harmony grove, Ga , Jan. 7.—
[Special ]—The new schedule on the
Northeastern is the subject of complaint
among our citizens generally.
Col. J no. C. Turner, a prominent at
torney of Jefferson, was in the Grove
yesterday on professional business.
Mr. S. W. Jackson, one of Jackson
eou ty’s mo9t prosperous citizens is in
the Grove this morning circulating
among his many friends.
The election for county officers today
is pacing ofl very quietly indeed in tne
Grove, ami very, few voters have turned
out to exercise their priviledge as
electors.
Dr. Will Hardman . and Prof. Chas.
Walker have returned to the Grove
from a very pleasant visit to friends in
Monroe, Ga.
The spring term of the Harmony
Grove Hign School opened last Monday
under the most flattering auspices.
One hundred and one students have en
rolled their names and many more are
expected to enter soon.
A meeting of the citizens of Harnmo-
ny Grove was called last night for the
purpose of electing a mayor and four
aldermen for the present year. Hon.
T. E. Key was unanimously nominated
for mayor and Messrs. F. M. Hubbard,
E. B Anderson, Jno. D. Barnette and
D. C. Nichols for aldermen. A better
set of affairs could not have been chosen,
and our town is certainly to be con
gratulated upon having the beat set of
men in Georgia to rule over her deating
for the year 1801.
Rev. Lee Speak* Out In Meeting—What
He Say* of the Matter.
Atlanta, Jan. 5.—Rev. J. W. Lee, in
in his sermon at Park street Methodist
church in West End, Sunday morning,
incidentally paid his respects to the con
troversy now going on in Douglasville,
Ga., between the Revs. Arinistead,
Methodist, and Carswell, Baptist.
He said that no earthly good could
come out of such a controversy, and that
both of these ministers would be much
better employed if, instead of making
discord and antagonism over a question
which was not essential to salvation, they
would use the same energy to the direc
tion of sinners to the path of heaven.
They both agreed on baptism, but it
was the manner in which it should be
performed that they were distressing
themselves about, to the dissatisfaction
and injustice of both of the churches for
which they claimed to speak. They
were behind the times, and should have
lived 800 years ago, when religious big
otry and intolerance was the character
izing 8eutiment of the period. Just such
useless controversies as this did the cause
of religion more harm than good. .
Dr. Lee spoke with earnestness, and
evidently had die sympathy of his con
gregation. He characterized the Douglas-
viile debate as the work of “religious
cranks,” or words to that effect, and said
that it could not be looked upon as a
church matter, for it was not conducted
iu the spirit of the church nor of the
Lord.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS BY WIRE
A MINISTER SUICIDES.
Eight hundred employes of Millvale
Iron Works, of Penn., are idle.
Mayor Hemphill, of Atlanta assumed
the duties of his office today.
The Third Presbyterian church was
dedicated yesterday.
The Force Bill will be disposed of this
week.
Whit Bonner, a negro boy was shot
accidentally and killed in Sparta, Ga
yesterday.
Banker Dow’s son, of Denver, Col.
married an actress and yesterday at
tempted suicide.
Cha9. D. Barker, a prominent jour
nalist of Atlanta is on trial for criminal
libel.
Three brothers named Rooney have
died violent deaths in Plattsburg, one
frozen, another killed by a runaway
horse, and the third burned to death in
a barn yesterday.
Dr. Armistead in his discussion at
DouglasBville stares that John the Bap
tist was justly beheaded and is now in
perdition if he baptized by immersion
James Claybourne and Sylvester
Spangle, of Knoxville, Tenn., bad
quarrel and killed each other yesterday
The body of Capt. Wallace, who was
killed by the Indians in South Dakota
passed 'through Atlanta today on its
way to Yorkvllle, S. C., where it will
be interred.
For Malaria* Liver Trou
ble* or Indigestion* use
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
Fifty People Killed-
Special by Hew* Telegram Association.
London, Jan. fi.-Tbe Times has a
di-patch from Vienna stating that no a
result of the explosion which occurred-
After Preaching a Good Sermon He
Hangs Himself.
Sptcial by Seva Telegram Association.
Jug Tavern, Ga., Jan. ff.—Rev. P.
Williams committed suicide here by
hanging himself.
He lived about ten miles from bere,
and near Mt. Moriah Baptist church in
Jackson county. He preached an un
usually good sermon last Sunday and
seemed to be very restless until Wed
nesday, when he went to his barn and
fastened a chain to one of the beams of
tbe loft, adjusted the chain around his
neck and leaped to his death.
Mr. Williams bore an excellent char
acter and was a model man. Evidently
be was insane when tbe rash act was
committed.
Rlcnest In the State.
Special by News Telegram Association.
Raleigh, N. C., January 7.—Hon
Paul C. Cameron died today at Hills
boro, age eighty-three. He was the
wealthiest citizen o> the State. He had
occapied many positions of trust, and
bad been president of the North Caro
lina railroad, director in several banks,
railroads, etc., was a large planter in
Alabama, Mississippi ami North Caro
lina. and was the largest stockholder in
the cotton mills at Augusta N. C.
Morgan’s County Election.
Madison, Ga., Jan. 7.—[Special.]—
The election was close and warm.
Treasurer High is 22 a*>ead at county
precincts. The vote is not counted in
this city. W. R. Dankle, tax collector;
H. C. Fears, sheriff; R 8 Snffold, tax
receiver; coroner, G. P. Deaton;; sur
veyor. C. B Barrow; clerk, C. W. Bald
win. The above men are elected so far
as returns show. Heavy vote polled.
No disturbance.
VANCE WILL GET IT.
DISTRICT
A USEFUL TOOL.
THE DEATH OF MR. KITTLE.
What His Son Says in Regard to It.
Mr. Editf'i, Dear Sir: I write to de
scribe the death of father, giving the
exact particulars. Father went to
town twice on the day that he died and
came home home after his last trip, at
supper time, and after sitting to the ta
ble he remarked that he could not eat,
and leaving the table went out to an
out house.
In about a half hour mother thought
she heard some one call her and she
went out to hunt him and it was then
that he was first discouered dead in the
out house.
He was carried into the house and
the next morniug the coroners jury pro-
uouned it hemorrhage of the lungs.
The night before he was stricken down
he awakened my mother and said:
Knock and it shall be opeued, seek
and it shall be found,” and lie blessed
her baby the night before he died.
Respectively,
Jas. M. Kittle.
Paid Up.—After several days of con
finement in the calaboose, Wm. Wing
field was released yesterday on his
planking down the dust to ihe amount
of $100 and costs. William paid dearly
for his whistle and it will be some days
before lie will again sell his seductive
“sweet cider.”
THE ANGEL OF DEATH,
A Sad Death In Athens Yesterday.
Yesterday as the clock tolled eleven
strokes the soul of Mr. Christopher
Whaley passed into eteruity. Mr.
Whaley is a nephew of our esteemed
townsman, Dr. Win. Whaley, and he
came here from Charleston, S. C. His
health has been declining for some time
and his death was not at all unexpected
bv the kind watchers who stood around
his bed.
Mr. Whaley passed from this earth in
the meridian of a noble and useful life
and he leaves behind a large circle of
friends to mourn his death.
He is well knnwn in South Carolina,
and belongs to a family of wide connec
tions, some years since he embarked in
business in Athens but was compelled
to withdraw an account of failing
health.
He leaves behind him a wife and two
children to mourn bis loss.
To the bereaved family we tender our
sincere sympathies.
The funeral services will occur at 12
o’clock today at the house, and the re
mains will be conveyed to Charleston
for interment.
Contrivance Especially Designed for
Destroying Purslane.
A correspondent writing for the bene
fit of Popular Gardening says in regard
to the tool shown in the ent:
I built it for use in eradicating purs
lane. The one I made is for use in my
grape nursery, where the rows are eight.
FARM AND GARDEN.
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION OF IN
TEREST TO RURAL READERS.
TOOL FOR DESTROYING PURSLANE,
een to twenty inches apart. Where rows
are farther apart it would have to be
larger. This, tool has mnch the look of
a cultivator at work, with the ends re
versed. In using it we let the weeds get
large enough to pull nicely from in the
row, cultivate with a common horse or
hand cultivator, following with the tool
described, and if the rows are not too
long it will clean them perfectly. If it
shonld be necessary to unload before
getting to the end of the row lift the tool
without stopping the horse; this leaves
it iu a bunch, when it cau be carried
from the field if desired, though it will
nearly all die in the pile. For the teeth
1 use round iron one-half or five-eighths
inch. Have the teeth about three inches
apart and one in the center behind. I
cut tbe iron for teeth about fourteen
inches.
What a Home Would Say Could He Speak.
Don’t hitch me to an iron post or rail
ing when the mercury is below freezing.
Don’t compel me to eat more salt than
I want by mixing it in my oats. I know
better than any other animal how mnch
I need.
Don’t think because I go free under
the whip that I don’t get tired.
Don’t think because I am a horse that
iron weeds and briars won’t hurt my hay.
Don’t whip me when I get frightened
along the road, or I will expect it next
time and maybe make trouble.
Don't trot me up hill, for I have to
tarry you and the buggy and myself too.
Don’t keep my stable very dark, for
when I go out into the light my eyes are
Injured, especially if snow be on the
ground.
Don’t say “Whoa” unless you mean it.
Ttach me to stop at that word.
Don’t make me drink ice cold water
nor put a frosty bit in my mouth. Warm
the bit by holding it a half minute
against my body.
Don’t forget to file my teeth when
they get jagged and I cannot chew my
food. When I get lean it is a sign that
my teeth want tiling.
Don’t ask me to “back” with blinds
i. I am afraid to.
Don’t run me down a steep lull, for if
anything should give way I might break
your neck.
Don’t put on my blind bridle so that it
irritates, my eye, or so leave my forelock
that it will be in my eyes,
A Poultry House Described Which After
Several Years’ Trial la Recommended
as Combining More Advantage* Than
Do Some of the Elaborate Structure*.
The homemade poultry house depicted
is described as follows by Prairie Farmer:
The main building is 14 or 16 feet long
and 5} feet wide. Front post 8 feet high,
rear poets 6 feet high. The floor is 3i
feet foom ground, above which is a drop
door, running the entire length of the
building, 18 inches wide. Eighteen inch
es below the roof is the window, which
is made by using two pieces of 4-inch
ceiling, placed 8 or 10 inches apart, with
the panes of glass slid into the grooves.
They should be placed close together in
winter, but in summer can be slid a few
inches apart to admit air. A few slats
shonld be nailed back of them to pre
vent accidents from domestic evictions.
The roosts are S feet above the floor,
18 or 20 inches apart, and are secured
at the ends by nails. The laying room
is attached to the north end, which
affords a double protection to the
sleeping department, besides being very
convenient for a storeroom. Its advan
tages are that in gathering eggs or look
ing after “sitters” yon are in a clean
room, and do not have to disturb the re
mainder of the flock. This part may be
made 10 feet long and 5 feet wide, ex
tending it several feet in front of main
building, to serve as a wind break. The
furniture consists of anything at hand-
old boxes, half barrels, etc. In the
basement is the winter feeding place.
It is a protection during rain and storm.
By putting in slatted partitions yon
The Iron King?
SEVENTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE in tba
•ale of luia
S3PJLE2STDID
COOK STOVE
justifies us in saying that it
HAS NO SUPERIOR
in all the points that make a FIRST-CLASS
COOK STOVE. We unhesitatingly recom
mend it as
ABSOLUTELY THE BEST AND
CHEAPEST STOVE
of the class in the market. The IRON KINO
uas been beautified and improved this season.
Jail and see it and the
Largest and Best Selected
Stock ot‘ Stove ;, Grates.
Ranges, in the
City.
K E. JONES & GO.,
209 Broad St.
CONVENIENT HOME MADE POULTRY HOUSE
have a jail for surplus sitters, also a
place to confine mothers with brood,
which when old enough can go upstairs
to roost. The droppings can be taken
out at the drop door. All you have to
do is to raise i£, and with a hoe rake out
the manure into a wheelbarrow, replace
straw, litter or dry earth, and yon will
find it a pleasure to take care of your
poultry.
Spring Dwindling of Bees.
At the annnal meeting of the Inter
national Beekeepers’ association the ques
tion was asked, “Is spring dwindling
greater when bees are wintered inside
than out of doors?” A. L Root said
that when the bees were wintered out of
doors and had a chance to fly every
month they came out stronger and were
better able to go through ApriL E. R.
Root thonght that the loss from spring
Don’t be so careless of my harness as to dwindling was greater when wintering
find a great sore on me before you at
tend to it.
Don’t lend me to some blockhead that
h:us less sense than I have.—Farm Jour
nal.
Extremes in Breeding.
There have always been two classes of
extremists in the matter of theories of
breeding. One class has held tbe idea
of securing perfect lineage regardless of
any other consideration. The other has
sought a perfect model with altogether
too slight a regard of the importance of
line breeding. The fallacy of both theo
ries has been well demonstrated in the
history of several prominent breeds of
stock, and the common sense of today,
based upon the developments of the in
dustry in the last hundred years, deter
mines that the true theory is the mean
between these two. Lineage should be
as nearly perfect as possible, and still it
cannot be safely sought at the expense
of physical qualities. These qualities,
too, cannot be perpetuated, let the excel
lences be what they may, without the
aid of pure blood as a means of securing
fixity of type. In the revival of the
breeding industry to which intelligent
stockmen everywhere are looking for
ward we believe that those who occupy
a medium ground, will lead in their
business.—National Dairyman.
indoors, as the bees in the cellar were
often suffering from the temperature
being too hot or too cold—a matter over
which the beekeeper had but little con
trol. John Nan said that in severe
winters the bees wintered better indoors,
in mild winters out of doors. He did
not put his boos in the cellar unless the
temperature got very low early in the
winter. R. McKnight had wintered both
ways for about ten years, and found that
they dwindled more when wintered in
the cellar. He thought the cause was
the lack of proper ventilation to the
cellar. He thought the weak looking
condition of the bees wintered in the
cellar was due to their ill health, owing
to the lack of pure air during the con
finement He thought, however, that in
hard winters cellar wintering could be
carried on with less loss than outdoor
wintering.
Increase the Supply of Manure.
The supply of manure may be easily
doubled by gathering np the wastes ot
the barn yard and the swamps and other
coarse matters, which are increased in
value by mixture with the manure in
the yards, or by composting with lime.
Abundance of absorbent matters are re
quired to hold the liquid manure and
prevent waste of it. The best of all ab
sorbents is dry swamp muck. It will
hold twice its weight of liquid, and, if
properly used, saves the almost unavoid
able loss of the liquid manure which will
oocur under the most careful manage
ment without the use of plenty of ab
sorbents. Thousands of farmers pur
chase costly fertilizers who might by &
little foresight and labor gather as mnch
fertilizing matter in the fall and prepare
it for use through the winter as wonld
amount in value to the cost of the fertil
izers they buy every year.—American
Agriculturist.
Agricultural Item*.
Virginia’s peanut crop is estimated at
8,000,000 bushels.
The woods in Maine furnish a large
percentage of the Christmas trees for
New York state.
The increased fund provided by the
new Morrill bill will be used at the Iowa
college to maintain a dairy achooL
The English Shropshire association of
fers a prize of $483 for the best Shrop
shire sheep exhibited at the World’s fair.
The Belgian breed of draft bones
attracted attention at the late American
horse show at Chicago for their uni
formity of type and excellent quality.
Some of our progressive farmers have
tried covered barnyards with financial
success; othem do not report so favor
ably on them.
Suggestion* About Firewood.
Wood is invariably bought and sold
by the cord, the purchaser stipulating
that it shall be “body wood;” that is, ex
clusive of “limb wood.” The only rea
son for this is body wood packs closer,
aud there is from one-fourth to one-third
more weight in a certain bnlk of it. On
this account much of the limb wood is
not trimmed out, bat goes into the brush
pile and is wasted, says a contributor to
The New York Tribune. Round wood
will burn longer in a stove than split
wood, because flames cannot so readily
attack the grain of the timber, and con
sequently is more valuable. Were wood
sold by weight the branches would find
as ready market as the body. I once
saw a table of weights of a cord of vari
ous kinds of wood, both dry and green.
If somebody would publish it they would
do good thereby. The weight of a cord
of green and a cord of dry maple or beach
would be something of a guide. There
is deceit sometimes in the way the seller
ranks np wood. Purchasing by the cord
is vague and unsatisfactory; weighing
wonld suit both rides.
A Word About Incubators.
If an incubator is to be used, and es
pecially if very early broilers are to be
raised, says The Republic, arrangements
ought to be made as soon as possi
ble so as to secure both the incubator
and brooder and have on hand ready for
use. While an incubator has one ad
vantage in being always ready for a
vice, yet it requires more care than hens,
and unless yon are willing to put in
some time every day in attending to it
the better plan is to stick to hens.
A hole in the sfcpok shelter lets feed
through just as truly as does a hole in
the granary.
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