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The
ClevelaJnb~ Progress.
By W. B. WOODWARD.
DEVOTED to the mining, agricultural and educational interests
&F CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY AND NORTH-EAST GEORGIA.
TERMS —One Dollar Pen- Year.
VOL. T.
CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNTY, GEORGjJ
, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1892.
NUMBER 26
"We have on our list valuable Mineral, Timber and Farming lands, fur Sale or Ex
change.
If You Want To Buy, Sell or Exchange
Property of the above description, communicate with us. Title papers examin
ed and reported upon.
Abstracts Furnished Free to Actual Purchasers.
We are centrally loen'ted in the richest Mineral section in G’o
(jSsJaGs*
iffi:E&
In Abunfimo. Delightful Climate, Peculiar t» the Noted
Piedmont Section.
Finest Tobacco Lands in the South.
Bf?”Corrospoudence Solicited .
F. B. SUTTON, Manager.
A. H. HENDERSON,
Dealer in
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
My line of general merchandise ernuot be excelled in Cleveland, whereby I cat
give you good goods and at ihe very loweat prices.
Dry Goods ! Dry Goods !
In the line ef dry goods, confiding of all kinds of nice print), gingham, flannel,
etc., etc., I will not be undersold.
S H °ES & H ATS -
When you want anything in shoes or hata it will be io your advantage to trade
with me. In tli a; goods I have a complete stock.
GROCERIES !
GROCERIES!
I have plenty of greceriis. Meat, sugar, flour and coftce a specialty. Come and
see me and I will rpiote you prices that will surprise you
I also handle a full line of Patent Medicines,
which 1 will Sell at the very lowest price.
Cleveland. Hotel.
In connection with my general mercantile business I run a flrst-claas hotel
the rerr round, with the table supplied with the best the market affords. jt is
situated on the south side of the Blue Ridge mountains, where the air ia pure and
the w.ter good—a splendid Mineral Spring nd'ar by. Rates of board reaionablc.
Respectfully,
A. H. HENDERSON.
HENDERSON & UNDERWOOD,
CLEVELAND, GA.
W ILL buy and sell Mineral, Timber and Agricultural land, in White and ad
joining counties, guaranteeing the title therito. Will negotiate Bales for
rea.onable Commissions.
ALL ^IROIFIEiEUXIIElS
Ballasted te ue for sale wil 1 re:eive a liberal advertisement.
Havinsr Real Estate For Sale Will Do
Well By Calling On or Writing Us.
HENDERSON & UNDERWOOD.
A • aoN, Manager. J. W. H lNORWOOD, Att’y & AUt'actor.
SEND OtJT ThK SUNUOHT,
S«id out the sunlight, the sunlight of cheer,
Shine on earth’s sadness till ills disappear—
Souls are in waiting this message to hear.
Bend out the sunlight in letter and word;
Bpeak it and think it till hearts are all
stirred—
Hearts that aro hungry for prayers still un
hoar i.
Send out the sunlight each hour and eicb
day.
Crown all the rears with Its luminous ray;
Nourish the seeds that are sown on the way.
Bend out the sunlight! ’tis needed on earth,
Send it afar in scintillant mirth,
Better than gold In ite wealth-giving worth 1
Bend out the sunlight on rich and on poor—
Silks eit in sorrow, and tatters endure—
A11 need the sunlight to strengthen and cure.
Send out the sunlight that speaks in a smile,
Often It shortens the long, weary mile,
Often the burdens seem light for a while.
Send out the sunlight—t-hospirit’s real gold!
Give of it freely—this gift that’s unsold;
Shower it down on the young and the old l
Bend out the sunlight, as free as the air!
Blessings will follow, with none to compare,
Blessings of pleace, that will rise from de
spair !
Bend out the sunlight, you have it in you!
Clouds may obscure it- just now from your
view,
Pray for ite presence! Your prayer will
come true.
—Ellen Dare, in the Metropolitan.
A Race Between Tongue and
Hoof.
OU want Anything!’
in a decidedly tersely
tone, was the greeting
old Jool Gringer gav«
the full young school,
master, who stood
fumbling the latch o)
the front gate.
That wasn't th<
right way to encourage
the young man, and shrewd Joel Gringei
knew it. He wanted to make him go
through the torture of telling him plainly
that he had come to see his daughter so
that he could put. an end to the thing
then and there.
"Hint I—I—just wanted to know if
Miss—hm—hm—is at home,’’ and the
young fellow relieved his nervousness by
digging up tho gravel walk with his left
toe.
“I thought your business was to teach
the children to speak the English lan
guage, and hero you can't do anything
but hum aud haw. I'm at home, and so
is the Growler there. Anything else?"
“No, sir," with a loud ahom; "I was
just going up tho road to Mr. Mason's,
and I wanted to know if tho family were
all woll—that’s all.” And the bashful
young fellow seemed to have found his
wits somewhere, for he turned coolly
away.
The old farmer's eyes wore not so sharp
as he prided himself they were, or ho
might have seen the flutter of something
white, three distinct times,from the nar
rowest opening in tho blinds above, and
have guessed why the young man was so
easily satisfied.
Ho watched the straight, lithe young
lorm until it seemed only a shadow
against Neighbor Mason’s barn.
“Gone on to Mason’s,” was his gruff
answer (o his wife’s questioning look.
“Only wanted to inquire alter tho health
of the family. S'pose he thinks the dees-
trick is assessed to pay him for goin’
round an’ doin’ that—ha, ha! We’ll sec
how his fractions wilt work in this
house. Much good it will do him to
talk it over with John Mason,the old—”
“Sh—I" hissed cautiously into his
ear, and a warning finger told him to
leave uncomplimentary references to tho
neighbor—with whom he had been em
broiled in a bitter lawsuit, and between
whose farms a “devil’s lane” prevented
any joining of line fences—unsaid.
“There’s Mason’s hired man again.
“Well?"
“The old man sent me over to say
them there hogs o’ yourn’s been Into the
back cornfield ag’in an’ he won’t turn
V n out till doomsday nor let me. They’re
tli re yit an’ making the interest on
<S5U 10 fly like sixty—that's what the old
man lows the field’ll fetch him. Better
not take that there pup along, had ye?
HI! wait till I can get out!”
The last exclamation was caused by
preparations for unchaining the huge
bulldog Growler; and Ben Stone made
one leap over the fence.
“Said my say out. He’n the dog's
witoessea enough, I reckon, to the Bcrim-
mage there'll be. Laws! but there'll bo
smash to pay for to-night, sure’s my
name's Ben Stone.”
darting swiftly for
dell which seemed tf>
lyou, Nannie?" a hoi
iapSr met her a few rodi
from the horses.
“Sh—! Yes; but do let us hurry 1
I’m afraid every minute ; 'those hog*
haven’t done justico to the obstinacy of
their nature, and, father—” c,
“Well, give me your foot; sifcd off we
go. Wo’ll show Joel Gringer Avhether I
am competent to teach a girl pdditton.”
“And are you sure the pryoher un
derstands? 'i
“Pure, darling, he's to be a 1 . Brother
Stillwell’s to-night, on his way to the
Kildcer appointment. Now, ? ol^ fel
lows, do your best.”
Patter, patter 1 click, clickt j Nook to
neck and nostril to nostril skimmed tho
two fleet coursers, like two wjilt mated
birds of flight.
Away back on the last rldL mile
or more away, the moon.light._t Uftons on
something bright—a silver platw bnoklc
or saddle decoration—and then there
comes a-clear, ringing sound, .as when
steel strikes flint.
As the clatter of the hoofs rang down
the road past John Mason’s twq unusual
night Incidents might have been wit
nessed, (he gleam of a light across the
fields swaying and flickering as though
carried by an excited, unsteady hand, and
a man leaning against the door jof John
Mason's stables, whittling a Stick and
musing over something whloh evidently
pleased him much. “He. he! I never
helped tako them out of hern- Can’t
prove it by me who's takln’ to'stealin’;
h’ain’t I been behind tho baystnjsk trytn'
to hammer the bung in thaff barrel?
There’s one consolation; tf thpm there
horses have to go fur, the've hkon well
fed an' every shoo 1b as sound as k trigger
—ha, ha!”
In a hollow in the road, not twenty
rods from Joel Gringer’s house, the thick
green turf by the wayside served as a
cushion for the feet of two restive steeds
that would stamp at the troublesome
flies. The nervy fellows—two of the
most tireless travelers John Mason's sta
ble could boast—champed their bite rest
lessly and toBsed their heads.
Adown the green, thorny breastwork
that defended Joel Gringer’s possessions
from the wayside grazers flitted a slight
figure, crouching and baiting, and then
“He’s coming! Oh, hurry, Dick! Wt
cannot reach Mr. Stilwell’s lti timo;
it’s—”
“Three milos yet, and—”
“You know Fleetwood’s gait; Mr.
Mason never hud a horse tfiafooiild out
run him. What shall we do?, Oh, il
only wo wore—”
“Married, and I could call you mj
own; then I would not run a step, but
conld defend my right to you In Me eyet
of tho law. Listen! what’itbiygiaadt’ 1
“The Corners are just dowrAj^b, yoi
know, and some one may be coining oi
the cross-road.”
“That Is tho direction frhtn which tbs
preacher comes. Wljat H - it- should bt
—But no; lie’s going straight ihcad
of us. Yos, thcro ho turns I Whip up
and let’s overtake him.”
A quarter of a mile; half a Anile; three-
quarters. Tlie sound of hoofs ip both
directions aro growing distinot.
“Call him, Richard! He may stop.
Oh, if it only is!”
“But your fattier will hear, too, and
hasten I Hello, there? Wait!”
In a moment the overtaken parly was
seen, sure enough, to be the very preacher
they were riding hard and fast to And.
But while tho situation was being ex
plained, tho footstops of the pursuing
horse were heard close by, and in a min-
ute another “Hello!” rang on their oars,
hoarse and infuriated: “Stop! ((top, I
command you! Young man, I'll horse
whip you on tho spot If you don’t give
me my daughter?"
The two looked at each other in de
spair. But the preacher, backwoods
man that ho was, was a man of wit and
resources, and of heart as well.
“Keop on," said he quietly, “and ride
as fast as you cm. Join your hands and
lit firm In your saddle wheu I tell you.
I have it all on tho top of my tongue.”
Clatter, clatter—clink, clink 1 rang the
sharp hoof beats! Nearer and nearei
they came together; but the word’s rolled
off the preacher's lips, as he rose and
sauk in his stirrups, faster than the speed
of the racers.
Nearer and nearer sped Fleetwood
until his hoarse panting almost drowned
the preacher's words. But a few rods
separated them.
“Join your right hands," came the
sham command.
“Halt, I command you, in tho name
of—”
“Put spurs. Foreasmuch as Richard
W. Anderson and Annie Gringer have
consented to—”
“Hold up there! I’m an officer of the
law I” demanded another voice, drown
ing the rest of the preacher’s “foras
much."
But tho wild wedding party dashed
forward, and the preacher’s lips worked
fast.
“In the name of the Father—J’
“Halt, or you suffer the penel—"
“And erf the Son and—"
“Give mo my daughter, you villian.’
“And of the Holy Ghost, I pronounco
that they are husband and wife. Amen ”
There was a halt then, and explana
tions that disarmed the man of tho law
and sent old Joel Gringer back to his
belated supper with vain cursings of hi!
luck.
The supper at Stilwell’s was flavored
with plcasautor reflections, and Bnn
Stone had many an opportunity to wou
dcr aloud in his sly way:
“How under the sun them hogs over
did git Into old man Mason's cornfield
jest when Dick Anderson wanted to steal
Joel Gringer’s daughter."—New York
Press.
Why Bears Are Plentiful.
Old settlors say that there are more
bears in Sullivan County, New York, to
iday than tbore wore a generation ngn. A
number of facts make this statement one
easy to be believe 1. Long ago the forests
thronged with a raco of brawny hunters
who shouldered deadly rifles and ivero
jkoon-eyed for tho chase. The hills were
dotted with the littlo homes and clear
jfngs of woodsmen who made their living
jwlth axes, wore iron-nerved and clear
eyed, and could shoot true. Tanneries
and sawmills giving employment to many
men sat by tho sides of all the streams.
Tho woods wore full of the sounds o!
laxo-blows and the creaklngs of ox
chains. Youths grow up with a desire
for fame and they took rifles and went
'to seek in tho woods. A hardy race ol
Ihuntsmen mado terrible war on the game,
iWlth the vanishing of the groat forests
,these men disappeared from the taco o!
the earth. Not all men now are hunters.
There are those surrouuded by tho besl
cover for game who never taste partridge
,or vension the year round.
When Sullivan County was covered
with a growth of huavy forest-trees hun
ters walking through tho woods had
good traveling, and could sco far, for tin
'brush, uudor tho sliudo of the groat trees,
was not thick. Now tho huge forest
imoriarohs havo gone their ways to tlif
,river-rafts and the sawmills, und aftei
thorn have como second growth and
brush, thick as the lrnir on a dog’s back,
The gamo finds excellent crouching
places in tho places in tho denso thickets,
and escapes tho hunter's oye with ease.
—New York Tribune,
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
DF.TASSKMNCt CROF.
The process of detassnling corn con
sists in removing the upper portion of
tho stnik to which tho sprny of male or
pollen-hearing flowers ts attached. Sev
eral experiments have shown that it in
creases tho crop to remove tho tassel from
fully ono-lialf of the stalks before tho
pollen is shod. The results of somo ex
tensive tests made by the Nebraska Ex
periment Station, show tho opposite
effect. There was a uniformly lessened
yield upon the pints when one-half of
the stalks were dotassolod. Similar re-
suits obtained whon the vessels were re
moved after tho pollen had been matured
and scattered. In view of these results,
It doos not seem wise to.Interfere with
nature for profit’s sake American Ag
riculturist.
The Mammoths sf Siberia.
In his book on “The Mammoth aud
the Flood,” Mr. Howorth advances a
new theory with regards to the remains
of mammoths and other large animals in
the soil of Siberia. All over this great
plain, wherever tho ground is frozen
hard, are found mammoths aud other
animals preserved vory fresh, so that tho
wolves and bears can food upon thoir ro
mams. These mammoths have boon
found from the oastern border clear to
the Obi River. They-have boon fouud
under conditions which make it certain
that they could not havo lived, unless the
surroundings anil climato had, at tho
time they existed, boon entirely different
from the present conditions. The
mains of the plants on which they fo I
are also found, and southern conto.n-
porary shells are discovered with the
remains, pointing to climatic conlitions
which no longer exist.
Mr. Howorth believes that this vast
plateau is one of tho most recent features
in the physical geography of the world,
and that its rapid elevation caused the
tremendous change of climate which has
enabiod the bodies of those great beasts
to bo preserved intact as wo find them.
Ho says that unless those animals had
been frozen immediately after they died
and remained frozon to tills day, they
would certainly have decayed and dis
appeared. A single Siberian summer
sun would have destroyed thorn com
pletely. It is known that further Fast
the bones of great animals have been
found 17,000 foot above the sea under
conditions which Falconer declared to be
absolutely incompatible with their mocio
of life.
Making False Rubles.
The French chemists, Fromy and Ver-
neutl, have for yoarH bocn experimenting
on production of rubies by chemical
synthesis. Other chemists had already
given much study to the problem, and
had each in a different way produced
minute rubies, but no stones of merchant,
able size. But in tho Comptos Rendus
of the French Academy of Science,
Fromy and Verneuil announce that they
have ovorcome the difficulties that so
long had seemed insurmountable and aro
obtaining much larger crystals. Those
havo already been employed in the bear
ings in watches, and appear not to lie in
ferior to naturul rubies in hardness, film
process adopted consists in heating alu
mina and a quantity of potassium bicliro-
rnute with barium fluoride, or a mixture
of fluorides of tho alkaline earths, to o
high temperature for several days. Tin
advance recently mado was due to the
discovery that the addition of a small
amount of potassium carbonate to the
mixture promotes crystallization. It is
believed that tho crystals are produced
directly from the interaction of the vola
tile compounds doveloped, and by cm
ploying crucibles of several litres capac
ity in gas furnaces, ns much as three
kilograms (about 6-1 pounds) of rubies
are obtained in a single operation,—
Knowledge.
PEA FOWLS.
In reply to queries regarding pea
fowls, we cannot do hotter than to quote
Richardson : Tho cock does not attain
the full nplendor of his plumage until he
Is three years old, and tho hen doos not
lay until the same age. She lays from
five to sevon eggs, and sits twenty-nino
days. If tho first batch of eggs be taken
away bIic will lay a second, so that by
having a lion turkoy foster nurse you
may mnnago to have two broods in ono
summer. Tho pcahon gonorally chooses
a very retired spot out of the way of the
peacock, who is often a cruel, unnatural
father.
The young must bo hatchod like
Guinea fowls and young turkoys. Un
less they nro fed amply and regularly they
aro apt to wander. Whon fat aud hung
long onough thoy make a delicious and
splendid roast. Thoy should bo lardod
with slices of fat bacon, tho head Bnd
neck, with tho feathers on, carelully
wrapped in paper and tuoked under tho
wing away from tho lire, and when ready
sot up in purplo glory to match the tail,
adorned with feathors noatly stuck In at
tho last moment. If you wUh peafowls
to agree with other poultry thoy must be
reared with them, otherwise they are not
unfrcquoutly murdorous assassins of
chicks.—Now York World.
than others. Bulbs are easily kept, aud
by j lanting two or three different times,
from the middle of April until .funo, the
season of bloom Is prolonged several
months.
Italian bees are said to bo more ener
getic in relisting tho attacks of the bee
moth than nro the common blnok bees.
As a rule, moth Invasion means a weak,
queenless colony and neglect.
RECIPES.
Spider Shortcake—Two parte rich
buttermilk, one part sour cream, pear-
lash to foam, salt to tasto, and flour to
make a stiff batter. Roll out intti inch
thick round cakes the sizo of a fry pan,
crease the top witli straight lines, and
bako in spiders before a good fire.
Roast Goose—Boil and mash some po
tatoes and fill the goose, with them.
When half roasted take out the potatoes
and have ready a stuffing of bread
crumbs, sage and parboiled onions; All
the goose and resume the roasting. Thii
is a great improvement on the old mode,
as it draws out tho fat and renders the
fowl more delicate.
Okra Poop—Fry slices of fat perk i
rich brown; drain out and ndd slices of
onion; fry tirown; ono quart, ot toma
toes, (canned If not in season) and one
quart of okra pods to throe qunrts of hot
water, if you have no soup or stock ol
any kind. Simmer slowly three hours,
Add butter, peppor and salt.
Force of Green Peas—Wash a quart
of green peas in cold waler, put them in
a saucopan, cover with salt water ana
boil twenty minutes; they should be dry
whon dons; press through a colander;
put a pint of milk on to boil; add a small
onion, two or three whole cloves, nnd a
sprig of parsoly; rub a teaspoonful ol
butter and flour each together; strain
the milk over the peas, stir in the buttei
and flour, lot boil until thick, season
with salt and popper and serve.
TRANSPLANTIN'! ONIONS.
According to results obtained at the
experiment station of Okie last year, lu
tho matter of growing onions from seed
in the greenhouse and afterwards trans-
planting the young plants in tho open
ground, tho results were decidedly in
favor of tho transplanted ones. A month
was gained in the timo of ripening of tho
crop, ail the troublesome detail of keep
ing the young onions from being
smothered by weeds was overcome, whilo
tho yield of thoso transplanted was in
most cases about double that of the oth
ers. The common market sorts showed
524 bushels to tho acre of the trans
planted against 898 bushels from seed of
the Yellow Danvers, while the Weath-
ersfield showed 779 against 870 respec
tively. Other kinds were even more fa
vorable. The transplanting of onions is
an old process among gardeners, tn fill
ing in gaps and loss from seed by one
pnrty, who obtained a supply from those
more fortunate, ev.eti when the seed
was sown in tho ordinary way out of
doors. Tho writer has known of some
growors who always transplanted from
sood beds, to avoid various troubles con
sequent from tho slow growth at first of
onions grown from seed. The extra
expense of tr insplanting is partly com
pensated for by less hand weeding being
required, ns the boo can bo mnde to do
nearly alt tho wooding in the trans
planted crops.—New York Witness,
FARM AND OAItDEN NOTES.
Give young poultry all the range pos-
siblc when there is no wet.
Better resu'ts will be secured if the
see 1 is scattered so poultry cannot eat
too fast.
Turpentine and sulphur in the feed is
a good preventive for gapes In young
chickens.
Corn fodder, put in shocks and left in
the field during a good part of the fall
and winter, loses from one-third to one-
half of its feeding value.
The rich corners about the house, bam
and outbuildings would grow rhubarb,
early potatoes and cabbage, instead of
jimjarn weeds and burdocks.
A beokeoner recommends candy pails
as the best aud cheapest thing for ex
tracted honey. Whon the honey granu
lates they can be shipped anywhere.
A grapevine ovor an outbuilding will
not injure the building, but it will add
tn the attractiveness of the homo and
furnish plenty ot tho most wholesome
fruit.
Spring is pronounced tho best time by
many ominent apiarists for moving bees,
though it may be dono In the fall, one
reason being that combs are less liable to
break on ncoount of weight.
Some varieties of rrladlolus are earlier
Dust Test Fsr Firearms.
One littlo known process to which
small nrms manufactured for the United
States are subjected is tho dust test, in
tended to subject the pieco to the same
dusting it would receive if carried by
the soldier in a march across the alkali
deserts of Arizona or Utah, or tho sage
brush prairies of Montana or Wyoming.
Troops are frequently compelled to tramp
for hours through such clouds of dust
that the heads of the leaders of a
six-mule team can be but vaguely seen
from the wagon, and tho dust so fins
nnd penetrating that tho soldiers’ guns
and every gnrmcntsoon becomes coated
with it. The artificial production of a
similar experience for an arm that might
bo adopted for military service is man!*
fostly a very pertinent trial. This is
accomplished by placiug the rifle on «
shelf within a closed box, so that the
breech mechanism, which Is closed, shall
bo opposite the mouth of tho bellows;
fine sand Is then permitted to fall slowly
across the blast of air, which thereby in
two minutes, tho time of the test, drives
the snnd into any open joints or into the
depth of the mechanism if it is much ex
posed. Tho gun is then removed and
wiped carefully with the bare hand, also
blow into and cleaned, just as a soldier
who suddenly goes into action would do
with a gun he has carried on a dusty
march. Tho pieco is then fired twenty
shots. This test is then repeated, the
magazine being charged before exposing
tho gun to the dust; tho cartridge ami
the gun are then .vipod as before and
the gun again fired twenty rounds.
Hew Animals Bear Pain.
Ono of the pathetic things connected
with this life is the mannor in which the
animal kingdom endures suffering, says
the Florida Timcs-Uniou. Take horses,
for instance, in battle, and after the
first shock of a wound they make no
sound. They bear tne pain with a mute,
wondering endurance, and if you hear a
wild groan from the battlefield it come3
from their loneliness, their loss of human
companionship which seems absolutely
indispensable to the comfort of domesti
cated animals.
The dog will carry a broken leg for
days wistfully,but uncomplainingly. The
cat, stricken with club or stone or
caught in some trap from which it
gnaws its way to freedom, crawls to some
secret place and bears in silence pain
which we couid not endure. Sheep and
other cattle meet the thrust of the
butcher's knife without a sound, and
oven common poultry endure intense
agony without complaint.
The dovo, shot unto death, flies to
somo far off bough, and and as it dies
the silence is unbroken save by the pat
ter on the leaves of its own life blood.
The wounded doer speeds to some thick
brake, and in pitiful submissiou waits
for death. The oagle, struck in mid
air, flght3 to the last against the fatal
summons. There is no moan or sound
of pain, nnd the defiant look never fades
from its eyes until the lids close over
them never to uncover agaiu.
The least overworked institution in
this country is the office that seeks the
man.—Life.