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THE CLEVELAND PROGRESS.
By JOE H. REESE.
DEVOTED TO THE MINING, AGRICULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OE CLEVELAND, WHITE COUNT* AND NORTH-EASI GEORGIA.
TERMS: S'/.vv Per Year.
VOL. V.
CLEVELAND, WHITE CO., GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1SU0.
NO. 40.
TH- Si'A. E oi (iiiUKGLi.
111E utUSE .OL
l\t)Wd N toB from the Empire S.ata
of the South.
Improveuivut, Development aud Pro
gress—Items About Tlitugs Trans-
ptrlug lu our owu <>reut State, Iroiu
Ezcbaup* aud Otliur Sources.
Matters Pertaining to tlie lloinv-
Helps aud lliuis tor (lie llousc\% lie
and Olliers I’T -in Kllelieu to
Purlor — Tlie Plreslde.
The Hawkinaville fair opens on
Oct. ill and lasts three days.
The Second battalion of the United
Stales Infantry hus arrived at Atlan
ta from Waco.
The Governor’s Horse Gnurds of At
lanta have a new rilie range for their
ov\ n especial benefit.
Mrs. L>. K. llutler, wife of D. K.
Butler, a prominent business man of
Camilla, died Friday night.
A Bryan and Sewell club was en
thusiastically organized in Columbus
Friday uight with a large member
ship.
A large number of excursionists
will leave Atlanta lor the City of
Mexico on Nov. 7 to spend a mouth iu
that. city.
Twenty granite cutters employed
in the new Austell building on For
syth street at Atlanta went out on a
strike Saturday.
B. W. Elder has resigned as secre
tary and treasurer of the Barnesville.
underwear mills, and A. O. Murphy
has been elected to the position.
The dry goods clerks want the la
dies of Augusta to boycott the mer
chants, who will not close their places
of business at 6 o’clock as desired by
the clerks.
At the solicitation of his many lo
cal friends Col. McCurry of Hartwell
has entered the race for the judge-
ship of the northern circuit.
Col. dim Smith, of Oglethorpe coun
ty, made more cotton this year than
any other farmer in Georgia, but he
does that every year on his 17,000 ucre
plantation.
Mr. Hates was given a verdict for
$1,000 at Atlanta Wednesday, in his
suit for $10,000 damages, on account
of injuries inflicted by a street ear of
the Consolidated line.
The gin house, mill house, sawmill
und ten bales of cotton, belonging to
Erast us Vaughn, four miles south of
Cuuiming, were destroyed by tire at
2 o’clock Friday morning.
A negro near Bladen, in Glynn
county, In clearing “up the wreckage
of-his cabin aftev the stotp* taittrid flfr
large rattler iu one of his beds. He
killed the monster, and it had fifteen
rattles and a button.
Edward Lee Dupont, an actor with
the Imperial Opera Company, and
Miss Blanche Estelle Shea, of the
same company, were married at At
lanta Friday. The bride was a di-
vorree of only seven hours.
In a runnawav on First avenue at
Columbus. Wednesday. Mrs. J. V.
Falk, of I’henix City, had
fractured just below the
heard from her husband was in Bir
mingham.
Postmaster Hertz of Macon opened p Qr our Housekeepers and Lady
the bids for the work of improvement _
. .... . . ... Readers,
on the l lilted States court house Sat
urday. There were only four of the
bids, notwithstanding the fact that
the work will amount to $.>,000 or
$ii,0UU. The bidders were the Macon
Sash, Door and Lumber Company,
Willingham Sash and Door Company,
R. C. W ilder’s Son and llunnerkoff of
Atlanta. UunnerkolV's bid was the
lowest. He ottered to do the work
for about $5,000. The highest bid was
for $0,200. The reason there were so
few bills was that it was generally
understood that the work would not
amount to over $2,000, and the people
did not care for such small contracts.
Postmaster Hertz cannot pass on the
bids. He can only open them and
recommend to the supervising archi
tect at Washington which to accept.
Surely this money question has
turned our world’s head. Where ore
we going? As some tersely usks: "Is
it possible that our farmers, mort
gaged up to their eyelids pay his in
debtedness any the easier because
Mr. Bryan might open a mint ut
every cross roads iu the land? Will
the prices of our farm products be
increased a farthing if silver dollars
ure made numerous us the stars of
heaven?” llow about, the old mooted
question of supply and demand?
A great German actress coming to
Wire Rings for Uelery. this country, a great preacher here
Virginia correspondent of the now and a great statesman just re-
1 Tactical Farmer writes: Due of the 1 turned. America is proud of such vis-
moat valuable suggestions 1 can make ) itors.
to gurdeners, market gardeners in |
particular, is to get some galvanized j It is astonishing to note what a
wire, either No. Li or 11, cut it into stride women are making in politics,
pieces a loot long, bend these into i It is even claimed they have become
rings around u piece of inch and a : a factor in politics. The gold stand-
half pipe (Inside measure, or a round aid is their motto and it is said self
piece of wood about two inches in di- is forgotten. In New York her place
meter, letting the ends lap, und put of work is in the slums and neglected
these rings away for future use. This J quarters,
an be done in bud weather or during
he long winter evenings.
A pound of galvanized ami anneal-
l No. Li wire will make about forty-
four such rings; u pound of No. 14,
about fifty-nine rings. At present
prices of wire, fifteen of the former
ill cost a cent, while of the latter
wenty will cost a cent. In other
words, the heavier rings cost six and
two-thirds cents per hundred, and the
ight ones five cents per hundred.
With ordinary care they will last a
lifetime.
Now, ufter transplanting your cel-
ry, and it is started to grow, slip a
ing oxer each plant. When the time! ‘ u * atmosphe
comes to fill in more earth, slip up the; pool ally so t<
rings. They will hold your leaves to- a,Kl gentle manners, to be
get her, w hile the pressure of these
will keep the rings from drop-
these will keep the rings from drop
ping back. If your plunts are too fee
ble, compress the rings a little; if too
robust, expand them, liepeut the op
eration at every ‘^jiug iu.” This
save you tots offline and' back
ache in cuse you have been ’‘handbali
ng.” It will prevent the need of an
extra man if you have pursued the
board method. Try It.
At the end of the season gather up
tlie rings. They can be kept so they
will be as good twenty years lienee as
on the day you first begun to use the
Mr. and
Marx vn.
ed.
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\ In.,
Edward
x. rc p;
r limb
* knee and
Jenkins, of
infnllx wou lid-
K. VN Higins, xx ho lives in Mur
phy’s district. Thomas county, lias a
curiosity in the xvax of a chicken,
which has three legs and four feet.,
one leg having two feet on it. The
• hieken xvas hatched last Wednesday
and seems perfectly healthy and fol
lows the hen just like the others.
The home of Win. J. Morris, on
Monte Simo, \ugusta, xvas burned
Wednesday. The origin of the fire is
unknown and before it xvas discov
ered xvas xvell under way. The family
had hardly time to get out of the
burning structure. The house cost
$2,500 and xvas insured for $1,500.
The large ginnery of Butler & Fox
ler at Covington, xvas burned Satu
day afternoon. There were about
250 bales of cotton in the gin. the mu
jority of which xvas lost. No insur
mice.
The freight receipts at the Central
of Georgia railway depot at Barnes
ville were $1,000 greater during th
month of September this year than
during the month of September, 1K95
This is partly due to the early ship
ment of the cotton crop this seaso
and partly due to the increased hm
ness in other shipments at that pine
Rev. ,1. H. Hawthorne, xx ho xvas f«
many years pastor of the First Bap
tist church of \tlantn, and xvho
lime ago accepted a call to a <•
in Nashville, is in Atlanta suffering
with rheumatism. He has been very
sick for the past four weeks an
when advised by his physician to tuk
a change of climate, he returned 1
his old home.
Mrs. Mattie Riggins, 20 years >.
age. attempted to commit suicide a
Atlanta Saturday night bv taking
fixe grains of morphine. The woman
lives at »7 Magnolia street. Two year
tfigo she married a railroad man. Fo
<sr>er«l months they have been sepn
•ratnd. and to that fact the deed
«iribiH*-d. Mrs. Riggins has bei
-spondent for weeks, and Saturday
uight she sent to a drug store for
five grains of morphine. The mes
senger secured the drug and the wom
an swallowed it while alone. This is
the third attempt at self-destruction
Mrs. KigginH has made. Only a few
weeks ago she took a dose of the
same drug, and it took several hours
.to bring her back to life. When last
Sweet Potatoes Utilizing the Vines.
The digging of sweet potatoes will
>n claim attention. It is xxell to de
fer this till settled cool weather. It
not necessary to wait for a killing
frost, though a light frost is a good
lidication that it is cool enough to
lig. Avoid digging, if possible, when
he vines are growing rapidly. When
jroxvth lias almost or quite ceased
and the leaves begin to turn yellow,
will be safe to begin. The rule
ith many is to break a potato. It it
iries rapidly and the broken surface
remains white when dry, they say the
potato is ripe and ready to be dug; if
t turns dark, it is not. The fact that
lie surface remains white, is an indi
cation that sturch is present in large
juantities, and this is the ease in the
fully matured tuber. A young potato
•t not as mealy as an old one, and
tarch is the cause of mealiness.
Before digging it is xvell to dispose
f the vines. They are excellent food
for milk cows, making them give the
finest milk and blitter. It is next to
mpossible to cure the vines. They
must be eaten green or put in tlie
silo. If the potatoes have been put
early and about completed their
xvth, the vines may Vie taken off a
•k or two before digging without
injury to the tubers. They may
•ut and fed to the cows, or the latter
f the ground is dry, may be allowed
o graze on them a short while each
lay. Caution must be observed, or
Repeating and bloating may follow.
\ safe rule is never to turn an animal
a ith an empty stomach upon a ricli
msture of any kind and let it remain
>n it long at a time. Exchange.
Who is to Blame?
Very often, yes very often is the
sud luct brought before us that fam
ily litc is a burden to some of our
men aud women. In this day of in
telligence and refinement the family
should be the place where these two
arts should be louml but alas how
often is it the contrary. Now some
one must be to blame and who is it?
instead of honife being a veritable
pa rad i hc it ih very often a hot bed of
discontent and dissatisfaction. It is
worth a good ileal to be in a congeu-
says one, and ch
ic who loves quiet
ur rounded
by loving people. Let us analyze the
situation from a common slaiulpuiut.
there are generally two required to
make a home a man and a woman.
Very oiten they come from two very
entirely different habitations which
leaven its imp^eg* upufry^iotb.
wild u *11 icy have eift ere aims upUpHr
con tract towered a new home did
both give one thought to improve
ment over their former surroundings.
Will they both try to do their part
and each their duty ?Take for in
stance a ease of a seventeen year old
daughter is she capable aud xvell
advanced in views ol home making to
enter in such a holy task? Mothers,
guard your daughters while in their
youth und instruct them more dili
gently along the line of happy home
building. Does it not seem sad to see
a home, and it is too often seen,
whore one is all the time having to
tell the other to do this duty or that.
Sometimes and repeatedly it is the
husband who tries to please the wife
and it has almost become the opinion
of the writer that if these little pleas
ures were sufficiently noticed by the
wile- a happy home would result.
lie provides a pleasant home with
agreeable surroundings. Does she try
to show her appreciation by keeping
hovering over a sick iuluut with its
me in lue balances out what is motu-
er the symbol ol? bhe must rise
aUoul the common place nurse unu
still 'mother her lover as nusouuu.
tvue must oc the nigest ol creation- a
mother indeed 1 to ner owu offspring
und to the great "boy sffc has taken
us part ol ncrsell. forget not tue
liubound is caring lor the little ones
-leach incin mat "lather ' comes
urst in the home aud ins heart wnl
do one ol stone if he proves uuirue to
ins own. me wife aud moincr must
oc a xcruuoic "baxiour iu her home.
iSlie must lorgel "seif’ iu ner suen-
iicial duties xxinch li done in love are
tue happiest alter all and tue hus-
oanu xx ill soon catch the spirit oi the
iiic and nothiug will be two precious
lor that Ghrist-iike wile and mother.
\x lie must never think ner wishes and
desires supreme to every one else,
iu tlie iitlie Hungs even iu cooking,
seek ulwuys to please him und you
xx ill hud iu the end mine oxvn heart
liuth oeeu pleased also.
it xxouid be u pleasure to whisper
into the curs ol our young women the
secret ol nappy nouie minding lor uu
ul tins lakes its place iu ine world
me world will never grow better.
AliOliiN d . .. t. VYultiT)
The Grout Guava.
The guava is a common and humble
fruit iu public estimation beside
the • range, pineapple and lemon, and
cultivators hardly deem it worthy
their attention As a general rule it is
chucked oil in a corner and no pains
taken with it. But xve note that this
year the guava, being tlie first fruit
to return to a bearing condition, lias
played quite an important part in the
market. Not only has it been con
sumed in much larger quantities than
usual, bul it hus brought a good deal
oi money to those fortunate enough
lo own trees. Tlie guava deserves ex
tended and systematic cultivation,
and it can be made to pay large prof
its. But up as in liuvaiiu, it is one of
the finest known preserves aud com
mands aii unlimited market. The
lainuus jelly made from it is a favor
ite the xvurid over. With a cheap and
modest luctory outfit und u few acres
hi the best varieties of guavas, u
shrewd munugcr could soon und eas
ily grow rich. -Tttinpu Time a.
Irish Potatoes on Pine Laud.
Hatching Hints.
When txvo hens ere hatching at tlie
ame time, put all the chicks as they
atch under one hen and the un-
atclied eggs under the other.
Keeping the sitters shut in until
ate in the day will prevent other
nn
hens from
for laying
risk to lit
I f a In
throw tlie
warm xvuter
them with a
set by the
broody hen.
wait for txvo
lx chilled.
thereby*
>f their nests
much
ggs awn
for fix
in
With rare th
or three (lavs
nest, don’t
Put them in
minutes, dry
xvollen and
t another
• eggs will
if not bad-
The deposition of the sultan of
Turkey is being very seriously con
sidered by the six powers.
every thing in the best possible order?
Sij that xx hen he comes in from work
hi sense of order which is very
acute in workmen’s lives—be it high
or loxv is not jarred. In this in
stance, if such is the case, lie is made
to feel that his ett’orts are appreci
ated and that home is the sweetest
place on the face of the eurth, “and
no power save death could lure him
a xx ay” are the words of a man talking
on this subject recently.
There are many people in the
world, and sad that it must be said,
but too many of our American girls
have an idea that they have no part
in the drama of life, especially in
home building. They think that af
ter marriage all, that remains to be
done is to receive pettings from the
lover in his new position aud they
get an idea that their husband
ought to he satisfied with them
whether or no, simply because they
have assumed the position of wife
and must be petted uud caressed at
any time. They forget that in their
courtship days they applied different
rules to the life ah! far different,
How closely the little parlor xvas
guarded and sweetly arranged foi
his coming a vase of flowers here
and a little, cozy chair near the fire—
ill to welcome the lover. Such lit-
lh (?) things in themselves hut huge
; actor in the upbuilding of the lov
• ideal home. Gilrs forget these
little things when once in the role ol
wile and it is many times the great
ilent sword that cuts the happinei
from the home. How often tlie hu
bund returns from his systematic
duties of office or workshop and find
no light to beam forth a welcome
no not a ray of light in the little
"nest” of a parlor to welcome hi
no chair by the cozy fire no floxx
to speak forth in silent sweetness of
the love for the beautiful, no wife to
greet him at the door all the littl
idealalities gone. True she may be
film r un ii si.twm - - ■
uud Boston Peerless ure the favorite
und only varieties grown in this local
ity for early murket, and that pota
toes grown in New York are preferred
lor seed. The popular mehtod of cul
ture he describes as follows:
lu the prepuruliou of a potato crop
it is better, if possible, to select
piece of land ou which cowpeas have
been grown the year before. It iu by
no means indispeusablu that it should
be so. i have grown good crops on
bare land. The grbund should be bed
ed up xvell in rows, three feet apart.
1 then open the beds with u shovel
plow, and apply at least 1,000 pounds
of fertilizer per acre, consisitiig of
>00 pounds of cotton seed meul, 200
pounds of ucid phosphate and 200
nds of kuinit. The fertilizer iu
scattered in the furrow and on the
sides of it.
i then take a one-horse harrow and
nix the fertilizer with the soil, then
drop tlie potatoes iu the depression
cover by running around them
with a pony plow. My seed is now at
ast four inches ubove the bottom ol
the water furrow aud above any
standing water that may come from
heavy spring rains. This is important,
as half an hour with water over them
may cause the crop to rot.
Now as the potatoes are all formed
along the stem and above the seed,
the earth must be continually work-
to the vine and never from it. If
t he weeds commence to come, scrape
nit liglitly and throw tlie earth well
ip around the vines. Two, or at most
three, workings, and your crop is
ude. The ground must not be dis
turbed xvhile the tubers are setting.
I suppose everyone knows that. By
the time your crop is laid by you
e a considerable ride, so when the
tops begin to turn yellow 1 dig with
a two-horse plow. By gauging if right
can turn out all the potatoes in
going once to the row.
All the marketable potatoes are
picked up, packed in bushel boxes or
bushel and a half sacks, and sent
right off to Chicago. The little pota
toes 1 generally get the darkies to
pick up afterwurds on shares. There
is no great profit in a potato crop,
Imt I have always made something
Important Happoningu lu All Parte
ut tlie World,
Short Hiorivit Twill by lit. TvIuki u|»lx A boot
fevorytiling K.u u . hv..)Hliciu, Slorui*,
Tram oubuvik, iim» p. u.n H o to MuiitUlt-
r«i«uiiMK<)ai hie., ti.lv.
Ohio'* 1*0Iff Democrat*.
The Ohio secretary of state has
overruled the protest oi Hie regular j
democratic stale committee Lo Hie i
aumissiou ol sound money democrat
ticket lo tlie Auutruliun ballot, under
Hie name ol Uie national democrats.
The protestors claim an exciusiye
rig ii t to tlie word democrat, but iu
Hus they were not upffeid by the
state supervisor ol elections.
A special irom Mur trees boro, \'a.,
rules mat u lire which started iu u
nlcuen, swept away an entire block
u Ifful town bunday. Among the
luildings uuiiied was the Episcopal
liureh und a. i'. Rice s grocery, the
latter quite uu exleusive establish-
ent. tlie total loss is estimated at
about $ id,ooo. The insurance is very
light.
i reusury Gold Reserve,
i’lie treasury gold reserve at the
close oi business bat unlay stood ul
$x2t.2jU,-i0u. t he day s withdruwuls
New York were $00,000.
A C olorado kcra|».
i ne ease ox tue Aucivnncy electors,
iu V/Oioi uuo, xv no were inrown out oy
tue seeietuiy ox state xexuaiug to exx-
lex cnexr xxaxxics upon tue ouiciui bai-
xot, coaxes up ui rue supreme court
aroxiuuy xxiiDXuing. ix lue seeietury is
upucxu, uu luucpexiuuui election win
uc nctu aud tue ease Win oe turovvu
into tue united blares courts, upou
tue pica inui me ivxeixiuiey repuou-
euu convention Wus xcguiurly oigau-
ucu,und mar tue oarriug out oi men
electors would deprive regular repuo-
iicuns ol tncii' i ig ii l to oanot. r uey
itoiti iliat iu Ucciurnig lixeir intention
to vote lor me nominee ox tue bl.
Xioua eouxeutxou iney are out rutily
ing tue action ol mui convention,
anile me silver xepuuxieaus, as liicy
sty te memscixcs, are ooitexs. l ne
wicivniicy xepunneuus claim liicy will
east u.*,uuu votes, and will insist upon
tixeir privilege to east tneir vote lor
wiioiii tney please lor president, und
brute Liiuiiinuii J. u. iiuuges win cur
ry men* cuse ikrougu every uoun
neeessury to esiuoiisn men* rights, as
guuiuiilccd by iuvv, lire ease in tins
respect being siinnur to tffo iiideu
contest.
Lou true is xor t-uu I'orglugM*
Secretary Herbert has awarded con
tracts lor the gun forgings, the bids
lor which were openud iu August.
The Bethlehem Company gets fifty
sets ol six-inch at 2d i-10 cents a
pound, twenty sets of four-inch at
iuy a cents per pound, and two sets of
iffght-inch at 2d V-10 cents per pound.
The Ai id vale Company receive the
contract lor thirty-live sets of live-
inch at 2o cents per pound, lu each
ease the work wus given the lowest
bidder.
iSv^ro l*lol lo itlll.
The white people of Carroll county,
Aliss., ure terribly excited over the
discovery ui u negro plot to inaugu
rate a war of 'extermination. Word
Irom Cur roll county is thut a letter
wus found iu the roaxl uddreswed to u
Auburn,.- - .d|U oi' u ; u “I 1,11 !
negotiated with the Winchester Arms
Company for u large number of rifles,
ami witli these they proposed to
slaughter white men, women aud
children. Several leaders have been
arrested, and the excitement is very
intense. Further particulars ure unx-
iously awaited. Carrollton is the
home ol' Senator Money. A number
of negroes were killed in a riot tiler
u few years ago, and bud blood still
exists. There is no doubt that the
situation is now critical.
.Tlude a burgeon lu iliv Navy.
The President has appointed Mid
dleton S. Elliot of South Curolinu to
be an assistant surgeon in the navy.
(■crmuiiM 1'Vui No \%iir.
The North German Gazette says
that Germany has become convinced
that Russia has no intention to ex
ploit her entente with France lor war
like purposes. Germany, the paper
adds, hus no political interests which
are opposed to those of Russia.
The Vorwuerts, the socialist organ
says that the czar’s last speech iu
I rance was u great politioul event
and stumps the meaning of his
ajesty’s entire Europen tour.
out of them, and as they ure out
Uie way by May you are ready for
another crop on the same ground,
and that without any additional fer
tilizing. About 1U0 bushels to the
acre is a fair crop. Two years ago 1
netted $1 per bushel; last year about
*5 cents.
I have tried several years to raise
a second crop, and while could always
raise a few I can not call it a success,
and after I found that the second croj
were not available for seed, I only
try for enough for family use. In
this method of cultivation remember
that it is for level, piney woods land,
and in a section of country where a
single shower will frequently let fall
from three to four inches of water.
Georgia goes democratic, as usual.
n.x-1 rcsiucui Harrison is on a
speaking tour.
x our nuuured eurluads of people
is it luciwniey in one Uuy.
uryun is now in ine West, drawing
mmouse crowds.
T ue golu llood continues; $.>i,550,-
ouu imported since Aug. 2b.
The Lily ul i aris delayed by aeci-
lent to engines on llxe high seas.
soLiiing serious.
American grain is wuniod in India.
boxen persons were killed in u
Meek on the buixia Fe Road near
jsuge Lily, Ran.
Risiiop Reane hus resigned from
iffo LuUiolic College of America.
resident Gicveiuud uud family
iiuvc returned to Washington.
The citizens of Nashville, Teun.,
will erect a bronze statue oi Cornelius
x underbill.
The bteunier DeBury hus been
ruised.
our trains were wi*ecked at the
sunxe pluce on ttffi buula i’W ;
ify > one pornou mid
ingersoii
speecnos.
A mail eoaeh robbed aud the horses
taken by masked men, when forty
miles irom bun Antonia, Texas.
George \Yashiugton’s monument on
boulh Mountain, Aid., wus struck by
ightiling und badly shattered.
Aiounl Holyoke college hus burned.
Cuplain YY. YY’. Giipatriek, United
bluies Nuvey, fell dead Saturday in
tlie lighthouse department of the
Government Building.
udly hurt.
making sound money
bale oi'llie l*ort ICoyul.
In accordance with the constitu
tional provision prohibiting one rood
irom purchasing within the limits of
tlie State of South Carolina a parallel
line, the attorney general of the state
has written Messrs. Thomus and
Ryan, requesting them to furnish the
slate railroad commission with evi
dence that in the purchase of the
Port Royal road they are not acting
for the Southern ruiiway
Bucks in the South.
if. B. Geer udvocuieb the raising ol
more uueivs in tue boulh. in un arti
cle on llxe subject in i’ urui und
xwuucii, he sujs; There is money in
ducks, unu it comes lroxn inree
sources: Their eggs, their leatlxe'rs
and llxe ffuui sule ol the ducks liiem-
seixes. Jboutliers range in price irom
oU to ut) cents u pound, uud a good-
sizeu nock oi i ekin ducks will yield
sexerui pounds ol lcutneis at a pick
ing, and xv non they nuve access to
pieuty ol water, liicy can be picked
inree times u year, lor tiicir leatnei's
grow luster and heavier when they
ure in me water most oi the time.
x Ue i ekin uuck is u good layer, aud
sue lays a line, oig pinkish while egg.
w ateix ner oi a morning, keep her up
mi 'j or lu o'clock, or until after she
iuj s, ur else she may lay in ine water,
as iney are not very particular where
Iney lay. 1 he 1 eknxs begin laying
in inis lutitude by February 1, and
iaj until about June, when iney quit
tul tue next season.
In size tuej ure large, frequently
weighing eight or ten pounds, hut the
avciage weight is less tiitiu liiul. iu
tael, nve pounds is u lair weight lor
u x ekiu duck, aim six uud a nail lor
u drake. YYe ure aware that me
biuuuurtl weight, uccordmg to the
Amcricuu stanuard ol pence Hon, is
inueii Higher tor exhibition ducks,
out we are also uwure thut a duck, to
attain me siuudurd weight, hus to be
led and lattened lor two weeks or so,
like a nog, hence we contend lliut the
standard weight is entirely too high,
and should oe umended.
Toung i ekin ducks make line eat
ing as soon as large enough, and they
are in good demand in the city mar
kets ail over the boulh at ail seasons.
Laud Measure UorruoUkl.
i U2-TUU inches, 1 link,
iuu links, 1 effaiu.
x enuin is ou ieet or 4 rods.
1 rod is 10 l / a feet.
T0U square rods is 1 acre; or 2U8
ieet, &‘/ a inches squure is 1 acre.
4J,dou square ieet is 1 ucre.
4,8-iU square yards iu 1 ucre.
au chains uiukc 1 mile.
d20 rods make 1 mile.
1,(00 yurds make 1 mile.
.>,2b0 Ieet muke 1 mile.
*/4 mile squure euntuins 100 ucres.
1 mile squure couUtj||is 010 acres.
4 miles squure 10,240 ucretp
.Lucres ol ltuxti measures 400 feel,
a^jTobhoS sqtfcll'b. ’ t
TO ucres oi land measures 0(50 feel
squure.
Id acres of land measures b08 feet,
i inches square.
20 ueies of land measures 033 feet,
1% inches squure.
25 acres ol fund measures 1,030%
Teel squure.—Ex.
It,
Turkey’* Armenian Prisoners.
The jails in Constantinople are so
rowderl with Armenian prisoners
hut is seems impossible for them to
hold any more. A special tribune
ganized for the purpose of trying
i Ik* Armenians is wholly inadequate
io the disposition of the cases, und a
second court will be organized to ex
pedite matters. The charges against
I he Armenian prisoners who are
packed in tlie jails are absolutely
lacking in the elements of justice.
United Stales Minister Terrell de
nies that he has made any request to
the porte in behalf of this govern
ment for the passage of the United
States gunboat Bancroft through the
Dardanelles, but he expresses hopes
thut arrangements were made for her
admission before the Bancroft start
ed from America for Turkish waters.
Mr. Terrel is the only diplomat who
has left the protection of Therapia.
He is living in Peru and the Ameri
can legation is the only one that is
not guarded. Mr. Terrell has pointed
out the houses of Americans which
require special guards, but has de
clared to the "Tirkish police that it is
their duty to guard the legation with
out a request.
Prom llxe Hunk ol Ivu^luud.
Included iu the withdrawals from
the Bank ol England on the 10th, was
£ 331,000 in bar and coin gold for
shipment to the United btutes.
Electro Vote of 92-
Turned Down tlie Nume.
The Indiana stute board of elec
tions, by a vote of two to one, decided
to deny the petition of the national
democrats to go the bullot under thut
name. Gov. Matthews had the de
ciding vote, and east it against the
petition. If the national democrats
fail to select u name, the bourd will
choose one. No objection wus made
to the device.
States und
Territories.
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Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut ....
Delaware
Florida
Ueorgiu
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts ..
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire.
New Jersey ....
New York
North Curolinu .
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Some Forage Flants-
From the Agriculturist.
In several oi your recent issues I
have hud the pleasure ol reading ar
ticles from the pen ol Mr. C. K. Me-
Quurrie, ol DeFuniak Springs, Fla.,
on the subject of the “flay Crop in
•Torida.”
This lias been to us “Yankees” a
atlier embarrassing questions, but .
since reading the above article and
observing the crab grass and beggar
ued are grown on some ol the farms
near town, we do not think it such u
serious question after all.
1 yesterday called on Rev. Pillsbury,
who lives three miles west ol Ureen
Cove Springs, and he showed me some
j grass hay which had been cut
Irom his strawberry bed, this having
been tlie third crop, and was cured
n exeellent condition, being equal, T
should think to the best timothy sold
in our market. All his little farm of
15 acres where not cultivated is over
run with this exeellent hay. Mr. Mc-
Quarrle’s advice regarding the saving
of this crop is well worth heeding.
YVe tried some kaffir corn this sea
son and found that it does remark
ably well. This is one of the staple
forage crops for the western states,
and will also make a splendid grain
and forage crop here. Sorghum cune
also does well here and by sowing iu
drills the plants do not uttain such
large size. This with millet and corn
fodder mukes a variety of fodder and
bay crops that will be relished by
our four footed friends.
D. 1). Swartley.
Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Introduction of Rice into America.
Martin says, in his history of North
Carolina, that the planting of rice
as commenced iu this country iu
the year 1693, as follows: A brig from
.Madagascar, on her way to Englaud,
came to anchor off Sullivan’s Island.
Thomas smith going on board receiv
ed from the captain a bag of seed rice
with information of its culture in the
East, its suitableness for food and its
incredible increase. Smith divided
the seed among his friends, and an
experiment buiug made In different
soils, the success surpassed the expec
tation the captain had excited. Thus
from this small beginning, accident
ally occurring, arose the staple com
modity of Carolina, which soon be
came the chief support of the colony
and the great source of itH opulence.
—Raleigh Register, 1830.
Geo. Du Maurier, author of Trilby
is dead.