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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1889)
ALASKA. _______ SXSRESOV iWKS AND HABITS OF THE XA1IVE.S. Mac and Population of ilie Territory —How i Ik- Nativet. l)i-|not nl' Their Head The Sal¬ mon Fisheries. To one whose attention ha- never been called to the fact, it seem- rather sur* prising that San Francisco is on the me ridian that divides tin- po.....sion-. of the Vmu a Slat's into equal put . The \ torn archipelago extends m far to tic w- it •f San Fram-isco as Maine is cast of Weare furthermore not apt to realize * the coast line of Alaska exceeds that of Hit United States, and that, its territory is •qua! in extent to the portion Mississippi of the United States cast of the River. Jis islands an -sonic 1100 in num¬ ber, arid its scenery is as grand and nigged, with its abrupt headland-. ;tj ______ Hare VU #4 JRHm ■ “ I Jgf 3Hmk^-'r4 •.*iir3(65 ' - RUSSIAN BLOCK Hot gigantic ravines, its snot covered moun tains and glaciers, and enormous rivers, to auv on this eotinent. It has a population of about .'>2,000, only 0000 of whom arc- ! white | The few towns that are to be found are Mattered along the < <v>st, undare prim i pally trading mid fishing stations. The roo t important is ,Sitka, formerly the seat t wl Hie Russian Governor, and sit that time mih’d New Archangel. It has a poptila Won of about 1500, anil is the lieadquar trrs of Hu United Slab - authorities. It has fori ideations, magazines, and ! a mag- j roadie observatory, and lias a Greek chur< h ami bishop, It also boasts of a training school for Indian children r f V u / I? i * ii \?7Z> m I j ! m ; f ilfes. S • Am • 5W 1 ,»- 9££ - • ■OTOMtt IN honor OF OKFSItll I' C1HFVS. The influences of civilization have wrought ii great change in the natives, who were formerly very turbulent and »vap The Indian school is well ut ♦elided, and the effects of education and tlx- missionary have already been felt. Th Greek church is the most foriogn f,*aiiiiv of the town, and is in fact tho »«1> e-lnii shat has any claim to being on architectural production. Tin- Russian block house, which is ■lustrated. \vi irmerlx garrisoned with • Rus-ian lon e, but it is now ah loned. CJn n rot ky ] near itka is M tHated the e le . in sp . Us rugged s»«!ri ami severe aspect, | its so mi* and it formerly the slKHte ol s who held sway in the Territory, and who wa> iiiur dere«'t in hi iwn home in the midst gay reveii iilous admirer. —f--- t/ v §gf§ Kjiu : ,, 'v. Wgftf ^ w wffiSHffi i — mmssr aihlfef f/A i■ ..tjg, y wf.1! VvIImS' , j'fi.i'fei CTBtlTOTf t s'v 5 H . d- •: £-: *Fpr~ -I'l “ —W . ——...... * native chief A |Nvrtrait is reprodti-Nalof Kitch K<>«r • native chief, iu full dancing ctl 0 Ide* mantle is bn lliatuly col red. vvhiU ue carries in s hand a' rati h A roui o. Alaskan is s is a'.Mi sri ven. arc not in the ir xv n r !' tag in their twry-uav v ot tbeir fai'i-s » iv nuhp\v tb •t mixture o lampblack. p : i’ 1 the M One of the most curious prtrtkts the iiatAt-s is their meUi lsposiu mt the dead Th. tv idles of the dt ported are cremated and deposited in log *i GEORGIA. THE DEMOCRAT CRAWORDVILLE, houses, which are surmounted by some carved object in wood, which is snp posed to guard the ashes of the deceased whn-.e bon - is- Ic-v-nth. Om- tui irri. . |nj . k i: , ), m- i t tor. i but it i.s a howling v.oi. singing his re quiem over the eh ATTi'd remains of some* departed < hieff m. Its eon anion lying i on the ground by it hie a wooden whale, whose sepulchre ha Collate " ' under it. These figures arc the tot j of the families whose bones r pose in tb ; houses beneath, Cremation has been generally abandoned since the arrival ol the missionaries. Totems ol a d i if e re a . represented in another view. arc . v ,. ry tall, and are elabo s lt f<dy < arv. d with 'stone hatchets, and af( . <;onsjfi( , re( i g rea t works of art by the native8 Tll( . (arv ings are emblematic of important events in the history of the chief, in whose honor the totem has been raised. Each family or subdivision of a tribe has its own totem, and these monu¬ ments serve to distinguish between families much as armorial bearings did iri the middle ages. Each child belongs the tribe and family of its mother, as th - fatli-r 1 not considered in tin light of a relation. Gold i.s found in some quantity. Fishing, however, i a more important industry, and one which is being very rapidly developed. Nineteen film oa %' . Jfpj 1 ■ . r-v ) ■ i Pr ; . . V -V -.Vr-r.*--) ■ ■ $ '' m . . .. i -jt ti FA.VILV TOMBS SI.'Ii.Uor.VIED BV TOTEMS. canneries are nowin operation in Alaska, and very few realize how the waters of Alaska abound in salmon. They are much more numerous than they are in the prolific waters of California, Oregon . ul< j Washington Territory, Thousands have been taken, so we are informed in a recent Government report, by a single haul of the seine. The salmon fisheries have increased very rapidly. In 1887 eighteen ve.--els were engaged in the tratlie and 190,000 eases of salmon were exported. In 1888 t| 1(; number of vessels had increased to twenty-eight and bet ween 300,000 ami 350,000 case* were exported, Whaling is also extensively carried on ;,i Alaska. One of the greatest resources FFFi r I v. fjrvTva ,1 L m 1'J J J V-i (JHOin* OK ALASKAN NATIVES. of this vast region is its forests, wldehTT?e practically virgin. The value of these is not appreciated the so much wood now supply as it of will the lie later, when Pacific States, which is being so wantonly wasted now, has begun to give out. Then Alaska with it great supply of hemlock, spruce and cedar trees, will be sought to supply the devouring hunger of ad vancingcivilization.— Scientific American. Kill s AS POISONOUS AS VII’KRS. 1‘rof M.isso Makes a Remarkable Discovery About the Fish's Rlootl. [From the St. Janii'B Gazette.] In . » recent . number , of 7 he .ittora Autologin, published thi- results at of Rome, expert- Prof, Masao gives some meiits that h • has lately urn !e "it Ii the blood of ei*ls and of certain mariue fishes. if tho conclusions drawn by the Professor from those experiments nro sound, it Would seem that, wore an eel provided with an apparatus wound to inject its own blood into a as tho ser¬ pent injects his venom when ho bites, an eel in the mud would be every bit as objectionable Prof. a .Masso, thing as being a snake anxious iu the grass. to ascertain whether the bliH>d of those salt water tisbesth.it died when put into Ivosh water aitu>ml from the mood oi those that survive ! the transition from salt water into fresh, compared and the of serum of the blood of the dogfish other salt water fishes that tued when placed m fresh wn.er with the blood of eels and certain other fishes that were not hurt by the change from salt water to fresh. Of the first named he found the serum of the blood clear and limpid ami tastiug of salt water; while of tlie others the serum was of a reflections, yellowish color, with white and blue like petroleum, and oi a burning and acrid taste. Experimenting with the latter by in jeetiug it under the skin of rabbits, frogs, mice and pigeons, he discovered it was a deadly poison, poison, inasmuch its effect being similar caused to viper by paralysis the as death was ot respiratory organs. Expevimeutmg on d.vgH with rilis fish t "'son and with vijwr poisvm the l’rohss >r found that, minute as was the quantity of the latter voquirod to oausi thadrodh f the animal in a few minutes, it was one third mort' powerful than the fish poi son—that is to say. it required three times the quantity of the fish poison t - pr,since the same effect that a certain quantity of the viper poison produced, n t,, the cure of snake bites Prof. Masso says that the stimulants usually given are wholly useless lies and that the only and hope artificial of recovery pumping in ol tracheotomy nr into the lungs. Shari< tho Sum r.iua!. tlii Isthmus Su< XX IAS IVlt’T the can XV '"si tlf> v;'i;irK s in th Mt U i the uassagY througi ,, ^ , . ruitar not boiusr to their lil but now they come in by way of In • .> . .n such numbers that in more than or,t watering-place, and especially on the Adriatic Sea. the sign has -one up fox bathers to “Beware of Sharks.” FARM AND GARDEN. DUCKS WITHOUT WATER. Tlie idea that ducks and geese abso¬ lutely need free access to water at all t m s i? a mistake. For young ducks, especially early in the season while the water is cold too much water is fatal. The wild birds h ve become hardened to it; but even of them a large number probably succumb, thus keeping their increase in check. If you give ducks water enough to drink and take precau¬ tions to prevent them from getting their fe::t into it, you have done better for their welfare than they know how to do the mselves. —Bos ton Cultivator. COLD SETTING OF MILK. A New Englan 1 dairyman describes a simple device for c< Id setting of milk in summer that is well worth the notice of nil inter: ted. No patent creamer, no ice, no expensive room, is called for. The milk is set in a can twelve inches in diameter and deep enough to hold the milk of six or eight cows. By a simple windlass this is lowered into a well where the temperature is uniform at forty-eight or fifty degrees, and al¬ lowed to set twenty-four hours, when the can i- raised and the cream dipped oil. No one need have any fears but they would get all the cream under such conditions. The cream will be thin, the une as in deep setting, butthe but¬ ter will be all in it .—New York Obser¬ ver. PLANTING BEANS. Beans may be planted the first week in June. The land should be in good condition; the common belief that any kind of poor land is good enough for beans is a delusion. Twenty-five to forty bushels of beans per acre can only be grown upon good land, and at present prices this yield is profitable. The marrowfat variety is generally the most salable, although the red kidney, the white pea bean, and the black soup beans sometimes bring the highest prices. Beans are usually planted in drills eighteen inches apart, and tinea beans arc dropped at intervals of twelve inches. Tiic bean gr.wn in America is different from the English bean, belong¬ ing to a distinct family of plants, and its manner of growth differs from that of tho English horse bean. This latter kind does not succeed in our climate, being fatally infested with lice, an evi¬ dence perhaps that weak growth under unfavorable conditions tends to induce attacks front parasite ' " 11 ‘" a of beans, however, differ r( , jjttie in chemical composition a d —Xcu York Tim 's. I / , ■ gu;1)I.i:d tuki.s. ‘f The rabbits, mic ■ and nt! rodents usually injure trees in the w T so that by spring it is necessary to fair them in some way before sutnm Unless the jiests have eaten tlie ini bark all around the trow, they will driver with ! proper treatment. The be.j.-emody phfter to 1 apply is to make a stiff out of clay and cow manure, adding » a little : 'water plaster to make is placed it move over ph»-t|. the larked If such ! | a por- j tioaof the tree and secured io position 1 ! '>y a covering of old bagra g or cloth, ’ i the wound is likely to ojfi up in a | | short time. If the weatljb s very dry ( it will be necessary to wq n re bandage ! occasionally. The great c ject of the | application is to keep there mild moist "hiie nature heals tj^ injury. ** , j ! up the wound is a large and Olii 0110, it i , , ,, nc ce,sarv to cut t, iai»y of the \ J - 11 top limbs of tlie tree. is to equal izo the flow of the sap, i h ii neccs gurilv .jiminisbed In- tho „ It ■;d. Other - girdled . . remedies for tr , [ate recoin¬ mvuded, but for a simple ed effective device, which anv orchn dpA c m apply, this one cannot 1 k‘ stirpasted. It is an old-fashioned remedy, bn': it is ns good today as it was in the dad of our fore¬ fathers. I.OSS OF TOWER OF It?ND I,EOS. S. L. Schumacker, l\ndU-:on Co., AV. Va . a-ks for the cause of weakness of ,j, e back of a yearling colt. Wncn doWM 11 . canaot , .' .. h .. *»‘l , He | me mv» there is no fever, sw riling or ten- I d crne ,s of back, there has been no in- ! ...... . good , }■■■■• > m cob* di:ioa an 1 l as a good appetite. If there is no affection of the kidnevs, there must be paralysis. Give a quarter j . of a pound of Glauber s: :s for two or three mornings in wheat bran in the I ! or I drinking water, Then wring out a i small blanket, four folds, in hot water, apply to tho back, and c ver with a , folded horse blanket. Change often to keep up heat and moist urr for sevcrall hours, then cover wi'U a dry, warm blanket. If the condition does not *vn improve, give in the drinking wa ter half an ounce each of extract of nux vomica and iod.de of potash, night and morning, for a few^ ys, then emit a day or two and the treatment, If the paralyse tad persistent, make a blister over the^^'^tt the loins by ap Ad bo J "Hi til ing an ointment made of one part of b;r.-iodide of mercury and s;x teen parts of lard,—one drachm of the mercury and sixteen drachms of lard. The best method of blistering is by rubbing in the warm ointment with a flannel cloth firmly ticl to a strong stick, thus protecting the hands and eyes. Should twitching of the muscles occur, stop the nux vomica. PLANTING AND CULTIVATION OF COHN. Tne general introduction of improved implements has completely revolution¬ ized the methods of corn culture. In the early years of our older readers the hoc was almost constantly in hand from the beginning of planting until the crop was “laid by.” The corn farmer of those days was quite ready to echo Dud¬ ley Warner s wash for a “cast-iron back with a hinge in it.” Now the farmer may “lay down the shovel and the hoe,’■ and raise a much larger and better corn crop without them. After the land Is plowed—which on large prairie farms may be done with a double wheel plow —the pulverizing, disk, or cutaway har¬ row reduces the soil to fine tilth, leaving it ready for the seed. Theoretically drills are far more productive than check-rows. Drills thres-and-a-half f'-6tr apart, with the stalks six inches apart in the drill, have a ratio as seven to four with hills the sama distance apart each way. That i-, an acre in drills contains three-fourths mare plants than an acre in check-rows, with equal space between. Furthermore, with plants standing six inches apart, each one has a better chanco for full develop ment than when crowded into hills. The only practical difficulty in drilling corn arises from tho want of an implement which will drop two drills at once, with uniform distance between the kernels in the diills. With a good smoothing harrow it is quite as easy to give clean cultiva¬ tion in drills a; in rows, This should begin before the young corn shows it¬ self above ground. In case of sudden showers followed by sunshine soon after j seeding, a hard crust results, which the ^ smoothing harrow breaks up. This im plement may t o run lengthwise of the drills or rows at intervals of a week untF or j less, without injury to the corn, the stnlk begins to shoot up through the centre. As to manure, it is too late to consider it in a general way after the corn iisplanted. Stable manure should have leen applied to the surface and flowed under, mi l commercial fertili¬ J * ses wT' : ^‘••'t rry'“ Y l the ^soiL lie plRtmg. | fore But a top-dressing of ashes applied to the hills or drills either befo:e or immediately after the corn is up xvill benefit the crop under all con¬ ditions. The subsequent cultivation of tho <rop, from the tim: when it is too large for the smoothing harrow, is best per¬ formed by meani of a two-horse culti vator. There are many excellent pat terns in the market, and it is a waste of time and labor to scratch back and forth between tho rows with a little one-horse, ; cultivator, when a good two-horse im- , plement will do the work better iu one- 1 fourth the time, The ground should never be stirred so deeply as to cat the roots. Careful experiments have proved the theory of “root-pruning” corn to be a gross fallacy. The plant is a rank feeder, and needs all its root i growth unimpaired. But the surface must ba kept stirred and free from weeds unt l the crop is ready to be “laid j by.” In hot, droughty d iys a layer of j loose porous soil on tho surface acts as a j mulch. On the other hand, a neglected | growth of weeds will draw the water out of the soil, besides robbing the corn of its plant food.— American Agricul. turit. FARM AND GARDEN NOTF.3. The soil fattens by feeding upon it- : self. A farmer with a family should never despbe the “truck patch.” Laziness and farming nev r did go hand iu hand and make a good crop. The best management on the farm is in raising good crops and increasing the fertility. Don't work ail the time and never , ake “a spell” 1 tr read. You cannot live by bread alone. He well prepared to harvest every crop in good season; delay at this season of ten proves a serio loss. You can’t expect a full hay crop if you pasture the meadow so late that the mower has to dr.ve the cows out. Whatever you plant don t sow any of the see Is of fretfulnets. It is about as worthless “stuff” as you can raise. : Good roads improve the country in so many ways, that it will be found a good plan to take good care to improve tnem. Try and find what your farm is best adapted for. Plow well, use good seed, plant on y what can be cared for, culti '••ate often. Don't try to raise ten acres of corn at a loss when five can be grown with gain. i? ■ ffS.C0.«3_ fa® J. LaDFS^ASH^BUNDSl^nl- £A.|i IS * and See. dies-. Bergstrom --IS STILL AT HIS OLD STAND IN CH.AwFOH.D'VIIii X-a23 m f lip 'Pin AT THE VERY LOWEST PRICES. ■SUCH AS Dry Goods, Provisions, Clothing, Boots, Shoos, Hats And Anything Eke You Want. Bergstrom's Cash Store. GOODS. IS THE PLACE TO BUY C. F. KOHLRUSS Augusta Marble and Stone Works, -Corner Washington and Ellis Streets ■ ■ C3r£t. Leading Monument Business for Artistic Work, --AND REASONABLE PRICES. tSSTWork for the country carefully boxed and delivered at Augnsta depot free of charge. (apr5 ly.) 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