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BRITAIN REFUSES TO TAKE PART
IN NEGOTIATIONS.
SALISBURY MAKES FINAL REPLY.
Says India’s Mints Cannot Be Reopened.
Bimetallism Is Thus Turned Down
and Silver is Sidetracked.
A London cable dispatch says: Lord
Salisbury, Wednesday night, sent to
Ambassador Hay the reply of the Brit¬
ish government to the proposals of the
American bimetallist special commis¬
sion, headed by Senator Wolcott.
It is a diplomatically worded note.
His lordship says that the govern¬
ment of Great Britain is not able to
re-open the India mints at present.
He regrets the inability to accede to
the proposals of the American com¬
missioners. Great Britain having as
great an interest as the United States
and France in securing a stable par
exchange for gold and silver and au
enlarged use of silver.
In these circumstances, continues
Lord Salisbury, the British govern¬
ment does not see the desirability of
an international monetary conference,
but will be pleased to consider any
other practical suggestions from the
United States.
Lord Salisbury incloses with tho
note a copy of the statement of Sir J.
Westland, head of the financial de¬
partment of India, which was under
discussion at the meeting of the cabi¬
net council last Saturday which takes
strong grounds against the reopening
of the India mints.
Ambassador Andrew White came
from Berlin last Saturday. He has
avoided publicity, but hns had several
conferences with Senator Wolcott.
In the course of au interview with
the correspondent of the Associated
Press, Mr. White said that Germany’s
action as to bimetallism will depend
upon England’s.
NO RECEIVER APPOINTED
For the Southern B. ami B. Association of
Huntsville, Ala.
The case of Mrs. M. L. Straton et al.
vs. the Southern Building and Loan
Association of Huntsville, Ala., asking
for a receiver to wind up the company’s
business was dismissed by Judge
Bruce in the United States court.
The bill alleged the association to
be insolvent and to have practiced
continued frauds upon its stockholders
among whom were the plaintinffs.
Attorney for the defense adduced evi¬
dence showing the assets of the South¬
ern to be over a million dollars.
On convening court Judge Bruce
asked the plaintiff’s Attorneys how
much more time the case would con¬
tinue if heard to the end. They said
1 they wanted three more days.
Judge Bruce then announced that in
the two days devoted to the case he
had found the allegations in the bill
to be groundless. He then dismissed
the case without argument.
BRITONS ARE JEALOUS.
They Say That TVe Are Distancing Them
In Iron Industries.
The Pall Mall Gazette Wednesday
afternoon, in tho course of a long ar¬
ticle on American competition in tho
iron and steel industries, says:
“Today we find the United States
not only challenging our supremacy in
neutral markets, but even obtaining a
foothold in England.
“The causes which are giving the
United States such a favorable recep¬
tion are permanent and everything
points to the United States remaining
the cheapest steel-producing country
in the world. ”
OFFERED TO UNCLE SAM.
Bethlehem Iron Works Would Sell Their
Plant To the Government.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Will¬
iam Wharton, one of tho largest stock¬
holders of the Bethlehem Iron Com¬
pany, confirmed the report that the
company has made an offer to sell its
plant to the government.
Mr. Wharton said he understood the
Carnegie company had also made the
similar offer, but doubted whether
either of the propositious would ever
amount to anything.
DALTON TRIALS RESUMED.
Captain Peeples Faces Charge of Pnr-
chasing Stolen Tobacco.
The car conspiracy trials at Dalton,
Ga., were resumed last Tuesday, when
Captain T. J. Peeples was arraigned
for receiving 8 boxes, 220 pounds, of
stolon tobacco from the Bohannon
gang. witnesses the had' i
The only two state
to sustain the alleged transaction be¬
tween the gang of train robbers and
Captain Peeples was Walter Bohan¬
non, chief of the car pirates, and a
negro. time the defense *
When the came for
no evidence was introduced but the'
.statement of T. J. Peeples, who denied
the charges in toto.
SELMA ALMOST DEPOPULATED.
Eleven Thousand Hollars Worth of Rail¬
road Tickets Sold In One Hay.
On account of the official announce¬
ment of yellow fever in Selma, Ala.,
the town is practically deserted. About
$11,000 worth of tickets were sold
over the Southern last Sunday morn¬
ing. white population but
Out of 2,500
300 remain to face the dangers of the
-epidemic.
JUDGE ROASTED LAWYERS.
Sensation Developed in tlie Car Robbery
Trials at. Dalton.
Court convened nt Dalton, Ga.,
Thursday, morning with a large attend-
mice. Wat Harris concluded the ar¬
gument for the defendant, Captain T.
J. Peeples, in a speech which contin¬
ued for an hour and a half. During
his speech he intimated that Captain
T. J. trial. Peeples had been warned “singled” out the
for After being by
court Mr. Harris repeated the word
and was fined.
The jury rendered a verdict of not
guilty.
Tho case of Mack Cannon was called
and tho hardest and most sensational
attempt that has been made to have a
case continued was presented, but the
court overruled the objection and in¬
structed everybody interested in this
case to get ready for trial, In the in-
termission that followed John H. Ben¬
der accepted the opportunity to enter
a plea of not guilty.
Col. McCamy introduced an affida¬
vit signed by several well-known citi¬
zens that they did not believe any de¬
fendant charged with receiving stolen
goods could obtain a fair and impar¬
tial trial in Whitfield county, owing
to the excited condition of the people
and jurors by the gravity of the offen¬
ses and publications in certain news¬
papers, etc.
Following this affidavit Judge A.
W. Fite said: “I want to say in the
outset in these cases, gentlemen, that
there is no excitement so far as this
court knows except what is gotten up
in the particular case on trial, and all
this excitement is the talk of lawyers.
“I want to say right now if any law¬
yer in the trial of this or any other
case wants to tempt the court to fine
him for the purpose of influencing the
jury either way, it will be a pretty dear
undertaking. I want you all to un¬
derstand that now. I am going to
confine the counsel to the facts on trial
in any case that comes up, and I warn
you all now, I am not going to put up
with any side issues or grand stand
plays, for the purpose of effecting the
jury either way by either. If I have
to fine any lawyer in this case it is not
going to he a fine of ten dollars. I am
going to run this court in decency and
in order if I have to put every lawyer
in jail and try to run it by myself and
the jury. I mean that. ”
“I have heard of lawyers saying,
‘Why don’t you get fined in the case?’
‘Why don’t you do something to pro¬
voke the court and get the jury prej¬
udiced in favor of the defendant?’ I
know it is a reflection on the intelli¬
gence of the jury to think that they
will do a tiling of that kind and at the
same time I don’t want to lose the
time. I just want the thing done fair¬
ly and squarely, and I am going to do
my part straight and squarely from
the shoulder and put the responsibil¬
ity on the jury without regard to any¬
body, white or black. I have no favors
to grant to anybody in this courthousa
and I have no enemies to punish in
this courthouse. This case is ready
for trial. ”
The grand jury was discharged after
being highly complimented by Judge
Fite.
t i 4 Well done, thou good and faithful
servants,’ I might say to you. You
have done your duty without fear or
favor.”
Ninety odd bills were found by the
jury.
TO FORM SYNDICATE.
President and Bussell Sage to Confer ori
Union Pacific Matter.
The New World York of Thursday
morning contained the following:
“Russell Sage created a sensation in
Wall street by announcing he had
beeif invited by President McKinley
to form a syndicate in Union Pacific
railway on tho basis of satisfying the
full government claim in the Union
Pacific.
“Air. Sage invited subscriptions to
a plan to be hereafter brought out by
him for the foregoing object. The
payment of the government’s claim in
full is understood to he the first con¬
dition in this plan. Air. Sage’s rep¬
resentatives announced that, he had
received subscriptions for over $75,-
000,000 within two hours of his an¬
nouncement.
“It was announced that he would
continue to receive subscriptions until
his plan was subscribed at least three
times over. As in the bond transac¬
tion, Mr. Sage thinks there is unlimit¬
ed capital available for the settlement
of tlie Pacific road debts without loss
to the government and without blind
pools.
DEBTS WILL BE RAID.
Tennessee Methodists In Conference If ear
a Bit of Good News.
For years past a heavy debt has
hung over the board of missions of the
Alethodist Episcopal church, sou’m,
with headquarters in Nashville.
About two years ago Rev. Dr. Henry
C. Alorrison, one of the missionary,
secretaries, inaugurated a movement
to pay off this debt, and Wednesday
he had the satisfaction of announcing
to the conference that subscriptions
have been received to the amount of
$150,000, which will wipe out every
cent of the debt.
NASHVILLE IS SAFE.
Heavy Frost In the City Has Made the
People Feel Reassured.
There is no yellow fever in Nash¬
ville, nor are there any suspicious
cases.
Reports to the contrary have no
basis. The hoards of health, state and
city, know of no suspicious cases, and
no jihysician ha3 reported suspicious
cases.
There was frost in Nashville and
surrounding country Saturday morn¬
ing. Investigation shows no basis for
rumors concerning the city.
THROUGH GEORGIA.
The demand among investors for the
issue of $35,000 of 4| per cent gold
bonds, to be issued by the city of
Amerieus, reflects favorably upon the
financial credit of the town. Dozens
of letters of inquiry have been re¬
ceived lately and the bonds will sell
for a good sum.
Mr. _ F. TT W. , Beardsiy, , , ot , New „ Voile, .
has bought the limbless cotton owned
i.y Mr. I. A. J ackson, growing on the
farm ot Mr. A. ,1. Stewart near At-
lanta. Mr. Beardsiy paid a large
amount for the cotton, and will organ-
ize a company with perhaps a million
do ars capital. What will be done
with the cotton is not known and he
does not care to say at present,
Senator Bacon lias been interview¬
ing President McKinley regarding a
pardon for Lewis Bedwine. Mr. Por¬
ter, secretary to the president, said
that no assurances had been given by
the president as yet, as to whether he
would take up Redwino’s case or not.
Senator Bacon will continue to push
the matter, as very little time is left to
save the young fellow’s citizenship.
Tlie Gwinnett county fair at Law-
renceville closed one of the most re¬
markable exhibits ever displayed. The
promoters are highly pleased with the
success of the fair and have called a
meeting for December to discuss the
advisability of having another fair next
year. It is proposed that a stock com¬
pany be organized with ample capital
to build racetracks, houses and do such
other things as will be attractive.
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Major W. II. Smyth, Atlanta’s new¬
ly-appointed postmaster, has made
bond to the United States government
and is now ready to step into the office
to which the president appointed him.
The bond has been mailed to the prop¬
er official and is said to be as strong
as any one could desire. Some time
ago there was a report to the effect that
Major Smyth would be unable to give
the bond required of the postmaster of
Atlanta and for that reason would be
unable to qualify for the office.
The apparent danger of Atlanta’s
water system on account of the appear¬
ance main of electrolysis on the pipes is the
topic of discussion in city hall
circles. Some take a conservative
view, believing the pipes are not in
imminent danger. Others, who claim
to be well informed on the subject,
state it is only a matter of time until
the whole system is ruined, unless a
material change is made by the street
railway companies, whereby the elec¬
tric current could be transferred from
the ground.
* * *
The legislature will have important
work to do at this session, which bids
fair to become historic, both because
of the great questions settled and re¬
forms instituted and because of the
careers which will be unfolded for a
galaxy of bright men who are coming
to the front. It is generally believed
that the politics of the next state cam¬
paign will take shape during the ses¬
sion. Leading men from every county
will be present, and during the next 50
days alignments will be made and the
warders of the growing hour will be
bodied forth in the combinations and
affiliations made among the 219 politi¬
cal falters of the general assembly.
* * +
At the meeting of the joint peniten¬
tiary committees of the house and sen¬
ate at Atlanta, Monday, the Hall bill
was reported as the majority present¬
ment of the sub-committee which has
had the question of convict reform un¬
der consideration for the past thirty
days. The minority presented the
following: “We are of the opinion
that the powers conferred on the prison
commission to be created under the
bill reported are too broad, and that
the legislature should, as far as possi¬
ble, assume the settlement of the ques¬
tion on some definite plan.” Thus
the fight on the convict question was
fully launched.
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The annual report of Attorney Gen¬
eral J. M. Terrell to Governor Atkin¬
son has been completed' and is now in
the hands of the state printer. The
report is one of the most complete ever
made from this department and con¬
tains a great amount of valuable infor¬
mation relative to cases in which the
state has been involved and their dis¬
position. Some important recommen¬
dations are made anil the report is an
interesting document, Mention is
made of suits brought against certain
railroads in favor of the state for the
collection of penalties imposed by the
railroad commission for violation or
failure to comply with its rules and
orders. There are a number of such
cases. The history of the famous
Northeastern railroad case, together
with the present status of it, is given
fully- ,
•J: * *
The Blalock committee is said to
have its eye on the treasury depart¬
ment and the comptroller-general’s
office, with a view to taking from them
important functions with the accom¬
panying perquisites and establishing
a new department, with an officer to
be known as insurance commissioner
and state bank examiner. Under the
law at present the comptroller-general
is insurance commissioner, and as com¬
pensation for that extra service, in ad¬
dition to his salary of $2,000 a year,
he receives a part of the insurance fees,
amounting to several thousand dollars
a year. There have been several ef¬
forts to take these perquisites away
from the comptroller-general, but with
poor success, The treasurer is ex-offi-
cio bank examiner, and for this service
receives $1,200 in addition to his sal¬
ary of $2,000 as treasurer, the money
being paid pro rata by the state banks.
BY MAIL OR EXPRESS.
Oflftcinls of n IiCa<]tn{E Company Comment
on the Itecent Lorn.
From the Now York Herald.
Recent press dispatches, reporting
the mysterious disappearance of a
large sum of money in transit through
the mails from a banking house in
Chicago to one of its western corres¬
pondents, prompted an inquiry as to
the cause for such an amount being
intrustetl to the postal service, and,
when approao hed OI1 the H u.l,ject, a
prom in eu t official of one of the leading
express compauies stated that the last
year had witnessed a radical change
jn thfl tl . an9poration of nioneys , which
formerly had all been forwarded by £
M but were uow 1)eh asnt
instances by mail, the aggregate
postage ftud registry fees representing
a difference as compared with express
rates that tempted many to depart
from the old method and adopt the
new.
The official added further that fre¬
quent tram robberies had compelled
the express companies to go to great
expense in equipping their through
ears with stationary combination safes,
which as recent “hold-ups” had prov-
e n, afford security against any at¬
tempts on the part of road agents to
get at the contents, but that even
should they succeed in the majority of
cases little would now be obtained for
their paius on account of the diversion
of the moneys from express to the
mails, and it would not be unnatural
to expect that “Uncle Sam” would
soon have his hands full looking after
the protection of the valuable parcels
in his care, as train robbers will, of
course, go where the money it, and it
is now in the mail instead of the ex¬
press car.
Inquiry as to what steps the express
companies would take to regain the
traffic elicited the reply that they had
expended all the revenues from this
source in the past in surrounding the
money with every possible protection
and running down and punishing
theives, and that they would simply
wait until such losses as the one re¬
ferred to and the attention of train
robbers to this new channel for trans¬
porting moneys proved it to be neither
a successful nor profitable experiment.
GIRL’S OWN SCHEME.
Sensational Sequel to the Heathcock
“Assault,” at Chiekamauga Park.
A Chattanooga, Tenn., special says:
A sensation that has set the people of
that section agog with excitement de¬
veloped at Chickamauga park Friday.
Several months ago tho whole of
north Georgia, as well as Chattanooga,
was aroused over what was at the time
reported to be a brutal attempt by an
unknown man with red hair and bine
eyes to assault the seveuteen-year-ohl
daughter of James Heathcock, an em¬
ploye of the park commissioners.
Ten or fifteen men, in a measure
answering the description of the
“brute,’’were arrested and taken before
the Heathcock women, and a lynching
was only averted because they pro¬
nounced each man “not the guilty one.”
The girl became a mother a few days
ago and Heathcock, the father, was
much surprised, he having along with
the public been misled by the story of
the criminal assault. He began an in¬
vestigation and uow states that there
was no criminal assault, but that the
girl had been beaten into insensibility
by the mother on the occasion when
she was found insensible by one of the
guards, and that the story of the crim¬
inal assault was concocted in order to
save the girl’s reputation. There was
a standing reward for the arrest of the
“fiend,” which has now been with¬
drawn when the facts as stated became
known.
AGED COUPLE MURDERED.
Their Home Burned Down Upon Their
Remains-Robbery the Object.
Interest in the progress of the fever
in Biloxi was swallowed up in the ex¬
citement of a most horrible murder
and arson, committed Friday morning
upon a most estimable couple of elder¬
ly people living out on Back Bay,
about three or four miles from the
city.
Word was received in the city about
4 a. m. that the Parkhurst property had
been burned and that Mr. J. L. Park¬
hurst and his wife had been consumed
in the flames. A man named Gibson,
his wife and one Volkes are under ar¬
rest. The autopsy showed that the
couple had been murdered for the pur¬
pose of robbery, and evidence showed
that they had been killed before they
retired.
SPAIN MAKES THREATS.
Will Search Vessels Unless Fillibusterlng;
, Is Stopped.
A Madrid newspaper publishes with
reserve the announcement that the
reply of the Spanish government to
the note of the United States, pre¬
sented by General Stewart L. Wood¬
ford, the American minister at Madrid,
declares that if the United States does
not stop the sailing of filibustering ex¬
peditions from American ports, Spain
will re-establish the right to search
vessels anchoring in Cuban waters.
SOLDIERS FOR KLONDIKE.
Military Post Created In Alaska In Ka-
dius of 100 Miles of St. Michaels.
The secretary of war has issued an
order creating a military reservation
in that part of Alaska lying within a
radius of 100 miles of St. Michaels.
The purpose is to confer upon Lieu¬
tenant Colonel llaudall the necessary
legal authority to preserve order and
protect property in this section of the
country, both of which are believed to
be jeopardized by the large number of
lawless characters gathered near the
mouth of the Yukon.
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To Catch small Pig*.
Put a hoop in the mouth of a sack.
Fasten this to a stick or rod four or
five feet long. This device can be
slipped over the pigs without any dif¬
ficulty.
A Practical Wheelbarrow.
In market gardening there is much
work that can be done with a wheel¬
barrow. While resting my aching
arms one day I concluded that the
wheel of the ordinary harrow was not
bearing its share of the burden, so I
made one in which the axle was placed
up nearer the body of the barrow, the
MABKET OABDENEKS’ BAliROW.
wheel extending inside. A cap was
fitted over this, inside the body, and I
found that wheeling was then much
easier. The new harrow weighed
forty-nine pounds. With 239 pounds
of sand there is a weight of fifty-six
pounds on the handles, while with the
ordinary harrow the weight is ninety-
nine pounds. The handles are 5
long, l jxl j inches at front and smaller
toward the back. The wheel is 22
inches diameter with a 2-inch tire.
The barrow frame is 19 inches at front,
2 feet at back; the body is 3 feet by 13
inches, while the legs are 2 feet 10
inches from the front.—It. Bingham,
of New Jersey, in American Agricul¬
turist.
Hutch Kelted Cattle.
Mr. Orson D. Mann, one of the
editors of the Scientific American, is
justly proud of the handsome herd of
Dutch belted cattle which are much ad¬
mired by the lovers of fine stock who
visit his place, Llewellyn Park,
Orange, N. J. At the New Jersey
State Fair out of thirteen head ex¬
hibited seven took first prizes and to
two were awarded second. At the live
stock exhibition held in Madison
Square Garden in 1895 thirteen prizes
were awarded for the herd and separ¬
ate animals composing it. A herd of
sixteen Dutch belted cattle, it will be
■remembered by breeders, was awarded
the highest per cent, of prizes ob¬
tained by any cattle exhibit at the
World’s Fair, when there were prob¬
ably more cattle of various breeds
gathered together than ever before.
“Tfie Dutch belted or blanket breed
of cows,” said Mr. Munn, “are natives
of Holland and are a distinct family
from the Holsteins, with which many
confound them. Comparatively few
have as yet been imported into this
country, althbugli the breed antedates
the seventeenth century. In Holland
they are owned and controlled by tjie
nobility. In color they are very black,
with a continuous pure white belt
around their body, which makes a
strikingly beautiful contrast. Their
form is usually very fine and their
constitutions most hardy, enabling
them to stand sudden changes in cli¬
mate and to thrive on any variety of
fodder. As milk producers they are
excellent.”
Our Hoj; Pays the Bills.
The hog grows cheapest on the pas¬
ture and beside the field that grows his
grains. He is most profitable as a
subordinate department, because he
cannot consume the coarse fodders of
the farm. He furnishes tho best mar¬
ket in which to sell the by-products of
the mill and dairy. He assimilates
more of the most concentrated feed
stuffs than any other animal on the
farm. Quicker returns come from him
than from horses, cattle or sheep. He
pays the rents in European countries,
lifts the mortgages in the Northern
States, and in conjunction with the
cow he will redeem the wornout cotton
tobacco fields of the South. Avoid
permanent residences for the hog;
move him about, so that his environ¬
ments may be clean and uncontamin¬
ated by germs that develop rapidly
where they have suitable media. Avoid
close breeding, as it intensifies predis-
positibn to disease. Select your breed¬
ing from good milkers, as this is the
best indication of fecundity.
No agricultural people thrive who
buy grain or meats and pay for them
with the price of other farm products.
We compete now, through improved
and cheapening transportation, with
all the world. The farmer is most in¬
dependent who finds at least suste¬
nance for his family from his fields,
flocks and herds.—Professor Wilson,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Demand for .Safe Horses.
The hue and cry that on account of
the electric car and the bicycle and
horseless carriage, the noble horse was
doomed to go out of use in the cities,
has about died away, and still the
horse is in demand.
The liverymen and kaclunen may
have felt the effect of the change in
the new method of individual trans¬
portation in the cities; yet the horse
is still in demand for the saddle and
for family carriages and buggies, and
this demand will increase just in pro¬
portion to’the common use of the elec¬
tric car and the wheel.
Already ladies who do not like the
wheel have taken to the saddle to get
the exercise and the airing that the
wheelist has found so beneficial from
her spin in the country. This habit
will soon increase until there will soon
be a demand for safe saddle horses for
ladies.
The bustle and careless movement of
cars and wheels on the streets require
for ttie safety of those in carriages
that their horses should he accustomed
to these things as well as to the sudden
noises which they are apt to hear in
the city. The horse to be used in the
city for family safety, either under the
saddle or in the carriage, must be
trained for city life. The horses, there¬
fore, which will be in special demand
in the cities must be trained for the
purpose. This will require seleotiou
in the breeding, and especial care in
handling from their first years until
they are prepared for use.
The number of accidents which have
happenedin the last few years through
the frightened horse and the accom¬
panying runaway has become alarming,
and calls for a remedy.
This must be found in the proper
training of the horses to be used. Tba
horse breeders who wish to secure
good prices for the horses they would
sell in the home market, will do well
to take note of the kind of horse in
demand. Buyers for this kind of a
horse are always plenty, and they do
not hesitate to give high prices, when
they can be assured that the horse they
purchase has the sense and the train¬
ing he needs to be perfectly safe in tha
cities.
Good saddle horses and stylish and
safe carriage horses will always bring
high prices and can be as easily raised
need as others. in The^little extra care they
training will be well paid for
when they are sold.—Farm News.
The Corn Harvest.
Harvesting the corn crop is being
made easier every year by improve¬
ments in labor-saving machinery and
devices. Large commercial crops are
cut, tied and left in straight rows by
the improved corn harvester, while the
bundles placed in shocks or stooks of;
12 to 20 bundles to cure are then drawn
to the barn and run through the
shredder. Farmers who cannot afford
the latest and improved machinery, or
who have small areas of corn, cut by
sled, as illustrated below, or by hand
cutter. The armfuls thus cut have to
bo tied in bundles, various materials
being used for that purpose, some us¬
ing two or three cornstalks, others a
small handful of long, strong straw,
swamp grass or willows. But whether
cut by improved machinery or by hand
cutter, the large bundles, shocks or
stooks have to be securely fastened to
withstand the fall wind and storms.
To make a corn cutter, as por¬
trayed herewith, make a platform with
runners six feet long and two inches
thick; the higher the runners the
higher it will cut; eight-inch plank
should mortise three crosspieces of
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HOMEMADE COEN CUTTER,
two by four into top of runners. Nail
boards on cross ties to make a plat¬
form 30 inches wide and nearly six
feet long. Get a good steel knife* and
make it very sharp, say 22 inches long
and five inches wide. Bevel the edge
from the bottom or underside. Have
a rod made with au eye in the centre
and curved, in order to fasten either
end to a runner and hitch a horse in
the centre. This rod should be of
one-half inch round iron, and
long enough to work nicely, as
shown at a. Bore a hole in platform
or runner, and put in a stake about
six inches high (b) even across with
the base of rod (c). Another stake
of the same size, hut twenty inches
high, on the right side of platform
near the edge, and 21 inches from the
front of platform (d). Take a rod of
five-eighth-inch iron 67 inches long
and weld a piece of flat iron one-
half inch thick and eight inches long
to the end of it, bolt the flat piece to
platform (13 inches from centre to back
of platform) and bend the rod forward
17 inches above the platform, as in e.
Bend the rod so as to have it extend
out over the edge of the platform, over
and back of the knife (k), then bend
the rod in so as to extend about two
inches over the platform at the centre
two by four cross brace (f). From
there bend the rod out to g. Be sure
to have it carry tho same height all
the time.
The bends in the rod are made in
order to bring in the corn and lay it
across the platform without the help
of a man. In this way the danger of
standing over the knife is averted.
Nail a small stick something like a lath
from top of stake d to the outside run¬
ner a few inches ahead of the knife.
Bolt the knife to platform about 26
inches from back part of platform with
two bolts, and have the knife slant
back considerably. I put a scrap piece
of two-inch plank under the platform
at c and li, to make the platform more
solid where the large rod and knife
were bolted fast. The large rod from
g to e should be with bends 50 inches
long. Directly across it is 48 inches,
thus using two inches for bends. The
large rod is outside of stake d about
five inches. Hitch on a quiet horse,
hang the lines on d and ride on rear
of platform, and when a large pile of
corn is cut and laid across the sled,
stop and shock it up.—Farm and.
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