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•n.'e ai!"basv ADvicilSsKlifSJtlrtStoWu;;, A Family AND FoLITK a i. Ioui:n ai. DevoTKD To tiik IxtkRKST6 ok SoL'TUWkst GkoH()iA,
82 » Year.
Volume 1.
ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY, MAY 7. 1S81.
gvofcsstonul (Cavils.
William E. Smith,
Attorney at Law,
Moony and Ranke; have drilled bade '
to Chicago. After all, the; find that it;
i* their beat held.
Number 35.
I Ir Mr. Garfield intends to .be. any- j
. thing more tlian simply one of the i
ALBANY, OA. i hired hands of the present “Adninia-
i tration/’Jxn't it about lime for- him to
at Ik. Goart Home, _ap j do aomething?
O FFICE: la trout
Join.-iter Trlr*ra|-h OAco.
u.j. WMtiitT. rors
WRIGHT A POPE,
Attorneys at
ALBANY, OA.
i Tit* Atlanta Pott-Appeal says that
| the Aasignee-Mecerrers of the hunted j
j Citizens’ Bank of that city 'haro J {jonr
j I to New York, (what for?) and that there ■
1 is great dissatisfaction among the credi-
' tors.
(IFFICR-Owr 8. Maj.r A Glauber'. More.cor-
urr Hroed sad Wata!«Ito« Ms.
art l
Use. as, lMS-dlWWlf,
.v. t. joxr.u, j*sAe *. waltzes.
JONES ft WALTERS,
attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, OA.
oiSc. ATrr real-s’ Bailcoad Bask,
unis*!,
I» . A. VAS°N.. A
V A SOU d? ALFRIEtKD
Law,
Attorneys at
ALBANY, UA.
Active ant! nrorai*attention given § lo^o!-
Itviioo* m i nil *«*«*ral huBinesB, i'raetite
I iu all the court".
Rite Court IIoumc.
James Callaway,
Attorney at Law
CAMILLA, GA.
feba;-.
Ms. U. 8. Hanes, General Manager,
will accept onr Ih inks for a handsome
invitation to pass onrscfT and lady over
the Yew Waycrou .* ,fpk*«pvillc
Railroad. Passengers from Albany to
Jacksonville now go over this route.
os Memorial Day, ia Augusta, the ;
Federal soldiers at the Arsenal deco- ;
rated the graves of fourteen or flfleen j
n -^ 1 ^ XI> Coniadoratcs 'buried-. iq Jk*-rprivata ‘ I
cemetery near tlie' 'A«eeat ground*.
This aras a graceful and generous act,
worthy of brave men.
LITTLE
L VAtJ f _
JOIX BAT.
I«Wt go bmN«k religion,
I sorer ain’t bad no »bo«r;
Bat I’ve got a mJiMlin’ tiglit grip. wr,.
Ob the batutful o* things X know.
1 don’t |Ma ont «a the prophet*
And treo-nrUI and tftat sort of thing.
Bat 1 li’lieve la tial and the angel*,
Kftr senreone night last spring.
1 (mm ietii l*vn wiili asie turai|H,
And Bjr little Gibe ca*ne along—
No low-year-old in the countv
Conld beat hiui for prrtt) and *Mi*ng.
Peart and ohiupe andaasey.
Alvar* ready to war awl fight,—
And I’d lamt kioO" rhaw terUarkrr
Jest to keep hi* milk teeth white.
The snow come down like a blanket
A* I pMsed-br Taggart’* store;
I went In for a Jug ofiufrf»**c*
And lin the team at the door.
They Beared at something and utartoL—
I bea rd one little « quail,
And hell-to-nplit over the prairie
Went team, little Breeches andalT.
At last wo struck barae* and wagon.
Snowed under a soft white mound.
Upeot, dead-beat,—but of littlc«ial«
No tilde nor hair was found.
(0*1 U IIUIAL F KRTI LIZERS.
ere and flow to Foe Them to
A d vantage.
i EJituTS A dl r.u and Advertiser z
1 I have just read in your issue of
; the 20fti inst., a letter signed “It W.
j L” of Scrhrii county, on “Com-
| utrrria! Fertilizers, 9 * in which lie
! n»ll«i them worthless stench.
Farmers often disagree as well as
j doctors and a Calhoun county farm
j er aakft ti>r spftce in your paper to J out, and lc
j ventilate his opinions. There are | | erf
moved from tin* plantation hut lint;
c itton and a bale contains only |
about five pounds of soluble talts.it
U evident that our soil* are not, and
cannot he deficient in tliere mineral
elements of plants; while lint cot
ton is the only product sold from
the plantation, we should have no |
exhaustive lauds ami as a matter of I
fact the oldest fields of Southwes
tern Georgia are not exhausted. :
We can wear out. wash out, bum I
r»nt the organic mat- j
PRon HOT
ARK.
SPRINGS
LIGHTNING AND DEATH.
i A Fla That Lefl tlie Lifeless Ilodlcs
Hot Springs, April 27,1881.
Editort Xetes and Advertiserz *
I take the liberty of writing
eilr, 1 was imn lwli.itelv
ter, *iiu I hi, wc tiuvi* ilnnc am! the | | )V ,
farmers that do not know trig they yield of our firid*Iiavc declined. bhuWMue hon»e.
use coiumerdAl ierlUizcrs, or «•*« l b (ii the mineral elcnii-iits of plants p
or how to use them, and it is not remain in the soil measurably, and
1 surprising that such frequently fail
j to make Hum pay. Has tliero been
ration of organ
ul supply will roi
fore frutni-
Bprings
Horn the
irronnd-
olii-iliug for
Is, carriages to tlie
city, and ’’quack” doctors. I gave
tlie liash-housc and “quack” drum-
cr * !l | mers tlie go-by, and accepted tlie
of Four I.nulM ilIe Ht
lino! D
»|l to
flaik It■ Course.
Louisville, Kt.. A
pril 3(
k— A
fla=h ot lightning killed
i four bi
oysin
a baseball gatm* till
is aflor
noon.
They belonged to ta
e Parochial
school of St. Anthoa
y’a Gc
rmau
Catho!lc church. Thev
yttem 1
\n the
school fi.'.l>raee* (wo ft
—one
in . the forenoon aud oi
D6 1ft tl
ternoon—aud the cmlftm
Ur occi
urred
ft few minim** before it
ie expiration
of the dinner hour. At
which
time
JOSEPH A. CROSK,
ATTORlTSTatlsAW
Ul BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, UA.
I’ranii-M hi all the State Court.,
liefer, t.. lion. T. M. Norwood.
■plllln
[DbHqss & Osin,
D&firisT8.
It aeeais that journalists are appre
ciated ia (Cincinnati. Charles IL Mur
ray, bfW-r PWeff Cnn-e,rr has been
presented with onr thousand' dollars
by the merchants in i (’.cognition of his
efforts to adviucc the -fotereslsjif tho-
rity through the columns of his pa-
i per. _
Says (lie Atlanta Confutation: “We
lesrn, upon wlist tro consider gooil au
thority, that Mr. L. Y. Sage has been
appointed Superintendent of (he Air
Line Koad. and that he will he there
to-day to lake charge of his tri.-t. The
appointment is a good .one and will
meet the approval of our people.
has just
Albany,
Georgia*
O ffice-over rutrr office, washing
TON 8TRECT. JanBUydl
Trowbridge & Hollinshed
DENTISTS,
IWAYCROSS, --- - GEORGIA.
h extracted wl
ntod.
IkiTantcd. Tima* m.
shore onB-SA. and
apU-Uui
work
eny-
vV.A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY, GEORGIA,
[Office over Gilbert's Mi Store
All onion left at the Drug Store will raeolva
ompi ttontloo. Jan 7-ly
r. E. W. ALFRIEiyD,
I, l ESPHCTFULLY tinders hta oerrlco, ID th.
IIV various branch}* of hU prolOiilon.to th.
llllun, • vlbaaf and ■urroumllngcountry,
lie. oppoilte lusrt llouoo. on.PInootreot.
Of-
hotels.
[XHE JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMITHVILI.E. OA..
I Is the place to slop and get a GOOD
f SQUARE MEAL.
THE ALBANY HOUSE I
I Mrvyicl: Harnett,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
f isfuotioii eimruuleed: The taOIr tssnp-
l .piled with the best the country adonis,
[nud the servants ore unsurpassed in po-
l liteness nud uttention to tlie wnnta of
I guests. Oinulbnsi>s convey pusaeugor* to
I and from the different railroads prompt-
J I y, free of charge. Charges to snil the
| dunes.
SiSHI DOORS! BLINDS!
And hen all hope toondoo ok,
Of tuj leUna-critterV aid—
I jc»i topped down on 14f marrow- one**.
Crotch deep lc tb. »notr, and prayed.
By Dili, the torcbfea were played out.
And me mad I a rul l’arr
West oft for Rome wood fora ah<vpfol<l.
That he said, waa soiae whar thar.
We Coand Hal last, and a fitUe ih«l
Where the? ah«t wp Uie lamt* at night.
W« looked ia ami «e m tbem buddUM thar.
So wants a»l sleepy and white:
Ami Utarml Utile Breeches and ehirprd,
Ar peart at erer jrua see,
“l wan* a chaw of terbaefcer.
And thal*N wImu’r t ic matter witli me.**
Let us buy less commercial fertiliz
ers, and spend part of the money
heretofore devoted to there purr
rwurmu tn go mai’ Anr»i*.
lie rouM never have walked in that
dorm.
Tlie.v jc*t Rcooped down and toted him
To whar it waa .«afo and wordi. ^
And I think that Raving a little child.
And bringing him to hi* own.
I* a denied Bight better buRine.-t
Than loafing around The Throne.
Wlif
THAT n*H FBI.
Bill Bbim Didn’t Harry
Parker.
A PuiLauSLWti* jury
N.U. Titans.
“I say, Jim,” said Ned Dalton, as
Im poked up the camp flic, “tvhy
sold, by s verdict for a thousand do!- | didn't Bill Bates and .Sue Parker git
Urs damages, that on ers of propirty inarried ." IVhcn I was at t he Snake
. . . £ , ,« (.reek protraclcil meeting last
having dangerous placet on them, or S|lli , l|( . ittorter struck mo t^tthey
them, »ra hound to'kee|i such wits goin' io run the same lirund.”
“Well.” said Jitu Walker, as he
pillowed his head on a saddle, “that
iviis the general calkcrlatioii, but it
all got busted up onnccountof what
hnpiiened at the fish-fry the Jones
folks give down at ther Spanish
Camp on the San Bernardo.’’
“What, Bill didn’t get on no hifa-
Intiil’ brazoo, like he’s allcrs doin’,
FOR RALE BY
^geo. s. greenwood.
N-ttfep
Kl DNEY-WORT
in tnem, aro
guards about tlioin as will proven!
persons who are not intruders from
being injured or losing their lives.
Till Georgia Press Association meets
at Rome on Wednesday next, 1 ltl» of
May. Courtesio* htvo been showered
upon tho boys of.tbo “fourth estate.”
The railroads will excurt ihopi, tho
Kimball Home, Atlanta, wilt breakfast
them, Rome will entertain them, and
the C. N. Sc St Louis Road will take
them to tho Naihville, Tonn„ Exposi
tion.
Several specimens of fossil woods
and lignites have been found at a depth
of 191 feet below the surface in boring
ap artesian well at Galveston, Texas.
Above these were Sfi feet of quicksand
and U5 foot of solid blue clay. The
contractor also assort;; that a consider
able quantity of bones and shell have
been drawn out of the well; from what
depth is not stated.
Cot, Tou Scott, the groat Pennsyl
vania railroad king, is said to be en
tirely recovered from his paralysis,
and to have been cured by a faith
doctor or electrician l>y a simple lay
ing on of hands, lie tried tlie most
eminent piivsicians in Europe and
America and gave up ail hope. Ilia
recovery was instantaneous under tlie
treatment of tho miracle worker.
Rays a Nnrthieru exchange: ’ Colonel
lligginson and other high-toned Re
publican statesmen of Massachusetts
may now have the gratification of say
ing to the people of the Bay State, “\Y'C
tBld yon so.’ It will lie remembered
sepSO tf ■ that they objected to tlie re-election of
Mr. Dawea to ’.he Udited Slates Senate,
on the ground that he hsd not brains
enough to represent that State. Ever
since he made such a conspicuous fail
ure in the narration of Southern out
rages the people of Massachusetts un
doubtedly haro wished that Col. Hig-
ginson's advice had been heeded.
A Washccutok. special say* that a
party of Boston gentlemen who have
juft arrived from a tour in the Soulhem
State* speak very encouragingly of the
outlook in this quarter of the country.
They represent that all is peace, with
favorable crop indications. They were
astonished at the progress made in the
manufacture of cotton and iron. They
. WHY?
DOES
IWONDERFUL
CURES I
I Dress*. It arts a* IS. LIVUL BOWELS
I klDTKYS at tb* i
,ttiliiiM«u»«rsfaoft»*»o(*a»
Dnlliatdmlop.t*SidMr *»AW«-
m WHIT mu OAT i
> a Stock. oC Junction CUT. ?■!■»
— «rt onisd aim ndfr tsoslar
■ tertec foe four yean.
. Mr*. Jofca Xrn.ll, ot w^kUwton. QMo..«W»
BaaRRsEssssrs
f-TTuft
_ Kk.n.Uood«ta.<ta editor »■ Ckarfio*. Ofcl^
>***«- j—*
ini nnahlr
M wvUaa«r(
KI DNEY-WORT
PERMANENTLY CURES
iY DISEASES,
LIVER COMPLAINTS,
i and Piles.
inti stir lip a row ?•’ inquired Ned
Dalton.
“No, it wnrn’t that,” replied Jim,
“hut it Jest as well hare been, ’cause
Bill Bates’s predickcriiicut would’ve
knocked any cqurjhi’ match liiglm’
’cr kite.. You see, all tlicr gnls froin
Damon’s Mound and up along'Tuf-
key Crock war’ at llie lish-fry. and
ovorybody wiis havin’ or hog-killin’
time, but tlior day wus liot, ami
while BiliJJatoe wus dancin’with
Sue Park'or every set, so ns to keep
her penned up from Iho rest of the
hoys, ho got to sweatin’ worser’n ’or
nigger at ’or ’lection. Bill knew
when he got overheated, and so he
asked two or threo fellers who wus
loafin’ ’round waitin’ fur the grub
to be sot ont, to go up the creek a
piece and havo a switu. They
was willin’, and when they got
to ’or bend in ther creek a
short distance from the fish-fry they
commenced to slitiek their clothes.
Bill lie pulled ofl" everything ’ccpt-
ing Itis shirt, and then sot down on
’er log to cool ofl’. . Thar wus ’er
yaller jacket’s nestJn liter log, and
ther hulgo of Bill Bates’s nnalermy
wus kivering the hole to the nest,
and while Bill sol thar them yaller
jackets held ’or convenshitm or
suthin’ of liter kind and made up
their minds that they wus going to
raise liter blockade. I guess every
body knows that you douT have to
spit iu ’er yaller jacket’s eve to make
him mad, ’cause titer insect is horn
mad and dies in ther same fix.
While Bill was roosting on ther log
scratchin’ and ’cr coolin’ of himself,
tlicr yaller jackets riz in their wrath
ami Bill lie riz with ’em. They lift
ed him like a lorpcdcr, and when
lie hit ther ground he was bleatin’
loudder’n er bull calf, and ’er hun
dred yaller jacket was up under his
shirt, spnrrin’ him in ther flanks,
and tnnkin’ him buck over the
ground like an unbrokc stud. He
ciawcd-at his shirt and veiled to the
boys to conic and help him knock
tlior darn things off, but the boys
laid down behind ther logs and told
him they warn’t no d—u fools.
Well, ther yaller jackets kept pop-
pin’ their spurs to him, fast on one
side, then on t’other ’till he gotsorter
crazy, and lie skedaddled down the
creek, headin’ square for the fisb-
frv. Sue Parker, with ’er lot of
other gals and er parcel of galoots,
wus up ther roatl pickiu’ blackber
ries, when they suddenly beard tber
all-fired yellin' and snortin’, and the
no progress In agricultural science „. >s ,u experience demonstrates,
j and practlce^n the last quarter of .a j Decaying vegetable matter in
l century? Is it not agreed by all ^ involve rarbuuic arid, whidi
| agricultural chemists and intelligent
1 farmers, the whole dvilized world
over, that soluble phosphate of lime,
]>otash and nitrogen, (the constitu
ents of most commercial fertilizers)
applied to the soil adds to its fertil
ity ? Moreover are they not agreed
that, when jndlefouslr applied, it
never fails to pay? Are they not
agreed that paying crops cannot he
r. nlized from soils that are deficient
in soluble phosphate, potash and
nitrogen? But it ia left lor each
tanner to get these things in his
soil as best be can. I believe the
time will come wheu they will be
manufactured in onr fields for the
most part, which I will explain
further on; but, until that is done,
we must supplement our manure
heaps by purchasing the commercial
article.
And while we have to buy fer
tilizers in • concentrated form, let
ns learn when and how tonsetbem,
so a- to realize a profit on the mon
ey expended for their purchase.
And right here come* in the mis
fortune of our friend “B. W. L.”
and such as he. He says: “I have a
thirty-fire acre field which I gen
erally planted in cotton and which
produced from ten to fifteen bales,
according to the seasons. In the
year mentioned (1877) 1 planted this
field in cotton and put guano (com
mercial phosphate) *t tho rate of
two hundred pounds per acre. * *
“After the cotton was gathered 1
mode a calculation and found that
I had made twelve hundred pounds
of seed cotton more than I would
otherwise have made to each ton of
gunno used.” And then he goes on •
to- show that this increase in ihc
ert-p did uot pay the cost of the
guano, and the labor of putting it
in the noil. His mistake is just
this: ho should not have expected
it to pay. The result of this experi
ment of “R. W. L.” corroborates
that of others uuder similar circum
stances. The application of phos
phoric acid or potash to old .worn
fields that have been cultivated in
cotton and corn for many years
(such a field as «HL W. L.” describes
his to be) rarely ever pays. He got
the benefit of the nitrogen in the
guano, nothing more. Neither does
it pay to cultivate such land in cot
ton without any fertilizer.
When a soil by long continued
cultivation in summercrops,beeomes
deprived of hurans, (decomposed
of organic matter) jao manure ap
plied to it will pay, except it con
tains a'largc proportion of humus.
Ami no amount of labor bestowed
upon it will pay except that devoted
to restoring its organic matter.
Did anybody ever know of a
compost of, say one-third, each of
superphosphate, cdtton seed and
offer of a courteous and -apparently
resjiectable “Jehu,” who- conveyed |
me t» the Arlington Hotel for twen
ty-fire cent*..
acts upon the mineral elements and. 0 f course other travelers were
render* them soluble ^ quantities irealetl in a similar manner by the !
sufficient for crops. So right here , loe , or ’* agents, ett, and 1 have
ia the hope of Southwest Georgia. lour that some of them were not
proof sgalnst the eatreotie* of the
everv-rrady and witty drummers.
On enteriug the dig the stranger is
heard lea* of politics than usual, which ' rics, when the
they regarded os a very hopeful sign. Ell-Dred yellin
Thu sound of* cotton' spindle is nutn gaBopIn^bVcmfaster’n-cY scared
musical to the cultured Boston ear than cayote, and try in’ his level best to
. iiic.inixition on die resolutions; of draw tho onlv remainin’ garment
disquisition on the resolutions^
1798. They represent that Nashville
is enjoying a business boom, with more
building than ever and.rcal estate is
stiff. They spent come ti nc in Chatta
nooga, and think that will eventually
be the great city of the South.
Bn is s~"“plant*r.” Ho lives about
sixteen miles from Augusta, and ha*B
is whxt die Evening AThu has to say
about him: “With the assistance of
two mules and a wagon he hauled *
MnttMhox
His Houor had before him the
case of a young fnrmer who was
arrested for disturbing the peace
and being drunk, ami when asked
for his defense he said;
“Well, I live out here about
twelve miles. Yesterday morning,
as I was splitting rails, Bill Adams
came along and dared me to come
to town with him. And I dared.”
“You hadn’t any errand?’’
“None at all. After sre got there
be saya to me he’d dare me to^take a
drink. And I dared. Purty soon,
after wc had been to a harness shop
bo dared me to take another. Ana
I dared.”
“That was two drinks.”
“Yes, sir; and after Bill had
bought four pounds of uaila he
dared me to get swizzled. And I
dared.*’
“What is swizzled?”
“Just drunk enough to think you
can lift a barrel of salt, but you
can’t lift one end of a hat fnll of
bricks.”
“Well, go on.”
“Well, when wo got swizzled, Bill
he dared me to upset a nun carry
ing a step-ladder. Amt I dared.”
■•That's when you got that black
eye. eh ?”
“Yes, sir. I upset the man, bat
lie got up and knocked me pizen
west.”
“Yes.”
“Weil, then we saw a policeman
stable manure, not paying on jus,
such soil as “R. W. L." describes?
chase in filling the soil with v.ge- , t once struck with a peculiar ordor
table matter. Plough under weed*
and grass green or di», briars, pea*t
cotton stalks, oat stubble and any
thing that will rot. Let part of the
lands rest to grow r.p in weeds and
grass and briars, and bring intocul-
tlvation the old rested fields. Make
composts of coltou seed, stable and
lot manores, wood, earth and add a
little acid phosphate when requir
ed.
When we have restored the vege
table made to our soil in sufficient
abundance, then and nolbefore, can
wc afford to refrain from purchas
ing soluble commercial fertilizers.
A few words on cot/on seed..The
use of degenerated, or selected pro
lific seed, influences the yield of lint
more than is generally suspected.
The failure of a fertilizer tb profit
ably increase the crop is frequently,
the fault of tbo seed.
Bich soil, no amount of fertilizer*
nor tlie best cultivation will make a
large yield of lint from seed taken
from plants that have been crowded
for several years on poor land.
The cotton plant soon acquires a
fixed habit, whetherit be of sterility
or prolificacy.
Plant deteriorated seed on rich
lands and you will have large stalks
and few bolls. W. J.
Oakgrove Farm, Calhoun co.
drag tho only remainin' garment
over his bead. The gals weakened
on thcr-fust glimpse, and made ’cr
brake for ther bush, screamin’and
askln what it was, kinder innocent
like, and ther fellers who wa«
gallantin’ ’em turned red in the
face and -said they guessed some
body’s horse broke loose somewhere
up the creek, and that they had bet-
icr auerinul.
ther. whole fish-fry was
i’ of Bill Bates’s scanderlus ae-
aud Aunt Dorothy Briggs said
a barnio’shame, audlieoogbW
bale of very iaf.rior cat on into tmra iuh
.1 la.Jara 'Vaca
sod sold it for #30. With the pro
ceeds and with tlie aid of the afore
said mules and wagon, he bawled
bjek to his plsnta'ion tho following
items: One hundred pounds sides,
well cat up in ' the shonlder, f12 50;
ten bushels or corn, $7; one bale hsy,
|4; one btrrcl corn meal, $3; one bar
rel potatoes, 12 90. Total cost of
items, *29 40, leaving the sum of sixty
cents to bo expended for wet groceries.
This' planter believe* iu planting every
m Hour farm I #cro 0 f hia land in
rmex. *t-o*
ther jaadera Tore Bill wus
born,
’ in-
ed a kuriou* look in hi* eye.. The
thing was talked about ail over the
neighborhood, and Bill writ to Sue
Parker, explainin’ how it happened
but she said he whs disgra;
community • and shc_ aid
nothin’ to do with him.
Acid superphosphate, and am-
moniated superphosphate should
never be used alone on warm land
that , is, lan-l exhausted of humno.
Nine times ont of ten it will be
money and labor lost. Bnt take a
soil in good heart and ammoniated
superphosphate'containing a small
per cent, of potash will pay, even
when used alone, bnt should never ■
"be repeated upon the same field the
following year,. -
Before investing largely in com
mercial fertilizers a farmer should
first’test the needs of his soil. In
the use of all fertilizers there are
some well settled general principles
that should guide us, but the special
want of any particular field or crop
can ouly bo determined by experi
ment Some soils require only
phosphoric acid to insure profitable
crops, some potash and others only
nitrogen; others again may require
all three and others two of these
constituents.
When wo have learned whxt one
soil and crop needs, we can then
pnrehast only such fertilizers as
they require.
Bqt there sre reasons for hope
that the time will speedily come
thaV in the cotton belt, we will
learn to manufacture our fertilizers
in onr own fields at a fraction of the
cost of the commercial article.
Wc scctn to have lost sight of the
ct that there are from one to four
ns of insoluble phosphoric acid in
i- acre of the soil of our fields,
the same amount of in-
lle potash and ammonia. Car-
s manures act npon these
insulub esoils and fit them.for plant
food, and a« there is nothing re
dared me to pitch him into a snow
bank. And I dared.”
“Was it ranch of a pitch?”
“No, sir, not for the officer. He
gave me two cracks on the head
and brought ms down.”
“Well, now I shall dare you to go
to the Workhouse for thirty days,”
concluded His Honor, as lie settled
back.
And he dared.
Whj tne Ex-President Was So
Coldly Ucc.tT.il by tho Citizens »t
the Bepablle ot .Wcxlco.
One of the reasons assigued for
the coolness of the Mexicans to
wards Gen. Grant and his friends,
who are interested with him in rail,
wa/schemes in that republic^ is that
a report has been circulated that be
wenl down to make arrangement to
have some of the Mexican States
annexed~to~ntS~T7nitcd States,, and
would try &feo to obtain control of
some of the railway ^franchises in
the neighborhood of Cbihnahua un
der tho French claims. Those op
posed to the General and bis plans,
it is also alleged, have fold the
Mexicans that he would break up
their present railway scheme?, and
that they should give him a cold
shonlder. In other wordslbev have
created the impression that he is
not there alone to engage in rail
roading, and they had better use
every means within their power to
thwart him in obtaining from Con
gress any and all concei-Mons. On
the other hand, some of the corres
pondents deny emphatictlly that
any coolnc.-s has been shown Gen.
Grant, but dtbsra assert equally as
positively that the Mexicans do not
greet him cordially by any means,
and tell of certain events that indi
cate that the cx-Frcsident is already
as much disheartened with his
Mexican railway schemes as he was
with the World’s Fair. He is apt
lo he opposed most bittcrlv hr the
Pa! mer-Sullivan combination any
way, and as they have great power
tinder the commissions granted
them by the government, they will
no doubt place a few obstacles in
bis wav if thev can.
arising from the creek that runs
through the city. This ia causciLby
the mineral water, which, after
being nsed by the various bath
houses (Of which there are about a
dozen), is emptied into the creek
and carried down the valley. - It 1*
claimed that there ore five thousand
residents here, besides a transient
population of from two to threo
thousand.
There are two large hotel*, the
Arlington and Avenne, each capa
ble of accommodating about 300
guests, besides innumerable smaller
houses. In fact, almost every houso
in the valley ie a boarding house.
Board ranges from 35 to $30 per
week, $12 belug; the average.
Witbin easy distance of the city
there is a whetstone quarry, where
new arrivals usually visit and lay
ia a supply; for it is an actual fact
that the meat supplied here is so
tough that it would almost turn the
edge of a razor, and that after being
hammered and peaten Into a shape
less mess.
About seventy-four medicos, it is
■aid, grace the principal streets by
hanging out their shingles. I think
T may safely say one-half of them
aro quacks, who, with the aid of
drummers, manage to make out a
tolerably fair livelihood.
The respectable physicians do not
employ agents, so It Is best to be in
town a dsy or two befora consult
ing a physician; for I assume that
no respectable person would come
to this God-forsaken country, were
it not to benefit his health by the
use of the waters
Tho bath bouses are situated on
Conti al avenue, the main spring
being.in the rear of the “Big Iron”
bath bouse, from which all are sap-
plied. Single baths cost twenty-
five cento, or 21 for $5. Mott ell
bathers pay “rubbers” $1 a week
for attendance. There Is a bath
honse called “Mud Hole,” where
baths may be obtained profit after
five o’clock in the evening.
The diseases for which the hot
water ia-eaid to be beneficial, are of
a scrofulous nature, and arise from
impure blood. It is estimated that
some fifteen thousand people visit
the springe annually, and since the
land dispute between the govern
ment and the settlers has been de
termined, it ie expected that build
ing operations will be .commenced
ia earnest, in anticipation of an in
crease in the number of invalids
who visit here.
The country is rough and moun
tainous. The greet Ozark range
looming np on all sides of the city.
The land In the vicinity is poor and
is not considered lit for ordinary
cultivation.
I have no hesitation in saying that
the city is frequented by some of
the sharpest gamblers in the United
States, who openly carry on their
nefarious games both day and nighL
Still greater vices are indulged in
by people who have the appearance
or ladies and gentfomen, but within
the garb of a gentleman there often
beat* a heart capable of killing a
man for a $5 note, and in this city
snch people aro numerous.
Daring my short slay of three
weeks, several gentleman hare been
stopped in their mountain walks,
and politely asked to play three-
card monte, and on refusing, a load
ed pistol has been presented, and
their money demanded. In some
cases they have been successful,
while in others a slight skirmish
has taken place, in which no serious
injury has resulted.
Under the careful manipulation
ofvny rubber, tho stalwart George
Adams of the Big Iron, I am im
proving daily, and now feel as well
as over I did in toy life, and hope
to return to Albany in the course of
two weeks.
Hoping the above may be of in
terest to some ofyour readers, I am
roars respectfully, J. 11.1.
thirty or toriy of the boys were en
gaged at their favorite pastime,
awaiting tlie ringing of the school-
bell and. thinking naught of the
dreadful inittlulpus that would soon
bring their recreation to a close.
There were two groups, one made
up of [the larger bqys of the school, I
aged from teq lo twelve, and tbo
other of the children. The latter
were playing a short distance from
tlie larger boys, and ont of the cir-
cqit of the terrible currenL Both
ball, and be-
thc sport
looking on.
groups were play!
sides those
there were
re playing ball
engaged in
a number lot
sides those
king
Leo Fleck waa at the bat and had
just knocked the ball, when the flash
hurst ou the play-grounds. Fled:
was struck by the current and fell
to the ground’. Willie Pfalger, who
was standing near Fleck, and whose
turn at tbo bat followed, was also
stricken to tbo earth. Frankie
Sclieldcr, who had been watching
the game from a position back of
the catcher’s place, is said by tome
to have started ou a run for the
school when tho terrible flash over
look him. Others of the boys as
sert with equal positiveness that he
was sitting -on the ground at the
lime. He received the full shock,
and was the only one that was muti
lated. Tho whole group was more
or less shocked by the flash, and bo
lides those who were killed, sev
eral were prostrated. None of tho
children made an attempt to run,
and all remained transfixed to the
spot for several seconds after the
shock. From Mr. Wm. Campbell,
who has a tobacco warehouse at
Savre and Market streets, and who
was uo doubt the first to realize the
terrific destruction that bad been
wrought, a reporter obtained the
following account of the sad affair:
Mr. Campbell was walking up
Market street iu company with Mr.
John J. Boniface, of Cincinnati, and
when nearly opposite tho base-ball
ground, on which the boys were
playing, bo saw a bright flash, fol
lowed instantly by a loud crash of
thunder, and experienced a sensa
tion as if struck on tbo head with
something soft, like a pillow. He
also felt a momentary shock, which
caused him to almost fall, but it
passed away as suddonly as it came,
as he was beginning to realize his
narrow escape he chanced to cast
his eyos In the direction of the
crowd ot boys and saw aoveral of
them fall to the ground, asif scramb
ling for their ball. Mr. Campbell
had noticed tho crowd on the com
mons before the crash, and had sap-
posed they were boys employed Iu
his warehouse, who had gone out
during the dinner hour to amuso
themselves. Mr. Bonlfsco bad been
more seriously shocked than Mr.
Campbell, and did not notice the
commotion -imong the boys until Mr.
Campbell bounded forward, shout
ing, “The lightning has struck.some
or my hands.” Both then started in
a run across the commons to the
place where thay hsd seen the boys
falling, aud whence they now saw
a largo number of boys fleeing hor
ror-stricken. They hurried on to
the base-ball ground, whero they
were <!um»founded by the stgbL
Five or six boys lay stretched: on
the grouud within a radius of fif
teen or twenty feet, their features
presenting at the first glance tbo
result of the deadly stroke. The
first one they reached was Frank
Schneider, whose clothes were torn
from his body and lay in a pile be
side him on fire. The hair bad
been singed from his btad and two
ghastly wounds, one on the right
temple and one on tbo back part of
his head, indicated that death bad
been instantaneous. The electric
current had passed down his body
clear to the feet, teariag his coat,
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shirt, pants, socks and bools into
shreds. Or a straw hat which he
was wearing, only the brim remain
ed. As Mr. Campbell neared the
death scene, ho looked toward the
warehouse, and seeing a number
of his employes rushing out of the
door, he shouted to them to bring
a bucket of water, which one of
them hastened to do. Finding that
Schneider was dead, he passed on
to the next body, which he raised
up, and began to bathe the fit
with cold water. A lady came to
his assistance, ami leaving her with
this boy, lie passed oi to the third,
and, after dashing some water in
Itis face, ho ran to tlie fourth and
bathed his face also. A large
crowd had begun to assemble by
this time, aud Mr. Campbell order
ed the bodies to bo removed to his
warehouse. Some otic identified
Frank Schneider at the son of M
M. A. Schneider, a grocer at Twcn- a peufkcx w*w«*M sc.w-
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breathing, raised him to his feet
After a desperate effort I’cinz was
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him to walk, and conveyed him to
his home on Grayson street. He
seemed bewildered, and never | u
spoke a word on the way, but —
reaching home lie told his mother j
he wanted !o go to bed. lie rallied !
in a short time, and under
troatnent of a physician rccorcrcd
sufficiently in a few hours to give
his experience of tho affair.
The other threo bodies were con
veyed to tho tobacco warehouse,
where fathers and mothers rushed
frantic with grief, to Identify them.
Stephen Fleck,a grocer on Twenty-
second and Market streets, was tin-
first to identify either of thethree.
One of them he recognized ns hi.
Leo, and gathering him up in hi-
arms he carried him home. The
other two were soon recognized as
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