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TELE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY APRIL 12 1887
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»l«ntli>* Cctton Brcdiltfeve. Oretted Tree* - Ho^r t
Oat Rid of Vermin Among Xowla-Rabblia
Barking AppUtraea-Amber tfang aa
Fcrage - furs far lumper*.
Dunting Cotton.
List trrfk objections to extensive cotton cal*
ture* were Mated briefly. Kept within propnr
bounds tho cotton crop Is a very good ono. It
is thn licet cleanser of laud from fonl growth
we lave. The long continued plowing mid
hoeing that tho crop demands very effectually
destroy all unwelcome intruder! on tho land.
Rut its humus destroying character demands
that it should not occupy the same field more
thsn cure in threo year*. With the aupar-
abundance of land on oar farm*, cotton might
well be followed by small grain (wheat, ryo or
oats) and tho next year tho land be given over
to absoluto rest. Cotton, small grain, rest,
makes a good three year's rotation. Can one
manure bis land Ju any cheaper way than by
resting it? Think of that proposition. If you
manured your land with phosphate last year,
don t l>e afraid yon will lose some of It if a
crop is not taken from the land
this ycai. Weeds and grass will take
np any that may have been left in the aoil
and give it back to yon when they die, and
give it back with interest in the shape o'a
good ropply of vegetable matter. Wo have
sometimes thought that when land was very
devoid of htnnus, as most of our lsnds are,
it might pay to manure it, just for tho purpose
of railing a fine crop of woods to increase the
humus supply. As we havo often said before,
humus is the foundation of successful crop
ping, ami one can afford to pay liberally for it.
But, to return to cotton: Wo are now in tho
midst of planting this crop, and a few sugges
tions may not bo out of placo. First, as to se
eming a good stand of healthy plants. There
are thico difficulties in tho way: creating of the
soil over tho seed, insufficient moisture
to sturt growth, and too low temperature to
excite germination. To escape tho first and
accord, there is no better method than tho old
fashioned plan of cuvoilng with a list, and
when the set ds havo well sprouted, cutting
down the list with a barrow. It is somotimoa
knock*d off with a hoard, but the board la uot
aa good sh tho harrow. Should heavy rains
fall juit after the knocking off, the ground la
more apt to crust and hake after a board thau
after a harrow. Tito listing and cutting down
of the list, accomplishes threo valuable results:
It turiea tho seed deep enough to Insure necessa
ry a moil nt of moisture; It removes.thoUl offocta
•f crusting and baking, and it kills tho first
crop of gnus that comes up—it is, In fact,
equivalent to a working—a very rapid, easy
and cheap working; for a hand and nmlo can
go over six to eight acres a day with a one-
hone harrow, or a hand and two mules oan go
over twenty-five or thirty acres withasmooth-
log harrow.
Before planting, cut down the beds a little
with harrow tho ordinary V shaped one will
answer, if tho teeth arc sot successively ldbger
and longer from point to rear, so as to hog tho
rounded surfaco of tho Imd, and not cut It
down too lint. A horse, walking iu tho inhldlo,
can pull two hnriuws, so that very littlo labor
will 1*0 required to go ovor the crop. Ono hand
and mule ran prepare twelve to fifloon acres
a day. This harrowing removes clods, aud
gives a nice, clean surfaco for planting. Open
drill with small, short ulltongue, and cover
with doublo foot plow. In above suggestions
reference has been had to oconomixiug labor,
rapidity of work, and good work-points a
farmer should nover lose sight of. The cotton
will como up on a clean, well pulveriaod aoil,
with everything favorable to Its rapid,healthy
growth, and with land iu best possibto shapo
and condition to receive the noxt working.
t W. L. J.
BKKDLINOS VS. tlRAFTKD TUCKS.
VlRFYAl:!', <Ja., April 1. 1SN7.-Editors Constitu
tion: In your psperof atstyou express tho opin
ion • that the only fruit that has been injured Is
Which hns sptouted and Mourned from
that
grafted Mock—that the ao called Varieties which
have been grafted and re-grafted until they are
ripe before they are green, and which aro toft on
tiir outride, but desperately bitter to tho taste-
no doubt these are killed.'’ tou further expre**
the hope that they are killed, and give It as your
opiidonthat the liiHrgta seedling is not hurt to
nuy great extent You further itate that grafted
fruit ik Infested by worms and dry rot seise* It
early In the season, aud that the remit is the
lieorsia seedling will come to the front, etc.”
*1 ho Munu ideas advanced by you are prevalent
to a large extent, but are \ery erroneous. 1 Ap
prehend you arc uot mi wedded to your vicars a
to deny publication of an oppoitte theory. The
©pliiton that grafted fruit Is more subject to dls
ran: and is Inferior has done more to prevent the
propagation of peaches in i.curgta than any
©tber care.
I I et me give yen’s rcuton why the opinion pre
valla. reach raising for market purposes is in Its
tnlauey in Georgia. Cunningham, of Orchard
Hail ai'dotbus, aie plouecrsiu the work. What
did they do? They reaaonod that the earliest
peach w ss most desirable bscauie they could be
rushed to market before it i>eeame glutted, aud
hence they planted the Alexander peach and other
early vaiittiea, Aliy one who ha*! had noexpert-
•nee would have done the tame. The experiment
Proved a mistake, for the Alexander aud
other very eaily varieties proved to
be poor shippers aud of inferior
quality; you describe them properly as being soft
©u the outside and desperately bitter to the taste.
Nr. tunning ham and others soon saw their mU
take! but it wa» uot because the fruit was grafted
that it was iuferlor the reason was because the
fruit iuelf was of au inferior variety. Judge Ouu-
niuglsni did cot discard grafted peach tree*, but
he cuu down hi* inferior aud earlier varieties aud
plant* a iu »* orchard of grafted trees of a later an t
•wparU.r vuih-iy. T« illustrate, the Alberta pea. h.
prepa,>\d by t-.umph.of Manhallvlllf.UtUee.pul
'—rata seedling.and superior to hundreds,
ibis giaftid peach brought a price
*“ twhe - high AS th<f seedling
|x>cbi». ai.d whui shipiahl i.ude good return*,
while the seedling* were *> iuferlor that no one
had the hardihood to venture ty tend them to
marker. ©xirpt in few liman ca and thou at small
profit and :n some cases a loss.
If the Alexander poach could bo propagated
producthe itself-which may
of tin- growth being a seed-
c either the time of Us ripen-
....jUKiiij. it would be the same.
It 1- u great td»ias« to believe th%t the fruit of a
FtslUd tret l> i:i!irent from; that ,.f a seedling-
"teredid tht AlUrla|>ea. h come from' It was
originally a Kcdliug and bos bceu propagated by
grait tu r:..i bowlDf; last the fruit fins the
grafted or budded t?c* l« precisely the same as that
from the Qriginal recalling stock.
'I in only <liflcm.ce hetwten seedlings and graf
it«l ire*» r» that the handling tree is generally lon
ger lived GiafUd true* coming as they do from
toe nun»ry,and selected too often wheu they are
qnlt* large—wbieb is a ml* ake-their roots, and
tally the top root la injured and it is not aa
thrit.y a tree a* the one which l» u never irans-
pM-iiwd but a graflcl ir»e which is alliwcdto
krtnain whets Its stock sprang from, sad it not
transplanted, Is the equal in every respect
rct-dling; it will be as thrifty and as long lived.
I may here reggest that if grafted or budded
treen am- taken iromtbe nurrery when quite y.wug,
before their roots are fully deve.ojKjd, they will do
best and in every respect will be tho equal of a
recdling tree.
It is a fact that surely Is not generally known,
that it Is utterly Impracticable to eaUblUb an or
chard of seedJJng trees, for out of one hundred
peach seed planted and growing to maturity thero
will be possibly no two varieties alike, although
the reed may have coins from the same identical
peach And it would amaxe you to see some of tho
varieties. I know of a pure seedling peach tree
whit h evidently has no paternity The fruit Is
composed of a largo peach seed enveloped In a
fuzzy skiu, atd that is about nil of it.
I’aidon this lengthy letter: I havo not been as
full nor aa clear as I might lie. But an arti le
such as you published, aud in a paper nf no wide
spread a circulation Is calculated greatly to mis
lead. Besides It is damaging to one of the coming
Industries of our IState— that of peach raining and
the nursery business. I know it is not so intended
and feel that you will cheerfully give place to my
hurriedly prepared views. John K fall it.
P. 8. My observation and that of others is that
the seedling peach has sutiered from the cold to
same extent as grafted stock. My individual ob
servation is that the earlier variety of po-tchc^
bare suffered least. This is due to the anomalous
fact that the earliest varieties of peaches bloom the
latest. As these early varieties are grafted tree* 't
would rec-iu that they have an advantage over the
seedling.
Tho views in Above are in tho main sound.
But there two considerations which lead us to
believe that onr grafted fruit is net altogether
as hardy as seedlings. First, variation from
the natural state, by domestication, manuring
and cultivation, generally impairs nativo vigor.
Wheat, corn, and indeed, most of our culti
vated plants, if unassisted by man, would
perish in the struggle for exiitouco with wild
plants. The farther a plant in removed from
its wild state, the more delicato it becoinoi.
Removal from wild state imparts those quali
ties which we valno most. Oar choicest varie
ties of peaches are farthest removed from the
wild peach, and aro to that extent delicate.
Seedlings are not all equally vigorous—those
approaching nearest the wild typo (having,
therefore, inferior frnit) would, as a rule, ho.
tho most hardy, those with fino fruit tho least
hardy. A fino fruited seedling, therefore,
would stand on the sarao footing as a grafted
tree in this re«j»cct—both would have iuhoreut
weakmts of constitution. The graft carries
with it the weakness it receives from tho orig
inal seedling.
But the second consideration to ‘which wo
alluded puts the grafted fruit, sometimes, at
still greater disadvantage. It is, unquestiona
bly, nature's method of prolonging tho exist
ence of a species to bring into being now indi
viduals through the reproductive process. S-r
ual distinctions ate fouud among low ns well a 1
high plants, among tho floweiless as well a*
the flowering; even whoro there aro uot dis
tinct reproductive organs— as among some of
the simplest Algae—two Individuals will
together and unite in part, so that tho content
of a cell of one may unite with coutont
of a coll of anolhor and Irom thuio uiingl *1
contents the new individual springs. Such
plants may bo propagated by budding, where
a part of tho parent becomes detached and de
velops into a new Individual, but even in
such eases tho reproductive provision still ex
ibts and asserts its supremacy. Tho inference
is irresistible that tho conilucnco of tho sexes
develops new life and vigor. Now, carry along
with this the idea that each individual thus
preduced (that is, a seedling) has a limited ex
istence In time-has a yontb, a maturity, an
age, and will finally die. It is not immortal.
Its vitality gradually grows lees and less, until
finally It la gone. In some Individuals it rnsy
be longer, or It may be shorter, till tho end
conns, but It comes at last Now,snpporoa
variety originate from a soedliug a hundred
ytars ago, tho graft from it bears within itsolf
the Impairment of vigor which has boon accu
mulating for a hundred years. It may catch
stmo new vigor from tho seedling stock on
which it grows, but the elements of death still
adhtro to it. If this reasoning be correct, the
nearer the graft ia to thesecdliug tho grottier
its vitality will be. In very long liv* *1 spocioe
the vitality may still be great iu grafts long
removed from tho seedling; thero aro woll
known instances of this kind.
But, Admitting greater hardiness on tho part
of seedling peaches, the choico la, after all, be
tween delicate trees of grsfto<1, but superior
fruit, and bardy, vigorous seedlings of inferior
fruit. For it is a very rare circumstance that
a seedling brings a fins fruit, Thero are a few
pcachrh that como truo from seed, and it is
hut fair to say that seedlings from those are
among the must reliable wo have. Tho Heath
cling (commonly called English), and some of
the Columbia type (known as Indian peaches),
are well known Illustrations. W. L. J.
I have a Urge pile on my place sawed three years
ago. Will it be any advantage to me fori manure.’
1st. Wo never could make much on lira*,
year s new ground. The true policy is tu sp-jod
s» little labor as possible on it, so that if little
ia made little will bo lost. I’Jow as sxallow ai
posnlde, jnst deep enough to got see-1 covered,
and aik-rwardK keep down sprouts, so ai to
put it in condition for next your'a crop.
2nd. Worth almost nothing -even as litter.
Leaves and pine straw arc greatly to bo pre-
ALMOST LYNCHED.
THE TERR IDLE SUFFERINGS OF AN
UNFORTUNATE JNDIANJAN.
Be DUcorers’tbs Dead Body of a Murdered Woman-
Ilia High* and Capture by iba People-The Beal
Criminal Appear* in Tima, and Berta
Bit Life. Other yewt, Etc.,
La.t jv
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TUK FARM Ql'KATION 110X.
l)r. W. L. Jones, confessed the highest and
tafm agricultural authority In the eouth, preside*
over this department, lie aoliclta practical aug
gcMIona from farmer* and other* interested.
J. R. MeDougal, Tyler, Texa*: II. K. Cliutou, of
Alabama, wlahea to destroy vern In from hi*
chi* ki n house. Toll him to bum th* hen hou-c
up, fted the fowls on sulphur, ami plaut plenty of
gourd seed and have plenty ol vines graving
around where the fowls frequeut. and ho will have
neither vermin nor snakes, as snakes will uot crawl
over the vines. Iu addition to tho atmvo sprluklo
Milphur ami lime at their watering place.
thk RAiuurs ruuKijn. arrim.LE*.
Home weeks ago a writer suggested greasing the
stem with rteaUkin as a prvveutative against ran-
bps. 1 have a young orchard of fifty trees, sot out
three yearn since. In February, 1JW6,I greased three
trees from thegrouud tip. t The stem of my tree*
arc from two aud one-half to three feet long'. Tho
three grean'd have all died. Wrapping with
hrcontsiraw lathe best remedy l have tried.
J. H. BtOi-KTON.
McDuffie county, Ga., March IN»7.
Rock lilt t., 8, C., April 1.—Editors Constitution:
1 write to ask J. H. Alexander to please give in fall
hi* nu de of curing the early amber cane for forage
* inter feeding for cowa and mules I raise
: for syrup making using the seed heads in-
d of com for hog* aud horses, which I find is
go* d. three seed heads being equal to one good
i>f coru Aud let tne here say that 1 can on
thin land ral«e three to four timea aa much home
ai d hog feed with cane seed ax 1 can with corn,
arid w 1th al<out the same labor, and 1 have the
syrup for the making—nearly clear profit
Two yeans ago 1 pulled tho tuckers from my
cane and let them lie In the sun hair a day, and
fed a f* w to a milch cow aguight. and found her
dead In her stall the next morning. The wilting
produced a polar.n. Have also heard of several tn
Kiai.cc* ot cows dying from eating it while grow
ing. 1 uu-an by getting Into the field.
Am going to plaut acme white Dbcmrn corn for
f rage. an<l would be glad tn have tho experience
of any ol the readers in curing cith *r.
W. A. Few air,
U. t'.T , Inglcoide. Miss.: I have a piece of
very rich creek bottom land, (formerly cane.) ol
list t gray color, but not sandy, which haa bc>n
in (Ultrvarion three year*. It produces a cotton
•talk of luxnrtsut growth of about eight feet, but
doe* mt f.ult well What can be used to lncreoee
the yield o' liut? If acid phosphate, where can it
bv * b a i id, and at what price per crop? What
quantity applied perihundred, etc?
It iafioihtful tf such laud can bo made to
grow well fruited cotton, until it gota old aud
a go* d deal exhauaed. In that event, acid
phosphate might produce good revolts. 150
pounds peb sere. Phosphite may b-t hod in
New Orleans or Memphis, costs about l.’Oaton.
Breaking land very shallow and plowing it aa
Mldim as possible, may help to keep dawn
grew lb and promote irttiifuluess.
P. *\ T. HarmonyDrore 1st ! hareal*oui three
scree of new ground torig'nal fo:e U) red land,
l u are tell me bow to manage the same so as to
make th. treat ot lltbU year.
Is their any lertllixint property m sawdust?
ferred.
Subscriber, Wlnnsboro, ri.C,:I haves piece of
land that 1 intend planting in cotton (Allan's *ilk
rtapk-i that is light loam uud is not very rich.
Will jfA pounds ammobisted fertilizer
pounds cotton seed meal to the acre, have the
right effect to make a good yield?
Unless the land is very poor, 100 pounds of
meal would he too much. Ammonuued for
tiliztra contain enough nitrogen for ordinary
iand, say from two to three per cent, making
ratio of ammonia to pboaphoric acid
four or one to three. The additiou of 100
pounds of meal would raise the ratio to about
one to one. Fifty pounds of meal would
probably be ample.
I*. M. G., Ln'dcnla, Texas: 1. Please tell me how
bone meal is prepared from the raw )»oues.
2. Would bone meal answer us well as acid phos
phate in composts?
1. By grinding the bones in mills made spec
ially for that purpose.
u. For eaudy, opoMand, quite as well, per
haps better. On clay s dls the add phosphate
would have advantage of acting more quickly,
and giving better returns the first year.
Solomon Know les, iLeuriop, Blount county, Ala.
Is the Incubator and brooder a failure, or Is it a
Mii-Tus In poultry raising? If a success, what
makes do you recommend for this climate? Would
like to hear a few practical results from parties
u.lEg tbt-m. 0
JIhvo never used the articles namod and can
not r peak authoritatively. We gather from
fetich leatimouy as wc have seen that they are
uot as j ct perfected.
T. R.Cashier's, N. C.: You printed my rem
edy for destroying moles, mice, etc., last week.
In so doing, j on made a mistake In my Initials,
f am adding five acres of csbbago to my seed farm
thid year, and am not,'experienced lu using guano.
I have five bags of Pendleton's vegetable guano,
and want to u*e 'JOU pounds per acre. My land
lm* been planted in corn two years. Would jou
advhe mo to put guano in the drill and bed on It,
or puifon broadenri? My land is strong enough to
make 20 btiriuds of corn to tho acre. Du you
think I find i-etter put in r11 theguauoat tire.
If yon aro going to apply 500 pounds or
upwards of guano to the aero
it would be advisable to broadem
it. but with 200 pounds it would he
better to put 100 pounds in tho drill ami bed
on it snd apply remainder at first aud acuoud
workings, inside fnrrow.
M. 0. C., Doonevllle, Term.* I have throe mn'es
that arc troubled with lumpers so much that they
cannot eat..
What is tbccaufc of lampcrs?
What is the bc»t treatment?
Cause— indigestion of some kind. Change
diet atd vary it, giving green food freely
Givo three times a week a teaspooufu! of v
mixture of«qua! parts of sulphur, copperas and
saltpetre. Scarify the swollon gums from time
to time, and let them bleed pretty freely, to
reduce tho swelling.
Dean, 8. C., Andcrton county.—H. T. W., PL
Ant IIlll,Go., afeksto know what will removes
white fepot on mule, caused by galling or -‘or*-
Take scraps of leather, burn to crisp, beat Quo
mix with lard to consistency of an ointment, aud
grme tho spots once or twice a day for two or
three weeks. It will restore original color.
Respectfully, W. T. Dear.
F. R. II., of Troup county, G*., In roply to
nn inquiry from a cot respondent at Cathbert,
asking when bottom land should be planted in
corn, and low tho bud worm can be eircum*
vented, writes that he has boon farming forty
years, and has found that thorough pulverizing
of the land, aud dropping a handful of dry
stable manure on the seed, aa it Ih planted, will
keepjoff the bud worm. Ho recommends tho
last of March as tho best timo for planting in
hia latitude.
U. A. 0., Franklin, Tex : Would 1t do to put
goasypfum in the planter with cotton seed when
planting' and thus dUtrlbuto It as a fertilizer?
Would not risk it. Contains cotton-seed
meal, and that is very destructive to germ!
nating seeds.
A. J. MtC., Wakulla, N. (?.: Would like to know
how to prepare land, ’cultivate, fcrttllzo and
gather Kalfir corn. What distance the rows should
be, and how thick iu the drill, and what kind of
fertilizers aud how much|pcr acre oq pine land
that will make 5o0 pounds need cotton to tho aero
without mauuro.
Prepare land aa for corn,' lay off rows four
feet apart and bed with scootor so as to havo
low flat beds. Like sorghum tho kafllr plant
la small and grows off slowly at first, and U
therefore more easily worked on a slightly ele
vated bed. Bocd uiay bo sown In drill and
plants vbopped out to one or two stalks every
fifteen in« h* s, or several seed may be dropped
at that distance when planted. Such fertilizer
as you would apply to cotton, say 150 pounds
of an smmoniated guano with 100 pounds of
kaluit, to the acre in drill. C'ul sivate like sor
ghum.
1. W. E., Tncmtuba, Miss: Is common barrel
lime inn*!*- nf anything except limestone?
It ia ordinarily made by burning limestone,
but may bo made also by burning oyster shells.
A. M. M., Sumterville, Fla.: 1. l’oannts grow
ell here ou natural piue Koils.and mako the best
food for bog* we can produce. One mode of cul
tivating In to prepare land for ront, laying off rows
five feel apart, drop com lour feet in drill, plant
pcannt*. tint plowing between corn and cultivate
In drib. The vines also make excellent bay.
Would It Injure laud to take tne vines up at proper
Msge and cure for hay? fan you suggest a better
plan for cultivating than tho ubovc?
2. What is your opinion ol the conch pea for a
filing plant?
5, Pit-are give general afivico bow best to man
age new land to Improve it steadily. Soil gray
sandy, utth clay averagiug about th>ee and one
hall feet from Mir face; will produce about ten
b-tshelN of coru per acre without fertilizer. What
would ptoduco bc-t results on cotton on -amo
lard?
4. l’lcase give plan of rotting osk leaves and
pine straw with lime, how long before ready for
tire, how much per acre and how to apply m
above described land tor corn or cotton?
1. Removing vires would impoverish the
land, as doca any crop taken away. Unfortun
ately, vines cannot be removed without tak
ing the roots also. The latter are worthlem aa
forage, but would be valuable to the land.
Flan of cultivation as good as any. More
6 round peas might be If planted by themaelvea,
at the coat of cultivation would fall entirely
upon the cron, whereas when planted in corn.
It it divided between peas and corn, without
in* reare from the peas.
2. 1H> uot know about it, bnt take it to be
one of the best > arietiea of peas for improving
iand. It ly ’^oiling" you mean for feeding in
green fetate to stock, cannot venture an
opinion.
3. Sorb laud is not sntceptible of high im-
pruv* incut, without costing more than it comes
to. The main point to be looked after is to
ktepit well filled with vegetable matter, with*
out this nothing can l o done. Clean cultivat
ed crept should enter iuto the rotation,only at
long intervals. Small grain, peas etc. quite
oitcti, ar.d the laud should be given abeolute
rest every other year or every third year, be
ginning with the fourth yearaftcr it is cleared.
Bulky manures, containing a large amount
litter is best suited to
such soils. If commercial fertilisers
aro used they should be applied in small quan
tity and largely diluted with oornposts. Corn
and cotton will require about same kind of
mannreson ra h land.
4. Put in non*. **i rea! a layer of leaves a
few inches thick and wet them thoroughly.
I’ron them iqriukle freely freshly sUket
lime. Then another layer, and so on. So pro
portion it that ten tmtbcls of lime be mixed
with three cords of leaves after they are well
yarktd. It will take some months to rot them
well. Apply as much of the oompost to an
acre aa ah all contain three bushels of lime.
LAWRF.NCT.nuBo, Ind., April 10--James
Leonard, who had spent most of his life in this
place, thought it would be a good thing to get
acquainted some with the outside world, and
about a year ago he left town for the purpose
of visiting other localities. He returned a few
days since, determined to never again depart
Irom the haunts of home, perfectly cured of
his roving desires, for he had undergone an
experience in his brief absence so thrilling in
ita nature that the remembrance appalls him
with the horrors of a hideous dream. His
story is briefly this: While journeying on foot
to a lonely railroad station at Opalen, 111., for
the purpose of taking the cara to St. Louis, he
entered the premises of a farm house to get «
drink of wator. When approaching tho woll
be pissed a wood-shed, aud was horrified to
see the corpse of a woman, while all arouud
the ground was colored with her life's bloxl.
He stopped only long enough to seo tho gory
ax with which
THE BRUTAL MURDER
had been committed, then rushed in affright
from the fearful scene. As fast as his limbs
would bear him the terrified fellow fled, try
ing to lengthen as rapidly as possible tho dis
tance between himself aud the horribio sight
ho had witnessed. At last, wearied with flight,
he sat down to rest, and whito trying to banrih
from his mind tho shocking impressions made
by the discovery of the rautdered woman, ho
was overtaken by a crowd of horsemen, who
roughly ns*ailed him and ch&rgod tho crime of
mtridcr upon him. Ia vain did ho deny tho
commission of tho deed. The mon tie-1 his
hands behind him, placed him upon a horse,
and with a ropo around his nock started on the
return with their prisoner to tho farm-house
where the dead woman lay. Before reu-fiiing
tho premises a couple of boys juined
the swelling crowd of excited meu and posi
tively identified tho prisoner as tho man they
hsd stem naming from tbo house, jnst before
they discovered tho dead body. This ovidonco
caused an examination of his clothing, and,
sure enough, on tho bottom of his pants and
the bilks of his shoes were stains of blood,
showing indeed that ho had been at tho sccno
« f the murder. This newly discovered evi
dence incensed the crowd to madness, and,
while tbo terrified prisoner would givo uo ox-
pl&nation, but only in half crazed tones con
tinue to repeat t hat ho was innocent,
HIS THOROUGHLY ENRAGED C A1T0RS
determined that ho should ut onco pay tho
ju nalty cf the crime with his life. With kicks
and blows ho was dragged to the lit'lo farm-
houte where the crime hud been committed,
tho crowd avowing that ho should bo huug in
the very shed where tho body of tho murdered
wrtuan tat been found. Before reaching tho
intended place qf lynching a messenger iu-
formed the arresting party that in a bedroom
of the fatmbenre another wotnau was fouud,
with her threat ent from oar to car, ancon-
sciont, bnt not dead.
This farther intelligence exasperated the
foricus crowd the more against tho holploss
prisencr, and it was resolved to torture him
»o death. The poor fellow, paralyzed with
fear, listened in speechless agony to tho dev
ilith modes suggested for taking his life.
Dragging him, more dead than alivo, to the
fated wood-shed, tho ropo that had boon
around his neck for some timo was put
around a rafter to tho roof, and then witli
oaths and blows, the trembling and bleeding
form of tho poor fellow was drawn un and
then lowered again. Several times haa this
been repeated, and just as the mob was pre
paring to hoist him the third time, and Jnst
when consciousness was about to forsake
him, a loud voice waa board from the house
exclaiming:
IN ALARMING TONES,
“Hold on, men! 8top, for Heaven's sake!
Don't hang him! He UJnnocont!” Tho lynch-
era paused, while in biflthlcsa haste the man
who had interrupted thorn told that the wo
man with her throat cat had revived and had
confessed that she had murdered the woman
found In the woodshed, and then had cat her
throat herself in an attempt to take hor own
tile. Leonard waa at ouco released, but, una
ble to stand, ho swoontd away as soon as tho
rope was removed from his neck, and then
those who bad been foremost in the attempt to
take his life were now the most anxious to
effect hia restoration. For days ho liugorod
between life and death, kindly nursed and
cared for by his late enemies until ablo to start
for his Indiana home. The woman with her
threat cut, crazed by the murder and attend
ing Incidents, refused to submit to medical
treatment, tore the bandages from her throat,
polled apart her gaping wonnd. and died the
same night Before dying the briefly told the
history of the tragedy that came so near ro
suiting in the death of an innocent man at tho
hands of an enraged mob.
THE MURDERED WOMAN
waa her step-mother, and disagreements be
tween the pair were an almst daily occurrcnco,
and frequent lights had been indnlged in bo-
tween the quarreling women. That morning
an old fusa had been revived and tho atop-
motherbad driven her from the houso with a
dub, and sooght shelter in the woodshod.
wbtro,pursued by the other, she had caught up
the ax, chopped her enemy down, and, frenzied
with passion, had hacked the head almost from
the body. Returning to the house sho espied
voung Leonard approaching, and believing ho
n*a witnessed her marJerous died and would
arrest her, she seized a knife aud sought to
end her wretched existence. Tho discovery
of tho itep-motbcr’s body soon after tho flight
of Leonard turned suspicion to him. and
caused pursuit aud his arriat, with its sub«o-
quent terrifj log ordeal, aud would havo ouflod
iu his death but for the timely revival of tho
murderess, whose confession was just in time
to ret cue him alive and remove the stain of a
double murder from his name.
•The Southern Farm,” Mb. Hisry W.
Grady's new fiO-page agricultural magazine, edited
by Dr. W. L. Jokik, and Tn* Weekly Constitu
tion one year for SI.50. Beat offer ever made. Ad
dress "The Southern Farm,” Atlanta, Ga.
HI KIKI) TWICE.
THE RED FLAG,
An Undertaker Who Got Double Pay for
llurylng the Same Sian.
From the nttaburg Dispatch.
1 had a ftinny experience years a?o whon I
worked for Mayor-elect McCalliu iu this city,” re
marked a country undertaker,
•What waa that?”
•Why, I got pay for burying a man twice. It
waa this way: A man had been fished up out of
the river and sent to onr house to bury. That night
about 9 o'clock In came two womeu, a mother aud
daughter, named .Smith, living on the South side.
They aoked to we the drowned man, and as quick
as 1 lifted the cloth that covered his face, the old
lady tarew up both hands and screamed, ‘That's
him; that’s my poor husband.' The young lady
identified him too, but didn't seem to feel very bad.
The next morning the family lawyer came to me
aud gave orders tor the burial. The old man. It
seemed, had considerable tnoiioy: at any rate, I
worked him off real nice and rc.-pectable like, and
got my pay. Al*out a year later the -oue old law
yer came to me and *ay*>:
A ou ought to owe me fro.
Why " mj« !.
Why. I paid yon for burying oil m.iu
about a year ago and he ua-u t dead. H it he k
ready to plant this time, died last ulght, and 1
came over after you.
••Wall. 1 went over and laid the man out. White
I was ai work on him the old lady came iu aud
»*hl: ‘Well, he’s dead enough thUUme. poor man.
The night after we'd burieu him before, ho came
walking Into the room where wo waa all slttloz
Ue bad taken a little too much drink an-l had j i--.
got over It and read about our bury la' him in the
papers, an’ I-ori but he was mad. I knew It was a>
ipcrrlt aa sron as he came In. But 1 guess he
- i't come back this time.' '*
Tis SOZ -DOST the u hole world trie*,
m SOZOPO.YT which partBeo
The breath and mouth, and dirt defies.
'Tl* BOZO DO NT for which we cry,
P™" - ’ C' *T• - wfcVfl W( tlgh
.TU only COZODCNT wc hoy.
Herr Most Addreoaes a Large Crowd of
Anarchists In New York.
Nfav York, April -I.—John Most, ex-convict
and apostle of anarchy, had a reception tonight
iu Cooper union. It waa the largest anarchist
meeting ever held in this city.
Most bad been asked several times to go
to church, but refused because It
smelled of hell. Ho was proud to
be an atheist, communist, socialist or anarchist.
He concluded his English speech with the
W “J^will stand by the red flag as long as there
la a drop of blood left. If I die in the cause,
out of my blood revenge will spring up.”
Most then proceeded to speak in German.
The applause became heartier, because he was
better understood.
' These Pinkerton scoundrels," he exclaimed,
"shoot down defenseless women and children.
Are yon dogs, and will you allow yourselves
to be cot into aincemcst. On tbo 4th of May
our Chicago brethren threw a bomb against
these 200 hired murderers, and I am proud of
this result of my teaching, and I have neither
taught more nor Jess. [Applause.]
The flood will soon come and it
will sweep tho capitalist band out of existence.
Those wlio do not want to work—tho cap-
italifD—must go to tho gallows."
In referring to the extradition treaty just en
tered into with Russia, Most called the czar
"an abominable monster," and alluded to
President Clevclond In rather uncompli
mentary terms. His remark that the treaty
meant tho extradition of Russian agitators in
chains to tho torture of Siboria raised a per
fect howl of groans and hisses. He concluded:
"I am certain that you are not all anarch
ists." I Cries of "Yes!”]
"But |I am certain you will soon be anarch*
ists. If wc havo somo differences of opinion,
let us bo like tho infantry, cavalry, or artillery
of an army. When our enemies strike a blow
againbt us, Ut us take it up as one, and when
they fcti/.o ono of our members by the collar to
throw him iu prison, let us say, 'we will not
stand it. He most come out.' I shall raise
tho reg Hag. I shall rally around it
as many as I ran to light down the tyrants, and
I call uf on you to join me with three cheers
for ccmniunism."
The cheers were given with a vim. Letters
were read from Baltimore and Bridgeport,
Conn., omitting tho signatures, congratulating
Most on his rclcaso.
Tho meeting then broko up. Among the
anarchists on the platform was Lena Fischer,
tho women who tried to shield Most whon he
was arrested by hiding him under her b8*l.
Brauti/wig was present, but Schenck was ab
sent.
HOKSFOKIVS ACID ll’QOSPHATK
Gives Satisfaction.
Dr. 6. Nicholh, Bellows Falls, Vt., says: "I
have used it and it gives good satisfaction."
Mnst First Put ITp Ilia Money.
From the New York Sun.
Dumley (registering in hotel)—I suppoio I
can put up here for a day?
Clerk—Oh, jch, sir. Any baggage, Mr.—or—
Dumley?
Pumlcy— No.
Clerk—Theu you may put tip II for a day.
FROM AN INDIAN CONTRIBUTOR.
alums, ills home is l
seven mile* from Tahlvguoh,
ital of the Cherokee
has a fine farm m.d «
state of cultivation, and at hts home no cleverer
Webbers Falls I T., March 30.—Editors
Conetitutlon: It has been many months aincel
sent a communication irom this point, and only
now by request of an old friend, Isaac Mayfield,
who takes your paDer, aud is much pleased with
it. Be says the old democrat baa even followed
him Into the Indian territory. His former homo
was in Fast Tennessee. II* says he has many old
friends who live nrouud Atlanta and through
Georgia who will bo glad to know of his where
*■— *— Fourteen Mile creek, about
jJ, yjg <Jgp.
ration. He
good
— _. — verer
man can be found in tne Cherokee nation. He is
a good politician and sti-1 n«fid» to the old demo
cratic principals, although we have no such party
in the Cherokee nation Our general election will
come off on the first Monday in August next. The
partlts here are known as the downing and nation
al parties; the national party now bcini. *n
The candidates lor principal and
on the downing side ar. Hon JoelL. _
cipal, and lion. Sam Smith, asristant, , w ..
be/ng a half-breed and latter full blood. Onr
tioual ticket Hon Kahbit Hunch, a full blood for
principal, aud Hon. George Clark, a half breed lor
aifehtant. Times will be very exciting from nor
until August, though our elections always go oL’
nicely and quietly.
on the night of the^th, Muskogee, the largest
town in the territory, wa« burned to the ground—
that is, all of the business portion. Every ibiat-
nets home was destroyed, with the exception of
F: B. Sever’s store ann the i*ostofl!ce—thirty-two
houses Id all. The lire broke out In the secand
story of J. A. Patterson's lar K ^ retail and wholesale
houie. The losai* estiamred at about <1*5,000.
Latest xeporlfe' say they intend rebuilding. Do not
know what amount of Insurance was on the town.
Please to inform me what the origin of the horse
shoe being nailed to the no* r.-lep is. Also oi carry
ing a rabbit's foot about oue’s person.
Your paper is getting to have quite a circulation
iu onr country. Black Fox.
Oar Progress.
Ai stages aro quickly abandoned with tho
completion of railroad a, so tho hage, drastic,
cathartic pills, com pose t of crude and bnlkj
medicines, are quickly abandoned with tho
introduction of I)r. Pierco’a ‘‘Pleasant Purga*
tive Pellets," which arc sugar-coated, aud littlo
larger than mustard seeds, bnt composed of
highly concentrated vegetable extracts. By
druggists.
The commissioners of Telfair county havo
resolved to build anew jaii.
Aik for “Mao* u-—• no*avary tints,
In the Third Generation*
From the Sumter. Ga., Republican.
A curiosity came under our observation ro*
cently In the design of a watch. It was or
dered from Paris aud waa given as a bridal
present to Mr. A. A. Willett's mother, who
then lived in tho state of Connecticut. It ia a
thing of beauty and elegance, and has descend
ed to the third goneration.it being now the
property of Miss Addie Willett. The founda
tion of tho watch is in the shape of a shield,
about an inch and a half in length, and repre
sents a sapphire incased in gold and studded
with pearls. Tho watch proporia about tho
sizo of a quart* r of a dollar and set in tho
( enter of this sapphire foundation, and encir
cled with pearls also. Th>- back of tho watch
hns on it the French c>*t of arms and other
unique designs. It lra« in all two hundred and
fifty pearls, and is a good timo pieco up to
dato.
Purify Your Blood.
Good health depends upon pure blood: therefore,
to keep well, purify the blood by taking Hood’s
Sarsaparilla. This medlelne is peculiarly designed
to act upon the blood, and through that upon all
tho organs and tissues of tho body. It has a spe
cific action, also, upon the secretions and excretions
and assists nature to expel from the system all hu
mors, Impure particles, and effete matter through
tho lungs, liver, bowels, kidneys and skin. It cf
fectually aids weak, Impaired and debilitated or
gans, invigorates the nervous system, tones the di
gestion, and imparts new life and energy to all the
functions of the body. A peculiarity of
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
li tb*t Jt itrcofUieni *nd build, up tho ijttem
while It .radicate, dlwew.
"I moit up flood'. BunputUe U the beet medi
cine I eTertued. Leitiprlnx I hid no appetite end
the lout work I did f.tlgocd me ever eo much. I
began to toko Hood'. germptiUla, end non felt u
If 1 could do e. much In a dap u I had formerly
done In e week. My appetite la voraaoM."—Mm.
M. V. BATAkn, Atlantic City, N. J.
N B —It you havo mad. np your mind to get
Ilood'a Sampuill* do not tako any othor.
Hood’s Si
Sold by drugcIeK 11; ill for IS. Prepared only
by C. 1.1100D A Co., Lowell, Urn
100 Doses One Dollar.
Now la tho time to purify the blood, for at no
other season Is tho body so Misceptible to benefit
from medicine. The pecn 11 nr pm ifying and reviv
ing qualities of Hood’a 8ar<ap*rilla are just what
are needed to expel Ureases and fortify the system
against tho debilitating effects of mild weather.
Every year Increases the popularity of Rood's Sar
saparilla. for it la jnst what people need at this see-
ron. It la the Ideal spring medicine. If you have
never tried It, do eo. and you will be convinced
of ita peculiar merit.
"Hood's Sarsaparilla baa driven the poison from
my blood, and though 76. I feel active and strouR
as at DO.”—vr. n. oraouaKCK, Brooklyn, N. Y.
- Spring Medicine
"I take Hood’s dam pari l la for aspring medicine,
and Z find it Just the thing. It tones up mysya-
tem and makes me feel like a different man. My
wife takes It for dyspepsia, and tbs dorlvea grea
benefit from it.”—Foamk c Tcrkxb, Hook «k Lad
der No. 1, Friend 8treet. Bouton.
"I had salt rheum on my left arm three years,
suffering terribly; it almost disabled me from work.
Iitook three bottles of Hood’a Sarsaparilla, and the
salt rheum haa entirely disappeared.”— U. If,
Mills, 71 French Street. Lowell, Mass,
rsaparilla
Sold by druggists, fl; six forfS. Prepared only
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
IDEAL DROLLING.
Broilin'? can bft dune In the oven of tho
Charter Oak Kangn nr .stove with the Wlr*
Gauze Oven Door, more prrfoctiy than over
the livo coal j.
Lay the steak, chops, ham or fish on »
wire Droller or meat rack, placing It In an
ordinary bake pan to catch the drlppmga.
Allow It tn remain In the ov«J wlthTUk
door closed 16 or H> minutes. No turnln
Is renuired. At the cml of this time It Vrll.
be found nicely cooked ready to servo.
This is tbx idkal wav to duoil meats.
There Is no taint of coal-gas or smote
and tho meats arc morn tender and better In
flavor than those broiled over the coals.
The convenience or broiling In the oven
will be appreciated by every noose-keeper,
and adds another to tu- inuny reasons why
the Charter Oak Itangu or Stove with Urn
~ Wire Gauzo Oven Dour should be preferred
Stas ren Itioimns Ciicoiass a«d Pnetlnrs. to a » others uow iu the market.
For Sale by A. P STEWART fit CO., G9 WMtehal Street
JwatS—.lly mon ami frl akyeo w ,UL “ -
SLICKER
Wa orprooicoar
Ever Mafle. h
Don't wart* .roar moner on a gam or robber coat The FISH BRAXDBLICintlf
l« Ab'oluidlTMd/.r and «rt»n* rooor, and will kf-p y«u dry in the hardest etonnf
A»k lor the' rlSU ItKAND’’ aurata and Uk-no other. If your ftorekeeper doeil ,
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ANODYNE
FOR
EXTERNAL TJSS.
The host Wonderful Family Remrdj Erer Knonn.
81-CURES - DiphtLrr.a, Croup Afkai, Bren-
ebitu. N-urt’gia. Rfceumatlem. S.efdinj et the
Lu-tM, H aracii<»•, laSubrc*. Botkina Ccugb,
W&oopiua Ccu*h. cat rrh. Cholera Mcrbue. Dys
entery. Carcute Duu-r&oe*, KiJb*; Troubles,
Bpmol Dtayaoea. «ei*t»en. Lame Bock., Lam-aeie
1 sfjOHNSON i CO.‘.°Bb6TON?MAg8.
mtr3 -dly /id ri non why u x m
Make Now, v.inh Blood!
d.ffawry- So other*
crr!J. Will po«iUve!yc
i*--mutton around
f ILL A Lo*iC. I)?-*-
ahcre.or s«r.t by u.
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thankful. On
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>a ttaapi. Do.
MzmUuu thU paper.