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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA. GA* TUESDAY MA Y 31 1SS7
FARMS AND FARMERS.
■HOP.TTALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOPICS.
Xaiv'rttrt O... m< tu «d»nta(« or l»ber.*iTlng
jBjpWioama-Vartona Ilia r hat Horr# vlaaola
Hair to aad tba labalw hr IMa-
0:ntr jaattrn InurMUu* to »aimar,
Bairullai Onto.
The dry rprlog has mad* o»t* very low, and
difficult ts cradle ui nave. The recent ratn*
mj develop food heeds, tnd these, being the
most Important part, it 1* very desirable to ec-
rme them. Where the lend Is smooth and
free from trseh, the oat* map be mowed like
(nee, nked np with bone rake and cared like
fc*y, without being tied in bandies. This Is,
indeed, very excellent plan. Coneiderlne
the decreets in coot of harvesting,—the mi*
inf machine and hone rake taking the plaeh
ef ciadler and binder,—we are rather Inclined
to thick it la the best mode of harvesting oita
evrn when tall enough for the oradler. If the
weather Is good they will euro quickly, and
do not run the risk of moalding under the
hand. Cat one day, they can bo housed the
aext, and that is a very greet advantage.
But where tnah is la the way, or one does
not on a mower, low oats can be stved vary
satisfactorily with what is aomettms* ctlled
the IS.flngertd cradle. At first made with
wire but now much improved with wooden
fingers, they do oxcellsnt work. We are now
having some oats scarcely a foot high, cut with
these mAltp, ard In a most satisfactory m%n-
wer. Two conditions should be observed—cut
before fully ripe, and keep blade very sharp,
that the ciadler nay make his cut without a
lnnge. A1 tinge will scatter and throw off the
short beads. Catting before dead ripe mtkes
bettor forage, and qnlte as good grain for food,
If sot quite so goed 'or seed. The straw is
loo short to tie In bundles, to do so would bo
loo troublesome and much would bo lost. Tae
bardfolls are simply gathered up as In tioing
and loaded at onco in a wagon. It behooves
lie farmer to save his onto, and whenever ho
css, to save labor too. The ebango fro a slave
to fret labor baa Imposed new conditions on us
ardwemnst adapt ourselves to them. Ma*
chin try must take the place of labor on the
ftrro, as well as In the shop.
Aside from tbo saving of oats that are low
and thin, it la bolter to cut them just at they
begin fairly to turn. Tho plant hat then
reached its maximum development It will gain
nothing from soil or air by remaining uncut
longer, and tho straw will make dociilolly
bettor forego when cut at that stage. Such
oat# ; well cured and fed in the sheaf, supple
mented by a little corn, Is nmnrpawod horse*
feed, , Dot th*y should be fed sparingly when
Drat harvested. They then possess a laxative
power, end indnoo exceaalvo perspiration. A
couple of months' curing will remove these ob
jectionable qualities.
What has been said about the harvesting of
•ate applies eqnally to that of wheat. Ik may
be cut with mower and gathered with rako.
In this shape it is not quite ao convenient to
thresh, but It can be run through thresher, as
every one knows, from having seen the looso
wheat from broken bundles thrashed. On a
cotton Arm, hamating grain comae in at a
▼ary bnsy time, and it is quite a disturbing
affair. These quick expeditious method! may
afford some relief. are certainly worthy
•f attention and examination, W. L. J.
TmS WARM QUESTION BOX.
the greatest benefit, and what to mix with ft,
bad it anallsed and the analysis is thus:
Carbonate of lime. m ..». 4.73 per cent.
Phosphate of lime.. 21.82 •• "
Alumna, oxide of iron and tfodeter-
mal 9 47 - "
Band mm.... €0.98 “ ”
toy land la light sandy. I want to use the marl
for general cropping.
The article yon have Is more properly a
phosphate rock than a marl proper. Marls
consist chiefly of carbonate of lime, with somo-
times a small percentage of phosphate of 11 no.
But your article consists largely of phosphate
of lime with • email percentage of carbonate of
lime—sand and clay present in all. Marls,
proper, have a decompoilng action on tho veg
etable matter in the eoil and to some extent
open its mineral ingredients also. Your marl
would have very litte effect of that kind. Isa
chief value would con»i*t in supplying phos-
6 boric acid to crops. To do thh. it m ist
D pulverised very fluely. How this
may bess be done, wo are not prepared to say
without a thorough examination of tbo article.
Sometimes burning (or calclmiog, as it is ctlled)
will bring a marl into a state ia which it
be very easily pulverized. Supposing It well
pulverized, It may either be spoiled to land
broadcast in large quantity, one to two *
died bushels per acre, or else It may bo
posted with muck, stable manure, cotcon seed,
etc., and applied in drill. In the latter cmo,
proportion tho marl ao that fi 'toon to twenty'
DUihels of it may bo applied to an aero when
compost is put in drill. Or you mightdo bo;h;
broadcast some, and apply sorao in form of
compost. You need not oxj»oct any very
marked rrtults at once, but probably under
liberal broadcasting of meal, and a proper ro
tation of crops (one in which small gr«iu fre
quently enters) your land would gradually im
plore.
EditorsConstitution: 1 notices well written
piece in your good paper of May lo. from a corre
spondent of'’Southern Farm, "An Aueult on
fcomhtni Fanners,” from which youdlsseut. N jw,
gentlemen, you both are a Ihtlo wr ing I'll admit
that you arc correct In some things, but you don't
go far tr ough. Wc have arise* of good farmers In
meionth. They work by the old rule- <a get up
and git," and they are p caperous. You cau hear
their "ace-haw” at day break, and tin; crackling
of their burning brtnh heaps at nine o’clock at
night All merry, no mortgage ou tbelr homes.
They are the true cause of the aoutb’a scorning
prosjmnty. Then we iiave a largo class of farmers
that '
the
They
s with a lamp on IiUsboulUcr of three
2. What will prevent file* aud guati from
trouMint hones?
a la there auch a thing aa hook in horsek?
Get a surf eon to out out tbo lump-that Is
the quickest and beat nietho t to get rid of 11
Such enlargement# are diillcult of abaorutiou.
and may remain for years, coutthutiy liablo to
fccfmad* sore by collar or hamoa.
12. Various application litre boon eng*
grated and used, but with partial succors only,
A strong decoction of walnut loaves, aud a di
lute solution of carbolic acid, have boon used;
sponging the animal with it. Nots are tho
beat preventives.
•1. Yes, there Is a third lid, so to speak, in
the Inter corner of the aye, whhh sotuotitnes
becomes Inflamed, and somotimos is pushed
cut, when tha eye is inflamed. Relieve the
trouble In eye, aud the hooks disappear.
O. B. G., Fair Forest. Spartanburg county, fl. c.:
I Irate giro the btri plan of destroying muskrat*.
Can they bo pniMitico? I hate been told that they
caunot; hut If they can, what with, and gtve di
rections how to do il?
If suyrceder can answer this inquiry, please
ao so. we cannot. Hart'heard of their bt-
it fi done. 1 ** ,ucce ** ulJjr ’ bul u °t know how
K-J. K: 1* there any known euro for the "big
fall.” or overflow of tha gall In cattle A great
many have died of it In ttili couuty- Anderson, 8.
V* .whstcanwsltf The prevailing opinion here
la, that too much cotum seed with too little rough-
new, it the cause, aathrydic mostly in oarly spring
When ihucki, etc., are nearly or quite gone.
Many animals die in the spring from Im
paired digestion and defective nntritio i, the
remit of insufficient food, or innutrition! or
badly propoitioned food. Cotton seed, in
limited quantity and; In proper combination
with other kltds of food, In very good, but
eaten in excess aud not in combination, Is very
apt to do barm. We heard a gnutluman say
*“*?.*!*** **• working own in thriving
cordiiion on an exclusive cotton seed diet, by
aaixlug salt with the seed at every feet. You
are prvbably correct in your theory of th * dis
ease of *Ule in your neighborhood. Sitae-
lim«s the duct or ernai hr which the bile is
carried from tbo liver and gall bladder to
the Intestine becomes stoiped np by
a gall stone. In that case tho gall Madder be
come s distended. Bua such instances are not
very common. Every farmer ought to have
abordant rye fields for his stock to be fed on.
or from, in early spring. Tho craving of ant-
»tb for grwn food In early spring is a sure
Indication that health, at well as appetite, do*
maids it.
have do rulu lo work by; th-r havo forgo, um
old time get up before day rule,
have lot tho good old tan
trough rot. Tbo old loom has cowed
her "go bang, bang." They bur too mu-:h calico,
ai.d, to put ail in a litiHiol), they live too fast.
They have too much self confidence. I o.. buy too
much on a credit. Hence conus tbo mortgage.
And we have another clni* of farmers that do
not work at all living by til* lame rule—too fast—
milil they have about ilxted out. Now, a* noon as
the late war closed, ifall Uiu farming ciawes had
r.oue to w«rk in the right manner, lived at homo
and boarded at fame place, tanned theis. own
’rather, wove and made their own clothe*, bought
little, paid crah, i say today tho smith woul i no
lh»- most prosperous country under the sdi. Too
much laziness and living too faat la and hM been
our great drawback. There is no doubt but tnat
any man would prosper, ye*, get rich, in tho south
if be would work aa our prosperous forefather* did
eighty ycai* ago. We have the best farming
country on tho globe. F. M. rim elds,
B7J Coop wood. Miss., May 17,1387.
T* F. T., CoVesburg, B. (’.: Please give the bast
roedo of cultivating or prcimrinv around for pea
nuts abo wbat soil i* best udsptod to secure a vig
orous plant and prolific
Land inclined to sandy, with clay sib-
soil, aud, if containing lime, all tho barter.
Lime and pota»h seem to bo tho apodal ms-
littiea for all tho poa family. You might try
nab element— It would probably be excellent
for ground peas- but w« have no fauta regard
ing it. A g< Dtli man in upper (JcnrgU inform
ed us recently that he raised ground pcs* very
sacccisfolly by making a broad and moderate
ly d<cp wat erf arrow bet waen four foot beds,
aud planting in said water farrow, applying no
manure at first, but after tho plants were np
dashing a handful of stable manure at them,
and gradually «orking tho die* to the plants
during cultivation. This modo of planting
makes the branches lay flat , on tho ground,
andgivsathepeaan opportunity of growing
down Into tho soil readily.
A. L. If.. Rochelle, luT"1 havo a maro whloh
| had scratches tbno mouths eg •. 1 treated her
| with tiiua! remedies, during which time in roillug
she bresme f* rimed In stable, wrenched one of her
shoulders, making her lamo. 1 tired llnrnicuto of
dlfhuent kind*, and finally - roweted whloh had
fiood results, but she now seem* still throughout,
cats htsriy, hair look* well There sotim to be
h me humor, or impurity of blood and At tuu s a it Is
with diffUully she walks. Can you tell me howto
treat her.
Abrolnte rest it the first indication. It may
1-avo been a sJrupIo strain originally and not
bring cured at flret, may havodo/enontod Into
inoie or icia irliummation shout tho joint. If
you can asceitain tho scat of tho trouble, apply
over it an ointment of
fall oats are grown, came op, and when tho
oats w«ro taken out of too way of the chut,
the latter grew vigorously and took the ll ;M
Chest is not killsd by the severed cold we
have. Wo have seen a field of fall cats ap
perently turn into a field of wheat. Deubtle*.
wheat teed were mixed with the oit seed (
mult very natural where travelling tbre*h»r
get out both crops), and the oats being kitu «I
by cold, whilst tho wheat was not, the latter
took possession of the land.
L P. K, flptrtantbnrg, 8. C: AccordInsr'to ji
InstiucHons, I have prepared apiece or cutton li„
(remewhat tandy, gravel and light, niay subsoil)
follows: Put in water fUirow fifteen load* ot
rough manure and twenty btuheia of cottuu sc*j J
I»er»ere early and ridged with boll tongue, which
war left for forty day*. I then opened ridge «un
a large shovel aud nut 200 pounds of acid phosphatH
and r.fly pound* of kainit. and m*xed thoro-iguly
with a small scooter nin very deep, bedded aad
planted the 30U> ol April, have a good stand chop
ped through with hoes.
Could I rive any more manure to
liow? Please advice further treatment
It is doubtful if additional manuring will
pay in caee sited. Wo should certainly not
advise tho application of any more nitrogenous
matter. Yon might risk 100 pounds of acid
phosphate and .10 poundt of kalnt par acre
iruxtd together and applied in tiding farrow
on inch side of plants. Side with a short and
father broidshovoi, running say two inches
«p; put manure In the farrow thus made, and
L P, E., Spartanburg, a C.: (Please give approv
ed nuthod of putting up leave* and pine strew
» uh lime lor wheat land, and how much i* admit-
Hhie on gray randy land? When shall it be
penned?
To four well-packed two-horse wsgon bodies
of leaves and pine straw, add ten bushels of
lime, previously slaked, air slaked as good as
any. The leaves should be thoroughly end
nrnfoitnlv dampened, and the lime thoroughly
mixed with them. The whole put In a pou
and well tramped. Enough material, propor
tioned as above, should be put in to make a
mass four feot or mojo high, and finished off
with a layer of rich dirt to retain moisture
J’ut up as early now as convenient, the sooner
tho better. Protect from sun—rain will do no
barm. Would not apply more of tho oomprrt
than contains twenty bushels of lime to
sere.
O.T. I., Maroyn, p. O.: ]. Wbat do you think
would be the difference in value of one touof
rharicston acid phot pintle and one ton of burnt
Loner?
2 Tbe difference In one ton of ground bones
and one of burnt bone*?
liifllrnlt to make comparison. The acid
phosphate will act more promptly than the
Lurnt bones, but containing very much lo-s
phosphoric acid, will not produce so lastiog
i fleets Speaking breudly, should say a to j of
bone ash is worth aa much aa two or three tons
f acid phosphate. Rut to make this jt-ito-
imnt good, the bone ash must be finely pul
verized, and uacd la proper combination, aa in
rou posts.
2. The bnrnt bones worth abont one and a-
half times as much as ground bones, supposing
both to be ground equally flue. Tho ground
hone has sdvantage of four or five per cent of
ammonia, bat a small amount of conton ocoi
mca), added to tho burnt bones, will supply
that.
Bpmxit, Mac tog CotNTV, Florida, May 15.—Many
.ears ago 1 lived with an old gentleman that UMd
jo buy all tho hones afflicted with po 1 evil aud
ffttula that were In the country around, an-1 he
cured them with the following remedy: Pour
'iincea cast steel, four ounota oomfrey roo*, four
uncca okcampaue root. Tha steel he to>k to
lackimlth shop, heated it red hot, cut it with
tulphur, then reduced to a dust. The comfrey and
Mix well and mb In and keep mare from
reaching it wlih htr mouth. Afterwzrdggraaio
the (art dully fur a week or more. Qivu ajft
bedding to afknd ou.
ire: bump small. I have a fine mare with it.’ H
ln»d any amouut of humbug* to no profit.
Rpavui is not always curable. *ln a young
hone, aid taken in time, it may Tie aometimoi
w licved by sn application, onco a week, of an
ointment of bonlodido of more ury ono draehm,
in an ourco of lard. Ru*i In well, then greatc
the part every day till the next appllcatiou.
Keep hone’s mouth away from oiutuieut.
i 7 ,. nor
u . h ' u * lH *’ n n » !wrk for about six
Jj®* - *’■ * n ' 1 •'*“'“*>» wri! terf MID*.
u rr.ial'y liu. . hornyMrn.
nlnnui, siout.1 th. c<t,c. Vast JwcrlptlaD
?“**..“* COT ** il w * n - Sh’aU la fat the
tiouhl. In yocr hon. w,. . tamer of ioina
klad; if $o, the hnlfo I. tho (.roper naieiiy. If
»--.itfHt,"«h.knife U.lu th. bol rimedy
*5* off th. h»td p»rt .ad apply ■ solati in of
caloric of *f*c, on, .rain to «a nance of water.
or twin n day till it heal,; which m.y
tax.Hime time. Iatheaicsaticie,noa,1d!eor
Jinja», that touche, tho .pot ehoiiM b, put on
thoahima!. Hi. Uiet ekoutd ha autrUtouc
o«i , m. ou .'j b ', w , eM *° f lv ' *» *tt«r»tiTo am!
hale like the followiu* twioo ndsy: Llqnor
artoaiinjip, n half < unc; tincture muriate iron.
Wieo.»tmi,.oonai: water. oo« pint. Uir.ml
JJ" “ hoin.time. oitinary biiiter
J™ '*> otntmottt i. rahbod on HU tho oiib
pH.4 no shore. Bat this i. daw. piiafa! nm!
awry WM inferior to trantawat with knifa.
_ L k-i Fnow UH), n. f.-l have toms mri
*•<■ WAk W AOUW U niial wt, 1 Ull UM u to (am
g, n it i it: in mu Ull IK UI till.- uuugii iuuo.
ke a Rcoil feed for work stock aud ralloU cow*?
i il aho l-o cut and cured into a good f jrago for
0*t? Xiu
ini?
will It. thus cured, answer for work stock, with
out addition of other grain?
What effect, good or bad. Is It likely to havo on
tho milk and butter production when fed tooow*?
I W ill its lavlthtixo likely to havo ill i fleet ou
above stock?
We are not able to glvo result!, bated ou
actual trial, of whoat cat at different stagea,
am! jour qnestirns can only bo answered with
entire satisfaction in that way. Bat there are
certain general facts which mar throw srme
light on the matter. In the first place, tho
l-lant does rot acquire its maximum content of
l utitioua matter, until after It blooms. At an
iutcimedi&te point between flowering and
ripening this point of maximum nutritivemvis
i* reached. Secondly, as soon as the seed be
gins fairly to develop, a transfer of nutritious
matter frem the lower leaves and joints of
items toward the seed sets In. In tho case of
trasses, whose seed have little value as food,
t shattering out and pasting undigested through
enlmals,) it is dear that they should
1-e moved soon after flowering, and before the
traniftr can be mado. But with larger grained
plants, like wheat, whose seeds are properly
i hewed and appropriated by animals, there ia
i o need of quite ao much hurry. But too long
dtl»y wilt render the stalks and leaves too
dUtiu'eof nutritious nutter to be readily
«atcn by stock, hence we infer it is better por-
l aps to cut half way between flowering aud
rising, just fur imtauce when paasiog ont of
We have rover fed wheat thus cut tnd cored
to boms and cows—have seen favorablo re
port* from others, and believe it to be a very
ixalki.t food. Do not kuow whether U
would sustain work stock without additional
greiu ration of some kind. I’cob i*
My it would with qui'o a reduced
Kreiu ration. Hava never heard of
aey evil effects of feeding wueat in manner
preqefed. ard preiumo it is excellent for milch
cows, aa well •» horres. (hit aud let it lie un
til half cured (if weather is good), then tie up
in bundles and put up in smad shocks without
repping. As soou aa thoroughly dry put uu-
dei shelter.
On tho second of
F. E. H., Pprlngtville, X „
( tnWr t M«rctl *oae n bi’c winter oats on
i iu oa** for several yoar*.
land that bad not be< .
but h*d hem pkutcu in corn au-t wheat altar:.
ai« iy, being iu nm Ian },*ar. and it is all chea ;
of u Lvod iUnd. i'*a you give auy explanaUo i
Wr take it for granted that the oris were
kiUcdi u* curing the winter, tha? cheat-seed,
w: fcV ih hbui »!»n* iu ffnid* where wheat or
I>r:tth StalfiincDf.
Frem ta'uia’fd satements carefhliy pre
pared for the ure of iuriirenco eompantos, for
c.mpuii g life rates’, it i* shown that tbe
!a»a»*t ler-cbtagrs of death occur between the
*t<t of five and eighteen months, ami tbe cause
i* attributed to tbe effects of teething aud
Cholera infai-tuiu.
This should be alarming to parents. Mr.
Joe. Mocdy, one of the most active insurant**
men of Georgia, writes that in his experience
with Dr Digger's Huckleberry Cordial, he has
fouad itto be one of tbs beat remedies for all
bowel troubles: aad always takes pleasure iu
Rcvaumdiag It H t hotookaU neceafty.
all he did amt horso got well. Now If O. L. M., of
ruriimatobn. Alabama, will try *"*
his mure or that of anybody else
or fl*tu1a. Mr. Editor, publish U
inkle ai-f ui nx years oui. on uie 7tn or Marcti
»hc was shocked by Ugbtniiigi haa rccovcrod from
Urn shot k,but tavary numb, aad clumsy in h>th
front and bind legs. Rho haa not lost^auy Hc<U
and eats hearttfy. Will yon ploaso Inform raa Of
rome remedy that will relieve bar from bar utornb-
Give one grain of strychnine a day, grad-
uslly Increasing dose, till at end of four weeks
the dose reaches three grains psr day. Give
go«d nourishing food, and promote general
health by grooming and changes of diet.
The Beit Offer Ever Slade.
In renewing your subscription to The Coxstitu-
tio.v, mske It tl.COand get "The Southern Farm,”
Mr. II. W. Grady's new magazine, edltod by Dr.
Jones, and The Constrrmoy both for one year.
Tills is tho best offer ever made. Don’t fill to get
both papers for 91.50. Address, Southern Farm, 37
Boutli Broad street. Atlanta. Ga.
PERSONS AND THINGS.
KILLED BY ROBBERS.
PERILOUS ADVENTURES OF
CINCINNATI COLONY.
Which Und'weak to Settla (la tea Wild* of Vietragua
'Sovfital Vail Victim* to tho rcrctbio Fever-
Wtule Other* Are Slaughtered by th#
V auvea-Murder or MraThorharo.
“The Dev. S. F, Smith, who flfty-five years
j cars ago wrote "My country, 'tls of thee” ha!
lately celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday anal
on ary In vigorous health.
The queen of Spain Is spending the spring
at Arsnjuez, on tho Tagur, a delightful place which
has bcon negUctcd by royalty for the putt twenty
two yean.
ijuxen Victoria and the p^po aro pernu<
ly acquainted. They first met at Hrussclsat a
banquet Rived by the king. IC.-trdiual Pooul wai
nuncio there ami doyeu of the diplomatic corpi,
and lie ist by tbo queeu and had a long wnverta
tlon with her. A Howard he had an audlenco of
her in London.
Petbifird lobsters, dams, turtle*, md the
like arc found in great abundance in tho riauta
Catalina mountains, In Arizona, at a height of
nearly 10,COO feet above tho level of the sea.
It has been computed that the death rate
the globe is sixty-iovcu a minute, 97.7W a day,
. .id 83,Pirn 885 a year, and fho birth r*to seveuty a
minute, 100.KW a day, and ^i.biri.OOJ a year.
M. J. P. Habbimaw, an Insurance man of
Woonsocket, R. I., looks *o much llks 3Ir. Clovo-
land, Itoth in form and feature, thAt maro than
once be has beeu taken for tbo preddent of tho
Tolled States.
Tur.ni was recently unearthed at Jackson*
Die, 111, while excavation* wero belli* in trie for
theasylumfortbelnsane.au apple wrloh ia he-
licved.io h ve baeu burled hiurteon Tears ago. Tho
pple was in good condition, considering its age.
Six widows live on six adjoining firms in
the town of Venango, Pa, and what Is nnro re
msrkalde, they ore all Hendersons, being tho wid
ows or the late Henderson b-othera. Thomas. Sam
uel. Andrew, Btewart, William, and Alexander.
A POi.ifrWtlxon. of Wireonsin was ao raid on
.. turning home to find that duriuz hi* ab*»n ia hi«
wife had bad the shade trees In front trimm-d so
that their beauty was rttluod. that he rem*ed to
riu p In tbe houto. spent the night id tuo bara,
aught cold and died.
A Philadelphia Aim makes a prectLo of glv
Ing au excellent lsco cap. trimmed with lavender
tbbons, ou which are embroidered the words,
One Hundred Years,” to each woman in the state
who Uvea to celebrate herone hundredth birthday.
The lateat recipient of tbe cap. was Mrs. Mary
Brunner, of Derry, who was born May 17,1737.
Ardbkw Meldum,of Denver, droid to his
wife, niu« time ago, a house and lot aud ranch,
in the secured a divorce from Meldrura, who
now sins to recover the property that bo gsre her,
making the charge that b*rore she tcenred her di-
voice, bat her reUtions with Charley MtteheU.
the batdsome KngU-h p tte tighter, were net what
Uny »)iobld have beeu.
kl A//ANUXI- the famous Cuban matador,
has beta retioualy injured at a bull fight iu Seville,
Spain.
Mbs Ji:ssr. s Mim.f.b has sueceodedinex*
sctftgapwritw frotu the *tu1*»nu ot Yassarcol-
to wtsr a eiwtume without corset*, to be de
ed by Mrs. Suiter. The urcss, however, will
aiu a c»|»*ciou» rtcepUtclo for chewing gum
lx a ?ate number of the London World, un
der tt< head of "Celebrities at Home,'' there is a
b. usuft l sketch ot •*Butr*l«j Bill. Otriooel the Hon.
v.il'ym Frederick Cody, at Wad Kenringtoa "
Tr is *hov » wbio. eat* be done with a simple trout-
tor Aiuerieau uatae woeu it u* properly treated.
I or;j Kosns, the venorable Hungarian
patrU-t, ray -1« a late loiter: Toe burdwu of more
ih«n eighty f-'ur year* we^hs down rar Infirm
yj.ouk't r*. I'uder taU wt-s^hi the b. dy is deaden
ed, tbe mt-uI gre>ws t:uuted; life bci'omos a state of
were t«amn ve etatit.*. Man fcets then like state
ttwe went, raoaldertag ruin which no longer**-
soil* with tbe world ot the iivlug-"
ruoFxreoB Dwiuiit. of Columbia, says of
Henry Gee rye'* theory: “Without private prop-
eity in laud no man can have an tsaorad birth
place or borial-place. So tree can he planted that
He can rail his own, nor can any dwallWf bo
arreted U at will give him tMu ed sneirer.”
From the Cincinnati inquirer.
Levi C. Good ale, of this city, yesterday re
ceived a letter from E. R. M«cy, of 8aa Ramona
Matsgalpka county, Nicaragua, Central America,
giving tbe particulars of the murder of Mrs. Lettlo
Thorburn, formerly of Cincinnati. The murder
wae committed on or about April 2Gth, and wav one
of the mo*t daring and brutal a.*eastiuations that
ever took place in that country. The lady’s servant
was rhqt dead ana the woman hacked to pieces
with a hatchet, mld tbe home robbed.
In the cummer of 1877 William Thorburn was the
proprietor of a be ok and periodical store at 160
Vine street. It was not a eurcewinl venture aud
in tbe course of a few weeks ho failed. He then
received employment In thefctoreof J. R. Hawley.
About this time I’cter Rudolph Niff,Dr. Iluut, Levi
(iocdale and other well known Cincinnatians pur
r-based a gold inir.o in San Ram one, Nicaragua. It
•.van owned ami operated over two hundred years
*go by ripanhh adventurer*. The mine was p ir-
»hflstd and a company formed to colonize the
place and work tho mine. A number of Clncln-
natfans jrrined tbo colony, among them a mm
named Fmith and two others named Leonard and
William Thorburn.
THEY LEFT HERS
!n October, 1877. After weeks of traveling the
r-olony reftt-h<d their destination. They arrived
there In the dry ieason of tho year, and their pros
pects were flattering. Leonard was appointed eu-
I erintendent of tho mine. All of a sudden trou
ble began to brew in the camp of the stockholders
and things did not run as smoothly as they might
have. They had been there but a short timo when
the rainy scaron, which lasts six months, set iu.
With it tame a bilious fever.
Leonard and a number of the members of tho
colony were stricken down anddied without medi
al aid. Fmith was appointed to sneered Leonard,
He died in u short time, and everything seemed
Hgsinst the colony of Cincinnatians. At last Sir.
oodale visl'cd tbe place. lie saw the hardships
i ho monitors of tho colony were undergoing but
did not wish to |
GIVE UP THE ENTERPRISE.
fie then upptinted Thorburn superintendent of
ibeznine. By this time the trouble among the
Kto;kholders broke out again, aud tho mining eu-
urpriro was giveh up. Mrs. Thorburn returned to
this city about four years ago. and was the guest of
Mr*. Kmrna Kirkup. She came principally to re
gain her health, aud also to secure for Mrs. Smith,
whoso bus bund hud died in the far-off country, the
Insurance on bis life. This she did aud returned
grcutly improved in health to the uncivilized
i ry of Nicaragu *. Bor husband had gone Into tha
india-rubber bu-iuess. This called him away from
ho inhabited country aud took him Into tli* wild-*,
through which runs tho rivers Tumaa, Yonsuo and
Me tquito. It was ou tho banks of tho<o streams
.hat tho India rubber was found, ms wife, who
ad by that time arrived at SanKamone, remained
there for about four month*. She finally resolved
o go with her husband on a rubber hunting expo-
Ttlonupthe Mosquito river. This was In Octo
-, 1880. For four long years they had suffered
the undeseribed tortures of the rainy season, yet
ibey bore them without a word of complaint, hop
ing to strike It rich and return to this city with
wealth. Ou October 2d Mrs. Thorburn, her hut-
ami, six slaves, and several pack moles started
up the river Moiqulto.
IK SEARCH OF RUDDER.
They camped at night on the river bank, and
tramped on foot duriug the day. After they had
" ecu out two days the rainy season set in, and for
bcflisttlme Thorburn waa stricken down with
he fever. Tho next day they .packed np and
started back for San Ramone. They had been on
the way bnt a few hours, when tho mules sank to
the ground and died from the cffcots of tho fever.
The Haves, who received only ten cents per day
tor their work, seeing that they would he com
pelled to leave their baggage, deserted tho party.
Two more, however, were engaged, and after tyvo
days of traveling on foot, the wearied and woru-
out party reached flan Ramone. Reaching this
due, Thutbum was placed lu a hammock aud
catiled by two slave* for twenty mites, to medleal
rid. They wore within tsro miles of Matigalp*
when, after suffering untold agonies, Thorburn
clod. A grave was dug, and with a prayer he was
buried by the aide of a foot-path, near the oounty
seat of Matagalpa- Mr*. Thorburn and her slaves
returned to San Ramone. Not wishing to return
to this country, sho coutlnued In the robber busi
ness. She had In her employ a number of slaves.
THINGS RAN ON SMOOTHLY,
and In the early part of last March she rcinovod
rrom Pan Dtmono to a hls-h point on the Moiqnlto
river, about twomllos above the junction or the
Rivers Tumaa and Yonanc, In that couutry all
the land Is owned by tho government. All that in
ucccnsry to secure it in to drive a stake aa l scale.
This was.done by Mrs. Thoiburn, A rude bouse
made of tbe llmtnof trees, grant and mud w«s
erected, litre *bo lived until killed. The coun
try la alive with renegade*, river pirate*, thieve*
•<tid all chnsctt of criminal*. There are no poiico
or soldiers to prevent them irora murdering aud
robbing the white icttlers. Mrs. Thorburn hod
.MlDtlicd settling up her liusoand’s estate, and was
i reflating to leave for ml* country. Bho had dis-
i harged all rove one of her slaver. On or about
April 2Gtt>, In tho middle of the day, three murder-
• u* locking natives approached her house. One
meds spot through the window, killing the slave.
Mrs. Thorburn Ipimedlately suspected robbery,aud
-prsuR to the bed. where grasped a revolver. Hae
wss about to cock It, when she was seized from
i ebikd. Her arm was severed from her bjdv
by a blow with a hatchet. The villains completed
(heir das'trdly work ny hacking her b >dy In a ter
rible manner. They theu secured about $ ’»,0d0 and
departed, leaving the rifcltrs bodies on the floor,
where they wore discovered sororal weeks after by
a party ot white tmxpeftors.
NEWS OK THE MUROKIt
was immediately seut to l’reriaent Don Kvon'sto
rinnijo at Matagalpa and to tho American cunsui
Trcot* are cow searching tor tho murderers, but
tho t nances for their apprehension are slim. There
was quite a sum of money overlooked, and Macy,
who isnow running the mine, asks Mr. Goodaie to
notify the heirs
atly settlers, aud erected the flrat mill in tho stat
• l Ohio. Her father is living on a farm some whet
in the northern part of the state.
GOOD CROP PROSPBCTS.
Weekly Review ot Dun & Co.’s Mercantile
Agency.
N» w York. May 27.—-R. G. Dun A C'o.’a re
view of trade for tha week says:
The irMt imoortant news ot the week la also
the brat, that crop prospect* have decidedly im
proved in view of great speculation in wheat
and cotton end f*l»e report*, carefully circulated
t>> iutoie*tcfl rear:lea, U is or service to kuow that
ot>r own agents telegraphed from IVinconslu "loori
rsti.s have helped the agricultural district*;” from
Mini tree ‘Tains throughout the northwest very
materially improve crop prospects;” from Kan«as
Ctiy, * prof-pt-cu are excellent for exceptionally
large crept—recent copious rains of great benefit;»
from New Orleans, ‘crop prospect* generally
good.” Aud thoc are sampUs of favorable dis
patches from nearly all quarter*. The fear of
injury thus far seems satisfactorily removed,
and if harm to wheat or cotum Is U como,
ft mutt be from climatic influences in the tatnre.
This good uews for toe whole country Is dlsheart-
cuing, he wet or, when financial prospects have
come to depend upon the success of gigantic specn-
:allots for an advance in the prices of products.
The financial future Is also afflicted by the large
receipts or tbe treasury, amounting for ten moatns
and twiuty day* to Sd,612.867 more than the
receipt* lor the t*aie r*ri of tbe previous rear. At
the tame rate tt.c treasury must take from the
market! a large sura every month after the last call
for thru per cent* mature* July H and Washing-
tor dirpaicbe* state that the administration wilt
puithate bonds with treat reluctance, if at all.
During the i*>t week tne treasury has taken it;
Sl.fCHUtt) Buu geld and ‘,'0)000 more currency
thru it If* p*M out with Iranea of sliver certificate’>
enlv. the balancing increase of silver h«id and
with ctriy ShV.OPO added tr deposit* in bank*.
K>rei*i> commence doe* not improve. April tm
pC rt* tit ceded exports by £15 )7C 37S, an cxcc»*
equalled in one mouth of lvdaftc.-a partial fail-
me of err pa, and in no o her mantfi since H7-»\
Prevallfra *: ecu;at on*. rather than the tuter-tate
*« r. rente the Ce lice in export#, for shtpment* of
grain by i*k.‘ aud rui are made without regard i
local rail rbtea. In cotun the exports are hardly
quarter e.t these ct Muy, i**G The intern itc c-jc.
mt-slcn ba* nor yet revoked it* order* of *»i«pen
A BORDER HEROINE.
U;e Bad Lnclt of Three Outlaws Who Car
ried off a Woman*
From the New York Sun.
Men are accustomed to look upon women as
frail, tender, and without pluck, but the bravery
and heroism of tbe ferarie »ex, when forced to fore
the inevitable, shine forth in instances which men
may have equalled, but never excelled.
jn jnne, 1fc78, three ruffians, one of whom wav a
halt breed Indian, rode up to the pioneer cabiu ol
Henry Clark, eltnated near the state line between
Kenfas aud Nebraska, due north of Smith Centre,
and on the bank of the Republican river. It was
about 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and Clark wav in
Marysville, Kansas, on business, leaving the wife,
who was a robust woman of twenty-five, alono ou
the place. Hospitality is the rale in the west,
and when the men asked for breakfast she
cttiid not welt refuse, although she made up her
rair.d at first glance that they were bad men. They
raid they were looking for stock, and seemed to be
poMc-d aa to Clark’a absence. All were heavily
firmed and rode good horses, Whl:e Mrs Clark was
very much frightened and annoyed at their pres
ence, the made a pretence of being cool aud brave
and this probably put the climax off for some time.
Tbe prepared a good breakfast, and the men sat
down to eat, but It was easy to seo that they were
not hungry. They only made a pretence of eating,
and when they got up two of them seized her aud
rushed her out of doors, aud tbe third, who had
already mounted, received her on his saddle. In
speaking of this act, Mis. Clark explains:
"I bad been expecting Just such a move, aud was
in a measure prepared for it I knew they meant
me evil, and 1 was glad when I saw they were to
take me away. We had no neighbor nearer than
three miles, and I felt that only in being taken
away from the house was there any chance of res
cue from their clutches. Men were constantly
rifilDg about the countrj looking for land or stray
stock, end I had strong hopes of meeting some
party before we h*d gone far. Therefore when
they seized me I made but little resistance, and
apparently to their great surprise, I did'uot scream
nor faint.”
The men rode off at a gallop np tbe river, skirt
ing the edges of the timber, aud iu about three-
quarters of an hour reached a cabin which had
been abandoned early In the spring by a family
named Miller. Tho settler’s wile had died, and bo
had removed to Red Cloud. The cabin was a small
and snug affair, having a heavy door with a bar to
it, and two windows provided with almost bullet
proof inside shutters. Tho men rode straight to
the cabin and dismounted, Mrs. Clark being as
sisted off the saddle before the man who rode tbe
horse with her got down. As she struck the gronud
she grabbed for the butt of a revolver which stuck
out of tbe holster of the man who helped herdown,
and what happened in the next two or three
minutes she relates hcrielf: \
“I was and am a fair shot with a rifle or revol
vi r. I first seized tho weapon with the idea of
committing suicide, but cbinged my mind In an
instant, pulled up tho hammer, and shot the man
in the leg before ho had taken his hand* off me.
Then I darted for the cabin, carrying the smoking
weapon in my baud. Tbe hair-open door was only
ten feet away, and 1 was inside and had the door
bar Jn place In a few seconds. Indeed, the man
whom 1 bad wounded had scarcely cried out before
I waa In the bouse. My Action was so sudden and
unexpected that not a baud was stretched ont to
stop me. Fortunately tor me, the bar stood on
end just behind the door, aud as I slipped it Into
place I felt that 1 had been saved. Two or three
years of pioneer life give a woman courage and
confidence, and I knew 1 had disabled one of the
men and had five bullets left for the other two. 1
The wounded man received the bullet In the left
leg just at the knee, aud mode a serious matter of
it. He fell to the ground and cursed and groaned
in a terriblo way, and vowed that the woman
should bo burned alive at tne stake to pay for his
Injury. Ills companions were at fhat inclined to
ridicule him and to admire tire pluck of tbe wo
man, but when they realized that he would proba
bly lose bla limb, and that the trio hadaperic
of trouble on band, their anger became fright
ful. They made a rush for the door,
evidently expecting to easily lay
hands on the woman and drag her out, but they
found It barred. When they turned to the windows
they found them also well secured. It became
plain to them that she meant determined resist
ance, and they gave up their eflbrto aud retired to
consult. From what Mrs. Clark overheard sho was
convinced that the ttfo men wanted to help the
wounded one off aud leave at once, but he obsti
nately refused to move an inch until he had been
revenged on the woman. He called their atten
tion to the fket that it was a lonely neighborhood,
not likely to be visited by any strangers before
night, and that they should batter in the door and
secure their victim. When they referred to his
wound as evidence of her bravery, he fioroely
shouted: *‘D—n her, it was au accldeutal shot.
She’s got my revolver, but she won’t daro flro it to
save her life. Get alog and bust In that door.”
The men hunted about until they found a largo
limb which bad been trimmed up and they seized
this and made a rush for the door. The woman
knew Just what they were preparing for, and sho
softly unbolted one of tne blind* and swung it
back until she could see them. One ol tho panes
ol gloss was gone, and she rested the revolver la
this opening, took deliberate aim at tbe man near
e»t her, acd when she pulled the trigger he fell
down and expired with scarcely a kick, having
ocenshot through the heart The otuer Imme
diately ran away, but took a circuit aud cam a back
to the wounded man. Then tbe cursing, raving
and storming w«.-re renewed, and the
wounded man propped himself up aud omptied
the contents of hia whichever and his revolver
Into the door and window blind. Mrs. Clark hal
warning, and she sat down ou tho floor in a corner.
Some of the bullets fell inside, but she was lu a
replace. When the wounded outlaw had ex
hausted bis ammunition he called up>n his. com
panion to beat tho door iu with a rock lying near
by, and threatened him with death if he did not
MraClatk was looking out of the window aud the
says:
••The man’wai thoroughly afraid of me, more so
than of bis friend, and ho refused to obey, szylnj
there had beeu nonsense enough, and he would
now help the other way. He stood forking to war* t
the cabin as be talked, and 1 saw the wounded
man slip a cartridge into his revolver and raise tho
weapon and fire. The bullet w as meant to kill,but
it did not even wound, aud the man turned, drew
his own weapon and fired three bullet! iuto tho
wounded assassin’* body, causing bis deitb in a
minute or two. He did not go near the bxly, but
waved his band to me as a token that I was not to
be disturbed, and then got tha horses together,
strapped the rifles to the saddle*, and role away
at hard as he could go.”
The woman soon left the cabin and took her
way homeward, but was met by her husband and
three cattle hunters about a mile away. The three
latter pursued the fugitive for miles, securing two
of the horses, and exchanging several shots, but
he finally got safely away.
The trial of BUI Garvin, tho notorious negro
murderer of Rnrke county, will begin in
Wayn—boro this week.
BRO WATS
IRON
BITTERS
WILL CUKB
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS and FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN in the BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION.
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
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