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FARMS AND FARM MRS.
Short Talks with Men Who Guide
the Plow.
QUESTIONS ON FARM TOPICS ANSWERED
Digging and Saving Sweet Potatoes.
"When should potatoes be dug? Some
ftnswer just after killing frost. Others say do
not wait for frost, but dig whenever the potato
is ripe, as they term it. The test for ripeness
Is, when a broken or cut surface dries off
(promptly with a white or light color. Waiting
until after a light frost is, we think, a pretty
good rule, because, first, the ripening of the
tubers develops more and more with the
Closing of the growing season. When the
nights become cool and the days short, vegeta
tion begins to prepare for its winter’s sleep.
Growth slackens and substances dissolved in
the sap change to insoluble and more
permanent forms, to bo stored away till new
growth in the spring makes demands upon
them again. As a rule, therefore, the longer
digging is delayed, the more matured or riper
the tubers are likely to be. Because, second,
anything disposed to rot can be kept sound and
undamaged better in cool weather than in
hot. Early dug potatoes are quite apt to rot
from being overheated.
But sometimes the necessary ripeness of the
tubers may be brought about by dry weather
as effectually ashy that which is cool. The
indications are that the leaves turn yellow and
growth ceases; and then those changes in the
plant referred to above follow. In such case,
if the weather is moderately cool, and espec
ially if dry, it is well to dig. The danger is
that dry weather, followed by rain and a high
temperature, may start new growth of the
Vines, and cause the tubers to sprout. This,
when it happens, upsets the winter arrange
ment, disturbs the equilibrium and paves the
way for rotting of the tubers.
The point then is to dig the tubers when
they are in a quiescent state, and if possible
after the weather is settled’cool, and after
wards keep them quiescent. How is this to be
done ? First, dig if possible, when the
ground is dry. The skin of the potato
in contact with dry earth becom s itself
drier and firmer—its pores contract, and it
protects tho substance of the potato more
fully from atmospheric influences or from
germs which induce rotting. Why does a cut
potato, as a rule, rot more readily than one
which is not; because a surface unprotected
by skin is exposed to the air. A good, dry,
hard skin is therefore desirable, and digging
when the ground is dry, helps to supply this.
But it may be asked if drying in the sun when
they are dug wet, would not accomplish the
same result. It might, so far as mere drying
is concerned, but it is possible that the rot
germs floating in the atmosphere, might lodge
on the potato and find entrance before the dry
ing was completed, and it is certain that tho
heat of the sun would stimulate changes in
the substanes of the potato which might end
in rotting. It is very generally conceded that
Irish potatoes keep better if not exposed to
the sun when being dug. Why not the sweet
potato also? Dig, therefore, when dry, and
keep dry afterwards.
Second —Keep potatoes cool. Why? Be
cause, as just said, heat stimulates chemical
changes—vital ones also. Every one knows
that these go on more or less during the win
ter. Tiie old-fashioned yam becomes sweeter
towards spring, because its starch has been
gradually changed into sugar. Now such
changes may degenerate into rotting; if pushed
too far they certain ly will. A low temperature
is the most effective means of keeping in check
either vital or chemical changes—not a freezing
temperature—because a new element comes in
then— the tissues of the potato are ruptured by
freezing—but a temperature, say of 40 degrees,
if it could be had. In our climate, however,
this is not practicable. The best we can do is
to keep potatoes at a uniform temperature of
from 60 to 70 degrees. This is near tire
mean annual temperature in the south,
and can be approximated in prop
erly constructed hills. These
Bhould bo constructed in tho usual manner,the
base slightly elevated and a ditch around it for
drainage. If the ground is dry and cool, it is
not necessary or advisable to put straw or
leaves on the base. Pile the potatoes directly
on the ground, but it is all important to cover
them with straw or other good non-conductor of
heat. On the same principle that ice is sur
rounded with sawdust or chaff, to prevent
beat from without reaching it, so potatoes
should be wrapped well with something simi
lar, to prevent the heat in them from escaping
and passing out during very cold weather.
Heat is of course, passing out from a potato
hill during very cold weather, but if it does
not escape too rapidly, the hill can get from
the earth directly under it, as much as it
loses. If straw is placed underneath the pota
toes, they are cut off largely from
this source of heat. A thick coatihg of straw,
then on outside of hill, with a layer of dirt
over tho straw aro the proper conditions.
Why dirt over the straw? To confine tho air
mingled with the straw and the potatoes, cur
rents of air coming out and going in would
change the temperature within the hill very
decidedly, The dirt also serves more or less
like the straw as a non-conductor, and may be
increased in thickness with increasing cold.
In our coldest winters we have not found a
foot of dirt on potato hills too much. When
the hills are first made allow ample ventila
tion at the top, because the hill when first put
np is apt to be too warm, the weather being
•till warm, and because tho potatoes undergo
some change soon after they are banked,
“sweating” as it is usually termed, and the at
tendant heat and moisture should be allowed
to escape. As the weather gets colder these
reasons cease to exist, and tho covering should
be completed and increased as tho season
advances. W. L. J.
F. B. S. J., Haslln, Beaufort Co., N. I have a
horse that has a puffed place on his knee joint, ou
the fio.it part. I think it was cauie 1 from wearing
n yoke when a colt: it has never bothered him until
now; he limp a little now and then. I opened it
and it ran bloody water and in a few hours filled
up again, and seems now to be very sore. Can you
tell what to do for it, to carry it away or stop lame
ness?
The trouble of your horse is probably spavin,
that is inflammation |of tho joint, involving
the lining membrane of the joint and possibly
tho extremities of tho bones. Spavin is usu
ally located in tho hock joint, but we have
seen cases of a very similar disease in tho
knee. Tiie enlargement is caused by excess of
joint fluid, the result of inflammation. When
the turner is opened and this runs out, a new
portion is quickly secreted again. Blistering
is tho most promising treatment. Remove tho
hair over the tumor and rub in well tho iodide
of mercury ointment, one drachm of tho mer
cury to an ounce of lard. The next day grease
with lard, and do this daily till tho blister gets
well. If necessary, apply tho mercury again
in eight or ten days. 'Die horse must be kept
absolutely at rest, must not be allowed to reach
the ointment with his mouth.
W. L. T., Broniby, Abu: Ph ase publish a known
Or tried r ■ Ipe for making corned beef.
To every 100 pounds of meat take 8 pounds
of salt, 2 quarts ot molasses and a quarter of a
pound each ot common cooking soda and salt
petre. Arid enough water to cover meat; then
bring nearly to a boil, skim, and put in meat
whilst hot. Animal heat should be gotten
out of the meat before it is put in the pickle.
11. D. 8., Bensford, Fla.: Can you give the method
of canning balin'n and oilier flub? Bywhut p.oe<-s
are the bones softened? If you cannot give the in
formation, pvts-bly tome of your subscribers can.
e are not familiar with the canning pro
cess, but think the fish is steamed thoroughly
before it is put in can; put in hot and sealed
at once.
If any reader can give information asked
should be glad to hear from him.
B. W. J., Cabarrus County, N. C.: I see an article
in your weekly of Sentemtor 20th, taken from tho
Americus Recorder, aboutthe cultivation of Spanish
® r ° uu< ‘ Poos. Will you be so kind as to inform me
"here I can get seed and at what price: also what
sod is oest adapted to them, red or sandy?
<iU ? te a nura ber of inquiries similar to above have
re iched us recently. Parties having Spanish ground
peas for sale would do well to advertise them stat
ng terms. V, e are unable to give the information
asked as to parties selling; n i price.
Like other rarities tho Spanish prefers a
sou light rather than heavy. A sandy loam
suits it best. Tiie pods are small, but tiie ker
nels fill them completely, and the latter aro
about the usual size. Tlio pods form chiefly
around the main root, and that makes the
gathering easy. From the trials we have given
it (two years) we think it a desirable variety.
L S. L. W., Cascade, Ark., Faulkner county.—
JSnelose-t, J. send you a sample of lintless cotton
seed.
It grew on what seems to be a common stalk of
co.tm, but the bolls contained nothing but black,
slick seed, such r.s the sample sent.
1 his cotton was found in a field of several acres in
18S6, it being the only stalk of the kind in the field.
~I BS7 > the seed f.om this stalk was planted to
itself, and in the early autumn the bolls beg in to
crack, and to the astonishment of all contained
nothing but seed.
This cotton was raised by Mr. Dan Hamilton,
New tonjownship, Faulkner county, Arkansas.
Can you account in any way for this strange freak
of nature?
The amount of lint on a cotton seed is quite
variable. Much greater, for instance, on up
land than on sea island cotton. On tho first
there is a set of short fibres, in addition to tho
long, which remain on tho seed after ginning.
In the second the long fibres only aro present,
and the seed,after ginning, are naked like those
sent. Had nothing been said, wo should have
taken them for Sea island cotton seed. As the
lint is not essential to the germination or
growth of the seed—merely serves as a means
of scattering them—it may bo absent without
serious injury to the plant, and in the case
cited is one of those “sports” or variations
often met with, but not readily explained. As
the commercial value of cotton depends main
ly ou its lint, this variety ought to be exterm
inated, less it impresses its lintless character on
other plants.
L. R. R., Bermuda, Ala.: First, which is better for
winter grazing for mares and young colts, oats or
rye? Second, How much of the latter should be
sown per acre on thin pine land? Does land im
prove by manuring alone with C. S. meal and A
phosphate?
1. Rye. Not perhaps that it is superior in
quality, but because it is much hardier and
will make more growth in cold weather. On
very rich land it will make some headway all
through the winter, except in extremely cold
weather when it is frozen up.
2. From three pecks to a bushel. On such
land as you mention,you may not expect much
grazing unless you have several acres to each
animal. For best results also, it should have
been sown in September.
3. Yes; if not kept under clean culture too
continuously, and the meal used pretty freely.
Cotton seed meal is a complete manure, in the
sense of containing all the substances
that plants take from the soil;
but it contains them in very unequal
quantities. For instance it contains about six
or seven per cent of nitrogen and only about two
each of phosphate acid and potash. When
used in conjunction with phosphate the de
ficiency of phosphoric acid is fully supplied by
that substance, but potash and other mineral
ingredients are not.
Hence, lands naturally deficient in potash
might become depleted of that substance if
only meal and phosphate were applied to it,
and the meal in small quantity, as is generally
the case. The usual ratio is about one of meal
to three of phosphate. Ordinarily, however,
if land was allowed to rest every few years so
that its supply of humus would be good, the
unavailable minerals of the'soil would be ren
dered available fast enough, probably, to keep
the land productive under applications of meal
and phosphate alone.
A. D. M., Hampton, Ca.: I have gathered twelve
or fifteen thousand pounds of peas, and wish to
feed them to my mules in the hull, in lieu of corn.
Some say they are not healthy to fecdmulcs. Please
tell me what you know about it.
Peas in the hull is an excellent stock food,
and may be fed with entire safety. On the
seaboard of Georgia it was a very general cus
tom before tho war to feed stock on peas in tire
hull as the chief grain ration. We have known
horses and mules to be fed on them thus for
years, and the animals were as healthy and, free
from disease as any we ever saw. The grain
of the pea is rather too concentrated food, but
eaten with the hull the latter dilutes it and
makes up its deficiency in some substances.
Tiie grain eaten with the hull is sure, also, of
being ground up in mastication, hence less
danger from swelling than where the whole
grain is fed by itself. A mixed ration of peas
and com is better than cither alone. One sup
plements tho other and gives variety,
which is both pleasant and healthful to the
animals.
A. 11. P., Richland, Ga.: 1. Are the most of the
cotton bale ties we use manufactured in the United
States, and if so, where? 2. I have a horse that got
bellows d the past summer. Give me remedy, if
there is any, and what causes it? 3. Are there any
one-horse mowers made, and where could I get one?
First—At present cotton ties aro imported.
Some time ago they were manufactured in the
United States, but at present they aro not, so
far as we know.
Second—Bellows or heaves produced by two
things. One, some derangement in tho princi
pal nerve that supplies the lung—the other an
alteration of the structure of the lung itself.
The little cells which receive the air, become
broken down, so that several are united in one
and this largo cell is so constructed that the
air can not escape from it readily. In short
the air cannot be renewed sufficiently in tho
lung, and the animal is practically in a state
of partial suffocation, especially when ext,a
demand for air is caused by exercise. This
last form of the disease is incurable, tho' pal
liated by means to be mentioned directly. The
other form, (nervous,) is sometimes relieved
by arsenic. Five grain doses daily for two
weeks, then omitted for one week, and repeat
ed again. It has been pushed to fifteen grains
daily, for two weeks, but this is excessive.
Horse traders who are unscrupulous, relieve
it temporarily, by largo doses of stimulants,
an ounce each of copperas, gentian and gin
ger, but this is not good treatment. The ar
senic treatment is the better of the two, but it
will not cure all cases. Whatever the form of
the disease, a good deal can be done by proper
regulation of food and drink. A horse thus
affected should have all his food wetted. His
food should not be bulky, but concentrated, so
tho stomach shall not crowd tho lungs. He
should not drink too much water at one time,
for like reason. Should.never be driven very
rapidly, and especially soon after a meal. His
skin should be kept active by proper groom
ing. Drinking lime water, is sometimes bene
ficial. We have found fodder (com blades)
no', good for a horso with this disease. Sheaf
oats well moistened are good.
3rd. Write to soon dealer in agricultural
implements.
A Quiet Affair.
Prom the New York San.
Cincinnati lady (to friend) —Will you give
your daughter m ath of a wedding, dlrs. Ovenuer
bine?
Mrs. OvertJw rblne- Oh, no. It will be a very quiet
affair, a few ke_;s of ten and, possibly, tome sky
reuJrcUi from the roof.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA..TLESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1887.
DURING THE WEEK.
The Week’s Synopsis of General
and Local News
CONDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS
Tuesday, October 11.—The carriage manu
factory of Locke & Jewell, of Am?sbury, Mass., to
gether with several surrounding buildings, were
destroyed by fire. Losk 8125,000 Official advices
from Tampa, Fla., are to the effect that yillow fever
is raging in that city. Several deaths have occurred
and eight new cases have developed since the last
report Thomas C. Manning, minister to Mixlco,
is dying in the Fifth ANenuo hotel. New York
Two steamers collided in the harbor at Corio, 111.,
resulting in tho disabling aud sinking of the
steamer New South. No lives lost The cashier
in the Merchants and Mineis bank at Green Bay,
"’is., has gone on a trip, taking with him $15,000 of
the bank’s money The banking house of Martin
E. Dost, at Cheyenne, Wyoming, lias suspended.
The assets of the bank arc 8903,000, while the liabil
ities are $-190,000. Inability to collect outstanding
debts is the cause of the suspension I.ec county,
Ahi., held an election on the stock law, which
resulted in the adoption of the same Louis Sar
acco, an Italian, of Pittsburg, was instantly killed
by the explosion of a soda fountain in that city
The Savannah postoffice trouble is assuming quite
Serious proportions. Assistant Postmaster Anderson
walked into the office and challenged Postmaster
Lamar to fight a duel at ten paces, whereupon hot
words followed, and upon Colonel Anderson de
nouncing Captain Lamar in tho most vigorous
language the postmaster sprang up and struck him
with a stick. Colonel Anderson then drew his
pistol, " hen friends interfered and prevented what
might have been a serious difficulty. Colonel
Anderson was arrested at the instance of Captain
Lamar, and was conducted to tiie mayor's office
with blood flowing from Severn! ugly wounds on his
bead and in bis face, inflicted by the stick that Cap
tain Lamar used. It is said that friends of Colonel
Anderson have paid, under protest, 810,000 of defi
ciency money for him.
In the City—John Kinnoar, a largo white man,
was fined 825 in the recorder’s court for wife beat
ing A mechanic well known in Atlanta, named
W. M. Harrington, captured a negro boy and
brought him to polite headquarters. Mr. Harring
ton showed a big gash in his head, made by a rock
thrown by the negro. About a dozen stoned him,
but he was only able to capture one of themA
thief entered a residence at No. 22 Church street
and stole a fine soltairc diamond ring Thomas
Boyle, a well known and highly respected young
white man of Atlanta, was run over and horribly
mangled by the cars on the Nashville and Chatta
nooga railroad. Both arms and a leg were cut en
tirely off, while his breast was mushed and bruised
fearfully. He died instantly.
Wednesday, October 12.—The citize is of Chat
tanooga presented Emma Abbott, the actress, with
a large, magnificent solid silver yacht as a testimo
nial of Chattanooga’s appreciation of her courageous
and well expressed defense of her profession against
the bitter denunciation of a minister at one of the
leading churches in Nashville. Miss Abbott, with
tears streaming from her eyes, made a very feeling
reply. She referred to Jennie Lind, who gave a for
tune to charity; to Charlotte Cushman; to Parepa
Rosa and Mary Anderson ns a refutation of all the
shameless slanders the minister heaped upon tho
profession. The preacher referred to denounced in
unmeasured terms all actors and actresses and
abused members of his church for attending the
theater. Emma Abbott was attending services at
tiie church at the time and arose iu the congrega
tion and then and there refuted the charge, which
caused a genuine sensation and made Her many
friendsA riot occurred in Plevna, Bulgaria, dur
ing the election for members of the sobranje, and
twenty-four persons were killed and thirty wound
edJamesNewman, a white man about fifty ye its
of age, was run over and instantly killed by a freight
train on the Piß'.t Mines railroad in Birmingham.
Tiie Niobrara Land and Cattle company in East
St. Louis made an assignment Warren Green, a
train hand, had his left arm cut from his body while
attempting to jump from a through freight train in
Norcross, Ga.
In the City—The Atlanta Construction company
macle an assignment for the benefit of its creditors
to Mr. J. C. Kimball Mr. Samuel J. Randall and
party left for their home in Philadelphia, after
spending a few day? at the Piedmont exposition
The remains of Tl onas Boyle, the young man who
was killed on the Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road, were laid to rest in Oakland cemetery beside
those of his mother and grandmotherA reward
was offered by Governor Gordon for the arrest and
delivery to the proper authorities of William Taylor,
Bud Cook and Jim Cock wl.o are implicated in the
murder of Tinny Charlton in Chatham county on
the 21st of August, 1887. The reward for the arrest
and delivery is 850 each Leroy Dago, the negro
boy who was arrested for taking orders for whisky
for the firm of Kenny & Werner, was fined 810 and'
costs and sentenced to work twenty-five days on the
rock pile George Ann Hays, a negro woman, was
pardoned out of the city chaingang on account of
ill healthW. H. Booth lost his picket! o»k and
several dollars in money. He attributes bis loss to
pickpockets Twelve or fifteen drunks were
booked by the police force.
Thursday, October 13.—8. 9. Hicks, cashier
of the Stafford National bank at Stafford Springs,
Conn., is an embezzler In tho sum of $50,000. The
bank closed its doors, pending investigations, which
caused the greatest excitement. The shortage of
the bank is over 8101,000, and Hicks lias confessed
to taking s73,o)oAllegro in Ponthitoulta, La.,
drowned his wife because slic reflated to live with
him. While in the act of drowning the woman her
brother appeared upon the scene and emptied the
contents of a double barreled shotgun into the body
of the negro, and he went down with his wife and
was also drowned One death and three new cases
of yellow fever are reported from Key West, Fla
A snow storm is reported from Utica, N. Y., the first
of the seasonA. J. Taylor, a well known farmer
of Lawdale, S. C., blew out the gas upon retiring at
night, and was so near < e id tiie next morning that
efforts to rescue him from death were futileA
riot is In progress in Rultovitza, Bulgaria, aud many
people have been killed and woun ledA negro
boy met a horrible death in Columbia, 9. c., by
being caught uud wound around a piece of ma
chinery shafting. Both arms and legs were broken
and his body horribly mangledA mixed freight
and passenger train was wrecker!, destroying eight
freight cars, on the Cheraw and Chester rail.'O id,
near Columbia, 8. C. No lives were lost’l lie
jury in the Mitchellstown case rendered a verdict of
murder against Inspector Brown, SergeantsKirwan,
Ryder and Brenan, anil Constables Gavan and
DoranAn insane i sylutn was burned in Cleve
land, Ohio, and the bodies of six insane women
who had met death by asphyxia and burning weie
recovered and three more were found badly injured,
A large fire in Norfolk, Va., damaged to a great
extent the Norfolk Tinware Manufacturing compa
ny and Enterprise iron works.
In the City—A small fire occurred at Vittur’s
Cutlery works on Whitehall street. Damage slight.
It. E. Suirp, a young man well known in At'
lanta, was relieved of twenty dollars by pickpockets.
The president and bls wife will be given a re
ception ou the night of October 18 by the Capital
City club.
Friday, October 14. —One more body has been
recovered from the ruins of the insane asylum which
was burned in Cleveland, Ohio, making seven known
to be dead Thirty-three hundred dollars of the
money stolen from the Pacific Express company by
John Owens was found in a barrel of ashes behind
his residence Jennie Lind Goldsehtnid, the
world -renowned singer, is dying in LondonA
man named Dania.se Dcsomners Dltcoxson, who
claims to 1.0 u priest, was publicly whipped and sen
tenced to twenty-one months on the chaingang In
Montreal, Cana la, for an Indecent assault upon a
young lady'lhj schooner Thomas J. T.rrtl.at
sailed from Glow c Ter on August lull with a crew
of ftU teen men, lias been given np ns lurt .. ’Die
defalcation in the accounts of the Staffer ’. Springs
Conn., National bank has reached 1159, quo. ' ’
In the City—A right smart sensation wtut occa
sioned by the arrest of Mr. Percy Magnus, one of
the mo t j-roniin nt drug ,-i.»ts of Atlanta, charged
with not ••moving on" when ot lei i to do so by
one of tire members of the ptllee force. The arrest
ing officer wanted the stationhouse-keeper to re
quire a s2i 0 bond for .Mr. Magnus, but he refused to
do bo, letting the gentleman out on bls own recog
nizanceA. B. O’Hu a, one of the in< s. prominent
merchants of Wood tarry, Meriwether county, died
very suddenly nt the Union hotel, oppo'to the
union pas.wli"er depotA ■ 0 itleman arrived in
the city from Columbus, Ohio, looking for his
twelve-year-old son, who left homo one yi -.r apo.
He him traveled all over the union in s-nroli of his
boy, and when he reached this city he was com
pletely fagged out and ask'd fora bed that ho might
take a muon needed ret... A thief entered the res
idence of K B. Anderson, 212 Marietta street, arid
stole a full suit of clothes, a but and a pair of slices.
Saturday, October 15.—A rigid quarantine has
been established against Tampa, Fla., on account of
the yellow fever. It is still raging—several
deaths having occurred, and new coses developed
since last report Tho proprietor of the '‘Hornet,”
the paper that lias figured in the courts several
times of late, in Birmingham, is in trouble again—
this time for the defamation of character. It
ti re; trued to expose the actions of a Indy in that
city if a halt was not called, and the lady had him
arrestedGertiuilc Morris, an inmate of a house
ol ill-fame, in Birmingham, committed suicide by
taking an overdose of morphine Seven hundred
bales of cotton were burned on the steamer Katie, a
few miles below Augusta The public gin of Mr.
Thomas 11. Rowe, in Dublin, Ga., was destroyed by
fire, despite the efforts of the citizens to save same.
The loss is 81,500, with no insurance Tho gin,
saw aud grist null of T. VVaithen & Co., of Warthen,
Ga,, was burned with twelve I ales of cotton and
one thousand bushels of cotton seed. The loss is
$-1,000, with no insurance The gin house of Mr.
O. J. Masse?, of Marshallville, with ten bales of seed
cotton and two thousand bushels of cotton seed was
destroyed by lire, entailing a loss of Sl,Bto, with no
Insurance.
In the City.—Mr. John Little, a young man well
known in Al la nt a, was knocked do" n. run over and
killed by the Air-Line train near the O ikland cem
etery crossing A negro with three quart bottles
of whisky was arrested, and booked for violating
the prohibition law.
MARRIAGES IN GEORGIA*
Tn Harlem—Mr. J. S. Crunch to Miss Sadie San
ders.
In Bainbridge—Captain J. S. Dcvieges to Miss
Louisa Sandbon.
In Washington—Mr. J. T. Wooten to Miss May
Foreman.
In Harlem—Mr. R. A. Connor to Miss Zena E.
Cook. •
In Columbus—Rev. A. R. Calhoun to Miss Fannie
Paschal.
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.
In Brantley—Uncle John Benson.
In Harmony Grove—Mrs. Jeff Hood.
In Atlanta—Mr. B. Johfisou.
In Edgewood—Miss Belle Holland.
lit Harmony Grove—Mr. Rainey Chastain.
In Atlanta—Mr. Fred Bender; Mr. Emory Brock
man; Mrs. Eliza Flynn.
In Woodbury—Str. A. B. O'Harra.
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SETIING A DOG.
Bnyers Were Suspicious—They Took the An
imal’s Owner for a Liar.
The Dakota Bell Man.
As wo camo to a small, square house with
a canvass roof, near Oelrlches, Dak., a man who
was skinning a coyote by the door arose and began
to whistle excitedly. A discouraged-looking yellow
and-wliite dog put in a reluctant appearance', sat
down and gazed off into space.
“Say,” exclaimed the man with warmth, ”1
reckon you don’t want to buy a good dog?”
“N-o-o,” Briar replied as ho carefully Inspected
the animal, “I don,t know as wedo.”
“I 'lowed not,” replied the man with a resigned
air, as if it was some relief to find his worst teal's
realized, “it wouldn’t be ray luck. It don’t seem as
if I ever would sell th it dog.”
“Had Jiim on the market some time?”
“Ever since I come from Kansas a year ago. Say,
do you know I’ve lied enough about that dog to
build a barn?”
“Is tliat so?”
“You bet I have. First some men come along an'
said tiiey was goin' grouse huntin' an' wanted a
p’in'er. ‘Gen’l men,’ m sI, ‘there's a p'inter dog
that’ll p int a grouse that’s crawled down a prairie
dog hole.’ ‘His legs are too crooked,' says they,’
‘an’ 'sides we don’t want no dog that ain’t got no
tail.’"
“That was bad luck.”
“I’ll be snaked if it wasn't. Then n man come
along lookin’ for a setter. Says I, ‘Poduor, there's a
dog llint is a setter among setters. He’ll setnny bird
that ever wore a bill. You can set that dog on thir
teen eggs an’he'll set till ho hatches ’em out an’
then back off an’ set tiie chickens for gamel’ ‘Naw,’
says tiie man, ‘I don't like the looks of his legs,
’sides I wouldn’t have no dog with his ludr all offiii
spots.’"
“You were floored again?”
“Exactly. Then an old feller from Kentucky
comes along, an’ lie happened to mention that ho
was goin’ up'n tiie hills after b’ur. •’! lien you need
a good b’ar dog,’ says I; ’an’ there’s a dog that’ll
grab a b’ar by the bind leg, yank it off, an'then
stand up an’ whale the critter with the bloody cud
of it! The Kentuekyan looks at him, an'then says
he: ‘I don't like the looks of them legs, an' then I
wouldn’t have no dog 'round mo that’s blind of one
eye.’ ”
“That was rough on you.”
“Jes’ what 1 told the old woman. The next man
that come along said he wanted a houn’ dog to chase
jack-rabbits. ‘That is,’ says I, ‘you want that air
dog of mine! He jes’ lopes right around jack rabbits,
u.i'plays with ’em awhile ’fore he grabs ’em!’ ‘I
never seed a dog that could run with such legs as
them,’says the man, 'an' if he could run like a blue
racer 1 wouldn’t have him, ’cause he’s cornin' down
with hydrophoby.’"
“We en t you discouraged?”
“.-•oiiie; but I tackled (he next man—he had a
cuvi r d wagon like you folks, an’ wanted a watch
dog to leave with It. ‘I have a dog here,’ says I,
‘that I would sell if you wanted a dog bod. He’s a
nat’ral watch dog, an’ you might leave him to guard
a hole In a board an’go away ten years an’ when
you come back thc.e s that dog braced by that hole
an' gro" lin’ down In bis throat kinder I’ Tho man
begun to buck off, an’ says lie: 'His legs aro ns
crooked os chain llglitnin’, an’ 1 don't like the mean,
ugly look in his eye—l'd be. 'lraki ho might sucak
up an’ bite me while asleep I' "
“Left again 1”
“Jes’ so. Then a mover come along with his fam
ily, an'the woman'lowed she wanted to git ud ig
for Hie children to play with. ‘.Madam,’ says 1,
■this 'ere dog.’ an’ I hit him a kick with my foot, 'is
tie one you want. Children jes' uat’rally cry for
him, an' lie'll leave a bone to go an’ play with 'em.’
‘No,’ says the woman, 'I don’t b’iievo I want him -
his legs are so crooked lie looks sis he was goin’ to
fall down ail the time, au’ I noticed he ain’t got ao
teeth to speak of.’ ”
“Did you ever try again?”
“Once more. The sherifffrom Sweetwater county,
Wyoming, come through here lookin’ for twoescap
ed murderers. Soon’s I beard of it I tied a string
round tho dog’s neck an’ led him down to tiie town.
‘What you want to ca‘c!i ’em,’ says I, ‘is a Mississip
pi man huntin' bloollioun’, an' there you have tiie
noble-t spec’mcn of his race right there in that air
dog.’ ‘O, git out,' say the sheriff, ‘brlngin’ such an
ornery, crooked-legged pup 'round here! Even If ho
hurl good legs I wouldn't have a dog that liad both
eao. ali chawed off in a fighll’ That was the last
time I ever tried.”
“I don’t blame you for being discounigc'l,” re
plied Briar. “I said we didn’t want a dog, but
we re going up here on tho Cheyenne to staita
sl.eep ranch, ami If your dog is g'O Ito take cure
of sin o.i wo might think about It,”
“fctrangerreturned the man, “I’vebccn lyin’
’bout this dog to every feller that come along, au’
I veJes’ owned upto it; but now I can toll tiie truth
at lust—that’s what that dog to illy in a sheep dog.
I v« s en a flock of sheep Chas,; that dog all day
tryln’t, catch up with him an’ b; suclalJe an’
], a ut like ! Take him at 82 ! Legs too crooked,
l ey? One dollar! Won’t? hay W cents, tlien!
Wouldn’t take hint as a gift, hey ? Weil, go on like
the r a of them I J tell you what I’m goin’ to do ;
I m - o.il’ to tell the next man Hint he b ii tunic wolf
n ’ sell liim for $lO for a cur o-lty !”
Choosing the Leaser HviL
From ruck.
Invalid (engaging a companion)—“Yonr
duties will bo very light. J shall expect you Io at
tend to my small correspondence, drive with me
'teeaslonally, play the piano twice a week, i n I r nd
the prqx'in aloud.” Applicant—“Do you include
the Huuday pajsTS?” Invalid “Why, yes.’’ Ap
plicant - ’’’l tint fcttle*s It! I’ve had an offer of rnar
ia; r from nMormou with four other wives and
eighteen children. I think I’ll accept it. Good
moral ngt”
EXPOSITION NOTES.
The Great Attractions to be Seen
at the Coming Piedmont Fair.
A CHANCE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL,
It is well for every man and his wife and
children to see tho world once in awhile. Men
and women, and especially young folks, stag
nate when they stay in one place all the time
and never see anything but their own neigh
borhood.
Now you have the chance of yonr life to take
a trip and seo a world of sights at least cost and
in least time. It is to go to tho Piedmont ex
position, which opens in Atlanta October 10,
closing October 22. What will you see there?
1. An exposition covering eight acres of
solid exhibits of every article from a candy
stick to a steam engine—tho latest, wonders of
science in every department. A day in those
buildings is a liberal education.
2. A building devoted to cattle, GOO feet by
100; a building devoted to poultry, 200 by 200;
300 stables for horses; swine, goats, sheep,
etc., in abundance.
3. The collective county exhibits of a dozen
counties, showing tho resources of each county
in agricultural and industrial products, ladies’
handiwork, live stock and everything raised in
tho county.
4. The richest epitome of the south's riches
over shown in collective exhibits from the citi
ios of Birmingham, Anniston, Decatur, Tusca
loosa, Gadsden, Rome and Tallapoosa. The
Richmond and Danville railroad, tho Marietta
and North Georgia railroad, tho East Tennes
see road and the Florida Southern road. Each
of those collective exhibits will cost thousands
of dollars, and yon will seo tho grandest show
of southern riches ever made.
5. An art gallery with 4GO pictures from the
best living artists, and thirty paintings from
Mr. Georgo I. Seney’s gallery, which ranks
with Vanderbilt’s. Ono of these pictures cost
5540,000 (forty [thousand dollars,) and tho thir
ty cost over a quarter of a million dollars.
6. President Cleveland and his wife —Presi-
dent Cleveland will make a speech one Hay
watch the shain battle and review the troops
next day, and ho and his wife will bo ready to
shake hands with you all the time. Don’t
miss or lot your children miss seeing the first
democratic president ever south and his beau
tiful and clover wife. They will always re
member having shaken hands with these
great people.
7. A magnificent sham battle covering 75
acres with four batteries of artillery, ten com
panies of cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The
president and his wife will watch tho battle
which lasts two hours, and hewill then review
tho troops and hold a public reception.
8. A torchlight procession with 10,000 yonng
democrats in line, tho city illuminated, and
the very skies lit with the splendor of tho
scene. This will bo tho sight of a life-time.
9. Tho grandest firework displays over given
in America. Ono feature will boa living wall
of fire 140 feet long, 40 foot high, roaring and
sparkling like Neagara. These displays will
last two hours. You have never dreamed of
anything so gorgeous. Tho pictures of Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland will bo shown in fire
in mid air, surrounded by thousands of rock
ets.
10. Tho illumination of Kennesaw moun
tain. Tho whole mountain stands out like a
picture hi rod light, cannon boom on its side,
and 5,000 rockets aro fired by electric match
from its center. Pictures of General Johnson
and General Sherman will bo displayed in fire
against the skies. Such a spectacle as this
illuminated mountain has never been scon.
11. Bicycle races, on which man can boat
horses running. Balloon ascensions in which
you can go 1,000 feet up in a balloon and bo
landed back safely.
12. Horse races every day, bringing horses
from all sections of tho country.
13. Governor Fitzhugh Leo, of Virginia,
Governor Richardson, of South Carolina; Gov
ernor Bob Taylor, of Tennessee; Governor
Seay, of Alabama; Governor Perry, of Flori
da; Governor Gordon, of Georgia; each with
his military stall of forty mounted men.
14. of Atlanta, tho best city in the
south, full of sights of special and historic in
terest.
15. A vast number of amusements and sights
which wo cannot enumerate. Everything
from tho old fashioned circus to a flying jenny.
A solid two weeks of instruction and amuse
ment.
Now all this will give you enough sights to
talk about for years—will bo au education to
yourself and children and will show you more
in three or four days than you could get by
traveling four or five months. Now, what
docs it cost ?
First, tho railroad fare is lower than ever
before. From no point it is more than one
third the regular rate. It is one cent a mile
each way, and from some pointseven less than
that. It your railroad station is a hundred and
fifty miles from Atlanta tho faro cannot bo
more than three dollars for tho round trip, and
may bo less.
2. It costs you only fifty cents to seo every
thing on tho exposition grounds—twenty-five
cents for children. This includes seeing tho
firo-works, the balloon ascensions, the sham
battle, hearing the president speak, shaking
bands with him, the races, and everything on
tho grounds. You can stay on the grounds all
day long, if you want to, ovi n until 10
o’clock at night, when tho fire works will bo
closed. It costs you only fifty cents for the
day and night, and your children twenty-five
cents.
3. There will bo sandwich stands and res
taurants all over tho grounds. At no place
can you bo charged more than fifty cents a
incal, while sandwiches with milk and coffee
can be had from ton to twenty-five cents. You
can got breakfast, dinner and supper on the
grounds, and in no cases be charged more than
fifty cents a meal. If you bring your own pro
visions you will find plenty of places in which
to spread them out, picnic fashion, and cat
without any cost. There aro public buildings
for public cornforts free to everybody.
4. The exposition has engaged a large num
ber of rooms in the city in which five or six
or seven cots aro placed. 'Die charge for a
night’s bed at tlrese places will not exceed fifty
cents a night. By making up a party of six
or eight you can take all the cots in a room at
fifty cents a piece, and each cot will take a
’grown person and a child.
5. The exposition committee has canvassed
the city thoroughly and has a list of boarding
houses, and private houxos, wlicro strangers
can bo accommodated, with the. price at each
house. These prices aro low, except at tho
most expensive hotels, where they run up to
Iroin three to five dollars a day for each person.
6. If visitors desire to camp out, they will
find a number of places where they can be pro
tected without any charge.
In short It has been tho aim of the committee
to make this a cheap exposition, so that all tho
people could come. They have guarded every
where against extortion. They l ave got the
railroads down to the lowest pointever known.
A good meal for fifty cents, including nix or
eight dishes, besides a d s' rt is very low,while
tenor fifteen cents will buy sandwiches and
coffee and milk enough for a meal. Detectives
have been employed to protect visitors against
any sort of swindling. There will lo a full
police force on the grounds day and nights,and
tho exposition will have several offices open
all tho time for information and tho couifort of
visitors.
10. Bal loon ascensions and races with six balluom.
A lady will Jump from the Mloon when It is 5,000
lect high, and will descend with only an umbrella
Biq.porUg her. The greutes weight versveu.
A HIDDEN CRIME.
How a Brutal .Mate Was Murdered In Mi.l<
ocean.
From the Sin Francisco Alta California.
‘"i'hat’s that you say I Murders ever com*
mitted at sea that are never found out? Well, I
should say there were.” 1
Die speaker wn a a tall, well-formed, bronzeamar*
th ° clllo f officer of an American ship now Ivii’.fl
at the seawall. lie has followed the sea from hits
infancy, for he was bom on it, aud the forty-flv*
years of his wave tCßsed life have been full of iticLf
dent and adventure. ;
m' v C »‘ ’ lle went 011 *° Ra . v to the reporter who wa<
nis listener, “tl e e are many, many crimes com*
mitted at sea which i ever conic to light, and many'
is the old shell-lack whose hand is stained wltH
blood. Talking of this puts mein mind of semes
thing that occurred to me, ft case that furnishes aw
instance in p tint. It happened aliout six years agoj
that I was stranded in this port withou ft rag. I
hftd been ashore about six days, ample time for art|
old shell to get away with his nil, and 1 was
termined to ship as soon a. passible. There was a&
that time in ]>ort ns pretty a little ship as I havtf
over seen. She was the very craft to charm ft sail
or’s heart. Ix»ng and low of hull, with tall, raking,
masts, she hid the run of ft clipper, andwasr>fi
clean asja man-o’-war.
“I took a fancy to tho 3'a, Foam once, nnd
hearing that the enjtiin wanted nun, I went
ftboard and was shipped as b<)’sun for a voyage to
t’ork. I found the old man a splendid fellow, bluff
and hearty, a, real jea-dog. who liked his glass of
grog a; d whose nose showed bis liking. The
cn 1 mate wr.s a nice yout g man, but the mate waC
ft queer card. He d ne\ er look you in the face, uaS
always talking to himself, and would fly into torrW'
ble paroxysms of rage. Even in his sleep he conldf
not krip quiet, and the stillness of tho night watch,
would otlon be disturbed by his shrieks tor ‘mercy’*
mid his cries of •! did not do It; it wa n t me.' (
“I at la>t enme io the conclusion that, the mail
was t -rmented with remorse for some pa t crime.
As the days of the voyage w« rc on 1 beer.m * moro
ana more convinced that my beliefwn. corn c , ::i.d
that the mate wash criminal, but the ic d truth wag
to be revealed to me sooner than I expected. »
"It was on Trinity Sunday, 1881, and we were in
•15 south and 120 west when we were overtaken irt
one of tho he..viest gjiles it. has I een my loitoen*
counter. The gla.-s had been jumping about a> if it
had St. \ itus dance. The old man had foreseen tiio
gab’, which broke on ns from the southwest, and wo
had everything snug when the first blast struck us
nn 1 keeled us over till tho water poured down the
companion wny. I.ucktly, we had brand new topr
sails ami trysails, < r tho devil himself could no<
have saved us. ,
“We were lying up to the wind pretty steadily
when eight bells s iib’k at midnii'ht, and t'lenintd'
got ready to go belotv. i’oor fellowl be never got 1
below’ by himself, but hud to be carrictl there, for n
sudden lurch to leeward throw him aei< ss the ikjoo l
deck, and at the same moment the spanker booi®
carried away from the mast and fell mrosshlj
chest. When we picked him up ho wns st useless,
s> we carried him down below and brought him*
around with some brandy. But he was n<iyin»
man, and ho knew it. ‘Tell the old mantocomX
here/ he said, and the captain was brought along*
side. ‘Captain/ he said, in a hoarse whis<
per, while every now and then the well*
lug blood choked his utterance, *1 have n
confession to make. I was afraid to make it
before, and it has rendered my lite a burden to me.
Three years ago, captain, 1 .ship) o l before the mssC
in the Marietta brig of New Orh ans, Ixrnml wltU
cotton for I.iverjMKil. 1 'orget the old man's name,
bid the mate was named Roberts, and he was A
brute. Hardly had tlu ship left harbor before lie
commenced to ill treat the men, but a tcirilde pun
ishment was to overtake him. We had been tut sit
days, the weather v.at tine, and 1 had the first
wheel in the afternoon watch. The stores were to
be given out that afterncon, and at two bells 1 saw
a mail coming aft with some kids in his hands to get
tho stores. In a. quarter of an hour he
returned carrying a kid of molasses. Ab
bo camo out of the booby hatch the
captains dog, a snarling little, cur. bit hint
on the leg aud lie fell, spihing the molasses on the
deck. The mate saw the accident and, going d lih
cratcly up to the man, kicked him in the face, and'
the poor wretch rolled over senseless. The inhu
man mate wtis not punished, however. He raised
the prostrate man’s head up and laid it on t he over*
turned kid. Then, getiing astride the man, he
raised his fool ami kicked the poor wretch beneatH
the nose, tearing the nostrils clean oft kg that tin y
hung over tho back of his head, lie then set the
dog on the man, and the cur completed the mate*
work by tearing the bloo ly nostrils ol! altogether.
“‘The mate laughed. ‘Tako him iorwaid/ I
could Loir him say to the men who weie gatiuTed
rcund lingering their knives in a threiituiiing man
ner. They lifted their wounded, senscle s comrade
and took him forward as the mate went I elow. He
presently returned ami proceeded to take the suu.
He stood abaft tho main rigging on the port side#
He raised the sextant and looked intently at the
glywingsun. J saw the men consulting together,
and thou o; o steppe 1 forward. He was a i,ig
brawny collier. Picking up a heaver, he stole be
hind the mate ami brought the iron bar down with
crushing force on his head, dashing his brains out*'
with tho force of the I low. Tao other men rushed
aft, pickled up th? body aud dropped it overboard
with the sextant. A tew buckets of water washed
away all evidence of the crime, and the men re
sumed work.
“ 'At four bells the old m tn came on deck, looked
around for the mate, but not seeing him, went be
low again. In tho n o mime 1 was relieved. I
went forward. ‘Did yen see anything?’ a>.ked the'
collier. ‘No/1 answered. *1 am glad of it/ was the;
reply, Tor there’s more heavers in the hip.’ PasM
ing by the main rigging, I looked over; blood amt’
brains bespattered the chain plates. I drew a buck
et of water and washed it oft'. t
“ *1 hud scarcely finished w hen the skipper came
on deck again, very much excited. 'Who’s seen the
mate?’ he asked. Noone had. The ship wa>senrch«
el, but no mate wa< found, and nt last the search
was given up, the captain concluding that his chief
officer hud fallen overboard, though how was
ter/.
“‘We arrived In ool all safe, the
mate as first and the boatswain as second otlieer.
The tragic story was never told, and I have lived iu
hell ever since/ f
“The excitement which had kept tho mate up
now failed him, and he fell back on the table wltti
the death rattle in his throat. Aud there, amid the
shrieking of the w.ndand tl o groaning of the ves
sel, the poor fellow died, ti e tittle oil lump casting tb
weird light on his pule, cmivuls ve features. •»
•‘There, sir/’concluded the mate, “was a crime
which watt never avenged, tor Hough we laid the
facts before the pr p r ofiieials on our arrival ii>j
Liverjool the murderer was never discovered. Yt-ty*
Mir, the sea has many my.-.tcrh S.”
- .
Better Than the New OrleaxiH Exposition.
From the Philadelphia 'I
The Atlanta or Piedmont exposition groatl/
surpaMen even Hie New Orleans cotton exposi
tion held several years ago, in all practical ben-;
efitu to southern industrial interests. Grand
as was the New Orleans exposition, and liberal
as was government aid to make it a success, Hr
was isolated from the great sinews ol industry;
wliicli arc now making the south a new crew
tion, and its results in southern develop
ment are not visible. But Atlanta
is tho very heart of tho industrial
and progretsive s >ntli, uirl her present expoßition
eonras just when there 1» liojx-fui odvaneeiuent in
<■ < y southern rial", nil wl entheir new lint'j-trles
luivel een sulli.'ently <!••>. loped to fumlali most
linpre-slve. le o i 'i> a I pay of southern wealth.
B -i'les, the |'-"pie < J Atlanta aro themselves th#
embodlirrnt ol ailistantlal southern progrese They
base inii'le their ta a itllul city Hie (lineage of the
south, and such a citv In Hie heart of tiie empire
n..te ol tl.e souili, with Its H energies put Into us
e . :tlon, will do ir.ore f"i the w hole je ople of the
south in n single fori"tali’, than theorists or grumb
ler could do in a d
Sumner's Sayings.
A. B. Johnson In tiie Cosmopolitan.
Homo of Sumner’s sayings used to bo quoted
as K'.'.-l things. Ii ’ini' ree lUtruc’Jon times a
sennter spoke of G'V nor Walker, of Virginie, ag
aj pillar of Hie state.
“ Tu:, n catei | ill":growled Runner. Ina lone
si. i cieutly loud to bo heard tn the iriimudlato vfe
chilly.
Win n Senator !>'-u-l m, He little giant, was tnak-
In : his i eculhir duetrn'O l.'-lilonii! c. during tho
del i.'.'on tlio Kansas Ncuruaka tail in Hie lil'tles,
Bum ■ one, asked:
"Aft'.r all. who win tho first lepnittcr soverelgnf'J
“.sauia," replied in inner. "Milton says:
“ '—-him there they found
Rque.t like n toad close nt the ear of Evo
Eesnylng by his devlwh arts to reach
Tho organs of her fancy-——-” ’•
It was Sumner who sai l that what tho republican
party wanted was, liist, b ickbone; ic ond, boefo
bone, and third, backbone, aud it was lie who gave
a new word to politic, when he ebaraeterized a cer
tain report mode by Geneiui Grant to Preeideuli
JokUKiu as “wbltowalis."
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