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FARMS AND FARMERS.
Short Talks With Men Who
Guide the Plow.
OF GENERAL INTEREST TO FARMERS
Sowing Oats.
"When should spring sowing of oats begin?
Whenever weather and condition of soil will
permit, after the first of January. Spring
oats have to run the gauntlet of being killed
by cold on the one hand, and of being cut off
ty drouth and rust on the other. Those sown
earliest are most exposed to injury from cold,
tut most apt to escape the effects of drouth;
the late sown run greatest risk from drouth
and least from cold. The wise farmer, there
fore, will take both risks—will not stake alibis
crop on either the early ortho late sown. Some
of the best crops of oats we ever raised were
town in January. They matured almost as
early as fall-sown oats, making tine, heavy
heads. Then again, wo have seen tho best
crops produced by tho latest sowings
in spring. Tho best plan, therefore,
is to begin sowing early, and sow at intervals
till the first of March. If ono sowing does not
favorable seasons, another may. Some
times a week's difference in tho time of sow
ing makes a wonderful difference in the yield
cf crops. Again, from January to March tho
ground is not always in condition to plow : it
is often too wet, and ono who decides to sow
his whole crop at one particular time, which
be regards as best, is apt to plow his land
sometimes too wet. and to rush things through
in a rough, slovenly manner. It is better to
begin early; strike the land whenever in good
condition to plow, and when good work can
be done. Suppose you lose your seed by hard
freezes, are you any worse off than when you
lose your crop by severe drouth? You arc
really better off .in tho first case, be
cause you can resow or use tho land
for some other crop; in tho second
case tho result is known too lato to utilize tho
land to as great advantage.
What kind of seed to sow. Home grown,
other things being equal, are best, and rust
proof the most reliable. For spring sowing
preference should be given to seed from spring
sowings, and for uplands, seed raised on up
lands. In some respects plants adapt them
selves quite readily and rapidly to their sur
roundings. Seed from the rich lands of the
west produce plants not at home on our poorer
Boils. Western corn docs not do well in the
Cotton states; why should western oats do
any better. With our usual improvidence we
are getting into the habit of relying largely on
the west for our seed oats. Is it good policy,
either in the light of sound economy or in the
matter of getting the best seed? Very doubt
ful, to say the least. Our best corn, best wheat,
best oats are grown at home.
Every one knows and realizes the impor
tance of selecting seed corn. Why should not
the same care be exercised in improving oats.
If ono went through his oat fields and se
lected the best stools and sowed seed from
these to them-elves, and did this year after
year, does any one doubt that an improved
variety would soon be established. In ordinary
practice tho poorest and best seed are indis
criminately mixed by the threshing
those from the feeblest, unliealthiest stalks
with tho strong and vigorous. Under such
circumstances what chance is for im
provement. Some improvement could be had
by an old, simple method within reach of
every one. Lay aside some ? seed oats in the
sheaf. In preparing seed s< loct the heaviest
and best bundles and strike them lightly over
a barrel so as to get the ripest, heaviest seed
Only. Let tho imperfect seed remain on the
straw and be fed to stock. These “barrel”
cats will be decidedly better than ordinary
seed.
How should land for oats be prepared. If
Jn cotton or corn the previous year, and has
pot be tramped by stock, there is no necessity
for breaking. It is well to go over it with
one of the deep running harrows—like the
Disc, the Shares, or the Acme. Sow and.
cover seed with the same. For the latter work
the Shares’s harrow is the best. After cover
ing the seed roll tho land. Oats can thus be
pnt in at greatly less cost than when plowed in
with scooter, and will do just as well. If the
land for oats is hard or rough, it will have to
be plowed as a matter of course, but it is very
desirable that some cheaper and more expe
ditious method be employed than breaking or
plowing in seed with scooters or twisters. This
is too slow and too costly. Whenever the land
Is clean enough double footed plows may be
used to advantage—or wide cutting and rather
shallow running turn plows may be used to
break the land, and seed put in with Shares’s
harrow. W. L. J.
Z. 1.. R., Long Pine, Anson County, N. C.i 1. I
have about tv.oen sos siitl ilay land planted in
cotton this year; it made about 500 pounds of seed
cotton ier acre by i:s • ■!' 103 pounds of manipulated
guano. I widi to’ ’ ing it ipto a bale to trie acre.
Bow Din'b and kind of manure must I use to
obtain test results the iirst year. 2. How must I
prepare the land r.nd how n; p y the manure. 8.
Would leaves or p n- st: r. ■■ a. plied broadeast be of
any benefit iirst ye . I. H>w often should crop be
plowed and how late in the season should It Le
cultivated.
Cotton grows off early and matures well on above
Jami. About v.bat time Mould be best to plant.
1. Wo cannot tell you just what kinder
quantity iff manure will enable your land to
toakcabaleof cotton peracte. Agriculture has
not yet reached that <’• ■c of peril ction when
Buch prediction■ ran bo marie. Hut we will
make the sut . -stio:. ; .re think best suited to
your case. In the first plm e, your land is not
productive. Five hundred poitmlsof seed cotton
per acre from an application of 100 pounds of
guano is quite a sms. 1 yield. Now, it is diffi
cult to bring poor i .1 up suddenly to great
productive:!' s,-. wit!:' :tt a very lavish expendi
ture of m.'.nurc and labor. Yon could break
tip and subsoil the hind and a; ply thirty
or forty b ads of barnyard man re broadcast
per a.-re; plow in well, and then put 200 to
400 pounds of ph< . hat< to the acre in the
drill and get large yields at once: but wo do
not suppose your inquiry contemplates this
farmin z by main I ice. Proceeding more slowly
and cautiously you might prepare a coin
post in the tnual manner, of acid phosphate,
k. ■ . ■ Fur
man’s formula is a giK«l one, viz.: Phosphate
4<X> pounds, kainit !_'•?. cotton sepd and stable
manure 30 bushels Caeli, making in all about
2,400 pounds. Half of this tl,2i<» pounds per
acre) may ven safely be applied to your land
the fiist sc on if it is deeply broken, thor
oughly hurrt'V.cd and well cultivated.
2. Preparation given aliove. J.ay off rows 4
feet apart with i la: ■ . long : hovel plow ; out
in manure and run pi w in same furrow again
to mix manure with s" 1. then l.<d in usual
manner. Ji.ike beds ; retty bi .h. and just Le
fort a tint reduce h ght, or cut them down
withharrow. Th ■ eise nice, clean, well
powder' d -"il to p..mt in.
B. Quite doubtiij : they would nut rot for
Some time, end ini, t th* h.pil ,md cause
Injury in dry w< ati <-r. Applh <1 a year in al
van ■ ■ ■ they would be
Very advauta O'
♦. At least fivt Just ..-■■! a- ti.c
cofu .... veep or
scrape, with v. running perfectly flat so as
rethrew no dirt. I: h'-avy. picking r; ins
base la.ii n e t’ bedd..eg of the land,
i
its third leaf w:t' !. -I. Its h rains have
Mt fallen a • ■
plow the <■ t • ’a th same plow as at
first, bit w.'h ti," i: .. tto dirt the rotten a
little and <-<•■ er up ,og gi . Continue to
run same plow at Intervals of two weeks till
the last of June and then at long! r inters als
till the first of August, shallow cultivation
is essential to heavy frivt’.ug.
. 5. About the 20th of April is a good average
time to plant cotton.
Subscriber, Elgin, Putts <a,Cm • t. How much
comp..«t l'u.man's form'.’.’;:) can I safely apply per
acre on laud which had l,e?0 pounds of tho same
c.'inpC;: this year and made l.'JuO poundssccd cot
ton per acre. 1 deshv to apply all in one drill; the
land i- old grey land, with red clay subsoil.
-. I eavi i. new around second year) on which 1
desire t > i-e l>o rounds high grade guano per acre.
My pin is in on bed n it,
and .eo r or.nds in each list furrow and plant about
the tilth of April, is KO pounds extravagant on
such land, or w ould you use les-? Would the rd ove
p an ■ ea g.>. d one. or will y< u suggest a better one.’
1 lune ecu told by some that second year new
grounds s hould n-d bo broken deep and some ay
t.iey 'li'uldl. e broken as deep ns one can have it
done. As I have very little experience would be
tuankful for your advice on the subject.
■l. I have some lend which 1 am cle ir nr tins
wint-rand expect to let lie out one year and then
burn oil brush and plant in cotton. Will it make as
good cotton as it would l.al il been in to.i. u or
corn the previous year?
■I. 1 expect to use twenty bushels compost per
ane for corn; some on old land and some tYcsh,
(Hi.rd year in cultivation.) I want to l uow how
best to apply compost-in hills, or in drills.
1 • /) 011 might venture 1,500 pounds with safe
ty. if laud is well prepared and kept in line
tilth.
-■ A our plan Is a good one- wc have no bet
ter to suggest. Four hundred pounds of
g ir.no per aero in drill, is about the maximum
quantity which can bo safely applied on ordi
nary uplands. li your him! is sufficiently free
from roots, etc., to allow good plowing, and
getting tho manure deep in the soil, you
might risk tho quantity named. AVlietliera
new ground should be plowed deep or shallow,
depends largely upon the amount of roots and
other vegetable debris in the soil. If there is
much of the o, they make the soil too open,
ami liable to suffer in drouth. In such case
the loosening of the soil with tlio plow*, only
aggravates the evil. Jfon thecontrary thesoil
is compact, plowing will help it, as it does
other soils.
3. We think not. Planting and cultivating
causes more rapid rotting of tho surplus vege
table matter In the soil, thus diminishing its
excessive openness, and at the same time they
develop a larger supply of available plant food
in the soil for tho next year's crop. The
bushes, sprouts, etc., are more effectually
killed by a year’s cultivation than they would
be if the hind was left undisturbed, and this
would be beneficial to the second year’s crop.
L. W. s.—Batesburg, S, I have just pur
chased a "wind-broken’’ mare, and beg to ask, eau
she be cured? If not, can she be improved? She
has been in this condition some two years. Will a
mare in thisconditiou breed?
What makes a horse cat dirt, and how can I
prev. ut it?
It is rarely the case that a wind broken horse
is permanently cured. They are sometimes
relieved fora short while, but the trouble re
turns sooner or later. Much can be done to al
leviate the trouble. The animal should have
as little bulky food as is consistent with gen
eral health. Should bo fed at regular inter
vals three times a day, so as never to crowd the
stomach. The same precaution should bo ob
served about watering. All food, both grain
and forage, should be dampened—never fed
dry. Should never be driven rapidly soon
after eating. A broken winded mare will
breed. Horses eat dirt on account of disor
dered stomach, or from being fed for long pe
riods on same food—no variety. Hardly any
food is perfect. The system is imperfectly
nourished when the animal is confined to one
kind, and an unnatural appetite is developed.
C. K. M: On the 80th of last October I planted an
acre in Burr clover, which has not come up yet, al
though on examination tho seed appeared to be
perfectly good, and a few plants continue to come
up. Now. do you think it will yet come, and w hat
should I sow on Hie same laud to secure a summer
hay erop, and how should it be planted?
Your clover may not all come up until next
fall. When the seed after ripening, arc allow
ed to remain on the ground exposed to tho
weather, they come up more promptly than
when housed and allowed to dry thoroughly.
Burr clover perfects|its seed in May; if there is
any show of plants at all on your ground, they
will make seed enough to get a good stand
next fall. Let it alone, therefore, till May.
As soon as it dies down, plow and harrow the
land .smooth and let crabgrass take possession.
It will make as good and as cheap hay as any
thing else.
jn?'V.. Snnlis. Miss.. Will it improve corn to
plant seed gathered from stalks with two ears’ I
have enough of such seed to plant my crop this
year.
By doing so every year a variety bearing
two ears to the stalk can bo developed.
Whether it will be better than those with ono
ear to the stalk is another question. As the
ears increase in number they usually decrease
in size. 'The most promising dire, tion in
which to improve coin, is to get varieties with
small stalks, large ears, and cars formed low
down on stalk. Our southern corn makes too
much stalk and ears too high.
T. M. F., Blacks, S. First-1 have ten tons of
stable and o', manure, ami two hundred bushe s of
cottomeed. that I wnnt to compost for cotton.
What is best to dc oinpose satii", and in w hat pro
portion.
2. H >w should it be u-'.' l on r.-d |or mulatto t ■ I.
also on gray or sandy soil with red subsoil, and now
mu h per acre on e mb kind of soil.
3. J wish tn experim’-nt on one acre in cotton
how Should it bo plant’.'!. In row- O ’ hills.
1. We know nothing better than I'uiman's
original formula, thirty bushels each of ma
nure and ■■otton sci d, lob pounds of acid phos
phate and 20tl pounds of kninit. As you have
more man'll*' than cotton seed, you can use
forty Irish' 1 of manure and twenty of seed in
place of thirty ' f h. This will make about
as good a'.'“mpo-.t as equal quantities of ma
uureaud s ■<!. 1 ‘ tup ut once in heaps to in
sure killin'.: ill'- set■!.
2. Put in drill <«n any kind of soil and bc<l
on in usual mann r. The quantity to be ap
plied is rcg'.laU I by nature and condition ot
soil. If filled with humus, deeply broken,
and to b“ well cultivated, a l.ug' r quantity
may be sa'.' l.v applied than on land in reverse
condition. On land not heretofore manured
to any extent, it would be well to begin with
about LOGO pounds per acre. This may be in
creased from je ,r to year up to lour or five
thousand pounds eventually.
3. You do not state objeet of experiment.
Hill or ch'■ I. pi.'-ntiii." gives <.u h plant the
fairest oppoitunity to develop. It can get
more light, more air and more soil and mois
ture, espcclaHy in the early s'ages of growth.
The large t y I'ihl on n rd have been from
hill |.'!: nl'b *. Where one ran gauge dis
tance bi t'.vecu hills, so that tho plants will
about moo: nun avetago sea on, and where
the land is !• • «.J f iionaii to adn.it plowing
lK>th Ways, hill planting i. to bo prefi ired.
Tlu-re i ' "■ <ir.iw Inn k : it is r itht r mo < dif
fi ’nlt t" gi • a p< if' it M ind. In drill planting
there sc 1 s ■ l.’v *■ eh a- perabttnilaucc ot
plants ti tt'o a. • idi-ntal d<- ,’iuetion of one is
of little < ''ii aqm n '■• Drill C"tt< n.■ n- ;aiiy
left too ciowdi <l, e-p<- iaiiy where th J ini is
good.
H. A C ”.nQ <; ! have alu > -n.
/ o: ' ” J; ■'< J ' : H tn <•- nrc-? With
acid !■'> p ’ 1 '■ ' ' ' ■■ ■ - ■ . 'i of
acid pho?f 1 ' I• h ■ ' ■'t■ 1 f,i‘•zc< v '
[also hi ot I wnnt
jo t o 1 i ! ■ :-i. i
in Uu •: ‘O’ (j . . . of
seed, Low much ir Mpho pL;.» • ir.-rt I with the
3CK. blu; of- i LH': • X.SMI’J c?
Taking i-’urn <r ‘ <■ i/iiml form as a
standard and tlni.k it is a j'ood Gn<J tb'rty
bushtis » uL'f iimiiu (• ai d xotton bced are
coiupO' ltd wrlh four hundred pounds of ac id
THE WEEKLY CONSTITITION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. JANUARY 17,1888.
. phosphate, (’otton seed is a more coimt n
j trated and a more quickly acting fertilizer
than lot or stable manure. Jler.ee when no
■ manure i. to bo 1 a.I rather h •>> dton seed
i should be substituted in place i f manure, it
w.»uld not properly be far wrong to use forty
bushels of cotton seed to four hundred pounds
of a-. id phosphate in place ot thirty each of
cotton seed and manure, i’er the three hun
dred bushels each of cotton seed and stable
manure you will need two tons of acid phos
phate.
R. c.. An oca, N. t. My lands are light
grayish soil moderattly goal for North Carolina—
from good lift’ clay to aje sai ly suby 1, the
Utter more or less leaky cation, corn and pcauuis
are crops for money. 1 have good quantity of stable
manure (horseJ good rich lot and stable manure,
(c >w,) raw cotton seed (not killed.) and cotton set -I
meal, oil expressed. Give me best method of hand
ling said manures for the respective crop®.
on cannot make the best manure for any
of tho crops named with the materials you
ha\ <‘. I'orn and cotton need more pho>phates
than they contain and peanuts need more
lime. \ou could come nearer preparing a
good manure for peanuts than either of the
<’thor crons by making a compost of one-third
hor.-e and two-thirds cow manure. The same
would be moderately good lor corn and cotton,
but would be greatly improved by an addition
of acid phosphate. It would pay you to ex
change cotton-seed meal for phosphate, or sell
and buy, and make the usual compost
of barnyard manure, cotton-seed and acid
phosphate. Nlix all kind of yard and stable
manure together, and with every thirty bush
els ot it incorporate 400 pounds of a< :d phos
phate and thirty bushels of green c-tb n-sced.
Put the mixture in pens four feet high.
the mass and tramp firmly that it may
go through a well regulated fermentation,
such as will not develop excessive heat. It is
extremely important that coinposts should be
kept constantly moist whilst undergoing fer
mentation. If they are not, great injury and
loss will certainly ensue. Tho tendency is to
heat and get dry. Watch them closely and if
tho heat rises much above blood heat make
holes through tho mass ami pour in water
freely. It is well to cover such heaps with a
layer of rich earth to keep tho surface from
drying too rapidly.
B. I'. 8., Floweiy Branch, Gn.: Pica e give quan
tity of bermuda grass roots required to but one acre
well: liie bust time for putting in, and how. 1 wish
to broadcast and plow in. if that will answer.
Have never seen tho matter tested, and can
give an approximate estimate only. It the
roots are washed and cut up line with straw or
forage cutter, and well packed in measure, it
would take from 20 to 30 bushels of sots to
plant an acre, so that one set should bo on
each square foot. This would be thick enough.
On good land it would soon spread and form a
continuous sward. At greater distances it
would ‘•mat" sooner or later on riuii land.
About tho first of March is a good time to put
the sets out. it is important to do it before
tho spring rains are over. Tho sets may bo
broadcasted ami plowed in with twister, like
small grain, or the plows may be started and
the sets dropped a short step apart in every
second furrow. When broadcasted the land
should be rolled after plowing so that any sets
near the surface may be pressed and firmed in
the soil and not dry up and perish.
J. E. S., Town Creek, Lawrence county, via. I
have about four acres of land that has been in clover
for tbn e years. I wish to cultivate it in corn and cot
ton. Please advise me ns to the best method of cul
tivating to get the best yield. One part of the land
is rank lo t-an; this I wish to put la Corn. It will
make from thirty to forty bushels per acre without
any fertilizer. '1 he other part is red clay soil; this
I wish to put in cotton. It will make from two to
four hundred j ounds per acre without any manure.
I would like to have your advice about manuring or
fertilizing this ground. 1 have some static and cow
pea manure and scraping of the lot. Which is the
best way to apply these manures. 1 have not
enough of them. Please tell mewhat is the test
fertilizer to use with above.
If your bottom land will make thirty to forty
bushels of corn per acre without manure, it
will not pay you much to manure it. You can
increase the yield by manuring, but net profits
will not increase in the same proportion. If
you prefer, however, to manure, get some acid
phosphate and kainit, and for corn land make
a compost, by first mixing well t jge her all the
kinds of manure you have, and to every forty
bushels of it add 150 pounds each of phosphate
and kainit, and apply that quantity to one
acre at first working of corn, putting it in
siding furrows on each side ami near hill of
corn. That would be a moderate manuring
twice the quantity might, be applied.
on do not state whether your upland mado
200 to 400 pounds of seed or lint cotton. Wc
infer you meant lint, as as any land
that will grow clover, will make more
than 200 pounds of seed cotton. The best
manure for this land will be acompost like the
above, but proportioned differently. To thirty
bushels of the mixture of the manures you
have, add 200 pounds of acid phosphate and
100 pounds of kainit, and apply this quantity
to an acre in drill in usual manner. Cotton
docs not call for much nitrogenous manure,
and, as the land has recently been in clover,
it is already provided with a good supply of
that substance. Hence less barnyard manure
is called for.
A SACRIFICE TO THE St X.
How the An’i< ut Aztecs Sent h Human Soul
a« a Messenger to 'J'heii* <»od.
! I/in h TmyTi- CS
I p«>n this rock, in certain religious f< istivals.
he M»-xic :ns saciil <• U n u n dim, o v},. m
i y »<ve 'li.- nip e of M es n or t» ih«’ ■ in.
•m. u n
bo t ', He sa\s Hint >ll •s n d f
strunePsttK t 1 <1 f
•he p:i - : is t if” i in war. H v s |
by ill-D'.i o i i.oJ'j.rncr, who j».i.ucd ]/-j » c e
i h hit( t .1 . IHI . c ’.’•!< J,. :- .<1 r .! a
v« i. itc j iuiiC’ wn 1 •!;•<< .■. t-> li: ~ h.i , mid <-i t i;: -I>h ■Ji
was it little blind’ . which lit.’ I a f< w <■. t c s .'c.J.h
• r 1 mips of ocLre, i-lecusof iryp-um, •■am.;
and j.urchments. In one Land he can? 1 a walk
ings ick, very l'hv with ki.o ui;d tie, of leatiicr
and feat her all < the <
nail bu : ’ o o . .
1< d bun t■> the h/Ol of the .*■* .. j . c ; ■ • lumij.; tu lhe
temple, and th -re, m a lon 1 \o'- , so :i.at .-ill eonbi
Lear, they :sai<l t > Liiu: ,- Mr, t ,;.i which we < ntreat
thee is that th«/u do tg, Lelo: e o;u- -,,d. tl estm.and
that on our lx . ■ :
that thou dost tell hhn ’ at h> hol- an 1 j/rlncl
pal nobles who n main here sui’pli«-a’.e him
to remember tl c n, and that fr->m ids- throne ho
doth favor them and receive this small )
which they rend him and do thou give him this
eanf tor walkin'? and this shield for the d'di-me.
1 and theothci thing- thnt thou Le in st in tha» little
i Lundh-. ’ Th : In Hau, Leuiri ' tn a nddre- ,
I anf’.’.ercd what he ple»o'd. Teen they untied him
j am! b’d him very slowly up the ;■ e ’ t.'r<; c
1 toward the tempi**, m-iking much du] ;;,-, t - ,vh
‘ it-’p to give him fru'-h instr ction--. Finally,
I arrived at the summit, they p!a -1 him uj.o.u tfic
j nek Caauhxbalii, where iie was comp Ito
... 4 eto tho Im. '1 !' ir In 8
of the rilice asronled the four st j>s
' to . fl:, r-ie t 1 li.'’ <u,e. tic. j-. . d
;< ■
' bo* •. They >(.izcd him by th*• hand- and fe. »
i he: • if. ’ while the high pne-t came with a
; knih i'. ■ i ‘1 ao I cut the victim « throat, at the
f ■ ■ ‘ommumling him to go with
! fi-s . ; to the true mn in another
I - ■ I Int > .
in liie < ■ '.t' of tl <; rock and r- ndo■. n a chzrmel
<ntattl c< jo in fr nt of the rd.ami ers herein
' s kept the golden im. ■■ -. t, < nm a d the
' scub tuied r u.’. cn the fareofll.c ro-k v,a<f
cd In id’cd. When blood c* as*. I to 4 - w <Le h -h
pric ’ r.jcr.’ d the rt b re a t with ids knife of
1 obrldian, o- • t 'anic g e*®. and j-lu'd.ed out the
L' •; t . eg h. j . . p, U<f ,
t a uil 1.11 il Lu 1 eta u-d to <r g and
Leet me co) i.
Wj e*. the laver Fails io A<t, and you
are bi;ious. and out of sorts, c e l)r.
S.innUvc Pills, to bring abo it a luabhy ■*« th n
of tho Liver,<nd remove ui. di-'.rc .-log ‘•ymp
. torn. I '.
NOVEL FOX CHASE.
How Reynard is Hunted in tha
West.
HOW "THE SURROUND" IS MANAGED.
Fnan the Nashville American.
io tho.vg accustomed to fox-hunting by
“riding to hounds’’ a fox drive, or, as it is
often called, “surround,’’ may seem but a
lame xariation of the grand sport. In many
sections of tho western states, however,
owing to the small farms, secure fences and
opposition of the landowners, the lovers of the
chase are forced to this less wildly exciting
choice, and a description of one ou a large
scale conducted Christmas day, a year ago,
may not be without interest.
Elaborate preparations had been made. and.
although a heavy rain fell the night before, it
was not allowed to interfere with-the lung
cherished plans for the day.
Early in the morning, in accordance with
the previously arranged programme, large
numbers of men and boys, armed only with
long staves, congregated at four specified
points equally- distant from a certain elevated
tract of land, which had been decided upon as
tho most desirable spot for culminating the
surround. , They wore then formed into lines
by chosen leaders, and were designated as the
no:th, south, east and wot lines.
Sowell timed was tho movement that all
four of the lines separated almost at the same
moment, each mail taking a position several
yards from his rb. ht ami left hand companion.
The right and left wings of the lines then
swung around until a circle was formed of
over three miles in diameter. When this had
been accomplished the leader of tho north line
gave a signal, which passed from pomt to
point around the circle, until all were aware of
the or«l< r mid then the drive began in earnest.
Nearly 2.IXM were engaged in tho sport and
the noise us horns, tin pans, clubs and yells
ringing through the valley caused the pulse
to quicken mid again enthuse those whose in
terest was beginning to il.ig. For perhaps a
half hot r nothing cm ouragmg was developed,
but soon the cheering news was heralded front
mouth to mouth that game had been sighted,
and with heightened zeal the deep and tiring
mud was hurried tlm-ugh.
Then echoing and re-echoing shouts convey
ed the welcome news that Reynard No. 2 was
scum iug here and there within the living net.
Rut the grand outburst of triumphant shouts
was yet to come,
For three successive drives ono noble-look
ing fox of the gray species, most rare in that
section. Lad been discoxcred at ono time with
in the seemingly secure circle, yet (inli time
had revealed a cunning superior to his red
brethren by slipping, unobserved, through the
ranks or else concealing himself in some inac
cessible nook. When it was understood that
the Covutcil prize had been sighted enthusiasm
knew no bounds. Gray-haired men became
boys again, and many wagers were laid upon
his capture ; for never before had the cunning
old fellow been encompassed by one-third the
number engaging in this holiday chase, and
escape from such a host seemed almost more
than impossible.
Through valleys and timber, over hills,
brooks and solt cornfields, the hunters con
tinued to trudge, and gradually the circle grew
so small that the men uould a most cl ah tln ir
staves. W ithin the next fifteen minutes tho
finish was near at hand, and as the. circle nar
rowed tho men grew five ami ten j n depth,
making a mass so dense that a ground squirrel
could riot have passed through, and then tho
prey within that fatal ring was revealed.
Two bedraggled ami bewildered red foxes
were there, but where was the famous gray?
No ono knew when <>r where im effected his
escape, and his methods remain as great a
mystery and puzzlo as tho identity of “Ju
nius.”
The crowd, however, quickly ceased to la
ment and busied thepiselves with plans to ex
tract double enjoyment from that whiefi they
had succeeded in entrapping. Oncof the foxes
was for the present speedily dispenr< d with,
for ho ran in a stono culvert under the piko.
Ready hands were instantly at either end and
this place of secrecy wasat once c<»nverted into
a walled dungeon. The one still al large then
received the attention of all. Tostill further re
duce thocircle it was necessary to scale a high
worm fence, and so many mounted it at the
same moment that over a dozen panels, yield
ing t<> the < norinou.s weight, were quickly lev
eled with the ground, resulting In an umlis
tinguisbabir mixture of broken rails, legs and
mud. If any were hurt, excitement for the
moment caused bruises to be unfelt, ami with
loud shouts of laughter they were again on
foot, pressing forward to tho immediate scene
of action, lleie ■ ring of about sixty yards in
diameter was formed, within which found and
round Reynard ran, looking with cunning eye
f< r ome loophole of escape, bin every near ap
proach to tho human f<»e was in<*t by yells as
of bedlam loosed, and by brandishing of hun
dreds of staves. For many minutes this lasted,
when tlie worried fox sought the center of the
ring am! sttetched out upon the coolingground
as though to meet his fate without another
effort. When this e\idcn<c of iatigue was
jicrueivcd, ono of the ofiicers of the day
stcpjH.d with um uvered head into the an na
ami alter many futile efforts gained sufiic’cnt
attention to propose the selection of champions
from ihe four different lines am! allow them to
give ihe coup de grace, tho glory of the victory
to b« long to that side which the successful
g’adiat -r repr* ented. The plan proved
satisfactory, ami one from tho north, south,
cast and west was speedily chosen.
Those upon whom this honor was so con
ferred at on< reduced tliemsrls cs to running
co'-d.iinm ami started in with as firm a determi
nation to win or die as ever did heroes in
Olympic games. It is not a figure of speech
to say that there was a dark hoise in the race,
for among theni was a son of Africa, and upon
him maiiy of the fancy placed their money.
Many ami ( Leering were the shouts of ’‘Go
in < <»on,” “n<»w vou've got ’im,” “he’s gone
up," ami lhe like suggestions. Moro than
once <l;d the “< <>on,” thus encouraged, plow
th** oft soil v. iih his ebony brow, frantically
r-lutcLingat the spot where the agile (feature
was ■ apposed to be. First fur he did secure,
but the tail hold broke, ami away daited the
nimble prize.
TL' < a-turn ( hampion then determined to
■(•t aim rry pin o, ami chased the fox like mad
for a few minutes, but the hot pace be
yin t<> toil, and he was soon distanced. Thu
n pic entatives of tho north ami outh jx.r
initted hidginent to take the plm e <»f legs,
ami le t until their adversaries had «.■ hib
ited signs oi weakm’KS did they o.cr-excrt
th' iir <•! ves. Watching a favorable <qq»oi
ti-nity they sjmited together, ami their 'inset
w.'l-.MK•« (‘ -hil. bown as one. man they went,
and a-> ono man they rose emblazone«l with
mud ami glory. f»»r the h it Land <»f the math
gr. • p'd Reynard's m*k. and with the right
hami the hf'i’o of the smith held in no loving
(';• '• the (•me beautiful red brush, withits
bk '-om of white. I loners v, ere <lc< lar» <1 < asy
bet wdi the t v o (ontestants, and a brief inter
mis i' n was hold, during winch a jiKmalure
imirn - t O’er Hie fox in tho culvert was inaug
urated.
Removing the stone barriers at either eml of
the aperture, the. game was prodded out with
a lorn* pole, and v, a . soon scudding around the
circh as Imd his unfortunate comrade.
All this time a gentleman had < urried in his
am. a courageous black terrier, which by
pro
' ■HHii'd a(h i.o to participate m the gen
eral Irolic. Clamorous grow the ciie.s of
Al -l JIK DEA I If.
“Ix <se the (log: but the next moment, with
; a viok nt sejuirm, the excited and eager dog
| had wn nch< d him '-If free, and was after the
fox id'.c a whirlwind. On account of the
, i< .<■ th' dog (<• Id g< t Within '-i. ’pp.fr'
di<t <!very now and then by cutting Ins
vh :irn off at digb -, but a s tdfkn tun. right
or left foiled the pur ucr, who time ami again
tun. »l a comical soim rsault in the olio tto
I halt <-i lain a ; quickly.
I At last the fox M to realize that ty
i dcp'nded iijion g« tt.jig o"t of that yeliing < n
’ ib■ ■ '1 that alom-. With a deu-i m.ne'l nisi:
; he endeavored to ' lip through the tangle of
leg , but unfurlrna'eiy cho e that ] ■ nt . li r»
I sV/od tiio eastern champion, v,1.0, snil snni.’t-
Ing under his r<( <:nt d< feat, Jiad : c« n v.u.t.ng
1 an opportunity to seek ’.'•!!/» am-c v th th
Jong • mb. Handing smnev‘ at n r’c the
I ihg, lc det'unincd countenance and I. lung
■ eye would l ave warned a 1< de ; « ratn
I er- ature to ix ware. Straight p.--.t him the tux
atti n.pt« dto doit, imt Lik». a Hash tic blow
f< .. im! with ;t camufreedom, from al) lurther
fear ami pain.
r )(d-nat nr< d prote t was made against
1 ail’ -a a:g the* nmrd- r<-r to ajipropriate ILe i imdi
[ us tLc fox bo questionably dpq m.ed of, and, by
majority rale, it was decided that he must run
for it against tlevt-foi ted contestants from the
other three quarters of the globe. A long line
was formed on either side of the l ike, through
which the couriers wcie to run, the brandish
ing clubs reminding one of tho story about
captives running the gauntlet among Indians.
I he distance was i n yards, and after an ex
citing race, t< rminatod in fay or of the western
representatiy e.
After this tho crowd gradually disbanded,
going to their several b.ome>. each one feeling
glad that he had taken part in a day so filled
yvith enjoyment, and wondering whether it
w»-re possible to ever duplicate the sport ur the
number who this time attended.
Our Ouji; Colufßi;.
Some Happy Sul’scribers.
Wo print herewith letters from sonio of
those who got presents out of The Coxsiti v
tion’s Christmas Box. It yvill be seen that
tlivy are scattered far and wide, but they all
belong to The Coxstt u ti*.family, i lio
*puy-a nt went to Mr. Tullis, of Dranes
x illc. < la. He writes as follows:
Dii \XEs\ii.i r, <ia.. January N l s > < . E-liters Cm*
si itution X our> of January ..rd, inclosing cheek foi
v >OO as a present out of \ uur ’Ta b c< was re
ceived last night. Mineinde. d has b” n a happy
Nuw y ear, having had this good fo' lune. i have
only .-ent >ou eighteen or twenty Mibsciibers since
.'September Ist. Vour vaper is grow in :at ibis oila e
rapidly. Everybody is anxious to see I’he Consi
Tl TioX. You have my grntilu le for your hand- uu'
piesent, and I wi-h you a happy and pr spur.>i.s
JCar. Yorns truly, * B. 11. Tvli is.
Now hero is a subscriber who bad been
taking The Coxstiti h<»n only one week, lit'
sent us one dollar, and in le-s than a week we
returned him ten dollars. He says:
l.i xix '.Ton, MRs. ■ I ditors Cimstiiution: Yours us
the :’.rd, inclo-ing a*-my Uiiii.sunas present, re
ceived. 1 thank v< u tor it. 1 only •■ubst'r hud to
your paper a yveek ago. This is certainly ag od be
ginniii’2. 1 will send you inanv new ?ul»>ciibeis
during this year. ’ M. E. Allen.
Here is a subscriber from way out in Kansas.
He sent us live Sdbsci ibers and recer. ed a ten
dollar present. Hear what he says.
pr.M.DKT, Kan- s Ediuas ( •u>titnuon* I re
Ccivod your letter this evening < mailing tun do!
Inrs, my present out of your < Lri-tnuc !■-x. 1 sent
yo’iii\c ;!••>( libers for tlv ('hii-'.mas l< \. i will
lend a in Ipin ; hand to Tm < 11 ■ i hon in futnn
it is the bu-t p< r that is printed, and it ought t >
have two hundred thousand subicvibeis.
A. 1.. Davis.
Now hero is an agent whoon’v sent in t! reo
names ami ho get s -IDO in gold as his pre'-ent.
Ho writes as follows:
Riim.e. G:l- i.ditors ('•institution: I here
by acknow , p ent uut ol
your < lirihUniiS box. It gives nr a runt deni ot
plensuie, ami I hope your year may be happy and
prosperous. I -uni you thiec named lut am going
to send more next time. Yours truly’,
IL T. Mann.
Here is an sgent who sent twenty five names,
and he only received But hear yvliat he
says:
JlAvrio-. Ga. Eliters Constitution: Yours re
('Oiv- d eontaimn •> • a-my < hristmas present, L»r
which accept my unbounded thank-. 1 wish you
all a Happy New Yuir. 1 have sunt you twenty live
subscriber:-. J. S. M< Dowlll.
Iferoi . a subsui’iber w ho w riter 1 bat his '■AO
)•resent made his family happy. Ho is a new
subscriber too. Ho writes:
Ri.mtioi:. Ala. Editors Constitution: I received
S o this n ornim: as my Christinas prwnt froin you.
Words cannot expn s mygrati udc Be nssured’you
have made one family happy this morning. I t<m a
new .* übs< ril er, and-ent \ oil one dollar lor which 1
got fifty. Hereafter 1 shall do all 1 can tor von.
O. \ . Sl.-soN.
Wo aro glad that tho present went to
Wetumpka, Ala., because The Consiiti i ion
Las a laryi r circulation tin ro than any other
paper. Mr. Townsend writes us follows:
I acknowledge n ecipl of s?’», as my < hristm »s
present irom Tur. < <>\-rrn ims. Please acevj t
hc.-irty thanks. 1 w ill still work for The C>n u h
tion, which Las the lurrest 11.-l which comer, to this
ofiice. Ido not know how many subscribers I Bent
you, but 1 bhall s-nd you many more. 1 remain
yours, F. Town’bEnp.
Mr. J. W. King, of Murphy. N. sent us
eigeteen subscribers, and of course k<q>t out his
commission, which paid him for his trouble.
He ree< ived ten dollars as a present out us our
Christmas box. Hu writes as follows:
Mt ni’HY. N. C LUitors Constitution: Afierrcml
ing you eighteen subscribers to The Con-i ill : i«e. I
return you my thanks lor ten dollars received this
nminlng. i shall do all I can to increase the mini
bei of subscribeis to your excellent paper this y< ar,
and wish you u Happy New Year.
Yours truly, J. \V. King.
Hero is another from the old north state,
from an agent who sent us seven subs* ribers.
Here is what he says:
Li.xingion, N. c Editors Constitution: I am in
receipt of your (.’liristmas pre ent often d dlars, for
whiten plea-.- accept my sincere tliank e . 1 also
thank yon for your kind wishes. J liavc m.-iH you
seven sul'sciibors. Wishing you a prosperous year,
Jain, Youib very tiu.y, W. F. Benson.
Mr. P. I>. (’nspor thinks'Uhe Constitution
is tlie cheapest and best paper in the world,
and we wish his presr nt had been S.»00 instead
of 8-5, although he only sent us two subscribers.
Ho w rites:
Blo’ton, Ga.—Editors Constlfutlon: Accept my
thunks for ?. oir present of five dollars jcceh ed this
morning. 1 Ladhcnl you only twosubbcrihers, but
I Bhnll send more for the New Y< ar's lox. ilurrnh
for The CoMmiuiiuN, the best and ( heapcst paper
In the country. p. D. C'asvek.
We arc gratified at printing these letters.
1 he pre ants received by thee siihserihors has
cost them not a cent. They arc free and vol
untary gifts from The Cons i mil ion. We ex
pect to give our subscriber.s o\< r ten thou: and
dollars during the present year. This is simply
a distribution of part of our profits, for wlm h
we < harge nut a cent. Wc make the ni<>m y
by tho aid of our Bubscribors, ami wc arc will
ing that they shall profit sanu- by it. As our
profits increase, wo shall probably increase our
pre-ents,
T hose who receive no presents gut more for
their money than they <muld get by taking any
other paper. We furnish them the best and
cheapest, and biggest Weekly in the country,
and those v. ho g' t one of our piesents ina ( :e
just that much <dear. We have often aid
that we want no one to take T in. < oNs ri if -
tjon for the sake Os the presents. We want
everybody to take the paper «m its merits, ami
wc guarantee to give them their dollar s v.orih
long before the year i.s out. T hose who did not
get a present this time have a good ( ham e
next time, and there i not a i-üb*? riber on our
Looks who cannot have a « Lam e in every box
that wo op< n during th' ; • ar. Ail you have
to do is lo get a new sub < riber, or two and
send in their names, and your name goes into
tLe box with t hem.
Now let everybody get to work for our New
Year's box. Tlieic are more presents in it
than there w< re in our < Tnb tinas box, and of
< nurse, more chances J'>r snl>‘»crib( rs. Gt tup a
club at <»mc ami send in lor that box. There
arc but two weeks left.
J. T. Floyd’s postofiice was published in last
week s ixMio Dinkier, Fla. It should have
boon < .'ayt’.n, Ala. Mr. Floyd drew $5 in our
Christmas box.
♦
'I lie Denny Law.
S'boo’ Commissioner JD.ok has issued a
circular hdi' r giving his constrm rion of tho
Denny law. Ihe commissiom r holds that tho
new law repeals the . 4 v t of i-’ebriiary 22, IM7,
known as the tru-tcu Law, but do< s not repeal
tho act of hept'nib< r 27, 18bl, requiring
S’ holar.x to be va<' inated .as a prerequisite to
admis -.on in school-, nor do<-sit rep’ al the .'u t
of October I<>, 18S5, annexing to the public
schools ad< nartnn nt of industrial education.
The new law does not cancel unexpired
t< ach< is’ li< enses, and its ot her 1 üb i tantiul ic
tq e -ts does not « hangc the old school law.
DIED IN GEORGIA.
fa •;:.)• dr': ■ ■••* Mr. Lal. '•!»•■< a rr.'ngton.
In •iv.'.nuah !>r. Jarnc J Willing.
Jn C -ium’n Mr Joe t h C. h p on.
In p r’a Dr. Jam' Durr n.
In i •t D de " Mr. Hmrm.n Reynolds.
In fmt;. i Mr. < 'ui ’ h Mulk- v.
jn Vr.lu Jiu u -Mr. Allie L ( Lb.
Death of .Mrs. (heal Lam.
N .-hvd.le, T’eim., January 14.-[Special.]
M's Anna B. Chcaih.-i'n, j o l.'i.d-tresH of Nushvlll'*.
l ut four o’clo'k tLL* moi n»D”. aft’ ran Ilin’ ‘H<»f
». ’O'; -.l'.S. • l.i; WS the W)!' ’.MhC IftfO fu-n
« . / ..j.K ' ■■ al! a:.i, w..' ■< "*i - I temb’ r 4. IT • .
a • 1 w..h, by t'.<■ - n’v r-1 d> K* of tho peoj Ic of
g : ;.v,; • ; ; pmnt’.d poMm. -n r to tuccevd him.
•; I ■ : ■
thi’-- o a:.’! '■ <» <’•» t d*. She ntid Gen- rid
< ■ -(Jf.aiu wcie I uir 1 I in IH' fi, and lived in
< uouij’.y I'i'il T-l. Th° fm ial M an-
a.i tomorrow aftemcon at the 1 lr»t iTcubytenan
ch urciu
WILL THE WORLD END SOON.
Curious Ceremonies Among tho Second Ad
ventists of .Michigan.
From the Ci ien •oTrfi une.
The coming King is at tho door
\\ ho dnee the er -s for sinners t>orc,
But i o.v ti e righteous ones alone
He o'■nug to gather Lome.
Ai the do<»r; at the door.
He is ecming; he is coming;
He is even at the door.
An adventist hymn rolled Saturday evening over
he quie t ‘-now. it was New Year's eve in Battlo
truek, Michigan. Four hundred students, youths
ond maidens, were singing in tho college, and thd
"md carried the hushc 1 town the tidings
that ClirUt was even at the door.
K’linui has long maintained that 1888 was for .ad
vent s s the y. ar of doom. Common fame haft
1 1 :cil Gi ni i:_: v their jewelry, their houses?
their wo.ld.y go..ds. Trade-men in Battle Creek’
have snt in thvlr bills precipitately. Friends
hive written them a tuar.ul farewell. All wad
ready for Hie ascension.
i idur Uriah Smith, editor of the Advent Review,
the mouthpiuuc of ti e denomination in Battle
t reek. He is a man ot fifty, tall, cruet, with irfluk
face and smile, and very hospitable manner-’.
‘T'<> we I eli* ve ih.tt the world will soon »omc to
an (. nd? Ye--, sir; that isour belief.”
“Do you think it will end in I>S<’
vet tlsis One is al vnys fixin; dat< s; the< therad*’
mus that the time is doubtful. I belong to the hitter
cla: s."
“Von are uncertain about ti e year?''
'Ti’ueisuly. Yon sue the wrld may net end for
lv •. ten < r ihl t n year-. At tho Fame tiniu, if it
end< (I in ]-ss t iiould not be stirpri- d. Most ui
the si. ns have Lt un g.ven.”
"W h:.t are the sien-' '
“I ; '.y vbiu'ly on ti.-‘ Biblical texts idating to tho
Fean-ingoi i!;u -auett ary.’’
•Did not William Miller n ly on these texts?”
'■Xu-, and, rely t; on them, he lon told thd
world s • nd in LSI I. ’
llowwer- tiu V'.vcntists afiee'.cd l ythc la.luro
of this prophecy .”’
l .uy weiemuch di-appointed.”
*‘|jiw dui t’lu mi-take uccur.'”
“1 h.ougli a u.i apj ruhun-i ui of the wo. l sanctil*
ary.”
“'A by do y. it no* nropl esv now?”
"We have grown more cautious.”
' But, in any <n- . you 1.1 that tl.e end is near?”
‘•Very near, indued. '
Anu ' v r th- -n. \\ to ;1. > printing c■ ’ishincirt
u he e Eider Smith sat mnung his hook--, was borno
this hymn fr.»m the college:
Oh, Chri ’um, have you heard it?
He’s c.uning soon.
Though tho::vinds have deferred it,
He's coming soon.
Let Dot thy heart grow weary,
He -e uning soon.
Morn follows midnight dreary,
lb; - comiii. s on.
•
x ui!i|l-t. < »x<riii Ti«.x one year.- s
''N I I A mi un I\i •; oneycaa
k. ' 1 • V f *>, rioit
Tni- is more I>r • ’/.■» than wuH ever offered. It gets
y> u lao‘ i.lun Ld | :Xj . - one year ami way gut you
'lO ii !,’• -d I > n't •. 11 fail to Invest *I • Only ft
!'••’: < f <>•!.: • . bund imni di.-dely. Ad-
dress ‘ The Southern l i rm.'’
»
THE N t.i.KO RACE.
Un an the New Oil-ans Tina s Democrat.
'I be old story tla* Ihe no. joes are dying off
Ia- i.;r:i til I <*( n stni t 1, and tlm Philadelphia '1 nncß
ami other t npers nr-- treating i s to the facts and fig
ures to prove this. i’he 1 . ' |
the race Letwe n 1 > and 1870 and between 1870
i tid In.() is nttribuN d to the fact that the two first
(•tn uses wore badly’ taken and tliouirmds of ne
groes overlooked, «ml that in issO for ihciir.-t tliud
a coriect enniiu ration was made. To support tho
portion that tl.e i;h u la diminishi’i;; in numbers',
iis heavy deal h talc i • lit I. and tie ir ‘itions of
plant?)-, here and th* r*. that tin r. are fewer ne
groes in their • ction than twenty years n (\
Tlii theory i I a‘e-i upon a most aB-i rd and weak
foundation, and it is a tonishing to.see Low it <•< me t
up eveiy few years in ■ .pin- of facts that aliolutt ly
disprove It. The negro nue is pio.luvlivu r.nd ad
vunu ; rapidly la population. Jn the Cvntury and
n qti.n ter during whieh it wic- enslaved, it grev/
from 350,0ub the number imported into this coun
try I.LOoO 0, and during the (juarlcr of acentUry
of freedom it u: ■ nearly doubled, and advanced to
7.500,000. W hile the sldftlussm s of the negro ill
many portions of tho south is je. ■ gnized, and tho
hi.’hdeith nite of the race is buy-nd disputO>
neither of the e Ou ts, in the slightest degree, affecft
the rate nt which a people increase. Indeed, tiie
case is quite the contrary. 'I ho apparent paradox
that a race with a heavy death rata
increases most rapidly, Ims been
recognized by all those uh■> have studied this Hib
ject. The death rate in I rance is exceedingly low
lower, perhaps, than in any country in the world
and yet no pe< ph grow more >lowly in population
than the l iench. A'T-r s the water, in thiscountry,'
the I rench < umnliftus sullur from a death rate of 35
to 10 per IJW, il.nt W'.uld very s-on dcjK-pulat©
1 rance, jet they I nve grown from 50,<00 lo 2,1.0'.),(K)Q
in little more than a century, increasing more
rapidly than any race on tin globe, btiungc to ray*,
a hi; h birth rate nearly always goes with a higli
death rate, Hie formei generally prevailing among ft
people who enjoy little wealth and luxury. It is Id
the bhnplc life of the I n neb Canadians that theft
rapid Increase is dm*. W hcrever luxury and wealth
pu vall, the birth rate declines as no si ction us thQ
country cun better bear testimony to than New Eng
land.
In the south, where but little wealth has yet beta
accumulated, both whites and blacks Im rcase rftpt
Idly, and this h < t..»n in consequence is growing;
fas'er in population than tho north, despite the ab
sencc of foreign immigration; but it is a uu-tuko to
suppose that there is any danger of ncgr< '■ ontnum*’
I ering tlio while , a mi-taku due t»counting all
pcixms of mixed I .ood, even to octoroon:’, as no*
pro* s. Tho two a- are inc;eiu‘ing at nearly mi
equal rate, but wi' n t e w Idtc immi. ration jxmringl
in from the north and wc t. the white majority will'
!•• < - line coh.-tantly hr: r. Tbe wild fig me ot a few,
.•■tntl. liciiina sliowin;! tl •■ complete Ahicanlzatlonof;
tho south by the e .'u.., oi blacks are utterly'
cl surd, at the ‘.inu f.im the other theory that tho
negro nice is dyin,/ <ut is • •jmlly without founds
:.ii( n. W herever t! • m :: <>• s have -utth d that havo
rc.nidried, and are 1.; ■ : toiemahi. W u have tho
colored Brother with 1 today, and it > to our inter/
la co and J ■ • I mi,
and make him a valmii iu and prorlucd . e citizen.
'J he Philadelphia '1 ! »■ • ami other northi: n j ap-errf
ar-’mi-tukun in tl.-1. d .s that the n» i' dyiu;*
out. Here and th<?r« ,fh;.s may Lo apparent, bU(
those wLo po t rou di th< cotton stale- an 1 ng tho
million of J'ickaii.ni- j-bnn up, v. i 1 mi y»qprC‘*
< ;a’c the fact that with all il- liffth .ne and high
n; i»; i:ty the n >j' > race Is not Biely to d!.‘j pear ill
this country.
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•Men no «t woik and women weep, ?
•o run -. the W'.i Id away.”
B t they n'' •! not w< un so much if they uso
Dr. Pierci i Fa oritc lu • < ription whicn
cure., all the painful maladies peculiar to
women. Hold by druggists.
3 I LIN. E A PH CON DENSED.
At noun, v« -’erday, the two lions.* u of the
K« n’ a v .f< i j .mt ‘-u’-':on . .•<•>! Mr.
I■• : , b.i the thiid • i si vc term, In 11. c United
f-tati i senate.
Thc.bodi’Mof fourteen women have been
dug 'ut o! tl e oiov. -near Fiumc, Au-tiia. Many
an stih mis:-mg, ami il is >.upp':.ed tiny arc buried
beneath the snow.
An epid* mi*- has broken out among the In*
(Lan ul Poplar Bl’.' , .Monrauu. Doctors pronouneq
h • r;-1; • last, aud ■ onUigl' U-e About Ix. 'ity hftvd
died. The ca i.*.c is dose < onfliiemcnt an«l Lad ven
tilation.
Thirty thousand persons in Montenegro have
been (leprived ot I 1 <1 by the hoods. Ti.c czar has
m n’a fhlp load of ". n from Ode-‘a to tullevo tho
-s, but the lewd bus not yet arrived at her
de-11 nut ion.
A panic cecni r(-d in church in tho south ot
Tv.’oi, yc'-'erdtiy, thiouglia woman faiutlng, Eight
j • ; oi s were CrusLe I to death and inuny were in
jincl.
T h’ ro is a st* ng probability that tho UodicH
ofth' d( ad hi hist-s will be run.LOud from
Wallin im, m ar Chi* ago, and cremated.
Thu e ' <rpcn' n ■. k* killed at Mi<' lk town t
N. V., yeHerdH}’ I v the hilling oi u shed they wcro
II temp' .u to In ce up.
Stephen aud Sarnm 1 Dyer and J< Kaier,
ofM.a n Pi , .v ?e -m’k ly the N.w York fb fat
txpie yciterday und instuntiy killed.
< atari h <.tired.
A clergyman, aft’ ) years of suff( ring from
that h ath .me di. c.im», catarrh, rind vainly
trying ' '.eiy know ii remedy, at L.-t found a
prescription whi' h completely cured and saved
him from death. Any suil< rer from this dread
ful 'ii-ease s< nding a soii-addre- • 4 stamnod
i p-. npo to Prof J. A. Lawrence,2l9 East’Jm
Mro l. Now York, will receive the reuipc free
of charge.
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