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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY MARCH4,1884- TWELVE PACES.
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' FARMS AND FARMERS,
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
FARM TOP'CS.
pYe'rollcltshort lettcrsfiom practical fanners on
practical matter*. Wiltons brliIlf your ezperl-
once on any [olnt about the farm, Yoursugges
tion may help a brother farmer.
We hare engaged a competent agriculturist who
will answer auy inquiries on farm matters.
Write plainly, give your full name and address
and mark ???Ag'l. Dept.??? on the corner of your
??ard, or envelope. Addrcea Tm CoBSTnnnoa.l
An "Ole Man??? Answers tbo ???Ole ???Oman???
ontbe Fence Question.
I., w. u.
Dear Mr. Constitution,
I???d like a word to aay,
To that ole 'oman, who, f ah "feuce,???
Writ you the tother day.
Well, mum, In thebeglunlu*,
You make a mighty miss;
"No fence,??? ea I kin tell you,
Will trlmmln folks aaala'.
Yea, even that lone wlddor,
With ablllun to be fed;
Au' foch whole sake you "almos' wish
That every man war ded."
This law makea the big farmon
Apaatur havotohau',
With water runnin??? through It,
For all whd renta the tan'.
An??? when you aee o' cattle,
We kin keep a fewer hod;
Less trouble an' mo' money,
'Cause they la better fed.
An??? now spoeo you la wautlu???
To lek mo' acres InT
No waitin??? fuh tho fences,
No elbow-grease, no tin.
I reckin' you???ano Chilian
To help you? Stme'a with met
An???efwejea lived closer,
How handy ltwould be.
1 For I could drive you cattle,
An' you could milk 'em all
An??? I would he thar dost enough
Toanigrat joucill. ???
So pleaso writ me a loiter.
An??? tell me ef yon kuowa
0'enuyoao with lau??? to sell,
A-Jtniug on to yours.'
An' pl*aae J!?? ohatjge the spellin'
O' that inzifltln' word;
Let "no fence,??? not "no sense,??? agin,
By all the Ian' be heard.
Host to Save Manure.
Editobs CoasiiTCTios???Having travel
ed extensively In all parte of tho
etate during the past eight years, I desire
to say a few words upon the above qneation.
Perhaps there is none more important to
the southern farmer, than how to restore the
fertility ot land. Shall he buy phosphates,
gusno, and other expensive fertilizers; or can
he bring abont the resnlt in some other way ?
First, if yon please, we will talk a little
abont
HOW NOT TO DO IT.
We will suppose the case of a planter,
farming six or seven hundred acres of fair
average land. He has, say twenty mules,
threeor four horses; and eight or ten hesd of
cows and other nent cattle of different ages.
He is a reasonably enterprising man, reads
tho newspapers, employs a considerable nutm
her of good hands, raises each year seventy,
five or one hnndred acres of corn and fifty of
oals, raises his own meat and all the cotton
he can; so far, so good.
He keeps bis mules in a big ???mule lot" an
acre or two In extent; threshes out his oats,
' and burns up the straw pile in the spring,
???to get it out of the wny.??? The oats and corn
are fed to the stock, and with it they are
given the corn fodder the hands pulled in the
summer, and they are also turned out oc
casionally on the pastures, or after the cotton
is picked Into the cotton fields. The cows
and young cattle get their living In the
pastures, the oat' slubblo and the cotton
fields, or arc turned out on the range in the
woodlands.
WHAT IS TUS ntSUlT.
The dropplnes from the mules are distribu
ted over the big mule lot, this generally
where It is convenient to have It so,being on a
hill elope, so that it will drain ofT well, and
keep dry; the rains wash the manure down
into the ditches and creeks, tbs creeks carry
it into the rivers, and the rivers do their duty
and bear it on to the gulf of Mexico.
Then comes a dry spell, the snu shines, the
wluds blow, the mules trample Iba surface of
the lot Into dry powder, and puff! away it
goes into the highways and woodlands,whore
It is finally wetted away again and lost.
A little pile, perhaps twenty loads in all,
has accumulated at the side of the stable
where tbo horses are kept, but this Is wanted
for the sweet potato patch and the garden; so
the farmer has nothing with which
"towonts noicoavAcaxs.???
and must either buy fertilizers or go to the
expense of clearing, breaking and fencing
newground, for he begins to realize that
farming upon lands that once produced
a bale to thn aero, but now only a quarter of
a bale, won' t pay. Let ns see if he could not
do better. . , , , ,
??? Wo will auppose he mekes his mule lot a
greet deal smaller,or better still, makes It in
to four lots each one quarter the alze of the
original lot. . ... . ,
He does not burn his straw stack
or have It to rot all In one place In the field,
but has it hauled up to the mute lot end
every day a good supply Is toesed to the
mules; they msy not eat much, but it will
amuse them greatly, and it will form a mat
beneath their leet which will hold tho
manure, and each morning he hss his men
rake and fork It np In piles, and toss it over
the fence. His cows and other (rattle are
treated the same way, kept under sheds or In
small enclosures at night, and thus half of
their droppings saved.
In this way the planter finds himself In
uoesetston on the first of February
szvcbaI. ucsnazn tons
- ct excellent manure, which will do for bis
soil what the commercial fertilizers cannot
do, namely, add to the humus or mold; and
a few years of such treatment will restore bis
land to iu old standard of a bale to the acre,
making his farming operations much more
ecomomical at thoeame time, as it costii J 0 ??*
as much to plough, plant, chop out, and cul
tivate the acre that bears a quarter of a bale,
as It dues one that bears a bale. And the
cost of the manure is almost nothing, as it
can be hauled out, dumped, and spread upon
the lands, at a time of the year when the
hands have nothing else to do.
Much might be said upon theqnestion of
deep plowing, sheds to shelter stock wmi
manure from ralmplta tocatchind save the 11-
quid manure from the stables green crops to be
ploughed under, etc, bat all these are minor
questions, compared with the one we nave
Cl The formers of New York and Pennwlv??nla
have bocn obliged to learn this lee??ra, their
severe climate and poor Mil leaves them no
option. They are obliged to keep their stock
up, are obliged to feedstx mouths In the year,
and mu--', have manure for their lends.
In order to save it they mnst have plenty
of wheat or oat straw, bay or other litter
to rente the mat.
His lands under such treatment It worth
from $100 to $125 per acre, lands not natural
ly as cood. and that will not produce more
dollar* and cents to the acre per annum,
than millions of acres of cotton lands in the
south, if the latter were bandied In the same
* Therefore the harden of my e??rmon ts.rnis*
pl.nty of oats, peas, barley, wheat, rye, mil
let, grasses, any tning that will make plenty
of straw, plenty of litter and with It save the
manure.
The great question is not whether you shall
buy your corn or raise It, though doubtless
this is an Important question; but whether
you snail save the millions yea billions of
tons of manure that are now wasted; buy
fertilizers or save that which you have.
A change in the policy of the south in this
respect will In the humble opinion of your
correspondent make the south rich and pros
perous, E. M. PniLLtfs.
Continued from last week ]
FARM LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND,
Hew tbs Fsraser epsada Ills tvuter la lnwBmt
Lstlmiro-1 Uwc'r and tm Karat Ply tare.
The traditional ???January thaw??? comes nnd
sets all the brooks a-roariog and makes lakes
of the fiat meadows, while the south wind
blows with a spring-like Mftness and sighs
itself asleep. The aky clears and the north
wind awakes and outroars tho brooks till it
locks them fast again and turns the tlooded
meadows to glitteriog ice-fields whereon the
boys hare jolly skating bouts in the moonlit
evenings.
Many another snow-fall comes, perhaps,
but every dty the sunshine waxes warmer,
aud the snow melts slowly off the roofs and
becomes ???countersunk??? about tree-trunks
and mullein-stslks. The tins of weather
beaten grass appear above it and tho great
drifts grow dingy. It becomes pleasant to
liDgerfnra while In shirtaleevcson tin-sunny
side of the bsro, listening to the steady trip
of the icicled eaves and the cackling of hens,
and watching the cattle lazily scratching
themselves aud chewing tbelr cuds in the
genial warmth,
Tbe first crow comes, and now, if never
again In all the year, his harsh voice has ??
pleasantscund, Roans grow ???slumpj??? and
then M nearly bare that people begin to pon
der whether they shell go forth on runners or
wheels.
home esrly lambs enter upon their short
life, and knock-kneed calves begin to make
the old barn echo with their bawling and the
clatter of thetr clumsy gambols. The gray
woods take on tbe purple tiDge of swelling
buds. Tbe brooks resume thetr merry music.
Tbe song sparrows come, tbe bluebird s carol
Is beard, tbe first robin ventures to come ex
ploring, and high overhead the wild geese
are wloging their northward way. Though
Jack Frost strives every night to regain tits
sway and often for woole days maintains a
foothold, his fortunes slowly wane and spring
comes coyly but tnrely on.
Her foots'epa waken the woodchuck from
his long sleep and be comes to his door to
look abont him with eyes unaccustomed to
the sunlit day. In the plasby snow of the
woods the raccoon's track shows that he has
wandered from den or hollow tree. South
ern elopes, then broad fields, grow bare, till
all tbe snow is cons from them bat theMlted
drills In the hollows nnd along tbe fences;
ia tbe woods it still lies deep,' but cosrso
grained aud watery. ,
The blood of tbe maples is stirred and in
sugar making regions tbo tapping of tbe trees
is brgua. A warm, day following a freezing
nlgnt sets all the spouts a dripping merrily
into tbe bright tin tubs, and once or twice a
day tbe oxen and sled go winding through
the Woods hauling a cask to which tbe sap la
brought from tbe trees with bucket and neek
yoke and then taken to the sugar house,
Tnls is sat, if possible, at tbe foot of Mme
hillside or knoll, on which th.e sled may be
driven M that its burden overtops tbe great
holders standing beside tbe boiling pans
witbin. Into these holders the sap Is dis
charged through a pips. Now the boiling
begins and tbo thin sap thickens to rich
syrup as it seethes and bubbles in its slow
conrso from tbo first pan to the last, while
tho woods abont- are filled with the sweet
odor of itssteam.
Following up this scent and the sounds of
merry chatter, one may come upon a blithe
sngar party of young folks gathered In and
about tbe sugar bouse. In Ibis earliest pic
nic of the season the Mle refreshment is hot
sugar poured on dean snow, where it cools to
a gummy consistency known as ???waxed???
sugar. Tbe duty of the rustic gallant is to
whittle a little maple piddle (wnlcb is held
to be the proper Implement for sugar eating)
for his mistress, ana to keep her allotted por
tion of tho snow bank well supplied with the
ambtfr-hued sweet.
In the woods the snow has shrunk to tbe
cold shelter of tbe ledges and the arbutus
beglas to blossom half unseen among its dull
green and russet leaves and liverwort flow
era dot the aun"y slopes with tufts of white
and pink and blue.
Sap flow and sugar making slacken, so that
a neighbor finds time to visit another at hla
sngar works, and asks, "Have yon heard tbe
frogs?" Only one ???run" of tap after tbo frogs
peep is the traditional rule. 80 tba frogs
baring peeped, tbs last run comes and sugar
making ends.
The fields of Winter wheat and rye, if tbe
enow has kindly covered them through the
bitter weather take ou a fresher green and
tbe southern slopes of pasture lands and the
swales show tinges of it.
Tbe Mwer Is pacing >he fall-plowed ground
to and fro with measured tread, scattering
tbe seed as he goes, and, after him, team and
harrow scratch the mold. In favored places
the plows are going, first streaking, then
broadly patching, the somber fields with the
rich hue ot freshly turned sward. Then early
potatoes are planted, gardens made, corn
ground made ready and houses unbooked,
letting daylight into cellars once more
As pastures grow green the sheep are tagged
a-.d released from their long confinement in
shed and yard. With load rejoicings they
go rushing along the lane to tbe paslnre,
eager for the first nibble of tho anforgoiten
herbage. Not many days later cows are
turned out and the lush feed turns tbelr pale
bmtertogold.
Young lambs now claim the farmer???s care.
Eacli day he must visit tbe flock to see If
some unnatural mother must not be forced
to give suck to her forlorn TeanllDg, or if
some, half dead with tbe cold of night or
storm, need not be brongbt to the kitchen
fire to be warmed to life.
The hickory has given the sign for corn
planting, for its leaves are as large as a squir
rel???s ear (some say a squirrel???s foot.) This
important labor having been performed, tbe
grotesque scare crow is set at his post or glit
tering tins or twines festooned from stake to
stake do duty in his stead.
Now there comes a little lull In work be
twlxt planting and boelng, during which
boys and hired men assert their right, estab
lished by ancient usage, to take a day to go
ft-fithtag.
Our rustic angler uses no nice akill In play
ing or landing his fish, but having him well
hooked, jerke him forth by main strength of
arm and clamsy pole and line, with a force
that sends him, whether he be perch or bull-
jottt, or by lucky chance, pike-perch or bass,
a a curving flight high overhead and wallop;
Ing with a resounding thud on tbe grass far
behind hla captor. . ,
Perhaps ail bands go to the nearest seining
ground and, baying a haul, stand an eager
group on tbe sandy botch, joking feebly
while they nervously wait and watch the
rippling curve of floats as tbe net comes
sweeping slowly in, bringing, may lie, tor
tbelr half dollar, only a few worthless clams
and suDfisb, or if furtnue favors, may be a
floundering crowd of big fish, which, strung
on a tough twig, they carry home rejoieiog
In the list of the blossom freighted days of
May If one that each yesr grows dearsr to os.
There is scarcely a graveyard among our hills
bat bis Its little fitg. guarding, la ana and
???bower, the grave of some soldier. Hither
come farmers and villagers with evergreens
and flowers, no one M thoughtless tbat be
doee not bring a spray of plum blossoms or
cluster of lilacs, no cbitd an poor that It does
not bear bunches of violets or dandelions,
while tbs mothers rob tbe cherished home
plants of tbelr bloom and girls bring all the
flowers of the wood.
One kind of "Use,??? as these gstberingt for
mutual help are called, which uss only Istely
gone out with tbe oxen, who were the chief
actors in ir,wsa the ???drawing bee.??? A farmer
having cause to change the site of a barn or
I other structure, would, with the carpenter???]
help, usually in early spring but sometimes
I in the fall, gat runners under his bulUliog.
(These were long timbers of something more
thin the building's length, cat with an Bp-
ward ilopeat tbe forwaril end. Having prop
erly braced the inside of his barn to wltu-
stand the rack of transportation, all bis oxen-
owning neighbors were bidden to bis aid.
After hoeing, the deluge???for tbe sheep;
for tiny must be washed preparatory to shear
ing, which important event in theirs and
farm life now draws near. In some pool of
a stream Or sheltered cove of a pond or lake,
wbero the water is hip deep, or under tbo
outpouring stream from a tapped mill-flame
or the farmer's own pond made for this espe
cial purpose, they suffer this cleansing.
Within a fortnight or so after this comes
the shearing. Tbe farmer engages the ser
vice of os many as he needs of his nclghhois
and their Mas as are skillful shearers. The
baro floor and its overhanging scaffjlds are
carefully swept. The skies are watched for
tbe day and night preceding the first day of
shearing, lest a sudden shower should wot
tbe sheep, which, if so threatened, must bo
got to the shelter of the barn. If this fore
thought hss not been needed in the earl;
morning of the great day. all the avatlab'e
force ia mustered, such farm hands as can be
???pared from the milking, the boys roused
from their morning nap and some helpful,
r imeiy coming shearers to get the sheep home
from the pas,ures.
K inged along the floor, each in his allotted
place, are tbo three, four or half doz-nor
more shearers, bending each over his aheep,
which, under bis skillful hand, shrinks rap.
idly from umber plumpness to creamy-white
thinness, undergoing a change so great that
when released she goes leaping forth into the
yard, her own lamb hardly knnwa her. At
bis table, with a great reel of twine at bis
elbow, is tho tyer, making each flsece into a
compact bundle. At tbe stable door is tbo
alert catcher ready with an unshorn sheep as
each shorn one ia lot go; and these, with a
boy to pick up scattered locks, constitute tbe
working force. '
Now the wagon comes surmounted by Its
rattling "hay rlggtn???,??? with the legs of tbe
pitcher ana tba unfortunate who ???mows
away??? and ???rakes after,??? dangltug over Its
side, and tho man who loads, tbo captain,
f ilot and stevedore ot this craft, standing
irward driving Ida horses, for the oxen and
cart, too slow lor these burryiog times, have
lumbered into tbe past. Tbe stalwart pitsher
upheaves tbe greet forkfuls, skillfully be
stowed by tho loader till they have grow
Into a load which moves off with ponderous
stateliness across the meadow to the stack ct
Darn. Seen from astern us it sways and
heaves along its way, ono might fsocy It un
enormous elapbant with a yaukeo mahouton
ils back.
Soon the nights have a threat of frost In
their increasing chilliness; birds have done
singing and tnera is the maurnfulneas of
speedy departure In thetr short, business-like
notes. Tbe fuam of the buckwheat fields,
upborne on stems of crimson and gold, is
flecked with pale green and brown kernels,
inviting tho cradler. The blonde Ireasos of
the corn are grown dark; the yellow kernels
begin to show through tbe parted husks and
the cutting ot this most beautiful ot grams
begins Tbo small forest of maizs becomes
an Indian village whose wigwams rjra corn
shocks, in whose streets lie yellow pumpkins
with tbelr dark vin-s trailing among tbe
pigeon grass and weeds. Tbe pumpkin. New
England's well beloved and tbe golden crown
ot her Thanksgiving feast, mlgh. be her sym
bolic plant aaold England's rose and Scot
land???s tbistla are theirs. How the adventu
rous vine, rough, prickly nnd Mmewhat
coarse, even its flowers, wanders forth from
its psreut hill, through bordering wilderness
of after math and over rocky mountains of
walls, overcoming all and bearing g ilden
fruit afar oil, yet always holding on to the
old home, yankee like, and drawing Its sap
and life therefrom! b
The apples are growing too heavy to bunt
longer to tho parent branch and. with no
warning but the dick of Intercepting leaves,
tumble, perhaps, on tba hoad of some un
profitable dreamer even la practical New
England. Tboy are ready for gathering, and
the Greenings, Northern Spies, Spltzsnbcrgs.
Russets, Pomeroys and Tillman Sweats, aud
all whose virtues or pretensions have gained
them a name, are plucked with the care be
fitting their honored rank and stored for win
ter use or market, while their pleblan kin
dred, the ???common??? or "natural??? apples are
unceremoniously beaten wl'b poles ortbaken
from tbelr scraggy, untrimra-d bong is and
tumbled into tbe box of tbe farm wagon to
go lumbering off to the elder mill. This,
after its ten or eleven months of mns'y
emptiness end idleness, has now awakened to
a short season of buttle, otnriudlog and unit
ing and fullness of casks and heaped bins
nnd the fragrance thereof. Wagons are un
loading their freight of apples aud emp'y
barrets and departing with full casksafterihe
driver has tested tbe flavor and strength of
the earliest mads cider. And now at the
cellar hatchway of tha farm house the boy
and the new come cider barrel may be found
In conjuncture with a rye atraw fur tha con
necting link.
Tbe traveling tbrpshor begins to make the
round of the farms and establishes his ma
chine on tbe barn floor, whence it belnbes
f, nil, with resounding din, clouds of dust In
which are seen dimly the forms of the work
men and the laboring hones climbing an
nnstabla hill whose top tboy never reach
Outof the dust cloud growa a stack of yellow
straw alongside tbe gray barn, which it almost
rivals in height and breadth when the thresh
ing is ended. ,
About apple plektng time aud for a month
or two af ar, ???apple cuts??? or ???piling bees???
used to be frequent, when all tlieyonng folks
of a neighborhood were Invited, never sllghi-
iog tbe skilled parer with bis machine. After
acme bushels of apples were peeled, quarter
ed, cAred and strung fir drying, the kitchen
was cleared of its rubbish of cores and skins,
and after a feast of ???nut cakes,??? pumpkin
pies and cider, tha plays began to the tunes
of ???Come, Philander, la's be marchin???,??????
???The needle???s eye thatdo'h supply the thread
tbat runs so true,??? and " We???re marchin' on-
wards towards Quebec where the drams are
loadly heatin???,??? or tbe fiddle or ???Llsha'a???
Mogof "Tol-lld-dle, tol-llddle, tol today, do-
day-bum, do day-hum, tolli-dsv??? set all feet
to'jigging ???Twin Sisters" or ??? French Four ???
These jolly gathering!, though by many yean
outliving the old fasnfoaed husking bee,hare
at last fallen into disuse and their hearty
New England flsvor is poorly supplied by the
insipid sociables and abominable surprise
pirtits that are uow iu vogue.
Tba bulking bees in which girls took a part
when a red ear was a coveted treason, are
remembered only by tbe old; but tho rollick
ing psr'ies of men that gathered to husk In
the fields by moonlight or firelight or by lan
tern light ia the barns, that rang again with
their sooga and noisy mirth, held a notable
place in oar farm life till within a decade or
two of years. Bat they, too, have pasted
away, and basking hss grown to be a hum
drum, work day labor, tnougb not au un
pleasant one, whether Urn spikes of gold an
unsheathed in the field In tbe bszy warmth
of an October day or in the barn, when tbe
fill rain ia pattering on tbe roof and msking
brown puddles in the barn yard. In these
days tbs cows ore apt to come late to tbe
milking, for the cow boy loiters by tbe way
to fill bta pocket with hickory nu>s or crock
a hatful of butternuts on theblgstone which,
with rime small ones for boatmen, seem
alwajstobesetuader every butternut tree.
Long,straggling columns of crows an mov
ing Mutbward by leisurely eerisl marches,
and at night and morning tbs clamor of their
noisy encampments disturbs tbe woods. Moat
of the summer birds have gone. A few rob-
bins, hopping silently ant tog tbe leogte of
wild grape vines end flicks of yellnw hints,
lad now in sober gsraients and ottering met-
cancholy notes ss they glean the seeds of the
frost bitun hemp, an mmost the only ones
left. Then are no songs of birds now nor
any fliwers, but here aod therein the pas
tuns an uatimely dandelion; and in tbe
almost leafiest woods the pink blossoms of
herbrobert and the pale yellow flowers of tan
wi ten-basal.
The lost potato is dug end stored, tho buck
wheat drawn nnd threshed, the lust pumpkin
limn-il mm the entile rv.-- fit gun tu r-ceive
their daily allowauce of corn-fudder. People
begin to feel a pride in slie increasing cold
end compare jveather nohs and speculate
and prophesy concerning the coming of win
ter. The old farm house is rnado ready f jr
winter. I s foundations ere again reinforced
with banking, its outside windows and s ornt
doors are set on their long guard of the win
ter we tiller and all tilt's > ,s ,,n.i dabgliters of
thn old house have g ttbered front far and
near to hold the Now England (now the
national) feast of Thank-giving, and have
dispersed. Tue las???, wedge of wild geese has
cloven rlie cold sky Th ire is a wintry roar
in tbo wind s wept hills ami os the first snow
flakes and as the last sere leaves corns eddy
ing down together our year of farm life enos
Fisa Ponds in tub tfuria.???The flsh Indus
try is assuming an importance beyond what
was expected at the outset. No less than a
half das-a ponds have been arranged ia and
near this place. They are neatly arranged
and tho attention they receive is a guarantee
of tho prominence the business will attain in
the qear future. We look upon this as n
very encouraging sign. Nothing ia more in
dicative of a future prosperous condition of a
section than a marked disposition of the pro
pte to diversify their industries. While the
importance of cotton manufacturing in the
south is being agitated it Is important that
industries requiring small capital and which
msy be made almost an immediate success,
should be given some consideration. There
are hundreds of farms In every county upon
whiob ere admirable locations for poods.
With an outlay of a small capital and some
labor, ponds could bo arranged nnd stocked,
which, in a year or two would afford a hand
some return upou tiie investment. The only
thing necessary is for tho farmers to Incorpo
rate Into their present methods a litilo orfgt-
Inallty. No serious consequences can result
from a deviation from old methods. An ex
periment in tbia business will not involve suf
ficient capital In make (t a serious Tenture.
t he introduction of this business together
with poultry raising, would domuoh to lessen
the monotony of farm life; and if persisien
lu itwith the determination and energy which
characterises the production of the Muthern
pet, cotton. would ere loug prove an impor
tant factor in the rural economy.
J. W. Phillips,
8??neca City, 8. C.
SOCIAL LIFE IN NEW YORK.
More romantically sod startlingly than In tab
leau! has one of our aoclety beauties figured. She
has became the talk of the faahlonablo part of town
aud, ai har escapade was not disgracing to her, I
may as woll be tint to print it, She bad fallen in
lore with a young gallant o! tho tax hunting gsn-
ilemau-Jockey ktuil. Tho wooer waa anlduoni,
Eventually, tho bead o( the glrl???a family Intimated
to him that the household desired a little tlmo for
rest aud recreation. He was compelled to ceaao his
visits for the time. The daughter thereupon con-
c-.-lred tbs Idea that tbe man whom the adored
waa being abased. 8ho wrote to him. He wrote to
har. It .--att-oue evening at ball past nine o'clock
the beauty ot the family went np stairs with her
mother aud a number of other ladles from adtuucr
oariy wntch wason lu the diningroom. The ladles
disposed themselves ss they usually du while watt-
Ing fir the men tocumo np stairs. While the eld
ers dozed and the gtrlsgwslped, tbe daughter stole
quietly up stain to Per room. Halt au honr later
uofmaid went down the servants??? staircase with
twu large satobols, kissed the cook good bye, stole
out of the hutment door, and clambered wtta
great excitement and couvuUlveue.s Into a cab
which stood hsrd by, Ten minutes later the trout
door opened Kitty, and out stepped tbo beamy,
clad iu a travelled drees and earning a sbawl. Too
man at tho door did not lecogiilz) her, but as tho
emerged from the awning which led from tbe front
dour to tbe sidewalk, an old coachman, who had
formerly been lu the employ ot her lather, but
waa now .driving for somebiely. Clio, recognized
her She stole with theatrics! craftiness to tho.
o irnor, sprang Into tho cab wbero her maid was
slready stlltug. clasped both the maid???s hands and
sat mere tn at-j-ot terror Willis iuousbmsn drove
them to tbotlraiid Central depot, there thetuvur,
wearing a Newmarket cout, a tweed hat, a stogie
glass, a satchel, aud a big cigar, was nervously
walking up and down the sidewalk. The can
stopped. He opened tho door, assisted the girl tn
alight, and follo wed by tho maid, entered tho wait
Ingroom. They sought the most secluded corner,
sat down, end gradually grow pale. Tho Albany
train would tint leave for thiee qtiartcrs of an
near. They beearao moro and more nervous,
dean while, tho ex-coachman, having nothing to
do, had wheel d hla way around amt Jogged un
Uteavenue alter the cab which bsildtka mtsstrers
and the maid. He taw tho girl alight at the depot
aud recognized the man who motlt-r. Has whipped
uohls hoitesand wont tearing down the avenue
aa though going to a tire. When he got
to tbo bnu<o. ho calk'd tho footman to
bold tbo bone. dftthed up tho eUqn, Into tho houo
*nr! down to tbo dining room, where the muter was
tolling one of his after dlnnorHorltH.
???L ??ir," ho griped. "*ho's gono and done It."
"rihe nu. eh? Who ia ahe and what did aha do tt
for?" oaken tho brat, imllluq Hfftbly upon Ills
iUeatR. mod giving them to uudewtoud by aagnlfl*
caut wink that he wm about to hove??omo fan with
tbfl co??chratn. , .
"Ynur dou??hfer. Mr I Rho*s runnod off with tho
younx gent that wean* tho gogyle glam and rides ot
all ??ho race*" . . ..
With which tho. father ??hot from hto chair as
though a pcrpoudlcu???ar bartering ram had been
sprung beneath him. flow up stairs. Mumbled into
thn carrlago and arrived hailcm and ovnrcoilkHJ
ton ml uu e?? la tor at tho grand central depot. Hh
Iked 11 briskly, took his daughter's am. pill
...mild on the spot, discharged her, bundled his
d slighter into tho cab. pul lad tbo geutlum-in Jio*.
ey???s now. returned to his dinner aud flnlrhcd his
auirVs fro ends tho romance of tbo rich young girl
There was a man nbo found out, this week, lo o
Bowery museum, that bo was not so peculiarly
endowed by natura as he had supposed. Measure
yonrown nose, and if It is an inch long???from the
upoor lip straight ont to the tnd-you ars> quire
suOleloutiy provided for all pnrpote* of utility or
be??u'y. An inch more would proverbially be a
great deal. This man had it, and in consequence
no overrated hla nasal importance. 1 **** *??? * ???** *
*&!* length of now is to m;
entitled to be rogardeu ???, - .
.......... But a test has proved that it does uoi
render him thrilling to tbo masses. He is a clgtr
miker by trade. Whenever ho took bit walks
abroad he was g??z.*d at in amsnmsnt. "If I am
to be looked on is a curiosity." ho reasoned, "it
would be batter to make a lszy living with my
abnormal nose " Bo he took his big feature to the
manager of atm ceutehow.
"Very well,??? wastheoff.*r which ho received
??????I'll do Inst the eame by you that I do by any oihor
new freak. We can???t tell what will ca*r:h on with
the public. You can havn a p???nco on the pl??t*
form f w a week. If you make a failure, I'll give
you five dollars. If you nit ???em I'll tlx a square,
liberal salary." . . ...
"But bow'm I to know whether I bit cm" tbe
amar??nrcurio???1iy asked.
"Bv s-elog whether tho folks stop to look at you.
That's tbe Ust ?????? ...
Thn uo*o was trot potent. What had been novel
lu private life was almost disregarded lu a profes
sional It seems 10 be settled that a protuberance
* ????????? ??????j fuctogtiag
ineb.
Fbapeux.
Mom U tha Kraab
From the Erwlnton. Ga., Appeal.
A few day* ago wo stood in hearing, and In fact
was an eye wltnei* to the following animated con
versation between two woll known urchins of our
town, who answer to tho rum's* of Bars, Biker aud
Ruble Wood, respectively. It seems that the 1. u???s.
bad been previously discussing a question mutually
unconvincing to ibemtada of the youthful debit
ors. when Bam. evidently to make a tea strike, and
silence his opponent, blurted out:
"Yes. ami my pi???s a preacher, and will go to
heaven when he dies!"
"Yes, and my pa???s a doctor, and can kill your
it??? replied liable. _
We waited to hotr mo-o, but the boys walked off
trliimr>hmily from each other, appearing like unto
THB DIFFERENCE.
Two brothers by a ceaseless river wander
Both fool*, perbaps-tbooib of a differ
The one was grave, ihoo'herrnora<*?i???-i>q'
Aod mocked and scorned hi* broihw
And still tbe first his own Bfftlrs attended,
Nor sought to m>ddl??* witn bl?? brother's life.
Content that he for Jnrilco oftcffanderL
Nor lying spake to warrant envious rtrife.
Of him who mocked i
n'ry now ramalneth;
VVM!" sid t-y^J Love lie ??????ranger e???eo Jetatoelli
Where lauids twine the serious o\ r.
???'Jlaude O. Whetstone
NEWS BY WIRE.
TUB LATEST TELEBBAPBIO NEWS
TO TUE CONSTITUTION.
The Week's Hodge Podge of Crime aud Css*
.titles the Couatry Over at Telegraphed
by Oaf Correepoadents.
Kansas Crrv, Mo., February 23.???Tho train
which has arrived here from the scans of tbe
wreck nn rim Hannibal and SS. Joaeph rOOd
brings tho following particulars: The train
which was wrecked was running at tho rato of
thirty miles an hour, preparatory to mounting
a steep grade When on the bridge tbe mai
car struck a broken rail, which the engine
and expres. car had passed over saf-ly. The
mall and smoking cars were precipitated
Into tbe water, c Frying down the bridge,
which hod been broken by tbe crash. The
coach, chair car, and- sleeping car were
thrown from tho track and piled np together.
A boy named Bildwtn was killed, as well at
Conductor Belcher. Tnere are four or fire
persons now dead. Among tho Injured are
tbe following too seriously hurt to be re
moved after being taken to Brookfield; J.
E. Rise and T.E Tracy, 81. Ltuls; But]
P ntenon, Galesburg; and James and Joseph
Mulhsut and wife, Canada. About 200 oth
ers received painful cats and bruiaes. Most
of passengers brouvlit here.
Tolxdo, Ohio, February 25.???A peculiar
case boa bren decided in the common pleas
court, involving tbe validity of alaro mar-
rlsgrs; A colored man named Anderson
married here In 1883, and thereupon was ar
rested for bigamy, U being charged that be
waa married while a-slave to a slave woman
In Bedford county, Va., in 1801, Tbe coso
hinged on tbe validity of tbe slave marriage.
Tbp judge instructed tbe jury tbat slavea be
ing property, could not make legal contracts,
but the courts had decided tbat alavo mar-
riog??s became valid by cohabitation as man
nun wife after thq emancipation proclama
tion went into effect in 1801. The case thus
turned on a question of fact, whether the
pair had M conabitatsd or not, as shown by
evidence. Tbe jury rendered a verdict of not
guilty.
WtNNipsa, Manitoba, Febrnary 25.???Jlu
more of a fight between the police and the
Indians at Crocked Lake prove to havo been
unfonnded. Tbo report grew out of tbe fact
that early Saturday morning twenty police
men, under Colonel Haruhtuore, started for
tbe cabinsof tbe Indians, thirteen milea north
of Qn Appelle river, whore Yellow Calfs
band of seventy-five braves era holding
sway. When within two rods of thsir
stronghold, the Indians came swarming out,
flourishing their guns and refused to allow
the polled to approach nearer. Colonel
Harcbmore remonstrated with tbe chlof, but
Yellow Calf declined to give up any of his
men or provisions which they had atolen. He
said he never would surrender them without
a struggle. The police were then formed In
line, but tbe last man had not taken
this position bsfors ths doors and windows
of the cabin were thrown open, and tho open
ing was fairly filled with rifles. Owing to the
great odds and tbe fact that the Indians being
und-r over, Coloael Uarchmore withdrew
to a farm hott-o In tbe vlolnitv for the night,
and returned to Broad river yesterday. The
people of that place are considerably exoited
aod an uneasy feoling prevails.
Sr. Lome, Mo , February 20.???John Barth,
an inmate of 8t. Elizabeth's hospital, ia
Belleville, attompted to kill Slater Liberia in
that institution late last night, nnd followed
it by committing suicide. The scene of tho
tragedy Is only u few yards from the recent
convent calamity. Barth has bean a patient
in the hospital since 1833, a victim of con
sumption. About eight o'clock last night
Sister Liberia went tu the Invalid???s room to
look after ills tire nnd to replenish it, if
need be. Birth was in n sitting postnro on
the bed, and the sister asked him if ho would
have Home more coul on the tire, lie replied
in a surly, snAppIsb tone that everything was
all right, and to let the fire alone. Tno sister,
however, knelt before the stove witli an iron
poker in her hand, but bad hardly done so
when Barth drew n revolver nnd fired
at the kneollng woman, Tho ball passed en
tirely through her left ear, grsz >d the sido of
her head, strnck on tho wall behind tho
stove, but rebounded nnd fell on the Hoot,
The injured sister fell prostrate, nnd tho in
valid might havo repoateil his shot nroro ef
fectively but for thn sppoaranco of Father
Gough, pastor of tbe English-speaking Catho
lic church, who hss been residing in the
hospital fur some time put. The father,
startled by the report of a revolver, rushed iu
thn direction from which tbo sound canto,
and threw open the door of Barth's room.
The insano patient, for them Is little doubt
that ho was laboring under an aberration of
tuliid, hesitated when he heard footsteps tn
the hallway, but continued to hold the
weapon ia his hand. Willi the help of one
or two slaters tba wounded sister was romovtd
to another room, aud while sbo was being
conveyed Ibitbsr Barth turned tbo pistol to
hisfuee, preseed Uagalnitbis forebead, pulltd
tbe trigger and fail hack a corpse.
For soma months psst the decessed lias
acted like an insane min. Ha wu Irritable,
orori, and at times inclined to bo violent.
The physician of the Institution warned tbe
aistera to bo aware of him. as be was danger-
ou.s aud might kill Mmebody. In addition to
consumption. Birth suffered with tho fiitala
on his left side, which hastened bis loss of
mind. Tho young man's mo'her died from
bloid poisoning, contracted while dressing
her mo's wound.
Joust, 111, February 20.???riainfield, nine
miles northwest of this city, is agitated over
a social sensation. A young lady of that vlt-
lag,*, named Vinnle Horton, waa bcselgsd by
two yonths for Iter heart and band, nnd M
persistent were they in tbelr endeavors tbst
thu young lady was In a serious dilemma.
Hill; linally made her choi-e, and consented
to become the wife of one ui tho suitors nam
ed 8 Isb Brown. When tbia news came to
the cars of tbe rival, whose name is Pollard,
bo swore that him atone should aba marry,
and securing tbe backing of George Horton,
a brother of the yonng iajy, he renewed hia
claim to her h>ud. tihe went with
her brother to the homo of her
sister, a Mrs Jackson, to whom she told her
predicament. Her abler advised her to re
main with her Miss Horton then went out
tu tbe sleigh together clothing, when htr
brother, learning tier intention to stay with
tbo JsckMDS, picked her up bodily and placed
her in the sleigh end drovo to his own house,
where Pollard was awattingthem. The friends
ot Brown followed with magistrate and con
stable, bnt failed to effect their purpose, and
before daylight tho next morning Pollard
brought bis bride to this city and they were
quietly married. Tne belligerent lovers have
each placed tbe other uoder bonds to keep
tbe peace, having threatened eacli other???s
lives, but no blood has been shed yr.tovcr tbe
yonng tally's queer actions, though Brown's
neart i?? "busted wids open??? end he swears
vcpgeance.
Washington. February 25.???In the com
mittee on privileges and elections this morn
ing Senator Sherman called attention ioa
paragraph in the Richmond State tothe effect
that the colored )??ople congregated abont the
room, but Sbernian'a orders were stringent
not to admit auy who coaid not show a sum
mons. Sherman said be wbbed to say what
was apparent to all who had been present, tbat
this statement was an error. The only in
structions wero to admit tbe first comers, bat
only In such numbers os could conveniently
be accommodated In the room. Benator
Vance rejoined that Sherman's statement wrs
in aczordance with his understanding,and that
the room had been uncomfortably fail meit
of the time. Congressman John 8. Wise wss
rile first witoe-s. He stated the is-uea of tbe
Virginis campsign, beginning with that of
88L The true i-ju-j were tho pabtlc debt
_nd tbe eleinoeynary institutions of tbe state
The funder party .sought to perpetuate the
race Issue. The readjustees would have been
fools to have sought !o keep stive the race
is-ue, depending, as they did, upon the col
ored vote in part for iurr-..s lie fi???eil the
K'.cbruond .State of June ldtti, 18-il, an n spec-
imen of tbe Issue tbo funders sought to make.
He also filed a circular which he picked np
In Carroll county, having but. sixty-three
colored voters against 2,500 whites. It set
forth that tin- tvliiKe who voted ttic read j lis
ter ticket voted for repudiation, mixed
schools, eta He filed a speech of ex-
Senator Johnson, of Virginia, delivered in
Newbern, in 1881. Governor Cameron bad
said they would carry tho war into Africa.
Johnson replied that be would carry Africa
into the war. He filed an editorial bom the
Norfolk Landmark.
Mr. Vance entered bis protest against the
further progress of the conrso ot investiga
tion. Mr. Wise waa making a party speech.
Judge Lapltam said that if the papers were to
illustrate the condition of affairs, they were
proper and wise. He said ho proposed to
show that the whitea had brought on the
omueto at Danville for political purposes,
having despaired o'herwise to win their con
test. Conunalnc Hr. Wise sui.mittcd fur
ther papers designed to show tlmt the funders
set forth tbat their opponents were
seeking to make the negroes the equals of
tho whites, and that the readjastera
in tbeir utterances, declared tbat tbeoniy issue
was this question. Mr. Csmeron, readjnster
candidate for governor, was elected by a ma
jority of while votes. Governor Cameron, In
nis metsago, repudiated tbe idea of mixed
achools. In tbe next canvass, in which Mas
sey and the witness were opposing candidates
ot large for congress, tho same efforts were
made by tbe funders to keepalive race issues.
In the last campaign witness asserted that
representative bourDons bad stated in his
presence repeatedly tbst antil they conld re
vive race Issues they could not hope to win
their contest. He submitted publications In
support of these statements.
They bad rought to make the race
issue prominent In tbe canvasss of
1881. It wss not so prominent in the canvass
of 1882, but it was revived in 1883. Then Gov
ernor Cameron appointed two colored' men
members of the school board of Richmond.
Tho school children numbered 7,500 whites
to 0,000 colored. This action was seized upon
as a pretext for revivlog tbe race iisne. He
snbmltted publications insnpportof thastate-
ment from tbo Danvtllo Times. Hs read:
???Tbo Mabonitea band tho negroes together,
nnd we cun only conquer by uniting the
whitea against them.???
Senator Sberman asked if tbe funders were
inspired by objections to tbo persons or to
tbe race.
Witnesa laid it was an objection to the race.
The men appointed wore unobjectionable.
Coming then to tbe last election for legisla
ture, he said the bourbons were by a Iargs
majority in favor of incorporating tliecolur
line In the plutform. Ho read anilsubraittcd
editorials in support of this statement. Two
democrats of Lynchburg, be believed, in
duced tiio convention not to Incorporate tbe
color line into their written platform. In tbe
canvass witness bad prceervcd notes of bis
discussions with his opponents, lie asserted
that from beginning to ond tboy bad sought not
to win colorod votes, bat to make the
coalition party so odious to tho ignorant
whites as to make them band together against
it. Ho submitted documents and pictures
used as campaign documents. Ono of the
latter displayed a black teacher whipping a
white pupil. When witness went to Dan
ville to speak, the local papers advised the
white men to stay away. Danville and Pitt
sylvania wero the moat lawless communities
in Virginia. Pittsylvania county and adjoin
ing counties in North Carolina were alike In
this.
Senator Vanco???That???s a republican county
by a largo majority.
Witness???Yes and wherever there ia a re
publican majority there will be bourbon
aho'guns.
Mr Vance???'There will be a large number
of convictions to the penitentiary.
Witness???And crowds will go down before
tiie mouttis 9t bourbon shotguns.
Mr. Vance???I don???t know as there is any
neceosl .y for you tooseail North Curollnahere,
sir.
Witness???I allude to those matters with re
gret. Witness described tbo crimes which lie
said had hern committed in and about Dsn-
villa Ha regarded the attempt of the demo
crats to atirlbuto tbe state of excitement pre
ceding thu riot to Sims's speech as a subter
fuge Tim excitement was due to tho inflam
matory publications and efforts which huhad
described.
Mr. Sberman asked if witness wished to say
anything about the cause of tbe riots.
Tha viitness Bald that when lie went to
Danville, Mr. Jennings, a readjnster at heart,
called on him and oakl he was a readjuster
at heart, bat had been waited upon by tba
driuocrala and threatened with ruin in his
business if lie aid not withdraw. Jennings
wus compelled to join tba democrats. Wit-
msj i-ulmilttud Hie advertisements of tlm
hardware dealers from wbom tho rioters of
November fid obtained their arms. In the
advertisements guns, pistols and amunlllon
was made to appear more prominent than
anything eiio.
Daring tbo cross examination by Mr.
Vance several sharp passages at arms ocaured.
Wise raid to Vance;
When 1 first knew yon 30 years ago, you be
longed lo tha ???know-nothing party," now
you belong to tire N. K. negro killing party.
Vanco reiterated???"When X first knew you
you wero a secession democrat, now you are
Wise???Hardly? I was only 0yean of age
and conld not have been much of a seces
sionist.
Scnato |Vancc???Ah well, when a man pleads
tiro iiitency act, I liava nothing more to say.
A little later Wise mid tbe attitudes of
men had changed. ???You," to Senator
Vance, "come up to teach ui
democracy and debt-paying when you
had repudla'ed your own debts, and had
never been a democrat."
Vance admitted having been a knownoth-
Ing, bm defended himself ns against tbe
charge of ever being a rrpudiator. Tue men
who said bo bad everudvocsteJ repudiation,
stutul that which was untrue.
Wisehopod Governor Vanco did not intend
that to be an insult.
Senator Vance said lie did not, bat wished
merely to state facts. In reply to some asser
tions personal of himself, Vvlto disavowed
any Intention to ba offensively personal.
Witness avowed his unalterable determina
tion to continue tbo war upon tbe bourbon
party. He udmitted that the blacks were
united iu the proportion of about ninety per
cent upon one aide, wniie tbe
wliites were nearly equally divided
fair appeals by tbe whites to unite their own
kind were jus Hied, but they had resorted to
wsrllke nud outrageous methods Witness
knew nothing of tbe ottraclsm of colored
democrats by their readjnster race fellows.
The Danville democrats had ottered to pro
tect the colored democrat voters, but the
offer was likened to that of a hawk to chick
ens, not to bunt them if they wonid come out.
Witness described the operation of tbe poll
lax law, which, be said was gotten up to dc-
fraud tin; < dored men of their votes.
admitted that readjnster speakers
had been Intemperate in tbeir
language, bnt Justified it m being in reply to
bcurbon abate. He knew of no money be-
nu- sent from W'nafiington to Virginia, nor
did bo know of uny assetsmoots being levied
upon tbe ofllca holders daring tbe last cam
paign. Tha facta of the Danville riot had
been exaggerated, but its outcropping bad
not. It bad been represented by tbe whites
as a negro uprising, aud tiie whiles had beea
appealed to to assist their fellows in danger
with their votes. This hod aided to secure a
democratic victory.
Io reply to Mr. Sherman, witnesa Mid tbat
the present legislature bad taken steps to steal
me stnt- for nil time by charigingtfie election
law. Fifteen reaojoster members of the leg
islature bail been ejirted, aod soma of thetr
so (lessors lsa-1 not even made a contest. Wise
Slid be did not advocate social intercourse
between the rices. No negro ltad ever pre
sumed to claim social privilege! by- reason of
political affiliations with him. The colored
in-mtiers of tbe legislature came to bis hoasa
iii nonsuit him, but they always came to bis