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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. APRIL 1.1884-TWELVE PAGES.
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THE STORM
THE DESTRUCTION IN CARROLL COUNTT
The State Covered by a General
Heavy Rain..
THE FREAKS OF THE WIND
A Child Killed in Dallas and
Woman Killed in Gainesville.
Cincinnati, March 20.???Dispatches from
Boyd, Ky., say that yesterday a destructive
cyclone passed over, blowing down every'
tbing in its way. The inmates of the houses
fled to the wells and cellars. Many persons
were injured. Live stock was blown about
like feathers. Bough estimates place tbs
damage at flve hundred thousand dollars.
The homeless ora being cared for. In Green-
field, Ind., a heavy storm wind and rain blew
down the fences and ontbnildings, and un-
roofed many houses. In Blchmond, Ind., the
storm was felt at five o'clock. In Cenners-
ville, Ind., the cyclone passed a little to the
south, teariog down whole forests. So far
known no lives lost.
TEN LIVES LOST.
A Falmouth, Ky., apecial says a fearful
cyclono passed through the woods jnst south
of that town, on the Kentucky railroad, at
two o'clock. The track of the cyclone was
half a mile wide, from east to west, upturn
ing trees and everything else in its path.
Many trees were blown across the railroad
track, and are now being cleared away by
workmen. So far no lives have been reported
lost nor bnlldings destroyed. It is reported
that the village of Colemanville, in Harrison
county, forty miles from Lexington, Ky., was
almost entirely destroyed by a cyclone, which
swept over it at five o'clock this afternoon. It
is said that ten persons were killed by
the flying debris. Fifteen or twenty
were injured. Nothing definite is known. A
, terrific cyclone pissed near Loudon, Ky.
I and Pittsburg, about 4 p. m. yesterday. The
Methodist church was rszsd to the ground
and ranch other property damaged. At Pitts
burg, John Hallman, brakeman, was blown
from tho freight car and carried about fifty
feet, lighting on his head in the creek. His
neck was broken. Three freight cars, two coat
oil tanks and a caboose were blown from
the* truck and several persona were slightly
I injured. A little cabin occupied by a family
j named Broughton, was blown down
:and Mrs. Broughton and two
little children were instantly
, killed. The following persons are thought
. to be mortally wounded: Colonel C. W.
. , 8.ringer, both legs broken and cat in the
head; Mrs. C. \V. Stringer, hip mashed;
Bobu Biddens, spinal column broken and
- eut in the bead; Miss Bailie Goff, cat in the
'head; James Warren, two ribs broken, and
1 wounded in the bead.
I T1IE VIST azroB-n CONFIRMED,
Further deiai.s of toe cyclone mar Dayton..
Olio, cx, e eyt'i refi srij ^or'.c^f t Lo daiduge
diy.J j-df milS south of the oltythe de
struction was most general and frlghtfnL It
^first appeared in a southweiternly direction
.from Lebanon, passed rapidly to the north-
wash Its track is most marked In the vlcln-
jl^of Oakridge, on tho narrow gauge rail-
Jfocd, where the whole forest has been
levelled and buildings razsd. The railroad
Is blockaded by falling timber and the trains
delayed. Near Oak Bldge a home and bam
and other outbuilding belonging to Thomts
'Andrews, were blown qnite a distance by the
wind and buried nnder falling timbers. The
path of the cyclone, fifty yards In width, and
the forests show where it rose from the earth
, and descended sgsin on Lebanon pike. It
. paesid between the house and barn of William
Popenoe, bat being high up did bat little
! damage. The llitla daughter of Abram Wll-
! ion, a-farmer, was crashed nnder the timbers
si the barn at Oak Bldge, and other lo?? of
Ufa is feared. The full extant of the loss
; cannot yet given.
Ill TIIS CYCLONE IN NORTH CA80LXN A.
-1 Charlotte, N. C., March 26.???A special to
l the Observer shows that last night???s storm
was most tovere at Newton and Lenoir, SO or
60 miles northwest of here. At Newton 30
booses were blown down, the MatboJUt
church wrecked. The reeidences of Bev.
Calef Killian and Charlee Jewett were
swept away. Cline & Williams's Soaring
mills were partially destroyed. Mary
Hnnsnakcr was killed and 14 other persona
were wounded. Ilamors from -Lenoir say
that a whole family waa killed there. Six
adles are kaown to have been killed at that
jlace, iitff the telegraph wires being down
.'nrtber particulars cannot be obtained. In
ilecklenbnrg five or six residences were der
I'royed hut no lives were loet. The cyclone
iLo passed through Tredell county, do
ng great damage to fruit
ind blowing down many homes.
7 TKB -CYCLONE IN SOUTH CAE1UKA.
-' Colukaia, 8. C., March 20 ???A special to tfie
billy Brgiaterfrom Greenville, in this state,
liys a severe cyclone passed over Anderson
r inty, near Piedmont, destroying the house
a Mr. Watson. Three of his children are
bought to ba fatally Injured.
>Veiterdsy morning many parts of the state were
???nvetoped la a sheet of rain, followed by ??? terms
???!. wind sod hall. In the afternoon savors!
ntnbwere vietsed by tilaleture cyclones which
i:i.b:hlnd them great damage to property, hear
Jal'ai the dying timbers eirrted danger to human
lie. One child was killed and several persons
vert wounded. Approaching Acworth houses
sere swept away la its course. The next heard of
J.wu xt Gainesville, where a negro woman lost
hr lilo. The report chat the house of dir. W. C
Vitkeshad been destroyed ere tied loteose ex
du-ment, as it waikuorn that fifteen young lady
ft pile made tbat bouse their home. Fortuoatcly,
h> waver, they were all at the school hoots, and no
;?? el lilt occurred. The storm generally passed
tirougb stations lueceulble by aire, and It wfU
tiu a day or two to gather tho toll details.
listl,r. Urargta.
r.vTUB, March 25.???This county has been Tinted
hr a disastrous wind and bail storm. The dam.
LaCfMS. Leaks Ua,
Li Grange Karen ii ???A cy tone, about one han
ded yards wide at It bass, passed half a milt north
O-OV.U at SLX o???clock this evening, tearing up
es and fences, bat fortunetely no houses were la
s] uack ii far.%?? beard from. The whole town
were out to view, and were wild with excitement I FARMS AND FARMERS-
It strikes Thrush SrutvtEes
Geakttilli, March 25.???We had no wind,-but a the GOSSIP OF THE FARM AS TOLD I made by nailing six tooth shaped pickets six
fourteen inches) and two or three inches ! each Is represented In the progeny, it Is evi-
deep. Tbeso lines are best made by whet.' dent that a Bire will give half the character to
market gardeners call a "marker," which la ; the produce of the herd In which he alone is
little rain and heavy clouds and no cyclone. Tho
cyclone passed In six miles of GranYvlHe at about
six fllfteen p. m. It did much damage, bnt the
particulars cannot bo bad.
Balias Takes la.
Dau.il. Ga., March J6 -A small eyolone passed
north of this place to day. about 1J m. going In u
BY FARMERS.
or eight inches Tong, as the required distance
apart, to a three by four inch Joist, to which
, a handle is attached, which makes the
Collar* ef Alfalfa ar Laarrna-The Sire Is Half tea marker or drag. The first tooth Is set against
Braad-Ftansoorn, I a garden line drawn tight across the field;
ANSWERS to correspondents, the marker is dragged backward by the work*
I man. each tooth marking a line. Thus the
Doss Bermuda Oasis BeedT???Emvou Constrru-1 six teeth mark alx lines, if the line is set
northesiteraly dlreotton towards Acworth. ItlnoN: Under the heading, ??? "Short Talk wllh I each lime; but it is beet to place tho end
paseed very rapidly. It was funnel shaped, and | Fatmere.??? the question isaiked by I. B. K., of I t^th of the marker In u line already made,
the rolling end tumbling clouds could be distinct-1 Cummins, Go., does Bermuda grass seed? The IJ????*' 11 ???T??? 0111 ? lln es are marked
ly seen sad tba roaring of the wind conld be answer isin the negative. Now, for the reke !?? picker to do this than
???ard. | troth, yon will please allow me to say that it dots I Tire lines being marked ont the seed is
The cyclone struck Bad Cooper's house, abont I certainly bear seed, in this country. Wo have long 1 80wn by band or by seed drill, at the rate of
ire* miles from town, blowing It dawn an d ae I been taught the same opinion and hid tho same I eight to twelve pounds per acre. (The price
verely wounding all of his family, and perhaps I cloud to contnse ns, until last yesr, when that I ranges from thirty to fifty cents per pound.)
killing an Infant child, Several of the ctUiena I doubt wu forever removed, by digging np the I After sowing (and this rule applies to all
bars gone oat with physicians. No other families I grass to b* certain it was no other than Beraroda I seeds, if sown by hand), the seed
bars been beard from as yet. Mr. Bod Cooper Is a wed. and wo were satisfied It wu the veritable I most be trodden in by walking on
brother of our merchant, T. J. Cooper. I Bermuda roots that bore the seed. This waa where I J????? l' 1 }???' E0 *?P, rM, .f??? 0 feed down l nt ??
Additional particulars of the c (clone which I it was too thick to plow, and no erale gnus waa I J????? dng In, the ground
parted north of Dallas an gathered from an eye- among It. forlt iron kills It out. Wo have been Jteel ndeeIlongthe Iinra lenxthwavs not
witness. Tho cyclone seemed to form about one I familiar with It lor thirty years, places in Walton I SCFoel That done, it would be advanWzeons
mile northwest of Dtllu, going In a northeasterly | being well tot wlUkit. The stalk of grass is mnoh I to tree a roller over the land, so as to smooth
direction. The first farm struck where any damage I nnsllcr, and serd alia than erale grass, but the I tba surface and farther firm the seed; bnt this
wu done wu Jeff Strickland's. Hero It unroofed I seed prongs out near Ute umo way. Wemadotbe I isnot indispensable. When seeds ore drilled
his dwelling, butno one wu hurt. Thonext place j examination, that wo could not pesalblybemb I in by a machine, the wheol presses down the
wasTomLawtenco's, unroofing hta house, laying 1 " *??? ??? "" ??? "** " ??? ??? **???
wreck the timber and feneleg. Mr. Lawrence Is
held In Atlanta for Illicit distilling, and his wile ??? ,, ol ?????? una-cti sans say maws diuuuif, ut bbu,. , _ua D m iL|. , , _ t , .
and children are in a most pitiable condition. It I evsrj thlnlyear. Our observation does not ext nd I rows, which will be Ini from two to four weeks,
thon .truck tho f.,m of Mr Bank. Conner enm- I *o farts yet to settle tnat l-ot, but be It every thtco. according to the weather, the ground must bu
7 - ??? hil P???""??"?? years,we cat. with certainty uert that hoed between, and this Is best done by some
Sr. U^ ,Ull do l ub,.^.og d 'ho^, "and SfStf jWeMS.'Sfi Sff 'iXZt
all the ont bonus. Mr. Cooper???s famUy wereall ln ???^L*.'wire W ???S*ptow??? i!i ??ro??M0c Florida, a man Srald ??rlU?.ease ??? over two
the house. He had his four year-old girl In his I quick growth and flourishing. Wo hare area I or three acres per day. The labor entailed in
arm;, which was killed bj a falling rock from the I mule* quit eating com to pick if. R II. H. I this method of eoirlug alfalfa in drills la some*
chimney, and broke tho leg of an older daughter, | Uood a ??P'?? Walton county, Ga., March 19,1114 | w | lft t greater than when sown broadcast in
Ella. Mr. Cooper waa bruised about the head. All I ??? T w ???. ATT. ? ^ J h ?? Maal V? 6rnnesgnA eloyer, but there
ofthe family were more or less hart. The next * L^M^At*? i. I.S^re.&nrib???
farm In the track of the storm wu Mr John Band | for stock if they got hurt tn Ilf 3. How long docs moat profitable plan, for it must be remern-
ford???s. Bare It utroofed hi,house. Mr??.Sandford it take blue grauand oichardgrautooomoupt ???W*"**}??,ML??
wu hurt about the shoulders. This wu u far u }??? Ye., provided It cornu up to the requirement. Lth*
our informant wentta the track of tba storm, | pfjb* lutaetWihe legtolaww, whtoh dtdares Mrily*??r!lli^LU4t fryoundnea.
which waa making in the direction of Acirorthand I lawful enj oucloiure made by atrelching not lc??a I cessary ^ d 0 as all that is necessary is to
laying watte everything lo its track. I then six horlronul strands of barbedIwiro-tho first sow dust, supernhoiphatci, or other
nA.w.o, 10 b8 not mo ??? 1 th ??? ,mt and Qa ????? ,, * 1, nor lft * ouncentrsted fertiliser between the rows, and
*???-rhlle ( h three and ono-haU inches from tho grouodi tba then stir H Into the soil by tho use of the
f w^.t, it! I "mood Wire to be not more than nine and one-ball I wheel hoo. In the ground af Mr. Bioreon,
cyclone It struck the firm of John UcLsIr. fire I not lMa ^aq aud ono-half Inches from the I of St. Angnstint, F oritfs, ba fonnd that the
milN southwest of Acworth, where it swept erory_ I gt0llIld . u, 0 mird wire not more than fifteen npr I seed eown in the reiddlo of October gave him
thing In Its waxe, timbers, fences, his bsrni and lMi toatttta and on ,.haif inches from tht I a crop fit to cat in three months after sowing;
gin honsts end on through too premises *?????? |r0U nd; to. fourth wire not more to.u twenly-lwo ???>???? heavy crops after, during the urn.
his cattle. Thence it won, into toe PleutaUou ol \ b f a lnchM ; or u,an thirty-one utabUshed??? 1 ?" 3 !;
houM^totorflMr^???le.v*ni7riok negro womalTto 1,oh ??? ,rom 1110 ?? rou ??? rti * h f * lxtb wlr# BO ??? OT,:r moderate amonnt of fertfllier were mid, say
m^it Loed rorn. fi^a mrtM fl,tJ ,T * nor ltu u ??????? fl<???J-d>rea Inches from toe I soo pounds of superphosphate or bono dust to
bed uninjured. Then It leaped aorots fire yl|t?? gIonBdi Thew wlrM , hgU be bJr means of the acre.
** demoralised some ot the I p^t, not over ten teat apukand every altaroats post I Mr. William Oroxier, of Worthfort, Long
bnttdingi on Captain Hammetts ptaoa and do-1 lba jj ^ iw , are j Jr Ml ih toe ground; provided, a Island, one of the best known farmers end
???troyed Johnson s gin homo. Mr. James John- . k botIlm th|m Un | ncbsl ntds Hiall be used st ??ck breeders in the vicinity of New York,
ton's dwelling, out houses and tenant homes were L p f , , d , of wl ??? tt0 ol u,e tb ?????tie has long considered alfalfa one
all tom down. Mr. Alien Berta*???, premises met t ??? 0 a M wire fence., to make toem lawful,a ???he hea??? forum crops He uaes it atway.
wilh?? like fete end Un. Boring was lojured. I k.,' _ I to feed bis tnllch cows end breeding ewes,
Oto.nroff.red almfiarly. to to. otoaT ?? P*V l , cu,nr i7 preparin,? them for exhibition
I extending from one poat to toe other. X Not U | at f a | rai where he Is known to be a most sue-
11.111. T.u.desa. Itheowntro! the fence oompllea itrlctly with toe I cestful competitor, and always takes along
Talladma, Al.??? March 25???In. hall atorm I lawintvaryiaapeoL X Iu tenorfiliesnfiays. Don???t I sufliclent alfalfa hay to feed them on while
here tola atteronon hall loll u largo u partridge I sow wlthoeM or ofavirsMfi or anything also. I there. Mr. Crosiera system of culture is
eggs, toe heaviest known here for too put forty l. H. Holland's Mills. Ga; Please tell me what broadcut, and ha naea aome fifteen or six-
years. I fall la naoeaaary for a ditch Just to keep tho sand I teen pounds to an acre; but hia land Is non
??? I trareUng. andattos ??une Urns not carrroff ihs I aually clean and In a blirhstateof cultivation,
Tb. a*u t. EseivWv. I bank nor wash out toe bottom of toe ditch In holes I which enables him to adopt tha broadcast
Knoxville, March 25 -A terrtflo hail and wind I 1 hot.11 depends entirely upon toe natnreof toe I pi iD . but on the average lead it will be
storm, accompanied by thunder, occurred hero this j soil. With a light aoil au inch or an inch and a f ua ntl tbat the plan of sowing in drills would
afternoon. Hall covered the gronnd and did not I hall would do for each rod. With clay soil two I be the bast.
disappear for aoveral hours. Hall atones weighing I inches would be necessary. Tho best way to settle I Mr. Otozler'a crop the second year averaged
from 1 to 2 ounces strero abundant Much dam-1 toe matter is by experimenting. I eighteen tons green to the acre, and about
tga was dons to windows and store (rents. A I 8., Chsmblec, Ga.: I?? any premium offered for I >ix tons when dried as bay. For this sootlon
severe gale stroek toe northorn portion of the city I half dollar galas of 1801, wllh 25 sura, 13 on each I (the latitude of New York) he finds tho beat
and demolished fifteen frame buildings. No lives I ,ld * , I ol ??owing is the first week in May, and
...?? hot rovereiZen,.ii.htiv >n An examination ol too pricelists of dealers In a good cutting can bo bnd In Soptember
were loat. bat Mvenl perron, ware Mlghtly in- L, coln |howj ^ ^ tr0 not-quotcl at any I T?e next season a fall crop is obtained,
, rc ??? I prico. ] when It is cut, if green, three or t< ur times,
'Paulas Orar Wud.iuk. I m. b??? Atlanta, Ga.; 1, In wbat insurrection were ?? hi be nsed for Ji??y, it is cut in thi conili-
Maxirrra, March 25.???To day alrout 1 a. m. a I the ancient Engliah called "tho KuglLii^of toe 1 tioo of ordlyary xed clover In bressoin. It
nti)l."nr?? vyolono piaaed ssgMw***-. nuiAred I ????!????" * Who la M.ntaret ow-itlT j then indites after that two green crops If cut;
yards of Woodstock Ga dolnggrest damage to I Foralongtlmo after too English Invasion otlro j and sometimes the laatone, instead of being
house, and fences, but as faros known no non was btndin U72. toe llml-sof ihoterrttory held by them cut is f.d on tba ground by "''???P??? cattle.
klUed. It wu seen approaching when two miles I were called to. ???-Englltopsle." Bence this ??. ?????? tl Sf
away and came rushing along with toe speed and I preaaion and "toe Kngllah palo??? became familiar I c0 _ s |j f ???i.,/ a t0 b ,l ', T4 'i n .ble for-
Ihenolw.of an hundred express trains. Its dlrec- j 0 ??? 1 ln Ireland forc??utu tre,and I^??d *???t?? b!?? I n ge plant that can bo used in this acotion of
torn wasfrem southwest to northeast and swept a I *??ry X MargaretOmoll, originally Sarah Margaret [ tbB country; that is the entire cotton belt, or
track two hundred yards wide. Below are noted I Fnllor, waa born In 1510 at Cambrldgeport, Mass, I nor ii, 0 f it, Jf the land Is sandy witbont a
???ome of the homes blown down:. (?? n d was loat In a shipwreck off Long Island in I c ; # y subsoil too near the surface. Planters
Geo. rowler???a barn destroyed, | lsa >. with her husband, ton Marquis *f Ossoti, and I ore just beginning to find ont its merits, and
Mathew's outbuildings. I their child. This gUlcd woman was dkt&guMwd | no poverty of stock will ever occur where
Elrod -dwelling house and outbuildings, I for her exceptloial culture, hor admirable-earey. I alfalfa is railed. In the summer of 1881,
Frank Bryan, colored, dwelling house and out-"" literature and ert,and he, able advocaoy of when ???Teething oiro was parchrf with heat
buildings, Including chicken h.uroaand fin. Met TranroendenUlUm. _ ??d drouth^alon. Ibma
to r u ??? ^ t CULTURE OF ALP ??lf A OR] LUCERNE, bay wher. in bloaaom, and can easily be cut
Doo Roberts had toe verandah swept from bU| | three or four times here wherever the land
used. Practically, however, the influence of
well bred sires usually predominates over tbat
of grade dams, so tbat, In fact, tho improve
ment Is generally greater than would be in
ferred from the figures hero given.
Breeding in the manner shown might be
continned indefinitely, nnttl no trace of the
scrub stock conld be detected. Suppose farm,
era and breeders everywhereshoulu have only
full-blooded sires, wbat a rapid advance would
be mtdein the improvement of onr domestic
animals. Bat farmers do notnll do this, and
perhaps they never will. On the contrary,
they persist in using half-bloods and half-
gmdea as sires.'
ft often happens that a few. crosses only,
full-blood sires on scrub stock, will re-
with
???wept away.
A soot:rets ires found one mile from Wooditoek.
It Is set known to whom It balonged.
Lai* lll.ws H*.
Lula, March 25.???A oyclono passed near here I
. gc .
,. . . ,. | "Those who do not succeed with iteow it
In a country so wide and diversified ??e the broadcsstand surrender it to the hogs early
United States, it is not to be wondered a! I in the season. Those who do sucoeed sow in
that a crop that is valued in some localities drills ^eighteen Inches opart and cultivate
- w . k unknown ln othera. But it is somewhat "f&m ba seen that Mr. Sergent advisee
toll evening about 5:30. It blowed down Marlon I 'urprisitig tbat, In many ofthe southern I drills much wider than I recommend, which
Capes home, and hurt all too family more nr less, I states, where the wont of forage is so much 11 presume Is to admit the horse hoe, but a
one ol bit sonilorlouily. Gnat damage to timber | felt, the culture ot a plant bo admirably | fiu'fijt** wop undoubtedly would be got nt
and other properly Is reported. adopted for their soil and climate has ao long "UntoeranT WhcThoe" y the???wmkrouldbe
MM uaiaenriue. I been neglected. On a visit to Florida in???-Feb- I done on light soil nearly aa quickly aa by tba
QatHzsviLLE, Marco 25.???At2 oclock p m to-day I ruary, 1883, t was lmpresred, as every north- I hotse cultivator,
terrido oyclono pawl through toe northern part Lrn man must be, with the uttor dearth of I Alfalfa Is extensively grown In Bnropo,
of Gainesville, carrying death and destruction fo .??? n | Qntf _ . enna.nn.nc th?? I uorticularly in France and Germany, where
before it H was magnificent but awfu to 4t?? ??? 0, ** e * 0 ' 1 ' ??? * consequence, the I pt is consldircd a valnnbte crop for rotation,
reaullc, Houwa were inept away Uk?? chaff and I hun i4 r -Y onl1 meagre, starved looking oattle. I and is classed by the French as one af the
toeweods wereawept aiclcan use floor. Only I T .o my inquiries everywhere, tho some reply I plantes ameliosntcs; for in southern France
mesgra reports have been received, but at lout a I was given, that no good grass or clover could I wheat has been, aucceaafully railed after six
doaen homes fell in tola pert, and were embely be found to atnud the heat and drouth of I meriy*bmdMI??d^toiiTe 0 pw5oSpe"fwheat
denaoliahed, Duly one death U reported, a colored thelr j 0Dg , UBlmer . .Fortunately, In njiudlng I AUliStSh alf.lte may M p^wnT LTd l???i-
woman, toa wlfa ol Dan Plitman, who was killed I tbe lab j Mt| wb u e j n t jie company of Mr. I tQde ?? ???well aa warm,as the plant is entirely
by a falling timber. Many were hurt, but none I??? of fit An/ii-tlnr. p???lnrtrfs hardy, yet its value la not so marked in cold
severely. The cycloao was funnel shape, toe ceator Bronson, of 8t. Augustine, Florida, he I clinmtee, where it finds competitors in red
being a black cloud fringed with white. It dipped I promptly showed a,praGtical solution of the f clever and the grasses; but in light soil any-
down and up and travelled like toe Ughtnlng???e difficulty, by taking mo to a patch of Alfalfa, I where, particularly in warm climates, Its
fluh. It travelled from weettocast and tbe first I about twenty-five feet by one hundred, or I deep rooting propertlra make itcompsrative-
damage dooe, aofar aa heard from, wu at Wood's I oa | y -bout tbe one-sixteenth Dart of an acra. I ???7 ln ???*P?? n dont of mojstnre; benee It is tbs
mtu one. mtie wc.t of tuin,s*iiic it anna I ??? ^ ???????tju* siauseiuu pan oi an acre. I (orags piaut par excellence for the southern
mlU onamlte west at Oalnerollls, -whera ???????? From U??t Uttla patch Mr. B. assured me I statra wherever tho soil is llghtand sandy
fntortn. . * little ho. J it! I that he bad fed a cow during the summer I but it should never bo grown on atilt soil, foi
Injuring a little boy 01 month . MtUn ??? ???b ob milk and hmta.^h. the roots can penetrate deeply, goo<
rorlously. Ittoeu pouuccd upon Mr. W. :B.81m- ??J??ntta, gettingufloe milkand >??merMha r0 ,ulls cannot be expioed. Whenitilmn-
oua e two etory house, retesd It from Ita fouoda, ? b at aax mme e?shth St if I sidcred that immense same arepaid annually
tlan, aud roattared It to toe four winds. Un. 17???? ld 8 b *1 ?? B , ??????? ?? P???* W 5??j?f I for baled hay by tho southern to tbe northern
Simon, and b.r ltule girt were the only oceopauU I darinc therotlr.eeasSu^ With food L te tss, the woofer i, how long they will con-
ot toe heuie, and they saved themselves by going I The land used hv Mr -Bronson for hia ,>*. I tinue to do so, with tbe material at band to
Into the saoko-honio cellar. I periment with alfalfa was Identical with the I r rud ,? C ?L* be f ter Br,loIe 8t prob * b,y ona
A narrow ETOA,*. J thouTOhd.of mmto hUi ItnmedUt.violnltjr, | h S.S% th ??? wrlt | nK thou ??? nd , lD
sengaged
teriog to. fat.llyoloth.ng blowing It tot. tbs top. | *jRgg??gW?? ??S??????Caron???th,?n.S S?, I welT???u '???vS^^SSSSTtSTSi northern
of trees, ovsr hIL. and daiek Noone wu at home .?????' y market; and white in specially favored loca-
except Mre Wtlku. Her huebaad, together wlth ??? I JhuaSalltMrtudMrtto^evemhtotrthM ??la^^. I tloni.ucceu has attended these enterpriseo,
about fifteen girls, were at too BiptUtkcmlnary, I !????? *, **??? i??? the cultnre of'ufhdto I yct 11 ???* doubtful if one in four makes it prof-
... h??? >-me. ft wu a Ftorida mothuLuthmn mUtn.iu ht S fub'e, while with tbe culture of this valuable
young ladle. fi!ilS.uh. croD^Sro^l l^he f.lTi I ???*>e vut.um. paid for northern
come to toelr home that they had left only an hour I early enough to attain a height of fouror live J 7Mthe D difrv w^ld???Z^m^ n an b fmSS?l
before, and find their pleasant home swept away I inches before growth u arrested by cold! ? uct * srontnean lM^W??
by toe ravages of the wlndstotm. It wu enough J weather; in Florida say from tho 1st to the I iSSfi^ronthM^retSf *Uo?eihe! n nn
to make toe strange.! heart almoit weep 15th of October. I extreme southern states, is altogether un-
Its violence Is In ilrerlbable. Its mala pato ??x- Thosoll bestsuited for thegrowtb of alfalfa I IDOWU ???
tended about two hundred yarda, and ita -taraiw ^ t*>???? p. U ???S?i* d *. ep *????/! b *?????" . th ! I The Siue is aur the nKr.cu-.no impor-
almost on air Une. It tore down two ????? a ?? n ??? I Si Sottontolt^ura ?^dnantl* tjM tanceof uiingonly fall bloods usires Isofton
houses ot Mrs. Dorsey's, one for Mr. Manual. T he ^Ian? makcsTtoTrMt wHh^^ d l.Sr, I??? io.latcd on by writers on the subject oi horae
Colonel A. D. Candler???s barn, George K. Looper???a I and -a???of KuJ I brteiiag. The following diagram may uaiat
barn, and dooe damage lo B. V. Cobb'ahotue and I ,ix to???iJbtfrot,thtu drawing fo^d P from **P??rt?? BC ?? ,0 . ??? better under-
ether damage too numerous to mention. It paaed depths entirely beyond the action of drouth u t? A 0 * 6 ' ,h?m to
?????? of heat. When alfalf* Ii to be grown on ??? | ???*?? *???* 8**?????? *????? result to he
the Air Lice railroad s allea north ol GatnsrUls, i oi neat, tv lieu alfalfa Ii to be grown
aud levelled a large Iwo-story bouse which wu eo-1 large scale, to get at the best rc.*,ulL _, .
cupltd by Mr Powers. No damage to life. Large | ground chosen ahoutd be high and level, or I fi blood
i axpacted:
hall aton.a felt a long the banks of toe Cbattoboo- ( " not high, such os is entirely free from I
chro,during toe storm, t miles west of Galnavllle. I u ??der water. Drainage artificially most be I
aa near perfect u possible, either naturally
orar:ificialiy. This, in fact, is a primary I
, f Full blood
blood ( (Fall blood
U blood ,
(Ssrnb
On tha right we hove the peir with which
llMtcNitr;! iitbtiaa. w
MoErooHgar, Ale, March u.???Joseph AnxsU, of I necee-ity for every crop, unless it be such u I we ore suppmied to begin breeding, Via: a fnii
the couatracUon and location department, aud J I as aquatic or sub-gqtucfc. I blooded male and a scrub female.
~ Kates, luperiateaOcat of all to* lines from | Deep plowing, tuurough harrowing and I To the teftof these we have their produce
relink with that valuable implement, tbe ??? ???
imoothing harrow,?????? to get a smooth and
to-day secured toelr efilea and will be reads for I surface, are the next operations. This i lurKc-.-j-i,tue u.wu wun,,. taw m .u.h ---???
receiving aud Iran uni tUnatalegremi oser thetr I ???b??^ be done, tn the southern states, from I to a fall-blooded male gives us on the left a
own Ua?? by the 15j> nro/mo, counectlug wl h I tb ?? ** tbe 20tb of October, or at sach sea-1 ???even-eights blood female. She, if bred to e
aUeuternaadpriod, k weatern potato, and mil I eon in tbe tall as would be soon enough to I fall-blood male, would give a fiftoen-eix-
msteirsMihteJlaeOiroaaa. ThtaueweompaayU iasare a growth of four or five inches before I teenths, and by continuing toe same course
eSiStS'* doi5jful5?hSiJIf5S^!i?: I !SI l o , !Sl tl, ????***?? BO, K ro,,, b5 , op5- Bmw ont lines I we would next have a (birty-one-tbirty-sec-
Ineethot MahurxSnSnSStt SSi^buy ^ntm g ???* prepared load twenty inches Xpert (if I onds Granting tbit the iaflaenoe of the lire
np, 7 I for bone culture, but if for fusd culture] sod dam are equal, and that half tba blood of
suit in grade progeny. Which, to all appear
ances. are as good and ???pare brad as those of
very many moro croseea. Whan pnt te tho
teet, however, ns breeders, thoralmostinvsri-
ably show their low origin in their progeDy.
The trace of scrub stock which could in no
other way be detected, it generally revealed
by the inferior stock produced.
The following diagram shows the nsnal re
sult of tbe common method of using half-
blooded sires:
( Full blood
(Half-blood f
Scrub ???( (.Scrub
(Scrub
First the farmer buys a full blood male
whioh he breeds to a scrub female. He selects
from this progeny a mute which is of courts
a half-blood, and this ho breeds to another
scrub female. He goto os the result some
thing raors like scrub stock than any lm-
-provemont he bad expected, sa that instead
of having made any progress he finds himself
beck at his starting point. All ha has made
by the purchase of a fall blood male is that
In the first cross he got some extra fine feed-
lug aolmals. Hia mistake was in selecting a
male from these for breeding purposes. Had
he retained one or more of tne beat females
and bred them to a new full-blood male, he
would have been on the advance, as shown
by the first diagram. ..
An over-production of any given article of
trade or commerce usually causes a redaction
in price. Hence those who count their
wealth by tbe qnantity standard are not in
frequently sadly disappointed when, at the
final reckoning of the profits for the season,
they find them mnch less than they bad ex
pected. It is, therefore, that all who would
keep on the safe tide for encoess should bear
In mind that although the demand (or. quan
tity may ba more than supplied, thut for
quality is seldom, If ever, fully met. Ac o
rule, the better grades of manufactured
articles, ns well as live stock, always meet
with ready sale. To produee the best animsls
for the purpose they are designed should be
the aim of every true breeder. He wliosuc-
ctiedsin this will scarcely fail of a two-fold
reward???the satisfaction of seeing improved
stock about him, and of receiving good prices
for what he may have to salL???Exchange,
Plant Coin ???It is of toe utmost importance
tost u big crop of oorn bo relaed tola year. The
oat crop, which Is so reluabls an adjunct to toe
corn crop, will ba almost a total faBnro la many
puts of Georgia; and therefore toe
corn crop . ahoutd be large enough
ti supply not only Ita own place, bnt that ol the
pat crop which has boon so dliutronily ent off.
Oats have bean, In too put, more than once, toe
ulvallon oi Georgia. In spile of toe beat efforts ot
toe farmors, tola Umc, toe oat crop will be a fail
ure. If salvation, of toq kind alludod to, comst at
all, It moat como from too corn crop. Thera la do
probability???no possibility. In fact-of too lug* a
com crop; bnt, on toa other hand, there Is a proba
bility of toosmatl a oao. It behooves every fatmer,
therefore, to mako euro of pitching hta ctrn crop ao
aa to mako abundance for Ills own uso. If hn make!
more than enough for himself, hn will not bo likely
to find any difficulty In disposing ol It at a good
price.
Tslklngwlth twoscIf-sapporUngfarmeis, toe other
day, they suggostod to us to urge too ftrmors not
to plow np too oats that are loft???no matter If they
,are scattering: but to let toem grow until onttlng
tlmo, and make what they will, and then plant
corn. They aal-J farther that, on good laud there
will be no difficulty In making a corn crap by
ptantlog yellow corn on tho laud from which oats
hare been cut. The Idea la make all yon can oat
ol tha oats that now remain, and then mako a corn
orop on toa Basra ground. Wo giro tho suggestion
at toelr request; our readers may sake It lor what
It fa worth; It seems to us a good one. Anyhow,
plant corn.??? Monroe, Ga,, Advertiser.
TKS MYSTERY OF YEARS.
Tha NUrr ??l the Murder Dank Ouhlir R|<
Tiallli
Boston, March 20.???Six yean ago Cashier
Barron, of Dexter, (Me.) savings bank, was
found dying In the vault of that bank, an
apparent martyr to the trust reposed in hlrn
by the bank???s depositors. Since that time Ilia
ballet that he wua murdered hta been some
what ahakon by tha lit ancceaa of the detec
tives in producing the author of tire
crime; but to-day evidence has oome
to hand that the murder was com
mitted by three men, one of whom, named
Gbase, has since died. Although it la said
that the widow of the dead man has admit
ted that her husband confessed before his
death, and Implicated tbe other two, the
only poeitlvo evidence of such confession
comes from o man named Lanpher, who
worked a good deal for tbe man who died,
Linpbcrsays:
"About three yean ago I wu working with
Chase In the woods, and to tatlafy n>y snip!-
ciou I bad abont hia connection with tbe ease
I ran Into the camp one day and said: "The
???herifr is after you for the Barron murder.???
???The devil I???be said,and startled for the woods.
Afterward we came together at tbecamp.and
he told me about the cate, but threatened
that if I told anybody he would kill me. He
???aid that he ana other nrau drove over to
Baxter on the dev of the murder wllh a
double team, which they left about a
mile from the village in the swamp.
They then walked to the village nnd were
???landing near the door of the bank building
when a woman came out. The three went in
and did the job. He put on the handenfla,
and tbe other two bound and gagged Mr.
Barron. They went after the money and
were determined to get it. After they left
tbe bank they took their team, drove over
through Barnard, left their team in au aban
doned barn and went home on foot. The
next night one of tbe other men got the
team, and loon after the three men left the
country."
a Him smiii ???re.icitn.
New Yoek, March 25.???The committee of anion
nnd confederate soldiers decided to-day to hold a
meeting at Ooopet Union, Aprlia-b, In aid of
tbe Soldier???s home In toe aonto. General Grant
- 1e. The foUowtng gentlemen bare twin
>apeak: Generali J.B Guidon, ol Gaor
g??i >. W. Denial, of Vlfgtula; W. C. Uu'lsr-
of South Carolina; N. C P. Brocks*rldg*. ol Ken
tucky; W.T. shermau. Beuj. F. Bailor, John A.
Lena, J. k. O'Berne, M. B. McMahon, W. T. Han
cock and If, W. B-echcr.
The L???alirirata Kailheaika,
Ban Psanclco, March 25.???Tha earthquake pro
duced no serious results beyond wbat has already
keen reported.
Bine Urase Breeders.
Mr. R. 8. Wilbers of Fair lawn Block Farm,
Lexington. Ky., writes: "1 have such cond
dence In 8i. Jacobs Oil, the great pain core,
tbat Ins* it on every thing; myself, my horaei,
my negroes. Everybody anti every hone, for
all kinds of aches and pains, believe :n its
sovereignity as a cure."
THE MAN ABOOT TOWN.
A GOOD STORY TOLD BY BEN RUS
SELL, OF BAINBRIDQE.
??? Military Company Worth Over $2,000,000???Tho
Age of fllxty.Three???What M. Quad baa to fa/
of Soatharn Kawapapora and Booka???
The funeral of General Taylor.
We have heard both democrats and repub
licans say that there ia nothing better for a
cough than Dr. Ball's Coagh Syrup; this old
relfabls remedy never fails to core a cough or
cold at once, and may be obtained at any drug
store lot 25cents a bottle.
Talking with Judge Tompkins the other night
he said: "Do yon know that 53 Is toe cllmacteiit
death year beyond 50 yean of age. If a man passes
10. ko b much more apt to die when he b 63 than
at any other time. Ton will find that toe facts
bear this ont, while no explanation b suggested
for It. 1 waa at Dnngcnets, where toe father of Gen-
oral Lee waa buried, toe day General Leo died. He
wai 03 years of age. Hooked at too tomb of Ms
btoerand found that he also died at 53.???
Tha Hoo.Ben Bturell ba rare Mains. While bung
ing to my offioe to day he drlltea Into reminiscences
of the war. When toe BalnbrMge Independents
were preparing to "go to toe war" Ben volunteered
as drummer. He picked up an aid wooden dram
and bad a pair of drum-itlcka made about twice
toe tiaual length. Tbe "Independenb??? kad no
fancy uniform., but attired themselves In costae
Jeans clothes and woolen shirts. Ben
was fitted up with a pair cf baggy
Jeans breeches and a Houck hat, and aa he was
toouatcraggy boy of about It years.lt mty bo Imag
ined that ho wu not an Inspiring military ipectacla
u bo marched out with kb overgrown dram and
lougaUcki. AMextcan veteran about elx feet bit wu
drafted ata filer. Ben says: ???We looked a eight,
I tell you, me sod that lifer. Dut whoa wo march
ed through toa streoia ol Bainbridgn at too head of
a hundred u brave men u ever lived, with flve
thousand peoplo looking on, and
blowing aud beating ???Tho Girl I
Lett Behind Me.??? J felt bigger than a king.
Everybody wu crying but me. and my heart waa
throbbing stronger than toe old dram over toa top
ol which I could hardlypeep."
Tthought,"aaldBon, ???whenwo made such*
atlr In Balubrldga that we'd wake toa world up
whoa wo got to Maoou. Joo Brown waa to apeak
tost day .and wo weredrawnup la lino to hear him.
I wouldn't have swapped places with Joo Brown,
although be had on a big cocked hat llko Nepo-
loon's. Suddenly I heard a fuss up tho street, and
there camo toe Oglcthorpo Infantry with toelr
flashing uniform and nodding plumes;
and In front of them wu a
hoy about my size all covered with gold be*
aud sky-blue clothes, ateppiug llko a thoroughbred
colt. Ho wu beating a shining brass drum, with
mahogany sticks, and as ha passed
with hb "ra t-t-a ta-t-t tat t-pt-an-n" ha on Ibis eye
over bb shoulder at mo and laughed. Bat wun???t
I Blok? 1 Jail felt llko ellpplag out ot my drum
stiapaandbreaklngforhomc. Itwas worse than
cnarglng a battery when 1 tightened toe old dram
up, caught my siloka about the middle, got nnder
the elbow of .???our lifer and alarled ont with
tbat boy looking at mo and Ibtonlng to my halting
and broken toll. Jusvuwe got In front ol UM
Infantry,and I waa flourishing my long atlcks,aome-
body yelled out: ??????Badly, what are you doing
with toem fitoiug peteel???^
Tlio Independents, wliVitxIr kersey tblloraut
represented u the Macon paper stated toe nextday
or. r $1,000,000 la too ranks, aud were gallant and
devoted mou. Aa far that drummer boy, with tha -
baggy breeches and toa big drum, a bravor soldier
never followed a flag, and a truer heart never beat
la human brent than faltered la hb breast on tbat
trylug day,
Thero wu a company mat c ur.o out ot toa Geor
gia monntalus at tho first eall far troops
keeping qulckatepto tho music of a fiddle. There
was neither drum or drummer to
be found In tbb county. Ho toa
neighborhood flddlor wu t ummonod, and Into the
city tho oagor mouuulntera came, with toe fiddler
at toa hold, sawing out toe lively tune ol "Ar-
kansaw Traveller."
o*o
It b likely that tnu chestnut b becoming
a thing ot thopuL Tho steady dyiugoutof chest
nut trees hu been attributed to causes local or
temporary. A min of tclcneesaldtomo; "It b the
fixed proccu ol ovolutlon. Tbe chestnut tree b
going Juatu nil trees of spongv Inferior fibre
mu.t gu before inch stoat clme fibred trees u the
oak. In pro-hbtorle times toe earth waa covered
with a rank qulek growth that yleldod aa toe ages
went on, to too compactor and atop-.or trees. It b
lu toe operation o! Ihb same law that toe chestnut
b doomed."
Tha digging ol eyclouo plb toctus destined to
beromo a quosrion ol religion altnr all. On Wed-
nc.--l.iy night thu Itev. Mr. hedge, at the Kind
McthodMchurch,said: "I bavo been upabont
Roswell, and 1 notlctd s good many peoplo np there
were digging pita for protec Ion against toe cy
clones, 1 wondered at their amall faith. They
didn???t bavo tho faith ot tho man down In mlddlo
Georgia, who saw too cyclone coming,
ua wu steading tn too door ol hb Uttla
houso, and tho whlrlwlud wu rushing towards
him. Hs fell dawn on hb knees and began pray
ing. lie got to God before too cyclono got to tb??
bouse, and ha and hb home were saved.??? This
made lb Impreraion on the congregation, bnt later
on toe prayery ol tbs church were asked for an In
valid Mr. Dodge turned to too Bible, toe epistle
of James, aud read u follows:
fsauytlck among youT Let him call for tbs
aiders of tbe church, aud let them pray over him,
anolnUng him with oil iu too name of toe Lord.???
At this a brother asktd: "II prayer la all that b
needed, why Coca the good book teM ns to both
pray aud anoint?" Which brkiga It all back to tha
homely old adage that toe Lord helps those who
help themselves,
*?????
The breeding of Hobijelu cattle will bo givens
lair teat In Otortla by tbe Uedgsona at Athene???
which diy, by toe way, b getting to be a great cen
ter for registered caltlo. Mr. K. R. Hodgson passed
through Atbuta yesterday on hb way lo toe eut,
where he goes lo buy a herd of choice Uobtelca at
toe spring sale. There canto are great favorites la
Ciarko oouoty, having driven out even toa
Jcrevya For markub whore milk b sold moat
largely, the Holatelna appear to be too beat, bnt for
butter toe Jereeya are unriyalled and unapproach
able.
**e
By the way, dairymen In Mariotta have applied
to the Bbte road for freight rates on milk to be
brought to Atlanta by the early morning trains.
ClmtUr applications have been made oa
tha West Polo! road, bat the role (4
cenbegallon) b considered too high. Ia tho north
tottuaalrateb2cenbpergalloa. Ia tha mean
time to* Jersey butler raekora from all pans of
oeorgta and even In Carolina find tale lor their
product at highest figures^lu Atlanta.
A friend aald to me ye-icrday:
???T recall an Incident of Hon. Robett Toembs'in
bb palmy days on toe slump that may points
moral. Perhaps the only lime when he permitted
eiiy-ipeskeriohave toe conclnriou ou him wu
when ne had a dbcoatlou with Hon. Jsmee Gard
ner. edltorof the AuaustaConiUiuiIunalUL Before
Ti.oinus mute ihe agreement for Gardner tooon-
cluili-, hu i spied an organ xrluder and hb monkey
nearby. If* bargained with him to commenc*
playing aa soon u hu (Toomnijgot through. Gard
ner arose to rep tv Hint toe organ grimier began.
I bacr wd commenced to gather around him Tire
moukey got away and ran upa tree. Iheftallanna
du??u bb organsnd trl< d tu make the monkey ont.
Tha monkey would grab too tree and ibake It, too.
Tab wane completely attracted toe audleLCe aud
provoked too utmost hilarity. Gardner left toe
platform In dbguit at being eclipsed bya monkey.
The worth of afragai h* ure wife b beyond compu
tation. It- coolly au Al.an:a merchant wbo reside*
In West Knd told hb wife ol a fine Jersey cow he
*u offered at alow price, the advised him to buy
II He told her he could not sonvculeiilly snare
Ihe money, lie was surprbed when she offered to
l???MU h m ibefiOO. aud oastdher how ??hehappened
to have tbat much. "Why." aaji ??be, "I???ve saved
it from inoftAleul batter, old cioibea and sacks."
Wheu he went to tel ihe tow she had been sold.
I quote ibis to Sjften ihe wrath of ha*b*uds wbo,
wuen they goto get sat their last to miner's clothes*
will And uut they bare been sold daring the win*