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V X SHSS2SES2SHS2S2S2SH52S2SHS2SESffia2S3' E WEEKLY GAZETTE. I THE WEOLY GAZETTE KATZS 07 ASTEZTXtUrO. Om iqmn, cm LuMttek..! M Om eqaara, BMlfc, . 1 M One square, two saoiitl... S M One square, tare moultis....... 3 M One square, stx months.. ....... 6 00 One square, oa yeas'.. t 00 f7 Liberal eoatraota mad lor huxr ad I isUmsaiata. r A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES BI 6 rS H. YOUNG, Editor and Prop. , J. ROGERS and J. D. PAIR Veneral Traveling Agents. Bj HSE525H52SE5E525ESZ5?S25eM BWVWA'.V.VVW.V.V. WVTjPWG JL, IX. RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1897- NO. 13. CIA VJT7W INMIN ; M JUBILEE A Burfget of Afro-American Doings ;, Culled From Various Sources. HAS ALWAYS DONE HIS DUTY. Said Thcy Were Color Blind Boom Our iiest Race Men All the Time An Enterprising Institution. . Thej American Missionary association is one of the enterprising and remark able institutions of its kind in this country. Its total expenditures during the piat year aggregated over $500,000. It su'sorted 21 schools with 38 teachers among; the Chinese in the "West; 16 school? and 12 churches with 90 teachers and missionaries among the Indians; while in the South, among our people,' its work comprises 140 churches, "132 missionaries and preachers and D6 schools of different grades, including colleges and theological seminaries, havin; in all over 400 instructors. Afro Americans recognize and gratefully ap preciate this Christian generosity and lo notj fail to understand that in the North are many of their best and most -substantial friends. But for these in stitutions conducted in their interest, our people would keenly realize a pain ful wmt. I Mr. Booker T. "Washington, president cjf the Tuskegee Institute, and one of the Ivaniest colored men of the South, think his people have more to gain by leaning on themselves than by depend ing upon Congress for their rights and opportunities." In. an address before .the League for Political Education, in New York, he said: "When there was Federal interference, the Republicans -could not carry a single Southern State; now they have substantially carried five. "'Mr. Washington might have added that the less of Federal interfer ence with the affairs of the people, North or South, the better for the peo ple, aod, therefore, the better for the party in power. Philadelphia Record. i M f "A History of the Colored People of Xouisville, Ky. ,'t is the title of an in teresting volume just issued by Mr. II. C. Weeclen. of ;hat city. Years ago when) the writer M as the only colored .postal clerk running into Kentucky, Mr. Weeden was an efficient postollice clerk, in the Louisville postoffice. Ed itor Wni. H. tewwd, now of the American Baptist, was also an attache of that postoffice They were bright, race loving young men then and now, nearly fifteen years since, we are not. surprised to find them still foremost in the battle for race elevation. The Col ored American. ' Lyman Epps died at North Elba, N. Y. , recently. Epps was among the huiiWa of A fro -Americans who were brought North before the war by John Jirow (i, the abolition list. He had lived t Ns-fth Elba for over 40 years and was farnaiis in that section as a singer and musib teacher of considerable ability. Thoso who remember reading the ac conntjof the burial service of John Brown will recall that Epps and his family were; conspicuous features in the service by gendering hymn, "The Year of Jubi ee. " The farm where he lived so longjwas a gift of Gerritt Smith. The Conservator. i.tii Baltimore, Md., has four colored tail oring establishments, four well-stocked coal 4nd wood yards, and thirteen well rilled grocery stores that are owned by coloijtjd men, besides thirteen colored doctors, twelve lawyers, fifty-three teachers in the public schools, a hos pital, a normal school, a high school, a college, a drug store, a Y. M. C. A. The Elevator. The great wrongs the Negroes endure are largely created by themselves. They cannot elevate themselves upon the ba sis at sentimentality alone. The white race as a whole, has been and is ex ceedingly telerant toward them. They will have all desirable equality and rec ognition when by education and indus try tjbey have fully earned such rights. Tie Progress. The statements printed in the news papers of St. Louis to the effect that the i Negroes in the overflowed districts woujld not work, are overdrawn. The I'roiTess, of Helena, made a canvass andjis informed that the report iserron eouq. "We are glad to know that it is a fals report. The Negro in war, poli tics or anything else has always done his .duty, these maligners should tell the truth about them.- The Standard. Too many white men are being boom" ed t y the race papers. Let us look and see How many white papers are push ing (Colored men for any place. In the adic frustration we shall boom our best race! men. It is too late in the day for us to be weak in the knees for a pat on the -shoulders. Bace first and all the tiinfe, Boston Courant. J Everybody now wants to go into the slur is to work. Our idea is to work in the fields that feeds the slums. Hunt outland destroy the causes that lead our; girls astray. We cannot expect othj-r people to do it, when we our selves pass them by with our heads up turned. Oermantown (Pa.) Aston isher. ijwo young colored ladies, graduates of tflie public high school, made appli cation for examination under the civil service rules. Their percentage stood -US ind 06 respectively. They were re jected because their Republican doctor sail they were color blind. Boston Ad vance. ie United Society of Christian En- jr has extended an invitation to Booker T. Washington, of Tua- ,e, to be one oi the main speakers ie next annual convention which meats in San Francisco next July. Tin Freeman. i. religious exchange is of the opinion thst the devil changes his coat every da,. What else could be expeoted of one, if to wanted to appear decent, than to Change even more than once a day, when h is living in a fir of brimstone. 3.'h ItPllfelie8. , : .11 deufi at if BIGGEST BATTLE OF THEWAR Greeks Repair Their Lest Reputa tion and Repulse 40,000 Turks. BRIGADE. DRENCHED IN BLOOD. "With God's Help Our Side Has Conquered"--Smolenski's Superb De fense of Vclestino. London, May 6. (By Cable.) The Correspondent, of the Daily Telegraph at Volo, under date of Wednesday, say 8; "The biggest battle of the war began near Velestino this morning.' Aa result of it, the Turks' force of 40,000 men has been repulsed. The Turkish, plan was to seize the hills on the North dividing Pharlasos from Yales tino. London, May 5. (By cable.) The Athens correspendent of the Daily Mail says: Ten thousand Turks attacked the Greek position at Velestino. The fire ceased at 4 o'clock this after noon and it was evident that the Greeks have met -with a great success. There has been great slaughter at Phar 6alos, where the battle is proceeding. Crown Prince Constantino has tele graphed to the regiment at Velestino: "With God's help our side has con quered. " The Athens correspondent of the Times says: Simultaneously with the attack at Velestino, the Turks attacked the Greek outposts at Tartar, near Pharsalos. It is said that both attacks have been repnlsed by the Greeks. Gen. Smolenski says: "The brigade at Velestino is deluged with blood." Larissa, May 5. (By Cable.) The soldiers who were wounded in the firBt engagement at Velestino, are now com ing into the hospitals. The latter are well organized with the materials which the Greeks abandoned. The inhabi tants of Larissa denounce the command er of the Greek troops, and even accuse him of treason. They hope for. an early intervention upon the part of the powers, in order .to prevent the com plete ruin of the country. It is stated here that the Crown Prince of Greece ordered Larissa to be burned, previous to evacuating the place, but, it is said, there was no time to carry out his in structions. The Turks claim that the fighting which has taken place at Valestino, and in which they are said to have been repulsed was a mere reconnois sance of its forces, and its object, that of finding out the strength of the ene my, being achieved, the officers had the utmost difficulty in inducing the .men to retire. They were obliged, it is claimed to threaten them, and even then, they could not prevent the Turks, in deflence, from singing during the withdrawal, the men declaring they were challenging the Greeks, and per sisting in singing in order to secure, if possible, a renewal of the fighting. Athens, May 5 (Bycable) An Amer ican man of warhas joined the interna tonal squadron at Phaloium. The Greek government has protested to the powerB against the acts of violence and rapine being committed by the Turks in Thossaly. London a" May 5. (By cable) A dis patch to the Times from Constanti nople says that the special and extra ordinary expenses of the War Depart ment from March 13, 1896, to April 13, 1897, were three and a half million pounds sterling. Larissa, May 5. (By cable.) Six divisions of Turkish troops have marched forward to Pharsalos, and it is understood here that the Porte has given Edhem Pasha a free hand. Salonica, May 5. (By cable.) It is officially announced that eight Turkish warships have left the Dardanelles, and, after proceeding to the Cassandry Peninsula, sailed for the Island of Lemnos (Stalinni.) OPPOSING THE TAX. Winston Tobacco Manufacturers Ob ject to the Increased Kate of Duty. Winston, North Carolina, tobacco manufacturers are opposed to an in crease of the tax on tobacco from 6 to 8 cents, as proposed in the new Senate tariff bill. The tobacco board of trade has held a called meeting and appoint ed a committee to write their Represen tatives in Congress and get all the in formation possible, regarding the pros pects for an increase of the , .tax. This committee will also correspond wtyh the manufacturers ofthis State and Virginia for the purpose of securing their co-operation in opposing the in crease. . Spain's People Are Starving. While Spain is spending millions of dollars in an effort to crash Cuban in surrection thousands of her poor peo ple at home are suffering the pangs of hunger, and hundreds have died of starvation. Queen Regent Christina has urged vainly that immediate- meas ures betaken to save these wretched people, even if it is necessary to sus pend the dispatch of troops to Cuba in order to obtain necessary funds. - and worn out with worries and anxieties, she is suffering from extreme nervous prostration. The trouble originated in the failure of the crops. Gen. Miles Off for the War. Maj. -General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., accompanied by Capt. Maus, of his staff, has sailed for Southampton. Gen. Miles is going to observe the military operations in the war between Greece and Turkey. Kansas' Liquor Troubles. For the first time since May 1, 1881, when the prohibitory law went into ef fect, a saloon has opened wide its doors in Topeka, Kansas. There have been numerous '"joints" in that city running behind iock and key ever since prohi bition became the law of the State, but never before has open saloons defied the authority of the law under the shadow of State house. This is believed to be the beginning of the end of pro hibitioaia Knim , - NEW TARIFf BILL. Tax Put On Tea Until lOOO Hided Taken From the Free List. The sugar schedule has beex, con siderably changed; it now provides that machinery imported for the manu facture of beet sugar be admitted free. On maple sugar the duty is four cents a 'pound. A duty of ten cents a pound is levied on tea until 1900. Hides are taken from the free list, and given a duty of a cent and a half a pound. In the coal schedule the word ' 'bitumin ous" is taken out and all coal is made dutiable at seventy-five cents a ton, except when mixed with shale when the duty is sixty cents. .Slack coal is listed at fifteen cents a ton. The Senate bill provides for ,an in crease in the internal revenue tax on beer by changing the rate to a dollar and forty cents per barrel on all beer, lager beer, potter or other silimar fer mented liquors, until the year "1900, when the rate will be reduced to a dol lar a barrel, the present rate. The retroactive clause of the Dingley tariff bill is stricken from the Senate bill. The entire House provision relat ing to reciprocity is stricken out and a clause substituted providing that any country paying a bounty for the pro duction of goods which may come to this country, direct or indirect, shall pay an additional duty to the regular duty on such goods, covering the amount of the bounty. TO CONTINUE THE WAR. The Shift In Greek Military Circles. Strict Neutrality Enjoined. London, May 5. (By cable.) The Athens correspondent of the Times says: The cabinet sat till daybreak Tuesday, hearing the reports of the ministers from the front, and finally resolved to continue the war. General Smolenski has declined to accept the post of chief of staff of the Crown Prince; as he prefers to remain with his own brigade. The decision of the government is looked for soon. London, .May 4. (By cable.) A royal proclamation was gazetted this evening, enjoining upon all British subjects strict neutrality in the war between Turkey and Greece. Athens, May 4. (By cable,) It is now denied that an officer has been ap pointed to succeed Col. Vassos in com mand of the Greek forces in Crete. This is interpreted here as a prelude to the recall of Greek troops from the island, and as proof of the conciliatory intentions of the new cabinet. Col. Vassos has been appointed to succeed Colonel Manos, who has been in com mand of the Greek forces operating in Epirus. Ex-Minister Metaxrs replaces General Macras. and Major Constan tine has been recalled from Crete and appointed chief of Prince Constan tino s staff. - ! REIGN OF TEROR RFEARED. Anti-Toll Gate Rioters-Threaten to Burn a Kentucky Town. A special from Harrisburg, Ky., says: This vicinity is greatly stirred up. A reign of terror is threatened. The trouble grows out of the toll-gate riots. Four alleged toll-gate raiders, who are said to have taken part in the chopping down of the toll-gates were arrested, and the anti-toll-gate faction if aroused and threaten violence. The town is in danger of being burned by tne rioters. A number of hired Pink ertons, who have been here at work for the owners of the roads, are threatened wnn assassination. Disaster at Paris Society Fete. At Paris, France, fire broke out in a crowded charitable bazaar in the Rue J ean Gon jon, at which the Duchess de Uses and other well-known patronesses were present. Many people were burn ed to death, and there was a terrible panic, during which a number of per sons were injured. The building in which the fire broke out was a tempor ary structure of wood. The flames were first discovered above the stall oc cupied by the Duchess de Uses, and while the place was densely crowded. The bazaar is an annual function, pre sided over by the leaders of Paris so ciety. It is thought that 200 people, including many royal personages, per shed. Alaska's First Regular Mail. The first regular mail service author ized for an entire year in Alaska has been contracted for by the postoffice department, the service begins from Juneau to Circle City, 900 miles each way. The contract calls for one round trip a month, beginning July 1, 1897. William F. Slater, of W&ahinrtrtTi i r . w'f the contractor, the contract price beinc: tfo,yyy. Two Hundredth Anniversary. Trinity, New York's historic church, celebrated its 200th year on the 2d. William III., of England, on May 6th 1697, granted a royal charter for a cer tain church, and a year later an edifice had been erected and Trinity church was opened for service and it has since grown into the wealthiest and most powerful corporation of its kind in the United States. Killed for an Orange. Two boys quarrelled at a pio-nio near Sulphur Springs, Ala., over an orange. James Stewart interfered, whereupon Thomas McKinley, a young merchant, attacked Stewart with a knife, cutting his throat. Stewart fell, but pulled a pistol from his pocket and shot twice bsore expiring, killing McKinley. The President's Engagements. The President has two engagements for this month. One is to attend the dedication of the Washington monu ment at Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, by the society of the Order of Cincin nati, on the lth inst., and the other to attend the dedication of a monument erected at West Point, N. Y. , in honor of the soldiers who lost their lives in the civil war, Monday, the 31st inst. (celebration day). He will be accom panied by the members of his Cabinet on botU trips. WHERE 18 THE 11 HER. The State Railroad Commission Ha? Charge of the Street Railways. SAYS HE HASN'T GOT IT. Internal Revenue Collections The State Falr-A Boy Kills Ills Father Other North State Notes. At the Secretary of State's office, in Raleigh, a postal card has been secured from a man at Piseway, N. C, so says the Tribune, which beyond doubt dis tinguishes him os the most absent minded man, or the biggest fool in North Carolina, The -postal read as fellows: !, "Piseway, N. 0. "Deab Sib: You will find enclosed $6.50 for which you will send land grant to , at jrxse- way, N. C, and oblige, "Yours Truly, "May 1, 1897." Dr. Thompson says that he does not know, and cannot decide, whether the fellow is a fool or-crazy. It has been suggested that he have the card dis sected and discover if perchance the money is secreted therein. If this proves futile the services of Prof. Kil gore at the jexperiment station may be secured to make an analvsis of its com position in search of the "enclosed" $6.50. It has been ocJy a few weeks since Dr. Thompson reoeived a card from a man who had been appointed magis trate, and it was addressed to "John Sherman, Secretary of State, Raleigh, N. C." This fellow wanted the Secre tary of State to grant him certain vol umes of the State laws, and it had not dawned upon him that John Sherman was not a North Carolinian, and that he was Secretary of State of the United States, and not for the "Old North State." A special to the Charlotte Observer from Belmont N. C, says: As the time approaches for the townships to decide by vote whether they will assess themselves $5.00 in the hope of getting a like amount from the State, the voters naturally want what information they can get on the matter. The following correspondence throws some light on the subject: Belmont, N. C. , April 24, 1897. Hon. W. H. Worth, Raleigh, N. 0.: Deab Sib: As the appropriations of the last General Assembly were in ex cess of the assessment, please notify me if the special '. appropriation of $500 'to each township assessing itselLa similar amount will be avvilat is. ' -Yours respectfully, F. P. Hai. Raleigh, N. C. April 26, '97. F. P. Hall, Belmont, N. C. : Sib: Yours of the 24th to hand and noted. If there be a surplus after paying the interst on the publio debt, expenses of State government, including the judi ciary, charitable and penal institutions, I shall be glad to pay out the extra ap propriations pro rata. I do not now see much prospect for payment of same. Yours very truly, W. H. Wobth, State Treasurer. You will observe that Mr. Worth has little hope of paying the townships anything, and his highest expectation, is simply to pro rate what is left after the regular appropriations have been made. Our old State is thus presented to us as a bankrupt, who after paying his preferred creditors, has but a small per cent, left for the rest. F. P. Hall. Belmont, N. C, May 4, '97. Cashier Brenizer, of Collector Rogers' office reports the following col lections of internal revenue in the fifth North Carolina district for the month of April: Tobacco $75,235 80 Spirits 43,836 43 Cigars 201 19 Snuff 6 93 Special tax 220 01 Miscellaneous 1,381-57 Total ..$120,881 93 These amounts were collected at the various offices as follows: Winston $G5,205 94 Statesville 81,807 17 Asheville 15,786 04 Mt. Airy 8,083 78 The Secretary of State has received from Jonathan Gore, a Mormon, appli cation for a grant of land at Pineway, Columbus county. On the envelope is a picture of "The Temple of Salt Lake City," and the following: "Southern States Mission, Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, North Carolina Conference. " The land wanted for en try is probably for a church. The Mor- mon elders or proselytes are wcrking hard in this State. There are over thirty of them. They go in couples. The railroad commission this year has supervision of the street i ailways in the State ar.d also the muking of their tariffs, but not the assessment of their taxes. The commission also has supervision of the rate-making and as sessment, of all the telephone ex changes. Active preparations are in progress for the State Fair next October and its promoters say that there, were never brighter prospects for a thorough, suc cessful fair. The catalogue and pre mium list are now being prepared for the printers and will soon be issued. In Beaufort county a man named Lewis Oden was murdered by his 13-year-old son who acted in collusion with his two sisters; the boy and one of the girls have confessed. State Treasurer Worth, while ex amining one of the vaults, discovered certificates of stock in the Atlantic A North Carolina Railroad to the amount of $12,666. The State Bank of Lumberon, at Lumberton, has been organized with a to&id-UD capital of 1 13. 000. . , PEACE TREATY BEATEN. The United States Senate Rejects the Arbitration Compact. YEAS WERE 43; NAYS, 26V Two-TMrdt Required to Rutifr Could Not bo Secured Great Britain's Conduct Toward Greece and tne Traniraal m r Weapon for the Opposition Spirited. - Short Debate Jd by Senator K.Q.M1U WASHtHOTOW, 73. 0; peclal)The Senate refused to jfulfy the i9?tj.p9Tidt?? toT the arbitration of questions in dispute be-" tween the United States and Great Britain. On the roll-call sixty-nine Senators an swered. , Of .these forty-three voted for ratification and twenty-six against it. The treaty therefore lacked three votes of the necessary two-thirds majority'. The vote in detail was as follows: Teas Allison, Bacon, Burrows, Caffery, Clay, Cullom, Davis, Deboe, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Foraker, Frye, Galllnger, Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna, Hawley, HoarLindsay, Lodge, McBride, MoEnery, MoMillan, Mitchell, Morrill, Nelson, Pasco, Perkins, Piatt, of Connecticut; Piatt, of New York; Pritohard, Proctor, Smith, Spooner, Thurs ton, Turpie, Test, Walthall, Warren, Wel lington, Wetmore, Wilson total 43. Nays Baker, Bate, Butler, Carter, Cock rell, Daniel, Hansbrough, Harris, of Kan sas; Harris, of Tennessee; Heitfeld, Jones, of Arkansas; Jones, of Nevada; Hyde, Mar tin, Mason, Mills, Morgan, Penrose, Petti grew, Pettus, Quay.Bawlins, Boach, Shoup, Btewart, White total, 26. Nineteen Senators did not respond. The pairs were as follows, two afflrmative Sen ators being paired with one negative Sena tor in most instances: Chandler and Clark for, with Teller against. Tillman and Turner for, with Chilton against. Sewoll and Earle .for, with Mantle I rainst. Senator George was paired for the treaty and Senator Berry against it. Pairs were not announced for the following: Aldrich, Cannon, Elkins, Gorman, Murphy, Wolcott, Eenny and Allen. The vote was proceeded by a short, spirited debate, introduced by Senator Mills, of Texas, who made a stroDg appeal to the Senate against ratifying the agree ment. Senator Dnvis, Chairman of the Commit tee on Foreign Relations, attributed the de feat to the feeling of dissatisfaction at England's course in the struggle of the Greeks to liberate the Island of Crete from Ottoman dominion, and in the Armenian massaeres and with the evident designs of of Great Britain upon the Transvaal. DEBOE IN HIS SEAT. Kentucky Senator Takes Hla Place on the Republican Side. " Senator W. J. Deboe, of Kentucky, visited the Senate Chamber at Washington, and was introduced to many of his future as sociates. He ws' the recipient of the usual W. J. DIBOS, 8UCCZSSOB TO "JOE" BLACKBTOW. floral testimonials. His credentials were presented by Senator Lindsay (Dem., Ky.), and when they were read, Mr. Deboe was escorted to the Vice-President's desk, where the oath was administered to him. He took a seat on the Republican side, near the eastern door. UNIVERSAL POSTAUCONCRESS OPENS Postmaster-General Gary XellTers an Ad- The Universal Postal Congress met in the hall of the old Corooran Art Gallery at Washington. About fifty-five countries, comprising most of those in the unionwere represented. It Is expected that the congress will last about six weeks. Among the ques tions to Je considered are a proposition to transmit the offloialmailot countries which are members of the union free of charge, the question of increasing the unit of weight to be carried under a five-cent stamp from one-half ounce to three-fourths of an ounce, and also a proposition for universal stamp. General Batcheller, the premier delegate of the United States, called the congress to order. The delegates were at tired in dress suits or roll oourt costume. Postmaster-General Gary delivered the ad dress of welcome. Congress has already appropriated $50, 000 for entertainment by the Government. It is probable that pome of this money will be expended in giving the delegates an ex cursion to the Mississippi Valley and the Northwest A . FAMOUS BILL SIGNED. TSS Governor Black Has Affixed Bis Slgrna . tore to the Greater New York Charter. It was officially announced that Governor Black has affixed his signature to the Greater New York charter. The pen and penholder used by Governor Black in signing the charter were pre sented to United States' Senator Thomas C. Piatt and the blotter to H. C. Duval, of the New Yerk Central Railroad, The pen was an ordinary gold pen which Governor Black had on hand In the Executive Cham ber. . J i Maine's Canadian' Population. Maine has a Canadian-French population of 55,000. ' V1 Horse Thieves Married In Jail. Ervin Shaw and Gertie Fisher, each sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for Joint hoise theft, were married in the Jail parlors at Cincinnati, Ohio, by Mayor Grady. Gertie's mother gave her consent. Gertie is a beautiful little girl and her hus band a handsome, beardless boy. y ; That Pennsylvania fflrl who was ehot to death by her lover with a gun which he "didn't think was loaded" had a lucky escape. If she had lived ehs probably weuld have married him. , PLANTAIN WEED SEED. When buying clover seed it is al ways best to use a microsoope to detect weed seeds that of late years have be come very plentiful in olover. No one of these weeds is worse than the plan tain, or sheep's tongue, as it used to be called from its lorg, narrow leaves. It has innumerable small, black seed, much smaller than clover seed. When land is once seeded with the plantain it is almost impossible to get rid of it, as ths seeds remain in the ground for years, only germinating when the plow brings successive strata of seed filled soil to the surface. Both sheep and oattle will eat plantain, though it is less nutritious and palatable than other grasses, and of course much in ferior to clover. FEATHER EATING FOWLS. Feather eating is a vice rather than a disease. Like all bad things, it con taminates all within its reach, so when a fowl is noticed doing the unclean thing, the surest way to stop the ill effects of this bad example is to use the hatchet and put the offender in the pot. If a valuable bird it may bo broken of the habit by the use of a bridle which can be bought for a few cents. A remedy recommended by somo is this: Make an ointment of sulphur, kerosene, lard and carbolio acid. Anoint that part of the plumage that is being pulled out, and the offender, not relishing this "sauco, may soon stop its offence. One poultrvman fed his stock feath ers and they soon got disgusted with such fare and behaved themselves. It is very seldom a busy flock has any feather eaters in it, especially if they are furnished fresh meat or green bone. It is idleness that begets the -evil. Keep the flock scratching, hustling. Farm, Field end Fireside. PLANTING APPLE OBCHABOS. How far apart should apple trees be planted? The small, thin, whiplike trees with a few roots attached look very lonesome when set at the proper distance apart. It requires strong im agination and some faith to see these in the future, spreading fifteen to eighteen feet on either side, and with branches that interlock each other. Yet they will surely do it if not placed forty feet apart. And on good gronnd that, for the spreading varieties, like Greening and Baldwin, is none too near. The Northern Spy apple grows more uoright, and that may be plant ed thirty feet apart, partly to crowd the roots and mduoe earlier bearing. But even with the Northern Spy we should prefer to have the trees planted forty feet apart, and then plant in be tween the rows peach trees or dwarf pear trees to produce a crop until the apple trees come into bearing. No kind of apple so much needs sunlight as does the Northern Spy. But this can be best secured by pruning out the inside branches of the tree and letting suDlight to the centre. The Northern Spy apples that 'grow on these inside branches are small, color less and poor in flavor. The fruit at best needs a long season to ripen, and should have all the sunlight that can be given it. Boston Cultivator. HOW ENSILAGE IS KEPT. The question whether it is abso lutoly necessary to get all the air out from among ennlage when packing it, so as to insure its keeplcg, must be answered in the negative. It is true that the air is mostly expelled from fruit by boiling in the cans before they are sealed. But even then wo do not get all the air out, as we can con tinue to boil, and air wonld still rise to the snrface. What we really do is to greatly let sen the amount of atr in the can, but leaving some, which, as the can is nearly filled with frmt and juice, will be found at the top. This air will cause some of the juices at the surfaoe to decompose, generating car bonio acid gas, and forming a thick white scum over the fruit in the can, whioh excludes air from the fruit, and thus preserves it. This is exactly what happens in the silo. The gener ation of carbonio acid gas, as soon as it goes far enough, stops further fer mentation, provided air from below does not get at the silage. There will always be some rotten silage at the top, which has to be thrown away. But for this reason the top of the silo should be finished with straw or coarse stuff that has little nntritive value. If this is done all the valuable silage may be saved. If not the top layer will be wasted just as it is in tho fruit can. American Cultivator. GOBN 6MCT. In an exhaustive treatise on corn smut the Kansas Experiment Station claims that the annual loss to the farmers is as high in some instances as one-fourth of the crop. It also states that smut is a low order of plant life' which fastens itself upon the corn and lives upon it as mites or fleas live upon animals, exhausting its strength and vitality. The black, pow dery mass formed in the later stages of its development are the seed spores. In the study of smut, the station authorities have, in three years, ex amined over 200,000 stalks in more than 500 fields. These examinations showed that smut does not appear til the plant is one or two months old, and first altaoks the blades,later the joints, then the tassels, and later the cars. Moisture favors its germination and development. The younger and newer spores germinate quicker than older ones, Some very remarkable results of these experiments with smut were that it was almost impossible to spread the smut artificially, an the weakliest, puniest stalks were least liable to be attacked by it. Very few of the corn plants upon which the smut spores were sprinkled were attacked, and no stunted, weak stalks wero found any where, attacked by smut. It was noticed that smut was most abundant in dry seasons. It was found that soaking seed corn in fangilcides docs no good though such treatment prevents smut in wheat and oats. The only recommended remedy is to collect and burn the smutted plants. A sorghum head smut was also found, which attacked corn as well, and it doing some damago. Wisconsin Agri culturist. THE BEST rOULTBT-HOUSE FLOOR. The subject of floors for poultry- houses has been discussed more than almost any other point about poultry buildings. The best authorities are now nearly agreed that earth is the best floor that can be made if it is properly prepared. The reason for this is that earth Is in the first place o good disinfectant and deodorizer, and for this reason adapted to this pur pose, and in the second place, suou a floor can be renewed at only the cost of the labor used in replacing it. Tho best floor is made of hard-packed clay. covered wiih two inches of looso gar den mould. The land on which the poultry- house stands should be drained in such manner as to carry off surplus moisture readily and prevent flooding by the hardest rains. This can best bo ac complished by filling in until the flooi of the poultry-house is six inchoa higher than the surrounding surfaoe. The filling should be clay, if it can be got, and in any event it should be slightly damped and pounded down firmly and allowed to dry before being put to use. Then ovor with two inches of garden coil or dust as dry a is convenient. As soon as there it any foul odor about the house thii coat of loo" soil should bo removed and a new one put in. In the summer months this must be done about twice a month, but in the winter a longer tim may elapse, provided tho soil is raked over and the droppings mixed in once a week. The soil that is taken out is one of the best fertilizers about the farm and may be used on garden crops with great benefit. The objection to a board floor is that it becomes saturated with the drop pings, and not only offensive, but dan gerous as as breeder of disease. J board floor is a good breeding place for vermin, while one on earth acts at a preventive in a great measure, the duBt arising from the floor acting aa an insecticide. Farmer's Voice. BEBBI BULLET! X. The growing of a berry calls into action some of the most wonderful lawi of nature. In the growth of plants wo find these laws in perfection. We also find in various forms a complete supply of every element required for tho de velopment of both plant and fruit. Nature gives us all these products1 without stint. She simply asks in re turn that we assist her in some of tho smaller details of the work. She asks that the soil be made rich and well prepared. That the plant bo of good quality and carefully set out. That frequent hoeing and cultivation be given. That plants be protected from winter frosts and summer drought. That no insect pest or fungous disease find sn abiding place with them. That you treat them as a friend and love them as a brother. Both pleasure and profit comes in greatest measure from closest atten tion to all those details. Nature furnishes almost every good with a prodigal hand, but she is -a niggard to him who will not work in her ways. You cannot cheat her in farm or garden. You cannot get some thing for nothing. Those are dsys of progress. Every line of business must advance with the time or drop to the rear. The farmer has been the laggard. The safest, the surest, the mot an cient and the most honorable business on earth should be in the most pro gressive ranks. An army of best newspapers are sta tioned all along the agricultural high way, to guard us from error and direct us to suocess. We oannot afford to be without them. Road them I Study them. Experiment in a moderate way, give extra preparation and cultivation to certain tracts, and mark results as compared with ordinary tillage. Ob servo results of similar experiments on your neighbor's farm. Compare notes with him and reason together. Extond like experiments to the seeds yon sow, the stock jou grow and trocs, plants and shrubs you set. Such experiments are almost sure to lead to more careful selection of socd, stock and plants, to a more thorough cultivation of the soil and better re sults every way from farm, fruit and garden. -M. A. Thayer, of Wisconsin. Morocco's Saltan has engaged an Aberdeen man to play the bagpipos at his court f
The Gazette [1891-1898] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 15, 1897, edition 1
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