North Carolina Newspapers

iriMiim-wiimttii i 111 ii m i -iiwiii -ii i mini -" " "- " ""' " 1 " " r i i 11 H THE WEEKLY GAZETTE. THE WEEKLY GAZETTE n Mi Bates of Advertising. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FCBLISHED BT JAMES H. YOUNG, Editor and Prop. A. J. ROGERS and J. D. PAIR General Traveling Agents. Oae square, one Insertion t W uf squire, one month... l wj WBtqvmrv.twomonurs. ....... it vv a(uarWiniee mouths. 8 CO One square, sIlTDtiths.. ...... 6 00 Ooesnuore. one .ear 9 00 C3Llberal contracts made for larger i aarertlseme&t VOL. IX. RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1897 NO. 28. micro" in a p?priM 5 MTU it urn I Telegraph Companies Fighting the Railroad Commission, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TAX. t'nnble to Procure Evidence Against Lynchites--Wants Coy Assassin Pardoned 3 lie Shipment of Apples. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany last week appeaaed before the l'aihvay Commission, in Raleigh, -with a restraining order granted by Judge Simonton, which prevents the Commis sion from enforcing its order making the message rate in the State 15 cents for tea words. Iho matter will be beard at the United State3 Circuit Court f f Wilmington at the September term. 1 he order is dated August 13th and re- straius the commission from making any rate for the Western Union which floes not apply to any other telegraph com pan j Tbe Postal Telegraph Company filed an exception to the Kail way Commis sion's 00-cent rate; the exception was overruled and Otho Wilson Mas dele gated by the Commission to represent this company at the hearing of the Western Union case at Wilmington. Editor Bailey says earnest efforts will be made to have the decision of the Su preme Court in the Barksdalo case test ed. The point at issue i3 the constitu tional requirement that the public schools shall be open four months in each year, and that if this is not done the commissioners avo liable to indict ment. The Supreme Courtwas divided. The majority held that the constitution was contradictory; that the school tax is part of the general tax. Judge Mer l imon dissented and it is along the line of his opinion that those who will make this new test have hope. They hope it will be decided that the school tax is a special tax and not within the constitu tional limitation, po the commissioners can be required to levy a tax to run the schools four months. The State Board of Tax Equalization finds the following average values in the Stale: Farm lands, S3. 78 per acre; town lots, S-i:0 each; horses, $34; mules, i?44; cattle $i).S3; hogs, 81. 28; sheep, 17 cents; goats. 0.3 cents; bicy cles, 8-1. 33. The returns made to the board show gross irregularities in val uation. One count', Stokes, returns 81,000 acres more of land than it did last 3-ear, yet the valuation is only $1, 000 more. In all cases where the val ues of auimals were found to be below the average hey are brought up to it. Those above the average are not trou bled. Solicitor Leary, of the First judicial district, informs the Governor that it is impossible to procure sworn evidence upon which to substantiate the charges made against the Lynchites or sanctified band now holding meetings in the Eastern counties. Ho says he is power less until he is furnished with sufficient evidence to convict. It will be remem bered that the Governor received some days ago information that this band was (ing various lawless ects in Eastern Carolina, such as living in adultry, breaking marriage ties and causing in fanticide. Reports as to mines are coming iu daily to tho labor bureau in Baleigh. The'output of the Corundum Hill Mine, in Macon, is given as fifty tons yearly, worth 140 a ton, and the mine is val ued at $', 000. The Portis Gold Mine, in Franklin, is reported to yield $10, 000 a year, and is valued at $150,000. The North Carolina members of the Grand Army of tho Republic want this State made a separate district. It is now with Virginia, and the commander, whose name is Stebbins, is heartily disliked by a lot of them. He is out in a circular begging them not to ask for he change. Charlotte Observer. W. B. Craighill, profcesor of me chanics at the Agricultural and Me chanical college, resigns to take a bet ter position in a Northern college. J. M. .Johnson, of West Virginia, who was elected assistant professor of agri culture declines to accept. The negro, Dock Blount, who corn committed rape upon Miss Jane Stepp, in Greene county, in , Jcnuary, was tried at Snow II ill court last week and found guilty. Two colored men were on the jury that convicted him. The following are awarded Feabodv scholarships from North Carolina: W M. Stancell, of Jackson; J. V. Simms, of Dillsboro; Miss Blanche Diipuy, of Davidson, and Miss Emma Conn, of Baleigh. The reports on shipments of apples from twenty mountain counties are coming in to the labor bureau at Ral eigh. Caldwell county reports that it will ship 10,000 barrels. - - A delegation of ladies called on the Governor last week to ask him to par don Avery Butler, who, in Sampson county, when only 14-years-old, assas sinated his father. . J. J. Martindale, an ex-postmaster in T)ut ham county, is in trouble and has fiiven ;&j00 bond to annear before the Federal Court to answer th the charge of reusing postage stamps. Capt. C. 8. L. A.Tayor, of Char lotte, has been made chief marshal of the colored State Fair. The Secretary of State allows the Crawford Gold Mining Company, of Stanley, fo change its name to the "I'nited Gold Fields Corporation." ''urtliage's new hotel, thirty-five looms, to cost $10,000, will be open 'ovunber 1st. Mr. Shaw, of Louis ville, Ky., is the owner. One hundred and thirty convicts art) now working on the nine miles of the Carthago railroad extension. Track laving begins September 1st. Mil PINGREE TO THE BANKERS. He Telia Them We Must Have BI inetallsm by International Agree ment. The American Bankers' Association opened its anuual convention in De troit, Mich., on the 17th, with dele gates present from all parts of the United States. Governor Pingree welcomed the del egates. Speaking of the currency quostion, he said the demonetization of silver reduced the avail ablo amount of primary money one half. To reme dy this state of affairs it if sought to effect an agreement among the nations whereby the unit measure may again be in silver and gold at a certain ratio. He said the use of the gold in the arts would cause a stringency in the money markets. He recommends the taxing of manufactured gefld and said he favored more Btringerrt laws to compel corporations to allow honest competi tion and to prevent the omission cf honest obligations President LowryJ, of the association, congratulated the .members on the tri umph of the gold Standard, approved the Indianapolis monetary conference, and said if returning prosperity is not here it is on the way. He made the statement that the association had lost 340 members by the new schedule of membership dues. On the 18th the star at traction was the great speech of Conir! troller Eckals. With a profound knowledge of the his tory and science of finance he sounded a note of warning to the American peo ple, taying tho financial, system of the Unitecl States was a piece of crazy patch work, and that the only hope is in the gold standard. John W. Faxon, of Chattanooga, Tenn., derided Mr. Bryan's claim that the price of silver controls the price of wheat, and said the recent fall of the one and rise of the other offered con clusive proof of the falsity of the claim. Only fev of the States failed to re spond with a statement of industrial conditions. Interesting discussions of practical banking questions followed Mr, Eckels address. "Is a credit bureau or bureau of information to prevent loeses from bad debts possible among bankers," was the subject of the first paper, read by John H. Leathers, of Louisville, Mr. John P. Branch, president of the Merchants' National Bank, Richmond, Va., discussed the question "What legislation is needed in respect to tho currency." VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS MEET. Chairman .Lamb Downed, But lie Will Call Another Jleeting. At Lynchburg, Va., on the 18th, the Republican State committee met with all thirty members preseut or repre sented by proxy. Col. Lamb, the chair man, did not attend the meeting, he claiming that it wus illegal. Charges against him were made and the commit tee voted 27 1-5 to 2 4-5 to depose Col. Lamb as chairman. The address to the Republican voters of the State is a document of some 1,200 words, devoted largely to a donuncia tion of the Parker election law and tho methods of conducting elections under it. It says that facts and figures aro iu the hands of tho committee demon strating that (iu the election of last fall) the ballots fraudulently destroyed after they had been cast "exceeded by thousands the majoitjy returned lor the .Democratic electoral ticket. " Park Agrew was elected. chairman to succeed Col. Lamb. oi. LamD nas mo lonowmg to say on tne action oi the committee: "I consider the action of the State committee as illegal. It was called by four members of tbe executive commit tee at an informal meeting held in Washington without notifying tho fifth member and chairman, myself, which is not in accordance with the plan of organization. "After consulting with leaders of the Republican party in the State, I will call a convention, which will not be later than the middle of September, re gardless of the action of the commit tee." BOMB FOR FAURE. An Attempt to Assassinate the Presi dent of France. Paris, Aug. 19 (By cable) Tho de parture of President Faure. of France, on a visit to the Czar of all the Rnssias, at St. Petersburg, on the 18th, was marked by a scene of the greatest ex citement, accompanied by the circula tion of the wildest kind of rumors. After his departure a bomb exploded along the route the president had fol lowed to the station. Although no damage was done, the most intense excitement prevails. It is rumored that the explosion of the bomb was an attempt to assassinate President Faure, the explosion having been ten minutes later .than was inten ded. The bomb was cylindrical in form, the covering being of yellow paper, and was filled with gun poAvder mixed with long-head nails. Experts upon exami nation of the infernal machine say the bomb was a comparatively harmless af fair. An official investigation is in prog ress. After the assassination of Canovas del Castillo by the anarchist- Golli a few days ago one of the anarchists stated that President Faure would be the next victim. A dispatch from Paris says a man named Periar was arrested on the train on which President Fauro arrived from Havre. The prisoner had a loaded re volver in his pocket, and is known to be a dangerous - anarchist, who has al ready served a term of two years' im prisonment for having in his possession an infernal machine. To Hang for Rape. At Henderson, N. C, on the 18th, by a jury, three of whom were negroes, George Brodie, colored, was, after seven minutes of deliberation, found guilty of rape upon the person of Miss Nannie Catlett, white, of Kittrell, and was sentenced to be hanged Sept, 1st next. Wheat's High Water Mark. In New York on the 18th the price of September wheat rose to 94, and the sales were 16,315.000 bushels. Great excitement prevailed in tbmwkVrom tart to finish, . E88 of coni ft Tobacco Cutting is Nearing Com pletion in the Carolinas. RAIN NEEDED IN THE SOUTH, But General Crop Conditions Aro Favorable Tobacco Injured by Storms in Virginia. . r Tho United States weekly crop bulle tin cf the Agricultural , Department issued on the 17th says: Drought continues in portions of Missouri, Tennessee and Southern Texas and the absence of rain is begin ning to be felt in Indiana, Illinois and portions of Virginia and North Caro lina. There has been too much rain in Now England, and local storms have caused some damage to crops in the Southern States, Oklahoma, Kansas. Nebraska, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and in the Middle Atlantic States. un the Northern Pacific Coast the week, although very warm, has been favorable for harvesting. In the cen tral valleys the weather conditions ol the week have not been wholly fav orable, being too cold, and over a large area too dry. Good rams have, how ever, improved the crop in Kansas and Nebraska. The week has been very favorable to cotton, except in North Carolina and portions of South Caro lina, Mississippi and Southern Texas, where it suffered from drought. Gen erous rains over the greater part of the cotton belt have arrested premature opening and shedding. Spring wheat is about fihished in the South Dakota and southern Minnesota, and is in progress in the northern part of tho latter tttate and in North Dakota, Heavy rains have delayed harvesting m North Dakota and caused injury to the over-ripe grain. In South Dakota some fields in which the stand was thin, have been ruined by weeds. Spring wheat is also being harvested under favorable conditions in Oregon and Washing ton. Tobacco cutting is general in the more northerly tobacco States and is nearing completion in the Carolinas. In Tennessee the latter crop is improv ed, but in Indiana and Kentucky it has made but slow growth. Reports from Maryland and Pennsylvania are favorable. In portions of Virginia lo cal storms haye caused much injury to tobacco. The reports indicate that plowing for fall seeding had progressed less favor ably than in New Jersey, Michigan, Kentucky and Nebraska, but in Virgi nia and Missouri, this week has been delayed on account of the drj" condi tions of the soil. THE KLONDYKE CRAZE. Something About the Situation From U. S. Commissioner Jones. William J. Jones, United States Commissioner to Alaska, assigned to St. Michael's, has sent to the Interior Department the following report of the gold rush in a letter dated at Dyea, Alaska, August 4th: "There are nearly 1,800 peoplo in Dyea and Skaguay routes and both trails aro blocked. People are throw ing away their packs and provisions and rushing headlong to the mines. Great distress, hardship and suffering and possible death from hunger and ex posure is sure to follow next winter, an opinion tnat is entertained by all old Alaska prospectors who havo visited that part of the world in late years and know the situation." A WIKE TO-AIjASKA. The Canadian government has sub mitted formal proposals to this govern ment to establish communication with the Klondyko region in Alaska by the construction oi a telegraph line from the head of winter navigation on the Lynn canal into the center of the Klon dvke district. The proposals have been taken under advisement. They have been approved by the British secretary of state for foreign anairs and were for warded by the Governor-General of Canada through the British embassy to the Stato Department and referred to the Interior department. ine papers are locked up pending consideration. VANDERBILT APPEALS In the Matter of the Verdict in the Huntt Damage Suit. Mr. J. E. Huntt, who recently got a verdict in the United States court in Asheville, N. C,, for $8,500 damages in his suit against George W. Vanderbilt and Charles McManee, the damages consisting of injuries to his leg by a rock from a blast falling upon it. has been served with notice of appeal upon the part of the defendants. -Tho hearing will come up before the United States court of appeals at Richmond, Va., on the first Tuesday in November. Judges (Jon, Simonton and Brawley will be judges upon the bench at that time. Mr. Huntt's attorneys are very confident of a dismissal of the appeal. Columbia (S. C.) State, White Men to Bo Hanged Bud Brooks and Grady Reynplds, convicted at Jeffersonville, Ga. , of the murder of Merchant M. C. Hunt, have been sentenced to be hanged Friday, Sept. 24. . , Death of Dr. Kollock. A special to the News and Couriei from Cheraw, S. C, announces the death of Dr. Cornelius Kollock, one of the most eminent physicians of the Stato and an authority on abdominal surgery. He was born in Cheraw in 1824; graduated at Brown University, and in medicine at the University o Pennsylvania, and studied in Paris under Velpeati and others. He mar ried Miss Mary Henrietta Shaw, o Boston, . - - - MILLS RESUME WORK. New England Manufacturers Feeling the Improvement in Business. At Fall River, Mass., on the 16th, most of the cotton mills which havo been stopped temporarily started on full time. The improved condition of the cloth market and the reported ad vancement of the cotton crop served to restore a measure of confidence among manufacturers. The curtailment haa amounted to a quiitsr of a million pieces. The Eddy Woolen Mills open ed it3 doors after a four-montns' curtail ment. It is planned to start only the dye house at present, with other de partments opened as the work pro gresses. The factory employs about 800 hands. At Providence, R. I. , the Lonsdale's Company's cotton mills started after a week's shut-down, giving employment to about 5,000 operatives. It is stated that the demand for woolen and cotton goods is on the increase. Repairs in progess at the Methuen Cotton Mills, at Methuen, Mass., art being pushed forward rapidly, and it is expected that operations will be re sumed in some of the departments in a week. Tho mills shut down August 7, at which time it was stated that they would be idle three weeks. The mills employ about 500 hands. At Salem, Mass., the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills resumed operations after a shut-down of sixteen days, but will run on a full-time schedule before long, if tho market is satisfactory. The plant employs 1,400 people. - At Chester, Pa., the employes of Geo. C. Haltsel & Co.. manufacturers of worsted goods, have been notified that the wages paid in 1893 will be re stored on September 6th next. The no tice was a surprise, as tho restoration was granted by tho firm without solici tation on the part of the hands. Halt sel &Jjo. employ several hundred peo ple. Since 1892 two reductions of wages have been made, aggregating about 20 per cent, and until three weeks ago the mill has been running on half time. The firm has of late received many new orders, and the employes ara working lull time. A DELUGE OF COTTON. The Greatest Crop Ever Made Is Now in Sight. Mr. H. M. Neill, the well-known statistician, of New Orleans, La. , has issued a circular on the growing crop. tYfter referring to the correctness of his estimate made in J uly, 1834, of the crop of the season, Mr. Neill says: "At this moment, for this year, the promise is equal io any previous year in every State but Texas, and on the present acreage, even allowing that Texa3 should fall short of her maximum production per acre by 1,000,000 bales, the out'ook now is for a crop of at least 9,750.000 with 50,000 to 1,000,000 more within the range of possibilities. This figure of 9.750.000. is really vcrvcouBervative. for a product per acre outside of Texas j bales and a maximum for" Texas would be S, 050, 000 bales from which allowing 1,000,000 off, you would have a crop of 10, 300,000 bales. The crop is now so far advanced from recent rains and heat that it will reach maturity and be inde pendent of frost atau unusually early date. Should we soon have good rains in Texas her cror also would be near perfection, and the. possibilities for total crop would then be enormous. " MURDERED HIS MOTHER. Horrible Crime Committed to Get Money to Spend on an Actress. A special from Galveston, Tex.f ol the 16th, says: Mrs. 'Kate Gallagbcu for.twelve years a school teacher in this city, who lived with her son Virgil, a? Thirteenth and K streets, was found to day with her throat cut from ear to ear and tho body charred beyond recogni tion. After killing her the murderer set fire to the bed. Virgil, the 20-year-old son of the mur dered woman, has been arrested and confessed that he committed the crime to get money to spend on a variety ic tress. The crime was deliberately planned and executed. The young man had packed his trunk and was ready to leave. He had the furniture insured and with the money expected to letve Texas as soon as the fire insurance could be adjusted. But the fire was discovered in time to prevent the de struction of the house and the bloody shirt which the murderer woro when the crime was committed. Prince and Count Fight a Duel. Paris, Aug. 17 (By Cable). The Count of Turin and Prince Henri of Orleans fought a duel with swords at 5 o'clock on the morning of the 15th, in the Bois de Marechanx, at Van cressen, M. Leontieff acted as umpire. Tho fighting was determined and lasted 20 minutes. Thero were five engage ments, of which two were at close quar ters. Trince Henri received two serious wounds, in the right shoulder and in the right side of the abdomen. The Count of Turin was wounded in the right hand. Prince Henri re ceived two serious wounds, in the right shoulder and in the right side of the abdomen. The Count of Turin was wounded in the right hand. Prince Henri was taken to the residence of the Due da Chartres, and received medi cal attention. The condition of Prince Henri of Orleans is as satisfactory as could be expected. The doctors, after consultation, have expressed the opin ion that no important; organs were touched, but absolute rest is necessary for recovery. Henri extended his hand to his antagonist after the duel. The Pope threatens the duellists with excommunication, as duelling is for bidden by the Roman Catholic Church. Cashier Milam Caught. J. H. Milam, the absconding ticket agent of the Seaboard Air Line in Char lotte, N, C. , has been caught near Mor ristown, Tenn., and Sheriff Smith of Mecklenburg, has the thief in jail now. He will be tried at the next term of the criminal court for the misappropriation of 31,444.44, the property of the S. A. L. The authorities in Tennessee will get the $200 reward offered by the American Bond and Snrity Company, ia which be 'was bonded for $2,000. DESTINY Of 1 NEGRO. Resolutions Denouncing Outrages Upon Helpless Women. OUR AFRO-AMERICAN COLUMN. One Serious DrawbackIt la Easy tc Float With the Current Abuses the Entire Negro Racr. At a meeting of the Wake Colored Baptist Association, at Franklinton, N. C.,' icsolutions were offered by James H. Young, and unenimonsly adopted. The preamble saya that the association notices with great regret the very large number of arrests oi negroes in various parts of North Car olina and the South, for committing the most dastardly, cowardly and in famous crime known to society, name ly, outrages upon defenceless women, and that this crime has increased to a large degree, and threatens to create and perpetuate the greatest alienation of the two races. The following is the text of the resolution: ' 'Resolved. That we stamp our most c-mphatic condemnation upon all ol that wretched and infamous class who have committed or who may commit or attempt to commit, such outrages against society; and pledge our will ingness to co-operate with all law abiding citizens to bring to justice any and all who are or may be guilty of such revolting crimes. , "Resolved. That we, as pastors aud leaders among our people, will do all jn our power to create among them the otrongest sentiment against this crime and criminals, and urge them to do all in their power to assist in bringing to justice such lawless characters, be they within or without our race, who are a curse to humanity. "iiesolved. inat wo denounce with equal emphasis the men who become violators of the law of God and the land by banding themselves together in mobs or lynching parties for the purpose of murdering the helpless villain upon whom the strong arm of the law has al ready laid its just hands. "Resolved. That we commend the Governor of North Carolina aud the Governors of such other Southern States as havo taken such heroic stands in lifrtwin rr ta cfirmcr arm nf ttifl law cround those charged with crime to the end that the majesty of the law may be upheld, which in itself is sufficient to punish men who commit or attempt to commit such outrages. W e urge our readers to maintain a 1 roper 6elf -respect. We do not mean a vain self-importance, but rather a inanlv. sober, true 6elf-respect. There is a vast difference between the two, self-importance is tho sign of great weakness. It is disgusting to sensible people. Self-important people are un popular with the masses, but genuine sen-respect is highly praiseworiuy. n will not prevent one from being de- smsed and bated by certain ones, Christ had great self-respect, yet He was shamefully despised and terribly hated by many. And what is self-re spect? It is a careful regard of one's character, for lm honor, for his hon esty, for his faithfulness to his prin ciples and for his promises. No man has true self-respect who disregards these qualities. A self-respecting man will not tell falsehoods, nor chsat, nor use profanity, nor willful misrepresent au other person, nor take unjust advan tages of another man's necessities Such things grossly damage him who does them; hence, if you properly re spect yourself j'ou will not intentionally do anv which will harm yourself. If you rightly, respect your soul you will not curse it by indulging in conduct that blasts it, that withers it, that dead ens it to holy influences. When you promise to perform a thing, keep that promise sacred. If you owe a debt, pay it. In anyone wrongs you, do not re taliate by misrepresenting him. In anyone insults you, do not insult him His doing wrong does not make it right for you to do wrong. By all means, in all ways, rightly respect you?elf. Omaha Progress. The Negroes of Williamson county, Tennessee. Irankin county site, ac cordins to the county commissioner's report who collerVd the exhibit for the Negro departmeat of the Tennessee Centennial, pay taxes on 506,600 worth of property. This is owned by 414 in dividuals and is classified as 9.22J acres of farming land and 138 town lots situated in the town of Franklin.! Several are doing successfully. Indi anapolis Freeman. There is one serious drawback so far as the progress of the negro race is concerned, "and that is ignorance in a' great many incidencies in the pulpit. To preach "is to teach and no man or( woman can teach without first peparing themselves. The day of miracles has passed. It is just as essential that a minister be equipped in his vocation as it is for a lawyer or doctor in theirs. It often occurs that an honest man makes a' failure in his chosen field bo cause he is not suited for the work, but he will seek earnestly until he finds out what he is fitted for. Every one can do oomething, but too many do not come up to the full measuro ol duty. A white lady in Memphis recently died and left her entire estate, valued at $45,000 to her colored man servant. It is now in order for the Southerners to lj-nch him on the charge of having raped the woman into making such ol dying will. Ex. J j Whenever a henious crime is done and the criminal is not then and there indentified, the average little one-gal-lus white detectives goes out looking for a black man, and if he fails to find one upon whom the crime,canbe fasten ed, he at once gives it up as a mystery, and the little hide-bound white papers begin to abuse the entire Negro race. ; f If It can be proved that "love Is a dis ease" there may be something In tho germ theory that microbes are trans ferred by klsslriff. j-tj-, . 5'i JJ.!.r:vJ.M:.l..u.T.lll,T-t r-?J--TJra.l i.i.t.-.t.i.-..j..j,i.ij.i.i. r J 'yrrr.TT? Effect of Enftlling Food. The logical conclusion of the large imount of experimenting on this sub ject at the Ohio and other stations is that the process of ensiling adds noth ing to the nutritive value of the feed ing stuff. It does add to its palata bility, however, when the method has been properly employed, aud in conse quence a larger proportion of the fod der will be consumed. In regard to he cost of this method, we do not con sider it any greater than that of the ordinary method of cutting and husk ing and stacking and grinding the grain, and certainly all this must be done if the food materials are to be thoroughly preserved and made as completely available as they are in well cured silage. A Snmmer Iloj-pen. Tho swine quarters aro oflcn in buildings connected with the house, and in such cases are likely to become ORCHAKD riO-PEJf. offensive during the warm weather of summer. It is wise in such a case to construct summer quarters out in the orchard. The cut gives a suggestion for a cheap little house and yard. The end of the yard has a sloping top, so that the pigs can lie out of doors upon the gronnd, and still be protected from the sun. The roof of the little house can be of matched lumber and left unshingled. New England Home stead. The Cabbajc l'.oot M.tsjot. The white maggot in cabbage root is the larva of a two-winged fly, which closely resembles ths common house fly except that it is smaller. The flies appear in April and early May and lay eggs at the base of newly-set cabbage plants. These eggs hatch iu about a weekr The maggots begin work iu the young roots and proceed in their attack to the larger roots and finally the stein. Iu two or three weeks the maggots are full grown and proceed to pupate. After loue days the next brood of flies emerges. Thero are about three such broods. The b?sfc Irjatnisat to r.void this maggot is to put cabbage in ground where turnips, radishes or cabbage were not grown tho previous year. There is no satisfactory reme ly to de stroy the maggjts and save the cab bage, but the best is the use of carbon bisulphide. Inject a teaspoonfnl just under the plant when the maggots are first discovered in May. It would not be Rafe to replant the same ground with cabbage either this or next pea son, although late cabbage is not ho much troubled as is the early crop. Lime or salt would not destroy or drive away the maggots. Ainericau Agriculturist. Culture of Melon. Watsrmelons are ex33ssive feeders, and many fail in attempting to grow theoi bec.iusa th?y d j not furnish suf ficient plant food to supply the neces sary strength for vigorous vine an 1 fine fruit. Not infrequently water melon vines tarn yellow aud die when they saould b3 just in tueir prime simply from plant starvation. I prepare the ground as for corn. Lav off in rows twelve feet apart each way. I dig a hole about one and one half feet deep and perhaps three feet in diameter. In the bottom of this I put a peck or more of good stable ma nure, tramping it lightly. Next put in a layer of soil, and follow with a layer made up of equal parts of soil and fine rich manure thoroughly mixed, and. lastly, where tho seeds are'to be placed, another layer of pure soil. Sow seeds thickly and cover about one inch. When the second or third leaf shows thin out to two or three plants in the hills. If excep tionalfy large melons, regular "prize takers," aro desired, thin to but one plant in the hill. I cultivate about as I do corn, hoeing each hill after an entire patch is plowed. If very dry, cultivate often, particularly about the hills. It is some trouble to thus pre pare the ground, but it more than pays in the size, number and quality of melons produced, also in theincreaser length of time that the vines are in bearing, as they remain green and in goon condition until killed by frost. Orange Judd Farmer. The Horn Viy, One of our representatives writes that the little black horn fly is again appearing to the great annoyance o the cattle and loss to the owners who are anxious for practical methods to prevent the loss of thrift which follows the discomfort which the ny causes When the fly first J appeared in this country about ten years ago, all sort of wild stories wero told concerning' it Among other thing3 it was said that the fly ate through tho horn, caused it to rot and laid eggs in it which alter wards penetrated the brain. There is of course, no truth in such tales, bu the facts are bad enough, for the an noyance to cattle is very serious and prevents thrift in beet animals and milk production in dairy herds. A great many methods of combating it have been tried with more or less success, those most effective consist ing of the application of substances o an oily character, Jierosene emulsion ' - applied with a rpray pump, has beca found quite useful, as it kill all tho flies it touches. Good results have been secured with fish oil lo which about two tablcspoonfula of carbolic acid to tho quart is added, the mixture being applied with a broad, flat paint brush. Two parts of fish oil or cot ton seed oil and one part of pine tar is a successful application and tho cot "i Iot7. At the Mississippi Experi ment Station this mixture was applied to three hundred and fifty cattle at a cost of only $2.20. These suggestions indicate in a general way the character of the remedies to be used. Any of them require frequent renewal as they only protect tho cattle for from threo to six days. When dairy herds can b confined in dark stables during tho day it is best to do so, care being taken to keep the flies out. The horn fly is propagated from efrp laid in the droppings of the cattle, and it is therefore a good plan to break these up when the droppings have bo come a little dry. One peculiarity about the horn fly is that it cannot travel well unless it has cattle to ac company. If, therefore, the farmer can prevent the multiplication of th fly on his own premises by the use of the remedies and by breaking up thi egg-bearing droppings, he is not likely to be much troubled, even though tl9 fly bo numerous on the adjoining farm. Wisconsin Farmer. Tli Farm (lirdi-n. The garden i3 the most pro.luctivo ere of the farm. If it is not, it fdiould be made so. It is tho most indispen sable part of farm life. Half of our iving should come from our garden in summer. Not one-half the country people mali an effort to have a garden. Thero aro some that start out well m the spring, sow au abundance of seed and never ook at the garden again until they think it is time they should have re sults. They take a look and cannot find any for the weeds have covered the little plauts. Then they oma to the conclusion that the nee I did not grow. They say all sorts of things about the seedsmen, and mow off the weed and wait until auotber spring when they go through the same pro cess. Now this is all wrong. To hoop he garden clean we should begin early and continue tho cultivation until fall. It is impossible to destroy all the weeds while we arc cultivating tha early vegetables. Little patches of weeds around ta9 garden will produco seed enough to seed the whole garden noxt year. We should try to plan so a? to keep all tho ground occupied iu the garden. It will require but liltlo more labop to cultivate a cabbage or turnip ira variant plao than simply to cultivate to keen down tho wtrod. You can sow lettuce in July an 1 it will be nice in tho fall. Cabbage aud turnip can bo transplanted into tho ground when the early peas and pota toes have grown; or you can set ceu-ry and beets for winter use. Koep all th ground occupied. If clean cultivation is given, as hhould bo dune, tho weeds will be killed out and at th samotium g:od crop secured. Thinning out plants is an important matter iu gar dening; beets and carrots will not grow to any size if left too thick. No vege table but tho onion will Maud crowd ing. If the soil is rich enough onions will grow to a goo 1 m.o when lvo or six stand together; they will crowd each other out of the ground all but the roots and will bottom nicely. The onion maggot destroys onions bally; a good remedy ia to lake tho soil awny from the buibs no matter if tho littlo onions tip over; ro long as tho roots are in the ground they are all right. By doing this the fly has no chance to put its eggs on tho stalks un l tuaa there are no maggots ip the bulbs. Farm and Home. A Poultry IIoubp DptIcp. Where fowls are kept in confine ment, whether the season be summer or wjnter, they must be furnished green food iu the rorm ol caunags, turnips, beets or cut clover. Tbcsn should not be thrown loosely int o th pen to become quickly soiled, but put HACK FOR FOCbTRY FEED. into a rack with sloping sides, liko that shown in th sketch. The hens reach through tbe slats and cat what they desire. The top slopes so tht they cannot roost upon it. If filled with cabbages, etc., tbey will come down to the hens as fast as eaten.- American-Agriculturist. . Bralie PUcolornllon. To prevent a bruise from becoming discolored apply immediately water as hot as can be borne comfortably, changing the cloth as it loses its heat. If hot water is not to be had at once moisten somo dry starch with cold water and cover the bruised part with it. . . . 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