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oagbi5aia5ggaagHaivvwTB''if4 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE. i TUC INCCVIV fi ITCTTC U ink llttIM.1 UKLbllb Rate of AuvcrtUlng. A WEEKLY" NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED BI JAMES H. YOUNG, Editor and Prop. A. J. ROOERS and J. D. PAIR General Traveling Agents. Oca aatiAre. oo Inttrtloa M Ooa aquare, two moub..jt..,. 9 00 Oa square, tbraa months , .... fi 60 One aquare, alx month?...,... ft 00 Oneaquarc, one year. ........ fi 00 C?Llteral contract ihada (or larger adYrrtlaementa. VOL. IX. RALEIGH; N. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBE R 23, 1897 NO. 30. nPTnrxr1 a MjrjLijJji JL JL jlLi. in i am nr. It is Not Going to Be so Laree Says Bradstreet, NO. OF BUSINESS FAILURES. j. niter, Totatoes, Wheat, O.tt-, Flour, Coffee and Low, Corn, Cotton i'l Utie ct'a Commercial Review for j.iit week, in part, 6ays: The nc- it v i i -tuple lines of merchandise is i ;, i , uuceil thau a month ago, due i i fi KM- merchants having supplied oil iloninuds for the time; a gradual i-reac of the territory included by o yellow fever quarantine; the low uv of cotton; a tendency in the Mis- A: th 1 1 Putin river valley and spring wheat 11.111 IU ."I St a os io iiui'i wneai ior nigner prices. run to farmers being busy with fall I'lui ;tir.ig. Unseasonable weather has I cou au unfavorable influence on the (li-ti ibutioii of merchandise through ( nt the Central West and at Chicago it :nl St. Louis the Bales have fallen off. A veil-informed correspondent of Bnulstreet's, after extended personal in vent igutiou, gives reason for anticipat-ai- u much smaller yield of cotton than tni le estimates indicate. He looks for u Texas crop of not to exceed 2,000,000 bales, or less than last year, while the Mississippi Valley will, he thinks, pro duce less than an average crop, and Ar kansas be in a less favorable situation than last year, lhe long and severe drought, facilitating picking and mark etiug has, he declares, destroyed all the ton crop and will materially cut short tho later yield. lhe position of the cotton goods in dustry is no more favorable, but woolen -ooils maunlacturcs are brisk, prices steady and unwillingness by makers to accept new orders at present quota tioas. With the slackening off in the rute of distribution of merchandise the up ward luovement of prices iscorrespond- ir 2. i v c'liocive'. I, and this, the third week i succession, the number of staples to.- which quotations aro lower is great i than those which are higher, or un lui'm-ed. There are nominal advances f .r Jard and men's shoes, but prices for iok sncur. other forms of iron and t-oel thau those named, for copper, 1 umber, coal, hides and wool are un- Inncrfid. Quotations are lower for 1 1 utter, potatoes, wheat, corn, oats, ;beef. coffee, cotton, print cloths and lead. Wheat exports have again expanded, the total for tho present week being nmmicr t.li-o ' - .J rr. . r.l. Com ft ports were 2,2J.'i,0,'0'"i,bels this week, ajaiust 2, 107,C'0i) last week. There were 190 business failures re ported throughout the United States compared with 237 last week. There are 41 business failures reported throughout the Dominion of Canada, compared with 4 ) last week. "DIFFERENTIAL KATES." 8. A. L. Gives It lleasons for the Cut in Pasponser Kate.. The geueral passenger department of 'the Seabcard Air Line has just issued a circular announcing a sweeping rediic-Uo'1- of passenger rates on all its lines. Explaining this action the official circu lar says: "During the past three or fmv years, the Seaboard Air Line hns made many and frequent efforts to secure for itself, and the publio tho same through-sleeping-car ser- icq enjoyed by its competitors (to say nothing of their solid train service.) hot ween New York and Atlanta, Ga. , aad New York and New Orleans, La. , but request for such equal facilities, between those points has, in every iu-f-tance, been met with a declination by fuunections, who have given as a cause for such refusal, first one reason, and then another, a majority of which has been, to au extent unsatisfactory. " The position in which this refusal of connections places the Seaboard is F-hown in tho statement of the differ ence in distance, time, etc., between New York aud New Orleans, which is bv the Seaboard 1,440 miles, by the Southern 1,271 miles; time, Seaboard 4- hours, 4 5 minutes; Southern 45 hours, 10 minutes; between New York and Atlanta, distance: Seaboard 945 miles, Southern 876 miles; time Sea board 28 hours, 55 minutes, Southern PA hours, 25 minutes. "The Seaboard Air Line, therefore, and in view of such continue I discrimination against ns interests, and the interests of its .patrons, has determined, fcr the pur-po.-e of equalizing, to an extent, the disadvantages under which it operates ib. la-t mail and express trains, to adopt similar action to that taken by trunk lines between New York aad Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and other cities; which action is recognized by the Trunk Line Association as be ing proper and right, where disadvan tages exist; will, therefore, establish on October 25th the rates named in its dif ferential rate tariffs," says the circu lar. Perhaps 20O Drowned. Havana, Cuba. (By Cable). The coasting steamer Triton, from Havana to Bahia Honda, Province of Pinar del Ilio, has been wrecked between Dom inica anct Mariel. The purser and one passenger have arrived at Mariel. It is feared that the captain, crew and two hundred passengers have been lost. The steamer had $31, 000 in silver aboard, to pay off the Spanish soldiers. A Rig Catch of Mackerel. There has been shipped from More :d, by rail, says the Newbern, (N. C i Journal. 145 boxes or more than. nine tons of fish, mostly mackerel, j They were caught off Beaufort and was j one of the biggest catches ever made here. Passenger Rates Adopted. - At a meeting of the Central Passenger Association in Cincinnati, O., the same rates that were in effect last year was adopted for winter travel. THE BANK TOO HIS CASH. Farmer Has to Use iun to Pay Off a Mortgage. A Wichita, Kan., dispatch says: Frederick Brown, a farmer went to the Farmers and Merchants' National Bank at Eldorado and told the cashier he wanted to pay off a $1,500 mortgage which drew 9 per cent, inter est and was not due until February. The bank cannot loan money at 9 per cent, now and the cashier refused the payment. Meantime Brown had de posited 31,500 in gold on the counter. "We cannot accept payment before this mortgago is due, " said tho cashier as he pushed themouey back. .brown had brought along a revolver for fear of boing held up on the road, and he pointed the weapon at the cashier and said; "Give up that mort gage." . . a he cashier complied and took the money, while Brown started nome with his paper. A NINE MILLION BALE CROP The Drv Goods Record Makes an Ls- mate ACood Guesscr in the Past. The Daily Dry Goods Eecord, of New York, says: Working on those lines by which such close estimates to ihe actual cotton crop of the last two years were obtained, the ngures just now obtained indicate a crop for 1897- '98, which varies from 8,953,783 bales to 9,371,532 bales, of 500 pounds each. For the last crop, or 1896-'97, our es timate was 8,722,901 bales against 8, 814,011 balos as the actual returns while the estimate for the rrevious year, or 1895-'9G, was 7,142,000 bales, compared with 7,102,473 bales. The closeness of these estimates to the actual returns stamped them with the imprint of correctness and for the cur rent crop year our estimate is submit ted with a degree of confidence, that barring unexpected happenings, the yield for 1897-'t)8 will not exceed the maximum figures of 9,371,532 bales of 500 pounds each. Tho National Sanitary Association. The National Sanitary Association met in Nashville, Tenn. Dr. F. O. Young, of Lexington, Ky. , tho president, pre siding. Papers by Dr. Chas. S. Bene dict, health officer of New York city; Dr. Thomas C. Craig, of Brooklyn, and Price Young were discussed. The association elected the following offi cers: President, Chas. E Benedict; vice president, Dr. E. A. Wilson, of Meridian, Conn. ; secretory and treas urer. Dr. Thos. E. Veal, of Atlanta, Ga. New York city was selected as the next place of meeting. Negro Shoots Whltecnppers. A special to the Louisville, (Ky. ,) Evening Post from Milan, Tenn., says: Whitecappers attacked the homo of Dot Price, a negro living near this place, and fired into his house. He re turned the fire, killing Wm. Sires, a white man, and fatally wounding four others. The negro was shot through the arm. Intense excitement prevails and a race war is expected as a finale to the trouble. Salt Water Taken the Place of Fresh. The Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger says that all the saw mills and steam plants on the river as far.up as Hilton, ,nd even the waterworks plant, are hav ing no end of trouble with their boilers on account of salt water in the river. The river is lower than it has been for years, and tho salt water of the ocean has come up and taken the placo of the fresh water. AVants Missionaries Withdrawn. A dispatch to the London Daily Chronicle from Constantinople says: The Sultan is making strenuous efforts to obtain the withdrawal of the Ameri can missionaries from tbe interior of Asia Minor. If his efforts should be successful, the policy of exterminating the Armenians could be accomplished without European witnesses. Republicans Put Up a Kick. "A Negro Voter" in a card to the Charlotte, (N. C.,) Observer says the colored Republicans of that city will put up a kick to the confirmation of J. W. Mullen as postmaster for Charlotte. They will send a delegation to Wash ington on the assembling of Congress and fight the appointmect. Leaves Nearly a Million. A special from Columbia, S. C. , says: Ex-Senator Eobertson died in that city on the 13th. He was Senator from South Carolina under the reconstruc tion regime and was succeeded by Mr. Bntler. Mr. Robertson had been par alyized for years. His estate is esti mated to be worth nearly a million dol lars. Slugged to Death. In New Orleans, La., Jack Cummings and Walter Griffin, local prize fighters, sparred for the benefit of yellow fever sufferers. At the fifteenth round Grif fin hit Cummings a bard punch, and he Bank to the floor and was removed to a hospital, where he died from the effects of the blow. The Jury Could Not Agree. At Glenville, W. Va., in the case of Mrs. Governor Atkinson, on trial for forgery of her former husband's name, the jury could not agree and they were discharged. Seven were for acquittal and five for conviction. A nolle prose qui may be entered at the next term. Foreign News. The Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has voted to in crease the standing army by 12,000 men. The National Council of Switzerland has adopted a bill making tho insurance of poor persons against sickness com pulsory. The British Amalgamated Society of Engineers doubts that there will be a general strike of scch proportions w i3 repotted. PIC n People With Shot Guns Prevent Trains From Stopping OUTSIDE OF THE BIG CITIES. People Leaving Houston, Tex., and Schools Are Closed The Situation at Other Points. A special from Austin, Texas says: The most serious situation now con fronting the people of Texa3 is the al most complete blockado of travel, owing to the yellow fever scare. Many trains on all the principal lines have been abandoned, and local lines have Btopped running entirely. Both divi sions of the Houston aud Texas Cen tral and the Southern Pacific are tied up most effectually, not awheel moving save in the extreme northern portion of the State. Every small town in the State i3 rapidly organizing shot-gun quarantines, so that the trains cannot stop except at the big cities. The sit uation in the entire 3tate is highly panicky, and the feeling is one of growing alarm and apprehension. Un less the situation is soon relieved, the entire southern and central portions of the State will be practically without any railroad facilities, as all trains will be.stopped. Up to the 12th eleven cases of fever has been reported from Galveston, Tex as, but the disease is mild andnodeatha are reported. Tho situation is hopeful. The total cases to date, the 12th, at Mobile, Ala , are 129; deaths 20; dis charged 72; under treatment 37. The Houston, Texas, schools have been closed and trains are going out filled with people At New Orleans, La., rich peoplero falling victims of the fever and the red and yellow flags are liying on fashiona ble avenues. The situation is still bad, but the death rate is light. The board of health report at Biloxi, Miss. , is: Yellow fever under treatment 79; new cases 12; deaths, none. ROBBERS GET $200. The Cannon Ball Train Held tTp Near Austin. Texas. Within twelve miles of the corporate limits of Austin, Texas, the southbound cannon ball train on the International and Great Northern, consisting of mail, baggage and express cars and three coaches loaded with passengers, was heM up by four men and robbed. The conductor of tho train, Tom Healy, was shot by the robbers while resisting them, but not seriously wounded. One of the passengers had his shirt collar carried away by a pistol bullet which was aimed at his neck, and another re ceived a bullet wound in tho hand. The passengers were robbed of about 3200 in money. The bandits attempted to rifle the safe in the express car, but were unsuccessful. OKLAHOMA FARMERS Offer Half of the Crop to Get the Picking Done. A Perry, Okla., dispatch says: Okla homa farmers are making great efforts to get cotton pickers. In one county alone the farmers are asking for 5,000 pickers. Cotton will make a bale to the acrft in many places. Although nearly all is open, but little has been picked. Eighty Sac and Fox Indians have been induced to go into the cotton fields, and one chief has become an expert, and picks 300 pounds a day, thus making from $2 to $3, but it takes all five of the s uaws to pick that much. Many of the farmers are offering half of tho product of the held to get the picking done. ASHEVILLE BANK GOES UNDER. The Western Carolina Bank Has Closed Its Doors. The Western Carolina bank, of Ashe villo, N. C, has closed its doors. Failure to collect is said to be the trouble. This bank was organized about five years ago with a paid up capital of $50,000. Mr. Louis Maddux is president and Mr. M. J. Bearden vice-president and cashier. The last statement made by th Wes tern Carolina bank was as follows: Capital stock paid in $50,000; surplus, $25,000; no undivided profits; deposits, $175,000; loans, $20,000. Told to Hold Their Cotton. A Columbia, S. C, dispatch says: The officers of the Farmers' Alliance in this State and North Carolina are send ing out circular letters advising cotton growers to hold their cotton, as the prico is bound to rise before the end of the month. The same position is being taken by the cotton manufacturers of the South. Lately a considerable per centage of the mills began running on extra time, and some on double time on account of the heavy orders being received. Virginia Coupon Bond Case. The Supreme Court at Washington, D. C. , re-assigned the case of McCul lough vs. State of .Virginia, fixing the date for hearing on the first Monday in January, after other cases set for that day as disposed of. The case deals with the validity of the coupon con tracts of the State in the bond issues of 1871 and 1879. Killed Himself In Atlanta, Dr. J. T. Monroe, of Union, S. C., committed suicide in Atlanta, Ga., by cutting his jugular vein with a small pocket knife. Dr. Monroe was one of the most prominent physicians in his section, but for several years had beeh the victim of both morphine and whis key habits. McKInley Touches the Button. President McKinley touched a tele graph key at the White House and opened the semi-centennial celebration of the incorporation of New Bedford, Mass. muni Efl HALF A MILLION FIRB At Durham 7 Wooden Prize Houses and 8 Cottages Burned. A special from Durham to the Char lotte (N. C.) Observer, of the 14th, says: Durham had nearly a half million dollar fire today. It destroyed seyen prize rooms and eight dwellings, in cluding about 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco. At 11:25 the shifting engine gave the alarm of fire, and the alarm was re echoed by whistles, bells and citizens. The fire was found to be raging at H. J. Bass & Co. '8 prize room, on Morgan street. The fire companies responded promptly end began operations, but with little effect. Everything was so dry it burned like powder. From Bass & Co.'s the flames went to the storage of W. T. Carrington, and then to the houses occupied by the American Tobacco Company, then to the house occupied by the Blackwell Durham Tobacco Company, and these dwellings began to burn, one after an other until eight four and five-room dwellings were burned. The loss is estimated at abont $400, 000, while the insurance . covers only about $200,000. Several firemen became overheated and had to be carried away. About 250 or 300 hogsheads of tobacco and nearly all of the household furniture yrere saved. The loss falls very heavily on most of the families who were burned out, as they had no insurance. An engine and hose wagon from Ral eigh, arrived here by special train about 1 o'clock,- but their services were not needed, as the fire was then under control. The principal losers were: The Amer ican Tobacco Company, H. J. Bass & Co., W. Duke, B. L. Duke, Geo. W. Watts, W. T. Carrington, Black well Tobacco Company, Manning & Morgan; the Newton estate, and L. W. Wise. Tho Durham Daily Sun says: At this time, during the excitement, we can give only a partial list of the in surance. The following were insured with W. II. McCabe for the amounts stated: American Tobacco Company, $40,500; B. L. Duke, $9,984; Georgo W. Watts, $0,000; W. Duke, cottage, $1,000; II. J. Bass & Co., $2,400. The total insurance on some of the losses with the firm of J. Southgate & Son amounts to $55,000. All told, the losses on buildings and tebaccowill not miss $400,000, and may possibly reach half a million. ROYAL ARCH MASONS. The Officers Elected Will Meet In Cincinnati in 1900. The grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons in session at Baltimore elected the following officers: General grand high priest. Reuben C. Lemmon, of Toledo; deputy grand high priest, Jas. W. Taylor, of Luthersville, Ga. ; gen eral grand king, Arthur G. Pollard, of Lowell, Mass. : general grand scribe, Jos. Eyes, of Paris, 111. ; general grand treasurer, Daniel Striker, of Hast ings, Mich.; general grand" "cap tain of the host, William C. S. Dain, of Milwaukee; general grand principal sojourner, Nathan Kingsley, of Austin, Minn. ; general grand royal arch captain, Bernard G. Witt, of Henderson, Ky. ; general grand master of the third veil, Geo. E. Cor- eon, of Washington, D. C. ; general grand master of the second veil, i red- erick W. C. Saig. of Des Moines, la. The next triennial meeting of the general grand chapter will be held at Cincinnati, in September, 1900, Justice Field's Retirement. A Washington special says it has been announced at tho Supreme Court that Justice Stephen J. Field, of Cali fornia, had notified President McKin- lev of hs intention to retire as a mem ber of the court, and had informed his colleagues of the fact. It is expected that his successor will be nominated by the President immediately after the convening of Congress, and that At torney General McKenna, also of Cali fornia, will be named for the office. Jerry Simpson Sees a Panic Ahead. A Newton, Kan., dispatch says: Con gressman Jerry Simpson declares that inside of a year this country will be in the throes of a panic, the like of which was never dreamed of. According to Mr. Simpson, England is paying for American exports in American securi ties, and the banks are boistering up the securities by borrowing. He pre dicts that the banks will be obliged to unload in the near future, and that this will cause the crash. Receivers for the Failed Bank. Judge Norwood, at Chambers in Clay county, North Carolina, confirmed the appointment by Judge Ewart cf Geo. H. Smathers, of Waynesvillo, and L. McLoud and J ohn A. Nichols, of Ashe ville, as receivers of the Western Caro lina Bank. Mr. Nichols, however, de clined. A Differential Tariff. The Seaboard Air Line has published a ; differential passenger tariff, which supersedes their present tariff and makes a decided reduction from the old rates. This line is the first road in the country to adopt a method of differen tial for the purpose of equalizing rates. The rates go in effect on the 25th. Spain's Army in Cuba. Reinforcements of Spanish troops far Cuba are being hurried forward by the military authorities. About 5, 000 addi tional soldiers will leave Spain for that island before the end of the present month. - Pithy Pointers. R. H. Dudley, Democrat, has been elected mayor of Nashville, Tenn. , by I, 215 majority. Mr. Wm. A. Johnson has been ap pointed traveling passenger agent of the Southern Railway Company. Eugene V. Debs' followers in Kan sao are planning to secure control of schools and colleges of the State. - Georere Jackson and Charles Wil liams, train robbers, were sentenced to CO years in the penitentiary at Port land, Ore. GOUK I L N, C, Has Adopted a History of the Race in the Colored Schools. A COLORED CIRCUS OWNER. Our Standing in aiasonry A Bequest to Diddle Negroes at the Bar In Chicago. The State Board of Education of North Carolina has adopted as a text book in the colored schools, a history of the Negro race. This is a long felt rieed m the education of our colored boys and girls, and 6uch a book should ba taught in every colored school in this country. Our boys and girls can tell all about the life and character of every white man and woman who are of historic fame, whether in this country or Europe, but ask them about tho no ble man and women of their own race and you will be surprised at the amount of ignorance they display on the sub ject, inls is no fault of theirs, par ents should see to it that their homes are provided with books and literature pertaining to the race, and they should also see to it that the school board adopts such books in the colored publio Fchools m each State and county and city in the United States. John G. Jones, a colored lawyer of Chicago, stands unon the too round of the Masonio order of Colored Masons. having taken the thirtv-third and last degree in Masonry. lie was at the session of the Supreme Council of the 33d degree of the A. A. S. Rite for the Southern and W estern Masonic juris diction of the United States of America, held at the Grand Orient in Washing ton, D. C, on October 21st, 1895, elected Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander, and re-elected in October, 1890. In ancient craft Masonry there is nothing which prevents a freo-born colored man from receiving and of the Masonio degrees. Race prejudice would yery generally cause the colored candidate to be blackballed in a white lodge; notwithstanding this, however,' at least three colored brothers have been raised to the Master's degree in white lodges in Illinois. A colored man has been elected master of a lodge of white Ma.sons in New Jersey. Chi cago Legal News. Nine-rear-old Edgar Davis, the col ored child in the Thompson public school near Newark, Del., refuses to be rousted, and the parents of the white children who attended the school aro talking of appealing to the legislature to amend the law so it will be impossi ble for a colored child to attend a white school. Joel Thompson, with whom the lad lives, controls the school board, and he will not remove the colored boy. The latter has been in the school three weeks. He sits by himself removed from the white children, and is given individual instruction by the teacher, not being allowed in the white classes. Some of the white children that were withdrawn have returned. The school has about twenty pupils. Trof. E. Williams, of Medford, Wis consin, me oniy Airo-Americau circus owner in America, after wintering in California, has again taken to tbe road with a much larger md greatly increas ed aggregation than ho has ever exhib ited before, and is now touring the Northwest. This is Prof. Williams' tenth season. He employs seventy-five people and owns 200 head of Arabian ponies and horses. This is a unique departure for an Afro-American to find pleasure and success in. Who says the race problem is not solving itself? The Appeal, Chicago. Rev. A. S. Billing8ley, who died at Statesville N. C, willed his large aud valuable library to Biddle University, Charlotte, N. C. Dr. Billingsley was an author of reputation and his library was carefully chosen, and is said to be one of finest theological libraries in the State. He also willed the city of States ville $500 for the founding of a city hospital. So many of our very best young men fritter away the morning of youth in useless occupations and questionable practices. The time for one to work is in the morning so that when the latter part of the day shall have come you may sit down quietly and comfortably to rest. The Tuskegee Normal and Industral Institute, at Tnskagee, Alabama, has met with good fortune this month in receiving unexpectedly $25,000 $20, 000 coming from the Randall estate in Boston, and $5,800 from an anonymous donor. Compnisory education should prevail from one end of this country to the other. The parents who are too mer cenary and trifling to educate their chil dren should be made to do so. Upon its educated and intelligent minds swings the destiny of this great govern ment. Eliza Ann Grier, colored, who grad uated as a phvsician in Philadelphia, has been admitted to practice by. the State Medical Examiners of Georgia at Atlanta. More than thirty members of the Chicago bar are Negroes. The first Negro admitted to the bar in Illinois was Lloyed G. Wheeler, who was ad-mitted-ih 1869. Miss Pauline Morrow, of Littig.Tex., has passed the State examination in pharmacy, and is the first negro girl to do so. She is a graduate of the phar maceutical department of Mehary Medi cal college of Nashville, Tenn. The recent graduation of a negTO girl from Vassar, and admission to the bar , of another girl in lennessee, proves that we are moving to the front and 1 spreading out in all directions. Ethio pia will yet stretch forth her hand. A disease known as "lump iaw" has appeared among the cattle in Manitoba. UK I Danger of Impure Water. Thero is nothing so productive cf disease as impure water. To put the water for your fowls during the hot summer days out in tho sun without any protection and let it become fouled means sickness in your flocks, and finally a failure to produco healthy fowls. Prepare a clean place, in a cool, shady spot, and see that fowls are provided with fresh water at least once a day. Keronene Oil for Poultry. There are many ways to rid the poultry house of lice, but after all there is nothing better for tho pur pose than kerosene on. AU roost poles nest boxes, etc., should be re moved; partly cover these with oil and then burn them off. This will de stroy all eggs as well as lice. Certain rough places inside the house can safely be burnt over, provided there is no tarred paper to catch fire and plenty of dry dirt is at hand to throw on the flame, if it should get too hot. Only put oil on a small place at one time. The Hest Breed of Tigs. There is no one breed of hogs that is best for all localities. In the Western States the strong, hardy and large framed hogs have the preference, main ly because these are probably better able to be put on a corn diet than aro the early maturing and finer brel hogs. But since cottonseed oil has largely superseded lard, the heavy weight hogs have lost their advantage, and breeders now eeeK to obtain a smaller hog that will attain full size not later than 18 months old, and will bo ready to kill any time after it is seven or eight months old. Yet the large-framed hogs ought to be always used for dams and should be bred for Chester white sows make excollenir mothers and for a single breed prefer it to any other, as it will mature early enough and yet can be led to very large weight if desired. It is the mis fortune of those breeding the small breeds like Essex and small Yorkshire that unless sold as breeders their pork cannot be made as cheaply as it can from the first cross of a male of either of these on a large-framed, vigorous sow that will giveher pigs a start,such as the pigs from a small bone sow can not hope for. The larger sow will also generally have a larger litter, and is less likely to become too fat to breed well. Boston Cultivator. Keeping Butler In Winter. For keeping butter for winter Use, where cold storage cannot be had, no plan is as sure to result favorably as immersing tho pound prints in strong brine.and if a trifle of saltpetre is add ed to the brine the plan will appear to be safer. Butter will not absorb salt from the brine; hence the plan of the little muslin wrappers, or (better yet) the little paper box which incases the pat of butter like a close-fitting envelope and prevents the butter from getting bruised in the bath. Ave think we have before recommended the sterilized brine, singly strong boiled; and after cooling, placing these pats of butter in it and keeping in a cool place, aud taking up the butter only as wanted. Where one has a verv cold room of uniform temperature butter can be packed in close-fitting small packages, and closely covered after placing on the top of the butter either closely fitting layers of butter paper or a pasto made of very wet rait spread evenly over the surface before putting on the cover closely. The facts are that noth ing very new has been discovered about the keeping of butter not known to our mothers, and while cold stor age is the best, it is only at the com mand of comparatively few; so the old stand-by receipts have to be brought out and again presented to public view. Country Gentleman. Something About Sheep, The finest wool growing country in the United States may be found in some parts of Tennessee. As a rule 2000 sheep are cared for by a shepherd, five under shepherds and live dogs. The undershepherds have little huts in which they live, to be close to the sheen at all times. lhe dogs aro fierce and about as largo as a wolf. They wear heavy collars with spikea to make them more powerful when they must protect the flocks from wild beasts. When a sick or tired sheep drops behind the flock or a sick sheep lies down without the shepherd discover ing it.one of the dogs will stand guard until the shepherd misses tho dog and the sheep. In traveling to tho uioun- tains and back these dogs will keep the flocks separated. The flocks of 100 sheep are called "tribes." Each tribe will eat 2500 pounds of salt in five months. The fait H placed on hat stones, and the sheep eat it at pleasure, but ia huia ner only. Tho shepherds try to prevent the sheep from drinking from a pond after a hailstorm, as it is thought that the melted hail water is not pood for tho sheep. These sheep are kept for their wool. So the shepherd's first care i to preserve its fineness anl to keep tho sheep clean. In September the back of the sheep is covered with a pasto made of tho irony earth of tho mountain region, which improves me quality of tho wool, because it acts on the skin of the sheep. Tho sheon nro sheared in May. Al ter each sheep is sheared he is branded with tar and set at liberty. Atlanta Journal. - - ) Vaccinating Against IMacM?. A vaccine against blackleg was dis covered by French scientists about fifteen years ago, and is now exten sively used where- tins diFcase pre vails. With this as a basis the buroau of animal industry at Washington, P. C, has prepared vaccine aad tested it on a large number of calves in Texas. The results warrant tho conclusion that it is very satisfactory, but beforo distributing it generally it is desired to obtain a record of peveral thousand successful vaccinations. For this purposa a quantity of vaccine 'will be distributed to such parties as may desire to make prelimi nary vaccinations and report tho re sults to the bureau. Those stock owners will be preferred who already have experience in vaccinating stock for blackleg, and are in possession or , a vaccinating outfit. Explicit instruc tions will, however, bo sent with tho vaccine to recure uniformi y of oper ation and to assist thoso without previous experience in trie vaccina tions. Tersons lacking the necessary outfit should procure one if they pro pose to test tho vaccine. It consists of a graduated 5 cc syringe with de tachable needles, a small porcelain mortar and pestle, a glass tunnel and some filters. J his outfit cannot ue supplied by the department, but must be purchased of somo house which supplies such articles. Upon applying for vaccine, pleaso answer the following questions: To what extent does blackleg prevail in M .4 1 . 1 1 your part ot tue country anu now graat is your annual loss from, una disease? What experience have you had in vaccinating calves against black leg? How many head do you wish to vaccinate, and what class or cattle aro they, common, gradod, or full blood? What is your express oliice ino process is very simple, consisting u tbe injecting the virus -into an open ing through the loose skin on tho chest just behind the shoulder. American Agriculturist. Breeding Tou'trv a an IMnratnr. Tho breed's j of poultry is lookod upon by many persons as trivial, uu- lmportant employment, which may bo truo of those who only keep them without any particular attention, but to many who breed fowls as a study it is an employment that brings with it many lessons of no mean order. Iirst, selecting the variety and pro curing tho best of specimens develops taste and requnes closo observation, for it is highly necessary to consider carefully the character of tho sur roundings, and as to color, size, etc., and other points, there is a wide field for fancy. Next, in order to maintain tho excellence already attained by se lection, much care aud thought aro re quired, and a fair amount of liberality is developed in purchasing what may be necessary to preserve, a high stand ard. A little meanness in this partic ular ruins the would-be fancier's pros pects. To guard against imposition requires a cultivated eye, and in order to determine "what is what" in this direction ono inuet bo a close obser ver. Patience is another great virtuo that tho fancier must possess to a consider able degree to achiovo success. Noth ing can be done in a hurry, and many trying disappointments will be met bo fore all tbo dangers of chickcuhood are passed. How many mistakes and endless troubles, too, ariHO from lack of or trifling with conscience. Honor and honesty in tho business are most im portant essentials to success in it. Certainly nothing about the harmless fowls connects them with any evil in fluences. In their nature, unflinch ing bravery, detion to their young and affection for those who care for them are strong characteristics. There is in trading in live stock an inclination to exaggerate values, and the opportunities to do this usually increase in proportion to iguorauce on the part of the buyer, which may arise from distance and unfaualiarily. The youth who undertakes the breeding of fine poultry as a source of recreation and amusement, and conforms to its elevating tendencies, sharpens his eye for the beautiful in rature, exercises his judgment, cultivates patience, and, above all, learns to be strictly honor able in all his dealings, thus fitting him for higher pursuit. The man or woman who engages in it finds that one is never too old to learn, nnd that much that is highly conduct veto health and pleasure and even profit may be drawn from the so-called "chicken business." The Fanciers' Monthly. Broken Pledge. "Before we were married yon paid you wouldn't put an obstacle in my way for the world." "Did I? Well, perhaps I did." "And now you aro everlastingly sticking your feet out so that I fall over them." Chicago Record. 3 ; (
The Gazette [1891-1898] (Raleigh, N.C.)
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