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RED j . J . I ' ' ' J ' ' ' ' , EQUAL AND EXA.lT JUSTICE TO ALL. i VOL. I. NO. 0. '. RED SPRINGS, NIC, THURSDAY. MAY 5; 1892. Vit&VrSSLZ'SS'iSSSl"'' ' " i - ' ' . , . M . I I . . , , M I ..... I ... " " ' 1 . " - ' ' The total coll on crop oT The woe Ml II now much greater than th spindles ofl the world can work Into fabric. It it Mid that Canada is tbe only country In the world In which tbe mill 1 r r force i armed with the old Solder rifle. Military men of the Dominion anfurgin ( the adoption of a more modern arm. i I 3 rUindt-td. N. J., boaste of a rast un derground river which supplies mora water than the inhabitant can use. In an attempt recently made to teat the i mm ity of the stream, more than 4,000, OOO gallons daily ran to waate, but the Ym-r wm apparently M fiH a ever. It la time, opine the New Yer Boa, for tl Con-rcM of theie States to give attention to aoine of the thing that er doing abrwl lor the stfety of ahlpt ap. .proacbing a cont lio( Iljiide the rer tieal light which l t tilth ekyward ia foggy wcithor, there it no doubt aluut . the efficiency and vabie of the eocket- rockct, whic'i h ly far the ho it fog A. rial known. It ia discharged by a cr ( ridg and r'u aW) feat, carryicg a bunting chr o of htlf a pound of guo cotton. Not only is the louil tmrc au diblo overhead, but tho light U alt fre quently risiblo wbm nothiug can beaoen horizontally; tor it commonly happen that the tog it pnte thin abfJ while very thick lelow. Too airea is a Tery 'i lever invention and a rcry useful thlog in it way; but for ships befogged the rocket ia conli lontly pronounce! to be worth a dozen sirens. Why should not both le ut-U An I why should the United Htatet U behind any people m appliancca for the nocurity of naviga tioul ' The3 students in St. Petersburg, Rut sis, are enjoying themselves birgely now adays. Ho long a they do not meddle with, politico, and thus add one more U the loany pressing difficulties of t:i moment, the authorities seem disposed ta let them do very much aa they please. A correspondent decriled a scene, which occurred the other evening in the Winter Harden, the principal cafe chantanl ot the -city. Ordinarily, tho greatest decorum la. preserved in this establish rnr'nt, and any private person who mis Conduct hiiii'M-if is encorted to th nearest k1 ice station without ceremony. On tho. evening in uetion, however, about Ii tu banU took iMisiessioti of tho hall, and in an hour or two were all in a ntate of intoxication, parading ui and down h.uid in hand, smashing tht furnituro ami crockery. Finally they mounted the staga and put an end to t is crformanrt Tho Priitav lookel oo smiling, and merely stationed a coupla of men brio to prevent any more of th public from entering. ' The whole plart was .wreckl and strewn with broke" tables and glatu, and not a sound chtii ' left to sit upon. No explanation except that of, general depravity, i Kiven of the conduct of thete playful young ruffians. A bill which recently pissod the United Statea Senate bar been vigorously assailod by near.-ipaters all over the coun try ai an attempt to infrioje uponthe rights of citii Hea ;ae I in bjiine.Toe Now York Wttrld sty of this toeaiura: 'It U known as tho PavMuc'c Pure Food bill. Itauthorixes aentr of thi Agri cultural Do'partmjnt to c til for and an alyse or 'have analysed aamplei of all foods or dm or drinks or pitont me 1 Icincs, or anjlhin; cle t itt a mm cia . wllov, which rasy le oiTerel foe sle In any other State other thin that la which they art prolucel, ai l it mikei " it a misdemeinor to tend or lake from one 8tate to another any foil or druj which is adulterate! or Improperly branded. The metsure is 'oi l all over end clear through. It directs Federal burrvi Interference with a nutter which properly lelonga to the several State. It opens up an opportunity for en llesa ex travasnce in the multiplying of needle and costly j adult". It Inrtitotes a burveu of io julitionhich,in dishonest hands, will become a bureau of black. m.il pure anl simple. It givea to this bureau practically the power to prohibit the aale of aoy article which Is not m abiolute simple, to call aoy combination of substance an adulteration, awl to help one man's budne by destroying the dul lness of his competitor with an arbitrary ruling If thtbill b?cm5 a law the bureau any at will aelect a baking pow- der, for example, a ed accept lu 6ooap. . sition m the standarJ, forbidding the aale of all baking powdera made la aay different fashion by ruling that to call them baking powdera ta to brand them Improperly. It may favor ooe ketchup In the same way, and to on thronjh lbs) whole list of foods awl drug and drinka. There is no public deal re for ucb a measure. There b no occaxioa for it. and no sense of justice In it. It Is an arbitrary, ty rannical, pcmal la jicrtinence at best; at worst it ia some thing very much more objectionable than thAt." THE KIM OVER YOU. lYoat not to nambers; trust not to llowa; Yoox kins; and yoar lord t tbe aaaa srbe knows; Knmbers are fuhl; beffHa are valrc Your freedom be ia yoar aoad and brain. Hand off tbe liliKlsroa; kDl to tbe book! Face to th fntore; tars not to look Back to lb pst. tbonxh hinbr and higher la tb H-nn r'i l-a mount the flane of beaten tlre! Trnet not to lH'Ai; traM bk4 to law; Who mtera hlm-lf Onl jaHh hi can! Whil ym think to m mwWi with ballot or blown, Toar king and yonr lord i the man who know. (William V. fyam, in hi. Ixmi Repobliran. WHITE AGAINST RED. bv sr. QCJin. I'p to the year 1859 the Comanche In diana lMssted that tbey had never been (Iefeatet in n battle with white men. They were arrogant nnd bloodthirsty, and were at war with nil the world. They would not .make peace with other tribe, but wjgod constant and vindictive warfare on white and red alike. Ther were rich, strong in nambers, and the het horsemen in the world, and ther ma1e war because they loved the adven ture fif it. In May of the rear named a Texan kn wn ni (ntt. tiordon. who was an old Indian fizhter. learned that there was gold in the Iltg Wichita Mountain of went em 1 etas. This chain of mountain form the eastern boundary of the (treat Staked Plain, bnt tbe Comanche ranged as far west as the Hio Pecos Kiver. Cant. (tordon culled for volunteer to explore the gold fields, and the expedition was fitted out at Santa Ye. He knew what waa beforehim, and he did not out loose until he had aecured 139 men. They were all border men, and each furnish d hi own horse and arms. Every one had a rifle, and roost of them n revolver aa well, and (5o:'dm got the loan of two, field pieces wnd trained a crew to work them. There were about forty pack mules, loaded with provisions and ammu nition, and it was believed that the oom- fnny wa strong enough to take care of tself un lerany circumstance. It waa so long in getting ready that the Indiana heard of ita object, and Eagle Feather, then the bead chief, of tbe Lomanches, sent this to (Vpt. Gordon : I want iK-atiK, hri, rifle, and powder. t'ome 4 fot a tou can t Ni one was frightened over the mea. (ge, nnd in due timo the expedition set out. Cnpt. tirdn waa confident that he would be attacked before crossing the ('niindimi Hirer, and he was not surprised a finding thn Indiana all about him ae tho command emerged into the Chieo Valley t the went of old Fort Baacom. Kagle Kealhr had gatheted together 4Hi warrior, the flower of his tribe. They were ordinary warrior, but each could lonst of lint ing killed an enemy. They were mounted on the finest war ponie. and every one had a lanoe and a rirle, and ome Ind bows and arrow in addi tion. A more notable war party waa never raised, and it started out to meet the intaders, boasting that It would bring back the scalp of every expedition. rhite man In the (iordon wa familiar with the Chico and knew where the attack would be made. The Indians would wait until he was realy to enter the pass leading tlirHtgb the (h co Mountains to the river and beyon I. It was a position they could hold against lO.txtO men, nnd he realized that he must draw them away from it. The command marched to within three mile of the pass and then turned to the north, a If to seek for an other. For a distance, of twelve milea the two commands held a parallel coure, an 1 were not over two mile apait. The Indiana hogged the base of the ringe so aa to prevent tbe white men from enter ing any of the passes, while Gordon watched for a battle ground in the val ley. He found it twelve miles above tbe m just at sundown on a June day. T t e spot selected was a natural sink on tho crest of a mound or a series of mounds, taking In an area of about two sen. There waa n wall of earth around this fink, a if a small lake had once occu- ticd the spot. To the north was a still wer and deeper basin, large enough to shelter all the horses, and so tratcgio that a few men could defend it. There wa a big spring on the plateau with gr. st enough to Isst tho horses for three or f oir day, and Capt. Gordon's idea' was t force the Indian te attack htm in hi position A renegade white man named tierry. who had served In the reg ular cavalrv and dceerted to tbe red skins, had drilled them in cavalry tactic and he .ws with them at this time. Out in the open 4) Comanche, each armed with a twelve-foot lance a weapon they knew how to use with murderous effect would have proved too strong for the gold hnnters. Ilebind the defences the case would be different. There was only one place where the ink could be approached by horsemen, awl that was on the south side. There was a clear roe! 'J") - feet wide, awl the cannon were poted to croae fire over this. They had bten kept covered oq the march, and the Indiana had no snspi. cion of their presence. Jast at desk Kagle Feather seat ia word for tbe white men to go to sleep witbont fear, aa he should not attack antil next day. This was no me oo bis part, for be made his camp two miles away, awl that ot tho gold banter waa nnJistarbed by even a shot. During the night Gordon' meat threw p farther defence and cleared the sink of every looambrance. Twenty men were told off to guard tbe aniaaals, and when the un roe again every ooe waa ready for what wan to happen. Eagle Feather waa la ato harry. It waa 9 o'clock before ho marshalled Li warrior on tho prairie, a taile to tho south of the plateee. lie then eent ia word that he hoped tho white seen woe. Id fight. II did not demand a sarrtwler, and bo wanted it plainly arderstood that bo woald grant qaarter. Ilia firm pnrpoe waa to wipe oat every man la the expedition, and thaa deter all thought of t atara invasion of hi terri tory. From Ike way be dlspoaod of his foroat ka moat bart bean, eosliaat of peedy enecesa. The novated warrior were marshalled in line kariof a front of thirty rata. Tbey were igbt llnee deep, making 240 horsemen. Tbe re mainder of the force waa hell a a re erre. Not n warrior waa dismounted, and no attack was made on the men guar ling tbe lower baain. The Coeaaa thee, under cavalry tactics a taaght br the renegade, hadebargtd en masse with fauces, and they bad woo a victory every time. The chief bed never fought a large body of white , men, and per hap he wanted to test the value of the tactics on them. He wa a brave general but a po-r strategist. When iordon raw that no attack rvould be made on the herd b called over f-fteenof the twenty men to assist In re pelling the c' ar. The two field piece were Ion led with canister, and every thing was ready on th plateau. At a iven aigoal the body of warrior ilarged. T1k first line wa half a mile t way, and the ground was clear of alt obstruction. Tbe gold hunter were or-, rVrcd to reserve their fire until tbe OeM riece were discharged. Tbia did not appen until the tint line of warriors was within fifty feet of the breastworks. The charge waa checked in an instant, nd the slaughter was something horrt I'le. As was determined by actual count, 'iffy-three warriors and seventy ponie were left behind when the force drew off fnd returned to the spot where Eagl 'Vat her had posted himself to watch and direct. The field pieces fired only two loond apiece, and pome of the riflemen only got in one shot. Within half an hour after being driven back Ka"le Feather sent in word that lie was glad tho whito men exhibited so much bravery, as the honor of defeating them would be greater. While his war tiors had been unsuccessful in the first i harge, tho second would le certain to win the victory, and he warned them to make readv for it. This ther sneedilr did. Wh'n the I'.nea were formed again every warrior was in them, while the big chief took the lead. Tho same tactic were pursued a before. Such warrior na hnd been dismounted advanced on foot. Again the g ld hunter waited un til the enemy had come to close quarters, and again the field pieces belched forth jheir murderous fire aa a signal. It waa a lesson the Comsnche tribe never for got. In five minute every warrior who could get n way had retreated, leaving the ground heaped with dead nnd dying. A count of the bodies brought the total up to 111. Those who were wounded were killed as fast as discovered. Eagle Feather, although in the thick of the fray, was not even scratched, and as he rallied his forces again out of rifle shot he know that he must change his tactica or withdraw. He had still IMVJ men left, and he had no thought of abandoning the field. (Gordon watched the movemeuts of the foe closely an I antiously, nnd he soon' JhVovere 1 the plan of the coming attack." It would be inn le on foot, nnd the lances would he abandoned for the r.fics. There was a ravine lending up from the prairie lo the lower hitidn. The Indians would e certain to come up that; others would advance fron the -uth, ami others still would advance through the brush on the west i le. 'I he field pin-ce were planted lo coer the point where a rush waa expected nnd the men posted anew. Three keg of powder were taken down loto the ravine nnd deposited among the fOiks n torpedoes, and everything wns ready by noon. It was half an hour later when the Indians divided into three . ommnuds and moved to attack. Gerry had taught tliem how iq march on foot, nnd tliev looted orT almost ns orderly ns tegular Infantry. The object o. tho-e .draining from the south was to secure '.he hodie of the dea l ponies for shelter, tnd thus creep in close to the bn stworks '.or a rush. Gordon hnd provided against this by lending men out over the field, and their ire kept the Indians off in this dj rec kon The fight opened hotly ou tbe oth tr iid', however, and as the Indians were sheltered in their advance they soon began to work damage. Their fire was Concentrate! on the field pieces, and jvithin an hour Gordon had four men tilled and three disabled. From half past twelve to half-past four the firing was constant and almost eutirely con ftnsd to the rifles. The white men were ihe best shots and were also more secure ly shelters!, nnd therefore hod the bet y( it. Hut few Indian had appeared in Ihe ravine np to the last hour named Then they began to gather for a rush, '.he f the guns wss turned upon them, and, when the shell with which it was charged exploded it likewise exploded two of the keg of powder. How many yvere killed nnd wounded no ooe could ay, because the terrific explosion hurled down the high .banks and filled the ra vine for a hundred feet. A dozen or more lodie were found, and parts of others were blown into the upper baain. Tbe calamity in the ravine ended tht attack on the part of the Indians, and Cordon at once assumed the aggressive. The ponie of the Indians had been left on the prairie, end jost out of rifleshot, (.tardea by a few warrior. He opened .; the herd with shell, sal in three or fo r rounds bad scattered it. Whenever the redskin attempted to bench in any considerable number he ehelled them, and sach hor aa galloped within rifle range were shot dowa by the riflemen. Eagle Feather had tnor than enough be fore the sun went down. Once be rallied hi warriors as if for a laat deperate charge, but they were o thoroughly whipped that ther refaaed to advance. A darkness fell if betran bis retreat to tbe ia. awl be made no halt of rosy-' ... sequence oniii reacnmg on linage, a hundred miles away. None of hi dead wa removed, but all the wouwled were taken away. Three years later be gave his figaree ess the tight, tmt of his furee of 4X0 wnen be reached borne with al VJO who bad eacaped soot free. He loet ia kitted 141, and had 140 woanded snore nr lee severely. Of bis 40 pooiea be fcsrt at least balf. (iordon' partr pieked ap enough lance and riflea te load a wagnav They alao gwt a large aaaunat of ansa) aitioa aa 1 other pleader. A moor the Indian dead war two famous saediclno ten and foot aab-caUfa. and Gerry wa also among tLe slain, lie bad not been killed by the white mea. bat Eagta t'aaiher alew bias with bis wwa band aa ha retreated. It waa not bis plan to ope th fight aa b did, bat Utrrj bad a. .... tared blm tbat tin moaated warrior toold rida om aS C7poUlou iaeaireet rrsans wvrs poo ( for the tribe, bat ctwaeaslone followed to eiake ma.! tar worn. Earl FeitbrT wa deposed, and be beraafa sVTenegade, and . - . av a Ihe tribe divMea to fare or xoar x ac tion which ooe Id ve agivla be reo- very advantage at tbe split, aad tbe Apache raided in from ta weal wtta Vrnat vitror. and hrithlsr three rear a fribe which had naked aa the ricneet aad rnoet powerful in the Vreet waa scattered tnd broken. Had not tbe Govemmeat itepped in and taken care of the remnant rtlnated. Xw York 8ta. HC5TI5G FOE APPASITI05S. The Ghestly aad Gkaatty Work ef the BeiUa Society tf rijrblcal Beriareh. It mar not be cenerally known that aa Important part of the work of tho tociety of lBycblcal ltesearch, wnicn i ad ita annual meetlnp; recently, la he trad oa of the orlirin of the mar- re lous tales that are published from time to time by some of the newspa pers, aays the Boston Tranaript. There ate correspondent In the west and south who, wben times are dull, inreut atartlliiffstorles, glrlog name find other detail which gire an air of probability to what ther aeud. Now, the society mentioned abore.of which Richard Hodgson of this city It secre tary, follows up all reports of super natural happenings, and the results of fmme of the Investigations are ex ceedingly Interesting. There are correspondents or tne society in an parts of the country, and when any thing strange is published, a clipping h promptly sent to the headquarters in Boston, from which there soon f uo letters of inquiry.' Sometimes the society Is notified pf arealcasoof Ucnble conscloasness, nnd an investigation follows. The details are publUhed In this part of the country, for instance, and pretty soon a western paper comes out with a startling story exactly simlllar ex cept as to place, time, and names. Mr. Hodgson says that about a year or so ago he nmte an intesUgalion Into n case of double ' consciousness. A young womau tor three months be lieved she wns nnotner gin wno uiea thirteen years ago. 8he performed her part to perfection, and all tbe witnesses were very sure sho acted ust as the dead girl had. The story about her was printed in the papers, ruusing much discussion. When In terest in the case hail somewhat died out, a Chicago newspaer came out with two or three columns about a womnn who believed sbe was another person who had died yeura prerious. Numea were given, and even addresses of ncrsona -mentioned were printed. The at rv was so m ucb like that of the irl about whose strange actions there ad been an investigation, that tlecretary Hodgon ' stamped the Jhicugo tory at nnce as a lie. He wrote to the ersons mentioned in the Chicago story, and every one of his letter wns returned to him marked " No such person there." A few months ago a Maine news paper published a story about a haunted houo. Mr. Hodgsou wrote to the editor of the paper lor the name of the writer. The latter. In reply to an Inquiry, Informed Mr. Hodgson that he hnd simply written up the tory from a number of rumors, and that it waa not worth following up. It was undoubtedly not true that the house had been the scene of such ghostly actions as he had descrlied. said the writer, who wa a medical man. Of course there was no use looking for further details. A Boston newspaper printed a story, a few weeks ago, about a haunted room in a Brooklyn (N. Y. ) police f tat Ion. The story had leen pre viously published in New York. Jt was stated that a ghost was In the habit of visiting a certain spot In tbe fleeplng-room of the policemen, mak ing such a rumpus and troubling the rnan who slept in that particular spot so much that finally tbe officers re fused to sleep In that place. The captain of tbnt station was written to for Information about the case, and he replied that the story was made out of whole cloth. A wild yarn was that from Cham ber lain, 8. D., printed in a western newspaper. McCloud's attle ranch near chamberlain was tbe scene of a relies of remarkable visitations by a ghost. Through the bouse went the c-St, rattling windows, slamming ors, stamping hard In the entry, fdng upstairs like one possessed, lowing chairs around, and In gen wul making Ufu miserable for the In mates. Occasionally during the still night the sleeping ranches would be awakened by a moat unearthly yelL which would make their hair a land on end. Up they jumped and ran lacked the house, for they tellered anntbodr was . playlug a Joke om I hem. But the perpetrator could never Ie found. One night the ghost appeared. With chattering teeth and trembling kaees the ranchmen stood tiefore the figure of a woman clothed In the habiliments of tire glare. A rifle was brought, tin' boldest man took it, slmed. and fired straight at the heart Df the woman. After the smoke had Tie a red away there ab all 11 stood, gazing at them with her large.norrow Ful even. For a minute she remained, and 'then gradually disappeared and was nerer fee a again. Tbe edi tor of the newspaper In which the It. ry was flrt printed waa asked to ell the name of the writer. He did f so, and the writer was asked about tire tacts of the rase. He replied that the story originate with n of th i-inchmcn, and that nobody bad beard tbe yells, seen the ghost, or peen bothered at all. Kinoa-sivtM DtrviCT. Masnsna -I wieh yen woald go to Mad am Modeatto'e aad tell her tbat dress is loo tight, aad 1 waat it altered. Sa&aK Sow fcnnpUiniajry Madam MexVerte'a is far ad I'm tired rdavia ball. Mayn't I re to a aerr dreea-maker? Max a Another dreea maker do. Small Sea (after reflect ioa -V3, maya 1 1 f to th drag atom aroaaJ U rvroer aa' ret jtm a bettlo cf Aati-Farf IGood Km VTDWH SIG5 LA5UUAGC Jallaa Salph Tells nw U Bel Saw Spells. Make a letter A .with yonr hands, and lock tbe end cf your fingers: tbat is a tepee or tent. Keep your hands In that position and bend them down so that your fingers point away frora yon ; that's a to use and a Tery good one too, becndo It shows bow the logs are Interlocked at the corners ef the sort of houses one sees on the fiontler. If yott want to say yon saw ao me thing, point to your eyes. To say yon heard something, point to your ears. To sar you slept, or are sleepy, pat up one nand, with the palm side toward your head, and bend your head as If you were p dng to lay It on that hand. To say t hat jou saw some one who waa beautiful, put your face between the thumb And lingers of ono hand, and draw your hand softly down from your forehead Jo yur chin. A faint smirk or smllexnade attheaaine time greatly helps tills tdgn. If tho beauty you tell about was a womab. make bellere take Imld of a masa of hair on the right side of yonr head and follow It down plat the shoulder with your hand, as )u see women do when they dre.-a tl'eir hair. These signs for seeing, heatlrg.sleep, beauty and woman are exactly the same as those used by George L. Fox. the fa mous clown, when ho played Humpty Durupty. I have nodoubt that Ori maldi, the great English clown, ulwi used them, for they are the 'natural motions for expressing those terms. Did you ever notice now the paws of small animals are: curled In when they are dend ? That is tho sign fot "died ''or" dead." Hlold one hand out with the fingers )ent toward the thumb to make the feign. But if you would say some one Vhs killed, hold rut a fist with the knuckles away from kou, and move tbe wrist elowly s lis lo force tho knuckles down as If the person was struck! down. To tell about a child, bold your hand 6s fat from the ground as its head would reach. Tut a finger Aip to either bide of the head to say ? cow ; to twiy " deer," put up all v?ur linger like branching horns. Bat another way to tell about a ileer i to imitate hi loping with one of your hands. To tell of a snake, wiggle one finger in L the air as a snake would move ou tbe I a rv... . f . . I -. ground, luaieigui mo namo ioi two trltes of Indiansi The sign for a Bloux Is to mako believe cut your throat with ono llugc; for a Black foot, point to your foot, for a Bkx-d, wipe your fingers across your mouth ; for a white man, rnb your hand acroi your forehead to show trow white our foreheads are ; for a Fiegao, rub onu check. j? The sign for watec I, to mako a scoop of your hand arid put it to yout mouth as you would If .you were drink Ing at a stream. To Ull of a lake make that sign and sproud tut your hands to cover n big ace. To Udl of a rirer make tho writer sign, and then trace the meaderlug course of a rirer with your finger But the sign for whisky is inado by doubling up one fist and drinking out of tho top of it as If It were a Udtle. 'If you do that and make tcv to stir up your brains with oneflngeri or reel a llttlo, you will describe a tlpy man. Nearly all signs In the langtuigo ato made with the right hand. ; The sign for a field er prnlrie 1.1 tho same as that for a lake, but It Is f. lowed by the gjnss dgn lr.stc.nd of that for water. Tho rign for walking Is a splendid ooe. fluid your hund down, ahut un two flrfiger anl the thumb, and then tnnUe the two fin Krs which are free g forward nnd ckward like the les d a pTon walking. The sign t-iludleato fear "ho was arraid" or lI am flight eoedM Is to put your right hand on your heart, and then rrfore that hand up to your throat, as If your heart bad left your breast and (?one Into youi throat. If you want tj ask a pi an to trade with you Just cross the fore fingers of both hands I;ke a letUr X. It Is a cutious thing1 Ihnt the sign language keeps ou growing.eren now that the Indians are nearly all shut up on reaerratlons and do toot often meet either strange white mn or member of other tribes.' Two rfcent addition are signs for a railroad and for a match. To tell about n match yon raise one knee and draw a finger rapid ly aloni that I02. Td Muk of n railroad you make lelfere turn a crank with one hand, then your arm will look like the side bar or piston rod of a locomotive. . j H . ' i Iloaiekeeplaf la loadea. An American taklnsr a.' house in Lon don will learn that sbe will bare to keep m - a n -1 mora servaats la tbe wunrry man ia tbe new. These servants are trained, and one who ia willing to engage to do many thing is aaallr willing to tako ucb a position because se is inoom pa tent ia everything. - . ' A small family there , woald keep a cook, a chambermaid aid a waitress. The washing woa'.d be pat oat, aad a charwoman woald bo cal4ed in one a week to help with 'b- rleaniag aad clear lag p. A very g"d coK can be had for flUO a year, a chmHernaid fwf aad a smart waJtreee for ' ' The eharn oman will be nld two shib hor. or fifty cents a dayjkaod gir ea bei Doer asm kkml . i om wuiuie v u m family will coet from$Mi $l a aetk. Ia America oct a family woald have fwn e om n- ooe a conk a bo woald aleo wash aa 1 1; on. and aooib l as cbambe. atai-l aal w ait rem. Tbe eervaat we have I ere do snore, btt i bey do it more t ooj;bly, aad art totally deficient ia that si lea I saUrieoc which make the trained Kajlish omeo-, tie perform tho a aal kolxhnd datie wif k aatMmalio oeieritr. (iewerallr roe have a grater aasber of saVvaats there thaa here. t Tbor ibo servants do sot expect le aat jat what ia provided fr tbe faaaily. Not at all. .Whew the marketing i do, pecial tblag are bo j pit' for the aerraata. aad tbey have a table fur their www, law arsis being nerved at a differ ent boar, aad tbe onalityef the fool trry saavt leaa la eoat. Ther aat vrrr little mrat.n T it enlt; the seapeat kind f fish, aa4 then tbey bare pttatoe and a a -a - a greras aaa psvJOings wua ireacre, aam tbey are peeUed with Wer. walea ia oogagiag servaats it is aUpelated thai tbe euragetarat Is wUbo8l berr." wffondiJawaaksoplai-. FARX A5D GARDEN. CAwrr ra no as as. Nothing u better for horse U winter (than carrots. Tbey bdp to reralate the bowott, mtk tbe wit sbley, and keep the horse lo gool condition. They aeom la rajcsem qualities whlcU oo other mot or regetable baa. " Two or thrre every y, or rrrry other dsy, I all that 1 ecary to feel. llsnt a quarter or balf aa acre, or more, and pw tbe row wide enough to allow of cultivation with a horse. American Ajriculturist. - . a mcsi oaouxn roa kaelt rot atom A rich, deep aad dry soil Is necessary lo grow early potatoes. We my dry, bo ra use tbe set tsnvt be pUotqd earlr, sod (I wet and cold they witt rot rather thaa trow. This rich, deep soil, that Is dry early spriop. will be all tbe moiater dar In;: the droughts of summer. If the jiotato tope can be kept green a week iooger on ooe piece than another. It means doubtiog the crop of marketable tubers. A few dsy's' extra growth menu maklog the Irg tuber larger, and bringing tboe that would bare been fit only fot pig feed to marketable aire. The crop should bar some fermented Ubl manure to gire th plant aa early sod off. It will not cause early potatoes to rot, though It may with the late crop. Boston Cultivator. DBaOMXlHO LfcUAUZCD. Many writers against tbe practice, now becoming common, of cutting, the borna off, ''point with prid to tho rery fool ish decisions of th Eogtish court on thts point a few year since. Mort, If not all, of those judgments hare been re retard, and now tho National Federation bf Butchers and Meat Trade Association, assembled at Liverpool, resolrrd as fol lows: That this Federation Is la favor of dishorning being legalised as a means of prcrcnting injury to cattle In transit. No doubt Parliament will soon past a law legalising tbe practice, though all the good such a lsw could do would be to, put the burden of 'proof on the person who makes the complaint. Now it is necessary for the defendant to prove la' each case that th dehorong uoo not cause unnecessary pain, i be cranks are getting tired of sympathising with the rkiou brute tbat use born, whil for getting the Innocent creatur that gets gored. This 1 a good tgn, and we may sll bope soon to se tbe last of daogcrout dmetars on th be ids of cows aad bulls. American Dairyman. iktraorEttKrr or rooa Lixn. Tbe use of green crops for the impror ment of poor land la not so easy as is commonly thought. Green manure is most effectlre on good land, and for th purpose of nsintsining Its fertility, rather than of restoring it wben this has been lost. Tbe crop to be plowed under, ef course, adds nothing to tho land that bat not been taken from It. But It Is rery rare that any land is so Impoverished that a thorough plowing and a. dressing of limo will not bring some crop that may be turned under with bene3t. It might be suggested that such land be plowed two Inches deeper than It bat been re viously, and givea a drrsdng of twenty fire or thirty bushels of lime to the acre. Then sow with buckwheat ia June, ualnf one-half bwthel of seed per acre. Then tow ooe peck of clover seed per acre and harrow It lightly with a brush harrow or a'plank drag.. This covering of the ace I secures it against a spell of dry weather that might occur. The bockwheat is harretted la th usual manner, and tbe ctorer will mtk a sufficient growth to go through the winter safely. Tbe next year a crop of bay i taken, and tbe second growth is left on th land, to be turned voder for corn tbe next jear. When the com Is laid by tbe land Is sown with clorer again. nd tbe seed k covered ia by a UgUt V shaped birrow run turourb the rori. The corn Is worked level so that the seeding may be at even as poesibt. This alternation may be made once more, when tbe second growth of the clorer Is turned under for wheat, and 300 pounds of superphosphate of lira msy be applied per acre. By proceeding la this wsj and plowing deeply the land may be much improved la a few years. Nw York Times. j . art aj a ami ifsvatt; Wbcu I bought my preseat farm of sixty-dre acre in the fall lof tbe year, writes Joseph Smith of Mkhlgai, I found It In a badly run -dowa cooditloo. Not oo acre of; mevlow was oa tbe place, and tbe tenant declared thst It wst too poor to raise clorer. I comnsenced by putting ia the best portions of tbe farm to fall wheat, sod tbe poorer parts to fatlrye. Daring th winter I cut wood and healed it dowa to the city, and wbea I could not get a load of man ure girea to me, I coul l usually buy a two-horse load i for twenty-Are cents. This 1 awed at a top dreaming oa tbe fall crops, rcry tbisly, of coure. Ia spriaz I sowed clover aad Timothy eeei oa the wheat and so mucJx rye as I bad top-. dressed. This I followed with a forty, fir toothed steel barrow, which aerrel tbe double purpose of corrrioj tbe seel aad fining the manure. The balance of tbe rye 1 left ta grow ae best it might till about tbe flirt id Jane. Then 1 pro ceeded to plow It dowa with a weal Look, or a ettaia fastened to the farrow bone's whi Octree end back to tbe plow. I then rolled; and i ted t soil to hattea tbe deeosnposfiioa of the rj snd after coperly palrrral and ajaia rolling, I planted it partly to pctatoc aad core, eowrag the Ulnar t flat tomip. la Avwst ther was a good growth of bot toms. 1 palled th Itxxtr oaes to feed the stock, ae at this season of tho year the panares are salcria? from dry, hot weather. Thee I plowed dowa this masa of regetaf ton and aga rotted and barrowedtiil time to sow to wheat. The next year ther wtt so trouble la locat ing tbe line of the greew aaaaariag. Aa soon as It waa time to stop ca!U. raUof tbe coca crop, I sowed rye la tbe corn, cvlUratlas between tbe row with a ibillow tool. This gtrt partartrr for all kinds of stock tilt tbe saew covered tbe ground. This Item of pa are alone itl pay th coil of labor se 1 seed rjf. Next year tbe rye was turned doaa, seeding to clover and Timothy. After, dlggi tho potatoes, I harrowed th ground down lerrt sod sol to ry to plow dews for cor or millet for folder, takiag off la time to peep ire for wheat to be reeded dowa the fol owing spriag to ctorer. Sometimes I pi aal poUtoea tm crrry third farrow wbea ow lag down the rye, and tf It should be a dry season the potato crop will rrow right along aa the tr seorat to rrtala th mature. I bar bad potatoes thos planted that wer green aad BonrUhlag week after alt or dinary tender recetatioa was blackened by tbe frost, ia dialog potoes so planted. It M better te plow tbe-w out. It Is enough to make a man enthnsiaetio to see th deta crop of taber lying ta a 'rich bed of oeeos poaei eegntatioa This plaa of enriching the farm may be carried Into tbe garden patch, taking off! squash aad other rgrai4et,aad aowlag to rreto tdow dowa for tbe same kind f crura the foUowlag season. No mat- ter If It does not come up mat lair. It will com all right La tbe spring, and poly be a few days behind the earner own crop. --Araet lean ArrVcutturist. Fiast AKO a Annul itotxs. Tlelp at bonwn dtat cmt half aa muc'i as It docVn tbe road or on Vtn traia. I rrotrctleaj tomatoes with baga btt been ttlel wit i good results. If you would keep up with yur sea son's work haul out jour manure now. We roust learn U set our crops so that In msrketlng they will cost the least money. Poverty Is lllutrt4 by tb con ditlon of th road an t tho tar ns tatt bound them. The clay floor of silo may I ren dered rat-proof by palntbt it with a thick coat of gas -tar, j Cleanliness and comfortable quarter, are Importaat Iterot in keeping th lalvct In a good thrifty co litron now. i Supply, your ben with aire frS water. In col 1 weather It wilt do no barm to havs the chill tsken off. It Is a rery foolish error t. supposa tbat fine fowls sr more suweptlble t disease than tbe common duaghill. The great slse and e ttr egg prelnc tireueas of tbe thoroMghbrel fowl Is the reautt of years of judicious lre1ig from the rery troogmt and m t bealtby pecimaaa. Sunlight and air are among th bett prerentfret of mildew, therefor tree ',aad plaaU which are subject to Its at Jacks should be so set and so trimmed tbst they will not lack for either. Th most prosperout and beet Informed lalrymen la tbe South would at ue Ice it given them for nothing, as th butter would quickly spoil after being taken ofl loe, and families would bay It no more. The cream gatherer for an lew fac tory say that during th ale years b bat pvrfurrnad this serrlca the q aantity collected has trebled, ail th quality baa so improved that, wbt ws best at flnt would now rate as (wrest. Th statement Is rasd that Ampetop si reitchl, tbe Jape creeptr, raise 1 frm seed started early it a box la th bouse, sod traoaferrod at th proper Urn to It pormanont place outdoor, wilt get twice as far ap a wail th first mwjj at witl a young plant grown fro-a a cut ting. A well bred flock of tb-wooghbred chickens are lost llaMe) ii ontaot dit am, from the fact that gooj brailar has establUhal la them atroog omslltu tton and nowrrir of ea-luTAica. wbtlo promiscuous croaslng and recr jnlo of dunghill bat wtikened them Chirac tcrlrtlcs. ' To rak np aal barn I hi fallen I irs ia the orchard, or to put them h tbi manure heap, will la sea the liability of the sprcaliag of fusjut disrates, aal tb same It true of all other plsnfj. Wber f eagns Is very troublesome te a i f season, such meaiurci msy be eecmiry toprtront IU rrturalsj tb o 1 1 jar with Increased power. Bucceet watts upon th inw who worts hi land for tbat which feels bis stxk, wben every steer carrlat t market a toa of bay la the shape of bxf, a 1 fifty or mora butbeU of cora ; wars erery colt cr filly, erery bof or sheep doe raeawr ably toe same, aad wbea butter by tb toa wilt represent trda toils of hsy, aad grass, aad oats, and Cora, aid other stuff. ; Do not let that hard milking cow stay la the herd aay longer thaa 'you ca help It, for be la sa sggravaUoo to the milkers who soon spoil her by neglecting to strip ber cleaa. It is Tm?et excellent plaa too for the owner of tbe herd to take all tbe "Jjtrl cas-rs" ia tbe hrrd ander Ms own special car, for be brieg taltiaefad. Is wre to be asore chart tal Hi koasrd them. It Is la tb mors sri-1 patU-of th country that mea letie boa b?t t pre rent the surface the mould occuptel by the roots from beomlog fattlly dry. fa CaUXornla the raloeef boeinj Is so aoradly known tbst err IS ore ha- Is are kept ausder cleaa ahallew cnltare, al not weed is Wt to rob th trret. Tie anaaa car secwre regrtatdecropH where, without It, tbey wow'd Incviubty faiL It I a I oeso for other nylons. I la it occurred to yew tbat if you bare a sorptu of aay one forage aheep are just tbe fallows yosj want to help cqoalia maUrrtf Tbes ar no other aaiamis that will cat aad thrive upoa so tossy kinds ef food; so, iastal of pro vkliag a forage crop oa purpose for the, srait an til yew sea what row will bare a narptae of aad then pr?vwio tho sheep with tbat. So tbst it will be claw aa 1 whoteaoane they will not ear inach what It ia, aad will take It aad giv yoa good return la wool aad tout too. Tbe etffygon tlsoikT erer fooad ric of tbe virjla metal, sad wer lAo uot a grsrt la ew Crcnadi,
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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May 5, 1892, edition 1
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