UK£ SAM HOUSTON >■-■ A BORDER HERO TO BE REMEM BERED. HAM DALE TUI VETERAN INDIAN TIGHTER OF IIT-GONK DAY*. A Monument %V1II Hoou Mark Ilia Lone Southern llrnvo In tlie Itude Soil of Central Alnhiunti—Some of 11 la llrtive Deed** O n E M O 8 T among tlni brave men who lived ou the Southeastern frontier during the early y-ara of the present century, was ('apt,, after (Jen. Samuel Dale, who for muny years hud can-led on a trade with the Crooks nnd t'lier kco* of Georgia. Gen Dole, whose bones rost 'ncuth the rmle soil of Cen tra 1 Alabama, is to have is nama kept (freon by a monument which will bo placed In position in tha early autumn. At the time when Sam I)alo roamed tho plains of the Mississippi Territory, which then embraced Alabama, tho country wns hsld by savage Indians. Chlcknsnws, Choctaws, Chorokces uiul Museogucs or Creeks all claimod tho country as their hunting ground, and had done this since the expedition of De Soto in 1540-2, that bold explorer having then found them in possession. Tho cap ture of Fort Mims, on Luke Tcusuw, SWIMMING UNPEH PIFRICPI.TIKS. ;if| near the Alabama river, by the ('reek*, August .10, 1813, rivaled or rather sur passed In atrocity the more recent Cus ter raassucre, for bosldes the men killed numbers of helpless women, children and slaves wore scalped and mutilated; or elso burned alive, the whole number killed being more than i BOO. . -V V \ Sam Doje was of Irish descent, but Was born in Rockbridge county, Vir ginia, l,n the yenr 1772. His father was well known in Virginia as an Indian tighter, but in 1784 he removed with his family to Ueorgia, where later the son joined a company of soldiers to light against the Indiana In November, 1818, he was placed at the head of a detachment for the pur pose of driving back small parties of the “Red Sticks,'1 as the Indians were called from the color of their clubs, and was one of the three heroes of the onco famous “Canoe Fight" of Novem ber 13, 1813, on the Alabama river, lu this fight he and two mtunbera of his command, Jeremiah Anstell and James Ptpith—aided by a brave negro, named Csesav, who rowed their oanoe—at tacked a canoe containing nine Indians and brained them all with their guns. This fight took place near the mouth of Rand on’s creek. Having obtained possession of two boats, a large anu a small one. Dale Was having his men transferred from the eastern to the western side of the river, when a large canoe containing eleven Indians was discovered descend ing the stream. The Indians were naked and gaudily painted, and their ehief had adorned himself with a dressed panther skin, which partially oovered his head and hung down his book, giving him a savage but impos ing appearance. Tho greater number of Dale’s men were already across the river with the large boat, only himself and about a dosen men remaining to be transferred. They fired upon the canoe from the bank, but the Indians threw themselves down fiat in the bottom, and thus several rounds werfe exchanged without result. Finally two of the braves jumped out of the boat and, holding their guns high out of the water, swam toward shore on the side where tho smaller " party of white men were, but beading 7|or a point which* was separated from the whites by the month of the creek. 9mitli and Anstell pursued them and the former shot one, but Anstell wore buckskin legglns which, becoming ' heavy with water, broke the string - which confined them at the waist and tell to his feet, causing him to slip and te .-tJi } ^ l Ss .r m WTO A COWARD’S HEART. tall, thus the second Indian escaped in the thick cano. «r the ! western I ehere mow pat out in to* laanr aonoe ' | With tho fotOntloVo- attacking th> Indians, hut on getting near them bn can in ulanuad at the odds und pul bach again to shore. Rale, on the eastern shore, was s< infuriated by their cowardice that he sprang into the smaller boat, which was on his side of the river, and called for volunteers to go with him. All oi the dozen men who were with him btopped forward, but the canoe wan very small, and could only hold three persons besides the negro. Closer, who was rowing. Smith and Anstcll were the two who finally put off from shore with him. When twenty yards off from tho Indians they attempted to lire, but Smith's gun was tho only one that went off, tho priming of tho others having been wet. The Indian chief recognized Dale as the canoes drew together, and called out to him. “Now for it, Hig Sum!” that buing the name by which Dale was well known among the Indians from Ills great size and daring. Cicsur, at Dule's command, rowed his boat close to tho Indian canoe, and held them together with his hand, but before they touched tho chief pointed his gun at Anstell, who struck it parti al ly aside with an oar, but was knocked down by it. The Chief was about to brain him when ids own skull was split open by blows from the rifles of Smith and Dale, ills brains being scat tered over tlie boat. Dalo’s blow was given with such force that his gun was broken, and during tho rest of the fight ho used only the barrel. Anatoli, who was only a youth of 19, now recovered his feet, and killed the next two savages by blows from his rifle, lie was nguin knocked down by a blow from a tomahawk later in the fight, and would have been killed, but his assailant’s skull was split open by a blow from Dale’s rifle. When the fight was over eight In dians lay dead in tho bottom of their canoe and the ninth had fallen over board when struck. Of the whites, Anstell only wus hurt, he having sev eral bruises on the head and arms. The boat Itself was horrible to see, being filled to the depth of several inches with blood and spattered brains. Hut General Dale was the hero of an adventure still more remarkable, if possible, than this, which happened a few years previous. On returning alone from an expedition, unconscious of the neighborhood of any Indians, and feeling quite thirsty, he stooped to drink at a spring. As he did so two Indians sprang upon him from the hushes with a loud war-whoop and struck at him with their tomahawks. Though wounded, he succeeded In drawing his knife, and, after a short fight tor life, killed first one and then the other of his assailants. He was bleeding from five wounds when the fight was over, but, binding them up as best lis could, ho carefully hunted for the trail of the savages. Hav'-- lived so long upon the border he is said to have possessed the skill of an Indian in follow).. ■ a trail, and to have felt somewhat the same delight In trucking a foe. With the utmost patience he pursued tho trial nine miles, notwithstanding his wounds, and was rewarded by finding a camp fire, around which were sleeping three . Indian warriors and a captured white womun, whose hands were bound be hind her. He succeeded in killing all three of the Indians as they slept, and was cutting the thongs which bound the woman when he was attacked by a fourth Indian, who had been conceal ed by a log. Overcome by his wounds and all he had been through Dale fell, and would have been killed had not the captive woman, whom he had succeeded in freeing, come up behind and split open the skull of the Indian by a blow from a tomahawk which she had picked up. Ucn. Dale was engaged in many other dangerous adventures which read like a romance, and make us realize that there were giants in those days as well as of yore. When the times were more settled ho represented his county in tho Legislature of the State, though even then (1830) so small was the population that only ten votes were cast in tho whole county. He died in 1840 In tho interior of Ala bama. The place is now known as Dalevillc. WHIMSICALITIES. Laconia Proposal — “Cook?” Yes.” “Piano?” “No." “Mine.” There are only three grades of peo ple in the world. None of them be long to the iirst grade. Suitor (persistently)—Why do you keep me waiting so long? Remember that you are growing older every min ute. There are men with natures so small that, if there is anything in transmi gration, they will probably reappear as microbes. Women are good because it comes natural; men are never really good xm til they have tried being bad and found that it didn’t pay. Bingo—What's the matter with your clothes, Bobbie? Bobbie (meekly)—I fell down on my way from school. Bingo—Who licked? “Silence gives consent, you know,” he urged gently. “Does it?” she re plied, waking from a reverie. "Then I advise you to propose to a deaf mute.” Travers—I want you to come arynnd every week to crease my trousers. Tailor—When shall I come around to collect my bill. Travers—Every day, if you like. “Why don’t Hanks marry that Miss Perkins? lie’s in love with her, and she s only too anxious to get married. ” “He can’t. He has a five years’ lease of his bachelor apartments, and they don’t take ladies in the building.” Visitor -(after the introduction)— “Ah! You are the famous Dr. Twinley I have heard so much about. Are vou still in active practice, doetor?” Rev. Dr. Twinley—“Oh, no; that is my brother who practices. I preach.” THE TABU AND HOME. EXPERIMENTS WITH CLOVER AS A FERTILIZER.; \ - . '1 UrrnMipoilug Without Fermentation— On# Woman'e War of Railing Foultry— Humble Foot Farm Notoa, Etc. Clover ai a Fertilizer. I have boon for a number of yean oxporiinontlng some on clover ns a fertilizer. I have at dlfTorent times plowed dowh groen clover, expecting great results from it, but always was disappointed In my expectations The plowing down of green clover in June i think is a mistake, says a writer in tho Ohio Farmer. It Is not the right thing to do. My soli Is a light sand very sensitive to manure, but the turning under of green clover does but little good. I find that in a short timo after turning undor it com mences to heat, and fermentation takes place, and through the process of fermentation all of tho saccharine substance in tho clover is turned into acid and thoroby lost, and in some soils tho acids would become a dam age. 1 finally concluded to try an ex periment of putting tho groen clover through the process of decomposition without fermentation to such un ex tent as to destroy its saccharine pro perties. I had a six-acre Hold, tho soil of which was light sand, and in its prim itive stato was covered with whortle berry brush and water. The native fertility had been about exhausted, and there wns but little to begin with, liut I got it into clover with a fair Btand, but short. It would have cut about three-fourths of a ton per acre. I had boon burnttig lime and had a quantity of slacked lime and ashes, Which 1 put upon the clover at the rate of about sovonty bushels per acre. Tho lime and ashes were about equal in proportion, and were spread from the wagon. I plowed it down, har rowed it, and rolled It down with a heavy roller. This was done in June. In August I cross-plowed it and could soo very plainly where the rlovor, lime and ashes were. I gave It a thorough cultivation and sowed It to wheat about tho first of September. Tho next harvest I had the biggest crop of straw 1 ever saw grow out of the ground. It was higher than an ordinary man’s head and stood thick on the ground. The wheat went thirty-eight bushels per acre, and of n good quality. From previous ex porlonco I am satisfied that if I had plowed tho clover down without the lime and ashes, I would not have got more than ten or twelve bushols per aero; or if 1 had put the lime and ashos on without the clover I would not have got any more. The clover, lime and ashos together were what produced the crop. Lime is a neutral izer. It neutralizes the aoids in the decomposition of tho clover, and the soil absorbed all the fertilizing prop, erties in tho clover and made a plant food for the wheat From tho above facts and reason^ I think tho plowing down of any green crop—corn, oats or buckwheat—is of but little use as a fertilizer unless lime is used in their decomposition. I have boon experimenting in the way of mowing down tho clover in June nnd covering it up with a heavy coat of straw as soon as the wheat is threshed, the success of which I will roport soon. lUmiule oot. Bumble foot in poultry Is the same thing as a stone bruise on a boy's foot The fowl troublod with it has a swelling on the bottom of the foot which is very painful and finally breaks and suppurates freely. Very frequently it permanently cripples the a!llictod fowl unless it Is carefully treated. Tho probable cause of this disease is from a bruise received from jumping from some elevation and a prolific oause Is having the perches too high. When the lameness that precedes the visible swelling shows Itself tho fowl should be watched and as soon as the swelling becomes soft it should be carefully opened with a very sharp knifo and tho fowl con fined on a floor coverod with soft litter until the lameness disappears. Tho lighter breeds are not subject to this diseaso. American-Grown Tea. Forty of fifty years ago an attempt was made to introduce the tea plant into this country. Some were im ported and planted in the upland regions of North and South Carolina. The trees or shrubs grew, and were found hardy, but the enterprise never paid, or rather cotton paid so much better that it occupied all the atten tion of the planters. Now cotton is under a cloud, and these old toa plan tations are coming to the front again. They yield a much better, stronger tea than wo can or do import from China. Apparently the Chinese keep the best for themselves and send us only tho poorest We hope to hear that this industry is growing until the time comes when this country will be independent of China and Japan for its'tea supply. —American Cultivator. My Exjit'rjpiict* in Poultry, If you will allow me spacer 1 will givo my experience in the poultry line. I am a lover of chickens and I think in my fiock of sixty hens I havo all colors, from snow white to jet black and all sizes. My hon house is 14x16 foot with strips on the out side. which makes it perfectly tight and warm in winter. 1 have eggs all winter. This is the way I manage: First, I see to the cleanliness of all surroundings by keeping all of the nests and walls whitened and nests filled with fresh straw. I use straw because it is the best thing I have convenient. My nests are all movables and five in a row. When I sot a hen I remove her first and make her a fresh nest, then I put her eggs in and let her go on at her will. I alwaja I*-1 **ra Sheop for WUr tgotoj. T«v Wherever sheep —~ tsstiirsd the require Borne elevaUop of Around or which to feed and sloop, tvj. n n, doubt a relie of UmM when shoe were the prey of n*u.'vup animal and sought elovufed ptem that the might more easily dUodrntaeir eoo.n at a distance. On h‘ th( grass Is sweeter ana rlsL.. ti... it on wetter lowlabds. *>n the latte aside from the poorer Good manors for kif \ni and boxes for grain. The farmer is farUtsst frOm | who has nothing tc/telL •' •! Well rotted and fasd "*W| dro duces the quickest results. m In planning the orojk oon^Mer the market as well as tbs orop. j Learn as much aa you ca4 sad Im. prove on what you already k, Or > advantage iq cuttle; ding is that the manure handle. Farming is one so as to make it paya profit is another. & Cross breeding is tha iMjcfaiw Up of two well established tesLh .»/ j. rarely successful. , T It is poor economy to, movi^qo i^n to give the boys a ehano% “Mins jnu want them to loaf. * One advantage with a dlvciwi^ 0( crops is that the farmer Is mors lads* pendent of the season. \ Whenever you use a scrub tiro are grading down, depredating the value of your own stock. One advantage with t| is that it puts the mlllt aad, business on a cash basis. For garden and orchard oulkui^ gentle horse and one thpft goas ws^i. Js almost indispenslble in doing food work. ” Clover is a natural restorative, h«m it is a good plan to rotate in olonCZ frequently as possible. 'This It the cheapest plans of buitdtug up. There is roally no best tuns to unless it is when the stock it ready to market; waiting for tha 1 market is too much like Homo Hintk ' Green tea will revive rusty laee and render it as good as new* i. While cleaning up bedrooms fb* closet doors should be kept clflMd to “PH, ■ 'jofttaa keep the dual out. Tarnuhed gold embrstdsry jany W. cleansed with a brush dipped t» banted and pulverized rook alnm. ■. Clean straw mattings furniture with salt ud water, tag the water often, tasked way they will not turn yellow. The durability and brightness oilcloth are increased by n ooat Uf £ varnish semi-annually, or by rubbik*: over with kerosene once n month. ^1 Well dried, clean corn husks maki a very good wholesome hod, the beei bed next to wool or ham But they are altogether too hard for pillows. Although china for table nee cannot be mended, as yet—there Is no ce ment that will hold in hot Water yet china for decoration can bo n testy mended with a little china oemfaV A good quality of scrim - with M# broidered ferns scattered over it makes a pretty dressing-table oover or scarf. The edge ean ha hem stitched, and then have'a laee ^ frill sewed around it. Smother fire with carpeta eta; water will often spread burning oil and increase danger. Before passing through smoko take a full breath and then stoop low, but if carbonic gas is suspected walk erect.—Prof. B. Wilder. ’ Melt a pound of white castile soap over the Are with a little water. When melted perfume slightly with any one of the extracts, and stir in half a cupful of common oatmeal. Use this preparation when washing your hands and you will bo surprised at tbe improvement in their appear ance lx RUIN ANo DESOLATION FOL pp;*#!4T9 occupants. , r ',F MW 'V f BriH T ",T1rWlw '■§ J»fc> tlous. MID ALL THE genuine sympathy of the American people for the Blaine family, the people of Wash ington seem to view the family misfortunes in only one light. Had the Blaines never moved into the Seward mansion, they say, Walker Blaine and Emmons Illuine and Alice Blaine-Coppinger would still be alive. The house has had many tenants in its day. None of them have ever had any luck. Death, desolation and ruin seem to follow those who even enter its portals. The Blaines have lived there ever since their return to Washington with the Harrison administration. When they moved in the superstitiously in clined shook their heads and said that James G. Blaine had been none too fortunate of late years to tempt ill fortune by living in a house with a blight upon it. This house, known as the Seward mansion, although it was built years before Mr. Seward lived in it, stands ! in Lafayette square, and is seen and noted by visitors to Washington almost as much as the White House itself. It is a house with no pretension to ele gance in its exterior. It stands even with the sidewalk, and the grounds, which are ample and beautiful, are at the sides and at the rear. It is three stories and a half high, and gives an impression of gloom, although the ,architecture is severe and simple rather than gloomy. The first occupant of this house was Secretary Spencer, and' soon after he THE SEWARD MANSION* moved into it his son, a Lieutenant in the navy, was hanged at sea for taking part in au alleged mutiny. During President Buchanan’s administration the Washington club occupied it. Pliilop Barton Key, the district attor ney of the District of Columbia in those days, was a member of this clnb. He spent there the . earlier hours of that afternoon in which Gen. Sickles shot him, and went out of the club house to die within an hour. After this the elub did nqt.st^y there long and it was vacant for a time. Secretary Seward was the next to live in it. And on April 14, 1863, Louis Payne forced his way into one of its bedchambers where the secretary was lying ill and stabbed him nearly to death. For four years after this the war department kept a patrol there day and night, and this did not add to the reputation of the house. Following Secretary Seward, Secre tary Belknap was the tenant, and he had hardly got..his household settled Aftnre when his wife died quite unex pectedly. The government tenanted the house next with the officers the commissary general, which were there nhtil the new building of the War de partment was done. During their oc enpancy three clerks died suddenly. Aftet- this the house was empty for 'acme time. In the latter part of 1889 the Blaines moved in and began to en tertain brilliantly. They remodeled t^e house throughout, destroying the old lines of the rooms and furnishing and adorning so that the house, which had been as simple and severe ' on the iaaide as it is on the outside, was trans formed into a mansion. The Blaines have fared no bet .tar than the other tenants. A •hort time after they got every thing in order Walker Blaine, rthe Secretary’s eldest son, died. Just A Week before he attended a reception ftaen by Mrs. John R. McLean;. He h|pk cold and was attacked by the mp, with the result already! told. *w*ry one was surprised, at the f rapid Progress of the disease, although he *js in a weakened physical condition PV the illness attending a broken and subsequently from ^alhrial He was a notably ’ brilliant man and the idol of his father. . -J» 35 years old, having been ™Jh M Augusta. At Yale college brilliant record, aud al “?°% A|iiK as-he entered the prae he made an argument he Jm-Alabeaia Claims commission watch p«s4 hhih at once in the front* h|i"»ther entered Presi Garnei^fM jfil^inet, Walker was made Assist^) Upon hie fatlwph retired* end hela. ^ tion until March,% “ made Examiner of department, a 'fioel was pe_*lfarly fitted knowledge of iQternatioAt^ iewt Leas than thrta weeks SncifTVarYmsine’s ltd death before the UccreBry was again bowed to earLh b> t$ban. On the 3d of Febru ary Mrs. Alice Coppinger, his eldest hter, passed away also, The M bat'd in the minds of many by trafMjr mf the following' ftlM Washington homo of Sec ShR' Mitt ; Coppinger had db^tho^e time, and while the jh— »<4 unexpected it was a terrl disejim | tlie fntin. the Secondary. With hiir. he ■’ stood his wife, James ja -h.. Misses Ilattie and fcwqevdpdCoL Coppinger. latsat his head and M Me Mmt ffiiughter died. U» ,• to Governor’* jNb tMM awnth She became ill * dMfpa, and while yet suffering the news ei the death of her brethei. Welker, prostrated r milled. Her grief great that H undoubtedly was ■ of the development of the “ t killed her—congestion of Mn Qappinger was thirty left three children. To o|Ne the Secretary trana-; love he had given, his yeagtoid thi'sg l|ttl< fen** all daughter. Another to i tithe thi was the ami son James O fortune that has helped great man’s life unhappy tal difficulty between hia Jr., and the latter’s wife. WhKe the ft her aald as little about the putter4 a possible, it is certain tha^hp felt OMiorniv of it keenly. Ttuaeamt the crushing misfortune of am, m the death of Emmons Blaine. It o^ochrae |ad 'ho direct connection' Blaine mansion, bat it was' at his father resigned his, wltp there and decided to re-enter the Presidential nomination, have given up the house an4 if Washington report is will be torn down within the yearn and -replaced by one tantial. OCIETY SCANDAL. tt® Staade Aflstr, Wfclcli Is Jnbt Now «%>' | »U» Of Paris. Parisia* faahiaeeireles has boon’ somewhat startled of Into by the Ml- i nouncement of the divorce of Colette Lipmann, the eldest daughter of Alex andre Damns, after • union of some twelve years’ standing, which was pro- 1 sumably a happy one. It. Lipmann ; was particularly devoted to hia illus trious father-in-law. When, several years ago,(the irascible painter Jac quet sent to the anneal Water Color exhibition a picture representing the dramatist in the costume and with this' accessories of a Jewish vender of bric a-brac at an Eastern bazaar, calling his work “A Jew Merchant,” In re venge for the sale by Dumas of hia large painting, “First at the Rendez vous,” it was M. Lipmann who took: the matter up with considerable energy. He assailed the offensive work with liis cane, smashing the glass wherewith it waa covered, and ■ considerably damaging the frame. Jacquet was turned out of tha Water Color society in consequence uf hia libellous work—wftat became of that once notorious picture remains a mys tery. , It is true that the divorce has been pronounced in favor of Mme! Lipmann, showing that her husband was the er ring party, but I rather imagine that there were faults on both sides. For the lady has always been lookdd upon as a decidedly fast and flirtatious per sonage, of unspotted reputation be it understood, but always given to flirt ing outrageously with some one or an other of the many admirers that her father's celebrity and her own wit and vivacity drew around her. , < Some few years ago M. Dumas qoar- ^ relied seriously and irretrievably with v an elderly married hjdy ®vho had been his stanchgiriend «>r many years, to whose elegant and hospitable home both he and his family had always been made welcome. The quarrel took rise in one of Mme. Colette’s flirtations, the hero of which was an assiduous fre quenter of the drawing room of Mme. X-, the old friend of M. Dumas. To that lady M. Dumas addressed the j rather unjustifiable request that she would close her doors in future against the young man in question. But that Mme. X-positively refused to do. “His mother,” quoth she, “is one of my oldest and most intimate friends, and ! I have known the young gen tleman in question from his boy hood. 1 cannot refuse to invite MME. UPMAXX. him to my houso simply because pays a certain amount -of attention Mom. Lipmann. Had you\Jt!a try, M. Dumas, to controlwour < tor instead of asking' mefto strike'" , name of the son of my old friend frou my visiting list?” Thereupon Duma staged exceedingly wroth, and told Mme. X-that she gnat choose be-L tween his f riaaddtlp JmA herV-qUain-| “““ **“ " guest. The and the | Spoken to ] f lively, heiress I stive, to I