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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 30, 1887)
0KB OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER tfQ. 1887. THE CAUSE OF THE COLLAPSE Why the Lluttto Insurance Oompanj Gamete to an Untimely End , JR , BILLINGS' CHOLERA GERM. io Wants the State to Furnish Film BOO How * to Exporlmimt On Lin- Coin's Wnter Hnpply Capi tal City Brevities. friiOM THE HEK'S t.iNcobX nunr..vu.l The collapse of the Lincoln Insurance company continue.1) to bo discussed with n ( rood dent of Interest. The company was organized about cloven month. ago by Lincoln parties. 'llo : principal stock holders wore Lincoln capitalists. The management of tliu company's affairs peoms to bavo been very bud from the be ginning , and it has been swamped by .underground insurance and extra hazards which any good insurance man ought to have had judgment enough to avoid. If the corn pun v had confined itself to legiti Junto inislncss it would have made i Imntlsoinn profit. The amount of prom .lams taken in this state amounted to $87,000 , und the losses during the satuo time were only $11,000 , while the ex penses wiire a irlllo over $0,000. In the Biimo time the underground risks taken 'outside the state amounted to fG5,000 , and the losses were nearly three times that amount. This will swamp the en tire receipts and capital stock of the company , and will then leave at least GO per cent of the losses of the company un- JMikl. The Nebraska business will be re insured. HILLINGS AND GKIITH. Dr. Hillings having proclaimed in nu > ous and voluminous communications to the State Journal that ho had succeeded in isolating and reducing the hog cholera germ so as to maka it suitable for inocu lation and available for the prevention of hog nholera , State Veterinarian Gerth lias called upon him by means of a letter in the Journal to demonstrate the value of hid alleged discovery by means of a public test to bo given under the sapor- vision of the state buard of agriculture. Ur.Uilllngs appeared in a letter yesterday morning 'in which he asserted that he hasn't enough money to make such a test as Dr. Gerth demands , und modestly asks the live stock sanitary commission to furnish him 500 hog * with which to make the lest. It is a pity that some ono who has a tittle surplus capital does not come forwrad and givu the somewhat able and entirely abusive and egotistical investigator an opportu nity to demonstrate whether ho has made the most valuable discovery of the cen tury in his department of work or whether ho is simply' feeding a hungry public on wind. TUB SUrilKMB COCItT. ' In the supreme court yesterday Coquil- lard v. llovoy. Mo. Sug. Dim. Kcd. was sustained. The following : causes were nrgucd and submitted : Holmes v. Shinier ; Richards v. State ; Hoard of Church Ex tension v. Johnson. Court adjourned to Tuesday , October ! , at 8:30 : a. in. , when a peremptory call of the docket of causes from the second judicial district will bo made. The following opinion was tiled : Dawson v. Mcb'auden. Appeal from John- Ron county. .ItulKincnt of district court reversed and decree of spcclllo performance . entered. Opinion by Cotib , J. 1. Equity protects a parol gift or Innd equally with a parbl agreement to sell it , It accompanied by possession , and the donco Induced by lite promise tolvo ( it has made valuable Improvements on the property. JSuale v. Nealo , 0 Wall , 1. LINCOLN'S WATER SUPPLY. The work on the now system ot wells for the city water supply has pone far enough to demonstrate very satisfactorily that there need be no further uneasiness as to Lincoln's water supply for some . time at least. Mr. Hums , the contractor , lias put down six wells , which yield an average of ! 5,000 ! ) gallons per day each. As ho is to put down eighty wells it maybe bo reasonably estimated that they will afford u supply of 2,000,000 gallons a day Which , with the amount furnished by the big well , will bo four times as much as is % 3od at present. BENATOU VAN WYCK'S \TES. . Hon. C. II. Van Wyck was in the city 1o-day on his return from Geneva. Yester day afternoon ho went to Syracuse where fce will deliver an address at the fair. On Monday lie will bo at Sioux City when ms will open the great corn palace. On Wednesday and Thursday of next week ho will be in Lincoln , and on Friday fol lowing ho will deliver an address at the district fair at Friend. HEIIK AND TIIBKK. Mr. Airer. of the railroad commission and II. M. Waring , clerk of the board wont to Hradshaw to-day to try a case ol estimated weight. The complaint was niado by Tilden llros. , who allege thai they shipped in a traction engine weigh ing 0,400 pounds , on which they were re quired to pay charges for an estimated weight of 10,000 pounds. The musicians of the city had a meet ing last night at which an organi/.atioi was perfected for the purpose of hoJdiiu a musical convention. Prof. W. W.V Jones was elected president ; Dr. Case boor , vice president ; Uev. E. II. Chapin treasurer : J.U.M. Shirts , secretary , and O B. Howell , Prof. Seamark , Prof. Curtice Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond , Mr. Shirts am Prof. Easteday , executive committee. The supreme court this morning hoan the argument in the case of the Hoard o Churcn Extension vs. Johnson , which in volvcs the title to sonic ot the mostvalua " * bio property in the citv of Lincoln. Al though a decision adverse to the plixintil is generally expected , the decision i awaited with a good deal of interest. Pitcher & Baldwin sold several lots a auction to-day. Among them was one 01 O street , ono of the best inside lots in th city , which sold 'or $10,000. This re presents sents the value of the lot , as the improve incuts were worth very little. I'nnnltleH of Imprudence. Summer is at hand the time of yea when old heads and young become im , prudent , get ovor-heated , cool of suit l denly. catch cold , headache , ncrvou disorder ? , and a thousand and ono otho troubles. Preaching prudence is playe ; < out. The only thing to do -after yo have contracted one or more of thos ( pains to cure yourself as quickly u 1 possible. Small ( wins are not to bo ucjj lectcd except at tno risk of serious cor sequences. Itemuve tlunn at once. 1 pan be done by an application of ono n more of ALLCOCK'K Poitoirs PLASTKH : recognized the world aver as the be.- external remedy ever made. Mind yoi don't neglect your little ills. They out Crow evciythiug ol.so and if let alone eos you more than you can ever know. Ui member ALLCOCK'S PLASTEUS. UST4TH UKANSFKUS. Arthur East to Charles K. llatior ft al , lot 1 lu block .20 , In West Albright's add , wd . J2.W Hanson Nlelson and wlfo to Mad a Toft , tint south IH feet of lot 4 In block a In Heed's first anil , w d . 4K Jonas It. Harris niulvttu to William 11. Jackson , lots ft > , 40 and 41 In Utuwart place add. wd . 5,7 ( The John Dlerks Mil fir. Co. to llu h iluithfs , lot -Mln blkUof West Albright - bright add , wd . Calvin Kessler and wife to Henry 11. Kyumii , lot U lu blk ti ot Central psrtc.v d . 0 O. II. UalloiiPtal to Henry 11. Kyinan lot 10 in tilk 4 , ami lot 'J In blk 1'J of Ambler place , and lota lu blk 18 of . Central park , w d . 7,8 Theodora Olaeu and wire to Adolph Mattson , lots 1 and a In blk Sol Koutli Omaha park add , wd . ' .4 Solon L. Wiley and wile to Joseph U. Blair , lots SanrtO. and wrstnl fret of lot 7 In blk 77. city of Omaha w d 83,000 Thomas W , Jloblnson and wlfo to F. N. Jaynes , lot 0 In Washington square ndd , wd 2,500 John \V Foster to F L Murray. lot 1 In Flack's subdlv ot lots 8 and 9 In Palrmount place , wd 4,000 W U Vauclin and wlfo to Matthias Tttckschsoerdt , lot4 In blk 0 of West Albright's add , w d 350 \V \ It Vaughn and wlfo to Leonhard Pflrter.lot 3 In blk a of West Al- hrleht's add. w d 350 John M Doiiehetty to H P Shelby , lot IK In blk 13of Cloverdnlo. wd 750 11 vion Heed and wife ot al to Frank O Olscn. than 00 ft of lot Sin blk 3 In Campbell's add.tw d 400 Frank O Ulsun and wlfo to Michael Huy. the w ( to ft of Hie n CO ft of lot 8 In blk 2 of Campbell's add , w d. . . . 450 Patrick Nnctor and wife to.I C Wlnu , lot fl in blk 1 of South Omaha , Vlow add to .South Omaha , w d 400 John A Uallou and wife to David P Hodman , lot 1'J of Mlllard ACald- well's add. wd 18,000 Chris Jensen to .letter & Young , the storu room on cor Capllol and 14th His , and known an No. mi n 14lh st , lease for 3 years , $130 per year John U Horbach and wife to Kmll Thompson , the nX of lot 8 In blk A of 11 or bach's sub dir of ilorbach'a Istadd , wd COO Charles It Brown und wlfo to JosephIne - Ino M Getty , tbe SO ft frontolT of the w side of lot 3 In blk 210K , City of Omaha , wd ,500 Larmon P Pruo'ti and wife to Edwin G Hush , lot s In blk S , of Shlnn's 2d add. wd 3,500 Harry H Mulford to Larmon P Pruvn , the s 30 It of lot 4 in blk 1 , of Pope Place , w d 100 Herbert L Aulls and wife to Spencer Otis , lots 1 , 3 , 3.10. U and 13 , in bile 1 , and lots 1 , 2. 3 , 4 , 5 , 0 , 7 , Sand0 , lu blk 3. In Otis Place , w d 3,000 John S King to Joseph Oliver et al , lot , 4 blk K.\ South Omaha , wd S 2,600 John L McCaruo and wlfo to the Cen tral United Presbyterian churchpart of lots 3 and 4 blk i > 0. city of Omaha , w d. 11 00 ( Charles lllomberg ot al to John L Me- Cagun , part of lots 3 and 4 blk St ) , Omaha , wd 11,000 The County of Douglas and Stnlo of Nebraska to August Uoll.lot U blk 4 , Douglas' ndd , w d 800 Charles L VanCamp and wlfo to William F Krclle , It 4 bile 3 , Cottage Park , w d 750 William H llonmn et al to Udora 1 Stalls , the west SO font of east 115 feet of lot 10 In Mlllard & Caldwoll'a add , w d 8,500 James L lilack to the public plat ot lilack's subdivision of lot 10 of Ken sington Mitchell T Chapman and wife ot al to , James M Chapmantho nwlfof nw& of sec 30-10-13,11 c d 1,100 Martha D Chapman to Jesse U Chap man , the nj $ of noK of sw > and thee . . . . of nw of se # of sec30-10-13 , qcd 1 Martha I ) Chapman to Mitchell F Chapman , the eX of nejf and s % of nw } { of 80) and w > i of BW > of sec 30-10-13.no d 1 Edward U Crap to Sarah Jamleson , lot U In blk 4 , of Graiinncrey Park add , w d COO Samuel T Potter and wife et al to Amelia M Davenport , lot 7 , blk 2 , of Hillside add , w d. . . . 0.000 Samuel Schlosliiger et al to Frcdrlek W White , lots 14 , ir.10.17 and 18 , blkl . SehleslnKer's add. wd 2,125 Jessie 11 Chapman ct al to Mitchell F Chapman , the s > $ of ueK of swKf and sj of nwM of Hie se'f ' and w } of sw } of sec SiMO-13 , nod 1 Mitchell F Chapman et al to Jessie H Chapman , the n& of ne.f ' of swif and the nK ot nwk of sejf of sec 30- 10-13 , n c d , . . . . . , . . : 1 Martha I ) Chapman to Jessie 11 Chap man , the n > 4 of the no.'f of the sw,1/ and tlin nK of the sw of the sejf of ° " " ' Lew W Hill to Susie ii"sinitli"loVs'iiJ and 13 , blk 11 , Omaha View , w d. . . . 1,000 James ( i Mogeath and wlte to Cora A Belden , lotCi , Windsor place , w d. . 1,000 Uonrlntla M Caldwell to Victor O Caldwell , lots 18 , 1U > , 22 , ? % 23. ffilK. 24 , 24 , 27 , 27) ) i , 31. 83. 31 and 83. Mlllard & Caldwell's add , qcd. . 1 William E llawley and wife to Thomas Kennedy , lot 0 , Hawley Terrace , wd 800 John W Wallwork and wlfo to Bela J Wotmore , lots 1 and 2 , blk 6 , Jet- ter'slstadd , wd 2,300 Sophia P Mergell and husband to Nel lie Poor , middle X of lots 12,13 , and 14. blk 10 , Hanscom place , w d C.OOO William Pntnrson and wife to Chris tian Banker , lot 3 , blk 2 , village of Elkhorn , wd 450 Frederick W White and wlfo to Samuel Schlesinper et al , lot 7 of Yates & Heed's sub divof lot 7 , Hagan's add , wd 3,000 Hosa McCalfroy to Margaret McCaf frey , the north 5 acres of the south K of nw } { of swjsec. . 8.14,13 , w d a Elmer A Todd to Michael ilogan , lot , Auburn Hill , w d 700 Cora 1) ) Traber to John CTraher.Iots 1 , B , C , 7,8,0 and 10 , block 22 , Walerloo , Nch. , qcd 1 M L limner to Emlllno D liruncr. lot 23 , blork 5 , Schlesingor'sadd , w d. . . 325 Samuel Sctdeslncer and others to M L Bruner , lot 23'block 5. Schlesln- o irer'sodd , wd 300 Experience Estcrbrook to Otis H Hal- lou and others , 10 feet of west side , of middle X of lot 2 ; also bediming ' , at.southwest corner of above tract , north f > 0 foot , west to board fence , south to alley , east to beginning , Icasofor three years , poryear. COO HU1LD1NU PERMITS. H W hnydor , ono-siory frame cot- tnpn. ( Irace near Sixteenth S 1,000 C A Dean , two-story and attic frame residence , Thirty-seventh and Jones 0,000 Alvln Sauuders , three-story brick warehouse , 1214 llnrnov street 14,000 Ueo W Keogh , one-story frame black smith shop , Saunders and Franklin streets 15G The Lowe avo" building asso. , three two-story frame dwellings , Lowe ov andUurt st 4,500 The Lowe ave Dulldlng asso , , two story frame dwelllm ; , Cass st and Morton ave 1,500 E S Dtindy jr , two two-story frame dwolllngsThirty-second st and Pon- plutonave 5GOC , ' Seven permits ; total 535,750 There are many cnoap cosmetics of fercd for sulo , which claim to contain nothing injurious to the skin. This is nil 6o./ini ! . or very nearly sill are com' potimleil from the most deleterious and poisonous drugs in tlm matoria niodlca. . They destroy the vitality of the skin , making the consumer prematurely with' ored and old. J. A. Po//oni guarantee ! lr his medicated complexion powder en _ tirely free from all injurious matter , ami _ will gladly pay | 500 to any iiracticu 1S chemist who can ( ind upon analysis tlu sligntest trace of white lead orarsenic. j Use none other and you will never regret 1U Price 50 cents and $1.00 per bor. Soli O by all druKKibts and perfumers. Mnrriaco li The following marriage licenses Imvi lilt been issued by Judge McCnllotigh : lts A'aino and liesldence. Age s , ( Karnrst ulbson , Omaha S 1 Minnie t'ucsley , Omaha u , Henry V. Fitzslmmons , Omaha 2 j Francis A. Heels , Omaha 2 st I Charles W. Olcott , Omaha 2 0- 1 Elizabeth H. Lanson , Omaha \ Frauds M. Mather , Pueblo , Col : : 1 Harriet E. Walker , Peola , Kan 2 I Edward La Page , Omaha , 2 1 Flora Dunn , Omaha 1 1 Peter H. Peterson , Omaha 2 1 Emma Miller , Omaha 2 00 j Charles W. Olentt , Omaha 3 I Elizabeth H. Lawson , Omalin 2 j William Joseph. Omaha a I Jeuiile A. Craig , Omaha 2 I Frank M. ilogan , Omaha 2 m 1 Maggie Parnell , Omaha 1 VA/ It Won c Alnkn Ilrcail. In other words , Hood's Sarsaparllli will not do impossibilicies. Its uropri etors tell plainly what it has done.submi 00 proofs from sources of unquestioned re liability , and ask you frankly if 3011 ar < sullbrinu from any disease or all'ectloi 0Q caused or promoteil .by impure blood o low state of the system , to try Hood' Sarsaparilliu The experience ! of other 130 is siilllcient assurranou tlmt you will no bo disappointed in the result. , FACTS FOR THE FARMERS , Farm Improvements Tha Gara of Figs in Fall. SOME EARLY AUTUMN HINTS Texan Fever Keeping Hoot Crops OverATlntcr The Cow and tbo Doc Tito Gait of the llot-flc. Farm Imprnrcmcnta. Every farmer should try to get time to make some improvements on his farm every year , and there is no better time to do this than during the autumn mgnths. As soon us the weather becomes n little cool the farm laborers will work with more vigor than they can in the springer or summer. Among other improvements roads should not bo neglected ; those are important , and where much used they should be well made , and to make a good road over a wet place it should bo well 'iinderdrainod. ' Ou farms where there arc plenty of stones the road-bed should bo constructed over all wet places by first covering with stones to the depth of eighteen inches , this will insure a hard , dry road.if the stones bo covered with six inches of good gravel. When stones cannot bo easily obtained the road-bed should bo kept dry by laying in the mid dle of the road a four-inch tile , covering it with sand or gravel , BO that the water can easily got to the drain. A road once well built will keep in good order fur many yearn , but if only half built it re quires constant repairs , and is then never satisfactory. In building farm roads , it is. as a rule , best to avoid the hills , even though it increases the distance , and as a rule it is better to cross a hollow than go over a hill , bccausmt is easier to till up than to dig a hill down , especially on rocky farms , for there is almost always some old stone wall that it is desirable to get rid of , that is just what is wanted to make a road-bod of. The autumn is a good time to clear up now landespecially low land ; the springs are usually low , so the work can be done much better than in the spring , erin fact any other season of the year. Every farmer who has un reclaimed low land should make it his rule to clear up a portion of it every year until it is all reclaimed. Knrlr Autumn Hints. Owners of gardens often give special attention to their grounds uarly in the season , and get everything fairly in good order , but omit this care later in the sen- son. A few random suggestions may therefore bo of use to them. Weeds. One of the drst things to do is to clear from the grounds all the scat tered weeds , some of which have already reached a foot or more in height and are beginning to form seeds , liy promptly eradicating thorn , a numerous crop an other year may bo prevented. Single plants of some of our common weeds , when they have full rope , ripen several thousand seeds , and it is economy to pre vent it. The true way is to destroy weeds botore they reach the light , when the labor is small , or in other wordskeep the ground alwayy perfectly clean it is munh tliu cheapest in tlui end. Preparing Soil Many crops are to bo planted in the spring and the best thing now is to put the ground in perfect order. This will greatly reduce the labor next season and give much liner crops. Go over the intended ground repeatedly with cultivator or steel rake , thus destroying the successive crops of starting weeds , and by top-dressing with line manure It will be well incorporated with the soil , and bo worth double the amount of ma nure carelessly applied. If the garden is liable to be water-soakod in early spring , or by long and heavy rains , thoroughly tile-drain it this fall. Let these drains bo twice as near together as in farm-drain ing , and it will pay well in the early work and early crops. If the soil is too clayey , and you have an accessible sand hole , draw on to the land you arc prepar ing enough loads of sand to cover it with a layer three inchs deep. This sand will become worked in by future cultiva tion , and benolit the soil for at least fifty years to come , for the sand will not evaporate nor bo carried oft'like manure. Apple Orchards Top dress these with manure every autumn , or at least bien nially. Let the top-dressing cover the whole surface , avoiding the common mistake of spreading the manure a few feet only on each side ot the tree. This treatment will not only give the trees more vigor , but will add to their fruitfulness - fulness , and not only add to their fruitfulness - fulness , but produce larger , fairer and better fruit. Wo have seen trees which wore supposed to bo hopulesslv supcran- uated restored to now vigor with a wide and copious manuring on the surface of the ground. It answers well whether the orchard is in grass or in cultivated ground. Peach Trees. lleing slightly tender , but requiring frequent pruning or short ening back , thy work should be done early in autumn rather than later , so that they may recover from the wounds and the wood bccomo ripened and hard ened before winter. Very severe weather has a tendency to injure freshly pruned peach trees. It would be better , how ever , if large wounds are to be made , as in heading back old trees , to do the work early in spring. This heading back may bo sometimes usefully performed on trees which have extended their long branches boyona proper bounds , giving them new and compact heads , and improving the size aud quality of the crop. The value of this treatment was suggested many years ago by witnessing the work roughly done by a storm , which broke oil'tho top , aud gave a now and vigorous head bear ing the largo and excellent peaches seen on young trees. Currants Uoing quite hardy , may bo pruned in autumn. Cut out old and stunted wood , cutting back shoots which are too long , anrt making an cvonlv dis tributed head. Cultivate the ground well , keep it clean and applv manure , if you want heavy crops with currants four times as largo as on neglected busho. . Raspberry Hushes If not growing in exposed places , may have the old canes which are already done bearing all cuter or cleaned out , giving room for the fin ishing growth and ripening of the young canes which are to bear next year. If the now canes are numerous , thin out all but live or six of the strongest. The best time , however , to do this hist thinning is in early summer before they have grown. If the bushes stand in a much exposed or windy place , it may bo best to leave all this trimming till spring , so that all may assist hi retaining the drifting snow and thus ailbrding shelter. Plant Every Year. Some new planting innv bo.dono every year. Old sorts of fruit occasional die out , and may need replacing with the same kind , or with newer and bettor ones. Always choose those of tried and proved excellence , and avoid now names and high priced trees. A few well cared for are better than many with partial neglect , liy pnv curing a fewat , u time it will be easier to secure those sorts least liable to disease and most valuable. Hardy Oramentals. As herbaceous perennials may be Increased at this sea < son of tliu year by dividing the roots and planting separately , covering them as a matter of safety before winter , will leaves. The Memorandum Hook. For noting down any practical suggestions in the proper order 'of time , if regularly used , will bo found of. great value in future , Devote a page' to cac.h week of time through the season note any blunders in practice pr ny ratioud which -have proved practically successful. Omissions properly filled will prevent similar omissions nest year. 1'lcn In the Fall. American Agriculturist : U la doubtful if anything is gained ultliimtolv by hav ing sows fnrrow twldo a year. The suckIng - Ing of two litters must injuriously reduce the sow , a'nd the pigs are not properly nourished , thus injuring them , lint when the spring litters are still-born , or lost shortly after birth , or , In some cases , whun sows are toq joting to bo bred to farrow In tbo spring , it is gootl policy to breed for fall pigs. Hut to make them as peed as spring pigs they must have good shelter and tlio equivalent of green food. Swine shelters arc moro likely to bo made too warm than other wise. The swine ho close to gether , and their bodies arc compact , hence they require rather open shelters. Sheltered swlnc usually suPer moro from foul air than from eold , Good ventilation is the first essential of a swine shelter. This must not bo forgotten whim constructing shelters for fall pigs , for , because they are small , the shelter is * likely to bo made warmer than for ma in ro swine , which Is saving that It will bo altogether too small. They should have no Utter if the shelter will keep them dry anil protect thorn from wieds. The equivalent of green food is easily provided , and it is not a moro expensive food than grain. Turnips can bo grown after a crop of early potatoes or sweet corn has been removed from the laud. The small potatoes may bo gathered up and boilod. A natch of r.yo will give green food until covered by the snow and at intervals during the winter. The vegetable scraps tuny be saved , and thus the pigs bo kept thriving through the winter. Texan Kover. Kvory fall season cattlemen are tncna- oil bv this great sconnige. In some years omp arativcly little of it is developed ; in thors it sweeps over the country almost /holly unannounced. Though its period f prevalence is short , it can within a ew weeks inllict more serious losses upon lock raisers than all other contagions ombincd. Fortunately. Its ravages are mited by the coming of frost otherwise t would soon practically drive feeders ut of the business. This fall It has ap- cared in more places and has done moro iimage than for some years. It has liowu itself in some of the most important uurkcts and has created consternation whenever stockers and feeders are in- roduccd. And what is to be done about t ? The time has eomo when the intcr- sts of cattle raising demand that this lung be summarily stopped. Itaging as t does only in a particular season , it can )0 prevented by prohibiting the movc- nent of southwestern cattle in that sea- on. The remedy us situplo and plain , and suggests itself at once to those who give the matter thought. There is little ; oed in riddui" the country of plcnro- moumonm if Texas fever is to be allowed o stalk abroad unchecked at the elo.so of very summer. Keeping Hoot Crops Over Wlntor. Custom has prompted farmers to keep ho root crops stored in pits outside of ho barn. This plants an excellent one. is the room in the barn cellar is not filled o overflowing , and by simply covering with straw and earthing up the mound ill danger of frost will bo avoided. But he diiliculty is not that there is a danger of loss , for an even temperature can jasily bo maintained Jn the heaps , It is vhcn the ground is frozen hard and it > ocomcs unsafe to open the mounds , that .ho farmer often linds lie cannot utilize lis root crops. They are as solidly and Jghtly scaled as though bound in iron , and not until the frost shall begin to eave thcground can ho makouse of them. it is just as easy to keep the loots , carrots and turnips in the barn cellar as in the mounds in the open air. All that is necessary is to avoid havng | hem thaw too suddenly after having icon fro/on. There will really be no necessity for the frost reaching them at ill if the roots are properly stored. Jn Illinois where the temperature some times falls as low as ! ! 0 dec. below zero , root crops arc stored in bins in the barn collar , or even in the barn loft. They are packed in dry , clean earth , or sand , no moisture being allowed. The roots are first carefully dim and cleanedthen [ lurniiltcd to dry in the shade , imperfect or partially decayed roots are thrown outand tha round ones arc not permitted to touch each other , a layer of earth being - ing between each layer of roots and the spaces being filled also. As soon as winter approaches the roots are fed &nd no diiliculty is experienced in Imndling tliem , which is a convenience in very cold weather. There is no danger to them except too much warmth , and a cellar or some other cool place , is used in which to place the bins. Hy this method the roots may bo fed in winter , whereas by the ground system they cannot bo used till late in thu spring. It is this diiliculty of conveniently storing and hand handling root crops that deters many farmers from growing them ex tensively. The turnip grows quickly and at a season of the year when the press ure of other work is nearly over , and larger crops o'f them should be grown. Farmers don't take kindly to cook ing roots , as it entails too much labor , and at the same time they are not partial to the feeding of frozen roots to stock. By giving some attention to the matter of storage , however , there will be no danger of the roots becoming fro/on , and. instead of cooking them , they etui bo ttliccd and fed raw , though cooking them in winter would be an advantage. Tbo Cow and the Dng. The majority of farmers think it very necessary to keep a dog to help them drive the stock. A wall-trained dog may bo of some help , but the largest percent of the dogs kept for this purpose do con siderable moro harm than good. Not being under your control to any considerable extent , and well started after stuck , it is moro trouble to stop them and get them to let thu stock alone than it would have been to have driven the stock yourself , and this , too , without taking into consideration the damage done to the stock. On many.farms the cows are allowed the run of the pasture , and at night It very oftun devolves upon the boy of the farm to drive them to bo 'milked. Mounted upon a horse , and accompanied by the ueccessary dog , the COWH arc hur ried home on the run as rapidly as possible , the boy alternately urging the do. < j , his horse and thu cattle by whoop ing and yelling , often , aided in his work with a good stick which ho has learned to use "not wisely but too well. " Leaving out the other many risks of Injuring thu stock from various causes , this ono injury to the cows and their'milk ought to bo sufficient to induce a change. It is surely bad enough jo worry the other stock with , in n.any cases , a useless dog , but to drive the cows,1 "with their well- tilted udders of milk , homo on a run with a barking , biting dog at their heels to add to their excitement and worry is certainly cruel as well 119 injurious and it is not only the animal but also the pro duct that is affected. Not only the quality but the quantity is affected , so much HO that often it Is not tit to use or to bo manufactured into butter or cheeso. Such milk Is not good for the calves or to bo used In the family , and when wo con sider that tiiis is wholly uncalled for and could easily bo avoided It would certainly seem advisable to discontinue it. Then in addition wo must consider thu lesi of llcsh that must bo occasioned from unnecessary running and beating up. Since cows of un 'easy excitable nature will gradually get Into such a condition that the sight of a dog will needlessly nx- cite them , the boy and tha horse are bud enough-without the dog. In fact'Stock ought not to bo driven faster than a walk ' at' any time , aud the milk cows moro especially so than anything olso. Treat them kind and when driving be careful not to hurry them out of a walk. The Unit of the UOMP. The walk of the HOMO is greatly in fluenced by the driver or attendant. On a farm if you put a norse into the core of an old man , or a slow , idle man , you will soon Und that the horse acquires a snail's pace of the man , If this is continued for some time it Is a practice moat dillicult to eradicate. In addition to this the slow trailing gait is rather harder work for the horse. A moderate quick walk cither when under a load or when empty , exhaust the annual less than the snail's pace. In these days of depression , when it is necessary to get the maximum of work out of both man or beast , there is nothing more irritating than to seea man and norse crawling along as though both were dropping asleep , no matter whether the horse be in a conveyance , a cart , a plough or a harrow. It is not natural but an acquired pace , both in the man and beast , and in the case of the latter , the man is to blame. This is a matter in which the owner has the remedy in his own hands. In the hands of the breaker and in the hands of the driver , instructions should always be given to kcop the head well up and the pace smart. A horse so trained will over command a readier market and | 35 to $50 bettor price than a slow animal of otherwise equal merit , for how often do you hoar intend ing purchasers say , "unless the animal is a mover it is of no use for any pur poso. " There is. too , another and al most important consideration that ought not bo lost sight of. When a horse is al lowed to fall into slow paces ho becomes aged and incapacitated Ion" before his natural time , his sinews and joints be come stiff and contracted , and ho is as permanently iniurcd as though strained by over-work and too-heavy loads. Just the same as a man who goes in for a moderate amount of athletic exorcises will retain his juvenility to an advanced period of life , so also will the active , lively horse retain his youth and useful ness. He will not only do a day's work per week more than the crawler ( a mat ter pregnant with great results when spread over an entire country ) , but he will continue to do it for several years longer than the slow horse. Ennui has far more victims than brisk , lively work. A Usnful Precaution. It is a useful precaution for the tourist , the commercial traveler , or the emigrant to the west , to take along Hosteller's Stomach Hitters. Invalids who travel by steamboat or rail should provide them selves with it , in order to prevent or remedy the nausea which the jarring and vibration of vehicles in tnnisitit often causes them. Vastly proferraulc is it for this simple , but needful purpose , to the heady unmcdicatcd stimulants of commerce. On board ship , it not only remedies sea siokuesa , but neutraliy.es the pernicious cftocls of waicr slightly brackish , which , if unqualified , is apt to give rise to irregularities of the bowels , cramps in the abdominal region and dys pepsia. To the aerial poison of malaria it is an cllieiont antidote. Sick headache , heartburn , and wind upon the .stomach , are promptly banished by it. It health fully stimulates the kidneys anil blad der and nullifies the early symptoms of rheumatism. SOME OLD TIME PIRATES. Stories ol thu ItoarliiKi of the Ocean. First of all upon the list of pirates , says writer in Harper's magazine , stands ho bold Captain Avary , one of tiie insti- titers of rnironiiig. Him we see but dimly , half hidden by the glamouring mists of legend and tradition. Others 10 came afterward outstripped him far enough in their doings , but he stands iro-cmiucnt as the llrst of marooners of whom actual history has been handed lown to us of the present day. When the English , Dutch and Spanish entered into an alliance to suppress buc caneering in the West Indies , certain vorthtos of Hrisiol. in Old England , ittcd out two vessels to assist in this audablo project ; for doubtless Bristol rado suffered smartly from the Morgans uid the I/Olotnisos of that old time. ) nn of thcic vessels was mimed the ) uko , of which a certain Captain ( Jib- son was the commander and Avary the mate , Away they sailed to the West Indies , ind there Avary became impressed by : he advantages offered by piracy and by : ho amount of good things that were to bo gained by very little striving. One niglit thu captain ( who was one of those fellows mightily addicted to punch ) , instead of going ashore to sat urate himself with rum at the ordinary , tiad his drink in his cabin in private. While he lay snoring away the ellects of Ins rum in tbe cabin , Avary and a few other conspirators heaved the ani'hor very leisurely , and sailed out of the Iwr- bor of Corunna , and through the midst of the allied llect riding ut anchor in darkness , By-aud-by , when the morning came , the captain was awakened by the pitch ing and tossing of the vessel , the rattle and clatter of the tackle overhead , and the noise of footsteps passing and repul sing hither and thither across the deck. "What's the matter ? " bawls the cap tain from his berth. "Nothing , " fcays Avary , cooly. " Something's the matter with the ship , " says the captain. "Does she drive ? What weather is Itf" "Oh , no , " says Avary ; "wo arc at sea. " " * " "At sea "Come , come ! " says A very ; "I'll ' tell you ; you must know that I am captain of thu ship now , and you must lie packing from this hero cabin , We are bound to Mad agascar to make all our fortunes , and if youro a mind to ship for the cruise why , we'll bo glad to have you , if you will be sober and mind your own business : if not' there is a boat alongside , and I'll have you set ashore , " The poor half-tipsy captain had no relish to go a pireting under the com mand of his back-sliding mate , so out of the ship ho bundled , and away he rowoil with four or live of the crew , who , like him , refused to join with their merry comrades. Tlio rest of them sailed away to the East Indies On his way A very picked up a couple of liKe kind with himself two sloops of Madagascar. With these he sailed away to the coast of India , anil for : > time his name was lost in the ob scurity of uncertain history. But only for a time , for suddenly it llaincd out In a blaze of glory. It was report ed that a vessel belonging to the great mogul , laden with treasure and bearing the monarch's own dnughtur upon a holy pilgrimage to Moeca ( they being Mohammedans ) , had fallen in with the pirates , and after a short resistance hud surrendered , with the damsel , her court , and all thu diamonds mends , pearls , silk , silver , and gold abroad. It was rumored that the great mogul , raging at the insult offered him through his own llesh aud blood , bad threatened to vipo out of existence the few Enzrli.ih settlements scattered along the coast ; whereat the honorable East India company was In a pretty state of fuss and feathers. Humor , growing with the tellintr , has it that Avtrv is going to marry the Indian princess , willy-nilly , and will turn rajah and eschew piracy as indecent. As for the treasure itself , there was no end to the extent to which it grew as it passed from mouth to mouth. Cracking the nut of romance and ex * aggurutlon , wii conw to the kcrnul of the story that Avary dhl fall in with an Indian dian- vessel laden with 'great .treasure ( and possibly with the mogul's daughter ) . which ho captured , and thereby gained a gifRt nrizo. Having concluded that ho had earned enough money by the trade ho had un dertaken , ho determined to retire and live decently for the rest of his life upon what ho already had. As a step toward this ho sot about cheating thu Madagas car partners out of their share of what had been gained. Ho persuaded them to store all the treasure In his vessel , it being the largest of the three ; and so , having U safely in hand , he altered the course of his ship one line night , and when the morning came the Madagascar sloops found themselves floating upon a wide ocean without a farthing of the treasure for which thny had fought so hard , and for which they might whistle for all the good it might do them. At first Avorv had a great part of a mind to settle in Hoston In Massachu setts , and had that little town been one whit less bleak and forbidding it might have had the honor of being the home of this famous man. As it was he did not llko the looks of it so ho sailed away to the eastward to Ireland where ho settled himself at Huldlcford in hopes of an easy' Hero he found himself the possessor of a plentiful stock of jewelssuch as pearls , diamonds , rubies , etc. , but with hardly a score of honest farihings to jingle in his breeches pocket. Ho consulted with a certain merchant of Hristol concerning the disposal of the stones a fellow not much more cleanly in his habits of hon esty than Avary himself. This worthy undertook to act as Avary's broker. Oil' ho lurched with the jewelsard that was the last the pirate saw of his Indian treas ure. ure.In "Blackboard" wo have a real , rantIng - Ing , roaring pirate per so ono who really did bury treasure , who made moro than one captain walk the plank , and who committed more private murders than ho could number on the lingers of both bunds ; ono who fills and will continue to fill , the place to which ho has been assigned for generations , and who may bo depended upon to hold his place in the conlidenco of others for genera tions to come. Captain Teach was a Hristol man born , and learned his tradn on board of sun dry privateers in the East Indies during the old French war that of 1702 and a bettor apprenticeship could no man servo. At last , somewhere about the lat ter part of the year 171(1 ( , a privateering captain , ono Benjamin Hornlgold , raised him from thu ranks and put him in com mand of a sloop a lately captured prizeami Blackboard's fortune was made. It was a very slight step , and but the change of a few letters , to convert "privateer" into "pirato , " and it was a very short time before Teach made that change. Not only did he make it , but he persuaded his old captain to join with him. him.And now fairly began that series of bold and lawless depredations which ' : iavc made his name so justly famous , And which placed him among the very greatest of marooning freebooters. "Our hero. " says the old old historian who sings of the arms and bravery of the great man "Our hero assumed the cog nomen of Blackbeard from that largo quantity of hair which , like a frightened neteor , covered his whoio face , aud .Tightened America more than any other : omet that appeared there in a Jong timo. He was accustomed to twist it with ribbons into bmall tails , after tint naniior of our Hiimillies wig , and turn .hem about jits ears. In time of action .ic wore a sling over his shoulders , with three brace of pistols hugging in hostlers like bandoleers ; ho struck liirhtcd matches under his hat , which appearing > n each side of his face , and his eyes naturally looking lierco aud wild , made tun altogether such a figure that iuiag- nation cannot form an idea of a Fury 'rorn hell to look more frightful. " The night before thct day ot action , in which ho was killed he sat up drinking with some congenial company until broad daylight. One of them asked if his poor young wife knew where his treasure was hidden. "No , " says Blackbeard , "no body but the devil and I knows where it 's. and the longest liver shall have all. " For a time Blackboard worked at his trade down on the Spanish Mam , gath ering , in the few years ho was there a very neat little fortune in the booty cap tured from sundry vessels ; but bye-anil- bye he took it into his head to try hie luck along the coast of the Carolinas ; so oft" ho sailed to thu northward , with quite a respectable little licet , consisting of his own vessel and two captured sloops. From that limo he was actively outraged in the making of American history in his small way. He first appeared oft'the bar of Charles ton harbor , to thu no small excitement of the worthy town of that ilk , and there ho lay for live or six days , blockading the port and stopping incoming and out- cning vessels at his pleasure , so that for the time thu commerce of the province was entirely paralyzed , All the vessels so stopped he held as prl/.es , aud all the crows and passengers ( among the latter of whom was moro than one provincial worthy of the day ) retained as Ihough Ihoy were prisoners of war. And it was a mighty awkward thing for the good folks of Charleston to be hold day after day a black Hag with its white skHll and cross bones lluttcring at the fore of the pirate captain's craft over across the level stretch of green salt- marshes , and it was mightily unpleasant , too , lo know that this or that prominent citi/en was crowded down with other prisoners under the hatches. Becoming tired of an inactive life , Blackboard afterwards resumed his piratical careca. He cruised around in the rivers and inlets and sounds of North Carolina for a whi > criiling the roost , and with never a one to say him nay , until there was no bearing with such a pest any longer. So they sent a d up illation up to the governor of Virginia asking if he would be pleased to help them in their trouble. There were two men of war lying at Kicquoton in the river James at the time. To them the governor of Virginia ap plied , and plucky lieutenant Maynard of Iho Pearl was sent to Ocrncoke inlet to light this pirate who ruled it down there so like the coek of a walk. There ho found Blackbeard waiting for him and as ready for a fight as over thu lieutenant himself could bo. Fight they did , and while it lasted it was as pretty a piece of business of its kind as one could wish to see. Blackbeard drained a glass of grog , wishing the lieutenant luck , in getting aboard of him , fired a broadside , blew some twenty of the lieutenant's men out of existence and totally crippled one of his litlllo sloops for the balance of the light. After that , and under cover of the smoke , thu pirate and his men boarded the other sloop and then followed a fine old fashioned hand- to-hand conflict betwixt him and the lieutenant. First they lircd their pistols , and then they took to it with cutlasses right , left , up and down , cut and slash until the lieutenant's cutlass broke short oil'at the hilt. Then Black- beard would have finished him oil' hand somely , only up steps ono of the lieuten ant's men and fetches him a great slasrt over the neek , so that the lieutenant came oil' with no more hurt than a cut across the knuckles. At the very lirst discharge of the pis tols , Blackbeard had been shot through the body , but he was not for giving up for that not ho. 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