Nebraska Newspapers

    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. As said before , ho was
of the true roaring , raging breed of
pirates , and stood up to it until ho re
ceived twenty more cutlass cuts anil five
additional shots ; and then fell dead while
trying to lire oil'an empty pistol. After
thai tlia lieutenant cut oil the pirate's
head and sailed awayin triumph , with
the bloody trophy nulled to the bow of
his buttered sloop.
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