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XLV. WINNSBORO^S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1888. , ) NO. 5,
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k TBE FARMERS OF THE STATE.
0 WHAT ORGANIZATION AND LEGI^LAW
TION HAVE DONE FOR THEM.
T A Review of the Pro. islons Slade by the I
State for the Improvement and Ad^Nyancement
of Agriculture?General
Johnson Hagood's Spartanburg Address.
At the Farmers' Encampment, held at
Spartanburg, General Johnson Hagood
delivered the following address:
We are to-day assembled to conduct
the ?rst State Farmers' Institute held in
South Carolina by direct provision of
law. Before entering upon the duty, it
may not be amiss to recall briefly what
1? Koan rinnA in our State
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for the advancement of the knowledge
and practice of agriculture, as well as to
consider the means to the same end now
provided by existing legislation. Our
present State laws provide:
For a State Agricultural Society.
For an Agricultural College.
For three Experimental Stations.
And for State and Local Farmers' Institutes.
THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
It is over one hundred years since the
first agricultural society was formed in
this State. That society was the first
agricultural society in America, and is
still in a flourishing existence at Charleston;
but circumstances have given it
more local than general nseminess.
Seventy years ago a society embracing
in its scope the entire State -was organized
at Colombia. It was short-lived.
In the next thirty years two other efforts
were made in the same direction without
permanent success. Good, however,
was accomplished. Some valuable papers
were published, notably Chancellor
Harper's memoir on slavery, Hammond
on marl, and Seabrook's memoirs on the
cotton plant. The establishment of
more than one agricultural journal was
induced, and the influence exercised
upon ihe Legislature caused a geological
and agricultural survey of the State to
be made.
On the 8th of .August, 1855, an agricultural
convention met in Columbia
and resulted in the organization of Jthe
which the present
^jg^tural and Mechanical
Hw Wi nf rinlnmhia -with crrounds I}
and buildings; a considerable endowment
fond was raised by the sale of life
memberships, and for the first time
State aid was extended. The Legislator?
annually appropriated to the society
five thousand dollars. "When in the
full tide of its usefulness the civil war
suspended its operations. Its buildings
were destroyed in the conflagration of
-Columbia, and its investments became
i worthless from the results of the conflict.
The reorganization of this society
in April, 1869, was the first expression
of hope that found utterance after the
t war for .the industrial interests of the
8tate,*and when the gates were thrown
I open for its first lair there was seen the
first assemblage of the native white men
ofSonth Carolina since the evil days of
^.3JeSSnSERKtitnrhad -be&llen, asserting
- their light to monld her destinies,
^ ffihe. touch of the elbow was ?R'1
iiore felt, and the bngle call was
sounded, for the political revolution of
1876. Until that event the society received
no State aid; since then an appropriation
of $2,500 is annually made
in its behalf. The exhibitions at its
fairs, more especially in the department
of live stock, have steadily grown in interest
and importance. The attendance
is larger than upon any other occasion
in the State, and the reunion here of the
farmers has become the social event of -
the year. (
Early in its history this society deter- ,
mined to oonfine the object of its winter ?
meetings to the holding of its fairs and '
the requirements of necessary business, (
while at a summer meeting annually the .
chief object should be the discussion of ;
agricultural and mechanical subjects. A ^
carefully prepared syllabus of subjects
wes reported and adopted for discussioo '
at successive meetings. It was directed |
tlmt individuals should be appointed to !
open the discussions, and that a
8teaographer"should report the debate, ,
all of which should be published in '
v compendious form in the transactions !
l of lihe society. This was a "farmers'
k . insfotnte," precisely what we, under that
-^"Saiae, are inaugurating to-day. At first
these summer meetings were successful;
lattir they have languished, and it is a
&' -question whether, in the concentration
^ of effort desirable for success, they may
-v not be advantageously merged in the
State Farmers' Institute, for which projtm
-vision has now been made.
THE AGBICtJLTUBAL COLLEGE.
The Federal dc" 'on for the estabH$f
lishment in each State of an agricultural
i||* and mechanical college was with us at
first appropriated exclusively to the
Hffe bentifit of the colored people at the
Sfe Clafiin Collie. Subsequently the in:
teaest of the fund was divided and a
V part used for an agricultural annex to.'
the college for the white people^afc-CoK'
\ lumbia. At the last sessiearfthe Leg\
islature, in thejEWgaiiization of the
ft Universi^Jbi&annex was raised to the
MpV diga?fcy and dimensions of a full college
-eoequal in all respects with the other
colleges composing that institution; and
the members of the board of agriculture
consisting by law exclusively of agriculturists,
were made ex-ofScio members of
the board of trustees of the University.
At the first meeting for organization of
the latter board the members of the
board of agriculture as such were made
a standing committee with powers ol a
board of control in special charge of
the agricultural and mechanical college.
PA/1A*O1 AA'no+iAn lrri/^nm
11IO lUiLUCl X C^XVliU UVUUV4VU uuvxw
aa the Hatch fond has been accepted by
the Legislature and appropriated to ar>
experimental station in connection with
^ ^tnd under the direction of this college.
The college thus organized "will com,
mence operation in October next.
.Elaborate provisions have been made
for teaching agriculture, agricultural
chemistry and meteorology, chemistry,
botany and zoology, geology and mineralogy,
physiology and hygiene, vteerinary
science and comparative anatomy,
civil engineering and physics,
mechanical engineering, mathematics
and astronomy, history and political
science, drawing, bookkeeping, shop
and machine work, modern languages
and E')f?lish. Tbe number of professor
is si.liioiciil i4)ul tbe uj.pli.viefS for teachin
c these sul iects are i*.nu.'le.
college for the colored people afc
Cl&flin, having in view the generally
slight preparation of its possible pupils,
has been wisely organized upon a more
elementary and industrial plan. Besides
I the Federal donation it also receives
{State aid. Its resources are managed
with a marked economy, resulting in the
extension of its benefits to a large number
of individuals.
experimental stations.
Besides the experimental station referred
to as provided X>y the Hatch
fond, two others have been erected bj
the Legislature; one in the Piedmont
belt and one in the lower section of the
State. These three stations are now being
established.
The final provision, as the law now
stands, for the advancement of agricultural
education is that of farmers' institutes.
The board of agriculture has
been empowered to conduct farmers'
institutes at such times and places and
in such manner as may appear expedient.
Assuming this duty, the board
have decided that there shall be held
annually one State. institute under
charge of its executive committee, and
that, in addition, there shall be such
county and local institutes, when reauested
bv anv local agricultural society
or grange, as may be found practicable.
THE TAIiUE OF INSTITUTES.
Reviewing these provisions it cannot
be said that our Legislature has been
unmindful'of the interests of the farmers.
Wiiat calling or profession among our
people has upon the statute book such
care taken for its advancement? The
question that arises is not as to the extent,
but as to the efficiency of the
scheme adopted in some, if not all, or
its particulars. Let us consider this.
And at the outset we are compelled to
go largely into theory and conjecture.
The scheme I have explained has not
yet, in some of its particulars, been put
into operation, and experience abroad
has developed as to these same particulars
no certain results.
This remark does not apply to agricultural
fairs with their object lessons.
So far as they go, and in what they pretend
to, they are a success. The fairs
of the State Agricultural Society at Columbia,
as well as the society itself, are
firmly fixed in the affections of our
farmers, and by the good already accomplished
to our agriculture by the
social reunions afforded and by the al mrtof
hiof/vr-c nf tlift KClfMpfV wllftn
South Carolina was known as the Prostrate
State, this affection is deserved.
State experimental stations have within
their sphere a like certain value. In the
close competition and narrow margin
between cost of production and market
value of farm products no liberties can
be taken with ttyk cash account. Experimentation
is conducted at a certain
lo3s in the cm$ent account, whateap
good may eyentrally result^
of(g?g?*apetent. ffl^pSSfe, for the
general' wellfare, should bear the expense;
and experts, who make such their
life work, should be in charge. Again,
svery farmer in the State, however humble
or remote, at once and immediately,
through the bulletins of the station, may
reap the benefit of the success obtained,
ar learn the lesson of the failures incurred.
Experimentation has both its
practical and scientific aspects. Within
the recollection of most of us the oat
srop was almost exclusively confined to
the upper portion of the State, and even
then it -was frequently injured by rust.
Ln the middle and lower sections no
variety had been found which was not
ritener a failure than a success, from
the same causes, and in my own county
d! Barnweil it had ceased to be planted
it all. The red oat of Mexican origin
was accidentally brought to the attention
of a farmer of Abbeville, and its
rust-proof quality ascertained by field
iS^riments. Since the area in
3ats in the upper"conntry is greatly extended,
and it is now an ordinary farm
product in the lower country. With
this variety it is everywhere as certain a
srop as any that is grown and the. State
bas had added to its assured resources
this most valuable of all grains for the
feeding of horses. Had the Abbeville
farmer, instead of the experiment made,
2arried his small parcel of seed oats to a
shemist, could the crucible or the retort
have detected its rust proof quality?
STet another success in experiment like
this, and I speak advisedly, would be
worth more in pecuniary value to the
State than the sum required to defray
the expenses of its three experimental
stations for fifty years. Governor Hammond
introduced the sorghum plant
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into douih Carolina, anu uemousuaieu
on a large scale the practicability of its
growth and its value in the production
of syrup. The culture has now attained
such proportions throughout the Union
that the Federal Congress is now discussing
a measnre to supplement former
appropriations to the same end by
adding $100,000 for efforts to crystalize
the sorghum syrup into sugar. Here
the province of the field trial ceases and
that of the scientist begins. Each has
its sphere, and both are essential to any
complete experimental station.
HOW TO KEEP UP IOTEBE8T.
I am led to place the experimental
stations, in positive value to our agriculture,
in the first place among the means
at our disposal for its advancement, but
when we come to the consideration of
institutes and the agricultural college
VTTA A?A f A fA f? /woof fiTfonf i
WO aic iuiwa LU IOIJT, uv a gicau CAWUVJ
upon theory and conjecture in making
up our estimate of each. In&Ltutes have
met with appreciable success and attained
considerable favor in some of the
Northwestern States. That the ideji
eptm which they are based is good one
there can be no doubt. Disquisitions
upon important subjects by tiiose who
have given them special attention, followed
by free inquiry and discussion by
those who are sought to be instructed,
must do good. The difficulty is when
the novelty subsides to keep up sufficient
interest and secure due attendance. The
social feature must be introduced, and
the farmers' wives and daughters enlisted.
The occasion must be a picnic as
well as a spelling bee. Bat above all,
and beyond all, success attained elsewhere
has been, bv confining them to
their legitimate purposes, the discussion
of purely agricultural subjects, and
jealousy excluding politics, sectarian,
religious or other disturbing topics.
in the local institute, at proper seasons
of the year, the social feature is eminently
practicable, and may contribute much
to continuous success. In the State institute
it is less so. But here the greater
dignity and emphasis of the occasion
may bring together better instructed
men to lead the debates, more thoughtful
men to participate in them, and the
stenographer's art will, through tbe
agricultural press, disseminate in every
farm house in the State the ideas evolved
and impresse the conclusions reached,
ft is true the summer meetings of the
State Agricultural Society, the forerunnner
of institutes with us, have not been
altogether successful; but we must
analyze their experience, and improve
:j}?their methods. I am free to say of
tLoyj t-umo meetings iLiut hxit all lite
essays read and the aebuteo been preserved,
as they should have been, the
material would be at hand for the completion
of a text book on agriculture,
invaluable to tbe young South Carolina
farmer, anrl insfcra?iive to those of US
who have oftener seen seed time and
harvest recur.
THE GOOD or A COLLEGE IS IN TEIE FTTTRE
The agricultural collegs is to make
future farmers; the fair, the experiment
station, and the institute are to bring the
present cultivators of the soil to better
methods, which of itself will start the
future fanner half wtfy to the goal. The
immediate beneficiaries of the college
are necessarily limited, and it requires
much money and long time to develop
fruit; the others require less money, give
immediate results, and reach the mass
of the farmers. The collegiate teaching
of agriculture is at best but in an experimental
state; no school that I am aware
of yet met with unqualified success.
Some systems that have been tried are
acknowledged failures; all have met with
adverse criticism. The college at Columbia
has been modelled upon the idea of
giving the pupil the highest training in
agricultural science, combined with the
advantages of a liberal education, which,
by reason of the connection with the
University, with its large and able corps
of professors already employed, can be
given without appreciable additional
1' /?A1\/VA1 AA*%iAmT\lnfon s\
OUUtty. J.UJH OUUUL'l wuicmputtsg uu
manual instructions in the ordinary and
simple process of husbandry. The arts
of ploughing, hoeing, reaping and mowing
are left to be acquired elsewhere:
but most thorough practical instruction
is provided to be given in machine and
shop work. Labor-saving machines are
absolutely essential to progress in our
agriculture. The abundance of land in
proportion to labor, and the impatience
of the American Anglo-Saxon at mere
drudgery?the hewing of wood and drawing
of water?have both compelled the
use of these machines and wonderfully
developed them. They are often costlv
and complicated in structure, while with
careful management the wear and tear
upon their use is generally estimated at
20 per cent annually. It will be seen,
therefore, how necessary to the farmer
is not only a knowlede of the principles
of mechanics, but the ability himself to
keep in order and repair the machines
he uses.
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education it is not intended to iadicate
that it should be omitted from our scheme
for agricultural advancement. It has
been placed there by the consent of the
most enlightened opinion among the
farmers o! the State. My own judgment
is emphatically in favor of a high grai]^
college as a part of our system^*^6
purpose in what has been ss^"*" peen
to present its trn^ni^Wp^0 exhibit,
possibilities, j
\-?^ removed to different j
iotWtti-^ii^j'and an organization upon
a different plan.
THE FUTURE FARMER.
I have spoken of the future farmer.
Who will he be? Whence will he come?
Undoubtedly, as in the past, many will
be men who, reared to other pursuits,
have afterward embraced agriculture.
These bring to the calling the acquirements
of a general education with the
business habits learned elsewhere, and
sometimes like Mechi, of England,
Dickson, of Georgia, and others, go to
the front in their adopted vocation. The
all-round man has before this beaten the
specialist, and may do it again. Eut
from the youth of the country, which will
be our successors on the farm? Not exclusively
the farmers' sons. We have
no institution of caste confining the son
to the father's pursuits. The farmer's
son is free to follow his bent whither it
it leads and to the extent his abilities
permit. Webster, Calhoun, Clay, indrow
Jacksoii, were the &an*-o? -email
farmers. Washington, Jefferson and
indeed a majority of those who have
illustrated American history imbibed
their patriotism and acquired their hardy
virtues in a boyhood on the farm. But
from the necessity of things, the great
majority of those who succeed us will be
those whose fathers have been tillers of
the soil. Among these Till be some
whose expectations permit them to look
forward at the outset to the employment
of labor on a scale admitting of these
being personally more advantageously
occupied in its direction. To this class
and those who without sufficient capital
desire to become directors of labor, as
stewards under capital. The remainder
and by far the greater number expect to
at least begin their career as small farmers,
working with their own hands, and
employing labor not beyond the extent
which admits of their carrying the foremost
row. The first class may reap the
advantages offered by the college in its
scientific and technical course, combined
with practical instruction at and in connection
with the experimental farm. To
the second class these advantages are
almost as unattainable aa if they did not
exist. Circumstances imperiously control
them, and if a boy, restive under
his surroundings and with exceptional
force of character, breaks through the
meshes that involve him and reaches the
college, it is oftenest for the benefit of
the general education incidentally to be
obtained, and the farm sees him no
more.
To the great majority of the future
farmers there lemains then to specially
qualify them for their pursuit and apprenticeship
upon the farm, with the
information derived at fairs, at the in- j
stitutes, and from the bulletins of the
experimental stations. The public com- i
mon schools are at their door. Why
not introduce by law into these
schools an elementary course upon
agriculture? It seems to me that progress
lies here. These schools reach the
mass of the people. In them the sons of
the laboring farmer, whose children must
aid his toil, can alone, with rare exceptions,
attain the rudiments of a liberal
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education, iiaa some Huiemmu m
technical instruction in their destined
calling, and thus meet the problem that
presents itself of doing with limited resources
the greatest good to the greatest
number.
STEERING CLEAR OF POLITICS.
In the analysis attempted and the
frank criticism permitted to myself in
the discussion of existing legislation for
the advancement of our agriculture, I
have not alluded to ceitiin amendments
to that legislation which are agitating
the public mind. This is not the occasion
to do so. There are occasions when
it is proper, when this matter should
and will be by all of us fully discussed,
and whatever conclusion is then reached
I sincerely trust will prove in the best
interest of tne calling we have so much
at heart. Farmers are citizens and best
discharge the duties of citizensnip in
watchful attention and close scrutiny of
all legislation?much more of that which
bears directly upon them as a class.
But this agitation has drifted into that
phase of politics in which the proposed
amendments are made the shibboleth of
office, and men are to be voted for or
not, accordicg to the views they entertain.
To this there is no special objection,
and it may be the mode essential
to ascertaining the popular will; but
having assumed that phase it seems to
me the discussion is not suitable here.
It will be a sad day for the farmers' institutes
when they are made the arena
?nor>
lipOH WHICH tut) uu?;o-occa.oi \,<*u.
his battle, however specious the pretexi
that permits it.
And no^, proud of our common call
iDg, sympathizing with every hones
effort in its behalf, and believing thp* *"r
this we are moving in the right direc
tion, I declare the first State Farmers
, Institute opened, and pray God's bless
, ing upon it.
THE GREAT LEBEL KIFLK.
The Moat Effective Weapon Yet Pat Into
the Hands of DIeu.
If all is true which is report? I in
respect of the villainous virtues of1 the
new Frenoh, or "Lebel rifle," others
beside the members of the Peace Society
will hope that the war between France
and Germany may be iong delaved or
forever postponed. The London Telegraph
gives interesting accounts of experiments
made upon the dead bodies of
paupers, obtained for the purpose with
this new weapon, by members of the
French Acedemy of Medicine, who wished
to ascertain the character of the
wounds it was likely to inflict. The bodies
were set up as targets at distances* vaty- j
ing from 200 yards to a mile or more, j
and the bullets went clear through the
bone3 without making fractures. The
wounds were described as being very
dangerous and difficult to heal, for tha
reason that the passages made by the
bullets were exceedingly small and
most impossible to trace. tflj
The opinion of the medical experime^
tnlists was that injuries inflioted by tb&
rifle at short range were so great as to-fce
practically incurable. Possibly this nefc
weapon for the destruction of human life
which, it is said, emits no smoke aru|
but little no noise when discharged, majk
ultimately become a help to peace. Th&
improvement of arms, both for land and
water fighting, goes on at such a rapid'
pace as to render it possible that ward
may be decided after a while in a single
contest, in which the major part of the
army and navy of either side will be en"
gaged. Soldiers or sailors may not ba-w
the chance, of which Fallstaff,^failed
himself, to ran away in order-^&t thej.
might live to figlit anotof* 0*7* * ??
weapon of war may be^^&tructive as to
make battlefields jxrfantaneous grave-^
yards for entire a^i?8* When that timt
comes either ^"barbarism of war will
cease, or^afs that begin with the rising
0f tb^^n eQ<* ^th go*11# down.
kp, will be curious to learn what effect
ese terribly destructive weapons are
likely to have on the courage of meD.
Few who go into battle do so in belief
that they will fall; it is the habit of men"
to think all mortal but themselves. It isIhat
which induces them so readily to go
into the hottest fight The chances of
escaping death are always uppermost in
the soldier's mind, but the improvement
of weapons is not only reducing, Dnt
actually destroying, all ohance of safety.
After a while when war shall become an
exact science, the' order to engage in a
battle will be equivalent to each man
receiving his instantaneous death war
ram, witn me possiDiuues 01 escape
I either lessened or wholly eliminated.
There will be no heroic taking of risks;,
there will be merely the destruction of
life. If that time should come the services
of the everlasting officer will be required
only to enlist the would-be suioides, and
his place will be almost universally token
by the conscription officer, who will not
look for volunteers. The "Lebal rifle,"
which th ) London Telegraph describes
as a wondrous weapon and certain to do
terrible work in the hands of the French
soldiers, seems to suggest that the time j
is rapidly advancing when all solders
will be unwilling ones, pressedJ?y,??peL
at tbe point of bayonets into
War, wiih ilh citngBI^f^w^pons, wasY
sufficiently murderous and inhuman, bat
with its perfeoted weapons it will be but
a means to slaughter, and whoever shoots
first and oftenest will be sure to win.
Good Manners.
Never try to outshine, but to please.
Never press a favor where it seems
undesired.
Never intrude ill-health, pains, losses
or misfortunes.
Never unavoidably wound the feelings
of a human being.
Ne?er talk or laugh aloud in public
places or upon the street.
Never forget that vulgarity has its
origin in ignorance of selfishness.
Never urge another to do anything
against his desire unless you Bee danger
before him.
Do not ask another to do what you
would not be glad to do under similar
circumstances.
Never omit to perform a act when it
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can Do aonewim any reasonaDie amount
of exertion.
Never needlessly wound the vanity of
another or dilate unnecessarily upon disagreeable
subjects.
Do not make witticism at the expense
of others which you would not wish to
have made upon yonrselvelves.
Remember that good manners are
thoughts filled with kmdnees and refinement
and then translated into behavior.
Be not ostentatious in dress or deportment;
nothing can be more vulgar. See
that costumes fit the time and occasions.
Be rude to none; rudeness harms not
only the humble? t and poorest to whom
it is direoted, but it injure3 the exhibitorr.
Never treat superiors with servility or
in f eriors with arrogance. Speak as kindly
to a day laborer as to one occupying a
high position.
Always give precedence to elders, visitors
and superiors. Offer them the best
seat at the table, the best place by the
fire and the first of everything. Go
farther than mere form and see that they
are comfortable and happy.
The Tragedy on Salom River
St. John, N. B., August 2!.?William
Day, Frank Trafton and Hecry Phillipine
have been arrested and taken to Andover
jail, charged with the wilful murder of
Susan L. Howes, the wife of Major C. F.
Howe3, of Philadelphia, who was shot on
the Salmon River Sunday morning. Day
is about 30 years old, the other two are
youths. Circumstantial evidence indicates
strongly that these men are the murderers,
particularly Trafton and Phillipine.
The arrest was made in the Parish of
Leerne before 6 o'clock Sunday night.
People of Tobique turned out en masse and
arrested the supposed murderers, holding
them until the sheriff came. There is danger
of lynching, as the people are infuriated.
The husband of the murdered woman
started for Boston this morning with the
body.
2vothikg eql'alm it.
Zalaha, Fla., June 2? 1887.
N. E. Venable & Co.?I have been
using B. B. B. in my family as a blood
puriiier. Having never used any medicine
to equal it. Respectfully,
Mrs. R. M. Laws.
MIKES A>\ OLD MA A YOCAG.
[ Extract from a Letter.]
1 P. S.?I bought 3 bottles of your
1 Botanic Blocd Balm from my friend H.
D. Ballard, at Cainpobello, S. C. I
" have been using it three weeks. It ?p1
pears to give me new life and new
' strength. If there is anything that will
make an old man voting it is B. B. B.
I am willing to sell it. I can earnestly
' and honestly recommend Botanic Blood
f Balm.
*, An advance thinker is a man who thinks
he knows it all. His thought of himself is
in advance of the thoughts of other people
on the same subject.
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TCKSJSEJJ M A WILD BULL.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PUT TO
FLIGHT BY A TEXAN.
The Police to the Reucue?Officer Cooney'8
Thrilling Experience?A Man Shot and a
Woman Cllmba a Pole,^
(Philadelphia Times, Aug. 28.)
A wild bull created a panic at Broad and
Market streets early last evening and held
possession of the field for nearly an hour.
He tossed several citizens and policemen,
and drove thousands of people who were
crowding the streets nearly frantic with
fear. The bull began his public career at
Twenty-second and Chestnut streets, where
hp himself from ft drove. He
rushed down Chestnut street to Seventeenth.
his momemtuna and his fury increasing
at every step. Several people on
the street had narrow escapes from being
gored. Everybody tried to run into the
storri?. Those who could not get into
i into private doorways. The
ft^ljtook little notice of' anybody until he
tufed up Seventeenth street.
M7s. Annie M. Turner, a colored woman,
wixtfigvea .at 10 South Seventeenth street,
wa3ju^t.coming out of a grocery store on
ttictiatnttrl? "She wore a picturesque calico
gi&fejfcK The bull seized her upon .his horns
and Kf^edriher in the air. Heihen passed
,0s. <E&jpffic?r Leonard, wkflives on Sev'euted$ji>|toeet,
belo^s&hestnut, carried
> the into lie grocery store and
washed the mu^irom her face and arms.
After she recovered from her fright, it was
>li?r;r\Erred that she was not much injured.
"WSeDull rushed on to Market street.
There he turned and ran down the street
? - * 3 l-l - I 1 _ I
iu pur?un ui a reu uauic car, wuicu uaieiy
eluded him.
POLICEMEN, REVOLVERS AND MUSKETS.
Officer Ralston, of the Fifteenth police
district, was standing in front of the Broad
street station. Crowds rushed by him in a
panic. Looking toward the corner he saw
a huge red bull tossing cobble stones into
the air and rushing at every object that
presented itself. He was at first undecided '
what to do Then he ran to thepolics
station at Fifteenth and Filbert streets and
asked for help. Sergeant Berers was at (
the station house. He is a man of action. 1
He immediately ordered out a squad of
officers. Eight strong patrolmen drew ]
their revolvers and rushed forth to encouu- J
ter the wild son of the Texas prairies. 1
Four more secured some old muskets, 1
which had been packed away in the station ]
house for a number of years, and followed.
The bull was coming to meet them. He <
reached FitUenth and Filbert streets just i
as Officer Cooney, who was returning from ,
uis vacatiOD witn a vanse id nis nana, was ]
crossing the street. Officer Cooney is a
very stout little ti&j, but full of grit. He
faced the bull and, exerting has whole
force, hurled his valise at the animal's head.
NO RESPECTER OP PERSONS
The valise lodged on the bull's horns,
and a shaving cup, a lot of celluloid collars
and sevieral pairs of socks were spilled into
the street. Officer Cooney saw that help
was near, and turned to flee. Ju?t as he
turned the bull and the valise struck him
from behind and forced him to turn several
complete somersaults. He lodged in the
gutter and the bull prepared to gore him.
But help was near. Shots from half a
dozen revolvers rang out In the air. Oue
of the shots struck the bull. Another
-truck a young man, who was standing
fc,ar, in the leg. The young man proved
Chairman Thomas Y. Cooper, of the Republican
State Committee. Some of the
policemen diverted their attention from the
Kiill nn/1 4V?inlrirt rw lift* \fi? TTTftO
UUJLL auu, Luiumu^ iuab jixi* nao j
dangerously wounded, carried him to the ?
Medico-Chirurgical Hospital, at Fifteenth ?
and Cherry streets. There the physicians t
found that the bullet had not penetrated 1
much deeper than the skin. They sent Mr. j
Cooper home. i
A FIHRCE AND DOUBTFUL CONFLICT. i
The officers returned to the combat. They J
found a fierce and doubtful conflict raging, i
with no indications of victory on either side. 1
Many of the officers having exhausted the'r i
ammunition had icturned to the station \
house for a new supply. Those who had (
armed themselves with the old muskets f
found that the weapons were not loaded. .
A man ran out of a cigar store with a rifle, j
He presented the rifle to the bull's head.
The rifle would not go off and the man was J
overturned. He crawled back into the
cigar store, when the proprietor shut and *
bolted the door. There were thousands of
people on the streets. Those who dared <
not trust themselves to their running power 3
sought refugo in the stores, saloons and 1
restaurants which are numerous iu the 1
neighborhood. As soon as a store was full <
thedoor was locked. The restaurants and
saloons did a rushing business, for most of
the refugees who had been locked in required
restoratives.
A WOMAN CLIMBS A POLE.
Outside the bull was raging about the
streets, charging upon the officers, the
street cars and numerous flying petticoats.
At the corner of Fifteenth and Filbert
streets a woman climbcd a telegraph pole.
While rushing past the station house the
bull charged the red-painted lamp-post and
nearly knocked his bruins out. Special
Officer Early, who had secured an old
flintlock pistol at Carver "W. Reed's pawn
shop, attempted to shoot the bull while he
was in this demoralized condition, but was
quickly thrown down. Officer James went
to Early's rescue aud pulled him into the
station house.' Patrol Sergeant Orf, who
had been to the Buffalo Bill show, pro- ]
ruiaori tn l?Rsn t.hf> animal With this nh
ject in view, the patrol wagon joined in
the fight. Officer Kirk showed his supe- (
rior coolness by shooting at the bull and .
then dodging behind the patrol wagon. !
BROUGHT DOWJi AT LAST.
When the bull reached Fifteenth and 1
Market streets he was in a rocky condition.
The police and one or two armed citizens
had fired a hundred shots at him, and
twenty-five of them had taken effect in his
body. At the corner the bull fell to his
knees and virtually gave up the fight.
Officer Jackson, who had outstripped the
other combatants, put a bullet into the
bull's eye. He cried triumphatly, as the
animal kicked his last, "I kilt him!" and
there was general rejoicing. 'The news of
the victory spread and thousands poured
loruu irom iiiiigu young amies auu utuci
places of shelter and exultingly surrounded
the fallen foe. Many of them limped and
had dirt on their clothes. The dead bull
was dragged into the Pennsylvania freight
depot, where an officer, who had not taken
part in the fight, stood guard over him.
The police do not think that the owner will
appear to claim the carcass.
The first telegraph office was opened in
Washington, in 1845; and the receipts from
April 1 to 4, inclusive, were one cent. On
April 5 the receipts rose to twelve and onehalf
cents, and on the 6th and 7th fell off
to nothing. April 8 the office took in
$1.32, ana on April 9, $1.04.
The glory of youth is hope; the glory of
old age is memory.
Postal cards are printed on a machine,
which strikes them off a roll of paper, and
turns them out in packages of tweuty-fire,
with paper bands attached ready for delivery.
One man can tend two machines.
Wheover would live his life over again
that he might live a better life would do
well to remember that he would do no better
than he is now doing. If you waut to
begin over again begin now, and don't
thiuk to order a new cradle and begin being
a baby over again.
If you want to disprove the adage that
figures won't lie, just go to any summer
resort and see them lying?in hammocks.
Uneasily lies the tongue that hasn't the
m tvy Aba
The Evidences of The Trouble?How It
Mny Be Treated.
The last monthly report of the State
Department of Agriculture contains the
following communication addressed to
Commissioner A. P. Butler:
Dear Sir: The infested cotton plants
sent you by Mr. P. S. Brooks and Mr.
G. W. Hill, Fish Dam, S. C., and forwarded
by you to me, was received. The
disease is that commonly known in some
places as "red rust." It is not a true
rust, but a diseased condition of the
plant, caused by ahe attacks of a mite.
This mite is probably the same species
which is sometimes very troublesome to
house plants, and is known as the "red
spider" (Tetranchu* tetanus). The mite
? 'V -i / it. 1
WorKS upon ine unaer tuue 01 me leave ,
where it bites into and sucks out the
juice of the leaves. It attacks the tender
and growing leaves. There are special
parte of the l^af where it begins its
operations. These places are between
the larger ribs of tli&, leaf, near the
petiole, or near theri?^ vjeaf where
a fold occurs. The'nbi?$^|^ folds of
the leaf probably-afford thence some
protection. The early stages "Sixths
dieease may be detected by an in insftS:
tion of the upper surface of the leaf. It"'
It is at first characterized by clusters of
minute white spots. "Where a few white
spots are distributed over the leaf they
are usually due to some other cause.
Soon the affected plac. 8 assume a reddish
cast, due to some abnormal physiological
action following injuries produced by
the mite. On the under side of the leaf
pale and blistered blotches first appear.
As the juices are extracted the leaf dries
and shrinks in spots and presents a
scurvy appearance. This effect is
heightened by minute white threads
which the mite spins irregularly over the
under surface of the leaf, and by the
numbers of mites themselves, whioh can
be scarcely distinguished by the unaided
eye.
Another physiological effect upon the
plant seems to be to hasten a premature
condition of the young bolls and the
affected leaves, causing them to fall away.
In some cases the crop is damaged tiiirfcy
per cent. Tlie mites multiply with great
rapidity. In four or five days from the
time eggs are laid the young mites from
these eggs are ready themselves to deposit
eggs for the next generation.
The so-called "red rust" of cotton, or
"cotton rust," was formerly supposed to
be caused by the growth of a parastic
plant within the tissues of the cotton
leaf. Last year, at Chapel Hill, N. C.,
[ proved by a number experiments that
ao fungus is concerned in the production
Df the disease, but that it is produced
solely by the action of this mite. I also
successfully conducted experiments to >
leetroy the mite. I used the common
serosene emulsion, diluted with a solution
of sulpho-tobacco soap, so that there
ras only one part kerosene oil to thirty ,
Af rpu;ct TTma tmfU
JCkl LO U1 WOW3A, AUU3 ? B^JLCkJ OU VT1UU
i force pump on the under side of the
eaves, The emulsion kills the mite by
soming in contact with its body. It 1
loes not kill all of the eggs, however, 1
md a second application should be made j
vithin three days to kill the young mites
arhich hatch from these eggs before they
ihemselvee begin to lav eggs. The '
gmmroa Keroseneenafawaiimnir ..in: iu_ J
f great care is used in making and ap- j
plying it. All causes of injury to the ]
plants for application of kerosene emul- j
tion comes from a failure to follow closely ]
iirections. A very strong soapsuds ought j
x> kill them if properly applied, but I <
lave never used it in the case of this 1
particular insect. The kerosene emulsion *
a one of the beat and cheapest of insect- *
cides, It is made as follows: Boil one '
pound common soap in one gallon of yater.
Add while boiling hot two gal- 1
ons of kerosene oil. Churn up this mix;nre
with force pump and spray nozzle
"or ten or fifteen minutes until a perfect (
mini si on is form fid. and the lianid will
idhere without oiliness to the surface of :
jlass. If a force pump is not at hand,
;he mixture may emulsified by "whipping"
it with a bunch of twigs, as was
lone last year by one of my corresponlents,
Major E. S. Tucker, of Raleigh,
rhe mixture now formed should be
liluted by adding to one part of the
nixture nine parts of cold water. This
irould make 30 gallons of the insecticide
:rom two gallons of the oil. In the case
)f this mite the liquid should be thrown
n quite a forcible upward spray upon
;he under side of the leaves. 1 or this ;
some kind of force pump is necessary. !
Perhaps the best apparatus which could ,
oe easily gotten and put speedily in oper- '
ition for this year would be some kind j
Hydronette, holding several gallons? ,
Dne that could be strapped to the back. ,
[ understand that Cameron & Barkley, |
Df Charleston, cau furnijh these. A (
workman co.dd easily attach a hote so i
is to throw the spray on tue under side ,
oi the leaves. The disease usually ap- i
pears in spots in the field, and if taken
tn time the mites might be subdued with i
this hand apparatus. Ev.ry large cotton :
planter should have some machine constructed
to underapray several rows at a
time, but it would probably take too
long to get such a machine in readiness
for this season.
?f patience and faithfulness, both in
observation and treatment are observed,
there is no reason why the evil effects of
this mite should not be entirely prevented.
Very truly yonrs,
Geo. F. Atkinson.
S. G. University.
A WAR SECKET REVEALED.
How Grant Obtained his Knowledge of tbe
Movements of Pemberton'? Army.
Prof. Jos. T. Derry contributes the
- " f - 1 - 11. - L.JJI. .J.
lonowing in reierence to me uaiuo at
Baker's Creek, and which wiJl probably
explain why the Confederate army un?ier
General Pemberton was defeated:
On page 545 of volume 111 of the
Century Company's great book, "Battles
and leaders "of the Civil War," I
find something which will perhaps be
new to many of our readers. It is
headed, "Correspondence between General
Pemberton and Generals Grant and
Blair."
The following is General Pemberton's
letter:
"Wabrenton, Fauquieb, Va., January
30, 1874.?His Exoelleney, U.
Grant, President of the United States?
Sir: A statement of some historio significance
and of considerable interest to
me personally, has lately come to my
notice in a way that induce? me to address
jou as the single individual competent
to confirm or refute it. I am
aware that I have no claim to special
consideration; should you, however,
deem it not improper to respond to my
inquiry, I shall feel myself indebted to
your kindness. The statement I refer
to was from a general officer of the army
of the Tennessee and was in the words
following:
" 4It was generally understood in our
army that General Johnston's courier,
conveying dispatches to you previous to
the battle of Baker's Creek or Champion
Hills, betrayed his dispatches to General
Grant, and also your answers to
General Johnston's orders. I do not
?
these loots, bat the matter was spoken
of by the officers of our army in such a
way as to leave no doubt in my mind.'"
"Permit me to add that this information
has tended to confirm my own suspicion,
excited at the time by the (otherwise)
inexplicable delay in the receipt
of General Johnston's dispatch of the
14th of May, which, as you, sir, are
probably aware, was not handed to me
until after 5 p. m. on the 16th, when
my army was in full retreat My inquiry
is confined simply to two points:
first, the truth (or reverse) of the facts
discussed by the officers of the Army of
the Tennessee; second, the correctness
(or the reverse) of my surmises as to the
dispatch of the 14th above referred to.
I am, sir, most respectfully your obedi
ent servant, J. 0. Pembebton.
General Grant's reply is as follows:
"Executive Mansion, Washington,
January 31,187 L?General J. C. Pemberton,
Warren ten, Virginia?General:
Your letter of yesterday was duly received
this morning, and the President
authorized me to say^hat the statement
of the officer to which you refer
correct, and heJfrTr^t, you are
r^Sfrto"your surmises in regard to the
2elay in receipt of your dispatch. He
says the dispatches were brought in our
lines and given to General MePherson
and by him immediately brought to
headquarters. I have the honor to remain,
sir, your obedient servant,
Levi P. Lucky, Secretary."
On the 19th of January, 1874, General
Pemberton addressed a letter, substantially
to the same effeot, to General
Frank P. Blair, whose reply corroborates
General Grant's statement
We giva General Blair's letter also:
"St. Louis, January 24, 1874.?General
J. C. Pemberton, Farquier county,
Va.?Dear General: I take pleasure, in
answer to your letter of the 19th of
January, in saying that it was generally
understood in our army that General
Johnston's courier, carrying dispatches
to you previous to the battle of Baker's
Greek or Champion Hills, betrayed his
dispatches to General Grant, and also
your answers to General Johnston's orders,
so that,"- in fact, General Grant had
the most precise information as to your
movements and those of General Johnston.
I do not know positively from
General Grant these facts, bat the matter
was spoken of by the officers of our
army in such a way as to leave no doubt
in my mind.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Frank P. Blair."
Thinking that the correspondence
hero given might interest those who are
cot yet tired of war incidents, I send it
to yon, to make any nee of yon may
deem proper. Joseph T. 2>zsbz.
A ROMANTIC WEDDING. f
}
The Bride Was One of the: Victim* othe
Railroad Disaster at Shohola.
Port Jervis, August 23.?A wedcUng
occurred at the Delaware House, in this
town, on Sunday night, under peculiarly
interesting and romantic circumstances,
the bride being one of the victims c.i the
late terrible railroad disaster near Sho iola.
Among the passengers on board of the first
2av coach vof the Chicago express train.
WHILE, nam UUl! UI tilt! Uifl'S that TutUIfc 1118 "
fearful plunge down an eighty foot embankment
in pitch darkness ana storm to
the brink of the Delaware River, was Miss
Sanmih Yeasly, a handsome and intelligent
young English girl from Congleton,
Cheshire, where her father is engaged in
business as a w< olen merchant, bhe had
uuicu iruui uivcipwi aiuuc uu
ind landed in New York just in time to
iatch the fatal train. Her destiny was
Kansa? City, where her old country lover
md playmate awaited her coming, when
She pair were to be united in wedlock.
Cyrus Arthur Slater, a printer by trade,
md the lover in question, came to this
country five years ago, and, having made
3 ae provision for bis sweeiheart, sent for
ber to join him. By the advice of ber
parents, and in order to avoid annoyances
to which a young single woman might be
subjected, sbe took the name of her betrothed
and traveled as Mrs/Cyrus Slater,
under which designation she appears in the
List of casualties published as one of those
iangerously injured.
The telegram sent to her lover, informing
him of the misfortune that bad overtaken
his expectant bride, brought him to
this town by the quickest train, which
reached here Saturday. He found her
suffering from severe body bruises and
3calp wounds, and ber pretty face somewhat
disfigured by cruel lacerations, but
she is in a fair way to recover her health,
if not all of her former beauty. The
meeting between the two lovers under such
circumstances was naturally an affecting
one, and resulted in an agreement to be
married at once. Accordingly, on Sunday
evening, the Rev. Calvin S. Hare, a BaptTTQO
AO Tloil in tHo fo?fKfn1 I
OlOL Luau, naa voik.'j aw, i.iiv &uiv4??ui
^room took his place by the bedside of the
iavalid bride, and the pair were united in
wedlock amid the hearty congratulations
and good wishes of the little group of
sympathizing strangers who were permitted
to witness the ceremony.
A Marital Mixture.
A matronly-looking German woman, a
rosy-cheeked German lass of 16 and a blueeyed
German youth formed an interesting
group in the marriage license office yesterday.
The youth blushed when hegavethe
name of Joseph Durr and said he wanted
the license to marry the buxom lass, whose
name was Catharine Durr.
"Hows rnai?you re ooiq me same
name?" asked Clerk Nichols.
"Ob," said the matron, "this is my
daughter. I was a widow when I married
this young man s father."
Clerk Nichols gave the necessary papers,
but signed as he figured out the numerous
family complications liable to ensue from
the marriage. The groom's step-mother
will be his mother in-law and his father will
be his step-father in-law. He will be the
husband of his step sister, whose mother
will be her step-mother-in-law. The couple
will be the step-uncle and step-aunt of
their own children and the children will
not only be brothers and sisters, but slepcousios-to
each other. The bride will be
1 rt lflflrr tVvo
uci 'mu aicp-ojoLci-iu iart ctuu i.u<& ^iwui
his own ste]>brother-in law.
Clerk Nichols got no further in his meditations,
but gave it up with a groan.?
Pniladelphia Times, 24ih.
Destruction in Delaware.
Wilmington, Del., Au ust 21.?A cyclone
passed across the State from the
southwest to the northeast this afternoon
about she miles below this city, calling a
path ;.bout two hundred feet in width,
leveling fences, orchards and outbuildings,
and doing damage estimated at $150,000.
So far as known, but one person was
killed, Thos. Bruce, s blacksmith, at Hare's
Corner, whose shop was destroyed. Sev-1
eral other persons were dangerously and
many badly injured.
In this city the Neblow Bros, iron work*
were wrecked in an instant. Huge timbers
were tossed about as though they had been
straws; and bricks were strewn for rod;around.
Delegates and others alt3nding the
Democratic State Convention will find
the Williams House in all respects an
agreeable stopping place. It is centralh
located on the comer of Plain and Sumter
streets.
to
It Is a Joy Beyond Compare and No Monarch
Can Baoial i It.
I wear a bristle, says ** Maud" in the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat and I believe
in it- I wear a large bostre, and I am
proud of it. I wear a steel-nibbed, brassriveted,
burglar and fire pjroof bustle,
and I hold that it is a joy |l>pyond compare.
\ *
I have tried al>^varieties U>f bustles?
the large and small, the rotfind and flat,
the soft and the substantial. My 6x^
perience makes me friendmto the large
bustles, and the stronger t&ey are the
better I like them. The oifly bustle I
detest is the four cyiinaeredj anair nuea
with spiral wires that looks flike a qaad*
raplex file hose. The cylinders are worn
vertically, and it you are nott careful in
sitting down whsn youhave que of these v
flxture&onyg^^lia^^^^^to^^
^^her di^ike^for the bustle from .
^fearing the cylinder-shaped arrange- ment
If so I cannot blame her mncH
for wanting to see the bustle banished.
But if she ever wore one of those handsome
steel-wired concerns that resemble
a cross between a baseball catcher's maok
and a moss basket, shaped like a ha'fwatermelon
and full proportion as the
round moon, how different she would
feel aboat it!
There is a charm about a bustle of this
kind that makes my ]>en thrill ecstatio
delight as I write you about it. I want
to poetize on the subject. Bhapeody is
crowding down the ends of my fingers
and my hand fairly glows with the warm
pleasure of the work of praising it; bat
pshaw! you are a man, and perhaps yon
are an old baohleor to boot, and you
wouldn't understand my womanly joy
if I tried to express it in flowiig words.
Ton might tell me that the only bustle
you ever heard anything about was the
celluloid bustle, which explodes, or takes
fire, or throws a railroad train off the
track, or commits a doable murder, or
finds a hidden treasure, or barsts ap a
happy home, whenever your newspaper
needs a really good item, .and yoa would
laugh and perhaps hand %is communication
to the Snake editor with instructions
for him to feed it to the pet cobra
di capella which yen keep aroard the
office. 1 do not think that yoa could
really and truly appreciate the sincerity
of my sentiment and gage the depth? cf
emotions in this matter, and therefore, I
n ./vi. AT i_ i 4.1 _
ytui. uui biuu uij ui.uugu.iB iuoo? Liuflbur
ward, bat will ocntent myself .with remarking
that Mrs. C eveland can make
a fool of herself if she will, and rob her
figure of the graceful contour which the
prominent tournure she wore in St.
Louis gave it, if she so desires, but the
undersigned will still continue to have
a weakness for large bustles, and any
movement in the direction of perpetuating
?md immortalizing the shape improvers
will always meet with ready and
cordial encouragement from this huckle- \ berry.
I toave heard men say time and again
that they wonder hew women manage to
ait down when they iiave a bustle. They
do not wondar at xiy such thing. They
simply speak a lit LI? fib when they say
so. that's all, for isr anv harder for
u wwiimi waJii uu u> mi uuwji ~
than it is for a man with a pint flask of
cholera mixture wi k!s coat toil pocket to
do it. All he's gci; to do is to be a little
careful, of course, asd that's all a woman
with a bustle on has go-l to do.
The secret of it is thw: When a bnstledecked
woman site down, she does so
eddewise. There is a pretty little trick
in it. She pretends she is going to sit
on the right side of the chair and makes
her first movement in thatdirection, but
just as she reschea the chair she
moves graoefnlly to the other side, the
Vino+lo *n!1a tn +V?o ontiwiW nnt nf
the way of the sitter, and the problem
is solved.
Put on a bustle, Mr. Editor, and try
it. You may not succeed the first time,
but after awhile you will accomplish the
task successfully, and then you will
see that the bustle is not so gigantic an
inconvenience as some people try to
make it out to be.
They may talk as much as they like
about banishing it, but they can never
make it a complete and absolute exile
from home. It will linger in our midst
ia one form or other, and if they do
away with the wire and wicker basket
and the stuffed pillow there will still be
left the old standby, the convenient
newspaper, which can be folded into perceptible
package and doubled over a
piece of string and fastened in the tournure
so nicely and effectively that it will
not only answer the purposes of the best
bustle ever made, but it will also serve
to keep green the memory of the round
and symmetrical creations in metal and
other materials which adorned lovely
women in the eighties of the nineteenth
century.
KILLED BY FALLING WALLS.
Eighteen Persons Killed and a Large Somber
Injured at the Burning of a Will In
Neenah, Wis.
Milwaukee, Wis., August 28.?A special
from Neenah, Wis., says: At 11.80
o'clock laut night a large paper mill, owned
by George A. Whiting, situated on an island
between this city and Mehashaw, was
destroyed l?y fire. While the burning
structure was surrounded by a crowd of
spectators the battery of boilers exploded
and the walls were thrown outward, sending
a shower of bricks and timbers among
the spectators. Eighteen persons were
killed, seven fatally Injured and a number
seriously hurt, several of whom will die.
The mill was a three-story structure,
built four years ago at a cost of $100,000,
and was operated day and night. When
the flames broke out about fifty men were
in the building. The fire alarm brought
~ ?.1 J WAArvIn /V ik/v ftWAf
j 3CYCHU UUUUlCU pcupio W tuc opv/o, nuv
crowded as close to the burning building as
the intense heat would permit About 1.30
o'clock, while the building was a mass of
dames, the explosion occurred without
j warning. The roof of the building was
thrown upward and outward. The walls
of brick crumbled and crashed into the
street, and in an instant scores of men were
buried by the heavy debris.
There was a moment of silence, then a
<%ry of horror went up from the midtitude.
The first strong impulse to fly from possible
further danger was soon overcome, and
hundreds began the work of recovering the
bodies of the dead and rescuing the
wounded.
Body after body was found crushed and
mangled by the great timbers almost beyond
recognition and removed to the city
tiall. The injured were carried to neighboring
residences, or to their homes as soon
as their identity was established.
The loss on the building is $100,000, insurance
$52,000. *
When the base ball bat goes into the hair
1't is time tor me coroner to Utfce tne umpire's
place.
There never was a horse trade in which
iach principal didn't firmly decUre that he
nad got the best of the other fellow; and it
sometimes happens that both p&ities have
been swindled.
Man is in his best condition for labor
when he is fresh from rest, but the wa*o'n
wheel is in its best condition when it is tired.
Hard to beat?A boy you can't catch,