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I A THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., DECEMBER 26, 1895. 3 M. Scott’s Opinion In ^ase of War With England. GREAT BRITAIN STRONG ON WATER It In Not Always tin* Mron'jrst Kfeet, However, That Wins n Naval ItnttU*—An Austrian on the Xitnntlnn—Citizens of Colombia Are Kntliusiaatic Over the I’ol- Icy of the I’resiilent. San Francisco, D(h*. 24.—Irvinp H. Scott, president of the Union Iron Works company, who built tin* Olympia and I several others of the best American ' warships, says til at in the event of war r between Englat-d and America, this country would come out on top. “There is no question of England's . great strength on the water,” said Mr. Scott, “but it is not always the strongest navy that gets away with a battle. A lucky shot will turn the tide j magazine rifles of 2!1 caliber, s - « , . , ' , .... f i,„ I same kind of ammunition will of the fight when the danger seems the greatest. EngluiM might give ns a dash at first, but in the end we would whip her. “We have the advantage of her, that she would have to come over to fight us. By the time her battleships crossed the Atlantic they would he short of fuel and it would bo necessary to reload. The English warships would make for > . Halifax and our efforts would be to in- tercept them. The first great naval " battle would take place off the mouth of the St. Lawrence river. Our people would cross into Canada and force the British to send reinforcements there. “The English would no doubt at tempt to lay siege to Buffalo. Milwau kee, Chicago and other lake cities. They would send their small ships into the lakes and attack onr cities, their object being to keep up their frontier by com pelling us to stay at home. Then our objective point would l>o the Welland canal. With the canal destroyed con nection with the lakes would be closed and tin* British fleet shut out. “In my judgment, if war is declared, every effort would be made on the part of onr armies to get into Canada before a sufficient force could be gathered there to stop their progress, “The transportation of troops from England to Ameriea would be no easy task. The transports will have to he conveyed by (Turners and battleships, and the speed would bo that of the slowest ship in the fleet. the nelfafnl pinch of sanity which they are fully capable of doing.” The Westminster Gazette advises all concerned to “take a holiday and a breathing spare, and to allow common sense to assert itself,” adding: “When both sides discover that there is ample room for reconsideration, concession and adjustment, the common sense party in the United States may 1m* sure that it will be met half way by the common sense party here.” WOULD BE CONFUSION. The Army n..«l Nuvy Are NuppUcil With Doli-rcnt Si/.,- ( | (inns. Washington, Dee. 24. — Lieutenant Niblaek. in charge of the naval militia division of the navy department, has called attention of the authorities ur gently to the serious inconvenience and confusion that is apt to arise in case our military and naval forces are called into joint action, as they must he in a defen sive Wiir, growing out of the lack of uniformity i.i small arms and signal codes. The army is armed witli tin' Kragg- Jorgensen rifle of IJ ) caliber, while the navy has contracted fora supply of Lee so tl at the ill not serve both arms, and grave mistakes are apt to occur in issuing it to the men. Lieutenant Niblaek suggests in the interest of the naval militia, as well as on broader grounds, that it would be well if the army and navy would settle j as soon as possible by competitive tests which is the better weapon that of the army or of the navy, and stop at (nice the making of the least desirable arm. In the case of the signal codes, where there'is like conflict, he says the army used the naval code for 25 years with the greatest success. When a change was made the navy followed, but after a fair trial was obliged t > abandon the present army code and return to tne original code. The navy cannot use the army code. The army can, and has used, the present naval code. AN! Forty Men Lose Their Lives as a Result of an Explosion. KILLED HIS FRIEND. CRIME COMMITTED BY A YOUNG MAN V/HILE DRUNK. MANY MORE ARE BADLY INJURED. The Di*ji4t«*r OccnitciI :il tie < >1 hihmV* Coal Mines, About Forty Mties r Uti- lelgh—Heartrending Semes a« •*• • Fed* les Were tti*iii{; Removed Mauv “liners Refused to Killer und A* *ist. RauchiH. Dec. 21.—In thee: 1 i n <>i gas in (he Gnmnn ck l -lu’i u . con mine in Chatham c< unfy. • •• 1 • ,,!: here, 40 men were !; <•*.. ", tin* dead bodies have nlnv.oy been v" covered. The work of rescue or .••*>d w’ v. as great difficulty wase\])<Tie\c a i:i se curing volunteers ft > g, <!ov. ’ i;:!' the mines. This is tin* mine which supplies the Seaboard Air Line icc motives with most of their supply of <•■ al. Tic* mine is on a branch railway, which, at Colon, connects with the Seaboard Air Line. Philadelphians own tii * mii.e, Mr. Langdou being one of the largest stock holders. The mine was opened about 5') years ago. The depth of the main --haft ap proximates 50 feet. Nearly all the la borers employed arc natives. Reports as to the amount of dynamite in the mine conflict. S nuc of the mi ners say there were live cases of 250 rarin- IN THE APIARY. | A Californian's Account of Kxtrnctini; Honey From Hox Hives. A California apiarist, who worked I over an old apiary the past season and i extracted more than 1,000 pounds of I honey from the old boxes, gave bis ex perience, through The American Bee Journal, as follows: I cut four pieces of lath, A, A, A, A. • the length of (he hive frames, and a cleat (B) an inch square and as long as the width of the frames, and a small cleat (C) the same length, and nail them together as shown in the illustra tion, ami along the outer edges of the outside lath drive some small nails about three inches apart, letting the heads project ono-quarter inch. A pair of these pallets will be needed, and if one has an assistant two pairs will be required. 1 now cnt. the combs to fit the frames as nearly as practicable, and lay a piece on the pallet so as to rest against the cleat B, and if there is room I put an other piece on tho pallet resting against the first piece. I now uncap the upper t* PRAISE FROM COLOMBIA. pounds in the mine, whih lendent thinks then* w re n';: at> mt 50 pounds of the explosive there. The theory of the car * of the catas trophe generally h''!(! >h that the first explosion was of coal gao that he u the dynamite exploded, ami after t: . came the stifling "after d-:tn;>” t:i *.< soil rat- all who remained ai • i AN AUSTRIAN FALKS. Snyn tlm Monroe Dectrino Docs Not Apply to the IToseut Case, Colon CitizciiH Visit tin* American Consu late anil Sljoiit “Viva the Cniteil States!” New York, Dee. 24.—A dispatch to The World from Colon, Colombia, Dec. 22, says: The American consulate was visited by a pnees ion of enthusiastic citizens carrying the stars and sirhr's, with the flag of Colombia on eitle*r side and firing crackers. The procession halted at vhe consulate and saluted the American flag. Then j the march through lin* streets was re sumed and kept up lill m ruing. Throughout the par I** there was Elo quent shouts of "\iva Cleveland!” “Viva tho United States !” There will be a . imilar procession dur* TO TRY MU :D t i r :' n RS. Governor Carr Or.le***, :: ai :Vr.u of the Superior ( ourt —Notes, Raleigh. Dih*. its —(' v • . rCurer. (lerod a .“peeial t('rm of L *" ifort sape- rioreom'tto begin Jilt: <!. i .r the •:ia.l of tho four young Nvlnfe m w!i . . us- siunted J. B. 13 inner at Au.m a. Some book ag<*nts an* aoo.tdy intro ducing new !>■: ks >n the pub: '* s 'bools, although the law says no new links shall be adop'ed lef'ore nest .June. T!:e last legislature so emasculated the law tlmt it provides no puntshmt'.u fortius violation. Deputy United v 'lr.tes shar-h-tls to i the Brroklyu pcuiimttiavv .la o,*; Gates and Jar,it's H. Bunn, mi*...! whisky di-fi lers. who . '..emfctl t::<' 1,11' ■ ||!| III I'OmS I D It New York, Dec. 24.-A dispatch to i«K the day in Panama, where 1 he news- , TT T palters are loud m admiration of Presi- ( " ; ,ni! * i *' ho Herald from \ lonna says: In the dent deveiand’s V.-m-zu.-lan policy. imprisonment tmi . l.o turn. lurse of an interview with Professor British subjects assemble in knots, 1 ho barns aud slables <>i ii. i f I ■ H The cour Lammaseh, the leading authority in Austria on international law, he said: “The entire wrong is, in my opinion, ou the side of the Americans. In the first place, a word about that curious motto, ‘America for Americans,’ from which Americans now deduce the cou- clusion that no European state can in tervene in American affairs in general. This theory does not appear to me to bo sustainable from any point of view. “It recallr. a similar motto, that of the eastern empire, in which all Europeans were called collectively Franks, because France was then, in the twelfth centu ry, the principal power of the west. It MflfiBlvithout saying that circumstances not now give France the slightest righr to assert a protectorate over all the Franks of the Levant. “Such u case, however, would he just as valid as that of the United States. The fact that it is now tho custom to discussing the situation and criticising adversely the tone of the Colombian press, but no trouble i*; feared. Anxious to Kn^liiiiil. St. Paul, Dec. 24.—Captain J. W. Kennedy oi this city, speaking for the “Northwestern Center of the Fenian Brotherhood." sci;? a message to Presi dent Cleveland tendering the “services of 20,OIK) men who have boon under lire before,” in ease of war with Great Britain, St. Paul has been a Fenian center for 25 years, and a largo number of the men now anxious to light Eng land abetted L mis Red in his two re bellious in the Canadian northwest. Grateful ly Kiulorsed by .Mcaniunaiis. Managua, Nicaragua, via Galves ton, Tex., Doc. 24.—President Cleve land’s message to congress on the Vene zuelan question is gratefully endorsed speak of the United States collectively zuelun question is gratefully eimorseq as‘America,’ gives it no right to set by President Zelaya and by all Nioara- itself up as a protecting power over all gusins. The citizens of the United States North, Central and South up „ tho states of America. "Furthermore the interpretation that the Washington government now gives the Monroe doctrine does not at all agree with the text of the address of President Monroe, on Dec. 2, 1822, wherein ho expressly states that the ex isting colonies or independencies of any European power shall not be interfered with. ‘.‘Besides, tho Monroe doctrine is not a dogma of international law, but only a political program. The Uuited States lias interpreted it as it pleased—some times more and some times less vigor ous. I have merely to recall the treaty regarding tho Panama canal; also its attitude in tho Mexican question in 18(18. Only in 1868 did tho United States government at last find strength and occasion to remember about the Monroe doctriiie.” LONDON COMMENT. (IlQiIttone’s Mi*s»age Attracts Wide Atten tion—Whnt The Gazette Nays: London, Dec. 24. — The afternoon newspapers continue commuting edi torially and at length upon the Ven ezuelan matter, but their rmarks are on the financial rather than the politi cal aspect of the case. Whio there is no abatement of tho expressous of be lief that the ground taken on behalf of iites resident in Nicaragua are delighted with Mr. Cleveland’s action and tiro preparing to return north in order to join tho army of the United States should such a step be necessary. SHOT IN THE NECK. A Disre|iutaki<‘ Woman tint Cuiihi* of m Killing lu Kentucky. Louisville, Dec. 24.—A special to the Evening Post from Elktou, Ky.; says: In a fight Saturday night, four miles from here, Jim Bailey shot Love Hen derson in the neck with a shotgun, kill-’ ing him instantly. A disreputable woman, at whose house the young men had met, is said to have, been the cause of the killing. Bailey was a me miter of one of the best families 'in Todd county, while Henderson did not stand well. Henderson made his escape and has not yet been captured. LABORERS BADLY INJURED Were at Work on a Track When a Car Loaded With Iron Cra.-diud As;ain*t Them Dayton, ()., Dec. 24.—Five laborers Were injured, one fatally, at the Mal leable Iron works. Tho men wore at work on a track between buildings and a car loaded with pig iron was pushed towards them, crushing them against the walls, until stopped by an appiica- the United States is untenabb, tho tone is altogether more pacific. Y4, there is wj 11 "’ T 1 ! st ° I,P m? ,jy - ‘ l . u appu< a considerable display of satWaction at tlo “ of . b V ak !‘ s : 1 h , 0 . yl ? tu . n8 arfi: the financial difficulties in he United States. „ , Tho dispatch which the Hglit Hon. spi W. E. Gladstone sent to M. Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of ThoVorld, in answer to tho latter’s requet for a message to tho American peo^o on the Venezuelan situation, has ittracted wide attention here and elsewbre. Mr, Pulitzer telegraphed thalAmori- nan sentiment was at the tnrniq point, that once turned the wrong *av no powers on earth could hold it bek, mid that a word of peace and fopwshin from Mr. Gladstone would aid I chock clamor, to soothe passion, to oixrarago sober thought and maybe avert enmity. In reply Mr. Gladstone cabled: Da/enot interfere. Only commdsenHe required. (.'annot say more w* ad vantage. The St. James Gazette, commuting upon Mr. Gladstone’s message ttho proprietor of tho New York World,vys: “Common bouho would have avped the shock which has boon given to t>th countries. It will find its way outjjut it is the Americans who must *u>ly David Reuk, internal injuries, prob ably fatal; Andrew Yost, back and chest crushed; Amos Moss, a negro, arms and collar bone injured; Henry Anderson, another negro, shoulders and chest crushed; Henry Proctor, head badly bruised. LEAD FOR RIOTERS. Two Philadelphia Moturmen Shot by a Po liceman, One Probably Fatally. Philadelphia, Dec. 24.—During an attack on a number of cars at Seven teenth unp Girard avenue, William H. Matthews and Samuel G. Crosdoy, two motormon who wore in a mob of strik ers and sympathizers, wore shot, tho latter probably fatally, by a policeman on one of the curs that were attacked. Tho cars were badly damaged. Half of a Town Dentroye, Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 24.—A fire originated in tho Hubert hotel in Pinck- ard, Ala., and was not checked until it hud destroyed about half of the town. pie, in this c uuty, were burunl .. .-I two hoiscs i sf their lives. Tin* live was incendiary. The rfatc treasurer rep its that the balance in the treasury L v. '!') < f ir.st year was $317,815, end th *fis'-nl i" cipts up to Nov ID last $1,1X8.Sh i, in:iki •» tin* totel $1,501,21!. Tl;:* (hrinivseinonts during tin* year were $i ..'.Vq.tt'.jO. and tin* | balance n .w on hand is -1 ,^.61)2. Tin j balance of the cducati *i:;:l fund is $85,000, Robert L. Steele <if Richm in;) t* unty ! is dead, agec 18 yeuis. He v;m;c* t with the He lls, Worths and O’Dcili' amotig the largi'st cotton mill m* u in N rt'i Carolina, In* and his family owning live or six mills. The .‘■••fate Farmers' Alliance has at I last taken the step of instituting sqit t<* I test tin* leg uity of the le i.-.o of the j North Carolina railway |u tie* Southern railway, It is u very impi.rtant case. When the alliance w.is in session last August at <3ary the directors of the i Noi tii Carolina railroad at Bariingtoq made the lease and ratified it vrithih H i hours. The alliaud* till that time d* ‘ sixpd to in: titute ill jit icfiuu pii^- , . )r I to prevent the Jt-ar c hut - 1S i-.f'/.v-mn b - v f a la 'P Ci U would ‘be ten days before the v^ntication would take place. So nothing was done until t io late. Rx-Jiugo Bclienck, Spier Whittaker and Charles A. Cook now appear as counsel for tho alliance and file a mo tion for the use of the attorney gener al s name in the nature of a quo war- lanto to annul tin* least* and repeal tho charter of the North Carolina road. Insurance Fraud Trials KiuU*d New Bkkne, N. C.. Deo. Iff.-—Tin Beaufort insurance fv;avd trials have all ended, dhplasr one resultc^l in anoth er cob vie t ion. Hassell and Dr. Delenmr of conspiracy, als*) of Noe. A verdict of not guilty wap found as to S. D. and J. C. Delcmgr on the charge of forgery. Hassell gets seven years in tin* peniten- |uuy; W iIlium colored, tivo years; Dr. D. T. Delemai*, Seldon Dele- mar, J. C. Deb-mar and Levi T. Noe, two yearn each in Craven county jail.’ Every one appealed, gave bond and Ment home, having been allowed until Jun. 21 to make up a case on appeal to the'Supreme court of the state. Has sell s bond is $1,500, all tho others $l,00() each. The bondsmen are citizens of Beaufort. Tho defendants say they will light to the last, und will appeal to the United Mates supremo court, if nec essary. North Ciirii.'lin-Yli-f-iiiia Wuuidary. Raleigh, Dec.. 20.—A member of the joint commission to settle the boundary hup between North Carolina and Vir ginia arrived in this city to see Governor Carr, and reports that tho line has been located on tho borders of Hertford, Northampton and Warren counties in this state, aud Nottoway county. Va., und is now being located between Vance county, N. C., and Mecklenburg. Va. He states that thus far North Carolina has got the best of the division. Eighty miles of line are settled and 80 morn re mains. I rim aud Ntri-I Flaut Sold. Raleigh. D«h\ 20.—Tint North Caro lina Steel and Iron company's valuable plant at Greensboro lias been sold by the company owning it to J. M. Worth and others, who will put it in blast and operate it. The plant was built three jears ago, but has never been in bhist. The purchasers guarantee payment of a $26,000 debt of the old company, and members of the latter have the privi lege of taking stock in the now com- pany. DEVICE used IN extracting honey. side of these pieces, and with a damp (D) I fasten each piece by laying the damp across the piece near its upper end and hook it over the projecting nails. The damp should be narrow enough to bind rather tightly on tin- comb. I then lift the pallet by the cleat and so: it in the extractor. After ex trading I turn the comb on the pallet, uncap and extract the other side. Any thin board will answer for tho pallets instead of lath, but the lighter the lie! ter. For fastening these extracted combs in the frames I use the clamp E. I do pot know but beekeepers generally have used such dumps, but as far as I know they use pegs, strings aud other devices equally unhandy. There is an abun dance of wire suitable for making damps lying around here that has been used in baling hay. The clamps should be just large enough to go over the outside of the frames from top to bottom. As soon as the combs arc stuck by tho bees the damps can lie taken off and used again Agricultural Colleges and Station*. According to the United States de partment of agriculture’s report, there uro 57 institutions of learning having courses in agriculture Several of the southern states have separate institu tions for colored students. Those iusti- Crazed With Whisky He Slew Uii* Com rade—Tho Judge’s lli-murks on tho Cause of His Downfall—Kuni Responsible For Seventy-five IVr Cent of All Crime. At the last term of Eighth judicial court of Colorado one Hugh McDougal was convicted of the murder of Fra) 'c Wagoner. Tho Boulder Camera prints the text of the remarks of Judge Bough- ton in pronouncing sentence. Hero ii is in part: It is a very painful duty which I have to perform in passing sentence upon you. It is a sad case, one that is surrounded by many extenuating circumstances, and it is a great responsibility I assume in sending a young man like you to the penitentiary. You have been convicted by ti jury of your fellow citizens of Boulder county of killing in a drunken frenzy a boon companion, a man who had been known to be one of your best friends. I think that the jury properly considered the evidence, and that it jus tified your conviction, and whatever wo may think about the circumstances sur rounding this case, a human life has been taken, a crime committed, tho highest that is known to human law. No penaii 'o on your pan cun atone for it, for the life can never be restored. Frank Wagoner cannot be brought life by any penitence which you may. endure. That is past. The crime was committed during a drunken orgy on Thanksgiving day, indulged in by your self, the deceased aud other companions, some of whom testified on tho stand against you. While drunkenness is no excuse for the commission of crime, legal or moral, it is a fact which may justly bo taken into consideration by the court in mitigation of your sentence. You killed your friend without any in tention of committing that crime; of that I am satislied. You were crazed by drink and rendered practically irrespon sible for what you did. It was done un der the influence of rum, which causes 75 per cent of the crimes committed in this country. You are not the only one who has suffered from this curse. Tho sears left by this fell destroyer are seen on every hand. It lias left its mark upon nearly every family, and I can fully appreciate your situation. Tho only wonder to mo is, not that so much erimo is committed through the influence of this vile poison, but that more men do not commit mur der while under its influence. You have suffered from the commission of this crime, and yon will suffer as long as you live. If the facts were otherwise, it would brand you as a man destitute of all feeling and the instincts of common humanity. You feel the terrible results of this unf ortunate occurrence in your sober moments as much as anybody. You feel that if you were released you would never take another drink, but would lead a sober, industrious life hereafter, but I know you cannot do it. When you are turned loose upon these streets you are surrounded by constant temptations and you cannot escape them; tho doors of these mantraps and licensed dens of infamy are wide open at every comer inviting you to enter. This business is protected by the law of tho land; yon should be protected in your helpless condition by the same laws, but unfortunately are not. No man unaided, after drunkenness be- so thoroughly seated a disease tutious had 8,847 students in agricul- 1 torac ‘‘ . tural courses ami m graduates from ^ 1 V? ^ your caso ’ f 11 overcome it. such courses in mi. The total number Goo(i . Mentions <*aunot save you. You harvesting peanuts. The Directions Given In a Farmert* Bul letin by R. B. Handy. The nuts should bo out of the ground before tho first frost, as it is injurious both to the vines, when regarded as fodder, and to tho kernels. It may be necessary to dig the crop some time be fore frost is feared, because early formed nuts when frost is long delayed begin to sprout, and the loss to tho farmer from that cause would be greater than the gain from the maturing of the later nuts. Besides, if peanuts have been cultivated in the same land for several years the vines often will drop their leaves and are thus greatly injured for use as hay. Peanut farmers have a plow made especially for harvesting this crop, which lias no moldboard and has a bar 8 feet long and an upright tho same a*-; the other plows. The foot piece is welded 18 inches from the rear end and extends up five inches, with a small hole through it, to which is fastened the bind helve of tho plow. The beam is as usual, with handles fastened to either side of it. There is a duck bill ou the flat end of the bar aud a sword 4 inches wide and 16 inches long welded to tho bar five inches behind the duck bill and extending out to tho right side diagonally and backward, so as to run under and cut tho taproot of the vine. This plow, with two horses attached, is passed up each side of tho row deep enough to escape the peas, the long wing cutting tho taproots, rendering tl'.e. i easy to remove from tho soil. Fol low :g this plow laborers with pitch- forl - remove the plants from the ground, carefully shaking oil all lose soil aud pilit g ihem in windrows, three rows in on*'. They are usually plowed in the morning, and then in the afternoon are stacked or shocked around poles seven feet high, set in tho ground at conven ient places in the field. In shocking care is taken to keep the vines from the ground, tho usual practice being to lay a eouplo of fence logs on each side of the ; * liter pole, and tho plants are so arrung: d around tho polo as to have tho pods inside, aud also to leave some spa. • !'.-xt to the polo for l*he circulation of : Tho shocks arc usually capped with corn fodder or hay to keep out the vain. After being thus stacked from 15 to 20 days the pods are ready to bo picked. This operation is usually performed by women .aid childreu, who are paid so much pc ■ bushel and are expected to pick only‘ho mature and sound pods. It ! . hr. and tedious work and one of the large.-: horns of expense of the pea nut farmer. Since the establishment of peanu! factories, or “rceleaners, ” in n- ii -y every community in which much attention is paid to this crop, the plant er has ceased to especially prepare his nuts fer market, selling them as “farm ers’ stock” to those factories or reclean- eis. where they are subjected to a treat- j ment. of fanning, polishing aud sorting before being put upon the market. This ; proci.-s is simple and inexpensive Corn Fodder Wagon. If you have not got a convenient wagon for corn fodder, take the front wheels f mi ordim ry-fann wagon, re nuns :i ng reach aud put in a short I one extending a foot back from tho axle. Through tho end of it make a hole and put on an iron goose neck. Through ... Xiym of agricultural graduates, including 180J , wa s 8,003. Thirty-six of these in stitutions offer courses shorter than the standard one of four years, some being for only a few weeks. In very few cases are the students completing these courses classed as graduates. It is difficult to get correct statistics as applied to agri cultural education in these institutions, as many of them give instruction in other courses, as iu the case of state uni versities of which the agricultural col leges form a part. There were 53 experi ment stations, with an income from all sources of almost $1,000,000 for tho year, aud with 557 persons in their working staffs, not counting ordinary laborers. Many of the members of the station staffs also give instruction in the agricultural colleges, with which the stations are connected in most states. Sorting Potatoes. A correspondent of The Practical Farmer says that this operation may bo made easy by constructing a box 12 feet long and 4 feet wide, like the illus tratiou, with three partitions. The back piece should be about 4 feet high, aro iu the inexorable grasp of the most deadly and all pervading disease which afflicts mankind and yon cannot resist it, surrounded as you arc by the elegant facilities for u relapse furnished you by tho laws of a Christian land; and were you discharged, under the cir cumstances I have described, you might commit a worse crime than tho one for which you now have to suffer. Brandy Falling Into Disfavor. According to tho annual statement of Sir William Harcourt, chancellor of tho exchequer, England, the consumption of rum is greatly increased during epidemic la grippe. For tho first three-quarters of tho year ending Dec. 31, 1894, there was no increase in tho revenue from imported spirits, notwithstanding an extra tax of sixpence, but iu February, the mouth of influenza and severe frost, tho receipts from the sale of rum alone rose to £100,000. From tho same relia ble source comes the report that brandy is falling into disfavor. In 15 years tho quantity used has fallen off 1,000,000 gallons, or 21 per cent, though tho pop ulation has increased 18 per cent in.the same time. THHKK GRADE POTATO SORTER, the next, 8 feet, and the next feet high. Nail pickets on for screens. Put them rather close together ou the first incline, and farther apart on the second. This sorts them in three grades. Shovel them on the top or first incline and poico them down, and yon have them sorted in three grades. Experiments With Corn. In a series of experiments witli con. at tho Mississippi station tho hugest yield I ho first your was made by Mushy Prolific, St. Charles Parish, White Di nt. Improved Learning, Wolborn Con science and Piusa King. Tho next year the largest returns were from Mosby Prolific, Cock Prolific, Miuter Prolific, Bailey, Mammoth Surprise and Evans. In IKS9, 1890 and 1892 tho white vari eties yielded more than the yellow vari eties. Nearly a Gallon a Week. Judge Kimball of the Washington police court in a recent temperance ad dress made this statement: For tho year 1894 tho government issued 228,000 liquor licenses, which is a saloon for each 29o people. Tho estimated, annual consumption of intoxicating liquor in the United States is per capita four gal lons of whisky, one gallon of wine and 46 gallons of beer.—Union Signal. Au Abstinence Alphabet. A Htuml.-, for Alcohol; deathlike it., jjrip. B for Beginner, who tnk* m just one nip. U for Companion, who urges him on. D for the- Demon of drink that is born. 13 *\.r Endeavor he make:: to resDt F stands for Friend* who ho loudly iii.-ust G for the Guilt ho afterward feels. H for tho Horrors that hang at his heels. I his Intention to drink not at all. J stands for .leering* that follow his fall. K for his Knowledge that he I - a Gave. L stands fer Liquors his appetite crave*. M f* >r convivial Meetings so gay. N stands for No that he tries hard to say. O for the Orgies that then coino to pass. P stands for Pride that ho drowns in his glam. Q for the (Quarrels that nightly abound. It is tin* Kuin tlmt he sees all around. K stands for Sights that his vision bedims. T stands for Trembling ibat seizes his limbs. U for his Usefulness sunk in tin* slums. V for the Vagruut ho quickly Issoomo*. W for Waning o| life that’s soon done. X for Ids eXit regretted by none. Y outhsnf this nation, such weakness Is erimo; Z ealously turn from the tempter m timet —Cyrus Edsou In North American lie view. 'l WAGON FOR CORN FODDER, this fasten a crosspiece and to the ends of h strung poles 15 feet long. Two iron wheels and au iron axle from au old reaper will complete tho outfit Lot the front end of poles rest ou the bolster Save the corn fodder. In many fields it is of greater value than tho grain, says Tho Farm Journal, from which this sketch is reproduced. lingcing Material For Cotton. Tho agitat ion is being kept up in pro test of tin* wretched method that is be ing used in tho baling of cotton. Tho Industrial Record says: Tho New York Cotton Exchange has decided that cot ton covered with sugar bag cloth is a good delivery, and the cloth has likewise been indorsed by the Cotton Exchange of Bremen aud other European ex changes, as well as by brokers, import ers, nierchat'ts and insurance companies, it meets all requirements, having suffi- cient strength to stand compression, aud of a toxturo woven close enough to per mit legible marking and to protect the contents of tin* bale from dirt and fire, j Itis strongly recommended for its su periority over jute bagging, and at the j same time it is cheap, costing, we be lieve. not far from 8^ cents a yard. Here and Thera. A Florida exchange says that the Bermudas, white and red, are the only varieties suitable for general culture iu Florida The Southern Cultivator says. “It seems conclusive that tho seat of cotton manufacture will continually bo i» Georgia and tho two Carolmas. ” Pineapples will not bear frost, and in sections where light, wihter frosts are prevalent a protection of some sort must be supplied. Southern Cultivator urges tho sowing of fall oats. Strawlierrics named as successful in Mississippi by S. M. Tracy of the state Station are Michael’s Early, Westlawn. Gandy, Crescent. The best remedy for lice ou hogs or otlu r stock is Dalmatian or Persian in- sod powder, or California insect pow (Ur, id. ii is sometimes culled. At tho Arkansas station tho Spanish i variety is the peanut preferred as a 1 food for swine. According to Southern Cultivator, tobacco growing is a very profitable in- I dusiry iu northern Louisiana.