The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 17, 1898, Image 7
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The Courts Will Have to Decide the
Case in Sumter.
A BONE OF CONTENTION.
The Matter is Attracting a Good Deal
of Attention, and Further Developments
Are Waited For.
HK The correspondent of the Columbis
Sumter of the ?th, says that
a license tax was imposed
jj^^^Vthe city cSuncil taxing business and (
^^^wofessional men of all kinU9. This
^icense tax has long been a bone of con/'
tention, as many of the busiuess men
claimed that it was unjust and nnnec
u
essary, ana deciareu tnai tuey woum
oarry the matter to the courts before
they would pay the tax. The oouncil
on the other hand was inexorable, and
at a recent meoting a majority of the
aldermen voted in favor oi an ordinance
to enforced the payment of the tax. A
number of merchants and men of different
professions were summoned to
appear before the mayor to "show
?ause, etc." When the* mayor's court
was opened a large crowd was present,
made up of merchants, lawyers,
doctors, wheelwrights, blacksmiths
and newspaper reporters,
who, by the way. are exempt
The first man up was one of the largest
furniture dealers in this city. After
being questioned by the mayor, and
making his own statements, he was informed
that he was liable to a tax and if
that tax was not paid within ten days a
penalty of 20 per cent, would be added.
All of the others present, after making
their statements were informed of their
liability, and that unless this tax was
paid within ten days executions would
be put in the hands of the sheriff in
accordance with the provision of law.
The firm of Haynsworth& Haynsworth
.aioinad liv tllfl HTltl-tjlT mftn
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and they say they will fight the tax to
the bitter end. The matter is attracting
a good deal of interest, and further
developments are eagerly waited for.
STATK ITEMS.
The following State items are taken
from the columns of the News and
Conner's correspondents:
Bennetts ville.
There are many hundred bales of cotton
in Marlboro county, and the advan
oe in the price of the staple has
gladdened the hearts of those fftcmers
who have held for higher prices. Nearly
all that is being sold is on fact's*#^
orders, as manufactories are paying s
more than commission men who are
exporters?There is quite a building
boom in this town, not less than half a
dozen houses being under construction
at present, some of them very costly....
Fertilizers are moving rapidly and cotton
seed meal has advanced one dollar
| per ton ? A prominent stockholder of
L the McColl factory said a few days ago
P that a new ootton mill would be erected
there during the present year On
the 34th of February, 1897, there had
been recorded in the clerk of court's
office in this county, G88 liens, and up
to the ssme date this year there had
been recorded 704 making an increase
of 16 for this year. This does not look |
as if people are ready to abolish the
lien law.
Sumter.
Between September 1 and March 1
17,100 bales of cotton were shipped from
Sumter. Between the same dates last
season 17,400 bales were shipped. This
does not mean that tne receipts have
fallen of), for the difference is more than
made up bv the ootton bought by the
cotton mill and that held in storage.
Cheraw.
It is surprising that someone who
knows the value of good timber does
not get possession of the valuable forests
near Cheraw. It was from these
the State exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition
were collected, consisting ' of
twenty-eight varieties. No better or
more general assortment can be found
anywhere on the globe, and some enterprising
man could make a fortune
out of it The owners are letting it
stand, not seeming to know its great
value or the extent of their holdings.
The building of the Cheraw and
Lancaster Kailroad is being agitated
again, this time with some prospect of
success, as it is in the hands of Allan
V.Af?lan ft ortn nf Pnl Allan Afft/?far
Ian, the man who was instrumental in
the building of the Cheraw and DarlinttDu
Kailroad.
Tillman's Opinion.
Senator Tillman, says the State,
when asked his opinion in the Maine
disaster, replied: * "If it is shown that
the Maine was blown up by the Spaniards,
we will have war iu spite of
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The Lake City Crime.
A Washington special says Senator
Tillman, accompanied by Hon. W. A.
Barber, attorney general, and Hon.
James J. Norton, member of Congress
from the Sixth district, called upon Assistant
Attorney General Boyd to assure
him of the hearty co-operation of the
South Carolina authorities in the efforts
to ferret out and bring to punishment
the perpetrators of the crime at
Lake City. Mr. Barber has already
instructed the State Solicitor of the
district to institute an investigation
with a view to prosecutions and has
signified a desire to co-operate with the
United States authorities in this matter.
Senator Tillman, Mr. Barber and
A r. Norton expressed condemnation of
this offense and stated that the people
of South Carolina generally condemned
it in the strongest terms.
A Very Good Man.
Alllngton?Is Fierson, the milliona
Erood church member?
, Deacon Wadhams?I thould think he
L. was. Why, the rest of us don't have
to subscribe hardly anything to keep
affairs going.
Deacon Hamby?We're going to hare
a reformed prizefighter talk at the temperance
meeting Thursday night. The
Deacon's Son?How is it possible that
he can be reformed if he still talks??
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PALMETTO STATE CULLINGS.
Clemson Textile School.
It is the expectation of the board of
trustees of Clemson College that the
textile school, which was provided for
at the recent meeting of the board, will
bo ready for operation on the 1st of
September. The board has had considerable
correspondence regarding the
matter with Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of
Charlotte, who is an expert on mill
matters. Mr. Tompkins lias advised the
board that it would not be well to make
a start with less than $12,oOU, and at his
suggestion this amount was appropriated.
Mr. Tompkins is satisfied that
with that much money he can instal a
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money in the bands of anyone else than
the College would purchase, as it is
more thau likely that machinery manufacturers
will be glad to have their
types of machinery installed in such a
technical school, so that graduates
might appreciate the value of their machinery
when tbev go out to work. It
is intended to construct an entirely separate
building for the textile school,
large enough to meet the present requirements,
as well as to give latitude
for future growth. The understanding
of the board is that it will take one expert
and possibly an assistant to give
the necessary instruction in this department,
and to keep it in running order.
The necessary power will be supplied
by the present steam plant at the
College. It is the expectation of the
board that the toxtile department will
add to the popularity of the institution,
and it is intended to spare no expense
or pains in getting everything in the
best order.
Train Was Not Under Control.
The State railroad commission and
the authorities of the Atlantic Coast
Line, notwithstanding all the testimony
taken, have had a ratner aimcim joo iu
placing the responsibility' forthereoent
wreck on the main line of the Coast
Line near Charleston. The action of
the railroad commission, which was
determined npon recently, was made
pablic in the following form on the tith:
"Under section 1634, general statutes,
it is the duty of the board of railroad
commissioners to investigate the cause
of the collision on the Atlantic Coast
Line at the 'Eight Mile Turnout' After
carefully considering the testimony
and the facts, we liad that train No. 37
ran bv the 'Eight Mile Turnout' which
was the passing point * high rate of
speed and did not observe rule 93,
which requires them to approach the
passing point with train under complete
control." This plaoes the responsibility
for the accident on the enSineer
and conductor of the fast train,
ut tnere was not the slightest evidence
to show that they could be considered
criminally liable.
^ Broke the Record for Brutality.
"Akoecial from Greenville savs a Sau
dy Flat citizen, Watt Nobles by name,
has broken the record for brutality. He
got on a drunk and went down to Simpson
ville, on the Greenville and Laurens
Railway, hunted up a negro, John Gallard,
whom he believed had reported
him for doing: a blind tiger business,
called Gallard out of his house, attacked
him with a club and seriously injured
the negro. Having whetted his appetite
for blood, he crossed the country
and stopped near Greer's; at the house
of Hezekiah Neal. Neal took him in
and fed him. insane from drink, he
jumped on the little son of Neal and
beat him unmercifully. The father
coming to the rescue of his boy, Nobles
crabbed ao axe handle and knocked
Neal down and beat him almost to
death. Not satisfied with his brutal
treatment of father and son, he dragged
Mrs. Neal out of her bed and beat ner
into insensibility. Neal and Gallard
came to the city and swore out three
warrants against Nobles, charging him
with assault with intent to kill. Deputy
Sheriff Gilreath is hunting Nobles.
A Reformatory Commission.
At the last session of the General Assembly
a joint resolution was passed
providing for a commission to inquire
into the feasibility, cost and general
scope of a reformatory for youthful
oriminala. The commission is to report
to the General Assembly at its next
session "by bill or otherwise." No pay
is provided. Governor Ellerbe has
appointed the following commissioners
under the provisions of the bill: L. D.
Childs, of Columbia; Rev. C. C. Brown,
of Sumter; Prof. R. Means Davis, of
Columbia; Rev. John Kershaw and Rev.
Riohard Carroll. The Rev. Richard
Carroll is the colored man who has
been agitating the matter of a reformatory
for youthful criminal.* The chairman
of the commission will have to call
it together.
To Bridge the Congarce.
There is a movement on foot at CoInmhia.
hir a ioint Stock COmDftDV to
build an iron bridge over the Congaree
river, connecting that city with her
rapidly growing sister town, Brookland,
and Lexington beyond. Capital
stock, $40,000.
The Dispensary Buys New Quarters.
The dispensary has bonght itself a
new home. It proposes to spend
$18,000 for its new quarters, and to
spend money in improving and renovating
the property. The place purchased
was at one time used as the department
of engraving and printing by
the Confederate States Government.
It will make a good home for the dispensary^
The board urge that in a
very short time it will repay the State
on account of the saving of the large
bills for keeping up the hauling force.
The dispensary expects to move on or
about the 1st of June.?Columbia correspondent
News and Courier.'
Perrv F. Thornley, a popular young
citizen of Anderson, oommitted suicide
in that city by taking morphine.
The citizens of Darlington, in mass
meeting,have put themselves on record
bv passing a strong set of resolutions
denouncing the Lake City outrage.
Near Mayesville, one "Loaf" Wi
son, a young negro man, shot and kill
ed Eliza Jane Wesley. They quarreled
over a bottle of "booze," with the
abovo result. Wilson was arrested.
At Chester, MoDuffie Estes, a young
merchant, was shot to death bv Henry
H. Marcus, a blacksmith. The cause
leading to the fatal afiair was over an
account Marcus owed Estes. Marcus
has been lodged in jail.
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The State Treasurer is Pushing the
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Business.
LESS THAN ONE-FOURTH OF ;
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The Sinking; Fund Was Taken by the J
Counties Last Year?Over One-Half
of Retnaiuder Taken This Year,
The State's plan of acting as money
lender to her several counties is meet
ing with more encouragement this year
than last. The two primary causes
which suggest themselves are that the
State is offering more liberal terms,
hustling for the business, in other
words, and the counties are in greater j
need of the money.
At the session of the General Assembly
in 1897 an act was passed authorizing
the lending from the sinking fund :
to the different counties sums not to !
exceed one-third of the tax levy for ordinary
county purposes. A lien on the
taxes of the borrowing oounties guaranteed
the payment of the loan, with ,
interest of 5 per cent, on the amount
borrowed for the actual time the money
was in use.
The last session of the Legislature
broadened the terms of that act
by making the amount which could be
borrowed equal to one half the levy for
county purposes.
It was thought when the act was
passed in 1897 that the counties having
to borrow money would take advantage
of the State's offer. The only counties
which did so, however, 'were Aiken,
Harnwell, Cherokee, Dorchester, Fairfield,
Hampton, Marion, Oconee,
Sumter and Williamsburg. The total
sum borrowed by them was $39,032.
This year by special enactment, Anderson
was permitted to borrow $28,000
and Greenwood $10,000. The other
counties which have, up to this time,
either borrowed or made application for 1
' loans, with the amounts asked for, are
as follows: Cherokee, $4,400.75; Clar- j
endon, $1,800; Fairfield, $7,350; Marion, j
$5,000; Lancaster, $3,500; Pickens. $3,714;
Sumter, $8,0'K); Williamsburg, $5,500.
These 6ums foot up $38,270.75, and
with the special loans to Anderson
and Greenwood give a grand
total of $76,270.75, or nearly
twioe as much as the amounts
loaned last year. The balance on hand
last year was $131,262.78, so it is seen
that the State still has a considerable
fund on band to lend to the counties
which have not yet made application.
Auditors* Salaries In Danger.
It is a matter of interest that although
within the past few years a number of
new counties have been established, the
salaries of those officers in the old
oounties, which are paid from State
I funds, are no less than formerly, while
the salaries of the officers in the new
ara on additional xnnrm of r?
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duction from tho State finds. By request
Comptroller General Derham has
kindly furnished the following list of
ooanty auditors and their salaries paid
from State funds: Abbeville, $700;
Aiken, $700; Anderson, $700; Bamberg,
$600; Barnwell, $700; Beaufort, $700;
Berkeley, $800; Charleston, $1,800;
Cherokee, $400; Chester, $600; Chesterfield,
$500; Clarendon, $500; Colleton,
$600; Darlington, $600; Dorchester,
$500; Edgefield, $700; Fairfield,
$600; Florence, $600; Georgetown,
$5$0; Groenville, $600; Greenwood,
$600; Hampton, $500; Horry, $500;
Kershaw, $500; Lancaster, $500; Laurens,
$600; Lexington, $500; Marion,
$700; Marlboro, $300; Newberry, $600;
Ooonee, $500; Orangebnrg, $700;
Pickens, $500; Richland, $800; Saluda.
$500; Spartanburg, $800; Sumter, $700;
Union, $500; York;$700; Williamsburg,
$500.
Prohibition is Booming.
April 14 is the day which has been
set for the assembling in this city of
the exponents of the doctrine of prohibitions
for the purpose of organizing ,
and putting a ticket for State offices in
fiald Kaoratarv T. J. La Motte.
of the State central committee, states
that he is receiving letters of encouragement
from all the counties in the
State, and that the convention will be
largely attended. He is not yet ready
to make any expression of his views as
to the plans upon which the campaign
will be conducted. -Columbia
Register, 11th.
Mormonlsm and Dispensary.
From the following letter received by
the Governor it wonld seem that some
of the citizens of Utah want to mix
Mormonism and the dispensary.
Dear Sir: I am anxious to get a
copy of the dispensary law af South
Carolina, and such reports and other
documents as will give me a good idea
of its workings and advantages. I
wish to present the matter to the people
here and I wish all the information
I can get to enable me to do so under- I
standingly.
Yours respectfully,
Rev. David Peebles.
Hampton In Virginia.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore '
Sun from Lynchburg, Va., says: Gen.
Wade Hampton arrived iu the city on
the afternoon of the tith and was visited
by the city council in a body. Brief
addresses of welcome were maile by the
mayor, G. W. Smith, and the president
of the council, Mr. Thomas D. Davis, j
and the clerk, Mr. Carter Glass. The i
action of the council was taken in recognition
of the services rendered the
city by General Hampton in the late j
war.
Six of the Maine Dead.
Six bodies from the wreck of the Maine
arrived at Key West, Fla., irom Havana oa i
the steamer Bache, and were Interred In |
the Government plot in the city cemetery, 1
The ceremonies and guard of honor were
under oharge of Commander McCalla of
the Marblehead. One of the bodies was
that of Robert White, mess attendant, and
another was probably that of First Sergeant
of Marines Wagner, though it may
have been Private Lamiette.
Agrees to Russia's Demand. i
China has agreed to the demands made
by Russia to lease Port Arthur and TalienWan
for ninety-nine years.
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a-oLLOCIfS" PLATFORM.
He Issues An Address to the Democracy
of the oth District.
The Hon. W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw,
who is one of the ten or more candidates
for Dr. Strait's place in Congress, has
issued the following platform:
To the Democracy of the Fifth Congressional
District: Believing in rotation
in office, not only in respect to
men, but also in respect to the different
sections which are represented by any |
officer, and believing that Chesterfield ;
eoimiv. which has never had a native I
born representative in Congress, is en- j
titled to some consideration at the
hands of the other counties in this (lis- ,
trict, I hereby announce myself a can
didate for Congress from the 5th Con- >
gressional district, subject to the Dem- j
ocratic primary. I shall stand upon ;
my record made in the General Assem- ;
bly of South Carolina during the past j
four sessions of that body, and hereby j
declare my allegianeo to the principles
set forth in the Democratic platform as
adopted at Chicago in 18UU.
I favor the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the ratio of 1G
to 1; the repeal of the prohibitive tax of
10 per cent on the issue of State banks;
an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States permitting the as- |
segment and collection of an income
tax; the restriction of the tariff so that
it will only provide sufficient revenue
for the economic administration of the
government; the cnrtailment of the
extravagant and outrageous appropria
tions for pensions and for rivers and
harbors, and the destruction of the
shameful and ruinous system of gambling
in futures, by which the affect of
the law of supply and demand on the
price of cotton and other agricultural
products has beon destroyed, and by
which the gamblers.of Wall street have
been enabled to fix the price which the
toiling receive as compensation for
their labor to a large extent.
IN8AXK OF THK STATE.
The Largest Number of Patients to
the Hospital In Its History.
The care of the insane of the State
has become a serious problem. The
number of patients have assumed
alarming proportions. To such an extent
is this true that that the board of
regents met on the 10th, says the Columbia
State, and gave the matter their
most careful consideration. As a result
of their deliberations they appointed
two committees to study plans to relieve
the situation by reducing the
number under treatment.
During the past month 089 persons
were cared for. This is the largest
number in the history of the hospital
for the insane. Thirty-four
new ones have applied for admission.
Thirty-one patients were discharged on
trial.
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iiioregouw ueuiuou vuai< mo uimuution
is becoming so crowded that to accomodate
recent and incurable cases for
whom applications are being made it
will be necessary to send l1 chronic
and harmless cases to the poor houses
of their respective counties. A committee
consisting of Mr. Iredell Jones and
Superintendent Babcock was appointed
to investigate the subject and report to
the regents in order that the matter
may be laid before Governor Ellerbe to
be transmitted by him to the next
General Ass^blv.
The questrel of admitting insane
criminals iB a vital one and Dr. Taylor,
as chairman, was appointed to prepare
a special report. He is to confer with
the superintendent and directors of the
penitentiary iu order to have recommendations
for legislation which will
have insane criminals placed in the
penitentiary, where in the opinion of
the regents, they properly belong.
THE PAY OF 8UPEEVI50KS. I
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An Interesting Question Which Affects '
All Old Boards.
Under the new law regarding super- ^
visors of registration, a question has
arisen in some of the counties which is j
also of interest to all the others. It is 1
as to what length of time the former i
boards of sunervisors get paid for, and *
?when the pay of the new boards commence.
Comptroller General Derham.
who has received a number of inquiries
along this line, takes the position that
the tenure of office of the old boards expired
the tirst of the year, that being
the beginning of the fiscal as well as
the calendar yey. Consequently, he
says, they get no pay for service rendered
in 1398 unless they are able to
obtain remuneration from the board
just coming in. In some counties the
personnel of the board is practically
unchanged and in such counties it will
not be difficult to arrange the matter.?
The State. '
Pencil Pointers.
Capt Lawson D. Melton has been
appointed United States marshal for
this State.
Rev. Dr. Howerton, of Charlotte, N.
C., will deliver the baccalaureate sermon
at Conyerse College commencement.
A commission has been issued to E.
Steinberger, W. C. Smith, G. R.
Welch, S. P. Wright and A. S. Calhoun,
Jr., as corporators of the People's
Bank of Clio, which will have c
$25,000 capital. t
The authorities of the Fairfield cotton |
mill eot hold of some cotton a lew days
a20 that had been heavily salted. Fortunately
it was discovered before much
of it reached the machinery, as it might
have caused hundreds'of'dollars worth '
of machinery to have been ruined in
short order.
Eev. S. B. Fulton, missionary to
rTapan, is at his home in Sumter on a
furlough, after nine years among the
Japanese.
The Soluda Begiment of Confederate
Veterans, consisting of five full camps,
in the Edgefield district, has notified
President McKinley that its services
are at his disposal.
In Hlndostan. when the parents of a
baby cannot agree upon a name, two
lamps are placed over the names. The
one over which the lamp la blister If
that which lb chosen.
The experience of Haytl but goes to
show that it Is not safe for weak nations
to be solvent and saucy at the
same time. __ _
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Enyin? Cheap Fertilizers.
It is tue natural tendency of farmers
rrlirn* nnnirnntorl ivifVt 1m? TirippS of
""v" * r -products
to stive themselves by the
purchase of cheaper fertilizers, or by
dispensing with any boughten fertilizer.
But this is nearly always a mistake.
The cost of the fertilizer is
only a small part of the cost of making
a crop. Labor is a much more expensive
item, and if the soil be not
rich enough, much of this labor will
be ineffective. As for using poorer
grades of fertilizers, they cost as much
to apply them as the best. In fact,
the more expensive grades of fertilizers
are usually in finer condition, and
can be easily made to cover a large
surface and do more good to the first
crop."?American Cultivator.
Tlio Care of New Seeding.
It requires time as well as plenty of
grass seed to make a perfect sod
that shall cover the entire surface.
Whoever after the ground has once
been frozen in the fall, snail examine
the grass seeding of the previous
spring, will be surprised to find how
little the soil is really covered. Before
the freezing came the fresh leaves
of grass seemed to make almost a
perfect mat over the surface. But
under the touch of frost the whole
plant appears to shrink to not more
than a quarter of its original size.
This allows much freezing of the surface
soil, and many of the grass roots
are undoubtedly destroyed, as the soil
is alternately lifted by freezing and
falls back again whenever the hold of
the frost has relaxed.
A mixture of clover and grass seed
helps to cover the surface much better
the first winter than grass can possibly
do alone. The clover will in such
case make a spreading head that will
cover most of the surface."^ It, too,
will show the pinching of winter's
freezing, but as the clover leaves are
browned and fall on the soil they
cover the grass roots with just the
kind of fertilizing mulch that is
needed to make rapid growth when
a*\vin<vfimn onmna Til a Will
opi lug uuiw vvmvw. AMV v*w ? w.
also start into growth quickly enough
to check the weeds that are pretty
sure to get the advantage when grass
seed is sown alone in weedy soil.
A Cheap Plant Stand.
Auy boy can make this plant stand
with a few laths and a few wire nails,
and it need cost only a few cents. If
the women folks make it themselves,
they had better make it the length of
a lath so that a saw need not be used,
as sawing is one of the hardest things
LATH FL0W2B 8TAXD.
a woman can do, as wo know by experience.
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X ilia CH2UU IS UUb OU 11 an ao IV iwwug,
is the laths are quite strong when
placed on edge.
ilake the shelves first and then
aaake the frame and wherever the
aths cross drive a wire nail through
md clinch it. Paint the stand green.
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The Bacon IIo?.
There can be no question that
the bulk of our hogs are far too fat.
That is the trouble why our pork in
English markets sells far lower than
English or Canadian stock. ?
Furthermore, outside the English
narket, here in the United States,
here are many people who would unloubtedly
bay more "hog meat" and
;njoy the same much better if it were
>nly leaner. Too fat bacon is a nuismce,
where a richly marbled article,
>ne with a "streak of fat and a streak
>f lean," is delicious. If this latter
vei*e more generally to be found on
he market, it would result in a large
ncrease in the consumption of pork
iroducts here at home.
Now, how are we to go to work to
jet a better product? We must change
>oth feed and breed. Something de ?
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)enus upon eacn. our uog? uuvo ueeu 1
;elected for fine bone, short bodies,
ound, symmetrical forms, and small
egs. This is the type#of the fat-prolucing
hog. For a lean hog or a bacon
iroducer, something different is retired-.
We need a longer, rangier
>ody, rather larger and stronger legs, i
nore of a hustler; one, in fact, that
rould not be considered so finely bred
,3 some of the typical breeds of to-day.
The Tamworth hog comes some- J
rhere near being a good bacon hog; <
mt by changing our ideals somewhat 1
re could in a short time so alter any <
?ne of our existing breeds as to ren- 1
ler it quite a respectable "bacon I
anker." 1
Having secured a lively, energetic 1
ace of hogs, a breed for foraging, one
hat is active, always on the move and 1
iver storing up lean meat muscle, we ?
nnst feed the same on a variety of '
litrogenons foods, such as clover, j
kirn milk, bran, i oats, and linseed
neal.
We want the foods that have a tenlency
to mako Jean meat, and not fat.
The almost exclusive feeding of corn 1
s to be held largely responsible for 3
he fat-loaded swine of the present.
We must certainly feed differently if
vo are tr> make any change or im- :
irovement along these lines. ^ 1
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pens and oats; both of which are highly .
nitrogenous feeds; so what wonder
that he makes a success of producing
the bacon hog.. There is eertainly
something to be said on the other side
now. Our farmers have used corn because
it is cheap and easy to raise.
They could, no doubt, get more money
for their swine if they would feed more
variety, yet perhaps in some corn-. ' * C
growing sections it will pay fully as .
well to feed corn, raise the cheap hogs
and sell at lower prices, for corn is
awfully cheap stuff.?M. Sumner Per- jjj
kins, in Farm, F?eld and Fireside. &
Kettle Crane With Damping: Attachment.
This iron framework for suspend- < j
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' IRON KITTLE CRAKE.
ing a kettle used for boiling food for
hogs and other stock npon the farm is
most convenient. The iron kettle rests
in(an!iron ring, which is piveted to <
the side arms so that the kettle oan be '
readily tipped and its contents poured
out into paile. These arms oould be
omitted by bringing the end support
nearer the kettle, and having the iron %
ring pivoted to a cross-piece secured
to these ends. This would be s more - ^
stable arrangement but would not give
so free a space for bui^iing the > fire,
although this would not cause material
trouble. The principle involved will
be fonnd very convenient, howerver
the ring, which may be made from an
old wagon tire, is supported.?New
England Homestead.
Beauty Is Utility.
Does it pay to cultivate flowers, or- : namental
trets and shrubs and stake Ay;
the surrouD dings of ?a farm home at- ! A
tractive?
A farmer should plant only such
trees and shrnbs as are usefuf. As
for flowers, of what use are they?
We often hear the useful and ornn- cltngB
mental contrasted as if they were the
antipodes of comparison. Anything
that ministers to bur physical needs is
useful. Anything that does not afford
food or shelter may be beautify!, but
if it is not essential to our existence it
is of no particular use, eo we are told.
What things are essential to our
existence? We find ourselves subject ..
to certain la^ws. We are hungry aad . ^
must eat, thirsty and must drink, oofd
and must be warmed. We comply
with these laws and we exist. But "it
is not all of life to live." If it were, fj
we would be no better than fye"beasts
that perish." We have a higher na
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mre mat ueuiauuu uviemiuu. no iutd < rw
no more right to neglect or starve it
than we have to abase oar bodies. ' $3
Potatoes and cabbages are excellent . things
to have in the gardes, bat thetn. : ApBj
are more snitable plants for the front
yard. Let U3 plant trees for protection,
shade and ornament. They* will
serve also as homes for oar friends, '' v.
the birds, who cheer as with their
merry songs while they gnard our
orchards and gardens from injurious
insects.
Trefs should I be carefully selected ^
and planted so that they will not entirely
shut out the purifying, health- .
giving sunshine.
We occasionally , see a home fairly
buried in trees, so that moisture oollects
on the walls and a musty aimo- t
sphere pervades the place. But the \s '.xxg
owner who has planted and tendwiy~ " "v'''v>^
watched the growth of the trees can v jy!
rarely be persuaded to remove even '
one.
Oroups of trees are fine for shade. V.&
But let them be removed a space from
the house. . Pines may be planted" in i? -i
a circle, the lower limbs trimmed away
on the inside as the trees grow, mak- > V A
ing a lovely summer house carpeted \ - .V"J
and roofed with fragrant pine needles. jAm
Here one may swing in a hammock
and enjoy a book after the day's work
is done; or the children may spread >//their
lnnch and "play house."
Ornamental shrubs may be planted * v j
where a tree would be out of plaee.
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bnt they should not be scattered promiscuously
about the yard. A wellkept
lawn is always beautiful, but one
besprinkled with shrubs and flower*
beds is not always. When laying out
Sower-beds in the spring, we must
consider our time and strength as well
as our love for flowers. We are tempt**" ' T?^
ed to plant more in May than we can
cultivate in July. Often a bed of out
flowers in a corner of the kitchen garden
will afford more real satisfaction <; 7;
than elaborate designs. 1
Trees, shrubs and flowers, if well
chosen and tastefully arranged, increase
oar happiness by making borne *
life more enjoyable, and are, there- J.o
fore, in the highest sense useful.-? ?38j|
Margaret Marlowe.
Salt and Fresh Lake.
A small lake?Selawik?near the
seacoast, in Alaaka, has tides which J
rise and fall in the lake, perhaps on
account of an underground connection
w ith the sea. At the bottom the water
is salt, bnt on top thero is a layer of
sweet water.
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