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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

The Florida Sun and Press says A
large alligator was killed at ClaremOnt,
near Remington Park, on the st. Johns,
by Capt w. A. Hallowes and Mr. G Gorge
c. Floyd day or two since. While the
above named gentlemen were out hunting
alligators, thpir attention was attracted to
the splashing and believing of a COW.
Proceeding in the direction whence the
sound came, they found an alligator about
ten yards from shore, where the water was
two feet deep, making an attack on COW
The alligator had already torn large strip
of flesh from one of her legs. They AZ
once killed the alligator, which measured
thirteen feet six inches in length.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

Justus Schwab, the foremost leader Of
the American communists, keeps n beer
shop in New York.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

Mr. Malcolm Sinclair, general manager
of the New Central coal company, has just
closed a contract, says the Cumberland
Nelcs, with the French line of ocean steam
ers to furnish sixty thousand tons of coal
during the season. Last year the Cumber-
land region had half of this contract, the
other half having been from the Clarified
region. The contract, therefore, affords a
clear gain of thirty thousand tons to the
Cumberland region certainly matter for
congratulation to all parties interested
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15
A Louisiana LHnching.

A dispatch from Louisiana, dated June
z, says A special dispatch from Bayou
Sara says on Sunday night last as DIR.
VIM. b. Archer was returning to his home
from Major Bartons about 10 p. NJ he
was fired at by six negroes, who were ~
ing in the bushes waiting for him. Five
of the negroes had double-barreled guns,
and one 4 musket Dr. Archer was on
horseback, and riding on top of the levee.
The assassins were concealed behind two
very large cottonwood trees, standing with
in ! few feet of the levee, and all of the
negroes fred as he was passing these
trees, his clothes being riddIed with bullet
holes. He was thrown from his horse,
but fortunately not much injured. The
assasSins took to their heels, running in diff
ferent directions, but it was ascertained
who the parties were, and on Tuesday
morning a large number of citizens, col
lected together at Raccourci, where the act
was committed. A jury of twelve citizens,
most Of them old gray-headed men, was
chosen, who, after lengthy and thorough
examination, found the prisoners, five in
number, one having made his escape, gull
ty Of shooting at DIR. W. B. Archer with
intent to kill. Many witnesses were ex-
amined, all eolored, and two of the prison
ers were allowed to make their statements,
having requested permission to do so. They
said they intended to kill DIR. Archer on
Sunday night and after making away with
him they were to kill Mr.. o. Leyenue,
Mr.. VIM. Picunet aud Frank Burton.
They stated also they belonged to an or
ganized club, the object of which was to
kill leading white men in the country and
establish a nation of their own. They
gave the names of many members, the
names Of their President, Vice President,
and general expose of their plans. After
close examination the prisoners were
conducted to a shady grove by all of the
citizens present, and after mature deliber-
alton it was resolved to turn them over to
the law. The prisoners were placed in
charge of party and started in the direc-
ton of the Court House, but had not pro-
ceeded far before they were interrupted,
taken by force and hung, all five of them.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

On Wednesday the Maryland Peniten-
tiary contained 9SI convicts, the largest
number in its history.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

The Orangemen of Montreal have de-
ciled to celebrate the 18th of July by a
procession to the church. They say they
will 90 unarmed, play 10 party tunes and
trust for protection to the authorities.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

1t is limited that the Prince of Wales is
growing tired of waiting for his mothers
shoes, or rather, her crown.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15

The artesian we'll at Charleston, 5. c., has
reached the depth Of 1910 feet, and has cost
over $4,000.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15
DIED.

Deaths Ess-Trioue'. Roetry. &c, Fioe Cent per line.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-06-15
Notice to Creditors.

True eopy,-Test:
Junel5-st FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31
ard vii have Ia wait till next sum

ard viii have - wait till next sum
m.r.
Now. il folks would just "dia-
logic themselves" as Bolingbroke
SAYS. und ask themselves how they
would 20 about TO be two, or two
dozen. bc in the Office, here III
Raleigh nj summer, 10 answer
everybody BY return mail. and
hunt up books, and maps and for
mulae. and prescriptions and IN
formation on a hundred matters.
and ut the same time be travelling
by selegraph to forty places at once.
If folks would just broaden them
selves a littlp.india rubberiZe them
selves. as Col. Donan would say, so
a to comprehend and include
s.cverv man the things of another,
as well as '.his own things, and
realize how bic a thing a state IS,
and especially our State: how vast,
and how scattered. how slow, now
long it takes to get from one place
to another. One can go from Raj
eirh to n. Y. and back, sooner
than to many counties of the State,
both east and west. But folks
wont. w. c. X.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

TALL SUGAR CANE.-On Sutur-
day last, Mr.. J. W. Kirkpatrick,
of Bowman's Bluff, T. O., brought
to our office a stalk Of Liberian
Sugar Cane, which measured Il
feet In length. He assured Us
that he had a patch equally as
tall, if not taller. The seed he
brought with him from Texas,
and he informs Us that in aIdi
ton to its proftableness In yield
ing more sorghum than the COM
mon kind OF sugar cane, hat
the tops can be utilized for max
ing corn broom5 proving, for that
purpose, equally as good IS regu-
lar broom corn. He has some
seed to dispose of for next years
planting at reasonable rates.
Hendersonville New Era.
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WHEAT.

Farmers ought not to be dis
couraged at every report OF q
failure Of any article, or crops,
unless they know the circum-
stances under which the expert
ment was made. Climate, pecu-
l:arities Of soil, mode of treat
ment often defeat the best Of
intentions. For example, take
the Clawson Wheat. An Iredell
county farmer, on good land,
heavily fertilized, reaped but five
bushels from an acre of this
variety. Yet a Pennsylvania
farmer, sowing two bushel. per
acre, broadcast, harvested an
average Of thirty-two bushels per
acre for eight acres. He reaped
on July 3rd 1878.
At the Missouri Agricultural
College, out of si%Xty-one varle-
ties of wheat sown, the expert
METER says, in those varieties
yielding twenty or more bushels
per acre, the amount Of straw
per bushel varied from 96.l
pounds in the ClaWson, to 2O4.6
pounds in the Russian No. "a
difference Of 1852 in favor Of
the Ciawson. A bushel of Claw
son wheat requires for It's growth
LOB pounds of soda and potash !;
a bushel Of the Russian requires
1.73 pounds of the same ele-
ments, or, in other words, a crop
Of thirty-fve bushels Clawson IS
no more exhaustive to the soil
thar is a crop of twenty bushels
of the Russian.
W. are, nevertheless, inclined
to think our farmers need not be
in a hurry to try the Clawson for
general use. r. A. ;.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

ASHES AND SALT.-What. is
the best plan for using wood
ashes and salt upon our lands?
| can get a deal of both, and
wish to be posted as to the Lest
plan of getting it on my land
J. c. E. GrtenriNe, s. C.. spread
them by the most convenient
means evenly on the surface Of
the land, mixed Or separate; the
ashes may be at the rate of forty
or fifty bushels per acre, and the
salt one-half to one-forth as
much. Early spring would be a
good time.
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For the Farmer and Mechanic.
IN THE MUSEUM.
Prof. Kerr's Notes Of CorrespOn-
dence.

Prof. KerrS Notes Of COrreSpOn-
dence.
After three weeks absence two
boxes of minerals, just arrived;
collected in Macon, clay ETC., this
month, $40 pounds; enough to
nearly fill n of the two new dou-
Die, II foot, eight-shelf cases just
finished; iron, chrome, mica, CO.
rundum, etc., etc.
Another box, per express, from
Watauga; Indian relics, from friend
Herman, Sugar Grove, a rare old
ornamental pipe of some sachem,
no doubt, and axes, tomahawks and
arrow heads. Thanks.
Bag of specimens, sent over by
neighbor Lewis, (Julius) from one
of his Tally IIo customers, who
wants to know what and value.
Porphyroidal quarts, schist. |
know hat is more than he suppos-
ed, but sorry there is no gold, or
silver, or value, in it.
Specimens from Gen. Clingman,
Yancey county, is there silver ?
None to the eye CT microscope; but
will have analysed in a few days.
Another specimen from Macon,
by Mr.. S. Is it chrome? Think
not. Highly magnetic, good iron
ore; but will test further. Ditto,
another specimen from Jackson;
chrome evidently, and fine.
Next, postal; party a doctor.
Wants analysis of mineral water.
Have had DR.. Ledoux make
qualitative analysis, and found no
valuable or rare ingredients. Too
expensive to make further examina-
ton Irregular price 800, and too
much regular work on hand at sta
ton.
Another party wants mineral
water tested, from Orange county.
All right, Il make preliminary
test.
From Moore county, party writes
to say that he can furnish mulberry
sprouts now, to those wishing to 90
into the silk business, he had them
not last spring; enterprising; took
advice, will find him a market.
Prof. Riley, o. the {. S. Agricul-
tural Department, will want some,
to start the experiment he proposes
at Washington. Address, w. c..
Rogers. Cameron.
An old friend from Moore, CON-
ing to the fair. brings a block of
mineral from a copper mine. work
ed by Il neighbor. Alas not a
speck of copper, only chlorite.
Waste of time and money, ought tc
have asked sooner.
Another copper ore from a fr:end
in Macon. Mistake again, only
pretty, green felspar. A littl,
knowledge is a dangerous thing
minerologically and pecuniarily
All is not copper that's green, 9th
wise the market would soon b
stocked by smelling individuals.
Another old friend has brougl
two diamonds; from the east, to-
sand hills. Very good. All fro,
the west heretofore. Six sever
All, but these were picked out of
lot of coffee, in preparing it for tt
oven. Well that looks like bus
ness: no doubt the coffee w
brought from Brazil, Itacolu1
province, where they wash damon
out the gravel. That looks int
esting; we will trace them back
New York, and thence to Rio, ct,
ETC., and find a field of Diamond
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

The Elmira Farmers Club
recommends for gals on draught
animals six drachms of iodine
dissolved in half a pint of alco-
hol, and applied with a feather
twice a day-morning ana even
ing-when the horse is at rest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-31

ETC.. over IN Africa. bdt DIlLC vi
your diamonds. Here they are, IN
fold them tenderly, wrapped up 50
carefully. Alas, Il never had a
dear gazelle," or words to that ef-
feet. The lamentable quartz. and
it was a young lady too, found them
in the line of duty, domestlcally.
hate quartz, always popping up
lust when it ought TO be diamonds,
and trumps. Why, just lately |
had to disappoint n poor fellow
twice in a week, brought me a dla-
mond us big rs his fist, pretty too,
and limpid. son what foundation
rest his hopes, this knavish quartz
decides" Only quartz nothing
more.
Next. An old emigrated friend
writes from Ear Arkansas, to know
if we have not copper mines IN
North Carolina, and does not North
Carolina beat Arkansas in miner
ais? They have the cheek to
question it out there. those western
fellows.
Yes, | will send you some copper
ores to prove it. And yes, again;
we are working a big copper mine
over in Ashe, Ore Knob. over Il ton
Of metal per day.
Another friend wants two copies
of Curtis botany of North Carolina.
And to write and ascertain which
"Woody Plants" or Catalogue; it
is the latter for distribution, so here
goes, a package hope he will put
them where they will do the most
good. Same party has gold mine, and
wants capitalist sent up. All right,
one has promised to come snext
month.
Hendersonville sends specimen of
plumbago, wants examination.
Good better than common. How
much of it
Another mine owner in Baltl-
more, wants help to sell /; mine in
Several letters from parties wish
ing to exchange fossils. All right.
We have plenty of them. A Pro-
fessor in New York wants infor-
nation about Milk sickness: wants
to investigate. if he can get some
poisoned milk &c. He shall have
it. | sent some the milk-sick-grass
to DR.. f., chemist to the Board of
Health, New York. He found
plenty of bacteria and thinks they
did it; but they did not, the
innocent invisibllities, any more
than the b~lackberries did it. This
is a very thorough scientist who
proposes to help Tow. | have been
investigating the subject in the
way of gathering and collecting
facts, for ten years, and the best
explanation yet reached, is that of
an old circuit rider in Allegheny,
who had concluded that it was
"owing to the explosions of the
Interpretations of the yeth." That
is just it.
A New Orleans man attending
the Fair, brings Il specimen found
in this State that he thinks con-
tains silver. No sign of it; it may
contain a little gold in the pyrite
A friend from Wilmington sends
a specimen gotten on t. French
Broad this summer. Very fair
quality of jasper. Also sends cat
alogue of a cabinet of over 200 min
erals, which he proposes to pur-
chase; wishes to know the value.
Looked over and made calculation
and answered: Don't YOU give toe
much.
Kentucky party writes for in
formation about healthfulness
grass, soil, mosquitoes &C.. Of tn
eastern region, from the Neuse t,
South Carolina; wishes to try rails
ing sheep &c. Afraid to trust OF
: fetal e~xaggeration and rose-color
edness of public documents he ha
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things themselves. But we must
be glad to get shadows. when sub
stance eludes: for tins is proof that
it Is, if not for NJ. Also inquiry
about the tooth of a supposed fos-
sill horse. that run his race before
the food,-seyeral tloods-well. We
must look into that. and see il he
eyo!uted out Of Prof. Marsh> Ne
braska horse. the size Of a fox. and
with three toeS To a foot.
Proposition from scientist in Gin
cinnati to exchange geological re-
ports. Certainly, glad to let Gin
cinnati and Ohio know how much
they missed it in going west. in
stead Of coming south, and give
them a chance to repair their mis-
take.
Editor of magazine in Washing
ton. wants an endorsements; which,
as | have been writing for it my
self, it comes natural to give. He
has done some good work. and
promises well.
Cabarrus. viii take note, and see
what chance of sending purchaser.
Another letter, two, three of them,
from old friend, who is tired of
hearing me preach mari, and is
going to give people a chance to
practice a little, the railroad will
ing. Rightsyou are. May you make
a fortune !; and that right off be-
cause you can't do it without bene-
fitting immensely the farming IN
terests wherever your operations
extend.
Here is IA notice of a "bag Of
earth" all the way from Pantego;
get your masses, boys and tell US
what that is Sender and neigh
bors want analysis +; much OF the
same kind, why it is only III old
friend, iron pyrifes, which turns
up in so many unwelcome places.
"1is true, ii. pity /; and pity tbs,
It's true"
Party in Cape Fear region has
minerals, several kinds, when can
| 90 and see them: This fall prob
ably.
Orange, native old Orange, speaks
again. Always glad to hear from
you: but as for the pyrites you
send, ono more Of hat Hal, and
thou lowest me-" Got plenty OF it
Well so much the worse. Pyrites is
nuisance. Send some of those fine
moss agates you gave Col. Whitford,
and we will call it even.
Analyses of two mineral waters,
from DR.. LedouX.
Hyco Mineral Spring, Caswell,
contains
Lime,
Magnesia,
oxide of Iron,
Chloride of Sodium,
Carbonic Acid,
No Lithia.
Mineral Springs, North IIyco
Farm, DIR. Thaxton:
Lime,
Magnesia.
Oxide Of Iron,
Chloride of Sodium,
SIlphuric Acid,
Carbonic Acid,
No Lithia.
The Iron ana Magnesia may give
these waters a ther apeutic value.
in certain cases.
Next. Well, how about thai
lecture promised our village? say
a postal. Coming, good friend
coming in November, early. Have
just got instruments, ready for tn
triangulation from youl mountain
to the Roam. Coming sure, Gen
Hoke and |, probably next week.
All the way from Providence, r
l., Prof. G. has some fine minerals
from vicinity, wants to exchang
by mail for corundum. Good, her
rooc n n~ooEaua Of rouob r,l;oc
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- -
the best: ten ;ou> II >oa Want i.
\ country surveyor vans 70
borrow certain maps. made by
Stat If river passing through
county. Is getting mp county map.
They belong to the State IihlarN.
no one has authority to lend. Ltui
able enterprise. VII have copies
made of such - ire most needn't.
# desired: expense t:tilng.
This next all the way from the
center Of the worlds agricultural
activity, the farms RothamsJed.
England: a letter with memoir OF
the entire work of the station for
80 wears: and offer of other papers.
viii tell him Of our Agricultural
Station, one result IN this fringe
of the world, Of his great example,
and send reports. Prof. Lawes
stands abreast Of Liebig, and ahead
Of everybody else, IN the wise nd
noble b~cnefactions his genius and
generosity have bestowed upon the
human race. Party IN Baltimore,
| having business relations IN Eu-
rope wants to know if he can find
large tracts of M and two hundred
thousand acres Of mountain land
to settle English colonists on.
Plenty of such. Come on.
Four letters applying for copy of
( Geological report from Virginia,
! Kentucky. Ohio. and Missouri.
Will send If the Governor approves:
what better use of the report than
to scatter it..
The Department Of Agriculture
at Washington wishes to employ
one of our young men who has
dipped INTO biology a little and
knows something of entomology,
to take the field and study up our
destructive bugs, &C., N cotton.
tobacco and grain fields. Now
here's a grand chance. Where is
the young man: | have got out a
search warrant for him. Shall we
have to go to New England to find
him, or old England, or to Ger
many:
And so fourth, for Il dozen moe
letters: but enough for this sitting.
And some of these letters are in
duplicate, as frequently
plaining.-"I wrote YOU two weeks
ago for such IA book, Cor informa-
ton about such a mineral, OF a
dozen other matters,) and have
not heard from you. Another,
you haven't been into my section
yet, as you promised; I've got some
thing on my place, if you would
just come and find it for me, or tell
me how to get it; | can't make
anything farming, and my place is
so poor, | am sure there must be
mineral or something under, as
there is SO little on top" Yes,
something the matter on top, no
doubt. That's the key Of the stu
alton. Some deficiency on top, is
at the bottom of the trouble, 80
cases in a hundred. And six, or
sixteen people met me at the fair;
we'll. you haven't been into u
county yet. Wish you would come;
we have such and such things that
we would like to have YOU look
after. To one; yes, was in your
county last summer, visited such
and such mines &c. Why, l never
heard of it. Wish | had known it:
wanted You to see my mine, Cor
farm, or water power, or a peculiar
soil, or mari &c). | went 20 every
place Of interest | could hear of.
Why, everybody knows me, whom
did you call on for information:
Mr.. Black, and Mr.. White; | was
referred to them, as knowing more Of
the county and minerals &c., than
any Il else.
To another, we'll, what have you
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Not only will powderela
exterminate cockroache-. a. h..
oeel . oI.en said, tU, .u.
three Applications a year IS.
the CRACKS. crannles and IRA.
where they corgre-a e or tr
Is suiilcient to Go this aul
the entire premise,
them ms W know.
Nobody IN the Saurs.
be 50 foolish a, The Bs
man, who allowed her
10 eat rum cAcrr.e, w.
came intoxicated and arr,
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-03-12
JAPAEEsE WONDERS.
The Giggcst STATUE in the y OTld
"a Bell that has nGt been RUng
iii Twelve Hundred Years.

japanese Correspondence san francisco Bulletin
We have lust returned from a visit
TO Nara, one of the capitals Of the En-
pirp, distant about thirTy-siX miles
We drove al brisk tTot for an hour
before a break occurred iD the line Of
horses, when we crossed q branch of
the Vii River by a bridge about q
thousand feet long. We entered a
hong street Of what was once, u th0uS-
and ears ago, a great city, Away up
the slope of the hill it il covered,
wherever We went. with walls ana
paVements as iudisrructibie - the hill
itself Granite stairs lead into the
wild forest. which now covers the
site Of vast temples Of wood broad
avenues, whose rocky pavements were
worn smooth 10y the feet Of dcvont pill
gTims before Christ WAS born.
Here was erected, 200 years ago,
the largest bronze figure the world has
ever known. 1t weighs $50 tons, and
the third temple now covers it, with
out apparent injury 10 the immense
statue. We went around it, but could
form no estimate of its size. Our Min
lister at TOk 20 told me that it WAS six
ty feet from the seat of lotus leaves to
the top Of lis head, and that e man
could climb through the nostril. An
officer Is said to have taken a chip Of
the casting, aud an analysis of il gave
500 pounds Of gold i'm the alloy. a
great halo of gilded wood sets off the
dark features "a they are revealed In
the shadows of the roof
To-day we rode TO lake Bewa, dis
tant about seven miles. and our route
lay along the great TOkRidO. The
road is about twenty feet wide, well
nRcRdsmized, with the iner liable
walled ditch on either side. II is the
great thorOuglare from Osaka to Toxic,
and from the lake To Kioto it was q
continuous stream Of travel. many
cattle and few horses laden with
goods of every description. We en-
tered the town at the south end of the
lake, and were taken to flight of
stone steps to climb to temple that
overlooked the lake. We ascended
them, found OuTaelves on the plateau
excSvated in the side of the mountain.
and turned to look upon the largest
Lake in Japan. 1t is sixty miles in
length. but narrow az the south end.
1t is surrounded by rich alluviai lands
Our guide next led Us to see a bell
which, he told IFS, had not been Tung
in twelve hundred years, and poirted
to small wooden building at the .Iead
OF flight of wide stone steps. We
looked in through wooden bars, well
worn by curious visitors, and saw sup
ported on strong wooded table bell
about four feet high, with bad crack
which seemed to have been caused by
fire. II had on il few plain figures
as ornaments. Our guide informed Us
that it WAS seventeen hundred years
old, and that it had hung in an an
cient Shinto temple that once stood
where it now lies. For five hundred
years its tones fiosted over the piGcid
lake, and called the people along its
shores to worship. Then came ca
tastrophe, and twelve centuries have
passed.