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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
An Important Decision.

A very important decision has just
been rendered by the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin. In the case of Benedict
against Westover, for libel, on appeal
from the Waukesha Circuit, the Su-
preme Court held that communications
from the agent of a commercial agency
are not privileged, and that an action
will lie for SANDER in such a communi-
cation if damage is proved, and if the
defendant does not prove the truth Of
the libel, and that it was published from
justifable motives. Commercial agen-
cies may infict much damage on bust
ness men by reports touching their char
acter and standing which have no solid
foundation in fact. The Wisconsin de-
cision will go far to correct the evil by
rendering commercial agencies more
cautious in their statements
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

The Bible is now sold all over the
Turkish empire. At Constantinople the
scriptures are publicly exposed for sale
in more than twenty languages.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21

APPROXIMATE list of deaths from yellow
fever Including imported and supposed cases
since its first appearance this year:
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21

circulation with the statement would have
been through the identical journals that had
first given publicity to it. This these papers
persistently refused to do, although the Gin
cinnati Gazette promptly contradicted the
statement that yellow fever existed in Louis
vile as an epidemic.
In consideration of the fact that Cincinnati
had established rigid quarantine against
persons suffering from yellow fever, and Lou
isville had not done So but had met them
with open-handed hospitality, the conclusion
is inevitable that the attempt to locate an
epidemic in the latter city was actuated by a
mean spirit of business rivalry.
a temporary lull in business followed.
Southern merchants, on their way to Louis
vile to purchase goods, were deferred from
visiting the city, and were obliged, in many
cases against their will, to make purchases in
other cities, but the effect was transient. In
the latter part of October business revived,
and by the first of November the volume of
business transacted on Main street was larger
than it had been for five years before.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21
THE INEFFEcrNENEss OF GUARANTEES

If any fact has been more fully demonstrated
than another during the period of the plague,
it is the ineffectiveness of inland guarantees
Aside from the migratory habits of people in
general, and the determination of the average
American citizen to exercise his God-given
right to go where he pleases, the tramp nuis-
ance offers an insuperable barrier TO the eff
fective organization of a quarantine in city
surrounded by land. 1t is possible that a
single individual might establish quarantine
against all the world, if he could exclude the
atmosphere and initiate his lungs through dis
infectants.
During two months in which the Yellow
Fever Hospital was in operation in Louisville
seventy-six patients were admitted to it. Wis
tors were in daily attendance-not only
physicians, but ministers of the Gospel and
Mission visited it regularly every Thursday,
and yet not single person who visited the
hospital contracted the disease. This would
appear to be proof positive that something
else besides contact with the disease is requis-
tie to import it from one person to another.
Certain atmospheric conditions are favora-
Bile to the spread of the disease, and when
these phenomena exist guarantees against
people goods from infected districts, even
if they could be enforced, are utterly inef-
fective in preventing the disease. But the
quarantine can not be enforced. Notwith-
standing the most rigid examination of pas
sengers arriving upon the railroad trains and
steamboat outside the limits of Cincinnati,
fever patients than the hospital at Louisville
Numerous places in the Southern States
quarantined against the whole outside world,
and allowed no communication with it, but
the fever came upon them all the same, either
through the atmosphere or by being carried
in the systems of refugees, as in Cincinnati
In the former places the disease spread, and
in the latter it did not. The Bel theory has
been fully indicated by the result in many
places, both North and South, and has proved
the necessity of thorough system of drain
age and disinfecting those districts in large
towns which are liable to produce disease.
Aside, then, from the unchristian and in
human character of quarantines the result of
which is constant cause of reproach against
those cities which instituted them, the use
lessness of attempting to bar out pestilence
which defes all human barricades~has been
proven to be so apparent that we doubt if it
is ever again attempted in the Mississippi
vallav
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21
AT HOLLY SPRINGS.



No MORE unwelcOme news has been brought
to us during the entire course of the pesti-
lence now affecting the Inflated South than
that which comes from Holly Springs this
morning. Col. w. j. l. Holland, editor of
the Holly Springs Reporter, and for years the
Mississippi correspondent of the Courier
journal, died at half-past o'clock on Friday
morning, a victim of yellow fever. From
the breaking out of the fever at Grenada and
Holly Spridgs to the hour when he himself
was seized, his life was devoted to his fellow
men with faithfulness and heroism unsur-
passed, and his death, occurring as it has in
the last days of the great calamity, when
there was yet hope that so valuable life
might be spared, illustrates most impressively
the relentless character of the pestilence
Indiseriminste havoc has marked its course
throughout, and the brave and generous peo-
pie of Holly Springs have drunk their bitter
cup to its dregs. The tone of Col. Hollands
dispatches have indicated that he did not ex-
pect to escape the fate of scores of his neigh
bors, but he never finched before the de-
stroyer. The following telegram is the last
one sent by him to this paper:
"HoLLY SPRINGS, Miss, Oct. l9.-To-day
there have been SIX new cases and one death
Your correspondent happens to be among the
new cases, after having struggled with Yellow
Jack since the beginning of the epidemic
He desires, through you and in the name of
this people, to express the lasting gratitude to
our friends In every part of the Union, VINO
have so generously and nobly contributed TO
us in so many ways. w. j. L. HOLLAND"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21

fire companies, orders and societies, colored
and white, all the clergy of every denomina-
ton, Catholic and Protestant, all the conval-
escents able to stand, and weeping women
and tender young people, turned out to testify
their sense of the calamity. The officers of
the Howard Association followed the hearse
next to Lieut.. Hall, and the Mayor and AL
dermen of the city accompanied them. The
Right Rev. Bishop Adams read the solemn
service at the grave as the setting sun was
Just passing from view, emblemstic of eur
departed brother, and amidst the surrounding
masses of real mourners we laid his mortal
remains to rest. May his name shine while
the stars shine, and good men pay homage at
his grave, while these waves of this in land
sea glide to distant ocean; and may the mag
unanimous and philsnthropic people who have
blessed US in this deepest distress never expe-
rience the necessities of our helpless, suffering
and desolate condition. We send our sym
pathies to and offer our prayers for the sor-
rowing family of the noble dead.
G. X. MARSHALL.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21

JACK Frost having begun work upon the
outside of the yellow fever districts, a speedy
and entire cessation of the epidemic will of
course shortly occur. Then will come the
dread summing up of losses, and the melan-
choly greeting that will meet the refugees
homewsrd bound. While the wheels OF bust
ness will again begin to move, and the latent
vigor of social and commercial life reassert
ITSELF still sadness will long reign over hearth
stones, and tears will long be shed for those
whose places "will know them no more for
ever" And hard upon Azrael flight will
come the doctors trooping up with their ex-
periences and conclusions. A devoted band
Of humAnitarans they formed during the
reign of death, but it is to be feared their
notions will be as conflicting their lotions
were, and but little of practical good in the
way of suggesting preventives will be crys-
taized out of the mass of evidence to be sub
mitted. 1t is to be earnestly hoped, however,
that some will earn a position on the pinnacle
where Fame's proud temple stands afar," by
giving the world decided and rational dag
nosis, and an unimPeschable theory of cause
and cure Courier-J ournal, Oct. 80.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21
TWO TESTIMONIALS.

During the yellow fever epidemic two Ken
tuckians, who had rendered signal service to
humanity-the one by using his great infu-
ence in allaying excitement in Louisville, and
the other by volunteering his services to the
plague stricken city of Hickman-were the
recipients of gold medals at the hands of their
fellow citizens.
THE TESTIMONIAL TO DIR. BELL.
The offering of public recognition of merit
and worth was beautiful medal of solid
sterling silver, three inches in diameter.
Within gold wreath is the inscription, in a
semi-circle, ".Sdnos soSpitare 1Egrosgue
sanare" In the center is gold monogram,
T. S. B.. in bold relief, beneath which are the
words GET hominare ct factd destrmanus."
On the reverse side, within a gold wreath, is
the inscription: presented to DIR. T. S. Bell,
by the Louisville Industrial Exposition, as a
testimonial of professional skill and moral
courage, which, by assuring safety, preserved
the citizens of Louisville from panic during
the yellow fever scourge of 1873"
The medal is a fine example of silversmith
work, and was executed by Messrs. Jewell &
Beddo, of this city.
THE BLACKBURN TESTIMONIAL.
The medal presented by the Southern refu-
gees to DR.. Blackburn, was made by Mr.. F. d.
Barnum, who has added to his reputation as a
jeweler of excellent taste and judgment by
designing and executing this exquisite exam
pie of goldsmith work. The medal is shield
shaped pendant from q circular pin, bordered
with red gold, upon which is the following in
scription:
"ls7s. Testimonial of Loveand Gratitude
from Southern Refugees to DIR. Luke 2. Black
burn"
The name is engraved upon scroll above
the shield. The border of the shield is orna-
mented by engraved lines, and .sthe Surface
decorated by an exquisitely modelled wreath
in green gold, at the base of which is a SOL
taire diamond Within the wreath a crown
in high relief, set with diamonds, rests upon q
halo engraved upon the shield. The pin and
medal are of pure, fine gold, and form a beau
tiful testimonial of the high estimate placed
upon the courage and humanity of the brave
old man who did not hesitate to risk his life in
the performance of a noble duty.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21
/" KISS NY LIPS"
Memphis AvaIanche.l


One of the thousand and one tragic incl
dents of the great plague happened at Holly
Springs few days since A beautiful young
lady of New Orleans was being forced by her
father to marry an old man she could not
love. Preferring death to slavery, the young
lady ran away and gave her services as nurse
to the fever-stricken of Holly Springs. Az
ter few days of devoted attention to the
sick she was herself stricken. There was q
male nurse for her. There was no female
hand to soothe with its gentle touch the fe-
vered brow. But the noble Ridley was there
to perform the last sad offices to the dying
girl. Toward the last she said to him "Kiss
me-" As Ridley kissed her on the cheek she
exclaimed; "Kiss my lips" which he did.
She then said: "You are the only man ever
kissed; kiss me again. While Ridley was in
the act of kissing her she threw her arms
tightly around hts neck, and instantly ex-
pired. God bless the brave hearts.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21
Al MCKSRuRG.
BURIAL OF LIEUTENANT BENNER.
Special Dispatch 20 the Conrier-Journnl-l

Especial Dispatch TO the Courier-Journall
VICKsBURG, Oct. III have just partici-
pated in the most solemn and imposing fune IL.
raj ceremony | ever witnessed here in nearly
half a century. We have buried the com
msnder of the National Relief Expedition
Lieutenant Benner sleeps tonight in the Ma
tional Cemetery, by the side of the majestic
waters of the great river. The gallant Custer,
fighting to his death in defense of and diving
with his brave band of heroes, did not meet
death more nobly than has this ehivalrous
and heroic young officer. He heard the Mac
edonian cry, and in its incarnation came to
our relief. The hero martyr fell in the sacred
performance of the highest obligation. We
received him and his companions as an abridg-
ment of the nations sympathy; wept with
joy at meeting such tender noble, manly
courage and solicitude. When be sickened
We trembled. When he died this morning
we al wept in sorrow for so great a loss
The burial brought into procession every
movable article. 1t was ever q mile in
length, and thousands thronged the streets to
pay their tribute of mourning for Che public
bereavement. All the military companies,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21
The Photograph Memorial Record

The above is the title of most artistic design,
9x11 inches in size, with receptacle for the photo
graph of your departed friend, with blanks for
name date of demise, and age.
Space will not allow full description but n
sample copy, with terms to agents, will be sent on
receipt of 25 cents.
One agent, in few months, disposed of 1,4OO
copies. Address
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-11-21

BCorrespondents would confer a favor
upon the advertisers by mentioning that
they saw the advertisement in this paper.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

p. That s~ub-soiling cotton lands
will pay for the extra labor on Il
clay soils.
20. That one stalk in the hill
Will produce more cotton than two
or more stalks.
%. That topping cotton Is rather
a detriment than an advantage TO
the crop.
81. That cotton planted in mar
rows rows two and a-half feet wide
and f~ertilized, on thin land, viii
produce more fruit than IN wider
rows. with a scasonable year.
-. That the difference between
a rich and poor soil Is probably
owing to the amount OF available
nitrogen and phosphhoric acid,
held in soluble conditions with the
humus or black matter resulting
from the decay Of plants, IN which
there is always Il s%utliciency OF the
other mineral elements.
26. That Snb-soiling land for
corn will pay for the extra labor
even of Il reasonable year, much bet
ter of Il dryer year.
IS. That deep ploughlng of corn
during some seasons, at least on
clay land, seems to anwer its well,
if not better, than shallow culture.
20. That 5X3 feet is the best DIS
lance to plant corn on medium land,
of a seasonable year.
%. That pulling fodder does not
serious injurc the corn after 1t pass
es the milk stage.
80. That superphosphate is the
best fertilizer for leguminous
plants, not because it is a preferred
food, but because available phos-
phoric acid is deficient in our soils.
81. That large crops OF turnlps
can be made on our thin lands
by the application of superphos-
plate Of lime, and inferrential-
~, sheep husbandry might be
made profitable by feeding or
turnips and fertilizing the soil, as
we'll us for the wool and mutton,
and the consequent reduction Of the
amount Of cotton by the division OF
labor. - South Georyja AgrjcHf
fHrisf.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

nal Grass. the whole thoroughly
mixed. and Sowcd in two directions.
lightly narrowed OF brushed in and
rolled. IN the spring Red Glover
seed should be sown 1T the rate Of
a bushel to eight acres, and the
ground again roll.
PLoWING - WHEAT. - Deep
blowing. where the soil admits of
it. is a great protection against win
ter killing. the breaking " Of the
hard pan allowing the water to es-
cape from contact with the roots.
and avoid, the danger Of alternate
thawing and freezing. and this
work is now paramount lmpor-
lance. to De gotten 1T and finished
az soon rs an be. Is to the time
and method of applying ma
nures, there are, a. 1 readers
know, very opposing oplnlons.-lt
being thought best by some to pillow
under, whilst others apply on the
surface. II the former plan IS fol
lowed, the manure should not b.
turned in deep.
BCcKWHEAT. ii soWn ut once,
may escape the frosts, and 1t may
be sown at any time this month
for turning under for green ma
nure.
ToBACco.-Until the leaves in
terfere, the cultiyators should be
kept going, and Il necessary anoth-
er hoeing given, that the crop may
be laid b. clean Of weed and grass.
TURNiPs.--The flat kinds may
be sown up to the goth. \ good
dressing of supcr-phosphate makes
them start of quickly. See on
another page an excellent paper on
the subicc. R~utabagas may make
a crop if sown at once. on freshly
worked ground, the weather favor
ing.
GRASS LANDs.-This is Il favor
able time to top-dress these with
fine and w~ell-rotted composts, ma
nures, or to harrow IN a dose of
super-phosphate, or q mixture of
bone dust, ashes and salt. If a
r~enovating mixture of timothy,
orchard gra 5, red top and blue
grass be sown on pasture lands and
narrowed in and rolled, the effect
will soon be seen. - Baltim0ft
.1meIicau Farmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Hints to Young Farmers.

c commencing your agrIcuI-
tural life, remember that industry,
economy and integrity, viii insure
success, and form the best capital
that can be employed.
Plough deep. The wealth of the
soil IS not all within six inches Of
he surface.
Cultivate thoroughly if YOU wish
to reap abundantly. Do not waste
your means and fritter away your
time by raising a crop of noXious
weeds with your cane or cotton or
corn.
Keep a watchful eye upon the
farm and It's surroundings. But it
does not follow that you should
imbibe "eye-openers at public
houses, beer shops or corner gro
ccries.
Shear your sheep at the season
when you shed your coat for the
season. Then be careful that some
smart travelling agent" does not
pull the wool oven your eyes and
shear You.
Dress your lands with fertilizers
rather than yourself with broad
cloth. The one reimburs.s thn
amount expended with interest.
the other returns nothing. but con-
tlnually clamors for further dis
burSements.
After your crop has been raised.
It VIII be wisdom to raise anymort,
gage which may be restjno mon
the farm. This will raise = beayv
load rom your mind, and raise
your courage and spirits beyond
measure.
10 not curry fayors with the
IL or great. If YOU must do
SON thing Of the kind curry yonr
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15

viii run out after a few years oc-
cupation OF the ground. To con-
futs such idea. | have about an
acre Of it on ny farm. >oSed by
myself about forty wears ago, nlN-
ed with red and white clover. tim
othv ago. mixed with red and
white clover. timothy and blue
grass: soil claycy loan. It has
been moved and fed closely every
wear since, with no manure at all,
or scarcely so. that | can recollcct,
and it IS now a heavy crop for hay
uses. | admit that the present rea-
son is I'm uncommonly and fayora-
bic one in this vicinity for grasses.
Yet the orchard grass Is always a
good and productive rs timothy,
with the advantage Of being G
II two weeks earlier for hay pur-
poses, coming III exactly with red
clover. the latter maturing for cut
ting too early for timothy, when
grown together. For solllng (@reen
food use,) orchard grass Is the
best | know. Sow IN the spring
of the year, two bushels to the
acre.
Another advantage for orchard
grass is It's earlinesS, as we'll as
Iateness, for pasture, for pasture,
and its hardihood and duration II
the soil. 1t will not run out sooner
than blue grass { p0a profenSts)-
at least | have had them together
for forty years, and they look equal
" good now as ever. Any good
friable soil, no matter if tenacious
or clayey in composition-not loan,
g~ravelly or sandy, will yield or
chard grass III perfection. | adj
NIT it does not make Il remarkable
hay, as most men who buy hay
don't know anything but timothy,
a very common sort, IN my OPINION,
for farm stock uses, and quite lnfe-
rior to the mixed grasses usually
grown. Another advantage orchard
grass has over timothy is It's not
"running out" which the latter IN
most cases does IN five OF SIX years
from seeding, when the land re
quires breaking up, and an alterna-
ton of two or three grain crops be
fore reseeding to timothy. Ii
were some years younger, and lived
on my farm myself, | would have
Il hundred acres Of orchard grass
meadow in two Yeas from this.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
The Absolute Requisites for
Keeping Fowls in Good
Thrift

are few. but are well determined,
through the practical experience Of
those who know best how to man
age this simple and pleasant bust
ness. These requirements may be
summed Up, in brief, as follows
Construct your fowl houses SO as
to avoid damp floor, and afford a
flood of sunlight. Sunshine Is bet
ter than medicine.
Provide a scratching place where
you can bury wheat and cracked
corn. and thus induce the fowls to
take needful exercise.
Fowls need pure air. and plenty
of it. at all seasons of the year.
They should have clean water
daily and never be allowed to 90
thirsty.
Feed them Systematically two OF
three times a day, summer and vim
ter.
Supply all they will eat up clean
at each feeding, and so make no
waste.
Let them have variety, and serve
them with both green and dry food
constantly.
One feed daily, Of cooked meal
and vegetables, IS a very excellent
arrangement.
Give this soft feed in the morn
ing. and the whole grains at night
exec ting a little cracked corn
placed In the scratching place :
in the forenoon, to furnish employ
ment through the day.
Above all, see that the hen.
houses are clean and always vel
ventilated.
Use carboIic powder in the dust
ings bins occasionally, to destroy
lice.
Wash your roosts and the bot
tom laying nests once a month II
winter, and once a week in summer
with keroslne.
Let young and old fowls enjoy F;
range, if possible, the larger thlslS
the better.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-15
Winter P~asturage.

Rye or oats sown at the last
blowing Of cotton Will ensure excel
lent winter pasturage for stock OF
all kinds. The only cost is the
seed and the labor Of sowing them.
August is the proper time for SOW
ing rye for pastura@e; and though
early for oats, they will, if sown
this month, afford good winter
grazing, and make a fair crop of
oats besides. We would not how
even advise the sowing of oats IN
August except as above suggested,
at the last blowing of cotton. Scat
ter the seed, say half bushel Of rye,
or a bushel to two bushels of oats,
cover with a sweep, running it just
as you would if no seed had been
sown. The seed will not be dis
tributed as uniformly, or come up
as early, as if they had been put IN
with more care, but as the grain
grows, it will cover the ground and
make an excellent pasture.