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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20
CURRENT TOPICS,

The Commissioners at Los Pinos on
the 9th closed the testimony regarding
the White River massacre and the
Thornburgh fight, and demanded the
surrender of the - Indians engaged in
the massacre, rs named by the sarvi.
vors of the Meeker family. The list in
ciudes the head chief, Douglas The
Indians went into council, which lasted
all night, and on the following day, at
ter most exciting meeting had been
held, in which the question of peace or
war seemingly wavered in the balance,
Ouray delivered an answer as fol-
lows: "We will deliver for trial Doug
las and those Indians engaged in the
massacre of Meeker and the employees,
provided they are tried in Washington
The people of Colorado are not friendly,
and fair trial here or in New Mexico
is not to be expected" Runners were
then started by order of Ouray to bring
in those Indians called for by the Com
mission. The general impression at
Washington was that they would not be
surrendered.
The Cabinet, at its session on the
9th, authorized the Secretary of the In
terror to notify Gen. Hatch to receive
the Ute Indians engaged in the White
River massacre, with the assurance they
will be granted an impartial trial out
side of Colorado and New Mexico. The
prisoners, when surrendered, win be
taken to Fort Leavenworth. Ouray and
three or four representatives each from
the Uncompahgre, Southern and White
River Utes, are to be sent to Washing
ton.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20


adapted to storing roots. Some are too
wet, and vastly more, which are perfect
as cellars in every other respect, are,
for that reason, too dry. There is
constant evaporation going on from
fruits and roots, and in the latter espe-
cially the loss of weight from evaporated
moisture is sometimes serious item.
Where there is no rot in potatoes, the
shrinkage from storing till mid-winter
is generally two to five per cent, unless,
indeed, the potatoes are stored in such
large heaps that only small surface is
exposed to the air. But in this case the
potatoes suffer loss from premature
starting of the eyes, and this is worse
than the other. All that the bud or eye
grows is so much lost to the nutritive
value of the potato; all its weight has
come out of its salable value, and if the
eyes have grown much, it will need a
sharp advance in price to cover these
losses. When men put in several hum
dreds, or perhaps thousands, of bushels
of potatoes in the cellar in the fall, they
can never take out as many bushels in
the spring. There is always some rot
and, with the best of care, other losses
can not always be avoided. Cellars are
generally too warm, and if this is
guarded against, it is by admitting out
side air, which increases evaporation
and endangers freezing. If we could
keep cellars four to six degrees above
the freezing point, it would be just
right for potatoes. A still lower temper
ature, bordering on freezing, is better
for apples and turnips. In ordinary
winters, storing potatoes in pits is much
the best way where it is certain that they
will not be needed until spring. Some
farmers here pit all their seed potatoes,
selecting those of good shape and rather
understood for market. Seed potatoes
thus kept can be unpitted in April as
fresh and sound as when put up. Keep
ing them in light, cool and dry
room until ready to plant, will give
about as good seed as need be asked.
Beets and other roots suffer greater
losses by evaporation than potatoes.
Turnips, especially, are apt to become
dry and stringy from loss of their juices.
One way to partially prevent this is to
throw a few sods over the heap in the
cellar, which can be removed whenever
the housewife has occasion to attack the
root pile during the winter. As rule,
the early and sugar beets and white
turnips are only fit for fall and early
winter use. Rutabaga turnips keep I'M
til spring, and really improve while in
the cellar. The coarse mangel-wurzel
is always better towards spring than the
finer varieties. The catalogues classify
Swedish turnips and mangel beets
Z" for cattle" but both are really good
for the table in their proper season.
The best rutaba9a turnips are, to my no.
ton, sweeter and richer than the smaller
white turnips, and they entirely super
sede them for my eating after January.
-Rurdl NeW Yorker.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20

RECENT advices from the city of Mex
leo state that Gen. Gonzales has been
arrested and is in close confinement,
charged with conspiracy. Ignacio Mir
iscale, formerly Minister to Washing
ton, has been designated Minister of
Justice. The approaching Presidential
election is the cause of much excite
ment, free suffrage having been secured
TO people who have heretofore
really had no share in political affairs,
owing to Governmental management of
elections News from Northern Next
CO, via San Antonio, 9th, states that
chihuahua has been rctaken by the Fed
eral and State troops, Gen. Trevino in
command. The insurgents retreated,
carrying off Gov. Trias, who, it was
feared, would be shot.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20

Hon. ALFRED NJ. LAY, Representative
IN Congress from the Seventh District
of Missouri, died in Washington on the
morning of the 9Th, of paralysis. Mr.
Lay had been in i'll health for some time,
and the exposure and excitement Incl
dent to his recent trip to Washington,
to attend the opening of the session, re-
suited fatally. Mr.. Lay was about 43
years OF age, lawyer by profession, and
a resident of Jefferson City. He served
in the Confederate Army during the
War and rose from a private to the rank
of Meior.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-12-20
AGRICULTURAL.

SUGAR BEETs-If sugar beGts we're
nav grown as plentiful as potatoes,
sugar factories would be as numerous
SO stsfch factories. 1t was the abun-
dant SUPPLY Of potstoes that tempted the
starch manufacturers to build their fac
tories and offer a steady market fdr the
farmers produce. Sugar beets can be
made pfrostrI'le for feeding, and not
only so, but the effect of the culture
upon our system of agriculture can not
fail to be so advantageous as to invite
farmers TO adopt it, if but for its own
value alone. Root culture implies good
farming, for with poor farming one can
not grow roots. Roots may be grown
upon poor land by using the proper fer
tiliZers and methods of culture, and
there ts no better method than this of
working tip the soil to good condition.
For if one grows quantity of roots,
these must be fed; and they can not be
fed with the greatest profit without the
addition of some concentrated food, and
that involves rich as well as abundant
manure. Besides, In using roots and
meal as daily ration for cattle or
sheep, it is found that straw will be
consumed with avidity; in fact, it
makes an excellent substitute for hay
and uses up profftably waste produce
that is generally used only for litter.
An idea is prevalent that root cul-
tire Is costly. 1t may be at first, under
certain circumstances; as upon poor
soil and one foul with weeds, and es-
pecially under careless management. 1t
may be made costly when, by neglect at
critical time, the whole crop is lost by
being buried in weeds. But that is not
the fault of the crop, but of the manage
ment. The seed for an acre OF ground
costs s6, that is, for sugar beets, which
may be grown closer than mangels, II
pounds of seed being needed for an acre;
the cost of cultivation need be no more
than for a crop Of potatoes. The yield
will be of considerably greater value
than that of potatoes, reaching, under
favorable circumstances, 800 bushels
per acre, or 25 tons. For feeding, the
sugar beet is worth more than double
the quantity of mangels, as it contains
more than twice as much solid matter;
so that 25 tons per acre is equivalent to
as large a crop of the grosser mangels
as can be expected under the most fa-
vorable conditions. The direct profit is
then attractive enough to induce farmers
70 raise sugar beets merely for feeding
purposes, while the indirect profit arts
ing from the improved condition of the
soil, gives respectable return in addi-
ton. When the culture of sugar beets,
then, becomes general, there will doubt
less be no lack of capital to work them
into sugar, any more than there would
be to operate silver or gold mine that
might be discovered on a mans farm
Agriculturist.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-04-25

WIT AND NOR.
A little boy, weeping most piteousIy
was interrupted 10y some unusual occur
renee He hushed his cries for mo-
ment the thought was brohcn. Ma
said he, resuning his smiling. what
was crying about just now =
JOKE o. JUDgE RiyEs IT is related
that during the recent term Of Judge
Riyes' Court ut Danville a young law
yer, who h.d u somewhat knotty case TO
argue, prevailed upon an elderly limb OF
the law to open the case. He did so
and Laid down such broad propositions
of law and fact that his Honor stopped
him in the middle Of a sentence.
If your Honor please, said the law
yer, 4 have not uttered word prciudi.
ci.Il TO the colored race, and-Just here
the Judge drew his snuff-box and appli-
Cd q big pinch to his nose.
Lawyer proceeding viii your Hon
or allow me to take pinch Of snuff =
The Judge passed over the box. Tho
lawyer helped himself, and deliberately
passed the box around, giving each mem
Der Of the negro jury a pinch, and by
the time the box was rctume. TO his Hon.
or every negro was succling, and every
body laughing except the Judge.
The lawyer then proceeded With his
ur,,ut,.rt
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-04-25
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1 dout know muffin bon; no vehicle,
saysI
'Whars BE k,rridge. saws she.
DE kcnidge : saws 4 haven't seen
no kerridge =
'Mistah Berry, does YOU pretend to
tell me dat you've come 20 take me to
lie ball widout kerridge:' and she be,
came ob . still greater hi,c
Why, ob course. says !. I thought
We could walk. Down in ole Mississip
dc gals think muffin 90 goin' miles an
miles
so you 'spects nc 70 hoor il, Mistall
Berry? You tell me bout lie gals in
Missssip. Mistah Berry 10 dc gals in
Mississip know anything bout proper
attire, Mr.. Berry? An she guy sort o
Kick and sling Of her body an trailed
out about four yards OF train.
DE ole man an lie ole woman an all
tic rest now put in dar 'pcarance, TN
says de ole man, What's all dis conru-
sion OF tongues?
'Mis,ah Berry doesn't consider de
honah sufficient TO warrant him in dc
outlay necessary Tor &c rurnishin' oh
propah transportation, said Mss 'Gusta.
sab" said &c ole man; Saar said
de ole woman; 'Sah. said all de utue
members.
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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
The Worlds Railroads.

The growth and development of the
railway systems of the world have been
truly wonderful, and, as year by year
goes on adding to the number and ex-
tent of these avenues Of intercourse, the
figures become formidable. There are
now $4,000 miles in the United States,
an increase of 2, 1856 miles since 1877. The
outlook is very fattering for Il still
grester increase in 1879, if the MANI
plans now under consideration are put
into execution. BY comparison of
other nations it will be seen that this
country stands far ahead of all others in
the extent of its railroads. Thus, Great
Britain has 1874 miles; France, 49,
946; Russia; 1855; Austria, 1882;
Germany, 1871; Turkey, $50; India,
6.527; Italy, 4,sl5; Peru, $50: Argentine
Republic, 800; Canada, 96O; Egypt, 975;
and Brazil, 1886. To properly appreciate
the advantages of the railway systems
one might imagine the commerce of the
world carried on in the old-fashioned
way. In 1869 the total railway mileage
was 1888 9S2 miles. Think of the world
oftrallic that glides over these lines in 4
day, a month, and q year, and calculate,
if one can, how long by teams, over
muddy roads, through morass and
Jungle and swamp and over desert plains,
it would take to do the transportation
which these railways do in single day.
and some conception may be formed of
the magnitude and importance Of the
worlds railway system.-Chtcago Com
,laercidl advertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
News and Notes for Women.

4 woman in London has paid 200 fines
for drunkenness. -.'."
Princess Beatrice has a collection of
lace worth 100000.
The Queen of the Society Islands goes
barefooted, wearing rings on her toes.
During period of nearly two centu-
ries the frst-born Of the House of Austria
has been girl-curious fact.
The French governmet has appointed
n chief lady inspector Of factories, and six
lady inspectors of the second class in the
Department of the Seine.
A Japan woman has followed the eX-
amples of the famous Smith sisters, of
Glastonbury, Conn.,, and has entered her
emphatic protest against taxation with
out representation.
Miss Della Brown. the harpist, has
just received q compliment never before
paid to an American, namely, being made
a life member of the Royal Academy OF
Santa Cecilia, of Rome. ...
Her majesty, the Queen of the Bel
gians, is 4 great admirer of small dogs
and used to carry one always in her arms.
which was arrayed in Il coat OF the same
color as her dress. Each time the dress
was changed by the august lady the dogs
coat was also changed by an attendant.
An intelligent schoolgirl, by name
Eva Schelemmer, of Memphis, Tenn,
has received a gold medal from the How
ard Association for meritorious services
performed in the midst of the pestilence
which ragged last summer and which
were unremitting from the beginning to
the close.
A London letter of the Chicago Jour-
nal says: The Duchess of Connaught is
to have 81, 500 year pin-money, to spend
as she likes, and if her husband dies,
$4,000 a year for life. In the meantime,
the income of the pair, as granted by the
government, will be about 100000 a
year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
= = ~ : = . - ~. :. sEI"Ll y
Greeley and Vanderbilt,

A good story is told in connection with
the recent payment OF $4,000, Win
interest, which Horace, Greeley had
loaned to Cornelius j. Vanderbilt, after
the old Commodore had stopped off the
hpplies of his son.. When the Commo-
.dore heard of it he became very angry,
and assuming that Mr. Greeley had
loaned the money mainly in the belief
that he '(the Commodore) would repay
it, determined not to pay it, as warning
to others not to lend money to this way
ward son. After thinking over it. he set
off in high dudgeon to see Mr.: Greeley
and give him piece Of his mind about
it.n Mr.. Greeley was very busy when
the Commodore came, putting and IN.
dignant, into his Office. In his usual
bluff, impetuous way, the Commodore
said: "Mr. Greeley, l understand you've
been lending my son Cornell money!"
Mr.. Greeley, looking up quickly, and
then almost instantly resuming his work,
replied, in his usual drawling way,
"Yes, Commodore, I've let him have
some money" You have, eh?" blurred
in the Commodore, "'you haye.well l
want YOU to understand that I amt re-
sponsible for it and I shan't pay you a
cent of it," Mr.. Greeley ran his specta-
cles up on his brows, stopped writing for
moment, and, turning a full face on the
Commodore, fairly yelled out, "?oql
won't eh? Well, who the deuce asked
YOU to Jay it? I didn't, did IP" Gree,
lev dropped his glasses over his eyes and
Tent again to shis work: The Commo-
dore, nonplussed and boiling over with
.ury, steamed out of the Office, and it was
a matter of rumor that the two men were
never afterward on as good terms asthey
had previously been. ,...... ''.r'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
WOman's Wit Against Red Tape.

Miss Kate Field, well known rs a lee
turer and journalist, had several anus
ing adventures in her visit to Spain.
Her courage never deserted her in dan
ger, and her womanly tact overcame all
the hinderances to travel. She had many
encounters with the officials, who were
no match for her wit. One morning, as
she was about starting from the little
town of Santander for Madrid, the cour-
ier told her that the authorities had put
her trunk in quarantine for three days.
She hastened to the sanitary bureau.
"Please give me my trunk"
"It is in quarantine"
"What forp"
Because there's cholera in Paris"
"I've not come from Paris"
1.-THE cholera must be kept out of
Spain"
That was conclusive. But she would
not give it up. "Is the cholera locked
up in my frank, and not in my carpet
bag?" The carpet-bag had not been
touched. Had I known the marvels of
Spanish quarantine, I'd have brought
my clothes in newspaper"
After little more bantering, the in
spector yielded. "You can't have your
trunk; that would cost me my Office.
But you may have your Clothes"
She was equal to the emergency, took
the clothes, piled them into a white
checkered morning wrapper, and started
for Madrid with the bundle under her
arm. The American consul, even, was
astonished at her audacity. -.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-05-14
Quips.
Some people maintain that Bryon was

Some people maintain that Bryon was
Shakes peer. .a,.. -.',.. ''"" 1''
Never implicitly trust man whom
YOU do not know. p. S.-Nor one you
do. ...4 ..4,
The Scientific american has just dis
covered new substance called uranlne,
n single grain of which will color 800
gallons of water. This will be glorious
news to the makers of circus lemonade.
= "Time is money y"-that's fact, and
If Won wish to know the value of time,
lust get a little speck of dirt in your
nocket chronometer and take it around
to q watch tinker; hell blow in it q
couple oftimes and charge you $3.50 for
repairs. 80 s.
A professor in Cornell, lecturing on
the effect of the wind in some Western
forests, remarked: "In travelling along
the road I even sometimes found the
logs bound and twisted together to such
an extent that mule couldn't climb
over them, so / went around. y ''.'-'' = .
"Sound," said the. schoolmaster, is
what you hear. For instance, you can,
not feel a sound" "Oh, yes. you can!'
said sGt Aa's q smart n boy. John wilkins, re-
torted the pedagogue, /" how do you
make that out? What sound can you
feel?" "a sound thrashing,'' quickly
replied the smart boy. .,:@. y. pep. a
A certain breadth of statement is per-
missible in one who sees things through
magnifying drops of grief; but the man
must have had II previous habit of con
scious cxaggeration who relates that
when his powder mill blew up themort-
rage on it came down uninjured in a
cornfield and had to be paid, while the
insurance, falling into'the sea, was lost
-GhicagO Tribune. ....,. ... $50,