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The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
King Cotton,

Henry W. Grady has an article in the Octo.
Der Harper's on the cultivation of cotton in
the south that presents a number of very inter.
esting facts While the North with her 400.
100000 bushels of wheat annually and / 200.
600, 900 bushels Of corn, worth 5000 O,0OO. 900,
may sneer at the idea of calling cotton King
with an annual production of G500,O0O bales
worth $30O,00OO0O, i, is to be remembered
that of this sum at least $l50OO0,O0O come
from abroad, SO that, as to the control of for
eign exchanges at least, cotton as against our
wheat and corn exports remains king Then
again, as the extracts below indicate, the pro.
duction OF cotton in our southern states is real.
ly yet in It's infancy, and the capabilities as to
quantity are unlimited, while with the aid of
the Clement Attachment" which spins the
cotton at the gin, the value of the crop is dou.
bled. AT this rate, when the cotton crop in a
year or two reaches 100000 bales worth
81 ,2O0000,000 who Will then stand up and
deny that cotton Is kings
POSSIBILITIES OF CoTToN PRopuCrIoN.-It
may be well to remark at the outset that the
production OF cotton in the south is practical
ly without limit. twas 1880 before the Ameri-
can crop reached 10000 bales, and the high.
est point ever reached in the days OF slavery
was trifie above 100000 bales The crop of
1SS0-Sl Is about 100000 in excess of this.
and there are those who believe that crop of
100000 bales is among the certaintes Of the
next few years. The heavy increase in the cot
ton crop is due entirely to the increase Of cot.
ton acreage brought about by the use of fer
hllzers. Millions Of acres of land, formerly
thought to be beyond the possible limit of the
cotton belt, have been made the best of cotton
lands by being arti6clally enriched. In North
Carolina alone the limit Of cotton production
has been moved twenty miles northward and
twenty miles westward, and the halt of Georgia
on which no cotton was grown twenty years
ago now produces fully half the crop of the
state. The AREA of low production" as the
Atlantic States are brought to the front by ar.
ticlal stimulation Is moving westward, and is
now central in Alabama aud Florida. But the
increase in acreage, as large as il ls, will be
but small factor in the increase of produc-
ton, compared to the Intensifying the cultIva-
ton of the land now in use. Under the pres
ent loose Hystem OF planting, the average yield
is hardly better than one bale TO three acres
This could be easily increased to a bale an
acre. In Georgia five bales have been raised
on one acre, and yield of three bales to the
acre is credited TO several localities. Presi.
dent Morehead, of the Mississippi Cotton
Planters Association, says that the entire cot
ton crop of the present year might have been
easily raised In fourteen counties along the
Mississippi River. 1t will be seen, therefore,
that the capacity Of the south TO produce cot
ton is practically limitless, and when We con-
sider the enormous demand Of cotton goods
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

The Whitaker courtmartla was bad; the
F'llpper courtmartlal will be worse; hut what
is to be said OF the court martial on FIRST Lieu
tenant Charles Hay, Twenty.third Infantry
who was tried on the charge that, being at q
game of cards with tour fellow officers, he did
cheat thereat by fraudulently putting up and
liking the cards so as to produce the following
hands on deal' made by him, To wit: "IU
Captain StIle, an inferior hand; to DIR. Rowan
tour kings; TO Lieutenant Claggett four
queens; to Lieutenant O'Connor, four Jacks,
and to himself (sah Hay) a straight, or sc.
quence handy reason of which fraudulent
combination and setting up OF the cards the
said Lieutenant Hay was enabled to win n Dot
or pool of $lO2 from the said parties, who were
induced to bet largely by reason of the said
fraudulent and deceptive combination OF the
cards. This at Cantonment" The Court.mar.
tial acquitted Lieutenant Hay-on what
grounds 1t is not stated and General Pope, in
promulgating the finding of the court, saws
she trusts that Lieutenant Hay and those as
sociated with HIN in this case taking warn
ing from past experience, Will desist from the
indulgence of thus vice, which, for them and
all others who often indulge, tends surely 10
the direction Of u lower and lower range of
feeling. and often 10 open and lasting dis.
grace" This is all very well; Tut flour army
officers do not know anything more about pok
er than to be beaten by such simple trick as
Lieutenant Hay was said to have performed,
the sooner the army is reduced 10 10000 men
the beiter.-Grdphic.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

Here Is good place to impart what Is a Sc
cret TO the vast majority of people, and 1t is
one we'll worth knowing. 1t Is simply how to
tell good potato; that IS, as we'll as can be
done without cooking it, tor sometimes even
experts are deceived. Take sound potato,
and, paying no attention to its outward appear
ance, divide 1t into two pieces with your knife
and examine the exposed surfaces. II there
is 80 much water or Juice" that seemingly q
slight pressure would cause it to fall off In
drops, you may lie sure 1t will be 'soggy" af.
ter it is boiled These are the requisite quail
ties for good potato which must appear when
one is cut in two: For color, yellowish white
If it is deep yellow the potato will not cook
we'll; there must he considerable amount OF
moisture, though no, too much; rub the two
pieces together and white irOth will appear
around the edges and upon the two surfaces
this signifies the presence CT starch, and con-
sequcntly froth, the better the potato, while
The less there is the poorer it will cook. The
strength of the starChy element can be tested
by releasing the hold upon one piece Of the
potato, aud if it clngs to the other, this IN It.
self Is a very good sign. These are the exper-
iments generally made by experts, and they
are ordinarily willing to buy on the strength
Of their turning out well, though as stated
above these tests are by no means infallble.
The ant. Chinese element OF society will not
like the Information thar a very large percent
age of the potatoes consumed IN this market
are raised by Cinnamon, but such is the case
The River Reds" our cheapest potato,
which is grown along the banks of the Sacra
mento river, are raised almost exclusively by
the beathen, who ship them to the commission
merchants, from whose stores they go to hotels
boarding houses and private families all over
the city, and a few good seasons make the
Chinaman rlch-from MongolIan stand
nont-S1n Francisco CaR
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

now opening up from new climes and peoples,
we may conclude that the near future v i'll see
crops compared to which the crop Of the past
year, worth $500, 900 900, will seem small.
THR CLEMENT ATTACHMENT One OF the
most important special inventions at the AT.
lanta exposition will he the Clement attaL h.
ment-a cOntrivance for spinning the cotton
as it comes from the GIN, The invention is
simply the marriage of the gin to the spindle.
These are joined by two large cards that take
the fibre fom the gin, straigbten it out, and
pass il directly to the spinning. boards. where
1t Is made into the best of yarns. The an.
nounccmcnt of this invention two years ago
created very great excitement If 1t proved a
success, the whole system OF cotton msnufac.
ture was changed. Ii the cotton could be spun
directly from the gin, all the expense of bal.
ing would he eliminated, and four or five ex-
pensive steps in the process Of cotton from
field to cloth would he rendered unnecessary.
Better than all, the south argued, the Clement
attachment brought the heaviest part Of manu-.
featuring to the cotton field, from which it
could never he divorced. By the simple jim.
ing of the spindes to the gin the cotton worth
only eight or nine cents as baled lint in which
shape it had been SHIPPED north, became worth
sixteen to eighteen cents as yarns. The home
value Of the crop was thus to be doubled, and
oueh PiVSVco no 4NCW IbuS luuu COulu ucNcE
capture. Several of the attachments were put
to work, and were visited by thousands They
produced an excellent quality Of yarns, and
made clear profit Of two cents per pound on
the cotton treated. The investment required
was small, and it was held that $4,000 would
certainly bring net annual profit nj $4,000
Many Of these little mills are still running,
and profitahly; but difficulties between the
owner and his agents, aud q general suspicion
raised by his declining to put the machine on
its merits before certain agricultural assocla
tions, prevented It's general adoption. That
this attachment, or some machine of similar
character for spinning the cotton into yarns
near the field where it is grown will be gen.
orally adopted through the south in the near tu-
ture, have not particle of doubt tina, the
Exposition with its particular exhibits ON this
point will hasten the day. there Is every rea-
son to hope. There are many yarn mills al
ready scattered through the south, but none of
them promise the results that will be achieved
when the spindles are welded to the GIN, and
the same motive power drives BOTH carrying
the cotton without delay or compression from
seed to thread.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
A Neglected Fruit.

II is called the huckleberry, whortleberry
or hurtleberry in different paris Of the cOun
Try. One variety Is called the bueberry from
the color of the fruit. Some varieties grow
on bushes four or five feet high, and more on
bushes that seldom attain a greater height
than two feet. In some sections of the COun.
try the bushes generally grow on bOgs that
are quite dry at most seasons of the year In
other sections the bushes are ordinarily found
on the sandy plains, hills or ridges. The
bushes are frequently found growing in fis
sures OF ledges or in the very thin soil that
has formed on the surface of the rocks They
always appear to be hardy and to thrive in
spite Of neglect The bushes are of slow
growth, but are long.lived. The fruit is not
luscious, like the strawberry, raspberry or
blackberry, but it possesses many excellent
qualities. Being quite sweet, it requires very
little sugar TO render 1t palatable, whether 1t
is cooked or eaten as 1t is taken from the
bushes. 1t will remain on the bushes several
weeks after tits fully ripe. Being very firm
il can be placed In quite large packages for
shipment. For the same reason it bears ship
ment very well. The fruit Is very good for
eating before it is cooked, for making sauce,
puddings, and pies, for drying, canning, and
plckling. IL natures after most of the small
fruits are out of the way and before most of
other fruit can be raised, and is produced
without expense, What is more in Its favor {?
Il generally produces most abundantly during
seasons when there are small crops of cul-
tlvated fruits. In many regions sparsey SET
tied Oh account OF the poverty of the soil, the
gathering OF these berries is source of con-
siderable profit. The amount of land In the
states first settled occupied by huckleberry
bushes is annually becoming smaller, on ac
count of the spread of fires and the demand
tor land for agricultural purposes. Few at
tempts have been made TO protect the bushes
that grow spontaneously, and most of the ex-
peEimeIts in cultivatlng the fruit have been
unsuccessful. This probably Is owing to the
circumstance that persons have transplanted
the bushes instead of raising them from seed.
The seed readily germInsies when washed
from the pulp, planted in suitable soil, and
covered with q slight coating of earth. The
young plant grows well If afforded q partial
shade. There is much land in the west that
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

believe this girls story, for do not think she
could ever have read ancient Roman history.
therefore vote Guilty"
Justice Flammer seemed paralyzed. Justice
Wandell was mute. Stenographer Veitch
dropped his pen. Interpreter ST. Albe, once
Captain of the Popcs Guard, said to person
near him Quest &c quill dlt-Whist! whistv
a custom of ancient Romey never heard Of
that"
Justice Power announced that Francisco
Jordiana had been found guilty, and sentened
to ak months imprisonment.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

A wool and wheat grower says: Is my
belief that the real reason why our wheat crops
only yield half as much as the English crop is,
that in England farmers utilize sheep as gram.
growers, while we only consider them wool
and muttOn-makers. have even heard an es.
say on Sheep as the ScavengeIs of the Farm,
meaning probably pickers up of unconsidered
trif1cs IN the form of weeds. Now, though I
object entirely TO sheep being graded as scav.
engers, l, with admirale inconsistency, admire
them greatly in the Office of dung carriers.
that is, feeding on heavy lands, CT on crops
which cannot be protitahly USED in some other
way. Sheep fed upon linseed or cotton-seed-
meal will distribute the elements of fertilIza-
ton contained in these feeds which they do
not economist, and deposit them where the
wheat was wanted to grow.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
Dogs u Terror to Wild Elephants.

To no animal does the wild elephant appear
to have such Gn intense dislike as the dog,
and the result of this Is that many hunters,
who look for profit and not sport, employ them
constantly when engaged In shooting the lord
of the forest. Dogs destined for this purpose
soon learn their work. and enter into it with
evident enjoyment. One or two lessons are
sufficient to make the pupil perfect, particu
larly If accompanied by a Comrade that has
had experience. | was several times present
when they were employed by both Boer and
native hunters and never was more surprised
than to witness the egreg:Ous folly of an AMI.
NAL accredited as the most sagacious of quad.
rupeds. When the trail or spoor was discov.
cred, the ours were set loose, and off they went
upon the fresh scent as rapidly as their legs
could carry them. Superior speed soon brought
them up with the foe, when barking, swapping,
and even biting, at once brought the autagon-
ist to hay. ln this position the poor beast
would be surrounded, some hadgeriDg anal
him IN front, while Others snapI {
at his heels. Again he would single out Ohu
as the special objectof his wrath, and fruitless
ly pursue him for twenty or thirty PAGES, of
course by such step leaving his rear open f0rI
fresh indlgnities. Again, the irrltated animal
would fall on one knee, then on another, as ifl
in anticipation of crushing his diminutive
foes under him. These devices having failedl
he would place his head against small treeI
and bring all his powers to bear against il as
ifh0ping that in its tail it would crush somel
of the tormen'ors. While the giant is being
thus assailed the hunter can without the least
apprehension approach within 50 short dis
lance of the quarry as almost to make certainI
OF killing it at the first shot.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

The exports Of cattle from this country to
England for beef will not be SO large this
year as for the last three years. The grass
crop for England is much better than usual,
and more beef will be made at home to the
detrIment of American beef Hogs and pork
are SO dear here this season that they have but
limited sale abroad, and this is one Of the
chief reasons why cheese is IN such demand:
In seasons of cheap pork it takes the place of
cheese, but when pork is high cheese is in ac'
tive demand at good prices.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

Prof. l.. b. Arnold says that the bes, sam
pies of butter he has ever seen were made in
private diaries where only few cows were
kept But they were not the result Of acci.
dent; they came, in every case from skill and
judgment IN adapting means to ends The
cows were carefully selected for their butter
making qualities and the utmost care was
taken of them and of the milk. 1t Is only In
this way that good butter can be procured
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

would produce large quantities of these bcr.
res that is now of very little value. Exper.
iments in producing new varieties Of berries
and IN cultlvating the bushes on different
kinds OF land should he undertaken by per
sons who wish to increase the fruit supply
during the season when it is least abundant
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

A correspondent Of the Ohio Farmer gives
this as his plan for growing strawberries
My blackberrles | do not cultivate. Let
them grow to suit themselves. have straw
berries planted among them, and the plan
works admirably. Strawberries want some
cool, shady place among brieTs, to be like the
strawberries of your childhood that you got
along ,ap old stone wall. When you put
them into the blackberry patch they have
all these to make them big and you happy.
Besides, black want moist ground,
shaded if possible, and the strawberries keep
the ground moist and shaded"
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

Mr.. w. ID. Philbrick, of Massachusetts,, does
not regard the crow as entitled to the least
consideration as destroyer Of insects lie is,
Mr.. Philbrick says, a merciless robber OF
birds nests, eating indiscriminatcly eggs and
young birds in the breeding season, and he
thinks it arrant nonsense to defend the crow
AS useful to the farmer The song birds, frogs
and toads he destroys would, If suffered 10
live, probably destroy twice as many insects
as the crow himself.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

The New York Sun relates how New
York Justice turntd his knowledge of fr,a-
ton in accent Rome to account IN o case
brought before him:
Annie Walters, daughter Of Policeman Wal.
ters, of fremont, in the Special Sessions yes
terday, accused Francisco JOrdiana, an Italian
laborer, of insulting her and a girl companion
IN 135th street Her father had arrested the
prisoner.
How did the prisoner insult you ," Lawyer
Racey asked.
He stood on the opposite side Of the street
snd said Whist whistl"
The lawyer said that his client was going to
his work on the railroad. carrying his tools
and whistlIng TO himself He asked that the
prisoner be discharged.
II believe this girls story" SAID Justice
Power. Anybody who has read or knows
anything of Roman history must know that 1t
was customary among. the ancient Roman
youth-and believe Is customary among the
modern Roman youth-when accosting a VIC.
man on the streets to say, 'Whis,i whistr l
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
HOUSEHOLD AND FARM.

English travellers in the low country are
pleased with a dish Of purslane cooked with
vinegar and butter. Our farmers, whose gar
dens are sometimes overrun by this "weed," "
may be informed that In more than one part
Of he world il is used for sort of salad, being
cooked like young beets or shredded cabbage
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
The Greatest Remedy Known.

DR.. KINGS New DISCOVERY for CONSUMPTION
is certainly the greatest medical remedy ever
placed within the reach Of suffering humanity.
Thousands Of once hopeless sufferers now loudly
proclaim their praise for this wonderful discov.
cry to which they owe their lives. Not only does
1t positirely cure Consumption, but Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay Fever Hoarseness, and
all affections of the Throat, Chest and Lungs
yield at once TO its wonderful curative powers as
il by magic. We do not ask you to buy large
bottle until YOU know what you are getting. We
therefore earnestly aeq,lest you to call On your
druggist, f. Y. Griggs, and get trial bottle for
ten cents, which Will convince the most ske ptical
OF Its wonderful merits, and show you what a
regular one dollar size bottle will do. For sale
by f. Y. Griggs. t2)
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24

Prang's birthday cards, new ana original de.
signs, at Osman X Hapeman's.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
SOLE AGENCY IN OTTAWA,
OSMAN g. HAPEMAN.

n - wAehss Ssm windes - So white metal Hun,ing Cass
WITS. Imitation gold de6 Solid eod&i2 Cheapest and beet
IN purvoses Valuable cat
W. sosus free THOMPSON co. iS3 Nassau 81. New YsrA.
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
TOBACCO.

The returns from correspondents give very
serious decline In the prospect for the tobacco
crop. With the exceptions of the states north
of the Delaware river and Wisconsin on the
west the universal complaint Is drought
Kentucky and lllrois each report but little
over half a crop, while Tennessee and Missou-
RI report less than two.thids. The average tor
the whole country is only 65, against 85 las;
month and 81 at this same date last year
The Ottawa free trader., 1881-09-24
THE SAN JUAN DIVISION

10 Amargo where close connections made with
j. Sanderson Co.'S stages for Durango, eighty miles
and for Svcron, Rico Fort Lewis, Parrott City, and all
points In the San Juan region.
tE- Direct connections alao made with J. L. Sander
Co.'S stages at EspanOa for Santa fe twenty three
miles away.
THIS LINZ PRESENTS TO
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LIVE STOCK MARKET,

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