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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-14
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Dr. Dlacl, Lcprosy. Is disease which Ia considered
ncumble, bit Il has yielded 10 the curative prop.
critics OF SwiFTs sPEcirlc-now known all over
The world as 5, s. s. Mrs. Bailey, OF West SOmcr.
vile, Mnss., near Boston was attacked several years
ago with this hidcons black eruption aud wastteat.
ed by the best medical talcut, who could only say
That the disease was a species OF IEPROSY
and consequently incurhc. It Is impossible to dc.
scribe her sudciiugs Her body from the crown OF
her head TO the soes Of her feet was mass OF dc.
cay the flesh rotting OF and leaving great cavities
Her fingers fesicrcd aud several nails dropped oil
at one time. Her limbs contracted by The fearful
liberation, and for years she did not leave her bed
Her weight was reduced from 1875 to 60 lbs. Some
faint idea OF her condition can be CLEAN, d fiom
the fact that three pounds OF CosmOnc or ont.
ment were used per week In dressing her sores.
Finally the physicians acknowledged their defeat
by this Black Wolf and commended the sufferer
to her nllwise Creator.
Her husband hearing wonderful reports Of Swifts
Specific Is. S. 81, prevailed on her TO try Il as
last resort She began its use under protest, but
soon found that her system wRs being relieved Of
The poison, as the cores assumed rcd and healthy
color, as though the blood was becoming pure and
active. Mrs, Bailey continued the S. s. S. uutilast
February; every core was healed; ehc discarded
chair and crutches and was for the fifst time in u
years a well woman. Her husband, Mr.. C. A. Bal.
Icy, Is in business at I'm Blackstone Street, Bos
ton, and will take pleasure In giving the details Of
this wonderful cure. Send TO US FOR Treatise on
Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free.
THE SWIFT srEcFio ), Draw t Q, Atlnnts.
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NEW YORK, Nov, l3.--The will OF the
late Mrs. A. T. Stewart was admitted TO
probate this morning.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
CORN AND PORK.

This expression has become a common
separable. But unless the corr is prop
erly fed the pork will be expensive. Corn
and pork only go together when it is de-
sirable to fatten the hogs. If corn is
used in any other manner, or for a differ
emit purpose, the pork becomes a very
expensive product. We not advocate
feeding corn in the summer to any class
ofstock, and experience shows that while
it is Invaluable to the pork raiser, and the
most convenient article he can use, pork
can be produced more cheaply when the
corn is fed in a judicious manner. Many
farmers, though aged, do not know that
clover hay can be fed with advantage to
hogs, and yet such is the fact. We have
long separated the hog from all other
classes of stock, and denied him the priv
ileges of being fed on grass, outlay,
ground oats and other food that is more
acceptable to him during his growing
period han corn, and the consequence is
that he fails under the long-continued
diet of corn, and becomes susceptible to
diseases that were before unknown. To
keep the steer stuffed with dry corn,
which is a concentrated food, and deprive
it of bulky provender or pure water,
would cause it tosuccumb in a short time,
yet this is just the treatment the hog is
compelled to undergo, simply because
''corn is king" and supposed to be cheap,
when the fact is that when fed under
such circumstance it is very costly.
What the hog requires is a variety, in
Guiding bulky food, and corn will then
perform an important service.-Farns,
Field and Stocknaan.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
A PROSPEROUS FARMER.

Since the death of Col. Edward
Richardson, of Mississippi, Mr.. G. M.
Neil, of Pine Bluff, Ark, is perhaps
the largest cotton planter in the
South. He was born in Alabama.
and is only 38 years Of age. In 1860
he went to Arkansas penniless, and
went to work on a farm. He is now
president Of the First National Bank
of Pine Bluff, and has $4,000 acres of
cotton in cultivation. He owns three
large stores and a railroad 26 miles
in length, all of which runs through
his plantations. He is now build
ing another railroad AZ miles in
length through his plantations. MI.
NeiPs wealth is estimated at S3,OOO.-
900. Recently he advanced to one
person 500 0OO. The moment he
heard of the Hot Springs fire he for
warded 800 barrels of flour. 200
barrels of corn meal, 20 1000 pounds
OF beef, ETC., for the sufferers.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
IN roc

Nearly all diseases that affect the
heads or breathing organs of stock
r classed as distemper, but are in
reality colds, or contracted from
draughts Of air through cracks and
crevices. The mode of ventilation
usually practiced on most farms is
by opening at the top. There are
times when this ventilation will SUI.
flee, but only when the wind is blow
ing from an opposite direction. Any
change will simply allow the cold
currents to come down on the upper
portions of the body, and cause the
animals to take cold. In such cases
it is better to have them in an open
shed. 1t is not as injurious to have
the whole of the body exposed as to
compel them to remain where the
equilibrium of heat is disturbed
Farmers Friend.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
L

Ensilage is no humbug, but has
come to stay. 1t has been faith
fully tried now for several years,
and all practical farmers who have
tried it join me in the same verdict,
that it is good, and we can't afford
to do without it..
There are yet some doubtful ones
that think it is too expensive; that it
will do for men of large means; but
small farmers can't afford such
things. 1t is all a mistake, a silo to
hold ensilage is cheaper built than a
barn to hold the same quantity of
hay cured dry; they can be built of
stone, brick, concrete, timber or dirt.
Where the clay is clear of stone, a
pit dug in it and properly drained
and sheltered will keep it nicely, and
for weight, there is plenty conven-
lent. Cover your ensilage with
boards and throw on a foot of earth,
and you have all the weight you
want it is better than stone, or bar
rels of earth or gravel, as it more
effectually excludes the air.
Ensilage of corn should be planted
in May, so as to be ripe the latter
part of August or early in Septem-
Der; then you have more leisure to
cut, haul and put away than you do
later. [ call it ripe when fully silked
and tasseled, then the sugar is in the
stalk; before hat it is ~tasteless. 1t
should be cut down and allowed to
wait four or five days before you
haul it to the pit, and it should al
ways be cut up as it is put in; it is
a great saving of time to do it then,
and it keeps much easier, as it can
spread in the pit more evenly than
when left whole, and packs better.
From one inch to one-and-one-half
inches is better than shorter, and
if allowed to drya few days before
cutting up, it loses it's watery sap
and makes sweeter ensilage. | have
tried cutting it up as fast as l cut it
in the field, but l found that having
SO much watery sap in it then, it
invariably became very acid, but the
other way it made sweet ensilage.
| have tried putting it up whole
twice, and will w do it again, if
l can possibly help it, as it is diff
cult to get it packed evenly, and
then the air will travel down the
sides and damage it very much on
the sides of the pit. There are other
materials besides corn. Rye, cut in
the bloom and cut up, makes good
ensilage. Clover, pea vines, or most
any kind of green grass, will make
good ensilage. F. Guy.
Manchester, Va.
Southern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
RESURGAM.
j. X. RANDALL.

Teach me, my God, to bear my cross
As Thine was borne,
Teach me to make of every loss
A crown of thorn.
Give me Thy patience and Thy strength
With every breath,
Until my passion days at length
Will welcome death.
Dear Jesus! | believe that Thou
Didst rise again.
Instil the spirit in me now
That conquers pain.
Behold me, suppliant on the ground,
To crave at last
The peace / never yet have found
In all the past.
Bestow the calm hat Dante wrought
From human din;
The shelter broken Wolsey sought
From stalwart sin.
l seek repose upon Thy breast,
With child-like prayer
OH. let my weary uedfl nave IcSt
And refuge there!
AS Thou art risen from the tomb,
So let me rise
Beyond the ~sepulchre of gloom,
To holier skies.
Grant me the grace to cast aside
All vain desire.
All the fierce throbbing of a pride
That flames like fire.
If / have, in rebellious ways,
Profaned my life;
If l nave filed my daring days
With worldly strife;
If | have stunned the narrow path,
In crime t. fall
Lead me from that abode of wrath
And pardon all!
Banished from Thee, where can | find,
For my poor soul,
A safe retreat from storms that blind
And seas that roll?
Come to me, Christ, ere forlorn
Sink meath the wave,
And on this blessed Easter Morn
A lost one save!
augusta Chronicle.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
PREVENTING SWINE DISEASE.

So many remedies have been sug-
gested for hog cholera that to at
tempt another in this article would
be out of place, but we believe that ev-
cry farmer hasit within his province
to keep his hogs in good, thrifty
condition, and free from disease, by
good management. Of course, if dis
eases that are contagious are brought
into the herd it becomes at once i'm
possible to prevent their spread ex-
cept by a general ransacking of the
whole premises and the use of disin-
fectants, but that disease will not
spontaneously appear where proper
precautions have been taken for its
prevention, we are firm believers.
We once visited the pens of a breed
err who experienced no difficulty in
his herds until within a few years
past, and as he had been very care
full with his animals, he was at a loss
to know the reason for the lack Of
vigor in his stock. He determined
to try an experiment, and secured a
boar of a different strain, though of
the same breed of his own, are be-
ing taken that the boar differed as
much as possible from his own stock.
The first years use of this boar made
a complete change in the health OF
his hogs, and it became apparent
that he had bred his stock too close
ly, thus weakening the animals,
which defect was easily remedied by
the change. May it not be possible
that many of our swine breeders
have been too negligent in this re-
spect and bred their hogs too closely?
AT all events a change ofblood should
be made every year. The farmers
who raise hogs for market are re-
sorting to the practice Of breeding
from a Berkshire one year and a
Poland-China the next, alternating
every season, which is an excellent
method, and in the case of black
hogs, we may suggest that an Occa
sional dash of Essex, or even Jersey
Red, blood would no doubt still
largely add to the vigor and stamina
of the stock. In fact, too much new
blood cannot be infused.
The management is anothermatter
The most important requisite is a
bountiful supply of fresh water. We
are aware that some will claim that a
hog does not drink much water,
especially where he receives plenty
of slop, but nevertheless he does
drink water when he can get it, be
the quantity small or large, and
should be supplied with it. The hog
also requires bulky food, for distend-
ing the stomach, and if fed on grain
the coarsest kind of provender may
be given him. Cut hay, steamed and
sprinkled with meal, with a small
proportion of salt, will be readily
eaten by hogs, and will be of greater
benefit to them than grain alone. In
the growing season a hog will do
we'll on grass and weeds, if given a
small allowance of ground food at
night. Fed in such a manner, and
the stys kept clean and good beds
provided, they will usually keep in
excellent health.-Fdrm, Field and
S0ckmdn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
THINNING PEAR BLOSSOMS.

Some varieties of pear are very
liable to overbear. The Seckel is one
of these, and as usually grown the
fruit is too small to be saleable. The
Duchess De Angouleme is another
variety which should be thinned
when in blossom or soon after. Tt
should grow to large size, as only
thus is its fine flavor developed. A
small, imperfect Duchess is poor eat
ing. Overbearing is often a cause
of blight in pears. 1t is the forma-
ton of seeds that most exhausts vi
tality, and therefore thinning should
be done early. One fruit to a clus-
ter of blossoms is enough, and the
crop will be worth more than if
more were allowed to grow.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
NARROWING

An old timothy sod is often reno
waited by thoroughly narrowing with
a light harrow. 1t loosens the fine
soil near the surface, and thus cult
Yates the timothy roots just beneath.
Even in winter wheat, where timo-
thy seed was sown last fall, the tim
othy is not injured by narrowing in
the spring, though this is often an
objection against the practice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12

Apple trees should not be trim
med to a crotch with two or more
limbs. 1t is all right while the trees
are young, but when apple trees be-
gin to bear the crotch splits and the
tree is ruined. Train one leader up
straight and the branches from this
will be less likely to break off when
loaded.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
SEED r

Occasionally we find careful far
mers who grow good corn for years
from seed oftheirown selection. In all
such cases the seed corn is carefully
chosen from the best earliest ears,
ripening two on a stalk. This method
not only maintains, but increases,
the valuable characteristics Of the
variety. But even then corn selected
with equal care from a crop growing
a few hundred miles north would be
better.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
THE FARMERS GARDENS.

Few farmers wives realize how
much of the success of their gardens
depends on themselves. Not that
they should do the heavy work
not by any means. They have ways
of interesting husbands and sons
that outsiders do not dream of. A
mess of canned peas, picked beans
or dried sweet corr about the time
for planting these vegetables will
almost certainly make the garden
a topic of conversation at the break
fast or dinner-table. Later in
the season the housewife can save
soapsuds for the melon and cucum-
Der hills, and if she has the influence
that a woman should, will be able
to have the garden we'll cared for.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, MAY IL, 1886.
POTASH.

Fresh wood ashes are often OF lit
tie benefit. The caustic potash PROB
ably Injuries the roots offender plants
in some cases, as any n can test by
putting an overdose of ashes in the
corn hill with the seed. But the
ashes soon lose their caustic proper
ties. In the soil vegetable decompo-
sition is constantly throwing OFT car
bonic acid, and this neutralizes the
alkali of the potash. Old ashes long
exposed to the air absorb c%onsidera-
bile amounts of ammonia, and to this
leached ashes owe much OF their
value. What potash they contain is
in the form of a nitrate and ready
for immediate use.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12
SIZE OF

Beginners in underdrains usually
make water passages larger than
necessary, thus greatly increasing
the expense and checking further
improvement in this direction. 1t is
surprising how much water will flow
through a three-inch tile constantly
at work. Three-inch tiles laid SO
there is a uniform passage are bet
ter than larger ones in most cases,
where only the water that will soak
in from thirty or forty rods in length
is to be carried off. The drain will
take the surface water from a width
of one to two rods on either side. If,
however, this drain is intended for a
main into which side branches are
to empty, calculations must be made
accordingly. Drains from houses
are usually made needlessly large.
The outlet is never filed with water,
and this furnishes refuge for rats,
mice and other vermin.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
THE CRY In BRIEF.

Julia Fitzhugh has been divorced from Will
lam Fitzhugh on the ground of failure to pro-
vide.
Horace Comstocks Irish setter 'Royal c."
took the first premium at the ST. Louis dog
show.
Reuben Hamilton has been appointed guardian
of Aaron e. Klingensmith and BERTHE G. King
ensmith.
Sarah A. Robbins obtained judgment on a
foreclosure against the Shaw Carriage Company
and others for S., 099.
The ladies of the Flower Mission request con-
tributions of flowers, Saturday mornings, at
Plymouth Church ROOM
Mary H. Ruddel has been appointed admins
tratrix of Nancy T. Rpddell, and William F.
Elliott administrator Urinary w. Battaille.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
Charles Fischer and Augusta Zwiesler, Harry
Wilson and Ellen Endicott. Greedy d. Woods
aud Mrs. Celesta j. Griner, Ernest Berger and
Amelia Knuth
j. M. Springer of New Bethel was severely
injured yesterday, by collidng with runaway
horse on Washington street. belonging to John
Roach, which, in the course of its wild run.
came near striking number of persons the
street The carriage to which the horse was
hitched was demolished.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
FAVORABLE TO BYNUM.
Reported Withdrawal of Mason. of Hancock
County, from the Congressional Contest.

The friends of Mr. Bynum were very jubilant,
last night, over a report which was in circula-
tion to the effect that Mr.. Mason, the Hancock
county candidate for the Democratic nomination
for Congress, had Withdrawn from the fight and
the Hancock delegation would, in consequence,
vote for Bynum, which would, 1t is claimed.
make certain his nomination on the first ballot
The Ray men doubt the truthfulness of the re-
port, and say that if Mason has really with
drawn Ray will get the support of at least halt
of the Hancock delegation, as he has had assur-
ances of several votes soon as it became ap-
parent, after the beginning of the balloting,
that Mason had no chance
A special dispatch to the Journal from Green
field last night, says that of the twelve dele
gates to the congressional convention selected
yesterday nine were instructed to vote for Ma
son and three for Bynum. The entire delega-
ton will vote for James j. Walsh for the nomi-
nation for Joint Representative, which gives
him an advantage, Hancock county will
doubtless be given special consideration, if an
outside man is nominated for Congress. Nor
gan Chandler will be given the full vote of the
delegation for Joint Senator from Hancock and
Rush.
It is reported from Shelbyvilie that during
this week petitions have been circulated and
largely signed by Democrats to release the dele
gates from their instructions to vote for Bynum,
which were given before Scott Ray announced
his candidacy. In several of the townships. it is
said, majority of the Democrats have signed
the petitions, and Ray will therefore, get the
support Of a number of the delegates.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
On the Trail of the Hostiles.

TUCSON, A. T.. May ga Mexican just ar
rived reports that the Indians attacked Juan
Tellers Mountain Springs ranch, eighteen miles
southeast Of Tucson, this morning, and carried
off two Mexican boys: the father and mother
escaped by hiding in neighboring gulch 1t Is
now believed the Indians are heading for San
Pedro river to induce peaceful Indians under
Chief Eskiminsin to join them. The trail taken
by them leads through thickly settled region
which has not been raided since the early white
settlement Of Arizona Grave fears are enter
tanned for the defenseess settlers. Couriers
have been sent from here to warm them. A
party of volunteers, composed Of Americans and
Mexicans, has started on the hos6les' trail
A Mexican from Willow Springs ranch, Dra-
COON maintains, twenty miles from here, arr
rived from there, with report that the ranches
had been attacked this morning, and asked that
assistance be sent the besieged. Fourteen citi-
zens, armed, left at noon for Willow Springs.
The Mexican further reported that news had
been received from Willow Springs previous to
his departure, that two Mexicans and one
American had been killed in the noun tains.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23
Tried to Drown Himself

A number Of persons near the canal on West
street, about o'clock last evening. saw a man
throw himself into the water, apparently with
Some Of them at once hurried to get him out
In this they met with difficulty. as he didn'i
want to be saved. After a struggle however, he
was hauled out, protesting vigorously against
being obliged to remain in this wearisome world.
His name is Al Murphy and he said this world
had no further pleasure for HIM. my wife,
said he, don't love me any more. She has gone
off with another fellow" He lives at No. 19
Grant street. and had tried to leave besides his
wife, two children. He was found to be in a
state of intoxication and Sergeant Lowe took
him to the Station-house and had him slated as a
plain drunk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-05-23

safely be standard by which to test other
doctrines: these may always claim a free and
fair trial apart from ali presumptions created by
the credit attached to established opinions. Once
make any system the supreme arbiter. and
intellectual tyranny has been created. the
ultimate effects of which cannot fail to be dis
astrous. The world has seen such tyrannies in
the past; and, unhappily. is not rid of them in
the present The Romish Church lie such a
tyranny. setting itself up, as it does. the su-
preme arbter of truth. The Westminster Con
fession is the symbol of another tyranny of an
essentially similar character. Could certain
persons TO day have their way, kind of COM
posite evangelical doctrine would have its place
in public-school instruction, and would thus be
created into tyranny over the community at
large. fe know not what mind ye are OF; was
said by the founder of Christianity to- some of
the more jealous of His disciples; and the remark
might well be addressed to-day to those who are
trying to gain for their private beliefs the au-
thority and support Of the state. Gould they
have their way, the time would undoubtedly
come when they would rue it