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The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06
HOney.DeW.

Honey-dcw, saccharine liquid found
on leaves of trees and plants, issupposcd
to be caused in two ways: by the cxcre-
tion of kind of insect, the aphides,
and also by an emulation of the leaves
themselves. The cause of this emulation
is still an unsolved botanical problem.
1t is especially frequent on Linden
trees. 1t seems to be caused BY some
thing peculiar in the climate, and is said
to be most often seen on islands in the
temperate latitudes. Warm, dry wealth
er seems to stimulate its appearance
Inter- Ocean.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06

Secretary Lamar has reversed the rule
that woman making homestead entry
and marrying before completing the
same forfeited her right to acquire title.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1886-12-06

A pair of Connecticut oxen died Of
Paris green, carelessly left near potato
field.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
Fall Grass Seeding.

If the weather is anything likefavor-
able, prefer to SOW grass seed in the
fall. In order, however, to secure the
prepared by blowing and narrowing
until in as fine condition as possible.
Grass seed is very fine and does not
require but little covering, yet in order
to secure termination it must come in
contac with the soil, and if possible be
covered, yet it can be very easily COW
cred too deep or sown up in cloddy soil
and fail to terminate, Or il the soil is
trashy fail to reach the ground.
have seen bushels of grass seed with
the work OF sowing entirely thrown
away by careless seeding, or sowing
with no previous preparation.
It is certainly not good farming or
good economy to purchase grass seed
and 60 to the expense of sowing on
wheat or oat stubble overgrown with
crab grass and weeds SO heavy that it
is impossible to see the ground, and
with hardly g. possible chance for the
light seeds even to reach the soil, much
less reach it in q condition to germin-
ate as it should. Even allowing that
g. part should manage to fall through
the rows of grass and wheat, the
chances of the seeds terminating and
the plants living are very small. Sun
light and warmth to q certain extent
are indispensable to plant life, and
especially to tender shoots such as
grass seed first sends up. Yet this
plan of sowing grass seed is practiced
by many and we hear g. constant COM
plant OF a failure to secure stand of
grass. And how much expense it is to
secure good meadow.
To me it always seemed if it was
worth while to go to theexpense of pur-
chasing seed and then of sowing it.,
it was worth while to make q reasona-
BILE preparation of the soilso as to give
the seed the best chances to terminate
and grow.
Grass seeds should be sown early in
the fall so as to secure as strong q
growth as possible before hard freezing
weather sets in. While after grass gets
fairly started it is very hardy, yet
when it first makes its appearance
above ground it is very tender. OF
course the condition of the soil must
always be taken into consideration
when selecting the time for sowing the
seed. AS certain degree of moisture
is necessary to secure termination,
there is very little profit in sowing
early when the soils very dry. When
it can be done | prefer sowing grass
seed the first week in September. Ii
the soil is very dry of course it is bet
ter to wait few days later. Plow up
the soil thoroughly, and then harrow
until fine, dragging or rolling if neces-
sary to get the soil smooth and mel.
low.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
A New Wonder.
From the Inyo (Cal.l Register.l

from Cno 1nyO (CalJ Register
Sheepmen lately in town report a re-
markable condition of affairs in ex-
istence at APPOINT in the Sierras some
thirty miles southwest of this place,
the exact locality of which, however,
we have not as yet ascertained. 1t
appears that the scene of action is
near the extinct volcanoes whose lava
flow extends across the valley below
Fish Springs; this is little more than a.
surmise, however. At any rate the
Sierras there present on the west g.
steep wall. For some years past the
sheepmen driving their focks through
the mountains have noticed with
great wonder the presence of a assure
in the mountain side; when first noted
it was hardly more than mere line,
but each succeeding visit has shown
the rift to be wider than it was the
year before, till now it is at least g.
foot wide and a mile long. The break
extends almost due north and south,
and Judging from it's nature, those who
have seen it believe it to be in some
way connected with the terrific activ-
ity which shaped all it's surroundings.
The walls as far as a lowered candle
reveals, go down vertically without
approaching one another in the slight
est degree. Stones dropped in are
heard to rumble for some time on
their way to the interior of the earth.
That the rift is practically fathomless
is certain; besides the depth shown by
dropping stones into it, the air at the
mouth is very much warmer than
that elsewhere, showing connection
with the hot interior. Small animals
held over the chasm are not affected,
no more than is a lighted candle The
rapid growth in size of this mysteri-
Gus hole in the ground during the last
year is supposed to be connected with
the increased earthquake activity
during the time. No matter what the
explanation may be, the phenomenon
Is a remarkable one, and is certainly
worthy of a scientific investigation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06

Church and State.

A singular case OF legal interference
with church government is worrying
the Methodists of Canada. A member
of the New Brunswick conference was
under arrest on charges impeaching
his moral character and religious
character. The disciplinary court OF
the conference was examining into the
truth of the charges when an interim
order issued for the defendant by the
supreme court of New Brunswick
stopped the proceedings, and cited the
conference to show cause why an order
should net issue prohibiting the con-
ference or any committee of the confer
ence from proceeding further with the
examination of the case. The argu-
ment will be heard with interest, as
the question raised is whether church
has the right to examine into the
character and conduct Of it's own
members without Interference from the
civil powers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
How Grant Learned strategy.

From the Washington Post]
Once while talking with Gen. Grant,
asked him how he got his strategic
knowledge.
"I got it on the farm when I was g.
boy" said the general. 81 learned it
when I was driving oxen, feeding calves
and breaking horses. One day, when
I was on the cid farm in Ohio my faith
or taught me a valuable lesson in
strategy"
"How?" I asked.
"Well, father took meinto the stable
one day where q row of cattle stood
in their unc eaned stalls.
"said ne: ulysses. the stable win-
dow is pretty high for boy, but do
you think you could take this shovel
and clean out the stable?'
"I don't know, father said I; Il
never have done it,
"'Well, my boy, if you will do it this
morning III give you this bright silver
dollar, said my father patting me on
my head, while he held the silver dol
lar before my eyes.
"'Good' says I;'I'll try and then
went to work. / tugged and pulled
and lifted and pulled, and finally it
was done, and father gave me the
bright silver dollar, saying:
"'Thatss right, Ulysses, YOU did it
splendidly, and now I fnd you can do
it so nicely | shall have you do it
every morning all winter ,"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
Borrowing.

Borrowing is one of the nuisances
of country life. One often mas neigh
bors, IN every other way estimable
people, who are too parsimonious to
purchase, but borrow tools, harness
and other articles which are in fire.
quent use on the farm. know one of
this class who, rather than buy a.
grindstone, used to go nearly O. quar-
ter OF mile to q neighbours whenever
he wanted to sharpen O. tool. If, as
Franklin said, "time is money" it
would be amusing to calculate how
many grindstones the time would pur-
chase which this man had spent in the
course of ten years, in going from his
own to his neighbours premises to
sharpen his tools. Yet this man was
the possessor of an unincumbered es-
tate valued at $1,000. Ifthere is any
sort of economy in such policy, it
must be Of q piece with that of ''sav-
ing at the spigot and letting out at
the bung."
The practice of borrowing articles
for which one has frequent use is indie.
fensible, and he ought not to forfeit the
name of being obliging and neighborly
who should take g. firm stand against
it, and refuse to lend except in cases
where the propriety is obvious.
1t needs all the philosophy and
equanimity OF an Uncle Toby to bear
without growing" the constant an
even which they could make them
selves at their leisure, without the
outlay of a copper of their dearly
loved cash, they frequently depend up
on their neighbors for. A neighbor to
one of this class once told me an ex-
pedient he adopted to get rid of his
annoyance. The borrower in ques-
ton had occasion for FREQUENT uae of
a tube-tunnel for filling casks, and for
this simple convenience he had for
years depended upon his neighbor;
and the article not infrequently came
home ION being sent for) in a some
what worse condition than when it
was taken. The lender bore this until
forbearance ceased to be virtue, and
to put q stop to it as easily as he
could Il quote his words) hesent three
times week for the aforesaid borrow
er's shaving apparatus, stating that
his own was out of repair, and he in
variably kept it until the owner sent
for it. This SO provoked the latter
that he finally refused to loan it
again, and, in consequence, there was
no Interchange ofcivilities between the
two neighbOrs for some time. In the
meanwhile the borrower aforesaid
made a tunnel for his own use, and
his former friend, the lender, having
learned the fact, sought an interview
with his offended neighbor; explana-
tions were mutually given, and their
former friendship was renewed. Amer
lean Cuit1vator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
FARM AND HOME.
Song OF the Farmers wife,

Song OF the farmers Wife.
Monday is for washing.
Tuesday Is for ironing,
Wednesday is for mending and putting clothes
away;
Thursday is for churning
Friday is for baking
Saturday is always the grand cleaning day.
But then there Is the breakfast,
And the dinner and the tea to get;
Besides, there is the milking to be done each
night and morn;
The hens to feed. the knitting,
The sweeping and the bread to set,
And the carding OF the wool when the pretty
sheep are shorn.
There is never any ending,
But always work beginning,
From early Monday morning till Saturday at
night;
But oftentimes find,
If merry song I'm singing,
Ny heart is gay and happy, then all my work
seems light.
W S. Reed In Good Housekeeping.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06

A grass seeder will SOW the seed more
evenly than can be done by hand, and
should always be used when possible.
Ii the soil is moist, manuring is really
necessary, but if not, good brush
will cover sufficiently deep. If sown
early, twelve pounds of timothy,
eight of red top, sixteen of orchard
grass, and about the same of blue
graes, increasing the quantity of each
If sown later, or if the condition for
termination are unfavorable, such as
g. dry soil, rough or cloddy ground,
soil too wet or trashy, or if sown by
hand instead of a seeder. What you
want is q thick, even stand, and when
you make the trial it will always pay
to use little more seed and take a
little more pains to insure good work
and good stand.
II the proper pains are taken to pre-
pare the land and SOW the seed there
is no more risk of failure than with
any other small grain crop, while a
good stand of grass once secured and
then properly cared for will furnish a
crop Of hay for number of years
without reseeding j. Shepherd, in
Practical Farmer
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
SEA AND SHORE.
by ADA IpDrNGs GALE.

The white sea gulls are dipping
Glad and free,
In the sea.
Clouds like banners fair are lying
Round the Gun.
Fresh sweet winds are gladly crying
Days begun.
The eager waves sun kissed are lifting
Ger and Ger.
Myriad sails are Silly drifting
From the shore.
The boat rim leans far over,
The wind comes whistling free,
The sails are OVERT owing
And fast and far they fee.
O! tar beyond the hailing
OF sounds upon the shore,
The fisher lad is sailing
The sun-lit waters DER.
Hark! hear the rustling wings,
In the thick boughs song,
Upleaps, exultant, clear,
And jubilantly strong.
Beneath the fragrant ferns
The startled hare doth leap,
The whispering winds do sigh,
And rouse as from sleep.
The sun doth slowly climb
The far East's amber height.
And leaf and bud and flower
Bear perfect gems of light.
Across the fields rose red,
And sweet with clover blushing,
The farm lad ruthless goes,
A thousand blossoms crushing.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06
The American Civil War.

During the four years of the Ameri-
can civil war, and out of the 2,772,-
4O8 men enlisted on the Union side,
there were 3O4, $50 deaths, of which
$4,000 were either killed in battle or
died of wounds received in battle.
The other 900 600 died from disease
and from other causes not incident to
the field OF battle.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-10-06

LANCASTER, Pa, is devoting, it seems,
q large portion of it's surplus energies
to the cultivation of sunfowers.
Harry Snavely, of that place, has
grown a huge sunfower, which meas
ures "a inches in circumference, the
stick being Ia feet S inches in height,
and as hard as timber, with three
flowers, the others being comparative
~ small.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15
Who Saved the Repnblie :

Frank Wilkeson, the well-known
magazine and newspaper writer, has
contributed to the New York Sun a
paper entitled "Sham Military Rep
utations", in which he asserts that
most of the stories Of heroic daring
on the part of general officers on bat
tle-felds are more or less pure fiction.
He holds that it is the privates who
make wonderful displays Of courage.
and really win the victories. This,
be SAYS, was particularly true OF the
late war, on either side. In closing
his well-sustained article, be says -
The privates, in both Union and
Confederate armies, did the fighting
in our war. Theirs were the deeds
Of desperate valOr; theirs the poor
pay and wretcbed food. Not a regi-
ment of volunteers but had as inteli-
gent men in tie ranks as the ore who
commanded the division they be
longed to. No general saved this re.
public. II WAS preserved by tine
stsunch courage and intelligence and
patriotism Of The prIvaies, who were
Victorious on many bloody battle
hslds in spite Of tue blunderpg inca
psGty o. TIER connznders.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15
How is Thisl
Temple Tirnes.

Notwithstanding q criminal cola
podrida has been made ont against
the strikers by the corporations and
their friends, still il remains undenied,
and we presume undeniable, that
twenty poor and friendless laborers
were arrested by Marshal Reagan at
the instance OF the Texas Pacific r.
r. Co, at Marshall. Texas, for refus-
ing 10 work in their shops These
men had been shipped TO that place
from New Orleans, with assurances
by the r. X Company that there was
no strike there. On landing, they
were sworn in a. federal deputy taAr-
shals, and on finding the true state
Of things they declined to work for
the railroad. and were al once put
under arrest and committed 10 prs
CD OF course the charge made On
paper is something else. but these
are the facts. A few red bot resolu-
tOBs from some small center u pub
be opinion woald seem 20 Be IL Or
der. Temple Tines
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15

NO.. 1s.
Young War Widows.

In no branch OF the pension sys-
tenn is there more opportunity for
fraud than in that which relates to
the widows of soldiers. Soldiers dio
and are heard OF no more but their
widows live on for ever. or course,
in the great majority OF these cases
the widows are not tho women who
were the wives of the soldiers at the
time of the injury Of tho latter In
all such cases, as in those OF tho wi
dows of men who died in battle or of
wounds. no disposition is manifested,
and mono can ever be among q patri
otic people, to question thoir right TO
governmental care, The trickery
comes in when old soldiers are mar.
ried on their death-beds or soon be.
fore they como to thom, whose chief
aim is to secure their pensions after
they arc goneIn this way the pensions
for the war of the rebellion will be
extended probably fifty years long
or than in the nature of things they
should be, and the project now on foot
in the House of representatives to in
crease the amount paid them is moth
ing more than an attempt to saddle
another burden upon another gener-
tion for tho benefit, in n large do
gree of women who may not have
been out of aprons when Richmond
fell. How these widows pensions
work is well illustrated by the pen
sion list of tho war of 1912. Only
about two hundred soldiers of that
war are now alive and in the receipt
Of pensions, but more than 10000
widows Of soldiers are still on the
rolls. The great majority of these
women were born long after the bat
tic of Now Orleans was fought, and
have no just claim for government
bounty, but they receive it neverthe-
less.--Chicago Herald.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15
Sam Jones hits from the shoulder

Sam Jones hits from the shoulder
every time. In recent sermon in
Chicago to men tho communists came
in for shaIe OF his attentions, and
passing comment showed that he was
pretty familiar with them and their
ways. 1t did not seem consistent to
him that they should parade the
streets complaining Of oppression,
lack Of labor, and the tyranny Of cap
ital, on their way to picnic where
they consume hundreds of kegs of
beer or that big, burly fellow
should carry placard announcing
that the children were crying for
bread, while he himself was full of
beer or whisky. The same sentiment
has been expressed before, but never
quite so pungently as Brother Jones
handles it. Like the Irishman, when
ever he secs head he hits it. 1t
must be confessed he secs q good
many OF them, and hits them hard. :
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15
"GIvE Us A CALL"
BY RLLA wHRRLHH

By FILA wHRRLRR.
[suggested by seeing these words In sa
loon Advertisement.
Give US a call We keep good beer,
Wine. brandy, gin and whisky here,
Our doors are open 70 boys and men,
And even TO women now and then
We tighten their purses we taint their
breaths,
We swell up the columns Of awful deaths.
All kinds Of crimes we sell for dimes,
In our sugared poisons SO sweet to taste,
II you've money, position or time to waste,
Give us call.
Give US O call In pint Of gin,
We sell more wiokedness, shame and ain,
Than q score Of clergymen, preaching all
day,
From dawn 10 darkness, could preach away;
And iu our beer, (though II may take longer
To get man drunk than drinks that are
stronger),
We sell out property, shame and woe
Who wants to purchaser Our prices are low.
Give us call.
Give US call (! Wen dull your brains,
Wen give You headaches and racking pains,
Wen make you old while you are yet young,
To lies and SANDER well turn your tongue
Wen make you shrink from useful work,
Make theft and forgery seem fair play,
And murder pastime sure to pay.
Give US call.
Give us call ! We aro cunning and wise;
We are bound to succeed, for We advertise
In the family papers, the journals that
claim
To be pure in morals and fair of fame
brothers and sons will read
Dur kind invitations, IND some will heed
And give us q call we pay for all
Tho space in the papers we occupy,
md there's little in life that money won't
buy.
Il you would go down in the world and not
up,
4 you would be slain by the snake In the
cup,
lose your soul in the flowing bowl,
II you covet shame and blasted name,
Give us call
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15
A Romance Of the March to the Sea.

FORSYTH, Ga, Mar. la pretty
little romance, growing out of Sher-
mans march to tho sea, has Just cul.
minated here in tho marriage OF
David Il. Rogers, Of Logan, Kan, to
Miss Donnie Goodman, popular
belle Of this city On tho third night
out of Gen. Sherman army from AT.
lanta on its famous trip to Savannah,
it camped on the plantation of MIR,
Goodman, wealthy citizen. 1t was
a night of horror for those in the big
farmhouse, who had heard exaggor-
ated reports of the doings of the in.
vaders. They watched thro' closed
shutters all night long the camp-fires
surrounding the place, not daring to
speak above o whisper. Daylight
found the column on the march
again, and as tho last man disap-
peared, the children sailed forth to
examine the deserted camp. Among
the articles found was a diary, which
showed that its owner had served in
a Kansas regiment from the first
year of the war, and that his name
was David I. Rogers, of Logan, Kan.
Five years ago Miss Donnie, the
youngest sister of Mr.. Goodman,
born since the war, paid him visit,
and she became deeply interested in
the diary, which told the perilous
story OF o soldiers life She wrote
to the address, expressing her readi.
ness to return the memento if its
owner should still be alive. A CRATE
ful answer was seceived both from
Mr.. Rogers and his wife, Mrs. Mary
Rogers. The two ladies thereafter
kept up pleasant correspondence.
One year ago letter bordered in
black came from Mr. Rogers, in which
he stated that his wife was dead, and
that at the urgent solicitation of his
children he wrote his Southern friend
the fact Two weeks ago Miss Good
man received second letter from
Mr.. Rogers, stating that he was about
to make business trip to North
Carolina, and that he would take oc-
casion to call upon her. Sunday
brought the couple face to face. 1t
was love at first sight. The visit
was heightened out until vest erday,
when the couple clasped hands be-
fore the hymeneal altar and formed
union from which there is no socos-
sion.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1886-04-15

The Williamson County Sun says
the resolution of senator Logan pro
viding "that the sessions Of the sen
ate commonly known as executive
sessions, so far as they apply to NOM
nations, confrmations or reflections,
shall hereafter be held with open
DOORS" should bo adopted. The
present star chamber mode OF discus
sing a mans character does seem OBJ
jectionable and cowardly, and if the
senate insists on the presidents rea-
sons for making changes in the pub.
lie service, it should, to be consistent,
give the public its own reasons for
refusing to confirm nominations. At
tacking appointees in secret does not
always injure them, however, The
rejection of the appointment of Mar
tin Van Buren, as minister to Eng
land did much toward making him
president. q