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Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

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Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

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oue of tas oldest w~sithisst sui mos5 ASA
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Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

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Press Rerorf

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Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

HELENA, NJ. T., Feb. 10.-Patrick John
Hart was hanged this morning for the mur-
der of John Pitts, a miner, November Z,
TsS1
Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

AEsTos. Nich Frn 3D. -rse faH rnsior-
~ IN ia~oy 81 Local erohihtion in ths
rsunfY - CaiAeun IS RTs0 Unier al ths
sar~nnsfascrs this is considered terrible
sow to the vets
Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11
Ten Buildings Burned.

MADISON, Wis. Feb. 10.-Ten business
buildings in the village of Deerfeld burned
last night. Loss. 81, 2,0eO; insurance, $46.-
600. All the village records were de-
stroyed.
Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11
Imports of Dry Goods

NKw YORK. Feb. 1O.-The imports of dry
goods at the port Of New York for the week
ending February 8 were 1868, 326. The
amount marketed was S., ,66S S54.
Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

PALArEA, Fla, kee. 10.-Arrangements
have been made for beat racing in which
Teeme r, Hzmn and Mckay will row, on the
ST. Johns River AT Pslstka, next Wednes-
day and Thursday
Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11

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Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11
REv 7. ". MAVEN IN BERLIN.
A Letter Eec~tvsa From Him ~ His Bro
thsr sf LaEs Forest.

Cxfcsso. Fen. t0--Dr. A. G. Haven Of
TAks Forest has iust received letter from
his missing brother. the Rev. Iheodors E.
Haven. psstor of he Congregational tharco
- Battle Creek. Nich.. Sno disappeared
ron Nsw York Jsnuary io The letter 3
1orn serbia. Germsuv II woald seem
tasf the Rev ar. Hsven vent direct iro N
th~ II D-nis Hotel. In Nss York City. 20 q
yessel INIT sbo.s to sail for Europe.
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Telegram-herald., 1888-02-11
Slaughter Sale.

Nothing will be reserved and
az per cent. taken of from the
qua ranted lowest prices. Every
thing marke d in plain figures.
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1888-04-26

away, since the experience of the
world, extending through thousands
of years, since the day our ancestors
were nomads wandering in the des-
ert with no other visible wealth than
their herds and focks, has settled
that point beyond the possibility of
any intelligent dispute. Breeders
Gazette.
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1888-04-26
The Profit in Live Stock.

INC ITOHC III Live StOcks
4 AT recent farmers club in Mich
lgan one person raised the question
As tc whether it paid to raise stock,
aeelaring he ''had made some very
CLOSE experiments weighing and feed.
ing, and could not yet figure out
margin of profit for himself" 1t is
not likely that it would pay if one
were to 60 into the markets and pur.
chase everything which it consumes,
but the conditions under which
live stock is grown upon the
farms are altogether different. On
every farm there is considerable in
feriorgrain and hay practically with
out commercial value, which never
theless makes very profitable stock
food, and which in point of fact con-
stitutes very considerable portion
Of is support, and thece are inciden,
tai PRODUCES, like STRAW, stalks and
chat, which but for the value that
live stock is capable of extracting
would 60 to utter waste. There is
much coarse herbage consumed by it
which the farmer can neither elimi-
nate from his fields with any reason
able amount of labor nor possibly
turn into merchantable products.
There are "gleanings" in all the
fields after the farmer has finished
the most careful harvest and gather
ing of the crops, and there are after
maths and second growths ofvarious
descriptions which could never be
profitably prepared for market, but
which contribute not little to the
growth and support of the live stock.
1t gathers and turns to profitable use
without involving any expense on
account of labor, the grass growing
in the pastures and upon all por-
tions of the farm not under actual
tillase. In short, its principal sup
port is derived from products other
wise without material value or which
have not been reduced to mer-
chantable condition Besides, its
prasanca ap1aroor the 4p,,p,hor NJ
field crops which can be grown with
profit, and opens the way for the
most intelligent and profitable rota-
ton, for in its absence all manner of
root crops, asswell as clover and
grass Except for hay), would be
eliminated from the list ofproftable
crops open to the farmers selection.
Finally, the rotation which it per-
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1888-04-26

L notice in your last number (Feb.
22d) letter on Lucerne, by A. H. NJ,
Moroni, Utah. Your worthy CORE
spondent makes some good argu-
ments in favor of Lucerne. most of
which is true; but makes some mis-
takes, which | think, as North
Carolina farmer, | ought to notice
and correct, or, if I fail to correct,
draw attention to, for the benefit of
those who may be beginners in the
use Of this Lucerne the greatest OF
all grasses.
We must all concede that there
are various and serious differences
Of conditions in Utah and North
Carolina; so while all he says may
hold good for Utah, some of it is not
good for North Carolina.
First, the greatest mistake he
makes is careless seeding. This is
risk that should not be taken with
any grass, especially Lucerne. In
the first place, the seed are very
costly; and secondly, there is such a
loss by missing a crop. The land
upon which it is put should be as
good as the farm has, and well
drained. The reason it should be
on the best land, that it is the best
paying crop you can put on farm,
and the better the land, the greater
the return. Land can't be too rich,
as it never falls down, and the rich
er the land, the quicker and heavier
the growth. l have taken, after
nine years standing on piece of
ground, FIVE full mowings or crops
in one season. DO not wait for the
stalk to get hard, but cut as soon as
the bloom becomes red.
Glover and orchard are held as
standard, but the Iucerne has adj
vantages over both. lst. tits ready
for the blade month earlier, and
three times oftener, on an average,
take one season with another. I'd.
1t can be FED UNDER ANY CONDITION
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1888-04-26
STARKvILLE, MISS, APR. 26, 1883.

mits and the manure it distributes in
the fields or leaves around the sta
bling ard feeding lots is the means
of sustaining whatever degree of fer
tility the farm possesses, renders
the profitable production of general
crops possible, and prevents the
farm sinking speedily into state of
absolute sterility. So, even If a
farmer cannot always take his PEN
Gil and figure out just what profit he
is making from the growth of his live
stock, or just what advantage has
been secured each day and hour, the
final aggregate results show that it
has made good money for its owner.
Farmers who have devoted them
selves mainly to its production have
generally grown rich, and while the
farmer may not be able to measure
his profit with the same precision
as szs othsr matters, - KNOWS that
that the sales of live stock and live
stock products constitute a very
large proportion ofthe income of the
farm.
At the same time it must not be
supposed that the character of the
stock maintained is a matter of in
difference. There is considerable
merchantable product fed out first
and last, and unless the stock is of
an improved character loss is like
ly to be made on this, which of course
cuts down the profits which are real
lied from other sources of growth,
and perhaps dissipates them alto
gether; and it is also important that
the pasturage and coarse folders be
turned to the largest and very best
account, which only stock of an inn
proved character can accomplish.
There is abundant occasion for a
farmer to figure elaborately as to the
comparative plofits to be realized
from various descriptions of stock.
Indeed, it is an encouraging sign
to find him indulging in figures of
this sort, since the difference between
the improved breeds and the inferior
and common sorts is so great that a
careful examination of the subject
will be sure to impress any intelli-
gent farmer with the great advan-
tages to be secured by keeping only
the improved sorts. But to enter
upon calculations as to whether the
mainte nance of any description of
stock is profitable, is time thrown
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1888-04-26
NO. 81

or in any quantity, WITH IMMUNITY.
Green or cured, it never salivates,
never scours or debilitates in any
way 1t is equal to green rye and
bran or meal for milch cows, and
know from experience that it is equal
to both corn and fodder for horses.
for / have had horses and mules to
make crop, being fed on it three
times day, and nothing else, for
three months, and keep in as good
condition as when fed on grain.
This sounds like great deal to
claim for grass, but when the depth
to which its tap-root penetrates the
soil and sub-soil, feeding all winter,
when other crops are standing still
or not planted, and when the hot
sun and summer drouth comes, it
has this advantage again over any
other crop, it does not seem too
much to claim for it. | have never
fknown it sown with small grain or.
anything. The land should be clear
of any foul growth, and put in thor
.ough condition as to deep plow;ng
and pulverization. The best time
for seeding is from first to middle of
March, when it is too late to be in
much danger of cold while tender,
and early enough to get strong be-
fore the sun gets hot enough to burn
lit. Be sure of stand at first; ifnot,
with us, rab grass and weeds will
take up the open spaces. Ii the
land is in proper condition at seed
ing, a crop will be taken the first
season. Tkis crop ought not to be
cut till the bloom begins to dry.
This gives the root time to get good
hold before being exposed to the
heat of the summer sun. | top
dress Lucerne with stable manure IN
winter.J. F. Cain, Jr., in Pro-
gressive Farmer.
rive would like to hear from SUBJ
scribers in other Southern States
who are raising Lucerne successfully.
So valuable a forage plant ought to
receive at the hands of Southern
farmers and stockmen more atten-
ton than it does
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1888-04-26

Wife-John, you have very an
noying habit of saying, whats
that?n whenever you are spoken to.
Can't you break yourself OF 1t!
Husband treading)-Er-what
that
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
VIOLIN VILLAGES.
Whole German Towns That Do
Nothing But Make These Instru.

Whole German Towns That Do
Nothing But Make These Instru.
mentS.
No musical instrument is deserving
of greater care than the violin. A good
one will last for centuries and improve
with age, says the Youths Companion.
A newspaper writer tells something of
the people who ma Ike the best violins in
INSTRUMENTATION, with it's surrounding
villages, Klingenthal, Fleissen, ROhr-
bach and Graslitz, in SaXony, where
there are about $1,000 people who do
nothing but make violins. The inhab-
itants, from the little urchin to the old
gray-headed man, the small girl and the
old grandmother, are all engaged in
making some parts of the fiddle.
A good instrument consists of sixty
two different pieces. The older men
make the finger-board from ebony and
the string-hOlder of the screws. The
small boys make themselves useful by
looking after the glue pot. A man
with strong, steady hands and clear
eye puts the different pieces together,
and this is the most difficult task of all.
The women generally occupy them
selves as polishers. This requires long
practice, and family havinga daughter
who is a good pOlisher is considered
very fortunate.
Even young man, when he goes
a-wooing, inquiries whether the young
girl is good polisher, and if she is, it
certainly will increase his affections for
her at least twofold. The polishing
takes a good deal of time, some of the
best vlOlins being twenty and thirty
times polished.
Every family has its peculiar style of
polishing, and never varies from that.
There is one that makes nothing but a
deep wine color, another citron color,
yet another all orange color, and so on.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

was gazing in sentimental grief at a
photograph of her ely-deceased
cousin.
.'Oh. / loved Jim very dearly she
said, land | mourn him as for a
brother"
why don't you put on mourning for
him?" the other asked.
Because" and she turned her tear
dimmed eyes on her friend, ''my eyes
are light gray. and black would surely
spoil their effect. Jim had exquisite
taste in c0lOrs, and he would not. I'm
sure, wish me to wear anything unbe-
coming to my eyes,"
FASHIONS CHANGE
as to mourning, though less frequently
and radically than in other dress. Ac-
cording to the newest usage in New
York society, very deep mourning, such
as worn by widows, neceSsitates not
only black and Grape. but absolute
change of form. The mantle is dis
carded for long black cashmere or me-
rinO shawl, while a long Grape veil
must float from her widows chapeau.
For other forms of deep mourning the
veil and shawl are often assumed, but
the veil must be less long than the
widows. The long veil over the face is
found very trying to wear, SO those who
can generally replace it by the smaller
tulle veil edged with Grape or embroid-
cred with wool, the long Grape veil
merely floating from the back.
The long Grape veil, besides the ques-
ton OF etiquette, is source of
elegance to the mourning toilet.
Widows dresses are of black wool,
plain, with long train, edged with
deep hem of Grape. Some rich dresses
have been made entirely of grape
mounted on foundation of peau de
sole, dull silk, without shine or rustic.
Widows alone wear the white cap.
called the Victoria cap, inside the bon
net. The long shawl can soon be dis
carded. Then the widow can wear (as
other ladies wear for deep mourning
long cloth or WOODEN mantle trimmed
with Grape. This is worn until the first
six months of deep mourning have eX-
pired. A Jacket of black cloth trimmed
with astrakhan or Grape is then per
missible for a young widow. Deep
mourning lasts a year, during which
the long vail and Grape trimmings are
worn. As to jeweiry, black wood orna-
mentS alone are permissible at first;
then jet can be worn. and jet beads can
be used to embrOider vehement or toilet.
Suede gloves then yield to kid; the band
of black on the handkerchief is reduced
by more than half. The chapeau can be
of lace or tulle.
When the mourning of the family is
deep, say for husband and father. it
lasts year, and is followed by three to
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

moIids. Before nihilism became so COM
mon members OF the royal family attend
ed the Christmas fetes when they ven
tured at no other public places. Now
the officers of the army and navy are
the most distinguished guests. The
guests always sit down at table when
supper or lunch is served, but the host
and hostess never do. They walk
around the table, chatting with the
guests, drinking their health, and see
ing that the greatest amount of wine is
consumed aud the most levity possible
aroused. The ladies' toilets are the
most superb in the world.
There are extra illuminatiOnS in the
grounds surrounding the residences OF
the nobility where these balls and ban
QuetS are held. Besides the walls of
colOred lights, lamps of variegated
colorS are set in the snow, making them
look like fairy lights. When the gray
of dawn begins to appear after Christ
mas the merry dancers cease their
rounds. More wine is brought, and
vodka is served. Then tea makes
its appearance. 1t is steamed
to the people, made of copper or brass,
and the tea is boiled by heat from a
central cylinder wherein charcoal burns.
The tea is brought directly from over
land from China, and is served in glass
gobletS with sugar and lemon. Then
the men and women smoke till the sun
appears. These festivities continue till
after the New Year. The people dress
i'll bright costumes, and business is al
most entirely suspended. 1t is cOnSid-
cred SacrilegiOuS to let such worldly af-
fairs as commercial transactions inter-
fere with holiday festivities.
But the really great holidays in Rus
STA are at Easter time. If you were in
in and were not prepared for what you
saw and heard you would conclude that
the millennium had come. There are
525 church dOmes in Moscow alone. Each
one has chime of bells. the chime in
the tower of Ivan being composed
of thirty-SiX bells. Each dome will
average at least ten bells, so that there
must be over 5000 altogether. These
bells are all of the heaviest bronze. and
being hung far apart harmOniZe beauti-
fully and sound differently from the
chimes at any other place in the world.
The very instant the midnight hour
comes every one of these bells, and all
the hand,bells in the city, are rung with
vlgOr and for hours. The inhabitants
rush from their homes and the hotels,
and run through the streets crying:
He is risen" Men kiss each other,
and women engage in the most promis-
cuOus oscillations. The priests and
monks form in procession. and march
ing through the streets chant the SER
vices of the church. Sometimes they
proceed to the Volga and wading into
the water waist-deep bless it and pray
to the stars. The people gather in the
kremlin, and during the exercises
every one goes bareheaded, under
penalty of corporal punishment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

the icons in the finer churches at st.
Petersburg and Moscow are worth i'm
mense fortunes. Incense burns at every
turn, from diminutiye blood-red glass
cups. They are never permitted to die.
| No sermon is preached, as there is but
one sermon year in these churches.
| All russian churches stand due east or
| west, with the altar east. The object is
/ to meet the sun in every turn, the sun
| being the light of God. After the Serv-
ices ut the churches the people return to
! their homes 10 feast, and then go out
! into the streets to celebrate. The
| church requires great deal of fasting
| subsequent to this period, and as con-
! sequence the people are in condition for
an unusual amount of gormandiZing.
The Russians fast seven weeks i'll Lent,
! three weeks in June, and from Novem-
Der till Christmas, and they have so
many holidays that only $50 working
! days remain for them in the year.
koStia-boiled rice and plumS-is the
! only thing eaten on Christmas eve.
Next day. however, the people begin by
eating bountifully of borSch, soup
made of meat, SauSageS, beet-root, cab
bage and vinegar. Cabbage in every
| form is served and vodka, q kind of rum
which stimulates more than American
whisky, is drank copiously. Then fol-
low quantities of caviar, dried and frozen
fish, pickles and sweets.
The calendar in Russia is eleven days
behind that in America, but if the peO-
pie are 4 little late in getting started in
their holiday festivities they make up
for the loss of time by their vigOr.
Among the amuSementS they enjoy are
| the ice-hill and races. Skating is also
popular. The ice-hill is somewhat sim
liar TO the tohOgganing of America. A
framework, with steps up one side, is
erected. On the upper part is small
stage, covered with an ornamental roof
supported by four pillars, and rapidly
inclined plane on the other side, which
terminates in long run. Water is
poured upon this, and after freezing.
which is instantaneous. the slide is per-
feet. When slide is made down one
side the sled is drawn up the steps and
a descent made down the other side.
AT one time custom prevailed of go
ing about from one friends house to an
other. masked, and committing every
conceivable prank. Then the people
Toasted on blinnies, a pancake similar to
the English trumpet. Those who do
not 90 t. the ice-hllS or rivers to slide
or skate participate in the carnival or
races. The spirit of children seems to
prevail in the formation of the carnival,
As men and women mask and ride hob
by-h0rSeS through the streets, blowing
horns, beating drums and playing the
rag-tag. At st. Petersburg the Neva
separates and cuts the city up into a
number of islands, SO that in driving
across it three or four branches of the
river are passed. The bridges are all
pOntOon, and when winter comes they
are taken up and people cross on the ice.
Thus the river becomes Il highway, and
SO much attention is given to keeping
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22
MOURNING WIDoMHOoD.

MOURNING WiDOWHOOD,
and her slippered feet were in jet stock
ings. but her skirt was light.
How is it that your dress is not
black?' fellow asked. II thought
you adhered very strictly to mourning
YETI
so do, gosling." the pretty widow
replied.
But your dress skirt
81 haven't any on. This is only a
petticoat. Do you suppose | would com
init such an impropriety as to wear any
other dress than black?''
She could appear in a petticoat non
chalantly enough, but in any violation
of mOurning-horror!
The newest thing in mourning is that
girls whom death bereaveS of their ac-
cepted lovers may wear mourning. 1t
consists, however, of no more than a
black ribbon. where it loosely fastens
her pretty gown in front, or it may ap-
pear in any part of the toilet. Another
dainty fancy of these almOSt-not-ouite
widows is to dye their hair black. At
all events, it was done in one case--that
of a cOmment-cOurting actress. She had
for several years bleached her hair to a
light yellow, but. on the death of her
affianced husband, she ...
TURNED HER HAIR TO JET
by means of dye, and in the same way
blackened her eyebrows. All, well, if
women were not peculiar, their mere
beauty might become insipid to their
adOrers. Whimsicality makes them
piquant. | saw two girls seated to-
gether, and they wore such pretty
dresses! One had an open album, and