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Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1890-08-07
RULES FOR MEASURING HAY IN
BULK AND IN STACK.

MO arbitrary rule for measuring
IN hay can be given that will ap-
ply in every case, says New
York Sun. Ordinarily, With good
upland hay in small mows, and not
too heavily pressed, 512 cubic feet
are calculated for a ton, but if the
NOW is large and the hay closely
pressed, 400 cubic feet will make
ton. This is upon the sdpposition
that the hay comes from an old
NOW. Therefore, to find the num-
Der of tons in barn NOW, multiply
the length, breadth and depth In
feet together, and divide by such
number between 400 and 512 as is
believed to be necessary to meet the
condition of the NOW. In the case
of stacks the case becomes little
more complicated in the matter of
calculations. To find the cubic feet
in regular conical stack, first find
the area OF the base by multiplying
the square of the circumference in
feet (Which is easily measured by
the decimal .0795S and the product
thus obtained by one-third ofthe
height in feet, and then divide as
before. If the stack is square or OBJ
long upon its base, and is very near
ly regular, like the roof of a house,
multiply the length and breadth in
feet by one-half the height in feet,
and divide as before. If the stack
is in the form of a frustrum pyramid
the accurate calculation becomes
more complicated, and as an ap
proximate rule would answer al
purposes, we will only give the lat
ter: Find the area of the top an,
bottom each by multiplying tn
length by the BREADTH and thel
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1890-08-07
STARKvILLE, MISS, AUGUST Z, 1890.

bushel, while the vines will be
worth as much more for the benefit
OF the succeeding oat crop, which
should follow corn. Peas sown on
stubble land previous to the 10th of
the month, should be sown broad
cast, and the ground smoothly har-
rowed for the convenience of mow-
ing. A good mixture is one-fourth
bushel of speckled and one-half
bushel unknown peas per acre. The
speckled peas will have ripened just
about the time the unknown peas
are in best condition for hay; and
the mixture makes forage equal to
anything l have ever tried and a
long way superior to the famous
Bermuda, as it is cut. I think this
forage can be grown and housed at
a cost of So per ton or less.
It is not entirely safe to risk peas
sown broadcast later than the 18th
of June, but they may be plant
ed in the drill with a fair pros
pect of success up to the 10th of
July for the unknown pea, and up to
the first of August for the speckled
pea. Peas planted during the month
of June and July can be properly
cultivated with three burrows by the
plow and one hoeing, which can be
done at a cost not exceeding S1.25
per acre, and the benefit to the land
will usually be worth as much. A
good fertilizer for peas is third
cotton seed meal and two-thirds acid
phosphate, used at the rate of 200
pounds per acre where used in the
drill. There is no crop where fer
tilizers show better than on peas.
1t is an advantage where peas are
to be fed off by stock to mix in equal
parts of early and late maturing va
riety.-C. M. S., in Southern Guilt
vator.
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1890-08-07
NO. 45

multiply one-half the sum of these
two areas by the height, and divide
as before directed. These will prob
ably be sufficient for all ordinary
cases. We are of the opinion that
in practice 512 is more frequently
used for a divisor than any other
number.
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1890-08-07
K PROFITABLE CROP.-There

II PROFITABLE CROP.-There
IA isno more profitable crop grown
on middle Georgia farm than
peas, either grown with corn or after
small grain. Where grown in corn
plant the speckled pea in the mid
dles-at the second working of the
corn, dropping six or eight peas
every twenty inches. This is best
done with corn planter, and one
where the wheel comes behind the
dropper and presses the earth firmly
upon the seed, thus causing them to
come up promptly. Where Iplant-
ed in this way three days ago, have
to-day a good stand, and, at the
same time, the ground was too dry
to plow to the best advantage.
Peas planted in this way can be
picked in August, before cotton pick
ing claims the attention of the far
mer, and can be grown and housed
at probable cost of 25 cents per
Southern live-stock journal. (Starkville, Miss.) 1876-1891, 1890-08-07
SORGHUM SYRUP AND MoLAssEs.

n favorable opportunity of urging
IA on the farmers the importance
and necessity of giving the best
attention to making syrup presents
itself by the near approach of the
season when the sorghum crop will
be ready for the mill. Sorghum
syrup, when carefully and properly
made, is not only a palatable and
healthy article of diet, but one of
the cheapest within the reach of the
people. An acre of fair land will
make 200 gallons of syrup, and rich
alluyial and black waxy so;lsptFls
quently double this quantis,
boiling there should u -
lime water added to eys
Ions of juice. Some 9refer to
correct acidity, but the sstA &c -,
are obtained from lime water. = l'la'
A good article Of sorghum syrup
is superior, both in its palatable-
ness and healthfnl qualities, to the
molasses and syrup from the sugar
mills and re6neries whore large
quantities of chemicals are used to
aid In the precipitation and crystal /.
ization of the sugar, which remains
in the syrup or molasses and rem
ders these unhealthy.
/ There are but few farmers in
East, Central and Southern Texas
but have lands suitable for the sue
cessful culture of ribbon cane in suf-
ficient quantity to produce an abun-
dant supply of pure syrup or molas-
ses for the use of the families of
farmers, with but little labor or
care. I have neighbor who for
the past two years has made 400
gallons of ribbon cane syrup from
one acre of creek bottom land, and
saved seed, and gave away a large
amount to be eaten by the neighbors
and their children.
The greatest trouble in making
the best syrup when boiled in open
pans is to Judge of the proper con-
centration of the product so as to
prevent granting on the one hand
and fermentation on the other.
A cheap and handy way to pre-
serve syrup in state of delicious
sweetness is to bottle, cork and seal
lit at the mill while still hot. Emp
ty beer or other bottles cost but
trihe and any family who will adopt
this method of putting up syrup can
, always have the very incest and
/ best,-Texas Farm q Ranch,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-08-14
John Ro,le O,RrIII, nnnd-

john Boyle OReilly, the revolutlonist, exile,
poet, and editor, died Sunday morning at his
Summer cottage nj Hull, Mass. Of poison, self.
administered. His home by the sea was a pct-
uresque structure OF stone aud wood, designed
by his talented wife. who was noted for her
proficiency in Architectural designing. For
several years past this lady has been an invalid,
the victim of chronic nervous prostitution.
For the past two months Mrs. O'Reilly has
been growing worse, and his constant attention
upon her, combined with his excessive literary
labors and the recent hot weather, had steadi.
ly-gr0wing i'll effect upon him. Ho finally
began to be troubled with insomnia, and for a
month has been constantly dieting and cxercis-
ing, with view Of relief, but with but poor
results.
His particular hobby. after ireland, was
physical exercise, which TO him was a panacea
for all human ills, aud which subject he lately
ventilated in print. Consequently he was 10th
TO acknowledge the failure Of his theory in his
own case, and so went home Saturday night,
weary and respondent. In despair he for the
FIST time surrendered his convictions TO his
feelings, and with fatal results.
He left the Office of The Pilot his newspaper.
on Saturday afternoon and went 10 his home at
Hull. He was in the room with his wife about
10 o'clock, after which hour Mrs. O'ReilIy went
TO sleep. Awakening couple Of hours after
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wards, Mrs. 0Reilly, not finding her husban )
in the room, arose and wensiinto the adioinin :
apartment where she found her HUSBAND asleef
in chair. She tried to arouse him, but failed
and she sent servant for the family physician
but too late for any benefit, as Mr.. oReilly had
taken an overdose of chioral, from which he
died about o'clock
Mr.. O'Reily was born In Ireland in 1914.
He learned the printers trade and worked at
this business and became reporter. In 1863
he enlisted in the 10th Prince of Wales Hussars,
not to fight for England, but to plot for the
liberty of Ireland. He was Fenian, and it
was not long before every Irishman in the rog-
ment was pledged to securoi the liberty of Ire
land. The plot was betrayed by q spy, and
the mon were thrown into prison. OReily
was court-martialed and sentenced to be shot,
but by reason of his youth was exiled to Aus
tralia. He escaped and came to America, and
commenced work upon The Pilot in Boston, and
at the time of his death was sole editor and
part proprietor of that paper. Ho was an un-
usually brilliant writer, aud had considerable
reputation as poet.
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j have not told you how the Corean woman
dresses. They wear gowns shorter and less
deliberately cut than their husbands Their
skirts come TO their ankles, are rather full, aud
their waists are rather short. These drosa.
waists consist of a short roundabout band about
foot wide, which comes up and clasps tho
breasts squeezing them like a corset. It Is
pinned behind, and over the shoulders there
Is short jacket. with sleeves. which falls down.
and when wrinkled plainly shows n bright
strip OF yellow skin between the belt aud
waist. But little jewelry Is used. though the
ladies OF the court have some Of this beautiful
ware made OF kinghshcrs' feathers set in silver
and gold. The hairpns used by the Corcan
ladies are about ~ inches long They are as
thick around as lady's little finger. and some Of
them have knobs on their ends IA big IA q hens
egg. The ladies OF the Palace wear bright red
gowns and not a few of them have great masses
OF false hair upon their heads. IL would take
a peck measure 10 hold one Of these COrcan
" waterfalls" and they must be very heavy, as
tho hair is coiicd ia thick rolls. All Corcan
ladies smoke, aud the Queen is said 10 be fond
Of American cigarcts. Her Majesty is by no
means an ordinary woman. She has her say
in the councils OF the Empire, and whenever
the King has an audience. am told she goes
into the next room aud pokes her finger through
the paper wall aud Clues her eye TO the hole
while she listens 10 everything that is said
doubt not that she saw me through the cracks
when had my audience with the King, aud
am told that the eunuchs OF the Palace havo TO
hop around lively when she is not in good
humor.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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One Of the constituent figures Of Corean
wedding is q goose, which is the emblem.
among the Celestials, of cOnjugal fidelity.
This is sometimes made Of gilded wood, and
it Is sometimes brought in alive to look upon
the ceremony. A part Of the feast is dried
pheasant, aud rice wine. or sdmsLu is drunken
by the bride aud groom out of the same little
cup. The marriage contract is signed by both
parties, and the woman generally makes her
mark by laying her hand on the paper and
having IL traced with pen. Few Corcan
women can write, aud the class, as rule, is
uneducated.
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IL is not heightened for Corean man who Is
just married TO make much Of his wife. He
usually goes of night or two after the wed
ding and spends ia carousiug q week or SO else
where, TO show his wife that she does not run
the family, and that he proposes 10 be the boss.
IL Is not an uncommon thing for him 10 have
coBcubiaes, and il he has none 10 is only be-
cause he il too poor 10 afford them. The King
Of C0rea has only 80 concubines, and he has TO
keep these outside Of the palace The Queen
is rather strOngminded, contrary 10 the usual
custom She belongs TO one of the great fam.
lies Of the country, and she commands such
political influence that she might, il she would.
oVerturn the throne. 1t is whispered at the
Court that she not infrequently, in vulgar
phrase, puts on the pantaloOns," aud that
when she pipes His Majesty has to dance IL is
not so with the average Corean noble. He has
his cOncubnes in the same house with his
wife, and concubinage is one of the legal insti-
tutions of the country. A man has the right
TO only one wife, but he can have AS many con
cubncs 80 he pleases.
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simpered out three or four words of English
when shook hands with them They evidently
enjoy America, aud the contrast between their
condition here and at home is as great as the
difference between Heaven and Hades. Here
they 20 everywhere with unyailed faces They
receive ladies and gentlemen at their home, on
Iowa Circle, and they are not at all bashful in
meeting men. Had one Of these women shaken
hands with me in Corea her head would prob
ably have been struck OF that same evening,
and the chances are that ] would have lost my
bead for INDUCING in the pleasurable sensa-
ton.
The Corean woman has = holy horror Of other
men than her husband When ] landed at Flu
san, on the south coast OF the country, the
women ran from me, and as ] went along the
road I saw three working in a field about a
quarter Of q mile away. As ! looked toward
them they turned around and put their hands
mp before their faces. in the little village OF
~, which is a collection of low huts made
ses plastered together with mud, / walked
R5dgh dozen streets aud did not see sim
gle woman. Each hut had a wall around il,
and peeped over one Of these and saw woman
sitting Sat on the ground washing clothes
She washed away for half minute before she
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-08-14
COREAN BACKWOODS.
All About Woman and Her Rights in
the Newest of Eastern Countries.

Lew the Corean Girls LOOk, Dress and Act-Their
Fear OF Men and How They are Killed II Touched
by StrHngeu-An American Girls Adventure at
IusEn-MRrriage and MatchmRkers-The Woes or
Corean Bachelors aud How Marriage Makes Man
hOOd-Ooucubiucs Among the Cclestials-The King
IL Henpeckcd-The Queen and Her Influence
Something About SeOul-A City Where the Women
are the Night-HaHks and Where the Men Stay at
Home After DArk-The Dancing Girls OF Corea,
and other Items About the Sex in a Land where
susan n. Anthony and WOman's Rights Have
Never Been Heard or
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CoREAE GIRLS.

is no kicking against the pricks. After the
wedding there is feast, in which the father
aud mother Of the happy couple smoke and
eat together. One of the wedding presents
which the bride always gives 10 her friends il
an embroidered thimble made OF fine silk
over little pasteboard cap, aud beautifully
stitched. This thimble is for use on the first
finger Of the hand, and 1t is the thimble of
CoTea
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1rate Patron-You advertise to cure consump-
ton, don't your
Doctor Qnack-Yes, sir never fail when
my instructions are followed.
lrate Patron-My son took your medicine for
year and died an hour after the last dose.
Doctor Quack-My instructions we're not fol-
lowed. told him to take it two years.
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HE most picturesque
figures of Washington
society during the past
two seasons have been
the pretty wives Of the
officers Of the Corean
Legation. ] saw them
az one of President
Harrison's receptions
the other night. Two
little tots of women
about four feet six
inches in size, they
wear the brightest col
ored silks cut in the
fashionable style Of Co
rea. Their complex
ions were Of the rich
Jersey cream variety,
and each lady had two
Of the brightest black
eyes that ever looked
out of almond Sits.
Their hair was combed
In American fashion,
cd H. cr,ilnd nnd
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IL is no wonder, then, that boys in Corea
marry early. The betrothal often takes place
among children, and marriages are made here
as they are made in China and Japan-by pro-
fessional matchmakers. These matchmakers
run the whole affair. They are employed by
the fathers, and the son has nothing 10 say
about the matter; and as TO the daughter, no
ono ever considers her worth thinking Of
After marriage has been decided upon, q
soothsayer is called in, given the age Of the
prospective bride and groom, and told to fix
a lucky day for the wedding. He does this by
adding the age Of the girl 10 that of the man,
and figuring out the lucky star for the number
OF years embraced in their two ages. The day
Of the month that this star represents is the
wedding day. Neither bride nor groom see
each other until the day OF the wedding and
the groom does not see the bride until they
are married. She has vail over her face
during the ceremony and she only takes this
of after she is indiesolubly joined to him. If
he doesn't like il he has 10 lump it, and there
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lSe4tcT,I
ECadet Topper-See that old chap in the
Majors buggy, Tipper2 That's the Bishon of
Oshkosh; he's one Of the Canons of the
Church
Cadet Tipper-Why didn't tho Major get him
a gun'carriage to ride on2
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and those of the lowest birth are ever seen upon
the streets. These wear q sort of green cape,
with long sleeves covering their heads, and SO
arranged that only one eye peeps out. Tho
sleeves Of these cloalSs are as fat as though
ironed and starehed, and i have never seen one
which appeared TO have been used for the arms.
The women merely throw them over their
heads and the sleeves seem to be as superfuous
as the buttons on the back of o swallow tail
coat. In the country districts the women do
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and gathered around Mrs Carpenter Their
emily Object was 10 satisfy their curiosity, and
at first the encounter was pleasant enough
They fingered the strange lady's dress, aud
then, seeing she did not object, grew holder
They pulled Up her sleeves aud rubbed their
hands over the white skin Of her arms, making
ordinations which evidently meant beauti-
ful. They wanted TO examine her under
clothing, and went wild over her haiTpius aud
her earrings. The Madame did not know how
20 get rid Of them. They were 20 10 one. and
her objections were Of no avail until i an
peared la the distance and was saluted with
frst-class American scream. ] ran down the
hill toward her. As ] did so the whole score
Of yellow Acknowledged girls set up screech,
and scampered of at a two-forty rate to the
doors Of their huts.
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considerable work in the fields, but they are
always alone or in company with their hus-
bands. They do the hardest work and the
drtiest work, and rs TO the spreading of
manure, this is always done by the women.
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saw me, and then she jumped to her feet and
screamed like one possessed. She ran into the
souse and moment later her tall husband, ar
mayed IN long sEy-blne gown and bat as big
ne ladys parasol, rushed out aud gesticulated
violently while be shouted At me IN Corean. I
FED. aid not al the time realize my danger.
lt is crime 70 look az a woman in Corea and
the woman who is touched by the hands Of a
strange man is liable 70 he put 70 death, and
The man who touches her is liable 20 imprison-
DeDt. Instances have been known OF women
killing themselves when men touched them,
and during al the time that ] was in the city
81 Seoul i did not see a high-elass woman.
Other Americans, who had been there FOR years.
told me they had never met one. though they
had been closely associated with the Corean
nObiiity.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON D. o. THURSDAY AUGUST a. 1872

widows of Corea. In the higher classes Corean
widow is expected to wear mourning all her
life, and to spend her time in weeping for her
husband. It would be infamous il she should
marry again, and as she generally has no one
to support her the only future for her is that of
concubinage. Suicide is by no means uncom-
mon among widows all over the East and in
not few instances Corean widows commit
suicide rather than indulge in the life which
they know thoy must lead after the death Of
their husbands. This is especially so with the
wives of great criminals. 1t Is law in Corea
that the wife and children of q man who COM
mits capital crime shall DO tho slaves of tho
judge who passes the verdict upon him, and it
is not uncommon for the woman who has done
wrong to be made tho slave of the man who con-
dennis her. Such women arc treated no better
than beasts. They are the property of tho
Judges and he can sell them or hire them out
for any purpose that he wishes.
The women of Corea have, however, some
rights. One of these is going about at night to
visit thor friends, ut which time the mon are
required TO remain indoors. The Capital of
Corea, Seoul, is city of 600 people. Every
day Mt sunset band of men with bagpipes
march from the Palace to the gates, which are
placed at intervals around tho walls Of the
city. These gates arc closed as soon rs they
reach them, and from that time until sunrise
no one on the outside OF the city can get in, and
no one on the inside can get out When this
band begins it's playing the men of the Capital
are expected to betake themselves to their
own houses, and the women have the freedom
of tho town. man going alone Mt night is
liable to arrest. There are no gas-lamps, and
the only characters seen upon the streets are
these women, half vailed, going about with
lanterns. AS foreigner under the escort of the
Minister | was able to make several nocturnal
expeditions through the Capital. did not sec
a man out doors, and those women who passed
me were so bundled up that could not in the
dark get a good sight of their faces.
Tho future of Corean women Is however by
no means dark. IfCorea could be freed from
China foreign influences would rapidly make
their way. One of the most influential persons
in Corea at present is an American girl who
acts as doctor TO the Queen, and the American
missionaries mingle with the women of tho
better class, and arc making q great i'm
preston among them. The Corean women
who come to this country will have many
stories to tell about the wonders of civili-
zation when they return, aud IL may be that
The relations of women and men will in time
undergo n change. Atpresent. however, woman
is 10 better than slave, and among the lower
classes the whipping of wives aud concubines is
not uncommon.
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among them who appear only before the Queen
These girls wear fine dresses OF silk, and they
whiten their skins with powder aud paint
Their songs arc rather chants, and they have q
sort Of tambourine and bells which they play
10 them. Not few of them are concubines
and they are as rule of bad character.