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Occulist is bay stallion Is hands and
inches high, sired by Hardwood, he by
Blackwood, Jr., he by Old Blackwood. 1st
Dam Abide by Withers, old Almont, his
Dam by Edwin Forest; Hardwood dam by
Columbus. Black "ood Jrs. lam was Belle
Sheridan.
The finest trotting strain of blood courses
his veins, and any one acquainted with the
turf register of the performances of the
celebrated trotters of the country will not
deny the fact that more purses have been
won and horses sold for higher prices of this
strain ofblood than any other.
TERMs-By Observation-Disclosures. $50 90
TERMs-By season. -. ................. IS so
am prepared to take care or mares from
distance at my farm at 81 so per month.
DAVID WHITE, White Hall,
Grimes County, Texas.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
WITH PRACTICAL NOTES ON Or
CRARDS AND LIVE STOCK.

Surprising Number and Variety of the
Orchard - Orchards in Cold Valleys
Stock Notes.
We furnished to the public many
years ago a full statement Of many in
stances in which crops of half tender
fruits, such as peaches and nectarines,
were destroyed by the frosts CT winter
when planted in sheltered valleys, while
those on exposed hills escaped. The soil
was rich in the valleys and favorable to
the free growth of the trees; and shell
tered from the bleak winds of elevated
grounds, they were erroneously supposed
by some persons to be safer there than
on more exposed localities. The cold
air on sharp winter nights, made heavier
by the exposure, rolled down the sides
of the valleys, and filed the bottom
with lake of cold air, while warmer
air remained above. The accompanying
figure represents this result distinctly.
We have known a difference i'll sixty
feet of altitude to make all the difference
between an uninjured crop of peaches
on the hill, and its entire destruction at
the bottom Of the valley. This effect is
increased, and the trees as well as the
crop sometimes destroyed on account of
the rank and succulent growth in the
richer soil below, rendering them liable
to winter killing, while the well ripened
and well hardened growth on drier
o,,1 coil ToTnOP
against the frost. 1t sometimes hap
pens, however, that trees growing low
down on compact, well drained and
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Special.

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rangements with that wide-awake, illus
trated farm magazine, the AMERICAN FAR
MER, published at Fort Wayne, Ind, and
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Vulcan 4I45.

This grand Shire stallion won the cham
pionship of the Shire Horse show for his
owner in the spring, and we have very
great pleasure in giving his portrait, the
one we use being that given in the Off
cial report on the show issued by the
Shire Horse society. Vulcan 4145 was
bred by Mr.. John Whitehead, of Medlar
hall, Kirkham, Lancashire, from whom
he was purchased by the Earl of Files
mere. He is by Cardinal 24O7. out of
Jessie (Vol. II, S. II. S. B., page 1879,
by Sir Colin 2022. He is a black 6-year-
old, and at the Shire Horse show, in the
spring, visitors hardly knew which to
admire most, his gay style and carriage,
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END VIEW OF ICE HOUSE.

pieces, 2x4x12. for rafters and the veIti-
lator: $50 it. siding, Ii #. long; 1900 #.
common boards, for sheathing, floor,
roof, etc.; "a pieces fencing, surfaced, IL
#. long, for corner boards, ETC.; so yds.
building paper; 5000 common shingles.
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The celebrated trotting stallion Occulist
will make the season of 1890 at Chappell
Hill, Navasota and my farm alternating be-
tween the three places every ninth day.
VIII be at Chappell Hill on Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 18th and 5th, returning
9th day
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Notes and Comments.

a wandering hunter in Iowa plugged
and killed $500 Hambletonian the other
day.
Coloredo's wheat yield the present year
leads ali the rest. 1t stands twenty-eix
bushels as against ffteen-the average
everywhere.
The price paid for the mammoth horses
that draw the transfer wagons of Denver
will average $500 each. 1t pays to breed
and raise big horses.
Barley is the only grain crop that
America imports. This is quite curious,
since the country is susceptible of grow
ing millions Of bushels for export. The
American farmer has had such dislike
to the bearded stuff that he neglected
it sadly.
That English syndicate has at last COB
bled the Pillsbury and Washbprn flour
mills at Minneapolis, at IS, 200, 900; prop
erty transferred Nov. /.
Drouths have seriously affected fall
pasturGge in Ohio, Illinois and Wiscon-
sin, as well as Michigan; and farmers,
unable to properly care for their cattle,
are forcing them upon an already glutted
market.
Bees should not be placed near a street
or driveway. If person is so situated
as to be compelled to keep them in such
place, high board fence is quite pro-
lection against trouble; or a row Of high
trees, or a building, in fact anything that
viii compel them to rise high when they
fly from the hive. When they are thus
situated persons living in the vicinity
would not be aware of colonies near, as
they rise up out of the way of mischief.
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AIR IN A VALLEY.

moderately fertile soil, will succeed bet
ter than those higher up, if on a mucl1y
and water soaked piece of ground.
In climate of milder winters. and
where the peach crop is never killed by
weather below zero, late English
writer says: 81 do not believe in plant
ing fruit trees in the bottom Of valleys.
This is often done to secure the rich
soil. But it is of little benefit to the
grower to realize strong growth and
an abundant Towering, if his crop is de-
stroyed in the Towering by the spring
frosts-which has repeatedly happened
the last few years in certain localities. ="
This further illustrates the same diff
culty-that of frosts in valleys for ten
der growth.
In all cases, whether high or low in
situation, thorough underdrainages should
be always given to the ground where
orchards are to be planted, unless good
natural drainage already exists with the
soil. Those who are about setting out
new peach and other orchards the pres
ent autumn, or preparing the land and
trees for them next spring, will find it
advantageous to select situations least
subject to sharp valley frosts, and to pro-
vide in advance ample drainage. -Coun-
try Gentleman.
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The Busy Bee.

Mr.. MiIleson believes that a great many
bee keepers use altogether too much
smoke in handling bees, and do nearly as
much harm as good. Be careful about
using smoke, and use as little as possible,
and don't drive the bees all out of the
hive.-Field and Farm.
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guiding AN ICE HOUSE.

Farmers Can Have Ice for Summer at
Small Expense.
The Prairie Farmer thus tells how to
build an ice house:
Level the land which you say is a side
hill, as stated in our issue of Sept. 81.
For house to hold thirty to thirty-five
tons-sufficient for ordinary dairy pur-
poses and to supply the family with ice
the illustrations and following direc-
tons will suffice:
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Is 1Ik SPEeE

The house should be built upon dry
foundation, where the drainage is per-
feet. If the soil is not sufficiently por-
Gus to allow the water to pass off freely,
drainage should be provided by means
of tile, or foot of rock, gravel, ETC.,
should be laid down, with drain lead
ing away from it. The specifications are
as follows:
Stills to be 2x12, bedded level on the
ground, the inner studs 2x6, sheathed
on both sides with common boards, the
outside to be covered with felt paper,
the space formed by sheathing to be
filled with tan bark or sawdust. The
outer studding to be 2x4, spiked to out
side of sheathing and covered with COM
mon siding, leaving space under frieze
and above base of in. The floor to be
constructed by spreading from to in.
of tan bark or sawdust; level the same
and cover with common boards, leaving
a gin. space between each. The plates
to be the same as studs, 2x12; rafters,
2x4; roof shingled. Ventilators in top
should be Q #. in. square. Doors
doubled and filed with sawdust.
Below we give the full bill of lumber:
pieces, 2x12x14, for stills and plates; 80
pieces, 2x6x12, for inner studs; 8 pieces,
2x6x12. for hip rafters and collar beams;
39 pieces, 2x4x12, for outer studs; 20
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
Has the Right View.

A negro preacher by the name of
Shields, of Washington. D. G.. is on a
lecturing tour Of the South. Ii re-
cent lecture at Gainesville. Ga, Re
said:
"Your hest friends are down Eere,"
said he, "and it is your duty to tie on
to them and keep their good will by
honest good work and respectful de-
pertinent. Until you are able t., stand
alone you will have to lean upon so,ue
body, and the southern people have,
proved themselves your friends. They
have given you work and work and
wages all the time. 1 see white and
colored carpenters and masons work
ing together on the same buildings il,
every southern town. | see colored
draymen, colored porters, colore.l bar
bers all about. Up north they will
call you Mr.. Johnson or Mr.. jackson,
but that is about ali Down here they
will call you Tom and Dick and Bob,
but this is not all They will be friend
you and protect you. Now let me ad
wise you to keep out of politics Some
of you have been voting and voting
ever since the war, and generally you
have been voting right against your
southern friends, but it has never done
you any good. | don't advise you to
be Democrats nor Republicans, but al /
ways vote for the man who stands fair
est in good works; vote for the man
who has the respect of the community
in which he lives; vote for the man
that good men vote fer. You have no
time to devote to politics. Work,
work, work, and save your money,
and before anybody knows it buy you
a little house and own it, and plant
trees and vines around it, and you will
feel more like somebody than you ever
did before"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
TAR-HEEL HUMOR.

A gentleman from the country met
a negro, who is strong Republican
and asked him what he thought of the
great sweep last Tuesday for Democ
racy all over the country? "Well
boss, said he, "de 'lasses and graner.
lated sugar is run together for one
time"-Tarboro Southerner.
A colored man twisted mules tail
yesterday afternoon on Salisbury street.
This morning there is bandage an
inch thick on his jaw and his arm is in
a sling Don't twist a mules tail
The mule may be your'n but the tail
is his'n and don't forget it.-Kerners
vile Ne,cs.
Mr.. M. FARRELL was sitting in his
Hotel office last "Wednesday when a
young woman entered and asked if the
Hotel wanted to employ any one. Be-
ing informed that there was no demand
for labor just then she blushed little,
gave nice smile and said: "Well do
you know of any one who wants to
get married." "He He" well WelP'
said the landlord, "plenty of candidates
for marriage but they are all women"
"He He" Good morning. High
Point Enterprise.
There seems to be great many To-
cal poets breaking out in town. The
woods are near by, aud if worst Gomez
to worst We can take to 'em. And
there in solitude serene, with jay birds
singing low; we'll let the poets go to
grass, until they 60 below.-Durharn
Globe.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
Col. William Snort.

Extract from His Letter in National DEM ]
To Major Dan DC Gary, Houston, Tee:
My DEAR MAJOR: I told you so.
Time and again I warned Harrison to
look out for a combined earthquake
and cyclone in November. On the
day he left for Indianapolis to vote
he was in high feather. He had just
signed the commissions of few more
negro postmasters, ard expressed the
opinion that the negroes would rally
and carry at least hall dozen of the
Southern States for the Republican
party. 1 couldn't help feeling sorry
for him. l said:
nocent man on the road, l never heard
Of but one human being who knew less
about coming events than yourself"
"Who was that unsophisticated man
to whom you allude?' asked Harrison
at was not 8 man at all, Mr.. Presi.
dent. 1t was young lady living in
Boston. She was married to the man
of her choice. After the ceremony
was over, and the happy couple We're
alone, she said impressively: "Now,
John, / want it distinctly understood
that no babies are to be brought into
the house. She was perfectly in earn.
est in her belief about babies, just as
you are about politics. She learned
better in time, and after the 4th OF
November you too, Mr.. Harrison, will
have acquired some valuable expe,
rience."
Harrison smiled one of his 10 de.
grees below zero smiles, and bid me
good bye I've not seen him smile
since, and [ don't think anybody else
has.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
MT, SETTLES SILENCE.

Last week THE SENTINEL produced
evidence which showed very plainly
that Solicitor Thomas Settle was cog
infant and approved of the fraud
which was perpetrated i'll his behalf in
the recent election.
In the same article we offered Mr..
Settle our columns for a reply and
promised him a courteous hearing, but
he has not yet seen fit to accept The
SENTINEL's invitation to deny a
charge which, if not disproved, ought
to and will make the people of this dis
trict regard him as politica! trickster
whose methods are an outrage to those
principles of justice which he, as ju
dicial officer, pretends to uphold.
We now repeat that invitation and
extend it to his brotherin law, Mr.. P.
G. Sharpe, and we would like for the
latter gentleman to answer two ques
tiuns: 1. Did he not consult with Mr.
Settle before having the tickets print
ed and did not Mr.. Settle approve of
the plan? 2. Did not Mr.. Sharpe
have the bogus tickets printed at the
Office of Thomas Bros, in Gree nsboro?
In the meantime. while Mr. Settle is
remaining silent under a charge which
an innoc. at man would quickly deny.
the evidence is accommodating. During
tie campaign Mr.. Settle wrote letter
to Mr.. j. Ruff Henderson POSTMASTER
at Wilkesboro) and sent it by Mr..
Sharpe, who distributed the bogus
tickets in Wilkes and Allegheny, in
which he said: "My brother-in law,
Mr.. Sharpe, is Democrat but he has
my full confidence. I hope he will
have yours"
The people want to hear from Mr..
Settle and he owes it to himself to
reply.
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One Of Lodges Victims.
from the Washington Post, (Rep.)l

From the Washington Post, (Rep)l
The defeat Of Congressman Ewart of
North Carolin: can be charged to the
experiment of allowing kindergarten
statesmen of the Lodge school to die
tate and shape the policy of the Re-
publican party. Mr.. Ewart is one of
the young and prog ,essive men Of the
South, such as the Republicans must
look to if they would gain a footing in
that section. When the Force bill
was pending in the House Congress
men Ewart and Coleman warned their
Republican colleagues that its passage
would prove death blow 10 Republi-
can ascendency in the Southern States,
and that there would not be corpo-
rails guard of Republican members
from that section in the next House.
To show bow completely this predic.
ton was fulfilled it is but necessary to
refer to the fact that, while the present
House contains twenty five Republican
members from the Southern States,
there are but five Southern Republi-
cans elected to the next House.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
% Operative Farming.

1t is announced that a colony of
about twenty-five Northern farmers
Rave purchased 5000 acres of land IN
Cullanan county, Ala and wiii begin
CO operative farming. There is to be
8 joint stock company with capital
or 100000, limited to 200 shares, and
no person can have more than one
share. The farm work is to be per
formed by the shareholders themselves
and their families, and the profits to
be distributed as dividends They ex-
pect to introduce manufacturing as
soon as practicable, as they have a
forest Of valuable timber end an mex
haustihie amount of coal
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1890-11-27
HOPE FOR CONSERVATIVES.

Among all the dread diseases with
which human beings are afflicted there
is none more feared than consumption
II is no respecter of persons. 1t fas-
tens its deadly clutch upon the bloom
ing young girl and soon the burning
eve and flushed cheeks attest its awful
presence. The strong man is stricken
and he gradually sinks to death de-
spite all the care which skilled physi-
clans can give him. 1t is an insidious
and almost incurable disease.
On account of these facts the
world halls with joy the announcement
that DR.. Koch, German physicians
has discovered cure and preventa-
| tive of the disease. The facts seem to
have been given to the public too
soon, before sufficient experiment had
demonstrated the true value of the
remedy, but it is already pretty we'll
substantiated that lupus, or tubercular
destruction of the tissues on the sur
face of the body can be cured and also
mild cases of tupercular disease of the
lungs.
The remedy consists in "lymph,'
or healing liquid, which is obtained by
destructive distillation of piece of
beef in which the tuberculosis bacillus
has been propagated. After filtering,
sterilized liquid, composed mainly of
bacilli, is obtained. This liquid in
jected into the body, on coming into
contact with the active germs Of con-
sumption, kill them and drive them
out of the system. The part affected
commences to swell and suppurate and
the dead tissue sloughs off. 1t becomes
evident that in advanced cases OF the
disease that this suppurating process
would be very dangerous, as the pa
TENTS system would not be strong
enough to stand the great Inflammation.
Some medical authorities are inclin-
ed to look upon this new remedy as a
humbug while others pronounce it the
greatest discovery since Jenner origi-
mated the vaccination method for cure
of smallpox, about one hundred ears
ago.
The municipal authorities Of Berlin
have given to Prof. Koch FIVE build
ings in the suburbs TO be used as hos
pitfalls where experiments can be car
ried Oh to aid him in the discovery Of
a cure of such infectious diseases as
scarlet fever, measles, diptheria and
typhus fever. He is also experiment.
ing on a cuI G for cancer with fair pros
poets of success.
All that has been established, so far
is that Koch's remedy will cure some
external diseases, such as lupus, and
also mild cases of consumption. Prof.
Koch pronounces genuine, deep
seated case of consumption as incura-
BILE. However, Koch's remedy is OF
great help to physicians in making a
diagnosis in these extreme cases.
Consumptives from all over the
world are focking to Berlin to be
treated and it is feared that this rush
will prove to be detrimental to the
scientific accuracy of the experiments.
Several physicians of the United
States have gone over to Berlin to
study this new method-among them
being DR.. Westray Battle, of Asheville.
The whole world seems to have gone
mad on this discovery, but it is best
not to believe too much until every
thing has been proved by repeated
experiment.
We can only hope.
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If the lymph discovered by DIR.
Koch, the German specialist, should
prove sure cure for consumption the
managers should lose no time in giving
a spoonful or two to the Republican
party.
Rev. Baylus Cade, the Baptist
preacher with an inventive turn of
mind, will take charge of the editorial
department of the Progressive Farmer.
Mr.. Ramsey has accepted position on
the Economist in Washington City,
where theoretical farmers who wear
"Yaller shoes" are quite numerous.
There are but two influential news.
papers in the great northwestern States
that still stick to the defunct G. o. P.
the Chicago Tribune and the St.
Louis Globe Democrat, and these are
urging the Republicans to let section
al legislation alone and to doctor the
tariff bill. The farmers of these great
States know what they want and these
papers are i'll a position to see the
great western cyclone which is gather
ng force to sweep the Republican
party to perdition in 1892.
~.
The breach in the Republican party
widens and the combat thickens as the
days 60 by. Reed and Mckinley are
blaming Blaine for the disaster.
Blaine is smiling at all the virupera-
ton of these little fellows. Meanwhile
the Radical papers are booming Blaine
for the Presidency in 1892. The St.
Louis Globe Democrat is in favor of
this ticket: For President in '92, Jas.
G. Blaine Platforms: Let Her go
Gallagher! This is about all the plat
form left for them to stand on and
they will doubtless adopt as their cam
paign song that stirring little ditty:
"Down went Mckinley to the bottom
of the sea-" &c.