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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-05-08
From Philadelphia.

PERSONAL HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES.
Especial correspondence of the vIRGINIAN.
PHILA May 8, go
The readers of the VIRGINIAN can form some
idea Of the travel from the Charles street union
depot, Baltimore, Md, when they know that
ordinarily, 100 passenger trains go out Of that
depot every "a hours, and that this number has
increased to 225 when summer excursion trains
are on
To one VINO has any doubts as to the effect of
Industrial Plants, and their power to build up,
develop and beautify our land, a ride on the
Limited express" from Baltimore to Philadel
phia, would prove advantageous. The entire
rOut } is lined with all kinds Of manufacturing
plants. The smokestacks stand likc mile stones,
marking the grand highway OF American pro-
sress. Here and there are neat and tidy
villages, and all around the entire land is in IL e
highest state OF cultivation. The air is full OF
the notes of prosperity, while American genius
has made the land to blossom as a rose. From
away down in the heart Of your correspondent
comes up the earnest wish, that soon our noun
tain section would feel the magic touch, and
spring into new life. Cooperation, and united
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-05-08
THOS. c. ELDER. FITHZUGH ELDER
NEW REAL ESTATE AGENCY.

Thos. C. Elder and Fitzhugh Elder have enter
ed into a partnership for conducting the bust
ness of REAL ESTATE AGENCY at 106 South
Augusta Street, the law Office of Thomas c..
Elder. under the firm name of Thos. c. Elder &
Son.
Real estate of all kinds. in town and country,
bought and sold on mo ferate commission.
Farming land aoill not be neglected.
The long experience of the senior member in
the real estate business and the promise of the
junior to devote all his energies to the business,
are the inducements offered to the public for a
share of it's patronage.
THOS. c. ELDER,
apr3 FITZHUGH ELDER.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-05-08
An Important Decision.

An Important Decision.
The Importance and far reaching eff
feet of the recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court, affecting the pro
hibition law of Iowa and laws of similar
import every where. demands that the
case should be intelligently stated. We
avail, therefore, of the following brief
resume of the case, which we find in the
New York Press, and also the inference
drawn from it. The decision leaves the
matter of regulating Inter State Com
merce with Congress. and we have no
doubt active movements will be inau-
gurated to secure such legislation as will
restrict the sale of liquor in original
packages. Otherwise both prohibition
and high license laws will be entirely
Intellectual, and package selling become
so universally popular, that other means
will have to be adopted to provide reve-
nue. for some of the municipal govern
ments:
After Iowa enacted a prohibitory law firm
of brewers of Peoria, ILL., sent some of their
beer in sealed kegs and cases by railroad to
Keokuk, where their agent, nonresident, Of
fered it for sale in the original packages. The
liquor was seized by the City Marshall, and the
brewers brought suit against him, alleging that
the seizure was unconstitutional and void, ard in
violation of the clause of the Federal COnstitu
tion which gives Congress the exclusive right to
regulate Interstate ommerce. The local court
decided in favor of the brewers, but the SUI
preme Court of Iowa reversed its decision, and
fol 10 hp i0h
nal in the country The Supreme Court at Wash
ington now OverTules the Supreme Court of
Iowa, and decides that the transportation of
liquor from one State to another is matter OF
Interstate commerce which Congress alone can
regulate, and that the right of transportation
of an article of commerce from one State to
another includes by necessary implication the
right of the cOnsignee to sell it in unbroken pack
ages at the place where the transportation ter
inmates. The decision was concurred in by six
judges the other three dissenting, and it carries
the weight of authority, as well as of numbers
inasmuch as the majority includes Justice Mil
Ter, the generally recognized leader OF the bench
as well as Justices Bradley and Field and the
Chief Justice, while the dissenters are Justices
Gray. Harlan, and Brewer. 1t will be observed
that the Republican judges were evenly divided,
three for and three against the position taken
while the three Democrats stood together. 1t is
also worthy of note that the Iowa member of
the court, Justice Miller, decides against the
claim of his State.
This decision virtually breaks down prohibi
ton by State law. No matter how rigorous
law Iowa may enact against the sale of liquor,
Illinois brewers can send beer into the State and
sell it, and in like manner Boston liquor dealers
can defy the Maine law by importing their
wares into Neal Dow's city. The only condition
no
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-05-08
Valley Virginian- Supplement.

sale of intoxicating liquors within it's territory,
are to be held imperative and void as applied
to liquors sent or brought from another State
and sold by the importer in what are called orig
inal packages, the consequence must be that an
inhabitant of any State may, under the preteXt
OF Interstate Commerce and without license
supervision of any public authority, carry or
send into and sell in any or all of the other
States of the Union intoxicating liquors of what
ever description, in cases or kegs, or even i'll
single bottles or TASKS despite any legislation of
those States on the subject, and although his
own State should be the only one which had not
enacted similar laws The Philadelphia Press
interprets this to mean that liquor may be sent
from Camden to Philadelphia in bottles and
TASKS. and sold freely and Unfortunately with
out license, and it certainly seems as though
this theory were correct II so, the consequences
of the decision will be far-reaching and enor-
nous, and the whole problem of dealing with
the liquor traffic is involved in new and great
difficulties. The full text of the decision will be
awaited with great interest
The extraordinary feature of the original
package" decision by the Supreme Court is the
fact that Chief Justice Fuller and his Demo-
cratic colleagues, Justices Field and Lamar
take position Numerically opposed to the
traditional Democratic dogma of State rights,
while three of the six Republican members of
the court are stout defenders of that dogma
Moreover, tile Democratic Judges in taking this
position had to reject the precedent set by
Democratic Chief Justice, presiding over a
Democratic bench, when fancy, forty years
ago, ruled in precisely similar case that, while
Congress alone could regulate the Importation of
liquor from one State to another State the State
could regulate it's disposition after it with
in it's borders. 1t is thus seen that this is an
other case where the highest judicial tribunal
has rendered one decision in one generation and
a contrary one in the next and it is not improb-
able that the latest one, although now sustained
by the weight of authority well of reputation
may be overrulede before great many. years
have passed. However, an early reversal can
hardly be expected when the judges stand six
to three, and the only thing to do is to accept
the situation and act upon it. 1t is, of course,
plain that Congress has the power, under the
Constitution as just Interpreted. to pass law
providing that importers of liquor from one
State into another shall be subject to the regu
1ation, or even the prohibition, of the sale of
of such liquor, which may be the rule in that
State; and apparently some such law will
have to be passed in order to prevent the
utter Decentralization of legislation affecting the
liquor traffic which is threatened by the action
of the Supreme Court
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-05-23
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-08
Feeding Shells for Lime.

AS the hens will not eat oyster shells
when ground as fine as meal, and prefer
the large, coarse pieces, it is doubtful if
oyster shells assist in supplying lime Tor
the egg shells, and are rather eaten be-
cause of being sharp and assisting to
grind their food in the gizzard. Oyster
shells are as insoluble as limestone, or
any other carbonate of lime, and cannot
therefore be utilized as food. Iflime is to
be given to fowls it can best be done in
the drinking water, as the freshly burned
lime (hydrate, when slaked) is in the best
form for the purpose. The lime of the
egg shell can be secured from the food
very easily if the hens are supplied with
plenty of grass and a variety of food.
The grains are deficient in lime, and when
the hens are confined and fed entirely on
grain, the eggs will have soft shells, no
matter how well the hens may be sup
piled with pounded oyster shells. In
some sections of the country oyster shells
are seldom seen, yet there is no difficulty
in regard to the hardness OF the egg shells.
The oyster shells promote digestion, by
assisting to grind the food, and in that
respect are very serviceable, and aid in
promoting the secretion of lime for the
shells of the eggs.-Ex.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-08

does not clear rapidly enough.it can be
raised slightly from time to time.
Where it is possible carry a stream of
running water through the yard. This
will save numberless steps, will result in
healthy fowls, and larger egg supply.
Either running water or automatic water
tanks are Indispensable. Racks to hold
quantity of feed | do not like. They
Over-feed the birds, encourage rats and
mice and allow the feed to waste and
spoil. / am hearty bel ever in exer
else for fowls and like to feed grain in the
sheaf or SOW it among straw or chaff on
the floor. To hang upmeat and cabbage
and other green's for the birds to work at
earnestly takes their time, gives them ex-
ercise and is very beneficial in every way.
The chicks produced by working parents
are always more vigorous and able to
reproduce and withstand disease.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-08
Bone Meal for Poultry.

Bone dust for mixing in poultry food
should be, on an average, about the fine
ness of fine oatmeal. There are usually
large pieces interposed, but these need
not be taken out, as any too large will be
rejected, though the meal m y be sifted
from any larger than peas if desired. The
price never being very much more per
pound than good meal, it should be used
literally with all the soft food, and about
one ounce mixed with every half pint of
dry meal before adding the milk or wa
ter. In small yards, cut grass must be
literally supplied as we'll as the mixture,
and on such food the birds will grOwwon-
derfully, and acquire a constitution which
in confinement we have never been able
to attain in any other way. We may
say that burnt bones pounded have not
by any means the same effect, being re-
duced to mere phosphate of lime with
some amount of animal charcoal; neither
have crushed raw bones, which have been
stated by some to prOduce similar results.
On the contrary, raw bones have been
proved by the very simple test of exper-
iment to hasten laying in the pullet, and
furnishing or feathering out to maturity
in the cockerels, as might be expected
from the amount of fresh Jelly they con-
tain; hence, while excellentin moderation
for laying stock, or during limited time
to prepare cockerels for actual exhibition,
they are not adapted for regular feeding.
Poultry Keeper.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-08
Poultry Mansions.

Hens are cOntented in cheap quarters
and lay as many eggs, and as large per
cent. of chicks succeed as with expensive
houses One point should be sought
more than it is: To make rOOsts, nests,
droppings-board. ETC., movable and inter
changeable. If the poultry quarters can
be dismantled, cleaned thoroughly and
reconstructed in short time and with
out driving or drawing a nail, so much
the better. Many are now deciding for
the first time to go into the poultry bust
ness. This is all right, for there is plenty
of room and money in it for the man who
will give it his close attention with an in
telli2ent and established system; but re-
member simplicity, ventilation and clean
liness These are the foundation stones
upon which to build a house for your
birds. If the birds can be made to clear
their droppings-b board SO much the bet
ter This is accomplished by friend in
compelling his flock to rOOst over plat
form sloping about eightinches in 10 feet.
The lower edge projects over the hogpen.
Dry loan and small grain are daily
thrown upon this platform, and the fowls
ACQUIRE the knack of working the entire
covering down into the pen about once
per week. The platform can be suspend
ed by wires at it's highest side and if it
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-08
Egg Producing Food.

The following inquiry and subjoined
answer we find in the Farm and Fireside:
'What kind of egg producing food
should be given in the fall, or from now to
spring? My fowls have arun offour acres.
How much mashed potato and bran is
equal to two quarts of cracked corn?
Should hens have all the food they can
eat while running out? How much per
head will they require not to make them
too fat? Last year my hens were too lat,
and [ did not know what to do with
them"
Well, only a few months ago, we gave
go it all over again, with back numbers
only fvecents. We do not give the name
in the above, as we know our correspond
dent would not wish it, But he gives us
a hard job. First, what kind of egg pro-
ducing food. Well, all food is egg pro-
ducing, but the safest plan is tofeed va
riety. Beware of feeding grain alone.
Give bulky food, such as grass, potatoes,
turnips, etc. Food cannot be measured
on a cracked corn basis. One quart OF
bran is worth two of cracked corn for
producing the white OF anegg. One quart
of corn is worth four of bran for keeping
hens warm. There is no comparison be-
tween the foods, and that is why varie-
ty should be fed.
The next question: Should hens have
all the food they can eat? Never, at any
time Make them work for all they get.
How much will they require not to make
them too fat? We ask our friend: Does
each hen eat exactly the same quantity
AS the others? Hens differ Some will
fatten on but little; others do not read
lily fatten. No enc can tell you how much
to feed flock, as individuals differ The
best mode is to give what you think is
about half enough in the morning, and
let them try and find the remaining guam
tity desired Keep them at work. Give
them clover hay, chopped fine and scald
ed, meat three times week, and wheat
at night. If fat give no wheat at all
only the chopped hay in the morning.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-01-08

To whom all correspondence in regard to this
department should be addressed.
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EDITED BY e. w. AMSDEN

ORMoND, FLOR
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11
Fell 1000 Feet From q Balloon.
From the Philadelphia Record. I

From the Philadelphia Record
MANSFIELD, o., August 2e.-To-day
was the closing day of the fair, and
10000 people had gathered to see the
balloon ascension by Prof. Charles.
The balloon used was hot-air concern
and was held over the furnace by ropes
in the hands of bystanders. When all
was ready Charles gave the word and
the balloon was released.
AS it shot upward the spectators were
Mortified to see Milton Redin, one OF
the leading young men of the county,
clinging to a rope dangling from the
balloon. Redin must have lost his
head, for he clutched desperately at the
rope, and in a moment was over 100
feet in the air. The balloon rose rapid.
ly, and Charles could be seen attempt
ing to draw Redin up. For ten
minutes Redin clung to the small
line as the balloon was whirled
southwark. While at the height of a
thousand feet Redin's hold was loosen
ed and he was seen to fall. His body
shot downward as from a cannon and
struck the earth half a mile away.
When found the clothes were torn off,
every bone was broken, and the body
wes crushed out of human semblance.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11
A North Carolina Hustler.

William T. Crawford, the Demoera-
tic nominee for Congress in the ninth
district of North Carolina, is a hustler.
He was born on a farm in Haywood
County in 1856, and is therefore only
34.,yesrs of age. As soon as he was able
to do so he worked hard in the field
until he was about IS years old, when
he was taken with a desire to go to
school and learn something. Young
Crawford went to the public school
until 20 years of age, at the same time:
keeping up his share of the work on the.
farm. At the age Of "a he advanced to-
the position of teacher of a country
school. Soon after this he entered the
academy at Waynesville, studying
whenever the duties of his own school
would allow him. The course at the.
academy was completed in 'S2, and
then Mr.. Crawford emigrated to Colora-
do, where he engaged in farming. Be-
fore he had been in that country very
long, however, he came to the conclu-
sion that Western North Carolina, with
its mountains and hills, was the better
place of the two to make money and
enjoy life in. So he pulled up his stakes
in Colorado and returned to Waynes-
vile. There he engaged in mercantile
business for some time and in 1886, was
elected to the Legislature, carrying the
county by 500 majority. He served two
years in that capacity and was re-
elected in 1886. After two more years.
service in the Legislature he was, in
1888, chosen eiector of his district. In
1888 Mr.. Crawford was made engross-
ing clerk of the House of Representa-
tives. Since that time he has studied
law at the University law school at
Chapel Hill, standing highest in his
class. He is said to be an excellent
speaker.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11
Great Longevity in a Japanese Family.

"a thousand years in one household"
Gkka sen-nen) is an old japanese say
ing, employd with reference to an
event which, in respect of extreme
rarity, may be classed with the sight of
a dead donkey or tinker's funeraI.-
The Hochi shinbun says that an in
stance may be found in the household
of a merchant called Mizuma Gensuke,
who resides at Kanazawa, in the Saita-
ma district of Sado. The family con-
sists Of the following members: Great
great-great-grandpapa Gengo, aged 130;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Toni,
aged 1872; Great-great-grandpapa. Gem
bel, aged 10l; Great-great-grandmamma
Miyo, aged SO; Great-great-grandsunt
Yoshi, aged 105; Great Grandpapa
Gensuke, aged 81; Great-grandnlamma
Kimi, aged 70; Grandpapa Gempachi,
aged 81 Grandmamma Togo, aged
60; Papa Genkichi, aged 40; Mamma
Tomo, aged 3s; Uncle Genroku, aged
35; Son Genshichi, aged IA: Daughter
Toki, aged 5. The united ages of the
fourteen amounted at the close of last
year to $50, and consequently became
994 on the first day of :hisyear, accord
ing to the japanese method of calcula-
ton. Next New Years Day, supposing
that death had not interviewed mean
while, the aggregate ages would be
zoos, and as 1874 is nearer 1000 than
1,C0S, the family have resolved to cele-
prate their ikka sen-nen this spring by
visit to the shrine of Ise, and after
ward to Koyto, where the whole four
teen, from the little tatof to the gray
head-if he still has any hair of-130,
will go sightseeing in company.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11
THE AGE OF MULES.
Story of One Which Lived "Some Length
of Period"
CChicago Herald

lOAtNe@S' AASi G%IN'
How long do mules live ?" repeated
the Major, as he placed his feet on the
railing Of the hotel veranda and blew
into the air, slowly and refectiveiy, a
vast cloud Of fragrant tobacco smoke
well, I don't know. I never saw a
mule die, and I never saw a dead
mule. But for all that Pm hardly pre-
pared to say that they live forever"
Tell US about Colonel Waterman's
mule" broke in the Doctor, extract
ing beautiful meerschaum from its
case. ~ think none of the others
have ever heard that story, and as.
sure You, gentlemen, it is as good as a
fish story.n
Its not much Of story and it's
true. At the beginning Of the war
FColonel Waterman had an old mule by
the name of Jenny. AS tie Colonel
had an opportunity to sell the animal
at good figure. he did so. To be sure,
Jenny had been in his family so many
years that she seemed like member of
it, but $50 is not to be sneezed at for
an old mule, SO the Colonel put all SEN
timental feeling aside and let her 20
for $50.
'That was just before the war ?'
queried the landlord, standing in the
door.
Eyes, just before the war; cont;n-
ued the Major.
"1n the exciting times which fol
lowed of course old Jenny was entirely
forgotten. About ten years after the
war was all over the Colonel con-
cluded he would like a young, lively
mule. After a great deal of expert
menting he bought one that just suited
him. Among other good qualities it
looked just as Jenny did when she
was young. The Colonel's son Frank
happened to come home on a visit a
day or two after the purchase. The
morning after his arrival he wandered
out to the stable to see the new mule.
In about ten minutes he returned and
asked: "Father, what did you pay
for that mule ?"
"Seventy-five dollars" replied the
Colonel.
Frank burst out laughing and ex-
claimed: That's just SIS more than
you sold her for y
"And sure enough the ColonePs
young mule was none other than the
old Jenny" -. --a-
II never thought to ask you," said
the Doctor relighting his pipe, whether
Jenny is still alive or not.'
''She was = year ago." replied the
Major promptly, "but was beginning
to look little weary. There's no
way" he added, moralizingly, "of
telling the age either of a mule or a
negro"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-09-11
The College-3red Indian.
New York Star

Curious notions some of these phil-
anthropical people have who want
young Indians sent to college, educated
and then returned to their tribes to
help civilize themr'
1t was John Selend, of Helena,
Mon, who said this, as he sat last
night in the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
II have lived" said he, "more than
thirty years on the far Western from
tier, and my opinion on the Indian
question is worth something. I tell
you that once an Indian, always an
Indian; for there is something is this
easy, careless, irresponsible life they
lead that hold them proof against any
line OF civilization. Their chief oecu-
patton is their own adornment, and
their days are a succession of talks,
smokes, sleeps, feasts, dances, funerals,
weddings, and all woven into never
ending warp Of poker, with an oc-
casional dash of horserace. Educate
them? You can't do It. I was told
something the other day which will
do as a proof of the truth Of what T
say. On the Usage Indian Reservation
there are about fifteen hundred In
dians, and among them some fifty
graduates-boys and girls-of the Car
isle University. It would grieve those
excellent educators who have charge
of that seminary if they should per-
chance visit the Usage agency at PAN
husks and review their former scholars.
The last one of them is in his breech-
clout and blanket, and avoids English
as language as if every word was
rattlesnake. There is not one left to
tell you the tale of their sojourn at
Carlisle, for not one of them will speak
English The fact is, as shown by
even a causal look, the education of
the full blood Indian is an exaspe,ating
failure. 1t will ever fail, as will all at
tempts by one race to make its eiviIi-
zation fit another and different one.