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1 STOPPED THE HORSES.

frightful painting of the trembling
horses now well in my hands. Again
and again l cried--louder and wilder
and deeper in my distress. But heard
nothing in response save the mocking
echos and the heaving sound of the
restless horses. 1t was the most terri
BILE moment of my life-terribIe beyond
expression! Alone in the dismal Sier-
ras-themselves the picture and inspi-
ration of gloom! alone in the deadness
of the night, with frightened team I
knew not how to manage, a broken
stage out of its pathway, and sup
posed dead companion to find and guard
till help, or the morn, or the grizzly
bear should come. No pen can ever
adequately portray the sensations of q
soul in such a crisis.
Again I cried with a wall of misery
and despair. / knew not how long,
how loud, nor to whom the wailing
note went; but my cry was answered
by low moan, the groan of man
seemingly in the agonies of death. My
driver was not yet dead! and so thank
fulness again sprang into my soul.
1t was some consolation even to hear
the sound of the mans agony, for with
it came the hope that the poor fellow,
after all, would survive.
Hope grew stronger, for the next mo-
ment came another and still another
groan, this time from man evidently
with vital energy and a rallying strug-
gle. Soon the driver crawled, half
dead, up the bank, but the only thing
he seemed to be thankful for, and the
only fact he appeared to appreciate, was
his courage in holding on to the lines
while he was being dashed and dragged
about on the rocks below. In the dark
ness the first thing he wanted seen was
the manner in which he had performed
the fearful feat of-holding the reinsl
/, still trembling, held the frightened
horses against the upper bank, doing
all / could to quiet the fears of the
painting beasts.
By the aid of matches we soon had a
good light, and the situation was fully
revealed. The poor driver was fright
fully mangled and torn, one ear being
well nigh severed from the head as he
struck the sharp edge of the rocks be-
lOw
l tied up the man as best / could, we
mended the broken stage and got it
back into the road, and then came the
slow and cautious and painful descent
to the next station at the foot of the
range.
But poor Henry was never again able
to go upon the road behind his team in
the long months during which I
remained in correspondence with
friends over his fate.-M. v. Moore, in
Detroit Free Press.
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American Forest ConsumptIon.

Says lumberman: "The signing Of
a contract for 600, 900, 900 feet of pine in
Minnesota should serve as reminder
that the fear of American forests giving
out is far from being an imaginary one.
/ have been handling 4umber by the
10000 feet for two-thirds of a lifetime,
but the figures in this deal took me by
surprise, and it was some time before
could realize them. The supply of lum-
Der in the north is steadily giving out,
as the figures for Michigan in particular
show. Ten years ago the annual output
or product was just about the size of
of the great Minnesota contract just
signed, for single companies, but the
aggregate totals for 1890 barely reached
these figures. We. are lavish and ex-
travagant with our lumber now, but at
the present rate of consumption there
will be precious little left to consume a
quarter of a century hence. Chicago
Journal.
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A remarkable instance of the dis
astrous effect that the prolonged frost
has had upon the fish was to be seen at
the Welsh Harp lake, near Hendon,
which more than perhaps any other
place within easy reach of London has
been the rendezvous of thousands Of
skaters. On one side of that superb
sheet of water had been cut breathing
hole about ten yards square for the un-
happy little prisoners below, and here
had congregated in their thousands a
medley shoal of pike, dace, roach and
perch. The poor creatures were all more
or less frozen, and could easily have
been picked out of the water by the
hand. Not few, indeed, had already
perished from cold or hunger and were
floating together with the living on the
surface of the water. The perch had
lost all their coy lithsomeness, as shown
by the fact that they allowed them
selves to be gobbled up by the ravenous
jack with utter sang froid. The con-
gested pool was lined all day by an In
terested ring of spectators.
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The half upset stage and the vigorous
jerks of the frightened team in front
brought additional horrors to me; new
ertheless / determined to make an ef-
fort to save my life, if possible, in.
leap upward. So l sprang out of the
stage in a desperate jump from the
higher side. l reached the ground in
safety, but not a moment too soon.
The stars were bright overhead, and
through an opening in the forest trees
around on either hand, saw the s1ead-
ers" of the team making desperate
effort to avoid being pulled over the
precipice. the lines still in the grasp
of the driver below, the man clinging
to the ribbons with the clutch of death;
and the rough stone edges of the
lower wall of the roadway having
broken the speed, since the axle had to
be dragged forcibly over the uneven
/ saw what must be done to stay the
tragedy, SO 1 jumped to the front,
seized the leader by the bridle-rein,
and at once pulled his face squareto
the upper bank. l thus stopped the
horses and kept the stage still on the
road.
But where was the driver? This was
the narrowing thought now in my
mind, for the mans cries were hushed.
l cried aloud for him, but no answering
voice came in reply, no sound was
heard save the echo from the opposite
wall of the canyon beyond and the
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the team. Yet it was but moment or
two until he struck the ragged ledge
below the roadway, and / discovered
my situation as heard him utter hor-
rible shrek and then low moan as of
one in the death agony.
BY this time the lower wheels of the
stage were off the roadway; the stage
itself was on the edge of the fearful
precipice and the axle of the vehicle
being dragged along over the stone
wall that supported the lower side of
the road bed.
The scream of horror piercing my
ears emphasized the frightful situation,
for the driver was not only being dashed
to his death, as supposed, in the dark
ness below. but there was an awful pos
sibility that in the next moment the
stage and the horses would go over the
brink and land in the dismal unknown
abyss of the canyon beneath. The
driver was pulling with all his weight
in the direction Of that abyss
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German
Syrup

]. c. Davis, Rector of St. Jamex'
Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala:
my SON has been badly afflicted
with fearful and threatening cough
for several months, and after trying
several prescriptions from physicians
which failed to relieve him, he has
been perfectly restored by the use of
two bottles of Bo-
An Episcopal schee's German Syr-
up. / can recon-
Rector. mend it without
hesitation" Chronic
severe, deep-seated coughs like this
are as severe tests as a remedy can
be subjected to. 1t is for these long,
standing cases that Boschee's Ger
man Syrup is made speciality.
Many others afflicted as this lad
was, win do well to make notE Of
this.
]. F. Arnold, Montevideo, Mimi.
writes: ! always use German Syrup
for q Cold on the Lungs. I have
never found an equal to it-far less
. superior. q
q. G. GREEN, Sole Mani Woodbury. MI
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Hard to Suit.

People sometimes have good ground
to complain of their grocers, and not
unfrequently the grocers have reason to
complain of unjust criticisms on the
part of their customers.
One Saturday evening, when there
was quite crowd of purchasers in a
grocery in one of the suburbs of an
Eastern city, gentleman came in in .
clustering mood.
''See here" he said to the proprietor,
s'that fancy cieamcry butter of yours
testes of the firxin."
II don't see now that can be- an
swered the grocer, ''for I keep that but
ter in glass jars"
"Well," said the customer, sharply,
lit tastes Of the gless jar, then'"-
Youth's Companion
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New LONDON, Ct, JAM 22-At the
outbreak of the civil war there was lo-
Gated In Augusta, Ga, = business man
named Daniel Hand. He was the SON
of New England farmer and had been
settled in Augusts for many years. Not
sympathizing with the Southern cause,
he found it profitable and advisable to
sell his stock Of goods, real estate and
other property and return to his old
home in Guikord, CT. But there was
one piece Of property tract Of Georgia
pine land-which he did not sell, for the
reason that he looked on il as prac-
tically unstable and valueless. This
pine land he left in the care Of his part
ner, Mr.. Williams
As the war progressed Mr.. Hand was
in his quiet home in the little New Eng
land village, away from the sounds of
strife and scenes Of bloodshed, and took
no concern for the Georgia pine lands.
With the return of peace came renewed
prosperity and an influx of Northern
capital to the South. The value of
land in Georgia began to rise, and pine
land proved no exception to the rule.
Still Mr.. Hand was careless and ignor-
ant of what was going on. He had
made plenty of money to live on and
did not have to trouble himself about
his pine lands in the South.
If my memory serves me, it was some
time in 1885, twenty-five years or so
after he had left his Georgia store,
that Mr. Hand received letter from his
farmer partner, Mr.. Williams, stating
that he had succeeded in finding pur-
chaser for that tract of pine land that
they had considered valueless. Mr..
Williams also stated that as q sale had
been effected, and that on account of
such sale Mr.. Hand had standing to his
credit in bank and subject to his order
the nice little sum of seven hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
This appears to me to be q pretty
clear case Of the pocketing of an un-
earned Increment As far as Mr.. Hand
personally was concerned that tract of
land had practically ceased to exist.
His whole interest in it had gone out Of
his mind entirely.
And yet while he was at his home in
Guilford, Ct., passing his old age peace
fully and happily, utterly oblivious Of
the whole matter, $3.50, 900 were accu-
mulating for his special benefit
To Mr.. Hands credit it ought to be
said-which, however, in no way breaks
the force of the story-that he has In
vested the whole sum and placed it in
the hands Of trustees to be used as
perpetual fund for to defray the edu-
cational expenses of worthy colored
students in the Southern States; but
this only shows how much the commuu-
ity could have for public use and bene-
fits if no individual were allowed TO
pocket what he did not create.-W. c.
Miner
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INcREAss Of land values simply neans
that the owners, by virtue of their ap.
preparation Of something that existed
before man was have the power OF
taking larger share Of the wealth
produced BY other peoples labor
Social Problems
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NE night l was
eros ing the
Sierra Nevadas
in a stage. / was
the only passen-
ger aboard, and
h e nee h ad a
l o n e y a n d
dreary night of
it. The e lon g
slow pull of the
ascent had con-
surned all of the
fore part of the
night and much
Of the e arly
morn. It w as
q b o a t I w o
o'clock W b e n
the summit was
reached, all un-
awares to either
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Disappointing. .-Coughton Ito beau
tiful girl whom he has rescued from
drowning)-"I see You are fair and be-
witchingy but can not WOO and win
you. l am married" Beautiful Girl
But, George, it is 1, your own wife. y
ssPshaw! never did have q real 70.
nance in my life. Spare Moments.
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WHATEVER other causes there may b
in existence, it is indisputable that the
general system of taxation which pre-
walls in this country and which has pre-
vailed for hundred years, is such as to
t1ke very much moro largely from the
pockets Of the poor than Il does from
the pockets of the rich.
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ONE ENJOYS

ON0 66NJ -
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs Is taken; it isplseaant
and reffeshingto the taste. and acts
Rentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head,
aches and fevers and cures habituaA
constipation. Syrup Of Figs Is ths'
only remedy Of It's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and 40
ceptable to the stomach, prompt IN
ih action and truly beneficial inits
Effects prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substancea
its many excellent qualitSs COM
mend Il to al and have mnsAe It
the most popular remedy knowE
Syrup Of Figs b for sale In Ga
and 81 bottles By al leading drug
gis2 Any reliable druggist who'
may not have It on hand will pro-
cure It promptly for any one who
wishes to try T. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA E1e SXRUp CO
sAx FRANCISCO. CAL
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DRIckLY ASH
BI7ERS

Oao q H. aesi Important organs q ~
humaa body lsths LIVER. when n siaIlsie
psepsriy pssierm lts functions The entire
sysiem beesmss dsrangsd. Ths BRAIN,
KIDNEYS, STOMACH, BOWELS, all ssiuse
iopessesm ihels wesk DYSPEPSIA, CON.
STlPATI0N, nnEumAIlsm. KIDNEY DIS.
EASE, sie., are ~ eesulls, uaiess some.
ihlne b done b asslsa maiurs In throwing
"a ihs lmpusilles eaussd b. TIE laaelioa
q q TORPID LNEa. Ihis assistanee -
asssssasy will - issad b
Prlekly Ash Biiiers /!
Il aeis directly - Tie LINER, STOMACH
~ KIDNEYS, aad b. llsmIld ~ eaihasile
sosea and general iealo qualIllss rssisrss
lheoo ornans b Z sound, healthy eondllIoa,
ano cures 90 dlseases arisjas iron lheso
eauoes. q punDFIe8 TINE elo0D. loaes
- ~ syslsm, and resleses pesiset hsallh.
I1ysus dsuooisi dees ~ kssp Il ask hlm b
osdos n ~ yeu. 9sad e siamp ies eepye1
TINE MORSE TRAINER, !" publlshed b q.
polcklv A3u o1TTEnS CO.,
~ IsesEistsrs. 81. L0UIB. no.
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A THRILLING RIDE.

An Experience in a Stage-Coach
In the Sierra Nevadas.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-05-23

ONE OF the great evils of our methods
OF raising taxes to-day is that they tax
conscience, that they make men lie and
psrjurs and bribe and corrupt
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-05-23

In Hawkes. Bay, New Zealand, there
are 1850, 900 acres of land, of which
1000, 600 are occupied-that is, owned.
OF the occupied land, 1,176, 900 acres be-
long to forty-seven people. The land
question is coming to the front out
there. Hawkes. Bay is one of the
places where the Single Tax agitation
in the Antipodes was first vigorously
pushed. Mr.. Arthur j. Desmond was o
leading and active worker for the cause
in that region back in 1884.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-16
WASTE OF FODDER.

Prevent IL b. SaPplenenting Corn With
Sweet Glover.
It is conceded that an acre OF corn
fodder n generally equal in value
to three-fourths Of an acre OF
timothy. It will not be disputed that
there is IN enormous waste of fodder.
That increased attention is being given
to improve methods of cutting, curing
and storing is abundantly evidenced by
the large space that its discussion
occupies in the agricultural press,
especially that which is somewhat local
to Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas, and by
the use of special and adaptable ma
chinery in the handling of it 1t will
be well for farmers interested to post
up on the matter now, and be ready for
cutting and threshing the crop next
fall
Corn fodder alone is not good ration
for stock and should be supplemented
with clover. Now is the time to pre-
pare for the clover crop. We would
advise large sowings for several
reasons. 1t is q crop that does well
over q larger area of country than any
other. though with varying yields.
Different sections and different soils re-
quire different treatment in sowing.
Here we can sow in early spring on tho
bed of winter wheat or rye; or perhaps
the best way ID to sow after the first
narrowing of oats. II makes fine
growth with the other grain, and as
the weather is apt to be moist at harvest
time il is not killed out by hot suns
when exposed after the cutting away
If the grain.
In sections where it is likely to be
dry in midsummer we should advise
sowing alone on stubble ground early
in the spring, and then keep weeds
moved down two or three times during
the season. This will prevent ut any
time dense shade, and also furnish
mulch for the young plants. Then
there will be no woody, coarse weeds
to rake up with the crop the next year.
For one of the best paying crops,
simply as a crop. and for the drawing
in and retaining of valuable elements
of the soil, SOW clover.-J. NJ. Rice. in
Prairie Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-16
THE eUckWHEAT CROP.

To Increase Fertility IL II Almost rs
Good rs Glover.
Clover is considered one of the best,
if not the best crop that can be used tc
build up rundown soil. But in some
cases the land has been cropped down
SO much that good growth of clover
cannot be readily secured, and when
this is the case something else must be
used. In the absence of clover one Of
the best crops to use is buckwheat. 1t
will grow in q soil too poor to make .
good crop of clover: it makes quick
growth and will soon shade the soil
thoroughly. Shading the soil aids in
notification and also in destroying the
weeds. One advantage with buckwheat
il that two good crops can be grown
and turned under in one season and a
sufficient quantity of plant food secured
in this way to grow crop of clover.
and a soil that will grow clover can he
built up into . good condition of fertil
ity.
The first seeding can be done rs soon
as all danger of hard frost is past: sow
broadcast, taking pains to sow the seed
as evenly rs possible over the surface
and harrow in well As soon rs good
growth has been made, or when in full
bloom, it will pay to plow under. taking
pains to cover as completely aspossible.
A second sowing can be made as soon
Is the first is plowed under, and before
hard frost in the fall it will have
made good growth In this way q
considerable quantity of valuable fer
tilizer can be applied at q comparatively
small cost and good start be made
towards building up the fertility. Like
clover. buckwheat will help to make
vts soil loosen and more friable and to
make plant food already in tn. 9oil
available, as well as to add to the sup
ply of fertilizing material. Its quick
growth and its branching habit of
growth make it a desirable crop to
grow for green manure, and as it will
grow on very thin land it will be found
q good crop to use for this purpose, es-
pecially in the spring.-St Louis Re
public
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-16

Syrup"
We have selected two or
three lines from letters
Group.

we nave selected TWO OF
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, SUBJ
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ed. L. WILLIrs, Of Mn. JAS. W. KsRK,
Alma, Neb. give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harodsburg, Ky. I
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
It. 1t is simply mi ter, and find it an in.
1aculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-half of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous infamma-
lions of delicate threats and lungs. q
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-16
POULTRY PiCKiN0S.

THERE is more in feed than in breed.
GUINEAs are among the best foragers
of all the fowls usually kept on the
farm. and If allowed a good range will
pick up the greater part of their own
living.
WHILE an exclusive diet of grain is
objectionable as 4 rule, yet at this sea-
con some grain must be supplied in
order to keep the fowls in good, thrifty
condition.
FULLY one-half of the failures with
brooders are due to want of care in
keeping warm. Breeders should be ar
ranged so that there will be no corners
into which the chicks can crowd.
II the fowls appear droopy and lose
appetite. it will often he good plan to
feed them linsecd meal. A gill Of the
meal given to ten hens twice q week
will aid in maintaining good health and
thrift
The principal item with the bantam
is its small size, and in breeding them
everything should be sacrificed in order
to have them as small as possible. II
they get beyond pound and . half n
weight they are getting too heavy.
Bones make q good feed for poultry
occasionally, and on many farms .
good supply could b. readily secured
with little care in picking them up
and breaking or grinding them into
such condition that the fowls can eat
them
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-16

IMPROVED shlNDsioSE shy nothing of
FRAME the inconveni-
ence to the operator. The arrange
ment shown in the illustration largely
obviatcs these difficulties. A fiy-wheel
is attached at sufficient distance to one
side to give freedom of movement when
sharpening an AK or scythe. A wheel
of this kind can frequently be found
among the old iron of hardware
dealer, or can be purchased new foc .
small sum- It is important that it be
OF sufficient weight to give steadiness
to the stone, and momentum to the
revolutions, SO that little effort need be
expended on the treadle to keep the
stone in motion when once well under
way. The stone itself should, of course,
be hung perfectly true.-American Ag-
riculturist.
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Fig. l.-Cushman's strawberry rows. 81 feet
apart plants IS inches apart In row. Four
plants allowed to root from each plant set in
the srring making . narrow Guadrnrle row.
the shank Strengthened SO the hoe blade
was in the line of the handle, like .
spade. 1t was kept sharp and in the
hands of a careful person did nicely.
W. w. Farnsworth said it was easy to
start an ideal row but quite another
thing to keep it SO. He planted
in the spring, in rows So feet
apart. and kept the runners
off as long as he dared. 1t was
difficult to tell just when to
allow them to grow. the object being
to put it off as long as the season would
permit and still get plants of sufficient
maturity to bear fruit next season. If
it turned dry after midsummer it was
difficult to get \ good stand, and if it
was wet then too many plants started.
He cut runners with sheep shears.
Henry Young planted in double rows,
eighteen inches between the rows and
eighteen inches between plants. He
left a space of three feet between each
pair of rows. This space was cultivated
with a horse while a hand wheel-hoe
was run in the narrow spaces. The
picking was done in the wide spaces,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-05-16
MOVABLE FENCE.

dark figures inches; letter A the cross
cleats of finch crib lumber; space be-
tween two end cleats inches. Nail
the cleats on with wire nails clinched;
end clcats inches apart. Lumber does
not need cutting. Where used for hogs
only, planks Is high enough, and the
fence will stand without any supports
when set at an angle of an old-fash
i0ned rail fence. Have fence boards ell
same length, with upper and lower
boards reaching the outside cleat at
one end, while the 3 middle boards
reach it at the other end, leaving top
and bottom vacant to hook into the next
panel. Put cleats all on same side of
fence; manner of setting up is readily
seen. A few panels Of this fence will
save great vexation in handling con-
trary stock.-Cor. Orange Judd Farmer.