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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30

Wh:lc sliding ii the Plaza de Armes in
the Ci.y os Nexjco, "A American missed.
d valuable ietd glass from his coat
POCKET. aad w..lie lie was searching for
j three policemen stepped up with q
II os.er tad gt2ss, requesting the!own-
&, to - 70 cour, enl testify against the
fhef In loss than fifteen minutes after
entering the courtroom the thief had
a.an sentenced; - serve a term Of five
yalr 4, = sold cr il the Mexican army
.#a lie ulass rc t17c.l TO its owner.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30

The work Of Glave, tho African ex-
plorer, in Alaska, shows how little is
known Of that great Arctic territory
The explorer, according to his report,
took horses through portions Of the Yu-
don country which it was supposed
could not be reached by animals. Per
Ilp5 tais misconcepton was fostered by
tie natives, whe drew fine revenue
from al explorers for carrying luggage
and supplies.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30
Throw small grains into coarse littss
aud let the fowls scratch it out.

Throw small grains into coarse listu
aud let the fowls scratch it out.
Industry and egg pro luctioa are in,
separable with hens st this season.
Sec tha. no water stands about tue
grape vines Or on the strawberry beds
Many growers say ,aat vea-.ine
grape vine is the best. as rule, iol
setting.
One pound of lean meat to twenty
pens given three times q, week will be
beneficial.
Do not dig the celery when i: ia
frosted, but wait until it has tia " Il out
and is dry.
Entomology, geology, botany AMI
chemistry are sone OF the stu lies OF the
hor:icul,urist.
Extreme thirst. greeaish discharges
and dropping appearance indicates
chicken cholera.
Many ne elected corner woalsi sup
port thrifty Concord o Brighton il
given the chance.
A clean, sandy loan Q. medium
fertility Is the r!sls SORT IL which 10
grow onion sess.
If heavy fall of damp snow lod res on
eyergreens or other trees, it will be well
to shake It OF before feeezin5.
The old tue system o. heating green
houses has given place, in many
localities, to steam and ho. water pipes
W. c. Barry attributes the rapid
growth and sudden death Of certain
rose bushes to the free use OF nitrate Of
.oda.
Nothing makes better protection for
beds Of perennials than forest lesve-, a
title dirt sprinkicl over ta@l WI hold
IN place.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30
suLruATE or AMMONIA As PLANT FOOD

sULrTIATE OF AMMONIA As PLANT FoOD.
sulphate OF ammonia is Of special IL
terest to the agriculturist, as with the
exception of Peruvian guano il is the
only commercial source of ammonia
within the farmers reach. 1t Is prepared
from the ammoniacal water, which is OBJ
tained in tic maaufacturo OF gas from
coal.
The sulphatc, not being a complete
manure, is.scldom, i ever applied alone,
not even when in a course OF rotation it
follows plosphatic manure. It's very
useful when employed as al adjunct to
the slow-acting nanures, it increases the
the yi4or Of the plants ali enables them
to tt.,c up more Of the other kinds OF
food, in given time, than tiley would
or could otherwise 10.
Suphate Of am44oni-s may oa applied,
either as top dressing, o., It may be
worked II tie soil just previous 70 the
seeding Of a crop L i uzaallg applied
at the rate q I90 = i2J ponds per acre.
Many f4-.aers mis- the sltahate wit
three Or four times is bulk of loall il
orier to insure !. more even distribution
Sulphate of ammoa;a is most largely
employed - grain crops. Progressive
farmers also ne light dressings Of the
suIpla,e with fine eject Oh their grass
laas... no oaly after the growth is well
started d tie spr.n., ba. again after
moving. Some farmers claim taa. i
pays to .op-dress m4nsolds and similar
crops vita sllplate. Iessrs. LaRes and
Gilbert, il tner famous field cxperi-
le.-s, proved tie efficiency Of salplate
al ammonia - a1 JUNG. Of slow actin
1aanures aud il inviting plants 70 utilize
quickly AMI more fully the manures
yst.1:n their reach Tacir most note
w5r.h7 results were gained when th'
s4lph4te was applied to land that had
been previously enriched for severa
se,rs bv the accumulation Of min
.eral AMI other nanuring- The largas'
crops were obtained when mineral aud
p.tro -eaazssi 1na1a-es were e1p.oged -
!. 4ethe~.--te, Tor: Eor3.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30

50 nev j. onr great West that It i
sad tnerc il not ii Color4lo = native
born white granimo.her. Dea7er IS
plIc up of ore pct . foreigners oae
pa of New Eaglaatjcrs, one Of New
Yorkors aud Middle States people, one
half part Of Southerncrs AID the otncl
half Of natlvcs. Tncre are more Welsh
ncn ther, than any other class OF
foreigners, with the Seanlinavians a
close second
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30
cannot let you 80 without telling you

l cannot let you 60 WITHOUT teliiay YOU
| love YOU"
There was no answer. He took
courage from her silence aa1 sat down
beside her.
"Dearest, you are SO beautiful. Aud
you love me, do you not."
NO she said in low, distinct voice.
ssNo."
He started back in amazenent.
"Why. l thought used to think
You know We used to be-
eyes; before my father died know
we were good friends. That is all. j
never loved you.
"Then you have trihed with me, he
interrupted in an indignant tone.
Il supposed it was out OF the question
for you to marry any girl who hal done
anything toward her support. And it is
utterly out OF the question for me to thiok
OF marrying you," and she left him ana
and went in, for it was her turn to sing.
Robert had seen Eleanor 90 out on the
piazza and he saw Harry follow her. Tie
felt that his fears were, realized aud,
noticing nothing, sat lost in thought.
Then he heard Eleanor singing. How
beautiful was her deep contralto voice
as it rose and fell in the italian love
song! She was 50 beautiful, 50 near,
yet SO far, from him.
The song ended. She was called
back, then recalled. HOY fonl every
one was of her. Well, he must lelrn TO
bear his disappointment.
Hark, she was singing again. It was
only "Auld Robin Gray" ye. how she
sang it.
And she was looI1in, at him full intho
face. lie could not bear It; he was
thankful 1t was the last on the pro-
gramme, while people were crowains
around her and congratulatins her, roi
only on her singing, but perhaps on her
engagement, be would steal Oil. into the
darkness. =
In deserted corner Of the piazza he
found Harry sitting alone In the dark
ness he could just see that his face was
buried in his hands. HI turned back
and met Eleanor in shes1'', alone and
radiantly beautiful. Sac slipped her
hand in his arm, saying: ''Do you
mlrd walking moment with me2 It
looks SO refreshingly cool in the star
light.'
Roberts heart beat violently. Could
it be possible she had refused Harry
And how tender her manner seemed to-
ward him.
''We 60 to morrow" she said after a
little pause. ''Our beautiful summer i
over
care you sorry7" he murnur ed, hi
soul in his eyes.
She looked up. At her faint smile he
caught her in his arms.
"E,eanor, Eleanor! I loves you 50!
Cad you-do you-'
For an answer a soft arm stole around
his neck.
''How blind you have beena' sh
whispered
Il thought you loved Harry" he
/ said.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30
"psl,aw," interrupted Harry.


know to whom you refer, aud you think
ste IS sigAing = little for me. Well,
Eleanor P.atts rlay be sumner, but the
very fact that she t.kes pupils kills her
for ne
The other young maa flushed little
and his eyes burned with brighter
light as he replied:
Miss Piatts has shown herself a
heroine. In the face Of society she has
risen to- an emergency. Her father
failure was an honorable one, and when
be died she refused to be dependent
upon.tha queruIous, miserly aunt, and
consequently was cut of from her WILL.
By the way, she IS here as Marlon Eilis's
guest"
There was little pause Harry
laughed anl soon the two strolled of
toward Harry yacht.
The young girl just around the corner
OF the house from where they had been
sitting claspcd her hands tightly to-
gether, oresscl her lips, and au angry
flush spread over her face. Then the
Righteousness Of the whole thiay came
over her, and she su lied, in spite Of the
hurt that woald make itself felt.
That night there was a hop a, the
hotel, and Robert Evely5.l was surprised
to see his friend Harry q. voting himself
to the very girl he hal saeerel at that
afternoon.
Eleanor was dazzlingly. beautiful that
night. She was dressed in pure white,
her checks were flushed, her deep brown
eyes shone with happy light, and her
Ups We're parted N Il snile a sac circled
around the room witl Harry for a ls.-t.
ner.
All, she has always loved him, ;
thought Robert, bitterly And Harry
loved her, | believe, before her father
failed Poor girl How little she knows
that he IS tritiins visa her, the scoua-
drel''
After tae waltz Harry and Eleanor
promenadel slowly up ana down the
hall.
Il have not seen you for two years, y
he SAID.
fe"No, not since papa died. You nave
been abroad. Did yoa enjoy sight.
seeing?' she replied.
Immensely, though Paris suits me
best to live in. You use to like Italy, .
"Yes, aad Italy has served inc to eood
advantage. I have pupils in singing aud
Italian, you know.
Harry WINGED u little She was SC
beautiful anl charming that he hal al
most forgotten.
Besides, if re did amusc himself now be
might be forgiven, for ne used to know
her 50 well. lie had fan3ie4> hlnseI
quite IL love. She had served for all hi
ideals, except Tor ier absur1it&,9 being
Independent Of Eer relatives
Robert watched them arl sigsel Ii
had long lovel Eleanor, but his to-saae
was so small compared with Harry an ]
Eleanor deserved 50 much tna. he in
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-01-30

"Oh, no." she replied. That Is
ab=urdl7 .oat of the question. '''-y1s.,.
LLaLe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
VITAL POINT.
A Case of Importance to Set
tiers Heard at Rapid
City, S. ID.
The Title of Many Settlers in
New States Involved in
the Decision.

RAPID CRY, 5. D., Special, April IA
case has been comm nced in the local lana
office here, on the final decision of which
by the secretary of the interior will rest the
title of a large number of bona ide settlers
in the recently admitted states to their
claims. On the proper presentation o. the
facts to the comm. ssioner OF the gen
eral land office a hearing was
ordered N the case of seve settlers h
four yeas ago 6ok up claims in the ca
end ofMe de coun y. They locat d on UNI
strive ed lands, built their house an n We
cultivated The lands, but last year fail d to
ma e filings, as required by law, at the
local land office within II ne J days of the
filing lhereat of tn su vey and plats o!
the and on which the h d located.
In September. 1891, Thomas IL. Ruth
commissioner of school and public lands
for South Dakota, acting under the grant
of lands from the United Sta'e3 10 the state
for school and charitable purposes. made
selection OF some of the lands already oc'
supied by bona fide settlers. The state
did not appear at the hearing Yesterday
and no decision will be rendered by
the local land office officials. The
secretary of the interior has agreed to with
hold his approval of the states selections
until a decision in the case is made by him.
BY those who are acquainted with all the
facts it is believed the decision will be in
favor of the settlers, even though they did
not comply with the full letter of the law.
Should it be adverse TO them il will not
only cause considerable hardship and lead
to more or less clarm.iumpins here but
also in ali the other new states to which
congress granted lands for school and char
table nurnoses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
NORTH

Conductor X. s. Stokes, of the Great
Northern, on trial at Grand Forks Tor burg
la~rizing a freight ear, was acquitted.
A fierce storm is raging at Inkster. The
roads are almost impossible. Threshing is
now stopped. The unthreshed wheat is OF
very little value.
The Methodist church building at Man
dan, was burned. 1t is thought the fire
was started by enemies of the pastor. Loss,
s.. 900; insurance, 81, 900.
A term of the United States district court
opened at Bismarck recently, Judge
Thomas, presiding. 1t viii probably be q
short term, although several important
cases are to be disposed OF.
There was a large attendance of farmers
at the sale ofschool lands at Grand Forks,
The prices ranged from $14 per acre to $40,
the highest being paid by Thomas Camp
bell for a quarter section one mile from the
city. The bidders are all farmers who own
farms adjacent TO the lands they purchase.
The Methodist church at Mandan, was
destroyedb by fire. Evidence shows it to
have been fired. The pastor and leading
members are prominent in the work Of en-
forcing the prohibition law. Suspected
parties are under surveillance and arrests
will be made. Loss, 5000.
At a meeting of the State Board of Agri-
| culture held at Grand Forks business men
met the proposition OF the board and tend
ed a bonus of 50, 600 to guarantee the board
| against loss in case the state fair is held
here. The board will undoubtedly accept
the tender and locate the fair here.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
THE WICKED WORLD.

Wyoming stock growers start out to
round up cattle thieves.
A Chicago lawyer has quite an experience
with burglars.
A package containing $4,000 is stolen
while en- route from New Orleans to Wash
ington.
Duncan B.. Harrison, Suilivan's manager,
is arrested in an Illinois town for hitting a
man who stepped on his eorns.
DIX & PHYFE, New York bankers, are
robbed of between $50, 00o and $4,000 by
employees.
THE mana ,er of a Chicago hotel is said
TO have swindled guests, Including congress
men and British noblemen, GU OF s400, 600
at cards.
Everett Nymanoyer, the well known
Minneapolis man, is arrested on a charge
oflibel preferred by his wife.
Fears are entertained that Whalen, the
murderer will be lynched when he is taken
TO Portage.
Prince Michael and Eliza Court, the
'Flying Roll Disciples. have been released
OF bail at Detroit. Mich.
Patrick Kelly, a peddler, was killed near
Fishville, La by a gang OF negroes. -Four
OF them We're caught and hanged.
BURGLARS entered the train agents office
at the union depot, Omaha. and stole near
ly $40, 900 worth of tickets. The officials
believe ii was the work OF an employee.
PETER ESoE, a jealous Boston Il Maine
brakeman, shot and killed his wife Mimi e
at Lawrence, Mass. Enoe has for some time
lived apart from his wi aud repeatedly
threatened her life. The murderer escaped.
The party who went in search of the
two negroes who had assaulted Postmaster
Browns daughter at Lithonia. Ga, has re-
turned, and report that there as no use in
further pursuit, and the two men We're
lost What this means is generally I'M
derstood.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
VISUALIZE

A FIRE occurs at a hospital at Ashland,
Wis, and a calamity is narrowly ayerted.
The st. Paul White Lead and Oil COM
pany's plant is burned.
A LARGE amount OF cotton and numerous
dwellings in New Orleans are burne, , tie
losses being oyer S3,0oo.000.
A RAFT is reported to have gone to pieces
near Louisville, KY, and six raftsmen
drowned.
n. & C. TAYLoR's American tin plate plant
in Philadelphia, the first of the kind in the
United States, has been almost destroyed by
fire. Loss fully covered by insurance.
AT a church luncheon at Nashville Tenn,
fifty persons were poisoned by eating ice
cream. John d. Hudson and Miss Matte
Goodwin died. Several persons are serious
~ i'll.
A REPORT has just reached Fairfield, H.,
that the town of Barnh;ll, seven miles
south of this place, was almost entirely
wiped out by a cyclone. 1t is thought no
one was injured, though several were bad,
ly hurt. No further particulars have been
received.
THE steamers Hansa, for Hamburg, and
F~alkenburg for Bremen, were in a collision
at sea. The Hansa Was so badly damaged
that she sank, carrying down with he,
seven OF her crew. The Falkenburg subse.
quently put into Deli Hyl, Holland, with
her bows stove in.
A BANANA train on the Illinois Central
road was wrecked near Milan, Tenn, eigh;
cars going into a creek along with the tres
tie which gave way. Conductor Phillips
and Joe Aguse, of New Orleans, were badly
injured. The train was bound Tor 81. Louis.
TIE damage will reach $4,000, and traffic
will be DELAYED "a hours.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
SPORTING

Pitcher Van Zandt will be released by the
Giants.
The Toledoes have been dubbed the
Black Pirates
JACK COLLINS of Detroit has retired from
the pugilistic arena.
JoHN SULLIVAN will train within seventy
five miles of New York.
THERE will be more local bicycle riders
this year than ever before.
Boz F~ITzsIMMoNs is partial to vioIets, and
sports a ~boutonniere OF that variety of
flower.
THE st. Louis Jockey club announces
forty-eight days of continuous racing this
spring from April 80 to June "a.
ANNE AVERY figures as the only woman
who writes about affairs pugilistic. She is
married.
GEO. DIXON and Eddie Daily have been
compelled to do their boxing in dress suits
at Cincinnati.
Reddy Haurahan, the old Sioux City
short-stop, is coaching the Fordham col
lege base ball team.
VAN HALrRES is pleased with the Balti-
mores, and predicts that his team will
finish among the first four.
LuBY, the Chicago pitcher, is aphenome-
nal batter. He made four home runs in
one game recently,
FIVE stakes, with al aggregate value OF
S25, 600, will be contested for at the Sturgis
Fair association. Sturgis, Michigan, Aug.
TO 6.
A DISPATCH from Lexington says: W. ii.
Wilson has sold Colonist, a brother to Semi
Colonist, to b. J. Saver Of Minneapolis for
$500.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
IOWA.

A merchant named Warner. OF Mt.
Auburn, shot himself. Financial troubles
the cause.
A heavy frost which covered the ground
at Burlington the other morning has caused
no little anxiety for the safety of the fruit
buds.
Advices were received at keokuk of a
shower of mud which fell at Pennington,
supposed to have been carried up in the
clouds by a cyclone and then precipitated.
John Snyder, a freight conductor on the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. fell from
his train at Denrock, ILL.,. southeast OF
Lyons. Nine cars passed over him. He
was dead when picked up.
John Steiner, a we.l-known resident OF
Dubuque, has mysteriously disappeared.
He was last seen Standing at the corner OF
lain and Seventh streets. He was serving
as a juror, but was of duty. 1t is feared he
has met with foul play.
A strong creamery association was formed
at 0ttumwa. The various Creameries Of
Southern Iowa sent representatives who
formed a syndicate for the promotion Of
the creamery interest and TO control the
output of dairy products in the state. L. +.
-'tNtIii VI %h5SiSNi was Si!oSeu pISSiuSlli.
The Grand Army posts at Dubuque will
present the name of Capt. L. NJ. Langstaff
for department commander of the order at
the coming Ottumwa encampment. He
was a member of the 3rd Iowa infantry and
served through the war in a most credit
able manner.
Yelta Ottens an Lubbe Greed, married,
and a young unmarried man named Lob
man, all residents of Fulton, H., had been
at Clinton looking for work and attempted
to cross the Mississippi in a small boat on
their return. A high wind prevailed, the
boat upset and all were drowned.
The unprecedented high water in the
Des Moines carried away the second span
of the new bridge just building at Ottumwa.
A large number of people were on the
bridge at the time and seven went down
with narrow escape from drowning. One
nan was seriously injured.
S.. G. Palmer is now under arrest at
Mason City, for the murder of William
Mills, at DowS three weeks ago. 1t is
claimed that Palmer, upon returning home
one evening. found Mills in company with
his wife and bounced upon him aud beat
his brains out with q club.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
FOREIGN.

CHANCELLOR EoS CAPRIvI will go to Calls.
bad after Easter to take the cure.
Is Belfast, Ireland, for some reason un.
known. Allan Spiller murdered his wife
and two children with a hammer.
Mr.. CuarhIs, president of the board o.
agriculture, reports that the foot and mouth
disease have ceased to spread.
Two anarchists are arrested in an attempt
To How up the Spanish chamber of depu.
tics with dynamite.
KIXG SAMoRY OF West Africa has defeated
the French expedition under Capt. Menard.
Menard and a hundred of his native troops
We're killed.
The Canadian railroad bridge across the
lamaska river on the old Southeastern
branch line. was carried away by the ice
jam recently.
BERLIN police made an organized raid
upon the residences of a large number OF
anarchists. Several more arrests were
made, and a large quantity of anarchist
papers were seized.
CARL AUGUsT SAMPSON, the American
strong man, has been found guilty in Lon
don OF stealing diamonds valued at f3o0,
the property of Mrs. Margaret Bernstein,
and sentenced TO one year at hard labor.
A COMPANY which has just Completed
the purchase of all the cotton-mills in
Canada roposes to curtail the production
somewhat and also to cheaper the cost il
possible.
Mr.. GLADSTONE writes that he will not
oppose the principle of 81 notes, but he
will 20 support the proposal ofMr. Gosch.
en- regulating the public Issues with the
view of what is called sustaining the COM
merce OF the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-04-14
THE TOiIE RS.

ALL the trades and labor unions in st.
louis have Endorsed the Peoples party
platform.
The river strike in St Louis is still Oh
and twenty-three boats are tied up on the
leyee. Great piles of merchandise lie with
in reach of the crafts. but 10 one to load
or unload puts in appearance except in iso-
lated instances.
On May Ia demand for an eight-hour
day will be made by carpenters in Balti-
more. Cincinnati, Denver. Salt Lake,
Decatur, ILL.,. and Toronto. Ont. On the
same day seyenty-one cities throughout the
country will make a demand for a nine
hour day.
The secretary OF the Longshoremen's
Union, of Chicago, has issued a cali for a
mass meeting ofthe members of that Or
ganizstion and members of the Maritime
Council, Seamens' Union. Firem ems
Union, and other naval unions of the
American Federation Of Labor, for the pur-
pose of debating the question OF a general
strike.