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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-28

ference with the attorney general requested
him to take whatever action in his opinion
might be necessary to protect and secure the
states property within the borders Of this state
and IN Tennessee in any way connected with the
Western and Atlantic railroad.
am pleased to say that he has made thor
oRgh Investigation OF the mat; ems submitted TO
nm, and brought TO nav notice many important
facts fully set forth in his accompanying report,
10 which call your attention.
beg 70 ssy.supon the Developments made
and my personal knowledge Of the important
interests idvolved, I fully concur in the view of
the attorney general that the interest OF the
state in the property known as the Western and
Atlantic railroad would be subserved by the
permanent employment of a special attorney
CHARGED with the preservation Of the legal
rights of the state TO the vari lus items of this
property n two states and OF great value"
II u due that should say in the adjustment
OF all the matters perta ming to this valuable
state prop rty, together with the attorney gen
eral, that have been impressed with the fair
ness and lberaity of the lessees. have found
the president Of the company at ali times ready
to cooperate with me in any action necessary
for the proper protection and preservation OF
the states property.
respectfully ask your consideration OF the
further matters submitted by the attorney gen
erel, with the recomms ndation that you give
them such direction as your wisdom may su4-
gest.
PENIrK> TIARY.
Col. George H. Jones. the principal keeper Of
the penitentiary, has submitted his report snow
ing condition Of the penitentiary from Oct /.
1890, to Sept. So 1872.
The following table shows the number Of con-
victs in The penitentiary for the past two years:
In camps Oct /, 1890. ..............I 6e4
Received from iails............ ....... zee. 900
Escapes, and out at last report, since re-
turned to the peniteh tiary 60. ............. Is
Received from asylum, out at last report
and since returned to the penitentisry 2
2sO2
Discharged, pardoned and sentences
commuted of this number ........ 6s5
Escaped since last report and still at
taTS S.-- .........-. ....,...--.. 6S
Died since Oct. I, 1890. ....,..............lO 7
Returned TO court for new trials and &C
qulIled ..'-.-.s....s. ..'-...--.--.-.
sent 10 asylum. ......,...'......... .... i-S62
1910
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-28

The classification as to color and sex of the in
mates of the penitentary is as follows:
Oct, 1852 Males, Males. Fem'les, Femles,
white colored. white coored Toll
1Q4 AZ
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the following exhibit OF receipts and disburse-
ments:
Cash balance in treasury. Oct. /.
1891. -..- -...-..... ... ..........S 730, 939 96
Receipts from all sources to Sept
so, 1899. ..-...............-. -. a,l4s.eo0 os
Total receipts sSs7s, $50 o.
Amount paid on governors war-
rants IN payments public debt,
expenses OF department, special
appropriation, school fund, public
institutions, ETC., to sept 80, 1892 3,0Oq b5a II
Speaker and president Of Senate
warrants 90 account legislative
pay roll and mileage ...4........ 1925 20
Total disbursements. ......... .Ssl2S.7ss Al
Cash balance Oct. !, ls92.. 14s O5I Ga
The property returus a. shown bv the con
solldation or the tax digests, indicate a salts
Factory increase in value throughout the state
over the returns for the previous year
The tai amount Of property re-
turned for taxation by individuals
~, 10 ls9l was ..,..,..... ........ s4G2. $50, 46s
Inc returns for this year show an as
gregate of....................... 49,, 421, t49 500
net increase of................S ls,56Son
The returns by railroad companies,
including street railways for 1892
aggregate ....: .........,..........S4 2.6O4.o25
or the year ending oct. /, 1891. a, 3sS, 2s7
Net increase Of railroad propertvS 2s0 7ss
or the above amount returned by
individuals the colored taxpayers
now return property valued ats a. s6a 575
Ihelr returns for 1891 aggregated . l4I96fS5
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-11

after the goats was a matter of much
discussion. Finally it was agreed upon
to leave them tied up at the tent.
Early in the following morning they
set out and soon found that herd of
goats had lately been near their last
camp. They FASTENED on in pursuit
through wild, weird country. Some
times they struggled through a dense
forest with thick underwood that great
~ impeded their advance and tore their
stout buckskin clothing into shreds.
Low-growing, beautiful ferns, rough,
gigantic brakes aad millions of para
sitical plants with white and red fiow-
erS surrounded them on every side,
while hundred singing birds warbled
and fitted merrily from tree to tree.
Then again they would be forced to
creep on hands and knees over and I'M
der immense powders, or, with the
greatest difficulty. to round craggy
precipice, where the slightest giddiness
meant a horrible death in the chasm
that waited silently below to destroy
the men who had dared to tempt its cru
city.
But suddenly dangers were forgotten,
for beyond sharp turn, and about
half mile away, n herd of goats was
seen lazily picking up little food or
chewing their cuds; several little kids
gamboled about in the heyday of youth
and carelessness, while noble speci-
men of buck stood contemplating his
kingdom. Approaching warily under
shelter of trees or rocks, and against
the wind, we could sec that he was a
magnificent creature. standing over
four feet high, with colossal ringed
horns of about twenty inches in length;
his beard was only a few inches from
the ground, and a straggly black and
white coat of long hair gave him a
formidable appearance and made him
look much larger than he really was.
Our eyes watered with delight as we
took stock of him, and each mentally
determined TO secure the prize. AS we
came slowly nearer and nearer the
billy" became more and more sus-
picious of some unseen enemy who was
threatening the safety of himself or
some of his subjects. He shifted the
wind, looked up and down and all
around, walked majestically hither and
thither, while his family rose and fol-
lowed. Something had frightened him;
what could it be? Look! they are scared
and are scampering off.
An expletive escapes each mans lips
as we find all our hopes SO rudely shat
tered. But what was the cause2 See,
there it is. "Well, I'm blest" ey-
claimed Jack Petit Look, Neros
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-11

across the ranges for Motucka valley,
/ between which and us many wild pigs
scour the forest and field On our
| journey, which lasted week, we dined
daily on royal fare A young kid would
serve US better than the most dainty
dish of venison, while pigeons, kakas
( and tuis formed q meal At for a Lucul-
! lus
Now for the pigs. A few years ago
/ the descendants of Capt. Cooks gift to
the Maoris became SO numerous in this
fertile land that they caused a serious
annual loss to the farmers. For in their
search for roots they destroyed the
grass and hence the food of sheep and
cattle. A bonus was offered of half .
crown-a little more than half dollar
for every pig. This reward aroused the
slumbering energies Of natives and
hunters and hundreds of pig killers
made handsome living Their method
was to hunt the pigs with dogs trained
to fly at the grunters and hold them by
the ear until the hunters could give the
struggling beasts the coup de grace by
sticking them to death with long pole
belted at the end with q short heavy
piece of iron or steel
Now, however. the pigs are not so
numerous, although there are plenty for
sport. We had provided ourselves
with hunting spears and determined to
eighth day. as we were meandering
through the brush with our dogs at our
heels, we were startled by porkine
grunt in our vicinity. The dogs broke
away ut once to 4 large clump of thorny
bush and out rushed big sow with
litter of squealing young. She dashed
straight at the first dog, but not being
the kind of game we sought we called
off the dogs. The mother, by the love
of offspring Infatuated, bit. squealed
and trampled maliciously around. Her
cries brought help in the shape of two
huge brown and black boars. What
savage-looking brutes they are! How
quickly they cover the intervening dis
tancei Large fakes of foam fall from
their jaws and bespatter legs, face and
breast, and their eyes CLEAN with =
wicked flash. Ha. that is the kind OF
game we want. The dogs recognize "A
higher and mightier foe and 90 for the
boars. Each of the dogs springs at An
ear, but both are thrown off as if they
were rats.
Men and hounds feel that there is to
be warm struggle. We have cast
our guns and other inpediments from US
and abide our time, spear in hand. The
boars strive to slash the dogs with their
long curled tusks, but the hounds MIN
bly, evade them, at the same time biting
at the flank and ear OF the pigs. The
latter see us and make desperate eff
forts to shake off the dogs and attack
the men. The excitement increases,
for the sow has come upon the scene,
and in self-defense we are obliged to
dispatch her. One of the boars, with
dog hanging to its legs, makes rush
towards George Williams. He stands
coolly awaiting the onslaught with his
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-11
SHOOTING GOATS.

got loose and has followed u.s." Sure
enough, there was the dog. Every gun
was leveled at the poor painting beast
to punish him for his faithfulness, but
better impulse saved him. No more
work for that day. We slept on the
spot. In the morning we secured Nero
more firmly and started out again.
After two hours perilous walking we
again sighted the same herd We came
upon them unexpectedly in a patch OF
small scrub three hundred feet away on
the side of precipice that ran down
to sparkling cascade The scrub pre-
vented us from using our old-fashioned
muzzle leaders, SO we quietly and care
fully cut pieces of the TIT tree, and
forming them into kind of bower that
hid US from sight slowly and cautiously
advanced. Each of us wished TO get
the buck for the sake of his horns, so
we cast lots for the first shot. George
Williams won. Inch by inch, and foot
by foot, nearer we drew while the
stones disturbed by the goats above
ratified not over pleasantly down upon
us and threatened an avalanche. The
wind was blowing strongly against US
Everything was in our favor. Now we
are only one hundred yards away.
A little nearer and we are all right
Keep cool, boys, and don't get excited
Now In the chancei There are seven
goats just ahead of Va, and In their
midst stands the lordly snale- Now
every gun is thrown TO the shoulder.
No missing them this time George has
the first shot He seems a little nerv-
GUS He fires, and down drops the she
goat on the right of the buck. Ere our
establishment Is over Kerrigan has
fred and brought down the buck. Two
more reports and two more goats fall,
cleanly shot The others have disap-
peared.
After three days hunting we left
this field of danger and sport to seek
another.
Accompanied by our dogs we started
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-11
working and Packing Butter.

Butter for immediate use need not be
worked as clean as that which IS to be-
kept for some time. The nutty flavor
of butter IS caused by the formation of
q volatile oil known as butyric acid
and by the action OF ferment in the
cheesy matter of the butter. II this
takes place too quickly and there is
too much of it present. the butter be-
comes rancid, while if the butter is
washed very clean and all the butter
milk taken out the action is delayed.
To pack butter it should be sailed lone
ounce to the pound after washing
thoroughly aud packed in clean or new
tubs. First scald the tub, rinse it with
cold water then with cold brine. and
rub the inside lightly with fine salt
Pack the butter firmly to exclude air,
and within a half inch at the top.
Sprinkle with salt and cover with cloth
a little larger than the top. Press this
down and cover with salt, then put on
the cover and fasten down tightly.
Keep the tubs in n clean, dry and cold
cell Farm and Home.
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HANDLING OF aiLk.
It Requires Constant Care and Scrupu
loJ1s Cleanliness.

lous Cleanliness.
To those dealing with milk in any
form, the various lamentations are
especially undesirable and are constant
sources of trouble All the iermenta-
tions Of milk. even the common souring,
are due to the contamination of milk
with something from the exterior after
it is drawn from the COW. To prevent
these lamentations all that is Reccs-
sary is to treat il in such way that
1t will not be contaminated Simple as
1T is in theory it is found to be difficult
to practice, and no practical method
has vet been devised for keeping these
fcrments out of the milk. We. there
fore, must consider the best methods of
reducing the number and keeping their
growth slow, which are absolute clean
illness and low temperature.
The great source of these organisms
is in the unclean vessels in which milk
is handled and in the filth which sur
rounds the COW. BY scrupulous cleanli-
ness in the barn and dairy, the number
of organisms which get into the milk
will be comparatively small. OF equal
value is the use of low temperatures,
which should be applied immediately
after the milk is drawn. The tempera-
ture at which the milk is drawn is Just
about right for the entrance and rapid
increase OF bacteria. and in summer
time milk cOols especially slow and
never below the temperature of the
surrounding air. If, however. the milk
is cooled as soon as drawn the increase
of these bacteria is kept in check and
will not begin again except slowly UNI
til the milk is warmed. Cool milk will,
therefore, keep several hours longer
than that not cooled.
All the abnormal lamentations of
milk, such as blue, red, shiny. tainted
milk, etc, are due TO the growth of or
ganisms in the milk, and all OF these
are preventablc by care. If dairy is
constantly troubled with Shiny milk or
any other abnormal trouble, q cause is
sure to be found in some unusual cor
Elimination of milk, and the remedy
must be extra cleanliness. It is sell
dom caused by food or water, but the
trouble IS usually apart from the COW
either in the barn or dairy. Some
times the trouble comes from one COW.
Certain bad normal Odors and taiEts
in milk may be produced directly by
the food eaten by the COW. Garlic or
turnips Will favor the milk, and various
other foods may affect the taste, but
this class of taints may be readily dis
tinguished from those due to bacterial
growth. The odors and taints due to
the direct influence of the food are at
their highest as soon as the milk is
drawn, never increasing afterward.
But the taints due to bacterial growth
do not appear at all in fresh milk, be-
ginning to be noticeable only after the
bacteria have had chance to grow. If
trouble with taste of the milk is no.
ticed immediately after it is drawn, the
cause may be looked for IN the food.
II it does not appear it will some time
afterward, then grows rapidly worse;
it may be remedied by great care in
the management of the dairy or barn.
N. +. Homestead.
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taken when heating the horn not to
heat the blade so as to draw the tenn
per.
Another suggestion (although old to
many NAV be new TO someJ t. which
wish to call attention is that of cutting
corn railroad fashion, or by going
through the first two rows where the
shocks are TO stand and tying the
standards, cutting only the two rows
in which they are tied, then taking a
single row on one side and going the
whole length of the row, stopping at
each shock 70 set up the armful cut be-
tween the shocks; then going back on
the other side OF the row of shocks the
same way, and so on till all the rows
are cut; the last row cut, the shocks
are tied In cutting this way the work
is all straight ahead and 1 think corn
can be cut faster by this method than
by cutting one shock at time. Try it
and see.-F. NJ. Lutts, in Ohio Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-11
TACKS AND CATS.
How Two Snug Fortunes Were Made BY
.sEorty- Niners."

How Two Snug Fortunes Were Made BY
"Forty-Niners.'
The first corner on record in Cal
ifornia," said n pioneer to reporter,
was that made by Boston man in
1879
He observed that taclIs were used In
all mining and building operations.
Thinking he saw chance to make a
turn he bought all the tacAs in the city
aad those to arrive. Soon there was a
round demand for tacks, and our Bos-
ton man sold his at theii weight in
gold, ounce for ounce, and returned
home with fortune
Another corner was made by Vir-
ginia negro, Peter Briggs He arrived
at Los Angeles in 1919 as the servant
of Capt. a. j. Smith, of the dragons,
afterward, during the war, commander
of the Sixteenth army corps.
Peter was known to the Americans
in Los Angeles as the black democrat,
and the MeXicans called him Don
Pedro.
He engaged in speculation, and final
ly set up barber shop, the only one in
the village. But his big strop was the
corner in cats San Francisco was over
run with rats in those days and short
on cats. The reverse was the case in
Los Angeles.
peter laid traps for the cats, and
every night would catch a batch of
them. He secured enough to make a
schooner cargo, and brought them to
San Francisco, where they were sold at
from five 10 twenty-five dollars each,
netting him n modest fortune
But Peter could not stand prosperity
and lost his cornered fortune at the Ell
Dorado gambling house. San Francis
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feet firmly planted on the earth and
holding the spear poised in both hands.
He is strong man, and we are all sure
that he will be lucky this time in down
ing the first game. Zish-goes the
spear into the side of the boar, but in
stead of falling it rushes on, forcing
poor George to the ground. Before we
can come to his aid the maddened
beast has gsshed him twice in the
thigh. With a cry of horror we see the
ground wet with his blood. But be-
fore the brute has time to do further
injury the three of us have sent home
our spears. Even then the boar tries
to rise and do us battle, but kerrigan
falls across him and sends his sheath
knife deep into the heart. One o.
US attends to George, while the other
two defend themselve, against the sec
ond boar, which is killed only after q
fierce struggle.
George Williams received two very
severe flesh wounds, seven and nine
inches long and about one and one-half
inches deep respectively. They were
sewed together, and George was carried
to the camp, where we were obliged to
remain fortnight before the sufferer
could proceed.
Sometimes wild bears are hunted on
horseback with spears, and this fashion
is doubly dangerous. was once pres
ent at a hunt of this kind in which a
wealthy young Nelsonian was literally
gashed to death, after he had been
thrown from his horse by o big black
boar, who cut open his stomach with
stroke as clean and straight as that
knife could make.
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Observation-Disclosures.
ABOUT CORN FODDER.
1t Should Re Handled Ia Damp Weather


1t Should Re Handled Ia Damp Weather
to Secure Good Results.
On the western farm there is nothing
used with as poor economy as corn
fodder, says an exchange. If properly
saved there is no better feed for stock
cattle. From 30 to so cents per acre is
what is usually paid for corn fields
after the corn is husked. The corn lief
by the husker is about all the value
there Is in the field The dry huslls
and stalks have little worth as food.
An acre of good corn fodder from corn
which has yielded 30 TO so bushels per
acre, if secured at the proper time, is
worth as much for feed as the hay
from an acre of tame grass. There is
no question but cusilage is good feed,
but the cost of building the silo and
the machinery connected with 1T, the
number of hands and teams necessary
in filling the siio, make it out of the
reach of the common farmer. The cut
ting and shocking can be done with the
usual help on the farm; extra help may
be necessary in husking.
An acre of good corn will contain
clPnlecn EOOu blLeu SnOchb, the COSJ Ol
cutting, husking, binding fodder into
bundles and putting corn into the crib
will be 20 cents per shock; the hauling
and stacking, 3 cents per shock more.
The full cost of the acre of fodder,
bound and put in the stack, aud the
corn put in the crib is S4.l4 But we
must deduct from this the cost of husk-
ing the acre upon the stalks, about
S1.25, also give credit for the value of
the fodder in the field, 80 cents, which
reduces the cost of an acre of fodder
put in the stack TO S. 10. the feeding
value of which is equal to the value of
one acre of tame hay.
The handling of corn fodder must be
done in damp weather. ! think this
method of securing and feeding corn
fodder far better than turning the
stock into the corn field. am salts
fed that it is economy TO fix up lots,
with good shelters and feed racks. and
to have water always accessible By
this method we increase the amount of
manure made, so important in keeping
up the fertility OF the farm. -Colman's
Rural World.
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FEED HE STRAW.
1t Has Much More Food Value Than Is
Generally Supposed.

1t Has Much More Food Value Than Is
! Generally Supposed.
/ In all industries, the use of the bye
products is great source of profit. The
straw N grain growing has much food
value. To cure straw in the proper
manner the grain Is housed in good
condition. or is so stacked that the
weather will affect it but little. When
threshed. it is put up in neat stacks
which will shed rain, or, if possible,
placed under shelter. If in stacks,
when the feeding season arrives it is
so cut down with the hay knife that
only portion of il may be uncovered
at time. This applies more particu-
! larly to oat and barley straw, the feed
ing value of which for farm stock is
considered to be worth half as much as
! timothy hay, pound for pound.
/ II about two quarts of fine salt per
ton OF straw be applied to straw at
threshing time, it VIII make it more
palatable than # not so applied. or, in
feeding, weak brine may be sprinkled
over it, when the stock vii eat 1t with
more relish.
J The boards OF barley straw are con-
: sidered by many Objectionable especial
" when the stock is allowed TO feed
| from the stack, or from racks in the
open air where the wind whisks the
/ boards about, often endangering the
! eyes of the animals. Should 4 beard
lodge in the eye, a pinch of fine salt
/ thrown under the lid will cause copi-
Gus discharge and the impeachment is
U IL
second application will remove it. Most
of the boards can be separated from
barley straw by removing, at threshing
! time. two-inch cross section from the
straw carrier. allowing the boards to
/ fall through. The chaff Is Il valuable
constituent of the Oat crop. and should
be carefully preserved for feeding pur-
+ poses.-American A"ricul,urist.
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tn. Plague of Held Vice.

In Scotland, where the field mice
have become such plague that COM
mission of the department of agricul-
ture is investigating the matter, the
increase of mice is attributed to the
killing of weasels and birds of prey by
hunters. The same conclusions have
been reached by intelligent farmers in
many parts of this country The states
of Pennsylvania and Colorado offered
a bounty for the heads of hawks and
other birds of prey, and as cOnSe-
quence most of them We're killed off.
Soon field mice, gophers and ground
squirrels increased SO fast that the
farmers would gladly pay bounty to
persons who would breed hawks and
other large birds, says the stock
man"