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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
SUMMER CARE OF THE GALA.

How to care for the Gala during the
summer, in the most satisfactory way,
seems to be a question on which many
growers Of it differ, writes Eben E.
Rexford, in the American Agrieultur.
list. Some keep it growing all through
the year, and because it does compare.
lively we'll with this treatment, they
argue that the proper way is to keep
it growing. l do not agree with them,
however, because [ do not believe any
plant ought to be kept growing actively
all the time. There should be period
of rest. My plan is to put the pots
containing the plants out of doors III
June, turn them on their sides under
n tree, or III some partially sheltered
place, and there l leave them until
September, without any attention
whatever. After a short time, the
foliage turns yellow, and very soon it
drops of, because the soil in the pot
is becoming dry. In two weeks aft T
putting the pot out, you would not
suspect there was n live root in the
soil it contains But the live root is
there, oil prepared. OF course the
soil absorbs more or less moisture
from the air, but not enough, in on
ordinary season, to keep 1t from get
ting as dry as dust. One would ma
turally think the root would wither
away, but it does not. Although the
soil about it seems robbed of all
moisture, the root holds enough to re-
tain plumpness.
In September prepare a fresh COM
post of mucky earth, some sharp sand,
and O little loan. If the roots are
strong, good-sized ones, use al eight
inch pot to plant them IN. Good drain.
age must be provided, for, while tho
plant likes n great deal Of moisture at
it's roots while growing, it does not
take kindly to stagnant water about
them. Keep the soil moist, or wet,
by frequent applications Of water,
rather than by confirming it to the pot
by imperfect drainage. An imper-
fectly drained soil soon becomes sour
and heavy, and this induces disease
and all unhealthy Gala seldom gives
flowers. Plant the roots SO that the
crown will be two or three inches
under the soil, water well, and in a
short time young leaves will appear.
Then give more water, but do not
keep the soil very moist until strong
growth has begun. If there are two
or three good, strong roots, do net
separate them, but give larger pot, if
necessary. 1 prefer to grow two or
three roots of blooming size in the
same pot, because the quantity of
foliage will be much greater than
when but one root is used tc a pot,
AMI there will be rs many again flowers.
If given proper care, pot containing
two strong roots ought to have at least
one flower open and e bud showing
nearly all Of the time from January
TO April,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
Orchids Arc Hardy and Cheap.

: A Cleveland florist says that the
popular idea that orchids are delicate
plants, hard to rear and costly, is an
error. There are somo that can only
be cultivated at considerable expense,
but the majority of them are easy to
raise and very hardy, SO much SO that
it is hard to kill them. They do not
require half the trouble or expense of
ordinary greenhouse plants, and the
pleasure in their culture is infinitely
greater. One of their great charms IS
that they bloom all the year round.
Fuchsias and geraniums flower for a
few summer months and are pract1-
cally dead for the rest of the year.
But by carefully selecting q variety of
orchids one can have them in bloom
from January till December. The
stock does not cost more than the
stock of other flowers, and consider
ing their length of life and Towering
they are cheaper than any good flower
in the market. Only by the most viii
famous abuse of the plant can you kill
it. They simply won't die if given
half chance to live.--New Orleans
PicaYune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
ABOUT DRIVING HORSES.

The driver who thinks that because
his horse is fresh he can stand it to be
driven fast at the start for several
miles, and then gwen a chance to rest
by going slow, or who drives fast for
while and then slows down to u walk
in order to rest up for another squirt,
will not get the best speed out of q
horse with the least waste of vitality,
especially in going long distances.
1t is steady gait that counts most
and wears the horse least. Give him
q chance to get warmed up first and
then let the gait be a steaay one.
another item is not to feed too
heavily before driving. A light feed
of oats will be far better than heavier
feed of more bulky grain. Exercise
or action too soon after eating retards
digestion, and tie animal that must
travel at good gait with loaded
stomach cannot but show the effects,
and if driven rapidly for even a short
distance after eating hearty meal
there is considerable risk of the collie.
Watering properly is fully as i'm
portant as feeding. When q horse is
being driven on the road he should
not at any time be allowed to overload
his stomach with q large quantity of
water So fur as is possible the rule
should be to give water frequently,
and while he should have oil that he
will drink, it should be given in small
doses.
The good driver can tell by tho way
his horse goes the amount of work he
should have. -Indiana Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
ROADS TIED UP.
The Pullman Boycott Showed Sur
prising Strength.

prising Strength.
AS a result of the first day of the boycott
OF the Pullman Palace Car Company by tho
American Railway Union over 5000 EN-.
pioyes Of tho different roads out OF
Chicago went on strike. The attempt
TO run Pullman cars resulted in the
tying up Of the yards Of fifteen railroads
centring in Chicago. Ofthese the Illinois Cen
trail, Wisconsin Central, Chicago and Great
Western, Baltimore and Oaio, Chicago an |
Northern Pacific and the lines interested in
the Western Indiana system were tel up
completely, the only trains run out being
made up AMI manned by officers Of the
road. The switchmen Of the Pan Handle
and Northwestern roads also struck.
Strikes were also declared on the Fort
Wayne, the Pan Handle and other Pennsyl-
vania lines, the Chicago and Northwestern,
Chicago and Alton and Santa Fe The latter
road was partially tied up along the line on
orders issued by the union officials. but the
mSn in Chicago were not ordered out
At conference between President Debs
and Vice-Presilent Howard. ofthe American
Railway Union and Grand Master Sovereign,
of the knights of Labor, the latter agree to
support the Pullman strikers in the boycott
and in accordance with the agreement issE ed
a manifesto addressed to all orders Of tho
knights Of Labor.
The sensational feature OF the strike was
the complete tie-up of the roals running out
OF the Grand Central Staten ct Chicago,
aud which include the Wisconsin Central,
Baltimore and Ohio Chicago and Northern
Pacific, and Chicago and Great Western
Each road was left without single employ9
in the yards, and although the Baltimore
AMI Ohio succeeded in getting out its pas
senger trains, all of the work was done by
the officers OF the company, who manned
the switch engines AMI made up the trains.
general strike was ordered on the North.
ern Pacific system by the American Railway
Union because of the boycott of Pullman
cars.
Chief Arthur. of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, telegraphed "The rules
of our Order will not allow US to cooperate
with you. We blame Pullman for refusal to
arbtrate differences"
John Mcbride, President of the United
Mine Workers, telegraphrd that his union
would assist the boycott by every legitimate
means in its power.
Fice-President Howard said that 1t was the
intention Of the union to go on with tho
light on all lines and until Mr.. Pullman was
brought to terms.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
GROWING WHEAT MOST CHEAP1Y.

A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer, II. Voorhees,, of Grand
Traverse County, writes that he makes
more money by extending his acreage
as much as possible, and working the
land with least labor, instead of by
concentrating his effort on q few
acres. He claims that he can put in
wheat for fifty cents an acre, sowing
it among growing corn, harvest it for
$l.25 an acre, threshing 81, market
ing fifty cents, making, with s. for
interest and taxes, total cost of s.. %
per acre of wheat. His crop of twelve
bushels per acre was sold for sixty
cents bushel, from which deductin9
expenses leaves him profit OF about
So per acre, or, to be exact, 81. %.
We think there are some mistakes
about the low cost of growing wheat.
He has allowed nothing for cost of
seed, and fifty cents an acre will not
pay the cost of cultivating it in among
the grown corn. The most serious
mistake is in allowing nothing for
depreciation ftLe soil. There comes
an end to growing wheat or other
grain unless the ground is fertilized,
though the method of skinning the
farm yields apparent profits for a
time. The more practical way to
grow wheat at profit is that given by
Frederick z. Root, of Western New
York, who grew O crop of nearly forty
bushels per acre, and made something
from it despite low prices. Mr.. Root
keeps up his farm and can grow such
crops 50 long as he lives. Mr.. Voor
hee3 must come to time when he
cannot grow even twelve bushels Of
wheat per acre. Boston Cultivator.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
,od will tell in dairy cattle.

Blood will tell in dairy cattle.
Take good care of the young COWS,
that they may continue profitable
when they are old.
To protect the brain of the horse
from the rays of the hot sun is hui.
name and may save the life of the
! horse.
Scotch Clyjesdale breeders IRE re-
ported to be increasing the size of
their horses and to be going in for
the largest sires.
The dairyman with good we'll and
| windmill can feel about as indie
pendent as the ono who has running
water on his farm.
In oiling the harness if cod-liver oil
be used in the place of neats-foot oil,
it is said that the leather will remain
unmolested by rats or mice.
When you strip cows teats to the
last drop in milking, do it not SO
much for the immediate gain as to
! keep the udder of prolific habit in the
! future.
The mercitul dairyman when he
draws calves to market puts them in a
comfortable crate, instead of tying
their legs and doubling them under
the wagon seat.
There are many horses that have
| never been seen to lie down in their
| lives. Their rest is not complete, how
ever, and their joints and sinews are
! liable to stiffen early.
In hiving, one essential is to havo
tho hives ID cool place. The bees
will enter cool hive much more
readily than one which has been baked
in the hot sun all day.
It is pretty well established as the
results Of experiments that the same
amount of feed required to produce
| one pound Of butter fat will produce
three pounds of beef.
Professor Henry shows by expert
ment that it costs So. 81 to produce
100 pounds OF gain with lambs, and
SO to produce the same gain with
pigs of about the same age.
Root crops are being urged to take
the place of grass in winter. Beets,
turnips, carrots, etc, are recommend
ed rs healthy stock food. which will
lengthen out the grain supply.
A perfect COW resembles q perfect
machine. The food and drink given
her is taken into the stomach and con-
verted into milk, and when not in
milk it takes the form of flesh.
When al animal lies down in a
pasture field the grass beneath it be-
comes tainted with the insensible
pcrspiration, and will not be eaten
till the odor is washed off by soak
ing rain.
Whenever cattle are put up to fat
ten they should be placed where they
will be kept quiet. They will eat bet
ter and gain flesh more rapidly than
if exposed to any annoyance or worry.
This is e point in economical feeding
which no one can afford to overlook.
Chickens which are apparently life
less will sometimes revive if placed
for short time in warm position.
An incubator which is heated to the
right degree for Matching is perhaps
the best place for effecting such q
restoration. 1t will generally revive
the chicks that are suffering from cold
unless life is absolutely extinct.
Asparagus may be grown with the
use Of fertilizers as we'll as by the ap-
pllcation of manure. Experiments
made during the last two years are
very favorable to fertilizers, applica-
ons being made late in tho fall aud
early in the spring. A hen with a
brood of chickens is the best protec-
ton against the asparagus beetle.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
LATER NEWS.

JOSEPH wHrTsErT. of vInelanI. N. j., in
crazy fit drove n blacksmith's file into his
wife's back. Then he got razor and
slashed her and his daughter in a frightfui
way, locked himself in the house AMI set fir
to 1t. He had to be dragged from the flames.
AmY and Ellen Monsen. of Newington,
while walking the railroad tracks at New
Britain, Conn, stepped aside for freight
train and were struck by an express train
running fifty miles an hour on the other
track Both were instantly killed.
About 6OJo persons attended the convcn-
ton of the Republican National League in
Denver, Col.
SUPERINTENDENT CLINE. OF the Carnegie
Works. before the Congressional Committee
admitted the truth of the charges falfsify-
ing the armor-plate records.
President CLEvELASD's comments on the
financial situation were made the basis FOG
an improvement in the stock market.
CHARLES DE KAY. OF New York. was nom
mated by the President to be Consui-Gen-
eral at Berlin.
A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT has been
formed in Salvador. but it was expected that
Rivas would shortly become President.
An explosion occurred in Q mine at Lee
galidad, Asturias, Spain. The deal bodies
of eight miners were Immediately recov-
erel, leaving flfty-seven still missing.
WILLIAM NJ. SINGERLY was nominated by
the Democratic Convention at Harrisburg,
fog Governor of Pennsylvania.
The lew York Prohibition Convention
nominated ticket headed by Francis Z.
Baldwin. of Emira, and declared for woman
Suffrage and against sectaran appropria-
lions.
The Democratic StG-e Conversion o. iii.
nois met in the hall of the House OF Repre-.
sentatives at Springfield and Franklin Mac
Veagh was nominated for Senator on the first
ballot.
THE Republican League Convention, at
Denver, Col, finished It's work and ad-
journed.
MEAGRE reports from Southwestern Mime
sofa Indicate that tornado passed through
that section. At Sleepy Eye four people
were killed and at Window. two. Great
damage was also done at Renvlle, College,
vile and Aberdeen, South Dakota.
ATToRNEY-G ENERAL OLNEV asked for an
additional appropriation OF $4,000 for
United States Marshals, etc. SO far the
Coxey army disturbances have cost the De-
partment of Justice more than $50 900.
The bodies of 269 miners have been re-
covered from the Albion colliery in Wales.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
Origin of the Diamond.

AS usual upon disputed points.
speculation has been busy about tho
origin of tho diamond, and n largo
number of theories, oil moro or less
probable, have been propoundcd to
set the matter ut rest. Tho two most
reasonable expositlons are, perhaps,
the explanations put forward by NJ.
Parrot and Baron Liebig. The for
mer scientist, who has laboriously in
vcstlgated the perplexing subject, is
of the opinion that the diamond arises
from the operation of violent volcanic
heat on small particles of carbon con
tanned in the rock, or on substance
composed of largo proportion of car
bon and a smaller quantity of hydro
gen. by this theory, rs H. conccivcs,
wo are best able to account for tho
cracks and flaws SO often noticed IL
the gem, and the frequent occurrence
of included PARTICLES of black car
bonaceous matter.
Baron Licbig, on tho other hand,
claims the credit OF offering simple
explanation of tho probable process
which actually takes place in the for
nation of tho diamond. His coutcu-
ton is that science can point to no
process capable of accounting for tho
origin and production of diamonds,
except the powers of decay. II we
suppose decay t0 proceed in n liquid
containing carbon and hydrogen, then
compound with still moro carbon
must be formed and if the compound
thus formed were itself TO UNDERGO
further decay, the final result, says
this eminent authority, must Toe tho
separation of carbon i'll a crystalline
form. -Gentlcman' Magazine.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
FATTENING EWES.

Ewes may be fattened for earl y mar
ket at the same time they are rearing
the lambs, and the lambs will be i'm
proved at the same time. Ground
oats, buckwheat and corn, mixed in
equal parts, will make an excellent
feed for the sheep, and two quarts a
day may be given. To prevent the
sheep from gorging themselves and
running their heads along the feed
troughs to gather big mouthfuls, and
so choke themselves and spoil the
good of the food land they are very
apt to do thisl, give the feed in flat
troughs, with divisions made at every
foot, placing the meal equally in each
division. The troughs should be kept
in a separate part of the yard or lot,
50 that the feed may be distributed
without crowding. New York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
TAR FOR TARSNEY.
The Adjutant-GencraI of Colorado
Outraged.

Probably the most glazing outrage con-
| nected with the recent mining trouble at
! Cripple Creek, Col, was committed shortly
after midnight a few mornings ago. Adju-
tant-General Tarsney, of the Colorado State
| National Guard, who was stopping at the
| Alamo Hotel, Colorado Springs, was called
| from his room shortly after II o'clock and
! informed that some One at Cripple Crock
wished to speak to him over the telephone.
When General Tarsney appeared behini
| the clerks desk to answer the alleged call
he was confronted by masked man, armed
| with two revolvers, who ordered the Cen
eral to accompany him. The hotel clerk in
| the meantime had been placed under guard
of one Of the kidnappers.
General Tarsney called for help, but was
dubbed into submission with a revolver. Sud
denly several moro of the kidnapperS ap-
peared and carried him to the sidewalk
where two closed carriages under guard
were in waiting. He was hustled into ono
of the carriages and driven to Austin Bluffs
at the city limits On each OF the drivers
boxes sat one Of the mob with a drawn revol-
YER who saw that the hack drivers promptly
Obeyed orders.
Arriving at the open prairie, at Austin
Bluffs. General Tarsney was removed from
the carriage: stripped, and coat of tar and
feathers was administered. The ringleadcrs
Of the kidnappers had previously ordered
that the General was not to be abused. This
order seems to have been obeyed after the
General was subdued by clubbing at the no
tel. After tar and feathering General Tars-
ney, the mob warned him against returning
to the Springs.
The outrage, evidently perpetrated by the
miners concerned in the recent strike, is
attributed in some quarters to their dlsap-
pointment at the attitude OF tho militia. AS
Governor Waite himself admitted. the militia
were sent to the Cripple Creek fields to aid
the strikers They were expected to hamper
the campaign of the deputies who were doing
effective service in the defense of the opera
tors property.
After some clashing the militia joined
forces with the deputies and the miners
were driven from their stronghold on Bull
Hill, and the strike ended. 1t is believed
that they blamed the Adjutant- General tor
their final defeat.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
LET THE HENS SCRATCH.

The natural food of fowls consists
mostly of seeds, insects and grass. 1t
is not q natural condition when tho
birds have but one kind Of food. The
birds that build in trees and feed their
young would be Unable to supply them
If only seeds could be provided As
the concentrated foods must be given,
the variety is also to be considered.
Such substances as grass and the
shoots of tender herbage are intended
as much for dilution of the concentra-
ted foods as for the nutrition to be
obtained therofrom. The work Of feed
ing her young is not incumbent on the
hen by bringing the food to them, but
she is intended to lead them, guide
them and scratch for them. The feet
of the hen perform the same duties as
the wings of a flying bird, and her
feet are we'll adapted for providing
food for her young. Hence we may
rightly conclude that scratching is a
natural function of the domestic hen.
The hen, however, performs greater
work than the birds on the wing
Birds seldom lay more than two OF
three eggs before beginning incuba-
ton, but the hen may lay from fifteen
to fifty, or even more. She must pro
duce these eggs, rs well as maintain
herself. In the natural state she lays
fewer eggs, but has greater difficulty
in procuring food and resisting enc
mics. An egg is composite substance
and cinnot be produced from sin
gle article of food. The hen requires
variety of food in order to fulfil her
duties as a regular and persistent
layer.
1t is not, therefore, conducive to egg
production when the hen is deprived
OF her natural advantage of scratch
ing. She does best when she is com
PEELED to scatch and work for her food,
and she will always select the kind
most suitable for her purpose. When
hens are confined in enclosures they
may be fed too much while in con
dition of idleness. A hopper that is
kept full of food where the hen can
always reach it induces her to desist
from the work of scratching, because
the necessity for SO doing then ceases
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06
Peruvian and Mexican Agriculture.

ti uIou anu mcAlCAu AkElCutuIC s
The ancient Peruvians and Mexicans
must have had a wonderful amount of
patient industry to carry on agricnl-
ture in tho way they did. The great
drawback they suffered from was the
same under which we labor, viz, the
weather, only their complaint was the
want of rain. To provide against this,
a. immense trouble they erected SPLEEN
did aqueducts from tho high lands for
the purpose of irrigation, each man
being allowed a certain amount of
water, which wGs to be used for irriga-
tion purposes only. In many places
where it was so rocky and steep that
cultivation was impossible, the natives
built terraces, the bottom terrace be
ing, say, thirty feet broad, tho higher
only about ten feet; these terraces, in
many cases, had to be supplied with
earth before cultivation was possible.
Another point which was strongly
marked was the way in which they
treated the old and infrm, oil their
ground haTing to be titled by the
others before they touched their own.
They valued tho 'guano" of that dis
trict every bit as much as we do. The
islands were strictly preserved, any
ono killing the birds or disturbing
them in the breeding season being
punishe q by death American Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-06

Bythe birth of son to the Duke of York
the succession to the British throne in d.
rect male line from the Prince of Wales is
assured. The Duchess OF York is the only
daughter of the Duke and Duchess
of Teck. She is young lady
of splendid physique, who unites
with an amIable disposition the great merit,
in the eyes of her future subjects, that she
is an Englishwoman by birth. For this rea-
son she was to have married the late Duke
OF Clarence, but it has been generally under
stood at court that she had always preferred
the Duke of York, and the Duke ofYork is said
always to have been much in love with her,
and to have lived as little in England as pos
sible because he knew her to be destined for
his brother. Failing Issue to the Duke OF
York the children of the Duke of Fife, who
married the eldest daughter of the Prin Sc OF
Wales. would succeed to the throne.