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The New South., 1894-12-01
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Southern Products.
The common fcla pen. whether the
COW pea, clay pea, The vnknewn pea.
or other variety, i The clover nf the
south. II will grow when clover viii
not. Il win furnish more forage than
clover and Will Improve land moro
rapidly. Il can Ike sown. when dc.
sired, ia crop Of curn. and thus Inn
prove land witheut losing 4 years
usu 81 IL for cultivation. AZ the
north tile pea Is coming into wider
use IN lien of clover for forage aud Us
land lfnproyer This will furnish .
growing market for our peas. as they
will NOT mature seed there The great
drawback ia the raising of peas
Tor seed Is the great cosi Of harvesting
and beating them out. AZ the north
where beans are largely raised they
have satisfactory hcan harycStcrs and
shrcshers. southern inventive gvnius
has always been equal 70 the demands
upon Il IL someone will invent sat
istneiory pea harvester aud good pea
thresher he viii not only make for
tune for himself, but he will bring back
fertility 10 the south. II win increase
tenfold the growing Of Geld peas, he
sides making a new crop for us 10 ship
TO the north, These inventions will
stimulate the growing Of Geld peas.
just as tho invention of the cotton gin
stimulated tho increased crop of cotton.
Then, too, q good peanut thresher Is
badly needed for the peanut crop Pielt-
Ing of by hand is slow and expensive,
aud none uf tho peanut threshcrs In
vented so far are satisfactory. Thsv
break and shattcr too many peanuts.
The price of cotton does not bid fair
20 90 up. The new area added every
year In TcSps viii continually ovefbal-
auce the worlds Increased consump-
ilon. Then there "a the steadily in-
creasing production In India, Egypt
and Brazil. In Mexico tho cotton
plant lives eight years and produces
two crops n year. Production there
has heretofore been small, owing 10
lack of railroads and reliable
labor. This Is being remcdied
To compete with country which can
produce sixteen crops Of cotton from
one planting Is like using Il musxle
loader against sixteen shooter. Be-
sides, all countries south OF us, irre-
spectiye Of fertility, aud no matter
how rich we shall make our lands,
have the advantage Of ms Ia the length
Of the season. We can not overcome
the disadvantage of our short seasons
for cotton. In North Carolina IL II
doomed, sooner or later, 70 disappear
ms q market crop, We can substs.
tuie many things. Grass Is very
profitable II the lnnd Is made ricll
enough, because II takes 80 little La,
Dor. Two weeks out of the flfty
two-~one week in June TO NOW and ons
week later 20 bale up, Is enough
| while cotton ur tobacco require tbs
/ year round. The field pea offers tn,
advantage ~ abundant forage. a stead,
| improvcr Of our lands. good fattencl
for cattle and hogs, and q crop 10 shif
north. The drawback In the great ex
pcnso Of harvesting and preparing for
market should be overcome. The souti,
viii reward with wealth and honor she
man who win furnish the harvester
and thresher that will enable us TO in.
crease ten-fold this crop. Walter
Clark, In Southern Cultivator.
The New South., 1894-12-01

] saw hik elbow thrown ont as he
turned the corner, and WE heard the
cry: s'Ifc Ii cutting lis throatgp 10
ran aud looked under the house, where
bc had crawled. With d dull jac,<knife
and an unsteady hand he waB saving
away without much result upon the
loose akin u his throat. wbile men
were pulling him on, by the heels.
Strange aa II seems to-day, not soul
in ali the crowd put together the sad
fall ~ the lawyer, the attempted sui-
eide of the Irishnan and the parsons
tinsp1il Everyone thought that the
good man was doing just the proper r
and hospitablc thing for drunkenness
was general and habitual.
In the vicinity Of my home all the
farmers whom can recall, with two
exceptions. drank 10 excess. The Gel.
lars werc filled with hard, very hard,
cider, and mug of IL always muIled
\ before the fire. IL wns The custom
10 serve groQ 70 farm hands a. eleven
o'clock; and remember tho warm dis
cussion that was provoked when Capt.
/ Mason proposed--it must have been In
! the thirties-~fo serve coffee 10 his men
1 instead Of liguer, u wns prophesied
that he could not get help 70 run the
farm II he persisted, as he did IN bis
resolution ~ make the change.
Everybody went for his dram 70 Capt.
| Pnul's tavern. about two miles beyond
I Can't. Maxons Little King the
dwarf1sh cobblcr at the foot Of the
/ lane, u~ed 70 travel daily this distance
/ On his weak little lsgs, but usually be
| made tbs trip IN the evening. One day
some school girls, ncighbors' children,
/ overlook him walking on all sides o1
/ the road Thinking him ill. they tool
him by either arm 70 help bin home
| but they bitterly complained afterwsrd
that he bad stepped on their best shoes
| One neighbor, IN immensely corpn
! lent man. used TO be put nightly int
I his wagon al the tavern. To he delivered
At home BY his faithful horse. Hut on.
night be fell out OF bis wagon and ths
| horse came home alone. His sons wen
| for their missing parent with 8 ston,
( drag.
When the great wave u total
.b4tinence sentiment rolled over ths
| corntry. ore of the early ngitators
Father liant. eanse TO onr honse ans
made II bis home while iecfnrfpg In I'll.
vicinity He VISA Fsrginian, slightly
| deforfsed. a inzn or sinRulgf e'oqueIice
| 9ho niIed church and gallery wherevel
- asal. lie said tlsat ny s1D, thel
The New South., 1894-12-01

--HI Dunno" said Chloe. ms she went
down into the kitchen. II dunno
bout disher. ! dun brok free teacups
dis day, an hyah come de nissus AM
gibs me mushrooms to cook foh ma
dinner. - Washington Star.
what your story needs said the
critic, lis more atmosphere well.
that goes to show that there's no pleas
ing everybody" said the discontentcd
says that it's too breezy. - ashington
Star.
---On the Run.-she--ss ssThat last bat
tie OF yours must hare been o terrific
one, major.~ The Major-'sIt was in.
deed (proudly). wish ! might have
had photograph Of myself taken on
the field She --s'But they didn't take
instantaneous photographs then
Detroit Free Press.
First Youngstcr-''I'ye got new
baby brother what came from Heaven
last night Second Youugster--
That's nothin'- Ny little baby brother
went to Heaven yesterday First
roungster frcfectively1-p Pete. I bet
it's The same kid. rsprinafeld Farm
and Home
Out in Kansas man was shot for
insisting on nelecting some dress-stu11
for women who were shopping It the
counter where he WAS purchasing
things for himself And yet women
will take upon themselves to select
y.anI<4s <<xx. xx.a1x. ,u1n ff<.y.x px,x7 f&< Ia
The New South., 1894-12-01
NUMBER AZ.

three wrecks old gshss was IN ssssh
should Sign tho temperance pledge as
his children had donc. He had little
frame made a. thc village carpenters,
with . glass titssd at she village storci
and he wrote ont in his neat hand a
pledge for thc child that j, would never
touch whas would make drunk come.
and . this l pus my hand Then he
linked all the inside ~ the fat, chubby
hand and pressed Il upon thc paper y
4 signature so the pledge which. yrl.
low with age. In the original framing
stiil recalls the temperance agstatot
Of ~.
The New South., 1894-12-01

Any Subscriber desiring hIs paper dis
continued win please notify us promptly
Orders from transient customers. YER
bal or written, fer sdvertixing, sntnerip
tlon or job work must bo accom- mpAnisd
By the cash.
Tue NEW SorTH cordially invites and
will greatly appreciate communication
aud itams OF local Interest. Write OF
one side OF tho paper. as briefly a. possi
Bile, and accompany all contributions
with the name of the nuthor ase'HeAx
sntee OF good faith.
The New South., 1894-12-01

STATE.

state.
Hon. J. M. Stone. Governor.
Hon. NJ. NJ. Evans, Lieutenant Gov
ernor.
Hon. George NJ. Goyan, Secretary o.
State.
Hon. j. j. Evans. Treasurer.
Hon. w. w. Stone. Auditor OF Publie
Accounts.
Hon. Frank Johnston, Attorncy-Gen'
eral.
Hon. J. r. Preston, Srperintendens oi
Public Education.
Hon. J. f. Sessions, Hon. Walter Nc
Lauren and Hon. J. H. Aslsow, Railroad
Commissioners.
Hon. Edgar S. Wilson, Commissioner
OF Swamp Lands.
Miss Rosa Tucker, Librarian.
The New South., 1894-12-01
TEMPERANCE TiDINGs.

FIVE moro towns In Connecticut vote
no license this year than last
The saiooa burns up SEA, obo, ,ooo of
our national resources every week.
TnsEs were $3.50 criminals convicted
In cspada last year. ~ whom 10 only
did not use infoxieants.
SgcgErABr CARLISLE has ruled that
all alcohol imported for whatever par
pose !. sabiect to drty.
The Lutheran council ut Warren.
Pa recently called npon all I-utherAns
70 ahjare The Liquor tasiness.
The New South., 1894-12-01

Give attention TO all barns. stables
and sheds, and have them thoroughly
cleaned and repaired and given ccat
Of lime-insIdc wash and out Tho
nights will soon be cold enough 70 call
for the housing Of mich cows and
feeding stock, and the buildings ought
to be waiting for them rather than Tho
stock whiting for the buildings.
The New South., 1894-12-01
COUNTY OFFICERS.

d. II. Smith. Representative
IT, navall, Sheriff
iram Graves, Treasurer.
Warren Walters. Assessor.
Joseph Saunders, Surveyor.
Rev. Z. J. Taylor. Superintendent OF
Education.
The New South., 1894-12-01

Board of Supervisors.
A. B. Jordan, President, District No. |.
w. T. Johnson, District No. 2.
Rev. Eli Davis, District No. s.
a. q. Shows, District No. 4.
D. T. Shows. District No. S.
Meets first Monday in each month.
The New South., 1894-12-01

GhaHcery Court.
Hon, w. r. Houston. Chancellor.
i. j. Sharp. Clerk.
Meets first Monday in March and Sep
tember in each year.
The New South., 1894-12-01

Supreme Court.
Hon. Tim E. Cooper, Chief Justice.
Hon. A. II. Whitfield. Hon. Thomas
II. Wood. Associate Justices.
Hon. Oliver Clifton, Clerk.
The New South., 1894-12-01

Hon. A. G. Mayors, Judge.
Sylvester McLaurin, District Attorney
j. NJ. Bush, Clerk.
Meets first Monday in May and No
vember in each year.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
The Letter 81" as a Mascot.

Is the letter 81" like the letter "E. 4"
so indispensable that it is as difficult to
find list of names without the former
appearing in it as it is to find complete
sentence in which the latter does not oc-
cur? Is the above the cause of its fire.
quent appearance in the names of Amer
ica's great men, or is it really mascot
letter? Beginning with our presidents,
! find it as the first initial in the names
of eight. The only president of the
Confederacy also began his name with
the little mascot" In the list of
the vice presidents find it six times,
divided equally between the Christian
and the surnames. Among the names
of the presidents pro tenn. of the SEN
ate it occurs % times and among the
speakers of the house Ia times. Thir-
teen of the secretaries of state COM
menced their first names with 81" and
one used it as the initial of his surname.
In the realm of justice the record is equal
ly if not more startling, 81 out of total
of % chief justices and justices begin
ming either their first or last name with it.
Besides the above we find it in the
names of nearly all the multimillionaire
of the country-viz, John d. Rockefeller,
j. j. Astor, Jay Gould, J. M. Sears, ]. s.
Morgan, j. B. Haggin, j. w. Garrett,
John Wanamaker, j. G. Fair, John w.
Mackay, j. q. Flood, John Arbuckle, j.
b. Stetson, John Clahin, Joseph Pulitzer
and dozens of others. s.-St. Louis Republic,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
Riding Down n Wolf.

1t has been often noticed in India how
fast wolf travels by means of lounging
looping trot that is by no means suggestive
of speed. While one gallops after it as
hard as a good horse can go, the wolf pur-
sued, never apparently hurrying, lollops
along at pace that equals that of the fol-
lowing steed. have heard it said that no
horseman ever rode wolf down, but to
this statement | must demur, inasmuch
as have done this thing. Perhaps my
wolf was sick.
BE that as it may, did. when out pig
sticking in the Ganges country over against
Colgong, follow wolf, and that wolf
turned sharply when closed with it, and
the horse rode-a rare good one-kicked
1t over with his forefeet and made the
matter of spearing my wolf simplicity it.
self. One of my companions of that day
found explanation of this performance in
the fact that | had ridden another mans
horse with my own spurs.-Blackwoo
Magazine
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
A Quakcr's Wedding.

Bride and bridegroom took their seats in
perfect silence, which reigned until one
present offered up prayer. Again stiffness
prevailed for some moments, and the bride
groom rose saying, Friends, here in the
fear of the Lord, and in the divine pres
ence, take this, my friend, Edith Mary
Hanbury Aggs, to be my wife, promising
in the fear of the Lord, and with the divine
assistance, to be to her faithful and low
ing husband"
The brides formula was in similar words,
and gorgeously emblaZoned and illumi
mated parchment, setting forth the contract
of marriage, was then signed by both and
attested by several witnesses from both
families. Two friends gave short ad
dresses from Scriptural texts, another
prayer followed and, when the civil regis.
ter had been duly filled up, the ceremony
was at an end d.-Eychange.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
Her Husbands "Caddie."

It is almost impossible to keep abreast
of the English woman in an athletic way,
for nothing daunts her, her aim being ev.
identity TO be her husbands helpmate in
every sense of the word. Whether it is deer
stalking in Scotland or hunting tigers in
Africa, she is always by his side Her
latest is to be his "caddie" in golfng.
This pleasant duty consists in following
him with leathern bag slung across her
shoulder holding the extra clubs for his
use.
Now, as the links are usually spread over
an area of perhaps seven or eight miles,
and as the enthusiastic Engishman is
rarely deferred by either rain or snow, the
task is no sinecure; but still the British
matron sticks to it, and, what is more, is
one of the gayest at the club dinners which
is the usual finale to hard days play
In the matter of dressing she is far ahead
of any other country-that is, in always
looking trim and comfortable when en-
gagged in any sport. For instance, in her
capacity of "caddie' she looks particular
ly smart in thick tweed, with rather n
short skirt worn over very well fitting gai
tiers in the same shade. A Norfolk jacket,
with the irresistible collar and tie and soft
hat of the same, makes her Il veritable
belle on the field.-New York Telegram
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26

1t is often amusing to see the bewilder
ment with which Il city bred New Eng
lander listens to the dialect of his native
soil, n dialect which is as characteristic,
strongly marked and persistent as that of
any part of the country. That anybody
who claims to be Il native of Yankeeland
should fail to understand IL dialect which
has become historic in its rugged SIMPLE.
ity and homely oppressiveness, seems al
most inconceivable; yet there are thou
sands of city bred persons, descendants of
the old native stock, in all the large com.
munites Of New England, who would
hardly be more puzzled by sentence out
of the Koran than by some of the dialect
expressions which are current in the rural
sections of their own states.
Right here in Massachusetts, within
fifty miles Of the glded statehouse dome,
are communities whose everyday Ian
guage, larded as it is with Yankeeisms
which date back well nigh II century, would
be in large part utterly unintelligible even
to Harvard or Boston university philolo
gist.-Journal of Education.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26

Writing in the Detroit Free Press, Fred
erick Stearns gives rather lurid picture
of visit to Chinest prison. 81 found
myself, " he writes, "with II lot of misera-
bic creatures, who crowded around me,
saying, Money, money asked the guide
who they We're. Those sentenced to be
beheaded, he said. They were in dirty
courtyard, with shed for shelter, and
looked as though beheading would be
relief. Another room was filled with pris-
oners wearing the cangue, or 3 foot square
wooden collar. They cannot lie down save
with the head resting on the edge of 2
inch plank, and yet saw lot of them
asleep on the ground in the filth. Torture
is used-bastinado, beating the ankles,
ball and chain, whipping, thumbscrews,
impalement, cruciiiXion and all that sort
of barbarity.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
THE OPEN SWITCH.

All the summer, early and late,
And in the autumn drear,
A maiden stood at the orchard gate
And waved at the engineer.
He liked to look at her face so fair,
And her homely country dress;
She liked to look at the man up there
AT the front of the fast express.
There's only flash of the maiden's eye,
AS the engine rocks and reels,
And then she hears in the distance die
The clinkety, clink of wheels.
Clinkety, clink; so far apart
That nothing she can hear
Save the clink of her happy heart
To the heart Of the engineer.
Over the river and down the dell,
Beside the running stream,
She hears the sound of the engine bell
And the whistles mad'ning scream.
Clinkety, clink; there's an open switch,
Kind angels, hide her eyes!
Clinkety, clink; they're in the ditch,
Oh, hear the means and cries!
Clinkety, clink, and down the track
The train will dash today,
But what are the ribbons of white and black
The engine wears away?
Clinkety, cllnk. Oh, worlds apart,
The fireman hangs his head;
There is no clink in the maidens heart
The engineer is dead.
-Cy Warman in New York Sun.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
THE LAND OF DREAMS.

The twilight deepens, the shadows creep,
The moonlight quivers in silver beams.
And silent we step in the boat of sleep,
And drift to the shadowy land of dreams
oh, mystic land where the dead return,
And warm lips cling in the deathless kiss,
And the years are not, and the weary learn
That anguish dies in the arms of bliss.
Afar in that holy, unknown land,
Ambition gathers the flowers of fame;
And fortune reaches her golden wand,
And pure and white is the soul of shame.
The shackles fall from the prisoner there.
The peasant sits on the throne Il king;
The blind eyes open 10 al that's fair,
And deaf ears hear, and the dumb lips sing,
Dreamsl Who can tell what messengers
stray
Around us all in the hush of night;
When the form lies still as the soulless clay,
And we follow ourselves through love and
light.
And who shall say but the land of dreams
Is theland of the living, after all;
And daily life, with its scars and seams,
Is only dream when the shadows fall.
Martha Bonner in Boston Globe.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
LIaH TIMING CALCULATION.
How the Cube Root OF ANY Number Mag Be
Given InsfnntIN-

Given Instantly.
One-third memory, one-tbird practice
and one-third trick-that is the secret of
most of the rapid calculators who figure
before the public. There are very few
calculations of which there is /. OF a short
way to the solution, but perhaps none of
them is so easy and at the same time so
surprising to the ordinary mind as the
instantaneous extraction of the cube root.
This is feat which has gained great
spplause for its performers from the
days of Hutchins, 1.-The lightning calcu-
lator," till now. The extreme rapidity
with which it is worked and the difficult
ty of the solution by the ordinary meth
ods render it one of the most taking of
feats.
Before explaining the method of per-
forming this extraction of the cube root
it may be well for the benefit of those
readers who have forgotten some of their
early school knowledge to explain what
a cube root is. Multiply number by
itself and the product by the original
number, and the result is cube. Thus:
9x9- 81 (the square of 9; 81 x o. 729
(the cube of 9) Then 0 is the cube root
of 729.
Now for the method. First you OBJ
tain from one of the audience an exact
cube of not more than six places of fig
ures, though with moderate practice the
latter condition need not be insisted on.
Say the cube given is lac, ,60s, of which
the root is 50. You know the cubes Of
the units by heart, thus;
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
A REMARKABLE DREAM.
A New York Horseman's Vision
of an English Race.
HE PREDICTED THE RESULT.

His Dream Came True. and Great Excite
ment Ensued Among SuperstItious Sport
ing Men of New York Who Had Laid Big
Odds on the Event.
"All sporting men are superstitious, more
or less. Why, I've seen fortunes won and
lost on the strength of mere whim. Back
in 1891 | recall how two of the best known
gamblers in the east took chance of losing
1900 just because butterfly with wings
corresponding in color to the colors Of one
OF the jockeys in the race happened to alight
on the back of ones hand" said a New
York horseman to Sun reporter. About
the most remarkable case of this character
that l ever heard of, however, was Frank
Snyder's dream about the winner of the
Liverpool Spring cup. More sports went
broke on that dream and more made for.
tunes on it than on any other piece of su.
perstition ever heard of. Frank SNYDER
was known as an expert Judge of horses,
and his Judgment on all big events was
sought by sporting men all over the country.
About three months before the running
of the great Liverpool Spring cup In 1881
Pierre Lorillard sent string of 9 and
3-year-olds abroad in charge of trainer, his
idea being to capture some of the rich Eng
lish stakes and purses. With the string old
Parole was sent along. Parole had been
good horse, but had gone wrong and for a
long time had not won bis oats. He was a
white elephant on the stables hands, and
Mr. Lorillard making up his mind the
horse would never be of any use as racer
again, sent him with the string of young
sters to make pace for them while they
were training on the other side.
About this time the big horsemen and
bookmakcrs in this city used to hang out
in Murray 81 Cridge's gambling house
on Twenty-eighth street. One night
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
ess expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products TO
the needs of physical being, will attest
he value to health Of the pure liquid
axative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but il is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute II offered.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-04-26

Now, as the thousands in the cube
given exceed 1875 and are less than 216,
the tens in the reply must be 8. For the
second figure, or units, a curious trick
comes in. The cubes of /, 4, 8, and 8
end in the same figures; the cube of 9 is
s. the cube of 3 ends in 7, and reverselv
the cube of s ends in and the cube of
Tins.
So when the questioner says 100000
here you say to yourself SOY COS, you say
out loud ON the instant, SO.
Take another, 39,3O4. The thousands
exceed 81; therefore the root is thirty
something. The last figure is 4; there
fore the root is 34.-London Tit-Bits.