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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

has acquired all that he could buy at any
price, and its shares were moro valuable
at one time than those of any other con-
Germ in America. The stock of the Chem
ical bank in New York city is alone in
having been quoted as high-possibly
higher-tn the market The ruling price
for years was 81, 400 a share for 800
shares, and none was to be had at that
figure, so that the quotation was merely
nominal AS the concern paid as high as
ITO per cent in dividends annually and
has averaged 80 per cent during the PA
years of its existence, the quotation was
even below Its actual worth There was
a monthly drawing 10 months in the
year, with q capital prize of $500, 600, and
a capital prize of 5000, 900 for the other
two months, total of 100, 900 tickets
issued each month at $50 ticket, save on
the two months when the capital prize was
doubled, when che tickets were made $40
each. These tickets were subdivded into
twentieths, SO that the poorest could be
drawn into the game.
If each ticket was sold in all its portions
the lottery would receive $4,000, 900 in
cash 10 months in the year and 81, 600,
600 on each of the other two months. As
Stunning fair drawing and n fair distribu-
ton of the prizes advertised to be drawn,
the concern would pay out SO per cent of
enough return for an original investment
of 800, 600 by john A. Morris.
But all the tickets were not sold in any
one month-rarely, If ever.
So there was little joker devised which
was sure to keep the ratio of profits up to
the standard of 4S per cent of profit on the
face for the scheme. Such tickets or por-
tions of tickets were not sold We're held
by Morris & Howard as their share of the
ifxyn of ha n win. Jr,,,
dreds and probably thousands of the prize
winning tickets were held in whole or in
part by Morris & Howard as competitors
against the poor devils who had bought
the gayly eolored bits of paper at 81 or So
the bit.
1t Is stated as fact that the maj age-
men always had string tied to the CAPT
tai and most of the other prizes in tho I'M
sold fractions of tickets, and that no ticket
was sold in its entirety If it could be
helped during the existence of the lottery
OF late Morris has been ambitious to get
into New York society. He tempted the
Four Hundred with balls that almost
equaled Belshazzar's In magniticence and
with dinners that well might make Lu-
came not. The stain of the lottery was
upon their giver. He assaulted the fashion
able world with his millions and stormed
its fortress with golden shot, but to him
the portcullis was never open. VIII the
sacrifice, or alleged sacrifice of his lottery
holdings have the desired effect?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
why Pun Your Corn Fodder

The above is the title of bulletin
CNo. 1o4 just issued by the n. G. Agri-
cultural Experiment Station. 1t treats
of a very important subject and shows
that there is great loss in the present
method OF pulling fodder and leaving
the stalks to rot in the field Nearly
one-half of the total value of the corn
plant is lot by pulling fodder according
to the present plan.
The simplest way to get the most
ARod out of the corn crop is to cut close
70 the ground with short-handled hoes
at about the time the fodder would be
pulled, and cure in silo- Lacking the
silo, cut the corn in the same way few
days later, or about the time fodder is
generally pulled, and shock in the field.
Put 400 to 600 pounds in a shock, and
stand the butts out open enough to
make the shock stand firm and let in
the air to dry the corn. Bind the tops
tight to hold together and keep out
rain,
When cured, shock out the ears,
and cut what is left, known as slower
the stalks, blades and shucls). Cut
in one-half inch lengths with ordina-
ry hand feed cutter, or better power
if you have it. Feed to cows or work
teams with cotton seed meal, wheat
bran or such other heterogeneous ma
terials as can be most readily OBJ
tanned. For nearly balanced ration
feed one pound of meal to four of slower
and two of oat straw. The slower alone,
fed freely, will support an animal at
rest and not giving milk.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

Every year as soon as hot weather
begins or from May Is, to June 1, the
Experiment Station is in receipt of nu-
merous samples of diseased cabbage
plants with requests for remedies for
the trouble.
The most prevalent diseases of cab
bage in this state are the white mildew
caused by the parasitic fungus Pero-
nospora parasitica, stem rot, caused by
the fungus cystopus candidus and Club
foot or Big root caused by the fungus
PloSmodophora brassica. The first is
the most common and destructive
As to remedies the most economical
and satisfactory one for the lower and
middle districts is to refrain from
planting summer cabbage. The cab
bage plant is native of a colder cline
than ours and cannot stand the heat of
our summers. The early varieties of
cabbage such as Jersey, Wakefield,
Express, etc, may be transplanted to
and January and will remain free from
disease and give good crop before hot
weather begins. Late cabbage of the
Flat Dutch type or Savoys may be set
out as soon after September Is as the
rains begin, and will in most cases re-
main healthy and form heads before
Christmas. Other than these cabbage
growing in this climate cannot be made
profitable.
There is little success in treating cab
bage with fungicides. The leaves are
so smooth and covered with a wax-like
bloom the fungicides will not adhere
Those who wish to make the trial
should use the copper sucrate mixture
for which a formula is given in Bulle-
tins "a and 90 of this station.-GERALD
MCCARTHY, n. c. Experiment Station.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

bermuda. C1virej grass : or 6 bus per acre
kentucky blue grass, 1 bushel per acre
Eight or ten bushels Of roots which
have been raked out of gardens may be
RIM through fodder cutter and sown
broadcast and narrowed in.
This mixture should give a strong
turf and pasturage nearly the year
round in your section when once well
started. The ground should be ma
nured once in a while to supply plant
food if the pasture is to be kept good,
sow whenever the next month is likely
to be moist and favora BILE to the growth
of grass and clover, in early fall is a
good time Seed can be had of most of
the regular advertising seedman. For
winter pasture nothing can grow ahead
of scarlet or crimson clover. Sow 35
to As pounds of chaff or II to Is pounds
of cleaned seed per acre Half bushel
of rye may be sown with the clover to
advantage.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
THE Ex-LOTTERY KING.
How John A. Morris Amassed a Colossal
Fortune.

If it is true, as stated, that John A.
Morris has recently disposed of all his vast
lottery interests it means that he has sold
over half of the most valuable gambling
franchises in the world, that of Monte
Carlo not excepted. He went into the lot
terry business away back In 1868, and since
1885 he has been getting rich with incred-
ible rapidity. A year or so ago his income
was estimated at about $12, 900 day or
81, $50, 600 n year. A good part of this
came from the. lottery, although by no
means all of it, for he had invested his
lottery income with such success that al
most all of it increased over hundred
fold.
For a long time his family has been
anxious for him to get out of the lottery
business Mr. Morris has felt no scruples
about the business ON his own account, but
his sons and his daughter have social am
billions and feel that the lottery has been a
great bar to their progress in the favor of
the elite.
Mr.. Morris retains his horse racing in
terests, and as he Is reputed to be worth
over $25, 600, 600 he will probably continue
to be able to live on his income He lives
like prince and maintains no less than
nine expensive and luxurious establish
ments in this country and Ecrope. He has
a magnificent home in Throg's Neck, \
Y, three others in Boston, Bar Harbor,
and New Orleans, a shooting box in Loui-
siana, a ranch in Texas, racing establish
ments and breeding farms in Maryland
and England, and a house in Hanover,
Germany. The most of his time he spends
in Throg's Neck and New Orleans.
The story of how his immense fortune
was amassed reads like romance. Nor
ris comes naturally by his gambling in
stincts. His father. Francis Morris, was
an Englishman who was notorious among
the racing men of his generation, and the
son was literally bred to the turf. He was
one of the organizers of the Louisiana Lot
terry company in 1867 and invested 800,
600 in the enterprise. As soon as the
charter for the lottery was obtained
Morris began scheming to get posses
sion of the lions share of 1t, and this he
did speedily. Less than two weeks after
the scheme was bought through the legis-
lature the charter was assigned, with all
its rights and privileges, to John A. Nor
ris, q. +. Simmons, and G.. H. Murray.
Later Howard, in accordance with a pre-
vious understanding, was given a fifth In
terest in the concern, and the curse to tho
city and state was launched as the prop
erty of Howard, Simmons g. Co. When
it began to pour Il stream of gold into the
pockets of it's OWNERS, Morris in some way
''froze OUT all his partners except How
ard
Morris is supposed to have obtained pos
session OF more than one-half the stock OF
the concern before, in 1871, it had become
a mine richer than GolcOnda fountain
of wealth to which that of Monte Cristo
was but mere bagetelle. Since then he
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

Elephants have been known to live
$50 years.
Great Britain makes over $50, 900
bicycles a year.
Canada has granted but 115
divorces in the last twenty years.
In 1900 cattle were worried by
dogs before killing to tender the
flesh.
The annual gross income to rail
ways in the United States exceeds
81 200, 100000.
The Bakers of the United Kingdom
receive from the people about $500,
100000.
Eusebius says that dancing was i'm
vented by the Curetes, b. & 1884, to
celebrate victory.
The average weekly wages paid to
female la borers of all classes in Ger
many is $2.17.
\ marble box two inches square
and closely sealed filled with an eX-
tremely fragrant pomatum was re
Gently found in the ruins of Pompeii.
The cuckoo of California whenever
it sees a sleeping rattlesnake builds
a fence of prickly cactus around it.
Then it proceeds to awake the reptile
and tease it in the narrow and I'M
comfortable Enclosure until the ser
pent plunges it's fangs into its own
body and dies.
The art of making rubies, accord
ing to a royal institute lecture by
Prof Judd, is now extensively prac-
ticed. The ruby is simply crystal
lized alumina or oxide of aluminium.
The artificial rubies, known as
Geneva rubies, are as hard as the
natural ones from Burmah, are
identical with them in chemical COM
position and molecular structure,
and are only slightly inferior in color
and luster.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Feeding of Colts.

From Mr.. j. f. Scott, of the Alamance
Farm, Graham, n. c., the following
notes have been received by the Exper-
iment Station Mr.. Scott has had a
large experience in feeding and train
ing young horses: '.A1I youngsters re-
quire plenty of exercise in a good grass
paddock, and while running out days
seldom need any laxative food. Good
clean oats and hay free from dust are
generally all that is necessary to keep
them in growing fix. When handling
time comes, at about 2 years old of
course we feed literally and as the
grass has been taken away we make up
for it by feeding 1 quart bran with 2
quarts oats and hay. This keeps the
colts system in good healthy condi-
ton, and if regular feeding and atten-
ton is adhered to, there will seldom be
need for change of diet. Sometimes
cases occur where bran mashes or some
condition powders or handful of lin
seed meal are needed while carrots and
other cooling things are beneficial
Distemper sometimes appears and
should be taken in hand at the first
symptoms of cough. falling to eat, etc.
and preventives administered. Chief
among these may be mentioned tar.
Thus many bad cases are prevented.
AS the colts advance the treatment is
much the same. Sound food and reg
nlar care being the main requirements,
in raising good horses that will sell
well. AS to training, one cannot give
information of much value in so short
an article
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Trustees Sale.

BY virtue of Authority OF a mortgage dead
executed to Jasper Blackburn by II. A. Pier :
and Dora Pierce, his wife, on the End day
9.tober. 1898, and duly recorded in the regis
ter's Office in Forsyth county, in book no. 2.
bod, and the stipuIations in said deed Of trust
not having been complied with, shall expose
at public auction, for cash, on Saturday the 14th
day cf July. 1894, at o'clock p. M, at the court
following property One lot of land of Wachovia
Development Company, lee feet west of Dacion
st. on the south side Of Glencoe st. Westwardly
On dlencoe IT., SO feet; thence at right angles
from Glencoe st, $50 feet southwardly to an all
10y, thence easterly so feet noftherly $50 feet
u i,eeisuing. This April Gath, 1894.
JASPER lX-1 BLACKBURN,
F. r. IINE.
TRUST %,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
How to Make Delightful Toast.

Lobster toast can be made from the
remnant Of can OF lobster. Remove
any stray bones and chop the fish very
fine Put an equal weight, not an equal
bulk, Of butter in a bowl and work 1t
with wooden spoon until creamy
consistency. Stir in the lobster. lit
tie lemon juice, salt, pepper. and, If you
have any on hand, little anchovy
sauce. Mix until thoroughly incorporat-
ed and taste to see that it is seasoned
nicely. A small quantity Of this spread
on hot buttered toast makes most de-
lightful breakfast relish
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Curing Cow Pea Vines.

For hay, COW pea vines should al
ways be cut before the pods are full
grown, for in the majority of cases the
weevil insect lays her eggs in the grow
ing pod in the field
A fairly satisfactory way to cure pea
vines is to cut in the afternoon when
there is promise of fair weather, and
let the pea vines lie and wilt until next
day after the dew is Off The leaves
will then be somewhat tough and the
vines can be put up in moderate stacks
without losing much foliage. The
stacks should be as small as convenient
to make and from seven to nine feet
high. These may stand until the vines
are thoroughly cured. when they should
be brought together and housed early
in the morning or on cloudy day,
without rain, when the hay is tough
enough to bear moving without loss of
leaves.-Extract from n. c. Expert
ment Station Bulletin No. 90.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
How Anxietx Cam Turn Hair GRAY.

Numerous theories have been ad-
vanced to account for the rapid turning
gray Of the hair during violent emotion.
Robinson, in his book ON Badness and
Grayness, mentions the name of a per-
son whose hair had become quite gray
In single night. The hairs under mi
croscopical examination We're found to
contain number of air globules. 1t Is
probable that these are developed with
in. It is claimed that In a certain irri-
table condition of the nervous system
air globules may be generated in the
hair in brief space of time, and In this
we have the cause of the sudden blanch-
ing of the hair.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

The Maine Experiment Stau1on mas
also shown that nearly pounds more
of the corn in bushel is saved by feeG-
ing meal than by feeding whole corn.
That is about one eleventh or about
cost no more to grind cobs with corn
than for corn alone, and even less than
to shell and grind. Then the gain from
cobs would be net and the percentage
shown by this digestion experiment
would prove handsome profit for the
trouble.-F. E. EMERY, Agriculturist,
N. c. Experiment Station
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
How to Distinguish Between "White"
and q ssBlaok" Frost.

A white" or s.hoar" frost results
from the GOODNESS of the earth, which,
from its great radiatipg power, is al
ways varying. but q "black" frost re.
suits from the GOODNESS Of the atmos-
phere, which Is at the time oYershad-
owed by dull cloud, giving dark
ness to everything and leaden appear
ance to the frozen surface of water.
A 'sblack" frost is said to last because
the temperature of the air is less likely
TO vary than that Of the earth
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
SHE BEL EYES IN MATRlMoNY.

Mrs. Spencer Has Married Eleven Times
With Varying Success.
"A1l these six and eight time widows
that have broken into print lately are base
counterfeits, said George Coffin of Indi-
ana to Chicago Times man. There's q
woman down in our state-Mrs. DIR. Spen-
Ger of Bourbon-who holds the world s
record of marriages, think. DR.. Spencer
is just now fancy free. She hasn't had a
husband for five years or SO, but she ain t
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
NOTICE.

Having duly qualified as Administrative
Martha Bailey, deceased, all persons having
claims against said deceased are hereby notified
to present same to me or my agent, J. A. White,
duly proven as the law directs, on or before the
first day of January, 1895, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery. Also all per-
ems indebted 70 said deceased are requested to
make payment of the same at once to me or
my said agent and thereby save cost
This 2Sth December, 1898.
SUSAN HARTMAN,
Admin istratrix of Martha j. Bailey.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
A Farm For Inebriate Women.

An English woman physician, DIR. An
derson Brown, has established an indus
trial farm for inebriate women, an expert
ment that will be watched with interest
by all students of social economics, as
we'll as the world of law and order
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Value of Corn and Cobs Ground Together
for Stock Food.

The n. C. Agricultural Experiment
Station has issued another bulletin
(No. 90 on the digestibility of cattle
foods. One of the experiments will be
of much value to feeders.
Common dent corn meal was digested
and also corn and cob meal from the
same lot of corn. The latter was found
to have been digested better than was
expected. The following is taken from
the discussion in the bulletin "Shell-
ing a 100 pound sample of ear corn gave
a yield of SIS pounds of kernels and
1875 pounds of cobs.
By feeding the cobs as corn and cob
meal, I'll pounds of digestible dry mat
ter was added to the 61.S4 pounds di-
gestible from the kernels. This is
equivalent to saving 10.31 per cent of
the digestible food in 100 pounds of
ear corn. Or, calculated on sheled
corn, it adds 9,s4 pounds of digestib1e
food, in the cobs to the 1888 pounds in
100 pounds of corn meal. This is an
addition of 2.96 per cent to the digest
ible dry matter in the corn meal"
Who would not try to save 10 per cent
of the corn crop as it is cured in the
ear, or add one eighth to the value of
the shelled corn meal This is what
these figures mean to make the corn
crop go IS per cent further than if she'll
ed and fed as meal, and throwing away
the cobs.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Questions and Replies.

The station will be glad to receive
questions on agricultural topics from
any one in North Carolina who may de-
sire to ask for informa ton. Address
all questions to the IN. C. Agricultural
Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C.
Replies will be written as early as pos
sible by the member of the station staff
most competent to do SO, and when of
general interest. they will also appear
III these columns. The station expects
in this way to enlarge it's sphere of use
fulness and render immediate assist
ance to practical farmers
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
A Good Watch Free.

THE SENTINEL viii give to every
man, woman, boy or girl an oppor-
tunity to get a beautiful watch
without cost. We want some one
at every p0stOfice. ADDRESS THE
SENIINEL, Winston, N. c.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Good Times.

Atlanta Constitution.
'Possum's up the gum tree,
Coon is in the holler;
Nigger's in the cotton patch
Maxim half dollar.
Country's giyin' of a shout
Coin in to win;
Watermelons clearin' out
An 'taters comm in
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

The dairy industry in North Carolina
within the last ten years has increased
to remarkable extent, far more than
101 of the n. c. Experiment Station
treats of the states progress in this
direction and gives several reasons
therefor, one of which is the adoption
of the ''no-fence' law in so many of the
counties, and another is the determined
progressiveness of citizens in so many
localities.
The bulletins of the Experiment Sta
ton go to every one of the 90 counties
OF North Carolina and to every post
office in each county,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13
Advanced Monthly Summary of Meteoro
logical Reports In North CroIina,
for July, 1894.


The North Carolina State Weather
Service issues the following advanced
summary of the weather in North Car
DINA, for July, 1894, as compared with
the corresponding month of previous
years:
TEMPERATURE.-The mean tempera-
ture for the month was 1872 degrees,
which is 1.6 degrees below the normal
The highest monthly mean was was
1915 at Washington lowest, $50 at
Highlands. The highest temperature
was 90 on the 18th at Saxon; the lowest,
AZ on the 18th at Blowing Rock The
warmest July during the past twenty
one years was in 1887, mean sos de-
grees; the coolest was in 1891, mean
74.2-
PRECIPITATION. ~ Average for the
month cor inches, which is 063 inch
above the normal. The greatest
amount was 11.61, at Washington least
amount, LIS at Saxon. The wettest
July in twenty-one years was that of
1889, average, 7.73 inches; the driest,
in 1888, average, 3. IL.
west, which is the normal direction for
July. Average hourly velocity, 10
miles. Highest velocity Al miles per
hour, from the northwest on the 18th
at Hatteras.
THUNDERsToRMs.-A various places
on the 1st to 18th, inclusive, 9th, 14th to
18th, 21st to oath, 25th to 31st. Several
lives were lost and considerable prop.
erty destroyed by lightning during the
month.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

have Holstein COW that has warts grow
ing all over her neck. Can you advise me how
to cure her &c. R. ". Saxon, n. C.
answered by F. E. Emery, kgriculturist, n.
c. Experiment Station.)
These are quite common and usu-
ally harmless blemishes. They can
be removed by lunar caustic, blue
vitriol or chloride of zinc. If long,
first clip off with scissors then cauter-
ize; or they may be corded with
a fine string when they will soon
drop off. Warts are most trouble
some when on teats- If near the
eyes lunar caustic should be used
and applied carefully to remove the
blemish without injuring those organs
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-09-13

The Baptist State Sunday School
Convention fcoloredl meets in Char
lotte on the 10th, 10th, and END of
this month.
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woRLD.s CoLuma1An EXPOSITION

Will be of value to the world by illustrating the
improvements in the mechanical arts and emil
nent ply scians will tell you that the progress
in mechanical agents, has been of equal imP0r-
tance, and as q strengthening laxative that
Syrup Of Figs is far in advance of all others.