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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09

GENEltNL WILLIAM MAttONLi
his daughter; l.. l.. Maury of south
ampion county, Va. nephew and cap
tain Borors. secretary of the Virginia
State Republican Committee. and former
secretary 20 General Mahone we're at
tie bedside when the onD came. Below,
in the office of the hotel. were collected
"a number of prominent public men and
WashingtOniaus. an anxious TO hear the
latest news from the distinguished pa
tient Every voice was nushed. Every
man showed by his demeanor that he
appreciated the gravity of the situation.
Even the walters moved about stealthily,
because they realized that the spirit Of
death was abroad ia the house.
That tho aulm0siucs which General
lfanonc had cnecndercd durlug his po-
luIlal career had been forgotten. was
evidenced by the inquiries concerning
hln made Dy members OF the Cabinet
and other prominent Democrats.
ln addition TO the members Of his
family there were with General Mahohc
lis ntrlcw. Incien l.. Mapry, ana ~oio-
ucl P. u. McCN and Captain asa
Ere.rs OF Petersburg. The General had
lD.u unconscious for hours. and fecol-
niz-i nome of those about him. he was
r4rflr conscious and able TO- take nour-
ishmoni mtn Sunday morning last
rns rrNrRAf AnnANerNrNrs.
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moved to- bis olI home, 70 feieis"uIt'
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mnrc1 and pronounced ~ paralysis
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nis wants known by nodiing his mead
in answer 20 the anxious questions put
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09

Mrs. Malone. Butler and William Ma
hone, Jr.. bis sons. Mr.. O. NJ. McGin
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09
RESULT OF YHE PRIMARY.
E,ssn. HaEHaod, Eyini, Cab,lI. lul-
ply and Reddy The ikktt.
CITY CHARTER RgnIlHS UNCHANGED.
The Proposed Amendments showed Under
by an Overwhelming Majority-Col.
onei Harwood Leads tho Ticket
with Votes to spare.


Harwood.. ....................... .,... t,310
Bryant,."."-.. ......-........-. .....,... 4,053
Caben,... ..............3.5iG
hrddy,......"' ...,...,.."s".'............ .3,0lO
Muf phy,....
The primary election passed OF 80 quiet
ly yesterday tnat only the unusual num-
bcr of people gathered about in knots
showed that anything out OF the usual run
was taking place. A heavy vote was
rolled. the interest taken In the proposed
amendment to the city charter bringing
out more voters than a regular election.
The scheme OF amending the city's char
ter was overwhelmingly defeated. the peo-
pie declaring by their ballots In an un-
mistakable manner that the old charter
was good enough for them. In Jefferson
Ward, the home OF the originator OF the
proposed amendment, the showing ma5s
by the charter amendment was better. hut
in the other wards tho vote against II was
decisive.
The bailoting resulted N the election
Of Messrs. John $. Harwood who led the
ticket by handsome majority. J. Aston
Cabell, VIM. +. Rcddy. Julian Bryant, and
Thomas b. Murphy. Messrs. Murphy
and Reddy are new men. The fine run
they made attests their popularity.
1Hz CITY coNMrrrff
The city Democratic Committee met last
night at o'clock at Sanger Hall. and
canvassed the returns. which came 10
hand promptly, the last TO be received be-
ing those from the Second precinct OF
Jefferson Ward, whore ten ballots were
reported missing. and some time was re-
quired to get the count straight The
returns were read by Mr.. Mckinney, Mr..
Jefferson Wallace the secretary OF the
committee. asking TO be excused on the
ground that his brother was a candidate
In the primary
While the crowd waited for the returns
they amused themselves by calling for
speeches from the various well-known
politicians In the hall. Capt. George -.
Wise was called upon, but declined 10
speak. Mr.. Charles NJ. Wallace. Jr.. made
neat little speech, accepting his defeat
gracefully, and declaring his purpose TO
be "A candidate in 1891. Remarks were
also made by several others.
The following is a summary OF the
results OF the election, showing the num-
Der Of votes received by each candidate
In each precinct Of the various wards.
and the total vote Of each IN the city, as
wen as the vote on the charter amend
ments in the different precincts ana the
grand total In the city:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-09

Lady Worcester close third. and Larry
x. and Vatican hopelessly in the rear.
Time, 81.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21

bic homes, and found them more con-
tented in their poverty than ours are
with thoir comforts OF life. They live
on what we would throw to the dogs;
every scrap is carefully saved. II
German family has son or father in
the army land nearly every family has
one or the other, they save every penny
to send to him and keep him comforta-
BILE. just think what drain it is upon
the energies and toll OF a people who
have to maintain half million soldiers
as a standing army in times of peace.
No, we should not complain of anything
down here in the Southland, where good
crops have for many years blessed the
farmers toll, and where a man can live
comfortably on 25 cents day. There
is no excuse for a man to become
tramp; the LATEST negro can command
more than that anywhere every day In
the year.
That is 80. The wages of negro man
have not fallen below so cents day in
Cartersville-most OF them getT5 cents.
Down here in Florida they get from 81
to S1.25 for unskilled labor-for grub
bling, hauling, making up mortar or dig
ging in the phosphate mines.
The greatest source of discomfort is
envy of those who are better of. That
old dogma of Thomas Jefferson, who
declared that 'all men are by nature
free and equal" has done much harm,
for it is not true, and never will be I'M
til the millennium. 1t will not be true
then, for there are grades and ranks and
classes in the future state. There arc
angels and archangels. Gabriel and
Moses and Elias rank higher than Laza-
rus There is also hell and lower
hell. Why should we envy those who
rank US in wealth or fame or power or
dignity? Webster showed the right
spirit when he said: II thank God that
IL | cannot raise mortal to the skies,
have no desire to pull an angel down"
Oh, for more OF such noble arstocrats.
But it is not so bad in Florida for WIS.,
itors. We are luxuriating on very fine
oranges every day, and they cost us
only 80 cents hundred. Tho thick
skinned fruit has not been frozen inside;
some OF it a little touched next to the
stem, but we cut that of and the rest is
good. They make excellent ambrosia.
The fruit that still hangs on the trees
is generally eatable.
Grape fruit has not suffered like the
oranges, and we have it every morning
at the breakfast table. The weather is
delightful, and our so-called female in
valids sport every day on or in the
water, and some Of them can row boat
to the island without n man. hear the
same old song that l hear at home,
wv oman rules here" and l am content
to take a second place-for my wife is
an aristo1rat and l am anything but q
democrat. BILL ARP.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
FOOD FOR HORSES.

Some of the Different Kinds, and the Pc
cuiiar Merits of Each.
OF all the roots with which horses
are tempted the carrot, as rule, is the
favorite and perhaps the most benef
cial 1t is said to be somewhat diu
retic in its effect and to exercise a sa
lubrious influence on the skin. Ger
tain it is that sick horse may be
coaxed into eating carrots when disin
clined to partalSe of other nourish
ment, with the greatest beneficial re-
suits. For the failing horse carrots
are most valuable as an article of diet,
and few may be given with advan.
tage to horse in healthy condition
Oatmeal is extremely nutritious, and
as food for the convalescent horse is
most valuable. The bruising process
the grain has undergone breaks the
husk and renders it more easily acted
upon by the digestive organs. 1t is
usually given in the form of cruel,
and in that form it is one of the most
essential articles of diet for the infirm
ary Linseed is decidedly to be in
cluded in the sick diet roll. 1t is nu
tritious, and from its oleaginous nature
soothing to the frequently irritable
mucous membrane of the alimentary
canal, and hence is to be particularly
recommended in the treatment of sore
throats. Nor is its bland effect local
only; it's more general influence is par
.ticularly observable in affections of the
kidneys.-N. Y. World.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
The Color of Beeswax.

DR.. c. c. Miller, in recent number
Of Gleanings, gives the following
straw on the color of beeswax:
who of us hasn't wondered what it is
that gives the bright-yellow color to
beeswax? Wax is generally considered
white when first produced in little
scales. Cowan says it is always tinted,
the color coming from the pollen con-
aumed. But what makes it get yellow
er in the hive? A German writer SAYS
that, like the young Of nearly all ami
mails, the young bee, on first emptying
its bowels, discharges feces of intense
yellow, and this colors the comb.
White comb confined in the center Of q
colony, but inclosed in wire cloth, res
mains white"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21

framing, and so hinge that each siae
will turn inwards over the ends, an1
board upright all around. The reason
for this Ringing is for convenience in
knocking it down, moving it, and set
ting it up again. In tearing it down
carefully tip it over on roof, wrong
side up, on sled, fold down ends and
sides, then move where desired put
up again and fasten at corners with n
spike or two, leaving the heads out SO
as to draw out easily, and it is com
plete. Often it need not be let down
at all, only tipped on the end of a sic
as needed. Such convenience W
many times pay for itself. 1t can b.
used sometimes for farm machinery o.,
for storing potatoes or other roots un'
til ready to pit or market. The accom-
panying illustration will give an idea
of its construction.-D. Livingston, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
GROUND PLAN OF HOUSES AND YARDS

and the droppings turned under. AS
it is not necessary for the green food to
reach height of but few inches the
changes will be frequent. novelty
i'll the arrangement is that the fowls
are not opposite to each other in the
different yards and hence quarreling
or fighting through the fence is thus
avoided, a space of 80 feet separating
the hocks. Any form of house may be
used. and sixteen hens and a male may
be kept in each apartment, thus allow
ing about one hundred fowls to the en-
tire space. This plan gives 16 feet in
the poultry house to each fowl, while
the changeable yards not only supply
green food, but give fresh ground and
clean yards, as well as ample room and
a greater variety of food.-Farm and
EiraSidP
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
WHO WINS THE $500?

A novel way to obtain a suitable
name for their great, yes, wonderful
new oats, has been adopted by the
John A. Salzer Seed Co. They offer
$500 for name for their new oatss
their catalogue tells all about it. Farm
ers are enthusiastic over the oat,
claiming 200 bushels can be grown rer
acre right along. You will want it.
Farmers report six tons of hay from
Salzer's Meadow Mixtures; 112 bushels
corn per acre in dry season, and 1.16l
bushels potatoes from two acres.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T
with Toe postage to the John A
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, YOU
get free their mammoth catalogue and
a package of above $500 PRIZE OATS. [K]
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
POULTRY YARD REFORM.
A New idea In Changcable Yards with
Separate Buildings.

The plan suggested in the illustrn-
ton is one of the chanseable yards
with separate buildings, each build
ing being divided into three apart
ments. The dimensions may be as pre-
ferred, but with yards 5Oxl00 feet, the
space taken up will be about an acre
and a half. The house would necessa-
rily be 16x50 feet, or about 16 feet
square for each apartment. The open
ings from the houses to the yards are
shown at A A A, etc. The two mid
die yards will be occupied by the fowls
of the middle apartment, and the yards
on the right and left by the fowls in
the apartments on those sides. The
yards marked b may be occupied by
the fowls, while grass or any kind of
green food is growing in the yards
marked C. When the green food is
ready the fowls are turned into those
yards, and the other yards are then
plowed and seeded down. BY this
method green food is always growing
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
AMONG THE POULTRY.

POULTRY will suffer from irregular
feeding.
Corn is a heat producer and wheat is
an egg producer.
SEE to it that the cabbage leaves go
to the poultry. Cut them up.
TURN the eggs in the incubator twice
day. Some declare that it is not nee
essary, but don't believe it.
II may be safely assumed that hen
cannot remain healthy in foul quar-
tiers, and without health she will not
lay.
SAVE all the green bones you have
at hand for the poultry. Crush them
il you have no better way to make
them fine. Farmers Voice.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
BARNARD MANURE.
It's Importance and Pecuniary Value OIL
the Farm.

It's Importance and Pecuniary Value on
the Farm.
Barnyard manure is the most impor-
tant manurial resource of the farm and
should be carefully saved and used: 1t
represents fertility drawn from the soil
and must be returned to it if produc-
tiveness is to be maintained.
This manure contains all the fertiliz-
ing elements required by plants in
forms that insure plentiful crops and
permanent fertility to the soil. The
urine is the most valuable portion, but
it is best used in connection with the
solid dung, one thus correcting the de-
ficiencies of the other
The amount and value of the manure
produced by different farm animals is
put at the following figures in the
latest farmers bulletin, the computa-
tons being made on the basis of LOCO
pounds of live weight: Sheep, 34.l
pounds of manure per day, worth 7.e
cents; calves, CTS pounds, worth 81
cents; pigs, $40 pounds, worth 1867
cents; cows, I'll pounds, worth cents,
and horses, 4S.S pounds, worth rs
cents, basing calculations of value on
market prices of commercial fertilizers,
which probably gives results much too
high. Making liberal allowances for
these and other considerations, Prof
Roberts estimates that the value of the
manure produced on a small farm car.
rying horses, 20 cows, so sheep and ~
pigs during the seven winter months
amounts to about $3.50. Poultry man.
ure is the most highly esteemed as q
fertilizer; after which come respective
ly sheep, pigs, horses and cows.-N, Y.
Would
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
'lfIE FARMING WORLD.
POULTRY DUST BATH.
Why the Wise Farmer viii Provide Dust
Boxes for His Birds.

Boxes for His Birds.
Nearly if not quite all species of
fowls use the dust bath. They choose
a spot of fine, dry soil and scrape little
holes, where they pulverizc the dirt
until it is reduced to a fine dust. In
this they roll and shake their feathers
and allow the dust to penetrate to the
skin. II appears that in some way
this is deleterious TO the parasites
which infest the plumage or the skin.
IT has been said by some naturalists
that as all insects breathe - not
through the mouth as warm FLOODED
animals do, but through little open
ing in the skin situated in rows along
the side of the body-the PARTICLES of
dust close these openings, SO that para
sites die of suffocation as quickly as u
quadruped would if held under water.
This has been denied by some scien-
lists, who say that these holes are de-
Tended by "A very delicate but effective
apparatus that makes it impossible for
any foreign matter to enter, no matter
how minute it may be. Be this as it
may, | know that wild birds take dust
bubhS Whenever VIC NtuluCl tHt
state of soil permit. Nature is good
guide, and whether the dust bath is
for the prevention and absorption of
cffete matter which has become too
odorous, or whether it acts as an in
sectide. it is certainly advantageous to
fowls or they would not use the dust
bath. l say that the careful poultry
keeper will provide dust boxes for
birds, filed with fine dust, coal ashes,
thoroughly dried and mixed with in
sect powder. 1t makes but little differ
ence which of these varieties of soil
you use: the principal part is to have it
clean. That is, not highly manured
soil, but comparatively unfertile one
is preferable. The next qualification
is that it must be perfectly dry.-Al-
bert f. Firestine, i'll Colman's Rural
World.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
TEN-O'CLOCk LINES.
How Boundaries Were Established by the
Indians.


Indians.
The most original and primitive way
of marking boundary was probably
that of Queen Dido and her colony,
when they stipulated, bfore the found
ing OF Carthage, for as much land as
could be inclosed by bulls hide. All
tribes belonging to the infancy of civil
lization have like peculiar modes Of
reckoning.
From point near the mouth of the
Miami river extends, northwest
through Indiana boundary known as
the ten-oclock line. This is one limit
of an Indian grant.
When the tribe had agreed TO cede a
portion of their territory to the whites,
a meeting was held for the purpose Of
marking out the ground. A surveyor
was present, and had mounted his
compass and telescope on tripod.
The head man of the tribe wentup to
the instruments, stared steadily at
them for awhile. grunted, and returned
to the circle about the council fire.
Not a word was spoken by anyone.
Soon another Indian rose, walked Sc
dately to the instruments, gravely cx-
aunined them, grunted, and returned
to his place by the fire. This example
was followed by hnlf dozen others,
after which a short consultation was
held. The chief then approached the
white men.
THAT what Indian know" he said,
drawing small circle on the ground
with stick. THAT what white man
know" he continued, drawings larger
circle outside the first. "This what
nobody know pointing to what lay
without the last circle.
"White man know that, he went on
indicating the Instruments. "Indiar
not know it. Indian know the sun
Him never cheat. Him always same
Him throw shadow. Indian give white
man land one side"
| After long consultation, it was de-
cided that line drawn in the iirec
ton in which the sun would cast 6
shadow from an agreed point at tel
o'clock should be made the boundary
the white man taking the land on on,
side and the Indians keeping that OIL
the other.
The other boundaries of the conces
sion were those of the original terri
tory of the tribe, supplemented by
water courses and other objects
Such lines have been frequently uset
in concluding bargains with the red
men, and have become known as ten
o'clock lines.-Y outh's COMPANION
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
lambs That Come in Early.

Lambs coming in little early, says
the Iowa Homestead, provided suit
able arrangements can be made for
their care, will always have some
marked advantage over those coming a
little late. They have a better oppor-
tunity to get a good start before the
hot weather comes, and with equal
care and feeding will be nearer ma
turity in the fall. so that whether the
market makes it desirable to sell
spring lambs or fall wethers, the an
imal has the benefit of the increased
size and weight.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
when Cupid Means Business.

"How do you know" inquired Flor
cite, eagerly, that he is in love with
Susanna? I'm sure he has sent lot Of
roses lately to Lucille, and has been
there to sing a great deal. Besides,
met them in the music store together
the other afternoon. "All mere tri.
ding, my dear" replied Mabel; more
trifing. I saw him only yesterday with
Susanna, carrying her basket and dis
cussing the price of eggs with poul
try dealer at Washington market. Mu.
sic means tritling, but marketing means
matrimony. IN. Y. World.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
HANDY MOVABLE SHED.
a Convenience That win Pay for Itself Il
:. short Time.

. Short Time.
4 HANDY movable shed for bro5d
sows or calves, or any desired purpose,
can be made as follows: For the roof
take 2x4 pine scantling IL feet long;
distribute these for rafters and nail to
each end 2x4 pine scantling feet
long; place upon these shingling lath
or sheathing, and cover with shingles
or other material in the ordinary way.
For the ends: The lower end will re-
quire scautlings feet long and up
rights of same scantlings feet long
Hinge this on lower inside edge of
lower end of roof so it will turn in
wards. The upper end arrange the
same way, only use scantlings feet
long and uprights of the same only 8
feet long. The sides fit in with similar
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21

Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards.
If you send Is cents in stamps or coin to
JoHN SEBASTIAN, Genl Pass. Agent, G., r.
l. e. p. R'y, Chicago, you will receive post
paid tho slickest pack of playing cards
you ever handled. Beautiful steel engraved
Whist Rules accompany them free.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21

Little Miss Ethel-What is you so
proud about?
Little Miss Edith has had tbs
measles.
81 don't see anything in that to put
on airs over"
Eyes, but ! caught 1t from cir
whese aunt married . duke, y
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21

Political candidates may be unexpectedly
left out in the cold when the returns como
in, but people who elect to use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia, liver, kidney
or bladder inactivity, constipation, malalial
complaints or nervousness, are never left in
the cold or elsewhere. Well may physicians
lend their unqualified sanction to this time-
honored and unfailing medicine.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-21
The Population of Canton.

The population of the city of Canton,
including the multitude living on the
river, has been variously estimated at
from one to three millions. European
residents, from knowledge gained by
trading. and from the familiarity they
have acquired with the Chinese meth
DDS of living, assume that the city pop
ulation numbers about one million,
and the river population an additional
half million. The estimate is possibly
as nearly correct as any that can be
made. could form no manner of con-
lecture concerning it. The anxiety to
know such detail is one of the pecu
liarities of Europeans which the Chi
nese cannot understand, as statistics
of population appear to their minds en-
tirely unimportaut knowledge