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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-28
1T CAME AT LAST.
Ex-senator Ransom Reappointed minister
to Mexico.

Ex-senator Ransom Reappointed Minister
to Mexico.
WAsHINGTo N, August 27.-The White
House mail shis morning bore the COM
mission of Matt w. Ransom to be
United States minister to Mexico. The
com mission was dated August "a. This
ends legal complication by which
Minister Ransom after several months
service at his post at the City Of Mexico
was decided ineligible to flll the office
to which he had been appointed pre-
vious to the expiration Of hfs term as
United States Senator. II Is held by
the Treasury accounting officers shat he
FELL within constitutional inhibition
against the appointments of congressman
to offices created, or whose emoluments
had been increased during their service
In Congress.
1t has been generally understood thas
Mr.. Ransom would be promptly reap
pointed, and the slight delay which has
occurred, presumably has been for the
purpose of definitely ascertaining that
there were no more legal or other OBJ
stacles In the way of remaining him to
the Mexican mission.
The minister was In Washington a few
days ago, bnt Is now In North Carolina
recuperating from an attack OF illness
ouo w eho OiAHeto VI tu6 Olgv Oh a6XlcO.
Minister Ransom Is undecided whether
he will return to Mexico immediately or
remain in the United States to take part
in the North Carolina campaign. It is
probable that he will go to Mexico and
return later in the fall.
His health has improved rapidly
since his arrival at home last June,
until he now says he was never in better
physical condition in his life. Auditor
Holcombs decision holds that the
money already paid to General Ransom
as minister cannot be re-collected by
the government The minister is, there
fore, out only his salary from the lst of
July until the cath OF August.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-28
ON TIE BALL FIELD.

Rain Prevents tho Games at Norfolk ana
Portsmouth.
NORFOLK, August 97.-No game here
To-Day between Roanoke and Norfolk
" 0n accouns OF rain. The Portsmouth,
re.ersnufg game was also postponed on
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-28
BOSTON'S GRAhDEsT PAGEANT.
Twenty-Five Thousand knights
in Line.

Tho Grand Parade of Knights Templar
festerday-The Music OF Ono Hum
dred Bands Joins With tho Applause
OF Observation-Disclosures Display OF
MsrchioG Men and waving Plum.s :
The Weather Intensely Hot.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-28

How the Clubs stand.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21
Florida Foarge.

We often hear people talk about the
lack of forage in Florida, and solution
of the forage problem, that was solved
long since by the old planters, in pearl
millet, corn fodder, pea-vines and beg
garweed They didn't leave all this to
hunt all over creation to find some new
f4ngled stuff, but utilized what they had,
and not half of that.
Right here in Marion county there
are more different kinds of grass max
ing appearance than in any place ever
saw, and that which has the worst name
and is most despised is of as much
utility, when properly used, as any of
them. had an idea until last season it
was pest and not fit for grazing. Now
l am prepared TO say nut-grass, when
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21
Something About Bantams.

We recently visited the poultry yards
of friend of ours who has variety of
cute little bantams. He has six or eight
different kinds, and the sight of Sc many
OF the Ii tie midgets of the poultry fam
lily was very interesting in' eed.
There were Buff Cochin Bantams
White and Black Cochin BantAms, pur"
White japanese Bantams, Silver Sc
bright, X pse Comb Black African and
B. B. Red Game Bantams, each variety
yarded to itself, and several oroods OF
tinv little bantam chickel S running
about in the short grass, with their ban
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21

brightS most OF all, DuC our 1rlenu uOIeS
on the Buff Cochin Bantams.
The well-bred bantam is very inter
esting little thing TO look at-a sort of
miniature fowl. Some of them are quite
comical, as they strut about and put on
the airs of the larger breeds. Some ban
tam hens lay eggs no larger than pig
cons egg, and when the chicks are
Matched from such tiny eggs, they are
small indeed.
Bantams were originated or bred down
to their present diminutive size by a
system of dwarfing, or late Matching,
light feeding and general stinting.
Expert bantam breeders usually set
eggs in August or September, thus
bringing the chicks out late, in order to
stunt them by the cold weather OF
the later fall as much as possible, and
by other means. Of course the smaller
a bantam is, why the cutter it is. Hence
every effort is made and every energy
bent towards dwarfing the chickens as
much as possible.
Children love bantamS and SO do a
great many grown people. But chill
dren are not calculated to grow small
ban1amS, because they will pamper and
feed their pets and the latter, under
such care, are sure to grow lsrger than
they should or would under the skillful
management of a professional bantam
breeder.
The Black Breasted Red Games are
probably the most popular bantams In
the South and the most pugnacious.
They are true game, and the little roos-
tiers will spruce up to cocks three or four
times their SIZE and will fight to the
very last if they have call to.
The Japanese Bantams are very cute.
They carry their wings down with the
tips fairly touching the ground and
their heads and tails erect. Ordinarily
the Japs are hiUe and black mixed IN
color, but the ones we saw recently were
pure white throughout-a very rare
color.
The Cochin Bantams are just like the
larger Cochin fowls, only they are four
or five times as small, and very self
important in style and bearing.
Bantam chickens arc usually inbred,
and are not constltutlonally strong, and
are therefore hard to raise. We have
raised the B B. Red variety In the past,
but have none now. Our last efforts
were with two settings of eggs, from
which we Matched ten chickens and sue
ceeded IN raising-a pair. Others are
much more successful, and we have
known of whole broods of fifteen little
chickens being raised; but such success
was attained under the most favorable
circumstances, where the little things
had the run of the fields in the early au-
tumn, with but little rain and plenty Of
lnsects.-H. B. Geer in So. Cultiva or.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21
The Stat in Poultry.

Many persons who desire to go into
the poultry business as relief from
some other pursuit make the mistake OF
investing a large amount Of money
without knowing whether they are right
or wrong in so doing. 1t is safe to assert
that the majority of the persons com
posing this class have not lived on
farms, says the Poultry Keeper, and
derived their partial knowledge OF poul-
try from what they have seen. They
are accustomed to witnessing the ease
with which the hens seem to secure the
pickings of the farm, a poultry house OF
a rude kind is visible and the lady who
holds the sition as the farmers wife
gives an occasional feed. To the novice
1T is an easy and profitable way of max
ing a living, being just the thing that
has long been sought as panacea fol
the ills of city life.
No experienced person in any branch
as business will accept risks unless there
is possibility of gain, and The inexpe
rlenced person performs an indiscreet
act bv venturing into business without
first considering the consequences of
mistake. While the novice sees the
basket of eggs as the result of keeping
poultry, he knows nothing of the dis
eases TO be encountered, the care to be
given, and the labor necessary to be be-
slowed before the desire can be consum-
mated
While we are prepared TO claim that
poultry pay IS better than anything else
on the farm in proportion to capital in
vested, yet we believe that the beginner
should be careful. No inexperienced
person can launch off into success. He
must learn, and to do 50 he must begin
at the bottom. A beginner knows moth
ing of the breeds; he has never met a
contagious disease, and he has no con-
ception of the many details Of manage
ment that will stare him in the face and
cause him many little veXatlOns and
disappOlntmentS. Like all other OCcupa-
tions, there is possibility of heavy loss,
and no one is exempt
1t is an olo saying that before one Can
succeed with a large flock he must first
learn to manage small one. 1t is by
being constantly with the flock and
learning the pecullarities Of each indivi-
dual that the novice becomes familiar
with m any details to which he may be
a stranger. 1t is but an easy portion OF
the duties to feed flock and collect the
eggs.
Poultry as business and poultry fol
pleasure are different pursuits. In the
first place there is labor that must be
performed or paid for, and i'll the second
the labor is not even considered, Begin
at the bottom and gradually extend
your operations. BY 50 doing you will
learn as you enlarge and gradually
reach a position from which success
will be assured
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21

properly used, is good grass for graz
ing. When not properly used, it is
pest. 1t has this virtue, all must admit:
it makes one plow little oftener than
he likes sometimes, nd give attention
to his crop he otherwise would not.
John son grass also has bad name
with some people-simply because they
are not we'll acquainted with it, In
addition to it's being a No. | grazing
grass, it is fine forage grass as we'll; it
also has the virtue of making one pillow
little deeper than is his habit.
Now whilst you cannot get rid of either
by trying to kill them out-and thank
the Maker of all good things you can't
you can, by proper blowing, keep them
under, till your crop is laid by, and they
are both humus making plants to a
large extent. To get the good of either
they must be fed at the proper stage,
before they form woody stems and 60
to seed. After that nothing will Craze
on nut grass, but johnson grass even
after going to seed, if the stem is no too
pithy and if cut up in inch lengths with
a sheaf of oats in cutting box, makes
feed horse and COWS eat up clean. The
seed on a sheaf of Johnson grass | find
to be almost equal to the heads of sheaf
of oats; In the absence of sheaf oats
take a bundle of corn fodder. To
make good hay from Johnson grass you
must cut it little before or just as it
blooms. Properly cured at that stage
and it will get there before the rainy
season in June-lG makes good hay: if
let go beyond that stage, it will not
make hay worth the time to save. Cut
it down then and use it as above, and it
will sprout again. 1t is no trouble to
keep ahead OF it by blowing with a good
Irning pillow, a twister, or anything
which does not invert the sod and ex-
pose the roots to the sun. Only cultivate
it when exposed TO the SUP, the roots are
as easily killed as any other grass. 1t
will grow on any Aind of land and make
a perm anenG pasture. Unless you use
it as before stated you had better not
have ito your place,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21
POULTRY DEPARTMENT.

Address all communica tons to Poultry
Department, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-08-21

As Liberty ST. New York sells all half price,
Don't buy before writing them for unprecedented advice
and prices Exchanges. Immense stock for selection.
Shipped for trial Guaranteed first class E"rgeshos
TIE world Dealers s7n'lind, 5ova't 'ra free.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25

persons gamble with cards for cigars
The gambler puts up his money and IL
he beats the machine the hotel proprie.
tor pays the cigars, and the gambler los.
es his money II the machine beats him
The same class of men and boys stand
around 1t, and bet on it, that throw dice
for drinks in bar room.
On last Tuesday saw Rev. Marshall
standing with a typical crowd watching
game with this machine. went on in
to my dinner and when came out again
saw him and he was smoking a cigar
He told me me that his friend had won
it at that machine.
Rev. Marshall's piety is of that kind
that perhaps would not allow him to
gamble, but he will take the stakes that
he sees somebody else win and that is
about fair specimen of the sham that
there is in religion and the honesty
there Is in preachers.
No man who will use tobacco is fit to
be teacher Of morals, even IL gets the
tobacco honestly, and 1t is, of course,
still worse If he gets it by gambling.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
W. ]. Brann Of the "lconoclast."

have for some time been exchang-
ing with the "Iconoclast," edited by w.
c. Brann, at Waco, Texas. have just
now finished a careful reading of his is
sue for August, and am ready to speak
my piece about him.
As a writer of the English language
he has no equal in journalism known to
me, and, as a master of the language, he
stands only second to Ingersoll fault
common to them both being that they
use more words than are are necessary
to express their ideas, and, in the case
Brann, his writing is frequently diar-
rhea of words and constipation of ideas.
Brann's genius is the most striking
instance of "jewel of gold in swine's
snout" that have ever seen. In all my
experience in reading l have never
found such an instance of waste of ink
and paper to express brilliant diction.
have, of course, seen many splendid
looking large religious newspapers, ele-
gantly gotten up, that had no sense in
them from beginning to end, but they
were written in the commonplace style
that showed the less than mediocrity of
their editors, while the "Iconoclast" is
moral abortion almost absolutely void
of common sense, but dished out as l
have, sometimes in my life, seen very
poor grub on an elegant silver service.
do not know ANYTHING of Brann 9TH
er than through his magazine, but
know enough of the human anatomy
and physiology to know that he is man
who is, or has been, addicted to liquor
or tobacco, or both, until his deranged
stomach has damaged his brain, and his
ideas, originally brilliant and thus tarn-
ished, are given out to the world made
all the more insidious and dangerous by
the bright language in which they are
couched. If this opinion of Mr.. Brann
is not correct, or if he is not the unfort-
unate victim of inheritance then his is a
| remarkable effect without a cause, if
such thing be conceivable.
He is devout believer in religion and
delights to say hard things against inf
dels, and Prohibitionists, and carries in
his columns six advertisements of sa.
looms and breweries and whisky, and his
magazine, like the Independent Pulpit,
of Texas, an infidel paper, does just like
all liquor papers do, in keeping up a
claim to be interested in Temperance
work. while apologizing for, and de-
Tending the liquor business.
give herewith two samples of his
style; one about dancing and one about
the existence of deity, or Deity, if We
use the big ID.
Everybody appreciates the absurdity
of the conventional preachers harangues
about young people dancing, while the
preacher himself is making fine living
by lying and the greatest rascals IN the
country are in his fold; but, for all that
everybody of any sense knows that the
fashionable dance is demoralizing. But
the general tendency Of the long article
from which take this extract is to en-
courage dancing.
His remarks about the existence of a
God have not even the appearance OF
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
Lexington Colonies and Lexington Sa'
looms are Famous.

The /udge has big picture of cour,
scene and the following under it.
Lawyer flor the defense)-You were
in the saloon when the shooting oc'
curred'
Witness flor the State)-I was.
Lawyer-State the location of the sa-
loon.
Witness-Four hundred and eleven
Chestnut street, Lexington, KY.
Lawyer-What was the defendant do
ing when you entered the saloon?
Witness--He was treating the crowd.
Lawyer-What did he say?
Witness-He said, "Mr. Beauregard,
will you and Mister Blublud and Mister
Firewater and Mister Redeye and Mister
Jefferson join me in drink, suhs
Lawyer-Your honor, the defense
rests. I would respectfully submit to
this Intelligent jury that there are not
six plain misters in the whole State OF
Kentucky.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
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Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
The Baptist Standard" Bangs the Bells.


The Baptist Standard contains fhe fol-
lowing:
"The church bell, itself of Roman
Catholic origin, is nothing short of a
nuisance. In our:cities the Romanists
begin the changing Of their bells at 6 a.
m. and continue them until late at
night. On Sundays this horrid din is
reinforced by multitudinous Protestant
and Baptist bells that remind one more
of pandemonium than of Heaven. In
this age of clocks and and watches,
when almost every man, woman and
child has time piece, we have no need
of churches bells Let the church bell
be relegated back to the forbidding
shade of the dark ages where it belongs.
1t has no place in civilization"
That 1t just such talk as you can find
In any infidel paper, and 1t indicates that
the religious journalist is learning some-
thing from his infidel brother.
Each church bell is offensive to every
body except few of the specially sane
titled of that particular church. Any
other public building in town has just
as much right to put big bell on itself
as church has, and many others are
more truly public buildings than the
churches are; and yet if the hotels and
theaters and lecture halls and railway
stations should all put up bells, to an.
nounce their business hours, they would
be stopped by universal protest.
The church bells are frequently injur-
ious to sick persons, and it is nothing
less than insolence that the Catholic
churches arrogate to themselves the
right to wake up whole towns every
morning before the people want to be
walked. They all ought to be stopped
by law.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25

dred people in this town who know the
proverbial popularity about the I5rst
Psalm, and believe that Of the people
who read this article that am now writ
ing 500 will sometime, in consequence
of this article get Bible to read the
I5Ist Psalm.
So far as I can Judge the Bible is the
most signally unread literary produc-
tion now before the American people,
aud most of the reading OF it is done by
infidels or people inclined that way.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
233

Is the number of persons who, up
to this date, have agreed to pay me
s1.OO each, for my book Behind
the Bars" written while | was in
Jail in Paris, and which will be
printed, in nice style, as soon as 500
persons promise to take it. If. :.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25

LEXINGTON FAIR, August ~ to 81.
Special trains from Junction City on
the South. From Williamstown on the
North; and all intermediate points.
Lower rates than ever before. Ask 0.
* c. agents tor particulars.
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
Rev. c. K. Marshall Smoked the Cigar Ne
Saw Won at Gambling With Cards.

Rev. Charles X. Marshall was formerly
pastor of the Main Street Christian
Church in this city, and is now pastor
of the Christian Church at Harrodsburg.
In the Office of the Clarendon Hotel in
this city, there is machine with which
Blue-grass blade., 1895-08-25
On the Half Shell.

The income of the BLADE Is now so
small that I can only print one sheet of
1t, and will continue to do this until its
income is sufficient to enable me to
print il full size