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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-18
THEY WILL FIGHT ON FRIDAY
Maher viii Get Into the Ring Whether
he be Well or Not.

El Paso, Tex, Feb. 17.-The fight
was on and off and on again within
the space of thirty minutes this after
noon. 1T is now definitely settled for
Friday ana Buck Connolly has agreed
to post for Maher $1,000 additional
forfeit if his man is not in the ring
to fight on that day. Julian made
every possible concession and finally
turned the whole matter over to a
committee of five, all of whom were
to be named by Connolly. If this com
mittee decided that he was not entitled
to the forfeit, he would agree to wait
until Friday and have the fight then.
The committee decided against him
and Julian gave in accordingly.
Fitzsimmons demanded the $1,000
forfeit and announced that no further
negotiations would be considered till
that was paid.
Il will pay no forfeit. I will take
my man and go to the ring to keep
you out of the forfeit" said Connolly,
ignoring the fact that Maher was at
Las Cruces, forty miles away, with no
chance of getting to EI Paso before
tomorrow morning.
'All right" said Julian, "get him
and come on"
THE rings are ready" said Stuart,
"any time you gentlemen are ready"
After moment Connolly wanted to
know if Julian would fight under any
circumstances. Julian said it was a
matter he would discuss after the ques-
tion of forfeit had been settled He
was justly entitled to the forfeit, but
that there might be no question of his
sincerity he would leave the matter
to any ten men or five men Connolly
himself might name
Connolly said Let Stuart name
them"
Julian acquiesced. Stuart named
George Siler, louis Houseman, Will
liam w. Naughton, of San Francisco;
Tom 0'Rourke, New York; and Hugh
Fitzgerald, Houston, Texas. Some one
suggested that Dan Stuart act as chair
man of the meeting, and Julian again
agreed. Some one went for Fitzsim-
mons, who soon crowded his way in.
He was still angry and profane.
II won't fight, he said; "They are
a lot of welchers. I've been fooled
and fiddled for all III stand"
As Fitzsimmons disappeared, the
committee came in. HOuseman an
nouncec the decision. 1t was that the
articles of December 5, were void last
Friday. Under the circumstances, and
the understanding at the time, the
forfeit money need not be paid.
'Will your man be ready to fight
Friday?" Julian asked.
Connolly said he would. Connolly
said he would turn the 81, 900 in the
hands of the stakeholder over to
Stuart, and put up another 81 900 this
afternoon guaranteeing the appearance
to Stuart.
Tt is by no means certain that Maher
would be able to fight on Friday, all
though he says he will get into the
ring no matter what the condition of
his eyes may be.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-18
A FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE big
soap, lye and coffee essence manufac-
tory of p G. Thomson & Co., Otsego
street, was totally destroyed by fire
this morning. The dwelling houses
adjoining Tomson's factory were com
pletely Quilted, and the works Of the
Philadelphia Cooperage Company bad
ly damaged. The total loss viii be
about S435. 900.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-18
BURNED BY DISCHARGED MEN.

Martins Ferry, Ohio, Feb. 17.-The
Buckeye Glass works were destroyed
by fire this morning. The works were
TO have started up to-day with nom
union hands. The fire was of incen-
diary origin and the building was
doubtless set on fire to prevent the re-
sumption. Several previous attempts
had been made to burn the big works.
1T was owned by A. ID. Seamon, of
Wheeling, and was worth $150,000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-18
CARLISLE WRITES A LETTER.

Washington, Feb. 17.-Secretary
Carlisle has written to some of his
friends in the Kentucky Legislature
q letter on the pending Senatorial con-
test in that body. The letter was writ
ten and mailed this morning, but its
contents win not be made public ex-
cept through the parties to whom it
was written.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-18
4 $4,000 FIRE IN BOSTON.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 17.-Tire broke
out to-day on the fourth-foor of the
iye-story brick building. SO Soath
street, owned by the French estate,
and occupied by several leather firms
for storage and warerooms.auEah uEahealaa
loss is estimated at
and $4,000. Fullxmi
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-18
AMELIE RIyEs TO MARRY.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 17.-It is stated
here tonight that Amelie Rives, the
authoress, recently divorced from her
husband, John Armstrong Chanler,
will be married tn-mnrrOv either nf
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

Animals form very strong and very
strange friendships. Thus for instance, a
liones5 from Spmaliland has recently tax
en- under her protection "a youthful bull
terrier which she treats as well as if he
were her own son and heir Curiously
enough she will have nothing whatever to
do with her young friends affectiOnate
brothers and sisters, and while the favorits
reposeS securely under her protecting paw,
she has nothing but a very suggestive
snarl for all the rest
Again, there is IA young Maltese cat.
which, on finding ont in some mysterious
manner that u ncstful of tiny chickens
We're left mOtherleSS took the orphaned
family at once in hand, or rather paw,
and the fluffy party made themselves i'm
mediatcly at home in the warm fur coat
of the strange foster mother. If, we are
told, one of the babies ever happens to stray
too far afield the furry foster mother re-
calls it ut once with "a plaintive new
An equally curious case is told by NJ.
Belief of a terrier and a cat, both OF whom
were the mothers of happy families in the
same stables, exchanging their progeny
and nursing and tending their adopted
children with the utmost care At the
Jardin dies Plantes in Paris q loness and
u hound live in the same cage in perfect
peace and friendliness, and in north Ger
many gamekeeper has recently reared a
mixed litter of pups and fox cubs. Chi
cago Chronicle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

A well Known Partisan portrait painter
was not always the receiver of such hand
some honOrariums as are now paid for his
portraits Time was when he lived in a
common lodging house near the Pantheon.
Necessity is the mother of invention,
but how to induce a discriminating public
to climb seven pairs of stairsp He put up
placard on the basement of the house.
Portraits taken here. only 10 francs.
Studio on the third floor, "
When the would be purchaser had arriv-
cd at the studio designated, he found him
self confronted by plaoard, Ten france
portraits. The studio has been removed
to the fifth floor ="
After much putting and painting the fifth
floor was reached, where new bill met
the inquiring eye
TEN franc portraits. The studio has,
owing to rebuilding of the premises, been
temporarily removed to the seventh floor "
Having suffered so much, the victim did
not mind suffering more, and the aspiring
artist got another customer. Odds and
Ends
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

The question whether it pays to
compost manure rather than to haul it
as fast as made directly upon the field
where it is to be used must always de-
pend on circumstances. American Gull
uvatOr expresses the following views on
the subject:
On the farm it is counted good prac-
tice to haul out the manure as top dress
ing for clover grass or for grain that is
to he seeded with clover in the spring
There is little or nothing of value washed
away from manure on land seeded with
grass or clover The roots take it up
whenever the grass or clover is grow ing,
and by being drawn out early the rains
carry it down and mix it more thor
oughly with the soil. When warm
weather comes the manure ferments,
warming the soil and developing am
monia. But the market gardener almost
invariably cOmpOsts manure before US
ing it. The gardener has only naked soil
on which to apply unfermented manure.
When heavy rains come, some of this
manure will be leached away and lost.
Scattered i'll the soil, the manure does
not begin to ferment until too late in
the season to do much good to garden
crops. In fact, if it only begins to fer
ment i'll midsummer, the coarse manure
may only dry the soil and do harm
rather than good.
Wherever farmers want to give an
early start in vegetation they should
compost the manure. 1t can be rotted
down long before the weather is warm
enough for anything to grow, and then
be applied in time for spring rains to
wash the manure into the soil. For
grain crops that are seeded with clover
composted manure will pay if applied
late in winter. The composted manure
can be spread so much more evenly that
its smaller bulk will cover larger sur
face and do more good than the same
manure as it is drawn from the stable
and uufermented
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
REASON IN INSECTS.
Mental Capacity of Wasps and Humorous
Traits of Flcas.

DR. James Weir writes in The Medical
Record that some animals, exceedingly
low in the scale of life, give evidences of
the possession Of ratiocinative faculty, the
same In kind, though not in degree, as
that possessed by man. The doctor quotes
the results of his observations of minute
anmalcule of very low organization. In
his experiments he saw memory, con-
scious observation and tho fundamental
principles of reason clearly demonstrated. "
In the case of n wasp the doctor relates an
instance in which, after dsagreeable
effort to fly through n glass window, the
insect sought for other means of egress,
and, after having discovered a small hole
in one of the panes, made use of 1t after
ward, even when the window was open.
In his experience with feas, however, Dr.
Weir draws very heavily upon our faith
in mankind We all know that this little
pest has trick of vanishing Just about
the time we are about to annihilate him,
and while we were quite prepared to in
vest him with the attribute of malice, we
must confess that the quality of conscious
humOr had not occurred to us up to this
time
The flea, according to the doctor, Ia an
insect of infinite jest, which leases his
biouHCiH anu SiSttIS Jusl as bI6 naughty
little boy in the books This is not
theory of the doctor, but is the result of
his observation. He has seen the comedy
enacted on dogs legs, where a flea Is
supposed to he happiest. Hereafter, when
an unfortunate mortal is the victim of
flea 5 agility and is chasing the nimble
little insect from head to heel 1T may re-
lieve the bite to he informed that Mr. Flea
is simply getting rid of his superintendent
humor and is enjoying the situation most
keenly. That reflection may make us
kinder to an insect which, in proportion
to size, has a greater capacity for produo
ing misery than any other insect known
to the entomologist or suffering humanity.
When the flea Is "cavorting'' over the hui
man body, do not grow angry or profane.
He is only amusing himself. 1t is his way
of Joking
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

Tender varieties of grapevines should
be laid down upon the ground and
lightly covered for winter protection.
The onion crop, especially in the east,
is lighter than last season, and prices
are likely to be higher
See that the timothy seed that goes
in with the wheat is abundant and free
from weed seeds and that it falls upon
mellow ground.
Glover is only half hardy, and its
latest growth i'll fall is very quickly
nipped by freezing weather.
A ton of we'll cured corn fodder has
nearly as great feeding value as a ton
of average hay. Don't waste it.
All frames containing plants to be
wintered over should have careful atten-
tion in the way of airing in mild
weather and covering in cold weather.
AT the Massachusetts, station the vari-
GUS kinds of bonemeal showed no essen
tial difference in results.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

after having been cut and shocked
! the field the corn should stand i'll the
lock until it is as dry as if intended
pr husking. 1t may be ricked out Of
bors, and, if the stalks are not thor
hghly dry, this is probably the safer
Ian. We have never piled it much
Feper than three feet in an by foot
Prner on the barn floor, and it heated
little in "a pile of this size, although
|ere was no mold or other damage. If
|cked outside, it should be covered so
to protect it from the rain and
leather - Thus writes contributor to
be Farmers Review. He adds:
1.-THE way that suits US best is to cut
10 corn when thoroughly matured,
lock it and husk it when dry. The
|alks are then stacked and shredded
ON time to time through the winter.
leaving the stalks whole until time
'r feeding their aroma is better pre-
rived, and the shredded fodder is then
ore palatable. We use shredded fodder
liked with dried brewers grains, and
'eamed for the horses and colts which
'e running out, along with one feed of
~ day By using shredded fodder
b cattle once IA day we saved one feed
. hay, and | found that il did not de.
BASE the milk flow, The top and bot =
i M of stacks we cut for bedding, and
makes most excellent material for
/ at purpose. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
ALFALFA IN NEW JERSEY.
Its vitality and Vigorous Growth Under
Adverse Circumstances.

Adverse circumstances.
A New Jersey farmer, writing from
Bergen county to Country Gentleman
writes concerning the tenacity of alfalfa
when it gets firmly rooted and its growth
under unfavorable circumstances. Fol
lowing are extracts from his letter:
Six years ago seeded patch of 2 %
acres and since then have cut annually
remarkable crops. | sowed it i'll drills
so as to cultivate it, e,.d killed the weeds
with hand cultivator. 1t makes a
slender, upright growth, affording little
or no shade, and the weeds have a good
chance. The soil was full of little
stones, which interfered with the Guilt
vator, and we hoed the plant and kept
the weeds down, in measure. The
second year we put in another drill be-
tween the old drills and let the crop
take care of itself. The weeds were
pretty we'll subdued, but then timothy
and redtop came in. For two or three
years the alfalfa was the principal crop,
but now it is set in a carpet of grasses.
The first crop this year was part al
falfa and part timothy and redtop cut
ting fully seven tons. The second crop,
as we'll as the third, was pure alfalfa,
and we cut fully IL tons all told, from
the "a acres. We had spring drought,
and what impressed me was the unin-
terruptCd growth the alfalfa made with
out any apparent concern for the dry
weather When the grass had reached
above two inches in growth, the leaves
= Fl.
alfalfa k-pt right on growing Subse-
quent rains started tie grass, and cur
first cutting was a grand mixed crop.
do not expect we shall be able TO
subdue ihe grass bat | sec no reason
why we may not cut large crops of hay
from this patch for three or four years to
come. The grass may run out wish
it woodland then ! would count on q
big yield Of pure alfalfa for years to
come by the use CT manure in top dress
ing. In my judgment the land was too
rich and too full of seeds of both weeds
and grass for the best results with this
special crop. 1t does not require rich
soil to make start and thin, sandy
loan, i'll which weeds will not riot, is
the best for the purpose.
With my poor success i'll keeping the
weeds and grasses in check, this plat
has nevertheless produced three times
the burden of fodder borne by any other
plat of similar size on the farm. Farm
ers should experiment with it and learn
how to grow it. According to my ex-
perience and observation, there is no
fodder crop that will compare with it
for profitable yield.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
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AGAl8MoF 0gAD
NNN GARDEN
CORN FEEDING.
How to Make the Most out of Pork, Beef
Mutton and Dairy.

How to Make the Most Out Of Pork, Beef,
Mutton and Dairy.
There is in this country an immense
born crop this year Much the larger
part will be fed and sold in secondary
broducts-pork, beef, mutton, poultry
'lnd the products of the dairy. All of
4 hese for year or more to come can be
Supplied by this country cheaper than
by any other and mainly because our
born crop is so bountiful. To make the
.nost of corn, so as to produce all its
secondary products most cheaply, is
therefore, matter of national concern.
Thanks to the increasing intelligence
# farmers, wastoful methods are now
much less common than they were. But
here are errors in feeding still tolerated
hat greatly lessen the value of the corn
trop. In the first place corn is not itself
complete ration. 1t is concentrated
tarch with too little of the heterogeneous
n flesh and muscle forming nutrition.
Feeding it with cornstalks makes it less
concentrated, but does not much change
ne character of the ration. The meal
hould always be fed with bran, wheat
niddlings or either fiaxseed meal or cot
onseed meal. The stalks ought always
o be fed with clover hay whenever that
an be procured, and if only meadow
lay or straw can be had there should
70 an extra amount Of wheat bran to go
With it.
The greatest mistake in corn feeding
S to use it largely for young growing
took of any kind. Corn is fattening and
oes not furnish in sufficient quantity
ne nutrition needed.for growth. 1t is
lso a much more difficult food to digest
han are grains which are oily, like flax
eed, which is, however, so much more
utritious that it can only be given in
Terry small ratiOns with safety. Milk
ows may be fed some COrnmeal, mixed
Eith bran and cut hay, so long as it
oes not fatten them. If this tendency
observed, lessen the cornmeal ration
once. The oornmeal will probably
My be needed while the COW is on sue
|ulent and not very nutritious feed.
|ome grain can usually be fed with
rofit to cows kept on corn silage during
be winter. Corn with oats, ground to-
ether and fed with moistened hay, is
f etter feed for working horses than is
: ither grain alone.
Experience has been against feeding
luch corn to poultry. If given at all,
should only be in cold weather and
pixed with enough cut straw to give
+ pc fowls exercise in finding it.
There is nothing better to feed with
i brn than some kind of roots. concludes
merican Cuitivator, authority for the
pregoing. TurnipS are not so popular
pre- as they are in the moist climate of
ngland, but carrots, beets, parsnips
hd maneol Wurzel can and should be
Town by every stockkcoper to feed to
limals in winter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

The returns 10 the statistician of the
|ricultural department for October
hke the general condition of corn 90. 5
r cent against 81 for September. The
heat crop is generally short in guam
Fy and poor i'll quality. A decrease in
It's is also noticeable, but not to so
|eat an extent.
The worlds sugar crop for 1856 is
'Rced at 1869, 156 tons against 1908,
tons last year, In this estimate the
|et sugar producing countries, exclud.
x the United States, furnish 4, 235, 100
'ps against 4,68S, 500 in 1S94-5. The
brld' S visible supply is estimated to
1881, BOG tons against 1900, Alb tons
It year. Returns for cotton show a
cline of 3.5 points from September
'ndition, being g. 7 for October.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
Egyptian Lentil.

Seeds Of this plant received from the
department of agriculture at Washington
were sown May % at the Rhode Island
station grounds on we'll prepared sandy
loan land, both broadcast and in drills.
The seed is brown in color and less than
the size of half Il small pea, which it
somewhat resembles in shape. When
the plants were mature, they were but
six to eight inches i'll height and of
slender growth, each small seed in a
separate pod. 1t is apparently of little
value compared with Canada peas as a
fodder or grain crop
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
A MEAN MAN.

My heart was won by Lulu fair
While in the sun she dri, d her hair.
A mermaid fair, just from the sea,
While posing there she seemed to me.
With sl1illful art some seamstress cute
Had shaped each part of Lulu's suit.
Her neck and arms its shape revealed.
Not many charms its style concealed.
No draperies fine or garments gay
This heart Of mine cnsn.rpd that day;
No gorgeousncss of garb, fine ut
Or fetching dress, but want o. it.
So when today dress she Graves,
And | say nay, and Lulu raves,
/ tell her then, with gentleness,
l loved her when she had no dress.
Boston Courier.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

Little Daughter (of Methodist MINISTRY
Mamma, have we got to move again this
year,
Mamma-Yes, dear.
az think it's a shame"
"Hush, child. We should learn 10 look
upon it as the Lord s will. E"
sis the Lord going to send papa away
to that nasty little town 1 heard you talk
ing about"
"You mustn't talk that way, dear. II
the Lord sends us there, It Is all for the
best"
(After some moments of solemn oogita-
tlOn) well, If 1 ever see the Lord I'm
going to tell him what think about 1t,
anyhow '-Chioago Tribune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

Flowing before winter is help
here early garden stuff is grown.
here drainage is deficient put in tile
aims.
A good way to store cabbage is to
en- trenches and set the heads in
em, closely together upon their roots,
ing in little soil. Then cover with
inverted trough made of two boards,
d this, later on, with litter or manure.
+ # heads thus set out will grow hard
ring winter. The stumps may be
1nted out in spring and will produce
rop of good greens. Celery may be
red in the same manner for spring
J.
A coat of old compost for next year 8
vice may be put on the asparagus bed
any time.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

In Snake river valley, Idaho, according
to Mary Halleck Foote, dust cyclones are
80 frequent at seed time that the husband
man goes five miles to windward to plant,
otherwise he would have to look for his
crop and top soil in the next county
Chicago Times Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27
His Generosity.

Wasn't it sad about old Jobleys fail
uref'
What, has he failed?"
Yes gone clean smash. -
That's too bad, He promised mo some
thing yesterday, but now, in his trouble,
l will not hold him to it. Z"
That's generous of you What was 1t? -
His daughters hand in marriage -
London Fun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

Social opinion is like sharp knife.
There are foolish people who regard it only
with terror and dare not touch or NEEDLE
with it; there are more foolish people who,
in rashness or defiance, seize it by the
blade and get cut and mangled for their
pains, and there ara wise people who grasp
1t disoreetly and boldly by the handle and
use it to carve out their own purposes. -
Mrs Jameson
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

The traveller from st. Louis to jackson
Vile, Fla, covers 946 miles before reach
ing his journeys end
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

Otto ii OF Germany was the Red oil
account of the color of his hair and I'll,
foridness OF his complexion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-11-27

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