davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
AGRICULTUR4AL.
A Bulletin on Corn Insects.

The Mississippi Experiment Station
has published q bulletin on insects ln)u' =
rious to corn. which will doubtless inte'f-
est some of the readers. The publicat ion
is intended to be used aa reference
during the season, and, also to awaken
some farmers to see the advantage OF fall
blowing for the destruction OF insects.
From this bulletin we extract the follow
ing:
Summary of Remedies: The reader
will perhaps have noticed that under the
head of remedies for nearly all the fore
going insects, fall plowing in one way or
another has Seen mentioned. We wish
here to call special attention to this point.
In this State and throughout many 10
calities of the South, land washes consid-
erably, and all possible means should be
taken to prevent this by hillside dltches
and the like. With some land it would
not be advisable to plow in the fall, owing
to danger of washing, but in the case Of
sod land, or land which has been allowed
to become grown over with grass, it will
pay to break up the sod in the fall, as. it
will leave the soil in better condition for
working early in the spring. Fully three
fourths of our injurious insects spend
part of their lives upon or within the
ground, and autumn is the best time for
their destruction. By fall plowing the
Larvae and pup@ are exposed upon the
surface. where they are picked up by the
birds or killed during the winter by sud-
den changes of the weather. Many Larvae
also will die during the winter from lack
of food; and insects which pass the winter
in the ground as pupe, are killed by the
breaking up of the compact Garth sur
rounding them. Recent Investigations
regarding the food of birds, show that
these do immense good in destroying lar.
vac and pupe during the winter. Sod land
contains many insects, and the case Of the
Ligyrus beetle, already mentioned, serves
as an illustration of the fact that these
insects will work upon other plants aside
from grass, if the land is not plowed till
spring.
"When corn is laid by too early, the
land becomes covered with thick growth
of crab grass and weeds, forming a suits
able place for many insects to deposit
their eggs. On the station farm, it is our
practice to SOW COW peas between the
rows of corn when the latter is 'laid by.
This method is practiced princi pally on
account of the effect oc the peas asa fer
tilizer, but at the same time the method
has many advantages from an entomo-
logical point of view, as the peas attract
less insects than would a miscellaneous
assortment of weeds and grasses.
"Owing to the danger of washing when
land is plowed 10 the fall, a much better
farm practice than fall blowing consists in
the breaking up of sod and other lands
during the summer, and planting cow
peas, either broadcast or in rows to be
cultivated. This method practically &C
complishes the same results as fall plow-
ing, so far as regards the insects; and
considering the great fertilizing value of
the peas, the method cannot be too
strongly recommended
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
Value of Skimmilk for Hogs.

fed lot of pigs on skimmilk warm
from the separator morning and night,
and cool at noon with corn meal, bran and
middhngs. At 80 days old they averaged
"a pounds, daily gain of l8:pounds,la land
when killed at seven months weighed 259
pounds and dressed 2l2 pounds, thus
shrinking only 10 per cent. With corn
meal at $3.50 per ton, corn at 40c per
bushel and bran at 60c per cwt the av-
erage cost for grain consumed by each hog
was 81, which deducted from the Sl2.95
received for each hog at SC live weight,
left 1856 for the 254O pouncs of skimmilk
consumed by each pig, or 36c per cwt. for
the skimmilk. At &c live weight, the milk
would have netted about Soc per cwt., and
at Sc about 22c per cwt. Out of this must
come the first cost of the pigs (in this case
80 each), care insurance, taxes, losses, etc;
but the manure will 60 far to pay these
items-Ch Charles L. Hill.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14

Thisi Condensed Schedule is published o,
formation only and is subject to change with
notice to the public.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14

HoM1NG PIGEoNs.-Experlment on the
feasibility Of using homing pigeons fol
vessels in distress at long distances from
land will be made on q large scale next
June. The British admiralty has sent
one hundred English pigeons to the West
Indies, where they will be taken on
board the cruser Blake, now about to
return home, and let loose, with exact
indications of the time and place, at in
tervals on the passage. At the same
time The Paris Pett Journal, which has
taken up the matter since the accident to
La Gascogne last winter, will send out a
number of French pigeons on a steamer
sailing from st Nazaire, to be set free at
different times as the vessel draws away
from land.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
Flat Culture for Sweet Potatoes.
BY D. LANE.

My plan of making sweet potatoes is to
throw two light burrows together, after
the land has been broken and made fine,
and on this small ridge set the sprout or
vine. After o few days split out the
middle with q cuitivator one time to a
row, and about ten days from setting, I
side the plants with the cultivator, stirring
the ground almost as completely as if
siding corn, very little hoe work being
needed; one good hand will do all the hoe
work needed for one acre of potatoes in
one day.
If land is not packed by hard rains,
my second blowing is done with Stone
wall or other long sweep, siding plants
again, just as they are beginning to run;
if ground is packed hard, run caltivator
again. The third and last blowing is
usually done with small wing turning
plow, throwing dirt lightly to the plants,
seven or eight burrows being sufficient to
do all the cultivation necessary after
plants are set.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
LADIES SHOES.
FOR NICE OR sERvICEABLE WE

FOR NICE OR SERVICEABLE WEAR.
We make specially of Dongola kid shoe at
$3.50 Being made specially for US, we can un-
doubtedly give better article than can those
who depend on picking up refuse and odds and
ends, we can always suit and fit you in all the
new styles, come and examine and see if you
do not find your interest identical with ours.
Our common sense kid Button at 81 so has never
had an equal-strictly first class in every way.
Remember if they fail to be satisfactory we are
right here and ready to make good our promise
of always giving your moneys worth.
Feb. 6, '95. GILREATH & co.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
NEW REMEDIES
II r E. A T VALUE

DR.. j. B. ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE
Special Tonic Tablets, Postillers
Wonan's Friend, The Great Renovator. En-.
qulre OF the Doctor about these Remedies
may To- 1870 216 n. TRYON ST,
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
SOUTHERN RAILWAv
PIEDMONT AIR LINE,
RICHMOND & DANVILLE AND Nopr,
CAROLINA DIVISION.
Schedule in Effect Jaeuaey 5, 1sa6

Schedule in Effect Jaeuaey 5, 1895
Thisi Condensed Schedule is published 90,
formation only and is subject to change wit6oa,
notice to the public.
TRAINS LEAVE CHARLOTTE.
1866 D m-No 35, daily for Atlanta and o.,
lotte Air Line division, and all points South ~.
Southwest. Carries through Pullman draw
room buffet sleeper between New York, Wa
ington, A tlanta and New Orleans.
9:35 a m-No 81 daily, Washington and SOus
western vestibuled limited, for Atlanta, BrmiNs
ham, Memphis, Montgomery, Mobile and NJ
Orleans, and all points south and soutbwS
Through Pullman sleeper. New York to NrS
Orleans, and New York 10 Memphis. Dn,
car. vestbuled coach between Washington snl
Atlanta
points South. Solid train, Richmond to Atlns
Pullman sleeping car, Richmond to Greepsho~
100 P. Nm o. 80. daily, for Agusta Saw,
nah, Charleston, Jacksonville and & A lOs,
stations. Carries through Pullman drsvSs
room buffet sleeper between New York, Saw
nah and Jacksonville. Also Pullman sleens
Charlottee to Aug gusta.
$50 m-No 33, daily. for Columbia and +
C 8 A local stations
$40 IN NO 81, daily, Pullman comr.,,,
ment and sleeping cars between New Yort a.s :
St Augustine Pullman buffet eepine csr NnN an0
York TO Tampa Dining car Salisbury to y
Augustine. First class vestibuled Coach WosI
ington to st Augustine. Pullman sleeper Nsw
York to Augusta
$50 o m-No 80 daily. Washington oua
Southwestern vestibuled limitt for Wssh;Dotnn.u
and all points North. Through Pullman Sn SsI
Memphi to New York; New Orleans to New'
| York; Tampa TO New York. Also carries vesi.
| buled coach and DINING car.
$50 a m-No SO daily, for Washington
Richmond, Raleigh and all points North
Carries Pullman drawing-roOm buffet sleeper
| New Orleans to New York; Jacksonville "a
| New York
HOO m.-No 80 daily, for Washington and
| the North Carries Pullman compartment car
| st Augustine to New York Drawing room
Sleeping car St Augustine TO New York. Draw
| ing room buffet car Tampa to New York an(
| first class vestibuled coach st Augustine an
Washington, Dining car between st Angus
| tine and Salisbury.
$40 m-No 10, daily, for Richmond, Rs
| eigh. Goldsboro and all points North. Carrie
Pullman sleeping car from Greensboro to Rlct
| mond. Connects at Greensboro with train car
rying Pullman Car for Raleigh.
SEQ a m-No. go, daily except Sunds,
Freight and passenger for Statesville and loct
stations
4:15 m-No 16, daily, except Sunday, fl
Statesvlle and TaylOrsYille and local stat ons
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14

To MAKE good hard soap dissolve one
pound of potash to twelve quarts of water
in the kettle in which the soap is to be
boiled. Add to the potash FIVE pounds of
grease Boil slowly, adding little boiling
water as it is cooking. Stir with stick
and boil two or three hours. When tho
mixture adheres and strings from the
stick it is boiled enough. Pour into old
pans or moulds. The following day cut
into bars and dry for use.
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
Raleigh & Augusta Airline Railroad

Raleigh & Augusta Airline Railroad
Connects at Hamlet with the Carolina Cent?
running to Wilmington, and at Raleigh wit
the Raleigh & CASTOR Road running to W.
don.
TRAINS GONG NORTH
No.2 No.4
D'y exc't D'y exc
Monday. Sunday
Leave Hamlet, 800 m 600 L
Is Sanford, 500 m 00:00 r
Cary, 1886 m 600 pr
Arrive at Raleigh, 9:00am 0:00pE
TRAINS GONG SOUTH.
No. 1, No. 8
D'y ex. D'y exc
Sunday. Monda
Leave Raleigh, 7:00pm OO0s
Cary, 1928 D m 0O:00
" Sanford, 9:15 m O:O0p
Arrive at Hamlet, 1915 am OOOp
JOHN 81 WINDER, Gen' Manager
FAh g. 1895
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14
Ladies' OXfords.
III EMS FINE SHOES.
AT 41 50i

We are probably at the head of the World for
a special Shoe at special price Men wanting
dress shoe, containing every point found in
high priced goods, will
FIND OUR
S1.5O LINE THE MOST
surprising value ever offered Regular clean
factory shoes, built to our special order and
here below, is to look up the best value in shoes
and hand them out, fresh and new. TO our Gus
toners. We never deal in any of the earth
scrapings, never do GILREATH b CO,
March II 1895
The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-02-14

@@A new magazine is being pub
lished by man named Blood. Its cir.
culation should be good.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
He DID HAVE NERVE.
h King OF Deadheaders Invsdcs q
Theater.

An angular man, with cross-question-
ing eyes and a nose like a probe, man
aged to deadhead his way into one Of
St. Paul's variety theaters recently, and.
after the manner of desdheads, stalked
mustered to one of the large boxes on
the main floor. says the ST. Paul Pioneer
Press. There he rang q bell and q
waiter soon appeared.
SAY, wait, bring me an empty
whisky glass and a large glass of ice
waffle III waiter sR2 ousnpf%e4a s itassh eN1pASs8E pre-
ceeding but complied with the mans
request, TO see what it all meant.
"Just lay 'em on the table, will yer
And say, amt We got a cigareetP'
The waiter gave him a cigarette and,
lighting a match. handed il over, too.
"That'H do, said the man with the nose
like a probe. as he took a balt-pint
whisky bottle put OF his pocket and
filled q small glass and then proceeded
to interlock his long legs on the table
and be comfortable. This was too much
for the waiter and left to tell the pro-
prietor and bartender and everybody
about it. One of the ushers, out OF
curiosity to see this hottest number of
'em all" walked down the aise and
peeped through the curtain of the box.
The man saw him and invited him in-
side.
Say" he said, leisurely inhaling an.
other Whit of smoke after draining the
little glass. ARE you busyP"
mot very" responded the usher in
amazement. "Whyp'
"Cause ye can do me a favor. Ye
know Cuttrate's saloon next block.
Well, We can get this bottle filled for 20
cents there. Here's the twenty. Get it
filled for me-"
The usher took the empty bottle and
turned it in to the box office, where the
proprietor was sitting. Soon he returned
minus the bottle.
DE proprietor wants ME ter tell 70
dat ye don't need to git no whisky out
side. Jes' step inter de bar and 60 be-
hind and tell de keep ye're de guest Of
de house. Seep Help yomself-on de
prop. He's goin' ter ring down and
clear de house and den de orchestra and
livin' picturs is goin' ter entertain We
all alone. Huly Sullivan, ye're in it!'
The man tumbled. Undoipg his legs.
he borrowed a "cigareet" from the usher
sud passed out through the bar. Seen
after Ire had gone it was discovered that
the free-lunch counter had been touched
for q bologna sausage and a string a
wienerwurst.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Photography and Ducka

Photography is killing more ducks
than are hunters is an alarming claim
made by an enthusiastic sportsman,
who goes on to explain that the uni
versal practice of photography is Great.
ing an immense demand for an al
bumen in finishing the pictures, and
that this albumen can be produced only
from eggs. The eggs from the ordinary
domestic hen are too valuable for food
TO be sacrificed to art, and as a con
sequence the breeding grounds Of wild
birds are CLEANED for the desired fluid.
The Hebrides islands of Scotland,
Lofoden Of Norway, Labrador, Green
land, South America and all other ex-
tensivc haunts Of large birds arc
Sobbed constantly by the natives or
men from sailing expeditions, and the
result is especially hard on the ducks.
Labrador Is a particularly unfortunate
land in this connection, for the miles
OF crowded nests offer an Irresistible.
temptation to the egg hunters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
FACES MADE ARTISTIC.
n1emishes Removed and Objectionable
Features Remedied.

Why should any woman be an un-
pleasant reflection of herself In themir-
ror, Is the query OF varied ourists Of the
ercise to reduce; athletics to produce
strength and color and dyes to sutdue
or brighten the shade Of ones hair, says
the N. Y. Press.
Is the complexion badp Then cos
metics and coloring matter are pushed
aside to give way to massage and steam
ing, for the method Of personal Art Is
growing more healthful every day.
The manicurist aud the hair-dresser
care for the two extremities in an ar
tistic manner and the curves that ma
ture or gymnastics have not sufficiently
developed are left to the art of tbs
couturiere and the south's staple pro-
duction. But-wail women!-given fig-
ure, complexion and coloring complete,
ones features remain often a serious
blemish.
Just here is where the surgical curist
the dermatologist. steps in.
These promoters" Of good looks
claim to arrange a harmonious contour
In the features that nature thought wise
TO neglect.
Should the forehead wrinkle small
Sits are made at the junction where the
hair grows and the skin pulled up
smooth and taut aud a bit OF adhesive
plaster put on; and the wound O
heals If the cheeks are inclined to be
"saggy', wrinkle deeply about the
mouth aud seem to lack muscle the lit
tie incisions are made in the extreme
outer surface of the cuticle near the
ears and the same method employed.
These bits OF neat surgery require skill
but are not dangerous. as the operation
is confined entirely to the top layer and
not extending TO dangerous depths.
Also. the marking leaves no scars and
the pain is incidental.
However, these are the simpler oper-
atoms. For the changing of the fea.
lures more skillful and compromising
treatment is advanced. Ones nose car
be enlarged or narrowed, the ears
can be put at a different angle, the
eyebrows be thickened or thinned and
eyelashes be made longer. This is done
by fine instruments and in the case OF
those sufficiently venturesome to try
the experiment the result has been
most satisfactory 10 patient and der.
matologist.
A nobler test Of the %curist's art is to
puncture the eyes with a harmless SO.
luton that broadens the color line or
deepens it as the case is desired. This
is an operation that is doubtful and has
been tested by a minority only.
Puncturing the cheeks with q solu-
ton of rosaline and glycerine with 9th.
err component parts that are not given
away by the preparer is a trick Of the
trade that is more popular. Small
needles are used and the coloring mat
ter injected under the epidermis, which
produces a roseate glow that p~ervades
for at least a year.
As to the wisdom of these proceedings
toward personal adornment the indi-
vidual must choose. One may question
the righteousness of the course but the
Fact exists that it is done.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

One Of the most remarkable products
OF Nevada is a species of wood known an
mountain mahogany, which, when dry.
is as hard as lockwood, very fine grained,
red in color, and Of very high specific
gravity. 1t has been USED for boxes
for shaftings, and, in some instances.
for slides and dies in quartz batteries.
1t burns with a blaze as long-lasting as
ordinary wood, but after going through.
what appears to be regular combustion
IL is found almost unchanged in form,
being converted into a charcoal that
lasts about twice as long as ordinary
wood, giving out immense heat, greater
than coal, all the time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07
Plenty of sWfndlers Abroad.

The number of people who live or try
to live by their wits seems to have in
creased rapidly Of late. Never have
swindlers of all kinds been more in evil
dence both in city and in country. In
ssingle week no less than four schemes
to defraud farmers have come to our
notice. They are all variations of the
venerable swindles which have peer x
posed so often in the press. One cor
respondent intimates that hypnotism is
being used 10 bunko farmers in his 10
eality. This is probably only the hyp-
notism of a smooth tongue on the part
Of the agent" and careless business
methods on the part of the victim.
There is a heap of this kind of "hyp-
notism" all over the country at present
National Stockman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

"A theatrical man has varied expert.
ences and some funny incidents are con.
tinually coming before him. said john
c. Collins. at the Arlington. The one
night stands are prolific of episodes and
profanity. especially the latter. but they
also afford a good bit of amusement
after the annoyance is ove-. They are
not quite SO awful now as they used tc
be.
"A few years ago a company / was
plotting through the west came upon g
rather unpremising town, but fate willed
that we should give an appearance.
The hall we hired was q crude affair,
and so were the accessories. There was
no box office. no reserved seats, and ]
had to stand at the door and collect the
admission money. At 1850 not q soul
had appeared. At 7:45 a great, big
chap came stalking in and asked me IT,
wanted q ringer. What's q ringerp'
asked. "A man to ring the bell.
You'll never get folks up here to see
this show till you hire somebody to 20
downtown and pull the town hall bell.
They are used TO Il. and won't com
without
Il took the ringer at his word, gave
him half a dollar and he departed smil.
ing. Soon the deep changing of a bell
smote upon the air. and In less than no
time the t~ownspeople came pouring in.
enough OF them to make q fair audi.
In spite Of the fact that our at
traction had been set forth on the bill
boards and in the local papers, IL that
bell hadn't been pulled we would have
to empty benches. - asAsngtos
Posk
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

Eleven officers of the Bielogrod
dragons have been reduced to the ranks,
and one lieutenant dismissed from
the army for their share in a disgrace
full riot at Mejibujie, in Podolia. Lieut..
Bskounine. while drunk, grossly in
suited and struck some Jewish civilians
vho were sitting quietly in q wine shop.
After protesting for awhile they gave
him Q sound t~hrashing, ~whereupon he
went to the barracks, got together some
other officers and $50 dragons, and set
out to avenge the honor of the regi-
ment The wine shop and the adjacent
houses were sacked and set on fire, q
number Of Jewish houses and shops
were pillaged, and five Jews killed and
thirty seriously injured. As the colonel
Of the regiment did not think the Incl.
dent worth reporting the a has or
dered him TO be placed on the retired
list
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-11-07

% the most remarkable change Of form,
without losing its principal good quail
ties, hardness in keeping and fine fat
tening qualities. Among the four prin-
opal breeds raised in Hungary none
excel the Mangalicza. The extensive
oak and beech forests On the mountain
s,ope Of Hungary furnish unequaled
swine pasture. and have largely aided
Ia giving the ManRalicza swine a lead
ing position in the livestock markets
of north and middle Europe. Many
thousands of their hogs are each week
disposed Of in Berlin and Hamburg, be-
cause, as a Berlin butcher told the
writer, "the whole hog goes IN the sau-
sage tub" The head of the Mangalicza
Is short and broad. nose cylindrical. de-
pressed at the back; face and cheeks
arc fleshy, thinly covered with hairs;
jowls broad and feshy; ears large, some-
what rounded and dropping; neck most
j. short, fleshy, and full arched; the
withers are wide and do not rise above
the back; back straight, long and
broad: loins full and deep; prisket
deep md wide; ribs well sprung; belly
wide d straight, nearly touching the
ground in well-fattened animals; hams
large and full; lower part of legs fine
boned but strong; skin soft. thin and
pliable, Of q yellowish OF black color.
During the winter the skin is thickly
covered with curled hair; at the neck,
withers, and along the back the hair is
somewhat coarse, but not long. During
the summer the hair grown is thin,
some animals being nearly bald. Afull-
grown Mangalicza hog stands At least
three feet high, and from tip
of the snout to the root of the tail about
four feet. Ordinarily fed animals at
the age of one year weigh from $50 to
100 pounds, but when well fattened the
weight of u ~full-grown hog increases to
from 500 TO 600 pounds. They are not
very prolific breeders, producing seldom
treating their young, and therefore the
loss OF pigs Is but inconsiGerable. The
hardness of this breed enables il TO
thrive even under unfavorable condi-
tions, and 10 winter in the open air
without suffering. 1t takes TO the pen,
after p~asturing in fields and forests is
over, and fed with corn and other grain
II produces a first-rate lard, which Is
not surpassed in flavor and keeping
quality by that made FROM any other
breed.-Orange Judd Farmer.