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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-04-09
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm H. last Saturday
evening, brought with him the positive assurances
from the baroness of her disposition to give the
of 81 800 900 to divers benevolent enterprises in
the United States.
OF this GRE Ut sum it is reported that ST 900 900
is to be given to the alienation Of distress in
tirely new charitable channels, which, those
versant with the matter expect will create great
sensation when the details become known, by their
originality and scope But the precise nature of
the benefcence is kept closely guarded secret for
the present
It was stated further that 800, 900 is to be given
to the Educational Alliance, in which Baron De
Hirsch took so much interest, and the remaining
800, 900 will be distributed among various other
charities, but just what ones, it is believed, has not
yet been fully determined.
Baron De Hirsch it will be remembered, died
suddenly at his estate at Pressburg, Hungary
April 20 of last year, leaving to his widow for
tune which, it is believed, will amount to not less
than $3.50 900 900 after his affairs have all been
settled He was the son of wealthy Bavarian
cattle dealer who was ennobled for service to the
State and the baron inherited his title from him
But the greater part of his wealth he amassed him.
self, mostly by railroad building on the European
continent. For the last fifteen years of his life he
is reported to have given to charity $15, ,O00
proving himself great phanthropist, and, like
the late Peter Cooper, he lived to behold many of
his works firmly established.
Baron De Hirschs motive may be discerned in
the words he once spoke to friend; 81 am an
old man. childless. | have been eminently
cessful in all my business ventures. With my
money hope to raise out of ignorance and despon
dency the helpless and prosecuted race Of Europe
the Jews of Russia and Austria =
He oraataSt Sinple DrOipct was established six
wears ago in the Jewish Colonization association
the purpose of which found colonies of Jews
in North and South America for the pursuit of ag
rculture and commerce. To this he gave $40 ,000
900 In 1892 he gave So, SOC, 900 for the benefit of
I IN to the United StateS to
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-04-09

William b. Hackenberg of Philadelphia.
The deed OF gift as it might be called, though
the association organized precisely any other
corporation, with Baron De Hirsch however, own
ing all but two shares of the stock which was di-
vided into shares of $500 each, signed in Paris,
January 2, 1891, in the presence of Robert M.
Hooper, vice consul general, and work begun
on the principal settlement in this country at
Woodbne, Cape May county, N. j., where 800
of good land selected for the purpose and
where handsome synagogue dedicated to the
memory of the founder last November by the CRATE
full residents
The Baroness De Hirsch is said to be almost
remarkable as her husband was man.
She, too has devoted the greater part of her life to
charitable work, and once wrote in letter to
friend It is great and terrible responsibility,
this possession of wealth, and the proper distribu-
ton of it,
During short visit to Constantnople before the
baron's DEATH she spent her time in the slums in
search of of charity which she might relieve,
for she likes to in contact with her beneficial
ries. She also established number of schools
there and spent in all about 1925, 900 before she
went away. Yet, she had all the habits of a poor
mans wife and the same thrift and economy, to
which, in little things her husband attributed his
wonderful success in life, his successes where
other men had failed.
story told of his spending hours cutting
down the number of words in telegraphic mes
sage he sending to direct the expenditure of
$50 900. which he had given to certain charity,
and it was said that his death was brought on
largely by his annoyance at finding that he had
made poor bargain in selecting and purchasing
the site for his home, and the baroness herself it
is said, would save the margins of letters and
velopes which she received for the pupils of her
schools, perhaps simply object lesson in taking
of little things and letting big things for
themselves.
And it was said by all that neither the baron nor
his wife had ever any personal ambitions and
they are believed to have refused many honors
which lesser men and women would have con-
sdered the very greatest prizes of life. An adopted
son of this famous couple, Arnold De Forest who
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31

If, as he understood was the case, It
had sufficient evidence TO support the
charge. When the matter came up in
this startling way, the foreman admit
ted that the jury understood the judge
had been drunk during the previous
term of court. Then said the Judge:
Il charge you to investigate the mat
ter thoroughly, and, if there is one par
ticle of ground upon which you can do
so, TO bring in an Indictment against
the judge of this court. Your duty is
plain, and do not shirk it." This amaz-
fngly upright judge apparently does
not mean to be defrauded out of any of
the perquisites of 'spree" simply be-
cause of the timidity of set of jurors.
IL he is entitled TO an Indictment he
means to have it if there is the slightest
chance for it, and he puts the matter
in such confident and convincing
manner there seems small room to
doubt that he will be accommodated.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
He Was Too Realistic.

Last winter number of literary peo-
pie INDUCED from time to time in anna
teur theatricals. During February
they produced a comedy. One of the ac-
tors played the part Of a burglar, and
had to climb up the outside of the house
in which the entertainment was given
and enter through the window which
was at the rear Of the imprOvised
stage.
He hurried round from the dressing
room and valiantly commenced to
struggle up the wall, when policeman
grasped him by the neck, thinking him
a valuable burglar. He started to ex-
plain, but the minion of the law would
have none of it.
The audience was wondering in the
meantime why the play did not pro-
ceed, and the young actors and ac-
tresses on the stage were eagerly wait
ing for the burglar to enter and give
them their cue, when they heard
shrieks, yells, oaths and threats from
the garden. Rushing out they found
the master burglar thrashing wildly
about the grass, while a brawny police
man sat on his shoulders hammering
his neck into the mud.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31

In these melancholy times of finan-
cial depression 1t is cheering to find
one favored mortal who, as reported,
Is enjoying a serene chuckle," be-
cause some manager had the impu-
dence to offer her $400 a night to sing
for a half hour or so. Nine Melba is
the serene chuckler," and it appears
she has reason for her serenity, be-
cause she is able to sell her harmonies
to society folks for the comfortable fig
ure of 81 800 for "a few struggling
songs" The cable report asserts that
all she has to do for this aggregation
of dollars Is to warble these "few
struggling songs" and then ''skip into
carriage and go placidly home" No
wonder she is placid and serene and
chuckles over the effrontery of the
manager. But Melba ought to restrain
her merriment out of consideration for
the rest of humanity. 1t may seem a
good joke to her to have some misguid-
ed impresario offer her the paltry pitt
tance of $4O0 for a few songs, but the
majority of people with less keen
sense of the ludicrous will not be able
to see how funny the incident is. Mel
ba ought to keep such diverting epi-
sodes secret, or she will be responsible
for some discomfort among those peo-
pie who under stress of circumstances
are forced to humiliate themselves to
the extent of accepting as little as $40O
for even an entire days work.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Farm Notes,

Plan to grow more grass and clover.
Study the requirements OF the SOIL
as we'll as of the market.
Select the crops with respect to their
adaptability to the farm.
1t is not only an item to increase
quantity but to improve the quality OF
the crops.
Colts should be trained to walk fast
before attempting to improve them in
any other gait.
On the farm, as in any other line of
business, it is an item to save labor
and econOmiZe time.
The first hatched queen bee will de-
stroy all remaining queen cells, provid-
ed it is not in the height of the honey
flow.
Manure adds to the productiveness
of land as soon as it is applied, but all
of the substances will not be used up
in one season.
The farm products should be put in
the form in which they will bring the
most money and yet leave the farm in
the most productive condition.
If the bees seem to dwindle in the
spring, look them over every day; close
up the division boards, taking out all
of the combs they canot cover.
While the farm may not always show
large returns in the way of cash, yet
with good management the farmer may
be reasonably sure of a good living.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Extra Work Pays Best.

1t never pays to shirk work on the
farm. Nature cannot be cheated. 1t
is always the farmer who does his
work promptly, and who neglects no
point necessary to make a good crop,
who succeeds. There is no money
made by growing poor crops. In most
cases, he who merely plows and sows,
without manuring, does great deal of
work for nothing. Let him that plow-
eth, plow in hope" said one great apos-
tie in olden time This is the best pos
sible motto for the farmer. 1t means
that everything, before and after plow-
ing, shall be all that labor and skill can
give to make the harvest a success. 1t
is a sad confession that the old-time
farmer made that his crop did not turn
out as well as he expected, and he al
ways knew it wouldn't. No farmer
coworking with nature, ought to ex-
pect failure. Seed time and harvest do
not fail to those who do their part
of the contract. If they do fail in ev-
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Cultivatiug Corn,

After the corn has been planted a
few days, take the sulky cultivator,
put on the tenders and run through the
rows the way the corn was planted.
This cultivation can be readily done
when the field is put in by the planter.
After the corn is we'll above the
ground, cultivate across the rows. A
third cultivation should be given when
the corn is six inches in height. These
three workings will mellow the soil
and kill off all the young weeds that
have terminated in the top soil. The
sulky cultivator is just the implement
for this york, as it completely stirs the
ground, letting in the air, dews, sun
shine and rain. The corn should be
worked four times before it is laid by.
For weedy land work the crop five or
six times at least Shallow and fire.
quent cultivation should be the motto;
the sod should be deeply plowed, and
the field put in mellow condition be-
fore planting.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Origin of Berkshires,

A correspondent Of an English paper
thus states the origin of the Berk-
shires: "The family of pigs in Berk-
shire. which was the foundation of the
present improved breed, was of san
dy or buff color, about equally spotted
with black; was of a large size, a slow
feeder, and did not mature till two
and half or three years old. But such
as it was, however, it was highly es-
teemed for the proportion of lean to
fat in the meat, and for the superior
weight of the hams and shoulders.
The improvement is reported to have
commenced during the last century,
through the importation of a Siamese
boar, which was mated with the Berk-
shire sows. This breed (the Siamese)
were generally of a black color, of me-
dunn size; quick to mature; very fine
on all points, with short, small legs and
head. thin jowls, dish face, slender
erect ears, broad, deep, compact body
we'll ribbed up; extra heavy hams and
shoulders: slender tail, thin skin, and
firm. elastic flesh. After using the Sia-
mese boar to the old style sows as long
as it was considered necessary, he was
discarded and the cross pigs then bred
together"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Feeding Calves for Cows.

When calves are intended to be
grown for COWS it is great mistake
to feed them so heavily as to Increase
the tendency to fatten. Often this can
be seen at birth in the thick, bull-like
neck and heavy head. In such case it
is best to fatten and sell to the butcher,
no matter what stock may be it's an
Gentry. But frequently also the calf
which seems to be all right for good
milker is fed so heavily and on such
fattening food that it's tendency for life
to produce fat and beef rather than
milk and butter is fully established. To
grow a good COW the calf should not
be stunted. That will impair diges-
ton, which is just as important for the
COW as it is for beef animal Calves
intended to be kept for cows should
have much succulent food, with enough
of the kind of nutrition required to
make large growth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31

Modern journalism has foisted upon
the language of the day many new
names for old things, but one of the
most amusing of these is impairment
of capital" In the old days, when a
spade was called a spade, a banker who
ruined his bank by embeZzlement or
other criminal means was called thief
and a thief he was. But we have
changed all this. A bank now fails
because of the impairment of its cap
ital" This sounds much better and
saves the tender sensibilities of the
financier. The expression, like char
ity, covers a multitude of sins. II in
cludes, for instance, the appearance in
the assets of wildcat securities of the
slippery elm variety. 1t also covers
the transfer of public funds to private
accounts. All this is included in this
very ingenious expression of modern
parlance.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
RATS DEvOURlNG PARIS.
The Gay French Capital Menaced b,
Myriads of Rodents,

The Gay French Capital Menaced b,
Myriads of Rodents.
Quite cry Of alarm is being raised.
Paris and the Parisians are menaced
with destruction by rats, which are
honey-combing the city, and will soon
start on an organized raid, with view
to devouring its inhabitants, says
French writer. The municipal coun-
Gil is invoked to avert the impending
catastrophe, and it is suggested that a
substantial reward might be offered to
any person who could invent some
practical process whereby these horrid
creatures might be removed off the
face, or, rather the depths of the earth,
ere worse befall. Setting manifest ex-
aggeration aside, it must be admitted
that never has this nuisance assumed
more formidable proportions than at
the present date Never before have
the rats, within the bounds of the for
tifications, increased and multiplied to
such disag greeable extent. They TEEN
everywhere. They emerge in their
thousands from the drains and in out
Ol-Iu0-Wdy ulSLr1CJS ScOur the streets
in gangs, affording fine sport to the po-
licemen on duty there at night, who
pursue them with their sword bayo-
nets, committing veritable massacres.
1t is, however, in the neighborhood Of
the central markets and the Palais
Royal that they most do congregate, as
we'll as in the slaughter houses. Ven
dors at the Halles do not know where
to stow their goods for greater secur.
ity, and at the abattoirs havoc is play
ed by the rats with the carcasses which
come ready to their teeth. The demoli-
tion Of old houses, large stables and
the like, for building purposes, has de
prived myriads of their former means
of subsistence, and has turned them
loose on society. That something must
be done to keep this nuisance within
certain limits at least is q necessity
which seems to be generally recognized,
but nobody appears to be, as yet, ready
with plan Of campaign.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31

The death of Horatio King at Wash
ington is an event that recalls the
earliest approaches Of the late civil
war. He had rendered long service
in the poStoffice department up to the
closing months of Buchanans admin
istration in 1861. In the reorganization
of BuchananS Cabinet he was made
Postmaster General. 1t was Cabinet
of great men that Buchanan called
round him as the pOrtentous shadow
of the civil war was cast across the
political horizon. 1t was composed in
large part of men who had held subOr-
dinate positions in the administration
of the Government. Jeremiah S. Black,
who had been Attorney General, was
made Secretary of State on the resigna-
tion of Lewis Cass. He inspired that
department of the Government with a
force and vigor that it seldom has pos
sessed, before or since. Edwin NJ.
Stanton, who had been an employe in
the law department of the administra-
ton, was made Attorney General. He
stiffened Buchanans backbone in the
powers of the Government in case Of
insurrection. In this Cabinet of illus
trious Union Democrats John A. Dix,
the author of the order, ''If any man
hauls down the American flag shoot
him on the spot" was Secretary of the
Treasury. The other members of the
reorganized Cabinet were of equal pat
riotism, equally devoted to the cause
of the Union and helped in an equal
degree to inspire the cause of loyalty
when the outbreak of the war occurred.
Gen. HoratiO King was one of the men
who gave to the closing months Of Bu-
chanan's administration the historic
fame which it deserved of honest and
vigorous effort to repel the rebel at,
tacks ON the integrity Of the Union.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
THE FARM AND HOME
MATTERS OFINTEREST TO FARM
Err AND HOUSEWIFE.
Some Hints on How to Buy a Horse
Directions for CuItivating Corn =
Safe Way to Tether Cows-Oricin of
the Berkshire Hog.
HOW to Buy a Horse

If you want to buy horse don't be-
Heve your own brother. Take no mans
word for 1t, says an old horseman, in
Horseshoers' Journal. Your eye is your
market. Don't buy a horse i'll har-
ness. Unhitch him and take every
thing off but the halter and lead him
around. If he has any failing you can
see 1t. Let him go himself way, and
If he walks right into anything you
know he is blind. No matter how
clear and bright his eyes are, he can't
see any more than a bat. Back him,
too.
Some horses show their weakness or
tricks in that way, when they don't in
any other. But, be as smart as you
can, you'll get caught sometimes. Even
the experts get caught. A horse may
look ever so nice and go a great pace,
and yet have fits. There isn't a man
who could tell it until something hap
pens. Or he may have a weak back.
Give him the whip and off he goes for
a mile or two, then all of a sudden he
stops ON the road. After a rest he
starts again, but he soon stops for
good, and nothing but derrick can
start him.
The weak points about a horse can
better be discovered while standing
than while moving. If he is sound he
will stand firmly and squarely on his
limbs without moving them, with legs
plumb and naturally poised; or If the
foot is taken from the ground and the
weight taken from it disease may be
suspected, or, at least, tenderness,
which is the precursor of disease. If
a horse stands with his feet spread
apart or straddles with his hind legs
there is a weakness in his loins, and
the kidneys are disOrdered.
Heavy pulling bends the knees. Blu
ish, milkycast eyes in horses indicates
moon blindness or something else. A
bad tempered one keeps his ears
thrown back, and stumbling horse
has blemished knees. When the skin
Is rough and harsh and does not move
easily to the touch, the horse is
heavy eater and digestion bad. Never
buy horse whose breathing organs
are at all impaired. Place your eye at
the heart, and if a wheeling sound is
heard it is an Indication of trouble.
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Delicate Position.

Sir John Drummond Hay gives, from
his experiences in Morocco, an ac-
count of what the English would call
nasty encounter" with a wild boar.
The animal had been brought to bay,
and the dogs had attacked him. When
the sportsman was within ten yards,
the creature stood waiting, blood
streaming down his sides and his bris-
ties on end Says the writer:
L squatted, took deliberate aim behind
the right shoulder, and pulled the trig-
ger, expecting to see the beast roll over;
but fizz, a faint report, and the sound
OF bullet falling among the bushes
tolled my death-knell. knew that the
boar would be on me in an instant
With faint hope, however, that the
second barrel also would not contain
damp charge, held my gun firm. On
came the huge beast, and when he was
within three yards 1 aimed at his left
shoulder. The explosion was faint, but
he dropped on his head, then rose, and
charging on the muzZle of my gun, sent
it flying over my head.
toppled backward, my legs thrown
straight up in the air, and there re-
mained seeing between my legs the
grim monsters head and tusks.
The moment appeared lifetime, but
my chief thought was, my epitaph:
A fool killed by a pig"
On he came, while 1 kept my legs
aloft 1t is better, thought, to have
them ripped than to be wounded In
more vitNl regions. SO when his griz-
Fly snout was on me, l brought down
my right leg, armed with a heavy
shooting boot, like Nasmyth hammer
on his skull
The boar had only one sound fore leg,
and the blow brought him to his knees.
This was followed by the left leg, and
pummeled his head alternately with
each foot as he tried to get at me-
''If no one comes to the rescue"
cried out, Il shall be killed"
I had scarcely spoken, when sudden
ly there appeared the brave beater,
Ahmed Ben Ali, his hatchet raised to
strike. LA bas" he called, which was
equivalent to "All right"
The boar left me and went at him.
and the 1.-the fellow struck out with
his hatchet, and then jumped aside. A
shot followed from the bushes, and the
boar fell over, dead.
l lay PROSTATE, spattered with blood,
but I had no serious hurt
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Changed from the Original

Comparatively few Of the sayings of
celebrated men bear the same stamp
of form which was given them by their
authors. The thought is the same. but
somehow the expression seems to have
been in each case originally somewhat
unsuited for permanent popular cur
rency. They have undertaken a pro-
cess that play be compared to that bv
which pebble, at first an irregular
piece Of flint, capable of striking fire
but rot smooth to the touch. has be-
come polished and rounded by contin-
ual contact with running water. For
instance, the proverb, praise from
Sir Hubert Stanley is praise indeed
was originally appropriated from"
and so forth. Bishop Berkley wrote
Westward the course of empire takes
its way" but irresistible popular in
stinct has changed course" to "star."
Thomas Jefferson did not say In just
those words, Few die and none re-
sign" What he did say was: "Of deaths
there are few, Of designations none"
But his choice of words was less cpl
grammatic than was that of the name
less multitude, who by tradition shap-
ed the aphorism in it's present form.
Even the golden rule, though familiar
in It's true form, resolves itself, for
every day use, into the terse injunc-
ton, DO as you would be done BY"
The Winslow mail., 1897-07-31
Phenomenal Idiots.

There are many instances Of remark
able idiots, or idiots savants, as they
are scientifically called, that is of i'm
beetles who exhibit certain special ap-
titudes entirely out of proportion to
their general intellectual development.
Dase, German, born in 1924 ex-
tremely stupid and dull in other direc-
tions, never able to master word of
anv language but his own, was a math-
ematical genius. AS an instance of his
power. he multiplied correctly. in 81
seconds, 1852, ,S53 by 93,75S,479.
Grandmange, Frenchman, born
without legs or arms in 1886, was an
other example of mathematical
prodigy.
Mondeux, a Frenchman, son of a
woodcutter, born in 1896, possessed an
extraordinary arithmetical faculty, al
though he could neither read nor write,
nor cipher. He could not remember a
name or address. He solved this prob
lem in a few seconds: How many
quarts Of water in fountain from
which a group of people draw as fol-
lows: The first person takes 100 quarts
and one-thirteenth of the remainder;
the second, 200 quarts and one-thir-
teenth of the remainder; the third, 300
nuarts and one-thirteenth of the re-
mainder; and so on until the fountain
was emptied?
Tom Fuller, born in ITO, know as
the Virginia calculator, was a native
African, never knew how to read or
write, but had phenomenal powers in
arithmetic Asked how many seconds
in % year and a half, he responded In