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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-10-29
SOUTHERN FARM MAGAZINE

A Monthly Illustrated Journal
Published Manufacturers Reeore
Publishing Co., Of Baltimor, Nd
devoted to Southern Agriculture.
dealing with all matters related to
General Farming, Live Stock, Poul
try, Dairying, Truck Farming, Fruit
Growing, and every farm interest and
pursuit IN the South.
1t is widely read by Northern ano
Western farmers contemplating NOV
ing South.
It ought to be in every SoutherI
family, for it is ssof the South, by IL,
South and for the South
Editorial Contributors: Chas. "
Dabney, Jr., Phi. D., LII. D. FIX
United States Assistant Secretary Q
Agriculture. Ex-Director Tnitec
States Agricultural Experiment STA
ton in North Carolina, Presidef'
University of Tennessee and Presi
dent of U. S. Agricultural Expert
ment Station in Tennessee.
J. B. Killebrew, A. NJ, Phi. D,
Ex-Commissioner Of Agriculture fol
Tennessee, author of Couture and
Curing Of Tobacco for u. S. tenth
census, tobacco Leaf" "SheeF
Husbandry," "Wheat Growing
"Grasses," and other agriculture
works.
The regular subscription price Q.
the Southern Farm Magazine is 81 {
year, but we offer it and the Meri
dional together one year for $3.50.
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NOTICE.

In accordance with the rules OF the
Board Of Pardons and law l do here
by give notice to all whom it may
concern that 1 am applying for par
don from the sentence pronounced
upon me in the case entitled State OF
Louisiana vs.. Henry Thurman, No.
sos, Criminal Docket of the District
Court for VermiIon Parish, La.
HENRY THURMAN.
July Is, 1898
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cts Candy Catllaltle at the rate of
million boxes Il YEA and it will be ~
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ne rae H.adIe,s.

Anyone bringing me one dozen
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The pecan crop this year is very
short. Owing 10 The dry sprihg8thr
nuts are rather small Considering th5
total failure Of the Texas crops, Louisi
ana pecans should sell we'll.
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ITS oenstruation Is sIyapnE, poszrE1E and Du9-
ERnE, IT'S WosKTxHHsa,pI Is unSuRegssEo.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16

schools. His promotion since entering the
government service has been rapid. In
the fall of 1889 he was appointed private
secretary to the p~ostoffice Inspector in
charge at New York; in March, 1891, con-
t1dential secretary to the surveyor of GUS
toms at New York and in July of the
same year private secretary to Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General Rathbone.
Upon the change of administration he
rendered his resignation, but was prompt
ly reappointed by Assistant Postmaster
General Maxwell and served with him
for nearly three years of his term, during
this period being designated acting chief
clerk of the fourth assistant postmaster
generals office and also acting fourth as
sistant postmaster general.
His services in the p~ostofice department
came to the notice of President Cleveland,
and on Nov. /, 1895, Mr.. Cortelyou was
transferred to the executive mansion and
appointed s~tenographer to the president.
Three months later he was appointed exec
utiye clerk to the president.
AS executive clerk, in addition to hav-
ing charge of the correspondence, Mr..
Cortelyou has the supervision of the cler-
ical force. He is also the confidential clerk
to President Mckinley, and to hin the
president dictates his addresses, messages
and other state papers. Under the direc-
ton Of Secretary Porter he prepares the
copies of these documents required by the
public printer and the press.
He also has charge of Mrs. MeKinley's
correspondence, tho arrangement of her
receptions and duties relating to the maxi
ing of appointments to meet the secretary
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16


spent their Time Sightseeing ana playing
billiards. Birkin was paying the expenses
Of the small party, and Callan appeared to
be a friend Of his.
EARLY on the evening Of May 10 Birkin
and Callan visited the Continental hotel
and played a game of billiards. When they
had finished playing, CaIlan was heard to
invite Birkin to take a walk down to the
beach. Birkin refused to go, but some
time after both Of them were seen sitting
on the wall leading to the beach. They
came back to the hotel about midnight
and went to their sitting room. It has
now been proved that Callan asked Birkin
to go to the window and see If the street
electric lights We're out. Birkin did SO.
Ks he was standing there Callan madea
rush at him and attempted to throw him
from the window. Birkin managed to
break away, and he ran down the stairs
calling for assistance. Callan rushed after
him. caught him near the room Of the pro-
prietor of the hotel, seized him by the
throat and drew a pistol. He fired at Bir-
kin, the bullet entering one side Of his
face and passing out OF the other. Then
Callan drew a slungshot and began to beat
Birkin about the head. At this stage the
hotel porters arrived and separated the
men. They were taken to the British con-
sulatc, and when Birkin recovered Callan
was put on trial.
Birkin testified that he had made a viii
making Callan his sole executor. This he
had sent To Sam Lewis, the London usur-
er, in order to raise money.
An investigation took place in London
at the same tire. This brought cut many
-A-L--l:-.-- r~z+- II rv,n. rp ffaf a faxu
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16

dark ana overcast. 1 1cadcd the zane out
over the bar and stood to the southwark
| and eastward. The vessel had not cleared
the bar more thar q couple of miles when
right after me under full Roadway I made
out in chase a blockading steamer. How
long he had seen me I do not know. Pos
sibly he made mic out as I passed the bar
and perhaps purposely allowed me a sufff-
cient free run to enalae him to get be-
tween me ind the bar channel. As I saw
him rapidly oyerhau1ing me T rave the
Jane the helm hard a-starboard, throwing
her head hroad off the beach. The Fed
eral ship saw my naeve, ard, of course, as
summing that I proposed to make a break
straight out to sea, steered to port HIM
self. But instead of Fighting my helm
when tho Jnne's head was well offshore |
allowed the little vessel to wheel right
around.
1.-THE Jane flew about like a top, and
Just as we were almost overlapping our
pursuer he opened on Us with his forward
guns. The cannon balls shrieked over
our heads, and W. bowled over our decks.
Before the smoke OF his first discharge
had cleared I had passed him on his star
board beam and was going full speed to
Az VII Lii D1441HN0 O1 A1o guns
lave blinded all on board, for he Kept at
full Roadway on his original course, still
firing gun after gun supposedly at me.
The eyes of all his people must have been
directed right ahead. No one could have
looked abeam or over the quarter, for If
one had L must certainly nave been seen
making all possible speed in the opposite
direction to the bar.
ASrnbD 1,,1 ,-o :, l,e+ ~, Ian nirhth M
from Nassau to Wilmington. 1t was on
the night of Feb. 2. 1864, when the United
States b~lockading steamer Montgomery,
doing duty off Wilmington, captured me.
was Just passing by Loekwood's Folly
inlet when / ran across the Montgomery.
To the southwark Of that old inlet a shoal
then made out we'll to the eastward. /
approached this sheal, the wind being
fresh at the time and the night fairly
dark, from the southwark and eastward I
kept close into the breakers and up to the
time of reaching the easternmost point OF
the shoal had not seen a single blockading
ship. But Just as l rounded the breakers
I saw right ahead of me, lying back of the
breakers, the outlines of a blockader. /
put the james helm hard over and ran
down over the course 1 came up. Having
run well to the southwark, | sheered out
to sea with the Intention of making a
sweep around to the ~northward and then
running for the inlet o. southerly course.
ssNo sooner had I sheered off the shoals
than I found that the warsfiip was closely
following me. As / ran out Of the dark
ness of the shore he opened up gun after
gun on the Jane. Fully six shots had
struck us when discovered that the little
TO-. ~, Jona for Che r,ac btainu nyer-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16

THE RUSH FOR WAR STAMP NNEw YORK.
25 cents on each $500 additional; pay 81
extra for d passage ticket to foreign port
costing not more than $50. So extra il it
costs between $40 and $50. and SIS if it
costs more than $50: nav 10 cents extra
every time Won occupy a seat or berth in a
narlor or sleeping car: nav a tax ranging
from " cents to s15 per $500 on lepaeies
shove slo. oeo. according to the total value
nav 5e ccuts tax On n surety bond. nav /
cont . mint on wines. nav from 25 cents
- 4, M each er,sfom house entry and 81
ce,,ts IN yvareha,se rrceints. nav a. cents
an each nratestad note
Tho new sta,nns comprising the war
saries arc tho da;nfiast most ARTISTIC and
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16
Teasfn@ Animals.

Teasing Of young animals on the farm should
never be tolerated. 1t may be very funny to
see the young things make use Of their tender
horns and stamping of feet, ETC.. but as they
grow older and learn to know their strength.
they often become vicious, and then some day
in a fit Of bad temper they are liable to injure
some member Of the family or strangers which
may happen TO be passing by are very likely
to be attacked by vicious animals. Give all
animals on the farm kind but firm treatment.
Animals should be made to both respect and
lologe their attendants, but this cannot be ac~
compiisl1ea II they are allowed TO be teaaed.-
EzehanSe.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16

Spain takes half of its supply Of leaf
tobacco from the Philippine Islands, and
not from Cuba. 1T takes from Cuba only.
twenty-three per cent, and from the
United States t~weiity-one and one-llalf
per cent. of its supply. Our exports Of To-
bacco to Spain amounted TO over 10000, 600.
pounds annually, tobacco is, after cot
ton. our most important agricultural ex-'
port into Spain. With the loss of the
Philippine Islands and Cuba Spain will
have to import n~inety-five per cent. Of its
tobacco from foreign countries. or. rather,
the United States and its dependencies.
Instead Of Manila and Cuban tobacco, the
after we get through with them.
will probably hay to use our domestic
leaf; it viii, at any rate, be cheaper for
them. And thus our domestic growers
viii be compensated in some measure for
the new competition of the tobacco from
the Philippine Islands in our own market
when those islands become a part of the.
Irnited LnurtlaL.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16
THRILLING %BULLFlGHT.
How an Unarmed Dakota Man Fought .
Big ii


Carey Violin, a respected farmer Of
Yankton county, N. D., tells the follow
irg remarkable story: about 8 O'Clock
Sunday morning, as I was coming across
the large pasture, the big Durham bull,
which had been ~pasturing there lately,
suddenly began to canter across the lot to-
ward me. He acted as if the gnats had
bothered him or he had been stung by hor-
nets. His tail was thrashing around, and
he beloved like mad. / didn't think the
old fellow would go for me, but he did at
once.
IT threw my lasso, but missed him. He
charged me, and I tried Y catch hold Of
his horns, thinking I could get on his
back. He tossed ME aside, and | thought
my back was broken, as he had caught me
lengthwise on his horns.
81 was SO much surprised by the quick
way he put his head down and ran Ihard-
1y knew what to do. There wasn't any
tree near, and the fence was three or four
rods away. I tried to make for the gate
post, but he was too quick for me and
headed me off. Just then I stumbled and
fell. I heard his heofs pound along and
shut my eyes, for knew he'd rip ne to
pieces in a minute.
~He stopped short, though, and his hot
breath, right in my face, sort of made me
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16

EXAMINING A
honest men. He undoubtedly Isl but h6
has the same passions, the same weaks
nesses, and he is susceptible to the sazao
treatment.
ssThere is q method, too, of working the
thirty third degree orally on criminals
that is generally successful. By orally I
mean that the person is suddenly accused
of his guilt when heis least expecting it,
instead Of being confronted byan evidence
of 1t. I nave tried it any number Of times
and rarely has it failed.
n few years agoIwas sent cut to lows
by Byrnes to get a man accused of forgery.
The journey back took us three days, and
during them we had the pleasantest kind
of a time-played cards, drank, laughed
and s1noked-and all the time I never
tried to gain his confidence and studiously
avoided making him feel that there WAS
any method in my friendship other than
to relieve the WEAKNESS of a long "trip on
the cars.
sssoI sprung my aceusatiou when the
trip was only O littlesu more Manshalfover.
We were taking breakfast In CleYeland,
where we had to change lars, and were
chatting away over oursmeal about q little
fight that had happened in-the sleeper the
night before when I suddenly remarked,
Cad, I'm sorry you've got to go up tbs
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16


Major William A. Campbell Of Los An
g,slcs was o blockade runner during the
csgi1 war and tells some thrilling stories
of adventure. "The necessity Of getting
southern cotton to England for use in the
factories, 2 says he, caused the induce
ment for blockade running, and the pur-
suit. If it may be called that, sprang up
rapidly. People who were not in the en-
terprise can nave no idea these days how
alluring blockade running was. Cotton
was bought in the Confederacy for rs cents
and 80 cents a pound in gold or its equiv
alent and sold outside for SLIGO and ST.
per pound. Many a cargo that cost Sl5,
00o in Georgia INK Alabama was sold IN
the British ports for $3.50, 600. I knew a
cargo on the Rcd river that had cost $751;
000 to sell for nearly $500, 900.
"a blockade runner was painted q dead
gray, so that she could not easily be dis
tinguished in the dark. The boat was
built with q double set of boilers, and
prior to making the coast steam was got
up on all the boilers, so as to give the ship
all the steam she could carry. Every yes
sci had steam blow off cocks below the
water line. No lights were shown on the
vessel while at sea, and all vessels burned
anthracite coal, which is comparatively
smokeless and cost from $40 TO sSo per
ton. The crew were not even allowed 70
smoke, for fear the sparks might De seen
by the guarding vessels. We dogs or roost-
ers were allowed on board snip. Ollcers
and men while running the blockade were
always in their stocking feet. A man
coughed and revealed the presence OF a
blockade runner once, and the craft n
crew were captured. White suits were not
even worn by the crew.
.sOh. YES, I have had many an exciting
thine ia running Uncle San's blockades.
/ recall one experience very we'll. 1t was
n the carly summer Of 1868 when / had
an offer made me in Wilmington. N. c..
bv an agent of a New Orleans stock COM
many ia tale command Of the English
bTiit hloclade runner Jane. The Jane
was h71jIt III Newcasfle-on-Tyne and was
a propeller measuring about 200 feet in
length and drawing ten feet of water.
Her hold admittcdof 900 balesof cotton. +
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-16
PAYING WAR TAXES.
IT HAS MADE US A NATION OF
STAMP SUCKERS.
The Business Man Bears His Share of tho
Burden Cheerfu1ly as a RuIe-Some In
teresting Details About the New Internal
Revenue Stamps.

= @ Rh@ VI 1h0
Burden Cheerfully as q RuIe-some In
teresting Details About the New Internal
Revenue Stamps.
The advent of the war stamp has intro
duced into prosy business affairs q novel
feature. We are now a nation of stamp
lickers. We are glad of it too. We AFRO
entirely willing to do our shSre toward
paying for the war, and that - just what
we feel we are doing every time we stick
a stamp on a check or a telegram. We are
satisfied that we are getting our moneys
worth, and every time we pick up a war
extra and read Of the latest achievement
of our forces on land and sea we feel like
buying o dollars worth of stamps TO stick
on things not as yet taxed by congress.
The routine Of business generally moves
along in well creased grooves. Blockades
and other disturbances are seldom expert
enccd, and when they are the biggest kind
of a howl of protest goes up from the
counting rooms. Probably business never
received such a jolt since the civil war as
it did when the war stamp act took effect
the other day. Almost every individual
in the whole commercial world was affect
ed. Yet there have thus far been but few
words Of protest, although the wheels Of
barter and exchange have been humping
along over a wonderfully rough roadway
ever since.
For the first few days after the act went
into effect business men all over tho coun-
try were troubled by an inability to pur-
chase the necessary stamps. The governs
ment could not supply them fast enough.
In New York, Chicago and other largo
citias vpprecaptafivas of the hip business