The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, May 26, 1898, Image 8
HERTS DM II II. A cubiostt cr.l sootk53U:(o Sertli Carotin Flae Lead. All Wend: In General lrulnirMcrurota . ,i . - - Scene In Southern ,ForetaYetW Alohemlats Practice Magic, -! '' - For general usefulness. North Caro lina plus ranks above all other woods. It exista Jn a belt running from the James river In Virginia to the ,nrth rn boundary of South Carolina.. Xhia belt Is about 150 miles wide, and la Intersected by the IS principal riven and bounded by the Ave great sound ot North Carolina. A. vast quantity of tihia lumbar Is now finding Its way te (.he world's markets and builders from all sections are casting their eyes In that direction - for the lumber which van be used for almost anything. Tha North Carolina forests have been pretty thoroughly opened during tha pant tea years and the Increased pros perlty of that section has necessarily followed. Every year witnesses' an ta creased demand for the timber. An nil resources of the South are becoming Uetter known, the value of North Caro lina pine Is becoming more generally appreciated, and Is commending Itself more and more to practical builders at a wood worthy of consideration, and especially to the poor man, for North Carolina pine is cheap beyond compare whether It be used for framing, sheath tng or Interior finish. . Eastward from the Carolinian moun tains the pine forests run down to the sea. The rolling sandy soil is patched with grass, pine needles and tassels, and here and there cluster great maws of juniper. The logging roads terminate in dense jungles, where gray hanRing moss festoons their branches. At Intervals lie vast swamps of cy press. Then there are rivers as smooth is glass under the gray haze, with gray iosrs swinging lazily in the cur runt. The shores are lined with Im-mi-ntse logs, stretching In either direc tion as far as the eye can reach. They are numbered by the thousand, and one may ramble along the causeway dry shod for mllfH. The logs are chained together in rafts. Negro crews flit about picturesquely, flourishing hooks and saws and branding Irons, and pro claiming; measurements in singsong tunes. New rafts come floating down from the forests. Steam tugs puff and cough and move oft through the rivers and sounds to the watting mills. The North Carolina pine trade is In deed one of the curiosities of com merce. Ten years apo this was a de spised wood. Now it is being shipped to all sections. It is used somewhat In shipbuilding. Northern railroad com panies use it for sheathing depots and freight cars. Large shipments are even being sent to Europe. Shipments are even being unloaded In the ports off Greece. Cuba, In the past, took many shiploads. But the greater quantity Is jold about New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington and in the New England states. Over 200,000,000 feet are sold In Greater New York 'an nually. Philadelphia and Baltimore take about 400.000,000. New England rakes about as much as Greater Now York, and Washlncton about one fourth as much. In these section North Carolina pine has become one af the high class merchantable lum bers. In framing dimensions It Is ex . cluslvely employed, nnd an enormous cutting oft of demand for spruce, white and Norway pine has resulted. In sheathing, there Is no wood which can compete with It, nnd for Interior finish it Is being used in many public build-liigs. North Carolina pine, while standing In the forests, is easily distinguished by Its great trunk and conical head. It Is fine grained and very durable. It growB to a, height of 90 feet Over 15 mills arc cutting It, and history shows that all this development has taken place since 1S86. At present North Carolina pine has assumed an Import ance which few can realize without reading a few figures. Tho cut of 1887 was 450,000.000 feet. Nowadays nearly s billion feet of North Carolina pin finds a waiting market annually. When the fart is stated that a billion feet T ftrmber requires 100,000 freight cars r IV.OOO fpet each or 10.000 vessels of 00' tons each to carry it away, some tfleu may be found of the popularity of Sort Carolina pine. The 180 mills cutting North Carolina fine and the forestral industries con nected with them employ over 11.000 men, and their payrolls exceed t,000, N' annually, They pay the transpor tation companies over $2,000,000 each year for delivering the manufacture 4 yoduct, and spend hundreds of thou v aVs more with the merchants of tha section. Some of the' larger companie t or on or more railroads, and the ton nag of a number of dividend paying railroads is largely made up of North Carotin pine. Lumoertng in Nerth Carolina for mats Is novel and Interesting, but B) much simpler than tflet practiced la tttB' Northern states. The forests are fTMrwirked by railroads and dees streams, and oxen or mules perform the "skidding," "breaking" and "sac. tng." In Northern forests It Is nece sary to depend on spring freshet -t float the logs, and In some Instance dams have to be erected to re-enforce the streams. Often while making turn In the shallow, narrow and swift Northern streams the masse of leaj crowd so closely on one another they fill the entire space between the shore and form a vast wedge, which, untn K Is broken, prevent further progre f the logs. To break this Jam require skill, hardlhocd and work of the moat laborious character. Another frequent .and laborious part of the Northern "drive" ! "sacking." This take plae when the log has been thrown up and lodged on the shore. To get them back again the log ha to be absolutely car ried by men back to the river. Thai I absolutely done away with In North Carolina, for the riven are of seeb depth and character the log slanaty have to be rafted, and are then draiewf ft to the mill by ataam tags; er K th forest are not convenient t vas ounfes, th lot ar loaded sal She and shipped to th mills. " B who would aeceaat ttantS ft traveler must see tha fjsm forest and their attendant and no man baa seen them ua(U b has visited Um torMta of North OsJelfehy jaTSrsa Th petal ar tavfttag lab far av .airy. aa)ocy jat ooa treat a wet! a tor th careiea ebeervatkSk ef nrai tatcrJteriluftbtT Mawa? Cb JaterMr of th hag . Nerth .Calotte mm TitsadiB ' lata' woidarlaaa.- tt shapes itastt lata twiugat ir'sM-at mysteries, into ' a ' laboratory whore, alchemists pracqo shafta. ' sMa seem to be all cenfudca. xit -haniwry la wooed from Tllscord. "and order -1 founded chaos.' All : I 1 noise and tangled motion and shiny steel and plney smells. Gang saw ar destroy ing' a' log a minute, link belts wriggle forward team the saws to th dry kiln with loads .of -fragrant boards, band Saws whirl and whirl and whirl Inces santly, and -huge'' "circular" grind out symphonies In steam" and Wood and steel. Lumber mill ar Indeed magi domains,' and one may wonder at th genius which baa chained forces so that one company caa convert a small for est into material for a hundred houses In a single day. Frank A. Heywood. . Tale of th Hew South at They're Told by ths Editor of th Tourists' MagaziB. Intensive Farming Pennsyl van! an la South Carolina The Social Life of Colonisation A Farm Village With a Railroad, Sawmill and - a Machine (Shop. ' Chlcora, S. Q. The number of North erners, and especially men from Penn sylvania, who are locating here Is very large. This continued Interest In the agriculture of the future, which really seems more fresh and strong every passing month, Is a good sign, and can only result In good for our common country. The cities are not sufferers by the relief of their unemployed, so they need no sympathy. The phrase "small farming," used of the South, crops out in directions curi ous enough to one unacquainted with' th special economies and relations of existence in that part of our country. Small farming means diversified pro ducts, and a special result of the Southern conditions of agriculture has brought about a still more special sense of the word, te that at Chlcora, for example, the 'term brings up to very mind the idea of a farmer who, besides his cotton crop, raises corn enough to "do him." But, again, the Incidents hinging upon this apparently simple matter of making corn enough to "do him" are so numerous as, in turn, to render them the' distinctive feature of intensive farming. Small, or Intensive, farming at Chlcora, for In stance, means, in short, neat and bread for which there are no notes In the bank; pigs fed with homemade corn, and growing of themselves while the corn and cotton are being tended; butter made and sold, egtrs, chickens, peaches, watermelons, a few calves, a lamb or so all to sell or eat every year, besides a colt who Is now suddenly be come all of himself a good serviceable horse; the oxen, who are as good as gifts mado by the grass, and a hundred other Items, all representing Income from a hundred sources to the Inten sive farmer all either products of odd moments which, if not applied, would not have been at all applied, or pro duets of natural animal growth, with grass at nothing a ton. All these Ideas are Inseparably connected with that of the Intensive farmer. But Intensive farming in Southera colonies Is commendable In a broader sense than that of production, and that lies In Its social superiority over any orher method of farming. The North ern or Western farm Is too large te he worked properly. The fields are 111 kept, the farmhouse? rest on the top of hills, or He in the ocean pf blue-gray prairie like islands In the sea. Th sun scorches in the summer, the snow drifts in the winter. At certain time the large farm may be beautiful b. In every season It I lonely beyead words to tell. The social life on an Isolated farm hi absolutely Insignificant. Ta newspa pers are but few; sometimes as daughter may have aa organ and fa son a fiddle, but they never have aay up to date marie. The decoration con sist only of erasy-peteawork ar th theap rhromos given a premium wish many five cent publications. ?a. wo men folk of the family art gard and sallow, ttrat rising In the dark to get the help who ar necessary to tea tlvatlon of so many acre. Taw hus band Is kind, but ha ta tatak at In creasing his bank eeeeaei. Th wo man's back aches, she Is ditty and faint. CSS HO JBSia to , ' "' load sassy est. Seat aaaiMt V af forded, neither ran th service of a doctor on an Isolated (arm, as a aa to rid tea miles, aad charge ft. As for neighbors, the, lariat hasn't any. He can't be aay for that which mikes lit worth living. no matter how much saaaey be aa hi the bank. When I think of the Inten sive farmer In the colonies, basMnej In the sunshine of sociability, I am glad that the Rlsleyltee. the Hugbyltea, the Rusklnltes and the .waidenese have created a farm life where th man never grows footsore, th wife teut sore and where fields and bursting barn ar not dissociated with th social requtren ments which make life worth Jiving. The farm colony I th mecc of .the laboring classes. In America we an belong, or at least w ought to belong, to th laboring classes,, but the' moat of as only get from our labor where with to keep a limited amount of root sver a limited number of heads. There are some who toil for tea hours only to buy themselves the right to a dose eubl feet of sleeping "room during such part of th remaining U hour A they may not choose to spend la the street. Of thi class, which has no condition or possession to charactertaa.lt beyond th fact of Us laboring, there must always be found some lively minded and rest less member who are 111, content t gup out their live In th packed, cel lar aad. garret down th back alley of a sweltering city. They yearn . for freedom of movement, for light and air, for th small of th bar earth ant th sight of tree and water. H Man of the people have found their 'waf to thr colonies, and are multiplying lh a measure proportionate to the Interest taken ta th Ktondlk 6r'he ttpaiUsh war. tnagnttudlaoaa as that Interest baa become. .;.' . " ' ,--A Mlaair la a otuY4a"ttd - ' ,,V,' . i'il4 rKfrZSfi nnt tatag aa. axpedloat by lb farmer asoarea all the benefits of society without sacrificing aay of th utilities of Ufe la the couatry. A col any av-tmplr ai-farm village with homo -eat trliahed in cluster wit tarcaaa. acaoola.and store. .Gfcieaia. baa A railroad. a, aawaUU. achtna hop aad a few other Industrie, oper ated by colenlstabut Chlcora Is aa ex centloa to the general rule. Ttie build ing 'as . a. rul ,are patterned ,. after Northern hemes v and rV friade.Uie foundation Instead of the outcome" of the struggle Vlth ' nature ' Domestic comfort and convenience are. In -their place th tnenna, and not merely the nd of Ufa. Of (en the household goods are attractively enshrined. Pa advance of the first fertilisers. The spirit of co-operation which Ists In the well managed colony light ens labor, saves money, and above all leads to a sociability that can be found In no other communities In the' world. In a colony one' plow will do tb work for a dosen of the "ten acre chough" farmers. A man with a cultivator ex changes his work with another for th labor of a saw. Th man with a pig exchanges a shoulder for a dozen chick ens. Tho man who grows berries' finds a ready trader In the woman' who' ha more eggs than she can us. Th man who needs ta dig a ditch pays for the labor of his neighbor by adding in the shelling. of a few bushels of corn. When a tool loses Its edge It Is sharpened by the man who needs Ks owner's aer vices In fixing the kitchen clock. If bricks fall Out of his chimney the car penter devotes a few hours to - the bricklayer's roof In exchange .tor the skill of the mason. A oolonv, to jay mind. Is a vast clearing house. To the more Industrious go the larger bal ances. ' ' The law at the world of laslness has Mb counterpart In the world of labor. Right minded and right thinking peo ple abandon the small, stuffy, half lit tenement house rooms for a colony similar to Chlcora. The man who caa prefer the seventh floor of a city tene ment to the healthful homes In a col ony, it seems to me, Is flUed with a meanness of small conventionality la which unconscious envy must go for something. Compare, ye who. will, the dirty encased tenement of the' coal or factory town, , the black, crowded streets, where th children swarm hi darkness, and tbe to aJSihM fat lamp of ta fciW ' niw-M aar aad flicker, your breath choked wtta th varied foulness of sewer gsa aad rank Ing swill tubs, and the surrwaauaa at a colony, with neat homes dotting tha landscapes far and ear; houses mark ing the lines of fresh roads; where ta sunlight steals through the leaves t the trees. Colonization is yet In the sunrise and spring time of its development. Th marvelous exhibit of the past few year Is but the prologue to the swelling theme. Only a trifle of the earth's pas tures are as yet under cultivation; there are still thousand ct tillage acres to be transformed into farm, aad the alert and potent Influences that have already done so much ar la a danger of exhaustion. This sir si, in tense life which has given a autckened Impetus, an enlarged and propitious meaning to the national talent for im migration hi aw! a mora sm. It eomes nearer to marking aa epoch-of civilisation. It I the aew crowding out th old: It ta progress declaring afresh that th earth I Cass's bbs tha fullness thereof. And may I aot aay there I destiny In It?' Or saaR Z sahaw tt by a better name, aad call It Provr deaooT FRANK A. HETWOOD. DiKl ) May 10, in Franklin twp., Ik'iijK min lluininel ot consumption, aged :ibwt 45 years. May 23, in Swincfonl, J.J. Slit-lly, the late foreman of the l'lWT.of con sumption, ngeil 23 years, 1 month and 19 tl::vs. - . e i , 1 III West Beaver, May 11th, Mrs. Lucy ltomig, wife of A. A. lioinig, aged 52 years. May 12, in Port Treverton, Mrs. Elizalwth Hoover, ogeil 78 years. In Chapman twp., Catherine Arnold, wife of Daniel Arnold, aged , 52 years, 10 months and 15 'days. May 13, in Perry township, Am brose, son of Charles and Cora Ardent, aged 5 months and 2 days. May 17, near Rich field, Susan Marks, aged 70 days. financial Intervals. "A little quarrel now and then bejp a tor afialr." "Yea; th lover quit buying roaea and jreta a ahano to eatoh up with hia board bill. "Chicago Becord. .. . n. . Ovordolaa; It. "What makes von think 8- doesn't ear much for hi wife T" . . " vi "Because bc'a always so attentive (to her la pubUo. Brooklyn Ufa. S . .la the Palo.v Blake I notice th young ladle play only religious piece on tha plana Lake Yea; It is an upright piano." Dp to Data. ' . Hearts. '" "My Queen!" fondly exclaimed ta Infatuated yonth. ' ' ' "Mr Jack! softly responded .tie blushing Id en. Chicago Tribona,' 'j , Knew All Aboat tt. Sba Did you know that a very warns xm Ss bad for tha complexion? . B Makca t run, doesn't tit Tom- .era statesman. V etls Other totf. '; ' Benkajsr You are toy other esff. Mr. Eesham 1 wfch yea : woold focal more money oa yoaraelfvToara roploa. . t ' f,'-,n ; it A Wa Vmim Havval' : vj'.i - a jtecKiaT bar Wijay, fcir- tn dot ajai TiVBita. to I;' V-y.'' "' ' "I' ' "' ' 'V '"A TP. ' -''''v-s vi s- mmmmmm bu ry, pa fJoiv's The Time Greatest Showing of Clothing In Sunbur M en's Ifancy Suits, $ Glen's Sbirt8wo Oollars, Wonderful How She Fixed It. aa waa telling ber dearest friend afl about iu "I told him poeltlrely 1 could not be hia wife, but be is the most persistent man yon ever saw. "Indeed?" "Oh, yes, indeed. Be actually would not take Sio' for an answer, but I finally got the matter settled." "Dow did you do It?" "I said 'yes.' Will you be my maid of honor?" Chicago Post. Olveroo II aa It Good tide. Mr. Falrlelgh Does your husband ever compare your housekeeping to hia mother's? Mrs. Warwick Not now. lie used to, Uiough. Mrs. Falrlelgh Dow did you break him of it? Mrs. Warwick I compared bis be huvior to that of my first husband. Chicago Daily News. How Tber Carry Tnelr Pole. , Tou will find it a difficult matter To move with the people of rank, For, to walk on society's tight rope. Your balsoce must be at the bank. Puck. SOT PARTICULARLY WANTED. Jink M dear MacFuddle, Jt' iba very thing yeu wsntt Charming bouse -lovely spoil Cheap,, too. But on great drawback. You cant get aay water there I MaoFuddle O, that doesnt matter.'"' London funeh. ' rf That fired Paellas. The trouble with full many a maa, Upon this whirling clod. Is that be thinks be need a drug. When he oaly needs a prod. i-Chlcago Danjf Ne Why It Dlda't Ceeat, "Did you giro him any encourage ment?' inquired tha mother, nef erring to tha impecunious young man who re-' fused to consider himself out In the cold. "Oh, dear, noj none at sll," replied the beautiful daughter. '"On one ot two occasions at theaeaabora last sum mer I promised to be his wife, but thai waa all." Chicago Post. ,i A Seriates Case. - r Mrs. O'Orady An' how Mr. 0Beilr thJa marnln'? ' . Mrs. O'Reilly Worse, honey. He waa taken with another disease laaht aoigb Mrs. O'Orady An' rwhat la that came? : Mrs. O'&eiHy The doctor calied a) aonralcaocnit Tit-Bits. " His Advice. Editor On of my fair aubecribeas wanta to know how to chang the eotor ot her hair. ' ' Caller What would yon say? ; ' Editor I shall advise her to nans) soma aloa young matt to wftsna hiaL-- Packi'" - ' ' n - i ,. .-a ; 1 . i- ".. -.A Last Win..:,'':. U r. Vast faiawrer) WelL my Vow, Vm sorry bo bear that yoaar studying law. Ieaasassliy way that a young lawyer caa aiaka money aaw.. ; ; ! Jfapaaw There U one wa-Wher there's a wtU there's a4way."r. X. Tnrta. 3.49. - Meu'8 AU Wool ?uits, U9Sl 45 cents. Men?it.$trin' Ties, two for 5 Bargains so Early In the Season. Death of a Noted Character. ' Lewi Enapp, known all over tha country aa the builder of the strangest tombstone ever heard of, died of heart disease recently, aged 64 years. He X waa one of the earliest pioneers of Kenosha, and aa a merchant of tb early days took active part in the com aaerclal rivalry of the time when tt was believed Kenosha waa destined to out atrip Chicago. lie retired from active Uf II years ego, and sine that time had been active in erecting the monu sen which have been the source of ale notoriety, and to see which thou- of people have come to Kenosha all part of the country. The awnturca ot the monuments, modeat ap pearing la themselves, which have at tracted auch wide interest are the in scriptions. On one tombstone erected tar himself he has for years advertised bad "He Died aa Ho Had Lived for Ssy Years, Thoroughly Infidel to All Aaclent and Modern Theological Hum bog Myth." There are five of the monu aaaaaa, all erected in the city cemetery, aa th moat prominent elevation. The HMcription on them would fill proba bly two eolumns of an ordinary news paper, and ar all moert pronounced in sentiment against the Christian re- Truth is certainly stranger than fie flaa, aa has been exemplified at New Haven, a small mining town in West Tlrginla. About eight months ago a aaaag maa named Ruddy Rough, a cenl sataee, 'was seriously Injured by a fall fJ glass while at work in the miue. JJI She physicians who saw him said his assah wee broken and it would only be faastlon of time until he would die, ffe weeks he hay la bed, not able to sasea a finger or toe; he could not and at time oonld hardly The upper part of hia body was, 9fB Barpeeoe, dead and void of feel jfejl Pm avsaJng he claimed a queer same over hbn, and uneoi- be began to move hia feet and Ms foes aad finger. "Some- be said, "seemed to raise me dHr" awi before any of hia family knew waa being done, young Booah had ffUtsaB awmt of bed and walked acrraa ifm steY Blnee thea he claim new tUb has taken bold of him, aad it fat awasssai It la oaf a question of time sjkam ha will be able to go about the tsaet without the usef ease or erwteb. There used to be a hytsa, baaed on a aaary, the gist of which w "There's Ight In the window for (ace, broth- .newspaper paragraph recently ef . the death at West Spriacfield. f th age of BO, of Mia Luclnda Day. swanty years ago aha had a.lover wb weal to sea and was never after heari train. She had promised to place every SBgbt a candle la the window to greet Mai when he returned, and the story ia Vat she aever gar hint up, but that the aanffl burned nightly for sll those 70 jeer There must be many middle aged persons who remember the hymn, ad will wonder whether Miss Day's eaadts was the basis of H. It is re sarded that th fattfafwl lady's siator is the widow ef Israel Bliss, for 0 yearea snlssionary la Turkey , and that saejm to make the eonneotioa between the eaadlc and ths hyua mere probable. I. , . BU Harare! Skts , ' The Piooadlllx Johnny baa airir fiat, M boets.vthat iii why he wear his tree-, sera turned up avan higher than asual, '. Thsy ar really real ealf, iott yee, sw77. f. t . . "I was sare of .If she aaawered. r7hy, when ywtt watt coming aloae i wttgt.y .were beefooto4.7-j! MlDDLELT.ICM Maf! Correoted weekly by oar me Eggs Onions Lard..... 5fll'Jr''" L'moKenaperlb, lurKeys... Bide , bboutdor.. Haui Wheat Rye Potatoes.., Oldl.V.rii.. Oats Bran per loo lbs Middling- ('hop ' Flour jer hbl FREEBURft. Mrs. Zcllers and her Mrs. Bieber of Allontown guestsof Hev. Ih-iickennullc accompanied the Itev. and to Fremont and Grubb's cor. J last Sunday. They enjoyel ana services ot the day. Hoyer will attend the meet board of sUroolors at Mt. Ai Theolojfical Seminary at town, Ta A large young men will be ordained thefollowing week atPhila. exercises will aloo be held, meetings will be of unusua of the members ot the mini of J'a., and all who take an in the advancement of the ( truth.!..., Memorial exercis held here ....Charles II will speak at Evergreen Prof. Boyer at tin! Cemetery near the church. . j law at lairview Cemi of the features of the day w club of Liberty Girls decorate the gt lives of depa ot America ....... .Children Q ...Ml J . . o. wm ,aecoraie tne gravd band will furnish the tnj Notwithstanding the co rain the horse sale was wel ed and horses sold readily price, averaeinir f95 Lark, Eefl of Millersburg menus at freeturg. His short but all enjoyed the ot his company. He is bui gaged in the practice of la m one of the delegates to publican f state . pon veatioiJ convenes at Harrisbunr Charles was at Wagner asst taking an invitory of goof store at that place. Pro Wm Moyerattended th ot Iheltetormedclaasea aa a which convened at Centre H week........ Subscribers totC in our locality are very mua ested in the , old marriage I f ablished in your weekly' t is like putting well seasoo( into Dew bottles, ,MARimD. -May 16th. at the raid bridea rjarenta. bv Rev.B.F.I lift. Ainu Smith of Troxelvi Deaaia M, Smith of Adamsb: , On May 22, 1888, at jE' tCaviiirarij, V. i !; '. ' f s-.. ' ' :, "S 1 is. VVji '(. ?' 7T7C' -rf-nr-