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PROGRESS IS MADE An Exhaustive Statement Concercing Fhilippi.e Situation TROUBLE STiLL IN SOME QUARTERS - t - An Outbreak of Ladronism Recently. Sentiment for Immediate Indenpen dence-Troublesome Questions Yet to Be Solved. San Frz'neisco, Special.--In an in terview with an Associated Press represenative, Secretary of War W. H. Taft, w'ho arrived on the Korea from ihe Philippines ,after describ ing various ineidents of the trip to Japan. referred to the political situ ation in the Philippines, saying: "The -rlitical situation in some re spects was not as good as it ought to be. A wave of ladronism has swept over the province of Cavite, and it has been found necessary to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the province of Cavite and Batangas, the neighbor ing province. The same was true of Samar, bat the use of troops on Samar and the use of the supreme court of the United States and constabulary in Cavite has put an end to this busi ness; however, there were two or three men responsible for the keeping up of the ladronism, who had not been captured. Complaints were made against the constabulary and while many of them were unfounded, it was probably true that a change in th constabulary ought to be effected, and it is now under consideration by the government. The distressing agri cultural depression, due to the loss of 75 per cent. of the agricultural cattle, drought, locust and the cholera as well as other causes, will probably not cease to be for several years. This naturally subjects the government to criticism because this alien govern ment is much more likely to be criti cized for existing conditions, however, free from blame in respect to them, than a native government. "Some of the younger men of edu cation have been advocating immed iate independence. It, therefore, be came necessary to state with consider able emphasis the policy of the admin istration on this subject and to say that in the opinion of the administra tion there' was no possible hope for independence short of a generation, because the people could not be fitted for self government in that time: in deed, it will probably take a much longer period. " The party consisted, as is known, .of Democratic as well as Republican senators and congressmen, and their interviews represent a! sides of the Philippine question, but, with a self restraint and moderation which can not be too highly commended, it was tacitly agreed between the members of the congressional party on both sides that it would be most unwise for them to discuss before the Fili pinos their differences of opinion, and therefore that any statement should be made by the representative of the administration as to the policy of po litical administration. Heuce the sight of which some of the irrecon cilable Filippinos had hoped for, to wit: A constant combat between Republican and Democratic members, with the Filipino people as an au dience. was not presented, and I can not express too emphatically my ap preciation of the patriotic stand wich our Democratie brethren took in this matter in remitting a diffusion of dif ferences of opinion to the proper rep 7esentatives in congress. "While the conditions in the Philip pines are not as favorable as we would like to have them and probably will not be favorable until the depressing conditior.s shall be followed by a pros perous season, still progress is being made. The government is more efneci ent men are being eliminated and things are settling to business. Eco nomy is being practiced more and more in the government. Filipinos are being introduced very rapidly to the place of Americans and on the whole, in looking back over two* years, de cided steps forward have been taken. "Of the gaestions which were open when we started on this trip and in the settlement of which it was hoped the trip might lend aid, one was the establishment of a special tribunal the hearing of disputed questions in relation to possess ion of churches and rectories and cemeteries. I am glad to say tthat before we reached the islantis a satisfactory law had been enacted, which, it is hoped, will rap idly dispose of these cases. The law refers the issues directly to the su preme court. " There was also remainig unset tied a question about the title to one half of the frair lands-those owned previously by the Deminician order. After a conference with the represen tatives of the vendors, a satisfactory compromise was effected by which good title to the lands will be imu mediately conveyed to the government and possession given, as far as that possession is in the vendors, and the difference as to price, a matter of some $200,000, will be leftI to adjust ment by arbitration. Russo-Japanese Treaty. St. Petersburg, By Cable.--The Rlus soJapanese treaty will be signed d1ur ing the first drg:s of next week. Mr. Witte. who had a long interview and luntcon with Foreign Minister L~ar.s dorf. will be received at Pet erhof, and 'iv fhe emperor a report on~ the con ferece(. but the treaty itself will be taken to Peterh~of by Count Lamsdorf, whose counter signature will complete the exection of the instrnment. GAINED OVER ONE BILLiUON DOLLARS How the Cotton Crcp in Six Years Has inc:as:d in Value. 1% ' e i mar ourc'e of SOuth ern wea.h. (ot:to. .::l the me:mmi to the Soutl of its higher prie.. the Baltin:ore M1anu:aenrers Rtecord says. under date of Se'. 25'j lThe total value of the last six cotton crops. not countini:. tle seed. has paid to tlo, farmers was just a little over $3..000.000,000, while for the preceding six years the total, seed likewise not inciluted. was 3lS00,0U0, 000, a differenceri in the last six years over the preeeding six-year period in favor of Southern farmers of $1,200, 000.000. .It is quite uncertain whether dur ing tnhe six years of low prices. in which the crop averaged only $300, 000.000 a year, there was not an ac tual loss to the producers-certainly if there was no loss, it was simply swapping dollars without profit-but during the last six years of higher prices the Southern farmers have gotten on their feet financially. They have received an average of $500, 000,000 a year for their cotton. and to this might be added. in round fig ures, about $50,000,000 a year from the seed. The increase of $1,000,000. 000 during the last six years over the preceding six is nearly twice as much as the entire national banking capital of the United States, it is more than the total savings bank deposits of all New England. "For the first few years of this period the profit on cotton growing at these better prices was absorbed in vaying up the debts whica had accumulated during the low-priced period, but, with debts out of tLe way and the farmers -.n good shape, they have been stimulated into making many improvements as to better homes, better farm machinery and more of the conveniences which add to the comnort and happiness of life. "The towns and villages and cities of the South have shared in the pros perity of the farmers, and 'added to the prosperity brought about by the higher price of cotton; has been the great increase in the production of foodstuffs-grain and meats. frits and vcgetables-and a vast ernansion in railroad and industrial 'nterests. It is no wonder, in view of these facts, that as recently pointed out in the Manafacturers' Record, the as sessed value of Southern property is now increasing at the rate of $250, 000,000 a year, while the true value of Southern property is probably in creasing at more than double that." Fireworks Factory Destroyed. New York, Specil.-By the explo sion of a large quantity of powder the fireworks factory of Joseph Speizo in Greenpoint, was totally desthoyed. Speizo 's sixteen years old son. Anto nio, was instantly killed and his wife and two younger boys and a work man were seriously injured. The ex plosion shook buildings within a ra dius of a mile and for a time it was believed that many persons had been killed. All members of the Speizo family worked in the factory, a small frame structure in an open lot, in which they turned out saluting bombs for use in Italian festivals. This in volved the use of much black powder quantities of which were scattered over the work benches. Joseph Spei zo, the proprietor, was absent, the place being in charge of his eldest son, Manuel, who escaped unhurt when an alarm was raised by one of the younger boys that an explosion was imminent. Martin H. Littleton Declir.es. New York, Special.-Borough pres ident, Martin W.Little, of Brooklyn, made public a statement declaring that lhe had learned his name was to be presented to the fusion conference as ~a candidate for mayor, and that he wouild not accept the nomination. Foraker's Creates A Stir. Washington, Special.-Senator For aker of Ohio who caused quite a stir by declaring in speech at Bellfontain that lie was opposed to conferring rate making power on interstalte commssi on is annoyed by newspape1 comments which make it appear his utterances indicate that he has fallen out with the Precsidcnt. "it is true,'' lhe said. "That the Presiden! favors this power be confe~rred on the commision and that I opposed1 it, but there is no radical disagreement be tween the President and myself.'' Five Men Meet Death. Philadelphia, Pa., Special.-A rear end collision between the cast bound New York Limited Express from St. Louis and a local passenger tramn which was standiag at the Paoli sta tio of the Pennsylvania railroad. 19 miles wvest ef this city, resulted in the death of fr~e men and the Injuring f more than twenty others. Gudlty of Wii'e Murder. Covington, Ga.. Special.-The .iury in the case of Columbus W. 'Walker, charged with wife murder Mon day at 5 o'clock: returned a err' diet of guilty. with recomendation for ife imrisonnment. The jury was out less than forty nunutes. The chiildire! of' Walker testi.:ed in his behalf. The verdicet was contraryV to the expectation of the public. Norway Accepts .Peace Terms. Christ inia. Norway, :specia.-All idiatons point to theC aeceptaace by Norwe'ans generally of the terms of the egreement reachedL at Karlstad, hough at present some persons are in lined to severely eriticize the Nor gaa(41 con:issitoner's for conceding so muhl to Sweden. As far as the As o'iated I'ress has been able to ascer am tile result meets the approval of the... gratbl of conservative opin TEXTILE NIYSO INTERESTf Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises. Big Cotton Mill Plant. The purchasers of the Tennessee Manufacturing Co.7s bi- cotton mill plant will spend $205.000 for new machinery with which to fit up Mill No. 2, which is to be run by W. R. Odell and associates. Not long since it was announced that Mr. Odell, of North Carolina, and a number of local capitalists had purchased the Tennes see Manufacturing Co.'s property in North Nashville for $145,000. That these gentlemen are in earnest is shown by the fact that they have taken out their cha::ter, that it has been registered at the office of the Secretary of State and the company is now in existence. The capital stock of the company is placed at $200,000, and the new concern is to be known by the corporate name of the Warioto Cotton Mills. The purchasers will hardly get possesion of the property, however, before July 1, 1906, owing to the fact that George Goodwin has a. lease on it until that time. Mill No. 1 been sold to the Morgan Hamilton Co., to be used by them as a bag fact ory. The incorporators of the Wari oto Cotton Mills will meet for organi zation on Sept. 2S. The incorporators are J. B. Morgan, William Nelson, Joseph H. Thompson, Edwin Warner and M. J. Smith. Change in Management. An almost complete change i:n the management of the Union Cotton Mills, was e.ffected at a meeting of the stockholders recently. At this meet ing, four directors and the treasurer, T. C. Duncan, resigned and in the subsequent election the following well known and substantial business men were elected directors of the Union Cotton Mills: Emslie Nicholson, presi dent Monarch Cotton Mills; T. C. Duncan, president Union and Buffalo Mills, all of Union: H. C. Fleitman, capitalist, New York; W. M. Win chester, banker, Spartanburg; E. W. Roberson, Banker, Columbia, Direc tors Buffalo Mills: F. M. Farr, pres dent National Bank; A. H. Foster, capitalist; T. C. Duncan, all of Union: with the same out-of-town directors as the Union Mills. Mr. E. W. Roberson, of Columbia, was electec. treasurer of both mills, and has entire management of the fi nances. Expert accountants are 'now going over the books of the Buffalo Mills and until their reports are handed in nothing can be known of the lia bilities of the mill. The Union Cotton Mill runs 96,000 spindles and 2,300 looms, has a capital stock of $1,1000,000. and employs 1,200 persons. The equipment of the Buffalo Mill comprises 64,000 spindles and 2,000 looms, 800 p)eople being em ployed. Power and Mill Company. The Anthony Shoal Power and Mill Company has been purchased by John H. Fitzpatrick, of Washington, Ga. He expects to spend several hundred thousand dollars in developing this power, and will begin work at once. Within a radius of 40 miles there is now being used more than 50,000 steam horse power, at a cost of from $36 to $50 per horse power, all of which he will be in a position to furnish at a lower rate. The shoals are located' about half-way between Washington and Tiber ton, and as sooni as the power is developed Mr. Fitz patrick will have all rarangements made for building an electric line be tween the two places. He also ex pects to build a cotton factory at Washington and at the Shoals. Textile Notes. The State has chartered the Flora Cotton Mill Company to build and operate mills there to manufacture arns and cloth. The authorized cap ital stock is $400,000, of which $15,000 has been paid in by Henry W. Lily, W. D. McNeill and J. K. S. Ray. Half the stock is preferred and on this 7 per cent. and no more is guaranteed. At the last meeting of the Augusta council, Gwin H. Nixon applied for water power for the Wt~rvick Mills, which a part of capitalists had pur chased from the city. Council left the matter in the hands of a committee, who returned a favorable answer to Mr. Nixon. The opening of the mill will mean a larger output of cotton goods. Mr. Nixon, when seen in re gard to the matter, refused to mako any statement except to admit that the mill would be re-opened, but it is generally rumored on the street that the corlooration intends building up the property with the intcntion of making a sale, The Rhode IslandMill is havina plans and specifications prepared for the erection of a 100 by 200 foot ad dtion to its building. It was announ ced in June that the enlargement had been decided upon and that 200 looms would be installed. The looms will weave cotton blankets. About $12. 000 will be the cost of improvements. The Swift Manufacturing Company will probably let the contract for its new cotton mill about October 1. The Eagle and Phoenix Mills have received two more car-loads of looms for their new weaving rooms, which are beinz fittedl with four box Cromp toil & Knowles looms. Six more cars are expected in a few days. will be quite a handsome improvement and will mean something like $100.,000 more invested in cotton manufactu ~inz in Columbus. It seems to be an established fast that tine Dukes at Durhanm will, at an earl da start up the Coleman Mill. EY The Press. on Good 1oads. tta HE columns of the newa papers of the land may aI O jO ways be depended upon for . accurate showing of the trend of public opinion on proposed national legislatior. The honest press is but the mouthpiece of an enlightened nieople. We give space below to some extracts from leading papers on the qiestion of National aid to highway improvement-as follows: Ceveland,Ohio. Leader: It is worthy of note that the pressure in the direc tion of National aid in road building is becoming strcnger all the time. Manufacturers' record: The Gov ernment, in aiding to build roads, would - stimulate industrial activity, while it woulif, a: the same time, arouse the highest ambition in the itizen, command his loyalty and insure an ardent patriotism. Atlanta Cons:itution: The Brown lowi bill has much to commend it: and it stands for a sound. worthy principle of government. designed to benefit not a class, but the whole people. The good roads agitation is beginning to show results. Chicago Tribune: It is difficult to see how anyone can believe in National responsibility for internal improve ments without favoring National aid for road building. Binghamton. N. Y.. Leader: It is widely hoped that the policy of Federal aid will be found to be applicable to the construction of good roads. In scarcely any ot2er way could the Na tional purse be opened with the pros pect or possibLlity of contributing so nearly to th& general advantage. Spe cial interests have for so long a time and so exclusively felt the invigorat ing influence of the Government's beneficence that it is really about time that something was done for the gen eral interest. A small part of the taxes the people pay nay properly and justly be used for the people's benefit. New York Press: Congress has no more widely useful measure of domes tic legislation in hand than is contem plated in the bil1 put forward by Rep. resentative Brownlow and Senator Gal linger to give National aid to the good roads movement:. Jacksonxille, Fla., Metropolitan: The passage of what is known as the Brownlow bill by Congress would be merial help and bring results much earlier than the slow and limited plan of county ar d S tate taxation. Northfield, Vermont, News: The idea of Government aid in State road building is everlastingly right, and un less such aid is given it will be many years before the small States will have much of this needed improve m ent. Philadelphia Telegraph: The pur poses of this bill should unquestion ably receive the hearty approval of every thinking man in 'the United States, without respect to political or other affiliations. Chattanooga, Tenn., Times: We ire cordially in accord with Mr. Brown low in the matter, and we trust that the people who are to be so greatly benefited by the proposed law will get back of the Congressman and hold up his hand with an enthusiasm and an energy that will give him infiuence in carrying forward his project. It is not necessary here to argue for the vast good to be accomplished by the inau guration of the plans contemplated by Mr. Brownlow. Nashville, Tenn., 'Agriculturist: "Better roads" is the exclamation com ing up from the agricultural classes in all the States, and it should have such a power behind it that Congress will not hesitate to pass such a law. The above hurriedly gathered ex cerpts are from leading papers. We might overrun our columns with simi Jar expressions from other equally prominent prints, but these suffice for the present. They are taken from hearings submitted in the last Con gress and printed in Senate Document No. 204, FIfty-eighth Congress, 2d Ses sion. Write to your Senator for a copy of this document, and receive a mass of most useful information on the road question. Do Good Roada Pay? The following Item Is taken from a Jacksonville (Fla.) exchange: .f you will call upon J. C. Slorh, real estate dealer, he will tell you of a small tract of land near the new object lesson road that a few months ago was offered for sale at $600. That. along with other property near this new road grew in value, and when he had an offer for this same tract o?' $200 he found it had just been so'ld at $2700. and his offer of $.3200, which *was over five times its former rate, would not buy the property. This ir. (..e:s in value all came from the~ iilding of this sample road. The - (rease in value of this small tract would pay for over one-half mile of the cost of the road, and the increased vmlue of the abutting properties for one-half mile would pay the cost of building or extending this line a dis tance of ten miles. The improvement in prices at which lands are sellibg along these rock roads wherever they have been built will be from file to ten times its foi mner value. If this is so, or if we are ure property w .11 even double in vahuc should we not improve our principal ighways at the earliest possible day? crowns That Eave cone A-flerging. ter crowns in recent times have one a-begging. notably that of Greece, which was ref used by our sailor-prince, Alfred: of Spain. which was hawked alout a good deal after its final refusal by Prince Leopiold of Hlohenzollern, and of Bulgaria. which was offered to seveeral.-Londoni ChronIele. A N7ew Sport. Th- urst day's crnsade against th do of Penang. whe~re hydrophobia prvails, resulted in the very good bag o 120 for three guns, and it is report:ed that the idea cf dog-hunting has caught on among Eur:peans.-Singa nreFree Press CAMPING IN THE FROZEN NORTH Alluring Picture of Tent Life When It's Forty aclow. You no awnkoned in the bittc' dark ness of t f rly mornfIng-by the sound of the camp111) 4!!)-, moving amom: the froz-n pailk of, r'fuse. You hear their padding fo1ts1teps passi-ng ti1s w.,y and that outside of the tents and the brush In of their bodies against the eanvas walls. Then you hear the sound of chopping wood where someone Is -t work in the starlight. One of the men stirs and rises in the darkness. The tent is bitter >ld with everything frozen hard as iron. You hear the man fumbling around in the darkness for the matches, and presently he strikes one and lights a candle, and in the sudden light I see it is Xavier Gill. Presently he begins chopping the wood for the stove and his big round shadow moves uncouthly and grotesquely about the walls as the flame of the candle wavers in the draught of the cold air. He makes a fire, and in a moment the flame is rushing up the stovepipe, which gradually becomes a dull red with the gushing heat. Gill stands with his back to the stove, and pres ently the other man rises and joins him. Then you yourself move reluct antly in your warm swaddling of furs and with some effort crawl out into the bitter cold and join the others around the stove. None of you speak, but each absorbs the scanty heat in silence. But by and by, warmed to some return of life, you peep out of the tent; the sky is like black crystal, the stars shining with an incredible effulgence. From the stovepipes of the other tents rockets of flame are gush ing up into the air; showers of sparks rise up into the night high overhead hover, waver, and then sink dwindling upon the tent and the surrounding snow. You look at the thermometer hanging against a tree and see by the light of a match that it is forty de grees below zero. By this time the smell of cooking is filling the silent frozen spaces of the darkness, and you re-enter the tent to hug again the warmth of the stove with a huge appe tite for the rude breakfast of melted grease and gilletes.-Frank E. Schoon over, in Scribner's. A Ferpetual Catendar. Notwithstanding the disastrous re suIts attending the attempts of French scientists at the time of the revolution to reform the calendar, this subject seems still to interest certain indi viduals, and the most recent proposi tion comes from M. Camille Flam marion, the well-known astronomer, who intends to recommend to the French Chamber of Deputies a bill to make compulsory a new calendar he has devised. M. Flammarion would commence the year at March 21, the vernal equinox, and divide it into quarters, each containing two months of thirty days and one month of thirty one days. Consequently the year would consist of 364 days, and there would remain an extra, or fete, day which would not belong to any single month. Leap-years would be marked by two such fete days. The new calendar is so designed that the same dates would always occur on the same days of the week, and one cilendar would answer for every year.-Harper's Weekly, Standing Room Only. Mark Twain, in his lecturing days. reached a small eastern town one afternoon and went before dinner to a barber's to be shaved. "You are a stranger in the town, sir?" the barber asked. "Yes. I am a stranger here," was the reply. "'We're having a good lecture here to-night, sir," said the barber. "A Mark Twain lecture. Are you going to it?'' "Yes, I think I will," said Mr. Clem "Have you got your ticket yet?" the barber asked. "No, not yet." said the other. "Then, sir, you'll have to stand." "Dear me'" Mr. Clemens exclaimed. "It seems to me as if I always do have to stand when I hear that man Twain lecture."-Buffalo Enquirer. -- To Hionor a Bravo Sherim. A movement is under way in Missis sippi to raise a monument to John M. Poag. Sheriff of Tate County. who was murdered in the county jail on April 12 by a mob from which he was de fending a prisoner. The project is under the direction of the John M. Poag Monument Association, with headquarters at Senatobia, which point out that "while other sheriffE have lost their lives in the discharge of their duties, this is the only in stance where a sheriff voluntarily, fought a mob to his death in the pro tection of a prisoner where to do si meant his certain death." ".No man," says Giv. Vardaman. "ever died at a better time or for a better cause." New York World. First Aid to the Injured. On a rock-stresyn beach on the Corn ish coast the fury of a violent storm was just abating. A vessel had gone to pices on the rocks, and after a dis play of much heroism on the part of the villagers all the crew and pas sengers had ben saved, with the ex ce~tion of one nian. He had been washed ashore apparently drowned, and the new curate knelt at his side on the beach, endeavoring to restore his circulation. "My friends," he said, turning to the villagers. "how do you usually proceed in these cases?" As one man the simple folk replied: "Search his pockets." - Harper Weekly. Rlussiant Duintr or up !Uon,1s. The Darmistadter Banik, of Berlin, committed a terrible indiseretion at the ime of the issue of the last Japanz'sC loan. In communicating the invitation to subscribe to its friends it included hose on the other side of the Russian order. It wvas embarrassed to find that some of its Russian friends did not despise the chance of a premium on the new issue.-Wall Street Journal. X-flay on M~umm'ies.~ At the second Rtoentgen Congress, recently in session in Berlin. Dr. Al bers-Schonbrg said that in exper'i menting with the Egyptian mummies 500 years old he had been able to ob tain as satisfaetory views of their be sin thae living body.-New York U TH EHR N *: f 7OPICS OF ikyEREST TO THE PLANT Turnips-A Valaable Crop. The Savannah Weekly News recom mends turnips. Whether you relish them as food for yourself and family or not, they are a profitable crop to grow for stock feed. Fcr the latter purpose we would advise gIanting only the cowhorn variety. It grows rapidly and will furnish more feed per acre than any other variety eicept the ruta bagas. The turnip is certainly n' valuable crop used to the best advantage and it is no exaggeration to say thlat it is a sorely neglected crop here in the South. If turnips were valued to the extent that they should be there would be twenty times the area devoted to their culture. Even as a table vegetable the turnip Is worthy of a higher appreciation than it receives. It is an excellent food for all healthy stomachs. As much more or less space should be given it in the kitghen garden and two seasons appropriate to their culture early spring and early autumn. There is no crop easier to grow than this, once the soil is properly prepared to receive the seeds. August is the month for sowing for all the rough-leaf varieties. Septem ber is the next best month. The land should be in a good state of prepara tion by August 10, and it is well to sow just after a good rain wets the soil and compacts it. It is not safe to sow on freshly turned soil, as it dries off so fast. Unless it rains very soon after the seeds are likely to spoil before germinating. To make a big crop of turnips it is always well to mix several kinds to gether, at least three. A good mixture is flat Dutch, Cow horn and Aberdeen, and if possible, add also Purple Kashuyre and Yellow Globe. The seeds should be'well mixed together in equal proportions and sown freely enough to insure a stand. Seeds are cheap, and it pays to get a perfect stand at the start. On land at all rich, it is not difficult to make at leazt 500 bushels of turnips on an acre. On the dairy farm, or where hogs and sheep are kept, turnips have a value much beyond what mere chem ical analysis would show: .them to be worth. A certain amount of succu lent food is very essential to.the health of animals in the winter when there is no grass or other green food. In the total absence of all other green food there may be times on the dairy farm where there are very fine cows when turnips may well be valued as high as $1 per bushel. A peck of them fed even In one meal or two may ward off or cure indigestion frequently and thus prevent worse ills. Turnips boiled with cottonseed Is one of the best and cheapest milk-produc ing feeds that we can use in the South. They can be produced at a 'cost of five cents per bushel, easily, but if they cost three times that sum, they ought to be largely grown on every farm, es pecially for cattle, -hogs arid sheep. Horses and mules, too, will be bene fited by a small feed of them In the absence of other green food. -The sulphur that Is in turnips .tends to make them a healthy food that purifies the blood, promoting a healthy appe tite. By all means, sow one acre* and see if 500 bushels cannot be made and very easily, too. Top diess with ma nure and the land will be in fine con dition for the following crop. Utilzing lIand Separafors. 2 T. C. Claiborne -writes: "After, reed ing our calves we have'sIx gallons of milk daily, which is set in dish pans in a cool cellar and churned every'sec ond day. In the fall and win~ter we get satisfactory results, but at this sea son there seems to be very little cream and butter. '5We have thought the sap py condition of young grass the cause. I should like fresh skim milk for the calves, and think perhaps a- separator would pay. -Any suggestions .will be thankfully received." Answer: The troulble you are exper lencing with your milk Is noi; ufisual, at this season of the year. The cream-. ing of milk, as you, probably know, de pends largely on the specific gravity between the milk serum which con tains the solids not fat andL the fat globules. When the fat globules rise to the surface, which they ordinarily do because they are lighter than the milk, they constitute the cream. It has been definitely shown by repeated experiments that milk creams more rapidly when thoroughly chilled imme diately after milking than under any other conditions. This is due in a large measure to the fact that the Im mediate chilling of the milk prevents the formation of fibrin and other like substances found in minute quantities In milk, but yet sufficient in amount to entangle the fat globules as they rise to the surface and hold them within its mesh. The formation of fibrin takes place rapidly in milk freshly drawn from the cow and which has not News of the Day. In the explosion on the battleship Mikasa it is now reported that 256I were killed and 343 wounded. His physicians say that Baron Ko mura, who is ill in a New York hotel. has typhoid fever. Russian and Japanese generals met Russian and Japanese generals met at Shaboth, Manchuria, to arrange an. armistice between the armies of 0,' ama and Linevitch. Supreme Chancellor Shively has de cided that no negro can legally be a member of the Knights of Pythias. The investigation of the "LU wreck in New York, which killed and wounded 40 pesn Monday, we be Frederick Cromwell. treasurer of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. dlelivered an extended defense of th< syndicate and trust company scee in connection with insurance compan ies, before the New York legislatin ommittee A RM *9 /10TES. R. STOCKMAN ANO TRUCK GROWER. been immediately chilled. Therefore, it is easy to understand why your milk, under the conditions mentioned in your letter, does not cream satisfac torily during the warm weather. f -nder your conditions a hand separ ator will solve most of the difficulties with which you have to contend and 'enable you to secure virtually all the fat in the milk without much r kded labor. The centrifugal force gener ated by' the separator is so powerful that it overcomes the action of the lbrin and enables the perfect separa tion of the milk and cream. Besides that it leaves the skim milk in an ideal condition for feeding calves or other young stock which may be maintained on the farm. Furthermore, by skim ming the milk and adding such ad juncts as flaxseed jelly with a little dry corn and bran you can raise just as good calves as you now raise on the whole milk. By the use of a separator therefore, you can economize in sev eral directions and obtain more satis factory results than you are securing to-day. A good hand separator large enough to handle the product from six to ten cows can be purchased for from $50 to $70, and you can save enough milk fat in the course of a year or two to more than pay for the machine. A hand separator If properly cared for will last for several years, and is com paratively simple to operate, but it re quires competent supervision. By the use of a separator you get all the fat in the milk and you reduce the bulk of cream which it is necessary to cool by spring water or other artificial means to the minimum. While grass tends to increase the flow. of milk, as do other succulent foods, it does not of necessity reduce the *amount of fat, and it would be more likely to favorably affect the creaming of milk 'than to retard it, Your difficulty, as already explained, is due to other causes. - Professor Soule. The Sheep Industry Certainly the high price of wool will stimulate the raising of sheep in the South. We have always liked sheep, and deplored the fact that so few were rased in the South. If you asked a farmer why he did not raise sheep, he would reply, "he feared the ravages of the dogs." Now, every phase of farin operations has its drawbacks, but it seems very weak to give way to such an obstacle. If our farmers would set themselves to the task, we are confident they could find out a way, to restrain the hungry cur within proper bounds. Think of the wool sell ing in Georgia at thirty-two cents a pound. We met a farmer while attend. ing the institute in Douglas, Ga., who said: "I have not sold my cotton yet." We replied, "You should sell now while you can get ten cents, and then yoiz could settle up, and bold your new cot ton if the price went below ten cents.'' He said, "I have no selling to do. I sold several hundred dollars' worth of wool here last week, and I have no need for the money for my cotton." We wish there were a thousand more like him, who were growing wool and mutton enough to pay their expenlses; It would help much in the cotton-hold ing movement. Of course it would be foolish to go into sheep raising, ex pecting wool to remain at present high price. But you can rely upon this that our country is get*.inig so thickly settled and our cities are growing so rapidly, that both -mutton and wool will always bring sufficiency zhgh prices to repay any careful shepherd. We hope many farmers will I d a. smali flock of some good breed of she~ep to the live stock property upon their farms. We are proud that several men in South Georgia can'count their flocks by the thousand. If you propose to branch out any, be sure to include sheep in your lIst. It will 'M no more difficult to contend with the en'emies which be et the sheep, than it will be the black root, rust, caterpillar, boll worm and the boll weevil upon you cottonu Southern Cultivator. 'Growing the Dewberry. Farm and Home contains an illus trated article on growing the dewberry. It recomenids setting about three by five feet, on good soil. The canes are allowed to run on the ground the first year. Breaking the vines when culti vating is prevented by always running the cultivator the same way. Early in the spring, before growth com mences. build a low trellis by setting posts along the rows about ten feet apart and rising above the ground only one foot; on each post nail a cross piece two feet long. Stretch a light wire along the outer end of these arms, on each side: No. 10 or 12 will be heavy enough. Tie up the canes on the wires equally on each side. This trellis will keep the fruit up out of the dirt and make it much easier for the pickers to get all the berries. The "publie domain" Is stil nearly ou-third of the whole country. .Pointed Paragraphs. The situation in the Caucasus is nore alarming, fully 1,000 persons having been shot down, according to reports. Cholera is spreading steadily in Prussia. where 13 new cases develop ed in 24 hours. Venzueala has expelled the manag er of the French Cable Company be cause he pretested against the closing of the company;s offices. Police reports state that 400 police men and firemen were wounded in the Tokio riots, w~hile nine civitlians were killed and 4Si wounded. Western learning is to be made an essential to employment in the Chin as civil service. Five thousand mineworkers parad e at Mahanioy City, Pa., in honor of Joxn Mitehell, president of the mine workers' union. The book of life will be good read ing of His Word is on the pages of