The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 07, 1898, Image 3
, ?
,v > ' <u s - SPAKfSWABFIJSTSAILS
Most Formidable Array That Has
s | _ Yet Lett For the West Indies.
STANDING BY THE PRESIDENT.
I
: Spain Called On to Grant Independence
. to Cnba?She Asked Time and Proseeded
to Mobilize Her Ships and
Started Three Westward ? Lenders
I and the President In rail Accord.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Tho Navy
Department has received a dispatch saying
.that throe Spanish warships have left Car
'tagena, Spain, westward bound.
The news of the sailing of this fleet
caused a great deal of excitement at the
;Navy Department. Naturally there was a
disposition to criticise the action of Spain
.in thl3 particular, in view of tho many
peace protestations thai have been made
by that country, and such action was regarded
as anything but a friendly move.
The information of the sailing of the j
Spanish fleet was contained in a dispatch
to the State Department from United
iStates Minister Woodford at Madrid.
Ehe 9hips sailed from Cartagena, a Spanh
naval station on the Mediterranean
iSea, and, according to tho Minister's
{dispatch, they were headed "westjirard."
This, it is said, Is undoubtedly
Jthe most formidable array of vessels that
'has departed from Spain in this direction
during the present crisis, and the
presumption generally held by the Nuvy
Department officials is that they are headed
ultimately for Havana, and will be first
heard of at the Canaries. The fleet is com^posed
of two armored cruisers of the sec'ond
class, under the convoy of a formidable
torpedo boat destroyer. The names of
the cruiser* are tho Infaata M:trla Teresa,
a sister ship to the Vizcaya, which visited
New York preliminary to her trip to Ha
vans, waero sue now is, anu me i>ruuuu<u
Colon.
The departure of this armored flying
aquadrnn, including the two heaviest fast
cruisers and the most formidable torpedo
jgunboat in home waters, is considered &
serious menace to the American fleet at |
Key West and one that the United States
cannot ignore. In any event, the composition
of this fleet is such as to render its
movements more interesting to the United (
States than the progress of the torpedo
ttotilla which is now on the Atlantic and
expected at San Juan do Porto Rico.
. * i
CONCRESS ACREED TO WAIT.
An Attempt to Force Action For a Free j
Cuba Defeated.
Wxshiwgtox, D. C. (Special).?A Cuban
torm broke in the House Wednesday and
passed over without affecting the situation.
Representative Bailey, the leader of the
minority, attempted to secure immediate
action on a resolution acknowledging the
Independence of Cuba. He was ruled out
jof order by Speaker Reed, and an appeal
from that decision was lost bv a vote of 179
to 139. Mr. Bailey's ^resolution was as fol- j
lows:
> "Besolvod, By 'the 8enate and House of
!Bepresentatives, That the heroic struggle
OI tUe UUDan people against iorce ui nruis
land the horrors of famine has shown them
worthy to be free; and,
l * "Second, The United States hereby recogL
aires the republic of Cuba as a free and In&
dependent State." |
V ' The reading of the document was listened
to with profound attention, ami the minute
it olosed the gallery and the House
burst forth with cheers and applause.
Mr. Bailey, la speaking against the point
of order raised, claimod Immediate action
on the resolution, on the ground that it
was a question of the highest privilege.
After various speeches the Chair announced
bis decision, quoting many precedents.
The Speaker said the question of
"war and independence did cot constitute a
question of privilege, and would not, he
thought, aV*any time, except in times of
great excitement.
On this decision an appeal was taken,
and on motion to lay the appeal on the
the table a yea and nay vote was called;
"With the result of a majority of forty In
favor of sastaining the Speaker.
THE PRESIDENT'S ULTIMATUM.
HI* Proposals to Spain Look to the Freedom
of Cuba.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The decision
that the Cuban question shall come
to a head at once was brought about by au
agreement between members of Congress
and tbe President.
The President, alarmed by the manifestations
of restivencss under his policy, had
conferences with representative members
of the two houses, and asked that Congress
should refrain from taking action on
rthe Cuban question untii Spain's answer
should be received. The Congressmen assented
to the request.
Tho President has made certain propositions
to the Madrid Government, the precise
nature of which has not been disclosed,
contemplating the freedom and independence
of Cuba. These propositions
sr* receiving consideration in Madrid, and
some sort of Immediate answer to them is
to be given Minister Woodford. If it is not
satisfactory an ultimatum may be sent to
Spain, giving her forty-eight hours to come
to our terms.
To Purchase Danish Islands.
Washutotos, D. C. (8peclal).?Preliminary
steps were taken by the Committee
on Foreign Relations for the purchase of
the Danish Islands in the West India
gronp. It is urged that they bare a great
strategio value and would serve as admirable
coaling stations for this country In
case of war with Spain. Senator Lodge Is
* - preparing a report to support his measure
for the acquirement of tbe islands.
Mobilising Spain's Fleet.
Madrid, Spain (By Cable).?Orders havo
been issued to mobilize all the Spanish
warships, and a second torpedo squadron
is being prepared for sea at Cadiz. The
Balearic Islands are being fortified and
military engineers are starting for the Canary
Islands.
Queen Aiki Europe'# Aid.
London, England (By Cable).?a despatch
from Vienna gives some particulars
of Queen Regent Christina's communications
to the Czar. Emperor Francis Joseph,
and other sovereigns. Her Majesty did not
precisely request intervention in behalf of
Spain, bat asked the several sovereigns to
exercise snch influence at Washington as
would conduce to a peaceful settlement of
the trouble without injury to Spain's dignity
and vital interests. She says the surrender
of Cuba would Injure the dynasty
of whloh she is the guardian for the King.
Revoking Weyier'e Order.
Washington, 4D. C. (8pecial).?TheSpan^.
lsh Government advised its Minister in
Washington that the eastern provinces in
Cuba are so far pacified that it will permit
the reoonoentradoes to return to their
homes, till the soil, and will help them with
money to get a fresh start in life. From
Madrid comes news that Captain-General
Blanco has been given nearly $600,000 for
use in helping these recoacentradoes.
Independent Telephones In lows.
About twenty Independent telephone
companies In Iowa have just organized a
State association. J
. M"
' I " ' V- \ ?
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
W.iihincton Itomt,
Tho Naval bill providing for the cons!ruction
of three battleships and twenty-Ieur
torpedo vessels passed tho llouso.
The Postofilce Department was notified
that Postmaster W. W. Guinor. of Winslow,
Ark., bad committed suicide. His accounts,
which were being examined, were found to
be 6C00 .short.
In the House tho Naval Appropriation
bill being under consideration, Mr. Johnson
(Rap., Ind.) made a plea for peace,
which was received with hisses by the occupants
of the galleries.
Joint resolutions recognising the independence
of the Republic of Cuba, some of
them providing also for the intervention
of tho United States, wc-ro introduced in
the House Wednesday by Representatives
Broderick, of Kansas; Wheeler, of Alabama;
Adamson, of Georgia; Muhany, of New
York: Bailey, of Texas, and Todd, of
Michigan.
The act for the relief of tho sufferers by
the Maine disaster has been approved by ;
the President.
Secretary Alger sent to Congress n rc- |
quest for an inercaso in the number ot j
hospital stewards in tno army irom itj,
the maximum now fixed l>y law, to 115.
The request is made on the urgent recommendation
of Surgeon-Gensral Sternberg.
General Blanco in a message to Wnshington
declared that the presence of American
correspondents in Cuba raakea the
situation nr.ore critical.
Captain Sigsbee returned to his home in
Washington and was warmly welcomed,
lie spent much of the day with Secretary !
Long, who took liiai to the White House.
Domestic.
Common Councilman Charles Soger.
Select Councilman J. Emery Eryam. and
Nelson G. Green, attorney for the Schuyl- i
kill Valley Water Company, were arrested j
in Philadelphia, charged with bribery, and i
placed under heavy bonds.
Bank Examiner Hardt testified before |
United States Commissioner Edmunds, in ;
Philadelphia, that the Chestnut Street
Bank was wrecked on account of overdrafts
by William 31. Singerly.
A fl^et of l>arj?e3 in t!io Ohio Rivor carrying
coa! for the Navy from Pittsburg to the
Gulf has been ordered to proceed with al! '
speed.
James Allen, of Eochestor, X. T., and
Glen Sherburne, of Ontario, were frozen to
death in an open boat on Lake Ontario,
near Sodus Point, a few days ago.
Arnout Cannon, an architect, and prom- .
i inent Mason of Poughkeopsie, X. Y., killed ;
I himself while ill and in fear of becoming j
insane.
I Because Bertha Spleglo would not marry j
hira, William Ilillman, a farmer near Fitts"burg,
Penh., shot and killed her, and cut
his own throat with a razor. The girl was
I flfte?n years old and refused Hiliman on
j account of her youth.
At tho Xew York Conference in Xew York
, City of the Methodist Episcopal Church
; patriotic hymns were sung with wild cnj
thnsiasm and talk of war was cheered.
Vt.nn.il tnn'I.M r\t intnn fifttftl nt thn
.Metropolitan Opera House. Now York City,
furnished one of the most remarkable demonstrations
ever seen in New York.
Work on three more of the old monitors
i in the League Island Navy Yard, Pliiladelphia,
will begin at onee.
The Senate at Albany, N. Y., killed the
$7,000,000canal bill.
It was announoed that 8. R. Callaway,
President of the Lako Shoie Railroad, will
succeed Chauneoy M. Depew as President
of the New York Central on April 20, when
Mr. Depew will beoome Chairman of the
Boards of Directors of the Yanderbilt
lines.
The Central Cuban Relief Committee has
decided to charter a vessel to carry supplies
to the island, as the present means of
transportation are inadequate to dispose
of the provisions coming from all parts of
the country.
The annua^New York ^onferenoe of the
Methodist Episcopal church new its
ninety-ninth session in the Metropolitan
Temple, New York City. A resolution of
loyalty to the President In his policy in
the present crisis was unanimously
adopted.
Dr. A. 8. Lesser, of the Red Cross Society,
returned to New York from Cubs. Ho
confirms the stories of starvation among
the reooncentrados.
At least fourteen persons were killed and
much loss of property resulted from a cyclone
that strack Lehigh and Coalgate In
Indian Territory and mowed a path about
half a mile wide almost toSouth McAlester. ;
The families of four farmers were de- j
stroyed.
Democrats made winnings at the West- i
Chester (N. Y.) town elections, some Roi
publicans proclaiming their disagreement
j with the National Administration's action
j toward Spain and Cuba.
The People's Bank of Philadelphia was
: announced to be short more than $1,000,000.
President McManes declared he personally
would pay all depositors.
Commander Marix. Judge Advocate of
the Maine court, returned to the Vermont,
at New York.
Tlio Texas and the Dolphin nro being j
rapidly put in fighting trim at the Brook- |
Jyn Navy Yard,
A man named Cbnte came from Chicago
and spent (500 In Long Island City "gre?n
goods." One ot the gang has been ldenj
tided and is held for trial,
j Andrew Bossert was shot and instantly
: killed In Brooklyn by Marfin Hans, who
i found him In his rooms at night and mistook
his fellow tenant for a burglar.
Ester K. Woodbury, eighty years old, of
Springfield, Mass., was killed by a train
wnile riding his bicycle lu Portchester,
N. Y.
) A burning coal bed, covering several
, miles In extent from twenty-flve to three
. hundred feet below the surface, was found
by prospectors in the western part of South
, Dakota. The bed shows indications of
I having smouldered for yeaxs.
I Tannoa W Dn aKnnnn n nMn/fnanhai* r\9
v auivo iiuvuBuau, ? giuuuuv|/uv ? vi
former President Buchanan, was run down
by a train and killed in the Pennsylvania
Railroad yard in Altoona, Penn. The body
was discovered by his wife.
In New York because Mrs. Theodore
Cerny refused to give him food, Joseph
Skoda shot her in the eye, wounded her
husband and then killed himself.
The Austrian warship Donau arrived from
Havana and anchored in the North River
otr Forty-second street, New York.
Karl Woxen, the Consul-General at New
York for Norway and Sweden, has disappeared.
Vice-Consul Ravn believes his
I mind is affected, but a cable from Christ!
iaDln calls for his arrest on thepresumpj
tion of embezzlement.
Forelcn.
The German cruiser Gazelle was launched
at Kiel and christened by Prince Henry of
, Prussia.
j Mrs. Delia Tudor Parnell's body was
i buried beside that of her son, Charles
' Stewart Parnell, in Glasnevin Cemetery,
! near Dublin, Ireland,
j' Arthur Orton, the Tichborne claimant
died of syncope in London, England.
Mr. Curzon announced In the British
House of Commons that Russia hadpromIsed
that Port Ai'.hur and Tallen-Wan, if
leased to Russia, would be open to foreign
trade on the same basis as other Chinese
ports.
j The Rnsslan press says that Russia has
i taken China indirectly under her protection.
' Tho Kynoehs of Birmingham, England,
have undertaken to deliver 200 huge proIpoUles
weekly to Spain.
-.?>> j ... -A, 7^
it
* ? ' ? - - j. '. 4 ; *
iHjTir
An Announcement From the President
of Clemson College.
WRITE FOR INFORMATION.
Court of Instruction is to Be Arranged
So as to Present Thoroetical and
Practical Agriculture.
I
?
The following has been iasaed by the
president of Clemson College:
Farmers' institutes will be held in
as many counties as practicable from
the present time until next September,
Last year twenty-three institutes were
held in South Carolina. As a rule the
meetings held last year were largely at- !
tended and thoroughly appreciated, j
The object of the farmers' institutes is i
to diffuse knowledge of the most scien- j
tific and practical methods of agriculture.
The court of instruction shall be j
arranged so as to present to those in !
attendance the results of the most recent
investigations in theroetical and
practical agriculture, and so far as ;
possible to make the subjects discussed 1
at each institute meet the special
needs of the locality where it is held.
In other States where institutes havo
1 L-IJ maniT rnnTU
ueou u?iu rnguian * iui uBUJ j VJ? .. .u_
most gratifying results are evident.
They have fostered friendly relations
among the planters themselves; they
have aroused a desire for a more liberal
education of the boys and girls as a
means to higher success and happiness
on the farm; they have awakeneda pro
fessioual pride in the science of farm- !
ing; they havo opened up new uvcnues
of opportunity; they have given the
farmer a clearer recognition of his duties
and privileges. ?onih Carolina
cannot afford to neglect her farmers'
institutes. The scope and character of j
the work should be broadened year after
year.
In order to work towards this desir.v
ble end, the professors of Clcmson College
have prepared an attractive proEamine
of lectures for this year's work. .
an institute is desired in any community,
those interested are reouested ,
to write for full information and par- !
ticulars. As it is to our mutual interest
to have dates arranged as early as
praticable, we suggest that applications
bo sent in at once.
Bespectfully,
Hen'bv S. Hartzoo,
President.
No Campaign in Case of War.
The Columbia correspondent of the j
News and Conrier, of a recent date,
had this to say: "The war talk is taking
up more of the public's attention
just now than the political situation.
The general impression is that if there !
should be a war there will be no campaign,
and that politics will be allowed
to jog along, and that there will he no
political contests. This is baspd upon
the presumption that the people will
devote themselves to the war instead of
to politics. The general publio seems
almost to have forgotten that the conventions
will begin on the 14th when
the Prohibition Convention will be
held. This is the great unknown
problem of the political situation, and
judgiug from the fondling which the
movement is receiving in certain
quarters there must be something in
the cold water movement It is noted
that none of the "leaders" have made
fun of the Prohibition movement as >
was the case several vears a go."
Was Not Unanimous.
The statement that the business men
of Charleston approve of President Mckinley's
course is indignantly denied
by many men for whom the resolutions
are supposed to speak. The statement !
that the resolutions passed unanimously
naturally excited the surprise of
many people, but there was a considerable
number who placed little credence
in the reports given out of the meet- '
ings. The Charleston business men are
not anxious for war, but there are very
few of them to be found who are willing
to approve McKiDley's conduct of affairs
in the present crisis. The administration
has been much criticized here
aud the business men of the city are the
parties who are indulging in most of
the criticism.?Charleston correspondent
Columbia State.
Clippings and Culling*.
Bamberg is to have a bonded warehouse;
also Anderson.
Columbia's Spring Floral and Horse
Show will be held on the 21sl
The Citadel Academy has re-instated
the fire cadets recently suspended for
breaking garrison.
Judge Ernest Gary has moved to
Columbia. The requests from the several
bars in his circuit is responsible for
the move.
Columbia is soon to have a strong
local building and loan association.
Capital $200,000.
At Anderson, twenty-two of her citizens
recently put their names to a roll
to volunteer and fight for Cuban
liberty.
The grading of the Carolina Midland
road has been completed and the iron
is being placed on the last six miles
leading into Batesburg.
At Charleston, in the Court of Common
Pleas, T. (Jt. Pisher. was awarded
$5,000 damages against the ^outh Carolina
and Georgia Railroad. He sued for
$15,000.
Noah Richardson, a colored man residing
near Bowman's was shot and in-*
stantly killed. The shotting was done
through a crack in the house. No cause
cau be assigned for the act.
Ko Yellow Fever Scare.
Southern people generally refuse to be
alarmed by the prediction of a Washington
pnysiolan that yellow fever will return
with hot weather. They say that their
past experience shows that the fever does
not come two years in immediate succession.
New Hampshire's Lumber Output.
The New Hampshire lumber output this
season Is said to be the smallest for twenty
years past. Paper manufacturers say that
there Is not enough to supply the pulp required,
and that prices will have to be
raised.
/
, WORK ON THE ISLAND. 1
| Placing Guns Rapidly?Getting Moul- |
I trie and Sumter Ready.
In the event of war or peace the island
is to be a notable place this spring and
summer. A visit to Moultrieville, says
the News and Courier, revealed the fact
that the blue coats are very much in
evidence and that they are getting the
new forts in fighting trim very rapidly.
The contractors having completed their
part of the work, the tram tracks, with
the exception of one short line to the
front wharf and another to the landing
at the back, are being taken up and all
store housos, trestles and scaffolds are
being cleared away. A big gang is at
work on the guns and the third of the
10-inch rifles will be ready for action in
two or three days. The emplacements
and carriages for the fourth are nearly
ready.
And now it seems that old Moultrie is
to be pressed into active service if there
should be trouble. A large force of
laborers was at work on the old fort
levelling down tne eartnwora 10 me
brick wall at the southeast corner, and
this was said to be preparation for the
mounting of several light calibre guns,
presumably for use at short range.
Work is being pushed at Fort Sumter
and the emplacements for big rifles will
be ready very soon. About fifty men
are employed in getting the timber and
concrete foundations prepared and the
12-inch guns are expected within a few
days. It was understood that some
trouble had been experienced in getting
contractors to bid for the carrying of
the guns over to Sumter when they arrive,
but this will no doubt be overcome.
CUBAN FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH
Confederacy's Handsomest Battle
h lag Presented by Ladles.
A Laurens letter to tne lireenvuie
News fays: "By the way, there were
some friends of the South in Cuba during
our little war. I thick it was the
ludies of Matanzas who sent to Gen.
Hampton in 1863, the handsomest battle
flag ever eeen in this country. When
the Hampton legion, infantry, commanded
by Gary, passed through Co- !
lumbia in 1863 on the way with Longstreet
to Chicamaugo. Gen. Hampton
was in Columbia, his head covered with
green sabre woands, came to the depot
with a party of ladies and presented
this flag to his old infantry command.
This flag survived the war. It was the
splendid banner made of silks from
dresses worn by members of the Hampton
family daring the Revolution and
presented by Jefferson Davis at Richmond,
under which Lieut Col. Johnson
was killod at Mana^as, was destroyed
with Gen. Hampton's house by incendiary
rascals in 1876. Old soldiers in
the legion who are in yoar coanty will j
recall these incidents. The flag presentation
referred to above as occurring
at Richmond took place near that
classic ground called "Rockets," where
the falls end on the James. Davis was
then in good health* his speech occupied
about 20 minutes and referred
to the heroic heart of South Carolina
in the Revolution. For grace of action,
beauty of expression and soldiery bearing,
nothing conld exceed the impression
made by Mr. Davis upon this occasion.
Nature in physical endowment
of Mr. Davis had used as delioate a
hand as in the endowment of his intellectual
and moral character. And yet
a generation might come in South Car-i
olraa which would ignore Davis and j
Hami ton, the two solendid figures in
the little incident above recalled."
PALMETTO STATE ECHOES.
The following items of news are cnlled
from the News and Courier's able correspondents
at the following points:
Saluda.
It may be especially interesting to
some South Carolinians at this time to
know that William Jennings Bryan has
many kinsmen within her borders.
Throughout this county, famous for
Geat men, are numerous families reted
olosely to the great leader of the
Democratio party. His grandfather
was born about eight miles east of this
town, and some sixty years ago moved
to Illinois. Many older citizens distinctly
remember Tyre Jennings and
easily recall many of his characteristic
traits.
Camden.
The prospect of another railroad to
Camden, via Cheraw, is received with
pleasure. Camden would welcome this
road. It would give a direct route to
the North and would doubtless bring
many more Northern tourists here ...
The'war reports for the past few days
excited much interest ii* Camden.
Many people from the rural districts
are also aroused. It is reported as a
positive fact that one fellow who was
spoiling for a tight came to town with
an old musket, and a ham. Ha sold the
ham for the cash in order to get some
money with which to repair his musket,
and get some buckshot for the "old
lady." He said that he had "hearn tell
that Tillman was pushing the war on,
and ef it did start he was agwine inter
it"
Sumter.
The license tax fight is coming to a
head at last, and within a short time the
anti-tax crowd will know ^positively
whether they will have to pay the penalty
and costs added, or escape entirely.
On March 29th the city clerk and
treasurer, acting under orders from the
council, issued executions against all
license tax delinquents, and plaoed tne
paper in the "hands of the sheriff for
service. As soon as the sheriff begins
to levy under the execntions the attorneys
of the anti-license combination
'will apply to the courts for an injunction
as a preliminary to bringing the
case up on its merits. Thero will be
two or more test cases made.... Major
W. F. B. Haynesworth, who controls a
i large amount of property in the town
of Bishopville, the county seat of Lee
county, has given two acres of land for
a location for the court house and jail,
and the commissioners for the new
county have acoepted the donation....
A 9-year-old boy fell in a well on the
place of Mr. T. J. Baker, a few miles
from Mayesville, recently and was
drowned.
Not all modern "Improvements'* are
Improvements really. For Instance, a
fellow can't spend nearly as much time
as used to be the rule In putting on a
pretty girl's skates, and making sure
that all the straps and buckles were
absolutely right.
\
. / ' : ;
J*t " . ' *
' ^
?
x~
Fralt Growing; on Hill Lands;
Some of the best fruit in all sections
of the country comes from the hill
districts, where both climatic condi4"5/\ria
?ti<1 nr\il tiaam to nrnmnlfl oar
tainty of crop ami fine quality of
fruit. Hills bordering running water
have rich surface soil, with porous
subsoil resting on lime rocks that are
slowly disintegrating, and a natural
drainage. But location, however
good, is not sufficient. Orcharding
requires diligent, patient work,
knowledge of when, why and how to
spray, and how to secure protection
from enemies. Never allow trees to
bear fully. Thinning is one of the
pest possible practices, thereby getting
less fruit, but of far better grade.
?L. Gieger, in New England Homestead.
Three Cropa In a Greenhouse.''
Boston greenhouse gardeners often
follow the last crop of lettuce with a
crop of beets and radishes. Good radIn
A (n f A Wrt _
lau seen, is luijiui u?uv. a. xawura ??riety
of beets is the Egyptian. The
seed is started in hotbeds and trans*
planted into houses about the first of
May. Beets are set four by eight and
radishes one inch apart between the
beet rows. The care of the beets and
radishes is very much the same as if
grown outdoors after the plants are
set. Rows of cucumbers ore often set
along the edges of the beet and radish
beds and trained on trellises overhead.
The encumbers do not shade
tho other crops much before they are
pulled and out of the way.?American
Agriculturist.
New Corn Prodact at none Feed.
In some tests made recently at the
Maryland experiment station to determine
the value of cornstalks from
which the pith had been removed, it
was shown that this fodder fed to
horses as a substitute for hay was
eaten with a relish after the animals
became accustomed to it and was
better digested than timothy hay.
- - * m 3 J
Alter tne pita nas oeen removed irom
the cornstalk what remains is groand
fine. The blades and hnsks may be
included and they may not. Horses
in the habit of consuming mixed feeds
take more readily to this ration than
those previously receiving nothing but
whole feeds. Horses which ate this
new corn product continuously for
five months consumed more of it at
the end of the time than at the beginning.
This is satisfactory evidence
that the feed is good for horses and
can replace hay.
Peed For breeding Ewes.
Breeding ewes have not only"Jto
keep up their own animal heat and
energy and provide for the growing
foet us within them,bat they have also
to make growth of wool on their own
bodies. That they do not always get
enough of the right kind of food for
all these purposes is shown by the
fact that the wool from ewes is less
valuable than that from an equal
weight of wool fi 'm wethers or ewes
thnt nr? not bred. Possibly some
weakness of the fiber is inevitable in
that which is produced while ewes are
dropping their young, when there is
naturally more or less fever. But the
wool may be made much better if the
ewes are given succulent food to keep
their digestion good and bran mashes,
which are just what are needed, not
only for making the wool, but also to
produce a thrifty and vigorous lamb,
which is also born with uiqtq or less
wooly covering when its dam must
furnish from the food given her.
Intensive Farming.
If farmers who delight in owning
and working large areas could see the
crops taken from small plots by the
truckers near New York City, they
would receive an object lesson in intensive
farming which would be effectual.
On Long Island and in New
Jersey especially, there are dozens of
patches, not farms, which, with the
aid of a few hotbeds, are made to pay
high rents and support large families.
The soil is kept to the highest point
of fertility, every inch of it is
thoroughly cultivated and every advantage
is taken of the lav of the land.
0 - - - r
From tlie first day that the weather
will permit the soil being worked until
the ground is finally used for celery
blanching, it is constantly employed
in crop production; it is no unusual
sight to see half a dozen men industriously
at work on an acre or two of
ground. It is the same principle the
florist applies to plant and flower
growing. If his benches yield but one
crop of plants or blossoms during the
year, his business is a failure. Every
square foot of it must yield two or
more crops for a profitable year's work.
?Orange Judd Farmer.
Use of IIumua-Formlng Material.
The claim of Southern farmers that
clover, cow-peas, weeds and other
green manorial plants turned under
dry, rather than green, give better results,
is well founded.
Green manuring has been practised
for centuries in Europe and for some
years in our Northern States, and
valuable results have accrued from
such a course. But for the last few
years farmers and scientific men have
differed upon the plans of turning
under these green crops.
Our best Southern farmers are almost
unanimous in preferring to turn
under the crops when dry than when
green. Necessity may have at first
brought about the plan of turning
under the crops after they had become
matured or dry, and this necessity j
*' " ' *
-*w Jfeii;?
'
> X . ' ..v,
msmuiB MinnMiMi^Bt S|
aBdcnaact ggaagnt* ?i=sPCTyr?r,35Bramagl ^
may have been the means of demon
straung tuat it was more prontaoie bo
to do. ' }
The mysteries "offNatureV labor**
tory stored in the soil are hard to understand
in plant life. The same coil
will produce a root that is nutrition#
and healthful to man and beast, and
at the same time one that is poisonous
to both. You may graft a sour apple
on a sweet stock, and the same tree
will produce both sweet and sour apples.
Bo it is with the changes that
take place in the soil in turning under r
green and dry substances.
The advocates of turning under our
crops when dry claim that the fermentation
that takes place when green
crops are turned under is different
from that of the dry substances: that
the green crops sonr the land, and unless
lime is used it is an injury and
not a benefit to some.
Then the crops are green in August,
and they claim that lands turned up
and exposed to the hot snn are injured.
This is true, as a cotton crop
which requires late ploughing and ' <5
close culture is more injnrious to our
lands than a corn crop. .Some of our
best farmers report an actnal injury in
yield of crops where cow peas ware
turned under green in August.
But all agree that peas sown in land
and turned under late in the fall, when
dry, do benefit the lands.?B. 2>.
Lumsden, in Farm, Field and Fireside.
OrJ;in and Care of Lice In Stock. - ^
Dr. D. M'lntosh of the University
of 'Illinois writes: Beth cattle and *
horses are liable to be disturbed by
the residence of at least three species
or varieties of what ore ordinarily ^
known as lioe. Two of these are individuals
of separate families of the
same order, and the third is an acci- '
dental visitant received by coining in ~
contact with ponltry or from poultry
roosting or frequenting the stable of
the horse. The lice known as hsema- |
topinus equi and vitula are true blood- . , .
suckers. The other, the triohodectee,
lives among the hair and on the sain,
irritating by its presence, not finding yi
its food supply from the blood direct,
bnt in the exnvia of the structure*..
The hsematopinus causes much more,
irritation than the trichodectes and can
be easily distinguished by its narrow
and distinct chest-bearing three pain '
of legs, and the triangular head armed V
with a tubulous haustellum. Then vjg
lice are usually found on animals thai ,,
are neglected or su?fering from porertyor
disease and want of proper ' x
shelter. Debility seems to be the
predisposing cause, rendering the ani- $
mal a proper habitant for the progagation
and development of these par*
asites. While the inroads of the pool*
try lice are regulated by the oondition
of the poultry houap or rooats and
their proximity to the barn, they el- .
tack all classes of horses, bat seem to
have preference for those which ore a!
work and in good condition.
Horses and cattle my have a few ' r
lice on them for some time and no *
great disturbance will be observed.;*
But as the number of lice increase*;
the animal will soon show signs of
uneasiness, rnb himself and in some, v
cases will rub off the hair, abrading, r
the skin, or the skin itself may.undergo
a change and vesicular eruptions
appear, no doubt caused by the rub-,
bing. It is different in the case ot
poultry lice. Its commencement is
instantaneous. All at once the horse!
is seized with violent itohing; so end-!
den and irresistible is the desire the'
animal possesses to scratch himself
that he is not easy for a moment. Hoi
will rub himself against any resisting
body near him, stamp the ground,! kick
and bite himself. An eruption
of small vesicles often appears on the
skin, some solitary, others in pafeehee*
There are succeeded by a failing o^
of the epidermis and hair, leaving. *
small, perfectly circular, bare surfaoej
from the size of a pea to that of
silver quarter. The formation of thesef
spots goes on rapidly, so that a borsa '
with a fine shining coat may in a few %
days be spotted alLover. The trouble!
does not seem t#* interfere with the
animal's health, notwithstanding the
violent itching and excitement which
is experienced. Bat if it is of long
continuance the subject will be apt tat
fall off in flesh and appetite and grow*
thin and lose his condition for work!
from gradual wasting of his powers.
In treating either horses or cattle rw
lor uce, me cause nuuuiu us ismuisu^
If the animal is poor it should be
well fed and sheltered. If it is the
poultry lice which are causing the ' ?
trouble, the hen house or roots should
be removed and the stable whitewashed
with fresh lime. There are a number ' \
of remedies recommended for the destruction
of lice. An effectual sola- ^
tion is made by boiling one pint
stavesacre seeds and twenty pints of
water for one hour. &eep it nearly , ]
at a boil for one hour longer, making
up the water to the quantity originally
nsed. Such a solution rubbed into
the skin not only kills the lice, but ' ' . J
also destroys their eggs. If stave- '
sacre seeds cannot be obtained, sub^
stitute tobacco instead of the seeds.
A simple remedy is equal parts of
coal oil and raw linseed or cottonseed
oil, but this is difficult to remove
from the hair.
The use of a roller in road making
was first suggested by Oessart ia
1786, and first adopted by Polinceau
and Morandiere in 1835. The
first steam roller was constructed by
the French engineer Ealloison,
J
rjl