University of South Carolina Libraries
Tile Remarkable Trip Of Tile Oregon. She is Now Safe at Key West Taking on Coal aod Am? munition. Kev West, May 26 -The United States battleship Oregon arrived here this morning from J u pi ter and is now at anchor near Sand Key light Captain Chase Clark and other om* cers of the Oregon caine ashore at 10 o'clock and reported all well on board and tba ?hip in good condition The Oregon left San Francisco March 19, arrived at Callao April 4, left there April 1 and passed Sandy Point (Panta Arenas) April 21, arr?v ing ai Rio Janeiro April 30 The battleship reached Babia May 8 and touched at Barbadoes May 18 At tbe latter place the warship was quarantined, bot she was oniy detain ~. ed one day On leaving the Bar bad ne?, the Oregon sailed almost directly north,, going to tbe north of Pono Rico aroot 150 miles. The northerly coarse was con tinned a nt il the Bermudas were sighted, when she beaded for tbe Florida coast Cap ! tnin Clark explains that the reason j for going to a Jupiter inlet instead of I potting in at Key West waa to enable tbe Oregon to be ready to g<; either to Key West or Hampton Roads in snort order after getting official tn formation from Washington Captain Clark bad no official know ledge of the situation after leaving Bio Janeiro on April 30 Daring tbe entire trip? the crew expected momentarily to meet toe Spanish Only once, however, was there a emil to arms ' Thia was shortly after mid night on leaving Rio Janeiro. As tbe Oregon was ploughing through the black equatorial sea a dark object was discovered ahead, apparently giving chase The call to general quartets was sounded, the- men roiled oat of their berths w ith the eatha sia*m of boys on a circos day, and almost instantly every gun was man ned The Oregon left ber course and circled around her black pursuer, only to rind it a harm ens bark instead of a Spanish warship Back to their berths crept the men with mutterings of disappointment and disgust. At Rio Janeiro Captain Clark was told tba' tbe Spanish torpedo , boat Temerario was following him This report gave new interest to the trip for a day and night, but at the next part of cali be was informed that the Temerario had gone into dry dock at "Rio Janeiro jost after tbe departure of the Oregon. The croise through the straits of Magellan waa most interesting. It was at this far southern point of the American hemisphere tbat the crew expected to receive a visit from the Spaniards Ia many places the chan nel was very carrow and crooked, with hidden bays and coves, and back of them mountains towering in the doods on either -side. Moreover they were ia the land of icy winter For more than a mooth they had been sailing under tropical skies, and now the c?ld blasts whistled among the crags above them and the ice at night lay on the decks But the Oregon did not lag Cap tain Clark bad no ide& of givir;g the Spaniard?, if they were there, a chance to catch bim napping If the great battleship were to be caught ii should be a catch on the wing Tbe engines were warmed up to their best woVk and whenever it was safe and possible the Oregon bowled along at 15 knots an hour Tbe machinery worked welt, and on o?casions the speed was increased three knots in a few minutes. A stop of three days was made at Sandy Point where coal was taken on and other supplies secured The Oregon's 25 officers and her crew of 425 seamen were well and happy when the battleship cast anchor off Sandy Key lighthouse at 6.30 tbis morning The Oregon is in first class shape and ready Jar an other cruise as long as the one just ended The excellent condition of the men after their 66 days' voyage is perhaps more remarkable Throughout the entire trip there were no cases of serious illness on board, and the men are as eager for imme? diate activity as if they bad jost come from a vacttion in the moun? tains Tbe Oregon picked up the cruiser Marietta and tbe dynamite cruiser Nictheroy between Rio Janeiro and Bahia, but she parted company with them after a few hundred miles Captain Clark said the crew of tbe Oregon bad suffered much from the beat in passing twice through the tropics "All tbe way along." be added, "we were wondering where the Span iards were, aod we never ascertained the fact until we reached here." "Do you know now ?" Captain Clark was asked "Weft." be replied, "I imagine we can make a very accurate guess " The Oregon will remain here for otders. Tbe United States gunboat Hor net came in from .the blockade this morning She reports everything quiet along the line of the blockade - i-i ? ? ? ' If jon want a new orgao for you: old ooe see Randie. Insurgents Near Havana. A Force of 3,000 Well Arm? ed MOB in the Province. Key West. May 26-A courier direct from Brigadier Generai Rafael de Cardenas, commander of tbe in surgeut forces in Havana province, has arrived here. He reports that there bas been no- difficulty in main taming communication between the coast and interior Genera! Cardenas has been enrolling men at the rate of twenty per day, roost of them com? ing from Havana city The insurgent force? in that pro vince now number 3,000. better mounted and armed than ever before. They move almost op to the outskirts of the city According to the courier, the Span? iards bave massed their troops in the cities and on the coast, abandoning offensive op?rations against the Cu bans The insurgents are pinched for food, but will wait eagerly for the order lo cooperate with th* United States army in a movement against the Spanish troops ADMIRAL CERVERA COR? NERED. A Naval Veteran Belieyes He will be Forced to Battle. Boston. Ma?? , May 26 -Rear Ad uiiral George ? Be)ko ap. retired, is aciiuowledged as a man ot rare expert euee and ability He ?as one of the navy's best tacticians aod knows the West Iodise waters thoron g h ly Last night be said : ;S if I think if the Sptoish ?qo*droo ts really blockaded in Santiago barber., tbit it wilt eventually be destroyed by our ?hips. How long before tbi? bap pent* is, of course ; hard to tell. Io San tiago Cervera wilt be all the ?bile eat tog up hts provision*, and there i? ou me an s by which he can obtain a new supply. I coepoae Cervera knew what be waa doing when be selected Sarnia go barbor.. .'The brook ade of Cervera may last a loue time. If our ehipa destroy the land fomfiesttoDd and make it uncom? fortable for him, he m?y ooma out aod fight, ?r he may send DH torpedo boa' destroyers out io the night. - There would be g rested au ?er in their boats coming along toward? morning, when the crews of our -bip*, worn out bf long watching and constant expiation, ?re weary aod tired ..The des'royers woold theo have their be?t opportunity They move at such a tremendous rate that it take? pretty rapid work to train even the rapid fire gods on them Of course, the searcbiifotft of tbe squadron will be directed upon the eb?o&el ail the time, but eveo they are not infallible ''Off Charleston, in the manoeuvres several years ago, one of the torpedo craft slipped by tbe blockading squad* rjo without be i o g detected .* Oer vera's wisest movement would, of course, be to seod out more than one destroyer-hat be bas at command at the same time. Coming from oif ff rent directions, our ships woold find it more difficult to resist their deadly f?>roe ' As ? baye said, the blockade may lagt a long time Carrera'* provisions ae raooiog ?borter, however, all the time, at>d be may he triced to hatth I do out believe that he will ever sur? render without a bartle Our shiop will have to fight to debtroy or captu'e him " Savannah. Ga , May 26 -The cor? oner's jury which has been investi? gating the death of Private Wm. M. Barbee of Company I. North Carolina volunteers, who was killed in a col? lision on the Florida Central and Pen insular railroad near Savannah last Monday, returned a verdict tonight that the accident which caused Bar? bee's death was due to the culpable negligence of the employes of the railroad and to the bad condition of the rolling stock of the freight train which ran into the military train. Washington. May 2i -The work of mustering the volunteers into the service of the United States, under the President's first call far troops is practically completed. Adjt. Gen Corbin announced late to night that the number of volunteers so far re ported was 118.000, and that enough were prepared for muster to swell the number to between 121,000 and 122.000 it is not expected by the war department officials that quite the full number called for will be mustered into the army, as nearly all of the States are short from twenty five to a hundred men of the number called for by the proclamation Robbed the Grave. A hurtling incident of which Mr. John Oliver of Philadelphia, w*? the subject, is nar? rated by hi QI a? follows : "I wtaa in a most dreadful condition Mv -kin was almost yel? low, eyes funken, tongue coated, pain continu al y in back and side*, no appetite-gradually growing we ker day by day. Three physi? cians hid given me up. Fortunately, a friend adrised trying 'Electric Bitter*,' and to my great joy and surprise, the first bottle made a decided impressment. I continued thair use for three weeks, and nm now a well .mn:1. ] know tliey ^ved u-y life, and robbed thc grnve of another victi'r." N<> one siituld fat! to try tenn. Only 50 cents rer bottle at J. F W* De Lorine's lil ag More 6 FERTILIZER TALK. Kixin~ Chemicals at Home-Compost Fut Ordinary Crops. Bj mixing the chemicals at home a farmer is supposed to save m neb of the cost of handling and selling which the manufacturers claim. This ?oint The Rural New Yorker considers as follows: In theory the work can be done afc odd hours-on rainy days or at times when nothing else is pressing. Tko manufacturers are usually able to make a more perfect misture, since they have powerful and complete machinery for doing it, and can mix a large lot ahead so that it may work over or "blend" in the pile, and then be reground and mixed. Farmers who use large lots of fertilizer are able to make special ar? rangements, and thus prepare a good mixture. A New Jersey farmer thus de? scribes bis method: "I put the different chemicals on the floor, shovel them over twice, and then put them through my miser, which is made of an old thrashing machine. I used an old undershot machine, put a hopper on top and made a short shaker with a four mesh wire sieve in the bot? tom. I mn this machine by horsepower, using one horse. Wjth two men and myself I eau mix and bag ten tons of fertilizer in a day. I am very careful in weighing ?he' different materials and use care to have them evenly distributed over the heap, consequently I have had very good success,' as the actual analysis, has never varied more them one-fourth of 1 percent from the calculated analysis. I have been doing my own mixing for tbe past six years, have had good suc? cess in the field and would not buy mixed goods unless I could get them for about the same price as my fertilizer now costs me." lu answer to a query as to the value cia compost pl leaf mold, cow, horse and pig manure, and the best way to use it, the journal mentioned advises: All organic manures are one sided that is, they contain too much nitrogen in proportion to the potash and phos? phoric acid. Like meat in human food, they need to be "balanced" with other substances. Cottonseed meal and clover hay come the searest to being complete manures, but even these are one sided. It would be impossible to give more than a guess at the value of your com? post. Do not use lime with it You may be sure that the compost is deficient in phosphoric acid und potash. With ev? ery load of the compost we would mix 75 pounds of muriate of potash and 150 pounds of dissolved phosphate rock. Mix them thoroughly, working the com? post over several times, if possible. This will make a mixture suitable for almost any ordinary crop; It is the test way to handle snob compost. Growing {Tomatoes. "If good crops of any kind are to be secured, begin with the plow. If you have only two days in which to prepare your ground and put in a crop of toma? toes, by all means use a day and a half in preparing the s oil. Make it fine; pul? verize it. Keep the harrow going as long as your conscience will let you, and then harrow some more. If the dirt is lumpy, roll it, then harrow and just before setting out the plants go over the laud with a weeder?-one of the most valuable machines yet invented. It leaves the land smooth and fine. Of course in a garden the hand rake an? swers the same purpose as the weeder." With this preface a writer in The Orange Judd Farmer presents some ideas: on growing tomatoes, among them the folljwing: If stable manure is to be used on the tomato field, let it b thoroughly rot? ted. Do not, under any circumstances, use coarse, green manure. I would pre? fer none at all. Whenever stable manure is nsed it should be plowed under in the fall. It is t'?e practice of a great many people to dig a hole and put in a shovelful or two of stable manure, throw on a little dirt and set the plant on top of it. If ra uk grew th of .vine and a lot of green tomatoes are wanted, this method will be sure to givs perfect sat? isfaction. I cannot recommend too highly the use of nitrate of soda in growing toma? toes, especially where early ripening is desired. When used at the rate of 150 to 175 pounds per acre aud in connection with wood ashes, the total yield of early tomatoes will be very largely in? creased. A larger quantity of nitrate will ircreasa the yield of fruit, but at the expense of the net profit on the crop. However, great care must be exercised in the application of nitrate of soda to any plants and especially to the tomato. It should not come in direct contact with either the stalk or roots. Bad Roads Retard Progress. There is simple common sense for the good roads question. Get good men and make the money reach the roads. As things are at present organized-or/is organized-in Maryland not one dollar in four or five appropriated for roads reaches the work on tba roads. This fact is known, u is admitted. It is one of the chief scandals of the state. Now the time bas come for the money to be honestly used. There should be new laws, new regulations, new men .and new methods. The lack of good roads is keeping down the price of every farm in the state, costing every farmer more to get his products to market, keeping back that progress which would come if we had b6tfcer highways.-Baltimore American. flow to Serve Hice "VTIri.Tig Sance. Steam the rice, look over, wash and chop or cut fino enough good figs t i make a cupful. Stew in a pint of wa? ter, to which has been added a table? spoonful of sugar, until they are one mass. If the figs are not of the best quality and do not readily soften, it is well, after stewing for a time, to rub them through a colander to break up i the tough portions and mako a smooth j sauce. Put a spoonful cf the hot fig ? sauce on each dish cf rice and servs j with plenty of cream. Rico served in ! this way requires no sugar for dressing | and is a most wholesome breakfast dish- ! WEEKLY COTTON STATIS TICS. Liv??ipool, May 27 -Sal*?, total 48 OOO bales ; Ameroo 44 OOO ; Made takings 68 OOO ; aetoa! exp? rt? 12,000; import*, total 63 OOO ; American 55. OOO; stock, total 1171 0C0; A ?-en? can 1.802,000 ; tfiont, total 114000; American 105.000; aalet? for fpecula ?jon 1.200; porch?8??8 for txport 1, 300 Salisbury, Md. May 26-Gar? field King a negro aged about 18 was iaken from she jail at ?his place early this morning, hanged to a tree and almost shot to pieces. He was awaiting trial on the charge of having deliberately shot Herman Kenney, a white boy about the same age as the negro Tbe '.Wot!?" runa iigbt. Tbe ' White" sews right. The White i3 king- of sewing machine*. Columbia, model 40 St 41, Columbia, model 45 & 45, Hartford*, No 7 & 8. Hartford?, No 15 & 16, Hanforda, No 19 (meo) Han fords. No 20, (ladies) Satisfaction g naran teed ?heel sold by coe. $60.00 75 00 50 00 40.00 31.50 33 50 on every D. JAS. WINN, Dec 10 SUMTER. S. C. AIR ON TSP-GRAPHITE AND OIL FREE. Come and see a* before baying or trading. We c*u ukase voa We have at present. The Victor, Monarch, Imperial and eevera! other ouzo grade mattes. la tbe Juvenile hoe, wt offrtr THE ELFIN. Imh grows with the child Our Local Guarantee goes on e:ery wheel ?old. We keep your wheel in repair free one year We try to kee?? our repair departmeot up-to-date. We build, sell, tmde aod repair. it ii io cur capacity to do aoytbing about bicycles. For our own use we keep gasoline and benzine. We can accommodate you in this l'oe if yen want the best. Yours, determinad to please, JENKINS BROS., "THE OTES ALL SIDS." Next Door to Expiess Office. Winburn -THE eople's, ocular, # lushing, regressive holographes Dome tne 6oeer up to-date phoiogra bj Conjunctly with the ^^^^ r3!-^*! W??J^^^^^ South Carolina & Georgia Bailrnai Schedule in effect May ID*. 18c8. North t>out?d S C & G Sooth bound 7 10am LT Charleston Ar 8 00 pm 9 0 1 ? rn Lv Brnnc'- nile Ar 5 47 p m 10 10 am Lv K'Dt!8?ille Ar 4 28 pm ? Il 4C 12 05 p a LT Camden Ar 2 35 p m I 05 p m Lv Kershaw Ar I CO p m 1 10 p m LT L*n:a8?er Ar 12 50 p m 2 30 p rn Lv Ceta?na June >r '2 05pm 2 55 p m LT Rrck Hill Ar ll 41 a m 33 po Lr Yotkviile Ar 1105am 4 35 pm LT Blacksburg Ar io 00 a m MO p m LT Earls Ar 9 3} a m 5 20 p m LT Patters:)" Sp'gs Ar 9 25 a no 6 00 p m Lv Shelby Ar 9 10am 6 40 pm LT Lattiroore Ar 8 20 am 6 55 p ra LT Mooreshoro Ar 8 10 a m 7 10 o ra Lv Henrietta Ar 7 ?0 a m 7 35 p m LT Form City Ar 7 25 a m 8 10pm LT Rutberfordtoo Ar 6 65 a m 8 3J p in LT Millwood Ar 6 35 am 8 i>' p m LT Ooldea Valley Ar 6 10am 9 00 p m LT Therchl City Ar 6 05 a m 9 25 pm Lv Glenwood Ar 5 40 am 9 50 pm Ar Marion LT 5 20 am (Gaffney Branch) 7 50 pm Ar Blacksburg LT 500pm 7 35 P m Ar Cherokee F*l!s Lv 5 15 p ra 7 15pm Lv Gaffneys Ar 535am Trains north of Caodsa ruo ?<?ily except Sunday. Trains between Charleston and Kingsville run dilly. For information ai to rates, Clyde Line Sailing e:c., c*l 1 on local, contacting and traveling agen:s of beth road?, or E. F CRAY. Traffic M ngaer. S. B LUM PKIN, G-n P?*a. Agt. L A EMERSON, T ft. BUcks^urg.S. C. S. C. & G. R. R Charleston, S C. i Something That Everybody Wants: A BABCOCK BUGGY, With "Happy Thought" Springs. If you want comfort and ease, and can appreciate a good thing, try one ; it is the best on the market. Refer you to Geo. D. Shore and H. Lee Scarborough, and others who are riding in Babcock buggies. Always a full line of other good makes on hand. Respectfully, H. Karby. Sumter. 8. C., April 23. 1898. '.Unknown" Seed Peas for Sale. H. HARBY. J. Hi. ROBSON & SON, Commission Merchants, And dealers in HAY, CRAIN AND COW FEED. Consignments of Eggs, Poultry and farm Produce Solicited. Weights and Goods Guaranteed. J. If. Robson & Son, Charleston, S. C; Feb 16-x THE COLUMBIAN CYCLOPEDIA, 35 Volumes 7,500 Illustrations 28,600 Pases, Complete and Up to Date. Tbe largest American Cyclopedia. Includes aa Unabridged Dictionary. Pronour ces all Titles Information Right Down to Date. Volumes of Handy S;ze. You can keep Up to the Times by adding Furnishes the Largest and Latest Maps. ao Aonoal e?ch year. No other Cyclopedia even pretends to claim these features, but don't you think ?bey aie pretty important? Send U3 jour name and let us show you in detail the Tarions points of superiority possessed by THE COLUMBIAN. It corers* the whole range of knowledge; is prt-ptired by ibe most able aoi experienced editors and cyclopedia writers, and is commeeded oj the besi judges throughout the country. ?The Best Family Library. Because it is clear and simple in language, free from technicalities, non? partisan and non sectarian, and above all neither "British" nor sectional bot Thoroughly American. A work of reference whicb is foreign or narrowly sectional bas no place in an Americas home Soin on easy terms of payment. G-arretson, Cox & Co.s Publishers, BUFFALO. N. Y. For full describive circulars and 1 fp^Q PnlllTnhiO? Bflfllr Hfl \ 81 ?Whltehaii St., terms seed to our Southern sgents j lHu U?I?lUUl?? JjUllA. UU.,/ Atlanta, Ga. IB Everything in DRUG'S, Soda Water, AND Cigars -AT HUGHSON-LIGON CO. Sixceesors to J. S. Hugbson ? Co. MONAGHAN BLOCK SUMTER, S. C. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEAD QUARTERS WHEN YOU COME TO TOWN. DENTIST. office ov?a STOKE: or SUMTER DRY GOODS CO?^ANY Ko ti atice oo Main Street, Between Drv Goods Co. and Durant k Soo OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.30 ; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 2d. STAJSION HOUSE. D, Jrf JONES. Poprietor. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TEEMS TO FA1CXI3S r?o aCiButes "Walis From Ctmtral Depot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29. LANDS WANTED. PERSONS WITH LANDS FOR SALE are requested to put them in my bands or sale. I nm in constant receipt of so many otters of enquiry about lauds from Northern ind Western parties, tbat I may be ablejto ?ffect sales for those who will give me acco* -ats detailed descriptions of what they have, s'c charge will be made unless satisfactory tales 'are made. Descriptions must be suca ts can be guaranteed arjd must gire: No. of acres, location, character of land, )roximity to railroads, post offices, schools, ?burches and tot.ns, kind of improvements. Communications strictly confident, when io desired. JAMES G. GIBBES, State Land Agent, Nor. 10* Colombia, S.C