St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-07-22
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

A South Carolina farmer writes to the
State Department of Agriculture: ''Most
of the rice that was cut in August and the
last of September last season sent up young
shoots almost Immediately. As usual, oxen
and sheep were pastured on it. But in in
stances where the planters had more good
pasturage than they needed, water was
turned on the field for the purpose OF kill
ing the drop rice The long continued warm
weather forced an extraordinary growth,
producing a second crop, making from ten
to fifteen bushels of excellent rice, whic.
made good samples OF pearly grain, slightly
reduced in size. 1t is likely as much as five
thousand bushels was saved, and perhaps
more.''
A family of negroes living in the bend
of the river, short distance from Shubuta,
Miss, placed their infant in care Of some
children, among them girl of some size. Ii
seems they went into the woods to play, and
becoming tired Of the baby, and wishing to
rid themselves of its demands for attention,
broke its neck with sticks and threw the
body into slough near by. When they re-
turned home, later, the child was inquired
for. and several conflicting stories were
told, which led to suspicion. The larger girl
was taken out, and, by means of threats to
shoot or beat to DEATH was forced to a con-
| fession.
The Augusta News says " Georgia has
Il mine of wealth far greater in value than
| her gold fields in her timber growth. II she
only utilities it properly. Seventeen thou
sand million feet Of timber at the present
market value, on shipboard at any Of our
ports, would represent capital Of $780,
900, 600, and certainly, il the lumber interest
! (Which has advanced nearly 100 per cent.
| in value in the last few years, while lumber
has advanced only 80 per cent. during the
same time) is worth an equal amount, this
would make the total value of these two
| great sources of wealth 500, 900, which
sum far exceeds the total valuation put up
on all the property OF every kind in the
| State Still, we venture to say, that in the
list of our taxable property the lumber in
terest is almost the smallest in valuation"
The United States garrison at Fort
Barrancas, near Pensacola, Fla, will not
leave for other quarters during the sum-
| mer, as has been the case usually hereto
| fore.
The grapes grown by the Georgia
| Wine Company at Cuthbert, will this year
make twenty thousand gallons Of wine, the
full capacity of the works.
1t is stated that for every ten hogs
heads extracted from the sugar cane clever
| hogsheads are lost, because no adequate
machinery has been devised for crushing
the cane and extracting the rich juice there.
| from. The assertion comes from the very
| highest authority on matters appertainlne
| to the sugar culture that our planters lose
| 200, 900 hogsheads year by the waste, an
amount representing $lO,0oo,00o per annum
A wonderful spring which exists in
| Coffee County Alabama, is a cure for all
| diseases of the skin, and the fine w hfte sand
sent up by the bubbling waters is said te
cure the worst cases Of dyspepsia.
Kaolin is being used on the South
| Carolina Railway with great success as
covering for boilers. 1t is mixed with plas.
ter of Paris in the proportion of two parts
| OF the former to one Of the latter, jute be.
! ing mixed with it instead of hair, which is
destroyed by the heat. It is said to prevent
loss of heat much more effectually than the
ordinary wood tagging, while the greasy ma
ture of the kaolin preserves The iron from
|
ica action upon it.
1t is reported that there is a great de
mand for merino bucks in Western Texas.
The present is an excellent time to send them
| there, as the owners Of sheep are we'll sup
piled with money.
A moccasin snake eight feet long was
killed at Yazoo City, Miss, the other even
ing.
While William Carter was hunting in
the great San Pedro Swamp, Florida, re.
Gently, he heard a noise in front of him
and started in the direction of it, when he
came upon human skeleton. He was sc
badly frightened that he left in great haste.
Mr.. Carter told the citizens of Mosley Hall.
and about thirty of them went down into
the swamp, found the skeleton and brought
it back with them. A bed of pine tops was
found about thirty feet from where it lay
DIR. Blake, after examining the skull, pro.
nounced it that of negro woman.
George Allen, a lnachinist in the en-
ploy of the South & North Alabama Rail-
road, at Birmi ngham, died from the effects
of chlcroform few days ago. The deceased
had been suffe ring greatly from toothache
for some time. An Intellectual attempt
was made to extract the TOOTH The dentist
was opposed to administration of chloro.
form, and refused to take the responsibility.
Two prominent physicians were called in,
| and the chlorOform was administered by
them. Every precaution was taken, but in
| vain.
Immense herds of cattle are being
concentrated near Tampa, Fla.
The planting of sweet potatoes is in
order throughout South Florida.
There are one thousand Indians yet
In the Everglades of Florida. They speak