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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-11
EXPERT TESTIMONY.

In Kansas the area in sorghum in 1888 was
102, 900 acres, and 40, 600 acres we're worked
up for syrup or sugar. The average yield of
cane upon the $4,000 acres was 81 tons per
acre.
Last year the three largest sorghum sugar
plantations in the country, at Rio Grande, N.
j., Hutchinson and Sterling, Kan, had an
aggregate Of $500 acres Of sorghum their
average yield of cane per acre was 81 tons.
They produced in all 795, 900 pounds of sugar
and 2l2, 100 gallons of syrup and molasses.
The average product for each ton of cane
worked for sugar and molasses was As.
pounds of sugar and g. % gallons Of molasses
Three factories reported the cost of manu-
facture of ton of cane, viz at Sterling,
Kan, Lafayette, Ind, and Cedar Falls, Ia.
and the average cost was 81. O4 per ton.
1t would appear, therefore, that the neces-
sary cost of working a ton was not over q
dollar and that this represents the cost at
present of 45.3 pounds of sugar and s. % gal
Ions of moasses.
Clinton Bozarth Of Cedar Falls, Ia, gives
in detail the cost Of growing and mAnufac-
turing 50 acres Of sorghum, inelu ding in his
estimate 81. 80 per acre for rent OF the land.
His total expense was $l2s9, and he sold his
products for $5020
The president Of the Rio Grande company
writes me that they lost fully one-half their
sugar in working their cane, and the superin-
tendent Of the Hutchinson works writes me
that they lost about fve-eighths of the sugar
present in their cane. This, then, remains q
margin for future improvements
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mr.. Collier OF sorrhur. sugar.

From letter TO the Greenfield Gazette 4 courierl
Instead of searching after the unattainable,
In attempting to discover some non. existing
foreign market for our surplus products and
manufactures, IL would be we'll that praoti-
cal method be adopted for the actual relief Of
our oongested industries, by establishing new
channels for the employment Of labor in this
country.
During the past Ave years, 1880 to 1885,
both inclusive, according 10 the report OF the
bureau OF statistics Of the Treasury, there
have been imported into the United States the
following principal agricultural products, val
ued as follows:
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HGNTx AND RECORD AND FARMER. FRIDAY.


The beating Of the arteries of horse is
usually felt under the jaw in the COW, while
lying down, very distinctly at the back Of the
fore-fetock and in the dog in the inner sur
face Of the thigh. The pulsations felt by the
finger are chiefly due to the fact that the ar
terry expands during the contraction Of the
heart, and collapses during the relaxation Of
that organ. In health there is nearly uni
form relation between the frequency Of the
pulse and the breathing, the proportion being
about one respiratory movement to four or
i've pulsations. The pulse OF the COW during
confinement cannot be depended upon in
judging Of diseases. The state of pr, gnanoy,
fairness, effects Of artificial food, and the &C.
tivity Of the milk glands, as well as the ex-
element caused by the act Of chewing the
cud, produce such an impression upon the
nervous system as to increase the action Of
the heart, such increase being entirely CON
sistent with a state of perfect health in an
animal so circumsianced In disease, the
natural relation between the pulse and respi-
ration generally ceases to exist one may be
rapid and the other not, or the respiration
may be quickened and the pulse slaoken. The
average natural pulse Tor the various animals
is about as follows in the horse, 40 to As
beats per minute-depending somev hat upon
the size, age aud color, as large or an old
horse has a slower pulse than younger small
one, and, to slight extent, a white slower
than black in the COW it is 40 to 80 per
minute, with the exceptions mentioned in
the dog, so to 100, depending greatly upon
e.t d 49, ma having the most fire.
qusut ta. #. .l. shet1 o.. ' .in
b. i r minute. OF course Oh.
q1el. e suifrits OF The po... a.r.t..
entirely neon lhc action o.. the eert e4...a
az, 81 g. spsa. The plmr rt.-n ac1d lbl
b.oo' through tbs pipes uie su.ie that
are distributed in various din elton. over ,a.
.Ly.s body ia eso,- 60 recon iu. re pro
geisr' "a. sac ,zeminalr. 'lr r.-e sHa
vO-Os -5.l .c Judge o' M
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-12-11

Total. s2e6, 7Se, 400
OF the above, coffee alone excepted, there
is no doubt that these supplies may be pro-
duoed in our own country and by our own
people. The question as 10 their economical
production by our people alone remains for
consideration.
The Chinese minister has frequently assur-
ed the writer that, in his opinion, there was
no doubt that we could grow our own tea in
this country.
As 10 the question Of sugar. there can no
longer exist q reasonable doubt that its econ.
omical production over vast area of our ter
ritory depends solely upon the intelligent APP
Plication of the principles and practices that
have been developed In connection will The
recent Investigations Of sorghum.
VARIETIES OF SORGHUM.
1t has been fully established that ~ thiS
plant (of which over 200 varieties are Known
to be under cultivation) we have q r'sul
which as cereal is fully the equal Of Va
corn, both In the quantity Of it's viz
per acre, and in the quality n De-
shown both by chemical CON 81s....
tended feeding experiment all
addition is, aft -ls harvesting %. .at
in its stalb7 ally equal s8 guga. H...1. ..
plant = 1a boss Louis.Eus sugar c9.
LH .aIE esp the Importance Uo a..sE
-.a..Hi is vol io consider lel. st pros.
f' u.- cor. crop occupies t.4hv % lsr cont
. cultivated lrui D. the lu.. ciste-
Including even tue gH,i o. dis, lAt .hat ,b,
vaIle o. tho corr crop "a equtl a peS sont
Of thRHtsss gate vsiue ~ uul 1e-esl .4ops, to-
I geih 'ti ,Ds Frass potsto 80 cotton crop.
40 De- sisa le 0bs0r mat fully 95 per
con OF 3us corn 't3. which this year IL ss-
. Toe as about !, 900, O0O, 900 bushels,
n7"5 sedng, and largely in the produc-
a.a b. pork.
1t is also to be remembered that the corn
crop is grown, especially in the West, solely
for its seed, no use whstever being made OF
| the stalks.
Last year the three largest growers of sor-
ghum in the United States averaged a yield
of % bushels of seed per acre, but ct Amherst
DR.. Goessman is reported 10 have secured 3e
bushels of seed per acre. The seed has a
chemical composition practically identical
with corn, but containing little more starch.
The president of the Rio Grande, N. j., sor.
ghum sugar company, in a letter TO the writ
er, says: 1--WE are nov feeding 500 hogl
upon it, and consider sorghum seed as more
valuable than corn for feeding" Hon. d
Wyatt Aiken of South Carolina says: "Sinct
1865 1 have never failed to try to grow sor.
ghum enough to yield me seed enough to fat
ten my own pork and winter my cows Rnt
sheep. In my section sorghum grown sim
ply for the seed would pay better than corn.
Prof. SwensOn, superintendent of the Hutch
inson, Kan, sorghum sugar works. writes me
that "a crop of ten tons of cane can safely b,
relied upon on fair land and the seed viii
pay for the crop" Similar testimony is q
hand from many others.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12

Harp, on a charge of assault and battery.
1t seems that the negro woman, Emma
McNulty, was at the house of Loula
Smith, when another white woman
named Eliza Booth came in, when dis
pute arose between her and the negro,
finally ending in the negro striking her.
She left the house, the negro afterward
following her and striking her again.
She again got away from the negro and
had proceeded on her way home about
half mile when she was again over
taken by the negro and Loula Smith,
when the negro caught and held her
while the white woman cut a switch and
brought to Emma, which she used
with such effect on Eliza Booth as to
bruise and lacerate the flesh in a terrible
manner. On these facts being made
known in court 'Sqaire Harp imposed
the above fine.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12
A Silly But INSIGNIFICANT PetuIance

A Silly But INSIGNIFICANT PetuIance.
Graphic, undJ
Beneficiareis and devotees of the Ea-
tonian Civil Service system etray a sill
ly but significant petulance and irritation
over the filing of complaint to test the
constitutienality of the commission and
acts. The question is grave one, and
there is no occasion for either Mysteries
or invective in discussing it. Some of
the Lo4matic champions of the Eatoni-
an rules and methods assume the as
founding position that the commission
should stand whether it is constitutional
or not. To plainly state that proposition
is to confute it. If the commission is Or
ganized so as to conflict with the organic
law the commission is doomed and should
be promptly buried out of sight.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12

This remedy is one about which we cannot
publish certiti -ateS. but il is a most wonderful
Eminent TO be used after the first two or
three months.
Send for treatise on the Health and Happi-
ness of Woman, free, which gives all particu-
lars. Sold by all druggists.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co,
Box 2S. Atlanta Ga
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12
M 0 T III e r s.
FRIEND
Makes CHILDBIRTH Easy

The time has come at last
when the terrible agony incl
dent to this critical period in
Il wOman's life can be avoid
ed. A distinguished physi-
clan, who passed the great
est portion of his life forty
four years. in this branch of
practice, left to child-bear-
ing woman this priceless leg
acy and life saving appii-
ance.
THE MOTHERS FRIEND"
and to- day there are thOus-
ands of the best women in
oar land who, having used
this wonderful remedy be-
fore confinement, rise up and
call his name blessed.
We receive l"ttcr- : nm
ever >.' '.'' .. ..- G.. IIt.l
thIT' 3UT 81. la lis
pre- --' Ell, IA IA tine reach of
>ufct.II woman. One lady
from North Carolina writes
that She would like 10 thank
the prOprietOrS on her knees
for bringing it TO her notice,
as in a previous confine-
ment she had two doctors,
and they We're compelled to
use chlOrOfOrm, instruments
etc. and she suffered almost
death; but this time she used
"MOTHERS' FRIEND" and
her lObOr was like magic.
Now. why should a woman
suffer when she can avoid il?
We can prove all we claim
by living witnesses, and any
one interested can call. or
have their husbands do so,
at our office. and see the
original letters, which
we cannot publish.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12
Kidney Complaint.

For over six years have been terrible
sufferer froma troublesome complaint for the
relief of which / have spent over $50 with
out benefit, the most noted sO-called remidies
proving failures. The use of one single bot
tie of Il. b. b., has been marvellous, giving
more relief than all other treatment com
bined. 1t is a quick cure, while others, If
they cure at all, are in the distant future.
c. III. ROBERTS,
Atlanta Water Works.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12
AGENTS FOR THE NEWsI

The following gentlemen are the authorized
agents of TRE PALATKA DAILY AND WEEKLY
News. in their several localities:
w Dewitt, San Mateo.
" Valentine, Nashua.
C Packard, welaka.
X NJ Bard. NOrwalk.
J Il Marshall. Fruitland, Fla.
J McCaIlum, Orange Mills, Fla.
A r Bartlette, Georgetown,
Daniel Darling, Drayton Island
u f Higly, Lake George.
j l. burton. Crescent City.
j C Strickland, Interlachcn.
n Munroc, McMeekin.
VIM Z. bradGOck, Seville.
j s Cewdon, st Augustine.
a Vogelbach, Melrosc,
Charles Moore, Lake worth, Fla.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12

CORRESPONDENCE

Solicited on all interesting topics through
out the state. We will be especially grateful
for all local items of interest to the public.
News sent by wire should be Abbreviated when
practicable, and sent after O'Clock p. m, adj
dressed to PALATKA DAILY NEWS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12

John S. Mosby. Jr., son of the ex-min
lister to China. is attending the law
school of the University of Virginia,
with the intention of practicing law with
his father. who will settle in California.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12
Notice of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that the firm of A.
A Presbrey Co.. Drayton Island, Fla, Is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, A A. Pres
brey continuing the business All those in
debted to the firm are requested to make i'm
mediate settlement with A. A. Prtsbrey, who
is also responsible for ali debts.
September 10th, 1885.
A. A. PRESBREY Co.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-12
PALATKA, FLA, SEPT. IL, 1885.

The Daily News
Can be purchased at f G COCHRANES. NEWS
STAND, at the postOtficc building.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-25
NOTICE.

NJOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
IN holders of White Pine County Bonds is
sued under the Act of the Legislature OF the
State of Nevada, approved March 7. 1873. that
the Board Of County Commissioners Of said
county Is now prepared to exchange such
bonds for the six per cent interest bonds OF
said county, issued under the Act Of the Lag,
tslsture OF the State of Nevada. approved
March 8. 1885, as authorized by said ACT.
w. @. GALLAGHER, Chairman.
Hamilton, New, Dec 10, 1885. dll-SOd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-25
Assessment Notice.
Davis silver Mining Company.


r oCATIoN OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF
IL business. Eureka, Eureka county, Ne
vsda.
Location of works, Mt. Hope Mining Dis.
trict Eureka county. State Of Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at meeting OF
the Board OF Trustees, held on the 7th day Of
December. 1885. an assessment (No. II OF One
Gent ID per share was levied upon the capital
stock OF the corporation. payable on or before
the 9th day Of January. 1886. in United States
gold coin, to the Secretary. ct the once OF
Messrs. Wren Cheney. Eureka, Nevada. :.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on
Saturday, january o. 1855,
will be delinquent and advertised for sale at
public auction; and unless payment is made
before, will be sold on FRIDAY, the twelfth
Cl2th) day Of FEBRUARY. 1886. to pay the de.
linquent assessment. together with costs OF
advertising and expenses of sale.
Byorder of the Board OF Trustees.
p. v. ROUx. Secretary.
Eureka, Dec. Q. 1885. dlO-td
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-25
6OOIETTEE.
G.. A.. B.

EUREKA LODGE. NO. 10, r. & A. M.
rINHE STATED COMMUNICATIONS OF
Il Eureka Lodge. No. 16, +. Il A. M, will be
held In Odd Fellows Hall Saturday, on or be.
fore the full moon.
Members of sister Lodges. and jdourning
brethren, In good standing, are cor, tally In.
vited to attend. JOHN K. JONES W. NJ.
II. II. CoNKLIN. Secretary.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
WEST VIRGINIAFREEM
Persons Who DenOunce PrOhibi-
tiOnists.

The man who lost money on the
election.
The saloon element.
The trucking politician.
The inconsistent preacher.
Those who rent property for sa-
Loon purposes.
Church people and others who
rent property for gambling dens
and other vile purposes.
The ward hummer politician.
The man who says, Il am as
good prohibitionist as you are,
but
Editors who care more for a cor
rupt party than they do for a
righteous principle.
Men who pray, "Lord, help Pro-
hibition, if it don't hurt my old
party"
AL the Republican ring organs.
All the Democratic ring organs
Every enemy Of honest govern
ment.
Every enemy of the home and
freside.
Every brothel keeper.
All the whisky and beer ele-
ment.
The gamblers and thugs of socie-
ty.
The Sabbath decorators.
The law defers.
The man whose low prejudices
are stronger than his sense of duty.
The coward who fears the party
lash more than he loves his boy,
who is often seen staggering along
the street.
The young lady who may in the
near future have drunken hus-
band.
The father who may yet have a
drunken son.
The man who is almost continu-
ally saying, you can't do it."
Those who say Prohibition don't
prohibit, and Christianity don't
ohristianize, education don't edu-
cate, industry don't work and right
is wrong, and wrong is right
Belle Center Star.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
The Drink Curse that Christian
People License.

A most striking exhibition of ju-
genile alcoholic degradation occur
red in Lowell, Mass, on the 10Th
ult. Five little girls, all under -
years of age, were arrested for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
in the street. 1t appears that one
of the number, with two dollars
which had been paid her tor work
hunted up her four companions,
purchased pint OF whisky and the
five drank it; they then obtained
a pail and bought two quarts of
beer, which they also drank. By
that time they had become so bois-
ferrous and scandalous in their con
duct that citizens caused their ar
rest. When arrested, with chair
matted and dishevelled, their faces
red from alcohol, and their speech
Loud and vulgar" we are told that
"they presented a sorry spectacle"
and that after being locked up they
"made night hideous by their pro-
family and ribald songs" What
can be said adequately Of a traffic
which produces such results in a
group of young girls, all under IS
years Of age, in the so-calied Chris
tian Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets? -Natiomal Temp. Advocate.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
High License Failure.

Let the Mayor Of Lincoln, Neb,,
testify as to the results of High Lii
Cense:
High license as a means of les
sening the horrors of the drink
curse is failure. There is no less
drinking under it than there was
before. There are no fewer poor,
miserable drunkards' wives OF
worse than fatherless children. Be-
fore it Lincoln had twenty three
licensed saloons. The first year af-
ter it it had five licensed saloons.
The next year after it had twenty
four. After it no drinking man
had to go thirsty, and there were
20 fewer criminals and paupers to
care for"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
Not for Sale.

A New York exchange says: "a
man who has lost one leg and both
eyes through drink went to the
polls in this city Tuesday with a
placard on his breast bearing the
words, Not for Sale and deposited
full set of prohibition tickets"
The above indicates a pretty
rough method of removing them
from the auction block, but it is
better to enter into the Prohibition
party manned and blind, than
having two eyes and two limbs to
remain in either of the old parties
where the worm of the still dieth
not and where the consuming fire
of liquor is not quenched.- PhaLanr.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice
having had placed in his hands by an East
India Missionary the formula of a simple
vegetable remedy for the speedy and perma-
nent cure OF Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca
fections, also positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants, after having tested its wonderful
curative powers in thousands of cases, has
felt it his duly to make it known to his suf-
tering fellows. Actuated by this motive and
desire to relieve human suffering, | will
send free OF charge to all who desire it, thi
eclpe. in German, French or English, wits
tull directions tor preparing and usinh
Sent by mail by addressing with stampg
nam ing this paper W. A. MOVES, l49 PO,0er'S
Block, Rochester ". Y
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
Russian Prohibition.

The Emperor of Russia is almost
& mem Der of the Prohibition Party.
He has decreed that no liquor shall
be retailed in all his empire after
January 1, except at hotels and
eating-houses. His subjects will
not contest this decree. They
would be subject to the knout if
they did. 1t is supposed this will
close $4,000 dram-shops.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-12-30
OUR DAYTON LETTER.
Mr.. Noble and the W. c. T. U. an
Dayton-A Saloon Tragedy, etc.

DSC. lcIu, w Illion ANo
formed drinker from England COM
menced his work in Dayton, the
meeting being held in the
Summit Street U. B. Church. He
spoke on the Christian Conscience
and the matter of Social Drinking.
Directly he says nothing about
prohibition, but there was some
thing in this: Suppose all the
places where drink can be had,
were closed up, would not every
body be happier and would not the
Church of Christ have grand sue,
cess?
There was a severe irony in the
words of Mrs. Billheimer when she
said at the close of the address,
BRO. Noble is here to save not only
the victims Of strong drink but to
save Christians" / am sure he will
have success with the former but
l don't know about the latter.
There are many protesting Chris
tians who need to be saved from
wrong views, as we'll as wrong hab-
its, on this subject. Nothing is
more disgusting than to hear these
people prating about personal lib
erty and "Prohibition don't prohib-
it in Kansas and Maine" while
the Nation is being bankrupted
and thousands every month are
being sent to perdition,
The W. G. L. U. of Ohio is in
session here this week. VIM. Noble
spoke on Thursday night in the
Maine Street Baptist Church. His
work is among drunkards. He is
at one end of a great movement;
the other end is the voters end and
they would better be doing some
thing definite, Rev. W. S, Sage
and wife of our Sherbro Mission,
West Africa, have returned after
an absence of two years. Mr.. Sage
is suffering from malarial blood
poisoning and is in precarious
condition, yet he will 60 back just
as soon as able. They were before
the Executive Committee all day
Dec. 18th.
A TRAGEDY.
Ward Surplice was killed in a
saloon about one square from the
Mission Rooms.
He was the son of a U. B. Minis
ter in Preble County, Ohio, and
came to this city when Is years
old and became local editor Of a
city paper. He was bright and
with fine social qualities and not
versed in the ways Of the world.
There were hundreds Of saloons to
tempt him and he fell. On the
day he was hurt he entered the
saloon somewhat under the infu-
ence of liquor, and after drinking
with the proprietor had a quarrel
and was hit fearful blow by the
keeper with a beer glass. In fall
ing his head struck an iron railing
and fractured his skull. After
lingering few days he died.
The Saloon keeper who killed
him was not even arrested and the
Coroner's vedict was justifable
man-slaughter,
If church deacon had done a
similar deed ne would have been
promptly arrested and very likely
been severity punished. No man
can be elected to an Office in this
city to whom the saloon keepers
are opposed. Their friends are in
office and will be for years to come.
Il. w.