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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-09
REPUBLIC BUILDING.
Wheat is still In good condition.

THURSDAY EVENING. eesRuAar .. 1855.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-09
sPlIIeHELD PuBlIsHIue c0nPIII.
Publisher and Proprietors.

CLIFTON NJ. NICHOLS. kprroR.
THOMAS q. BROWN. MANAGING EDITOR.
CHARLES E. CLARK. BUSINESS nANAcER.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
To Irrigate a Desert.

The government proposes to reclaim a
portion of the unprOductive lands west
of the one hundredth meridian, by sys-
tenn of dams and artificial lakes, fromwhich
large portions of this are can be irri-
gated. Not only will lands be reclaimed,
but the storage Of this water will prob
ably do something to prevent the floods,
which pour down the af1iuents Of the
great rivers that thread our Western
plains. Congress has been appealed to,
and something may be done before long.
The area included is of one million three
hundred thousand square miles, and 1t
is proposed by Major Powell to procure
from Congress two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars with which to begin
the preliminary work of selecting the
sites for dams, reservoirs and canals, as
certaining the amount of water suscept-
ible Of storage and the loss by evapOra-
ton, and estimating the value of lands
to be reclaimed and of the crops which
they would produce. OF the whole area
of one million three hundred thousand
square miles, it is thought that at least
one-eight could be made absolutely pro-
ductive and immensely valuable. The
rain fall in this large region varies from
five inches in the driest plains to thirty
inches Oh the mountains, and even to
seventy-five or one hundred; and it is
thought that the average rain fall of the
region to be reclaimed is from fifteen to
twenty inches year. The canyons which
it is proposed to dam are deep and mar
row clefts in the rock, and can be easily
used as artificial reservoirs. There is a
good deal of hopefulness about this
scheme, but it will take several years to
bring it into actual realization and cost
much money AgricuJturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
Farm and Garden Notes.

Do not cut the lawn too frequently
when the weather is dry.
The general aspect Of the dairy animal
is thinner, sharper and more angular
than the feeding animal.
A hundred rods Of fence above actual
need become a tax on labor and material
that may better be cut off by removing
the fence.
It makes no difference what the feed of
the cow is if she is not supplied with
plenty of water. Without water she can
never do her best
Take little pains and don't let the
pigs stop growing. Whenever the pigs
come to IL standstill all the food then
given them is so much lost.
The first, last and always necessary
item in poultry raising is good care, and
no one should undertake the business
who has not time to give this.
Secretary Gilbert, of the Maine State
Board of 4 griculture, in a recent far
mer's institute, said that cottonseed meal
is a much safer food for animals than
corn meal.
A hundred acres of land half titled may
give no profit. while fifty of the same
acres, we'll titled, may yield more salts
factory crops 10 DrInS substantial gains
every year.
4 good coat of paint will preserve the
buildings, add to the beauty and at
tractiveness OF the premises, and trans
form old run down farmhouses into neat
and tasty homes.
1t is a queer idea that some farmers
have that grass will grow after soil is ex-
hausted by grain cropping and that grass
Will restore fertility after 1t is so far gone
that seeding must fail.
The cheapest and best mode of keep
ing lice out of the poultry house is to
add quart of kerosene oil to each bucket
of strong soapsuds on washing days and
thoroughly saturate the floor, walls,
roosts, and every portion of the poultry
house forcing the liquid into the cracks
and crevices 1t will kill the ver1nin as
soon as it shall touch them, being one q
the best insecticides known.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
FARM AND GARDEN.
Sheep and Cows at Pasture

A floating paragraph in the agricul-
tural columns of certain papers say that
sheep and cows may be proftably pas
tured together. The sheep bite closer,
while the COWS require a large growth to
get a comfortable mouthful. The old
farmer smiles at the idea Instead of
the sheep leaving the longer heritage for
the cows, their trampling soils it SO that
cattle have to be starved into eating it.
Only a very few sheep are needed when
pastured with COWS to soon make the
pasture nearly as bare as the centre Of
the highway. Sheep will, when pas
tured closely on clover or timothy, de-
stroy these plants by eating down to the
roots, and if necessary, part Of the roots
themselves. Neither sheep nor horses
should be pasturcd with cows unless the
latter have pretty full rations Of soiled
crops and grain, and are only turned
into the pasture for exercise. -American
CuZti1ut0r.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
Care of Work Horses.

A Canadian farmer says it is fOOlishly
cruel to make horse work in dust and
hot sun for hours without water. In
summer give water at least five times a
day. If the horse is warm make him
drink slowly. Give him all the water
he wants before meals, none after; he
viii want none if his food is mOistened.
Money is made by giving water OF al
agreeable temperature, winter or sum-
mer. If the horse has been hard at
work give no water until he has rested
fifteen minutes, nor food for thirty min
utes. Drive slowly the first hour after
a meal Allow the horse to roll on dry
earth or sawdust once day at least.
The evening is the best time. Then at
once groom him thoroughly and outside
the stable Thorough grooming cleanses
the hide as well as the hair. A dry
shampoo is best for a horse. Better use
elbow grease than water. Bed literally.
The best horses are in dry, elevated
regions. Pureness and dryness of air in
the stables are secured by an elevated
site with the drains under the walls Of
the bank barns); keeping manure
cleaned up and by having the barn con-
nected with cupolas by ventilating
shafts. Fairly good ventilation is Sc
cured by holes under the eyes. Have
windows on east, south, and west. Light
and dryness destroy fungus growths. Do
not throw the bedding against the
manager. Clay or cement floors are the
best. Battle the shoulders with salt wa
ter every evening six weeks before
spring work opens and continuing
through the summer. Fit the harness to
the horse. Better drive twenty miles to
a good farrier than have a neNt-dOor
botch put on the shoes. Blanket in win
ter liz the open air; net in fiy-time;
fasten green leaves to the top of the
bride when the sun is hot. Temper
firmness with kindness.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
Salt a Farm Necessity.

Common salt is a necessity for all our
domestic animals. 1t prevents as well
as remedies many disorders Of the diges-
tive organs; and In young stock it pre-
vents the accumulation of worms in the
intestinal canal. When not used to free
access to common salt at all times from
colthood, horses are apt to partake too
freely of the same, and the thirst thereby
created causes them to drink so freely of
water as to produce diarrh1a. Salt the
animal must have, and we have always
advocated it's continual presence where
they could have access 10 it at all times,
instead of mixing it among their food,
or giving it at certain or uncertain in
tervals, and perhaps in insufficient guam
tity. If common salt in grain or pow
dered condition is partaken of too
greedily, lump SALT or so-called rock
salt, should be procured. a lump OF
rOcksalt should be in every manager and
box upon the farm. This the master
must continually see to; it is a screw
that is continually flying from the hired
mans inclination or memory Some
don't like it; some won't recollect.
They will object If you scatter salt upon
damp hay, should you be so unlucky as
to have been caught by the rain; al
though they see their horses positively
enjoy the apparently mouldy hay which
had been so doctored; and you would
utterly fail if you were to attempt to
persuade them that. for lick of salt the
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
" Y " go
DR.. SCHENCKS
MANDRAKE

CLEANSE the mucous mem
branes Of the stomach and bowels Of all slime
and foreign matter, start the seCretions assist
digestion and assimilation, nutrIiy the blood.
They relieve the liver of congestion. give il
chance TO extract bile poisons from the
blood, TO make them into good bile, and TO
secrete Just what is needed. They do not
tear their way and irritate like most purga-
tives, but they treat all the surfaces and or
gans, SO that the entire system responds.
They are based on scientific principles.
They are entirely rational and natural.
They always do what is claimed for them.
They work on the system in the way claimed
They work together for the greatest good.
They are not like new and untried medicines.
They need no praise, but only simple men
ton of merit.
"Dr. Schencks purely vegetable and
wholly reliable family medicines are for sale
by all Druggists. Every package has neatly
printed directions for use. If you would
understand yourself send for DR.. Schenck's
new Book on Diseases of the Lungs. Liver
and Stomach. Sent free. Address DIR. J.
H. Schenck & Son. Phizd~lPh'~' IA
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[COPYRIGHT. lSs7.1

indescribable feeling of dread, or of i'm
pending calamity?
If you have all, or any considerable
number Of these symptoms, you are
suffering from that most common of
American maladies-.Bilious Dyspepsia, or
Torpid Liver, ASSOCIATED with Dyspepsia,
or Indigestion. The more complicated
your disease has become, the greater the
number and diversity of symptoms. No
matter what stage it has reached, DIR.
PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY
will subdue it, if taken according to di-
rections for a reasonable length of time.
II not cured, complications multiply and
Heart Disease, rheumatism. Kidney Dis
ease, or other grave maladies are quite
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

cattle viii gallop by water on the burns
ing wastes of Africa. A teaspoonful
Of bicarbonate of soda, or a teaspoonful
of flowers of sulphur, may be mixed
among the food of each horse morniD q
and evening during a week, and if nee
essary be repeated after a weeks inter
val. Prevent access of poultry to the
stable, if they are lousy, and let no
poultry -roOst adjoin the stable.-Prairie
Furn1er.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
ARE YOU SICK =?

Do you feel dull. languid, low-spirited,
hfeless, and indescribably miserable, both
physically and mentally: experience a
sense of fullness or blOating after eating,
in the morning, tongue coated, bitter or
bad taste in mouth, irregular appetite, dir
illness, frequent headaches, blurred eye
sight, - floating specks' before the eyes,
nervous prOstratiOn or exhaustion, irrita-
bility of temper, hot Pushes, alternating
NTH chilly ATTIC Ssh sharp od P dn tran
siness after meals, wakefulness, or dis
turbed and unrefreshing sleep, constant,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

liable to set in, and, sooner or later, in
duce a fatal termination.
DR.. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DIsCOv>
through that great bIood-purifying organ.
cleanses the system of all blood-taints and
impurities, from whatever cause arising.
1t is equally ehicaciOus in acting upon the
cleansing, strengthening, and healing their
diseases; AS an appetzing, restorative
ton, thereby building up both flesh and
strength. In malarial districts, this won
derful medicine has gained great celeb
and Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred
diseases.
I. v. WEBER, of Yorkshire, Cattaraugts
y, writes: For five years previous TO
Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets
q. great sufferer; had severe pain in my
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

my fancy and seeing that essentially blood purifier
mediaey recommended
sufferer from She commenced taking
bottle,
that would take time for medicine
better and encouraged
bottles before these had all
entirely cured Her hands perfectly well
the rheumatism
enjoyed excellent
of either
eighty
extreme
written
might
obtain relief Medical
Golden and
the multitude sOcaled medicines
Haunted before the public
metals Respectfully
F..
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

humors, from a common Blotch, or Erup-
ton, to the worst Scrofula. SaIt-rheum,
" Fever-sOres, Scaly or Rough Skin, in
conquered by this powerful, purifying, and
invigOrating medicine. Great Eating u
GERS rapidly heal under its benign influ-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

Breath, Bronchitis, Chronic Nasal Catarrh,
Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred afTec-
tons, It is a sovereign remedy. While it
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is
the fountain of health, by using DIR.
PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
and good digestion, fair skin, buoyant
be established.
GOLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY cures all
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obt Q OF IRE = -
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F11"@
Cal WORLDS DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIA-
UAk l-IIHkVIH 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y:
Il Condemnation L felt
Il AMI L facts in rela
RHEUMATISM e Of SmRe Ge OF the n Of fg Tonr
- Golden Medical Discovery An elderly lady
saltrheum
upwards forty The disease most distressing in her
fingers
between fingers She obliged
months hands
and her
the other
In faithfully
without obtaining relief She
continued this for years but
Finally CHANGED
of
medicines The
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
| SALT-RHEUM
and
RHEUMATISM.


GOLDEN MEDICAL Discovery cures Con-
sumption (Which is Scrofula of the Lungs,
by its wonderful blood-purifying, invigora-
ting and nutritive properties. For Weak
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ence. Virulent bIood-poisons are, by its
use, robbed of their terrors. Especially
has it manifested its potency in curing
letter, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbun-
Giles, Sore Eyes, Scrofu1ous Sores and Swell
lngs, Hip-tOint Disease, white Swelings,"
Goitre, or Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands.
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A WORD OF WARNING.

TEXAS 9 "ps GEss osss ssF .ss
Address, COOLEY 81 PORTER. Dallas. Tex.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10

DAVID G. LOWE, Esq, of st. 14g0the, Manitoba,
BILIOUS sa nsTR a 4s sa4 ter rs It
hrTlnV 4 the of your
Al IAGk. Pellets,
-A very highest benefit therefrom."
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promptly cures the severest Coughs IL
Strengthens the system and purifes the
blood.
, 1888-05-09

cember. Although in the first run. prac.
tlcally all the sugar was extracted from
the slices, the dilution was
something like 40 Go. This would never
pay US here with Goals at $500. The rea.
son that carbonitatiOn was knocked on the
mead after the third RUN was because it
succeeded too we'll; the glucose was entire.
y Killed at the start, which does not suit
the Americans, as their mOlaSses is q
valuable product. Altogether 1895 Anne
rlcan tons (=8O3 English) of cane were
worked up and the lowest diluti0n obtain
ed was 80 90 with O.6 90 of sugar in the
exhausted chips. The battery was con.
structed from the 'Sangerhausen' firms
drawings and its capacity was 200 tons
per diem. This quantity, however, was
never treated in any single day. Good as
the results were at Magnolia, I do not
think that they are by any means the best
that will be obtained with the process.
The battery must work quickly; if not, the
sweeter juice diffuSes back into the weaker
behind; we have found that to be the
case i'll practice here. When this occurs
nothing you can do will reduce the diIution.
During our first run at NonpGreil. we
worked 1929 tons of cane. l am not at
liberty to make the figures public, but l
"'0 nv UOuob VuO plOIIlelUt Will uO so dU
the end of the crop when they will be of
real value, as they will include the long
working from October to December. When
sugars have to be estimated as is the case
now with seconds and thirds, figures lose
their value.
am allowing no one except the en-.
pIoyeS to go into the buildings, not from
any selfish motive Of keeping a good thing
to ones self, but simply because we
are very busy making alterations in the
existing plant, and when we are working,
things are not completely zen train" as to
enable one to give up ones time to visitors,
and have pleasure in showing them around.
No new process that | know of ever start
ell without a hitch, and diffusion is by no
means an exception to the rule. We have
had endless trouble with mechanical dc.
tails owing to the fact that cane slices are
not beet slices, and machinery emlnently
adapted to handling the latter is quite
unsuitable for the fOrmer.-Yours etc,
HARRY GARRETT.
Nonpareil, oath April, 1888.
, 1888-05-09
N 0 j G e.

lEPOSITORs are requested to present their
u Pass Books at the Office of the New St.
Croix Savings Bank every SATURDAY be,
tween 4 & . o'clock in order that the in
terest due on the 31st March last may be
entered.
St. Croix, Christiansted, 9th May 1888.
ByOrder
Z. J STRIDIRON,
Accountant.
, 1888-05-09
TELEGRAMS.
ST. GROIN STATION.

New York, May 4th.-The Under Secre-
tary for For igL Affairs stated in the
House of Commons hat there had been no
official negotiations between the Marquis
of Salisbury and Rome, adding that al
though the Marquis of Salisbury and the
Duke of Norfolk were his private friends,
he was not aware of the nature of their
private conversation.
The trial Of Editor O'Brien for participa-
ton in a prohibited meeting at Loughrea
has resulted in his being sentenced to
three months Imprisonment.
London news states that no confirmation
has been received of the Trieste rumour,
declaring the suspension of fifteen banks
in BuenOs Ayres. The Argentine Minister
ut Vienna says that they are merely small
local failures.
SignOr CriSpi, III the course of a speech
in Parliament, SAID that the Italian foreign
relations were excellent, and the Govern
ment were now Offering rev terms for a
commercial treaty with France.
The Rt. Hon. George GoSchen has promiS-
cd if possible TO exempt cheap wines from
the operation of Il bottle duty.
New York, May 5th.-The American
wheat crop this year indicates that there
will be an immense shortage. In four
States alone there are 50, 600 900 bushels
short, and California has only half the
usual crop.
The Rt. Hon. w. II. Smith, replying in
the House of Commons to Lord harleS
BereStord, denied the inetticiency of the
amy and navy, but nevertheless he would
grant Il commission, with the Marquis of
darlington presiding, to inquire into the
evil and professional administration and
into both services with regard to their
relations to the Treasury, and the changes
necessary to promote economy and eff
cheney.
The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain has
written IA letter against increasing Irish
sentences ON appeal.
The race for the 1000 guineaS was won
nv Briar Root, with Sea Breeze second, and
Belle Malone third.
I'm reply to a deputa'ion, NJ. Goblet
stated that the negotiations with England
with regard to the tax ON bottled wines,
promised favourable results.
New York, May 7th-Berlln dispatches
state thar the Kaiser is f~everiSh, and an
abscess is breaking out in the throat.
Prince Bismarck, in the course of an
interview with the German American.
Carl Schurz, declared that he was conf.
dent that peace would be maintained.
The word of the Gar. he said, was more
powerful than General Ignatirff'S wishes,
and a conflict with France through AMY
BOulanger adventure was out of the
question.
1t is reported hat disastrous hail storms
have occurred at Delhi, by which hundreds
OF people were killed.
Paris news states that 1000, 900 copies
of the first number of Boulanger's book on
the German invasion have been distributed
gratuitOuSly.
1t is stated that the Emperor of Brazil is
seriously I'll at Milan.
The Committee Of the Columbus centena.
~ have offered a prize of 10000 dollars for
the best essay on Portuguese discoveries
before the time of MagalhaenS.
The Newfoundland Legislature has order.
ell the third reading of the Fisheries treaty
Bill.
, 1888-05-09
DIFFUSION.
(From the DemerarQ Ayoosu.l

(Fr0m the DemerGrd Arqosv.)
Mr.. Editor,-The following official &C.
count of the recent Diffusion experiments"
at Magnolia is translated from the Jour-
nal DIES FGbricGnts de SMcre, and will be of
interest to those of your readers who are
watching diffusion. The figures I know
are correct, as those of the first two runs
tally with niue takeu on the spot last De.
, 1888-05-09

me return in sugar per ton of cane was
128 lbs, of first or 6'4O5 90, and 43'7 lbs.
or 2'185 90 Of seconds on the weight of
cane.
On The 18th December, day Of the third
trial, 10 tons of cane were worked. The
juice was clarified in the ordinary way, and
SuIphured. But the second sugar could not
he machined. These three trials were
followed by a two weeks suspension of the
work, during which tine the carbonitation
tanks we're transformed into ordinary
ciariherS. Contamination being considered
costly and OF too little profit.
The Goth December, diffusion was resum-
Ell; 1879 tons of cane were worked with
magnificent results. The juice was clarif-
ed IN the ordinary way, but not sulphured
ana without the use of char, temper. lime
alone being used in the defeeation. These.
OTp fhn off oiol 6O,ro,
, 1888-05-09

II this is compared with the first expe-
rlments, one finds that had the mill beer
used only SO 90 of the sugar contained in
the cane would have been obtained, where,
as by diffusion more than 5000 was ex-
tracted.
AS regards tire slicing machines the
style of cutter used at Magnolia is German,
with horizontal disc. This horizontal disc
is furnished with knives, and turns rapid
ly, it meets and cuts the cane at an angle
OF 45o. The chips were not always of a
desirable thinness, but it seems that when
the knives were properly set the exhaus-
ton OF the slices was very complete.
The cutter can cut up to $50 tons per "a
hours, but the Inconvenience of this system,
according to Mr.. Wilkinson, is the expense
in manual labour which it necessitates.
Three men were required to keep the
battery going with q little more than 100
tons per day, whereas with the mills four
men can put more than $50 tons per day
on the carrier.
The battery is composed of IL diffusers
arranged in a circle each of rs cubic feet
capacity and holding about 1880 lbs. cane.
In the opinion of MeSSrs. Wiley and
Stubbs the exhausted slices will make
an excellent manure.-FrOm 'JMynGt deg
Fabrtcaats de Sucre' 4 April 1883.
, 1888-05-09

1hey therefore extracted 1872 Go of all
sugars OH the weight Of the cane treat.
ed.
The fifth and last trial took place on the
l4th December, the battery worked alto
gether 42O tons Of cane or an average of
100 tons per day. The machinery worked
admirably. In this last trial DR.. Wiley
did not use the filter presses; the scums
and mud were poured back into the
ditfuSers, when it was found that the chips
made an excellent filter, the purity of the
juice was not in the least affected ~
The definite results of the work are not
Yet known, the last m~assecuites not having
vet been cared. But Mr.. Wilkinson thinks
the return OF 1882 90 is far from being
exaggerated. Now what are these results
as compared with the mills From the
figures OF DIR. Spenser relative to the crop
of 1886 at Magnolia the mill did the fol-
lOWiuo:-