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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-20
NEWPORT NEWS.
Anniversary Of the American
Institute of Homeopathy.
Noled Men OF The Organization and
1000 Delegates Present.
Special 10 The News.

NEWPORT, June 20. The hfty-frst annl-
versary, or the forty-eighth annual ses-
sion, of the American Institute OF Homeo-
pathy, will begin this afternoon, contln-
uing about a week. The First Baptist
Church has been secured for the meet
ings. The society has membership OF
1900 persons and II is estimated that tully
1000 members will be present at the meet
ings. The program to day includes wei,
come addresses by Governor Lippitt and
Mayor Boyle and this evening the annual
address by the president c. T.. Fisher, NJ
D., of Chicago. Dr. j. G. Budlong OF
Providence is chairman OF the local com
mittee. Tomorrow evening concert
will be given in the Ocean House by
Reeves American Band.
BROWN YACHT CLUB.
Several OF the boats of the Brown
Yacht Club, headed by the sloop Annie,
arrived in the harbur late last night after
a drifting match from East Greenwich in
which oars played prominent part. On
board the Annie is Commodore III. III.
Utely and fleet Captain Il. w. Olney. The
boats leave today for New Bedford, and
return here on Monday next, when they
will be joined by others OF the fleet.
PROPOSED BOAT RACE
The Fourth of July committee met last
evening and completed its program for
the day. 1t includes boat race between
the crew of the Naval Reserves and one
composed OF seamen gunners of the Tor
pedo Station. Gunner Charles Morgan Is
training the seamen gunners. This gentle
man was coxswain of the L. >. >. Nipscis'
cutter, which in 1883 won the international
race at Rio. The race will be for din
ner.
COMMON NUISANCE.
Daniel Shea was arraigned in the police
court yesterday charged with keeping a
common nuisance that is, selling liquor
on Sunday. He pleaded guilty and
wanted to pay his fine, but when he
found il was out of the jurisdiction of
the C~urt, he retracted his plea and
pleaded not guilty and was released ON
bail.
LOCAL NEWS.
The society gentlemen here yesterday
organized a club TO be known as the
Clambake Club, with Mr.. Centre Hitchcock
as president. Clam bakes at Jim Phillips
shanty will be in order at intervals.
Nr. Fred W. Vanderbilt entertained a
party on board the Conqueror yesterday.
Yacht Cocheco arrived from Providence
yesterday with the following gentlemen
on board; H. Fisher, NJ. NJ. Anthony, f..
Potter Fuller and T -E.-M Marshall.
They left in the evening for Potter's
Cove.
The War College officers went to Bristol
yesterday in the Cushing and Stiletto
and inspected the work on the Defender.
Gunner Charles Morgan, u. ;. N, will
be ordered TO duty at the State camp IN
connection with the shore battery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-20

Charles II. Striker reported TO the
police this morning that dog owned by
Mary McElroy bit his 0-year-old boy on
the arm yesterday afternoon while on his
way home from school.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-20
.McLane out for not running.
BROWNS NEW CAPTAIN.

After the game the members OF the col.
lege team held their annual election and
David Louis Fultz of Staunton, Va, was
chosen captain.
Fultz has completed his first year at
Brown where he has done excellent work
on both the football eleven and the nine.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-20

Earned runs, Graduates q Two-base hits
woodcock, Tcnney, Jones. Donovan Three base
hit, Jones. stolen bases Bustard, Tennoy. First
base on balls, Tenney, Lauder. First base on
errors, Stecre, Brady struck out McIAne Brady
Cook, Fultz. Passed ball Lang wild pitches
woodcock, Brady, HIT by pitched ball, Tenney,
Brady. Bustard. Time. ah. Umpire, Joseph Burns
OF Taunton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-06-20

EaTHtu TuH5, btfHHIOH y TIUFIuVHV0 l. wv
base hits, Bassett, Egan, Neaney, Brady Three
base hits Murray, Meaney, w. Johnson. saerihee
First base on balls, Bassett Stricker, Murray
Radford, Stearns Hustin. First base on errors.
Scranton 2. Struck out, j. Rogers, MeAuley
Lovett, Meaney, Hustin. Time, In. 65m. Umpire,
Gahney.
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Bill Heads,

Letter and Note Heads. Statements, ana al,
kinds of commercial blank work neatly exc.
cuted at NEws Job Cfice. 81 south wASsf
street
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10
rhc RenntIfnl MncnoIins.

The magnolia family embraces so many
beautiful towering species, many of them
new and almost unknown, that some notes
on them will, no doubt, be interesting to
many. Planters make Of them two di-
visions, one containing those which grow
to be large trees; the other, those of more
shrub-like growth. Among the three kinds,
the following sorts are the best known:
Acuminata cucumber tree) Trpetela
umbrella tree }, Miacrophylla and Fra
seri. The Acuminata grows rapidly and
makes a well proportional tree, but is
not valued for its flowers as much as
some others are. Tripetela is a tree but
not a large one. 1t has large leaves, large
white flowers and beautiful rosy red cones
of fruit in late summer Many persons,
myself among the number, think the
fruit the prettiest display of all. Macro-
phylla has the largest leaves of all. and
its white flowers are also very large. Its
blossoms are followed by round cones of
fruit, which when ripe, are of light
rose color. Fraseri, though a native, is
quite rare in cultivation II grows to a
large size. It's flowers are canary yellow
and quite sweet scented, a property not
possessed by any of the others named
There is a new magnolia, not long since
introduced from Japan, calleQ ftypOleuca
In many respects it resembles the Trip
etela, but the flowers and bright rose
colored pods are larger This is the only
foreign one in the number; the others
are natives here. 1t is to the other sec
ton of magnolia, the scrub sorts, that
we look for the rich display of flowers in
spring which does so much TO make that
season so enjoyable. Excepting one, the
Glauca, which is the small white-fow-
cred one of the northern and Atlantic
states, they are all of Chinese or japanese
origin.
The best known of all is the Soulange-
ana, which blossoms in early spring, be-
fore the leaves appear. The flowers are
large, pink in the bud, but white inside,
which is shown when they expand. 1t
flowers when but three feet high. and can
be grown either as large bush or trimm-
ed up to a single stem as a small tree.
AS companion to this is the Conspicua,
a Chinese species, bearing pure white
flowers. 1t. too, blossoms before the
leaves. and its character of growth re-
sembles the other closely. Another sort,
called Lennei, has rosy pink flowers, cap
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10
In Farm nnI Gnrdcn.

IF the opening days of the month gave
Us a sample of the weather that is to pre-
vail during the rest of it, it will certainly
surpass the record for heat. During the
first three days the temperature rose high
into the SOS Ito wit, 81, 9S, so. May was
unusually cool and more like the average
april than anything else. 1t was charac-
terzad by frequent showers that kept
the surface soil steadily moist and the
young vegetation was kept as tender ana
sJcculent as it could we'll be- The sudden
rise OF temperature and the like change
20 clear skies and steady west winds
caused the soil to dry out very rapidly.
Vegetation attested the change by wilt
iag as badly as it usually does from The
effects of a six weeks drouth.
u afforded a good opportunity for clear
Ing the growing crops of all weeds.
If not already done, both corn and cotton
should be thinned out to a proper stand.
j depends upon the character of the
soil as to the number of plants to be
left in a hill or in a certain length Of
drill Bottom or moist lands will allow Of
a greater number than dry uplands. 1t is
much better to have but one stack of
either corn or cotton to the hill, making
the hills close or further apart, accord
ing as the soil may be rich or poor On
medium land it is better to- have one
stack stand twelve or eighteen inches
in the row than to allow two to stand
together every two and one-half feet. On
good land that is well cultivated and
where the rows are three feet apart
cotton stack every two feet in the row is
more likely to produce maximum crop
than three that number of stalks in the
same area.
one stack more than what is proper
acts the part of a pernicious weed.
Vigorous as the young plants may seem
IN their crowded condition at first, it is
no sign that they will go on and produce
good crop if left thicker than experience
n the past has deemed proper. very
common error is to leave too many stalks
o. cotton. By far more farmers Leave
three times the number they should than
having not quite enough. Ten thousand
STALKS are left generally to the acre, where
half that number would have been much
btter Nearly every farmer has some
rich land In many cases it may be but
a very little. a few acres. that will make
a bale of cotton or forty bushels of corn,
and that without fertilizers. Such land
as this should not be allowed more than
1850 stalks Such a number of stalks are
more likely to produce a bale or more
Of cotton than twice than number of
stalks. This fact, we believe, has been
very clearly established. Thinning out TO
a proper number should be done Just ss
early as it is safe. Safe from cut worms
and other probable causes of mishap.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10

shaped; the flowers Of good size The
Purpurea Is a shrubby grower not max
ing the large growth of the others, and
bearing dark. purplish-red lowers' It's
growth and habit ct il for planting in beds
of shrubs, a position the strong growth of
the others prevents their occupying. one
of the greatest acquisitions Of recent years
Is the Halleana sometimes called Stel-
lata. 1t is of comparatively dwarf
growth, and blooms profusely when quite
young, and besides, is seni-double AMI
fragrant. While classed % a white one.
it is light pink in the bud, and when the
flowers expand a faint pink often per-
Vades them. 1t is the earliest of all to
flower. There are two new ones from
Japan of great promise, -Watsonii and
Parviaora. The flowers are white with
crimson center. All of these sorts are OF
Chinese or japanese origin. Our sweet
scented native sort, Glauoa, must not be
overlooked Its flowers are so highly
scented that their doors can be detected a
very long distance away. tt flowers in
june after other sOrts#are over. From
Philadelphia southward the large-leaved
evergreen one, Grandifora, succeeds very
well, if protected for a year or two after
being planted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10
watering PInnta.

In watering plants, especially those in
pots. the one great principle to be OBJ
served, says an exchange is to water
thoroughly when doing the thing at all;
it is necessary to have the entire ball
wetted throughout; it is not sufficient for
1t to be surface wet only. Plants require
water most when putting forth new leaves
or shoots. We need only observe the ire
mendous variations in the amount Of
water supply to which plants are exposed
in nature when dependent upon the train
to see how little harm extreme variations
do.
We are. generally. in danger Of injus-
ing the plants by p too anxious endeavor
to supply every small amount of wafer
lost by the plant. Indeed, 1t is very good
for plants. just as for human beings, to
feel the passing pangs of hunger or thirst,
and they take no harm If they are not
watered until the pot sounds hollow. II
water be then supplied, it should be don
so copiousy that it runs out of the hole Al
the bottom of the pot.
The practice of inexperienced persons
of repeatedly wetting the upper surface
of the soil especially of plants IN peaty
soiD has the disadvantage that the lower
portion of the soil remains dry, while
the surface and the base of the stem be-
come covered with moss. The above rule
is especially important in the case Of
tough-leaved plants, which do not require
much moisture.
1t is different in the case Of herbaceous
plants which are rapidly growing. in their
case every diminution of the water supply
is injurious. and in the case of these rap
idly-growing plants there is very little
danger, If any, that the soil will be water
logged for any considerable time. ana
consequently stop the respiration OF The
roots.
We know very well that success or fail
ure in the growing OF house plants is large
ly due to the care and attention paid to
watering. The principle to be adopted Is
thoroughness, rather than regularity.
Many persons water their plants as regu-
larly as they wind their watches. plant
should not be watered unless IL needs It,
and it does not need It so long as the soil
contains sufficient moisture for the plants
use, more than that may be positive in
jury. How often to water depends, too. up
on the condition of the atmosphere. There
may be times when It will be necessary to
water the plants twice a day. at others
twice a week will be amply sufficient.
Water should never be given until the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10
The scrnn Hook.

Advantages of Mulch.-When plants
are not mulched the cool night air of the
early spring, even if it does not check
growth, does not advance it. A mulch
admits air, warmth and moisture ard
shuts out scorching sun and blighting
wind. 1t also prevents the escape OF fer
tilizing gases 1t collects the heat rays
OF the sun and retains them for the
warmth and growth of the plant during
the night season.
A Cut-Worm Remedy.-John ChristsOn,
Of Clare South Australia. to whom cred
II is due for the sure death TO the cut
worm" says: THE cost per acre of the
preparation should not exceed 20 cents
Take 80 pounds bran, two pints molasses,
one pound paris green put the molasses
into six quarts of hot water; add the
bran and paris green, mixing thoroughly
until the whole is tinged with green Place
a spoonful of this near the plants and
wherever the worms are not getting It
too near the stalk. If a new lot Of worms
hatch the dose viii have to be repeated
The worms will leave the plants for the
mixture every time. The bran and mo-
lasses tenpts them, and the paris green
does the killing"
Good Seed Corn.-The first and most i'm
portant thing in seed corn is to have a
variety suitable to your soil climate and
the use to be made Of the crop . If you
have a variety that suits your uses and
have raised il long enough to get IL ac-
climated, stick to it and improve BY Sc
lection. IF not, get seed from a neighbor
that has what You want and then i'm
prove it. Having the variety selected
suitable to the use 1t is intended, the i'm
provement is next. First is the fall selec-
ton which is easiest and best done at
the early fall husking either when husk-
ing or unloading in the crib. At this
time there is ample opportunity for com
garrison, and only the best, largest, and
most perfect ears need be taken. These
should be stored in a dry, airy place
where frost, mice, rats or thieves may
not break through and steal away. AL
ways secure more than twice as much as
you viii need for the intended spring crop.
A Place for Fowls TO Roll.-The trouble
that many farmers have In keeping fowls
out of the garden is because they do not
provide a substitute. 1t is natural for
hens 10 seek a busting place where they
can clear off any vermin that may be on
them, or without regard to this to take
a dust bath, which is their way OF keep
ing skin and feathers in a healthy condi-
ton A small place near the hen house
should be plowed and sown with grain.
IT need be only few feet square, and
may be dug with a spade in few minutes.
Then scatter and lightly cover
enough grain to keep the fowls
blisy II is astonishing how
mrch Of the time this rolling place
will be occupied and the garden will
wholly escape. When the hen goes to
the garden she makes directly for the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10
The culture of Horse Radish.

, There is nothing easier to grow than
horseradish, and, as it is the most delight
full of all condiments. it is singular that
more attention is not given to its culture,
both in the home and market gardens.
To make its growing profitable. sufficient
care must be given to secure a crop of
long straight roots that can be easily graf
ed. 1t should be treated as an annual in
our climate, though in more northern lati-
tudes ii is traeted as a biennial. When
PLANTED out in January or February 1t
makes very fine roots by October If plant
ed on good soil and well cultivated. Horse
radish is propagated by root cuttings, and
the smallest part of the crawn of the old
root can be made to grow, but the best
sets for planting are the pieces of the
lateral and about the size of a lead or slate
mcneil or a little smaller. These rootlets
are cut into lengths of five or six inches,
and planted out with the smallest ends
downward When planted on a large scale
the rows should be laid off thirty to thirty
six inches apart, and the sets put in. eigh-
teen to twenty inches in the row. Lay off
furror's with a shovel that throws out the
soil. then apply a good supply of good old
comDost that has been we'll fermented,
adding. If practicable, some lose dust, then
use a sub-soi or long scooter through to
mix the manure with the soil, and to Sc
cure deeper breaking Of it, Do this In jan
nary. List on the manure furror two
scooter burrows on each side, making a
narrow. but not high, bed. With dibble
make holes every eighteen inches in the
center of this bed. Make the holes at least
two inches deeper than the sets are long,
drop the cuttings in and then press the
soil firmly to the cutting.
To secure uniform depth of planting, 1t
may be better. perhaps, to make the soil
and catching the cuttings at the top of the
large end, between the thumb and fore
finger, insert 1t as low as the length of the
thumb, and while holding on to II, press
the soil firmly 10 IL with the other hand.
Push the plants by good cultivation. Six
or eight weeks after the plants are up,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10

plants show by their leaves that they need
it, Then give with a liberal hand until
every particle OF the soil in the pot is wet.
Many plants. particularly hard wooded.
have been so long potted that tho bali OF
roots and earth is almost lmpervious to
water. Water applied to such 10 times per
day win do but little good; The pots should
be put into q tub OF water occasionally,
and left there for twenty-four hours, the
pot all under water; then they will get a
wetting that will be useful and lasting
We cannot tell either by pen or word
just how often It is necessary to apply wa
ter 10 growing plants This knowledge Is
not transferable. and must needs como
from a familiarity with the plant and its
necessities, close observation and intelli-
gent reasoning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10

parent moth is white with a black point
IN the center of the forewings and two
black dots on the hind wings. Every cat
erplllar seen in the working of the crop
should be killed. You will notice that in
Ieedlng on the cabbage leaf il does not
eat it through, like the green caterpillar
but leaves the membrane of the lower
side of the leaf intact. appearing like so
much tissue paper. 1t seems that cabbage
is having hard time from its many enc
mics this year. Bad reports come from
every section, and judging from them, il
VIII be difficult to grow perfect cabbages
over large section of the country. Use
not water and buhach or pyruthun pow
der, as directed in previous issues, for
the green worm.
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A Plant for Name, Beetle on Cucum-
hers, Caterpillar on Cabbage.


viii you please tell me what variety
the enclosed sample of grass is, and would
it make a good hay or pasture. 1t has
come up spontaneously here and there
on my farm. noticed it pretty early in
the spring, and now the cfumps are very
thick, and stock seem to like it as well
as anything
enclose a bug that I found eating
lhe leaf of a cucumber vine. There were
only a few of them, fortunately If there
Aaq been many, / should not have had
any vines by now.
q. The caterpillar sent was among doz-
81 or more found on cabbage. Have
never seen one before. What is it? Is
d" hkeiy to increase? r. b. NJ.
The grass enclosed is Johnson grass
Oorshum alapeuse) We think highly
Oh it yourselves, but if you have
Deen a close reader of the agricultural
papers you have no doubt noticed that a
ereat many have condemned it heartily.
II YOU keep much stock and want a sure
Viop of grass for hay or pasture, you
0'uIl hardly find anything better, that
49, you secure a perfect stand from
mex seeding, so as to have it as fine as
9"l acre to it for an experiment. If you
sel perfect stand of it you will not be
0y' 10 want to destroy it.
The yellow, almost round BEETLE that
'' send is one of the lady birds" and
siIe only species of which that feeds upon
Isolation 1t has no common name
e,ner than the 7-spot lady bird To ento-
','ologlsts it is known as Epilaehna boreal-
we have never known them to be
Try abundant. When they are, of course
Hley DO great damage
- -. me yellow, hairy caterpillar sent is
me-, le elbow Bear'-Arctia Eirginica. 1t
y s@,i@Iiy makes its appearance about the
middle of May. When numerous as some
l- l--s IL IS, it does great damage to cab
e0' peans, peas and other plants. The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-10
The Pennut Cron..

The peanut crop Of Tennessee has been
a crop that in years gone by answered
every purpose to pay debts with almost
the same as the banks do to-day, says the
American. What is its condition to-day,
and why is IL so? Only a few years back
the crops IN bushels, of which twenty
three pounds in the hull, and fourteen
pounds in the shelled state is a bushel,
ran each year from 100000 bushels 10
1900 600 bushels. All of these years they
seldom ever fell in price below Is cents
per bushel. and often brought 81 per bushei
and many times far above that price.
In those years Of high prices the nuts
were all sold by commission firms In all
of our large cities. The trade was being
spread TO every nook and corner of the
United States; they were also an article
of export.
The farmers, not content to let good
enough alone, sought to have the mannef
in which they were sold changed, and
bought direct from the farmer by the
different firms dealing in them, and there
by dispense with all middle men. No
greater mistake was ever made by these
peanut farmers, and the sooner they re-
turn to the commission system as before.
the better it will be for them. All live
stock is being sold on commission, and no
corner or trust can be had on them, but
not so with peanuts. With only few
large firms buying them in the United
States, the trade is not spread near like
the commission system. Also. with two
Of these agents riding and buying in the
same buggy both paying the same price;
or, IL not IN the same vehicle. II is an easy
matter for them to get together and agree
on a price for this week. ETC. Under such
a system as this our farmers need not ever
again look for old-time prices.
The crop in Tennessee is shorter this
year than II has been in twenty years,
and the consumptiye demand would be
as great this year as any other year in
twenty If these nuts were being offered
and spread By as many commission firms
as before stated. Before this change the
constructive demand had gone above A.
100000 bushels, which gave a remunsr-
alive price both for Tennessee's crop and
Virgina's. Under the present system this
large demand is lost to the states, and
thereby large revenue is lost with 1t.
While the time is at hand for conven-
tions, etc, 1t is high time the farmers
of Tennessee and Virginia should wake up
to this important matter, and get to-
gether in convention and rectlfy these
evils. Every product has its day and time
in the markets. Frost has destroyed the
fruit crop of many states in the union.
These fruits were luxuries and not neces-
saries SO are peanuts luxury, and their
day has come to take the place OF tho
destroyed fruit of the northern states