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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
Nitrate of Soda for Tomatoes.

There is an old established idea that
manure is injurious rather than bene
fetal to tomatoes. Manure makes them
run too much to vine" as an old gar
dener would say. AS matter of fact
there is some truth in this idea. Ordi
nary farm yard manure is found to keep
the plants growing vigorously until late
in the season, at the expense of the pro-
duction of early fruit This is largely
due to the fact that the nitrogen in the
manure is not available until it has been
converted into nitric acid. Thusthe to-
mato plants have little nitrogen to grow
growth is retarded until the supply of
nitric acid is increased, when it is too
late to produce a crop, and the plants
run to vines"
1t has been found by experiments
made at the New Jersey Experiment
Station for three years, that nitrate of
soda, applied when the plants are set
out. greatly increased their growth early
in the season and produced much
larger crop of early ripe fruit than either
barn-yard manure, "phosphates,' or no
manure at all.
In the experiments conducted by the
New Jersey Experiment Station, on the
farm of Mr. J. M. Gill, Gloucester county,
New Jersey, in 1891, the following re-
suits were obtained:
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
of these experiments Prof. Voorhees,, who

of these experiments Prof. Voorhees,, who
conducted them, says:
"The yield of early tomatoes was very
decidedly increased by the use of nitrate
of soda, both alone and together with
phosphoric acid and potash"
We have had good success with roma-
toes fertllized in the following manner:
Before the plants are set out work into
the soil where they are to be planted a
handful of mixture of equal parts of
nitrate of soda and superphOsphate.
Then, when the plants have started to
grow, scatter about small tablespoon
full of nitrate around each plant.
JOSEPH HARRIS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10

1t will be noticed that 100 pounds of
nitrate of soda, costing $500, made an
increase in the value of the crop of
$92. O3 per acre over the unfertilized
land, and $82 81 over the land where 20
tons of barn-yard manure, costing $4,000,
was used. 1t will also be noticed that
the addition of phosphate Ozone black
and potash had little or no effect. This
does not indicate that tomatoes do not
require phosphoric acid and potash, but
that enough of these elements of plant
food was already in the soil. Other ex-
periments made on poorer land showed
that the phOsphoric acid and potash
were necessary in addition to nitrate of
soda to produce full crop. In writing
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-04-10
Upland Rice on New Land.

A correspondent of the Home ant
Farm speaking of the culture of upland
rice in the fiat woods country of Alabama
says:
cit is large yielder, excellent il
quality and requires less work than any
other crop we grow, oats only excepted.
cit is planted in rows from two and {
half to three feet apart and about twelve
to eighteen inches in the drill and j;
plowed and hoed like corn.
zone of my neighbors raised good
crop of this rice last year, and he had q
chance to pillow it and hoe it only
once.
cit will do we'll even in new ground
where the circed trees are not all dead,
showing that some shade does not seri-
Ously set it back.
''This crop would be extensively
raised here if some enterprising man
would put in a mill for cleaning it. AS
the matter now stands, it is raised
mainly for stock feeding and is fed just
as cut, i. e., straw and all.
In southern Mississippi where the
growth of pine timber is not heavy, il
is no unusual sight to see rice drilled in
before the trees are even deadened.
In reply to a question of a subscriber
in reference to the planting and Guilt
yation of upland rice, the Southern Gull
tivator says:
This land should be we'll broken, and
rows laid off about three feet al art.
The grain should be planted on a small
bed, so that the young plant may be Gull
tivated before the grass begins to grow.
have not had enough experience to
know what fertilizer is best but would
suggest one that contains large pei
cent of phosphate, in order that it might
render available the vegetable matter
which is always found on new ground
If some person who knows will tell u!
what fertilizer is best we will appreciate
it very much.
In selecting your seed be sure tina
you get the white variety, for the rec
when cooked looks black and does no
make desirable looking dish for tn
table, In planting drop d few seed
twelve or fifteen in a hill-about ever.
eighteen inches. You begin your cult
walton as soon as the young plants will
allow, by giving it hoeing in order t.
kill all grass that may be up or COMM
up. AS for the first of the cultivation
it can be done chiefly with the pillow, tn
chief object being to keep out the grass
One or two more hoeings may be nee
essary, as the case may require.
When the rice is ripe, which can b
told by the grains assuming tan color
and by the turning of the stem, it SHOULD
be cut, tied into bundles and hung GU
to dry. To hang the rice for drying
place pole upon forked sticks, as tn
ridge pole of tent, and put the rice o.
this, pulling the head of the bundl
open, and placing it head downwar
that the rain may be kept out.
When it is thoroughly dry take !
6ox,,, haat IL ont and carrU il tn IN
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
women who work.

1t IS the greatest of follies to spend
much time in commiserating the hard
lot of the working g.rl in having to
work. Many an idle, noye--reading,
Disseminated daughter of wealth 10
more to be pitled. Pity the conditions
under which women have to work, the
inadequate wages, the unreasonable
demands the cruel oppression, and the
many disadvantages which the aglta-
tons of strong and noble women have
not yet been sufficient to remove, but
offer your sympathy to bright, wide
awake American bus.ness-glrl, because
she has to work and note her aston
ishment at your views. And who.
with the score of examples upon every
side, of the women supporting them.
selves and others, going to and from
their business daily, and maintain ng
in every relation of life dignity and
delicacy OF woman-y character that
commands the respect of all who dares
maintain TINT our business women ar,
losing their delicacy and refinementi
Nor do men lose Their chivalry. 1t is
the testimony Of all who have tried
the experiment. that the best way to
elevate the tone of business estab-
lishment, in which there are many en-.
ployes, is to employ se.f-respecting wO-
men and let them work side by side
Nth the men.---D0mestic Monthly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
The Kamr Corns.

The red and white Kaflir corns seem
to approach very nearly to the require
ments of the arid land farmer for q grain
and forage crop for stock. They require
somewhat longer season to mature the
grain than do the best varieties Of
Dhoura, but when it is produced there
is more of it, it is better feed, does not
waste SO easily in handling, and there
is always fine yield Of tho best of fod-
der to supplement the grain or make up
in part for the lack of it.
OF the two kinds the red Kaffir is su-
perior to the white. 1t makes it's grain
in about two weeks less time, produces
moro largely, and the heads all come
clean out Of the sheath vhe heads of
the white Kaftir are apt to have small
proportion of imperfect moldy grains at
the base, owing to the head not having
pushed clear out of the sheath. The red
Kaffir corn is pronounced by those who
have grown and fed it for a series Of
years equal in all respects pound for
pound to Indian corn. 1t produces from
80 to SO bushels per acre, yielding some
crop even under tho most slovenly neg
lect and responding readily to generous
cultivation and irrigation. Aoorrespond-
ent in Irrigation Age says present in
dications arc that it is the feeding grain
crop par excellence for the semiarid
lands
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
nl YdUl OU1aN @ TO HeTJlEl)n
mGckIMgc DLlHD.
ONE THOUSAND MILES OF LAKE RIDE
At SMALL axP0N0a.

Visit this Historical Island, which is the
grandest summer resort on the Great
Lakes 1t only costs about el3 from
Detroit $15 from Toledo; $18 from
Cleveland, for the round trip, Including
meals and berths Avoid the heat and
dust by travelling on the d. 8 G. floating
palaces The attractions of trip to the
Mackinac region are unsurpassed. The
island itself Is q grand romantic spot, its
climate most invigorating. Two new
steel passenger steamers have Just been
built for the upper lake route, costing
$500, 600 each. They are equipped with
every modern convenience. annunciators,
bath rooms, ETC., illuminated throughout
by electricity, and are guaranteed to be
the grandest, largest and safest steamers
on fresh water. These steamers favorably
compare with the great ocean liners In con.
struction and speed. Four trips per week
between Toledo, Detroit, Alpena, Macki-
nae, st. Ignace, Petoskey, Chicago, $780,"
Marquette and Duluth. Daily between
Cleveland and Detroit, and Cleveland and
Put Bay. The palatial equipment
makes travelling on these steamers thor
oughly enjoyable. Senc for illustrated
descriptive pamphlet. Address A.. A
SCHANTZ. G. P. A., d. & c.. Detroit. Mich
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
DEAFNESS Cannot he Cured


by local applications, as they cam
n 1t reach Il Q diseased portion OF
the ear. There Is only one way to
cure Deafness and that is by CON
stitutionai remedies. Deafness is
caused by m il.ilamc,l condition Of
tho mucous lining Of the EnStarh.
inn Tuhr. When this tube gets In
famed you hnve n rambling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it
Is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation
can lie taken out and tl,lu tni,e rf-
stored 10 it's normal condition, hear
Ing will he destroyed forever; nine
leHsps out Af ten arc caused by ca
ltarrls, whlrh ~ n0thiny hut mn In
famed eondilI"u nf me inueons
surfaces. Z
4 We will give One Hundred Doll.
avs Tor any cnse of peAfness Caused
~ catarrh, that canl'ot be cured by
HAll,s CAtavrh Cure. Send for cir
enlsss, free.
F.J, OH ny 4 co.
a Toledo O.
| - Sold bS all nsugglsts, zoe.
jly 27slm
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
I SHERIFF lNTgRRUPTs a DUEL.
Society Men of Columbia, s. c.. Fail to
Meet ON the Field Of Honor.

Society Men of Columbia, s. c., Fail to
Meet ON the Field. Of Honor.
CoLuMBIA, s. c., Aug. 6.-Hugh M.
Talley and Talley Moore, society men,
were scheduled to fight a duel here Sat
urday afternoon, but Sheriff Cathcart
heard of the affair and arrested both
gentlemen, requiring them to give bonds
to keep the peace for year and day.
The affair grew out of a dispute at a
ball at summer resort near here.
Moore, who is several years Talley's 8
junior, accused Talley Of endeavoring
to make young woman at the dance
slight him and prejudice her against
him by calling him a "kid." Moore
demanded satisfaction and Talley
agreed to accommodate him, but the
action Of the sheriff prevented the meet
ing on tho field Of honor. Both the
young gentlemen belong to the old
bourbon stock, and their families are
among the most prominent in the state.
They are relatives.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
Relicrin SIX Hosrs.

DISTRESSING kidney and Bladder
diseases relieved IN six hours by
"Ncw Great south American Kid.
ncy Cure" This nrw remedy la n
great surprise nn account Or tts ex.
ccc,iing prnMI'tncss IN relieving
Ih,iu in the bladder, Kidneys, hack
aud every part &c the urinary pas
sagrs in male or female. IL re-
licv,s retention OF water and nnin
In prs ug II almnst immediately.
YOU want quick relief and rure
this u Your rriucdy. Sold Ivy +.
lia r n.inhi, druggist, Logan, Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
NO USE FOR FOREIGNERS
In Kucheng, Says Ex-Unlted States Cor
sui Samuel L. Gracey.

In Kuchene, Says Ex-Unlted States Con-
sui Samuel L. Graccy.
BUFFALO, Aug 8.-Samuel l.. Gracey
Of this city, late United States consul at
Foo Chow. China, was interviewed yes
terday on the reported massacre at
Kucheng He said:
"Kucheng, the place mentioned in the
press dispatches as the scene Of the lat
est anti-foreign riots in China, is in the
Fuhkien province about 90 miles above
Foo Chow. It is fully 100 miles from
Pagoda anchorage, the highest point of
navigation for steamers in the Min
river, hence is entirely beyond the pro-
lection of American or other foreign
gunbOats
"The Literati have been stirring up
trouble against the foreign residents
there for many months, and the danger
to life and property became so great
that about two months ago all Ameri-
can residents were recalled to Foo Chow.
These were the Rev. and Mrs. w. c..
Wilcox and three children, Miss Mabel
Chatford and Miss Rouse, the two lat.
ter representing the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society, and all Of the Meth
odist church. The other foreigners
there were three members Of the English
church mission who may not have been
recalled during recent troubles. It is
probable that matters may have quieted
down there after the foreigners came
away and some may have been encour-
aged to return.
1.-The common people do not distin-
guish between Japanese, American,
English and German nationalities, but
all are alike foreign devils and obnox-
ious Another placard which appeared
a day or two before the riots read, 1t
is hereby notified that at the present
time foreign barbarians are hiring bad
characters to steal small children that
they may extract oil from them for their
use'
Another placard put out the day after
the riots and evidently intended as u
sort of justification, read:
''At the present time when Japan has
usurped Chinese territory, you English,
French and Americans have looked with
your hands in your sleeve. If in the
future you wish to preach your doc
trines in China you must drive the jap
anese back to their own country, then
you will be allowed to preach your holy
gospel throughout the country without
hindrance."
There was also, we learn, a proclama-
tion put out by the viceroy attributing
the outbreak Of the riot to the presence
of foreigners on the parade ground dur
ing tho fruit throwing that accompanies
the feast on the fifth day of the fifth
moon, but as matter of fact there wa;
no foreigners OH the parade ground the
whole day.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
eEEkeePINc foR PROFIT.
How Many Colonies Of bees Shall We
Keen In Our ApinrIes?

Keep In our ApinrIes?
There seems to be a growing toDden-
cy of late to multiply our number Of
colonies rather than tosec how good re.
suits can DO obtained from few. The
question arises, Can or cannot bees bo
handled so that 5Ocolonios will produce
rs good results, with less labor, than is
got from 200 worked in tho way of many
apiarics? Mr.. q. M. Doolittle, well
known authority OH all matters pertain
ing to tho honeybec believes they can
and thinks that the day is coming when
one colony will produce as good results
as two arc now doing, il they do not
equal four. Ho thus expresses himself
in tho columns of The American Bee
Journal: II often find that 200 colonies
give but little If any better results than
do 80, while know that moro work is
required to care for 200 during a year
than is required for so. To this work
we havo to add the extra expense Of
hives, sections, etc, together with tho
large amount of honey it takes to feed
those extra 100 colonies. This last, in
my opinion, is wherein lies the main
trouble in making large number pro.
duoe as many pounds per colony rs do n
few
From careful experiments and OBJ.
servations l am led to believe that 1t
takes at least co pounds of honey to car
ry ono colony of bees through the year;
hence If we only got 30 pounds from a
colony, an average yield that some bee-
keepers tell me they are satisfied with,
we get only one-third of the honey our
bees gather, to pay us back for all our
labor and capital invested, and also only
one-third Of the product of our field.
This product of the field cannot be over
looked, as havo reason to believe from
past experience.
Mr.. Doolittle urges that we make
few bees do for us what the market gar
deners Of the large cities make small
piece of land do for thom-namely, So
cure as much profit from an mere of land
as some of our country people do from
their tens of acres. He finds by care.
full study of our bee papers that it is no
unusual thing to see reports where SO
colonies of bees have produced 5000,
5000 1000 and even 5000 pounds of
honey, whilo he has yet to see report
quadrupling such where four times the
number Of colonies wero kept. He has
himself secured an average of 166
pounds Of comb honey from 81 colonies
of bees, spring count, as the average re-
suit of q single season
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
United Typothetm.

81. PAUL. Mimi, Aug. 8.-The formal
occupation Of st. Paul by the representa-
tives Of the employing printers Of the
country began yesterday when the first
delegates to the ninth annual session of
the United Typothetm arrived. The
committee ON arrangements concluded
that nothing Of formal nature could
be accomplished ON the opening day
and 20 no formal programme was made
beyond the reception rendered the dele
gates yesterday afternoon at the estab.
lishment Of the West Publishing com
pany, which was held at 8 o'clock.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
AsPHYxIArEo.
Two Men Overcome In Well At South
Perry, Ohio.

Two Men Overcome In . Well at South
Perry, Ohio.
CHrLLrcorHE, O., Aug. 8.-At South
Perry Joseph Bingham and brother
in-law, Oliver Benway, were digging a
we'll. Bingham was the first to cnter
the we'll, while Benway remained at
the top TO draw up the dirt. Not hear
ing Bingham at word he called to him,
but received no answer. He then had
his wife and another woman lower him
into the well, where he found Bingham
dead. he having been killed by poison
Gus gases.
Finding himself being overcome by
the same fatal agent he signaled the
woman to draw him up, but before
reaching the top he fell from the bucket
and was killed also. Bingham leaves a
wife and thrUe children and Benway a
wife and four children. Both were
about 80 years old
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
Coming Regatta.

New York, Aug Arrangements
have been perfected for the coming mid.
die states regatta. Tho regatta is to be
held on Aug. 10, on the one mile course
from Macomb's dam bridge to Gates
lumber dock. All the clubs of Harlem
have entered, rs well rs clubs from Pat
erson, Newark, Jersey City, Albany,
Boston and other places.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
IN BRIEF FORM.
nsws CssdAnssd Aad Boiled Down fol
tlas HAsty Reader.

nsws Cssdsnssd aad Boiled Down for
tbs Hasty Reader.
Wilbur Hun, 0-year.old boy, was
killed while trying to steal ride on a
freight train ct Springfield. o. n
A special from Valparaiso says Sena-
tor Eduardo yidel was elected president
at q recent session Of the house Of depu-
ties.
Continuous rains have ruined the rice
crops IN many parts Of Japan and a
famine Il feared. Many lives have al
ready bean lost aud the damage done is
enormous.
6igpor Maritime has been ordered to
return immsdiately to Rio de Jaueiro
hnm DOans IN order TO effect : settle
m4Nt q The Italian clsiuss against the
edvSInmsnt 4 Hlaail. W..
Apeoe1ina = =; dlReteh rscaived -
AaAEiA t. Hey,na' ~ government
t1ooD0 80 l016okod ths insuroents
nSaf a69nanA oI1 - addition the In
s.sea9e sae1as 8 81 - =. - z 1850 3
~ sss.ss ss : d.ss sss ssss'ass sssssssas s
wore flilsd n hakA eageGenants
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
SEDUCTION AID MURDER.
Nashville Young Man Kills the Detray
of Iyfs Stafs.r

Nashville Young Man Kills the Dotrnycr
of lis Sister.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 5.--Tom
Westbrook shot and almost instantly
killed William Williamson, on Broad
street. Both are well known young
men of this city. Westbrool gave him.
self up to the police and made the state
ment that Williamson had seduced his
sister. He demanded that reparation
should be made by immediate marriage,
but Williamson declared, with an oath,
that he would not do what was do
manded of him, whcreupon Westbrool,
shot him,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
The LATouraine Arrives.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The French
line steamship La Touraine from Havre
came into port yesterday morning "a
hours behind her usual time. owing to a
mishap to her machinery during the
voyage.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
CHARGED TO THE A. p. A.

Political Surprise Sprung Mt a Kentucky
Primary Election.
FRANKFORT, KY, Aug. 5.--An ex-
citing primary was held here Saturday,
and Colonel e. H. Taylor, Jr., the
Blackburn candidate for the Legislature,
was defeated by James A. Violet, the
McCreary man. The city was expected
to go for Taylor by about 200 votes, but
Violet carried it by "a votes. Out in
the coantry Violet had everything his
own way. 1t is claimed the A. p. A..
vote went solidly for Violet.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
Texas Ready For Sea.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Admiral
Brown, commandant at the Norfolk
navy yard, says the new battleship
Texas, just completed at that yard, will
be ready for commission Aug. 15, and
in the course of three weeks may go to
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
Fell From : Haylnow.

WNCHEsTER, o., Aug. 6.-An 8-year-
old child Of Squire Ira T. Booth, living
near here, while in haym6w hunting
hens nests fell between the timbers and
alighted on her head on scantling in
the door below, resulting in injuries
which caused her death. q
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
Mexican Killing.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. GA special from
Victoria, Tex, says that Jose Valerie,
superintendent of public schools, was
shot and killed by Jose Cassas, we'll
known young man of that place. A
quarrel over a trivial matter led to the
murder. Cassas was arrested.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
His Sister Did 1t.

BRAZIL, Ind, Aug 8. fisherman John
son is dying from his wounds, and his
lister is now locked up in the Green
castle Jail to await his demise, in which
case she will be charged with murder.
She is Mrs. Andrew Stableton, and is
but l6 wears old.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10
Nothing in This World

Is so cheap as a newspaper, whether it be
measured by the cost Of its production or by its
Ualue to the consumer. We are talking about
an american, metropolitan, daily paper of the
first class like THE CHICAGO RECORD It's so
cheap and so good you can't afford IN this day
of progress to be Without it. There are other
papers possibly as good but none better, and
none just like it. 1t prints all the real news of
the world-t the news you care jo,--euery day,
and prints it in the shortest possible space. You
can read THE CHICAGO RECORD and do a dav's
work too. 1t is an Independent paper and gives
all political neus free from the faint of party
bias. In word-it's comp etc, condensed,
clean, honest family newspaper, and it has the
largest morning circulation IL Chicago or the
west-125, 900 to I4O 900 q day.
Prof. j. 7. Hatfield Of the Northwestern
University says: 9TH. CHICAGO RECORD
comes as near beirg the IDEAL daily Jour-
nal as we are for some time likely to find
on these mortal shores.
Sold by newsdealers everywhere, and sub
scrptions received b. all postnasters. Address
THE CHICAGO RECORD, ISL Madison-st. %
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1895-08-10

wAsHIHGsox. Aug. 8: Chief Engi.
neer Wilhamson Of the navy was placed
oR the retired Hat on account Of age.
he was appointed as third assistant en-
gineer Nay ~, 1893, from Virginia He
was superintendent Of the wal, state
aud navy buildings and will be snc-
ceedsd IN that poaition by Chief Engi-
ueer George W. Baird.