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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Merchants Not Disturbed.

Boston, March 6.-The tobacco mer-
chants in this city who buy large sup
plies in Cuba and the produce dealers
who sell American goods to the Spanish
merchants there are not in the least dis
turbed by the talk of retaliation and
boycotts which is so loud in Cuba at
this time.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
TT rs A FAKE.
No Truth to Report hat Premier GTisf'f
Was Assassinated.

was Assassfnateu.
Rome, March 6.-Dispatches were re-
ceived here tonight from the United
States inquiring as to the truth or fall
sity of a rumor circulated by the Chi
cago Associated Press to the effect that
Prime Minister Crispi had been assas-
sinated. The rumor had no foundation
in fact and could have been disproved
had the slightest effort been made to
ascertain the facts.
Signor Crispi is enjoying his usual
health, but is, Of course, greatly
harassed by the troubles that have
overthrown his cabinet. That he is q
much hated man is generally conceded
and this fact is the only thing that
adds the slightest air Of probability
to the sensational and false story fur
nished to few American newspapers
by the Chicago Associated Press.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Convicted of Mans,aughter

Detroit, March 6.-Mrs. Herman 3
slaughter. She and Dr. D. J. Seaman,
who was recently adjudged guilty of
murder in the first degree. were accus
ed of the murder of Emily Hall, young
English girl who came to this city from
England to hide her shame and died Of
the effects of a criminal operation per-
formed by DR.. Seaman at Mrs. Lanes
private lying-in hospital
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
lie Pleaded Guilty.

Boston, March 6.-The grand jury to-
day reported two indictments against
Harry M. Fowle, formerly bookkeeper
for the Shepard & Morse Lumber COM
pany, one for forgery and one for the
embezziement of $4,000. He pleaded
guilty to the former and not guilty to
the latter. He will be sentenced We'd
nesdaY.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Death of Philip Harper.

Hampstead, L. l., March 6.-Philip ].
A. Harper, retired senior member of the
firm of Harper Brothers of New York
city, died at his residence at Hampstead
this afternoon from complication of
heart and kidney troubles. He retired
from active business six years ago on
account of illness. He was son OF
James Harper, one of the founders of
the firm of Harper Brothers.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Still No EIeotinn

Frankfort, KY, March 6.-In the joint
assembly to-day ST. John Boyle. the
new caucus nominee of the republicans,
received the full party vote. To-days
vote for senator follows: Boyle 6S,
Blackburn As, Carlisle Is, Petit 2. No
election.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
STAY of Execution ordered.

Constantinople, March 6.-The min
has renewed in the presence of Miss
Clara Barton of the Red Cross society
his promise to permit the distributors
Of relief to go to Anatolia. Neverthe-
less. the sultan has ordered a stay of
execution of his trade allowing Hiss
Barton to send aid to the sufferers.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
LAST NIGHTS CONTEST

The Mercantiles defeated the Grays
last evening in an interesting game
of good totals for both sides. The Mer-
cantiles broke the record for missed
spares. having only twenty The
Grays' finish of the last half of the
last game was the best rolling to date
for the half, getting 497 pine, White get
ting in succession, Winchell and
Fox doubling twice, 16 strikes being
made in the last half. The score:
MERCANTILES.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Accident at a Funeral.

Chicago March 6.-While the funeral
of Mrs. Mary Jedlika was in progress
this morning at ISL West Sixteenth
street the sidewalk in front of the
house collapsed, causing 100 people to
fall ten feet into a basement area. The
casket fell on the mother Of the dead
woman, breaking her foot. All those
injured were women, except the under
taker. Broken bones were the most Sc
rious injuries.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Gas Well Broke Loose.

Warrington, w. ", March GA gas
we'll at this place broke loose and
caught fire to-day, burning to death
Patrick Quinn and fatally burning T.
]. Mclaughlin. Six other persons were
seriously burned.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Eleve,. Men Burned.

Chicago, March 6.--Eleven men werc
seriously burned this afternoon in a
boiler explosion at the Troy laundry.
495 Fifth avenue The fire which fol-
lowed the explosion was quickly extin-
guished.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
win Abdicate the Throne First.

London, March GA dispatch from
Rome asserts that King Humbert has
declared that he would soon abdicate
the throne of Italy than to abandon the
italian province of Erythrea, in Africa.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Killed Mother and Self.

st. Adams, VT, March 6-Chester
Collins, a farmer in Swanton, killed his
mother and then cut his throat about s
o'clock this morning. Insanity was the
cause.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Entire amiiy Perished.

Alma, Wis, March 6.-The house
near here occupied by C. Clubhouse, his
wife and five children was burned last
night and the entire family perished
in the flames.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
Given n High Post

Rome, March 6.-Rev. Thomas Me-
gennie of Boston, Mass, has been ap
pointed secret chamberlain to the pope
and an honorary monsignor.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-07
WOULD NOT BE TAKEN ALIVE
IN 0UTLAW BLEW OUT HIS BRAINS
RATHER THAN SURRENDER.

Two Thousand Men Surrounded Etlinger's
House and Set Fire to It-Rather Than to
Give in to the Mob He Put Revolver to
His Head and Fired Two Bullets Into His
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Apples i'm the south.

A farmer in the Southern Cultivator
says: Many men have failed in their eff
forts to get good fruit south, simply be-
cause they planted northern varieties of
apples. There are but few kinds OF apples
that do well out of their native locality.
Northern winter apples, seeded in a cold
climate, mature in the short summer and
fall of their nativity, hence when brought
south, mature in September and fall off
the trees, and are fall apples.
We are now well supplied with fine
varieties of winter apples. and all the
summer and fall varieties do well here,
but our winter apples must be such as
have come from our seedlings of the
south 1t is a disregard of this fact that
has caused the failure. We have many
native seedlings that compare well with
the best northern varieties in color. size
and flavor
The Yates ((seeded in Fayette or Henry
county, Georgia. is a small or medium
sized, deep red apple, with small white
specks over 1t, which keeps until spring
flesh yellow and sweet when mellow.
Capt. Moses, large or medium-sized APP
pie, of yellow, overspread with red flesh
Juicy crisp. sweet and slightly Viuous
and pleasant. Yellow English, a medium,
yellow; a most excellent winter apple, an
early bearer and a rapid grower. Oconee
Greening Is a medium-sized, green apple
T1cn, aromatic HdNOTi une tree IS q VigOr-
Gus grower and a profuse bearer, valua>
BILE for all purpose. This is native Of
Clark county, Georgia, and one of the
best of apples Timber Twig is a medium
sized, greenish yellow apple, subacid fla
vor but fine keeper and a profuse bearer
and good shipper. Howard is a small,
yellow apple, of fine flavor, and good
keeper. Ferries Winter is a small, yellow
apple, of fine flavor and a good keeper,
originated near Atlanta, Ga. Kinnaird' :
Choice is q large, deep red apple, unsur-
passed in flavor; flesh yellow and sweet.
The above are such varieties of winter
apples as are tested and found to suit
the southern states. Then there are
others that do weS here, and from this
latitude to mountains of North Georgia.
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, such
as Ben Davis Winesap, Black Apple,
Nickojack, Bradford's Best, Rawle's ia
net, etc, The Nickojack is very large.
slightly apple, and when mellow, is a fine
favored apple, but 1t is a late and shv
bearer. have seen the apples that weigh
ed a pound, but as it is a shy bearer. il
will never acquire popularity in the south.
but is already so in North Carolina and
East Tennessee The farmer should plant
the apple trees on good fiat land that Is
rich, or make it rich.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Prennre for GrnIn-

The Southern Planter says: whilst
the land is full Of moisture let the plows
be got 10 work preparing il for the winter
cat and wheat crops. Winter oats. 10
make the best return. should be sown in
September. and Il is not too early TO be
gin to prepare the land in August The
failure to make heavy crops Of winter
oats is largely to be attributed TO the fact
that they are usually sOUn too late. They
should be got in sufficiently early 10 per
nit OF their making a vigorous and strong
root growth before frost. and then they
will be rarely killed out We know Of
make less than 90 or % bushels to the
acre, and one Of whom frequently makes
Is bushels 10 the acre of this crop. These
men all sow i'm September and say that
the cat crop sown then IS much more prof
liable than wheat. Whilst the cat plant
is naturally capable of making a good
growth on poorer land than any Of the
other cereals by reason of its power TO alb
stract plant nutrition from the mineral
elements in the soil whilst in less availa-
bic form than required by other plants
yet this is no reason why it should be
compelled to do this If IL Is 10 grow at all
Oats will pay for good care and rich land
as well as any other cereal crop, and II
the best results are 90 be had should be
treated well. Like wheat they require a
firm Seed-bed with finely-brolzen surface
soil Many farmers ara now preparing
land for them with the snading or disc
ing and much time, and they are adopt
ing this system with success where the
land has been we'll and deeply plowed for
the previous crop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The mistaken idea prevails TO a wide
extent that 1t is not safe to hoe or stir
the soil among plants in hot, dry spells.
The impression is that disturbing and
loosening the soil causes it to dry out
more rapidly than it would if left alone.
The reverse of this is the fact A light,
open. porous soil absorbs the moisture
on the same principle that a sponge does.
If allowed to crust over. the moisture
from dews and light rains fails to pene-
trate to the roots beneath
If your hens are not laying, feed them
lightly. without corn. Be careful that
plenty of pure water is constantly before
them. For a bird that is running at will
on healthy ground and who is not laying
a breeder may not feed at all until the
bird shows signs of laying, at which time
he may begin on his usual diet. You will
hnd that the above is a very common diet
among breeders who keep hens for profit.
Sorghum Seed For Food-In India and
China sorghum seed is very largely used
Ior human food. 1t Is regarded as pre-
ferabe TO rice, which is commonly sup
posed to be the maintenance of these peO-
pes constituting nearly half the world S
population. In this country sorghum seed
mas been mainly used as feed for chick
ems and other farm stock But some
years ago a neighbOr farmer who grew
sorghum saved some of the seed and had
II ground. 1t was something like graham
Hour, and we thought that for a change
II would with sorghum syrup make a bet-
ter griddle cake than anything else ex-
cept buckwheat.
Don't be afraid of insect powder; don't
get the idea that II will poison YOU II
you touch it. If your chickens pick at
themselves all the time even pausing
when eating to tend to some particularly
hard bite, just walt until they settle for
the night and then, catching each fndi-
yidual chicken, take good pinch of pow
der in your fingers and civ a liberal
busting under both wings, on TOP ok the
head and around the vent Put tobacco
stems, cedar boughs and wood ashes into
your nests, in place of straw, and you
won need to sprinkle with kerosene. es-
pecially II n little insect powder is added
TO the contents of the dust bin
Ashes for Sandy Soils.-Almost all sandy
SOILS lack potash Even when IL is pres
ent, unless there is also some vegetable
matter in the soil to furnish carbonfc acid
gas, the potash forms union with the
sand, and thenceforward can only be re-
leased as 1t is some way made soluble
The benefit from applications Of potash
TO sandy soil Is direct. They supply the
kind of plant food In which II is def
cient, and which is a necessity for all
plants. But the use of potash in the
form of ashes is not restricted to sandy
soils. Most heavy soils have more or less
potash in insoiuble form As the caustic
potash in the ash changes II makes the
potash and phosphate in the soil near
1t soluble also, and thus potash will some
times Obige the soil to supply to the
plants the phosphate they require 10
make a grain crop. But in such cases
the potash does not take the place of the
mineral. 1t simply enables the plant ia
get phosphate that was in the soil. but
not in soluble form.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

II We are too remiss as 10 planting The
seeds OF the better kinds Of green's plant
We Will have 70 resort 10 slIcb a. Tbess
or go without.
Out OF the score OF plants that could be
named here, il is not necessary TO name
more tnan Two The man or woman that
sOWs spinach and Swiss chard TO furnish
the health-giving green need not know ar,-
otner. They are the cream OF the VAST
list OF salad plants. Mustard is not 10 -
deSplsed and there are a host that are
partial TO collard and kale. but once grown
the TWO plants we have planted take me
place OF all other salads. Il will soon be
time 10 SOW both. Prepare a plat Tor
uilSln. Jabez.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Salad Crons-Greena

AHere are score or more of different
pants grown for the purpose of supply
mig greens" very acceptable dish. in
me spring If no other time, to every son
anu daughter of Adam, since-well, in fact
yer since a vegetable diet took its place
Al the esteem of Abel; able sensible man.
Greens are most excellent. Who could
weather long springtime without dish
VI Two OF greens, early green. boiled
greens. There is confusion in accented
'ei ms. There are, it seems, raw salads.
cooked salads, raw greens and boiled
sieehs' Some apply the term salad" ex-
o'us4VeIy to such plants as celery ana
-9'tuce. These plants, usually eaten raw.
a. by some characterized as greens
A 5s Is disagreement as to terms. but
sur rot propose to multiply words about
- ttlne. l explain, should explana-
IN IN De called for, that when l. 1, Jabez.
- green's L refer to some vegetables
80 80 comes out of the pot and usually
bv so l5SeH Surmounted on the platter
- Soodly piece of bacon, a cube or
f'Iou say. 1t was esteemed by our fore
t'ueIs; Inelr children inherit this es-
III IN. Such men as Commoner Stephens.
p 11tgI Washington, DR.. Green, Supt.
1 eoMell and many other American WORTHLESS
- pressed their highest esteem for a dish
n. teeIs with corn pone. 1t is all in
NJ Dook OF the Chronicles; all a matter
49, the term as we have. There is bur
a. Ne 3ie variation. With one perhaps it was
p-e Ilsn OF green, with another a mess of
fl, Ne are told that in Europe and even
s =, me northern United States, many per
oons, persons of aff1uence, quite fre0uenfv
- 80 given to greens as to scurry along
60. nlg hway and scour the woods and
rorest IN early spring to get the covered
Jo13ss OF greens. Pepper grass. purslane
T tIye.As' pokeweed and ever so many things
"a we regard with disdain contribufe
1,,,5lls carry leaves and buds to satisfy the
-'lFersal craving for greens" 1t is true
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

An Exchange says: ITO our personal
knowledge red and white cloyers
alsike clover,bu Glover, melilotus and les
pedeza all thrive well on Ber-
muda sod, when the soil is
suitable in character for the growth of
each individual plant. Bermuda grass.
after the land has been trampled for
years by stock, does not seem to thrive
as we'll and produce as luxuriant a crop
of grass by reason Of this compaction Of
the soil. Instead of blowing the land.
which is oftimes a herculean Job. to
say nothing of the difficulty and labor
of leVehng THE surface, to loosen up the
soil and give new life to the plants. is 1t
not better to SOW clovers and let them
do their work Of subsoiling, loosenine,
the soil so the grass growth is stimu-
lated and improved? We are inclined to
recommend this plan.
When the peculiarly individual charac-
ter Of the soil will not admit of growing
one or even two Varities OF clover sue
cessfully, there are two others to choose
from. No doubt crimson clover and the
vetches will also thrive we'll on Bermuda
soil These legumes penetrate their roots
deep into the subsoil. They draw nour-
ishment from food wealth far benea tn
rhe surface soil and to very considerab BILE
extent from the atmosphere. They an
propriate food materials from sources
that are not possible for the Bermuda.
and place it in position and in proper form
for the latter to subsist upon.
These legumes, then, not only benefit
Bermuda by loosening the soil so the
roots can develop better. but furnish food
for the sustenance Of this grass. And
again, one plant being mainly carbona-
ceous and the other heterogeneous in char
acter-the two combined into one food
insures rich food and a we'll proper
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17
Growing Lettuce in Frames In Win

Anywhere south of the line Of Pennsyl-
vania the best of lettuce can be grown in
simple cold frames during the winter of
Just as good quality as is produced in
the heated houses of the Boston garden
ers. SAYS the Southern Planter. North of
the Potomac and in the Upper Piedmont
country of Virginia and North Carolina,
it will be necessary to have good straw
mats to protect the frames during very
cold weather; but anywhere in the lower
tide-water section of Virginia and in Cen
trail and Eastern North Carolina, the
glass sashes are all sufficient. Here, in
fact, we seldom keep the glass over the
lettuce except on frosty nights and dur
ing dark and cold weather. our abound
ing sunshine is usually all that Is needed
in daytime. With cold frame covered
with glass sashes, we can easily grow
two crops during the winter by having
a later sowing outside ready to take the
place of the first crop. The gardeners
near Wilmington, n. c., have Of late
been growing a good deal of lettuce under
the plant cloth and get it ready for mar
ket in February. They get but the one
crop, and that an inferior one to what
they could grow under glass, and in the
long run the plant cloth costs more than
the glass. Then in winter. when heavy
snow falls, the plant cloth is pressed down
on the lettuce and spells 1t, while II they
had glass, the snow would be simply a
protection from the cold snap that al
ways follows a snowfall.
To grow lettuce under glass, it is neces-
sary to take time by the foTelock; and so
we speak of it now while the August heats
are on us, for the seed for the first crop
to be headed by the Christmas holidays
should be sown the last of this month, or
early in September. Here, this crop will
not need to be set in the frames till No
vember, but it is essential that we should
have good plants, and as there is apt to
be a good deal Of dry wea Their in our fall,
we should take no risk. If the plants
sown the last of August get too large,
succession sowing in September should be
ready 10 take the place. But do not defer
the first sowing too late, or the dry
weather in September may deprive you Of
plants. We make three sowings. First.
last week In August, then middle Of Sep
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

Any time now will answer for sowing
beggarweed, provided moisture is sufficient
to sprout the seed, says the Southern Ru-
ralist. If the farmer wishes to cut it for
hay, probably he had better wait a little
longer, 50 as not to bring on the harvest
until after the rainy season shall be over.
1t does the best on Old land provided it
has not been too much impoverished. If
sown in moist weather, broadcast SOW
ing will answer; if in dry weather, the
seed may be sown in drills, covered care
fully, and the soil packed slightly in order
to insure termination of the seed. If the
sowing is intended to produce a crop of
hay, the seed should be sown thick in or
der to make the stalks grow small. If
sown thin, they will grow so large that
stock will refuse the stalks and consume
only the foliage, which will entail a Sc
rious loss. sowing of fifteen to eight
cen pounds of clean seed, or a bushel and
a half of rough seed, per acre will be about
right. Do not be in a hurry to SOW beg
garweed until the ground is in the right
condition OF moisture, even If you have TO
wait for the beginning of the rainy sea-
son. The seed will not terminate in the
dust, and the Florida summer is so long
that time can be had for the harvesting
and curing of the crop after the close of
the rainy season, when we have some de-
cent hay-making weather Where beg
Carved is Sown very thick grown with
small stalks, and is cut as soon as the
bloomIbuds appear-not waiting for a bud
to open-and cured bright, without rain
falling on it, it is worth 25 per cent. more,
ton for ton than the average timothy hay
shipped down here from the north.-Flori-
da Citizen
In July and up into August the seed can
be sown, if the ground is sufficiently
wet, to secure a crop of fodder, and leave
the soil in better condition for next sea-
sons crop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-17

The good effect of salt which you have
noted in making fruit trees productive
is not due to the direct use of the salt
by the trees as plant food. but by its in
direct use in liberating both potash and
phosphate which may already be in the
SOIL Whether salt will be beneficial or
inert depends altogether on the character
of the soil TO which it is applied If
poor in vegetable matter and lacking in
mineral fertility the salt will do no good
whatever. But where there is mineral
plant food in the soil in insouble form
the salt will make ii soluble. Most or
chards on long-cultivated soils, especially
if grain crops are grown, lack available
phosphates, and some of them also lack
the potash required for seed and growing
leaves and wood. On all such land no SUD-
stitute for the mineral plant food need
ed will answer. But when grain is now
grown in eastern states more or less
phosphate and potash Is applied with It,
usually in excess of the amount needed
to make the crop. This excess remains
for future years, and the application OF
little salt per acre enables the farmer TO
get the benefit of it, We once knew a
tenant who had a farm for five years.
For four years he phosphated every
grain crop be sowed. On the fifth year,
wherever he had grown two or more
grain crops, he used salt, but no pnos-
pndle, anu Indue the ClVp iSoAAy a. So
as it would have been with phosphate,
but without the salt. But in this case he
had lessened soil fertility as he would
not have done had he phosphated the
grain last year. The plan may be good
one to ship the use of phosphate once in
awhile and use salt, better still put on
a lesser amount of phosphate with some
salt mixed with it so as to make it more
effective. But bearing fruit trees need
so much potash and phosphate that what
can be coaxed from the ground by apply
ing salt will not be NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.