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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25
Inman on Cotton.

New York, March 1S.-Refvrring
to the recent activity and strong
advance 10 cotton, Mr. Johu H Inmau
to day expressed his views as follows :
90 October is, just five months ago.
March cotton sold on this market at g.
so. From that time there has been
practically continuous decline until
March 5. when contracts sold at 90
a decline of p cents. My estimate of
the crop is the same to-day that it was
Eve months ago when cottoo sold at
9 SO; that is $4,000 900 bales
The above decline brought our mark
ct much below European parity and led
to large purchases Of contracts iu New
York against sales in Europe.
My experience is that after a steady
decline Of 90 loog time. an upward
movement is iuevitable-a movement
which will most likely recover half of
the p cents decline and therefore carry
us back to 81 and 81 cents before the
cotton season is over.
With rapidly declining stocks and
the fact that it is Eve and half months
before new cotton it occurs to me that
the persistent sellers short of August
may get ioto a very uncomfortable po-
sition before the season is over. Unless
prices advance materially. | don't see
how New York can avoid having a
very small stock by August I say not
over SO, 600 bales. Trade in America ls
bad. perhaps worse than at any tlme
for 80 years bat against this. trade in
Europe is good and Liverpool and the
continent will take large amount Of
cotton at the cheapest price they can
get it, bat will 10 my Judgement pay
81 to 81 cents if necessary. Almost
every crossroad in the south is short Of
the crop aud to my raind the extensive
preparations and increased acreage and
prospects Of the new crop are greatly
exaggerated At any rate, it is the
season that makes the crop and Dot the
acreage
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25
Lieut.. Stokes at Work.

TIE aGjutant acd inspector general
Yesterday sent out the following special
order pertaining to Lieutenant Stokes
work of instruction
Realizing aud apprecla:iog the
necessity of the cavalry forces, | am
endeavoriog to bring them up to a
much higher standard Lieut. Marcus
3. Stokes of the United States army
having been detailed to this State for
duty with toe militia Of this State, is
hereby authorized to proceed to Hamp-
ton county aud issue such orders to the
troops composing the First regiment OF
cavalry, Col. w. J. Causey command.
ing, as he may deem necessary and
for the best interest aud Improvement
of the same. y
Following this order. Lieut. NJ B.
Stokes issued the following letter:
Col. W j. Causey, Commanding First
Regiment South Carolina Cavalry:
Sir: In accordance with special order
No. Il, adjutant generals Office, March
10. 1896, I will be with the different
troops of your command for the pur-
pose OF drill aud instruction as follows
Tuesday, March 81, Troop +. Peo.
ples'; Thursday, April 2, Troop D.
Daley's; Saturday. April 4. Troop 3
Longs; Tuesday, April I, Troop e
Bowers; Thursday, April 9, Troop A
Brunson's $; Saturday, April II, Troop
B, Steiumeyer's.
Very respectfully,
NJ. 3. Stokes,
Lieut.. U. S. Army.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

South needs more sorcly crop
which can be raised on the coast
lands formerly devoted to rice and
the inland river swamp plantations
where corn growing is made, BY pc
riodical freshets, mere lottery.
Why not sugar cane
We had before supposed that our
cllmate-in this region, at least
would not be favorable to this crop !;
but if It ia not affected by frosts and
if even November freezes may be
mitigated there is certainty of it's
suitability to our coast region and a
strong probability that it will sue
ceed far into the interior. Certainly
if it can be grown successfully near
Augusta it can be made an equal
success near Columbia on the rich
bottom lands of the Congaree and
Wateree There isn't county in
the State which has more reason TO
test the accuracy of these theories
than Richland The county received
its name from the fertility of the
great fields which border its rivers,
and it is bitter irony that, owing to
the lack Of capital to repair and ex-
tend the oldtime !eyees along these
streams, the freshets make our rich
est lands the poorest in results. We
earnestly hope that some OF oul
farmers down the Congaree will
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

Simon hartman, of Tunnelton West Va !,
has been subject to attacks of collie about once
year, and would have 10 call doctor and
then suffer for about twelve hours as much as
some do when they lie. he WAS taken re-
Gently lust the same as at other times, and
concluded to try Chamherla,n's Collie, Chol-
era and Dia:rbn4 Remedy He says: 81 took
one dose of 1t and it gave me relief in FIVE
minutes That is more thar any thing else
has ever done for me-" For sale by Dr.. A.
J. China.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Horticulture.

1t is we'll to cultivate the habit of
returning to the soil everything pos
sible grown from it. The best thing
one can do for the garden as soon az
the crops are harvested is to turn
what is left under the ground.
The wind, the birds and running
brooks all help to scatter weeds.
Those left in the fence corners this
fall may make the whole farm foul
another year. 1t is strange how
seeds travel, but travel they will.
The time may not be far distant
when land with good forest trees
upon it may be more valuable than
tillable land. A wise man will be
getting ready for this by planting
timber on rough and waste places.
There are thousands and thousands
of such vacant acres.
Good, unleached hard wood ashes
for manurial purposes are an excel
lent fertilizer for potatoes on most
soils. Like all potash manures, if
in excess they tend to make the tub
ers scabby, though the fact is hard
to explain; yet it is perfectly safe to
use 80 or more bushels broadcast af-
ter blowing.
The amount of manure necessary
to bring a good crop of onions de-
ponds of course, upon the previous
treatment of the land; that is, de-
ponds upon the present state of fer
tility; but it is always safe to be lib
eral, and to err on the side of gener-
osity. In short, put on good crop
of manure if you have it. However
tempted to make special use of COM
mercial fertilizers, apply good, well
rotted stable manure every two or
three years. For muck lands moth
ing would be superior to wood ashes
and bone; 100 bushels of ashes to
the acre and 1000 of bone meal
would probably bring an extra fine
prOn.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
drinking water.

drinking water.
Do not wash the eggs, but rub
them with a damp cloth when
brought into the house; they will
then look bright and clean when ia
ken to market. There is more than
little in the appearance of things.
If fowls have plenty of milk there
is little necessity for giving them
meat. Planning to have skinned
milk and using it to the best advan-
tage will help materially to increase
the income from the cows. 1t is the
one thing which can be given to
poultry without the risk of giving
too much. Let there be supply
where they can help themselves,
and where it will not be fouled, and
they will eat no more than is good
for them.
Unless you provide for the biddies
do not expect them to provide for
you. The harder the times are with
us the greater is the need that the
chickens shall be made more profita-
bic. Eggs are on the rise, and will no
doubt be higher. They have been the
! farmers greatest income in times
unnumbered, and they may be made
so again. Do not count it small
business because hen brings you in
two pennies day. The eggs of this
country will amount to millions in
value.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11

usually be put to better use than
growing stock as the main business,
but the fruit grower or market gar
dener will be surprised to see how
much stock he can run in as side is
sue if he really gives it his attention.
The stock will be an aid rather than
a detriment, consuming much which
would otherwise go to waste, and
providing much to enrich the soil
from which so much has been taken.
If you have not succeeded in get
ting an old animal ready for market
on pasture, you can not do so with
profit any other way. To stable it
and feed it grain would cost more
than you would gain, for it's teeth
and digestive apparatus are defec-
tive. Give it away. Bestow your
winter feed only upon young and
thrifty stock which can pay you a
good return. Keep nothing on hand
from now until next April which
does not show some good earning
capacity.
Hogs do better when fed in small
lots, for some fatten better than
OCnefS, ana so get more than their
due proportion of food. The same
hint will apply to the housing and
feeding of calves. The stronger
will drive the weaker ones away
from the feed troughs, and worry
and bully those which can not so
we'll defend themselves. Those not
thrifty, or for any reason need extra
care or feed, stand even a poorer
chance than they otherwise would.
1t is mistake to breed immature
animals, especially with pigs. The
progeny of such are usually weak
scrawny, diseased mites, and make
poor showing when compared with
pigs of older and more mature stock.
Shoats from maturer stock have a
better start because larger, and are
more profitable to feed.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
LOOM.

Lone dweller by the lonely lake,
Remote among our northern hills.
Round wooded shores thy loud cries wake
The sleeping echoes, rudely break
The singing of the rills,
Thou hast the storm welcome guest
At thy home by the waters edge.
The waves may plash about thy breast;
May, playful, lift and rock thy nest
Built on the reedy sedge.
Thou art a ruler in good right,
Strong master of all winds that blow.
Thy wings outstrip the stormclouds quite
Thy swimming is the swallows flight
Seen in the depths below.
Thou sittest with q sovereign grace
The broken waters of the pond,
And, quicker than the eye can trace,
Hast shifted to another place
A good half mile beyond.
Ali said those loud demoniac cries
Borne on the startled listening air,
As il from neither world did rise
In agony TO earth and skies
An outburst of despair.
Proud is thy mate as side by side
Ye cleave the air with whizZing wing;
Your brood that patiently abide
At home, rejoice, your forms deserted,
Those wild notes heard to ring.
. Isaac B. Choate in New York Home Journal
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Dairy.

No other matter about the farm
will so poorly stand being made a
thing of secondary interest as the
dairy. A very little neglect will go
a long way toward destroying the
profit. Neglect is sure TO attend
that which is not of a first considera-
ton.
The best profit from dairying
comes from the manufacture of gilt
edged butter for private customers.
Make this your aim; and then do
not be too Indifferent to hunt for the
customers.
Wisconsin has become one of the
great dairying States of the Union,
and the cause is directly traceable
to the institutes and the attention
which has been taken to educate
farmers up to the appreciation of
the value of the silo. No danger of
her overriding the thing.
Never have two purposes about it.,
but buy your COWS for the dairy with
express reference to the dairy type.
If you chance to get one which will
make good beef in the end, count
that as an extra gain, but do not eX-
pect 1t or buy 1t with that in view.
If the good beef qualities predomi-
nate, lose no time in making the
good beef of her.
Do not put milk into closely COW
cred cans Immediately after milk
ing, as by so doing it will be forced
to retain any foul odors it may have
absorbed. By aerating, all animal
| and other O0OrS NAV he ramnvad
and this is the better way to treat
milk which is to be set for cream in
covered cans or to be put into cans
for immediate shipment or delivery
but some milk comes from the stable
too rank to be worth giving very
much care. 1t will be folly to preach
the finer principles of good dairyInl
to him who has never learned hii
first lessons. Many a farmer doe
not know good milk from bad.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Deaf and Dumb at Intervals.

While talking to some friends in
Wilkesbarre recently Patrick Healey
was stricken deaf and dumb. He wrote
on a piece of paper: "Do not be alarm
ed. This will pass off in three days. l
know what it is. l have had it before. I"
1t seems that Healey, while in Ireland,
20 years ago, was thrown from a horse.
AS result of injuries received he was
deaf and dumb for three days. Every
four years since then he has had SINH
lar attack, lasting i'll each instance three
days. philadelphia Record.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Stock.

Many calf keeps poor because
lice are eating il up. Have you ex-
amined yours? A kerosine emul-
sion, well applied, will kill vermin
on any stock.
If the animal is ready and the
price good, sell it. If you wait
longer that this good price become
what you think proper" one, the
chances are that the animal will not
go up with 1T.
Feed the stock with view of get
ting some fertilizer, and you may be
pretty sure of getting some profit
from the pork or beef. Be watching
and working in all directions.
Sell all the stock ready for market
before going into winter quarters
and winter feeding. 1t will be folly
to carry over any it will not pay to
feed for gain, as they will be none
the better after long months of care
and feeding.
1t is calculated that one acre Of
clover will produce 800 pounds o.
pork if properly pastured with eight
good, thrifty growing shoats. Ir
what other way could it be made Il
pay better, and how could pork bt
made more cheaply?
Much more and very much bettel
class of live stock could be KEEP
with profit by the majority of oul
farmers, and the system of chOppinl
and selling off the grain, straw ant
hay and putting back nothing is en-
tirely wrong; it is only question o
time when farms thus treated will
not produce enough to pay the take
thereon. Not one reason can b
given why the breeding of live stool
should not be encouraged.
Small farms near the cities ca
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11

be taken with land which has been
but half prepared for planting.
If you propose to practice level
cultivation of your potatoes next
season, be very careful to drain your
land properly first. Otherwise the
experiment may prove very unsatis-
factory.
No line of business undergoes
more legitimate changes than farm
ing. No class is so slow to realize
this, however, as the farmers them
selves. The average move in the
tracks of their fathers, content
with few acres of this and that
Just state of ease and stagnation.
This barely living by the hardest
has tendency to drive away from
their rural homes the coming gem
erations, who would be content to
stay under more interesting con-
| ditions.
The best profits are procured by
having good crops in poor seasons.
He who by thorough culture puts
his land in such shape that it will
stand the bad effects of severe rains
or of unusual drouths, and has it
rich enough to resist epidemics of
insect enemies and disease, is sure
to avoid many of the misfortunes of
his neighbors; even when crops are
good universally his larger crops
put him in the lead.
The capabilities of the soil are
best shown by a succession of the
various crops to which it is adapted.
In this way green manuring can be
procured with regularity, and with
out manuring comparatively little
farm land can be made to pay at all.
A good rotation of crops makes
farming much safer business than
haphazard work.
One among the many hopeful
signs of the times is the manifest
effort of agriculturists, horticultur.
lists, and scientists to determine
positively what is the best special
manure for each of the crops. The
Importance, indeed the necessity, OF
this determination in the present
condition of the business of hus.
bandry is too evident to. need argu'
ment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Brutal.

She-There! How do you like my
singing3
He-There is certainly a great deal
of feeling III it.
"Thank you.
GAS was about to remark, it gave
me an impression that you were feeling
around for the notes without being sure
Of finding them. indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Agriculture.

1t is predicted that before many
years the sunflower will come into
general cultivation in this country.
1t has no superior for vigor, rapid
growth and prolific yield of seed,
leaves and stalks, all of which can
be utilized.
Farmers, as a rule, are honest and
trustworthy, and merchants are
ready to give them credit; but it
stands to reason that they must
either charge interest or add suf-
ficient to the price of goods to cover
the loss from tieing up their money.
Take no advantage of credit if it can
be avoided.
II is much easier, quicker and
cheaper to husk the corn into boxes
and load and haul them to the cribs
than to pursue the old method.
This also affords a handy way for
measuring the corn with consider
able eXactness.
One reason for the low average of
many crops is that we do not fight
insect enemies promptly enough.
There should be no delay in dealing
with them. No labor is saved in
waiting to make a general onslaught
when they are about taking a field.
In sowing grass or clover on poor
land do not be stingy with the seed
The poorer the land the more seed
will fail to terminate. This holds
good with almost any other crop,
too; and the same precaution must
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
A Nannlennio schemer.

Judkins-I learn through your agent
that you have bought the properties on
either side of your residence and got them
dirt cheap. How do you manage it?
Foxley-Easy enough. My wife is. an
elocutionist, my daughter plays the piano,
George plays cornet, l play the violin,
Bob plays a banjo, Charley rattles the
bones and little Johnnie has a drum
Detroit Free Press.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Poultry,

In hot weather, in particular, sour
or fermented grain, or food spoiled
or impure, is prime cause of dis
ease if given to fowls; it is almost
equal 20 unclean quarters and stag
nant drinking water. Neither are
good eggs produced from such food.
In hot damp weather chickens are
subject to diarrhea. Do not become
frightened, mistaking it for cholera.
Put pulveriZed charcoal in their
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11

The bronze cent piece was first coined
In 1864, being authorized by act of con-
gress in the same year. The issuance of
this coin was discontinued Feb. 10, 1878.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11

Daniel Lamber, the British Mountain
of Flesh, weighed 712 pounds. He died
suddenly in London ON July 81, 1909.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
MEN AND HORSES.

The winnings of Joe Patchen are
placed at $4,000.
Alex Mckay is sampleing some of
the Woodlawu Farm youngsters.
He has some very promising
material.
Ed Geers says Star Pointer is not
only the best race horse, but the
fastest horse in the world, and it is
no fault of his that he wasn't in his
stable last season.
The demand for American bred
trotters in Europe seems to be on
the increase. Trevillian, 2:0914, car
ries the fastest record of any trotter
shipped to Europe.
The blind pacing mare, Lottie P,
2:l74, is now in the great BROOD
mare list, being the dam of Bell
Acton, 2:164 (who holds the cham
pion yearling pacing record of
2:2034), and Actonward, 2:1216, both
performers being by Shadeland
Onward.
Mr.. Morris Jones, of Red Oak, Ia,
the owner of the champion trotting
mare, AliX, 2:03A, reports her to be
in better condition than she has
been for years, and insists that her
front legs are strong and sound.
The prices realized at the Madison
Square Garden sale on Wednesday
show that discriminating public
will pay literally for animals that
meet the requirements of the pres
ent advanced standard. The Daisy
family, which Mr.. A. B. Darling took
much pride in was in great demand
It's merit rests upon producing
capacity, and this is a test which
the thoughtful man never regards
with Indifference. AXtelloid and
Colonel AXtell were purchased for
road purposes, and Marguerite A
was bought for the stud, but prob
ably will be campaigned. The sale
makes plain the fact that the mar
ket is in a healthy condition.
On the authority of Mr.. VIM
Simpson, of New York, it is stated
that John r. Gentry Melted hin
$2l ,2OO-a pretty clever investment
for single year. He had paid bacl
to Mr.. Simpson in winnings his
$1,000 of original purchase none!
and given that gentleman ne
profit of 81 300 previous to his sale a
Madison Square Garden for $4,000
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-12-11
Agricultural and Live Stock Department.
Conducted by JOHN P. McGAW, Jr.


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Arizona republican., 1896-11-15
Mems Linen C0llaS.

Mems four-ply pure linen collars, several different styles; formerly sold at 15c, 2Oc and 25a each; on sale this week at, per dozen,
 60c
Arizona republican., 1896-11-15

Men most skilled in irrigation development will be present from every portion of North America and the work outlined by the National Executive Committee will be the most important known in it's field.
 The attendance will be promoted by the especially low railway rates which will exceed single limited first fare for the round trip Phoenix and return from all main routing points between Chicago and the Pacific Ocean, Entrance into Phoenix may be by either the Santa Fe Southern Pacific systems
 Thus will be afforded at the lowest cost an opportunity only attend the interesting sessions of the Congress- but as we'll to visit the Sun Kissed Land Arizona region of mystery nearly all Americans yet land known be of weird and wonderful natural beauty Phenix the Capital City and Metropolis of Arizona extends her welcome and in the vicinity by the object lesson of hundreds of thous ands of arid made fertile and productive by water will demonstrate the practical side of irrigation Ample accommodation will be provided for all the lowest of and excursions and other entertainment will be freely rendered the cys guests Side trips especially low will be available to the City of Mexico Southern Calfo nia and to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
 All inquiries will be cheerfuy answered by the officers matter descriptive of Arizona and of the Congress will be promptly forwarded application.
Arizona republican., 1896-11-15

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Arizona republican., 1896-11-15
Men S Winter
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Several hundred pieces of odds and ends. Shirts and drawers worth up to $1 single garment. We bunch them all. Your choice this week only, 25C
Arizona republican., 1896-11-15
English Clay WorstedS.

Mems fine black worsted dress suits. made of 20 oz., all wool, soft, hand someIy finished. Clay worsted suits. cut latest style, exquisitely trimmed and finished. Suits that we always get s14 for and cannot be equalled else where for less than s15 and $16. For few days only,