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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13

out of sixteen eggs Matched vigorous
chickens. The incubator had previ-
ously been used with unsatisfactory
results.
From the second experiment it was
inferred that the gradual heating of
the eggs was as essential as the pro-
cess of cooling. Twenty-Five eggs
which had been laid on very warm
days were placed in the incubator and
exposed to air as in the preceding
case. The temperature was such that
the eggs were warmed up to 1O4 de-
grees in two or three hours. This
temperature was maintained until
the brood matched. The chickens
pierced the shell, but they were so
weak that they died before leaving
the egg.
1t was found that the eggs upon
which a fowl is sitting are not all of
the same temperature, those upon the
outside being cooler than those which
Lie inside.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13
Save the Manure.

[ am glad to observe that some far
mers are waking up on the poultry
question. It is time that some of
them found out where their chickens
were roosting whether they were on
their neighbours fence or their own.
1t is time farmers kpaw that every
fowl they keep produces over one
bushel of fertilizer annually, which,
if saved as it should be, is worth 60
cents to any practical farmer. [ have
sold the fertilizer produced by my
fowls at rs cents per bushel this year.
The droppings of every chicken from
the time it is three months old until
it is seven months old, if allowed to
roam over the moving field where all
it's droppings will be taken up by the
crop, is worth 20 cents as fertilizer,
or 5000 for 1000 chickens. Besides
the fertilizer deposited they destroy
all grasshoppers and insects that live
upon the grass. This is of great val
ue during such seasons as the past,
when in some localities the army and
other worms totally destroyed the
crop. Save the hen manure careful
ly, and try it next year side by side
with Bradley's Stockbridge and other
fertilizers, and see if the rows planted
in hen manure don't look down on
their neighbours, saying, Come on.-F.
G. Dow, in Farm and Home.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13

"Old, yet ever new, and simple and
beautiful ever,'' sings the poet, in
words which might well apply to
Ayers Sarsaparilla-the most efficient
and scientific blood-purifier ever Of
fered to suffering humanity. Nothing
but superior merit keeps it so long at
the front.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13

year, they do not lay that way. An
average of one egg to every three
days in the year is pretty good lay
ing; and yet there is more profit in
hens for their eggs at that rate than
there is in raising chickens at fifteen
cents each. Particularly so when we
can provide range and grass, gravel,
insects, etc. The eggs would not cost
much under such conditions, and the
price named (eight to twelve cents
dozen) would leave a good profitable
margin.
The idea of keeping a few pure
bred fowls, so as to raise cocks for
crossing with common hens, SO as
to keep up the vigor of the flock, is
a good one, and one that would make
the venture much more profitable
than if the common hens alone should
be depended upon without any effort
being made to improve their progeny.
Another point in flavor of raising
eggs in place of chickens, so to speak,
is the fact that in the former case
the hens may be used aus sitters and
mothers, and the incubator and
brooder dispensed with, because the
hens will take naturally to the nest
during the Matching season, which is
plenty early enough to get out chick
ems that are to he kept for laying
purposes, instead of being sold for
the table while still little chicks.
We find oats, boiled up with the
scraps and vegetables cut up and mix
ed with coarse cornmeal, or wheat
bran when cooked, the best food to
induce and maintain good laying. It
is best to feed it of morning, and
whole grain later in the day, placing
1lre grain where the hens will have
to scratch to get it.
No one can make a speciality of the
poultry business and make it pay at
the start, unless they have had previ-
GUS experience. It takes time, work
and knowledge to carry on poultry
ranch successfully, whether it he con-
Quoted for eggs or brOilers, and we
would advise our Alabama friend to
keep his cash investments in line with
mis- experience, and not invest very
much until he has proved his adapt
ability to the business, by having first
succeeded in a small way.
I'll. B. Geer.
TannPSSRR
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Those of our readers who wish to
purchase thoroughbred stock of any
kind for breeding purposes, will do
we'll to correspond with our advertis-
ing patron, Mr.. S. w. Smith, Cochran
vile, Pa. This gentleman is well
known as breeder and importer of
fine stock of all varieties and is now
offering special inducements to pur-
chasers of stock for January delivery.
Write to him for his Clearing Sale cir
cular, which contains a complete list
of stock now ready for delivery, with
prices attached.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-13

Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
is popular preparation in one bottle,
and colors evenly a brown or black.
Any person can easily apply it at
home.
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Brothers VS.. Eggs.

gentleman WRITES as follows ITom
Scott's Station, Ala:
81 am thinking seriously about
getting about one hundred common
hens and about ten cocks to raise
eggs and chicks for the market.
Chicks will bring an average price of
fifteen cents each, frying size, and
eggs eight to twelve cents per dozen.
The chicks will cost twenty cents
each, to start with; the house about
fifteen dollars. Now l will have a
good place for them to run out on
in the day time and a good place to
Craze or pick grass and scratch. I
want to keep the hens laying every
day in the year if possible, and want
an incubator and brooder. There is
man here who has an incubator
and ,brooder, one that he gave $75
and freight added about one year ago
He has tired of the business and
quit. He offers me the incubator and
brooder at $50. 1t is O. X. Now what
l want to ask you is this: Do you
think itwould be wise for me to get
the incubator and brooder and keep
the hens laying and not let them silt?
Or would it be profitable for me to
60 along with only the hens and let
them lay and sit and depend on them
altogether?
81 want to keep the pure breeds al
so, but separated, and hatch all OF
teal purposes to keep up my stock
Now, with ineXperience, and with the
stock [ propose to carry, and with
the odds against me, what would you
think my income ought to he? Do
you think | can make money ait the
business? l am in the business for
cash and not pleasure; prefer both, Of
course, but cash is the cardinal idea
uppermost in my mind. l would like
to get setting of white guinea eggs
Will you be so kind as to tell me what
is the best and cheapest to feed on
for egg production and also for little
chicks.''
We do not feel capable of giving
the advice sought and of directing
our friend in the right course to sue
cess. However, we will say what we
think about it, and if our ideas ap-
pear wrong to others, we hope they
will take up their pens and give us
the benefit of their ideas and expe-
rience.
In the first place, no one can make
a success of raising chickens for the
market without an incubator and
brooder We mean 10y this that it
will not do to depend on the hens for
cubation when the plan in view is
to raise chickens up to the eatable
size only and then sell them and raise
more, and so repeat the operation as
long as profitable, because the best
paying season for such work is very
early in the spring, and the hens are
too uncertain and cannot be depend
ed upon for the purpose. BUT we
question if there is amy profit in rails
ing chickens at the price named (fif-
teen cents each) under any condi-
TONS The profit would certainly be
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POULTRY DEPARTMENT.

Address all communica tons to Poultry De-
partment, Box 200, DeLand, Fla.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
SOUTHERN ARMOR PLATE.
Efforts Being Made Toward Giving Ten
nessee and Georgia a Chance.

Nashville, Tenn, September 7.-Gen-
eral Manager A. NJ. Shook, of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company:
Congressman Gaines, of this city, and
Congressman Underwood, of Alabama,
and Congressman Livingston, of Geor-
gia, will go before the Naval arnor plate
committee in a few days to urge the ex-
animation of the armor plate making IA
clities of the South
Col. Shook in an interview said that
his company stands ready to deliver steel
plate at any Atlantic sea board port at a
less cost than can be done by any COM
pany in the United States. He also said
the iron made by his company was well
adapted to making armor plate for Car
neg;e used it as mixture in manufact-
uring plates. Col. Shook claimed that the
capacity of the blast furnaces cat Bir-
mingham is more than sufficient to sup
ply all demands for plate.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
BEFORE MASTER CRAIGE
EMINENT COUNSEL ARRAYED
AGAINST ONE ANOTHER.
THE TlCKLlSH MINUTES INTRODUCED.
Much Of the Former Evidence Reviewed Some
Vouchers Show That Over 1000
Were Paid by the Old Board for
Lobbying Expenses.
Lobbying Expenses.

Salisbury, N. c.. September Z. (Spe-
ciaI.)-Special Master Craige held his
second hearing on the lease question here
to day. The State and the North Caro-
lima Railway Company were represented
by ex-Judge Avery, w. III. Day, Philip
w. Avirett and w. G. Douglass,
Messrs Busbee, Battle, Bason and Kluttz
represented the Southern Railway, and
Central Trust Company; Col. j. II. Man
ming the Board of Directors.
Judge Avery and Capt. Day lead for
the State, and Col. Avirett for the North
Carolina Railroad.
The Russell Board Of Directors offered
evidence to prove charges Of fraudulent
combinations between Col. Andrews and
Southern Railway and Governor Carr to
influence State Directors to make the
lease.
Herbert Norris and B. c.. Beckwith,
Of Board of Internal Improvements, tes-
tilted that the Governor tried to infu-
ence their Board to ratify the lease and
that he was in close personal confer
ence with Col. Andrews just before ask
ing ratification.
d. A. Tompkins, owner of the Char
lotte Observer, testified that President
Hoffman, Of the Seaboard Air Line, Of
fered to bid on the lease if the matter
was postponed till near the close Of the
thirty-year term. This often denied
statement Of Hoffman's was then driven
home.
Frank Spruill, former director, testi-
fed that he and Director Overman were
opposed to the lease, and that President
Spencer, of the Southern, seemed willing
to accept a so year lease when Presi-
dent Alexander, of the North Carolina
road, spoke and announced he was in
favor of 50 year lease, whereupon a
change came over the spirit of the dream
and the long term was demanded.
Judge Avery then offered the minutes
of the directors January 10, 1897, show
ing resolutions authorizing President AL
exander to call the board to Raleigh
during the session of the Legislature
and to pay all expenses while there;
also resolutions of February %, 1897,
and proposed to show from them to-mor-
row by vouchers that the company paid
over two thousand dollars for lobbying
expenses Of the old board. The minutes
offered showed that the board paid Judge
Whitaker one hundred dollars for killing
the Moody bill in niety-fve. The min
utes also showed that the Southern Rail
road never gave satisfactory security TO
pay lease money till late in 1886, and
then deposited their own bonds. Ex-
Governor Carr was present and was an
interested spectator. The general feel
ing here is that the State has fully
sustained it's charges Of legal fraud IN
the making Of the lease.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
THE LARGEST CIRCULATION NORTH PAPER

Springs get but little rest and it is not So
certain that the medical supplies will not
soon be exhausted, but in the course Of Il
day or two means will be found whereby
relief will be supplied. IF required, city
physicians will volunteer to aid the local
doctors
In the Associated Press dispatches last
night it was strongly intimated that the
yellow fever at Ocean Springs had been
from Ship Island, where
the federal government maintains a qua
rantine station. The island is within sight
of Ocean Springs.
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE
Washington, ID. c., Sept. THE gen
eral government will render all assist
ance in its power to check the spread
of yellow fever. This will be done main
ly through the agency of the Marine
Hospital service. DR.. Walter Wyman,
the head of the Bureau. returned to the
city this afternoon and assumed active
charge in directing the work of assist
ing the State officials of Mississippi in
their efforts ii confine the disease to the
locality where it appears to have start
ed DIR. Wyman says that as yet he has
no opinion to express whether the dis
ease is really yellow fever, although he
admits it looks very suspicious. The
precautionary measures he has taken are
based entirely on the declaration of the
State Board of Health of Louisiana in
the Gelpi case, which was that the dis
ease from which the person died was
yellow fever. DR.. Wyman says the
situation at Ocean Springs is entirely
= H. . tot u,.,l Of
Health, which the Marine Hospital
Bureau is doing everything possible to
assist DIR. Wyman has wired the physi-
elan in charge ut Ocean Springs a copy
of The Treasury regulations relating TO
the prevention OF the spread of epi-
demic diseases from one State to an
other. These regulations prescribe the
manner of surveillance to be established
over railroad trains coming from the in
fected district and give rules for the iso-
lation of infected passengers and the
disinfection of their baggage. DR..
Guiteras, the well-known expert in yell
low fever, who was requested to go to
Ocean Springs by DR.. Wyman, will reach
there tomorrow morning. His opinion
on the disease is awaited with interest
by the Bureau officials.
The Marine Hospital service has ample
camp material and equipage on hand.
The splendid outfit which has been at
Gainesville. Georgia, will be started to-
night on train for the vicinity of Ocean
Springs. 1t will be taken within thirty
or forty miles of the place and If a
camp of detention is found necessary,
the outfit will be used as occasion may
reguire. The Bureau also keeps port
able apparatus at Savannah, Georgia
intended for use i'll epidemics. 1t CON
sists of machines for disinfecting ana
fumigating purposes. They have been
Go, tinued on Page Four
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
A FILIBUsTER FOUNDERS.

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept From in
formation brought to this port tonight
by the British steamship Straights of
Dover, from Santiago de Cuba, there is
reason to fear that the schooner Donna
4. Briggs, which sailed from New York
three weeks ago with arms and ammu-
milton for the insurgent army, has foun-
dered. The steamer brought word that
the Briggs had not arrived on the coast
of the province and that nothing has
been heard of her. Her cargo was in
tended for General Garcia, who is en-
camped in the mountains near Baracoa.
on the north coast of the province,
awaiting the arrival OF the vessel.
She was deeply laden with load
weight cargo of shot and shell when
she left New York. Soon afterward O.
tropical cyclone swept the Bahama is
lands, and it is not unlikely that the
Briggs went down in this. The Daunt-
less, which it is claimed was to have
met her and taken on board the cargo,
still remains at Savannah. not having
been able even to locate the Briggs.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
HIS LOVE LETTER READ
FUN FOR THE CROWD IN THE LUETGERT
TRIAL.
Two Alleged Strong Witnesses for the Prose
cution One of Whom Gets Mixed
On Cross Examination.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept. 1.-Two strong
points were scored by the prosecution in
the Luetgert trial to-day and unless the
defense is able to impeach the testimony
of the'witneses, their evidence is likely
to have considerable weight with the
jury.
The two witnesses were Nicholas Fa-
ber, who testified that on the night of
May first he saw Luetgert and his wife
enter the sausage factory, and Charles
Iangst, who swore that on the night
of May first he passed the factory and
heard cry from within, as though some
one was in pain. AT the hearing before
the police justice, by whom Luetgert was
held to await the action of the grand
jury, Hangst said that he could not
tell whether the cry was that of hu-
man being or OF an animal. To-day he
said, however, that he was confident that
the cry came from a human being. The
defense relies greatly on the statement
made before the trial to impeach his
testimony.
taber grew somewhat confused on
cross-examination and could not tell
whether the moon shone, or whether it
was cloudy on the night when he saw
Luetgert and his wife enter the factory
put he stuck stoutly to his story that he
mad seen the two people enter the fac
tory shortly after ten o'clock ON that
night.
The reading of the love letter which
had been written by Luetgert to Mrs.
Feldt was great fun for the crowd in
the court room, and it was very embar-
RAISING for the defendant as in several
of them he had spoken in a sighting
manner of the lawyers who are now
conducting his defense, saying that they
were greedy" and mot able to handle
a trial of such Importance" He laid
particular stress on the incompetence of
Judge Vincent, who is now the leading
counsel for the defense. When these
portions of the letters were read the
lawyers laughed and nobody enjoyed
them more than Judge Vincent, but it
was not pleasant for Luetgert, who
twisted around in his chair, mopped his
face with his handkerchief and seemed
to be uncomfortable generally.
The defense made strong fight
against the introduction of the letters,
and when the court decided that they
were proper evidence, the defense asked
that they be read in German, as they
might lose some of their original mean
ing by being read in English. This the
court over-ruled, and the letters went be-
fore the jury as the translator made
them out, he, however, swearing that
the translation was entirely correct.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
WINSTON-SALEM RAILROAD.

TO be Consolidated with the Shenandoah
Division of the Norfolk and Western
Railroad.
Winston, N c., Sept. 7.-(Special)-
1t is announced here today that the
Winston Salem division of the Norfolk
and Western railway will be consolidated
this month with the Shenandoah division.
Capt. Handy, former superintendent Of
this division, will be appointed general
agent for the company at Norfolk, Va.
Several members Of his executive force
here will be moved to Roanoke, which
will be headquarters for the consolidated
division.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
TEDDYS NAVAL IES |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROOSEVELT 7 TAXES
ALOoK AT SlCARD'S FLEET.
Irving TO Find Out How Near Together Eight
Big Battle Boats Can Shoot the
Enemy to Pieces.

Fort Monree, Va, September AS
sistant Secretary Roosevelt arrived here
this morning accompanied by his naval
aide, Lieut.. Sharp, and, boarding the
Dolphin, which arrived yesterday, sailed
at once to join Admiral Sicard's North
Atlantic squadron on the southern drill
grounds.
The purpose of the visit of the Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy to the squad
ron is to ascertain by personal oDserVa-
ton Just what progress has been made
durinp the summer season in the task set
Admiral Sicard of getting together a
small but powerful defensive fleet and
by close study Of the varying qualities OF
the ships composing the squadron bring
ing them to the point that they could be
used as q unit against an enemy. Ihe
work is one of great magnitude, particu-
larly in view Of the fact that the ships
are mostly new and their manoeuvering
qualities not well known. Moreover, this
class of work is not familiar to our naval
officers who have only within recent
years come into possession of ships ca
able Of being manOeuyered according to
the modern standards. Admiral Sicard's
squadron is not large, comprising only
eight ships, but these are as fine vessels
of their class as can be found IN any
navy and, mall as the fleet is, it is felt
that it already constitutes most for
midable weapon for defense. 1t might
have been made more numerous, but this
would not have accorded with the plans
of the department which desired to
IL Al, Il u, @hat
might be manoeuvered in battle tactics
unencumbered with unarmored cruisers,
which in actual battle probably would be
sent to the rear, or, in case retreat was
impossible, would be taken under the
protection of the iron-clads. As the lat
ter are expected to bear the brunt of the
fighting. it was Admiral Sicard's idea to
ascertain just what they were capable
of, how they steered and withstood the
sea. and then to train the personnel of
the ships so that by signal they could act
as one ship in attack or defense. All the
vessels of the squadron, with two excep-
tions, are regular battleships, and these
two. the New York and Brooklyn, are
cruisers so we'll protected with armor
belts and protective decks and superior
speed that they would make very good
even against battleship. The
other vessels of the squadron are the
iowa, Indiana. Massachusetts,, Maine,
Texas and Puritan. Since last Friday
they have been lying on what is known
rs the southern drill ground. about forty
Or fifty miles east OF the Chesapeake
,apes, and> far enough from the usual
line of traffic to avoid risk of disabling
some coasting vessel by a chance shot
from one of the big guns.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
KILLED BY THE TRAIN.

John Mozingo, Drunk. Was Sleeping
with His Head on the Tie-Mr. Jenk-
ins Has Tis Toes Cut Off by the Train.
Goldsboro, N. c., Sept. 7.-(Special.)-
A white man named John Mozingo, Of
this county, aged 55, was run over by
the Smithfield train near this city at 1880
a. M, sustaining injuries from which he
died soon after. He was intoxicated and
fell asleep alongside the railroad track
with his head on the end of cross tie.
No blame is attached to the railroad COM
pany.
At Fremont, this afternoon, John A.
Jenkins in trying to jump from moving
train. had several Of his toes cut off.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
AN IGHT-YEAR-OLD VICTIM.
Green G. Dodson Criminally Assaults
Little Virgie Parrot.

Danville, Va, Sept. 7.-Officers from
Laurel Grove, Spottsylvania county, ar
rived in this city today with warrant
for the arrest of Green G. Dodson, Il
white man, aged about 4S years, charged
with attempted criminal assault on Vir-
gle Parrot, an eight-year-old white girl.
The officers spent the day in this city
and vicinity looking for Dodson, but did
not find him. DoGson left his home near
Laurel Grove on Monday to drive Il load
OF tobacco to this market. After unload
ing the tobacco at the Farmers ware
house and securing an advance of $12 OH
it he disappeared.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
MARRIAGE IN FAYETTEVILLE

Fayetteville. N. c., Sept. 7.-fSpecial.l
Mr.. w. I. Whitehead, a prominent and
successful farmer Of Halifax county. was
married in this place today to Miss Ellen
woodward. 1t was n quiet home mar
Rage, Rev. DR.. L. L. Nash officiating
They left for the Nashville Exposition
on bridal tour.
The news & observer., 1897-09-08
GEN. LONGsTREEr WEEDS TO-DAY.

Miss Ellen Dortch to Become the Bride
Of the Famous Confederate Veteran.
Atlanta, Ga, September 7.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the mar
riage of Gen. James Longstreet. the IA
nous Confederate commander. and Miss
ELLEN Dortch, assistant State Librarian,
which is to occur here tomorrow I'm
mediately after the marriage. Gen AMI
Mrs. Longstreet will leave for Porter
Springs, North Georgia resort, where
they will spend their honeymoon.