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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
HARR|SS uIH|A WATER

Asheville, n. c., April "a, 1880.
An extended clinical use of the Harris
Lithia Water prompts me to the state
ment hat i regard it as one OF the best,
If not the best, Lithia Water known to
the profession. In the condition Of Phos-
phatic Urine. it's action is marvellous. Its
use in the Rheumatic and equity Diseases
afford me more comfort than either the
Buffalo or Londonderry Waters.
Very truly yours,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
Bicycle Trust to Be Formed.

Some Of the largest makers of BIZ
cycles are now in England where they
went on business connected with the
trade, several weeks ago. Word has
come back by cable that as a result
of their visit two of the richest cycle
magnates of England are on thei
way here to look over the field, and
there is little doubt that several of the
large companies will be consolidated.
At the board of trade of cycle manu-
facturers, No. 302 Broadway, to-day,
it was admitted thai the consolidation
was or foot, and James Sullivan, of
the Spaulding Company, admitted that
the reports We're correct, and that the
negotiations had been under way for
several weeks.-New York DISPATCH.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
HORRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
A Report on the Convict Camps Of Geor'
xia-The Inhuman Treatment Of the

Atlanta Ga. August M~-Specia. Conn
missioner Phil C. Byrd who was appoint
ed by Governor Atkinson last spring 10
investigate the condition Of the county
misdemeanor convict camps of the state
today filed his report at the governors
office. Epitomized. the report is as fol-
lows: Robbing the convicts Of their time
allowances for good behavior Forcing
convicts to work from fourteen TO twenty
hours a day. Providing them no clothes.
TO shoes. no beds. no heat in winter. No
ventilation in summer in which three
score of convicts sleep in chains. Giving
them rotten food. Allowing them to die
when sick. for lack of medical attention.
Outraging the women. Beating TO death
old men too feeble TO work. Cheating the
state.
The report gives names, dates and
places. 1t tells of things which Colonel
Byrd saw and heard. Ii is the truthful
account of his trip 10 the camps. OF visits
in the day time and at night when no one
knew of his coming. 1t is a faithful de-
%scription of events OF his own knowledge.
Colonel Byrd visited fifty-one chain camps
and has inspected 1,.a3 convicts. These
included twenty-five county camps, two
municipal camps and twenty-four chain
| gangs operated by private individuals.
The twenty-five county camps contain
| men, 101 are white males. 15 are colored
females and sSs are colored males. The
twenty-four chain gangs operated by pri-
vate individuals contain 594 convicts made
up of / white female. q white males, 20
colored females and $50 colored colored
males. These figures refer 10 convicts
over 16 years of age. There were about
100 under that age. The report closes as
follows: God only knows just how bad
ly the convict camps of Georgia need sys-
tematizing and regulating. Surely there
can be no genuine civilization where
mans inhumanity to man is so possible
and so plainly in evidence"
| Governor Atkinson stated tonight that
the report was just what he had expected.
He will refer the matter to the Legislature
and thinks they will take action. The
twenty year convict lease expires two
years hence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

The Jefferson, Richmond, Va, is con-
Quoted strictly Upon the European plan
for the summe months, with cafe
charges as moderate as any first class
restaurant in the state. Good rooms
can be had for $3.50 per day and up
wards.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

"They don't make much fuss about
it," We are speaking Of De Wits Lit
tie Early Risers, the famous little pills
for constipation, biliousness, and all
stomach and liver troubles. They never
grippe. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24

SPRIN0FIELD, MO.
GENTLEMEN: I commenced taking P.
P. P, Lippman's Great Remedy, last
Fall, for Erysipelas. My face was com.
pletely covered with the disease I; I took
Z short course of p. p. p, and it soon
disappeared. This Spring I became
much debilitated and again took an
condition. l consider p. P. P. one Of
market, and for those who need q gen.
eral tonic to build up the system and
improve the appetite I consider that IL
has no equal. Will say, anyone who
cares to try P. P. P. will not be disap-
pointed in its results, and I, therefore,
eheerfully recommend it.
ARTHUR WOOD,
Springfield, Mo-
Erysipelas and Scrofula cured by p.
p. P, Lippman's Great Remedy, surely
and without fail
SPR1NeFIELD, Mo.
GENTLEMEN: Last June l had .
scrofulous sore which broke out on my
ankle. 1t grew rapidly, and soon ex-
tended from my ankle to my knee. I
got n bottle Of your P. p. p, Lipp-
mans Great Remedy, and was agree
ably surprised at the result. The entire
sore healed at once. / think 1 have
taken almost every medicine recon-
mended for scrofula and catarrh, and
your P. p. p. Is the best / have ever
tried. 1t cannot be recommended too
highly for blood poison, etc.
Yours very truly,
w. p. HUNTER.
p. p. P. cures all blood and skin dis.
ease, both in men and women.
Rheumatism, which makes mans life
. hell upon earth, can DO relieved at
once by p. p. p, Lippman's Great Rem
edy. It makes . PERMANENT cure.
PIP. P. is the great and only remedy
for advanced cases Of catarrh. Stop
page of the nostrils and difficulty in
breathing when lying down, p. p. p.
relieves at once.
P. p. p. cures blood poisoning in all
lts various stages, old ulcers, sores and
kidney complaints.
Sold By al drugxists.
BROS. Apethscasies. Ssls -pssD'n.
Oon's Died., Gavaanah. a,
For Sale by r. r. BELLAMY.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-08-24
JOHN HEY WILLIAMS, NJ. ID.

Read what the noted DR.. Thomas
Powell has to say for Harris Lithia
Water:
Mr.. ]. T. Harris:
Dear Sir-I have found the use OF the
water from your Lithia Springs in South
Carolina SO efficacious in the case Of q
young lady patient Of mine who has suf-
fered for years with Diabetes, with all its
different attendants, that 1 want to add
my timonia to the many you already
have. The patient i refer to has used the
water freely at home for scarcely a month
now, with more beneficial results than
from months spent at the different noted
Nthia springs In different parts OF the
United States, besides long continued use
OF the same waters at home. Other OF my
patients and friends are now using tho
same with best results. i cordially
recommend Ii to all suffering from similar
diseases. Yours very respectfully,
THOMAS s. POWELL, NJ. D.,
President Southern Medical College,
Atlanta, Ga
On sale at r. r. BELLAMY'S, N. b.
RANKIN'S.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
The Tomato in Iialy

In every home and cottage in Italy
the preserving OF tomatoes is carried
on. Terraces, balconies and even the
fat roofs OF houses are half covered
with plates containing the deep red
substance. After gathering, the toma.
toes intended for preserving are
spread ont for some hours in the sun
till the skin has somewhat shrunk,
says writer in Chambers's Journal.
They are then passed through a sieve
so that they may be freed from both
seeds and skins. As they contain a
large proportion of water, the sub.
stance which has been passed through
the sieve must be hung in bags, from
which the water exudes, and soon a
pool of dirty looking water is formed
beneath each bag. Strange to say,
it is in no way tinged With red.
The mixture which remains in the
bags has the consistency of very
thick paste. It is then sailed, tho
proportion being little less than one
ounce of salt to pound Of preserve.
The process now requires TINT it shall
be spread on fiat plates, exposed to the
sup, and stirred from time to time
with wooden spoon, SO that the upper
part may not form crust, whilo IN.
derneath it remains soft. It is a pic.
turesque sight when the women are to
be seen fitting about on the roofs
and terraces, attending to the deep
red preserve, their colored handker.
chiefs flung on their heads to screen
them from the rays of the burning
sun when il Is at its fercest.' In the
evening the contents of the various
plates are taken in and stirred up to-
gether, for if moistened by the night
dew the whole would he spoiled. Al.
ter being exposed to the sun for sever
or eight days, the same process being
repeated each day, the preserve is fin
ished and placed in jars for wintel
use.
Though it is used by all classes O
persons, it is more necessary to.th'
poor han to the rich, for the latte,
can make use of the fresh tomatoes
preserved in tins. Tomatoes may b,
timed whole, as we know from thos'
usually imported into England from
America. But in Italy the fruit j
usually passed through 9 sieve, tn
pulp being then placed in tins, whic!
are Immediately soldered down AM
then put in boiling water for five min
utes. TIE cost Of small tin is half
franc, so it is as rule beyond th
means OF the poor.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
A Flax.Seea POnltlcc.

There is good deal of virtue in
the olf:fashioned remedies of our
grandmothers, the herb teas and
poultices they relied upon when the
country was new and there was u
dearth of doctors. The doctor OF those
days was holy terror, anyway, with
bis lancet; his calomel and blue pills,
and it is hardly to be wondered at
that the milder measures of these
kind old danes were often more etlice-
cious than the severe methods Of the
accredited disciples Of Esculapius.
One OF the most helpful agents in
the alienation OF pain and the cure Of
pneumonia, inAammatory disease and
all kinds OF gastro.lntestinal disease is
hax.seed poultice. Every house
ought to have it's package of flax-seed
meal in readiness for suddenSillness,
and every woman ought to know how
to make poultice in the best manner.
Make ready, inethe first place, a
couple Of strips of cloth large enough
when doubled to cover the chest or
bowels. Also have large piece Of
flannel, or plenty of cotton batting
batting is best because it is lightest-
on hand. Take pint of the meal
and stir in warm water enough to sat-
urate it; let it heat up on the stove
till it is as hot as your finger tells can
be borne. Remember that your finger
will stand moro heat than other parts
of tho body. Spread this evenly on
half OF one OF the strips OF cloth,
about quarter Of an inch thick, fold
the other half over il; with u large
needle and coarse thread catch both
parts together round the edges, and it
is ready to apply. AS soon as it is in
place, cover with the warm cotton OF
flannel, which should be large enough
to extend considerably beyond the
poultice, to keep in the warmth.
Such poultice should be good for
two and half or three hours.
Don't make poultice SO wet that
the moisture drips; that is extremely
uncomfortable to the patient. A we'll
made ha1-seed poultice is a most ex-
ce]lent remedial agent and always to
be relied upon.-Detroit Free Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
TO PREVENT SWEAT ON WHEAT.

l notice an inquiry from j. B. c.,
canyon County, Idaho, asking for q
remedy for the sweat on wheat, oats
and barley. California is u great
wheat and barley State, and wheat has
been grown successfully on the same
lana for over forty years without any
fertilizers. We have used the blue.
stone (sulphate of copper remedy to
XIII smut for the last fifteen years, and
it never fails, to wit: Take barrel
and sci it in the ground, the same rs
though you were going to scald hogs.
Make platform SO that the water will
drain back into the barrel; put three
pounds of bluestone in the barrel and
fill the barrel half full Of water stir
with a hoe occasionally for day or
so; the bluestone will dissolve. The
bluestone water can be made q
week or a. month before using, rs il
won't hurt or lose strength by stand,
ing. The day before you expect to
~" 6A"Au Puo q otAOh W S1dAu \shcA
and ally in the barrel. and leave il
there for two, three or four hours.
Then lift it out onto the platform to
drain. and put another sack of grain
in the barrel to soak. It would be
best to begin to sack grain a day o,
two before beginning to SOW, as il
would be better drained. While SOW.
ing keep soaking grain and draining
it ahead, so as to have it we'll drained
Ii you SOW much grain, then keep re
plenishing your barrel with water ono
bluestone at the proportion OF ST,
pounds OF bluestone to the barrel o
water.-Horace T. Wilcox, julian
Cal., in New York, Tribune.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
COVERING CLOVER SEED.

One Of the principal causes Of failure
in securing good catch Of clover is
the lack of sufficient moisture i'm
mediately after seeding. When seed
is sown on winter wheat, it sometimes
fails to germinate because crust
forms on top of the ground, especially
if the season is dry and the seeds do
not become sufficiently imbedded.
This may be remedied to great ex-
tent by narrowing the ground lightly
immediate] y after the clover has been
sown, to give the seeds g light cover
ing. Ii clover is sown with spring
grain, it becomes almost necessity to
give the seeds covering deep enough
to secure moisture, but not too deep so
as to exclude light. ne-halfto onelnch
is about right, especially if tie soil is
light and sandy. Glover seed covered
to depth oil three inches in the light
sandy soils of the Western States has
grown and made q good stand, aud
produced 3 more vigorous growth than
that covered only one.hali an inch
deep. But deep covering would
under no circumstances he advisable
where there is plenty Of moisture, Us
in the Eastern States, and dry seasons
ore rare exceptions. Howeyer,a light
covering will be advisable under most
conditions. Last spring J seeded a
couple Of small pieces to red and
alslke clovers and gave the seed o
covering by using q light drag
Although the season was On unusually
wet one I succeeded in obtaining a
very good stand. So even a large
amount Of moisture will not destroy
the clover seed, if it has not been
covered too deep.-L. 0. Follow, OF
Minnesota, in American Agriculturist.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
RIFLES FOR BUTTER MAKING.

The instructor OF Cornell Agricu|-
tural College, Ithaca, N. y, has sent
out list OF rules about butter making
and ripening cream. He says:
The practical part Of cream rlpenins
is this: Keep your vessel SO that it may
all ripen evenly and thus avoid loss IN
churning. Raise the temperature to
G. or IS degrees and keep it as near
that temperature asrossible until ripe,
and then cool before chu-ning. Well
ripe1ed cream should be coagulated OF
thickened. It SD ould run from ahelsht
in a smooth stream like oil. When q
paddle is dipped into it and held IN
the hand, it should stick all over IN a
thick ,even coat, not running OF IN
streaks and showing the surface OF the
Epaddle. When the last drops run oil
the paddle back into the vat they
should leave little dents or depresslons
on tho surface which do not close W
for IN instant. The cream should
have satin gloss or fresh surface
Churn until the granules are the size
of wheat kernels; then draw Oft the
buttermilk and wash through two OF
three waters, whirling the churn fe"
times around. Use from pint to
quart Of water per pound OF butter
Have the water at temperature OF Al
to As degrees in hot weather an(
from so to g. degrees in winter, Away
depending upon season, natural solldlt.
of the butter, warmth of room ant
size of granules. II you DO not car
about feeding the washings, l woul'
| put some salt in my first wash water
it will help to float the grnnules bet
ter, and perhaps dissolve out tn
| casein to some extent. l would gen
orally salt the butter in the chu1n.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
seed meal, linseei meal, wheat bra!

seed meal, linseed meal, wheat bran,
etc., are fed in Missouri than in most
OF the Eastern and Northern States.
The value of this product of the farm
is large enough, however, to warrant
our most serious attention and to JUS.
tlfy the employment OF such measures
Us are necessary to preserve without
waste and apply in the best manner
all the manures produced.
Fully one.half of the manure pro.
duced in Missouri is wasted, which,
according to the foregoing estimate,
means loss to the farmers OF this
State from this source alone of $75,.
900, 10000.
The manure from young, growing
animals is less valuable thap from ma
ture ones, the food being tho same.
Full grown animals not ginning in
weight throw off in the dung and
urine practically all the fertilizing
constituents taken into the body. In
mich COWS and growing animals from
one.half to three-fourths OF the fertil-
ling constituents Of The food passes
into the manure. In fattening or
working animals it is from ninety to
ninety-tiye per cent.
The value of the manure is moro
dependent upon the kind of food con.
sumed than upon thu age of the an.
imal; for example, animals fed on
cotton seed meal, linseed meal, wheat
bran, clover hay or blue grass, will
produce manure very much richer
than when feed on corn, oats or timo.
thy hay. The passing of the food
through the animal adds nothing to
Its fertiizing value except to render
its ingredients somewhat more readily
available to the plants:
! Sources OF loss are faulty methods
Of feeding; improper arrangement o.
pastures and feed lots; from allowing
the manure to stand in piles in the
barn yard or in the field, where it fer
ments too rapidly; the waste of th'
liquid manure. As rule the manure
should be hauled direct from the BARI
to the field and spread. Nothing il
added TO manure by allowing it to 70
in piles, and much is likely to be los
by this process.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
FARM MANURES.

A recent bulletin of the Missouri
Agricultural Experiment Station deals
with soil fertility,and the productlon'
preservation and use of farm manures.
il is estimated that the manure pro-
1uced each year by the farm animals
If the United States is worth the
enormous sum OF 1000, 100000. On
the same basis, the value OF the ma
nnre excreted by the farm animals in
Missouri each year would amount to
s150, 600, 600. This estimate for Mis-
souri is probably too high, since a
relatively smaller quantity OF foods
nro1uciDc rich manure, such as COTTON
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
How Many Ancestors Have You?

Grandfathers and granlmothers are
very proud when. they can boast of
having paltry score or two OF de-
scendants, but no one seems to be
aware of the grounds ho has for boast-
ing of the number of his ancestors.
HAS it ever occurred to you to count
back in direct line? II not, try it
now and you will be astonished. At
The first remove you will have two
father and mother. At the next step
YOU have four-two gra1dfathers and
two grandmothers.
+ Each of these has had o father and
mother, SO you have four great.
grandfathers and four great grand
mothers. Each of these again has had
two parents, so that az the fourth gem
Grafton hack you have sixteen ances-
tors, at the fifth you have thirty.two,
at the sixth you have sixty-four and
at the seventh you have 1913.
AS you 90 a little further, they rise
to the thousands, tens of thousands,
and hundreds OF thousands, so that, ii
all your direct ancestors for twenty
generations be added together, they
amount to over a million, and if you
90 back another twenty degrees. they
total 1,ooo,o 200, 900, ooo-or more peo.
pie than there are in the world at the
present moment, if you leave out
Asia.
Now, as forty generations are equal
to only about 1900 years, if you were
to calculate back to the beginning OF
the world, you simply couldn't, tind
| figures to express the number Of your
blood relations. Answers.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
BREEDING DAIRY COWS.

L. Select the best COWS IN yOur nero,
or that you Gun buy, to keep, and dis
pose OF the others.
2. The best COW for the dairy is the
one that produces the greatest amount
OF butter fat in a year (for food con-
sumed) When being rightly fed.
3. Test your COWS by weighing the
milk OF each COW for year, and test
ing it occasionally with the Babcock
milk tester, and know how much but.
ter fat each one does produce.
4. 70 renew or increase your herd
raise the heifer calves from your best
cows.
S. Use tho best dairy-hrea sire you
can get; one if possible that has a long
line Of ancestors, and have been first
class dairy animals.
6. In this way you con make each
generation better than the preceding
ono, If they have st all times proper
care and feed.
7. It is neither profitable nor neces.
eary for COW to go dry more than
four to six weeks.
8. Especially should your young
COWS be watched and not allowed to
acquire the habit OF drying up too
soon.
9. Darken the stable in which tho
COWS are MIXED through fly time. 1t
will not only economize the patience
of the mixer, but the cost Of milk
production as we'll.
10. Keep record Of the time when
COWS ore bred, and have no guesswork
about the time Of calving.
II. Provide roomy box stall, and
allow the COW to become accustomed
to it week prior to calvins.
Il. Rich foods should be withheld
for short time prior and subsequent
to calving.
IS. The udder should receive prompt
attention. An obstacle may be re-
moved from the teat the first hou1
that might battle science later.
Il. A pail Of scalded bran should be
given to the COW as soon as possible
after calvirg.
Is. The calf should be perinitted-tc
nurse it's mother for Two or three days
1G. After separating the calf from
| its mother, feed the natural milk a:
soon as drawn, for week or ten days
| ~. Then beoin gradually to substi
tute skim milk with oil meal jell.
stirred into it. ~ as a';~>
IS. Scald the calf's feed pail daily
10. Feed three times day and no
more than three quarts at time Until
the calf is we'll started.
%. Warm the milk by placing tn
vessel that contains the milk IN no
water.
81. Warm the milk to ninety &c
,, grees T.
%. Don't trust your finger, but
thermometer. It will save many
Calls life.
%, The man whose ideal of q COW
high, coupled with good care' iced an
gentleness, is sure to receive the high
est profit IN milk and pleasure that ca
be made in dairying.
i We will add couple OF other points
s "a. Always clean ont the box sta
after a COW has calved therein, an
thoroughly disinfect it with soiuslo
: made of one part OF ;snlphurlc acid
s nine of water. This is to prevent Sc!
e tic poisoning of the next COW, Wnlc
u may easily occur.
Is. Do not milk the udder out clea
q until the fourth day after calvln
O This will often prevent q chill, who
j. often produces milk fever.
i Germany exports 100000 canari
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
"A Polite Man.

It was told to a certain king Of En-.
gland that Lord Blank was his politest
subject. Il will test him. said the
king, and showed Lord Blank to the
royal carriage, holding the door for
him to enter first. which he did. You
are right said the king. "a lesser man
wcull have troubled me with cere-
nOny."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1897-05-01
Ponder Over 1t.

A prominent building owner, with years
Of experience, gavo the following instruc.
lions to his architect: ~ have had my en-
perience with kulsomine and other goods
claimed to be just as good as Alabastine ]
want you to specify the durable Alabastine
on all my walls; do not put on any Other
manufacturers dope, if they furnish it fol
nothing. Alabastine is right, and when
cease to use it I shall cease to have confidence
In myself or my own Judgment