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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25
The Old and New LiIacs.

A few years ago the writer agreed
with the popular opinion that the good
old Lilac-purple and white-of the
old homestead would be spoiled by any
attempts to enlarge or double its flow
ers or modify in any way it's peculiar
fragrance. But the lover of the good
old varieties must decide in favor of
the best new sorts after careful ex-
animation. The foliage is better, they
blossom profusely when much younger,
the trusses of bloom are larger. the
petals are larger and thicker, the fra
GRANGE is more delicate, and the doub-
ling of the flowers of some of them
give the rich expression and even the
colors of the best Hyacinth. OF the
single Towering sorts, well tested in
Iowa, one of the best is Charles X. 1t
Is a strong grower, has good foliage,
and it's very large reddish purple
trusses are delicately fragrant. OF the
white single varieties Maria Legrayne
is one Of the best. 1t flowers when
very young and its pure white trusses
are large, we'll formed, and very fra
grant. OF the double varieties we
highly prize the following: President
Carnot, trusses very large, flowers per-
fectly double with peculiar mixed ex-
preston Of light blue, pink and white.
Pyramidalis has very large compound
clusters that divide into small trusses
resembling the light blue hyacinth
spike. It's fragrance is peculiarly fine.
Madame Jules Finger, blooms very
young, trusses very large, quite COM
pact, flowers large, perfectly double.
Leon Simon only differs from the above
in the color of its flowers being darker
in its purple and blue shades. Mons
Maxine Cornu is mentioned last but
in bush, leaves, great trusses of double
flowers, and rich fragrance it is one of
the best. The only purpose of these
notes is to draw attention to the re-
markable advances made in improving
this good old shrub.-Prof. j. L.
Budd.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25

years since the day when 1t became a
sapling in the heart of the Cascade
mountains. There are fierce storms in
the Cascades every winter. The wind
blows tremendously and the snow falls
a good deal after the same fashion
that it does in the Rocky Mountains.
But the big tree has gone all through
this weather for almost five centuries,
and If man had only let it alone 1t
would have been none the worse for
wear. The men who own the tree in
its present form have submitted to
scientists the question regarding the
changes which undoubtedly took place
around it during the centuries that
have interviewed since it began to grow
OF course, it is impossible TO examine
in detail the forests of the Cascade
Mountains, but so far as investigation
has demonstrated the big tree was the
Oldest in the state Of Washington.
Scientists hold that the facts stated
prove that there has been no material
change in the earths surface in the
state of Washington and probably in
the entire territory of the United
States for at least 500 years. 1t has
been held by some that the surface
of the earth in the far western sections
of our country differed materially from
what it is even with so recent a pc
riod from the scientific point Of view,
as five centuries ago. Hence the big
tree completely disproves the cher
ished theory. 1t is quite likely the
wooded giant was tiny sapling in the
days when Columbus first discovered
the West Indies. 1t has grown steadily
and without opposition since that date.
The tree was as straight as an arrow
from it's base to the first limb, 220
feet, and curiously enough, the trunk
maintained an equally stern position
to the topmost point.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25
Giant Fir of washington.

A tree that rivals in height and age
the monarchs of the redwood forests
in California has just been cut into
sections out in the state of Washing
ton, says q writer in st. PauPs P1o-
neer Press. All the terms which have
been invented to describe big trees
could be applied to this mammoth
without flattery or exaggeration. An
idea of it's size may be gained from
the fact that if sawed into inch strips
the lumber made from the tree would
fill ten of the largest sized freight
cars, and the strips of wood, If placed
end to end, would reach from the
town where the tree now is-New
Whatcom, Wash.-across the waters
of the Pacific Ocean to the land of Ii
Hung Chang. The total height of the
tree, as it stood before being felled,
was 465 feet, or about one-eleventh OF
a mile. To the point where the first
limb branched out was 220 feet. At
the base the circumference vas found
to be 33 feet IL inches. There was
not throughout the tree the slightest
indication of unsoundness. In all the
forests of Washington there is not a
tree, young or old, which would make
finer lumber than this. There is a way
to tell the age of every tree. just as
there is to learn how many years a
horse has lived. With the tree the
problem IL solved by studying the
number Of rings that are clearly dis
cernible when the saw has severed the
great mass of wood into sections. This
test, when applied to the Warrington
tree. showed that it gas at least 4S4
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25

It is a mistake for the beef breeder
to think that he is benefited by the
small amount Of beef fat that is used
in making spurious butter. His beef
fat completes with himself in this way:
1t makes dairying Improbable, andI
drives the dairymen into raising
beeves. This increases the competition
in beef raising, and consequently forces
down the price
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25
How Plants Obtain Food.

Bulletin 4S, Utah experiment station:
1t may be interesting before we oass
on the experiment proper to explain in
very general way how plant obtains
its food. The substances which make
I'D the ash of the plant, the water
which it contains, and most of the hi
trogen of the combustible portion are
taken from the soil and the air through
the roots; while all the carbon and
some of the nitrogen are taken from
the air by means of the leaves. When
a plant burns, the carbon or charcoal
it contains unites with the oxygen of
the air to form an invisible gas, usual
ly known as carbonic acid gas. Since
the burning of charcoal in one form or
another is always going on at the
earths surface, it follows that the air
we breathe, the atmosphere about us,
must contain considerable quantities of
carbonic acid gas. The green coloring
matter of leaves, known to scientists
as chlorophyll or leafgreen, has the re-
markable property, when under proper
conditions of temperature and moist
ure, and in the presence of light, of
taking the carbonic acid gas from the
air, and of breaking it up in the cells
of the leaf into charcoal and oxygen.
The greater part of the oxygen thus
set free is thrown back into the atmos-
phere, while the charcoal is caused to
unite with water and other substances
found in the cells to form the various
classes of bodies that make up the
combustible portion of plants.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-date Hints About Cultiva-
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
horticulture, viticuiture and Florl-
culture.
Growing Celery.

S a celery grower
of fifteen years ex-
perience l may he
able to give my
brother truckers
a few practical
hints that would
give them a speedy
return for money
invested, says a
writer in American
Gardening. You
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25

Fighting Flies.-A good plan for
keeping the flies off the COW at milking
time has been suggested. 1t is said
to work to a charm, and certainly it
costs little to try it. The method is
to throw a piece of cloth over the cows
back at milking time. The cloth can
be made out of old cotton sacks, and
should be large enough to cover the
body very thoroughly, falling down be-
hind over the tail, so that the mem
Der can not be switched into the face of
the milker.-Ex.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25

A Kansas Apple Orchard.-The Kan
sas apple king, Judge Wellhouse, who
has the largest apple orchard in the
world. seeds his orchard to clover as
soon as they begin bearing, and twice
a wear rolls the clover down with a
heavy roller provided with knives sim
liar to those of stalk cutter. The clo-
yer reseeds itselc-Ex.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-25

New rchards.-Thousand of acres
of peach orchards will come into bear
ing in Southern Missouri this year. The
Ozark Mountain region will soon be enc
vast orchard. The peaches and apples
from that section are pronounced I'M
excelled in flavor. Many Missouri
peaches last year were packed in Cali
fornia style boxes and sold in some
markets with California peaches at bet
ter prices. With Georgia, Michigan and
Missouri producing such great quanti-
ties of peaches, nothing short of CO.
operation on the part Of the peach
growers of these sections will prevent
great disaster in Cutting markets.-
Ell.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
FORT PAYNE. P, VI
The Brass Band Gives am Ice Cream and Strawberry FssHtl val lA-Per-
 sonal Notes. 'it

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 Fort Payne, May 29.-fSpecial Corre- sponderce. }-There was an ice cream and strawberry festival given at the count house by the Fort Payne brass band last Tuesday evening, which proVed equally as lucrative for the befeftgof the organl- zation as contrfbu fr g to the pleasure and enjoyment of those in tSstendance.
 Messrs. Zwlngle and Pursley have put up ard are running a general music store in the postoffice building on, .Gault ave- nue.
 Prof W. +. Payne has, opened up an ice cream parior in the exhibition build ing and will run the same during the heai ed season.
 Miss Mattie Kelley, of Colllnsville, Ala, is visiting the family of Judge l.. L.. Cochran this week. 9H" rug
 Messrs. Walter Hara lson and Charles Hawkins have gone on an extended trip to Collinsville, Atta14a, Gadsten and Gen. ter, Ala. . 4 B..
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
WILL SEND AN EXHIBIT,
Rietta Bros. Will Contribute a Fine Dis play of Vegeta bles to the Alabama
 Exhibit at Nashville.

The Birmingham exhibit at the Nash vile Centennial in the Alabama build ing will be enhanced by fine display of vegetables raised within her bourd- aries. Mcssrs. Rletta Bros, who have one of the finest gardens in the state located in the Smithfield addition to Bir- mingham, at the request of the mandg- ing editor of the State Herald have con- sented to contribute a full selection of vegeta bles raised by them and are mak- icg preparations to that end. A repre- sentative of the State Herald, at their invitation, visited their truck garden yes terday afternoon and was shown some of the finest vegetabl he has ever seen in the south. There were vegetables of every kind growing in all stages of ma- turity and the sight was worth the visit. The reporter was shown one head of cab bage which was simply wonderful. With out exaggeration it was fully forty inches across and the head, which is not yet grown, will weigh twenty pounds. By the time 1t is ready for shipment it will weigh at east thirty-five p unds. The exhibit will be shipped during the next week and will be a great advertise for the city and state.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
STAND BY THE CHICAGO PLATFORM, SAYS HON. JNO. ". TOMLINSON

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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
CAMP ,.HARDEE
Holds a SD .cial M .eting-Two New Mem bers Added to the Roster-other
 Business Transacted.

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 Camp Hapdee, United Gonfe derate Vet erans, No 39, held an adjourned meeting yesterday afternoon with a large attend- ance. zfAtt 7ter'7 e'+9"a7s
 The committee. on uniforms reported through Comrade Haran that nearly fifty men had had their measures taken.
 The committee oh transportation through Comrade Smith reported pro- gress and owing t,3l request, suggested that Comrade, Reynolds excused from further service aon that committee. So ordered nH"''q" F''
 Comrade Smith, moved that the com mittee be increased to seven So ordered. Commander to name the additional mem bers later. ..-,. "a. .lz,s,a5a
 Private N. w. Howell, Company K, Thirteenth regiments Georgia infantry, was elected to membership.
 Private John OntlaW,, Company G, Six ty-fourth regiment, Georgia infantry, was also elected to membership.
 Comrade Shields moved that all who had been elected to. membership in the oamD by viva voce vote since tho adop- tin of the new constitution be elected by Comrade Johnston casting the vote Of the camp for them, So ordered.
 The commander then named the addi- tional members of the transportation committee as follows: Comrades Fran
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
SPRlNGVllLE.
Closing Exercises at Spring Lake College At the End of a Most 'l-
 Successful Year.

Springville, Ala, May 29.--(special Cor respondence)--Las night k ring Lake college, under the management of Capt. T. C. Belcher closed it's most brilliant and successful year as a college s's...
 Capt. Belcher is an experienced teach CT, of rare ability as scholar and disci- riinar.an. He has succeeded in giving Spring ake college a reputation for the high moral tone and thorough scholar ship of it's pupils. ,-ee-- ' t.,-
 On Sunday, the twenty third com- mencement day, an eloquent and master ly discourse was preached by Rev. J. S. Porter pastor of the Cumberland Pres byterian church of this place.
 Tuesday night an instructive and inter estin., debate was given by the Lovett Literary society, composed of the senior ard junior classes of the college. The subject debated was; Resolved, That We Have a National System of Educa- tion." The music class, assisted by Spr!ng0ille brass band and the Porter orchestra, furnished some delightful rru- sic for the evening. -'fzs93
 The music and primary departments under the direction of Miss Carroll Thil- lert and Miss Minnie Woodall, gave an entertainment Wednesday, evening The little folks happily rendered an Indian drill and fairy dance to an admiring and appraciatiVe audience of parents and friends. The fine classic selections, well rendered I]y the music class showed to all adva ntage the superior instruction they had received from Miss Carol Alii- lei who is a brilliant pianist and thor ough musician. The graduating eXer- cises and baccalaureate address by Col John ". Irzer, of Ashville took place last night. The chapel of Spring Lake college was tastefully decorated with flowers and the colors of the class, rcd and white. On the stage were seated tae faculty, the board of trustees, Col. John W. Inzer and the class of '97 composed Of Miss Eert Walker. salutaterian; Miss Annie Walker, essay 'FugYose;' Mir. .PicNfins Pearson, oration, aour Coun- try:" Mr. Perkins McClcrdon, paledic- toiiar. *.s@s -s' -.
 The class of 97 has made an exec tent record for scholarship and e,i acquitted themselves with, last night, great cr7 dit. receiving the congratulations of all. q
 Col J. NV. Inzer's address was rcplete with sage advice and admonftion toa the graduating class. His high and eini rent character as a man added mach 10 the effect and force of lis words. The diplomas were presented by A. w. Wood- An indorscment in highest terms of Capt. s. c. Befcher and his able assistants. Miss carrol Miller and 9 Miss Winnie Wocdail, was read by the sccretary of tke board, Hon. W, s. Foreinas. c.An,. T. c. Belcher has resigned the presidency os our college, accepting, a position a. Fort Payne. It is with sfrcefest regret We see hfm go from our midst.
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
.SLOUGHED OFF.
The Palmerites Constitute No Part of the Democratic Party, and Should
 Net Be So Considered.
.To the Editor of the state Herald:

TO the Editor, of the State Herald:
 Tine sentiments expressed in the letters of the chief executives of quite a num- Der of democratic states, in a recent issue of the New York Journal, she declara- tiohS of the chairman of the democratic party of the g ate of New York, the elec- ton in Chicago and the utterances of it's ma yor, and every inu.arce where the party has had occasion to express it's views, have confirmed the fact tf1ar the party stands, with unwavering adher- ence, to the platform enunciaded at Chi cago last. year.. Tt is the last official dec lara ier4 Who has the right to add dot or cross "t" in it? The men who met at India n3 polls and framed the gold policy of that party have recently had a meet ing of their executive committee and have reaffirmed their fai h in that plat form, then adopted. This proves conclustyely thlt 'thaIrdianapolhs convention instead of being a qnere disgruntled. dissatisfied wing or the partly, had, i'm fact. at thar time actually ,s]GIghed off and no longer conetituted a part of the party. Instead of dealing with them as a. Fractional part aid iil spiI9t df;compromlse, iL beirooves our leaders to see to it that when these men come into the fold that they come just as republicans or populists. What compromise can there be between good and evil, right and wrong? No more can we walk together, as we cannot agree upon a. Vital Issue. What affinity can there be between a gold monometa Hist and a ybime,alliStp Let us hear no more of ,lle party getting together. If re- publican, populist or Indianapolis man wants to come to us, all he has to do is to get oH thesChieago platform and vote With us. We de;ire to make it just as easy as possible for tlle voters of any ether party to come to us. So we don't believe in abuse of men, bun our denun- citations Of the principles which are per- nicsous should be unsparing. I cannot doubt that many good men were led away. more by the fact that the Indian- apofs convention had iii It a large num- 'ber of be nssers and men of firancial ahil- fty, who portrayed in dark coiors the dfre disasters that 'ri1list befaH us in the event
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
aoonRYE ro rHE REaIsTER

speaking of the effort made last year to reunite the democratic phrty in Alag bama which was a success beyond all question, the Mobile Register pats itself. on the breast and exclaimss We did nothing and are glad of 1t. The Register made no effort to settle differences be- tween Kolb; and we are informed the differences have never been settled. The nartv knelt down at Kolb's feet and begged his pardon. We. are glad to be able to say that Register did not do any of the kneelngs.s Now that we are asked what about it, we would like to know from State Herald what it meant when on Nov. IA, iS95 It printed in great headlines, Goodbye, Capt. Kolb?' Y" t.
 The State Herald meant by the head lines that it believed Kolb Mas. going peil-mell into the republican party just where the Register is headed for on the second jaunt, and was simply bidding him addeu and at the same time direct ing his attention to the route he was travelling Kolb had the nerve to stop right on the brink of the preefpice and turn back, ithstanding -.there slas never been a member of the demo cratic party since it's formation whosWas-werse abused and villified than Kolb.. IT any body ought to be excused for f+quitting his party. God knows it's Kolb, aud staes mystery about the matter is how he man an aged to hold even his present eonserNa- tive position. =. ..,..-..Ay. 5
 And now what we would like to ask the Register is how it managed to changa, front right on the brink of lending It's support to the Mckinley Palmer and, Buckner ticket, and why it urged that the bars be left down in the city election of Mobile when unfaltering and unwav- ering organized democrats were asked to bend the knee that political abuse might follow fawning? The Register did do something to bring about this kneeling by the other fellow of which 1t is no doubt glad of it." but now that it has carried its point 1t again resorts to whooping up republicanish and pre- claiming its publican pride that 1t crooks not its radical knee to settle differences between democrats who stood as firm yas the rock of Gibraltar for thirty years de- lending the state against republican mis- rule, and only when corrupt leaders. who have since joined the republicans by way of the Palmer doorway, dld they pros claim their allegiance even to ago De- tween organization hoping that the diff ferenees might be adjusted when they could again march under the old demo- cratic flag of the fathers. The, State. Herald would prefer to stand at the door eternally and admit popullsts, Jefferson ians, and Kolbites if you please. in pref. erence to those republican Palmerites, whom, after having been honored beyond their measure, would smite the breast that nourished them,
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30

When a man wakes up at night with the idea that he is falling down, down, down from great height-when he inagines in his sleep that he has lost his breath and can't catch it 'agan--when he losses and tumbles all night and can't sleep-when his mouth tastes bad in the morning and food is repugnant--death is his bedfellow. These troubles may be trifles in themselves, but they are the skifmisl1ers and sharp shooters that march in advance of the great army of death.dealing diseases.
 When man experiences these sensations and feels generally out-of-sorts, there is but one safe thing to do That is, resort to the right remedy. Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discovery makes the appetite keen and healthy. It makes pure blood and builds firm flesh. It makes the brain bright and the body active. It builds up and steadies the nerves, and i,ssures natural, refreshing sleep. It cures o8 per cent, of all cases of consumption, catarrhal, bronchial and throat ailments. -
 Honest druggists recommend it. The druggist who attempts to palm off upon you an inferior substitute, offers an insult to your intelligence. sese-
 Flight years ago I was taken with what my doctor called liver. complaint" writes N. F. Kendrisk Esa of eampsoa Gra1sen on So, New sarsapariilas aud other medicines. Last Febri- ary I had bilious attack, and could not sit up s snsssh sss ss ass ssssa os sss sae ps Fssss sss Peilets,s lind n$ other mcdicihs, saaal to yours in helping me. s..isst-F sF.
 Constipation wifl Soon make a bright man dull, ana an energetic mar lazy Doctor pierces Pleasant Pellets care constipation. One iirtie cctiets is gentle laxative, and two a mild cathartic. They never gripe. Found at all medicine stores.
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Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30

The senators from New Hampshire live in the same town, and so do the sen ators from Alabama. A senator-is sup posed to represent the whole state and there is no significance in his place of residence. The same principle prevails in the election of congressman It is not necessary for a man to live in the congressional district which he is elected to represent, although custom requires that a congressman live in his district. In England a member of parliament can reside anywhere in the Kingdom. ''e This rule results in keeping their best men in parlament-if a capable man is defeated in his own borough on account of local another borough
Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
BETTER WATT AWHILE.

We are to have no election in over year yet, but the people are beginning to discuss th,- qualifications of their favor itas for certain places. There cam be many changes made in a few days fn the minds of, fine people, and we are of the opiniona tha; the race is too long to b; sue Cessfuffy run. The man who comes in ahead on the fast quarter is the success 1ful one and one that takes the pie. In sAugusis of next year the offices of probate judge and oircub; clerk are to be filled, and there will be TO hack of material. It is too yccn, though, to enter the corltes,t yet. Better wait aw'hile.-Troy Messen- . ger.