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Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03
LOUISIANA g
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Natchitoches, La.
Natchitoches, La.

ANTANED by the State of Louisiana the training
V Affords thorough preparation for the OF g full
of academic study practical training the enehng;
daily practice model schools under guidance skilled training
teachers Glass work exmpes thought
method OF instruction Diploma entities graduate teach pubc
school in Louisiana without examination.
-Four large buildings thoroughly equipped beautiful grounds
hundred heahu location the South Faculty
trained Instructors 1872 students last Tuition free to students who
teach after graduation total necessary expense eight
months $4,000
Thirteenth annual session began October d. 1897
For catalogue write to
B. c. CALDWELL, President.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03
The People should Decide.

There should be no legal enactment
until the vote OF the people sanctions
it. Instead Of all executive signing, or
vetoing a bill, itishould pass under the
referendum TO the people, and their
Endorsement or their veto should de-
eide'th fate Of the measure. Chicago
Sentinel.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03
LODGES.

Phoenix Lodge No. SO, A. F. & A..
M.-simcoe Walmsley. ". NJ; J. G.
Trichel Jr., Sec. Meets First and
Third Wednesdays at 7 p. m.
Castle Hall No. SO, knights of Pyth-
ias.-U. P. Breazeale, G. c.; Adol6h
L'Herisson, K. of r. & S. Meets
Second and Fourth Thursdays at s
.. N.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03

pie to come and settle. Where is a
town that wants half the people to
move out to make better times in that
town? Or to have half the farmers
leave to make better times in the coun-
try? You asses who think there are
too many people, that your Ills come
from that source, had better have your
skulls trepanned and some buekwheat
batter put in the place of the matter
you call your brains. There may be
too many such fools, but then they are
interesting to study as the relics Of the
pliocene age. ireland can support
20,000,000 of people in comfort and
plenty, and then not be as thickly pop
nlated as Belgium. But not under the
present system Of industry. And the
United States can support the popula-
tion Of the earth in luxury, while with
the present insane social structure a
puny 100000 are crying for more
room.-J. A. Wayland.
Now, during the present war fever,
Lord Mark Hanna comes to the front
and wishes to buy bonds also. These
self-same unsophisticated men are all
trying to make it appear to the masses
that they are true to the flag and our
country, and that party lines will be
obliterated in case Of war. OF course
they will! For these magnates know
that there is a bond consideration In
sight. But will there be any wavering
In the "Sage" crop if the government
demands full quota of men without
delay, regardless of finances? From
past experience on this line, there
would be substitutes introduced from
the ranks of the wage slaves to fill the
places Of such men as Hanna and old
Sages, who are utterly "Russelling"
around for the purpose of sacrificing
the life-blood of the workingmen for
filthy lucre, incased in a bonded debt.
Evansville (Ind) Coming Events.
It is most evident that the money
power has the administration firmly in
its meshes, and that in order to save
their bonds on Cuba there will be no
war. The reported conferences of the
money bags and their man Hanna with
Mckinley and members of the cabinet,
and the reports that the Cuban Ques-
tion can be settled by diplomacy. go a
long way in making thinking men be-
lieye there will be no war, but another
issue of bonds to keep the peace. One
good result of the Cuban question is
that 10000, 900, which were tied UP in
the treasury, have been put in circula-
ton, and will make business little
more active. Does not this bear out
the arguments of the bimetallists that
more money among the people is what
the country needs? The money ques-
tion is not going to be lost in the war
shuttle. War alone overshadows the
money question. but even that cannot
answer the demand Of the people for
proper money volume to carry on war.
Silver Knight Watchman.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03

During the long wait for the presi-
dents second Cuban message the New
York World pictured Uncle Sam gaz-
ing in disgust at the following placard:
"Notice.-On account of fresh insults
offered by Spain and in anticipation of
others that may be forthcoming, mes
sage to congress postponed.-Wm.
Mex"
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03

The strike among the canal laborers
at Rome, N. Y, is over, and nearly all
the men have returned to work at the
old price, 121a cents per hour.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03

The Androscoggin mills weavers at
Lewiston, Me-, have voted to remain
out until the New Bedford strike Is
settled.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03

There's one sure thing about the
prosperity wave, anyhow-we've al
ways got something coming.-To Toledo
Bee.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03
PROSPERITY NOTES.

The Androscoggin mills weavers at
Lewiston, Me-, have voted to remain
out until the New Bedford strike is
| settled.
There's one sure thing about the
| prosperity wave, anyhow-we'ye al
ways got something coming.-ToIedo
Bee.
Cigarmakers and packers, to the
number of $50, employed by Seidenberg
& Co., In New York city, went on strike
on the 18th against proposed reduc-
tion of wages, which, in some instanc-
es, is alleged to be as much as rs per
cent.
II a reduction in the wages of opera
tives In the New England cotton mills
is to be universal there is no reason
why the announcement should not be
made at once. The elections are over.
New York World.
The strike among the canal laborers
at Rome, N. Y, is over, and nearly all
the men have returned to work at the
old price, 1914 cents per hour.
1t is beautiful fact that the wave OF
prosperity and the discovery that
man may live without stomach were
practically simultaneous in the time of
their arrival and announcement. Thus
does Providence provide for the wants
Of the children Of men in every emerA
gency.-Auburn (Cal.) Herald.
An attempt was made at Westerly,
R. l., recently to start the White Rock
cotton mill, which has been closed for
six weeks on account of a strike. Only
fifty of the strikers returned to work.
Natchitoches populist., 1898-06-03
SIDE LIGHTS ON WAR.
IDEAS OF THE PLUToCRATS
AND THE PEOPLE.

1t All Depends on the Point of View
But Evidently the Main Idea is to
BefoOl and Rob the People If They
VIII Stand 1t.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03

l. How should nitrate of soda be APP
piled to strawberries? If in the spring
how do you manage it, when the plants
have been covered with straw during the
winter, and you don't want to disturb it
until after the fruit has been gathered?
2. When corn land is seeded to wheat how
do you get rid of the corn stubble? L find
that however well the land has been pre-
pared the drill will tear them up and are
still sound and in the way clipping the
wheat stubble and even when hay is made
the following spring. A good roller after
drilling does the work, but Mr.. Terry says
don't" 8. Without top dressing with ma
nure would about 200 pounds good COM
mercial fertilizer per acre improve a grass
sod: if so, the kind you would use? f. My
cold frame lettuce is covered with little
purple colored flea and in places gather in
clusters by the thousands. How can [ get
rid of them? H. +. S.
Reply by Practical Farmer:
l. Nitrate of soda should only be used
when plants are in active growth as il dis
solves on the soil very readily, and if not
taken at once by the plants will be likely
TO leach away. On Strawberries we use
about 80 to IS pounds per acre alongside
the rows just as growth is beginning in
the spring. 1t should never be used when
the fonage is wet, as whatever falls on
the leaves then will burn them But if
the plants are dry it may be scattered
without danger. Scatter it on the straw
and the first rain will carry it down q
Let the corn stubble lie on the land till
spring and then roll well while the wheat
is small. Rolling at that time can only
do good unless it is steep land inclined
to wash In fact, l would not hesitate to
roll after seeding on land that did not
wash. On washy land the rolling is apt
to start gullies, and on the red lands over
the mountains east of you. never dream
ed to roll the uplands, except with a fiut-
ed clod crusher. 3. On grass sod the
best dressing you can use will be raw
bone meal and muriate of potash. Use 800
pounds of the bone and 100 pounds of the
muriate per acre. 4. The best remedy for
the flea beetle is to dust the plants while
wet with tobacco dust quite freely. Kero-
sene emulsion has also been recommended
as q spray.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03

sympathy taken the color from their
neighbors. One of the hardest things to
understand is the constant tendency in
plants TO take on new characters and vary
from their normal form in some way, with
out any sexual crossing. These sports"
so-caIled, have been the starting points for
many of the improvements in cultivated
plants. ,. it is always better to mix con-
centrated fertilizers well with the soil and
to avoid getting them in direct contact
with the seed of tubers. This is particu-
larry the case when the muriate of potash
is used, as this is caustic and hinderS ger
mination. II is always best to apply the
fertilizer some time before the planting
and lap burrows over it in the first furrOw
and then run the burrows out again so that
the mixture may be made with the soil. 3.
l have had no experience with the peach
you name and cannot recommend il,
though it may be all that ii is said to be.
The best late peach l know is Chairs
Choice, a large yellow peach with bright
red cheek. 4. The best winter apples in
this state are the Winesap. Royal Timber
twig mot the old red Limbertwig), York
Imperial, called by some Johnsons Winter.
and the Albemarle Pippin, that is the true
Pippin of the old Albemarle, Va, stock,
which is a different and better apple than
the Newton Pippin, which some pomolo-
gists insist is the same apple. ). The KEEL
sey plum, one of the japanese sorts will
ripen with you about middle of August
Golden Beauty is also a late plum, but not
so fine as the japanese Kelsey. 6. l am
sorry that l cannot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03
PRESIDENT ZELAYA PRAISED
MINISTER HAKER FINDS Hm 4
GOOD LEADER FOR NICARACI,

Has Given His People A. Gond a Gov
eminent As They viii Permit tt;,,
His Efforts Are for the PRESERVE
ton of Peace. Development. OF tl,..
Resources of the Couutr, and ,h.
Elevation of His PeopIt-Unrupr-
ages building of Railroads ANA !.
EndcaVorinG to Make Public
schools Universal
New York. Jan. 2-Lew,s Baker. I-..t.l
States minister to Nicaraeu4. Vrtir, f..,,
that republic, in a personal capacity and
in refutation of certain allegations s- sr-
fecting the administration of En- SideuJ z,-
laya. says: Il have known President w.
laya for several years, and have been con
versant with his official acts. ANA trom
dsinterested point of observation. ur.n.
fluenced by partisan passion. which runs
as high here as 1t did in the late mayoraltv
campaign in New York, ] aver chat Gen
zelaya has given the people of Nicaragua
as good a government as they viii permit
him. During his four years iucumhan,y
as president, his political opponents have
twice attempted TO eject a successor b> rr.
sort to revolution, and both times they
failed disastrously His efforts are for che
preservation of peace, development OF the
rich resources of the country and the cle-
vation of his people. He is eudoavor.ne
to educate and elevate his people by max
ing public schools universal. he Is endeav-
oring to develop the country by building
railroads through it, he is endeavoring
to make the people prosperous by
encouraging them to be peaceable and in
dustrious.
Foreigners who attend to their own
business and do not NEEDLE with the poll
tics which do not concern them are fully
protected in person and property and are
only nominally taxed, If at all. The taxa
ton of the natives Is light, except where
they join political conspiracies to over
throw the lawful authorities, and then
they are taxed TO pay the cost of Their
muunies.
president Zelaya is an educated man:
is intelligent, broad-minded and liberal m
his administration of public affairs |
have many reasons to believe him an
honest man, and not one to believe him
otherwise. / want to emphasize the state
ment that he is glad to see industrious
and enterprfsing foreigners come to Mica
ragua to live; that they are lightly taxed
astic admirer of the American people: of
their progress; of their government, and
will welcome with hospitality Americans
who may join in the development Of the
industries, the soil and the gold mines of
Nicaragua. !"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03

In tanning hides the sooner natural de-
cay which begins with the death of an
animal can be arrested, the better will
be the leather says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. A hide is heavily sailed and sent
to a tannery. where it is immersed in wa
ter, that particles of flesh adhering to the
inner side may be scraped away 1t is
then soaked in the water twelve hours to
remove the hair. After being secured and
depilated by machine, 1t is ready for the
tanning huid 1t has been necessary to
allow it TO lie in a bark solution for three
months. being moved. drained and manip-
ulated many times during the process. If
the solution of tan bark is too strong the
hides NAV be destroyed. For years scien-
lists have experimental with different
substances, hoping 10 shorten the time
necessary for the perfect preparation of
hides Recently it has been found that
Canaigre, or sourdock. possesses properties
which show that it is indicated by nature
for preservative purposes. 1t is impossi-
BILE 10 burn leather in its solution. The
cells of a hide viii absorb enough to tan
If i'm twelve hours and will take no more.
In a few hours, varying with the sub
stances TO be treated. the fannie acid in
the canaigre will have done its work, saw
ing three months time and great deal
of labor The cost of planting, cultivaung,
irrigating and harvesting an acre Of can
aigre is estimated at $3.50. The yield is
from twelve to twenty tons per acre on
new land and rises with cultivation The
returns vary from $65 to SIS per ton, sliced.
Driving shriuks the product two-thirds. but
n is said that the producer can count ON
a clear gain of 500 per acre.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03
success vs.. Failure in Camphor Cul-

Yoqt paper of Nov. 10 has an article en-
titled THE Champion Business" in which
the writer suggests some difficulties which
may prevent the success so alluringly por-
trayed in former article from the pen of
DR.. Hale, says writer in Florida Agri-
cuturist.
While it is well to be cautious about ac-
cepting rose-tinted theories, based upon
personal interests or knowledge gained by
superficial investigation, yet every indus
try must attain profitable results through
successive experimental stages, each one
of the series advancing a step beyond its
predecessor.
Whatever gives reasonable promise of
multiplying paying industries, of increas-
ing individual wealth, or of giving prom
nence to the locality in which our inter-
ests are should receive encouragement and
assistance.
This should be done in such a way as
not to endanger or embarrass, proven and
established resources of competence.
Trial investment of time and money need
not be large and it would be unwise to
plant a camphor grove trusting to the old
adage that Necessity is the mother of
invention to insure success, but with
promise of fair profits one may trust to
the developments of this scientific age and
the knowledge always gained by expert
ence to increase those profits.
The future cannot be measured by the
past Because a commodity is cheap when
the supply exceeds the demand is no rea-
son to assume that these low prices may
return when increased knowledge Of its
medicinal and scientific properties multi
plies its uses while an ever diminishing
supply reverses the conditions. With the
demand steadily increasing and the supply
as steadily decreasing, these must like
two diyerging rays of light, be drawing
wider and wider apart Proof of this theo-
nv is given by the writer of the article re-
ferred to- in the prices cited; as the diff
ference in these must be the correct meas
urement between the supply as proportion
ed to the demand al the several periods
cited
Increasing population and higher state
of civilization increases consumption and
the old system of depending upon natures
supply must be superseded. AS the maple
forests that supplied sugar for our fore
fathers have been supplanted by fields of
sugar cane and beets, an acre of which
Yields more sugar than many acres of for
ests. subject to the mercy of the tickle ele-
ments so the camphor forests must pass
away as progress sweeps over the earth
A system of production must be establish
ed occupying less territory and so sub
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03

jected to commercial laws as to harmonic
supply and demand and insure staple
prices, or, so nearly so, as 10 make the
industry permanent and profitable.
In arriving at a correct solution of the
camphor culture problem. account must
be taken of the agents that science has
placed at mans disposal and of his in
creased capacity to control and utilize
these.
What may not be accomplished with
electric, chemical and caloric forces, sing
ly or in combinat ton and limited only by
mans knowledge of how to apply them,
which is increasing with astonishing rap
idity.
Given a camphor grove containing $1,000
dollars worth of products it is hardly pos
sible that man would not find a way of
releasing them and through the alchemy
of science and commerce transmitting
them into gold.
There is no reason why the sublimeing
may not be done by the grower and Sc
cure to him the price of the finished pro-
duct instead of letting the crude article to
go into def hands, and SO rob himself
of a large share OF the profits, after his
years of patient waiting and labor. In this
way producers lose much that should en-
rich themselves instead of idle spectators.
Having a still there would be but little
labor and outlay in subliming the gum
and it is quite possible that loss by evapo-
ration may be almost wholly prevented
by improved methods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03

I have tried another method for start
ing rose slips, says a writer in the Wis
consin Agriculturist. This does not re-
quire so much attention and looking after
and watering as raising in hot bed, al
though the latter plan is well enough if
you can look after them every day and
see that they do not bake or roast, as
the glass should be covered during the hot
test part of the day The plan / want to
tell you about is to mix little sharp sand
with the soil you plant in and be sure
you have good slips, don't cut off the slip
but tear or break off from another and set
this slip into the spot prepared and cover
closely with a glass, but water thorough
ly first. After having covered with Jar
bank the soil half way up around the jar
and pack well so as to exclude all air
from the base of the slip and retain the
moisture. ] know of people who raise
many roses in this way and get fine va
riety together at hardly any expense. Save
all your old damaged jars, as you can
make use of them in this way. When you
have a cracked jar or one with a small
piece broken out or the top off set it aside
for future reference.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03
THE MORNING NEWS MONDAY, JANUARY 3 1898

narrow strip of b.ue htmus paper, an
inch and half in length 60 be mad for
trifie AT any apothecary shop, in con-
Quoting the test. a few ounces of the
suspected soil may be placed in a glass
and made into paste with water by stir
ring with a rod or stick. Allow the paste
to stand for half hour, and then with
knife blade separate the paste and insert
the strip of Htmus paper and press the
moist soil against it with the blade, ana
allow the paper 10 remain in this position
for about Eve minutes. Remove the paper
and see if The end placed in the soil has
changed from the original blue color to
red. II such a change has occurred. il
proves that the soil is acid, and that an
application of lime will usually prove hen
eticiaL The end of the paper to be insert
ed in the soil should not be handled, be-
cause often such handling will produce
a red disCOloration of the litmus, and
without proper precautiOn is exercised,
this ch. lge might be ascribed to the soil.
See rhi the end of the paper applied to
the soil is distinctly blue when inserted.
Blue ltmus will invariably be changed to
red by acid soils and red litmus to blue
by distinctly alkaline soils. Family aka
line soils will be neutral to test paper.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-03
Not Enough Truck Farming.

Men who are engaged in agricultural
pursuits, says the Louisiana Farm jour
nal. should look around them and consd-
er all of the environments that go TO
make up the industry and prosperity of
country, investigate the wants and needs
of his immediate section, weigh the pros
poets of certain lines of products, their
supply and demand, and endeavor TO adopt
such a branch of farm work as seems
most neglected and the one most compati-
bic with the means and labor under con-
troll
Men of large means can afford to run
more risk and suffer more losses than the
man of small or limited capital To use
a homely phrase: "A man should not bite
off more than he can chew" or TO be more
explicit, he should not undertake more
than he can perform. If he has only teams
enough and provisions enough to cultivate
fifty acres of land, he should not under
take to plant double that quantity, be-
cause a less quantity, well cultivated, will
yield more than a larger quantity poorly
cultivated, and with less injury to man
and work stock.
Now a word about truck farming.
If you will go into the stores here in al
most all towns in southwest Louisiana,
you will find northern products, such as
cabbages, onions, Irlsh potatoes, sweet
peas, beans and pickles, etc, in every one
of them, when all of these things can and
should be raised right here in our own
midst.
We find many of our farmers buying
these vegetables, and paying for them out
of their revenues of the farm, when all
Of them should be produced in their own
vegetable gardens.
If a small farmer win take ten acres of
land, fertilize it generously with stable ma
nure and such other commercial fertiliz-
ers as are best suited to the products he
proposes to raise, and will plant cabbage,
cucumbers, beans, onion, Irish and sweet
potatoes, tomatoes and melons, it will
bring him more ready cash than fifty acres
planted in rice or cotton. The yield per acre
in these vegetables is simply immense, the
industry is in it's infancy; there is a large
home demand for them, and the man who
gives truck farming intelligent and judi
cious management will prosper by 1t. With
the establishment of more truck farms
canning factory would be established in
every parish and a new impetus would be
given to this most important branch of ag-
riculture.