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The age-herald., 1898-02-01
McMlLLlN'S VOTE 37.
Tennessee Legislature Still Ballots For a
 Senator.

cratic legislative caucus again held a dreary and monotonous session tonight and balloted sevente . times without get ting nearer the nomination of a candidate for United States senator than when the caucus adjourned last Friday night.
 No changes in the balloting of special importance were made, and the last bal lot resulted: McMillin, 36; Hurley, 2; Taylor, 27.
 The caucus adjourned until tomorrow night. The belief that the deadlock will not be broken is widespread.
 McMillins highest vote tonight was 37.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
CROPS FOR 1897.
Final Estip'ates of Acreage and Value Given
 By the Statistician.

Washington, Jan. 51.--The final estimates of acreage production and value of crops in the United States for 1897, made by the statistician of the department of agricul- .ure. are follows:
 Corn. SO ,lo1 acres; 1,9o2, ,967 ,9SS bushels; s501 ,O72.952 value.
 Wheat. Sa,4G5,o ,o6s acres; 5SO149,1sS bushels; SIPS. .547, ,12l.
 Oats. 25,7so,S75 acres; esS.7s7.sos bushels sl47. 7.97i,119.
 Rye. I. .7os,5sl acres; 7,sss.s24 bushels; si2,- 239,G47.
 Barley. 2.7os,11s acres; ss,sss.127 bushels; $25. .142139.
 Potatoes. 2,5s4577 acres; 1s4o15,9s7 bush-
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els: sSo,s4so5s.
 Hay. 4s.426,77o acres; so,ce4.S7s tons: slOl.- 49O, FPS.
 Detailed information by states will be issued in printed form in a few days. The revision of the estimates of the acreage of winter wheat and rye for the present season is nearing completion. No report on tobacco will be made at present.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
John Walker i'm Hoclr

John Walker, negro about 22 years of age, was arrested yesterday morning by Sergeant Doneldson of the police depart ment, charged with trying to dispose of stolen property. In his possession was found two pairs of shoes and two under shirts. These are believed by the police to have been stolen, but the owners have not been discovered.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
FURS ar HALF.

When the season is young we don't, of course, remind you that furs will be cheap CT later on-but February is the fur month for thrifty folks-prices have fallen and there still remains fur weather ahead. Do you know what February means? It comes from the Latin Februarius-"to purify by sacrifice''-that's what we are doing in the fur department. ai ,a,-'
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had always been for honest sound money the democratic party. since the war. for cheap, unsound money
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with permission to the First National Bank. the Alabama National Bank, Steiner Bros bankers. the Jefferson County Savings Bank, all of this city, as to my responsi- bility for my contracts.
 cure many patients by mail treatment, Write or call at my office. All consulta- uons and correspondence strictly confiden- tial. Offices Jefferson County Bank build- ing, corner End avenue and 2ist street Bir- mingham, Ala. Yours truly
 Y. D. HOLLOWAY, M. D..
 Specialist Private Diseases Proprietor of Holloway's Private Medical Dispensary. l-1-d-w-tf
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
OSTRICH B0As.

IS inches long. s2.50; 27 inches long, $4.25; ss inches long. $50; 45 inches long. s7.0o.
 Among the cheaper grades we've an as- sortment of real Ostrich Boas and Collars ranging in price from $1.25 upwards. Stone-Marten Muffs and Stone-Marten Collarettes at half price today.
The age-herald., 1898-02-01
A Specialist.

Each and every person pursuing a par ucular line of business is a specialist in that work. Occasionally you will find e person following several different callings.
 He is a tinkerer; kind of jack of all trades, etc.
 You would not carry fine watch to . tnkering blacksmith that mended wagons, clocks, sewing machines. houses, watched
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-22

l challenge any man to cite me s1ng1e
case where he has seen the employees OF
any railroad working on our roads pay
ing off this tax With the amount OF
money Indiana is supposed to pay for
road tax she ought to have the best
roads in the United States. But she
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-22

Although THESE CONTIGUOUS pdoCcui
ing machines, which will heat from s.,
900 to 10000 pounds of milk per hour
to the pasteurizing temperature of 1855
degrees f., are not primarily intended
for pasteurizing milk or cream to be
sold directly to the consumer in pint
and quart bottles, a practical test was
made of the keeping quality of the
cream and skim milk that came from
the separator at this high temperature.
Pint samples Of both the hot cream and
hot skim milk were taken directly
from the separator and cooled in the
sterilized glass milk jars which are
commonly used for retailing milk to
the consumer. These samples werc
cooled at once to about so degrees F.,
the jars were covered with paper caps
and left in room at temperature of
about 65 degrees F. Six trials were
made in this way, by taking samples
of the hot skim milk and hot cream d.
rectly from the separator on six differ
ent days. It was found that these pint
samples, kept in sterilized bottles, re-
manned perfectly sweet in every case
for four days. Some were sweet after
five days, but most of them had a
slightly sour smell and about 0.3 per
cent acid On the fifth day.
An experiment on notifies in butter
was made by adding some of the ripen-
ed cream from one large vat to each Of
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This shows the economy of great op-
erations. The big lot is the cheapest,
everything considered, and this is es-
pecially true in the fencing. OF course
we do not suggest that anyone build
hen yard 256 rods square. The figures
are given to impress the truth of
great principle that We cannot afford
to ignore.
This is one OF the great reasons Why
it would be desirable to keep fowls in
large ilocks were it not that they are
more likely to become the prey of
diseases of a contagious nature. A
large range is always desirable, but it
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in favor. The latest ngures SHOW a re"
more than 100000 dairy cows in New
South Wales, yielding last year about
10S,O0O,000 gallons of milk, Of which
three-fourths was used in making but
ter and cheese The product of butter
was nearly 26,O00,OOO pounds and of
cheese little more than 100000
pounds. The surplus of butter over
LEGAL requirements amounts to about
Is per cent of the whole output in the
summer months, and the English mar
ket absorbs nearly all of this. 1t is
only during the last five years that
Australian butter has seriously infiu-
enced the London market, for, although
for some time small consignments had
been sent to London, the huge import
into that city from Denmark and SWe-
don practically controlled the price OF
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suit the requirements of certain To-
cality; all that is essential is to adapt
the system to the principals stated
above and to limit all notifications in
accordance with them.
Cost OF Raising Grain.
My figures are based on $50 per acre
land. All that one man can do will
be to raise, say, Is acres of wheat.
40 acres of corn, rs acres Of oats, and
10 acres of hay, altogether 100 acres.
In the first place I will have to buy
an outfi: that will last ten years. 1t
will consist of the following: Three
good 4-year-old horses, $500; harness,
$40; wagon, s55; stock rake, $40; har-
row, SIS; deep cultivator, SIS; oats
seeder, 10; corn planter, $40; wheat
drill, so; binder, S115; mower, $45; hay
rake, 500; hay frame, $40; small re-
pairing tools, $40; ;otal, SITS.
Now, as you know, everything will
be worn out in ten years, and the mon
ey so spent will be a total loss, so we
must count one-tenth of the invested
capital as being the loss on wear and
tear for each year. Then there is the
interest. The annual loss for this will
be about as follows: One-tenth of
SITS, $77S0; interest on SITS at per
cent, $46.68; rent of land, $500; tax
on land, $40; tax on horses and tools,
$40; horse feed, $120; wages at $3.50
per day for 300 days, $3.50; a total of
$1,O544S. We may figure pretty ac-
curately and you will find it will take
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and one a combined churn and work.
er. The granular butter in one box
churn was washed with water having
a temperature of 40 degrees F., and in
the two other churns the temperature
of the wash water was go degrees F.
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cessful even under peculiar circum-
stances. In case of necessity an en-
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40 CO41 CClAFC 1CEloAalAOAA. AC4C OuSAS
to be no such thing as working out
road tax, and the laws should be so re-
vised as to insure the expenditure OF
the tax collected foz the purpose it is
designed to serve. 1 am studying the
New Jersey law and other state laws,
and hope to be able to present some
valuable suggestions to the next leg
islature.'
Poultry Reports.
We would be glad to hear from ou1
readers often on what they are doing
in the poultry line. 1t is not necessary
for the writer to be an expert poul-
try fancier to give a report that will
prove of interest to all. The man with
dozen hens may have had experiences
Of value He may have been an OBJ
server of the small things that are OF
so much value in poultry keeping. Let
us hear from ALL The agricultural
paper is not for the purpose of provid-
ing a medium for the advice of the
editor to the rest of the world, but it
is for the purpose of taking the expert
ences of the many and making them
serviceable to all. Too often the man
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-22

inflammable and strong poison al
though small portion is not injurious.
Provide sufficient blankets, canvas, or
oilcloth to thoroughly cover the grain
to be treated. For every one hundred
bushels of grain put in open shallow
dishes on the grain one pound of car
-bisulphide using about one-halt
pound in each dish and placing them
at a reasonable distance: Cover the
grain, dishes and all, at once and let
remain for twenty-four hours. Exam
inc to see if all insects, rats and mice
are dead. If some are found to be
alive apply again, using more of the
LIQUID. Ware houses, mills, elevators.
store rooms and the like may be treat
ed in a similar manner. The liquid as
retailed at the drug stores costs from
20 to 80 cents per pound.
The Corn Crop.-The government es-
Inmates the corn crop at 1,902,967 1888
bushels grown on S0,095,05 acres Of
land. The total value is put at $780,
072952 The crop is shorter than last
wear. and it was believed that the
nrices must be correspondingly better,
especially as there are apparently more
favorable conditions Not only is the
crop some hundreds of millions of BUSH
els short, but the commercial world is
in better condition, and of course the
population has considerably increased
within the twelve months. But in the
face of this the price is little better
than that of last year. This will
at least have the effect Of keeping the
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out having a large Hook or lows.
In some yards the large range fur
nishes the fowls with goodly supply
of fresh meat in the form of grass
hoppers. 1t is astonishing what large
number of these insects inhabit
single acre. If the acre patch lie ex-
hausted by the industry of the hens,
a few hours suffice to replenish it.
Not only grasshoppers but hundreds OF
varieties of bugs and worms infest and
journey through this field, falling
swift prey to the feathered sentine:s.
With the green grass and fresh meat
the fowls are kept healthy and happy
and continue to manifest their content
by a voluminous product of eggs.
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at least have the effect Of keeping the
ooroooo within hounds
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within the twelve months. But in the
face of this the price is little better
t1,an that of Last wear This VIII
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-04-22

Germany and Amcrlcan Hofses.
Foreign correspondents report that
the Minister of Agriculture of United
Germany at recent session Of the
Prussian Diet declared that American
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els short, but the commercial world is
in better condition, and of course the
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am artlCIe. i

now is changed, however, about two
thirds of all the butter imported into
London during the winter months be-
ing of Australian origin and more than
once during the last few seasons
Australian creamery butter has com
manded a higher price than Dan
ish. The Australians are learning how
to pack their butter for shipment on
the long voyage, and the more they
learn the better prices they get. !
have talked with Australian dairymen
who knew all about the shipment OF
American butter made to London by
Secretary Wilson of our agricultural
department a few months ago. They
are watching to see the result OF the
experiment with a great deal of inter-
~ Gov - NAV moan something tC
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serviceable to ALL Too often the man
with a small flock says: "Oh, I am
not big poultry keeper and have
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Especially as there are apparently more
favorable conditions. Not only is the
cron some hundreds of millions of BUSH
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
THE PURIsIMA CONCEPTION.
Sails, Loaded With Food Believed to Be-
for Blanco's Troops Sampson Will
Doubtless Take Care of Her.

Sails, LOADED With Food Believed to Be
for Blanco's Troops Sampson Will
Doubtless Take Care of Her.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.)
Kingston, Jamaica, June 16.-2:15 y.
m.-The Spanish steamer Purisima Con-
ception, loaded with food for Manzaniio,
left Kingston at 2 o'clock this morning,
taking westward course. The colonial
authorities ignored the protest of Uni
ted States Consul Dent, as not based on
sufficient evidence, and gave the ship
her clearance.
The Purisima Conception arrived at
Kingston in the latter part of May from
Manzanilo with a Spanish cOmmissary
officer in disguise, seeking supplies. She
already had ON board IL large amount.
which had been obtained elsewhere. But
at Kingston she began at once to take
on flour, corn and rice, purchasing in all
$500 bags of corn from Jamaican mer-
chants.
The Colonial authorities were informed
by her owners that clearance papers
would be asked for a -blockaded port
like Manzanilo on the south coast IN
the bay of Guanayaro. United States
Consul Dent made representations to the
government of the island against the yes
sci. and careful inquiry was instituted
the authorities promising that if Mr..
Dent could furnish specific proof that
her captain intended to run for block
aided port they would refuse to allow her
to lead. An unsuccessful attempt was
then made by her owners to change her
register.
Mr.. Dents protest failing. the Puri-
sima Conception, according to dispatches
from Kingston TO the Associated Press,
has been planning to leave as secretly
ms possible in the hope under cover Of
darkness of evading capture There has
never been the least doubt in the mind
of Mr.. Dent that the supplies and pro-
visions. though loaded nominally for an
unblockaded port, are destined ultimately
for General Blanco's troops.
There is little likelihood that she will
reach her destination. as Admiral Samp-
son is fully aware of her plans and has
probably detailed fast auxiliary cruiser
to capture her and the Spanish officer.
Lieutenant Commander Joaquin Mon
tague. who is understood to have left
Kingston on her.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
AN AGED COUPLE MURDERED.
And a Lynching Has Probably by Now
Followed.

Montgomery, Ala, June 16.-On Tues
dav night seven miles from Wetumpka,
VIM. Garden and his wife, an old couple,
and William Canlee, also an old man,
were murdered and their house burned
TO conceal the crime. Garden boarded
his money and the party were murdered
to secure it. Yesterday Sol Jackson,
Lew Speir and another negro were ar
rested for the crime. Late this after
noon crowd of 800 men from the neigh
borhood of the crime gathered at We
tumpka to mob the prisoners. Since they
have been in jail two of the murderers,
Jackson and Speir confessed and told
wnere they buried the money, 81 200.
The mob broke into the Jail at ; o'clock
but were unable to get into the inner
cage whore the prisoners were. Tonight
about ninety of the former members of
the militia companies left here on spe-
cial train. A few minutes after s o'clock
word was received that the mob succeed
cd in getting blacksmith tools, broke the
cage open and secured the prisoners.
The intention of the mob, it is stated, is
to take them to the scene of the crime
ard hang them.
The military company will not reach
Wetumpka in time to oppose the mob.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
Copyright by the Associated Pressl

Copyright by the Associated Presso
Camp McCalla, Guantanamo Bay,
Wednesday June -, $3.50 p. M, via
Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday, June 16.
The brick forts and earthworks at
Caimanera, ut the end of the railroad
leading to the city of Guantanamo were
demolished to-day by the bombardment
of the Texas, Marblehead and SuWanee.
The warships opened fire at : y. m, and
the bombardment lasted one hour and
thirty minutes. The Texas steamed
slowly up the channel leading TO the
Notifications. followed closely by the
Marblehead. The Texas fired two shots
as range finders. both falling short and
to the right. The Marblehead stood
off the west side of the channel aud
opened with her five-inch guns on the
fort, knocking down part of the wall.
The Texas then threw in some twelve
inch shells, tearing down the wall OF the
fort and throwing the bricks and NOR
tar thirty feet in the air. After badly
damaging the fort, the Marblehead stood
further into the harbor and shelled the
earthworks and barracks Mt the west
end of the harbor. She Knocked them
into the air. and when the Spaniards
fed from the fort they were shelled and
driven into the bushes. The Spaniards
fired only five shots, which did no dam
age.
After the ships stood out into the har-
Dor, the Spaniards in the bush opened
fire on the Marblehead, which replied
vigorously.
The Suwanee turned back and she'll
ed the bushes, driving the Spaniards
inland.
During the afternoon a half-starved
and ragged Spanish soldier crawled lnt9
the camp and gave himself up. lie sald
he expected to be shot, but he would
gladly die if they would only give him
food and water. He had had neither Tor
forty-eight hours. He reported that there
were 1000 Spanish soldiers half-starVed,
who wanted to give themselves up, but
that they believed they would be Killed
by the Americans as soon as they were
once in captivity. The Spaniard was
given q good dinner and some clothing
and was then taken on board the Mar
bIehead. He declared that he would
gladly 90 back and report to his com
rades. but that they would certainly
shoot him. He is now held as a prisoner
on the Marblehead.
The Marblehead's little steam launch
cleared out detachment of Spanish
bushwhackers this afternoon and escap-
ed without the loss of a man after hot
engagement of a quarter of an hour. Tie
launch had been dragging the harb0r
near the fort for mines, had found one
and was towing it back to the Marble
head when the enemy, concealed in 5he
bushes on the shore, opened hot fire
on the five men in the launch. The
launch headed toward shore and begin
banging away, but the bow gun finally
kicked overheard, carrying the gunner
with it. In the meantime, the enemy was
fleeing wildly. The marine was promptly
rescued 1T is believed that several Span
iards were killed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-06-17
HISTORIC EVENT
THE NEW AND THE OLD YANK-
EES IN LINE.
GRANDSON OF GRANT VIEWS THE SCENE
While the Confederate Soldier in Bro7ze Looks
Dewn With Eyes of the Past
on a Living Chapter in
Current History.

jacksonville, Fla, June 16.-Thc un-
yelling of the $4,000 Confederate mon
ument today marked one of the most
patriotic incidents in our national an
nails. Indeed, it was surrounded by so
many peculiar circumstances that moth
ing in this country has ever equalled it.
1t becomes a chapter in history strange
in coincidence and remarkable in sur
roundings.
Eighteen years ago. on the piazza of
one of the hotels Of this city, sat a sol
dier en-President while the citizens of
Jacksonville passed and repassed, mark
ing the presence of a statesman who
had made the laurels of victor unfad-
ing forever by procaiming over a sea Of
bitterness: Let us have peace"
Today his grandson, as a member Of
the staff of General Lee, stood within a
few feet of the same spot, reviewing an
army of soldiers in blue, veterans who
had opposed each other on the battle
fields, and thousands of Floridians
marching to do honor to Confederate
soldier in bronze, who viewed with the
cold stony eye of the past a living chap
ter of our current history.
A regimental band from the land Of
old Yankees stepped proudly to the
strains of march and "Old Glory"
waved in the Southern breeze. The new
Yankees from North Carolina and Vir-
ginia clad in blue, too, took up the
echoes with the spirit stirring refrain of
Dixie. Behind troopcd the old Federal
veterans, and then came the old Con-
federates under the stars and bars float
ing besides the stars and stripes peace
full to all the men over whom the ban
ners flOated grim but quiet with eyes
looking to the present and not to the
past.
Through the streets of Il Southern city
tramped an army in blue, led by Lee.
in whose name and fame is concentrated
Southern history from the beginning.
and ut the foot of n pedestal that lifts
up the typical Southern soldier to the
reverence of the ages, stood a Sartoris,
who is Grant now, and Harrison at
home with the people from whom his
ancestors sprang. The South and the
West and the North marched through
the streets-the boys in blue from II
linois, New Jersey, Wisconsin. Iowa.
Virginia and North Carolina, brothers
all, save as they are rivals for the first
place in the charge and the last in re-
treat when they face the enemies of their
of their native land.
On every hand the flag of a reunited
country floated in the semi-tropical sun.
Veterans of both the blue and the gray
remarked on every side that it was 70
their hearts delight to witness mt last
such a sight. 1t was great lesson TO
the nation, an event that must become
historic.