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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
MUCH SICKNESS AT SANTIAGO.
Immunes Don't Stand the Climate Any
Better Than Other Men.

lmmunes Don't Stand the Climate Any
Better Than Other Men.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA.-The death rate
among citizens and troops is increas
ing. The deaths in the city number
about eighty daily. The mortality
among the soldiers is small, however.
Patients who are convalescent after an
attack of dysentery and yellow fever
gain strength slowly, owing to the en-
ervating effect of the climate. Two
hundred immunes are now in the hos
pital.
The steamer Panther left Saturday
with 10S sick soldiers of all regiments,
and the Romania left Sunday with 425
sick from all regiments, leaving 500
for the Olivette, which is expected on
Wednesday to take all the sick save
the critical cases.
The transports San Augustine, Le-
onora and San Francisco will go for
5000 Spaniards at Guantanamo bay.
The Cheeribon, a hospital ship, lett
Saturday with 1000 sick Spaniards.
The condition of all the Spanish sol
diers who have left or are able to leave
is pitiful. Physicians say that 20 per
cent of them will die before reaching
Spain.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
MUST DISBAND CUBANS.
They Threaten the Future Prosperity OF
Santiago and Other Cities.

Santiago and Other Cities.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. The merchants
here are anxious for the Cuban army
to be disbanded at once. 1t IS men
ace to business they say. They are
anxious to resume, but find it impossl-
BILE to do so because their property is
threatened by ill-disciplined levles OF
Garcia's command. Cultivators have
refused to return to their plantations,
where they will be subject to contri-
buttons for the support of Cuban sol
diers who are still in the field. If the
province is to return to self-support-
ing basis and trade to begin again.
the Cuban army, it is generally admit
ted, must be disbanded. The Spanish
merchants view the situation from
most gloomy standpoint and are pre-
pared to cease all connection with
Cuba, if the question of dominion is
settled any other way than that the
United States shall be in possession.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01

Fart OF the United States.
a special from Kingston, Jamaica,
|ays; The American annexation move
lent commenced at Manchester is
"p'aly spreading and finding general
Iveptance as the only visible alterna-
70 ruin. The promoters of the
1sement are pushing it vigorously,
ng desirous of strengthening the
saus OF Jamaica's representatives at
harbadoes conference, thus en-
SSuiasiag inter- colonial corporation.
nm - sole obstacle encountered Is the
0'0r question,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
STEAMER LOST.
Alaskan Boat Blown Up and Sunk.
Forty-Three Persons Lost.

News has been received at San Fran
cisco confirming the reported loss OF
the stern wheeler, Stricken Chief. A
letter received from juneau, dated
August 10, brings the contirmatory
news and further says that the disaster
was doubtless caused by an explosion
and that the crew and passengers,
numbering fortythree persons, were
undoubtedly lost. That it was an ex-
plosion that caused the loss was in
ferred by the Dora's crew from the
fact that most of the wreckage was
broken into small bits. The wreck was
found in latitude 1888 north, longi-
tude 142. II west, on August 6.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
BETTER METHODS.


SANTIAGO DE CUBA. American
postal system is soon to be introduced
here and house to house deliveries and
|letter boxes are to be established. The
merchants are much pleased and the
|desire is general for the establishment
|oi American buiness systems.
The modification of the administra-
ton of the provincial civil governments
|by Generals Lawton and Wood meets
with the appreciation of intelligent citi-
zens and cooperation in the movement
IS increasing. The schools will open
ION September l. English will be
|'aught In all the grades for the purpose
|oi Its Americanizing effect. The en-
|plooyes OF the civil government are now
PAID with checks only owing to the
scarcity Of small change.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
PEACE COMMISSION.
Four of the Five Members Have Been
Selected.

WASHINGTON. cabinet was in
session two hours Friday and devoted
a large share of the time to matters
which will come before the peace COM
mission. At the adjournment of the
meeting Secretary Day announced that
four members of the commission had
been selected Secretary Day, Sena-
tors Davis and Frye and Whitelaw
Reid. As to the fifth member no
definite announcement could be made,
Justice Whites acceptance not having
At that time been received.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
sPANIARDs AND REBELS
eul Fighting in Philippines, Cuba and
A Porto Rico.

The Madrid government has received
\ cipher dispatch from Manila giving
Ipii details of the capitulation and OF
ene condition of the island. The con-
|'ents OF the dispatch have not been
made public. General Rios, governor
y the Vizcayas islands, reports fight
Jug between the rebels and Spanish
troops at Cebua and Iloilo. A tlotila
ias been organized to protect these
sands from invasion by the rebels
eu' lrom Luzon by Aguinaldo. Cen
Tsai Rios has armed several battalions
militia kilograms from Cuba re-
por' continuous fighting in the pro-
r C,hces OF Puerto Principe and Santa
0'ara between the Spaniardsa and rebels.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
Miss Winnie Davis Ill.

Miss Winnie Davis, daughter OF
Jefferson Davis, is seriously ill at Nal
ragansett Pier, r. l., where she has
been confined to her bed for several
weeks.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
Pugilis. Killed.

Alexander Scott, the pugilist, died
iiaay OF uraemic commissions brought
Rn oy his exertions in his fight with
Oinmy Butler, at Brooklyn, N. Y.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
CITY DIRECTORY.
COnNTY DIRECTORY.

COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Chancery and Circuit Clerk, n. Bat
son: Sifsfif, w. T. Scott; Treasurer,
IL. Sirnhnn; Assessor, G. ". Bill
DO; Superintendent Of Education, ID.
X. Rouse, Surveyor, A. J. Ladner'
CHANoERY Court, SECOND DIsTRIcT-
Chancellor, n. G. Hill. Regular
terms, first Monday in January and
July, six days.
CIRCUIT COURT, SECOND DISTRICT
Judge, T. A. Wood. Regular terms,
third Monday in April and October.
Walter A. White, District Attorney.
SUPERVISORS. J. A Moody, presi-
pent; G.. W. Smith, p E. Williams,
W. G. Stewart, J A. II. Smith,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01

BAPTIST CHURcH-R w. b. Hol
comb, pnAtor. Services second and
fourth Sabbaths Sunday school IL
a. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
night.
METHoD1sT--Rev. W. H. Huntley, pas
tor. Services first and third Sun
days in each month. Sunday school
$50 a. m, Prayer meeting Wednes-
day niaht.
CITY DIRECTORY.
Mayor, w. j Huunicutt; Treasurer,
w. w. Strahau; Clerk, L Il. Reeyfs,
Marshal, Ii. Z. Smith.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN.
". I. Scott, n. Batson, r. G. John
son, Il. II. Reeves, j. A. Howard
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01

The surgeon general of the army re-
ceiyed telegram Saturday from Sur
geon Ireland, at Montauk Point, say
ing til It the steamer Catania had ar
rived ut that point from Santiago with
352 convelescent patients from the
Sibony hospital, aud that nine deaths
occurred on the trip.
He also reports that Major-General
McCreary, of the United States army,
died on the Catania on the 23d ins'ah'
and was buried at sea.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01

Prof. A. j. Marks, author OF HOLY
Land" and Review OF Palesnae'
anh lecturer Of note, died in ehlea'
20 Has past week,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01
Remarkable Record.

The official statement of our losses
in the war with Spain is not yet made
up, but the approximate figures, com,
piled from reports to the war and
navy departments, give this remarka-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1898-09-01


BILE showing:
Killed in the army. ....... 26o
Killed in the navy. y...........'.. ~
Killed in the marines. ......
Wounded in the army -, 4Oo
Wounded in the navy. AZ
Wounded in the marines -, 10
Here is total of 279 killed ana
l.42a wounded in war which result
ed in the destruction Of the Spanish
navy, in the freeing Of Cuba, the oes..
sion Of Porto Rico and the capture Ot
Manila, -.~-.-.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06

HANDSOME DRAFTERs.
The Only Heavy Horses Exhibited at tn
New York Show.

The Only Heavy Horses Exhibited at the
New York Show.
The name New York horse show is a
misnomer. The right name is New York
fashion show. The horses are second
airy consideration They are only the
peg on which to hang the display of the
clothes, carriages and other belongings
of New York fashionable millionaires.
The horses are convenient for this pur-
pose as showing how we'll Mr.. Fitz-
noodle can ride or drive, how gracefully
Miss Flapdoodle can jump over fence
on horseback and how much money
Colonel de Boobies drag cost.
This year, however, probably by way
of contrast, the better to show off their
own gilded existence, the millionaires
who run the show departed from their
custom and had one single class for
heavy horses, premiums for the best and
second best draft stations Two were
exhibited, splendid creatures, as the pic
ture shows. They were quite as beauti-
full and admirable in their way as the
slim legged little beast that fell and
came within an inch of killing young
lady when it was trying to jump high
fence with her. But they made no ap-
peal to the admiration of the average
New York reporter, man who once
described an Aberdeen-Angus bull as a
Guernsey that had been deAorned.
No, millionaires and snobs do not
ride and drive the draft horse. Therefore
to the New York alleged journalist the
magnificent Clydesdale and Percheron
are something to sheer at. Here is the
only reference a city newspaper made
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
machinery and Modern Farming.

The smallest implement upon a big
wheat farm is pillow. And from the
pillow to the elevator-from the first
operation in wheat farming to the last
one is forced to realize how the spirit
of the age has made itself felt here and
has reduced the amount of human labor
to the minimum The man who plows
uses his muscle only incidentally in
guiding the machine. The man who
operates the harrow has half dozen
levers to Tighten his labor The "sower
who goeth forth to SOW, walks leisure
ly behind a drill and works brakes The
reaper needs quick brain and quick
hand, but not necessarily strong arm
nor powerful back. He works sitting
down.
The thrashers are merely assistants
to a machine, and the men who heave
the wheat into the bins only press but
tons. The most desirable farmland is
not the fellow who can pound the
"mauling machine" most Justify at the
county fair. He is the man with the
cunning brain who can get the most
work out of machine without break
ing it. The farm laborer in the west to-
day, where machinery is employed,
finds himself advanced to the ranks of
skilled labor and enjoys position not
widely different from that of the mill
hand in the east Each is tender of a
machine. William Allen White in
Scribnar's
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
Wipe out HOE Cholera.

The Hungarian cabinet, through its
secretary of agriculture, is DESTROYS of
giving all possible support to an effect
i've remedy against hog cholera in Or
der to keep out the dreaded American
competition. It is stated that prizes
will be given to those discovering such
a method or medicine, and it is natural
that many private individuals, scien-
tific societies and health boards are de-
sirous of gaining both the prize and the
distinction and are perimenting pri-
vately and under government supervi-
sion. At last it seems that remedy
has been found, and experiments are
being carried on under government su-
pervision partly. From what can hear
it is a preventive rather than cure,
since the inventors claim only that they
can cure hogs which show the first
symptoms of swine plague, but they
must still take food, else they seem to
be incurable l believe that the pre-
ventive consists in mixing some ingre-
dents with the food, so as to cover It's
intestines of the animals with fat, and
prevent germs, bacilh or worms from
eating through them, thus destroying
the vitality of the animal and accelerat-
ing it's death.
In view of the fact that a great part
of the wealth of the United States con-
sists in the raising of hogs and the sale
and export of the hog products. the de-
partment of agriculture ought to pay
the fullest attention to these expert
ments and efforts. Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
BEWARE THE THIN BANANA.
1t Was Picked Too Soon and VIII Away
Prove Puclxery and Sour.

1t Was Picked Too Soon and viii Always
Prove Puclzery and Sour.
When you are buying bananas, never
purchase the long thin ones unless you
want fruit which will quicker your
mouth. No matter how well ripened
these thin bananas may appear to be
they will always be found both sour and
acrid. This is because the bunch which
contained them was picked too soon.
The banana grows fastest at first in
length. When it has reached its full
development in that direction, it sud-
denly begins to swell and in few days
will double in girth. 1t is at the end of
this time that it begins to ripen natu-
rally, and the effort Of the banana i'm
porter is to have the fruit gathered at
the last possible moment and yet before
the ripening has progressed even enough
to tinge the bright green of the fruit
with yellow. A difference of "a hours
on the trees at this time will make
difference in the weight Of the fruit of
perhaps % per cent, and all the differ
ence in its final favor, between puck
cry sour and the sweetness and smooth
ness which are characteristic of the ripe
fruit. To get the bananas to our market
in good condition requires fast steamers
which must be provided with ventila-
ton and other means of keeping the
fruit from ripening too fast in the hold
Much of the finest fruit does ripen in
the few days Of passage, and this is sold
to hucksters for street sale.-New York
Sim
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
STEER FEEDING.
How a Prime Lot of Shorthorns We're
Fattened For Market.

Fattened For Market.
The three cars of cattle I sold on the
Chicago market at S. 35, averaging
1899 pounds, also the three cars sold
the previous week Ga little lighter in
weight and selling at the same price for
the fancy trade) were the tops out of a
bunch of 200 that bought year ago.
They were grade Shorthorns years old
last spring. The latter part of Novem-
Der, 1896, commenced to feed them a
little shock corn in order to get them in
good shape to turn into stalkfelds. As
soon as they had gathered the cream of
the stalks-which was in about 80 days
Il gave them light feed of snapped
corn once day until they had gathered
all the roughness from the stalks. I then
brought them home and fed them a
light feed of shock corn morning and
night. They also had plenty of good
blue grass and just corn enough to keep
them growing little. They were fed
this way until the 1st Of April, hav
ing the best of care at all times and
never wanting for good bed or shelter.
Tanks always supplied with water are
piped through my feed yards. After the
cattle go into winter quarters I always
give the fodder in managers, and must
say think shock corn the best feed that
was ever fed to a steer. The LIST of
April l diminished the shock corn lit
tie and substituted husked corn and
sheaf oats. By the 1st of May, when
they were turned on grass, they were
eating peck of husked corn each per
day broken once They were fed this
amount until July 1. Their feed was
then gradually raised to one-third of a
bushel, and at no time did they have
over that amount, as / like to have
steers eat their feed up clean and keep
their appetite little sharp. The mid
die of July I commenced feeding a
pound of oilmeal each per day and grad
ually increased until I got them to four
pounds. Since first began feeding these
cattle corn up to the time they were
shipped they consumed rs bushels of
corn and $50 pounds of oilmeal each.
They made gain of about 700 pounds
since the 10th Of last October. As they
were well bought they made me little
money.
1t is getting almost impossible to pick
up top bunch of steers here any more.
I have been hunting "toppers' since
the middle of August and have looked
at lots of lunches of cattle, but have
not seen load yet that suited me. Ten
years ago l could pick up couple of
hundred head Of "toppers'' in three or
four days. When it is too late, farmers
will see their mistake in letting the
ranchmen come in here and take out all
of the best bulls, leaving for their use
what the ranchmen would not take
home as gift. We will from now on
for awhile have to look to the west for
our choice feeders. Fred Y. Stowe in
Breeders Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
TREE TIPS.

The ounce does best with short trunk
and branching top.
Low headed trees resist the wind better,
and it is easier to harvest the fruit from
them.
Manure should be applied as far out
from the stem of the trees as the branches
extend.
Bone will be more beneficial if planted
near the grapevines than if left lying
around.
Many orchards are seriously injured by
allowing too heavy growth of grass
around the stems of the trees
The principal object in pruning shade
trees is to secure symmetry of shape. Be
gin on them while they are young.
In pruning care should be taken to train
every tree SO that it will shade its own
body. Shorten the limbs to enable them
to bear their own products
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Professor Darwin has invented an in
strument for measuring the tide generat-
ing force of the moon in the form of a
bif1lar pendulum. Extraordinary precau-
tions are necessary to protect it against
fluctuations from local causes.
A new an@sthetic which relieves at once
the pain of deep burns, of ulcers and of
cancer has been discovered by Drs. Eichorn
and Heinz of Munich. 1t is preparation
of benzomethylic ether in the form of a
powder, to which the name orthoform has
been given.
Professor Simon Newcomb, in speaking
of the wonderful star called 1880 Groom
bridge says its velocity is about 200
miles a second, and that, so far as our
knowledge goes, there is no force in ma
ture that could ever set it in motion at
such rate and no force that can ever
bring it to a pause.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
FOOD WASTED IN COOKING.
Life Sustaining Value of Meat and vege-
tables Lost Through Ignorance.

tables LoSC through Ignorance
A series of investigations by experts
connected with the United States de-
partment Of agriculture go to show that
there is an immense amount of popular
ignorance in the matter Of cooking;
that, while the greater part of the food
of man is prepared for use by cooking,
yet the changes which various foods I'M
dergo during the process and the losses
which are brought about have been but
little studied. Few persons know, for
instance, that in 100 pounds of uncooked
cabbage there are but ~ pounds of dry
matter, and Of this dry matter from az
to pounds are lost in the cooking pot
Experiments with potatoes showed that
in order to obtain the highest food value
potatoes should not be peeled before
cooking; that when potatoes are peeled
before cooking the least loss is sustained
by putting them directly into hot water
and boiling as rapidly. as possible.
Even then the loss is very considerable.
If potatoes are peeled and soaked in
cold water before boiling, the loss of
nutrients is very great, being one-fourth
of all the albumenoid matter. In
bushel of potatoes the loss would be
equivalent to a pound of sirloin steak.
Carrots contain less nitrogen, but rela-
lively more albumenoid nitrogen than
potatoes, and therefore furnish more
matter available for building muscular
tissues. In order to preserve the greatest
amount of nutrients in the cooking of
carrots, the pieces should be large rather
than small. The boiling should be rapid,
SO that the food value of the vegetable
shall not be impaired, as little water as
possible should be used, and if the mat
ter extracted is made available as food
along with the carrots loss of 90 to
80 per cent or even more of the total
food value may be prevented. In the
cooking Of cabbage the kind of water
used has more effect on the loss of nutri-
ents than the temperature Of the water
at which the cooking is started. In any
case the loss is large. The losses which
occur in the cooking of potatoes, carrots
and cabbages vary with the different
methods of boiling followed. -Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-01-06
Dairy and Creamery.

Bulletins 81 and So of the Wisconsin
agricultural experiment station are de-
voted to the milk question. In bulletin
81 Professor S. NJ. Babcock considers
milk with respect to the value of its
constituents for cheesemaking. Send
for these bulletins to the secretary of
the agricultural experiment station,
Madison, Wis.
Sunlight is the most destructive agent
to poisonous germs and microbes. Cows
in we'll ventilated stables where the
sunshine streams directly into their
stalls will not have tuberculosis if they
themselves are fed and exercised in the
open air.
Experiments have been conducted at
the New Jersey experiment station with
the view of ascertaining whether dry
fodder produced as much milk as en-
silage when fed to cows The expert
ments show the decided advantage Of
ensilage over dry fodder Prepare to
build silo next year if you have not
one already.
If possible separate the cream from
the milk as soon as it is drawn from the
cow Experiments at the Iowa station
go to show that if the cream after being
separated is allowed to get sour just as
it comes from the separator, at tenn
perature of about 10, and when it be
comes ripe being quickly cooled down to
so degrees and churned, the resulting
butter is perfectly favored, and consid-
cradle time and labor are saved by this
quick ripening process. 1t is therefore
preferable to the ordinary method of
first cooling the cream after it comes
from the separator and then letting it
get warm and sour and again cooling it
down for churning, which is called
slow ripening.
No kind of food is fit for COW to eat
when it is sour or moldy, whether it be
brewers grains, gluten feed or cornmeal
The chief expenses on a dairy farm
are COW feed and labor. As to feed, let
the dairy farmer grow on his own land
all the COW feed possible, adding plenty
of heterogeneous material, such as the
cloyers and COW peas, with the sofa
bean and alfalfa in localities suited to
them. On most of the lands in this
country farmer can grow COW feed in
such variety that he need only to buy
oilmeal, with occasionally some gluten
feed or meal and i'll the north also some
cottonseed meal. He can lessen the ex-
pense of labor hire by arranging his
farm buildings in convenient way and
near together and by having approved
labor saving machinery. He should put
his Yankee ingenuity to work and make
study of COW feeds and labor saving.
Thus will his income be larger