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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-02-11

We are authorized to announce
GEORGE w. HARBERT,
az a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the ac-
ton of the Republican primary, Saturday,
February 20, 1903.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-02-11
Savannah Courier,

a. Y THOMPSON, EDITORS AND
a =. Fow1KEs, Proprietors.
Oirlce ll5, Williams Block.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-02-11
FRlDAY. FEB. II, 1898.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For County Court Clerk.

We are authorized to announce
A. a. WATSON
as candidate for county court clerk subject
10 5he action OF the Republican primary, Sat
urday, February 20, 1858.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
COLOR OF BERRIES.
Appearance OF Having Been
Varnished-

F. K. Steele, of Jefferson county,
No., states in American Gardening
that when berries reach the consumer
they are usually dark in color, more
especially after long journey. Color
has much 20 do with their sale. The
most of my berries are scarlet, writes
MIR. Steele, land owing to the free use
of wood ashes they have the appear
ance of being polished and Vanished.
Then I pack them, placing only the
medium, large and shapely berries IN
the sale boxes; the Indifferent are not
sold or counted in the sales. Here is
where the large grower cannot COM
pete with the old woman's ten-foot
patch He cannot help having small
berries and trash put in his boxes
with all his care. I like the scarlet
berries the best. although I have the
dark colored berries also, and often
note the fact that when berries are ali
large alike the consumer chooses the
bright coiored in preference to the
dark. They have a fresher look. The
dark colored look as If they had been
on hand and were becoming stale.
The Brandywine, 81. ". Beecher and
Leader on my soil are dark berries.
I have 80 varieties of the scarlet ber-
ries, all seedlings of my own growing
some very early, some medium and
some very late. The earliest is a large
conieal berry, much larger than the
Micheis and ripening at the same
time, with large foliage of a pale
green, the leaflets four inches in
length and broad in proportion with
out spots. Three years ago planted
the seed from one large berry which
gave me SO varieties, and there was
only one variety which I considered
as poor-too poor to keep. All the
others were fine and large. planted
the seed, cultivated the soil around
them, fortified only with ashes. Now,
who improved them and made them
finer than their parents? Nature ard
natures laws"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

tourt-martial, convicted of treason to
France. He was condemned on sim
gle document-a bordereau or mem
orandum of French military secrets of
no Importance or value, alleged by one
of the subordinates of Col. Patty du
Clam to have been found in the waste
basket of the German ambassador.
''2. This memorandum was, the
army's experts contend, in a handwrit
ing identical in all essential points with
Thea handwriting of Dreyfus. The OPP
position experts contend that it was
in the handwriting of Maj. Esterhazy,
a French military spy.
SO. To influence the court-martial
two secret documents were laid before
them, but not shown to Dreyfus or his
counsel. These were two letters writ
Ten by the military attache of the Ital-
ian embassy at Paris and referring to
French secrets sold by French spy,
D. The army now admits that one
of these letters referred to another
person and not to Dreyfus, and both
the Italian attache and the German
attache, to whom he wrote, have
pledged themselves convincingly that
neither letter referred to Dreyfus, and
that they had had no dealings whatever
with him.
II. In 1896, two years after Dreyfus'
condemnation and when the agitation
for a retrial began in earnest, Col.
Henry, who had just become the head
of the intelligence bureau, forged let
ter purporting to be a third in the
italian attaches series. In this forged
letter Dreyfus' name occurred in full.
This forged letter was put forward as
the conclusive proof that Dreyfus was
guilty. Confronted recently with a
charge of forgery. Col. Henry killed
himself. and it is accepted that suicide
is confession
$50. When Patty du Clam was pro-
NOTED in 1894 for catching and con-
victing Dreyfus, Col. Picquart became
the head of the intelligence bureau.
He was dismissed for collecting proofs
that showed or tended to show that
the bordereau was in the handwriting
of the French spy Esterhazy, and that
Esterhazy had sold French secrets to
9 the Germans and the Italians both be-
fore and after Dreyfus was arrested
and imprisoned.
sc. The explanation put forward by
q the army and the government for Es-
o terhazy's published letters denouncing
France and for his selling secrets is
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Pull the suckers off the sweet corn.
Feed the raspberry. It is a bis
feeder.
Never cut large branches off the
cherry trees.
Market gardening is hard work. but
it pays near a city.
The pear is ripe and ready for pick
ing if upon lifting it gently it parts
from the tree
The tomatoes that we are training
10 stakes are doing exceIlently. We
are pleased with the plan.
Remove the bearing canes of the
raspberry and blackberry as soon as
the fruiting season is over.
The best fruit grown in the irrigated
districts of the west is grown in Wash
ington and Idaho, we think.
1t is claimed that sweet potatoes
grown from vine cuttings are better
than those grown from slips or
sprouts
Grape vines can be transplanted
when five years old, we would say to
a subscriber, but the wood shouIds be
cut back near the soil. Transplant in
spring-Western Plowman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
Why Celery Is RIeached.

It's not for the mere sake of blanch-
ing that celery is SO treated, for, if
this were the case, only self-blanching
varieties would be used; but it is to
improve the flavor and to make the
stalks tender. Care must DE taken
to avoid heaping the earth so that it
gets in among the branches. Hold
the stems together with one hand,
while with the other the earth is
pressed against the plant, leaving out
merely a few leaves at the ends. As
the tops grow, the eartbiDg up must,
of course, be repeated. Celery is sub
ject to a blight which attacks the CEN
ter of the plant. This may be cncour-
aged by soil getting between the stalks,
ii has been found, where the plants
are boarded up instead of earthed,
they are less attacked. - American
Culfiyator
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
: @ne
1HF|OR4HIeeBHEEFU
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IDEA FROM THE WEST.
How Box Irrigation Is Practiced in
Many Sections OF the So-CaIied
Arid Regions.

Box irrigation, as practiced in many
sections of the arid west, is a cheap
method of saving fruit trees and vines
from the effects of drought, and might
be adopted with profit by the fruit
growers and market gardeners of the
eastern and middle states. 1t is easily
managed from any source of supply,
such as wells, ponds, creeks or springs,
and in dry seasons will return many
times the cost in increased yield of
fruits, melons and general vine prod
ucts. The boxes are made of rough
pianks, usually about six inches square
and Is inches in length, and inserted in
holes foot or more in depth a few
inches from the trees to be irrigated
Water is filled in the boxes and left to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

find its way to the tree roots, and down
a the main tap root conducts it, I'M
til the moisture is taken up by the
many branches and rootlets. For
vines the boxes are smaller, and may
be made from old tin cans, buckets,
pieces of thing or any discarded vessel.
A favorite and handy device for con-
veying water from the source to the
boxes is found in Texas and Arizona,
and consists of a barrel fastened to a
two-wheeled cart or truck. The bar
rel is filed and then wheeled about
by hand to the several boxes, where
the irrigation water is turned in by
means of a short hose attached to
the barrel. This places the water
where needed, precludes all possibility
of waste and otercomes the objections
to surface irrigation. The trees grow
more thrifty and are therefore less
attacked by insects and blight. Roots
penetrate to a greater depth, giving
the tree a firmer hold and preventing
sprouts from coming up. as they fire.
quently do all about a surface-irri-
gated tree. The ground can be Guilt
waited at any time, and the surface soil
is free from water, grass and noXious
weeds brought on by surface irriga-
ton. An orchard, vineyard or melon
patch treated in this manner will yield
better, more uniform and salable
fruits, and the fears of drought be
banished.-Joel Shoemaker, in Farm
and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

tainly succeed in liberating her hus-
band or vindicating his memory if he
should die there can be no doubt what
ever. Nine. Dreyfus makes this dec
laration: 81 am convinced of my hus-
bands absolute innocence and mean
to prove it. Jehovah, God or Proyi-
dence will ere long crush his enemies
and restore him to me-" This predic-
ton certainly seems about to be full
filed. Nine. Dreyfus is still beauti-
full woman Notwithstanding the try
ing time she has passed through and
the great grief she has felt.
Zola's interest in the case will go
into history as one of its most interest
ing features. The great novelist, in
an open letter, accused a number of
army officers of having conspired to
convict Dreyfus to shield themselves.
He was arrested, tried and sentenced
to year in prison, and fed from
France. The peroration of the speech
which he delivered at his trial was
thrillingly eloquent, especially when
he said:
eff Dreyfus be not innocent. let my
name perish. If he be not innocent,
let my works perish. By all have done
for the literature of my country, by
all am and hope for, I swear that he
is innocent"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
Plum Trees on the Farm.

Driving about the country and see
Ing so many fence corners and waste
spots about the houses and barns
where something might be grown, 1
have been tempted to suggest to-the
owners to plant more plum trees, says
a well-meaning correspondent. 1t is
true the plum is the one tree of all
others for these corners. It requires
little room and takes but two or three
years from planting to come TO fruit
ing. All you will need will be to cut
out the suPerfiuous shoots. And then
what is the farmhouse good for that
can't have cherries and plums? mid
land Farmer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
THEDREYFUS AFFAIR
Facts on Which ALI Its Details Must
Necessarily Be Based.
Noble Work Done for the Imprisoned
Captain by His Devoted Wife
Col. PicquaFt and Novel;
list lola.
Tsp ecial Correspondence

Much has been said of late about the
Dreyfus affair which is not only in
teresting to Frenchmen but the world
at large. No other subject of the day
is perhaps quite as fascinating, either.
It illustrates clearly the peculiar con-
ditions existing in the French republic
and demonstrates that up to few
weeks ago the army and not the civil
laws governed the people of France.
The facts to which all the details in
iAis celebrated case must be fastened
nave been summarized very cleverly,
from the original documents, for the
New York World under seven heads, as
follows:
81. Capt. Albert Dreyfus. of the
French army, was in 1894, by secret
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
Effective wash for Borer..

I have had some years experience
in transplanting trees. and have about
a dozen varieties, growing well. Hav-
ing a space to be filed, I put out four
locust trees, knowing how liable thew
were to be destroyed by borers. /
made wash of soft clay, putting in
teaspoonful of paris green to a pail
full of water I washed the trunks
with this mixture, working it into all
holes This season 1 have not found
a fy or worm The trees seemed re-
tarded in growth the early part of tbe
season, but since the midsummer
shoots have started, they have crown
luxuriantly. One years experience is
SO deceptive that would not RECON-.
mend extensive trial. Slake6 lime NAV
do. il no clay is handy. Be careful 20
keep the wash stirred when being -.
plied.-Country Gentleman.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
CuItivation OF orchards.

It is an exceptional case when it
be considered best to pillow or Guilt
vate the orchard after the middle of
summer or during the fall The prin-
cipal reason for this is that in nearly
all eases late cultivation tends to in
duce a late growth Of wood. No late
supply growth of wood is desirable;
what is wanted is that the growth
of wood made during the early part
of the growing season should have
plenty of time TO mature and harden
before freezing weather sets in
Farmers Voice
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

reasons of state are merely the cover
for clique of disreputable army Off
GERS and their dupes who have been
conspiring, not against France di
rectly, but first against the Hebrews
in the army, and latterly to defend
themselves from exposure and dis
grace
Col. Henry's suicide forced the cab
met to take action, and revision of
the case was agreed upon. This led
NJ. CavaigDac, the minister Of war,
to hand in his resignation, this Off
'cial being in his own mind firmly con-
WINGED of Dreyfus' guilt. President
Faure then personally requested Gen.
ZurIinden. military governor of Paris,
&c accep. the war portfolio, and sue
ceeded in gaining his consent. This
means that when Dreyfus returns from
Devils island, off the coast of French
Guiana, where he has been confined
in an iron cage for more than three
years, he will receive a fair trial, for
Gen. Zurlinden is a broad-minded,
patriotic man, who has never been in
favor with the clique that has brought
France to the verge of disgrace.
Should Capt. Dreyfus eventually Sc
cure his freedom and be again invest
ed with the uniform and sword Of
which, by order of the court-martiel,
French sergeant divested him, he will
have to thank his charming and beau
tiful wife, Lucie Eugene, for the con-
summation.
Soon after his arrival at his place of
exile he wrote to Nine. Dreyfus, 81 re-
ly upon you to solve this horrible mys
terry Then this faithful wife, who
had offered to share her husbands
awful fate and was prevented doing
so by the French government, set
to work to free the captain, or at
least to secure for him a new trial.
She went to Berlin and flung herself
al the feet of the emperor. One word
from him, she pleaded, would release
her husband. Say" she prayed. that
the German embassy received no in
formation from Capt. Dreyfus." The
emperor said the word she asked for,
but it was of no avail. Next she visited
the emperor of Russia, who took
keen interest in the case and did what
he could to help the pleading wife.
Next the pope was drawn into the af-
fair, and also the queen regent OF
Spain. All of these eminent persons
used their influence to secure reopen
ing of the case. but with no success.
Still the work which Nine. Dreyfus did
was bearing good fruit. The news
papers continued to fight about Drey-
fus. lola and Max Nordau took up
their pens and wrote with gall about
some of the big people in Paris. Count
Esterhazy was tried on a charge sim
liar to that on which Dreyfus was con-
victed. and although not found guilty,
the fact was all in favor of Nine. Drey-
fus' campaign. Then, Col. Picquart, a
friend of the Dreyfuses, fought a
duel with Col. Henry, and then came
the last chapter of Henry's confession
and suicide. Capt. Dreyfus did well to
rely on his wife to solve the truly hor-
rible mystery, and that she will cer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
Cost of Corn Production.

According to bulletin issued by the
Illinois experiment station, and based
upon the figures furnished by 316 corn
growers, it cost 19.5 cents per bushel
and s1o.5e per acre to produce corn in
Illinois in 1896. These figures do not
represent the cost of growing merely,
but are based upon the average sum
ofsthe expenditures on all the process
involved in production, from the prep
aration of the soil to the delivery of
the corn at the elevator.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

that he did it in the regular course of
his business, the better to get hold
of the secrets of other governments.
The explanation of the resemblance
of the handwriting of the bordereau
TO Esterhazy's handwriting is that
Dreyfus, knowing Esterhazy's BUSH
ness, initiated his handwriting the bet
ter to conceal himself.
AZ. The army and the government
have alleged from the first that there
is other evidence against Dreyfus,
which can in no circumstances be dis
closed for grave reasons of state
They allege that these reasons are so
grave that any act to suppress the
Dreyfus agitation would be justifiable.
On the other hand. the friends OF Drey-
us ailege that these so-called grave
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

decided disadvantages. The cut shows
a substitute for the ''stringing" meth
cd of drying fruit. A framework,
some three inches wide or thick, and
as large in its other dimensions as
one desires, is covered with wire
screen cloth, as shown, the cover be-
ing of thin board.
This box filed and hung in the air
and sunshine Will dry the fruit TO per
lection, giving the fine flavor without
the dirt of the old method. 1t must
be thin enough from side to side sc
that the air can readily pass through
the fruit.-American Agriculturist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
GOD Hardened Co It.

enough fer ali ordinary purposes
Mrs. Greymare-Oh, yes L daresay;
but you've no idea what a thick-headed
fellow my husband is.-Ally Sloper.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
IMPROVED FRUIT DRYER.
A Substitute for the Somewhat Uns
clean Stringing Method Now
in General Use.

Ordinary methods of sun drying
have their drawbacks. The finest fla
vor comes from fruit that has been
put on strings and hung up in the
sun, the air circulating all about it.
IT is thus exposed to dust and flies
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06

I co not love her for her charms.
Though they are manifold:
Her laughing eyes. her dimpled arms.
Her hair of ripping gold.
Oh. no, the only reason she
My heart contriyed to steal
Is very simple, don't you see,
She doesn't ride g. wheel
Ally S!oDer
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-10-06
Strategic Measures.

'Your brother-in-law still at your
house. Wallace ?"
Yes; but he is beginning to weaken.
I have him pushing the lawn mower
every morning and the ice cream freez-
er every afternoon. ] think he will go
before / am driven to starting him in
on the washing"-Cincinnat Enquirer.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-22

lations and theories advanced from
day to day on the war situation by
the News Washington correspond
ent, Nv, G, S." is more than a
patient public can well endure
Here is Il sample of his lntest war
"conjectures:"
80 sum up, our policy is not
yet established, No man knows
what will be the result Of the war
TO us. 1t may last week, and it
may last for years to come We
may whip the Spaniards and
destroy their country. The Span
iards may yet gain the assistance of
some European nation. and we
may have to put million men in
the field before we are done with
the fight. When it IS a an end
we may change our constitution
and thus provide for the future Of
nation bound for conquest and
colonization. We may generously
give back to our enemy all we have
taken from it. 1t all depends on
what happens in month or two.
For we have gone into this war
without any reason or policy, and
without one man in hundred
giving it that consideration he
would give to his ordinary daily
affairs"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-22
Contradictory War Dispatches.

Last Mondays war dispatches
were full of contradictions. A dis
patch from Hong Kong states that
the American transports were
sighted close to Manila on June
10Th. Another dispatch fatty con
tradicts it. Next We have report
that Germany will land troops at
Manila, as she fears Dewey cannot
guarantee protection. Then we
hear that Germany has absolutely
no idea Of intervention. One re.
port says the Cadiz fleet is bound
for the PHILIPPINES, another declares
it has sailed for the West Indies.
A dispatch comes from Washing
ton that the American troops
arrived at Santiago Saturday night
and were being landed Sunday,
under the protection of SIMPSONS
guns. Another report says they
will be making good time to reach
Santiago By Monday or Tuesday.
A special cable from Santiago says
that the entire country around that
city has been vacated by the
Spaniards. and that the marines
think they can capture the city.
Another cable from Kingston,
Jamaica, says the coast at Santiago
for fifteen miles is lined with
Spaniards, and the launches from
our ships dare not approach the
shores. One advice tells us that
Havana is we'll stocked with pro-
visions, and can stand a five
months siege, another says the city
is "sore pressed" the outlook Is
desperate" and that supplies are
very short. Verify, here is news
for everybody; you pay your
money, and you take your choice"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-22
An Editorial Paragraph.

We greatly dislike to find fault
with any of the customs of our
beautiful little city, but we must,
nevertheless, insist that people
keep their swine out from under
the office of the Tribune Palladium.
While engaged at our desk writing
our leader ON The Stability of Our
Territorial Institutions for our
paper this week, one of Senator
McBride's razor-backed hogs hump
ed up its spine and began scratch
ing it's back on the beams under
the floor, Earring the old building
and making it necessary for us to
stop our work on the leader, crawl
under the Office, and welt the
critter along the side with column
rule. This 30 interrupted our
train Of thought that the article is
not what we could wish.-Dakota
Tribune-P Palladium.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-22

THERE is much talk. apparently
emanating from government sourc.
es, that there is to be an imme-
date movement on Porto Rico.
But if the government doesn't
move any faster than it has of late,
it will take all of the available
troops from now till Sept. LIST to
invest and capture Santiago.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-22
Facts About the Cotton Patch.

Here are some facts about cotton
that everyone interested in the
production Of cotton would do we'll
to study.
The 100000 bale crop of 1894
sold for $22S.000,O00.
The 100000 bales produced in
1886, sold for $292.Ooo,Ooo.
The crop of 1S96-97 amounted
to S,755,000 bales, and sold for
64,O0O,O00 less than the succeed
ing years crop, although it was
nearly 100000 bales larger.
The crop for 1S96-97 sold for
$199,00o,Ooo more and was 1,00o,-
600 bales less. Thus it will appear
that the larger the crop the less it
sells for, and 100000 bale crop
is really worth more to producers
than a 100000 bale crop.
Or the more cotton the less
money, u notification Of the we'll
known laws of inverse proportion,
The above goes the round Of the
press often, and we think it wise
to send it out Mt least once II month
until the lesson is thoroughly
learned by southern farmers.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-06-22

SINNER, TEX. WE'D. JUNE %, 1898