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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-07-22
arrangement does away with number

arrangement does away with number
OF camp followers who otherwise would
be needed to look after the officers
messes. Most of the camp followers OF
our present army will b, the servants
of the officers. Officers are not re-
stricted as regards servants, except By
the rule that 10 maid servants are al
lowed within the lines. These servants,
besides acting rs body servants, attend
to their masters washing, and forage
for delicacies for his table. In the
civil war these servants, mostly nc
groes, added to the picturesqueress of
both camps. One would be ironing his
masters shirts with hot stone, an
other polishing up the brass buttons on
a generals uniform, while an admiring
group of contrabands Of various sizes
and shades would be clustered about
Major Jones niger" who, by NEGRO
NANCY only known to the southern
darby, had succeeded in producing a
fat turkey from an apparently deyas-
tated country. Some of the Fifth
Avenue brigade" OF Col. Roosevelts
regiment have taken their Wallets with
them, and there have been number
of applications for positions by "ofli-
GERS niggers" who have survived the
perils of the civil war,
1t may be taken for fact that our
present army, even though it were not
going to such an unhealthy country as
Cuba, would have very few camp fol-
lowers who were Objectionable TO the
authorities. They did not get through
the lines during the last war TO any
extent. Gamblers and dissolute people
generally soon learn that they had bet
ter keep away from our armies on the
field. 1t Is true that during the civil
war a swarm Of harpies from the
slums of northern cities followed the
armies at distance for the purpose
of swooping down upon battlefield
after the fight. These people never
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-07-22
NUMBER 20.
SAyA TEN 1885,.

though really no worse than many 9th
err things in warts too shocking to the
sentiments of civilized people.
So our canine comrades will doubt
less remain noncombatants in military
operations. If, however, they could be
used effectually against the spies and
etealthy assassips, there would be no
more reason for protest than when
watchdogs are used against burglars.
France, Germany and Great Britain
are now manifesting much interest in
this matter, and many experiments
have been tried with encouraging re-
suits, There appears to be no good rea-
son why the United States should not
follow suit; for Uncle Sam, though apt
to neglect warlike preparations in
time of peace, Invariably takes the lead
in military innovations of every sort
as soon as he has occasion for them.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-07-22
CAVALRY CAPTURE SHIPS,
French Hussnrs Successfully Charged
Dutch Man-of-War-Frozc
in the Tcxel.
Copyright, 1851

1t seems rather prcposterous to rend
of ships taken by cavalry-the gun
ners at their stations between decks
cannoading men on horseback, the
marines in the tops blazing away at
galloping troopers, the sailors cluster
ing anxiously along the side waiting to
repel the attack of spurred and booted
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-07-22

came within the lines of the armies.
They took the hides of dead horses,
which they were welcome to. If the
rapid movements of the armies gave
them a chance at battlefield before
the dead were buried and the wounded
removed they sometimes committed
terrible crimes. They not only stripped
the dead of even their shoes, but are
said to have killed wounded soldiers,
in order to get plumber with as little
trouble as possible.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-07-22

OF course, if more than one pillow is
run, You multiply these numbers OF
acres by the number of plows, except
AS to wheat; with it plant what is
needed for bread and seed, and the rest
of "third-ycar' land plant to oats, un-
less you intend to raise wheat to sell.
The land this year in cotton is
planted next year in peas and corn,
and the year after in oats and wheat,
and so on. In each corn row peas are
planted for seed. As soon as wheat
and oats are cut turn under the Stub
BILE, at the same time dropping or drill
ing peas in every third furrow just be-
hind the pillow, to be covered by the
next furrow. This w.s David Dick
sons plan; and when peas are to be
planted in rows (Which is the best way),
saves labor If time is not TO he found
to cultivate the peas, it may be better
and cheaper to broadcast them than to
drop or drill.
In this rotation two-thirds of the
land grows renovating crop each year,
and one that materially adds to the
fertility of the land; so that when this
system is followed it is necessarily true
that the soil becomes richer every
year When this plan has been fol-
lowed long enough to make our fields
produce bale OF cotton to the acre,
then it will be economy to cut all pea
vines for hay, rather than turn them
under for fertilizer and humus. Until
this point is reached, however, am an
advocate of using the larger part of the
vines for manure, unless the number OF
stock kept on the farm require them
for food.
In this thrce-year rotation only %
acres require regular and constant cul.
tivation-those in corn and cotton.
And though 80 acres have been set
aside as being fair ene-horse farm, il
does seem that n good mule ought not
to find that number too great when II
of those acres require little, if any, cul
tivation. The old rule used to be q
acres in cotton and 10 in corn; but
these 80 acres can be better cultivated
than the 30 acres, since because Of d
greater diversity of crops the work i.
better distributed during the year ant
does not all press at once.
have recently given some study t.
farming in England, where the yielt
per acre is much larger than in tn,
south-perhaps double. There croI
rotation has long been a matter of ne
cessity, and is universally practicet
among all farmers, landowners ant
tenants. A tenant would hardly b,
able to rent land who did not follow
the practice. So universal is it that i
is generally considered part WRITER
or unwritten) of the contract of rental
When land is either to be made fer
tile or kept fertile, rotation is neces
sity, sine qua non. The practice j!
all but universal in the cast and nortl
of our own country; and must soor
have the place in their agriculture thai
it has in England,
! The south has never given it the at
| tention that it dererves The helping
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
ADJUSTMENTS

PRODUCTION TONIGHT.
Charles H. Yales $4,000 amazing
and massive spectacular trick comedy,
THE Evil Eye, or the Many, Merry
Mishaps of Mid and the Weird, Won
derful Wanderings of Nod" which has
created such unbounded enthusiasm by
its marvellous array of the wonderful
comes to the Grand Opera House to-
night. The production is the acme of
novelty in stage craft, startling union
of the extraordinary framed with all
the bewildering environments and all
the splendors of scenic investure. The
entire play teens with wonderful and
laughable features, such as the disap-
pearing room, the animated statue, the
eccentric chandelier, the punch bowl
human ingredients. the living draw
~ the suicidal chair the lively
GOsl,s and the wonderful all-the-com-
forts-of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT bicycle.
These amazing trick oddities vie in
funmaking with the Juggling cafe
keeper, the gay chantant dancers, the
jolly students, the kaleidoscope guests
and the man with his name locked in
his teeth. THE Evil Eye" mas been
built to entertain in every possible way
and it fulfills its mission in a manner
unapproachable. Sidney r. Ellis, the
author, is the creator of this SURPRISING
mingling of the interesting and mys-
FERROUS, and the attraction is under HE
personal direction and management.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
THE IIuER,ATIJRE OF JAPAN.

There seems to be three ideas which
pervade an general works on Japan
apology for the past, wonder for the
present and a glorious prediction for
the future. TO the Western world ia
pans past is but little known, her pres
ent is reelected in the newspapers and
periodicals Of the day, hsr future may
in part be read between the lines OF the
present.
Volumes have been written about ia
pan. yet so far no comprehensive his
tory Of the people, their literature and
arts, has appeared in the English Ian
guage. Japan is a most interesting and
valuabie field for some Crete or Motley
Of the day.
The difficulty of translation from
japanese is great. In the first place
the language Is an agglutinative one
and consequently hard for WesterneI
to acquire. The poetry is one OF form
and does not possess, except in the
drama, remarkably deep IhOnghJ OF
feeling. There are, besides, many plays
upon words which cannot be transfer
red into a foreign tongue. The bssf
prose tales and chronicles, bhlch be-
long to the oldest or classical litera-
ture, are written in a dialect differing
as widely from the Japanese now
spoken as the language Of Homer diff
fers from the Romaic OF to-day.
1t is not making too bod an asser-
ton, therefore. to say that the avail
able transactions fail far short Of The
merits Of the originals; so much so thai
the Western reader is apt to underssti
mate the true value of this literature
-Lippincott's.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
REQUISITE To CITIZENsHIP

Media, Sept. 21-Judge Joseph
Hemphill, Of West Chester, who is pre-
siding at the Quarter Sessions Court
here, in the absence of Judge Clayton,
who is in Europe, is scanning very
closely the status of all applicants for
naturalization who come before him.
He refused voting papers yesterday to
four out of six aliens. The four, all
Italians, were asked in turn if they
could read English, and the answer be-
ing in the negative, Judge Hemphill
said: THAT settles it; the questioning
need go no further. 1 won't grant nat
uralization to anyone who can't read"
Judge Hemphill also changed the rule
Of Judge Clayton as to the time Of
hearing applications for citizenship.
He did not think the court should be
interrupted every day with hearing the
applicants after the noon recess. II
kept the whole court machinery at a
etandstill. He fixed Monday next at
the opening Of the session as the time
Of passing upon the applications for
this term. Judge Claytons rule was to
hear them every day of court after the
noon recess.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
A FAMOUS CORRESPONDENT.


The Times correspondent at Pekin
has become famous at bound. He Is
DR.. George Ernest Morrison, and is a
comparatively young man, having just
completed his Seth year. lie was born
at Geelong, in Victoria, hjS father, DR..
George Morrison, being principal of
.Geelong College. The future journalist
was intended for the medical profess
sion, and on leaving school vent TO
the Melbourne University. Here It was
that his love for travel found its first
outlet. He used to devote the Longs
to extensive journeys, and always pre-
ferred to go off the beaten track. In
one vacation he covered on foot CSC
miles and the next year he traversed
1855 miles in canoe, the journey TAX
ing him but So days. This was voy-
age from which many IN experienced
man would have shrunk. But The
stamina and GOODNESS Morrison exhib
tied in this trip were calculated e
stand him in good stead in after years
In his second years medical examina
ton some slips in a prescription causeC
him to be "ploue ed" but later on th'
graduated at Edinburgh M. %. and c
NJ. in 1887.
The following year DR.. Mbrrison let
an Inflated expedition into New
Guinea, during the course OF which h
was severely wounded by treacherou
natives. in 1894 DR.. Morrison deter
mined to cross China at its creates
width, from Shanghai to the Burmes
frontier, the story of which he has toll
in his book, IAN Australian in China.
He covered 5000 miles in all-one-hal
by boat, in voyage up the Yang-Ts
river and the remainder on the over
land highway into Burma. AT this tim
he spoke no Chinese, yet everywher
was received with hospitality. Vie oh
tanned full advantage of the proverib q
the Chinese, Deal gently with tn
strangers from afar. YORKSHIRE Pos
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
suBNlARINE LANDsCAPEs.

Professor Louis Boutan, Of the Sor-
bonne, writes an article for the Cen
fury describing his successful expert
ments in Submarine Photography.
Professor Boutan says:
l soon found out that the bottom Of
the sea, especially near the coast is
not fat and monotonous. as one might
imagine it to be. On the contrary, it
is very uneven, and presents most pic
turcsque and varied landscapes. If one
happens to have descended on a sandy
beach, one sees, as far as the eye can
reach, a submarine meadow covered
with long grasses, all bent over in the
direction in which the current is run
ming. Here and there deep tavines cut
up the green surface, while farther
away are noticed steep masses of rock
formed by fallen blocks or stony preci-
pices. Every boulder is covered with
it's dress Of seaweed, and in the crew
ices between swarm whole fauna OF
invertebrates.
The strangeness of these submarine
landscapes made a very deep impress
sion on me, and it seemed a lamentable
fact that they could not be reproduced
in any other way than in a description
which, however exact, was necessarily
imperfect. l was filed with the de-
sire, therefore, to bring lAck from
these submarine explorations a more
tangible souvenir. But, however good
diver one may be, 1t is scarcely pos
slble to make a drawing, or even
sketch, under water. I then resolved
to try to see if L could not obtain
photograph Of this hidden region. AS
it is not difficult to take a landscape
in the open air, why, 1 asked myself
could 1 not succeed in making a photo
graph at the bottom of the sea? Though
it is quite certain that water is a mucf
denser medium than air, still, as the ey'
can distinguish objects in the midst o
water, there should be. argued, no in.
superabie obstacl, in the way Of photo
graphic plate receiving an impression
under the same conditions.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
MERRY MAY IRWIN.

There is much wise talk going on as
to the great things that are to be done
this season in the interest of the high
er drama, and there is almost as much
activity among those other managers
who cater to the most degenerate-mind-
ed patrons of the stage. Those who at
tend the theatre as a light, but whole
some recreation are bored by the for
mer, and checked, or at least made UNI
comfortable by the latter. To such as
these, it is a happy reflection that May
Irwin, the apostle of merriment, with
her infectious laugh, and her mex
haustible fund of good humor and good
nature, is till in the land of the living,
She makes no experiments, she takes
herself as the public take her, as one
huge joke, and it is a joke the public
will always pay a good price for She
was born with a merry little twinkle
in her eye, and as the years have crept
by, the twinkle has spread all over her
copious person. She will be seen herf
next Saturday night in her new play
"Kate Kip" written for ner by Glen
Marlborough one Of the authors of the
latest light comedy success, THE Mar
quis of Michigan" a play by the way
in which Miss Irwin is financially in
terested. Kate Kip" is said to be The
best vehicle she has yet had, which
may be true or not. Most people viii
say that the quality of a play for Miss
Irwin can be only estimated from The
length Of time it allows the popular
coincidence to be on the stage durinl
its performance.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
w CASTLE NEWS NOTES

Huxiliary boat Prairie passed up
prto Rico yesterday.
"a Silver is making extensive i'm
nts to his farmhouse, occu-
siEnos Slack, near Red Lion.
stelaware Construction Company
1'ng a new bridge on the road
t!from Red Lion to Clark's Cor
he road is closedvto travel for
ddhnt.
RI Williams was hit on the head
Fly by a stone thrown by Will
thy, colored. Williams was not
bg hurt.
Pork being done by City Council
Sware street beyond the high
piece Of road that has need
rtion for many years. When
y it will be- in fine condition.
ads Reed has moved his family
fohe country and will occupy his
I'm Sixth street, during the Win
"a
N Wise, a prominent young man
tEastle, will make a strong fight
Republican nomination for as
jsn Saturday.
ttAnna Reber has resumed hel
y school.
rig Saint Matthew's day, ser
has held in Emmanuel p. E
lohis morning.
gus Walls is suffering from az
bf fever, contracted while al
81 Philadelphia.
- Knowles spent last evening
b ends In New Castle.
ollate last night there had beer
l. from Camp Meade regarding
iition of Corporal Edward
SIX.
airass OF the new Episcopa
" has been cut and the walk
md Wise was initiated into tn
Jtrder of United American Me
y, last night.
les Munson has on exhibition
pacles taken off the bottom o
tier Minneapolis.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
DELAWARE's NEW MILITARY IN
STRUCTOR

Newark, Sept. 21.-First Lieutenant
C. II. Carbaniss, Jr., of the Eighteenth
Infantry. e. S. A., has been assigned TO
DUTY as military instructor at Della
ware College. and has arrived TO as
sumo his duties Lieutenant Carbaniss
graduated from West Point Military
Academy in 1874, and from the infantry
and cavalry school at Fort Leaven-
worth. Kansas. in 1887. In 1890 he wac
retired from active service on account
of ill-health, and assigned to duty as
He has been stationed at the South
Carolina Military Academy and Porter
Military Academy in Charleston, 5. c.;
Danville Military Institute, at Dan
VILE, Va, and at Eastville Seminary
He Is a native Of Virginia.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
CENTURY AND A-QUARTER OLD.

Dover, Sept. 21-Temperance Hollis,
colored, Of near Cheswold, broke the
record for long living. She finally col
lapsed and was buried yesterday after
noon from the roadside house of her
Youngest daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Wooders. In preparing the death GER
tifcate for Undertaken Pritchett, the
physician learned that Mrs. Hollis was
born in 1873. and had therefore fought
the battle of life for a century and a
quarter. She had come into the world
before the Stars and Stripes were
planted over her own country and le1t
II just after the flag was raised on all
quarters of the globe. Mrs. Wooders
herself is rs years old and was slave
Four generations Of children survive
Mrs. Hollis.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
THE sPooNERs NEXT WEEK.

On next Monday night the Spooners
will begin a weeks engagement at the
Opera House. The opening play will
be "a Fair Rebel" one of the bright
military dramas, which are so popular
now. Both Edna May and Cecil Spooner
are great favOrites in Wilmington
where they have appeared before. Both
are good actresses and in addition
Edna May is a sweet singer and Cecil a
clever little dancer. Their repertoire
this season is made up almost entirely
of new plays.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
DEATH TO THE FISH.

Milford. Sept. 21.-The fishermen in
this vicinity are complaining in re,a-
ton TO the killing Of the fish in the
river in this locality, and for some dis
tanse down the river. The cause OF the
trouble has bsen located, and 1t Is
found that the young shad and other
fish are being destroyed by the thou
sands by the refuse from the waste
particles Of the tomato, which come
from the boiling kettles and which are
run off into the stream.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21
NO HEAD-CovERTNG FOR GIRLS IN
JAPAN

Miss Ida Tgner Hodnctt writes Of
'The Little Japanese at Home" in
ST. Nicho.as. Miss Hodnett says:
There is no special head covering in
.he native costume for gir,s Indeed
the mode Of dressing the hair would
not admit Of hats and bonnets such ae
ours. There is rivalry among japanese
gir.s as to whose hair shall be most be-
coming.y and artistically arranged
whose gird.e be most gracefully tied
and whose robe show the most har-
monious effects; and they are quite
equal to their Western sisters in the
taste for personal adornment. The Jap.
.anese parasol is used as a shelter from
The sun. and the European umbrella
bis gaining favor. For going out in tbs
rain there are rain coats and rain hats
made of oiled paper.
Evening journal., 1898-09-21

DISCOMFORT IN PARTS THEATRES
Playgoers who yield to the induce
ments OF the French stage when they
come over here will nave learned long
ago from experience what genuine dis
comfort is suffered in theatres Partisan
managers cater admirably for the pub
lie as far as the play and the acting
are concerned. when they come TO
consider, however, the question Of mere
material comfort, 1t would seem as they
felt in no wise called upon to make
allowances for the weaknesses of the
flesh. The tria.s to which a playgoer
is put in an understood stall, with no
available room for his neither limbs
partake almost of the rigor Of the
monastlc ordeals of old. To such chas-
tisement Of the flesh the Partisan play
goer has tong submitted Incomplain-
ingly, for the sake of the ediflcation
provided for his spirit from the stage.
There are now signs. however, that
the worm will at last turn. Parlsians
have crossed the Channel, loMed in the
ample armchairs provided in your
playhOuses, and returned to grumble
at the hardships they have to endure
In their own. Quite revolutionary
measures Of reform are everywhere be-
ing proposed. why not 90 away with
the three officials enthroned behind a
desk at the door, who constitute the
so called "controle," and whose duties
consist in neediessly examining and
punching tickets at the expense Of pub
lie patience? 1t might even be feasible
to suppress the "ouvreuse," who dam
ages hats and losos umbrellas in re-
I turn for a tip which she exacts and
, grumbles at.
Besides a degree of material com
J fort, playgoers expect within the
3 bounds of possibility not to endangel
their lives when they go to the theatre
I According to the committee OF public
: safety in theatres, now sitting, 4
would, however, be unwise to place
over much confidence in this respect II
the arrangements at present made II
some Partisan playhousos. The chair
man OF the committee, NJ. Blanc, pre-
feet of police, has accordingly drawn nj
new sets OF rules with regard to pub
lie accommodation in theatres, whicl
are to he stringent.y enforced. Play
, l9oers in Paris viii be glad to hear tina
81. future boxes in theatres are to ID
provided with doors of a suficen
width to allow of easy ingress and exit
and 80 arranged ais not to block pas
sage when open. Furthermore, moth
. Ing in the shape Of stools or movabl
u seats viii be allowed in the passages
while the inconvenient invention IN
'strapontin," which, besides being IN
- most uncomfortable seat ever provide
, for a long suffering public endangeI
n the lives Of the audience should pan
occur by effectually blocking the opeI
= ings between rows Of stalls, is 70
done away with. In time M. Blar
. will no doubt succeed in making PI
risian p,ayhouses both safe and con
Portable. 1t is a remarkable fact, how
ever, consid, ring how extensively Pi
risians patronlze the theatre, that wv
= such important Improvements for
p,aygoing public should not have bee
, accomplished before now.-Londo
Telegraph.