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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18
Novelty in a Christening.

When Miss Helen Long, daughter
of the secretary of the navy, christen-
ed the new Japanese cruiser Kasagi
Jan. 20, she did not break a bottle of
wine over the war vessels bow, but
instead she released white dove Of
peace. The cermony, while in accord
ance with Japanese custom, was a dis
tinct novelty in this country, and this
was the first time ship of this char
acter was ever launched without the
use of the traditional champagne.
The cruiser was launched from
Cramps shipyards in Philadelphia.
Japanese minister in Washington, de-
string to extend every courtesy to the
American government, invited Miss
Long to christen the ship. Miss Long
accepted, but when the secretary heard
of the affair he offered some objec-
tions, not to having his daughter Off
ciate, but to the use of a bottle of
wine as a part of the ceremonies.
Long is a temperance nan.
the Japanese minister,
with ready wit, found a way out OF the
trouble He suggested releasing a
white bird. To this suggestion Sec
rotary and Miss Long enthusiastically
responded, and it was therefore set
tied that when the Kasagi began to
slide down the ways a white pigeon
should be liberated by the hand Of the
young woman. The Japanese minis
.er invited all the officials of the gov
eminent to witness the launching of
he Kasagi.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

A wedding ceremony where the
bride and groom were in one county
and the officiating minister in the next
was performed near Raleigh, N. c.,
a few days ago. X. P. Stewart was
sick, but what made matters worse
he was engaged to get married, and
the wedding day was drawing near
His bride-elect, who lived in Harnett
county, a beautiful and determined
young woman with soul as full OF
romance as veritable Juliet, learn
Ing of her lovers dangerous illness,
determined to hasten to his bedside
and marry him at all hazards. When
she arrived on the scene she made
haste to declare her intentions and
would listen to no proposals or sug-
gestion as to procrastinating the con-
summation so devoutly wished. The
license was procured and the preach
er was brought in right speedily, but
another serious difficulty arose when
1t was ascertained that the license was
for Harnett county and the residence
of the bed-ridden bridegroom was
across the line. The preacher said he
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

Anne Bradley has set London to
wondering over her announced inten-
ton to make an unusual quest for lit
erary knowledge and experience.
Reared in luxury, well educated and
refined, she has planned to circum-
navigate the globe aboard a small sail
ing vessel, roughing it as do the COM
mon seamen before the mast, and TAX
ing the sours of life on the ocean waves
with the sweets of travel She is the
sister of the small crafts skipper. This
is not so remarkable as the fact that
Miss Bradley's real object in making
her long trip around the world is 10
study the conditions in which the wives
and daughters of the poor of every ma
ton live, so that she may write a book
when she returns to England.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

Men and women alike have been
making fun of Delegate S. T. Turner,
who has introduced into the Virginia
house of delegates or legislature a bill
taxing bachelors. Mr.. Turner, how
ever, is thoroughly in earnest, and has
given out the following signed state
ment of his reasons and objects for the
bill: ''My object in offering a bill 10
tax bachelors was based upon the ap-
parent drifting of our young people to
a condition which I consider threatens
the ultimate good of our society and
menaces the homes, the bulwark of
our institutions and the palladium of
our hopes. discern a tendency on the
part of our young men to plunge into
the vortex of sordid accumulation and
to ignore the establishment of perman-
ent homes, in which the youth of the
nation may be properly nourished and
the succeeding generations inspired by
devotion to parents and ennobled by
the hallowed influences that emanate
from the family altar. Our young
women, robbed of proper homage by
the insidious suggestions of mammon,
are being compelled to seek employ
ment in the stores, counting rooms and
workshops Of the country. The song
of the lullaby is being lost in the hum
Of the factory and the wealth garnered
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

by the greed 81 the bachelor finds no
distribution through the channels Of a
home, which rebounds to the moral
and financial benefit of every commun-
ity in Christendom. I would throw a
safeguard against selfish and sordid
tendencies. l would tax the man who
clutches at all that the world and So
clety bestows, yet yields nothing for
the betterment of the one or the per-
petuation of the other. I would re-
trieve as far as it can be done by law
the condition of our forefathers, when
each home was a stronghold of patriot
ic devotion and each fireside the proud
assembly in which virtue found wor-
shippers and integrity in it's Hottest
models"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18
Up-to-Date Sashes.

To be in the swim the fashionable
woman must have a sash on her new
gown, whether it be for indoor or out
door wear. Even the tailormade
gown has a sash-of plain silk, tied in
four-in-hand knot at the left side
and hanging with fringed ends to the
feet. If you are a possessor of a gen
uine Roman sash won are indeed to
be envied. These sashes are more
highly priced than any other. The
colorings selected are very vivid
gright green, blues, yellows and reds.
The more delicate colors--pink, pale
blue and cream-are not popular.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18
L Sing to Him.

O14NN " HILL 4
d r e a m h 9
hears
T h e S o n g b e
used to love,
And oft that bless
e d f a Il C y
cheers
And bears my
t h o u 6 h t 8
above.
We say tits Idle
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

could not perform the ceremony out
side OF Harnett county and was
about to leave the disappointed eou-
pie when suddenly the bride, after in
curry, declared that she had mastered
this obstacle. The county line was
just in front Of the house, so the cou-
pie stood on the porch and the minis
ter was placed across the county line,
where he loudly shouted the marriage
vows and listened while the asserting
echoes came back to him.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

Among the daintiest sashes are those
made of mousseline de sole, with belts
Of the same material shirred at inter
walls. The sashes themselves are edged
with lace and have broad, rounded
ends, that taper toward the belt. Other
favorites are of silk, in exquisitely
lowered Dresden designs. They are
usually very delicate in tone and have
ruched velvet edges in some rich color
ing. Sashes for evening dress are long
and broad enough to cover the entire
train.-The Latest.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

The quality of the cheese is not de-.
termined by the percentage of fat in
the milk. The fat is but one factor
in the problem. Experiments indf-
cate that an excess or fat is of no adj
vantage to the cheese. To make cheese
from milk containing over 4 per cent.
of fat, we advise cooking to about 100
deg. and sailing from one-quarter TO
half pound extra, to improve body and
texture.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

The old-time favorite, the blue silk,
has fallen little out of popularity of
late because of its sameness. You so
soon tire of it.
The new blue silks are made with
the stripes running up and down. The
trimmings consist Of puffings of cream
lace, put on the skirt in round and
round rows. The lace is gathered up
Mahogany velvet affords a pretty cir
die and stock to wear with the blue
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

other 500, and both tell me that sheep
are very profitable. 1t is a comfort to
see that diversified farming is better
than hogs, cattle and corn, or corn, cat
tie and hogs, and nothing else.-Ed-
ward B. Heaton in Farmers Review.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

Elephants on Indian railways are
paid for at the rate of 6 cents q mile.
The baggage cars have compartments
for dogs. cats, guinea pigs, rabbits and
monkeys.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-02-18

thus to dream
But why believe it SO?
1t is the spirits meteor CLEAN
To soothe the pang of woe.
Love gives to natures voice a tone
That true hearts understand
The sky, the earth, the forest lone,
Are peopled by his wand;
Sweet fancies all our pulses thrill
While gazing on a flower,
And from the gently whispering rill
Is heard the words of power.
I breathe the dear and cherished
name,
And long-lost scenes arise;
Llfe's glowing landscape spreads the
same;
The same hopes kindling skies:
The violet-bank, the moss-fringed
seat
Beneath the dropping tree,
The clock that chimed the hour to
meet,
My buried love, with thee
Oh, these are all before me, when
In fancy's realms 1 rove;
Why urge me to the world again?
Why say the ties of love,
That deaths cold, cruel grasp has
riven,
Unite no more below?
I'll sing to him-for though in heaven,
He surely heeds my woe!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
pcrmudn Grass for the south.

This nIant is native to our Southern ell
INTO and thrives on a very great variety
90 coils including both wet and dry lands
cows Z Montgomery in the American Az
,,o,,,urist The sod is very tough and
stock cannot destroy it by trampins. II
"a nore popular as a pasture grass than
for hay purposes, though there are well
authenticated instances where SAX ana
even seven tons of Bermuda hay have
been harvested from one acre. For nlho
months in The year it will sustain more
cook per acre than perhaps any other
e,rase provided the land is az least mod
erateK rich. It is not CONSIDERED an eN-
massive crop to the soil. ,.
II Is better for horses ana peer caVt ne
nan for dairy stock as IL is inclined 40
M an too much fat for milk stock III Is
i,roray ated from the roots or undergrouna
lterne once the land is sodded II IS per
,nsnentlv so. unless the grass IS destIoyeu
Nv the plow. sometimes very diiuGult
tbine "a do on stiff soils. Il IS a chiln OF
Ne snn so 10 speak; drought does MOI
ar,,ear 10 iniure it, Nor will II be male
lilly affected when water STANDS upon
a. FOR DAYS and weeks, as is the case oc-
,asionally in the Mississippi delta country
!, ie unon the whole by far the most use
IN Grass in the entire South.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
The Squash ROrer.

This insect is known as the pickle worm
from it's peculiar taste for green pickle
cukes. In old gardening sections it is
very difficult indeed to raise a crop Of
good pickles without at the same time,
raising a crop of squash borers. This in
sect is exceedingly disgusting, especially
TO the sensitive housewife, who may place
tempting dish of pickles before her
guests and find great worm inside of one
of them. This all happens because the
worm fills up the hole that it went into
AS this worm is not poisonous there is no
great danger attending this unpleasant ac-
cident One of our best authorities on
This subject SAYS that he knows from per-
sonal experience that, while they may not
he very palatable they are certainly not
poisonous. The combating of this insect
IS a little bit more encouraging than that
of the former one mentioned inasmuch as
The insect feeds upon the soft leaves for
few DAYS after Matching, and If no
souash or cuke be present it may pass its
entire life as a worm on the leaves and
eoft tissues of either the squash or the
cucumber. Therefore, we can use such
substances as Paris green or pyrethrum
in combating the insect If the Paris
Green is used in water we should be care
ful not to scald the vines by adding too
much of it. 1t is safe to begin with one
pound Of Paris green to 200 to $50 gallons
of water
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
Tomato Cuttings.

For many years l have made it a practice
to increase my tomato plants to some OK
tent by cuttings, and usually succeeded in
raising fine plants and securing early fruit
In bulletin mo. 49, issued this year by
the West Virginia agricultural experiment
station, find the following report of ex-
periments: "Since 1891 the writer has each
year grown seeding and cutting plants of
tomatoes for the purpose of arriving at
some conclusion in regard to the relative
time at which cuttings should be made
from which to grow plants to compare
justly with seeding plants of the same
variety. The results of the various tests
have themselves been somewhat variable,
but the balance of the evidence all tends
in the one direction; that is, that cutting
plants are earlier than Seeding. but cor
respondingly less productive. except In
few cases" This plan of making tomato
plants from cuttings is a very handy de-
vice for increasing ones stock of new or
choice plants when seed is very expensive
or not at hand. In most cases l have
been unable to note much difference in
yield between Seeding plants and plants
made from cuttings. T. Greiner.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
Origin of Turkeys.

Among the luxuries belonging to the
high condition of civilization exhibited by
the Mexican nation at the time of the
Spanish conquest was the possession by
MonteZuma of one of the most extensive
geological gardens on record, says Wash
ington Star. 1t embraced nearly all the
animals of that country, with others
brought at great cost from distances. 1t
is stated by historians that turkeys-call-
ed by the Spanish adventures "a kind
of peacock" were furnished in large num-
bers as food to the beasts of prey in
the Emperors menagerie. AT that time
the bird had been domesticated and reared
in Mexico for hundreds of years. It was
carried by the Spaniards to the West In
dies. whence it was taken to Europe early
in the sixteenth century. Before long it
became in Europe highly appreciated for
it's flavor. Being known to be of foreign
origin a report gained ground that the
fowl had been obtained from Turkey, that
being a region but little known in Western
Europe. In this way it obtained the name
by which it has since been designated.
People coming to the United States from
Europe brought this Mexican fowl to the
United States, and the progeny of the
stock thus imported and fetched back to
the continent whence it was originally oe-
rived. furnishes yankee tables to-day. IN
fact the contemporary turkey of the barn
ward did not belong there originally. 1t is
derived from the wild turkey of the
tinted states. with dark meat on the
breast and other differences plainly dis
tingushable. .u,-.- 80.
on the other hand the wild turkey mas
white meat on the breast and resem pies
our tame turkey in all other points. Ihere
are tvo epecies of wild turkey IN North
America one is confined to the Eastern
and Southern parts Of the United states,
Which is unite another species, while the
other Is native of the Rocky Mountains,
Darts of Texas New Mexico, Colorado'
Arizona and extends along Eastern Mex
leo southward. biologists were long tirne
finding this out, being puzzled mean" me
m account for the marked di1terences III
color and habits between the WlId ana 10
nestle birds of the country. That dark
neated fowl should acquire whte meat
4I.ro,,ob dornestication would seem indeed
surprising. In its wiz STATE the eAIO '.i
tHriyav derives nourishment from plants
"a insects scratching with its feet for
food II is very shy. The birds live IN
foToilioe like wild geese. keeping sentinels
-, Itch while the flock is feeding. They
gro ca heavy that they are not fond OF
aa1ino aiobt hut the sWiftest dog cannot
o,1nrtalxe them running. The female rays
frono three to twelve roundish, red-spot-
"a ooqs and matches them out IN thlrty
avs In Yucatan and Northern Guate-
-,a1a This bird is replaced by thlrd
sIonies less in size but more striking IN
,rr,,,aarance the tail having spots some
l.t ttl,o tho ''eyes" in the tail of pea
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
castor Bean Culture.

notice in your last issue that &c. 3.
f " of Leon county, this state, asks quite
q number of questions in regard to the Gull
t,,re etc. of Castor Beans. Now al these
questions hinge upon the question as to
whether the Castor bean can be success
frrv cultivated in Florida. My experience
and observation both testify that it can
not be made profitable.
At the time of the late heavy freeze.
there were many fine Castor bean trees.
not bushes but fully developed, symmetri-
col trees. / had a very handsome one in
NV ward. probably the largest well-formed
tree Of the kind in Florida, yet the freeze
ieft the big trunk mass of soft pulp down
TO the ground.
BEFORE that time had advocated in the
NIorning News and other papers the Gull
ture of the Castor bean as a money crop.
The st. Louis Castor Oil Company had
sent a representative down to Orlando, six
miles from here to plant several acres.
with the intention of getting our people to
60 into the industry, promising to put up
a branch oil mill at Orlando.
The outlook was quite a promising one,
but the big freeze has been followed every
winter by light cold snaps sufficiently Sc
we're to kill off the Castor beam plants. l
hardly think there is now full grown tree
anywhere in all this part of South Florida.
As it is much colder in Leon county and
West Florida generally, do not think it
would pay to even experiment on small
scale with the Castor bean as a money
crop. With us in Orange county, 1t is now
almost impossible to grow it as an orna-
mental bush, on account of frequent cold
snaps. About a month ago and again last
rSpht we had n freeze that killed all our
Castor bean plants to the ground, as well
as our banana plants. For several winters
we have lost our guava bushes, except
the trunks near the ground.
With such a record OF tacts it would seem
TO me that IF. B. E" had better not at
tempt the culture of the Castor bean. With
superior advantages of soil and climate
we have utterly failed in our experiments.
Maitland, Fla, Feb. 2. Sidney Herbert.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07
COFFEE coUNTYs OUTRAGE.
The Ravisher said 20 Have KILLED
Two Men.


Willacoochee. Ca. Feb. GA party of
four Italians, accompanied by Or. M NJ.
ssliba of No. ais West Broughton street,
Savannah, arrived in this place Friday on
their way 20 Isaac Paulks. where Mary
Saba, the Italian woman who was ASSAULT
ed the day before by Frank McNeal. was
being cared for. They returned to this
place yesterday morning with the woman
Her condition has slightly improved. but
she is still in a very critical condition,
and may not recover. J. Peel came to
town this morning and gave the woman
$3.50 which Jennie Powell, colored, had
given him, saying Frank McNeal had
given IL to her, and said IL was part OF
the money he had taken from the Italian
woman, whom he had robbed. In addi-
ton 10 the 500 reward offered by j. Peel,
Ellie Vickers has offered q reward of SO
and DR.. Saliba of Savannah has also offer
ed reward OF 800, and stated that the
reward would be increased to $500 as soon
as he returned to Savannah.
When Mr.. Peel was In town this morn
ing he said he had seen a man from the
neighborhood of Phillips Mill In this coun-
~, who said party of men overlook Nc
Neal near that place yesterday, and at
tempted to arrest him, and that he killed
two OF the party and again made good
his escape. No one can say just now as
to whether this report ts authentic or
not DIT. Saliba and party, together with
the injured woman, returned to Savan-
nah yesterday afternoon. The peonle ~
Coffee county are greatly wrought mn
over the affair and VIII do all in thaIr
power to see that the criminal is brought
70 justice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

The dogs in the United States kill nearly
. per cent. of the sheep of the country
every year, SAYS an exchange. They kill
ed more than 100000 sheep in the year end
ing June l., 1890 when the last statistics
in regard to the fiocks were gathered
The damage done by them is greater than
that from any other cause except unex-
pected storms, in which whole fiocks Of
sheep are killed, and disease. In six
states more damage was done to the
fiocks of sheep by dogs than by anything
else. In Florida 1888 sheep were killed by
dogs. and only 4,750 by the weather and
disease. The number killed by dogs was
about per cent of the total number of
sheep in the state. The Florida sheep are
not exposed to such changes In tempera-
ture as those on the farms in Nevada
where 128, $50 died of cold and disease. Only
1872 sheep were killed by dogs in Nevada
in the census year. The enormous num-
Der Of deaths from changes in the weather
was due to unprecedented storms, which
caught the breeders unprepared and all
most halved their focks. In South Car
DINA, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and
Arkansas dogs do more damage to the
sheep than anything else. and more than
weather conditions and disease combined.
In Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-07

making their lives unsafe. The solo
by Mr.. Goodman was well rendered.
Mr.. Gales read from 2 Samuel 18th chap
ter "A TO 30 verses, taking as the passage
from which to speak King Davld's lament
over The death of his wayward son. Alb
solom. "Oh, Absolom, my son, my sonl
Would God | had died for thee Absolom,
my son, my SON"
Absolom, Mr.. Gales said, was disobe-
dent dssolute and deceitful and desti-
tute of love or gratitude to those who
loved him and he went to an untimely
and fearful death-reaping what he SOW
ed How many hearts are there in Sa.
vannah, he asked who are echolng Dav-
ids pathetic cry Of long ago. either be-
cause their sons have gone or are going
TO Christless graves and Christless etern-
ity! Temptations opened on every hand
10 lure Absolom to his ruin, and as we
face the question to-day rs the youns
man Of Savannah safe?" We had but to
lift up our eyes and on every hand see
pitfalls awaiting him Many Of them to-
Grated without protest, if not encouraged,
by some of the Christian men Of this
community
The Evangelist spoke to fathers and
Christian men and urged them to stand
together and drive these dens from the
city, and give young men a chance in Sa-
vannah.
His closing words were addressed to
young men.
Some of you" he said "have named
the name of Christ, but your life has been
one of compromise--the world has had
much Of your heart and. perhaps. more Of
your life. Others have trodden under foot
the mothers prayers and the Saviour $
love. Would you turn and live to-day2
Jesus Christ is able TO save, not only from
the penalty, but the power of sin. to set
the captive free, and He is waiting to-day
for you"