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The Portland daily press., 1898-08-06
BODY FOUND IN MILL POND.

Randolph, Aug. 5.-The body of Fred
Brookings was found in the mill pond
here today. The lad had probably fallen
in while fishiag yesterday.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-06
MACIiS PROCLAIMS.
Charaeteristiely Bombastic Utter
ances By Capt. Gen.

Copyright 1898 by the Associated Press }
OnsBoard the Associated Press Despatch
Boat off San Juan de Porto Rico, August
4, via st. Thomas D. W. l.. August o.
The Americans have taken peaceful pos.
session OF the eastern portion of the
island Small parties of marines have
been landed, who have lighted the lamps
in the light house at Cape San Juan and
on the other light houses along the coast.
They met with no resistance. Indeed, at
Cape San Juan deputations of citizens
came out to meet them.
The warships now in this vicinity are
the Montgomery, the Annapolis, the
Puritan and the Amphitrite. The two
former are looking for the transports with
troops which left the United States and
have scattered all about the island.
The Annapolis rounded up the Whitney,
the Florida and the Raleigh yesterday
and they are now at Cape San Juan.
There seems to have been serious mis-.
take as to the rendezvous for no two
ships go to the same place and it will
take several days to locate them and get
them to Ponce where General Miles is
waiting.
on San Juan the cruiser New Orleans
alone maintains the blockade.
The oity is grim and silent, but back OF
her yellow walls there will be plenty OF
determination to fight when the A1neri-
cans fire.
Captain General Macias has Issued
proclamation in the course OF which he
says:
'sSpain has not sued for peace; and !
can drive off the American boats as Ibid
Sampson attempt before. !"
The daughter Of the Captain General is
helping to drill the gunners in the forts
Altogether there are 9,I00 Spanish regu-
lars in the city. The troops OF the enemy
who are retreating from Ponce and the
other towns on the south coast occupied
by the Americans have not yet arrived.
The German steamer Polynesia, with
cargo of rum, canned meats and tobacs.
CO, tried to run the blockade this morn
ing, but was stopped by the New Orleans
BROOKS LANDING SUCCESSFUL.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-06
THE WEATHER.

Boston. Aug. 5.-Forecast for Boston
and vicinity for Saturday-Fair weather;
west winds.
Washington, Aug. 5.-Forecast for
New England--Generally fair; westerly
winds.
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-06
NOTICE.

ALL PERSONS are hereby
respectfully requested to abstain
from going around tiae ca'y
looking shabby when they can
have their clothing dyed or
cleansed and pressed by tailOrs
pressmen at
ronrrn1Q Forest City Dye House and
FtNItk y Steam Carpet Cleansing
] w -" Works.
~ PrebIe ST., opp. Preble House
nz~ Kid Gloves Cieansed Every Day. Il
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
For the YegetabIe Garden.

The farmers garden may be made in
directly to give q return far exceeding
any other portion Of the farm. At a
cost almost nominal, beyond the expense
tor seed, he and his family may obtain
more than one-half their living from
tine garden from June to October, to say
nothing of the quantity Of vegetables
which may be grown for winter use.
In buying seeds let novelties alone, con-
filming the seed to standard and we'll
tested varieties such as American Won
der pea, Detroit wax bean, Improved
Lima bean, Early Minnesota corn, Early
Eclipse beet and 80 on. Plant success
sion Of radishes and peas for use on the
table as long as they are wanted. Have
early and late corn, cucumbers, beets
and squashes, with good supply Of
corn for drying, cucumbers and green
tomatoes for pickling, and squashes for
winter use. The cultivating of half
acre plot, IL near the house, can be at
tended to during odd hours and you will
never miss the time spent. The women
0i the family will also find an occasional
hour at work in the garden a welcome
and pleasurable change from household
duties.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Forage tor Bees.

One OF the essentials in successful bee
raising is to supply for their use plants
which will furnish them with sufficient
food of the best quality for the manu-
facture of honey. A certain amount OF
food will be obtained from the flowers of
field and garden, and che trees of Or
ehard and forest, but 1t may not be sufii
cient, or may be deficient In nectar. The
alsike clover is a good plant for the pur-
pose, but mixture Of alsike and red
clOvers, will also make a crop Of hay
of good quality. Buckwheat is still
largely soWn for the use of bees, but
there Is decided objection on the part
OF consumers to che dark honey made
from buckwheat, prejudice that must
be respected by the raiser Of honey for
market Alfalfa is one Of the very best
forage plants for bees and 1t produces
large amount Of thick, heavy honey Of
the very best quality, and as with season.
able cutting it blossoms three or four
times each summer it furnishes a long
season for the bees to do their work
Besides the bountiful crop of excellent
honey alfalfa will furnish three crops
of excellent hay and one crop Of valu-
able seed each year and a large amount
of winter pasture, all of which tends to
make it the most valuable crop the Kan
sas farmer can SOW. With a million
acres of alfalfa In Kansas, alfalfa beef,
alfalfa butter and alfalfa honey would
furnish trio of prosperity breeders un-
equalled anywhere on the face Of the
earth.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Eggs for Matching and Food.

One Of the best arguments in favor of
the banishment of the male bird from
the flock except during the breeding sea-
son Is the well known fact that infertile
eggs keep fresh much longer than fertile
eggs, and the quality is not in the least
impaired. In fact, the infertile egg never
rots, but its contents dry up after GER
tain time. Repeated experiments dem
onstrate the fact that an infertile egg
may be sat upon for ten days by hen
or be in the heat Of the incubator for the
same period and still be good for cook
ing purposes, while fertile egg sub
jected to the same test and laid away for
two or three weeks would have a de-
cidedly bad odor when it was used at
the end Of that period. It will be readily
seen, therefore, that the trouble with
eggs not Matching in most cases, Is that
they are infertile, but II on breaking
them they are rotten the failure to hatch
was due to the fact that while fertile
The impregnation was weak. Care must
therefore be taken to obtain eggs for
Matching from a source where it Is
known healthy male Is kept in active
service with a flock sufficiently small
that the impregnation of each egg will
be strong and healthy. Eggs from ac-
tive, healthy hens, If properly fertilized,
will be the first to hatch at the end of
the proper period of incubation.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
MIX In Bottles.

There are many advantages in hand
ling milk in bottles. The bottles are
OF fixed sizes, such as pint, quart, two
quart and gallon bottles, and the buyer is
always sure of getting good, honest
measure. The bottles are Of glass and
they are much more easily kept sweet
and clean than tin cans or measures and
the milk will keep sweet longer and be
more wholesome. The bottles are filed
at the dairy or milk depot before the
cream Is separated and each bottle has
its own proportion Of the cream. When
handled in large tin cans the cream Is
constantly rising and those who are first
served from the top Of the can are likely
to get more cream and less dirt than
those who are served last from the bot
tom Of the can. The shaking Of the milk
in large can has a tendency to parti-
ally churn 1t, especially when the can is
only partly filed and this churning In
jures its flavor and keeping qualities.
There is great saving to the seller in
time and wastage, and his customers
who have tried the neat, clean bottles
cannot be induced to go back to the old
rusty tin cans.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Care Of Stable Manure.

All stable manure accomplishes the
most results when 1t is drawn out and
spread over the soil as quickly as made,
but many farmers, for good reasons,
geem unable to do this and are In the
habit of keeping the manure in heaps
in the open barnyard or under rooted
shed. II protected from storms not much
of the best elements wOuld be lost If 1t
were not for the overheating which 1t
frequently undergoes. This process hh-
crates the ammonia and causes the loss
oil the most valuable element in the
manure. This overheating may be easily
controlled by cold water, which absorbs
the ammonia. Make holes In the manure
when 1t begins to heat and pour enough
cold water on to thoroughly moisten 1t;
dc not soak the manure with water. It
is also good plan to apply this cold
water treatment when handling stable
manure to control as far as possible
the escape Of ammonia.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Practical Farm Notes
From Actual Experience

and grown and few lunches will pro-
duce an abundance for family use. It
can be raised from the seed but the best
way ls to divide up the old roots into
as many pieces as there are eyes and
then plant them about three feet apart.
The ground should be rich and mellow
and top dressing Of well-rotted ma
nure each fall will be beneficial. The
seed stalks should be broken of close
to the ground as fast as they appear,
for II allowed to go to seed the stalks
will be tough and tasteless. Pieplant Is
1aid to contain carbonic acid $40, silicic
acid O45, sulphuric acid 1912, phos-
phoTIc acid and peroxide of iron 1920,
lime 3.57, magnesia 0.2O, potash 500,
soda 1926, sodium 0.97, chlorine 1.4S,
organic matter 1915. 1t Is a laxative
and a tonic, and makes palatable sauce
and excellent pies.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

Eggs intended for Matching should be
kept at temperature Of 50' as nearly
as possible. A lower temperature would
be likely to chill them, and in higher
one they would soon become stale and
cause a premature action Of the germs OF
new life.
Now while eggs are cheap and milk
plenty have on your table some OF the
dainty concoctiOns which are possible
only with milk and eggs in abundance.
II there is no profit in selling eggs at
10 cents, or less, a dozen, and you have
no good method OF preserving them,
boil and chop them up with other foods
for the young chicks. Don't be disturbed
by the old idea that this plan will create
egg-eating fowls.
Profit in poultry keeping demands, as
In other industries, on the proper COM
binatiOns OF conditions. 1t Is impossible
to lay down rules for breed, feed or care
other than general ones. Your neighbor
may make money with White LeghOrns,
and you utterly fail with that breed, but
succeed with Plymouth Rocks. Success
comes rather from working 1t out ones
self, than from strictly following techni-
cal advice of others.
An item is going the rounds to the
effect that certain breeders of fowls are
colOring the combs and Wattles of their
birds by the use of certain process foods
combined with drugs" This is nonsense,
for the quantity of drugs necessary to
produce the desired result, If such re
suit were possible, would kill or perma-
Hently iniure the fowl. One is certainly
safe in buying fowls with red combs and
wattles, for this condition can only be
obtained through good health, which
comes as result of proper sanitary
conditions, fresh water, good food and
clean quarters.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

lzers 10 not, as many suppose, to create a
direct and unnaturad plant growth, but
to supply to the coil the food elements
required by a certain crop 80 allied and
proportIoned that the crops may find
them readily available when needed.
No one questions the fact that with
proper amount Of humus or nitrogen In
the soil, stable manure of proper
strength and in sufficient quantities will
supply the potash and phOsphOric acid
necessary to complete perfect plant
food" but the question is how to obtain
that manure In the quantity and quality
needed. To Offset this difficulty resource
is sometimes had to commercial fertiliz-
ers and experience has proved that when
intelligently used they are great helpers
to dllers Of the soil, and II farmers and
fruit growers will study and understand
them as they do their stable manures
they can be used adVantageonsly and
prOftably in many cases.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Hog Cholera Preventive.

The following recipe has frequently
been used and is well worthy OF trial:
Wood charcoal, pound; sulphur, l
pound; sodium sulphate (Glaubers salts),
/ pound; sodium chloride Common salt,
2 pounds; sodium bicarbOnate, 2 pounds;
sodium hyposulphate, 2 pounds; pulver-
i7e and mix thoroughly. Use this mix
ture as a preventive when hogs are sick,
giving as q dose large tablespoonful of
the mixture for each 200 pounds weight
OF the animal once each day mixed with
q ration of bran and middlings or any
other soft food, II the animal Is in con-
ditiOn to eat. If too sick to eat, shake the
mixture up in water, in the same dose as
named, and give to the hog as drench.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Manures for strawberrles.

AS an evidence that success may come
from different methods in the same line,
a successful grower Of Strawberries pro-
tests in the most decided terms against
the use OF chemical fertilizers, mainly
muriate and nitrate Of potash and nitrate
of soda, in strawberry culture. He
claims that these fertilizers shorten the
lives of plants and induce soft berries,
and that young plants taken from the
parents so treated are worthless. Stable
manures, we'll rotted, contain all the
elements necessary to grow strawberries
properly and profltably, and we advise
their use in all cases.
There Is no doubt but what commercial
fertilizers are many times used in a
careless and ignorant manner, and thus
accomplish what this grower claims they
do. The main use OF commercial fertil-
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

Lovers Of the fragrant heliotrope, the
priced window garden plant, should try
growing 1t out OF doors the coming sum
mer. The soil should be made rich and
deep and be we'll drained. The plants
should be set out as soon as the weather
ls warm, which would be from May 1st
to 18th, and should have partially
shaded location. II you have plants
which have grown slowly and not
bIoomed much in the window during the
winter, cut them back one-half and set
in the open ground as described. Hello
trope plants so treated grow stocky and
bloom profusely during the entire sum
mer, and the blossoms may be cut as
literally as desired.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Growing Celery.

Every farmer ought to grow enough
celery for the use Of his own family.
1t is a very wholesome vegetable and is
rehshed by nearly everybody. 1t is
nearly as easy to raise as 1t is to raise
good cabbage and great many more
bunches of celery than cabbage heads
can be raised on the same-Sized piece
of ground. Plant the seed in box or
Geld frame the same as tomato or cab
bage plants are grown. Do not plant the
seed too thick or the plants will be too
Spindling and tender at time Of trans
planting. Any of the standard Varie-
ties like White Plume or Giant White
are good. Have the ground for it we'll
mellowed and clean and when a damp
or rainy day comes transplant it into
straight rows three feet apart and set
the plants eight inches apart In the row.
Cultivate between the rows thoroughly
with a fine-tOothed one-horse cultiyator
every week so as to keep the surface Of
the ground mellow and free from weeds.
Toward fall, when it is about through
gr' wing, bank Vt up with clear earth
gradually on the sides of the rows but
hot high enough to cover the leaves.
This will bleach it and make the stalks
crisp and tender and bring out the cell
cry flavor. The self-blanching kinds will
be white without banking with earth
but will not be so crisp and juicy nor
have so good flavor as that which is
banked up with earth. After it has been
banked long enough TO bleach 1t and be-
fore 1t 1reezes It should be carefully
taken up and stored for winter. Old
cracker boxes are good to store 1t in.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

He is 20 years old, but is strong, hale
and hearty and has just finished seeding
100 acres In one Of his orchards to clover
this spring. He has devoted the most
OF his Mfetime to horticultural pursuits
with wonderful success He now has
nearly two thousand acres In apple or
chards In eastern Kansas and in the
last fifteen years has sold over $15O,OOO
worth Of apples from them. He plants
principally standard winter varieties
such as Ben Davis, York Imperial, Gano,
Winesap, Missouri Pippin, Genetan and
Jonathan. His Jonathan apples obtained
great reputation In the English mar
kets and were considered among the
finest ever shipped from this country.
He gives his personal attention to his
orchards and maintains their fertility
by careful cultivation and seeding them
down with red clover,
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27
Largest Flower.

The largest flower in the world is said
TO grow on one of the PHILIPPINE Islands
and the natives give 1t the name OF
b0IO, The blossom has hve petals and
Ia about yard Wide. A single flower OK
this giant species sometimes weighs
twenty-five pounds 1t grows near the
crater Of the volcano APO at an altitude
OF $500 feet above sea level
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

which, for long time was considered
the best sweet cherry grown. The fruit
ripens in midsummer. The tree is a
handsome grower and will thrive in any
section where cherries can be success
fully grown. Cherries may be grown
with profit on strong loamy soils reten-
tive Of moisture, which Is necessary, as
d forms large part of the fruit. Early,
thorough and frequent cultivation Of the
soil is necessary for the best results in
cherry culture, and the land must be
well drained in order to carry on early
vegetation. AS a rule, cherry trees are
planted too close. Eighteen feet apart
each way Is about the proper distance
for best results, and even then the tops
will eventually grow together.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

One of our best light colored sweet
cherries is the Centennial, which Is
shown in this cut. The fruit Is large and
very firm, making 1t valuable for ship
ping. It is seeding Of Napoleon,
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

Judge Fred Wellhouse, the veteran ap-
pie king of the West, is a firm believer
In the benefits derived from seeding
an apple orchard in red clover.
The Advocate and news., 1898-04-27

One OF the most wholesome and palat-
able vegetables is pieplant, or rhubarb.
II % a good substitute for fruit and comes
carly In the spring. II 10 easily started
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-19
MISS JONES AT ST. MARY's.

The Washington Post, speaking of
Miss Dora Jones, who will begin her Sc
ries of illustrated lectures ut st. Mary
on the 18th, says: "A subscription club
of one hundred members is now forming
to secure a course of illustrated lectures
on art by that very talented student and
writer. Miss Dora Jones, who occupies
IA front rank in this line of thought and
work Miss Jones has had great sue
cess since her return from abroad and
is endorsed as an authority on her chosen
subjects by such eminent critics as Hop
kinson Smith, Thomas Nelson Page,
Prof. Edward Griffin, of the Johns Hop
kins University, and other notable cdu-
Gators and students who heard her lee
turc last season in Baltimore.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-19
STATE NEWS.

The Salisbury World has strong edi-
torial warmly advocating Theo. i.
Kluttz, ESQ, of Rowan, for Congress IN
the Seventh district.
The Warren Record has entered on It's
fourth volume. 1t is a clean, progress
siye and honest paper-a worthy eX-
ponent Of Warren county.
Major Graham Dawes is preparing Il
history of several North Carolina re-
giments in the war. The News says nc
is in Charlotte getting data.
The Rutherfordton Nindicator r. out
strongly for Solomon Gallert, OF that
place, for the Democratic nomination
for Congress in the Ninth district.
The Truth says that among the pas
sengers coming into Salisbury on a
Western North Carolina Railroad train
a few days ago was n drunken Mormon
elder.
The Winston Republican, endorsing
The IaySeeders advocacy Of Rep. Pop.
fusion, says it can see no reason why
Populists should not support Republican
candidates for Congress without regard
lo their financial views"
4 Young Mems Democratic League
has been organized in Newbcrn "tO re-
deem North Carolina to decent govern
mcnt" Henry X. Bryan, Jr, is presi-
dent and X. \. Num- is secretary.
The engagement rs announced Of the
marriage of Mrs Matte Branch Gay,
Of Wilson, daughter Of the late Mr.. A.
Branch. to Mr.. Jesse Il. Williams, Of
Memphis, Tenn, on June LIST.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-19
MCDOWELL CONVICT PARDoNED
lanes Emerson. Sent mp For Murder
in Second Degree, Free.
]. Fl. BOBBITT.
233 FAYETTEVILLE STREET.

The Governor yesterday pardoned
james Emerson, convicted with A. IL.
Finley. of murder in second degree, AZ
fall term, 1895. of Mcdowell Superior
court. and sentenced to six years in the
penitentiary.
A pardon was granted to James jim
erson by the Governor for the following
reasons:
1st. The petition for his pardon is
signed by 81 white citizens of Mellow
ell county, amongst whom are its most
representative men, to-wit:
Every minister of the gospel in the
town where the prisoner lives and
where the act was committed, nearly
all of whom were present at the trial
and heard the evidence in the case.
There were also several ministers of the
gospel living I'm the surrounding coun-
try. who heard the trial, and join in the
petition for pardon.
BY three shcriffs and cx-shoriffs whose
united terms of office extend back over
1 period of more than twenty-five years.
BY every member of the bar in the
county except one twhO assisted in the
prosecution), and he does not object to
it.
BY ex-members of the State Senate
and ex-memDers of the House Of Rep
rescntatiyes, postmaster and ex-post-
masters, all the doctors of medicine in
ghe town, all the justices Of the peace
in the town, and all the county officials
and merchants in the town.
End. Personal appeals for pardon were
made to the Governor by the pastors of
the Baptist, the Methodist, the Presby-
terrain and the congregational churches
Of the town in which the trial and con-
viction occurred.
Bird. The petition for pardon is signed
and pardon is urged by the clerk Of the
Superior court, by the register of deeds,
and by gentleman who has served as
sheriff of Mcdowell county for eighteen
years.
4th. The pardon is recommended by
the judge who tried and the State soti-
l.itor who prosecuted the case.
9TH. Eleven ont of twelve Of the jury
men who tried and convicted the pris-
oner appeal to the Governor for par
don.
9th. 1t appears in the ante-mOrtem
dispositions of the deceased that he ac-
quilted Emerson of any and all crimi-
nal connection with the Staying.
7th. It appears that the c0-drfend-
ant was the more guilty party and the
actual perpetrator of the murder.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-19
MORE CHARGES AGAINST RAY.

Will Clark, of this city, who recently
served term in the county work-house,
says that not only is Robertson permit
ted to do as he pleases, but that John
Morgan, negro sent to the work-hOuse,
was permitted to go away on Sunday in
citizens clothes, while they We're forced
to wear stripes and stay in camp. The
investigation ordered ought to be
thorough. If Superintendent Ray is
guilty of favOritism. let it he established.
If not, he ought to free himself Of the
charges.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-19
HANOVER SEASIDE CLUB.

The Hanover Seaside Club was char
tered by the Secretary of State yesterday
with G. i. Won Kampen, M. Il. lien
ken, J. G. i. Gieschen, NJ. Rathjen, w.
i. Bailey, II. l.. Vollers and ]. w. Dnls;
The business of the corporation shall
he to purchase lot of land on Carolina
Beach in New Hanover county, to erect
thereon a club house for the use ana
social pleasure of its members. The dues
of the members shall not exceed 10 4
year.