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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
Flax with Other Grain.

Under some conditions it may be
advisable to grow fax with other
grain. Flax is very exhaustive crop,
but in this fact lies the advantage
when grain is sown on very rich land
in mixing some flaxseed with it. If
the fax is not grown the grain will
grow too rank straw, while with the
flax to help exhaust the superfuous
fertility there is less danger of this.
There will be more of the grain
grown, while all of the flaxseed that
is harvested will be so much clear
gain. Barley is one of the best grains
to grow with fax, and both are ready
to cut at the same time. But both
should be very lightly seeded If clo-
yer seed is sown the same spring, else
there will be poor catch of clover
American Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18

A worlds deficit in grain for the
coming year is the forecast of the Hun
garian minister of agriculture. He es-
Inmates that importing countries will
need 115,OOO,00o to 124,OOO,000 metric
centners, or, roughly speaking, 45O,-
OOO, 900 10 500 900, ,0CO bushels more than
their own output, and that exporting
countries will be able to send 1O1 OO0,-
600 to 1OO,OOO,0OO metric centners, an
apporent deficit of 14,0O0,O00 to 10000
600, or say 6O,0O0,00O bushels. This re-
port, emanating each year at this time
from what is known as the Vienna
grain congress, Is made up from com
parison of official and trade estimates
of the worlds production and require
nents. The figures put forth are by
TO means final, nor of any great value,
although interesting, as they seem to
reflect general conditions.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE

"My husband is hard to please" Vie
must have changed considerably aimee
his marriage. VANITY Fair.
Tagleigh-"What is the Spanish
method of defense2" Wagleigh-"Es-
tab!ishing an alibi."-Town Topics.
Birdie-"There's Frenchman be-
hind us; I'd better tell you this in
English" Bertie--"0n the contrary,
you'd be safer if you were to speak
French. judy
Polite Young Man lin street carr
"You are at liberty, madam, to take
my seat" Woman Suffragist (naring
up)-"No liberties, sir; no liberties" !"
Boston Herald
Il used to fondly hope that some
day | would have lots of money"
"And now?' "Now ! would be thank
full if could only dream, some night,
that was ich."-Chicago Daily News,
did you get back that gold five dol
lars which your little boy swallowed"
No; the doctor said he would keep
it in memory of one of the most re-
markable cases that have come under
his observation. n."-Goteborg Alton
blad.
The governess was giving little Tom
my grammar lesson the other day.
"An abstract noun," she said, sis the
name of something which you can
think of but not touch. Can you give
me an example?" Tommy-"A red-hot
poker!"-Bangor News.
Mrs. Greene-"Now, tell me truly,
do you believe it is any benefit to pun
ish children?" Mrs. Berch-"Certain-
ly. You can't imagine how much bet
ter l feel after I've given Tom and
Mabel good trouncing."-San Fran
cisco Evening Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
CORN SHOCKING TOOL.
II II n Temporary binder to Hold the
Bunch Together While IL Is
Be4ng Tied.

r. B. Amstutz, of Birmingham, o.,
gives the readers of the New York
Tribune the benefit of device which
he has tried with gratifying results
in shocking corn. He says that one
difficulty that is experienced in tying
with twine is that the shock is apt
to be bound too loosely, and then 1t
will not stand well. He aims, there
fore, to provide way for getting a
good squeeze on the bundle before
tying.
Mr.. Amstutz says: "Take an old
broom handle foot shorter than the
length of twine to be used. At one
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
Ar,i0ci,I prop,y,tiop

The Chinese have devoted them.
selves for nearly 1000 years TO the
artificial propagation OF fishes, she'll
fishes and fowls, pearls and sponges.
Irter Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
CORN-HUSKING HORSE.
1t VIII Help Many "a Lnme hack II
You Conclude to Build One
Right Now.

The horse is made of light material.
The cut explains itself. The rung
B should be 1H-inch stuff, put in with
shoulders cut down to one inch where
it goes through the legs. The rung
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18

Use The best combs for brood nest
and Tie Oldest and roughest on the out
side for storage.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
Different.

Jones-They accused her Of blowing
up a man-of-war?
Bones--She scolded her soldier hus
bandt-.U Up to Date,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
The radiant lipbt bos pone from ~

The radiant light has gone from the
eyes Of the widow and her orphans;
but it Is one of the valued traditions
of the road to this day that Jake
Woodford was the only man who never
lost time with the limited.-Saturday
Evening Post,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18
Russian Servants,

In Russia servants kiss their mis-
tress' hands both as morning and
evening greetings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18

In making start in bee keeping,
choose the best bees, the best hives
and the best implements.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18

White clover honey is the lightest
in color and is considered the finest
made.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-11-18

To make dividing success, colonies
should be very strong and almost
ready to swarm.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
OUR PROSPECTIVE CITIZEN. All CHI

n s is known the Hawaiian Legislature was / \ elected by the annexation party, and IS unani- nous for that policy. It has passed and re- passed ratified and reratfed annexation, and has
 threatened offer the islands in the markets of the world If taker Is not found in the United States Only recently we were assured of the intense anti Chinese sentiment of this Legislature and its con stunning desire to welcome the Anglo-Saxon as laborer and citizen.
 The Labor Commissioner of California, who made an official pilgrimage to this shrine of Chinese opinion, returned reporting the Legislature looking and longing for white hands in the fields and burning with desire to send the pgails back to the Flowery Kingdom. One would have thought bil- liards taboo in Honolulu because the game is played with cue, which might be confused with the Celes- tial queue All this profession, but 1t fixed public attention in this country and has permitted the oppo- site practice to go on rotously and proftably.
 Under the constitution of the Hawaiian oligarchy there is provided "a Council of State, the analogue of the Prvy Council of the Queen of Great Britain and Empress of India These councillors the ad- visers of President Dole, who seems frequently in need of advice These councillors of state elected by the Legislature. There recently occurred in this Council of State five vacancies; why is not explained. Perhaps they had grown weary advising the President to keep up republican pretense in government based upon the consent Of only per cent or the gov erned. Anyway, there five vacant chairs in the great Council of State and under the constitution the annexation Legislature had to fill them. For the first vacancy Mr. George R. Carter candidate. He is brother of Mr. Charles Carter, who went out with the Dole forces against the native revolution in 1895, and was the only killed Being the brother of the only martyr of the oligarchy Mr. Carter ex- pected to win hands down in the Legislature but he didn't. Mr. An Chi, Chinese gentleman Celestial from top to toe, smell of punk and nut oil and all, was presented as a candidate and elected over Mr. Carter. An Chi sits now in MT. Dole's Council of State and advises the President If Hawaii be an- nexed county of California may have him as member of Legislature, if the State of Hawaii come into the Union why may not Senator An Chi be sent to Washington
 Whether there is heaven not annexation seems to open up earth to this country in which there great spectacular possibilities, and not the least among them Is prospective fellow citizen, An Chi
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
PATRONAGE OF THE CHARTER

lHROFESSOR JORDAN of Stanford University l kDon being asked few days ago what he thought of the charter soon to be voted on by the people bof this city said:
 T believe that the chief cause of the failure of
 municipal government in the United States lies i'll the conversion of the public service into patronage to be distributed among personal favorites and partisan workers The proposed charter of San Francisco per petuates this condition of the distribution of patron age by individuals and ciques It, therefore, offers mighty little promise of reform either in effectiveness or n economy"
 Professor Jordan might have added to this a further fact. Not only does the proposed charter perpetuate the spos system of administering the municipal government, but it concentrates in the hands of one official (the Mayor) upward of So per cent of all the spos Every vestige of authority has been taken from the people. The patronage of every elective oce has been reduced the lowest possible point, and the patronage of every board or commis- sion appointed by the Mayor increased All political power has been centralized in Board of Public Works the Fire and Police commissions. These three bodies will expend nearly half the annual appro priatons.
 Those who intend to vote for the adoption of the charter on the 2oth instant should be advised of their responsibility It Is for the purpose of bringing home to the people realization of the danger of fastening
 
 suit in greater abuses than prevail under the solidation act that urge all intending voters to thoroughly consider the instrument In the nature of things 1t can make very little difference The Call whether the proposed charter is adopted not. This journal exist under any charter but the peo pie as mass vally interested If great politi- cal boss IS created here with unchecked powers the common people will suffer most The corporations and m1lllonalres will be able to take of them selves They always the last to feel the oppression of corrupt politics and maladministration.
 The proposed charter is the embodiment of cen tralization. Under centralized government it is always easy to put up jobs to rob the public The check of diverse interest is absent n an organization where one-nan power prevails Tn order to rule San Francisco completely, should the new charter be adopted it will only be necessary for the corporations bosses, mlionarcs and associated villanies gener- ally to combine on candidate for Mayor whom they have stripped of his powers in advance That men of character be found to head such combna- tons cannot be doubted Vide the blue-blooded Van Wyck of New York, the willing tool of Boss Croker
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13

continental powers can have to our talk Ing the Philippine Islands is difficult to understand. We must have coaling sta- tion in Asiatic waters, and we are entitled to seize Spanish territory to hold by way Of Indemnity. Russia, England and all the rest of our neighbors know well enough that we do not desire to annex islands off the Chinese coast, and there should not be any question of our bona fides in the Washington Times.
 To speak of the United States as an un- warlike nation is nonsense, unless it is meant that we do not make a business of war or maintain great armies and arma- ments at all times. But we have repeat edly demonstrated that our citizen sci- diery can be re cruited and mobilized in times to make it interesting for nations that have large standing armies. We do not keep vast standing armies but our people spring to arms when there is need with an alacrity that shows a strong and virile character that aspires with good reason to the hegemony of the world Louisville Courier-Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
OUR WOMEN PATRIOTS.

Editor of the San Francisco Call-Sir The spirit of patriotism so rife among the womei4 of our land, evidenced by their wearing on their breasts the national colorS in miniature form, is one Of the most hopeful auguries for the future of the nation. They cannot do the fighting, but the stamina and courage they impart to the sterner sex go far toward consti- tuting the latter in the field and on the sea invincible. It Is not enough to say, on the part of the cynical, that the wear ing of badges, so much in vogue to-day among the women, old, middle-aged and young of California and all other States of the Union, is due to their love of dis play and mania for adornment so inherent in their nature No, the cause of it lies deeper, and has it's source in a much more noble and ennobling passion. They re member the Maine,' and they also remem- Der how inoffensive women and children and ruthlessly butchered by Spain. and now that Uncle Sam has torn off the shackles that bound him and has entered the arena to battle for the cause Of hu- manity and to avenge the daStardly deed of treachery by the dons in assassinating 266 loyal, brave and unoffending American their hunks aboard the Maine as she rode at anchor in Havana harbor, the humane, tender-hearted, sympathetic matrons and maidens of the land rejoice that American manhood is at-last asserting itself to in hict righteous punishment upon the cruel Spaniards for all their latter-day barbar- ism, and to liberate from thraldom to Spanish tyranny the courageous, liberty seeking Cubans.
 This gladdens the hearts of our loyal mothers, wives and daughters, and they give outward expression to their feeling by wearing the badge of patriotism. All honor to them! and may the day speedily come when they shall be allowed to ex- ercise the highest right of American citi- zenship-the right of suffrage.
 JOHN AUBREY JONES.
 Fruitvale, Cal, May 12.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
HARD TIMES AND REVOLUTIONS.

Al ODERN students of the philosophy of his \ tory are virtually agreed that all revolutions, whether political or moral have been due to bad economic conditions more than to any dissats- faction with the politics or the morals whi h they oyerthrew. When crops are good wages abundant and the means of obtaining livelihood are within easy reach of a the average will endure almost anything rather than take the risk of revolt against the powers that be; but when hungry and homeless he ready to listen to the voice of the agtator and follow any leader who promises to overthrow the established order of things and make new deal
 We had illustration of the truth of this philosophy in I8oo when the hard times of the three previous years produced much discontent among
 the people that the professional calamity hower had audience in every city, town and village and when the desire of the people for change was so great that large numbers of them voted for what would have been financial and commercial revolution From example of what tendencies to revolt are brought out by hard times in country so pros porous as the United States and among people SO intelligent, 1t Is easy to estimate how IS the danger to European nations when a season of bad crops and wages happen to coincide with the dis cussion of some political or moral issue which d- vides into parties or classes.
 Europe is just going through such a crisis. Bread riots have occurred in Spain and in Italy, and in both countries the professional ag1tatOTS and lutonsts have taken advantage of them to ncte the people to revolt The situation is bad in Spain but in Italy. Although there is reason to be- lieve that the censorship of the press at Rome has suppressed much possible the truth of the ex- and degree of the riots in that country enough has been published to make it certain that insurrec- tions amounting almost to the dignity of civil war have broken out and the very integrity of tho king dom is threatened!
 The situation is the serious because there is every prospect that economic conditions throughout Europe will grow worse before they become better The wheat crop in all parts of the Continent To prevent further rise in the price of bread the French Government has suspended the duty the import of wheat. Germany not better off than France, and according to recent reports the crop in Russia is small that the Government of that coun try proposes prohibit the export of wheat in order that it may retain enough for its own reople.
 With such conditions prevailing and such prospects before workingmen the calamity howlers of Europe are having a season of triumph except where the strong hand of Government chokes them off. All manner of attacks being made against ex- isting social institutions. No nation in Continental Europe is free from them, and in all lands where the social fabric is not founded deeply the abiding sympathies of the people the danger of revolt and civil disturbance is menacing in the extreme.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
A SHARP FINISH.

JUST before General Fitzhugh Lee and the l oI American colony left Havana a correspondent asked British officer whom he met in that city for estimate of the probable duration of the ir- pending To this question the officer is reported to have replied, Tn my judgment it will take the United States thirty days to catch the Spanards and then the war will be finished in thirty minutes"
 From present prospects 1t looks if this off hand prediction would be fulfilled almost to the letter. We have already destroyed the power of Spain in the Pacific and frightened her Atlantic fleet from the seas. Our troops are ready for the descent upon Cuba Before thirty days from the date of the de- caration of shall have caught the Spanish forces in that island and then the war will be virtually over.
 The stars in their courses have fought against Spain. Economic distress has been more deadly to her than American guns, though handled by the bravest and most accurate gunners that went with modern battle-ship into action. The Spanish people already dissatisfied with the existing Govern ment, have been reused to deeper dscontent by the increase in the price of food and bread riots have dis turbed the Government as much as the dread of Carlist instruction republican revolts With no chance of winning victories to rouse the military pride of the people, the Queen and her Ministers hardly venture to risk battle land or sea- and will be glad to surrender every colony of Spain if 
 overthrow and the country from civil strife that will be very of extermination.
 Under such circumstances 1t is reasonable to pect that the end of the is near When 1t is we shall have to engage in the arduous and perpex- ing task of bringing order out of disorder in the former possessions of Spain which will then be in hands. That task will require much more time than the In Cuba and in the Philippines everything is in such confusion that if we should withdraw our forces at the result would be anarchy. We can- not in justice far shr responsibilities to the people of those islands to permit such outcome of destruction of Spanish power, and to that tent shall have problems of the fronting us for long time to come.
 Such affairs, however, are for the future and will be dealt with as each newly arising emergency qures For the present the issue is to settle with Spain as speedily as possible and put end to war. This is evidently ,what the administration aims at There is to be delay The finish will be short and sharp. The chances we shall celebrate the com ing Fourth of July with rejoicngs war which has been fought out and won leaving the people free to resume the industries and enjoy the benefits of peace.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
POSTAL INVESTIGATION.

C CONGRESSMAN LOUD took step which will | be gratifying to the whole country when he
 moved for the appointment of Congressiona Commission to make an exhaustive examination into the postal service. Such an examination has long been needed The postal deficit has been scandal for years past and since there IS much disagree the real cause of the evil and the best remedy to provide for it, the importance of the work to be expected of the proposed commission will be everywhere recognized.
 The subject is one with which the general public is by this time fairly familiar While the postal ser vices of Great Britain, France and Germany yield handsome surplus revenues to those countries ours is burden upon the national treasury instead of help. Two theories advocated in reference to the issue. According to the deficit is due mainly to abuses of the clause Of the law providing for second class mail matter, and according the other it due to excessive rates paid to railroads for transporting the mails
 Each of these theories has foundation in fact On all classes of mail except second class there is sur plus revenue, and 1t IS known that hundreds of tons of matter carried second class that Is not justly entitled to that privilege If this abuse were pre- vented there would be no deficit On the other hand there is large amount of evidence to support the assertion that the transportation rates are excessive and that if they reduced to rghtul figures the Government could continue to carry as second class matter all that it is carrying without having de- fcit at the end of the year.
 The discussion on the subject has been widespread and prolonged The commission proposed by Con gresSman Loud Is therefore one called for by public demand It IS time that all evidence on the subject should be gathered digested and reported so that some steps may be taken to put an end to condition of affairs which is not only wastefu of public money but discred to the business methods of the Govern ment
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-13
THE WAR AND THE EDITORS

The victory won in Philippine waters will endear the navy more than ever to the American people, give 1t a stronger claim for liberal treatment and insure It's writing another glorious page in Ameri- can history.-Philadelphia Press.
 'I can scarcely restrain my joyous emotions,' shouted the Spanish Minister of Marine when the first misleading dispatch was received from Manila And then Madrid was placed under martial law. Funny fellows, those Spaniards.- Chicago Times-Herald.
 Not having found 1t convenient In sev- eral years to say good word for any, body, the Hon. John James Ingalls, is moved by the Manila battle to acknowl- edge that Admiral Dewey is worthy of a place in history" Probably John James is getting lonesome.-Chicago Record
 'I see by the papers," said the Splendid Specimen of Western Manhood from Ne braska, that one F. Lee has been ap- pointed to a major generalship, but can't recall the man. There used to be Q Hung Lee in Lincoln, but they say this person comics from Virginia I will have to make inquiries. .''-Chicago Inter Ocean.
 Tn time of war the President is the United States in person, and accusations against him are treason. Treason. be- cause every word spoken which will weaken him personally will make obedi- ence to his orders more difficult to those who believe that word. and will thus weaken the power of the United States for it is the very keynote of our Govern ment that it derives it's power from the willing service of free men.-Syracuse Herald.
 What particular objection the European