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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
THE DU BOTS LIBRARY SALE.

A. the Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms No 233
fifh-ave.. last evening. the first portion of the IT,
brary OF Hcnri Pene Du Bots was sold The auc.
tioneer was William p. Norman In spite OF the
bad weather there was good attendance and fair
prices were realized for the majority the lots The
rest of the collection will he sold THIS evening" The
greater par, Of Mr.. Du Boiss books consisted OF
standard sets of we-known modern authors in
good bindings. hut there also a number OF
rare editions and several books bound bv cele-
brated binders including Petit Matthews and
Stikeman. Among the tra- illustrated books were
Hamerton's Etching and Etchers" and a history
Of Ensland fine edition Of Auduoons Birds"
and another OF the same authors "Quadrupeds'
also included in the collection with MIN her
OF facetia and colored engravings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
TIE RUSSIAN LOAN PROJECT.

AMERICAN CHARGE AT ST. PETERSBURG ACIiNd
UNDER HIS GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Washington. Dec. 20-The State Department
knows nothing of the reported overtures through
Mr. Pierce. the American Charge d'Afaires at 81
Petersburg for the placing OF a considerable sum
NJ money I'm Russian bonds through the WINS syn
dictate 1t is presumed that If any such tender has
hsor made Mr. Pierce is simply acting under his
general instructions 10 lose no opportunity 10
facilitate American financial and mercantile opera
lions in that quarter Of the world Beyond tnat
noin, il is said. this Government cannot consul
iuiionally proceed. matter now well dlsposed IL
might be to return the magnificent tender mace ny
Russia several years ago OF s2Nvo"o IN eoIo
bullion to aid the United States Treasury IN sup
aeoA I'D
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
MIR. BLISS WILL RESIGN.
HE MAKES A POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
HOPES TO RETIRE ON JANUARY !.

HE MAKES A POSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT
HOPES TO RETIRE ON JANUARY l.
Washington. Dec. 2O-Severil Western Sena-
tors. including Mr.. Nolcott. OF Coloiado' MT.
Spooner OF Wisconsin. and MIR. Warren OF
Wyoming. to-day urged Secretary Bliss to re-
main In the Cabinet, but the Secretary replied
that he would not reconsider his determination
and hoped the President would select his sue
cessor soon. as he wishes to be able to retire on
January l.
MIR. Bliss was positive in declining to recon
slider his action. but said that II the fresioenl
should be Unable to select his successor IN the
mean time he might remain a week or 80 longer
though he was anxious that the new year should
mark his return to private life. He said that
his business cares we'll as his health com
PEELED relief from the strain 10 which he Is SUD-
tected in administering his Department lie
intimatod that no one had yet been CHOSEN 10
succeed him. He had intended to keep thr
resignation a secret, ana that the announcements
of his retirement and the apr continent or sue
cessor should be made simultaneously
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
ADMIRAL SAMPSON HONEWARD BOUND.

COMMODORE PHILIP LEFT IN COMMAND OF THE
AMERICAN NAVAL FORCES AT HAVANA
Washington Dec. M-The Navy Department Is
advised Of the sailing Of Admiral Sampson on MS
hacsh!p the New-York. for New-York. Commo-
dore Philip on the Texas will be the commaho'ns
officer OF the American naval forces at Havana bv
virtue OF his seniority. but Admiral Sampson re-
,sins command of the entire North Atlantic sta
ZION II is MS purpose. arriving In the unlteu
States 10 rest for weeks, the first time ne WI!
have had the opportunity for n year and hall ~
is not expected that the Admiral VIII return 10
Havana as the Evacuation Con mission Will nave
com Melted it's work before the first or the wear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
TO INCREASE THE NEWARK'S SPEED

washington, Dec 30 (SpeciaD-The Nava, Roar,
on construction has decided to Ieng,hen the
. .~a OF the cruiser Newark-whch now OK
shp-by the addition OF eighteen foe, S,n,o '',a'
cfeases nave been made in the chimneys OF mos,
ob,e enc "srsnps In the last or two with The
StgHa,r Va securing much greater draupb, q n9
nsner speed without recourse 70 rho u aer ana
~ ne ae or the Objectionable forced dramS
han ba. oosts are 100 feet in height no, vi M, III"
superstructure. however. above the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
A CARELESS ENGINEERS SENTENCE.

Dedham. Mass, Dec. 20.-As primarily RESPONSE
bic for the death OF Franklin W. Waters In the
railroad accident at Sharon last August. in which
five persons Killed and many others injured
Daniel W Getchell. engineer convicted Of man
slaughter, was sentenced by Judge Sherman In the
Superior Court this afternoon 20 two years hard
labor in the House Of Correction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
THE MARI4 TERESA GOING TO PIECES

According to mail advices received here yesterday
from Nassau y. P. the stranded cruiser Maria
Teresa has broken In just aft Of the after funnel
The forward part remains fast the reef. but the
after part has moved into deeper water where II
lies entirely submerged. at low water The
weather has been hoisterous. and the wreck is rap
idly breaking 10 pieces under the blows OF the tre-
mendous surf that at times swallows II Of sight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
To SEARCH FOR TIE PORTLAND.

Boston. Dec. 2o.-Mr Lscomb. general manager
Of the Portland and Boston Steamship Company
has gone TO New-York for consultation with inter
ested persons with regard TO instituting a search
for the hull Of the steamer Portland. which was
lost off Cape Cod on November 81 with all on
board. This action on the part Of the company Is
said 10 have been prompted by the fact that prl.
waite persons have the matter OF undertaking the
work under consideration II the company does not
care 10 take IL UT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
THE CINCINNATI NOT DAMAGED.
CAPTAIN CHESTER REPORTS TO THE NAVY
DEPARTMENT on THE GROUNDING
OF THE CRUISER.

Washington. Dec Ca brief cable dispatch was
received at the Navy Department today from Cap
tain Chester. of the cruiser Cincinnati, at Santi-
ago stating that the ship had gone aground IN the
soft mud az the entrance TO the harbor there. but
that she had been pulled off and was found not 10
be damaged. Whether there will be an official in
vestigation into the accident by the Navy Depart
ment will depend the nature Of the detailed re-
port which Captain Chester is required 10 make to
the commander -in-chief OF the station. Admiral
sampson. but from the fact that there IS no ac-
curata chart Of Santiago HarbOr and vicinity there
may be inquiry. This lack OF data respecting
the harbors is to the entire south coast or
Cuba Under the Spanish regime rear.y az the
commerce Of this coast was carried IN small yes
sells drawing so little water that careful surveys
Of harbors were unnecessary, and one OF the iirst
duties imposed the Hydrographic once VIII be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

washington Dec. Coin the Senate yesterday the
Ncerresloent announced the committee on the
centennial celebration OF the establishment OF the
city OF Washington the capital Of the Nation -.
Laurin. Clay and Turley ~ '"'on' NC
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
TALK OF JOHN MURRAY MITCHELL.

WASHINGTON. Dec 90 (SpeciaD.-"Are you acquain'-
ed with Secretary Bliss's successor" asked Repre-
sentative Bennett of Brooklyn. OF Tribune CORE
spondent to-day.
IL do not know" was the reply.
"Veu there no sits" said Mr. Bennett. indcat-
ing CONGRESSMAN John Murray Mitchell, who occn,
Md an ADJACENT seat New York IL solid for HIM
added Mr.. Bennett, and MI Mitcne dlu no. "pPoo'
10 regard the statement as less than serious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
RECESS RESOLUTION ADOPTED

Washington, Dec. 20The Senate to-day adopted
me house resolution 10 adjourn from tomorrow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21

fury Club last night at it's meeting In Del monicoe
There was large attendance The speakers were
the Rev. Thomas r. Slicer and Bronson Howard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
NINETEENTH CENTURY CLCB MEETING

The Moral Ministry OF the Stage was the sub
ject OF the discussion before the Nineteenth Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21

Washington Dec. 2O.-The following Army ana
Navy orders have been issued
ARMY
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

ten inches inches high and q moderate
IL good stand, the first week in May. /
put manure made during the winter,
well composted, under the corn. ]
nearly doubled my previous corn crcp.
At the last plowing Of the corn sowed
the land in peas among thee These
with the stalks well cut up we're replowed
under as soon as the corn was housed,
and after being well narrowed twice
Was drilled in wheat HereI got about
10 bushels to the acre, an increase of
100 per cent. The stubble was then
ploWed under and soWed down in COW
peas and fertilized as before, and /
have gotten about 10 bushels of peas
per acre, and the vines are now on the
ground thick and heavy, ready to be
plowed under this spring for cotton
again, and If I do not push bale to the
acre very close shall be greatly
disappointed.
An early maturing cotton is best for
this section. The King and the Peter
kin are preferred. All the seed not
used in feeding to the cattle are used in
the compost for the corn. We keep no
cattle except for home use, and milk
and butter for the family, but expect
to increase them as the land fills with
hunnus, and can cut the vines to feed.
The cost of raising cotton with me diff.
fers every year. have made it when
have no, doubt it cost me1O cents, and
I have not yet reached the point that ]
do not believe it costs me at least 2
cents. do not hire at all, and hence
have no cheap labor to depend upon.
We do our own work. AS for tenant
labor, think the country would be
better off without it. They ought to
be taught to buy home and improve
it. There is land all over this county
that can be bought for s. per acre, that
could be improved and made good
homes. Before closing I want to say
that cotton should have thorough
cultivation every ten or twelve days.
And while you make cotton as a money
crop, be sure to make every thing that
you use on the farm, as nearly as you
can. These are NY sentiments figured
out in the sweat Of my brow and be-
lieve good for every poor man in North
Carolina and many in other States
throughout the Union.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
FEED THE LAND AND IT WILL
FEED YOU.

The Importance of having the great
est possible quantity of manure is gen
orally understood by farmers, even
when they fail to give proper attention
to the matter. Every crop taken from
the land, every pound Of meat sold
from the farm, represents an ascer-
tanned amount of fertility withdrawn.
And none will deny that we cannot
continue to draw from the soil without
making returns any more than we can
draw on the bank without making de
posits. The best blooded COW ever
stabbed could not furnish rich milk
upon diet Of straw.
Now the bank that never fails and
cannot be broken, is Nature. and if we
make the necessary deposits OF fertiliz
ing matter into soil, we can be sure Of
getting back the principal with good
interest. A good crop Of wheat say
% bushels-has taken out of the soil in
the form of straw about Is pounds
nitrogen, % pounds of potash and 10
pounds of phosphoric acid in the form
of grain 81 pounds nitrogen, 81 pounds
potash and IL pounds phosphoric acid,
making total drain of 43 pounds
nitrogen, 81 pounds potash and % 4
pounds phosphoric acid. It will take
three tons of good unleached barnyard
manure to restore those elements TO the
soil. Our richest soils cannot endure
such drains for many years without
showing it. Our uplands have to q
great extent been 80 impoverished that
it will cost the value of the land to re-
store them to their original vigor, and
our wonderful bottoms, although fre
quently enriched by f 0ods and clover,
do not yield as heavy as when they
were new. When farmers pay as much
attention to raising the highest quality,
it will be a comparatively easy matter
to raise premium crops. Feed your
land and it will feed you.-Agricul
tural Epitomist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
PRIZE ESSAY ON "IMPROVING A
POOR FARM IN COTTON"

Mr.. w. T. Cutchin, of SEanly county,
who has written some interesting ar
ticles for THE PRoGRE: sIvE FARMER
won the second pliz9 for best essays in
the special cotton edition of the Prac
tical Farmer. of Philadelphia. The
article is as follows:
I have often read in the papers of the
wonderful success of some one here
and there in certain crops, and I felt
like saying that it was either false
hood, or it was some one who spent
more than he could possibly make in
order to win a priz9.o or get little no.
toriety. believe there is more or less
of both often published. There is, how
ever, something about the majority OF
the articles in the 2. r. which indicates
practice, experience and reliability. Ii
know anything about the cotton crop
and how to make that crop success,
no small amout of aid has been received
through the P. f. Ny first efforts here
only brought me about one bale to three
acres Myl and was poor, and ! wondered d
what to do, as cotton went down TO
five cents. I Iresolved to begin rotation
and planting Iegumes. IsoWed piece
OF stubble land in COW peas, and fertl
lied them with equal parts of kainit
and acid, at about 800 pounds per acre.
Here I picked about 10 bushels Of peas
per acre, left the vines on the land un
til spring, then prepared and planted
in cotton about April 20sh. gave it
the usual cultivation, and at the last
ploWing, August 15sh, sowed it in Grim
som clover. gathered half bale to
the acre without the use of any fertih-
zer. The next spring ploWed under
the clover, which was about eight or
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
Bay City, Texas.
KAINIT AND MURIATR AND SUI
PHATR OF POTASH.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
Kainit has now become indispensable
for the farm by reason Of the large per
centage of potash contained, being
about 10 per cent. We formerly relied
on wood ashes for potash, which con
tain only about per cent
Kainit also contains about S3 per
cent. Of chlorine common SALT, and is
Of value I'm retaining moisture.
Muriate end sulphate OF potassz oen
tain each about 80 per cent. of potash
and can be proftably employed where
freight is an object. The former con
TOMS chlorine and should not be used
in growing certain crops, such as to-
bacco for smoking purposes, Irish po
tatoes and few others Both (muriate
and sulphate) are manufactured from
kainit.
By reference to the advertisement of
Bro. T. B. Parker, s B. A, we do not
find kainit or the above products there
of advertised for sale.
Sometime back an acquaintance, at
my suggestion, wrote desiring a ton of
kainit. He received in answer, ''None
on hand" nor was he told where he
could procure. I call attention to this
matter and hope it will be properly
amended. The Sub Agencies do not ap
pear to keep it.
Farmers should procure acid phos
phate and kainit DIRECT and do their
own compounding to as great an extent
as possible.
BRYAN TYSON.
Long Leaf. N, G..
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22

descended from a strain of vine which
habitually bore numerous email, unde-
sirable tubers.
Because of the tendency of potatoes
to vary under cultivation, and because
such variations tend to run into certain
strains, some valuable and others COM
paratively vRlueless, il is evident that
the selection of proper tubers for plant.
ing is the first essential to culture.
This selection should be done in the
field at digging time. and should be
made from those hills which produce
potatoes Of the form and character de.
sired.
AS to how the selection should be IN
dertaken in the field, the work and OBJ
servations of this bulletin are not di.
rectly applicable, other than to the ex-
tent that it was observed that the
characteristics of the vines were vari-
able with the different strains. This
would indicate that the vines may pos
sibly become valuable index to proper
selection. Furthermore, in making
selection for purposes Of plant improve
ment, it is always best to take into con
sideration the entire aspect Of plant
rather than the single feature desired.
In planting equal weight pieces from
small and large tubers Of the same
vine, there will not be a sufficient diff
ference in favor of one or the other size
Of potatoes to be noticeable under far m
methods, provided all are normally
mature.
J. l.. LADD.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
FROM FLORIDA.
Something About Bees and Honey.


Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
WEWAHITCHKA, Fla, March 8, so.
] left Goldsboro, N. O., on the 10 m.
train February 26, 1898, for this point,
travelling over the Coast Line System.
| come through Charleston, s. c., Sa-
vannah, Waycross and Dupont, Ga ,on
to Chattahoochee, Fla, there I took
steam mail boat for Wewahitchka,
arrived here Monday at a. M. after
stop over of 8 hours Sunday at Du
pont, Ga.
After leaving Wilson, N. c., was
struck with the rapid improvements
that were going on along the line Espe
cially is this true of the State of Geor
gia. The most beautiful little towns,
villages and cities are to be found along
the lines Of the Plant Railway system
Valdosta, Ga., a city of 1O, 900 or 12,
inhabitants, (it appeared to be from the
cars) is remarkably fine city, the
land in that vicinity is clay subsoil and
near the top of the ground, while the
surface is ligk2t anasRndy, just the soil
for trucking, and the country roads
crossing the railroads to be seen are
extra coed
Q altman, Ga is another very pretty
thriving city. Then Thomasville, Ga, !,
is still another, and seemed to be the
hone of the pears, from the number of
trees to be seen.
Wewahitchka, in Calhoun county,
Fla, is located near the Chipola river
and lakes, and is about 10 miles inland
from the Gulf of Mexico. Here we get
the cool, balmy, salt air of the Gulf all
summer. The country will average as
thIckly settled in this vicinity as is
North Carolina; the people are kind
and hospitable; land is eheap-$5 TO S.
per acre. The people are not so indus
trious in farming as they are in North
Carolina.
Bee keeping, did you asks Yes, thou,
sands Of hives; it is the land of milk
and honey; I haven't seen anything
sssag-~ Set. On Eere Keeping lees
for Mr.. Alderman; have charge of
three apiaries of 80, 129 and S46 colonies
respectively, located along the Chipola
river; from the one containing 129 Col
onies to the 346 colonies it is four miles
South; from the 129 coIonies to the so
colonies it is eight miles N Jrth, in a
range Of 15 miles along the Chipola
river, including the apiaries work,
there are 2. 566 colonies that I know of.
Nearly every thing runs for extracted
honey. Mr.. Alderman made 88 barrels
of honey last season. This honey here
is much finer favored than in North
Carolina; it is so mild. The Tupelo
honey weighs 10 pounds to the gallon
when new and will not granulate with
age, is very fine. The thermometer for
past week at a. m. has stood about
46.
Melons planted and up, trees all
blooming out and leaves coming too.
Will write again.
Respectfully,
ABBOTT L. EWINsON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
a BARNARD COMPOST HAP.

My ideal barnyard, and one which
we have used for several years, adioins
the cattle and horse barns and is two
feet deeper in the center than at the
sides. The depression is large enough
to hold the liquid excrement and the
water after after q rainfall without
overfowing. In this place cuttings
Of weeds, grass, tender shrubs and
briars from the roadside, along fences,
bitches and waste places, leaves and
shade trees, potato, tomato, bean and
pea vines, corn stubs, old papers, rags,
cuttings Of fruit and vegetables, dead
poultry, dead dogs. Useless and dead
horses and cattle are worth more than
fertilizer manufacturers pay for them.
When buried in the heap and covered
with horse manure or soil, offensive
odors are absorbed. Sweepings from
macadam or Telford roads, the pulver-
ized rock from the new magnet iron
process, may add to our fertilizing ma
terial.
When vines, stubs. ETC., or crops
sown for the purpose are ploWed in
where they grew, the poor spots Of the
field get the least benefit and the rich
places the most, but when putting On
compost we reverse the order. To Off
set the cost Of transportation to and
from the compost heap, we have better
plowing and working. Weed seeds
and insect pests which would live over
in the field are drowned, crushed or
terminated to die in the compost. The
vegetable matter is worth, at fertilizer
prices, about five to eight dollars per
dry ton and clean roadsides and farm
as much more, 80 that it doubly pays
to keep compost heap,
The ground should first be plowed
and the compost spread on and mixed
with the surface soil. In taking out
compost, I commence at the highest
corner and throw back all coarse ma.
terial for new heap. Working the
fine compost in the surface soil gives
to the rootlets the food as the rain dis
solves it, It also serves as mulch I'm
conserving moisture by preventing
rapid evaporation; but coarse material
plowed in deeply prevents the rise Of
capillary moisture during dry weather
and increases the injury from drouth.
The general practice in market garden
ing is to open burrows and place the
manure in, and plant seeds or set plants
on or above the manure. Believing
this to be wrong, planted peas and
potasoes in the furrows and set plants
in the soil with the manure above the
seed and rootlets, and had from 10 to
80 per cent. more product with the ma
nure above. The drier the season, the
greater the difference. By this method
I have cleaner and more fertile farms,
better crops, fewer weeds and insect
pests, better reputation and more
pleasant and peaceful home. Rodolfus
Bingham, New Jersey, in American
Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-22
ARTIGHOKRS.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
RoBERTsoNvILLE, n. O.,
March ~ 1898
Long Leaf, N. 9.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
ROBERTsONVILLE, n. O.,
March II, 1898
Your paper comes to me regularly
and is a valuable help to me in my
work. ] see the papers and farmers
are all in the artichoke. I have grown
them for my hogs for the last five years
and can say they are healthy hog food.
Plant them in good ground and they
will yield, from three to five hundred
bushels to the acre. I plant about the
f1rat-of April.
Plow your ground deep and furrow
out with shovel plow, make the rows
four feet apart and drop the pieces 18
or 90 inches apart. Get me say here
if you plant too thick, like potatoes,
they will do no good You cultivate
as you would potatoes; two or three
plowings are sufficient; they will not
do TO harvest before the middle Of 0c
tober. You can turn in the hogs Or
feed to them, which ever you
prefer. I would rather turn the hogs
in and let them harvest the crop, or
you can dig them and pile in handy
place to feed through the winter. Now
don't think it will take eight or ten
bushels to plant an acre, as the cata
logues tell you, for they have so many
eyes that four bushels will plant an
acre the distance have described.
think they ares good cholera medicine
as we can get.
NY neighbor not two hundred
yards away has lost all of his hogs this
winter. have not had @ sick one. !
believe all farmers should grow them
and once tried they will always be
planted. have no seed TO sell.
Yours.truly,
DICK KULP.