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Rice.

The interest in this crop is growing
rapidly and the prospect is now good
for large acreage in rice this year.
Our farmers are beginning to real
ize that in this cereal they have crop
that year in and year out can be de-
pended upon both for money crop
and for home consumption. 1t has as
nearly a fixed value as any product
can have and value that will be
maintained in spite of increased pro-
duction because of the steady in
crease in it's use.
The experience of last year made
many converts for rice. The drouth
of the last spring practically Destroy
ed the corn crop and cut off two
thirds of the potato crop. Necessity
drove farmers to seek som ething to
fill tGle gap and they found it in rice.
This crop grows al through the rainy
season and fourishes under the steady
down pour of rains when other crops
are dIlLiOSC uIISu. IL 10 ICnuJ W hoI
vest soon after the rains cease max
ing it an exceptionally desirable crop
in this particular and the yield is any
where from twenty to sixty bushels
to the acre controlled largely by Gull
tivation ard the quality of the lanh
cultivated, the average being in the
neighborhood of forty bushels to the
acre on fair land. The cost of Guilt
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Good Points of the Kieffer Pear.

No specimen of fruit in al, cata
l0gues has been pondered over so
much DIS this variety of pear. | have,
within the past five years. sought adj
vice from an eminent authority in re-
lation to this pear, with winch to fill
out promiscuousiy block of orchard
Of Anjou pears, and language was
hardly sufficient to express his praises
less than three years [ was astOnished
to hear this same authority at the
Western New York Horticultural So
ciety affirm that it was his candid
opinion that the country had enough
of them already planted. SO much for
taking everybody's advice, and then
using your own common sense, in
making UP bin of fare to suit your
own circums tances and conditions I'M
der which you are working. This
same authority to whom l have allud-
cid has said since marketing this
years crop of pears that this pear has
made them more money than any
other variety.
This pear, it would seem improves
in quality as the trees advance in age,
because in all western New York l
believe it is the genr!ai condition Of
affairs that this fruit has been unusu-
ally fine. both in size and color.
While it would perhaps be some
what misleading to direct an article
as eNtolling this pear too highly, L
believe at the same time it is worthy
of a degree of recognition, because
much has been said against it in the
way of poor flavor, or no flavor at all;
but much of this has been caused, L
am sure, by not taking the proper
precautions or undersda nding the
conditions under which this fruit ar
rives at it's best and as these things
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are coming to be understood, I am
certain that this variety of pear is
growing in favor.
Indeed, have just had the pleasure
of listening to one of the most emf
nent horticulturists of this country,
Professor Bailey, of Cornell, give his
opinion that the Kieffer pear, like the
Baldwin and Benz Davis apples, has
come to be the worlds fruit; and this
was the more encouraging because
he had arrived at his conclusions from
studying the markets of Germany,
France and EngEa nd the past summer.
Those markets, he says, are fast
learning to want our fruits, and they
most strongly desire fruit that
comes in good condition, and that
stays wei. after having arrived. These
markets, Professor Bailey says, are
supplied in an individual. way, as each
producer in those countries has his in
dividual markets to supply, and does
not go beyond that, thus practically
leaving the open markets at the mer-
cy of our fruits; and he says they
want all our Kieffer pears. A'nis state
ment will, | am certain, somewhat
buoy up those who have banked, if
only in a small way, on this fruit, and
will perhaps be the means of reveal
ing the fact that one will not go
wrong in putting out block of Kief-
fer pears.
AS have touched only on the shady
side of this subject, it might be we'll
to give a few reasons to sustain the
faith that is within me. First, the
Kieffer will thrive on almost any soil;
and if kept well cultivated, will bear
the second year after planting. 1t is
a strong, straight grower, and never
blights. To this may be added the
fact that it is almost insect-proof, as
Slugs, pear psylla, canker-worms Or
what-not give it wide berth, which
of Itself should prove a great induce
ment, when spraying has reached such
proportions in connection with all
other fruits. 1t also hangs Wei, and
no loss is sustained in this way, which
is a great relief, especially to one who
has been producing those varieties
which loosen and drop easily. Being
firm in texture, it makes a good pear
to use In the culinary department for
pckling.--Country Gentleman.
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walton on new land last year was
about $3.50 per acre and this expense
was more than met by the straw so
that the rice was clear profit.
The success of the progressive farm
ers who experimental last year with
rice is acting as lelaven ON the whole
farming community of this county.
We hear men in all directio will
try the crop this year on greater or
less scale as their Hand and means at
their command Will admit.
They are going at it in the right
way to win success and to make the
ventures profitable, namely, by hold
ing on to the old crops, the corn, po-
tatoes, sugar, peas, the old staple
crops that insure ''hog and hominy."
They can, with almost no additional
expense and Ia Dor, add another valu-
abe product to The output of the
farm, one that now and almost al
ways has in the past been left to GO
to waste and that is hay from the
crab and crowfoot grass that springs
up and grows so abundantly over all
the fields as soon as the crops are laid
by. This one item will keep many do
lars at home that now go to the farm
ers of the northwest who have the
smartness to save their grass to sell to
their less provident neighbors.
But to return to the rice again. For
more than two centuries it has been
staple crop of South Carolina, the
annual product has been in the neigh
borhood of 35,OOO,OOO pounds, the COM
bined crop of all the rice producing
section of the United States has an
nually approached 15O,OOO,OOO pounds
and yet THE supply has been so far
short of the demand that we annually
import 1OO,OOO,OOO pounds from China,
India, Hawaii and other countries.
These facts should stimulate it's pro-
duction at home, the fact that our
Eand is perfectly adapted to the crop,
that it can be cheaply and easily made
and that the market is ready ait hand
ought to be inducement enough to
encourage every farmer to plant rice.
fernando county ought to supply
at least 100000 bushels towards Gov
ering the existing deficit and why not
do it? One hundred thousand bush
els of rice raised and marketed means
100000 good American dollars for 81
per buslhel rough has been the aver
age price for years. Put the outside
cost of production, harvesting, ship
ping and selling at so per cent and 1T
still leaves fifty thousand dollars clear
profit, "a very neat sum to turn into
the pockets of the farmers of Herman
do county.-Brooksville News-Regls-
ter
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feet one, because portions about the
edges and angles of stalls will not be
tramped and SLOWLY become dry. The
second method, bo dry the manure
promptly and keep it dry, is "a difficult
thing in practice TO do. Cleaning out
stalls daily and scattering the manure
thinly under shelter lis about all that
is practicable on this line. But whilst
the drying is going on fermentation
is also progressing and more or less
loss of ammonia always occurs. Now
the experiments to which we alluded
were directed to the ascert tanning the
amount of loss under these conditions.
AS already stated, some loss occurs
under both conditions. Manure accu-
mulated in the stalls under the ami
mails was found 10 lose about 13 per
cent of it's nitrogen. IF left in the
stalls for four weeks after animals
ceased to occupy them the loss rose
to over 80 per cent of the total III
trogen. The obvious lesson is that the
manure should be taken directly from
under the animals and applied at once
to land, or put in compost pens if the
stalls are SO full ais to demand empty
ing. When manure was thrown out
into covered heaps from time to time,
very common practice, the loss of
nitrogen was over SO per, cent. When
thrown out into an uncovered heap,
the weather being cloudy and rainy,
the loss was only a shade greater,
thus emphasizing the Importance Of
keeping manure very moist, if it can
not be thoroughly dried at once. Con-
slider the magnitude of these losses
over one-third of the total nitrogen.
one of the most valuable and costly
constituents of manure. When accu-
mulated in the stalls the loss Of nitro,
gen is approximately one-third oH'T
of that when manure is thrown out
into heaps. The stall plan is obvious
ly the better of the two. But stalls
are apt to get so full as to raise lie
animals inconveniently high. To OBJ
viate this in part the floor of the stall
may be dug out foot or so. Even
Wi tn this done the accumulav zion may
be SO great as to require emptying
of the stalls twice year, and one Of
the emptyings may occur when one is
not ready to apply manure to land. In
such case it has to be put in heaps,
and the modes of arresting fermenta-
ton and loss in these are to be couSld-
cred. Having the heap firmly trodden
and thoroughly moist are the prime
fundamental conditions. Moisture
and compactness exclude air more or
less and fermentation proceeds slow
ly. During this slow fermen tation
moderate quantities of carbonic acid
are generated and remain in the com
pact mass, and when this acid lis pres
ent ammonia does not escape. How
the acid prevents it's escape is not very
clear, but experiments indicate it very
decidedly. Another mode of diminish
ing loss of ammonia is by addition of
certain substances to the manure,
either whilst 1T is being accumulated
in the stalls or being put in heaps.
Land plaster has long been used fHr
this purpose, and when the manure
is thoroughly wetted it works very
well. Kainit answers a similar pur-
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THE FINANCES OF CUBA.
ISLAND MORE THAN sELF-SusTAININH
Under UNITED STATES OCCUPATioN'
LEY rrLEnRArn 70 rnE TnInINt.I


Washington. Aug 1.-THE war D'p'' "'',',
made public to-day an unusually h'eI'S'i"s
statement Of the financial condition OF the IS'
and ~ cuba The statement shows Na' UNI.
tho occunation OF the United states Government
rho recelnts Of the island from January J. l''''
70 June 80 Of the current year eXceeu,n 'i''
expenditures by the handsome sum al Fi'''''
OF %.
This viii doubtless prove a surprise 10 'ne u"
Informed. as I'm some quarters the susp'c'o" 10
existed that. cuba under the military oc'up"-
ton Of the United states was not seH-suS'''"
Inc. In the period named the receipts ro'" "'
sources were G0S2 90 20, and the disours'-
ments were $5,501,9SS y.
II may he interesting 10 kno" IN "ha' "''
ton this large amount OF money has pee" u'S
bursed To begin WITH %L13"l+ ~ was 'A'
ponded in sanitation. 500 2G3 0G in the erection
and Improvement ~ barracks and quarters
S1433,,3 10 fin the establishment etc. Oh INV
Rura, Guard and administration, XZ'""'t = ""
nublic works. harbors and forts. N-'L.NNI % "''
charities and hospitals. %}i2.li6 ol for clNH gov
eminent S7252Si IS on municipalities. $50
l4O3 i'm aid Of the destitute. and S42-" ~ J"
quarantine matters Total S4,44G924 20
Scarcely less important and interesting ina"
the above Is the statement for july This SHOWS
,ho+ the customs collections in the entire island
,or r,l,, alone were 81 pol .j31 3D. internal rev
e,,,a collections S5G.3G1 30, postal collections
S15OO0. miscellaneous collections. STAB 100 T.
Grand total Of receipts for the month. $l3'''-
2o4 2N. disbursements 5000 SII -.
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charges thus reducing ma'eI'a'' Wv
of taxation upon the citizens. GOD
-. ,,o~,,ore have been considerably a'nus''
..o 90, contradiction which was give" ~
- .,ortorlv report Of the Commissioner
W. Snnrlv 10 Commissioner HoIahan -,
$50 that the city must have more ""'''
o,co Another fat contradiction. IL now
e Given 10 Mr.. butcher 10y another reP'''
cav Mr. Dalton. Mr.. butcher IN MS 'VP'S ~
NJ color and trying to combat the many So
,oosore why the city should not buy water '''''
any private corporation sao' ..,.o,, ,,,ter
r. MANY, wears Ncw-York has taken water
Nv. contract from the city of NonK'IS' anu '''
Gov a. 12 cents per 100 cubic feet. Nhl'H
~ STA a million gallons ana S''' '' ,oc-
,,oo,le for 20 cents per lO cumc le'. W =.
a million gallons. and understand ''"'
are eleven private companies HO" ,.t.,,
-. c,t,. limits The city has. ! am '''"' '','1'
t-..,.,..,,o contracts with these companies
.,,,,. % tbo,n Of long standing. Inc o"Je,
=. oh+oicirg water by contract from private
cornnarv has 10 force in this instance
rArTov AN AWKWARD ALLY
patton made a report on one OF these p''a"''
Companies. which was printed IN Inc O'''
ord" ON April last and in IL be says
The large territory of the bor'ueH W
I'm, which lies east of the Bronx River anu
includes the former VILLAGES on ~ the
Ivost Chester and Wakefield ana par ~. no
.o,rr a. Pelham receives its water li'''
Nev.-York and WestchesteI wafer OOiiI'. T
under contracts made by the late loN" '''U
1are authorities which Will not tApne ~, ,ai
O. 49, tb.,. are terminated earlier 10y IeF"l
1,,,,oass or otherwise. The plant ana scr ~
this company are entirety l"'Qvi ' cr,,1rlaints
recruitment lis constantly receiving CoInp.ainII3
tlr.sf fff 81
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NEGRO on THE WlRPlTH.
HE sLAsHEs TWO WHITE MEN AND DEF1Es
A MOB TO ATTACK HIM

HE SIASHES TWO WHITE MEN AND pEFIES
MOB TO ATTACK HIM
because white man iu the Kaiucs law hotel at
No lss Blocker So Ind.sorcctly remarked a-t night
that every ulgger ln Georgia ought 90 be- lyu.hod
James Wilson. thlrty-,ieht years DID, Of SO. l3
West Third-st d coiorcd man. then and there with
all the vigor he had. cnlcavorel 90 wipe ont such
portion Of tho white happened 20 Doe present
some ten men and TWO women.
james quickly discovered that Doe was lighting
against TOO great odds. particularly as De had no
weapon. fee was thrown into the street and th"
incident was thought To- Dee closed. Wilson rushed
home. and securing his razor. returned 10 get
vengeance for himself and hts race. Breaking into
the baTrOom Ike an angry bull Dee began 10 slash
night and left Every one that could DO so got out
Gustave Ehrmann. thirty-two years old. o. 80 %
Chryste-st., received fOur-inch slash in the
breast Nathan Greenstein OF No l55 Beeck er-si .
was uuWlse enough 10 try 90 persuade wilson 20
stop his murderous work. and falling ln this,
thought hc would disarm the fellow. He caught
me razor blade iu his right hand ana -FOUR myers
were almost severed Wilson then ran into the
street with crowd OF half hundred az his heels
crowd growing larger and more ugly as he ran.
lie was surrounded 10 West Thrd-at, but backing
against d building De dcncd The mob
Bricks began 90 hy. and one bit him on tle head.
knocking him down. Tn trice he was dl4diWtd'
and 10 would have been sOrrOWful day iol the
negro had not several policemen and detectives
from the Mercerst police station just then arrived
They dispersed the mob and took Wilson, cut and
bleeding 10 the station
He Expressed regret that the men he had In
fured would not die and declared his intention ~
ever defending the "Cullud folks from white trash i
insults
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1ooKING ARnrND EoR rRANsroRrs.
THINKS He SAW 4 UrRDEP.
A MAN SAYS a NEGRO STRUCK A WOMAN |
N SALEM. y j.. AND THREW HER
BODY INTO A STREAM


salem. y J., Aug 27-Thc authorities here
are struggling with what is thought 90 Doe a
murder mystery They do not know who the
murdered person was nor who the murderer
is. They have not even an unidentified body
to start with az a Glow. The detectives worked
all night and to-day in trying % find body. II
murder was committed q woman was killed.
and her body is probably In the creek some
where near the railroad bridge. AS y,t Ir has
not been located.
John Wood prominent resident of 'hr city.
al midnight last night says he say negro
strike "A woman the head with "a ouh THE
woman fell and Mr. Wood Says tu. man
dragged her 20 the railroad bridge over the
creek Whether the woman was white ur black.
Mr Wood doesn't know M. Wood hurrcl
away % give the alarm, and Chief WadljuRtYu
and Detective Carney began AN invest eatlun.
They found blood ou the railroad bridge and
also some hair from Uomau's head. They
could not find The woman OF thc man who struck
her down. II is believed the body was thrown
into the creek from the bridge and carried down
stream Efforts were made 10 locate tho body On
the creek to-day but they failed This work
win be- resumed tomorrow morning
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FlRurRS' CONGRESS- 10 MEET ~ BoSToY.

Boston, Aux 1.-The National Farmers congress
Will meet in this ,it, October 90 o. and the local
committee OF Arrangements Is planning the details
of tn. entertainments tnc Legislature having mhdo
an appropriation for that purpose The Congress is
made 1852 of deltgAfcs from the various states uii
IN, Governors are now making the appointments
THIS the first time the congress has ever met IA
New I'm gland and large attendance BE- expected.
Ex-Governor Hoard OF Wisconsin Is president OF
the congress and John VI. stahl OF Chicago iS SEQ
Tetary.
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rrtRS or YELLOW FEVER ~ ORIz4Ba.

-rv of Mexico. Aug q Suspicious cases Of
,.ror fever have occurred az Orizaba The cases
ARE, believed 90 be yellow fever. and the matter is
tsi,g thoroughly investigated hy the Superior
Board Of Health. Orizaba mas been placed under
,,,,r.,ttn. IL Isl considered extraordinary that
Vim, fever should have reached "a town az 80 hgh
level above the sea. Orzlha being regarded as
ON, of The healthiest towns in the repuuhc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-28
THREE corpfR COMPANIES FORMED.

Articles Of Incorporation Of three copper com
pauies were lled on Saturday az The office OF iAe
County Clerk Of Hudson County. The majority Of
the corporators are identified with the three cor
porations the Angaug Company. with a capital
% 81 OOl00. the Island Company capitalized al
$1,000 and the OXid. Company. whose capital IS
placed al $500 90. Charles Il Dckey, Charles i
BIrrage. Charles y King and Edward G. Storey
are among the corpofators Il all the companies
leopold appear in The LIFT Of corPorators OF the
Island Company. ana George H. Sisson is one Oh
tba Organizers Of the oxide Company.
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rrNERAL or STrART WERB.

Onoonta y V Aug g7-The body Of Stuart
Webb whose death occurred az Pomfret Centre
Conn was brought 10 Coopers'own and buried IN
Lakewood Cemetery to-day he was hair brother
NJ ur " Seward Webb ana H. Walter Webb II.
Walter webb was unable 10 be- present on account
OF illness. Tho funeral party came hy special tram
I'm Or Wcbh's private ear Elcsmcre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-28
rANnRs AMENCAN TKlTEETORATE.
The "Nuevo Pals" a paper which strongly favors
an American protect0ratc. snys.

We are not solitary In urging a protcctorate
as some seem 20 think There are many who. ike
ourselves desire practical solution ~ The problem
instead Of "a sentimental one. Not few who call
loudly FOR Independence are secretly ndulRing fears
as to what would follow independence
4 protectorate SIS desired by large proportion OF
the Cuban people, including some OF the best I'M
formed and most respectable Perhaps "a prOtcc-
torote win ho the verdict 81 the country given az
The elections as the most advantageous solution,
Shortening me period Of the intermediate stage of
construction and harmonizng the opposing parties.
advocating annexation and Independence n cuba
becomes free and her own government fails 20
tu-tify IT'S existence then there VIII be no outcome
hue annexation. whereas BIS choosing protec-
torato now when our choice would be Intram-
uclicd our national dignity would be preserved.
nrotecforatc would supply II absolute guarantees Of
law and order which Independence could not give
..Fl Heraldo" calls attention TO the aduteration
NJ wines sold I'm Havana. The barcelona wine mer-
chants recently appointed am agent to come here
20 inauiro into the matter. ~ the decrease in tho
exportations or wine from spain had been account
Ell for 10y adulterati1u here
we 40 not know says 'il Heraldo' whether
war sickness or the adIiiorauon " liquors Is the
most 10 blame for deaths IN cuba. but We do as
sert that the adulteraton Of wines r. menace 20
the health OF the Island
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NOTES OF THE LINKS

a cet..u-ho.e handicap for women is 20 be held
on Oh. Huk. ~ me Apowamis club in Rye The
FIRST play VIII take place tomorrow and the second
ou Friday a silver mug. given ty one oi lhe
women 3D.. TIA club Is offered as 'he prize
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OWING.

coNEY ISLAND SPORTING CLUB PRO
GRAMME
50 rho c.n,v Island Sporting Club tho chief bout
+o-rieht VIII hc between jack Bonner. the clever
boxer from Summit HiI Penn. and 'fank
Kenny. who comes from Michigan in search Of
moro hurole Konuy defeated some time ago
"o;ris" Rubin and Ed Duukhorst The men are
matched to 20 twenty-five rounds At catch weights