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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-07-10
AN EPIDEMIC OF DIARRHoEA.

Mr.. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoa
nut Grove, Fla, says there has been
quite an epidemic Of diarrhoea there
He had a severe attack and was cured
by four doses of Chamberlain's Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
says he also recommended it to 9th.
ers and they say 1t is the best medi.
cine they ever used. For sale by al
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co, Ltd.
agents for II. i.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-24
WEDNESDAY, MAY "a, 1899.
Making Sorghum Cane Syrup.

Sorghum cane is generally under
stood by all farmers to include only
that variety producing sweet saccha-
rine juices. AIS a matter Of fact any
of those varieties yielding even small
percentage of sugar, as Kaffir corn,
broom corn and many others, termed
nOn-saccharine varieties on acco Int OF
the small amount of sugar in their
Juices, all belong to the same family
The non-saccharine varieties contain
usually about two per cent. of sugar
in their Juices, while the saccharine
sorghums contain from ten to fifteen
per cent of sugar.
The Juice from sorghum cane, after
being clarified and evaporaNed under
the usual processes now existing
makes a product known as sorghum
syrup and should weigh about eleven
and a. half pounds to the gallon if prop
erly made. Sugar or ribbon cane,
made up in the same way in Louisi-
ana. is known i'm commercial circles
as sugar cane syrup. Its density is
less than that of sorghum, for if re-
duced to a density of eleven and
half pounds to the gallon, portion OF
the sugar contents in the syrup is like
~ to crystalize and the thin syrup left
after this partial Capitalization OF the
sugar, is likely to ferment. Molasses
is what is left after greater or less
quantity of the sugar has been ex-
tracted. In the open kettle, or highest
grade molasses, the syrup is boiled aus
usual in an open pan, only to greater
density, after a proper proportion OF
the sugar has crystahzed, it is re
moved. The remaining molasses can
then be reboiled to even a still greater
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Money should be sent by Draft, Post
tered Letter, otherwise the publisher will
not be responsible in case of loss. When
personal checks are used exchange must
be added. Only and 2 cent stamps taken
when change cannot be had.
TO insure insertion, all advertisementtss
for this paper must. be received by 10
o'clock Monday morning of each week;
address of their paper changed MUST
give the old as we'll as the new address.
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We now have an office in Jacksonville,
Mr.. Painter will be pleased to see any of
our subscribers. Any time we can be of
service in Jacksonville, drop US line to
above address.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Articles relating to any topic within the
scope of this paper are solicited.
we cannot promise to return rejected
manuscript unless stamps are enclosed.
All communications for intended publ,
cation must be accompanied with real
name, as a guarantee of good faith. No
anonymous Contribution will be regarded.
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the vegetable impurities as sugar cane
and it is the failure to extract these
impurities in the present processes 81
making the sorghum syrup that places
it's more extensive manufacture at 6
disadvantage and is annually reducing
it's value in open market. When the
excess of the impurities In the jul ces
can be removed, sorghum syrup Will
be equally as valuable MS cane syrup
and far more profitable to the PRO
ducer This trouble CAL only be re-
moved by the cultivation Of such
plants as will produce purer juices OF
by the Introduction of some process
that will more thoroughly extract i'm.
purities from present varieties cult
waited.
The south is particularly adapted to
the successful growth of sorghum
came. This lis a subject veil worthy q
more serious investigation by our
farmers and manila ctllre.as than las
heretofore been given it. The manu-
facture of sorghum syrup is no small
item in the annual aggregate for our
whole country-amOunting now to
something like thirty million gallons
Georgia ranks eighth in the list of
sorghum syrup producing states. Kan
sas, one of the far Western States,
stands first with nearly three and a
half million gallons to her credit in
1890. Kansas certainly has no climatic
advantage over our Southern States
in the growing off this cane. Indeed
we possess every requisite for It's per
feet and luXuriant growth. The trou-
BILE is we do not try to raise the cane
beyond limited Quantities-a small
patch for hogs and little to grind up
into syrup for the immediate use of
the family on the farm.
1t is quite proper ito go ais far ais we
do, but we Should go farther, raising
sorghum as a money crop, to be de
rived from the sale of sugar and syruT
or molasses, extracted from the juices
The annual output of Georgia alone
should run up into the millions of gal
Ions. We should no longer permit Oul
western neighbors to beat us in every
thing except one or two agricultural
items. We must begin to spread out
diversity and develop dozen or more
money making crops where we now
have only one. We have these posi-
bilities easily within our reach; all tina
is necessary is to study the situation
examine the wants and needs of the
markets, and out of the fullness of oul
varied resources begin their supply
Thinking men from all parts of the
North and West point to the South as
the future garden spot of this coun
try, and we should begin to set up 6
system of diversified agriculture thai
their hopes or prophesies may be fully
realized in it's broadcast sense.
The manufacture of sorghum syrllI
is, within recent years, beginning tt
decline, and an extra effort should be
made to bring prosperity back ITO this
important industry. What is mos
needed just now is the discovery OF
better methods by which a first, class
syrup can he manufactured, which
will not only be acceptable, but in de
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-24

| than the sugar cane syrup, and sine
there is but little sugar left the pro
duct is not likely to- ferment. Opel
kettle molasses Is usually quoted an'
sold at as high or higher prices thai
the sugar cane from which no Suga
has been taken. A large number o
our people prefer 1t and will hav
nothing else. Centrifugal mOlasses i
the poorest and cheapest marketabl
product of sugar came. 1t is the rem
nant of the juices when all the suga
possible has been extracted by the sa'
gar manufacturer. 1t contains little o
no sugar, but all the impurities o. tn
juices. 1t lis unwholesome for people
and hardly desirable for stock. l
might serve some good purpose If re
turned to the land.
We have then three distinct market
able products of sorghum and sugar
cane. The juice Of the sorghum cane
when boiled to a density of eleven anC
a half pounds per gallon is known as
sorghum syrup. That from the sugar
came of less density is known as SUI
gar cane syrup, and mONasses is OBJ
tanned after extracting a certain
amount of sugar and reboiling to a
greater density than either of the
above mentioned syIups. These con
stitute the three principal syrups made
from the juices of cane, though there
are a large number of grades sold in
the open markets, from Faucy' down
to "Inferior."
Sorghum cane ranks in commercial
centers with low grade molasses and is
sold at inferior prices. The extra ex-
pense attached to the growing of SUI
gar cane for syrup and molasses, is In
the purchase of the cane for seed
This is quite an expensive item to the
farmer. Sugar cane also requires
richer SOIL higher fertilization an6
more thorough cultivation. In the fal
of the year enough came for seeding
land for a crop the following yea
must be carefully bedded and so pro
tected as to preserve it during freezing
weather.
las high up ais Georgia heavy lis
of dirt thrown ON the stubble afteI
cutting in the fall will generally pre-
serve the roots and second crop ma!
be obtained from one seeding.
With sorghum cane the cost of plant
ing and growing a crop for syrup Il
quite inexpensive compared with tina
of sugar came. A good variety of wei
matured sorghum cane will contain
an average of fourteen pounds of su
gar to one hundred pounds Of juice
If correct methods were employed IL
the process of Qualification and evap
grafton, by which the vegetable i'm
purities of the juices could be drawn
out, there is no question that as goot
syrup and molasses could be made
from sorghum as from sugar cane
There is, ait the present time, in thu
process used to make the sorghum sy
rup, an excess of the impurities i'll thu
juices not extracted, which tends t.
give to the syrup it's undesirable taste
Sorghum syrup contains abolt si2
pounds of sugar TO the gallon, ana
from experiments made with suDerio
means for clarifying tho i7Tico fOu
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TERMS.

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PURPOSES. Ut is fortunately a plant
which responds quickly to any attempt
, made to improve its quality by careful
selection of seed. There are four or
five varieties reported by the Kansas
experiment station as being superior
to all others for sugar manufacture.
These are the Collier, imported from
South Africa, the Amber Orange, Col
man, Falger's Early and EARLY Amber.
There can be no doubt that if our own
experiment stations would undertake
the cultivation and improvement of
sorghum cane for a period Of five
years, certain varieties could be Oh
tanned which would be superior to all
others for syrup manufacture. 1t is
very important that pure seed be
planted, so that all the canes Will rip
en- at one time when ready for cutting.
Mixed seed would result in some canes
ripening ahead Of others and the juices
from green cane at the mill would ruin
the value of the syrup. In order to Sc
cure best development Of the cane the
plant Should be thinned out in the row
to from four to six inches apart.
Sorghum came will yield an average
of from twelve to twenty gallons of
syrup to the ton. The juices obtained
by moderate pressure by the mill will
give better syrup than AN effort to ex-
tract all the juice by hard pressure.
| This is because fewer Impurities are
extracted from the cane under mOder-
ate pressure The quantity resulting
will be less but the quality of the sy-
rup will he better. The rolls Of the
mill should at all times be properly ad-
| juSted. The feeding of the mill should
be made according to the adjus tment
of the rolls. If the rolls are set open,
the feeding may be heavy; when set
close together, feed lightly. There
should be a long, open trough running
from the mill to- the tub or barrel
which is to receive the Juice. Many of
the impurities will be caught and held
ON the bottom of the trough as the
juice passes along from the mill to the
barrel. There are possibly fifty kinds
of impurities in sorghum juice. Many
of these are heavy and will settle at
the bottom. Others are light and will
rise to the top, while the juice is boil
ing, and can be SKINNED off. Others
neither rise nor SETTLE, but remain in
suspension, and can only be rmoved
by a process of f1ltering. When all the
impurities have been removed by set
Ting skimming and Offering, there
still remains a class of impurities in
solution which cannot be removed ex-
cept by the use of foreign substances
Nothing has been found better than
lime for neutralizing the acids exist
ing in sorghum cane juice. About oRe
pint of Time made into the thickness
of whitewash and added ITO fifty gal
Ions of the juice when heated to the
boiling point, seems to give best re-
suits in making a better article of sv-
rup.
The cane ground before dinner should
be worked up in the afternoon. No
juice should ever be allowed ITO stand
over night in this section of the CONN.,
try, as it will he very apt to ferment
| and r11in tho oraI7n off Sx1Y.,1n r., H.
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Published every Wednesday and devot-
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best interests of her people.
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Entered at the postoff1ce at DeLand,
Florida, as second class matter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18
Excursion Rates.

To Annual Encampment G.. A. R.
at Philadelphia, tickets on sale Aug
gust 81 to September | and 2 at
following rates: Good returning
September Is going and returning
via same route with continuous pas
sage in both directions $47.7 5
Going and returning same route
with one stop over in each direction
east Of Buffalo, Niagara Fall or Pitts
burg one regular first class fare plus
ZOO for the round trip.
For tickets going east Of Chicago
via one direct route and returning
via another direct route to Chicago
thence same route to selling station
will be one first class fare plus $500
for round trip. BY depositing
ticket with joint agent at Philadel-
phia on September S to 8 inclusive
and payment Of fifty cents fee at
time of deposit, return limit may be
extended to leave Philadelphia up to
and including September 80, 1899.
West of Chicago all tickets will be
good going and returning via same
route.
E.. f. PoINTUs..
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18
Destructive Hail Storm.

Monday evening about 6 o'clock a
heavy storm could be seen off the
northwest, rapidly moving this
way says the Belle Fourche Times.
A broad wing OF the storm quickly
overspread the town, and the
ragged, white edges of the whirling
clouds foretold a visitation of hail
stones. The maine path of the
storm was to the north and very
little rain or hail struck town. It's
fury was spent along the lower
valleys of the Belle Fourche and
Redwater, and those farmers who
were so unfortunate as to live in the
path of the tempest now look upon
desolate fields where shortly before
the finest grain crop in recent years
was all but ready for the sickle.
The storm was ftful and spasmotic,
and twisted and turned so that
several large crops which we're
apparently in its path we're only
slightly damaged.
AS near as can be learned at this
time Geo. Hill and Jas. Newland on
the Belle Fourche and P. A. Robb
Of Redwater are the heaviest losers,
that is, their crop loss is a more
complete n Ga Redwater John
Hanes and Geo. Fisher suffered
heavily. Down the river valley
other losers are VIM. Matthews,
John Ingersoll, Rae brothers and
the Malcolms. Many others are
damaged by the food of water and
hail.
The big canal is washed out in
several places which will require
considerable work to repair.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18
Notice of Assessment

Notice is herebygiven that at meet
ng of the directors of the Lone Tree
Ditch Company, held on the 9Th day of
July 1899, an assessment of one dollar
($l.00) per share was levied upon the
capital stock of the corporation, paya-
BILE On the 18th day Of August, 1899, to
Lee Platt, t%rearurer, at Rapid City,
S. D.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the 18th
day Of August, 1889 will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auc-
ton, and, unless payment is made be-
fore, will be sold on the 1st day Of
November, 1899, to pay delinquent
assessment, together with cost Of ad-
vertising and expense of sale.
Lee Platt,
Secretary.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18
Room for an ~xplanatio

Papers have been served on the
managers of the Bismark mill en-
joining them from using timbers for
mining purposes, besides some
1900 or 1000 cords Of dry wood, all
which they had cut last fall and
most of the timbers have been
delivered at the mine, says the Key
stone Miner. What seems the
strangest part o. the whole business
is that this action should be taken
now after the company has com
piled with the instructions they re-
ceived from the timber warden and
forest ranger in this district. Tim
Der Inspector Green had the papers
served. 1t looks to a man up a tree
as though there was too much red
tape and monkey work connected
with the timber business here. One
would suppose that after this tim
Der was cut in compliance with in.
structions received from the Gen
eral Land Office at Washington the
company would be allowed to use it
without being molested. The Holy
Terror company here had thousands
of cords cut under the ruling and
have had it hauled and burned it in
their mills here, but the Bismark
people had their wood cut and left it
in the woods until they should be
ready to use it and nov they are not
allowed to do 20. Why this dis
elimination?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18

r-1
spacifiy" matters over there. Her
nine months labor in the red cross
hospital service at Manila gave her
an,endless number Of amusing aud
pathetic incidents to draw from and
these make her talk unusually in
teresting.
Mr.. McMichael lost his stable and
hen house, and several loads OF hay
by fire on Monday afternoon. He
had been burning the debris from
the buildings and surprising the fire
distinguished had left. The wind
springing up however, famed the
fire and before II was discovered
the buildings were in flames, but
fortunately the wind blew away
from the house and it was saved
Hermosa Pilot.
Arrangements are being made for
the band Of the frst regiment,
South Dakota volunteers, upon the
ret0rnsof the regiment from the
Philippines, to makea tour Of the
state. Frank Halstead, bandmaster
of the regiment, writes that the
band contains 2t men, and Is capable
of rendering An excellent program.
80 ~
It'll proposed to give concerts ID
|the South Dakota TO xns.-Clark
A concert viii be given q lii.
|brary hall % Friday evening, Au-
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$40. 90 Bicycle Given Away Daily

$4,000 Bicycle Given Away Daily.
The publishers of The New York
Star, the handsomely decorated
Sunday newspaper, ire giving a
high grade bicycle each day for the
largest list of words made by using
the letters contained in 1.-THE
NEW YORK STAR" no more times
in any one wore than it is found in
The New York Star. Websters die
tionary to be considered authority.
Two good watches (irst class time
keepers) will be given daily for sec
ond and third best lists, and many
other valuable rewards, including
dinner sets, ter sets, china, sterling
silverware etc, ETC., in order of
merit. This educational contest is
being given to advertise and intro
duce this successful weekly into new
homes, and all prizes will be award
ed promptly and without Partially.
Twelve 2-cent stamps must be in
closed for thirteen weeks trial sub.
scription with full particulars and Q
list Of over 300 valuable rewards.
Contest opens and awards commence
Monday, June 18th, and closes Mon
day, August 21st, 1899. Your list
can reacn us any day between these
dates. and will receive the award
TO which it may be entitled for that
! day, and your name will be printed
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18
Fame Of a Rapid CITY Product.

An old woman selling cakes and
pies came near losing her life in San
Francisco the other day under
peculiar circumstances. She hap
pened to be near a number of South
Dakota volunteers when she sang
out that her pastry was made from
Swans Down" flour and the rush
for her goods that followed by the
returning Dakotans came close to
crushing her life out in the STAN
pede. Such is the fame of "Swan's
Down hour.-Bald Mountain News,
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in the following issue of The New
York Star. Only one list can be
entered by the same person. Prizes
are on exhibition at The Stars bust
ness office. Persons securing BIZ
cycles may have their choice of
ladies', g%entlenen's or Juveniles
1899 model, color or size desired.
Call or address Dept. &C." The
New York Star, 236 w. Both Street,
New York City.
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Special Rates,

Commencing Saturday, May 18th,
and continuing every Saturday un-
til the last Saturday in October,
simplex excursion tickets will be
sold from Rapid City to Hot Springs
and return at 80, good returning
until the following Tuesday.
r. F. Pontius Agt.
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right and paid the solid cash for the
bunch at the ranch.

riSut q PAID the sOlld cash TOR the
bunch at the ranch.
The Belle Fourcheites who went
to st. Louis recently with horses,
a onto Walter Punteney, one of
the alleged bank robbers. He had
five loads of horses on the market
and did quite we'll with them, as it
was the private opinion of a fey
that he was the only man there who
had bought his stock right. When
asked it he contemplated another
visit to Belle Fourche, he drawled
out sweetly, mo, guess not right
away. Bell Fourche Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-18
rakinr No

Fatigued Francis-"Don't touch any
av dem bottles!" Grim Googin-"Why.
lere may be booze in 'em!' Fatigued
Francis-""Yes, an dere may also be
some NV dat medicine dat works while
yer sleep"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-24
NAVAL INTELLIGENcE.

Medical Inspector d. Dickinson. de-
tached from the Philadelphia and or
dered as fleet surgeon of the Pacific
station.
Passed Assistant Engineer l.. TT.
Stafford. retired, detached from the
Constellation and ordered home.
Passed Assistant Engineer W. II.
Allderdice, detached from the Naval
Academy and ordered to the Constella-
ton
Lieutenant II. NJ. Hodges. detached
from the Arethusa and ordered to the
Abarenda.
Commander w. I. Moore, detached
from the command of the Abarenda
and ordered home.
Commander ]. T.. Merry, detached
from the Arethusa, when out of com
mission. and ordered to command the
Abarenda.
Lieutenant a. p. Wicoff. retired. de-
tached from duty with the Fifteenth
Lighthouse District and ordered home.
Ensign i. Il. Harwood. detached
from the Sandoval and ordered home.
Ensign c. L. Upshur, detached from
the Arethusa END ordered home.
Ensign G. y. Thompson, de- III, 4
from the Ar5thusa and ordered home.
Assistant Engineer NJ Warner and
Assistant Engineer L. Mcconnell. hon
orably discharged