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GENERA LEE TO COM AND

Washington. April 18th" President
to-day issued an order merging the De-
partment of Havana and Pinar del
Rio, Cuba. under the command of Cen
eral FitZhugh Lee. with headquarters
at QuemadOS. The change will take
effect May LIST. At present General Lud
low is in command of the Department
of Havana, which is to be amalgamated
with Pinar del Rio.
Quemados is the present headquar-
tiers of the Department of Pinar del
Rio and is the site of the camp where
the major part of the American Sarri-
son is quartered. The fact that General
Lee is to retain his headquarters there
is regarded as an cVidcnC" of the fact
that his duties are to be purely mill
tary and that he will have nothing to
do with the civil administration in Ha-
yapa
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Buy Neutrality-suspicious. typewriter
and you will have the satisfaction of
knowing that you have the best ma
chine that inventive genious can de-
wise. mechanical skill construct or
money can buy. We will take pleas
ure in telling you about the winning
points of the ''Rem-Sho" if interested.
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Washington. April 1.-The Secretary Of
the Treasury has received Il report from
the special agent WHO has conducted the
inveStiE alton of the reported use of the
custom house ut Charleston. : e. for the
storage of central and liquors for Illicit
sales. The search If the building by the
inspector and 4 number Of assistants re-
about fifteen gallons of rum. and thirty
nine Tn-Eallou kegs. from which the Ii
Quor had recently been taken. The rum
was found in the basement ana the empty
kegs In the attic. \ number OF Office and
employees Of the custom house weT" asked
for an explanation of tie finding of the
liquor but all GiScaiu. = having any
knowledge concerning it except one Of the
night watchmou who admitted having al
liquor there. Other testimony disclosed in
formation which leads the officers ma king
the investigation to believe that the liquor
belonged to certain individual in
Charleston who LIS a Wholesale liquor
dealer license. 1h, conclusion of tie. Of
fCialS i that :; t,ll.,iu ,,rputy collector
is responsible FOR t., storing OF liquors
in the custom ruI I'D 1T several en-
ploycS had fun IL il. The rc-
port il accom- .. ...,~ of tn, t.S-
timony taken. = T. 49,. officials have
taken no action e.. 10 the matter
but there st,;- tnult that the
guilty rarti,- ,. ..at,ly brought
to justice.
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The Rem-Sho typewriter is adver-
tiSed in this paper. Thad r. Manning
has the local agency. Call and see
the machine or apply for descriptive
catalogue, terms, etc
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Wash Myrtle. if | was to steal
nifty kisses from you what kind Of
larceny would YOU call it?'
Mvrtle-..Grand.'
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lUMORS, boils, pimplcs ami all
eruptions are due to impure blood.
and by purifying the blood with
Hoods Sarsaparilla they are CURED.
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S. S. S. FOR THE BLOOD

which reach the
the A
not
moth G S
rheumatism Contagiou
mailed address by
Atlanta Georgia
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Baltimore Steam Packet Company
COLD BAY LINE
BEST ROUTE NORTH OR SOUTH.
Baltimore, Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Old Point Comfort
VIA MONUMENTAL CITY.
VIA MONUMENTAL CITY.

Steamers will leave Light Street Piers
at $50 L. NJ, direct for Old Point tom
fort, Norfolk and Portsmouth, without
stopping at Canton WHAT
SQUTHROT\D.
Lv. Boston tvia Sound Llne) 80 T. "a.
Boston Nia SpringiirldD II 90
- Bost' u t'ia Shore Line) 100 II gilt
" New Y"rk EAST Express.
Pa II. X } West 23rd
s. station tl2.55 ,. nt
Desbro,>cs and Cot
landt Streets 90
New York Central X K.
Of New Jersey 100
Philadelphia (Fa>t Eek
press. Penn r. R.) 3l2
Philadelphia (via Il. d o.
r. RI 800
" Baltimore tLight st
Piers To- II, II and u,
foot # Barre ST. G.H
Al. Old Point (si Bay Limo G.l5 . i'.
I" Norfolk 11u
" Portsmouth 8 ~
fDaily, except SUNDAY
NORTHBOIND.
Lv. Portsmouth (via Bay
Line) f525 ? N.
" Norfolk 500
" Old Poi t Comfort 100
Ar. Baltimore (Union Dock) Ga q. 10.
g Philad. lphia (via +. W
q b X. R) 1915
Philadelphia (via 3. go.
X. R) IOl5
I" New York (via PennsyI-
vania X. X Desbrosses
and COrtlandt Sts., I443 pW
West Twenty-ihird ST.
Station, loj
New York fvia Central
X. K OF New Jersey) 1910
Boston (via Sound Line) 1.lj IT,
Boston tvia Spring field 1000 7. III.
Boston tyia Shore Line) 900
tDaily, except Sunday.
No steamer between BOltimoie AMI N"f
folk On SUNDAYS
StaterOOms on steamers ItdbdMH az
georgia 75c. 81 90. 81 80, 800 and = ."
Meals la carte.
JOHN K. SHERWOOD, Vice-PTest. ana "t"'
Manager.
W. RANDALL General Passenger AEr""
EMMETT BROWN. General Ticket Asch'-,
CHARLES Z. GARRETT, Trav. Pass. A5'"'
GENERAL OFFICES:
PIERS 10, II, IL AND Is LIGHT ST. NHAh''
BALTIMORE, ND.
KEY COMPTON, Genl. Agt., Norfolk, Va
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HENDERSON TELEPHONE COMPANY.
N. c., MARCH 18Th, 1900.

! beg to an
nOunCc that the
following towns
are now con
nectrd hy long
distance phones
and the rate
herewith pub
lishcd Will be
in on and
after March X,
1900.
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*Daily. tDaily ex. Sunday

Nos 403 and 4O2, "The Atlanta SpreIs,-
Solid Vestibuled Train f Pullrs
Sleepers and Coaches between WasMa,.
ton and Atlanta, also Pullman ,ltrp,r,
between Portsmouth and Char lntlr, \ {
Nos Al and 80, THE 5. A. l.. Expfe>,
Solid Train Coaches and Pullman Sic. pr;,
between Portsmouth and Atlanta.
Both trains make immediate c"nneciiuf
at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile, New
Orleans, Texas, California, Mexico. Chat.
tanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Macot.
and Florida.
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Mr. VIM Wapoe. of Washtown S. D, says: &c
little botc about the size of pea came under my LETT
eye gradually growing larger from which shooting pains
at intervals ali directions became greatly alarmed
and consueda good doctor, who pronounced it Cancer,
and advised that be cut out but this could not con
sent to. read in my local paper of cure effected by
S. S. and decided to try it, 1t acted like charm the
Cancer becoming at first irated and then discharging
very freely This gradually less and then dscon-
tnued altogether leaving small scab which soon drop.
what threatened to destroy my life held full sway
Positively the only for Cancer is Swifts Specific
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Highest Market Prices Guaranteed the Seller.


We
U.S. homes ~ NNN
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Steamers will leave Light Street l!eis
at $50 +. NJ, direct for Old Point t"m-
fort, Norfolk and Portsmouth. without
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A SMALL SPOT
May Be CANCER.

should be given to
vIUllNI scratch which
disposition heal under ordln-
ri lH1LU IlIO 40 will of the
a
only disease
deadly
witnthe last eradicated
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
Improving Poor Land.

Four years ago I bought a farm in
Sullivan County that contained ten
acre lot, which was very much run
down. Having only small herd Of
cattle I was not able to get the field
in shape by using manure, because [
wished to put this on the good land,
where I intended to raise the chief
crops. So the first summer I fallowed
the field, then plowed it in September
and sowed to rye. Then plowed un-
der the rye and sowed buckwheat in
Jane, plowed under buckwheat in
August and sowed to rye in Septen-
Der. I cut the rye The second year
and obtained fifty bushels which sold
for $50.
had soved to clover in the spring
at the rate of twelve quarts per acre,
plowed this under the following spring
and sowed to buckwheat. [ cut this
crop of buckwheat, which yielded 200
bushels and brought 800. Not in
Guiding labor, the expense was $32.o1.
The rye and buckwheat yielded $3.50,
which I consider all gain, for the i'm
proyement in the land will pay for
my labor.-Regina]d G. Glenwood,
New York, in American Agriculturist.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
Making Good Roads.

We once hilped man fit a bit of
road througha low and miry piece of
land on his arm. There was a bad
road often usd at certain seasons and
he wanted it made good. The surface
soil was thrown out as deep as it was
thought to be -aluable material, and,
blythe way, tht we'll paid for the Ia
Dor. Then bit of Old stone wall was
put into the roadway, the larger
stones being raher carefully packed
at the outside. 0n.these larger stones
were dumped piles of small stones
that had accumulated from clearing
the meadows and cultivated fields. 1t
was two good jobain getting the walls
and stone-heaps out of the way. This
was covered with gravel,
and when it was done the owner said:
''There, that job is done, and think
it will stay done while live," aud we
think it would and through one or two
more generations. We have thought
since the fagitation OF the good roads
question that we should not reach
solution oft until road makers learned
10 do their work SC that it would "stay
done" Many farms have places used
as roadways which need just such
and so do certain pieces OF
own roads.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
The Wet Places.

At this time of year and a little later
the farmer can thoroughly estimate
the condition of his farm as to soil
moisture. Some of the land will dry
out at the time it should, while other
land will hold water and show it on
the surface till long after the land
should be worked, It is, therefore,
the proper time to make thorough
examination of all the farm, if there is
any intention to put in drains. When
the land is partly covered with water
the falls can be better estimated than
at any other time, and measurements
made for drainage at this time might
save some very bad mistakes that oc-
cur when the plans for the drains are
not made till the drying time in the
fall of the year.
The wet places generally are only
half productive, except in unusually
dry years. The water level is SO near
the surface that the roots cannot get
the depth they should, for it should
not be forgotten that even some of our
surface feeders really send down roots
quite deep, as per example, the corn
plant. whose roots have been found
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
To Prohibit ScaRdalous Publications.

1t has been proposed in New York
to prohibit by law the publication of
scandalous matter found on the per-
sons or in the possession Of suicides
or Of those who have attempted sui
eide. This would be a good thing to
do. Persons who take their own lives
are often insane. If not actually
deranged, their minds are in so morbid
a condition as to unfit them for calm
and accurate statement. 1t often hap
pens that, with the intention Of ex-
planning their act. they leave letter or
scrap Of paper which reflects cruelty
upon the character of one or more
living persons. The newspapers print
the letter under prominent headlines,
end the injured person has no redress.
A mere denial counts for little. and
there is no defence against the calun-
MES of the dead.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07

four feet under the surface. Now, i
the water level is permitted to remain
within foot of the surface it is evl-
dent that the root operations OF almost
any of our field plants will be serl-
ously interfered with.
If the water in these wet places be
somewhat stagnant, as it is likely to
be if the soil is Of heavy clay nature,
the damage resulting from the pres
ence of this water Will be greatly in
creased. Water that moves through
the soil is bad enough, .but stagnant
water is far worse, for it becomes the
breeding place Of many kinds of dis
ease, some Of which are as yet un-
known but make manifest their pres
ence by rotting off the roots Of certain
plants. The arguments, therefore,
for paying more attention to the wet
spots should be allowed to have due
weight. Not only will the wet spots
themselves be benefited by draining.
but the land adjacent will also be i'm
proved
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
The farm in Very Early Flowing.

Many farmers are very impatient to
start the plow in the spring. AS soon
as the snow disappears and they find
few dry spots in the highway, the
plow is brought out and started. The
soil being cold and wet, the upturned
furrow presents smooth, glossy ap-
pearance, and if future heavy freezing
does not occur it will bake hard and
firm, requiring several harrowings to
put it into proper condition for
seed bed. Not only is this extra labor
required, but the soil at plowing is so
soft that the horses at each step sink
almost to the bottom of the furrow.
This is very injurious and most of
these early plowers would not think of
allowing other stock upon the fields
when in this condition. The acts of
blowing obliterates the foot marks
and they imagine no harm is done,
but they are greatly mistaken. No
farmer ever gained anything in the
end by plowing his soil when not i'll a
proper condition. Perhaps there is
some advantage in marking out lands
in a field that is naturally wet and
heavy, as the burrows thus made act
as surface drains, and if the land be
nearly level the water is drawn from
the surface soil to distance ofseveral
feet upon each side, and if it can be
drained off at the end Of burrows
positive gain Will be accomplished.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
HOW BoERS PITCH THEIR LAAGERs.
Always Put Tents Between Parallel Lines
OF Hills.

A. C. Hales. the Australian CORE
spoDdent who was captured by the
Beers and released by President Steyn,
writing fro.l Burghersdorp, says:
Possibly it may interest English
men I'D women, too, for trat matter,
to know what fighting laager is like,
and, as l have seen half g dozen Of
them from the enemy's side Of the
wall, a rough pen sketch may not be
amiss. In wats times the Boer never
under any circumstances makes his
laager n the open country if there
are any kopjes about. No matter how
secure he may fancy himself from at
tack, no matter if there is not foe
within fifty miles OF him, the B0er
commander always pitches his laager
in a place Of safety between two par
ailel lines Of hiNs, SO that an attack
cannot be made upon him, either front
or rear, without giving him an i'm
mensc advantage over the attacking
force, even if the enemy is ten times
as strong in numbers. By this means
the Beers make their laagers almost
impregnable. If they have choice Of
ground they pick narrow ravine or
gully, with q line Of hills front and
rear, covered with small, rocky
powders and bushes. They drive their
wagons in between these hills.
The women are placed in safety.
for 1t IS noticeable fact that very
large numbers Of women have Gollow
ed their husbands and brothers to the
war, not to act rs viragoeS, not to un-
sex themselves, nor to handle the Iife,
but nurse the wounded, TO comfort
the dying and to lay out the dead. l
have heard them singing round the
camp fires in the starlight, but it was
hymns that they sang, not ribald
songs. l have seen them kneeling by
the side Of men in the moonlight, but
not in wantonness, but in mercy, and
many a man who wears the British
uniform to-day can bear me witness
that speak the truth.
"The foot scouts take up their posi-
lions among the rocks and shrubs on
the hills in front and rear Of the
laager. Each scout has his rifle in
his hand, his pipe in HI; teetl', his
bandolier full Of cartridges over his
shoulder and his scanty blanket un-
der his left arm. No fear Of his Sleep
ing at his post. He is fighting for
honor, not for pay; for home, not for
glory, and he knows that on his acute
ness the lives Of all may depend. He
knows that his comrades and the wo-
men trust him, and he values the trust
as dearly as British soldiers ever did.
No matter how tired he may be, no
matter how famished, the BOer senti-
mel is never faithless to his orders"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
The Part She Didn't Like.

The other day a wee little woman
who lives in suburb saw and heard n
donkey for the first time, says the Gin
cinnati Enquirer. She talked about it
continually after getting home.
1t was good donkey" it was also
a beautiful donkey In fact, the
child went completely through her
small store of adiectives. And when
her father came home at night he
heard the adjectives all over again.
"And so you liked the donkey, dar
ling, did you?" he asked, taking the
tiny lass on his knee.
"Oh, yes, papa, liked him. That is,
I liked him pretty well. but I didn't
like to hear him donk."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
Western Farmers Plow Under.

Out West, where the fertility Of
ages has been stored up annually, the
farmers have had a good thing of it.
They have, in some cases, grown
crops year after year without making
any pretension whatever to use fer
tilizer of any sort, nor in any way
have they tried to put back in the soil
what they have annually taken from
it.
Now most OF these farmers are be-
ginning to feel the effect of this rob-
berry, and have at least found out that
the fertility in their land is exhaust
bic. These farmers should at once
plant crops for plowing under, for in
most cases their farms are too largeto
be manured. If they would keep
their farms in perfect shape as to fer
tility, it can be done-if they do not
wait too long-by simply following
the lesson taught by nature, which is
resting the land and planting crops
on it suitable to be plowed under and
decOmposed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
Pumpkins For Hens,

During the last winter the monday
feed OF orr Aock of hens has consisted
of cut bone three times week, with
chopped cabbage, boiled potatoes, re-
fuse apples and pumpkins on the
81 sfisttff. fsitfs asseaeasAaeeSSii
stored in a dry cellar, and at the
present writing (early in spring. those
remaining are still fresh and sound
The best way of feeding is to break
the pumpkin in half and remove the
seeds. of which, in their raw state,
the biddies are extravagantly fond,
Bake the rest for an hour or more and
,,uas,se hot on the halfshell. In a very
>-'-|alsasszsalz.the shell will remain.
short lime Al1ll-llraacck proves
and, if one fourishing - -
anything, the ''fruit of the vim" WltI
be found to agree as well. with
feathered as with unfeathered bipeds.
Any variety in vegetable poultry
food is a desideratum, and while the
suggestion may seem unnecessary,
now that the time of green grass is
near, it is worth considering in con-
nection with spring garden making.
An exceptionally high egg record is
my most convincing argument, and
with that to back me, l recommend
a sufficient planting to insure pump
kin dinner at least once a week for
four months.-Doree, in Country
Gentleman.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
Co 90
S"S -
Interesting fNper .fnanfs.

Prof. Masso, Of the University of
Genoa, has recently completed a
series Of interesting experiments for
the purpose of observing the tempera-
ture Of the body during fasting and
the rate Of assimilation of carbohy-
rates. The experiments demonstrate
ed the efficacy of sugar in raising the
temperature Of an animal which had
fallen during a fast. Upon the ad-
ministration Of sugar the temperature
rose rapidly during fifteen minutes
and in one or two hours reached its
maximum. After bread is given the
temperature will rise more slowly
than in the case Of sugar, owing to
the greater difficulty the animal has
in assimilating the food. Prof. Masso
says that with sugar he has succeeded
in retiring the vitality of dogs in
serious state Of hypothermia, while
the administration of albumen to 9TH
erS failed to save their lives.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07

that the name Bengal grass" by
which it was first known in this coun-
try, suggests such an origin. Flint,
on the contrary, makes the statement
that it was first brought to the United
States from Europe. However this
may be, it seems that the seed used
in Tennessee, where this variety first
came into real prominence, was
brought from France in the early six
ties, and since that time has been the
leading luiIlet sown in the South.
German millet makes heavy yield
of forage under favorable conditions,
but does not stand drought as we'll as
the smaller varieties, such as comm0n
millet and Hungarian. The hay is
coarser and less highly valued than
that from the smaller millets, but
when the forage can be fed in the
green state this will be found to be
an excellent variety to grow on ac-
count OF the heavy yield.
German mlllet is the latest of the
varieties commonly grown here, and
is exceedingly varia bic in its appear
ance and habit of growth. It is very
seldom that one sees a field that is
uniform in character. Many. per-
haps most, of the heads may be typi- |
cal OF the variety, but usually there
will be many others scarcely to D1
distinguished from common millct or
other standard varieties.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-06-07
The Moods of the Bees.

The honey bee is, like almost every
other living creature, subject to moods,
and sometimes much more irritableI
than atothers. In the midst of a good
honey flow, and on a bright and pleas!
ant day, they do not go out of their
way to attack any one, and are even
so pleasant that they scarcely resent
the opening of the live and the chang
ing of frames. This is the time to
select for such work.
When the honey flow stops sud-
denly, or in a cold or rainy day, when
they are obliged to stay in the hive, it
is best to keep away from them. They
are easily irritated and scarcely await
provocation before they declare war.
For the same reason, early morning
or the twilight hour 1t night should
not be utilized for trying to work
among the bees.
They also have strong dislike to
having people among them who are in
a hurry and want to make rapid or
abrupt movements or shrill sounds.
One might walk leisurely through an
apiary, or sit down in it for long
time, if quiet, and not receive sting,
while iH he tried to run through it he
would need to move faster than they
could fly to avoid them.
There are certain odors which they
dislike very much, though perhaps
none SO much as that of perspiration.
A sweaty person or horse had best
keep at a considerable distance from
the hives, and the odor Of blood is apt
to excite them. There are few fow-
ers if any whose perfumes..they object
to, but some cheap perfum es in which
the alcohol is more noticeable than
the flower odor they do not like. They
do not like smoke, and little makes
them cross, although more drives
them away or causes them to so fill
themselves with honey that they will
not sting.
AS regards the claim that they have
dislike to black clothing, SO much
that they will attack one so dressed,
while they will pass by one in white,
or even in colors, we do not think that
is quite proven. In fact, we think it
is largely matter of custom with
them. fused to having been handled