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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-24

lots; white, clipped. (S7 to AZ pounds). $50
&c.
TEXAS rust proof oats, job lois. 4Sc;
carload, Ale.
Southern seed rye, $1.15.
BRAN-Job lots, 500; carload lots, Sac.
HAY-Market strong; Western, job lots,
N.O0; carload lots, CSC.
Bacon. Hams and Lard.
BACON-Market higher and advancing
smoked clear sides, 9kc; dry sailed clear
sides SIC; bellies, SIC: sugar-cured hams,
l2l5d131ac.
HAMS-Sugar cured. 1215d13i2c.
LARD-Market firm; pure, in uerces
sic 50-pound tins. s24c; compound, in
tierces, TIC; 5O-pound tins, 7@sc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-24

The Norwegian bark Catharina is one
of the vessels in port built to stand
for many years. She has an iron hun
sheathed with wood and coppered This
Is me method which is being adopted in
building warships 10 better their lasting
qualities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-24

The Norwegian bark Norrskenet. Cant.
Bylund finished discharging cement yes
terday, and will begin taking on a cargo
OF naval stores to-day or Tomorrow
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-24
Florida Central &
PeninSuIar X. X.

Central or GOT Meridian Time
, TABLE EFFE GIVE JAN. Is, 1900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-24

APPLES-Evaporated S]4q9c, sun-dried,
6hc.
Evaporated, pealed, 17lhc;
unpealed 10l2c.
PEARS Evaporated, 121ac.
APRICOTS-E vaporated, 15c pound.
NECTARINES-E vaporated, lOlac.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

THE twelfth United States cen
3 sus will be taken IN the month
of June next. This important
work is under the direction of Hon.
William r. Merriam, director, assisted
by Fred LEI. Wines. assistant director.
Though an enumeration of the pop
ulation of the United States has been
taken every ten years since 1890, the
first attempt to secure agricultural sta
tistics through the medium of the CEN
sus was made in 1910. The data Sc
cured at that time were considered de-
fectiye for various reasons. The meth
DDS of census-ta taking were changed and
greatly improved in 1850; hence it is
usually said that the beginning of
agricultural statistics by the census
dates from 1850. Both in 1910 and
1850 there were 81 questions asked
with reference to agriculture. The
questions remained about the same in
number, although somewhat changed
in character, from decade to decade
until 1880. In 1890 the number was
increased to 255 questions, and fur
ther increased this year to $40.
Although 255 different questions
were asked on the general agricultural
schedule in 1890, the answers to only
about 100 were tabulated. If the an
swers obtained in 1900 are fully tabu-
lated along the plans now projected,
the agricultural report will include in
formation concerning three times as
many subjects as in any preceding cen
suS.
The most important questions asked
on the census schedules are the follow
ing: Total number of acres in farms;
the number of acres improved; the
number of acres unimproved; the total
valuation of farms, including land,
fences and buildings; value of imple-
ments and machinery; the number and
value of farm animals-meat cattle
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
f,are az Nursery stock.

Whenever a farmer goes in for the
growing Of nursery stock he need have
no lack Of winter work. All the seed
lings have either to be grated or their
roots in many cases are made into
stocks, and a scion inserted in each.
These roots and stocks with the scions
are put in cellars, where they are Cow
cred with moist, not wet, earth, and
when the scion is inserted the future
tree is set up in unfrozen soil again, COW
ering itieven to the top bud ofSthe scion.1
1T is o longs wearisome job forone man,
or for two or three, to root graft young
trees enough to set an acre in nursery.
It also requires much care in handlings
to see that the scion is not loosened be-
fore it is made fast by growth in the
ground American Cultiyator.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
KEEPING STABLES CLEAN.
A Vermont Dairyman's Idea which
Seems to Possess STany Really
Valuable Features.

An artic1e concerning the cleanliness
of cows confined in stables, leads me to
submit an idea which I have followed
with much satisfaction in my own sta
bles, thinking some of your readers
might profit by the same. X ats
The platforms on which the cows
stand have a gentle slope, are four feet
five inches long, terminating in a rather
deep gutter. The managers are cut low
and each animal is fastened by strap
around the neck, which is attached to
a short bit of chain running up and
down an iron rod fixed to the back OF
the manger. A partition extending
about one-fourth the width of the plat
form effectually separates the animals.
In front of the man gers runs q long
wooden trough (lined with galvanized
irony, eight inches wide and six inches
deep, having slight pitch Water is
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
nntter 1nsnection. Needed.

The butter makers of the United
States win never be able to get a
foothold in the foreign butter market
without the help Of butter inspection.
Whenever an attempt is made to se-
cure fer American dairy products
abroad good market, the little, mean
men take advantage of it to send over
poor stuff with high sounding names.
Not till the government sends with
every consignment a certificate of in
spection will we find the way clear.
Even under the best conditions the
foreign market win be hard to hold;
fer the reason that our own market
always bids high for the frgt-class
goods. Farmers Review.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

horses, mules, asses, swine and sheep.
These questions have been asked each
decade from 1850 until the present time.
BY the information secured in answer
to them more than by anything else
can be measured the development of
The national resources invested in the
agricultural industry. The same in
formation enables Us te trace he &c gen
eral> progress of the agricultural classes
of the country, and to determine
whether agriculture is gaining or los
ing relatively when compared with
other industries in the nation.
Associated with the questions given
above are the following: The esti-
mated value of all farm products sold,
consumed or on hand for the year 1899;
the amount expended in 1899 for fer
tilizers; the amount expended in 1899
for farm labor, exclusive of house
work. including value of board fur
nished. The first of these three ques-
tions corresponds to the one asked on
the manufacturing schedule for the to-
tai gross product of the articles manu-
factured in the factories and work
shops of the nation. The question re-
lating to fertilizers furnishes the in
formation that shows from decade to
decade the progress in improved meth
DDS of farming.
Of the other important questions,
attention is called to those which ask
for the color or race of farm propri-
etors, and the tenure by which they
| hold their land. The latter question
| was asked on the schedules in 1880 and
| 1890, and the former in 1890. The CEN
sus of 1890 did not, however, tabulate
the result of the inquiry relating to
color or race. It is the purpose OF
those in charge of the present census
| to tabulate the data collected relating
! to tenure in such a way as to throw
all possible light upon the vexed so
cial and economic questions which
have been raised concerning the own
ership and tenure of farm lands. This
census will also tabulate the figures
showing the number of acres of land
| the various sizes of farms and the crops
i which have been raised by the white
and black races, and thus exhibit as ne
statistics so far collected have dons
the real progress and attainments o
the colored race in the United States.
For the leading farm products the
census schedule calls for information
showing the number of acres harvest
ed. the quantities produced, and th'
| va Ina af y,raI11afc The rrnHuptS f07
which these inquiries are asked are th'
/ following: Corn. wheat, oats, barley
rye. buckwheat, f1axseed, Kaffir corn
hay and forage crops, cotton, rice, to
bacco. hemp, hops, broom corn, pea
/ nuts, dry beans, dry peas, potatoes
sweet potatoes and yams; also suga
tcane, sugar beets and sorghum cane
In addition to this, it asks for the mum
Der of acres harvested and quantitie
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
Rofation of Garden Grops.

It is sometimes claimed that a garden
becomes too rich and that it produces
an enormous growth Of vine, with but
little seeds or fruit. The difficulty is
that the garden contains an excess Of
some kind of plant food. Rotate the
crops or make q garden in a new loca-
ton, growing corn, potatoes and cab
bage successfully on the old location,
when il may be used as garden plat
again. IT is doubtful, however, II gar
den can be too rich.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
AgricuIturu/ Inferesft'ss
in The Coming Census

Questions That Will Be Asked by. the Enumer
of the Farmers Througout the Country
Value of the Statistics

produced of wild, salt or prairie grass
es cut for hay, millet and Hungarian
grasses, alfalfa or lucerne, clover, 9TH
er tame and cultivated grasses, and
grains cut green for hay. It also asks
for the quantities and dsgalues of clover
seed and grass seed raised, and the
quantities and values of sugar, molas-
ses, sirup and sorghum that were pro-
duced. Sugar and sirup will be sep
arated into three groups of maple,
cane and beet.
The agricultural schedule for 1900
calls for the number of acres harvested
and the quantities produced of straw
berries, raspberries and Logan berries,
blackberries and dewberries, currants,
gooseberries, and other small fruit;
of cabbages, tomatoes, sweet corn,
onions, cucumbers, watermelons, musk
and other melons,. 1t also provides a
number of blank spaces in which may
be reported any other vegetable
grown in commercial quantities. OF
orchard fruits, grape vines, nut trees,
and tropical fruits, it asks for the
acres, the number Of trees or vines,
and the quantity of fruit produced,
The orchard fruits for which reports
are asked are apples, peaches and nee
tarines, pears, plums and prunes, cher
ries, apricots, and other orchard
fruits. The tropical fruits are figs,
lemons, olives, oranges, pineapples,
pomeloes, citrons, guavas, and Japan
ese persimmons. Other tropical fruits
are to be reported under one general
head, Miscellaneous Tropical Fruits. =
Of nuts, statistics are asked for al
monds, pecans, Persian or Englishwal,
nuts, and all other nuts under the gen
eric designation of miscellaneous
Nuts" Instead of asking the value OF
the products of each one of these veg
etables, fruits and nuts, as is done fo1
such crops as corn, wheat and cotton
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

the questions are asked for these by
their groups, as grapes, small fruits,
vegetables orchard fruits, tropical
fruits and nuts.
One great change in the census of
1900 is found in the elassifcations un-
der which the various farm animals
are to be reported. The change is one
that has been made at the request of
the live stock men of the country, they
desiring a classification of animals
that would be of more commercial
value to them, and showing not only
the number of horses, but also their
ages, and showing for the meat cattle
not only the character but the ages of
the animals. The schedule calls for
the number and value of calves under
one year; steers one year and under
two, two years and under three. three
years and over; bulls one year and
over; heifers, one year and under two;
cows kept for milk two years and over;
cows and heifers not kept for milk,
two years and over; colts under one
year; horses one year and under two,
y >
under one year; mules two years and
over; asses and burros all ages; lambs
under one year; ewes one year and
over; rams and wethers one year and
over; swine all ages; goats all ages.
1t calls for the number of pure-blCoded
horses, cattle, Angora goats, sheep and
swine, recorded or eligible to record
on the farm June 1, 1900.
Of dairy products, it calls for the
quantities produced, quantities sold,
and amount received from the sale of
milk, cream, butter and cheese on the
farm. The manufacturing section of
the census will collect similar data re-
lating to butter, cheese and condensed
milk made in factories. The combina-
tion of the two will show the complete
dairy exhibit of the country.
It asks for the number of feeces,
total weight of all fieeces, and the total
value of wool, mohair and goat hair
| in the country.
Under poultry and eggs the schedule
calls for the number Of chickens, tur-
keys. geese and ducks; the value of the
poultry of all kinds and of all ages on
hand June /, 1900; the value of poultry
raised in 1899; dozens of eggs produced
in 1899, and the value of those eggs.
/ Under bees and honey it calls for the
number of sWarms and hives of bees on
hand June 1, 1900; their value and the
number Of pounds of honey produced
in 1899; the pounds of wax, and the val,
| ne of the honey and wax thus pro
duced.
j For the arid and subhumid regions
| of the far west the census schedule asks
1 not only the questions which have beer
/ given above, but also the number O
acres Of crops which have been raised
by the artificial use of water.
i I. G. POWERS,
Chief statistician In Charge Of Agriculture
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

Boer blood, and the hasty judgment
of the British governor of Natal, Sir
Bartle Frere. The British governor de-
manded that the Zulu army be disband-
ed and when his demands were refused
English troops at once entered Zulu
territory.
The English army marched in three
columns, one of which was under the
direct command of the British COM
mander-in-chief, Lord Chelmsford. On
January 20, 1879, this main portion of
the British army consisted of between
seven and eight hundred men, camped
on hillside at place called fsandl-
wana. No guards were posted, and no
protection of any kind made against
an attack of the native enemy. But
the unexpected attack came, and the
entire army, with the exception of a
few stragglers and small body of men
who had accompanied Lord Chelms-
ford to a native kraal, distant few
miles, were annihilated. The loss in
that tenABBle disaster amounted to
nearly DO British regular troops and
13o cold Rials. =
Lord Chelmsford retreated to Natal,
but afterwards conducted successful
campaign against the natives with a
reinforced army which ended with the
battle of Ulundi, where the native
army was dispersed SO completely that
Cetywayo's power was entirely broken,
and i the the ehieftain, himself. was cap
tured d short time later and transport
ed to England. He was kept prisoner
for several years, but was finally re-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

n ULU warriors may be called into
+ service before the present con-
4 fiict in South Africa is over as
allies of England. 1t is the announced
intention of the English government
to arm the natives for operations
against the Beers should the Transvaal
armies attempt an invasion of Zulu
land.
Should England make good her
threat~to employ the Zulus against
the armies of the Beers, it is hard to
tell where the employment of native
allies by both sides would stop. Both
the English colonies and the two strug-
Cling republics have friends among the
native tribes of South Africa, and
should England arm the Zulus for the
purpose of fighting the Beers the
burghers would in all probability use
fire to fight fire and employ other ma
tive tribes to fight the Zulus.
Zulu spears have been washed in the
blood Of both Britons and Beers; both
nations have felt the terrible weight
of the massacres of the crafty natives.
In fact it is the Zulus who are to-day
responsible for at least part of the
causes that have led to the war be-
tween the two governments, for it was
one of their threatened uprisings
against the Beers that gave to England
the excuse for annexing the country in
1877, an annexation which was wei
coined at the time by many of the
Dutch farmers of the little republic
who realized the inefficiency of their
own government to protect them and
their families from the threatened
raids, and England fought the war the
Beers would have had to fight had
there been no annexation.
The first experience the Beers. had
with the natives whom they may be
called upon to fight was in 1888, when
the Dutch farmers had "trekked" from
their homes in Cape Colony across the
mountains to Natal, where they at
tempted to settle. Here they found a
handful of British settlers and thou
sands of the Zulu natives who claimed
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

INTRODUCED at the upper end and kept
constantly though slowly running
throughout the day.sAfter milking, it
is shut off and the trough emptied
through a two-inch lead pipe leading
into a hopper-like box, for the purpose
of catching any particles Of feed that
would otherwise tend to obstruct the
waste tiling pipe which cares for the
regular overflow. The trough is then
scrubbed out with a stiff brush and
flushed with clean water, Sc that 1T is
always sweet and clean. The. overflow
pipe is also two inches, SO that any or
binary piece of fodder will slip through.
By this arrangement the animals
have clean fresh water three times
daily in quantities that satisfy but 90
not chill them, without the expense and
labor of heating, or using the rather
expensive individual tubs, with their
complicated valves, that from time to
time have appeared on the market.
AT regular intervals Of about Is feet,
near the back Of the managers, are the
upright posts supporting the upper
stories of the barn.
To these I bolted, at right angles,
pieces of two by four-inch sticks, one
bolt in each stick, which permits it to
play easily up and down. 10 these
sticks are fastened lengthwise strips OF
seven-eighths inch spruce four inches
wide. BY means of pulleys in the cell
ing. through which run sash cord, these
/ frames are easily raised and lowered.
| When they are down, the free end rests
at an angle on the top Of the manger,
forcing the animal back SO that any ex-
crement is deposited in the gutter and
notion the platform,
The end of the frame, which Is bolted
to- the upright barn post, is, placed att
such height that>while il admits of
the animals stepping forward So as to
reach all parts Of the manger, on rais-
| ing her head she comes in contact with
| the frame and naturally steps back.
| With the arrangement Of the pulleys.
before Ir1e11 tit51z4 iit51z4sstea Il trnnlhle To
raise the frame work for feeding and
| watering. The water trough is supplied
| with a sectional cover which is kept on
| at all times save when watering. The.
illustration may make the idea clearer.
Robert Fl. Chamberlain, in Country
| Gentleman.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

the land IN which they wished to make make
their homes. 49, E6&6
This settlement was made near Port
Natal, and in the territory the natives
were governed by the native chief Dim
gaan With this chief the Beers att
tempted to make treaty, and Retief,
the leader of the Dutch farmers, with
party of 70 followers, visited the
chiefs capital for that purpose. They
took with them as o peace Offering a
large number of cattle which had been
stolen from the natives by another
tribe and which the Dutch had recap
tured. ## s
y The settlers were received with the
greatest courtesy by the native chief,
Who agreed to treaty ceding to, the
ettlers large tract of land lying be-
tween the Tugela and Umzimvubu
rivers. On February 4, 1888, after the
treaty had been properly signed, Din
gaan invited the Boer leaders to an en-
tertainment in his hut, and while the
festivities were at their height the
signal was given by the crafty chief
tain for a general massacre. The en-
tire 20 men were murdered without
mercy by the blood-thirsty natives,
who afterwards swept down upon the
unprotected settlers and massacred ali
upon whom they could lay their hands,
sparing neither men, women nor chill
dren The few who escaped took ref
uge on a hilltop, now called Rensburg
kop, and from there repelled the at
tacks of the natives. and aftcrward
pursued Dingaan and his army and
drove them out of the country. The
last battle of this war, which for mary
wears broke the power of the Zulus.
was fought on December 16, 1888, be-
tween 460 Beers and more than $4,000
natives. In this battle native dash and
native spears were no match for Boer'
strategy and Boer firearms, and the
native enemy was badly defeated los
ing more than 5000 warriors in killed
alone. #
English settlers in South Africa have
had almost as many experiences with
the Zulu natives as have our own set
tiers with the Indians in the west. but
the home government had1o one expe'
rienee which cost in one day the lives
of valiant little army ofsome 500 mer
and afterwards long campaign be
fore the mighty forces of the Zulu chief
tain, Cetawayo, was broken and his
army scattered. 1t not only cost Eng
land this, but it cost the royalist party
of France the rightful heir to ths
French throne, who fell fighting fol
the nation that had defeated and i'm
prisoned his great ancestor. Princ'
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Louis Napoleon was one of the English
army that died at the hands of the ma
tive warriors. -&s
The causes assigned for the Zulu war
were boundary disputes between the
natives and the Beers and the massa-
ere of number of Boer farmers and
their families living in the disputed
territory. The real causes were prob
ably a desire of Cetywayo to wash the
spears of his warriors in English and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

turned to his own country, where he
died in 1884, year after his return
from England.
To-day it is hard to estimate the
power of the Zulus. They have not the
organization they had under Getywayo,
but in numbers they are. stronger,
and, armed with British guns. they
would make strong reinforcement
for the English army in South Africa
RERNHARD BRISTOL.
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Not the Only One.

.sskinhint is gifted with second
sight
Il didn't know that
ssYes, he always looks at q dollar
twice before he spends it."-Town
Topics.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

Miss DeMuir-Papa this is Mr.. Gal
loper-no, | mean Mr.. PAGER. 5 Z
The Young Mani beg pardon, but
my name is Trotter-
Miss DeATuir- stupid of me. 1
knew. it had something to do with
horses, though. Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
A. Solution.

He--I wonder why it is that married
women are so much more interesting
than single ones?
Probably because they have
learned how to conceal their opinion of
men.-Puck.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
A Fraud.

Miss McCar1em-Th Thot piano lamp ye
sold me is no good, an Oh want yez
to take it back.
Dealer-Eh? Why?
Mrs. McCarIem Diyil a chune CON
we GIT out of tn. I. Weekly.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17
Consiaierate.

'.They say he is a very careful, con-
scientious husband"
He is. Whenever he is going to be
home to dinner he always let's his
wife know beforehand. Puck.
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u,n Get Revenge.

ST hate hiIn!''' she exclaimed. 7
would do anything I could to make him
miserable
'.Then why don't you marry him 2"
asked her dearest friend sweetly.-Chi-
cago Post.
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soutl, African Item.

Newspaper Mani should like to tea-
egraph home that the commanding
general is an idiot.
Censor-I regret to inform you that
we can permit the transmission of no
military secrets.-Tit- Bits. A
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why He necsIned.

s.Tenspot has written letter declinl-
ing to be a candidate for congress
.Idon't know that anybody had asked
him to be candidate"
.'sThat is the reason why he has de-
clined."-Town Topics.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-03-17

Youth dreams of the future, Age dreams
of the past
Their life-days far off thus adorning;
But the life of to-day wears no glamour,
and they
Both hate to get up in the morning.
Puck. t5g