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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04
Cuba'S Census.

Ordinarily statistics are dry enough
but when they bear directly upon eX-
listing problems to which every
thoughtful person is awake they cease
to be repellant and become luminous
with interest. This general observa-
ton applies with special force to the
census which has recently been taken
in Cuba under the direction OF the
United States government.
In the first place ii is curious to
note that the census is full of sur
prises. Most Of us in this country have
labored under the impression that the
population OF Cuba was largely made
up of negroes and mixed breeds; but
from the figures presented in the Off
cial returns it appears that this popu-
lar notion is wholly erroneous. Out OF
1.572.797 persons inhabiting the island
in 1899, the official returns show that
1.O52,497 were whites and 52O'3Oo ne
.eroes and mixed breeds. This proper
ton instead of causing alarm should
rather call forth feelings OF reller on
the part of those who are looking up-
on Cuba with reference to the posi-
bilities OF future statehood In the
American union.
If we will inquire into the character
OF the population of our southern
states we will find that the pre-
ponderance Of males over females is
much less than It is In Cuba. In fact
three OF our southern states, viz. Mis-
sissippi Louisiana and South Carolina,
contain considerable more blacks than
whites; and whatever may be the feel
ing Of uneasiness which this fact oc-
casions there IS certainly much less
cause Of anxiety over the conditions
which exist in Cuba.
In order that no doubt may be en-
tertained on this point, We submit the
following table showing the proportion
which exists between the races in each
of The south Atlantic and gulf states:
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04
The Live Stock Industry.

Tho south should be especially inter
ested in the gathering OF figures relat-
inc 10 1.-Two stock. since she should be-
come a live stock section.
The live stock interests OF the Uni
ted states are to be given special at
tent.on i'm the twelfth census. In pre-
vious cnumerations tho live stock on
farms ana ranges have been enumer-
ated on Tho farm schedule, but all 9TH
cr 1.-Two stock have been disregarded-
This limitation intcrfered with the COR
RICHNESS OF the census figures ana re-
suited in misrepresentation OF an I'M
portant element in national wealth. To
remove tho difficulty congress has
PASSED n law. approved February !,
1872 which allows the director oi the
census to collect information concern
/ Ing The number and kinds % live stock
not q farms"
For this purpose q special schedule
+ has been prepared by the census Office
on which all live stock not on farms
7 or ransts arc 10 be reported by the
barns or enclosures in which they are
+ Kept. By combining the results of this
schedule With those on tho farm sched-
I uie the oiics should obtain fan and
[ accurate picture OF the livestock con-
I d.ticns OF tho United States, June I.
/ 1900.
This improvement will be of value
not merely for itself, but because the
I department Of agriculture each year
makes an enumeration or estimate of
/ the number OF live stock in the coun-
+ try, by correspondence with its thou
sands az SUecia1 qoante scattered over
I the United States. Now in January.
there arc few Young animals and prices
OF live stock arc high. For both rea-
sons the average valuation per head
I obtained 10y the department of agricul-
I ture enumeration tends to exceed the
I truth. On the other hand that depart
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04
SHOT TO DEATH ON a TRAIN.
Bob Smith. of Fannin County, Given
a Mortal Wound.

Canton. Ca. Nay I.-tSr-giall--Eob''
smith. son II Hon Dan Smith. u Fannin
county. was shot AMI killed last night on
III. uorth-bound train north 70 VOID
sra--k On this county. De- John Hays. nr
lived only a short while after being shot
Hav~ LEFT the trlin about i've miles above
where the shooting occurred. and thus far
has evadef arrest. 4 reward cf S-9l has
bon on cred for him b. the relatives OF
the dead nan
f.T Of the train. while another report is
a. the sffrrt that one uran thrown
of the train while NJ fun sEeed-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

TO NOT FORGET o. make vour renewals IN tine.
Ws'eh yCEr direction tsy and Sc when yozr sub
FrtFticn eEPire- III. next sir months viii - fun
q Interest. SRI vcu .huus.i Pct mis-. single copy
q lie Coustsut'ol- seal ypur orders - least a
vrrE t- afv.nu- 20 t-ss- .urr. 70 nav net take
-esk IN every fnst,ncs. use tie .realcs.
Sl'ssncr 20 get tlssEn on cur mailing tst
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04
FEVER PLAGUE AMONG Te,
Five Cases Found in the Prov upon n
Santa Clara. taught

Havana. Nav 29.-Five cases ORD was
fever have broken out at Santnd the
among the men of the Second but as
who are married TO Cuban won braa-o.
who live out of the barracks. I ct
only two cases in the province Of &c Lhdth-
and there is not one in the city.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04
They Are Al Lining Un.

They Are All Lining Up.
The statement that Mr.. ]. ]. Coo
gan. % New YORK.. has contributed
SlG1. OOu 20 the democratic fund. con-
dItioBal upon Mr.. Bryan being the
nominee. has been followed by a de-
cIaratiOn from AR. Richard Croker.
which indicates THAI the democrats
OF the whole country will line up 10
the party's standard.
There IS a peculiar vein OF common
sense running through the remarks
OF W-. Croker. MS they ere given
through the columns ~ The New
York Journal. Meeting the question
tIuut.v Mr.. Croker sccs no reason,
even from an eastern mans stand
point Tor Z covering MP of the free
silver Issue. lie reasons that upon
this issue lIr. lirgan has won the
ear az the country. that IN its behalf
there have been enlisted men fully as
conservative as those who have de-
clarsd for d gold standard. that the
people want SIR. Bryan for what ho
q
a weakening II these views wcu-d ue
a weakening ~ the man himself. aud
such an aC. world ie a public oalam-
irv Will. 10 some there arc other
Issues NOR. important. Nr. Bryan can
represent them better with his con-
s.st,nr record than il he retreated
from himself Character counts for
moro I'm a political campaign than
soma sl0-.-s.-h-cl men are willing
"a acknowledge. and tnis character
l-. Tryan has just as he stands to-
Jlv.
Cth7- On st-rrz there are. aud most
IMPORTANT ONES. some ~ slcn cmrr-
gent Trusts AMI inre-i-i-s.s are fnll
III dangers. -hre-tclins disa=,c to our
,.y-.-est--1r1s. Already we have the
Elri'a y trust forcing a pre- iden:
$500 the words o. his mes
sIsf. .ilcs- teS.re the INK was dry.
At the demand ~ this inso-eat ag-
E-sr-,lal cf wealth ire president was
compelled 20 euie- the lobby 90 se-
cure tha defeat 81 a policy suggested
by himself Tho constitution az the
country was torn 20 shrcis IN order
90 allow congress 70 exercise powers
in Porto Rico dcn. -I H. e In Alaska.
I Lt- pockets 20 -he d. of this Cuun-
Try have been rncr u order u keep
UU tae dividends ~ lae sugar truss.
This control ~ !. Is Hn. So BOLDLY
SO ...-r
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

onymous from now on. which will
fight for the safety of the country
and the reversal of a wickedly supine
policy.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

Virginia. j. .... ~ o-ol22 633NaS
An examination of the above table
will show that the proportion which
exists between the races in Cuba is
substantially the same as the proper
ton which exists in North Carolina;
while in each of the other states the
ratio of blacks TO whites is relatively
much greater than IT. IS in Cuba
But the census makes other inter-
esting disclosures. out of 1,572,795 in
habitants OF the island in 1899. the Of
fetal returns show that S4401l were
males and 72S,7SG females. This pre-
ponderance Of males over females is
accounted for by the fact that the for
eigners on the island are almost eX-
cluslvcly males. Among the natives 1t
was found that the males were less
numerous than the females.
In each province on the island it
appears tho number of foreigners IS
comparatively small so that when the
foreign element and the negroes and
mixed breeds are subtracted from the
total OF population the result shows
that the balance Of power is left not
simply in the hands Of the whites but
In the hands OF the native whites. In
the province Of Puerto Principe the
percentage OF foreigners is least, while
in tho province Of Havana It is great
est. due TO the large number Of for
elgners residing in the city OF Iia-
vana. Since the war with Spain most
OF the Spaniards have LETT the island.
Several years ago the number OF Chl-
nese on the island was quito large, but
OF late years on account Of repeated
disturbances the number of Chlnese
has been steadily d minishing.
From the official returns it appears
that the percentage of illiteracy in Gu
ba Is nearly so per cent, due to the
policy Of tho Spanish government eX-
tending over many years of keeping
the natives in ignorance in order to
prevent them from rising UP I'm insur-
recticn, and to hold them more easily IN
subsection. Great changes nave been
wrought in the island since the United
States government took possession
several months ago and in the course
OF time the percentage OF illiteracy
will be comparatively insignificant.
Hastily glancing at other features OIL
tho census it appears that the rate OF
mortality In Cuba is much greater
than It is in this country, but this diff
ference Is aus 10 TIE utbbAluSi N4oAN
gard OF sanitary precautions so char
acteristic OF the inhabitants OF the Is
land prior to the time when the uni
ted States government took possession.
Likewise social conditions on the Is
land are not what they ought to be.
Out OF the total population Of the IS
land In 1899 it appears from the OH
cial returns that there were only 246,-
3b7 persons married under the laws OF
the church while 13l7S7 persons were
living together as husband and wife
without the sanction OF the church,
which was deemed too expensive, and
1.10s. 700 were single.
Although the census makes many
shocking disclosures 1t also reveals
many startling possibilities; and much
additional light is thrown upon the
problem which is now agitating the
minds of the American people.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

u YOr sT-Sn Is AN ORDER for new subscribers
Tss-. allow a week b. get the names on the l'E,
srG Tsrers stsrteI before you write complaint
tsWeEEe very much crowded now.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

CHANCE or ADDRFsSS-when ordering address
81 your Faper charged slssv- give the oh ~ wei
s-tne new adirsss- Always give PostofHce. county
st~s state If ycur T-per : not received regularly
E.tlfy - ami ne vii strssghien the matter
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

w WANT YoU-The Consultation wants aren't
every Ts~soffiCe In America AGENTS outfit free
RI eos5 terms. II yoa are not IN a e.Eb We want
SCI O. act - agent af your Office. Wrlte u
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

;lsrrIss Cream separstOrs-Pron;able Dairyins
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04

No man can work wei with a torrIi
liver or ruustiTltsI bowels \ few doses
81 I'siclziy Ash 8ltters viii quickly re
t.L..E..aFa.-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-06-04
On the River Bank.


In a river cool an deep;
But the trouble is-the April winds
Jest sing my soul TO sleep.
They blow so sweet acrost the banks
OF violets. that 1 say
"Jest let the river creep along,
An sing my soul away
know Jest what they're sayin'-
These sweet south winds; 1 know
They've heard the mocllin' birds. an been
In fields whar' daisies grow.
They've heard the songs o. toiiers-
In the shadder in the heat;
The rustic of the corn blades,
The ripple of the wheat!
An @attlo bells. fur-ringin'
Through all the drowsy day.
An they're singin'-oh. they're singin'
My sleepy soul away.
These Birds That Sing So.
These birds that sing so where the blooms
In Georgia sunlight shine
That make the minutes musical.
THEY'LL break their hearts and mine. my
dear
They'll break their hearts and mine!
For. singing of departed years
OF withered flower and vine,
Their songs are but Loves signs and
tears.
They'll break their hearts and mine,
my dear
They'll break their hearts and mine.
Song and Sunshine.
Song and the sunshine! and life is still
sweet
Sure, there was never a sorrow, my
dear;
See how the red blooms are rained at
your feet.
They are wreaths you shall weari
Song and the sunshine! And life is COM
plete;
Hope is too radiant now for a fear
To blight any blossom that falls at your
feet:
Love has kissed back the tearl
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

1t is the observation of the writer
that there are large numbers of mead
ows that badly need reseeding. Even
in northern Illinois, where the pas
lures are good and the hay crop large,
we find many fields so run down tnat
they are hardly worth cutting. Com
plants come from New York ano
neight oring states that the hay crop
is very short due to a drouth this
year and last. Two drouths coming
together have injured the grass roots
to such an extent that they will be of
no use next year, SO the reports say.
If one were to investigate he would
find that the fields of which this is
true have been run down year after
year till the roots have become short
ened and are contracted to a thin lay
er of earth that is naturally very east
" penetrated by the heat from the
sun. In the meadows that have been
made a part of the rotation it will
be found that the roots are long ana
reach down into the region of mois-
ture. In such cases the drouth will
have little effect. 1t will pay to re-
seed our meadows whenever they show
signs of getting thin. When the grass
becomes short and wiry and the weeds
begin to appear in the dry spots, the
time is ripe for turning up the sod anu
putting it into some other crop for a
year or two.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

portance than TO have the stack look
smooth. A great deal of grain ia
wasted every year by poor stacking.
Teach the boys how to stack, and dc
not depend on a stranger He may
or may not know how to build STACK
that will shed water and it is then toe
late to get some one else. Stacked
grain is usually better than that
threshed from the shock on account
of its sweating in the stack
Q.-How do you stack grain?
Mr.. Bradley can't tell you how
stack 1t, except that the stacks are
round and are kept full in the middle
l make stack that sheds water.
Mr.. Bradley-I use fork, and stacl
on my knees. The worst trouble with
the stacking Of many men is that they
allow the stack to remain quite fat
and the center settles the hardest, and
the bundles turn the wrong way
Mr.. Arnold-Farmers should al
stack with the fork. / stacked all my
grain last year and did it with a fork
and 1t is the best job on the farm. Il
is mistake to run up the stacks toe
high.
Mr.. McKerrow-The secret OF good
stacking is to keep the middle full
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18
Bombardlnr the Clouds.

The Italian system of cannon-fi firing
for preventing hail was recently put
to a severe test, with results that ex-
ceeded expectations. Threatening
clouds collected in the neighborhood
of Rogeno, in the province of Como,
three times in succession ON one at
ternoon, and each time they were bonn
barded by fourteen special cannons.
The clouds were scattered, only a lit
tie sleet falling. In the vicinity OF
Alessandria great damage was done
by hail. which fell over the districts
of Rocchetta, Tanaro, Masio, Felix
zano and Quattordio, in some places
piling up to a depth of twenty inches.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

The tripping feet-the sparkling
eye-the graceful movement-be-
Iongnot alonetethe budding maiden.
These graces are the right-aye
duty of e7e,-y wonzan until the hair
whitens regal dignity replaces
them.
The mother who guards her
strength has so much more to de-
vote to the care and education of
her dear ones. She should be a
cornfort-a cheer-always
Yet how many feel that they
have the strength to properly ball
ance the home? The world is list
less, weary and morbid. Its blood
moves sluggishly and is full of i'm
purities. 1t needs kindling, in
MIGRATING tonic to set it aire-it
needs Pe-ru-na,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18
Raising Small Grain.

CONDENSED from Farmers Review STEM
ographic Report of Wisconsin Roundup
Institute.)
w. c. Bradley spoke on raising
small grains. In part he said:
First, clean land free from foul seeds
such as wild oats, mustard. pigeon
grass or other matter that is likely to
occupy part of the ground that is
needed. We can not grow a crop of
grain and weeds at the same time, yet
thousands of acres are sown to grain
every year that when harvested con-
tain from 10 to SO per cent of unsal-
able trash. A careful rotation of crops
and good cultivation will keep our
land free from weeds. Our seed should
be selected with great care from land
that has produced a big crop of clean.
plump, heavy seed. Light or shrunk-
en- seed has not the vitality to grow
strong plants under adverse conditions.
although it might give a good crop
under favorable conditions. The third
requisite is fertile soil with the eIe-
ments of fertility in the right proper
ton. Soils that have been made fer
tile by barnyard manure often contain
too much nitrogen which grows rank
straw that lodges, making us much
trouble in harvesting and giving a
shrunken kernel which shows a lack
of silica and phosphoric acid in the
soil.
How to overcome this has been a
study with many farmers, but no sat
4oF, IL.
will grow a good crop in a wet year.
Sowing salt at the rate of $50 to 200
pounds per acre is said to help some
sods. Many farmers advocate thick
seeding on such land, as the straw is
not so apt to grow rank as when sown
thin. On well-drained land which con-
tains plenty of vegetable matter or
humus which acts as sponge to hold
the moisture which the young plant
uses in it's growth, the preparation of
the seed bed is easy, because the land
Is in good mechanical condition and
1t will pillow easy and. when the pull
yerizers and harrows are put on the
surface, will work up mellow and free
from Jumps easily.
If the weather ia good cutting should
begin a day or two before we think
1t is just ripe, as there is always more
danger from shrinking the first day,
and If we use the straw for feed the
early cut is much the best. But in
case of wet weather we must be care
full in shocking oats or barley cut
green, as they are slow to dry out ana
may mould in the shock. like to put
up shocks of twelve bundles, a rouHd
shock of ten bundles and two caps.
II properly put up, these shocks will
stand considerable rain without much
damage, and we can usually begin
stacking after a rain than If uncapped.
Stacking should be done as soon as
possible after the cutting is finished.
Do not wait to help your neighbor
thrash out of the shock. In stacking
be sure to keep the center of the stack
higher at all times than the outside;
then the outside bundles will have a
good pitch. and this is of more i'm
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

The longer a body falls, the faster
it falls. Control your appetite at the
start. Keep yourself in the saddle.
Keep the body under" The body is
like clock. Brandy makes 1t too fast,
gluttony too slow: and the longer 1t
goes wrongly. the faster or slower it
gets. Given to appetite" given to
drink" we say significantly. The
drunkard has given himself away. In
temperance is kind OF insanity. The
'scold cure" for intemperance. and why
1t won't work. The saloon, sthe poor
mans club" and how it knocks him
down. Noble lives ruined by drink
(such as Burns, Poe, etc.,. Temper
ance seeds-planted in the spring.
The snake In the"-caucus.-
orers Daily Companion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

Every orchardist should make him.
self familiar with the fruit-crop con-
ditions of each year. In that way only
can he know how valuable is the fruit
hanging on his trees. A few years ago.
when everything pointed to the prob
ability OF high prices for apples, the
farmers in some counties almost gave
away their apples. Buyers that under
stood the conditions bought up crops
on the trees at 10 cents per bushel and
made enormous profits out of the
transaction. The growers thus failed
to get their part of the profits What
shall it profit man to spend money
and time in planting an orchard and
bringing it into bearing and then give
away its product? The grower should
get more out of it than any other per
son; yet it is too often the middlemar
that gets all the profits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18
First Postage stamp in Amer,ca.

1t is believed that the first postage
stamp used in this country was one de-
signed by the Hon. E. A. Mitchell, post
master of New Haven, Conn, in the
year 1S47. 1t was brown in color,
printed on ordinary paper, and about
the size of the present government
stamp, and signed by Mr.. Mitchell. he
issued it for the convenience of the cit
liens, who complained of the delay ee-
casioned by their being unable to pre-
pare letters except in the Office hours.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18

Detroit and return-Aug ust 1924 ..........
Rates for above excursion are one fare
for round trip. plus .......... ...-.-.... zoo
Chicago and return-August 23-24-One
fare for round trip
The Union Pacific has three trains daily
in each direction, running on the best track
and making the quickest time Of any line in
the west. These trains are equipped with
the latest and most sumptuous Pullman
Palace and Ordinary Sleeping Cars, Dining
Cars. Buffet Smoking and Library Cars
with barber shop and free Reclining
Chair Cars, running through from Utah,
Idaho and Nevada points. TO Omaha, Kan
sas City and Chicago without change.
The line of the Union Pacific abounds in
scenery Of surprising interest to the lover
of nature Devils Slide" witches
Rocks, Green River Bluffs "Palpit
Rock and Devils Gate are but few
of the numerous scenes of beauty and
grandeur which, together with the quickest
time and vastly superior service and equip
ment, have made the Union Pacific 81
justly renowned.
All tickets good via Salt Lake and Den
YER if desired. Further information OF
application to H. NJ. Clay, General Agent
Salt Lake City.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18
THE ONE MEDICINE

In the world which women may
RELY upon positively. Pe-ru-na il
good for everyone, but particularly
for women. The various weak
nesses which afflict their delicate or
ganism spring from inflammation or
catarrh of the mucous lining, and Pe-ru-nz
is a specific for catarrh in any organ OF
the body Any congestion of mucous
membrane simply means catarrh of the
organ affected This is why Pe-ru-na
cures all sorts of troubles where othef
remedies fail. If there Is catarrhal
affection the matter with you anywhere
Pe-ru-na will cure you
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-09-18
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