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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-08

Sugar, raw steady: fair refining SIC;
centrifugal 90 test, l5-lsc: molasses
sugar 4c; refined firm.
C1NCINNATI-F'lour quiet. Wheat
firm; No. 2 red TIC, Corn quiet; No.
9 mixed 42Is G43c. Oats easy; No. 2
mixed 22H@22hc. Rye steady: No. z
SIC. Lard easy at Sc GO. Bulkmeats
firm at 81 so. Bacon active at IS IS.
Whiskey dull at 81 26. Sugar firm.
ToLEDO-Wheat dull and higher;
spot and September 75;sc. Corn dull
and lower; No. cash and September
41hc. Oats dull and lower; No. 2 cash
2li.c. Rye dull: good No. choice sic.
'Cloverseed dull and lower; No. 2 s. 80.
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Corn, receipts 2O,o25 bushels: exports
1929 bushels: spot market firm: No.2.
46Ac atioat; options opened steady;
closed firm at h1Ac net advance;
close: May. 4o%c: September 44sSc;
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OC{BUe4r ffC' llJtEEHlUtit VEL
Oats. receipts l6l.1oo bushels: exports
1886 bushels; spot market quiet; No.
2, CSC: options slow. but fairly steady.
Hay quiet. Hops quiet. Hides steady.
Leather steady. Beef stendy. Cut
meats steady. Lard firm; refined
steady. Pork steady. Tallow dull.
Cottonseed oil firm. Rosin steady.
TurpegtIne firm. Rice steady. Molasses
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NEW YoRK-Flour. receipts 1854
barrels; exports i.73S barrels; market
slow and featureess.
Wheat. receipts S6,025 bushels: ex-
ports 56,71O bushels; spot market
steady: No. 2 red 1880 I. o. b. ailoat;
options opened steady; closed firm at
nc net advance; close: March. SIC;
May, S2Hc; September, 17bc; Decem-
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FARM CORRESPONDENCE.
Shredding Corn.

c H. Colquhoun, Montrose Ga--You ap-
pear to favor gathering the whole corn
crop. stalks and all. and using shredder.
As a subscriber and one thinking of pir-
chasing a shredder, | would Ike 10 ask
few questions
l. Is the corn crop (for shredding) cut
down and shocked about the time fodder
Is usually pulled?-the good old-fashioned
way being to- leave the corn in the field
to harden for six weeks after fodder IL
pulled.
>. WIN that not result I'm the corn being
imperfectly hardened and cured; and IL
that not the reason that so much of the
western corn sold in our markets appears
To be damaged and is dangerous as feed
10 horses and mules?
Answer think you will find most OF
your questions anticipated In the editorial
of July 9th.
l. Yes. | say about one week later than
the usual time of pulling fodder In the
good CD old-fashioned way"
2 No: the corn will harden Just well
when cut down as II Will when the blades
are pulled. In either case the vital forces
are brought 10 a sudden stop and the
hardening I'm either case is nothing but
a process OF drying. The damaged corn
from the west Is generally due to late
maturing Of the corn and too early cutting
ito get il cut before frosD. | have tried
the plan five years and know what l am
talking about.
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An Abundant Wheat Crnp.

Editor Constitution-I have Just last even
ing reached this charming old Virginia noun
tain little city where there has no rain
fallen for some weeks past and the parched
corn and grass are. II were. crying for
rain and the wheat harvesting in all Of up
per east Tennessee and Virginia is progress
ing finely and in most cases have been fin
ished and the harvester is being richly re-
warded for his labor. Not in years past has
southwest Virginia. east Tennessee. North
Carolina and dear old South Carolina been
SO richly blessed with such abundant wheat
crop. In Greenville. s. c., there are two ele-
CANT -four mills. all OF the latest and best
machinery-the Mountain City. OF $50 barrels
and the Eagle OF 100 barrels capacity, and
last fall they encouraged the farmers to SOW
wheat by bringing IN plenty OF fine seed.
hence that county will furnish 70 the mills
100 600 TO $50 90 bushels OF home grown wheat
1 heard OF many crops in that county pro-
ducing twenty-five TO thirty-one bushels 70 an
acre. some other counties IN that state are
doing nearly as well. and many roller mills
are being built all through the Caroiinas.
hence encouraging wheat growing. as the
grower then finds home market for his
product II is truly gratifying 70 see how the
farms are being improved under the diVersi-
fed crop system.
The old tar state. North Carolina, is break
ing all records IN her wheat growing At
Charlotte, n. C. Mr.. j. Lee koiner, rom
the valley OF virginia, has recently purchased
mill property. and Will increase 1t 10 Two
bundred-barrel capacity. and within quar-
ter OF q mile OF his mill Mr.. Fred Oliver. one
OF the most valuable citizens. and brother
OF Mr. John Oliver. OF your city. has Just
thrashed the wheat from $50 acres and the
average yield was thirty bushels per acre
He has now turned all OF this land well and
sowed II In peas. millet and forage corn which
will be harvested by the first Of September.
then the land turned and sowed IN
wheat again. thereby taking two
full crops a year. Now show me a country
on earth 20 excel North Carolina. South Caro-
lima and dear old Georgia for profitable farm
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tender and sweet, and the pith Is filled
with sugary juices. AS soiling crop 1t
is very much priced. as IL may be cut
every month from May until heavy frosts.
Dr. Phares. OF Mississippi. says
n long drought II was moved In the
northeastern part of that state three
times, and on the first of October there
was a growth from eight to twelve inches
high. Upon this cattle were turmoil. and
there remained feeding and fattening on
the abundant. rich. rapidly-growing foil
age to the last OF December.
All writer's on this grass, with the ex-
ception of a few who live above the 9th
degree of north latitude. while com
mending II highly for the fecundity Of rs
growth and the nutritious qualities of its
foliage and roots, speak of II as utterly
indestructible. Professor Guley. of
Mississippi, says I'm the quantity and
quality of hay II stands first for perma-
nent meadow. especially II sown on rich.
well-drained, heavy land. Professor 5.
NJ. Tracy says: johnson grass makes
excellent hay, and will give from three
to four cuttings year While thousands
of dollars have been made by its culti-
walton. and IL grows well on almost any
kind of soil. II Will never be popular. as
when once planted. 1T sticketh closer
than a brother and II is difficult to
grow any other crop on the land
When the roots become thoroughly
matted I'm the soil the yield of hay de-
creases. A good plowing of the ground.
so as to dislocate the masses of roots,
will start the grass to growing again in
all tropical vigor. As a meadow or pas
ture grass IL will retain its hold upon the
land and suffer no inroads whatever by
other grasses or weeds. The only situa-
tion II cannot endure is when sown where
il will be overflowed and the water left
standing upon the ground. Under such
conditions the roots Will rapidly decay.
The seed weighs thirty-five pounds to
the bushel. and one bushel is required for
sowing an acre. IL may also be propa-
gated by setting out pieces Of the roots
a foot apart
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Preparing Cotton Land and Guilt
waiting 1t.

To w. A. C.. Rochelle. Gal 1t Is
rather late IN the season to answer the
question, How should land be prepared
for cotton?' But ] will say that there Is
no "cast-iron" rule for such preparation.
The essehtial thing is TO do the work
thoroughly well. l usually break flush
with two-horse plow six to eight inches
deep In February and harrow immediate
ly. At from two to three weeks before
planting time. lay off burrows three TO
Tour feet, using a ten-inch shovel. Dis
tribute fertilizers in these burrows and
throw four burrows. forming beds. Just
ahead of planting, harrow down or board
off the beds and plant III the moist, mellow
soil.
2 and 3. Nor does cotton require any spe-
cial number OF ploUings. Did you read
the editorial. The objects Of Tillage.
in the Weekly of May l4th. and the one
on Look at the Grass" in the issue of
Junt 1lth? If not, / fear that you do not
read this department regularly. Those
editorials cover the subject
4. | think II would probably inJure the
corn to plow 1t for the sake of the peas
four weeks after il was laid by.
(Your full surname was not given, nor
was your letter dated.-Ed.)
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McMILLIN OUT OF THE RACE
Governor Withdraws from Tennessee
Senatorial Contest.

Nashville. Tenn. July 9.-Governor Ben
ton McMillin. at late hour tonight, ad-
dressed an open letter to the democracy
or Tennessee. expressing the wish that
his name be no longer used in connection
with the contest for United States sena-
tor from Tennessee. In his letter the gov
ernor says he has frankly said to his
friends that when opportunity offered he
aspired TO the high office OF United States
senator, but that though many represen-
tatives already elected favor his election
he goes on to say that the contest has
caused Ill feeling in the democratic MARI
and has threatened its hafmony Tbe
election this fall he regards, he saws. Is
the most important in the history of the
government 44O
No ambition. no success of any man
should lmpern the triumph of demo-
racy in November is the governors de-
claration, and in conclusion he reouests
that his friends no longer urge his name
Tor the senatorship. This leaves the con
test between two avOwed candidates-Con
gressman e. w. Carmack, of the tenth
district. and David r. Snodgrass. chief
justice OF the supreme court of Tennes-
see.
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Lame Mare.

To J. III. s., White Oak Springs. Ala
1t is difficult to say with confidence what
is the cause of the stiffness and lame
ucss of your mare without seeing her. I
suggest that II may be rheumatism of tho
muscles of the loins and hind legs. Try
this treatment: Give a dose OF drains
of aloes. l ounce each of ginger and
gentian. made up into a bolus with soap
or sirup. After II has operated, If she
seems to be in much pain. give ounces of
opium times day In little water.
Battle the legs and loins with hot water
Sc ap Iiniment. Then blanket and cover
the legs. Keep the kidneys active by
giving Y ounce saltpeter once or twice
a day. If no better in two weeks, give
\. doses of Fowler's solution OF arsenic In
bran mashes once a day for several
weeks
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NEGRO SLAYS A FLORIDIAN.
Well Known Planter Shot to Death
by a Fugitive.

Tallahassee. Fla. July u.-(Special.)-
Harmony Gray. a prosperous. intelligent
white farmer, aged thirty. was shot and
instantly killed twenty miles southwest
of Tallahassee Monday by Dan Rich
ardsOn. a young negro turpentine hand.
Richardson had robbed Gray's house ear
ly in the night Gray with two friends
pursued the negro several miles when
the latter slipped into shanty. As Gray
passed the shanty the negro stuck
pistol through the crack and fired, kill
ing Gray instantly. The negro escaped
some fifteen shots fired by Gray's friends
and dashed off toward the Georgia line
A large crowd Of Gray's friends and
neiEhbors are securing the country for
the murderer, who viii be lynched 4.
caught. =
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A Puny Heifer.

IA. Watson. Pine Bluff; ArR'Id ArE r1oniSs NAYS
a Jersey heifer about eighteen Inontns uni
Old which was cry fat and LOOKING VIZ
About two weeks ago she seemed puiay az,
and Quit chewing her cud, but wouIu 60 -
dirt all night long. while she he re,usTd e Night M
eat grass. hay or anything else we niism sIit
siva her She now eats some food' % %p1e
looks very bad and still eats aS,, SOM ~ Tor
What was the trouble and reheuy A0i
same? % a,-s
Answer-It was doubtless a case OF uys-
pepsia and possibly lice. She quit che",
ing her cud'' simply because she h'tu
quit eating anything that required her 10
chew her cud. Chewing the cud Is notn-
ing more than belching up and Thoroughly
chewing the rough food (grass. hay eIc)
that she had eaten previously during the
day. The proper treatment would nave
been TO give her one pound of EPSON salts
and one ounce of ground ginger, dissolved
in one-half gallon of water and given at
one dose. After purging, boil teacup-
fuI of Iinseed into pulp with one or TWO
gallons of water and while not pour II
over half pail of bran. When cool put
in one of the following powders: copper
as and saltpeter four ounces OF each, di-
vided into twenty-four powders, ana give
one n day for two or three weeks.
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ing. drove over a great deal OF north
Georgia a few weeks ago. and from Adairs-
willie TO Calhoun IT was one vast wheat field.
ranging from four to six feet high.
At Rome Mr.. r. ID. Vandyke had In one
body 600 acres in wheat and his yield
about thirty bushels 20 acre. Near Rome
lives a Mr.. James Mlburn. who moved from
Winchester. Va. in the very heart OF
the great valley. and he said his $50 acres
would hardly be excelled in Virginia Why
Go West Young Man" No. No; but
Go SOUTH" for there you find a fine all-the-
year-round climate. Very productive land and
at most favorable prices and country with
as fine water the world affords.
find in all my travels over part Of Ala
bama. Georgia, North and South Carolina that
the cotton the highlands viii be fine. but
the lowland no cotton will be made at all.
the plant is small for the season. but is in
a healthy condition. ~ w. W.
Abingdon. Va. July 18th,
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Too Much Saltpeter.

To VI. III. Rayford. OvertOn. Text IN
possible that your mare had gravel. or
stone in the bladder, or suppression or the
urine, and you probably gave too much
saltpeter. Ii may be. however. that she
now has polyuria. or diabetes insipidus
This may be caused by heavy DOSING Win
soltneter or bv new oats not well cured.
ar uoldv food % any kind. Give only
good sound hay fodder. oats or corn
Give flax seed tea literally In her drinking
water Give two ounce drains copperaS
and four drains Peruvian bark night and
morning
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HER LIFE FOR A NEGRO BABY
Young White Woman Struck bv an
Engine While Rescueing a Child.

Columbia. S c.. July 1L-(Special.) -
Miss Ellen ROseborOugh. a white girl.
seventeen years old. gave her life TO save
a little negro child from a horrible death.
Miss Roseborough lived in Chester. but
was visiting relatives near Blacksburg
Walking with some friends in the coun-
try. she saw small negro playing on the
track OF the Southern road. and a train
rapidly approaching. The young woman
without heSjtating a moment, rushed for
ward. caught the baby and threw II IN
safety from the train; but IN the act was
struck and killed by the engine
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Keeping Irish Potatoes.

To j. NJ. H.. McClellanville. s. C.-Your
question about keeping Irish potatoes was
answered In issue of June 11th. under
the above head; also. In issue of June
Sth. | do not know the details of best
Get a book entitled Fruit Canning Sim
plified. by DIR. H. /. Bits, postofiice. New
York 49,
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To Restore a Peech Orchard.

Mrs. II. J. L.. Taliaferro, Ga--Without
a personal view of the neglected orchard
cannot say exactly what | would do. l
suggest judicious pruning. worming dor
ersD and good manuring next winter and
81 ring. Plow the orchard not too deep.
about blooming time and cultivate every
two or three weeks. shallow, until about
August LIST; you may sow peas In 3
foot drills in April or Msy and lay by In
July. L think 1t might be better to
nianf q new orchard.
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N0tl68 70 IhQulrsrS.

4 Ure, mainly and 30 the point. gfvfnT only
Questions % which anewers are uesired-
n Conane inauiries strictly 20 matters oon-
csrning the farm.
q Never ask for answers ~ mall
nor the price.
n you do noe wtsh your name puousnso'
~ -. and initials only will ee printed
n CHr~foiiv Ale this page for future refer
ence asd before writing examine your
ele 20 .ee ~ 70 hes nos been already An
swered. ..
ea,lv- 10 nos erpet us % answer IN
peri Paper" The editor muss hand 10
his COPY Q week before the Paper m pup
lished- .,.
for this departmentso
The CONSTITUTION.
ir and Y. Departmsnt)
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Sick Cow-Staggers.

To NJ J. Wimpee. Chulio. Gal am
doubtful about the diagnosis of your cow.
She NAV possibly have an attack Of milk
fever. which never attacks COW except
within a few days after calving. IL she
has this disease she is now tJuly sth)
either dead or much better IL may pc
a case OF staggers, for which tnere -
no satisfactory treatment. 1t VIII nave
been al least two weeks after the date
of YOUR letter when this reaches you. and
! consider IL useless TO attempt 10 pre-
scribe.
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Trimming Sweet Potato Vines.

J. J. Rogers. Kinsey. Aa--Will the ed
itor please give the following lnforma ton:
sweet potatoes to keep the vines cut Off
during the summer?
2 Should the vines grow broadcast over
the ground and take root, or Is II better
to keep them broke loose or let them re-
main and nature take It's course?
Answer. According TO careful expert
ments made at Georgia Experiment sta
tion (Bulletin No. %. November. lS9D, it is
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Chronic Cough of Cow.

To w. A. w. Tampa, Fla.-The cough
Is probably due to an attack of bronchi-
tbs caused by exposure 10 the weather
last winter. IL is difficult to cure when
IT has assumed the chronic form. Try
this: Give twice a day 3 drains of car
Donate Of ammonia 2 fluid drains OF So
luton of hydrOchlOrate Of stiychnine, ]
fluid ounce of Spirits of nitrous ether. II
mint of water.
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Chick Eating Sow.

To NJ. ] W. Chulio, Ga-The most ef-
fectiye method I have tried 20 prevent
sow from catching chicks is 10 sideline
her. But A perfect method Is TO Keep the
sow away from the chicks or the chicks
away from the sow.
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INDIGESTION of Horse.

J. w. Craig, Lancaster. S. C.-I have a
mule that IS I'm bad shape; been treat
ing her for indigestion. but don't seem to
get any better; her food don't digest
when she eats anything like a feed. She
swells badly like collie. insides rumble all
the time: her bowels loose and watery
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Tumor on Shoulder.

To J. F. Eubanks, Tate. Calf the tu-
NOR is soft and was not caused by the
collar. rub 1t twice a day with ossidene.
If caused by collar see article in issue
OF July ID under the head of collar
Gall" II the tumor appears to have mat
ter in II, open II and let II out and inject
into 1t a 5 per cent solution of carbolic
acid
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Rig Head.

To Subscriber. Atlanta. Tex.-She may
have biehead. but II may be nothing
moro than a defective tooth. Feed on
sheIled oats and corn meal or bran. Give
3 teaspoonfuls of jimson weed seed once
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Premium for Cheat.

/. N. Low-No premium has ben Of
fered for proof that wheat will make
che at"
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Difficulties give way to diligence"
and disease germs and blood humors dis
appear when Hoods Sarsaparilla Is faith
fully taken.
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IF you have no appetite for your meals
something IS wrong with your digestion.
liver or bowels. Prickly Ash Ritters
cleansas and strengthens the stomach.
purifes the bowels and creates appetite.
yfeor and CheerfuIneSs
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The formula plainly printed on every b05te-hehce you
know Just you taking when you take Grove mea.0'
do not advertise formula knowing that would not ouy
their you knew what it contained Groves contains
and Qunne put up proportions and IN
form II. Iron acts as tonic while the Quinine drives the
malaria the system Any reliable druggist will tell you tna'
Groves Original and that all other so-caied asteies
Chill Tones An analysis OF other chill tones snow"
that Groves is superior all others in every respect foo
are not experimenting when you take Crove'- 'uPer0ny
and excellence having long been established grove IS ~
, Chill Cure sold throughout maal sections OF
the United States Cure, No Pay. Price. soc.
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rraarinc New Ground.

V. II. Beddiford. Black Creek. Ca
have some new ground to clear up and
would be glad to get some Information
about it. as the growth consists OF req
oak post oak. hickory and dogWoou'
What time is best to cut the trees down
to prevent the stumps from sproutinS
and cause them to rotf
Q VIII Il iniure my land TO cut the
growth down in midsummer
Answer have always consulted con-
enience when clearing a new ground II
I were now to do such work l would com
mence as soon as possible after laying
by crops and leave not a tree standing
on it. August is undoubtedly the best
time to cut down young trees TO pre-
vent or reduce to a minimum the sprout-
ing from the stumps. Some believe that
the cutting down of the growth during
midsummer will injure the soil. but
see no good reason for the belief. II
seems 20 be founded on tradition.
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day for four days. then hold up four
days and so on for several weeks. "A grow
ing horse should have very little corn.
and preferably none at all. Oats are the
best
I hardly know what to say about the
other animal. but suspect that she may
have ganders. or at least nasal gleet.
which Is almost as bad. Or 1t may be
nothing more serious than chronic ca
tarrh. Give her one dram of bluestone at
a dose three times a day. Steam the nos
trils by holding her nose over one-half
pail of hot water to which ounces of
spirits of turpentine have been added ten
minutes at time three times day. Ar
ter the above treatment for two or three
weeks and no Improvement give one-half
ounce of Fowler's solution of arsenic
twice a day In a bran mash. advice you
to keep her off to herself. as 1t may devel-
op into glanders.
Lampas.
j. c. s.. Coxburg, Miss.-I have q mare
nine years old She cannot bite corn on
the cob; her gums swollen. completely
covering her teeth. Some think 1t Is lam
pas Please answer through your paper
II there Is any such disease. and advise
what to do for her.
Answer-If It is lampas scarify the
swollen bars very slightly with the point
Of a penknife. Feed shelled corn. or
oats or oats and meal. Give her one
ounce Of aloes, one-half ounce of soda,
one-half ounce ground ginger. Dissolve
In one-half pint OF boiling water. add one
half pint of cold water and give at one
dose