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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-26
PALMA Is NOMINATED.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-Next Saturday
or sooner Senior Thomas Estrada Palma
viii be proclaimed a candidate for the
presidency of Cuba with the Endorsement
of all political parties. and with absolute
assurance of election when the vote is
taken, says the Havana correspondent OF
The Herald
This was decided by the leaders of the
several parties at meeting called to read
the platform addressed TO General RUS
Rivera by Senior Palma in reply to re-
quest from these parties of an expression
of sentiments on the various propositions
proposed by the Cuban people.
The greatest questions involved were
those of a reciprocity treaty with the
United States, a permanent treaty as pre-
scribed By the Platt amendment, the man
ner of the payment of the Cuban army for
services during the revolution, the system
Of collecting revenues for governmental
maintenance and the ownership of the
Isle OF Pines.
The leaders accepted Senior Palma's plat
form by a vote of % to p. Great enthu-
siasm prevailed among Senior Palma,s
friends. It is believed that he will be
elected by an overwhelming majority. The
convention is awaiting the return of Gen.
eral Wood to settle the matter of electoral
law.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-26
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EAR, Ii. ,Ths Kind You Have kIaaTs BU9g
''' Il &1AIZn<
Wan Mn &c oets Id eunehed.

Denver Republican.
Why press Mr.. Bryan 20 give his opinion OF
Dayt1 = M ~ this time7
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-26
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ton on the bell. Then In the silence Sam
went hack along the hall. remarzing in
an undertone: IF lib till anudder day
I'll fix dat OF bag O. bonesr'
Half an hour later Lanham was awak-
ened BY, the bell. The COW was Fastening
hack along the orchard as though she had
forgotten something. She came hurriedly
into the yard and rubbed her whole body
against the corner OF the house. going
Systematically down one side and then
beginning on the other.
II believe III sit up and read awhile. -
said Lanham.
!. The next morning Sam issued forth with
hammer and nails and spent half the
morning over the fence and carefully
strengthened every part that even looked
weak.
= ''I reckon TN have dat COW a-guessin'
dis night" he said cheerfully.
This was the beginning Of the campaign
against the cow campaign In which the
COW was invariably triumphant. while
Lanham grew haggard with sleeplessness
and sam said that cow used a ladder to
get over. the fence when there was no
other way.
who owns that black and white COW
with a bell2" demanded Lanham- savakely
csc day OF the stOiid German farmer who
brought milk 70 the little hermitage.
dot COW pelOng 20 de vidder Harmon"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-09-26
cresceuS Won
From The Abbot.

READVILLE, Mass. Sept 23.-Cresceus
took three out of four heats from the
Abbot I'm the races here Saturday after
noon for the championship OF the world
and the purse of $4,000 offered by Thorn
as w. Lawson. the winner to take all me
gate receipts went TO a well known loea.
CHARITY. as was agreed by the drivers OF
the horses.
The time of the races was slow, COM
pared to what the horses can do, but the
track was in very bad condition owing to
recent rains, although the weather con-
ditions were perfect Saturday.
The Abbot evidently had not recovered
from his recent illness, for he broke ire
uuently and lost much valuable GROUND oy
hts Inability to keep his step. He man
aged to keep in the race in the second
heat, and won by length
In the third heat he barely saved him-
self from being distaneed.
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said the German briefly.
Nr. Lanham's temper was greatly ruff
fed. .
Il would have known It was woman"
he said angrily. "A man would never
dream OF keeping an animal that was
public nuisance. Where does this woman
live?"
The German was staring at him with a
calm. bovine gaze.
she If by de mill, over de hill beyont "
he said lucidly and rode away
Mr.. Lanham was ready for desperate
deeds
Sam" he said. ''go and find that wom-
ans house and tell her she viii have 70
keep that COW shut up. Tell her that the
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17
Growing the Plants.

The number OF plants that may be
grown upon an acre of ground depends
upon the capacity of the soil to supply
the necessary food. 1t Is sometimes
easier to grow two crops at the same
time. provided they widely differ in
characteristics. such as cow peas or
beans. between rows of corn, than to
have too many stalks OF corn. as the
two crops will not draw upon the soil
Tor the same proportion of food. The
greatest enemy a plant can have is an
other plant of the same kind growing
by its side, as both feed upon the same
materials. Remove the weaker ones
and the stronger plants are benefited.
One good plant will yield more than
two half-Starved ones. Where the land
Is in good condition. well MANFRED and
fertilizer also used. it will be able to
produce several strong plants grown
close together. but the conditions must
lso be favorable In other respects.
for, should there be n lack of moisture.
struggle between the plants occurs
for a supply. and they will have to
compete with weeds il they are not
kept down by thorough cultivation OF
the soil.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

the pioneer tea plantation established
I'm the New World.
As soon as the Secretary OF Agricul-
ture became convinced that tea culture
In the South was not only practicable
but might be made profitable rs well.
he arranged for the institution of an
experimental plantation in South Caro-
lima. The site selected has proven Il
most admirable one. pinehurst. rs it
is called, consists of about seven hun
dred acres of beautiful rolling country
thickly strewn with woodlands. About
fifty acres of the splendid estate were
transformed into tea gardens. and this
apportionment has gradually been eX-
tended. The tiny seeds which had
been brought from the Far East were
left TO repoSe i'll earthly beds. prepared
aud Sweetened with all the care which
could possibly be bestowed upon Il
couch of soil. Diminutive shades were
even provided to screen these babies
of the plant world from the glare of
the sun. and then the tea planters
anXiOuSly awaited results.
Al first the little immigrants did not
appear to take kindly to the foreign
cline, and the investigators became
so discouraged that they were well
nigh ready to give up the experiment.
when. just in the nick of time fate
smiled. with the result that these
American tea gardens now contain
thousands of bushes. each composed
of many separate stems Better still.
the practical side of the enterprise has
commenced TO make favorable show
ing. The yield of the plantation is
increased by one-eighth each year and
the tea produced is so vastly superior
10 the black tea which comes over the
ocean that ii sells for a dollar pound
or three or four times as much as the
| importatiOns from China or Japan. and
thus nets the Government very
handsome profit on its investment.
But because the tea which has thus
TAR been produced in Dixie has SOLD
for three or four times the price OF
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

has confronted the pioneer tea grow
erS has been that OF determining what
species of tea plants give the best re-
suits when transplanted TO this con-
tinent In order to demonstrate this
n number of miniature tea gardens
have been provided, and in each some
particular variety is carefully nursed
under special treatment. Thus the
visitor 10 this romantic nook in South
Carolina may see, growing side by
side, japanese, Chinese. Ceylonese and
American tea. The difference in the
quantity Of tea yielded by a single
bush presents as wide a range in the
case of the different varieties as is
the case in the Orient. where the pro-
duct varies from one ounce from each
bush in Japan. to eight or ten ounces
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

little Is that or securing helpers at
wages low enough 10 enable competi-
ton with the ridiculously cheap labor
of the MongOlians. Machinery now
does much OF the work of preparlng
the tea sor market. but the leaves
must be picked by hand. and with all
the economy that can be exercised Il
costs just about eight times as much
to secure the harvesting of pound of
tea In South Carolina as it does in
Asia. Even as It is the cost would be
greater had not the projectors OF this
initial tea plantation happily hit upon
the plan of employing colored school
children rs pickers.
A school house is maintained on the
plantation. and in the intervals be-
tween learning to read and write the
youngsters are taught how to pick tea.
None OF these juvenile toilers can ap-
proach in rapidity the records of the
expert pickers OF Asia. but II Is
claimed that they are far more careful
in the selection of the leaves than
their rivals on the opposite side of the
world About three days are required
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17
A Horse on the peddIera.

olC-eln, Dill.
The pedestrians on Cadillac Square
who heard this command naturally ex-
pected to see a dog respond. Great
was their surprise, therefore. when
they beheld horse prancing along the
curb. He was nosing at a banana
vender. who was eXcitedly trying to
get his cart of fruit out of harms way.
The vender kept moving. too, and the
horse returned to his post in front OF
his owners fruit and peanut emporium
to wait for further interlopers. The
merchant has two of these horses, both
OF which exhibit wonderful intelli-
gence in protecting their owners in
terests from the encroachment of no
madic rivals. 1t is against the ordi-
nance for street peddlers to stand on
the public thoroughfare longer than is
necessary to make sale, so the horses
are really relieving the policemen on
that beat OF an unpleasant duty. 1t is
an advantageous corner, and many
peddlers try to do business there. The
horses, which are kept for delivery pur-
poses, are stationed at the curb on
busy nights, and when a peddler ap-
proaches the merchant slips the weight
and Isles" 'em on. Then he gives the
irate peddler the equine ha, ha.-De.
troit Free Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

A large elephant. formerly the Ger.
ter OF attraction in a certain zoo
found itself supplanted in public favo-
by a new ARRIVAL young camel. The
camel was the latest acquisition AMI
very naturally engaged the attenti ea
or visitors. The elephant for a long
time showed signs of dissati sfaction.
and at last its jealousy reache a point
where 1t must find expression. When
the usual crowd gathered about the
elephant prepared for action. 1t filled
its trunk with. water, and with DELHI
crate aim discharged the water all
over the people who stood looking at
the baby. Equally wise in making its
calculations was a cat that chose A
peculiar spot for bed. Comfort was
the cats object, and the chosen spo.
did not seem to be calculated to afford
It. The cat was found fast asleep in
q large shipbuilding yard, lying on
what seemed to be very muddy path
1t was found however. that the Spot
chosen by the cat for its couch was
! the point at which a hot steam-pipt
passed under the road. so that tn.
mud was baked into IA warm, dry clay
which made not only clean. but a.
artihcially heated sleeping place.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17
ROLLING TEA.

their money. and presumably some OF
them will he satisfied with less profit
than this when competition becomes
fierce.
The United States Government is
now planuinG TO distribute tea plants
free to all Southern colleges that will
agree 10 assist the Department Of Agri-
culture in establishing tea gardens on
their land. Special scientific agents
are being sent out to give advice. and
after thorough investigation has
been made OF the possibilities OF the
Gulf States for tea culture. expert
ments Will he conducted in Tennessee.
North Carolina. Arkansas. Indian Ter
rltory, Oklahoma Territory, Missouri
and other border States Climatic
conditions. rainfall and soil must,
however. all be favorable TO conduce
10 successful tea culture, and the
American tea growers have already
discovered that it is useless to try to
propagate the plants where the winter
temperature is lower than fifteen de-
Srees above zero. An average of an
inch of rainfall every week in the
year is also essential. although IL is
hoped 10 overcome this necessity by
means Of Irrigation.
One OF the most tedious tasks which
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

In this section our fences are gener-
ally of two wires and four feet high.
with the second wire twenty inches be-
low the top and the brace placed
against the corner post Just below the
wire and against the second post just
below the surface. Braces should he
twelve feet long. but ten feet viii do
If extra care is taken in setting posts
But n better method is like that
given below. The braces are clear OF
the ground. and they are at the top.
where they are shield to the wire as
well as a protection to stock. These
straight braces are but six feet long.
and several strands or heavy. smooth
wire are stretched from bottom of cor
ner post to top of second post and then
twisted tightly into solid cable.
AS 10 the depth the corner posts
should be put into the ground each
will decide according to soil and the
action of frost l find that in most Of
our soils here two feet is deep enough.
but presume four feet would be nee
essary i'm some places. and perhaps
pieces two TO four feet in length spiked
on the sides at the bottom of the posts
for anchors. Except in places where
il is quite wet part of the year or i'll
low places where the lift Of the wire
is considerable we set our intermediate
posts only eight inches deep, and two
rods apart where used only as 4 cattle
and horse fence. as much of Il isl.
NJ. Rice. in National StOc.Smnn.
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for the force of pickers to make the
rounds of the gardens. and this must
be done every ten days, or about q
score OF times during the season.
An expert can gather anywhere from
ten to twenty pounds of fresh leaf
day. Some OF the little pickers earn
fifty or sixty cents Il day, but the ma
jority do not receive more than TWEEN
~ or thirty cents.
The method OF procedure after the
tea leaves have been picked is not
very intricate one. The crisp leaves
are gathered. as plucked into Swiss
trout baskets. where they are per-
mitted to lie as loosely as possible lest
they become heated. Each basketful.
as 1t is brought into the factory, is
carefully examined, and after being
weighed is spread to dry in cool.
clean place. Tea manufacture proper
consists OF two processes. In the one
the tiny oil cells in the leaf are broken
and the contents extracted by hot
water while by the other the leaves
are once more dried thoroughly
The product of such a method of
handling is the green tea of commerce.
IL it is desired to produce black tea.
two additional stages Of evolution must
be introduced-the whitening, or prep
aration of the leaf for rolling, and
| oxidation, which involves certain
chemical changes To such an extent
has mechanical genius entered the
field OF tea production, that the black
tea secured at Pinehurst may now
fairly be said to be largely machine
made The sitting, rolling, oxidation
and firing are all done by mechanical
process. 4 phase of the handling of
the tea in which the American grow
ers have exercised exceptional care is
| found in the curing of the leaf. No
direct sunlight is allowed to strike the
leaves, either when they are being
withered or during the process OF final
drying.
The possibilities of tea culture in
this country would seem 10 be almost
infinite. Not only may the standard
grades be raised in quantities, but il
is believed to be possible to produce
some of those marvellous teas known
only to dwellers in the Orient, for the
reason that no means has ever beer
devised TO successfully transport then
to this country
1t costs upwards OF fifty dollars al
acre to set out and raise the tea plants
and thousands of dollars must be ex
pended for a factory in addition t,
the constant outlay for labor. A te,
garden, when once established, how
ever, represents an institution tina
Will stand for centuries.-The Bool
World
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

keep lice out OF the greenhouse. bur an
almost hopeless and tedious one to
clear a house from them entirely when
once they have been allowed to get
well established. especially on larger
lettuce and similar plants. l have
sometimes been annoyed by their pres
ence in tine lettuce house 10 such an
extent that resorted to the clearing
or OF lettuce crop before the time of
full development. for no other reason
than TO destroy the hiding places of
green hy. which had found safe re-
treat among the inner leaves and I'M
der the outside leaves OF the lettuce
plants
In short. l can hardly impress this
lesson strongly enough on the novice
in lettuce forcing. His only safety is
in regular fumigation. once or twice
Il week. during the entire season. We
use for our small house a couple OF
handfuls of tobacco stems. which we
dampen slightly and then burn inside
OF six-inch tile raised an inch or so
Off the ground by means OF three
small stones. repeating this fumigation
ut regular intervals. When lice have
once taken up their quarters in
greenhouse. Il much larger quantity
of stems should be used and the fumL
CATION should be repeated several times
at a few days interval. until the en-
envy is utterly routed. After that the
dose may be decreased. but fumigatiOn
should never be entirely omitted.-7
Greiner. in Practical Farmer.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17
Food ConsumptIon and. Eyrs.


From careful test il has been shown
that the largest egg production is nj
ways during the period OF greatest
food consumption. and the smallest
egg yield was when the food consump-
ton was least. This Invariably proves
the case. so that one can depend upon
the truth OF it. The amount of food
consumed sometimes varies according
to its quality. One may make the "a
ton so fattening that the hens will he
come too fat for egg laying. but with
Il reasonable diet the egg production
will be in direct proportion to the
amount OF food fed and eaten. This
means. of course. that the hens are
able 10 digest and assimilate food. and
not waste ii. The feed should be
given only in such quantities and times
as needed. and when the mems will eat
il up clean. leaving no waste at all be-
hind
There are several things to consider
which will help to stimulate the food
consumption so that direct ratio will
be held between the amount eaten and
the number of eggs produced. One of
these is daily exercise. The hens must
receive exercise daily 30 keep them in
good condition. They cannot eat. di-
gest and assimilate a. heavy diet IN
less they receive exercise in proportion
to the food. When stuffed with food
Tor fattening, chickens and capons can
for few weeks eat Il heavy diet with
out exercise. but If this was kept I'D
for any great length OF time the birds
would sicken and die. 1ney could not
continue the process without causing
trouble in the digestive organs. In
feeding for eggs the process must lie
kept up indefinitely. Experiments
have shown also that hens exercised
will eat from two to five per cent.
more food daily than those not exer-
cised. These same hens will also lay
from five to ten per cent. more eggs.
Next to exercise is the selection of
| the right kind of food. Eere is a wide
| latitude offered to the beginner and
really every one must find out the So
| luton for herself. Begin by feeding n
mixed diet Of such foods that are the
readiest at hand and the cheapest to
| obtain. Sometimes one is located SO
that wheat screenings are about as
cheap as anything. and nothing slim
ulates the birds to laying more than
these screenings. Wheat is far ahead
of corn for egg production, and is
should be made the most of at all
times. Green things from the garden,
scraps from the table, and the refuse
from mills all make a varied diet that
will give the best results for the least
possible outlay of funds. = Anne c..
Webster. in American Cultivator.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-05-17

FARM and GARDEN.
An Enemy OF the Tomato Plant.

The potato beetle Will cut tomato
plants, and especially when the plants
are young After potatoes appear the
beetles will not annoy the tomatoes as
long as the potato vines are young and
tender. but they will attack the egg
plants at all stages of growth. prefer
ring them to potatoes. Those who
grow egg plants should examine them
twice a day. as il requires but few
hours for the beetles to completely
strip young plant AS but few egg
plants are necessary to supply an ordi-
nary family, it will not require much
labor to look them over two or three
times during the day until the beetles
are gone.