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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-08-08
TEXAS LEGISLATURE.
The Extraordinary Session Called
BY the Governor Convened.
THE BANK FAILURE.
Considerable Surprlse Expressed That
the State Had 50 Much Money
In the First Natlonal-Re-
dlstrlctlBg Bills offered.

Austin. AUG. THE Toxas lciT'la-
ture convened in special session pro
yesterday for tho purpose OF conslc r.
ing the rodistrioting Of the congress ion
o. Districts Of tho state, 50 a. 20 add
three additional districts to the - al.
ready existing The governor also sent
IN his message recommending action on
these subjects and asked for general
appropriation bin FOR the ensuing two
years. requested special appropriations
for the state volunteer guard and asked
for sugar refinery in connection with
the state penitentiary farm.
Considerable excitement seems at
tendnnt upon the closing Of the First
National bank Of this city by the fed
eral examiner. II now develops that
the state Of Texas may loose something
like $4,000 by this closing up OF the
bank aud as the governor called the at
tontion OF the members 70 tho closing
Of the hank, a resolution will be intro
duced in the by Representative Ken
nedy p.oviding Tor a special committee
10 investigate why the state had 50
much money in the bank on deposit
when il was all supposedly in the state
treasury.
There were no sensational features
In either houses.
senator Potter has adopted concur
rent resolution commenting Major Il.
Hare Of the Twelfth cavalry 20 tho
president for appointment as a brigadier
general in the regular army. Tho vote |
by which the resolution was adopted
was roconsdered aud tabled and the /
resolution was reported 20 the house.
Senator Wilson introduced tho first 4
two bills, one nppropriating $4,000 10 .
nay mileage and per diem and the other I
$4,000 FOE contingent expenses Of this
session. Tho bills were referred 90 tho I
finance committee and Immediately TO
ported favorably. called up. engrossed
aud passed Gaelly under a suspension .
Of the rules Senator Miller voting nay
ON all calls.
In the house n resolution By Mr. Nett
Eer providing for the printing Of JnOO
extra copies OF the first days Journal
was adopted.
Congressional apportionment bills
were introduced by Messrs. McAnally.
Ellis and Robertson % Williamson.
Mr. Morrow iutrodurnd "A hill 10 an.
portion the state into representative dis
iricts All the bills were referred 20 the
committee.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-08-08

Tampa, Fla, Aug. Headers OF the
Resistancia union are still missing and
their friends are unable 20 account for
their disappearance. IL is known these
men were taken and spirited away. but
no one has any idea where they are
now. Every effort has been made by
friends to locate them but % no avail.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-08-08

Shreveport. Ia. Aug. Fire here
Tuesday totally destroyed the Kohan
Dry Goods company. furniture stock Of
Enners q Son, tho Regent shoe store
and A. NJ Kaufman on either side suf-
fered damage. The total loss IL osti-
mated at about $4,000. insurance
a.E 100
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Provo. Utah. Aug. flames Wilson.
a patient az the insane asylum. threw
himself head first into the open door Of
a furnace here. He was badly burned
before being pulled out. While band
ages were being prepared Wilson broke
away and again threw himself into the
furnace. this time being 20 frightfully
burned that he died within "A short
time.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-08-08

Atlanta, Aug. 7.-Guardod by three
companies OF state militia for his pro-
lection. Raymond Ross. q negro charged
with assaulting a Mrs Miller. was car.
ried 20 Canton. Ga. from Atlanta 20
stand trial A special session u court
was called by Judge Gober The trial
consumed only 30 minutes. The negro
was convicted and sentenced 20 be
hanged Aug. q.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-08-08

New York. Aug THE official rec.
ord Of the local weather bureau shows
that Aug. o. this year, was the chiiiiest
Aug. in % years The average tenn
perature was GS degrees az against IS
degrees for the same date last year.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-08-08
To Cure Malaria In -Four DAYS.

Take oulnoria. All druggists are au.
thOrized 10 refund the money IN any
case OF chills. fever or malaria II falls
10 cure. Price soc per package. NJ
II. James, the leading druggist, Bryan,
Texas.
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Tien Tsin, Aug. There is great
mortality from malignant typhoid fever
among the German troops here.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
VA ri
The wonderfu1 cure for Cold
in the Head, Hay Fever and
Catarrh. Toe. Sold by drug-
gists. w. F. REID,
Agent, Savannah, Ga.
Agent, Savannah, Ga.

appearance with ears like a deer; that
it has only been seen in the Ever
glades, and that it was very wild
They said that when it travelled it
frequently stopped, raised its head
high above the sawgrass to take a
view of it's surroundings, to discover
enemies or locate victims, a deer, bear
hog or some other animal. If fright
ened, the Indians asserted that it
glided off at immense speed. The New
York Times now credits Buster Fer
rel with having met and slain the
tabled animal. He estimated it to be
from twenty-five to thirty feet long
and fully ten to twelve inches in di-
ameter where the head joins the body
and as large around as a barrel ten
feet further back. He secured the
head, and has ii now in his home on
the Kissimmee river. 1t is truly a
frightful looking object, fully ten
inches from jaw to jaw, and ugly,
razor-like teeth. He described the an
imal as dark colored on its back and
a dingy white beneath, with feelers
around its mouth similar to catfish.
He has gone back into the swamp with
the intention of obtaining the skeleton
and bringing it back, after which he
will send it to the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition in Washington.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30

1t is highly probable that soils are
impoverished more by evaporation than
by teaching down, washing away or
absorption by the roots of crops, says
the Florida Agriculturist. BY exam
lining the suosoil of cultivated fields,
rich or poor, generally yellow or red
clay, sometimes mixed with the sand
it will be found about the same under
all sandy soils. Freshly cleared fields
are generally fertile; the luxuriant
growth that covered them never dimin-
ished their fertility because it never
exposed the soil naked to the sun and
air. There was no teaching down, no
washing away, no evaporation, the soil
was protected by a constant covering
Of forest leaves.
But when under cultivation, plow-
ing and exposure to the winds and SUM-
of our long summers, these soils be-
come impoverished. All the plant food
burned up, oxidized, not washed down
or washed away, but gone into the at
mosphere, to. return no more by that
route unless legumes should be used
as fertilizer traps. If a field of our
sandy soil, which parts so readily with
its plant food was made very rich and
then plowed from five to six times
every summer for three or four years.
1t would be rendered very poor whether
planted to a crop or not; probably
worse If not planted at all because it
would be more exposed. A barn door
laid on the ground only one year
makes the soil grow rich and black:
let the soil right alongside of it be
spread out naked to the sun and stirred
up once d month, and it will get rid of
its fertility as fast as the odors would
leave mattress spread out by the
housewife. Shallow cultivation during
the summer is the best in such soils for
field crops.
For fruit trees we should initiate ma
ture and put our land in good condi-
ton, pillow and harrow and make it as
level as possible after planting the
trees. If obtainable, get some kind
OF mulching, pinestraw, wire-grass hay,
swamp grass, hardwood leaves, corn
stalks, anything to cover the soil, the
coarser the thicker the layer. Put the
trees close enough in rows so that
when mature, their tips will touch,
then they will shade the ground ant.
render mulching superfluous. Let cover
crops, especially the legumes, be
grown between and mown down to lie
and rot, the best possible substitute
for the forest shade and leaves-the
conditions of nature. Nature is not to
be copied in every respect, but in her
scheme of covering the ground aand
preventing waste by slow oxidization
(burning) of the vegetable matter, she
is right and just right.
We think this is the only way to
raise figs on poor sandy soil, and the
best way to raise oranges. On poor
soil, through hot and sunny autumn
without rain for weeks, the mulched
figs and oranges will show the pink
of condition. The shade is a trap for
fertility; it brings it down from the at
mosphere. 1t is wonderful what acts
OF growth and nutrition will be car
ried on in thin sand under that pro-
tecting shade.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
FLORIDA.

ST. Augustine Record: The st. Au-
gustine Rifles are contemplating the
erection of monument to the memory
of the members of the company who
died while in service during the Span
ish war 1t is proposed to raise the
money among the present and ex-mem-
bers of the company. The specifications
provide for concrete base s feet
square. A pyramid of cannon balls will
surmount the pedestal. tapering to Z
hight of feet. A marble slab on which
the names of the dead comrades will
be inscribed will cover the side of the
monument facing the postoffice. The
site proposed is between two palm trees
or. the west side of the plaza. directly
opposite the postoffice. The men to
whom the memorial will be raised died
while members of the company, and
IN tine service of the United states gov
eminent. Corporal w. T. Leonardy;
Musician H. J. Neligan end j. d. Bev-
erly' of st. Augustine, died in camp at
Huntsville: Privates A. j. Owens, at
Tampa; A. B. Dutton, at Fort McPher-
son, and A. NJ. Willis at Fernandina-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
THE GADsDEN-HowE DUEL.

Robert Wilson in News and Courier:
In the Sunday News of the 23d inst.
allusion was made, in an account Of
duelling in South Carolina, TO the
duel with swords" between Christophpr
IL dsden and Gen. Howe. 1t is much
to be doubted that either of these gen
tlemen had sufficient skill with the
small sword to choose it as a weapon
for such an encounter, though there is
no doubt whatever that Gadsden. at
least, would have accepted any weapon
suggested by his adversary. Gadsden,
however, as the challenged party. had
the choice of weapons, and we have
his own statement that he selected
and used pistols. Gen. McCrady gives
brief account of the duel in his last
volume Up. 308), his authority being
a manuscript volume of Christopher
Gadsden, entitled, South Carolina
Miscellanies,' in which he states that
Gen. Gadsden refused to apologize for
his bitter denunciation of Gen. Howe
and, after receiving the fire of the lat
ter, refrained from returning it and
then apoloGized. Gen. Gadsden's own
account of the matter, in his letter to
William Henry Drayton, preserved in
the volume mentioned, is highly char
acteristic. He explains that he knew
he was in the wrong and felt that Gen.
Howe mad a right to satisfaction, of
which an apology would have deprived
him. He therefore accepted the chal-
lenge allowed his advisory to take a
shot at him and then, as he expressed
1t. fired my own pistol broad" This
not only settles the fact, but gives
the best of reasons for the selection of
pistols, as a man could not very well
fire broad" with a sword. Indeed,
with the weapon Gadsden's chivalrous
purpose could hardly have been car
ried out, for to disarm his adversary
and then give him his life would have
been but an additional insult. when the
risk would have been very great of los
ing his temper in the heat of the
fight and forgetting all about any other
object than 'pinking" his opponent in
a vital SPOT
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30

ant. Monday Clinton Mobley and
Nose Reed met in a country store
where both aid gone to purchase to-
baco. When Mobley left Reed follow
ed him down the road. They had
gone only a short distance when the
report of gun was heard. Reed dis
appeared and Mobley was found lying
on his face with the back of his head
blown off. AS Reed had no cause
whatever to kill Mobley. had pre-
viously borne a good reputation, ana
was not drunk at the time, the citizens
of Burke were at a loss to find a motive
for the crime. Their explanation is
this: Last March young Mobley had
a negro OF known bad character work.
ing for him. There was a dispute as
to the settlement and the negro at,
tackled Medley with a knife. The lat
ter stepped back and. picking up
stout stick, knocked the negro down.
The blow proved fatal, to the surprise
of all who witnessed the occurrence. 1t
was plainly a case of self-defense and
the grand jury unanimously brought in
no bill. 1t is now believed that Reed
was a member of some secret society
and that he was assigned to kill Mob
ley in revenge for the death of the
other negro Reed has not yet been
CAPTURED
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
The Spanish Bayonet Pawpaw and
Jamaica SorreI.

In answer to many inquiries in ref
erence TO the above named fruits, says
l. r. Jones in Farmer and Fruit
Grower. can say tina the Spanish bay
cnet or yucca palm is found IN album
dance in South Florida, especially on
these islands. Quantities of the
fruit are now ripe on my plantation.
1t contains a pulp of a deep purple
hue, and can be eaten. though few peo-
pie would care for IL IL any other fruit
can be obtained. The flavor is a dead
sweet, with slight dash of quinine
through IL.
The fruit OF the melon pawpaw.
when not quite ripe, has a bitter taste
next to the rind. but resembles that of
the Spanish bayonet in no other quail
ity. | have several varieties OF the
pawpaw now with fruit and when
once taste Is acquired for Il the pub
lie will not care 20 be without IL. A
man who Will eat a ripe melon paw
paw the first thing In the morning need
not fear the terrors OF dyspepsia. A
friends OF mine who suffered for years
with chronic dyspepsia was cured In a
few weeks from drinking a wine made
from the fruit II you roll a tough
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30

The teaching that urges the mainte-
nance of fertility in land is a thor
oughly good one, and it is impera-
lively necessary to heed it if we ex-
pect to farm profitably and produce
good crops without resort to expensive
commercial fertilizers. 1t is not wholly
q question, however, of keeping up the
supply of what are commonly called
the three principal elements of fertility
nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid
A very essential feature is to maintain
an ample supply of humus, or decaying
organic matter, in the soil. The chem
ical action that attends the decay lib
crates or makes available important
mineral elements that but for ii lie in
soluble and inert in the ground. Me-
chanical condition, too. is of the high
est Importance to the productiveness Of
given soil. and the presence of humus
tends to make this condition and to
maintain it. While il is important that
all soils should have humus i'm abund-
ance, it is especially necessary in clay
soils and those that run to the oppo@
site extreme and are sandy. The far
mer who wants to keep ZIP the fertil-
ity of his land should therefore be sure
to provide an abundance of humus.
Nothing is better for this purpose than
bGrnyard manure, well scattered and
plowed under but as too little manure
Is made on most farms to authorize
one TO rely upon it is sole source of
humus. II is often necessary to provide
crops that are grown largely with a
view to turning them under. Where a
good rotation, that includes clover as
a frequent crop. is maintained on a
farm 1t is not generally necessary TO
grow any green manure crops, but on
land that has run down. the shortest
way TO bring II up is largely to secur
a good growth OF vegetation and then
pillow II In. Weeds buckwheat. rye.
rape, and other similar crops are use
ful Tor this purpose and all the le-
gumes, when a growth can be secured
are better than any OF those that have
just been mentioned. In growing green
manure crops. however. one should be
careful not 20 overdo Il IN a single sea
CONTINUED on Second PaEe)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
POISONED BY TOMATOES.

Augusta Chronicle: Augusta re-
corded two cases of ptomaine poison
yesterday, the results of eating canned
goods that had been previously opened
and allowed to stand in the tin con-
tainer for some hours before using
The victims are Mr.. Fred E. Young
blood, driver for the Model Steam
Laundry, and his father ln-law, Mr.
Britt Prescott. The two We're at
tackled late yesterday afternoon, and
Mr.. Youngblood was soon in a dan
gerous condition. For a long time last
night, at the residence of his brother,
on Campbell street, near Union depot,
DIR. n. NJ. Moore and another physi-
clan were in attendance at his bedside,
endeaVoring to counterfeit the effects
of the poison. A half can of tomatoes
caused all of the trouble. The can was
bought on Thursday by one of the
family and part used Immediately
No bad effects resulted from the part
of the contents of the can used imme-
diately The remainder of the toma-
toes were set aside in the original tin
and left over night. In the afternoon
the two men who were poisoned, ate
the remainder of the tomatoes. The
effects of the poison were not felt by
either for some time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30

beefsteak in pawpaw leaves over night,
it will be tender in the morning If
you put a leaf or two of the plant into
the pot when cooking a tough piece OF
meat, it will have the same effect. The
fruit also makes a rich pie and an eX-
cellent preserve. l have one tree here
with a hundred and twenty pawpaws
on it, from the size of an average CO.
coanut to a hens egg. Another tree,
planted the year before last, has fruit
much larger, but not of as fine flavor.
/ must have taken over two hundred
off it already. The tree is now so
high that a stepladder is used to pick
the fruit as it ripens.
Jamaica Sorrel has been cultivated
for years in this section. The name ro-
selle is misleading, and must have
been lately given it by someone to
whom the plant was new, or who
thought he had made a discovery. 1t
is known as Jamaica sorrel, and has
been long before the plant was intro
duced here.
About five years ago procured some
seed from a Spaniard and planted it on
this key. 1t has succeeded well, and
all the settlers now have it, and would
not be without it. The sauce is said by
some to equal cranberry, and the jelly
is the nearest we have in quality to
the red currant of the North. A first
class vinegar can be made from it, and
a good wine, though to make the lat
ter properly requires large proportion
of sugar.
In regard 70 the cultivation of the
Jamaica sorrel, 1 at first fertiliZed
highly, but learned success from few
extra plants that ] was tempted to
throw away. These were set out on
poor, sandy piece of land without fer
tilizer, and the only cultivation was TO
keep the weeds down with the hoe.
The fertilized plants grew very rank,
the fruit dark red, and some of the
foliage widowed badly. Those on the
sand ridge threw up long stalks with
but few leaves, blossomed properly and
had large, bright, scarlet fruit, that
made rich, transparent jelly, much
superior in quality to that made from
the cultivated fruit.
The above gives my experience in re-
gard to these fruits. T ifesF- mi all be
grown on this island to perfection, for
only once during the six years that |
have resided here has the thermome-
ter dropped to 80 degrees, and then
only for four hours. The deep water
passes are our protection from the ex-
treme cold. Pineapples flourish on the
island Most of the settlers are plant
ing out some of the best varieties to
be obtained without any protection,
summer or winter.-John r. Jones, in
Florida Farmer and Fruit Grower.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
MUCH BuILDIN GIN AIKEN.

Aiken Recorder: Few people have
any conception of the great quantity
of lumber that has been used in Aiken
during this year now ending. The city
covers so much ground that the work
that has been done does not readily
appear. We had the. occasion to in
vestigate the matter recently, with one
of the most prominent mill men of this
county, and after careful estimates it
Is evident that from S,500,0O0 to 5000, 900
feet of lumber have been shipped to
Aiken from different lumber dealers
in Aiken county during the year 1901.
The lumber business has been so good
in this county that the dealers can
not meet all the demands for lumber in
Aiken. The above estimate given shows
that there were more buildings being
built in Aiken during 1901 than any
previous year and that Aiken is rapidly
growing in population
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-30
SOUTH CAROLINA,

Columbia Record: Mr.. Hugh Brock
banks, well known young man of
this city. was bitten on the nd by a
rattlesnake about ~ noon to-day and
is in dangerous condition. Just how
the thing happened no one seems to
know positively, but some of those
who were around think Mr.. Brook
banks touched the reptile and before
he could withdraw his hand the snake 8
fangs had entered. Mr.. Brookbanks
was Immediately taken home and
medical attention given, but at a late
hour was reported to be in a critical
condition. Mr.. Brookbanks is a great
grandson of the late Mr. Hugh NOEL
rome, and has many friends. Mr.
Brookbanks is reported to be much
worse and is not expected to live.