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The National tribune., 1901-09-12

Wagon-Alaster of the division. Some men
think that bekase they wear shoulder
straps nobody elSe's got no rights of free
speech. Transfers treated like dogs in
the army, and yit the army couldn't git
along an hour without 'em. II | kin
ketch them Lieutenants in citizens clothes
III bust their heads, just to show EN-
I'm gentleman and their ekal Say,
what does a mullet-headed maltreater of
mules mean anyway? Is it a shooting
word?''
Indeed it is said Shorty. solemnly.
I'D never let a man live who called me
that
so l thought" ragged the Assistant
Chief Wagon Master. THE shoulder
strapped upstairs. I'll get even with EN-
some day for that if it takes me as long
as | live. See if | don't. To think that
they'd expect us to tell on you. That
teamstcrsd go back on soldiers, for the
sake Of ofIicersi What in the word'd they
take us for? Even if we'd "a knowed we'd
bin strung up before we'd "a told"
THAT we would" chorused the team
sters.
There is where he over-played the part.
This profession of affection of teamsters
for soldiers was too strong a strain on
the credulity, and 81 and Shorty drew
back a little and began wondering what
his game was. 1t was revealed by yell
from Pete:
Let go, there! Go off, You shan't
have them thingst'
81 and Shorty glanced around. and the
whole plot was at once apparent. The
officers had let the teamSters know of
the booty the squad had secured. The
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
IN EVENT OF THE PRESIDENTS DEATH

The death of President Garfield caused
the enactment of law, Jan. 10, 1886,
providing mode Of succession to the
Presidency. This established that in case
of death or disability Of both the Presi-
dent and Vice-President the succession
should devoive on members of the Cabi-
Let in the following order: Secretary of
State, Secretary of Treasury, Secretary
of War, Attorney General, Postmaster
General, Secretary of Navy, Secretary of
the Interior. The new law made no con-
struction of disability"
An important proviso of this law is that
whenever the powers and duties of the
Presidency shall devolve upon any of the
persons named, that is, the Vice resi-
dent or members of the Cabinet, if Con-
gress shall not be then in session, or if
1t would not meet within 20 days, then
it shall be the duty of the new President
to issue a proclamation converting Con-
gress in extraordinary session, giving 20
days notice of the time of meeting.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
In BATTLE LINE.
By CAPT. FREE S. BowLEY.

Our readers will look forward with
lively anticipation to the appearance of
a new story from Capt. Free 5. Bowley,
the gallant and talented author Of The
Boy Lieutenant
Capt Bowley's new story, which will
begin in an early issue of The National
Tribune, is entitled In Battle Line" and
tells in the authors thrilling style the
trials and achievements of certain COM
rades of Massachusetts regiment in the
war of the rebellion.
Its climax is at Gettysburg in the line
that stood so manfully and hurled back
Pickett,s valiant charge at the high
water mark of the rebellion
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
Editorial correspondence.
on THE EVE OFF THE ESCAMPMENT

Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. s, 1901
The weather is fine; delightfully."- cool
and promises to remain so. The city is
handsomely decorated, and so far as can
be judged the arrangements are unusually
comprehensive and complete. Everything
promises a great gathering of the most
enjoyable character. Were it not for the
dark cloud on the horizon of the Presi-
dents condition, it would be an Encamp-
ment of the happiest possible memories.
Every train brings in great numbers of
comrades, and by tomorrow-Monday-
evening the city viii be filled to overflow
ing with blue coats and gilt buttons. with
veterans wives and children galore.
Commander-inC Chief Rasseur. with Ad-
Jutant-General Sterrett, arrived at noon,
and established National Headquarters.
Mrs. Isabelle l.. Bagley, of GAINESVILLE,
o., representing the National President,
W. K. c., came in yesterday, and opened
up headquarters.
Gen. Sickles is here. and the constant
center of a group of comrades, anxious
to meet him and express their apprecia-
ton of the brave fight he made for them.
Other notables are coming in by every
train.
1t is understood that the Commander
in-Chief's address will handle the pension
question without gloves. and severely ar
raign the administration of Commissioner
Evans.
The questions of veterans employment
and civil service will be discussed with
much freedom and vigor.
So far, all the indications are in favor
of a strong but very dignifed and CON
sentative utterance upon the treatment of
the veterans and their widows.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

THE ones really responsible for Col
gcsz's crime are the Chicago Anarchists,
who have been making speeches glorify-
Ing murdercrs and murders, and writing
books aud editorials couDSeling assassina-
tion and 'tcrrogiziag." They are the ones
the laws should reach. The dull lout who
carried out their teachings was ouly a
tool. Left &c himself, no never would
have been other than 4 dull, inefficient
laborcr ut coarge employment. But they
fired what brain he had with visions of
duty leading 10 murder, and sent him
Oh his deadly GRAND while they remained
behind il safety To rant and vapor, and
excite other duhards to like violence. Law
OF no law, there should he some way to
bring these scoundrels TO judgment
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
PORT HUDSON:
A Renaissance of the Civil War.
By Col. Prentiss Ingraham.

This is a tribute by a gallant Confed-
crate officer, who was among the defend
ers of Port Hudson, to the brave boys
in blue who besieged that place, and par
ticularly to those who formed the cele-
brated Forlorn Hope. 1t will appear in
an early number of The National Tri-
bune.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

PORTLAND, ORE, shows the lowest
death rate of any city in the country.
Probably Portland is as bad a place to
start TO heaven from as Chicago used to
be, and the prudent go somewhere else
10 die
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
AFIELD WITH cROCKER's BRIGADE.

By David NJ Strain, Co. B, 18th Iowa
This is a simple narrative of the every
day doings of this famous brigade, which
was composed of some of the best fight
ing regiments in the magnificent Army of
the Tennessee.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

SOUTH CAROLINA Notification has
taken a recrudcscence in the States
claim that the Government has no right
TO collect internal revenue on the liquor
sold by the Dispensary. The revenue will
ee collected all the same.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

Ii there were any where body of
men organized TO incite arson, and openly
preached it in public meetings, there
would be found some way to effectively
suppress them. Why should murder
counseling Anarchists have greater Ii
cense?
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

The Indiana ministers have solemnIy
reiterated their belief in the old-fashioned
hell, with all its sulphurous inconvenience
as place of residence. 1t is a mighty
comforting belief for those Of US who see
many things that are not evened up in
tAis world
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

JAPAN is going to exterminate the rats.
If we should do the same in this country
it would save more than the combined
cost of the army and navy.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

The Sultan of Turkey has suddenly re
sumed the center of the stage SO long oc-
cupied by the Dowager Empress. The
Sultan is, if anything, a bigger seoundrel
than the Empress, and has even more
possibilities Of setting Europe in blaze.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

KING EDWARD is following up the sale
Of his mothers wines, and the dispersion
of her dogs by selling off her extra car
riages and ordering all his servants to
ride third class, instead Of first Glass; as
heretofore. This, too, after his income
has been increased 100000 year. This
looks as if the King was falling victim
10 the usual ''old gentlemanly vice OF
ayaYice"
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

THE census shows the death rate of the
cities to be higher than that of the cOun-
try. So do the rates of living, too, for
that matter
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

UNCLE SAM is getting enough force
down about the Isthmus to let all know
that he means to be obeyed when he com
mands peace.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

The Secret Service men about the
President do not come out with much
credit. 1t seems impossible that n man
like Czolgosz should not have done some
thing that would have betrayed his in
tcf.tion to man OF ordinary perception
whose sole business it was TO stand be-
side the President on the lookout for such
attempts.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

SHREVEPORT, La, has the highest
Death rate Of any city in the country.
About the only way that a man who is
caught in Shreveport can get away is TO
die, and he is usually rather Indifferent
where he goes to afterward, for he knows
that the Shreveport mogketos can't fol
low him, which will be a blessed relief
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
THANKS TO TIE NATIONAL rRuUSE

In his report to the National Encamp-
ment as to the Galveston storm relief
work, Commander Chas. B. Peck, Of the
Department of Texas, says:
I'm my preliminary report above recited
acknowledgment was made to the Grand
Army at large, the Woman's Relief Corps
and the officers cooperating, but through
inadvertence The National Tribune, the
great soldier paper of the country, was
omitted. First to the rescue came The
National Tribune with $4,000, followed
by opening subscription list at Wash
ington, publication OF the several appeals
for aid, timely and eloquent descriptions
of the storm and relief work. The total
contributions from the great soldier paper
exceeded that of many rich Departments,
aside from the influence it had upon the
comrades at large. The National Tribune
and John McElory, its head, deserve well
of the Grand Army of the Republic"
The National tribune., 1901-09-12

THERE Is no use providing new and
severe punishments for Presidential assas-
sins. That experiment has been tried in
other countries, with utter failure. The
assassins are men having that peculiar
morbid craving for notoriety that makes
them reyel in any publicity The most
effective preventive is that aimed at their
instigators, abettors and applauders. A
scoundrel who will praise such a deed
must be placed under the same ban as a
man who conniyes at and advocates any
other felony, and should be made to feel
the utmost weight of public condemna.
ton. Anarchist meetings, speeches and
writings should be placed in the same
catagory with ordinary plots to murder.
rob and burn, and all connected with
them treated as common felOns.
Chinese diplomacy is again triumphant.
After all OF Kaiser WiIhelm's vaporings.
be has come down, and received the
Chinese Envoy, Prince Chun, without any
of the humiliations marked out for him.
There has been no recognition Of German
imperial supremacy, no admission that
China was in any way an accomplice in
the assassination of the German Min
lister, and nothing but what the Chinese
Envoy desired.
The National tribune., 1901-09-12
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The Boys Encounter Many Difficulties, but
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The National tribune., 1901-09-12
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST To AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

BroOm-COrn CuIture-A Good Rota-
Care of Purchased Trees-Why
Seeds Fail to Grow-AIfalfa or Luz
cern-FertiIizing and CuItivating
Orange Trees.
II. A P. Newberry, Fla: "where can
/ get seed of broom corn and instructions
how to plant, and cultivate? I want to
plant 80 acres"
We send you address of parties who can
supply broom corn seeds. For one who
has never planted broom corn. 80 acres
constitute a considerable venture.
There are several works devoted to the
culture of this crop and we also send the
name of the publishers.
Broom corn is cultivated just like
sorghum. exactly. Rows to 4 feet apart
and plant allowed to stand about II
inches apart in the row.
Good corn land is adapted to the crop
There are tab growing sorts and dwarf
Kinds. When first-class seeds are used
2 quarts or pints will plant an acre
1t should not be planted until the soil
mas warmed up, so that the plants viii
come up promptly and then be kept ahead
of the weeds
1t will never do to allow the weeds TO
get a start Of the crop for it will be al
most impossible to clean it economically.
The harvesting and curing is the most
important part of the work
Where first quality of brush is the OBJ
Ject' II is harvested before the seeds are
fuliy ripe-when the blooms begin to fall
off.
Inc best brush is not sun cured and
II must not be allowed to get wet Of
course you will post yourself fully in re-
gard to all this before your crop has ma
tured.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14
Fertilizing and CuItivatine Orano.
Trees.

In an article in this department nv
Prof. Norman Robinson, our former stat,
chemist, he discusses effects of cIaar
culture and fertilizlng of the orange cave
the Florida Agriculturist We were q,
hopes the professor would go a little moro
INTO detail, as his experience would have
oeeh or beneht to the new orange grow
ers. Our experience has been a great deal
like that of the Professor. but we reach
ed the point where we felt satisfied +ba+
Wheh an orange tree had reached its bear.
ing size that 1t was better for the tree
better for the fruit and better for tho
owner to let cultivation entirely cease
The great saving in following this meth
cd is: First. the labor of keeping the
grove clean; second the loss of fertilizer
tnat is caused by the sun burning up the
plant FOOD before 1t can be assimilated
by the plant; third the reflection of the
sun from The SAND is prevented by growth
or grass and weeds which keeps the fruit
in great measure from showing the ef
fects of the rust mite, although it does
not entirely prevent it,
The fertilizer that is taken IN nv tho
weeds and grass is returned to the soil
through the slow process of decomposi
ton. adding that much needed element
humuS. After the first or second wear the
supply of humus that is returned to the
soil I'm this way, will more than equal the
amount taken up by the growing plants
and weeds, and in this way the ground
Will be growing richer all the time IL
the proper amount of fertilizer is being
applied to the orange tree with each sue
ceeding year. There is another element.
however which enters in here that is but
seldom thought of or mentioned, and that
is in the decomposition of the weeds. etc.
In not blowing or cultivating you are
giving the orange an opportunity to de-
velop its root power and show for itself
what ii can do in the way of assimilat-
ing plant food and putting on crops 10
grow a lot OF roots and then take a pillow
and cultivator and cut them off is GER
tainly a sheer waste of money in fer
tillzer and growth and energy on the part
of the tree
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14

of trees, preserving all of them possible,
and cutting off with a clean cut all bruis-
ed or broken ones. When bruised ends
are left on il the whole of that root is
practically useless, as new fibres come
from the ends of roots. and where bruised
parts are no roots will come. As the enc
of every perfect root will send out fbres,
it will be seen how important it is to have
a good number of them. If thick root
should have several smaller ones radiat-
ing from 1t, do not cut off the small ones;
save them all and the quicker will the
tree recover from its transplanting. Those
who frequently dig up trees are familiar
with these facts and are careful to gee a
full supply of roots If not all, the tree
has. When planting a tree never lose
sight of the fact that the roots want the
soil as close to them as it can possibly be
had. So in a measure to accomplish this,
many planters form a basin in which
water is poured and stirred up till the
whole is thin mud, into which the roots
are dipped. This adhers to the roots and
when the tree is planted and the soil
thrown over the roots the muddy roots at
tact it and it becomes more closely at
tached to them than would be the case
otherwise. This. together with a pound
ing and tramping of the soil compacts the
soil firmly, and it is hardly possible to
lose an ordinary tree when so treated
Mulching newly set trees is of great ad-
vantage to them. With fall set ones, it's
chief use is in keeping out the frost per-
hitting the activity of the roots through
the winter. In summer it keeps the
ground cool. moist, and of an even tenn
perature, all of which is conductive to the
formation of roots.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14

when seed is put into the ground sn1
loosely covered with light, dry soil. 1t
does not come in contact with sufficient
moisture to soften it's outer coating
neither is there sufficient heat, because
OF the too great circulation of air around
the seed, 90 produce the chemical changes
upon which vegetable growth depends
The feeding roots of any plant are de-
hcate white fbers, so small as rarely to
be seen with the naked eye, and are new
er seen by the casual observer Now when
these roots are formed if the soil is not
pressed firmly around the main root.
these feeders have nothing to live upon;
they must come in immediate contact
with moisture, or the warm. dry air will
destroy them, and the whole plant will
stand still until new roots are formed,
o. in the meantime perish Hence, the ne
cessity of pressing the soil firmly around
the seeds
Deep planting is another frequent cause
of the seeds failure to terminate, or to
make rapid growth after The importance
of more care In this direction cannot be
overestimated. Take, for instance, sweet
corn, and, in planting, cover y in. to
inches in depth. The former will germi-
nate without a loss of per cent. and
the latter will not grow per cent, and
the exact ratio will be kept up The cause
for the difference is, that the conditions
of growth are not complied with-the
deficit being heat, which, at the season
of corn planting, does not exist at SD
great a depth from the surface. THIS
same rule will apply to the planting OF
most other seeds. Proper care in planting
and the too common practice of burying
seeds is just the difference between sue
cess and failure in their termination and
growth.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14

men commend as their best. may usually
be accepted with confidence.
Burpee & Co. offer a new strain under
the name. DRY Weather caulifower.
1t is highly Endorsed by a Southern gar
dener II is claimed to be some better
than their BEST Early" which is also
good kind. To obtain the best results
seeds should be sown at once in cold
frame" and as soon as the plants get
large enough Che third leaf well devel-
oped) should be repianted into another
frame, Tor TO warm border, where they
can be protected from any severe cold
for the following few weeks.
In taking up and replanting this first
time all imperfect plants can be discard
ed so that when they are finally set ont
in the open there should be at least 95
OF winch should make perfect heads. Do
not make the soil in the frames too rich.
stable manure should not be used.
II not done earlier when the seeds are
soWn IN the frames go ahead and ma
nure the ground where the plants are
10 De set out, and pow and cross pillow
ana lay of rows 21a or feet apart.
AS soon as the severe weather is over
and the plants have become stocky and
wen grown a or well-developed leaves.
set out at distance of 2 or 21a feet apart
IN the row. Set the plant down to the
nrst leaf pressing tne soil firmly to the
ROOTS Cultivate shallow and as fire.
quently as possible.
me one that can irrigate has the adj
vantage in growing this crop.
Mulching is very helpful
between 1880 and 1000 caulihowers can
De grown on quarter OF an acre and
should at a low estimate. average 21s
POUNDS each, or say 1000 pounds net for
.hat area: A good market should take
'n ZEN at scents perhaps, a little more.
ms vegetable has the same insect en-.
ehlles that the cabbage has, and thew mus,
, oe carefully watched for cut worms
ia worms Lincoln bugs. These en-
year. eo,Iy every
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14
FERNANDINA,s PROSPERITY.

Fernandina Mirror: With population
of 5000 and with houses wanted to rent,
with new additions being made constantly
to our population. with increased lumber
shipping. with a gradual deepening of the
bar, which now averages % feet of water
with an increased patronage of the post
offide, until we are entitled 40 be placed
upon the second class list, with prospect
which amounts to a certainty that we will
have 26 feet of water on the bar within
two years, with signs at our street cor
neTs, and houses all numbered and sup
piled with a city directory. and last with
a $4,000 public building, Fernandina
ought to be ready to do business az the
old stand"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-14
THE TAX EXTENSION GRANTED

Columbia State: The time for the pay
ment Of taxes has been extended after
all. AS things now stand the taxpavers
who have failed to come to time will have
until Feb l. to do so. Friday morning
the special commission in whom is vested
the right 20 extend the time, consisting
of the Governor the controller general
ana the attorney general met and it
was decided to extend the time til the
time named. This action was the result
of the action of the House in adopting
the Ashley resolution providing for fhe ex-
tension until March /. The commission
has been strongly against any extension
this year. but the Legislature seemed de-
termined to provide for one. The con-
troller asserted that an extension till
March l would so tangle up the books all
over the state that it would be a serious
matter. The result was the action taken
yesterday, which. it is said. will prove
satisfactory to the Senate. Those who
have failed to pay their taxes will be glad
to hear of this action, but every treasurer
and auditor will hear OF it with regret.