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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-28
An Old Enemy.

Persons who rise in the world are not
always as frank about their former
place in life as good sense and humor
might lead them to be. Dean Hole in
his book of "reminiscences, Now and
Then" tells little story of one whose
humor did not desert him in time of
prosperity.
A fOotman who had begun life as a
doctors boy grew interested in the
study of medicine and spent his leisure
hours reading medical books He came
to the United States, worked hard as a
student and as physician for many
years and attained a large practice.
After some years of absence he re
turned to England. Seated one day at
luncheon with those whom he had for
merly served, he suddenly astonished
the company by holding up the mus
tard pot and addressing it with, Hast
thou found me, O mine enemy"
Afterward he explained that the only
reproof he had incurred from the lady
who was then at the head of the table
was evoked by the neglected condition
of the mustard pot.-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28

his corn. You can balance the corn
ration. You can do it with the BIZ
product of the dairy and modify it with
the grass that we grow, and even
cheaper it thereby, without saying
anything about the benefits TO the corn
or to the health of the animal
We have now through evolution Sc
cured a hog that is well adapted to
marketing our great corn crop. We
have improved him over twenty-five
years ago by Quickening his maturity;
we have expedited his growth and are
putting him into market in to 8
months. whereas thirty years ago re-
quired L to is months. We have sue
ceeded in producing an easy feeder
one that gives generous returns for the
feed eaten. and when we come to mar
ket him in the stock yards he usually
figures al the top of the market and
brings as good prices as if he had been
fed on peas and barley and higher
priced grain than corn.
OF course, this year corn is extraor-
dinarily high because of the scarcity
through drouth and failure of the corp.
Fortunately the prices of hogs are cor
respondingIy high which leaves the
farmer in a much better condition than
if it was low priced hogs and high
priced corn, which has sometimes been
the case.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
OIL FOUND IN OCoNEE.

Pickens Sentinel: The people of Oco-
nee are greatly excited over the dis
covery of oil in the southwestern part
of the county on the farm of a Mr..
j. B. McJunkin. The discovery was
made in rather peculiar manner. A
tree growing near the house was
struck by lightning nearly every time
thunder storm visited the region.
Three weeks ago DIR. Boland, a skill
ed mineralogist, representing an ex-
tensive oil company in Philadelphia.
happened to stop at Mr.. McJunkin's
home, and his attention was at once
drawn to this tree. After an investi-
cation of the surroundings the doe
tor told Mr.. McJunkin that appear
ances indicated petroleum in abund-
ance and insisted upon immediate ex-
animation, which was reluctantly
granted. The mineralogist bought the
tree, had il dug up and paid for its
delivery at the railroad, consigning ii
10 his company in Philadelphia. and at
once had a pit eight feet deep dug in
search Of what he termed the petro-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
The American Hnn

There are some professors who are
continually advising the practical hog
men, even those of greatest experience.
in the selection of the kind of hog
they should raise for greatest profit,
says the Swinheard.
They observe that the price of the
bacon hog grown in Canada or in Eu-
rope bring a higher price than our
American hog, consequently they say to
the farmers, of the United States, raise
this kind of a hog.
The hog situation in this country has
adjusted itself to the conditions that
surround it. We are a great hog coun-
try simply because we are the greatest
corn country in the world No other
country can compete with US in grow
ing corn or maize. We produce more
than three fourths of all the corn
grown in the world. The only plan of
marketing this excessive crop is
through feeding to animals, and no
other animal will produce the quantity
of meat from a bushel of corn that
can be made from corn fed to hogs
Hogs are a favorite method of mar
keting the great corn crop of the
United States. If we did not have the
means of handling II in this manner
we would be producing crop that
would be almost wasted. If there was
foreign demand for the grain. with
the tremendous quantities raised. il
would scarcely pay tho freight Of ship
ping 70 the seaboard.
While feeding peas, wheat and barley
VIII produce perhaps a finely favored
meat for bacon, the United States
farmer is faced with a different nrQpo-
hluon. lie must have an art 70 eat
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
CuItivating Wheat.

Here is another example of the con-
servatism of the small farmer of the
South. 1t can be easily shown-it has
been shown time and again--that
wheat, of all the grains, especially is
better worthy of being cultivated than
corn, and yet l doubt very much if
there are fifty farmers, small or large,
in Georgia that are following the
method of sowing their wheat in drills
and cult.Vating it two or three times.
Every year farmers are planting
corn and willing to cultivate it from
two to four times, and to get a crop
ranging anywhere from eight to TWEEN
ty bushels OF corn. Not zone would
think of planting it broadcast, and yet
wheat, far more valuable grain, the
crop of which could be doubled if not
trebled by having the same labor be
slowed on it, as is given to corn, is
carelessly broadcasted on poorly pre-
pared soil and eight or ten bushels is
accepted as very profitable crop. Tn
der cultivation costing no more than
corn does the yield could be increased
to twenty bushels or more.
1t certainly behooves our small
farmers to look into this, and they " III
soon satisfy themselves that they have
made a great mistake in refusing to
the more valuable crop the labor be-
slowed on the inferior crop. 1t pays
for more to drill and cultivate wheat
tnan it does to drill and cultivate oCl n
and some day our farmers will realize
IL. ESsace.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28

1t does seem, as if each plant had
it's special antagonist in the insect
world and from time to time new in
sects have appeared as if the old were
not quite enough of themselves to Try
the souls of men, writes Ellen Far
well. How much weeds lessen the
profits of the farmer can never be
estimated, l suppose, but leading en-
tomologists assert that insects annu-
ally cause a loss of at least 5000 600 =
600 to the agricultural interests of
this country. Surely any means of re
ducing such a great loss as this is
worthy of considerat ton and il is a
sound business principle that unless
losses are reduced to a minimum
profits can hardly be expected to in
crease. The day is past when either
a business man or a farmer can af-
ford to be ignorant of any fact, small
or great which may have a bearing
on his success. One Of the chief ex-
penses of the farmer is the labor he
eNpends on keeping in check the raw
ages of noXious insects. With all his
efforts he can do little against the
army of creatures capable of increas-
ing at the rate of millions in a single
day
But he has a powerful friend and
ally In the bird; how effective a one
we do not realize unless we give the
subject some thought. If you walk
through your orchard and out TO the
woods and pastures some morning
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
snving Good ont strnr.

Many of our readers remember the
time when all straw was considered
a nuisance around the farm and was
disposed of by burning, says the Home
stead. This was largely due to the
fact that the soils Of the middle West
We're to heavily charged with vege-
table matter that it was not consider
ed necessary to make any attempt to
resort TO the restoration of the supply.
However. a half century's cropping has
materially changed the humus content
of our soils, and successful agriculture
implies the caring for and returning
TO the soil all the roughage grown
upon IT, In view of this it becomes
essential to save the straw in such a
manner as will give to it the greatest
feeding value. and the fact should
never be lost sight Of that under or
binary conditions the feeding value Of
a crop is greater than its fertllizing
value. providing II has not been allow
ed to become too fibrous before cutting
II will be found 10 be an exceeding
~ good practice 10 cut oats before they
have become completely ripe II cut
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
GEORGIA,s BIG COUNTIEs.

Tattnall Journal: Col. Estill made
peculiar error in his write-up OF
Coffee county, calling it the largest
county in the state. Coffee is the
seventh in point of area. Decatur is
the largest county in Georgia Way
cross Journal. 1t is hard to discover
just where the Journal got its infor-
nation. According to the latest au-
thorities Coffee has an area in square
miles of Las, while Decatur is credit
ed With having only 1,106. Tattnall
is larger than Decatur Dublin COu-
rier-Dispatch. Yes, gentlemen; it takes
an extra long tape to get our measure
ment for belts. We have 1123 square
miles of the best land in Georgia, with
many enterprising towns. In fact,
Tattnall has a right to be proud of
herself
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
CHARGED TO wHITEcApPERs.

In the woods forty miles north OF
Pensacola Friday afternoon was found
the badly decomposed body of an un-
known man, death having visited him
ABOUT ten days before. Near by were
round some articles of clothing. and
closer investigation showed the BODY
to have been filled with bullet holes
The man had been murdered brutal
~ and his body left at the scene of
death. Indications pointed to the fact
that white caps had done the work. II
looks as though the man had been
sleeping and that the brutes had taken
advantage of him, burned his pockets
and afterwards shot him full of holes.
The angle of wounds from pistol bull
lets showed that the greater part OF
them had been shot while the man
was on the ground. Pinned to his
clothing was note partially discern
able, reading Century coons take
warning, we mean" The rest of the
sentence was erased The matter is
receiving investigation.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28

just before the straw has turned yellow
1t viii add materially to the feeding
value of the straw and yet will affect
the yield of grain but slightly. This
seems to be due to the fact that grain
viii make" after the crop has been
cut, although this process does not
necessarily mean that the soluble di-
gesuble part of the nutrients in the
straw are changed to indigestible and
crude fiber, as would be the case if
the crop We're allowed 10 stand until
completely ripe.
a great many farmers adopt the
practice of cutting oats while the grain
is in the early dough condition, in
which case the crop is fed out during
the winter without threshing Indeed
II is considered that the greatest feed
ing value of an Oat crop IS obtain
ed in this way However. the average
farmer finds it necessary to seperate
the grain from the straw. so that for
this purpose il is we'll to allow the
grain TO approach ripeness. 1t must
be remembered, however. that it is not
necessary for a crop to ripen entirely
to be well threshed out.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
BRYAN ASKED FOR A STONE.

Columbia Record: Hon w. ]. Bryan
wants somebody to send him a stone
from this state. State Geologist Earle
Sloan has received the following le,-
ter, which explains the matter more
fully; Lincoln, Neb., July S.-Hon
Earle Sloan, State Geologist, Charles
ton, S. C: My Dear Sir-I am going
10 have, just above the fireplace in
the newspaper room of my new home,
mosaic made up of stones from the
states which I carried in either cam
paign. l desire a piece of granite, or
marble, if possible. 1 want a piece
ten inches square, polished on the face,
and three inches thick. The name of
the state will be carved here, so that
the letters Will be uniform. II you
will pick out such a stone and send
it to me by freight 1 shall be glad
to reimburse you to the extent of any
expense you may incur. Yours truly,
w. ]. Bryan.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
THE GOOD OLD WAY?

Editor of the Morning News: There
seems so general approval of the re-
cent execution for murder of two men
in Greenville. Miss. and one in At
lanta. Ga. that I find myself disposed
to ask a question or two, believing
that in this instance the popular YER
dict of approval is not of necessity
the correct one.
In the first instance. one man died
silently. his comrade cursing his Maker
and his executioners: leaving to his
children a charge that his murder
should be avenged. 1t is interesting
to learn that each was given whisky
before being placed upon the scaffold.
In Atlanta. another murderer was
dealt with in like manner: but before
his execution, he professed conversion,
and as evidence he resisted the temp
tation to take his own life under the
stress of facing death by the hang
man.
1t Is rather difficult for any man to
find in any of these actions any great
moral lesson, any thing which points
to higher conception of life by those
who survive, and who should derive
any benefit possible
1t seems rather cHnging to ancient
barbarisms in the endeavor. to graft
upon the present century that which
is no longer a need or a possible good.
Suppose any one or all of these three
victims had been confined in a model
prison conducted on the system of the
federal institution in Atlanta, what
good. might not have been wrought?
The ancient temples are falling to the
earth, crumbling to dust; the ancient
CrppdC called in
tically ignored; but men cling to the
idea of vengeance, or of expiration, los
ing sight of the possibility of reforma-
ton of the criminal; restoration in
place of destruction!
The over-zealous general in the Phil
ippines who has outraged public senti-
ment by his method of killing his fell
low creatures is reprimanded and re-
tired on half-pay! Where shall we
look for lesson teaching that human
life is sacred?
Surely not to the soldier, nor yet to
his fellow worker, the hangman; these
can point no path in which we may
| tread. We must look elsewhere
+ Another effect of the law which exc
cutes the murderer on a scaffold is
that after such a tragedy as that en-
! acted in GreenViHe,a such a verdict as
! that rendered i'm the Biggers case in
Atlanta, is rendered possible; the pen
! dulum swings in the opposite direc-
| ton. and there comes acquittal where
! there should be conviction!
The law of retaliation has prevailed
! as long as human history has been
! written. 1t is time that the later and
better gospel should replace it,
| The note of protest should be heard
! VIII the News enable me to sound it
so that some may listen and repeat
the call? William Riley Boyd.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
FARMERS TO HOLD MASS MEETING.

Ashburn Farmer and Stockman: Def
mite arrangements have been made to
hold mass meeting of the farmers
and others interested in the agricul-
tur2l development of this section, on
next Saturday at 10 o'clock a. m, al
Ashburn, Ga. The probabilities are
that the Ashburn District Board OF
Education viii give the use of the
Ashburn Academy for the occasion. AS
far as we can learn the object of the
meeting is to discuss, first, the advisa-
bility of Cooperation: second what
kind of an organization it is best to
enter into: third, if it is decided tc
organize, to elect officers. There seems
to be considerable awakening all over
the South as to the needs of co-opera-
uon amongst agriculturists. and we
hear of several such meetings being
called for in Georgia. The movement
is meeting with commentator from
every quarter. and bids fair to meet
with much success.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28

early in May, and if your eyes and
ears are open to what is going on IN
the bird life about you, you VIII De
surprised to find how full the world Is
of these beautiful creatures. and now
very busy they are. Through the ar
the barn swallows and chimney swifts
are coursing. chasing gnats and mos
quitoes. up in the trees the branches
are full of vireos and warblers mt
ting from twig to twig; on the trunks
you will see woodpeckers and nut
matches hunting conscientiously for
some Turing insect; on the ground are
the robins, the hickers, the meadow
larks. busy in their search for worms;
all working harder and accomplish
ing more in the determination OF IN
sects in a single hour than we could
do in a year.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
PROPOSALS WANTED.

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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
Washington, d. c., July 16, 1902-PRO-
POSALS will be received at the Post
Office Department in the city of Wash
ington until 3 o'clock p. M, October
20, 1902, on the routes hereinafter de-
scribed, service on each route to COM
mence on the LIST of November, 1902.
The right is reserved to reject all bids.
SCHEDULE OF ROUTES.
Route No. Go Nj. S." From New
York to TuXpam, calling at Habana,
Progreso, Tampico, and returning,
calling at Vera Cruz, Frontera, Pro-
greso and Habana, once a week, fifty
two trips per year, in vessels of the
third class. Time of voyage, three
and three-fourth days to and from
Habana. Bond required with bid,
$4,000. Contract for ten years.
Route No. TO. NJ. s. From New
York to Habana, once each week,
tiftytwo trips per year, in vessels of
the third class; time of voyage aver
aging not more than three and
three fourths days each way Bond
required with bid, $4,000. Contract
for five years.
The contractor on either of these
routes Will be permitted to substitute.
at any time during the contract term.
one or more vessels of the second class
Tor vessels OF the tnlfQ class without
additional compensation therefore
Notion return voyages vessels
may touch at any ports not named in
the schedule, if by doing so the out
ward voyages are not delayed
Circulars containing a copy of the
list of the routes, instructions to bid
derS and blank forms of proposals.
with accompanying bonds, can be OBJ
tanned of the Superintendent of For
eign Mails, Post Office Department. on
and after August 1. 1902 r. J..
WYNNE, Acting Postmaster General.
U. S. ENGINEER OFFICE. sa-
vannah. Ga, July %. 1902. Sealed
proposals for building Mooring Dol
phins in Savannah Harbor. Ca, will
be received at this office until u, noon
eastern STANDARD time). August 20
1902, and then publicly opened Spec
itications, blank forms and all avail
able information will be furnished on
application to this office. Cassius +.
Gillette, Capt, Engrs.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
FLORIDA.

The Executive Committee of the
Florida State Fair has awarded The
fair for this fall to Lake City. The
local committee of the college City,
is already at work. A plot of 100
acres in the western suburbs has been
selected and the construction of the
race track and buildings is now un-
der way. The citizens of Lake City
nave contributed about $500 toward
the fair, and the manner in which
they have gone about the work as
sures its success. Lake City is well
equipped with hotels and a new sew
enty-hVe-room hotel, now in process
OF construction, will be completed in
time for the fair
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
THE LADY's coon ADVICE.

Miami Metropolis: The wife of a
certain candidate in this county who
wound up in the "also-ran" class. is
said to have given her disappointed
spouse pair of overalls and advised
MN to apply himself to learning the
gentle art of farming, for which he
was evidently better fitted by nature
imam for politics. The ladys advice is
sound, and might be taken to heart
by many of those who apparently as
pre- to be political bell wethers. In
deed, for everybody farming especial
~ in Dade county-would prove a
for more profitable and satisfying
aVocation than spouting politics. Some
politicians" will have an opportun-
lty to give it a trial anyway.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Mr.. Thomas E. Fore has been ex-
perimenting in beet culture this year.
He says it pays to plant them for
the hogs. The beet is an inexpensive
crop, and the yield per acre is simply
astonishing, when properly cultivated
Mr.. Fore showed us a sample from
his farm Saturday. 1t was probably
the largest beet ever seen in Marion,
and measured II inches in length and
IL inches in circumference.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
seed listing.

If a farmer believes he can not af-
ford to grow and select his own seed.
he surely can determine its value be-
fore seeding. If ne will take an ordi-
nary dinner plate put a little sand
in II and moisten the same. count out
100 or $50 seeds of the various grasses
and cloVers. put in separate plates
and invert other plates over the ones
containing the sand and let them
stand at the temperature of the living
room for several days being sure that
the sand is kept moist he can readily
determine how much Of this seed viii
terminate and whether il is worth
his while to SOW it. Seed testing is
such A simple process that il is sur
prislng that every farmer does not
give more attention to it, especially
when II IS so very important Though
the experiment station has tried to
use discretion in the purchase of seeds
it has been found that many samples
sent US would not show 25 per cent
Of termination; some went below this,
while very few came up to a fair
standard. 1t IS the lack of vitality
that should be guarded against as it
causes an appalling waste of money,
not to speak of the ANNOYANCE which
could be prevented by making a ger
mination test of the seed before they
are purchased or only buying them on
the guarantee that they show a certain
termination test.-Exchange
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
blood wine HAS NU guua,

Faintness, heat-exhaustion, lack
of appetite, indigestion, bowel com
plants and all the sickness incident
to summer may be relieved imme-
diately by the prompt use of BLOOD
WINE. AS a tonic and strength
builder it has no equal. There is no
substitute for BLOOD WINE. Moth
ing "just as good" For sale by
Lippman Brothers, Druggists.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
NEWS OF 3 STATES.
NEWS NOTES FROM GEORGIA.
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

Dalton Argus: Col. ]. H. Estill is
writing a series of articles on the
counties he visited during his cam
paign for Governor, which is being
published in his great paper, the Sa-
Vannan Morning News. The articles
are historical gems. and are certainly
appreciated. Col. Estill will live long
in the hearts of the people.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-28
Suggestion About Pear blight.

This disease has created strife be-
tween the bee men and pear growers
and the trouble bids fair to continue
1t is positively known that it is a bac-
terial disease and is therefore suscep-
uble TO the remedies which are used
to kill these lower forms of vegetation
Some of the intelligent pear growers of
the east have followed up this idea by
using these methods and claim a fair
amount of success as a reward for
their labor. Lime and sulphur we've
sprayed on the trees just before the
blossom buds opened and there was a
perceptible decrease in the amount of
hight. Whether it was due to the
spraying or because it might have
happened so from other causes is not
known. At any rate it seems to be the
only reasonable solution, provided
there is united action. Should it come
within the powers of the horticultural
commissioners to enforce proper spray.
ing at the proper time, no doubt great
good would come from it, ANY one
who has passed through or worked in
an orchard soon after it has been
sprayed with lime, sulphur and salt.
even IL the day was moderately warm.
could not help noting the strong fumes
of sulphur. With this condition of the
atmosphere II must De very difficult
for the germs of the pear blight to
survive. If the favorable results claim
ed by the Eastern grower are due to
the spray. our California climate.
should make it more effective. for il
is the heat of the sun which makes
the remedy active. This, coupled with
the cutting Of the infected branches as
seen as the disease makes its appear
ance, care being taken to cut far be-
low the point that shows the disease.
ought to make quite a decrease in the
amount of damage that is being done
The treatment should work some good
even though other orchards in the
neighborhood were not SO treated. Per-
haps sulphuring with the dry pow
Ger might do some good.