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Cuban Tobacco Growing in the
Soulli.
Tobacco growing in the south, and Cu
lm tobacco growing in Florida especi
ally. is attracting a good deal of attention.
In a recent issue the Manufacturers’ Rec
ord of Baltimore says:
The development of the tobacco indus
try in the south has been greatly stimu
; ited during the past two years of the
war in Cuba, which has resulted in the
immigration of many Cuban tobacco cul
tivators to Florida and other southern
states. Mr. Charles Dittmar, a prominent
lui'-tobacoo dealer of Baltimore, Has re
t,,uly been visiting the tobacco plihfta
tions in the south, and in an interview
is quoted as follows:
"When I left Baltimore X went direct
to our own packing establishment in
Vera Cruz, to inspect the condition of af
fairs there; then went to Fort Meade,
Kla., where there is a plantation of to
bacco from Cuban seed, owned by a com
pany organized to promote the industry.
They have a Cuban colony there, the peo
ple being called vaguiras, which means
farmers in English. At that place they
have 175 acres planted, although the com
pany owns much more ground than that.
This plantation was formerly on the line
of an experiment, but is now an assured
success, and the tobacco compares very
favorably with the Cuban leaf. It has
goo! color and excellent combustion qual
ities. With the means of irrigation now
employed, they can raise two crops yearly
on the plantation, and it promises to be
a factor in the tobacco world, and will,
without doubt, be one of the best sources
of wealth for that section Sf the country,
is the product will ultimately be utilized
in the manufacture of high grade domes
tic cigars.
1 visited Willis, in Montgomery county,
T.xas, which is a short distance from
Houston, in the cotton belt, and found the
industry, owing to the demand for Cuban
t I '.a vo, and its scarcity, expanding won
derfully. The climate of that section has
rh finest tobacco-raising features of any
r part of the United States. The soil
is very nearly as fertile as that of Cuba,
and the heavy dew which settles over that
ngion is sufficient irrigation for the crops.
Tobacco-raising was started there in a
small way. a few years ago, one or two
farmers planting a couple of acres in Cu
ban seed, to test the fertility of the ground
and the effect of the climate. Such good
p Mills were obtained that others engaged
in the industry, and there are now planted
in and around Willis about 600 acres in
tobacco. The prices on the crops, when
marketed, average about 45 cents per
luund. This tobacco compares with Cuban
is, in point of smoking qualities bet
ter than any grown in the United States.
Tiii- limate and soil conditions give Willis
a future of great promise. I brought some
types of the tobacco home with me. and
flood judges are of the uniform opinion
tiiai there is a considerable quantity of
i übuti tobacco that would not compare
favorably with It.”
I'iseussing the same matter, the Herald,
of Tampa says: R. Mugge writes to the
Herald a brief outline of what he calls a
ho. len opportunity for the wage earners
in Tampa to permanently better their con
dition and become In a manner independ
ent. He says:
"1 have been reliably Informed that Flor
id i raised tobacco is prized very highly in
Europe, most particularly so in Germany*
thin there never can be any overproduc
tion and that good round figures can al
" : s be obtained, even after Cuba will
'■'in be in condition to supply its share
of tobacco. Therefore I wouli suggest that
1 tins of ten be formed for the purpose of
fusing, curing, selling and manufacture
it s tobacco. Each shareholder should con
tribute, say $4 per week. One of the mem
b tv. who should possess talent as a mun
un r and have a family, should live on the
1 uni. drawing a salary but also contrib
titin , his $4 per week. In order to give the
Pool st a chance, two or more could own
share of stock, having of course but
°nt vote. Stock should be negotiable, but
r '° one family should be allowed to hold
'■'or. than one share. The several clubs
andu >and join in a curing house and selling
■■ven. t Improved lands can be had for less
’"'tithe improvements cost.
T! >" rule should be established that for
“ nu mu r of years all the earnings must
i'invested and the dues kept up. By so
if: there is no limit to the possibilities,
t' i main it is that in but a few years
'' 1 ' ' r who hold out will be wage earn
trs no longer.”
Georgia Dairymen's Association.
'ihc Georgia State Dairyman’s Associa
tion win convene in Macon on Nov. 17, and
ftmiii, i n s ess i 0n t wo days.
T h' coming of the dairymen, says the
'con Telegraph, will be welcomed by the
' l 2. i generally and all engaged in the
C ' r> 1 i iness as much knowledge Is dls
n r ’ lition to the session of the asso-
Ga.ion f or two <j a y S an exhibition of dairy
J l, t will be had for the same length
This exhibit will be of great
,0 everybody and will
, a stimulus to all dairy
u 1 xert themselves in the improve
, u. - ‘ heese and butter. Among the
( .j' 1 " >vlll be all kinds of improved
Inc ,ln<l ot| ier appliances for making
raj, v itl ' l eheese, an industry that is
Gv ,1, stowing to large proportions in
‘' ndance on the meeting is ex
the V. ■ ' ,e the lar sest ever had, and
i-v,j oWin ß premium list shows ample
C; a ■ tine exhibits,
bs * Open to All. (Best butter, not
ready f' ,wen *y pounds, in prints, cased
ti! e r “ hl i jmen t- First permium, by
tPi'Jtn i: a ' ion ’ ,n cash. Secofid pre-
Ps L/,,; 1 ' M. Sharpies, West Chester,
fCL N o-Tin” tester.
Utte r h ay of dai fy products, including
varleiy .T se ’ cream, milk, etc,, qaulity,
<d. . arrangement to be conslder
,ra >ur.r by N. G. Williams,
out I>avia and mana eor. Bellows Falls, Va„
“ churn. Second premium,
by Cornish, Curtis & Green, Fort Atkin
son, W is., one 4-bott!e Babcock tester.
Best Georgia made cheese, not less than
o/ 1 y pounds. First premium, bv Charles
X. Stodder, general manager, Broad
street, Boston,Mass., one barrel Savogram
Class Xl—Open to l>alry Competition
On.y Best dairy butter, regardless of
color or salt used, not less than ten
pounds. First premium, by Champion
Milk Cooler Company. Cortland, N. Y„
one No. 3 Champion Milk Cooler. Second
premium, by Mosely Stoddard Manufactur
ing Company, Rutland, Vt., one Babcock
Milk Tester. Third premium, bv John
Jamison, president, 3 and 5 South Walter
street, Philadelphia, Pa., one dozen tubes
of Conn’s Butter Culture.
Best Display of dairy products and
utensils. First premium, by Charles Han
sen’s laboratory. Little Fulls, N. Y., eight
bottles Danish butter-color, four one-pint
cans Columbian butter-color, two boxes
of two dozen No. 2 Rennet tablets for
cheese making, two vials each one dozen
cheese-color tablets, two *small packages
of Lactic Ferment, sixteen packets of
Junket tablets, or household Rennet, for
household use. Second premium, by
Charles Hansen's lahoratorv, one-half the
quantities of each of the above.
Class lll—Special,—By DeLaval Separat
or Company, 71 Courtlandt street, New
York, X. Y. To the maker of the high
est scoring exhibit of Georgia butter, not
less than twenty pounds, provided that
such maker is already a user of a DeLa
val machine. Premium, $25, to be credit
ed on puYehase of any size of DeLaval
Separator before Dec. 31. 1897.
By Genessee Salt Company, New York,
N. .Y. Best butter, not less than twenty
pounds made with Genessee Salt. First
premium, three barrels of Genessee Salt.
Second premium, two barrels of Genessee
Salt.
By F. D. Moulton & Cos., 29 Broadway,
New York. Best butter made with Ash
ton’s or Higgin's Eureka Sait, not less
than twenty pounds. First premium,
twelve bags of Ashton’s Salt. Second pre
mium, five bags of Ashton’s Salt. Third
premium, three bags of Ashton’s Salt.
By Thatcher Manufacturing Company,
Potsdam. N. Y. Best butter, not less than
ten pounds, made with Orange butter
color (of I. A. Madden, Atlanta, Ga.) Pre
mium, one gallon Orange butter-color.
Fall Gardens.
Those who wish to have a fall garden,
says the Florida Agriculturist, should
loose no time in preparing the ground.
Turn under all the grass and weeds that
have grown during the past season. This
should be well done, or it will bother when
seed planting time comes. While the
ground is rough from plowing spread
broadcast over the garden plot a liberal
dressing of cotton seed meal, and harrow
in as deeply as possible. Let this remain
for at least two weeks and then harrow
again. In another week you can plant
your seed with safety. The seed to plant
depends on where you are located as to
liability to frost. However, there are nu
merous vegetables that can be raised in
almost any part, as they will stand con
siderable cold 1 without further injury than
retarding their growth. Onions, beets,
turnips, radishes, carrots, vegetable oys
ters, kol rabl, colards and brussel sprouts
can all be planted and a crop raised not
withstanding the frosts. Cabbage is not
usually hurt and is a very safe vegetable
as well as a very desirable one. Only once
in ten years have we lost our cabbage
plants by cold. Lettuce stands the cold
all right, but if a frost should come
just as the plants are - heading it makes
the leaves turn a brown color and injures
its appearance, though for home use they
are just as good.
Irish potatoes planted during the first of
September will usually give new potatoes
for Christmas. We have made several fall
crops although the vines were killed twice
by frost they came up again and gave us
potatoes during the whole winter. If pos
sible use seed saved over from the spring
crop as they are thoroughly mature and
will grow at once. The northern potatoes
have not had time to "season,” and if
planted now a largo percentage will rot
and they will be so slow in coming up that
the crops will be late. If you cannot get
the home grown seed prepare the other by
cutting them up and dusting with lime
and laying them in the sun for a few
days. This will prevent rot to some extent,
and hasten germination.
In preparing the ground for potatoes we
plow out two furrows and fill the trench
with weeds and grass, after a week or so,
or when the grass has begun to decay,
plant the seed in the trench and cover
about two inches. When the potatoes are
up about two inches sprinkle fertilizer
alongside of the rows and cover about two
inches. This should be repeated, and you
are pretty sure to get a good crop of fall
potatoes.
Such tender , vegetables as beans are on
the “lottery” order for fall planting. Y’ou
may get them ?nd the frost may have the
first bite. Last year our beans gave us
several messes before Jack Frost took
them all. Take it on a whole, we believe
it pays to plant about a pint of seed for
family use, as the cost and expense is
small if lost and the enjoyment great if a
few messes are obtained about Christmas
time. .. ,
The strawberry bed should have atten
tion now. but young plants set out should
be shaded, for our September sun is very
trying on all newly set plants. If you
are not prepared to give them close at
tention, it is best to postpone putting out
till October. At the horticultural meeting
last spring we saw a plant of the phe
nomenal berry that was in fruit at that
time, and we understood from Mr. Clubb
that it had borne almost continually dur
ing the winter. If this is the general
characteristics of the plant it is a very
valuable one for the garden when berries
are grown for home use, and not for mar
ket. The state experiment station has just
issued a bulletin on strawberries, and it
should be. read by every one interested.
In this issue we publish the first chapter
and will follow with the balance next
week.
We have gone over the garden instruc
tions so many times during the past ten
or fifteen years that it seems a good deal
like rehashing, and to go into detail seems
like telling the same story to those who
have heard it before. If there are any
of our subscribers who desire information
on any particular line, we will be glad to
furnish same. Don’t be afraid to ask
for information. If we can’t give it our
selves, we will try to find someone that
can.
Hard and Soft Foods.
If any one will moisten a gill of corn
meal, says the Farm and Fireside, it will
be noticed that a large quantity of water
will be absorbed. This water Is not taken
by the fowl voluntarily, but through ne
cessity, in order to accept the foot offered.
Naturally the fowls drink but little water,
and but a small quantity at a time unless
deprived of it for quite a while. When the
crop is packed with soft food, and diges
tion is slow, decomposition begins, being
hastened by the animal heat of the body.
When the fowl consumes dry food, and
must seek it, the first portion is digested
before the last enters the crop, hence
when it drinks there is but a portion of the
food eaten moistened, and the crop Is
never full. This matter has been alluded
to before, but it is one which should at
tract attention and receive consideration.
To give soft food when it Is necessary to
do so is correct, but such food should be
given only in limited quantities, and the
ground food should be given dry in the
trough, if possible, Ipstead of forcing more
water on the birds than they really re
quire.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1807.
Tlie Keening of Fruit.
Many of the finest fruits, says the New
England Homestead, undergo very speedy
decomposition. On this account some of
the most highly esteemed fruits In the
countries which produce them have never
become articles of commerce, and are
only to be enjoyed during the season of
their ripening. Decorhposition takes place
most rapidly when fruits are exposed to
the air, when there is dampness about
them, and when they are subjected to
considerable or frequent changes of tem
perature. Grapes are imported to this
country from the south of Europe, packed
in sawdust. Unripe gooseberries may bo
kept for making tarts in winter, in bot
tles or Jars, filled up with perfectly dry
sand, sawdust, bran or the like, closely
corked and sealed, after a gentle heat
has been applied to expel moisture as
much as possible. Place them in a mod
erate and equable temperature, which is
sometimes accomplished by burying them
for some depth in the earth.
A similar method may be employed with
some other fruits. Pears, the finest kinds
of which are apt to rot almost immedi
ately after they reach perfect maturity,
may be kept for months In glazed earth
enware jars very closely covered and
placed in a cool, airy situation, out the
reach of frost. The layers of fruit and
individual specimens are separated by the
substances used for filling the jars, so
that rottenness in one may not infect
the rest. Another method is to keep them
In jars, the temperature being carefully
regulated. Large gardens may be provid
ed with a fruit room, in which shelves and
drawers are allotted to the different kinds
of fruit. A moderate and equable tem
perature, dryness and careful ventilation
are the principal requisites. Fruit intend
ed for keeping should be carefully gath
ered, when almost ripe, and all bruising
avoided.
Pears or apples shaken from the tree
cannot expect to keep so well as those
gathered by the hand. Of all the succu
lent fruits procured, the apples keep the
best, and are therefore more generally
used. Fruit intended for keeping may be
sweated before being placed in the jars or
shelves. This is done by allowing the fruit
to lie in heaps for a short time —varying
according to the kind of fruit, and ex
tending in the case of winter apples to a
fortnight or more—that some of the juice
may exude through the skin. I cannot
recommend the propriety of this practice.
Some kinds of winter pears and apples
can scarcely be said to be ripened till after
they are placed in the fruit room.
Ctano Excitement Continues.
I find, says S. W. Carson of Frost Proof,
Fla., in an article in the Florida Agricul
turist, that in some way an inaccuracy
appeared in my last article in reference to
Crooked Lake lands. Just where your
scribe stuck in his wonderful prophesy
that two railroads would cross Crooked
Lake at some future day, I aimed to tell
the readers just there, that there tvas a
large amount of land in the Crooked Lake
marsh and around It as well as about Lake
Hancock, suitable for cane with drainage
now almost completed. I wish to say fur
ther, as there is much unfounded skepti
cism in regard to our high sand hill lands
in South Florida for cane production, that
under such fertilization as is employed in
the production of profitable cane crops in
any other country there is not the slight
est ground for fear'. Those who are for
tunate enough to read the Louisiana Plan
ter, know that a large amount of the once
virgin soil of that state cannot longer be
farmed successfully in sweet cane minus
fertilizer of some character, and it is now
the practice largely to plant peas thick on
their prospective cane land early enough
in the season to insure a dense mat of
vines which they turn under in the fall
with heavy teams and big plows after the
crop is well matured. 'They are not willing
to lose the benefit to be derived from this
highly important quantity of nitrogen
which is added to their lands by the pea
vines when imbedded in the soil. I saw an
account of a planter plowing them in in
his stubble cane patch and I wondered
how he raised them. Fertilizer even lightly
used on our sandy lands and especially
where the clay is at a desirable depth,
gives results almost phenomlnal. Yes sand
hill hammock, flatwoods or muck soils are
all suited to sweet cane in South Florida,
and, in my judgment, the sand hill soil is
preferable on several accounts and espe
cially as both the quality and quantity of
cane produced are found to be superior.
The Jumps Grape.
Mr. E. H. Hayward of DeLand brought
to our cufflce one day last week, says the
Florida Agriculturist, a basket of magnifi
cent James grapes. This grape is of the
scuppernong family, only its color is black,
or a dark purple. It is also much larger
and more highly flavored—which is saying
a great deal.
The vine from which these grapes were
gathered was planted two years ago. The
growth since that time, as compared with
other grape vines, has been phenomenal,
although not unusual for this variety. The
yield this year was something over thirty
pounds. t
We do not know what may be the future
of this grape as a market variety, but
certainly as a home grape we think it has
no equal, and every family should have at
least a few vines.
Caution to Middle-Vised Bicyclist*.
From the British Medical Journal.
Any form of exercise or sport which
makes serious demands on the attention,
•on quickness of eye and hand, and on the
endurance, ought not to be taken up by
people who have reached middle life and
are engaged in sedentary occupation, only
with great circumspection. The lesson
has been learned by Alpine climbers
through many bitter experiences. It is
pretty generally held by them that most
of the fatal accidents in mountain climb
ing occur through the failure at the criti
cal moment of some man who has taken
to mountaineering too late in life. and
who is, perhaps, also out of condition. An
old dog cannot be taught new tricks, ac
cording to the proverb, and though it is
disagreeable to have to realize that we
have passed the age when we can excel in
anew pastime requiring special skill to
avoid accident: and youthful adaptability
and elasticity to avoid overstrain, it is
(he part of wisdom to accept the inevita
ble. There is no reason why middle-aged
men, and even those who have passed
middle age. should not take to cycling, but
it should be with a frank recognition of
the limitations which age imposes. Great
speed, long distances and hill climbing
put a strain upon the constitution, and
will find out the weak places—the parts of
the system which are aging faster, per
haps, than the rest—the heart, it may be,
or the vessels of the brain. So, also, in
regard to riding a bicycle in crowded
thoroughfares, the strain on the attention
is considerable, and the risk not small, if
a man has lost the quickness of youth.
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It is a certain cure for sweating, callous
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TO-DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Forecast for Savannah and vicinity un
til midnight, Sept. 13, 1897: Local show
ers.
Weather from Washington—
For Georgia—Local showers; east to
southeast winds.
For Eastern Florida: Fair, except local
showers Monday afternoon; easterly
winds.
For Western Florida—Showers; high,
easterly winds; gales on the Gulf.
For South Carolina—Threatening weath
er, with light showers in southwest por
tion; southeasterly winds.
General Conditions: At 8 p. m. the
storm was apparently central near Galves
ton, where the barometer had sunk to
29.58 inches, and high winds are reported
from all points along the Middle Gulf
coast. High barometers are noted at all
Atlantic points.
Very high temperatures prevail
throughout the central valleys, and the
districts to the westward. At 8 o’clock
the temperature at St. Louis was 92 and
the isothermal line of 80 degrees passed
to the north of St, Paul. It was com
paratively cool along the North Atlantic
coasl.
Rains fell in Southern Georgia and along
the Gulf.
Storm-warning message.—The following
message lias been received al this office
lor the information of the public;
Washington, D. C., 12 noon, Sept. 12,
1897.—N00n reports show well defined trop
ical storm, central near the mouth of the
Mississippi. All shipping should be warn
ed not to leave port until further notice.
Further information this afternoon.
Willis L. Moore,
Chief of Bureau.
Storm-warning message.—The following
message has been received at this office
for the information of the public:
Washington, D. C„ 2 p. m., Sept. 12.
Two p. m. reports show center of storm
apparently (Jhng towards West Louis
iana coast. Conditions less dangerous
for South Atlantic coast than they were
at noon. • ■
Further information to-night.
Willis L. Moore,
Chief of Bureau.
Latest storm-warning message.—The
following message has been received at
tliis office for the information of the pub
lic:
Washington, D. C., 8 p. m., Sept. 12,
1897.—Conditions less threatening, storm
has moved to the northwest, and is now
central near Galveston. South Atlantic
coast likely to escape danger from this
storm. Willis L. Moore,
Chief of Bureau.
Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature 9 a. m.. .77 degrees
Minimum temperature 8 p. m... 72 degrees
Mean temperature 74 degrees
Normal temperature 77 degrees
Deficiency of temperature 3 degrees
Accumlated excess since
Sept. 1 5 degrees
Accumulated excess since
•l an ' 1 ....117 degrees
Rainfall 1.61 inches
Normal 21 inch
Excess since Sept. 1 45 inch
Excess since Jan. 1 1.49 inches
River Report—The hlght of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. in. (75th merl.
dian time) yesterday was 4.8 feet, no
change during the preceding twenty-four
hours.
Observations taken Sept. 12, 1897, 8 p. m.
(Totlt meridian time) at the same moment
of time at all stations for the Morning
News:
Name of Station. j -|-T.| V. |Raln
Boston, clear ? 58 flO j ’off"
New York city, cloudy ... 64 | 12 | .Oil
Philadelphia, cloudy 68 I 8 I .00
Washington city, cloudy .. | 68 | L j .00
Norfolk, clear 76 | 6 I .00
Hatteras, clear 78 1 8 I .00
Wilmington, clear 76 | 6 I .00
Charlotte, clear 78 j 6 j .to
Raleigh, clear 82 ] L | ,00
Charleston, pt. cloudy ... 78 | 10 ' .00
Atlanta, pt. cloudy 76 j 8 .00
Augusta, cloudy 74 j 6 .00
Savannah, .cloudy 72 1 L 156
Jacksonville, pt. cloudy .. SO j I, .<*)
Jupiter, pt. cloudy 80 j 8 .to
Key West, cloudy 82 | 12 .08
Tampa, pt. cloudy 80 | 6 .00
Pensacola, raining 80 1 22 .06
Mobile, pt. cloudy 80 | 14 .36
Montgomery, cloudy 74 | 6 .44
Vicksburg, cloudy | 78 | 10 | .01
Now Orleans, clear | 80 | 22 | .28
Galveston, raining | 74 I 28 | .18
Corpus Christ!, cloudy ...| 84 | L ] T
Palestine, cloudy | 86 i 6 | .00
Memphis, cloudy j 86 j 10 J .00
Cincinnati, clear | 88 | L | .01)
Pittsburg, clear | 78 | to j .14
Buffalo, cloudy | 70 | L | .00
Detroit, pt. cloudy | 74 | 8 j .04
Chicago, clear | 76 | 12 i .to
Marquette, pt. cloudy J 78 | 12 | T
St. Paul, cloudy j 82 | L j .02
Davenport, clear | 86 | 00 | .00
St. Louis, clear | 92 | L | .00
Kansas City, clear 1 90 | L i .00
-j-T, temperature; *V, velocity of wind. -
J. M. Sberler,
Observer, Weather Bureau.
OIR TRADE REVIEW.
Conditions Shown to Be In Prosper
ous and Satisfactory Condition.
From the New York Maritime Register.
The Savannah News publishes its annual
resume of the trade and commerce of that
port from which it appears that the For
est City, like Its sister on our southern
seaboard, (Galveston), is well along oh
the road to prosperity. Its foreign com
merce shows a steady increase, while its
trade relations with the Interior are in a
very satisfactory condition. • * *
Merchants and business men generally,
of Savannah, are full of hope and confi
dence In the prospects for the coming year,
and thero can be no doubt that with the
spirit of unity, the same ‘‘pulling for our
side” which has always been a characteris
tic of Savannah’s business men, their
hopes will be realized and their confidence
Justified.
LONGSTHEKT ON MARRIAGE.
View From the Standpoint of a Man
“Eighty Vcnr V<iung.”
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Among the telegrams of congratulation
received by Gen. and Mrs. Longstreet up
on the occasion of their marriage was one
from the New York World.
That newspaper invited the "young hero
who begins life at eighty," to give his
views of marriage and how he approached
the nuptial altar upon this occasion.
As soon as Gen. Longstreet found time
he complied with the World's request and
telegraphed the following reply, which will
appear In that paper to-day. and which
the Constitution is permitted to publish
simultaneously:
"To The World-Accepting (he kind com
pliments of tilt! World upon this, the oc
casion of my happy marriage to one of the
most charming ladles of Georgia, permit
me to express to you my appreciation of
America’s greatest newspaper.
"People have been marrying ever since
the world began. In fact, if we read the
Bible record aright Adam did not know It it?
age when the Almighty fashioned for him
the helpmeet, who was. later on, to play
such an important part in the world.
Youth is a relative term and is not cor
rectly expressed by years. The young
heart is often the creation of years of sor
row preceding, and the sunlit face of the
man of 75 is more suggestive of the pe
rennial youth that makes men attractive
than the frowning visage of 20, which
speaks of discontent and unrest. I have
often, as your congratulation suggests,
been struck with the epigram of Holmes
that he was ’eighty years young.’
"The counting of age Is often all a mat
ter of point of view. The youth first
counting his years, which proceed from
nothing, esteems himself young because
they are few. The man of many years
might equally account himsedf young be
cause hts remainder is equally few. As I
experience the influence of this happy day
I ask myself If I am really old, or am I
just beginning to be young? There is
time behind me, I know, much of which
has been wasted because its giving was
prodigal. There are glorious years ahead
of me which I can appreciate because I
have at last learned their value. I think,
and feel, and enjoy. God has blessed my
later years with a prescience and an un
derstanding which have multiplied their
value and rendered their existence a
- pleasure.
"As I have grown from decade to de
cade I have seen the growth and develop
ment of a family which I loved and cher
ished. In the order of Providence the
wife and mother has been removed; the
children have left the shadow of the par
ent tree and each has flown to a nest of
its own. 1 still remain In the old house,
with but the pictures to look at or an oc
casional letter to read from an absent
one. I feel lonely because of the want of
company, but excuse me, I do not feel
old! There is too much bounding of the
pulse, too strong a pumping of the heart,
too great a wealth of affection, to allow
of me drying up like an old mummy, to
be set aside in some mausoleum. There
is life and energy and ambition left, and
where these are youth has not flown.
"What then was more natural than that
I should put my house in order, pay re
newed attention to my toilet and wander
out to see what kind of an impression I
could make? I found a pretty face and
was attracted; £ sought acquaintance of
the owner and was charmed; 1 read her
heart and found it pure; 1 looked into her
soft blue eyes and found that love was
twinkling there. 1, of course, hesitated to
press my suit until I felt assured, and
surely, thought I to myself, If she thinks
me young what need have I to care what
others think? During the years that are
left to me I can he to her such a husband
that not all the young men in Christen
dom could equal, and the memory which
she shall carry down the years when, In
the order of nature, T may not be present,
will be to Her a sweet dream to be treas
ured and transmitted to children’s chil
dren.
"What does a woman gain by marriage?
Ah, there is a question to which diverse
answers might be given. How often the
young woman marries her equal in years
tp find herself but the companion-slave,
whose value Is reckoned by the work she
does. The other day a distinguished Geor
gia lady, Mrs. Felton, in an address be
fore the farmers' convention, pictured
such a wife, ground down by exaction,
uncheered by a single word of apprecia
tion, who after years of toll and striving,
dies, and then to be for the first time ap
preciated. I make the argument that
there should bo disparity of years, but
not of youth, between husband and wife.
The man of experience who has been
through the world, who has rubbed
against its rough edges, has had his ob
stinacy subdued, his powers of consid
erateness enlarged and his quality of ap
preciation so refined that he can feel and
respond to those delicate longings which
are implanted in the female breast.
"The man who, in the crowning years of
his life, takes to wife a fair young girl, in
vites her not only to the condition of
wifehood, but to the dignity of partner
ship. He naturally has aflairs io attend
to In which hts wife takes an interest. Her
powers develop as her husband learns to
lean on her judgment, and thus there is
brought about that community of interest
which enraptures the principals concerned
in it, and then we have the model husband
and wife. In my case I have a vineyard
on my farm. I have sheep and other rural
interests. I have a book on the market
which requires a good deal of attention
and I have a correspondence requiring re
spect. All this was very heavy to me i
alone. My wife has an understanding of
business; she has been the editor of a
paper and has literary talent. It will be a
pleasure to her to enter Into all my bus
iness enterprises, and together we can
plan and consult and perfect, thus passing
days of happy anticipation as well as of
realization. She understands my situation
thoroughly and I understand hors, and so
our minds are as one, based upon knowl
edge and not upon hap-hazard.
"I heartily appreciate the kind interest
which the people and press of the United
States have taken in this marriage of my
75th year. I have discovered that if a
man keeps himself in touch with humanity
he will always have friends. There Is
nothing like the power of love to weld
hearts together, or as the old saying has
it, one touch of nature makes the whole
world akin. I could, for instance, have
burled myself under the weight of that
fifty years since that date, of which this
is the anniversary, when I won my spurs
on the field of Molina del Roy, but I chose
to take to myself a bride from among the
fair daughters of Georgia, and 10, a na
tion joins in its congratulations to me! A
great and generous nation It Is, whose no
ble president so well Illustrates the perfect
type of American manhood. We have
had conflicts, but they are over, and as I
looked upon the liapy throng gathered
about roe to-day, a throng the music of
whose voices was buoyant with hope for
the future, I felt that as long as there is
marrying and giving In marriage, the mi
rage of division and disaster will be left
In the rear and we young men who are in
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Tho fte- /7 _
fj] Every butcher-shop
needs Pearline. Almost as
1 as it needs an ice-box.
* — 1 Look at the general greasiness
and nastiness around some
][ ~~ butcher shops. It isn’t that
b- - T they’re less particular there, prob*
{ ably. They’re doing the best
they can. But they don’t use
Pearline—and there are some things that must have Pearl
ine to keep properly clean, and among these things are
meat markets, butcher shops. jdk, R 9
Millions “fse Pearline
the procession will move onward to the
tune of progress and development.
“I cannot close this acknowledgement of
the World's kind wishes without paying
a tribute to the gallant young governor of
Georgia and his charming wife, who so
generously made the executive mansion
the refuge of my now wife when she
sought its shelter In that hour so Import
ant in a woman's life. Though of excel
lent family and surroundings, Mrs. Long
street was compelled to provide for her
self during the days of girlhood. It Is a
tribute to the manfipod of Georgia that
this girl found such stanch friends and
that they recognized her capability for
official preferment. Gov. Atkinson was
her friend in those days, and for that rea
son I must be his hereafter.
James A. Longstreet.
"Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 8, 1897.”
REVISION OF COTTON GRADES.
Near Schedule of Difference* Fixed
by tlie New York Cotton Exchange.
Anew grading of cotton has been estab.
fished by the committee on revison of
spot quotations of the New York Cotton
Exchange. This is the first time in two
years that any change has been made.
The committee made a general reduction
in the ’’differences’’ between tho various
high grades and “middling,” which is
taken as a basis, and an Increase In the
differences for tho lower grades. The
changes In the quotations for the various
grades follow:
Fair reduced 14e, now lo on; middling
fair reduced 3-16 c, now 11-10 c on; strict
good middling reduced %c, now %c on;
good middling reduced l-16c, now 14c on;
low middling reduced l-16c, now 7-16 c off;
strict good ordinary reduced lie, now
13-lisc oft; good ordinary reduced Vic, now
l%c off; middling stains reduced l-16c, now
7-16 c off; strict low middling stains reduc
ed 3-32 c, now %c off; low middling stains,
Vic off, now l%c off.
By the rules of the exchange any grade
of cotton may be delivered on contract by
allowing tho schedule difference on or off
"middling.”
The New York Journal of Commerce and
Commercial Bulletin says: “The new grad
ing, therefore, it will be seen, is rather
against a holder of cotton at present and
in favor of the buyer, as the latter would
have to pay a smaller difference for the
higher grades, while he would secure a
larger difference oil the lower grades. The
change will not, however, it is claimed,
have any serious effect, as comparatively
little cotton is being held here at present.
"Tho revisions appear to meet with gen
eral approval by members of the ex
change, particularly as far as) the higher
grades are concerned. There is some ad
verse criticism, however, of the changes
In tho lower grades.”
The present "differences" in the Savan
nah spot market are Vic advance on mid
dling for good middling, or the same as
adopted by the New York Cotton Ex
change. For low middling it Is off, or
1-fftc less deduction than tho New York
rale, while good ordinary is %e off mid
dling or l-16c less deduction than on the'
New York rate for strict good ordinary
and %c less than the New York deduction
in good oMlnary.
THE M'KA.VK HOSPITAL.
E*lnlillnlied and Supported by Col
ored People.
There is a hospital for colored people In
Savannah that Is conducted and support
ed entirely by colored people. This fact
is not generally known, yet at No. G 44
Sixth street west there Is such an insti
tution, called the McKane hospital, and
during Its year of existence It has been
the means of much good. There is a
training school for colored nurses con
nected with the hospital, and a number
of well-trained sick bed attendants have
been taught there.
Tho management of the hospital has
never called upon tho white citizens for
aid, but has been supported solely by the
colored people. All of the churches and
many Individuals contributed in this di
rection.
During the coming year the management
expects to enlarge the building so tlnat
more patients can be treated, and more
facilities allowed the students of the train
ing school. From tho nurse training school
there have been several graduates, whose
services are always In demand.
On the new board of trustees the lead
ing colored ministers and citizens are
members.
At tho organization of the board on Fri
day the following officers were elected;
Rev. L. B, (Maxwell, president; A. L.
Tucker, vice president; Rev. W. A. Din
kins, secretary; Dr. C. McKane, corre
sponding secretary; A. E. Randolph, treas
urer. The executive board consists of the
officers and ißev. W. O. P. Sherman, Rev.
P. H. Travis and Sol C. Johnson. The
board of trustees will meet on Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o’clock at the hospital.
The report of the various departments
of the hospital, as rendered at the trus
tees’ meeting Friday, was a commendable
one. It showed from whence each penny
was collected, and by whom articles were
donated and how used.
The patients in the hospital are admin
istered to free. It was a hard struggle
for this to be done and to keep up the
payments on the building, but it was done
nevertheless, and a balance of over SSO
was brought forward, with only.the reg
ular monthly Installments and the insur
ance to be paid. The excellent mana’ge
rnent of the hospital and training school
is due to the efforts of Dr. C. McKane
and Dr. Alice W. Ale Kane.
Position* In UnslnrM,
The Influence of Richmond’s Business
College In the business community and its
reputation for thorough work enables It
to help a large number of graduates to
desirable positions.
The institution Is In constant receipt of
applications for thoroughly prepared
young men and women.
These application increase tn number
year by year as the school grows larger,
and business men find the graduates It
recommends to be competent. These con
ditions It is the puj-pose of the Institution
lo maintain and Improve as far as may
be possible. Send for catalogue, or 'phono
576. Richmond's Business College, oppo
site postofllce.—ad.
THEY IGNORED THE SOUTH.
SOUTHERN CONGRESSMEN PRESS
ING THE SOUTH’S CLAIMS.
Representative Livingston.
tlie Inillgiintinn Movement Again it
the Armor Plate ( ommixnlon Who
Confined Tlielr Investigation* On
ly to Penn*yl vatila and Illinois
Steel Plants—They Hope Tlint
Their Protest Will Renplt tn the
Reorganization of the South’*
Great Advantage*.
Washington, Sept. 12.—Representative
Livingston Is here Industriously at work
on the proposition to give one of the
southern cities an opportunity to furnish
armor plate for Uncle Sam’s new war
ships, in competition with the Carnegie,
Bethlehem Iron, works and the Illinois
steel works.
The armor plate board refused to visit
the southern cities to secure available data
showing that armor plate can be manu
factured cheaper than at any of the great
establishments named, and confined their
Investigations to plants already establish
ed in Pennsylvania and Illinois. Repre
sentative Livingston says Georgia, Ala
bama or Tennessee can offer better facili
ties for the manufacture of the highest
grade of steel than either Carnegie or
(Bethlehem and the southern representa
tives propose to make a strong appeal to
the Secretary of the Navy to order the
board to Inspect the southern steel works
before they make their final report on the
subject.
In this movement (Representative Liv
ingston says he has the support of the en*
tire Georgia delegation, tn addition to the
representatives from Alabama, Tennessee
and all other southern states.
Representatives Gaines of Tennessee
and Wheeler of Alabama are here pre
pared to go before the Secretary of the
Navy in a few days and put the case in
its strongest light. Ex-Secretary Herbert
is also Interested In behalf of southern en
terprises, and he will co-operato with the
southern congressmen.
The board appears to have Ignored the
question of a site for the proposed armor
plate plant and confined Its investigations
to tho cost of buildings and machinery
necessary in the manufacture of armor
plate.
Representative Gaines who is taking a
very active. Interest in this subject says
the board has not done Its full duty, ignor
ing tho South, and he will Insist that the
southern enterprises be at least allowed to
submit certain data, bearing upon the cost
of Iho manufacture of steel at Birming
ham and other points in Tennessee and
Alabama so that congress may know how
much cheaper armor plate can be produc
ed than that furnished by Carnegie & Cos.
Delegations from several of the southern
cities are expected here In a few days,
when the whole subject will be presented
to the Secretary of the Navy,
Whllo It may not be possible to Induce
the board to recommend any particular
site for the location of the proffcsed plant,
It is possible that the southern interests
may be fairly stated In the report, provid
ing the board will thke the trouble to con
sider the extraordinary facilities offered
In the south for the manufacture of armor
l.ite.
wSS.ivannah qffers many advantages as a
desirable site for the location of the pro
posed plant, and as there Is already a
movement on foot there looking to the es
tablishment of a steel works, her Inter
ests should be especially looked after at
this time.
The Alabama delegation are working for
the Interests of Birmingham, and the Ten
nessee delegation is striking to advunce
the Interests of Nashville.
Representative Livingston, while not Op
posing Savannah’s interests, naturally pre
fers to help Atlanta, if a favorable oppor
tunity occurs.
SCHOOL. j
Important to Parents.
Few matters are of more Importance
than the selection of a school you wish to
attend or send your children, as such se
lection is likely to Involve consequences
that are life-long. Such a step should not
be taken hastily. The best way Is to see for
one's self or see someone who has seen.
To this end prospective students of Rich
mond's Business College are cordially In
vited to visit the institution and see what
it Is and what it does.
Many pupils who have not succeeded well
In other schools have here achieved re
markable success, much to their own grat
ification and that of their parents.
It is well-known that the college course
of study furnishes practical education of
great value to those who have either lack
ed or neglected early opportunities, and
who And their ignorance not only a con
stant source o£ humiliation, but a block of
advancement.
Owing to the growth of the college the
past two years the principal has found It
necessary to increase its facilities and to
that end It will occupy the entire third
floor ahd a portion of the second floor of
tho present postoiflee building, where each
department will have separate rooms and
be in charge of a thorough and competent
teacher.
The English branch department will be
under the supervision of Prof.L.W.Camp,
bell, who has for several years been con
nected with one of the leading colleges of
the country and Is a teacher of experience.
The shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping
and penmanship classes will be In charge
of C. S. Richmond, Mrs. C. S. Richmond
and Mss M. E. Ryan. Send for catalogue
or phone 576. C. 8. Richmond, Principal,
—ad.
For Ore* Fifty Years
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. It soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colic, and Is the best remedy
for diarrhoea. Twenty-five cents a bottls.
—ad.
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