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THE SUNNY SOUTH
FEBRUARY 25, 1905.
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is regrettable that the presence of the emperic and
&/>e SUNNY SOUTH the mischievous novice often operate to postpone
Published Weekly by
Droll Solomon Islanders
HE recent killing of several
missionaries in a group of
islands in the south Pa
cific ocean and the puni
tive ( expediti,on organized
by a representative of the
i German empire call at-
mon sense in the maintenance of health and the ^0 IBL tentkm to the fact that
cure of diseases. And, after all, medical science the eafin s °f human flesh
is only common sense illuminated. Physical cul- j 11 >s not yet obsolete,
ture, deep breathing, open air exercise, modera- !ands are fierco tribes of
tion in diet, sound and sufficient rest, and rigid I ^annibais who,.kill and eat
personal chastity are beginning to impress them-i every, white mdii they art-
selves on the masses as factors in the desideratum i * e to catci1, So * iPC ® are-these tribes
of health i taaI - tile -interior- of tile Solomon islands
’ . . , j's almost unknown to explorers ahd the
Separately, some ot them are the basis ot many |few traders who 11ve on the lslands stlck
of the high-priced, fake “systems ’ throughout the close to the toast. The group lies to
country—together, and sensibly applied, they coil- the east of New Guinea, and is owned;
! the general adoption of the latest devices, but the
(obstacle is only temporary.
Sunny South Publifhing Co j V y j ! h a,, f of . this bewildering enrichment of these
j useful professions, there has grown up in the pub-
Buslne/s Office # lie mind a wonderful belief in the efficacy of com
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By FRJIMK L. STANTON
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j
IN LIFE’S VINEYARD.
I.
Toilers in the vineyard.
Cease to sigh and weep;
’Tis the same old lesson:
“Not all that sow shall reap.”
IL
But. though ye miss the harvest,
. To peace ye shall be led:
Some breast shall wear the blos
soms—
Some starved soul shall he fed!
III.
AFTER THE YEARS.
i I-
j What will it matter when we sleep,
After the years,
j So that we wake not again to weep,
After the years?
II.
and
! Are we not. weary of storm
strife—
Sorrow and tears?
> Thankful at least to be done with life,
After the years!
Stitute invaluable aids to morality and robustness,! 15 -'' Groat Britain and Germany, eacli |
calculated to cut down physicians’ incomes andj I,ation havin s several islands.
force the undertakers to abridge their staffs. 1 ' Jdors laic ' : thai - r 1,ves * in then- hand*
. . , , & and live on the shores of a few lrlanus, !
III.
scars
on our vision
r*e Sunny South it the oldest weekly paper of Literatura,
homanco. ruft and FiMon in the Souths It is nou.ro. S Ag indoor life becomes more prevalent these
Jiored to tho original shape and will bo published as fore • . .
morty every week dr Founded in ter* it grew until :*99. } iacts will gain greater popular prominence, and
when, as a monthly, its form was changed as an expert., with confidence may the day be anticipated when.
mant it now returns to its original formation as a j niirabile dictu, w r e will all be healthy, strong indi-
weekty With renewed oigor and the intention Of ecipm I vklu;ils ^ ^ ^ game time have large jy fo ,_
lowed the advice of Mr. Shakespeare about the
canine and the physic.
mg its most promising period in the past.
Hygiene and Wonders of
Modern Healing Toys and the Magic World
\ * r . .1 <-\>,,1 ,s.A/l 1 xr •
K no profession more pronouncedly j
than that of medicine have the. ad
vances and revolutions incident td
progress been more remarkable.
Where a century ago there was but
a qualified diversity in the methods
of healing, today there are schools
and cults galore, and one may lie
cured or otherwise by a bewildering
variety of modes, some recom
mending themselves by undoubted
sense and logic and a few obvious
ly the device of charlatans. Un
doubtedly. medical science has
made more progress in the field of
diagnosis than that of direct treatment. The facili
ties of the modern dissecting room and laboratory,
the marvels revealed bv the study of bacteriology
Toilers in the vineyard.
Toil on with sweet accord!
Love shall be the harvester,
And Love your sweet reward!
but rArelji venture out of sight of the sea. I
as ships approach Bougainville, the „ LOG CABIN PHILOSOPHY,
largest island, they see many-miles away ! No matter how good the Old times
the great Kronprinz range, extending i were . if >’OU want to get in Clover you „ , „ , , , - ,
through the center and rising to s.ooo must make friends with the New. ! the autograph you asked foi .
i If never new
dawn,
Lost to Life’s cares.
! We’ll be content to just sleep on
After the years!
HIS BUSY DAY.
“Did that great author send you
of Childhood
N eminent authority on topics relat
ing to kindergartening. Miss Eliz
abeth Harrison, says that “Toys
form a bridge between the great
realities of life and the child’s small
capacity.” Perhaps they do, in
some cases, with children of unu
sual precocity. Even in instances
of this nature, the desirability of
such a development is doubtful,
unless one argues from the most
cruelly utilitarian, prosaic inter
pretation of life which decrees that
just as soon as the infant faculties
can stand the strain thev shall be
feet, but though mariners have seen these
mountains for centuries, no white man
nas ever visited the range, because the
region between it and Tlie sea is densely
peopled by the most warlike savages.
The -Solomon islanders not only kill
strangers, hut also cheerfully oat them if
the opportunity occurs. Most, but not
all, of the natives are inveterate man-
ea tors.
They go on expeditions for no other pur
pose than to secure victims for the cook
ing pot, and as they greatly prefer to
celebrate their cannibal feasts at home
they sometimes tie captives hand and
foot to long poles which are borne on
the shoulders of the victors many miles
to their own settlements, so that their
families and friends may share the
fe.&st.
Curl Ribbe, a German naturalist, has
had the courage to spend two years at
trading stations along the coasrs. He
has just written a book that bristles
with information about these islands and
their inhabitants. He sketches the land,
the people and the vegetable and animal
life, and his book, “Zwei Jahre Unier den
Kannibalen der Salomon-Insein,” is es
pecially timely because so little has been
written about this archipelago.
Ribbe says that there is no moTp dan-
erous trade in the world than that with
“Yes; but. he got his stenographer
The world owes every man a liv- I to type-write it!”
ing, but some of us are mighty slow ——
about collecting it. i Five thousand dollars for a short
I story-—paid by a New York literary
The worst storms of life can’t blow !weekly. Cheer up brethren! Some
the stars of Hope out. of us will own a grocery store yet!
Faith need not move mountains. ! a HINT TO THE POETS.
What, it really needs to do is to move (“Stamps enclosed,” said the editor—
men - | “A poem too dainty to touch:
j And T really would return ir,
i But.—I’m needing the stamps so
much! ’
UJC uiai vela IUMICU uv un. > j „ . ... „ ,. ISerous trade in the world than that with
and the opportunities offered bv the great metropol-! ‘loomed to compass the lealities of hie. loor.the Solomon islanders. The traders are
itan clinics have conspired to vastly enrich thfc exact children! Sooner or later they must face these; liable to be attacked at any time,
knowledge of medicine and surgery. To an extent, realities, whether they be buttressed with wealth U ,fn0 '" 9 al ° ,n their
also therapeutics have kept pace with the phase I or bounded by poverty. One gets a surfeit of real-1 i, the trade were not nxtremely profit
ed diagnosis, although many diseases exist today | ,ties soon enough, without making an effort to j white men could, nos v induced to
which are infinitely more easy to define than to j fasten the process oi appreciating them. Isn’t j^uitL^of c^anj^nd
cure The intensitv of twentieth centurv civiliza- | cnildhood entitled to a tew years ot happy, innojto soli them, though their commercial
tion "has of course-' sriven rise to an array of dis- cent - ignorant freedom, unshadowed by the grim: ; tstinct does llot k ?ep them from kill-
t,o,. lias ot course gnen to arra> ot ^ whkh ,„ ake t| „. hcaven and |lc]i o( m “ tnrc l«* * «•*- hi-
H !S WISDOM-SONG.
I.
Wen you hear rle thunder hummin’
Run ter kiver’s what I say,
Wen Trouble say he cornin’.
Dat’s rle time ter move away!
II.
Wen do harrioane is howlin'.
12n de sky done los’ de blue.
Des thank de Lawd a earthquake
Never come ter swaller you!
III.
Dai's de way. believers.
Ter go de earthly way;
Thank de Lawd fer winter,
En bless him fer de May!
HE SAW BYRON.
In an old copy of Byron’s “Bride of
■Abydoa,” printed in 1S14, now in the
possession of an Atlanta man. the fo'.-;
lowing, signed “J. H„” under date of
1S15, is written:
”1 once—and for the first and last j
(time—saw L-ord Byron, talking to
‘Toni Moore, in Murray’s bookshop.
His face is the finest- I ever saw—
| the most perfect, features, and a smile
(that might win a world of women.
> And a. manly presence, too.”
It is said the czar of Russia ’vrit.es
poetry. He’d better not read any of
it to those rip-roaring revolutionists!
HEAVEN.
I Heaven’s not so high
As the bright stars seem:
It’s Home—where the soul
Lies down to dream!
eases or rather complications which were almost
unknown to the medieval physicians. These are,
mainly, of nervous origin and to a considerable
degree may be attributed to the unfortunate in
crease in sedentary occupations. • A.t the same
time there is little doubt that a majority of the old
acute and chronic disorders, like the poor, are still
with us. though militant medical science has made
great strides in their alleviation and cure.
Take, for example, the dreaded diseases of con
sumption, typhoid fever, diphtheria and cancer. It
is probable that our sturdy, albeit ignorant fore
fathers had many strange, farcical names for these
It is probable, too. that many of the
life? Let them alone in their little kingdom of
imagination and they will find pleasure and con-1
tentment which mocks the stoicism of the philos
opher and the satiety of the sybarite.
It is seriously open to doubt, .however, if the
mechanical toys and the educational toys by which
modern parents set so much store, really accom
plish the wonders of child development with which
they are credited. Children, naturally of a grave
or studious bent, will doubtless reap profit from
them, but the gravity of childhood is almost inva
riably beyond the provoking power of toys arid
outside of their abilitv to lighten into mirth. Leave
disorders. ... r . v
plagues which profane history teaches us rioted I tIie average child to his or her own devices and
over Europe and Asia in the medieval centuries | little time will elapse before plenty of toys ample
were all some species of these diseases, with the j for the purposes of amusement have been pro-
one of smallpox not forgotten. Now, while physi- | vided. An old ragged apron will transform a wee
cians do not claim to have completely conquered J maiden into the queen of a broad realm, in her
the maladies designated, thev have made such an i own fancy. Give a little toddler a stick and a
exhaustive study of their origin, their symptoms j string and he will be mounted on a steed more fiery
and their course that their ravages are inestimably (than Bucephalus and gifted with greater talents
lessened, and when a friend or relative is stricken , than that wonderful horse ot the Arabian Nights
by one of them, we no longer give ourselves tip to, that had the knack of transporting his riders to
the resignation of despair.' j the antipodes with a slight turn of the wrist.
While we know that there is grave danger. we| The child’s world is all in imagination. What
also realize that the chances for recovery or ameli-j few auxiliaries he needs to materialize his vague
oration are so manv that there is no ’reason for land unembodied dreams he will supply of his own
despondency until competent authority has placed
its veto on any further hope.
It is notable that surgery h^s advanced even
fertility or make your life a misery until you have
given him the simple wherewith so to do. The
little that he can comprehend in actual life, what
more rapidly than medicine. Fractures of the bone, be hears at vagrant intervals or piecemeal at the
even in aged subjects, have lost half their terror, j table or from the lips of adults at other times and
since science has so manv apparently marvelous! places, or what he sees crudely outlined in natural
cures to sustain its inspiring, encouraging attitude.! phenomena, will afford him ample material for the
Congenital and acquired deformities have likewise j stimulation of his immature mentality. \From
ceased to be regarded as divine affliction, to be ac- j topics which would be conventional or meaning-
cepted with sad, smiling face, for the skillful, deft
knife and still more adept manipulation, have re
stored into useful shapeliness forms and features
once repugnant or laying claim to our pity. Sur- | chausen seem tame.
less to the prosaic eye of maturity, he weaves won
ders which would shame the fabrications of Hans
Anderson or make the coarse inventions of Mun-
gen r goes far. nowadays.
Even in cases of idiocy or imbecility, of partial
or complete paralysis uncomplicated bv hereditary
taint or constitutional bias, its intelligent eye looks
for the exciting cause, and delicate operations often
restore the mind to it,s throne, or remove blighting
disability. These are not all the marvels of med
icine and surgery by any means. But they are
given as fair instances of the gigantic progress
made by these noble professions. Nor is that
progress within hailing distance of its halting.
Each day some marvelous discovery, some as
tounding adaptation of old principles, or wonder
ful simplifying of old remedies is announced. It
It is one of the most precious eras of life, this
passing fantasy of childhood. One looks back on
it with longing and a sort of wistful sadness, when
experience has brought disillusionment and when
we discover that pleasures in the real world, un
like those in the shadowy cosmos of the child,
bring their compensating pain and disadvantages.
Let us not interfere, therefore, with this brief en
joyment of the embryo man or woman. All too
soon their power to conjure up the fairy realm
will have become dissipated, and they will enter
into the heritage of “realities” which, even in our
happiest moments we sometimes deem hardly
worth the while.
Japan's Formidable Additions to Engines of War
A PAN’S now ongines of war
which proved so effective
in reducing Port Arthur
are secrets guarded by the
ing either common shell or shrapnel, the ! ton; for instance, when dried too much
latter weighing 13 pounds, and carrying it exploded even by "light/^tlon.
j In order to prevent this danger it was
230 balls. In action it fires many shots j necessary to combine It with water to
each minte. The breech is closed by a j extent of 20 per cent, in which case
mikado’s government with ; screw lock. The gun weighs 1.900 pounds [ it burned with difficulty when ignited,
the most scrupulous care, i and with the carriage complete only ; Bt-it tvhen the water exceeded 20 per
Four of the devices have ; 3 500 poun( j S- giving it great mobility. i cent gun cotton wouM not ex P iode -
proved wonderfully ef- | The Arlsaka rifle for infantry is a !
fleient and have made the j modification of the Mauser, with a very
names of inventors | small caliber, .05 of an inch less than
honored at home and I Lee-Hnfleld rifle. It has proved
famous abroad These are i ver X efficient in “stopping” men in action,
the Arisaka quick-firing ! The ^ uin fus< * ^ as invented by Vice
gun for field artillery and
off his guard.
SET TRAPS FOR TRADERS.
They sell their commodities for a eong
in comparison with prices .asked by other
Pacific natives who know the whites bet
ter. The trailer in the Solomon buys 100
■cocoanuts for a piece o-f cloth worth
about 15 cents.
It must be higviTy exciting to live in . a
land where day and night one may be
•the target of a tspear or bullet. The
reckless traders, finding tr.ux tih-0 natives
are almost crazy for firearm*, sell them
to any one who can produce the many
-thousands of cocoa nut* demanded.
Now and then they are killed by the
very guns that they have sold. The
same blacks who traffic peaceably with
the trader in business hours are likely
to lurk around his house in the darkness
in the hope pf s&ooting him while asleep.
Now and then they are caught prying
around the houses to find the exact po
sition of the be<5 in which fhe ’white
man sleeps. They are likely to mark the
outside of the wall near ■wluich the bed
stands far the purpose of killing tli-.e
trader by shooting through it. At the
especially dangerous stations traders
move their beds every nfght or else pile
around them a wall of boxes.
If >a trader smells smoke during the
night be dares not poke his head out of
the door or *\m’ow, tor he has learned
that it is a favorite trick of the blacks
to create a smudge so that the wfiiltes
may be tempted out of doors to see what
is burning. On such occasions they are
likely to be killed by their unseen ene
mies.
It is remarkable that the traders take
their -wives and eh'# ren to these islands.
Not a few white families >are living along
these coaslup. The women and children
lead ho easy lives, fo-r they are engaged
most of the day in spreading coeoanut
■meat for drying or helping the men folk
in many other ways. Ribbe says not a
white woman there is surpassed by the
men in plifp-c and courage.
Mr. Ribbe tolls of a white victim of
cannibalism. He was one of those white
wanderers among the islands who are
a little peculiar and lead very strange
lives.
This mail, an Australian, -was old and
a liitle wrong in bis head. One day he
decided to go to Ralgga, an uninhabited
Aland in the Solomon group, and spend
the remainder of bis life in solitude. He
K-.iid he was tired of civilization and wish
ed to live and To die alone.
HAS NO FEAR OF NATIVES.
He bought materials -for a little house
and such implements and furnishings os
he .required and sailed on a trading
schooner for lorfely Bagga. He put his
house together in 1885 and in the course
of time Tie had -a well-tilled .garden, many
liens and a number of pigs, which he
lioid raised from tbe few brought with
him.
The old man was often warned thait
though liis island -was unihabited lit
-might be visited any day by cannibal-s,
who would doubtless kill him. He said
he believed the natives would irespetc his
white hair and, anyway, he was not
afraid.
South Is Specially Adapted
To Profitable Grape Culture 'F
IN TWO PARTS—CONCLUSION.
By HELEN HARCOURT.
Written for 7jhf* Sunny South
N-T soil that is suited to the
growth of peaches will
yield good grapes. The
best soil is one that is
fertile, but no-t rich, a loose
loam or eand, underlaid
by a porous subsoil. Sterile
or barren land should be
avoided. It will not pro
duce thrifty vines or give
heavy crops of fruit. On
the other hand, if the soil
is too rich, with am excess
of humus or nitrogenous
material, such as are usually found on
“bay heads” or creek bottoms, the vines
will grow so luxuriantly that they will
seen, are natives of Europe, all hough
seme of them are common in Cali
fornia, are utterly worthless in the south
ern states. Even their choicest hybrids
show a decided dislike for the sunny
south. It is a fact so well established,
that the whole character and usefulness
of a vineyard .depends so much on its
ancestry, that niany of the best nursery
men now give the pedigree of each va
riety of vine in their catalogues. With
this aid, and that of the nurseryman
himsolf, the purchaser Is thus enabled
to make his selection fit in with hi.- par
ticular locality. There need now be no
“hit or miss” choice about ir.
Those species of grape vines that have
furnished most of the varieties suitable
for the southern climate and soil are
the rotundifolia, vuipina, riparla, hour-
quiana, anu lincccumii. A fow valuable
ieties have been produced from hy
not pause long enough to. make fruit j brid s with fhe Vinafere or European
buds. The growth of leaf and stem will j grape, but the vines, wh.Ie yielding fruit
be at the expense of the frutt, and the of very high quality, are short-lived
Busy World
The assassination of the Grand Duka
Sergius at Moscow has been followed by
an interval resembling nothing so much
as suppressed panic. Royalty ia prac
tically self-immured in its palaces, fearful
to venture out on account ot the threat
ening attitude of the terrorists and th«
more staid element of the populace un
certain what development may next be
expected
On the heels of this chaotic condition
comes a report that peace negotiations
are proceeding between the czar’s gov
ernment and Japan. It is rumored that
the former offers to cede Port Arthur and
fhe Liao-Tung peninsula to the mikado,
withdraw entirely from Manchuria, as far
north as Harbin, announce his suzerainty
over Korea, and hold Vladivostok as a
neutral port. It is said that the onlv
point of difference is the size of tir
indemnity, on which Japan rigorously in
sists.
Since this rumor originates from aa
English source, it is not given the full
redence which would otherwise attarn
to such an important announcement. The
fact, too. that Russia makes such sweep
ing concessions is held to constitute an
other suspicious element. At the same
time there are indications that Russia -
desperately embarrassed by domestic com
plications and in such a strait might b»
tempted to offer tvrms which, under r.i&* ,
auspicious circumstances, would not ■ •
contemplated.
Nothing of definite interest has d •
oped in the Far East.
Y virtue of imperial
pardon and the res
toration of his rank.
Grand Duke Paul,
broth’er of Gra l
Duke Sergius, v
step into the tplm-
left vacant by the
assassination of
Sergius. Paul vv -
degraded sevc—al
years ago beeau.-'i
lie persisted in • -
trading a morgan
Grand Duke Paul atic marriage wit
Mine. Olga Pistolkoos, despite the coi.
mands of the czar. He was an exile :
France for years, but when Sergius w,.
slain tlie emperor pardoned him and r
stored him to his rank and family,
ia said he will bo the only member of t..
royal family to attend the funera! ef
Sergius
EN. TREPOI-'F. t
mail of blood a t
iron, who re
wields autocrat!
power as governor
general of St. Pe
tersburg, comes of ■<.
family detested '
Russia. His fatm .
also a general, held
the same position :.i
the winter capital
25 years ago that
his son now occu
pies. He was known
Gen Trepoff
latter will be small. Imperfect, sour and
with poor flavor. If lime -is not natu
rally present, in the .soli it should be add
ed, as this is one of the necessary ferti
lizers for successful grape culture. *
Be careful as to the kind of subsoil
also. You can modify and Improve the
surface soil by fertilizing, and adding
•.he infantry rifle, the iguin fuse, the Oda
mine and the Shiniose powder.
To the last two is due most -of the
destruction wrought upon the Russian
war vessels at Port Arthur and in the
Korean straits, as well as at Chemulpo.
The Shiniose powder is not used as a
propellant in guns, but as an explosive
in shells, and is said to be inferior only
blasting gelatin in its deadly effects.
It wan first used in action by the Afiama
In the destruction of the Variag at
CbMBulpO
Admiral Iguin, second in command of
the general staff of the Japaneese navy.
Its merit lies in Its simplicity and Its
certainty of action at the proper time.
It Is said to exceed anything in use by
other nations, as far as is known.
Not long ago Dr. Shimose. the inventor
of the new powder bearing his name,
delivered a lecture In Tokio in which he
explained the nature and use of the ex
plosive. The inventor said that, accord
ing to their use. explosives were classi
fied under two headings—namely, those
for mining and those for military pur-
! poses, the latter being again classified
The Oda mine, a type of which is said ! Into those for discharging and those for
to have blown up the Petropavlovsk, is a ! destructive purposes. “Shiniose" be-
wonderful invention, which automatically ‘ longed to the latter category, and was
adjusts itself to any depth of water ami ; never used for the purpose of idischarg-
caerfes an enormous charge of ex- | ing shots. The explosive used by the
plosive, insuring destruction to any ves- j European powers for warlike purposes
•at SO unfortunate as to touch it. j was gun cotton. But manifold incon-
Th* Arisalca gun is a 3-ineh piece, fir- j venienees attended the use of gun oot-
Again. owing to possible ev;V J rations,
the water contained, in gun cotton did
not maintain an equal quantity, making
its safety unstable. Sometimes it would
become moldy, thus losing most of its
explosive power, which could not then
be easily restored.
At present thejnost powerful explosive
in the. world is blasting gelatin, which
is used in this country, though not for
military purposes. It is far superior to
gun cotton in destructive power and
could be quite safely hand’ed in ordin
ary times. One defect, however, of gela
tin is its Jpw freezing point. Frozen
gelatin will explode from the slightest
cause, and this fact makes it unfit for
military purposes, 'fltie Shimose explos
ive Is very simply constituted, but it is
sufficiently safe to be used by the
navy.
Continuing, Dr. Shimose said neither
the falling of an- iron hammer upon
nor isnition nor the firing of a bullet
into it would cause his power to ex-
the subsoil. As you find at, so it must
practically remuin. The roots of grape
vines are easily injured by an excess ot
heat, droulght or by standing water. For
this reason, itihe subsoil should be of such
a nature that the roots can make their
way through it. getting below the reach
of surfbee linfluences, suc.h as heat and
drought, and yet not finding too much
water. A loose, porous subsoil not only
allows surface water to pass quickly
away, but. acting by capillary attraction,
it also assists the reserve of water be
low to come again to the surface in
time of drought. In this way the vines
receive a. constant and sufficient supply
of moisture, which conduces to their
healthy growth. In selecting a spot for
a vineyard, therefore, not only the sur
face. but the subsoil, should .be carefully
examined. Soils 'that are underlaid with
hnrdpam, soils that are subject to bad
washes €11 heavy rains, and those that
are not t at all times well drained, are
just the*right sort—to let severely atone
—so far as the grape is concerned. Never
in pure biasing a location, let apparent
“cheapness’’ tempt you. Such lands
would be dear a.s a gift If one were to
be -compelled to start a vineyard on them.
Another important point in selecting a
location for a vineyard, one entirely out
side of the character of the soil, is Its
nc-arness to ta shipping depot, or ia suffi
cient local market. Hauling from the
vineyard to the disposing point is an im
portant Item 'to be considered, because
of tine delay and expense involved.
CARE ESSENTIAL.
When It comes to a selection of the
variofiies of vines to be planted, there is
further need of oare and thought. There
are hundreds of named vines in oul-ti-
vation, and nearly all of them come from
But his confidence was misplaced, for | the crossing and recrossing again and
and the grape clusters are uneven and !
unattractive in appearance. No one ktid I
of grape is suited to all localities. No I
one kind wifi cover ail the needs of any !
given locality. The reason why is clear, 1
when one considers that few varieties -
are in their prime as to bearing, for j
more than ten days or two weeks, and i
whatever it lacks, but it is different with ! that the time .of ripening, between the !
. r , .. .. earliest and latest sorts, is over two I
months.
Every vineyard planted for home use I
or local market should contain early! Fraside nt Castro
medium and late ripening varieties. Even
if there are only three vines in the home
lot let there be one of each of these
kinds. If a dozen or more vines are
planted, they should be so selected as
not only to gi.ve a succession of ripen
ing. but fruit of different flavors. Just
as it costs no more to feed a good cow
than a a poor one, so it costs no more
time, trouble, oxpense or room to plant
and care for si vineyard that will fur
nish fruit for jwo months or more, or
one that will mature all its fruit in two
weeks.
as the “Emperor of. St. Petersburg.” and
droshky drivers used to tumble off their
seats, go down on their knees and bum;,
their foreheads on the curbstones when
ever he passed them in the streets. It
was at the elder Trepoff that Vera Sassa-
litch the first woman terrorist in Russia
fired a revolver, but the bullet went wild.
Four attempts have been made to kill
the present General Trepoff, but ho
seems to bear a charmed life. The name
is said to be a. compound of two German
words—treppe (.stairs) and hoff (court!—
because the first General Trepoff was
found soon after his biftth on the stair
case of the palace. The present governor
general won his gory record while chief
of police at Moscow. There ids “repres
sive" tactics resulted in the sacrifice of
manv lives.
RESIDENT CIPRI-
ANO CASTRO, or
Venezuela, who has
compelled the su
preme court of Ven
ezuela to confirm a
decree confiscating
the property of the
American Asphalt
Company, has been
president of Vene
zuela since 1900.
when he ousted Ig
nacio Andrade from
that position. Cas
tro is 48 years old. and prior to 1890 oc
cupied minor public offices. Since as-
suminig the presidency, however, he ac
tually has become a dictator, and will
have no man in his cabinet who disagrees
with him in any particular. He is but
5 feet 2 inches tall, and ft arrogant, self-
willed and cruel. He Is further described
as shrewd and cunning, but not diplo
matic, nervous, irritable and excitable.
■he was killed and eaten. One day Cap
tain E. Pratt, wlho bad heard -that na
tives bad been seen paddling over to
Bagga, went to the island and found
that be had come forty-eight hours too
late.
The house had been plundered and it
■was easy to identify the spot where the
ohi man had been killed, in those days
warships seldom visited the island^ and
the murderers never paid the penalty
for their crime.
NO POULTICES FOR SOLDIERS.
(From The Medical Record.)
Linseed and linseed meal have been
dropped from army medicines, and the
army physicians have been notified that
It is the opinion of tne surgeon general's
office that poultices have, no place in
modern therapeutics, all the good results
obtained from them being got in a much
more cleanly way by hot wet compresses.
The prohibition of the time-honored
linseed meal, the best material for poul
tices. seem* to interfere with a method'
practiced# by a large number of physi
cians, who . would be inclined to testify
that without it our soldiers would not
receive the best care. There is surely
plode. In such a case it would burn i much to he said on both sides. The
like turpentine, but the fire could fie
extinguished by a ffipfu! of water. Coni-
CONTTINUBD ON LAST PAGE.
psychological effect at least of a poultice
is entirely too great for a successful
family physician to ignore, and whv de
prive the soldier of thfs olffTashioned
comfort?
again, of less than a dozen of the twen
ty or more natural species. A tew of
these cultivated sorts are the natural
wild vines domesticated without other
cbjange, such, for instance, are the Nor
ton and the Herbemont. Trie Concord
and the Delaware are types of wbat are
called “accidental seedlings,” their true
parentage being involved in obscurity.
Most of the grapes that have come into
prominence wiithiln the last twenty years,
however, have been carefully’ grown from
selected seeds taken from specially fine
varieties.
Thousands of these seedlings have
been grown from grapes, the flowers of
which had been fertilized with pollen
from other vines whose good qualities
were thus combined with those of the
fruitful vine. Most of the finest grapes
of the present time have been thus ob
tained.
Among our native grapes there are
certain species that do best jn certain
localities. Some of these are very local,
being very restricted in their range,
y/hile others are found widely scattered
over the country. The same vital prin
ciple that controls the range of the wild
sorts also ■ affects the cultivated va-
The only exceptions to this rule are
when shipments are to be made to a
distant market, or when the grapes are
to be »sed in making wine. In either of
these cases it is better to have the
grapes ripen about the same time. and.
having this end in view, to plant only
one or two varieties of vines. But for
family use, or for supplying grapes for
a home market, the more varieties plant
ed, the longer the period of ripening the
better.
In selecting vines, it is always better
if possible, to consult a reliable homo-
nurseryman. He will know the sorts
best suited to your particular locality
As this cannot always be done, however!
a list is given below that will be found
of value to those who have to depend
on their own knowledge in making up
their vineyards.
The Georgia Horticultural Society rec
ommends for the mountainous regions
of that state for general culture, the
Brighton. Concord, Delaware, Ives. Niafg-
ra and Norton. For ■shipping purposes,
the Georgia experiment station names
■the following, given in the order of tlheir
ripening: Moore’s Early, Delaware,
Ives, Niagara, Concord land Carmen. The
same station recommends for table land
local market all of those named above,
and in addition. Presly. WincTlell or Green
Mountain, T5eu. Brighton. Brilliant, Em
pire State and Goethe. For wine mak
ing: Missouri, Riesling. Elvira. Goethe,
Catawba, Herbemonit, Delaware, Scup-
pernong. Cynthiana, Cunninghiam. Con
cord and Thomas.
A SOUTHERN ASSET.
Every farm and village lot. as well as
every vineyard in the south, lying below
35 degrees of TildituiSe, should have sev
eral varieties of the scupper mm g family,
a native grape, including the Bronze
Scuppernon.g, Thomas, Flowers and Ten-
derputp, and some others. Those are
especially valuable along tihe gulf coast,
.from Texas to Florida. These vines
■grow with very little oare, need Mttle if
■any pruning, do best on a canopy arbor
and can take care of themselves better
than any other class of grapes. The
fruit, which is large, and grows in clus
ters of three or four, is very fine flavor
ed, and ripens late, after most other
grapes sure gone, and i3 not only excel
lent, eaten out of H’.nd, but makes de-
BRITISH ORATORICAL SLIPS.
(From The London Dally Graphic.)
Mr. Balfour, in a recent speech, spoke
of “an empty theater of unsympathetic
auditors.” Lord Curzon has remarked
that “though not out of the wood We.
have a good ship.” Sir Vt iillam Hart
Dyke lias told how Mr. Lowther “had
caught a big fish in his net—and went
to the top of the tree for it.” Mr,
Asquith has lately’ remarked that “re
distribution is a thorny subject, which
requires delicate hand.ing or it will tread
upon some people's toes.”
Mr. Brodrick told the commons that
“among the many jarring notes heard in
this house on military affairs this suo-
ject at least must be regarded as an
oasis. But General Builer evidentlv*
thinks there is little to be gained by
so-cailed army reform, for he declares
that “the army is honeycombed with
cliques, and kisses go by favor in tins
web of axgrinders."
In the debate on the London education
bill Mr. Walter Long said: Tr We are told
that by such legislation the heart of the
country has been shaken to its very foun
dations.” Before Mr. Winston Churchill
opposed the present government he, at a
meeting of the Bow and Bromley Con
servative Association, commented on
certain utterances o£ Lord Rosebery, but
said that Sir Henry Campbell-Banner
man "had sat so long on the fence that
the iron had entered into his soul.”
A financial minister lias assured tht
commons that "the steps of the govern
mer.t would go hand in hand with tli*
interests of the manufacturer.” It was ia
the leads that the government was
warned that the constitutional rights ot
the people were being "trampled upon by
the mailed hand of authority.’’
It was the late Sir George Campbell
who said "the pale face of the British
soldier is the backbone *>f the British
empire,” and wno »aid certain abuses in
India were but "a mere flee bit in the
ocean,” as compared with others he
could name. It was another triend of
India who said: “Pass the measure an J
the barren wells will bedbme fertile val
leys. it was a loyal member who said:
“When I go wrongs I look round and see
our chief leading and 1 soon get right
again.”
rietles. It follows, then, that the best j iiioious jelly and fine wine,
sorts for cultivation, will, as a rule. i n laying out a vineyard the rows, if
be found among the descendants ot the I possible, should run nortii land south, if
native .species of the same locality. The | ———
Vinafera varieties, which, a* we have l CONTINUED ON LAST PAGE.
BAGPIPES AGAIN IN FAVOR.
(Prom The London World.)
That terrible instrument, the bagpipes,
is winning favor in certain circles. It ii
oven whispered that there is a fair royal
piper, and that the daughters of Scot
tish nobles are rapidly becoming profi
cient in the art of skirling the pipes is
the hapless experience of many visitors
to the north. Tnere are those who find
the bagipipes trying at the beet of times,
bqt if tney are to De placed in the hands
of the amateur will life beyond tbe bor
der toe wortn living?