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EDITORIAL PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH FEBRUARY 25, 1905. !: 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 THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA Subscription Terms: To those who subscribe to 6Ke Sunny South only Six Months, 25c 'P One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEK F.ntcrcd at the pour office .A rlnntn, Ko.,ao aeroMd-rlM, mil matter IHarch 13, liNtl long' the Highwi xy | By FRJIMK L. STANTON i 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?