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ASKS FOR AID
For the Suffering Americans in
Cuba.
MR. BAILEY BLOCKS THE WAY,
An Appropriation of F ifty Thousand Dol¬
lars isUrgedand the Senate Immediately
Act^Favorably Upon It, — The Cuban
Question Was Sidetracked.
Washington, May 17, The President
Bent in a message to Congress today
urging an appropriation for the relief
of the destitute Americans In Cuba.
A special meeting of t.lie Cabinet was
summoned this morning to consider
the matter, and the outline of the mes¬
sage was discussed. Work on the pre
paraton of the message was begun.
Senator Davis of the Foreign Rela¬
tions Committee called at the White
House while the message was in prog¬
ress, and was admitted to the Qabinet
risen at once. The members of the
Cabinet present were Sherman, I-ong,
Alger, Gage and McKenna. The Pres¬
ident sent out word to politicians and
others waiting to talk with him that
he could see no one.
one of the menils-rs anonuneed tbat
When the <”;ibluet meeting was over
one of (lie members announced that
tlie I'pestilent would send a message to
Congress today.
The Message.
Washington, May 17. The President
today sent the following message to
Congress:
To tin- Senate and House of Represent¬
atives of the United States:
“Official information friffn our Con¬
suls in Cuba establishes the fact tiiat
a large number of American citizens
In the Island are in a state of destitu¬
tion, suffering for want of food and
medicines, This applies particularly
to the rural districts of the central
■ ml eastern parts.
“The agricultural classes have been
forced from their farms into the near¬
est towns, where they are without
work or money. The local authorities
of tlie several towns, however kindly
disposed, are unable to relieve the
needs of their own people and nve al¬
together (siwerlcsM to help our citizens.
t of Consul Guentl
from Mt to eight
huuuiod Americans ' r ‘* without mon
ey. ; I have assured hi i i'MU P™!i ttieKc. 8lon
would be made tit once to relieve
"To that end I rnommeutl that Con¬
gress make an appropriation of not
less than ipr.«.(HK) to be Immediately
available for use under the direction
of the Seerotary of Slate.
"It is desirable that part of this sum,
which may lie appropriated by Con¬
gress, should, In the direction of the
Secretary of State, also 1 m» uhiM for
the transportation of American citi¬
zens who, desiring to return to tlie
United States, are without means to
do so. (Signed!
"William McKinley.
"Executive Mansion. May 17, 1897.”
Pa* set! the Aennte.
Washington, May 17 The Senate
Committee oil Foreign Relations de¬
cided today to ri'imrt a resolution car¬
rying Into effect the President’s mes¬
sage lu regard to Cuba.
It was Immediately considered In
the Semite. The resolution appropriat¬
ing $30,900 for the relief of destitute
Americans In Culm passed without a
division.
llnllcy Blocked It.
Washington, May 17. In the House
Mr. Hitt of Illinois asked for Imme¬
diate consideration of a bill to appro¬
priate .frei.ooo for the relief of tlie des¬
titute Americans in t'nlwt. but Mr. Hal¬
ley of Texas said that lie must object
unless an amendment enilKuiviug Sen¬
ator Morgan’s resolution for the recog¬
nition of the Insurgents lie added.
.Mr. Dlngley objected to the amend¬
ment. \vhereupon Mr. Halley objivted
to the bill and the Unban question xxits
sidetracked.
OM: Hl'NDKFD THOUSAND BIBLES.
Mexico, Central ani Sauth America
Distlnat on oi Ihe Coot Book.
Th,. eighty first annual ri^ort of the
American Bible 8. doty was present
tni to its ll’JlUHp at Us annual meet
tmr iu the It.t.’c Ilouso. Now York, oiu*
u: hist wook.
li showed that the receipts for be¬
nevolent work. Including gifts fee®
auxiliaries, wore Sl-v:;T7 and dis
bursemmits for lamcvoleut xvxxrk were
$atk\Wis. The total of the living were
f.\s.v>(i Never before, with a single
exception, have so many volumes of
the Bible beeu sent from the Bible
house for one year to foreign countries.
Tho entire number is 101.3S4 and
seven -eighths of them wont to Mexico,
tvntml and South America.
The latest agricultural bulletin does
no* contain any information as to the
best means of destroying the mortgage
fly.
KMA.oia
THROUGH GEORGIA.
A cootrAct has been closed with the
Fort Wayne Electric Light oompaDy
and the Savannah Construction com¬
pany for an electric light plant for
Eastman.
The exercises of the Cordele Chau¬
tauqua opened last Sunday under the
most favorable auspices, while the
weather was all that could be wished
for such an occasion. Kev. Sam P.
Jones preached the dedication sermon
to an audience of 2,000 people. Mr.
Jones deviated somewhat from his
characteristic style of preaching, anil
gave to his hearers a very impressive
sermon on the text, “I am the way. ”
* * *
There are prospects of the erection
of a smelting furnace in Atlanta which
will enable everybody who owns min¬
eral property to go ahead with devel¬
opment work. If there is anything
in an ore above the cost of taking it
out, transporting it and reducing it,
(he owner will have the benefit of the
profit to apply to sinking. The rail¬
roads promise a low rate on ore,
ably the iron ore rate or something
better.
The populists of Screven have pass¬
ed resolutions demanding that the
railroads give the colored people equal
a.....ommodations with the whites or
else give them lower rates of travel.
They also request their representative
in the legislature to introduce a hill
making the office of judge of the coun¬
ty court of Screven elective by the
people. They are likewise circulating
petitions to get the present road law
now in vogue in the county abolished.
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The fifth annual session of the Oc
mulgee chaiitauqua, which closed at
Hawkinsvilie last Saturday night, was
more replete with interest and morfi
largely attended than any previous one
ever held by the association. From
the very opening, April 30th, immense
crowds of people thronged the city
and the auditorium was packed to
overflowing at each entertainment.
The entertainments on the Chautauqua
platform were excellent, and were pro¬
nounced by men whose opinions go
for something to have been the best
ever put on in a small town.
* * *
The first annual rifle competition for
the Georgia volunteers, under the
management of the department of rifle
practice, will tuke place on the Avon
ilale rifle range, near Savannah, com¬
mencing Tuesday, May 18th, and end¬
ing, Tuesday, M^iy 20th. rifle From pres¬
ent indications crack teams from
all over the south, and possibly some
from the north, will bo in attendance’,
and.one of the best shoots in the his
turv of rifle practice in the south is
cxpecfeL offered Greatly My” reduced railroads rates leafiing have
been all
into Savannah and a large Crowd of
military men will be on hand.
The published report that the Louis¬
ville anil Nashville railroad and the
Southern railway were about to coin
promise their differences in the Geor¬
gia railroad lease, lias been confirmed
by a later and more definite report to
the effect that the Southern is willing
to surrender the Central’s claim to a
half interest in tlio Georgia lease for
a consideration. Both President Spen
eer and President Smith are silent on
the subject, but it is learned from one
of the directors of the Georgia roail
that negotiations are pending and
likely to be successful. This gentle
man said that the agreement would be
reached through the financial magnates
behind tlie two systems, J. Fierpont
Morgan und August Belmont.
TUe.re is much speculation as to
w hat the verdict in the recent Romeyn
courtmartial, at McPherson barracks,
will be. Every day now tlie long au
tieipated and anxiously awaited find¬
ing of the thirteen army officers in tho
most wonderful ease on record is ex¬
pected to show up. However, it may
lie several days yet before any definite
knowledge of the verdict is known.
After the court's decision has been ap¬
proved by the general command of the
department of the east, it is required
to all*ihe 'post commanders‘und com- This
puny commanders in the army
requires some time and probably ac
counts ’, for the delay thus far exper- *
’
.
Judge Candler has denied tho motion
for a new trial in the Perry case. There
was no argument iu the case, the law¬
yers only discussing in a general sort
of wav the different grounds for error
advanced bv the attorneys for the de
feii -e. When the attorneys had fin
ished the discussion Judge Candler
promptly announced without any an
pertiuous wor^s that he thought the
verdict of the jury in finding Perry
guiltv of murder was in everv wav
correct and that he thought his charge
to the jury correct. He said that he
would deny the motion, as there were
not sufficient grounds for a new trial,
The decision of Judge Candler was
just what every one in the case felt
certain was coming, and there was not
the least surprise. The attorneys of
the condemned man will now file
exceptions to Judge Candler’s ruling
and the case will go at once to the
supreme court.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Notes of Interest on Agricultural
Topics.
Shorthorn ®arrots~Want Trying—Varie.
ties of Turkeys—Cetting Rid of Cut
Worms, Etc., Etc.
WORTH TRYING.
I will to those wanting remedy ,
say a
to remove wajfts from cattle try bog’s
lard, writes N. F. Lisles, a North Car¬
olina, aimer, in Home and Farm. Ap¬
ply tyre lard to the warts freely at in
tervals of three or four days until you
have made several applications, or the
wh. disappear.
To those wanting a remedy to pre¬
vent peaches being wormy, will say
rake away some of the top soil for a
short distance around each tree, in
the spring, and take good wood ashes
and sprinkle! trees, over the roots near the
body of the about two or three
quarts to ea*|i tree, according the to ashes. size,
then rake beck the soli on
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VARIE711ES OF TURKEYS.
There arefno less than six varie
ties of turkeys* of which the Bronze
is preferred NarragaD«=fl, uylmost breeders, though
the as grown in Long '
Island, is neaify as good. They are
bath growtf r from crosses with wild
turkys, and by growing only for breed
ing from two-year-old birds, these
breeds attain very large size. Farm
ers of Connecticut and Rhode Island
raise a large pjoportion York City, of and the tur- j
keys sold in,New some
of them eac£ year present to the Pres- I
ident the turkey that furnishes his j
Thanksgiving dinner. Bronze turkeys ,
have been jjpown in less than a year '
to weigh 38 pounds. But there are
few families,that this,/even want so satisfied large a it tur- is j
key as lender. when
young and poinds Birds that weigh
15 to 18 find more ready sale,
and genennly bring more per pound
than the heavy weights. The only
trouble in turkey growing is to tide
the young chicks over the first few
weeks of their life. Then they are
tender. After getting in full feather
turkeys are as little likely to loss as
the same number of chickens, The
four other varieties besides those we
have named are black, white, buff and
slate, each of which has its favorites.
■GETTj RID OF CUTWORMS.
‘ Tinr- .. „ 'OjUMBBwmlyL nailed
“cutworm is the white grub, a larvae
°I t^ le coir?non May or June bug. But
the m hi also sometimes applied to
the wire Tiorm, which works wholly
underground, living on the roots of
most crops, but being most injurious
ori Indian com. Both of these are
common in land that has long been
seeded. The remedy for both is the
same. Starve them out by plowing.
Then years, aowJo and the buckwheat land will two be successive free from
this pest «,£ tor a number of years. If it |
„ u» cub. th. timotby ,od
is much eaten, it is a sign that most
oi the grubs have matured, and will
leave of their own accord within a few
weeks. By plowing early and frequent-;
ly cultivating before time to plant,
such a piece of land might be planted ,
with corn this year. If there should were j
many grubs visible, however, we
not care to risk a corn crop this sea- j
son. The white grub rarely does much
injury two years in succession. If you
there were will troubled probably with be them few this. last year But j
land If they will have heed been plowing, In timothy If it sod only the to j
is
reseed it. , Thi3 can be done by sowing
timothy seed on the surface after the
buckwheat is sown. The buckwheat
will keep the grass from growing much
until it is off. but the timothy will
make some growth before winter, and
will produce a hay crop next year.—
Boston Cultivator.
CARE OF DAIRY UTENSILS.
There would he less poor butter on
the market if more attention were
1 iTrst
P^ible after being used, as the longer
= “
10 u '
the milk, ... use
water to remove never
hot. as this cooks the milk and causes
it to adhere to the vessels. After rin
sing ws ah thoroughly,,or what is bet
ter I......... still with steam, if it is available,
This scalding is very essential and
should be thoroughly done, After
scalding turn upside down in a clean
exposed place where they will get the
full benefit of the sun. as this helps
greatly to keep them sweet.
Strainers should be given a good
deal of attention, as they come m con
tact with all the.mi.k. if cloth strai. -
m are used they are difficult to keep
i clean. A cheap grade of cotton flan
nei used nap side up makes a good
strainer, and if only a small piece is
used it is best to throw it awa> after
each strainingn
AU Ur utensils should be as free
from seuuns as possible, hence, of
course dressed tin is best. If there
are aeUn or corners they should be
filled with solder so as to leave no
lodging places for dirt A few min
vies' work with the soldering iron will
! 3 “SL‘‘“»5 ™‘S »“SS
I as It is practically impossible to keep
them clean.
Where milk is taken to a factory the
cans should be washed before they are
returned. It is bad practice to take
back skim milk, which is usually sour,
in the cans used for whole milk, but
this often done, and can hardly be ob¬
viated where the milk is hired hauled.
Of course, the skim milk should be re¬
turned, but it is much better to have
a barrel for the purpose. If the cans
are used f or skim milk they should be
emptied on reaching the farm and
thoroughly cleansed.
A LI wooden utensils, such as churn,
butter worker, etc., should be washed
and scalded after being used, and if
placed in the sun care must be taken
that tthey do not become so dry as to
crack. From one churning to another
the churn should not be kept tightly
closed, as it will soon become taint¬
ed. In preparing wooden utensils for
use they should be scalded and then
cooled with cold water. If treated in
this way the butter will not stick.—W.
J. Fraser, University of Illinois, in
Farmer’s Voice.
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GRAIN FOR MILCH COWS.
It is possible in the iauci on of the
silo, and especially of corn ensilage,
as the cheapest food for cows, tat the
subject has been discussed on too nar
row a basis. It is true fiat more
weight of corn fodder can be grown
per acre than of anything else. It is
also true that this fodder is so largely
carbonaceous that in itself it is not a
complete ration, and needs to be sup
plemented with food that contains a
larger proportion of the kinds of mi
trition required to build up muscle
and bodily strength. This is especially
true of cows, whose product, milk, al¬
ways contains even when richest, near
ly four times as much of caseine as oJ
butter fats. Rich corn ensilage which
is made from corn when it is in the
earing stage supplies the carbohy¬
drates in succulent form. But if a due
proportion of nitrogenous food is not
supplied to furnish material for the
caseine, the yield of milk is lessened
and the carbohydrates that cannot
be used for milk only fatten the ani¬
mal and unfit her for milk produc¬
tion.
nGkmen und land that to ge<
the m- from corn loilder fed any
way, something else must go with it.
Wherever clover can be given it makes
the best and cheapest accompaniment
with corn fodder. But with the milk
tag-breeds jtiiat-haye le_qepdppey
to fatten, some more concentrated' nu
trition may be often fed with advant
llge This is especially true of some
0 f "the deepest milkers, whose product
js naUiraby no t so rich in butter lata. |
g uck cowa are always thin in flesh
a f ter m iiking a. few months, no matter
bow sleek they have been at calving
tjme They give aU to the milk, even
lncluding the {at 0 f their own bodies.
are fed more concentrated
food ^ ^ more and give more
"fttSZSSS , h ,, ri cher milk
W
, wheat bran brew
f^. grains ^ gl u t en meal as feed for
toeil ows They buy because they
moet[y J , jve wh6re IaJld ls too high
pric( ^ to grow anything except fodder
wWc h ia too bulky t0 b< , brought
to thg fajm ^ mu9tj therefore, be
’
wn on u if it ig to be had at all.
Bu{ Uiere are mPlions o{ f anne rs who
cows for makjng mi]k , butter and
cheese ’ and who a]so gTOW grain,
whjch j^tead of feeding on the farm,
t &eU In OUT opinion, this is near
s a mistake . ]t may 1>e that a
better afford t0 buy grai n
than to raise it. That wiil depend on
his nearness to a railroad station
where he need not carry it far to put
It in his barns. But in every case if
he has grown the grain in airy East
era state he can better afford to feed
it to his cows on the farm where it
was grown than to sell it. It is prob
able that npt even the Western far
mer can gTow oats or corn to sell at
present prices. Corn is so cheap in
many parts of the West that it is near
Lr s; zrzsn q
they are *° rt
“ctn^ain and oats mixed to
gether and ,, ground a ma make i. p an excellent ex-.eiiem
grain ration for cows xxhose mam feed
is silaged com. But wherever corn
is advanced to the earing stage, there
will probably 1 e enough carbonaceous
nutrition in the silage. Ground cats
j with some wheat bran will make a bet
ter ration with such silage than will
more corn, On farms too far from the
station to “ ake *1^ 7 J° * .L *
era corn, oats ought to e ®ro -
than they are not of coarse, to dc
sol in ie ■ • "
miie < everv
product of the dairy.-American x merican Cul- Cul
tivator.
j
. In the Sun.
Scarlet seems the color most con
spicuous in bright sunshine, and scar
let flowers are commonest in dry and
sunny climates, where their color gives
j them with other an advantage flowers for in the their attentions
of butterflies and other pollen bear
er*.
PEABODY’ SUMMER SCHOOL OF
PEDAGOGY.
To Teachers of Alabama:
The Peabody management, per Dr.
•J. L. if. Curry, Agent, in connection
with Dr. J. O. Turner, State Superin¬
tendent of Education, Montgomery,
Ala., anil the State Normal College au¬
thorities, at Troy, Ala., will hold the
Ninth Annual Session of the Peabody
Summer School of Pedagogy at Troy,
Ala., beginning June 1st, and holding
four weeks.
The State Normal College is then in
session, too, and ail the advantages of
the college classes will be open to the
Summer School Teachers, and the Col¬
lege Model School work may be ob¬
served and studied by them, too. This
will indeed be a great help to teachers
attending and taking advantage.
And the work of the P. S. S. of
Pedagogy students having a full credit
on the college records, all college ad¬
vantages of every kind are theirs and
these advantages inure to their benefit
by receiving from the college a certifi¬
cate of attendance and work, which
will be a strong testimonial in receiv
ing better positions.
The instruction provided is of a
higii order, and pains are taken in ev
ery way to make this a most profitable
thing for ail teachers attending and
working diligently.
The expenses will be but about $8
or $9 for the four weeks board, and
all other Incidentals are moderate.
Write for arrangements and be on
hand June 1st, 1S97,
E. R. ELDRIDGE,
Conductor, P. S. S. of Fed.
Troy, Ala.
INVISIBLE POWER.
There is a charm in the story of
every childhood. It is the beginning
of a large and long story that may
reach into the great places of the
world, and may grow into a romance,
a poem or a history. As a little rivu¬
let in the highlands is beautiful in its
playfulness, so is the life of every
child. And then beyond its present in¬
terest there is a promise of so much
more of a life full of the deep con¬
cerns that absborb and make us ali.
You canuot tell by merely lookiDg
at a person what they will be or do.
Every boy or girl has an ore mine
within himself or herself, but no one
can tell what kind of ore it is till it is
opened and assayed and put to use.
Every person is a power, but of what
use Mis manhoo d o r her womanhood
must d ele mi i ri Hi a n y never ripen
a nd rise to their best, because of un
favorable circumstances, mistaken in
their choice of pursuits, iu their places
to jj vej or j n their associates or habits,
j a many ways they blacken their own
w . lys and entangle themselves in evil
we p s ’ w kich prevent their develop
rneilt so Ul . lt muc h power lies latent
^. ns who ought to have been
wgen greater oSnfl and better than they are.
' Ni a to great T heart, a
T‘ uCV.’.TLS „ r P -
* ,lay and wolk ’ ^ H 11 a ®
intellect it has the qualities _ that ough.
to make it a strong man or a nobl
woman. Such men as Abraham Lm
coin, President of the United States,
were of this type. If any of the boys
he used to play or work with had said,
“Abraham will make a great Presi
dent of the United States, put down a
great rebellion and free all the
glares,” what a laugh it would have
raised among the boys, and Abraham
himself would have laughed at it as a
great joke,
It is clear that the mind is the source
0 j greatness, that only as the mind is
developed and active do men do great
‘ become honorably distin
tb | f)gs ,, !ld
guished amon g their fellows. Fer
bapg we ad p 0Sse ss some power of
atness although it may be invisi
bie to us. Then lqt us work and wait.
A GLEAM OF SPRING.
—:o:—
Tlrcre stole into my room to-day
A tiny breath of spring—
A premonition of the May
And tlie sweets that May will
bring.
’Twos a burst of woman's song.
In tender, blithesome bars—
A hymn that speeds the earth along
Its pathway in the stars.
, It bade my heart be brave and gay,
It made my path serene:
It helped me onward ’long the way—
ITiis song of hers—my queen!
J. RAIvPH RENT.
To set out a nice orchard and then
]fit the trees take ca re of themselves
^ ^ igItbrf . the thousand and one dan
ge! . s which are ever ready to beset
orchard trees. Let us not forget that
the primary object is to grow healthy,
strong, fruit bearing trees.
Spain is not going to recall 30,000
troops from Cuba. When the rainy.
j sickly season come* these 30.000 may
g0 t0 join their brethren in the sweet
by an< j b y.
a yroman makes up her mind
doee u so hurriedly that it will not
, tiy made up for any length of mind.
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