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The cane PNOM ii'tUMW 6e tfWwnfo* Quito the Wine WUiUM&totog with out any fertilizing, as the soil is nat urally rich and producible. The na- ttu«of tbe eml ia bi*ak and bam.— “ “ itjjJthe ed knife about eighteen inches long and two and a half inches wide, in the shape of a sword called machete—im proved implements scarcely ever used. Every one that considers him self a montano (fanner) has one of these machetes strung at bis side, and itisa oomioal sight to see a boy with a machete nearly as big as himself strung at his side, as all wear them no matter bow small. Just imagine youraelf cutting down .a large rye field with a sickle—you would laugh at the idea, and, in return, they would laugh at you chopping grass with a hoe. They never plow it after it is planted. The first year the cane is cut and fed to stock or made seed of, the second year they begin to grind, as it improves every year more until aLout the 9th or 10th year when it begins to degenerate. It is all owing to the fertility of the land. It also stools here a great deal more after the third or fourth year. It leaves its fur rows and becomes a complete cane break. The cane has fifteen to seven teen degrees of sweetness. Before the war there were a great many plantations that began grinding the first of December until May, never regarding Sunday or night, as it was » continual grinding until done, only stopping for repairing. Average en gines used ia thirty horse power, grinding six acres of cane daily, not such cane as yon have in Liberty, but cane that will average from eighteen to twenty feet long and three and a half inches in diameter. The process of reducing the juice to sugar is done by evaporation, much improvement on the old way of boiling. The fuel used for oooking the juice is the bag asse (the cane that is loft after the juice is squeezed out), which is hauled to the yard from the rollers to dry, and in course of a few. hour* it ia hauled to the furnace then ready for use. Tho bagasse contains a great deal of alohohol, which makes it very nrdent and an excellent substitute for wood, as wood is very scarce in this country. Each caba leria (a land measure ment of about thirty-five acres) will yield from ninety to one hundred hogshoads of sugar, hogshead weigh ing from 1,250 to 1,500 pounds and sold at six cents per pound. You can form an idea from this how the lands produce in Cuba. From the shim mings tho best of rum is made equal to any alcohol, and sold at one dollar per gallon. The government impos es a special tax ol eight dollars per pipe (63 gallons) and on sugar six dollars per hogshead. ''Pleasant day," said the girl, com ing for him before he could get his tongue unkinked. “Most bewildering day, isn’t it?” “Ye-yes, miss” stammered the tools used principally is a long blad- drummer. He was in the habit of playing pitcher in this kind of match, and the position of catcher didn’t fit him as tightly as his pantaloons. “Nice weather for traveling,” con tinued the- girl, “much nicer than when it was cold. Are yon perfectly comfortable ?” “Ob, yes, thanks,” murmured the drummer. “Glad of it,” resumed the girl cheerfully. “You don’t look so. Let me put my shawl under your head, won’t you ? Hadn’t you rather sit next to the window, and have me de scribe the landscape to you?” “No, please,” he muttered, “I—I’m doing well enough.” Can I buy you some peanuts, or a book ? Let me do something to make the trip happy! Suppose I slip my arm around your waist 1 Just lean forward a trifle so I can 1” You’ll—you’ll have to excuse me gasped the wretched drummer. “I don’t think you really mean it 1” •‘You look so tired,” she pleaded. “Wouldn’t you like to rest your head A new company in Astoria, L. I., makes gas from a process of combin ing naptha and super-heated steam which is raised to a temperature of seven hundred degrees. Twenty-two candle power is the light obtained. The United States Government did a very large rad estate begin— la*t year, but not a very profitable one, having disposed of more than fifteen and a half million acres and received less than eight and a half million dol lars tberefor. It isn't often that a couple is mar ried id three languages, but at a wed ding in Cleveland, Ohio, one day last week the justice performed the cere mony in English and German, the bride responded in Bohemian, and the groom answered in German. Women are Everywhere Cains And recommending Parker’s Ginger Tonic, because they have learned from experience that it speedily over comes despondency, indigestion, pain or weaknees in the back and kidneys, and other troubles peculiar to the sex. —Home Journal. See adv. on my ahoulder? No one will notice. Just lay your head tight down and I’ll tell yon stories.” "No—no, thanks! I won’t to-dao! I'm very comfortable, thank you!” and the poor drBifUner looked so help less. “Your scarf-pin is coming out. Let me fix it There,” and she arranged it deftly. “At the next station I’ll get you a cup of tea, and when we arrive at our destination yon’ll let me call on you ?" and she smiled an anxious prayer right up into his palid coun tenance. “I think I’ll go away and smoke’ said the drummer; and hauling down bis’gripuok, be made for the door, knee deep in the grins showered uroqpd him by his fellow-passengers. "Strange 1” murmured the girl to the lady in front of her. “I only did with him just what he was making rendy to (do with me, and, big and strong as he is, he couldn’t stand it I really think women have stronger stomachs than men, and besides that there isn’t any smoking car for them to fly to for refuge. I don’t under stand this thing.” But she settled back contontedly all the same, and at a convention of drummers, held in the smoker that morning, it was unanimously resolved that her seat was engaged, so far as they were concerned, for the balance of the season. Re Carried the Ballets. DRUG STORE. F. MERGER, fcbW ML b,i.. MJ.- hiMd4 hfeh'tfiiiil i ■JXfjl f< I.lift ilSWf -n- CORN-, (AGENT,) Has just Opened a New and Complete Stock of FRESH DRUGS, CHEMICALS, Toilet Articles, .jfj to., Next door to Goldsmith & Nock, NEWCASTLE STREET Detroit Free Preaa. As I sat on the hotel steps at Dal ton, Ga., talking with a drummer from Cincinnati, the landlord came oat asked us if we wanted to see a man who was carrying six bullets about with him. Of course we did, and we walked down to the other end of the veranda and were introduced to Col. B, I was going to approach him leisurely, bat the hasty drummer rushed right at him with: “So you are carrying six ballets about with you, eh?” “Yes, sir.” “Do they pain you much ?” “Obi no.” “Lands alive 1 but I don’t see how you lived through it How many bat ties were you in ?” “Eighteen.” “Did you get all these ballets at one time?” “Yes, all at once. You want to know where they are located.” “Exactly—exactly. ” “I’m carrying ’em in this pocket to day,” was the quite reply, as he fish ed dowu and brought up six old bul lets picked off the battlefield. The drummer was so mad about it that he wouldn’t eat any supper. S9-PBE80BXFTI0H8 NIGHT OK DAY. CAREFULLY PREPARED. A.Y.PDTBAM, DEALER IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES PROVISIONS, Saddles, Bridles, MARTINGALES, WHIPS, Saddlery, Harness BUGGY CUSHIONS, AND A VINE LOT OF SHOES, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE SOLD CHEAP. eugMm BAKERY! FRESH BREAD, CAKES, PIES, Etc., BaKed Dally! GRAHAM & EYE BREADS SPECIALTIES. 1 deliver bread, etc.* every afternoon. Leave your orient at the bakery. PETER KRAUSS, Brunswick, Ga. My wagon it labelled, ' Peter Krauss’ Bakery.” GRITS, MEAL, MEAT, IN ALL SHAPES. (MI BUM Mil WHEAT KRAI. Goods Sold for Cash Only, Greenfield, Brown & Forrester, J. K. NIGHTENGALE, Agent, Brunswick, gka.. Blain’s Dug Store, Newcastle and Grant Streets, BRIT1TSW1CK, . OvA.. . • (OFFICE PORT PHYSICIAN & HEALTH OFFICER) Whoro will be found s LARGE STOCK DRUGS, CHEMICALS, -AND Hair, Nail and Tooth Brushes, Perfumery and Toilet Aticlees IN GREAT VARIETY. Soda and Mineral Waters. FROM MY SPLENDID FOUNTAIN. (Liquors prohibited). TRUSSES ■W-AJiT 10.000 BARBELS CRUSE TURPENTINE! delivery. For further t Abdominal Supporters* The very beet CIGARS -AND— TOBACCOS! Bnist’s AJFerry's Garden Seeds. FINE Green and Black TEAS And other ertldee, too Dumerone to mention, ueuelly kept in a flret-claee Drug Store. Physicians’ Prescriptions carefully Compounded. Onion end°Mwt§ C « l rfd d e’tr«te ClleerrnU5r * tUnd c * 11 * ,or me<1 ldnee. If nottfled et my reeidence, oraer JAMES T. BLAINe eprm-iy LICENSED DRUGGIST.