Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 2, Decatur, Adams County, 3 April 1891 — Page 5

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©he IPemacrat Bates of Subscription. One Year, in advance $1 50 Six Months: ; .. 75 Four Months..... 50 All subscriptions not paid during the year will be charged at the rate of $2.00. '».~ ’ 4 ’ Office in Democrat Building, east side of Second Street—ground floor. Mississippi Letter. Biloxi, Miss., March 28, 1891. Editor Democrat:—-To give your readers a more perfect history of this place, Biloxi, please permit me to say in going about prying into the matters of the past, I secured the history of how this place came by its name, etc. I learned that this is the very spot where Lord Delberville, the French land explorer, came to in 1699, and first landed on what . is called Ship Island, which lies twelve or fourteen miles direct south of this place in the great Gulf, history we learn that a small exploring party Was sent out which he himself accompanied and soon landed on main land, etc., and here at this place found the Biloxi tribe of Indians which gave this place and bay its name. This Biloxi tribe was then at war with their deadly foes and bloodthirsty Pascaquolas, and from history we also know they finally become extinct as a distinct tribe of Indians. And what interested me to the extent of writing this article was that I learned that at this present time a iamily of that once noted tribe of Biloxi’s, considerable over one hundred years old, is still living at this place, and to satisfy my own curiosity I made a special call. To rriy surprise I found this lone representative of that fallen race standing firm and erect—eyes perfect, has no need of glasses, hair and beard long and white as wool; however, strange to state he can only speak one language which no one but his own descendants can understand. I also learned that he was here under the French government at the time when the Louisiana purchase was made and this territory came into the possession bi the United States, and at that time this old fellow was hunting the bear and chasing the antelope, during the time of our sec ond war with England, and after the bear and antelope were run out of this country he spent, so I am told, his time in fishing. While our great war was waging, and still to this day this coon hangs onto life with an age as seems some of those large and beautiful live oak trees which ' are covered with long clusters of mess from top to bottom among which he has roamed for more than a century. However, if I was asked what was his name, I should refuse to even try to speak it for fear of breaking my lower jaw for it’s a whopper; but just think of the wonderful amount of information this being might have possessed had he mingled with and learned to speak the English language. The Ship Island I spoke of can be seen from this place on a clear day. The east end retains its natural forest of beautiful pines and pell meadows, on the extreme west is the I’ght house and a United States fort in which are the largest cannon guns I ever saw; some uses a ball weighing 342 pounds and taking 220 pounds of powder for one load. This is the island Ben. Butler first took and held as his base while marching on to New Orleans. The island is said to be four miles wide and fifteen miles long, of which I had the pleasure of walking the whole width and thirteen miles of the length, the water is very deep; some of the largest calliber vessels from eight to ten different nations come to landing for loading and unloading freight. Said freight is then carried to and from Biloxi by a smaller class of boats on account of shallow water. Biloxi is inhabited principally by French, creole and colored people, and do what little business they have in their own and peculiar way. I have also had the pleasure to stroll over and about the Jeff Davis plantation and could give some interesting information had I time and space. Fishing and catching crabs is a great sport and pastime for us yanks, this crab is hard to decieve, but as I have captured quite a goodly number myself I will bring a sample to the north that you may all see what a horrible looking thing it is; and yet these people relish and prefer them to the speckled trout. With this I close as per promise not to be so lengthy. lam still at the Gulf coast. F. E. Wenzel. Important Notice. I will be at the Miesse House, Decatur, Ind., April 7th, at Berne, Wednesday, April Sth, at Geneva, Thursday, April 9th, at Portland, Friday, April 10th. All persons male or female, suffering from blind, bleeding, prolapsing, ulceration or itching piles, are kindly requested to see . me. NO EXAMINATION. NO OPERATION. L Medicine placed direct to the diseased parts by yourself. I claim the most com successful, original and sensible of treating this terrible disease offered to the public. By this treatulceration in the rectum can be as well as if the ulcers were on the Come and see me and learn f new - Wl 'l save you hundreds Most kindly yours, S. U. Tarney, Auburn, Ind. Hg||n Children Cry for Um

. The Origin of Sorghum, The following paper was read by G. H. Martz, of Monroe township, at the Farmers’ Institute recently held at that place: i The plarit or grain which was first u>ed in.Ch na dates back more than two thoussand years. The Chinese have never used the sorghum for a sugar producing plant, their use for it was fodder and fuel, an agent'Was sent to China by the United States, he ascertained by experiment.that sugar could be extracted from the seed as well as from the stocks. Sorghum was introduced in this country some forty years ago, and its history is pretty well known by every reader of the agricultural press. As to the soil best adapted I think sandy loam best, it will do well in any ■ soil that would produce a good Crop ol corn. Sorghum being a, plant of a warm climate seeks a natural warm soil; in the , preparation of the soil for a crop of sorghum, I would prepare it the same as for a crop Os corn. That is plow deep, pulverize well, mark three and a half feet apart, plant in drill twelve to twenty inches apart, from five to eight grains to the hill, plant early say from the first to fifth of May, if planted later soak the seed twenty-four hours previous to planting in . warm water, cover from one to two inches deep; as to variety it depends somewhat on the time of planting and the kind of soil of-our climate, unless planted early it is safest to plant an early variety <»the Sibe rian red top or early amber, I think best. A£ do cultivation, it is a plant that makes very slow growth at first and should be cultivated when small and the hoe and harrow should be used; then the plow cultivation should be thorough until' the plants are from eighteen to twenty inches high, after which it will -need but little if any cultivation, its growth ’will trom that time on be very rapid. The time to harvest is when it is fully ripe or when the seeds are hardening and turning black. I think the best results as to quality and quantity of syrup is when the sorghum is fully’ matured; it should always be cut before frost if possible, in case it gpts frosted unless cut and worked up or housed immediately it will prove a worthless crop; for frosted sorghum is no good. The manner of harvesting is first to remove the blades, this can be done with the hands or a wooden sword; cut off the top with a corn knife, by gently bending /the hill over, with oue blow Sever heads from one to two feet below the head (as the upper end -contains but very little sweet;) the next lick sever the hill as near the ground as possile, in, piles or bunches proper size for-an armful to be put on the wagon and haul to mill, and ought to be worked up soon, or put under cover to protect it from hot sun and frost; if precaution is taken it will not sp >il for weeks or perhaps months. As to its manufacture into syrup is a a subject not generally understood, and time and space will not permit me at this time to fully discuss, nor do I feel smyself competent to giive this subject as full a Weight as it should have, for I think in this is the secret of sorghum production in this country. The mode used in tb.icountry to extract the juice is very fir iron perfect, as I- think a considerable percent o. the sacharine matter is left in the stock, the common crusher fails to ex tract the whole amount of the sweet. The average juice, contains about ten per cent of sugar, two to three percent glucose and the rem inder water'and acid: by this wo'read ly conclude, that we lose a considerable portion of the best part which is left in the stock, with our imperfect machinery we are unable to obtain; aft r extracting juice by feeding mill full, and ■ regularly the juice should be well fiheied and as it comes trom the mill and again at the receiving tube or before it enters the evaporator when it should pe brought to a boiling point as rapidly as possible in order to sepearte the scum from the ■ juice; the skimming should be at the proper time and thoroughly done to prevent the scum and acid from running with the juice. It should be heated to a high degree in order to separate the acid and water; as the juice passes near to molasses tne heat should be gradual, the second or last scum should be removed and care be taken that the bottom of the evaporator should be covered, or the molasses will be , scorched or a bad flavor imparted to it; ' the point of determining when to draw and how much to draw off requires great care and attention; in drawing off molas ses of any juices, drawn off, with the molasses before the whole has been heated to a degree high enough to extract or > separate the acid trom the done molasses; > if the acid will mix with the molasses and 1 causes it to ferment and become thin. I When properly made, or when we do our 1 best with the apparatus at our hands, we can produce an article which is healthful ■ and palatable, -■ Any farmer can and ought to grow sorghum for his Own family use. It saves * you many dollars, and is a handy article to have, and a thrifty housewife can make use of it in. various ways besides for table use. The farmer will first inquire, is it a crop that will pay to grow? I say yes. There is more clear money in an acre of sorghum " than an acre of corn. I will not stop to s give figures on this subject, but will vouch for it thlt it will pay any farrper to groft sorghum. Pitcher's Castorla. .

Woman Suffrage. Editor Democrat. A press of other duties has prevented an earlier reply to E. G, C’s. article under the above caption, which is rather a dissertation upon theology than upon the subject in question, and I cannot feke lime, To wade through and reply to su'ch a mass of irrelevant matter * so much of which has not the slightest bearing upon the “suffrage question. ’ In a former article of mine concerning some disputed points m Paul’s letter, my views were so plainly stated that away taring man though—“exceedingly unwise’ — need not have erred in understanding i‘, and there was not the slightest suggestion •hat any portion of 1 hose writings ought to be eliminated in order to sustain any preconceived theory. I have twice explained and, I think pi oven, that Paul was dealing witff local conditions when he penned those words, and if there is any place w,he:e those same conditions prevail to-day, then bls commands would be applicable. There are commands in the-New Testament that apply to all the wor Id and to every creature, an.dtheye are others which apply to cer tain people, under certain conditions —and a lawyer, of all others, ought to understand that ; but the gentleman is so used to quibbling that he apparently cannot let an opportunity slip fordoing so. As to divorces, E. G. G. having had experience in that line, doubtless knows what he is talking about, and if he would Intelligently define what he means by ■‘individuality” perhaps his readers would know too. At all events equal suffrage is not responsible for the great number, or for any number, of the divorces which are granted in this or any other state; on the contrary, if equal suffrage prevailed, the most potent cause would be removed, and any one with an atom of common sense knows what that cause is. Neither is its name “individuality?” The case referred to, of a husband and wife belonging to different churches, etc.» is simply an illustration of the unscriptual and unwarranted divisions in the church of Christ, and if Paul is called upon to settle the matter let him do it in his own words: “I beseech you, let there be no divisions among you, etc.,” ist.Cor. I, X XIII. But since there are divisions, it should be forgotten that no one has a right to control or interfere with the conscience of another. The Constitution of the United States guarantees to every one the right to his, or her, religious belief. And the .husband who insists upon his wife stultifying her conscience to please him, or who refuses her the privilege of giving financial support to the church of her choice is unworthy the name of a true citizen of our Republic. E. G. C. presents that old “chestnut” “that if a. woman cannot dp military duty then she ought not to vote.” Undoubtedly when a nation goes to war it may rightfully claim the service of all its citizens—men and women. But the question of fighting is not the blow, merely—the important point is to make the blow effective. Some one has said, “That which sustains and serves and repairs the .physical force is just as essential-as the force itself.” Women have always done and always will do that work in the public defense for which their sex peculiarly fits them, and men do no more. In the late war how many able-bodied men wriggled out of their duty as defenders of their country an 4 skulked, like the traitors they were, across the border line, or secretly gav% aid and support to the enemy, yet they have been voting ever since. And how many thousands of men are physically incapacitated for military duty, yet they have the right of suffrage. A nation of men alone could not carry on a contest any.longer than a nation of women, and such jin obj ciion is as absurd as it is u: tenable.

The gen’-leinan insists are “virtually repre.-ented by men. f James O tis says that, “No. such phrase as virtual rep.-esentatipn is known in law or Constitution. It is altogether a subtlety and illusion, wholly unfounded and afisurd.” \Vhen and where were men cbosen to rep resent women? Never by the women themselves. Nor are women even consulted as to their choice of representative; t'tiev are given no voice in directing the appropriate of money paid to .the government as taxes, and they are compelled to submit to enactment from which their moral principals revolt and ha\e no power to urge effectually reforms which they know to be all-impo’rtant. A' conceited writer in a late GlobeUemocrat on, “Women in Politics,” thinks that whatever women does should be done with referenefc to wheiher “it will make her more cjujriumg” (in the eyes of the opposite sex of course,) and “without disparaging any of her recognized claims to admiration and reverence,” and adds, “that women now exert a greater influence than if they had the ballot.” What a “Gcdbless the ladies,” sound that has. If he means it for an argument it has very little force, for it would exclude all influential men from the polls, if applied to them, and what is sauce tor the. goose is sauce also, etc. The same writer further says that, “The right of suffrage is only granted upon considerations of propriety and expediency that are not always strictly logical and consistent.” We beli. ve it, and think the time has arrived when the ballot should be granted upon consideration of right and justice. The rights and interests of men and wojnen, in the government of human society, 1 are identical, and its. highest and truest development cannot be expected so long as one sex assumes to prescribe limits to the scope and functions of the other. M. L. H. Don’t be Gloomy. Those who are the victims of mercurial poisoning, or who are suffering from mercurial rheumatism, are inclined to take "a gloomy view of life when, as the poet says, “Winter is folding its white tents and spring is getting its thunderstorms to - gether.” t Yet these victims have no reason to despair. S S. S. is a sure remedy for all forms of mercurial poisoning. Though it is purely a vegetable medicine, it is powerful, indeed, when called on to chase mercury, and the last lingering effects of mercury, out of the system./ It performs the work with neatness and dispatch, as thousands of testimonials show. Children Cry for 4

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