Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 July 1898 — Page 7

GEN. GARCIA FLIES TEN COOP. TfcaCohaa Nnr Yoke. July 81.—A SutitRO speHal to the Journal, dated July 10, nya that Gen. Garcia has written a letter to Gen. Shatter declaring that he fa disgusted at his^reatment at the hands of the Americans, and will therefore withdraw Ms forces to the hills. 'Garcia'S The letter referred to above aa having been sent to Gen Shatter was couched in the most hitter terms, and was as follows: Sim—On May IS the rovenant of theropublic or Cuba ordered me. as commander o* the Cuban army in the east, to co-operate with the American army, following the plans and obeying the orders ot Its commander. 1 have done my best. sir. to fulfill tbs wishes of ary government, Sud I base been until now one of pour most faithful subordinates, honormt my-seU^-ta.carryins out your orders and iostructlfios aslar as my powers hare allowed me to Ao it. T The city of Santiago surrendered to the American" army, and news of that Important event was given to me by persons entirely foreign to your staff. 1 have not been honored with a single word from yourself informing me about the negotiations for peace, nor the terms of capitulation by the Spaniards. The izaportant ceremony of the surrender of the Spanish army and the taking possession of the eity by yourself toek place later on, and I only knew of 1 oth events by public reports.. I was never honored, sir. with a kind word from you. inviting mrseif or say officer of my staff to represent the Cuban army on that memorable occasion. r Finally, I know that yon have left In power at Santiago the same Spanish authorities that for three years I have fought as enemies of the independence of Cuba 1 beg to state: that these authorities have never been elected at Santiago, by the residents of the city, but were appointed by toyal decrees of the queen of Spain.

1 would have imri, itfr, that the army wader your command should have taken possession of the city, the garrison nail the forts. 1 weald hare given my warm co-operation to any measure you might have deemed best under American military law to hold the city for rout army and to preserve public order until the tone comes to fulfill the solemn pledge of the people of the United States to establish in Cuba a free and independent government, but when the question arises of sp;K>intine authorities in Santiago dc cubs, tinder the peculiar circumstances of our 3J years' strife against the Spanish rttl- I enn not see bet with the deepest regret that-such authorities are not elected by the Cuban people, but are the name ones selected by the queen of Spain, and hence are ministars to defend against the Cubans the Spanish sovereignty. A rumor, too absurd to be believed, general, ascribes the reason of your measures and of the orders forbidding my army to enter Santiago to fear of ma<«acres and revenges aga nst the Spaniards. Allow me. sir. to protest against even the shadow of such an idea We are not savages, ignoring the rules of civilized warfare. We are a poor, ragged army, as ragged and as poor as was the army of your forefathers in their noble war for independence, but. as did the heroes of Saratoga and York town, we respect too deeply out muse to disgrace it with barbarism and cowardice, In view of all these reasons, I sincerely regret to be unable to fulfill nay longer the orders of my government, and. therefore. 1 have tendered to-day to the commander-in-chief of the Cuban anny. Maj -Gen. Maximo Udmex. my resignation as commander of this section of our army. Awaiting his resolution, I withdraw my forces to the Interior. Very respectfully jours. - Caulxto QtkCU. Surprised Shatter. Although Gen. Shatter has been aware for some time that the Cubans were dissatisfied with the present conditions, and that some of the officers were disposed to openly protest, the letter of Garcia came tc him as somethin)? of a surprise. He at once announced that the communica- . tion of the Cuban commander would ’ be formally answered, but he gave no indication as to what the nature of his reply would be. It is known, however. that the American commander has no intention of modifying* cr ’changing in any way his original orders to the effect that no Cubans and but few Americans shall enter the city of Sautiago until the last Spaniard shall have been deported, when the place, as has all along been kis intention. will be turned over to representative and responsible Cubans.

PALMA DOESN’T BELIEVE IT. Thtak* the Cubu KrgaUn Not Knpoa«l< W« for Wlw» Sratt«r*4 Soldier* M*jr Hat* Doatw Washington, July H.—Gen Palma president of the Cuban junta is in the city. Uv* does not believe the stories about reported friction between Cuban soldiers and the Americana “I think,'* he said, “ail Cubans recognise the nice work of the United States in helping the Cubans to gain their independence. I cannot think any regular soldiers of the Cuban army have refused to help build roads, dig trenches, etc. I do not know what some few scattered soldiers may have done, bnt it is not reasonable to suppose that any oi the regulars under Garcia have declined to perform any such service. Gea. Garcia from the beginning said he was read; to do all that waa necessary to aid the Americans, and his soldiers have for years been doing just such work as you refer to. They have grown accustomed toil.” k “What do you estimate as the number of Cuban soldiers under arms in Cuba st the present time7" was asked. “I think we have about 34,000 Cuban soldiers under arms in Cuba now," said Gen. Palma. “There are probably about 4.000 or 5.000 with Garcia, and the balance of then are scattered all over Cuba. It must be remembered that we have possession of a good many towns, sod there must be a guard maintained over them by our Cubau army. A tiotd Field (CoL) Tragedy. Cripple Creek, CoL, July 23.—J. Cunningham was shot and killed and Ihtniel Mills was seriously wounded by two masked men in Cunningham's saloon in Gold Field. The murderers tied without any booty, and it is not believed robbery was their object. Straek by a CycUaa. Ktetkr. N. Y.. July 23.—A cyclone •truck the town of Epping at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, doing considerable damage to property and in» terropting telegraphic and telephonic communication.

HOUSE FOR TURKEYS. It Smwh tli* Flock at licit **4 Provides a Floe Feedtos Place for Yaaag Birds. My turkeys bare a large range, and as foxes are numerous in this vicinity a great many of the finest birds were killed last year. In June I had a house built like the accompanying illustration to secure the flock at night, to provide a feeding place for the young birds during the day and to prevent the old birds from eating with them. The building is 12 feet square, tea feet high in front and eight feet at the hack. The foundation consists of tamarack planks spiked solidly together and four posts are set in at tbe corners. The sides are of fine slats, four inches wide, nailed an inch apart so as to provide light and air within. The roof is made of boards put on to exclude the rain. On one side is a door (a), 6x3 feet, fastened by books on the outside and inside. On the front there is an opening (b), and a door (c). On the ground the opening (b) is four inches high and five feet long and per*

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mits the ingress and egress of the young birds only. This is closed by means of a drop board. The hanging door (c) is 12 feet long two feet wide and two feet from the ground, is formed of boards like the sides, is fastened by hooks and is attached to the front by strong hinges. Inside the I house are drinking and feeding troughs for the young birds, clean straw ut one side and three tiers of roosts, the first very low, the second midway and the third of strong poles as near the top as possible. In the morning I dropped the hanging door to let out the old birds, fed them outside, and closed the door. Went in at the side door, fastened it. fed and' watered the young birds and left them till the dew was off the grass. .By raising the board the young ones could come out to the old ones. Three times a day they came to be fed, the board being utilized to shut them in until all were fed. At night the young ones remained in and by dropping the hanging door the'old hens flew in. When the turkeys grew too large for the opening (b). I fed them just outside the house and they entered by means of both doors, which were fastened before dark. The house was adapted to our purpose from the time the hens were let out of the coops until they wt>re sold in the fall.—American Agriculturist.

TAKING OFF HIDES. A Few Valuable SaegFitlun* Whlcb May Slave Yua Many Dollars la the Fatare. Let us give a few hints, which, if | :arefullv observed, may save mauy dol- j lars in the future. In skinning bee! j hides and calfskins keep the back of | the knife close to the hide, and draw I it tightly with the left hand. This is a simple rule, but by following it the liability to cut or score is considerably lessened. On the foreleg the knife should go down to the armpit, socalled. nnd then forward to the poiut of the brisket. On the hind legs the cut should be made from the hoof of one, down the back of the leg, semicircularly across froin oue to the other, and-on to the hoof. The throat should never be cut crosswise, and the horns and tail bones should always be removed. The operation of salting is equally important. To *alt hides thoroughly a water bucket full of good salt should | be used to each 60-pound hide, the j quantity for larger and smaller hides being in proportion. After this they should be rubbed and roiled up. Independent of cuts and scores hides whieh are not taken off in the manner specified are classed as Xo. 2s, and if dried on fences or exposer! to the sun or weather are only fit for the glue maker. A butcher’s skinning knife should always be used and no employe should be permitted to take off hides with out one, as the loss from one hole in a hide would buy several such knives These few rules are simple enough, but their adoption means a great deal tq the country slaughterer.—.National Provisioner. Lcsvlss Maawre la Heaps. The only advantage we could see | .root the practice of dumping manure in heaps was the ease with which it could be done and the wagon unloaded for another load. The manure thus dumped is never so evenly spread as it can be from the wagon. Ta unload quickly always have two men on the load, spreading from each end of the wagon. Then there will be no heap* to lie on the ground, perhaps fot weeks, and giving the field a “patchy* appearance in the larger growth ol straw where the manure heaps hav^i tain. Often this extra large growth rusts and yields less grain than where the aUsw was smaller.

INSECTS m HIVES. 4 tot Amtu »4 Greet rUet Ttal SMittlM* Mtkt Ule a BtNet «* the Beta. There can be no harm done by the flies and ants, providing your bees are In good condition and fairly strong. Otherwise, the ants will work on the combs and honey and become much of an annoyance to the bees. The flies also will thus annoy them and eat their honey. Flies are frequently seen about the entrances of hives in this climate, attracted by the odor from the bees, but are seldom seen about the hives that are strong in bees. When the flies are thus very numerous it is evi- | dence that the colonies are not in | good condition. They are much ! worse about colonies that have been | or are being robbed. They are more troublesome also about weak col* onies. The proper thing to do is to examine i your bees and ascertain if they have a queen, and have young brood in the combs, and that they have plenty of honey to live on. If the queens are all j right it will pay well to feed them a little sirup made from granulated sugar to the amount of a gill or half j a pint a day, according to the strength j of the colony. This will start them j to breeding rapidly, and if continued j they will soon become strong, which is the remedy for all bee ills. If they j are gathering honey it is not neees- j sary to feed them, but if npt, it is of I much importance. If it is the large ants—those that make the ant-hills—I should judge j they were very annoying to the bees, j and I should destroy their nesting- j place. You can readily “bottle them : up.** Make a hole in the center of j the ant-hill, and as deep ass your j bottle is long, or a little deeper, so j when the bottle is set in the hole j the mouth of it will be about an inch below the surface pf the ground. Ar- J range the earth around the mouth of i the bottle funnel shape and the ants j will do the rest. They will all go into j the bottle, and the inmates of an I ordinary ant-hill may be thus bottled j in half an hour.—Kansas Farmer.

HANDY LITTLE SILO. ____ Unr I'aa lie UulIt at an Kx»vmr llaug. ltk|C. Aeeordlntt to Star, troaa to S.M1. Prepare planks 16 feet by 6 by 2 ! inches; then secure five round iron j bands, matte of three-fourth-ineh iron, j larjre enough to encircle the proposed i silo and with threads on ends. Mark j out a circle 16 feet in diameter on the I ground. Then set four planks on end j on the circle and as far apart as possible. being held by braces. Pend two | iron bands in a c^cle and place around j the planks one foot front bottom and j

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from top. Drive in each piank a 12penny nail, bending it up and over the iron band. Kun the ends of irons with threads through blocks of cast-iron with two holes through them about j two inches apart; a nut on each thread should be provided for tightening the structure after the planks are all in j position. Planks should then be set on end and fastened by a nail as were the previous four. Screw nuts tight and place the other three bands in position so each is three to four feet apart; key up the nuts. For removing silage, cut holes through four planks: two holes will be enough. Replace planks when refilling with next crop. Such silos can be made for $16 to $30.— Farm and Home. AMONG THE POULTRY. J Lice are death to chicks. Watch for this enemy. Oats are. not the best nor cheapest food for poultry. If you overfeed you will have fat hens and fewer eggs. Poultry should have an abundance of pure fresh water. Over 50 hens should never be kept in a single pen. Twelve to 25 is better. Fowls do not injure orchards, but destroy insects injurious to the trees. As a rule the hens with the largest j combs will prove to be the best layers. The hen house should be kept clean —and successful poultry raisers know what clean means. Do not put off building the poultry house until winter. Plan it now and j build it after harvest. Dump a few sifted coal*ashes into the poultry yard. The hens will eat a good many of the cinders. For scaly legs, a good enough plan is to dip the legs into a dish of kerosene once or twice a week for a month. Keep the hens tame. It is more sat- j isfactory taking care of them and j there will be fewer hens with rupture I and broken eggs. Worms come very close to the top of the soil this moist weather. As few strokes of the biade will turn up hundreds of them, greatly to the delight of the hens. Coutrary to the usual opinion, there are but few breeds of fowl that pay better according to cost than guineas. The flesh of the white guinea is excellent. and they lay a large number of esxs.—Rural World.

SOME SENSBLE HORSE TALK. Do not stuff your horse with hay; it Is a waste as v reil as an injury to the hone. Working or driving when the stomach is filled wi th hay is very liable to cause baoken w ind or Leaves. If your hors? has been worked or driven very hard always let him rest | awhile before l*eing fed. These are the days for galls and sore necks. Wash often and keep perfectly clean both neck> and collars. Never lose yc ar temper when handling a colt. If j an do the injury to his manners may bi irreparable. Horses do not understand all words as clearly as men do, but detect an irritating tone of voice even more readily. Be patient with the colts. The nervous colt will n ake the most trustworthy horse. If he sees everything on the road it is a pi oof of his intelligence, and as soon as be realizes that he will not be hurt, his shyness can be overcome. Every farmer who keeps horses should have a patch of carrots. They cost less than oats per bushel, and if one bushel of carrots can be fed with two bushels of oats they will do the horse much more good than if three bushels of oats were fed raw. “I spoiled a good horse by driving over a piece of board with a nail sticking up through it,'” said a friend lately. Look out for such things. And if a horse limp or seem loth to go, don’t whip him. Alight ar.d investigate the situation for a cause—Farm Journal. PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. The late Mr. Spencer Walpole received- an ex-minister's pension of £2,000 a year for 31 years. liev. Albion \Y. Knight, of Atlanta, besides haring his ministerial work to attend to, has been elected president of a national bank. Alexander Gregg Belleville, of St. Louis, who recently buried his seventh wife, has married again, this time a girl of 13. He is 57 years old. Sandow. the famous strong man, has offered a number of valuable prizes for the most symmetrically developed competitors throughout the United Kingdom. Senor Sagastn is a civil engineer by profession, and entered public life in Spain as a republican^ being one of the imost vehement opponents of Queen Isabella JI.

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PERIODS OF PAIN, Menstruation, the balance wheel of woman's life, is also the bane of exist* ence to many because it means a time of great suffering. While no woman Is entirely free from periodical pain, it does not seem to hare

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