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IN THE LAND OF THE HOVAS.
Lieut. SkoMilt’t Perilous Journey in
W<iacascar.
Lieut. Mason A. Shufeldt, of the navy,
-,r recently returned from the explora
t: □ of Madagascar, says the Washington
. r, hail quite a wonderful experience.
Abe told the story of his travels to a
, . reporter the other evening it sounded
E , re like an interesting narrative of ad
verture trom the world of fiction than the
actual experience of a young naval officer
in the line of duty. “For a long time I
had felt a desire to explore some of the
unknown eastern countries,” said Lieut.
Shufeldt, “but it was not until a year after
1 had volunteered my services to explore
Madagascar that I was authorized to do
so. The course pursued by the I reach in
that countrv rendered it advisable that
some steps should be taken by this gov
ernment to obtain information of a gen
eral nature regarding the country tor
c. ramerciai reasons. A cable message
:r m the Secretary of the Navy detached
me early last spring from my vessel in
i tuna and sent me on special duty in the
- nape of a trip through Madagascar. I
ad no instructions regarding the expe
ind everything was left to my own
lament. I went as far as that country
in the Pensacola and then made my way
hrect t" the capital, Antananarivo. Now,
• give you an idea of the country and
what was before me you must know that
it is an immense island, considerably
anger than the republic of France, with
a p puiation of about 5,000,000. The
greater part of it is entirely unknown and
•m ad by various tribes, who are for
:t most part utterly uncivilized and
wholly barbarous.
THE Rl LING PEOPLE.
wever, have reached quite a high degree
civilization and have extended their
; aer through afri at portion of the land,
. id would probaWy succeed in subduing
:t,. tvtn’e country but for the opposition
! tae French. These people are called
■A vas. and are entirely distinct from any
:ter inhabitants. They correspond ex
actly with the Malay type, wnile the rest
f the tribes all have the African charac
teristics. The supposition is that centu
es ago these people must have landed
on the shores from some of the Eastern
ountries and settled there. It was im
"ib!e fur them to dwell near the marshy
malarious shore, so they pushed their
way to the elevated plateaus of the inte
rior, where they still are. They have ab
solute control of aboutso,ooosquare miles.
They are equal to the Japanese in civili
zation. and are a progressive, intelligent
people. The capital has about 300 white
residents, principally missionaries, and
i nie of the buildings are beautiful.
THE qI'KN
is her palace there. By the way, she is
nly io years old and is a very pretty girl.
Her husband is 60 years old and is the
l’rime Minister. The floras are literallv
s .rrounded by th.se hostile nations that
S-p ke of. They hare partly conquered
:l ni all. except the Skalavas, who in-
si it the entire western part of the island,
•tie of the most important questions that
tae country has to deal with is slavery.
Great numbers of slaves were annuallv
- ;<ht from Africa, and all of these
kept their slaves. About twenty
j ars ago the Queen emancipated them,
. the sakalavas never recognized the
mancipation. They have immense herds
of cattle, whieh are cared for by the slaves
r raacana, and without them their herds
v\ '-J, run wild. As i said, I made my
to th- capital, but that was an easy
. a at danger, as the civilizing ef
t '.*( the Uovas is considerable in the
. rn part of the island. It was through
v ; .-.iki-lava country that my expe
ct: n prop r was to be made. I remained
t ae • iptial three weeks perfecting the
an in.i menu. 1 had two interviews with
tut- Queen, and 1 guess I was the first
white man to shake her by the hand.
rtly after arriving I gained her sanc
te n t*> the expedition, and 1 saw her
ig in. just as I was about to start. She
nt. o-ted to me letters to the President,
which I have just delivered to him in
;enon.
THE KM EIMTIONaRV FORCE.
"1 gathered about me forces amounting
?•• <>*V continued the Lieutenant. “They
were all either natives or slaves, with the
exception of myself and three miners who
;'eered to go, two Englishmen and an
Am riean. At last we started on our
.: iiey of 600 miles to the western coast.
1 was slow and attended with manydan
. <1 -asters. The hostile Sakalavas
■i about us during the entire jour
; v but only v*ntured twice to make an
attack upon our party. They were re
al-ed ' 'th times, with a loss to my party
r - * m .i. They were dreadful-looking
ai.ta- ousts —those Sakalavas. Their phys
i il prop rtions were superb. The simple*
' • ‘‘h cloth was their only apparel, and
: > r belies were greased until they re
jected the sunlight like mirrors, 'they
- • .• and to have no fear of firearms, but
tr.oy made the attack with a savage yell.
L man carried five assegxis, throwing
tarn one at a time as he ran towards
as. They soon found that they could not
aquer our party and had to be content
with d' -ring our steps, lying in wait for
ar ; p->r straggler who was unable to
v* : up. 1 had a body-guard of macaos,
w a were continually about me. Some ot
‘hem were always ahead while on the
march, and during the fights thev gath
ered at* oit me and protected me so well
•hat I was not wounded once. It was
A TERRIBLE JOURNEY.
-The deadly fever played havoc with my
s. Indeed we all had it, and my
write companions succumbed to it. The
::-ease is intermittent, and is accompa
. with the must terrible vomiting and
nc. and utter prostration, rendering
- itterly impossible to eat anything. It
•• as rot the fever itself which killed my
■n. ;it the complete exhaustion which
' ' and fr-m it. Then, too, the natives,
wr were barelegged, suffered terribly
-rated sores. The long wet grass
trr ua which we traveled in early morn
■' w :ld cut their flesh, and the heat of
iii’ -,n won Id produce ugly festering
• w hich rendered them almost unfit
. r travel. Every day 1 would sit before
m • tent ami distribute the contents ol my
-1 ucme chest among the suffering ones,
i- journey lasted 97 days, and when we
reached the coast 1 had but 15$ men re
maining. With only 29 out of 600 killed,
- r u can judge of the ravages of disease
am ng my forces.
“ w * reeled some bamboo fortifications
And bail plenty of ammunition, and were
* > ;■> keep off the following savages.”
"" bat had you intended to do upon
reeling the coast?” interrupted there-
Porter.
"> and. of course. 1 had no idea of re
tracing my steps, and 1 expected to be
fdeiied to builu a canoe and cross the
- ri m i'iue channel In it. As luck
* and hare it. the boats ot a Swedish
ark w inch had gone to pieces on the
a couple of years before had been
l found them on the bank of a
cr>.vk, where they had been dragged by
; a ' natives, who. being ignorant ot how
V w them, had left "them there. I se
u-vi the largest one and went to work
r air her. 1 caulked her up tight,
;‘f'vd. ;>■ sail and put to sea In her with
the slates. 1 had no compass and
<red a westward course by the sun. I
I could keep on 1 would strike
15® '• * lelt sure 1 couldn’t pass Cape
‘ ' VB hich was nearly 2,000 miles to the
> ids ward, and 1 knew land was as far
as l could go. It was the season of
■nsoons, and there was a pretty
1T ? ** * on. We were out ten days
131 the Mozambique channel,
- W-v'i w*-struck land I found we were
miles south of Mozambique, to
*- ;, h place I made my way by sailing
a* ‘Rg the eoast.”
t you suffer any serious results from
x i 'Ure of the expedition?” asked
reporter.
' u n 1 rot to shore I was utterly ex-
Ai.stedfroin the Madagascar fever,which
t -tt m> system yet. 1 suffered
■a frwia prickly heat, which turned to
'Ti exposure. That was en
' d*”' 1 has entirely disap
i Madagascar travels over?”
tbt- Star.
. sincerely hope not. 1 am an enthu
n the subject of Madagascar and
- ; assist, somewhat,in improving its
condition. In fact, 1 expect to be sent
back in a couple Of months with the Pres
ident’s letters of reply to the Queen, and
when I get there 1 hope to get a year’s
leave, in which to start some plans for the
benefit of the people. I have had some
verv flattering offers. The Queen wants
me to found a royal college at the capital
and has deposited $50,000 with Baring
Bros, in London to make the start, and I
hope to be allowed to carry out her wishes
in tne matter. It will be necessary to
purchase a great many scientific instru
ments and books, etc., with which to
make a beginning. Yes, sir, Madagascar
is a wonderful country, and if the proper
course is pursued she will make a name
for herselt and be ot incalculable benefit
to the commercial world. Her resources
seem unbounded.”
Mr. Shufeldt left Washington last night
for New York, where he i6 to speak before
the Century Club. He will deliver ad
dresses before several historical and geo
graphical societies in New England, and
will then go to the mountains for much
needed rest.
WHAT IS IT?
Discovery of Something in the Shape of
a Bird, Beast and Devil.
One of the most wonderful curiosities
ever seen in this section, says a George
town ( Ky.) special to the Cincinnati En
quirer, is now in the possession of Pres.
T. Pullen, Esq., of this city. A full
description of this marvellous “bird or
devil” would exhaust the vocabulary of
the ornithologist and rsquire a more pro
found knowledge of natural history than
the writer possesses. The circumstances
of its capture, as related to me, are as
follows;
It has been the immemorial custom for
the boys and hoodlums of this city to
make an annual tour of inspection and
discovery to Johnson’s cave and the In
dian houses, so-called, which form a
group of caverns upon a high cliff over
hanging Elkhorn creek, some three miles
from the city. The first of these caves
takes its-name from the fact that Col.
Richard M. Johnson, Indian fighter, slayer
of Tecumseh and Vice President of the
United States, discovered it more than
three-quarters of a century ago, while on
one of his hunting expeditions. Of the In
dian houses tradition has it that long be
fore the advent of the white man in this
region two hostile bands of Indians, at
tracted to the vicinity by the beauty and
excellence of the hunting and fishing
grounds, came Into collision in one of the
many valleys near the caverns and a
deadly battle ensued, lasting throughout
the day, and resulting in the defeat and
almost annihilation of the weaker party.
The victorious band pursued the beaten
foe with savage vengeance to the
cliffs above, where suddenly all trace
of the fugitives disappeared, and
the party, fearing ambush, returned to
the scene of the battle, where they in
dulged in orgies peculiar to them lor
several days, after which they departed
to join their tribe north of the Ohio river.
The remnant of the deieated band, who
had opportunely discovered the Indian
houses remained many years in their
secure retreat, after which they, too, left
this region, leaving behind them many
evidences of their peaceful as well as
warlike lite in the shape of tomahawks,
flints, arrow-heads, bows and arrows, and
other implements of rude savage exist
ence.
Upon the occasion of the late tour of in
spection by the boys, they were well
equipped with torches and guns, and de
termined on a more tnorough search tor
curiosities than any hitherto made. The
caverns, since tneir abandonment by the
aboriginal occupants, have become the
homes of every species of bird, beast and
reptile known to this region. Formerly
bears and wolves had their abode there,
but latteriy foxes, raccoons, opposums,
weasels, minks and rabbits shared
in common with owls, bats,
hawks and other obscene night birds
and reptiles the gloomy recesses of
the caves. The procession of
explorers hail scarcely entered the largest
of the caves when they stumbled over a
pyramid of bones that marked the rem
nant of former feasts indulged in at vari
ous times by the wild denizens of the
place. As they proceeded, and the glare
of torches lighted up the gloomy scene, a
wild scramble for hiding places took pos
session of the occupants. It was like en
tering unexpectedly a menagerie, where
the animals got loose and were holding a
convention. The walls hung dark and
frowning on every side, while here and
there huge masses of rocks blockaded
the way and rendered their advance
extremely difficult. A small stream
rising no one knows where, runs length
wise of the cavern and is lost in some re
mote and as yet undiscovered outlet.
Following this stream, the boys spent
several hours in explorations, with the
usual incidents of such a trip. The air
became extremely cold as they proceeded,
until at last they came upon a subterra
neous inner room, whose entrance was
nearly barred by huge boulders and de
bris. A few of the most adventurous soon
overcame the difficulties of the situation,
and stood uprignt in the hitherto unex
plored and stupendous room.
Tneir perseverance was soon rewarded
by a chorus of sounds that might have
appalled stouter hearts than theirs. They
had gained admittance unexpectedly to
the sanctum sanctorum of as motely a
collection of animals, birds and reptiles
as ever greeted mortal sight. Snakes!
There were thousands of them, while
toxes, rabbits and different representa
tives of the animal kingdom huddled to
gether in remote corners, eyed with dread
and apprehension the no less scared and
awe-stricken intruders. Over all arose
the screech, clatter and uproar of thou
sands of the feathered tribe, resenting in
discordant notes the unwelcome advent
of the strangers.
As the boys became accustomed to the
strange sights and sounds in the cavern
their fears gradually gave way to the
desire to capture some of the objects sur
rounding them. While engaged in this
exciting pursuit one of their number sud
denly came upon the strange creature
forming the subject of this sketch, and
after a terrific struggle it was secured,
brought to this city, and, as before re
lated. became the property of Mr. Pullen,
who has a natural taste for curiosities of
every kind. Under his careful nursing it
has entirely recovered Irom injuries sus
tained during its capture, and is now in
perfect health.
The bird—if it may be so called—is
about the size of the largest species ot the
owl, and its wings, tail, thigbs, legs and
feet very much resemble that midnight
prowler. With the parts thus referred to
the resemblance to a bird ceases. The
head, neck, back and body aie the strang
est compound of many animals it would
be possible to imagine. The top of the
head and neck, running back over the
body, and covered with a short, downy
substance not unlike the hirsute covering
of an ourang-outang. Its head and face,
however, are the most puzzling features
of this most rare specimen. Its
face is much longer than that of the
largest baboon or monkey, and terminates
in a large, massive lower jaw, almost hu
man in appearance. Indeed, the exist
ence of a line of soft, silky down running
from one point of the jaw to the other,
exactly like the short-cropped gray whis
kers of some old men, strengthens the
impression of its human likeness. The
eyes, which are set longitudinally near
the centre ot the face, are small, fierce
and savage when the creature is aroused,
at which time its whole form is thrown
into an attitude of defensive warfare
most startling to behold. Every nerve,
muscle anti feather ot the hideous
looking monster is braced for the conflict,
and woe unto the small boy or straggling
cur that comes within reach ol its beak
or wings. If, however, it is left to itself
for a few moments it undergoes a most re
markable change, and it is soon metamor
phosed into something so utterly unlike
its lormer self that the beholder is amazed
by the sudden transition. Instead of the
fierce, defiant bird or beast of prey, the
eyes close and disappear entirely, the head
droops until it touches the floor of its
cage, and begins a pendulous motion,
backward and forward, like the restless
motion of a c&ged hyena, in which atti
tude its neck and head closely resemble
that animal. If not aroused, it will con
tinue this monotonous motion inces
santly. Thus with tireless regularity,
like the fever patient in “Our Mutual
Friend’’—seemingly given up to a reverie
of wretchedness and woe—it is the
et rankest object the mind cf man can con
ceive. It is in vain for one to gaze upon
its hideousness without being impressed
with the idea that the animal kingdom
had invaded the domain of the feathered
tribes, and produced this monstrosity, and
that the horrible union thus wrought
brought pain, suffering and despair to its
fated victims.
Mr. Pullen contemplates placing this
wonderful object in the Cincinnati Zoo
logical Garden in a short time, where
curiosity hunters and men of science will
have an opportunity to examine this most
remarkable freak of nature.
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THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1884.
under flood rock.
Preparations for What Will Bo the
Greatest Explosion Known in His
tory.
X*tc York Tribune.
“There are four miles of tunnels in this
mine,” said Foreman Bernard Boyle, as
he conducted a visitor down into the ex
cavations near Flood rock, which the
government has undertaken to blow up
as it blew up Hallett’s reef, a short dis
tance above it, in Hell Gate. “This is all
gneiss rock,” the guide continued. “Some
of it is so soft that it can be cut with a
knife, and some of it so hard that it has
to be blown up. The dip is at an angle of
about 60 degrees, which favors the en
trance of water from the river above us.”
A dismal rain was pouring from the rock
and threatening to extinguish the oil
lamp which the explorer carried. On
stepping through a doorway he found him
self in water up to the knees of his high
rubber boots. In the extreme northeast
corner of the mine a roar was heard, and
soon the water was seen rushing down
through a wide seam. A number of
laborers were busily engaged in cement
ing and in drilling test holes in new direc
tions.
“We are working carefully now, guard
ing against any further outbreak,” said
Mr. Boyle. “There is $1,000,000 worth of
work at stake here, and we are exercising
the greatest caution, in case of a sudden
flood the miners would escape through
the door there and close it. Then the
compressed air of this pipe would be let
loose, and a pressure of sixty pounds to
the square inch would prevent this sec
tion from filling. The pumps are well
able to take care of the present leaks. We
might introduce the compressed air into
the seams and stop it, no doubt: but as
we don’t know the width of tne orifice
further back, we prefer the slower pro
cess ot cementing.”
“When shall you be ready for the great
explosion ?”
“In about one year from this month.
There are only 90 men engaged here now,
although we have had 200 or more in
times past. Our present force can com
plete the work by the time we are ready
for the explosion. You would be surprised
at the number of men who apply for work
in such a mine. You see we keep a uni
form temperature here the year around,
and plenty of good fresh air. Some of the
men have been here from the start, and
we keep the old hands as long as possible.
No one has ever contracted the caisson
disease here. The men are temperate,
and we never allow the use of liquor.
“Next September you may see and hear
the largest explosion known to history.
All of these holes you see there with plugs
in them will be filled with explosives
which will cost $300,000. About 100,000
cubic yards of rock have already been ex
cavated. Whatever we can carry out
now will not have to be fished up by div
ers and grapplers in the form of debris,
after the explosion. Men are busy here
night and day. If you desire to count,
you will find about 260,000 two and three
inch holes drilled for explosives alreadv.
The drills have to be sharpened 50,000
times per year in the shops overhead.
The rock, after being mined, has to be
hoisted, carried away to deep water and
dumped. A hole 70 feet deep, just north of
Blackwell’s Island, has served large
ly as our dumping ground. The work re
quires drilling, blasting, hauling, hoist
ing, dumping, pujnping, timbering, trans
porting, surveying, sounding and many
other things. Every hole has to be drilled
with mathematical precision to meet
some other hole. We try to keep twenty
feet and upward of rock for a roof, which
requires an accurate knowledge of the
depth ol water above it. Ventilation is
kept up by a fan twelve feet in diameter,
driven by an engine. The large galleries
ventilate themselves. The pumping op
erations are necessarily cautious. The
average inflow f-om leakage at low tide
is 740 gallons per minute, but the last
great leak, which you noticed a few
minutes ago, has increased it to over
1,000 gallons.”
HOW TO MESMERIZE.
An Experiment Which Can Be Easily
Tested.
J. y. Langley in Popular Science Monthly.
1 will show you the method of mesmer
izing which is, perhaps, on the whole,
most effective; it is very nearly that de
scribed by Braid. It is the method only
which I wish to show you. With one
hand a bright object, such as this faceted
piece of glass, is held thus, 8 to 12 inches
from the subject, so that there is a con
siderable convergence of the eyes, and
rather above the level of the eyes, so that
he is obliged to look upward. The sub
ject is told to look steadily at the piece of
glass and to keep his whole attention fixed
upon it. This position is kept up from 5
to 10 minutes; during this time the pupils
will probably dilate considerably, often
assuming a slight rhythmic contraction
and dilation; when this is the case, the
fiee hand is moved slowly from the object
toward the eyes. If the subject is sensi
tive, the eyes will usually close with a
vibratory motion. In some cases the sub
ject is then unable to open them and the
usual mesmeric phenomena can be ob
tained. If, when the operator brings his
hand near the eyes of the subject, the sub
ject instead ot closing them follows the
movements of the fingers, the whole pro
ceeding is repeated, but the subject is told
to close his eyes when the fingers are
brought near them, but to keep them fixed
in the same direction as before, and to
continue to think of the object, and that
only. The operator then for some min
utes makes “passes,” bringing his warm
hands over and close to the face of the
subject in one direction. When the sub
ject is inclined to pass into the cataleptic
state, an indication ol his condition may
be obtained by gently raising his arm; if
he is beginning to be mesmerized, the arm
remains in the position in which it is
placed. If the arm tails, the mesmeric
state may not infrequently be hastened
on by telling the subject to keep his arm
extended while he is still gazing at the
objeet or while the passes are being made.
And that is the whole ol the process. The
man thus mesmerized sinks from man
hood to a highly complicated piece of ma
chinery. He is a machine which lor a
time is conscious, and in which ideas can
be excited by appropriate stimulation;
any one acquainted with the machinery
can set it in action.
RESURRECTIONIST BLAINE.
His Celebrated Bloody Shirt Speech 111
the Famous Amnesty Debate.
Xew York Sun , Jan. 22, 1870.
But Mr. Blaine, being fairly in the bone
business, was not content with the ghastly
spoils ol the Andersonville ditches It
will be observed that every one of the
.“historic cruelties” cited by him were
cruelties inflicted by Roman Catholics.
He eagerly explored the vaults of the In
quisition, fondly traced the ravages of
Alva and hung gloating over the massacre
of St. Bartholomew. That must have
been a moment of supreme triumph to the
learned politician. He had not only placed
his skeleton far in advance of Mr. Mor
ton’s bloody shirt, but he was just then
about two lengths ahead oL Grant in his
anti-Catholic development. These chron
icles of the darker ages were sealed to the
uneducated soldier and the studious
Blaine was not slow to improve his
advantage. But, on the whole, the
spectacle is not attractive—this of a
reckless demagogue blowing the embers
of dying sectional passions and armed
with a glowing brand to burn his mother’s
church. He might have remembered his
grandtatber Ephraim, the pious beef con
tractor of the revolutionary war; he might
have remembered the long line of ances
tors who have fallen asleep in the faith
against which he agitates; he might have
remembered his mother, home and bap
tism, or even those maiden aunts who,
with the Sisters of Charity, still prosecute
their self-imposed mission of healing and
mercy under the ecclesiastical authority
which he affects to dread; he might have
remembered any or all of these; but if he
did, they were dismissed as trifles which
his vaulting ambition would not brook.
In the vulgar strife for Grant’s old boots
there is no room for either mental or moral
integrity.
In case Mr. Blaine succeeds in getting
the Republican nomination by making the
loudest and coarsest bid, the country ar
tist who will paint his picture for the
campaign bauuers will have the opportu
nity of his life. Let him draw the figure
of a well-fed and somewhat corpulent
gentleman, his capacious pockets filled
with protruding documents labeled
“Credit Mobilier Shares,” stooping and
industriously clawing open a secluded
grave, over which the grass has grown
green and the flowers have bloomed
through many a year of peace.
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tion of phosphorus.”
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THE FIELD, FARM AMI GARDES.
We solicit articles tor this department.
The name tf the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
lor publication, but as evidence of good
faith.
Prof. J. P. Stelle, of the Mobile Regis
ter, has discovered that rara atis, a “Book
Farmer,” in the person of Col. J. C. Rich
ardson, also a successful lawyer of Green
ville, Ala. He was acquainted with the
old-time farming, but read- ill accessible
agricultural literature and has wonder
fully improved on the old methods, so
that he is not ashamed to be called a book
farmer. He recognizes the fact that the
farm books and papers of this day are but
vehicles conveying the thoughts and ex
periences of the most intelligent and suc
cessful farmers of the country, gathered
up, condensed and sent out to instruct the
inexperienced. As it is “human to err”
farm books and papers may err, but com
mon sense will generally be able to sift
and gain much valuable knowledge from
that source at extremely small cost.
A Great Crop.
A Northern journal writes: “From day
to day in every mail the evidences of a
greet crop now being rapidly harvested
with good weather, are coming to hand,
showing the great mercies of a bountiful
Providence. Reports from the great grain
growing States show an enormous in
crease of grain, which ripened so rapidly
that it can hardly be harvested last
enough. The reports from Cincinnati and
other points West show that the railroads
can scarcely find cars enough to supply
the necessary transportation.”
Cheap Sugar.
The Philadelphia Press says: “Sugar
has never been as cheap in this country
or the world as in the last few months;”
and this in the face of a vast increase in
its consumption. The United States has
increased its consumption from 63,041
tons a month in 1880, to 90,501 in 1884, or
43 per cent. Low prices, of course, will
increase consumption, but will not ac
count for the vast quantity on the market.
This is due to the attention given to the
production of beet sugar in Europe and
of sorghum in this and other countries.
They may not make good sugar of sorghum
nor rival the cane sugar with that of beets,
nut they sweeten and cheapen prices all
%e same. The world is better sweetened
Wbw than it ever was before, and nearly
all countries now have some plant from
which to extract sugar.
Distributing Seeds.
The seed bureau at Washington has as
sumed extraordinary proportions. No less
than 3,622,738 packages of seed were mailed
last year, all ol them going through the
mail free. This is an average of several
packages for every farmer in the country
and of something over 10,000 for each
Congressman, Several members do even
better than this. The city M. C.’s, of
course, have very little use for these agri
cultural gifts and generally exchange
their quota of seed for the pamphlets and
books distributed free by the government,
so that there are not a few members who
annually dis.ribute from 12,000 to 16,000
packages, sending at least one to every
voter in their district. It would seem an
immense job for them to address such a
number ot packages. Instead of doing
this, they ransack directories, write to
local politicians for lists of names and
furnish these lists to the Department of
Agriculture, which forthwith supplies all
their orders.
Losses in Pure-Bred Cattle at the
South.
It is lamentable to see how little knowl
edge ol animal pathology and common
sense Southern breeders exercise in tak
ing cattle from the North into their coun
try. One breeder has recently lost 16 out
ol 31 head there; and this is only a sam
ple of losses, smaller or greater, con
stantly taking place at the South. I have
been writing in the agricultural papers
for forty years or more past, on this sub
ject, warning breeders not to take any
sort of cattle that are over six to nine
months old, from a Northern to a Southern
region, and to make this change in the
months of November, December and Jan
uary only.
When they have arrived at their new
location, they ought to be fed as much as
possible as they were at the place from
whence they came, also be kept in dark
ened stables during hot days, so as not to
have a scorching sun beat down upon
them, or be tormented by stinging and
biting insects. They ought, also, to be
stabled at night and thus kept out of the
dew, as this is almost as pernicious, fall
ing upon them, as the torrid sun during
the day. Let the cattle have a little run,
for exercise, from an hour before sunrise
to an hour after, and again an hour or so
before sundown to half an hour after.
It is dangerous turning Northern cattle
on to wild Southern pastures at any sea
son ot the year, even in winter, for they
are liable to browse on poisonous plants
or shrubbery growing there, of the nature
of which they know nothing. Allow them
to run In pastures of cultivated grasses
alone, or on rye before heading, or oats
previous to the grain hardening, or feed
dwart sweet corn as soon as it tassels,
taking this away from them when the
corn begins to glaze.
The water in pastures is often danger
ous to drink, not only for cattle from the
North, but the natives, for it is sometimes
poisonous and breeds leeches. These lat
ter are occasionally sucked in by the cat
tle when drinking, and they then fasten
in their vitals, causing internal bleeding,
followed by death .—Correspondent of Na
tional Live Stock Journal, Chicago.
Grafting—How To Do It.
Every farmer’s boy should learn how to
graft. Few occupations give more pleas
ure or a greater reward. To convert a
wild an ! thorny tree into one bearing
large ami delicious fruit is a wonderful
and fascinating process. The kind of
grafting most likely to be practiced on
the farm is that known as clelt grafting.
The process is a simple one. Saw off the
limb to be grafted where it is an inch or
less in diameter; trim the edges of the
“stub,” smooth and split it with a large
knife or cleaver made for the purpose.
The cleft should not be mere than four
inches deep at the most. A wedge is now
inserted in the centre of the cleft and a
cion is set on each side of the cleft. The
cions are made of twigs of last year’s
growth. They should be cut before the
trees show any signs of starting in the
spring. When'the cion is prepared ready
for seiting it should contain about three
buds. The lower end is cut wedge-shaped
by slicing off each side of the cion. On
one side of this wedge-shaped portion,
and midway between its top and bottom,
should be left one of the buds.
When the cion is set this bud will be
deep down in the side of the cleft in the
stub and will be covered with wax; but,
being nearer the source ol nourishment,
it will be the most apt of any buds to
grow, and it will readily push' through
the wax. The cion is set into the cleft
by exercising great care that the inner
surface of the bark on the cion exactly
matches the inner surface of the bark on
the stub. A line between the bark and
the wood may be observed. This line on
tne cion, in other words, should match
this line on the stub. Wax the whole
over carefully and thoroughly. Do not
leave a crack exposed.
Grafting wax is made as follows: Melt
together rosin, beeswax and tallow in
equal parts and spread on cotton cloth.
Tear into strips and wrap round graft.
From repeated experiments 1 am con
vinced that vines should have the branches
of tree3 to climb on for the first few years.
Even when in bearing coadition in the
vineyard with wire trellis they will show
their choice when a branch or vine can
catch hold of the branches of a tree, dead
or alive. It will grow twice the length
that one will on the wires. My young
vines when set in the vineyard "usually
get a young peach tree with the side
branches on it. The second year a larger
one 5r a thin pole. The third year a wire
trellis. If a person could get osage orange
or locust trees with the limbs left on, I
believe we would ip:ow more grapes than
on wire trellis. Such grape supports, if
well socured before setting, would last
many years. I never saw a finer crop of
Concord grapes than when a 4-year-old
peach tree was used for stakes with the
branches stubbed back. It was a beauti
ful sight and looked quite natural.— Cor
respondence Rural World.
How to Manage Cuttings.
In selecting a cutting a great deal de
pends upon a judicious choice; if the slip
is too youne and full of fresh sap, it will
lade away from too much evaporation; if
it is too old—hard and woody—it will take
a great while to strike root.
You must take a cutting that is per
fectly ripened and is from a vigorous
shoot, yet a little hardened at the base.
It is also essential to havea bud or joint
at or near the end of the cutting; as all
roots strike irom it, and the nearer it is to
the base the greater your chance of suc
cess.
I'lant your cuttings in common red pots
filled half full of rich loam and twoinches
of sand on top (scouring sand will do, but
not sea sand); wet this thoroughly and
put the cuttings close around the edge of
the pot, for if the bud or joint comes In
contact with the surface of the pot, it
seems to strike root more quickly. Pull
off the lower leaves before you plant the
cutting. Press the wet sand'tightly about
the tiny stem, for a great deal of your suc
cess in raising the cutting depends upon
the close contact of the sand with the
stem. When the cuttings are firmly
planted cover them with a glass 6hade if
possible, as it will greatly promote the
growth of the plant.
Moisture, light and heat are the three
essentials to plant life—without them no
cuttings will start.
Shai.efor two or three days from the
sunlight, but don’t let the sand become
dry; then give all the sun you can obtain,
keep up a good supply of" moisture, and
you can hardly fail to root most ol our
cuttings.
Farm and Stock Notes.
There are 209 kDown varieties of cher
ries, 60 of apricots, 239 of peaches, 1,087
of pears and 297 of plums.
A mucilage which seems to keep for a
very long time is prepared by precipitat
ing dissolved gum with strong alcohol,
expressing and drying. The mass is per
fectly white and easily soluble in water.
A well-regulated garden cannot be con
sidered complete unless it contains a se
lection of some of the principal varieties
of sweet, aromatic herbs for soups and
other dishes. Some of them are really
indispensable, and almost all herbs are
serviceable in various culinary opera
tions.
There’s no use in plunging into the
caves of theory and guesswork tor expla
nations ot mob uprisings. A country
that spends $900,000,000 a year for liquor
and only $85,000,000 a year for her schools
must not expect periect security against
the bloody violence ol the rabble.—Phila
delphia Press.
All grocers should Instruct their cus
tomers who use can goods to pour out the
contents of the can as soon as it is cut,
says the St. Louis Grocer. It will not do
to wait fifteen or twenty minutes. The
can should be emptied at once. A few
minutes exposure to the air while in the
can will give the contents a metallic taste
that is not at all agreeable.
Competition is now so great in every
department of production that profits
must be derived from more economical
methods. This competition begins at the
factory and ends with the goods in the
hands of the consumer. It is constant
and sharp. Only those who heed it can
survive. This is the jist of the observa
tions of a successful business man.
Dr. Sturtevant states, in relation to hy
bridization of beans, that from a variation
of a bush sort called the golden cranberry
was produced in eleven distinct forms.
The tests illustrate the importance of
growing beans for seed purposes apart
from other varieties than their own, and
says that without insects to distribute the
pollen we would have no seed produced.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer
advises the placing of old tin cans on the
fire until the solder melts and they can be
pulled apart. Then take the large pieces
of the can ard wrap around the tiuit
trees it is desired to protect from mice,
pressing the edge of the tin firmly into
the ground. The mice v ill be discouraged
by the tins and will turn in another di
rection.
A writer in a scientific journal ridicules
the idea that apples sweat and that they
must undergo a sweating process before
they are put in barrels in order to keep
well. He states that only injury comes
from leaving apples in piles in an orchard
and that the moisturefoundon them comes
from the atmosphere. He recommends
placing them in barrels as soon as they are
picked.
Scouring or diarrhoea is chiefly confined
to pigs only a week or two old, and often
results In death. The cause, generally,
is a poor quality of the sow’s milk. When
a litter is attacked with scours always
change the sow’s diet and be careful to
give only such food as is of good quality.
The pen should also be thoroughly cleansed
and sprinkled wits a weak solution of car
bolic acid.
Among the new applications of cotton
is its use, in part, in the- construction of
houses, the material employed for the pur
pose being the refuse, which, when ground
up with about an equal amount of straw
and asbestos, is converted into a paste,
and this is formed into large slabs or
bricks, which acquire, it is said, the hard
ness of stone and furnish a really valua
ble building stock.
The Florida Exposition Commissioner,
Mr. Sebring, having found an oak tree
13 feet in diameter wrote to Mr. Hamilton
Disston asking him to have a saw about
20 feet long made at his factory to cut off
a cross slice of the tree trunk tor the Ex
position. Mr. D. replies: “We will try to
make a saw to answer vour purposes, as
it would be quite a feature to have such
blocks on exhibition.”
The new Japan maples are now creating
a good deal of interest as hardy plants for
lawns. They are perfectly hardy and
grow to a height ot Irom six to nine feet.
They possess not only the extraordinary
merit of having their foliage covered with
the hues of autumn the entire season, but
the delicate formation of their leaves gives
many of them the appearance of the most
fantastic ferns. Nearly every known
shade of color is found in the leaves.
Plants require food ot t wo distinct kinds:
food for their organic part and food for
their inorganic or mineral part. From the
stores existing in the atmosphere, in the
form of carbonic acid and ammonia, they
receive partly the food which nourishes
their organic part and partly from the or
ganic matter in the soil. That which
nourishes their Inorganic or mineral part
comes solely from the soil. Tillage opera
tions tend to increase plant food in the
soil.
A free application of soft soap to a fresh
burn almost instantly removes the lire
from the flesh. If the injury is very se
vere, as soon as the pain ceases apply lin
seed oil and then dust over with fine flour.
When this covering dries hard repeat the
oil and flour dressing until a good coating
is obtained. When the latter dries sllow
it to stand until it cracks and (alls off, as
it will do In a day cr two, and anew skin
will be lound to have lormed where the
skin was burned.
In value the railroads are next to farms
in the United States. By the census of
1880 we learn that the value of farms,
farm machinery and stock was $12,104,-
081,440. The appraised value of all rail
roads was $7,270,000,000. The gross value
of all farm products for the year 1879, as
given by the occupants of farms to the
census takers, was $2,213,402,564. The
gross income of all the railroads for that
year was $770,000,000, which is only a lit
tle over one-third ot the products of the
farms.
A department of growing trees and
plants has been created for the Minnesota
exhibits at New Orleans, and J. M. Un
derwood, of the Jewell Nursery in Lake
City, appointed superintendent. The de
sign is to plant, in the Minnesota garden,
at the Exposition, specimens of all nurse
ry and forest trees and plants of economic
value, and as many others lor botanical
study as may be practical. Planted in
December, the foliage and blossoms will
come out in January there, the same as
in May in this latitude.
Not long ago it dawned upon the but
terine men that there was less weight of
water in their product than the real but
ter. This was, of course, a kind of self
cheating which could noi be profitably
indulged in. So the use of calcic chloride
was resorted to, as it has a great merit,
in this case, of being able to take up 10
per cent, of water without in the least
showing it. Starch or flour is also used
for the same purpose. The latest sub
stance employed by the butterine makers
to add weight by absorbing water is gela
tine,-which is said to work nicely. Gly
cerine is being considerably used to add
flavor to the compound. A woman has
recently obtained a patent on the use of
the yelk of eggs and milk in the butter
manufacture, but it is difficult to see how
they can be profitably used.— National
Stockman.
Prof. Young states that recent researches
show it to be extremely doubtful whether
any portion of the moon’s surface ever
reaches a temperature as high as 100 de
grees F., although Lord Rose estimated
that some parts must rise to 600 degrees
during the lunar day of a whole month
and fall to 100 degrees below zero at night.
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.
Oxk Egg Cake.—One egg, one large
spoonful of butter, two cups of sugar, one
small cup of milk, two and a half cups of
flour, two small teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, nutmeg or lemon to flavor.
Raisin Cookies.—Two eggs, one cup
ful ot sugar, one-half cupful of butter,
one cupful chopped raisins, one-half cup
ful of milk, one teaspoonful of cream of
tartar, one-bait teaspoonful of soda, spice.
A Good Carver will always remember
that the following are esteemed delica
cies : The sounds of codfish, fat of salmon,
fat of venison, kidney of lamb, the pope’s
eye In a leg of mutton, the oyster cut of a
shoulder ot mutton, the ribs and neck of
a pig, breast and thigbs (without drum
sticks) of turkey and goose, leg and breast
of a duck, and the wings, breast and back
of game.
Hominy Fritters help make variety
for the breakfast table. Boil the hominy
the day before, then take two teacups of
it, and stir a small cup ot sweet milk and
a little salt with it, and one egg. four ta
blespoonfuls of flour, with half a tea
spoonful of baking powder. Have your
frying-pan ready with the tat hot in it;
drop this batter in by spoonfuls and fry a
delicate brown. The flavor is better if
half butter and half lard is used rather
than all lard.
To Broil a Fresh Mackerel.— Select
a large fish, cut it down the back, cleanse
and dry it well, and then rub over the in
side with a mixture containing a little
salt, cayenne pepper and Lucca cream oil.
Now take a sheet of white paper thickly
buttered, fold it over the fish and fasten
each end loosely together with a pin.
Have your fire clear, place theenwiapped
fish between a folding wire broiler and
cook for twenty-five mir.utes, turning the
broiler frequently.— The Caterer.
Corn was the first vegetable canned in
Portland, Me., in 1854, the canning of
tomatoes begun about the same time in
Boston. The canning of fruits began about
ten years later, and of meats about 1872.
The canning of soups of various kinds—
pea soup, terrapin, mock turtle, tomato,
beef and chicken—appears to have origi
nated in Boston and during the war. The
canned goods business forms about ten
per cent, of the trade of the average re
tail dealer.
Hearth and Home gives the following
remedy for toothache: Melt white wax or
spermacetti, two parts, and when melted
add carbolic acid crystals, two parts: stir
well till dissolved. While still liquid im
merse thin layers of carbolized absorbent
cotton wool aid alio w them to dry. When
required for use a small piece may be
snipped off and slightly warmed, when it
can be inserted into the hollow of the
tooth, where it will solidify. The ease
produced by this simple method is really
very great. Another remedy, which fre
quently gives relief and is recommended
by a physician, is equal parts of chloro
form and spirits of camphor.
Orange Cream.— Boil for minutes
in a pint of new milk the thinly shredded
rind of four oranges and one-fourth ot a
pound of loat sugar. Stir into this half
an ounce of Cox's (or similar) gelatine
soaked in cold water for five or six hours
and then dissolved; then strain and leave
till cold. Whisk when cold; and, when
ever the cream se :ms likely to set, add
by degrees the juice of the oranges with
that of one lemon. Whisk the cream till
it is a white and light froth, and begin
ning to set. Put the cream into a quart
mould previously rinsed with cold water.
The cream can be turned out in four or
five hours. Served with orange syrup if
liked.
Stuffed Tomatoes.—Take a dozen
smooth, solid tomatoes, slice off the part
where the stem joins the fruit, take out
the centre with the seeds and fill the cavi
ties with a mixture made as follows: Put
into a stew-pan a quarter of a pound of
fat bacon, a dozen mushrooms, an onion,
a bunch of parsley and a little thyme (all
of the above ingredients to be minced very
fine). Season the mixture with salt, pep
per and a pinch of cayenne; stir over the
fire for a few minutes, and then add the
yelks of five eggs, well-beaten, to bind it
together. After the tomatoes are filled
with the mixture put them in a baking
pan, pour around them Luce’s cream oil
just sufficient to cover the bottom of the
pan, strew over their tops some fine bread
crumbs and bake in a quick oven. — The
Caterer.
BITS OF SCIENCE.
For filtering oils, it has been recom
mended to replace the conical funnel by
a prismatic one. Instead of the oil hav
ing to pass at a single point, it passes
along a whole line.
Of starch in chocolate, although cocoa
contains starch, water boiled with it and
filtered, floes not give the usual starch re
actions; hence, when starch is found in
the filtrate, it indicates a fraudulent ad
dition.
Of all the remedies, readily and easily
applied, the fluid extract of serpentaria
is perhaps the most efficacious in cases of
rhus poisoning, cloths well moistened
with it are laid without any friction upon
the parts affected. Immediate relief is
experienced and two or three applications
generally effect a cure.
A ;imple sunshine recorder is made by
l’rof. H. Macleod by placing a globular
bottle of water before a camera in such a
position that the focused ray falls oi a
sheet of sensitized paper in the camera
box. As the sun makes its daily journey
it produces a curved white line on the
paper, and when clouds cross the sun the
line stops.
Anew blasting paper Is announced, a
powerful rock explosive and a recent
Austrian invention. It is described as
being unsized or ordinary blotting paper,
coated with a mixture of prussiate of pot
ash, of charcoal saltpetre, potassium chlo
rate and wheat starch. On its being dried
it is cut into strips which are rolled into
cartridges.
MM. Delune et Cie have undergoing
trial at Toulouse a method of laying sub
terranean telegraph cables. The arrange
ment consists of beton pipes, having a
longitudinal opening on the top and con
nected with cement sleeves. After the
cables are placed in them, by simply un
winding as the work proceeds, the longi
tudinal opening is cemented up.
The latest treatment of brain irritation
consists of seclusion in a darkened room
for from ten to fifteen hours a day, while
progressively increasing the hours of
sleep; and the excessive use of bromides
and other stupor-inducing sedatives is
discouraged. It is claimed that the sooth
ing effect of a deep twilight is alone a
therapeutic agent of great value in cases
of extreme cerebral irritation.
Nature’s oxidizers, peroxide of hydro
gen and ozone, are suggested as possible
bleaching agents of the future. Peroxide
of hydrogen differs from water in compo
sition only in having twice as much oxy
gen, with half of which it parts readily
and becomes water. Ozone, the natural
purifier of the air, is probably the most
powerful oxydizmg agent known, and has
a remarkable bleaching power. The ex
pense of obtaining these substances now
prevents their extensive use for bleaching
purposes.
At a recent meeting of the Societe de
Biologie, of Paris, Dr. Brown-Sequard re
counted some novel and singular freaks
of aphasia. One of his patients has lost
all the words in the language except one,
and monotonously repeats that when try
ing to speak. Yet he sings with facility
and aitistic feeling. Another talks volu
bly and coherently in his sleep, but can
not utter a word when he is awake. A
third talks freely in delirious paroxysms,
but is silent when he is in possession of
his reason.
The use of terra-cotta tiles for the roof
ing of buildings is now advocated by en
gineers of the highest repute, in place of
slate and other popular materials. The
tiles are very light, owing to the rectan
gular holes traversing them longitudi
nally; but recent experiments have shown
that they are capable of bearing the enor
mous pressure of 394 pounds per square
foot, and, when protected from blows by
a thin sheathing, furnish one of the best
materials available for the floors of large
structures.
One of the most curious properties of
quicksilver is its capability of dissolving
or of forming amalgams with other met
als. A sheet of gold foil, dropped into
quicksilver, disappears almost as quickly
as a snowflake when it drops into water.
It has the power of separating or readily
dissolving those refractory metals which
are not acted upon by our most powerful
acids. The gold and silver miners pour it
into their machines holding the powder
gold-bearing quartz; and although no hu
man eye can detect a trace of the pre
cious substance, so fine are the particles,
yet the liquid metal will hunt them out
and incorporates it into its mass.
Ask to see our 3-button 50 cents Kid
Glove, equal to any $1 wartanted glove in
the city, at Altmayer’s opening Monday
and Tuesday next.
The bes< assorted stock of Dress Orna
ments \nd Trimmings in tho city, at Alt
ma- jr’s opening Monday and Tuesday
next.
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Fine & Staple Groceries,
Keeps constantly on hand a full supply of
Seasonable Goods,
OOR. STATE AND WHITAKER STS.
lirrr.
Budweiser Beer,
Anheuser Beer,
Fresh Shipments Arriving Every Week
From the famous Anheuser-Busch Brewing
Association, St. Louis.
THE flattering reception with which these
two pure and wholesome, products of the
most celebrated brewery in America have
met with in all countries proves that genuine
merit will always command hearty support.
Orders for these beers in any quantity will
be promptly filled. Respectfully.
GEO. MEYER, Sole Agent,
142 Bav street.
flttMtinal.
BLOOD !
An interesting treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases will be mailed free to any one who
will send their address to the Swift Specific
Cos., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Vanderbilt’s Millions!
Could not buy from me what Swift’s Specific
has done for me. It cured me of Scrofula in
its worst form, after I had suffered with it
fifteen long years, and had tried all the reme
dies, only to break down my health and make
me almost helpless.
Mrs. Elizabeth Baker,
Aeworth, Ga., July 15, 1884.
Inoculated Poison !
Some eight years ago I became the victim
of a fearful Blood Poison, communicated by
a nurse to my infant, and thence through the
breast, and suffered for six long years. The
Mercury and Potash treatment seemed to
drive the poison further into my system only
to break out in worse form on other portions
of my body. Three months ago I began taking
Swift’s Specific, and it has cured me sound
and well. It is the greatest blessing which
has come to mankind in years.
M rfl T W T.ef
Greenville, Ala., Sept. 4,1884.
Hope oil, Hope Ever!
What Sufferer Need Despair
Prolapsu* and Neuralgia of the YCeinb
Cured.
A lady from Americus writes: “I have de
fective menses, suffer great pain, and have
prolapsus. Have used many remedies, but
have never found anything equal to the Reg
ulator.”
A gentleman of White Pond, Alabama,
writes:
“My wife, during four confinements, suffered
greatly with neuralgia of the womb, leucorr
ha or whites, and prolapsus, and alwayß had
a fearful time in labor, and lost the child.
During her fifth and sixth pregnancies she
took Bradfleld’s Female Regulator during the
whole time, and had a quick and safe delivery
both times, and both children were healthy,
living children. It promptly cured the whites,
the neuralgia and falling of the womb.”
Our Treatise on the “Health and Happiness
of Woman” mailed free.
Bradfield Regulator Cos., Atlanta, Ga.
n'lfMMl
TION FROM BUSINESS.
CTNICATIONS STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL. FOR PAMPHLETS
and CERTIFICATES address GEO. A.
BRADFORD. M. D., Druggist and
Pharmacist, P. O. Box 162) Columbus,
Ga. (Please mention this paper.
JUatrtjco a*tD 3cmrir.
ESTA BLISHEITI 8 65.
sp.h§w.
Look Cut For Tills Clock*
Watctaltlff
Silver aei Plated Ware,
DIAMONDS
BRONZES,
FRENCH AND AMERICAN
Clocks, Music Boxes,
ELEGAST IMPORTED
FANCY GOODS.
1 have the largest stock of goods in my line
to be found in any Southern city. All goods
are warranted. Orders from the country will
receive careful attention.
S. P. HAMILTON,
Cor. of Bali & Broughton Sts.,
SAVANNAH.
NOWHERE CAN YOU BUY
ffaicles, Jewelry,
Or DIAMONDS
AS CHEAP AS £T
A. W. MEYER’S,
120 BROUGHTON STREET.
You have an elegant stock to select fro*®,
and every article is warranted as represented
Inspect the goods before purchasing else
where.
Conitmootot! lilcrcliantfl.
E E. CHEATHAM
IS HEADQUARTERS FOR
MUM Cleese
—ALSO—
Apples, Oranges,
Lemons, Potatoes,
Cabbage, Onions,
And all kinds of Fruits
and Vegetables.
Corner of River and Abercorn street*.
Will remove to 101 BAY STREET (next
door to Post Office) on Oct. 1.
Send me your orders and you will get Fresh
Stock and Bottom Prices.
E. K. CHEATHAM
SSoDa tUatrr, etc.
MIKE T. OUINAN.
M anufacturer and Bottler of He'.taut
(linger Ale, Cream Soda, Soda, Sarsapa
rilla and Mineral Waters generally, is now
prepared to supply any demand. My goods,
being prepared from chemically pure water
and extracts,defy competition. Having ample
facilities for filling country orders, I only ask
a trial from those doing business out of town to
demonstrate what I can doinshippiugprompt
ly. Syrups of all kinds furnished. Orders
from physicians for highly charged Siphons
for sick patients filled at any hour of the day
or night.
Day—Factory, 110 and 112 Broughton street.
Night—Residence, SC Troughtor street.
Soda stands using fountains w save money
by ordering from me.
A FULL SUPPLY OF
BOTTLES MINERAL WATERS
ALL KINDS,
—AT—
STRONG’S DRUC STORE.
Corner Bull and Perry street lane.
-3- i
Great Southern Blood Remedies.
8. S. S.
B. B. B.
eOINE’S BLOOD KENEWEK.
Can be had wholesale or retail at
OSCEOLA BUTLER’S.
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