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Picking- Cotton.
In a very interesting article on cotton
harvesting. Mr. R. T. Reading, in the
Southern Cultivator for September, says
that the fruition of the cotton planter’s hope
of a successful, practical machine for gath
ering cotton is yet in abeyance and tho
work must still be done by nimble human
fingers. Inventors, however, are earnestly
at work set-king to solve this great prob
lem. Cotton picking by hand is by far the
most expensive operation involved in tho
production of raw cotton. Moreover, the
cost of nearly every operation, except pick
ing, may be reduced in proportion as the
yield per acre is greater. There is practi
cally but little difference in the cost per
pound of gathering by hand the crop from
an acre producing 1,000 pounds of seed cot
ton and another acre yielding only half as
much. Hence, the supreme importance and
universal desire for a practical machine to
supersede the work of the hand. Such a
machine must necessarily be so construct
ed —to be efficient —that its daily capacity
will l)e almost in direct proportion to the
yield per acre.
Much has boon said and written of late
years about tho importance of gathering
cotton free from trash, to use the farmer’s
vernacular; and somo of tho writers, al
though right in tho main, are evidently but
little familiar with the requirements and
conditions that must be practically met on
a cotton farm during the harvesting of the
crop. Softie years ago an apparently oth
erwise intelligent English writer undertook
to show that there was no excuse whatever
for the presence of sand or soil in bales of
cotton; that the cotton crop opened (all of
it was his idea) in September, a month in
which there was little or no rainfall. He
concluded, and reproved and lectured the
farmer accordingly, that the sand was
fraudulently added by the farmer as a
make-weight.
While it is desirable to house the cotton
as free from leaf and hull as may be, it is of
first importance that the crop be “gone
over” as often as the quantity open at one
time is sufficient to enable hands to do a
fair day’s work. In the interest of econo
my. and with a limited picking force, ce
lerity of movement, nimbleness of fingers,
and the weight of cotton gathered per hand
per day are tho'points to be observed.
Lime Is a Fertilizer.
, Opinions differ as to the value of lime as
a fertilizer. A correspondent of the Ohio
Farmer gives his experience with lime as
follows: Last summer a neighbor called my
attention to a narrow strip across one of his
oat fields which was three or four inches
taller than the rest, and explained that the
cause of it was “it had a small coat of lime
fifty-two years ago,” and yet it showed on
every crop to the present time. If the land
on which it is applied is extremely poor and
there is no sod, it should always have a little
manure put on with it to give the lime some
thing to work on. It is rather slow in its
work. You seldom ever see any benefit
from its use till you sow in clover and then
break up the sod. And then there is no crop
on which it is not very beneficial. Low,
clay ground that is naturally wet and cold,
unless perfectly underdrained, is a poor
place for lime. It shows much the best on
high, dry, gravelly soils. If low, wet ground
is plowed when not in proper order on ac
count of moisture where lime has been used
it seems to destroy its effects entirely. Here
is a mistake many farmers make. Because
a neighbor who has high lands can plow
they will, too, even if the water runs after
them in a furrow. The amount to be used
depends on the former fertility of the ground
to which it is to be applied, the amount you
have on hand, the time you have to spare
without making your crop late, etc. The
old idea entertained by our grandfathers
that too much would kill the ground is ex
tremely fallacious. AVe have used from 100
to 1,000 bushels per aero and never lost a
crop on account of putting on too much.
We usually use 300 to 400 bushels per acre,
and then before we sow down in clover give
a top dressing of manure, which insures a
good catch. Then lot it lie a couple of
years and put it in corn, and we hever fail
to get a crop.
Land that has been limed to any extent is
scarcely ever troubled with worms, which
is no small item sometimes. From past ex
perience I would say there is no better fer
tilizer for on orchard than hot lime. It
promotes the growth of the trees, is de
structive to insects and surely benefits the
fruit. If a farmer can get the limestone he
hod better burn it himself, and then when
ho wants to use it, which is generally a very
busy time of year, he will not have to haul
it for miles.
Application of Manure.
The American Rural Home says that not
only is the preservation of tho manure with
minimum loss a rnntterof great importance,
but its application to the soil, or to crops,
is also an important matter. Science would
pcrha|w indicate that to sproad it upon the
surface of the soil just before plowing, and
then to sow tho seed and have the roots of
plants ready to absorb tho plant-food as fast
as roleused by docoin|xwition, would be the
lxstter way of saving the valuable ingredi
ents nf manure, but recent praotieeof many
of our best farmers would seem to afford
evidence that there are some things which
chemists have not yet satisfactorily ex
plained. Since the ordinary rotation of
crops, so generally adopted in Western New
°rk, has been practiced; that is, manure
upon clover and timothy sod, followed by
barley and oats, those crops by wheat, that
by meadow, many farmers have practiced
hauling out their manure at convenient sea
soiis; during the winter, sometimes daily or
weekly, when the weather and circumstan
ces would permit, and continuing so to do
until ready to plow for corn In the spring.
Muny farmers have informed us that tho
favorable results of this course were plainly
visible in the corn, anil that on those parts
of the field where manure was spread ear
liest in winter the corn was tiest, the growth
diminishing as tho time of spreading neared
the time of plowing. A Gerniun farmer
who watched for several years the effects of
surface application of manure ln-cnine con
vinced that a load of quite raw, unfer
inented manure had quite as much effect as
ft loud of manure that had been condensed
nd shrunken by fermentation. If, then,
farmers will, by tho use of absorbing litter
and gypsum and compacting in the stables
or manure sheds, do what they can toward
preserving the mauurial elements before the
manure is applied to the soil, and will, from
time to time through the winter, when the
weather is favorable, the earth frozen and
little or no snow upon the surface, haul out
and spread the manure evenly over the sur
face, they will do the best possible, in the
light now shed upon the subject by both
science and experience, toward husbanding
the manure of the farm and preventing the
soil from deteriorating.
Sweet Potatoes.
Mr. J. S. Newman, in the Southern Cul
tivator for September, says that of the va
rieties of sweet potatoes most generally
cultivated for table use, that known as the
Georgia yam or sugar yam is considered
best for the Southern taste which demands
a “wet” potato. This variety, however, is
not very productive nor will it bear late
planting. Next in quality, and more pro
ductive, is the variety known as the pump
kin yam, which is deep yellow when cooked,
hence its name. The flesh of the Georgia
yam is of a light yellow when cooked. For
the Northern market the Jersey swept or
Nansemond, which is even less productive
than the Georgia yam, is the favorite, and
indeed almost the only variety that is sale
able in those markets, became it meets the
demand for a “dry” potato. For stock, the
more productive varieties, such as the St.
Domingo and Hayti yam, are preferred.
Under identical circumstances these two
varieties will usually, produce two or three
times as much as the Georgia yam.
The fact now well established that sweet
potatoes will cross without the intervention
of true seed has puzzled vegetable physiolo
gists. Thus far no satisfactory explanation
has been given. Some have suggested that
though no seed are produced in this latitude
the plants flower and that tho characteristics
of varieties are blended through the influ
ence of pollen. This is by no means proba
ble since the pollen affects only the ovule
which, failing to develop, could produce no
effect upon the plant; others have suggested
that either roots or stems may, when planted
in close proximity to other varieties, form
accidental grafts, through which a mingling
of the circulation takes place, resulting in a
blending of the two parents. Very search
ing experiment will be necessary to unravel
this secret. The fact that they do cross
without the intervention of seed is well au
thenticated, but how it is done is the ques
tion. •
Pigs In the Fall.
The American Agriculturist,, in a very
interesting article on pigs, says that it is
doubtful if anything is gained ultimately
by having sows farrow twice a year. The
sucking of two litters must injuriously re
duce the sow and the pigs are not properly
nourished, thus injuring them. But when
the spring litters are still-born, or lost shortly
after birth, or, in some cases, when sows are
too young to bo bred to farrow in the spring,
it is good policy to breed for fall pigs. But
to make them as good as spring pigs they
must have good shelter and the equivalent
of green food. Swine shelters are more
likely to be'made too warm than otherwise.
The swine lie close together and their bodies
are compact, hence they require rather open
shelters. Sheltered swine usually suffer
more from foul air than from cold. Good
ventilation is the first essential of a swine
shelter. This must not be forgotten when
constructing shelters for fall pigs, for, be
cause they are small, the shelter is likely to
be made warmer than for mature swine,
which is saying that it will be altogether
too warm. They should have no litter if
the shelter will keep them dry and protect
them from winds. Tho equivalent of green
food is easily provided and it is not a more
expensive food than grain. Turnips can be
grown after a crop of early potatoes or
sweet coni has been removed from the Iqnd
or even on stubble ground. Tho small po
tatoes may be gathered up and boiled. A
patch of rye will give green food until cov
ered by the snow and at intervals during
the winter. The vegetable scraps may be
saved and thus the pigs be kept thriving
through the winter.
Dissatisfaction with Fertilizers.
Tho main reason why so many people are
not satisfied with the use of fertilizers, says
Mr. G. A. Hoerle in the Southern Cultiva
tor for September, is because they do not
use the right kind. If a soil contains plenty
of phosphate, yet is poor in potash, it is no
use to add another quantity of the former
and it must be a farmer’s business to find
out, either by experiment or by analysis,
what his soil requires and add that, and only
that, and not waste his time and money in
“carrying owls to Athens.” If your farm
is once supplied with what it needs it is easy
enough to keep track of what has been taken
off and what added during the course of
years, as long as you keep strict account of
what you buy and sell, unless you let your
farm manure go to waste. A few hours
every year aro sufficient to make up your
“fertilizer balance sheet," and thorough
restitution is needed about every six, eight
or ten years, according to the character of
your soil arid the way it has been treated
during the preceding period.
Household.
Apple Fritters.—Three eggs beaten
light, one quart of milk, a half teaspoonful
oT salt, grated rind of one lemon; pare, core
and slice thin one quart of apples; add to
the batter and fry in boiling lard.
Peach Compote.—Prepare a thin syrup
with half a pint of water, six ounces of
sugar, lemon juice and blanched peach-stone
kernels; stew twelve peaches for‘JO minutes,
lay them in a dish, boil up the syrup until
it is thick, then pour it and the kernels over
the peaches, auu serve cold.
Nice Ginger Cookies.—Melt ono-half
cup of butter in one cup inoiasses and cue
of sugar, allowing the mixture to become
hot; men add one tablespoonful of ground
ginger, one teaspoon ful of ground cinna
mon, one cup of sweet milk, five cups of
flour stirred in a full one-half teaspoonful of
soda; bake in flat tin pans or gem-irons.
Marmalade or owsen drapes may be
made in this way: Hit green grapes in a
preserving kettle with water enough to cover
them; place them on the fli c and boil until
they are soft enough to mash; pass the pulp
through n sieve fine enough to prevent the
seeds from going through. To each pound
of pulp add two pounds of sugar and boil
to £he consistency of jelly.
Corn Cakes.—Cut tender, sweet corn,
that has been lolled, from tho cob; to each
cupful allow an egg and teaspoonful of milk
or cream. Beet theeggs until light, mid the
corn and milk and thicken with Just enough
flour to hold the ingredients together; sea
son and cook upon a griddle the same ns
batter cakes. Test a little first and sec if it
is not of the proper consistency. An excel
lent luncheon dish or nice for breakfast.
How to Can Grapes.—Plok grapes from
stems, taking only the perfect ones, and
wash and spread thorn on n table on which
von have previously put a table-cloth.
Leave until dry. When dry fill the cans.
Then place on stove to boil one pound sugar
and one cupful of water to every quart of
grapes. When boiling fill up the cans with
the hot liquid. Before sealing leave stand
about ten minutes and fill up again, as they
will have settled. Be sure to have a damp
cloth around the bottle when filling. Will
be fit for use in six weeks
Lemon Thieles Squeeze four lemons
into half a pint of water and throw in the
rinds, add one-half a pound of lonf sugar;
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1887.
c )ver close and let stand one hour; then take
out the rinds and let stand all night; then
► train through a cloth, add ounce of isinglass
and put in a saucepan with six well-beaten
ezgs. Set it on the fire and keep stirring
till it is as thick as cream. When milk
warm put in molds. This is a very light
and delicate dessert. Molds for receiving
creams, blanc mange, etc., should be wet in
cold water. Half a pound of sugar is half
a pint.
Peach and Tapioca Pudding.—For this
pudding there will be required one can of
peachos, a generous half-pint of tapioca,
three-fourths of a cupful of sugar, half a
teaspoonful of salt and one quart of water.
Soak the tapioca over night in cold water;
in the morning turn it with the water into
a double boiler and cook for an hour. On
removing from the stove add tho salt, sugnr
and juice of tho peachos and stir thoroughly.
Pour a layer of tho mixture in a well-but
tered pudding dish, then lay in the peaches
and pour over the fruit the remainder of the
tapioca: bake in a moderately hot oven for
one hour.
Farm and Stock Notes.
There are many pigs so stunted while
young that they are not worth taking as a
gift with the condition that they must be
kept a year, when thrifty young pigs can be
purchased at reasonable prices. A stunted
pig will show his fniling to a critical eye and
no good farmer need lie deceived into pur
chasing one.
Mr. Albaugh, well known in Ohio horti
culture, says that one grower sowed oats
among his grapes every spring to prevent
rot and considered it a success. Mr. Miller,
of Ohio, sowed copperas—about one pound
to a square rod —in his vineyard early in the
summer and again later. No rot has ap
peared since this treatment.
Wherever young turnips are sown the
ground should be kept loose by frequent
stirring with the hoe. This not only keeps
down weeds but destroys the fly that eats
the tender leaf. It is the dust that fills its
breathing holes and thus suffocates it. In
a wet time, when there is no dust, lime,
gypsum or wood ashes answer the same
purpose.
As fast as green sweet corn is picked the
stalks should ,be given to cows. They aro
sweeter than those of ordinary corn, and
with tho ears make a very rich feed. They
pay to grow for this purpose alone and many
farmers sow sweet corn for soiling, claiming
that its greater sweetness makes up for de
ficiency in quantity as compared with the
larger kinds.
The mortality among young chickens in
hot weather is chiefly due to lice. Avery
little insect powder dusted among the feath
ers on neck, head, back and side will kill all
vermin, The chicken after the operation
shakes itself thoroughly, thus dusting its
entire body. Lice at this season leave old
fowls for the tender chick, which they soon
kill if left alone.
Young pigs should generally be left un
ringed. What rooting they will do will be
more beneficial than otherwise. Old hogs
sometimes develop a taste for the bark of
apple roots and may do damage. They will
almost certainly injure the trees by throw
ing up hog wallows, alternately with ridges,
covering some roots too deeply and leaving
some exposed to freezing or to be drenched
by water settling in tho hollows.
The value of stable dung, says Prof.
Wyatt, must not be estimated upon its ac
tual x-ichness in ammonia or ph vsphoric acid
within a short period of its production, but
must be calculated on its wonderful physi
cal and chemical action on the elements of
the soil and the air, and upon its merits as
a vehicle or conductor into which complet
ing quantities of outside substances can be
introduced, decomposed and rapidly made
available.
Hay properly cocked will sustain very
slight injury by remaining out through a
storm. The cocks should Vie made high and
small at the base, pressing the hay down
firmly and evenly, and trim neatly. With
the side of the foot knock the hay around
the base well under, so that the water will
shed directly on to the ground. Should
there be sign of rain when the hay shall
have been out over one night, double the
cocks, rake the scatterings anil trim neatly.
The difficulty of curing fodder corn in its
immature state, says an exchange, tempts
many farmers into permitting it to become
too ripe before cutting. The stage of flow
ering is considered the liest time to cut other
forage crops, and corn appears to be no ex
ception. The rulo very generally observed
among experienced growers is to cut fodder
corn for drying in the early blossom of the
tassel. At whatever stage the foddor is
harvested it is wiso to have the crop cut
before being touched by frost.
This is good advice by Duncan's Maga
zine: Swine feeding can be made safe and
certain by following the practices which
experience lias demonstrated to be trust
worthy and not otherwise. Crowding
corn, and nothing but com, into hogs
from the time of birth to the time
of slaughter is unnatural and unreasonable,
and many are following that plan every year
to their terrible cost and to the great detri
ment of the constitution and healthfulness
generally of American swine.
In many sections where little or no honey
is being gathered robbing may be expected
and should he guard is 1 against. If you have
weak or queenless colonies break thorn up
and remove the hivos to a safe place. Do
not expose honey where the bets can get at
it or it will demoralize your whole apiary.
It is wonderful how soon bees discover that
honey can be had and how persistent they
are. I have sometimes thought that bees
would work ten times harder (like human
beings) to steal than to get it by honest toil.
The onlv safety is to expose no honey and
keep all hives so strong that it is almost sure
death for a robber to enter.
Popular Science.
Fiborite is anew insulating material made
from wood pulp and is being used for stor
age cells and by various electrical concerns.
It is said to give satisfaction.
A station is to be established in Kt. Peters
burg for the examination of food materials
offered for sale in the city. It will be under
the charge of scientists appointed by tho
government.
A plant has been discovered in India
which is said to destroy the power of tasting
sugar. It will be useful in counteracting a
morbid appetite for sweetmeats, which is an
active promoter of indigestion. Another
plant found in Madras destroys the relish
for cigars and tobacco. Thus two import
ant curatives are added to the materia
medica.
Max Von Pettenkoffer, a German medical
authority, considers that cholera is not con
tagious m tho sense of being communicable
directly from person to person, but that it
Wongs to the malarial group or epidemics,
the germs of which find their way from tho
soil into the air, and thence through the
lungs into the system. He regards good
drainage and pure water as the most effi
cient safeguards against an outbreak
It is commonly stated and generally sup
posed that lanoline fnvorscutaiiisiuHabsorp
tion. But M. Aubert, asserts that his expe
rience is absolutely contradictory to this
belief. So far from favoring atisorption,
he says, it prevents it almost wholly. In
consequence of this, as lanoline does not
spread over the skin, but adheres strongly
to the [Wirt to which it is applied, and as ft
is not absorbed, ho advisos that it be used
as a vehicle for antiseptic sulistances in sur
gical practice.
The liepertinr de Fharmneie says that
the yellow stains produced by iodine muy
be removed by a solution of sulphite of hoi la
varying in strength from 1-100 to 1-10 in
water. The liquid is [lenciled on to tho
place where the tincture of iodine has been
applied or used in compresses. In a few
momenta It will be found that t.ho pain and
irritation cause*l by the free iodine, as well
as the disagreeable yellow stain, will have
ail totally dioappured, to the great satis
faction of tho patient
Borne of the trees of Arkansas have pe
culiar properties The fruit and root of the
buckeye are used by Indian mn their fishing
excursions. They put the Iruit and roots
In a bag, which they drag through the water,
lu evu how or so tho lull rwo to Uis surface
dead. Cattle die after eating of the fruit
or leaves. Man eats the fruit of tho paw
paw but hogs won’t. Ropes and mats are
made of its bark. The fruit and bark of
the bay tree are supixised to be a cure for
rheumatism and intermittent fever.
To avoid the difficulties and inconvenience
attending the use of steam engines a strong
company lias been formed in Paris, Indus
tries states, for the supply of compressed
air to users of dynamo machines for elec
tric lighting. A central station has been
provided, where engines of 3.000 aggregate
horse-power will compress the air for this
purpose. The mains are already being laid
and the work is being pushed on with all
possible 'speed to furnish motive power to
the theatres, within the time allowed by the
government order, for the substitution of
electrict light for gas. With electric lamps
and compressed air engines the maximum
of safety from fire will have been attained.
The offices of the Figaro are to be the first
to be lighted by this means. The scheme is
to be extended to the provinces and Lille
will probably be tho first town to adopt it.
Raising the Mortgage.
From the New York Morning Journal.
Kitty and I hod just coma in from milk
ing the cows and wero eating our suppers in
the great.farm kitchen. We were tired from
our day’s work, for ever since father hud the
last stroke of paraly.-is we had been com
pelled to do much of the farm work our
selves.
“Do you know,” said Kitty, setting
dowii her bowl of milk suddenly, “that the
interest on the mortgage is due to-morrow l
That is $35, aud we have only sls toward
it. Can’t you get William Avery to wait?”
“I don’t choose to ask him to wait,” said
I.
Now it happened that Willis Avery, who
hold the mortgage on our homestead, was
the son of a neighbor, and an old playfellow
and boy beau of my own, who had gone to
the prosjierous young city a few miles north
of us and commenced business on liis own
account, and I had a particular aversion to
asking aid or help of him in any way. I
might bo poor, but I was always pro id, and
Kitty was quite sympathetic enough to un
derstand me.
I sat down on the hearthrug, with my
chin in my hands and stared earnestly at
the big, crackling back log.
“Look here, Kitty,” I said, suddenly.
“Those russet apples we have left."
“Well?”
“We can sell them There are eight l*ar
rels at the least. Eight barrels at $3 50 a
barrel. I will take them to Mapletoi} and
sell them.”
“You will, Addy?”
“And why not.? Squire Dyson would
charge at least 30 per cent, commission, and
make a favor of it at that. I can’t afford
either the price or the patronage Don’t say
anything aoout it to father. Ho would only
fret anil raise objections.”
“But, Addy, how? All this seems so per
fectly wild and visionary to me.”
“Well, it needn’t; for, believe me, it’s the
most practical thing in the world. All wo
have to do is to sort the apples out in bar
rels, nice and sound-—I can easily do it by
lantern light, to-night—and to-morrow
morning we'll rise early, harness old Dobbin
to the lumber wagon—”
“And what shall we tell papa?”
“Oh, he’ll think I’ve gone to singing school
with the Dyson girls, and I don’t think it’s
a Christian duty to undeceive him,” an
swered I.
But, notwithstanding tho brave face I put
upon affairs, my heart quivered a little the
next day, as I drove off toward Mapleton
with the scarlet stain of sunrise dyeing all
the east and my own cheeks blushed with
the keen morning air.
Mr. Holloway of the firm of Holloway
Brothers, produce und commission mer
chants, didn’t want any apples I speedily
learned.
“Just bought a shipload from, Albany,”
he said, as carelessly as if shiploads of ap
ples were as common a purchase as 10 cents’
worth of tape. And I drove on, beginning
to feel infinitesimally small
Mr. Lovejoy could give me a dollar a bar
rel. “Apples wasn't ifcirtta no more at this
season of the year!” And I whipped old
Dobbin up, determined to carry them
home again sooner than sell them at that
price.
At the next place I stopped, a pleasant
looking, middle aged man came out and
critically examined my apples.
“How much?”he asked.
“Two dollars and a half a barrel.”
He refl cted.
“It’s a good price,” said he, as if he were
talking to his own vest buttons; “but then
they look like good apples, and we’ve a tol
erably large Western order to fill. I’ll see
what my partner thinks. ”
He went back into tho gloomy depths of
his store, and I, happening to glance up, saw
the words painted in black letters over the
door: “Hull & Avery.”
My first impulse was to drive on and leave
the chance of a bargain behind me; my next
to sit still and await my fate as Providence
dealt it out to me. And presently out came
Wilis Avery himself.
“I think we will take your load if—
why!” breaking off short, “it’s Addy Wal
ters!”
I colored scarlet.
“Yes,” said I, as composedly- as possible.
“Gold morning, Mr. Avery. I shall bo
obliged if you will examine the fruit ns
quickly as possible, as I am in n hurry.”
Mr. Hall bought the load of apples, and
said if I had any more at tho same price—
and of the same quality, he cautiously
added—he would be happy to take them.
Willis Avery touched his hat, and 1 drovo
away as lovely as Queen Boadicea in her
chariot of old.
“Just SBS, counting the melodeon money,”
cried Kitty, gleefully. “And now Mr, Avery
may come soon as he likes."
She had srarcely spoken the words liefore
there came a knock at the door, and in
walked no less a personage than Mr. Willis
Avery himself. I received him with the air
of an empress.
“Your money is ready, Mr. Avery.”
“I was not thinking of the money,
Addy," he said, reproachfully. “Do you
think one’s mind runs always on money?”
“Mine does a good deal,” said I, laughing.
“But I had no idea you were reduced to
this. I did not know—”
“Mr. Avery, this is scarcely business-like,”
I interposed.
“ Addv,’’said ho, abruptly, “I admired
your spirit and courage to-day. I always
liked you as a girl, but now—”
“Well,” for he hesitated
“I would do something more if you would
let me. I would love you.”
I did not answer. In truth and in fact I
could not.
“Dear Addy, will you let mo sign liack
the old place to your father on our wedding
•lay?” be asked, earnestly.
And somehow lie had got hold of my hand,
and somehow, before I knew it, wo wereen-
_
The Passion Play in Georgia.
Buinmerville (Ga.) is to bo the scone of
several scriptural representations which, if
not Americanized additions of the Passion
Play, at least will resemble it very muchgin
many respects. The leading feature will
lie the representation of Christ anil tho Ten
Virgins. It has been gotten up for the
lienetit of some charitable institution, and
will lie participated in by a number of
young colored men and women. For weeks
past they have tieen rehearsing their parts,
and now understand them thoroughly. The
costumes, which are said to he pretty and
picturesque, have been already purchased.
The performance will be rendered at Ban
ner Light Hall, on the hill, on the night of
Aug. 31.
Skinny Mon.
Wells’ “Health Rencwer” restores health
and vigor, cures dyspepsia, Impotence, ner
vous debility. For weak men, delicate worn
en. sl.
Wells’ Hair Balaam.
If gray, restores to original color. An
elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No
oil or grease. A tonic Restorative. Stops
hair i.lining out; sti eugtheus, clonuses,
Ueals Hoalp. ode.
CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENT A WORD.
ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 Words or
more, in this column inserted for ONE
CENT .4 WORD, Cash in Advance, each
insertion.
Everybody who has any want to supply,
anything to buy or sett, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed .any wish
to gratify, should advertise in this column.
llKl.it* WANTED.
VI7 ANTED A Stenographer; ono baring:
v V some knowledge of bookkeeping preferred.
Address, with reference., POSITION, this office.
\\jf ANTED A woman to do bouse work. Ap
ti ply oo South Broad, corner Lincoln.
\\T ANTED, a good mat!rnssmaker and up
vv bolsterer; must have good references;
steady work and good wages. Address MAR
TIN LOVKNOREKN, Tampa, Fla. Box 118. _
"XI’ANTKII. a woman of sense, energy and
* t respectability for our business in ber lo
cality. Salary about SSO |ier month. Perma
nent position. References exchanged. B. BAIN
BRIDGE. Manager, 'll Keaile street, N Y
HELP WANTED Wanted, three good plas
terers; we.ges 98.10 per day. Apply 18
State street. M WALSH, Builder.
WANTED, 10 boilermakers; wages $8 iter
* day. SHEA & MCCARTHY, Memphis,
Tenn,
M ISCELL.VN EOI’S WANTS.
YVANTED, medium sited house centrally
tV located; references given. Address TANARUS.,
104 Broughton street,
ROOMS TO RENT.
ITiOR RENT, handsome room. Hall street near
Park; furnished or unfurnished; gentleman
preferred; cheap rent. Address A. It. M., care
News.
I NOR RENT, from October Ist, large front
room, furnished or unfurnished, with use of
bath. Corner of Bull and Charlton streets.
I NOR RENT, two rooms. Apply KM South
' Broad street.
HOUSES AND STORKS FOR RENT.
IjV)R RENT, Hint Him-story brick store on
cellar now occupied by O. Kohler, in Mar
ket Square. and known as 178 St. Julian street
and I*7 Bryan street. This is a large store and
is a good stand for business. Apply to DANIEL
K. KENNEDY, 174 Bay street.
IJ'Olt RENT, dwell!tigs 42, 12)4 and 44 Jefferson
street, corner of York;-in good condition,
with modern conveniences. Anply to O. li.
KEMSHAKT, 118 Bryan street,
lAOR RENT, desirable brick dwelliug No. 178
Clmrltoti street; furnished or unfurnished;
all modern conveniences. Address C., I’. O.
Box 87.
I.''OK RENT Two dwellings, northeast corner
I 1 Huntingdon and Montgomery st reets. Ap
ply tod. H. REMBHART, I is Bryan street.
TIOR RENT, eight-room house. Apply to
I WM. BOUHAN, on Huntingdon, between
Price and East Broad.
ITVJR RENT—The middle house In block
northwust corner Barnard and Bolton
streets. Modern improvements and newly re
lifted and repainted. Apply to U. OH. OE
MUNDEN, corner St. Julian and Whitaker
streets.
iJOR RENT, store No. 1118 Congress street,
taring Jolmsuu's Bi]uare. Also, eleven-room
brick house, with two story outbuildings, No.
36 State street. J. C. ROWLAND, No. 90 Bay
street.
tBOR RENT, desirable brick residence 187 Gor
don street; possession Oct. Ist. Apply to
J. M. WILLIAMS, 148 Jones street.
IpOR RENT, a desiralilo dwelling and store;
will rent store separately Apply 188 Con
gress street JOHN SULLIVAN.
LY)B RENT, from Oct. Ist, splendid store No
I 87 Bay Htreet, situate in Hutchison's Block,
next to corner of Abercorn: lias splendid cellar
and Is splendid stand for any business, second
and third stories can lie rented if desired. A.
R. LAWTON, Jr., 114 Bryan street.
FOR KENT' MISCELLANEOUS.
/ \FFXOE FOR RENT, sei-ond floor of No. 180
V " Bay street, Stoddard's upper range. Ap
ply hit'HAK. GREEN'S SON CO.
]IOR RENT, office 92 Day street. Apply to
D. Y. DANCY, 92 Bay street.
Ff'Oß RENT, one-half of office, 114 Bay street,
upstairs; immediate possession. JOHN
STON & DOUGLASS.
FOR SALK.
IN d{ SALE—Remington Type Writer No. 9;
in perfect order. REMINGTON, this office.
lIOR BALE, Milk, Cream. Lard. Cluhlier mid
Buttermilk at Oglethorpe Barracks, Bull
street. W. BARNWELL.
17H)R sale. Laths. Shingle*. Flooring,Ceding,
Weatherboarding and Framing Lumiier.
Office and yard Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone No. 211. BEPI’IRD & CO.
SALE. TEXAS IBiRSES I-argest and
test lot Texas Horses ever brought here;
HU, and Kikj bauds high; all gentle stock. At
COX'S STABLES.
HOARD] NO.
BOARD, with or without lodging, at 182 Lib
erty street. Address Mhk. E. J. NEWELL,
Montgomery, care C. & S. R. K.
15 LEAS ANT and reasonable board for family,
1 two miles from Marietta. Addreas box 24,
Marietta, Ga.
PHOTOGRAPHY,
CITXIIAL NOTICE PHOTOGRAPHY Prices
reduced Petites 91 60, Cards 92, Cabinet
93 | ier dozen, and larger work in the same pro
portion.
J. N. WILSON,
MISCELLANEOUS.
CBOOL WAVE COMING). —Who renovates
J yotir mattresses? Why, Peter Fox, under
Metropolitan Hull, does the nicest and best
work at lowest prices. All kinds of furniture
for sale, cash or Installment*.
N’ORTHERN STEAK?, Chops andltlixTßlrds
at the Cotton Excoange Restaurant La
dies’ dining room up stairs. Telephone 360.
I’. MANNING, Proprietor.
N OTICE -The Roaedew river frout lots ad
vertised for some months past nt the mini
mum price of 9126 each, will not Is- sold here
after under $2.50 each; terms iu vt/inm.slating.
Ato. 2.6 th, 1887. L. A. FALLIGANT.
~~ “ freight RAT'EW.
Thb Statu or Gkoroia, )
Office or the Kaii.hoad Commission, >
Atlanta. Ga., August 23, 1887. |
Campbell Wallace, Chairman, l
L. N. Trausieu., /-Commissioners.
Alex. 8. Erwin, ( A
CIRCULAR NO. 91.
Freight and Passenger Tariff, gntannnh and
Tytiec Railway Company.
On and after Eeptemlier the 10th, 1887, the Btt
vannali and Tybee Railway Oompanywlll be al
lowed to charge for the transportation of
freight and passengers, as follows:
For freight.—
To classes 1,2, 8,4, 5,8, A, E, O and H, add
fifty (50) per cent.
To class J (cotton) add fifteen (15) per cent.
For fertilisers, L C. L., add twenty (201 per
cent, to class K. C. L. .. not less than ten (Kb
tons of two thousand (2,000) ismnds each, add
twenty (90) js-r cent, to class M.
Lumlier twenty (20) per ceat. lew than class
P. '
To classes !J, K, L, M, N, O, P and R apply
standard tariff
For passengers
Class B four (4) cents tier mile.
By order of the Board.
L N. Tbammrll, Chairman pro tem.
A. C Hmstxut, Secretary.
IKON PIPE/
RUSTLESS IRON PIPE.
LijUAL TO GALVANIZED PIPE, AT
MUCH LEBB PRICE
Weed & Cornwell.
LIT ODEN A RATES 8. M. IT.
AMERICAN PIANSS.
“The United States Leads the World
in the Art of Manufac
turing Pianos.”
Tho piano, after more than a century anti
a half after its invention, has become tho
lending instrument of music throughout
Christendom. There are at least fifty
thousand men employed in their manufac
ture, and as many a* a hundred thousand
tiro made every your. An average piano
requires ono hundred and twenty days of
labor to complete it—a slow and tiresome
process for the work of one man’s hands,
but in Germany they are still so made.
Although the United States now turns out
many thousand pianos a year, iifty-flve
years ago scarcely ttftry wore made, annually.
Almost every houqpliold now regards a
piano as essential to happiness; for wo have
long since passed the age of simplicity of
our forefathers, anil the ago of luxury has
fairly set in—and we rejoice that it is so.
What a wide field is open for the manu
facturer, and what inducements to carry
improvements of the piano to tho highest
state of perfection. Tho variableness of our
climate renders it of tho first importance
that our pianos should be made iu tho most
thorough and substantial manner, and wo
certainly can claim that our American
pianos are the host in the world.—Musical
World.
The question of the superiority of Ameri
can pianos over those of foreign make is
indisputably settled and needs no discussion,
while ill-prices the odds are likewise largely
in our favor.
For demonstration call and examino the
lino of American Uprights wo offer at $2lO,
$225 and s*2so.
They Cannot be Matched at the
Price in this or any
other World.
L, & B. 8. M. H.
CLOTHING.
CAUTION!
Unscrupulous dealers In woolen fabrics, soeking
to take advantage of the
Ever-Increasing PoplaritF
—OF OUR—
SANITARY
lib Uiderwoar,
ARE nutting upon the market spurious
articles, manufactured In imitation of I)n.
JAEGER’S Goods arid Brand. All persona are,
therefore, warned against purchasing any of
these goods unless stamped with our TRADE
MARK as exhibited on every garment munu
factured by us, with Dr. Jaeger’s Photograph
anil foe simile Signature.
A complete line of our goods can always be
hod of our Agents.
A. Falk & Son,
SOL.IG AGHCNTS
FOR DR JAEGER’S SANITARY WOOLEN CO.
FRUIT AM) GROCEKIW.
iTe jvl (> jst s'.
Cabbages,
Potatoes,
Onions.
30,000 bushels CORN, 16.000 bushels OATB,
HAY, BRAN. GRITS, MEAL,
STOCK FEED.
Grain and Hay in carload a specialty.
Clt >W PEAS, all varieties.
RUST PROOF OATS.
Our STOCK FEED is prepared with great care
and is just the thing for Horses anil Mules in
this weather. Try it.
T. P. BOND & CO.,
APPLES
Northern Apples, Cabbage, Potatoes,
Red and Yellow Onions, Lemons, Lemons.
Eastern Hay, Western Hay,
Corn, (Jits, Bran, Eyes, Feed Meal,
Field Seed, Feed and Table Peas.
Get our carload prices on GRAIN and HAY.
160 BAY ST, *
W.D. SIMKINS&CO.
IRON WORKS.
McDoioogli & BalMtyne,
IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmiths,
MANCkACTCREHS OF
STATIONARY and PORTABLE ENGINES,
VERTICAL and TOP-RUNNING CORN
-MILLS, SUGAR MILLS and PANS.
AGENTS for Alert anil Union Injectors, the
simplest and mout effective on the market;
GuUctt Light Draft Magnolia Cotton Uiu, the
beat in tho market.
All orders promptly attended to. Send for
Price List.
MOXIE.
M O X I 111.
FOR SALE WHOLESALE BY
C. M. GILBERT & CO.
Southeast comer Bay and Barnard Street*.
LEGAL NOT l< ES.
(V.EOROIA, Chatham Coi’Ktv.—Notice ia
J hereby given to all parties having tie
mamh against the estate of CATHERINE
MKHHTENB, late of Chatham county, now de
ceased, to prwwuit them to me |>n>iiorly made
out within tlw time prescribed by Diw, so a* to
show their character and amount*; and ail per
sons Indebted to said deceased are hereby noti
fied to make immediate payment to me
JOHN H MEHHTENB.
Administrator Estate of Catherine Mehrtsna,
deceased, 87 Jefferson street, Savannah.
SAVANNAH. AUVUSt 19, 1987.
C. H. DOR-SETT'S CQUXBTS.
Three Horses, Harness, Sulky, Bacon,
Household Furniture, Wagon, Etc.
0. H. DGRSETT, Auctioneer
Will sell on MONDAY, 20th INBT, at U o'clock,
at 15(1 Bay street.
1 BROWN FILLY, eighteen months old, come*
from fine stock; pedigree will be given at sale.
1 BAY PONY, fast and gentle.
1 BAY HORSE, young, good under saddle or
in harness.
1 Sulky, 1 Skeleton Wagon. Horse Blanket, 1
Fine Harness, 1 Covered Wagon, 2 Spring Wag
ons, 1 Double Wagon.
—ALSO—
-1 set Bedroom Furniture, Oak; Dinner Set,
Rodgers' Knive*. Forks and Spoons, Glassware,
In anile Ornament*, china Toilet Set, Parlor
Lamps, Stanils, Kitchenware. Table, Chairs,
Step Ladder, Fine Pictures.
—ALSO—
No. 6 “New Record” Stove and Utensils, and
two Canary Birds anil Cages.
—ALSO—
-1 box Bacon, 2 Show Cases, I Counter, 1 Iron
Safe, a lot of Ornamental Shelving and Glass
Doors, Chairs. Rocker, Filter. Wnshstnnd. B*-d
--steads. Bureaus, Wardrobe*, Spring Dining
Table, Spring Piano Bt,>ol, Whatnot, Etc. Cal
endar fleck.
in
ARE MANY,
BUT
THE SELLERS
ARE FEW.
The demand for Realty continues very good.
Many Inquirers fail to materialise into buyer*
on ai'count, of the very poor offerings.
There is a great demand for low priced lota,
say from S3OO to S1,00). Also for a few choice
well located lot*.
Tho principal demand is for residences, loca
ted in good neighborhoods, ranging in value
from $1,500 to $4,000 and $5,000.
A few SMALL FARMS or FARMING LAND
near the city, from ten to thirty acres In extent,
could be easily placed at FAIR PRICES.
A Few Additions
TO THE OFFERINGS HAVE BEEN MAD*
RECENTLY, TO WIT:
A Very Elegant Residence large rooms, high
ceilings, all the convenienees expected in a first
clans house. Located in an aristocratic neigh
borhood.
A full lot on South Broad Street Facing
North.
A Two-Story Residence on Green square. This
9< a Bargain at fifteen hundred dollars.
An Elegant Lot 60x105, In Southeastern Sec
tion, for eighteen hundred dollars.
A Lot 30x91, on Second Avenue, near Barnard,
for $425. No City Taxes.
A Lot on Montgomery street, near Second 1
Avenue, for $025.
Not far from the Park, a three-story brick
house, containing eight rooms, and a two
story brick house in the rear. Tho whole prop
erty will produce SSOO per annum. Can b
bought for SI,OOO.
Fine Lot on Jodi* street. 60x100. next tq
Schwarz's Bakery; ha* two small dwellings on
the lane. Price $2,500.
Five Acres (unimproved) on the Coast Lines
Railroad, between the City and Houaventure;
Then* is a certain profit to subdivide tills into
cheap lots.
A comfortable Two Story Residence and Htor
near S., F. and W. Railway, for $2,210.
Lot 80x106 on Henry street, near West Broad,
in neighborhood just built up with good bouaev
S4BO.
A Two Story Wooden Dwelling, good locality,
in northern part of the city, convenient to Bay
street and the Market, for $2,200.
A Two Story House in Yamacraw for S6OO.
Also tw-o One Story Houses for SI,OOO.
The Large Double Two Story Rnsidenoe ia ths
northwestern corner of Bryan and Habersham
streets, for $8,500.
Two Chean Lot* south of the city, near thy
Dillon I’urchase, each 40x90. S2OO each.
A Snug Cottage Home comer of West Broad
and Henry streets. Lot 40x55. Price $2,000.
A Splendid Water Front, magnificent oaks, ac
cessible by railroad. A most desirable site for
a residence.
A Three Story Brick Residence, with fourteen
rooms; location good. Price $5,000. A genuine
bargain.
A Neat Comfortable New Dwelling, four bed
rooms, parlor, dining room and kitchen; pump
in the yard; lot 30x145; south of Anderson
street. No City tax for seven years. Price
$1,500.
rVPronipt attention will be given to any in
quiries, by mail or iu person.
11IKETT,
Real Estate Dealer
156 BAY.
N. B. 1 have for rent a fine new store and
resident— on th corner of W est Broad and
Gwinnett strsetv.
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