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AC.RK !' !,T! BAL DTU'.VRTMF.M. The Fiold, Farm and Garden. VU'p solicit articles fox - this department. Tho name of the writer should accompany the letter or article, not necessarily for pub lication, hut as an evidence of good faith. “Banking:” Sweet Potatoes. Cue drawback to the raising of sweet po tatoes in large quantities, where there is not a profitable market for them as soon as dug, has been the ditliculty experienced by many farmers in keeping them sound through the winter. Answering a correspondent's query as to the best method of doing this, Mr. D. Redmond writes as follows in the Jackson ville AVi es-Jlerahl: Dig your potatoes, keep ing them out of the hot sun and not allowing them to get wet. Pile up in a cool, shady place and allow them to stand a day or two before banking. You may cover the pile with a thin layer of pine straw; or, if there is any danger of rain, with a thick layer of straw and some boards. The old fashioned “bank” or “punib” is the most convenient anil effectual mode yet discovered for keep ing the sweet iiotato in our mild climate, smd this is the simple process: (Strike a cir cle eight or ten feet in diameter in a clean, dry spot, dig a small shallow trench all around outside of the circle, throwing tho earth from the trench inside of the circle, until you have raised the eii'cle about a foot above the ordinary surrounding surface, then level the earth or circle with a rako or line, and spread all over it a layer of dry leaves or pine straw from four to six inches thick. You ai-e now ready for “banking.” “Sort” and "size” your potatoes into thi-eo piles— all that are cut and bruised for immediate use, the small ones that are sound and unin jured for seed, and all the largo and perfect, l oots for “banking.” Each bank should be provided with its “pump” or ventilator, which is simply four pieces of inch plank, five or six inches wide, and six or seven feet h >ng, nailed together so as to fprm a hollow square.” Then bore a dozen scattered inch augur holes in your “pump” from top to bottom, set it up endwise in the middle of your circle and pile your potatoes around it. 't his serves as a chimney or ventilator anti keeps off the heat and t aper which arises from the pile of roots after they are cov ered up. The potatoes are very carefully piled up in a cone, from within six inches of the outer rim of the circle, as high as they can be carried, and it will be well to measure as you progress and mark the number of busheis in each “bank.” From 15 to 2d bushels make a fair sized and con venient “bank;” when you have piled all that stand up well, then cover the whole, first with a thick layer of dry pine straw or other litter (dry), and when all are evenly covered, commence “banking” on the earth, beginning at the bottom, of course, and lay ing on carefully until you reach the top, through which protrudes the “pump” or ventilator. Be liberal with this outside coat of earth—“ 'tis cheap as dirt,” and should not be less than six inches in thickness; in deed, a foot thick is far better and a surer protection against both frost and heat. The main object is to keep the potatoes of as cool and equable temperature as possible, and the thick coating of earth well packed on aud “spatted” with the spade, will be found an excellent non-conductor. When the cov ering is done the work is finally finished by putting a rough shelter of cheap boards or slabs over each bank, as a shield from the sun and heavy raius. Banks for family use, to be opened during the winter, should be smaller, say eight or ten bushels, and the large banks should not be disturbed until spring. A loose wad of straw is sometimes placed in the top opening of the ventilator, as a protection against cold; but if the banks are sheltered this precaution is unnecessary. The Grape Industry. * The trade edition of the Leesburg (Fla.) Commercial prints an interesting article on grape culture on the sandy lands of Florida. All that is said will probably apply as well to lands of the same character in this State. The article is by Baron von Lutterchau, who is a resident of Alachua county. He says: It is now demonstrated without doubt that the grape industry could be one of the leading resources for this State in the near future. I can justly say that I introduced grape growing into this section, and I am gratified to see wherever my ex ample has been followed success has been their reward. Everywhere in the State, from Tallahassee to the southern counties, vineyards of respectable size are growing up and the day should not be far when those poor, despised black-jack sand hills will prove a source of wealth to their impover ished owners. I have seen many parts of the world in my life and I can truly say where grape-growing and wine-making is the leading industry prosperity will follow in their path. A few months ago, to inform myself of the relative success of the grape in different parts of Florida, I have made a tour from one vineyard to another and what 1 have seen surpassed my expectations. In • very direction I met with flourishing vinos and, surprising as it may seem. I have seen no failure where the right kinds were planted and knowledge was employed. The people seem to think that something must be found besides the doubtful orange, and the long neglected grape will come to the rescue, t’rof. Dubois, of Tallahassee, to whom I have had the pleasure of showing my vine yard, has made a visit all through the State and he hus returned home well satisfied with w hat lie has seen, and the Professor, an ex lierienced vineynrdist from France, concurs in my opinion, that many parts of Florida, cs;>eciftlly those which lie useless now, could lie made a mine of wealth for this State. He has T 5 acres in Norton's and Cynthiana, the grape for Florida, the grajic for any part of the State. The flnost claret can bo mailo from those grapes, thut will command re spectable prices all over the world. There are also a good numlier of superior early table grapes, of which I make myself a specialty, they bringing most remunerative prices in early months. But successful grape-growing for market to any extent, without the manufacture of wiue, is impos sible. The greatest want of Florida just now is immigration to this State, and gen eral efforts to that effect seem to be made. Few men in Florida understand thoroughly Prape-growing and wine making. You need French and German vintners to teach, and whenever those foreigners have found out the value of the State for such an enterprise they will not long be wanting. The Best Sheep. “Flockma-ster,” writing in the Western Rural, gives some points as to sheep breed tag which it may be well for Southern farmers to consider. He says: I have been u advocate of the mutton breeds for years. Formerly I bred the merino, but I soon saw ■ icarly enough that the hope of the Ameri can shepherd was in mutton and wool and not in wool alone. Through aU the vicisei- tudes through which the sheep business has been passing, the breeder of mutton sheep has kept a stiff upper lip while the merino breeders have been sweating and fuming. Dike them, I believe in a tariff as a matter of justice to the sheep breeder and wool grower, but I can squeeze through, tariff or no tariff, and have the figures show very well in the proper column. So can any mutton breeder. Every hour that passes improves the market for good mutton. Our people are constantly learning the differ ence between good mutton and poor mut ton ; and as intelligence spreads the people are learning that mutton is tho most health ful of all animal foods. In this country we are giving more and more attention to the character of foods. The subject of proper food is widely discussed, and the number of those who are learning to eat scientifically is increasing all the time; and this is de cidedly in favor of mutton. Merino sheep are kept in the United Htates to-day on the old principle that the boy does just as his father did. It is not complimentary to our good sense and enterprise to keep a breed of sheep that pays less profit than some other breed. Treat Your Cows Gently. A correspondent of the Michigan Farmer tells a short story which it may do some farmers good to read. It is as follows: I know two farmers who live only a short distance apart. Each one owns a few good milch-cows and perhaps half a dozen young cattle. Mr. A. never allows his cows to be burned; they are driven from the field at a moderate pace; they are milked whilestand ing quietly in the yard. His young cattle arenas quiet and gentle as kittens, allowing the children to fondle and caress them. Mr. B. drives his cows with a dog, runs them into tho yard and, taking up a pail, he cor ners a cow and endeavors to milk her. The cow, flurried and heated, will not stand. Mr. B. grabs a pitchfork and chases the cow around the yard, trying to make her stand. Finding this impossible he undertakes to drive her into the stable. He gets her near the door, then with a few prods of the fork he gets her into the stable and closes the door. Of course the cow, now thoroughly frightened, does not go into tho right stall, and then with a whoop the brute goes for the cow with the fork. After getting her into the stall he again tries to milk and suc ceeds in getting perhaps a couple of quarts. He then complains that his cows have good pastures but don’t give any milk, while Mr. A. has no better pasture; and gets an abundance of rich milk. If Mr. B. would try the effects of good treatment upon his cows he would get better satisfaction from them. Kindness is never lost even upon dumb brutes. The Art of Butter Making. Mr. D. W . Curtis, of Wisconsin, noted as a leading dairyman, gives the whole art of making best butter in a nutshell. It con sists of plenty of good and nutritious food for the cows. Let them drink only such water as you would yourself. Gentleness and cleanliness should be shown in managing cows. Brush the udder to free it from all impurities. Milk in a clean barn, well ven tilated, quickly, cheerfully, with (dean hands and pail. Seldom change milkers.' Strain milk while warm: submerge in water 48'. Open setting CO”. Skim at 12 hours; at 24 hours. Care must be exercised to ripen cream by frequent stirrings, keeping at 60’ until slightly sour. Better have one cow less than be without a thermometer. Churns without inside fixtures. Lever butter worker. Keep sweet and clean. In churn ing stir the cream thoroughly: temper to 60" warm or cool with water. Churu im mediately when properly soured, slowly at first with a regular motion, in 40 to 60 min utes. When butter is formed in granules the size of wheat kernels, draw off the but ter-milking ; wash with cold water and brine until no trace of butter is left. In working and salting let the water drain out; weigh the butter; salt one ounce to tho pound; sift salt on the butter and work with lever worker. Set away two to four hours, anu slightly rework and pack. Important to Tobacco Growers. An Eastern poultry keeper says that where a large field of tobacco is grown the turkey will do efficient work destroying the large green worms that so often do so much damage. A turkey hen and her brood will search every hill and not a single plant will be missed. They are very fond of tho worms, which serve as animal food, and they save much labor, as those who grow tobacco know that it is often necessary to go over the crop every day in order to kill the worms, which is a very tedious job. Tho turkeys eat many grasshoppers, as well as slugs of various kinds. Household. Boiled Onions. —Wash, peel and toil in milk and water ten minutes and drain. Put in more boiling water and cook one hour. (Seas n with salt and pepper and serve with drawn butter. Celery Root.— Core one dozen celery roots; throw them in cold water aud soak half an hour. Then put in a saucepan of boiling salt water and cook tender. Drain, cut in slices and serve with cream sauce. Milk Frosting.—Ten tablespoonfuls of sweet milk, one and a half cups of sugar; let boil six minutes; take off and stir until quite white; put in a little lemon, spread quickly before getting too hard, wetting the knife m cold water. Very nice. White Cake.—One-half cup of butter and two cups of sugar worked to a cream, the whites of seven eggs beaten to a stiff froth, one-third cup of sweet milk, three cups of flour; flavor with vanilla and add two tablespoonfuls baking powder. Boiled Frosting.— One-half cup sugar and one t&blespoonful water; let it boil until it hairs from the si*x>n, then l>eat the white of an egg very light and pour the boiling sugar on it, beating very fast until it will stand alone. The cake must be cold. Taffy. —Three pounds treacle,two pounds moist sugar, nne-balf pound butter; flavor with a lew drops only of essence of lemon or of peppermint: boil it ono and a half hour, watching all the time that it does not boil over (as it is apt to do if not attended to and stirred now and then). Cornstarch Pin. —One pint sweet milk, one cup sugar, two tablespoonfuls corn starch, yelks two eggs. Cook in a pail in a kettle of water; when thick flavor to taste and pour into a previously baked crust. Beat the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, add four tablespoonfuls of sugar spread over the pie and brown slightly. Fried Onions.--Cover with cold water and remove the skins. Cut them in slices, cover with boiling water, add a teaspoonful of salt and boil 20 minutes: drain and add one ounce of butter to the onions and fry for half an hour. Benson with salt anil pepper and serve hot Jelly Roll.— One cup flour, one cup sugar, four tablespoonfuls melted butter, two tablespoonfuls water, three eggs, two level teaspooufuls cream tartar and one tea spoonful soda sifted into the flour. Put all the ingredients together and beat ten min utes. bake in two long sheets, spread with jelly and roll up while hot. Cream tartar anti soda may be omitted and one teaspoon ful baking powder used instead. Broiled Mutton Chops.—Cut some chops from the best end of the loin or ueck, THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1887. trim them neatly, removing the skin or fat, leaving only enough of the latter to make them palatable. Put tho cho|>s on a grid iron over a very clear fire; turn them fre quently, taking care that the fork is not put into the lean part of the chops. Season then; with nepper and salt. When done put a piece of fresh totter over each chop aud send them to the table on a hot dish. Baked Apple Pudding.—Take four tart apples, sliced or chopped, put them in a well-buttered dish, make a batter with a pint of sweet milk, a pint of flour, a pinch of salt, one teaspoonful of baking powder aud two well-beaten eggs: pour over the apples and bake. Sauce—A half pint water, let it toil; add a nice lump butter, u little salt, half a cup sugar, a little Wot cornstarch to thicken it like cream, a little yellow rind of a lemon and some of the juice; boil all together and serve. (Stewed Celery. —Take the green stalks not suitable to eat raw, scrape and wash clean. Cut in pieces an inch long and soak in cold water 15 minutes, then put in a saucepan of boiling water, salt and cook tender; drain and nut in cold water. Put one tablespoonful butter in a frying-pan, melt and add flour to thicken, mix smooth and thin with half a pint of milk, stir until it toils, add three tablesnoonsful of water, with salt and pepper, add the celery i o the sauce, heat through and serve. White Mountain Cake. —Three cups sugar, one cup butter, one-half cup sweet milk, whites of ten eggs, one-half teaspoon ful soda and one teamoonful cream tartar sifted with the flour ; four aud one-half cups flour; flavor with essence of bitter aimona. Icing, whites of three eggs and onepound powdered sugar. Flavor with lemon juice. Bake in jellycake tins and fill with gratei cocoanut sweetened with a quarter of its weight of powdered sugar, or with icing such as is made for Lee cake, only flavored with lemon entirely. Light Biscuit. —Two quarts best sifted flour, one pint sweet milk, in which melt one-quarter pound butter, one teaspoonful snlt iu the milk, one teacup fresh yeast; make a hole in the centre, pour in the yeast (well shaken), stir diligently with a fork; let the milk, etc., be just lukewarm (no more); then knead as bread; cut it across through and through with a knife; let it rise six or seven hours, ns it may require; take from the pan, knead it well, cut in small caeks and put to rise in the pan an hour or more before baking. This recipe, with sugar and suitable spices, makes ex cellent doughnuts. Farm and Stock Notes. A thrifty farmer says 60c. worth of awls, punches, linen thread and shoemaker's wax will save $lO in harness repairs in twelve months. Inoculation as a preventive for pleuro pneumonia has proved of little if any value in Scotland. Slaughtering is now de manded. Grade or impure males of any class of stock should never to used, as the progeny from such possess no uniform characteristics. By using grade males no improvement can be effected. Grade or impure males of any class of stock should never be used, as the progeny from such possess no uniform characteris tics. By using grade males no improvement can be effected. Corn is not a perfect food for a hog. Though rich in t hose elements that tend to fatten, yet corn is deficient in the tone and muscle-making elements to a certain extent. A mixed diet is tost. Lard is not suitable as a lubricator for axles of wagons, as it is said to loosen the spokes. tar is still largely used, and tallow is also an important ingredient, two parts tallow, one of tar and one of castor oil being considered excellent for cold weather. A Virginia farmer, who has been experi menting with sorghum as a fodder crop for cows and feeding hogs, finds that cattle eat it with a relish, especially when sown so thickly that the stalks are not larger than a man’s finger, and that hogs are not only fond of it but grow finely on it. The object in securing a good breed of hogs should be to have them quickly con vert the food into meat. The profit does not depend upon the sixe or the quantity con sumed, but upon the cast, which depends, after all, upon the relative increase of weight iu proportion to food consumed. The cream should to allowed to ripen before being placed in the Churn This is the method adopted near Elg.n, 111., from which is shipped the best butter that is placed on the market. The cows in that section receive no treatment, different from cows elsewhere, but the most careful atten tion is given all the details of buctermaking in the creamery. W hen scalding hogs if the water be too hot the hair will not come off as readily as if the temperature be lower. Boiling water discolors the skin. A temperature of 160” is warm enough for a young hog, but there are some hogs that require as hi<sh as Iso . A slab or smooth surface permits of the work being done in a cleaner manner than when a rough bench or table is used. Stephen Powers, referred to by a corre spondent of the Country Gentleman for a method of making sandy soils > reductive, says: “The controlling principle in the man agement of such lands should always be: Fertilize tho crop and not the land. The permanent enrichment of porous, sandy soils beyond a certain point very soon and easily reached is not practicable.” According to Dr. Dabney, of the North Carolina Experiment Station, 3.000 lbs. of cotton seed contain 1,000 lbs of hull, 1,000 of kerne], and in the kernel 300 pounds of oil, leaving 700 pounds of cake after pressure. The average analysis per ton of seed is 1 per cent , phosphoric acid, 3 per cent, am monia. 10 per cent, potash; of marl or ker nel per ton, B’•£ per cent, ammonia, 3 per cent, phosphoric acid and 2 per cent, pot ash. The venerable J. M. Smith, of Green Bay, Wis., a most thorough cultivator and noted horticulturist, sold $2,315 24 worth of ber ries from three and one-half acres of land last year, besides taking S2OO worth of' plants from the same land in the spring. “But this is not enough," adds Mr. T. B. Terry. “After the berries were picked he plowed the patch and put in cabbage and celery—s7oo morel Just $2,21524 from three and a half acres of laud.” J. J. Thomas says that land-owners who are preparing to plant peach orchards next spring may profitably make provision dur ing the present autumn by preparing the soil for mellow culture, and by avoiding the mistake which some make of setting the trees In sod. The difference between the two modes will lie plain enough after they shall have become bearing trees—the ono will give large, brilliant, rich, high flavored peaches in abundance; the other few, small, badly ripened specimens; and df second quality in flavor. G. 8. Fassett, of North Enosburg, Vt., has twenty Jersey grades that have made 5,280 pounds of butter in the past year; on an average 300 pounds each. This has net ted him 26'uC. or s7l 28 per cow and fur nishing a grand total of $1,425 00 for the butter alone. In addition to this he has sold swine and calves largely raised on the sour milk to the amount of $167. He has fed the herd S7O worth of grain and, with out estimating tbo value of the manure, has had a net income of $1,502 70—a very good showing for the season. Popular Science. To make a strong cement mix some finely powdered rice with cold water, so as to form a soft paste. Add boiling water and finally boil the mixture in a pan for ono or two minutes. The pruning of vines has boon investi gated by H. Mueller, who finds that the projier time is while the fruit is ripening, and that the young shoots should be cut, as their development requires much sugur. The coating of a rubber umbrella or a gossamer cloak or coat may be menaed by applying a preparation of da mar varnish and asphaltum with a little turpentine in about equal quantities. The strength of shafts or bars of iron is, ] for bending and twisting strains, ns tho j cubes of their diameter, Thus, a two-inch I shaft is eight times as strong as a one-inch shaft, while a three-inch shaft is 27 times as strong. The latest cure for consumption is that advocated by M. Garcia before the Baris Academie do Medicine, which consists in the inhalation of fluohydric acid. The patient remains for an hour daily in a cabinet of six cubic metres capacity, the air of which is saturated with fluohyarie acid. Anew idea is that of an English me chanic who, in tho English Mechanic and World of Science, describes a device for filing fiat surfaces “easily aud quickly.” It consists of a framework fixed on the bench behind the vise, and by means of which a small wooden roller is pressed upon the file over the centre of the surface being filed. The Van Hysselberghe system, which per mits of utilizing the same wire for tele graphic and telephonic communication, is applied to over 9,000 miles of line, of which nearly 4,500 miles are in Belgium, about 2,500 "miles in France, about 600 jnflos in Germany, and the rest in Austria, Bavaria. Denmark, Spain, Holland, Switzerland and Wurtemburg. The system is iu process, or above, some of these extensions being in Turkey, Russia, Roumania, Portugal and Italy. A lamp has recently been on exhibition in the English House of Commons which consists of a small portable battery. The’ lamp shown was calculated to burn, with a light of two and a half candles, twelve hours, at a cost of 1 penny, and the zinc plate, which would also cost a penny, would have to be charged every 25 days. It is de signed for railroad carriages, omnibuses and mines. Lamps of the same pattern of live caudle power are made for use in rooms. They last 18 hours at a cost of 2 pence. In New Orleans, where the soil is water logged three fret beneath the surface, they get over the difficulty of putting telegraph and telephone wires under ground by erect ing strong towei-s 150 feet high at intervals and bracing them together with cables of steel-wire rope. These cables support the cross-arms, etc., to which the telegraph and telephone wires are attached, and the wires are securely carried above the public streets. The towers are also utilized for tire-extin guishing purposes, as a stand-pipe, with nozzles at different elevations, is fitted to each tower. It is the general practice in Spain to shoe horses without the application of heat, and very few shoeingsmiths have bellows or forges in their shops. They also make their shoes without the aid of fires, a fact largely due to the piu'e, soft, ductile iron, prima rily manufactured with wood and charcoal. The Spanish “herrador.” or shoeiugsmith, for he does no other work, general jobbing or repairing, has no use for the drawing knife. and he never touches or pares any thing hut the wall, and that with the but teris, and on no consideration would ho put on a calk unless ordered so to do by a vete rinarian. It may to surprising, but never theless it is so, that lameness located in the feet or caused by shoeing is far more rare in Spain than in England or America. Some Anecdotes of John I. Blair. From the Xeto York Sun. Soon after the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad was extended over the Poeouo Mountains into the Lackawanna valley, John I. Blah', the eccentric million aire of Blairstown, N. J.,came to Scranton every month to pay a portion of the rail road men. The vehicle from which he dis tributed cash was a lumber wagon, which was drawn from one part of the road to another by a team of old plugs. Mr. Blair liked to circulate the bills of his Blairstown bank as far away from home as pos-ible, and the most of his payments were made iu his own bank notes. Whenever he ran out of money he put a board across his deep wagon box, hauled a lot of sheets of un signed bank notes out of his irpu trunk, sat down on the bottom of the wagon and began to make more money by placing his peculiar autograph on the crisp notes. Moses Taylor, who was one of the heavi est stockholders in the road, came to Scran ton frequently. Nothing about tbe road and the shops and mines escaped his entile eye, aud one day he noticed Mr. Blair n ak iiig money on tho board. He watched th ■ process for awhile and then he stepped up to the wagon and said to Mr. Blair: ‘•John 1., have you any idea how large a circulation your bank has got'” “Guess we ain’t got a cent more in circu lation than we kin redeem in specie. Your bank don’t have to ask more t han once for gold for our bills, does it ’ We ain’t turnin’ out any niore’n we’ve got tbe metal to back up, are we)” squeaked Mr. Blair, continuing to sign. Several years ago each freight train on the road had a crew of a conductor and three brakeinen. Mr. Blair saw a chance to econo mize by taking one brakeman from each freight train and he caused an order to be issued to that effect. In consequence of this the conductors were obliged to assist in switching cars, and before the end of the year a number of them had been injured. One shockingly profane conductor had both legs cut off while he was making up his train in the Scranton yard one day. He laid the accident to Mr. Blair after he became conscious, and he swore fearfully about Air. Blair’s penuriousness up to within a few minutes of his death, his last words to a friend being: “Tell John I. Blair I'll meet him In h—I!” At his church in BluirAown one Sunday Mr. Blair placed his old-fashioned silk hat in the end of a pew next to the aisle and w ent to another part of the church to seat people. While he was away a very fat ol 1 woman, who was not a regular attendant, waddled in and helped herself io a scat without looking to see whether there was anything in the pew or not. She sat right down on the millionaire's hat, but she was wholly unconscious of th luct, and she continued to sit there until Mr. Blair had finished his duties. Then he began to scan h for his plug and when he got to the fat woman he looked discouraged. He peered into several pews in front of her and then he went back and asked he -to rise. She did so and there was the hat as flat as a flapjack. Mr. Blair struggled with his emotions as he held up the ruined tile, ami the fat woman was so embarrassed she couldn’t utter a word. Looking her straight in tho face, and holding the hut at arm s length, Mr. Illair said: “God bless you, my good woman.” Something of a Dog. A correspondent gi ves the following de scription of Central Indian dogs in the Stock Kernel : The “Bunjara,” a dog of 24 to 28 inches in height at shoulder, is, beyond de scription, the most ferocious of all breed of dogs that I have ever known. Hols, like his master, a born villain: no coaxing or blandishments avail with him—he will tear and rend his best friend, and w ill devour his “sisters, his cousins or his aunts” with im punity. I say like his master, as the only jiersoris who own “Bunjaras” are the crimi nal tribes, and principally the “Bunjara" tribe. Now, the “Bunjara" people, nvtheir caste, are born rogues and vagalaimls, and the more evil they can do, the more wirings they can commit, the softer their bed and the more pleasurable th- ir life in Valhalla when they die, which many say they sel doni do—naturally. The “liunjara” dog is like this, only more so. He is a cunning fox, an insatiable hater, a consummate vil lain ; yet he has somo good jioiuis. He can and will bold out to the last gasp, he never tires, and to one and only one does he ever give hie allegiance,and to him ho sticks. Of women ho is a despiser, regarding them like bis master does—only as a “means to an end.” In color ho is dark brown or gray, shading to black; his coat is close, like a mastiff'’s, but tufted on the eibows and hocks, awl feathered down inside of fore legs; his tail is carried low, except when excited, and has a good deal of brush, espe cially at tip; his ears are flat to tho bead and only slightly raised on occasion. He is usi and exclusively for hunting, and only by natives—never by Europeans. Phillips’ Digestible Cocoa Unlike other cocoas and chocolates, it is not greasy, and though containing all the nutriment, of the richest cocoa bean, it Is so prepared that it will not disturb digestion and make a delicious table drink. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CENT A WORD. ADVERTISEMENTS, 15 ti’ords or more, in this column inserted for OS'E CEYT A WOUD, Cash in Advance, each insertion. Everybody who has any want to supply, anything to buy or sell, any business or acooin modal ions to secure; indeed,mi y wish to gratify, should advertise in this column. B£LP WANTED. WANTED, an active man (one out of employ nient) to begin oil fair salary arid work himself nit. representing, in hi* own locality, ail old established house; refereuoos exchanged. AMERICAN MTG HOUSE, SO Reade st,. N V. rUNDYMAKER WANTED: a good. steady V 1 thorough hand. Address B. T. KUHL, Or Utndo, Fla. willin' l '" IMO A MONTH can be made 3M Uv working for ns. Agents preferreil who can furnish their own horses and give their whole time to the business. Spare mo ments may be profitably employed also A few vacancies in towns and cities. 11. F. JOHNSON & CO., 1,000 m.mi street. Richmond, Va. \IT ANTED, agents to sell the Universal But 1 1 ton Fastener. Write for sample and price to G. BURGETT, box HI, Columbus, Ohio. EM PItOTMOT WANTED. \\r ANTED, by young man of 18 (German), i V positlou in a grocery store: four years' ex perience. Address RETAIL, Morning News. I EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER, seeks em yploymeiit in any capacity in railway oftlce or store. Address H, News office. \V T ANTED, bv a Carolinian, who thoroughly VV understands the turpentine business, a position as manager or woodsman; can distill also. Address TURPENTINE, care Morning News, Savannah, (ja. MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. \I/ANTED, a combination horse; must bo VV genlle. D. C. BACON. ROOMS TO BENT. Ivor RENT, furnished rooms. 80 Broughton ™ street. IT'OR BENT, two floors, containing eight rooms 1 and bath room, over my store northeast corner of Broughton amt Barnard streets: nos session given Nov. Ist. Apply to JO C. THOMP SON, Grocer. HOUSES AND STORES FOR RENT. I, ''OR RENT, the small store at 1715 Broughton 1 street. Apjfly on premises. I, ’OR RENT, that oomfortable brick residence, fronting south on Calhoun square, north west corner Abercoru and Taylor streets; the property has Just le en put in thorough Older. Apply til R. M. DEM ERE. IT'OR RENT, store and two houses on Ander son, between Price and Habersham. Apply next door. IT'OR RENT, that desirable residence on the 1 southeast corner of Stone and Montgomery streets Apply to WALTHOUR & RIVERS, No. SI Bay street. IT'OR RENT, the store 165 Congress street, Market square. For terms apply to GKO. W. OWENS. 118 Bay street. IT'OR RENT, brick bouse, two-story on base nient, corner Gaston and Barnard. Apply to LAUNKY A GOEBEL, 14.1 Broughton. IT'OR RENT, brick store 100 Broughton street, 1 between Drayton and Hull: possession giveu October 4th. Apply to LEWIS CASS. IT’OR RENT, the most desirablo resience on Taylor street, two doors west of Abereorn stioet; possession given from Ist OvL Apply to WALTHOUR & RIVERS. No. 88 Bay street. IT'OR RENT, brick store 150 (tongress street; 1 three stories on cellar; possession given im mediately. Apply to WALTHOUR A RIVERS, No. 88 Buy street. L'Ott RENT, desirable brick residence corner Jr IJberty and Abereorn streets; possession Oct Ist Apply to WALTHOUR A RIVERS, No. 83 Bay street. IT'OR RENT, from Oct. Ist. splendid store No. 87 Bay street, situate in Hutchison's Block, next to corner of Abereorn: has 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. FOH SALE. 17*011 SALE, those two three story brick dwellings on brick basement know n a- 137 and Perry street, between Bull ami Whita ker. Apply *to Daniel H. KENNEDY, 174 bay street. IjX)R SALE, town lots and farms, near Jack ~ bonville, Fla.; a wholesale and retail busi ness of general merchandise. < *trthlished 21 years ago. Address AUGUST BUKSING, Jack sonville, Fla. IT'OK SALE, laths, Shingles. Flooring, Ceiling, Weatherboarding and Framing Lumber. Office and yard Taylor and Fast Broad streets. Telephone No. *ll. BEPPARDA CO. 17' OK SALE, Splendid salt water river front building lots, and five-acre farm lots with river privileges, at KOSLDEW: building lots in Savannah, near East Broad and Sixth streets, and in England; several good farm lots near White Rluff, on shell road. Apply to Du. KAL UGA NT, 101 South Broad street from 0 to 10 a. X, BOA RDLVG. FIOABDINO No. 13 .Wrcorn street, corner > of St. Julian. Handsomely furnished rooms en suite or singly; also table board. BOARDING in private family; large and small rooms; pleasant locality. Address 8., *-■ ■- REWARD. y^*>/k REWARD.- I have recovered two of the missing volumes of the bound fllt-s of the Mok.mng News. The following are still wanting: July to December, JMO. July to Decernlwr, 186! July to Deoember. i%2. The volumes are undoubtedly hi this city, probably in some law* office, ns lawwrsare gen erally the borrowers of our files. (There is $lO wailing for the return of each or any of the above volumes, “and no questions' asked." J. H. KtSTJLL. RAF fli RAFFLE.— Parties holding chances on the two Gold Watches ami Chain are. notified that the rattle will take place at FERNANDEZ ' TO-NIGHT at :.0 o’clock. All chances not paid for will bo disposed of. p'rotography. PHOTOGRAPHY— SPECIAL NOTICE- Prices I reduced. Fine Cabinet Phot*-grapas a specialty. ITiee, $2 for six or *8 a dozen. J. N. WII.SON, , SI Bull street. MISCEIJ„VNKOI>. \T the tori in quality, at the bottom In pHcee. LAUNEY A UOEBEI/8 Finn Pbotogrcphs. <'rayons. Pastels, Water Colors, Inks, etc. Ann ilon t forget. that now is the time for holiday or ders Cloudy weather no hindrance. Conic. HERCULES.— Unbreakable Dressing Combe. Call and inspect them ut G. >l. iIEXDT & CO.'S. pUHE SCUPPERNONU WINE, only for sick I ness or communion purposes, for S'lle by ROBERT 11. TATEM, Bay street, near Barnard. Tj’I.OWKR HEED, Dutch Bulb, and Er- h I Teneriffo Onion Heed for sale at GARD NER'S, 30)4 Bull street . IT'OR reliable flavoring and handkerchief ex -1 tracts call at G. M. lIEU'T &C< > ‘H. / ' ItEAT BIG HARNESS and Carriage Sponges \I at 10c., 13c.. 25c.: nice assortment of Ij*p Holies, Horse Blankets and Toy Trunks. NEiIJ- I.INGER A HA BEN. IJ'RKSH Cut Mowers dally at GARDNER'S, 30)4 Bull Htreet. IiMNESY assortment of baskets in the city at 1 GARDNER’S. *£, Bull street. Cl AS, OH. AND WATER WEI.I.H DRILLING. I -Interview-sand correspondence solicited. R. W. EVANS & CO., St. James Hotel, or Box 274, Cincinnati, O. ■VTEWNAN Strawberry Plants for sale by GARDNER, Agent, 30)$ Bull street- LUDDEN A BATES S. M. 11. Hi pus Do you want to purchase a Piano? If so, bear in miud that it is to your interest to invest in one of American manufacture, for they are far more reliable for use in this trying climate than uny other. Aside from this they contain more really valuable improvements; are sweeter in tone, more powerful, more durable, and Insure greater returns for amount invested, as well os costing less to keep in tune and good order generally. RELIABLE In every sense of tlie word, as thousands of satisfied purchasers oan testify. We euu fur nish you a good Piano of American make at $2lO And with it furnish free a fine Plush Stool, Embroidered Cover, Instruction Book, Premium Al bum and Six-Year Guarantee. And furthermore, if you reside within the city limits we will keep the Piano in tune for one year without charge. Will SKI-L THE CHICKERING, MASON & HAMLIN, MATHUSHEK, BENT & CO. and ARION PIANOS. All of which are sold on easy Installment Plans. If you want an Organ, we can moot you with the celebrated MASON & HAMLIN. PACKARD ORCHESTRAL and BAY STATE ORGANS. Smallest monthly payments imaginable ac cepted. Give us a call. LUDDEN & BATES Southern Music House. AUCTION SALES TO-DAY. Sale of Clothing. by j. McLaughlin & son. THIS DAY (Monday), the 14th November, 1887, at 11 o'clock, ONE CASE OF FINE CLOTHING. Sold for account of all whom it may concern. SALE WITHOUT RESERVE Sale of Sundries. By j. mclaughlin & sun. THIS DAY', AT II O’CLOCK 4 barrels WHITE BEANS, 18 WHITE PINE DOORS, 5 barrels CROCKERY, 2 PLATFORM SCALES, 1 lot TRUCKS, OFFICE STOVES. 1 case BREECH-LOADING GUNS, sold for account of all concerned, etc. 1 TOP BUGGY, in good order. AUCTION SAXES FUTURE DATS. Auction Sale Wet Cotton BY J. McLAUGHLIN & SON. On FRIDAY, 18th Nov., 188/, at 11 O'Clock, At the Upper Hydraulic Press, foot of Mont gomery street, 4,600 Bales Wet Cotton, MORE OR LESS, Damaged by water and lately discharged from British steamship RESOLUTE. Kkavcby, Mas ter, and underrecommendation of Board of Sur vey to be sold at auction for account of all whom it may concern. The Master reserves to himself the right to withdraw from sale all or any of said cotton. R. C. RKAVLEY. Master British steamship Resolute. LEGAL s \ UK. Administrator’s Sale of Lund. YITILTi I° sold Ijofon* theiVurl House door at VV Trader*!* Hill, <'hat lion county Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN DECEMBER. 1887. within the legal hours of sale, the real estate of the late HARVEY W. LATHROP. situated in Mid Monty of Charlton, to wit: Lola of land numbers fifty-seven, throe hundred ami seventy six. one hundred and two, eighty-one, eighty three, three hundred and twenty one. two hun dred and thirty-five, one hundred and twenty one, and twenty-seven in the First district; also, lots numbers ninety-five, two bundled and four, and one hundred ami thirty-three in the Hecond district of said county of Charlton, each lot containing4ooacres, more >r less. To be gold under an order from the Court of Ordinary of- Pulaski county, Georgia, for the purpose of pay ing debts and making distribution. Terms cash, W. C. BRUCE, Administrator de bonis non. NEED OATS. Rust Proof Oats, Seed Rye, APPLES, POTATOES, ONIONS. CABBAGES, And ail kinds of VEGETABLES and FRUITS lty every steamer. 25 Cars Oats, 25 Cars Hay, 50 Cars Corn. GRITS, MEAL, CORN EYE BEAN, PEAS, and feed of all kinds. 165 BAY STREET. Warehouse in S., F. Jfc W. R'y Yard. T. P. BOND & CO. PAINTS AND OILS. JOHN G-. BUTLER, WHITE LEADS. COLORS. OILS, GLASS, W VARNISH, ETC.; ready mixed PAINTS: RAILROAD, STEAMER AND MILL SUPPLIES, SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS AND BUILDERS’ HARDWARE. Sole Agent for GEORGIA LIME. CALCINED PLASTER, CE MENT, HAIR ana LAND PLASTER. 6 Whitaker Street, Savannah, Georgia. -- : —' —— IT'OR SALE, Old Newspaper*. Just the thing for wrappers, only 15 cent* a hundred,,2oo lor 26 gents, at the business office. C. H. DORSETT’S COLUMN. Blankets, Sashes, Crockery, Furniture, Buggy, Wagon, Etc. C. H. DQRSETT, Auctioneer, Will sell THIS PAY, at 11 o'clock, at 156 Bay st., 185 TRANSOM LIGHTS, 26 SKYLIGHTS, IS SASHES, 77 BLANKETS, 44 CURTAINS. SAU CERS. PLATES, DISHES, CUPS, SUGARS, CHAMBERS. A PIANO, ANVIL, NEW COOKING STOVE. IRON SAFE, LAYER RAISINS, OLD JUNK. MASON'S BLACK ING,TABLES, NEW BEDSTEADS, SIDE BOARD, LARGE PRESSING CASE, BUG GY', SEWING MACHINE, CARPET'S, GAS FIXTURES, LAMPS, STUFFED BIRDS, CASTORS, PLATED KNIVES, FORKS. SPRING WAGON, SPOONS, BILLIARD TABLE, WHATNOT, EXTENSION TABLE, PICTURES. SADDLE, BEDSTEAD A Valuable Corner in Yamacraw, WITH OTHER DWELLINGS, C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer, Will sell at the Court House on TUESDAY. December tith. 1887, during the usual hours of sale, the following well-paying property in Yamacraw, to w it: Lot and improvements on the northeast cor ner of Margaret and Farm streets. On this lot there are Iwo dwellings ou Margaret street, a store and dwelling at the corner of Margaret and Farm, a dwelling at the corner of Farm and Harrison, and two dwellings on Harrison street. This property is always tenanted, a portion being leased to a party doing a good business who has been there for years. The total rental of the property is $56 per month. IN CHOCTAW WARD. Half Lot aid Tenement C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer, Will sell at the Court House on TUESDAY, December Bth, 1887, during the usual hours of sale The northern half of lot No. 67 Choctaw ward and the improvements, consisting of a two-story tenement containing four rooms. Terms cash. Near Hie S., F. k W. Railway. HOUSE AND LOT. C. H, DORSETT, Auctioneer. Will sell at the Court. House on TUESDAY De cember. tith, 1887, during the usual hour* of sale, South halt of Lot No. 14 Crawford ward east, 46x56 more or less, on the corner of Reynolds and Perry street lane The improvement* con sist of a two story residence containing eight rooms and piazza, also a store with separate yard, stable and kitchen: water In each yard. A I metal roof. Lot fee simple. This property is very convenient to the Savan nah. Florida and Western railway and to the Savannah and Tybeo railway: also to the lum her yards. The bouts: is solidly built and in very good condition. N. U. -I’artins w ishing to treat at private sala can secure easy terms. On Henry Street. Near East BroadL HOUSE AND LOT, C. H. DORSETT, Auctioneer, Will sell at the Court House on Tuesday, Decern tier litb, during the usual hours of sale, lot No. 23. on the north aide of Henry street, near East Broad, having a fronton Henry street of forty feet more or less, and a depth of one hundred ami sixteen (116i feet more or lens to IhilTy stri-et lane, together with the improve ments thereon, consisting of u four room house with two fireplaces. TERMS CAMH. FOR SALE. On West. Bf I street, west side, between Huntingdon and Gwinnett Streets, a lot fifty feet front by elghty-one feet deep, cornering on a lane, with the improvements, consisting of a one-story bouse. Price SI,OOO, Terms easy. -iISO- Between Hall and Gwinnett, a lot fifty feet front and eighty-one feet deep, cornering on Gwinnett and Maple streets, with a one-story bouse, for $1,200. —ALSO — A lot (No. 9) forty feet front by eighty flea feet deep on Gwinnett street, for five hundred and fifty dollars. Terms aesy. —ALSO- - Two lota on Maple street, Nos. 17 and 30, each 40x100, for $360. Terms easy. The above lots are a portion of that high and beautiful plateau on W'est Broad and Gwinnett streets, which has just been platted, and from which eleven lota have already been aold. These are good lota and wooden buildings can be erected upon them. C. H. DORSET!, Auctioneer, Will offer at the Court House, on TUESDAY, December 6tb, unless said ootftaMly a* private sale The eastern portion of Lot No. 31 Calhour ward, measuring 40x100, and the improvements consisting of an exceedingly nleacanl aor well located RESIDENCE on Gordon street near and east of Drayton This residence has four rooms in the base rnent, four on the parlor floor, four bedroom and a bath room, and two rooms In the attic. The lot is subject to an annual ground rent U the city of sll 63)4 The location, surroundings and convenier size of this residence will recommend it tv tßu who are looking for nice homes, TERMS CASH. 3