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AGRICULTURAL department. The Field, Farm and Garden. We solicit articles for this department. The name of the writer should accompany the letter or article, not necessarily for pub lication, but as nu evidence of good faith. Careful Breeding. A writer in the Philadelphia Record says that the breeder is not behind the manufac turer and inventor in the work accom plished, though his work has been more difficult and has extended over a greater period of time. When the field is observed it shows a most wonderful progress for the breeder during the past fifty years. He has taken all the domestic animals from their original condition and molded or changed them in form as though modeling from clay, and the characteristics of each breed have been fixed according to his preference. He has divided the horses into breeds and classified them, producing from the same original stock the heavy draught, the run ner and the trotter, not excepting the po nies, and is now at work on fast-gaited walking horses, each family being entirely different from the others, while crosses of the ass and the horse of the present day produce mules of larger size than either parent. The cattle have been classified in a manner to permit of the selection of par ticular breeds for any purpose to which such stock may be adapted. The Short horns, Herefords and Polled Angus are bred solely for beef, the Jerseys and Guernseys are especially adapted for the production of butter, the Devons are best as work oxen, and the Holsteins and Ayrshires excel as producers of milk, though the latter breeds are excellent butter producers also. The breeder’s operations with swine have also been very successful. He has bred them to a uniformity of color truly re markable. The Berkshire is not only spe cially provided with large, full, prominent hams, but is also marked with black hair and four white feet, as well as a white spot on the forehead and on the tuft of the tail. The Essex is entirely black and bred long in the body as a producer of side meat while the short-faced Yorkshire, white in color, mature very early and excel in the production of fat and lard. Sheep are classified into mutton and wool breeds, the former being subdivided into families that produce a larger proportion of marbled flesh according to maturity or size, while the wool breeds are made to produce long, middle or fine wool, according to prefer ence. No work of tho breeder has been considered impossible. His efforts have been successful in every direction. Even the poultry have been classified and the breeder has even destroyed the propensity to incubate in some breeds. The great value of the work done by the breeders who have brought about these classifications cauiiot be estimated, as the increase is not confined to a single year. Whether the limit of im provement has been reached or not cannot be stated, but in the face of such wonderful accomplishments it is safe to claim that nothing seems impossible. Overfeeding Hogs with Corn. Mr. F. D. Curtis, in an article in the Southern Fanner, says that as a rule there is little danger of hogs being overfed with corn in the cotton States. There must be a limit to the time of feeding pigs, or even old hogs, all the corn they will eat. Old hogs will stand it longer, but in the end they will break down. The dent corn is a lighter food than the flint and can be fed longer, but ground or unground, an exclu sive and excessive feeding of clear corn will in tin* ruin any hog; but some will endure it longer than others. A man who does not take any agricultu ral paper, partly from stinginess and partly from a notion that he knows as much as “them book fellers,” fed a pen of ten pigs this year. He had a lot of old flint corn ground and when they were about eight months old, having kept them up to this time on milk, he begen giving them all the corn meal they would eat. They ate it freely, for hogs, and in fact all animals, are very fond of com meal. They grew very fast, and the owner was thinking that by New Y ear’s he would beat the town with his pigs, when all at once they refused to eat and would not lea\ e the nest. It was found that they were foundered, and the result was that they had to be turned out of the pen and it took weeks for any to get over it, and some never did. Let it be remembered that this will always be the case with any pen of hogs fed long enough and kept confined. When hogs have the run of a field, is is rarely the case that they will get so feverish as to be foun dered all over, but they will often get quite stiff. The corn should be mixed with bran or oats and only half of the bulk of the food should be of the corn or carbonaceous sort. Such fevered pork is not tho thing to eat. When hogs are fed all the corn meal they will eat one-third of it is wasted. If farmers do not believe this get a microscope and examine the excreta and see tho corn meal in it undigested. It can also be seen by the simple magnifier of common sense. Breeding from Sound Mares. The National Live Stock Journal says that an inspection of mares kept for breed ing purposes on many farms will show that the plan followed has been to retain those that, owing to blemishes are not saleable. Too little regal'd is paid to tho fact that frequently these blemishes are such as are likely to be inherited by the offspring. When mares are bought, too, for use as breeders, those that sell for a lower price on account of defects are frequently taken by farmers because they can be obtained for less money. Chances are taken on being able to grow the colts and dispose of them before the defects, if inherited, make their appearance. Those, however, frequently develop before the colt is old enough for sale and the result is a loss, for the care and expense of raising a blemished colt is quite as much us that of raising one that will find a ready sale. It will lie found a much bet ter plan to keep fewer mares and have those sound and well formed, such as may lie de pended upon when mated with the proper stallions to produce stock that will find ready purchasers at remunerative prices, h will 1 .0 found poor economy to follow the Plan of breeding from defective dams or sires, as the result will, in the majority of cases, prove a disappointment. Burnt Bones for Plants. t irk'a Magazine, for November says that Pulverized burnt bones contain all the phos phate of lime originally in them and are ' ; illiable for plant growth; to what extent "ill depend upou the kinds of plants the material is used on and the condition of the ’'“‘l- If used in excess of the real require ments of the plants it would probably not injurious to them. For house plants its feal value could be established only by trial Points About Arrowroot. The Florida Agriculturist says that Mr. E. I\ endt has been making experiments with arrowroot with the view of utilizing it for making starch. The starch which he has manufactured from it is reported to be of excellent quality, very fine and free from all lumps and foreign matter. The Agri culturist says that this is another example of what our people could do if they would. Arrowroot grows well on our pine land and is less affected by vicissitudes of weather than almost any other crop that can bo produced, and the manufacture of the starch is an easy matter, requiring more cleanli ness than skill. While it may not pay a big per cent it will furnish some revenue, if not from the amount exported, from the amount it will save in furnishing an article of home consumption. Each family should have a small patch for their own use, and we are glad to know that quite a number around here are raising it. To make the starch the roots must be re duced to a pulp by a grater or similar ar rangement. The pulp should be thoroughly washed and strained through a fine sieve. The fibrous matter will remain in the sieve while the small particles of starch will be carried through with the water and settle to the bottom of the tub. The water is then drawn off and the starch spread on muslin trays to dry. The more times the sfarch is washed and allowed to settle and the bot tom layer taken, the finer quality will be the article produced. Land Plaster. It is stated that the power of land plaster of absorbing that powerful and volatile fertilizer, ammonia, and holding it fast until it is to be given up to the growing crop, makes it a very valuable constituent of the compost. We often see a compost heap or manure pile giving off ammonia. This is apparent to our eyes as well as to our nose. The easiest and most effectual way to stop this escape of so valuable a substance is to sow plaster over the heap. It will absorb the escaping ammonia and hold it fast, while ail the time gathering a fur ther store from the atmosphere. Every man who composts manure or who allows stable manure to accumulate has need of gypsum. Liebig says that the good effects of land plaster are not diminished in soils having an abundance of lime. It is an excellent fertilizer for potatoes, for clover and peas as well as many other crops. Liebig found that four pounds of land plaster produced 100 pounds of clover. Crops that need a great deal of ammonia are greatly bene fited by land plaster, and ammonia is al most a universal fertilizer, good for all crops. One bushel of land plaster to an acre is said to be as good as ten bushels; the crop can only appropriate or use a small quantity, and it is waste to use more than the crop needs. Small Breeds of Fowls. A well-known writer on poultry says that the Leghorns and Hamburgs. though small in size, grow rapidly and mature early. It requires some time before a large fowl attains its full size. The advantage of the small breeds is, that they permit us to make a “short cut” to the laying point, though they may be deficient in weight. So far as the cost is concerned, it has been demonstrated that it requir s no more food for a large fowl than a small one, compared with the product. That is. we can produce as many pounds of Leghorn meat as we can of Cochin meat with the same propor tion of food, but in laying qualities the small breeds are superior, as they are usually non-sitters and lay large eggs. Another advantage with them is that, being small, a larger number can be kept together, as they require less room on the roost. Being active, they do not become excessively fat and if allowed to run at large they will pick up a large proportion of then- food during favorable seasons. Being usually clean-legged, they are not as subject to scabby legs as the Asiatics, and if kept warm in winter they lay about as well dur ing the cold seasons as in summer. . Potash on Soil. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Press says clayey lands usually contain much more of potash than do lighter soils, and some may not respond so liberally to an application of these salts, yet it is by no means to be inferred that a clay loam never lacks of this element of fertility. This can only be ascertained by careful and repeated trials. If one is to test his soil by an ap plication of potash to see whether its effects are such as to warrant its increased appli cation, the plant selected should not be one of the hoed crops, but rather a leguminous or a cereal; and the trial should be made on several parts of the farm. Most of the root crops require a great deal of potash. At the North they make Irish potatoes and beets their standard. Our sweet potatoes require about as much for best success as do our Irish potatoes. Clover, and the leguminous plants in general, require the presence of potash in the soil in much larger quantities than do the cereals, yet it is a mistake to think that the cereals will not reward a potash manuring, if lacking in the soil, as much as any plant; and whatever is not absorbed of such a manure remains for the following crop, which may be more benefi cial than a direct manuring. The Jessica Grape. Vick's Magazine says that the Jessica outdoes in flavor any garden grape known and it is a wonder that no more is said of it. The little white grape with its small clus ters is not over-attractive, but once between one’s lips you will avow it has all the good qualities a grape cau have in one. Sweet, with a honeyed tench, at first taste, suc ceeded by a freshness of mild acid and a bouquet that lingers on the sense, it is a gra;>e for connoisseurs to linger over and praise. Household. Apple Compote.— Fare and quarter juicy winter pippins. Put three-quarters of a pound or white sugar to a pound of fruit and cover with cold water. Stew slowly in an uncovered granite ware or m&sliu pre serving kettle for about half an hour or until tho apples on top look done. Pour into a glass dish and grate a little nutmeg or cinnamon over them. Two or three slices of lemon added while the fruit is hot improves the flavor. Okanok Short Cake.-- -Take ten or twelve good juicy ornhges, not too largo, peel them and put in a cool place. Make the short cake in the usual way and roll out into thin sheets; then bake in a quick oven until done; now spread the orange slices evenly over, covering all with sugar; put more sliced oranges on top, with sugar over all A good sauce to use with the short cake is made of the juice of oranges and lemons mixed, boiled in a pint of water and seasoned with sugar and nutmeg. A Sauce Made prom Oranges.—Cut up one orange, peel and all, into thin slices. Put the whole with the juice that conies from it ami the juice frvm another orange THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1887. into a stewpan with a good lump of sugar as large as a hickory nut; let it simmer five minutes. Then strain and drain off all the syrup and throw away all the rest. Add half a pint of strong, white broth made from veal or chicken. Tho trimmings from roasted foul or game makes a good stock for this; but it must be free from fat and clear without coloring, dimmer a few minutes and add the juice of a fresh orange when served. Oyster Salad. —Drain the liquor from a Quart of ovsters and cut them into dice. Cut the white part of one bunch of celery into pieces of similar size. Beat two eggs light and add a teaspoonful of powdered sugar, then whip in a great spoonful of salad oil, until it is a light cream. Rub the yelks of two hard-boiled eggs to a powder; mix with them a small spoonful each of salt, pepper and made mustard. Then beat these with the whipped yelks and oil, and add half a cupful of vinegar, two or three drops at a time, and whip lightly for two or three minutes. Mix the celery and oysters to gether; pour half of the dressing over them; toss up with a silver fork and pour the rest over them. Decorate with the inner leaves of the celery and set on ice till served, which should be soon as possihle. Farm and Stock Notes. A Western dairyman has hit upon a very simple plan of warming water for his stock to drink in winter, says the Michigan Farm er. He put an iron plate, say IS inches square, on the bottom of his water tank, cutting away the wood, of course, where the iron was. Under this plate he used an oil stove. He says 10c. worth of oil a day would warm the water for 00 cows up to TO* or more. Mr. James Mackenzie, an Irish dairyman, says: “Fromexperiments which I haveseen carried out, from 20 to 24 per cent, increase of butter has been gained by the centrifugal over the gravity creaming, hut I am satis fied this gain is hot at theexjienseof quality, but to searching out more of the minute fat globules, which in gravity creaming do not riso and. if not forced out, are lost in the skim milk.” Any domestic animal understands and appreciates kind treatment. It is no use to say they are “only dumb brutes.” It is true, they cannot talk but, like dumb or blind men, their intelligence in other re spects is doubled. You can make friends of ail your if you take the trouble to do so, and if you should ever feel lonely you can banish this feeling by going among your beasts. A prize was offered some time ago by the Royal Agricultural Society of England for the best essay on the subject “Profitable Farming for Bad Times-” One of the best suggestions of the prize essay is that “every farmer should grow his own feeding stuffs upon his own farm. Commenting upon the above, the Times says that “feeding stuffs” include the necessary supplies for the farm er’s family. You will save your horse the pain of a sore mouth if you will always dip the bit in a bucket of cold water before putting it in his mouth. This “takes the frost out” of the bit. 'lf you want to know what would happen if you did not do this, put your tongue against the bit after it shall have been hanging all night in a zero tempera ture. You will not take it away as easily as you will put it there, and when you shall get loose you will leave a piece of skin be hind. If the bit be put iu cold water first this will not happen. The Neu> England Farmer says: “Most persons who set grape vines under reasona bly favorable conditions have little trouble in getting one crop of fruit. It is getting good crops continually that requires skill and a knowledge of the requisites to suc cess. Few would let a hen lay all winter and then set her upon all the eggs she had laid, yet this would be scarcely more un wise than to let a grape vine carry all the fruit it might happen to set. Successful grape growing requires a good deal of pruning and thinning of the fruit.” The manure of cattle contain 20.28 pdr cent, of organic matter and alkaline salts combined: that of horses, 21.64 percent.; of hogs. 2o per cent.; of sheep, 31.29 per cent. This high fertility value of sheep manure is a very strong argument in favor of sheep husbandry, but when it is consid ered that sheep create this fertility largely from weeds, brambles, brush, etc , the de struction of which is so desirable to the fanner, the importance and value of these animals cannot be over-estimated, even if they be as destitute of wool as is a door knob. It would hardly pay the farmer to engage in the poultry business beyond the keeping of two or three dozen fowls for family use, unless there should be someone about the place who would make it a special business to look after the poultry and like to do it. Sometimes the service of a good, steady boy, who is a natural fancier, may be se cured at a small cost, and all of his time may be profitably employed in caring for 200 or 300 hens, or. if he be experienced, probably 500 or 000. In embarking in the business it ls not best to start out on too large a scale. It is wonderful how quickly a litter of young pigs will round up and fill out on new corn, the sow on full rations as well as the pigs. We never get tired admiring them in their mischievous pighood and wish we could keep them looking so fine all winter. But the plump fall pig is not the winter pig, as experience goes. i grass fails and cold winds strike in on them, the smooth, sleek hair and skin begin to lose their glossiness, and if there is not a change of feed or an addition to it, they will die before spring. Verdict—all com diet; burned out in zero weather. This is a fitting explanation for a majority of pigs lost in winter. Popular Science. M. Germain Lee. in a recent communica tion to tho French Academy of Sciences, recommends the removal of pain by hvpo dermic injections of autipyrin. The drug does not produce vertigo nor somnolence. A process for making a substitute for leather from gutta percha and sulphur has been brought out ill France. Ru w cotton and oxide of antimony are well mixed with these ingredients nnd the whole vulcanized by steam. The artificial leather is said to be useful for making tho solas and heels of shoes. Ho one knows the exact nature of elec tricity. Its effects and the laws governing its action are well understood, but what it is is still a mystery. Probably it is a mode of motion, liko Ugh}, and heat. The causes which produce the electricity of thunder storms and auroras are still a matter of doubt. A German authority recommends the following simple method of protecting iron from rust: The article is immersed in a nearly saturated solution of chloride of till, then washed in water, and afterward with weak ammonia. The tin solution must not be too strong or it will attack the iron. The treated metal appears like frosted sil ver. The Electrical Review says that the use lessness of the lightning rod is becoming so generally understood that the agents find their vocation a trying one. Fewer and fewer rods are manufactured each year, and “tho day will come'when a lightning rod on a house will be regarded in the same light as a horseshoe over a man7 door.” The recent tearing down of a New Hamp shire manufactory by means of dynamite demonstrates anew use for the explosive. The concussion completely separated the bricks and did not seem to Injure them in the least. The charges were put in holes dug in the foundation under the brick walls and the number of cartridges was graded according to the number of bricks in the wall to tie demolished. It has been proposed to utilize bicycles as ambulances, by removing the trailing wheels from two machines and connecting them at that point by a polo fixed to the curved liars which earned the trailing wheels. This keeps the two remaining wheels apart and unites them into one ve hicle. A hammock is then dung from the seats of the bicycles by means of proper I cross-pieces with hooks: a bamboo is also 1 fastened longitudinally above the seals and | straps are employed to make al 1 secure. Paving blocks called iron brick are now being introduced by Louis Joclium, of Ott weiler, near Saurbrucken, Germany. This brick is made by mixing equal parts of finely ground red argillaceous slate and finely ground clay and lidding 5 per cent, of iron ore. This mixture is moistened with a solution of 25 per cent, sulphate of iron, to which fine iron ore is added until it shows a consistency of 38* Bauine. It is then formed in a press, dried, dipped once more in a nearly concentrated solution of sulphate of iron and finely ground iron ore. and is baked in an oven for 48 hours in an oxidizing flame and 24 hours in a reducing (lame. The German government testing laboratory for building materials has re ported favorably on this brick. PAPERS AND PENMANSHIP. Only a Few People Write a Good Hand. New York, Dec. 10.—The question is often asked in the daily papers by people evidently in quest of the exact and proper way of <}oing even little things. “Which side of a sheet of pnpen should one write on after the first page;” Tho lately accepted method has been to write first upon the first page and then the last, then the second and third. Of course the reason for this (for, after all, there is a reason for evervthmg if we stop to look lor it) is that by the last page following the first, people are prevented from writing on two sheets of paper, for it often happens that in turning a page two will accidentally be turned, and how many of us have found, toourdisinay, that wo must rewrite a page or otherwise send several half sh :ets of paper. The great objection to writing on the last page is that the contents of the letter may easily be read through the envelope. A few years ago it was actually the style to write on thin cross barred paper, each way of the page, consequently a sheet of paper of four i 'ages really did duty for eight. Not only was this in poor taste, but more, it was downright selfish to ask our friends to decipher hieroglyphics, as the penmanship of everybody became under such a process. I received a letter from one friend that it took the united effort of the whole family to read, and it was some days bofore wo had learned all its contents. The extreme of anything is bad form. So of the exaggerated style of English penman ship; it is sometimes a,most an in tilt to send such chirography to a very busy person, be cause it is next to impoosmie to decipher it. The writing might as well be Chinese char acters, as, indeed, some of it looks. One should not cultivate what is called by that hackneyed name of “style” at the expense of legibility. The first duty in writing to any one is that the contents shall consume as little cf the receiver’s time as possible. For this reason a plain round hand is de cidedly the best of course; the next thing is to be concise. It is astonishing how few of the writers for the press write a good plain hand, which is easily read. Often it happens that the cleverest authors will write tiie worst hand. The reason no doubt is that their thoughts fly faster than their hand can wield the pen. I have seen some writing that must make the printers say more big words than the writer ever dreamed of and the printer wouldn’t be blamed. Of course every one who writes for pub lication knows tnat only one side of the paper should be written upon. All things considered, this is a good rulo for any one to toiiow. In writing a note or letter then write on the first page, then on the third, and if there is still more to lie written re turn to the second page, writing’ lengthwise of the paper. It is Letter, however, in all cases to use the second and fourth page of a letter sheet. Our forefathers were particularly neglect ful in this. A friend who owns a large col lection of autograph letters of revolution ary heroes, in showing them bemoaned the fact that both sides of the paper were writ ten upon, as it prevented tho letters being glued upon the page of a scrap book. Valuable letters were almost in shreds because there was no suitable way of secur ing them. All who are the least likely to become fa mous should boar this in mind, even in their simplest notes to write on but one side of the paper. It is said most women have made their literary reputation all after 30. So it stands ad in band to look to their early efforts, particularly, that they may be so written as not to interfere with their preser vation —some time perhaps. Evelyn Baker Harvier. OFFICIAL MORTUARY REPORT. Of the City of Savannah for Hie Week End ing Friday, Dec. 9, ISB7. Whites. | BPks&OTd fauces of Death Over I Un- ! ( Over| Un- Causes ot Death. 10 | del . 10 j| ]0 ;derlo M.j F.jJJ.i F.j M.| F.jM.jF. Asthma | 1 j.....-j Brain, congestion j. .].... J ! 1 1 Brain, inflammation... |...1......1 ...] 1...[... Bright's disease .. . j... j|] 1 ...1... Consumption, boweUl 1 ... ... ...I ...1... ... ... Consumption, lungs., j p lj ...j 2...1... Croup ... I. ..| 1 ; ... i |...!... j...... Exhaustion ... . .. ... ... 1 Exposure j...i...j |) 1 Fever, congestive 1 ... ...!...! 1...1... Fever, malaria remit. |. ) ... j Fever,malarial,tvphop .; 1... . ; 1 Hemorrhage,atom ch .. 1 ... ... ... Inanition ... 11.. I |...]... Laryngitis, membra's ... ... ... P Pneumonia |...i 1 ... 11... Spasms j 1. . Teething ...j I 1 Undefined j...! lj 1 Total 31 2 8j 1 4 6 4 3 RECAPITULATION. Deaths in city- Whites, ft: blacks and col ored. 17; total 26. Exclusive of still births, blacks anil colored, 3. Premature births, whites 1- Accidental drowning, 1 colored male adult. Railroad accident. 1 colored male adult. SUMMARY. ! Whites. Colored. H Ages. ' 2 jM.j F. M. IF. £. Under 1 year 1 1— ! 2j £.5 Between 1 and 2 1 lj 1 1 11 Bet ween 2 and 5 years | 11 I j... j— l Between 5 and 10 years 1 — ■ | 1— j 1 Between 20 and 80 years. .. !!....! 1 ] • 1 2 Between 30 and 10 years ! 1 ... j 2 Between 40 and 50 years... 1 ! 1 j 3 5 Between 50 and 60 year 5.......... '— j 2 2 Between 60 and 70 years.. 1 1 1 ! 1J 3 Between 70 and 80 yearn Total i l 3. 8| 038 Population—Whites. 24,675; blacks and col ored, lU, 111; total, 45,786. Annual ratio per 1,00: i population for week - Whites, 16.5; blacks and colored. 46,4. J. T. MCFARLAND. M. D., Health Officer. NEWS DEPOT. ESTILL'S NEWS DEPOT Established 1805. William Estill, -Dcalfir in— NEWSPAPERS, PF.RODICALS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS, LIBRARIES. STATIONERY, ETC., ETC. A Full Line of all kinds of Reading Matter Constantly on Hand. Any Article in my Line of Busi- ness not in Stock that you may desire, will he Promptly Procured by Leaving the Order With WILLIAM ESTILL, No. 211-2 BuU Street. CHEAP ADVERTISING. ONE CEHTA WORK. A D VEP. TJSEMENTS, 15 Words or more, in this column inserted for ONE CENT A WORD, Cash in Advance, each insertion. Everybody who has any want, to supply, anything to buy or sell, any business or accommodations to secure; indeed,any wish to gratify, should advertise in this column. 11 ELF w A vi ED. \\rANTKD—A young lady teacher for a small n private, day school, and one who is a thorough teacher of piano music. Address with reference, DEAN NEWMAN, Milieu, (la. WANTED, a thoroughly compel, nt stenog VV raplier and type writer. Address Key Ilex 158, WANTED, shipping and entry clerk in whole * V sale hnsiness: must write a good hand and he quick and correct. Address, staling salary, HAY STREET, this office At’ ANTED A porter (colored). One that tm " derstatule taking eare of horses. Corner Bull and Charlton sir-et lane \\r ANTED—A Stenographer and Typewriter* ’ * nt once, (’all at 10-1 Bay street, between 9 and 10 a. m. INTELLIGENT young in.au wanted for outside work. Address Vlßlili,. News otlh-e. YX7ANTED House .'laid at 88Broughtouand ' t Ahercorn street. WANTED AGENTS • I fie. Sample Sash st Holder by mail for 10c. teoln or stamps'. Away atiead of anything of the kind ever in vented. Heats Weights. Success unparalleled. Outsells everything. $lO a day. BK01IARD& CO., Clarksburg, W. Va. A \' r AN TED A man of temperate and moral V t habits, seeking employment, to represent an old, established house in his own section. Salaiv, if suited, SIOO i*-r month. References c'.acte I. SEPT. MANUFACTURING HOUSE, 30 Keade street. N. Y. Oinij TO SOO A MONTH can be main ijl"" working for us. Agents preferred who can fttruish 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, 'll E. JOHNSON & CO., 1,009 Main street, Richmond. Va. EM IM.OYM ENT W ANTED. W7JLL E. 51., the woman with one child who * V wants a home, call at once at the Morn ing News office, for letter addressed to her. 511 --( ,’E LEAN ECUS AY A NTS. Wf ANTED- Partner with thousand dollars VV cash. No risk; large profit. Address SECURITY. News office. BOOMS TO KEN T. IT'OR RENT, December 81st, parlor floor, ron . tabling three large rooms, corner Brough ton and Montgomery streets. IMT'ITRNISTIED ROi )SIS to rent. 219 Congress v.. street. IT'OR RENT, two floors, containing eight rooms and bath room, over my store northeast corner of Broughton and Barnard streets; pos session given Nov. Ist. Apply to JO C. THOMP SON, Grocer. HOUSES AND STORES FOB KENT. I DOR RENT, seven-room house. Apply to WM. BOUHAN, on Huntingdon, between Price and East Broad. IT'OR RENT, brick house No. 48 Charlton 1 street, on square, near Habersham; posses sion Jan. 1. 1888. Also, two wooden dwellings Nos. 68 and "0 Henry street, near Lincoln. These houses have just been painted. Apply to G. H. KEMSHART, 118 Bryan street. IT'OR RENT, tenement 66f4 tassel row, St. Julian, second door west Lincoln street. H. J. THOSI ARSON, 114 Bryan, near Drayton at. I TOR KENT, brirk house, two-story on base ’ inent, corner (laston and Barnard. Apply to LA UN EY & GOEBEL, 14J Broughton. IT'OR RENT, from Oct. Ist. splendid store No. ' 87 Bay street, situate in Hutchison's Block, next to corner of Abereojn: has splendid cel Inl and is splendid stand for any business; second and third stories can be rented if desired. A. R. LAWTON, Jr., 114 Bryan street. FOR SALK. / i ROC ERA' AND BAR to be disposed of im vT mediately; satisfactory reasons given; paying rojiceru; good position. Rare opportu nity for a good matt. A ebanee that seldom occurs. Address G. W., rare Morning News. IT'OR SALE, agood family horse; any lady ran ' drive him anywhere. Apply to U. H. KEMS HART. IT'OR RALE, Laths, Shingles. Flooring, Ceiling, 1 Weatherboarding and Framing Lumber. Office and yard Taylor and East Broad streets. Telephone No. 211. REPPARD & 00. M'ijY TRUNKS, Goat Harness, Lap Roties, 1 Horse Blankets and great big teu-cent Sponges, nt NKIDLINOKR <9 RABUN’S. _ IT'OR SALE, Splendid salt water river front building lota, ami five acre farm lots with river privileges, at ItOSEDEW; building lots in Savannah, near East Broad and Sixth streets, and in Eastland; several good farm lota near White Bluff, on shell road. Appiy to Dr. FAL LIGANT, 151 South Broad street from 9 to 10 a. M. 1 REWARD. C. *> A REWARD. I have recovered two of the missing volumes of the bound flies of the Morning News. The following are still wanting: July to December, 1860. July to December, 1861. July to December, 1862. The volumes are undoubtedly in this city, probably in some law office, as lawyers are gen erally the borrowers of our files. There is $lO waiting for the return of each or any of the above volumes, “and no questions asked.’’ J. H. EBTILL. PHOTOGRAPHS’. CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS A SPECIALTY. J. N. WILSON. 21 Bull street. HERMES & ROBINSON’S Excelsior Photo graphs itlill ahead; Also, fine Life-size Oil Paintings in handsome frames, together with one dozen Cabinet Photographs, SIS. Every de scription and size of picture made. Como and see us; we w ill surprise you. N. B. -We have a beautiful picture of tie- Confederate Generals; eleguut and unique in design; cheap; come and see them. 177 Congress street, Savannah, Gn. \ r F.S. BISHOP, the Photographer, is bark again ut his old place, West Broad and Gaston, where he makes a .--penally of line call lnet Photoe four for |l. 151 PORTA NT. We yet have time to make a few more of those tine Crayons, in handsome frames, for sls before Christmas; bring them in. Mum. LAU.NEY A GOEBEL, Savannah, (la. RAFFLE. 'V’OTICK. I will raffle a very fine new, side 1* bar, three-quarter seat, open Buggy. This Buggy received the first prize at the Atlanta F\position. It can lie seen alt ’has. E. Graham's Saloon, Congress street. Chances only sl. JOHN C. Dk.MAHTI.N. MISC KI.i.ANEOI '. ¥ HAVE the largest line of Favor's fancy boxes 1 and baskets ever shown in Savannah. FUR BER, TIIE CONFECTIONER. 1 HAVE brought out from New Y'ork a confec tioner who has lieen eight years in the em ploy of Huyler, and w e have on our counters, made fresh every day. a full line of fine Bon Bom. an made by Huyler, at 60c. per pound. FUR HER, THE CONFECTIONER. ('ALL and try them I The best cigars for the J money at IIEIDT’S. Congress and White aker. _ IOHNNY GOT HIS HAIR CUT, but JOHN f J DkMAKTIN is clipping horses with latest improved clippers; satisfaction guaranteed. Drayton amt Congress lane. H AVE YOU Visited HKIDT’S and seen their large variety of style* in fine Colognes and Handkerchief Extracts:- _ MRS. MARY JANE McMAFTER, M. D., Eclectic! Physeian, Office No. 24 Lincoln street, corner of Broughton. Consultation free. Aii owwmm awYvCsstuUy trwvtoO, MISCELLANEOUS. I EAVE ORDER for Cakes snd Pies for the A Holidays w ith FURBEIt, THE CONFEC TIONER. MY LADIES’ RESTAURANT will be opened to the public 011 Tuesday, the 13th. FUR HER, THE ('( INFECTIONER. WHY NOT get a pure sugar candy when you can get i; at 85 cents from HEIDT’S. \\TF are making reduced prices on our cin v v dies in five pound boxes for the Holidavs. F URBKK,|TI 1E CON FECIT lON ER. lADIES out shopping will find FURBER’S j RESTAURANT a great convenience. MISS MARY H. STARR. New Haven Train ing School, does general nursing and mass age. Address Telfair Hospital. LUTXDEN A HATES s. M. H. GHICKERING PIANOS. " Snßerlatipely Perfect! ” Messrs. Chickening iff Sons: Gentlemen— After many years’ experi ence as a pianist in this country and Europe, and after having used the instru ments of the leading makers here and abroad, it is with pleasure that I give to you my matured opinion upon your piar.oe. In them I find the purest, truest and most musical lone, together with an action which will answer my demands equally in the most piannissimo playing and in the heaviest forte effects, and combining these qualities with an almost endless resonance. I can find for them no more fitting praise than that of the Great Maestro, Franz Liszt, who declares them “Superlatively Perfect.” (Signed) Julie Rive-King. New York, October 11, 1887. For the BEST Plano, mind you wo say BEST, buy the Chicker ing. To be sure It’s not the Highest-Priced Piano sold, but it’s the BEST all the same. Quality tells, not price. Factory Prices, with Easiest Terms, at lißSoutherplsiclloiise I*R( iI’OSA LS \V ANT El). City or Savannah, 1 Offiok City Surveyor, V Ravannau. Ga.. Nov. 29th, 1887, ) PROPOSALS Will be received at the office of the Clerk of Council until 12 m. Decern tier 14th, for paving the following streets; All average width of 40 feet of the roadway of Broughton street, and curbing, from Abereoru street to East Broad street. Length 1,604 feet, number of square yards 7,129. Thirty foot of the roadway of Liberty street, from W est Broad street to YVboaton street, and curbing. Length 4,726 feat, number of square yards 15,753^. Forty l’eet of the roadway of Waziley street, from Bay street to River street, and curbing. Length i. 180 feet, number of square yards 5,271. Thirty feet of the roadway of New Houston street, from Whitaker street to Drayton street, and curbing. Length 680 feet, number of square yards 2.206%. Forty feet of tbe roadway of Bay street, from the Suvannab and Ogeechee canal to Wadley street, and curbing. Length 457 feet, number of square yards 2,031 19. —ALSO- Thirty feet of the roadway of Jones street, from East Broad to West Broad street, and curb ing. Length 4,020 feet, number of square yards 13,400. Thirty feet of tbe roadway of Harris street, from East road to West Brood street. Length 4,0-31 feet, number of square yards 13,400. Bids w ill he received for aqihalt blocks or sheet asphalt, for granite or graywacke blocks or for wood blocks. No artificial foundation is required for stone or asphalt blocks. For sheet sphalt the usual concrete of broken stone and cement, from three to four inches Iri thickness. The curbing of blue stone or granite, dressed down ten inches on the face side and four inches on the inner side; four inches in thickness and equal quantities of fourteen and sixteen inches in width, anil in lengths not less than five feet. Bidders must send specimens of stone, asphalt or w-ood blocks with their bids. Tbe city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. For specifications apply at, the office of the undersigned. JOHN B. HOWARD, City Surveyor. INSURANCE. The Savannah Fire anil Marine Insurance Company. PAID IP CAPITAL” - §200,000. HOSIE OFFICE, No. 97 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, - GEORGIA. •WILLIASI GARRARD President. LEWIS KAYTON Vice Phesidbnt. W. IF. DANIEL Secretary. DIRECTORS: Herman slyers, Georoe J. Baldwin* John L. Hammood, Andiiew Hanley. J. B. Duckworth, I. G. Haas. Ramcel Meinhard, L. Kayton. J. H. Ehtill, Dayjd Wells. C. R. Woods. W. H. Daniel. Willliam Garrard. RKMOV AIA REMO V La. r PHF, popular Carriage Works heretofore car- I. ried on at West Broad and Duffy streets have been removed to St. Julian, Congress and Montgomery streets, Franklin Square SAN BERG & CO. LEGAL NOTICES. STATE OI GEORGlA—Chatham County— Notice is hereby given that I have made application to the Court of Ordinary for Chat ham county for order to sell ull of the wild uncultivated lauds, and all of the interest in wild uncultivated lands in the Stale of Georgia belonging to the estate of W. G. NOR WOOD, deceased, for the payment of debts and distribution; anti that said order will be granted at January term, 1888, of said court, unless objections are filed. 8. J. CLARK, Administrator estate of W. G. Norwood, de ceased. Gt F.OROIA. CHATnAM County.—Notice Is here- I by given that. I will apply to the Court of Ordinary of Chatham county at the JANUARY' TERM, 1888. thereof, for an or der to sell lot number nine (9) of a subdivision of laud lately belonging to WILLJASI H. CUY LER and containing twenty acres, situated on Waters road and belonging to the estate of JOHN G. WOOD, deceased, for the payment of debts and distribution, and that said order will bo granted unless objections are filed. ( HAS. H. DOKSETT, Administrator of estate of John U. Wood, de- W-stJ, AUCTION SALES TO-DAY. EXECUTORS’ SALE -—OF Personal Property. C. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer. Under and by virtue of an order granted by the Honorable Court of Ordinary of Chatham County, we will sell on MONDAY, the 12th day of December, 1887, at 156 Bay street, com mencing at 11 o’clock a m the following per sonal property belong to the estate of Barnard E. Bee, to-wit: 2 HORSES, 1 MULE, 2 BUGGIES, 1 CART. 2 HEIFERS, 1 WAGON, 2 COWS, I LARGE LOT OF FOWLS, SEVERAL SETS OF HARNEB3. Sold for distribution and the payment of debta. RANDOLPH AXSON, james j. McGowan, Executors Estate Barnard E Bee. TOY S. Mi's Only MAMMOTH Toy<£ HolidayGoodsHoiisa PLATSHEK’S, 138 Broughton St., Caterers to the people, announces that their Holiday Goods Opening has begun since Dec. 7th, which has been and will continue a Grand Success, all to the reason of having the Largest Variety, the Richest Selec tion, and the Lowest Prices in this city. WE MAKE K 0 BRAG. WE MIND OFR OWN AND THEREBY MANAGE TO PLEASE EVERYONE READ WITH CARE The Grandest of All Lists in Holi day Goods introduced in this city this Season. me in Foreign and Domestic Novelties, c Wooden Wagons, Willow and Rattan Doll Carriages, Rocker and Hobby Horses, Bicycles, Tricycles, Velocipedes, Etc., Etc. DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS! parison here in Beauty, Assortment-or Low Prions. Iu short, It s folly for you to purchase Dolls elsewhere when we can better suit you in every respect. Cl ACCWIPP Dresden ware, Lava Ware. Bisque ilbiUJO I! a I lb, ware, in the Newest Tints and Style* of 1887-8. BRONZE WARE guSSSST* Kutuar7 “ and SATIN GLASSWARE ff vention. PHI V I \V IDr In elegant Cup and Saucer Sets, built A it /ML Cup, Saucer and Plate Sets, sloustocbe Cup and Saucer Sets, Highly Dec orated with and without appropriate emblems of esteem. TERRA COTTA WARE ail species, ACKNOWLEDGED LEADERS IN PLUSH ROODS. Indies’and Infants'Plush Toilet Cases, Gents’ Shaving Cases, Manicures, Smoking Sets. Fitted Card Boxes, Fitted Cases of Standard Silver ware. Match Safes, Glove, Handkerchief and Kan Cases, Cuff and Collar Boxes, Work Boxes, Jewel Cases, Odor Stands, Whisk Broom Cases, Photograph and Autograph Albums, Portfolios, siusic koi Is, Cushion and Bottle Sets, Etc., Etc, SATIN NOVELTIES SJ£SMSfiS Cushions, Cushion and Bolster Sets, Eto., Etc. WOODEN NOYBTIB&ESftaSSS ing Tables, Shoe Blackening ( Vises, Hat Racks, Baskets, on and off Stands, Lined and Unlined, Etc., Etc. IIVITY Lace and Silk Handkerchiefs, Silk Mtif- Li.’L.Y, flers, lisle and Silk Hosiery, Real Kid Gloves, Fine Corsets, Ladles’ and Gents’ Fine Neckwear, Focketbooks, Hand Bags, Laos Bed Ret#. Felt l-ainbrequlns, Table Covers. Silli Chair scarfs, Silk Umbrellas, Etc., Etc., Etc. ELEGANT PRESENTS IN LADIES’, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S CLOAKS. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS of other Suitable Holiday Glfte, beside* WE OFFER YOU The Lowest Legitimate Prices! The Politest Attention ! Most Thorough Satisfaction! And the Best Selected Stock! CALL AND SEE US! P. B.—Country orders filled with care and promptness. Goods [lacked with care. Liberal allowances 1 m orders for churches and charit able Institutions. Correspondence solicited. PUBLICATION S. FLORIDA FARMERS’ ALLIANCE.' The Only Paper Owned and Published by an Organization of Farmers in the South. The Official Organ of Formers’ Alliance! Y\7E have a Georgia Department, edited by V\ Joe M. Ylassey, Organizer of the National Alliance, Boston. Ga. This paper should b in every one's house hold. The FARMERS’ ALLIANCE is the grandest and strongest reform movement of the age, and all who are Interested in the welfare and prosperity of our country should read the FLORIDA FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. Every department of farm life will he well and faithfully represented. Having a wide and rapidly increasing circulation, it offers one of the best advertising mediums in tbe South. Subscription $1 per year. Sample copiee tree. 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